I==l 04)Iumbia • dc t ixrm-firA . t• s,. SATURDAI, .11411:011 ,• LSG2. F'i .71:-TIrE fly •rnri'L•icE.— nre re wv.ted tii nnnminr. flint .1. it'. 11:Imaton -.yin Lc. ran , liantn Far .t h I_ , l)iro f\r.ingrir.e ..f 111 , ‘ in tLn Upper \VnyO, nt the Spring: election. _e_c2,,lVp ran attention to the agency of 7,1 r. Samuel 'rru.eott, for the rale of Orna mental on fl other Iron Castings \ - 1'7 , . ealraineli.t;:rt Limiiiins Df tlifFerentr:kinii of worl.; 1;y Mr. Trusemt, and find. them 'r-zeredinAly beautiful. They eoula be intro -.loved nth rat advinta.7,4, An not town. :....ONCC:IT.—Do not for- 1 . If F. Os.n rot., 7 pt ttiß entertaitlvo:entg to be givon on nest , Vl+.ln , schly :narskla.y evestingi by the . "01 , 1 rolks.": be novel and in •rretriyg. Besides, t,orne rca7lS ercellent 0 ,11 - wi Fining may be espee.e.l. • TIC: On DE:: CoNvnr.sr.c., T.ll r. TR. Nqut nr :::%1 i tv: ,iron - N The from m.,r fortmq this i , partitml.triy , tvolin4 to tile oiler of S..e.retnrc ; kbenten, which we ttl4ewitero, trtinzini,sion net,r, I,y not- - ; frt e r;-9rth in regard to militt,ry t1111:111- 01 4 1TIZeti l y g , lcern:r. 4 2;q: Tit is or *Vin,..iot!btOly-lAt 1,01311 issue , ' for r °thing. It •frobably pre:ages implrtant inurement, by Ibree , ; :in I w-- bcristve it has not been 14-tieti a me:tont t uti 01r 4(.0' to,l Ittn r r, 11(`‘':1 rrtaaeu ly cy:yin.e,i to the imerny for th mit. of oc. ir,ling, tile r reQ, it,ttn•e....-,. c'tpT, 11 t: TWA? \ .—C.I pt. (:. C. 1111,1c man raw rnc:atadic on They ,Jay from t'aln p n 'ralmni; near 1C.1.11i , P,r,.‘m, for a , hurt •tic look.-1 remarkably weli and !warty.— C trop,agning miltmlly agree; vvith 'lle reports hi-; 1»s• . ; a= all w oil, an 1 always - ,1-1..a0a , : for an ne fdi• proving their Peoin";vlint we can learn Captain 11.14 a aecia.,(l favorite ;vitli his boy., and ' lirst rate company commander. A Vl:vr re.olt COL. rt4iltro---Col. tlie Fit)) reserve, paid a flying visit to t , lnring, the rally part of thi: week. 'We regret it his errand home was on :Le *sad occasion of ha we'ore phased to it,ttFa','lnittilicci - , {tint before hi, llepareure, 'Fharsday a decided improve ,had taken place in the sick room. All of 'rot: bays tinder Col. Fisher's command were in the health and and ready for the 'spec ly a lvance which Cie crowding events of the e- , vripaig,n of the: m. 04 ranst lender in . we ';t,; tin woleamf. ,toy of C dmbian: at h)oo.. Ctey tiotibt • 1(445 have encounterwi the pe:ils of 'battle. 'May they all %t in safety curd ''Aottor." FATAL R.BII.IIOATI A( l't T,EN T.-- On Monday evening Nathan Miles, cobyred, with his •wifc and another woman, returning front it funeral in Marietta, were met on the Penn sylvania Railrdad just below the tuned by ot t e liarrisburg Acemtmodaticn train. The ".rind was bloWing n gale-so strong that'the Tarty had been afraid to venture down the tow-path—which prevented the approaching, train hoard, and it was only by the, light of the ittlector on thc'cngine that the women who were in tufyanee discovered it `when close upon them. They screamed and eprang from the track, and just cleared the q rain. Miles, who was an old man, also straggled off the track, but probably tum bled f , ..ryi:nrd, for he was struck by the train in-th . e" hedif atal knocked clown beside the roils. The train 'was stor'ed an 1 the in iiired man •tt ith his comp'artierq taken aboa r d and brought hack to town. 'Miles was carried into the switch-tenders oll'afe, .whore he died in about fifteen minutes. Pr 1101,enstein was called in, lint pronounced fatal, at first sight. Ile remained %wit the mr.n Tiles %yr!. r:Vic: and Inductr:cis tat an— one of the - of 'nor enlorel nits. Mitch syrnriathy i. capres , sil for his I.lmily. linnitty Coroner Minter ht a an inquest. and the usual verdict was returned. There ^r./5 no C:lreie'irlo..4 orr ti<2 11.trt of :io• engi irerr, tIC L. "k/OiVII irltl i riCN" :a he .liieoverod, the 1:1:nale, on tiro tr.,rh; hitt the train e<pall ntit Le clicche 1 in time. TA \ TY-St \ 1:,',11 INI --M -t:1411.g% 111 , 1111 , / horn ntTd , fcr cy , r•Pral olt.ert:tr.ce of the • . ncenty-S:Nten•l'' h . I , fogi.lay in 011 r 1)^ ntrvniling desire en tli-'plrt (~° cur cit.,- Plakt , I:l<irf• mark, , i ti,"lll,llctratinn thin it:: thQ Vis.t )f r•our , c , 11) , - Avrro “ut w?: 1 :T•nr1.;r•:T!:e:r Iri 111 , c.t) .4 t :tit.' .1.1- 1 , 1•,,,Lrh tlrr t , u,p.:•,y 1.34 1071 t II) IP:y 14 . h t....! r,pr-or-Dtv:tm •It thr: r ,:;:rl.ly. 1: t a , 11 aturC of Cl' 11.1% , C , ltt 1,24,r a:I el: c.in-tan,.r, ,:n:: h ,rl ,, r ti. 7 d j, Iwy .rn.vn crc lY 1.. jr.11.0,1 , .: ILitht , r z!“.; iy dor- in-; tile 31r. 4`i.oc l zos' V:11":1 r c ref e r mole 44.0.0,4• re. Tho turned “Lit ;n Oree, au I attracce , l r.gmat f atten- Linn. . In the evebillg the b far. tonfzres blazed at ni 1r) y of th, c tZo're exten , ire nt,e ices Lin.ile I at the ..orner of Front and W.tlnat street.., by the INierflem of the NVeAlingtun llen.e. 3l.my f.atrintie citizens illuminated, and MI arri, I , lr, 111131111.311/bia an the /min %re found Front street and Locust in .1 b 111,," of light. The Wasitin7,Mn liause svaa esten:ively lighted,alul many other fronts .!;, Front street. rr t rn brilliant. In Lien.t. street Itlessrs. ree.-sple. 31altby Case, Del :v .11 (1r told ntbers n•rre handsomely ligbted up.— The dienlay aaa ent'.rely improv=ed. had there been n general understanding and duo prepnratinn made, ns &nth; the illunsinatirm vosoul.l.hnve been general throng'isitt the fawn_ Alte;etlter sre thins the town very fairly Wrl..ll'. DEPARTCRE.—On Thursday I IC, 1. Welth, witli sixteen new recruits` for the Torts-fill Regiment, enlisted from Co- Siarierm and vicinity, deparf3d for liarrish'urn• in have hi% men rauste'red in previous to proceeding to join his tekiment at Otter Island. The ',3ol l .ozet lcit:lined to his home after arrart,s - 34 , 1114 business in nor risburg, and e,:peets to join his men in New York, whiblv.. , r they proccedz3d under corn mond of Corporal Lewis Martin, of Capt. 11ambe;'s Company, in time to take the cariter fitlantle for Portrayal on Monday. i The Colonel we are barmy to say, has en -1 tirely recovered froM the Jirects of his pros trating, illnes., and looks quite as gond as new. The voyage out will brace him up, and We hope the southern climate will rent'er his thiure' ekposure, should such be neeescars, rather n: benefit than an injury. 1111: friend-3 at home have gladly welcomed him, though sorry for CI c unpleasant occa , ion for his return, nnl part will, him reluctantly. Ile goe.=, however, to a field where, if he has a fair opportunity ofierel him, he will make his own and the name of f` linoWn and honored. ttlf2Bl wiLb him nre al/ mate rial for' gern'a rtnldicrs;".onte have nlready sefreb; nnfong whurn is numbered Mr. John nue of the lira to volunteer in the of I Shawnee (guard:, for the three months' service. Ito has been restive under his in- action, awl non• returns to a , ervieo lihere we hope he may find ...had ,re know he seeks, —e chance far tihtiretiMi, Tire. f.)l(,witt,g arc the recruits enii , teJ by C..). From Columbia.—.l(ttl Bearer, (len. W. Lehman, . 7ueub 31yers, John 'Or:lnn:tn. .Jno. .1. Hinkle, .J:ttnes I).,ugbeety,:l tlin Peirt. 31ariettn.— l'ra nee, W. Craw-fort'. ILoliert. Carroll, jr., Henry Sbirrnan. Ilapho 'row nshi p.—Szuntiel MserF, 'Ephraim Myers, ~:.vdrew Hostetter, Bei.jacnin F. IYA vet. • • Elizabetlitown.—Joc.l) W. *Kling Vertmint.—Cortis IV. PArngworth I'dwit the-e will go into Copt. 11.mb0'... , Cmnpeny, filling it np to the annxiintim.— The balance will go into Copt. Com- ME Men of Bond character, between the ages of 1S and 4; years, desiring to enlist under I Cul. Welsh, er,n do so-by Lonny,' recruiting officer in the state of Pentisylvanirt. If they state that they wish to enlist in the Forty-fifth Itegimult they will be mustered in accordingly, and sent forward. Mn. CL‘wnEs' Scuaot. ms Tun TwExtr- Sncosu.----The lutist delightful oliservanee of Washington's Birth-day, in C..oltimbia, vras undoubtedly that puttle:p.ited in by Mr. Clawges and his scholdr,:i. As announced the proceeds or the sale of tickets furnished - a dinner fir the scholars. Previ-us to the diner hour, the children to the number of one hundred and seventeen formed in pro cession, headed by a volunteer compiny of boys belonging to the school, con.i..anded by Capt. Strickler in uniforrn4, with drum and colors, and r , o.rOleil through the prin cipal streets, to the school house on Third street, where, at 1 o'clock, the dinner await ed Them. A bountiful spread it was Met ty of everything—roast meats, bread, pies, cakes, custards, with all the et ceterem in eluding at least a wash kettle of coffee.— Sonic one hundred and Effy sharcil in Mc feast, and there was enough to atnril a wel come treat to ^ number of poor little fellows who were on hand •outside. The scholars ate in a style that showed their appreciation 01 the fare, and gave sat isfitetion to the kind-hearted teacher and to the number of ladies who Came forward to Mr. Clawges' assistance. in providing and sorting the dinner. Altogether this was an occasion to be delightfully remembered by all who participated. In the orer.ing the exhibition came oft a!, Odd Ilall, and there was !melt an attendance as would make a conecrt trana- i ger dance for jT. Never has there before been such a crowd paeke 1 into the halt. The au lience is estimate 1 at between seven and eight hundred, and nu•nbers were unable even to approach the door. Mr. Clawges was adri , ed by one gentleman who paid a quarter for two tickets, and couldn't get in on either or both of them, to give his luture exhibitions in a ten acre lot. The perform ance of the 501..1..ra sati.fac tion, many of theft speaking very well. The music furaishe.l by the lVelsts Chair abled leasantly to the entertaintnow, an 1 W;I: frquently applaulul. There. wa• dent, nor any disturbance, to in ir Elm enjoy- After the pAyti , c , tit of all oxpe,i , e4, ineltuiel 'Own: rem.tinel e.:, , tve ten JollarF, which ha', LeCil aali):4;Qt We, may rater.ti m mere that thern...., in ;un sick:Con nit:: the •cliok,l thu "C.ltinll,l:l.ll.lVC. •.:;11,11 111.,`,!ts oitee r In forwart; t er fectin4 this I,lcatiin :ado rtiieOritio.t Jlr t`lit..r,;it. Irv: no a:nil'', :.ntn 1 own reward; f.'r be deliAlit.4 in •ivoll J and lii, heart limo in tlii4 nark for tim ploits tr , v an 1 lineht cf pupil 4. Ilut he has certainly . earned liztiids a general aeknowielAcment of his worth :Ls a man at.tl tefilltices as a teacher. lie tillVapi has the love of his ,eitulart, and suriity doserves the ro.-pect and esteem of the entire conunnintv. Tut Auran•aN A.:;stort.vrtits: —The .1-4- r:col:it:kr fir March contains s Otte f!undrel arid Fifty separate article= for t he 1,-',,r rrs , Garden. and Ilunseholl, all tare luny prepared. inelttding also three beauti ful engraving-% and several smeller ones; a full Calendar of Operations fur the Form, Orchard, Garden, etc.; a Prize Article on Cr.: culture of Oats; a. Prize Article giNing foil details for the Family Vegetable Gar den; the bafaace of lot! recipes for Corn Dread ant Cake; a large Map. embracing the 3li,sksippi River from•Gairo to New Orleanct, and the country between the Ohio River and the Gulf of Mexico—the present scene of stirring events. Altogether a mod el number of this excellent monthly. Pub !Wired by Orange Judd. 41 P.irk 11.,w,, New yor: ; , a: . .,:t1,+1.1 per annum. ~~-,sew DEAT 11 OF A riven,—we have never had the reirrity of fhb - present war rfgailisl nn ac ' eursed r - obelli6n brought so neurly - home as on receiving l'htelligenee of the full of our friend Cape. se'n'e.than S. Slaynaaker;of York, at Fort Doneltioti on the 15th ult. He was a captain in the Second lowa Regiment, which beaded the charge of Laurnan's brigade, Smith's Division, against and over the ene my's loc'eastworks on oar left, which decided the fate of the day. Thtmanner of his death is given in the follow.ing ortract ,from a Jotter written by General Lauman: lII:N.DQUATITERS Or U. S. FORCE , :, Fort Dotielson, Feb. 18, 1862. "We bare n great victory of which you will be apprised lone before this reaches you, and 1 only write to say that 1 rp , ..(1. through }Inge:10)0d, while many a - poor b-. - low shed his blood for the cause. Poor - Jai: Slaymakor lest his lips iri makirtg one of the most brilliant chargas on record. Ile had, with his regiment,-:.excited the breast works and passed in, When a hall struck him in the thigh and severed. the main ar tery, He bled to death in five minutes. I inclose a lock of hair which I secured my self which you will hand to his heacaved parents. fie was as gallant a ssldie.r as ever rat-lied it sword. After he We , , VOTIII4- 1)(1 he raked himself on his side. wsvel his sword and, called to his men to go forward. then sank down and died. 1 could not hely, shedding tears as I bent over his inanimate remain., Ile was a good and , teadfast f) iend of noise and I mourn him sery mach. It is melancholy to think that the first time be Was under my command should be the last. but he died glorious:ls- 7 -what more ann a man •do• eounfry? 'I mingle my tears and sympathies with those of his rarents in this their greataillietion. I gave an order for the free transmission of hie re mains to St. Louis yesterday." The death was a Muslims one., yet Site 1 r4ctore sad to those who knew this noble yo. i i man. If solid gxnl enmities—unostenrations, yet appearing in every net---mipl't be reeeisel as indications of a bright future., his was fair aml open before him. In the intimate relationship of ns.nei;rtion in a corps of chit engineers, we had unusual opportunity for knowing Cap tain Slay maker. lle teas then jm.t attain ing manhood, and we could not fail to re cognize in him the attractive social f,"atures. entirely and absolutely free from all social which have since, in a trifler sphere, rendernl bins the close Nand of the best "nfdisna his'companions in arms and the idol of his men. Ile has fallen a. martyr to a cause in which we know that he took up arms from the highest and holiest motives. His service previous to his death had been active, continuous, arduous, and in many instances dangerous. Re serval th e three month term as a lieutenant, and re-enlisted in the same gra4c, l en t was soon pi emoted to the command'uf his camp:env. Th e Se e . mid lowa has heretofore chiefly sccii sett ice in Mi•souri. but after Om fell of tort lien re was ordered forward from St. Louis, nod i joined Heneaal Grant in time to cover itself with glory, and to lose in our lismonted f r ie n d One its nohkst sans, at the storming I of It nelson. Captain Slarnai:er teas n native , I f Y o rk enunty, and at the time of his death his t wenty-c:ventlivear. lie grew to Tll.Ol - in tliC borough of York, whew hi. I,:th,tr, Samuel 11. Sinpoakor, F.- 1 , and rumily reside. lie was greatly belove die community of his fellow town , tll 'lt, tciw ars . keenly sensible orbis bnis; and in their deep feeling for his sorrowing parents and friemls. Ire would, with a consciousness of the loud e/itmey, in terrible n /0:03, m all expree sinus of sympathy, mot earucstly i 'hi. We give below from one of tilt numerous published aecounts of the battle all'ort sun, a de .eription at tba brilllunt t.l,arge in which Captain Slaytualter recited to meet death. On the right, however, lay an open apace, up which earnbe4 the brigade 1. Inman, The Second lowa led the charge, rt.lluwed by the rest in their order. The sight way sublime. Onward they sped. heedless of the bullets and balls of the enemy ahore.— The hill was so steep, the timber cleared, thrtt the rands had left a gap in their lire of rifdo pies en this ereq, of hill. Through this gap they were hound to go. Right up they Went, elimhing tin on ail furs, their line of dark btu reiothing advanced regularly Clrward, the whitv, line of smoke from the, top of the works opposed by a line from our troops. They reach the VT! N.tttnitct , COI: The su.pence is breathles , ! See, they elluth over the work! 'riley COl—they hr 3 Another grunp, and 'still another. elose up the ft,ard All is covered in smoke? The hydgmomt is madu—the tryp. :.wat in up the hi 11.4, 1 0, their bri g ht bapniet , glittering in tier con. The shielcims What im more ivon.lerfnl is, that Capt. Stone's battery of rifled 10-polinders, close Itchinfl the lirigatle, is ta4ing: ule thif rho horses pinitaing and riders whipping.— Upward they go, where never vehicle went bedure, np the precipitous. , and clogged sides of the hill. No Bonn er MI the crest than the guns are In/limbered, the men at their peas. l'creusgion shells and. canister are shot spite ray f r o m the Par.ot guns at the flying en emy. The (lay is gained—rt position i , taken—tho troops surround the guns, and the enemy has deserted kis post. 'rho 34- reatinlor which had cno.cre7,., n:nuil havoc is silenee I by Col, Cook's brigade, and the tly to the rtta;ei f•irt in 'alarm. 'rite day is 44ined: 'The foe is running: Cheers itp,or cheers rend the air, and in r. few min utes a)) i, ))11.1)0.1 Al C.—ht II trper for Mau-eh ive have a Fplenilid nenther. "Tin , key and 11.0.Ain," "Idov the Datelt are Ta king lloiland," and "The Citiripodist," are artieles profusely Inuelteray's "P:ii!ip" and Trollrope'i ••Drley Farm" have the flhfla; * flUiro.l.3r aC Ciltq. an I MeLellan illu,trate-; the '1! The (A l e , of the nutnVer are onn-alelly geed.— Mis,s 3101,ek commences her new .tory— "3litress and Maid." Altogether the nnm he: 113 the best one issued for many tnonths. Morrn.v.--The March number of Atlantic has been 'reeeired. tiosca Big lnn 4.7.1. in niaresars' Died- , i-rreed in one of his permliar `doable-cage I epitt‘le.3 , iar! has written from somewhere in 'Secessia : grind whilst pricking th rehei, wit!. b . :: ...;ire he don't f wgct tho h• -I side. Res. Cl:ts I..mvoil peculizir vein, whlei frt. , :,2 ,- .11.0' mar row in your bone.. c . .r.:inne.4 Lis inlisre4ting piperq, anti Mr.. Sto:re's ".Igncs of Sorento" prn4reese.. Tho p c. rr , fr, m holm.'s and of tLe t ;to .1.-.`.ant:,2 t. Comunr.tx Wyss DISTINCTION. -13y the rAllowing extract from Generals Orders isseell by the Corninander of '"rerrill's "Can* Shaffer, bkmbia, 189 , 2," it will be- sem; iltata townsman, Lieut.' Geo. M . . Houston, Adju tant of the Regiment, son of John W. Hous ton, Tail., Is partic&Fly commendea for "gallantry and coulnesb." We are glad to lay before his numerous frieilds at home the flattering notice of the Conimoauler. "The Colonel Commanding - baring re ceived the official report of the recent' skit "tnish with the enemy at Silver Creek, [l,,w -anl etranty, enngratulates the regiment on the brilliant result of that engagement.— Ports of companies "B," "E," and "G.'r "Merrill's Horse," undercommand of Major C. 13. Hunt, participated ennspienomdy in the fight, and by their gallantry aml good conduct merited. as they will receive r the thanks of every man in the regiment, n• h value , its reputation fir bravery and g.iod conduct under fire. To these brave `men is due the credit of leading the charge which drove the enemy from their camp and com pletely routed them, and of being the last to give up the pursuit of his scattered and (tying fswees. Censpicrinns for gallantry and co,ltiess were Major C. 13. Hunt and Lieut. and Adjutant (icor g,e • M. , Houston, and it is to .he regretted that a want of minnteuess in the report prevents the Com manding; 015cer from giving the names of the non , eommissioned officers and privates %silo we'-e especially distingnished fur cool ness and outage. Both officers and men without exerption behaved :nest erecdahly, and the Coltintl bores th - at bright esam pie will bj•ernulated by all the companies, who, more unfortunate than their comrades, were not present on this occasion," The regiment is under command of Gil. (Captain of Regulars) Lewis Merrill, well known to our citizens. Ills is one of the most active And useful of the volunteer or ganizations of the 'Vest, and has' -Ven mach active service durin'g and'since the command of Fremont. Recently the regiment has been engaged in clearing central Missouri of the fast organizing bands of rebels, in which service occurred the skirmish (which was a pretty severe fight by the way) in which Adjt. Houston so creditably took part. Succe:s to commander and subaltern. or QouNct L.—Co Lot at A, Feb. li_43 . 2.—Couneil met: The roll was called and the 'flowing, members reported absent: Messrs. llook, McChesney and Shuman. Minutes of previous meeting; were read and approved. Tile Finance conDnittoe reported a balance of sl32 . .in'tbe Treasury: Air. Ebel'lein moved that a committee be appointed to wait upon the County Commis• sinner; for the purpose of having refunded the expenses Incurred by the borough in re pairing a lot of old muskets; agreed 'n, and the President at ppintel Messrs. Eberlein, Bre:lemsm end Appold said committee. jr.3 13reticmah moved that nt the next stated Meeting of Council a to'.' colleetor fur 1662 be elected, and that all applicants be required to have the names of their securities accompany their lijipticationQ: Aameed to. Oo motion of AI r. Breneman, rim Trou , • Ilrer wa alithorizeil to pay 1L.1,,rt llarry S1(1 0 , tho ha:anen dn. him on ton 1. 0 1$ m,,tik m of :11^. An , N!.l. Ito Chief wa. atithor:zA.l to hgv's nr , {le , s9 n'int43 , l 121.0:IVO t, the onr ,,, nn.tnnt lltn nr.linnnen prolii thr , ving of con; rtqllt , s in I.lle .ntruels and nley^. Tile CollowittA Nvertt res. , l to be paid: $6.00; P. T. IV. Odder:lo(m% cts.; 11. llipricy, 11". Ti none, $3,50. On motion Council adjourned, .A.tteit: Wm. F. Lt.uvn, r;ia:T.T!le Per. J. C. Pletcher g• - e...'s ua 1:i cvet;ing„Blunt lecture on the religion. ou , toms amp peaple of Brazil. Sol lora have we roli , .aed anything more than the ! timer. he laid before his audience of that ezuher ant garden of the tropics laden with it , etrnngr vztiety of fruits and flowers, teem ing with perpetual harvest for the Land iif Wan. Sure!y Mat Co , ll.iry 11. - LIZA l ILO gar don the ..arid, and if its ha:l-the enterprise which tm,e, tLi. Yankee liatimt, imaginatioa .c.Jabt a, I. to the to-tilts tl,t , y would i irodime there. A, re levAnt to t:11., ..; , mpar•-5..11 the Reverend ;tea tlemau statc.l that the hes.it. Remedies em ployed there for the ,11, c , t , e3 to w hi c h tIIt are subject, ale invented and supplied to them by our yea eountryamm C. Ayer of Ltncll, and th.tt nut the people unl3-, hat the priestlmodand the e mrt, from the I: aiierer down, hare con•tant re course in sickness to the Il.ewedlir, Of this n id( if celel(rated American Clieuli,t.— LediW:r, CLARKS - VILLE CAPTURED Army Supplies for 20 Days - Taken— General Smith Occupies the Town— Price's Army again Defeated—Price Runs Again—. Many Prisoners Taken. WAsuiNcTuv, Friday, Feb. 21, 1862. The following despatch we, recetved at Headquar ters t0.4a:,-; /if:ADC/VAT:lliac. t Si. LOUIS, Feb. 21, 1862. To Major General McClellan:—Clarksville is taken, with supplies enough for our army for twenty days. The place is occupied by Gen. C. C. Smith's division. Gen. Price being reinforced by McCulloch's command, made a stand at Sugar Creek (cc crossed into Arkansas on the MO and was ilefeatecl after a short engageent, and again fled. Many Rebel prisoners were talten, and the arms Which Price's civil threw'awdy in their (light. • If. W. flattacic', • 111..inr-Gen f ral Cam mnnding. Gen. lialleck also telegraphed to Gen. McC/el/an on the same day that Gen. Curtis bad taken Bentonville, Ad/miler; *Rh a large quantity of baggage, army 'stores, Fie. Despatch from CoMmodore Foote. CLARKSVILLE.. Tenn., Feb. 20,•18tV.e. To Hon. GIDEON WELLCq, Secretary . of 'the Navy:--We have possession of Clarkesville. The citizens bean alarmed two-thirds of them have fled; and, having expressed my views and intentions to the Mayor and Hun. Cave Johnson, at their request I have issued a proclamation, assuring all peaceably disposed persons that they may with safety resume their avocations, requiring only the military stores and equipments to be given up, holding the authorities responsible that this shall be dose Without reservation. ' i^ wn I sett Fort Ddrte!son yesterday with the Concstags, Corr:mac/dinglpg, and the Cairo, Lieut. Commanding, Bryant, on armed reconnoisance;brimno vAth me Col. Webster of the Engineer Corlps; Ltd chief of Gen. Grant's staff, who with Liett't: Command ing Phelps, took pos.iession of 'the Yrineiplal fort and'hoistCd the Union flag at Cia!ks'oille. Unicin sentirrlent manifested itself is' no came up the river; The Rebels have retrcated to Nashville, having set ore, anairst * the remonstrances of the citizens, to the *splendid railroad bridge across the Cumberland riVei. " I return to Fort Donelson to-day for another gunboat and six or eight mortar boats, with %thine I propose to proceed upihe Cumberldnil. The rebels t all have a terror of the gunboats. One of thern;a short !istanee above Fort Don elson, had'pfevienktji f.reil on an iron rolling mill, belonging 'to poll. John Dell, which had been Inca by the Rebels. ' FOOTE, Flag User, commanding the . Naval Forms on the 11 estera waters. Cz.mberlanfl Gap and Russellville CapttuTcl. A brief despatch from Louisville announces that Cumberland Gail and Itusselk:ille are in possession of the National forces. Cumberland Gap will undoubtedly he held as a rallying point for the . loyal East Tnnesseeaos,...and ultimately is a base or eir &rations" against Knoxville. fldsolvilk: is . iituated in South- Kim . tuelrY. It is the capital of Logan County, and is a place of about 3,000 inhabi tants. It is located between Cumberland and Green Rivers, about 33 miles from each. The place derives its present importance from the fact that when, a few months ago, the rebels established a Provisional Government for Ken- Lucky, it was selected as ihO State Capital.— A ,itogus State Legislature nas already held 'One session there, and a bogus Governor (Johnson) has been installed in power. A rebel force, 5,000 strong has been stationed there, until recently, for its protection. All of Kentucky, excepting Columbus, is now clear of rebels. Ltrii.tsArotis, Feb. 23.—Five thousand rebol prisoners from Fert Doneis - on have arrived here Within the Init twenty-loor hours. They are the hardest looking sci ever eislleeted to_ tether, in'iags of all colors, with carpets (or blankets , . 'fhe privates assert that “secession is done up." They say they are better treated and better fed here than they have been for the last six months. Most of the men are anxious to take the oath of allegiance. IMPORTANT.. Order in Respect to Military Intelli gence by Telegraph, Mail or Otherwise, AST. DEVAIITNIC.ST, AilliNt;TM:. D. C. Pei,ruary ISQ. Ordered—First.--On and after the tltitli day of February inrt., the President by vir tue of the Act'of gresq, takes military possession or all the telegraph fines in the United Stater. telrr..raphieitomtnrinieations Tr,711 .. .: to military operation , not es:,,,ress ly authrri.orl I,y the War 1)-pltrtatrot, the irnerol Comman4ieg, or the ibtrtertls earn nimidinc; arinir , , in the Gehl, in the several Dopartm,:nts are ab:olutrly Embi,larn. ic:sever obtaine,l, •m 1 h:- what flyer me lin,a roNiv,-,1, hot auili wize.l by the entharity ntentionr.l in the 7 , lr:itt,raph, wilt hr r•o•lo.le i then-after front reeeivin7, infrw.ation t telr;, - roplt anti from transmit:in:2; their papers by ritilr,ad. Tomah.-lllicarl S. Sinful male I.l:itary Snperriior of Telegraph Ilessagei thronghont the Unite 4. States. Anion Stager is 31:lit:try Snperlnten:lent of all Tde g^in't Lino: alol fl:".ieei in the Unite 1 States. Firth. nn 1 contr,A fT the telrgraph lineq is 104 intended to interfere in any respect with the ordinary affairs of the eompunieq or with prir:Lte h0.. - >inc. , 4. Ity ttn- Pre-hlehi: Nigne,l) WMCD 71:. ‘NT:,? - . Sec: cars a War Ccligreqsional reb'y :ath.--In the Senate Mr. Wilkinsnn, of MIIC - 1C.30M, SuhinitteAl a preamble and resolutions reciting, acts of dis loyalty committed by Lazarus W. Powell, Senator from Kentucky, and expelling hint from the Sznate. The resoluticas were •re feried to the Judiciary Cdmalittee. The Army Appropriation bill was amended and passed. The Treasury Note bill tray re ceived frcm the louse with sundry Senat: , :Intend:news non-concurred in. The Senate insisted on its amendments, and appointed Committee of Conference. The House acted upon the Senate amend ments to the Treasury Note bill. Some of the amendments,including that providing for the payment of the interest on the public debt in coin were concurred in and others rejected. Thc'biil Wa3 sent back to the Senate, and . will' be referred to a Committee of Conference. The Army Appropriation bill was passed. Fait,ar, 214t.—Tito Senate immediately on• itsarscmblage adopied a resolution ex pressing sympathy u t ith the president and his family in the nillietion he is now sufTer ing, and immediately adjourned. In conse quence of the death of the President's son the illumination of the Capitol and Public Buildings is also to be ,emitted. The llouAe also adopted resolutions of con• dolenee with the President and adjourned fur the day. Mosn.vc, the Senate Mr. Wil sen introduced a bill repealing the laws of Maryland as applicable to negroes in the EviStriet Of Columbio. The resolution pro viding fur the cOdiponsation of certain West ern railroads fur services rendered the Gov ernment passed. — TIM 'Legal Tender Treasury N.,te hill was reported from the Corritnittee'br COnferener, and has passed both !louses. As passel it makes the du . - t ties on imports payable in coin, and pledges said coin for the payment of interest upon the public debt. The ll.mse paced the P.ast O.Tice Appro printion bill. A resolution was adopted calling upon the President fur information as to what Powers had 'allowed Rebel yes. sels to refit in their' port§ and refused the same privilege to our vessels. A resolution was submitted by -Mr. Coiiklitt, of* NeW York, tendering the thanks of Congress • . Gorier:lds lialleek and grant for the late vic tories in the NT:est. motion was made to add the name of Gen. 114le11an; and after some debate the resolution, wEich'Was char acterized as an indirect attack on cen. Me- Clellan, was referred to the Military Com mittee. The Indian Appropriation bill teas' passed, an 1 the Slouse also finally' passed the Demand NDte bill, as reported by the Conference Committee. The Committee on the Conduct of the War were requested to furnish the Rouse the te:timoney in relation to Gen. Fremont whikt in command of the IVestern Department. Tue , r sr, 2.7 th —The Senate rccomddered the vote On the Legal Tender D.unaml Note bill and referrait to the Finance Committee f. r the purpose or: eorrc.e.ing an error. 'llr. Wade. from the Territorial Committee, re ported a bill providing for the (wen patim and cultivation of the cotton and other lands along the Southern coast. The bill was made the special order of Weducs.lay. A bill was passed authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue certificates of in debtedness to creditors or the Government whose claims have been andite I. The Con fiscation bill was discussed but not acted I= The vote on the, Treasury Note 1411 was reconsidered in the House and the bill re• ferred back to the Committee, to make an amendment authorizing the receipt of the 550,000,000 Demand .Notes heretofore issued in payment of duties on imported V apart from which such duties are to.lie paid in coin. The House passed yeas 83, nays 42—a new article of war prohibiting, military or naval oflicers from returning fugitives. The floase adopte I the bill requiring en oath of allegiance to be administered to all captains of vessels that shall clear for foreign ports, and the net to allow the Secretary of the Treasury to issue certificates of indebted ness in certain case. WrnxrcnAr, Scne.to spent considernble time yesterday in the discus sion of the'bill provide for the cultiin:tion of the cotton fands seized in South Carolina and 'n'oiv Lehi by tho Government forces. Without coming to a vote the bill was laid over. The balance of the day was spent in the discussion of the motion of Mr. Sumner to refuse to allow 'Mr. Stark, of Oregon, to take his scat, on the ground of alleged dis loyalty. The Rouse was engaged most of the day in the discussion of the sigh of Mr. Upton to a sent as a represent'iitive from the Sev enth District of Virginia. No vote was taken on the eviction. Mr. Vorhees in tredueed resolutions of thanks to General llalleck, but they were objected to. The News The latest intelligence from Eastern Ken tucky left the Twenty-second Kentucky, with two other regiments, at Piketon, awaiting the arrival o f Col. Garfield with the rest of the command. The t' clonel svgs at Paintsville, sick from the results of vaccination, but was rapidly recovering, and was coon expected to take the field. The news at Piketon in refer. once to Marshall's forces is that they arc at Whitesburgh, Lacher county, Kentucky, on the head waters of the Kentucky River, some li:ty-five miles southwest of Piketon. It is rc. ported at Piketon that Marshall had been en persc..lo.l, an I Col. John S. Williams put In his place. Door Illunpbrey. dellerson Davis has made a requisition on the Governors of Georgia and Alabama for twelve thousand ni,:n from each State to serve fur the war. Advices from Ship Is!and,repatt that th of Commodore Porter's farrinui mortar fleet hove arrived there. and two others were spoken off Havana on the Ilth inst. The actual number of prisoners taken at Fort Done!son was thirteen thousand three hundred, including General West, not previous ly' mentioned. One thousand prisoners, not 117 , ...t1iikt1 in this total, have been captured since the Fort surrerniered. The grand total or prin. oners captured at Forts Donelson and Henry, awl at: Roanoke Lslnlet, is seventeen thousand, Add to these the prisoners captured in Missouri and elsewhere, ant the Government has nearly twenty thousand prismicrs in its large. The steamer Bohemian has arrived at rat land, bringing Liverpool dates to the Sth inst. Lord Palmerston hail announced an Parliament that the Government would maintain strict neutrality in American affairs. The trial trip of the famous iron-clad frigate Warrior had proved unsatisfactory, the ship not obeying her helm. The iron•clad gunboat constructed at New York on Mr. liriesson's plan has so far proved satisfactory. She is to go to Fortress :Monroe for trial. Advices from St. Thomas, via Havana, state that a British commander :here attempted to take by force a seaman tram an American ves sel. The United States gunboat Iroquois pro tected the man, and the Danish authorities gave notice that the guns of the fort would aid the Iroquois. The British Admiral sulase_ quently arrived, and reprimanded the commas. der and made a proper apology to the United States Consul. Advices from Alevirn report that no advance has yet been made into the interior. Great sickness prevailed among the Allies, the yel low and typhoid fevers having broken out.— The Mexicans insist on the re-embarkation of the Spanish forces as preliminary to negotia ticr.s. 'he President's son William died on Thurs day, 20th ult., of pneumonia. The President and Mrs. Lincoln will have the earnest sympa thy of the nation in this affliction. Gordon, the slaver, was executed at New York-, on the 21st ult. Ile itttenipted 'suicide the previous night. A despitch frimi Louisville states that Cum berland Gap is in possession of our forces. The gap is the door to East Tennessee, and within thirty miles of the Tennessee and Virginia railroad, the great arterial line of communica tion between Rick.mond and the South. With aid thus near at hand the Union men In East Tennessee will soon be stirring. Russelville, the plhce where Sreckinridge and Burnett or ganized and located the treasonable "Provis ional Government" of Kentucky has also been occupied by our forces. Russellville is on the east side"Of the Cumberland, and about fifty miles from Nashville. The force that bas taken possession is probably the advance of General Buell's army. General Smith, now with the Tennessee army, is to be promoted to be a Major General of Volunteers fur his valor c:thibited at For Donelson. He led in person the successy assault upon the right redoubt, the taking Of which 'ltiy our' forces decided the fall of the main fort. .. The latest reports . from Columbus say that the Rebels are makine , ' preparations for a des perate stand there. The latest accounts given of dbe Burnside Expedition report the shelling out of the Reb els at Winton, on the Chowan river. Four thousand of our forces were said to be there.— the inauguration ceremonies at Richmond On Saturday are represented by the released prit oners to have been a tame affair. The Rich mond Whig of Tuesday, has'a trenchant arti cle on the Jellerson Davis rule, and declares that the inauguration pageant would . be "a bi ter mockery" and a "miserable compensation for the ruin of a free icpeople" The results of the Government are spoken of "as the most lamentable failure in history." The Rich. mond Dispzich also talks tartly of the "lrie:111- czency and incompetency" of the Rebel leaders. The report of the surrender of Savannah prove's premature. We have command of the river, but no advance had been matte ,cward the city. General Bcaureg,Ard was lying sick at tiaao vine, and prayers for his retoVery were offered in the churches, Jeff. Davis had appointed th / e. 28th ult., as a day of lasting praYer 'and hti miliation. Major General Wool on Saturday proceeded on a 'lag of truce boat, and near Craney Island, met by appointment the Rebel General Howell Cobb. The interview laster 4 nearly an hour. It is understood to Lave related to the exchange . - .ct prisoners. General Grant, on Febrnary 19, received the official notice of the creation of a new military district, the District of West Tennessee, of which he is appointed commander, with head quarters at Fort Donelson. The Sumter, was, according to late advices from Gibraltar, detained at that place . nwing to difficulty in obtaining coal. The mereheirc lead refused to coal her except for cash. . General Hailedk telegraphs that the Rebel General Price has been driven from his strong pest et Cross HollOw, abandoning his sick and stores, and buining the barracks erected there. Intelligence has reached Paris, Kentucky, that the National forces took possessson of Cumberland Gop without meeting with the least resistance, and that the Seventh Ken tucky Regiment awl Sixteenth Ohio are at the Cap, while the two Tennessee Regiments have passed into Tennessee. Commodore Fcoto, in a despatch to the Sec retery of the announces the return of Lieutenant Gwin frorio the Tenness'ee `ricer, with tidings of s'trotigUnion demonstrations in South Tenneisee and North Alabama. Ile has sent him back with a regiment from Fort Henry to sustain the Union men of those sec tions in organizing forces for their own defence. A reconnoisaneb with five iron-clad gunboats, two mortar boats, and two regiments of infant ry was made towards Columbus on Monday. There were evidences of a movement among the Rebels, but its meaning could not be as certained. When the gunboats were abott: getting into position the Rebels sent out a nag of truce. A consultation, lasting over two hours, took place, and our boats returned to Cairo. The purpose of the flag of truce has not been allowed to tranci.:re• Geo. 11cClernand's Davison is the attars; on riot Donelson bad 321 killed, 1,05 I wounded, and 150 missing.. This division eirtTered from the attack of the Rebels in their endeavor to cut their way out of the Fort. Via Fortress 'Monroe we hive intelligence from the Bnrnside Expedition. The iria:n body of troops were still at Roanoke Island, and beyond the reccnnoissance to Winton, before reported, nothi . ng new had occurred.— The Rebels captured at Roanoke ',land hail been paroled for exchange and sent to Eliza beth City. General Buckner and staff have been sent to Indianapolis for safe keeping. The steamship Constitution arrived at New York brings intelligence from Ship Island to 18th inst. Affairs were quiet on the Island. the frigate Niagara and the sloop-of.war Hart ford hail arrived there. The British steams; Seliron had been seized by the sloop•of-war Portsmouth whilst loading cotton 111 the Rio Grande river from a vessel flying she Rebel. flag. It is claimed the eteamer was in Alexi can waters, and the matter will be referred to the courts for adjudication. The occupation of the . city of Nashville by the Federal frees is fully confirmed. The advance of Gen. fluell's army, ten thousand strong, marched into the city on Monday, and the 'National flag is flying over the State House. The Tennessee Legislature adjourned to meet at • Merriphis. Hefdre leaving Nashville Gov. Harris is said to to have berried the-State Li brary and distributed" the army stores among the citizens. It is stiii asserted that the Leg islature would withdraw the State froth" the Rebel Confederacy, but reports of this kind are to be received with considerable doubt.-- Another despatch states that Gov. Harris has issued a flaming proclamation declaring his purpose to resist the 'Union forces to the last. The Memphis papers anticipate the evacuation of Columbus. A panic of culossal dimensions had seized the Rebels in Tennessee and State and Confederate scrip had lost all value. Fu. gitivis from Nashville were congregating in large numbers at Memphis. The latest despateli ieceived says thdt Got, Harris, previous to his flight, destroyed all the archives of the State. The Union mer, of Nashville immediately sent to Claricesville for oiled the Federal gunboats to come up for their protection, which we presume was prior to the arrival of Gen. luell. Martial law has been declared over West Tennessee by Gen Grant. A slight skirmish and rout of the Rebels un der Harker and Quantrel has taken place near Independence, Missouri. Several were killed, and a lot of arms and prisoners captured. The . force 'of Texans under Sibley threaten ing Fort Craig, in Santa Fe are reported to be in almost a starving condition. The Union strength at Fort Craig has been increased by , two regiments, and a battle was confidently expected. The Treasury Note bill bas been signed by the President and is novo a law. The bill, as agreed upon by the conferees. authorizes the issue of $1.10,000,000 of Treasury Notes, uni form in similitude, and a legal tender in the payment of all debts public and private. It withdraws the fifty millions of the July issue as soon as it conveniently can be done, makes the new Dotes fundable at any -time in six per cent. twenty-year bonds, redeemable .at the pleasure of the United States after live years; makes the interest on the notes and bonds pay able in coin, and (a new feature) makes the duties on imports also pay able in coin, and 4- votes them the paymedt of the interest on the notes and bonds and the creation of a slinking
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