GEO. BANDKRSOS, EDITOR.
A. SANDERSON, Aiioeiate.
LANCASTER, PA., FEBRUARY 18; 1862.
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OUR FLAG.
Now onr flag is flang to the wild winds free,
Let it float o’er oar father land.
And the guard of Its spotless fame shall he
Columbia's chosen hand.
FORT DONELSON TAKEN!
GREAT VICTORY!
Bj dispatches received on yesterday, we
learn that Fort Donelson was captured on
Sunday by oar gallant army, with some fif
teen thousand prisoners, including Generals
A. S. Johnston, Buckrer, Pillow and other
rebel officers of note. This splendid trinmpb
opens the way to Nashville, and it will not be
long until the Capital of Tennessee ib in our
bands.
GLORIOUS NEWS,
In another column will be found highly
gratifying and important intelligence from the
seat of war. The Burnside Expedition has
been a complete success—not only capturing
Koanoake Island and some two or three thou
sand rebel prisoners, after a hard fight, but
also effecting a landing on the coast of North
Carolina, and taking possession of the towns
of Elizabeth City, Edenton, and several other
places without opposition.
The march of our army in Kentucky and
Missouri is also onward and successful, and,
from present appearances, it will not be many
days until Tennessee will be made to feel the
full power of onr arms. The tide of victory
has completely turned in favor of the Union
cause in the east and in the west, and even
Virginia is beginning to quake with fear at
the consequence of the rebellion. The only
thing that saves her at present from tho fate
of her moro Southern sisters, is the inclemency
of the weather and the consequent impassible
condition of the roads. When the spring
opens we expect ,£o seo the Old Domiuion
speedily brought back to her allegiance, as
also North Carolina and Tennessee. God
speed the good work. :
A CONTRAST I
On Wednesday night, the sth inst., a mag
nificent entertainment was given by Mrs •
Lincoln, at the White House, in Washington,
which surpassed everything of the kind, in
the way of richness and expense, heretofore
attempted in the United States. About eight
hundred guests were present—Ladies, Sena
tors, Representatives, Generals, Colonels,
Foreign Ministers, and others. The enter
tainment cost several thousand dollars, and
the hilarity and feasting were all on the
grandest scale. Dancing, which was at first
intended, we believe was omitted out of some
regard to public opinion.
On the same night, along the vallies of the
Potomac and Ohio, nearly five hundred thous
and stalwart meD, imbued with patriotic feel
ings, were lying on the cold ground, with
nothing to shelter them from the rain aDd
snow but rotten tents or rough boards—many
of them having left wives and children at
home in a destitute condition to servo their
bleeding and distracted country on the field
of blood and carnage.
At Bnoh a time, we think, feasting and frolic
were out of place in the White House. The
money expended on that occasion would have
been much better applied to the relief of the
families of poor soldiers now in the military
service of the country.
SENATOR COWAN,
It gives us muoh pleasure to learn that
Senator Cowan, of this State, has expressed
his intention to act with the conservative
party in Congress. He is said to have on
sympathy with the rabid men who are seek
ing to violate the Constitution while they are
professing to defend it. The press against
him by the Abolition portion of his party has
been very heavy, but threats, entreaties and
bribes have all failed to divert him from tho
manly ground that he has chosen. Senator
Cowan is a bold, consistent and sensible
statesman. A strong anti-slavery man,
anxious to see the institution quickly and
finally exterminated from the country, he has
too much common sense not to perceive that
the plans of his fellow Senators, Sumner,
Wilson, Hale, and others, would not only
weaken the National cause, but rivet the
fetters of the black man with double force.
We are not so much of a partizan that we
cannot freely praise the course of a political
opponent when it is right, and in this case
Senator Cowan is deserving of tho applause
of all honest and conservative people. His
acts shine in pleasant contrast with the feeble,
selfish and bigoted career of his Falstaffian col
league, Mr. Wilmot.
PLAYED OUT I
The game of accusing all who refuse to
join the Republican party of disloyalty to the
Government, is about played out—says the
New York Argus, and overy sensible man is
of the same opinion. It is tolerably safe,
when you hear a blustering self-styled patriot
eharging his neighbor with being a traitor, to
conclude that helb directly or indirectly en
gaged in stealing from, or in' some way
plundering the Government, or that he has
“an axe to grind’? of some sort. Tho loudest
brawlers are those who stay at home to make
money off the Government, and let the poor
soldiers do the fighting. The patriotism of
these fellows can be measured by the depth of
their pockets. The masses are beginning to
understand this full well, and the game is
played out.
Bishop Aues and Hon. Hamilton
Fish, of New York, who were sent by the
President to look after our prisoners in the
South, have been refused permission to enter
the rebel lines, but still their mission has been
productive of some good—as through them
tho rebel government made an aoeeptable
proposition for a general exohange of prison
£rs, which is now being carried into effect.
fIDIiDIBaS'FAY^Au:
A proposition is now before Congress to re
duce the pay of officers and soldiers in the
army ten per cent. The vast expenditures
of the Government have impressed the. minds
of many, in and out of tho National Legisli-.
iore, with an idea of the necessity for econo
my; and inasmuch as blind stupidity more
than wisdom rules the Representatives of the
people fit Washington, it is extremely proba
ble that they will economize just where
economy will’be most injurious to the cause
in which we are engaged. -The present pay of
private soldiers, supposing that 600,000 of
them are now in the Bervice, is $93,600,000 a
year, and consequently but $9,360,000 would
be saved by the proposed reduction of their
pay. This is not more than a fiftieth part of
the annual expenses of the war ; and to aub
stract $15.60 Ja vear from the poor pittance of
thirteen dollars a month which is paid to men
who leave home, and the business by which
they -support their families, to encounter the
exposure, deprivations, and danger to life
and limb, which are incident to war, is cer
tainly setting a low pecuniary value upon
citizens of a great Repnblic; and such a re
duction cannot honestly be made without
giving every volunteer the option of fighting
for tbe diminished pay or retiring from the
service. Many of the volunteers have families
at home depending upon them for subsistence,
and a hundred and fifty-six dollars a year is
not an extravagant sum to support a wife and
children, even if the soldier sbonld devote the
entire amount to that purpose, without ex
pending anything for the little comforts and
luxuries which men, situated as they are, de
sire to enjoy. A good soldier is worth all that
the Government pays him for his services, and
it would be very bad policy, as well as an ex
hibition of a gross want of appreciation of his
value, to diminish his pay.
ARREST OF GENERAL STONE,
Brigadier General Stone, of the regular
army, has been arrested and conveyed to Fort
Lafayette, upon charges which, if sustained
before the court martial ordered to investigate
the case, will subject him to instant death.—
He is charged with misbehavior at Ball's
Bluff—with holding correspondence with the
enemy and receiving visits from rebel officers
in his camp, and with treacherous designs to
expose his force to capture and destruction by
tbe enemy. These are all charges of the
most serious character that can be brought
against an officer of the army, and for that
reason should not be lightly credited. There
is no disguising the fact that Gen. Stone has
many active enemies, who have been eagerly
searching for evidence against him, and that
these enemies have been instrumental in col
lecting testimony sufficient to justify his arrest
and trial by courf martial. For the honor of
the American army it is to be hoped that he
may be able to exculpate himself from these
charges, and show that he is at least not a
traitor to his country.
LEGISLATIVE INSTRUCTION,
The following is the vote in the House of
Representatives, at Harrisburg, on the resolu
tion to instruct our Senators and asking our
Representatives to vote for the expulsion of
Hon. Jesse D. Bright. Lost by a vote 0f39
yeas to 52 nays, as follows :
Yeas— Messrs Abbott, Alexander, Bates, Beaver,
Beebe, Biogham. Blencbard, Brown (Mercer) Chat
ham, Cochran. Cowan, Crane, Dennis, Dougherty,
Fox, Freeland Grant, Gross, Happer, Henry, Hutch
man, Kennedy, Lehman, McClellan, McCoy, Moore,
Myers , Ritter, Eussoll, Shannon, Smith (Chester,)
Smith (Philadelphia,) Strong, Tracy, Twitcbell, Wil
liams, Wiodle Wildey.
Nays. —Messrs Armstrong, Banks, Barron, Bol
leau, Brown, (Northumberland,) Caldwell, Cessna,
Craig, Dellone, Divins, Donnelly, (Green,) Donnelly
(Philadelphia,) Duffield, Early, Gamble, Gaskill,
Graham, Greenbank, Hess, Hoover, Hopkins (Phila
delphia.) Hopkins (Washington,) Josephs, Kaino,
Kline, Labar, Lichtenwallner, McCulloch, McManus,
Neiman, PershtDg, Potteiger, Peters , Quigley. Rom
sey, Rex, Rhoads, Ross, (Luzerne.) Ross (Mifflin,)
Rowland, Ryan, Scott, Tate, Thompson, Tutton,
Wakefield, Weidner, Wimley, Wolf, Worley , Zeig
ler, Rowe, (Speaker.)
SENATOR BRIGHT EXPELLED.
Tho Senate, on the sth inst., expelled Sena
tor Bright, by a vote of 32 to 14. We look
in vain over the names of those voting affirma
tively for one who is truly a National man or
a firm Union man, unless Johnson, of Tennes
see, be an exception. As he is one of the few,
perhaps the only Senator from a rebel State
who is legally in that body, it may be well to
pass him over. Such traitors—avowed, de
termined, persevering and malignant enemies
of the Constitution—as Sumner, Wilson,
Chandler, Wade, and their like, accomplished
the expulsion. All these actively sympathised
with the foreign enemy during the Mexican
war" while Senator Bright was one of the
pillars of his country. Tho only Republicans
in the Senate who are truly Union men,
Cowan, Harris and Ten Eyck, voted against
the expulsion.
Mr. Bright has bo n a Senator since 1845.
lie is a man of unquestionable personal in
tegrity, and during all his Senatorial career
has been regarded as one of the most worthy
and able men in that body. But the warm
attachment of his own party for him was al
ways met by the bitterest hatred of tho Op
position to it. And in this is the true secret
of bis expulsion. His speech in his own de
fence was brilliant and powerful, and mo
mentarily shook the courage of his persecu
tors. Under the la«h of the infamous Sumner,
however, the Abolitionists rallied, and the
deed was accomplished.
The result has been produced by the Abo
litionists, but the proceeding was mainly in
stigated by the thieving army contractors who
feared Bright more than any man in the
Senate. It is not improbable that one after
the other all the Democrats will be expelled
from the Senate. —Lock Haven (Pa.,) Demo
crat. «
The Ultimatum of Secretary Stanton*.—
On Thursday week, while a member of Con
gress was urging the appointment of one of his
friends, Secretary Stanton very kindly re
plied :
“I can make no more appointments from
political influence or personal appeals. Tho
appointments in the army must come from the
ranks. I have tho cases of a number of
widows, who have lost their husbands in the
army, to attend to, and, as they are most
needy, and their wants pressing, they will
receive my earliest attention, As for the few
civil posts in ray gift, I shall distribute them
among the poor and meritorious soldiers who
havo been crippled in defence of their
country’s rights.”
The summary manner in which the new
Secretary despatches business is not very
pleasing to greedy contractors, but it meets
the hearty approbation of every honest and
practical business man. Several members of
Congress complain that the Secretary treats
them very cavalierly. They will get used to
his mode of doing businces in time.
S&* The following is the letter of Hon Jesse
D. Bright which was made the plea for expel
ling him from the Senate :
“ Washington, March 1, 1861.
“ My Dear Sir : —Allow mo to introduce to
your acquaintance, my friend Thomas B Lin
coln, of Texas. He visits your capital muinly
to dispose of what he regards a great imnrove
ment io fire arms. I recommend him to your
favorable consideration as a gentleman of the
first respectability, and reliable in every re
spect. Very truly Yours,
“JESSED. BRIGHT.
“ To his Excellency, Jefferson Davis, Pres
ident of the Confederate States.”
NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTION,
The first election this year comes off in New
Hampshire on the second Tuesday in March.
A Governor and Legislature are to be ch°aen.
The Democrats have nominated Geo. Stark for
Governor; the Republicans, Nathaniel S.
Berry, the present Executive ; and fcbe-Union
men, who are dissatisfied-with both parties,
Paul G. Wheeler. Last spring the vote stood
as follows in NeW Hampshire:
Bariy, (Republican),...*....
Stark, (Democrat)..
Bartlett, (American)..,....
Berry over Stark, 4,015 majority.
We take the following extract from a speech
delivered in Congress on the 6th instant, by
Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, upon tbe passage of
the Treasury note bill:
11 Mr. Stevens, of Pa., in closing the debate,
said: This bill is a measure of necessity, not
choice. No one would willing by issue paper
currency, never redeemable on demand, and
make it a legal tender. It is never desirable
to depart from the circulating medium, which
by tbe common eoosent of civilized nations,
forms the standard of value..Butitjs not a fear
fal measure, and when rendered necessary by
exigencies ti ongbt to produce no alarm. Is
the measure necessary? The late adminis
tration left a debt of about $100,000,000, and
bequeathed ns, also, an expensive and formi
dable rebellion. This compelled Congress, in
extra session* to authorize a loan of two hun
dred and fifty millions. - A hundred millions
were taken at seven-thirty per cent.; fifty mil
lions at four per cent; fifty millions were used
in demand notes payable in coin ; leaving fifty
millions undisposed of. Before the banks had
paid much of the last loan they broke dowto
under it, and suspended specie payment
They then contrived to pay this loan, not in
coin, bat in demand notes of the government,
which kept them at par. But tbe last of the
loan was paid yesterday, and on the same day
the banks have refused to receive them. They,
most sink to depreciated cnrrency. The re
maining fifty millions the Secretary of the
Treasury has been uDable to negotiated A
small portion of it—about ten millions—has
been issued at seven-thirty in payment of
debts, and all this has been used, and there is
now a floating debt, aadited and unaudited, of
at least one hundred and thirty millions. The
Secretary intended to use the balance of the
authorized loan by paying it out to creditors
in notes of seven-thirty. This becoming
known, they immediately sank to four per
cent., and it the Secretary had persevered it is
believed they would have run down to ten per
ceDt. discount. Bat even if these coaid be
used there would remain due about ninety
millions, the payment of which is urgently
demanded. The daily expenses of the gov
ernment are now abont two millions. To
carry us on till the next meeting of CoDgress
would take six handred millions more, making,
before legislation could be had, about seven
hundred millions to be provided for. The
grand question is, how can this large amount
be raised ? Tbe Secretary of the Treasury
has used his best efforts to negotiate a loan of
about fifty millions, and has failed. Several
medeß of relief have been suggested. The
most obvious is to borrow on government
bonds bearing an interest of six per cent.,
which it is known can only be effected by
putting the bonds into the market to the high
est bidder. If but a small sum were wanted
it might probably be bad at a small discount*
but if sufficient to meet our wants up to next
December, seven hundred millions were forced
into tbe market as it is wanted, I have no
doubt they would sell as low as sixty per
cent., as in the last war. And even then it
would be found impossible to find payment in
coin. A large part of it must be accepted in tbe
depreciated notes of non-specie paying banks;
for I suppose no one expects the resumption
of specie payments until the war shall be
ended. But as this Congress must provide
for appropriations to the end of the fiscal year
1863, seven months more must be added to
these expenses. That would require four
hundred and twenty millions, added to the
seven hundred millioDß before estimated, and
the aggregate would be eleven hundred
millions. Tho discount on that sum, at forty
per ceofc., would be four hundred and forty
millions. At the minimum discount that any
reasonable man could fix, say twenty-five per
cent., it would be two hundred and seventy
five millions. It would, therefore, require at
' least bonds to tbe amount of thirteen handred
and fifty millions to produce sufficient cur
rency to make eleven hundred millions and
carry us to the end of the next fiscal year.
This sum is too frightful to be tolerated.
What gives the statement of Mr. Stevens
peculiar potency is, that be is chairman of the
Committee of Ways and Means, and therefore
! is in constant consultation with the President
and his Cabinet.
THE FINANCIAL SCHEME.
The great paper money panacea which Con
gress proposes to apply to the body politic to
meet the financial crisis, seems to bo long a
brewing. There was a blunder in tbe recipe
in the House, and the Senate balks at some
of the ingredients.
While Congress is providing fe: tho imme
diate wants of the country the deficits increase.
It has taken the lower House sixty five days to
got to the beginning of a bill to’fill up the
vacuam ; but in this sixty fivedays anew deficit
of onehundredaod thirty millionsand upwards
yawns before the Treasury ! There were fifty
millious of Treasury notes afloat, which count
in general the sum of one hundred and fifty
millions authorized, so that the provision is
wholly inadequate, except that they are to be
re-issued indefinitely.
The 600,000,000 of six per cent, stock is to
be the real resource of the Treasury. It is
expected that the holders of demand ndtes will
fund them in this stock ; and as fast ns they
pay in the notes for this purpose, they will be
re-issued. If the credit of the stock is kept up,
the public creditors will naturally prefer it,
bearing interest, to notes which aro without
interest. But both the stock and the notes
must depend upon something more substantial
than mutual Eupport, or statutory force, for
their credit. They must have a basis of taxa
tion. What has Congress done to establish a
basiß of taxation ? Nothing I Its Committees
have not even framed a bill! They have
abandoned the idea of reporting one. They
will simply report to CoDgress the objeots suit
able for taxation—incomes, excise,'bank cir
culation, travel, telegrams, newspapers, &0.,
—and leave to Congress to fix the rates of im
position upon each.
Thus with foreign intervention threatening
us, our stocks unmarketable abroad and dis
credited at home, and with a wave of expendi
ture aweliingup that will engulph the Treasury,
CoDgrcss refuses to act upon the main subject
entrusted to it, for the provision of taxes, tho
maintenance of credit, and the care of public
economy and its exclusive concern. It may
take sixty days more to perfect the tax bill, by
which time another deficit will gape beforo us,
and the collection of the tax will take months
if nnt a vear more !
What imbecility ! And to what but bank
ruptcy, defeat, dissolution and anarchy, must
it lead? —Albany Argvs.
Home Questions.— The Boston Herald is
after the shoddy patriots, who lino their own
pockets very deeply, while they vaunt their
own “ patriotism,” urge the abolitionizing of
the war, from secret “ leagues,” and spy
systems—and prate of their sorrow for the
“ poor slave.” It says :
“We do.not wish to be considered inquis
itive, but then we would ask how much a
certain Abolition firm in this city expects to
make on furnishing those drawers for the sol
diers, when they pay six cents a pair for mak?
ing them ? If a woman works smart she can
make two pairs per day, which gives her the
enormous income of twelve cents. Oh, the
poor downtrodden black man! Where is
Phillips—where is Wilson—where is Sum
ner, and where, oh, where is Andrew?—
Something must be done for the slave, or the
people will think we have lost our sympathy
for them. Never mind the poor white man
and ichiie woman of the North—let them
starve —can’t make .any political capital out
of them—they are of no account. Twelve
cents per day ! —big thing.”
Very Mum. —The Republican papers are
as silent as the grave io relation to the dis
closures of fraud and robbery, made by the
Yan Wyck investigating committee.
When treason has its knife at the coun
try’s throat, and thieves and scoundrels in
high places are stealing her resources by
millions, we think there is as muoh cause
for exposing and punishing the thieves as
there is for pultiog down the rebels. The
Republican press should not be mum because
the thieving happens to be “all in tho fami
ly.” It had oceans of indignation when
Floyd was in the stealing business; and
now, why can’t it give Simon and his friends
a touch ?—Venango Spectator .
WASHINGTON’S BIRTH.DAY
Saturday next, the 22d inst., will bo the
anniversary of Washington’s Birth Day, and
we think it will be more generally observed
throughout the loyal States than ever before.
What is to be done in thta city in honor of his
memory ? We hope Lancaster will not be
behind her sister cities in rendering homage
to the great name of the illustrious Father of
hta Country. -
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
• Inauguration op Mayor Sanderson, Elec-
Yiox or City Officers, 4c —The City Councils met oa
Tuesday last, at 2 o’clock, P. SL, for tbe purpose of Inaug
urating the Mayor elect and tbe election of City officers.—
Before Councils met in convention tbe Mayor’s Bond was
read and approved, resolutions of respect to the memory
of Capt. Dtsart were passed, and also one resolving to at
tend his funeral, and inviting the Mayor, Recorder, Aider
men and all other City officials to participate. Also, a
resolution fixing the salary of the City Assessor at $l6O,
and one that the Ordinances of the city be published In
two papers, to be designated by the President of each
Council.
IN CONVENTION.
.. The Select Council proceeded in a body to tbe Chamber
of Common Cooucil, and the convention was called to ordar
by Dr. Hkkrt Carpintir, President of Select Council—the
President of Common Council, Mr. Dills a, taking a seat
on his left. The roll -was called by the Clerks, and all the
members answered to their names, with the exception of
Mr. Bitner of the Common Council.
Messrs. Howxll and Wilson were appointed a committee
to notify the Mayor elect that Councils were ready for his
inauguration, and Messrs. Euxjs and Russel-to request
the attendance of Judge Loza to administer the oath of
c&ee.
Both committees returned In a few minutes with the
gentlemen .named, when tbe oath was administered by
Judge Loxo, and Mayor Sanderson delivered the following
INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
Me. Pusan)ist, Gketlxmxe of the Councils, and Fellow
Citizens: Having again, and for the fourth time, bees ele
vated by my fellow-citizens to tbe .Mayoralty of the City,
and having taken and subscribed the oath prescribed by
law to support tbe Constitutions of the United States and
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a long established
custom, as also the circumstances by which we aro sur
rounded, render It appropriate for me to briefly state the
policy I intend to pursue in the discharge of my official
duties, and likewise In reference to the great and absorbing
.National issue which ia agitating the country throughout
'the length and breadth of the Republic.
The position of Chief Magistrate of tbe City of Lancaster
is one of care and responsibility, requiring caution, firm
netsand decision. The peace and good order, and, to some
extent, tbe moral character of the community, are, for the
time being, entrusted to hishands. In accomplishing this,
the Police officers of the City are necessarily his agents and
assistants, and I am happy to say the Constabulary force
have, in-the past, as I doubt not they will in the fatoAe,
render me efficient and valuable aid in this direction. /
Gentlemen of tbe Councils : In the management of me
finances of the City, so far aa it devolves upon the Mayor,
I have experienced but little difficulty heretofore, owing to
the ready and willing concurrence of your predecessors in ’
all wise and proper measures, and especially am I indebted
to the excellent Chairman and bis colleagues of the Finance
Committee who have so promptly and cheerfally rendered
their valuable services and assistance daring the last three
years. May I not hope, Gentlemen, that In these portions
times for our country, yonr wisdom will suggest the good
policy and propriety of economising in every proper and
possible way so as to have the Treasury at all times unem
barrassed. and thus preserve Inviolate the good faith and -
credit of the City. In all measures looking to this resale
yon shall have my hearty cooperation. The finances are
in a sound and healthy condition; the Sinking Fund in
augurated in 1844 for the reduction of the public debt is
gradually increasing, and now amoants to $41,743.14, the
interest of which will reduce the debt still farther during
the ensolng financial year about $2300. Each succeeding
year will increase this fund in a yet greater ratio, and if
the present wise policy be steadily pursued in the future
by our successors in tbe Executive and Legislative depart
ments of the municipal government, the end of the present
century will probably witness the extinguishment of tbe
entire public debt of the corporation.
Fellow Citizens: We are in the midst of a terrible in
testine war which involves the very existence of onr be
loved Union. A large number of the Southern States, in
stead of seeking a redress of grievances in tbe Uoion, In a
Constitutional way, preferred withdrawing from the com
pact, and have attempted to establish an independent gov
ernment outside of tho Union, and thns destroy this fair
heritage of ours, bequeathed as a priceless legacy by the
'sufferings and tolls and wisdom of onr revolutionary
fathers. Bat this unhallowed attempt to subvert the
Government has been nobly met by tbe stern and unyield
ing patriotism of the loyal States, and an army of
six hundred thousand brave and true-hearted men
have promptly responded to the call of the Presi
dent and are now engaged nobly battling for the
Union-ready and willing to shed the last drop of
their heart’s blood in defence of the star-spangled banner,
ihe glorious emblem of oor National power and greatness.
This being the case, it is the boundon duty of every patri
otic citizen who remains at home, no matter what his
party predilections may be, to yield a hearty support to
the National Administration in the energetic prosecution
of tho war, and in this way uphold tbe hands of tho Execu
tive in all the legitimate and constitutional efforts he may
make to suppress the rebellion. The Union must bo pre
served at all hazards, and men and money should be cheer
folly given, and tbe latter honestly expended, to strengthen
the Government and bring about a speedy and successful
termination of this fratricidal contest. We must conquer
a peace—a peace founded on the full and complete restora
tion of the Udlod as it was, with all tbe constitutional
rights of every State guarantied—a peace which shall be
permanent and endnriog for all time to come. May that
Almighty Being, who controls tbe destinies of Nations and
of individuals, look upon our bleeding and distracted coun
try In mercy, aDd speedily restore brotherly love and pros
perity all over this broad land.
To my fellow-citizens who have again honored me with
their confidence in re-electing me to the Mayoralty, I re
turn my sincere and heart-felt thanks, All I can promise
In return is a faithful, honest, independent aDd energetic
discharge of the dntles incumbent upon me.
The Convention then proceeded to fill tbe various City
offices, and selected the following named gentlemen :
* City Treasurer—Henry C. Wents.
City Solicitor—Samnel H. Reyuolds.
City Assessor—Robert King.
Superintendent of Water Works—Hugh Dougherty.
Street Commissioner—Henry Schaum.
City Surveyor—James C. Carpenter.
Assistant Surveyors—George Albright, Geo. Gnndakor.
Messenger to Connells—John Dnrwart.
The Convention then adjourned, and Select Council pro
ceeded to their Chamber, when the President announced
the following Standing Committees:
Finance—Mesrra. Zabm and Howell.
Street—Messrs. Blickenderfer and Deaner.
Water —Messrs. Kline, Evans and ReDgier.
Market—Messrs. Rathvon and Kline.
Fire Engines and Hose—Messrs. Evrds, Kline and Rath
von.
Buchanan Relief Fund—Mesprs Zahm and Wlckenderfor.
Police—Messrs. Kline, Rathvon and Deaner.
Lamp—Messrs. Zuhm and Deaner.
City Property—Messrs. Howell and RengW.
The President of Common Connell announced tho follow
ing Standing Committees:
Finance—Messrs. Rnseel and H. Rathvon.
Street —Messrs Fitzpatrick and Trout.
Water—Messrs. McCnuomy, Cooniev aud Pyle.
Market—Messrs. McConomy and Z-thm.
Firo Engines and Hose— Messrs. Gable, MacGonigle and
Zabm.
Buchanan Relief Fund—Messrs Russel and Witiinger.
Police—Messrs. Wilson. MacGonigle and Bitner.
Lamp—Messrs. LechUr and Fitzpatrick.
City Property—Messrs. Wilson and Bitner.
Funeral of Cai»t. Dysart. —The funeral of
Capt. Jons 11. Dysart took place from the refidence of hts
brother, in East King street, on Thursday afternoon last,
at 2 o’clock. The military escort consisted of the Lancaster
Fencibios, Independent Greys and Artillery Cadets—tho
letter company firing tbecustomary salute at the grave.-
The funeral was also attended by the Mayci, Aldermen,
City Councils and other City officers, and a large concourse
of citizens. Tho remains were Interred at Woodward Hill.
Tributes of Respect. —At a meeting of the
oommittee, convened from Company C, 79th Regiment. P.
V., lately commanded by Captaiu John 11. Dtsart, tho fol
lowing preamble and resolutions were adopted:
Wiibeeas, It has pleased God. in His wisdom, to remove
by death from our company it* recent leader. Captain John
11. Dtjart; Arm Whereas, Whilst we acqniesce in the
decree of Providence, ns an ovidenoo of our sincere regard
for the late commander of Co. C, we subjoin the following
resolutions:
Resolved, That In the decease of Captain John H. Dtsart,
wr> havo lost a devoted friend and a self-sacrificing loader.
Resolved, That we lament his loss as a vacancy not to
be fined in cur company..
Resolved, That we shall carry with us to the field of
battle the valuable instructions received from him, will
profit by bis example, and be stimulated by tho gallantry
his conduct in life taught ns.
Resolved, That as soldiers of bis command, we deeply
sympathize with the afflicted relatives and friends of the
deceased.
Resolved, That a copy-of the above preamble and resolu
tions be sent to his parents, and also to the press of Lan
:aster City.
Orderly Sergeant HARRY J. TEST,
Sergeant ECKERT.
Corporal STEWART,
WTLLTAM PRESTON,
GEO. W. SnAFFER, Committee.
—On the evenlog of the Bth of Febmary it was announ
ced to tho officers and privates of the 79th Regiment, P. V.,
on dress parade, that John H. Dysart, Captain of Company
C, had died ot typhoid fever in the Military Hospital at
Louisville. The announcement was heard with sorrow, as
the qualities of the deceased officer had endeared him to
the officers and men of the Regiment. A committee was
appointed to express the sentiments of the and
the following resolutions were reported and unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That we have heard of tho death of Capt. John
H. Dysart with extreme sorrow, and that, in respect to his
memory, tho officers of the Regiment wear crape on their
arms and sword hilts for the space of thirty days.
.Resolved, That while we esteem it an honor to dio for
onr country, wo regret that disease has taken away a fel
low soldier, who we believe would have been a hero on the
battle-field; though wo bow In resignation to the Ways of
Him who holds our liveß Id the hollow of his hands.
Resolved, That these resolutions be piloted in tho public
prints of Lancaster, the ‘•lntelligencer,” the “Examiner &
Herald,” and tho “Evening Express,” and that a copy of
the same be sent to the family of the deceased.
EDWARD McGOVERN,
Capt. Company G.
MORRIS D. WIOKKRSIIAM.
Capt. Company E.
Camp Wood, at Green River, Ky., Feb. 8, 1802.
—A meeting of the Lancaster Fenclbles was held on
Thursday afternoon, at their Armory, in reference to the
death of Captain John H. Dysart. Tho President, Lient.
John I, Hartman, appointed a commlttco consisting of R.
W. Shook. Chairman, H. E S’ayraslcer. T. Stevens. Jr., 9.
W. Rowe, David Bair, Jr., who reported the following pre
amble and resolutions, wbirh were adepted:
Whereas, It has pleased Divine Providence to remove
from our midst a most worthy and respected member of
our Company; therefore.
Resolved , That the Lancaster Fencibles learned, with the
deepest sorrow, the decease of their late fellow-member,
Capt. John 11. Dysart.
/Tcsofvcd, That the Lancaster Foncibles entertain a hlzh
appreciation of the talents aDd military abilities of the de
ceased, and will long cherish in grateful memory the many
virtues and rare excellence that adorned bis character as
a patriotic soldier and a citizen; an earneFt and slbcere
love for hi 9 country, pure and lofty principles and high
honor distinguished his career through life, wbilst'tbo
generosity ofhis disposition and the kindness of his heart
endeared him to every member of the Company.
Resolved. That In the decease of Capt. John H. Dysart,
the Lancaster Foncibles have lost one of their brightest
ornaments, and the Army of the Union one of its best and
bravest soldiers.
Resolved, That Capt. Emleo Franklin appointed to
communicate to the relatives of the deceased the foregoing
resolutions, und convey to them the condolence of the
Company on their melancholy bereavement.
Resolved , That the proceedings of the meeting be pub-
Ished In tho papers of Lancaster.
St. Valentine’s Day. —Friday last was St.
Yaleotino's Day. The day is named thus in honor of St.
Valentine, who was a Popo or Bishop of Romo In the nloth
century, and, on this day, established aa annual custom
of the poorer clergy drawfng patrons by lots for the com
menced year; and these patrons or benefactors were called
Valentines. After bis death be was canonized for a Saint,
and his feast day kept on the 14th day of February, wbirh
waa thought to be bis birtb-day. Many antiquarians have
endeavored in vain to unravel the origin and mystery of
Valentine Day, except finch as we give above, which is
only traditionary. Whatever bo the source many of our
old customs have taken their rise therefrom. Oor ances
tors, lie It known, were pretty close observers of nature,
and there is but little doubt that as they noticed the birds
which first begin to pair and build at this period, when
the weather is favorablo, so natpral an occurrence might
lead to youths and maidens imitating the custom by select
ing lovers glad of any amusement after dark mid winter
had passed, and that Valentine had no origin. As far back
an, we have been able to trace this love-maktog day, we
find it linked with the mating of birds, which seems in
separable from St. Valentine, and we are at a loss to Jma
gino how the worthy'Biehop, whose narao it. is associated
with, at first fell into such company. In years gone by
the day waa celebrated far differently’ from now—by feast
ing gladness. • Now, it is only marked by one feature,
and that is the sending of valentines, hnt even these have
more or less grown Into disuse. It Is.only among the
children and soft-brained youths and. love-sick maidens
that these are mostly sent. What has produced this is
owing more to the miserable caricatures which lately have
rendered valentines more odiocs than admired, and the
custom is getting to be “more honored in the breach than
in the observance.”
Salute in Honor of-the YicTORY.-A.de?
tachment oi the Artillery Cadets, under Capt Young, fired
a ealute, 'on Friday evening last, in honor of General
Burnside's victory.at Roanoke Island. The Cadets were
exceedingly expert in handling and firing the gun. ’
A Patriotic Lsttir troii Ex-GSoy. Hicks.
—Some weeks ago, a number of citizens concluded to make
an effort to cecnre the services of that noble and tried pa
triot, ex Got. Hleks, of Maryland, to deliver a lecture in
this city, on the 22d inst, in commemoration of Washing-
birth-day. In pnrsaance of this desire, the following
letter was addressed to him, signed by Judges Long and
Hayes,.Mayor Sanderson, Dr. F. A;-Muhlenberg, Tboa. E.
Franklin, President E. Y. Gerhart, and many others:
Lancaster, Jan. 25.1862.
Dias Sir: The citlxena o£Lxncas*er, whom we represent,
earnestly desire you to deliver an address in this city, on
-any aspeet of the National Question which you may ehooso.
on the 22nd of February, proximo, or at any time during
the month of February or March, that may be most con
venient to yourself.
We can safely assure cf a very large audience. Tour
persevering devotion to the Constitution and the Union,
io the midst of their bitter enemies, your decision and un
bending firmness in the dark hours of trial, and the im
portant support you gave the National Government when
the greatest dangers were impending, have awakened pro
found respect for your official conduct as Governor of
Maryland, and sincere affection for yon, personally, among
all classes of persons, not only In Lancaster, but also
through the entire State of Pennsylvania. A visit and an
address from yoa woald therefore be received by oar citi
zens with indescribable pleasure and satisfaction.
.The proceeds would be appropriated to a benevo'ent pur
pose.
Hoping that it may be possible to accede to our wishes,
and prayiDg that God may grant yon a long and happy life,
We subscribe ourselves, with great regard,
Tour obedient servants.
To His Exokllxxot, Taos. H. Hicks,
Governor of Maryland.
To the above Jadge Long has received the following
high-toned and patriotic response:
Hon. H. G. Long :
DkabBik: The very kind and complimentary letter of
invitation, signed by yonraelf and other gentlemen of Lan
caster, has just been received, having been forwarded to
me from Annapolis, from whence I removed, upon my re
tirement from office, a fow weeks since.
It would give me much-pleasure to comply with yonr
request, but I have just returned to the quiet of my old
home, after the cares and annoyances of a most perplexing
term of office, in which both physical and mental energies
have been subjected to a constant pressure, and during
which my private business has been so entirely neglected
as to render my presence now imperatively necessary.
In view of this, I most ask you to proffer to the citirens
of Lancaster, whom yon represent, assurances of my appre
ciation of the compliment, and of my regret that circum
stances compel me, for the present at least, to decline their
kind invitation. I thank you very sincerely for yonr com
mendation 4 of my course in the ordeal through which I
have bad to pass. I cannot deny that the approbation of
loyal and patriotic men is very gratifying, although I am
conscious of deserving no credit for having discharged a
clear and simple duty.
Hoping and believing that the unholy rebellion against
our Government will be put down, and that tbe Stare and
Stripes will again wave over every part of *a newly and
more strongly cemented Union.
I have the honor to'be, with great respect,
Yonr obedient servant,
THOS. H. HICKS.
The Howard Evenings. —B. F. Baer, Esq ,
delivered the last lecture before the Howard,’ oo the ques
tion, “Should Ministers engage in Political DlFCU6Bions?”
The lecture was able and practical, well delivered, and
listened to with much attention. The discnssion was par
ticipated in by Maj. Ditmars, Mr. G. R. Barr, Gen. Geo. M.
Stelnman, Rev. Dr. Gerhart, Mayor Banderson, Itev. Mr.
Graeil, Mr. J. R. Sypher and Simon P. Eby. IJsq.
The lecture this evening will be delivered by Rev. Fran
cis D. Hoskins. Rector of St John's Free Church. Subject:
“Does Morality keep pace with tbe Progress of Civilization ?”
—The remarks of Mayor Sanderson, at the Howard, seem
to have been misapprehended by the reporter of tbe Ex
press. He is made to utter an expression which he never
used, viz: “Homan church.” The point of his remarks was
that Christ’s kingdom on earth was a spiritual kingdom,
and that his ministers are commissioned to preach the
gospel —not politics from the pulpit; and by way of eluci
dating this position he referred to the connexion of Church
and State, the mingling of politics and religion, in the
fourth centnry, as injnrions to both. His remarks were
entirely extemporaneous and Impromptu, bat the above is
the substance of what he did say.
A Daring Borgdary and Robbery.— On
Saturday morning last, between 12 and 1 o’clock, Mrs.
Rk&h Frazer, residing in North Lime street, was aroused
by a noise in the house, as if caused by the upsetting of a
chair io the library. Upon arriving down stairs, she found
certain doors open, which confirmed the suspicion that
some person was in the house on an unlawful errand. Tbe
alarm was given to some of tbe neighbors, who, upon an
examination of the premises, found that the intruder had
evidently secreted himself In the house, during the day,
probably in the attic, and, when the family had retired,
helped himself to all of Miss Sue Frazer’s best wearing
apparel, found in an upper wardrobe, and made bis escape
out the back way, uubolting and leaving open all the doors
through which he passed. A chair was found tipped over
In the library, and thesconndrel was no doubt interrupted
in the midst of his Intended operations. Tbe theory that
he eutered tbe house daring the day, and secreted himself
until night, is sustained by the fact that all tbe doors
were bolted on the inside, thAt no lock was broken or other
evidence of a forcible entry discovered. It is to be hoped
the scoundrel may be detected and brought to jastice; and,
in the meantime, housekeepers should be cautious about
leaving their houses open during the dayTfcr the easy in
gress of strolling vagabonds.
N, B. The stolen clothing was all returnoi to Mrs. Fra
zer’s yard on Sunday night. Two colored women from the
Poor House are believed to be the perpetrators of the theft.
of Respect. —The following vol
unteers, members of Company E, (Capt.Wlckersham,) 79th
Regiment, P. V., have died in Kentucky, in the service of
their country :
At Camp Ncgley, Ky., Doc. slb, 1861, of Typhoid Pneu
monia, Samoel Q. Clair, aged 21 years.
In the Hospital at Munfordsvlllo, Ky., January 14th,
1862, of Typhoid Fever, Ephraim Swords, aged 19 years.
In the Hospital at Louisville, Ky., January 27th, 1862,
of Typhoid Fever, Augustus M. Kapp, aged 18 years.
In tbe Hospital at Louisville, Ky, Jan. noth, ISG2, of
Typhoid Fever, Frederick W. Weller, aged-22 v**rs.
In the Hospital at Louisville, Ky., Feb. 4th, 1862, of
Pneumonia, Thaddous S. Herr, ag<-d 21 years.
At a meeting of a committee, appointed by Capt. M. D.
Yfickerubam, of Company E. consisting of E. H. Wit-mer,
M. Bachman, Joseph H. Fridy, S. S. Clair and G. S. Erb,
tbe following preamble and resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
Whereas, Samuel H. Clair, Ephraim Swords, Augustus
M. Kapp, Frederick-W. Weller and Thaddens S. Herr have
been members of oqr company, who had exchanged tbe
comforts of home for the vicissitudes of the camp and field,
who had marched, drilled, aDd labored to rarve their coun
try ; And Whereas, God, in Uis all-wise providence, has
cal-cd from our company, in the mid't of life and useful
ness our friends and companions, we ure deprived of
earnest and patriotic co wotkers in the cause of Gcd and
humanity.
Resolved, That, while we bow in humble submission to
the will of Him who doeth all things well, we mourn their
early locs as a sad bereavement to our company.
Resolved, That though the deceased have not had an op
portunity to show their valor on the battle field, we feel
that wo have lost brave comrades, aDd cur country valu
able soldiers, patriots and citizens.
Resolved, That wfe deeply sympathize with the bereaved
parents and friends of the deceased, who have been called
to mourn the loss of worthy sons, and devoted and affec
tionate companions.
Resolved, That tho foregoing preamble and resolutions
be published in the Express and other Lancaster papers,
and that a copy of tbo same be forwarded to the parents
of the deceased.
AN IRISHMAN’S IDEA OF THE AMER-
ICAN FLAG.
Iq a lecture upon American affairs recently
delivered at the Assembly Rooms of the
Imperial Hotel, in Dublin, by Colonel
Dohent, of New York, we fiad the following
eloquent passage :
“ You may think that Irishmen have no
right to fight for America ; but you little know
what America is to the Irishman. He was
reared on “ lumpers” here—he was warmed
by smoke and soot —ho lay on the damp floor
—he drained the dregs of drudgery from morn
ing until night—he saw his young ones pine
round him—he followed the coffin which con
voyed the wile of his bosom to the grave and
came back fur the oldest of his children ; and
he found at last a respite. His landlord came
and told him ho wanted to plant sheep where
men had grown, and he uproots him with a
remorselessness that no savage would display
in uprooting an old tree —and the down trod
den man goes abroad on tho bleak water,
treated eveo there like a dog, and worse than
a dog; and, finally, he shakes the dust from
his feet on a free soil—he is received into the
arms of the Republic—she grants him her
highest privileges, and he becomes equal to
the President—sbe puts her arms in his hands
she bids him walk erect as a soldier and a
man—she intrusts t.hc honor of her standard
and liberty to his heart and hand, and then
—then, is it astonishing that when that stand
ard is insulted he goes to defend it with the
last drop of his heartVblood? (Loud applause
and waving of bats.) Why that flag is not
half so dear to America as it is to us.—
(Cheers.) The Americans were born to that
inheritance of liberty. They were like healthy
men who never feci the value of health. They
walk about in its full enjoyment, and never
thank God for the blessing ; but we, poor in
valids from the lethargic bed of slavery, raised
in a moment to the dignity of manhood, in a
freo country, we feel the invigorating presence
of the breath of liberty—it gives a Dew soul to
our existence, and a new direction to our
thoughts. (Loud applause.) The Declaration
of Independence is to an American, part of
his nature. It is in his breath, his association
and his blood. He grows up from his merest
childhood considering himself the equal of the
greatest man in the world (oheers ;) the Irish
man who goes there must regard this Decla
ration of Independence as a second gospel
peculiarly invented or inspired for him
(Cheers.) Tho American reads it as some
thing material and business like ; the stranger
reads it as a spiritual and immortal existence,
for he finds defined there, in words of fire, the
thought of his own equality with other hkd,
and he drinks from it the inspiring lesson that
he can walk, arm in arm, with the chiefs of
the earth. (Applanse.) To every man in every
oountry who aspired to liberty, the flag of
liberation ib the meteor in the sky, and when
baffled or when victorious, dying on the gib
bet, fighting on the field, or conspiring in the
dungeon, that flag of liberty is the last beacon
that seodslife and hope to his heart, (applause.)
For such a flag we have fought in America,
and shall continue to fight., no matter who
attempts to strike it down.”
FROM MEXICO.
. By way of Yera Cruz we have later news
from Mexico, 'The allies have advanced into
the interior, the Mexicans retiring from them
without fighting.. The allies alternate in the
command at San Juan. They have 16,000
troops, while the Mexican army, 50,000 strong,
was at Puebla. Tho allies havo issued afi
ultimatum. They have sent a copy to Presi.
dent Juarez and allow, four days for an aoswer.
They deny plans of conquest or interference
in the government of the country, demand
satisfaction for the expulsion of the Spanish
minister, the indemnification of Spanish sub
jects, the payment of the expenses of the ex
pedition f &c..
WAR NEWS.
TerrlbleJßattle at Fort Donelson—The
Right Fort Captured—Rebels Reinforc
ed from Bowling Green—Gen. Bnel on
hlg Way to Reinforce Gen. Grant with
Twenty Thousand Men—The Mortar
Boats to take part—The Black Flag
Raised.
Yeiterday 'a Philadelphia Inquirer-J
The Special Reporters of the Philadelphia
inquirer, at Fort Donelson, Cincinnati and
Louisville, telegraphed ns last night as fol
lows:
Cumberland River, near Fort Donelson, )
February 15th, A. M. j
ihe details of the first day’s engagement
has been telegraphed east.
The firing commenced again at daybreak on
Friday, and continued at intervals all day
long.
Up to four o’clock in the afternoon, no
movement of assault by the land forces bad
been made.
Oq the night before last an attempt was
made by the Rebels to take Taylor’s Battery
of Light Artillery, but they were repulsed by
two Federal regiments and driven back be
yond thein entrenchments. -Our loss in
wounded was considerable, but not more than
three or four were dangerously hurt.
Six gun boats arrived yesterday, and com
menced an attack on the fort at two P. M.
The firing was very rapid and severe, and
lasted an hour and twenty minutes, when our
gun boats fell back.
The four iron clad boats went within three
hundred yards of the fort, and all of the ene
my’s river gnns except six were either dis
mounted or silenced.
The first shot fired from thq Louisville dis
mounted the Rebels’ 28 poundr.
The Louisville received fifty-seven shots,
two of which took effect, one strikin z the star
board of her deck and passing through the
length of the boat, killing three men and
breaking her tiller rope a short distance from
the pilot house. The rope was managed by
some of tbe bands, when a shell from the
Tyler , which lay some distance astern, burst
over the Louisville, scattering the men at the
tiller rope, and so much disabled the steering
tackle that the boat was compelled io drop
astern.
A shot struck the Pittsburg in the bow, and
stove an immense hole in her, which caused
her to draw ont of the action. The leak, how
ever, was stopped.
One shot struck the pilot house of the St.
Louis, passing through between the nilots
without injury.
All of the boats were more nr less injured,
but none but the Louisville seriously.
There wero five killed and two wounded on
the Louisville „ The gun boats will not be in
a condition to renew the attack before Sunday
morniDg. In consequence of the height of the
bluffs on which the Rebel fortifications are
built, our shot could not have as much effect
on them as was the case at Fort Henry.
The Rebels have raised the black flag. It
can be seen flying from the bank a short dis
tance from here. I leave for the column again
at odco.
Very Latest From Fort Donelson—Rein
forcement of 30,000 Men Sent—The
Mortar Flee! Participating—An Attack
by 75,000 Troops.
Louisville, Sunday, Feb. 16—-1 P. M.
Gen. Buell, his staff and body guard, left
on the Atlantic, with about twenty thousand
men in thirty steamboats, for Fort Donelson.
They will reach the point of attack on Mon
day morning.
More troops are on the way to assist them.
The mortar fleet from Cairo was at Paducah
on Saturday, and can reach the fort this (Sun
day) night.
The Cumberland river continues very high,
and is navagable for the largest vessels.
By Monday dood we will have seventy-five
thousand men attacking Fort Donelson.
We have reports here from Bowling Green
which Bay that the Rebel forces there, amoun
ting to about twenty thousand men, left for
Fort Donelson several days ago, and arc now
within the works. As they passed down they
burned the houses of Union men. The rail
road was of little use to them, as tho rolling
stock is completely worn out, and all along
the road are sfcrewD broken cars.
It is also reported that the Rebels have dow
forty thousand men defending the attacked
post, including the Bowling Green reinforce
ments. We doubt, however, if they have
thirty thousand.
Another report places Beauregard in com
mand.
Why tbe Black Flag was Raised.
Cincinnati, Feb, 16.
Tbe most intense anxiety prevails in this
city.
It is known that the Rebels will make a
determined stiind, and it is believed that they
will resist to the death. The raising of tho
black flag confirms the statement that they
have received reinforcements from BowliDg
Green.
The conflict-on Monday (if the Fort has not
been reduced on Sunday,) will probably be
the most terrific of the war.
The land forces on the Federal side are in
command of Generals Grant, Smith and Mc-
Clernard, while the Daval expedition i 9 under
Commodore Foote.
It is certain that the gun boats have suf
fered very severely.
The approach and attack of the mortar fleet
will most probably decide the day.
From Another Reporter.
Camp in Field Near Fort Donelson, Feb.
15. 1862.—The right wing of our force before
Fort Donelson commenced stormiDg the Fort
about noon to day, and have taken the right
wing of the enemy's fortifications, over which
the stars and Btripea aie now floating in tri
umph.
The opposing forces are now almost breast
to breast, ready to open the work of death
upon each other at any moment-. We have
lost two Lieutenant Colonels killed ; one of
which is Lieutenant-Colonel Smith, of the
Forty.eighth Illinois, and two Colonels woun
ded.
The Eighteenth Regiment fought like tigers
and are badly cut up. The loss on both sides
was pretty severe.
ScnwAßTz' battery, captured by the Rebels
this morning, has been retaken.
Glorious News From North Carolina--
The Victory at Roanolce Island Com
plete— The Whole Rebel Army De
stroyed or Captured—Their Gunboats
Also Taken or Burned—Three Hundred
Rebels Killed and Over One Thousand
Wounded—Elizabeth City Evacuated
and Burned by the Rebels.
Fortress Monroe, Feb. 11.
By a flog of truce, to-day, we have news of the
complete success of the Burnside expedition of Roan
oke Island. The Island was taken possession of
and Commodore Lynch’s fleet of steamers completely
destroyed.
Elizabeth City was attacked on Sunday and
evacuated by the inhabitants. It was previously
burned, whether by our shells or by the inhabitants,
is not known for certain.
The first news of the defeat arrived at Norfolk on
Sunday afternoon, and caused a great excitement.
The previous news was very. satisfactory, stating
that the Yankees had been permitted to advance
for the purpose of drawing them into a trap. The
rebel force on the Island was supposed to be only a
little over 3000 efficient fighting men.
Gen. Wise was ill, at Nag’s Head, and was not
present daring the engagement. When his situation
became dangerous he was taken to Norfolk. All the
rebel gunboats bnt one were oaptured, and that
esoaped up the oreek, and was probably also de
stroyed.
One report at Norfolk says chat only seventy,
and another that only twenty-five escaped from
Roanoke Island.
Gen. finger telegraphs to Richmond that only fifty
on the Island escaped. There appears to be no bright
side of the story for the rebels.
The Richmond Examiner , of this morning, says
in its leading editorial, “ The loss of an entire army
on Roanoke Island, is certainly the mogfc painful
event of the war.. The intelligence received yester
day by telegraph, is fully confirmed. Twenty-five
hundred of our brave troops on an island of the sea
were exposed to all the fires of the Burnside fleet.
They resisted with courage, but when 15,000 were
landed against them, retreat being cut off by the
surrounding elements, they were forced to surrender.
“ This is a repetition of the Hatteras disaster on a
largerscale.”
The following are despatches on the subject from
the Richmond papers of this morning:
“ Norfolk, Feb. 10.
The latest news states that O. Jennings Wise, son of
Governor Wise, was shot through the hip and disabled
though his wonnd is not mortal. Major Lawson and
Lient. Mullen were mortally wounded. About three
hundred Confederates were killed, and onr wounded
number over one thousand. The number of Yankees
wounded is about the same. Midshipman Oamm
bad bis arm shot off. The other oasaalties are not
reported.
“ A late arrival this morning, says, that Elizabeth
City hod been shelled and burned by the Yankees,
and that the enemy was pushing on through 'to
Edenton.”
[SECOND DESPATCH.]
Norfolk, Feb. 10.
A rumor bos prevailed that Commodore Lynch’s
fleet of gunboats had been captured. It is not be.
lieved, bat it is thought that all were burned by the
Confederates to prevent their capture, with the excep
tion of one which was endeavoring to make its
escape.
The rebel fleet went to Elizabeth City from Roan
oke Island and was probably burnt at the former
point. ;
[THIRD DESPATCH.]
Nqotolk, February 10tb,~ )
Received in Richmond at midnight, j
. A coorier arrived here this afternoon at 4 o clock,
ft&d biought intelligence.that Elisabeth City was
burned-thfs morning by the inhabitants. During
the conflagration, the Federate landed a large force.
All our gunboats, excepting one, were captured by
the enemy.
The'following is the very latest, copied from the
Norfolk Bay Book:
“ A courier arrived here yesterday afternoon
about three o’olock, from whom we gather the fol
lowing information :
“ The enemy advanced in full force upon Eliza
beth City yesterday, and began the attaok upon that
place.
“ The citizens finding resistance in vain, evacuated
the place, but, before doing so, set fire to the town,
and when our information left, it'was still in flames.
u We have also to record the capture by the enemy
of all our Uttle fleet, except the Fanny, or the
Forest, our informant was not certain which.
“ She eluded the enemy and made up Pasquotank
creek, but was pursued however, and fears are enter
tained that she too was captured.
“ It is said that before our boats surrendered they
were abandoned, and that the crews succeeded in
making their cso&pe.
“If so we are at a loss to conjecture why they
were not fired before they were abandoned.
“ The disaster to our little fleet is attributed to the
fact that haviDg exhausted their supply of coal and
ammunition, they proceeded to Elizabeth City for
the purpose of obtaining a supply.
“ Every effort had been made to obtain coal, but
without succcess, and they could not return to the
Island, or lend any assistance to our forces.
“ All the details published with reference to the
oapture of Koanoke Island, are confirmed by the
oourier. He represents our loss at 300 killed and
wounded, and tho Federal loss at 1000. ‘’Great havoo
was made among them while coming up the road
leading to the fort. Our forces brought to bear upon
them two 32-pounders, and at every fire the ranks
were terribly thinned. Tho plaoes of the fallen
were, however, quickly filled.
u The Pork Point battery was manned by tho
Richmond Blues, and most nobly did they defend it.
During the conflict they were attacked by a whole
regiment of Zouaves, and though completely over
powered, they stood their ground bravely, nor did
they yield a foot till all but seven fell bleeding to
the ground.
“There is good reason to believe that had Colonel
flenningsen with his artillery been on the Island, it
would not have been forced to surrender. Tho lack
of field-pieces was sadly felt, and had they been at
hand, the enemy, perhaps, would never have been
able to have landed their forces. Col. Henningsen
had orders, we understand, to report at Koanoke
Island; but by some misunderstanding ho mistook
Elizabeth City for the place of destination. Capt.
iaylor, of this city, is represented as having dis
tinguished himself.”
Offielal Report of Gen. Burnside
Headquarters Department op North )
Carolina, Koanoke Island, l
' Februury 10th. 1802. j
To Maj.-Gen. McClellan, commanding United
States Army, Washington :
General : I have tbe honor to report that a com
bined attack upon this island wa3 commenced on the
morningof the 7th, by the naval and military foroes
of this expedition, which has resulted in the capture
of six forts, forty guns, over two thousand prisoners,
and upward of three thousand small arms. Among
the prisoners are Colonel Shaw, commander of the
island, and 0. Jennings Wise, commander of the
Wise Legion. Tho letter was mortally wounded, and
has since died. The whole work was finished on tbe
afternoon of the Bth inst., after a hard day’s fighting,
by a brillianlfcharge in t tho centre of the island,
and a rapid pursuit of the enemy to the north end of
the island, resulting in tho capture of the prisoners
mentioned above.
We have had no time tooount them, but thonum
ber is estimated at near three thousand.
Our men fought bravely, and have ondured most
manfully tbe hardships incident to fighting through
swamps and'dense thickets. °
it is impossible to give the details of the engage
ment, or to mention meritorious officers and men, in
the short time allowed for,writing this report, the
naval vessels carrying it starting immediately for
Hampton Koads, and the reports of tho brigadier
generals havo not yet been banded in.
It is enough to say that the officers and men of
both arms of the service have fought gallantly, and
tho plans agreed upon before leaving Hatjoras were
carried out.
I will be excused for saying in reference to the
action that I owe every thing to generals Foster, Reno,
and Parker, as moro full details will show. I am
sorry to report the loss of about thirty-five killed,
and about two hundred wounded, ten of them proba
bly mortally. Among the killed are Col. Kusscll,
of the Tenth Connecticut Regiment, and Ligutenant-
Col. Victor do Montoil, of the D’Edineuil Zouaves,
both of them fought mo3t"gallantly. I regret ex
ceedingly not being abltf to send a full report of the
killed and wounded, but will send a dispatch in a
day or two with full returns.
I beg leave to enclose a copy of a general order
issued by me on tho 9th inst. I am most happy to
say that I havo just received a messago from Com
modore Goldsborough, stating that the expedition of
the gunboats against Elizabeth City and the rebel
fleet has been entirely successful.
He will of course send his returns to his depart
ment.
I havo the honor to bo, general, your obedient
servant. a. E Burnside,
Brigadier-General commanding Department of
North Carolina.
'Tlie Official Reports.
Washington, Feb. 14.
A special messenger arrivod this morning, bring--
ing the following despatches:
U. S. Flag Steamer Philadelphia, >
Off Koanoke island, Feb. 9, 1862. J
Koanoke Islaud is ours, its military authorities
struck their flog to us yesterday. Their meaus of
defence were truly formidable, and they were used
with a determination worthy of a better cause
They consisted of two elaborately constructed works,
mounting together twenty-two heavy guns—three of
them being hundred pounder rifled guns; four other
batteries, mounting together twenty gun 3, a large
proportion of these being also of large calibre and
some of them rifled —eight steamers, mounting two
guns each, and each huving a rifled gun with the
diameter of thirty-two pounders—a prolonged ob
struction of sunken vessels and piles to thwart our
advance —and altogether a body of men numbering
scarcely less than five thousand, of whom three
thousand are now; our prisoners.
The fighting commenced in the morning of the
7th inst., at about II o’clock, and was continued
until dark. The following morning it was resumed
at an early hour and it lasted until well in the after
noon, when, by a bold oharge of our army, the rebel
flog was made to succumb and our own was hoisted
everywhere on tbe Island in its place.
Nujattock could have been more completely exe
cuted and it was carried out precisely in accordance
with the arrangements made before the expedition
left Hatteras Inlet.
A detailed account of the operations of tho naval
branch of the expediiion will be forwarded hereafter.
I beg to submit herewith a copy of a general order
to be read on the quarter-deck of each vessel belong
ing to that branch of the expedition.
I am, very respectfully, your ob't serv’t,
L. M. GOLDSBOROUGH, Flag Officer,
Commanding North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
To Hon. Gideon Welles, Sec’y of Navy.
The general order is as follows :
“Your efforts of yesterday and the day before
against the enemy were alike worthy of yourselves,
and the saored cause our glorious flag upholds. I
thank you for them and congratulate you upon the
results achieved. No commander-in-chief could
have been more gallantly sustained, or could have
desired a more gratifying display of coolness, skill,
and discipline. We have yet more work of the kind
to accomplish, and will soon deliver another blow to
crush tho hydra of rebellion. From what I have
already witnessed, I am sure that you will do it well.
L. M. Goldsborouh.”
U. S. Flag Steamer Philadelphia, )
Off Roanoke Island, Feb. 10, 1862. )
Sir : Just as I closed my despatch to you. of yes
terday, 1 received relia le information that the rebel
steamers which escaped from hero had gone to Eliza
beth City, and ,thereupun 1 immediately ordered
Commander Rowan to take thirteen of our steamers
under his command and go in pursuit of them, and
also, if practicable, to execute another important
service, viz : the destruction of tho North river, a
link of Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, lie
dashed off with a whole heart at his work and the
way he has already accomplished the first part of it',
bis own preliminary report, a copy of whioh I have
herewith to enclose, will inform you.
1 have decided to send the Stars and Stripes off
to Hampton Roads to-morrow morning, to bring me
ammunition from there without delay. Mr. Van
Brunt, my Secretary, will go in her and proceed to
Washington to deliver to you my despatches, and
two of the rebol flags we have taken.
1 am Respectfully your Obedient Servant,
L. M. GOLDSBOROUfi,
Flag Officer, etc.
To Hon. Gideon Welles, Sec’y Navy.
COMMANDER ROWAN’S REPORT.
U S Steamer Delaware, }
Off Elizabeth, February 10, 1862. )
Sir : I have the happiness to report that 1 met the
enemy off this place this morning at 9 o’clock ; and,
after a very sharp engagement, succeeded in destroy
ing or capturing bis entire naval force, and silencing
and destroying his battery on Cobb’s Poiot. The
only vessel saved from destruction is tho steamer
Ellis, Capt. J. M. Cook, who is wounded and a
prisoner on board this ship. I have other prisoners.
I am happy to say that our casualties are few, con
sidering the warmth of the enemy’s fire —say two or
three killed and some wounded.
I send tho Ellis to you under command of acting
master Chase, of this ship, who, I hope, you will
confirm in the command Tho conduct of the gal
lant men I have tho honor to command, is worthy of
all praise.
A detailed nccoant will be furnished when I have
time. lam happy to say that none of the vessels
aro severely injured. I shall leave here a small
force, and visit the camls and take a look into the
other places before I .return.
I have the honor to bo,
Very respectfully, your ob’t serv’t,
J- C. ROWAN,
Com. U. S. Navy.
Washington, Feb. 14.
No official report, but merely a private letter had.
up to 1 o’clock to day, been received from General
Burnside by the General-in-Chief. The Assistant
Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Fox, has also received a
private letter in which is stated that the number of
killed of our navy is about tweuty, and of the-anny
only thirty.
Rebel Aecomila of T'niou Feeling iu Ten
nessee.
The Richmond Dispatch says: “ Our Tennessee
exchanges give us gloomy prospects for the future in
that part or the Confederacy
“ Several leading journals intimate plainly that
there is really a threatening state of affairs in East
Tennessee, growing out of tbo idolatrous love of mn- •
ny of these people for the old Union. The Memphis
Avalanche writes that the condition of the interior
counties is not improved by the lapse of time.
«* The people apprehend an immediate advance ot
the Northmen, and traitors to the South evince their
joy in every village and neighborhood. The Union
ists are making demonstrations in many of the Nor
thern counties, and even at Memphis there were ex
hibitions of joy, cm the arrival of the news from
Beech Grove. Armed bands of Johnson’s and MAY*'
nard’sfollowers are prowling about in all directions
through the mountains, and in remote oonnttes m&>
ny persons. have been Bhot at night in their owa»
homes, who adhere to the fortunes of the South.”
Baltimore, Feb. 14.