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THE WAJ NEWS.
Details of the Victory at Fort Donelson.
M SITKATF. IlltAVEKY OK THE T ROOTS,
Cincinnati, Feb. IS. The following is
tlio nrcount of Saturday's fighting nt
Fort Donelson :
On Saturday morning tlio battle was re
eunied with unusual vijorand deterniira
tion. Tlii8th, ItJth, L'Uih. and 31t llli'
rinis nr-cupied a position above the fort.
They were nbout preparing a little food,
when tlio rebel', opened on iheiuwitha
fir of muskitry. The line of buttle woo
at once formed, mid the storm of louden
liail returned, perceptibly thinning tlio
rebel ranks.
The rebels, from their advantageous po
sition, thotvered upon our ranks iuo.-t
murderous volleys of musketry, grapoand
omiister, killing and wounding our men
almost by companies at every round.
Yet every man stood his ground brave
ly, determinedly, without llinching. Theso
four regiments liuld theii ground, dealing
death around them, dying and fighting
against appalling od Is, and in the lace of
every disadvantage. 1
The eighteenth regiment seoms to have
rc-isled the severe?! storm. Against their,
ranks Ilia rebe ls directed their heaviest :
lire, but, instead of falling back, they ad,
vanoed to the very face of the enemy, and
there stood, in tho very jaws of death,
with scarcely any prospect that a single'
one of them would escape. j
l,r three hours these regiments, num
bering scarcely three thousand men, held
their giourid against tho whole of the ro
Lei gai i ison.
At one lime the Eighteenth, being par
tially flanked, was expo.-ed to a cross lire
of both musketry and artillery, but our
right wing engaging the enemy's left, at
once relieved them.
At tl.is eiitical moment C1. Lawler fell,
fmd Capt. 1'iu.di, acting Lieut. Col , us-uin
d command, b :t was soon wounded.
'"npt. Ci use was shot detd, and Capt. Law
le,' was nioi tolly wound'd. Lieutenants
Man-ford and Thompson were killed, and
Captains li!lon and Wil-on, and L.euts.
Keilv and Sc.inloii wounded, so that iho
daring EiM'ptiun regiment stood before an
overwhelming foe almost without Oilieers.
Tliov !,!! in h 'ups of dead an 1 wojnded.
'ompauics were bereft of CaplaiiM and
Lieutenants, and Captains and Lieuten
ants almost ol Companies.
The other three regiments dni their du
ty nobly. Colonels Oglesby, Mardi a id
Login dashed along the ranks, wining
their bats, and cheering their men on to
tile f oidlicl. "Sutler death, niee.," cried
Logan, "lut disgr iee never ; Hand firm,"
indwell tin y heeded him. Many fell
lead and woui.dod- -among the latter were
Logan and Lieut. Col. H'Mte.
Ogle.-by's and March's reghnenU fought
d"pcrately, losing, like other regiments,
mi undue proportion of oilieers. Colonel
Oglesby di.-played such coolness and cour
Hge as to have elicited the highest pruiso,
and served well in stiuiiil.it nig ins men
.Never, perhaps, on the American conti'
liflit. has (i moie bloody battle been fought.
An otlieerw hc participated and was woun
? "led in the liuht. say the feeno lieggars
desei'iptioii. .So thickly was the battle
tie! 1 strcvn with the dead and wounded
tli u ho could have traversed acres of it,
taking almost every step upoi: a prostiate
body.
The rebels fought with desperation, their
ai tillerisu using their pieces with fearful
effect. On cither side could bo heird tho
voices of thoso in command cheering on
their men. The four Illinois regiments
held their ground full three hojrs near
ly one-third had been killed and wounded
yet the balance stood firm. Finally, iein
forcements arrived and for an hour the
fclaugUter continued.
About 4 o'clock our 'igbt wing turned
th-'ir left, nml tho rebels fell back into
their fortifications, and our tbig was plan
ted upon the position occupied by their
left wing, and for a time tho (daugh
ter teaced.
Orsser' and Svarlz's batteries wero
captured during the action, but the 18th
Illinois, with clubbed muskets, carried
lrcBser' while the 31st recovered Swartz's.
Chicago, Feb. 17. A fcpecial from Fort
Itor.elson, to tho Time, lays:
The forces engaged wero about equal,
but the rebels had all the advantage of
position, being fortified or. two immense ,
hills, with their fort near the river, on a
Itvcl piece of ground. From tho fort their j
entrenchments, rille pits, abattis, Ac, ex. '
tended up the river behind tha town of 1
Dover; their fortifications on tho land!
;ne, back front tho river, mounted nine i
l,envy gurs, Tho rebels' were sure of suci
cess, and in any othei cause, acainst less
Lrave troops, they could ealily "have held
their position against a hundred thousand
men.
Tho business of gotting tho diflerrnt
"brigades into position, and attaching new
itnivals to different commands, took up
tlm greater part of Friday night. At day .
light on Saturday tho enemy opened on
the Eighteenth Illinois, when all of Ogles
by' brigade were soon engaged, which was
oon followed by Gen. Wallace's and Gen.
McHrthur's brigades, the latter acting un
dor Gen. McClernand.
is tho position of lh troops had been
changed during th night, and Gen. Grant
liiid been called away during tho night to
no gunbout movements, all the troops,
except thoafl attached to M dernand's di
vision, acted without any thing oxoept
General Orders.
At a suggestion from Gen. M'Clernand
Ien. WhIIuco sent up four regiments to
support his division, who were nearly out
if ammunition. Fyom tho commence"
Jntof tho fight until lOJo'clock the fight
'ug km torrilio. The troops on the right
wore disposed as follows ;
Gen. M'Arthur's brigade, tho Oth, 12tb,
1 1 111 HtKl I '.'til I II ill" '!-. .Next was
Ouleshv's briga.le, .lh, L'.tii -J'.lth,
. . '. 1 1 1 and ,",l.-t Illinois. Scwartza ati'l
I'resser'R I'atterv. Nt.t wa-, (ion. Wal.
lace's brigade, I ilh, C'.Uh, -l"th and 1Mb.
I Thee linee bi ide-i composeil jf'l.'ler-
j mind's divi. ion, and bore t he brunt of the
battle. It was found that the enemy were
concentrating their main force to turn our
j right, which was done by our men getting
out of ammunition, and in the confusion
of getting up rr inf'oreenients, rotreating
' about half a niilo.
1 As soon as (ho division, which hail stood
their ground manfully for three hours, re
tired, the enemy occupied the field, when
(ien. Crant ordered lien. Smith to move
forward division to storm the enemy's
works on our left. This order was obeyed
with great alacrity, and soon the cheers of
our daring soldiery were heard, and the
ol 1 11. ig displayed from within the cdc
my's entrenchments.
(ien. Grant then sent word to M'Clern
und and Wallaee that General Smith was
within the enemy's entrenchments, and
ordered thei"' forces to move forward and
renew the attack on tho right, lino of
(ien. Wallace's brigades tho Eleventh
Indiana, Eighth Missouri, and some Ohio
regiinents were then thrown rapidly into
position, and a company ol Chicago light
artillery planted in the road.
As the rebels were supposing we were
on tho retreat, they came yelling out of
their works into t tic road, but the Chicago
boys poured hail storm of grape and can
ister into their ranks, slaughtering whole
dozens of then). Simultaneously with this
tho infmlrj commenced firing at will, and
the rebels went pell mell bark into their
works, our men advancing and taking
possesion of the grouud before lost, and
of a hill besides.
Fresh troops, who had not been in the
action, were then thrown forward, and as
the shades of night drew on, wee in a
stroin; position, ready to participate in a
simultaneous attack to be made on Sun
day nuiuing.
Oglesby 's, Wallace's and M'Arthur's
brigades did the hardest lighting, and s'lf
fcrivl terribly. They would undoubtedly
have held their liist position, but for the
failure
storm.
of ammunition, until ordered to ,
1'he ammunition wagons were at
a distance off, the hills preventing their
being moved rapidly. j
Some of our best oilieers and men have:
Joilt; 1J IllMMt. itai UIJ n lilt, II
went over the field 'liter the battle who
, .1. ;H !.,.. l,w 11. ,..,11., a I,-... r '
did'ut discover soino comrade who had
fallen.
We lost three Lieutenant Colonels, and
at lea! one quarter of all the other oili
eers eie wounded or killed.
I)'iiing Saturday night a contraction of
till our lines was made for a simultaneous
assault Iroin every point, and orders were
given to take the enemy at tho point of
the bavonet.
Every man was at his post, lho57lh Il
linois on the extreme right.
At daylight on Sunday, tho advar.ee
was nude. When tho full light of day
b-oke forth, white flags wero hung in ma
ny places on the enemy's works. An of
ficer, i't u convenient point, wasinfoimed
that they had stacked their arms und sur-;
rendore 1 in tho morning, tho following
pithy correspondence having passed be
tween the commanders:
Jeuilifiartcr, Furt Ihmclson, Feb. 10, C
o'clock a. m. In consideration of nil the
circumstances governing the present situ
ation of affairs at this ttation, I propose to
the commanding officer of the Federal
forces the appointment of commissioners
to agree upon terms of capitulation cf the
forces at this post under my command.
In that view I suggcit an armistice until
twelve o'clock to day. I am, very res
pectfully, your obedient servant,
S. II. IU'cknek, lh ig. Gen. C. S. A.
To Lrigadicr Gen. Grunt, U. S. A., near
Fort Donelston.
Jlnid'uiirUrii, in Field, Fori Donchm, Feb.
lii, ISO'-. To Gen. S. 15. I'ucknor- .Sir :
Yours of this date proposing an armistice
and tho appointment of Commissioners to
settle Units of capitulation is just receiv
ed. No terms except unconditional and
immediate surrender can bo accepted 1
propose to move immediately upon your
works. 1 am, Sir, very respectfully, your
obedient servant,
U. S. Grant, Iirig. Gen. Commanding.
JltaJ'ii'irtirs, Ihrer, Ti-mifssrf, Feb. 1'5,
LS02. Brig. Gen. U. S. Grant, U. S. A.
Sir: The distribution of forces under my
command, incident to an unexpected
chance of commanders, and tho over
whelming force under your command
compel mo, notwithstanding the brilliant
success of the Confederate armsyesterd.ty,
to accept the ungenerous and unchivtl
rous terms which you propose. I am, Sir,
your obedient servant.
S. B. Bit kner, Brig. Gen. C. S. A.
Our whole force wero then soon in th
i-Jl-i,
, ' ien.
enemy's works, atxl the rebel officers gave , n'1 d,ov,e l,,e Ti)heh l,,,ck Ulllil le.V into
up their swords. The bulk of the rebels ; entirely new position behind some bat
were greatly chagrined, as they had known ! tones.
of the surrender befoie our men were ap- When evening came the Union troops
prifed of it, as Gentrals l'illow and Floyd j bad been victorious at every point, having
had planned and executed during the '
nigiu, taking wiui in em i-toyu i origaue,
- ,- '.I ., H, T, l' l- '
and a fow favorites, occupying what
few i
small steamers they had.
i tie pi tsoners are loud in their denun-
ciation of the runaways. Many acknsw.
ledced the hopelessness of their cause.and '
uiumaiea their willingness to take tha
c-atu ot allegiance and return to their ,
lotnoi. to a question put to an officer, as
o now many prisoners we Lad, he replied,
V , I Tn i wp,n'y;tl''e thousand
urrAivlit
ledandn ll fhit. i ,th kil"
?n ZlTX't In Vi . nl
ithTho rebel ki lid Z K Xed, -Up
ed thefoSwnVLa lin of kHlS tnl'
wounded :
Of tbo 8th Illinois, Capt. Wilson and Lt. tfe K""",U"B' ",,ulmr "nw wero TU"- , WCU4" ""' r"o-
Sheets and Lieut. Marsh killed, nd Capt. Tbe gallantry of the Union troops has ' -The kind'oi agricultural fir3
Haunau wounded. , been well and severely tested, and they Farmer's daughters.
Of the i'th Illinois were wounded Capt.
Ilobii.s.m, dpt. Lecker, Ll. Fulton und
Lieut. I.ebei . Of the killed aie L'aptain
Shaw. Lieutenants Lcyce, Chun. hill, Ken
von, Vohr, Jhiiican, r.ud order! v K.rgcunt
Mellaril.
Of tho 1 Lh lllinci?, ,T. O. Talk, Lichard,
Woodward, Milton l'.n r .Limes .McCasl
lin, Simeon Sban, Caleb (iritlith, K. Mor
ris, till of company U. wevo killed. Of tho
wounded were Lt. Col. Hansoin, Captains
Hose, Andrews and MeKee, Lieuts. lean,
Wilcox, Murray, I'lackstono, and ('ajitaiu
Carter, slightly.
Of the Eighteenth Illinois thcro were
killed, Lieut. Manser, lapt. Craig and Sgt.
I'eski! j of tho wounded were Col. Lawler,
in the arm ; Capt. Lawler, Capt. Wilson
and Lt. Toole.
Of the Twentieth Illinois there wero
killed, Lieut. Colonel Ewin, nnd wounde 1
Cipt. Kenwurd, Lieuts. Archdeacon and
King,
Of the 30th Illinois was killed, Adjutant
Kirkpatrick.
Of the 3Lst were killed, Lieutenant Col.
White and Capt. Williamson ; of the
wounded ivcre Col. Logan, ball through
tho shoulder; Adjutant Capehart, and
Captains McCook, Luaituerlell and Doctor
Mclook.
Of tho 48th Illinois was killed, Lt. Col.
Smith.
Of the For ly first was killed, Cuptain
Truce.
The composition of the rebel force was
u follows: Tennessee, eleven regiments;
Mississippi, euht ; Texas, one ; Kentucky,
two; Arkansas, one and Virgin'a, four.
There was one battailion of cavalry to each
of the Tennessee regiments.
SV. .OIK', Feb. 18. The Itrpull'ican's
Fori l'onelscn correspondent gives the
following account of the fighting ou S.it
urday.
Yesterday moi ning, just at daylight, a
heavy sortie was made by the g.inison
from the left portion of their works.
This attack was made upon the extreme
right wing of the Union army, where it
was weakest.
A part of Gen. M'Clernand'j division,
under Col. Oglesby, consisting of his brig '
ade, was stationed there, and Schwartz's
and M'Allister's batteries. The point was
upon a ridge leading into the right redoubt
and was situated just above tho main fort.
During the ti.glit the enemy could be
heard busily at work, but what !t it was
impossible to tell, as a dense thicket e.i
compassed the Union troops on every side,
rendering a view in any direction almost
impossible.
At daylight a large body of the enemy
suddenly appeared on the extreme right
wing of Col. Ogleby's command, and op
ened a terrible fire with cannon from their
redoubts, playing at tho same time upon
our forces from guns which had been
placed in position tho night previous.
The camps of the 2'Jlh and 31st were
most exposed, end the whole brigade was
formed into line, as follows : the LSth Il
linois held the Hitreme right, the Kth 11
linois next, the 30th Illinois next, and
then the -'.'th Illinois supporting tho
right of Captain Schwartz's buttery the
31st Illinois defending the artillery ou
the left.
From the firing of the first gun until 0
o'clock the battle raged unremittingly,
and with fearful loss on both sides. Again
and again our troops diove tho enemy
back, but they were as often reinforced,
w hile our troops hud, owing to tho exten
ded lines of the army, and also to their
position on the extreme right, to fight un
assisted. Moro gallant fighting than that of the
Union troops never took place, exposed to
the terrible firing of triple their number.
They stood their ground until in some
regiments every ollicer w;s killed or
wounded.
At last, and reluctantly, regiment by
regiment, they slowly fell back, leaving
Schwartz's battery and three of M'Allis
ter's guns in rebel hands. Retiring a few
hundred yards, they all then made a stand
nnd Gen. Smith arrived with reinforce
ments, and a.t once drove tlio enemy
again into their works.
In the first of the
battle was also Col. V. If. L. Wallace's
brigade the 1 1th, -0th, 4th, and 17th
also Col. M'Arthur's brigade; all of which
troops Buttered severely.
Opposed !o them were 12,000 rebels, sup
ported by guns placed carefully in posi
tion. Gen. Grant havingcomnund of the
division dro73 the enemy back with rein
forcements, and gained the lost ground.
He at once ordered an advance by Gen.
Smith on the left. Charging under a hot
fire up the steep hill on which was tho
outer redoubt our troops gained the high
breastworks, and with hardly a pause
went over them, planting tho stars and
stripes over the walls, under tho most
galling fire. They formed and charged
gamed tiack the ground lost in tho morn
and gotwitLin one part of the enemy's i
works. Our
,ull's ' ... 1,1,1 p'wtut'ii i
during the night, repelling tho repeated
assaults ot the enemy,
The scene within the captured fort after
the surrender showed how terribly the
robol garrison had suffered. Everywhere
were Wing fragments of shells, round shot
wore half buried in the earth, tents were
torn to pieoai. cun carriages broken and '
blornl icattered around. In the left re
taken place,
bodies lay thickly, and abundant
evi,1npe f ir " resiitance and our
gnllant .tUck w, visible.
' trn.e right. balfmile din -
tant whre. lhe defPpraU ,or,io WM ma(!c
have proved more than iijual to tho test
before thorn.
As tin- !!-et approached the F a t this
morning a salute wnsfircl, mid thieo
ch.cr.-wvlit up whin tho American flags
were visible.
'I he otlii cis of the American army had
no idea of Fort Donelsnn's defences until
they had been gamed and examined.
Several men, when out of ammunition,
rushed forwaru, und id though exposed to
the full fire of the rebel artilery, gallantly
drove the foes back with the bayonet anil
canturcd their gus.
l'ho following are tho names of some of
tho rebel officers captured: Col. Gantt,
Col. Yorhies. Col. Forrest. Col. lit own and
Col. Abernoihy.
Cuiro, Feb. 17 Tho steamer Memphis
arrived from Fort Douelson this evening,
bringing a Mississippi regiment prisoners,
and fifty or sixty wounded soldiers who
were left at Mound City. Eight or nine
other boats are on their way with rebel
prisoners.
The rebels who escaped are supposed to
have gone to Nashville, where, or nt
Clarksvilio, it is supposed the rebels will
nt tempt to mako another stand.
This evening a great light was soon in
the direction of Clarksville, and it is supj
posed that the rebels have either burned
the town or their steamboats in tho river,
to prevent them from falling into our
hands.
Tne rebel oflicets admit that if wo lake
N'ashville, the rebellion in Tennessee is
gone up. 1 ho prisoners will, probably, bo
sent to Cump Douglas, Chicago.
Chicago, Feb. IS. Tho Tribune a special
says the position of the ground occupied
by our troops to attack Fort Donelson,
was such that not more than one regiment
could operate at the same tintp, while the
rebels could bring nearly their whole force
to bear against us' The first regiment to
receive tho rebels was the lHth Illinois,
which fought with desperate courage un
til their ammunition run out, when tiiey
wero forced to reiiro. lt was replac
ed by the Ktli Illinois. They too, were
driven back nfler firing the last round,
meanwhile the other regiinents lending
such aid n their positions would admit.
Gen. Lewis Wallace was ordered to rein
force McClernand, and sent two brigades
from tho center, Tho 31st Illinois, Col.
Logan, fought like veterans, and defend,
inc Schwartz's batterv under the most
galling fire until every horse nt t tie bat
tery was killed, together with all the offi
cers who had charge of the guns as well
a Ll. Col., an acting Major, 7 Captains,
and a number of Lieutenants of tho 3lst
had been killed, and tho Colonel wounded.
Being nearly surrounded, Capt. M'Cook
who was left in command, drew oil' what
was left of the regiment, not however un
til the last round was expended, and they
had commenced to drive the rebels before
them. Tho second brigade then came up
and took the plica of the retired one, and
fought desperately, loosing a great num
ber in killed, but with the assistance of a
portion of Wallace's Division, drove the
rebels tack to their entrenchments, gain
ing a portion of the lost ground. Tlio ob
ject of the rebels was evidently to cut
their way through our troops. Tho Gen.
Johnson taken is Bushrod Johnson, a
Biigadier General from Tennessee.
The GixnovTs Engaged. There had
boen, according to Commodore Foot, but
six gunboats engaged in the bombardment
of Fort Donelson up to Saturday after
noon. Four of these, the St. Louis, Car
o;:dclet, Taylor and Cone-toga, took part
in the reduction of Fort Henry ; two, the
Lnuiville and the TitUburg, were here
brought into action for the first timo ; and
three of tho-c engaged tit Fort Henry, the
Essex, Cincinnati and Lexington, were
not in this light.
The St. Louis was Com. Foot's flag-ship,
and was rushed into the very jays of the
Confederate guns. It was within j!0
yards of the fort. She was hit sixty-one
times. Coin. Foote and Pilots lliley and
Ilinton were wounded.
Tho two last mentioned boats, tho Tuv-
lor and Conestoga, uro not of the same
model of character as tha others, being
simply Mississippi river beats, rebuilt witii
perpendicular bulwarks, and pierced for
guos. They wero both disabled in the ac
tion. Armament of the gun-boats. St. Louis
13gnn; Louisvide, 13 guns; Pittsburg,
13 guns; Cirondelet, 13 guns; Taylor 'J
guns; Conestoga 9 guns, Total gunboat
armament, 7 I guns.
The guns aro all in ballery, and none j
are less than oli-poumlers some are 4J
pcunders somo f4-poundcrs. In addL
tion to these, each boat carries a Dahlgren
rifled 12-poumW boat howitzer on the
upper deck. Several of the larger guns
on each boat are rifled, but most of them
are smooth bore, those being most effec
tual in close action.
The Late Mr. Penninhtos. A Strange
,S7cri.--Tho death of Ex-Governor IVm
itiington, of X. J last week, is said to
' linVA been l!ie result, i f bin tubintr ziiirlit
prains 0f morphine by mistake, lie had
Veen complaining of typhoid lover, which
at times ntlected turn so severely as to
cause temporary aberration of mind.
Sunday morning ho appeared to be no
better, and a prescription was written for
quinine, nn sent to the drug store of Dr
C. W. Badger, on Broad street, Newark,
The prescription, directing powders, was
dispensed end labelled "quinine." W.ort.
'ly after the powder wns administered to I
the Governor. In the course of a few.
minutes it was discovered that there u'
, something wrong.and on examination the,
I powders were fou nd to be morpbine.eigbt
'. prams of which had been taken. Thesad1
, .ftai.r wS". be y investigated, hen par-
CONNECTICUT BEMOCltATIC
j STATE CONVENTION.
! The Democratic V'do t '.inv nt ion of
Connecticut, held l.i-t wetk, is Mpresint
cd to have been the largest fathering of
Ibe kind evir held in that Stab', 'l'ho
following preamble and resolutions woio
adopted :
Whereas tho Democratic parly, having
from Its organization been the party ol
the Union, faiihful ami l-uo to its be..- t in
terests, maintaining its dignity in war and
in peace, against the assaults and iiioinua
liors of foreign and domestic foes ; and
Whereas tho present deplorable condi
tion of the country results from a depart
ure from its timcshnnored nnd conserva
tive principles ; nnd
Whereas we fully believe that the U
nion cannot bo restored until the princi
ples ami spirit of Democracy prevail in
the Administration of the Federal nnd
.....i i 1 1 ... , 1 1. . , . i.
. -IIHD I' I II lllL'll L.S, 1IIIU unit I HO l I ill Ml on i
of tho democratic party oil'eis the only!
reasonaole hopes ol awakening the dor
mant Union sentiment of the South,
which can bo aroused only by the assu
rance of safety and equality in tho Union ;
therefore
Jiesolml, That the present extraoidina
ry condition of our national ud'uirs, in
which wo have been involved through
t lie pernicious counsels of fanatics, ui
gently calls upon every democrat to tigain
rally under tho limu-iionoied banner of
that political organization which has, in
war as well us in peace, in prosperity and
fv.tvermtv, ever proved faithful to
the
Union, the constitution, the government
and the laws, and which banner we will
continue to blend with tho glorious stars
und stripes.
7iY.fiiri, That resting their organiza
tion upon the patriotism of its well tried
principles, and still renewing their un
serving fidelity to the constitutional
government, which they have for more
than three 'quarters of a century uiiflinch
ingly upheld,
(whether assaulted by
Itl-i I , ll I'll u ,i it I, in r., S.M, I 1.,-ti Ei.....u
.w. .. ..v..i . .jui....... .. ,lu o.-.iy...,
tlie democracy ot lonnccticnt earnestly
appeal to ail conservative citizens to unite
with them in sustaining the President in
all constitutional ellorts to suppress the
rebolliou, restore the Union, and to du-.
fend our country against till foes, whether
from homo or abroad ; nnd wo invito tho
co-operation of all who are opposed to t he
revolutionary element which is now ma
king war upon the President nnd the gal
lant Generul Mcl'lellan, for tho purpose
of converting the war against secession
and rebellion into a struggle for tho
emancipation of the slaves, in violation of
tho obligations of the constitution.
7i.Wivi, That in all propositions likely
to result in a satisfactory adjustment of
tho matters in dispute between the North
and tho South, ami especially such measi
urcs as would have secured the border
Slates to tlio Union, and a hearty co-op.
enition on thoir part in all constitutional
and legal measures, and procure the re
turn of the seceded States, the republican
nartv assumed u f.-nifnt risdn-inuitiit it u
tid in utter disregard of the best irterosU
of the whole country, and stamped itself
as wanting in patriotism and destitute of
that sound political m inc'it.le which shonbl
actuate a parly having
huv ug n is hands tho
4
destinies of n ireat. ncoi ..
.YWcW, That the republican pnrly.who
promised a restoration of the honesty nnd
purity of the Washington administration,
has, in tho disclosures of fraud and cor
ruption, brought to light by the Congress
ional investigating committee, shown a . Kru t -ii. n . .
demoralization not only unknown beforo I lh. . LoUls lUo JK,"" a most
in the States, but unheard of and unpre- , c:,rni-'st Union Journal, soys, in spoakin?
ccdented in the history of the nation. i of the proposition to arm the slaves :
L'rxuL-ol, That in the present distracted "It is no justification if ne;-roe.s .are ar
condition of the country, its financial in. mod by the Southern Confederacy. Tho
tercsts demand tho earnest attention oflliovcinment need.i tho moral power of
mo peopie, anu sucn a system ot turcct
ta.xauon suoum t,e iniwaiou iy congress
as would form a broper nnd true basis of
public credit ; and wc unhesitatingly con
demn the idea of issuing irreduifible pa
per ns a legal tender, ns a violation of the
spirit cd the constitution, destructive to
private rights, and an unwarranted inter-fe.-encewlth
existing contracts, and in
tho highest degree demoralizing to tlie ti
naneiid credit of the United States,
'WiW, That the suspension of the
writ of habeas corpus, and the arrest of
freemen without tlue process of law in
Slates where there is no pretense of a mil
itary necessity therefor, is ir.consi-ient
with the principles of a free goven ment,
and is utterly condemned by the Lie mo-
craiic par ty of this Stato.
A Talking Congress. Tbo Xe York
H'orW hits oft Congress for its talking
propensity in the following style:
Gold thiee per cent, premium in Wall
street yesterday, and the rate rising ; yet
Congress docs nothing but talk.
Tho tide of enecie sUtini! in heavily
for Europe ; yet Congre.sdoes nothing but
talk.
Tit exchanges of the country, foreign
anl domestic, in wild disorder; yet Con
gress noes Homing Put talk.
The currency of the nation in a process
of degradation, while values are unsettled :
yet Congress does nothing but talk.
Xot a dollar to be found in the Federal
Tret Bury on the 15th of January (eo Mr.
Chase's speech) ; yet Congress docs noth
ing but talk.
An irredceraableeuirency, inflated val
ues, monetary discredit, commercial dis
honor, repudiation, certnin disunion, an
abrupt and ingenious termination of the
war all imminent; yet Congress does
nothing but talk.
BWhat is the difference lietwecn a
miller and a sexton T One toils for life
and the other toiU for death.
MuAn old maid, speaking of marriage,
ays it is like any other disease while
there is life there is Lope.
' iiatii.es in na
like women and
B13). I f the doctor orders larl:, lias
not
the patient a pel feet i iht to growl f
ninety-nine cases out of a hun
dred, wealth t rentes more wants than it
supplies.
BA'A mail imn'l Llp what is dono ho-,
bind his back," as tlio scamp said when he
was kicked out (if doors.
Iti There is a'dnelic proverb: "If tho
best mail's thoughts were written on his
forehead, it would make him pull his hat
over his eyes."
BiIn private watch your thw;ihls- In
the family watch your Innjnr. In com
pany watch your tnn;ii,
Sr-5X,A dozen high breasted girls, just
. beginning to break their corsets, will do
more towards filling a party with senti
ment and inspiration, than all the wino
that was ever squeezed. Fact.
tkiT 'Married lifo often begins with rose
wood and ends with pine. Think ol that
my dears, beforo you furniture your par
lors. Bffli. Felix thinks tho scat of war of tho
Washington army must be very nearly
worn out by this timo!
g-An exchange says that Bishop
1 Folk, the Confederate Generul at Oolum-
bus, "Inn learned to swear like a trooper."
Wo would much rather hear him swear
than preach or pray Luuiwilk Journal.
Newsi'ai-ehs Siitressf.i). It is stated
that the Mississippi, the Oregon Demo
crat, and Los Angelos end California Star
hove been suppressed from tho mails, on
the ground that they have been used for
the purposes of overthrowing the govern-
i incut, and giving aid and comfort to tho
f.nc,uy now Bt war Bt'lll,lst o United
.. in I US
B3b.We see it stated that Charles Al
bright of Mauch Chunk obtained a con
tract from General Cameron, before "my
dear General" was banished to Kussin, for
manufacturing .vcCi .' This is another of
Cameron's good management. The idea
of giving u shoe contract to a Lawyer h
very ridiculous. Of courso the limb of
( the law will tell out to a shoemaker nnd
. pocket the difference. How poor Undo
i Sam is lobbed. F.aJvn Arjttt,
I tli)'Tho Ne w York Trilmnr. saj'B General
I Sherman has several thousand niggers
1 picking cotton lor the government on tho
! sea hlauds adjacent to Port lloyal, and
1 recommends that "the government should
immediately take measures to clotho and
educute these interesting people."
Our notion is that the government has
got enough on band w ithout making itself
a universal nigger schoolmaster.
The Union's Worst Enemies. Tho N.
i ' J'"mml "J Commen-e truly declares that
tlie worst enemies of the Union to-day.nre
, thos0 ,vll lno t,ie abandonment of all
,lie principles of Washington and the pa-
i 4 r...i l . i .t
I'lonumoi s, nun propose to make lue
.war one cf extermimtion. These
men
red
' declare tho Constitution a bundlo of
tape, nnd shout themselves hoarso
with
calling every one a traitor who does not
oppose President Liucoln in his conserva
tive policy.
i ight and mstice. and constitutional law.
In that, is Us strength. Let dtpcrndnefl
disregard their, ami insult tho moral
sonso of mankind. It is the weak anil
wicko 1 that resort to such expedients."
Too Mltii Xoise. An Irishman from
Battle Creek, Michigan, was at Bull Kun
battle, and was somewhat startled when
the head of his companion on h's left
hand was knocked oft" with a cannon ball.
A few moments nfter, however, a spirit
bad broke the lingers of his comrade on
the other side. The latter threw down
his gun and yelled with pain, when tho
Irishman rushed to him exclaiming
"Blasht your soul, you ould woman, s'.hop
crying; you make Jmoro noise about it
than tho man that loht his head." C'Ai-
C'ltO Pvsl.
-"Slavery," fays an Abolition jour,
mil, is costing lLo Uniit l States threo
millions a day, and it adds, "is it not
about time to pat an end to such an ex
penditure?" This Abolition journal bi g
got the boot on the wrong leg. h is Ab
olitionisin that is co-ting the United
States three million a day. Had Aboli
tionism acceded to the reasonable wishes
of the Union men of the border States at
any timo between I cceinber 1, lS'id, and
February 1, lMil. Southern secessionist!!
would have been a failure, nnd the coun
try would to-day have been united nnd at
poitco. Is it not about time to put an end
to Abolitionism ? Ckieajo Tiiwi,
Cameho's Contract.-:. Vnn Wyck's In
vestigating committee is in possc-fcion of
about thirty contracts witti the signatures
of Simon Outnerou, Secretary)! Wur, at
tached lo them. Tins is a direct variance
with his statement to Congress, that a'
contracts were given out by the propo'
bureaus of his department. It will b
difficult to reconcile the deliberate assor"
tion of (he late Secretary with the start"
ling facts that are being brought to lights
theso contra?ts, it it understood, are
eouul.rmanded, ami w ill 1 held iu aley-'
nee until thoroughly sifted and cjwbiii..
td.
V1 , There uiv no rth
1'iie t! it cm t h,.l ul
-n:i!:cs.