AMERICA.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVII, Issue 1727, 23 May 1862, Page 3

AMERICA.

GBEAT FEDERAL SUCCESSES. The capture of Fort Donnilson, with 15,000 | men, sixty-five guvs, aDd. 20,000 stand of arms, &c, after a most fierce struggle, has produced, immense enthusiasm in the North. The loss | of life on both sides heavy. The Confederate ' Generals Pillow and Floyd decamped with 5000 men. The Confederates then made a 1 stand at Nashville, under Beauregard, with 65,000 men, but evacuated for stategic reasons, on the approach of the Federals, who then occupied Memphis and Nashville. The Confe- , derate forces in Missouri have also beeu Je- ' feated. \ EVACUATION OF MANASSAS, AND ADVANCE OF ] IHE FEDERAL ARMY, \ New York, March 12. . The Federal army made an advance towards Manassas on the 10th instant. Two thousand troops proceeded to Centreville, which was found deserted. They thence proceeded to Manassas, which the Confederates had entirely t abandoned, after destroying and burning all they could not cany away. They destroyed all the railway bridges in the neighbourhood, and \ left nothing but desolation. It is rumoured that the evacuation commenced on the 7th or ( Bth. It is supposed that the only point where they can make a stand is at the junction of the Frederick and Potomac with the Central Virginia Railroad, twenty miles north of Richmond. General M'Lellan has made his head- ' quarters at Fairfax Court-house. BATTLE AT SUGAR CREEK. General Ha Heck officially reported that the Federal army of the south-west, under General Curtis, had gained a victory, after three days hard fighting at Sugar Creek, Arkansas, over the combined Confederate forces of Van Dona, Price, and M'Culloch. Guns, flags, and provisions, were captured in large quantities. The Federal cavalry were pursuing the enemy. The Federal loss was estimated at 1,000 killed and wounded, the enemy's loss larger. President Liuculn, as Corauiauder-in-chief of the Army, has issued War Order, No. 1, saying that, on the 22ud March a general movement of general forces against the iusurgents shall be inaugurated. The forces at Fort Munro, the forces on the Potomac, the Western Virginia army, and the naval force in the Gulf of Mexico, shall be ready for movement on that day! General Fremont has received a command. GSEAr CONFEDERATE NAVAL EXPLOIT. Two Federal frigates—the Cumberland and Congress — have been sunk at Norfolk by the Confederate iron-plated steamer Merrimac. The Merrimac ran into the Cumberland with her iron prow, literally opened her sides, then , drew off, and fired a broadside, and again dashed at her and fairly kuocked in her sides.

She was afterwards engaged by the Federal . iron-clad floating battery Monitor for five hours, broadside to broadside, when the Merrimac retired. Jefferson Davis has been inaugurated President of the Southern Confederacy for six years. In his message he admits the reverses lately suffered by the South, but speaks confidently of ultimate success. COMMERCIAL. New York, Maich 12. — Money easier. Gold, 1& to If. Exchange dull.