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(61olle. lIUNTINGDON, PA. THE FORT PILLOWMASSACRE. Report of the Committee on the Conduct of the War __AL. WASIUNGTON, May s.—The follow ing report was made in both Houses to;day: The Joint Committee on the Con• duct and Expenditures of the War, to whom was referred a resolution of Congress instructing them to investi gate the late massacre at Port Pillow, designated two members of the com mittee, Messrs. Wade and Gooch, to proceed forthwith to such places as they might deem noceSsary and take testimony. The sub committee, hav ing discharged that duty, returned to this city, and submitted to the joint committee, a report with accompany ing papers and testimony. The re port was read and adopted by the poin t-nate°, whose chairman was instructed to submit the same, with the testimo ny, to the Senate, and a* that the same be printed REPORT OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE Messrs. Wade and Gooch, the sub committee appointed by the joint com mittee on the Conduct and Expendi tures of the War, with instructions to proceed to such points as they Might deem - .necessary for the purpose of ta king testimony in regard to the mas sacre at Fort,Pillow, subinittea the following report-to the Joint Commit tee, together with accompanying tes timony and papers In oteadienee to the instructions of the Joint Committee, adopted on the 18th ult., your committee left Wash ington on the morning of the 19th, ta king with them the stenographer of this cotatnittee, and proceeded to Cairo and Mound City, Illinois; Columbus, Kentucky. and Fort Pillow and Mein phis, Tennessee, at each of which pla ces they proceeded to take testimony. Although your committee were in slimmed to inquire only in reference to the attack ; capture, and massacre at Fort Pillow, they have deemed it proper to take some testimony in ref:- erence to the operations of Forrest and his command immediately preceding and subsequent to that horrible massa cre. It, will appear froM the testimony thus taken that, the atrocities commit ted at Fort Pillow were not the result of passions excited by the heat of' con filet, but were the result of a policY deliberately decided upon and unhesi tatingly atitiouticed. Even if the un certainty of the fate of these officers and men belonging to colored- regi ments who have heretaire been taken prisoners by the tebeis, has failed to convince the authorities of our Gov ernment of the fact, the testimony herewith submitted must convinee even the most skeptical that h is the Mimi tion of the rebel authorities not to re cognize the offil:Cvs :Ilia men of our co bored regiMents as entitled to the treatment accorded by all civilized actions to prisoners of war. The do clarations of Forrest and his officers, both before and after capture of' Fort Pillow, as testified to by such of our men as have escaped after having been taken by him, the threats contained in the various demands for surrender made at Paducah, Columbus,_ and oth er places, the renewal of the massacre the morning after the capture of Fort Pillow, the statement made by the re bel officers to the officers of our gun. boats who received the few survivors at Fort Pillow, all this proves most conclusively - the policy they have de termined to adopt. The first operations of any import ance was the attack upon Union city, Tennessee, by a portion of Forrest's command. The attack was made on the 29th of March. The post was oc cupied by a force of about 500 men, under Colonel Hawkins, of the 11th Tennessee Union Cavalry. The at tacking force was superior in numbers, but was-repulsed several times by our own fortes. For the particulars of the attack and the circumstances at tending the surrender your committee would refer to the testimony submit ted. They would state, however, that it would appear 'from the testimony, the surrender• was opposed by nearly, if not quite all, the officers of Colonel Hawkillti' C,mmand Your committee think the circumstances connceted with the surrender are such that they demand the most searching investiga tion by the military authorities, as at the time of the surrender but one man on our side had been injured. On the 25th of March the enemy, under the rebel Generals Forrest, Bu ford, Harris, and Thompson, estimated at over 6,000 men, made an attack on Paducah, Kentucky, which post was peeupied by Col. S G Hicks, 40th Regiment, with 655 men. Our forces retired into Fort Anderson, and there made their stand, assisted by some gunboats belonging to the command of Captain Shirk, of the navy, success fully repulsing-the enemy. Failing to make any impression upon our foreas, Forrest then demanded an uncondi tional surrender, closing his communi cation to Colonel Hicks in these words: "If you surrender you shall be treated us prisoners of tear; but if I have to s t or m your works you may expect no quarter." This demand and threat was met by a refusal on the part of Colonel Hicks to sill render, lie stating that be bad been placed there by his Government to defend that post, an d 'he should do so The -rebels made three other assaults that same day, but were repulsed with heavy loss each time, the. rebel General Thomson beina , killed in the but assault. The .$1 60 ~ l WILLIAM LEWIS, Editor and Proprietor, VOL XIX, enemy retired next clay, having suffer ed a loss estimated at 1,000 to 1200 Ivounded. The loss on our side was 14 killed and 46 Wounded. The operations of the enemy at ,Pa ducah were charactevied by the same bad flail and treachery that seem to have become the settled policy of For rest and his command. The flag of truce was taken advantage of there as elsewhere to secure desirable positions, which the rebels were unable to obtain by fair and honorable means, and also to afford opportunities for plundering private stores as well as Government property. At Paducah too rebels were guilty of acts more cowardly, if possible, than any they have practised elsewhere.— When the attack was made the officers of the forts and of the glinboats advis ed the women and children to go down to the river for the purpose of being taken across the river out of danger. As they were leaving the town for that purpose, the rebel sharpshooters mingled with them, and, shielded by their presence, advanced and fired up on. the gunboats, wounding some of our officers and men. Our force§ could not return the fire without endanger ing the lives of the women and childreh The rebels also placed women in front of their lines as they moved on the fort or wore proceeding to take po sitions, while the flag of truce was at the fort, in order to compel our men to withhold their fire out of regard fir the women, who were made use of in this most cowardly manner. For more full details of the attack and treacher ous and cowardly practices of the reb els there, 3 - our vmmittee refer Id the testimony herewith submitted. On the 13th day of April, the day after the capture of Fort Pillow, the rebel General Buford appeared before Col umbus, Kentucky, and demanded its unconditional surrender. He coupled with that demand a threat that, if the place was not sur rendered, and he should be Compelled to attack it, no quarter whatever sh'ld be shown to the negro troops. To this Colonel Lawrenco replied that a surrender was out of the question, as he had been placed there by his Gov. ernment to hold and defend the place and should do so. No attack was made, but the enemy retired, having taken advantage of the flag of truce to take some horses of Union' citizens which had been brought in there for security. It was at Fort, Pillow, however, that the brutality and Cruelty of the rebels Were most fearfully exhibited. The garrison there, according to the last returns received at headquarters, am ounted' to 19 officers and 538 enlisted men, of whom 262 men were colored troops, comprising one battalion of the 6th United States Heavy Artillery, formerly the Ist Alabama Artillery of colored troops, under the command of Major L F Booth; ono section of the 2d United States Light Artillery (col ored), and one battalion of the 13th Teems-co Cavalry (white), command ed by Major WI? Bradford. Major Booth was the ranking officer, and was in command of the fort. On Monday, the 12th of' April, the anniversary of the attack on Fort Sumpter, in 1801, the pickets of the garrison were driven in just before sunrise, that being the first intimation our forces then had of any intention on the part of the enemy to attack that place. Fighting soon became general, and about nine o'clock Major Er tdtbrd succeeded to the command, and withdrew all the forces within the fort. They bad previously occupied some entrenchments at some distance from the fbrt, and farther from the river.— This fort was situated on a high bluff, which descended precipitately to the river's edge, the ridge of the bluff on tue river side being covered with trees, bushes, and filllen timber. Ex tending back from the river on either side of the fort was a ravine or hollow, the one below the fort containing seve ral private stores and some dwellings, constituting what was called the town. At the month of that ravine and on the river bunk were some Govern ment bindings containing commissary stores. The ravine above the fort was known as Cold Bunk Ravine, the ridge being covered with trees and bushes to the right or below, and a little to the front of the fort was a level piece of ground, not (alto so elevated as the fbrt itself; on which had been erected some log huts or shanties, which were occupied by the white troops, and also used for hospital and other purposes. Within the lint twits had been erected, with board floors, for the use of the colored troops. There were six pieces of ar tillery in the fort, consisting of two 0- pounders, two 12-pounder howitzers, and two 10 pounder Parrotts. The rebels continued their attack, but up to two or three o'clock in the afternoon they had not gained any de cisive success. Our troops, both white and black, fought most bravely: and were in good spirits. The gunboat :Number 7—New Era, Capt Marshall. took part in the conflict, shelling the enemy as opportunity afforded. Signals had been agreed upon by which the officers in the fort could in dicate where the guns of the hunt e'ld be most effective. There being hut one gunboat there no permanent im pression appears to have beet produc ed upon the enemy, for as they were shelled out of one ravine they mould make their appearance in the other. They would thus appear and retire as the gunboat moved from one point to another. About one o'clock the fire on both sides slackened somewhat, and the gun boat moved out in the river to clean end cool the guns, having tired 282 rounds ashen, shrapnel, and canister, which nearly exhausted the enpply of HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1804. I ammunition, The rebels having thus far failed in their attack, resorted to their customary flags of truce. The first flag conveyed a demand from Forrest for the unconditional surren der of the fort. To this Major Wad ford replied, asking to be allowed an hour to consult with his officers and the officers of the gunboat. In a short time a second flag of truce appeared with a communication from Forrest. He would allow Major BradfOrd twenty minutes in whibb to move his troops out of the fort, and if it, was not done in that time, an as sault would be ordered. To this Maj Br/Rib:AA replied that he would not surrender. During the time these flags of truce were flying, the rebels were moving down the ravines and ta king positions, from which the more readily to charge upon the fort. .Par ties of them were also engaged in plun dering the Government buildings and commissary and quartermaster's stores in full view of the gunboat. Captain Marshall,, states that he re frained froth firing upon the rebels, al though they' were thus violating the flag of truce, for fear, sb'uld they fi nally succeed in capturing, they would justify any atrocities they might corn mit by saying they were in retaliation for his firing while the flag of truce was flying. lie says, however, that when he saw the rel els coming down the ravine above the fort, and taking positions there, he got under way and stood for the fbrt. Ho determined to use what little ammunition he had left in shelling him out of the ravine. but he did not get up within effective range before the final assault Ni 7 As made Immediately after the second flag of truce retired, the rebels made a rush frorri the positions they had so treach erously gained, and obtained the pos session of the fort, raising the cry of no quarter. But little opportunity_ was allowed for resistance, Our troops black and white, threw down their arms, and sought to escape by running down the steep bluff near the fort, and secreting themselves behind trees and logs, in the bushes, and under the brush, some oven jumping in to the riv er, leaving only their heads above the water as they crouched down under the bank. Then followed a scene of cruelty and murder without parallel in eiviliz2d war, which needed but the tomahawk and igealpiiig knife to exceed the worst atrocities ever committed by savages. The rebels commenced an indiscrimin ate slaughter, sparing neither age nor "sex, white or black, soldier or civilian. ' The officers and moil seemed to vie with each other in the devilish work. Men, women, and even chili-en, wher• ever - Pnel, were delihr rately shot down, beaten, and hacked with iiJl.:',s ' Some of the children, not more than ten years old, were forced to stand up and face their mothers while being shot. The sick and wounded were butch ered without mercy, the rebels even entering the hospital buildings, and dragging them out to be shot. or killing them us they lay there unable to offer the least'resistaneo. All over the hill side the work of murder was going on. Numbers of our men were gathered together in lines or groups and delib erately shot. Some were shot whiLi in the river, while others on the bank were shot and their bodies kicked into the water, many of theta still living, but unable to make any exertion to save themselves from drowning. Some of the rebels stood upon the top of the hill, or a short distance down its side, and called to our soldiers to come up to them, and as they approached shot them down in cold bleed; if their guns or pistols missed fire, forcing them to stand there until they were again pro pared to fire. All around were heard cries of "No quarter, no quarter ;" -Kill the d—d loggers;" "Shoot them down." All who asked for mercy were answered by the most cruel taunts and sneers. Some were spared for a time only to be murdered under eireumstanees of greater cruelty. No cruelty which the most fiendish malig nity could devise' was omitted by these murderers. One white soluier, who was. wolinded in the leg so as to be unable to walk was made to stand up while his tormentors shot him. Oth ere who were wounded and unable to stand tip were held up and again shot. Ono negro who had been ordered by a rebel officer to hold his horse was-kil led by him when ho remonstrated. Another, a mere child, whom an of coy had taken up behind him on his horse, was seen by Chalmers, who at once ordered the officer to put him down and shoot him, which was done. The huts and tents in which many of dm wounded had sought shelter, were set on tire both that night and the next i mornine., while the wounded were still in them, those only escaping who were able to get themselves out, ' or who could prevail on others less injured than themselves to help them out, and even some of dial) thus seeking to es cape the flames were met by these ruf fians and brutally shot down. or had their brains beaten out. due man was deliberately litstened down to the floor at a tent, face upwards, by means of nails driVen through his (do thing - and into the boards tinder him so that he could not possibly escape, and then tile tent set on fire. Anodi c»r was nailed to the side of a building outside of the tort, and then the buil ding set ou fire arid burned. Th e I chaired remains of five or six bodies' were afterwards found, all but ono so inueh disfigured and consumed by the flames that they could net be identi• lied, and the identification of that One is not absolutely certain, although there can hardly be a dmbt that it was the body of Lieutenant Aker strom, quartermaster of the 13th Vir ginia Cavell y, and a native Tennessee' an. Several witnesses who saw the - -PERSEVERE.- remains, and who were personally ac quainted /tall him while living hero, testified that it is their firm lielief that it was his body that was thus treated. These deeds of murder and cruelty closed when night came on, only to be renewed thenex. t morning, when the demons caret ully sought among the dead lying about in all directions fbr any other- wounded yet alive, and those they killed. Scores of the dead and %rounded were fotind there the day of the massacre by The men from some of our gunboats, who Were per mitted to go on shorn and collect the wounded and bury the dead. The re bels themselves had made a pretence of burying a great many of their vic tims, but they had merely throWn theM, Without the least regard to care or decency,' into the trenches and ditches about the fort, or the little hol lows and ravines on the hillside, cov ering them but partially with earth. Portions of heads and faces, hands and root, were found protruding thretigh the earth in every direction over-arid even Where your committee visited the spot two weeks afterwards, although parties of men had been tent on shore from time to time to bury the bodies unburied, and rebury the others, and were even then engaged in the same stork. We found the evidences of this murder and cruelty still inure painfully. We saw bodies still unbur ied, at some distance from the fort, of Setae Sick men, who had been fleeing from the hospital, and beaten down and brutally murdered, and their bod ies left where they had fallen. We could still see the faces, and hands, and'reet of men, white and black, pro truding out of tire groUnd, whose graves had not been reached by those engaged in reinterring the- victims of the massacre, and although a great deal of rain had fallen within the Pre ceding two Weeks, the ground, more especially on the side at the foot of the bluff where the most of the murders had been committed, Was still discolor ed by the blood of our brave but unfor tunate men, and the logs and trees showed but too plainly the evidences of the atrocities perpetrated there. Many other instances of equally atro cious cruelty might be- enumerated, but your committee feel compelled to refrain from giving here more of the heart sickening details, and refer to the statements contained in the vo, luminous testimony herewith submit fed. Those statements were obtained by thew from e;.e witnesses and suf ferers. *Many (Ng theM, as they were examined by your committee, were lying upon beds of pain and suffering; some so feeble that their lips could with difficulty frame the words by which they endeavored to convey seine idea of the cruelty which . had been inflicted on them, and which they bad seen inflicted on others. In reference to the ffite of Major Brad lbw', who was in command of the fort when it was captured, and who had, up to that time, : received no injury, there seems to be no doubt. The gen eral understanding everywhere seem ed to be thttt ho bed been brutally murdered the day atter he was taken prisoner. _How many of our troops thus fell victims to the malignity and barbarity of Forrest and his followers cannot yet be definitely ascertained. Two officers belonging to the garrison were absent at the time of the capture and massacre. Of the remaining offi cers but two are known to be living, and they are wounded, and now in the hospital' at Mound City. One of them (Capt. Porter) may even now be, dead, as the surgeons, when your cent mitten were there, expressed no hope of his recovery. Of the men, from three hundred to four hundred are known to have been killed at Fort Pillow, of whom at least 300 were murdered in cold blood, after the fort ' was in possession of the rebels, and our men had thrown down their arms and ceased to offer resistance. Of the survivors, except the wounded in the hospital, at Mound City, and the few who succeeded in making their escape unhurt, nothing definite is known, and it is to be feared that many have, keen murdered after being taken away from the fort. When your committee arrived at Memphis, Tenn., they lon n d and examined a man (Mr. )leLogan) who had-been conscripted by some of Forrest's forces, but who, with other conscripts, had succeeded in making his escape. lie testifies that while two companies of rebel troops, with. Major Bradford and many other pris oners, wore on their march from Brownsville and Jackson, Tenn., Ma jor Bradford was taken by five rebels, and en officer,. led about fifty yards from the lino of' march, and clobber ately murdered in view of all those as ' sembled. Ile fell, killed instantly by three musket balls, and while asking that his life might be spared, as he had fought them manfully, and was deserving of a better fate. The mo tive for the murder of Major Bradford seems to have been the simple ffiet that, although a native of the South, he remained loyal to his Government. The testimony herewith submitted contains many statements made by the rebels that they did not intend to treat "home•made Yankees," as they termed loyal Southerners,Any better than negro troops. There is ono circumstance connect ed with the events herein narrated which your committee cannot permit to pass unnoticed. Tho testimony herewith submitted discloses this most astounding and shameful fact: On the morning . of the day succeeding the capture of Port Pillow, the gun boat Silver Cloud (No. 28,) the trans port Platto Valley, and the gunboat New Era, (No. 7,) landed at Port Pil low, under flag of truce, for the pur pose of relieving the few wounded there and burying the dead. While they were lying there, the rebel Gen- ..‘, A 4 . ' ':"..'.'' tk - :: ''-:.; . A•ri ,,,, , , .. _ f i' l. I.'' Ili .... Tali._ ,- .' 1 ;;-i. 'il•••! 1 4 ,„.„... I oral Chalmers and other rebel officers came down to the landing, and germ), of them wont on the boats. Notwith standing the evidences of rebel atroci ty and barbarity with which the ground was covered, there were dome of our army officers on board the Platte Valley so lost to every feeling 1 of decency, horror, and self respect, as to make themSclves disgracefully con spicuous in bestowing civilities and at tention upon the rebel officers, even while they were be:feting of the mur ders they had there committed. Your committee were unable to ascertain the names of the officers who hare thuS inflicted so foul a staid upon the honor of our army. They are assured however, by the military authorities that every effort will be made to as certain their names, and bring them to the punishment they so richly de serve. In relation to the reinforce ment or evacuation of Fort Pillow, it would appear that the troops there stationed were withdrawn on the 25th of January last, in order to aecompa 7 .ny the Iferidian expedition under Gen. Sherman. Gen. Hurlbutt testifies that he nev er received any instructions to,perma nently vacate the post, and deeming it impotant to openpy it, so that the rebels should not interrupt the navi gation of the Mississippi by planting artillery there, ho sent some troops there about the middle of February, increasing their number afterwards until the garrison amounted nearly 000 men. He also states that, as soon as he learned that the place was at tacked, he immediately took measures to send reinforcements from Memphis and they were actually embarking when he received information of the capture of the fort. Your committee cannot close this report without expressing their obli gations to the officers of the. army and many with whom they were brought in contact for the assistance they ren dered. It is true-your committee were furnished by the Secretary of War with the fullest authority to call upon any ono in the army for such services as they might require to enable them to make the investigation devolved upon them by Congress. But they found that no such authority was nee• fled. The army and navy . officers at every point they visited evinced a de sire to aid the committee in every way in their power; and all expressed the highest satisfaction that Congress had so promptly taken steps to ascertain the facts connected with this fearful and bloody trausaction, and the hope that the investigation would lead to prompt and decis:ve measures on the part of the Government. Your com mittee would mention more particu larly the names of General Mason Brayman, midtary 'commandant at. Cairo; Captain J. H. Dollin, his chief of staff ; Captain A. M. Pennock-, U. S. Navy, fleet captain of Mississippi squadron; Captain James W. Shirk, U. S. Navy, commanding Seventh dis trict Mississippi Squadron; Sergeant Horace Warner, in charge of Mound City General Hospital; Captain Thos. M. Farrel, United States Navy, in command of gunboat Hastings, fur nished by Captain Pennock to convey the committee to Fort Pillow and Memphis; Captain Thomas Mattison, naval commandant at Memphis; Gen. C. C. Washburne, and the officers of their commands, as among those to whom they are indebted for assistance and attention. All of which is respectfully submit tea. B. F. WADE. D. W. GOOCH. Adopted by the committee as their report, B. F. WADE, Chairman. A. W. Benedict, Esq. Previous to the hour of adjournment on Thursday the sth inst. Mr. Burger, presented the following resolution: Resolved, That the members of this House tender to the Chief Clerk, A. W. BENEDICT, Esq., their grateful thanks for his filithful discharge of the oner ous duties devolving on him during our protracted session. The resolution was unanimously adopted. Mr. BARGEIt. then, on behalf of the Democratic members of the House, presented to Mr. BENEDICT a gold-head ed cane. Mr. BARGER said: Mr. Speaker, -I am charged by my friends on this side with the discharge of a very pleasant duty—a duty which I assume with cheerfulness, because it affords me the opportunity to pay a proper tribute to a faithful officer and a gentleman. I am directed by the gentlemen upon this side of the House to present to the Chief Clerk this small testimonial of their regard for him, their appreciation and their estimation of the fitithful manner in which he has discharged his duties as Clerk of this House. I think—nay, I know, that I echo the feelings of all upon this side of the house when I say that they fully and entirely appreoiato tho faithful man• ner in which the retiring . Clerk has discharged the duties of his position, For myself, I may be permitted to say that I join in this testimonial with the heartiest cordiality. I became acquainted with 1111. Benedict last year when both be and I sat upon this floor as members of the house. He then, it is true, bore toward me the relation of a political opponent, but independently of that, he exibitod the social qualities of a kind and courte ous gentleman. Time and again have I applied to him fin• assistance; time' mid again has hocheerfully acceded it, as would a father to a son. Mr Speaker, in receiving this testi monial, lot him remember that it Ntr ries with it the kind feelings aryl the TERMS, $1,50 a year in advance. good wishes of the donors; and, in af ter years, when passing down the de clining vale, and when looking at this gift, clustering as it is with the good feelings of those who present it, I bid him recollect that, although they were politically opposed to him, yet-by his kindness of manners and his able dis charge of his duties, he won' the united esteem of all members of this body. Mr. BENEDICT, in receiving the testimonial, said : This evidence of your kindness and confidence, this as surance that you have been satisfied with the execution of the important and responsible trust committed to my charge, flatters and overwhelms tne. In the turmoil and strife of life, when worn with its cares and toils. we gladly and gratefully turn to the warm greetings and welcome plaudits of friends. The strain upon the men tal and physical energies is relieved by the soothing touch and influence of the dear ones we love. I can now feel and appreciate. how delightful is that kindness ministered by those up on whose kindness I have no claim. Self opinionated obstinancy often separates those who ought to be ever friends. Among all the surroundings of life, no so mischievous, no so male volent spirit is found as the demon of polities—not the honest differences of honest men—not that philosophy of investigation which leads differently organized minds in opposite directions. Those are but separate paths which active inquiry finds and. follows in its search for truth, but that other spirit which assumes and asserts its empire only in partizan struggles for place or power—that spirit which cannot see its own, yet prates of the faults and frailties of those whom it assails. We should get nearer to each other, and, speak not what we hear, but what we know, tempering our tongues only with truth and fairness. As years and the afflictions of the.world bavo whitened my locks and sobered the hot impulses of my heart, they have graven these convictions firmly up on it. The paitiality and kindness of per sonal and political friends called me to the duties of this desk; your approval and endorsement cheers and gladdens me as I retire from its active labors. I stand to•day in the presence of you all, and in the presence of Him who swell eth the heart, and I have a right to say that I have to do my whole duty. No difference of opinion, no attachment or prejudice has turned me from my purpose. I felt the poet's wisdom when he wrote-- "To thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day. Thou can'st not then he false to any man May I not accept this kind gift in the spirit that gave it? We shall soon part. In this day, when the shock and the calamities of war produce wonderful transitions, we cannot foretell what lies in the future. For myself, of the members of this session, I can say— "Let fate do her worst, there are tn,,ments of joy— Bright glesms front the past she cannot de stroy." Your kindness I shall remember while I live : and I believe a part of the joys of that pleasant land which lies beyond the lights and shadows of life will be the recollection of those scenes of life when, rising above the grosser passions of the creature, we have given and received tokens of our better manhood. Again, I accept your gift. As its beautiful form and' finish support the outer man, so, I trust, the remora branco of this hour will support my inner man with the reflection that I have fulfilled the duties of a high trust, and intentionally given no one cause of censure or complaint. • Headquarters 3d Brig., 4th Diu:, sth A. C., April 26, 1864. DEAR GLOBE:—The reorganization of this army having taken place, the Ist corps is among the things -that were. Its three divisions were reduc ed to two, by dividing the third be tween the first and second. The Buck tail brigade was incorporated with the first division, which is now counted as the fourth division of the sth corps.— The badge of the old organization is retained—a salvo to the wounded pride of the men, who do not see the demo lition of the proud old fabric without some repinings. I do not think the old organization will ever be rainsta Led ; but while the history of this war remains, the name of the First army corps must survive. The old third division being broken up, its hoSpital was no longer needed, and it too, passed away, thus sharing the unhappy fate of many of its for mer denizens. The patients were re moved, the supplies transferred, the employees ordered to report to .their commands, and your ,correspondent, with a huge bump on his track, took up hie line of march, single fide; for Co I. I promised to write you a letter containing some interesting revels-. thins; that I must now forego; for, in that solitary march, I left the facts and their evidence behind me. I am almost ready uow to question the existence of public virtue, so far as it could be developed in official in- tegrity. The prirciplo that it is hon• . orable to "gouge" the Government whenever an opportunity Offers: seems to be acted upon, if not avowed, •al- • most universally. Not that the men who do so tire rascals,—by no moans; they are "all honorable men." They hold in utter detestation such scoun drelly individuals-as have been detected in purloining from the-public treasury, and brought to public disgrace. They think the conduct of such, very outra geous, and fortify therussiveS anew against their fatal error- -.the error of exposing themselves to doteetien, r 1; 1 -1M 0-2_1033M jOB . or-nmr-e THE“GLOBE JOB OFFICE” is the most complete °rimy In the country, and pus seam the moat ample facilities for promptly executing( the be4l. style, every variety of Job Printiog, such as . HAND DILLS, FILOCHIAAIMES, BLANK, • GARBS, cuteuiAns; BALL TICKETS, " • LABELS, 'ac.C., 3 NO. 47, CALL AND EXAMINE IPXCIYCf9 OP VOLE, AT LEWIS' BOOK, STATIONERY & MUSIC STORE _ _ The brigade of which our regiment forms part, now includes five regi ments, all Pennsylvanian, as follows : 121st, 142 d, 143 d, 149th, and 150th.— All these entered the service during the summer and fall of 1862. The -143d and 149th are now stronger by far than when they first crossed the Potomac, having been largely recruit ed. The other regiments are small.— The whole brigade numbers about twenty.one hundred effective men ; thoroughly equipped, and ready to. March at an hour's warning. The brigade in encamped not more. than a mile to the south of Culpeper. The face of the country is composed of hills very close together with steep declivities, and with deep ravines be tween them. Either the ravines are deep, or the hills are high: On last Sunday, Major . General Warren vas seen walking round over the hills; • pointing out suridrly lines to General Wadsworth, who was with him, which lines wore immediately marked by stakes driven into the ground. It was highly suggestive to see the General jogging along with the men coming after, one with an axe, and another with a bundle of stakes. Gen. Warren wore no arms except a club which ho kept pointing hither and thither, talk ing rapidly all the while to Gen Wade worth, who in his full harness and stately carriage would have been se, lected at once by a stranger as the su perior officer, beside the loosely dress ed, free and easy Warren„ The same evening five hundred men were detailed to report for fatigue dq ty on Monday morning, and now, these hills are crested with a formida ble array of earthworks. Why they' are constructed the General hat not seen fit to inform me, and lam there fore unable to say whether they are to serve as real defenc4 or as blinds. The doughty Lee can: inspect theta with perfect facility from Isis pFesept ' position. J. a: 11,- Song for a . creaking folding door--'oh, had we some sweet little ile of our own.' Nrem,-;,,\ rl4l.. irto v‘i • cAzi, Ital.t. - Iv • • "*.v, pEN.NSYLVANIA RAIL ROAD. TM OF LEAVINO OF TRAINS TF7ISI,I:EI . ? ARRANGEMENA wEsrwaßD. A'ASTITARD ty„ 'V 'A M tel gli Si VII • r 8 r 5 t3 t. sgl STATION 2. g O l 4 1 g ,:, . N m cl g ~. ,1 p- c- ° I 4 P:. g. a . 59 r , I ' 4 , v . .84 r. M. I I.M 9. 8. P . M. L. 111.1 P. id .. i 17 IN. Hamilton, ...... 143 25 ........,' 6 30511. Union,— 11 26 9 45 1 25 35 ...... Mapleton 1 25 43 ...... 51111 Creek,— 9 31 I'lB 59 7 40 i 56 007 Huntingdon, 11. 01 9 21 101 15 ...... ... . 6 21 , Petershurg,... 10 47 907 1212 23i Barren l2 14 31 610 Sproceereels, 10 85 8 65 12 38 49 Birmingham " 12 25 61 700 Tyrone, 'lOl3 8 31 11 - 13 08 710 Tipton -. ' • 12 06 14 !Fostoria, 12'00 19 ....., 7 20 11.414 Mills,- 9 ES, 8 14 11 16 40 8 55 8 '23j 7 40!Alwana,..—. 0 4a, 8 00,1140 .11. P. bt. A. ELI 41.41.1 P. ALI A. M. I A. K. The FAST LINE Eastward leaves Altoona at 1 20 A, IL. and arrives at Huntingdon at 2 37 A. M. -• The EMIGRANT TRAIN Westward leaves N. Handl. tan at 10 28 A. Al. and arrives at Hunting-on, 11 25 A M. _ READING RAIL .ROAD, WINTER ARRANGEMENT, aREAT TRUNK LINE PROM THE NJ' Nora, nod —Notth•Weat for i'intamstriu, Yo PUTT ara.L; LZDAZION, ALLUTOWN, BABSON, Src„ th.o. Trains leave Naaarenaaa. rot Pinunavaan, Nor-Yol.ll, READING, POTTSVILLE, sad all Interrabdlate Stations, at A. U,, and 2.00 P. M. • NEIT-YoRG Express lowa ThawTrainta it 3.00 A, 51„ an. riving at NZIT.I64IE at 10,15 Cho tame mornlog. Fares from HARRISBURG : TO Now-Ye/az, $5 15; to Pan. ADELXmA, $5 115 nod $2 80. Baggage chutked thtatigh. Returning. leavu Ilzw.lroart at ,13 A: 51, 12 Ninun, Htid 7 P. 31., (PITTSBURGH ExpREBS airtelng at Itiiamiato "at 2A. M.) Leave PLULADELPILIA at 8.15 A. 51., and 3.30 P. 51 - • - • Sleeping care In the Ngw•Yoitg. EXPattikTatldil, through to and fropa - PirrarditiCl without change. Pasgengere by the CSTAWIasa Rail Road leitve Tau. AQUA at 8.50 A. tor PHILADELPAIA and all Interme diate Stational and at 2.15 fcir PilltdDELPatt, Mw- Yana. and all Way Pointe. • • iralne leave POTTHITLLS at 9.15 A. ist., and 2.305'.51,, for Nia.anzt.VMA, Itllmisztrtuf and Raw-Yoga. • • - An Acoommodatlon Parranger Train loaves Ritilql4o . ,at 9.90 A. 51., and returns from Plittleartazda. at 'OP P. a t. .t All the above trains ran daily, Sundays ozooptad A Sunday train leaves PoTrairras at 7.30 A. ar.. and PUILADEIVEUA at 3.15 P. N. ComMCISTIoN, MlLrAns, SZ.Qoo, and EXCMieloit Tice t reduced rates to and from all points. ' • 80 puunda Itiggage allowed each PAesenger.• • . • G. A. NICOLL% General Superintendent 8,1811; 1864. Ha ROMAN. i3PFtING AND 817AdrdDrti CHEAP CLOTHING .TORE. For eentlemeee Clothing of the heattesteriel, aa4 444 a the Wt. workwattlito taselter, 0011 se i. 11.011 IA N.' 8: emotes the prgauui Mails Biusie, Beating. don. Ps. • • . . Ituntlogdeo, April 21'64: NEWCLOTHIIsPr" AT .Lo* P.RICES. M. OUTMAN DAB aIIST OPENED A FINE &TOM OF NEW SPRING AND . SUMER OLGTBING, Which he offers to all who Avant to be CLOTHED, . AT PRICES TO SUIT. THE TIRES. Itln Etork consists of Aesdy•mada Clothing for BOODS AND MODS, rat% AND CAPE, latt, AC Should gentlemen licelre tiny particular kind or int or clothing not round in the stock on hood, by leaving their menenro they can be aCCOMMOdItted at short notice. Call at the cast corner of the Diamond, over Long's Grocery. MANUAL GUTMAZ linntincloti, rill 21'61, . . . POSTERS, BILL RADs, 1864. CLOTHING. NSW CLOTHING E=l IL ROMAN'S MEN AND DOTS, ALSO,