| Show WAR WAS NEWS ITEMS etwas it was ann ahn announced annoyance oance that on the loth ot of march col geary with some bome of his officers and a detachment of 0 the first nile Alle michigan bigan cavalry rode to balls buffs bluffs and buried the bones of the union soldiers who fell upon that field in october last on the same day a federal force amounting to upward of two thou thousand sandl 1 proceeded to centerville Cent erville and occupied the village about 4 in the afternoon the town had been deserted by the confederate the command commando then pro proceeded credel on to manas hanas sas that evening the enemy had destroyed by fire and otherwise what property thy could not carry aw away y with them the J he bridges railroad trick track and depot in that vi cikity were extensively damaged the evacuation and retreat or of th the e enemy from centera nie hie manassas and other points occue ed cd by thela theia is is admitted to have been done in a complete and hand Land handsome some style the most perfect of any military movement of the kind on record it Is reported that hey they bey carried away all their art alery of any worth worthy their provisions and munitions and three fourth of the populace free and bond along their route they blew up or ohe obe o otherwise be fwise demolished al all ali 1 the tha bridges add aad cu lverts on the turnpikes and rall rail roads and made a clean sweep 0 of all their camps huts buts and barracks excepting 0 those at manasas and a few other enough to accod date about severity seventy thousand troops on tle the of 0 march secretary 16 islan anton ton lon issued an order appointing theaon and the lion hon robert dale owen as special I 1 ioneta ela eia to a audit dit div and ana adalist all con I 1 tracts orders and i claims on the war department in respect to ordnance arms and am ami j their determination to be final finkl and conclusive as respects the department depart menton on all questions touching the validity execution and sum due or to become due up n such contract and upon all other questions arising be bc tween contractors and upon contracts persons interested in con contracts can appear in person but not rot by actor ney bea before ore gre said commissioners and be heard respecting their claim at such time and place as the commissioners shall apro appoint int ini all claims they may award in favor of contractors are to be promptly paid but no application wiil will aiu bo be entertained by the department respecting any claim or contract which they shall adjudge to be invalid gen li halleck alleck issued isred an order on the warning 0 the people of missouri that thai whoever eveaj j ins ids a guerrilla band enthat in that state for the he purpose of plundering or marauding ma in will not on being a cap captured lured be treated r y prisoners irison ers of war butwill but ivill be angas haing aa robb robbers I 1 ra and murderers gen jacksons forces retreated from winchester va on the he ngui agui of the lith alth of march which was soon after taken possession of by the forces iftiger generals hamilton and williams of general banks barks division beto before e leaving the confederates arrest arrested cd eighty men having union i proclivities and sent them to richmond 1 the confederates confederate s evacuated new madrid 16 mo on the night af pathe pf bt bf march after some little figh fightlin fighting tin during the day previous between their gunboats gun boats and the siege batteries of the federal troops under oen gen cen pope A military express had arrived on anthe ahe abe frontiers from fort craig new mexico W with it h t the he news newa of a fi feht ht that tok t ok place on the of F mry between the Federal federals 1 troops 3 under col canh y ani ali the texans which lasted from 9 oclo ocio cs in in f the tha e mor n 1 1 ati IH night nigh J the texans had heen been maneuvering maneuver inz hns for f or several days in the vicinity of oe fort craig on one occa occasion oh the isih they ebey they advanced a column of infantry 1 oda strong in line of battle in front of the fort and moved a column dindot of foo boo BUO cavalry to the wes tolt t tot olf olt the thi fode federal i ral rai defenses they advanced to lo within a mile lalie and a half of the works with the confederate flag floating inthe lithe hi the breeze and after remaining i a shirt time they retired Te tired t 01 on the 1901 and alid dib dih the teana cro crossed sad to the thi east ear bank of f the rio grande in orden order as was vias supposed to take possession posses slon sion of th e helg heights heig hta op opi 0 site osite fort craig gol col co canby crossed and pursued th m in i n force when the on anthe the heights pred some rame fifty cannon shots witti without out oat ola oia damage inage to col can Cant ba lys forces te ngat on the co commenced in the 1 morning 1 1 be ehn a portion of candys Can bys byl troops ps under col coi C 01 rober rote r a and the enemy across the rio grande with varied success until lon ion 2 1 in dij po colonel I 1 onal canby 1 then crossed the ilver liver liver ilver in force with with battery a of six P peces ecea under captain bic nic mccray cray of the C cavalry but detailed to the command of the battery col canby also took with him a small niall battery of two howitzers howit the enemy were supposed to h have a V e bad e eight bt field pieces which ili iii C h towards evening are reported ted to have been silenced siler ced they how however everi made a desperate charge on the howitzer battery but were vi ere repulsed with great loss the hattery lattery was defend defended defendis id by capt plimp tons tona company of united states infantry and a porton portion of col pinos regiment anew 0 new mexican volunteers the texans then made another furious charge on the battery with pith with some six hundred picked men armel armei with carbines revolvers ani lon ion long iong M knives sald said to weigh a seven pounds and after discharging their c carbines arbi nes at close quarter drew their revolvers reichers revo reio bers lers and reached the battery amid a storm of grape and canister rhe abe the new mexicans of col co pinos pines re regiment ament became panic stricken and il fl d capt plimpton with the united states infantry stood their ground gound g and fought until more than one halt hait of the men were killed hilled as per report capt nie nic craa alth his hi 3 artillery men en cut down sandwith and with his support reported killed wounded or flying C from the held beld sat d 0 n on one of his guns and antl with revolver i in a hand refusing to fly or desert his pot post fought to the last and died the last man at his bis gung guns kit carson was wag in command of 0 a regiment ot of volunteers who were deployed as skirmishers mi and ibis itis vald vaid did good service during jun dun g the action I 1 I 1 I 1 athe atile federal lossi iossi reported attao al two hundred killed an and d wounded tle toe loevi loss was tas s evere bevere I 1 I 1 |
