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C. T. ALEXANDER i
Sob Ww FUREY. | [Editors
"BELLEFONTE, May 8th, 18
Ww. W. Brown vs. Centre. County.
The trial of this case at our last term of
Court had been looked forward to with a
great deal of interest, both by the friends of
Brown, who were half disposed to believe
his sevmingly carnest protestations that he
was an honest man and not a defanlter, and
also by the tax paying people who believed
that the county had been egregiovsly swin
dled by him out of a large amount of mon
ey
oped by the trial. .
The County Auditors. who met last Jun
uary for the purpose of settling the accounts
. ns Treasurer of the Coun-
of W. W. Brown
ty. found htm indebted to the State for mon-
ies colleeted and not paid over, in the sum |
OF SZ 385,00. To offset this, and m Brown's
favor, hey found that he had paid Centre
county. and for which she was indebted to
; Deducinng
te,
him in the sum of $7.689 &2.
this amount from what he owed the
The trizt 1s now past and, m order that
the people, who are all interested in this
matter, may understand the true state of
the case, we propose, as briefly as possi: le,
to acquaint thom with a few facis as devdds
tinted with as .nany hues as the rainbow it-
scif. which, as you attempt to approach it.
vanishes into vagor. S> with the defence —
except the $1,496.96, which had vanished
sometime previous into Brown’s pocket.
To illustrate the nature of this remarkable
defence, for such we must call it, we will
eit2 one item. The Yaw allows the County
Treasurer five per cent. upon all monies re-
ccived, ard paid-out for county purposes.—
It appeared in the evidence, that on the
day of the Commissioners had made
their note for $2000. payable at the Bank
of Humes, McAllister. Hale, & Co., at 90
days. The note was discounted there at
the rate of one per cent or twelve per cent.
a year, When it'fell due, another note was
given to lift it, and the discount paid again ;
and thus it was kept up time after time for
a year.
Brown's wiley counsel claimed for him his
five per cent. commission upon every re
newal —four renewals in a year, and the
note not paid, making twenty per cent. on
the two thousand dollars of a debt against
the county claimed by them for Brown. If
this elaun had been allowed by the jury, the
county would have been paying twelve per
cent. to the Bank and twenty per cent. to
Brown—in all thirty-two per cent. a year,
that these $2000 would have cost the hard
working people of this county,
It was, however, very properly disallowed
by the jury. who, at 7 o’dlock on Saturday
evening. returned a verdict 'in favor of Brown
and against the county in the sam of $5,
1 463 12. It wust be born in mind that his
toccount with the Sta‘e was not adjusted in
this suit, which remains just as it was
vig: #12 335,00
Dedaet judement mm favor of
Brown against the county,
Which shows the amount of bis
defaleation still to be,
5 463.12
6 871.88
The c unsd for the county we are con-
strained to say, did their whole duty, and
although justice was not attained as be
it left a balance amainst him of 34 645,18. — j tween the tax paying people and their late
This amount as it then
stount of his d faleation.
The laws of his Sa'e give unto the
County Commissioners the right to appes
within sixty days from the report of the
Auditors to the Court of Common Pleas.—-
The advent of the new Traasarer into office,
soon brou ht to light many facts which did
not appear to the Auditors. and which, upon
a fair settlement would tend greatly to dis
minish the amount of the indebiedness of
the County to Broun, a d increase the |
amount of his dcfaleation to the Siate. The |
modest fact thus discovered was, that Brown
Thad received fiom a numb roof collectors
Targe uminunts of taxes fr which he had
given his receipt but had neglected (or with
an intention to defrand. we don't know
which) to charge himsdlf with upon the
books. The Auditors did their duty, of
cour: ¢, and settled his account a recording to
the hooks, knowirg nothing of the wones |
thus reecived and not clarged. This fact
soon being discovered however an appeal
was taken to the Court of Common Pleas,
and a trial reached on F.iday morning last.
Centre county was represented at the
council table by A, O. Furst and his brother
Cline G Furst, of the Clinton county bar
who opened the case for the county, and
proceeded to show the amonnts of noney
received by “honest Brown,” for which he
° .
had not accounted, as foliows :
Schoo! and Road tax on unseat
ed lauds. and with which he
bad rat charged himself.
An order for the pavment of Cap
tain Foster's military compa:
ny, with which he had taken
credit, but had not paid,
Fwo orlers for discount on notes
in bauk. which he had betore
received eredii for in charging
up the notes to the county,
Money received from the county
ta pay for the support of a lu.
ratic at the {isane Asylum,
ond which he had not paid
over, 3 3972
Outstanding receipts upon the
collector's books, for monics
reecived on county tax for 61,
bot not charged to himself in
the Looks, and of course not
settled by the Auditors,
Quistanding reecipts for Siate
taxes for 1861 on the Collees
£1,008 21
1541.62
tors’ books unaccounted for, 406 06
Outstanding receipts for taxes in
1860 not charzed to himsell in
the books, and not settled by
the Auditors cither in their ve-
port in 1860 nor in 1861, 1000.00
Making in all, £4220 18
Which should have been deduct-
ed from the balance due him
by the county. as sseertained
by the Auditors, which would
have left a balance due him
from the county of only
And made his defalcation to the
State, F8.874 36
But as this was an issue, directed 10 as-
certain the standing of accounts between
$3,460 64
Brown and Centre county, the $496.96 of
State tax received and unaccounted for, was
stood, was the
ruled out of evidence by the court, and the
one thousand dollars of taxes received in
1860 and unaccounted for. was ruled out of
evidence, because property belonging to the
year 1860. and the time having gone by al-
Jowed by law in which an appeal from the A
report of the Auditors of that year could be
taken, the report had become (inal and con-
clusive, and the county was barred from
setting that up as an offset to the indebted |
ness of the county to Brown in the year |
1861. :
O
] ‘Treasurer, it was not their fault. The in-
{ exorable rules of law which excluded evi
idence of the outstanding recaps of 1860.
and of the State tax of 1861 —unaccounted
for —was the knot hole out of which Brown
ard his wiley cou scl dragged the $1496,
96 right before the eyes of the people, who
by their counsel, could do nothing but ob-
ject and protest, as they were disabled by
the law itzelf from patting forth their hand
to stop the theft.
From this sammary of “acts, we now ar-
rive at the following result, viz : Centre
county swindled clean birch ont of the $1,.
496 96. Brown's defaleation. (not including
the $1 496 96) to the State, after deducting
the jud:ment in his favor against the coun.
ty, 86.871 88. Brown's bail are responsible
for this amount, and, we understand. have
been secured hy Brown by collaterals to the
amount of $4,500, so that even they can't
loase more than two or three thousand %n
any event. Well might he have secured
them, when $1 406,96 are so easily made,
and when by so doing. he was released from
a criminal prosecution after an indictment
found by the Grand Jury, which was done.
These are the facts in this case. so greatly
misunderstood by the people, which we have
endeavored to state fairly, s> that all may
understand them.
We may say ‘his, however, in conclusion,
in Brown's favor, that the people have been
actually swindled out of the $I.196 96, not
because Brown was so wiley a thief, but be-
cause the revenue laws of this State only
give the Commissioners of the county sixty
days in whith to appeal from the Auditor's
Report, and which the Commissioners of
1860 did not do. Why they did not we
cannot tell. It may have been because they
did not know their duty. and it may have
been | ecause they did not know there was
any error in the report.
—— eta
HavrLeck AND McOLenuan.-—The New
York Journal of Commerce has good author-
ity for saying that a letter has been written
by General Halleck to a member of his fam
ly in that city, in which, with a soldier's
avxiety for the giving of honor to whom
honor is due, he ascribes the credit of the
entire plan of movements at the West, and
the successful combinations which have re
sulted in the repossession, by the Union. of
Missouri. Kentucky, and Tenneessee, to
Major General McClellan. This handsome
acknowledgement 1s creditable to both the
distinguished Generals concerned. General
flalleck takes nothing from his own title to
the gratitude of the people by such a state~
ment. In all the qualities constituting a
great military leader he has no superior —
It is a subject of profound gratitude that
the nation Las two such soldiers as Gens.
McClellan and Halleck, men who are above
ail political intrigues, in an age when politi-
cal connections seem to deter.nine the fate
of personal reputations, and who do their
work with steadfast devotion to duty, heed
less of the attacks of faction or the criticisms
f popular leaders. A short time ago, Gen.
Halleck was. by a radical paper, denominat-
ed “this upstart Halleck.”
was a blessing to the Union, and if General
Mis upstarting
Ic Clellan planned the Western campaign,
to Halleck is due the equal praise of cxcent-
ing it. No soldier wishes honor which does
not belong to him, nor is any true soldier
©
nvious of the reputation of a brother in
arms. There is much of the secret history
or the war to be written when it shall be
Thus these two items, amounting to §1, ! ended, and in calmer times of reflection the
496 90, being ruled out of evidence, they are | country will remember with praise those
a clean loss to Centre county, and a clear | Generals who, throughout the whale, shall
gain to W. W. Brown, because not being | have kept themselves free from all political
able to recover them against him in this | connections with any party. and who shall
suit, the county can ncither hold him nor | |
his bail.
Thus the cause on behalf of the county
closed, having proven, however, beyond dis-
1ave pursued the plain path of duty for sol-
diers of the Umon.
C—O eee
To Be Mawriep, —The brave Union sol
pate, and cfter deducting the two last items | dice who carried captive the hart of a beau,
ruled out by the court, the sum of $2722 | tiful and wealthy heiress at Richmond. and
22 of monies received by Brown, and not ac- |
counted fur,
| is soon to be married to her, is Sergt, Moul
| ton, of New Haven, ot the 3d regiment. —
| Lie wag taken prisoner at Bull Run, sent to
Brown's connsel— and they were legion — | Richwond and attracted the notice of the
and we may here mention their names, viz : | Yung lady, who supplied t he object of her
2 r a.) . | affecty ith clothing, | i
Swope, of the Clearticld Bar, MoAilister, ey foliation, ee Dondy,
Blanchard Durham, Wilson and Hale, com. eloped from the rebel capital in order to
maneed their defence--a novel ane indeed-— | share his fortunes.
The Terrible Hive of Wars
It is difficult to conceive what fearful hav-
oc the custom of war has made of huwan
life. Some of its incidental ravages seem to
defy belief. Tt has,-at times, enurdlv de
populated immense distriets. In modern,
as well as ancient times, larg: tracts have
been left so utterly desolate that one might’
‘pass from village to viiltge, even from city
to city, without finding a solitary inhabi-
tant. The war of 1750, wag: d in the heart
Europe, left. in one instance, no less than
twenty contiguous villages without a single
man or beast. The thirty years’ war, in
the seventeenth century. reduced the popu-
lation of Germany trom 12 000.000 to 3.000-
000—three fourths ; and that of Wirtem-
burg from 500 000 to 48.000 —more than
nine tenths | Thirty villages destroyed ; in
many others the population entirely died
out ; and 'n districts once studded with
towns and ciiies, there sprang up immense
forests.
Look at the havoc of seizes; in that of
Londonderry 12 000 soldiers. besides a vast
number of inhabitants 5 in that of Paris. in
the seventeenth century. 30 000 vie ims of
were hungr 3 mn that of Malphiquet, 34
000 soldiers alone 1 in that of Ismail 40.-
000 5 of Vienna 700.000 ; of Ostand 120
000 Mexico. 150 000 ; of Acre, 300 000 ;
of Carthuge, 700,000 ; of Jerusalen, 1.00,
000 ?
Mark the slaughter of single battles —at
Tepanta, 25.000: at Anstraliiz 50,000 at
Eylau. 60.000 ; at Waterloo and Quaria
Bras, ene engagement in fact 100 000 ; at
Borodine at Fontenny. 100 000; at Arbdla.
300.000 ; at Chalons, 300,000 of Attilla’s
army along : 400,000 Usipetes slain by Ju-
lius Cgesar in due vattle ; and 430 000 Ger
aus in another.
Take ouly two cases. The army of Xo
xes says Ur. Dick. must have an ounted to
5 288 320 ; and if the aitendants were only
one third as great as common at the present
time in eastern countries, the sum total must
have reached nearly 6.000 000. Yet, m one
year this vast mulitude was reduced. though
not enurely by death, to 300 000 fighting
men ; and of these only 8 000 escaped de-
struction. Jenhiz Kihn, the terrible rava-
ger of Asia in the (thirteenth century, shot
90,000 on the plains of Nessa, and massa
cred 200,000 at the storming of Charaism.
In the Herat district. he butchered 1,600,
000 ; and in two cities, with her dependen
cies, 1,700 000, During the last 27 years
of his long reizn, he is said to have massa~
cred more than half a million every year;
and in the first fourteen years, he is sup-
posed. by Chinese historians, to have de
stroyed not less than 18 000,000 : a sum
total of 32,000,000 in forty one years!
To any view, what a fell destroyer is war |
Napoleon's wars sacrifice: d some 6 000 000 ;
and all the wars consequent on the French
revolution, some nine or ten millions. The
Spania ds are saia to have destroyed. in 42
years, more than 12.000.000 of Awmerican
Indians Grecian wars sasnified 15 00.000 :
Jewish wars. 25 000 000 ; the wars of the
twelve Ciesars, 30 000.000 ; wm all the wars
of the .vmans before Juhns Cwsar. 60,-
000,000 ; th: wars of the Roman Empire. of |
the Saracens. and the Turks. 60 000 000
each : those of the Taars. 80 000 000 ;
those of Africa. 100,0000 000! «If we take
into consideration.” says the learned Dr.
Dik, *the number not only of those who
have fallen in battle, but of those who have
perished through the natural c nsequences
of war, we will not. perhaps, be over rating
the destruction of haman life, if we are to
affi-m that one teuth of the human race has
been destroyed by the ravazes of war ; and
according to the estimate. more than 14,
000 000,000 of hawman beings have been
slaughtered m war since the beginmng of
tae world.” Edmund Burke went sull furs
ther, and reckoned the sum total of its 1av
ages, from the first, at no less than 35 000,-
400,000.
eee) BP Br me
How We were Surprised at Pittsburg.
A Chaplain of an lllinois regiment sta-
tioned at Paducah, in mixing and convers-
ing with the inhabitants of that place, who
almost unanimously side with the rebellion,
discovered several davs before the battle of
Siitloh that an attack in force was about to
be made by Johoston and Beauregard upon
our army
The Secessionists at Paducah asserted
that the rebel army at Corinth was rapidly
being augmented to a force 150.000 strong ;
that thie plan of the rebel leaders. as avowed
in camp and wale known to their friends
abroad, was to make a sudden and tremend-
ous attack upon (zen. Grant and annihilate
his army.
The information gamed by the Chaplain,
was so evidently reliable, and made such an
mmpression upon his mind, that ne eft his
post and went to Pittsburg Landing. to lay
the matter befure Gen. Grant. and urge him
to make vstant preparation wo meet the at
tack which he was confident would take |
place. He reached Pittshury on Friday, the
4th inst. and sought an anterview with
Gen. Grant.
It was a most unsatistactory one, ~~ After
giving the information that had made him so
anxious and uneasy, the commanding offi
cer, instead of exhibiting the interest in it
that had been expected, dismissed the Chap-
lain with the remark tnat he ought to be ars
rested for leaving his post without orders.
Disappointed in his interview at head-
qa rters, the Chaplain sought the quarters
of the division commanders, but found none
of them at home except Gen. Prenuss. To
Gen. Prentiss he revealed the object of his
visit, stated th information apon which he,
based his conviction of an impending attack,
declared with emphasis that “the enemy
would be upon us within forty eight hours,”
and urged the vital nnportance of prepara-
tion to meet him
Bat General Prentiss hardly listened to
him with patience, and repeated General
Grant's rebuse that he ought to be arrested
for leaving his post without orders. Gen.
Prentiss admitted that every thing was in
confusion, and that the army was in no son
dition for an attack ; but when the Chap
lain suggested that some-thing might be
done to place the camps in readiness. he
d smissed the subject with the remark,
‘Lei them come, we can whip them any-
how.”
On Sunday morning following the Chap
laiv, who had slept on une of the transports
at the Landing, rose up with the subject
still pressing heavily upon his’ mind. He
felt confident that the attack would take
place that day. All was quiet at the Land-
ing, but when he ascended. the bluff, and
started to the front of our Ines, alout three
mules distant, he heard, for the first time,
the roaring sound of the enemy's’ guns, and
shortly afterwards, saw the first lot of
wounded soldiers borne past him. In a few
hours the vicums were bronght in bv hun-
dreds. and laid upon the shore and upon
the unladen vessels which had not been pre
pared to receive them. :
The medical and hospital department was
in the same confusion and disorder ‘ha:
characterized everything else ; and the few
surgeons that made their appearance upon
the boats, though laboring till they fell
down with fatigue, seemed scarcely to make
a beginning of the herculean work before
them —St. Louis News.
(* The editor of the San Antonio Ledger
complains of having been ‘picked up.” -
Probably, if he hadn’t been, he would have
perished where be lay.
| The police recently closed
PEN, PASTE & .CISSORS.
IZ" Pleasant but cool-- The westher.
I7Coming —T he gel-lorious Fourth.
177 Look well— The grain iiclds.
0Z7At band -@orn planting time.
JZ Read the new advertisements.
[Gone to Jersey Shore—Our friend
Cassiday.
17 Handzome —The B.llefonte girls.—
So says cur Sian 2
I77It seems singular that the fierce
flame in the bosoms of some of our charm-
ing Rebel women does not set their cotton
on fire, — Prentice.
Z=Gen. Ord, 1t is stated, is to be pro
moted toa Major Generalship, and will
probably succed Gen. M’Call in command of
the Pennsylvania reserves.
07 After the battle of Shiloh, a man
could have walked half a mile by stepping
from ove dead body to another,” The dead
were as thick as graves in a fashionable
~emetry.
IZA person wrote from here to the
Cleveland Herald last week hat Louisville
was the dirtie st eity he ever saw. He shoud
have added that he himsell was the dirtiest
fellow in it. —- Prentice.
1t requires little acquaintance with the
heart. to know that woman's first wish 1s
to be handsome. and that conscquently the
readiest method of obtaining her kindness
1s to praise her beauty.
TA gentieman lately heard a laborer
gravely inform two comrades that a seventy
four pounder is a cannon that sends a pound
ball exactly seveutv four miles.
[IZ The Mobile Register responds to the
call upon the people to bring forward their
brass to be moulded into cannon. It thinks
the lawyers and members of Congress now
bave a chance o relieve the wants of the
Confederacy from their large store of that
article. Prentice.
177 The Rebels have made a great many
infernal machines that won't explode. Their
rebellion is an infernal machine that will. —~
Prentice.
[77Curtis has driven Price oat of Misso-
uri and is driving hin out of Arkansas —
‘ No blame is attached to the driver. —Pren-
tice. :
IAs there can’t well be too much of a
good thing. pretty rebel women shon'd be
pressed and re-pressed:— Prentice.
17 The terms of the Watchman hereaf
ter will be one Dollar and fifty cents in ad
| vance. No new subscriptions will ‘be re-
ceived except upon these terms.
TZ78omeboly who writes more trathfully
than poetically says»
* An.angel now a days. without money is
not thought so much of as a devil with a
bag full of guineas.”
1=They have a pig in Hamshire so thor
oughly educated that he has taken to music.
They regulate his tune by twisting his tail
~—the greater the twist the higher the note
IZ An Irish juize said, when address
inz a prisoner, *¢ Yon are to be hanged and
I hope it will prove a warning to you.”
77 lhe New Orleans Delta contains an
advertisiment for round steel rods and la
dies worn out steel hoops, The Rebels find
that lightning had struck them so frequent
ly they are going into the manufacture of
lightning 10ds for their deferce.—Pren
tice.
174 correspondent of the Jackson Miss
issippian prowises to take the stump to raise
volunteers if his friends will find him a
horse. Certainly if he does tak: the stump,
his friends will find him an ass.—Pren~
tice
I" Reports say tha! the Russian govern-
ment has objected to receive ex-Secretary
Cameronas L. S minister to its court. —
The Czar is probably afraid sucha resident
would teach his officials some lessions that
would be detrimental to the financial vauolis
of the empire.
I77Building a Picture car—J. S. Barnhart
is building a picture car, on the hill by the
Court House. Smith is about ‘0 resume his
old business. Hope he may find it more
profitable than editing a newspaper.
0Z7In clover-—Our friend Kurtz of the
Central Press has been elested Chief Bur-
gess, of Bellefonte. We congratulate onr
cotemporary on his newly acquired honors,
and hope he will wear them with becoming
modesty. Really editors are coming up.
IZ7Mr. Charles A. Dana the managing
editor of the New York Tribune has ceased
his connection with that paper.
077 The Anstrians have an odd way of
increasing the circulation of newspapers. —
twenty seven
coffee houses in Venice because they refua
sed to take the Verona Gazette.
T7An army of 600000 men. eat
600 tans of provisions. and drink 1.200 hogs
heads of water per day.
T7Prentice says + We shouldnt
wonder if. wherever rebels against the con.
stitution, such ag Wendell Phlillps. make
appointments to lectare. the patriotic hens
there commenced laying rotten eggs a week
beforehand.
17> Thurlow Weed, in a recent letter from
Europe, says that the persistence of our
volunteers mn facing batteries and storming
redounts, under fire has won the commen
dation of veteran wil ary officers’in Europe
who look for no sach results in raw volun-
teers.
It is stated that Mr. Archibald Gracie,
who figured conspicuously, a while ago, in
anti secession excitement at 1 zabeth
town, N. J., has turned up as a major in
the Eleventh Alabama regiment. [eis
said to be a relative of Gen. Scott.
Oy
With mortar, paxian and petard,
We tender old Abe our Beauregard.
These lines wer: gotten up by newspa
per wags on the occasion of the surrender
of Fort Sumpter. The Kentucky Banner,
gives a retort which 1s good, though we have
waited long for it:
With Rebels all routed and flying in fear,
We tender Jeft Davis our Foote to nis
rear.
77 A weather beaten veteran in the ser.
vice of General Alcohol, crawled in before
the fire in a public house in this town last
week and seating himself began to cough
tremendously.
«+ Mister,”
got a cold.”
Have I!" said the other, “ pon my hon-
or, Pm glad of it. ['m so wretched poor it's
a consolation to get anything.”
1770n a tombstone near San Diego Cali
fornia. the ius>ription reads thus:
++ This yere is sakrid to ‘he memry of
William Henry Sharaken. who caim to his
death by bein shot "y a Oolt’s revolver
one of the old kind brass mounted and of
such is the kingdom oi heaven.”
177Dr. Johnson, traveling in the North
of Scotland, could uot see a house or tree
10 riding a great many miles, nothing but
desolation and barrenness every where pro-
senting themselves to his view, till at last
he cast his eyes on a crow that was perched
on the stump ofan old tree, chawing with
violence for the want of food, which the
Doctor observing, could not help crying out,
** Caw. caw, and be d—d to you, if you
Tq 1,
saysa by stander, ¢ you've
stay in such a country as this you oaght
to starve.”
Yorktown Evacuated!
DESPATCH FROM GEN. McCLKLLAN.
Occupation of York'own and Gloucester
pont - The Cavalry and Flying Artillery
in Pursuit — The Gun boats in York riv-
er Transporting Troops.
HEAD QUARTERS ARMY ov Toe Potomac
May 4-9 o'clock, A M.
Jo the Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary
of War : —
- We have the enemy's ramparts, their guns
ammunition, camp equipages, &:, an
hold the entire line of his works, which the
engin ers report as being very strong.
I have thrown all my -avalry and horse
artillery in pursuit, supporied by iufantry,
I move Gen. 'ranklin’s Division, and as
much more as [ can by water. up to West
Point to day. No time shall be lost. Our
gun boats have gone vp York River.
T omitted to state that Gloucest:ris also
in our possesion. [shall follow the enemy
to the wall.
(Signed)
G.B Mc(LELLAN,
Major General.
Yorktow:: Evacuated by the Rebels.
The United States Troops Now in Possess
won ~A Large Number of Cannon, and
Larze Quantities of Camp Equipage Cap
tur ed
Fortress Monroe, May 4, —Y rktown
was evacuated by the Rebels last night, and
our troops now occupy the enemy’s works.
A large amount of camp equipage and
guns. which they could not destroy, for fear
of being seen, were left behind.
Despatch From Gen. Wool.
ForTrE<s MONROE. May 4, 4 o'clock, P.
M -To the Hon. E. M. Stanton. Secretary
of War :—You no doubt have been inform
ed by General McClellan that his troops are
in Yorktown.
Jory E, WooL, Major General,
Still Later From Yorktown.
FROM THE ARMY CORRESPONDENT OF ASSOCIA-
TED PRESS.
Heap QUARTERS ARMY oF THE Potomac.
May 1. 1862.-—~This morning a: five o’cluck,
your correspondent entered the enemy's
‘works, which the rear of their army deser-
ted four heurs before.
Everything was found to be in utter con-
fusion. as though they had left mn great
haste. Between forty and fifty pieces of
heavy artillery have been left in their works
after being spiked. together with camp equip
age tents and the private propertv of their
officers.
A negro, whe was left in the town, states
that the Rebels threw a large amount of
ordnance stores into the river to prevent
their {ling into our hands.
Several deserters have succeeded in run-
ning into our lines one of them a very intel
ligent man from New York, who had been
connected with the ordnance department
ever since the works at Yorktown had been
constracted.
He states that the Rebels evacuated ow.
ing to the near approach of oar parallels
covering the immense siege works of our
men. That they feared the success of the
Union gun boats in the York and James rivs
ers by means of which their communication
with the outer world would be cut off
The order was given to evacuate by Gen
| Johnson on Thursuay to commence the
following morning, which was accordingly
done.
Gen, Magruder is said to have most stren-
ously opposed the measure, stating that tf
they could not whip the Federals here there
was no other place in Virginia where they
co nld, and that he swore in the presence of
his men. who vociferously cheered him, lo-
sing co plete control of himself
General Robert EB Lee the Commander-in-
thief. arrived in Yorkiown on Wednesday,
and minutely examined the works of ‘eClel
lan. when he is supposed to have recommen.
ded the abandenment of the works, deeming
them untenable
The deserters all agree in stating that
their troops were very much demoralized
and dissatisfied when the order was made
public, as they all anticipated having an en-
gagement at this point. They also agree in
the statement that the Rebels had 100 000
men on the Peninsula, with 400 pieces of
field artillery
Frow the best information received, they
have fallen back to Chickahommy creek, be
yond Williamsburg, where it is expected
they will make a stand.
The Pursuit.
Immediately on the facts becoming known
the troops were ordered under arms, and
are now in moon from the right and left
wing of the army. A large force under
General Stoneman, consisting of cavalry, ars
tillery and infantry, are on the advance and
will probably come up with the rear of the
enemy before might, if they remain near
Wilhamsburg.
The gun boats have passed ahove York-
town and are now shelling the shore on their
way up. Following them is a large steamer
and vessels loaded with troops who will ef
fect a landing
Gen. Magruder swore he was not afraid of
Gen. McClellan if Gen, Lee was, and if he
coud not successfully ftzht him here he
could nowhere. .
Only one man was left in Yorktown, and
he was a negro. Gen. Jameson and Col.
Samuel Black were the first to enter the en
emy’s main works. The only casuality that
occurred was the killing of two men aud the
wounding of three, by the explosion of a
conce led shell within the enemy's works. —
The fo lowing are their names. They be-
long t¢ Company A. Fortieth New York :—
Killed —@&earge McFarland and Michael
McDermott. Wounded —Sergeant James
Smith, Frederick Slack and Lawrence
Burns.
The works are very extensive and show
that they were designed by scientific engi-
neers.
LATER.
Seventy-one Guns Abandoned nt Glouces-
ter.
An official report just made to headquar
ters shows that the enemy left seventy one
guns in the works at Gloucester Point. The
ordnance stores were also left.
Another deserter has just come in and re~
ports that Jeff, Davis came with General
Lee on Wednesday last, and after a consul-
tation with the most prominent officers, all
agreed as to the evacuation except (feneral
Magruder
From Corinth —Its Supposed Evacuation,
Cuicago, May 3.
The Memphis Argus of the 20th ult., has the
following despatohes .
Corivra, Ajyril 28—Beauregard is moving large
bodies of troo) 8 southward, some go by rail and
otiers afoot. Few have gone vest. Itis gener.
ally understood he is evacuating, though he de-
clines auswering questions ard says President
Davis understands his movements.
Corinth, April 28.—Purdy was evacuated last
night and has since been burned. Every build.
ing is said to be destroyed. The Yankees are
said to be moving in that direction. Our outposts
| bad a skirmish with their advance early this
8. CEP ing sixty pri inoluding 9
commissioned officers.
The Capture of New Orleans.
‘CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN COM. FAR-
RAGUT AND THE MAYOR.
The following correspondence. taken from
the Richmond Enguirer of yesterday, which
city it reached by telegraph, was to day re~
cei. ed at the War Department. The corres
pondenee is between the Mayor of New Or
leans and Flag Officer Farragut :
UNirep States Frac-surp Hartrorn.
OFF NEW ORLEANS, April 26 1862,
To His Excellency, the Mayo of the City of
New Orleans :
Sir : — Upon my arrival before your city, I
had the honor to send to your honor Captain
Bailey. U. 8. N. second in command of the
expedition. to demand of you the surrender
of New Orleans 10 me as the representative
of the Government of the United Srates.—
Captain Bailey reported the result of an in-
terview with yourself and the military auth.
orities. It must occur to your honor that it
18 not within the province of a naval officer
to assume the daties of a military comman
dant, 1 came here to reduce New Orleans
to obedience to the laws of, and to vindicate
the offended majesty of. the Government of
the United States. The rights of persons
find property shall be secured. T therefore
demand of you, as it8 representative, the
unqualified surrender of the city, and that
the emblem of the sovereignty of the United
States be hoisted over the City Hall, Mint
and Custom house by meridian, this day,
and all flags and other emblems of sovereign-
tv other than that of the United Srates he
removed from all the public buildings by
that hour. T particularly request that you
shall exercise your authority to quell dis-
turbanees, restore order, and call upon the
good people of New Orleans to retun at
once to their vocations, and I particularly
demand that no person shall be molested in
person or properiy, for expressing senti
ments of loyalty to their Government. I
shall epeedily and severely punish any per
son or persons who shall commit such ont-
rages as were witnessed yesterday, by arm-
ed men firing upon helpless women and
children for giving expression to their p/eas-
ure at witnessing the * old flag.”
I am, very respectfully,
. G. FarraGer,
Flag-officcr Western Gulf Squadron.
THE REPLY.
MaYoR'SOFFIcE, Crry oF New Orrravs,
Crry Harr, April 26 1862.
Flag Officer D. G. Farragut, U. S. Flas
Ship Hartford:
Sir : In pursuance ofa resolution, which
we thought proper to take. out of regard
for the lives of the women and children, who
still crowd the metropolis Gen, Lovell has
evacuated jt with his troops and restored
back to me the administration of its govern
ment, and the custody of its honor. [I have
in council with the city fathers, considercd4
the demand you made of me yesterday of an
unconditional surrender of the city. conpled
with a requisition to hoist the flag of the
United States on the public edifices, and
haul down the flag that still floats upon the
brecae from the dome of this hall. It be-
comes my duty to transm t to you an ans
wer which the universal sentiment of my
constitticnts no less than the prompting of
my own heart dictates on this sad and sol
emn occasion, The city is without the
means of defence, and is utterly destitute of
the force and material that might enable it
to resist an overpowering armament dis
played in sight of it.
I am no military man. and possess no an-
thority beyond that of exeenting the muni
cipal laws of the city of New Orleans, there
fore it would be presumptnous in me to at
tempt to lead an army to the fleld 1f I had
one at command ; and I know still 1nss how
to surrender an undefended place. held as
this is at the mercy of your gunners and
your mortars. To surrender such a place
were an idle and unmeaning ceremony —
The city is yours by the power of brutal!
force, not by my choice or the consent of the
inhabitants. Ttis for you to determine
what will be the fate that awaits it, As to
hoisting any flig not of our own adoption
and allegiance, let me say to you that the
man lives not in our midst whose hand and
| beart would not be paralized at the mere
thought of such an act ; nor conld I find, in
my entire constituency. so desperate and
wretched a renegade as would dire to pro
fane with his hands the sacred emblem of
our aspirations,
Sir, you have manifested sentiments
which would become one engaged in a bet-
ter cause than that to which you have de-
voted your sword. I doubt not that they
spring from a noble though deluded nature,
and T know how to appreciate the emotions
which inspired them. You have a gallant
people to administrate during your dceu-
pancy of this city—a people sensitive to all
that can in the least affect their dignity and
self respect. Pray. sir, do not fail to re
gard their susceptibilities. The oblizations
which T shall assume in their name shall be
religiously complied with. You may timst
their honor, though you might not count on
their submission to unmerited wrong.
In conclusion. T heg you to urderstand
that the people of New Orleans, while una-
ble to resist your force, do not allow them
selves to be insulted by the interference of
such as have rendered themselves obnox-
ions and contemptible by their dastardly de-
sertion of our cause in the mighty struggle
in which we are engaged, or such as might
remind them too forcibly that they are the
conquered. and yours the conquerois.—
Peace and order may be preserved withont
resort to measures which I could not at this
moment prevent. Your occupying the city
does not transfer allegiance from the Gov
ernment of their choice to one which they
have deliberately repudiated, but they yield
the obedience which the corqueror is entiv
tled to extort from the conquered.
Respectfully, Jonx F. MONROE,
Mayor.
———————. SB
QureN VICTORIA OUR PRESIDENT. —Extract
from Mr. Tran’s speech : tis
We are living in a whirlinz age; it is no
longer the Divine right of Kings in your
case, but the divine right of Queens; and
on our side is a divine right which we shall
ever maintain, of Union Now AND UNION
Forever. Should it ever so happep mn the
breaking up of Ministries, and the breaking
down of Governments, that you should be
come tired of the noble lady that has done
alreadv more for England than England can
do for her—should it ever so happen in the
strange vicissitudes that are takmg place
during this age of events, that your Queen
should be distasteful to you—which God
forbid. and which I believe impossible, then
let me say to you, in the name of the Amer-
ican people—I hereby promise that she
shall be elected President of the United
States.
rrp pg rpms
GEN. Sil. —This gallant soldier recently
received an intimation that some of his coun-
trymer. were desirous of contributing to-
wards a testimonial of his benefit. His re-
ply was, that if his countrymen were desi-
rous of doing something that would be ap~
preciated by him, they could do nothing
more fitting or appropriate than to raise
sowe $20,000 or 30,000 for the benefit of the
FROM BURNSIDE’S COMMAND.
Union Account of the Fght at Elizabeth
City and Capture of Fort Macon.
Fortress MONROE, May 2, 3 P. M.—The
French steamer Gassend: arrived from
Washington this afternoon.
The steamer Julia Farren has arrived
from Newbern this morning, having left that
place on Tuesday. She brings the meils
and official despatches.
All the previously reported particulars of
tire capture of Fort-Macon are confirmed.~-
The fort surrendered on Friday evening, and
all the stores ind ammunitjon (the latter in
a large quantity) were captured.
The fort was garrisoned immediately by
Union troops Everything was quiet when
the Julia Farren leit.
There was no other news in that vicinity.
Only one man is reported killed on our side
during the bombardment. The enemy lost
seven men
By the Julia Farren we have the Union
accounts of the fight above Bhzabeth city,
previous'y reported Gen. Reno was de-
spatciied by Gen. Bvrnside on the 17th, with
five regiments and four pieces of arnllery,
as previously stated, to Elizabeth city,
thence to move in the direction of Norfolk.
The special correspondent of the New
York Tribune gives the following particulars :
Gen. Reno landed st Elizabeth city and
sent Col. Hawkins, by a cirenitous route, to
getin front of the enemy, and followed with
a part of the remaining force. After march-
ing twenty wiles, the enemy was found en-
trenched, with batteries in a position on the
edge of a woods which commanded the ap-
proaches overan open field,
Col. Howard, of the Marine artillery, who
was in the advance, put his pieces fr posi=
tion and fired upon the enemy, and for three
hours there was an artillery duel.
Col. Uawking's force got astray, and
and f und themselves four miles jn General
Reno's rear. Gen. Reno sent regiments to
the right and left to outflavk the enemy,
the movement being finely executed, and
there was a prospect of bagging the whole
rebel force. when Hawkins came up. Reno
ordered him to the right, but on coming
l'into the open field, be eharged on the ene-
my with the bayonet, and received the fire
of beth batteries and all the Rebel In-
fantry. Hawkins was wounded in the arm
and Adjutant Gadsden was killed.
A charge was then made by the other
regiments on both flanks of the enemy, rout-
ing him. The rebels then retreated to the
canal Jocks and thenee to Norfolk.
Gen. Reno pronounces the engagement
one of the most brilliant affairs he ever saw.
Our loss in 2ommissioned officers was one
killed and seven wounded 5 non commission -
ed oflizers, two killed and thirteen wound-
ed ; pri x kiiled and forty wounded.
Ger. Burnside positively ordered Gen.
Reno not to advance any further towards
Norfolle, the object being to feel the strength
of the encmy in his rear. So, after remain.
ins for six hours on the field of battle, Gen.
Renn returned to Eizabeth City. Not hav:
mg enough wagons and the men being ex.
hausted by the severe march, seyenteen of
our wounded were left on the fizld in charge
of a surgeon, witha flag of truce. These
Lave since arrived at Fortress Monroe. The
enemy's loss was larger than ours.
Gen, Halleek’s Army,
The Killed and Wounded at the Pitts:
burg Fight.
Prre-norc LavpiNg. May 2 —A general
order wus issued yesterday transferring
Major-Gen. Thomas's division (rom the army
of Ohio to the army of Tennessee, n~d Maj.
Gen. Thomas takes command of the army
fornrerly ander Gen. Grant, of which the di-
visions of tiens. MeClernand and Lew Wal-
bien are to constitute the reserve, under
command of Gen. McClernand.
Major Gen. Grant will retain the com-
mand of his district, including the army
corps of Tennessee, but in the present
movements he will act as second in coms
mand under the Major General commanding
the Department.
Cicrsyare. May 2 —The Commercial
has. from its correspondent with Gen. Hal-
lecks army, the following official figures of
our loss at the battle of Pittsburg Landing :
Gen. McClernand’s Divison—Killed 251
© Wound. 1351
Missing 236
Gen. W. HI. I. Wallace's —Killed 228
Wound. 1033
Missing 1163
Gen. Lewis Wallace's Com. —Killed 43
Wound. 257
Missing 5
Gen. Harlbut's Command —- Killed 313
Wound. 1449
Missing 223
Gen. Sherman’s Command — Killed 437
Wound. 1401
Missing 482
Gen. Prentiss’s Command-—Killed 196
Wound. 562
Missing 1802
Gen. Crittenden’s Command-Killed 82
Wound. 410
Missing 20
Gen. Nelson's Command—Killed 93
Wound. 612
Missing IO
Gen. McCook’s Command —Killed 94
Wound. 806
Missing =» 4
Total killed 1,735
Total wounded 7,882
Total missing 3,956
Total killed, wound. & missing 13,763
About three hundred of the wounded have
since died.
Our burial parties report that between
twenty-five hundred and three thousand
Rebels have been found dead on the field.
el Gren
17= We have from a Gallatin (‘'enn.) lady
a long letter, which, after abusing us as
roundly as only weman can, closes thus:
But. enough ; my heart sickens in contem-
plation of such a demon as you. One con-
solation however, abides with the certain
reward which awaits*you. *¢ The lake that
burns with fire ’ shall not always yearn for
its promised elements; as the wailings of
the damned rise upon that liquid flame, the
loudest deepest longest wail, the most pity-
ing plaint of woe, the bitterest utterances of
remorse, will issue from the lost spirit of
Geo. D. Prentice.
MINNIE MINDEN.
There is poetry init. If ‘Minne’ will grant
us the favor of a personal interview, we shali
be happy to talk over with her the subjects
matter of her letter calmly and dispassion-
ately. One thing is evident—she expests,
that when our wailings shall float over the
waves of hell, she will be near enough to
enjoy the music. Perhaps our noise and
bers will make better concord there than
they do here..—Louisville Journal.
re
[7 The fellow in Philadelphia, who was
fined a hundred dollars last week for biting
off a man’s ear, paid a big price for a mean
dioner.— Prentice.
4 A Memphis paper praises Floyd as a
« scarred warrior.” Let the thewditor spell
« scarred” with an r the less, and he will
J families of German volunteers.
tell a truth the more. .
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+
Minnie Minden?’ is a pretty ral
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