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ALTOONA, PA
THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1862.
paper will be issued from this
office next yree& SeasetT Why—the ju
nior bae been summoned to attend Court
in tbeJaantive capacity of a Grand Ju
ror, tfld the senior, Jour, and devils have
ns modi Job work (the paying part of the
eethtiliatanent, by the way,) as they can
Our loss, gentlemen, not
yoort.
Return of Corwin.—Minister Cor
win’s latest letters, coining down to Dec.
24 th, cofirms the intelligence that he will
soon return home. He thinks that under
hi* present instructions he shall be unable
to advance our interests in Mexico. .The
Mexicans are, he says, making great prep
arations to resist the allies.
gV'Tbe citizens of St. Louis have all
been classified,, and their, names registered
in four clasee&---tho6e who arc out and
otrt for the Union, those who are for it
with a'reservation, those who - are seces
sionists, those who keep still and say noth
ing. Citizens must go directly to - the*
marshal’s office, where some of them find'
it a difficult matter to obtain a pass.
Gks. Sherman’s IxAcnvm?—Com
plaint being frequent of the inactivity of
General Sherman at Port Boyal, it is but
proper to say that he has had no orders
to advance into the interior. The instruc
tions of the government did not contem
plate any movement of that kind, but
amply for him to- land successfully, for
tify himself and await reinforcement; so
say latest Washington dispatches-.
Fraud PmfisHABUS with Death.—
The Committee on the conduct of the war
have resolved to advise the immediate pas
sage of a bill to punish with death any
person who commits a fraud upon the Gov
ernment, whereby a soldier is bodily in
jured, as for instance in the sale of unsound
proviamns. Also, to punish with impris
onment and confiscation of all property and
Government dues, all contractors who may
in any way defraud the Government in
the quality of goods sold, or services pre
tended'to-be rendered to the Government.
Military Teasspobxahon Expenses.
—The transportation expenses charged to
the State prior to November 30, 1861, for
the conveyance of troops, etc., were $3OB,- ,
189.55, from which there was a deduction
of 57 2-10 per cent., or $114,873.59, leav
iibg the sum of $193,255.96, which has
Seen. paid. Among, those paid, the Penn
■jivaina* Sail Road Company’s account
mi from- which they de
ducted $67,785.26, leaving the sum of
"$70j222;51); The Philadelphia and Bead
ing comes next; from their account of
$20,000 they made a deduction of $7,000.
“ Stone Blockades.”
The London Times has recently been
very much ‘‘exorcised” by the announce
ment that the National Government has
sunk a few stupe in the harbor of Charles
top, for the purpose of reducing the num
ber qf channels necessary to be guarded
by our blockading vessels. The London
journal expressed the mild conviciien
that—
“People who would do an act like this
would pluck the sun out of the heavens to
pot their enemies in darkness, or dry up
tike rivers that no grass might forever
grow on the sod where they have been
offended,” and adds, that such acts “ ought
not tp be permitted by the guardians of
the civilization of mankind.”
“ Stone blockades” are among the “an
tiquated precedents” which our British
cotempocaries elakn to> have spent their
force ■■when they were last practiced by the
Engliitii government. A correspondent of
the Hartford CouratU recalls the fact that
tfce “guardians of the civilization .of man
kind," in their war with Napoleon, set the
following “«trange”and “ineffectual” ex
ample?
England, * * :• unable toget op-
recourse to strange, and,
Such was the attopopt at
diistmyiiif the harbor o£ Bologne by rink-
ib. the roads aUpe lwdbd' with stone.
of Wqpoieqp J3imcgx*te.
y Congress has resolved to bold secret
aeesieps when considering important mili
tary jmtters, and
who divulge* the secrets thereof.
Affldn in Kiduliond
! All the villainy and speculation con- ,
; nected with the contract system is not con- ,
■finedalone to those who- hold contracts!
undef ' the General Government, as some \
would have us believe, although, God:
knows, there is enough of it to curse any ;
nation or people, were it not that there
1 are still a few faithful ones among us.;— |
The Richmond Examiner of the 9th inst.,
in speaking of the management of those |
engaged in erecting fortifications around
that city says:—
We have learned, with the utmost sur
prise, that the commissary department on
the works, which involves a-large and im
portant trust, is in the hands of John Ha
gan, the negro driver, whose black mail
operations were yestertlay Ventilated in
the Mayor’s Court; and whose-; political j
importance that has procured him the ap- !
pointment, is said to consist in the feet
that he is according to the rowdy appella
tion, “King of the - Greek Nation,”; the
best bully in town, and. can cany any
election he pleases ih Butchertown. In
paying off the negroes' at work on the for
tifications, we Understand that the most
villainous abuses have been practiced.—
The paymaster requires them to be iden
tified by their overseers, and we are in
formed that it has become a common prac
tice for some of the overseers to charge
these poor creatures ten per cent of their
pay for their identification. Who are .those
overseers, and who is responsible for their
conduct? Some of them after the fashion
of “Hagan’s John,” have been fished up
from the back slums of the city, and there
again, as appeared from the exhibition in
I the Mayor’s court yesterday, of a brace of
Hagan’s whipper’s in, have employed crea
tures a little lower than themselves to
hunt up free negroes in the city, giving
them the alternative of paying black mail
or of being carried to the jail and whipped.
One of the most awful and revolting speci
mens-of fee barbarity of these creatures
was refilled to Mayor Mayo in our hear
ing yesterday, where a free negro on the
fortifications had' his bock actually cut
into a mangle of bleeding flesh, the driver
having given him, as we me told by a po
liceman, five hundred and sixty-one lashes
with the whip, until the poor victim sank
exhausted under his fiendish rage.; In the
name of God, is there no justice to be
found in courts of human justice for in
iquities like this?
(7* The following deserved tribute to
the liberality and justice shown by Mr.
Speaker Hail, in the appointment of the
standing ..committees of the Senate, we
copy from the Harrisburg “Patriot &
Union.” This compliment coming from
a Democratic paper, speaks volumes in hi?
praise. And indeed we may add that the
impartiality displayed by our worthy Sen
ator, and his disposition while in the chair,
to rise .above mere party, and act solely
fpr the public good, cannot be too highly
praised. v
The Standing Committees of -the Senate, as an
nounced yesterday by the Speaker, and published
in our report of toe proceedings, give the minority
a fair representation ; and in this respect contrast
favorably with those of the last session, when the i
Democrats had really no chance of being heard in |
either the Commute on Federal Relations or the |
Judiciary Committee. True, the number of Don- j
ocratic Senators is greater by four than it was last
year, but considering the vast importance of the is
sues then before the conntiy, it was unjust to the
minority, representing, as U did, the views of a
powerful political party, to stifle its voice entirely.
Mr. Speaker Hall has shown much more liber
ality in tliis particular than his predecessor. On
the Committee on Federal Relations, the most
important in a political point of view, he has
placed Messrs. Clymer and Crawford, two leading
and experienced Democratic Swators; on the Ju
diciary Committee, Mr. Clymer; on the Commit
tee on Banks, Mr. Mott; on the Committee on
Claims, Messers Lamberton and Crawford, and so
throughout the whole list we believe there is not a
Committee which has not some representative of
the minority npon it. This evidence of a disposi
tion on the part of the Speaker to act with fairness
is worthy of commendation.
Stile Another Division feom Penn
sylvania.—The Pennsylvanians in Wash
ington are greatly pleased with the propo
sition of Governor Curtin to the War De
partment, that the eight regiments of in
fantry and one of cavalry now in the
State, should embark at Philadelphia for
some destination South where they may
have immediate and active service. That
after placing in the field over one hun
dred thousand men, more than any State
in the Union, and arming and equipping
them in a most perfect and creditable
manner, the brave old Keystone should
offer to do still more, indeed to. furnish—
now that she lias filled her quota and all
other States exhausted, at least’ for the
present —an entire expedition, is a fact
which must reflect the highest honor upon
her loyal and patriotic people.
The energy which Gbv. Curtin has
personally exhibited from the beginning of
the war, in the raising and equipment of
| regiments, is the subject of universal com
pliment.
Should the proposed expedition be au
thorized by the Government, there is no
doubt but that it will prove as disastrous
to the rebels as any that has been sent
against them. When Pennsylvanians
strike they make their blows felt. All
honor to the gallant and patriotic old
Commonwealth!
Tebeible Tragedy. —On lie JBth ult.
Mwrltewton Hamilton, (but in thifecounty,)
Bell, son ot Samuel Bell, :was in
stantly killed by the discharge of a rifle in
ij llB OW I hanfls. It seems he desired to
know whether. the gun was loaded, and
ilWQPted the foolish expedient of pressing
his%ot on the hammer'and blowing in
lithe muzzle. The sUppedand
the load, driving the hall
jlthroqgh his brain. He was about ffl
'iyoars qf 9Cp.~Hxtntingdon Journo/.
Our Army Correspondence.
Cave Lewis, near Cumberland, Md.,\
January 19tji, 1862. j
itxsßßa. Editobs After a long silence, allow
me e mail space in the columns of your paper, to
state td yottr numerous readers that Company A
of the 110th Regiment still, hold* a place among
the troops of old Pennsylvania add the otbet loVal
States..
I shall merely sketch oar trip from Harrisburg
(whence we started on last Thursday two weeks,)
to this town, which we reached a couple of days
ttg o. After bidding adieu to our friends—particu
larly the ladies—*We Matted' for a long separation
from our native State, and at daybreak on Friday
morning Wc found ourselves in Hagerstown, Mdv
We remained there that day, and then, having
received marching; orders, we started about 10
o'clock next morning for Iluneoek, a distance
of thirty miles. After marching some fifteen
miles, we pitched our tents wit If the purpose of
encamping for the night, but hardly had we driven
our stakes when two dispatches—one treading" on
the other's us to continue our
march, as there was a fight going on at Bath, Va.,
about six miles from Hancock; that ottr troops
were retreating towards the latter place, and-that
we should come up instanter. We were apprised
that the force of the rebels was 16,000, and that,
the Pennsylvania 84th, under Col. Murray, and
part of the Illinois 39th, together with two pieces
of artilleiy and one company of cavalry was the
amount of our strength, although the enemy con
sidered our force to he 5,000. We immediately
struck tents and started, on quick time, for Han
cock, ns if our salvation depended upon onr reach
, ing there before midnight, for our arms were there
in readiness the moment we should arrive, and if
the place fell into the bands of the ciiemy we
woold lose our arms and be entirely defenceless
and impotent. Before we reached onr destination
we heard the boom and saw the flash of the can
non, which told ns the town was really attacked,
and as we neared the place we met women and
| children, and even men, fleeing for safety, who
informed us that the town was being shelled and
would probably be burned before wc could reach
it. But instead of discouraging us, the news only
hod the effect of adding new vitality to our weary
limbs, and urged ns to greater speed. As we
neared the town, however, and when within abont
two miles of it, the firing suddenly ceased and a
bright light sprang up, which we supposed to be
the town on tire, but which eventually proved to be
some building on the opposite side of the river,
which hod been fired by the rebels. Wc reached
the town about 9J o’clock PI M. and found it to
be still occupied by our -troops, and bat little dam
aged by the bombs hurled into it. We quartered
for the night in the churches, houses, and wherever
we could find a canopy which might protect us
from the weather. We slept soundly until the
next doming (Sunday) which opened to us a view
of the rebels planting their batteries on an adja
cent hill across the Potomac, the opposing forces
being so close together that our pickets were within j
rifle-shot of the rebels. Wc soon availed ourselves
of onr arms, which arc Belgium rifles, but, while
wc were yet cleaning them, a flag of truce made
its appearance on the Virginia side of the water,
and its bearer, after being blindfolded and con
ducted into the presence of Gen. Bander, de
manded, on behalf of the rebels, an unconditional
surrrendcr, declaring that the alternative would be
their shelling 1 and burning of the town. The
General gave him a Union answer—-it consisting
j of sentence which closes with a strength}' expletive,
to witr —“Shell and be d——d!" So, according
| to promise, at about 11 o'clock A. M. they opened
j upon us with about five or six guns, the fire of
j which we returned, with interest The firing was
j kept np nearly oil day, and terminated by the
I rebels being driven in confusion back to the shol-
I ter of a hill. What their loss was lam not pre
{ pared to say, although wc could sec them distinctly,
through the glasses, and see our shells being dis
tributed among them very freely. No lives were
lost upon onr side, and, with the exception of sev
eral bouses haring been pierced with shell and
shot, the town was not damaged.
We retired to onr quarters, little rested from our
tiresome march, having been upon one feet ail
day. At daybreak on Monday morning the rebels
again made their appearance on the hill afore
mentioned and were in the act of planting a bat
tery, when wo opened on them and scattered them
like chaff before they could fire a shot. The firing
was kept up on our side—our shell exploding in
their camp behind a bill, and upon the hill wc
coaid see them dragging away their dead. They
could also be seen straggling here and there at a
great distance over on their side of the river, until
about 11 o’clock, A. M., when not a vestige of a
rebel was to be Seen, even if the eyeballs had
been strained from their sockets in the attempt.
The time passed along quietly until Friday eve
ning—nothing transpiring in- the interval, except
the arrival of reinforcements which made ns about
5,000 strong. On the same evening wc received
orders to march to Cumberland, Md., a distance
of forty miles. We started 2 about dusk and
marched 12 miles through mad and over moun
tains, and lay in the woods, on the wet ground,
without tents or fires—the woods being clear of
underbrush. Wc rose in the morning, stiff, sore
and tired, and mode our breakfast on sea-biscuit
alone, for we Imd not had time to cook anything,
and many bod not even a biscuit daring the whole
march. Only nineteen out of onr company ar
rived at Cumberland that evening, and not that
many of any other company in the regiment.—
But they hare all straggled in, except a few whom
we left behind in sickness. Wc took quarters
here for a few days, in different bouses which
were given us, but we are now in camp, awaiting
marching orders.
It now becomes ray painful duty to record here
the death of two brother soldiers, meraliers of
Company A (Capt. D. M. Jones,) 110th Begi
ment F. V. The first was Wm. Wilson, aged 18
years. He was left in the hospital at Harrisburg,
when our regiment started out, and died of the
measles on the 2d day of January, 18G2. The
second who was taken from os was Jas. Stoddard,
who took sick on the road, was left at Hagerstown,
and has since died. We, the officers and members
of Company A, do heartily sympathize with the
relatives and friends of theSfe yonng men; and,
while they may mourn the loss of a son, a brother
or a friend, we sincerely mourn the loss of two
nbbje, true-hearted and patriotic soldiers, who
were both ready and willing to do their whole
•doty Hr defence 1 of their conn try's rights; and,
though they never had the privilege of showing
their w i„ the field, we >1 Ml confidence ' of Col Lcasure, end the put he end his (
in their courage, and fed that they died in defence took in the fight, which 1 have good authority for j
of their country as much as if they had fallen on saying is in many points very incorrect. A print- i
the field of battle; and, as we hope to hold the ing press and type hare been set up on this island
'rebels to our glorious Constitution and TTnioa, so and a paper will be issued in a few days. I shall
we hope to revenge their deaths upon the enemy send yon a copy as soon as issued. I shall en
if the opportunity ever presents itself to us in this ! deavor to write yon a letter weekly, though 1 feat 1
fratricidal war. ! from the irregularity of the mails yon will not
We are again under marching orders, and ex- ' receive them regularly. With this promise and ex
pect* grand movement of our army pretty soon, planation, I shall close. KF/i STONE.
Wecannot tell whither we are going, but wherever |
we may, receive the assurance that we shall never
forget ota friends in your section.
Yours, &c., 11. H. H. I
Hiltos-Head, 8. C. ) I
January 9, 18C2.> j
Messrs. Editors:—The past two weeks have |
been rather'devoid of interest, nothipg of any mo- |
ment occurring except a small fight:sonic eight or !
ten miles above Beaufort, at a Jilace called Port ,
Royal Ferry. It seems that the. rebels have been, j
for some time past, throwing np Entrenchments and |
mounting cannon so ps to prevent our men from ;
using this ferry in crossing to the main land. 'Gen. ;
StcEcns’ brigade was charged with the dispersing '
of them and the clearing of the ferry, and right ;
gallantly did they do it. Under cover of the fire
of the gun boats they approached the batteries and
then charged them at the point of the bayonet.— j
Our metr captured one gun and killed several reb
els, and lost one man killed, one missing and nine
wounded. While the fight was going on the long
roll beat in ah the camps on this island, and sud
denly all the regiments were out in line of battle,
the guns on Fort Walker (now Welles) and those
mounted on the hew entrenchments further inland
were quickly manned and every one awaited orders.
Presently they came. Every man *aS to get his
overcoat,’ haversack with rations, and canteens and
be ready to march at a moment's notice. We did
so, and daring the whole afternoon patiently waited
for the word to “ fall in.” But it did not come.—
The news, however, soon came from Beaufort that
our men hod gained the day, and—we did not
| leave our camp. So ended our first fight, and by
; that victory our forces have gained a footing on
■ the main land, and can have a direct route to the
| railroad which seems to lie the groat point now.
Large quantities of cotton are now being gath
ered and shipped from tills point. Sonic vessels
take oat as high as 180,000 and 190,000 i»imds
at a load. Perhaps if we put a few such loads as
this into Johnny Bull's mouth, we will stop his
roaring. By the way, don’t you think that John
ny is “ treasuring up wrath against the day of
wrath ?” If he don’t get most completely thrashed
after we have finished switching our Southern/Hcik/s
it will not he bccatfic the soldiers do not want to
give it to him. The English liave at last got
those villains, Mason and Slidell, and I hope
they may enjoy them to their hearts content. Now
that the casas belli, over which some of the papers
put on the agony pretty heavily, is disposed of, it
remains to lie seen what course she will pursue to
wards us for the future. Why, it is darkly hinted !
in some of the English papers that even should |
this affair be settled peaceably, still the sinking of
the stone fleet is a sufficient cause for breaking the
peace between the two nations. Now, if■ England
wants to come,'and is determined to come, 1 say,
let her come. But as soon as she does, we will
turn the key upon the exportation of grain and
breadstuff's, and following that we will throw back
on her hands the millions of dollars of manufac
tured articles which wc each year purchase, and
then—stand from under. England would find a
worse rebellion at home than' she ever imagined
wc were suppressing here. May such a state of
affairs never arise. May England l>e wise and
■ keep out. of difficulty, for if she ever fires a gun at
1 the North, she must go under, never more to oc
| copy an honorable position among the nations of
j the earth.
One of the main features, or objects of note, on
this island arc a number of wooden buildings, from
two to three hundred feet long by twenty-five or
thirty feet wide and one story high. These houses
are intended, as quarters for the negroes who at va
rious times come in and claim the protection of the
Government. Immense stables, storehouses, and
large wooden- buildings of all descriptions are rap
idly going np here. A large bakery, cap-able of
turning out bread enough per day to supply thirty
thousand men, is now in full operation, and the
bread obtained from it is equal to any of the .ba
ker’s bread of the North. I'rof. Starkweather, of
the aironautic corpse's' here with one of Lowe’s
balloons, for which he is having the gas rapidly
manufactured, in tanks brought from the North,
and I understand the inflation will commence in a
very few days. Then, don’t you see, we will have
a balloon ascension here, which I am sure will be
quite a novelty. This is done in order to become
thoroughly acquainted with tire country around.—
I feel well satisfied from all that is going on here,
tliat before long there will lie some heavy work to
do. A large number of Tropellers and gunboats
have few the last few days been collecting in the
liarbor, indicating that a move is to l<e made some
where. Heavy firing is heard cv L ery day in the
direction of Fort Pulaski which is only about 22
miles distant from us. It would just lie a good
day’s march from here, along the beach to, the
Fort.
As the mail docs not go North until to-morrow
I have postponed closing this letter in order that
I might give you the latest possible news. Since
writing the above letter our ■ Regiment' has been
changed from tire 3rd Brigade commanded by
Brig. Gen. Wright to the temporary Brigade com
manded by Col. Brown of the 3rd Rhode Island
Regiment acting Brigadier. We now constitute a
portion of the Garrison of the Fort, though hot
directly within the walls of it. Our Regiment
will by this means have the advantage of being
drilled in heavy Artillery as well os Light InfantrV.
By this course it will bo rendered a much more ef
ficient and valuable body of men.
Several ascents have been made by Prof, Stark
weather with his balloon, but his reports have not
yet been mode public. I believe he is to go to
Beaufort and there moke reconnoisanccs.
There has been a vagne rumor current here
for a few days past, that Fort Pulaski had been
evacuated by the rebels, who carried off all their
cannon. It is not however generally believed.
To-day we have vciy dull unpleasant weather,
cool, chilly and vety foggy, and I suppose at the
No>rth you have snoiw or rain. It rains but seldom
here and then the showers are but light.
Enclosed I send yon a specimen copy of a little
paper edited and issued by the Field and Staff of
tesrs of the 100th Regiment P. V. The moat of
this copy ap you win sec, is devoted to laudations
[W r e have been permitted to copy the
following extracts from a private letter
received J>y Mr. D. D. Domer, of this
place, from his brother, William Domcr f
who is a member of the “Anderson Body-
Guard,” formed in this State. They will
be read with interest by all Ms ncqiiant
ances in these parts, and they are many.
—Eds:]
We are still here, awaiting marching orders.—
We were notified last Friday to prepare for march
ing, which we accordingly did, and now await the
order. It may come to-day, and it may not come
for a week or more. “We know not what a day
may bring forth.”
The weather has been a little rough for several
days past, with abont an inch of snow on the ground,
but we can keep comfortable ih onr tents, with
stoves, so long as we are in camp.
Kcpburt was thrown from his horse yesterday
and had bis leg and knee somewhat bruised, hot
not seriously, lie is doing very well and will soon
be about again. Tlte boys are generally well and
irt good spirits.
I believe I told you in my last note tluit our
company had been selected by Gen. Buell as his
escort, when he takes the field; therefore our
movements will depend somewhat upon his—or
rather on his orders... Our duties will no doubt lie
sometimes arduous, and we will all the time be
under the strictest military survcilance, but this
will be all the better for the company.
The news of Cameron’s resignation was received
here with apparently great satisfaction by tbo Ken
tuckians. It inspires them with confidence in the
Administration, and it will aid the Union cansc
vastly in thfe department—in fact throughout the
border States. Cameron’s report was exceedingly
obnoxious to the conservative men of Kentucky,’
and bod it not been for the timely intervention of
the President, thousands of good Union men would
have turned Secessionists, and our cause in Ken
tucky would have become much more complicated.
Now our prospects arc ranch brighter, and this,
with the recent victories of our arms in the State,
inspires us with the hojie that our cause is fits*
! gaining ground, and that soon the State of Clay
| and Crittenden will lie redeemed from the curse
lof treason and rebellion. Our cause is just and
! our victory sure. The advance bn Bowling Green
I may be delayed for prudentisil reasons, but it will
!be none the less sure and triumphant. The time
! is speut in making extensive preparations of troojis,
provisions, lie., liy teams. This Is a mule depot,
where they are broken and made up into teams of
from four to six to a wagon, and then sent forward ;
| to the advance positions on Green river and other
j places. - j
Nothing more of special interest now.
The Washington correspondent of the j
Philadelphia Press says:—lt is very cvi- :
dent that the new Secretary of War in- j
tends to create some radical changes in the j
management of Ilia department. Already
he has infused new energy into his subor
dinates. The influences which hampered |
Secretary Cameron will not be permitted
to hamper Secretary Stanton. However
necessary care and caution may be to pro
tect the public interests, it may happen
that armj' officers of experience and as
sumed integrity, may commit as many
mistakes as civilians, and have as many
favorites. Mr. Stanton is completely in
dependent of all mere political managers,
and his bold and vigorous character will
strengthen him in introducing some of the
most wholesome, as well as some of the
most startling reforms.
The Washington Star, says:
It is understood that a thorough reor
ganization of the War Department is rap
idly progressing, and that it will, in ii few
days, be fully up to the demands of the
j occasion. Among other things, it is not
j improbable that the following will occur:
j 1. That in order to leave room for pro
! motions for gallant acts in the field, and
| other reasons of public policy, no further
| appointments to any rank in the army
1 (unless of men in the field) will be made
i until the-Ist of March.
2. That all the nominations that have
been made, and are now pending before
the Senate, will be suspended until after
the Ist of March.
S. That the disorganization produced by
officers frequenting the city instead of re
maining in can# to instruct themselves
and soldiers in the military art, will be
checked by dropping from the list those
who frequent the city otherwise than on
military duty and by command of their su
perior officer.
4. That in order to conduct the business
of war as, war, the Department will be
closed four days in the week against all
other business than what appertains (o ac
tive operations in the field.
5. That Saturday of each week will be
devoted exclusively to the transaction of
the business of Senators and Representa
tives in Congress; and that Monday of each
week will be (Jevoted to the business, of
other persons requiring personal inter
views with the Secretary.
G. That the Secretary of War will
transact no business whatever, and will
see no person on business at his private
residence, but will receive bis friends so
cially on Wednesday evenings
|. That the despatch of business by
mail or written communications will have
the preference, and will receive the.per
sonal attention. of the ! Secretary on the
morning of each day before entering upon
other duties.
January 15th
Camp Nvxsos, near IjouUrUU\ Ay., \
January loth, 1662. >
Yours, affectionately,
WM. DOMEK.
Secretary Stanton’s Policy^
' Batflemter Bomeriet, Ky.
j . On Sunday morning bat, a battle took
place between a portion the Union for
ces in Ky., under Gen. Shoepff,. and Gen
Zollioo&r’s army of rebels, the details of
which ate partially given below and show
it to have been a grand victory for the
Union forces:
Cincinn ,vtx, Jan. 21
A special Ixiuisvillc dispatch to fi le
Commercial, 9AfS that despatches received
at Head Quarters announce that the bat
tle took place on Sunday morning, and
that General Thongs continued the pur
suit until night. Our forces followed the
rebels, who ran before them like a flock of
frightened shedp close up to their entrench
ments on the north bank of the river. ' I H
front of these they laid all night expectin"
to storm them _ in the morning, but with
the aid of their boats and barges the ene
my managed to get across the river before
daylight. They left behind them all their
artillery, ammunition, horses, tents, eighty
wagons loaded with quarter master anj
| medical stores which fell into our hands.
I Our troops had possession of the entrench
ments yesterday morning.
After reaching the opposite side of the
j river the rebels dispersed in every dircc
-1 lion. Two-hundred dead and wounded
| rebels were picked up on the field. ,
j Gen. Zollicoflfer was found in a wagon
j mortally wounded.
j Our loss has not been definitely asccr-
I mined, but it must have been considerable,
j The surgeon of the Tenth Indiana Keg.
I iiucnt telegraphed that his regiment had
j seventy killed and wounded,
i General Thomas’s division embraces
, some of the best regiments in this deparl
' ment-
As far as learned, the Ninth Ohio,
Tenth Indiana, Second Minnesota, Eight
eenth Regulars, and Fourth and Tenth
Kentucky regiments were among those en
gaged.
Colonel Mattson's brigade,, including the
10th Indiana, 18th regulars, and some
Kentucky regiments, reinforced General
Thomas. During Saturday night they
■made a-forced march of twenty-five miles
through heavy roads, and managed to ar
rive three hours before the commencement
of the fight, in which they took a glorious
part in spite of their fatigue. The tenor
of all the official dispatches goes to show
that the affair resulted in the most bril
liant victory of the war.
No prominent officers are said to- be
killed on our side.
Gen. Schoeff was utterly unable to cnl
off the retreat of the enemy, owing to the
bluffy character of the country, and the
obstruction of all the roads’ by felled tim
ber.
The following despatch was received at
head-quarters:
Lonsvn.i.K, Jan. 22, 1802.
To Major General McClellan , Commanding
the TTnitcd States Army-:
The following has just been received
from Gen. Thomas:
The rout of the enemy was complete.—
After succeeding in getting two pirn's of
artillery across the river, and upwards of
fifty wagons, he abandoned, the rest with
all the ammunition in the depot at Mill
Spring. They then threw away their
anus, ami dispersed through the mountain
by-ways in the direction of Monticcllo,
but are so completely demoralized that 1
do not believe they will make a stand
short of Tennessee-
The property captured on this side of
the river is of great value, amounting to
eight six-pounders and two Parrot guns,
with caissons filled with ammunition;
about one hundred four-horse wagons, and
upwards of twelve hundred horses and
mules; several boxes of arms, which have
never been opened, and from five hundred
to one thousand muskets, (mostly flint
locks, but in good order;) subsistence stows
enough to serve the entire command for
three days, and a large amount of hospi
tal stores.
As soon as I receive the report of the
brigade commanders, I will furnish a de
tailed report of the battle. Our loss was
thirty-nine killed, and one hundred and
twenty-seven w-ounded. Among the woun
ded were Col. McCook, of the Ninth Ohio,
commanding a brigade, and Tiis aid, Lieut.
Bart, of the Eighteenth U. S. Infantry.
The loss of the rebels was: Zollicotfcr and
114 others killed and buried, 116 wounded,
and 45 taken prisoners, (not wounded) five
of whom are surgeons, an<J including Lieu
tenant Colonel Carter of the Seventeenth
Tennessee Regiment.
“ General Thomas."
D. C. Bikl, Brig. Gen. commanding.
Cost ok ove Akmy. —The New York
Times is urging energetic action in the ar
my, if for no other reason, on account ot
the enormous cost in the way of principal,
interest and personnel. That paper sayj
that with 600,000 men in the .field we are* 5
spending at the rate of $660,000,000 an
nually for army alone, and $150,000,000
more for the navy, coast defences and civil
list. .„ Tire French Budget for 18G0 was
345,000,000 francs, or $65,000,000 for »
i force on a Avar footing of 750,000 men,
j and a reserve on a peace footing of 415,
I 000 men. We arc spending at ten tiro's
| this rate. With all that has been hor
j rowed, the floating debt of government lo*
• day probably reaches $100,000,000, awl
jis still running oh at a rapid rate. _ e
j can pay for the present. But it is evident
I that we cannot indefinitely prolong the war
, We shall, if continued long, sink under
i the exhaustion. But this need not, trod
iwo trust will not be. We pay seven per
! cent, for our loans, the British Govern*
j ment three. If we are spending at “■*
rate of $750,000 annually,' that country
could, without any great present burden.
1 expend $1,400,000,000. We do not re*
for to this subject by way of discourage*
yment, but as an argument for the most®'
' crgctic action.
s«■
X.OO-AJL. I 1
—jrftad revlvalis now in f
in *>• pbee- 1
j ftdy f«MW nightly P re ** nf
Jr A-. (br the prayers of the
jw of New York, and o(
i. anHting in the wmc
“y
MHT ia***** 1 «*ee»*M«» bahfwgl
r -..t knowledge of the troth.
are pained to reconi the
» JL Howry, which occur
iaatoO Chy. * boo ‘ **«*“«*• Fo
the Penasyivania Rail I
Hr- Mowry wai eonaected t
«(h*i and hit proverbial kindne
integrity and
neM qualifications endeared him to
ia eoatfet with him, and makes hi*
*Hy lamented. _____
Sgaxnrtrte tot Coffee. .V to
,)ie Detroit TVibunt, who is endorse
as an experienced emtimer, give*
partial substitute for coffee, which
be good. It is to cut raw carrot* i
end brown slowly in nn oven; then
them, and mix with coffee in cqui
the may t>o put to boU with tl
out being bn*tm. He say* thattl
not be detected by the taste of the
that several gentlemen, at a dinner
tras, drank each two or three cups
w bo seldom indulged in but one, ig
ingredients, attributing the superio
excellent quality of the cream.
Backs Jan..—Two prisoner*—
mined Job* Dorsin alias John P'
• boy named Geo. HoJtaan—
cape tom Jail on Thursday night U
% holethtoogh their cell wall, and
jjrma by meant of a rope made fa
clothe*. Dorsin is the fellow when
- tet fire to the itorc of Mr. Kinke
gprinpt, and it a dangerous cuttomc
He had on a pair of hobbles when b
the (opposition it that he mint hare
of thop by some outside accom{dice
not have got away. A reward of
offered by Sheriff McCamant fur hi
I Ho it I a light mulatto, S feet Bor
with a downcast look, and bad on <
[ Standard,
New Amusoemest.— On Moo.
inst,, a new schedule will go into o
Pena'a B. Ik, and wo think the ar
running the Passenger Trains will
approval of and accommodate the
munity of the whole line. Then
change in the running of Paaaengc
ward, except that the Mail Train it
By op arrangement between tbc pul
paper* in the city of Philadelphia
R. IL, a News Express will leave '
4 o'clock A. M., bring with it th
and ctnmect with tbc Mail Train, a
9 o’clock A. M., thus distributing
some three hours earlier than ever i
heretofore, and some fire and a ha
than at present. The daily papers
on the Mad Train at 3.30 P. M.
the Fast Line at 8.53 P. M. (
Fast Liao leaves this station at
the Hail Train at 12.0 J P. M.
Cf* Claudius Lloyd, of Loci
a married man, on New Ycii
veigled front home a young
Dune!*, daughter of Mr. 1J
ideal of the Niagara County
event plunged an estimable ft
profoundest grief, as the
a fond child, and was sum»
\ parents with all the comforts 1 ,
' of a home such as few enjoj
accomplished and of prepossci
ance, and she went with Lloj
ter, where they staid a fev
went, it is supposed, to Baf
she Is now said to be. Gej
funds, Lloyd went back to 1
finding that he was not disc
acquaintances, planned and
execution the murder of an
named Charles T. Thody.
discovered by Dr. Davison
o’clock near his (Davison’s)
covered with blood, and ho
hands an iron bar with whic
Lloyd beat him. He also c:
it was too bad that Lloyd sh
when he had been lodging fa
three days, and immediate!
Thody was a friend of Lkr
several acts of kindness ft
deceased was a bachelor, an
to have been quite wealthy
posed that the murderer iufii
sometime during the night,
posing that his, victim wa
motive is supposed to have
as the deceased’s pocket boo
usually well suppled with ■
Saturday was known to co
missing. At four o’clock,
ing of the. murder, Lloyd ca
stable in the village and fair
buggy with which to go to
it msnpposed that he took
lending to Lewiston, and
to Canada. He is dew
about, thirty or thirty-eight
rather prepossessing appear
a half met high with a dar
Whck curly hair, black whii
Win* eyes.
A Max IJ xsuspecuxol’
owx Gkave Curran.—L
the Boeton TroweUtr, a mej
«»y» in the prime of life, i
u» a perfectly healthy cod
s°® e tailor end wmamew
ofdotheeto be esntlmiM^
®sgh*- They wwereoetT'd
appointed, tmt in the aam
Mi hid nddeoly sicker*
and theneJ
fwwe of dptlgd
*«* gray*. ■'" ' ■■ ]