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ruswanzo DAILY.OIDEDAYS.IXOIPTIDJ
BY JOHN W. FORNEY,
, ohunk Am 11.1 SOUTH FOURTH STRERt
THE DAILY PRESS,
Eittiritax Cam Pax Weak, payable to the Carrier.
'2lalled to Bninicribere out of the City at EIGHT DOLLARS
Vas Annum, FOUR Dotaase Yon SIR MONTHS. Two Dot.•
rase You Tim, Marne—invariably in advance for the
line ordered.
siir Advertisements Inserted at the penal rate'. Six
lines constitute a square,
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TAM TRIWEEKLY PRESS,
Kailad to Sulttotriltort oat of the City at Youtt Dot,
tau Psa idlatow.ln advance.
COMMISSION MOUSES.
WELLING., COFFIN, it CO.,
5/20 CHESTNUT STREET.
Offer for gale, by the Package—
PRINTS, BROWN AND BLEACHED SHEBTINOS AND
DRILLS, ()ANTON FLANNEL&
COTTONADES, CORSET JEANS.
SILESIAS, NANKEENS.
COLORED CAMBRIOS, SEAMLESS BANS.
SLACK DOESKINS AND CASSIMERE&
'UNION CLOTHS, SATINETS.
PLAID LINSEYS. NEORO KERSEY& .
KENTUCKY JEANS.
Also, • • •
SKY -Burs HERMITS, INFANTRY CLOTHS.
ARMY FLANNELS, 10 , 'and 12-onnee DUCK, &c., Ata
deo•mwf Sm
GRIGG it . HARMSTEAD,
No. 0 I STRAWBERRY STREET,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
For the sale of
FOREIGN AND DOitESTIO DRY. GOODS.
Jai
CFR SPRING STOOK IS NOW. AR-
RANGED
80,000 DOZEN
Ii 0 S I E TIY.
AT LOWER PRICES THAN PRESENT COST
POSTATION.
THOS. MELLOR .&
40 AND 4% NORTH THIRD STREET.
PrritADELPHI.
JOHN T. BAILEY & CO.
BAGS AND BAGGING
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
N 0.113 NORTH FRONT STREET,
FHIL A D E L P H I A
" BAG
MANUFACTORY.
BURLAP BAGS, OF ALL SIZES,
FOR CORN, OATS. COFFEE. BONEN:18T. &a.
ALSO,
SEAMLESS BAGS,
43t standard makes, ALL SIZES, for sale cheap, for net
cult on deliver,
GEO. GRIGG.
Zio. 219 and 291 CHURCH ALLEY
COTTON YARN.
SUPINUON COTTON YARN, No It
FOB SALE BY
TROTHINGHAM & WELLS.
SHIPLEY. HAZARD, db
HUTCIIINSON,
No. 112 CHESTNUT STREET•
COMMISSION MSTIOHANTS
NOB TES MB OF
PHILADELPHIA•MADI GOoDB
segbis
DV.I I Cti) LJ
STILL THEREI
AT THE OLD STAND. .
II MIS CHESTNUT STREET,.
. ,
Second door, ollikodto .7,vyae's Hall;
WHEELER & WILSON
SEWING MACHINES.
The undersigned baa not removed, but is ready at his
Old Office to aupply cuidomers, at the lowest-Prices. With
.every style and quality of
WHEELER. & NILSON SEWING MACHINES.
Machines to hire; also, with Int-slam operators, to
'Private families and hoteld, by the day,
Machine stitching done at short notice, in anyquaatitY.
Machin. renaln.Letti4-..nam0in , .. 0-45kt. •
• de26.9nt uyjariglrMl . •
•
IN GEE'S
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SEWING MACHINES,
la Slimily Sewing and Manufacturing Purposes.
maw Eno CHESTNUT. STREET.
:1 " 1,61 : eI; :
suidr
SEWING MACHINES
ire been vest i ll i irarti,l i n6Licatit ss.
11 with Self-adi tatting Reamers, are now ready for sale
YAIRBANK_§_dg
-if 118 CFEBSTNITT Street
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
OBERT SHOEMAKE 4 00.,
Northeast Con4r, Notirt
11LADELW A. h i'ina RAM St i ll O4
$
110 - LESAI*, DRUGGIST%
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS
FOREIGN AND DOKESTIO
NDOW AND PLATE GLASS.
MANII7AO7ORISRB OF
LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS; PUTTY, dm
AGENTS 7011 THR,OELVIRATED
I
RENCH ZINC PAINTS_
era and corpauners attpplied at
VERY LOW Men FOE 0
calmer tintrirmmo.
/143/1 „ TABiaO7PUI‘ • AND BIL.
I DitOORE a
No. 261 South 8800 ND Street, ' •
ection with their extensive Cabinet Bleinesi, are
annfacturing a superior article of
BILLIARD TABLES.
eve now on bond a full supply, finished with the
• B & CAMI ' ION'S IMPROVED CUSHIONS, which
°flounced by all who have used them to be sure.
o all others,
the Quality and finish of these Tables the mutte
rers refer to their numerous patrons throughout
l'. rtiofl, who are familiar with the character of their
0n33-8m
: .
ARCH STREET.
C. A. VANKIRK & CO.
MANUFACTURERS Or
CHANDELIERS
AND OTHER
GAS FIXTURES.
♦lei, Trench Bronze Figures and Ornaments. Ponelatn
card • ka Shades. and a variety of -
FANCY 1;3.0pr057. -.
.11.0LEsipalz
call and exanda g00d... &81,
CAUTION.
The well-earned repitatt s oa of
FAIREA.N.E.S' SCALES
Sas Wanted the makers of Imperfect balascee to offer
them as "FAIRBANKS' SCALES." and ptizahugemy have
thereby, in many instances, been sublected to fraud and
Imposition. Fairbanks' Scales are manufactured only by
the original Inventors. E. At T. FAIRBANKS di CO.. and
ace adapted to every branch of the business. where a
sorely:4 iad durable Scales is desired,
FAIRBANKS & EWING,
General Agents,
svls-tt MASONIC HALL, 716 CHBUNIIT BT.
F. I. G.
ZINC ARMY AND TOILET MIRRORS,
The host in the world for finish and durability.
B. M. S.
The best brand Silk Finished . '
VELVET RIBBONS. •
Sole Agent, ' BENJAMIN M. swill.
lab DUANE Street, near West Broadway,
!e8 gm Y a w York
TERRA COTTA WARE.
Fancy Flower. PotL •
Banging Vases
Fern Vases, with Plants.
Orange Pots.
Ivy Vases, with Plants. . • • . • -
Case°Letts Rena'nano'.
Lava Vases Antique.
Console and Cariatades.
Marble Baste and Pedestals. '
Brackets, all sizes.
With a large assortment of other FANCY 0000111,
Imitable fo ;C.H.RISTMAS PRESENTS, most of which ars
iaanafactared and imported for oar own sal" and wi ll
•
not be found at any other establishmen.
S. A. BAARISO N„
deft 1010 CHESTN UT Strerat.
14 HODES & WILLIAMS, 107 SOUTH
WATER •Street, have to store, and offer for We—
ier Bale An s —whole, half, and rterboxes.
Citron, Orange and Lemon Peel.
Currants, Drlel'Applea.
Dried Peaches, new, halves and quarters, and pared.
White Beans, Canada Whole and Split Peas.
Turkish and Malaga . Flgs.
Olive 011, quarts and pints.
Hemp and Cesar,' Seed.
princes, Bordeaux, and S icily Almonds.
French Mustard, BngOish Pickles, &c.
Turkish and French Yrnnee..:_, . .•
Fresh Paschen, Blackberries, C herries, ' •
Fresh •Tomstose; Oorni Fug, &a. •
Hermleally,sealed Meats, flonpeolka.. , • •
BardineLtalves andanarters...r jaw
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VOL. 6.-NO. 163.
RETAIL DRY GOODS•
NOTICE 1
In conseuncnceof iti occupying longer time in making
the alterations In our store than we anticipated, it will
not be opened until
THURSDAY MORNING,
THE 12Tu INSTANT.
EDWIN HALL Zi; 00..
No. 2G South SECOND Street
C ASSIMERE S,
CLOTHS, ISNINGB, &a.,
Compristhit a large and complete stook of goods for
MEN'S AND BOYS' WEAR.
y: . ~ YN' a!~ ~
COOPER & VONARD;
ja24 S. E: CORNER NUITE AND MARKET STS.
MIISLINS BELOW. `THE MAR=
r.RICES. —We have a laige Reek of Bleached and
Brown MOBLINS, of all widths and 4ualatie.. or prices
from 2 to .6 cents Per yard under' the case price of the
agents.
Among the stockwilt be found New York Mills, Wil
liamsville, Wamstitta, Torreedale, Allewagen, and
every approved make.
r
Cquntry Storekeepers will cav e by an examination.
Linen goods at old prices: •
R. D. & W. 11. YENNICLL,
fe2 ••• 1091 MA,RKET Street.
CLOSING oUT WINTER STOCK AT
AND UNDER COST P.INCEN.
Saxony Plaids and Poll De ChevrentAt 20 ots.
Beet American Delaines, at'TS eta.
All imported Dress Goods at coat Peleata
These goods are all really cheaper than Callieee.
Plain Bilks, rich colors.
Small-figured Corded Silks, solid colors.
Plain and fi gured Black Silks.
Very heavy Oro Grain Black BUke.
Rich styles Fancy Silks.
All of these goods are at last fall's prices.
Pretty styles Fancy Silks, 56. 65, 75 cts.
Plain Black Alpacas.
Single and double-width Muck All-wool Delafneg
Plain Black Marines:is, Cashmeres, and Reps.
All at last fall's prices.
English, Merrimac, Coact°, Sprague, and all the
best makeeof Prints in the market.
Pillow Case, Sheeting, and Shirting Muslins, Wil-
Ramey Ille and other approved makes.
9-S Waltham and Pocasset, 6-4 Layman, unbleached,
all atlas than the agent's case prices.
R. STEEL'ar SON.
fe2 Nos. 713 and 7115 North' TENTH street.
SPLENDID . STOOK ON HAND.-
All the beet makes of Calicoes.
All the but makes otllnsilas.
All the beet makes of Linens.
All the hest makes of Sheetings.
To l g e h h b r e w t i tmTew a
eolfs , N Cash s D
Diaper Hnekahack. Bird
Eye. Burlap, ga. &c.
White Cambric and Jeconet, full line.
Nalnsooke and Plaid Mnslins, fall line.
Winter Goode closing out.
Shawls, Marines, closing out,
Balmoral Skirts. all prices.
Silk and Linen Hdkfe, nice assortment. At
JOHN H. STORES', ,
ja 21 •
702 ARCH Street.
EDWIN HALL & BRO.,
20 South SECOND Street,
Have reduced the pricesiof
Fanny Silks,
Rich Printed Dress Goode,
Chotee Shades of Merinoes, -
Beautifal Colors of Reps or Poplins,
All-Wool De Lathes.
All kinda of dark dress goods reduced.
Also,
. Fine Long !troche Shawls,
Open Centre Long Cashmere Shawls.
Rich new styles of Blanket Shawls.
4-4 Lyons Silk velvets. pure Silk. deti-tf
rum GOODS FOR 'WINTER.
Rep. Poothe.
trench Merinos,
. Colored Monaselinee.
Peon. De Solee, .
Foulard Silks,
Blanket Shawls,
Balmoral Skirts,
• Black Silks,
Fancy Silks,
Black Bombazines,
Worsted Plaids,
Cheap Detainee,
French Chintzes.
Shirting Flannels,
Broche Shawls,
Fine BlaALuMs.nket4
• rib B_
SH C ARPLRISS BFPORETRIS,
noll-tf CITESTRUT and WORTH •
WILLIA.M.SVELLES; . •WAMERITTAS;
York Premiums, Porestdales,
Edward Harris, Bay Mill, and
Other good makes Shirtinns.
10-11Hioa, Waltham and Pepperell Sheeting/;
PINE LINENS
At nearly old prices.
Cheap Damask Cloths, Power-Loom Linens, •
(food Napkins. Fins Towels and Doylies.
BLACK ALPACAS,
• Fine Colored Alpacas,
Prints, Delatnes, Cheap Reps. .
All-wool Reps at Cost.
• •••-- -- .olosing out Boys Winter'
)I,—„,varx
ja24-tf S. Biennotr Nnrmi c Tita MAXIM SOMA
EYRE & T,ANDELL, FOURTH AND
ARCH, have a One stock of
' GOODS FOR. FAMILY CUSTOM.
Good Large Dlanketo. •
Good Linen Shootings. -
Good Muslin by tbeiece.
Good Unahrlnklng Flannels.
Good Fast Colored Prints.
Good Table Linea and Teri° lt. . •
• . Good Quality Black Silks. . , •
; • :Good Assortment Colored Silks. ' .M 1
( 1 )M1 AND CRADLE BLANKETS.
k ingl i r Blankets.
'id, ETRI & LAVIVIT, ts iOURTH MAUCH.
• GENTS , FURNISHING GOODS.
:2' BHT : T EMPORIUM,
:Noe. 1 AINTD 3 NORTH SIXTH WHIM
JOHN 0_ ARRISON,
(FORMERLY J. mum moortz,)
IMPORTER'AND MANUFACTURER OF
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS
IN GREAT VARIETY AND AT. MODERATE PRICES.
N. B.—Partictani attention given to the maki ag ofShirts,
Collars, Drawers, &e.
VINE SHIRT MiPTUFAMORY
-4 7 The subscriber would invite attention to his
IMPROVED CV,T OF SHIRTS,
Which be makes a specialty in his business. Also, coa
stal:4ly receiving,
NOVELTIES FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAR.
J. W. SCOTT,
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE,
2 , r0. 814 außsrAvur STREET.
lalYtf Four floors b slow the Continental.
1,000 DOZEN HI CKORY SHIRTS.
1,000 oat e it o ßD ß , L ArD E T IM
500 do. ASSaraL?ANTURTS.
boo dd. LOW-PRIC ED
WHITE MUSLIN SHIRTS.
1,000 do. DENIM OVERALLS. •
10,000 PAIRS COTTONADE PANTALOONS.
For sate by
BENNETT, BITCH. a Co..
jalSlm Nanuntoturers. 217 CHURCH ALLEY
A OPPENHEIMER,
No. am CHURCH Alley, Philadelphia.
CONTRACTOR AND MANUFACTURER OP
ARMY CLOTHING
Of Every Description. • '
ALSO.
TENTS,
HAVERSACKS.
PONCHOS,
• CAMP BLANKITS,
KNAPSACKS. and
BED MEMOS FOE HOSPITALS.
• MATERIAL BOUGHT FOR CO3.ITRACTORB.
All good. made Will be guarantied regalation Sn
N. B. Orders of any else ailed with despatch. Jean
5 CASES 30-INCH BLACKSTONE
UMPARL.T.A.. CLOTHS.
lot sale • MATTHEW BINNEY'S SONS.
istS 6 • •-• .. BOSTON. Nam
cORNETAUS & BAKER,
JEAN us ACTURERS OF,
LAMPS, CHANDELIERS,
STORE, '71:0 CHESTNUT ST.
MA NUTAIMIRIES. : •
461 CHERRY Street. and Fins •'and coitraista
RECTBAR,B ROOT.-7 CASES FOR
ealeby
=w ft a & SMlTH,Drunists,
.5. W. eoruer SECOND GREEN Streets.
NEAT'S-FOOT OIL-10 BBLS. FOR
s m e by iZIEGLER & SMlTEL_Drnogisrs.
• S.W. corner SECOND sod GREEN Streets.
SENNA ALEX:L-5' BALRS FOR SALE
by ZIEGLER & SMITH Drtikrists.
S.W. corner SECOND and GREEK Street..
SAL AMMONIAO.-4 CASKS FOR
• a*lebi ZLEOLER k SMITE, Drugslain,
• - eonur SECOND and GREEN Srg".
BORAX REFINED.-80 BBLS. FOR
We by
zooratuk SMITH, Drugstioda,
BORAX
S.W. corner SECOND stud ' SEX Strceta.
DREAM TARTAR, , PURE.-8 BBLS
for sale try • ZIEOLBR & SMITH, Drnzgiete,
• S.W. corner SECOND and ORION Street•
(. 1 ,L13E, IRISH.-5 CASKS FOR SALE
by ZIEGLER & SMlTR,.Druggi344,
S.W. corner SECOND and GREEN Streets.
OLIVE OIL, (yrs. AND PINTS.-FOR
naleby ZIEGLER & SMITH, •D ate.
S. W. corner SECOND and ONION Streets.
.IPEOAO. BOOT.—ONE.CEROON FOB
. site by • ZIEGLER & SMITH, Dimpelets,
• • . ' S.W. corner SECOND and GREEN Streets.
lODIDE POTASH', CONRAD'S.-4
cases for Bale by ZIEGIaIt k SMITH, Druggists, .
B.W. corner SECOND and OEEEN Street&
TILOWRBS OF.SIILtHIJR..-:170.BBL9
A- forSMlTHarinisbl. •
11:640 • 'l3.W.'oraer SECOND and %NSW atreits.
. . , . .
tit;llrtss.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11., 1863
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
Gen. Hooker Reorganizes the Army—
Grand Divisions Abolished—The Caval
ry Conaolidated under General Stoneman
- Distribution of the Artillery Equal
ized, &C.
HEADQUARTERS Au' OF POTOMAC,
Saturday evening, Feb. 1.
Gen. Hooker's General Order, which I enclose,
doing away with the grand divisions, though dated
the 6th, was not distributed to the various com
mands until today. The order is to take effect im
mediately.
The massing of the entire cavalry into one corps is
a movement which has been under consideration for
a Jong time. The rebel cavalry constitutes a sepa
rate, independent wing of the service, under com
mand of Gem Fitzhugh Lee. Gen. Stoneman had
charge of the cavalry advance to JR ichmond on the
Peninsula.
(}en. Smich takes his departure on Monday. Last
evening a subscription was started, unbeknown to
him, among the o ffi cers of his old division (now
Movie's), for the purpose of presenting his lady with
a set of silver plate, as a token of their regard for
Gen. Smith . Oue thousand dollars was contributed
in a very short space of time.
Gen. Hooker Is very hard at work in arranging
and systematizing the numerous duties connected
with his assumption of the command of the entire
army. Several officers who were originally ap
pointed from the line, on the staff of. first, General
McClellan, and then Gen. Burnside, have Just been
ordered back to their regiments. Some of them have
been playing the role of staff officers for fifteen
months and upward. Flags 'of truce continue to
pass back and forth across the river. Owing to the
fact that a citizen recently sent over under a flag of
truce (to recover the remains of his son) was die-'
covered taking drawings and sketches of the rebel
works, Gen. Lee has refused further permission for
parties to cross over. The weather has been mild
and beautiful to-day.
• GEN HOOKER'S GENERAL ORDER.
ii.EADQU ARTHUR. ARMY OP THE POTOMAC,
. .
CAMP FALIIIOIITH, Va., Feb. 6, 1863.
4. The division of the army into "Grand Div'•
stone" impeding, rather, than facilitating the de
spatch of its current business, and the character of
the service it is liable to be called upon to perform
being adverse to the movement and operations of
heavy columns, it is discontinued, and the corps or
ganization is adopted in its stead. They will be com
manded as follows
First Corps—Major Gen. John F. Reynolds.
Second Corps—Major Gen. D. N. Couch.
Third Corps—Brig. Gen. D. F. Sickles. (Tempo
redly.)
Fifth Corps—Major Gen. George G. Meade.
Sixth Corps—Major Gen. John Sedgwick.
Eleventh Corps—Major Gen. Franz Sigel.
Twelfth Corps—Malor Gen. 11.. W. Slocum.
2. Hereafter the corps will be considered as a unit
for the organization of the artillery, and no transfers
of batteries will be made from one corps or division
to others, except for purposes of equalization, and
then only under/the authority of the chief of ar
tillery.
a, The cavalry of the army will be consolidated
into one corps. under the command of Brig. Gen.
Stoneman, wfm - will make the necessary assignments
for detached duty.
4. The foregoing changes in command will be made
as early as convenient.
6. The major generals • commanding grand di
visions will report to these headquarters the names
of such staff officers as are for assignment for duty in
the execution of this order.
By command of Major General Hooker.
JOSEPH DICKINSON ) Ass't. Adjt. General.
THE NEW
Arrival of Getieral Foster's Flotilla at Port
Royal—Am Account of the . Trip from North
Caralina—Conlectnres Concerning the Ul.
• thnate Destination of the F.xpetlition—
Generals. Foster, Ilunteri and Naglco in
Consultation.
BEABFORT HARBOR, N. 0., Jan. 29, 1863. -
The grand expedition which for the last month
has been fitting out in this harbor is just starting on
its southward journey. A series of adverse storms
and various mishaps have delayed the departure
much beyond the time originally fixed upon. But
now, at last, the whole fleet are tripping their an
chors, and the whole harbor is busy with prepara
tions for sailing. Steamers, tugs, and schooners .
have been cautiouely making their way through the
narrow and crowded channel, now and again barely
escapieg collisions, which would seriously interfere
with ;the intention of General Poster to get the
whole fleet under sail at the moment when the wind
and tide changed, and the whole harbor has present
ed a scene of the greatest activity.
Major General Foster and staff came down from
Netebern in a special train on Tuesday. the 27th.
with the intention of getting the expedition off at
12 o'clock on the following day, and orders to that
:effect were given to the commanders of the different
vessels. But the remnants of a fierce northeaster,
'left from the storm which, for several days, had been
prevailing, greatly to the hazard of the fleet, made
navigation in and out of this dangerous harbor too
perilous for the exact fulfilment of his purpose, and
Wednesday passed without the intended movement.
To-day, however the'wind has abated, and orders
"were early signiellt . from the flag-ship, the S. R,
Spaulding,forA mediately making all preparations
for sailing at the moment the tide chanted,. and soon'
the fleet was brought in the proper order. The in
tentien_breLNlL to have the sailing vessels eo nut
- trreepssing the btricibi IWileti; - everi when
the tide came in in the afternoon, was shallow
enough to make the passage of some of the largest
'vessels just sufficiently hazardous to be interesting
and exciting, the schooners received orders to make
sail without tows, and to lead the way. ,
They have just safely passed the bar, and , are
scudding out to the sea with all sails set, and with
the' prospect, if the present wind continues, of
making our unknown harbor soon after the steamers
are anchored there. The Cahawba, the flag-ship of
General Naglee, leads the steamers, and passes the
bar with but the slightest and gentlest touches upon
the treacherous sands,'and thus demonstrates, as she
is one of the largest craft in the harbor, that there
is depth of water enough for theremainder. to
safely make their way out of • the confined harbor; -
and push out to sea." 'ln crossing, however, she
comes' near giving a tragical 'initiation to 'the ex
pedition. Just as the pilot is carefully steering
her through the narrow channel, the Tames S.
Green, one of the oldest and feeblest of the trans
ports, and carrying the well-known Enfants Perdue,
of New York, pushes in front of her bows, and
barely escapes being cloven asunder by the larger
and stouter vessels, antra schooner, which is pluckily
making' her way on the starboard side of • the Ca
hawba, loses her bowsprit from venturing too near
the steamer's wheel house. The City of Bath, one
of the steam transports, strikes heavily enough in
crossing to impair, to a degree, the efficiency of her
engines, but she is briskly making her way, and
promises to have an otherwise safe and . undisturbed
pas.
The troops are embarked on transports and char
tered
steamers, the character of the majority of i
which is, perhaps, - above that of those which impe
riled the fives of so many in the Banks expedition,
hut which is still not entirely above suspicion. A
large number of schooners are laden with forage,
subsistence, artillery and horses. The entire fleet ,
makes quite an imposing appearance. Though I !
shall, of course, refrain from mentioningthe number
of troops embarked, I may, without hazard, say
that they are comprised principally of veteran New
York and Pennsylvania regiments, with several of
the best Massachusetts and Ohio regimenti. Amongst
. the generals with the expedition are Major General
j Foster, General Naglee, General Porter, General
Stevenson, the young General Heckman, lately
• colonel - of the 9th New eraey, and General Ferry;
!
and Colonel Davis, of the latth Pennsylvania, is
acting as a brigadier general; and commands a
I . force which has' learnt war in all the battles of the .
Peninsula.
The sailing of the expedition has been delayed, not
only by adverse winds and the slow movements of
some officials, but also by the narrow capacity of
the harbor into which the fleet has been crowded.
Every day has bad its record of one or more craft
aground on the shoals, or defaced in some collision;
but at length nearly all have recovered from these
mishaps, and the expedition leaves with its full com
plement of,vessels.
The troopS have eagerly hailed the preparations
for moving and arc in the best of spirits, in spite of
the fact that most of them have for nearly a week
been compelled to endure the hardship of close con
finement on shipboard. They are all, officers and
men, earnest in the discussion of what is to be our
probable destination. Wilmington, Charleeton, and
Savannah have each their advocates, though it is
most generally thought, or perhaps , hoped, that the
great birthplace of Secession is to be the point where
they are destined to strike._Let the curious do their
guessing now, while the se is comparatively still,
tor a few hours out and Neptune will engross their
attention with ether matters.
The closest secrecy has been observed by the com
manding general as to his purposes, and, with the
exception, perhaps, of the division commanders un
der,him, none of the officers have been permitted to
share with him the - possession of the word after
which all are eagerly searching. General Naglee
promised his men a chance to do a brilliant thing,
and win a fame of which they will always be proud,
and they are ready to do their beat.
Last night the sealed orders were delivered to the
commanders of the different vessels, the envelopes
bearing the printed direction: "Not to be opened until
off Witotingt(m." But this morning the order was
changed, and the direction given to open the enve
lopes when forty miles down the coast. .
The expedition is under command of Major Gene
ral Foster, but General R. Itl. Naglee has had a
leading part in the arrangement of the plans, and
will be prominent in carrfing them into execution.
In case of the success of the expedition in conquer
ing new territory from the rebels, it is understood
General Naglee will have command, may be, of a
new department, and will use any place we may
take as a base of an energetic campaign.
ARRIVAL AT PORT ROYAL.
PORT ROYAL HARBOR,
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 1883.
After a pleasant voyage of something over forty
hours, the flag-ship Cahawba arrived at this port on
the morning of Saturday, the Met of . January, and
in the course of the day the remaining !item vessels
of the fleet came in, with the exception of the S. R.
Spaulding, General Poster's flapehip, and' a few
others, which it seems did not leave Beaufort with
the bulk of the expedition, but remained until the
following day before crossing the bar. These arrived
here this morning. The sailing vessels are also fast
coming in, and to-night all, or nearly all, will be safe
at anchor in this fine harbor.
Upon the arrival of General Naglee he was met
by General Hunter, who was congratulating himself
that the heavily-laden transports coming into the
harbor, were bringing the reinforcements which he
had 'been expecting. In this he *refmistaken, and
General Foster, who to-day has been in conference
with him, has doubtless by this time brought about
'a
mutual undeestanding. As to the further destina
tion of the expedition, for it evidently is not intend
ed. to stop here any length of time, there are many
conjectures, but I refrain from giving currency to
any of them, preferring to let the expedition itself
tell what it is to do. To-day a portion of the troops,
are disembarking to stretch themselves after their
confinement, get a breath of fresh air, and &find op
portunity for the cleansing of the ships.
I am able to say .coeffilently that the troops we
bring are not reinforcements for this Department,
but have an especial object in view, which they will
accomplish, it may be with the aid of some of the
forces already here, but more likely without' such
aid, that they will have the co-operation of the,
navy, and especially of the Monitors, in any attack
they may make, and that it. is the hope and inten
tion of those Wh o
to speedily set have originated the expedition
about the important work they have
in hand. •
I leave to your regular correspondents .at Hilton
Head the narration or the stirring events in the
midst of which we arrived at the, port. It is possi
ble that their occurrence at this moment may change
to some extent the original purpose for which we
have come here.—N.
JRSt-tan4
HONORABLE.-At Clinton, Illinois, a company
of boys, from eight to fourteen years of age, assemble
everrSaturdav to cut and split wood rot the wives
and fatuillee of volunteers: They parade the Fitreets
withl . rturi and ftle„ visiting and working ' for the
needywidoySt; on e-half of "them working while the
other lielf 'rest,'. until an ample supply , of wood is
ready•for•the atm. • • • -' '•
PHILADELP EtIA. W I NESDAY, FEBRUARY 11. 1863.
DEPARTMENT OF THE GU
Western - Texas and the Rebel Tr/0e in
Contraband Goods—Gen. Banks' Baum
elpatlein Order Important Arrest;-The
Recent Affairs at Grosse Tote and Flank
lin—More Rebel Reports of the Galveston
Disaster, eke.
New OnmeArrs, Monday, Feb.
CONDITION OF WESTERN TEXAS • •
Western Texas, if we can believe the laiest
re
ports, presents, just now, a tine field for Ppderal
operations: While the Government is fairly " fid
dling away" its energies in this department, ty at
tempting to cover too much surface with too mall
military and naval forces, there is an openingtfor a
campaign in the Southwest which, constderirg the
small expenditure of men and means, promisesinore
immediate advantages to the United States than any
movement that can now be made in this departient.
Let me tell you a little more about
THE CONTRABAND TRADE WITH 'IRE
CONFEDERATES.
The Federal blockade of the ports in the Culf
States is almost useless so long as the Rio Grancb is
open. But what can be done to prevent the der
mous amount of smuggling carried on by the tbn
federates and their friends; And how can thebn
trance of goods through Mexico be. checketil he
United States Government can make no regulations
which will prevent foreign ships from carrying goirde
'to Matamoros, although it is known that these g ids
go directly across the river to Browns Ville. Cleo
cargoes at New York 'under a bond that the g dB
"shall be sold to Mexicans," is simply a f ce.
There have been as many as fifteen New York es
eels at the mouth of theßio Grande within a mo th
—all doing a. lively business in taking in goods d
bringing out cotton.
We have recent information from Matamoros tat
a cargo of cotton rope and: bagging lately .
which was cleared from the New -York oust° - •
'house. Now Mexico does not raise a pound of -
ton, but imports all she needs from Texas. The .4-
ference is that this cotton rope • and bagging was •
used at Matamoros to bale cotton brought over'the
river in bulk, or else it was sent to Brownsteille. •
Tampico, and even Vera Cruz, to some'extent, are
equally useful to the Confederates as, ports for the
receipt of supplies. The, United States consul at
Monterey says that since the Confederates, have
purchased nearly everything on the coast that can be
worn, eaten, or-used b,y an army , their agents arg
scouring the interior for supplies. Tranaportatiod
ls expensive; but the consul says it is actually aste4
fishing to see the enormous quantities of goods
that go from Monterey and vicinity to Texas. j
• He writes in a recent letter to an officer • in this!
city that "millions of dollars' worth of cotton are!
sold here, and returns are made in powder, lead,' ett-I
gar, cloth, coffee, blankets, shoes—indeed everything
needed in the seceded States." When he wrote, au
order was in Monterey for six hundred thousand
blankets, and the eotton to pay for them was there/
The' blankets are the cheap, home-made onesq
worth usually $2 apiece, but at the present high
price of cotton they are sold at $lO each. Wagon
trains for the Confederate army have been bought at
Monterey, and there are agents purchasing supplies
for Texas as far down the country as San Luis Pot
toss, nearly one , thousand miles from San Antonio:
The goods from the interior are generally sent'
across the Rio Grande at Fort Duncan. - One agent
has purchased in 'Europe three vessel-loads of arms, :
and their arrival is daily expected at Matamoros. A'
cargo of medicines, also bought in Europe, is knoWn
to be due at that port.
lif3W TO PREVENT SMUGGLING THROUGH
MEXICO.
There is one way, and one only. If the Govern
ment really desires to cut or the supplies the Confe
deracy has received by the Rio Grande and through
Mexico, it should send a force of, say five thousand ;
infantry and three batteries to Brownsville. It is
supposed that there are, at least, five thousand men;
including United States regulars, and New Mexico .!
and California volunteers, all of whom are doing no
thing
(though nominally "in occupation'?) at El
Passo. It is estimated that a force of five thousand
more men could be rattled in Texas, and on the Mex
ican side of the Rio Grande,- within- a few weeks.'
Toward the last five thousand there are now nearlyt
one thousand three hundred men, mostly." Texas.
Mexicans,". On the west bank of the river. Half of.;
these men' are mounted and armed, but are short of
ammunition. They have beenjoined.by a.few Mae- ,
ricans, and have.recently made one or two raids into
Texas. • With .the five thousand men to go from.the
United , States; plent3F of arnis, - amniunition, and as.;
coutrements should be sent for those who will volun
teer on the ground. • Under this scheme, if it is car
ried out, the Federal Government will soon have a,
force of at least fifteen thousand fighting men in
Western Texas.
GEN...HANKS' EMANCIPATION ORDER.
The following is Gen. Banks' order promulgating
the President's Emancipation Proclamation : '
•READQUAIITERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,.
NEW ORLEANS; Jan. 29, 1863.
GIMERAI. ORDEnS,No. 12.—The proclamation of
the President of the United States, dated January 1,
1883, is published in general orders for the informs.'
Con and government of the 'officers and soldiers of
this command, and all persons acting under their au
thority. It. deeignates portions of the,State of
Louisiana which are not to be affected by Its pro-.
visions. The laws' of the United States, however,
forbid officers of the army and navy to return slaves
to their owners, or to decide upon • the claim of . any
person to the service or labor of another; and the .
inevitable condition . of a state of war unavoidably
deprives all classes of citizens of much of that abso
lute freedom of action and control of property which
local law and the continued peace of the. , couutry
guarantied and secured to them. The forcible
seizure of fugitives from service Or labor by their
owners is inconsistent with these laws and condi
tions, inasmuch as it leads to personal Viohnce and
the disturbance. of the public peace, and itP'eanat
be permitted. • Officers and soldiers .will not fen
courage or assist slaves to leave their employers,
b ul t i-14SfYtatiffiffiftW2m — x
Lands thatall •
persons without other means of support, be reqtrired
to maintain themeeleles by labor. Negroes are not
exempt from this law.. Those who leave their em
ployers will be compelled to support themselves and
families by labor upon the public works. Under no
circumstances whatever can they be maintained in
idleness; or allowed to wander through the parishes
and cities of the State without employment. Va
grancy and crime will be suppressed by an enforced
and constant occupation and employment..
Upon
• .
Upon every consideration, labor is entitled to . .
some equitable proportion of the crops it produces:
,'To secure the objects both of capital and labor, the
Sequestration'Ommieston is hereby authorized and
directed, upon conference with planters 'and other
,parties, to propose and establish a yearly_ system of
-negro labor, prOvidelor the food, cloth-
thg, proper treatment, and just compensation for the
negroee, at fixed rates, or an equitable proportion of
the . yearly crop, as may be deemed advisable.
just,-.lt
should be hut not exorbitant or onerous. When
accepted by the planter or other parties, all thereon
dittoes of continuous and faithful service, respectful,
deportment, correct discipline and perfeet' subordi-'
nation, shall be enforced on the part of the negroes
by the officers of the Government. To secure their •
payment, the wages of labor will constitute a lien
upon its products.
This may not be the best, but it is nott , the only
practicable system. Wise men will do what they
can, when they cannot do what they would.. It is
the law of success ! In three years from the restora
tion of peace under this voluntary system of labor,
the State of Louisiana will - produce-threefold the
product of its most prosperous year in the past.
The, quartermaster's department is charged with
the duty of. harvesting corn on deserted fields, and
cultivating abandoned estates. Unemployed negroes
• will be engaged in this service under the control of
suitable agents 'or planters, with a just compensa- •
tion in food, clothuig, and money, consistent with
the terms agreed upon by the Commission, and un
der such regulations as will tend to keep families
together, to impart self-supporting habits to the,
negroes, and protect the best interests of the people
and the Government. •
By command of Major General Banks. •
. RICILARD B. IRWIN,
Lieutenant Colonel, A. A. G.
•
AFFAIRS ON THE MEXICAN BORDER.
A Week before this reaches you Gen. A. J. Hamil
ton, of Texas, will be in Washington, urging the
cause of hie State—probably that she may be consti
tuted a separate military department. 'As you know,
.1
he accompanied the expedition of General Banks, • I
hoping and believing that itadeetination was Texas, '
and asserting the vital importance of striking at the
rebellion there ; that it might be isolated,' surround.' •
ed. He returned to the North disappointed, subse
quent to the news of the Galveston disaster reach
ing us. Since then I have had to chronicle addi
tional evil tidings from the same coast.' In illustra
tion of the colonel's mission, and of the'Texas ques
tion generally, it may be admissible to afftwel a few'
particulars, involving the mention of recent facts:
It is known that the rebels obtain by fat the great
' - er portion of their suppliee through Texas; by way
. of the Rio Grande; or from the Mexican ports.' So
long as these sources are available, and they have
cotton to pay for powder, lead, blankets cloth, shoes,
coffee, sugar, Sc., they will never want for them.
Mexico produces no cotton, therefore needs it. On
the frontier, the Confederates have established reg.u- •
Mr agents, extending from thence as far into the in
terror as San Luis Potosi, 4000 'miles 'front San
Antonio, and about 300 north of the Oily of Mexico.
I have, this morning, seen a letter from. Mr.
Kimmel, our Consul at Monterey, written to a U.
officer at this port, in which he states that a rebel
order for no less than 600,000 of the hand-loom
blankets made at that place it being executed there
At' the Mexican ports, too—whether Matamoras,
Tampico, or 'Vera Cruz—our blockade is a miserable
inutility, all commercial 'restrictions being malty
evaded.- A vessel may clear from New York for
Nassau Havana, Port-au-Prince, and thence sail
direct ?or Mexico. As au illustration of the loose'
way in which things are managed, I am informed by
Mr. Dennison, collector of this port, (himeelf a Tex
an, and loyally interected in this question) that not
. long ago a ship left your city freighted with collets
\bagging, ropes,. liar, the owner being under bonds to
seen it only to Mexicans. 1 have but to refer to a
sentence printed above, about the non-existence of
the plant in the republlc,,to point the joke of this.
The Confederates regard Matamoros as their spe
.eial port. Fifty vessels are there now, large. and
shall. In . June last, an -agent departed from this
• place for Europe ; .he has just returned, in charge of
• three vessels, freighted' with arms. Another went
to purchase medicines ; his arrival is expected daily:
The profits to both buyers and sellers are great ; the
• risks coniparetlyely nothing. What wonder, then,
:that such a trade should flourish? • . •
•-• If a Union force were despatched to Fort Brown,
.• ...Brownsville, opposite 'Matamoros, this. contraband
might be almost entirely stopped. Military
•
occupation la the only real,preventive.
Ltd - PORTANT ARREST ON LAKE PONCLIAR
• TRAIN. . '
-
• - An important arrest was made on Lake 1 ' h
traiden Saturday night. - Captain John G. Hely, of
companY o,9th Connecticut volunteers, commands
the post at Hicock er , Landing. Ills force consists of
two companies. On the night in question, the lisp
lain, being on picket duty,. got the wink- of ri• party
• •Of men who were crossing the lake, with the inters
' M. runningthe blockade. He promptly had two
- beets manned, one of which he .commanded in per
eon ; the other was in charge of his first lieutenant.
About six miles from the shores email speck was dis
covered.from the captain's boat, which turned out to
be the boat he was in pursuit of. The stranger had
• sails set, and 'Vans out; but, though Captain Hely's •
boat had oars alone, he : neared the other rapidly.
There must have been some tall pulling among Uncle
Samuel's children that night. On reaching hailing
distance, the .suspicious boat was hailed% two. or
, three times, but as no answer was elicited, a rifle
was fired to-Leach her crew good mapners. The
bullet; it was afterwards ascertained, took effect in
the cap of one of the men belonging to the rebel
• boat. It had the effect intended ; for the boat hove_
to, and the loyal craft went alongside, when there
was found on board some $BOO worth of quinine;
about the mine valuein chloroform ; thirteen boxes,
j Containing each two dozen , of cotton cards; three.
boxes of assorted medicines, together with a lot of
miscellaneous articles, just what the rebels most
need. On one man $4OO in money teas found. But
.. the best part of the prize was a mail bag, containing
seventy letters, The bag was thrown overboard,
but the action was seen by Captain Hely, and as
• the water was shallow, he had no difficulty in re
. covering it. :The contents of the letters have not
•. been made known of course, but they tend to impli
• sate not only persons In New Orleans, but Some of
the leading men of the North. Some of these letters
.came by the - last steamer, and are post dated " Yon-,
keedom,?' January.3l. A pretty little kettle of fish
likely to be cooked out of this affair. • The matter
to be investigated before Judge Peabody, in the
./Provoat Court.
"i•• SUCCESSFUL DASH ON THE GROSSE TETE.
• - .on Wednesday last Captain Williamson and Lieu
tenantreikins, of the' unattached
cavalry, with' rt.,
force of seventy-two men,• sixty of them cavalry.
• men and twelve from the gunboat Albatross, moved' I
from . Donaldsonville. against the enemy, who was
fortifying at the Park, apace on the Grosse Tete,
about twenty miles belowßston Rouge, on the oppo- •
site side of the river. The expedition had with it a
boat howitzer, and, coming on the enemy unexpected
ly to him, soon succeeded In scattering and driving
away his forces and capturing ten or twelve prisoners.
. The rebel fortifications and rifle pits were com
pletely destroyed, as were also the camp and stables,
and a considerable quantity of ammunition, blan
kets, rations, and equipments fell into our hands.
On our aide there was no loss. The expedition, in
fact, accomplished all that was expected, and was a
complete success.
F. 1
Gen. Sibley is in command of the rebels on the
Grosse Tete; and is expecting an attack from our
forces. Perhaps he will not be disappointed.
EXPEDITION TO FRANKLIN.
On Tuesday night list, the 27th, Captain Goodwin
t
of the gunboat Diana, started with one company of
the 21st Indiana Regiment on board, for Grand
Lakes, to land a forceopposite Franklin and destroy
the rebel gunboat Hart, a email craft belonging to
the fleet of the rebel Captain Fuller, who formerly
commanded the Cotton.
The 'expedition arrived too late to land under
cover of the night, as was intended, and returned
without accomplishing the object for which it was
.despatched.
ARRIVAL OF CONSCRIPT DESERTERS.
Thirteen rebel conscripts have deserted and come
within our lines at Brashear City within the last few
days. They report that the . rebel( have constructed
numerous rille-pits, extending along the Atchafalaya
river, and are making every effort in their power to
prepare to repel a movement on our part, which
they evidently regard as imminent.
• Two.women, who came within our lines, gave an
account of a long conversation,' which they had with
rebel officers. Among other things, they state that
tbe rebels profess the utmost contempt for the negro
regiments. of this: department, and say, they only
want a chance to meet them in battle ; and, as for
the white officers of these regiments, they swear
they will hang every one they can catch.
Refugees who have just arrived here from Mata
moros bring intelligeneethat the rebel States' agents
in that city are in expectation of the immediate ar
rival of three cargoes of arms for the rebel service.
There were not • less than fifty sail at Matamoros,
and these vessels were engaged in trade between the
rebels 'and the.numerous speculators of every name
and nation that swarm in the towns on the border.
THE GALVESTON AI?FAIR THROUGH RE-
BEL SOURCES.
..We have further particulars relating to the recap
ture of Galveston, as published in the Houston Te
legraph. • The officers and crew of the.Harriat Lane
made a: desperate resistance before their capture,
and every °filter on board, down to the acting mas
ter, was killed. A. correspondent of the Telegraph
says • . -
"Capt. Wainwright and Lieut. Lea defended their
ship like brave men. All the crew stood by,the ship
to the last, and I feel proud to pay'thls tribute to
brave men, although they be our enemy. The thin.
ral of Capt. 'Wainwright and Lieut.'Lea was attend
ed by a large concourse of citizens and soldiers this
day, and a soldier's last tribute was paid to the re.-
maims of these brave officers.”
Major A. H. Lee, engineer in the Confederate
service, was in the engagement. He had a son who
was a lieutenant in the Federal navy, and was on
board the Harriet Lane. He was mortally wounded,
and only lived long enough to recognize his father,
against whom helves fighting, before he died.
One of the Texans who boarded the Harriet Lane,
immediately on Jumping aboard, grasped a Federal
by the collar exclaiming: " Surrender, or I will
blow your, brains out I" The other replied: "You
had better look at- me first!" Recognition was in
stantaneous ; they were brothers !
The Confederates admit a considerable loss in
killed and wounded. The cotton-clads engaged in
the capture of the Lane were the Bayou City and
the Neptune. During the engagement, a shell from
the Harriet Lane entered the cabin of the Neptune,
exploding and killing thirteen men and wounding
many more. The Neptune afterwards sunk on the
flats. ,
The:same paper prints a description of the cotton:
clads used in the attack, and gives the credit of the
plan to General Magruder. The steamboats thus
protected are known as
MAGRUDER FLEET
Upon the boileisdeek cotton-hales two or. three
deep are,
piled •up and securely fastened to frames
built up from the hold of the boat. These extend
all around the boilers and machinery. A row of
cottob-bales is also placed on the cabin, and another
on the hurricane deck, to protect the sharpshooters.
Sharpshooters and swivels from behind these up
per breastworks -are enabled in perfect safety to
sweep the decks of the enemy, and thus prepare the
way for boarders.
These boats are armed with rifled .thirty-twos or
larger guns. Quite likely some of the guns from
the Westfield, of which there are, eight splendid
Dahlgren, may be put on some of the boats. These
large guns are a single one in the bow of each boat,
and there are small guns also in the stern. The
boats mud be fitted with wrought-iron bowsprits,
very sharp at the end, and furnished with barbs, to
enable them to hook on to the enemy's vessel. A
steel prow, under water also, does its work in scut
tling the enemy.
The wrought-iron bowsprit with barbs are of more
importance than the steel prows, inasmuch as they
enable our boats to hang on to the enemy's ships
until the crews can board. The crews are generally
one hundred and fifty or two hundred men, armed
with double-barrel guns, pistols, cutlasses, and
bowie-knives, and able to slash their way through
anything. Once on the enemy's decks, nothing can
prevent their taking the ship.
It is claimed that the Confederates have "fished
up" every one of the guns of the blown-up Westfield.
THE BATTLE OF GALVESTON.
. , .
• Detnils.of the Battle from Rebel Journals=._
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- Gra / 1 1.41. 1 4 -1.- 9.g.fd a illVine Service as Pri.
stoners of Wrir, &c.
, .
We glean the following from the Houston (Texas)
Telegraph of. January 5 :-, , • . . •
The Bayou City arrived this morning (2d inst.) at
6 - o'clock. From those On board during the late
engagement at Galveston, we learn that three shells
passed through the engineer's room • one of which
did some damage, and temporarily disabled her ; one
exploded near the. enghteer.* Only one ball:passed
through the mess.room and pantry. The - Bayou
City'attempted to strike the Harriet Lane on the
~ larboard side; but missed her, and the Neptune then
tame to her aisistance. • Major Leon Smith then
- made a dash ;: killed with his-own hands Captain
'2Wainwright,:of the Harriet Lane,- and anotheeman.
.'bYlis aide killed • a negro standing near Captain
Wainwright. . .
James - Dowland, clerk of :Capt. Wharton, A. Q.
111., absented himselc-yklea of , sickness—went on the
Bayou City, and was the first on he Harriet Lane,
and pulled down her pennant, and by so doing with-'
stood the fire of the enemy. •
At 9 o'clock A. DI. the steamer Lucy Galen ar
rived. the brought . Major Dickinson, who was
wounded In the eye by a shot, and the remains of
Capt. 'Wells, who is this day buried with Masonic
honors.. Our boys cut the netting of the Harriet
Lane with their long knives. .
Only four men were killed on board the Bayou
City. These were killed by an explosion.
Meier Smith has gone on board of the Harriet
i Lane with his bag and baggage. He has aright to.
Although the enemy thought themselves ready,
we tired three shots before they were ready for an
engagement.
Every officer on the Harriet Lane was killed,
down to the master. The Neptune, which lies sunk
l on the flats, was in bad condition before the engage
ment.
Capt. Weir was a member of Cook's regiment; so
was Lieut. Sherman.
Major A. M. Lea, engineer-in the Confederate
service, was in the engagement. He had a son who
, was a - lieutenant in the Federal navy, and was on
board the Harriet Lane. He was mortally wounded,
and onlyiived long enouglito recognize his father,
lagainst whom he was fighting before he died.
When our boarding party reached the desk of the
pane, they were met by a boy of fourteen, with a
pistol in each hand, both of which he discharged.
Reaves hit in the hand, losing three fingers.
I 'One of the Texans who boarded the Harriet Lane,
immediately on jumping aboard, grasped a Federal
, by the collar, exclaiming, "Surrender, or I will
blow year brains out !" The other replied, "You'd
j better look at me first!" Recognition was instan
taneous; they were brothers I
I An enormous shell from the Harriet Lane entered
the cabin of the Neptune, just as the latter was first
passing ; exploded in the dense crowd of men ga
thered there, waiting eagerly 'for the moment to
board, and killed thirteen and wounded many more.
This terrible disaster, in so narrow a space, did not,
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h wever, daunt the spirit of the men for a moment.,
ST OF KILLED AND WOUNDED ON THE
HARRIET LANE. .
idled.—Capt. J. M. Wainwright, First Lieut.
ward Lea, James Pollock, John. Hart, Henry
wton. ..
Woundeet—Nickels, Hagerty, J. M. Cunnington,
Shonesay, G. R. Day, W. D. Parker, F. Morrell,
Acting .•Master Hamilton, Acting Master W. L.
It onroe, Lieut. Cowden, Ordnance Sergeant Went
worth, McDermott, Sailor, Jackson, Frazer; Her
E. F. Joselyn, E. B. Double, F. S. Nott, J.
i l m
ndt,- Emsley. ' . - • . ' • ,
any,others slightly wounded, but not in hospital.
. EROIC DEFENCE OF THE HARRIET LANE.
A correspondent of the Telegraph, writing from
Galveston under date of the 8d inst., says :
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apt. Wainwright and Lieut. Lea defended thei r .
ship like brave men. All the crew stood by their
a pp to the last. And I feel proud to.pay this tribute
-toprave men, although they be our enemy. The
"fue i ral of Capt. Wainwright and Lieut. Lea was
at ended by a large concourse of citizens and soldiers
th day, and a soldier's last tribute was paid, to the
1
eine of these brave officers. I have no reliable
re ort of the casualties of the 42d Massachusetts
R 'ment, but wi ll try to get one, and also a further
Us of our killed and wounded:
- iflN HOUR WITH TILE PRISONERS.
e l'elegraph, of the 6th, says:
esterday our reporter obtained permission to
via the prisoners now quartered in this town. He
lou d them well provided for, and they seemed to
be in good spirits. ! _The majority of them are young
mei, and generally very intelligent.' They say we
•
elected Lincoln, and then cast him off; that they
votid for 'Breckinridge; and that the South was to
blame-for Lincoln's election; that they know nothing
Of •Lincoln's proclamation, &c.
About half past ten, Colonel Burrill and - their
. chaplain, Rev. Mr. Sanger, arrived and proceeded to
hold service. ', -
The exercises were very impressive. 'First, - all
united in singing the doxology, "Praise God, from
whom all blessings f10w,".&c., to the tune of "Old
' Hunpred.m" Next was read the 4th chapter, ild Oa
lintitiana ; then followed a short prayer, and a dis
course from the words found in the 37th verse of the
7th csapter of St:John.
• Thichaplain said that they found themselves in
an' Ofortunate position, but in the hands of a
geneipus foe, who had kindly permitted them to
wors4ip • God after their own manner; that God,
who knew their hearts, knew that they came not
i o 'out land in a Spirit of' vindictiveness, and that if
enmity existed In the hearts of any present, that it
ought to be rooted out.. He called -on all to-read
theirßibles and not neglect to pra3r in secret, as
cornt
nded i by the Scriptures. On' the whole, the
ceremonies were conducted in excellent taste, and
With the utmost.propriety. ', •
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To
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THE'. BESOUBOES 'or . NEW 'ENGLAND.—
New (England hits an area of 62.3E3 square miles—
'notlarge as either the State of Missouri or Vir
ginia She has a population of 3, 1 35,000—n0t so
man)
al
M
as the single State of New rk.. But with
fewe , people, she is far richer thati' the Empire
Statel which tuna total valkintiogOipt42,ooo,ooo.
while' Illissachusetts alosie - pOll n 898,000,000,
orneirly two-thirds of that sum. Of 6,038,000-spin
dies in the United States, 'New England owns 3,-
960,0001 . Of• 11111 ,6 137,000 worth of cotton goods pro-
duced. in . 1860, New England produced $80,300,000.
Of $68,886,000 worth of woolen goods produced
in 1880, New England produced $36,509,000. She
also owns about one-half of the shipping of the
nation, which, in round numbers, now amounts to
5,000,0te tone. , And in population, as in all other
matelial interests, she is yet increasing. •
RELIC HUNTERS.—WhiIe General McClellan
was at dinner at the Massasoit Rouse, on Ms recent
• passagei.through Springfield, two ladies-robbed a
military cap, which they supposed to bathe Gene
ral's, of both its buttons, tearing them out ruthless
. ly; to be preserved as mementoes. : The mortifica
tion of .their feelings and the redness ortheir faces
can be tautened when one. of.the aids put the
t mutilated cap, and the General put on :his own,
'which was intact. Those buttons havnit been pre
served, but the,itory has, and/ is told •oftater than
-4wo ladies wish to heat+it: ;
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DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH,
The Bombardment of Fort McAllister—The
Attack Relinquished for the Present—Oar
Colored Troops in Action Again—They are
Invincible—Colonel Iligginson's Report—
General Hunter very Activc—Ris Opinion
of Jefferson Davis' Retaliatory Proclama
tion—No More Parole Releases.
THE ATTACK ON FORT MoALLISTER.
HILTON HEAD, S. C., Feb.; 1863
•On the Ogeechee river, for the last few days the
Montauk and the rebel batteries of Fort McAllister
have been firing at long range, exchanging *cores of
shot at the distance 01 seventeen hundred yards..
The gunboats seneca, Dawn, and Wissahickon,
the 'mortar schooner O. P. Williams and the tug
Daffodil, accompanied the Montauk up the river.
A reconnoissance was made on Tuesday, January
27, when itwas found that the fort could not be ap
proached to within a mile, on account of the obstruc
tions, consistiag of sunken vessels, piles, and torpe
does. The Montauk now advanced, and was received
by a shot from Fort McAllister. This was returned
by the Montauk; others followed from the fort, and
a tight of some three or four hours took place, when,
night approaching, the Montauk returned to her
convoy.
It is said that the Montauk fired in all seventy-six
shots, and was struck forty five times, forty striking
the turret, making no further impression than an
indentation in the iron from three.eighths to five
eighths of an inch deep, and shaped like a saucer.
The enemy's shells were filled with sand to render
them more effective, and when they struck burst
like a percussion cap, scattering the iron and sand
around. Jets, said that one shell entered the smoke
stack of the Montauk, glittering it to pieces. No
further injury to the fort was done than the dis
mounting of one or two guns.
IMPORTANT IF TRUE.
On Thursday morning five contrabands are said to
have come aboard the Montauk, • having deserted
from Fort McAllister the night previous, one being
the pilot of the Nashville, and another pilot of the
tug which removed the obstructions in the channel'
when the Nashville entered, and afterwarda replaced
them. The former says that he knows every pile
and obstruction in the river, also the position of the
torpedoes, and that he can remove them all with
safety.
The pilot of the Nashville reports that, on the ap
pearance of the vessels ascending the river, the cot
ton which the Nashville was loaded with, was taken
off, and heavy guns placed on board for the purpose
of assisting Fort McAllister in repelling them. The
torpedoes are placed on the piles about two feet
from the top of the water, and a spring trigger falls
upon fulminating powder, causing an explosion the
moment the vessel touches the pile. The officers of
the Montauk say that they can easily pass the bat
teries after the obstructions are removed.
On Saturday morning, January 31, the.Passale
left the harbor of. For Royal for the purpose of
joining the Montauk.
FORT MALLISTER - -STRENGTII OF THE
ENEMA'.
Fort McAllister is casemated, and is a strongly:
built iron-plated fort, mounting thirteen guns.
Shells from the Montauk could easily be seen burst
ing inside, and the enemy flying into the casernates.
It appeared to be very strongly manned. 'A brigade
from Savannah is reported to have reinforced the
garrison on Thursday, and the whole country around
is alive - with cavalry and infantry.,
A FORTIFICATION THREE MILES LONG.
' Beyond Fort McAllister a short distance is a ser
pentine fortification three miles long, mounted with
powerful batteries.
REBEL RAID UPON DAWFUSKTE ISLAND.
On Thursday night, January 9.9, a party of the en
emy made a raid upon Dawfuskie Island, for the
purpose of carrying oftthe negroes. One of the ne
groes escaped in a small boat to Fort Pulaski on Fri
day morning and reported the fact.
On the Tuesday morning previous the steamer
George Washington was fired upon by a rebel bat
tery opposite Jenkins' Island. The George Wash
ington was on her way from Hilton Head to Fort
Pulaski at the time. She returned their lire from
her large rifled gun, and compelled the enemy to
retire.
PO= ROYAL, Feb. 3.—We learn from . the Oge
chee river that the Montauk made another attempt
yesterday to reduce Fort McAllister, but that the
distance was so great as to render her efforts of no
use. The engagement lasted six hours, during which
the Montauk was hit forty-six times. Beyond the
riddling of her smokestack, the destruction of her
flagstaff and starting one or two bolts in her pilot
house, she was uninjured. Commander Worden has
come to the conclusion that the iron armor of the
fort is as elftetive as that in which he is himself en
cased.
The Passaic is likely to try her skill on another
battery in a few days. The result shall be given
you et the earliest moment.
THE COLORED TROOPS IN ACTION.
FERziANDIrf A, Fla., Feb. 1, 1863.
Colonel T. W. Higginson, with a detachment of
his regiment, the let South ,Carolina volunteers,
came - down from Beaufort last week to attend to the
wants of our rebel brethren In Georgia and Florida.
At St. Simon and Jekyll islands the expedition cap
tured a quantity of T railroad iron, valued at $5,000,
live stock and farming utensils of much utility to
contrabands, who are exceedingly anxious to make
r. crop. this season. Arriving at Fernandina, Col.
Higginson proceeded up the ht. Mary river about
twenty; five miles, to a point called Township, where
he landed his command, and after marching a Yew
miles from the river, on the Florida side, he met and
thoronghl3r routed a company of mounted Flori
dians, emptying at the first discharge thirteen sad
dles and killing and wounding many more, while on
the Udion side only one man was killed, Mr. Par
sons, a private in Company G, and two others were
seriously though not dangerously wounded.
Two days after, Col. Higginson ascended with the
„lan Adams as high as Woodstock, Fla. His troops
•
rebel:pr)
prisoners were . crpedttlon
brought offlorty thousand brick, lumber, livestock,
and all the jewels belonging to Madame Aburtis'
slave barracoon, or, in chivalry parlance, jail, con
sisting of iron collars, bracelets for wrists and ankles,
for both sexes. The only further casualty to our side
was the death of Copt. J. C. Clifton, commanding
the-John Adams. While engaged in conversation
with Major Strong, standing near the pilot-house, a
mince ball, fired from the shore, passed through:his
head, killing him instantly.- Two bulleti, aimed at
Major Strong,Strucic in fearful proximity to him,
hut then, as on several other occasions of extreme
danger in face of the enemy, he behaved in the most
gallant manner.
Col. Hieginson sent Capt. Trowbridge, Company
A, Ist Regiment South llarolina Volunteers, from
Fernandina, to hxik .after the rebel salt works on
the Georgian coast. Yesterday Capt. Trowbridge
made the following report:
ON BOAND TAE PLANTFIR.
ST. AWnnEw'S SOUND, Jan. 31, 18113.
Colonel T. W. Higginson:
COLONEL : In accordance with instructions, I pro
ceeded yesterday in search of the salt works sup
posed to be at King's Bay. They have not been re
built since They were destroyed on the former expe
dition. • •
Changing our course, we found salt works about
Bye miles up Crooked river, on the main land. After
a march of two miles across the marsh, with thirty
men, and drawing a boat to enable us to cross an in
tervening creek, we destroyed them. There were
twenty'-two large boilers, two storehouses, a large
quantity of salt, two canoes, together with barrels,
vats, &c., used in manufacturing the salt.
Owing to the bad state of the boilers on the Planter,
and lack of water for the troops, I find it necessary
to put in at Philadelphia, St. James Island, for re
pairs and supplies. Will return to this place, if pos
sible, early to-morrow (Sunday) morning.
I am, Colonel 'your obedient servant,
.CIIARLES .T. TROWBRIDGE,
Commanding Co. A, let Itegt. S. 0. Vole.
This expedition proved a complete success. Our
colored troops are more than a match for any equal
number of white rebels which can be brought
against them. With a few horse carts to transport
ammunition, (for they will provide commissary and
quartermasters stores as they go,) these freedmen
are all-sufficient to snuff out the rebellion.
The direct tax commissioners have already assess
ed alarge amount of real - estate in Florida. Very
soon it will be brought into market, and the title
Will pass to loyal owners.
Since Major General Hunter took command of
the Department of the South, new energy has been
infused into every branch of the service. The loyal
inhabitants look to him, under the President's pro
clamation and God's grace, as their deliverer.
OFFICIAL 'REPORT OF COL. HIGGINSON.
The following full and explicit official repor of
Colonel T. W. Higginson records the gallant con
duct of the negroes under fire, and their successful
operations in Georgia and Florida:
BOARD STIA'IER Bari BEFORD,
• Sunday, Feb. 1,1863.
Brigadier General Saxton, - Military Governor, sc.:
GB111:11AL : I have the honor to report the safe re
turn of the expedition under my command, consist
ing of 462 officers and men of the Ist Regiment of
South Carolina Volunteers, who left Beaufort on
January 23, on board the steamers John Adams,
Planter, and Ben •Deford.
The expedition has carried the regimental flag and
the President's proclamation far into the interior of
Georgia and Florida. The men have been repeat
edly under fire; have had infantry, cavalry, and even
artillery arrayed against them, and have, in every
instance, come off not only with unblemished honor,
but with undisputed triumph. At Township, Fla.,
a detachment of the expedition fought a cavalry
company which met us unexpectedly on a midnight
march through pine woods, and which completely
surrounded us. They were beaten off with a mason
our part of one man killed and seven wounded,
while the opposing party admits twelve men killed
(including Lieut. Jones, in command of the com
pany), besides many wounded: So complete was our
victory that the enemy scattered, hid in the woods
all night, not returning to his 'camp, which was five
mil es distant, until noon next day; a fact which was,
unfortunately, unknown until too late to follow up
our advantage. Had I listened to'the urgent appeals
of my men, and pressed the flying enemy, we could
have destroyed his camp; but, in view of - the dark
ness, his uncertain numbers and swifter `motions,
with your injunctions of caution, I judged it better
to rest satisfied with the victory already gained.
On another occasion; a _detachment of about two
hundred and fifty men, on board the John Adams,
fought its way forty miles up and down a river the
most dangerous in the department, the St. Mary's,
a river left untraversed by our gunboats for many
months, as it required a boat built like the John
Adams to ascend it successfully. The stream is
narrow, swift, winding and bordered at many places
with high bluffs, which blazed with rifle show,.
With our gleam, as we approached these pointh, we
could see mounted men by the hundreds, galloping
through the woods from point to point to await us,
and, though fearful of our shot and shell, they were
so daring against musketry that ;one rebel actually
sprang limn the shore upon the large boat which
was towed at our stern, where he was shot down by
one of my sergeants. We could see our shell scatter
the rebels as they fell among , there, and some terri
ble execution must have been done ; but not a man
of this regiment was killed or wounded, though the
steamer ie,covered with bullet-marks, one of which
shows where our brave Captain Clinton, commander
of the vessel, fell dead beside his own pilot-house,
shot through the brain by a minie ball. Major
Strong, who stood beside him, escaped, as if by
• magic, both of• them being 'Unnecessarily exposed
without my knowledge. •
The secret of our safety was in keeping the regi
ment below, except the gunners; but this required
the utmost energy of the officers, as the men wore,
wild to come on deck, and even implored to be land
ed on shore and charge on. the enemy. Nobody
knows anything about these men who has not seen
them in battle. I find that I myself knew nothing.
• There is a fiery energy about them beyond anything
of which I have ever read, unless it be the French
Zouavea. It requires the strictest discipline to hold
them in hand. During our first attack on the river,
before I got them all penned below, they crowded at
the open ends of the steamer. loading and firing with
inconceivable rapidity, and shouting to each other,
"Never give it up.:'' . When collected into the held,
they actually fought each otherfor placeflat the few
port-holes from which they could fire on the enemy.
Meanwhile, the black gunners, admirably trained,
by Lieutenants Stoekdale and O'Neil (both being .
accomplished artillerists), and Mr. •Heron, of the
gunboat, did their duty without the slightest pro
tection, and with, great coolness, amid a storm of
shot. • •
This river expedition was not undertaken in mere
bravado. Capt. Sears , U. S. A. the contractor of
Fort Clinch had urged the War Department to
endeavor tWobtain a large supply of valuable brick,
said to remain at the brick-yards, thirty miles up the .
St. Mary's, from which ..Fort Clinch was originally
supplied. The War; Department had referred the
matter to Col:-Hawley, whotiPProved my offer to
undertake :the AinterpHse.-. Apart from th is, it was
the desire, of ; Lieut. Hughes,; U.
S. N., commanding
United States'ateamer Afolutwk, now lying at Fer.
THREE CENTS.
nandina, to obtain information regarding a rebel
steamer, the Berosa, said to be lying further up the
river; awaiting opportunity to run the blockade:.
Both objects were accomplished. I broughtaway all
the bricks, and ascertained the Bemia to be worth
less. I have the honor to state that I have on board
the'Den Deford, 250 bars of the beat new railroad
Iron, valued at $6,000, and much - needed in , the de
partment. This- was obtained in St. Simon's and'
Jekyll islands, Georgia, from abandoned rebel forts
a portion of it having been previously blown up and!
collected by Capt. Steedman, of the Paul Jones. I
have also five large sticks of valuable yellow-pine•
timber, said to be worth $7OO, which Game from. St.•
Mary's, Georgia. There is also a- quantity of rice,
resin, cordage, oars, and; other small:matters, suite+
ble for army purposes.
On board the John Adams there •is a flock of 23
sheep from Woodstock, Florida. I have turned over
to Capt. Sears about 40,000 large sized bricks, va
lued at about' slo,ooo,.irrview of the present hi h+
freights: I have also turned over to Judge Satin,
civil provost marshal at Fernandina, 4 horses, 4'
steers, and a quantity of agricultural implemeata
suitable for Mr. Helper's operations• in that loca
tion.
I have seen with my own eyes, and' left behind for
want of means of transportation, (and because brick
,was considered' even more valuable) enough of the
choicest Southern lumber to load five steamers like
the Ben Deford—an amount estimated at more than
a million feet; and gifebably- worth at Hilton Head
$30,000. I also left .behind from choice, valuable
furniture by the houseful—pianos, china; &a., all
packed up for tranaportaion, as it was sent inland
for safe keeping. blot' only were my officers and
men forbidden• to take any of these things for pri
vate use, but nothing was taken for public use save
articles strictly - contraband of war. No wanton de
struction was. permitted, nor were any buildings •
burned, unless in retaliation for being . tired upon,
according to the usuages-of war. Of course, no per
sonal outrage was permitted or desired.
At 'Woodstock I took sir male prisoners-whom I
brought down' the river as hostages, intending to •
land part of them before reaching' : Fernandina and;
release them on parole. But In view of the fero
cious attacks made upon us from the banks, this
Would have seemed an absurd stretch of magna
nimity, and by the advice of Col. Hawley I have
brought them for 'your disposal.
At the same place we obtained a cannon and a
Bag, which I. respectfully' ask permission for the re
giment to retain. We obtained also some trophies
of a'ditterent description from a slave jell, which I
shall offer for your personal acceptance: three sets
of stocks, of different structure,. the chains and
staples used for confining prisoners to the door, and
the key of the building. They furnish good illustra
tions of the , infernal barbarism - against which.we
contend.
• We return at the appointed time, though there
are many other objecte•which I wish to e free:, and
our rations are not easily exhausted. But the Ben
Deford is crowded with freight, and the ammunition
of the 'John. Adams is running low. Capt. 'Janet has
been devoted to our interest, as was also, until his
lamentable death, the brave Capt. Clifton. Of the
Planter 'I have hitherto said nothing, as her worn
out machinery would have been perfectly valueless
but for the laborious efforts of Capt. Eldridge. and
her engineer, Mr. Baker, aided by the =conquer
able energy of Capt. Trowbridge, of Company A,
who had the command onboard. Thanks to this they
were enabled, during our absence up the St. Mary , s
river ' to pay attention to the salt works along the
coast. Finding that the works at King's bay,
formerly destroyed by this regiment, had never been
rebuilt, they proceeded five miles up Crooked river,
where salt works were seen. Captain Trowbridge,
with Captain Rogers, of Company F, and thirty
men, then marched two miles across a marsh, draw
ing a boat with them, and then sailed up a creek
and destroyed the works. . There were twenty.two
large boilers, two storehouses, a large quantity of
salt, two 'canoes, with barrelsouad all things apper
taining.
I desireto make honorable mention, not only of
the above officers, but of Major Strong, Captains
James, Co. 8., Randolph, Co. C., Metcalf, Co. G.,
and Doley, Co. H. Indeed every officer did himself
credit, so far as he had opportunity, while the
cheerfulness and enthusiasm of the men made it a
pleasure to command them.
We found no large numbers of slaves anywhere,
yet we brought away several whole families and ob
tained by their means the most reliable information.
I was interested to observe that the news of the
President's proclamation produced a marked effect
upon them, and in one case. it was of the greatest
service to us in securing the hearty.aid . of a guide,
who was timid and distrustful till he heard that he
was legally free, after which he aided us gladly and
came away with us.
My thanks are due, for advice and information, to
Capt. Steedman. U. S. N. .of the steamer Paul
Jones ; to Acting Master Moses, U. S. N. of the
bark Fernandina ;to Acting Lieut. Budd, V. S. N.,
of the steamerPotomska, for information and coun
sel, and especially to Lieutenant Commanding
Hughes, U. S. N. of the steamer Mohawk, for
twenty tons of cord, without which we could not
have gone up the river.
I may state, in conclusion, that I .obtained much
valuable information, not necessary•to make public,-
in regard to the location of supplies of lumber, iron,.
- rice, resin, turpentine, and cotton; and it would af.
ford the officers and men of this regiment great plea
ment to be constantly employed in obtaining these
supplies for the Government from•rebel sources. But
they would like still better to be-permitted to occupy.
some advanced point in the interior, with a steamer
or two like the John Adams, and an adequate supply
of ammunition.. We could obtain.to &great axtent
our own. provisions, and rapidly enlarge our num.
Ler; and could have information in advance of every
movement against us. A chain of such posts would
completely alter the whole aspect of the war in the
seaboard slave States, and would accomplish what
no accumulation of Northern regiments can so easily
effect.
No' officer in this regiment now doubts that the
key to the successful prosecution of this war lies in
the unlimited employment of black troops. Their .
superiority Bee simply in., the fact that theLWIT
Tosition; and motive , Whah:. belong to them.alone. -
Instead of leaving their homes and families to fight,
I they are fighting for their homes -and families, and
they show the resolution and sagacity which a per
purpose gives. It would have been madness -
to attempt with the bravest white troops what I
have successfully accomplishawith black ones.
Everything, even to the piloting of the vessel, and
the.selection of the proper points for cannmiadinfi f
was.done by my own soldiers; indeed, the real con
ductor of the whole expedition at the St. Marrs was
Corporal Robert Sutton, of Company GI formerly a
slave upon the St. Mary's River—a man of. extraor.
(finery qualities '
who needs nothing but a knowledge
of the alphabet to entitle him to the most signal
promotion. In every instance where I followed his .
advice the predicted result followed and I, never
departed from it, however slightly, without having
reason for subsequent regret. . . •
I have the honor to be &cr
T. W. RIGGINSON,
C.
CoL Comd'g Ist Regiment S. .
A FLAG or' TRUCE—I BIPORTANT ' CORRE-:
SPONDENCE.
The following letters explain themselves: It will,
be seen therefrom that General Hunter is determined
to gratify the enemy in his inclinations to conduct
the war after Siou4, instead of civilized usage.- The
correspondence passed by flag cf truce on Saturday :
HEADQUARTHRS DISTRICT GEORGIA,.
SAVANNAR, Jan. 21, 1663..
Major General David Hunter, Commanding, iv., Dillon
licad,D. C.:
Gals - anal, : I lzeg leave respectfully to call-your
attention to the case of Mr. D. McDonald, of Mcln
tosh county, in this State.
. -Mr. McDonald is a non-combatant, and has never
been in'tnilitary service. He was taken. from his
own residence, and made no resistance of any kind
whatever. He was conveyed, it is now understood,
to Hilton Head, and is retained-as a prisoner by you.
I must request that you will take the case into con
sideration, and trust that you will at once release
Mr. McDonald, so that he may return to his family,
'who are much in need of his attention.
I am, General, very respectfully, &c.
H. N. MERCER,
Brigadier General Commanding.
[Official.]
Cuss. G. HAtrtNE, Assistant Adjutant Gtmeral,
10th Army Corps.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTNE?rT OP TEE SOUTH,
HILTON READ, PORT ROYAL, S. C., Jan. 80, 1863.
Gen. Mercer, Commanding, Distrid of Georgia:
.Gmty.n.u.: I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your communication, dated January 21,
1863, calling attention to the ease of Mr. D. ildc-
Donald; of Mclntosh county, Ga., claimed by you to
be a non-combatant, who has never been in military
service, now held as a prisoner of war at this post,
and asking that I take Mr. McDonald's case into
consideration, and that he be released and returned
to his family.
Without pausing to enter upon the merits of this
'particular Lease, I would most respectfully inform
you that, by the same flag of truce conveying your
letter, I received notification that Lieut. Virgil
Cate, Co. 0, 7th Regiment New Hampshire Volun
teers, recently captured in the vicinity of St: Au,
Fla., is held as amisoner in Oharlestonjail, Gen.
Beauregard having notified him that, "being a com
missioned officer, he is not subject to exchange, but
that he will probably be turned over to the local au
thorities of the State of Florida for trial, under the
statutes. made and provided in that State for the
punishment of persons engaged in exciting negro
slaves to insurrection."
This action is doubtless based on the declaration
made in the recent message of Mr. Jefferson Davie,
that "hereafter, unless Congress: (meaning the Con
federate Congress) think some other conrse more
expedient," he will cause all commissioned officers
of the United States, taken prisoners of war, to be
turned over for punishment, as before recited, to the
authorities of the several States in which they may
have been taken.
Under these circumstances, and until this policy,
In violation of all the rules of war among civilized
nations, be distinctly and practically repudiated, I
announce to you that . all commissioned officers of
your service, now prisoners, or hereafter to become
so, in my hands, will be kept in close confinement,
and be held answerable with their lives for the safety
of my °dicers who are prisoners; and that 1 will not
discharge, nor entertain applications , for. the dis
charge of, upon any pretext whatever, any citizens
or residents of Georgia, South Carolina, or Florida
now in my hands, or who may hereafter be captured
by coastwise expeditions and incursions.
Regretting that a previous departure 'from the re
cognized rules of civilized warfare bn • the side of
your authorities should compel this retaliatory de
claration, and the acts to follow it on my part,.
I hav,e.the honor to be, General,.
Your most obedient servant,
D. BUNTER, Major Ggneral Comd'g•
s' •
Cu as. G Mairixs, Assistant Adjutant General,
Tenth Army Corps. VT.
CROPS :IN KANSAS.—A Kansas paper says:
Information front different p r .rts of the State in re
gard to crops rs before us. Our Topeka corre
spondent writes that wheat in Jefferson and Shaw
nee counties generally looks fair, and in some in
stances exceedingly tine. Northern members of the
Legislature report that in Brown, Nemaha, Dont
phan, and other counties, very little is expected,
while in some cases ,the fields will probably be
ploughed up and planted to corn ' In the South a
great deal fins been 'sconm, and the prospeet is fair
for a good crop in Linn, Lyon, and Bourbon coun
ties. From the West we have no intelligence.
THE GOVERNMENT . SUPPLIED -WITH
GOLD.—As the speculation iu gold is largely based
on the idea that the Government will have to make
large purchases of gold to pay its current interest,
it may not be improper to state that the Govern
ment has bought no gold for the past six months,
and has a sult)eient supply now on hand for all its
necessities for the next payments.—N. Y. Times.
. DAIsIAGES OLAIBILD.—It is said the owners of
the bark. Parker Cook, of Boston, burnt by the
Alftb medley() made a' claim' on the United States
Government for $9,000 damages for the Mai mos.;
sioned by the destructionof that vessel. •
'THE SCONNG DRAMATISTS.—Rev. Arthur
Bedford, whoe. burished in Alm latter part of the
seventeenth century, found 7,000 instances and 1400
texts of Scripture ridiculed upon the stage. .He
wrote a work on the "Evils and Dangers of Stage
Plays.l?
• REBEL. PRISONERS.—The Chicago Tribune
says upwards of one thousand of the rebel prison
6rs taken in Arkansas are now sick and under
medical treatment. Eight of them died on Friday
night.
MORE MONEY WANTED.—The Commissioner
of Indian Affairs, through the Secretary of the In
terior asks Congress. for additional appropriations
for the Indian service in the northern district of
califOnala for the coming fiscal year, amounting to
$23,050. -
THE LAST QUOTA. :-=- Every New England
State has furnished its quota of men under the Met
call, except New Hampshire, which is -,now ,raising;
its last regiment. Other States are, generallyspeak
ing, rather behind,hand, and it is said that New'
York is 35 1 000 men Short of her complement.
THE WAR PRESS.
(PUBLISHED WBFKLT.)
Tex WAR Pease will be sent to anteoribers by
mall (Per aaanm to advance) at 1171.06
Fire " 9.00
Ten •• 17.00
TwentiCoPles" 33.00
Larger CI nbe than Twenty will be ~barged at the
same rate. $1.60 per CODY.
The money must always accompany the order , and
to no instance can Owe terms he deadatedfrom, ae they
aford wry little more than the cog oi' the Payer.
Poetmasters are requested to lot am Agents foe
Tu WAIL Pugs&
tar To the getter•up of a Club of ten or twenty. hh
extra copy of the Paper will be given.
STATES IN REBELLION.
\ Filminess of Running the Blockade—lto
'Dangers and Profits—Rebel Correspon.
dance Captured on the Huntress—More
British Sympathy with the Rebels—The
Suffiitings of the "Chivalry,” &e.
The rebel steamer Tropic, formerly the Huntress,
was recently captured by a United States vessel, and
all her papers 'were seized. We give the following
'extracts :
- CHARLESTON, Jan. 14, 1883
John B. Lojille, Esq., Nassau:
DEAR Slit : We beg to introduce you to Mr. Thos.
Steers, steamer Tropic, who will hand this letter in
person. Mr. Steers visits Naasmiwith his steamer
and cargo (320 bales cotton), to place his business in
your hands ; and we hope he will arrive safely, and
do so ; assured you will take pleasure 'in promoting
his interest in yodr vessel in a prompt and satisfac-
tory manner. Yours truly
ENO.
FRASER & CO.
CITARLESTON, January 14, 1863
Ceo. Wigg, Esq. Nassau:
DEAD. Sin he Leopold is still here; not been
able to get out—weather too calm, or too many
blockaders. She goon with very little coal. Let
me call your attention to this. You cannot get any
here, and even wood is difficult at $2O a 26 per cord ;
so allow sufficient in any vessel you have to do with,
to make the run in and out. There is a report on the
streets that the Yankees are bombarding Fort Cas
well at the mouth of Cape Fear river, the entrance
to V. ilmington. If they make a serious demonstra
tion, I fear they will take it. We shall doubtless
know more about this by the time the boat leaves.
At all events, I think, taking all the chances into
consideration, this bar Is safer than that of 'Wil
mington until we know the result. •
Yours truly, THOS. B. POWER.
The Leopard has my documents on board that
I expected Barker to take over with him ; also seve
ral lettertrfor you. I sent you over a pilot, Ildr. Ed.
Morse, for.the Wave Queen. I look for her every
day now. • Islo change in blockaders.
Mr. Webber goes over in the Leopard. He may
try to make some arrangement with you about get
ting goods over for him., The Hero still here, and
no telling when, orif ever:she will get out.
I wrote you, asking you" to give a preference to
Government freight over private, so as to secure
their good will in getting produce down to the coast
All railroads are monopolized by the Government
and it requires some interest to get down at a mo
ment whatyou may require. I have about a load
for the Wave Qpeen here,' and Webber 'has 3fij6oo
bales here, which I have the refusal . whenever I
want them.
• Yours truly, ' THOS. B. POWER.
RICHMOND, Dec. 15, 1882.
Bon. J. A. Seddon, Secretary of War:
Sin; I beg leave to refer to my communication
relative to the transfer of the General Clinch to us.
She is chartered at,l believe, $176 or $2OO per day,
and valued at $40,00. I would here suggest that, in
order to save the charter money, she be purchased
by the Government, and we will pay for her when.
she returns with the cargo proposed, if not damaged,
her valuation, ise., should the Government desire to
discontinue the adventure.
Permit me to say, that there is very little prospect
of the Government receiving on private enterprise
certain classes of goods, owing to their weight and
price, and dangers of capture. These goods are as
follows, and are very much needed by all ordnance,
engineer, and navy departments, and also by private
parties under Government contracts, viz: Steel,
iron,. pig iron, copper, zinc, ordnance of all kinds,
munitions of war, chemicals and acids in psalm- -
lar, boiler iron, engines, &c., &c.
The freight per ton in Nassau, payable in advance,
is $6OO to a Confederate port. This is equal to
$1,500 here; therefore, it is self-evident that such
classes of goods as above, cannot be imported on pri
vate account because many articles pay much bet
ter, and take up less room. For instance, we take
the article - salt, worth $7.60 per ton in Nassau, and
will bring $l7. here ,• co ff ee is worth $240 per ton
in Nunn and here $6,500, &c., &c. •
By the arrangement we propose the Government
will get 76. tons in weight or measurement of this
class of goods for a risk of s4o,ooo—the usual
freight being $37,500 In Nassau, - equal to at least
$lOO.OOO here, and at the same time we will receive
facilities which will enable us to Import in other
ships the.necessary goods contracted for.
We will pay all expenses of the outward and in,
ward trip, except the officers, which the Hon. Secre
tary of the Navy has promised to detail, i. c. an en,
glneer and some other men.
If we can leave Charleston an the Ist of January,
we can return about the 15th. Our other ship will
be here about the same time with army supplies,"
&c., &c.
I hope' that my / proposition will meet your ap
proval, and that an order be given accordingly, and
that the importance of the subject will be a sufficient
apology for so long a letter.
I have the honor to remain,your very ob't servant,
J. N. VERNON,
of Vernon E.:. Co.,
Government Contractors, &e.
P. S.—l desire to leave for Charleston as soon as
possible. .
Forrest in the Green Reonr.
Some months since I called upon Mr. Wheatley,
thehresent_leesee-ememaeegerorNinini"Garrien.
My visit was one, half of pleasure and half of bust.
nese. It, however; seemed that my pleasure must
be brief, and my business be deferred. He had bumf-
ness of more importance to his individual self upon
that morning. He had accepted the part of the light
comedy scoundrel, in the "Broker of Bogota," and
Edwin Forrest was this morning to read it.
"Where?"
In the green room of gouree, was the reply. Now
this play. had not been performed for some eight
years, and whe.n.performed I had never seen it. As
.• elieli T aliot with the ungre7eched aplomb '
so much the fashion amongst many of our sucking
critics. But I had never yet heard him read, and;
what is more, as he now eschews the bringing out of
new playa, never expected to have the chance of
hearing him. Here was one.. I determined, if possi
ble, to avail myself of it. Accordingly with all pee
sible deference—that deference which dramatic au
thors invariably exhibit to those who may buy their
pieces—did .I beg the permission to volunteer my
unlicensed attendance. Here, however, I met with
difficulty at theltrat start. •
"What right had I in the green-roomy! was the
by no means unnatural question. " Would Mr.
Forrest like the presence of a stranger?"
"But I was no stranger to Mr. Forrest."'
" That was certainly a point that might be urged
twiny favor—yet—"
And so for some ten minutes or more, I was treat
ed to every specimen of the disjunctive conjunction,
hinted.at in , Lindley Murray: At length pertinacity •
,gained the clay, and impudence enjoyed its righteous
reward by being admitted, with the help . of Mr. W.'s
.pass-key, Into the-interior of Niblo's Garden.
• The green-roomer this establishment Is somewhat
narrow, and by no means too long. In fact, it cannot
be considered the nepies unreel green rooms. I have
seen, falba, course of my theatrical experience, far
more commodious. and.ntylish ones. Indeed, when
the whole company, summoned for the reading, had
been, packed into it, I must confess that it put me
strongly, in mind, off a barrel of Dutch herrings
when its head hasSfirst been knooked off by the
purchaser. This:was, however, a subsequent lefleo-
Con, as the mambers of a theatrical company are not
at all times the most punctual of business men, and
Mr. Forrest himself, who is rarely if ever behind the
hour of an. engagement, was there some fifteen mi
nutes before his audience was complete. After vouch
sating me a bow which eased my soul as regarded
Mr. Wheatley's faith in the moat integrity of my
memory, he interchanged a few words with him and
then looked at his watch. Contrary to my expecta
tion, however, he demonstrated no particular impa
tience. Mr. McCullough had come in at the same
time he did. Madame Ponisi arrived almostimme
diately after. So did Mr. Shewell. Although not
impatient, Mr. Forrest very evidently - appreciated
the virtue of punctuality, for he returned their salu
tations with one of those more than agreeable smiles
which sometimes, although 'rarely, play over his
grand, yet somewhat stern features.. Then he ad
vanced to a small table in the far corner of the
rcom, and occupied himself in arranging his books
and papers. Finally, when the quarter of an hour
previously alluded to had passed, and the whole of
the audience had arrived and packed themselves
closely and uncomfortably—there was not an inch of
space left for me, and I had to lean-against the door
way—into that twenty feet by eight of space, he ad
dressed them a few explanatory words, and the
reading commenced.
Let me candidly admit I have seldom been so
much astonished in my life.
Presupposing that Edwin Forrest's style of dra
matic rending must necessarily in some degree ap
proxiniate to the passionate fervor and marvellous
power of his acting, I had entered the penetralia of
Niblo's Garden with a voluntary induction upon
my mental body of my well-worn if decently fitting
critical surtout.. In other words ; I was disposed to
weigh and balance his merits as a reader, with a suf
ficiency of that acid dislike to 'display, which is not
uncommon among literary men. The "Broker of
Bogota" was undoubtedly atineplay, and one writ
ten by a genuine poet, although • scarcely, perhaps,
by a poet of altogether the first-class. It afforded
plenty of scope for the artist, had he so willed it, to
have developed the whole capacity of his voice and
style.
This, however, with a singular self-denial, he
seemed to shrink from doing.
Was I disappointed that this should be so? As a
critic I most certainly was for Mr. Forrest offered
me but scanty room for critical judgment. There
were other points which nevertheless amply repaid
me for any degree of , disappointment.
Edwin Forrest specifically reads more as a gentle
man ought to be able to read 'than any processional ar
tist I have ever listened to. He does not read as if
be mere modelling his reading to procure the ap
plause of a general: audience. There is not the
slightest pretence In his manner, nor affectation in'
his style and accent, as is far too commonly the case
with histrionic readers. He does not seem to have
the shadow of a desire to display the exquisite va
riety of one of themost marvellous voices which have
ever been heard upon the stage, and which, cone- '
quently, acquired an infinite (I••ree of tenderness in
the more delicate passages, while of its power he ap- .
peered to bo so chary that the listener might almost
• fanCy he ware endeavoring to veil its capabilities.
Occasionally a suspicion of the strength of his organ -
was indicated, but only occasionally.. Once or twice
his delivery of .a• passage was literally steeped in ..
sadness, and moved me as I have rarely been moved
by any reading.. But these were momentary chances
only. Ife was evidently not readieg for disiday.
He was here not bent upon touching the emotions,
but simply upon.being transparently clear to the un
deratanding of those who were listening to him. , •
Had the copyist made any error in any one of the
parts which were in the hands of the company, he
would once more go over the lines in:, which it oc
curred, while the artist would expunge the word or
change the sentence. If n ,question, touching a.
phrase or its meaning, was asked him, he did not
appear to • regard it as an annoyance, but rather . -
seemed to consider it a premium to clear up the
matter which might be in doubt. And when, , in- •
deed, at the close of some two hour and a half's .6e
fop:neat, en impertinent, individual suggested ,to -- •
him that Mn Wheatlere "scoundrel" was a richer , '
and more telling character than his own, he actually •
smiled, and acknowledged to.having some little sus- , •
picion of thefact himself, although he added with . „
a degree of racily saidonic humor—" upon the stage
it had never yet proved ed."
Why, indeed, as I- afterwards reflected, &mail'
prove so? How should I have been able todrireicy
that itmight be so, from once hearing the plai,rend4
—oelyonce7
What artist would accept a drama upon hie ling !pi*?
impulsive judgment) None ! How then shouldWate
have :ken able to discriminate between the tweet:m-7.-- r :
nictertrupon once having heard it?
It was certainly true that I had heard it read by' 1'
the lips of the artist whose genius has made: Dr.
Bird's play his own. Consequently, I haden far
,greater opportunity given me of arriving.at a' cor
rect judgment than 1 might have had, titivating to
any other single reading, even had that lecture been
my own. But this was scarcely enough to justify ,
my impulsive conclusion. Therefore I should have
to wait until I saw the "Brokef" upon the stage
and in Mr. Forrest's hands. Then •I might be able
to decide in my own mind which of the tweeparts I
might prefer were I poseeised of the same intellec
tual and healthy histrionic genius which he inherits
from nature, and whichhe has so sedulously and ho
nestly cultivated by
Sufficient is it that whatever conclusion I have
now arrived at,'r know the pleasure I that morn
ing stole, through the assistance 'of Mr. W.'s ma- •
nagerial pass-key, outweighs many an intellectual
delight for which I have paid largely—proving con
clusively that moral enjoyment is not invariably the. • -
keeneat, while in certain cases, impudence is a far
Wiser policy than honesty—always provided, my be- •
loved reader, that you do not develop enough of the •
first to render you amenable 'to' physical procedure,
mobile you retain just sufficient of the last to keep
you safe on the outside of the State prison. Q.. , .