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HIINTINGriON, PA-.
Tuesday afternoon, May 0, 1862.
Our Flag Forever
' THE NEWS.—We give in our columns
to-day very important news from the
:army. ' Read the news.
Ex-Secretary Cameron Censured by
the House.
The House of Representatives on
Wednesday last, adopted the following
resolUtion offered by Mr. Haman, of
Indiana, by a vote of yeas seventy-five,
nays forty-five: -
Resolved, That Simon Cameron, late
Secretary of War,• by investing Alex
ander Cummings with the control of
large sums of the public money, and
anth.erity ter . cardlasse military supplies
without restriction, without requiring
from him any guarantee for the faith
ftij pmformance of his duties; when
'Op services of competent public offi
cers hero - available; and by involving
the 4overnment in a 'vast numbcr.of
contracts. with persons not legitimate
4ly •engaged in the business ,pertaining
to the subject matter of such contracts,
wipenially 'in the purChase or arms for
future delivery, has adopted a policy
.highly injurious .to the ptibTic service,
.andlieserVingtheieensure of this House.
It76:e Members voting for the reso
lution, -28 are Republicans and 47
Union men and Democrats. Of those
voting against the resolution, 42 are
Republicans and 3 Democrats. '
of this District, voted with the nays.
We are pleased to record the 'het that
a majority of the members could not
be fiAin6edi fo7e4dorse 41 - &melon's
conduct. •
ARMYLE7rtni.—Pn our return home
we found on our table two letters from
.PittsbitVg - tattling—one- froni S. W.
: 1 1.14slett, Soil of Col.l.ll.'Wlliisliftt, - and
i the . other, from Asst. Adj.
,son of Mr:" Davis. As neither
: give us any additional or later news
:than we had i preNtiou4Ytrubliebet- 1 , we
: think, their poineal would flotilla very
;interesting to our readers. ii7koaval
;be pleased to bear from. RVILVC
-"boys" at all times, and will publish
everything of news to gratify our
readers.
WE INVITE our friends, and the pub
lic generally, tocalt
,and .examine- our
new. stock goods. , -We =are deter
mined to please everybody with good
and useful articles. Our stock of fancy,
busineis and school ettitlOnory can't be
beat. We have alSo received, in addi
tion to our former stock, several new
styles of wall paper.
NEW Sennmax.—lmportant changes
have been made, in the schedule of the
Penna. Railroad. See card in another
„column. The Hollidaysburg Aceom
.modatiori.' Trakrt comnierieed % rutin ng
! between Hollidaysburg and this place,
,on 'Monday. The train arrives at 12:50
and leaves at 1:20, P. M.
NEW DR,Ess.—T4eßrownsville Times
come' to . 'cis last week in an entire new
dress, wieh Makes a decided improve
=lA in.the looks of the paper. Rob.
must be making it pay these hard
,times. We wish him all the success
,imaginable. • -
1i4 1 01,011 Qt3TERWI, of the ioad,
is in town,looking ae if camp life in
i tazie had been, 'rattier severe upon Ms
ilacslth. We hope ho may Soon be him
self again.
OUR CORRESPONDENCE.
CASSYILLE SEMINARY, 1
May 1, 1862.
MESSRS. EDITORS :- By perusing
your sheet, from time to time, I ob
serve thatyou have no correspondent
from this place. Asl am now attend
ing the above-named sehodi I thought
a brief account of its operations at this
time might be of interest to some of
:the readers of the G,/olic.
The Seeend spring quarter corn-
Anenced on the first of April, but I did
'not enter the school untiMonday; 21st
inst., when I found a goodly number'
or students' in attendee, and the
number is'still increasing. It is quite
anintoresting school and is carried on
by Prof. .T.' W. liughes,—one of the
finest men that the county can produce,
and a gentleman in all respects, and
well calculated to fill . the high station
vhich' ho now occupies ; With prompt-
I ne.ss. I would advise any persons who
.wish to acquire an education, to come
I to thls L i ch*, :for there are no pains
. spared trying to teach Vie pupil.—
There is a primary school An Ahe wine
:building, taught by Miss S. Clarkeonc,-.=
it is a flourishing little nurseuysfer.edu
cation and piety. ache private section
of countrifrthegnoftiand religions sen
meati :Of th'e' people, - and varieus:Oth
er advantages, present unparalleled
Inducements to any other institution
in the county ; The boarding-house
ponnent l ed the school is kept by
M r . 11, aft,oblay. Ili' correspondent
Occupietito,qm. Np. .14, and. has
B. B. for room-mate, and jolly
boy he is.
As I have written the above in haste,
I shall close for thp present, promising,
with your yermission, T.§ Write again.
1 niira. N. D.
IrTJNTINODON, 3.lay 5, 1862
MR. EDITOR It is said that a Thes
pian Club once played Hamlet, with
the part or Hande,t left out. Perhaps,
had I thought 1:d . this, I should not
have noticed the "Address." The cit
izens nslied for a copy of the address
for publication , antt without further
reflection I was misled, arid thought
that -a copy of tho Address was far
nished in reply. G. W. S. informs the
public that what was furnished, was
not the Address, only some quotations
from Titcomb, which were made the
'foundation of the remarks—only the
text., Surely, this explains the whole
matter. If I was misled, I did not
'mean any barns by it. Mr. Norris, the
Herald's correspondent, was deceived
the same way. He evidently still
thinks that the address was published.
Will somebody tell him that the ad
dress was left out..
I object to G. W. S's ethics. It is
not right to steal from a thief. If
Titeomb did rob Robinson, that does
not authorize any one to plunder Tit
comb. I was not an old Whig Editor
for fifteen years. I am not back-door
Editor to the Gtobc. lam
PETER P►Nnnu.
- Messrs Editors :—lf you can find
room for the following extracts and
letters, you will greatly oblige the la
dies of the '° Soldiers Aid:"
11EARTINSDURCI, VA., April 26, '62
Mus. J. Gm. Mir,Es, Sec. Sold's Aid
Society :
DEAR MADAM :—Your box of sani
tary goods was duly received, and, I
trust, fully appreciated, and your kind
ness is hereby most gratefully acknowl
edged on the part of the suffering sol
diers among whom they were distrib
uted. * * * To the ladies of Hun
tingdon, more than a full share of
praise is (Inc for the zeal that has ani
mated them in common with - the wo
men of our State, in furnishing sup
plies to the sick and wounded soldiers.
Be assured, dear Ladies, your favors
will ever be remembered, and in the
hour•ef eiGutliet, will nerve brave hearts
to daring deeds, and to de:!1 to traitors
the just merits of their crimes.—We
feel that, in some measure, we have
the honor of a moble State to sustain,
and think we proudly boast that
in no instance las the 84th so behaved
as to bring a reproach upon the State
she. is proud to represent, or upon the
muse in which we are engaged. *
Yours, Very respectfully,
G. F. Hoot.,
Surgeon 84th Ilegt. Penna. Vola.
lIF.ADQUARTERS A;01.71IT lIOESE FroSPITAI.,
WINCHESTER, VA., April 26, 1862.
MADAM behalf of the sick aild,
wounded of the 110th Reg. Penn. Vol.,
I tender thanks to the ladies of the
Soldiers Aid Society of Huntingdon,
for their generous donation of sanita
ry stores fOr our regiment. Arriving
at a time when our stores were exceed
ingly limited and means of obtaining
them difficult, they were rendered
doubly valuable, and enabled us to add
materially to the comfort of our dis
abled soldiers. To say that the phil
anthropic motives of the benevolent
donors are fully appreciated, would be
but a slight expression of the grati
tude awakened in the hearts of the
wounded sufferers, and could that grat
itude be depicted to the minds of those
whose efforts have been directed in
their behalf, it would be at least a par
tial recompense for their labor. The
sick and wouinled of Penna. Regts.
were taken to Phila. by Surgeon Gen.
Smith, while those from other States
are quartered in this city, and have all
necessary comforts and conveniences,
and nothing is neglected which has a
tendency to promote their welfare,
both temporal and spiritual.
Very Respectfully Yours,
D. S. HAvs,
Surgeon 110th Reg. P. V., and
in charge Court House Hospital.
CRIRAGO SANITARY COSIMISSION ROOMS, 1
April 23, 1/162.
.MADAM :=We greatly thank your
Society for your kind remembrance of
our poor sick and wounded soldiers, in
the shape of a box containing a good
assortment of Hospital stores. Such
benefitetions coming to• us from the
distance we are apart, aro strong evi
dence of a generous sympathy in a
good cause. Your Society may be as
sured that all necessary precautions
are taken by us to have such stores
placed in judicious bands, so that the
purposesof the donors shall be attained.
We send yuu ft report of our Committee
" concerning supplies sent to Pittsburg
Lauding," which, we think, will inter
est you. Yours respectfully,
E. W. Po-LATCHFORD ;
Secy. Chicago Ban. Cora
GUMUCIO, April 29, 1802
LADIES:—On the 9th of April I left
here with some 60 others, sent by the
Chicago Sanitary Commission, to Pitts
burg Landing, Tenn., to assist the
wounded. Part of us returned on the
steamer, John J. Roc, with 532 wound
ed aboard. Having had the dispensing
of the stores, I could not but notlee
the name of your Society on some
woolen stockings, and with pleasure I
can assure you, that your labors were
duly appreciated, and with tears in
their eyes, our wounded soldiers thank
ed the ladies of the North for their
kind remembrance.
Yours truly, S. 11. SMITH.
To the ladies of the Soldiers' Aid So
cioty of Huntingdon, Pa.
CAPTCIRMI A GUN.—Thero is an old chap
in the Berdan Sharp-shooters, known as " old
Seth." lie is quite a character, and is a
crack shot—one of the best in the regiment.
His " instrument," as ho terms it, is ono of
the heaviost telescopic rifteq. The other night,
at roll call, " old Seth " was non est. This
was somewhat unusual, as the old chap was
always up to time. A Sergeant went out to
hunt him up, be being somewhat fearful that
tho old man had been hit. After perambula
ting around in the advance of the picket line,
he heard a low " hallow." " Who's there ?"
inquired the Sergeant. " It's me," respon
ded Seth ; and I've captured a Secosh gun."
" Bring it in," said the Sergeant. " Can't
do it," esolaimed Seth.
Itsmon became apparent to the Sergeant
that " eld.Seth - " bad the exact range of one
of the enemyta•heaviost guns, and they could
not load it for fear of being picked off by him.
Again the old man shouted—" fetch me a
couple of haversacks full of grub, as this is
my gun, and the cussed 3orminta shan't fire
it Agin while the sarimnia,., lasts." This
was done, and the old patriot has kept good
watch over that gun. In fact it is a " cap
tured gun."
PHOTOGRAPH Amin:Nis—new and im
proved styles—just received and foi
..ale at TiEw Bnok Stem
WAR NEWS.
Brilliant Affair in Alabama
BRIDGEPORT, Ala., April 29.—Genf.
Mltcholl attacked the force of General
R Itirby Smith at this point this af
ternoon, and after half an hour's shel
ling, routed them, with the loss of 61
killed and a large number wounded.
Three hundred prisoners and two
pieces of artillery were taken. The
rebels fled across the bridge, burning a
span beyond the Island, abandoning
arms and supplies, and coffing off
their advance, which had been flanked.
FROM YORKTOWN,
The Ball Opening.—A Heavy Artillery
Fight.—Bursting of One of the Rebels
Big Guns.—Crisis Approaching.
HEADQUART.F.RS OF VIE ARMY
OF THE POTOMAC, May 2 S C
2 o'clock P. M.
The rebels opened this morningwith
their rifled cohunbiads, 68-pounders,
placed on the heights of Yorktown.
Our No. 1 battery of 100 and 200-
pounder Parrott guns was then brought
to bear upon the only gun which has
given us any trouble, our shots falling
over and around it with every-pros
pect of its being dismounted.
Very soon, on its twenty-third dis
charge the enemy's gun burst into a
thousand pieces, tearing up the parapet
and making havoc with the crowd
which was collected around it at the
time.
No less than ten persons were stand
ing on the parapet, within six feet of
it, besides those who were hid from
view by the works. The destruction
of life must have been considerable.
This was the only gun which the
rebels have shown capable of doing the
No. 1 battery any harm.
All the firing on their side now
ceased, while our guns were manned
with renewed vigor, directing their
shells into the town.
About 100 shots were fired by our
guns up to 2 o'clock this afternoon,
when, as though by mutual consent,
they all ceased.
About 12 o'clock to-day a rebel
steamboat came down the river, and
attempted
,to land at Yorktown, but
was pritvented by a few shots from our
hundred-pounder Parrott gun.
The rebels kept up a continuous fire
all last night on our men in the trenches.
The weather is again pleasant. If it
should continue, you can look out for
startling sews from this quarter, as the
work laid out is approaching completion!
THE CAPTURE OF FORT MACON,
NEW YORK, May 3.—The Now York
Tribuoc, this norning, received by tel
egraph, from 13altimore, the following
report from its special correspondent
of the bombardment of Fort Macon:—
" The preparations for the bombard
ment of I_'ort Macon were complete on
Wedne day night, but the order to fire
was n t given till 51 o'clock on Friday
mornii f
g, when a shot was fired from
one o he 30-pounder Parrotts. Shells
from the 8-inch mortar batteries fol
lowed, and the firing on our side at
once becameregular and uninterrupted.
" The fort replied with the first gun
at six o'clock, and continued until its
pieces were silenced by salvos of three
or four at a time, until four o'clock in
the afternoon, when a white flag was
hoisted.
" General Burnside arrived on Thurs
day with two armed barges and wit
nessed the bombardment. The fire of'
our batteries dismounted thirteen guns
and tore up the glatis and ramparts in
in the most effectire manner.
" Of 1100 shot and shell thrown at
the fort, NO struck the work.
" The guns of the tbrt wore worked
with skill and courage, but the sand
hills afforded a complete protection to
our mew The hoisting of the white
flag was followed by a conference with
Gen. Parke and a suspension of hostil
ities until the following morning. Du
ring the night, a proposition for the .
surrender of the fort was communica
ted to Gen. Burnside, and in the morn
ing, the -articles of agreement were
signed.
"The garrison surrendered as priso
ners of war and were released on par
ole, and alloWed to' take their private
effects with- them. The officers re
tained their side arms. These were
the terms originally proposed by Gen.
Parke, but refused by Col. White,. the
commander of the fort. • alt
" Fifty guns, 20,000 pounds of pow
der, and shot and shell in proportion,
and 400. stand of arms, etc., AlneVe taken.
" General Burnside, in a General
Order, eongratulating General, Parke
n his victory, announces that the
Lame of Fort flacon' be inscribed on
the colors of the Fourth and Fifth
Rhode Island, and the Eighth Connec
ticut regiments.
" The commaud of the Fort was of
fered to Captain Morris, of the First
Artillery, after the surrender, but de
clined, and Colonel Rodman, of the
Fourth Rhode Island, was placed in
charge."
from Gen. Ha!leek's . Army
CSmo,Ma,,y 2.—The news from Pitts
burg Landing is of tho highest impor
tance, but its transmission over the
wires is prohibited.
Prrysnuno LANDING, May 2.—A gen
eral order was issued yesterday, trans
ferring Major 9cnoral Thomas's Divi
sion from the army of Ohio to the ar
my of Tennessee, and Major Generals
Thomas takes command of the army
formerly under Gen. Grant, of which
the division of Gens. MeClernand and
Lew. Wallace are to constitute the re
serve, under command of Gen. McCler
nand.
Major-General Grant will retain the
command of his district, including the
army corps of Tennessee, but in tho
present movements he will act as sec
ond in command under the Major-Gen
oral commanding. the Department.
CINCINNATI, May 2.—The COMMer
dal has from its correspondent with
Gen. Tlalleck's army the following -of
ficial-figures of our loss at the battle of
Pittsburg Landing :
General DlcGlormid's '9l
litutsing
Gen. W. If. L. Wallacu'A
Missing
Oen. Lew. Walhice'd Cmnmand-71111e41...
111i.aang .
General llurlburt's Commantl—Nllied/ 313
Wbunded 1.14.9
Mishlng 223
General Sberman's Command-I{lllnd ..... . 437
Wounded ...
1.k.!
General Prentiss' Cummand.—Killed
Miming
General Crittenden'a Conlmand—Htllcal..
Worn:Wad 410
It fishing
General Neleorea Command.—Killed ' g 3
1111asiog '
General 3feCook'a (He 10l
• 01
11"onntlod ...... —.Sod
3llsaing 4
Tut,' killed
Total wounded
Total missing
To[al killed wounded and nth,ing
About three hundred of the wound
ed have since died.
Our burial parties report that be
tween twenty five hundred and three
thousand rebels have been found dead
on the field.
YORKTOWN EVACUATED !
The United States Troops Now in
Possession.
A Large Number of Cannon and Great
Quantities of Camp Equipage Taken.
FORTRESS Momtcw, May 4.—York
town was evacuated by the rebels last
night, mid our troops now occupy the
enemy's works.
A large amount of camp oquipage
and buns, which they could not destroy
for fear of being seen, were left behind.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF TILE
POTOMAC, May 4-9 o'clock, A. M.
To Hon. Edwin 41L Stanton,. Secretary
rf War :
lire have the enemy's ramparts, their
guns, ammunition, camp equipage, etc.,
and hold the entire line of his works,
which the engineers report as being
very strong.
I have thrown all my cavalry and
horse artillery in pursuit, supported
by infantry. I move Gen. Franklin's
division and as much more as I can by
water up to West Point to-day. No
time shall be lost. Our gunboats have
gone up York river.
I omitted to state that Gloucester
is also in our possession. I shall pur
sue the enemy to the wall.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY Or TILE
POTOMAC, May 4, 1862.
This morning, tit five o'clock, your
correspondent entered the enemy's
works, which the rear of their army
deserted four hours before.
Everything was found to be in utter
confusion, as though they had left in
great haste. Between forty and fifty
pieces of heavy artillery have been left
in their works after being spiked to
gether with a large amount of ammu
nition, medical stores, camp equipage,
tents, and the private property of their
officers.
A negro, who was left in the town,
states that the rebels threw a large
amount of ordinance stores into the
river• to prevent their falling into our
hands.
Several deserters have succeeded in
running into our lines, one of them a
very intelligent man from New York,
who had been connected with the or
dinance Department ever since the
works had been constructed.
He states that the rebels evacuated
owing to the near approach of our
parallels covering the immense large
works of our men. That they feared
the success of the Union gunboats in
the York and James rivers, by means
of which their communication with
the outer world would be cut off.
The order was given to evacuate by -
General Johnston, on Thursday, to
commence the foltoNVing morning,
which was accordingly done.
Gen. Magruder is said to have most
strenuously opposed the measure, sta
ting that if they could not whip the
Federals here there was no other place
in Virginia, where they could, and
that he swore in the presence of his
men, who vociferously cheered him,
losing complete control of himself.
Gen. Robert 11 Lee, the Commander
in -Chief, arrived in Yorktown on Wed
nesday, and minutely examined the
works of McClellan, when he is sup
posed to have recommended the aban
donment of the works, deeming them
untenable.
The deserters all agree in stating
that their troops were very much de
moralized and dissatisfied ' when the
order was made public, as they all an
ticipated having an engagement at
this point. They also agree in the
statement that the rebels had 100.000
men on the Peninsula, with 400 pieces
of field artillery.
From the best information received
they have fallen back to Chiekahominy
creek, beyond Williamsburg, where it
is expected they will make a stand.
Immediately on the facts becoming
known the troops were ordered under
arms, and are now in motion from the
right and left wing of the army. A
largo force under Gen. Stoneman, con
sisting of cavalry, artillery and infant
ry, are on the advance and will proba
bly come up with the rear of the ene
my before night, if they remain near
Williamsburg.
The gunboats have passed above
Yorktown, and are now shelling the
shore on their way up. Following
them is a large steamer and vessels
loaded with troops who will effect a
landing.
Gen. Magruder swore be was not
afraid of Gen. McClellan, if Gen. Lee
was, and if ho could not facco*sfulky
fight hint here, he could nowhere.
Only one man was left in Yorktown,
and he was a negro. (ien. Jameson
and Col. Samuel Black were the first
to enter the enemy's main works.—
The only casualty that occurred was
the killing of two men and wounding
of three, by the explosion of it conceal
ed shell within the enemy's works.
The works are very extensive, and
show that they were designed by sci
entific engineers.
The rebels are badly demoralized,
and evince symptoms of mutiny on ac
count of the retreat.
Inside the fortifications, and along
the Williamsburg road, they have
buried torpedoes and percussion shells,
which aro occasionally exploding and
injuring persons.
Gen. Johnston's baggage has just
been captured.
An official report just made to head
quarters, shows that the enemy left
seventy-one guns ln the works at Glou
cestey Point. 'The ordinance stores
were also left.
Another deserter has just come in
and reperts that. ely ,Davis came with
Gen. Lee on 'Wednesday last, and after
a consultation with the most promi
nent ollicer, all agreed as to the evac
uation except ien. Magruder
Wounded 1351
Wounded 1033
.IV . oundod 257
IIZEZEI
Wounded 613
.1.735
.7,452
.3,956
ME
G. B. MCCLELLAN,
.Major General
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF TILE
POTOMAC, May 4—evening.
It is certain that the rebels received
reinforcements by steamer, from. Rich
mond, on Thursday last, but they did
not disembark.
1 4 ORTRESS MoNnoc, May 4.—The
Merri iliac; made her appearance beyond
Selvall's Point at one o'clock to-day.—
She stopped off the Point, and up to 4
o'clock has not changed her location.
She is not, attended by any other gun
boats as usual, and it is supposed does
not intend visiting us to-day.
THE LATEST
BALTIMORE, May 5.-10 A. M.—The
Fortress Monroe boat has just arrived,
bringing the following interesting in
telligence :
One Mile beyond Yorktown, Sunday
Morning, 10 o'clock, A. M.—All day
yesterday the rebels kept up a hot fire
on Porter's division but hurt no one.—
Our Parrott gun at Farnholt Court
House occasionally answered them all
last evening, and up to twelve o'clock a
lively firing was kept up.
About 3, A. M., a building in York
town was fired and Prof. Lowe and
Gen. lleintzleman went up and found
it was their storehouse, at Yorktown
wharf.
At daylight they reported the forts
empty. At 7 o'clock, A. M., we occu
pied Yorktown without again being
fired upon. We rode through the
works and found the enemy's guns
nearly all 'curial uing spiked and dis
mounted. By the side of the river
battery were large piles of ammunition
and powder, .balls and shells never
having been used.
All of our gunboats came up"at nine
o'clock and lauded some marines at
Gloucester, who raised the United
States flag amid cheering that could
be heard across the river.
A rear guard was left, who waited
for our appearance, and then left in
the greatest haste.
We conversed with two deserters'
who left their regiment in Williams
burg at daylight. They say that the
whole rebel army is in a panic.
Professor Lowe's balloon was run in
front, and found their rear guard at 9
o'clock, A. M., four miles out.
The boats all then left, and at this
moment arc running up the York riv
er, shelling both sides of the river. A
number of mines have been prepared
for our troops, by placing percussion
shells under ground in the roadways
and entrances to the fort.
No white folks are to he found, a
few negro women and babies only be
ing seen.
Flour in abundance was left and
large quantity of meat. salt and fresh.
All their tents have been left but no
horses or wagons were seen.
Ile saw a number of the shells fired
from our Parrott guns lying all around
in the Fort and in the rear.
_Reports concur in saying that they
have a mob of about one hundred thou
sand men, ill fed, dirty, and disheart
ened.
Johnson, Lee, and Magruder were
all in Yorktown on Satunlay holding
a council of war.
We push on with the advance. We
hope to catch them tonight, or at
least to demoralize their rear with our
artillery.
The roads from our encampment to
Yorktown are laid with torpedoes,
calculated to explode as cavalry and
artillery pass over them.
It is reported that the last man was
seen to leave Yorktown at half-past 4
o'clock this morning.
The large guns of the rebels were
mostly Columbiads, taken from the
Norfolk Navy Yard. Somo of them
had been quite recently mounted, the
derrick's ropes, &.e., remaining with
them.
THE VERY LATEST
The Rear Guard of the Rebels
Overtaken.
WASHINGTON, May s.—The follow.
ing bas been received at the War De=
pa:tine:lt :
HEADQUARTERS, ARMY OR THE
POTOMAC, May 4-7 P. M.
To Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of
War :
Our cavalry and horse artillery came
up with the enemy's rear guard in
their entrenchments about two miles
this side of Williamsburg., A brush
fight ensued. Just as my aid, Lieut.
Smith's division of infantry arrived on
the ground, and I presume carried his
work through. I have not yet heard.
The enemy' rear is strong, but I
have force enough up there to answer
all purposes.
We have thus far seventy-one heavy
guns, 1a 'go amounts of tents, ammuni
tion, etc:
All'along the lines their works prove
to have been most formidable, and I
mu now fully satisfied of the correct
ness of the course I have pursued.
The success is brilliant and you may
rest assured that its effects will be of
the greatest importance.
There shall be no delay in following
up the rebels. The rebels have been
guilty of the most murderous and bar
barous conduct in placing torpedoes
within the abandoned works, near
wells, - near springs, near flag staffs,
magasines, telegraph offices, in carpet
bags, barrels of flour, etc.
Fortunately, we have not lost Many
men in this manner, some folik or five
killed and perhaps a dozen wounded.
I shall make the prisoners remove
them at their owa peril.
[Signed] GEO. B. McCr.ErAAN,
Major General.
FROM CORINTH.
Advance of General HaHeck.
Daily Skirmishing—Four _Hundred Ger
mans from a Louisiana Regiment De
sert in ,a Body.
CAIRO, May 4.—lntelligence from the ar
my before Corinth has been received to six
o'clock last night.
Gen. HaHeck has removed his headquarters
twelve mites toward the front, and our ad
vancels now within two miles from the one
, try's works. The entire advance is still pres
sing onward ; and skirmishes between the ad-,
vance and the rebels are of daily occurrence.
The latter is making a slight shnw
,of
resis
tance anti then falling baCk.
On Thursday, four hundred Germans, from
a Louisiana.tlegiinent, 'Mtn lied been sent out
from the relpf camp on guard duty, came in
to ou'r Aues'in a'.bedy, with white flags en
their guns, and gave themselves op as deser
ters.
FROM THE RAPPAHANNOCK.
Escape of Jeff. Davis' Coachman
His Report of Conversation Between Da
vis and Other Principal Rebels.—ln
teresting Particulars.—Mrs. Davis
Admits the Southern Confederacy
"About Played Out."—President Da
vis' Duds Packed Ready to fwaee.—
A General Smash Up Expected.
WAsntscros, May s.—The following state
ment has reached Washington. It is con
tained in a letter dated yesterday on the Rap
pahannock.
A colered man came in to-day from the oth
er side of the river and reported himself as
Jeff Davis' coachman.
From an examination of him this appears
to be the truth. He reports scraps of conver
sation which ho overheard whilst driving Mr.
and Mrs. Davis in the carriage, and between
Mrs. Davis and those who came to see her.
Mrs. Davis and Geri. J. E. Johnston had
some heated discussions about the latter's re
treat from Manassas, Davis disapproving of
the measure. lie had ordered a stand to be
made at Gordonville which Johnston declined
to do and offered to resign. He was even in
disposed to go to Yorktown. Mrs. Davis
said she thought this was very bad in him to
be unwilling to go and help Gen. Magruder.
The coachmen overheard the donversaiion
between Gen. Johnston and Davis' wife, the
former saying that if he had not left Manas
sas when he did, Gen. M'Clellan would have
come out against him and cut him to pieces.
Mrs. Davis read an article from the Rich
mond Examiner to her husband, saying that
it was a part of the Yankee plans that Gener
als Banks and McDowell were to form ajunc
tion in Louisa or Carolina county and move
down on Richmond.
Davis remarked that he thought it was 80,
but his generals would take care of them.
The coachman overheard a conversation
between Davis and Dr. Gavin, formerly U. S.
Senator from California. Davis said that he
had sent Gen. J. R. Anderson from North Car
olina to resist the march of the Federals from
Frederickeburg,and to:delay thorn long enough
for him to see the probable result of the con
test before Yorktown, so that if it was likely
to be unsuccessful, he would have time to ex
tricate his army from the peninsula, and get
them, into Richmond and out of Virginia,
otherwise they would all be caught.
The coachman represents that Mrs. Davis
said the Confederacy was about played out.
That if New Orleans was really taken she
had no longer an interest in the matter, as
all she had was there, and that it was a great
pity they had ever attempted to hold Virgin
ia and the other non-cotton growing States.
She also said to Mrs. D. It. JOnes, daughter
of Col. James Taylor, U. S. Commissary
General of Subsistence, who was very anx
ious to got to Washington, where she had
ono of her children, not to give herself any
trouble, but to stay where she was, and when
the Yankees came to Richmond she could go.
He says Mr. and Mrs. Davis have all their
books, clothing and pictures packed up ready
to move off. That there is much outspoken
Union feeling in Richmond; that having
been a waiter in the hotel, he knows all the
Union men in the place, and that the Yan
kees are looked for with much pleasure, more
by the whites than even the colored people.
Confederate money is not taken when it
can be avoided. Mrs. Davis herself was re
fused when she oflbred a ten dollar Confed.
crate note for a purchase. Many' of the
Richmond people wish the Union troops to
come as they are half starved.
The Bank and Government property are all
packed up to be moved to Danville, near the
North Carolina line. Gen. Johnson did not
think the rebels would succeed at Yorktown.
The coachman overheard an officer
"that if they failed at Yorktown and
Orleans they would leave Virginia." •
Report of the Joint Committee on
the Conduct of the War.
The Rebels Worse than Savages---The
Atrocities They Committed upon Our
Dead and Wounded at Manassas---
They Torture the Wounded, Burn the
Dead, and use their Skulls for Drink
ing Cups, and their Bones for Drum
sticks, Finger-Rings, &c.---Horrible De
tail of the Brutish Cruelties Practised
upon the Union Soldiers.
The Joint Committee on the Con
duct of the Present War made the fel-,
lowing report to-day, in the Senate :
On the first day of April the Senate
of the "United States adopted the fol
lowing resolution ; which was referred
to the Committee on the Conduct of
tho War :
Resolved, That the Select Commit
tee on the Conduct of the IVar be di
rected to collect the evidence with re
gard to the barbarous treatment by
the rebels, at Manassas, of the remains
of officers and soldiers of the United
States killed in battle there; and that
the said select committecalso inquire
into the fact whether the Indian sava
ges have been employed by the rebels,
in their military service, against the
Government of the United States, and
how such warfare has been conducted
by said savages.
In pursuance of the instructions con
tained in this,resolution, your commit
tee have the honor to report that they
examined,a number of witnesses, whose
testimony is herewith submitted.
Mr. Nathaniel Parker, who was
captured at Falling Waters, Virginia,
testifies that be was kept in close con
finement, denied exercise, and, with a
number of others, huddled up in a
room; that their food, generally scant,
was always bad, and sometimes nause
ous • that tho wounded had neither
medical attention nor humane treat
ment, and that many of these latter
died from sheer neglect; that five of
the prisoners were shot by the sentries
outside, and that he saw one man,
Tibbitts, of the New York Twenty
seventh Itigiment, shot as ho was
passing the window, on the Bth of No
vember, and that he died of the wound
on the 12th. The perpetrator of this
foul murder was subsequently promo
ted by the rebel government.
Dr. S. M. llonuston, surgeon of the
Fourteenth New York or Brooklyn
regiment, captured at Bull Run, testi
fies that when he solicited permission
to remain on the field and to attend to
wounded men, sonic of whom were in
a helpless and painful condition, and
suffering for water, be was brutally re
fused. They offered him neither wa
ter nor anything in the shape of food.
Ile and his companions stood in the
streets of Manassas, suriounded by a
threatening and boisterous crowd .and
were afterwards thruSt into an old
building, and left, without sustenance
or covering, to sleep on the bare floor.
It was only when faint, and without
food for twenty-four hours, that some
cold bacon was grudgingly given to
them. When, at last, they were per
mitted to go to the ,relietof our ;Woun
ded, the Secession surgeon would not
allotiv ihein to perfoiin.operations, but
Onfrilsted the wounded to his young
assistants, "'some of them with no
more knowledge of what they attempt
ed o do than an apothecary's clerk."
And further," that:these inexperienced
surgeons perfOrmed operations upon
oar men in a most horrible manner;
some of them Were absolutely fright
ful." " When," 'he adds, "1 asked .P.r.
Darby to allow me to amputate the leg
of Corporal Prescott; of our i.egiment,
and said that the man Must die •if it
were not done, he told me that I should
be allowed to do it." While Doctor
llomiston was waiting -he says a Se
cessionist came through the room and
said, " They are operating upon one of
the Yankee's legs up stairs." "I 'went
up and found that they had • cut' off
Prescott's leg. The assistants 'Were
pulling - on the flesh at each side, trY
Mg to get flap enough to cover the
bone. They had sawed off the Niue,
without leaving any of the flesh to •
form the flaps to cover it;
. and with all
the force they could use they could not
get flap enough to cover the bone..;-..
They were then obliged to saw off
about an inch more of the bone, and
even then, when they came to put'in
the sutures (the stitch* they could
not approximate the edges within less
than an inch and a half of each other;
of course, as soon as there' was any
swelling, the stitches tore out and the
bone stuck through again. Dr. Swaim
tried afterwards to remedyitlby. per
forming another operation, but Pres
! cott had become so debilitated that he
did not survive." Corpoial Prescott
was a young man of high position; and_
bad received a very liberal' education.
The same witness'deseribes the suf
ferings of the wounded after the battle
as inconceivably horrible; ;with bad
food, no- covering; 'no water. They
were lying upon the "floor as thicklyas
they could. be laid. " There was not
a particle of light in the house to ena
ble us to move among them." ''Deaf
to all his appeals, they continued to
refuse water to these suireririg inen,
and he was only enabled to linear° it
by setting cups under the eaV CS to
catch the rain that was filling, and in
this way he spent the night catching
the water and conveying it ,to the
wounded to drink. As there was no
light, he was obliged to brawl on his
bands and knees to avoid stepping on
their wounded limbs; and, he adds,
" it is not a wonder that , next merning
we found that several' had died during
the night." The young surgeons, who
seemed to delight in hacking :Ind hutch : .
ering these brave defenders of due
country's flag; were not, it would
seem, permitted to perform any opera
tions upon the rebel wounded. "Some
of our IN - Minded," says this iditness,
,‘ were. left lying upon'the, battle-field
until Tuesday night and IlrechiesdaY
morning. 'When brought in,' their
wounds were..completely difre, With'
lame deposited there by the flies, hay
ing laid out tbrough'all the rain storm!
of Monday, and the: hot, sultry sun
shine of Tuesday." The dead laid up
on the field unburied for five days;
and this included men not only of his
own, the Fourteenth Regiment, btit of
other regiments. This witness testi
fies that the rebel 'dead were carried
off and interred decently. In answer
to a question whether the Confederates
themselves were not also destitute of'
medicine, he replied, " they could not
have been, for they took all ours', cyan
to our surgical instruments." Ird re
ceived none of the attention from 'the
s4yeons on the other side, " which,"
t use his own language, "I should
have shown to them had our position
been reversed."
The testimony of William F. Swaim,
assistant surgeon of the Fourteenth
New York regiment, who was taken
prisoner at Sudley's Church, confirms
the statement of Dr Demiston in re ri
Bard to the brutal operations on Cor
,s
poral Prescott. He also states that af
ter he himself had been removed to
Richmond; when seated ono day with
his feet on the window-sill, the sentry
outside called to him to take them
and on looking out he *saw the sentry
with his musket cocked and pointed at
him, and witlidimir in time to save his
life. He gives evidence of the careless,
heartless, and 'cruel manner in which
the surgeons operated upon our men.
Prec=ious to leaving for Richmond, and
ten or twelve days lifter the battle, he
saw Some of the Union .Soldiers un 7
buried on the field, and entirely naked.
Walking around were a great many
women, gloating over the horrid sight.
The case of Dr. FergusOn, of one of
the New York regiments, is mentioned
by Dr. Swaim. " When getting into
his ambulance to look after his ()yin
wounded he was circa Upon by the
rebels. When he told them who ho
was, they said they ; would take a,part
lag shot at him, which they,didovound
ing him in the leg.„ lie:bad his boots
on, and his spurs on his' boots, and as
they drove along, bus spurs would,
catch in the tail-board of the ambu
lance, causing him to shriek with ago
ny." An officer rode up, and, placing,
his pistol to his head,, threatened to
shoot him if he continued to scream.
This was on Sundity,"thO dny_of tho
battle.
One of the most important witnesses
was General James B. Ricketts, well
known in Washington and throughout
the country, lately promoted for his
daring and self-sacrificing courage.—
After having been wounded in the
battle of Bull Run, he was captuyed,
and as ho lay helpless on his back, a
party of rebels passing him, cried out,
"Knock out his brains, the d—n, Yan
kee." He met General Beauregard,
an old acquaintance, only a year his
senior at the United States Military
Academy, where both were educated.
Ho had met the rebel General in the
South a number of times. By this
head of the rebel army, °lithe day af
ter the battle, he was told that his
(Gen. Rickett's) treatment would de
pend upon the treatment extended to
the rebel privateers. His first lieuten
ant, Ramsey, who was killed, was
stripped of eser,y article of his cloth
ing hilt his Becks, and left naked on
the Bea 1I testified , that those of
Our wounded who'died lit .Richmond
were buried in the negro,• burying
gritcind AhiOng the negroes, and were
put into the earth in the most unfeel
ing manner. The Statement of other
witnesses as , to how the prisoners were
treated is fully confirmed by General
Ricketts. Ile himself, white in prison,
subsisted mainly ujion what he pur
chased' with - hisown money, the money
,brought to ,him by his Wife. "We
had," ho says, " What 1110 7 called bacon
soup—soup made af.boiled bacon, the
bacon being a little rancid—which you
could not possibly ~.t.; and that for a
man whose system Was .being drained
by a wound is no diet . at.all.' In re
ply to a question eiliethWie bad heard
anything about our prisoners being
shot by the rebel sentries, bb‘answered,
Yes, a number oi'our men were shot.
In One instance two were shot; one
Other wounded by