The Thatch,
C. T. ALEXAND
JOE W, TUREY.
BELLEFONTE, March 20th, 1862.
“" THE VERY LATEST.
Island No. 10, to which the Confederates re-
treated after the fall of Fort Donelson, has been
captured by the U. S. troops, witn all the ammu-
nition and transports the enemy had there.
Newbern, the County seat of Cravenco., N. C.,
and former capital of the State, has been captur
ed by Gen. Burnside. No particulars have yet
been received.
! Editors.
Gen. McClellan's Address.
We publish to-day, in another place the
address of Gen. McClellan to the soldiers
of the * grand army of the Potomac.” It
is short and to the point, and is just the
thing to stir up the enthusiasm of the army
to the highest possible pitch. There is that
about it which reminds one of the soul-stir
ring addresses which the great Napoleon
used to deliver to the soldiers of the Em-
pire, and we have no doubt but that its ef
fect upon the army will be most happy.—
Ger. McClellan tells lus troops that he is
now ready to lead them to battle—that the
moaths of comparative inactivity which
they have spent were necessary to fit them :
for the tremenduous task which has been
undertaken. He expresses his confidence
in their ability to accomplish all thatis ex
pected of them, and appeals to the God of
Nations to defend the right.
The address is, by far, the most appropri
ate of any that has yet been issued, and
when compared with the abolition proclama-
tions cf some,of our Commanders—Fremont
and Phelps, for instance—how infinitely
docs it seem to raise McClellan above them.
tle does not proclaim himself the leader of a
band of negro-stealers, but the Chieftain of
a great army, whose mission it is to put
down this misguided rebellion and end a
war which is alike destructive to the best
interests of both scetions of our unhappy.
bat still beloved country.
We hope our readers will all peruse the
address. And to those who have, hitherto,
been in the habit of grumbling at the appa-
rent delay of the army of the Pstomac, we
would say that our gallant young General's
.policy, which has been so nobly vindicated
by his officers in the far South-west, is again
about to flash out brilliantly on the hills and
valleys of the Old Dominion.
——— PO
77 As the Central Press appears to be
very much exercised of late, because we
don't endorse every act of this administra- |
tion, frauds and all, and because we don’t |
yell our throats hoarse with applause of ev- |
cry foolish notion that enters the head of
the President, we would just like to know
whether the Press 1s really as patriotic as it
would have us to be. and whether it does
endorse the joint resolution relative to the
purchase of the slaves of those of the border
States who may choose to sell them.
We will be frank and wedo hereby re-
assert what we said last week, that we do
endorse the last two sections of the message
ag far as they acknowledge the doctrine of
State rights or State sovereignty : but 9s to
the passage of any such resolution as the
one recommended, we do most emphatically
object and oppose. How is it with the
Press —does it endorse it, or docs it not ? or
has it became neutral in politics and reli.
gon #4
ee AA
NpwsPAPERS AND OvHER PUBLICATIONS. —
On newspapers and other publications, the
duty is made yery heavy. On any news
paper, magazine, review or literary, scienti-
ficor news publication, a duty of 5 per
centum on advertisements iS levied, and a
monthly return. under oath’ required. In
ease of negleet to comply with these pro-
visions, 5 per eent additional on the amount
of tax will be le.ied. Incase of an attempt
at fraud or evasion. a penalty of $500 will
be inflicted.
We find the above delicious morsel of
news, says the Harrisburg Patriot, ina sy
nopsisof the proposed tax bill, and publish
it for the benefit and consolation of our
friends of the country press—the lullion-
aires of theland. They ought to make a
proposition to Congress to allow one-half of
their accounts to go for taxation, providing
the Government through its collectors will
collect them. We have no doubt that such
an anangement would fill the Federal coffers
to such an extent that Mr. Chase would be
compelled to ery “* hold ¢ enough?”
2 eet
FarMONT AGAIN. —@y reference to anoth-
er place 1t will bo seen that Gen. Fremont
has been again assigned to a command,
which embraces all that district of country
west of the Department of the Potomae and
cast of the Department of the Mississippi.
We bad hoped that Fremont would have
been suffered to remain at his ease during
the balance of the campaign, but as the
President has seen fit to give him another
trial, we hope that he will keep down his
abolition spirit—issue no more disgraceful
proclamations, and hereafter make his char~
ges against the enemy and not aginst the
Government.
er erat
1 Since our last issue, news has been
received of the evacuation of Mavasses Junc-
tion by the Confederates, and its occupation
by the United States forces under General
McClellan. The Confederates have retreat
cd 'to Gordonsville, which is said to be as
favorablé a position for defence, as was Ma-
passes, and it is.cxpected that Gen. John-
ston will here make a stand. If he does |:
not; however, Gen. McClellan's head-quar-
ters will soon be in Richmond.
Hickman and the President.
On the passag: of the joint resolution,
pledging the government to pay for the
slaves of those of the border States, who
may choose to emancipate their slaves, as
recommended by the President, John Hick-
man, the leading Republican Congressman
of this State, spoke as follows :
Mr. HICKMAN. I will occupy the floor
but for a short time.
Although I do not consider the passage of
this resolution as of any great practical im-
portance, yet I shall cast my vote for it. Tt
does not possess any great intrinsic merit,
for the reason that its adoption would not
constitnte legislation. It would be better
distinguished as a plauk in the platform of
a political party. If carried through this
House it will not even bind the present
House to pass a law, much less a House that
shall be convened in the future. [It is, mn
my judgment simply a declaration of opm-
jon as toa policy, and nothing more. As I
look at it, it is rather a compensation to the
North for disappointed hopes, and a warning
to the people of the border : fave States, who
are most interested at the present moment
in the subject to which it makes special
reference. The President of the United
States cannot be rgnorant of the fact that he
has, thus far, failed to meet the just expecta:
tion of the party which elected him to the of
fice he holds. and his friends are to be com-
Sorted. not so much by the resolution self
as by the budy of the message. while the peo
ple of the border slave States will not fail
to observe that with the comfort to us 1s min
gled an awful warning to them.
The paper is somewhat of an assurance- -
slight I admit—that the President still has
convictions upon the great question of free-
dom and slavery, and that in a certain event
the interests of slavery. which he seems
anxious to protect, may be prostrated : and
that, therefore, it is better for the border
States to put themselves in a position to
meet a great crisis. It is, therefore, rather
a palliative and caution than an open and
avowed policy ; it is rather an excuse for
non-action than an avowed determination to
act. I speak frankly upon this point, be
cause 1 do not rest upon the arms of power
and I am as free to denounce anything
which I may regard objectonable in this Ad
ministration as in any ~ which has preceded
it, or which may follow it. Neither the
message nor the resolution “is manly and
open. They arc both covert and insidious.
They do not become the dignity of the Pres
ident of the United States. The message is
not such a document as a full grown inde
pendent mar: should publish tv the nation at
sucha tums as the present. when positions
should be feely and fully defined. The
President of the United States is not permit-
ted to be rgnorant of the fact which is hourly
made more evident that the party which elect
ed him to office have, to a certain extent, been
dssapprointed an the prosecution of this war,
This very distinguished Republican thinks
the resolution of not much account, and is
! nothing more “than a compensation to the
North for disappomnted hopes ’—Zecause
othe President of the United States can not
be 1znocans of the fact that he has thus far,
failed to meet the just expectation of the
party which elected him to the office he
holds.” Just so—we have thought so too.
The President has not been as strong an ab
olitionist as we thought he would be, judg-
ing from his speeches made while stumping
the State of Illinois, in opposition to the il
lustrious Stephen A. Doug'as. The Repub
lican party, which elected President Lincoln,
although it contained many conservative
men, who honestly believed that the object
of their party was the good of their country.
and not an interference with the nghts of
the people of any of the States, yet a vast
majority of that party were radical aboli
tionists, who firmly expected that the ad
vent to power of cheir own party would
sound the death knell of slavery upon this
continent. That was their cherished object
for which they had labored for years. and
when they at length (under false pretenses
however) succeeded in electing a President,
they thought the gala day of their glory had
arrived.
How bitter now is their disappointment,
upon finding their President swerve from
the line of policy they had marked out for
him. is evidenced in the quotation above
from a speech of their leading oracle.—
#The message and resolution,” says Hick-
man, “is covert and insidious, and not such
a document as a full grown man should pub-
lish 7 &c. It is not strong enough abolition
to meet the taste of this Republican oracle
and his party, as he here assumes +o speak
for his party, and nobody has yet disowned
him, we must take it for granted that his
views meet their idea of right.
0, cruel, cruel old Abraham! Why have
you so disappointed your friends who gave
you the office you now hold 2 You ought
to be ashamed of yourself. - Why don’t you
take counsel from Messrs, Sumner, Lovejoy.
Hickman, &c., that host of your warm
friends, who labered so bard for your elec-
tien, and goin a little stronger on the ne-
gro 2 Violate the Constitution—tear it ©
pieces—issue a proclamation giving freedom
to every human being and the negro '00.—
Destroy the Union sentiment of the loyal
people of the South, by nvading their rights
and drive them all into hostility to the gov-
ernment. Arm all the slaves and prepare
them for an indiscriminate butchery of inno-
cent women and children—get up a little
hell upon earth, and in answer to the prayer
of Horace Greely : ‘let us have a high old
panic.”
Then. in the long snd bloody struggle
that would ensue, the institution of slavery
would certainly perish the liberties of the
white man would follow, but no difference—
Sumner, Lovejoy, Hickman, &c., would
have accomplished their purpose—their
minds would be at rest, and they would
then say, well done, thou good and faithful
servant, enter into the joys that the policy of
abolition has effected.
The reason probably why old Abe don’t
pursue their policy, and “‘mect the expecta:
tion of the party which dlected him, ic, be.
PEN, PASTE AND SCISSORS.
07 Tatthng is mean.
(07 Laziness shameful.
07 Slandering is devlish.
(= Telling lies contemptible.
1 Loud laughing is impolite.
0 Inquisitivenesss is offensive.
r7= Vulgar language is disgusting.
77> Profane swearing is abominable.
07 The use of a soldier's *‘drill’’—To
make a hole in the enemy.
77 They tell us that Gen. Siegel was not
educated at West Point, but he fights like a
man educated at all points.
7 The rebels are in great distress—hav
ing a BurN(on one) ste. and a Foote vig-
orously applied at the other.
7 Water is not a fashionable beverage
for drinking to your friends health, bat it is
a capital one for drinking your own.
17 An American poet talks of a low
wind. The wind is often low, and very few
of the poets can raise it.
= How prosperous Charleston must be!
Never before had she so many vessels in her
harbor as she has now.
I= Four ex Presidents of Harvard College
are now living—namely, Jared Sparks Ed
ward Everett, Josiah Quincy, and Dr. Walk-
er.
17 KiLLEp,— Wm, Ralston, a resident of
Boggs township, Clearfield county. was
killed a few days ago by the falling of a
tree.
07 Geo. W. Derr, of Limestone Tp. Mon-
tour Co., last season harvesied, off a single
acre, 45 bushels of nicely cleaned marketa-
ble wheat,
07 In Portland a horse put his foot
through a lady’s hoop skirt, and to extricate
it three men were required to hold the horse
and two to hold the lady,
= An Oregon Editor promises to ‘ tear
the mantle of hypocrisy from the shoulders’
of U, S. Senator Starke. Would the Editor
leave the Senator Starke naked.
17 Never dispair—never be idle—never
stop trying. Resolution, energy, spirit and
courage have fed many a family in times
past. and will doit in future.
17 About 200 acres of Alfred Wornall’s
farmon Strodes Creek in Bourbon county Ky
was recently sold at Trustees sale for $50
per acre, rash.
17 R. J. Breckenridge. Jr., son of Dr.
Rob:rt J. Breckenridge 18 said to be a can:
didare in the 11th district. Kentucky for a
at in the Confederate Congress.
I7= Where [ see a house furnished with
books and papers, there 1 see intelligent and
well informed children ; but where there are
no books or papers, the children are igno-
rant, if not profligate. — Franklin.
The Legislature have in contempla
cause he is a conscientious man, who, having
taken an oath to support the Constitution of
onr country, and become the President of
this whole people, North and South, don’t
like to violate that oath, and become the
President of a faction, or, as Hickman calls
it, “a party.”
The Battle of Pea Ridge, Ark.
Further Particulars— Brigadier Generals
M'Cullock and Slack Killed— Colonels
Mclatosh, Rives and Herbet Killed and
Wounded —Gen. Sterling Price Wound:
ed—Our Loss 800 to 1.000 Killed and
Wounded— The Rebel Loss from 2,000 to
3000 —Esghteen of our Killed Scalped by
the Indians Col. Jeff. C. Davis after
Price.
SpriNGrreLD, Mo., March 10.—(Special to
the St. Louis Republican.)—A messenger
arrived at ten o'clock last night, bringing
adaitional news of the recent battle in Ar
kansas.
The engagement took place: at Little Su
gar Creek, five miles this side of the stream
of the same name, where a skirmish occur-
red on the march down.
In anticipation of an attack on the South,
General Curtis ordered the trains tw be
drawn up on the north side; but, unex
pectedly. the aitack was commenced on the
north side being the rear of our army, by
from fifteen hundred to two thousand Rebel
Cavalry.
General Sigel. with eight hundred men,
protected the train for several hours, hold
ing the Rebels in check, while tha teams
pushed backward to the main body.
While thus engaged General Sigel was
three times surrounded, but he cut his way
through each time. ’
The principle fichting on ‘Thursday was
done by General Sigel, in this way.
On Friday the engagement became general
and continued so throughout. Our officers
behaved with much gallantry.
The most exposed position was occupied
by Col. Carr’s division, and the greatest loss
was suffered by them. Col. Dodge’s bri-
gade of this division consisted of the Fourth
Towa. the First Towa battery, the Thirty-
fifth 1llinois, Colonel Phelps’ regiment, and
the Twenty fourth Missouri.
The second brigade under Col. Van Dorn
of the Ninth Towa regiment, consisted of his
own regiment, the Dubuque battery and Col,
Carr's regiment of cavalry.
A letter from Col. Carr says the losses in
the Fourth and Ninth Towra. Thirty fifth Illi
nois and Twenty- fifth Missouri are from one
hundred and fifty to two hundred in each
regnnent killed and wounded. Only three
hundred of the Twenty-fourth Missouri
were present, but they lost twenty nine
killed and a large number wounded. ‘I he
Twelfth and Seventeenth Missouri, Third
Towa cavalry and Fighth Indiana regiments
lost about forty each, The First and Second
Towa batteries lost about twenty each.
Among the wounded are Gen. Asboth. in
the arm, Col, Carr, in tne arm Lieutenant.
Colonel Fallighan, Lieutenant Colonel Her
ron and Major Coyle, of the Ninth Towa.—
Resides being wounded. Lieutenant Colonel
Herron was taken prisoper. Col. Dodge
had three horses shot under him. Lieuten
ant Smith of the Sccond [owa battery was
taken prisoner. [He jumved from the wagon
to make his escape, when he was killed.
Among the Rebel officers killed and
wounded are: Brigadier General McCul~
loch, killed ; Brigadier General Slack dan-
gerously wounded ; Colonel McIntosh, kill-
ed; Colonel B. H. Rives dangerously
wounded : Col. Herbert. of the Third Louis
jana volunteers. killed or dangerously
wounded. and Major General Sterling Price,
slightly wounded.
Thirteen pieces of artillery were captured
by our men, including one of the pieces lost
bv General Sigel, at Wilson's Creek.
Our loss is estimated at 800 or 1.000 killed
and wounded. The Rebel loss is not known
but is supposed to be from 2.000 to 3.000.
A large amount of Rebel prisoners, probably
1 500. were taken and more are constantly
being brought in.
2.000 Indians were engaged in the battle
and eighteen of our killed were scalped by
them.
Gen. Price, with about 10.000 men, re-
treated northward. and then took an easter
ly direction, General Jeff. C, Davis is after
him.
will meet again on the 17th of next June,
mm consequence of their inability to pass a
tax bill before Congress has acted upon that
measure.
(= The marine losses on the St. Law-
rence and lakes during the year 1861. amoun
ted to $302 625 on steamers, and $564 722
on sailing vessels and their cargoes. The
number of lives lost was 116 ; that of the
last year was 578.
17 Dennis Taylor, arrested at Camp
Wilkins. last summer has heen convicted in
the Mercer County Court, of murder in the
second degree, for killing George J. Eagles
at Hendersonvill,and sentenced to a term of
eleven and a half years inthe Penitentia-
ry.
(7 The last dog story is of two dogs who
fell to fighting in a saw mill. In the course
of the tussel one of the dogs went plump
against a saw in rapid motion, which cut
him in two instanter. The hind legs ran
away, but the fore legs continued the fight,
and whipped the other dog.
IZ A Western soldier gets off the follow-
ing sqib on his comrade :
+: He fireth his Minnie rifle at midnight
and the wholc camp 1s aroused and formed
into line ; when, lo! his mess comes bears
ing a nice porker, which he declareth so re-
sembled a Secesh that he was compelled to
pull trigger.
17 The following note was f und in the
pocket of a pair of pantaloons among some
new uniforms received the other day at Pas
ducah, Ky :
:* I made these pants for the pitiful sum
of 30 cents. If they last the wearer no lon
ger than this sum of money lasts the maker
he will be naked before cold weather !
Mrs. R. M. Randal, Indianapolis.”
= When the Tennessee prisoners were
in line, many little incidents of an amusing
character took place one of which I will re-
late. I said to them, ‘** Gentlemen, what
could ever have induced you 0 fight against
the old flag #’ A pleasant looking o'd Irish-
man quickly replied, ¢ plase yer honor, what
Courage at a Discount,
The Richmond Examiner, considering** the
circumstances which surround ”’ the South
ern Confederacy ”’ at present, urges upon
« President Davis?’ the *¢ propriety of some
exemplary punishment of the numerous
makers of panics in the streets of Rich~
mond.” Our bold cotemporary says ;
« These creatures seem to take, especial
pleasure in distressing women and children
and persons more cowardly than themselves
and are unremitting in their eflorts to 1m-
pair public confidence. Tn some cases they
are traitors, in others they are cowards. A
few prompt and scvere examples made of
some of the many persons in Richmond who
go through the streets and stand on the
corners. telling stories of the destruction of
our army on the Potomac. the apparition of
new and invincible armadas on the coast,
and the inevitable deluge of blood that is to
sweep oft all the men, women and children
in Richmond in two or three weeks time.
would g ve these street fabulists a cause of
excitement somewhat nearer to themselves
than that they imagine from the Yankee ad-
vance. and would restore that confidence
which ! elongs to a brave people, and which
never forsakes them but when their minds
have been abused and distressed by the con
stant application of falsehoods panics and
demorahzing excitements. If the uzovern
ment has any regard for the confidence and
spirits of the people, it will not permit them
to be longer tampered with by cunning trai
tors, or white-faced cowards in the depart-
ments or on the corners, who have fresh
disaster for every day and a Raw-Head and
Bloody-Bones for each suceeeding night, to
fright the souls of women and children,”
To such an extent does the Examiner
carry its horror of ¢ panic-makers”’ in the
present excited state of the secession nerves
that it oppeses, on military principles, and
at the suggestions of an * ingenious army
officer,” the dissemination of religious tracts
having alarming titles. On this subject it
says:
“- One of our ingenious military friends
thinks the colporteurs are doing great harm
in our army by circulating terrible tracts in
the camp, and on the eve of expected bat-
tles, confronting our men with little pamph-,
lets entitled *¢ Are you Ready to Die ?"'—
“«Sinper, You Arc Soon to he Pod, &c.”
me that now.”
17 Ar Illinois Assemblyman
question with much earnestness
chair from 1ts usua plice. and forgetting,
the fact. when be had finished, sat down
rather solidly where the ahair ought to have
been, Above the roar of laughter, his voice
was heard excla mmg: ‘Mr. Speaker I
still have the floor ”
J POETICAL SUPERSCRIPTION,—A letter
passed through the post office in Cleveland
Ohio. directed as follows:
«Feds and Confeds, let this go freo
Down to Nashvil'e Tennessee—
This three cent stamp will pay the cost,
Until you find Sophia Yost.
Postmaster North or even South.
May open it and find the truth,
I merely say my wife's got well,
And got a baby, cross as’’—hell.
177 Business Men owe much of their pros-
perity iu life to a thorough, practical educa-
tion received before commencing business.
This can be acquired in the shorest time and
best mann r from thoroughly educated, ex
perienced and practical accountants, by at-
tending the Iron City College, as attested by
its large num! er of graduates now in suc
cessful, active business throughout the Uni-
ted States. For full information send for Cat
alogue and Specimens of writing. Address,
JENKINS & SMITH. Pittsburg, Pa.
17 SteANGE IGNORANCE. —The Lancaster
(Pa,) Express says that at a late distribu-
tion to shout two hundred persons in that
city of money sent home by the soldiers,
sixty American women, out of ninety who
called for their portions, were unable to
write their names, while there was not one
of a large number of German women, who
received money. that could not sign her
name 1n a legible manner. The reason as-
signed for this difference is that the children
of both sexes, in Germany, are compelled
by the State to avail themselves of the free
school system. Education is uot only made
n privilege but » duty.
. debating a
moved his
tion to adjourn on the 21st of March, and]
made you fight against the new flag? Tell |
Army Correspondence.
Camp Woop, MoxrorosviLLE Ky,,
Co. E., 7th Reg, Pa. Cavalry,
March 10th, 1862.
Mgssrs. EpiTors :—Since you last heard
from me, our Regiment has had a very disa-
greeable march of about forty-five iniles.—
We left Camp Thomas, near Bardstown,
Feb. 27th. and marched sixteen miles, over
a pretty good road, through New Haven, a
town of seme importance, and encamped
upon. the banks of Rolling Fork, a beautiful
stream of pure, clear water. The indica-
tions being favorable for a few days of
good weather, we concluded to lie “over the
wagons repaired.
the month we were there mustered for pa;
by Col. Wynkoop, but when we will be
gratified swith a sight of the Government
money, i8 another thing. We all hope, how-
ever, it will ben a few days. On Saturday,
Mareh Ist, ~bout the time we had our tents
struck and were ready to march, it began
to rain and sleet, and continued nearly all
day, making the roads very muddy and dis
agreeable for man and beast; however we
made a march of about fifteen miles, and
encamped for the night onthe left of the
Louisville and Nashville turnpike. Sunday
morning, the 2d inst.. we wokeup to find
a high wind with considerable rain. A ma-
jority of the Regiment were anxious to re-
main there for the day, but our commander
said he was bound to go. So, after a coup-
le of hours delay to consign one of our fel~
ring the night, the Regiment began to move
and the further we advanced the more it
rained, accompanied with terrific shocks of
thunder and lightning. Before we had pro-
ceeded far, the column came to a halt and
remained there in the woods for some time,
when word was sent forward that our tears
could not get through the mud. We then
moved on slowly about half a mile, the rain
coming down in torrents, passing through a
small village called Hammondville, where
we encamped for the night, having made a
march of about two and a half miles.—
Some of our teams made out to get through
that day, but some were obliged to remain
within sight of where they had been en-
cawped the previous night. Our company’s
team being one of that number, and having
all our provisions, tents, &c., with it, we
were compelled to lie out in the drenching
rain that night supperless, and many of us
had to march the next morning without
breakfast, also, The next morning we took
up our line of march at an early hour, and
took a cross road in order to meet our teams
that were back yet. We had only made
about three miles, when it began to blow
and get very cold, so we halted for the night,
when all the teams caught up with us. —
March 4th, having dried our clothes as well
as we could, we began to get ready for the
march. To be prepared for wet weather,
we packed our tents, stoves, spades, axes,
kettles, &c.. on our horses, and took a few
hard crackers in our haversacks and started
for this place, a distance of about nine
miles, where *we arrived about 4 o’clock,
P. M. Munfordsville is a small village on
the right bank of Green river, and resem-
bles a stuffed chicken with the feathers all
off. and the bones projecting through the
skin. The buildings are old and dilapida-
ted. There are a great many convalescent
soldiers strolling through the place, who
had been left in the hospitals by the various
regiments which passed through here.
The village shows quite a military appear-
ance. There area large number of army
wagons and teams (100 arrived from Louis«
ville a few days ago) here now, and one or
two regiments of Infantry and two of Caval-
ry. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad
passes through this place. [It is now repair-
ed and in working order to Bowling Green,
and is doing a heavy Government business.
In a day or two the road will be repaired,
and ears will run to Nashville, Tenn.
Not being furnished with a sufficient num-
ber of ambulances to convey our sick along
with us, we were obliged to leave a few at
Bardstown, among whom was our worthy
Lieutenant, H. H. Best, who has since gone
to his long home. We received intelligence
here on the 8th that he departed this life on
the 5th. His remains were sent to his home
in Salona, in charge of our first Ligutenant,
John Leidy accompanied by Mrs. Leidy and
Mrs. Best. who had been telegraphed for
and arrived en the 2d. Lieut. Best was
much beloved by all his fellow soldiers, and
his death has cast a deep gloom upon the
whole company. All seem to feel deeply
their loss. I am happy to say that the re
maining sick who were left behind, are im
proving and hope to be able in a few days
to again join the Regiment. I would just
say that the health of our Regiment and par-
ticularly our Company, is remarkably good,
considering the fatigue and exposuie to
which they have been subjected for the last
few weeks. We occasionally Lave a death,
it is true, but no serious disease prevails.
How long we will remain here I am una-
ble to say, but [ think in a few days we
will be ordered to Bowling Green and Nash:
ville. [feel satisfied that we will not re.
main herelong. We have a regular daily
mail, but, unfortunately, our mail was for.
warded from Bardstown to Bowling Green,
forty miles below here. and we had to send
for it and did not get it until the second day
after our arrival here. Our mail is regular:
ly forwarded after us whenever we move.
Within a mile and a-half of this place is
the ground where there was a slight skir<
mish on the 17th of last December, between
a pang of the Second Indiana Regiment
and a number of Rebels. There were fif
teen of our men killed. The Rebel loss is
unknown, but it was heavy. There is
nothing to mark the spot except the scars
on the trees, and the carcasses of some
horses that were killed during the fight,
1 will now close, hoping that you will send
me a copy of the Watchman, and perhaps
you may hear from me again from some
other point. Yours truly,
“J.P, BH."
EE
CAMERON PuGNAcious.—The Washington
correspondent of the Philadelphia Evening
Journal. of March 4th, says: Last night
an altercation occured at Willard’s Hotel
between the late Secretary of War, Gen.
Cameron, and Mr Van Wyck, Chairman of
the Congressional Committee. The late
Secretary was hot and choleric, and wanted
a pretext to whip the Chairman of the Com~
mittee : but the latter was cool, and decli-
ned politely, but firmly, to accord that fa
vor to his very urgent assailant, who was
obliged reluctantly to subside, without a
fight over the grievances inflicted by the
Committee.
—
("A despatch from Atlanta, Georgia,
says that the Federal troops have eccupied
Murfreesborough, Tennessee. und that Gen.
A. Sydney Johnson has retreated to Decatar
'Alabamn,
next day and have-our horses shod and our |
It being the last day of
low soldiers to his grave, who had died du- 7
[Address of Gen. McClellan to his Bol-
diers.
LIRAD QUARTERS ARMY oF THE Potomac,
Fameax @ H., Va., Maron 14.1862. }
SOLDIERS OF THE ARMY OF TE PoTOMAC: —
For a long time I have kept you inactive,
but not without a pu . You were to be
disciplined, armed and instructed. The for-
midable artillery you now have, had to be
| created. Other armies were to move and ac-
' complish certain results. I held you back,
| that you might give the death blow tn the
| rebellion that has distracted this once happy
| country. The patience you have shown, and
| your confidence in your General, are worth
a dozen victories.
These eg results are now accome
plished. I feel tha! the patient labor of ma-
ny months have produced their: fruit. The
| army of the Potomac is now a teal army—
| magnificent in material, admirable in discip-
| line and instruction, excellently equipped
{and armed. Your commanders are all that
1 could wish,
The moment [or action has arrived, and 1
| know that I can trust in you to save our
country. As I'ride through your ranks, 1
| see in your faces the sure prestige of victo»
ry ; I feel that you will do whatever I ask of
| you.
|” The period of inaction has passed. I will
| bring you face to face with the Rebels, and
only pray that God may defend the mght.
In whatever direction you may move—
however strange my actions may appear to
you— ever bear in mind that my fate is Jiuk-
ed with yours, and all that Ido is to bring
ou where you wish to be—on the decisive
battle field. It is my business to place rou
there. T am to watch over you as a parent
over his children, and you know that your
General loves you from the depth of his
heart.
It shall be my care, asit ever has been,
to gain success with the least possible loss,
but I know that if it is necessary, vou will
willingly follow me to our graves for our
righteous cause.
Gd smiles upon us. Victory attends us.
Yet I would not have you to think that our
aim is to be attained without a manly strug-
gle. 1 will not disguise from it you. You
ave brave foes to encounter—foemen well
worthy of the steel you will use so well.—
I shall demand of you great, heroic
exertions—rapid and long marches, despe~
rate combats, privations, p erhaps. We will
share all these together, and when this war
is over, we will all return to our homes, and
feel that we can ask no higher honor than the
proud consciousness that we belonged to the
Army of the Potomac.
Geo. B. McCLELLAN,
Major-General Commanding.
EVACUATION OF NEW MADRID.
The Rebels Leave all their Guns and Camp
Equipage— Twenty Five Pieces Artillery
Taken—Thirty two Batteries of Field
Artillery, Several Thousand Small Arms,
and a Great Quantity of Stores Taken —
+ The Town Occupied —No Rebel Flag Re..
maning in Missours.
Sr. Louis, March 14.—The following is a
copy of the official despatch sent to the
Secretary of War:
After several days’ skirmishing and a
number of attempts of the enemy’s gunboats
to dislodge General Pope's batteries at Point
Pleasant, the enemy has evacuated his fore
and entrenchments at New Madrid, leaving
all his artillery, field batteries, tents, wag-
ong, mules, &c., and an immense quantity of
military stores.
Brigadier General Hamilton now occupies
the place.
This was the last stronghold of the enemy
in this State, and no Rebel flag is now flying
in Missouri. :
Sr. Louis, March 15.—Gen. Pope, in a de-
spatch to Gen. Halleck, says :
Qur success at New Madrid has been
greater than reported.
Twenty five pieces of heavy artillery,
twenty-four pounders and rifled) thirty two
attenes of field artillery, an irrmaense guan-
tity of fixed ammunition, several thousand
small arms, hundreds of boxes of musket
cartridges, three hundred mules, tents for
an army of 12,000 men, and an immense
quantity of other property, of not less value
than a million dollars, have fallen into our
hands. x
The wen only escaped. The enemy's
whole force is demoralized, and dispersed
in the swamp on the opposite side of the
river. :
The enemy abandoned their wiks
hurriedly as to leave all the baggage of
their officers and the knapsacks of their
men. Their dead were unburied—their
suppers were on the tables, and the candies
burning in the tents.
A furious thunder storm, which raged all
night, enabled them to get across the river
without being discovered. Our heavy bat.
tery established during the night of the 12th
within eight hundred yards of the enemy's
works, and opened at daylight on the 13th,
just thirty tour hours after the guns were
delivered to us at Cairo.
During the whole of yesterday our lines
were drawn closer around their works, un-
der a furious fire of sixty pieces of artillery.
The fear of an assault on: their works at
daylight induced them to flee precipitately
during the night. a
Many prisoners have been taken, and the
colors of several Arkansas regiments.
Due loss is about fifty killed and wound-
’,
ed. ;
Hollins was in command of the fleet, and
Generals McConn, Stewart and (Fantt of the
land forces. The gun boats went down the
river.
General Pope has twenty five heavy guss,
with two works of the enemy, which com-
mand every point of the river.
The Battle at Pea Ridge.
Rorra, Mo., March 16.—The remains of
Col. Hendricks, of the 20th Indiana Regi-
ment, killed at the battle of Pea Ridge,
Arkansas, arrived here yesterday, accom-
panied by his brother and two or three other
gentlemen. .
They left the battle ground on the Mon-
day following the fight. They represent the
contest as terrible. The Rebels foughtdes-
perately, using stone in their cannon when
their shot gave out. Their force is stated
at 35,000 including 2200 Indians under Al-
bert Pike. As near as could be ined
our loss was 600 killed and from 800 to 1000
wounded,
The Rebel surgeons who cawe in to dress
the wounds of their fallen, lodge NY
los of 1000 killed, and from 2500 to
wounded. We took sixteen hundred pris»
oners and thirteen pieces of cannon, 10 of
which were captured by Gen. Sigel’s com-
wand, and 3 by Col. Patterson's brigade.
lp A Ate rt
1-7 Read the letter fromdJ. BP. H., in an-
other column.