The Wlatchwan,,
C. T. ALEXANDER,
JOE W. FUREY,
BELLEFONTE, FEB. 13th, 1862.
Editors,
ANOTHER VICTORY.
Since the capture of Fort Henry, a full ac-
count of which we give in another column,
Burnside’s expedition. has achieved another
triumph on Roanoke Island, Lynch's rebel
fleet has been partly captured and partly
dispersed, while Gov. Wise’s forces on the |
Island have suffered a total defeat. Gen.
Burnside took a great number of prisoners,
and a large amount of arms, stores, &e. It
is stated that the rebel loss was very heavy.
A dispatch in the Bulletin says that the
fight lasted three days. No further partic.
alars up to the tire of this writing have
Deen received.
ARREST OF GEN. STONE.
Brigadier Gen. Chailes P. Stone, who
commanded the Federal forces at the battle
of Ball’s Bluff, has been arrested for treason,
and sent to Fort Lafayette, by order of Sec~
retary Stanton, there to await a court mar-
tial.
The air is full of the most exciting rumors.
A telegraphic dispatch to this place says
that Richmond has been burned by the ri-
oters, and that Elizabeth city has also been
evacuated and burned by the confederates.
FSR a SRR
Tue Rascarty CoNTRACTORS.- -In the his-
tory of this war, according to the Albany
Evening Journal, the meanest attributes of
nature have received a most striking illus-
tration. After stating some of the start
ling developments of fraud brought out by
the investigations by different” committees,
the Journal says:—If the cause of the
Union fails—which God forbid !—the shame
and the guilt must rest not so much with
the army ot Jeff. Davisat the South, as with
the army of PrLunNDERERS at the North.”
————
Senator Bright.
The case of Senator Bright was disposed
of in the United States Senate on Wednes-
day last, by his expulsion. The vote stood
as follows :
Yeas— Messrs. Anthony, Browning, Chan-
dler, Clark, Collamer, Davis, Dixon, Doolit
tle, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale,
Harlan, Henderson, Howard, Howe, Johns
son, King, Lane, (Ind.) McDougal, Morrill,
Pomeroy, Sherman, Simmons, Sumner,
Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilmot, Wil-
son, (Mass, ), Wilson, (Mo.)- 32.
Nayvs—Messrs. Bayard, Carlisle, Cowan,
Harris, Kennedy, Latham, Nesmith, Pearce,
Powell, Rice, Saulsbury, Ten Eyck, Thomp-
son, and Willey—14
aa vice rresmens sald thal eo cee
thirds had voted in favor of the resolution,
it was adopted.
Speaking of this outrage, the Patriot and
Union has the following language :
The Senate of the United States hus tried
and expelled Jesse D. Bright for treason.—
it has by a two-thirds vote proclaimed him
unfit to hold a seat in the body. We shall
not atten.pt to review the circumstances of
the case. The publicis familar with all
the facts against Bright, as well as the fact
thatdwo leading Republican Senators, rep
resenting in part the two greatest States iu
the Union, protested against his expulsion
as unjust and prompted by party spirit.—
But the case is one yet to be tried before the
tribunal of public opinion, not upon narrow
and technical rules, but in the tull light of
the results of the great problem which this
nation is now working out in agony and
blocd. The case to be tried is not so much
with reference to the loyalty or disloyalty of
Jesse D. Bright, who as an individual is
of the smallest possible consequence, as be-
tween the friends of the Union and Mr.
Bright's accusers, Was Mr. Charles Sum-
ner a fit representation of loyal devotion to
this Government ? Was he the proper man
to prosccute and condemna fellow Senator
for infidelity to the Union 2° Which has been
the most instrumental in alienating the two
sections of the country, and in promoting
that bitter sectional hatred which has resul-
ted in this deplorable civil war, Jesse D.
Bright or Charles Sumner!
This question admits of but one answer,
Charles Sumner ever since his entrance up-
on public life has devoted his whole time and
talents to fanning the sparks of civil discord
until they have spread over the country in a
roaring and consuming conflagration. His
whole heart and soul have been in this work:
When the country was at peace he sought
to create discord. He rarely opened his!
mouth without assailing the institutions of |
one half the States of the Union. His bitter
and incendiary phillipics against slavery and
slave-owners were eagerly read by the South.
ern disunionists and paraded before the |
Southern people, as evidence that the North |
was determined to interfere with the Consti~ |
tutional rights of the slave States, and as|
proof that the South must séek security in|
rebellion and disunion. He was the most |
efficient Northern ally of Southern Secese |
sionists, and accomplished more to bring’
about the present state of affairs by his dis- |
| tween the secessionists
Army Correspondence.
Camp THOMAS,
Nzar Barostown, Kr. Feb. 4. 4
Messrs. Epirors : — Thinking it might be
interesting to the readers of the Watchman,
to hear from. the Seventh Pa. Cavalry, I
shall endeavor to give you a short sketch of
our trip from Harrisburg to this place. —
Company E, to hich 1 belong, was raised
principally in Clinton county, and is com-
posed of sturdy young men, who are nearly
all unmarried and in the prime of life, who
enlisted with that spirit which induces all
true patriots to leave their homes, parents,
wives and sweethearts to defend the flag of
their country and maintain the Constitution
that governs a free and happy people.
The Captain (J. B. Shaffer, of Nittany, )
is well known to most of your readers to be
a man well qualified to discharge the duties
now devolving upon him, and in the estima-
tion of the Regimental and Battalion officers
as well as those of his own rank, he is a
No. 1 Captain. This Regiment numbers
about eleven hundred men, and the same
number of horses; and is divided into twelve
companies and three battalions, and 18 com~ |
manded by Col. George C. Wynkoop, of
Schuylkill county, who served in the Mexi=
can War, and in the three months service
distinguished himself in the skirmish at
Falling Waters. All the officers as well as
the privates under him, have full confidence
in his ability to lead them upon the field of
battle in any emergency. I shall not weary
your patience by giving you a minute detail
of all that transpired on our way from Camp
Cameron to this place ; but only give you
such items as I think will be most interest .
ing.
First, we left Harrisburg on the 18th day
of December last, and arrived at Jeffersons
ville, Indiana, on Christmas, the 25th, where
we encamped in one of the darndest mud-
holes you or I or any person else ever saw.
During our stay there it rained every other
day, and sometimes twice a day, and we
had mud on our right, on our left, in front,
and in the rear, and in the middle one of the
allfiredest ever known to soldiers. Some-
limes we were obliged to dig our horses out
of the mud in order to get them to water.—
While we were encamped there, we received
our “‘musketoons’—a short kind of gun of
about sixtysnine Carlisle, which some called
carbines ; but as they did not suit the mind
of the Colonel, they were sent back, and
other guns which look more like muskets for
footmen than carbines for mounted men were
received in their place. However, when the
weather permits, we are practising with
them, but generally on foot. I am informed
that we are to exchange these for the regu-
lar breech leading carbines adapted to
mounted men.
On Saturday, the 24th of Jan., we were
ordered to prepare two days’ ratiens, and be
ready to march at six o'clock the next morn-
ing. We hailed the order with joy, and set
about getting ready for the march. We,
next morning, were up and all ready, and
Regan to move at an early hour. We were
ferried across the Ohio river, and formed the
Regiment in the streets of Louisville, Ky.
With our gallant Colonel at the head of the
column, we marched Southward abot:t eight
miles, and encamped on the left of the Lou
isville and Bardstown Turnpike. The day
was fine, but that night it clouded up, and
we woke up the next morning to find the
ground covered, with snow-—-on account of
which we did not march the next day.
The next morning we took up our line of
march, and traveled about eighteen miles,
and encamped on the south bank of Salt
River for the night. It rained nearly all
night, but seemed fo break off the next
morning, and we struck our tents and pre
pared for marching ; but about the time we
were ready to march, it commenced raining.
and continued all day. Notwithstanding
we are furnished with talmas, or gum over-
coats, we were wet tothe skin : and our
blankets were wet through, which we had
strapped to our saddles. The roads were
very muddy, so you can imagine what a weg
and muddy looking set of fellows we were.
We marched that day about fifteen miles,
and are now encamped within two miles of
Bardstown, in a Southeastly direction. We
have a beautiful camp, but owing to the in-
cessant rains which have fallen the last two
or three weeks, itis a little soft, althoughit
is upon an elevated spot in a beautiful grove
owned by one of the’ good' Unton ‘men of
Kentucky. Z
The ground is so soft that we are compel-
ed to dispen se with drill on horseback, and
take it on foot. We are surrounded by se-
cessionists. but they do not trouble us as
yet, as it is said that some of the Union sol-
diers were poisoned by eating pies and cakes
sold to them by the secesh.
Within a few rods of our camp stands a
tenantless house, which is riddled with bul-
let holes, which occurred last Spring be-
and the house
guards. There are no 1ebel soldiers in this
neighborhood now, but on the contrary there
| are some four or five camps of Union sol
diers within two or three miles of Bards-
town, under the command of Brigadier Gen.
Wood, who is a strict disciplinarian, and
ever watchful for the health and comfort of
the meu under him. We have no sickness
few of the Watchman, and direct to Zizds~
town, Nelson county, Kentucky, Company
E, 7th Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Yours. truly,
James P. Hucnes.
Burnsibe EXPEDITION,
Ar Ancor IN Pamiico Sounp, N. C.,
February 2d, 1862.
Messrs. Epitors :—The Rebels are man-
ifesting much concern at our delay. and are
occasionally sending small crafts down the
Sound making reconnoissance of our
strength, and the cause of our delay. Their
suspense, however, will be of but short du"
raticn, for orders have been received to be in
readiness to move to night, but I don’t think
we will get off before morning. On the
morning of the 29th, a Rebel schooner was
seen approaching from the North West, evi-
dently for to take a look at our formidable
array of vessels. When one of our gun
boats started in pursuit, and after a five
hours cruise, retreated with the looked for
prize. On the morning of the 30th, a small
sail was discovered to the South West, and
one of the gun boats started. We all ex-
pected to see the schooner. which she after-
ward proved to be, turn to the leeward and
beat a hasty retreat ; however, to our sur-
prise and pleasure, she commenced moving
directly for the gun boat. and when within a
short distance, lowered sail and hoisted a
flag of truze. She carried five men who
were taken on board the steamer ‘Spauld-
ing,” where T immediately repaired with
Captain Shyder, and’ the Reporter of the
Cincinnati Commercial, and gleaned the fol
lowing intelligence :
They represented thewselves to be refu~
fe
gees from the Rebels, and members of the | disciplined in the unthinking stolidity of |
“Beaufort County Plow Boys,” of the 7th
Regiment, North Carolina State troops, com-
manded by Major Hall. Their names are as
follows : Frial Stubbs, Peter McDavis,
Thomas Bulger, Lewis Sangerro, and John
Smithson, all of whom are Northen men ex-
cept Davis, he being a native of North Caro-
Tina.
Thomas Buiger, by birth an Irishman,
had formerly served in the United States 3d
Artillery, and previous to the storming of
Fort Sumpter by the Rebels, he was sent to
Charleston with dispatches for Major Ander-
son. Here he was arrested on charge of be
ing a spy, sent to ‘Stone Point, some two
wiles south of Charleston and after being held
in *‘durance vile” for two months, succeeded
in making his escape inte North Caroling,
but only to be impressed into the Rebel ser-
vice, from which he, at the first opportuni
ty, deserted with his companions, reaching
our flect, as before stated. The Tih North
Carolina Regiment is stationed at Middle-
ton, Hyde county, and about twenty~five
miles south west of this Inlet, and eonsists
of nine companies, numhering ~bout six
hundred men, two hundred of whom are
sick in the hospital with measles, smalbpox
itch, and other cntaneous diseases, induced
by their scarcity and poorly evoked rations;
and undue exposure to the stormy weather.
They are reported as being poorly clad, liv
Salt at
twenty dollars per sack ; tea and coffee not
to be obtained at any price, and if it was
they have no money to obtain it not having
received one cent since being in the ser
vice.
When it was known that the descent upon
the coast was threatened by the Government,
a proclamation was issued, drafting all able
bodied men for military duty, and hundreds
were then forced to take up arms, who were
loyalists, and only awaiting a favorable op
portunity for manifesting their real true sen-
timents. One Captain, formerly of the mili-
tia. committed suicide rather than enter the
service against the Union cause. After our
arrival within the Sound, Major Hall made
a reconnoissance of the fleet, and immedi~
ately sent for reinforcements, on which two
additional companies were Sent. When he
said with his present force, he could “whip
Jour thousand Yankees.”
The men seem much rejoiced in seeing
once more the old flag
goil, and say that if it was rot for the false-
hoods and misrepresentations of designing
politicians, the majority of the inhabitants
of North Carolina would be true to the Con-
stitution and the Umon—that their once
happy homes, where peace and prosperity
ever reigned, had become desolate by the
ruthless hand of that damnable heresy, se
cession. -
We will leave here this afternoon or in the
morning, and m all probability will go to
Roanoke Island. This place possesses a
historical interest —aside from being the
rendezvous of five thousand Rebels, under
Gen. Wise—better known as Governor Wise
—heing the first spot on which the first Eng-
lish settlement was attempted, wm July,
1585, in vessels bearing Raleigh and an ad
yenturous party.
I must close—the mail leaves, and I can’t
finish my letter. Will write again.
Yours, «1D. PB.
eee ee A in
ing entirely on pork and corn meal.
Wao 1s A Reser ?- -This is a pertinent in-
quiry just now, Who is a rebel? On this
point the New York Times says:
« Whoever is against the Constitution ot
the United States, in whole or in part, inspiric |
or in letter, is a rebel. Whoever 1s against
Important Address to the People of
eorgia.
Fellow Citizens :—In a few days the pro-
visional government of the Confederate
States will only live in history. With it we
shall deliver up the trust wa have endeavor
ed to use for your benefit, to those more di~
rectly selected by yourselves. The public
record of our acts is familiar to you, and re- |
quires no further explanation at our hands.
Of those matters which policy has required |
to be secret. it would be improper now to
speak. This address, therefore, will have’
no personal reference. We are well assured
that there exists no necessity to arouse your
patriotism, nor to iuspire your confidence. —
We rejoice with you in the unanimity of our
State, in its resolution and its hopes. And
we are proud with you that G orgia has been
“illustrated,”’ and we doubt not will be il-
lustrated again by her sons in our holy’
struggle. The first eampaign is over : each
party rests in its place, while the winter's
snow declares sn armistice from on high. —
The results in the field are familiar to you,
and we will not recount them. To some im-
portant facts we call your attention : |
First. The moderation of our own Gov. '
ernment and the fanatical madness of our
enemies have dispersed all differences of
opinion among our people. and united them
forever in the war of independence. In a
few border States a warning opposition is
giving way before the stern logic of daily
developing facts. The world’s history does
not give a parallel instance of a revolution
based upon such unanimity among the peo-
ple.
Second. Our enemy has exhibited an en-
ergy, a perseverance and an amount of re-
sonrces which we had hardly expected, and
a disregard of Constitution and laws which
wecan hardly credit. The result of both,
however, is that power whick is the charac-
teristic element of uespotism, and renders it
as formidable to its enemies as it 1s destruc
tive to its subjects.
Third. An immense army has been or-
ganized for our destruction, which is being
regulars. With the exclusive possession of
the seas, our enemy is enabled to throw up-
on the shores of every State the nucleus of
an army. And the threat is wade, and
doubtless the attempt will follow in early
spring to crush us with a giant’s grasp by a
simultaneous movement along our entire bor
ders.
Fourth. With whatever alacrity onr peo-
ple may rush to arms, and with wha ever
energy our Government may use its resource
es, we cannot expect to cope with our cne-
my either in numbers, equipments and mu-
nitions. of war. 1. provide against these
odds we must look lo desperste courage, un
flinching daring and umwersal self sacri
ce.
Fifth. The prospect of Foreign interfer
ence is at least a remote one and should not
be relied on. Ff it comes. let it be only aux
ihary to our own preparation for liberty. —
To our God and to ourselves alone we should
look.
These ave stern facts ; perhaps some of
them are unpalatable. Bat, we are deceiv-
ed in you if you would have ps to conceal
them ir order to deceive you. The only
question for us and for you is, as a nation
and individually, what have we todo ? We
answer—
First. As a nation we should be united,
forbearing one to another, frowning upon all
factious opposition and censorious criticisms
and giving a trustful and generous confi
floating upon Rebel
loyal harangues, than if he had sent a thous- |
(in our camp ; none of our company are in
|
and emissaries to the South with improved
patent firearms. And this is the man who the he spital, Some complain of sore throat,
presumed to act as the representative of the | bad colds, &e
loyal sentiment of the people—this the. pat { Iwill just mention, that wlile passing
Tio} who couid not endure, the presence of! through Louisville, I met with Gust. Schnell
Bright in the Senate. Jesse D. Bright may | Ya x
Th : 1 and James Curtin, of Centre county. They
have met with just punishment for corres: | belong to Gen. Buel’s Body Guard, and are
ponding with a traitor, but even handed d But'city. ' They ‘Took hal
justice will yet proclaim Charles Sumner the or pope Sear thai cy Ean
greater ciivinal, { what lengthy, T must close. Send me a
i and healthy. As my letter is getting some: |
| any of the laws of our government, whether
| they relate to fugitive slaves or freemen, is
{a rebel. Whoever mmsists that a law of Con-
| gress ean be violated any more in New York
| or Massachusetts than in South Carolina or
Alabama, is a rebel. Let us make a clear
and clean work of our loyalty and apply to
it the rigid rule that he who offends in one
point offends in all.”
That's a hard lick ou Greeley from a broth.
! er abolitionist.
|
dence to those selected as our leaders in the
camp and council chamber.
| Second. We should excite every nerve
{ and strain every muscle of the body politic
| to maintain our financial and military health
| fulness, and, by rapid aggressive action,
| make our enemies feel, at their own firesi des,
the horrors of a war brought on By them
selves,
Tle most important matter for you, how -
sever, is your individual duty. What can
you do ?
The foot of the oppressor is on the soi! of
Georgia. He comes with lust in his eye,
poverty in his purse, and hell in his heart.
He comes a robber and a murderer.
ery woman have atorch. every child a fire
brand—let the loved homes of our youth be
made ashes, and the fields of our heritage be
made desolate. Let blackness and ruin mark
your departing steps, if depart you must,
and let a desert more terrible than Sahara
welcome the Vandals, Let every city be
levelled by the flame. and every village be
lost in ashes. Let your faithful slaves share
your fortune and your crust. Trust wife
and children to the sure refuge and protec-
tion of God-~preferring e. cn for those loved
ones the charnel house as a home than
loathsome vassalag: toa nation already sunk
below the contempt of the civilized world. —
This day be your terrible choice, and de-
termine at once without dissent as honor
and patriotism and duty to God require.
Fellow €itizens—Laull not yourselves into
a fatal security. Be prepared for every con®
tingencv. This is our orly hope for a sure
and honorable peace. If our enemy was to
| day covvinced that the feast herein indicated
| wor Id welcome him in every quarter of this
Confederacy, we know his base character
| well enough to feel assured he would never
jcome. Let then, the smoke of your homes,
fired by women’s bands, tell the approach-
ing foe that over sword and bayonet they
will rush only to fire and ruin.
We have faita in God and faith m you —
He is blind to every indication of Providence
trolling the events of the past
wind, the wave, the cloud. the
sunshine and the storm hav»
to our necessities, and frequently succored
us in our distress. We deem it unnecessary
year. The
mist, the
have called forth our gratiinde We would
join you in thanksgiving and praise If God
be for us. who can be against us #?
Nor would we condemn your confident look
The vear past tells a story of heroism and’
success of which our nation will never he
ashamed.
should only stimniate
and nobler efforts. An
we must expect—such as has depressed us
within the last few days. This is only tem-
porary.
We have no fears of the resul't—the final
issue. You aud we may have to sacrifice |
our lives and fortunes in the holy cause : but |
our honor will he saved untarnished, and our |
children’s children will rise up and call us|
“‘blessed.” |
Howsur Coss,
R. Toomss,
us to greater deeds
M J. CRAWFORD,
Tuouas R. R. Coss.
How |
shall you meet him 2 With ihe sword at
the threshhold ! With death for him or
for yourself! But more than this -let hl
who has not seen an Almighty hand con- |
all ministered |
to recount the numerous instances which!
. . |
to our armies, when they can meet with a
foe not too greatly their sup: rior in number. |
These consid rations. however, |
occasional reverse
Fort Henry in Possession of the Federal
Troops.
Onicaco, Feb. 7.
The expedition against Fort Henry, on the
Tennessee river, has been entirely success-
ful, and the Fort is now entirely in the pos-
session of the Federal troops.
Bartle at Fort Henry.
: Caro, Feb. 7.
Fort Henry on the Tennessee river, sur-
rendered yesterday at two o'clock, after a
determined resistance, Thc fight, which
lasted one hour and twenty minutes, was
conducted by the ganboats Cincinnati, Fssex
and St. Louis. The Cincinnati fired one
hundred and twenty five rounds, and receiv:
ed thirty- four shots from the rebel guns.—
Only one man killed. The St. Louis fired
one hundred and ten rounds, and received no
damage. The Essex was disabled at the
tenth round, by a ball striking her boiler.—
Thirty two killed and scalded to death.—
Captain Porter was badly scalded, but not
dangerously, Two rebel generals, one col-
onel, two captains, and one hundred privates
were taken prisoners. The Fort mounted
seventeen guns. The land forces did not
reach the scene of action for two hours after
the surrender,
The Memphisand Ohio railroad bridge,
fitteen miles above Fort Been, was taken
possession of by our troops.
| FURTHER PARTICULARS. |
CINCINNATI, Feb. 7.—The Gazette's and
Commercial’s Cairo correspondents give the
following account of the bombardment and
capture of Fort Henry.
Yesterday at half past twelve, the gun-
boats Cincinnati, St. Lows, Carondelet and
4
bringing up the rear, advanced boldly against
the rebel works, going to the right of Pain
ter’s Creek Island—immediately above which
on the east shore of the river stands the for-
tifications, Keeping out of range till at the
head of the island, and within a mile of the
enemy, passing the Island in fall view of the
rebel guns. we steadily advanced-—ever
m:n at quarters—every ear strained to cate
the flag officer’s signal gun for zommencing
the action.
Our line of battle was on the left, the St,
Louis next, the Carondelet next, the Cincin-
{ nati, for the time, being the flag ship, having
i on board Flag Officer A. H. Foote, and next
! the Essex. We advanced in line of battle,
I the Cincinnati boat's length ahead, when
I at 12 30 the Cincinnati opened the ball, and
immediately the three accompanying boats
followed suit. The enemy not being bask.
ward, gave an admirable response, and the
fight raged furiously for balan hour, “e
steadily advanced receiving and returning
storms of shot and shell, when getting with
in 300 yards of the enemy's works, we
came (0 a stand, and poured into them right
and left In the meantime the Esssex had
been disabled, and drifted away from the
scene of action, leaving the Cincinnatti, Car-
ondelet and St. Louis slonc engaged. At
precisely 1.40 the enemy struck his colors,
and such cheering ; such wild excitement,
as seized the throats. arms and caps of the
300 or 400 sailors of the gun boats can be
imagined.
After the surrender. which was made to
Flag Officer Foote by General Lloyd Tilgh.
man, who defended his fort in the most de
termined manner, we fouad the rebel infan.
try encamped outside of the fort numbering
four or five thousand had cut and run. leav-
ing the rebel artillery company in command
of the fort. The fort mounted seventcen
guns, mostly 32 and 34 pounders, one being
a magnificent ten inch Columbiad. Our
shots dismounted two of their guns driving
the enemy into the cmbrasures. One of
their rifled 32-pounders burst during the
engagement, wounding ene of their gunners.
The rebels claim to have had but eleven
effective guns. worked by 54 men, the nums
ber, all told of our prisoners. They lost
five killed and ten badly wounded.
The Infantry left evervihing in their flight.
A vast deal of plunder has fallen into our
hands —including a large and valuable quan
tity of ordnance stores. Gen. Tilghman is
disheartencd. and thinks it one of the most
damning blows of the war in surrendering
| to Flag Officer Foote. The rebel General
i remarked, ¢ I am glad to surrender to so
gallant an officer.” Fliu Officer Foote re
pied, * You do perfecily right, sir in sue-
rendering, but you should have blown my
| boats oa: of water before I would have sur-
rendered to you.”
. In the engagement the Cincinnati was in
the lead, and flying the Flag Officer’s pen-
nant, was the chief mark. Flag O flicer
Foote, and Capt. Stemble crowded her defi-
antly into the teeth of the enemy’s guns —
Ste got thirty~one shots, some of them go-
ing completely through her. |
The Essex was crippled when about half
through the fight. and when crowding stead
ily against the enemy, a ball went into her
port side. (forward port) through her
neavy bulk head and squarely through one
of her boilers, the escaping steam scalding
and killing several of her crew. Capt. Por-
ter, his aid, S; P. Briton, jr., and Paymas~
ter Louis, were standing in the direct line
of the passing ball. Britton being in the
centre of the group, A ball struck Britton
on the top of his head, scattering his brains
in every direction. The escapmg steam
went into the pilot house instantly killing
Messrs. Ford and Bride, pilots.
Many of the soldiers, at the rush of steam.
jumped overboard and were drowned. The
Cincinnati had one killed and six wounded.
The Essex bad six seamen killed, and two
officers and seventeen men wounded, and five
missing. No casualities on the St, Louis or
| Carondelet, thongh shot and shell fell up-
on them iike rain. The St. Louis was com~
manded by Captain Leonard Paulding, who
stood upon the gun-boat, and fought the
guns to the last. Not a man flinched, and
, with cheer upon cheer sent shot and shell
among the enemy,
Official Report of the Fort Henry Battle.
! WasHiNGToN, Feb. 7.
Secretary Welles has received the follow-
ling dispatch : ?
U.S. FLAG SHIP CINCINN AT OFF Fr HENRY
TeNypssee River. Feb. 6. 1862.
The ganboats under my command, the
Essex, Commander Porter ; the Carondelet,
Commander Walker ; the Uiacinnati. Com-
mander Stemble ; the St. Louis, Lieutenant
Commanding Paulding ; the - Conestoga
Licutenant Commanding Phelps ; the Tay~
lor, Lieutenan Commanding Shirk, after a
severe and rapid fire of one hour and a quar-
ter have captured Fort Henry, and have
taken Gen. Lloyd Tilghman and his staff]
with sixty men as prisoners.
The surrender to the gunboats was uneon-
ditional, as we kept an open fire upon them
until their flag was struck. In half an hour
after the surrender, T handed the Fort and
| prisoners over to Gen. Grant, commanding
the army after his arrival at the Fort in force,
{ The gunboat Essex bad a shot in her boilers
Essex, the Tylor. Conestoga and Lexington
and after fighting most ¢ffeciually for twos
thirds ef the action, was obl: to drop
down the river, I hear several of ber men
were scalded to death, including the two pi-
lots. She, with the other gunboats, officers
and men, fought with the greatest gallantry.
The Cincinnati received thirty-one shots and
had one man killed and-eight wounded, in-
cluding two seriously. e Fort with 20
guns and 17 mortars was defended by Gen.
Tilghman with the most determined gallan..
try. I will write as soon as pcssible.
have sent Lieutenant Commanding Philips
‘and three gunboats after the rebel
| Signed, | A. H. {uns w
Flag Officer.
Evacuation of Romney, Va., by the Rebels.
Prrrssura, Feb, 7.
The Wheeling Intelligeucer, of yesterday,
says; ‘We learn from soldiers who arri-
ved last evening from Patterson’s Creek,’
that the rebels evacuated Romney on Mon-
day night last. They either feared an at-
tack from our forces, or contemplated ma-
King one in another direction.” }
“Down With the 0ld Union.”
The Abolition traitors are growing bolder.
At the outset of the war, they declared that
its object was to restore the Union. Of late
however, they are throwing oft the mask, and
now openly declare that they do not wish: te.
see * the old Union restored.” Gerrit Swith,
Wendell Phillips, Wm. Eloyd Garrison, Hor-
ace Greely and their new convert, ©. A.
Brownson, are among those who-have placed:
themselves unequivocally upon this platform.
Many others have done so by their actions,
but these individuals have openly avowed! it.
In his Tuesday's paper Greely says;—
“Speaking for ourselves, we can honestly"
say that for that old Union which, was kept
in exidence by southern menaces and Korth-
ern concessions, we fiave no regrets, and we
wish for no reconstruction. Who wants any
Union which can only be preserved by sys-
tematic wrong, and by organized political
blunders 2 Who wants any Union which 1s
nothing but a sentiment to lacker Fourth of’
July erations withall 2” y
hus speaks the most widely circulated
organ of the party whick has professed ali
along te be © fighting for the Union.” It
has no regrets for the loss of that Union,
which, for eighty years, has showered such.
inestimable blessings upen the Americam
people— which has never, at least until a
recent date, cven oppressed & single citizen,
or deprived him of his rights of person, or
person or property without due process of
law. A Union which has never known a
tax-gathe:cr or a standing army —a Union:
where labor received adequate reward, and.
where the comforts and even luxuries of life
have been more equally distributed than in
any country on the face of the globe, wheth-
er in ancient or modern times—a Union
where education: and general intelligence.
have been accessitle to the masses —a Union.
where pawperism and alms houses are com-.
paratively unknown—a Union where man
has been lifted f om the abject position of &
subject to the glorious equality of a citizen
and a freeman—a Union where the God-giv-
en-rights of man were first recognized, and
the only spot in this wide world.where they
ever have been—for the loss of such a Union.
as this, Horace Greely has no regrets!—
¢ Down with the old Union,” Le cries, * andi
launch forth under my directions.” :
Can a government which for a century has”
worked out such boundless blessingy to all
under 1ts influence, have had wrapped up. in
it a ** systematic wrong” or a *¢ great polit
ical blunder I” The idea is utte:ly impessi-.
ble. You cannot gather figs from thistles
or grapes from thorns. No, the men who
laid the foundation of our Union were thé:
wisest Statesman the world has ever known.
They were as far superior to the flippaut,
fanatics who are now assuming to lead the.
country, as day 1s superior to night. They
were not perfect, nor do. we suppose that:
their work was absolutely perfect, but as s,
whole, we do say that the Constitution,
the Union which they based upon it, is, i
fairly administered, the best Government’
ever devised by the minds of mortal men.—
The wretch who can sneer at it, the vile
fanatic or traitor who can lay sacriligious,
hands vpon it, descrves the worst of punish-
ment. For being faithiul and true to this
Constitution and this Union we have been:
hunted down, and our busmess destroyed.
be these vile Abolition traitors, whose ca-
reer for twenty yeare we have been closely
watching. The hue and cry that these con.
spirato:s raised, stopped our papers in the
mails, Their lies and misrepresentations as;
they supposed, would choke us down ; but
we have lived to sce them throw off the
mask, and we now hurl their words of trea-
son back into their teeth. We know their:
hearts. They have always hated:this Ukion..
1t is no new sentiment with Ilorace Greely.
For twenty years, in season and out of sea-
son, he has labored to bring about his tress’
sonable schemes. Not Satan iw his great res
bellion in Héaven ever exceeded the desper-
ation and fiendish industry of this reckless
fanatic—who *¢ fears not God nor regards
man.” Since he first commenced his career
he has polluted society with his Blthy ' free-
love abominations, tinctured religion ‘with’
his infidelity, and ruined our . politics by his.
disgusting negro fanaticism. Once, and.
once only, has fear driven this bold conspir-
ire
ater to beg for mercy. The trembling cows
ard implored the forbearance of'a hateds but
powerful antagonist, to save him and his
{from the wrath of an outraged people. The
Herald generously threw over him the man-
tle of protection, or, perchance, he would
not have lived until the 28th of January,’
1862. to ery ¢* Down with the old Union 1"
But it is well to get the sequel. The an-
nouncement is now openly made that the
New York Tribune does not wish to see the
old Union restored! Is this the sentiment
of the party which it represents? Who ate
the traitors if this is the programme 7 . Why
talk of a Constitution ? If the old Conatity,
tion is not to be followed, then surely Mr.
Lincoln is not President! Why might s#o$
Gen. McClellan, or Gen, Fremont oz any
body else, who may have the power; exes
cise supreme authority 2 If this is the pro-
gramme, then we are fighting for émpire,
and any nation of Europe would have a right
to interfere. Such, then, is the confession
that at last comes from the Abolitionists. —
They have been denouncing every one. who
did not agree with them, as secessionists;
and now they come out and acknowledge
themselves traitors ! Opposed to the old
Union, the old Constitution, and ready to
+ let it slide.” Again we ask who are the
traitors ¢ What shall be thought of an Ad-
ministration that allows jou: nals a free use
of the mails, which have come out “openly:
against the Constitution and the Union, and
denies it to those who have always been:
strongly in favor of them 7— Cauc 4 any
i A ei. 3 _
17 A-woman’s heart is ‘like o fiddle it
requires a bow to play upon it.