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THE PKKSsf
PUBLISHED DAILY, (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED,)
BY JOHN W. FORNEY,
OFFICE No. 41T CHESTNUT STREET.
THE DAILY PRESS,
Cents Per Webk, partible to tho Carrier.
Mailed to subscribers out of the City at Six Dollars
Pm Asm, Four Dollars ?or Eiqnx
Tsui Dollars for Sir Months—invariably In ad.
ranee for the time ordered.
THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS,
Mailed to Subscribers out of the City at Three DOL
4.ARB Pis Annum, fa advance.
COMMISSION HOUSES.
COFFIN, & CO.,
SSO CHESTNUT STREET,
Agents for the following makes of goods
PRINTS.
©BNNKLL MFG. GO GBEENE MFG. 00.
LAWjVS.
DUNNELL MFG. 00.
BLEACHED COTTONS,
CfOusdale, Forestdale, Auburn, Blntwrsvillo, Oontredale,
Jamestown, Blackstoue, Hope, Bed Bank, Dorchester,
JFewbuyyp&Pt, Naameßg, - tturtoui Crovnc
9ftfg. Co.'S A. A., B. A., 0. A., and other styloß.
BROWN COTTONS.
Sornside, Trent, Groton, Ashland, Chestnut, Glenvillo,
Mechanics’ anti Fannerß r .
CORSET JEANS.—Glasgow, Maucbeater.
AND STRIPES.—Grafton, Jewett City,
iMadison, Slateraville, Agawaiu, Keystone, Choctaw.
CANTON FLANNELS Slatersvilte, Agawam.
6lLEslAS.—Smith's, Social Co., Lousdalo Co.
WOOLENS.
ARMY BLUE CLOTHS, KERSEYS, and FLAN
NELS.
BROAD CLOTHS.—PhmkeHe’, Qlenham Co., do.
CAS6IMEBES.—Gay A Son, Saxton'e River, Ac.
BATINEIB.—Bass River, Conversvillo. Lower Val
ley, Hope, Staffordville, Converse and Hyde, Convorso
*3ros. A Co., Sbaw Mfg. Co.
KENTUCKY JEANS.—Rodman, Mystic. Gold Medal.
DOMET FLANNELS.—WILLIAMS’S Angola, Sax
'.any, Merits, tnd other atyka:
XON9DALE Nankeens and Colored Cambrics.
PLAID LINSEYS, COTTONADES, Ac. ffc26.3m
SHIPLEY, HAZARD, &
HUTCHINSON,
No. 112 CHESTNUT STREET,
OOM.MIBSION MIBOHIHTB
FOR FHI SALE OF
PHILADELPHIA-MADE
GOODS.
BC-28-6m
MILITARY GOODS.
.gKY-BLUE KERSEYS,
(2T and 51-INCH.)
DARK-BLUE KERSEYS,
DARK-BLUE INPANTRY CLOTHS,
INDIGO-BLUE CAP CLOTHS,
SKY-BLUE CASSIMERE3, (Now Regulation,
for Ofißoers’ Pants.)
WHITE DOMET FLANNELS,
CANTON FLANNELS,
ICoz., i£oz., A lOoz. TENT DUCK.
All wai ranted United States Army standard.
FOR SALE BY
ALFRED SLADE & CO..
40 Sonth FRONT Street, and 39 LYTITIA Street,
Philadelphia. fetS-tmyl
PRESCOTT’S NAVY REVOLVERS.
Large Stock of
Preecott’s WATT 4-inch and 8-inch Revolvers.
Superior in every ‘respect to any ether
PISTOL introduced.
•COMPRISING STRENGTH, GENTILITY, ACTION,
and ECONOMY 5
Or, In other words, containing all the excellencies of
-COLT'S, SMITH A WESTON'S, and ALLEN A
concentrated in one instrument, thereby
-snaking fthia PISTOL lbemott formidable weapoo evav
offered for sale.
ALSO, -
The largest assortment of Cartridges ever offered in
She city of Washington, adapted to all
CARTRIDGE PISTOLS.
A very fine assortment of
GOLD AND SILVER WATOTIR9,
Imported by Fellows & fio.» Ne. 17 Maiden Lane, New
1 York, expressly for the. Retail Trade.
A very fine assortment of Ladies’ and Geuta’
DRESSING GASES
G. A. STARKWEATHER,
NATI INAL HOTEL,
WASHINGTON, D. 0.
fel9-lm*
ILLUMINATING OILS.
jQILI OIL!! OIL 1!I
.‘HULBURT & BRODHEAD,
*
NO. 240 ARCH STREET,
t
Having opened a General Depot for the Sale of Extra
1 Steffaed and Lubricating COAL OILS, would call the
, fpeeidl attention of dealers and consumers to their
■ urefined -ILLUMINATING OIL, as it poososses merit
- -beyond anything heretofore offered in thin market, Oeitig
• entirely free from that gluey substance and bad odor
• -which characterize that commonly sold in this market,
• Orodncea no smoke, and is free from all explosive
«properties.
mr orders from CHi or Couutrr promptly at.
- tended to. fe2B-2in
« T UCIFER” OIL WORKS.
JL-i 100 Bbla. «* Lucifer” Barniug Oil on hand.
We guarantee this oil to be non-explosive, to burn all
the oil in the lamp with a steady, brilliant flame, without
crusting the wick, and but slowly. SbU. lined with
class enamel. WEIGHT. SMITH, A PKARSALL.
fe2l-tf Office 515 MARK KT Street.
CABINET FURNITURE
jTiABINET ffURNITUiUfi AND BIL-
N-/ LIABD TABLES.
MOORE & CAMPION,
So. 2SI Sonth 8KUON1) Street,
In connection with Ui6lP extensive Cabiuet Business ere
-now manufacturing a superior article cf
BILLIARD TABLES,
And bare now on band a full supply, finished with the
’MOOES A CAMPION’S IMPROVED CUSHIONS,
-which are pronounced, by all who have used them, to be
-attperior io all others*
For the quality and finish of these tables the manu
facturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout
ttbe Union, who are familiar with the character of their
•work. fe26*6m
LOOKING GLASSES
RASIES S. EARLE & 80N,
MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS
o r
LOOKING- GLASSES.
OIL PAINTINGS,
FINE ENGRAVINGS,
PICTURE AND PORTRAIT FRAMES,
PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES,
PDOTOGBAPH ALBUMS,
CARTE-DE-VISITK PORTRAITS,
EARLE’S GALLERIES,
816 CHESTNUT STREET,
ja« PHILADELPHIA.
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
ROBERT SHOEMAKER
& CO.,
Hortheaat Corner FOURTH and BACE Streets,
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS
IN
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS.
HAirtrrAt TTTRERS or
msnx LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, As.
AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED
FRENCH ZINC PAINTS.
Dealsra and eanituneH enepllM at
VERY LOW PRICES FOR CASH.
felS-Zm
LEAL
Bed Lead,
White Lead,
Litharge,
Sugar or Lead,
OopHiraa,
Oil or Vitriol,
Calomel,
Paieai Fellow,
Chroma Bed,
Chrome Yellow,
Ague Fortia,
Muriatic Acid,
Hlpsom Salta,
Rochelle Balt*
-Tartario Add,
Orange Mineral,
TSolnble Tart.
-Bob. Garb. Soda,
White Vitriol,
Bed Precipitate,
wether:
Dmggista and Mai
Noe. AT and 49
JaM.tr
MRS. JAMES BETTS’ OELEBRA
iII TED BUPPOBTEBB FOB LADIES, and the
only Supporters under eminent medical patronage, life
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on Mrs. Betts* at her residence, 1039 WALNUT Street.
Philadelphia, (to avoid counterfeits.) Thirty thousand
Invalids have been advised by their physicians to use he?
•ppUancee, Those only are genuine tanning the United
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•too on the Supporters, with testimonials. ooKUtuthatf
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Lunar Oauatic,
NarcoHna,
Solph. flforphinr»
Morphlue,
Acetate Morphl&ff
Lac. Sulph,,
Ether dulptinriOi
Cther Citric,
Snlphato Quinine,
Oorro. Sublim.,
Denarcotized Opium,
Chloride of Bods,
WnthtHill’g Bit, Hindu
Tartar Emetic,
Chloride of Lime.
Crude Borax,
fiefined Borax,
Camphor,
Seaia Copavia.
LI» A BBOTHBB,
urafaci
jturiag Chemists,
ortb SECOND Street,
PHTLAJWBIiPHIA
VOL. S.—NO. 188.
DRV-GOODS JOBBERS.
1862. apRINQ * 1862<
W. B. STEWART & CO.,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF
SILKS AND FANCY DRESS GOODS,
NO. 305 MARKET STREET.
We invito the attention of the trade to a full line of
BLACK AND OTHER STAPLE SILKS,
A» also a great variety of
NISW STYLES OF DRESS GOODS,
Bought for cash, and which will bo offered on the most
favorable terms. fe2s-3m
SPRING GOODS.
M. L. HALLO WELL & Co.,
333 MARKET and 27 NORTH FOURTH STS.,
Wholesalo Dealers in
SILKS AND FANCY DRY GOODS,
Have open a large variety of freshly-imporled
SPRING- DRESS GOODS,
To which, with a handsome assortment of
BLACK AND FANCY SILKS,
SHAWLS, MANTILLAS,
WHITE GOODS.
EMBROIDERIES,
And other goods in their lino, they invite the Attention
of city and country dealers. mh4-tf
yARD.GILLMORE, & Co.,
Nos. 617 CHESTNUT and 614 JAYNE Stre.hr.
Have now open their
SPRING IMPORTATION
OF SILK AND FANCY
DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS, WHITE
GOODS,
LINENS, EMBROIDERIES, &o.
Bought in Europe, by ono cf the firm.
To which tho attention of the trade is particularly in
vited. fe2l-2m
CARPETS AND OIJL CLOTHS,
Q.LEN ECHO MILLS,
GERMANTOWN, PA.
McCALLUM & Co.,
UAKtjFA</TUBRBSi ihiroltTlSßS, AND DEALERS
GOB CHESTNUT STREET.
(Opposite Independence Hall,)
CARPETINGS,
OIL CLOTIIS, fcc.
We have new on hand an extensive stock of Carpetings,
of our own and other makes, to which we call the atten
tion of cash and short-time buyers. mhT-3m
JtOmtTH.STREET
CARPET STORE,
No. 47 ABOVE CHESTNUT, No. 47.
J. T. DELACROIX
Invites attention to fas Spring Importation of
CARPETINGS,
Comprising every style, of the Newest Patterns and
Designs, in VET/VBT, BRUSSELS, TAFJBSTUY BUUB
- IMPERIAL THREE-PLY, and IRGUAIN
CARPETINGS.
VENETIAN and DAMASK STAIR CARPETINGS.
CL SCOTCH BAG and LAST CARPETINGS.
FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, in evnry width.
COCOA and CANTON MATTINGS.
DOOR-MATS, RUGS, SHEEP SKINS,
BRUGGE PS. and CRUMB CLOTHS.
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
LOW FOR CASH.
J. T. DELACROIX,
ijilis-4m 47 South FOURTH Street.
CARPETINGS.
J. F. & E. B. ORNE,
NO. 519 CHESTNUT STREET,
(OPPOSITE STATE HOUSE,)
Have received, per steamer Edinburgh , and otlier
late arrivals, their
SPUING r&rPOBTATION OP
NEW CARPETINGS:
CROSSLEI’S
YARD- AND-A.IIALF- WIDE TEE VETS,
$-4 Medallion do.,
ENGLISH BRUSSELS,
EXTRA. QUALITY TAPESTRY,
BRUSSELS CARPETS, WITH BORDERS,
(of new designs, for Halls and 2>taiia).
IHBBAIH AKD THHEE-PLY CARPETINGS. «f
extra ....llty.
ALSO,
500 PS. J. CROSSLEY & SON’S
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS CARPETS,
FROM 871 TO $1 PR. YD ,
Together with a complete assortment of
OIL CLOTHS,
STAIR AND FLOOR DRUGGETS,
BUGS, MATS, &Q. t
All of new, choice selections, and
AT MODERATE PRICES.
J. F. & E. B. ORNE.
mh3-tf OPPOSITE STATE HOUSE.
“VIOTICE. —Agreeably to the provisions
of an act of the General Assembly of tbU Com
monwealth, approved the twenty-fifth day of February,
A- D. 1862, which is as follows;
A SUPPLEMENT to an act in relation to public printing,
approved the ninth day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty -six
•Section l. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
tf Representatives of the Commonweallh. of Rennspl
?<wfai in General Assembly ?nes, and it it 'hereby
enacted by the aulftonty of the same, That the con
tractor or contractors for the public printing and biodiog
shall hereafter bo allowed for the translation of English
matter required to be printed in the German language
the sum of forty cents per thousand ema. Provided,
That no charge shall be alio wed for figures or other mat
ter not actually translated.
Skc. 2. That in addition to the charges allowed for the
furnishing of blanks, by the eleventh section of the act
to which this is a supplement, there shall hereafter be al
lowed for down red ruling five cents per quire of twenty
four sheets.
Sec. 3. That it is the intent and meaning of tbo act to
which this is a supplement, that there shall be no charge
allowed for composition on any extradocuments ordered,
unless the composition has actually been performed, of
which an affidavit of the public printer shall be required
by the Auditor General
Pec. 4. That on Tuesday, the eighteenth day of
March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and
on the fourth Tuesday of-January every third year
thereafter, the Legislature shall meet in joint convention
In the Ball of the House of Representatives, and let
the l'ublic Printing and Binding for three years accord
ing to the provisions of this act, and tbe act to which
this is a supplement, except* that but one week’s public
notice may be given of the time of the allotment for the
year one thousand eight and (duty-two. i’rooi.
aedf, That the bonds with the sureties of the several lad
ders shall Ire duly executed, sealod up and delivered with
the proposals for the Printing and Binding, and in addi
tion to tbe condition now* required by law, shall be con
ditioned that in case the bidder or bidders to whom the
PrirtiiDg and Binding shall be awarded, shall neglect or
refuse to accept the a&tue at hi* or their bid, the said bid -
der or bidders, with his or their sureties aforesaid, shall
be liable to the Commonwealth for the difference between
the amount of such bid and th« amount of the bid of the
person to whom the Printing and Binding shall be award
ed, after such neglect or refusal. And provided fur -
flier, That said bonds shall be accompanied with the Cer*
iificate of the President Judge of the Court of Common
Picas of the district or districts in which such sureties
may reside, or, in case of the absence or other iuability of
such President Judge, with thecertiiic&teof the Associate
Judges of the county in which Buch sureties may respect
ively reside, that said bond and sureties are Bufficiaut to
secure the Commonwealth to tho amount Of the penalty
thereof, which certificate shall be authority to the Speak
ers to approve said bond :
Notice is hereby given that the Speaker of the Senate
and House of Representatives of said Commonwealth wilt
receive pioposids until the 18th day of March, 1642, for
doing the Public Printing and Binding for the term of
tbreo years from the Ist day of July next, at a certain
iftta per centum below the rales spucifiud iu the not rela
ting to the Public Printing and Binding, approved tbe
9th day of April, A. D. 1856, and according to the mole
and manner, and conditions, therein specified, uudiu tbo
supplement to said act above recited.
Said proposals to specify the rate per centum on the
whole of the rates of said act taken together, and not a
flpecification of lh& i-iite centum below the rated ou
each item.
The following is tbe form of proposals for the State
Printing and Binding:
•*J, , propose to do all the State Priutim? aud
Binding, in tbe manner and in all respects subject to the
provisions of tbs act of tho Oth of April, A. D. 1856. and
tbe supplement thereto, approved February *25. A. D.
for the period of throe years, froai the first day of
July next, at the rate of per centum below ttie rates
specified in said act, and should tbe State Piiutiug aud
binding, as aforesaid, be allotted to me, I will bo ready
forthwith to give bond r with sufficient sureties, for the
faithful performance of the work so allotted,’' which said
proposals tibuJl bo sealed and endorsed, fc ‘ Proposals for
Public Printing and Binding}’ 1 and shall be directed to
the. said Speaker?, and be delivered to one or Doth of
them, to be opened, announced, and allotted, ou tbe 18lh
day if March, instant, agreeably to the provisions of tho
act of Pth of April, 1856, imtl tho BUjpiomont thereto,
approved FeDitiary 25, A.D. 1862
ELI SLTFKK,
Secretory of the Comniouwedlth,
THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1862.
Highly Interesting from Fortress
Monroe.
THE BATTLE IN HAMPTON ROADS.
Object of the Rebel Movement.
MAGHUDER TO HAVE ATTACKED
KEWI’OKT HEWS.
HOW HE WAS PREVENTED.
Tlic True Draught of the Merrimac.
ACCOUNT OF THE SURGEON OF THE CONGRESS.
[Special Correspondence of The Press*]
Fortress Mo.vroe, March 11
From tho surgeon of the frigate Congress , who
bus arrived here from Newport News, l have ob
tained some interesting and valuable f&ats ih rela
tion to the late naval battle in Hampton Roads,
that have not before been published.
REASON OF TUB MEKRIMAC’S ATTACK.
The commander of the JMarrimo.c, Buchanan,
was placed [in possession of tbe fact that the Erics
son battery bud left New York on Friday, and he
shw that tbe blow at our fleet, which had been con
templated for some weeks, must be made at once.
On Friday w?,(Coi/gress) received orders to move
down tbe stream at once. The senior officer, how
ever, deemed it unadvisable to leave the Newport
News batteries exposed without first consulting
tailh Mr. Fox, Assistant Secretary of War, (who was
to arrive on the Ericsson,) as well as with Gen.
Wool. As it was, had it not been for the presence
of our vessels, the Merrimac would have destroyed
the batteries at Newport News.
THE REBEL FLANS.
Tho attack of the' Merrimac was but a part of
tbe rebel plan, which embraced a simultaneous at
tßcK upon Newport News by land. At tho same
hour that the rebel monster started, General Ma
gruder accordingly marched out his forces, with
the design of attacking our camp. Fortunately
for us, the creeks bud been swollen by recent rains
so that the head of his column was not visible by
our officers, until one o'clock on Sunday afternoon.
We could see them as they halted at a place
called Lee’s House, which is on tho high bluff above
the river. Their officers could be seen in consulta
tion, and rb they rode out and looked down at us,
the reflection of the glasses of thoir telescopes could
bo plainly seen in the sun. Finally they came to
the conclusion to rotire. They were supposed by
our pickets to be about ten thousand strong.
FIRST INTIMATION OF THIS MERUtMAC’S ArrEAlt-
When the rebel steamer first hove in sight (said
the surgeon), I was down in my room- I heard a
great rush and confusion en deck, and Manuel, one
of the officers, came below. Said he, “ Doctor, you
had better get ready.”
“What’s the matter?” I asked.
“The Merrimac's coming this time, sure.”
**Nonsense, Manuel, be quiet: £ want to read
the paper.”
I saw him go into his room and get his sword and
revolves. This convinced me that he was In ear*
nest, and in company with him I hastened to the
poop.
TACTICS OF THE MERRIMAC.
She came right along Sewell’s Point shore, in full
view pf the Roftds, ft&d then turned round and
went back again* She had no colors set, and £ still
supposed, as did many of the other officers, that she
was about to return to Norfolk. £ supposed that
she had been merely making a trial trip.
When aha had got half way to Oraney Island she
put her helm aport and headed for us. We be
lieved she could not reach us. We had heard that
she drew fully twenty-three feet of water. If her
draught had been so great she could not have come
near us. In my opinion she does not draw. over
fifteen feet of water, and "the stories which had
bven told about her heavy draught were, no doubt ,
concocted and circulated By the rebels themselves,
for the purpose of deceiving zts, which they SU6-
ceided in doing.
Laboring under this erroneous idea, however, we
supposed that she was goiDg up the Nansomond to
Pig Point. At last, when we saw that she was only
a mile and a half off. wo ran down and beat to
quarters. Our guns were Instantly prepared, and
a broadside poured into her.
EFFECT OF TBE CONGRESS’ FIBE.
Scarcely any perceptible effect was produced on
the monster by our fire. Three or four very large
boles were made in her smoke-pipe, but it was SO
etioitaouslj thick, and so firmly braced by iron
stays, that we found it useless to attempt to knock
it down. This damage to the stack did not appear
at all to interfere with the working of the vessel.
Indeed, she steamed better and faster after she had
been in battle an hour or tW9 than at the com*
mencement.
I wag informed, however, that once, as her ports
were thrown open our gunner succeeded In firing
one round into her. This probably did much exe
cuUqr- Throe hundred rounds were fired by us
altogether, so that it would appear as though two
hundred and ninety-nine of them had been useless.'
The Congress is a 50-gun frigate.
EFFECT OF TEE MERRUTAC’S FIRST FIBS Off THE
CONGRESS.
The first shell which pierced the Congress killed
the crew of seventeen gunners attached to gnn
No. 7. The shell was an eleven-inch one, and was
fired at a range of about one hundred yards. Ere
ry one of their shells burst inside of us. They
must have cut off the fuses, as the distance between
us was so very small.
I was looking for my instruments down below,
when there came a crash, and I was thrown forward
on ruy face, a distance of eight feet. I escaped
without injury, hut it Seemed to be almost miracu
lous. My bedding, blankets, trunks—everything
was scattered about the room.
A FRIGHTFUL INCIDENT AND SECOND NARROW
ESCAPE.
Th? first wounded man who came staggering
down the ladder for assistance bad been struck in
the chest by a splinter over a foot in length. While
I was stooping over him, endeavoring to ease his
pain, I heard another frightful crash, and a heavy
door was thrown directly across the head and chest
of the wounded man, barely passing my head. A
higher art than mine had eased him of his pain!
He must have been killed instantly, as he did not
litter a single groan.
NATURE OF THE WOUNDS RECEIVED.
The number of wounded was unusually small in
comparison with the number killed outright The
fire of the Merrimac was too close, and so fearful
that almost every man who was struck at all was
killed.
t&Neithex were the wounds themselves of the ordi
nary character. They almost invariably took off
the head and one shoulder, or cut the body directly
in two. The only insignificant wound which I
dressed was in the ease of one of the crew who had
his hand taken off,
Mr. Rhodes, who was among the last killed, died
after we had reached the shore, from the effeots of
a concussion he had received, and his body not
being at all mangled. He was a stout, robust man
of fifty, and a strong, active sailor.
Com. Pendergrast did not receive a single scratch,
although exposed to the full danger. I come off in
the same boat with him.
After fifteen or twenty minutes I did not pretend
to amputate a limb, as the number of the wounded
was so great, and their sufferings so terrible. I put
on tourniquets to stop the hemorrhage, however,
and administered draughts to prevent prostration.
The scene on the gun*deok was frightful. Many
of tbe dead had been literally blown to pieces. And
yet the living, unconscious how soon their own
turn might come, seemed also unconscious of dan
ger, and moved about with the greatest coolness.
TUB CONGRESS SET ON FIRE BV THE XNEUV’S
In the very commencement of the action our
vessel was set on fire by the shells of the Merrimac.
Bad tbe enemy hauled off immediately we could
not have sailed our vessel after thU occurrence.
It was impossible to extinguish the flames, which
leapt up from every part of the hull.
ESCAPE OF THE OFFICERS AND CREW
Tn the reports of the battle it was erroneously
Stated that the officers of the Congress bad been
captured. That we were not captured, however,
seemed almost providential, and oocnrrod thus:
the white flag was displayed, the rebel
tug boat, which was detached to take us prisoners,
cume steaming up to our side, when the sharpshoot
ers of the Indiana Twentieth Regiment, who were
stationed at Newport News, poured a volley intoit.
A midshipman named Foreman was killed by the
discharge, and foil from the aide of our vessel down
to the deck of hiß own, a distance of fifteen feet. No
doubt many others of tho rebel crew were likewise
hilled or wounded, for they at once hauled off, not
anticipating such treatment from the Indiana troops.
To tbe skill and gallantry of the latter alone, do
rhe officers and crew of the Congress ‘owe their de
liverance from durance vile.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 13. 1862.
Before the rebel tug hauled off, however, I had
gone on board to eee about the removal of our
wounded. I had a brief and unsatisfactory inter
view with the commander, wh# was named William
Parker. He said to me, iu a surly tone, “you’ll
have to hurry.” I said to him that I could not
move men in a hurry who were as badly wounded
as oars. He replied: “ I can’t help it. lam go
ing to burn your ship in fifteen minutes, so you had
better move d—n quick!”
The threat, of course, was not put in execution,
and Mr. Parker was very glad to escape san
corpora.
TAKING TO THE BOATS.
When the fire had increased to such an extent as
to render it unsafe for us to remain on board any
longer, we took to tho boaie (which warn already
launched, and ready to bo cast off before we had
any idea of an attack from the Merrimac,) and
pulled ashore to Newport Hews.
To the best of our knowledge, not a live man was
left on board. The vessel was so Very largo, how
over, and the wounded lying upon each of the four
decks, it is barely possiblo that in some cases men
were left behind whose life was not extinct.
TUi: AOTIUN SEIVESK TilF, MONITOR AN I> SER-
The action between these two iron-clad ships was
witnessed by us at the distance of three or four
miles. The Monitor occasionally fired double
shotted guns. As I sat in a tent at Newport News,
the concussion produced by the fire was SO tremen
dous that it seemed to me I was standing by the
guns; besides which, the shocks were as incessant
as they were deafening.
The Merrimac’s fire did not the slightest damage
to her antagonist, and, with the exception of leaving
a few indsßtfltions in tho side of her tower, such as
might be made in the side of a loaf of fresh bread
by tbe thumb, it may be said to have produced no
ofieet whatever. Her tower is twenty-five feet is
diameter, and has two holes on each side for the
guns. It is styled a cheese-box by the rebels, and
resembles it somewhat at a distance.
Mr. Newtown, the engineer of the Monitor, in
forms me that he saw one hole made in the Merri
mac, and believes that she has sustained other
damages. She was, not followed by the Monitor
for the simple reason that the channel was narrow,
and very dangerous. Had the Monitor run
aground, as the Minnesota did, every one of our
vessels would have been destroyed.
THE MINNESOTA AND ROANOKE.
At two o’clock on Sunday morning preparations
were made to blow up the Minnesota, in ease she
could not be got afloat.
The Minnesota and "Roanoke are two of the
moat powerful vessels in the world. The first, it is
thought by some, might have ran down the rebel
steamer amidships, &hd Sunk her. The Merrlvuie
was so skilfully handled, however, that the attempt
would have very likely failed, and might hare
proved a disastrous failure. As to boarding her,
that would also have been equally hazardous, for
the reason that she can only be got at forward, and
her crew must have had small arms on board.
THE ATTACK UPON TBE CUMBERLAND.
Before our vessel had been attacked at all the
fate of the Cumberland was sealed. We were
tying down the river, at Aast a quarter of a mile
from her, and more in the middle of the stream,
when the rebel craft hove in view. As she passed
the Cumberland, she discharged four or five
eleven-inch shells into her. She then steamed up
past her as if coming at us; but, a moment after,
turned back and coolly and deliberately drove into
the Cumberland , striking her fair in the bluff of
the bows
Mr. Martin, who was on board, but escaped unhurt,
esd i? eow heir, says that he felt the deck raised
up as if by a wedge, at this. While her prow was
still in the hull of the wooden frigate, she again
fired four or five rounds directly into her, with ter
rible effect. The enemypointed nearly all their guns
at her berth-deck (as they did in our case), for the
purpose of reaching the magazine, if possible. Un
successful although they were in this, they killed a
groat many—the powder-classes and the gunner’s
erews.
A MOURNFUL INCIDENT
When the Cumberland sank, her chaplain, And
one or two others of the crew, were below. Asshe
careened tbe ladder turned over, thus entrapping
them in their position. The worst of the wounded
were also drowned. A great many of the Cumber
land’s crew swam ashore, however, or escaped iu
the boats.
OFFICIAL EFFORT OF LIEU TEN ANT PEN-
DEBGEAST OF TUB CONGRESS,
.Washington, Maroh 12.— The official report of
Lieut Pendergrast, of the Congress, addressed to
Commander Marston, has been forwarded t» the
Navy -Department Lieut. Pendergrast states
‘‘That owing to the death of the late commanding
officer, James B. Smith, it becomes my painful duty
to Ii ake a report to you of the part which the
United States frigate Congress took in the efforts of
our vessels, at Newport News to repel tile attack of
the rebel flotilla on the Bth iostant.”
The report states that, when the Merrimac and
three small gunboats were seen steaming down
from Norfolk, and had approached near enough to
her character, the ship was cleared for
action. “At ten minutes after two o’clock, the
Merrimac opened with her bow-gun with grape,
passing us on the starboard side at a distance of
about tfaree hundred yards, receiving our broad
side and giving one in return. After passing the
Cwgrm, she ran into and sunk the sloop*ofi war
Cumberland. The smaller vessels then attacked
us, killing and wounding many of our crew. Seeing
the fate of the Cumberland , we set the jib and
topsail, and, with the assistance of the tugboat
Zouave , ran the vessel ashore. At half past two,
the Merrimac took a position astern of us, at a
distance of about one hundred and fifty yards, and
raked us fore and aft with shells, while one of the
fmall steamers kept up a fire on our starboard
quarter.
f.ln the meantime the "Patrick Henry and Thos .
Jefferson (rebel steamers) approached UB from up
tbe James river, firing with precisian, end doing
us great damage. Our two stern guns were our
only means of defence. These were soon disabled,
one being dismounted, and tbe other having its
xnozzle knocked away. The men were knocked
away from them with great rapidity and slaughter,
by the terrible fire of the enemy •
Lieut. Pendergrast first learned of the death
Lieut. Smith at 41 o’clock- The death happened
ten uiinures previous. Seeing that our men were
being killed without the prospect of any relief
from the Minnesota , which vessel had run ashore
in attempting to get up to us from Hampton Roads,
and not being able to get a single gun to bear upon
tbe enemy, and tbe ship being on fire in several
places, upon consultation with Commander Wm.
Smith, we deemed it proper to haul down our colors
without any further loss of life on onr part. - We
were soon boarded by an officer of the Merrimac,
who said he would take charge of the ship. He loft
shortly afterwards, and a small tug oame along
side, whose captain demanded that we should sur
render and get out of tho ship as he intended to
burn her immediately. A sharp fire with muskets
and artillery was maintained from onr troops
ashore upon the tug, having the effect of driving her
off. The Mammae again opened on us, although
we had a peak to show that we were out of action.
After having fired several shells into us, she left us
and engaged the Minnesota and tho shore bat
teries. After which Lieut. Pendergrast states
the wounded were taken ashore in small boats, the
ship having been on fire from the beginning of the
action, from tho hot shot fired by tbe Merrimac ,
Be Teports tho death of tho following officers:
Lieut. Joseph B. Smith, Acting Master Thomas
Moore, and Pilot Wm. Rhodes.
Report of Commander Purviauce.
The following extracts from the report of Com
mander Purviance, of the United States frigate St.
Lawrence , in regard to the action with the rebel
flotilla in Hampton Roadß, will prove interesting:
u At half-past eight, we got under way, in tow
of the Cambridge and when abreast of the rebel
battery at Sewell's Point, the battery opened fire,
one of the shells exploding under the fore foot of
the St. Lawrence f doing, however, no material in
jury. The fire was returned, and it is believed with
some effect. The Cumberland had, at this time,
gone down, having been run into by the Mernmqc }
and tbe Congress had surrendered after a terrible
slaughter of her men, and when rendered perfectly
powerless by the fire of the rebels. The Minnesota
was aground, and was engaging the enemy, whose
fire consisted of the rebel steam ram and fouror five
ride-wheel gunboats. When near tbe MinncsQt# t
tho St. Lawrence- grounded, and at that time
opened fire, but her shot dtf no execution. The
armor of the Merrimac proved invulnerable to
her comparatively feeble projectiles. Taking ad
vantage of these portentous circumstances, the
Mtrnmae directed her attention to firing several
projectiles of formidable dimensions, one of which
(an eight-pound shell) penetrated the starboard
quarter, about four inches above the water line,
passed through the pantry of the guard-room and
into the state-room of the assistant surgeon, on the
portfiidfi) completely demolishing the bulkhead, and
then struck against a strong iron bar which secured
tbe bull’s-eye of the port. It returned into the
ward-room, where it expended. It fortunately did
not explode, and no person was injured. The
damage done by this shot proved the power of the
projectiles which she employed) ana readily ex
plained tbe quick destruction of our wooden and
antiquated frigates.
Our position at this time was one of some anxiety.
Being aground, the tug Yovng America came
alongside and got us off; after which a powerful
broadside from the spar and gundeoks of tho St,
Lawrence, then distant about half a mile, thrown
into the Merrimac , induced her to withdraw,
whether from necessity or discretion is not known.
Report ol’ the Commander of the Minne-
The report of. Captain T. J. Van Brant, in com
mand of the Minnesota , has been received at the
Navy Department. It states that the Monitor
came alongside of the Minnesota at two o’clock
on the afternoon of the lOih. of March, having
arrived the night previous and reported for duty.
All on board, at her appearance, rejoiced that they
bad found a friend that would stand by them in tbe
hour of trial. At six o’clock on that day the enemy
again appeared, when tbe crews were beat to quar
ters, but he ran past the Minnesota and the tugs.
At this time tbe Minnesota, being aground, Cap*
tain Van Brent ordered some of the spar-deck guns
thrown overboard, and sent half of die crew on
hoard a tug to lighten tbe ship, after which super
human efforts were made to get her off. After sue
ceedir-gin get.tirg her a half mile, she struck again,
for the tide had fallen so much that there was not
water enough to floather in the channel. Atlength,
however, she wsb towed out of the mud into deep
water, end at the time of writing the report the
Minnesota was at anchor opposite Fortress Mon
roe.
Fleet Surgeon Wood, of the Minnesota, reports
the following list of killed and wounded :
Killed. —Alexander Winslow, captain of the
maintop; Henry Smith, coxswain; Dennis Har
rington. captain of the mizzentop.
Wounded— John Green, second master, seriously;
Henry Leeland, second gunner, seriously; Charles
Dunlap, ordinary seaman, mortally; Samuel Hiller,
ordinary seaman, slightly; Christopher Sewell, coal
heaver, mortally; Charles Thompson, seaman, se
riously ! Joseph Augustus, musician, seriously ; S,
W. Thomas, musician, slightly; John Clark, sea
man, slightly; Patrick Joyoe, ordinary seaman,
slightly; Julius Bartlett,second master,slightly;
Joyce Moore, colored, slightly ; Eli Parris, colored,
slightly; Anson Bichchuroh, seaman, slightly.
The War in the West.
[Special Correspondence of The Press.]
On Board Stf-amer “ Superior,” )
Ohio River, March 9, 1862. j
Senator Andrew Johnson, his son, and tho Hon.
Mr. Etheridge, arrived in Cincinnati this morning,
at half-past eight o’clock, and immediately repaired
to the Burnett House, where apartments were in
readiness, notification of their coming having been
received by a telegram, despatched by Mr. Bobert
Johnson, last evening,
The extreme length of the route travelled by the
Military Governor of Tennessee necessitated rest;
and, desirous of securing a few hours of undisturbed
repose, he gave orders to the clerks t» admit no
(me to his room, thus disappointing a multitude who
bad oongregated to congratulate the Tennessee pa
triot, and otherwise demonstrate their joy at the
responsible and onerous position be bad so gene
rously accepted, and was about to assume.
Governor Johnson will leave Cincinnati at 7.20
this evening, by the cars of tho Ohio and Miaaiaaippt
Hallway, and arrive at Louisville about one o’clock
to-morrow morning.
The steamer Superior is excessively orowded
With passengers for Louisville, many of whom,
however, are en route for Nashville and other
parts of Tennessee.
Since dinner, numerous little groups have been
formed upon the upper deck, and in the dining
hall, of persons desirous of entering into conversa
tion speculative of, or in some way pertaining to,
the war, while an equal number are being gratified
by listening to patriotic predictions and arguments,
morsels of news, and bizarre stories.
Sitting very near me is the Hon. Mr. Etheridge,
who is entertaining quite a large party of gentle
men with humorous war find SosoMion stories. A
gentleman of the party remarked that he was sor
ry the manufactory of John 801 l had been de
stroyed by the Federals. Mr. Etheridge, in reply,
said that had John Bell pursued the same course
as had the patriot Democrat of the Western divi
sion of the State, Tennessee would have had no
eause to re-enter the great Confederacy; that, had
John Bell, at the commencement of the national
troubles, come forth and denounced all disaffected
Tennesseans as traitors, Tennessee would have stood
firm,
Mr. L. J. Bradford, president of the Kentucky
State Agricultural Society, was causing infinite joy
to a little group of nine by his predictions of the
future of Tennessee. The subject was “ Tennessee”
everywhere. In ths whole afternoon I have hoard
no sentence which could be construed into words of
sympathy for the infamous men who have been in
strumental in crushing tho Union people of Ten
nessee.
There ere five military hospitals in Cincinnati,
and about four hundred siok and wounded Fort
Donelson (United States) soldiers are confined in
them. An officer of one of the institutions, in
speaking of the liberality of the citizens, says that
he is daily the recipient of a multiplicity of useful
articles, such as blankets, stookings, medicines,
chickens, confectionery, etc., etc
Yesterday afternoon I visited Newport Barracks,
directly opposite Cincinnati, on the Kentucky
shore. Colonel Sanderson is in command, and all
recruits for the regular service in tho YfC3t are
sent here. About one hundred men are expected
next week. Sixteen recruits arrived, in charge of
a sergeant, yesterday, all of whom hail from Steu
benville, Ohio, and vicinity. The troops, previous
to jny arrival, bad been attending the funeral of a
drummer boy named Isaac Ferry.
Quite a booming of cannon was heard iu Cincin
nati yesterday about nine in the morning. Many
questions were asked as to what it meant, and the
general impression prevailed that it was a salute to
Governor Johnson. It subsequently proved to be
the packet Maysville, from Nashville, where she
had been running as a transport steamer, firing a
salute from her forecastle. The gun used was a
six-pounder, something after the Parrott style, and
was oaptured at Fort Eollicoffer, on the Cumber
land river, below Nashville, and brought up fis'a
trophy. S.
Gen, Buell's Order on Entering Nashville.
The following is the order of General Buell to
bis soldiers when that officer entered Nashville. Its
purport is that good order must be preserved, and
nobody but active rebels molested :
GENERAL ORDERS—No. IS.
IIfADQUABTEBS DEPARTMENT OP THE Ohio, )
Nashville, Term., Feb. 26, 1862. J
The general commanding congratulates his troops
that it has been their privilege to restore the na
tional banner to the capital of Tennessee. He be
lieves that thousands of hearts in every part of the
State trill swell wiih joy to see that honored flag
reinstated in a position from which it was removed
in the excitement and folly of an evil hoar; that
the voice of her own people will soon proclaim its
welcome, and that their manhood and patriotism
will protect and perpetuate it.
The General does not deom it necessary, though
the occasion is a fit one, to remind his troops of the
rule of conduct they have hitherto observed and are
still to pursue. Wears in arms not for the pur
pose of invading the rights of our fellow-country
men aDy where but to maintain the integrity of the
Union and protect the Constitution under which its
people have been prosperous and.happy. We can
net therefore look with indifference on any conduct
which is designed to give aid and comfort to those
who are endeavoring to defeat those objects ; but
the action to be taken in such cases rests with cer
tain authorized persons, and Is not tp b? assumed by
individual officers and soldiers. Peaceable citizens
are not to be molested in their personal property. All
wrongs to either are to be promptly corrected, and
the offenders brought to punishment. To this end all
persons are desired to make complaint to the im
mediate commander of officers or soldiers so offend
ing, and if justice be not done promptly, then to
the next commander, and so on [.until the wrong is
redressed. If the necessities of he public service
should require the use of private property to pub
lic purposes, fair compensation is to be allowed. No
such appropriation of private property is to be
made, except by the authority of the highest com
mander present; and any other officer or soldier
who shall presume to exercise such privilege shall
be brought to trial. Soldiers are forbidden to en
ter the residences or grounds of citizens on any plea
without authority.
No arrests are to be made without the authority
of the commanding general, except in case of aotual
. offence against the authority of the Hovorumeut;
' and in all such cases the fact and oircumstances will
immediately be reported in writing to headquar
ters through the intermediate commanders.
The General reminds his officers that the most fre
quent depredations are those which are committed
by the worthless characters who straggle from the
ranks on the plea of being unable to march; and
where the inability really exists, it will be found in
most instances that the soldier has overloaded him
self with useless and unauthorized articles. The
orders already published on this subject must be
enforced.
The C6&diil6n And behavior of a corps are snro
indications of the efficiency and fitness of its of
ficers. If any regiment shall be fonnd to disregard
that propriety of conduct, which belongs to soldiers
as well as citizens, they must not expect to oocupy
the postß of honor, but may rest assured that they
will be placed in position, where they cannot bring
shame on their comrades and the cause they are en
gaged in. The Government supplies with liberality
all the wants of the soldier. The occasional depri
vations in hardships, incident to rapid marching,
must be borne with patience and fortitude. Any
officer who neglects to provide properly for his
troops, and separates himself from them to seek his
own comfort, will be held to a rigid accountability.
By command of General Buell.
James B. Fry, A. A. G., Chief of staff. -
Official, J. M. Wright, A. A. G.
The Women of Nashville and the Fede-
rat Soldiers
A Nashville correspondent of the Cincinnati
Times gives the following account of how General
Nelson intended te tree! a Secession woman, who,
in her enthusiasm for the rebel chief, overstepped
her bounds of propriety. The correspondent says:
For some unaccountable reason the women of this
section do not favor the Northern soldiers. In their
march toward Nashville they were frequently
greeted by some female dweller by the roadside
with “ There goes the Yankees;” « We’ll soon see
another Bull’s Bun;” and other expressions not
very complimentary to Northern ears. On one oc
casion, as General Nelson was riding at the head of
bis command, one of these female Secessionists
thrust her bead from the window and screamed
“ Hurrah for Jeff Davis! hurrah for Jeff Davis! ”
This was too much for the temper of the Gene
ral. and riding close to the fence, he shouted,
“ Madame, if you repeat that again, I’ll be cursed
if I don’t quarter a man in your house who is
covered all over with the smalbpoi." This had
the deßired effect, and the adulator of Jeff Davis
retired into obscurity until the soldiers were out of
sight.
But few women of respectable character are to
be seen on the streets of Nashville as yet. With the
advent of the rebel foroaa the wealthier of the Union
families left, and on the approach of the Federal
forces the vindicators of 41 Southern righto ” took
onto themselves wings and fled also. The Union
ists, however, are beginning to return, and in Borne
cases they do so to find that their premises have
been overrun and their houses despoiled.
Ait old Sccesh followed his runaway darkey
to the camp of the Second Ohio Cavalry, at Platte
City, Mo-, one day last waek, aud took him off, to
the intense disgust of the soldiers, three of whom,
at nightfall, stole out of camp, cut across lots four
milQp to the old sinner’s house, and, peeping into
the windows of an out-house, saw the contraband
stripped and tied and a man flogging him in pre
sence of bis master. The door was burse open In
double-quick time; the master knocked down; the
slave nntied, and sent, before daylight next morn
ing, to Kansas, with a treasury note in his pocket to
pay his expenses.
IMPORTANT FROM FORTRESS MON>
ROE AND THE SOUTH.
Rebel Reports of the Late Naval
Battle.
THE CREW OF THE CUMBERLAND COM
PLIMENTED.
THE MONITOR ADMITTED TO HE
FORMIDABLE.
The Merrimac Not Much Injured.
DEATH OF CAPTAIN BUCHANAN.
SEVENTEEN OF THE MERRIMAC’S CREW
KILLED.
mm ADVANCE OF OUR ARMIES.
THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICIAL ORDERS.
General Fremont Assigned a
New Command.
&c., &c., &c.
Baltimore, March 12.—The Old Point boat has
arrived. I learn from Lieutenant Hayward, who
was a passenger, that a copy of tho Norfolk Day
Book had been received, giving a highly-colored
account of tbe fight on Saturday.
It pays a great eotupKment to tho bravery of the
crew of the Cumberland, and admits that some shot
from that vessel entered the Menimac, and one
shell killed seventeen men and wounded Capt. Bu
chanan, who subsequently died.
The Monitor i# admitted to be formidable, The
paper says she appeared like a big black Yankee
cheese-box on a raft.
The Merrimac, on Sunday, was under the com
mand of the traitor Thomas Ap Catesby Jones.
The account given is mainly confined to the Sa
turday fight. Some slight repairs are said to be
necessary to the Merrimac.
The reason why the Merrimac did not first at
tack the Congress was because Captain Buchanan
had a brother on board as paymaster.
Further Account ortho Naval Battle
Fortress Monroe, March 11.—The British
sloop-of-war Rinaldo sailed this forenoon.
All tho paperßof the frigate Cumberland having
gone down with her, it is impossible to obtain a
list of tho killed and missing. The latest and most
correct account is 116, and it will probably be re
duced to 100. The names can only be ascerh ia ,d
at the Navy Department, by comparison of pa /-
rolls. Master M. S- Stuyvesant was won, dol ;
also, John Grady and Georgs W. Butt. The fol
lowing are at the General Hospital: John lat h
L. Livingston, John Devin, Joseph Russel], Job l
Gardner, Edward Cobb, John Bunt, James Bs i.
son, John McGinn, Alexander McFadden, Jol a X.
Cavanagh.
On board the Congress was one company of the
Union Coast Guard, Ninety-ninth New York, Cap
tiun Mclntyre.
The following are killed, wounded, and missing;
KILLED--= Sergeant James Lapey, Corporal
Charles Tynson; Privates James Tracey, John
Gault, William Lesley, William Bell, Richard
Thomas.
Wounded.— Francis Needham, W. R. Radoliffe,
Thomas Bennett, Alexander Keys, Samuel James,
Charles GUI, Stephen Brennen (or Brown), James
Golden, Joseph Calloway, Lawrence Senrlong,
Missing. —James Goodwin, Willard Delano,
Dennis Faye, Francis Kinney, Terrence McKenna,
Archibald McLean, John Peterson, Edward Logan,
William Hayes.
The following are at the arsenal hospital, all
from the Congress;
Thomas Gannon, David Ferguson, George L.
Dean, James McFaddyen, William Chapman,
Patrick Claneey. John Fitzpatrick, of the White
hall, is also at the general hospital.
Early yesterday mprnipg a email boat arrived at
the Newport News wharf, containing two men and
a woman, who represented that they supposed tho
place to be in the possession of the Confederate
forces, and wanted to sell some produce and es
tablish a store.
They were soon informed of their mistake, much
to their chagrin, and were conveyed to the head
quarters of General Mansfield. Thoy were brought
here by tbe Express this afternoon, and taken be
fore General Wool. After the party had diSOOTtrod
their mistake they represented that they were
Unionists, who had for some time past been en
deavoring to escape; but their first story is, of
course, more probable.
Lieutenant Selfridge, of tfie Cumberland, has
been ordered to the command of the Monitor.
A flag of truce was sent to Craney Island to-day
with despatches. The officers of the rebel boat re
presented that the Memmac, or, as it is called by
them, the Virginia, had received damage, but
nothing that was serious,
They admit the loss of four killed and several
wounded on board. Captain Bnchanan, who com
manded her, was seriously wounded on Saturday,
and the command devolved upon his first lieutenant.
The officers say little or nothing about the Sunday's
fight, The Yorhown is said to have had a shot lu
her boiler.
The Norfolk Day Book of yesterday gives a
glowing account of the opening of the James river
blockade and the destruction of the Congress and
Cumberland.
It is stated that the Virginia, Flag-officer Bu
chanan commanding, with the steam- tugs Beau
fort, Lieutenant commanding Parker, and Ra
leigh, Lieutenant commanding Alexander, left the
navy yard at 11 j o’clock.
The commander of the Cumberland is spoken of
as fighting his ship with a gallantry worthy a bet
ter cause. The total rebel loss is said to be nine
killed, aud twelve wounded. Twenty-three pri
soners arrived at Norfolk on Satnrday night from
the Congress ; one died on the passage.
The Monitor is said to have been seriously in
jured by the Virginia. Some of the gunboats are
said to have been sunk, both of which statements
are, of course, entirely incorrect. Our loss is said
to have been between 600 and 1,200. The Day
Book says :
Having completely riddled the Minnesota,
and disabled the St. Lawrence and Monitor be
sides, as stated above, and destroyed Beveral of the
enemy’s gunboats—in a word, having accomplished
all that they designed, and having no more mate
rial to work upon, our noble vessels left the scene
of their triumphs and returned to the yard, where
they await another opportunity of displaying their
prowess.”
In the rebel Congress yesterday the operations of
Gen. A. S. Johnston, in Tennessee, were discussed.
Mr. Adkins said that nearly every member of the
Tennessee Legislature had signed a petition for his
removal from that department.
The Beaufort correspondent of the Day Book
says that the Nashville is now lying at Morehead
city.
One hundred vessels are reported at Hatteras,
supposed to contain reinforcements for General
Burnside. Ocracoke Inlet is Eaid to be blocked up
with stone vessels.
Virginia has been called upon for 40,000 addi
tional troops.
Official Order for the Advance of the
VI ks hikgton, March 12.—The following orders
by the President were published by authority in
the Intelligencer of this morning. Their im
portance and bearing are manifest:
WAR GAZETTE—PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
Washington, Jan. 27,1862, I
Executive Mansion. j
President’s General IVar Order , No. 1.
Ordered, That the twenty-second day of Febru
ary, 1862, be the day for a general movement of
the land and naval forces of the United States
against the insurgent forces. That especially the
army at and about Fortress Monroe, the army of
the Potomac, the army of Western Virginia, the
army near Munfordsville, Kentucky, the army and
flotilla at Cairo, and a naval force in the Gulf of
Mexico, bo ready for a movement on that day.
That all other forces, both land and naval, with
their respective commanders, obey existing orders
for the time, and be ready to obey additional orders
when duly given. That the Heads of Departments,
and especially the Secretaries of War aud of the
Navy, with all their subordinates, and the General
in-Chief, with all other commanders and subordi
nates of the land and naval forces, will severally
be held to their strict and full responsibilities for
tho prompt execution of this order.
Aiirahau Lincoln.
Executive Mansion, Washington, )
March 8,1862. j
President’s General War Order, No. 2.
Ordered, First. That the Major General com
manding the army of the Potomac proceed forth
with to organize that part of the said army des
tined to enter upon aetive operations, including the
reserve, bat excluding the troops to be left in the
fortifications about Washington, into four army
corpß, to be commanded according to the seniority
of rank, as follows :
First Corps, to oonsist of four divisions, to be
commanded by Major General Irvin McDowell.
Second Corps, to consist of three divisions, and
to be commanded by Brigadier General E. V. Sum
ner.
Third Corps, to consist of three divisions, and to
be commanded by Brigadier General S. P. Heintzel-
II: HIl.
Eourth Corps, to oonsist of three divisions, and
to be commanded by Brigadier General E. I*
Keyes.
Second. That the divisions now eimmaudod by
the officers above assigned to the command of
corpß, shall be embraced in, and form part of, their
respective corps.
TWO CENTS.
' Third. The foraea left for (fco defence of Wash
ington will be placed in command of Brigadier Ge
neral James J. Wadsworth, who shall also be Mill’
tary Governor of tho District of Columbia.
fourth. That this order be executed with such
promptness and despatch as not to delay the com.
mencement of the operations already directed to be
undertaken by the army of tho Potomac.
Fifth. A fifth army corps, to bn commanded by
Major General N. P. Banks, will be formed from
bis own and General Shields 1 (late General Dan*
der’s) divisions. Ajirjuiam Lincoln.
Bxkcctivk Mansion, )
Washington, March 11, 1862. $
President's War Orders , No, 3.
Major General McClellan having personally taken
tho field At the head of the army of the Potomac,
until otherwise ordered, be is relieved from the
command of the other milit4?y departments, he re*
taming the command of the army of the Potomac.
Ordered further, that the two departments now
under tho respective commands ot Generals Ilalleck
and Hunter, together with so much of that under
General Buell as lies west of a north and south Hoe
indefinitely drawn through Knoxville, Tennessee,
be considered and designated the Department of
the Mississippi, and that until otherwise ordered,
Major General Ilalleck have command of said do*
parrment.
Ordered, also, that the country west of the De
partment of the Potoiuacs and cast of tho. Diipn.pt*
ment of the Mississippi, be a military department,
to be called <( Tbe Mountain Department,” and
that tho same be commanded by Major General
Fremont.
That all the commanders of the departments, af
ter the receipt of this order by them, respectively
report severally aibd directly to the Secretary of
War, and that prompt, full, and frequent reports
will be expected of all and each of them.
Abraham Lincoln.
THE PEA RIDGE VICTORY.
Its Value to the Union Cause.
SKETCHES OF THE PROMINENT
GENERALS ENGAGED.
As the public attention is, to a great extent, di
rected to General Curtis’ army, commonly called
tho “army of the Southwest,” tho following
article, copied irom the St. Louis Republican,
showing the military situation of that part of the
country since the war commenced, will be interest
ing. Although it was written before the late battle
took plfloo, it will be seen that the value of euf vl6 l
tory cannot be overestimated, and that the Union
aizny has won imperishable honor by almost auni-_
hilating, at a blow, the rebellion in the Southwest.
The Republican says:
From the of hostilities in Missouri,
General Trice had succeeded in diverting from con
templated movements down the Mississippi a large
portion of the Federal army of the West. Tho
grand line of operations from the Atlantic to the
Indian territories was completely flanked, and the
key to Western Arkansas, Louisiana, and Toxa3, to
the important Indian tomtbHfti 6f the Southwest,
and to the great routes by Fort Smith, through New
Mexico and Arizona to the Pacific, wore in tho ene
my’s possession, so long as General Price had com*
maud of Southwest Missouri. With active sympa
thizers in all parts of this State, ho had contrived
to keep occupied Federal forces numbering from
30,000 to 60,000. Hence it was a necessary pre
liminary to the grand movements down the Missis*
sippi valley towards the Gulf that Price should be
driven back, and, if possible, captured, or bis army
dispersed. His army was formidable, not so much
for its efficiency in battle as for the faMiUUs U pos
sessed for rapid marches, through a complete know
ledge of the country where it was operating, and
its modes of drawing supplies of men and subsist
ence from surrounding counties. So long as Us com
munications with Arkansas were kept open, and it
Wtild n\y upon the active sympathy of its rebel
friends throughout the State, the task before the
Federal generals here was of great proportions,
covering, practically, the whole State of Missouri,
together with the line of rebel connections from
Columbus and Memphis, by way of the Arkansas,
White, Black, and Current rivers, and protected
fr?m direct operaiiuna, via Cairo, bv nearly impas*
sable swamps. The relative positions of the Fede
ral and rebel forces, on the oast and west of the
Mississippi, were exactly reversed. On the
east, the Federal armies could ascend the Cum
berland and Tennessee, and penetrate the
enemy’s lines by rapid movements of StOftmcrS
&nd gnnboata. The surprising feSulU of
such rapid concentration of forces hare electrified
the country, culminating in the victories of Forts
Henry and Don el son and the occupation of Clarks
rill© and Nashville along the one river, aud the
mastery of all places on the US far as Florence,
in Northern Alabama. On the west side of the Mis
sissippi the enemy could use, in a corresponding
manner, the Arkansas, White, Black, St. Francis,
and Current rivers, for pushing his forces and sup
plies into this State, ana co-operating with Price.
The theatre pf operations, therefore, west of the
Mississippi, was larger and more difficult. The
Federal armies were compelled to provide for the
peace of the whole State, whilst thoir columns,
pushing towards Price’s main forces in the south
west, were to make an unparalleled march, iu
mid-winter, during constantly-changing weather
fibd b?sfewellisg' streams, without toe aid of
steamers or railroads. To ax unmilitary eye,
the task seems one of immense labor and
embarrassment. To the skilled general, the ne
cessities of ample preparation must have been
even more embarrassing; for each mile advanced
increased the between the moving army
and its sources of supply* The distance from Rollu,
the terminus of railroad communication, to Fayette
ville, Arkansas, is about 230 miles, and the distance
from Sedalia is about the same. The roads are very
bad in the most favorable seasons, but in winter are
almost impassable, for large trains. Tho country,
a portion of the way, is very broken, and the read#
passing through a mountainous region, .where those
familiar wirh the by-paths could constantly annoy
an advancing army, and make frequent as well as
desperate resistance in the gorges or passes, with
out much risk to themselves. The description of
forces under Price was exactly adapted to suoh
kinds of warfare. His men being mounted could
rot be overtaken when they chose to retreat, and
they could scatter over the surrounding country a 3
they moved, gathering forage and subsistence, and
then concentrating or skirmishing at will. As they
advanced, they were approaching their reinforce
ments, whilst the Federal Ari&y was departing fur
ther from its base, with a necessity of maintaining
an ever-lengthening line of communication with
Holla and Sedalia.
A moment’s reflection will convince every reader
that the Southwest campaign has been one of the
iiioi-t difficult during the war. Si ill that army, com
posed mainly of soldiers making their first cam
paign, has pushed boldly and perseveringly
forward, regardless of privations aud hardships,
without the desired excitements of a stand-up
fight with the opposite foe, constantly pursuing
an ever-retreating army, but compelled to be
constantly on the alert against surprises, bush
whacking, and sudden skirmishes. Surely, no ex
pedition has performed severer labor, undergone
greater hardships, or exhibited better skill in
its inception and conduct. The officers and
men are entitled to national gratitude aud
their full share of glory. It is not the triumph
won on the battle-field alone that indioatea tho
hero or the accomplished soldier. Gen. Curtis aud
his small army are performing a most important
and necessary part in the grand military combina
tions by which the rebellion is to be crushed. They
are reversing the order of operations. Instead of
being flanked by Gen. Price in Missouri, with a
large Federal army held in this State to guard
against his movements, Price is forced back into
Arkansas, and the rebel lines are turned in that di
rection, calling for Gen. McCulloch and Maj. Gen.
Van Dorn to hasten to his rescue. Thus tho on
ward movements looking to the possession of Mem
phis are most gallantly seconded by tho army of the
Southwest.
Sketch of Gen. Curtis*
General Samuel 11. Curtis is a native of Now
York, and entered the military academy of West
Paint as a cadet ypar J§37, fib graduated
in 1331, and on the Ist of July in that year was ap
pointed a brevet seoond lieutenant of the Seventh
infantry. He resigned on the 3Uth of Juno, 1832.
He practised as a civil engineer in Ohio from that
time until 1837. From April, 1837, to May, 1S3!),
he was civil engineer of the Muskingum river im
provement. He next practised law, and was a
eounsellor-at-law in Obio for a length of time from
1842, after which he wont to lowa. During his
stay in Ohio he was-a captain of the Ohio militia,
and afterwards a oolonel of tho same. He become
adjutant general of the State of Ohio from May 20,
1846. to Juno 23 of the some year. He then un
dertook the coloneloy of the Third regiment of
Ohio volunteers in the Mexican war, and fought in
the United States service during the cam
paign in Mexico. He served as colonel
from June 23, 1846, to June 24, 1847. After tho
discharge of his regiment, he served in the staff of
brigadier General Wobl as acting assistant ad
jutant general, and afterwards acted as the civil
and miiitaiy Governor of Saltillo, iu Mexico, in
1847. On his return home, he was appointed chief
engineer of the MviBSS fiver improvement, in
the State of lowa. This position he fillod from De
cember 4, 1847, to January 1, 1850. He was utter
wards returned to Congress to represent a district
in the Slate of lowa. While serving in Congress,
he commanded the Second Regiment of lowa Vo
lunteers; and while they were in service in Mis
souri, lie bad to leave big command in charge of
Lieutenant Colonel Tuttle; while ho proceeded to
Washington to attend the extra session of Congress,
in which he spoke strongly iu favor of the Union
and its cause. At tho closo of tho session, he
returned to Missouri to back up bis wprdg with
still nobler deeds, fie whs appointed a brigadier
genera], his commission dating from May 17,1861,
and resigned his seat in Congress to further
take up arms in defence of the Government.
For some time, he had ch&rgo of the city and
district of St. Louis, holding military jurisdiction
over the g&ne. fie, in this capacity, served under
Gen. Fremont. When Gen. Halleok assumed com*
mand of the department, Gen. Curtis was ordered
to a more important post at Rolla, as a starting
point and depot of concentration of the troops now
under his command. When properly prepared,
he, fig acting Major General in command of a eoyja
iVormit , went in pursuit of Genor&l Price and his
rebel troops. On the 14th of February, Gen. Hal
leek officially announced that General Curtis’ com
mand bad captured Springfield ; on the 18th, that
the flag of the UDion was floating over the border
»sd in Arkansas; on the 26th, that General Curtis
bad defeated Price at Sugar Creek; on the 21st,
that he bad taken possession of Bentonville; on the
25tb, that he had driven the rebels from Gross Hol
lows; on the 271 b, that be bad taken possession of
nnti ro>t, that ho has beaten tho united
rebel commands in the Boston mountains. Such u
succession of brilliant movements is worthy of Na
poleon the Great.
Sketch of General Sigel.
Acting Major General Franz Sigel was born iu
1824, si Btidvn, in Germany, and was educated nt
tbe military school of Carls’ruho. In 1817 ho hold
tbc rand of chief ndjntant, and was universally
allowed to bo one of the most promising officers,
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and, perhaps, the best artillerist In Germany*
When the revolution broke out in 1818 ho joined it
at once, and lost bis commission in consequence*
lie obtained seiyjpg, hOffBTOT, ftlflO&g tbO fOYOltt.
tiocistfi, and soon rose to the chief command of thdip
armies. When the reaction took place, the sore*
reigns raised an overwhelming forco to crush
out Bigel. Ho fought them with thirty thou
sand men, against eighty thousand, and, more
fortunate than at Springfield, he brought off
every one of his guns. Peace seen left tbff
general without an army, and ha emigrated
shortly afterward to this country. Hero ho entered
the academy of a Monsieur Dulon, whose daughter
be afterwards married. A few years since he was
chosen professor in a college at St. Louis, where
he taught, among other things, the art of war to his
pupils. When the rebellion broke out, Gen,
was one of tho first of the gallant Germans of Mis
souri who Tallied in support trf the Government.
He commanded the Third Regiment of volunteers
raised at St. Louis, llis memorable victorious re
treat from Carthago is too well known to .be easily
forgotten. He subsequently co-operated, with vigor
and ability i with the late lamented Ljodi and was
with him up to the eve of the battle of Springfield.
After the death of Lyon, Gen, Bigel comtnaadod
our amy, and led the retreat to Kolia, after which
he remained somewhat inactive at St- Louis until
appointed to the present corps d'armee, of which he
ewnliiimikd n division.
Sketch of Gen* Asboth
Gen. A. Asboth is a Hungarian by birth, and is
the brother of the noted General Asboth, of Hunga
rian revolutionary fame. He himself held the rank
of colonel in tho same army, and is somewhat noted
as a talented oavtdry officer. JIo Visited tbifl CiMlDtfy
with Kossuth, and doubtless finding more liberty
here than in his own country, determined to- stay,
and resided for some time in New York. When Gen.
Fremont was appointed to the department .of the
West he took Asboth with him, giving him the title
of brigadier general without having received the
authority so to do, and making him chief of bin
Staff. Wbsa Gen, Fremont took the field, (Jen.
Asboth was placed in command of a division as an
acting major general; but when Gen. Fremont
was recalled Gen. Asboth was also removed, his di
vision being placed under the command of his pre
sent companion-in-arms, acting General Carr, (Jon.
Asboth having been appointed by GoverniasEt &
,brigadier general, he was placed in oommand of ft
division of Gen. Curtis’ corps d'armee, and again
has become an acting major general. Ilia talent
and bravery bavo been proven in' this action, in
which be has been wounded.
Sketch of Acting Gegfrfli DhVis,
Col. Jefferson C. Davis, in command Of ft division
under Gen. Curtis, was appointed to the regular
army from the .State of Indiana in the year 1818,
receiving the commission of a second lieutenant of
the First United Slates artillery on the 17th of
June in that year. Ho was not instructed ot West
Point, hut appears to have had g good military t».
lent. On the 2fith of February, 1852, he was pro
moted to a first lieutenancy, and on the 14th of
May, 1861, was appointed captain in the same re
giment, being allowed leave of absence to taka
command of the Twenty-second Regiment of In
diana volunteers, Gen. Fremont, without autho
rity, made him a brigadiav general, which, tho do.
vernment repudiating, he nearly lust both his bri
gade and regimental command. He is nt proseat
acting as major general, with the simple rank of
a colonel, although he has performed some brilliant
exploits. When under the command of Gen. Pope,
in Central Missouri, he effected lbs Capture of over
one thousand men, and now his division has rid the
country of the noted rebel Gen. McCulloch.
Sketch of Ben McCulloch*
The career of Gen. Ken McCulloch, who is re
ported by Gen. Curtis as having been killed at the
ban! ? pf Peg Ridge, is so well known that it is
hardly necessary to recapitulate how. liut, if ho
be killed, this will be the last of him. As, how
ever, since the war began, be has not only been
übiquitous in bis presence, but has been slain seve
ral times, be may, perhaps, turn up again, He is
a Tennessean by birth, and 48 yours of ago. Ua
first became fatuous ih his hative State, as a bear
killer. In 1835 he went to Texas with Davy Crock
ett, to take part in the Texan revolution, and
Sam Houston assigned him to the artillery, and
made him captain of a gun. He afterwards settled
in Texas, and became celebrated in Indian fight*.
When tho Mexican war broke out, he raised a baud
of Texans on the Guadeloupe, whose services wera
accepted by Taylor. He was employed in scouting
expeditions, and took a hand in various battles of the
war, lor which services President Pierce afterward
appointed him United States marshal for Texas.
When the Mormon rebellion bfOjtO out, he was ap.
pointed one of the Peace Oommissionera to Utah,
though a more unfit person could not hare been
discovered in the country. When the present re
bellion broke out, he was sought for by Jeff Davis,
and has been engaged everywhere, and in all sorts
of rebel sen ice. He took a body of Texans tv Mis
sourit and assisted Gent Price in various engage
moots, and particularly in the battle of Springfield.
After that ho quarrelled with Price, and retired
with his army to Arkansas, and stationed himself at
Fort Smith. When Gen. Curtis gave the present
chase to the rebels, lie again came north to the 4f
k&fiMis Northern line, with ail tho other rebel com*
menders in that section, and has now fallen, a trai
tor to bis country. In person he was remarkable
—six feet high, slender, bat athletic, and with the
appearonce and air of a frontier fighter. He was
undoubtedly a partisan leader of capacity, but WM
utterly unfit to command a large body of men.
Sketch of Alnjor General S. Price,
General Sterling Price, in August, 1846, entered
the service of tho United States during the Mexican
war, as colonel of the Second Regiment of Missouri
volunteers, a cavalry regiment, enlisted
months, He was commissioned a brigadier general
United States volunteers, on the 20th of July, 1847.
He was wounded in the engagement at Canada, New
Mexico, January 24,1847, in which be commanded.
He commanded also in the battle of Santa Cruz do
Rosales, March 16, 1848, in which year his
was dUb&ttd&d. He has since been Governor of
Missouri, and for his military specialities while
initiating, with Governor Jackson, the rebellion at
Boonvitle, has become the victim of several pasqui
nades from the press. In tho battle ot Boonville
success was against him. but at Springfield and
Lexington he was mote fortunate, hie forces being
more than four times as great as th&je hls oppo
nents. He has managed to subsist his army—at one
time very large—during this campaign, without
much assistance from the rebel Government. Since
tho time he was opposed by General Curtis he has
met with nothing else than a series of defeats—this
last one more signal than the rest.
SkMttk of General Earl Vnn> Dorn,
General Earl Van Born Is a native of Mississippi,
and was educated as a cadet at the Military Aoa
demy of West Point, entering that institution iu
the year 1838. He graduated in 1842, although
with not very high honors. In the same class we|*p
two fcMed rebels—Gustavus VV. {Smith and
Mansfield Lovell. On the lßt of July, 1842, he was
appointed brevet second lieutenant in the Seventh
United States infantry, and was made a full second
lieutenant on the 30th of November, 1814. On the
od of Mflrcfy 1847, be was proiflMed to 4 fink
lieutenancy, and on tiro 18th of April was bfCVCttbd
captain for his conduct at Cerro Gordo. In the
following August ho received a further brevet of
major for his conduct at Contreras and Cheru
butco; and on the 13th of September was wounded
while entering the city of Mo&ico. He woe aid to
General P. *¥. Smith during the yaars 1843 and
1849. He was secretary and treasurer of the Mili
tary Asylum of Pascagoula, Miss., from January,
1862, to June, 1855. Was made full captaio of the
St cond United States cavalry in March, 1366 In
July, 1806, he was distinguished in the command
of the expedition against the Camanohes in Northern
Texsa ,* again, on the Ist of October, 1858, (a th&
command of the expedition against, and in conflict
with a large force of Cainancheß near Witchita
village, Texas, gaining a “most decided and im
portant victory,” leaving fifty-six Indians dead
on the field, but was himself four times wounded
—twice dangerously. On the 13th of May)
1859, he was again distmguUtod with a sum*
tar command in action with a body of Oa*
macches, strongly posted in the valley of the Nes
cutunga, in which ho was completely victorious.
When be joined the rebels he first received an ap*
pointment in Texas, next near the Potomac, and
afterwards in Arkansas.
GENERAL NEWS.
Tiie Emperor’s Residence.—The Paris cor
respondent of the London Times writes ;
Tho late frost has interrupted the progress gf &&
works going forward at tho Paiaoe of the Elysee.
It is now believed that the palace cannot be pre
pared for tho reception of the imperial family by
next winter. In that case the Emperor witl of ne
cessity remain at the Tuileries. The repairs whioh
are being made at the right wing of of
the TuiivrUs have deranged tho imperial servioe,
as it was there the office of the Emperor's secretary
was placed, as well as those of other functionaries.
It is intended to establish them in the left wing,
which faces the Hue do Kivoli. Tho entire paiaoe
of the Tuileries is to be remodeled according to a
plan prepared by Visoonti.
Longevity op tub Mastai Family*.—A let
ter from Home, alluding to a late rumor of the
Pope’s death, Bays the Mastai family, to which the
Pope belongs, is remarkable for its longevity. He
has two brothers and a sister older than himself—
Count Gabriel, aged 82; Count Gaetano, IS, and
Countess Isabella, 76. Count Jerome, father of hie
Holiness, died at the age of 84, and the Countess
Catherine, his mother, at the age of 82, while his
graiidlather. the C.ount Hercules, lived to the age
vf 90. It may consequently bo averred with truth
that they are a long-lived family.
A "Wife Makes two Attempts upon her
Husband’s Life.—The Cincinnati Enquirer ro>
lates the particulars of a double attempt by a
wife to take her husband’s life, The of tho
parties, who are respectable and reside at New
port, Ky , are suppressed* The difficulty between
them arose from the refusal of the husband to give
his wife $2O, whereupon she poisoned his coffee
with strychnine, (which fortunately failed of its ef
fect?,) and afterwards attempted to dash a bottle pf
vitriol in his face. Steps have been taken to pro*
cure a divorce.
A bill lias passed the Kentucky Legislature
inflicting a fine of not less than $5O or inoro than
$6OO on any minister or priest who shall solemnize
marriage unless he shall have first taken the oath of
allefriflDGe to the United States, and sworn that ha
has never aided the rebel States.
A Milwaukee paper says some retail deal
ers bsvo been defrauded by the following trick :
Some knave cuts the coupons off the $6O 7 3-10
treasury notes, and passf? lb? note, $s g
note, in trade, thus pocketing some $10,96, the
amount of the coupons for three years.
Donation from Louisville, —A loyal cler
gyman fmu Louisville, bearing letters from Go n
Kuril and Governor Morton, hus visired the military
prison ut> Lafayette, Indiana, and dtß*irihuted two
hundred dollars among the rebel prisoners, as a do
nation from the loyal citizens of Louisville
The Savannah Republican says the bow
and stern of the ship Conner, of New Bedford,
have come ashore near St. Mary, suppasid to be
(he wreck of one of the sunken whalers at Charles
ton.
Bets are being made in sporting circles that
regular U. S. mail steamers will be runuingto
Memphis by the Ist of May, and to New Orleans by
(he l&fc of July,
Col. Noau Dimmick, a venerable and be
loved citizen of Delaware county. N. Y-, died at
his residents in Arkville on the lltb, aged 84.