- can rite will reely serve to present file I
. I -w - s - ci
trf.: 1141141 1
P:‘ , • speedy caniciletion of a road Which is zee og,-
•-• COLUMBIA, , ni,ed m. New York and Washington as
-- necessary to the country.
SATURDAY, MARCII f-0,%:1802.
'I On Tuesday of this r..celt Lays were re
teeired at the Office of the ,- Company. in
&-The Rer. W. R. DLIVP.t, :till preach 1 , this . place fur
.jtte construction of the
in thc - RresLyterian Clmr:.ll;tb-morrow (S un ' eastern - 4;41m. road. The whole
day) tuurnifz..t.nd 7 syfetlog, at the usual
i
3
b • t and
las 1,6:11 ctitlii*ea •Ar en er, ti-in„
•
hour , . !reliable partie., and the Lids of Tuesday
were from: it'ilreontra - eti rs, whO rire - rft.dy
-to-control ewee work e k t once. The attendance
o!' Liners showed plainly that the work vra=
to demand. We have not yet hear,: the re
sult of the subletting, the Lids haring been
forwarded to the chief contractor.. We can
promise, hove er, that the whole line will
he strongly worked before the end of April.
VALL - un.r. RE-11. ES:.:Tf..—We
entreat our readers to -rernetnt;ei Chat.this
(S.tturday) afternoon at-I-o'clock, two very
0u'......0ts belonging to the }:Mato of
litright,..deed.; are -to be sold ht
at-tlia.k:xtutkliu House: -This is
desirable.property, autl 4e are sufli
e:ently interested to asl: a full attendance. of
. . .
111:67,-ft will be seen by reference to the
ad% et tisetnent of Miss A. Caldwell, that ....Ile?
- Select School will be opened in are - Trricit
School House; in Second "s:lie - e . t, in - stead of
at her re : idenc ' e ciefaiicrrst strect,es announc
ed last Week:
TAX APPEA will be seen tlo.t Mon
Jay, April 7th. has been llzed, Rn n day of
Appeal from the. .-:,ssassntent. of taxes tl , r
.IsG2.. Th. 4. revised ..assess:tnent is. in the
Lap.th , of J. 11. Illaelr., El4q , where it can. be
Inspected. . .
Pus haven.—The river i= at ~ ..-taatl rafting
atnge an 4 the lumber a.raliimber from above
bus been arriving, .week. The rush,
however, is not upon us yet.
?%E; ADVERTI•EIIENTS.-P. S. McT.lgtie
advertises a large and handsome
stock of every variety of goods in their line.
Call at their store in L Jetrzt. str. et, where
"you will be waited noon courteously by the
gentlemanly head of the.tirm, and his atten
vize and ol i l;ging eferk.-land if y..,u 1:41 to
!led something to :)lease you, char,_;.: the lost
time to us.
fondersmith offers th. 7, pia;.lic one 'att
elinnee to obtain wall paper tit wonderfully
cheap rates. Lie has a large stock and ta
riety to suit all tastes. Give hint a call.
Professor T. It. Vickroy .nnnunnees the
opening of a classical school in the Washing
ton Institute, on the 7th of April. Colon).
:inn,needs, and should support, a schunl ul
the Itizher grade. Prof. Vickroy is a ri:3141
trate of Dickinson College, and has had con
siderable e;perienec in his profc:sion.
IL T. Ryon advertises a lalu of Personal
Property—Foutolry : : ) . Ipurtenauces—uti the
!nth pros. •
Greene a:lvertises a lost memorandum
Eil
ftErcn:....—The election of last
week iyeat off quietly, and without any ea
pf.Atly bitterness. The main strug
gle was fur justicr. ci the Peace and Con
stable. The' rilfaltry fey the former was, be. l
tweert two of the candidates, who should get
.the most votes—between other two; 'who
should get fewest. A reference to the f e g.
tires show the furtunato parties.
_lt
lie seen that in s•?1'0 of strenuous oppo
sition our efliclont Curisteile McGinnis was
.tri,itrphrintry' returned by a handsome ma
rjoiity. Old "Eleven-per-cent." went in
easy, of course, as Assessor. The following
are the returns:
Judge.
Jacob S. Strein,
Jos. M. Watts;
Benjamin Ilaltleman,
ijamuel E. Moston,
Inspectors.
Samuel C. Swartz,
Augustus Pelea,
Milton Wike, :
'eter A ii.,:urg,
It
.Tn.. 11. Black,
Michael Clepper,
Constahte,.
*lames
Appold,
,tenae
Juitice'or R-Jee
Jno. K. Ebc;lCin,
James Barber,
.r. W. Hamilton,
.Tn:)..M. Read,
R . E.I A7 , ;COTO:MRTA 11.111.rt0 xt).—
Ag - the time rapidly apprcaches for the coin
pletion valuable finis in the e.reat
line of trademnd travet'isetween".4ew Vork '
and Washington, the enterprising press of '
Philadelphia begins to wnke to the fact that '
the old "sound dues" levied in that city are
stlsout being abrogated. Within the past
week there has beer. a general outcry in the
eo.'.urens ul the city dailies against thi, mon
t.txnus wrong. f•or little road is denounce 1
711:thcrue mensur6 or mercy, and immediate
.14tislative interposition is, invoked to pre
serve to Philadelphia her ancient and time
honored privilege of standir.g in the Aray,of
enterprise and progress. •
The legislative action' sought, is a re char
ter. of the 1 ifth and Sixth 'streets PasNen
g 4 R tilWaj, with a clause permitting,- the
plssage of the New York passenger trains
over that route, to the depot of the Phila
delphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Rail
:,t !drawl and Prime streets. With
e.tvla .74gi4latien we have nothing to do, an,l
de not in the least object to the over rooting
of the city with through-trains in every di
rection, if the citizens arc content that their
thoroughfares shall all re; Anble Third, and
Market streets. Rut we 'ce'nnot what
poesible aid to the cause a f [1.2 Yin:, an.;
Sixth streets re-.shorter, a gentml,iitte;;;, on
the Reading and Columbia can
prove. We arc content that the 'C. ,7
Ferry boats shall have the privilege rrun
ning, up Walnut and dawn Cite , teur .4:ro o t,
if that will expediato the team:m - 1441,m of
passengers through the city; but wee intend
that the passenger shall have a ch ,i, , e .if
routes; nail we fully believe that in spite 01
all expedients.to fesh the trains thratt:l:li the
streets of -.F:ltdadelphi. i . regardless of the
safety of inhabitants, o.ur ecco try route ly - Len
once fairly established, will aertaialy be
able to hold its oWn, and command the pref
erence. This, too, we imagine, is tha con
clusion to which Illail l Welplaittas are cMr.,:ing;
and will aceount, for the reckless misreprer
sentation of the Reading-and Colombia Rail
road, indulged in by the Philadelphia d allies.
We hare not space this week to take
op their false statements. is detail, and
disprove them by the official facts and fig
ures; but this is unimportant, as all they
PamsEwoftrur .at.zr,—The County Com
. miseipners have appropriated an additional
tem;h:iusand dollars to meet the necessities
,o? the families of our brave volunteers, who
have given themselves tc their country for
the purpose of upholdin.g . the Constitution
and Laws. So welbl'ave the finances of
the county been , sir:waged that the large
smns ennEvii•ClLd fur this mmt noble object,
antous.ting forty thousand dollars, has
been .I.,nr• without requiting any addition to
the county taxation. The following is the
resolution passed by the ILlat - cl of liellef on
`Monday week:—
Resnived, That for the last free week:, in
c tnsideration of the distress of the families
of volunteers entitled to relief, 'r, reason of
the delay in payment of tl.e.-.7duntaers
the United States and ther set et:i,y of the
weather, the B o ard of lteltef award
allowances, as formerly, each and every
, wee:: to the recipients.
PEA7II or CAPTAIN 11.0m0.--We
wrote the account of Copt. lbool.o's ead
death, publiFhed last week. hurriedly, and
under excitement. We omitted any men
tion of the date of the fatal mistalc.e—it was
Thurslay, 13th inst. After our paper went
to press we obtained more speeflh: details of
the sad event, gis en by Lieut. Pc...der. A
private letter of two days' later date, how
ever, from Cul. Welsh, from which we a: e
permitted to make c: , ..t:acts, giee
rate and minute an r.c.:Lfut r..; can be had.
e .ays:
The czpedi:lon ass planned some time
pre:;,nr:," fur the purpose of captorms
party of rebels, fourteen in number, sta
tioned on the mainland, near 60%ernor
Aikin's plantation, about twenty mi;es from
Utter Island. The information was received
from a body of fugitive negroes alto had
escaped to Otter Leland.
.;.i,U.11.4 ref •thsse
,caned td ho intC111g;":11t and (CCred. tc lead
our men to the place. 011 . 11 dz;" informa•ion
the officers pniposed to act. 'I he es pediiion
was commanded by Lieut. C.d. Beaver, end
was to have consisted of Companies G—Cap
tain Whitney—and 11—Captain Shiefibn.
Captain Rambo, Lieut. Kelsey and seveteen
men of Co. K. were afterwards included.—
They went in boats up the Ashepoo river to
the mouth of Mosquito, and up the Mosqui
to some distance, where they landed atter
dark, on the night of the 12th. Company G
was left to guard the bonts. Company LI.
was to proceed by a road that led within
half a mile of the house, in the rear, in the
direction it was supposed the rebels would
take in retreating. Captain Shiefflin was
to signal his- r.rrivrtl in rosition. Col. Bea
ver, with Captain Aambo and his detach
mcnt-4ient. Kelsey and seventeen men—
to whom six men from Cum pany.o bad been
added, were to proceed by another route di
rectly to the house occupied hilthe rebels,
surround it and capture.the men or destroy
them with the bayonet should they show tight.
The negroes acted as guides, They seemed
;yell acquainted with the c , nintt;.; and roads;
hut either ignorantly or designe4l3 , C.tp
tail) Ilambo's party into the same roil upon
.Y. W. S. TT'.
Os
SG
'.'4:hich Captain Shialin WV advancing
Sergeant McCann mid Augustus Wagner
marched a few rods in front of Capt. Bain
ho and on their approach, Captain's Shier
tha's company, who had halted to repair a
bridge which they found impassable turned
and tired into Cu. K.; with what terrible re-
I suit you already know. There was no fault
or blunder on the part of Captain Rambo:
he followed the road pointed out by the
guide, and under the direction of Lieut. I
Cul. Beaver. Captain Shiefilin was supposed
to be in p,ositki wine twenty minutes pre
viously, but was detained'itt the•cro , s‘lhig, as
I have mentioned. 'Capt. S. alleg'es'-that mi
seeing the' two men approach he hailed them
and that they turned, as he supp •sed, to
run, when lie ordered his men to tire, him
gining the force behind him to belong to the I
enemy. Sergeant McCann states, that when
he diseozered,men, ahead, he turned to no
tify Capt. ..l.tumbo, and ,the first word lie
heard was the command "Fiar;'"l he vol-
Icy immediately followed. Captain ltambo's
men all say that they were nut hailed: and
as the parties were not . more than twenty
yards apart, and the night perfectly still, it
would seem strange that the hail should not
be heard. Capt. Shiefflin's men on'the-con
tr all say that he challenged belOvegiv
ing the order to fire. I cannot excuse Capt.
Shiefflin's haste in giving the order, or his
„judgment in petruitting his whole company
of forty men to fire at two men, even had he
I been positive that they were enemies. Cap
; main Rambo would never hate acted so im
prudently. Captain K. had previously coo
tioned his men not to fire, but to be tnTnaved
to use the ljayorp.t. I;e heard Captain
Jltief
tlin gic'e the wiird.•and immediately cam-
I [minded: "Steady, boys, steady!" 11.: fell at
the moment, shot through the !Jean.
I Lieut. Col. Beaver, who WAS present, will
make un otricial statement for pubilimtion.
I hue given tri , . facts :is nearly tvi I ean
certain them,'antl f believe they are earrect.
Cul. NV elsll%. apprcciativn of Cat t.dlambo
is expressed in the . fullowing extract:
92 111 :103
7G 71 1-17
:0 113:4 31R
12
It seems hard to realize 'that the Captain
is dead; he wn. in such high spivit.a the day
previaus to his fall. Ile was much pleased
nt my arrival—his greeting, was so eager,
and :loin the heart, too. lie spent the af
ternoon and evening in my tent, and was
very li ely, and interested in hearing from
his filet It. A. few hours later and he was
lead. yuu will sympathize with me in my
feeling lie lie %vas my &Noted friend—my
iatimate coi.;:panion. 1 knew his many
go'id Tralitie., and loved him its one of my
own frmily—had he been my own brother
I 601...1Q not have loved him more.
lor.el Welsh also in his letter ar,nounces
the dcntl. of Corporal Reiehar4, who was
shot thr.ragli the lungs at the time Captain
It a mh(-, and Corporal lleighard were killed.
Ilc suffered vcr,x much befura, his death
which occurred on Op morning of the 13th
or the remainder of those st.uundcd,•Cul
AI . 1. ny.
Wagner is better, and I thin: b,o will sur
vive. Ile may, however, be permanently
crippled, u• the ball is supposed to have
lodged in his spine. The others are nut of
danger. Sergeant McCann's skull 'is not
frictated, the ball having glanced. His
head is much swollen, but he is able to walk
about, and will report for duty in a few
days. Downed Vache is also out of danger.
His leg is sore, but he thinks he should he
about. The d-cter, however, compels. MID
to lie quietly in'ige'ffeipitif.lle cats heart
ily,`,sleeps soundly, and. is very lively.—
Stencxypher is also doing well. Ms is a
44h-wound in the leg; not dangerous, but
sure, 4nd confining hint to thVospital.—
Rhoads and Smith have left the.hospital.—
: Bothlof them were wounded in tho•arm.
Smith was struck near the shoulder, the bul
let reaching the bone and bouncing out into
his band. It was flattened as broad as a.
half dollar. Our hospital is very comfortaT
ble, and our surgeon skilful and attentive.
i The patients have everything that they re
quire. I spend much of my time T7iti: them,
land will continue to see that Weft:Ct . :l - made
comfortable.
Cul. Welsh's numerous friends will be
glad to learn that he is in good health. Ile
writes thus of himself: "I am very well-- 7
my cough has left me altogether."
Since writing the above we have had an
interview with Lieut. Fessler, of Company
K, Forty-fifth Regiment; from whom we ob
tained details of the night encounter be
tween our men corresponding with those
given in Col. Welsh's letter. Licct. Fessler
adds that the universal testimtrny of the
men engaged is in praiseof Captain Rambo's
coolness and self-possession. Alis Command
was in the road, while company - II was con
cealed. After the llrst one or two scatter
ing shots Capt.' R., vas heard to encourage
his men, and fell with the words on his lips.
Lieut. Kelsey's place being in the rear of
the company, he waited fur Capt. Rambo's
wcrd of command after the volley, but hear
ing none he stepped forward and called his
commander by name. There .vas no reply,
and before he Lad time to Oraer" his troops
to return !If° fire the discovery of the mis
take was made, and at the t ame time Car,-
tain ItAmbo's lifeless body' - was found.
few rardom shots wet e fired by Co. K, with
out orders, which billeted several slight
wounds upon men in Company G.
Lieut. Fessler, starts from Harrisburg to
day for New. York, with enough recruits to
i till up Company K. Ile will also take out
' with him a number of recruits for the regi
ment, which will nearly fill it to th.t maxi
mum.
`i:F.ERISGS 01 COI:NCI
31fiielf 21, 1862.—Cuuncil met: The roll
was e.illcd and S. F. Eberleiu reported ab
sent. Minutes of previous meeting were
read and approved.
The lload Committee reported the ex
penses since J.1:1. Ist, fur work on streets
F 4 :17,G0.
A communication was read from S. Alice
flockius claiming SGS fur damages, incurred
by buggy trpsettin4 over an ash heap while
driving down the alley running parallel to
Locust street, between Front and Second
streets, which was, on motion, laid on the
table.
The following bills Were ordered to be
paid: Samuel Waites, $3,30; D. S. Chalfant,
$11.55; C. A. Houk, $12,50; P. Gardner, 90
ets.; W. Timony, $11,20.
a motion Council adjourned.
• Attest: Wm. F. LLOYD, Clerk.
Tr.. tN's Srtsclins.—By Gen. Francis
Train.ladelptiia: T. B. Peterson &
BE
Messrs. Peterson send us in pamphlet
form the union speed,-ca of Train, the .n
(imitable Yankee introdactx of street rail
ways to England, and the defendet, ire and
out of season, of the interests of his country.
Ho has delivered. during our national
troubles, a number of very telling off-hand •
speeches in favor of our cause, which have
been received with great favor in England.
Originally reported for, and appearing in,
tbe "London American," a paper devoted
to American interests, they have been col
lected and iss?e4 in. the present form, the
profit arising to be nPplied•tc t4e support of
that paper. It will have a wide sale, for
the speeches are live and filled with telling
points. Messrs. Peterson publish it at :25
cents. It may be had of our trei&tbors over
the way, Messrs. Saylor & McDonald.
TILE .Mosvumes.—We have received the
Contnnat. MosTnix fur April. This
new-corner among our Magazines is steadily
establishing itself in the front rank. We
cannot enumera4 all the articles in it worthy
of note, but must commend "Among the
Pines," us one of the avie; { l re like delinea
tions of southern life that \vc;•liave ever read.
The Elitor's gossiping deg.trtinpt is emu
sunny rich this month.
Fit %sr: LESLIE'S continues to be one of the
most entertaining monthlies published. It
is full of good stories, and spirited illustra.
trations. . There is an immense amount of
reading mutter in it,:aneauch, too, as must
suit all tastes. We can 14.1.1.4 recommend
the April and all other numbers. "
The A 11. 0:TIC 31,1 Ni iox fur April is good
as usual. We are glad to learn that the
war has had no unfavorable influence upon
the circulation of this Magazine. Since the
first of the year 10,000 copies have been ad
ded to its circulation. The conductors of
the magazine are naturally encouraged by
this mark of publ:c estimation, and promise
for it that the same thoughtful and patriotic
political papers, from the best prose writers,
will continue to lend power And dignity to
its pages: and that favorite poets will evolve
from the ever-shifting phases of our national
1 affairs the lessons of the hour. The two
great serial features which have so firmly
fixed public attention—Professor Agassiz's
popular expositions of the science of Natu
ral History, and James Russell Lowell's
"fliglow Papers"—will be •continueil each
month. Still other features of exfrr.ordi
nary interest have been provided for the
forthcoming numbers, and the conductors
will always seek, to present in the pages of
the Atlantic the best and freshest thought
upon all topics.
The FAII3IEV, AND GARDENER. for March is
a first-rate number, rousing the farmer to
his work for the Spring. This is an agri
cultural monthly that should be generally
in the hands of oar zountty subscribers. We
cordially recommend it. ,
"Oss - Aao"—every number-better than
any previous one—is the moue of the4ver
acts Acalcutauturr j and we believethe April
number. will boacnnt the motto. In this
'single -paper will be found over a hundred
plain, practical, seliable articles and useful
items for the Farm. garden, and Uousehold
I—including two ?3 , 15 Prize Articles on Cul
-1 ture of Indian Corn, and of Flowers; and a
full CalenN - of work to be done in Agrilin
Field, Orchard, and Garden, embracing•
hundreds of items. The engravings are
. ouraerous,ln - din; three large 3laPs of
:ttte important war operhtions, a fae-simile
; Of Ericsson's Iron-clad' -31uffit3r,"
There is more actual labq-expended on the ;
preparation of the Agriplturist, than on
any of the $ malmaines. The subjects--
the innumerable plants, items of cultivation
of fruits, flowers, and vegetat7ie-s—:-require
great research and care
Our Army Correspondence
lIEADQI:ARTERS, OTTER NASD,
March 12.01, 1.862.
DEAR Sir: —Having just landed here
safely, my first good impulse is to sit down
nod furnish you with an account of the voy
age and arrival of
Squad," in S.)uth Carolina. A ftei''sbakini
hands warmly with' all our friends at the
old station at home, and receiving their good
wishes for our Adeets - and safe return, your
correspondent, with Col. Welsh, hurried on
to New York, so as to catch the steamer At
lantic. We left Philadelphia, after a fare
well from Lieut. Bruner of the old “Second,"
on Saturday niAlit, at twelve o'clock, and
arrived in New York about break or day—
just in time fur two hours' sleep and a good
breakfast.
Sunday morning about eight o'clock we
started on the hunt of thv boys, and a splen
did time we had. It was walk, walk, walk:
From "State" street to "Palace Garden,"
from "Palace Garden" to "State" street—
and to how many other places we were sent
I cannot remember;' but after a five hour's
walk through the metropolis, we round them
comfortably quarter° I in "White" street,
and in very good cheer. Corporal Martin
was busy showing some of the boys the ele
phant, and many of them thought it was
worth three years soldiering to see the s',ghts
in "Eroadway. The kehtncr cast loose from
• •
her dock at eleven o'cluck'on Monday morn
ing,"malshig the announcement with her two
'little guns aft,' and slowly wound her way
through the shipping toward the ocean.
Unfortunately there was a cold drizzling
rain falling, which, together with the fog
along shore, prevented U 9 front getting a
fair view of the neighboring laud and the
%pious shipping and batteries which most
ly constitute the fine prospect, when leaving
New York. The day, if anything, was one
to depress the spirits of those who were
leaving their homes on an errand such as
ours, especially as the cold wind whistled
through the rigging of the ship, and the
rain made it very uncomfortable to stand on
'the wet deck, watching for the last glirtipse
of shore, as, the rieble vessel turned her prow
southward' a ker . SAndy Hook.
It was not lohg ere we were out in the'swell
of the ocean, when the ship began 'her gen
tle rocking, which the Loyd thought was
equal to any swing they were ever on; 'but it
was nut many hours before the Motion be
gan to have its effect—and there was an
awful casting up of accounts. The water
seemed to be very attractive. It appeared
that no one on board could help but be con- 1
tinually peering into it—even after the
shades of night obscured the sight—it was ;
still look, look, look, into those fathomless
depths—and thus it was for hours. Now
and then you would hear one a.,k, his or her I
neiglday bow they felt; but the invariable
answer was a thrust of the head over the I
gunwale, oink an awful sour expression of
the Mee; as if the qUestion was a very in
sulting one.- Thus was passed Monday eve
ning on board' the, .d.tlantie. 'Tuesday was
still worse, as tho'wind blew very hard and
the waves bioke clear over the bow of the
vessel—frequently leaving six inches of wa
ter on deck. Sonic of the boys commenced
to think therwowld rather be going to see
the girls on Chestnut hall, than alliard ship
such weather—one especially thought he
would like so much to be back home, with his
new horse and buggy. Altogether, we had
rather a rough voyage—head-winds contin
ually, which made it a long one. We le:
unlined out of sight of land all the way un
til the arrival off Charleston, where ono of
the steamers of the blockading squadron
stopped us to get the mail and papers.
Thence to Port Royal, we•remained in sight'
of land. Arrived off the light ship on Thurs
day eveniag—received n pilot on Saturday
morning, and were landed safe and sound
on Saturday, on Hilton Head.
1 think a good many of us are considera
bly lighter than when we left home; still it
only helped acclimate us in our new homes.
We had not many chances to see the im
provementa about Gen. Sherman's head
quarters, but with the little opportunities
°tiered, we could see enough to assure us
that the•soldiers under his command have
nut been idle.
We all arrived on Otter Island Tuesday
at noon and were soon ushered into the very
comfortable quarters of Co. K. tounake our
selves nt home. I rested my wearied
limbs on a very enticing sofa until supper
time. All were anxious to hear the news
from home, and were looking fur us•for rev
oral days. As the steamer took us up to
the Island, the sloop-of•wat "Dale" fired a
salute and the shore was lined with the
men eager to see, and shake hands with
their friends.
We have not seta a great deal of our now
quarters yet, and are not able to tell much
about them. We had a short stroll along
the beach and down to '•Niggertuwn," ns
the boys denominate the nigger quarters.
By the way, we hops to have something
more to say nbent the negrocs hereafter.
Yours, truly, • '
INPORTiNV FROI VIZ TENMSEE-RIV Et
Our Troops in Possession of the Charleston
and Xernphis Railroad.
CAIRO, March 22.—The gunboat Lexing.
ton, from the Tonnesse river, has arrived,
and reports our forces concentrating in the
country about Savannah, Tonne.nee, but are
accomplishing nothing of importance besides
the occasional capture of the scouts of the
enemy, brining in prominent Rebels. Oar
forces have entice possession of the Memphis
and Ches.'eaten -4ai1r044, in the vicinity of
Savannah, Tenn..
A skirmish occurred on Sunday List be
tween a battalioq of the Fourth Illiaois Re
giment and a squadron of Rebel 'Cavalry,
near Pittsburg Larging,'resulting in th's de
feat of the Rebels, With some loss. Four of
our men were wounded!
General Grant's Arno.
Sr. Louts, March 22.—The correspondent
of the Democrat, under date Savannah,
Tenn., March 17, says: "No move has yet
been made by our army here. A seeond
flood in the Tennessee and its tributaries is
prevailing. Our information in regard to
the enemy is still quite meagre. 111 s main
force is seprosed to be nt Corinth, Miss.,
where it , is probable he will be able
to concentrate fifty thousand troops. Our
force mostly re.C,lE,inf - ,: on hoard our tran,ports.
Gen. Grnnt;'Who has beMireinstated, in the
command of this expeditiob, "arrived here
to-diy. It is not likely that 'any active op . =
orations will take place herentoa Sro sev
eral days.
B2LTTLEN Ei'P.WING LiESTE ft, V A.
A. Skirmish on Saturday and a Battle
oz Sunday..
THE REBELS DRIES BACK TO STRASBURG.
Their Force 15,000-Ours S,000!
Oyer One Thousand .small arms Captured—
Our Loss Seventy-Fire Killed and Two
Hundred and Fifty Wounded.
W.tsntNOTON, March 23.—Telegraphic
despatches received from Winchester, dated
last night at half-past 10 o'clock says: A
slight skirmish °inured this afternoon about
a mile and a half from Winchester, on the
Strasburg road, between a portion of Gen.
Shield's troops and the rebel cavalry, with
Tour pieces of artillery.
The anem; rct.rcatcd with loss, as soon as
our guns openBd fire. One man was killed
on oursit:d; and Geneizil Shields suffered a
,light injury on the leftarm; from a frag
ment of a shell which burst near him.
A prisoner, brought in to-night, says the
enemy were under "ehe impression that ou`r
'troops bad left Winchester, and that Jack
son's Veherfore - c's were on the road front
Stiasburg, under the same impression.
LATER FROM VI:NCHESTEr.
•
8 c'' 61 •" 1 `:; r• 31;t4 "VeitZttf ebinein from
the very front of the battle, three miles out.
A. complete victory has been a:l:l t :it..La over
Jackson. We have taken tWe' guns find
caissons, and killed at least 100, and woun
ed twice as many. Our loss' is large, but
not more than 150 killed and wounded. Our
men did bravely and have taken a great
many muskets. The rebels no in full re
treat. ..•
WINCHESTER, March 23.-10 o'clock, P.
:11.—We have this day achieved a glorious
victory over the combined forces of the rebel
Generals Jackson, Smith and Longstreet.—
the battle was fought within four miles of
this place. It raged from half-past ten
o'clock this morning until dark. The
enemy's strength was al„,uut 15,000, and the
strength of our division 'was not over 8,000.
Our Voss in killed and wounded is not defi
nitely ascertained, but it is heavy. The
enemy's loss is double that of ours.
We have captured a large number of
frisoners, some of their guns and the ground
is strewn with the arms they have thrown
away in their flight. The cavalry is still in
pursuit of the enemy.
WINCTIESTER, March 23.—The rebels have
been driven back to Strasburg. There has
been very little fighting to-day. 1a the
skirmishing, we have lost about ten killed
and wounded. Mr. Luca, an assistant to
Capt. Wilbert, Topographical Engineers, was
taken ''prisoner by the rebels. We have
captured more than 1,000 small arms from
the reb6ls.
Daring the fight, Gen. Shields, who cunt
minded in person, NV . 114 struck by a fragment
of a shell on the upper part of the left arm,
shattering the bone; producing a compound
fracture, and it was feared amputation would
be necessary: The Qdneral remained on
the 'field after being wounded, giving his
orders until the ch,se of the fight.
WASUINCTON, Mart:// 24.—A despatch
froffi-a surgeon iii General Shields' army,
to the Surgeon General at Washington, in
relatioti to the battle of yesterday, states
that our loss was from 75 to 100 killed, and
250 wounded. Ile add.: "I have seen 223
of the enemy's toad."
WV:CHESTER, 24-11 o'clock P. M
—ln consequence of the 'forWard tnordinent
of our forces, the reports or the killed,
wounded, and missing cannot be accurately
ascertained, but it is estimated that our loss
was SO to a 100 killed, among whom were
one colonel and fourteen captains and
lieutenants. Two hundred were WOuncled
—among them were ten officers. The enemy
lost nearly 500 killed and wounded, 300
prisoners.
WAsniscros, March 24.—A despatch
from Winchester says:—Our forces to day
pursued the rebels, with extraordinary
courage, toward :.itrasburg, driving them
like frightened she?.
THE BATTLE OF WINCHESTER,
THE RETREAT OF THE REBELS
A. DISASTROUS ROUT.
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OUR ARMY IN PURSUIT BEYOND STRISBURG.
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BOLD CHARGE or um UNION TROOPS
WastriNcrox, March Z.—lnformation re
ceived here to-day shows that our army was
at Strasburg tbis morning. and that the re
trout of:the enemy is ft./light.
Pu ct or
No details of the blade near Winchester
on Sunday haie yt; been received, our offi
cers and the corresgondents of the press
were too busy yesterday pursuing the Rebels
to find time to give information to the public,
and out. army, camped last nigl.t several
miles distant from any telegraphic station.
Latest from General Bankt -
Wixcavite.:n, March . 25.—General Shiotas
has received a , dospatcts from a lqaj or Gendral
Banks, dated five mild beyond Strasburg.
The enemy are kill i 6 rtheat and our forces
arc in hot pursuit. " •
LATER
STILL L&TER
The loss of the Rebels must have been
enormous. They have - abandoned wagons
along the road filled 'with dead and dying,
and the houses on the rifv.fe of their retreat
are found crowded with tl4 wounded and
dead, whilst the dwellings In the towns ad.
jaeant to the battle field of StmAtty are also
filund filled with the enemy's wounded.—
The inhabitants aided the Rebel soldiers in .
carrying off their wounded during the day
and in buryiiig them' quickly as soon as
dead.
Our artillery makes terrible havoc among
the enemy in their flight, and the rout bids
fair to be one of the moAt dreadful of the
Details rj the Batik
WtscncsTEn, March 25 —The following
ara the main facts relative to the battle
fought near this place on Sunday:
On Saturday, about two o'clock in the af
ternoon, the enemy showed themselves about . ,
a mile and a half front Winchester. The
enemy's force consisted of five hundred of
Ashby's Cavalry, with two guns. They
drove in our pickets and then skirmished
with the Michigan cavalry and a portion of
the Maryland First Regiment, General
Shilds brauf;ht up his forces and fired'several
rounds of - S'bc.ll, - and - drove We're back and
took several 'Prisoner's'. Gen. Shields was,
as before stated, wounded in the left arm by
the first fire of the elienty.
It appeared !bat Jackson had been
in
formed by some of the inhabit:l'MS ttat the
town was deSerted by the Union tro'Obs, Lnd
he advanced to retake it, :
Gen. Shields' force slept on their arms on
Saturday night, rind oriSunday morning at
sunrise Jackson; being reinforced, attacked
our army near Ilitiristown, three miles from
Winchester.
The enemy's force, as far as can be ascer
tained, were 500 of Ashby's Cavalry, 5,000
infantry and nine pieces of artillery, with a,
reserve of 15 pieces of artillery. The fight
was kept up till noon, when a charge was
made by the Ohio infantry, First Michigan
rind First Virginia Cavalry on the ene.ny's
right and drove them back half a mile, when
the ertemy'get his guns again in position in
a dens . ° woods, flanked-by his infantry and
drove us back. A short artillery engage
ment ensued, when Gen. Shields, through
Colonel Kimball, ordered Colonel Tyler to
turn their left flank, which was eseLted by
our troops but with terrible loss, the enemy .
being protected by the stone bridge. The
EiglitPourth Pennsylvania "and Thirteenth
Indiana charged their'cenfre, and the fight
now became, general - with a terrible slaugh
ter on both sae's. Colonel Murray, of the
Eighty-fourth Pennylve.nia, was among the
killed iu this charge. -
The enemy retired slowly, bKinging their
guns to bear at every opportunity. Oar
men rusl:cd upc.r. the foe with yells, when
the enemy broke And fled panic-strieken.—
Our troops followed and drove them till dark,
capturing three guns and three caissions,
and muskets, enuipments, etc., almost in
numerable.
Our troops bivouacke3 on the g,ro.und they
had won for the night, complete victor;.
Our dead and wounded were sent here
yesterday at noon.
Gen. Williams' First Brigade, Col. Don
nelly, of the Twenty-eighth New York, com
manding, reinforced Gen. Shields' forces.—
Gen. Banks assumed .lerrrnard.
,
Meanwhile Gen. Shields' Division, com
manded by Col. Kimball, pursued the enemy
beyond Newton, shelling them the whole
way. Jackson's men appeared for the most
part to be perfectly demoralized and beyond
control. They threw their dead and wound
ed out of their wagons to lighten them.
It is noticeable that nearly all the Rebels
wounded are wounded in the head or breast,
attesting the superiority of our mark:tinCL
Those of our troops principally engaged
were the Eighty-fourth and Eleventh Penn
•tylvania, F.,urth, Seventh and Eighth Ohio,
Seventh. Thirteenth and Fourtee nt h
"Virginia and Michig ut Cavalry, and
Datun's battery of Parrott guns.
It wa+ evidently known to many of the
S,ee , sioid in Winchester that Jackson
was approaching, from the evident buoyancy
of spirits among scow of the men and
women.
Gen. Shields' command being screened
from obFervation on the east side of the
town no doubt led Jackson's informant to
believe all nur troops were evacuating the
place, and that Jackson would enter unob
structed. This is evidenced by the state
ment of the prisoners.
Cumvetent judg,es say the enemy's loss in
killed is 04r!"..'00, and 500 wounded and 300
prisoners, ineludingan aid to General Jack
son.
Our loss is killed 95; wourriecl about 1'23
The Law! from StrasiiT.
WINCRESTER, March fls.—The latest from
Strasburg is to the effect that Qen. Banks
tl.ere, with Jackson'ts rear guard in
. •
sight.
The rug lutest
.13, P. M.-o,ur
col
um five Miles I.),:,ani Ztraiturg and
we are still in pursuit. "
Capture of Rebel' 4.rrn VifitgoAs.
WINCIIESTER, March ".;. - It is currently
reported here to-night that G.etier.al Bpoks
overtook and destroyed 200 of 4aci.r4en's
army wagons
FURTHER DETAILS.
Deeds of Daring and Heroism.
IVlNcacsrErt, March 25, Midnight.—The
details of Sunday's fight as received embrace
many deeds o‘personal daring and courage
on the part of our troops, some of which are
probably unsurpassed by any battle in Lie
tory.
Cisptain 5 1 .1viber an Aid and Inspector of
Geo. Shields' Airisiaa while riding to the
crest of the hill to the left of the stone
bridge, with two Orderlies, was confronted
by five Itebel cavalry, who discharged their
revolvers killing the two Orderlies. Noth
ing daunted, Captain Shriber charged the
enemy, ruoninione through the body to the
hilt of his sword, receiving as by did so a
ball through his cap, just sufficietltly clear
of his head to pass him unharmed, after
which he escaped safely from the Rebels.
Captain Perkins, Chief of Genctal Banks'
Staff, was mainly instrumental in planning
the attack on the Vadmy, 'And Verfoime:d
deeds of skill and valoP. 47 ' 1 ' • •
"'There were twelveleb i el regiments en
gaged, all Virginians, aniarig which were
the 'FHA, Second, Fourth, Thirfee'nth, TWCII
- Forty-second and • Thirty-second,
and one liish regiment. Theyhad Ashby's
Cavalry and ttvo batteries . of rifled guns, ono
six gun battery and one four gun battery,
niaking in all twenty-six guns; rirnoitg
which-were some of thosecaptureil from our
troops at Bull Run.
All the color : bcarers cf the Fifth Ohic
Rdgiraent and when Capt.
Whitcomb heizei the standard, sword in
hand, he was shot through i the head. ,
Out of three hundredineri of 'til•Eighty
fmtrth Pennsylvania Reilinizit'.engaged 2G
were killed and 83 wounded. Meat. Cut.
Thuburn, of the Third (loyal) Virginialtegi
meat, was wounded severely.
- On The Rebel side the Fourth and Fiftl.
Virginia R:egiinenti stiffejerPtikil:' '
The Irish butte:lien cTf tSQ Task it. is said,
were ordered to • fire upen the Federals, but
refused, and were driven forward by a Rebel
regiment, but they could not compel thorn'
to fire upon the Union troops. - Forty corpses
of this battalion afterwards strewed the
field.
The Rebels finally gave way before the
indomitable courage of our troops. Theii
loss is estimated at as high as 700 killed
and wounded, besides prisoners.
A youthful Rebel soldier who bad receiv
ed .two wounds in the breast, when ap
proached by one of our officers inquired if
the officer knew Gen. Banks, and receiving
and affirmative reply, he said, "Tell him I
want to take the oath of allegiance, for I
have three brothers in the Federal service,
and I want them to know I die 40* to tilt.
Union."
General Shie:idl' arms:4„l,Ladl.7 shattered,
and owing to the imperfect setting must IA
re-set to-morrow.
This morning many of the bodies of the
Rebels and Union soldiers still remained on
the field, but have since been interred.
Many of the wounded died since they
were brought to this city. The ladies of the
town are busy furnishing aid to the woundeir,
The ladies of the theatre, which is now
occupied as a hospital, are assiduous in their
attendance to the sufferers.
THE LATEST FROM STRASBURG.
)VINCIIESTER, March '23, Midnight. —The
latest information received to-night shows
that all is quiet in the neighborhood of Stras
hurg.
It is reported that two sons of the late
John A. Washington were in Sunday's fight
and both wounded. Also that one has been
taken prisoner.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad have
taken formal charge of the Winchester and
Potomac Road, and persona can now pur
chase tickets at Baltimore fur this place.
Your correspondent leaves for Strasburg
at 4 o'clock in the morning. There is no.
telegraph line to that point yet, but efforta
will be made to express important news to.
the nearest telegraphic station.
Burial of the Dead—The Designs of
the Enemy—General Shields.
WIN - bIIE3TER, VA., March 2Gth, P. M.—
A coinniih'eu.of citizens, with the Mayor
and Provost Marshal, have buried all the
dead of the enemy wnjch have been brought
in to town. Eighty-hie were buried on the
battle-field, and 123' were buried on the
rom:side between bOe and Strasburg.
Two hundred and thirty-five prisoners
have been sent to Baltimore, find nume64 - :
are still here, whilst others are on the way
here.
A messenger from Strasburg states that
Juhnsun way to have joined Jael;son at
Strasburg, but sahbequeatly sent him word
that he could rn,t . jan, him till Monday night.
Tbeireonthined forces would have been from
twen' . rti:e to thiriy th ,us Ind men. It is
V:11C1:: t:llt they ttetc altanging
plan 1.3 t,I. N Cery iutended to keep Bunke
from Ink.)%lrig, to another puha, Lut. Jackson
being impressed that our troops had nearly
all left hazarded his fatal advance alone.
Thousands of persons arc visiting the bat
tle ground and bringing off mementoes
the terrible fight.
Our pickets are Fix miles beyond Stras
burg.
Jackson is not ist.t . A4l.i.
All the fences and trees ^titid the ground
along the route of the retreat show evidedeefi
of the terrible effect of our artillery on 'die
retreating enemy.
General Shields' arm has been reset, and
he is now comfortable, and will probaly be
able to resume active duties in two weeks.
The contest raged furiously till three
o'clock in the afternoon, the fighting being
done chiefly by the artillery and musketry,
at a range of not more than three or four.
hundred yards, and often much less.
The Rebel infantry opposite our righ s t,
now debauched from the woods and attempt
ed to capture Doan's Battery by a charge.
The first effort was nearly successful, but
the heavy discharge of grape compelled
them to retire in confusion. A second and.
weaker 'attempt likewise failed, and the
enemy fell back, with heavy loss, behind thil
stone parapet.
General Taylor now ordered his brigade
to charge the enemy's batteries on the left,
and a most deadly encounter followed.—
Twice our mon reeled under the storm; but
in the third effort they routed the Rebels
with' tremendous' slaughter and loud cheer
ing, capturing two of their guns and four
caissons.
Our loss in these struggles was heavy.—•
Oat of 300 men engaged in the Eighty-fourth
Pennsylvania, teenty-six were killed and
eighty-three wounded. Colonel Murray fell
leading this gallant corps forward, anti
many other dashing officers were.killed. 01 1 '
wounded. The Fifth and Eighth Ohio shared
the glory and the losses with the Eighty
fourth, and the Third Virginia' Regiment
also suffered. Lieutenant Colonel Thobarn,
commanding this corps, was severely
wounded leading it forward to the last
charge.
The enemy's killed and wounded strewed
the ground now in profusion, and their left
wing was utterly broken and their centre
wavering., On their side, the Fourth• and.
Fifth Virginia Regiments suffered the most.
The former was terribly decimated. Sev,