BY DAVID OYER.
fSwlrq.
[Far* THE PHJLA. BcLLrri*-.]
| TBS TRIUMPH OF TBE RIGHT
JIT RICHARD COt.
Let every loyal heart to-day.
fiend spa shout of praise.
JL'ato the mighty Triune God.
The Author of out days,
That He baih given victory
Unto the cause of right,
And laid the rebel minions ow,
Beneath the bloody fight!
We know full well our cause is just,
Oar men both true and brave;
That Freedom's banner ne'er was meant.
To float abore the slave,
We know that' truth when crushed to earth
W ill rise again" in in ight;
And Knowing this we give to God
The glory of the fight!
We Lave a faith, outreaehing time,
That this our land shall be
The heniage of all the earth,
That labor to be free—
Taat stricken millions shall arise,
And dwindle at the sight;
Believing this we give to God,
The glory of tae fight 1
Now, unto each and every one.
Tnat hastened to the field,
ihe homage of a nation's praise.
With grateful hearts we yield*
But aata him who led oar hosts.
And bared hit arm of might,
Tu him we give*the choicest praise,
The glory of the fight'
Then let each loyal heart to-day,
Sesd ap a shout of praise
Uato lite mighty Triune God,
The author of ccr days;
I hat he hath sent the victory
Unto the cause of right,
And laid the rebel minions k>w
Beneath the bloody fight!
/V the Inquirer.
Tltfekiag it might cot be uninteresting to
Maw of your readers, I have seated myself to
notice ia a brief manner, the Sunday School
exhibition which I had the pleasure of attend
ing at Bloody Rue, ca the nighta ef Friday,
and Saturday, the 21st, aud 22d of February.
The exercises wer. held ia the oewM. E.
anarch, and were intended for the benefit of
the M. E. Sunday Sehool Library, they were
opened ta evening with singing by the
eehoel sod prayer by the Rev. G. Cleaver. It
wcaid occupy too much of your space to give
you a detailed account of-the exhibition, 1
ein only settee a few particulars.
The e.&ssei which were tea iu number were
•atroducei etch evemng by the Usenet repeat
ing some quotation appropriate to the mo.to of
the class.
The tableau "la the light, in the light," was
•ae of the greatest affaire J have ever s-eo. To
five a description woald he next to impossible
it could not he appreciated until it had been
eeen. The etcrcn was beautifully lighted by
tamps daring the performances, and ae i listen
ed to the clear, sweet, silvery voices, of tbs
children singing "In the Light" "la the Light"
I thought tneir music was more of Leaven than
•*"b, the light of the charea at that mo
ment seemed to nae ©ore like mill' wed rays
. ivfi jLs "* ihrone Eternal' than piaiu lamp
light. The "National allegorical Tableau of
Liberty" was one of rare excellence. No one
could tear the ehildreu ia their sweet voice!
sieging "My country 'u of thee
Sweet land of liberty," without
feeling a thrill of patriotism within him.—
Wssaiagttß crossing tie Delaware was admi
rably performed, with m&cy others which time
would fail me to notice. "On the last night
we listened with pleasure to ta address oa the
"Nature and Design of Sabbath School*" by
J. B. Ciarkson; the subject was not ooly well
arrunged, and studied.bat the delivery was
ricLent and had a fine effect upon the audi
anew. Too much praise cannot be given to
Mr. Clarkaea for his untiring energy aud seal
ia gatusw up these interesting exercises, for
the benefit of the ehildreu who have participa
ted, and ta gratify the do/ire of the crowd
who have attended it, there will be a repeti
tion of Uw principle places oo next Satar4y
n ght, Hsrch Ist. W woald speak fat them
afa L LOOM and we are certain yon will be
pieased. May the L.efsmg of God rest epos
tie cause of the Sssdij Schools, and may cor
old seioo,a*ia and friend be abs&dantiv pros*
pared ia aH iu undertaking*.
SPECTATOR.
GENERAL SCHOEPFF
Tbesocx-d letter from the Hot. Joseph
Holt, which bss appeared is a Wester* joor
., eoateist informer ;OD respecting the history
•as c*irt r of es ciw who ha* *o high *
fltsttsguished himself n tae field ** not ooly
to prove the wree'ceji of the se'tsute form
A Weekly Fape: Demoted to Literature, Politics, the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, Ac., Ac — Terms: One, Dollar and Fifty Cents in Advance,
! ed of him by Mr. Holt, but also to create a
I general interest in whatever relates to him:
ST. LOTUS, Dee. 16.
Editors Gazette— Your Frankfort eorretpo*-
' dent's notice of (Jen. Beboepff contains itsae
eurtoieato market] that 1 fee! bound to correct
them—the more to as my name ia directly con
-1 nested with them. The statement that the
Geuera], oo bis arrival in the United States, or
jst any time afterwards, was engaged in the
i drudging pursuits mmtioncd, has not been
made before, that I am aware of, and I totally
discredit it. lie is a Hungarian by btrtb and
a graduate of the military school of Vienna,
j During the recent struggle of Hungary for
independence be served with distinction under
' the dag of his native land, and when her ar
j mies were overwhelmed bj the combined fore*
cs of Russia and Austria, he, is common with
, other patriot*, sought an assyiaoi in Turkey,
! where be was assigned an honorable rank in
the military servie# of the Saltan. When,
through the kind < feces of a mutual friend, I
made his acquaintance, he was an effieer in
• the United States Coast Surrey at Washing
ton, discharging duties scientific in their char
acter, but upon a wholly unremucerative sals*
ry. Being veil satisfied that ho was worthy
' a larger sphere of action, be wes appointed
j in the Patent offioe. In
! this position Li veral years, and
earned for himself a Llgb
leet and science with the gifted Corpi of
Igineers with whom be was associated. A few
months aiafre ho expressed a deeira t* take the
field in defence of his adopted oountry, against
the treacherous rebellion now seeking its life,
j and he was in consequence introduced to Geo.
| Scott, who was so favorably impressed with hi*
soldierly character and attain meets that he
earnestly recommended bis appointment as
. Brigadier General. This appointment was
made a few days afierward. With the eubees
• quern history of Gen. the country i
1 acquainted. Those who know him well ealtr
! tain no fears but that with a fair field he will
prove himself as a brave and sikiiful a General
i as he is a loyal citizen and trne hearted man.
I Very respectfully your ch't. serv't,
J. HOLT.
TH£ SEW SECRETARY OF WAR—A
CHAPTER IS BIS HISTORY.
1 A year ago, wbeo Geo. C*M— grieved and
] indignant—left Mr. Buchanan's Cabinet, Mr t
Attorney General Black if transferred to
, the portfolio of State, tad Mr. Stanton, then
' aoseat from Washington, *u fixed upon as
Attorney General. The aame night he arrived
at a iate hoar, end learned of hit family of his
appointment Knowing rhe character of the
bold, bad men then is tbe ascendancy of the
tlabinet, be determined at once to decline, but
' when, the next day, ha aanoaoced his resolu
tion at the White House, the entreaties of the
< distressed and helpless President, and the ar
guaenu of Mr. Black, prevailed upon bias to
accept.
At the first meeting of the Cabinet which
be attended, the condition of the seceded States
and tbe course to be pursued with the garrison
at For! Sumter was discussed, Floyd and Tromp
son dweliirg upon "the irritation of tbe South
ern ht v l '" cd the folly of "continuing a use
less garrison to increase tbe irritation." No
ocs formally proposed any course of action,
but the designs of the conspirators were plain
to the new Attorney General. He went home
troubled. He bad intended, coming in at so
a day, to remain a quiet member a>f tbe
diaeordaut eouacil. Bat it was not in his
nature to sit quiet longer, under snob utter
ances.
Tbe next meeting was a loDg and stormy
oae, Mr. Holt, feebly seconded by the Presi
dent, urging the immediate reinforcement of
\ Samter, while Thompson, Floyd and Thomas
contended that a quasi-t/eaty bad been mada
j fay the o&cers of the Government with the Sea
| ders of the rebellion, to offer no refinance to
their violation* of "law and seixures of Govern
| ment property. Floyd especially biased with
] indignation at what be termed the "violation of
boeor." At iaet Mr. Thompson formally mov
ed that an imperative order be issued to Ma
jor Anderson to retire from Sumter to Fott
, Mouitrie—abandoning Sumter to tbo enemy,
i proceeding to a past where he must at once
| surrender.
Stanton coali ait stUl no longer, and rising,
* he said, with all tbe earnestness that could be
expressed in his bold and resolute features,
| "Mr. President, it is my duty, a your legal
I adviser, to say that you have no right to give
| np the property of the Government or aban
' doa tbe soldiers of the United States to its
. enemies: and the coarse proposed by the Sec
retary of the Interior, if followed, is treason,
and will involve yon and all concerned in trea
son." Sceh language had neTer before been
heard in Buchanan's Cabinet, and tbe men who
bad so long ruled and bullied tbe President,
were surprised and enraged to be thus rebuk
ed. Pisyd and Thompson sprang to their feet
with fierce, menacing gestures, seeming about
to assault Stantoß. Mr. Holt took a step for
i ward to the side of the Attorney General.—
! The imbecile President implored them piteous-
Iy to take their seats. After a few more bit
j ter words the meeting broke up. Taat was
toe last Cabinet meeting on that exciting que*-
j en in which Floyd participated. Before an
| other was called all Washington was startled
j with a rumor of those gigantic frauds wfaieh
j have made his name co infamous. At first he
(tried to braneo it cut with his eostomary blus
tering manner, bat the next day tbe Cabinet
watted long tor bis appearance. At last he
| catse*, the doer opened, his resignation wasi
tbrnst into the room, and Floyd disappeared
1 from Wstbicg'.on. fioob was the tad of Flojd
? and tfce feejp>o : Bg of SUetou.
4 ;
BEDFORD, PA. FRIDAY. MARCH 7.1662.
CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS FOR
MARCH.
FARM. —Sunahine and tbe south wind strug
gle with the frosts and gale* of Winter, and
Spring tweita this mouth her right to rale.
Ihe thousand trickling rills, eurting under
the snow banks and gathering fresh strength
and ©any drops from every softening aod,
m*ke hill-side and meadow musical with their
liquid vetoes, giviDg man notico tbat water and
frust have quit them hold upon the toil, and
calling him to his labors. A few degrees
south of New York City, tbe mouth of March
is really the beginning of Spring but ia north
ern New-York, New-loglaad and the Norvh
eat, Winter, and good sleighing, often con
tinue nearly through tbe month. On warm
well draiaed lead work sac not commence too
soon after the frost cad water are fairly out of
the soil, bat heavy sail is often injured by
working while it u wet.
Buildings—Make provision for the increase
of the heard and flock, and attend to inside
repairs, painting, eta. Delay euteide paint
ing übt:l next month. Heavy rains accompa
nied by wind will injure % coat of fresh paint.
Ca'tle—Some eucculent food is very impor
tant to the health of all kinds of (took. Feed
a few roots, maogsls or rutabagas, daily.—
Separate cows near calving from the others,
giving theai wide roomy stalls or boxes.—
Kcvji watch to reuder aesistanee if necessary.
Working D* E A IBB* I be well fed aud not sl
lowid to overwork ai f'* 4 ;
Cellars—Clean oul decmjii vegetables, en'-
perfla: a sand, or lumber. Whitewash with
a simple lime wash, to make them lighter,
sweeter, and more beailby. Keep barrels,
tubs, ets., whers they will not dry cr decay.
Ciover—May be sewed at any time during
the mi-nth—best when the ground is frost
eracked on a still mcrning, or else upon new
fallen snow, as the seed may then be aeea and
,t can be more essily sowed.
Drains—Should be eximioed as soon a* the
frost it out of the ground to see that tbera are
no obstructions Wet spots ia drained laud
isdiaats stoppages in drains, which can seldom
be repsired fcefcre the season is dryer. A
perte' system of surface drains is essential
at least where underdraios are not laid, and it
is more important to have them clear new than
t any other season. If possible get in seme
uew drains where needed; it fill mtk tht
land 3 to 6 weeks earlier.
Frm Atwmb —No work dons on the fann
| pay* better, tfciL thai d;t.e in planning and
laying out the farm for tbe fu'.ure, and in
' keeping fail accounts.
Feucea—Ra-set posts and walls heaved by
the frost; and mend fences before your neigh
bore tarn oat their cattle; bat do not think of
turning jour own etock cut to gr?s for two
months jet. Happy ia he who has a good
fence, bat happier be who can do awaj with
one
Grain—Examine that stored in tin. Keep
from dscpness, sold, insects, and rata and
; mice.
! Grass Lands—Pull cut bashes and briars bj
lbs roots, remove steaes and roll beared iasd
as aooD as tbe grouod will bear the team?. —
! Top dies* before rolling with ashes, Chili aalt-
I peter or guano, where desirable.
Hiied Men—Lt*e no time in hiring good
: men lor the Summer's work; the opinion pre
vails that labor will be scarce and wages high,
but we flioobt it. Don't bare a shiftless, laxy,
or unprincipled man pc the farm at anj price.
Where several baods are emplojed, give eaob
bis own work, every team it* own driver, .and
let the most skillful be emplojed in bis appro
priate department.
Horses—Groom thoroughly;; feed carrots
(4 qts. a day) to tnaks them thai their coats
well and get them io good condition fur Spring
I work. Be particularly careful to guard against
i colds taken by exposure, when unblankcted,
; and against gsils and sores.
Ice-bouses should be closed up, tbe ice well
covered wiih straw, ventilation provided in
the top of tbe bouse. As poor ice is bettor
than none it msj not be too late to assure
some, if still needed to fid op.
Manure—Manure-making rosy now progresa
i rapidly. The compost heaps will need work
ing over, mtnare for the field carted out, and
all kinds of litter and scrapings of yard*,
ditches, sinks, ben-houses, etc., may be cem
i posted with muek or earth. Barn-yard ieacb
| logs, urine a&d castor pomace quicken inert
compost heaps.
Pasture lands may receive the same treat
ment es grass lands, in kind if not in degree,
j end old pasture* beoe-dnst, superphosphate,
or leached, or unleashed ashes may be applied
with good effect.
Plowing is woik never to be done in a hurry
or on heavy land when the water is not oat of
it, and never to be slighted. Mscuro should
never be buried deep at tbia season, unless
tbe land ia to be pfowed end manured a second
time. Deepening the soil by plowing is best
effected in the Autumn, but may be done in
the Spring iu connection with subsequent sui?
fees manuring.
Potatoes—-Early planting is advisable, and
tbe last of tbe month ia not too early for eome
localities. It it much pleaaanter to eel! pota
toes for $1.50 per basbe! than 50 cents or
less, sod this oar Eastern farmers may do.
Poultry—Give free range in the orchard*
and fields, feeding grain with oorn and cabba
ges. They will then not est buds, but Sod
moltitades of insect*. Bel bens in pisses
where they rasy be conveniently taken oar* of
and ost ef the reach of rate.
Seeds—Secure a supply early, and test sam
ples ia pott or boxes of earth before sowing
or purchasing largely.
Bheep.— A suaeessfnl shepherd is ever
watchful, tender, sad careful.
.Swine—Keep a little charepal *ni ashes in
a corner of the ety, and a handful of Blower of
sulphur ia the swill is a good thing at this
season; feed raw roots to breeding sows but
not ia qualities enough to produce scouring,
and give besides • outritios diet.
Tools, etc—We scarcely need repest the
injunction, to look well to tools, harnesses and
wheel vehicles of all kinds, and have every
thing riijf for use.— Jh*erk*n Jfgriculfttritt.
The Richmond Whig on the Rebel
Government.
. are times to try msu'a souls. Tbs con
sequences of a defensive policy, and of the fol
ly of transferring the war to the valley of the
Mississippi, where the . enemy have their best
fightors, instead of attacking them in their cen
tral and most tender point—Pennsylvania—by
eggr, aive war, are now upon us. We have per
muted them without interruption to ©store their
programme of surrouudiogjand compressing us,
which was announced more than eight mootbf
ago. What our Government has dona to meet the
issue, besides wrangling with popular generals
and piddling over patty jobs the Lord ooly knows, j
Judging by results,Jso far,it it the most lamen
table failure ia history, and suggests to the re
flecting mind that the moßt signal service which j
the Government can now render to
is the surrender of tie helm to abler and better
ham'*. In view of the paat, the present, aud
the probable future, tbe pageant of to-morrow
is a bitter mockery and a miserable compensa- j
ticn for tbe ruin of a free people. A child with
a bauble, an old mm with a yenug wife, are !
parii! illustrious of the deplorable folly.
F or eight months iLe Jfoole ?*** teen ho
ping and confiding. Never enough cafl if
said of the ardor, tha'dieiateres'ed ©ess and de
ration of the Southern people. With one heart,
they have offered all they bad for the common
cause of life, liberty, and happiossa, hut there
has been no response from the authorities at
all ia proportion to tbe outburst from tbe pop- '
ular heart. The dreary inaction of the last i
summer and autumn, tbe disease and wearineas
of camp life, and the wasting away of the fin
est army ever assembled, were endured, if noi
wish patience, at least without any boisterous
complaint against the Government. If confi
dence was shaken, tbe hope still survived that
cor rulers were laboring diligently, wisely, and
effectively for our defeaee. ,
The remit is before us. Does patriotism
nictate, does it iu*fy tvwger *il*g'w>? Are
we privileged to fold our arms in mate admi
ration of some reputed great man, while the
oountry, under Lis guidance, 4* going with
railroad speed to destruction* Taere is 00 uo
kind feeling 10 any quarter, tkat we are cware
of, towards Mr. Davis; so fer from it, ail the
manifestations of the last twelve uionihs proFe
the contrary. But the eonvieticn isjgenera!—
outside of official circles it may be said to be
universal—that no one man can perform all the
varied and difficult functions, civil and mili
tary, of tbie Government. Tbe Aysierious
do-nothing policy, *bieh bas been attended
ociy with disasters, has substituted distrust and
apprehension for the hope and confidence which
previously prevailed. It ia this loss of eonfi- i
denes wlioh presents tbe most gloomy phaae !
to our cause. Tbe men and the policy that j
bare, without neecesity, involved us is our j
present troubles, are they on whom we have to j
rely for extrication. Confidence achieved, by a !
change of men or of policy.
The erisis is too serious to mince words.—
Perhaps we all have committed as error, audi
have contributed to delude tbe Administration
by holding our tongues, cr only indulge the
honeyed accents of praise. The disposition
has t-eea great among ail class** to look on
the bright side of everything—to glass over
what we did not approve, end hope for the beet
from what we did not understand. Bat each
disseters as those of Roaooke Island and the
Tenuessee and Cumberland rivers are such pa
tent and appalling evidences of inefficiency
thai all eccddence most be lost without some
assurance of an altered and mors vigoicus
po'iej-
Great and criminal as may have been official
remissness daring the last eight months, while
the enemy were actively preparing to invade
as, our cause is not desperate, if we can have
councils and energetic action. With a free
and brave people, ready to peril fortune
and life for the cnainteuauee of tbeir liber
ties, nothing is wasting but competent lead
ers—men of wis* heads and big hearts, wor
( thy of this great movement, to conduct them
: to victory.
The permanent Congress of tbe Confederal
ey is sow ia session. It is an important
branch of the Government, privileged and re
quired by its position to taka an active pert
in the conduct of affairs. It ia its high pre
rogative to aee that other departments perform
their functions, and if they fail, to take care
that tbe Republic receives DO detriment. But,
with wise and harmonious councils, our past
reverses may prove sources of future tri
umph.
EEBETRK PORTS FROM TENNESSEE.
The Richmond Dispatch, of Saturday, says:
As yet, we have no clear statement of the
result at Fort Do&elseo from our o*a side.—
The telegraph his givsu nothing directly to
the press, and no mail has eome through from
Nashville sinee the great battle. This is ow
ing, no doubt, to the complete monopoly of she
railioad to trap sport Loops and stores. Nei
ther mails nor passengers have eome through.
We publish a atitemrut this morning by tele
graph from Augusts, made to the press of that
city by a lieutenant who was in tbe fight at
Donelsoa. This statement rather disc&uragrg
the hope tbt the lou cf prisoners is very much
exaggerated by tbe Rankest. Tbe disaster in
tfaisrevpeot mutt be very great. Another itt.
rible lesson against cooping up men to defend
positions not properly fortified
THE SAD SIDE OF THE PICTURE.
The following private letter, written by a
former attar a of the New-York Pott-OSes,
presents another side of the victory gained at
Fort Denclson, from that which is generally
ocstemplaUd-
FORT DOKXLSON, Teno. Monday Feb. IT,
1862. Mr DXAR FATHER. Sad, lonely, and
down-hearted, I attempt to write yoo a few
Hoes, to let you know lam alive aod unhurt.
We have had a most bloody fight; tbere must
have been 5,000 to 7,000 men kil led and
wounded,|oo bctb aide*. But the enemy was sur
rounded on Saturday eveaicg, we taking about
13,000 prisoners. But, dear father, ibe bald
est part of the story is, that oat of eighty-five
men in eay company, only seven cemc cut—the
most wholesale slaughter that was ever heard
of.
My company was the colef company, at
which the Rebels took particular aim; as fast
a one man who carried it would be shot en
ofher would take his place; but the flag was
brought through. Only 116 remain in tba 11th
Regiment uninjured.
Do nst wonder, dear father, that I am
down-hearted. My boys all loved me, aud
need I say tbat, in lookiag at tbe poor remnant
of my company—the men that I have taken so
much pains to drill, the men that I thought eo
much of— BOW nearly ail in their graves. I feel
meianebelly. But I do not complain; God
spared toy life, and for what, the future must
tell. I will write you soon again. The ilth
Regiment will, I think (what is remaining),
be left to guard the prisoners at Cairo or Al
ton, tbej recruit. Whether I shall at
tempt to riite another company, I de not know
at preeeot. Good bye. Let tbe folka at bime
knew 1 am safe.
Tours, affectionately,
• L. D. WADDELL, Copt. Co. 2
Ilth Regt. 111. Vol. (what is left of it)
WM. COSV ENTRY H. WAD&SLL, esq , N. Y.
Doriog the morning of tbe surrender of
Fort Donelson, tbe following e&rrecpcudesee
pasted,betwecu tbe commander* of the Union asd
rebel forces:
HEADQUAHTXii?, FoST Du.NELSOX, i
Feb. 16,1862. I
SIR: —la consideration of ail the oiroum
iUbc go*w!g it* present (itnttmn of af
faire at tbis station, 1 propese to the com
manding offieer of the Federal forces, tbe ap*
poioimeet of commissioners to agree upon tbo
terms of the capitulation of tbe forces in this
post uuder my command. In tbat view 1
euggest an armistice until twelve o'clock to
day. 8 R. BCCKMER, Brig. Gen. C 8. A.
To Brig. Gen. U. 8. Grant.
HXXI>QDAJ;XERS OS THE FIELD, I
FORT DOMELEON, Feb. 16. )
To Gen. S. B. BCCKNER. —Sir: Youm of
this date, proposing an armistice aud appoint,
meut of ecmmiaeicners to settle on terms of
capitulation, ie just received. No terms except
an unconditional and immediate surrender can
be accepted.
I propose to move immediately on ysor
works.
I am, very respectfully your ob't serv't.
C. 3. GRANT, Brig. Gen.
HXADQCAETE&S, )
DOYXB, TXNN., Feb. 16. )
Biig. Gen. U. S. GRANT, U.S. A,—Sir;
The distribution of forces under my command
in i ids at to au unexpected change of command
ers, and tbe overwhelming force under your
command, compels me, notwithstanding the
brilliant success of the Confederate anus, to
accept the ucgeuerouf and uucbivalrcus terms
which you propose.
i a iu, air. your servant,
8 D. BCCKNER, Brig. Gen C. S. Jl.
GEN HALLfiCK'S DEPiRTMENT.
The Destruction of the Tennessee Iron Works
Commodore Foot Hunting for Rebel
Campt.
The Fort Donclsen Correspondent of the
Chicago Poet, writing under date ef Feb. 19,
says:
Sunday evening about four o'clock, the gun
boat St. Louis proceeded up the river towards
Clarkrrille on a reconcoitering expedition.
Commodore Foote had heard that there was a
rebel encemptment a few miles up the river,
and ho eooeluded to find out iu locality and
•hell the |rebels out. Bat, after proceeding
five or six miles and questioning every person
discovered oo tbe shore, the conclusion was
reached that if any encampment existed,
1 the oeeupasts bad taken to their heels to foI
low the fortunes of tbe vanishing foot-pad
Floyd.
THX TXNNMSIE IRON WORKS.
Six miles above Dover, tbe St. Louis came
in aigbt of the Tenuees&e Iron' Works, an ex
tensive establishment, owned by John Bell,
Mr. Lewis, and Mr. Wood. Not a person was
in sight, and to ascertain if any body waa at
, home, a shell was thic wn at high elevation,
and buret directly over tbe establishment too
high to du any damage. It had |be degirsd
effect} the workman streamed out of (heir hive
; his * swarm of bees. It having be JQ J report
ed that tbe mill had been engaged extensive*
iy to tbe manufacture of ironplatce for rebel
gun-boats, Ofitrar Johnson, of the St, Ijtnnt,
was cent asbote to find the propriety* and in
quire about it. He found Mr. Lewis, who at
oooe pretested h-wself as the proprietor, end
tu response to the officer'* inquiries, stated
that tae msil had been oooepied lately in the
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manufacture of a good deal .of iron of various
patterns; bat it bad teen docs for contractors
and other individuals, and not d;rect!y far the
r#b! "Government." Mr. Lewis was asked
if be did not kaow from toe pattsrn of the
iron that it was for war purposes. He said
thai a good deal of it had been square iroc.
which be supposed was for wagoo axles, and
a considerable part bad been heavy plate*
wbiab might be for gun-boats. He attempted
oo concealment whatever, aad an examination
of bis book* aorroborated bis statements, and
also showed orders for a large quantity of
iron of similar descriptions, not yet masufaa
tcred. He stated that he bad beiD a strong
and decided Union man as long as be could be
with safety from mobs, wbieb threatened his
: person and property, and that hia associates,
Me*rs= Bell and Wood, bad likewise been.
He asked why he did not decline orders for
making war materials, aa Mr. Hmman (prapri
eter of the Cumberland Iron Work*, lower
down the river) had done, to which bis reply
was, that Hiaman was in Kentucky, which did
Dot secede, while be w*§ in Tennessee, and
above the fortification of Donelson, which was
ereeted last May, thus shutting up the Cum
berland river at the Tennessee line.
In view of the fact that the works had been
engaged in making and furnishing matsrials of
war to the rebels, Commodore Foots consid
ered it his duty to disable them, not knowing
then that the Union lines wonld so soon em*
brace them, and the river beyond to 'Clarks
viile. He informed Mr. Lewis that this wonld
be necessary, and also that be most require
him to go on board as & prisoner. An at
tempt was first made to disable the machinery
of the estobiisbment, the desire being not to
utterly destroy the property if it could be
aroided. Bat the mechinsry was go heavy
i that no means ccsld be found of cosfining
[ powder suffijient to blow it up. It was, there
fore, set on fire and consumed. Wfces Mr.
Liwis beheld his property is fames, be ex
pressed ike Lope that bis private residence
would be spared. "Sir," said tbc Commo
! dore, "we c%me not to destroy or touch any
particle of your property wbieb has net been
used in tfee eaaryiog on of this most unnatural,
war against the Government."
A MAN WHO BID MOT BILIIVX THE UNION
TBOOPS TO BE VANDALS.
Mr. Lttris is an educated gentleman, and it
at heart a union man. He speaks freely of
llltf Insects Kit tills Uvavroci TCrkoliaM M ♦
greatest of kuavea, and warmly expresses to a
hepe that the war may speedily end, and the
good old ensign'of the freest nation on earth once
more wave peaceably in every State. Hit fam
ily reside in Clarksviiie, and, unlike many of
his neighbors wbo fled with their slave* upon
hearing of the approach of the Union, army,
has kept his own quietly at borne, in the full
belief, as he declares, ibat the purpose of war
is not what Southern desperados* and Berth
am fools daclare it to be— the destruction
instead of the preservation of the American
Constitution.
A GEAPHiC DXSCBIPTION OP THXCHAKGB OP
GIN. SMITH'S DIVISION.
A correspondent of the New York Herald
gives the following graphic description of the
eharga of Gen. Smith's division at the battle
of Fort Bonelson. Tbe correspondent says:
Capt. Hillyer started off to find Gen. Grant,
wbo had not been on the field since half past
four o'clock in the morning— it was now near
noon. Hillyer met the General coming baek
from the transports, and communicated to him
the fact that MoClernand had been attacked,
and compelled to fall back, but bad rallied
and regained bis position. Gen Grant imm?
diately rode upon the field—it being then half
past one o'clock—and there learned the status
of the army. A body of from ten to twelve
thousand of the enemy had cut through our
right fiank and escaped. Thie was the attack
upon McCiernand. A galling firs was being
kept up upon our left and centre from heavy
siege and field artillery, and our forces were
being fast decimated. To remain in this posi
tion would sorely prove oar rub; to fall baek
out of range of ike enemy'* guns would de
moralise tbe army, and .oo alternative was
left *o hazard everything upon a united
charge upon toe whale enemy's works. Though
officer* clamored and the meu were impatient
to make tbe assault, still the General hesitated
and it was not anal half past two that the or
ders to assault the works was given,
Captain Hiljer rode down to General Smith
to communicate the order, when the old Gen*
eral's visage gleamed with a new light. Said
Captain Hillyer: "General Bmitb, Geo. Grant
orders you to assault and take the enemy's
works in your front, at all hazards.'-
"Better late than never," said Bmilb; "bat
I'll do it! Tell Geueral Grant I'll doit!"—
And turning to bis meu be said: "Soldiers, we
are ordered to take those works by assault
Are yen ready?"
"Ays, aye, sir, ready' Hurrah!" And a
shout came front the phalanx of brave mee
saoh as oomee only from patriots upon great
occasions.
"Leadj Close ranks! Charge bayonets
Forward' Double quick! March!" And march
they did in close order, the advancing brigade
looking more like a blue porcupine, with iU
quills turned forward, than aught else I east
coaapate it to, right up to tbe rebel works.- -
Tuough tbe eceag? kept op an incessant fire
ftom howiiKT. field piece and musket of shell*
solid shot and lead, still that brigade marched
cn, nothing daunted, to tbe eu stay's earth
works, which reached, over it went, right into
the midet of the butternut colored derils who
had so ssvagtlj welcomed them inside ike
entreeehmoot*. When the bine seat* appear
ed inside toe breastworks, the old veteran,
O F. Smith, at their head, brandishing bis
sword and looking for all the world lit* *