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HUNTINGDON, PA
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Weau — esday niorning Feb 18 1863
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l'Af: Lewis, Editor and Proprietor
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sin may so well demonstrate his devotion to
hts country as by sustaining the Flag the
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'more than a better quality cost us last
fall,- and still we are determined to
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year,, in
,advance.' A number of our
:patrons who have unfortunately got
--behind, should bo able to see the no"-
:• , cesity nowof paying up more prompt-
Ay. , Last week we had a rush of new
• subscribers, and reliable promises that
the loyal mon of the county would con-
Itinue to flock to the support of the
- Globe. The _Monitor, last fall, predict
ed.that the Globe would be crushed
rout by the first of April next,—from
,present appearances, somebody will
=be badly sold. The Monitor's agents,
' - although very active, have succeeded
only in . pUlling the wool over the eyes
of Cfew. We pity the man who can
,be blindly led into-a r(
... rap.
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'ty mill please act as agents for the
Globe.
.Tfiey are authorized to send
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.ThOlon.john Conness,just elected
United States Senator from California
+Yorsix years from the 4th of March
nth, in place of Milton S. Latham,
(Dena.) has for ten years been an ac- ,
. tire politician in that State of the
:Northern Democratic or Broderick
school, and was the candidate for Lt.
Governor on the Broderick or anti
:Lecompton ticket in 1859. Defeated
imthe eani'ass. he wasimmediately af
ter chosen State Senator from El Du
i•ado county by a large majority, ro
' eiving the Rapublican as well as the
.Droderiek vote. He was a leading
- Douglas man in 1::63, was the Unio
• Democratic tandidate for Governor in
1:361, and has since hien a hearty sup.
porter of the Union movement and
ticket.
Polities in Redford County.—On the
Oth inst., the Demomtie party of
Bedford county met in Bedfbrd and
appointed Hon. Job Mann Represent
ative Delegate to the State Conven
tion, instructed to support Hon. John
Cesßita for Governor. Senatorial Con
ferees were appointed and instructed
to support Hon. Win. P. Schell for Sen.
atorial Delegate to the State Conven
tion. This last arrangement will like
ly spoil some of the work of the Dem
ocratic Committee of this county.
THE PA. REstavEs.—The Pennsyl
vania Reserves have been re-brigaded
and were on Thuhday last assigned
to their respective posts as follows :
First Brigade—Consisting of the
Buelttails, First, Second and Sixth
Regiments, Colonel McCandless, com
manding brigade, are. at Fairfax
Court lions°.
Second Brigad e —Third, Fourth, Sev
enth and Eighth Regiments, Colonel
Sickle, commanding brigade, at Up
ton's
,_
Hill.
Third Brigade— Fifth, Ninth, Tenth,
Eleventh and Twelfth Regiments, Col.
J. W. Fisher, commanding brigade,
Are at Miner's Hill.
`rm . . Nashville Union truly remarks:
A , There can be no true Democracy
while treason keeps its armies in the
geld, except war Democracy. The of.
Ace-hunters who, at a time like this,
•preach peace, peace in the North, may
be Democrats in name, but in reality
:they are tories and traitors, who
would be in arms against the Govern
ment were they living in the so-culled
Confederacy."
. Breckinridge, while in the Senate,
Was a peace Democrat I Where is be
'now ? And where will Vallandigham,
ilughes & ,Co. be, should they fail to
:rule the North? They will be with
their friends in the South, where they-
Should have been from the commenco•
3nent of the war.
TIIE ANDERSON CAVALRY.—lntelli
genu. (um been received at Rarrisburg
from Major.4.4enoral lioseerans, that,
the Anderson Cavalry is once more
reor , unized. All the members are re•
parted to have returned to duty, and
Colonel Palmer, having arrived at
h 3B acianmed the command.
ne Late a aara,7421%; &ea / 117MM
tAnorAl of ttle late Lieut. Corn no
pre Taw. Mcs_:A BuonAlvaN, VW
s,e:,l;Btates N.try, killed ILL Bayou 'revile,
louidi.ina, on the 14th January, took
13!:ive ut his native town, Bellefonte,
klo let inst.' Ite - was but 25
Fears of .ago.
. Air Sermon No. 4 rewired, bat too
Aiito for this Wane.. . ,
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Address
DAIIORADAY it HAMMOND, Pubs.,
Philadelphia, Pa
go...We call the attention of Mer
chants, Booksellers, Druggists, Paint
ers and others, to the advertisement
of "THE CROTON MANUFACTURING CM
PANY," No. 10 Cortlandt Street, New
York, in another column. This Com.
pany undoubtedly stands at the head
of the Trade, both in quantity and va
riety of the goods they manufacture
and import; as they aro constantly
manufacturing, they keep up a full
assortment at all seasons of the year,
and are fully prepared to fill orders for
goods in their line at any time.
The Right Kind of Damoorats.
For two years, we have labored al
most single.handed, against the poli
ticians who think more of the success
of their party than they do or the suc
cess of our army against the rebels.—
But new, in every State in the loyal
North, men who have heretofore act
ed the part of the mere partisan, aro
urging the necessity of abandoning
party lines, that all loyal men can
come together harmoniously in sup
port of our army and- our Govern
ment. As a contract between the ac
tion of the party men and the loyal
Democrats, we lay before our readers
the following report of a meeting re
cently held in Queens county, Nev
York :
" Queens county, as everybody
knows, has beretolore been one of the
Democratic strongholds. But every
where Democrats are learning that
they were Americans before they
were partisans, and multitudes who
were once true above all things to par
ty, hare put asido that fealty, and
haw rallied to the detimeeof liberty
and law. Queens county, on Satur
day, recorded in the most, emphatic
manner her loyalty to Into Democrat
ic! principles. A meeting was held at
flemp :tend Court house, called by the
supervisors, which tra , : very minter.
ously attended by citizens from all
pants or the country. Ex-Governor
John A. King presided, and the most
determined avowal• on the part of the
different :speakers, of the necessity of
the suppression of the rebellion with a
strong hand, was most cordially and
earnestly responded to. Mr. King be
ing called away before the meeting
was over. the chair was taken by the
Ilon. Lewis J. .Beach, the County
3ntige, when the feelings and emtvic
tions of the assembly were finally em
bodied in the fidlowing plain spoken
resolutions. They wore offered by
Mr. Richard Busteed, a - well known
Democrat of this city, whose summer
residence is at liempstead."
Mr. Busteed, in offering the resolu
tions, accompanied them with the fol
lowing romarks
I have the utmost contempt for
him who by speech or act attempts to
draw party lines now. This is the ap
propriate office of home traitors; let
them have a monopoly of the work.—
I am certain no true Democrat will
engage in it; at least no intelligent or
reputable person will do so. There is
a great fight on hand between democ
racy and aristocracy; between the
privileges of the few and the rights of
,the multitude—between caste and re
publican equality; and he is the genu
ine Democrat who loves liberty more
than slavery.
" The Democracy that will not en
dure this test is spurious. The man
who delays or hazards victory to our
arms, by talking kindly of rebels, or
unkindly of lawful authority or neces
sary instrumentalities, or by prevent
ing enlistments, or in any other way,
is not only not a Democrat, but lie is a
traitor, meaner than all his Southern
compatriots; a sneaking, sniveling,
cowardly traitor, scarcely worth the
rope or time it would take to hang
him.
" My own position is easily declar
ed. I was a Democrat. lam a loyal
lover of my country, whose free insti
tutions I do not care to outlive.—
[Ulcers.] I will be what her necessi
ties, the convictions of my intelligence
and the dictates of my conscience
makes me. If this be treason to par
ty, the party can make the most of it."
[Great applause.]
Resolved, That in this crisis of our
country's fate, it becomes us to forego
All mere party considerations, and, for
getting that we were ever politicians.
become patriots iu the best sense of
the word.
Resolved, That we believe it to be
the duty of the Government by every
113C3115 linown to warfare, to subjugate
all rcbeldom to the lawful autho4ty of
the Constitution.
Resolved, That we will hereafter
know no political distinctions among
men, except that of loyalist and trait
or, and that treason shall include not
alone the overt act, but .the cowardly
wish and the disloyal sentiment.
Resolved. That until the war be end
ed lathe utter extermination of treas
on. and traitors, the people of Queens
county accept us their motto, " Who
soe,ver is not for us is against us;" and
that a half-hearted support of the Gov
ernment is but a shallow pretext of
hypocrisy, and will receive us it de
serves, our scorn and contempt.
Resolved, That the voice of the first
city in our, country finds a responsive
echo iu its adjacent rural neighbor
hood*, and, with New York ; we declare
it toWear deliberate and solemn con
victim), thit.."•it is far better every
rebel
. should perish, than 01361 more
loyal soldier should diod".
Special Message by Governor Curtin.
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
Irarrisburg, Feb. 12.tb, 1863.
To tile Senate and House of Representa
tives of Me Common - if:ea(tit of Pennsyl..
El=
GENTLEMEN desire to call your
attention to - a subject of moment.—
When the present infamous and God
condemned rebellion broke out, Con
gress was not in session, and the oc
currence of such a state of things not
having been fbreseen in former times,
no adequate legislation had been had
to meet it. At the same time—the
life of the country being at stake—it
appeared necessary that some means
should he taken to control the small
band of traitors in the loyal states, so as
to prevent them from machinations
which might be injurious, if not fatal,
to the national cause. Under these
circumstances, the General Govern
ment resorted to the system of
military arrests of dangerous per
sons, and having thus commenced
acting under it, have continued (at
long intervals in this State) to pur
sue it. The Government of the Uni
ted States acts directly on individuals,
and the State Executive has no au
thority or means to interfere with ar
rests of citizens of the United States :
made under the authority of that Go
vernment. Every citizen of Pennsyl
vania is also- a citizen of the United
States, and owes allegiance to them,
as well as (subject to the provisions of
the Constitution of the United States)
he owes it to Pennsylvania. If he be
unlawfully deprived of his liberty his
only redress is to be had at the hands
of the judiciary. In such times as the
present, it is more than ever necessary
to preserve regularity in official action.
Great efforts have been, and are, per
haps, still being made, by persons
blinded, or ill-disposed, to throw us in
to a state of revolution ; that is to say,
to create anarchy and confusion, and
ultimately to bring about the destruc
tion of life and property among ns.—
Any irregular, much more illegal, in
terference by your executive, with
matters which, by the constitution, are
not entrusted to his cognizance, and
especially any.such interference with
the action of the executive of the Uni
ted States or with the functions of the
judiciary, would be, in the existing
crisis, emphatically dangerous, it would
have a direct revolutionary tendency
—in fact, it would be to commence a
revolution.
The-courts of justice are open, and,
no doubt, all personal wrong can be
properly redressed in due course of
law. Ido not know how many ar
rests of the kind hereinbelbre referre,d
to have been node in Pennsylvania,
as I have at no time been privy to the
making of them, bat I believe they
have been few. I was under the im
pression that there would be no neces
city fi n • more of them, otherwise I
might have referred to them in my
annual ITICSSage but• recent events
having shown that this impression was
erroneous, I deem it my duty now to
invite your attenti' o to the subject.
The contest in which we are engaged
is ono for the preserlfation of our own
liberty and welfare. The traitors at
the South hate the great body • of our
people, who are loyal, and Kato and
bitterly despise the few who are ready
tin• submission. Unless the rebellion
be effectually suppressed we must lose
our pride 01 country, the lat'•4er portion
of OM' territory and the elements not
only of greatness, but of pi•nsperity,
and even of security to life, liberty and
property. Notwithstanding all this,
it is, r fear, an undoubted truth that a
few wretches among us, false to all our
free and loyal It aditions ; Use, to the
memory of their fathers, and to the
rights of their children; false to the
country which has given them birth
and protected them, only stopping
short of the technical offence of trea
son, in the very madness of mischief'
aro actively plotting to betray us, to
poison and mislead the minds of our
people, by treacherous misrepresenta
tions, and to so aid and comfort the
rebels that our fate may be either to
abandon the free North, and become
hangers-on of a Government founded
in treachery, fraud and insane ambi
tion, or, at best, to dissolve the Union
under which we have prospered, and
to break this fair and glorious country
into fragments, which will be cursed
by perpetual discords at home, and by
the contempt and ill-usage of foreign
nations, from which we shall then be
too weak to vindicate ourselves.
That such offences should be duly
punished, no good- citizen can doubt;
and that proper legislation by Con
gress is required for that purpose, can
be as little doubted. Whether such
legislation should include a suspension
of the writ of habeas corpus in any
and what parts of the country, is a
question which belongs exclusively to
the legislative authorities of the Uni
ted States, who, under the Constitu
tion, have the right to determine it.—
That great writ ought not to be sus
pended, unless to the wisdom of Con
gress the present necessity shall appear
to be urgent.
Therefore, I recommend the passage
of a joint resolution, earnestly request
ing that Congress shall forthwith pass
laws defining and punishing offences
of the class above referred .to, and
providing for the fair and speedy triad
by an impartial jury, of persons charg
ed with such offences in the loyal and
undiqurbed States, so that the guilty
may justly suffer and the innocent be
relieved. A. G. CURTIN.
OUR CORRESPONDENCE.
ALEXANDRIA., Feb. 12, 1803
Ha. EDITOR trotiee in the 3.foni
tor a query : - " Who ot•che 12.5 tit Reg
iment bore away the colors at the bat
tle of Antietam, etc ?" I was inform
ed by two or three, one of whom was
an eye. witness, that Captain Wallace
did. The editor of the Monitor says
ho has it from private letters that
young Greenland bore the colors after
two bearers had fhllen, and took it off
the field. Either the Monitor's private
infbrmation or that given me, must be
wrong. lam not in the habit of wri
ting at random. and !assure the Mon
itor that I had my irdbrmation from a
source I believed reliable, but I say.
" honor to whom honor is due," and if
the question should be settled in favor
of the brave Greenland, none will be
more ready to do him honor than your
correspondent.
o u , truly,
. . J. L.
WAR NEWS.
TIIE WAR IN FLORIDA.
Negro Troops Against the Bebels.--lst
South Carolina 'Volunteers in the
Field.
[Correspondence of the N. Y. Tisnes3
FERNANDINA, Florida, Feb., 1863. I
Colonel T. W. Higginson, with a de
tachment of his regiment, the First
South Carolina Volunteers, came down
from Beaufort fast week to attend to
the wants of our rebel brethren in
Georgia and Florida. At St. Simon
and Sekyl Islands the expedition cap
tured a quantity of railroad iron, val
ued at five thousand dollars, live stock,
and fitrming utensils of much utility
to contrabands, who are exceedingly
anxious to make a crop this season,—
Arriving at Fernandiva, Colonel 'lig
ginson proceeded up the St. Mary's
rive•, about twenty-five miles, to a
point called Township, where he land
ed his command, and after marchinga
few miles from the river, on the Flori
da side, he met and thoroughly routed
a company of mounted Floridians,
emptying at the first discharge thir
teen saddles, and killing and wound
ing many more, while on the Union
side only ono man was killed, Mr.
Parsons, a private in Company G. and
two others were seriously though not
dangerously wounded. Two days af
ter, Colonel Higginson ascended with
the John Adams as high as Wood
stock, Fla. His troops made sad hav
oc of the rebels as often as they ap
peared in force on either. bank. At
Woodstock seven rebel prisoners were
taken, and the expedition brought off
forty thousand brick, lumber, live
stock, and all the jewels belonging to
Madame Arburtis' slave barracoon, or,
in chivalry parlance, jail, consisting of
iron collars, bracelets for wrists and
ankles, for both sexes. The only ffir
thier casualty on our side, was the
death of Capt. J. C. Clifton, command
ing the John Adams. While engaged
in conversation 'with Major Strong,
standing near the pilot house, a Minie
ball, fired from the shore, passed thro'
his head, killing him instantly. Two
bullets aimed at Major Strong, struck
in fearful proximity to him, bur then,
as on several other occasions of ex
treme danger in face of the enemy, lie
behaved in the most gallant manner.
Colonel Higginson sent Capt. Trow
bridge, Company A, First Regt. South
Carolina Volunteers. from Fernandina,
to look at'te• the rebel salt works on
the Georghte coast. Yesterday, Cap
tain Trowbridge made the following
report :
On. Board the Planter, St. Andrew's)
Sound, Ja»liztry 31, ISG3.
Colonel T. H Higginson
COLONEI.—In accordance with in
structions, I proceeded yesterday in
search of the salt works supposed to
be at King's Bay. They have nut
been rebuilt since they were destroyed
on. the foz mer expedition.
Chang,ing our course, we found salt
works about five miles up Crooked
River, on the main land. After a
march of two miles across the marsh,
with thirty men, and drawing a boat
to enable us to cross un intervening
creek, we destroyed them, There
were twenty-two large bailers, two
store-houses, a largo quantity of salt,
two tin noes, together with barrelp, vats,
e.. used in manufacturing the salt.
Owing to the bad state of the boilers
on the Planter, and lack of water for
the troops, I find it necessary to put in
at Philadelphia, St. James Island, for
repairs and supplies. Will return to
this place, if possible, early to-morrow
(Sunday) morning.
I am, Col., your ob't servant,
CHARLES T. TROWBRIDGE,
Comdg. Co. A, Ist Regt. S. C. Vols.
'This expedition proved a complete
success. Our colored troops are more
than a match for any equal number of
white rebels which can be brought
against them. With a few horse carts
to transport =lnanition (for they will
provide commissary and quartermas
ter's stores as they go), these freed
men are all sufficient to snuff out the
rebellion.
The Direct Tax Commissioners
have already assessed a large amount
of real estate in Florida. Very soon
it will be brought into market, and the
title will pass to loyal owners.
OFFICIAL REPORT OF COL. lIIOGINSON
The following full and explicit offi
cial report of Col. T. W. Iligginson.
records the gallant conduct of the ne
groes under fire, and _their successful
operations iii Georgia nod Florida :
On Board Steamer Ben Deford,
Suuday, Fob. 1, 1863.
Brigadier General • Saxton, Military
Governor, Fe.:(
GENERA have Ow honor to re
port the safe return of the expedition
under my command, consisting of 402
officers and men of the First Regt. of
South Carolina Vol u teers, wlio left
Beaufort on January 23d, on board
the steamers John Adams, Planter,
and Ben Delord,
The expedition has carried the reg
imental flag and the President's Proc
lamation Ihr into• the interior of Geor
gia and Florida. The men have been
repeatedly under fire; have had infan
try, cavalry, and even artillery arran
ged against them. itnd have, in every
come off not only with un
blemished honor, but with undisputed
triumph. At Township, Florida. a de
tachment or the expedition fOught a
cavalry company which met us unex
peetedly on a midnight march through
pine woods, and which completely
surrounded us. They were beaten off
with a loss on our part of one man
killed and seven wounded, while the
opposing party admits of twelve meal
killed (including Lieutenant Jones, in
command of the company), besides
many wounded. So complete was our
victory that the enemy scattered, hid
in the woods all night, not returning
to his camp, which was five miles dis
tant, until noon next day; a fact
which was unfortunately unknown
until too late to follow up Our advant
age. Had I listened to the urgent ap
peals ollny men, and pressed the fly
ing enemy, we could have destroyed
his camp; but in view of the darkness,
his uncertain imbibers and swifter mo
tions, with your injunctions of caution,
I judged it better to rest satisfied
with the.viotory already gained.
On another occasion a, detachment
of about 250 men, on board the John
Adams, foughl its way forty miles up
and downa rii , or, the most dangerous
in the departglout,--I,.he
river left un traversed by_ our gunboat's
for many months, as it requires a boat
built like the John Adams to ascend it
successfully. The stream is narrow,
swift, winding, and bordered at many
places with high bluffs, which blazed
with rifle shots. With our glasses, as
we approached these points, we could
see mounted men by the hundreds gal
loping through the woods from point
to point to await us, and though fear
ful of our shot and shell, they were so
daring against musketry that one reb
el actually sprang from the shore up
on the large boat which we towed at
our stern, where he was shot down by
one of my sergeants. We could see
our shell scatter the rebels as they
fell among them, and some terrible ex
ecution must have been done ; but not
a man of this regiment was killed or
wounded, though the steamer is cov
ered with bullet marks, one of-which
shows where our brave Captain Clif
ton, commander of the vessel, fell dead
beside his own pilot house, st,ot thro'
the brain by a Mink) ball. Major
Strong, who stood beside him, escaped
as if by magic, both of them being un- ,
necessarily exposed without my
knowledge. The secret of our safety
was in keeping • the regiment below,
except the gunners; but this required
the utmost energy of the officers, as
the men were wild to come on deck,
and even implored to be landed on
shore and charge on the enemy.
Nobody knows anything about these
men who has not seen them in battle.
I find that I myself knew nothing.—
There is a fiery enery about them be
yond anything of which I have ever
read, unless it be the French Zou a
It requires the strictest discipline to'
hold them in hafid. During our first
attack on the river, before I got them
all penned below, they croN‘ded at the
open ends of the steamer, loading and
firing with inconceivable rapidity and
shouting to each other, "Never give it
up I" When collected into the hold
they actually fought each other for
places at the few port-holes from which
they could fire on the enemy.
Meanwhile the black gunners, admi
rably trained by Lieuts.Stockdale and
O'Neil, (both being accomplished ar
tillerists,) and Mr. Heron, of the gun
boat, did their duty without the slight
est protection and with great coolness,
amid a storm of shot.
This river expedition was not under
taken in mere bravado. Capt. Sears,
U. S. A., the contractor of Fort Clinch,
had urged upon the War Department
to endeavor to obtain a large supply of
valuable brick, said to remain at the
brick-yards, thirty miles up the St.
Mary's, from which Port Clinch was
originally supplied The War Depart
ment had referred the matter to Col.
Hawley, who approved my offer to
undertake the enterprise. „Apart from
this, it was the desire of Lieut. Hughes,
U. S. .N., commanding - United States
steamer Mohawk, now lying at Per
nandina. to obtain information regard
ing a rebel steamer, the Borosa, said
to be lying further up the river, await
ing an opportunity - to run the block
ade. Both oltjects riot, accomplished.
I brought away all the bricks, and as
certained the Borosa to be worthless.
I have the honor to state that I have
on board the Ben Dcford 250 bars of
the best new railroad iron, valued at
85,000, and much needed in this De
partment. This was obtained in St.
Simon's and 3 clip». islands, Georgia,
from abandoned rebel flirts a portion
of it having been previously blown up
and collected by Captain Steedman, of
the Paul Jones. I have also five large
sticks of valuable yellow-pine timber,
said to be worth 8700, which came
from St. Mary's, Georgia. There is
also a quantity of rice, rosin, cordage,
oars, and other small matters, suitable
for army purposes. On board the Jno.
Adams there is a flock of 25 sheep,
from. Woodstock, Fla. I have turned
over to Capt. Sears about 40,000 large
sized bricks, valued at about 810,000,
in view of' the present high freights.—
I also turned over to Judge Stahl,
Civil Provost Marshal at Fernandina,
four horses, four steers, and a quantity
of agricultural implements suitable for
Mr. Helper's operations in that loca
tion.
I have seen with mine own eyes, and
left behind for want of means of trans
portation, (and because brick was con
sidered even moue valuable,) enough
of the choicest Southern lumber to load
five steamers like the Ben Deford—an
amount estimated at more than a mil
lion feet, and probably worth at Hil
ton Head, $50,000. 1 also left behind
from choice, valuable furniture by the
housefull—pianos, china, &-c., all pack
ed up for transportation, as it was'sent
inland for safe keeping. Not only
were my officers and men forbidden to
take any of these things for private
use, bat nothing was taken for public
use save articles strictly contraband of
war. No wanton destruction was per
mitted, nor were any buildings burned,
unless in retaliation for being tired up
on, according to the usages of war. Of
course no personal outrage was per
mitted or desired.
At Woodstock I took six male pris
oners whom I brought down the river
as hostages, intending to land part of
them before reaching Fernandina and
release them on parole. But in view
of the ferocious attacks made upon us
from the banks, this would have seem
ed an absurd stretch of magnanimity,
and by the advice of Colonel Hawley I
have brought. them for your disposal.
At tho same place we obtained a
cannon and a flag, which I respectfitlly
ask permission tir the regiment to re
tain. We obtained also some trophies
of a different de,scription, from a slAve
jail, which I shall offer for your per
sonal acceptance: three setts of stocks,
of different structure; the chains And
staples used fn• confining prisoners to
the floor, and the hey of the building.
They furnish good illustrations.of the
infernal barbarism against which we
contend.
We return at the appointed time,
though there are many other objects
which I wish to effect, and our rations
are not nearly exhausted. But the
Ben Defhrd is crowded with freight,
and the ammunition of the Jno. 4dams
is running low. Captain Hallett has
been devoted to our interest, as was
also, until his lamented death, the
brave Captain Clifton. Of the Planter
I have hitherto sn'a nothing, as her
worn-out machine)) , wo•ild have left
her perfectly vahnless lmt for the la
borious efforts of Capt. Eudridge, and
her Engineer, 11.1. r. Baker, ai.12:1 by the
unconquerable energy of Capt. Trow
bridge, of Com. A, who had the com
mand on board. Thanks.to they
were enabled during our absence up
the St. Mary's River, to pay attention
to the salt works along the coast,—
Finding that the works at Ring's bay,
formerly destroyed by this regiment,
had never been rebuilt, they proceeded
five miles up Crooked River, where
salt works wore seen. Captain Trow
bridge, with Captain Rodgers, of Co.
F, and thirty men, then marched two
miles across a marsh, drawing a boat
with them, and then sailed up a creek
and destroyed the works. There were
tweaptwo largo boilers, two store.
houses, a largo quantity of salt, two
Canoes, with barrels, and all things ap
pertain i ng.
I desire to make honorable mention
not only of the above officers, but of
Major Strong, Captains Tames, Co. B,
Randolph, CO. C, Aletcalf, Co. G, and
Dolly, Co. 11. Indeed, every officer
did himself credit, so far as be had op
portunity, while the cheerfulness and
enthusiasm of the then made it a plea
sure to command them.
We found no large numbers of slaves
anywhere, yet we brought away sev
eral whole families and obtained by
their means the most reliable informa
tion. I was interested to observe that
the news of the President's Proclama
tion produced a marked effect upon
them, and in one case it was of the
greatest service to us in securing the
hearty aid of a guide who was timid
and distrustful till he heard that he
was legally free after which ho aided
us gladly and came away with us.
My thanks are due for advice and
information, to Capt. Steedman, U. S.
N., of the steamer Paul Jones; to Ac
ting Master Mores, U. S. N., of the
bark Fernandina; to Acting Lieuten
an, Budd, U. S. N., of the steamer Po
tomiska, for information and counsel,
and especially to Lieut.- Commanding
Hughes, U. S. N., of the steamer Mo•
hawk, fbr 20 tons of coal, without
which we could not have gone up the
river.
I may state, in conclusion, that 1
obtained much valuable information,
not necessary to make public, in re
gard to the location of supplies of lum
ber, iron, rice, rosin, turpentine and
cotton, and it woukl afford the officers
and men of this regiment great pleas
ure to he constantly employed in ob
taining_ these supplies for tho govern
ment from rebel sources. But they
would like better to be permitted to
occupy some advanced point in the in- '
terior, with a steamer or two like the
John Adams. and on adequate supply
of ammunition. We could obtain to a
great extent our own provisions, and
rapidly enlarge oar numbers, and could
have information in advance of every
movement against us. A chain of such
posts would completely alter the whole
aspect of the war in the seaboard slave
States, and would accomplish what no
accumulation of Northern regiments
can so easily effect.
No officer in this regiment now
doubts that the key to the successful
prosecution of this...war lies in the un
limited employment of black troops.
Their superiority lies simply in the
fivq, that they know the country,
which white troops do not; and, more
over, that they have peculiarities of
temperament, position and motive
which belong to them alone. Instead
of leaving their homes and families to
fight, they arc fighting for their homes
and fitmilios, and they shoW the reso
lution and sagacity which a persw,al
purpose gives. It would have been
madness to attempt with the bravest
white troops what I have successfully
accomplished with black ones.
Everything, even to the piloting of
the vessel, and the selection of the pro
per points for cannonading, was done
by my own soldiers; indeed, the real
conductor of the whole expedition at
the St. Mary's was Corporal Hobert
Sutton, of Company G, formerly a
slave upon the St. 3lary's River—a
man of extraordinary qualities, who
needs nothing but a knowledge of the
alphabet to entitle him to the most sig—
nal promotion. In every instance
where I followed his advice the pre
dicted result followed, and I have nev
er departed from it however slightly,
without having reason for subsequent
regret. I have the honor to be &e.,
T. W. lIIGGINSON, Col. Corn.,
Ist Refit., South Carolina Vols.
THE WAR IN MISSISSIPPI.
Mocements of the Rebels in Mississippi.
—Troops from Mobile Gone to Tricks
burg.-I.lYect of the Conscription.—A
Barge Runs the Blockade at Vicks
burg.
Cairo, Feb. M.—Memphis papers of
the 11th have been received.
The rebel advance in Mississippi is
said to be at Okolono, trying to re
pair the railroad destroyed by Gener
al Grant. The inclemency of the
weather delays their movements by
way of Tuscumbia.
It is reported that the enemy moved
a large part of the Army of Virginia
to Vicksburg, and had also taken all
the garrison of Mobile, except 4,000,
which force was left for police duty.
The railroad from Selma tollleridan
has been completed, thus enabling the
rebels to concentrate their forces at
Vicksburg.
The enforcement of the conscription
act is driving many citizens from Ala
bama and _Mississippi to the North.
In consequence of the frequont vio
lation of the regulation against carry
ing contrahanearticles to the South,
more rigorous measures have been re
sorted to.
All downward-bound boats are stop
ped at Island No. 10, and the cargo
and passengers examined.
A steamer which arrived from
Vicksburg on 'Monday, reports , that
barge, loaded with coal, ran the block
ade on Sunday
THE WAR IN VIRGINIA.
Skirmish near Cliarle,stown— Capture of,
a Rebel Lieutenant and several Cieval-
Ty Me it.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 13.—A • dispatch
from Brigadier General Kelly, dated
Harper's Ferry to-day, to Lieutenant
Colonel Cheeshorough, A, A. G., says :
Yesterday, about 1 o'clock, a squad
of Baylor's rebel cavalry attacked a
small scouting party of the Twelfth
Pennsylvania Cavalry, from Kearneys
ville, consisting of twelve' en, killing
one, wounding two, and capturing four
men and several horses.
About 4 o'clock P. M., my scouts
from here fell in with the, same party
a few miles south of Charlestown, and,
alter a running fight for several miles,
reeaptared our men and horses, and
captured Lieut. Baylor, two of his men
and, seyeral. hoTee.
The Prairie State and the Union.
Row Illinois Soldiers Bate Treason Ev.
erywhere
The special correspondent of the,St
Louis Democrat writes: - .
COMMIT, hiss., January 31.—The
prompt action taken by the Indiana
regiments ih Gen. Bosecran's army, in
reference to " home traitors," has star
ted the ball. The Illinois troops in
Grant's artny have spoken to the
"peace men " and "butternuts" in the
Illinois Legislature.
At a meeting of the officers of the
different Illinois regiments stationed
at this post, the following proceedings
were bad. The meeting being called
to order, Lieut. Col. Phillips, of the
Ninth Illinois, wail elected Presideet;
and Adjutant _Lefton, Sixtieth Illinois,
Secretary.
Col. Chetlain, of the Twelfth Illinois,
stated that the object, of calling the
Illinois officers together, was to adopt
resolutions to show Gov. Yates and the
other officers of Illinois, and all our
friends.at home, that we are still in
tu
vor of the vigorous prosecution of the
war, and that we will uphold.otir Pre
sident and Governor in all their efforts
to put down this rebellion.
On motion, a Collimate() on Resolu:
tions was elected, consisting of the fol
lowing officers:
Col. Chetlain, Twelfth Illinois, com
manding post; M. M. Bane, Fiftieth
Illinois, commanding Third Brigade
Lieut. Col. Wilcox, - Fifty-second Illi
nois • Col. Burke, Sixty-sixth Illinois;
Cal, J. Bobcock,-Seventh
Col. Mersy, Ninth Illinois, commanding
Second Brigade; Lieut. Col. Morrill,
Sixty-fourth Illinois.
The Committee on Resolutions sub,
milted the following, which was unan
imously adopted:
Whereas, Our Government is now
engaged in a struggle for perpetuation
of every right dear to us as American
citizens, and requires the united efforts
of all good, true and loyal men in its
behalf; and
Whereas, We have beheld with feel
ings of sadness and deep regret, the
bitter partisan.spirit that is. bLimning
vindictive and malicious in our-State,
the tendency of which is to paralize
and frustrate the plans of the'Federal
and State authorities in their efforts to
suppress this infamous Rebellion;
therefore,
1. Resolved, That having pledged
our most cherished earthly interests
to the service of our common country,
in this hour of national peril, we ask
our friends and neighbors at home to
lay aside all petty jealousies and party
animosities, and, as one man, stolid by
us in upholding the President in his
war measures, in maintaining the au
thority and the dignity,of the Govern
ment, and in unfurling again the glo
rious emblem of our nationality over
every city and town of rebeldom.
2. Resolved, That we tender Gover
nor Yates and Adjutant-G,meral Fuller
our warmest thanks for their untiring,
zeal in organizing, arming and equip
ping the army which Illinois has sent
to the field; and for their timely at
tention to the wants of our sick and
wounded soldiers; and we assure them
of our steady and warm support in
their efforts to maintain for Illinois
the proud position of pre-eminent ley-.
ty whi c h 110 W occupies.
3. _Resolved, That we have watched
the traitorous conduct of those mem=
hers of tire Legislature' of the State of
Illinois, who, misrepresenting their con
stituencies, have been proposing a ces
sation of the war, avowedly to arrange
terms of peace, but really to give time
for the nearly ehansted rebels to -re
cover their strength, and plotting to
divest Governor Yates of the rights
and authority vested in him by our
State Constitution and laws, and to
them we calmly and firmly say:
" Beware of the terrible retribution
that is falling upon your coadjutors at
the South, and that, as your crime is
tenfold blacker, will swiftly smite you
with tenfold horror, should you persist
in your damnable deeds of treason."
4. Resolved, That in tendering our
thanks to Governor Yates, and assur-._
inn bin of our cordial support in his,
efforts to crush this inhuman rebellion,_
we are deeply and feelingly in earnest..
Wo have left to the protection of thP
laws he is to enforce all that is dear to,
men—our wives,, our childreo, our pa
rents, our homes—and should the loath
some treason of the madmen who are
trying to wrest from him a portion of
his just authority render it necessary,
in his opinion, for us to return and
crush out treason there, we will
promptly obey a proper order so to do,
for we despise a streaking traitor in
the rear much more than the open reb-.
el in front. -
5. Res9lved, That we held in detes
tation and will execrate any man who,
in this struggle for our national life,
offers factious opposition to either the
Federal or State authorities, in their.
efforts or measures for the vigorous,
prosecution of the war for the suPpres-,
of this Godless Rebellion.
6. Resolved, That we are opposed to,
all propositions for a cessation of hoS-,
tilities, or a compromise, other than
those propositions which the Govern
ment has constantly offered: Return
to loyalty and obedience- to the laws,.
on a common level with other States,
Of the Union, under the Constitution,
as our fathers made it.
Lieut. Colonel Morrill, of the Sixth_
fourth Illinois, not being able to attend,
sent the following telegram, which tb
meeting decided to have inserted in.
the proceedings:
GLENDALE, Miss., Jan. 39,
Colonel Chet/aim—COLONEL: I am sorry
that indisposition makes it impossible
for• me to attend on the committee, but
I will authorize the committee to sign
my name to any resolutions expres
sive of our utter abhorrence of the
treasonable sympathy shown to South•.
ern traitors at the North, and especial
ly those who may have found their
way into the Legislative halls of our
own noble State.
Respectfully, JOHN .AIORRILL,
Lieut. Col. Com. Glendale
Colonel Bane, Fiftieth Illinois; Lt.
Colonel Phillips, Ninth Illinois; Lieut.
Wilcox, Fifty-second Illinois, and other.
officers present , then addressed the
merting. On motion, it was decided
to have a copy of the resolutions sent
to the commanding officer of each Illi
nois regiment in this district, to be
read on dress parade to-morrow even
ing, and be voted upon by the men 0.1
each regiment; also, that popiOn of the
proceeding be sent to Goverhor Yates, -
the Speaker of the Senate and House