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JUST NOW WO hear curses thick and loud from every direction and from all parties, not at all complimentary of the late Secretary of War, Gen. Cam eron. One of his own party papers boldly asserts that the War Depart ment, while in his charge, was in the hands of thieves. The late and daily exposures of frauds connected with that Department, is enough to sicken the heart of every patriot in the coun try. Thousands upon thousands and millions upon millions of dollars were i tAcen from the Treasury and squan dered to satisfy political cormorants, who arc party men only for the spoils. This curse of rewarding obedient fol lowers of fri-ty leaders, does not exist alone with one party. We need not go farther back than the Administra tion of Mr. Buchanan, to point out the same system of extravagance. Floyd, who had charge of the War Depart ment, was not only a thief but also a traitor. Admitting that Cameron is guilty of all that he is charged with, still he is not any greater rascal than Floyd, who held the same position Ml der a .Democratic Administration.— Floyd's stealings went into the hands of traitors to assist in destroying this Government. Cameron's stealings went into the hands of men not more hon est than traitors, and should be dealt with as such. Floyd and Cameron ;have always been violent party men, : and when in power hundreds of their willing tools must be rewarded. To prevent the Treasury from being swal lowed up entirely, President Lincoln has selected from the ranks of the peo ple an honest man to take charge of the War Department. In the ap pointment of Mr. Stanton, the conser vative men of all parties are highly complimpted. Tis true, Mr. Stanton was in Mr. Buchanan's Cabinet for a short time at the close of his adminis tration, but it must be remembered that ho (Stanton) was not of the Be fchanan-Breekinridge Democracy, for ,at the second meeting of the Cabinet after he entered upon the duties of his ,office;he boldly charged some of the members of the Cabinet with 'treason, and told the President that if he con tinued to take their advice, he, too, would be guilty of treason. From this meeting to the close of Mr. B.'s term, he allowed himself to be influ enced by the honest sentiments of an honest, conservative Democracy. Mr. Stanton is again called into the ,Cabinet. This time by a Republican President—which is an evidence that President Lincoln too, has come to the ; conclusion that if the country is to be saved from utter destruction, old party leaders must give up their positions to ,conservative men—men who are known as able and honest men, and not mere ly as.politicians and leaders ofpoliti cal parties. The people, the masses of all parties, will do well to remember with what gratification the whole country receives ..be appointment of Mr. Stanton, and in the future it is to be hoped they will fill at offices with men of the same character—discarding in every in stance, from the highest to the lowest ,office, the claims and pretentious of the office-sockingpelitician. Stir Our ,neighbora pl . the Journal American do not like our way of deal ing with corrupt politicians. They, no doubt, see a something in the fikture pot, Wes of this county that might destroy i tkp fore'? pf strict party nominations, And scv.evehAt derange the plans of gspiring leaders. We never venture upon ground we cannot stand upon, therefore, the advice of our neighbors is of no value to us. ,COUNTERFEIT DETECTORS, fOr sale regularly, at Lewis' Book Store. WE LIVE in a strange world, or at least, the people who inhabit it are strange. Almost every man entertains opinions different from those of his neighbor, so that there are as many different opinions as their are people. We are led to these remarks from con versations we hoar every day in regard to the causes of this war, the conduct ing of pur immense army, and the management of affairs at the fountain head of all our actions. If every man should have his own opinions carried out just as he thinks is the only right, proper, and safe way of doing business, our army would consist of as many ar mies as there are officers and privates in the service—we would have six•hun dred and forty thousand armies, com posed of one or two men each. What a formidable sight they would present. What a formidable fight they would make, each army fighting just when, where and how he thinks proper. The readerwill at once see the absurdity of such a thing, hence, the clamorings of the people about the inactivity of the army along the Potomac. There is just as much use in getting mad and maligning the character of the loaders of the army for not moving, as there is in trying to get to Heaven by way of New Orleans. x - kiV-"As to the price of the Globe remaining 'as usual' we are glad to hear of it, as we should be sorry to see that reduced in these war times, not withstandin,s; the fact that other prices have suffered."—Journal & American. We are considerably indebted to our neighbors for informing the readers of the Journal & American that our prices for job printing are something less than the prices at other country offices. If it was possible for us to print the Globe for less than $1,50 a year, we would do so. But the subscription price of the Globe is as low as we can put it.— Job printing is another branch of our business, and we are better prepared to do all kinds of work in this line, than any other office between Harris burg and Pittsburg, having the facili• ties to do work in less time (and better than other country offices,) we can ,s6e no good reason why we should not do work cheaper than heretofore, and cheaper than other offices behind the age in job printing. We do work cheap and well, to prevent our busi ness men from offering an excuse fur having their printing done in the cities. as many have been in the habit of do ing, and some will continue to do so to avoid being abused fur giving to us woik that cannot be properly executed at their own party offices. Is Ira Iroxasr ?-IVo find the fol lowing statement in the Mauch Chunk, Pa., Democrat :-- "E. 11. Ranch, who has not entered the " tented field," as some of our read ers erroneously supposed. to show his great devotion to the Union, is getting tolerable good pay for staying at home —or rather, at Harrisburg. He has not resigned his position as Captain notwithstanding his occupancy of a civil office. He is " off on furlough," for 90 days, and of course draws his pay as Captain. Hence his compensa tion is about as follows for each day: The clerkship pays $8 per day—prob ably more. The Captaincy pays $l2O per month ;—equal to $4 per day.— Hence Mr. Rauch is getting over $l2 per day out of the people who have to pay the taxes. The United States Government will pay him $3OO for the ninety days that ho is off duty, and while ho is occupying a lucrative office at home." Three hundred and sixty dollars, for which Mr. Rauch renders no service.— If this operation is honest, then the man who has cheated the Government by getting two or throe prices for an old horse is just as honest as Mr. Rauch. The Journal & American will not make much capital by abusing Scott for refusing to vote for such a man. 'WHATEVER maybe said of the wealth, strength and influence of the North, we are evidently losing ground in England, but that is to be expected, as they have all the while sympathized with the South. For our own good and convenience, England is becoming too fault-finding to suit our views at present, and in every act, we can see a desire to pick a quarrel with us.— The PalmerSton-Russell dynasty, are hasty, arrogant aristocrats, and their highest aim just - now seems to be the overpowering-of the North, and :the destruction of our free institutions.— We hope to see a change in the Eng. lish ministry very soon. England would consult her own interests by -forever laying on the shelf Lords Palmerston-and-Russell, and others of the-same school,. - INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE. The Speaker of the.: House has appointed the following committee to investigate whether improper means were used to procure the passage of the bill at the last session of the Legislature for the commutation of tonnage duties: Mr. Hopkins, of Washington; Mr. Ryon, of Schuylkill; Mr. Strang, of Tioga ; Mr. Alexander, of Indiana; Mr. Crane, of Wayne. Messrs. Hopkins and Ryon are Dem ocrats; Messrs. Straniand Alexander are Republicans, and Mr. Crane a Union Democrat. Mr. Strang and Mr. Alexander were members of the last Rouse, and voted against the bill. The other members of the committee were not in the Legislature at the last' ses sion. • THE TRIBUNE ALMANAC for 1862 7 for sale at Lewis' Book Store, 11Z-The Mineraourn at says: Daring the week we have been drinking cof fee made of wheat and coffee com bined—ono quarter of a pound of cof fee mixed with two quarts of wheat. The wheat is boiled about twenty min utes in water, and then placed in a pan and browned the same as coffee. So far, we prefer it to the genuine article, and it certainly is more healthy.— With a pound of coffee and eight quarts of wheat, which costs from three to four cents a quart, this beverage is prAuced so cheap, ,that it makes up all the difference in the advance in price of both tea and coffee. • Jr IS SAID that during the recent ill ness of Gen. McClellan, when his friends thought him in a somewhat dangerous condition, one of them urged upon him the propriety of confiding whatever military plans he had devised to some competent and trustworthy person.— His reply was that his plans were un derstood, and that when it began to storm the people would hear the thun der all around the sky. ILUINOIS COFFEE.-Mr. Geo. R. Hoff man, of Effingham county, 111., last year raised two bushebi of coffee, near ly identical with the Rio coffee. The seed was sent to him three years ago from Australia. It is unproductive the first year, bearing a little the sec ond year, and is most productive the third season. At his estimate, thirty bushels can be grown per acre. MORE SOLDIERS WANTED.—We call the attention of the young men of the county, who want to servo their coun try in the army, to an advertisement in another column. Capt. Wintrode and his assistants will give all infor mation necessary. liIUII PRESSURE.--The Pottsville Standard, in a long article, urges Wil liam Bigler for the next Presidency.— Mr. Bigler was ono of the ruling spirits at Charleston in defeating the Pemoe racy in '6O. He won't pass tion." SHORT LOCALS.—WC did not hear Prof. Owen's lecture on Saturday eve ning, so that we are unable to speak of the merits or demerits of his produc tion. From the character of the man, however, we would think it was good. —We learn from the Shirlcysburg Herald ; of last week, that on motion of Win. P. Orbison, Esq., Warren Ray mond was admitted, at the last sitting of our• Quarter Sessions, to practice law in the several Courts of Hunting don county. Suppose a fellow who has nothing, marries a girl as has noth ing; is her things his'n or his things her'n ? or is his'n her'n• or heel' his'n ? Spindleshanks thinks they is! The sleighing has been pretty good in this neighborhood for a few days past.— We would rather have been some folk's prayer book than their horses.— Women require more sleep than men, and farmers lesS than those engaged in any other occupation. Editors, re porters, printers, and telegraph opera tors need no sleep at all. Lawyers can sleep as they choose, and keep out of mischief.—The Broad Top Rail road Company now ship about fifteen hundred tons of coal over their• road daily, and could ship a still large• amount if they could get ears. Who says Broad Top is not one of the first milling districts in Pennsylvania ? Our whilom friend of the Brownsville Times, R. B. Brown, Esq., who is a transcriber in the House at Rarrisburg, this winter, dropped in to soo us on Saturday. Rob. looks first rate, and sports a huge pair of whiskers, which he has succeeded in cultivating success fully, after a great deal of trouble and anxiety, but, unfortunately, they smack of the same color as our own.— Ile looks considerably like an honest government official—We hear it stated that the 49th Regiment, P. V., to which is attached the companies of Captains Campbell and Miles, of this place, has been ordered to Key 'West, Florida. A RELIABLE SAFEGUARD AGAINST COUNTERFEIT, SPURIOUS OR BROKEN BANK MONEY.-A. Book that every Mer chant should have.—Messrs. Feld &Lare, of the National Bank Note Reporter, published in this city, are, by their in dustry, energy and honorable business conduct, reaping the highest success. Their circulation in the cities and ad. jacent boroughs, as well as in the coun try far and near, is extending rapidly, and business mon—all who handle money to any extent—find it not only a convenience, but a prime necessity, to be provided with this safeguard against imposition. Their Reporter gives the rates of discount for Pitts burg, New York and Cleveland, there by combining an Eastern and Western Detector. The proprietors, Messrs. Feld & Lare; as we have before stated, are men of honor and principle, neith er so short-sighted nor so dishonest as to be tempted, for a few dirty dollars, to quote worthless trash as sound cur rency. The trifling price—ono dollar per annum—places it within the reach of all, and no prudent doaler should ho without the National Bank Note Re porter.—Pittsburg Dispatch. VARIETY ENVELOPES.—CoIeman & Co's splendid Variety Envelopes are for sale at Lewis' Book Store. They make a very handsome present for all ages. The jewelry is of a better qual ity than can be secured in any other envelope or in any other way for tho same money. The buyer of an envel ope can get any article of jewelry he or she may select from specimens. Call and see for yourself. Se-Another supply of the Old Vranklin Almanacs jiist, received et - Lewis' Book Store, f" __. THE GREAT VICTORY IN KEN- TUCKY. A VISIT TO THE BATTLE FIELD. Thrilling Scenes and Incidents. [Correspondence of the Cincinnati Conenricial.l Having seen many accounts of the battle of Webb's Cross Roads (vari ously called tho battle of Fishing Creek, Old Fields, Somerset and Mill Spring), it would see • Pardlynecessary to chi °n ide anythin urther relative to it. But, as this --_ ho first battle field I visited before ' he dead and wounded were removed, I feel disposed to make a note of some of my experiences con nected with it. During two weeks prior to the en gagement, I was at Somerset, attend- ing to some business matters for the Twelfth Kentucky Regiment. All this time much anxiety was felt, by the for ces under Gen. Schcepff, for the arrival of the forces under Gen. Thomas, so that an advance could he made upon the fortified position of Zollicoffer at Mill Spring. The welcome tidings fi nally reached us on Friday morning, January 17th, that Gen. Thomas was at Webb's Cross Roads, seven and a half miles west, or southwest of Som erset, with 6,000 men; andotiefore 11 o'clock At M., Schcepff's brigade was under way to join them. The difficul ties of that march, through rain and mud, have been better described by those who were in it, than I can do it. That Zollicoffer would come out of his entrenchments and attack our forces, was entirely unexpected—consequently no battle was looked for this side of his position at Mill Spring. Early on Sunday morning, Jan. 10th, we heard the roar of cannon beyond Fishing Creek, which betokened a bat tle. Like many young men, I felt " eager for the fray." Lieut. Col. How ard, of the Kentucky Twelfth, being confined to his bed by sickness, I mounted his well-knowncharger," Nel ly Gray," and went to fill his place, or rather to try. The distance from Som erset to the salt works on Fishing Creek, where we crossed, is five miles. The mud, a kind of redish clay and very soft, was from six inches to half as many feet in depth. I fell in with a squadron of Wolford's Cavalry, escor ting six caissons of ammunition, each caisson being drawn by eight horses, driven by four riders. There were also in the company thirty-six relief hor ses in harness, for Staudrat's Battery, which was already on the ground. To see this train in motion, while the hor ses were pressed to the top of their speed, could be compared to nothing better than a wild tornado, accompa nied by half a dozen whirlwinds play ing with the mud as though it were the chant' a threshing floor, obscuring at times caissons, horses and riders. The cavalcade reached the high bank overlooking Fishing Creek, in about twenty minutes front Somerset, and came to a halt. The creek - was so high that it was said it could not be forded, or, at least, the ammunition would be spoiled in passing through. Iu addition to this, a frightened wagon master re ported that Zollicoffer's forces had got between our army and the creek, and t hos cut off supplies and reintbreements from Somerset. During these few mo ments of suspense, and while the fire of artillery seemed to be increasing, I rode down the long steep hill to the water's edge, determined to cross at all hazards. While calculating my chances in one of the strongest currents I ever saw fbrded, a gentleman upon a powerful strong-limbed horse rode up and gave it as his opinion that the creek could be forded. Being more excited than I was, he plunged into the stream. With out waiting to see how ho" oame out" and knowing that, mortal horse could not do more than "Belly Gray," I fol lowed. We made the opposite shore in safety. By this time the whole cav alcade (excepting caissons) had reach ed the creek, and in a few minutes passed safely over. We halted with the cavalry, in front of widow Camp bell's house (secesh), and sent forward a reconnoitring party. Soon one of the party returned and reported the road clear. The distance from Fishing Creek to Webb's Cross Roads, whore our for ces had bivouacked the night before the battle, is two and a half miles. W e had made about two miles of this dis tance, when the artillery ceased firing, and soon after we met a man riding furiously down the hill. When we suc ceeded in bring him to a halt, he told us Zollicoffer was dead, and his army in full retreat. This man was hardly recognized by his old acquaintances; for his naked, sparkling eyeballs seem ed to be the only two spots about him not covered with mud. It was Dr. Hale. When he had told his story, on ho flew to tell it to other persecuted Union men. Zollicoffer is slain, his forces are overthrown, scattered and destroyed. We are again free. Men, women and children shouted, and even wept for joy. At that moment I did not wait to moralize, for while Dr. Hale was spreading the glad tidings in ono direction, telly Gray had antici pated the cavalcade In the other, and was first on the battle-field. My first inquiry was for the Kentucky Twelfth; but no one could toll me whd,ro they where or what part they had taken in the action. Only one dead man had been brought in. The body laid upon the ground in front of one of the Min nesota tents, surrounded by some twenty soldiers. It had been stripped of all the clothing except the pants, and two soldiers were busy in washing off the mad with which it had been cov ered. It was almost as white and transparent as the most delicate wax work. The fistal wound was in the breast, and was evidently made with a pistol ball, as it could be easily cov ered with the end of my finger. There was another wound upon the inside of his right arm above the elbow, and still another glaneln *owl a little above his hip. T ' as Zollicoffer! He whose name so long been a terror to men who loved their country, on the banks of the Cumberland. With some doubts at the time in my mind, as to whether this was really the body of the rebel chief, I turned away to visit the field of battle. The hospital tents had been hastily pitched in a small open field at the cross roads, and along the edge of the woods, skirting the south side of this field were Oe first ;narks of the storm of destruction which had raged so fear, fully an hour before. Nearly through the middle of the field is the road load- EIS= --, ing to Mill Spring, in a south or south westerly direction. 1 entered the woods on the east side of this road. Along the edge of the open field lay the bodies of four or five of oar men. As I advanced, into the woods, the marks of cannon shot could be seen on every side, but I saw none of those marks nearer than twenty feet from the ground; nor did I see a dead or wounded mari who had been struck with a cannon shot. Dr. Cliffe, Zolli coffer's Brigade Surgeon, afterwards told me that among all their wounded, so far as they had come in, only ono had been injured by artillery, and he had lost Lis arm. Passing through the woods from the first open field, a dis tance of nearly half a mile, we reach ed another open, half-cleared field on the left of the road. In this field there stands some deadened timber, many large stumps and trees, some of the latter having been cut down, and some fallen from decay. In this field the ground is quite steep, with a southern descent to near the centre of the field, and then rises as rapidly till you reach the woods on the south. In the eastern part of this field is a log house and barn and an apple orchard. Eighty-five dead rebels lay in this field, which by way of distinction, I will call the old field. Further on, and to the right of the road, is the cornfield where the brave Indiana Tenth suffered so severe ' ly. In the woods and along the road, the scene was dreadful. Ono body was placed in a sitting posture, with the back leaning against a tree, the hand crossed in his lap, his eyes partly open and lips slighty parted. The ball had entered his left breast just above the region of the heart. Another laid up on his side, with hand and arms thrown back; the ball had cut away a part of his skull over his left eye. Among a score•or more of our own noble dead, I saw not one badly mangled body, like those which I saw at Vienna. And I loved, also, to fancy at least, that I saw clearly stamped upon each cold face a calm and holy satisfaction in pouring out their blood in a noble cause—to save from ruin the land of our fathers. There are mothers, wives and sisters, who would gladly have braved the leaden hail storm of the battle field, to minister to the dying soldier. Let such console themselves —that death is a common lot, and far more preferable in any form, to life in a land of despotism and anarchy. The *cause in which your husbands, brothers and sons have fidlen, is not a cause of wickedness and oppression, but of truth, freedom and right. The fields of Ken tucky have been freshly watered with hallowed blood, and the pirates are being hunted from her borders. My own brave boy was either among the slain or pursuing the flying foe. In which of these positions I might find him, I new not. I could possibly en joy no higher honor than in the sacra fice of all I held dear, for the salvation of my country, With all the anxie ties common to parents, I searched thr his well-known countenance among the slain. So close was the resemblance in many eases, that my pulse quicken ed and my brain began to real. I re membered that, he wore a pair of boots of peculiar make, and before I looked in the face of a corpse I looked at the boots, till at last I folt confident I had found what I sought. I looked again and again before I dared to let my eyes rest upon the face. There was a mark —not on his. I passed on in haste, but suddenly fblt compelled to stop once more; against a tree, leaned back in the most classic composure, was .the fairest and most beautiful countenance I over saw in death. .No female com plexion could be more spotless. The silky looks of wavy auburn hair fell in rich profusion upon fair temples and a faultless forehead. Some friendly hand had parted his garments, baring his breast, from which the red current of' life flowed out, and had bathed his temples, whioh were still warm, but had ceased to throb %rover. 0, ye winds, bear these tidings softly to the loved ones at home. Among the wounded of our men, it was really comforting to see with what patient heroism they bore their pains. I said to ono poor follow with ' a shattered leg, " You must be in great pain ; can I do anything for you ?" He said, " There are others worse off than me ; when they are carried in, you can tell them where I am, if you please." An other man had a ball through his right hand, breaking two of the bones. He had done it up himself with a wet band age, and with his other band was car- Tying ono corner of a stretcher with a wounded man; carrying another cor ner of the same stretcher, was a man with his head and face covered with blood. lie said he was not hurt at all; he had only lost a largo piece of his hat, and a small piece of his scalp. In the " old field " among the rebels, some of the scenes were horrid and re volting in the extreme. A large num ber of the dead were shot in the head. Ono was shot directly in the eye and the brain was oozing from the wound. Five dead and one wounded lay behind a log, all but the wounded ono were shot in the head. One rebel had a ball through his neck, which destroyed the power of speech—though don't think the wound was mortal. Several of the dead were old and gray-headed men, A dark-complexioned man with a heavy black beard, who said he was from Mississippi, was lying on the ground with a broken thigh. lie was stern and sullen—he had only one fa vor to ask—that was that some one of us would kill him. I said to him, we will soon take you to the surgeon, and do all we can to relieve you, fOr we are satisfied you have been deceived by wicked men, and do not know what you have been doing. To which he meekly repliod—," That is possible."— A young man, quite a boy, begged me not to let the Lincolnites kill him. An elderly man sat with his back against a stump with a ball directly through the center of the head at the base of the brain. There was a ghastly grin upon his countenance—his eyes were stretched widely open :Ind staring wildly into vacancy, while his breath was rapid, deep and heavy-. llis was a living death, far he was senseless.— A lad of fourtecn,With a mashed ankle, protested his innocence, and begged to bo taken care OE - no said he was pressed into the service and had never fired a gun at a Union man, and never would. Numbers of repels made in ef fect the same declaration. I left these fields of human suffering with feelings such as I never before experienced. Tho freshness of death seemed to fill the whole atmosphere.— It was a scene which a man needs only to look upon once in his life time in order to occupy all his power of reflec tion. Following the wake of our vic torious and pursuing army, the road, the adjoining fields and woods, were strewn with blankets, knapsacks, hav ersacks, hats, boots, shoes, guns, cart ridge boxes, broken wagons, &c., &c., as perfect a scene of destruction as can well be imagined. I soon came up with our rear guard, and reached the advance column about 2 o'clock, P. M. While the line was halted for the skir mishers to scour the woods, I had an opportunity of conversing with Col. Fry, of the Kentucky 4th, relative to the death of Zollicoffer. His version is as follows : While on the border of " old field " a stranger, in citizen's dress, rode up by his side—so near that he could have put his hand upon his shoulder, and said, " Don't let us be firing on, our own men—those are our men," point ing at the same time towards our for ces. Colonel Fry looked upon him in quiringly a moment, upon which he rode forward not more than fifteen pa ces, when an officer came dashing up, first recognizing the stranger, and al most at the same instant firing on Col. Fry. At the same moment the stran ger wheeled his horse, liming Colonel Fry, when the colonel shot him in the breast. The Colonel showed me the field-glass which he took from the body, and which was identified as the one owned by Major Helvetia at the time ho was taken a prisoner by the rebels. Col. Fry also has the coat and watch taken from the body. The watch has the name "F. K. Zollicoffer" engraved upon it. I make this statement in jus tice to Col. Fry, because there are at least half a dozen different men claim ing the honor of killing this famous rebel. The body has other wounds which we have seen, but only ono of them, and that the mortal one, is a pistol shot; and Col. Fry is the only ono who used a revolver on the occa sion. The ball from the rebel officer passed through the clothes of Colonel Fry, upon his right side, slightly frac turing the skin. Our forces reached within a mile of the enemy's works about, half-past four o'clock, P. M. It needed but small discrimination to see that they would make but Ft feeble resistance. It might have been good generalship, but cer tainly was bad common sense, to leave the assault upon the rebel works till morning. They evidently had re• moved all their artillery but two pieces when we opened upon them, and had their works been attacked at once, the steamboat, and warehouse with its stores, and 4,000 prisoners might have been secured. The most of the men bad little or nothing to eat from early on Saturday morning till they bivouacked near the enemy's works on Sunday night. Ra tions of crackers, sugar and potatoes were given out, and the boys busied themselves in roasting potatoes till a late hour. I laid down 'llion the ground in the same mess with Colonels Hos kins, Wolford and Clay, Surgeon Rich ardson and other:3. Fortunately, the night was not cold. At early dawn extensive arrangements were made for bombarding the enemy's works. To the left of the works, and nearly two miles above their ferry, is a sharp ele vation, upon which stands the house of Mr. Brown. The fit fluty had left. We would now acknowledge our obliga tions to somebody for a Lunn, which "lay around loose." From this elevation we could look down into their camp, a distance of three-fourths of a mile to their first works. Their steamboat was also in plain sight; the night be fore it was making frequent trips across the river, but it made more on Monday morning. General Thomas stood upon the top of the log house with his glass, while the brass guns were practising on the steamboat. Our shells fell short, when two ton-pound Parrott guns were ordered up. After several shots, the distance was reached with a 15-second fuse, but the shell exploding too, high, the piece was be ing lowered and brought into position, when the flames burst from the steam boat and warehouse. The enemy had set them afire. Our artillery now ceased firing, and the army advanced towards their works, in four or five r , rand col u inns. I rod e forward through 4 ihe lines, and went into the camp of a rebel Tennessee regiment, before our army had reached it by 300' yards.— When the stars and stripes were raised in the rebel camp, the whole line came to a halt, while the bands played the "Star-Spangled Banner." Everything had been left in the haste of the rebels. l Nothing- was destroyed. In the quar termaster's cabin of a Tennessee regi ment were 2 hills. sugar, 2 bbls. rice, 5 sacks coffee, 1,1 hhds. bacon, several barrels of pork, potatoes, soap, candles, &o. In , the surgeon's quarters, his marble mortar in the center; and little square pieces of paper, with a knife beside them, cards upon a box„ as as though the game was half played, and many other evidences of a sudden pan ic and hasty flight, were everywhere to be seen. Were other evidence's of such a state of things wanting, it could be seen at the river where they had made an attempt to get their firtillery and Part of their baggage train to the boat. her was one general smash. The leading teams had missed the platform, and all behind them had run on to each other In turn. gicycn can non (two had been left on the' way from Webb's cress: roads ' ) and ptQbil7 bly not less than 2go wagons, with the horses 41ready harnessed to them, were all mixed in general confusion. When I left on Thursday tivening, Col: Hos kinS told me the captured horsesand mules 'would probably reach 2,000. Prisoners are being brought in little squads, and Capt. Alexander, of Wol ford's 'cavalry, reported that fie had 200 penned up in the rocks two miles below their camp. Crittenden's entire force (except • himself), consisting of about 2,000 men, are supposed to be on this side. of the I retuned from the rebel camp in company with Pr, Straw and his pris oner, De. D. B. Cliffe Ot-Pranklin, Ten nessee, Zollieinfer's Brigade Surgeon. Dr. CHIP seems mach of a'gent . leman, and claims to be"a'' Union man, He says he had to enitg or quit the win try; but he had never taken the oath of allegiance to the Southern Confed eracy. He contirMed'the noNys of the death of Zollicoffer; and cut several sticks and limbs, as mementoes, from nearnear the place 'where ho fell. 'BeSides Dr. Clare, I saw, several other prisoners who seemed'O be gentlemen; but The mass of them' were rough, bard; unpol ished 'Subjeels 2 --just'such a - sot as ono would be likely to judge " fit for > tres.-: son, stratagem and spoils." I have only noted such items as came under my own observation, and com paratively only a few of thorn. The order of battle, and acts of personal bravery, will be better told by those who witnessed them. Lieut. E. G. Jacobs toldme he saw a Minnesotiark coolly advance from the ranks some. distance, and placing his rifle by the. side of a tree, take a long and deliber ate aim toward the old log house, when a rebel head, which had been peering from behind the corner of the house, was suddenly discovered to have a body attached to it, by its pitching at full length from the end of the house. I found seven dead bodies in this old building, who must have been killed, by close shooting between the logs.— When I left 190 rebels had been buried in the " old field," and many were still' in the woods. Thirty-eight of our own men had been buried in the first field,. near the tents.. E. J. Our Army Correspondence. CAMP CALIFORNIA, VA., Jan. 29, '62 DEAR GLOBE :—" Fall in for drill"' was the common and well known Ben-. tenco amongst the men of the 53d reg-. iment, P. V., until a few weeks ago, when it was changed to " stay in your. quarters or you will swamp." On last Friday morning the ground was froze so that the boys could again come from . their muslin habitations, and enjoy the gentle breezes of a Southern clime.— Saturday and Sunday the weather was fine, especially on Sunday, the sun shone most beautifully and the ground began to dry off very finely. The men were all ogt, taking advantage of the fine weather after their confinement of almost two weeks of continual rain and mud. But on Monday morning the sky was again overspread with dark_ clouds, and all the bright hopes and fair visions of the poor soldier were blasted, for towards evening the rain, again began to fall quite freely. But the morning was enlivened and 'made • cheerful to the officers and men of the -53d, by the preparations that Were be— ing made to present our Colonel and. Lieut. Colonel with swords. At nine o'clock the drums beat, and soon all. the companies were out in full trim. = .- The companies were then marched to) the parade ground, and formed in lino of battle. An open square was them formed under the supervision of Capt:. Bull of Company A, and Mr. Hatch, Adjutant of. the regiment. The Colo nel, Lieut. Colonel, Quartermaster and the Chaplain of the Regiment then took their position at the open part of the square. The presentation speech was then made by Capt. Wintrode of Company C, in ftivor of the non-com missioned officers and men of the regi ment. The captain made quite an elo quent speech, though not very lengthy.. Colonel Brooke iu return made a fine speech.. He remarked, that while he was able to wield that sword, and only when his body was laid low in the mother earth, then, and not until then, would ho forget the kindness shown toward him by the Inca of the 53d, in presenting him with the sword. Lieut. Colonel McMichael in turn made quite a humorous speech, which, at the close of his remarks, drew from the men, the most vociferous cheers. After this, Rev. Barber, chaplain of the regiment, by invitation made 'some useful re marks to the men, telling them while they thus showed their high respect for their Colonel, he (the Colonel) also expected the men to obey and follow him wherever he may go. He en treated them earnestly to stand by their officers, and when they aro led on the field of battle to fight valiantlyfor the " right," and for the reconstruction of this grand government. After ,this the men were dismissed by company and then drill commenced, which was the skirmish. The men went through the evolutions quite briskly, showing that they were well pleased with the performances of the morning. Very heavy firing is heard down the Potomac this evening, but it does not awaken any particular excitement, as such is often the case when the Rebels spend all their powder in trying to hit some small oyster tugs, as they-pass their powerful batteries. More anon, PILUIL POINT OF ROCKS, Mid , Jan. 28, PLLIEND LEWIS valuable pa per is a welcome visite' to our canij, and I suppose you might wish to know how we pass the winter playing sol dier. We ere as' comfortable as it' is possible to make men under the 'cir cumstances. We are . all housed, in good log cabins with chimneys and hunks to sleep in, ante our duties are only heavy enough to give its goad exercise. The health of the reginteut is second to none. If we were called on to move r '. doubt if we have °Ver men sick, who could not ge to action with us; our company can all go, not a man being sick, and- the men all hoping to be ordered to cross the riv er before long. Talking of crossing the river, Lean toll you, there are some adventdres made in that way sometimes, that would make any one's hail' stand on end, who had any fear of rebels and gunpowder, I know a man whd, Crossed at night; wont 4 miles into thq rebel lines, , thounted the favorite horsci of the rebel colonel in command is Virginia, and in spite of all their cay. airy, rode him over safe to our Itegi- . merit.. You may all talk about adven; turns but the man who will beat it will have to bring the Colonel, And from what I can learn, I, believe that sante man is going hack some night to see after said Colonel, nd if'it can be done ho will bring him, or else a lock of his hair. No important news at this - time:— The rebels are pressing every man able to boar arms into. service. They have taken ' everythjng they On tar' !Arida on, and now Rake the citizens go into ranks to fight contrary to their wish= es. Our captain has made an arrange ment to bring nine refugees over this week, who aro determined to desert the rebel: cause. Truly yours,. SOLDIER ,1301 FULL STOCK.--•A full stock of 1862 styles of Wall Papor has just been opened for inspection at Lewis' 33(4 Store. - Those 1. , 1110 iutend,to'pa'ROi the spring would do well to mak b e selection now. Prices to snit the thif6., Also, a ssplendldaiiiOlo of 'Winiloxv pa liers of niinferous styles.
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