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Decay of the
The skillful strategy of Gen. Mc-
Clellan is at length being developed in
a manner that proves him to have been
entitled to all the praise that was so
lavishly bestowed upon him, at the
time of his selection as Commander-in-
Chiefof the Army. The brilliant series
of successes that have crowned our
arms from forth Carolina to Arkan
sas show that the patient preparations
which be has been making, have not
been in vain. Within the short space
of two weeks, we have captured Roa
noke Island, destroyed the rebel fleet
in Pamlico Sound, driven Buckner's
army from Bowling Green—the " Ma
nassas of the West,"—reduced two of
the strongest rebel fortifications, pur
ged Western Virginia of armed trai
tors, compelled the cunning and per
severing Price to beat a hasty retreat
from Missouri, and captured twenty
thousand prisoners l All honor to our
t val4nt Union troops, and to their
-youthful commander. The dreadful
4 ' Anaconda" which McClellan has been
quietly and cautiously winding around
the•rebels, has suddenly commenced
to tighten his folds, and they are
eVerywhere feeling the terror of his
mighty pressure. We arc not so en
thusiastic as to think, with many of our
friends, that the events of the past few
Iveeks have at once sealed the doom of
the rebellion, but wb do believe that
they have given them a shock from
which they will never recover. They
may resist a few months longer, but
they cannot possibly overcome the
prilliant advantages that have been
wrested from them. We are hopeful
~and confident of the future. From
ibis time forth, victory upon victory
must continue to fill upon our banners.
The rebels have either been routed out
of their strongholds, or placed in such
a strait that they must voluntarily
desert them, and hereafter they will
wander about, a disorganized and dis
couraged band, only to be closely pur
sued and defeated by our flushed and
gallant army. What must-be the ef
fect of our recent successes abroad can
pasily be conceived.. The cause of the
tlnion grows stronger every day now,
and we are fully convinced that it will
not be many months before the glori
ous ensign of the nation will float in
triumph over every spot of soil be
tween the Ohio and the Gulf.
THE Chicago Times, speaking of Ft.
Donelson, says that as further details
come to hand the more conspicuous is
the bravery of the Union troops. But
few of them had been under fire before,
probably none of them had been in
pitched battle, and all had learned but
)ittle of the military discipline which is
supposed to make the regular a better
soldier than the volunteer. All were
volunteers; none were regulars. With
these facts in the account, some of the
fighting surpassed any of that at Wa
terloo or upon the fields of the Crimea..
The people of Illinois and of the north
west will feel more proud of their
ptate and their section hereafter than
they ever have before.
The "ancient borough" was repre
sented in the fight. Wm. P. Dorsey,
son of Dr. Dorsey, and Ashman Mil
ler, son of Henry W. Miller, were in
the fight and escaped unhurt.
DXATII or A SON OF PRESIDENT LIN ,
COLT ,-I~F'illie Lincoln, aged 12 years,
Mg lyKto House on Thursday
afternoon last, of tyr i l;oo foyer. An
paler son of tho presidentlies stair: r.e4
Fith the saMe (Psease•
AccmENT,,--On the 19th, at Ale an ;
dria, son Isfgr. W. P. Robinson was
severely liciced in the face by a horse.
its nose and cheek wey.e badly cut.—
The boy ib doing well.
Six full-blooded Union men have
gent in their names, accompanied with
Ole cask adyanee, to fill the vacan
cies on our 114, occasioned by the
withdrawal of two South Downs."
Who Shall Pay our Debts?
Timid financiers in America and carp
ing theorists in Europe have doubted
the :thin ty and willingness of the coun
try to pay its debts. 1W -big borrow
ed little or nothing before, we seem to
be borrowing rashly now, and the
wise-acres that neither lend nor peril
are loud in their fears add commisera
tions. The loyal North has loaned
some millions of dollars to the Union,
with the single proviso that the Union
shalt be maintained. With the same
proviso, the loyal North will submit to
the imposition of direct taxes, and will
pledge the credit of itself and posterity
to the payment of every penny of in
debtedness. But the North is not
agreed that tvhen the war is over the
loyal shall be impoverished for the dis
loyal, or in other words, that 'those
who have suppressed the rebellion shall
pay the expenses of the rebellion. We
are ready to render sacrifice, but the
South must first render justice; and
the organizers and abettors of the Se
cession heresy have forfeited both their
lives and their fortunes. Such is the
magnitude of the insurrection that
much, perhaps most of the wealth of
the Seceded States, is the property of
active traitors. All the cotton plant
ers, and many of the rice, the sugar,
and the tobacco planters arc committed
to Secession. These staples may be
reached by discriminating legislation-;
as, for instance, a heavy export ditty
that will return to the National Treas
ury ; or, more directly, the property of
traitors may be in whole or in part
seized and confiscated. The South has,
perhaps, two hundred thousand men,
or three hundred regiments in arms.
In each regiment there are forty Com
missioned officers, or twelve thousand
officers in all. The civil officers, under
the so-called Confederacy, and the vari
ous State and municipal officers that
have taken the oath of allegiance to
the Confederacy, are not less numerous.
These have sworn to uphold an o•gan
ized insurrection, land have staked
their lives and fortunes upon the suc
cess of the experiment. There can be
no just reason for withholding the con
stitutional obligation, particularly with
regard to property, and so seizing the
possessions of these rebel functionaries
in payment of the cost 'of a war that
they have engendered. To do other
wise would be to punish_ the steadfast
for the false, and make half the pun
ishment of treason descend upon the
Neither should the Union men of
the South, who have suffered enough
already, be compelled to pay the cost,
of the war. The soldiers, likewise, in
the Confederate ranks are not all trai
tors by intention. A. sad necessity Or
a stern tyranny may have forced them
to take arms against the Government,
and in this unwilling warfitre they arc I
both grieved and imperilled. But none
of these excuses apply in favor of corn
missiwied traitors, who have made vol
untary fealty to treason, and by exam
pie, by eloquence, or by influence, en
listed the young, the ardent, or the ig
norant against their brethren, their
capital, and their flag. The property
of every officer, civil or military, un
der the rebel Government should be
confiscated, from the millions of the
Ambassador Slidell to the bare-compe
tence of the remotest postmaster, clerk
orlientenant. In this way an immense
share of our national debt may be
paid, and no loyal man be the loser.—
Thousands of our thrifty and enter
prising agriculturists will seek homes
in the South and impregnate that sec
tion with their love of loyalty and
liberty, while the beggared chivalry,
that reverenced neither the inheritance
of their fathers nor any holy associa
tion of the Union, will lose their fire
eating proclivities, and in course of
time will sink to a like social position
with the "poor whites" of the present
day. Anticipating a restored compact,
the Southern editors are already urging
our great debt as an incentive to des
peration. The Richmond Elie - par& al
ludes timorously "to the South's frac
tion of it." More fitting language
would be "the South's whole of it,"
and so will the North say when its
prowess has redeemed a forfeited ter
ritory at the expense of its own peace,
prosperity, and best blood.— The Press.
Tun lion, Win.. A. Richardson, of
Illinois, a member of the Military Com
mittee of the llonse of Representa
tives, is preparing a bill in relation to
the imprisonment of all persons who.
have taken the oath to support the
Constitution of the United States as
Senators, members of Congress, for
eign ministers, and all who have been
in the regular army or navy, and who
have accepted office, either civil or mil
itary, under the so-called Southern con
federacy. This bill directs our author
ities to refuse to exchange these men,
and to bring them before the tribunals
of the country as guilty of treason,
and to punish them as leaders of this
rebellion.
Ceti. G EO. F. MCCABE has our thanks
COP two copies of a secession paper pub
lished at Leesburg, Ye, They arc fill
ed with appeals to the twelve months
men not to go home. The rebels are
getting Sick of the job on hand, and
well they may.
THE 22d.—Throughout the State—
throughout all the loyal States—the
day was celebrated with more spirit
than it had been for many years. The
rebellion appears to have wakened tip
the sleeping patriotism of the people.
Tun 22n IN lITINTINCDON.—The "an
cient borough" is some times slow, hot
always sure. Her patriotism is deep
seated in the hearts of her citizens.—
The day was generally observed ,by all
our business mon. Early in the eve
ning the whole town tvas in motion,
and at early candle-light, the illumina
tion commenced, and in less than_ no
time, the whole town was in a blaze of
glory. Every street was illuminated,
and everybody appeared astonished
that so much had been performed in
so short a time, as it was not until in
the afternoon that a general illumina
tion was determined upon. A torch
light procession paraded the town for
an bour, when the people adjourned to
the Court House, which, in a few min
utes, was filled to overflowing. A. W.
Benedict, Esq., was called to the chair;
:lames Gwin, John 0. Miles, Daniel
Africa, A. S. Harrison, Henry W. Mil
ler, and John Scott, Esqs., were ap
pointed Vice Presidents, and R Bruce
Pctrikin, J. Simpson Africa and J. H.
0. Corbin, Esqs., Secretaries. Mr.
Benedict, in a few remarks, stated the
object of the meeting, when '" The
Birth of Washington " was Sung in an
admirable manner. John Scott, Esq.,
was then called to the stand, and after
reading the Farewell Address of Wash
ington, made some very eloquent re
marks. The "Union Forever" was
then sung. The meeting was then ad
dressed by R. Milton Speer, John Wil
liamson and A. W. Benedict, Esqs., af
ter wh ieh the " Star-Spangled Banner"
was sung, the whole house joining in
the chorus. The meeting then ad
journed.
FROM the evidence before us, (says
the Washington Sunday Morning
Chronicle.) we can no longer doubt
that the rebels are falling back from
the camps at Manassas, which they
have occupied so long. Beauregard,
on the heights of Centreville, has been
a perpetual menace to the city of
Washington, and while there was no
possible hope of his ever becoming
master of the capital, his presence,
within a day's march, was a perpetual
insult to our flag. He has gone to
Kentucky, and his late army fidis back
from its celebrated camping ground.—
The prestige which attached itself in
the minds of the rebels to the army of
the Potomac has passed away. They
evidently feel that secession in Virgin
ia is doomed. The mighty 'Union ar
my which has been concentrated upon
the banks of our beautiful river, which
has been armed, equipped, trained, and
disciplined, will move, when it does
move, upon a bewildered, disheartened
and retreating foe: It will move over
a flunished country, into regions where
the heel of treason has crushed and
ruined. It. will move on an errand of
deliverance, bringing peace and order
once again to the down-trodden Old
Dominion, "On to Richmond "is not
merely the cry of our Union army, but
the despondency of the rebels. We
should not be at all surprised if the
spring days, now close upon us, should
find McClellan in the capital of the
confederacy, and Davis either a fugi
tive upon a foreign shore, or aNictim
to the just indignation of a people
whom he has betrayed.
OUR CORRESPONDENCE.
111,ExAmmuA, Feb, 24,18(52
MESSRS. EDITORS : On Saturday
evening the 22d, our little town was
thrown into considerable excitement
occasioned by an illumination and pro
cession. Every house (three or four
excepted) had every window illumina
ted. Our friend Joe Baker had a light
in every pane of G. C. Bucher's store.
which looked imposing. At 7 o'clock
the bells commenced ringing, the win
dows were lit up, the procession moved,
every street was traversed. Guns, an
vils, and every thing that would make
a report, brought into requisition.—
The citizens of town and country halt
ed in front of the residence of Hon.
John Porter, who read Washington's
Farewell Address, after which the la
dies sung the Star Spangled Banner;
the Band then struck up the Red,
White and Blue. Cheer upon cheer
was given, after which the crowd dis
persed, seemingly well satisfied with
the evening's entertainment.
Yours, &e.,
MARCUS.
Our Army Correspondence.
PAW-PAW TUNNEL, Va., Fob. 17
DEAR GLOBE :-ThiP wet morning
we know of nothin g better than CO
present to our friends a brief account
of our late move, and the victory which
was lately obtaMed near this place by
the Unionists. When I addressed you,
not many days since, while at Green
Spring Run, I thought ere this time
we would ho in Winch.cster, but owing
to circumstances we bare not, as yet,
reached that place.
On the morning of the I3th instant,
our haversacks were filled with three
days rations and knapsacks swing
across our backs. Wo were soon placed
in lino and marched to South Creek, a
distance of two miles, where Captain
Benner and company again joined the
Regiment; were then marched a dis
tance of some four miles, where the
110th Regiment was united with seve
ral other regiments and formed into a
Brigade of some six thousand troops.
The Brigade then started for the above
named place, and landed about dark;
was marched through a field, mud
knee deep, until at last, we found a
grassy spot on the side of a hill, and
as We had walked some fifteen miles
that day, and being pretty tired, we
made fires of fence rails and seen had
'some warm coffee to drink; some got
none, as they had fallen asleep before
it was made, but soon we were all en
folded in the arms of sleep, with the
expectation of getting a good night's
rest; alas! about 10 o'clock we were
roused up and soon formed into ranks,
as a divatch came that our cavalry-
men bad met the rebels some eleven'
miles ahead, and bad- broke in upon
them at a furious rate, and we should
march with all possible speed, so as to
reinforce our men. We then thought
the "boys" spunk of the 110th would
soon be tried, as they all seemed very
anxious to get into a fight; rill were in
good spirits, only feeling a little drow
sy after sleeping about two hours.—
We marched about one mile, when we
were met by a messenger, who had re
turned from the fight, that the rebels
had retreated in the direction of Win
chester, so we were, placed in a pine
thicket, and soon fell asleep again.—
This time we slept until morning. On
the 14th, we made pine huts, staid in
them two nights, and yesterday, whiob
was Sunday, we pitched tents and are
now very comfortable.
Now in regard to the fight, so far as
I can learn, our cavalrymen rode in
sight of a rebel camp, but did not make
an attack until morning, when our men
surrounded their camp and killed some
twenty-five, took one Colonel, three
captains, five lieutenants and about fif
ty privates prisoners, among which
were two little boys, one of whom was
about 12 and the other about 13 years
of age. These two boys were consid
ered-by our men, the best soldiers in
the camp.
There were only two of our men
killed and three wounded. One of the
boys of whom we spoke, was behind a
fence and took aim at one of the Ring
gold Cavalry, the ball striking him
near the temple, killing him instantly.
Among the rebels that were killed, was
a lieut. colonel. Our men took Jack
son's aid•de-camp.
There are now about 20,000 troops
within one mile of Paw-paw Tunnel.
As it is almost impossible for me to
keep my Am dry, I shall close, fear
ing that the friends will become wearied
in reading long letters.
Friends in writing to us still address
to Cumberland, as they will follow us.
More anon. Yours truly,
D. Ross Mir.LEn.
WAR NEWS.
The Rats Deserting the Sinking Ship.
Speech of Charles .1. Faulkner.---The
Policy of Secession a Failare.---Deser
(ion of 400 Rebels.
PaEnEnTcx, Feb. 19.—0 n Saturday
night a complimentary dinner was ten
dered to Hon. Charles J. Faulkner, ex - -
Minister to France, at Martinsburg.
That gentleman (who, it will be re
membered, was exchanged for )Ir.
Ely,) in a speech on that occasion said,
in effect. that the policy of secession,
as it had been carried out, bad been a
fidlure."
It had been accompanied with an
unnecessary waste of life. The best
blood of the South and an immense
amount of property had been sacrifi
ced. HON course was continued, it
would pile ruin on ruin. The public
sentiment of Western Virginia was op
posed to it. ire also intimated that
he had no affiliation with those who
wished the present war to continue.
his remark; were acquiesced in by
the large audience present, and there
is no doubt but he reflected the true
sentiment - of - Hine tenths of the people
in the upper counties of the Potomac.
Reports from umumally reliable sour
ces say that between three hundred
and four hundred of the 'Berkley coun
ty militia have deserted in a bodx, and
are era mute to cross the Potomac and
join our ranks.
A Sad Accident in Storming Fort
Donelson.
How the Right Wing was Broken.—The
Federal Troops Fire into thc Reinforce
ments.
Omit°, Feb. 19.
The Tribune's correspondent, in giv
ing a description of the battle at Fort
Doneison, says that when. Col. Craft's
brigade, which had been ordered to re
inforce Gen. MeClernand, came up in
the rear of the Thirtieth and Thirty
first Illinois and Twenty-fifth Kentuc
ky, these regiments were lying down
and firing over the crest of a hill.
On the approach of the reinfbree
ments they rose, not knowing whether
the force in their.rear was friend or
fee, and the Twenty-fifth Kentucky,
supposing them to be rebels, poured in
a raking volley on thorn which did ter
rible execution, and was sufficient to
throw the entire brigade into disorder
at once. Almost a panic ensued, many
throwing down their guns and equip
ments and fleeing. The woods were
filled with stragglers, and some even
fled to Fort Henry.
The enemy improved the opportu
nity, and advanced upon Schwartz's
and Dressder's batteries, capturing five
guns and taking possession of Nobler
nand's headquarters, driving oar forces
nearly a mile and a half. The rebels
seemed resolved to follow up their ad
vantage.
At this juncture, General Wallace's
Division was thrown in front, and took
a position on a ridge, with Taylor's
battery in the centre of the road.—
The rebels formed on the ridge which
General McClernand had occupied, and,
flushed with success, moved forward.
As soon as they came in range, Tv
lor's battery- opened on them with
grape, canister and shell, causing the
rebels to quail and come to a halt, and
as our infitntry advanced they began
to fall back, and we, recovered the
ground previously lost.
IMPORTANT SOUTHERN NEWS
General Johnston Offers to Surrender
Nashville.
Sarannah and Charleston to be. Captured
this Week.—The Meeting of the Rebel
Congress.—The Rebel Army Evacua
ting Manassas.— Union Alen of Rich
mond Formed into Leagues.—They
are Ready to Welcome the Federal
my.
Important News from Richmond.
BALTIMUIni, Fob. 2L—We Lave had
an interesting interview with one of
the returned prisoners, who has been
confined seven months in Biehmond.
He gives unmistakable evidence of
the fact that thern is a strong Union
organization in Richmond. The ;Union
men claim to be 3,000 strong, and are
eagerly waiting and longing fop the
opportunity to fling out the says and
stripes.
put of seventeen fortifications erce
ted around Richmond only one is armed,
and' the city could be taken :easily.
Desperate efforts 'are, making to get
recruits for the army. The Secession
ists admit that unless they can secure
the services of every male in Virginia
between 18 and 60, they must yield
Virginia in thirty days.
The Union men have leagues regu
larly organized, with signs and pass
words. Many acts of kindness were
shown, at every possible opportunity,
to the prisoners. Our informant has a
handsome gold guard chain, presented
by the ladies, with an anonymous note
expressing the hope that the links in
the chain of Union would soon be more
firmly united than ever. Union men
informed him that the army at Manas
sas was falling back, and that from
three to five regiments were daily ar
riving at Richmond. The Ten»essee
ans were going to Tennessee, and the
South Carolinians and others to their
several States. It was understood that
only some 30,000 men would remain at
Manassas,
The news from Fort Dopelson of the
surrender had a most dispiriting effect
in Richmond, but it cheered the hopes
of the Unionists, who say that they
want it to be known by the Federal .Gov
ernment that they are ready to welcome
the old flag and fight for it!
Important from Rebel Papore—Offer to
Surrender Nashvble
The Richmond papers of Wednesday
contain the following dispatch:
Amami., Ga., Feb. 18.—Gen. John
ston had telegraphed to the enemy, and
offered to surrender Nashville, on con
dition that private property should be
respected.
No answer was received, but the
majority of the citizens seemed willing
to give up on these conditions. A
large number of persons had left the
city.
Thirteen thousand Federal troops
are at Fort Donelson, and 2.000 at
Clarksville. The river was rising, so
that the enemy's gunboats can reach
Nashville.
A large amount of Government
stores will fall into the hands of the
enemy, but most of the rolling stock
will be saved.
The latest intelligence from Savan
nah is that the Federal vessels are
gaining ground in their efforts to reach
the main channel of the river, and that
the attack would not be much longer
delayed.
A private dispatch states that all
was quiet there yesterday morning at
ten o'clock.
Important from Charleston and Sayan-
nab
ArausTA, Feb. IS.—The Savannah
Xe ws has a Charleston dispatch stating
that the captain of the schooner Theo
dore, captured on Friday by the Yan
kees, in Bull bay, has escaped,
Ile says that the Yankees would
capture and destroy Savannah this
week, and Charleston soon after.
Meeting of the Rebel Congress.
BB:woos:), Feb. 18.—Congress met
to-day. In the Senate, Vice President
Stephens was in the chair, It. M. T.
Mutter was elected President pro tem..
and James IL Wash, of South Caroli
na, elected Clerk. The following sen
ators were, absent: Both, from Ala
bama; Burnett, of Kentucky ; Sims. of
Louisiana; and Phelps, of Mississippi.
There was one Georgia vacancy-. in
consequence of Toombs declining.
In the House, Bococh-, of
was elected Speaker, and Emmett
Dickson, of Georgia, Clerk.
GLAD TIDINGS PROM TENNESSEE,
The People Disgusted With Seee,gAion._
Extra Session of the :Legislature alli
ed.
Sr. Lotus, Feb. 21.—Special des
patches from Cairo. to the Republican
and Democrat, of this city, say that on
Tuesday two rebel regiments, from
Clarksville, came to Fort Done'son and
gave themselves up, saying they had
been deceived, and were tired of fight
ing against the old flag.
It is said that a strong objection will
be raised by the Tennesseeans against
the force which retired from Bowling
Green offering battle at Nashville.
The provost marshal at Clarksville
sent word to General Grant to come
up and occupy the town.
The officers of the gunboats now ly
ing there represent the Union feeling
as being very strong. The people state
that they had been made to believe
that the Union army was entirely com
posed of Germans and negroes for aboli
tion • purposes, but now they see it is
not. They aro anxious to return to
their allegiance. Prominent citizens
say that a similar feeling will prevail
throughout the whole St ate in a week.
Gov. Harris has called a meeting of
the Legislature next Monday, for the
purpose, it is said, of having, all - the
unconstitutional acts passed by them
immediately annulled, and Tennessee
officers and citizens declare that the
State will soon be back in the Union.
Generals Buckner and Johnson are
still at Fort Donolson.
Gen. °Mum has sent sixty nurses_
and ten sur,, ,, eons toattend the wound
ed at Mound City.
ST. Lours, Feb. 21.—Nearly all the
Fort Done'son prisoners have reached
here, and aro being rapidly forwarded
to their destination.
Gen. Buckner is expected tonight,
and it is understood that the officers
will be sent to Columbus, Ohio.
CAPTURE OF CLARKSVILT,B,
Official Report of Commodore Foote
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. Fob. 20.
To the lion. Gideon Mlles, Secretary of
the Navy:
Wo have possession of Clarksville.—
The citizens being-alarmed, two-thirds
of them have fled, and having expressed
my viewg and intentions to the mayor
and Iron. Cave Johnson, at their re
quest i bave issued' a proclamation as
suring all peacp,4l4 disposed persons
that they may with safety resume
their business avocations, requiring
only the military stores and cpanipments
to be given up, and bolding the author
ities responsible that this AV ile dono
without reservation:
I loft fort Donclson yesterday with
the Conestoga, Lieut: Commariding
Phelps, and the Cairo, Lieut. Corn
mantling Bryant, on an armed recon
noissance, bringing with me Col. Iy4-
ster, of the Engineer corps, and chief
of Gen. Grant's staff', who, with Lieut.
Commanding Phelps, took possession
of the principal iort, and hoisted the
flag 4 Clarksville 4 Union
sentiment manifested itself as we ean\e
up the river.
The rebels have retreated to Nash-,
vale, having set fire, against the re
monstrances of t,llO citizens,. -the)
splendid railroad bridge across the
Cumberland river: I return to Fort
Donelson to-day for another
~ ,,<, u nboat'
and six or eight mortar boats, with
which I propose to proceed up the
Cumberland.
The rebels all have a terror of the
gunboats. One of them a short dis
tance above Fort Donelean bad previ
ously fired an iron rolling mill belong
ing to Honorable John Bell, which had
been used by the Rebels.
A. 11. FOOTE,
Flag Officer commanding. the 'naval
forces on the Western waters.
THE WAR IN ARKANSAS
The Pursuit of Price.—Attack on the
Rear Guard.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Feb. 20.=—It isnot
probable that our army will follow
Price very fur into Arkansas. There
is considerable talk of fortifyi nglgeosh
and placing a detachment of troops at
Cassvillc.
Letters found in Price's headquar
ters reveal a strong Union sentiment
prey iling in Arkansas.
Albert Pike is working wonders
among the Indians.
CASSVILLE, no., Fob. 16.—We are
in pareuit of the enemy.
He'is encamped at keetsville, eight
miles southwest of this place, expect
ing the arrival of five regiments from
Arkansas. Perhaps Price will make a
stand at . Neetsville, but it is doubtful,
as his army seems demoralized. At
McDowell's, on Flat creek, we attacked
his rear guard and they made weak re
sistance and then precipitately fled.
Despatch from General ifelleck
Sr. Lours, FClh. 19.—A thousand
more rebel prisoners have been taken.
They came down the river to reinforce
Fort Donelson, not knowing, that we
had captured it.
'%\T ITALLEcK.
Major General, &e
To Major Genci•al 31eCr,F,LLAN.
From Fortress Monroe
and Richmond.
14 U. S. OFFICERS RELEASED
BY THE REBELS.
THE INAUGURATION OF
JEFF. DAVIS. '
No Enthusiasm among the Spectators
Reported Fall of Nashville.
Relettsd of Three Hundred and
Ninety Union Prisoners—No
more left at Richmond.
Winton, N. C., Captured by the
Federal Forces.
A Richmond Paper Condemns the
Rebel Government,
Jeff. Davis - Invited to Resign.
Highly Important from the South
BAtantowE, Feb. 24.—The 01(1 Point
boat, which left Fortress Monroe yes
terday, arrived this morning. She
brings fourteen United States officers,
who were released by the rebels inclu
ding Col. Wood, of the Fourteenth
New York regiment ; who was wound
ed at Bull Run.
Col. Wood was on parole, and had
liberty to move about the city of Rich
mond previous to leaving. He was
present, out of curio:34,y, at the inaug
uration of Jeff. Davis, on the 22d inst.,
and says that no enthusiasm, whatever
marked the occasion. Hardly a cheer
could be raised during the ceremonies.
Col. Lee, of the Twentieth Massa
chusetts Regiment, says that just be
fore leaving, on - Saturday evening, he
was taken aside by a distinguished of
ficer of the rebel government, who
privately assured him that an official
despatch had just been received of the
fall of Nashville.
Tare are 710 Union prisoners remain
ing at Richmond.
The prisoners left Richmond last
night, but the boat got around, and
did not reach the rendezvous till about
three o'clock this afternoon.
Further News from Rebel Sources
WINTON N. C. ABANDONED A:StD BURNED
Ilavrimonn, Feb. 24.--The Southern
Papers received furnish the following
items:
The Richmond Dispatch of Saturday,
has the following:
" SUFFOLK, Feb. 21.—Capt. Nichols,
of the Petersburg Artillery, arrived
hero this afternoon from Winton, N.
C., where he had been stationed with
his battery. On yesterday he was
shelled out by the Yankees. They
had seven steamers, all of which passed
up ti river.
"Captain. Nichols had a horse shot
from under him. Two of lag men
were wounded. The town of Winton
is in ashes. Our troops• retired to
Murfreesboro."
SEVERE CENSURE. OF THE REBEL GOVERN
EMZEI
The Richmond Whig of Friday has
a bitter article on Davis' administra
tion. It says, "judging by the results
so far, it is the most lamentable failure
in history, and suggests to the reflect
ing mind that the mast signal service
which that Government can now ren
der to the country is the surrender of
the helm to abler and better bands.
"In view of the past, the• present
and probable future, the pageant of
Lo-morrow is a bitter mockery and a
miserable compensation for the ruin of
a free people. A child with a bauble
--an old man with a young wife, are
partial illustrations of the deplorable
folly."
The prisoners say that the Union
men had a meeting privately, on Fri.
day night, which was well attended.
Important from Columbus, Ky.
.Vo Preparation for an Evacuation.— The
Rebels Receiving Reinforcements.
Sr. Louis. Feb. Union scout
who was in COlumbus on Tuescla ,
night, reports that no preparations
were being male by the rebels for the
evacuation of that place. Vourteen
steamers with steam up were at the
wharf, and a salute was fired indica
ting the arrival•of a general and -rei tit
foreements from the South,. .
elosing Remarks of Mr. Van Wick.
In the nOll9O of Representothtes on the ith inst.. on Me
wtion to rooted to the eonoltkention of the Report of
Vommdtge on Government Coutraets:
. . .
4 , The Orates Who infest the ocean,
antler., ihe-, commission of the, 'rebet.
chief, (LW Aot more deserving the exit :
eration of mankind than the gang who,
on land, are anftered to feast upon, the
sweat of the poor and the,bloodpf the
brave. •
While the nation 'is straining at ev,
ery nerve and bleeding at every pore„
these heartless creatures—for gain; to
gratify.nnhol:i- passions—wretches,
Who shrine their lust. in Mayon,
And make a pander of their God,"
here a firmer grasp upon the throat of .
the nation than this armed rebellion,
Like panthers, at set of sun, aercos,
the nation's darkened path, they ,
“Round upon thar startled prey.”
And while this mighty nation, this
giant Of the West, is trembling beneath
its great weight, its arms growing
weary, all its nerves and sinews quiv
ering, almost, while life is ebbing from
its veins, if gold could ,be extracted.
from the quartz they would pick by ,
piece-meal theyock oil which he stands,
or if they could make merchandise of
his locks, disheveled by, the rough teM-.
pest, would shear him of, hiS strength.
They follow— • „ , ,
"With that keen seeopit seek of dein,
By o Meltti wnitnrn 41106 t h o food"
•• . _
'lf we cannot ovorooine the open en-.
emy in front, let us at lefst banish the,
masked traitor in
,our midst. Do this,
and you strengthen anew the arms and
add to the courage of the "nation, in.
spire hope. ,and insure the conviction
that all will be well. Traitor spies
hare been walking your streets, feast.
ing at your saloons, promenading at
5-our levees, and sleeping in your eap.
ital. They have been engaged in your
Departments, making drawings of your
fortifications; aggregations of
,your
armies, 'all your, consultations, your
plans of battles and oilier of marches,
have been comtnunicated to, the ene
my, your generals live been paral
yzed, your armies defeated, by the very
men who are - feeding upon the bounty
of your Government, betraying your
confidence and the land which holds
the graves of their fathers.
"Oh. fur a tongue to Cllne Ihr Slam,
Whose treamon, Ilku u d loily blight,
COIII , I 0 . 4, liar e..lll,Sels 01 rho 1n....,
And blade Ilion in their hour of might."
Sir, I am not one of those disposed
to question or distrust the ability or
correctness of our leaders. I have al
ways believed that, a poor General,
with the confidence of the people, was
far better than a Napoleon, or Hanni
bal, with mutterings of complaint and
half-uttered distrust. We can not afford
another defeat. They who control our
armies will illy discharge their duty if
they are guided by aught else th:u►
their own matured judgments. But I
have a right to insist that we shall use
all the means which a God of Provi
dence has placed in our reach. No
war has been more causeless; no rebel
lion, with so little of complaint, sine&
the avgelt-1 fell; no treason which threat
ened so much destruction, and imper
iled so much of happiness for the'pres
ent, or hope for the future; none in;
vol ring, so much of crime against hu
manity, or sin against Him who guides
the destinies of nations.
Men in arms were formerly our
brethren ; and while in peace we would
treat them as friends, in war let us
treat them as enemies. They are seek
ing to wrap in flames the templex
which their fathers built, and in which
they worshipped. They are tramp
ling ander thot the Constitution and
Laws which their fifthers ordained,
and of which they boasted; above all.
they have despised, and rent in twain
the flowery banner which their fathers
and ours planted in victory on Sarato
ga and Yorktown's plains—that ban
ner which floated in triumph at Chip
pewa and New Orleans; under which
on the plains of Mexico, the Palmetto
Regiment and the volunteers from the
Empire State fought sid,l by side, whore
the gallant Butler foil. They cannot
divorce the American people from that
noble ensign; each stripe on its starry
folds goes back and entwines itself
around the battle fields of the Revolu
tion.
_Every star stands as a sentinel over
the grave where the patriot sleeps ;
how - deep the crime of those who have
been reared to sing. of its power, now
to trample and despise it! Are not
such men the basest of enemies, who
should feel our punishments, and our
vengeance, too? Will you talk of tho
constitutional rights of men who are
steeped in the gall of such damning
infamy? In this war it matters not
what may be their institutions: No
matter, though they be the best on
earth, if we can harm. them, punish
them, subdue them by sundering their
institutions. It is our duty to do so.
A Rebel sells you a horse for one hun
dred dollars, which you agree to pay
him by solemn contract, in iyritieg ;
ho comes, steals the horse, eod then
demands that you shall pay llun the
price agreed.
It will not do for this Administra
tion, nor for us, with a half million of
mon sleeping on their arms, to be apol
ogizing with proclamations, which are
senseless; that we should be dancing
like harlots in the ante-chamber of this
stupendous criminal, though armed to
destroy and surrounded with the min,
ions of an enslaved nationality. To
the incendiary who puts the torch to
your dwelling, and is despoiling you
of family and property, would you
stand crouched on ono knee begging
like a dog that you did not mean to
burn his dwelling or destr,qy his prop
erty? No, sir; let us stand in the dig
nity of our national manhoed. And
he who violates our Constitqlon, tram
ples on our flag, or perils our com
merce, is an enemy, whom we shoulti
strike, whether it bo in the destruction
of life or property.
Already has judgment been pronoun
ced ; it has- been decreed they elioulil
suffer death, and aro now or should be,
undergoing the penalty. As well might
they try out for constitutional" rights
as for the malefactor in the Poulton
tiary, or the murderer under the gal
lows, to claim the rights of life; liherty
and the pursuits of happiness.
Let not generals be issuing ti,rders'to
degrade the manhood of outtropps by
rescuing or returning fugitive sFaveS.
Let OA) not pe exercising their Ml
entS to determine lfow they shall hunt
slaves, rather than eittitlre RobelS.
them not treat a loyath tick man %win:o
than a traitor master