BY DAVID OYER.
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Jan. 23, 1862. \
Written for the Inquirer.
BY J. H. MILLER.
A dark, dark cloud is hanging
O'er our once happy land;
The cry of war is ringing
Far down her Southern strand;
Her coble sons are flocking
From Xorth and Eat and West,
Their war cry is for freedom,
They'll see her wrongs redressed.
They still remember Sumpter,
By traitorous bands destroyed;
Yhsy do'm forget the actions
Of tbe dastard traitor Floyd;
They hold the sacred Union
.N'cit in their love to God,
Aud ere they see it severed,
They'll lie beneath the tod.
They'll see her noble standard
Float o'er both land and mainy
And crush this great rebellion
Era tbey return again.
Some hare left their homesteads
Witfcou; a helping hand.
Because they loved their country
And for its cause they'll stand.
Many from tbe work shops,
And ploughing too have come.
To render her assistance
Ere she is broken down;
1 he stndeut from the schoolroom
Has left bis mates in tears,
#*<7 know tby cannot see hinj, j
Perhaps, lor many years.
But when we speak of those who've come
And mustered at tbe call,
We'i! speak of those who've staid at heme,
And their excuse a it ball.
One staid because of inward fits,
Another loved his gal,
And said if he would go and list
He ne'er could marry Sal.
We too have left our homes and friends,
And everything behind,
Twas not for want of that respect
Which us to them should bind;
*Tas that we might the tribute pay
The country claimed of us,
And then return some future day
On freedoms soil to rear.
We acknowledge the receipt of your valuable
paper, from time to time, and were it not that you
have correspondents in the regiment we should
have written to you more frequently. Lieut. Liv.
jngston annfed safe at last. He took the measles
at Foitress Mouioe, end was forced to remain two
weeks in hospital. He brings several presents for
the boy from friends at home; among oibtr things
are quiie a number of pairs stockings lor which tbe
ladies of ScheilsUxrg and vicinity have our warm
est thanks.
The boys are mostly well. All tfiat remained
behind ns in hospital are now here and in good
spirits. A forwaid movement is about being* put in
tnotian. An expedition is about leaving here for
SauAfiDub. We expect to go along, if so we will
no doubt have a good time. We wanton the main
land, and until we get there, we wiil not feel fat
iaflcd. I close and'yon will Lear from as again.
J.ll. Ai.
For the Inquirer.
QUAKERS WILL FIGHT.
It is a very common say tog among the peo
ple of a certain political party, that Quakers
•re not esteemed as good and valuable citizens
oa aooouot of their conrcieccious scruples
against Wars and Fightings. They, the Qua
kers, adopting the views aud teachings of ths
Saviour oa that eubjeec. Rut wo find that
wbea our Country and Laws arc assailed, by
any set of people either at home or abroad,
they are up ia arms for the defence of the
country. This subject has becu brought 'o
my mind recently, by the faot that twenty-sev
en of ouryouogmen, ia St. Clair and papier
Townships, that have been born of quaker pa
rents are now ia tbe Union araiy, fighting for
their Country. This fact shows that many
peraons have been mistaken in the e-jtiuiatiou
tbey bave formerly placed in our young Qua*
ker Roys. In order to substantiate my oiate
ruent, I will name some of theui, that are this
day in tbe aruiy, viw: Morris Walker. B. H.
Walker, .A suite i Walker, wm. Harbaegb,
Jason Uarbaugh, Joseph Miller, Thomas Gr
ratson, Eli Garrdtsun, George Garretson, Phil
ip Miller, John Smith, Wilson Davis, War.
Mi;er, Josiah Sleek, Thomas Sleek, Samuel
Sieck, E. W. Davis, Charles Davis, Nathan
Davis, Wai. Davis, Samuel Carson, Joseph
Hsrbaugh, George Harbsugb, Nathan Smith,
Robert Smith, Moses Garretson, Jeremiah
Gordon.
ST. CLAIR TP.
Ingratitude is a crime so shameful that the
man *i never yet .found who would acknowi*
edge huneelf guilty of it.
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LETTERS FROM OUR SOLDIERS
Hatos Hxad, S. 0. )
Feb. 2ad 1862. J
*Mr. Editor: Dear Sir: —
[ avail myself of the
present opportunity, of dropping a few lines to
you, to letyoa know bow we arc getting along
here in'-'Dixie's Lsnd." We are encsmped
about one mile from Hilton Head wharf, and
are getting along finely. We draw fresh bread
every evening, but we would much rather have
the army orackera, when they ere good ones
but we don't like some crackers that we bave
been getting, they are too much like bran crack*
era. Our meat is not very, well relished by
sctno, but we bave got used to eating most
any tiling that is in the eating line. We are
not at a loss for a change here for we can get
plenty of fresh opened oysters for ten oeuts a
quart. We oftet) indulge in a good plate,
though we have to pay fifty cents a pound for
butter, to eook them with. Our butter is cheap
to what butter is iu some of the other Regi
ments, 1 have known of some men to pay one
dollar for a pound of butter, it is a little hard
but as ibe Suttier cues to the trouble of hav
ing it brought on here be cannot sell it for less
and get paid for bis trouble. 1 bave been iu I
bis store and Lave sees some of bis bills and j
know bow much be bad to pay for many tbiugs.
Sonic of the toldier# blame him when they
ought to thank biui for there is not every man
i that would lay ont bis money for goods, and
then trust the Soldiers for the good?, that be
paid tbe money for. He cannot bring goods
here and sell tbetu as cheap as tbe merchants
can at home. The last week back we have
heatd some very heavy cannonading ia (he di
rection of Fort Pulaski. There are a great
many rumors afloat through the camp, but there
ia as yet nothing definite. I left Bedford on
I the 13tb, of Dec. to come to the Regiment.—
i Lieut. Livingston and myself bad to lay over
• in Harrisbnrg one week before we could get
! transportations. We left there on Sunday in
j the. morning train for Bultituore. We saw
some very ancient looking buildings along the
road after we crossed the line into Maryland,
j The land was very rough. 1 thought we had j
, ail the rough land in Bedford Coanty, but 1
Maryland beats our county, especially the part
:of Maryland that we went through. W'e ar- j
. rived ia Bahimore about nine o'clock the earns
morning. 1 was much pleased with the city,
j the prettiest thing that X saw while I was there j
i was the Washington Monument. We left
Baltimore on Sunday eveuiug about 7 o'eiOek
j for Fortress Monroe, where we arrived about
!9 o'cloek tbe next moruing. We were taken
into the Fort, where comfortable quarters were
provided for us. The first day I spent in Fort
Monroe was my twenty second birth day, it
i was a day long to be reum-tubered by me. We
had to lay there three weeks, during which
time Lieur. Livingston took the measles, and
got well before we were ready to leava for the
Uegt. We first gi* orders to report ours.lve.*,
about tto honored and fifty iu number, ou
board of toe S. R. Spaulding, but w were or*
dered hack to our quarters again, anu again on
Saturday evening we were ordered back. On
Sunday we ail marched ou board and in half
an hour afterwards, were glidiug over tbc wa
; tors of the (Jhesepeake Bay, towards Cape
Henry. The next morning about eleven o'clock :
we anchored at Hatteras Inlet, 1 got sea sick,
but gqt over it in a short time. 1 spent most
of tuy time on deck looking far off into the
I distant boricm. We could not see land for
1 nearly two days, then the shores of South C'ar
| olioa hove in sight. We were iost at sea for
at;le and did not know where we were, but
j wbeu toe fog cleared oft we were not much out
jof the way. We eould see Fort Royal en- j
trance long before we got to ir. Tbo masts of
the Frigate Wabash first hove in sight, then
• her bull. It was not iocg till the entrance
i looked like our woods in the middle of winter,
when the leaves are all (ft the trees. The
scene was beautiful. The vessels that formed
the blockade were Urge ships, steamers aud
schooners. The Steamer Cosmopolitan came
out and met us with a pilot on board. We ar
■ rived at Hilton Head on Wednesday afternoon,
but did not get on the land until Thursday af
ternoon. We were taken ashore in surf boats.
We did not get to our camp until searly dark;
and when we did wa had to go iu a camp by
ourselves, about tweuty yards from the Regt.
There were thirty two of us encamped togeth
er. The cause of our beiog put by ourselves
was that there was a young man of Uapt. Fil
lers, Company took the small pox on board the
ship. We bad to stay out by ourselves for one
week, and the poor fellow that bad the aurall
pox whose uam-J was Eli Harbaogb, was re=,
moved a short distance from camp, where be
died. None of th others have taken the dis
j ease. We have to dnil very bard. Oo last
: Friday we bad general inspection We got
; pur new ooafs yesterday and were on dress pa
< rade this morning. The Regiment looked well.
I We have good field and company officers.—
; Lieut. Livingston bag command of our Oompa
jny now. Capt Mullin hae been sick for some
weeks, but be is getting better slowly. 1 ex
pect he will go home as soon as he is able to
j go. fie i mhscd in his company very much.
I saw some of Capt. Ryce's boysjlo-day. They
are all well, but John fxiug, who is siek. All
the Bedford county boya look better than auy
otheia I see here. The climate agrees with
them.
Yours Respectfully,
JOSIAH HFSSONG.
HAMPSHIRE COCNTT, YA, T
Feb. .18, 1862. \
MR. EDITOR: BIR: —As the iaotemancy of
the weather won't permit any drilling, and no
doubt your numerous readers would be anx
, ions to hear of the late battle which occurred
BEDFORD, PA. FRIDAY. FEB. 28. 1862.
yesterday, at Bloomery Furnace, some twelve
utiles frotn Piwpaw fiction of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad. The attack was made
early iu the morning, and resulted in a com
plete route of the rebels. Their number wag
about three thousand, to about two thousand
of us. We took some sixty rebels prisoners,
amongst them was a Colonel, one Lieut. Col.
a Major, an Adjutant, and fifty six privates,
their loss in kilted and wounded was heavy,
our loss was only two killed and two wounded.
Several of our cavalry bad their horses shot
from under them. One of them killed out of
out force belonged to the Ringgold Cavalry of
Washington county, Pennsylvania. We had
a fotced march from South Branch to within
five miles of Bloomery Furnace where the bat
tle occurred. Wc are now encamped in a pine
woods. Our tent* are made of bru*b, with
rails laid agaiu9t tbe trees. Tbey are quite ;
oomfortable. We are within thirty six miles
of Winchester, and I hope by my next letter, j
to record the taking of it. The mountains are ,
so high iu Virginia that the wild geese never i
flew over them but once, and then it wan during a
reigning storm. It is very muddy here knee
deep.
The company is in deep regret on account
of tbe loss of two of the bravest and most i
patriotic soldiers we bad in tbe company, James
Mclluay, and Sergt. Croft. The former died in
Harrisburgb, and the latter at Bedford.
T. C. H. S.
Couip. C, 110 Regt.
P. V.
From Ihe Bedford Inquirer of March. 23 1880.
ELECTION OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS.
Get thee glass eyes,
And, like -a scurvy politician, seem
To see the things thou dost not— Skukepearr
Bless me! this is a political subject! 1 in
! almost afraid of contamination. 1 never could
exactly divins the difference between the poli
| ties and tbe small.pox, believing tbem to be
! equally contagious, and if I have heretofore
refrained fiotn making excursions into tbe field
of politics, it must be attributed to my utter
detestation of things political, in reference to
our Common Sobool system, but I am now to
deviate from the beaten track, and to call all
my friends, (and 1 hope that their nauie is Le
gion.) to go to tbe polls! to go early! stay late!
see that every voter is ont! have wagons in rea
■ dinees! to bring out those who don't care
whether Gioeral Jack*tt or Jcbu Qaioey Ads
arns is elected! to pay for liquor and other in*
dispensable*? to do the fighting! elbowing!
pitching! liquoring! and swearing! for the best
men in Bedford County for Schooi Direo
: tors.
Exactly ! The bat men did I say? yes the
best men beyond a peradventure. No office,
within the gift of the people, requires better
men, than tbe office, of-Common School Direc
tor. Let each Township make an effort to
place the best men in the field and they will be
elected, because the belt men are generally
beet appreciated.
j "Hello," shouts old Stiek-to-tbe-Ticket,
"you can't fool ibis child, nohow; there is
Timothy Gammou, tbe best man in our District
but you don't catch me voting for a Dem
! ocrat, no sir, I would support any man in pref
| erecee to bim yon may bet year life on it: blast
1 the Democrats. "Thunder and turf," bellows
old Hickory, "yon can't pull tbe wool over my
eyes, faith and you can't, there is Hquire
Truthful, an excellent man, the beet man in
our Township, but he's a Republican;. I'd see
| him hun in Egypt before I'd vote for him, yes
sir, I am going to vote for old, Qardscrable"
he is a good Democrat, true, he oan't read
nor write, but tbat don't make any difference,
School Directors do not need more education
than anybody else; I wish the Republicans
were all in Canada where tbey ail ought to
j be '**.
W ell, gentlemen, I am not astonished at
I your couvictions, put I am heartily sorry that
| force of education has driven you to this ohan
j nei. Politics have nothing to do with "School
j Matters" no more than they bave to do with
religion. The man who carries politics into
! the Common School system is a mere dupe to
j the will of some party and baa no more con
i science than a mouse.
"Tia an honor to serve one's Coautry," is
■c old observation, and be that server with
credit to himself, it isdoobly honorable. Few
men realise the beauties; 1 oi confident nooe
the perplexities of life, without reaching some
prominent position in the public's eyo, an d
those experiencing the trite criticism, wit, lau
dation aud condemnation, which is perpetual
at their expense. It would be worth every
man's beet efforts, o&oe in his life, to place
himself in a position to face the public, and ex
perieuoe those pleasant or unpleasant reproach
es, that be might be capable of realizing the
feeling of other.*. 1 have no hesitation in
saying, that all the offices within the gift of the
people, none is better calculated to give man a
practical experience in serving the public than
the office of Common School Director. If any
one doubts this let bun offer bis services at the
coruiug election and "sink or swiio," with the
office for the next three years, and experience
wili prove the correctness of the assertion.—
"Republics are ungrateful," and if any gen
tleman should feel bis honorable intentions
brought into question, he should retnemember
this time honored maxim and oontiuue to follow
the rectitude of bis intentions— without flinch
ing or deviating.
I know that Directors are not properly re
munerated, but there is % "good time coming,"
when ail will be well; wait a little longer, wait
patiently and the goal will be reached.—J. R.
Dur borrow.
| Wcodberry, Ps.
IMPORTANT FROM TENNESSEE.
Cairo, Feb. 19. A despatch from the
Cumberland river says Ciarksvillo is beiDg
evacuated, the rebels falling back on Nash
ville.
Fort Donklkgn, Feb 18.—Two more rebel
regiments were captured to-day to the east of
tbe entrenchments, and a number of their
troops hare come and delivered tbeinseives up.
About 12,000 stand of arms bave beep takr
en. Many of the rebel troops destroyed their
arms, and large numbers were thrown into
tbe river.
There were two water batteries, the upper
one with a heavy rifled gun of 32- pounder
bore, and two 32 pounder carronades. Tbe
lower battery contains eight 32-pouDder* and
ooe ten-inoh columbtad, mouuted in the em
brasures.
Two thousand barrels of flour, twelve thou
sand boxes of beef and a largo amount of
other provisiops were found to-day.
All of tbe day has been occupied in embark
ing the prisoners, gathering up stores and mu
nitions and buryiog the dead. Thcie are
great numbers of the rebels still remaining
ukburied
Cspt. Lsgonc, aid to Gen. Grant, goes to
C.arksviile to-morrow, under a flag of truee,
with the bodies of two Colonels, aud to effect
an exchange of the wennded prisoners cap
tuied by the rebels and sent to Nashville.
Taylor's battery was charged on five times
on Saturday, each time repulsing the rebels
with great slaughter.
It is currently reported that Governor Har
ris, of Tennessee, has ordered all Teaocssee
ans to lay dowu their arms,
Cairo, 111., Feb. 19.—Troops are continu
ally arriving and departing for the seat of war.
it is believed tbat if they were permitted to
do so many of the rebel prisoners would
! gladly tako up arms on tu# side of the Union.
A number of the privates declare that they
have seen enough of Seeession. The officers,
however, arc generally morose and bitter io
their expressions against the North, la addi
tion to tbe killed and wounded previously re
! ported, are tbe followiog:
Forty-fifth Illinois—Killed, Commits'ry Ser
geant Traverse. Wounded, Lieut.-Celonel
Maitby, (ball io tbe leg;) Lieut. Boyce, Cor
nelius Shay and Geo. Poppleton.
Fort Donslsos, Feb. 18.— The great tire
which was seen up the river last night was
caused by the burning of the Tennessee Rol
ling Mills, having been fired by oar gan-boats.
The works bad been used by the rebels to
manufacture shot and sbeli and other material
of war-
Gen. Grant Las promulgated the most strin
gent order against plundering from the inha
bitants, and also against stealing property
taken in the valley.
Before surrendering, tbe rebels threw most
of their late mails into the river. Colonel
Mark laud, tbe Postal Director, however, suc
ceeded in seizing a number of mail-bags, and
some out-ide letters, which are supposed to
contain important information.
Floyd's first brigade, fearing tbat they might
be taken, threw their arms, which were Mime
r:fles of the best kind, into tbe river. The
crews of the gun-boats are now engaged in
fishing them out.
Captain Joseph Dixon, the rebei chief of
artillery, late of the U. S. A., and the engi-
Deer who constructed the fortification, was
killed in tb bombardment on Friday, in one
of Lis own batteries.
It is believed now that a portion of tbe re
bel prisoners will he sent to Alton, and all
the others to Chicago, Fort Wayne and De
troit. _
A SAD INCIDENT IN THE STORMING
OF FOTT DONKLSON.
Chicago, Feb. 19.—Tbe.TYtbane't corres
pondent, in giving a description of the battle
at Fort Donelson, says that when Colouel
Craft's Brigade, which bad teen ordered to
reinforce Geo. McCiemaud, came up in the
rear of the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Illinois
and iweoty-iitth Kentucky, these regiments
were lying down and firiDg over tho crest of a
hill.
On the approach of reinforcements they
rose, not kaowiug whether the force in the
rear was friend or foe, and tbe Twenty-fifth
; Keutucky, supposing tbem to be rebels, pour
ed in a raking volley on tbem which did tcrtL
his exeoutiou, snd was Baflioitsut to throw the
entire brigade into disorder at once. Almost
a panic ensued, many throwing down their
guns and equipments and fleeing. The woods
were filled with stragglers, and some even fled
to Fort Henry.
The enemy improved tbe opportunity, and
advanced upon Schwartz's and Dressder's
batteries, capturing five guns and taking pos
session of MoCleroand's head-quarters, driv
ing our foroet nearly a mile and a half. The
rebels seemed resolved to follow ap their ad
vantage.
At this juncture, General Wallace's Divi
sion was thrown in front, and took a position
on a ridge, Vitb Taylor's Battery in the oen*
tre of the road. The rebels formed on the
ridge which Geo. McClernand bad oooupied,
and, flushed with success, moved forward.—
As soon as they came in range, Taylor s Bat
tery opened on theui with grape, canister and
•hell, causing tbe rebels to quail and corns to
a bait, and as our infantry advanced they be
gan io fall back, and we recovered the ground
previously lost.
FROM MISSOURI AND ARKANBAS.
SpRINGfIELD, Mo., Feb. 19 Geo. Curtis
has driveo the rebel army beyond the Arkan
sas line. At 10 o'clock on Sunday night wo
wore aixty-niue miles south of Springfield.
The United States flig floats in Arkansas.
Several skirmishes bad taken place iu the
defile of tbe mountains, in which we had rix '
wounded, and the enemy lost sixteen killed ;
and a large number wounded. We have bagg- ,
ed a large cumber of prisoners.
A messenger says we were only a short dia- j
tance behind Price's main body, and would :
chase bim op tbe next morning.
When twenty miles out the messenger beard i
heavy firtDg.
There is a great abundance of >
provisions on the route, except flour.
A, train of sugar and beans starts forward
from here to-night.
CAPTURE OF GEN. PRICE AND STAFF.
St. Locrs, Feb. 19,10 SO A. M- To Maj.
General AJcCteltan.- General Curtis has cap
tured General Price, Colonel Dorsey, Colonel
Cass and Captaiu Judge, of Price's stsff.
(Signed,) H. W. Halleck, Maj. Gen.
Sep ALIA, Mo., Feb. 19. Brigadier Gene
ral Price, the son of General Sterling Price,
Colonel Phillips, Major Cross and Captain
Crosby, were captured near Warsaw on Sun
day night, and brought to this place. The
prisoners were captured by Captain Btubba,
of the Eighth lowa Regiment. They had
some*soo recruits for old Price in charge, hut
tbey bad just crossed tbe Osage river, and as
Captain Stulbs bad but a small force, he did
not follow them."
St. Louis, Feb. 19 —About five thousand
infantry, two or three batteries pf artillery, a
large number of mules, an immense quantity
j of baggage, stores, Ac., left to-day the
Cumberland river.
Gen. Pope aud staff left (Lis evening fur
Cairo.
About nine hundred of tbe Fort Douelsoo
prisoners, including some forty officers, arriv
ed here to-day. Tbey will be forwarded to
some point East.
The siok and wounded from Fort Dcnelson
will be returned to tbeir own States as far as
possible. Quite a number arrived hereto-day,
and were sent to tbe Central Hospital.
GEN. HALLECK ON THE VICTORY-
St. Louis, Feb. fl9. —The M*jor-GeDeral
commanding this Department congratulates
Flag Officer Foote, Brigadier General Giant,
and tbe brave officers and mco under their
command, on the recent brilliant victories on
the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers.
The war is not yet ended. Prepare for new
J conflicts aud new victories. Troops are con
centrating from every direction. We shall
sooo have am army which will be irresistible.
The Union flag must be restored. Everywhere
tbe enthralled men in the South must be set
free. Tbe soldiers and sailors of tbe great
West are ready and willing to do ibis. The
time and place have been determined on.
V ictory and glory await the brave.
By order of Major-General Halluck.
N. H. McMcLean, Asst. Adjt. General.
GOOD SEWS FROM ALABAMA.
St . Levis, Feb. 19.—A Union scout, who i
has been operating up the Tennessee and Cum
berland rivers, reached here this morning, and
reports that one span of the Memphis and
Charleston Railroad bridge crossing the Ten
nessee river at Decatur, Alabama, wa des
troyed by tha Union men of that vicinity, on
Saturday list.
It was teported that the bridge at Bridge
port, some ,C miles above, was also disabled,
but this is not confirmed.
Decatnr is in Morgan county, Alabama, on
the south side of the Tennessee river. The
Memphis and Charleston Railroad passes
through it, and there is also a railroad to
Nashville.
IMPORTANT FROM TUB WEST.
ST. Lous, Feb. 19.— Gen. Halleok has
received despatches from Fort Docelson stat
ing that one thousand more rebel prisoners have
been taken. Ihey came down the river to re
inforce the fort not knowing that it had
rurrendered, and were bagged by oar
troops.
Professor Swallow, the State Geologist, was
arrested last nigbt, and committed to the miU j
itary prisoo on a charge of disloyalty.
The names of tbe rebel officers captured at \
\\ arsaw, Mo., on Saturday last, were iccor-!
rcctly reported from Sedalta. They are Brig. ;
Gen. Price, Cel. Dersey, Coi. Cross and Capt. '
Inge, all members of Major General Price's !
staff.
ST. LOUS, Feb. 19.—A Cairo despatch to '
the Republican SBys:
Ibo latest advices from Fort Doneison re- i
port that the gun-boat St. Looia, Capt. Paul- !
ding, proceeded up the Cumberland river to I
Ciark.-viile, and found the enemy abandoning '
that place in a panic.
Two large fiat-boats, with munitions of war,
were captured at Rolling Mill, just below
Clatksville.
| Everything was being moved to Nasbviile,
: as fast as possible, where the next rebel stand
' would be made.
j Everything at Fort Doneison was progress- j
| ing satisfactorily. Our army are encamped in !
I the captured works, living pomfortably in tbe
j log huts and tents of the rebels,
j The soldiers are very enthusiastic sod anx
j ions to marsh against Nashville. With the ex
' eeption of severe cold, consequent upon the
recent exposure, the army was well.
The aotual number of prisoners taken was
13,3C0, and among them Geo. Weft, who has
not been previously mentioned.
GEN. BUCKSE# TO EE HELD FOR TREAS
ON.
Lccisville, Feb. 20.— Tbe Journal learns
that Marshal Meriweatber left last evening, for
Cairo, to bring Gen. Buckner here, under a
Federal warrant from Justice Catron, on a
charge of treason.
V0L.35, NO. 9.
Tribute to tbe Services off €•■■ Hun
ter.
ST. Loots, Feb. 20 —The following des
patch u aeot from headquarters yesterday:
"HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT or Mis- |
souai, ST. LOUIS, Feb. 19. )
"To Major Geo. p. Hunter, coipmandiog the
Department of Kansas, at Fort Leaven*
worth.
"To you, more than to any other man out
of this department, are we indebted for our
success at Fort Dooeison. Io my strait for
troops, 1 appealed to you. You responded
nobly, placing your forces at my disposal-
This enabled us to win the victory. Receive
my most heartfelt thanks.
"H. W. HALLKCS, Maj. Geo."
JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE. —This traitor to a
government which has made Urn all be i*, has
anoonnced himself as a candidate for a seat in
the Confederate Congress. He has published
en address to the people of Kentucky, in which
be defines his position, thus:
"1 am utterly opposed to a reconstruction
of the old government, or any measure which
iu tbe remotest degree tends in that dueetion.
For one. 1 shall never consent that peace shall
be made until the very last of all the enemies
of our liberty shall be driven not only from
out.ballowed soil, but from every fcot of ter
ritory which, by its geographical position, nat
urally belongs to tbe South."
The Traitors Growing Eesperate.
Within a few days past there has been pub
lished from the Southern papers an 'Address
to iLe People of Georgia," sigucd by Howell
Cobb, M. J. Crawford, Hubert Toombs and T.
R. R. Cobb, which we assume to be more in
dicative of the condition of the rebellion than
aoythicg that has yet appeared. It was evi
dently written audcr the direct necessity, sod
the writers themselves seem to speak from out
the very jsws of destruction. Take a single
paragraph:
The foot of the oppressor is cu the soil of
Georgia. He comes with last in bis eye, pov
erty in bis purse and belt in his heart. He
comes a robber and a murderer. How shall
yon meet him? With the sword, at the thresh*
bold'. With death for htm or for yourself.—
But more than this—let every womau have a
torch and every child a firebrand—let the lov
ed homes of our youth ba mads ashes, end
the fields of our heritage be wide desolate.—
Let blackness and ruin mark your departiog
steps, if you depart you must, and let a des
ert more terrible than Sahara welcome the
vandals. Let every city be leveled by tba
flames, and every village be lost in asbes
Let jour faithful slaves share your fortune
and your crust. Trust wife and children to
the tore refuge and protection of God—pre
. ferring even for these loved ones the charnel
i house as a homo than loathsome vassalage to
a natiou already sunk below the contempt of
the civilized world. This may be your terri
ble choice and determioe at once and without
dissent as honor and patriotism and duty to
God require.
Would men eutertainiog the slightest hope
of success brutaliao themselves by presenting
sncb a contingency to those they had so gross
ly deceived and betrayed? To us tba case
seems clear. These arch fiends of the rebel
lion see the tuiu tbey have brought upon them
selves; they see the Government steadily and
surely vindicating itself; they see the day of
retribution speedily approaching and know
well the fate that is in store for them, and
with all the malignity of the pit they would
invite a general desolation and ruin that amid
it all their own punishment mij-ht seein less.
But their day of mischief has been spent; the
strong arm of the Government is arouud tbena,
and tbey eanuot escape it.
[Special despatch to the JSew York Tribune.]
| WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 1862.
i THE OPERATIONS IN THE SOUTH
WEST. ~
The plan of the operations which have been
] crowned by victory m Kentucky and Tennea
| see was Gen. Halleck's. It did not originate
iin this city. Formed in the West, and on tb
i ground, it was submitted by Gen. Ualieck to
j the President, and was spproved and author
ized by the President. To Mr Lincoln, who
took the responsibility of ordering the move*
meats wh'eh bays crushed the robeliioo in the
Wejt,and to Seoretary Stanton, the honor and
the oredit of them wholly belong.
COLOAE D.SGLDI EAS —The New Orleans Pio
ayuue of Jan. llKb gives an account of the
grand review of the rebel troops in that city
I on the previous day, from which we oopy the
j following significant paragraph:
! We must also pay a deserved eomplimsut to
the companies of free colored men, all very
well drilled, and comfortably uniformed. Moat
of these companies, quite uoaided by the Adv
min istration, hate supplied themselves with
arms, without regard to cost or trouble. Oae
of these companies commanded by the well.
knowu veteran, Capt. Jordan, was presented,
a little before the parade, with a fieo war flag,
of the new style. This intsrsstiog oeremoay
took place at Mr. Cushiag's store, on Camp,
near Common Street. The presentation was
, tuado by Mr. Bigney, and Jordan made, ©a
14 this occasion, one of his most felicitous speeeh
|"-
, j It is evident that the rebels at least have so
tender sensibilities on the score of employ tag
i colored men as soidisri.