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Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 28, 1882,
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counts upon our books of several years
standing. We shall, therefore, from
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advertisements, &c., must hereafter be paid for in advance.
Executors and Administrators owing us at present, will
please come forward And settle. ,
The Trent Affair.
The Philadelphia Press says that by
the steamer City of New York, which
left Queenstown on the 9th inst., we
learn that news of the surrender of
Mason and Slidell reached London on
the preceding day, and so immediately
re-established confidence, .that , Consols
at once advanced from one tom - ' and
a quarter per cent. In England, there
fore, "the long agony is over." The
joint preparations for the worst, made
by Lords Palmerston and Russell, on
their own responsibility, without con
sulting the pleasure of Parliament,
have been thrown away. It is esti
plated that a s much expense as $5,000,-
fOOO was thus most needlessly incurred
?by no means a desirable outlay, at a
moment when the Financial Minister
will have to announce to Parliament a
deficit of nearly $20,000,000 on the
year's revenue. In all probability
there will be a change of Ministry In
England before the end of March—if
not earlier.. The' adjustment of the
Trent difficulty will clear the way for
:the displacement of Palmerston and
Russell.
No ADVANCE MOVEMENT.—The Wash
ington correspondent of the New York
Express, in a letter dated January 22,
says : "Your readers may set their
;minds at rest about any advance move
ment of the army of the Potomac.—
'Officers and their regiments and divi
sions may receive orders to be in read
iness to move at a moment's notice.
Gen. McClellan's twenty-four baggage
wagons, including arrangements for
eating and sleeping, with weli•matched
bright bays, may be in good running
trim, but an advance movement of the
army of the Potomac at present, and for
ninety days to come, is out of the ques
tion. The winter of this region has
just commenced, and the roads are
frightful. A piece of hard ground
upon which to manceuvre an army of
25,000 men can scarcely be found be
tween this and Richmond. This state
of affairs, it is feared, may prevail at"
the West, where
. tho grand army has
so auspiciously commenced active oper
ations."
'TELE Van Wyck Investigating Com
snittee aro doing good work, and aro
drawing the defrauding contractors
over the coals in a manner not at all
pleasing or agreeable to them. We
Trope every coutractdr, sub-contractor,
:and every other person who has had a
band in swindling the Government may
'be exposed, and forever held in the
.contempt they so richly deserve. No
body but a traitor would suck the
heart's blood of his Government in a
time like this, and those who have
done so, should be rewarded with the
traitor's fate. Some of the home deal
ers in this vicinity aro not a little
frightened about their prospects of an
examination before the Investigating
Committee. Murder will out and so
will dishonest dealings.
Now that the Trout affair is settled,
we can once more regard ourselves as
safe from all foreign invasion, for the
present, at toast, and can now attend
to the rebels with a ten-fold vigor, and
before the ides of next October, we
hope to hear of the glorious old Stars
and Stripes floating proudly and un
molested, over every inch of American
soil, respected, loved, honored and
feared by. the whole world, We do
pot wish to be considered spiteful, but
.we hope we shall have revenge for the
fuss made by England, in the Mason
_and Slidell difficulty. "Day is dawn
ing." Blue sky can bo seen - through
the dark vapor which has enshrouded
us for the past year, and men whose
hearts are good and true, rejoice at the
flattering prospects before us.
WM THINK. it - will not be disputed
that the present House of Represents- 1
tives at Harrisburg is a great improve r
ment over previous sessions for some
years. There is a larger number of
men there this winter who have the
confidence of the people to lose—fair
characters to damage,—and, therefore
we may expect good results from the
labors of the present House. True,
there is a number of men occupying
seats who wore elected solely because
they were prominent and noisy poli
ticians—men whose chief claim to the
position was of a party character—
they, of course, will watch closely the
ups and downs of party, and servo
party first and all the time, on every
question or measure proposed for con
sideration. But such men arc in the
'minority in numbers, ability, and it is
to be hoped, in influence, -and can do
but little, if any, mischief.
How NAPOLEON PUNISHED SWIND
LING IN HIS ARMY.—Just before the
groat battle of Wagram, while the
army was encamped on the Island of
Lobau, near Vienna, Napoleon walked
one day with one of his Marshal's on
the shore, passed a company of grena
diers seated at their dinner. " Well,
my friends," said he, " I hope you find
the wine good ?" "It will not make
us drunk," replied one, " there is our
cellar," pointing to the river Danube.
The Emperor, wile had ordered a bot
tle of wine to each . man, was surprised,
and made an immediate inquiry. Ho
found that forty thousand bottles sent
by him a few dayabefore, for the army,
had been purloined and were UMW
counted for by the Commissaries.
They wery immediately brought to
trial and condemned to be shot, which
sentence was speedily carried into ex
ecution. Here was a venal offense, in
significant, indeed,when compared with
the frauds upon the urgent wants and
necessities of our soldiers, recently
brought to light, but it received a se
vere and merited punishment. A few
such examples in our army would do a
world of good.
br.3 - The manufacture of tobacco has
just been started on an'extensive scale
in Pittsburg, Penna. The Dispatch
says : " Six firms in Pittsburg and ono
in Alloghany, are now engaged in
manufacturing chewing tobacco. Since
the business has been fairly entered
into, it has proved so successful that
there is now no doubt of its becoming
permanent and of being carried on
after the causes which led to its com
mencement have ceased to exist.—
Richmond will no longer be the Mecca
of tobacco worshippers, since the
source of supply will be found so much
nearer home. The tobacco which
reaches this city in huge hogsheads,
containing from one to two thousand
pounds, is, we believe, obtained from
the great tobacco market of the North
THE BROAD Top ItoAn.—We learn
that additional steam power is being
put upon this road, to enable shippers
of coal to supply the demand. Tho
road has been doing a heaCy business
for months—trains are most con
stantly arriving.at and departing from
this point. The gold mines of Broad
Top are distributing wealth to many
and comfort to thousands. Ono build
er informs us that he has already con
tracted to put up fifty new dwellings
on Broad Top next Season.
RVs WANT . OIIC new subscriber, a loy
al man, to take the place of a fire-eat
ing locofoco who has discontinued * the
Globe. We must have the new sub
scriber or the Globe will.g9 to smash.
A few would-be Democrats in this
county, who sympathize with the reb
els, are becoming desperate now that
they have become convinced that Jeff.
Davis' army cannot take Washington.
Poor devils! ,
A CURIOSITY.—Wo were shown last
week, by Mr. Win. March, of Coffee
Tun, an egg within an egg. The out
side egg-measured 7 by 9 inches in
circumference. The egg within the
largest was the size of a largo sized
chicken egg, and was perfect in every
respect. Besides the smaller egg, the
larger one contained only the white of
an egg. The shells of both eggs were
hard and perfect.
SHORT Loom.s.—lt gives us pleasure
to announce the gratifying intelligence
that all the ladies of this place are still
strenuously in favor of Union to a man.
—The party on last Thursday eve
ning was a tip top affair; and was de
cidedly, the party of the season.—
Glazier Nash, of Company C, Fifth
Penna. R. C., was home on a visit to
his family last week.—Rev. John D.
Stewart, of Tyrone City, preached in
the Methodist Church on Sunday:—
The citizens ofJohnstown are urgently
memorializing Congress to have the
proposed National Foundry located at
that place.—About two inches of
snow fell in this vicinity on Friday
night last, and on Saturday the tintin
abulations of the merry sleigh bells
could be heard almost constantly.—
The Penna. Railroad Company changed
their schedule on Monday. See table
in another column.—Wharton and
Crawford of the Senate, and Scott, of
the House,. have our thanks for pub.
does.---The Congressional nomina
tion is already beginning to be agita
ted by some of the politicians.—A
young man named Alexander, of Ju
niata township, a member of Capt. J.
D. Campbell's company, died in camp
last week; and his remains were
brought home to this county by his
parents, on Saturday, to bo buried,-
Acknowledgments.
List of articles received by the ladies
of the Soldiers' Aid of Huntingdon, up
to Dec. 28, 1861, at which time two
boxes were forwarded to Palmyra,
Mo., and one to the " Ladies' Aid" of
Philadelphia.
Mrs. Hamer, material for slippers',
canton flannel and calico.
Miss Ada Wise, woolen stockings
and 1 pr. mittens.
Mrs. Ann Eliza Wise, soaks.
Miss Mary Jane Wise, do.
Master Anderson Given, (three yrs.
old,) - one blanket. -
Mr. A. B. Cunningham, 6 yards can
ton flannel and thread.
Mrs. A. S. Harrison, tomatoes, cat
su and hair pillows.
Mrs. Dr. Griffith, apple butter, grape
jelly, blackberry , jam - and dried apples.
Miss Maria Steel, feather pillows,
cases, herbs and tracts.
Miss Betsey Steel, herbs and dried
raspberries.
Miss Patty Steel, feather pillowS.
" Kato Bupp, pocket handker
chiefs and catsup.
Mrs. A. W. Benedict, jar currant
jelly. '
Miss D. Mosser, 2 feather pillows, 4
pillow eases; comfortable and quilt.
Miss Jane Orr, 4 pocket bandk'fs.
" Christina Low, pocket hand
kerekiofs, corn starch, drugget and
canton flannel.
Mrs. Jno. Williamson, 2 prs. drawers.
" • Dunn, Portstown, sheet, towel,
handlirChiefs; blackberries and dried
apples.'Mrs. David §na.re, dried apples, to
matoes and wiping for guns..
Miss C. Hirst, pocket handkerchiefs.
Mrs. John Hildebrand. tomatoes,
feather pillow and case, shirt, hand
kerchiefs and dried apples.
Mrs. Robert King, material for slip
pers.
Ilirs,•A. , A. Jaeobs, , eataup, tomato
jelly and beef.
Mrs. Rhoda Fisher, tomatoes.
" C. Decker, tordatoes.
Miss Critic Speedy, note paper, en
velopes, pins and canton flannel.
Mrs. C. King, tomatoes, catsup and
elderberry wine.
Mrs. Mary Decker, tomatoes, hand
kerchiefs and flannel.
Mrs. Dennis, muslin, &e.
Charley Willoughby, 1 pr. mittens
Minnie Mellurtrie, (8 years of age,
2 needle books.
Prom juvenile Soldiers' Aid, 38 pin
cushions. 2 needle books, 14 handker
chiefs, 15 housewives filled with but
tons, thread,
From ladies of Shade Gap througl
Mrs. Amanda C. Blair. ,
Mrs. Amanda C. Blair, 2 blankets,
3 quilts, 9 pillows, 3 pairs slippers, six
towels, compresses, bandages, &c.
Mrs. S. Wiestling, 4 pairs stocking;
3 doz. pin cushions and muslin.
Mrs. S. S. hunt, 1 quilt, yeast cakes,
newspapers, &c.
Mrs. Martha Hudson, 2 pr. stockings.
" Mary Hudson, 1 pr. do.
The Misses Sipes,•4 pai'rs stockings
and stationery.
Mrs. A. I. Taylor, 2 piss. stockings.
Miss C. R. Weistling, 1 pr. stockings
books and pin cushions.
Miss Collie A. Blair, I pr. stockings
2 handkerchiefs and 1 doz. pin cushions
J. Chalmers Blair, two woolen com
forts, combs, buttons, &c.
Donations in money as follows:
Nov. 17, Episco. Church, Hunt., $2 73.
Nov. 17, Episco. S. School, " 60.
" 25, Pres. Church,. " 12 24.
" 25, Pres. S. SelidOl. " 3 82.
" 29, M. E. Church, " 8 41.
" 29, M. E. S. School, " 2 06.
The money received'from the Sab
bath Schools was invested in books and
sent to Louisville, Ky., to the hospital
in charge of ' Dr.' Knight, viz.: 40 sol
diers' Pocket diaries, 20 soldiers' tract
series, 100 Hymn Cards, 40 Cromwell
Bibles.
The sum of 89 79 was received front
sundry persons, viz.: Mrs. J. P. An
derson, 83 00, Mrs. Jauo Glasgow, 25
cts., Lizzie McMurtrie: 25 cts., Minnie
McMurtrie, (8 years) 10 cents, Maggie
McMurtrio, (5 years) 5 cents, and the
residue from members of the society.
A largo 'number of contributions
hare been received from members of
the society and others which have been
omitted.
OUR CORRESPONDENCE.
The Old Country Chap.
(DLSIONED FOR TAE AZIDING OP lIUMITCO DO ZI1511119.)
A : good joke was related. to us a few
evenings since by an " Old country
chap," the purport of which I hero
give. At the trial of Jno. M. Davis, be
fore the court of Huntingdon ast
week, he being eharged,with homicide,
one by name was taken
as witness. When called upon by the
court for his evidence, he took his po
sition and told them all he knew; after
ho had finished, a lawyer in front arose
and proceeded to cross:examine him,
when another came up on his left, an
other on his right, and' a fourth ad
vanced in the rear, and they began
questioning him on all sides; but th e
"old country chap" not being accus
tomed to such critical examlnings, be
came somewhat embarrassed, and he
began to issue forth in Welch a torrent
of answers to the multitudinous ques
tions of his four examiners, when the
ono in front became astounded and
shrank back into the , Seat, he had for
merly occupied, and then the second,
third and fourth fell back on a " double
quick" but as' noiselessly as though
their life was suspended upon the qui
etude of the moment. Not a word
was uttered for many seconds, and the
questioning lawyers looked all amazed
and terrified, their hair standing
straight on end and their mouths gap
ing wide open as though they wore
prepared to swallow some alligators or
anacondas.
The silence was at length broken by
one of the questioners, who asked of
another in an undertone, " What lan
guage does ho speak ? it is not Latin,
nor Greek, nor French, nor German,
nor is it anything else that I know of,
&e. Suoh remarks were general
among the assembly, and as no ono ap
peared to understand his language the
examiner, who stood in front while
questioning, but was now resting on
his chair, rose cautiously from his
seat, and tremblingly asked what lan
guage he spoke, if language it was at
all. Tbe'"Old country chap" prompt
ly answered—Veloh—sir - : at this an
nouncement the pleader for justice was
more amazed than before and fell back
again on his cbair,exclaiming
W-e-l-c-h, W-e-1- - e-h,' who ever heard
of such a language,T and it occasioned
a great commotion among the mem
bers of the.bar,. ; tis none of them had
ever before heard there was such a
tribe; again our amiable lawyer took
courage t and rising to his feet nervous
ly inquired here the people lived
that used thra:pecnliar language ; in
Wales, quickly replied the " old coun
try chap." I . 4AWn goes the examiner
again, and it .mighty uproar followed,
each one trYliig,to find out whether
there was such a place on this globe,
or whether he had come from the
moon or had risen from the dead, when
a sprightly you - 1)g lawyer sprung upon
the floor and cried out in a loud tone,
" I'll tell you who this people ant that
talk Whales, they must be the descend
: ants of Jonah who was swallerod by
ono of them • varmints." "Stop,"
chimed in the 'old country cltp,"' I
didn't say whales, I said Wales; it's a
country attachotto England and sub
ject to queen " "Oh! yes! yes!"
cried the gratified assembly of law
yers, quite glad to receive this infor
mation, which, likely, . they will not
soon forget. "Ali !" said one, " this
old country chap' is too long over
for us," and finding the language he
used to be a puzzle to them, the wit
ness was dismissed, the lawyers right
glad to' get through with this cross
examination, by which they had inten
ded to use up the " old country chap,"
but had been used up most by it, them
selves.
Our " old 'country chap " here is the
same that fell down the stairs of the
Broad Top Howie, and on waking up
to his senses found himself in the cel
lar among the - whisky barrels with a
sore shin and bruised head; he now
occupies his • old quarters on Broad
Top, quite satisfied not to visit "ye
ancient borough" soon again.
B. W. C.
Coaltnont, Jan. 22, 1862.
Our Army Correspondence.
CA:ur CALIFORNIA, VA., Jan. 23, '62.
Ma. EDlTORS:—Thinking that your
numerous readers of the Globe would
be interested in some news from the
53d Reg. P. V., I shall endeavor to
write a feiv line's for your paper. Our
Regiment left Camp Curtin some time
in November and Caine to Washington.
We first encamped about ten miles_
from the city on the Maryland side of
the river, and called the place Camp
Brooke (after our Colonel), and re
mained there two or three weeks, when
ono waning no less than thirty-four
army wagons came to move us across
the river. You may well suppose the
boys were all in a glee then. Tho
idea of moving into the Old Dominion,
or treading on the "sacred soil of Vir
ginia," made us all feel highly delight
ed. Virginia is considered by the sol
dier, before he enters it, as a land of
battles and victories. It appears to
have a charm for the soldier, like the
plains of Italy had for Northern Bar
barians in t e j,le time of the Romans.—
Bright and early next morning we left
Camp Brooke, crossed the river, and
came to the place whore wo are now
encamped, which is about three miles
southwest otrilexandria„ and about
tea miles from Washington City. We
had a fine camp until the wet weather
set in, but now it is exceedingly mud
dy. The weather for the last week,
has been such that ono could scarcely
venture out for fear he would remain
sticking in the mire. Still, with all
this inclement weather, the men aro
comfortable in their tents, having good
camp stoves in them. On our right is
encamped the 69th New York Regi
ment, which proved so destructive to
the rebels at Bull Run, and on our left,
is the Ist Illinois Cavalry Regiment.
Gen. French commands our Brigade,
consisting of the 53d Penna. and the
52d, 61st, and 66th New' York Regi
ments, upon the. whole quite a fine
brigade. The brigade is iu Gen. Sum
mers' division. Col. Brooks of the 53d
P. V., is a gentleman and a soldier in
every respect, being kind and lenient,
still, when the case requires it, he shows
the men that forbearance is not al
ways a virtue, and duo justice is dealt
out to them. He is greatly beloved
by all the men. Indeed, too much
praise cannot be bestowed upon all the
officers in the regiment, and rest as
sured whenever the opportunity pre
sents itself, the 53d will do good work
for the maintenance of our glorious
Union; Last Monday our Regiment
was'paid off. It did not cause an ex
traordinary degree of excitement, ex
cept in some instances where old Bac
chus showed himself rather freely.—
But these instances were few, from the
fact that the men generally, are tem
perate. Company C, (Captain Win
trode,) sent nearly a thousand dollars
!Wine to their wives and parents. This
certainly speaks. far better of them
than if they had kept it with them and
spent it in camp. Moro anon.
CLOSE QUARTERS. -A &cosh journal
thinks that the best way to whip the
Yankees, is to use the bayonet—and
gives as a proof of the value of the re
cipe, that in the last Italian campaign
a regiment of ehasseurs a'pied routed
the Austrians without firing a gun.—
" Long range guns may do for the
skirmishers (says this carpet knight)
but for close quarters—with Yankees
—the bayonet is the weapon." Now,
this is just what the Federal troops
have all along desired—the " chivalry"
have beer. boasting (though not quite
so loudly of late) that ono Southern
man was in battle equal to four or five
Northerners—but they have taken
very special care not to come up to
the scratch unless they knew their
force was in the inverse ratio to their
boasting, and they have depended upon
their successes by their security from
behind their fortifications, and their
masked batteries are opened upon our
unsuspecting troops. Zolticoffer, how
ever, it appears, finding that ho was
getting into rather a tight place, de
termined to come out from his fortifi
cations and give a chance for a fair
fight, and the result •Is before the
world—his army was beaten back to
their entrenchments and behind their
batteries—but it was but a ,momentary
respite to them—the brave Indiana
boys and loyal Tennesseeans, as soon
as the morning light burst upon them,
after the previous day's defeat of the
rebels, boldly marched up to their bat
teries with their bayonets presented,
and placed the glorious stars and
stripes over their ramparts, whilst the
traitors bad fled with all speed across
the river leaving everything behind.
Pennsylvania Legislature,
On Wednesday last on motion of
ISIr: Wharton, the Senate proceeded to
the consideration of bill entitled , 4 An
Act to revive the warrants of Andrew
S. Harrison, a collector of taxes in the
borough of Huntingdon, county of
Huntingdon."
Mr. M'Clure called for an. explana
tion of the bill.
Mr. Wharton. It has been the prac
tice of this body to pass bills of an - ex:
actly similar nature. I recollect the
passage of several of those bills at the
last session. The present bill has re
ceived the sanction of the Judiciary
Committee, and, after being fully dis
cussed by them, reported affirmatively.
The circumstances are these :—A. S.
Harrison wasa collector of the several
taxes—military, state, county, &c.—for
the borough of Huntingdon. The time
of his warrant having expired, and
there remaining an outstanding tax,
for which his bail are partially respon
sible, he desires the warrants to be re
vived, for the purpose of enabling his
bail and himself to collect the amount
so•due. Ido not think that the pas
sage of the bill would affect any gen
eral principle, as the proposition is
merely to apply to the revived war
rant, to persons upon Whom the origi
nal warrant was intended to operate ;
no new parties can be affected in the
matter, in any way. The subject is
entirely local in its operations, and I
hope the Senate will acquiesce in its
passage.
The bill then passed finally.
RousE—ln the House on the same
day, Mr. Rex of Montgomery, offered
the following resolution :
Resolved, That a select committee of
five be appointed to examine into and
investigate the contracts made by cer
tain parties with the agents appointed
by the Governor, for the furnishing of
clothing, equipments and supplies to
the Commissary Department for the
use of the three months volunteers,
called into service in compliance . with
the requisition of the President, and
ascertain, if possible, if any frauds have
been committed upon the State, and if
so, to report to this Rouse the nature
and extent of such frauds, and to as
certain, if possible, the name or names
of the parties implicated. The com
mittee shall also
and
into such
other contracts and expenditures, made
by the bead of the different depart
ments of their agents; as they, in their
judgment, may deem proper, and shall
have power to send for persons and
papers.
This resolution was discussed at
length by several members. Mr. Scott
made the following remarks:—
" While I have been a silent, I have
not been an uninterested listener to
this debate; and I am glad, sir, that it
has• assumed the tone and character
which' it has within the last few min
utes. I rise, sir, not for the purpose
of prolonging the debate nor to repeat
what has boon, perhaps, so well said
on both sides of the chamber, but I
rise lost the tone and character of the
debate within the last few minutes
may give a mistaken direction to this
investigation, which is now evident we
shall have.
The debate ; sir, within the last few
minutes has seemed to assume that
this resolution is aimed only at the in
tegrity of the Governor. Now, sir, I
hope—yes, I ardently hope that this
investigation may show the record of
the Governor to be pure and stainless;
I hope the result will be such that no
man who has voted upon this floor for
the investigation can be charged in
doing so, with an effort to embarrass
the State or National administration.
While it may bo one of the purposes of
this inquiry to ascertain whether the
Executive himself has boon guilty of
any improper conduct, I trust it will
not be lost sight of that these resolu
tions are to go further. I trust, sir,
we shall not forgot, as the gentleman
from Chester, (Mr. Smith,)' has well
said, that there have been traitors at
home as well as traitors in the field;
and while gallant mon aro bearing our
standard afloat on the field of battle,
shooting down armed traitors, let us
attend to the traitors who aro stealing
the sinews of war at home. If the in
vestigation should even developo the
fact that the Governor has been im
posed upon in the hurry of the exigen
cy which presied upon him in sending
our troops into the field—if it develope
the fact that mon have taken advan
tage of his position for the very pur
pose of putting their hands into the
treasury and stealing away the life
bleod of the government—if it devel
ope that, let it not be lost sight of in
any clamor about the Governor, or
about it being either a Democratic or
a Republican investigation. But, sir,
the time has come, and it is upon us,
when we must trample under our foot
these apparitions of old dead parties,
and rise up to vindicate the integrity
of the country, let its administration
be in whatever hands it may, and to
punish corruption, let it be in what
party it may. I go, sir, to the full es
tent that the gentleman from Chester
has gone, and I say, let us give the last
dollar, let us 'give the last man in full
integrity for the support, both of 6;3
State and the National administrations;
but wheneverwe find a thief, stealing
the dollars, shoot. him down, if it were
pOssible, as you would shoot the trai
tor who is on the field of battle in arms
against us. If there be any difference
in looking at the two classes,, the man
who has the manliness to wine out
openly and boldly and assails our gov
ernment has at least the merit of cour
age on his side, while the other man
is a skulking thief, coming up behind
the very ramparts of the government
that defends him, and seeking to under
mine it,
PILUM
And now, sir, I rise to say,.let tharo
be no mis-reading on this subject.—
Let it be understood that this is not an
investigation aimed simply at the Gov
ernor of the Commonwealth, I, sir,
for one will give that officer all honor
for every patriotic act ho has done, for
every deed of self-sacrifice, fbr every
exertion that put forth in that Execu
tive department in raising, arming,
equipping and sustaining our troops.
I will give him credit for everything
he has done; and I hope ibis investi
gation may only serve to show that
the clamor which has been raised is
unfounded. Let us approach this
question not merely as partisans, not
with any prejudice before our eyes,
not looking with distorted vision either
at this man's act or at that man's act;
but let us approach it, sir, as patriots,
who look only at the one subject of
the country : and look upon the integri
ty both' of its officers and its people as
the great means of preserving it. If
this committee be raised, as I have no
doubt it will be, then let its members
approach the investsgation, with the
desire to clear the Governor if he be
innocent—to spread before the com
munity the truth if he be otherwise.—_
Let the investigation be approached,
not with a desire .to screen anybody,
but to bring the-guilty of all shades;
complexions, and parties -before, the
public gaze and award them the pun
ishment which their guilt deserves."
WAR NEWS.
THE
,WAR IN MISSOURI:,
SEDALIA, Mo., Jan. 23.—Two com
panies of cavalry, under Major L. Hal
derman, of thb First Kansas regiment;
left Lexington on' a reconnoitring 'ex
pedition on the night of the nth,
which resulted in the arrest of Captain
Whiting, Joe' Shelby, and several other
notorious rebel desperadoes, arid' the
capture of a. large lot of horses, mules,,.
wagons, commissary stores, ac., taken
from Col. Mulligan's command, and a
considerable quantity of boots 'arid
shoes and'other articles taken from: the
simmer Sunshine by the rebels, oine
time since, all of which wererne,d
over to the Union troops at Lexiffi"gton.
Colonel Deitzler, of the Kansas First
Regiment, in command at Lexingteli;
announces, by a general order, 'that sits
rebel
,assassins lurk in anibush and
fire upon soldiers, he has therefore or
dered to be arrested a large number of
wealthy and influential Secessionists
who give aid and comfort to Price'S
army, whom be will hold responsible
for the good behavior of their hirelings,
and the assassination of one man of
his command in thiS manner, will be
followed by the shooting or hanging
of five of these wealthy rebels.
The Victory- in _Kentucky.
Further Particulars of the Battle at
Mill. Spring.
CmciNNATi,Jan. 24.—Thismoi•ning's
papers contain full accounts of the bat
tle at Mill Spring. It was a fair open
battle. The rebels 'fought well and
were overcome only by superior fight
ing on our side.
According to the rebel accounts their
forces consisted of ten inflintry , regi
meats, three batteries and some cav
alry, altogether about 10,000 mon.
They fought in the bush whacking
style, from ravines, and behind trees,
and bushes and rocks.
The brunt of the battle devolved on
the Fourth Kentucky, Second Min
nesota, Ninth Ohio and Tenth Indiana.
For nearly two hours the roar of mus
ketry kept up.
Shortly after 11-o'clock, Col. Has
kins succeeded in flanking the enemy
on the extreme right, when tho 9th
Ohio and 3d Minnesota charged with
the bayonet, with triumphant yells,
which broke the rebel ranks and the
route began. They fled poll melt to
their camp, strewing the road with
muskets, blankets, overcoats and knap
sacks, and abandoned two guns and
caisons.
Gen. Zollicoffer was shot through the
heart, at the head of his staff, by Col.
Fry, of the 4th Kentucky regiment.
It appears. that Zollicoffer lost his way
in the bushes, and suddenly emerged
before Col. Fry, who was accompanied
by some staff officers. The two par
ties mistook each other for friends, and
approached within a few yardS be each
other, when finding their mistake both
halted, and prepared for a hand to hand
conflict. One of Zollicoffer's aids shot
at Col. Fry, but only brought his horse
down. The federal colonel immedi
ately drew his six shooter and brought
Zollicoffer from his saddle at the first
fire. The rebel ' staff deserted their
chiefs body, which was taken to Som
erset the day after the battle. ,„
An East Tennessoen writing to the
Commercial says all the gredit andion
or of this battle is dub to the Tenth
Indiana, Ninth Ohio, Fourth.Kentue
ky, and Second Minnesota regiments,
for they did all the fighting single
handed with the exception that What
support they received from the Artil
lery. They all fought nobly, and nev
er wavered from their fixed determi
nation to gain victory. The comba
tants were so. near each other at one
time, that the powder burned their
faces on the discharge of each other's
pieces.
M i~`4~ai ;i~i~~i~`tHaiZO~S+~`n~`i=f l~l;~ ~
ST. Louts, Jan. 24.—Several of the
Secessionists of this city, who wore re
cently assessed fir the benefit of the
southwestern fugitives, by order of
Gen. Ha!leek ' having failed to pay the
assessments, their property has been
seized within a day or two past under
execution to satisfy the assessment,
with 25 per cent, additional, according
to general order, No. 24. '
Yesterday, Samuel Engler, a promi
nent merchant, and ono of the assessed
Secessionist; bad a writ of replevin
served upon the Provost Mgrshal
General, for property seized from him,
whereupon he and his attorney,. Na
thaniel Cox, were arrested and lodged
in the military prison.
- To-day, Gen. lialleck issued a special
order directing the Provost Marshal
General to send Engler boyond- the
limits of this Departmet, and to notify
him not to return without the permis
sion of the Commanding General, un
der tbe.penulty according to the laws
of war.
Gen. Halleck also adds that; martial
law having been declared in this city,
by the authority of the President of
the United States, all the civil author
ities, of whatever name or office, are
hereby notified that any attempt on
their part to interfere with the execu
tion of any order issued from these
Headquarters, or impede, molest or
trouble any officer duly appointed to
carry snob order into effect, will be re
garded as a military offence and pun
ished accordingly.
et The Provost Marshal General will
arrest each and exery person, of what,
ever rank or offiee, who attempts in
any way to prevent or interfere with
the execution of any order issued from
those Headquarters. Ho will call up
on the Commanding officer of the De
partment of St. Louis for the military
assistance ho may require.
FROM FLORIDA.
p.vaiNonE w ho, ga, = - Tho 'Norfolk
Buy Book has an, article from the
Charleitmi - Mereur:o, headed "Iraperz
tent from Florida," 'giving the partic
ulars, of the capture of,Cedar Keys.
There were three schOoneri and five
fishing
,smacks - loading - there at the
time theirankees took the place." The'
schdoriers were - loaded with lumber
and turpentine. - - . •
Tbe Mercury's informant thinks - that
they were - destroyed by the owners on
Thursday night, as- soon. as it was as
certained that the- Yankees intended
to attack-the place.-- , The president or
the railroad corn** wentdowifwith..
two companies of infantry to protect
the property, and a message was - sent
to Gen. Trapier for assistance. During-
"Thursday firing was heard 'in the di
rection of Cedar Keys, mid 'the Fed- -
eralteet has no doubt takeni the place:.
THE WAR IN MISSOURI.
CAPTURE OF EIGHTYNEBBLS OP
JEFF THOMPSON'S GANG. • •'
Sr. Louis, Jan. 26.—Official dispatch
es from Cape Girardeau state - that the
expedition which left that place a few
days since,' for Bentim and 13looni fields,
has returned, having captured Lieut.-
Col. _Varner ; eleven' other officers; and
sixty-eight -privates,. of 'Jeff Ththup
son's 'command.- Also, quite '2: , larger.
number of arms, horses, saddles, ac.
Official Anncrancement of the Victoiy.-
---The President' Hastens to do
Honor to the Brave. ' "
The follomirg general cirdi •in re
spect to s ,the battlOof Mill Spring, (neat:
Somerset, ICy.,) has just been issued:
" GENERAL ORDER IN RESPECT TO TILE
BATTLE AT AllLL.srnmo
• "Wfin DEV.i;Jan. 22; 1862.•
"The-President, Comniander-in-chief
of the' army and navy,'has received
information . of.. a brilliant Victory
achieved by the United States , foreei
over a largo body of armed 'traitors
and rebels, at Mill 'Spring, in. the State
of Kentucky. '
"Ho returns thanks to the gallant
officers and - soldiers. Who won that
victory, and when the 'official reports
shall be received, the:"military skill
and personal valor 'displayed' in the
battle will be acknowledged , and i'e:
warded in a fitting manner: - I ••'
"The courage that encountered and
vanquished the greatly'superior num;
hers of the rebel force; pursued and at
tacked them in their entrenchments,
and paused not 'until the enemy was,
completely routed, merits-and receives
commendation. The purpose of thiS
war is to attack, pursue and destroya •
rebellious enemy, and to 'deliverl•lthe.-
country from tho'dariger'menaced , bkx`
traitors. Alacrity ; daring,- ceuragoona ,;•-
spirit, and patriotic zeal, on ociciA
sions and under every circurnstance;c
are expected from the army of the
United States. In the - prompt and
spirited movements and daring battle_,
of Mill Spring, the nation will rentlici,.
its hopes, and the people; of the Uhited.l
States will rejoice to honor every sol,
dier and officer who proves his courage •
by charging• with the bayonet midi
storming entrenchments or in the blaze
of the enemy's fire. _
" By order of the President, '
"EDWIN M. STAIATON,
"Secretary of Wan"'
The following Official order has been_
issued by the Secretary of War:
"Ordered, That the "War Depart—
ment will be closed, Tuesdays, Wednee—
days, Thursdays and Fridays Ugainst,
all other business but that - which .re
lates to active military operations in',
the field.
" Saturdays wit bo devoted ti trio
business of Senators• and ReprosOnta
tivos. -
" Mondays to the business of the pub
"EDWIN M..SrANTON, '
" Secretary of War."
Official Account of the Vibtory
The following clesiMteh Sias received,
at headipiarters to-night:. '
Loutsviro,..Tan.'22, 1861:
To - Maj. Gcn,. McClellan, Commanding.
the United Stateo Army:.
The following has just been received,
from Gen. Thomas : •
Thereat of the cnotny was complete:.
After succeeding in.getting two pieces
of artillery across the •river,, and ups:.
wards of- fifty wagons, he, abandoned
the rest with all ; the ammunition iii
the depot at Mill Spring: ..They.theii,
throw away - their arms, , and.disßersedi
through the mountain • ky-ways.in the.
direction of Monticello,,but are so com
pletely demoralized that I do not be
lieve.they will make a stand short of
Tennessee. ' : "
The property captured on this , Bider
of the river is
.of great value, amount
ing to eight six-pounders and two Par
rot gun; with caissons.filled with am
munition; about one hundredfour-borso
wagons, and upwards of twelve huncirel
horses and mules; several: boxes. of
arms. which have never he' ell W 1 1.4
and from five hutuir6d t4nrke,thatWlTA
muskets, (mostly: flint, locks, hat in
good order;) submstence:stores enough
to serve the entire, command fOr three
days, and' a large amount Of .hpspital
stores. • ' - ' -!••
"As soon as I receive the report, of
the' brigade commanders, , I will. fur
nish a detailed report of , the:
Our lois, was thirty-nine JOU,: and
One hundred and twentpseven. wonn-,
ded. Among the, wounded were, .Col,
McCook, of the, Ninth Obi% command-;
ing a brigade, and his ald; Tdicntenant,
Bart, of the 18th ; T.t,S. Infantry.,, The,
loss of the rebels wait: •Zollieoffer and,
ono hundred ,and feurteen, others id 11134
arid buried, one hundred, and sixteml
wounded; and forty-five,.taken priSol
acre, (not wounded,), five of whom are
surgeotts,andincludingLientemint
Carter, of the 17th Tennessee regiment ;
", General Tribm4s.!'
,D. C. Buzr.t. comma'g).
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