cmr- J (ttti b , WM. LEWIS, Editor and Proprietoi A. TY.TIMIST, Associate Editor. T Tne 61,11}." 1.1 published Mire a %%cub at $1.50 aear-75 coats for bik Altalthtl--30 rears for tlarue montll9---in °thaw& HUNTINGDON, PA. Thursday afternoon, Feb. 20, 1802 Our Flag Forever ' ? v g NOTICE. We have not the time nor the incli nation, to dun personally, a large num ber of persons who have unsettled ac counts upon ouubooks of several years standing. We shall, therefore, from day to day, without respect to persons, place into the hands of a Justice for collection, all accounts of over two years standing. All those who wish to save expense, will do well to give us a call immediately. Sq § THE NEWS. —The telegraph made some serious mistakes in its first reports of the bat tle of Fort Donelson. Gen. Pillow was not taken, as we have already sta ted, and now we learn that the Gen. Johnson who wits captured was not Albert Sidney Johnson ,as was reported' but one Bushrod Johnson, of who - m we know nothing. Gen. Albert Sid ney Johnson remains in command of part of the army that was recently at Bowling Green, but is now supposed to have fallen back to Nashville, Clarks ville, or some other point on the Cum berland river. —At the latest dates, General Burn side's forces still occupied Edenton, and had thrown out pickets some six or eight miles. No mention is made of any further advance. —The capture of Savannahwas not confirmed in Washington, up to a late hour last night. —lt was again reported in Washing ton last night, that General Price and staff had been captured. —The Penna. Legislature will ad journ to-morrow to meet in Indepen dence Hall, Philadelphia, on Saturday, the 22d, to hear read Washington's Farewell Address, and the Declaration of Independence, and to participate in the celebration in that city. John Scott's Loyalty. Somebody is hurt. A correspondent in the last Journal & American attempts to create a doubt of Scott's loyalty.— The writer says:— " The writer must confess, (although among his stiffest friends,) confidence in his loyalty is terribly shaken; it is a common remark on every hand, "can it be possible that John Scott vo ted ao-iinst the expulsion of the vilest P• traitor from the Ti. S. Senate '?" Now, the writer is either an igno ramus, a fool, or a secessionist at heart, perhaps all, or he would not attempt to deceive the ignorant of the Jour. (f , Am. readers, who are kept so for poli tical effect, by misrepresenting the course of John Scott. On the question of traitor Bright's expulsion, Scott voted against taking up the Senate resolutions, but voted with all the Republicans and nearly all the Democrats in the House, for the amendment of Mr. Cessna, which was adopted by a vote of 84 to 3. Mr. Cessna's amendment we published two weeks ago, but the Jour. & Am. editors have kept their readers ignorant of its character, that they might more easily and with better effect misrepresent Mr. Scott. If Scott is disloyal, then eighty-three of his fellow•members, in cluding all the Republicans, are also disloyal, as they all voted with Mr. Scott for the House resolutions of Mr. Cessna, for the expulsion of traitor Bright. The writer also says: "His votes, at the organization of the House, to say the easiest, were very far from reflecting the will of his con stituents." How were Mr. Scott's votes cast? He voted for a Union Democrat for Speaker, and against an Abolitionist for Chief Clerk—just the votes reflect ing the will of ninety of every hundred of his constituents. Scott can not be tied down by the editors of the Jour. & Amer. and the "sore heads" who use its columns to misrepresent him. SELF-ACTING DRAWBRIDGE. Mr. Louis Schneider, formerly of this place, now a citizen of Williamsport, Pa., was in town a few days ago on a visit to his friends. While here he exhibited a miniature Drawbridge, for which be has a patent. It is just the thing for canal crossings in town or country.— The bridge is erected level with the banks of the canal and is opened very easily by boats passing either way.— Three or four of the bridges have been erected at Williamsport ; and are high ly spoken of. D.tr after to-morrow (Saturday) is the 22d of February, Washington's Birthday, but as yet we hear of no demonstration of any kind, in honor of the Father of this glorious Republic.— In these times of wars and rumors of wars, and victory upon victory, we think it would be nothing more than our duty, to commemorate the day in a becoming manner, in honor of the man " first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." We do not wish to dictate, but would it not be fitting to have Washicgton's Farewell Address read in the Court House, in the evening, and such other performance as our citizens may decide upon. In the same connection, we might have some kind of a demonstra tion in honor of the late victories won by our army and navy. We could pass an hour or two very pleasantly in that manner, and there are many others who could do the seine. In Philadelphia they are making exten sive preparations for a fitting tribute to the memory of' the great man, and if our population is not quite so large as that of the Quaker City, it is no reason why we should slumber on, re gardless of all that is passing on around us. Arouse ! patriots! put the ball in motion, and let us send up such a shout for Washington, the Union and the Constitution, as will make the very hills around us tremble and quake, and reverberate back to us in answer to our joyous shouts. IN.ruE dark days of the Republic, when Mr. Lincoln in his Inaugural announced his detortnination to re capture the Forts and other property of the nation, his purpose was received with shouts of approbation. And so it has been through the whole course of our difficulties. The bolder the ac tion of those in power, the higher the enthusiasm of the people. And so it will be until the end. The man who drives his chariot straight into the heart of the rebellion without stopping to see who is hurt, or what interest suffers, will receive the crown of re joicing at the lnitnds of the loyal mass es. While Mr. Stanton keeps a watch ful eye on the thieVes, plunderers. and jobbers, he is not unmindful, but vigi lant in taking care of the traitors.— He is evidently not a politician look ing this way and that, to see how his acts will effect his future personal in terests. He holds his position for the good of his country, and that in these days of president-hunting is soniething so rare as to bring a man enduring fitme. General Pillow. It appears that Major General Pil low was not among the officers that surrendered at Fort Donelson. He es caped, along with Floyd, on the night before the surrender. The rebels thus retain two of their generals; but al though it would have been a satisfitc tion to have caught them, along with Buckner, Johnston and Bushrod, still the rebel army cannot be especially congratulated on retaining them. As long as there are such commanders at the head of their troops, the work of whipping them by the Union armies will be the easier. After Pillow fled from Fort Donelson, Buckner became chief commander of the garrison, and it is to this fact the latter refers in his indignant letter to Gen. Grant, where he speaks of an "unexpected change of commanders." SOMETHING IN T HE WINIE—On Thurs day of last week, Simon Cameron gave the Republican members of the Legis lature a party at his mansion near Harrisburg. Rumor has it that Cam eron is feeling his way to the Senate in place of Wilmot, who would like to change places with Cameron. Wilmot would prefer going to Russia for a few years, as his term expires by the next session, therefore Simon thinks, if once seated, ho could bring sufficient influ ence to bear to bore-elected. If Simon can see his way perfectly clear with the present Legislature, we have no doubt the desired change will take place.- Simon "points down !" DREADFUL ACCIDENT AND DEATH.- J. Westley Gilland, a brakeman on the 'Huntingdon 8: Broad Top coal trains was instantly killed in this place yes terday about one o'clock. Ho was standing upon the platform of therear car, and while the train was backing up on the Penna. siding, a sudden jar of the car threw him off, and falling upon the track the car passed over him, completely severing his head from his body. Mr. Gilland was a sober, in dustrious, young man, wo suppose 23 or 25 years of age. He was a volun teer in the three months service under Captain Miller. ONE of the many good things result ing from the capture of Fort Donelson is, we now have enough rebels to ex change fur every Federal_ prisoner now in the hands df the insurrection ists, and thousands to spare. Many a wife's, mother's, sister's, ah ! even lov er's heart will be made to rejoice. Let the exchange be speedily accomplished, and let us got out our poor, half-starved patriots who arc now lying in the Richmond tobacco houses, and other places of equal detestation. tra - Another supply of the Old Franklin Almanacs just received at Lewis' Book Store. THE 711113UNE ALMANAC for 1,962, fol. sate ta, Lewis' Book Store. FOR CAIRO.—On Tuesday five hun dred men, selected from almost every regiment of infantry in the army of the Potomac, passed through here on their way to Cairo. They were made up into squads of twenty, from each brigade, and were intended for the manning of gunboats on the western waters. VARIETY & 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 the same money. The buyer of an envel ope on get any article of jewelry be or she may select fr•oru specimens. Call and see for yourself. Pennsylvania Legislature, IlAniusitußa, Feb. 18. JOINT RESOLUTION CONGRATULATORV OF TllE =4 Mr. Williams, chairman of the Com mittee on Federal Relations, reported the following joint resolutions RusoLviffi, By the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met, &e., Ist, That the General Assem bly of Pennsylvania has received with a thrill of exultation to which no lan guage can give adequate expression, the glorious tidings which have flashed in rapid and dazzling succession from the fields of Mill Spring, Fort Henry and Roanoke, and culminating in the bloody but triumphant and decisive struggle of Fort Donolson, and that in acknowledgment of the holy patriotism and unflinching valor which have re flected new lustre upon the American name and given those fields to history, they do hereby tender to the officers and men who have so nobly sustained the honor of our flag thereon, the hcart-fidt thanks of the people of this State. Re,:zolved, 2d. That it is not among the least gratifying finds connected with the recent triumphs of our arms, that the navy of the 'United States, which had already contributed so large ly by its prowess upon the seas in giv ing us a name And a position among the great powers of the earth, should have done so fnuch in the present struggle to testify its unshaken loyalty to the nation, and to indicate its ancient and well earned renown. Re•olued 3d. That while they thus testify to the survivors of those hard fought fields their sense of ,the great service rendered to our common coun try, they desire to give a tear to the memories of the martyred dead, who have sealed their devotion to the cause of freedom by the offering of their lives, and to tender their sympathies to every loyal heart and home that have been saddened by the calamities of war. Resolved 4th. That the Governor be requested to forward copies of these resolutions to the-commanding officers of the several divisions of our army and navy that have participated in the engagements referred to therein, with the request that they mad• be read in the presence of their respective commands. The resolutions were unanimousl‘ agreed to: WAR NEWS. FROM CAIRO, ILLINOIS. ARRIVAL OF REBEL PRISONERS FROM FORT DONIILSON The Escaped Rebels Supposed to have Gone to Nashville. Supposed Destruction of Clarks ville by the Rebels. THE REBELS A DmrT THAT VIE nt KING OF N.ISIII'ILLE KILLS RE BELLION IN TENNESSEE. emu°, Feb. 17.---The steamer Mem phis arrived from Fort Done'son this evening, bringing a Mississippi regi ment prisoners,and fifty or sixty woun ded soldiers, who were left at Mound City. Eight or nine other boats aro on the way with rebel prisoners. The rebels who escaped are sup posed to have gone to Nashville, where, or at Clarksville, it is supposed the rebels will attempt to make another stand. This evening a great light was seen for several hours in the direction of Clarksville, and it is supposed the reb els have either burned the town or their steamboats in the river, to pre vent theta falling into our hands. The rebel officers admit that if we take Nashville, the rebellion in Ten nessee is gone up. The prisoners will probably be sent to Camp Douglas to-morrow. STARS AND STRIPES FLOATING IN ARKANSAS. PRICE DRIVEN from MISSOURI G. CURTIS IN HOT PURSUIT. OFFICIAL DESPATCH Sr. Louts, Feb. 18.—The following despatch was sent from headquarters to-night : To Major -General McClellan, Wash ington, D. C.—The flag of the Union is floating in Arkansas. General Curtis has driven Price from Missouri, and is several miles across the Arkansas line, cutting up Price's rear, and hourly• capturing prisoners and stores, The army of the southwest is doing its duty nobly. (Signed) 11. IV. lIALLEcK, Major-G en oral. FROM FORT DONELSON. BURNING OF THE TENNESSEE ROLLING MILLS. Gen. Grant's Order Relative to Plundering. CAPTURE OF THE REBEL MAILS, Cowardly Action of Floyd's Brigade. THEY THROW THEIR ARMS INTO THE RIVER. FORT DONELSON, Feb. 17.—The great Are which was seen up the river last night, was the burning of the Tennes see rolling mills, four miles from her ; by our gunboats. The works had been used by the rebels in the manufacture of shot, shell, and other materials of war, and was au extensive concern. Gen. Grant has promulgated the most stringent order against plunder ing from inhabitants and against steal ing the property taken in the battle. Beforo the surrendering the rebels throw most of their late nails into:the river. Col.-Markland, iiostal director, however, succeeded in sebdug a num ber of mail bags and some outside let ters impposed to contain important in formation. might brigade, fearing that they might be taken, threw all their arms, which were Minnie rifles of the best kind, into the river. The crews of our gunboats arc engaged in fishing them oat. - Capt. Dixon ; rebel chief artillery en gineer, who constructed the fortifica tion, was killed in the Bombardment of Friday, in one of his own batteries. FROM CAIRO. ACTIVE MOVEMENT OF TROOPS The Rebel Prisoners Anxious to Take Up Arms Against the South. CAIRO, Feb. 10.—Troops are con stantly arriving and departing for-the seat or war. It is believed, if permitted to do so, many of the rebel prisoners would gladly take up arms on the side of the Union. Numbers of privates declare they have seen enough of secession. The officers, however, generally use very bitter words in their expressions against the North. GOOD TIDINGS FROM THE WEST. COLUMBUS REPORTED EVACU- ATED THE REBELS BLOWING UP THEIR MAGAZINES. TWO MORE REGIMENTS CAPTUR ED IN'TENNESSEE• MANY .REBELS VOLUNTARILY SURRENDERING. CAPTURE Ol' SO ACE OF GEN - . PRICE'S STAPP. IMPORTANT FROM COLUMBUS Cmc.koo, Feb. 19.—A dispatch. from Cairo, dated yesterday, states that a reconnoissance down the river tdward Columbus discovered a heavy cloud of smoke over the city, and it was be lieved that the rebels were evacuating their entrenchments and blowing up the magazines. MORE PRISONERS CAPTURED Culexco, Feb. 19.—A dispatch from Fort Done!son announces the capture of two additional regiments. A large number of rebel fugitives are coming in and surrendering to the Federal troops. OFFICERS OP GENERAL PRICE'S STAFF CAPTURED WAsniswros, Feb. 19.—Oftic•ial in formation has been received that a por tion of the officers of Gen. Price's staff have been captured. Important Rumor Concerning A. H. Stephens, He is Said to Favor a Return to the Union. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 18.—A rumor, said to come from Washington. is cir culating here, that Alexander H. Ste phens of Georgia, fitvors a return to the Union. Very little confidence can, however, be placed in it. Affairs at Richmond. A Baltimore correspondent, writing under date of the 15th, says : By an arrival yesterday from Nor folk I have been put in possession of de tails of news from Richmond up to February 12. It is of the most impor tant nature, as will readily be seen. It furnishes abundant confirmation of the following facts: First, that the re bellion is on the point of perishing; second, that the recent Union victories at Somerset, at Fort Henry, and at Roanoke Island were entirely unex pected in the South.; third, that the effects of these victories will be to dis pel the illusion under which the people of the South have been laboring until now; fourth, that they are now con vinced that it will become a military necessity to abandon both Columbus and Bowling Green, and to give up all hopes of entrapping Kentucky into the Southern Confederacy; fifth, that the much-vaunted defensive policy of the South, on which they depended to preserve all the territory south of the Ohio river from invasion, cannot be relied on. and that they are unable-to assume the offensive; sixth, that they no longer depend upon the active in tervention of foreign nations in their behalf, seeing that the conditions on which that intervention had been promised no longer exist; seventh, that owing to the expiration of the terms of the enlistment of most of the rebel regiments now in service, and the im possibility of either inducing thorn to re-enlist, or of filling their places with new recruits, there will be no armies worthy of the nalme in the field after next May ; eighth, that the leaders of the rebellion no longer indulge the hope of being able to make the Ohio and the Potomac, rivers the northern boundaries of their Confederacy, but admit the necessity of retiring to a more southern lino, less susceptible of defence than either of these rivers. IL was confidently expected by the military authorities at Richmond that Gen. Beauregard would have boon able not only to have held Fort Henry, but also to hold the whole of the defensive line between Bowling Green and Co lumbus. The fact that ho has fhilcd to do so has excited the greatest sur prise. It was known that he had at his command troops enough, and that he did not make such dispositions of them as to prevent the capture of Fort Ifenry has greatly shaken the public estimation as to his abilities as a gen eral. Gen. Albert S. Johnson and Gen. Polk are also greatly blamed at Rich mond for the loss of Port Henry. No attempt is made at Richmond to make light of the consequences which must result from the loss of Fort Hen ry. It is acknowledged that it breaks the connection between Columbus and Bowling Green, and that, although it neither isolates them nor cuts them off from succor, yet it renders them both far more difficult to bold. Besides this, it is said that it opens to the forays of the Unionists the whole valley of the Tennessee river, with all its long pent-up treasures of tobacco and cotton. Extraordinary exertions, however, will be made to hold both Columbus and Bowling Green, and to capture or drive from Kentucky the Union army now operating before Fort Donelson. To effect these ends, large reinforce ments of troops have been sent to all those three points. There was no idea whatever, at Richmond, before last Sunday, that any attack on Roanoke Island could be successful. The strength of the fortifications, and the spirit of the troops by whom they were defended, seemed to preclude the idea that the former could be reduced by Burnside's ten thousand tempest-tossed troops.— When, therefore, it became known in Richmond, on Sunday and Monday last, that Roanoke Island had fallen, it occasioned universal gloom and de pression. The gentleman, from whom thi's in formation is derived, has long been in public life, and is a good judge of the character and disposition of the people of the South, having lived among them all his life. TIC has seen and conversed with, at Richmond, during the last month, influential men from all parts of the South, and is prepared to say, on their authority, that there IS at this moment a vast majority of the people of the South (probably five-eighths of the population, but he puts it as high as six-eighths) who would this moment return to their allegiance if they were sure that the old Union could be re stored on its original basis, anti that their property could be protected un der it. If the Southern people could ho assured that such would be the case they would lay down their arms in an instant, and joyfully return to their al legiance under the Constitution. It is only their fears that the Abolitionist faction in Congress will gain the ascendancy, and will control such legislation us will take away their equal rights as members of the Union, that now prevents them from returning to Omit allegiance. Should the war be prosecuted for the avowed purpose of emancipating or arming their slaves, or should the Republican or Abolition party in Congress attempt to impose upon them any unjust or unequal con ditions as the price of their readmis sion to the Union, the whole South, as ono man, will tight till they are exter minated before they will yield. On this point there is no difference of opin ion from Norfolk to the Rio Grande. The efforts that had been made by Gen. Johnston, Gen. Buckner, and Gen. Polk, to persuade the soldiers to re-enlist, had been seconded by Jeff Davis and Gen. Beaureomrd, and had been attended with partial success.— The following regiments aro announ ced as Lavin.' re-enlisted to serve to the end of the war ; The Ninth ,Misr sissippi regiment, the Second and Thir teenth Arkansas regiments, the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Twenty-first and Thirty-fifth Georgia regiments, and the Georgia Legion; the Tenth regi ment Louisiana Volunteers, the First, Second, and Third regiments Mary land Volunteers; the First (or Nine teenth) North Carolina regiment, and the First Regiment South Caroline. Artillery. Other regiments have pos refused to re-enlist unless they could first have a long furlough, in which to go home and sec) their Ami nes, which was,, of course, inadmissi ble. It is understood at Richmond that drafting will have to be resorted to in order to fill up the ranks of the army. It was expected at Richmond that orders would be immediately sent to the commanders of the troops at Ma nassas and Centreville to abandon tho line of the Potomac, and retire to Fredericksburg, with a view of con centrating the Confederate army of the Potomac for the immediate de fence of Richmond. It was believed that the nest movement of Gen. Burn side's army would render this necessa ry. The orders, however, had not yet been sen t. Important Executive Orders Relative to State Prisoners. WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 1862. The breaking out of a formidable in surrection, based on a conflict of polit ical ideas, being an event without pre cedent in the United States, was ne cessarily attended with great confu sion and perplexity of the public mind. Disloyalty, before unsuspected, sud denly became bold, and treason aston ished the world by bringing at once into the field forces superior in num bers to the standing army of the Uni ted States. Every department of the Government was paralyzed by trea son. Defection appeared in the Sen ate, in the louse of Representatives, in the Cabinet, in the Federal courts. Ministers and consuls from foreign countries to enter the insurrectionary councils, or the land and naval forces; commanding and other officers in the army and in the navy betrayed the councils or deserted their posts for commands in the Insurgent forces.— Treason was flagrant in the revenue and the post-office service, as well as in the territorial governments and in the Indian reserves. Not only gover nors, judges, legislators, and ministers- , al officers in the States, but even whole States, rushed, one after another, with apparent unanimity, into rebellion.— The capital was besieged, and its con nection with all the States cut off.— Even in the portions of the country which was most loyal, political combi nations and secret societies were formed furthering the work of disunion, while from motives of disloyalty or cupidity, or from excited passions or perverted sympathies, individuals were found furnishing men, money, materials of war, and supplies to the insurgent mil itary and naval forces. Armies, ships, fortifications, navy yards, arsenals, military posts and garrisons, one after another were betrayed or abandoned to the insurgents. Congress had not anticipated, and so had not provided for the emergency; the municipal au thorities were powerless and inactive. The judicial machinery seemed as if it had been designed not to sustain the Government, but to - embarrass and be tray it. Foreign intervention was openly invited and industriously insti gated by the abettors of the insurrec tion, became imminent, and has only been prevented by the practice of strict and impartial justice with the most perfect moderation in our intercourse with other nations. The public mind was alarmed and apprehensive, though fortunately not distracted or disheart ened. It seemed to be doubtful wheth er the Federal Government, which one year before had been thought a model worthy of universal acceptance, had in deed the abilit,y to defend and maintain itself: Some reverses, which perhaps were unavertable, suffered by newly levied and inefficient forces, discouraged the loyal, and gave new hopes to the in surgents. Voluntary enlistments seem ed about to cease, and desertions com menced. Parties speculated upon the question, whether conscription had not become necessary to fill up the armies of the United States. In this emer gency the President felt it his duty to employ with energy the extraordina ry powers which the Constitution con fides to him in cases of insurrection. He called into the field such military and naval forces authorized by exist ing laws as seemed necessary. He di rected measures to prevent the use of the post office for treasonable corres pondence. He subjected passengers to and from foreign countries to new passport regulations, and he instituted a blockade, suspended the habeas cor pus in various places, and caused per sons who were represented to him as being engaged, or about to engage, in disloyal and treasonable practices, to be arrested by special civil as well as military agencies, and detained in mil itary custody, when necessary to pre vent them and deter others from such practices. Examinations of such cases were instituted, and some of the per sons so arrested have been discharged from time to time, under circumstan ces or upon conditions compatible, as was thought, with the public safety.. In the mean time a favorable change of public opinion has occurred. The line between loyalty and disloyalty is plainly defined. The whole structure of the Government is firm and stable. Apprehensions of public danger and facilities for treasonable practices have diminished with the passions which prompted heedless persons to adopt them. The insurection is believed to have culminated, and to bo declining. The President, in view of :these facts, and anxious to favor a return to the normal course of the Adiinistration as far as a regard for the public welfare will .alloW, directs that. all political prisoners or State prisoners now held in military custody be released on their subscribing to a parole engaging them to il!ender no aid or conifort to the ene mies in hostility to the United States. The Secretary of War will, however. in his disci.etion, except from the effect of this order every person detained as spies in the service of the insurgents or'others, whose release at the present moment may be deemed incompatible with the public safety. To all persOns who shall be relc:Oecl, and shall keep their parole, the Presi ident grants an amnesty for past of, fences of treason or disloyalty, which they may have committed. Extraordinary arrests will hereafter be made under the direction of the militark authorities alone. By order of the President. (Signed) EDWIN :VI. STANTON, Secretary of War. WAR DEP'T, WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 The Surrender. of Fort Donehon. At daylight the advance was made, and when the fall light of day broke forth, white flags were hung in many places on the enemy's works. An officer at a convenient point, was informed that they had stacked their arms and surrendered early in the morning. The following correspondence passed between the commanders GENERAL BUCKNER TO GENERAL GRANT HEADQUARTERS, FORT DONELSON, Feb. 18. Sia :—ln consideration of all the cir cumstances governing the present sit uation of affairs at this station, I propose to the, commanding officer of the Federal forces the appointment of commissioners to argue upon terms of capitulation of the forces at this post under my command. In that view 'suggest an armistimuntil twelve o'clock to.day. I am, very respectfully, your obedi ent servant, S. B. BUCKNER, Brigadier General C. S. A. To ;BrigadierGeneral U. S. Grant, Commanding United Statesforees near. Fort Donelson. GEN. GRANT'S REPLY TO GEN. BUCKNER. HEADQUARTERS ON THE FIELD, FORT pONELSON 7 Feb, N. 5 To GEN. S. B. BUCKNER : Sin:—Yours of this date, proposing an armistice awl the appointment of commissioners to settle on the terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms, except unconditional and immediate surrender, can be accepted. I propose to move immediately on your works. lam very respectfully, your obedi ent servant, U. S: GRANT, Brigadier General Commanding. GEN. BUCKNER ACCEPTS THE TERMS AND SURRENDERS. HEADQUARTERS, DOVER, Tennessee, Feb. 16. J I Brigadier General U. S. A. Sim distribution of the forces under my command, incident to an unexpected change of commanders, and the overwhelming force under your cozmadd, compel me, notwithstanding the brilliant success of the Confederate arms, to accept the ungenerous and un : chivalrous terms which you propose. I am, sir, your servant, S. B. BUCK - NE R, Brigadier General C, S. A. Our force was soon in the enemy's camp, when the rebel officers gave up their swords. The bulk of the rebels are chagrined, as they knew of the surrender long be fore our men wore apprised of it. Gen. Pillow and Gen. Floyd had planned and executed their escape during the night, taking with them Floyd's brigade and a few favorites, occupying what few small steamers they bad. The priso ners are loud in their denunciation of the runaways. Many of them acknowledged the hopelessness of their case, and intima ted a willingness to take an oath of allegiance, and return to their homes. To the question put to an officer as to how many prisbners we had, he replied, "Not' have all out of 25,000 who were not killed or did not escape." An Irishman's Idea of the American Flag. In a lecture upon American affairs recently delivered at the Assembly Rooms of the Imperial hotel, 'in Dub lin, by Col. Dohuny of Now York, we find the following eloquent passage : " You may think that Irishmen have no right to figlic for A r inerica;•but - 3.-ou little know what America is to • the Irishman. He was reared on - " mUmn pers" hero—he-was warmed by smoke tiad.soot—he layon the damp fl9or-- he drained the dregs of drudgery from morning until nigh t=he saw his,young ones pine round him—he folloWed the coffin which conveyed the wife of 'his bodom to the grave and dame back for the 'oldest of his children; and ho feint(' at last a respite. His landlord came and told him he wanted to plant sheep where men - had grown, and the uproots him with • a remorselessness that no • sqagerWaalif diaPlaS , in up rooting an old tree—and the down trodden man goes abroad on the bleak Water, treated even there like a dog, and worse than a dog; and, finally, ho shakes the dust from his feet on a free soil-the is received into the arms of theßepublic—she grants him her high est privileges, and he becomes equal -to the President-,—she puts her, arias An this hands-,rslic bids him Walk-oreiltifis a soldier and a man—she intrusts the honor of her' standard and liberty to his heart and hand, and then—then, is it astonishing that when that standard is insulted he goes to defend it with the last drop of his heart's blood? (Loud applause and wavingof hats.) Why that flag is not half so dear to America , as it is to us. (Cheers.) The Ameri cans xere .born toithat Inheritance of liberty. They were like healthy men who never feel the value of health. They walk about in its full enjoyment, and never thank God for the blessing; but we, poor invalids from the lethar gic bed of slavery, raised in a moment to the dignity of manhood, in a free country, we feel the invigorating pros . - once of the breath of liberty—it gives a now soul to, our eXistence, and a new direction to our thoughts., (Loud ap plause.) The Declaration of Indepen dence is to an American, part of his nature. It is in his breath, his associa tion and his blood. He grows up front his merest childhood considering him self the equal of the-,greatest man in the world (cheers;) the Irishman who goes there must regard this Declaration of Independence as a second gospel peculiarly invented or inspired for him (Cheers.) The American reads it as something material and businesslike ; the stranger reads it as a spiritual and immortal existence, for he finds defined there, in.words of fire, the thought at' his own 'equality with other men,Yand h e drinks thim it the inspiring lesson that he can walk; arm in aria, with the chiefk of the earth: (Applause.) To every man in every country ..who aspired to liberty, the flag of liberation I is the meteor in the sky, and when baffled or when victorious, dying on the gibbet, fighting on the field, or conspiring in the dungeon, that flag is the last beacon that sends life and hope to his heart. (applause.) For such a I -flag we have fought in .America, and shall continue to fight, no matter who attempts to strike it down." MARRIED, In Huntingdon, on.the 18th, by Rev G. W. Zah nisei., S. Rusii GIBBONEY, M D., of Belleville, and Miss MAGGIE B CASEY, of the same place. PIILLADELPIIIA /MARKETS Fancy and Extra Fatally Flour. Common and Salm line Rye Corn 3leal Extra White Wheat Fair and Mine lied 11)0 Corn, prim Yellow Oats Clown seed,ll gl li e n Timothy HUNTINGDON MARKETS CORRECTED WEEKLY. Extra Family Floor bid Extra do % owl 'ate Wheat Bed Wheat Bye Corn Onto Cloverseed Flaxmeed Dried Apples Eggs Lard I lam Shoulder Sides DIT OIL'S -NOTICE.- 1 . 1.0 undersigned Auditor, appointed by the Orphans' Court of Huntingdon county ;to distribute the fund in the hands of Thomas Rea art, Administrator of the estate of Henry Whltesell, late of flame township. deceased. will attend at his office, in Huntingdon, on THURSDAY, the 1311. of MARCH next, at one o'clock, P. Mt, for the par• pose of making the said distiibution, when and where all persons interested, are required to present their claim% or be debarred from coming in for a ehare of Oka /Mid fund, THEO. 11. Cite-DER, Auditor, Feb. 20, 1862.-3 t, lIERIFF'S SALE.—By viitue of a kl writ of Vend. Exponas to rut directed.l will exiwous to public solo or outcry, at the Court Hon., in the bor ough of Huntingdon, on SATUIMAY, the Bth day of Starch. 186.2, at lu o'clock, A. 11., the following described real estate, to u it : Ono half of Lot No. 25, situate in the borough of Hon, tingdon, fronting 25 fret, and extending back to Malting , too street, having thereon erected n two story log house, weather boardlAL 20 feet by 24, n lilt a back wing two story high, 15 fret by 22, a frame ware hope and ether out buildings. Soimsl, taken in execution, and to be sold as the property of David Grove. JOHN C. WATSON, Sheriff, Sheriff's Office, Huntingdon, Feb. 18,1802. TUBLIC „ Tin; undersigned, Assignee of Derkstresser dc3foore, will expose to sato by public readue on the premises, on Friday, this 2911: day of February, inst., at 11 o'olook, A, id., the following real estate, to nit: A lot of ground in Coalmont, Carbon township, Huntingdon county, fronting fifty feet and Evans street, and extending in depth 150 fret to an alley, adjoining a lot of W. P. Schell on the north, and no alloy on the south, haiing thereon a throe story sloe and plank frame house, a frame stable and other buildings. In the house is a well finished stoic room, non , mmmiml and other room, well finished and suitable for the residence of a btraily, the name being now occupied by (I. A. Ileaton, TORMS OF SA LH :—Ozio third of the purchase money to be paid on the first day of Anti! next, when possession and a deed 1, ill be delivered, and the residue in two equal payments, with interest from the Int of April, 1864 000 1303'0140 In six months and the other in nine mouths from Ist of April, to be secured by the Judgment bond of the purchaser. The purchaser, when the property is struck down, will be required to pay $25 on account, and failing to comply, the property to be again 001,1 at his risk, LEVI EVANS, Assignee. C.!moot, Feb. rt, la% UNION VARIETY CASES. COLEIVAN (V CO.'S Variety Envelopes Vj are .uporeeded by their now and beautiful UNION VARIETY CASES, nuhlt superior and much to ho pro, forred. They are certainly cheap and Very desirable. Wo push oar fuends to call at Lswts' Book and Stationery Store, and see them—to sac is to buy. COLB3IAN & CO, Iftdelphia, Feb.ll, 1162 you will find the Largest and Best ns,ort n iont of /Adios' Dres, Goode at D. P. OWIN'S. T E best Tobacco in town, at D. r.GWIN'S. Feb. 19, 1852. ~..$5,31@5,371 6 • ...$ 5 , 62 Ca 5 . 8 134 $3,50 $1,0•1 • asi,4 .$3,50® ,12?,3 $457y,(42,1/0 $5,25 . 3.00 -1,15 ..1,05
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