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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
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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.
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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
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