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VOL. 5.-NO. 144.
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1862.
Irish Actors—Of the Past.
[SECOND arivies.E.]
Quin, the actor, who wore a sword as a
"gentleman" according to the custom - of the
time, knew bow to use it—unfortunately. He
fought several duels. He had a quarrel with
Theophilus Cibber ' whom ho considered to be
a shallow coxcomb, full of pretence, affecting
to be at oilbe a man of ton and of learning,
without baying the nee,e - ssary qualifications for
supporting either character. A duel termina
ted the dispute, and Quin was slightly wounded.
Quin, who was a purist in pronunciation,
nevertheless sounded some words incorrectly,
after a fancy of his own just as John Kemble
insisted on pronouncing aches as a word of two
syllables, and sometimes was saluted, from the
gallery, with the cry of "Black Jack 1 How's
your (zilches?" Once, in " Coriolanus," when
Quin said "lower your fasces," the centurions of
the Volscian army, deceived by his pronuncia
tion, imagined that he said " lower your faces,"
and all bowed their heads I
As we luive already mentioned, Quin's repu
tation was made, by his performamie of Cato,
in 1731, on. the retirement of Booth. One
nigiit,'While 'playing this part, a Welshman,
named - Williams, when speaking the line
"Caesar sends health to Cato," pronounced
the two proper names Keever and Keeto, know
ing, perhaps, that some eminent scholars de-
Clare that Cicero should be pronounced Kikero.
Quin, who was at once annoyed and amused,
coolly , interpolated the remark, " Would ho
had sent a better messenger!" The affronted
Welshman challenged Quin to fight him, and
when they met in the street, outside the thea
tre, drew his sword, which compelled Quin to
act in self-defence. In a few passes, Williams
was killed. Quia was indicted and tried at
the Old Bailey for murder,.. but a verdict
for manslaughter only was brought against
him.
At a time when Correctness is costume was
much disregarded, Quin was particularly care
less. He dressed badly. At the age of sixty
he played Chament, in "The Orphan," in a
long, grizly, half-powdered wig, hanging low
down on each side of his breast, and down the
back; a heavy scarlet coat and waistcoat,
trimmed with broad gold lace, black velvet
breeches, black silk neckcloth, black rolled
stockings, square-toed shoes with old-fash
ioned paste buckles, white gauntlets, and a
broad old scolloped hat. Fancy that dress for'
the youthful Chained, in deep tragedy!
In the gallery of portraits belonging to
the Garrick Club, in London, chiefly collected
by and purchased from the elder Charles
Mathews, who paid $25,000 for them, is a
characteristic likeness of Quin. It repre
sents a burly man, with Coarse, but expressive
features, in which one notes the laughing,
juicy eye of Falstaff, and the sensual look of
Justice Greedy. It is exactly such a face as
one might expect James Quin to have.
Leaving Quin, we come to "metal more
attractive "—to lively, clever, and excellent
Kitty Clive. Few actresses are better known.
She figures largely in Horace Walpole's let
ters, and Douglas Jerrold has given a charm
ing sketch of her in his "Story of a Feather."
She was the daughter of an Irish gentleman,
named Rafter, and was born in Dublin, in
1711. At the age of seventeen her voca
abilities obtained her an engagement at Drury
Lane Theatre, theii managed by Booth, Wilks,
and Caber. For three years she was cast in
very .small pits: but was usually sent on to
sing a solo between the acts of a play. At
last, when she was twenty years old, accident
threW her jute_ the part of Nell, in Coifey's bal
lid-farce "The Devil to Pay," and, giving it all.
the natural force of broad comedy, she rimmed,
as it were, to make it her own property. From
that time, during the next thirty years, she was
the first comic ;Orem on the British stage.
The next year, at the age of twenty-one, she
married Mr. Clive, a barrister, said to have
been elder brother of Robert Clive, afterwards
ennobled as Baron Clive of Plassy, for his
brilliant successes and conquests in India.
The union was not happy, and soon ended in
separation.. Mrs. Clive continued on the stage
—prosperous, popular, and only miserable be
cause she fancied that it was as a votaress of
Melpomene rather than of Thalia that her fame
should have been realized. She was fond of
attempting serious parts, and in which she did
not succeed. Her Portia was popular because,
in the trial scene, she used to give a capital
imitation of a barrister well known in London,
whose peculiarities of manner and accent she
bit off cleverly. But such mimicry was surely
out of place. ' Her power was in broad come
dy—in which she never was surpassed. She
was constantly squabbling with Garrick, and
used to bully him terribly for not allowing her
to appear in tragedy and serious comedy. In
like manner, Liston and Keeley have believed
that Nature intended 'them for the serious
drama, and that Circumstance, that unspiritual
god, as Byron calls it, made them come
dians and farceurs. We have heard of Liston'o
playing • Hamlet, and we have seen Keeley
amusingly serious and grotesquely intense, on
his benefit-night, as 'Richard.
Mrs. Clive quitted the stage in 1769, at the
age of 68, after having been over forty years
on the stage. Garrick, who knew her value,
entreated her to remain with him a few years
longer, bpt she declined, saying that age was
coming , ore and that she had made money
enough. , "How much 7" Garrick asked.
She sharply-answered "As much as yourself—
and more, for know when I have enough,
and you never will.", She spout the last
seventeen years of her life in elegant retire
merit near Horace Walpole's famous Straw
berry Bill, Twickenham, near London, and
died in December, 1785.
She was a constant visitor to her neighbor
Walpole, where her off-hand manner, ready
wit, and fearless sarcasm made her the nightly
terror, the, bite noire of all the card-cheating,
scandal-mongering old tabbies who formed his
nightly ted-table . coteries. She wrote, at va
rious times, for her own benefits, four petite
pleces T of 'Oa& only, the first was published.
These are "Bevis in Petticoats," acted in
1763; "Every Woman in her Humor," in
1760; "The, Faithful Irishman," in 1765;
and "The Island of Slaves,"' in 1761. This
last was a translation from Marivaux's "Isle
dealselavea," executed for her by a friend,
and adapted for the stage by herself.
Among the many virtuous women—and
their name is Legion—who have adorned the
theatrical profession, none preserved a higher
reputation than Kitty Clive. She was visited,
all through her life, by persons of both sexes
of high rank and character. She is said to
have been fully as amusing off the stage as
upon it. Vivacious, satirical, blunt—her con
versation was varied and entertaining. Dr.
Johnson highly esteemed her, and delighted
in her conversation. Ile said, " Clive, sir, is
a good, thing to sit by, she always under
stands what you say." Not to be outdone in
complithent, she said, "I love to sit by Dr.
Johnson ; he always understands me." John
son said to Boswell, years alter she had left
the stage, " Mrs. Clive was the best player I
ever saw." John Kemble, who recorded the
conversation during a visit which Mr. Siddons
paid Johnson in 1788, the year before he died,
mentions that Johnson said "Mrs. Porter in
the vehemence of rage, and Mrs. Clive in the
sprightliness of humor, I have never seen
equalled. What Clive did best, she did bet
ter than Garrick ; but could not do half so
many things well ; she was a better romp than
any I ever saw in nature. Pritchard, in com
mon life, was little better than a vulgar idiot ;
she would talk of her gaumd ; but, when she
appeared on - the stage, - seemed to be inspired
by gentility and understanding." In the
original cast of Colman's " Jealous Wife,"
the characters of, Mr. Oakley and Mrs. Oakley
were performed by Garrick and Mrs. Pritchard,
'arid Mrs. Clive was the Lady Freetove.
There are two portraits of Mrs. Clive in
the. Garrick Club. One, by llogarth, repro
/fields her' as the Fine Lady in F 4 Lethe ," the
other is said to have been painted by Verelet ;
if so, it is a great curiosity, for the artist
happened to die the year before the actress
was born.
Sprenger Barry is an Irish actor who ob
tained great celebrity in his time. His father
was a silversmith in Dublin, and he succeeded
to the business and a competent fortune. Ho
also bad $7,500 as his wife's dowry. But in
attention to business and a padsion for the
atricals made him bankrupt in four years, and,
at the age of twenty.flve, he made his debut on
the Dublin boards as Othello. No first ap
pearance was ever more successful. His voice
nes full, harmonious, and manageable, and his
person was considered the perfection of manly
beauty. At one step, Barry - sprang into the
first position. Crowds used to assemltle to see
him perform, and boxes were engaged, for his
nights, weeks in advance.
There are two portraits of Barry—" silver
tongued Barry" he was called—in the Garrick
Club. One shows him in his private cha
racter, the other shows him with his wife, in
Hamlet and the Queen. They confirm the tra
dition of fine person, regular features, and
wonderful expression.
Two years after Barry's first appearance he
was a - favorite in London, playing rivalry with
Garrick at Drury Lane ; in Garrick's double
line, too—tragedy and genteel comedy. Of
course two such suns could not shine in the
same firmament, and Barry soon removed to
'Covent Garden. There began a great con
test—the rivals playing theft' principal parts
against each other, with various success. The
grand struggle was in the part of Romeo, and
that great critic "the town" decided that
Barry played it better than Garrick. Macklin,
however, who loved to be satirical, said of the
rival Romeos, " Barry comes swaggering into
the garden, talking so loud that the servants
would inevitably take the alarm, and toss him
on a hlanket! Garrick sneaks in like a thief
in the night, as if he were afraid of the watch
dog, and trembling at the sound of his own
voice." The Contest became tiresome to the
public at last, and was satirized In numerous
squibs and epigrams, of which the following is
one:
" Well, m hat's to-night," says angry Ned,
As up from bad he rouses:
"Romeo again !" and shakes his head,
" Ali ! plague on both your houses."
In 1758 Barry joined with Woodward in
building the Crow Street Theatre, Dublin, but
the speculation Sailed on their hands. In
O'Keefe's "Recollections" he says: "As a
set-off against the powers of harlequin's wooden
sword, Barry had Nat Lee's Alexander the
_Great got up in fine style, particularly the
triumphal entry into Babylon, which, in splen
dor cf show, exceeded Mossop's ovation in
Coriolanus. I have not been inside the
walls of a theatre for upwards of twenty-six
years; therefore know not how they manage
these affairs now : perhaps in a superior way,
but I hardly think it possible. Alexander's
high and beautiful chariot was first seen at the
farther end of the stage (the theatre stretch
ing from Eownes' streetto Temple lane). He,
seated in it, was drawn to the front, to triumph
ant music, by the unarmed soldiery. When
arrived at its station to stop, for him to
alight, before he had time even to speak, the
machinery was settled on such a simple, yet
certain, plan, that the chariot in a twinkling
disappeared, and every soldier was at the in
stant armed. It was thus managed : Each
man having a particular duty previously
assigned him, laid his hand on different parts
of the chariot; one took' a wheel and held it
up on high—this was a shield; the others took
the remaining wheels—all in a moment were
shields upon their left arms; the axle-tree
was taken by another—it was a spear; the
body of the chariot also took to pieces, and
the whole was converted into swords, javelins,
lances, standards, &c. Each soldier, thus
armed, arranged himself at the sides of the
stage, and Alexander, standing in the centre,
began his speech. I have seen in my day
operas, ballets, pantomimes, melodramas, &c.,
at Covent Garden, Drury Lane, the Hay
market, and the Opera Rouse, but never saw
anything to equal, in simplicity and beauty,
this chariot manceuvre of Alexander the
Great."
Barry and Woodward also built the theatre,
George's street, Cork, which was opened in
July 1761..
Barry's salary, after this, when he and his
(second) wife played at Drury Lane, was seven
thousand five hundred dollars a year, besides
benefits. This was an immense sum for the
time. He died in January 1777, aged fifty
eight. His death was hastened by gout, partly
hereditary, and partly the effect of high
living.
In the characters of Othello, CastaZia, (in
"The Orphan,") Lear, Jajfier, and Essex, ho
has been known repeatedly to draw tears from
the performers who were at the wing, waiting
to come on in their ofin parts.
Barry's insinuating manners must have
equalled Sheridan's. On one occasion he said
to a creditor who dunned him, "-Waite up
stairs, and we shall talk this matter over."
"Not I," said the man; "you owe me one
hundred pounds, and if you ger, me up stairs
you won't let ate leave you until you owe me
two hundred." Beyond this is the fact that,
having been arrested for debt, he actually per
suaded the sheriff's officer, who had the ca. sa.
to pay off debt and costs, and also lend him
ten guineas ! Sheridan never equalled this.
Enough for to-day. Mrs. Margaret \Vol
fington shall be presented in this column to
morrow. As the heroine of Charles Reade's
novel and of his comedy of a Masks and
Faces," (in which we have a pleasant recollec
tion of Miss T. M. Daveoport,) she is already
well known to the public of the present day.
New Publications.
Mrs. Southworth's new story, which has the
solitary fault of beingloo brief, Is entitled "The
Broken Engagement ; or, Speakmg the Truth for one
Day," and will be published to-morrow, by Peter
son /6 Brothers. The scene is in London, where Mrs.
S. now resides, we believe, and relates the misad.
ventures, during a single day, of a young gentle.
33:1811 who indulges in the novelty of plainly speak
ing the truth. The result is he is disinherited by
his uncle, turned out of a situation by his em
ployer, jilted by his lady-love, and within an inch
of being consigned to a lunatic asylum. lie re
trieves bituself, however, and finally weds the wo
man of his heart, The events are rapidly related
in a piquant rnannat. We 'moon:lend some of
our playwrights to turn this wouvelette into a lively
one-act fares, for it is highly dramatic.
Ve have received from J. B. Lippincott and Co.,
and also from T. B. Peterson 16 Co., two new books
published by Messrs. Harper, New York. Ono is a
volume by John S. C. Abbott, (author of the Life
of Saint Napoleon), entitled " Practical Christian
ity, a treatise specially designed for Young Mon,"
and the other is a novel, called "The Pilgrims of
Fashion," by libation Cornwallis. Mr. Abbott's
little volume is a sensible and practical argument
for Christianity, and Mr. COrnwallis' novel, which
commences in 1779, and comae down to the close
of 1891, including en account of the Battle of Bull
Run, Is readable enough—but requires closer aria
oism, on account of, its author's pretension—ho
dates from ' , Fifth Avenue hotel," just as Macau
lay's letter to his Edinburgh constituents was
dated from " Windsor Castle,"—than we can be
stow upon it today. This we will say now—Mr.
Cornwallis evidently has considerable talent,
though he has to learn how to construct a story.
We have received the Atlantic Monthly, from
Peterson .4 Brothers, and also a Boston pamphlet
entitled "The Indisiolublo Nature of the Ameri
can Union, considered in connection with the as.
slimed right of Secession,"—a letter to Mr. Peter
Cooper, Now York, by Nahum Capon, of Dorches
ter, Mass.
Three new numbers of "The, Pulpit and the
Rostrum " have come to hand containing a Thanks
giving Sermon, by the Rev. Dr. Burohard, New
York ; Henry Winter Davis' Address, at Brook
lyn, on "The Southern Rebellion, and the Consti
tutional Power of the Republic for its Suppres
sion;" and Wendell Phillips' recent Lecture at
New York, on " The War for the Union."
SUCCESSFUL FESTIVAL.--Tho ladies' festival,
held on the evening of the Bth of January, at San
som•stroet Rail, in aid of the Volunteer Refresh
ment Saloons, yielded the handsome eum or one
thousand and four dollars, which was equally
divided between the two saloons. On the oeeasion
of the presentation, yesterday' afternoon, a largo
number of ladies and gentlemen were present,
when suitable addre.ees wore delivered by Revs.
Smiley, Rutter, Brainard, and Brisbane.
A SECOND WINSUIP.—" Professor" Ira Field, a
gymnast of Troy, is rivalling Dr. Winship. He
recently lifted sixteen hundred pounds.
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1862.
SKETCHES OF CITY LIFE.
A THIEVES' BALL
It is the province of a reporter to make the most
susceptible incredulous, by plain narrations of facts.
lie knows by experience what they do not know,
oven by imagination. There be by-ways and by
places, in a groat oily like ours, that chests
slippers never tread, where crime lives in commu
nities, and shame forgets to blush because It is dei
fied and worshipped. if we should state that in a
central hall, where religious meetings of ate erra
tic theology are weekly held, a conventicle
of miserable women meat of Thursday nights,
to dance and drink, and otherwise forget
their sorrows, we might be gainsaid. If we
should point to the host of perjured husbands and
wives, of whose derelictions we aro daily acquaint.
ed—many of whom occupy responsible and coveted
positions—we might be doubted. And if we should,
anxious to reveal the darkest chapters of our muni
cipal history, state that even the thieves, the out
lawed and the banned, wore in the habit of hold
ing stated and publio congregations, for profane
pleasure, where the recklessness of vino was made
manifest, and all of the sensual, tho depraved and
the estranged was exhibited, we should, for our
verification, depend not upon the assertion, but the
indubitable evidence.
Relying upon the latter, we will example a ball
that came off on Wednesday night, in South street,
not a hundred miles from Tenth. A tioket before
us reads something in this way :
"BLUE GULL AS4E6IBLY.
FIREST GRAND GALL TO DE GELD
anager—Peter Brine.
A csietauta—John Tabbin, Wm. Buyorn
TICKETS, GEE DOLL/It EACH..
We were informed by ono of the officers that this
ball bad been devised, by professional thieves, for
the benefit of a conviet, who had lost his health in
the penitentiary. Unable longer to steal, he had
been befriended by his associates, and half tho
"knucks, (pickpockets,) "serewsmen," and "(tracks
men,". (burglars,) " koniackers," and "shovers of
the queer," (counterfeiters,) till thieves and "sly
Molls," (female thieves,) had donated their moneys
to this most charitable of purposes.
At ten o'clock wo entered the hall, accompanied
by a posse of detectives, United States Marshals,
and "men about town." A broad. shouldered man,
with ono eye and a deep scar across his forehead,
stood at the door as wo passed up a pair of dirty
steps. Ile recognized the officers, addressing them
as "fly cops" (detectives), and looked at us signifi
cantly, saying: "The little Juicy!" (young
newspaper man), at which he placed a thumb upon
his eyebrow and gyrated his fingers. To evidence
his prudence, as well as his knowledge, this indivi
dual further said : " Will I blow ? Dammit,
never, my boy !" Atwhieh he was so amused, that
ho struck his hat revengefully, forcing it down
upon the bridge of his nose, until the ono eye alone
was revealed, and the great scar hidden.
We passed a bar and refreshment saloon, att'
tended by a negro and a white girl, the former of
whom was very obsequious and the latter very sly.
During the whole evening the negro attended to
his functions, waiting upon the lewd and intoxicated,
With the punctilio of a colored vestry man who had
just been taking up the collection, and imagined
himself stilt at church. He bowed respectfully to
the most sensual, and said " Madame" in the softest,
of tones to soma that should have been madames
years before. When we left the place, at throe
o'clock A. M., be was still bowing and pouring out
gin and water, but the white girl had been unable
to stand the pressure and was fast asleep.
Tho ball room was a plain apartment, nearly
square, lighted by some side jets and a chandelier.
Double rows of yellow settees were arranged
around the room, and the musicians, whose violins
seemed to have taken the diptheria, were squeak
ing and fuming behind a row of chairs. The
floor-managers wore forming the sets, running
hither and thither, introducing couples, and ar
ranging them in their places. They wore all
thieves, and generally pickpockets or " shovers"
of bad money. Their attires wore in the highest
degree charaotoristic—white gloves, pulled over
large, coarse hands, and immense pins, that shone
like Drummond lights, in prismatic patterns of
scarfs Their vests wero likewise " loud" in co
lors, and reddish-brown was a predominant hue in
pantaloons. Their faces were familiar to patrons of
the Rogues' Gallery, being largo at the jaws and
narrow at the foreheadi with sallow complexions,
and eyes that flickered with the restless keenness
of the professional thief.
There was very Hide formality in the mode.of
introduction.
"Sally, my love," said ono of the managers, that
seemed to have taken flash Toby Cracket for his
prototype; "come hear, my dear, I want to make
you acquainted with n pertickler friend o' mine.
Mr. Mimes, Miss Luff; Miss Luff, Mr. Legato !"
Mr. Logue at once led Miss Luff to her place in
the cotillion, and after dancing for one set, they
were both observed to adjourn to the refreshment
saloon, for the purpose of drinking, or, as Mr. Lo
gees observed, to " wet their whistles."
However, the music finally burst forth ; the mas
ter of ceremonies gave the order—" First couples,
few-wards !" "Swing corners !" eta., and all the
motley assembly—thieves, cypriaus, and counter
feiters—threw down their feet, like the ring of so
many bogus pieces, and kept up a clatter Strikingly
indicative, in view of the place, of the music of a
treadmill, or the hum of prism shuttles.
There were many married women on the spot,
whose consorts were men about town—gamblers,
eta. There were many, likewise, that wore un
married, but a remove or two above the third class,
having some domestic, if not social position, and
professedly true to a single male friend Thelargor
proportion were otherwise—unoonsoiously wretched
ones, superbly clothed (but at what cost), and full
of smiles that will be wrinkles tomorrow. These
were wandering up and down, called always by
their first names, as "Em," or "Kitty," and re
sorting, after each set, to the bar, whore they
drank raw liquors in fearful quantities, until the
flushes in their cheeks came up ruddier than the
rouge, and under each painted eyebrow the eye
ball glared wild and inflamed. Many of these
women were perfections of vital and locomotive
beauty, and some of them seemed to be of amiable
temperaments. They were often tastefully garbed,
but frequently rude in speeoh, and often masouline
in voice, walk, and -stature. They evidently aped
the manners and tastes of the stronger sex. Few
better assemblages of dancere could bo found, their
movements being supple and full of sinew.
The prevalent characteristic, among both mon and
women, was the use of slang phrases. Slang
is, at beet, a modification of vulgarity and pro
fanity, and from the lips of a woman is most die
tasteful. The women generally addressed their
partners as 44 My John," or 44 Littleone," or "Pret
ty feller," and the laughter always partook of the
nature of a guffaw, or an indistinct oath.
Toward ono o'clock the hilarity became height
ened into fiendish, almost terrible glee, and some
of the participants gave manifeatatione of their
native ferocity. The atmosphere seemed to grow
close; the bar was more than ever patronized;
loud boasting, 'verging upon wrangling, com
menced, and the attentions of the gentry toward
the ladies were a trifle rough. Some or tiro,
Municipal police had strayed into the room, and
their appearance was resented by the thieves, who
leered contemptuously upon them and said, "fiat
cops," with impunity.
Finally, loud curses broke from the ladies' dress
ing-room, and a rush ensued for that quarter. It
was found that a thief had offered some indignity
to a woman, who resented it, and ho had stabbed
her in the palm of the hand. Thereupon all til4
amazons sot updn him, threw him upon the floor,
and beat him lustily, while he struck out, knife in
hand, to the right and the left. Not a woman of
the party screamed or gave tokens of terror; full
of gin, and accustomed to such emergencies, they
rather enjoyed the occasion and improved it.
In the meantime, a United States officer took ad
vantage of the sparse assemblage in the bill-room
to attempt the arrest of a counterfeiter, for whom
he had a warrant. The latter drew a revolver, and
would have blown the officer's bead off, had not a
friend wrenched away his weapon.
It Was about this time that our reporter became
uneasy. Ho saw the restless eyes of the desperate
men around him, a hand carelessly thrust in their
pocket, and ho was certain that every such hand
grasped the handle of a dirk. It had boon whis
pered about that a " huey" was represented in tho
room, and without the protection of the officers
the safety of this " buoy" would have boon incon
siderable. Groups of thieves gathered in the cor
ners, talking rapidly, and the more timid of tho
women were tying their bonnets and calling for
their beaux. ,To have quarrelled with a
a thief would have been insane, for detection in
the crowded room was out of the question. We
amused ourselves, for another half hour; in hearing
from a welbinformed officer the stories of the
knaves around us, and when again emerging into
the starlight, with the heavens flecked and the city
wrapped in snow, we felt that they who would
make crime a romance -and deify or beautify sin
must be indeed of warped morale and a flighty
brain.
DEATH Or AN EBTENDIED MERCHANT.—Mr.
John Danett, who for quarter of a century past
has been connected with the trade between Phila
delphia and Laguayra, died at his residence in
this city at en early hour yesterday morning. The
deceased wee a most estimable merchant—wealthy,
charitable, and amiable. Me was a member of the
Corn Exchange Association, and that body will
adopt appropriate resolutions with regard to him at
their meeting today.
THE REBELLION.
THE WAR IN KENTUCKY.
BRILLIANT VICTORY AT SOIRSET,
Death of Gen. Zollicoffer.
ROUT OF HIS FORCES.
THE FEDERAL TROOPS IN PURSUIT. -
AFFAIRS IN MISSOURI.
REPORTED BATTLE AT IRONTON.
FEDERAL FORCES DEFEATED
OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE GUNBOAT EN
GAGEMENT ON THE MISSISSIPPI.
Thci m ßebel Generals of the South.
A LIST OF THEIR NAMES, AND PLACES
IVIIERE 'IWEY ARE STATIONED.
TIIE FEMALE TRAITORS IN WASHINGTON,
No Further Intelligence from the Burn-
side Expedition
THE REBEL FORTIFICATIONS ON THE
UPPER POTOMAC.
SUFFERINGS OF THE PEOPLE IN THAT REGION.
&c., &c., &c.
GENERAL BUELL'S DIVISION.
A Brilliant Victory at Somerset, Ky.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 20.—A battle was fought at
Somerset, fiy., on Saturday, between the Federal
troops under General Schoopff, and the rebels under
General Zollieuffer.
The engagement was commenced in the morning,
and lasted till nightfall,
General Zollicoffer was killed, and his army en
tlrely defeated.
Tho loss is heavy on both aides.
[SECOND DESPATCH.]
The Federal Victory Confirmed.
LOUISVILLE, Jan. 20.—Ganeral Thomas tele
graphs to headquarters that, on Friday night,
General Zollicoffer came up to his encampment, and
attacked him at six o'olook on Saturday morning,
near Webb's Cross•roade, in the vicinity of
Somerset.
At half•pnet 3 o'clock, on Saturday afternoon,
Zollieoffer and Bailie Peyton had been killed, and
the rebels were in full retreat to their entrench
ments, at Ann Springs. The Federal troops wore
in hot pursuit.
No further particulara have been reoeived, nor
any account of the losses on either aide.
The Scene of the 'Victory.
The scene of the late victory is Somerset, the
capital of Pulaski county, Kentucky, and is situated
six miles north of the Cumberland river, and ninety
miles east of Frankfort, the capital of the State.
The Late General Felix K. Zollacolfer
Was well known to the public as a politician and
editor. Ho was born in Mowry county, Tennessee,
on the 19th of May, 1812. Ile was a printer by
trade, and when quite a young man ho published a
paper at Paris, Tenhessee, and subsequently was
proprietor of the Columbian Observer. Being
elected State printer, he hold that office till 1842,
when he removed to Nashville, whore for
time he was editor of an old lino Whig nowapaper
of that city, called The Banner, using his position
as A stepping stone to a membership in the Federal
Congress. That position ho finally attained in 1853,
and continued for three successive terms to hold it.
But his ambition was not limited to that goal.
Ile wanted to he Governor of Tennessee, and
even aimed at the highest Federal honors. But
the Democratic party of that day had gotten
complete control of Tennessee, and ho could not,
therefore, hope to obtain tho bounds of his desires,
save through some now medium. Ho tried tho
Know• Nothing organization. That failed him.
Ills star passed into obscuration, and when Seces
sion turned up he embraced it, as the means of
converting himself from an opaque' political body
into a living light in the popular atmosphere. Ile
became a general in name, and name only. 110
was naturally a Blow, heavy man, lymphatic in his
temperament, and inert in action, but a fine de
bater, when roused, as hie dissuasion with A. H.
Stephens proved, in 1854, in Congress.
Disturbance among the Negroes sit Ken
tucky.
Tho Frankfort (Ky.) Yeoman of January 17th
says:
We have just learned from a reliable gentleman
of New Castle the circumstances of a very unusual
oecurrenco in that place, just before Christmas,
which we deem it proper should be plmed before
the people of Kentucky. Some forty or sixty ile
ums, all slaves, had been engaged in killing hogs
for one of the citizens of Now Castle, at night.
About that time, and after the work was over, they
paraded the struts of the town in a body, between
the hours of ten and tw , leal, altering all sorts of
disorderly sounds, singing political songs, and
shouting for Lincoln. 'they seemed to take spe
cial pains to make their unusual and disorderly de
monstrations in front of the residences of ono or two
prominent Southern Rights citizens. They con
tinued their tumultuous proceedings for an hour or
PO, without interruption from either officers or
citizens, and finally dispersed of their own accord•;
We deem it duo to the peace and security of the
Commonwealth to give this information to the pub
lie, in order that other communities may be put on
their guard, and prepare to suppress in their inci
piency all such dangerous movements on the part
of the slave population.
We also learn from the same gentleman, that
about the same time, or shortly after, a party of
slaves in Henry county, belonging partly to Union,
and portly to Southern Rights men, made off from
the county, taking with them a wagon awl horses,
with a full supply of provisions belonging to their
owners, and made their escape into Indiana.
They were immediately pursued by their
mestere into Indiana and overtaken ; but the own
ers were notified by the population that they should
not arrest the slaves, and, in fact, were themselves
notified to leave the State without delay. A second
visit of the same and other parties, with propor
certificates, as the gentleman who gives us the fasts
is informed, was made with the same result.
We are also informed that numerous houses and
barns belonging to residents of leery county, have
recently been fired and burned to the ground by the
negroes, and that in consequence a general feeling
of insecurity prevails throughout the entire com
munity.
GEN. HALLECK'S DIVISION.
Affairs in Missouri—Reported Battle near
Ironton—Six Thousand Rebels, under
Jeff Thompson, Defeat Eight Hundred
Federal Troops.
Tho S. Louis Democrat, of January 17, says
Information of a reliable character reached this
city last night to the effect that, yesterday, a large
body of rebels, numbering about 6,000 men, in
command of Jeff Thompson, advanced upon a
yederal detachment of 800 troops, under Col. Mills,
a t a dieznoe of about twenty-throe miles from fron
ton, and gave 11, - ,,m battle.
A desperate conflict ensued, resulting in the loss
of many killed and wounded on both sides.
The Federate, overpowered by numbers, had, at
latest accounts, fallen back a distance of eight
miles, leaving a quantity of baggage in the hands
of the enemy, and were still retreating towards
Pilot Knob.
At Pilot Knob considerable alarm existed, and
Colonel Carlin was making every preparation for
the impending struggle at that point.
An attack was thought to be inevitable last night,
but will not probably take place until to-day.
The Wisconsin regiment which loft hero on
Wednesday arrived safely at Ironton yesterday. A
buttery of the First Missouri Light Artillery, under
command of Major Schofield, started from this city
yesterday, and will probably reach Pilot Knob
this morning.
The rebels had not destroyed any more of the
bridges.
The Big river bridge is being rapidly rebuilt.
This news came to us in a manner which loaves
no doubt of its general correctness. We have had
no information of so large a body
. of Federal troops
being thrown out, ns is stated in this report, to
wards the supposed locality of Jeff Thompson and
his band, and, we think, in that respect, there may
be some exaggeration.
The arrival of the Eighth Wisconsin will make
the force at the Knob a little over throe thousand.
7 hey have the advantage of some heavy guns and
strong position; but, on the other hand, the troops,
it will be remembered, are fresh, and not well dis
ciplined. If Major Sohofield and his battery 'aro
permitted to pass through without detention, we
shell rely greatly upon the assistance which he will
be able to render the officer in command, Colonel
Catlin.
The Gunboat Engagement near Voluu►-
The Navy Department hes received the following
official report of the recent gunboat engagement
near Columbus :
UNITED STATES GUNBOAT ESSEX,
Wm'. D. Porter, commanding Port Jefferson,
January IS, 1862.
FLAG OFFICER A. 11. FOOTE : SIR : On the morn.
ing of the Ilth Gen. MoClornand sent on board
this vessel and informed mo that the enemy were
moving up the river from Columbus with several
vessels, towing up a battery. I immediately sig.
nailed Lieut. Com. Paulding, of the St. Louis, to
get under way and prepare for action. A very
thick fog coming on, wo were compelled to steam
slowly down the river; but about 10 o'clock, or a
little after, it rose, and showed us a largo steamer
at the head of Lacese's Bend. We heard her whis
tle the moment we were seen by them. Shortly
after whistling she waajoined by another large and
a small steamer. We pursued our course steadily
down the river. and: when within long range the
large steamer Ored a heavy shell gun, which struck
the sand bar between us, and riceochatted within
about 200 yards of thiiveeael and burst. We at
this time did not return the Ore, but continued our
course down in order to near the vessel.
By this time the largo steamer was joined by her
Consorts, and they opened a brisk fire Upon us. I
now hailed Lieutenant Commanding Paulding, and
dircoted him to try ono of his rifle cannon. Ile in
stantly fired and sent his shot completely over the
enemy. I than opened from my bow guns, and the
notion became brisk on both sides for about twenty
minutes, the enemy firing by broadside. At the
end of this limo the enemy hauled off, and stood
down the river, rounding to occasionally and giving
us broadsides. This running fight continued until
be reached the shelter of the batteries on the Iron
Banks above Columbus. We continued the action,
and drove him behind his batteries in a crippled
condition. We could distinctly see our shells ex
plode on his decks. The action lasted over an hour,
and terminated, as I think, in a complete defeat of
the enemy's boats, superior in size and number of
guns to the Essex and St. Louis.
On the 12th, Gen. MoClernand requested me to
make aro onnoissenco towards the Iron Banks. I
did so, and offered the enemy battle by firing a
round shot at their battery, but they did not re
spond, nor did I see anything of their boats. I
have since been informed, through the General,
that the boats of the enemy were completely disa
bled, and the porde became so great at the Iron
Banks that the gunners deserted their guns The
fire of the St. Louis was precise, and the shot told
well. Thenofficers and men' of this vessel behaved
with firmness, Mr. Riley, the first master, carrying
out all my orders strictly, while the officers of the
gun divisions, Messrs. Loving and Ferry, paid par
ticular attention to the pointing of their respective
guns. Mr. Britton, my aid, paid all attention to
my orders, and conveyed them corrootly and with
alacrity ; in feet, all the offieers and men on board
behaved like veterans.
Your obedient servant,
W. D. PORTER, Commander.
Flag Officer Foote, in forwarding this report,
says:
CAIRO, January 13, 180.
Sin : I forward a report from Commander Porter.
'be rebel-gunboat shells all fell short of our boats,
while our shells reached and ranged beyond their
boats, showing the greater range of our guns, but
the escape of the rebels showed the greater speed
of their boats. Your obedient servant,
A. H. FOOTE, Flag Moor.
Bon. GIDEON WErAms, Secretary Navy.
LATE NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.
The Rebel Generals of the South
[From the Richmond Dispatch, Jan. 16.)
1. Samuel Cooper, Virginia, adjutant general.
2. Albert S. Johnston, Texas, commanding in
Kentucky.
3. Joseph E. Johnston, Virginia, commanding
Northern Virginia.
4. Robert L Leo, Virginia, commanding South
Atlantic coast.
5. P. G. T. Beauregardi Louisiana, commanding
Army of Potomac.
aR OF.NTE • : ; a , 'N. , I
. . • . .
1. David E. Twiggs, Georgia, resigned.
2. Leonidas Polk, Louisiana, commanding at
Memphis.
3. Braxton Bragg, Louisiana, commanding at
Pensacola.
4. Elul Van Dorn, Mississippi, Army of Potomac.
5. Gustavus W. Smith, Kentucky, Army of Po
tomac.
t- 6 Theophilus EL Holmes, North Carolina, Army
of Potomac.
7. William J. Harcloo,Goorgia, Missouri.
8. Benjamin Huger, South Carolina, command
ing at Norfolk.
Jamas Longstreet, Alabama, Army of Po
tomao.
10. Sobn B. Magruder, Virginia, commanding at
Yorktown.
IL Thomas J. Jackson, Virginia, commanding
Northwestern Virginia.
12. Mansfield Lovell, Virginia, commanding Coast
of Louisiana.
13. Edmund Kirby Smith, Florida, t allay of Po
tomaa.
14. George B. Crittenden, Kentucky, command
ing East Tennessee.
ItNIGADIZR 6ENMIAL9 IN TIM PIIOVISIONAL MOVE
1. Milledge L. Bonham, south Carolina, Army of
Potomac.
2. John B. Floyd, Virginia, commanding Army of
Kanawha.
3. Henry A. Wise, Virginia, waltingor.lers.
4. Ben McCulloch, Texas, Missouri.
•5. 41Ienry R. Jackson, Georgia, resigned.
G. *Robert B. llama, Virginia, killed in .as
lion.
7. *William H. T. Walker, Georgia, resigned.
8 *Bernard E. Bee, South Carolina, killed in
aotion.
O. Alexander R. Lawton, Georgia, commanding
Coast of Georgia.
10. *Gideon J. Pillow, Tennessee, Kentucky.
11. Samuel R. Anderson, Tennessee, Kentucky.
12. Daniel S. Donelson, Tennessee, Coast of South
Carolina.
13. David R. Jones, south Carolina, Army of
Potomac.
14. Jones M. ',Villiers, Alabama, commanding
Coast of Alabama.
15. John C. Pemberton : Virginia, Coast of South
Carolina
L 10. Richard S. Ewell, Virginia, Army of Pots
17. John 11. Winder,
Maryland, Riohmond.
18. Jubal A. Early, Virginia, Army of Potomac
19 Thomas B. Flournoy, Arkansas, died in Ar
kansaa.
20. Samuel Tones, Virginia, Army of Potomac.
21 Arnold Elroy, Maryland, Army of Potomac
22. Daniel 11. Hill, North Carolina, Army of Po
tonna.
23. Henry 11. Sibley, Louisiana, Texas frontier.
24. William IL C. Whiting, Georgia, Army of
Potomac.
25. William 11. Loring, North Carolina, Western
Virginia.
26 Richard 11. Anderson, South Carolina, Pen
sacola.
27. Albort Pike, Arkansas, Indian Commissioner
28. Thomas T. Fanntloroy t Virginia, rosignod.
29. Robert Toombs, Georgia, Army of Potomao
O. Daniel Ruggles, Virginia, Louisiana.
31. Charles Clark, DlLsissippi, Army of Potomac
32. Roswell S. 'Ripley, South Carolina, Coast o
South Carolina. •
33. leaao R. Trimble, Maryland, Army of Po
town°.
34. John B Grayson, Kentucky, died in Florida.
36. Paul 0, lobar[, Louisiana, Coast of Texas.
36. Richard C. Catlin, North Carolina, com
manding Coast of North Carolina.
37. Felix K. Zollicoffer, Tennessee, Eastern Ken
tucky.
38 Benj. F. Cheatham, Tennessee,
Kentuoky.
30. Joseph K. Anderson, Virginia, Coast of North
Carolina.
40. Simon B. Buckner, Kentucky, Kentucky.
41. Leroy Pope Walker, Alabama, Alabama.
42 Albert G. Blanohard, Louisiana, Norfolk.
43. Gabriel J. Rains, North Carolina ' Yorktown.
44. J. E. B. Stuart, Virginia, Army of Potomac.
45. Lafayette McLain( ' Georgia, Yorktown.
46. Thomas F. Drayton, South Carolina, Coast of
South Carolina.
47. Thomas C. Ilindman_, Arkansas, Kentucky.
48. Adley IL . Gladden, Louisiana, Pensacola.
49. John Porter McCown, Tennessee ' Kentucky
50. Lloyd Tilghman, Kentucky, Kentucky.
51. Nathan G. Evans, South Carolina, Coast o
South Carolina.
52. Cadmus Id. 'Wilcox, Tounessoo, Army of Po
tomao.
53. * Philip St. George Cooke, Virginia', died in
Virginia.
5L R. F Rhodes, Alabama, Army of Potomac.
55. Richard Taylor, Louisiana, army of Poto
mac.
56. Louis T. Wigfall, Texas, Army of Potomac.
57. James 11. Trapier, South Carolina, Coast of
Plorida.
LB. &Italica G. Fxenoll ? Ntagiasippi, Army of ?o,
tomao.
09. NY)lllltra .h. Carroll, Tennessee, hasi , Fen
nesaeo.
60. Hugh W. Mercer, Georgia, -.
61. Humphrey Marshall, Kentucky, Kentucky.
62. John C. Breckinridgo, Kentucky, Kentucky
63. Richard Griffin, Nicciasippi, Army of Poto
mac.
64. Alexander P. Stewart, Kentuoky, Ken
tucky.
05. William Montgomery Gardner, Georgia, on
furlough.
66. Biel:Lard B. Garnett, Virginia, Army of Po
tomac.
67. William Mahone, Virginia, Norfolk.
68. L Cajon Branch, North Carolina, Coast of
North Carolina. •
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69. Maxey Gregg, South Carolina, Coast of South
Carolina.
Thom) having a * affixed are dead, or have re
Biped since the aommeneement of the w ar.
The following Confederate Generals are gradu
ates of West Point, the date of their graduation
being prefixed :
Class of 1815. Samuel Cooper.
Class of 1820. John H. Winder.
Clam of 1822. Isaac R. Tremble.
Class of 1825. Daniel S. Donelson, Benjamin Hu
ger.
Clara of 1820. Albert S. Johnston, John B. Gray
son.
Clam of 1827. Leonidas Polk, Gabriel J. Rains.
Clam of 1828. Thomas E. Drayton, Hugh W.
Mercer.
Clam of 1829. Joseph E. Johnston, Robert E.
Lee, Theophilue H. Holmes, Albert G. Blanchard.
Class of 1830. John B. Magruder.
Class of 1832. George B. Crittenden, P. St.
George Cooke, Humphrey Marshall, Richard C.
Gatlin.
Class of 1833. Daniel Ruggles.
Class of 1835. Jonas M. Withers.
Clam of 1830. Joseph R. Anderson, Lloyd Tilgh-
man.
Class of 1837. Braxton Bragg, William H. T.
Walker, John C. Pemberton, Arnold Ekes, Henry
11. Sibley, Jubal A. Early.
Class of 1838. Win. J. Hardee, James IL Tra
pier.
Class of 1830. Alexander R. Lawton, John P.
McCown.
Class of 1840. Richard S. Ewell, Paul 0. Her
bert, Richard B. Garnett.
Class of 1841. Robert S. Garnett, Samuel Jones.
Clam of 1842. Earl Van Doren, Gustavus W.
Smith, Mansfield Lovell, James Longstreet, Daniel
11. Bill, Richard A. Anderson, Lafayette MoLaws,
Alexander P. Stewart.
Clare of 1843. Roswell S. Ripley, Samuel Ci
French. .
Class of 1844. Simon B. Buckner.
Class of 1845 E. Kirby Smith, Bernard E. 800,
William 11. C. Whiting.
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Clam of 1848. Thomas J. Jackson, Cadman M.
Wilcox, David R. Jones, William M. Gardner.
Class of 1848. Nathan G. Evans.
Clam of 1854. J. E. B. Stuart.
GENERALS WHO 'WERE NOT GRADUATES A? WEST
The following generals were appointed to the old
United States Army, without Fussing through the
West Point Academy: David E. Twiggy, appointed
in 1812; William W. Loring, in 1838," Thomas T.
Fauntlerny, in 1836.
Tho following generals first saw service in the
Mexican war: M. L. Bonham, Henry It. Jackson,
Gideon J. Pillow, Samuel R. Anderson, Charles
Clark, Thomas C. Hindman, John C. Brookinridge,
Benjamin F. Cheatham, Richard Griffith, Albert
Pike, Adley H. Gladden, Maxey Gregg.
The following generals participated in the Texan
ware and the wars with Mexico : Ben McCulloch,
Louis T. Wigfall.
The following generals saw no military service
previous to the present war: John B. Floyd, Henry
A. Wise, Robert Toombs, Richard Taylor, Thomas
B. Flournoy, L. Pope Walker, F K.. Zollicoffer,
William Mahone, L. O'B. Branch, William H. Car
roll, R. E. Rhodes. Some, however, received mili
tary educations at State institutions.
Virginia has sixteen Generals in the Confederate
armies, South Carolina nine, Louisiana eight, Goor
gia seven, Tennessee eight, North Carolina six,
lientueky . seven, Maryland four, Alabama four,
Mississippi four, Texas three, Arkansas two, Florida
one, Missouri none.
The following were born at the North, though
previous to the present war they wore citizens of
Southern States: General Cooper, born in New
York; Ripley, in Ohio; Pemberton, in Pennsyl
vania; Whiting, in Massachusetts; Pike, in Massa-
ohusetts ; Ruggles, in Massachusetts; Blanchard,
in Massachusetts; French, in New Jersey:
The - following Confederate Generals are South
Carolinians, viz : Huger, Bonham, Bee (dead.JD.,,
R. Jones, Ripley, it. H. Anderson, Drayten,
Evans, Trapier, and Gregg; and the following 'are
natives of South Carolina, though citizens of other
States, viz : Longetreet, of Alaoama ; Lawton, 01.
Georgia; Denclson, of Tennessee ; Withers, of Ala
bama; Hill, of North Carolina; Gladden, of Loui
siana, and, Wigfall, of Texas.
THE FEMALE TRAITORS.
THEIR REMOVAL TO THEIR NEN PRISON QUARTERS
-A DESCRIPTION OP THE BUILDING. AND VIP.
ACCOMMODATIONS FOR VIE PRISONERS
[Special Correspondence of Tte Prem.]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19, 1899.
On Saturday afternoon, at 5 o'clock, the female
traitors confined in the Sixteenth•street prison, a
description of which I gave you in a former letter,
were, by order of Provost Marshal Porter, removed
to the Old Capitol prison, where quarters have been
provided for them. Before entering the carriage
that was to convoy them to their new quarters, the
Prisoners took en appropriate farewell of all their
guards—Mrs. Oreenhow saying to one of the sol
diers, "Good-bye, sir ; I trust that in the future
you may have a nobler employment than that of
guarding defenceless women." Mrs. Greenhow
and Baxter then advanced to Liettt. Sheldon, who.
had charge of the prison quarters, and thanked
him for the uniform courtesy and kindness he had
shown them during their confinement; while little
Rose Greenhow, who, at the request of her mother,
will be imprisoned with her, threw her arms about
the Lieutenant's neck and embraced him.
When Rose Greenhow entered the prison at old
Capitol Hill, she naively remarked to Lieutenant
Wood, "You have got ono of the hardest little
rebels here that you over saw. But," said ahe,
"if you get along with me as well as Lieutenant
Sheldon, you will have no trouble." Mrs. Green
how then, turning to her daughter, said to her,
"Rose, you must be careful what yen say here."
Rose, however, did not seem to think that the cau—
tion was at all neoessary, and that she would fare
well in her new quarters.
The prisoners are quartered on the second floor,.
in the northeast end of the jail.. Each room is ,
furnished with a round table, two chairs, and a
bed—comfortable, though not extravagant in style.
The prisoners aro incarcerated in separate roomai
and to Mrs. Greenhow was given the choice of her
accommodations—the daughter being provided for
in the same room with her mother. Each. of the
apartments contains a grate fire. In foot, their ac
commodations are of the most comfortable charac•
ter, and, although not so rich in adornment as
those of the Sixteenth-street prison, still they will
have no cause of complaint.
This morning, when the rain was- descending, in
torrents, and the sidewalks and streets wore of the
most impassable condition, we again visited the
Sixteenth-street jail, the late quarters of the pri
soners referred to. As we approached• the prison
we wore again challenged by tho'guard, who this
time was sheltering himself from the rain in the'
doorway of the building. We had soon faces at'
the windows of the upper stories when we entered,
hero a few days before, but now they wore gone.
But one person, we knew now confined in the prison,
was Miss Ellie Poole, whose duration, by-the.by, at
this place is of short duration, she having. been re
leased on her parole, and will leave this city to
morrow for Fortress Monroe, from which point she
will proceed South. The form of the lieutenant,.
however, soon appeared at the window, and for the
second time we entered the room.
The picture of Gertrude Greenhow, the deceased
daughter of Mrs. Greenhow, first attracted. our at
tention. There was the same smile there—the
same strange fancy of the eye of which we have
written before—so young and yet so fair—and for
the moment we were ontrenoed. Turning for the
moment, and the beautiful portrait of Mrs. Moore,
and the fine noble picture of her husband, a son•in
law of Mrs. Greenhow, now in our army, diverted
our sight; then the Lieutenant welcomed us, and
wo took a seat with him before a bright Ciro glowing
on the hearth.
Now that the prisoners had departed, we were
invited up into the rooms formerly occupied by
them. The room in which Mrs. Greenhoiv was
lately incarcerated is situated in the second story
back room. The same apartment was formerly oc
cupied, at intervals, by the Phillips family—Mrs.
Phillips, her daughters Lena and Fannie, Miss
Levy, Mrs Banter, Mrs. Lowe, Mrs. 11. Pusey and
her daughters. Mrs. Basler was confined in the
third story front room. Besides this, Mrs. Greon
how was allowed the use of the library, the property
of her husband, who was a lawyer. The library is
chiefly stored with law books, interspersed with
books in the French and Spanish languages. Most
of the time of Mrs G. was spent in this room, which
was neatly furnished, and containing, besides, a
sewing machine, upon which the lady named did a
great amount of sowing during her confinement.
After night set in she employed her time
reading as well as writing, and many of the fugitivo
verses written by her are still preserved. Shufre
quently remained in this room until midnight be
fore retiring to her apartment for the night. On
.the desk of the sawing machine, this morning, we
found standing two bottles of fluid, whieh were
frequently used by her in her correspondence to
her friends outside of the prison, so as to disguise
it to the eyes of the guard. The plan pursued was
to interline her letters by one of the fluids, which,
on the application of a second, only known to those
Who were in the seorot, was rendered perfectly in
telligible. Thus it was that contraband informa
tion could be conveyed by her to those who aided
and abetted her in her treaseas
The walla of the room of art. Balder, the
panels of the door, and the 7alls of the entry ad
joining her apartnin't, are covered with soribblings
i 4 104 1. - 1,71, of quite a medley nature, prose as
w'',l as poetry—some of them quoted from other
authors, and a number of thorn original. Tho most
of these writings are parodies on our national songs,
wlifc, not a few of them are flings against the offi
cers of the lovernment. Ono of them, written on
the entry wall, to the left of the doorway, roads
thus :
" I had a vision last night. Methought I saw
Abe Lincoln, Win. IL Seward, Simon Cameron,
Andrew Porter, and others, praying to Almighty
God, as Dives bad done, for the mercy they denied
to harmless women. And the Alnbighty God an
swers : Have I not said as ye mete it unto others,
so shall it bo measured unto you again? Depart
from my eight, ye cursed, and take up your abode
in the hell prepared for Abraham Lincoln and
hie Government, and all who assist him in his
abominable persecution.' "
Fronting the doorway on the right we read
again the following inscription : "We must
sustain the Constitution of the United Stelae ;
we must break down Southern institutions that we
may put the proceeds of all the negroes in our
pockets. We must impress Southern women and
children and other such like chivalrous and mag
nificent acts.
These are but a specimen of the inscriptions to
be read at every turn within and outside Mrs.
Basler's apartment. Hardly any portion of the
room is to be discovered that does not contain
some such memoranda, even to the window-sill.
On Saturday morning she sent to Lieutenant
Sheldon, by one of the guard, the following rhyme,
jotted down upon a small piece of paper :
TO LIEUT. SHELDON.
I pray you, good Lieut. Sheldon,'
Since 1 trouble you 60 very seldom,
To send mo cat, or trap, °riles.,
To catch these horrid littlo mice.
These troublesome Milo Government creatures
Have tried to mar my Southern features;
They began the war against my clothes,
And last night really La my nose!
The fact that the cooing of those buildings have
contained a few mice probable gave rise to the
communication, written in a spirit of pleasantry
rather than otherwise.
Other specimens of the poetry of the parson
named might bogiven, but this will suffice.
We are informed by Lieut. Sheldon that of all
the prisoners confined here, Mrs. Groenhow was the
most lady-like in her manners and in her conver•
!ninon. She is possessed of the finest education of
any lady who has ever visited Washington; and
although rather severe et times in her denunoia
lions of the North, yet she has shown herself to be.
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pessessecl. of a woman's heart in her sad moments,
as witness' the parting from her guard on Saturday.
She bad a &Teat boner of being conveyed to Fort
ress Monroe, as was first feared by her, and her
change is the .'nest acceptable one that sho could
have.
The prison will' be cloud tea:arrow, and the
building will be ;Dated to other parties. As we
have said before, 1504 - -Poole leaves for Fortress
News tomorrow. • - COL.
.. '- OSCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS.
From Fortress Iltoorrom
FoarnEss BioNnoz, Jan. 39; via Baltimore-it
Bag of trnee went to Craaey Island to- y, whim
two persona, who came down from Bsitimoro•tnat
eight to go South.
The following is all the news contained the
Southern papers that have been received :
Rx• President Tyler is very ill at Richmond.
A despatch, dated Macon, Georgia, says thattills
accounts from the wheat region are very favorabltr,
and that the orops never appeared more promisinffi
thus early.
The following brigadier generals have been con
firmed:
Remy Roth, Virginia ; Johnson R. Duncan;
Louisiana; and S. Wood, Alabama.
Dates from Havana to the 9th inst. have been re
ceived at Now Orleans.. The French fleet, consist- -
ing of a line-of-battle ship, three first-class frigates
and three propellers, left for Vera Cruz on the 2d.
It was reported at Havana that Vera Cruz wee
abandoned by the Mexicans on the arrival of the
I , ""&ipaniall. fleet. The combined land forces are under
I command of General Prim.
The Confederate steamer Calhoun arrived at
Harana on the 6th, making the number of one
hundred end one rebel vessels that have arrived
there since the blockade. Business was extremely
dell on the island.
Nine Norfolk* Day Book gives a rumor that
the Feerntaries of the Federal Navy and Interior
have resigned, and that Meserx. Colfax of Indiana.
and Holt of Kentucky, will succeed them.
The papers contain nothing in relation to . the
Burnside Expedition.
The IL S. steamer Sumpter arrived hero yester
day afternoon.
The troops on board the steamer "Constitution.
will come ashore tomorrow morning for exercise.
From Washington.
Wasnrsinron, Tan. 20.—The report that General
Wool has sent a notification to Norfolk to remota
the women and children oat of that city, is not con
firmed by official intelligence.
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs left to-day for
the West. •
The Mon. Mr. Stanton, Secretary of War, en
tered upon his duties to-day. A large number of
army officers, in full uniform, paid their respects to
him.
Preparations are being made at the navy yard to
test tbe strength of the rifled guns finished there.
One of them, a. 31pounder, has been enclosed with
heavy timber, and will be fired with constantl,y
inereming charges until it bursts.
More Troops for Canada.
Sr. JOHNS, N. 8., Jan. 2.o.—The steamer
Ilibemia, with troops, arrived at this port this
morning.
HEADQIIARTERS ELEVENTH PA. CILYALIZT,
CAMP HAMILTON, JAM. IS, 1952.
TO .THE EPITOR THE Pnusa : 111 yoar issue of
January 9th inst., under the head of Washington
correspondence, the following notice, dated Wash
ington, January 7, appeared, via:
,4 Cox.. He.n.z.ex.—Col. Harlan has been removed
from tho service "
I would remark, for the information of my friends,
that the board of examiners, before Col. Harlan,
was directed to appear under the act of Congress,
commeiaeed its sittings on or about the 27th Ds
cember, 1861. They concluded their proceedings
at s.orclock P. M., January 8. On Saturday, 28th
December, the board reviewed Col. Harlan's regi
ment with a perfectly satisfactory result—adjourned'
to Thursday, January 2, and handed in their ver
dict to Gen. Wool on the Bth January, 5 P. hi
The documents of the board were forwarded on thei
10th from Fortress Monroe to Baltimore and the
some day to Washington, arriving there January
11, at 1 o'clock P. M. ; the earliest date the result
oTtliiihottrd could have been scut to Washington
was therefore January 11, 1852. But January 9,
'1862, the Hew York Herald published that Col.
Harlan had been removed from the service on the
recommendation of the board of examineri, and
The Frees published a similar notice on the Eith.
January. Now, air, to show the animus of this
conspiracy, please publish the following 'special or
der of the War Department :
ADJTITANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
WASHINGTON', January 15, 1862.
To Major General John E. Wool, Commanding
Fortress Monroe, 4-c.; 4.c.
GENERAL : The proceedings of the board of of-
Beers convened at Fortress Itionree, Virgiaia, by
special orders No. 143, Headquarters Depart
ment of Virginia, have been laid before the Secre
tary of War, who directs me to say that he dolma
Col. Harlan to be retained in the command of his
regiment.
I am, General, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
L. Tnomes, Adjutant General.
[OFFICIAL.]
WM. D. WHIPPLE, Ass't Adju't General.
By publishing the aboveyou will correct a moat
offensive error, and much oblige your innumerable
friends. Yours very truly,
JOSIAH lIARLAN,
COL Eleventh Pa. Cavalry, Commanding the Reg't.
The Rebel Fortifieattons on the Upper
The Poolesfille (Md.) correspondent of the New
York thrall, writing under date of January 15th,
says:
There aro tour large rebel fortifications between_
Point tf hocks and Leesburg visible from Professor-
Lowe's balloon. They aro all large field works, •
mounting from ten to twenty-five guns. They have.
only become visible within the past week, and are
located as follows: One fort is located between..
Edwards' Ferry and Leesburg, about midway be-,
tween the two points. Another is opposite Ball's.
Bluff, about half a mile from the Poteuiac. A third
is opposite Conrad's Ferry, about three quarter/Ler
a mile from the ferry ; and fourthly, there is alert
on the top of one of the Kittootan mountains, near
Point of Rocks. If these are not humbugs, for the
purpose of masking other foitificationS, then, they
are intended to guard the approaches to Leisabarg.
It is the general impression among military teen,
however, that these forte are only decoys. if they
be actual fortificatione, the one between Leeeiharg
and Edwards' Ferry is intended to defeld the road
from,tbe ferry to the town, while the one above it
and the one near Conrad's Ferry are /Mended to
sweep the road from Conrad's Ford to. Leesburg,
and the fort near Point of Rocks, on the mountain
top, can be for no other purpose than to guard the
way from the Point of Rooks tolieesbing, Whether
these forts will ever be, brought. into play agaiset
our troops or not depends greatly on the manner in
which the campaign will be onducted by our go.
nerais ; for there is not much likelihood, at pre
sent, that there will he inuoh fighting below the
Point of Rothe.
The, Suffering of the People of Virginia.
The same correspondent, writing from Point of
/toCliti under date of Tan. 17th, says :j
To the kindness of Captain Chapman, the gentle
manly provost marshal at this place, I am indebted
fur most interesting and reliable newa from Somas's.
It gives ono of the moat doleful pictures of the con
dition of affairs in Virginian-biota have yet been made
public. The news comes in a letter secretly trans
mined from a Union man in Loudon county to his
daughter in Maryland. It is long and minute in its
details, and was evidently intended for more eyes
than those of the lovely and patriotic young lady to
whom it was addressed. Read the following ex
tracts, which I am permitted to copy from it and
transmit to you: The people of the South thought
cotton was king; but they never knew how im
portant and useful the Yankees were to them. They
aro in want of everything except " nigger nap,.
and "fulled linsey.' It is made here, and is selling
at four dollars per yard—formerly one dollar. Yon
would be surprised if you were to see our stores,
how empty they ire—not a yard of calico to
be had at any price. There is but one store
in Lovetsville now. Mr. Lockett has a few
goods yet. Mr. Slater has not over a eartload of
goods in his acre. I will give you a statement of
some of the prices of goods here, and I will state
nothing but what I know to be true: A spool of
cotton, twenty-five cents ; indigo, fifty cents an
ounce; saltpetre, fifty cents a pound; tea, four
•dollars per pound; coffee, seventy-five cents per
pound ; sugar, twenty cents; molasses, one dollar
and twentyfive cents, and no more to be had; salt,
twenty cents a pound, and some persons cannot
butcher for want of it. Pepper is one dollar and a
half per pound, and none to be had. I had soma
hands working on the dam lest week, who insisted
on having some whisky. I went to Mr. Lockett's,
and bad to pay five dollars and a half for a gallon
not three weeks old, and well watered at that.
Mother has often wished for a few barrels of Uncle
Wetty's old rye. We had option and a half of the
old rye that we brought with us frem Maryland left.
They found it out, and came and bid it up to ten
dollars per gallon ; then she let them have it. Every
one hero is using rye coffee instead of Rio. A. T.
M. Fuller was at Richmond two weeks ago. He
told me that coffee was one dollar per pound there.
sod that the best used half rye, and charged three
dollars a day for board. I was at Leesburg last
Monday. Heard a soldier say that he had to pay
twelve dollars for a pair of coarse boots. Loather
is very high, and there is no oil to finish uppers.
You will see by these things that the blockade is
very severe, and no doubt you will think that the
rebels must soon give up; but they have the sword,
and are the last to suffer; they are the aristocrats,
and their pride will not suffer them to admit that
they are in want. One of them did admit it to me
last week. He said, "I never thought it would
come to this." The common people are the first to
suffer, and especially the poor, and they are ell
Union men. We divided our pepper and salt with
the Union men, but could not supply all. My heart
aches for those who have no salt. They cannot lay
up any meat, end will get no fish this year.' The
militia were forced out to build a fort and throw up
entrenchments. Some refused point blank to go,
and they sent armed soldiers after them, and they
made them double quick it at the point of the bay
onet. The general impression is that they CU emu ,
pel them to fight against the Government uadele
(Continua on Fourth Page.)
"vide Seward."
Col. liarlan not Removed
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