MERIC iN VOLUNTEER. JBHHB. DMTTOSV Editor & Proprietor. CARLISLE, PA., MARCH 20, 1862. GLU R F UG. “ Forever float that standard sheet! Where breathes the foe Ini fulls before us? With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom’s banner waving o’er us! ” Borough Democratic Tickets. —The follow ing tickets have been agreed upon by the Demoorats of the two "Wards of our Borough. The gentlemen selected for the various Bor ough offices are unexceptionable, and vve hope to see the proper efforts used to secure their •lection. Boroiigli Officers. C/iief Bur/jcss —Adam Senaeman. Assistant Burgess —Andrew- B. Zeigler. Assessor— Henry S; Ritter., - Auditor —Wm. A., Miles. EAST. WARD, Judge —Andrei Kerr. Inspector —Alexander F. Meek. School Director —Ephraim Co'rnman. Councilmen —Peter Spahr, James R. Irvine, Philip Quigley, Jesse D. Rinoheart. Tax Collector —Matthew Neely., Constable —Andrew Martin. . .. WEST WARD. Judge-— David. Cornmari. . 'lnspector —William Gould. School Director —R. 0.. Wood ward. ■ . Councilmen —lVm. H. Miller, Jacob Wolf. John Mell, J. R. Nunemaker, William Addams,.-■■■■ Tax Parkinson. Justice Of the Peace —David Smith. [CT* We publish on the first page a stirring address, delivered on the 22d ult., at Louis ville, by the lion, James Guthrie. Snow.—We had a little “spit" of snowon Sunday night—a mere, shake of the frost bag, not amountiong to,much. First of April Changes. —Subscribers to the Volunteer, who intend to change their pla ces of residence on or about the Ist of April, will please give us, timely notice thereof, al ways stating the place from, as well as the place to, which: they remove. This will ena ble us to continue the delivery of their papers, either by mail or by our carriers, without in terruption. , Spring Signs.—Several docks of wild'geese have recently passed over town northward, which, according to a universal notion, is a certain sign of the near approach of Spring, Robins, blue birds, and other merry forest songsters have also made 'their appearance, and treat us to charming music these bright mornings. Having thus early “seceded” from the sunny South, wo hope the sweet warblers will not be compelled to return there again this season. 0”Wo see it stated as a fact, that, Mrs. Lincoln, the President’s wife, has more blood relatives in the Rebel army than any other ■womao residing in the North. Three of her brothers and two cousins are Rebel officers. The Volunteer never publishes- the truth except by mistake. — Herald. The Herald never makes the same mistake, for it has not published a word of truth since it passed into the hands of its present owners. tC7”.The foundry and machine shops of the Hon. John Bell, which were fired and des troyed by our troops recently in Tennessee, cost,.we see it stated, one million- five hun dred 5 thousand dollars. Mr. Bell, it will be recollected, was supported for President-in 1860, by the Union party. Bell and Everett was the ticket. Gen. M’Clellan’s Address to ms Sol diers. —We invite attention to the stirring Ad dress of Gen. M’Clellan to his soldiers. It .is brief, pointed, eloquent. Ho don’t at tempt to deceive the bravo men who compose his army; he don’t, like the Abolition Gen erals who have issued addresses, sneer at the courage of his opponents, but ho tells his men plainly, that they must expect hard fighting, privation and possibly death. Read the Address, for wo feel satisfied all will ad mire its style and the language employed. Tree Planting. —The season of the year is now approaching when those, in town and country, who wish to set out shade or fruit trees should make arrangements to have it attended to. -There is no more economical way of beautifying one’s premises—and wo may also say of adding value to them—than by planting trees that afford shade or yield fine fruit. How much the value of a farm is increased, to say nothing of the comfort, bv this means. Compare the farm-house that sits embosomed in refreshing shade and fra grant shrubbery, with the one that stands Bare and' exposed to the full glare of the noonday sun. ffp need not tell our renders that everybody prefers the former to the lat ter. And then how necessary to have a few shade trees scattered about tbe pasture fields, beneath .which the lowing herd can recline when the eun is too warm for them to crop the herbage. Cattle thus protected are kept , m better oondit.on than those which are con stantly exposed to the heat of the day. Who does not want a fine orchard on his farm, or a-ftw choice fruit trees around his dwelling In the old world much greater nttenlion“isl paid to tree-planting than here. In some! oountries of Europe, tha authorities of the towns cause beautiful trees to bo planted along both sides of the public highway, and a-traveler may journey for miles beneath the most delicious shade. Then again almost, every town has its shady square, and each city its extensive parks. How good an ex ample for the people of this country to follow,. FREMONT A 3AIN lf| COMMAND! Gin. Fremont h again (restored to active service, and.' assighod to a command 1 He was removed bytho President, it will bo re collected, months since, because of his reckless expenditure of the public monies> bis-want of military capacity, and his total disregard of both law and the Constitution'. These were the charges against him, and the President was compelled to remove him and thus save His command from annihilation. — And' yet this man, reeking with fraud and corruption, and responsible for the death of Lyon and tho capture of Hooligan, and who, according to the lloport of the Investigating Committee, squandered ten millions of dol lars, in a few months—this man, we say, has been restored'to a command! Fremont has never attempted to settle his account with the Government, nor has lie been asked to settle, but with unblushing assurance has put both I the Government and the President at defiance, and by threats and menaces has compelled tho President to “ cave ” to his imperious de mands;. Ever since the removal of Fremont, the Abolitionists have demanded his restora tion, threatening opposition to the adminis tration if their demand was not complied with. Greelv, in his Tribune, was most in solent and overbearing, and. told the Presi dent, in plain language, that a refusal to re store Fremont would organize an. opposition to the Administration that would prove fierce and powerful. This is tho way the Abolition ists talk to tho Administration when they want to accomplish a.purposo, and yet we hear no complaint ■ from those pukish journals who are constantly telling their readers that tho opposition of a Democratic editor to thq "pow ers that be, ,; or to the robbers, is disguised treason.. Oh, no impudent and treasonable abolitionism can rob, steal, plunder, denounce the President, his Cabinet, and scoff at the Constitution, and it is nil right and.proper, but let n Democrat attempt these things, and what a paok_of yelping whiffets will bo at his heels But, “ old Abe "hassuocumbed—bequail ed before the frowns of Greelv, Sumner, Lovejov and other Secessionists, and has again comulissionod Fremont and given him a command in.a State that despises him,' The President has thus assumed Fremont’s delin quencies, and ho must bear, the odium.— Would that our conn try had a Jackson in the President’s chair, if but for one month.— Then Government robbers and military, blun derers would bo brought to a speedy and ter rible account. ’ ’ ' ICT’The Carlisle' Herald is afflicted'with .political hystericks, and consequently floun ders like a snake with a broken back. It is annoyed,poor thing;, because wo have con sidered it our duty, as a public journalist, to reprobate the conduct of certain contractors, inspectors, their aiders and abettors; who have been engaged in plundoringthe Govern ment of hundreds of millions of dollars, while professing a patriotic desire to aid the country, in a- great and-trying emergency.—■ The Herald would attempt to break the force •of our allegations, by.' making.its readers be lieve that Svo arm governed by political ani mosity, when speaking of the frauds that have been perpetrated ; and to prove this, it re-asserts its former falsehood that we at tempted to: “ cover up the tracks ” of those •who-swindled the Government ■ during Mr, Buchanan’s administration. “Flovd!”— “-Flovd !” is about the only reply we.can get from those who are the apologists of the Gov ernment peculators. We repeat, the man who accuses us of an attempt-to cover up Floyd's villainies, is either a falsifier or very forgetful. By a reference, to the Volunteer of January 31, 1861, ;wc find that we spoke as, follows; • ‘'Startling Disclosures.— Wo: expressed our opinion of this man Floyd, at tho.time ho resigned hia post-ns Secretary of War. Wo heliovodthcu as wo do now, that two reasons prompted him to resign —a fear of removal,'and also a fear that his pilfor ing operations would soon ho .exposed. It was well for him to fleo South-—-perfectly. proper in him to advocate secession. By the formation of a South ern Confederacy, bo hopes to escape the punishment his villnhy deserves. But, Virginia is not yet out of tho Union, and wo hope to soo tho Governor of the ‘.‘old Dominion” required to “deliver up” John B. Floyd to the authorities of tho District of Columbia. Lot him ho-triedVand if found guilty, let tho full ok-’ .tent of tho law'he visited upon him.” In tho Volunteer of February 21, 1801, we wrote as follows: The Great Boxn Bobbery. —On onr first pa-e will bo found a very full abstract'of the Itepovt of the Special 'Committee of tho House on tho fraudu lent abstraction of tho Bonds of the Indian Trust Fund. The disclosures nro startling, arid plaeo John B. Floyd, into Secretary of War, in a most unenviable position.; Wns it to be - wondered at that this old cat in thq.pnntry considered that his honor required him to resign (ho position of Secreta ry, of War ?—a position he had usod for tlio purpose of robbing tho Government of millions of dollars. It appears that the Government is involved in a loss of over six millions of dollars hy the malfeas ance in Dilute of John K. Floyd, and other persons connected with him. TUr. William H; llussotl is fearfully involved,'and Gordard Ilailey appears to havc bcen a tool in tho hands of more distinguished and responsible rascals. Tho report fully exposes the whole plan of tho robbery from its inception to its cpnsnmation.” . There I - That was tho’wny tee “ attempted to coter tho tracks ” of Floyd and his.accom plices. It will be scon that wo not only de nounced Floyd,’ but we published the Report ■of tho Covode committee. Eloyd did steal the bonds of tho Indian Trust Fund amounting to some six millions of dollars— but j'Ot the Government never lost ono cent of this money. .New bonds were issued, tho abstracted bondsdeclared can col lodhvnd worth less, and neither the Government or tho Indi ans sustained any loss by Floyd’s attempt to swindle both. Now, what has boon the course of tho Her ald on tho subject of frauds ? Has’ that pa per published nny portion of the Van Wyck Report? lias it told its readers, that during the first seven’ months of tho Lincoln Ad ministration,, the Governriiont wns,plundered to tho amount of one hundred millions of dol lars? Not a bit of it. This very virtuous paper has kept its renders in blissful igno rance of all these transactions. What else but “ party spirit” could induce any paper thus to not? We shall continue to expose frauds upon the Government, we care not what mon or party commit them, and no apologist for tho i robbers can silonoe us by tolling us that in c enouncing rascality we are giving aid to the laW ’Us Wof balderdash will not or nanht t r ( . 1 a t ° U,KOnt and the ™n or paper that dares defend the plunderers or cover up their tracks,” should ho, and will □e, execrated forever after. a®~llave you trimmed your grape vines? If not, be shoot it ' WELL DONE I Restoration op the Tonnage Tax. —ln the llouso of Representatives, at.. Harrisburg, on tlio evening of tho 18th inst.j tho bill entitled “an Act to repeal tbs Act opproved tho 7th of March, .1861, entitled “an Act for tho commutation of tho tonnage duties,” was put upon its final passage. The yens, and nays were called for by Mr. Caldwei.i., seconded by Mr. In lay, and re sulted ns follows : - . ■ ■ Teas —Messrs. Alexander, Banks, Barron, Beaver, Beebe, Bighnm, Blanchard, Bliss, Boileau, Brown, (Moroop,) Brown, (Northum berland,) Busby," Cessna, Craigo, Crnine, .Dclldnc, Divins, Donley, (Green,)-,Dougherty, Elliott, Fox, Freeland, Gamble, Grahitm, Grant, Gross, Hall, Harper, Henry, Hess, Hoffer, Hoover, Hopkins, (Washington,) .Hutchman, Kano, Kennedy, Kline, Labar, Lehman, Lichtonwallner, McClellan, McCoy, McCullough, Myers, Noimah, Peters, Pottor gor, Ramsey, Rex, Rhoads, Ritter, Ross, (Lu zerne,) Ross, (Mifflin,) Rowland, Russell, Ryon, Shannon, Strang, Tate, Tracy, Tutton, Wakefield, Wiedner, Williams, Wimley, Win dle, Wolf, Worley, Zeigler, Rowe, Speaker— -70., ATti/x—Messrs. Abbott, Armstrong, Bates, Caldwell, Chatham, Cochran,- Cowan, Dennis, Donnelly, (Philadelphia,) Duffield, Early, Gaskill, Groonbank, Hopkins, (Philadelphia,) Josephs, M'Makin, M’Manus, Moore, Per shing, Quigley, Scott, Smith,- (Chester,) Smith, (Philadelphia,) Twitoholl, Thompson, Vincentj Warner, Wildcy—2B. Well done, wc repeat. The repeal of the Tonnage tax by the Republicans last winter, was accomplished by bribery of Members and editors, and robbed tho people of nearly half a million of dollars a year. Tho House, by tho vote above, has repealed the infamous aol, and’restored tho people thou' tights.— Now lot us.sco'what tho Republican Senate will do, • The President’s Resolution. —In the House of Representatives, oh the 10 th i!ist„ Mr. Conkling (N. Y.) asked leave .to offer tho following resolution as proposed in. tlie President’s recent message Pesolced, 'That the United States ought to cooperate with any State which may adopt gradual abolition of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid to be used by such State in its discretion, to compensate for the incon veniences, pubb’c and private, produced by such change of system.- . Tho rules were suspended for that purpose —yeas 86, nays. 35. Several speeches were then made for and against the resolution. Thaddeus Stephens, who did not tote on it, sneered at the Presi dent, using this language: “ I have read it over, and I confess I have not been able to see what makes one aide so anxious to pass it or the other side so anxious to defeat it. T think.it is about the most di luted, milk-and-water .proposition that was. ever given to tho American nation." ■ The immaculate John Hickman voted for. with a growl. He said : “Although ho did not consider the resolu- tion of any great practical importance he would vote for it. It did not possess any groat intrinsic merit, for the reason that it was not legislation. It would have been hotter ns a plank in the platform of a party. It was . rather a consolation for disappointed hope—a warning to tlie people of the border States which have the most ■ interest in the subjoot to which the President’s Message es pecially refers. . He repeated that the propo sition was rather a palliative than an open and avowed policy. It was an excuse for nomaction rather than a determination for action itself. No'illieo; the Message nor the resolution was manly and open. It was not becoming the position of.the President. It was not such an one as, a full grown man ought, to have published to a nation in such a crisis.” A vote was then 1 taken and the. resolution adopted—yeas'BB, nays 31, as follows: ■l eas—Messrs. Aldrich, Arnold, Ashley, Ba ker, Babbitt, Baxter,' Bcamen, Bingham, Blair, (Mo.) Blair, (Vn.) Blair, (Pa.) Blake, Brown, (Vn'.) Buffington, Campbell, Cham berlain, Clements, Colfax, Frederick A. Conk ling, RoscoeDuell, Dunn, Edgerton, Edwards. Eliot, Ely, Fessenden, , Fisher, Franchot, Fronk, Ghncb, Goodwin, Frangorchies, Julian, Kelley, Kellogg, (Mich.) Killogg, (III.) Kil lingor, Lansing, Lonmin, Lovejoy, McKuight, McPherson, Mitchell, Moorhead, Morrill, (Me.) Morrill,’ (Vt.) Nixon, Olin, Patton, Phelps, (Cal.) Pike, Pomeroy, Porlor, Rice, (Mo.) Riddle, Rollins, (N. II.) Sargeant, Shanks, Sheffield, Sbollnbarger, Sloan, Strat ton, Train, Trimble, Trowbridge, Van Valk enburgh, Vcrree, Wallace, Walton, (Me.) Walton, (Vt.) Whaley, White, (Ind.) Wilson, Windon, and Worcester—BB, ‘ Ways—Messrs. Ancona, Bally, (Pa.) Bid dle, Corning, Cox, Cravens, Crisfiold. Critten den, Dunlap, English. Harding, Johnson, Knapp, Law, Leary, Noble, Norton,.Pendle ton, Perry, Richardson, Robenson, Shiol, Steele, (N. Y.) Thomas, (Md.) Voorhoes, Wadsworth, Ward, White, (Ohio) Wickjiffe, Wood, Woodruff— 31. Js®*,Tbo Herald wants to know .where BuECKENRinoE is, and where the /ai7 of.bis party is. BaECKENninaE is in tho Rebel ai;- my, along with tbe relatives of Olay, Taylor, Tyler, Bell and others, for whom tho editor of tho Herald has bad groat respect. The tail of bis party—such men as McClellan, Dix, Stanton, Johnson and Holt —occupy different positions, and nro keeping an, eye on tho rebels as well as tho twin-brothers of tho rebels, the Abolition plunderers. “ Always true to the Union.” —Gov- ernor Sprague, of Rhode Island, in accept ing the re-nomination of tho Democratic Convention for Governor, said “ lie had al ways found tbe Democratic party true to tin Union.” This is the crowning glory of that glorious old party, and they do not share it with any other; the same cannot truly bo said of nny other party. Lot the people think of this important fact at this time, when all admit and profess to deplore the danger to tho'Union, and when its salvation is the avowed desire of all. Who are its safest guardians and most reliable friends, those who have always been true to it, in prosperity and in adversity'—in word and in deed ; or those who, while they have talked Onion, have shown by their encouragement of.sectional feelings and sectional principles, that they are at best but half Union men ? fl®* A debating society in Birohrunvillo, Chester county, on the evening of the 7th inst, discussed the question—“ Which is the superior, the white man or the black man.” Three Democrats contended for the superiori ty of the white man, and throe Republicans advocated the black man as a superior being. How the judges decided, wo hpvo not learned. What are we coming to ? Maryland U. £>. Senator. —The Maryland Legislature, on Joint ballot,’ has elected Hon. Reverdv Johnson United States Senator for the Western District of Maryland, to servo six years from March 4th, 1803, at which time the term of Hon, Anthont Kenneov ex pires. Grn. Tatlob’s Daughter.— Our troops are now in possession, of Winchester, Virginia A correspondent of tho Philadelphia lnquirer, writing from there, says —“Among the dis tinguished indies'hero is Mrs. Dandridoe, (formerly Mrs. Bliss,) a daughter pf tho late President Tatlor. She is .a. strong Seces sionist, and l’ er husband is an officer in tho Rebel army.” The Pennsylvania Reserves. —On Tuos dny night of last-week that-.noblo division of the army of the "Potomac, the Pennsylvania Reserves, in which tho people of this State feel a just pride, wore quartered at Hunter’s Mills, Virginia,, in a beautiful country, sur rounded by"farm-houses. They did not ex pect to remain long in that position, howev er, and no doubt have, ere this, occupied a more advanced; situation. Secretary Stanton and.tug Speculators. —Not the least of, the invaluable services ren dered to the country by Secretary Stanton > is tho appointment of Hon. Joseph Holt and Hon. Robert Dale:Qwen, to examine all con tracts and claims upon contracts ponding, or in course of execution in the War Department. Some such step was necessary, in order to satisfy the public, mind with regard to past transactions in that brooch of tho Govern ment, and inspire the people with confidence that, although tho speculators and peculators have thus far gone .on with impunity, the. moans so bountifully-supplied to the Govern ment will bo wasted no longer. This order while it chocks the dishonest, will give pro teotion and prompt Justice and relief to the honest contractor, and thus it will.work fo, ad vantage in all directions. A Latinized Receipe. —Every man who has pride enough to own ahorse is anxious to have it appear well. ' We clip, the following universal panacea for all the ills horses, are hair to; Recipe—Brushus et curricombus, ad libitum ; elbow greast quantum suffices ; blan ketiis firstratus; stablus warmus; fodderous, never say diet.ua,, but mealus et otaus; oxer cisns non compromises. Tho effect .will he —Coatus shinus, appetitus wolfitus, muscu" laritus two-forty-itus. Mas. Polk. —A later from Nashville, Tenn., in speaking of. the visit of Gen. Grant and some of his staff to the widow of President Polk, describes the appearance of the man sion, alid says■ o' “In one corner, surrounded by emblematic evergreens, is a' tasteful, costly tomb, beneath which sleeps the once powerful chief of a then united nation. Mrs.. Polk is a well-preserved lady of perhaps 50 years of age; She received her visitors courteously,' but with a polished coldness that indicated sufficiently in which way her sympathies ran—she was simply po lite and .lady-like ;■ in no case patriotic.— While she discretly lqrebore to give. utterance to any expression of, sympathy for the South, she as rigidly avoided saying ’ anything that might be construed into a wish for thesuecess of the Government! She hoped, she said, that the tomb of liM husband would protect her household property from pillage ; further than, this she'ekpfoted nothing from the United" States, and'desired, nothing." Imbecility in the. Navv Department.— The March number of the Scientific American thus'speaks of the imbecility in the Navy De partment: w, _.. The' practical aril jilligenco of the qountry baa suffered an by the imbeeilityjof the naval authorities. The press for a year past has strenuously urged upon the govern ment, the importance of building iron-clad gun boats; Their better judgement in this matter has not been regarded, and the result is mil lions of dollars have been expended' upon wooden ships, which are worthless against an iron-plated gun boat of the most ordinary 'char acter. The Merrima'c ‘destroyed two wooden frigates, disabled two wooden gun boats, re cently built, and would have destroyed the splendid, wooden, steam frigate Minnesota but (by the timely arrival of the little two-gun iron clad Mnniotr, The whole naval management at Fortress Monroe, appears to have been a splendid piece of stupidity and the Navy De partment is,,no doubt, in thu hands of those wh.o are too much wedded to old notions. It appears plain to ha, that there has been a want of efficiency in this department, whioh .may yet cost the country additional.disgrace. Wo hope the President will not allow person al influences to override the interests of the whole people. Mei.anchoi.i.t Occurrence. —-A young titan named William Ewing, a member of td.e "Ad amantine Guards’’ from this country, was ac cidentally shot deed hy.a comrade, at “Camp Marcy,” near Washington on the morning of the 4th inat. .It'appears that'the deceased was seated in his,tent, surrounded by several of his mess-mates, when one ot the number rose to “fix a strap on the butt of his pistol,. which at the time was loaded and half cocked. In attempting to pncock it, he unconciously turned the muzzle of the pistol in the direc tion where Ewing was seated* when the load wont off, passing through Ewing’s head and .killing him instantly.” The deceased was a young man of unblemished, character, a good soldier, and was universally loved-by his com panions in arms ; and by all who knew him. A member of his company in writing to' a friend in this place states that the sad occur rence cast a gloom Over the entire camp, and that the young man-r-through whose careless ness the pistol was discharged —is almost dis tracted with'grief. I he remains of the deceased arrived at this place on I hur.sdny evening and wore taken in residence of his father, John Ewing, liv ing on the Walnut Bottom road, for inter ment. —fchippenshury News. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. At n meeting ol the members of Co. 11., -Lnil<l Pcnmu Cftvah'y,.convened on the ove- Ding of the i tii inst., for the purpose of ex pressing sentiments respecting the' unfortu ““to uo . u . idont that deprived William- Ewing of his life, and the Co., of an esteemed mem* her, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted; Wiieueal; Tho Almighty, in his nil wise Provi dence has aeon proper to remove from among ns —while in tho pnmo oflife—bur fellow soldier Wii haui W. Ewing, with whom it is hard for us to part, yet it is the imperative duty of all men to bow in ■submission to his will—lhorofi*e ho it Jlcmhcrl, That Wd deeply and sincerely deplore ho loss ot so valuable a soldier—who by his cour teous, manner has endaared to himself many friends. MemlvcJ, That wo hereby tender to tho bereaved parents and relatives of tho deceased, bur most heartfelt sympathies. ‘ Jtnvlvtil, That wo oxhonorate Nicholas Wood of intentional guilt, on tho grounds that tho occurrence was purely acmdmUtl,' and that accidents arc at times liable—oven when care is exorcised—and that wo heartily regret tho relation in which ho is placed Jtceol tied, That those proceedings bo published in the county papers; and that a copy ho forwarded to' tho parent? of the deceased, Sorg’t. D. W. Whaleb, Samuel 11. Kenmedy, liia L. I.osg, Camp Marcy, Va., March Bth, 1882. !C7” Jeff. Pavis lias sent a message to his Congress, suspending Floyd and Pillow, and condemning the whole management in this Fort Ponelflon affair. s®“Tho Now Hampshire election wont, as usual, for tho Republicans ; but this time, by a Email major! ty—onlg about 2,000. THE WAR NEWS. THE LATE NAVAL BATTLE, The Attack! of the Merrimae. DESPERATE DEFENCE ON BOARD THE CUMBERLAND. BY AN EYE-WITNESS. Fortress Monroe, March 12, 1862. About .4 bolls (2 o'clock, P. M.), being on. dock, I descried something like a moving market shed, about two miles distant from our ship, tho “ Cumberland.” It was soon ascertained that it was the long looked for “ Morrimac.” She passed tho frigate “ Con gress,” firing into her in doing so, making for us—the “Cumberland.” When within twen ty yards of, us, she fired one shell into us— rifled and percussion—killing five marines, two sailorsj and wounding, nine. The- com manding officer of tho Rebel then inquired of Lieutenant G. W. Morris, the commander of the “ Cumberland,” “ if he had surrender ed, if not hq would sink him.” The Lieutenant answered: “sink and be .” At this tho “ Morrimac” backed off about one hundred yards, and ran at the “ Cumberland” with full headway, striking her under the starboard bow, about four feet under water, at tho same time firing two shells, killing nil the gunners at Nos. I and 2 guns, except six. Backing off again, and the Rebel commander, shouting—“ Will you surrender now ?” Lieut. Morris answered, “ We’ll sink first.” “ Tho “ Merrimao" again hacked off, firing two or throe, broadside guns, and again com ing on to tho “ Cumberland,” striking her a little abaft of tho,first place struck, at the same time delivering her heavy guns, killing and wounding a great many both by shot and' splinters. The scone on the- deck of the “ Cumberland” was heart-rending in the ex treme. The d,ead and dying all around, the enemy’s Shot and shell falling all around, and yet there was not a man oh hoard flinched for a moment—officers and men working the guns—the officers taking tho places of tliedead gunners. The iparienes were, also, at the guns. - . By this time the “ Cumberland” was com mencing to sink ; the forward magazine was flooded; tho gunners using the affer maga zine to supply the whole battery—the “Mer man*” all the time only a few yards distant from our ship, raking us fore and aft. It ,was reported to Lieutenant Morris that there. Was two feet of water in the after'magazine, and was 'also asked if they should strike the Federal colors. lie answered " that the ship, should go down with the colors flying.” Word was now passed that the powder, tanks should be passed on deck, so as to keep up the supply of powder for the wholenf tho battery. In . the meantime the water in the hold .and the tide listed.the “ Cumberland” to the starboard and the port battery; shifting to the starboard, the ship went down, with colors flying and the crew at the gunstilltliey were merged in the water. Some of the crew clung to tho riggjng ; some wore picked up by boats from Newport News. Out of the ship’s company, some.-160 are lost—many of them from Philadelphia, especially the Marine Cuard.jwho lost four teen .out of forty. -The M«rine»CorpS'. was under command of Lieut. Charles flay wool, from the State of Maine. - : Master’s Mate, John Harrington Katf his head shot off at the second fire ; Chaplain, John S.Lenlmrt, was drowned; Daniel Small, Captain’s Orderly, whose family resides in' Philadelphia, at i'iftesnth and Market'streets, acted with great coolness on this occasion; The sailors, whom they would lose a-rammer, took their sponges to ram tho cartridge homo. At the time the ship wont down, some of the guns were manned' by only 1 three men,, all 'the others being disabled or killed ; THE MOVEMENTS W THE PENNSYLVANIA RESERVES CORPS. SCENTS AND INCIDENT ALONG THE ROAD AT HUNTER’S MILLS. T H E EN C AMP hi EN T, Special C'D-ycepondcucc of the ■ lnquirer . Hunter’s Jlius;Monday,March 10,1862.' The Pennsylvania Reserve; Corps, com manded by Brigadier-General George A. McCall, left their camp this morning, at half past one o’clock, on their march to Hunter’s Mills, in accordance with orders received from the -head-quarters of the Army of the Potopiac. So soon ns the order was received by the General, the troops were immediately put in readiness. . The march commenced at half past one o’clock in the morning, and the route taken from Langley was that of the Georgetown— Leesburg—Turnpike. This road was in line condition for marching, .with the exception that.it is rather of too hilly a nature to facili tate a rapid • movement. Notwithstanding' this fact, “ the boys” passed along the turn pike in the best of order and spirits, stimula ted as they were by the hope that they were soon to bo placed in battle, and thus end the monotonous pass, time of a camp-life. Through out tlio entire march, there was abundant evidence elicited to show how deeply the sol diers entered into the spirit of the occasion ; for you must remember that the distance to Hunter’s Mills, from Langley, is about fifteen miles, and hence there was something of spir it required to buoy the men up during this long and necessarily tedious march. ; As the 'soldiers wended their way to their place of destination, the moon shone on them with lustrous splendor; and the barrels and bayonets of their guns .radiated flashes of silvery brightness, strangely contrasting with the sombrOness of their uniform. As far as the eye could reach .there was, seemingly, a confused rimes of. men, .horses and cannons, now and then,broken in line by the curving, of a road or the almost impassible condition of the turnpike over which they inarched. There were jibs and jokes anil flashes of merriment. Now and then a clear strong voice, which repeated some love sung,, ran" out upon the air of the early morn, followed by a chorus of voices, which reverberated through the. woods with a powerful cadence. There was the neigh of horses, the clanking of swords, the rumbling of wheels,! as they, slowly turned over the turnpike ; and the crack of tho drivers’ whips, followed by harsh words of command, as they urged their tired steeds onward, np hill and down into valley,, past groves of pines and woods of oak, past neat little cottages and rough log house—the soldiers move until they arrive at Spring Vale, whore the turnpike is loft and tho road to the right is taken. " . .. Long before the entire troops of the division have reached the point, tho golden orb of day has risen above tho eastern horizon, bathing the country around in a sea of golden splen dor. During this time “halts” have, been given and,” rests” taken, and every means has been regarded to insure the greatest com fort to, tho soldier, . After leaving tho turnpike tho roads be came very muddy, and the' march was very fatiguing; but the soldiers of tho,Reserve Corps have for months past boon used tu tho most laborious exercise, and now it is that the task in which they are engaged is an ea sy one. The route to Hunter’s Mills, for the best part _ of the way, lies, through a dense wood, that is intersected by a number of streams of water, overflowing the roads in many oases and rendering it a matter of considerable difljoulty to pass. It is day-timo, however, and tho soldiers pick their way tis host they can. Regiment after, regiment moves along —battery after battery follows them, until night again succeeds the brightness of day before the wagon trains and ambulances have left the turnpike. , 'Now the air is soft-and‘inviting. The moon'; as ft steals thrbhgh the ’branches of the trees, safely guides, the soldier on bis way. There are crooks to bo crossed,! and into these many an unfortunate soldier wddos‘ clear'to-his boot-tops. An ejftoulatioin of surprise on his part, a hurrah of merriment from his comrades, and all is quiet Again. . At last Hunter’s Mills is reached, and the soldiers take up their places of encampment, in the vicinity; on either side of the road. A smart dazzle is now coming onp and recourse is had to camp, fires, which speedily glow in every direction. Some hours ellipse before the troops are all disposed of. Then piok etseeks his outpost, while his comrade wraps himself up in his blanket and selects his place for a night’s lodging—either the open field or else a pine thicket—where ho may bo sheltered from the inclemency of. the weath er- A Three Days’ Bailie al Pea Ridge, Arkansas. OFFICIAL REPORT OF GEN. CURTIS. THE ENEMY’S FORCE OF 25,000 MEN COMPLETELY ROUTED BY A CHARGE OF INFANTRY. ' . Federal Loss 1000 Killed and VVonnded Rebel Loss 1000 Killed and Wounded, and 1000 Prisoners, Ben McCulloch. stml Gen,, TTUclu toyli niqv.tiilly Wounded.' Si. Lopis, Monday, March 10;.15G2. The following is an official dispatch to Mn [or Qetr. McClellan s- The Army of the South-',V-est, under Gen eral Curtis, after three days hard fighting; has gained a most glorious victory river'the combined forces of Van Dorn, McCulloch, Price, and Mclntosh. , ; Our. loss in killed arid wounded .is estimat ed at one thousand ! That of the-enemy was 'Ml' larger ! _ Gaos,flag®, provisions, &0., were captured in largo quantities. Our cavalry'are in pursuit of the- flying enemy. ■ - 11. W. lIALLEGE, Major-General, OFFICIAL REPORT OF GENERAL., GHR- TIS, St. Louis, Tuesday, March 11, 1802;, The followirig.is the official report of Gen eral Curtis to General Ilallcbk. Headquarters Army. op tiie Sonia-.! West, Pea Ridge, Arkv, Marclfp, ISG2;, }. ; Geneeai, : On Thursday, the (e.!j rinst., : the enemy commenced an -attack on my right wing, assailing and following ■ the rear guard of a detachment under.Gon. Siegel to my main dines Sugar .Greek Hollow, hut ceasecf.firing when ho met my reinforcements,. about 4 p. m. . During.the nigh F became convinced that' he had tpnved.on so as to attack my right or ,renr„, therefore early on the, 7th I ordered a .Change affront, to the right,.my right, which ■thus became my. left, still, resting;on Sugar Creek Hollow. ; This brought my line across ■ Pea-Ridge,,, with my new right, resting on Head Cross Timber Hollow, which is the head of Big Sugar Creek. ' I also ordered an immediate advance of .the cavalry arid: light artillery under Col.; ; Osterliaus, with orders to. attack,and break what F supposed, would be the roinfrircedTine of the enemy. ; This movemen t was In progress, yvhen the enemy, at ]U a; m., commenced an attuck.on ■my ; right; , The :,fight -contlhued mainly tit these points during the day,,-the enemy hav ing gained-the .point held by the eommaiid id -Col. Carr, at Cross Timber Hollow, but was .entirely repulsed with the fail of Commander ■McCulloch, iii,the- center, by the forces under Col. Davis., ■ The plan of attack on the center was gsl- Jantly earned funyard-bv Ool: Osterhaus, who was immediately sustained, ami-supported by Col. - Davis's entire- division-, supported also by Gen. Sigoi'a command,’ iviiicl/liairemain ed till near the close of tKeV d^ y . QA ti )o i e f L Col. Carr’s' division held the right,.iindor a ■galling, continuous lire all day. In , tb,e-'-eve* ning, firing having entirely ceased, in 'the center,.and tlic-right being now. on the left; I rcinforccd the right, by a portion of the 2cl division, under G’enomV AahTwth. / , Before the day closed,l was convinced that the enemy, had, concentrated his main -force on the right. I commenced another chyin S! 5 of front, forward, so, as to face the enemy, where ho had deployed on my right flank in a strong position. Tho , had only been partially, 'effected,, but was in, full,. pro gress," when at'sunrise on the Bth,my -.right and center renewed tho firing, which was im mediately- answered by tho enemy with re newed’ eVergy along the whole extent of his lino My loft,, under Gon., Sigol, moved close, to o hills occupied by the enemy,-driving him from, the bights, end advancing steadily to ward the head of the hollows. . I immediately ordered., the center and right wing forward, the right turning the left‘of the enemy, and cross-firing tin his centre. This final position of the enemy was in the-arc of a circle. A charge of infantry, extending through out the whole line, completely' routed the whole Kobe! force, winch retired in. great, confusion, hut rather safely, through the deep,.impassable defiles of cross timber. Our hiss is heavy.’, The enemy’s can never bo as certained, for-their- dead are scattered over a large field. Their wouiftledThan'inay miiny of them be lost and perish. The force is scattered in all directions,’hut I think his main force has’returned to-Boston Moun tains. ■ Gen. Sigel follows him toward Koittsvillp, while my cavalry is pursuing him toward the mountains; scouring the country, bringing in prisoners, andtryingtofiiid tho. Rebel Major- General Van Dorn, who had command of the en tire forces lit this, the battle of Pea Ridge., I.have', not ns yet statements of. the dead and wounded so as to justify a; report,' but I will refer you to a dispatch which I will for ward very soon. Officers and soldiers have displayed such unusual gallantry that ! hardly dare to make distinction. , I must however, name the commanders of division : Gen. Siegel gallantly commanded the right, and'drove'back the loft wing of the. enemy. Gen.. Ashbpth, who was wounded in the arm in his, gallant effort to reinforce the right; Colonel and Acting Brigadier- General Davis, Who commanded the, center where 'McCulloch fell on the 7th, and pressed forwi rd the center on. the 1 8th. Col, and Act ing Brigadief-Gftneral Carr'.is also wounded in the arm, and was under the continuous fire of the,enemy during the two hardest days of the str uggle,' Illinois, Indiana, iowa, Ohio, arid Missouri may proudly, share the honor of victory, which their gallant heroes won over the combined fared of Van Dorn, Price and McCulloch at Pea Ridge in,tl\p' mountain's of Arkansas. I have the honor to ho, General, your obe dient servant. SAMUELR. CURTlS,Brigadier-General HOW MANASSAS' WAS EVACUATED— IRMPQTANT FACT, ■ I learn from authority, which admits of no doubt, that the evacuation of Winchester and Manassas commenced two weeks ago an last Friday, and ended at the former place Tues day .night, and the latter on Sunday night. The rebels took their heavy guns from Win chester down the Strasburg railway to Gord onsville. This was followed by those at Man assas, and a gradual evacuation of infantry took place from 'day to day until Friday and Saturday, when the fear guard of only sever al thbusand,evacuated- in n-panic, caused by intelligence if an, advance. This statement may be relied on, DESPERAT E BATTLE IN NEW-MEXICO. tfhe report of n battle near Fort Craig Naw-Mexieo, is corroborated by a dispatch from St. Louis. On the morning of the 21st ult.’, the fight commenced, and lasted until sundown. Toward,evening, when several of the enemy’s guns had been silenced, six hun dred Texans, picked men, armed with carbi nes, revolvers,' and bowie knives, made a' charge on McCray’s battery. The Now Mexicans of Col. Pinos’s regiment fled once. Capt. Plimpton with the United States Infantry stood their ground until more than half their number were killed'. Cal,. McCray having lost all his artillerymen, sat coolly on his gun and, with n revolver in hand,fought to the last and died like a hero. Our loss was two hundred killed and wounded ; that of the enemy is not known. Kit Carson’s re gimpnt of volunteers did good service as skirmishers. A VISIT TO BALL’S BLUFF—BURIAL OF THE BONES OF THE VICTIMS. Colonel Geary, with some .of his officers and a detachment of the Eirst Michigan Cavalry, rode to Ball’s Bluff on Tuesday, and buried the whitening bones ,of the brave American soldiers, who foil upon the field.in October last. Impressive remarks preceded this humane act, and a monument of gross rebel neglect was hid from human sight. MOVEMENTS OF THE RETREATING REBEL ARMY , Washington March 15. A special dispatch to the Bulldin says, it has been definitely ascertained that the num ber of rebel troops still remaining on the Lower Potomac does not ox.cried ten thousand men. . - - These are already-crossing, arid pt-ohahly have already crossed, the Rappahannock at Fredericks burg, w.hore • tlioy may make , a stand'.'- , •. 1 . ‘ . THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. AD DRESS OF G EiV: MgCL.ELL.AN TO HIS SOLDIERS* THE TIME FOR ACTION ARRIVED, He adquarters of tit e AiiM'ToF’niE Potomac, Fairfax G. F 1.,, V?a„ March 14, 18G2. Soldiers of titb Armvof the Potomac :—; For a long time I have kept you inactive, but not without a purpose. You were to be disciplined, armed and instructed. The for midable artillery you now have had to be created. Other armies were to move tind accomplish certain results. I held you back, that you might'give the deathblow to the re bellion that has distracted this once happy country. The patience you have shown, and your - confidence in your General* are worth a dozen victories. These preliminary results are now accom plished. T feel that the patient labors of many mouths, have produced their fruit. The Army of the Potomac is now a real army ---magnificent in material, admirable iu dis cipline and .instruction, excellently equipped and armed. Your commanders are all that I couldwigh. - The moment for notion has arrived, and J I know that I can trust in you to save our coun try. As. pride through your ranks, Face in your faces,tile'sure prestige of victory ; I feel that you will do whatever I ask of. you. Tire-period of inaction has' passed.. I will bring'- you face to face with the Rebels, and only pray that God may defendthe right. In tfhatoyer direction you may move—how ovor- Btrariga any Actions may appear to, you—■ -ever bear in in.iud- tllat my fate is linked with yours, and that all I do is to: bring you where I know you wish to be—on the decisive bat tle field. It is my business to place you there. I am to watch:over you as a parent over his children, and you know that your General -loves you from the depth of his heart. ~ It shall bo my care, as. it ever hay.been, to gain success with the least possible-Toss,'lmt ,1 know that,- if It is -necessary, yoii : will .wil lingly follow-nm to our graves lor our righte ous pause. ' . . ; i God smileshuponhuß.; attends us. .Yet I' would hot have yoh to think that our aim is to be attained without h manly sfriig _gio. I will not disguise it from you. You “have brave foes to encounter—foomen well worthy of the steel you will use so well, 1- shall demand of you great, heroic exertions —rapid and long marches, desperate combats,, privations, perhaps. , TVo will share all these together, andwhen this sad waria over, wo will all return to our homes, and feel that wo can ask no higher honor than the proud conscious-" 'ness that we'belonged ijb tlvVA,rmy. of the Potomac.- , . , geo. b. McClellan, Major-General Commanding;. Remains of Cor,. Caiieron,—A letter from; Washington, dated March, 15, thus speaks of the recovery of’the remains of Col. James Cameron, of Pennsylvania. Col. C. was a brother of the late Secretary of War. 1 The remains of Col. Cameron, of (he Sev ontyminth Now York Highlanders, who was killed at Bull Rim, have been recovered and were’sent to Harrisburg this evening. The party who started ou in search of the re mains immediately after the evacuation of Manassas, was composed of Major A. V. El liott and Mr. John Keene, of the War De partment, and the Orderly Sergeant of the late Colonel Cameron. When they reached the old battle ground, they were led to the spot by a colored man in the neighborhood. The body had been buried with five others without a.coffin.. It was easily recognized by certain marks, as the clothing was to a great extent entire. The hair was almost perfect, although the flesh had almost entire ly,decayed from the bones. A truss of a pecu liar construction which the Colonel wore was also found in its proper place on his remains. The corpse was brought to the city last eve ning. Secretary Stanton rendered all the assistance in his power for the recovery of the remains. Jfcirmb. On the 13th inst., by Rev. Jacob Fry, Mr. William Encic, .to Miss Lizzie Givleb, both of Monroe township, this county. JHeb. In,North Middleton township, on. the I2th inst., Mr. William M. Henderson, Jr., son of Major Wm. M. Henderson, aged 25 years. [The deceased had been a member of his brother’s (Citpt. R. M. Henderson,) company, at Camp Pinrpont, where ho took sick, and reached home only two weeks previous to Ins d eath. He was a most estimable young man, a kind son and brother, and, so long as health permitted, a good soldier.] In Newvillo, on the 11th inst., Mr. Wil liam Brattan, aged 70 years, 10 months and 17 days. On the Oth iriat., in the hope of a blessed immortality beyond the grave.’ Mrs. Marv Ann, wife of Wm. G. Glover, of Silver Spring township, aged 43 years. At.the residence of her Son-in-law J di. E ■ liott, near Nowville, on the 14th inst., M r • Catharine E. Williams, in, the 82dyeat °- her age. ' •
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