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HIINTiNGDON, PA.
Tuesday afternoon, April 22, 1802
Our Flag Forever
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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 our books of several years
standing. We shall, therefore, from
day to day, without respect to persons,
place into the bands 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.
THE NEWS.
This morning's city papers contain
no news of importance from the army.
The latest news will be found under
our War - News head.
EVERY WATCHFUL EYE is turned to
the direction of Yorktown. The indi
cations multiply that the historic field
on which the liberties of the Republic
were first achieved, is to be the theatre
of the great battle of the war for its
preservation. All the available power
of the enemy in 'Virginia - is being con
centrated at Yorktown. Gen. McClel
lan, with a large army, stands in front
of the town, threatening destruction,
and ere this reaches the eyes of our
readers, he may have commenced the
attack. The victory—if victory at all
—will not be easily achieved. Thous
ands of brave hearts will cease to beat,
and the vital fluid will stain the foot
prints of many a hero before we will
be allowed to shout victory I The as
sociations connected with the place,
terrible, because it is the spot where
our forefathers offered life freely and
poured the life-blood in streams, to
gain what we are now struggling to
preserve. Many of the grandfathers
who fell there, have grandsons equal
ly as brave and determined as them
selves, now ready and eager to strike
the blow as soon as the command is
given. The rebels are sanguine of sue
•cess, and our own brave men are still
more sanguine, that victory will again
crown their efforts with success, and
so utterly demoralize the enemy that
he will flee as our forces approach.—
We hope and pray we are not mista
ken. We trust that our army is but
the instrument in the hands of God, to
overwhelm and chastise the miscreants
who have attempted to stab the Gov
ernment, to satisfy the cravings of a
selfish and deluded ambition. We are
not of those who entertain the idea
that a kind, over-ruling Providence
would recognize the bastard govern
ment of Jeff Davis, Tom Walker, and
the devil. Should we meet with (Us
:aster at Yorktown, it will only be tem
porary, and to carry out the plans of
the 2 ' searcher of all hearts," who
watchesover and protects the men who
are true to themselves, their country,
.and have a deep and abiding love and
faith in the Being who made them all.
A Gunn GOAK.-A certain church
member residing in this place, being
anxious to increase his " pilerand not
caring about working too hard for it,
concluded that ho would bet on Rich
ardson, on Friday; but, then, he was
puzzled to know how to get at it, as
ho did not want it known that he
would bet on a shooting match; so ho
procured the services of another gen
tleman, with strict injunctions of se
crecy, to go to llarklesburg and bet,
our pious friend furnishing the money.
The man went, bet,' and lost, and we
learned the story from the " feller "
who Won the money, and who was so
elated with his success that he got
"tight" and "blowed" on the other
4' feller."
NEARLY DROWNED.—A little son of
Maj. John S. Miller, came very near
being drowned on Thursday last. Ho
was playing along the banks of the
river, and for some reason or other,
waded into it just opposite the Penna.
R R. depot, when the current carried
him down the stream. He floated down
until nearly opposite the Foundry,
when he was diseox . .ered and his life
less body rescued from a watery grave.
By the proper applications he was soon
restored to life, and is now running
about as lively as usual.
ACCIDENT.—On Thuradar morning
last, Mr. Uriah B. Lewis, met with an
accident by which he came very near
losing one of his hands. He went to
fire a• load out of a gun, when it burst,
shattering his hand in an awful man
ner. He is slowly recovering.
The Terrible Weapon.
The Journal of Commerce says, the
exploits of the Parrott gun, at the
siege of Fort Pulaski, are but the pre
lude of what can and will be done with
that tremendous weapon. The guns,
which, from their position on Big Ty
bee Island, over a mile from the fort,
were able to drive cast-iron bolts
through the stone wall as if it had
been a cheese, were nothing but 30-
pounders, having only the same calibre
as the old 9-inch smooth bore. The
100-pounders, to the production of
which the resources of the West Point
foundry have lately been directed, is a
piece of vastly greater destructive
powers, as the rebels will find out when
they hear from it. When the first
specimen of this weapon was turned
out, a short time ago, there was a great
deal of theoretical doubt about its suc
cessful operation, but experiments
which were carefully made at the
foundry, and at Sandy Hook, soon es
tablished its amazing capabilities.—
The Government promptly took the
hint, and has now enough Parrott 100-
pounders in the right places to produce
the right effect at the right time. Mr.
Parrott has made important improve
ments in the gun and the missile since
his first invention, the nature of which
it would not be proper to speak of in
this connection. It would be equally
ill-timed to give the wonderful results
of certain experiments recently made
by the inventor. The scientific world
must wait—not long, perhaps—for the
repitition of these experiments on a
grander scale in actual conflict. The
prediction is not a rash one, that these
great Parrott guns will upset a good
Many notions of invulnerability that
are now regarded as scientific truths.
And the end is not yet. Guns of still
larger calibre are in process of con
struction, which will in their turn shoot
new ideas into the rebels, and, perhaps,
furnish a new topic to the British Par
liament.
LAST SATURDAY was the anniversary
of one of the most important events
in American history. We allude to
the attack upon the Massachusetts and
Philadelphia troops, in Baltimore, on
the 19th of April, 1861.
When wo think of that cowardly
and outrageous act, it makes the blood
boil with indignation and contempt
for the fiends incarnate, who so far
forgot their manhood and the purpo
ses for which they were born, as to in
sult the flag they had always been
taught to love and honor.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRU.—On Monday
murning, L/11.1 - 1 - 111 l 1.11, -I“taa LA, a j
building at Saltillo, Clay township,
owned by Judge Leas and &lel Me-
Vitty, Esq., was entirely consumed
with all its contents. The Tannery
was a large and extensive establish
ment, well stocked, and built only
about three years ago. The building
was insured, but the stock only par
tially. The origin of the fire is sup
posed to be the act of an incendiary.
The Tannery will be re-built immedi
ately.
FLAG FRESENTATION.—We learn that
the citizens of Broad Top have pur
chased a handsome flag, worth $5O, for
Capt. McCabe's Company, bearing the
following inscription, " Broad Top
Lawrence Rifles." No better token of
esteem could have been given to the
worthy officers and men of the com
pany, than just this emblem of our na
tionality. We can assure the good
people of Broad Top that it will never
be dishonored while in the hands of
Capt. McCabe or any of his men.
A YERY heavy thunder storm visited
this place on last Thursday. The
streaked flashes of lightning blazed
over and around us ; Heaven's artillery
made the earth quake and tremble by
its quick and heavy reports; the rain
fell in torrents, and all the earth was
drenched with the dews from Heaven.
IN LAST week's issue we published
an article from the Phila. Bulletin, sta
ting that a portion of the troops un
der Gen. McClellan had been taken
from him. From the same source, we
learn that, by order of the President,
they have been returned.
Six large mortars, weighing in the
neighborhood of seventeen thousand
pounds apiece, passed through this
place over the Penna. R. R, on Sun
day last. They were destined for ser
vice somewhere in the army along the
Potomac.
TIrE SHOOTING MATCIL--The shoot
ing match between Massey and Rich
ardson for $lOO, passed off on Friday,
at Marklesbnrg, according to appoint
ment, and resulted in favor of Massey,
who wou and pocketed the " spods."
Sclrons. The following persons
were appointed by the Direeters, to
teach the schools of this borough, the
ensuing year :
S. B. Cheney - - - Ist male.
Robed, Turbett, - --2 d male.
Miss Ellen A. Glazier - 3d male.
" Ada Keller - - Ist female
" Sarah 11. Myers --2 d female
44 Jennie M. Brown •3d female
" Sarah A. Carr - - colored.
MORE NEW GOODS.-G. Ash. Miller
has just opened a fine assortment of
New Goods, consisting of Dry Goods,
Groceries, &c., &c. Give him a call.
Murt.—An unusual quantity of rain
has fallen this month.
#g > An assortment of Card Photo
graphs at Lewis' Book Store.
Agricultural Society.
The Huntingdon county Agricultu
ral Society met, pursuant to previous
notice, in the Court House on Tues
day evening, the 15th inst. President,
George W. Speer, in the chair. The
minutes of last meeting were read by
the Secretary and approved.
Committee on the best method of
improving the breed of sheep not be
ing_present, was continued.
The question proposed at last meet
ing for discussion, " Could grape-grow
ing and wine-making be rendered pro
fitable in Huntingdon county ?" was
introduced and discussed by Israel
Graffius, Esq., and T. H. Cromer, Esq.,
and, on motion, was then postponed
till next meeting.
The following resolution was offered
and supported by Jonathan McWil
liams, Esq., and finally adopted.
Resolved, That a committee of three
be appointed to inquire into and re
port at our next meeting, whether an
extensive culture of the grape would
tend to promote or retard our habits
of temperance. Chair appointed Jon
athan McWilliams, T. H. Creaser, and
A. W. Benedict, Esqs., said committee.
The question proposed at last meet
ing," What variety of wheat is best
adapted to the soil and climate of Hun
tingdon county ?" after being intro
duced and discussed, somewhat, by
Messrs. McWilliams, Speer,
and Greiner, was, on motion, post
poned till next meeting.
The committee appointed at last
meeting to procure a person to deliver
an agricultural address, reported that
in compliance with their instructions,
they had invited Silo. Dougherty, Esq.,
of Mt. Union, to lecture before the as
sociation, who was present for that
purpose.
Mr. Dougherty then responded to
the invitation in an able, learned, and
highly instructive lecture, which was
listened to attentively by the audience,
and at the close, on motion of Mr.
Africa, a committee of three were ap
pointed to procure a copy of the ad
dress for publication. Messrs. Africa,
Watson, and John Porter, Esq., were
appointed said committee.
The committee appointed to report
on the relations of Farmers and Me
chanics not being ready to report, was,
on motion, continued.
The resolution offered at last meet
ing in regard to increasing the tax on
stallions, was postponed indefinitely,
and the society proceeded to the con
sideration of the propriety of holding
an annual exhibition during the pres
ent year.
A. resolution was offered by Mr. Mc-
Williams, that the subject be postponed
till next meeting, which, after some
discussion, was withdrawn.
A resolution was then offered by
John Porter, Esq., of Alexandria, that
a County Fair be held during the com
ing fall, the time and place to be fixed
on at the next meeting, Which resolu
tion, after some discussion, was finally
agreed to.
- Society then adjourned to meet on
Tuesday evening of the first week of
GEO. W. SPEER, .Post
Roirr.Dwyrr.
'
Secretaries.
J. . SIMPSON AFRICA,
Parson Brownlow,
Parson Brownlow passed through
this place on Thursday last, on his
way to Philadelphia. It having been
announced before the arrival of the
train at 1:34 P. M., that Parson Brown
low would be aboard, a large number
of our citizens flocked to the depot to
get a sight of the man. On the arri-
yid of the train ho was loudly called
for, when he made his appearance on
the platform of the cars, and after
shaking hands with quite a number he
spoke Dearly as follows:
MY FELLOW-COUNTRYMEN : I have
not the physical ability to say much
to you. for I am weak and tired. I
am still able to bear testimony, how
ever, to my Union principles which I
have always asserted, and my ever
lasting resolution to fight treason and
secession in whatever shape they may
appear.
It is related of the Apostle Paul that
he fought beasts at Ephesus, but I have
fought Jeff Davis, Toro 'Walker, and
the devil. [Great laughter.] I bid
you good-bye.
The Parson was accompanied from
Pittsburg to Philadelphia, by a repor
ter of The Press, from whom we make
the following extracts.
After speaking of the Parson's re
ception in Cincinnati, the reporter says:
He has visited the camps of the Fort
Donelson prisoners, and conversed with
the sons of his old friends and neigh
bors, taken with treasonable arms in
their hands. Ho has left no stone un
turned to fix upon the responsible men
of Tennessee the infamy of the revolt,
and is now among us with the design
of writing the history of the Knox
ville campaign, and particularly that
part specifying the names, families,
and deeds of the covert and avowed
leaders.
* Parson Brownlow reached
Pittsburg on Wednesday afternoon,
and was welcomed to Pennsylvania by
the Mayor of that city and the Mayor
of Alleghany city. In the evening he
addressed a jammed house at Concert
Hall. * * He took the Philadel
phia train on Thursday morning, and,
being anxious to see the scenery of the
mountains, was invited to occupy the
locomotive. lie rode nearly seventy
miles in this way, observing the splen
did scenery of the Conemaugh.
At Gallitzin, on the Alleghany moun
tains, the Parson was approached by
a man who had been one of his guards
at the Knoxville jail, but who had sub
sequently escaped, and rejoined his
family in Pennsylvania. He still wore
his secession uniform, but was warmly
greeted by Mr. Brownlow, lie stated
that he bad been impressed into the
rebel service, and, being ordered on
picket duty at a remote point, had es
caped. He bore to tho Parson intelli
gence of the latter's family, and was,
therefore, doubly welcomed. The for
mer guard and prisoner parted with a
warm good-bye and " God bless you!'
* * *
He wore a black cloth coat, a figur
ed silk vest, dark gray pantaloons, and
an old-fashioned hat, bound with crape.
iris garments were in the highest de
gree thrifty, according with the plain,
simple character of the man, and ut
terly devoid of display or appearance.
lie looked indeed, a quiet _l.ethodist
preacher, and bore no external evi
dences of the adventurous and exci
ting life which he has led for upwards
of half a century.
There was abilndant testimony, how
ever, in his faded, hollow face, the fig
ure a little bowed, and the hard, ema
ciated hand, of the trials—approach
ing martyrdom—to which he had been
recently subjected. Indeed, he staled
that whereas, at the period of his incar
ceration in the Knoxville jail, he weigh
ed 175 pounds, he had been reduced,
by the time of the receipt of his dis
charge, to 130 pounds. The long and
parching fever \Odell assailed him in
February last is still evidenced in the
lustreless expression of his eyes, which
arc yet, however, so subject to his fiery
spirit that they flash as of old when
some bitter recollection stirs him to
indignation. He seems to have sworn
' never to forgive the enemies of Ten
nessee, but to follow them steadily,
through war and peace,until his wrongs
and the murder of his friends is ac
counted and atoned for.
Ile has been offered large sums of
money to accept of proposals to lec
ture, but he has thus far declined them.
A Western gentleman offered him $20,-
000 for twenty lectures. He does not
wish more money, however, than will
establish him anew at Knoxville with
a fast Hoe press and a new office for
the Whig. 1.1. k friends in Philadelphia
intend to procure him both of those.
Mr. Brownlow speaks quietly, but
unrestrainedly, of his tenure in the
loathsome jail at Knoxville, and an
swers questions readily as to his pre
vious career in politics, the pulpit, and
journalism. Ile isrecovering hisvoice,
which has been feeble of late years,
and we could almost imagine ourselves
listening Lo one inspired as he thunder
ed his anathemas in the several depots
on the line of way.
On Saturday, he left Philadelphia for
the residence of Mr. Childs, (the pub
lisher) near Bordentown, where ho will
spend some weeks upon his book. Ho
has copious diaries of prison matters
in his possession, and a full file of the
Knoxville Whig for the past year.
These will prove invaluable aids to
him in collecting material for his his
tory.
I=
The speech of Mr. Brownlow at Har
risburg was very characteristic.
My FELLow-CITIZENS: When Gover
nor Curtin introduced me as Parson
Brownlow, he should have said that I
am what is left of Parson Brownlow.
The Secessionists of my State had very
nearly done for me when they de
spatched me into what they called "Lin
coln's kingdom." But I ton not dead
yet, and intend to go back to the Lord's
town of Knoxville, East Tennessee,
with a new press—they have torn up
mine—and pour hot shot into them, as
1 have always done. I want to go
back with a cocked hat, on horseback,
and wearing a sword, as soon as the
Northern troops under General Fre
mont have advanced into my country,
and point out the traitors, and the
limbs whereon to haw,- them !
been hung, shot down on our own
properties, tied to trees and whipped
to death; and all this because we would
not desert the flag of our fathers, the
Union, and the Constitution. These
had protected us for years, and we
won't give them up for the world or
the devil! [Cheers.] I tell you, my
friends—and I do speak advisedly—
when Andy Johnson, our new Gover
nor, orders an old-fashioned State elec
tion, and the withdrawal of the bayo
nets of Secession leaves us free to ex
press our will, Tennessee will give the
Union and the Government a majority
of fifty thousand ! [Cheers.]
In my home of Knoxville, seven
weeks ago, an election was ordered for
mayor and aldermen. The Secession
ists gave out that the Union candi
dates were Abolitionists and Lincoln
ites, and proclaimed their candidates
advocates of State rights and the
Southern Confederacy. In every ward
of Knoxville we heat them two to one,
and elected Lincoln. the Chicago plat
form, or whatever they chose to call it.
The game of Secession is almost
done. The ardent spirits in Secession
have almost got their rights and will
soon come in to renew their allegiance.
Your blockade is ruining them at a
greater rate than fire and sword. Al
though cotton is said to be king, there
is not, a spool of it in Knoxville, and
they have no calico or domestic goods
of any description. Why, the week I
came away there was not in Knoxville
—a largo town—among twenty or
thirty stores, a single fine-tooth comb,
and the heads of the little Secessionists
wore swanning with squatter sove
reigns seeking their rights in the ter
ritory of the cranium. [Great laugh
ter.]
I am very feeble, my friends, and
would like to take a cup of coffee be
fore Igo on to Philadelphia. But I
cannot conclude without expressing my
admiration for the great State of Penn
sylvania, that has furnished so many
gallant soldiers—more, I believe, in
proportion to her population, than any
other State—to fight for the recovery
of the Union and the establishment of
the laws. [Cheers.]
A gentleman in the crowd inquired
of Mr. Brownlow as to the health of
Col. Lenthell, and other citizens of
East Tennessee. He paid high culogi
um to the patriotism of these, but said
of a certain Dr. Jackson, that he was
one of the biggest and blackest traitors
that made tracks in Knoxville.
Gov. Curtin then introduced ex-Gov.
Porter and numerous members of the
executive staff, who accompanied Par
son Brownlow to the refreshment sa
loon. As the moment had nearly ar
rived for the starting of the train, Mr.
Brownlow emerged from the depot
with a cup of coffee in his hand, which
he drank leisurely as the train passed
through the town.
At Lancaster about five hundred
people thronged the depot, and the
Parson made a stirring speech from the
platform, avowing his intention to op
pose to the death and always any Ten
nesseean who had wavered in his loy
alty during the rebellion of 1562.
He was immensely cheered at every
point—hundreds pressing up to be
honored with a grasp of his hand.
He was mot at West Philadelphia by
a committee from the Select and Com
mon Councils, and tendered the hos
pitalities of the city in a neat little
speech, after which he was escorted to
the carriages, and the whole patty were
driven to the Continental Hotel.
THE LATE GREAT BATTLE,
REPORT OF A VISITOR TO THE
BATTLE-GROUND.
[From the Cincinnati Commercial, of April 15.]
We had yesterday the satisfaction
of a conversation with Capt. J. T.
Stockdale, of the steamer Horizon,
who was at Pittsburg Landing when
the battle commenced Sunday morn
ing, and was sent down to Savannah
with his boat, but returned next day.
He saw much of the fight, and spent
Tuesday and Wednesday in walking
over the battle ground. He had also
a conversation with a wounded rebel
prisoner who was well known to him.
Captain Stockdale is a clear-headed
observer, not at all sensational in his'
style of conversation, and his state
ments are entitled to a great deal of
consideration.
His estimate of our loss is: killed—
from 1200 to 1500; wounded, from
3,500 to 4,000, one-third of whom will
die; missing, that is to say prisoners,
2,500. Our entire loss in killed, woun
ded and missing, 8,000. The rebels
lost more killed than we did, and not
so many wounded. About one thous
and unwounded rebel prisoners were
taken, and twelve hundred wounded.
There are, therefore, over four thous
and wounded men on our hands, and
a great number of them very badly.
Captain Stockdale walked over the
battle field for miles, and usually the
rebel dead were more numerous than
ours. Only in a few places were our
dead thicker than theirs. The shelling
of the rebels by the gunboats had been
very destructive. Several groups of
six, eight and ten, who were killed by
a single shell were seen. Rebel pris
oners stated that the first big shell
which landed among them killed near
ly twenty, and it was impossible to
force the men forward where the
heavy shots from the boats were crush
ing the timber, and the shells were
shrieking and crashing on every side.
The field where the enemies dead were
thickest, was where they encountered
Lew Wallace's division on Monday
mornin g . There, standing on a stump,
Capt. S. counted sixty dead rebels.—
There were several piles of nearly a
dozen each. Everything indicated
that the repulse of the enemy on Mon
day had been most deadly.
Officers informed Capt. S., Thursday
evening, as he was leaving the Land
ing, that up to that time 2,200 secesh
had - been buried. This was believed
to be authentic. Our troops did retake
on Monday all the batteries they lost
on Sunday, and took - twelve pieces
from the enemy. The enemy were so
confident of their ability to hold our
camps which they took on Sunday,
that, with a single exception they did
not destroy them. Many who were
wounded in the battle of Sunday, were
killed during the fight on Monday, be
ing unable to get out of the way, and
the ground where they lay being fierce
ly contested. One poor fellow, who
was put on board Captain Stockdale's
boat, and died on it, had been wounded
in the side on Sunday, and on Monday
was struck by three balls.
Cant. Stockdale bad on his boat a
wounded rebel who was an our
quaintanco. His name was Patavieni,
and when Captain S. knew him, a few
years ago, he was the chief clerk of P.
L'Ano & Co., doing business at No. 13
Conti street, New Orleans. Patavieni
was a member of the New Orleans
Guards, a company which was of the
Home Guard organization, but upon
the news of Grant's movement up the
Tennessee river, it was called into ser
vice for ninety-days, twenty days of
which term of service had expired when
the battle was fought. Patavieni sta
ted that the attack was made with six
ty-five thousand men, with a reserve
of thirty-five thousand, and that they
were told that Van Dorn and Price
were at Memphis with their whole ar
my and would be in Corinth at once.—
A large number of the rebel force were
ninety day men. They were forced
into the service. The rebel advance
from Corinth was commenced nine
days before the attack was made.--
Patavieni said he had been nine days
out from Corinth, and yet our folks
were as careless as if' they were a par
ty of pie -niters, and knew nothing of
the enemy's advance. Patavieni was
shot through the thigh, and died on
the way clown the river.
A great many of the rebel dead left
on the field were middle-aged men.—
They were all coarsely but comforta
bly clad, and the whole rebel army
seemed to be well armed. The arms
found on the ground were chiefly Mis
sissippi rifles, percussion muskets, and
a foreign arm, thought to be an Aus
trian rifle.
The forces which General Grant had
engaged on Sunday were not only sad
ly cut up, but much demoralized.—
They were disposed, and probably not
without cause, to blame their officers,
and Gen. Grant was greatly blamed as
responsible for the careless disposition
of his troops, and the slovenly disci
pline which permitted a surprise.
General Buell's troops were, in drill ,
and appearance, the superiors of those
under General Grant. There was the
light of battle and the promise of vic
tory in the faces of every division of
Buell's troops. They came up in splen
did order and kept in order, and did
their work iu a workmanlike manner.
They dealt terrible destruction among
the enemy, and did not suffer very
much themselves. They were in high
spirits after the battle, and contact
with them re-assured the dispirited
troops of Gen. Grant's divisions. Ta
ken all in all, the army on Thursday
evening was in good sound trim, and
good temper, fully of the opinion that
they would give a much better account
of the enemy next time.
The soldiers gloried in Buell, being
pleased not only by the magnificent
army be brought to the field, but by
the soldier-like way in which ho han
dled them. He exposed himself freely,
leading the splendid charge which in
the first report that passed over the
lines, was attributed to the generalship
and bravery of Grant. Among the
incidents reported is the following
Gems. Buell and Grant met on the'
Landing. Gen. Buell pointed to the'
Mass meeting of stragglers who were
crouching under the bluff, and asked,
" what does this mean?" Gen. Grant'
said, " the men won't fight." Buell
remarked, "it is the fault of their d—d
officers. The men will fight if they
have a chance." He then urged them
in person to go to the field, but the
majority of them refused to budge ex
cept to attempt to get aboard the boats.
They were so earnest in their efforts
to board the boats, that it was neces
sary to remove the temptation by with
drawing the boats, and some of them
backed out when the staging planks
were covered with men, precipitating
them into the river, where it was con
jectured some were drowned. Some
of the stragglers swam the river, and
a few lodged on a little island in the
middle of the river, and the river bank
was lined with them clear down to
Crump's Landing.
Gen. Grant had vigilantly establish
ed his headquarters at Savannah, eight
miles from the main body of the army,
and so vigorously did he move, that he
reached the battle field eight hours ll
ter the fighting commenced. He pass
ed up from Savannah to Pittsburg
Landing on the steamer Tigress, and
reached the landing ; after Capt. Steck
dale had finished a twelve o'clock din
ner. Gen. Buell was said to be on the
battle field before the arrival of Gen.
Grant.
Gen. Lew. Wallace was with his di
vision at Crump's Landing, five miles
below Pittsburg, and was on the alert,
from the time the firing commenced
on the left, until 12 o'clock, waiting for
orders. As Gen. Grant passed up the
river on his steamer Tigress, he gave
Wallace orders to proceed to the scene
of action. At that moment four of
Wallace's regiments were posted five
miles inland at Adamsville, and they
had to be sent for before the advance
could be made. It was then want of
orders and the disposition of his forces,
that prevented General Lew. Wallace
from getting into the fight on Sunday.
Such amazing blundering and gross
negligence as this illustrates, was prob
ably never before heard of in the his
tory of war. Bu t nobody blamed Gen.
Wallace. He was ready at daylight.
What detained Grant these awful hours
of surprise and disaster, tinkering at
nothing so far as the results show, at
Savannah, is conceivable. If ever there
is to be an investigation into any of
the hideous blunders of the war, here
is a case that calls loudly, peremptorily,
for a court martial.
Gen. Buell's army was on the road
east of Savannah, when the battle com
menced in Grant's camp. The several
divisions at once abandoned all their
baggage, wagons, tents, knapsacks,
blankets, and all things except their
clothes, arms and ammunition. Im
mense teams were bitched to the artil
lery; and they pressed forward in
grand style. Gen. Nelson's division
was in the advance near Savannah,
and marched up the east bank of the
Tennessee river, arriving opposite the
battle-field in the afternoon, one or two
regiments crossing and engaging in
the fight Sunday evening, and the rest
being on hand in the morning to open
the ball. _McCook's and Crittenden's
divisions were transported from Savan
nah, where they arrived much exhaus
ted, on steamers. The cavalry did not
amount to much, on either side.
The cowardice of a portion of our
troops is of course in the deepest de
gree mortifying, but we are not cer
tain but that in the great majority of
cases of skulking the men were more
sinned against than sinning. Wounded
men declare that the first warning they
had of the presence of - an enmity was
the opening of a battery firing shrap
nell shell at a distance of three hun
dred yards. This shows not only the
inexcusable want of vigilance, but the
wonderful want of sense on the part of
the officers in charge of the position.
Veteran troops would have been dis
mayed if thus betrayed into the jaws
of death. The wonder is that the ene
my did not utterly and irretrievably
rout the whole army which was slum
bering on the west bank of the Ten
nessee river, before the commanding
General reached the scene of action.
A Rebel Woman and Her Lover.
A letter from the Union camp, near York
town, says :
While coming home from a scout this fore
noon we called at a house and found a couple
of ladies, quite young, and one as handsome
as a Hobe. They were secesh to the " back
bone," and had each a " lovyor " in the rebel
army; one of them wee at Yorktown, and only
left the day before to pick his way back along
the York river, and carry such information
as he had gotten from us. The young lady
showed us his photograph, a good looking
lieutenant, and hoped we should meet him
face to face, that he might leave us for dead.
" Oh," said she, " if all the Yankees were
one man, and I had a sword here, I should
like to cut his throat."
•And she said it with a vim, too. We told
her we would take good care of young Lieut.
White, and see that Miss Florill had an op
portunity to change her name after the battle
was over, hoping fur an invitation to the wed
ding, and as she called MO the" Divine "chap
lain of the regiment, I promised to marry them.
" Never," said she. I hope he will come
home dead, before you shall take Yorktown.
I would wade in blood up to my knees to
bury his body."
She spoke of poison in a glass of water we
drank, but I replied that " one look of her an
gel faco, ono smile from her lovely features,
would be an antidote to the rankest poison!'
" Yes," said she, " and to your hatred of the
South, too."
The flirtation nearly made her in favor of
the Union and us the more so. But we had
not gone far, when we observed a company of
soldiers approaching, who brought with them
the " lovyer " a corpse upon the litter, return
ing to his sweetheart. He had been shot
while trying to avoid the quick eye of our
sharpshooters, near a house upon the York
river shore, where his father had resided, and
where a nogro informed the soldiers that his
mother and sister were at the house where
we had been in conversation with the ladieF,
one of whom was his sister, and our soldiers
had after receiving orders, carried him to be
buried.
We did not mar the sorrow of the relatives
b by stopping to witness the reception of the
y. od
The Norfolk Day Book Recommends the
Rebel Government to Propose a Cessa-
tion of Hostilities.
WASHINGTON, April 17.—The Norfolk Bay
Boole, of the 15 says : At the present crisis
when the spirit and prowess of the Confeder
ate arms has been so signally vindicated, is
it not a favorable time for the Confederate
government to propose to the Government at
Washington, a cessation of the fierce and un
natural strife which has watered our soil with
blood and tears and darkened the annals of
our country's history. What dignity and
sublimity in the proposition coining from the
confederate government now bristling in read
iness for the dire conflict which fanaticism
and wrong has forced upon us. Why not say
to the government at AV ashington, wo aro
countrymen and brothers. Come let us rea
son together. Let us terminate this murder
ous controversy, and settle our difficulties
without thirsting for each other's blood. Is
not the precious blood already spilled, poured
out from the hearts of brothers and country
man enough ? Are not the hecatombs of fa
there, husbands and sons already made, suf
ficient to appease the vile dernoa let loose
among us?
AR NEWS.
FROM FORTRESS MONROE,
FORTRESS 'MONROE, April 17—Calm
weather is prevailing in the Roads and
as everythinn• b is propitious for the re
appearance of the Merrimac, it is con
cluded that she does not come, because
she was injured by being aground when
last out.
A flag of truce went up this morn
ing to deliver letters and dispatches.
No news has transpired.
Copies of the Richmond Dispatch and
Norfolk Day Book were received here
lust evening.
The Dispatch contains a telegram.
from Beauregard, dated Corinth, April
9th, stating that he was strongly en
trenched and prepared to defy the fed
erals in whatever numbers they may
attack him. He claims the battle of
Pittsburg as an important rebel victory,
capturing six thousand federal priso
ners and thirty-six cannon.
The Dispatch commenting on the•
above thinks the total route of Buell
and Grant as certain. No mention is•
made of Beauregard being wounded.
The same paper says, in reference to•
affairs in the Peninsula, that. no anx
iety need be felt as to the result of the
forthcoming battle. The Yankees are
to be driven back to the Fortress, and
thoroughly vanquished by the forces
under Leo, Johnson and Magruder.'
The Richmond Dispatch has some
comments on the Merrimac, which it
says spent two days in Hampton Roads
bantering the Monitor and the Yankee
fleet to come out from shelter of the
guns. They claim she is master of
Hampton Roads.
The exploit of the Jamestown, in
seizing three vessels, is regarded as
showing the terror with which tho
Yankees view the Merrimac, consider
ing it not worth while to waste any
more coal in fruitless efforts to entice
the Monitor to a conflict she returned
to her anchorage.
The belief is very general here that
the Merrimac received some injury dur
ing her recent raid, which compelled
her to go back to Norfolk.
She was undoubtedly aground on the
second day, and may, from the heavy
weight of her armament, sprung a leak.
She is however, at the Norfolk navy
yard, and there is little doubt, under
going repairs.
When moving about the upper roads
on Friday last, and exchanging shots
with the Naugatuck, she was very
close to the English steamer Race, be
ing at one time close along side. In a
conversation with an English sailor
yesterday, an experienced gunner, he
assured me that the last time the Mer
rimac fired, either her gun burst or the
shell exploded befot'e it left the muzzle.
Ho was close enough to see a great
commotion on board, and the escape of
smoke from her port holes.
The Savannah andßiehmond papers
are very severe on Colonel Olmstead
for what is regarded as the poor de
fence ho made at Fort Pulaski. The
garrison had still three months provis
ions and two hundred rounds of am
munition for each gun, and it is charged
that the defence was altogether ineffi
cient. On the other"hand, one of the
garrison, who escaped, is represented
as asserting that the federal batteries
contained one gun that would put its
shells through the walls of the fort at
any point at which it was aimed, ren
dering the working of the gnus almost
impossible—that all the barbette guns
were dismounted, and most of those
bearing on the batteries in a similar
condition before they surrendered.
The garrison consisted of 500 men.
The rebels have been forseveral days
building largo fortifications on the
Gloucester side of York river about
two miles from Yorktown, within sight
of our gunboats, but their guns were
of too long a range to allow of the ap
proach of the boats to shell the works.
About one thousand men were at
work on the fortifications, and the mor
tars were not of sufficient range to
check the operations.
Yesterday morning, however, the
gunboat Salayo arrived, having n
heavy 'At', pound rifled Parrott gun,
and at once opened upon them with
shell, which were so well aimed that
they could be seen falling iu their
midst and exploding with fatal effect.
The rebels could be distinctly seen
carrying off their killed and wounded,
and in the course of two hours the
work was entirely suspended, the men
retiring out of range. At every at
tempt to renew their work, they were
driven back. Up to nightfall, the
guns mounted by the enemy on the
Yorktown side of the river number not
less than fifty 100-pounders, some of
which are rifled, bearing directly on
the bar.
Our gunboats are at present about
two miles below the town.
There is said to be skirmishing along
the whole lino before Yorktown, and
the Berdan sharpshooters are spread
ing terror among the gunners of the
enemy by their unerring aim.
The enemy have made several soy
ties with infantry in the endeavor to
capture or dislodge the riflemen, but
have been driven back with heavy loss,
As to the arrangements for the final
seige we need only say that the work
goes bravely on.
There was some firing this morning
by the rebel batteries to the left of.
Yorktown, but no damage was done.
An extensive smoke was seen rising
all day from Newport news leading to
the belief that preparations were being
made to evacuate it. It has now
ceased to be a position of importance.
The following news is taken from
the Norfolk papers.
RICHMOND, April 15.—Both Houses
of Congress have adopted a resolution
to adjourn on Monday next, and to
meet again on the third Monday in
August. Reports have been received
here of the landing of. Yankee troops
at Rappahannock and in Essex court
ty, on the Rappahannock river,
litertmoso, April 15.—hive federal
gunboats went to Nobana on the Rap
pahannock river on Sunday, and the
next day proceeded to Rappahannock.
No troops were landed. It is sup
posed to have been a reconnoissance
or feint.
Official information from New Or
leans states that an attack on Forts
Jackson and Philip was commenced
yesterday, the 14th inSt.
SAVANNAH, April 14.—The Morning
News learns that Jacksonville, Florida,
was evacuated by the federals last
Tuesday. They said they wero going
to Tybee. The town is now iu the
possession of the confederates.