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MILLINERY GOODS, 11TCLIMING STRAW HATS AND BONNETS. • MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S STRAW GOODS. FANCY 'AND CRAPE BONNETS. FRENCH FLOWERS, RIBBONS, Sic, To which they respectfully invite the attention of Mar thants and Milliners. CASH BUYERS will find special advantage in examin ing tide stock before purchasing. fe2B-2m PAPER .HANGINGS. p L ADELP HI A PAPER HANGINGS. HO W.eLL & BOURKE, CORNER OF FOURTH AND ,MARKET STREETS, MANUFACTURERS OF PAPER HANGINGS ND WINDOW CURTAIN PAPERS, •.oder to the Trade a LARGE AND ELEGANT ASSORT IELENT OF GOODE, from the cheeped Brown Stock to <• the Flout Decorattome. N. E. COR.FOURT3I AND IeTARRET STREET'S. is_ is n4Ollll INN Rita ?A rno ¢t OTOIT CU% ", orm - rrifu TILL THERE! AT THE OLD STAND, 028 CHESTNUT STREET, Second door > opposite Jayne's Hall. WHEELER t WILSON SEWING MACHINES. The itudersigaed has not removed, but is ready at bis Old OfUce to supply customers, at the lowest prices, with every style and quality of WHEELER, St WILSON SEWING MACHINES. Machines to hireralso, with first•class operators, to private [anal lee and hotels, by the day, Machine stitching done at short notice, in any quantity. Machines repaired and operators taught. de2.l-len HENRY COY. SINGER'S SEWING MACHINES, For Family Sawing and Manufactur.ring Purposes 810 CHESTNUT STREET. istl3-sto TIIE WILCOX Sz GIBBS 4.01111.1, Ellin MEI hive bgen greatIv.VIIDTON ed. making it f(OI6FiLESS, and with SolUatlju.sting, 'Remmers, axe now readj for rale by FAIRBAIIICR EWIN mm. 4, PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, &c. TAMES S. 'EARLE 455 SON, IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF LOOKING GLASSES. DEALERS IN OIL PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, •POIITRAIT, . PICTURE, and _ PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES, PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS. I,IIXTBISIVB LOOKING GLASS WAREROOMS AND GALLERY 'OF PAINTINGS, deBl-tt 81.5 CHESTNI7I' Street, Philadelphia. DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. IROBERTSITOEMAKER & CO., Northeast Corner FOURTH and, RACE Streets. PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESA'I.E DRUGGISTS, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC 'WINDOW' AND PLATE GLASS, ILLVIiIifITDINDO nu W.EUTS zrico AOEHTE FOE THE OELEEHATED. FRENCH ZINC PAINTS. r_Dealets and Tontttraerg ettpplied at VERY LOW 'PRICES FOR CAUL', r!M ARMY CLOTMNG,tac. A A OPPENHEIMER, N3II.OITURCH Alley. Philadelphia, CONTRACTOR AND DIANITRACTURTA OF ARMY 'CLOTHING Of Rver7 Deßcription. Akio, ILATSRSAOICS, • ''PONCHOS, CAMP BLANKETS, KNAPSACKS. Ana -' BED TICKING'S FOR HOSPITALS. MATERIAL BOUGHT FOB CONTRACTORS. All goodimade will be guarantied regulation in ere. 111. B. Orders of any size llHeti with "despatch. 187-3 m C,tS yIXTURES, L3] 7 , ABO II , EITBBET, O. 4. VlNliaigt-- ti 3 00_ susuraininufititour at:TA NP.] LIERS AND:OTHEIL .GAS• . I I IXITIMS • Also,Treach'Brenserheares and Orsuusents,Poreelals t asid Mies Shades, 'tad a vadat/ of FANCY GOODS, IikrTIOLESALE AND RETAIL. Please all and examine Roods - 'FAIRBANKS' SCALES. i C .A , U' T I 0 N , The well-earned reputation of FAIRBANKS'. -SCALES 'Bas induced the makers of imperfect balances to offer 'them as "FAIRBANKS' SCALES, and Purchasers have thereby, in many instances, been snbjected to fraud and imposition. Fairbanks' Scales are manufactured only by the original inventors, E. &T. FAIRBANKS 8' CO., and are adapted to every branch of the business, where s.correct and durable Scales is desired. FAIRBANKA'db-EWING, . • Geneva Agents, aplO-If MASONIC NAM 71STHESTNUT ST * IIIF. laliC ARMY AND TOILET HIRItORS, the beet in the world for dulelt and durebtlikr. • • B. M. S. The beet brand Silk Finished VELVET RIBBONS. lob Monk- BENJAMIN M. SMITH, up DUANE Street, near West Broadway New TaAr. gni 'DR FINE, PRAOTIOAV 'DM ? ►the leaf below. rte the in tv gi d gega r ft 2 11TH R on flue Gold Platina, Silver, V aleanite,Go. taitte, Am r. &0., at prises, for neat and enbistantlal 'work, more reasonable than ally dentlet in this city or Teeth plugged to last for life. Artificial Teeth re• patredtpindr,. Nh pain In extracting. No charges un til materna all b right. Reference, beet families,. jaie-itin A GARRETT, GENERAL CONDSIO RNiK MRCRANT; AND. Akent for Lilly Pond Ice Company, Maine, •. 118 SOUTH WHARVES, Philadelphia. inf. 0 Otint!ALAS, Commlaslon chants, Havana,Oubi. -- Advances made, when toothed: on saleable consign- OW to the above house. . • feellet* tBEST UMBRELLAS, SLEEPER'S make strong a nd neat,' at TENTH and HAR- M Stmts. tozs-r VOL. 6.-NO. 183. B=SIZEM IMPORTERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. CASSIMERES, MANTILLA GOODS, GROS DE RHINES, VELVET RIBBONS, FRENCH CORSETS, &C. nib3.lm. is 24-tarYi ACTORY. mud°. to wtt ;HIRT% a `lnsintess. WELLING, COFFIN, & CO., tEll'S WEAR, [NG STORE, fTREET, • the Continental. (War for male, by the Package— PRINTS. BROWN AND BLEACHED SHEETINGS AND SHIRTINGS: BRILLS, CANTON FLANNELS. COTTONADES, COVSET JEANS, SILESIAS, NANKEENS. COLORED CAMBRICS, SEAMLESS BAGS. VSYRAIR Aui) 94AktitiPli% EtilAt'itt 031§0g. RENTIVRY JPINg. ' G 1863. ALSO. SRY-RETTR KRRSEYS, INFANTRY CLOTHS. ARMY FLANNELS. 10 and 12-ounce DUCK. &a., age. deb-mwr Sm ALTEMUS 65 COZENS. Pronounced one of the bast makes in the market. fel4-1m OUR SPRING STOCK IS NOW' AR RANGED. 80,000 DOZEN H OSIER Y. AT LOWER PRICES THAN PRESENT COST OF DE PORTATION. THOS. MELLOR & CO., 40 AND 41 NORTH THIRD STREET, PHMAIMPALL Ji a c►_ 1•1•10.111111111 BAGS AND BAGGING OP EVERT DESCRIPTION, ' NO. na NORTH FRONT STREET, WOOL BAGS . FOR SALE. 0.21.8 m FHIL ADELPHIA BAG MANUFACTORY. EU AF E A S; OP ALL SIZES, POE CIORE, OATS, COi , BONE.DIIST, Ito. ALso, SEAMLESS BAGS, Of standard makes, ALL BIM, for sato cheap. for net MIL 031 delivery. GEO. GRIGG. 219 and. 221. CHTIROEf ALLEY. rec ITT U.T.M.O 3 . . in, - mg y.Ii...SITTUT S.CP.EEr a • COMMISSION MERCILINTS, FOR THE SALE OF - .I L E 5e2643m• • GRIGG & I - lARMSTEAD, No. t3l STRAWBERRY STREET, Offer for sale, hi the Package, RIPKA'S OOTTONADES, SUFFOLK BLUE DRILLS, STANDARD BROWN DRILLS, STANDARD BROWN SHEETINGS, LONSDALE NANKEENS, &e., &c. rch3 EDWIN HILL & CO ge, South SECOND Street, will open this morning The new shades of Alpacas. New style of plaid and stripe Poil de Chevron. Figured and etriped Mohair Lustres. Iliozambiaties and Arabian Lastres. Vatenelas and Nubian. New styles of Dress Goods of various names. Fine Black Alpacas. saltatf Modes, Blues, Magentas, and Black de Lathes. IRDWIN HALL & CO. E{ 2 South MONT) Street, have on hand the fol lowing Goods, imported. last year, and for sale much be low the present cost of importation: Brown. Blue, and Green Cored. Silks. Black Ottoman or Corded Silks. Black Armnres and Ponit de. Soles. Browns, Blues, Greens, Mode, and Cuir or Leather . color Thrall de Soles. Brown, Blue, and Green Figured Silks. Black Figured Silks. Black Taffeta Silks, Black Gros de Rhine Silks. Foulard Silks, ite, MILS T AMUR , CILOAILLATQW_ isnaillob - o ottatitun Spring - Colors, 6-4 "Katona. 6-4 Cloths and Cassitneres. Boys' Cloths and Cassimees. Tailors' Linings. . COOPER &CONARD, rah 3 S. E. earner NINTH and MARKET Streets •fl 2, &aj R,PRING CLO.ARS.': N. , Water-Proof Cloaks . _ Black Cloth Cloaks. Cloaks made to order. Best 110 op Skirts. 1100 PER CONARD, rohS S, E. corner NINTH . and. MARKET Streets WIDE SHEETLNGS. Good Shirting Singling by the Piece. Fine and low.prieed 'Flannels. ' Table Damasks and Napkins. Spring Prints and Delainea. COOPER & COWARD, mh3 S. E. corner MTH and MARKET Streets B LACK S Lustrings, Mircelines. • ldourningPo de Soiee. Gros (drains. Bonnet Taffetas. Moire Antiques. _ Double-faced Brocades, Rich, neat Figures. - ._SHARPLESS BROTHERS. • SPRING DRESS 'GOODS. Foil de Chevres, Ristoris. Adriennes, Worsted Crepes. Fil de Chevres, liohairs. Chintzes,' Lawns, Organdies. Flain Silks,Plow Foulards. Plai All-wool Cashmeres, SHARPLESS BROTHERS. ; CHESTNUT and. RIGHT.Ef. Streets. /11.01114114 1 amIIUUr /eke the Branum 'Arrinerrozr of the Ladien to hie' LARGE STOCK of WHITE GOODS, LACES, EMBROIDERIES. • HANDKERCHINWS, dec. A greater part aids goods have been purchased previous to the recent GREAT ADVA.NCE, and are now being RTAILED O P ENEDhan whole sale prices. He b oo JUST.; 100 dozen broad Hematitithed Hdkfe.. at 3110.. and upwards. 300 dozen corded-bordered all-Linen Hdkfs. , at 18c., worth Oil cents. 50 pieces plain, buff, and white Piqué. for Children's wear. 23 pieces printed and fig'd Pique, for Children's wear. NOVELTIES IN LADIES' BOWS. Emb'd Muslin, lace trimmed, Ac., received every morning, from 50c. to BL felo-tf SPLENDID STOOK ON HAND.-- All the best makes of Calicoes. All the best makes of Helaine. All the beat makes of Linens. All the host makes of Shootings. AB the best make a of Napkins. Together with Towels, Crash, Diaper Hnckaback. Bird :ye- Burlap, da &c. White Cambric and Jaeonet, fell line. liainsooke and Plaid Muslims, full line. Winter Goods closing out. • Shawls, Merinoes, eloaing out, Balmoral Skirts all prices. • Bilk and Linen HAkk, nice assortment. At JOHN H. STOKES'. I 702 ARCH street. • :CARPETS AND OIL CLOTHS. 11111 a WWI t MAITUFACITEERS, IMPORTERS, AND DEALERB, We have now on hand an extensive stock of CARPET MOS. of our own and other makes, to which we cal the attend on of ash and ebort-tirne buyers. fel4-3m TROM-SON'S LONDON KITCHENER, OR EUROPEAN RANGE, for families, hotels, _or public Institutions, IN TWENTY DIFFERENT SIZES. Also Heaters, Philadel phia Ranges. Rot-Air Furnaces, Portable miters, Low down Grain, Firoboard Stoves, Bath Boilers, Stew-hole Plates, Broilers, Cooking Stowe, &c., at Wholesale and Retail, by the manufacturers, NORTH. CHASE, & NORTH, fatfi-NrEI6IU Zro. RO9 SICOIiD Street. . . . _--":„.. - ~...r...., , ik;. tt _. Lii._ • A1t\1177i,.. < 4 ' \ , •.of i ' • -..-*,•. ••;-1; . 404.-, A , `,;.‘\'‘ll:l/11 ''' l. ; -- -- 4? ..-:...' ' - :' , s •-7' p ~. . - ..; ~. .2, .. , ..0.-...'. . 1 - :'...........' SZ•N ilk'... ' 1e../._ -'114 g.,' ..T,'' oil ,_ if , ....•. ... . . .. C.- fal6 l -, .'‘ ‘ 00 _.•T'----==•- 1/ .4 77-'- ' ---- Nl': ' .. 1 : :: ". ''''.. ''.;•'- : 41 : 7 - ' ' ' .i. - '?:•':-. ---- 'i, ,---- ,' -IR MiliPa`____-!. . -.. yj"" spialliiiii - - -.: ' -: ; x. '" ' ,.-. 'z'; "t'...-:-.; --, --- ''' ' __ . ~:. _ - •.,'.--..; ~• lin %,. ::.'yi\14,1,..;:. ,'-.4§iii.,, Aii .. .. .411-, ---Z.'.iPlk''.. - -'. '.' . f' , .. - .', , ,,,-; , , - ,..... ..-- ..—.."="--- '-•., . - 1. - .-r- , \ . -.. , , --,.....-.-----., .• .. 1 ..,,_ ,-,:r..,r4.-.,-u. agir- -,olitiop„._ 1. ,1-„,,,,,r,,,,,.,_-,,,:, _ . , , , , „,„.„ - . -.woe:- - • --- .... 4. . .. ..,.,... ...„:„,..____ _... z..-.,., • :•.,•,_.: .• . •,"..,,,....,--- _ „,..,-.•„,.:. -- -- . ...„..,..„ ~...._ ~...._ • -....„. ~. 1 ' . • COMMISSION HOUSES. 212 AND 21.1 CHESTNUT STREET, SILKS AND CLOTHS Fl3O CHESTITIJT STREET, 241 CHESTNUT 6TREET !SOLE AGENTS FOE DANIELS', CELEBRATED IVORY FINISH SPOOL COTTON, WARRANTED 200 YARDS. RETAIL DRY GOODS. El. M.. INTEEDLEMI --- • No. 1024 CHESTNUT BT EM 102* CHESTNUT snuarr 811011lialkiliti. 14- M'OALLUM & 509 CHESTNUT STREET, (Opposite Independence Hall, )'' CARPETINGS, OIL OLOTHS, &c. Eljt Vress. FRIDAY, MARCH 0, 1803 DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTHWEST. The following has been forwarded to the head. quarters of the army : HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT of CORINTH, CORINTH, MSS, Jan. 21„ 1863, CAPTAIN: I have the honor to submit a statement of a few of the outrages committed upon citizens of Alabama by the Confederate troops. While all their leaders, from the President down, are boasting of their carrying on this war in accord once with the laws that govern nature in such cases, and are charging upon our troops all kinds of depre dations and outrages, I . think a few simple facts must put them to blush, and make those parties, and our press and. people who are "seconding the efforts of Davis to east stigma upon us, ashamed of the work they are doing. I will merely state what I know to be true. Abe Canadi and 'Mr. Mitchell were hung two weeks ago for being Union men They lived on the Hackleboro settlement, Marion county, Ala. Mr. Haliwork and daughter, of the same county, were both shot for the same cause, the latter instantly killed, the dive, bid w.lll Pole= Law, and Ditaa 61' hia ini% hunted down by one hundred bloodhounds, and captured. The houses of Means. Palmer, Welaby, Williams, and the three Weightmans, and some thirty others, were burnt over-their heads, the women and child ren turned out of doors, and the community notified that! they allowed them them to go into other houses, or fed or harbored them in any manner, they would be served Hie same. alr.Peterson, living at the head of Bull lllountain, was shot. • I am now feeding some one hundred of these fami. lies, who, with their women and children, some gray haired old men, and even cripples on crutches, were driven out, and found ;their way here, through the woods and byways, without food and shelter, all done for :the simple reason they were Union men, or that thew had brothers or relatives in our army. The statements of theae people are almost beyond, belief, did we not have the evidence before us. I am informed by them that there are hundreds of loyal men and women in the woods of Alabama waiting for an opportunity to escape. . I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant ) G. AI. DODGE, Brigadier General Captain R. M. SAWYER, A. A. G.,-Memphis Mr. Frank Moore, of the "Rebellion Record, ,, came to Washington recently to urge the establish. meta of a bureau of information;and statistics, etc. He has been drithorized to prepare, for the library of Congress, a collection of documents on there-bellion from its commencement. Any documents can be forwarded to him at New York. Special Correspontleace of The Press.] LEBANON, LACLEDE COUNTY, MO., February 25,1863 BUSINESS OF L'EBANON. This place / famous not for its cedars / or arrinb las.seasas;;;ac, mad ! is imparts..t now shica r as a Sara for Sarn er and a station for troops, needful as escorts to trains from Rolla to Springfield. The former place, most of your readers kpow, is the terminus of the South west branch of the Pacific Railroad, the latter the depot of supplies for the Army of the Frontier. It is astonishing. what an amount of transportation is required for this purpose. Think of supplying an army in a country almost eaten out over_ a road one hundred and fifteen miles in Irngth, most of which, for some time, has been hub deep, and parts of it to which you can scarcely find bottom. For twenty miles, on each side of this road, forage , has been ex hausted, and this known, it may well 'be supposed that the labor of supplying cavalry and trains along the route must be great.. Could all this have been foreseen eighteen months since, it would have been a good investment for the Government to have ex tended the railroad to Springfield. SOLDIERS' -REST Besides the posh quartermaiterM establishment here, there is a post hospital, where the sick sol-i dier, on his way to or from the army, finds a resting place and medical attention—in some instances a grave. Most of the wounded in the Hartsville fight, where Emmet McDonald and Major Wimer received their dues, were brought here. Nearly all are now quite recovered. Only one case proved fatal. It was pleasant to visit them and witness the fortitude and Ainpfulnan. with. IMO flier bait Hatt ttiattlftfiA !ma gantinomont. But imaging from local to manor); of more amoral interest, I propose to give your readers the observa tions of one who has not been a mere "looker-on in Venice." If not 4 . to the manor born," he hos be and passed with her through all her stirring history:— THE REBELLION ONLY "SOOTOHED." You will scarcely hail as 330149 the mention of the fact, that affairs in this State are still in a canal tion of considerable entanglement. To use the origi nal figure, the serpent of rebellion here has only been 'scotched, not killed. It has received a heavy blow, but still it wriggles, and even drags its hideous length along. In addition to the thousands who have taken a direct part lathe rebellion, there is a large and thoroughly disloyal element, and one that will remain so until the rebels are completely de feated and disarmed. Above this class is another, represented by the St. Louis Republican, wko range themselves on the side of the Union, simply because they suppose it to be the safer. Their interests, they think, lie on the side of right; their sympathies, others know to be with traitors. This class is not very large ; but it has its representatives in the halls of. Congress and in the State Government; and it is doubly dangerous, because it wears the garb, and, to some extent, receives the confidence of loyalists. Still another class, larger and better than the last, have no affiliations with rebels ; and yet theyeannot be considered unconditionally for the Union. They are men of the past—good in ordinary-times, but who fail to appreciate the crisis through which the nation is passing. They are behind the times—like men walking- about with their lanterns when the east is flashing with the day-spring. POLITICAL MATTERS This class includes many who, through the stress a ArAit&tlklilAt. till { laittiolli k,u1.4,-_ , At414.,. fitly rannfiill ty ttignitmiz AT/In, Safltsiii ea slaw kiillfahtilla facile and hypocritical. - The emancipationists proper—the hes men of the State—are now the dominant party ; and they could easily shape both legistation and public opinion, Were they not most unfortunately diVided among themselves. Agreed upon the importance and ne emits' of emancipation, they yet differ upon ques tions connected with it, or hitched to it, to'so shame ful and ruinous a degree as to destroy all harmony of action, and to imperil the cause itself. Here Blair and Brown are the representative men, and the Unica and Democrat, respectively, the, organs. The Union owes its origin to the Fremont-Blair im broglio, and their eruption has infected the party and broken out, in several places in blotches most foul and noisome. The Democrat stigmatizes it as a brat born of cor ruption—feeding on . Government pap—and yet, in grate like, opposing the Government in its policy— or, at least, only damning the "proclamation' with faint praise. On the other hand, the 'Union speaks out ad nauseam, upon the Democrat and its party, the stale and odious epithets of the pro-slavery school. They are "Abolitionists," (a word of terrible import in slave States,) " Radicals," "Jacobins," and whatever other - term is' supposed , to be most damaging. The Democrat itself, and the St. Louis delegation In the Legislature—chosen In opposition to the Blair party—it charges with mercenary mo tives, desiring only to share among themselves the mils of learnt ofilsos_ Matignon thorn It toll! Iv fostutints if thoTimitneititttion moan In not Itilltal! already it is so crippled as to make but slow pro. the tOward_theuroal. The quarrel has defeated, for - "".-- 4 -Qtates Senators ; • and the bad op tri..... d by that con kept hot by these papers, it marwill pre vent speedy action upon the great ques"--.an cipation. But notwithstanding their differences, it is, in deed, grateful and refreshing to compare the whole scaled patriotism of the assembly with miserable, partisan, craven, and contemptible, so-called Demo cracy, now dominant in the Legislatures of Illinois, Indiana, and New Jersey, and almost In the aSeen, dancy in New York and Pennsylvania. With such creatures there is but little sympathy in the Legisla ture of MisaoUri. This State has learned something from her Buffering. And -if the despicable spirit of the Democracy is not shamed by the rebuffs of the rebels; nor cowed by the indignant voices coming from the soldiers, or put down by the strong arm of Federal power—if none of these will kill or cure it, then let them know that they must and will be -scourged as Missouri has been, until the demon is .destroyed. To hold now, when the rebellion la tot tering, and needing only a few months of nailed and determined effort for its overthrow, is a crime too great, I fear, for a righteous God to pus unpunidi ed. The rebellion will be put down; but it is for the people of the loyal States to crush it speedily by their union, or to bring its horrors home to their own doors by disaffection, inaction, or delay. WHAT MUST BE DONE How slow some men are to learn the great truths which the last few years have been teaching—that the Bin) ingr mug be d e e tr 9Y ea PAM Or that the ilitllfi tor 111111111111 ITN it - Ffiniii I' - tlfth'..gf' - 11O118i PlolloPiefOita Ills Alfa 94 iIYIR6 rti pv , wv) except as slaves, with men yho arc animated by the spirit which breathes In the words of the Rev. Dr. Smyth, Of Charleston. " What," says he, "is the difficulty, and what the remedy? Not in the election of Republican Presidents. No I Not in the non execution of the fugitive-slave bill. No! But if is back of these. It is found in the atheistic, red repub lican doctrine of the Declaration of Independence. Until that is tramped underfoot there can be no peace." This, let us learn at once, is the natural and neces sary outgrowth of slavery as a system, and what other remedy can there be for_ such a spirit but to exterminate the system which has bred itl In this view, the enforcement of the "proclamation," asian irrevocable policy, is as necessary as the war for the Union. Slavery sad republican Government are irreconcilable. What freeman worthy: of the name should hesitate one moment in choosing which shall perish I In this mighty revolution, the greatest of political revolutions the world has ever seen, Missouri has the proud pre-eminence of leading the way. Let her have the sympathies, the prayers, the aid , if need be, of all who love freedom and would see her triumph. MISSOURIAN. THE ATTITUDE OF AFFAIRS IN MISSOURI [EXTRACT FROM A PRIVATE LETTER.] „, # • We Are a people paeelog through gKea PHILADELPHLA. FRID&Y, MARCH 6. 1863. trials ; may we be wiser and better by this discipline' The present is a time of great darkness ; yet we need not despair. Our cause is just,- and this war is to be carried on until the Union is restored, even through many difficulties. The loyal people of Missouri are astonished at the course pursued Per many of our Northern men. They must be traitors of the deepest dye, or they are entirely ignorant of the nature of this rebellion. I wish they could spend a, few ] months, or even a few weeks in Missouri, where the fires of secession are smouldering,. but not ex tinguished ; where the guerillas are rejoicing over peace speeches and the divisions of the free States, and boast that Illinois and New Jersey are joining hands with the it bels and' becoming their warmest friends and advocates. The Union-loving people'of Missouri have not anticipated this discouragement at the North ; they have, on the contrary, hoped for their entire. support, and ought to have it, as they have borne the burden of this war willingly, having contributed their property and given their sons to the army for the support of our GoVernment. DEPAR T EMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI. The Great Yazoo Pass Expedition—Strength of tont' .Forces—Descrlption of /If oon Lake,. the, RendezN'ons Desperate Character the Enterprisibout to Advance, ho. SKETCH OF MOCK LAKE. MOON LAILE, Mies., Fe1).2.--The anniversary'of , the birthday of the immortal Washington—a day ea ereit in the estimation of every true American. The , bbtalld thiu junta , hunatail fled uhurtuhull holiday elnot Thu great Mallon Moho out, Two years of war s and what has been accomplished Row much nearer the subjugation of' the South are we ..to.day than we'were two years since? What have we gained by our immense Sacrifices °Hire and untold expenditures of treasure? Pertinent ques tions, these, and appropriate to the day. - - Who can I imagine not a little inquiry will be exalted at the 'date of a communication from Moon Lake. Maps will be consulted in vain to find it: • True, the lake appears on good maps of the . Mississippi river, and of the State of Blleslasippl, but no name is given it. The map•makers never dreamed that thia little sheet of water would ever rise to importance in the history of •our country; yet it is destined to have some notoriety hereafter as the rendezvous of the Yazoo Pass expedition. Moon Lake is a small Inflated sheet of water, about eight miles in length, with an average width of half or two-thirds of a mile, and bearing unmistakable in dicatione of having at some past time been a section of the bed of the Mississippi river. It lies directly east of the Mississippi, and is reached through a very narrow and difficult pass, about - a mile In length, forming the westerft end of the Yazoo Pass. To speak as intelligently as possible, I should say that the Yazoo Pass rune through this lake. It enters it from the Mississippi at the northern end, and leaves it again at about its centre. .In . passing from the river into the pass, there is d ridge, or nar row bar, to be crossed, immediately beyond which the pass makes a short, right-angular bend to the left. The water flows over this ridge with wonder ful velocity, almost resembling a cataract, and a steamer has to be nicely handled to prevent its being thrown into the woods just beyond the ridge by the velocity of the current. But, after crossing this ridge, and turning the bend to the left, the channel to the lake is very straight and easy of navigation, having a uniform depth of about three fathoms, with a current at the present time of not farfrom four miles an hour. The only trouble is in the narrow ness of the stream, which affords no opportunity for vessels moving in opposite directions .to pass each other, and requires skilful piloting to keep them out f the woods that line its edge s ' it has no banks. •• taliiiiittA mAxtiantrlFFlLl round, of Burt length. whore Among out:to a hun• Bred feet. About midway of tide pass is the great Mississippi levee, built by, the State in 1856 •to shut up this channel, and reclaim large tracts of land in the in terior of the State that had formerly been annually inundated by the water of . the Mississippi river flowing off through this outlt. This levee is one of the largest and finest to be seen in the Mississippi Valley. It was built at a greatexpense, and with an outlay of a vast amount of labor. Its destruction at the point where it crosses the channel of this pass was but the work of a day. by a small detach ment of our troops. They had • only to out a small hole in it to start the water, .when • the rapid current and vast volume of water soon tore away the rest, making the gap of equal . width with the pass itself. . ..... , . After reaching the lake there is no further trouble until we again enter the pass leading on to the Coldwater river. The lake, as I have said above, has about the same width as the Mississippi river, and has now a uniform depth over its whole area.. sufficient to float the largest class of steamers. It is a very picturesque and beautiful sheet of Water, _ the entrance to and exit from which, both being so very narrow and through thick woods, can scarcely be seen a hundred yards away from their mouths. The shores are high and dry. On the eastern bank there are two or three fine plantations ;tout, with these exceptions, the surroundings are an unbroken forest. Its isolation, and consequent quiet, have made it a great resort' for aquatic birds of all kinds. Wild ducks and geese abound here in profusion. occasionally a swan is seen. Pelicans and gulls By about over its surface with the utmost freedom. The ecvoi. a acronapesa-avtilrely gISAA sisaagBlWith flak of till Jlisii la f&A, fha place la ti 'very paritaltie for &pontoon, or rather, I Mould have said, was , prior to the advent of this fleet into its ,quiet waters. So unusual a sight as large steamers, putnne and snorting about, has frightened much of the game away and even the i fishes manifest a shyness now, as f they too had . become alarmed by the disturbance of the waters. • lon but about Waro IgrOlffiliat44l/4,4M141V..... It la vessels cano e sent nt any time as they may be got ready, and avoid exposure to the investigations and observations of spies. A casual observer at Helena can form no possible idea of the character or magni tude of this expedition, as he can sea but one or two boats at a time, and even then /Jr loft to g u ess whether they are intended for this movement or not. And on this I base my strongest hopes for the sue-. cess of the movement. The enemy, through our own recklessness, care lessness, or treachery, have had timely information of our intention to send an expedition down this pass ; but as yet we have every reason to believe that they are in total ignorance of the magnitude , and formidable character of the expedition. I do ' not give them credit for sufficient gullibility to be lieve that we contemplate sending heavy iron-clad gunboats-some of the largest of our fleet-down this narrow and tortuous pass; - nor do I believe they will be prepared to Bee us approach with any great number of gunboats of any kind. Nor yet'ean they be expected to anticipate the approach of large steamers, loaded with soldiers and artillery, thmugh this route, which has never before been navigated by anything but flatboats propelled by • the forte of the current and gpided by hand. Rendezvouting, therefore, in this secluded - spot, where there is no likelihood of being seen by the enemy, there is every reason to anticipate that, when we move forwrfrd in a body and come upon them, we shall take hem completely by surprise. At least I hope so. WHAT THIS EXPEDITION IS TO AC OM . -L.!, - PLISH. If we iT6 not take the enemy by surprise-it they shall chance to be fully informed of the nature and extent of our preparations, and shall be ful pre pared to meat us, God help - us ! There will e no 1 t,_!.!.9:11 Idt , abti Al' fit_ • Made um kilthiliall lig,pa 1 Ala •RwICIIIOIII. lIIPPO II 110 intilill 10I: 111: rill illill :from "Um 2f tiehilyeler to isimti anireircr a ma i , nicely more tortuous, with a more rapid rrent • then that leading from the Mississippi into lake. (Once through that, we can never get thes boats !' back again through it. The current itself uld be a sufficient impediment to our return, d none other exist. Our only chance, then, is to ght our t li way through to Vicksburg. The only w chword we can have will be "Fight or die." . i • .. ADVANCE AND SKIRMISH WIT THE ' REBELS. . It was in. the stretch beyond this lake, 1 ading to the Coldwater river, that the enemy sou it to ob struct the channel so as to prevent our ate from • getting through. The distance is not far from fifteen • miles by the course of the pass. Throughout this distance they filled the channel withgo, trees, ) stumps,.and all - manner of obstacles. r troops • have been at work nearly three weeks clearing out these obstructions, and in cutting al y the tint . ber _that overhangs the stream. Thor are not through with this labor yet, though I T t how far they have got lam not able to say. Th have been much annoyed in their labors by am parties of . rebels, who hover about in the woods sad fire upon them. So great did this annoyance b ome, that a battalion of the 6th Illinois cavalry w finally Sent down to scour the banks, and drive ba the enemy.. A detachment of this cavalry had quit a brisk skit-, midi, on Friday, with A company o about sixty. annoyance b rebel!, finally dispersing th after killing six of their number, wounding sec 1 more,-and capturing twenty-six prisoners. Our wn loss was but trilling, amounting to but five or x wounded. STRENGTH OF THE EXPEDITION. . I leave it to your -correspondent( higher up the river to give you such statements aii.they please of the strength of this expedition. it would be dis t.-- M ..,...11 . -.,,...1 thA all Ofilfillail aft I`llll 6011111151 Of , 1181V111)!Illail nAli_ 1 , ' respondents with the army - , to meat n the names or number of gunboats Detailed for t 0 movement or . the army force that will accompao the expedition. All this will come in due time: L it suffice for the. }rditv.i 1%11 Ty" that the expediti is a larger one - , ...snoposed.-Chica rimer. • raw intudgfaulpi-ZAKADRON. • •Lest Cruise of the" queen of the West"- The Good Work she Acdomplished pre .-- "Fions to her Capture-Fell and Interest ing Particulars of her Loe-Operations in the Atchafalaya and Red ivers--Capture of the Rebel Steamer " .ra No. 5 "-The Rebel Attack-Arrival o he "Indianola, , die., Ace. . • • . . STEAMER ERA NO,'6, IN RED Raven, lebruary 15,1663. The career of the gallant e peen of the West is ended. Her crew are diapers ; some are wounded,. some are killed, and more RP taken prisoners. A small remnant, so far escapedfrom death and cap- ! a tom-the ture, are now twenty miles o the mouth of Red i river, moving as rapidly Providence permits, from the scene of one of thi Most thrilling incidents of the rebellion, towards thriar-famed city of Vicks burg. OUR DEPIRTURE. , We had intended to lave on Monday, the 9th inst., but certain repairs rem, at the last moment, found necessary, and we %ere compelled to remain - over the succeeding day. " Col. Filet decided to run e batteries by star-light, day. Col. just at dark the chi eye of the Queen of the West and the De Soto b nto vomit forth huge columns of dense black s oke, and we knew that the time of our departu was approaching. Pre cisely at 9 o'clock we s pinto the stream, the De Soto, around whose boil I and machinery bales of NAM lad beeli IlitiniiilTE l On 10 5 3 ° • I M l i r I P" ilifiltiq it 4;n7: f l:rii t.?! !" - V — C T- 1"4: -- 41 . 1 ..-1 , Ifie Ct,uecas v