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Official Order in Relation to Military
Intelligence.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, Feb. 25, 1862.
Ordered—First. On and after the
26th day of February instant, the
President, by virtue of the act of Con
gress, takes military possession of all
the telegraph lines in the United States.
Second. All telegraphic communica
tions in regard to military operations,
not expressly authorized by the War
Department, the general commanding,
or the generals commanding the armies
in the field in the several departments,
are absolutely forbidden.
Third. All newspapers publishing
military news, however obtained, and
by whatever medium received, not au
thorized by tho official authority men
tioned in the preceding paragraph,
will be excluded thereafter from re
ceiving information by telegraph, or
from transmitting their papers by rail
road.
Fourth. Edwards S. Sanford is made
military supervisor of telegraphic mes
sages throughout the United States.—
Anson Stager is made military super
intendent of all telegraph lines and
offices in the - United States.
Fifth. This possession and control of
the telegraph lines is not intended to
interfere in any respect with the ordi
nary affairs of the companies, or with
private messages.
13y order of the President.
EnwiN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
ORDER, NO. 14
OFFICE SUPT RECRUIT'G SERVICE, PA.
HARRISBURG, Feb. 25, 1862.
I.—Officers on Recruiting Service
under My charge from Pennsylvania
Regiments now in the field, are pro
hibited from enlisting men for any or
ganization, complete or not, which has
not yet left the State.
IT,—"lt is made the duty of Recruit
ing Officers to apprehend all deserters
from Regiments now in the field, and
send them, with the evldenee of their
desertion, to this Depot for safe keep
ing and transmittal to their Regiments.
A record of all expenses attending
the apprehension of each deserter will
be forwarded with him to this Depot.
Advertising of' rewards for apprehen
sion of deserters is prohibited.
lII.—All men belonging to Rogi
ments now in the field who have boon
left sick, who have boon on %plough
when their Regiments left for the seat
of war, or who have strangled or been
otherwise left behind, who may now
be desirous of joining their Regiments,
are directed to report to the nearest
Recruiting Officer, who will send them
with his recruits to this Depot.
All who do not immediately avail
themselves of this privilege will ho
looked upon and treated as deserters.
RICHARD I. DODGE,
Capt. Bth Infantry, Sup't It. S. Pa.
Au Embargo on War Nowq.
The public will have to exercise pa
tience with the newspapers for a while.
The Government has talton military
possession of the telegraphic lines, and
requires the proprietors of papers to
abstain, for the present, from publish
ing intelligence concerning military
operations by the United States forces.
This, we presume, does not include in
formation concerning past, events, the
publication of which could do no mis
chief. Doubtless, also, every impor
tant fact concerning the war, received
by the War Department and the Gen
erals in command, will bo ftirnisbed to
the press in good season,
INLAGRAPIIIC ALLITERATION, --- The
telegraphic reporters seem to have ac
quired a great fondness for the letter
s'; 0:0.1 our readers will, no doubt, be
amtped by their account of the "fur
ther flight of the float-footed Floyd,"
and of the "flags flying" over rebel
forts and fortified towns. 'Ti l e success
es of cpmmodore Foote; the capture
of Port IT.enry and Fort Donelson ;
the frantic fears and fretful forebodings
pf the F. F. V.'s; and the frightful
future frowning down upon the bled
And fajse foeruen in 010 field against
freedom, have r endered them some
what facetious.
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Now that the head of the rebellion
has been partially crushed, we begin
to look about for some means of pun
ishing the leaders and instigators of
this unholy insurrection. That all
who are in arms against the Govern
ment should not be punished alike, we
admit, but that the ring-leaders ought
to be hung, whenever and wherever
caught, all good and true loyal citizens
will agree. The course that ought to
be adopted by the Government, can be
stated in a very few words, and we
think no good Union man can file any
reasonable objections why it should
not be done, First, suoh men as Jeff.
Davis, Stephens, Floyd, Cobb, Toombs,
Benjamin, Breekinridge, and a host of
others of' the same ilk, when captured,
or peace is declared, and the public
functionaries of the Southern Confed
eracy arc demanded fbr trial by the
Government, they should be court
martialed and tried for treason, and
publicly executed, without respect to
position in the Southern Confederacy,
or their position while citizens of the
United States, their property confisca
ted, and disposed of in such a manner
as to help defray the expenses of the
war, and also to secure, as fhr as pos.
sible, the Union men of the South from
having to pay the expenses of the re
bellion. With those of a lower order—
these ignorant, misguided dupes of
Davis and his clan, we would deal more
leniently with, and take them back
again into the old Union, on their ta
king the oath of allegiance, and pay
ing a tax, levied by the Government,
according to their means or position in
the rebel army, After this has been
done, then a law ought to bo passed by
Congress, making it a &line, and pun
ishable with a fine, the amount not
limited, and close confinement in the
penitentiary for twenty years, at hard
labor, for recognizing, or in any way,
dealing with Secession sympathizers in
the North, no matter where lie or she
may be found, and forever debar such
sympathizers from having a voice at
the ballot-box or holding an office.—
There is no use in meeting treason
with half way measures, and the soon
er we rid the country of it, the better.
Men preach treason in the North, as
well as in the South every day, and
we long since became tired of it, and it
should have been put down long ere
this.
There is an awful day of reckoning
approaching, and wo implore the Pres
ident, in measuring out justice to trai
tors, that he will evince that determi
nation of will, which has characterized
his acts thus far in his administration.
We trust ho will show no mercy to
treason. The punishment is death,
and may the infatuated leaders suffer
the penalty.
*Qv. The Republicans, when nothing
better was to be had, voted ibr Cessna's
amendment—which meant no instruc
tion.—Journal & American.
So the - Republicans, when they saw
they could notgettheirresolution of un
conditional expulsion through, swamp
ed, and voted for no instruction. Now,
we deny that Cessna's amendment
meant no instruction. We published
the amendment, and our readers had
an opportunity to judge for themselves,
but the Journal & American refuses to
give the amendment, for fear its read
ers will know a little more than the
editors of that paper want than to
know.
"Mentor" may be " ono of the
old
est and best citizens of the county,"
but ho certainly exposed great igno
rance in his attempt to make the peo
ple believe that John Ikea is disloyal.
"Mentor" must read ether papers than
the Journal & American, if he wants to
keep up with the times and speak "bj
the book," when he undertakes to en
lighten the publle. We would advise
him to take the " Wall Paper Alma
nac." It will keep him "booked up."
THE SENIOR editor of the Journal &
American should not , allow the Junior
the privilege of again putting him in
a fhlse and awkward position. The
Junior's folly last came very near
defeating the Senior for Treasurer.—
Those "certain artielee wore a heavy
load for Mr. Nash to carry, and a rough
dose for Democrats and Republicans
to dswallow, Wo didn't feel like cram
ming them down the throats of yam's,
by urging the election of Mr. Nash.—
He bus himself and the Junior to blame
for not running a full Union vote. He
was very lucky in getting as many
votes as he did—many more than his
best friends thought ho would get. It
is dishonorable to be ungrutoflll•
Wno will not bo amused with the
reason for surrendering Nashville?—
The citizens did not want it bombard
ed, They did net Avant the marble
pillars of tho State House battered
down, nor their University bunt, nor
their fine dwellings ransacked. Sure
enough! nobody does like these things.
But the point of the matter is, that
they evidently looked upon the fight
very flinch as a political squabble, like
that between Republican and Demo
crat. They could live well enough
under the Union or the Confederacy,
provided the town was not shelled.—
Very good for Nashville! It is an in
dex. The whele 4Uth foal so.
TnE Trilaanry Note bin has
boon signed by the President, and is
therefore a law. The notes are a le
gal tender, and will afford ari
hle eurreney. nniform over I hf ,
ip tut
Approaching the Finale.
It is reported from England, that, in
reply to agents from "the so-called
Southern Confbderacy," Earl Russell
declared that England could not ac
knowledge the independent and dis
tinct nationality of the rebel States,
until they had actually achieved it.
As this was before our late brilliant
successes by lend and sea, it is clear
that the South has nothing to hope from
England. These successes will operate
doubly—in securing the neutrality of
foreign Powers, in giving the Union
ists continued confidence in the ability
and desire of the Government to put
down the foul rebellion; in disabusing
the South of the vain-glorious presump
tion that it could successfully carry
out its treason, and in reviving' the
Union feeling of loyalty - which had
been crughod down by the strong arm
of force in the rebellious States. We
are rapidly arriving at the total de
feat of that treason which, but a short
time ago, was so vicious, so insulting,
and so rampant. The Southern news
papers, and especially those of Rich
mond, have been compelled, by the
logic of events, to acknowledge this,
and while a dark and disastrous future
looms before thorn, aro now busy in
denouncing, as feeble and effete, the
prime movers of the treason.
The ceremonial of inaugurating Mr.
Jefferson Davis as President of the
Southern Confederation, which was ac
ted at Richmond, last Saturday, while
the loyal States were joyously cele
brating the anniversary of Washing
ton's birthday, must be considered one
of the most sad mockeries of state
ever exhibited in any country. The
double-dyed traitor was installed as
head of a Confederacy which is falling
to pieces, and a barren sceptre was
placed in his hand. Even his inaug
ural address admitted the multiplied
reverses of the Confederate limes,
and those who heard it must have felt
that the vain orator of the hour, at
once traitorous and imbecile, stood up
on the verge of a precipice so evident
ly crumbling beneath his feet, that his
fate was inevitable. 'Yet a little time,
and, if not a prisoner in a Union jail,
ho will be a wretched fugitive in a for
eign land.—The Press.
THE Globe denounces the Republi
can party as '•corrupt politicians."—
Jour. & Amer.
Wrong again. Wo denounco the
corrupt politicians of the Republican
party—such as you and others of a
higher order. We would not insult
thousands of honest Republicans by
counting them in with damaged stock.
IN the Splendid oration of George
Bancroft, at New York, on the 22d,
that profound historian and lifelong
Democrat uttered a thought that will
be responded to in millions of Demo
cratic hearts when ho said—
" For myself, I was one who desired
to postpone, ()mailer hoped altogether
to avoid, the collision which has taken
place, trusting thatsociety, by degrees,
would have worked itself clear by its
own innate strength and the virtue
and resolution of the community. But
slavery has forced upon us the issue,
and has lifted up its hand to strike a
death-blow at our existence as a people.
It has avowed itself a desperate and
determined enemy of our national life,
of our unity as a republic; and hence
forward no man deserves the name of
a statesman who would consent to the
introduction of that clement of weak
neas and division into any new terri
tory, or the admission of another slave
State into the Union. Lot us hope
rather that the prediction of Washing
ton will prove true, and that Virginia
and Maryland will soon take their
phtees as free States by the side of
Ohio and Pennsylvania."
IN the Yotional IntelligenCer, (Wash
ington,) of the 24th, another Democrat,
more venerable, and, if possible, more
honored, as the opponent of Republi
(autism and the advocate of" the rights
of the South, lion. Amos Kendall, lifts
the veil from before the peculiar insti
tution and exposes it as one of the
most hideous and revolting of aristoc
racies. The following extract is full
of eloquent significance:
" In my last I proposed to consider
in this letter the causes which have led
to the pending rebellion, and to show
the advocates of emancipation that
they have every reason to be satisfied
with the progress that operation is
making:
6; The cause or causes of the rebel
lion may ho summed up in the single
phrase, Pride of Wealth and Lust for
Power. These are not peculiar to the
South, but have their influence in the
North as well. North and Routh they
pervade, with honorable exceptions,
those classes' of society which find
means to live and to enrich themselves
without manual labor. North as well
as Reuth the feelings of these classes
revolt against a Government controlled
by tho toiling millions, and would over
throw it if they could. In the North
the attempt would be hopeless, and
llVlSteerAtie classes quietly acqui
esce in things as they are. In the cot
ton region of the South the laborers
have po political rights, and the aris
tocratic classes govern in all that re,
totes to local affairs. But they are not
content ivith that. Their pride revolts
atassociation in any Government, how
ever mild and beneficent, in which la
boring men participate, directly or, in
directly. To get rid of such a Gov
ernment, though it has been the chief
source of all their prosperity, is the
object of the present rebellion. The
avowed &Sign of the South Carolina
leaclepa is the erg:l*qt* of at ccn
inanity composed of gentlemen and
laborers, in which the gentlemen shall
be masters,and the laborers their slaves.
To this end they mrPre, hefore the IT
hellion broke oat, avowedly in favor of
reopening the African slave trade, and
have since submitted With a had grace
to u restrietion in their Confederate
Constitution, dictated by an apprehen
sion that it would not be safe at pres
ent so far to outrage the feelings of the
civilized world.
But there is a considerable class of
slaveholders, especially in the Border
slaveholding States, who do not enter
tain this antipathy to labor. It is com
posed of mon of moderate means, own
ing but few slaves. They are the self
made men, whose industry and econo
my had enabled them to purchase one
or more slaves, and they may Often be
seen at work in the same field with
their own negroes. They do not sym
pathize with the cotton, rice, and sugar
planters, who reckon their slaves by
hundreds, and who never put their own
hands to the plough, the hoc, or the
axe. These small slaveholders; nu
merically probably more numerous
than the richer class, have no repug
nance to being associated in a Govern
ment controlled in part by the labor
ing men of the North, and they are
generally faithful to the Constitution
and the Union. Slavery does not make
them rebels."
The 22d in Washington.
(From the special correspondent or The Press ]
WAtaniNaToN, Feb. 22, 1882
The heavy roll of cannon startled
our sleepy townsmen at the dawn of
day. The batteries around the city
thundered forth a rapid salute in hon
or of the anniversary, which was an
swered and echoed. among the hills,
mingling with the soft musk) of the re
veille. The morning was damp and
heavy. An impenetrable mist had
settled over the Virginia shores, and
our public buildings, which look so
neat and pretty in a clear sunny morn
ing, were sodden and tearful. The
Capitol was in a condition of inconsola
ble grief. The rain dripped from the
eaves and massive walls - , coiling around
the columns and marble ornaments,
and leaping from step to stop in lazy,
sluggish streams.
It was such a day as one would
choose for his funeral—very sad, and
dull, and gloomy. As the morning
advanced the rain increased, and the
umbrellas began to appear. This was
a fatal sign, for no recorded celebra
tion was over conducted under umbrel
las, and the prospect of the present was
very dreary. The death of' Mr. Lin
coln's child, and the universal feeling
of sympathy for the stricken father
and family, cast a sadness over the
community. The arrangements for a
grand illumination had been completed,
and it was intended to light up the
Capitol and the public buildings. The
people, generally, were preparing to
take part in these demonstrations, but
the suggestion of the Cabinet was
adopted by Congress, and the festivity
postponed.
As noon approached the rain ceased,
and the highways became more passa
ble, althoagh the mist still hung over
the earth. Thousands flocked to the
Capitol, which was to be the scene of
the principal celebration; and long be
fore the hour of noon its damp cold
stairs were crowded with an eager, be
seeching and patriotic throng. The
arrangements for popular admission to
the ceremonies were necessarily exclu
sive, and the favored multitude wore
compelled to-rrin the gauntlet of 'the
envious eyes surrounding the doors.—
The House of Representatives assem
bled at noon and proceeded to consid
er the question of receiving the Rebel
flags, directed to be presented by the
Secretary of War. The Senate was
full, but, with the exception of a mere
routine' matter of' business, the mem
bers spent the hour in social intercourse,
exchanging congratulations with the
Cabinet Ministers, officers and distin
guished strangers present. The Cabi
net were assembled in the President's
room, every member being present.—
The foreign legations were largely
represented, and the marble chamber,
in the rear of the Senate Chamber, was
filled with a bustling company of affa
ble gentlemen, who chatted quite
pleasantly, and discussed the weather
in a dozen languages. The officers of
the army and the navy, fraternized
very cordially in the Supreme court
room. The hour after noon was an
hour of general preparation, and, as
the hand approached one, Mr. Bthe
ridge the Clerk of the House, entered
the Senate and announced that that
body was now awaiting the arrival of
the Senators and other guests to pro
ceed with the ceremonies of the day.
A few moments of bustle, and at 1
o'clock the procession formed.precoded
by Mr. Geo. T. Brown ' 'the Sergeaet
at:arms. The Vice President, Mr.
Hamlin, and the Secretary of the Sen
ate, Mr. Forney; the Senators, and of
ficers of the Senate, formed in lino and
passed out of the chamber, The mem
bers of the Cabinet followed, headed by
the Secretary of State, Mr. Seward,
and the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr.
Chase. As they passed into the corri
doe the members of the Diplomatic
Corps, headed by M. Mercier, the
French minister, and Baron Stoeckl,
the Russian minister, fell into line.—
As they passed the Supreme Court
room the officers of the army and na
vy, headed by General McClellan, eon
chided the prooessien, the distinguished
citizens and invited guests having gone
before. In the Rotunda a battallion of
infantry was drawn up in line, and, as
the officers appeared, presented arms.
In the old House of - Representatives
the rebel standards, captured at our
merit victories, were displayed to a
curious and patriotic crown. Some of
these flags represented the Confederate
Government, and bearing the insignia
of the well known "stars and bars."
Others were merely the flags of a State,
with divers legends and inscriptions,
Some were beautifully worked in heavy
silk, fringed with gold—one from Lou
isiana, particularly, being a fine piece
of rebel embroidery. Passing on, how
ever, the precession soon reached the
door of' the House. The members
arose at the entrance of their distin
guished guests. " The Vice President
and Senators took seats on the left of
the Speaker, in the front part of the
House, the Cabinet Ministers, members
of the Supreme Court, and the Diplo
matic Corps assuming the correspond
ing seats opposite. The officovs of the
army and the navy were on the right,
jq the centre of the floor, tho Repro
ben tatives and invited guests occupying
the remaining space. - Mr, Speaker
Grow presided and the assembly bo
oming quiet, quietly rapped the desk
with his gavel, The Chaplain, Rev.
T. H. Stockton came forward, the mul
titude arose, and he offered up the fol
lowing beantifai and fervent
GMEEI
Lord, our Lord ! how excellent is
Thy name in all the earth, who halt
set Thy glory above the heavens. In
Thy presence how little is our great
ness! Here the representatives of the
republic, the representatives of king
doms and empires, ministers, magis
trates, legislators and judges, officers
of the army and navy, and persons of
all ranks and classes of society, fully
remembering our fbily, and that there
is no escape for us, wo hasten under
the shadow of Thy promise, beseeching
through Thy mercy forgiveness of our
iniquities, transgressions, and sins.—
Renew, inspire and sanctify us, that
we may make an aecoptable offering to
Thee, through Thy Holy Scripture.—
Blessed be Thy name forever, fbr the
beneficence of Thy providence and the
redeeming progress of Thy grace in
blessing all nations,
Blessed be Thy name for this great
land, for the people of it, and for the
blessing of Liberty and Equality which
they enjoy, and the strength of the
Government whch controls it.
Blessed be Thy name for the fore
thought, the charity, the unity, brave
ry, enterprise, industry and prosperity
of our fathers.
Blessed bo Thy name fbr the pure,
and wise, and useful citizens whose
history adorns our annals.
Blessed be Thy name, especially for
the supremo foresight which gave Mo
ses to Israel, and Washington to Amer
ica.
Blessed be Thy name for the birth,
the life, the character, accomplish
ments, labors, achievements and influ
ence of the model man, and patriot
soldier, and magistrate, whom we this
day remember, not only as the first in
war, first in peace, and first in the
hearts of his countrymen, but also as
first in the admiration and veneration
of mankind.
Blessed be Thy name that Washing
ton was a man ofprayer—that he called
upon Thee, not only in private, but in
public—and also, that ho trusted in
Christ, and was familiar, through pray
er, at the Mercy-Seat, and that in ac
cepting office, filling office, and in re
signing office, he called on Thee, com
mending himself to Thy favor, and be
seeching Thy blessing.
Blessed be Thy name for his Fare
well Address—for the sentiments it
contains, and which he himself recom
mended to our frequent use. And re
membering that Thou art the God not
of the dead, but of the living—for all
live under Thee—that Washington is
now as present to Thee as we ourselves
are, though the doors of supplication
have been closed to him—still we, in
his spirit, and in his name, would ad
dress our supplications to Thy Throne,
that Thy beneficence might still be con
tinued to us—that the free Constitu
tion transmitted to us might be secured
and maintained, and that this Admin
istration, in every department, be
stamped with wisdom and virtue, and
that the happiness of the people, under
the auspices of liberty, may be more
complete. That under Thy careful
guardianship every nation yet a straw
ger to us may be induced to give us
their applause, and Book our land as
the home of adoption.
Now, 0 Lord, our God ! in whose
holy "leaven there is no sin, no disease,
no violence, no death, we cannot close
our prayer without a thought for our
beloved President awl his weeping
household, grieving for the loss of that
pale beauty that reposes among them
to bloom no more on earth forever.
O Lord, God ! from eternity to eter
nity, Thou who art the Living One!
At thy breath our cherished sister, the
widowed Queen of England, silently
mourns in her island home, and here
our Presidential mansion is darkness
and silence, and all over the world
smitten hearts and broken hearts wait
in faith, and hope, and patience, before
Thee. God be merciful to us miserable
sinners; pardon and sanctify, and save
us all. And we pray Thee disappoint
and utterly overthrow the plans, the
atrocious and treasonable plans, of
those In arms against the Government,
Grant that the people themselves, who
have been so grossly deceived, may
soon lay down their arms, which they
ought never to have taken up, and re
turn to those who are anxious again to
give them the embrace of brotherhood.
But, 0 Thou Most High, let not the
purposes of Thy Providence for our
progress and social redemption be stay
ed for a moment.
This concluded, Mr. Blair made 'a
motion to admit the ladies in the lobby
upon the floor, and a, moment later they
swarmed in from "the lobby and cloak
rooms, The Speaker, again rapping
his gavel, announced that Washington's
Farewell Address would be read by
the Secretary of the Senate. Mr. For
ney, who was sitting on the right of
the clerk, rose, lifted the open volume
before him, and padsing a moment for
the noise of the galleries to lull, pro
ceeded, amid a profound silence, to
read.
The Farewell Address of our Coun
try's Father was never read to a more
august assemblage. , There wore the
statesmen of the neptiblje awl the sol
diers of' the *public, its venerable
jurists, its chosen representatives, and
citizens eminent, in the more retired
unostentatious walks of life. - Looking
upon the venerable face of Mr. Critten
den, and thofrail form of Chief Justice
Taney, we were carried back to the
early days of the nation, almost to the
days of Washington himself. The old
issites and ecitoite, ipidpr ,Igelfsqn and
Adams, which seem to this fierce and
warlike age like the dream'of a child
ish hour, came up once more from the
dusky crypt of history, We saw the
United States of angther ago, we saw
the United States of to-day : There
were the men who had done their Gaun
try sovvjuo in the early times of trouble,
arid, leaving the calm and gentle paths
of retirement, they name once more
upon the scene, to inspire with their
blessing, if not to lead, as they led forty
years ago. Adorned in the glory of
their calling; covered with gold, and
silk, and emblems of war, with glitter
ing sabres and tinkling epaalets, were
the men upon whom our country has
been compelled to turn jn the hour of
its greatest need. Handsome, ruddy,
stately men they are, as they pith°
down the floor with clattering sabres,
and their renowned little commander
leading them. Applause in the gallery !
Farewell to the days of peace and
statesmanship—for we have lint away
the olive branch, and now wqrship the
sword. They file !pray into their seats,
scanned by thousands of eyes who I
follow every moment—gen.
paler than when I last saw him, and
with a fbw gray hairs straggling
among his raven locks. There 'is the
same cahn, imperturbable, and self
reliant flee as ever, something thinner
than when ho reviewed his legions in
November—for disease has been prey
ing upon him, and traces of it linger
on his brow. Butler, quiet and impas
sive; McDowell, tall and handsome;
Reintzeltnan, rough and rugged; Mc-
Call, attentive and calm ; Porter, rud
dy and good-humored Thomas, state
ly as n palm-tree, and others not so
well known to fame,. gather, around
their commander-in-chiet: Commodore
Wilkes, the captor of Mason and Sli
dell, is the object of much attention.
In his tall, manly form and courteous
bearing we fail to see the rude fellow
who offended English taste so , shoek
inglybut only the gallant, courteous,
and high-minded sailor that he is, who
did not fear to take any responsibility
when in, the discharge of his duty.
We see old dynasties and 'new dynas
ties strangely commingling. The rep
resentative of a Napoleon, quietly sa
lutes Oho Secretary of State ; while'the
lineal hoir'to Napoleon's throne, the
descendant of the illustrious house of
the Bourbon, is a few paces distant, in
the uniform of an American captain,
quietly conversing with Senator Sum
mer. That tall gentleman, with the
open forehead, and large black beard,
is the Prince de Joinville, who brought
Napoleon's remains from St. Helena
twenty years ago, and was the head of
the French navy. Now he is a refu
gee from his princely posseSsions, and
quietly mingles with a republican au
dience to hear the farewell words of a
republican President. The scone has
all the elements of interest, and pos
sesses all the majesty of repose. Above
the Speaker's chair, in their narrow
kingdom, the ever-present newspaper
mon are busy catching, the inspiration
of the scene, and giving to the world
thepageant which Is now confined to
the House of Representatives. Long
lines of gaudy and fluttering hues en
circle the ladies gallery ; we hear the
soft, low whisper the rustle of silks
and fans, and see the glitter of jewelry
and gold, rivalling and excelling the
sterner pomp of the military men be
low. We pass into the other galleries
only to find them overburdened with
a uneasy, restless, and grumbling mul
titude, constantly rising and swaying
until it is lost in the gloomy shadows
which the dark sky throws into the
distant corners and recesses.
For three quarters of an hour we
listen to the stately language of Wash
ington, as every word and tone - falls
clearly and firmly from the lips of the
Secretary of the Senate. There is an
occasional bustle in the galleries, an
occasional cry of order, a busy whis
per passes aiong some of the benches,
or a suppressed titter in the ladies'
benches; bat beyond this, no word is
said, no sound is uttered . —soldiers, sail
ors, statesmen, attentively regard the
sentiments of the departed hero. At
half past two the reading is over—the
Vice President and Senators leaVe the
Hall, and the military rise to depart.
There is a minute or two confusiob
above and below. A few pages rush
upon Gen. McClellan and obtain his
autograph, a number of senators and
members gather around Secretary
Stanton, who seems to be the lion of
the hour. The •commanding general
passes along the aisle, and a voice in
the gallery shouts " Three cheers for
George B. McClellan." The cheers mire
heartily given, and with the applause
ringing in his oars the young comman
der passes from the Hall, followed by
his brilliant retinue. A few minutes
later and the assembled multitude has
passed away, the House is once more
quiet and deserted, and the ceremonies
are over, J. 11, Y.
A Visit to the Battle Field,
A correspondent of the Chicago
Times, writing from Fort Denolsom
Tenn., under date of Feb, 17, says:
I was invited on Sunday morning,
by General ItfeCleft:and, to take a ride
over the battle field. It would be dif
ficult to describe, in a few words, the
scenes which have met my view. The
battle-ground was chiefly confined to
the space outside the rebel fortifica
tions, extending up the river bank-a
distance of two miles, to the point
where Qoneral lllcCiernand's force ral
lied from the retirement which they
were at first forced into by the impet
uous charge of the enemy. It must
be remembered that it was here that
the grand sortie was made by the reb
els up the river bank, with the inten
i tion of turning our right flank and
cutting their way out. Some ten or
twelve thousand men composed the
force sent out for this purpose: - They
advanced under cover of a deadly fire
of artillery, and steadily drove Goner
al McCiernand's fOree before them a
distance of fifty or sixty rods. Our
troops here made a stand, and, being
reinforced by ono or .two regiments,
began the assault before which the on
ertlY were forced to retreat. The
ground was contested with desperation,
and the slaughter on both sides was
immense., The whole space of two
miles was strewed with dead, who lay I
in every imaginable shape and form.
Federals and rebels were promisoa
eßsly mingled, sometimes grapPleci in
the fierce death-throe, sometimes facing
each other as they gave and received
the fatal shot or thrust, sometimes ly
ing across one another, and again
heaped in piles which lay six qr gegen
deep. I could itriadmo nothing more
terrible than the silent indications of
agony that nTarked the features of the
pale corpses which lay at ovary step.
Though dead, and rigid in every mus
cle, they still writhed and seemed to
tarn to oaten. the passing lII'PPP fqr
cooling breath. Staring eyes, gaping
mouths, clenched hands, and strangely
pontracted limbs, seemingly drawn into
the smallest compass, as if by a mighty
effort to rend asunder some irresistible
bond which held them down to the
torture of which they died. One sat
against a tree, and, with mouth and
eyes wide open, looked tip into the shy
4s if to catch a glance at its fleeting
spirit. Another clutched the branch
of an overhanging tree, and hung half
suspended, as in the death pang ho
raised hinuiolf partly from theground,
The other hand grasped his faithful
musket, and the compression of the
month told of the determination Whieh
would have been fatal to ht foe had life
ebbed a minute later. A third clung
with both bands to a bayonet which
was buried in the ground, in the act of
striking for the heart of a rebel foe.—
geNtt numbers lay in heaps. just as the
fire of the artillery mowed theMdown,
mangling their farms into nn almost
undistinguishablo mass. Many of but
men bad evidently- fallen victims to tho
rebel sharpshooters, for • they were
pierced through 'the head by rifle but.
lets, seine in the forehead, some in the
eyes, others en the bridge of the nose,
in the cheeks, and in the mouth. This
circumstance veri AO a statement made
to me by a rebel officer among the
prisoners, that their• men were trained
to shoot; law• and aim, for, the, face,
while avers, as a general thing, fired at
random,, and shot over their heads. ~
The enemy, in their retreat, carried,
off their wounded, and a great many
of their dead, so that oursfar outnum
hered them on the field.. The scone of
action had been Mostly in' the woods,
although there word two open places
of; an acre or two where the fight had
raged furiously, and the greundwas
covered with dead. All the way : up
to their entrenchments the same scene,
of death was presented. There were
twe miles of dead strewn thickly, min.
gled with firearms; artillery, dead hop.
sea, and the paraphernalia of• the hat*
tle-field. It was a ,scene never to bo
forgotten—never to he described.
WAR NEWS.
THE CAPTURE OF NASHVILLE
TEE NEWS.FULLY CONTIRATEE,
Further', Flight of -the ,Fleet-PpotO
Tl4ll.
The White Flag Flying at Mem,
phis. .
Sr. Louis, Feb. 26.—The 'Repubfl,
can's Cairo despatch says the occupa,
tion of Nashville has been confirmed.
Our troops took possession of tho
city without opposition.. •
Floyd fled, as usual.
The report that Gov. Harris had
Bored all the Tennessee troops to lay.
down their arms and go home, is also
confirmed.
The Tennessee Legislature is called
to meet on Monday next, •
No opposition to the Union move,
ments is made anywhere on the Cum.
berland river.
It is also reported that white flags
aro flying at Memphis.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. 25.—A deserter
from the rebel army, who •arrived at
Munfordsvillo to-day, reports that the
national flag• is flying over Nashville,
and that the robots pretend to be eon-.
centrating 200,000 men at Murfrees
boro', intending to give battle there.
Sr. Louis, Feb. 25.—Two old citizens •
of St. Louis, who left Memphis on
Tuesday last, arrived here to-day. •
They report that on the day they
left Memphis the Tennessee Legislature
arrived there from Nashville, and were
to meet on the following day to discus
the prosont state of affairs in that State 4.
The people were rapidly arriving at
Memphis from Nashville, and congre
gating in largo numbers:
All the gold and silver that could be
got hold of had bcon moved to Mem
phis.
A panic of colossal dimensions had
seized the rebels. State and Confedem
ate scrip IN'as of :no value whatever.
There were only 3,000 rebel troops
at New Madrid, under Colonel Gunter.
Earthworks had been erected a short
distance below New Madrid. Jeff,
Thompson held no command. there,
THE WAR IN ARKANSAS.
Price Driven from his Stronghold at
Cross Hollow.
His Sick
General Curtis' Army Living on the En
emy's Provisions.
Dispatch from General Halleck to
General McClellan.
ST. Louis, Feb. 25.—Gren'1 lialleek
this morning telegraphed to Gen. Mo.
CleHan as fbllows :
"Price's army has been driven from
his strong post at Cross hollow.
"The enemy loft his sick and woun;
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destroy, : [
" He burned the extensive barracks
et that place to prevent our troops
from oceupying.them. ,
"Gen. Curtis says that most df our
provisions, for the last ton days, have
been taken tl , oni'the enemy." -, ,
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