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PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20, 1862.
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nita for the following yearn and wards:
Crown, let ward, for 1858,1859, 1860, and 1961.
ffiaull, 24 ward, for 1858, 1859, 1860, and 1661.
Tittermary, 3d ward, for 1861.
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Ins J. Baton, sth ward, for 1861.
B. Lane, 6th ward fur 1861, and 24th ward for
1,1859, and MO.
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aim Haim, 811, ward, for 1801.
is C. Steel, 9th ward, for 1861.
41. 4 .chiede, 19th ward, for 1861.
Williamson, 11th ward, for 1861.
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Darman, 14th ward, for 1861, and Bth, 9th, and
"lards for 1858, 1850, and 1860.
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A. B. Brown, 18th ward, for 1959, 1859, 1960, and
James, rth ward, for 1861.
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B. Deharoo, 19th ward, for 1858, 1859, 1860, and
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Gregg, 23d ward, for 186 L
W. !Press, 24th ward, for 1861.
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and 1880.
B. Armbruster, 11th, 18th, 15th, 14th, /5t5, awl
wards, for 1858, 1859, and 1880.
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ITlON.—Persons upon paying taxes are respect
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ler and nerd fur which the demand is made.
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course.
The Southern party in the British Parliament
is very small—no wonder, when Mr. Gun-
MT, the Irish horse-jockey, is'its leader—
and could do no mischief after the declaration
of this policy.
The conclusion at whieh the British Governs
went have arrived is justified by facts. In the
speech delivered by Mr. CAIRD, M. P. for
Sterling, to his constituents, which we noticed
yesterday, these facts are stated. He calcu
lates the number of persons interested in the
cotton trade in Lancashire, Yorkshire, and
Glasgow, at $2,000,000, and admits that the
scarcity of cotton has begun to tell upon their
employment. He says : " Now this suffering
to which we are exposed by the want of
employment in the factory districts, serious
though it is, cannot for a moment be
compared, in the expense it would cost the
country, to the enormous expense which
would be incurred in the event of a war with
the Northern States of America. Taking the
very lowest ground, it would be far cheaper
for us to support these people on half work,
or altogether idle, than to go to the enormous
and wasteful expense—both of money and of
life—of"war." And he forcibly adds, " Re
member, it is not the South that takes our
goods. The poor slaves have no money to
buy clothing. They are clothed in the very
scantiest and coarsest fashion. They are not
the purchasers of the manufactured goods of
this country. The rich and free North, whose
energies are employed , in raising from a rich
and fertile soil the gifts of nature, and who
have no time to turn their attention to manu
facturing—they arc the people who are the
great consumers of our manufactures. That is
a material consideration. If we go to war we
lose that trade entirely."
Another consideration was stated by Mr.
CAIRD, viz: that a--war with the Northern
States would close to England and France the
supplies of corn upon which they are at pre
sent greatly dependent.
That NAPOLEON would interfere and break
the blockade of the Southern States, he (Mr.
CAIRD) did not believe, for, he added; - "the
French Emperor is a wise man. He knows
from the great scarcity of corn this year in
France that he cannot get a sufficient supply.
The great source from which he has hitherto
got his supply is the Northern States of Ame
rica. We know that, and he knows it. If we
keep peace with the North, we have two mil
lions of people put upon short time; whereas,
if we interfere in this quarrel and break the
blockade, the Northern States will turn against
vs, and we will have in this country thirty
millions of people put upon short commons,
and thirty-six millions in France, by the stop
page of the importation of corn from those
states, which would be a greater loss to us
than the loss we are at present experiencing.
Well, gentlemen, I think you will agree with
moethat, on striking a balance even on the low
ground of self-interest, the halanee grunt fall
on the side of hob-interference, and leave the
two parties to fight it out as they best
mays because if we interfere we shall do
more mischief a great deal than if we stand
b y. ss
Mr. CAL; n, who travelled through the United
States, some tiro years ago, and published his
Agricultural Ton::, knows this country well.
He told his constitus.:fits "My sympathies are
entirely with North, And why ? Because
three millions of our connisymen, pressed for
food and labor here; found a s;selcome home
and plenty there. One million of o;ir fellow
men from Germany, equally pressed at home,
found in America the comforts which, in the&
own country, circumstances prevented them
from enjoying?' After mentioning that in a
southern city alone did the Prince of Wales
receive any, insult, he continued : "We have
been told that it is the wish of the South to
have peace and friendship with us. Gentle
men, I do not believe it, for I have been in
both parts of the country, and I know that
such is not the fact.
_But so far as my
own sympathies are concerned, I have
many friends in the North. General Me-
CLELLAN, the commander of the Federal
forces, I have the pleasure of calling a per
sonal friend. I spent some time, with him in
America, and he was kind enough to go with
me part of the way down the Mississippi. I
found in him an exceedingly intelligent, ex
ceedingly well informed, and exceedingly use
ful companion. I found in him those quaff
ties which, I trust, have merited for him the
high position he has been called open to oc
cups% He was the least boastful man I ever
met with in that country. He had had con
siderable experience as an engineer officer.
He had been appointed a commissioner to
visit the Crimea, and he had there examined
the French, English, and Russian camps, and
reported to his own country, which report
may have been th 6 means of obtaining for
him the high position he now occupies."
- Such language, from an able and entirely in
dependent member of Parliament, would go
far to justify PALMERSTON'S neutrality,
even to the cotton-spinners.
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OF THE ' RE-
Frcim Mr. John Maarten, No. 33 S. Sixth street,
we have part X. II of , c The Rebellion Record,"
edited by Frank Moore, and published by Cr_ P.
Putnam, New York. In addition to Diary,
Documents, Poetry, and Incidents, it has por
traits, well engraved on steel, of Mr. Welles,
Secretary of the Navy, and Commodore Du
pont, and several maps and plans. We notice
that Mr. Putnam announces, in one volume, uni
form with the 'l:Rebellion Record," a compre
hensive and succinct History of the War for the
Union. The publication will be commenced as soon
as it can be properly prepared, after the war is
ended. Therefore, we shall have it soon.
Mr. B. C. 'Upham, 403 Chestrult fitrOOt ] 1108
agent in this city for the New York French paper,
Le Courrier des Etats-Unis, sends us the second
edition of "Mistakes of Educated Men," by Dr.
J. S. Hart.
Andre it Co, Chestnut street, publish two
pieces of music by J. Remington Fairlamb. The
first, dedicated to Mr. Emile Prudent, his friend
and master, was published in Paris a year ago, and
is now reproduced here. It is called Feu Volage
(Wildfire), a grand gainp caprile. The other, de
dicated to Mm. Lincoln is rtva ('Union (Live the
Union), and is a marche caprice. These are
spirited, brilliant, and effective compositions for the
piano, and show how Mr. Fairlamb has profited by
his professional visit to and studies in Europe.
The Journal of the Franklin Institute fur
February opens with an article on " Shot-proof
Vessels—Ericsson's Battery," in which an Ameri
can iromelad war-steamer is compared with the
Warrior and the Glotre, and estimated far higher
than these vessel& Indeed, the latest accounts re
present the U r arrior as all but a dead failure.
The London Art Journal for February, supplied
here by W. B. Zieber, South Third street, besides
steel engravings after Turner and Goodall, gives a
superb wood cut, of remarkable excellence, of
Retains' Descent from the Cross. There are nu
merous other illustrations, chiefly from the gal
leries of Rome, but these take the lead. An in
teresting article is the History of the Worcester
Porcelain Works, over a century old, and now con
ducted by W. H. Kerr and R. W. Binns, under the
style of W. H. Kerr A Co." The Romans made
pottery in Worcester !
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1862.
British Neutrality.
As yet, we have not received a detailed ac
count of the discussion, on the Address, at
the opening of the Parliamentary Session, in
London, on - the 6th instant. It appears that
the Address was carried, in both Houses,
without a division. No doubt it was insinu
ated that, under existing circumstances, and
considering the Queen's state of mind, it
would be decorous not to begin with a party
fight—especially, as Lord DERBY'S expressed
opinion was that, on the whole, the American
Government did not act, in the affair of the
-Trent, exactly as he should have liked.
PALMERSTON, who is a very knowing politi
cian, crafty and experienced, seems to have
bluffed oil the apprehended hostility in the
Commons, by saying that the distress in the
manufacturing districts in England, from the
blockade of the Southern ports, would not
justify the interference of the Government,
and that they would continue in their neutral
Publications Received.
THE REBELLION.
A Detailed Account of the Fort
Donelson Victory.
GEN. GRANT'S OFFICIAL REPORT.
A DESCRIPTION OF THE FIELD
AFTER THE BATTLE.
THE ARRIVAL OF PRISONERS IN CHICAGO
The Opening of the Mississippi
River.
MORE UNION PRISONERS RELEASED.
-WINTON, N. C., OCCUPIED. BY THE
FEDERAL FORCES.
REBEL ACCOUNTS ABOUT PRICE'S OPERATIONS.
A BITTER, DENUNCIATION OF THE JEFF
DAVIS GOVERNMENT.
ANOTHER PANT-DAY APPOINTED
Rebel Vandalism at Bowling
Green
ANOTHER PROMINENT lINIONMAN MUR
DERED IN EAST TENNESSEE.
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE IRON-CLAD
GUNBOATS.
ate. &D. &D.
THE FORT DONELSON VICTORY.
A Brief Description of the Battle.
The correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette
gives the following brief account of the investment
of Fort Donelson, and its subsequent surrender.
The account will give our readers a bettor idea of
the Whole affair than they have yet received :
The March from Fort Henry.
FORT DONELSON, Feb. 18, 1862.
On Wednesday, the 12th day of February, that
portion of the troops at Fort Henry designed for
this expedition, having previously moved out anti
encamped along the road, in readiness fur the move
ment, took up their line of march toward Fort Do
nelson. They moved in two divisions, under tlo
command, respectively, of Guns. McClernand and
Smith.
The distance between the two forts is estimated
at about twelve miles. Moving nearly due east af
ter leaving Fort Henry, we crossed a range of high,
heavily-wooded hills, which separates the valley of
the Tennessee from that of the Cumberland, and
descending the eastern slope, the head of the co
lumn, about the middle of the afternoon, had arrived
within a mile of the rebel fortifications, though
concealed by intervening bills and thick woods.
The Arrangements_ .- eflour Tr99r rpm
to the AltElell
General BleClernand's division here deployed to
the right, occupying the summits of a series of hills
on the south and east of the enemy's works, while
General Smith's troops took similar positions on
the west. So near were we that several regiments
were directed to extinguish their eamp-fwes so soon
as supper had been prepared, lest the enemy should
discover their position and shell them during the
night. The weather, however, was so unusually
warm and mild that fires ware hardly requisite for
comfort, even when sleeping upon the ground.
The Opening of the Battle.
Early next morning the frequent sharp crack of
rifles, and the occasional heavier report of a mus•
ket, told us that our skirmishers were at work.
Soon after, several batteries of our artillery got into
position, and opened lire upon some of the rebel
batteries, most of which were masked. A general
attack, however, which had been intended for this
day, was delayed, on account of the non-arrival of
:be gunboats, which had 46411 ietitteeted to co
operate with the troops, but which, for some
reason, had not. arrived. Later in the day the
sound of heavy guns in the direction of the river
inspired us with the hope that the fleet had arrived.
Subsequently it was ascertained that the reports
proceeded from the guns of the Curondeirt, which
had been malting a reconnoissanoe, with a view to
ascertain the position and force of the rebel guns
in the river batteries--
me Charge of Colonel Morrison's Brigade'.
During this day also, a brigade, consisting of 'the
Seventeenth Illinois, and the Forty-eighth and
Forty-ninth Indiana Regiments, under command of
Worm' Murrkon, of the Purly-eighthlindirma, at•
tempted to storm a battery of the enemy, situated
near the centre of their outer line, And defended
by a stung force of infaptf:y, 14811cestled in rifle pits.
Auearciag dauneusly through the woods until
within fur eight of the works, they rushed forward
to carry them, if possible, at the pant of the
bayonet, and although met by a fierce fire of
grape and musketry, they pressed gallantly for
ward, and had nearly reached the works when
Colonel Morrison was struck in the shoulder with a
Minie ball, and fell. At sight of their leader's
fail, our troops became confused, halted, and finally
retreated with considerable. loss. Oar artillerists
also suffered considerable loss, the rebel gunners
having apparently ascertained the distance of
every surrounding point on which artillery would
probably be placed ; and as soon as our guns opened
from any new mittion, they immediately replied
with accuracy and afflict. Thus the first day closed
wil la very little apparent gain to our side and some
revere lors6'.
The Depressing - Effeels of the First Days
Fighting:
,In addition to the depressing
Dapied i t Zect . of these, as
;
the do" drew to a close, a cold rain boo:otruneneed
falling, rthich soon turned to anew, ~064,1„
by a piercing wind. The sudden change Ir.".'m
the mild weather of the past few days was
veiy distressing to the troops, as, by order
of the general, no tents had been brought,
and the men were obliged to lie on the snow in
their wet clothing, without shelter of any kind.
Many of the regiments nearest the enemy's
lines were unable even to build fires, lest the light
should expose them to the danger of being shot by
the rebels. It was a terrible night. Many of the
men suffered severely, and it was feared that much
sickness would result from it. On Friday, although
considerable skirmishing was done along the lines,
no particular events occurred among the land
forces. The gunboats came up and bombarded the
rebel batteries along the river, but with what effect
we could not then ascertain. -
The Commencement of Saturdays
Fighting. .
Early on Saturday morning, the brigade under
command of Colonel Richard J. Oglesby, consist
ing of the Eighth, Eighteenth, Twenty•ninth,
Thirtieth and Thirty-first Illinois regiments, which
formed the extreme right of our line, near the
river, was attacked by a large force of rebels,
who marched out of their entrenchments and
pressed fiercely upon them, evidently with a de
sign of forcing their way through, if possible. Oar
nitli resisted the Mink bravely, tuid, although
pressed upon by greatly superior numbers, they
bald their ground nobly. Their gallant commander
rode up and down the line, encouraging the men,
and his efforts were greatly seconded by the colonels
of the different regiments engaged. Not until their
ammunition began to fail, did then gallant regi
ments begin to give back, and even then many of
the men, whose stock was entirely exhausted, took
out the remaining cartridges from the boxes of their
wounded and dying comrades, to enable them to
continue the fight. At last, when many of the
officers bad fallen, when the ground was strewn
with dead and dying, and seemly a cartridge re
mained. one by orie the regiments began to fall
back. The enemy pressed on with cheers, and
succeeded in outflanking ns on the right. At
this juncture, the Seventeenth and Twenty-fifth
Kentucky and the Thirty-first Indiana regiments
were being brought up to the assistance of the first
brigade. As the Twenty-fifth Kentucky Regiment,
gained the summit of a hill on the right, they came
unexpectedly upon the enemy who had outflanked
us at that point, and received a volley of musketry
in their ranks. At the same moment, the Thirti
eth and Thirty-first Illinois regiments, who had
been lying down to shield themselves from the
enemy's fire, suddenly rose up near by. Startled
by the unexpected attack, and fancying themselves
about to be surrounded, the Kentuckians turned
and poured a volley of bullets into the ranks of the
Thirty-first Illinois, then fled. In a few minutes,
Col. Wallace's brigade, the Eleventh, Twentieth,
Forty-fifth, and Forty-eighth Illinois regiments,
came up and took the places of the first, but,
although they fought manfully ; they were finally
obliged to retire before overwhelming numbers, and
yield the ground to the enemy, together with six
pieces of artillery belonging to Schwartz's and
McAllister's batteries, which they had been unable
to remove. In another part of the field, however,
a portion of the enemy, in attempting to praise
our men, came suddenly upon the Forty-eighth
and Fifty-eighth Ohio, and First Nebraska roe
ments, who were supporting Taylor's Chicago bat
tery, and, after a sharp fight, were driven back to
their entrenchments.
Our Gluumy Pro.;pocts'•
Our prospect now seemed gloomy enough. We
bad been severely repulsed. Wo had lost six valu
able pieces of artillery ; four colonels had been se
verely wounded, three lieutenant colonels killed,
and several more wounded, a great number of com
pany officers killed or wounded. and several regi
ments apparently almost annihilated. The gun
boats, on whose assistance dependence had been
placed, bad, so far as we could judge, effected very
little. The resistance of the enemy had apparhtly
lost none of its strength; indeed, they seemed to.be
growing bolder. What was to be done?
The Charge of Gen. Smith
General Grant saw the emergency anti hastened
to meet it. General Smith, who commanded the
left wing of the army, was directed to make a strong
B6PAllit upon the enemy's lines at some point
opposite his division and carry their works at all
hazards. Never was such an order given to a man
better fitted to carry it out. General Smith imme-
diately directed Colonel Cooke to lead his brigade,
the Seventh, Fiftieth, and Fifty-second Illinois,
with the Twelfth lowa and Thirteenth Missouri
Regiments, against a certain point of the rebel
works and. as soon as the attention of the enemy
was fully directed to that point, ho himself led
Colonel Lauman's brigade, consisting of the
Second, Seventh, and Fourteenth lewa and TWOLI
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1862.
ty-fifth and Fifyt-sixth Indiana Regiments, full
against the point he had chosen as the one to be
taken. It was a sight worth half a lifetime to see
this thorough soldier, fully alive to the exigencies
of his situation, leading his gallant regiments to
the charge. Bareheaded, waving his hat in the
air, he rode before them and cheered them on,
Not a shot was fired after they had arrived within
charging distance. The kayonet must do the work.
Without a pause they pressed on right up the kill,
in the face of that fearful hailstorm of lead and
iron, forced back the rebels from their strong de
fences, and entered the works at the point of the
bayonet. The Second lowa Regiment was the first
to mount the works.
As soon as this pointhad been accomplished, word
was sent to Gen. McOlernand, at the other extremi-,
ty of the line, that our troops had occupied the ene
my's works. The fact was immediately announced
to the troops, and a fresb attack ordered on the po
sition we had that morning lost. In another hour
wo had not only recovered the whole ground. pre
viously lost. but had advanced to the very verge of
the enemy's lines on that side; and here the troops
rested for the night. Before morning came, the re
quest of Gen. Buckner for an opportunity to arrange
terms of capitulation was received - and when the
morning name, the rising sun displayed the white
flag, the token of surrender, floating where erst the
rebel "stars and bars" had been displayed. Of the
fort itself, and what we found there, I must speak
in another letter,
Official Report of Gen. Grant.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY IN THE FIELD.
Four DONELSON, Feb 16, 1862,
Gen. G. W. Callous, Chief of Staff Departuunt
of Missouri :
Gerienni.: I am pleased to announce to you the
unconditional surrender,. this morning, of Fort Do
nelson, with twelve to fifteen thousand prisoners,
at least forty pieces of artillery, and a large amount
of stores, horses, mules, and other public property.
I left Fort Henry on the Nib instant with a force
of about 15,000 men, divided into two divisions, un
der the command of Generals McClernand and
smith. Six regiments were sent around by water,
the day before, convoyed by a gunboat, or rather
started one day later than one of the gunboats, with
instructions not to pass it. •
The troops made the march in good order, the
head of the column arriving within two miles of the
fort at 12 o'clock-bl. At this point the enemy's
pickets were met and driven in.
The fortifications of the enemy were from this
point gradually approached and surrounded, with
occasional skirmishing on the line. The following
day, owing to the non-arrival of the gunboats and
reinforcements sent by water, no attack was made ;
but the investment was extended on the flanks of
the enemy, and drawn closer to his works, with
skirmishing all day. The evening of the 13th
the gunboats and reinforcements arrived. On
the 14th a gallant attack yeas retitle lty glag
Officer Foote upon the enemy's works with his
fleet. The engagement lasted probably one hour
and a half, and bid fair to result favorably to
the cause of the Union, when two unlaoky
shots disabled two of the armored gunboats,
so that they were carried back by the current.
The remaining two were very much disabled
alto, having received a number of heavy shots
about the pilot-house and other parts of the
Vessel. After these mishaps, I concluded to make
the investment of Fort Donelson as perfect as pos
sible, and partially fortify and await repairs to the
gunboats. This plan wasfrustrated, however, by
the enemy making a most vigorous attack upon our
rigbt wing, commanded by Gen. J. A. MeCler
nand, with a portion of the force under General L.
Wallace. The enemy were repelled after a closely
contested battle of several hours, in which our loss
was heavy. The officers, and particularly field of
ficers, suffered out of proportion. I have not the
means yet of determining of less even approxi
mately, but it cannot fall far short of 1,200 killed,
wounded, and missing, Of the latter I understand
through Gen_ Buckner about gao were taken. pri
soners. I shall retain enough of the enemy to ex
change for them, as they were immediately shipped
off and not left for recapture.
About the close of this action, the ammunition in
the cartridge-boxes gave out, which, with the loss
of many of the field officers, produced great eon.
fusion in the ranks. Seeing that the enemy did
not take advantage of this fact, I ordered a charge
upon the left—enemy's right—with the division
under General C. F. Smith, which was most bril
liantly executed, and gave to our arms fall as
surance of victory. The battle lasted until dark,
giving us possession of part of their entrenchments.
An attack was ordered upon their other flank,
after the charge by General Smith was com
menced, by the divisions under Generals McCler
nand and Wallace,. which, notwithstanding the
hours of exposure to a heavy fire in the fore
part of the day, was gallantly made and the
enemy further repulsed. At the points thus
gained, night having came en, all the troeps en
camped for the night, feeling that a complete
victory would crown their labors at' an early
hour in the morning. This morning, at a very early
hour, Gen. S. B. Buckner sent a message to our
camp under a flag of truce, proposing an armistice,
Se. A copy of the correspondence which ensued .
is herewith accompanied.
I cannot mention individuals who specially dis
tinguished themselves, but leave that to division
and brigade officers, whose reports will be for warded
as soon as received. To division commanders, how
ever,.Generals McClernand, Smith, and Wallace ; I
must do the justice to say that they were
with their commands in the midst of danger, and
were always ready to execute all orders, no matter
what the exposure to themselves.
At the hour the attack was made on General
MeClernazd's command, I was absent, having re
ceived a note from Flag Officer Foote, requesting
me to go and see him; he being unable to call.
Illy personal stiff—Col.4. D. Webster, chief of
staff; Col. J. Rigghl, jr., volunteer aid ; Capt. J.
A. Rawlins, A. A. general; Copts. C. B. Lagow
and W. S. Rillyer, aids ; and Lieut. Col. V. B.
McPherson, chief engineer—all are deserving of
personal mention for their gallantry and services.
For full details and reports and particulars,
referee/se is made to the reports of ilia - engineer,
medical director, and commanders of brigades and
divisions, to follow.
I am, General, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
tr. S. GRANT, Bkig. Gen.
General Grant issued the following order imme
diately al'te'r the surrender:
General Order No. 2
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT - WEST
FortDonelson, Feb. 17, 1862.
The general commanding takes great pleasure
in congratulating the troops of this command for the
triumph over rebellion,
gained by their vale: Oa
n
the 18th, 14th, and 15th instant,
For four successive nights, without shelter during
the most inclement weather known in this latitude,
they faced an enemy in large farce in a position
chosen by himself. Though strongly fortified by
nature, all the additional safeguards suggested by
science Wore 11041. Without g Mpi.tigt . tr this was
borne, prepared at al! times lo receive an attack,
s yd with continuous skirmishing by day, resulting
m iti t c h ttly in forcing the enemy to surrender with
out condilioU2.
The victory achieved is not only great in the ef
fect it will have in breaking dawn rebellion, but
has secured the greatest number of prisoners of war
ever taken in any battle on this continent.
Fort Donelson will hereafter be marked in capi
tals on the map of our malted country, and the
men who fought the battle will live in the memory
of a grateful people.
By order, U. S. B GRANT,
Brigadier General Commanding.
The Rebel Forces.
The following is a list of the forces surrendered :
Brigadier General Buckner and staff.
Brigadier General B. R Johnston and staff.
3d Tennessee Reg't of Infy, Col. Brown.
10th cc cc cc cc ~QIuRIR➢
16th cc tt Palmer.
30th 6 ' " 4C CC Head.
32d cc " Cook.
49th . 6 " ca Bailey.
50th " " " Bugg.
51st " if Browder.
,-.... if if B alar d . .
cc cc cc cc y eer h ees .
cc _cc if f Abernathey.
( C CC CC tC Q uer i es.
" " " Varvieson.
Ist Miss. Reg't of Inf'y, Lieut. Col. Hamilton.
3d 6C cc cc will s ,
4th " " " Cot. Drake.
2 0t h CC Ci ''
CC CC O,C '' Reynolds.
, Major Garvin.
" " " Col. Hughes.
" " " Cook.
14.1 b " " " " Baldwin.
ithTexas cc if if Gregg.
2d Kent'y 4 i c , cc Hanson.
Bth cg " cc Lieut, Col. Lyon - .
Arkansas " Col. Lee.
Major Dorsey's Battalion of Infantry.
Battalion Fourth Alabama, Cola Combs.
Four detached companies of infantry.
Battalion Tennessee Cavalry, Col. Grant.
Battalion alississippi Cavalry, Col. Forrest, eight
hundred strong.
Eight batteries light artillery.
Floyd's Virginia Brigade, consisting of the
Thirty. sixth, Fiftieth, Fifty-first, and Fitty-sixth,
in all twenty-five hundred strong, and a thousand
or fifteen hundred stragglers, escaped. The rest
of the garrison is ours.
The Fortifications of the Rebels.
Desiring to obtain a correct view of the fortifica
tions, I proceeded in tho direction of the fort. It
is situated on the west side of the river, about one
half mile north, or down stream from Dover land
ing. About sixty rods from the landings ridge
comes down to the river. There is room enough
between the ridge and the river for a carriage way.
The ridge is narrow,
and about fifty feet high: At
its northern base a little creek, crooked as a ser
pent, comes down from the west. Crossing it on a
log, passing through an orchard and a corn Wit I
came to the southern base of the ridge, on
which stands the fort. The bill or ridge is not a
bluff, as you might suppose, but comes down with a
Elope to the river bank. Climbing it through the
mud, I reached the fortification.
AL Iku nnglc acarest the river a plank was thrown
across the witch, enabling me to reach the inside.
Commencing at the angle, I made measurements
sufficient to determine its general outline. There
was a.manifest attempt, on the part of the engineer
who planned it, tome what could be done in angles.
I counted more than thirty. There was nothing in
the nature of the ground to demand euelt a line.
It was rather an exhibition of fancy on the part of
the engineer than a display of common sense or
scientific attainments. The sketch which 'I send_
wastaken with a view to represent the different
angles, and although a compass and measuring
chain would doubtless vary, yet they are approxi
mately accurate. Such a work, unless defended
by n large body of men, would be an element of
weakness instead of one of strength. In field forti
fications there must bo concentration, instead of dis
persion. I spoke of the guns in the fort, in my let
ter of yesterday.
Descending the hill 'reached the water batteries,
and commended at the lower one nearest the river.
I cone but admire the position which had been se
lected—needing so little labor to make an approach
byithe river an Impossibility. I looked along the
inimensel2B-pound gun, adjusted with great preci
sion, and could imagine how easy it would be to -
bore successive holes through any gunboat which
should have the temerity to approneh.
The eight 32-pounders were ranged above me
like successive steps of a ktairway, It was easy to
see that if a shot from the gunboats should strike a
foot or two below the embrasure of the trench, it
would prove harmless, and equally harmless if it
should strike above. I wondered that Commodore
Foote was able to silence the lower guns, and I also
wondered that the boats were not all of them sent
to the bottom.
A Visit to the Battle-field
A correspondent of the Chicago Times, writing
from Fort Donelson, Tenn , under date of Feb. 17,
says:
I was invited on gunday nioefilng, by 1/-eneiel
MeClernand, to take a ride over the battle.field.llt
would be difficult to describe, in a few words, the
scenes which have metmy view: The battle-ground
was chiefly confined to the space outside the rebel
fortifications, extending up the river- bank a dis
tance of two miles, to the point where General
McOiernand'e force rallied from the retirement
which they were at first forced into by the impetu
ous charge of the enemy. It must be remembered
that it was here that the grand sortie was made by
the rebels up the river bank, with the intention of
turning our right flank and cutting their way out.
Some ten or twelve tkousand men composed the
force sent out for this purpose. They advanced
under cover of a deadly fire of artillery, and steadily
drove General Meelernand's foroe before them a
distance of fifty or sixty rods. Our troops here
made a stand, and, being reinforeed by one or two
regiments,
began the assault. before which the ene
my were forced to retreat. The ground was eon
tested with desperation, and the slaughter on both
Sides was immense. The whole apace of two miles
was strewed with dead, who lay in every imagina
ble shape and form.
Federate and rebels were promiscuously mingled,
sometimes grappled in the fierce death-throe, some
times facing each other as they gave and received
the fatal shot or thrust, sometimes lying across one
mad again heaped in piles which lay six or
seven deep. I could imagine nothing more terri
ble than the silentindiaations of agony that marked
the features of the pale corpses which lay at
every.stop. Though dead, and rigid in every muscle,
they still writhed and seemed to turn to catch
the passing breeze for a cooling breath. ,Starjpg
eyes, gaping mouths, clenched hands, and strangely
contracted limbs, seemingly drawn into the small
est compars, as if by a mighty effort to rend asun
der some irresistible bond which held them down
to the torture of which they died. One sat against
a tree, and, with mouth and eyes wide open, looked
up into the sky, as if to catch a glance at its fleet
ing spirit. Another clutched the branch of an
overhanging tree, and hung half suspended, as in
the death pang ho raised himself partly from the
ground. The other hand grasped his faithful
musket, and the compression of the mouth
told of the determination which would have
been fatal to a foe had life ebbed a minute later,
A third clung with both hands to a bayonet which
was buried in the ground, in the act of striking for
the heart of a rebel foe. Great numbers lay in
heaps, just as the fire of the artillery moved them
down, mangling their forms into an almost undis
tinguishable mass. Many of our men had evidently
fallen victims to the rebel sharpshooters, for they
were pierced through the head by rifle bullets, some
in the forehead, some in the eyes, others on the
bridge of the nose, in the cheeks, and in the mouth.
This circumstance verified a statement made to me
by a rebel officer among the prisoners, that their
men were trained to shoot low and aim for the face,
while ours, as a general thing, fired at random, and
shot over their beads.
The enemy, in their retreat, carried off their
wounded, and a great many of their dead. eo that
ours far outnumbered them on the field. The scene
of action bad been mostly in the woods, although
there were two open places of an acre or two where
the fight had raged furiously, and the ground was
covered with dead. All the way up to their en
trenchments the same scene of death was presented.
There ware two miles of dead strewn thiekly, min
gled With firearms, artillery, dead horses, and the
paraphernalia of the battle-field. It was a scene
never to be forgotten—never to be described.
The Arnval of the Rebel Prisoners at
Chicago.
The Chicago Tribune of Saturday has a long
account of the arrival of 839 of the rebel prisoners
captured at Fort Donelson in that city. A great
crowd turned out to get a glimpse of the prisoners,
but no insults, except in a single ease, were heaped
upon the eaptiv'es. The Tribune says:
A more woebegone appearing set of men it
would be , difficult for the reader to imagine.
Compared with the laborers we are in the
habit of seeing upon our public roads, they
would suffer somewhat, being less hardy and
healthy in build and complexion. It may have
bean from exposure and low diet, but they were
yesterday all sallow-faced, sunken-eyed, and appa
rently famishing. Some of them had food with
them, and were eating of it as they stood. Others
were rigging extemporaneous windlasses for a well,
and filling their canteens. The majority, however,
stood gazing about the place, perfectly willing to
be conversed with and as willing to answer all
questions put to them by their numerous visitors.
These visitors were mainly respectful to the fallen
foe. In fact, these men, and those who had been
quartered in the southern portion of the grounds,
known as Brackett's einey, appeared to be satisfied
. with.their lot; and were free to say they had not
been better treated since enlistment, or more corn
fortably housed and totter fed than the prospect
was they would be at Camp Douglas as prisoners
of war.
The uniforms of the Confederate prisonees are
just no uniforms at all, lacking all the charaeteris
tick' of infantry, cavalry, or artillery costume, in
being wholly ununiform in color, out, fashion, and
InanufaCture. Some hare coats of a butternut
color, out in regular sacque style, and others ft.
Whined like those of eur soldiers, as jot:Lets or
frocks. The pants are as diversified 111 Ardor. Many
of them have no overcoats at all. , and supply their
place with horse-blankets. earth-rugs, coverlids,
pieces of carpet, eellt - e _ m k s , ow,, ow, Their
knoinao, ko conoloi•Spt bags of all colors and sizes,
comparing witri with their coats and hats. The
same retelirks apply equally Well to their canteens
and alter accoutremmts, no half dozen of which
Seem to have bin Made at the same manufactory.
Our reporter circulated promiscuously among the
wieViniliair barracks, for an hour or two, and was
treated invariably in the most courteous manner.
Notwithstanding the present haggard and war
worn appearance of the prisoners, were they washed
and shaven and otherwise recruited after their late
fatigues, they would be a noble-looking set of men
They were uniformly courteous lin their intercourse
with visitors—much more so, we regret to say, than
it few hiackguarda who visited them. The Tel/neg
see rnen. Whin W 6 Mt, inrariatd? said thii fhtfy
had had enough of fighting, and if idly &Add US li
berated would at once settle down to a quiet life.
Many expressed a wish to settle in Illinois. The
Mississippians, when interrogated, simply said that
they would wait till they "got well out of this
scrape" before they said anything about it—their air
szta - bogrix;g, though courteous, betokening that they
were ready ' to continue the fight, and carry it
to the bitter end. Thi men of one of the
Tennessee regiments—the Forty-ninth, we believe—
alleged that they were pressed into the rebel ser
vice. One squad of men with whom we conversed
said tbat they were told that if they enlisted one
day they would not be drafted the next, wofully
adding, " We did not like to have it said that we
were drafted !"
Incidents
The reporter mentions the following interesting
incidents that come under his experience :
One of the prisoners said, in regard to his opinion
of ,the leading generals of the Southern Con
federacy, that there were a few who had entered
the rebellion with honest intentions, and because
they thought the war. a holy one, but as for the
traitorous coward; Floyd, he "would be perfectly
content to renukig forever a prisoner at the North
if he could but have the pleasure of seeing him
hungas high He Raman."
It is also related that Major Brown and his regi
ment were detailedto guard the rear of Floyd's
brigade in their hegira from Fort Donelson, it
being agreed that the Mississippians were to join
them, As Inon,however,-as the redoubtable Vir
ginians were safely on board the boat which was to
bear them up the river, the Great Thief turned to
Maj. B and coolly told him there was no room for
"him and his regiment, and left him to fight it out
:as best he could. This and other incidents in
'.Floyd's career doubtless caused the many heart.
,imprecations which we heard showered upon ha y s
head by the prisoners.
Among the prisoners, we yesterday found Orderly
Sergeant Stanley M. Warner, of the Texas Seventh.
This gentleman is a graduate of Norwich University,
and a classmate of Lieutenant Colonel Ransom of
the Illinois Eleventh, By one of those remark able
circumstances which mark eventful life, the Texas
Seventh and the Illinois Eleventh were pitted
against each other, outside of the entrenchments,
at Fort Donelson. These two regiments almost an
nihilated each other, suffering far greater loss than
any other on either side. These old classmates and
friends were opposed to each ether in deadly strife.
One of them received an ugly, but not dangerous,
wound in the shoulder, and the other was taken
prisoner. Such is life. It may not be out of place,
in this connection, to remark that for eight years
past Mr. Warner has edited the Tyler (Texas) Re
porter, the leading Democratic paper of Texas, ant
the official paper of the State
One of the captives, a German of fine form, and
used to war &ern his childhood, sought out a cap
tain in Col. Voss' Cavalry Regiment, almost
mediately upon entering the camp, and made
known his desire to enlist. He said he had been
compelled to fight with Floyd and other men of
his stripe against the flag he loved, and now he
wanted to make amends by fighting on hie own ac
count against the traitors and their serpent colors.
We left the captain arguing tle question of pro
priety with his commanding officer, who probably
advised the German to let the matter rest as it was
for a time.
The Opening of the Mississippi River,
The St. Louis Republican of Friday contains
the following editorial on the opening of the Mis
sissippi river. The editor thinks that if the rebels
evacuate Columbus they will make a stand at
MProrbis, but, our generals will shortly force them
out of that position also
If, as is probable, general Polk is preparing to
evacuate Columbus, where months of labor and
thousands of dollars have been expended te.render
the rebel fortifications impregnable, it is not likely
he will attempt to make a stand above Randolph,
Tennessee, should he, indeed, Cup short of Mem•
phis. To get out of the reach of the huge
anaconda, now winding its stupendous coils to
strangle the rebellion in the Mississippi valley, he
will' have to go at least that far for present safety.
Even this would not save him long if the prophetic
signs of events are verified. We assume, however,
that efforts will still be made by the Confederate
authorities to impede the navigation of the Missis
sippi river into the cotton•growing region, and as
Randolph is the best available spot above Memphis,
not flanked by the Union army on the Tennessee
and Cumberland, it is not unreasonable to suppose
that some reeletance will be offered there, by con
centrating a force to obstruct the passage of our
gunboats to the commercial metropolis of Ten
nessee..
- .
The keen prospective eye of Gen. Halleek is
doubtless now upon Memphis. the key to the Gulf
of Mexico. When Memphis falls, then good-bye to
New Orleans and intermediate landings, as the
ptearnbeat bills say. That city, by far the most im
portant between St. Louis and the mouths of the
Mississippi. is the entrevot of four railroads tra
versing North, South, East, and West. The ship
ments of cotton alone, in the year ending Septem
ber Ist, 1860, amounted to 400,000 bales, and its
general ousinees, in ordinary times, is immense.
With a population of 25,000 souls, we may well be
lieve that if the inhabitants are sincerely and Arm
nuously opposed to the Union, (which they are not,)
the approach of Union forces is a matter of profound
concern. But though there are thousands of loyal
people in Memphis, and , though (as the papers of
that city tell us) the recent successes of ourgenerais
were received by many there with undisguised
sang lictiQD ) it Mg.% he Hid that rod-hot howling
Secessionists are by no means scares. The place
has been strongly fortified, and the possession of it
will be very reluctantly given up. Nature has done
Much for it in the way of defences. The city is
situated immediately below the mouth of Wolf
river, on the fourth Chickasaw bluff, from thirty to
forty feet shove high-water mark., Extending in
front is a beautiful terrace or esplanade, nearly a
thousand feet wide, forming a glaeis of sufficient
compass to accommodate a large army facing the
landing. Heavy cannon have been mounted upon
the most eligible sites about the city, and the ex
posed portions greatly strengthened by skillful en
gineers. But the game military necessity which
compelled the evacuation of Bowling Green, and
which now compels the evacuation of Columbus,
will in due time mako itself apparent at Memphis.
When everything is in readiness, it will fall into the
bends of the Federal troops, and most likely with
out any prolonged conflict.
Between Columbus and Memphis the rebels have
Greeted no legs than fire somewhat formidable Anti--
Seet9oe:3s. A strong water battery, mounting twelve
32 and 42-pounders, at Hickman, was erected to
protect the .Nashypie and Northwestern railroad,
connecting, at IMon City, with the Mobile and
Ohio, and at McKenzie., lift;, -pave wiles southeast,
with the Memphis and Ohio railroads ; but as com
munication is now already cut off between Celine
/mg And Nashville, the paSSeSSibet of 1-I.lclieiai 10 no
longer of any use to either army. The same re
mark holds good in relation to an extensive work,
near the State line separating Kentucky from Ten
nessee, upon which five hundred negroes, under
the superintendence of an able engineer officer, are
said ta have been set to work in September_ Fort
Pillow, a short distance below, a strong earthwork
with bastions, walls, and trenches. mounting thirty
guns en Larbette, and the redoubts and embank
ments, raised by Jeff Thompson, at New Madrid,
must likewise be abandoned as of no further ser
vice in the present posture of Gen. Grant's forces.
Having mentioned four defended points below
Columbus, we next come to Fort Randolph, sixty
miles above Memphis, . and about three hundred
and fifty miles from St. Louis. This ni anything
but a weak position. It is built upon the third
Chickasaw bluffs, moro than one hundred feet
above the river, and immediately south of Island
No. 34, the lower part of which commands the
three mouths of the Hackie river, a stream (navi
gable at good stages) that empties into the Missis
sippisjust above the town of Randolph, at the up
per edge of the bluffs. These bluffs form natural
parapets for batteries, and command a view
oil the Mississippi river for six miles each
way. By silencing whatever guns may be placed
en the island, iron-clad boats, in the present con
dition of the lower Mississippi, might enter the
northern mouth of the Ilatchie out of the range of
Fort Randolph. The town of Randolph, near which
the fort stands, consists of half a dozen or so dilapi
dated frame housee, and is approached in the rear
by several good roads, but the country behind it
being full of ravines and gorges is capable of being
fortified to an almost indefinite extent. The posi
tion, however, is of no manner of use or benefit, ex
cept to dispute the navigation of the river. It has
no railroad communications, and as an army sta
tioned there would have to depend on the river ex
clusively for the transportation of supplies, it would
not require long to starve it out. So Gen. Polk
may take hie choice. If he concentrates at Ran
&lilt, the, capture of Memphis will be so much
the easier. If he falls back on Memphis, that much
more territory is reclaimed to Federal authority.
The late trip of the gunboats up the Tennessee
river demonstrated that that stream is unebstructed
as far as the Muscle Shoals in Alabama. An army
Could be landed near the southern boundary lino of
Tennessee, at a point nearest Corinth, where the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad crosses the Memphis
and Charleston Road, the seizure of which would
be of immense advantage in bringing Memphis to
terms. From Corinth to Memphis the distance by
railroad is about ninety miles, and as reinfori3e
zuente would thus be measurably cut off, the work.
of reducing the latter city could be prosecuted at
leisure. That is to say, no attack would be required
to be made until the result should. by the concen
tration of men and arms, be rendered certain.
The resources and vigor of Gen. Halleclegive as
surance that the country will nothave long to wait,
for the times and places of new conflicts and new
victories have already been determined on.
The Chivalry that Gen. Buckner Likes.
The Louisville Democrat of Friday contains
the following burlesque on the late letter of GenT
Simon Bolivar Buckner to General Grant, on the
occasion of the surrender of Fort Donelson. The
Democrat says that generosity and chivalry "
required General t4rant to write a letter in the fol
lowing style :
" DEAR Sin : I beg you not to speak of capitula
tion. It is true, I should like to have Fort Donel
son after you have done with it; but I entreat yeu
not to put yourself to inoonrenienee. We are
doing very well out here. The rain and the cold
we find very beneficial to our constitutions. Take
your own time to pack up your guns, am
munition, and other property. I can, without
the slightest inconvenience, - spare a few hundred
melt to assist you in packing. I should, also be
'Very glad to furnish you with hosts for removing
your property. By throwing our guns overboard,
we can render our gunboats capable of carrying a
large quantity of freight. Do not feel the slightest
hesitation in making use of them. The guns are
very useless appendages. Select a fine day for re
moving friAn the Oft) owl he vary careful of 79Ur
precious health. I fear some of my man may nave
been careless enough to tear your thil Or break
some pf your musical instruments. Take your
time to get them repaired. Please to inform me
if by accident any balls or shells got into our guns
when we were firing towards your fort. Sol
diers are, Ilitibrtntnistily t very careless in t , his
use of fire-arms, Ind I MO in eatinual anxiety lost
they may hurt somebody. By the way, I hope, my
dear sir, you will not suspect me of a fault-finding
spirit, if I state that some of your men have been
so careless as to put balls into their guns when firing
in our direction. The injuries which some of our
men have received I can attribute to no other cause.
In - , otrit of fact, I may state that some of the bails
r- r
Lave Win in our camp. '12e!?4,7 mention this
In passing, as I feel entirely sure that anything of
the kind was unintentional, and I hope you will
pardon me for alluding to it.
" With the greatest respect and esteems your very
obedient, humble servant, IL S. (*WENT,.
"Brig. Gen. Commanding."
IMPORTANT FROM THE SOUTH.
The Arrival of Releaged Federal Officers.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 24.—The Old Pointboat, which
left Fortress Monroe yesterday, arrived this morn
ing. She brings fourteen United Staten officers,
who were released by the rebels, inchKeng Col.
Wood, of the Fourteenth New York Regiment, who
was wounded at Bull Run; Col. Leo, of the Twen
tieth Massaohtmetts, taken at Ball's Bluff; Col.
Cogswell, of the Tammany Regiment, and Captain
Keifer, of Baker's Regiment.
Col. Wood was on parole, and had liberty to move
about the city of Richmond previous to leaving.
He was present, out of curiosity, at the inaugura
tion of Jeff Davis, on the 22d inst., and says that
no enthusiasm whatever marked the occasion.
Hardly a cheer could be raised during the cere
monies.
Col. Lee, of the Twentieth Massachusetts Regi
ment, says that just before leaving, on gAttivday
evening, he was taken aside by a distinguished offi
cer of the rebel Government, who privately assured
him that an official despatch had just been received
of the fall of Nashville.
General Wool gone to Arrange about a
General Exchange of Prisoners.
FORTRESS MONROE, Feb. 23.—The steamer Ade
laide, from Baltimore, did not arrive till 10 o'clock
last night. The steamer Georgianna came in at
the usual time. Both boats return to Baltimore to
night.
The Adelaide brought down the balance of the
Sixth Wisconsin Regiment, and conveyed them to
Newport News.
General Wool, with Colonel Cannon and Major
Jones, of hie staff, went with the steamer Bancoca,s,
this morning, under a flag of truce, to meet, by ap
pointment, General Howell Cobb, off Craney Island,
for the purpose of opening negotiations for a general
exchange of prisoners.
The Ranoocas became disabled after proceeding
EOM distance, and having put back, the Baltimore
steamer Adelaide was taken as a substitute. The
Adelaide was met by the rebel boat William. Sed
don, and General Wool having stepped on board
the latter, a consultation of about an hour took
place between the generals, the result of which is
not known.
The Telegraph Line,
The steamer Hoboken, with the submarine cable
to be laid down across the bay, did not leave until
about half past two this afternoon.
A eonneotion having been made between the
cable and land wire at its terminus on the beach
above the Fort, constant communication is had be
tween the Hoboken and General Wool's head
quarters.
Everything was progressing satisfactorily up to 4
o'clock 'IMF afterncoa, - when Mr. Miss tolegraphod
that he bad proceeded about five miles out. There
is no doubt about the line being successfully laid,
and, if the weather is favorqble, it will be open to•
morrow morning.
The steamer George Washington left at 91 this
morning for the James river, to receive about 390
Union prisoners. She has just now, at 5 o'clock,
returned.
The released prisoners go to Baltimore tonight.
Among them are Cols. , Coggswell, Leo, 'and
Wood, Major Revere, Capt. Keffer, Lieut. Harris,
and about a deaen other officers ; also, the crows of
the schooner Ocala, which was captured in the
Gulf of Mexico, on the Ist of November, and the
brig Elsinore.
The largest number of the released prisoners be
long to the First California Regiment and the
Tammany Regiment. A large proportion of them
were captured at Ball's Bluff.
There are no Union prisoners remaining at
Richmond.
The prisoners left Riohmond last nigh; but the
boat got aground, and did not reaoh the rendezvous
till about three o'clock this afternoon.
TWO C ENTS.
Winton, N. C., Abandoned and Burned.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 24 —The Southern papers re
ceived furnish the following items :
The Richmond Dzspatch, of Saturday, has the
following
" Surroroc, Feb. 21.—Captliiii Moho% of the
Petersburg Artillery, arrived here this afternoon
from Winton, N. C., where he had been st ,tioned
with his battery. On yesterday he was shelled out
by the Yankees. They had seven steamers, all of
which russet' up the river,
Captain Nichols bad a horse shot from under
bim. Two of bis men wore wounded. The town
of Winton is in ashes. Our troops retired to Mur
freesboro."
Another despatch dated Norfolk, the 21st, says :
"The Federal forces again ascended the Chowan
river, yesterday, to Winton, with several gunboats
and a large number of troops.
g , The Confederates opened a heavy fire upon
them, killing and wounding a number of them.
The Yankees landed and burnt the town. The
Southerners retired. Our lees is said to have been
two men.
,‘ The humbug Congressman, C. IL Foster, of
North Carolina, was among the killed Yankees."
Rebel Reports about Gen. Price.
A despatch dated Fort Smith, via Clarksville,
Ark., and Chattanooga, Tenn. 7 - says "Gems_ Pries
and Herbert are fighting the enemy to•day at Sugar
Creek, in Benton county, Arkansas. The result is
not known ; but our troops are confident of success.
Later—The enemy lost 700. Our loss is 100.
Another great victory. ALBERT PIKE."
We have published later news than this, - to the
effect that Gen. Curtis had completely routed Pries,
with small loss on our side. Afterwards Curtis
pushed on and occupied Bentonville, Ark.
Severe Censure of the Rebel Government
Who Riehmond Whig of Friday hco fl bitter
artiole on Davis' Administration. It says : Judg
ing by the results so far, it is the most lamentable
failure in history, and suggests to the reflecting
mind that the most signal service which that Go
vernment can now render to the country is the sur
render of the helm to abler and better hands.
"In view of the past, the present, and probable
future, the pageant of to morrow is abitter mockery
and a miserable compensation for the ruin of a free
people. A child with a bauble, an old man with a
young wife, are partial illustrations of the de
plorolalo folly."
The prisoners say that the Union men had a meet
ing privately, on Friday night, which was well at
tended.
The Richmond Dzspatch is lauding Price for his
great victory, as announced in Pike's despatch
Another Fast Day Appointed.
The Richmond Dispatch contains the programme
for the inauguration ceremonies. Also, a proclama
tion of Jeff Davis, appointing Friday, the 28th inst.,
as a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer.
There is nothing in the papers in relation to Sa
vannah, but the surrender was rumored at Rich-
Mond.
The Rebel. Congress
The rebel Congress met in Richmond en the 18th
inst. It. M. T. Bunter, of Virginia, was elected
President pro tem. of the Senate, and lion. Thomas
f$ • Pocock, of the same State, was chosen Speaker
of the House. Mr. Pocock, on taking the chair,
made the following speech
GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA
TIVES : I return to you nay sincere thanks for the
honor you have done me in selecting The to preside
over your deliberations during this the first Cm
grefis under our permanent Constitution. And I
desire to say that it will be my one great aim, in
discharging the duties of this office, so to conduct
myself as to show to you and to the world that your
confidence has not been altogether misapplied. I
h may be permitted to my that I have a firm de
! termination, so far as I may be able, to maintain
1 the dignity and preserve the decorum of this body,
to administer its rules with firmness and courtesy,and
I to eonduct its business with the strictest imparti
i ality. If eucha determination, united with a sincere
desire to see our legislation take such shape as will
I befit tend to secure the independence, maintain
the honor, and advance the welfare of this entire
Confederacy—if this could command success, I am.
sure I might expect to succeed. But other qualifi
cations are requisite, about which it is not for me
to promise. If, in anything I may fall short, I
trust that the same kind partiality which has called
me to this position, Will throw the mantle of charity
1 over my defects, and will give me, in every time
of trial, that kind cooperation and generous seep
port which my deficiencies may require. The
unanimity with which you have made this election
lis a happy augury of-the spirit with which your
proceedings will be governed. This is no time for
resentments, no time for jealousies or heartburn
inge. Influenced by a great common purpose,
sharing together the same Hai hope, end wilted 14,
a common aestiny, let us hush every murmur of
discontent and banish every feeling of personal
grief. Here let us know no man save as a oo
laborer in the same great cause, sustaining
those who mcircumstances may designate to go for
ward ; seeking nothing for the sake merely of per
med gratification, bit willing rather to yield every,
thing for the publie good- 1, in honor preferring one
another." That acme of you, influenced by mo
mentary impulse, should grow restive under the
enforcement of those rules which you may make
for your own wive - fin:tient would be a matter neither
of surprise nor of complaint. But he will prove
himself either a weak or a bad man who, on mike
tem, fails to call back his wayward spirit and subject
it to necessary restraint. Submission to constituted
authority is the primary necessity in all communi
ties, and self-control is the chief lesson of individual
life. In the light of passing events we can Dm
!tip thf ri,:Pt alts} the LY,i;tl; i',l' the excellence
I intemlea obe 0011VOyed, valet !tie Bald, " Better
1 is he who ruleth his own spirit than lie whp
taketh a city." The gaze of the world is fixed
upon us. Nations look on, curious to see how this
new system of government will move off, and
what manner of men have been chosen to guide its
mullein. movemente, It is, indeed, arleWByElteM i fort
i though coinciding in many particulars with that
I 'ender which we lived so long, it yet differs from it
I in HMO titetdial particulars. When the Constitu-
Ition of 1787 was put in operation the War of the
Revolution had been successfully closed. Peace
prevailed throughout the whole land and hallowed
ell its borders. The industrial operations of the
am otry, long held back, now bounded forward
an d ex TaDded with all the vigor inel rankriees ge
-+ation - beneath the influence of a
tropical vege.
The trial which that Constitution
midsummer sun.
had to encounter in its fit:rifest, as Well as in its
more matured existence, was eimply one env:L.
tiered by a conflict of them intelastie The
question was whether it could
. give protection to
all these interests without becoming the partisan of
one and the oppressor of another ; or, in fact, whether
it had the sustaining power to preserve its integrity
against the influence of interest wielded by ambi
tion. We have seen the result. The ease with our
Constitution is very different. It is put into opera.
tion in time of war, and its first movements are
disturbed by the shook of battle. Its trial is one
created by the urgencies of this contest. The ques
tion to be decided is, whether, without injury to its
own integrity, it can supply the machinery and af
ford the means requisite to colicluot this war to that
successful conclusion which the people, in their
heart of hearts, have resolved on, and which, I trust,
has been decreed in that higher court from whose
decisions there is no appeal. The solution of this
question is in the bosom of the future. But our
system can never perish out like that to which I
have alluded. When ambition and interest seized
upon that, and destroyed its integrity, they were
not allowed to appropriate the rule altogether to
themeelves. Fanaticism came forward and de
manded to be received as a participant of power
, with them, and it claimed not in vain. Beneath
the sway of this unholy triumvirate justice was
forgotten, intolerance was established, private
morals were ruined, and public virtue perished,
All feeling of constitutional restraint passed away,
and all sense of the obligation of an oath was for
ever lost. The whole machinery of Government
degenerated into the absolute rule of a corrupt
numerical majority. Already the weaker section
was marked out for destruction by the stronger,
and then came disruption and overthrow, Since
then tyranny the most absolute, and perjury the
most vile, have destroyed the last vestige of sound-
nese iii the whole system. Our new system is
designed to avoid the errors of the old. Cer
tainly it is founded in a different system of po
litical philosophy, and is sustained by a peculiar
and more conservative state of society, It hes ele
meats
of strength and long life. But at the thresh.
old lies the question I have already stated. Can
it legitimately afford the means to carry the war to
a successful conclusion ? If not, it must perish ;
but a successful result must be achieved. But it
must be destroyed, not by the hand of violence or
by the taint of perjury. It must go out peacefully
and in pursuance of its own provisions. Batter sub
mit to momentary inconvenience than to injure re
presentative honor or violate public faith. In the
whole book of expedients there is no place for false
hood and perjury. Let us, on the contrary, as
siduously cultivate the feeling of respect for con
stitutional limitation and a sacred reverence for
the sanction of an oath. Seeing, therefore, gen
tlemen of the House of Representatives, that
we are custodians of the nation's life and the
guardians of the . Constitution's integrity, what
manner of men should we bet How cool,
how considerate, how earnest, how inflexible, how
true'. Having no prospect in the future, save
through the Immo - of our cause, how eegoidlefie
should we be of all selfish views and plans of
personal advancement! Selected by the people
to take care of the State, in this time of difficulty
and of trial, bow we ought to dedicate ourselves,
in heart, mind, soul, and energy, to the publics
P.Vl4ico I Veither history has recorded, Per song
depicted, nor fable shadowed forth, higher in.
stances of self-devotion than ought to be shown
in the conduct of this Congress. It is not al
lowed us to pursue a course of obscure mediocrity.
We inauorate a government, we conduct a revo
lution. We must live, live forever, in the memory
of man, either for praise or for blame If we
prove equal to the crisis in which we are placed,
we shall win imperishable honor. But if, on the
contrary, we show ourselves incompetent to the
discharge of our duty, we shall sink beneath the
contempt of mankind. Truly our position is one of
great import. Our gallant army now holds, as it
deserves, the first plate, in the thoughts and affec
tions of our people. But of scarcely less importance,
in the estimation of all, is the legislative authority
which initiates the civil policy of the Confederaey,
and which sustains and upholds that army itself.
And when the latter shall have accomplished its
holy mission by driving the invader from the soil
wide& he desecrates and pollutes; and when the
hearts of a grateful and free people, more generous
than a Roman Senate, shall, for this service, de
cree to it one lifelong ovation ; if true to ourselves,
and competent toF. duty, this Congress will be
united in the triumphal honors. And if this Con
stitution be destine to go forward, as we hope and
believe it will, to a distant Nemo, gaining new
strength from trial, and winning new triumpba
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from time, giving protection and peace to Num&
sire generations of happy and enlightened people;
as the gray-haired sires and venerated patriarchs
of ages now remote shell seek to inspire the courage
and fire the hearts of theingenuous youth of their
day by recounting the hereto deeds of the army
Whist fiChleYod our independence, let the lesson
be extended and enlarged by our-enabling them to
tell also of the self-sacrificing patriotism and en
larged statesmanship of the Congress which inau
gurated the permanent Constitution of the Southern
Contederacy. Again I thank you.
The two bodies then met in joint convention
for the purpose of counting, the electoral vetea
for President and Vie° President east at the
late election. Senators Orr, of South Carolina, and
Sparrow, of Louisiana, wore appointed by the Se
nate to act as tellers on the part of that body, and
Messrs. Miles, of SoatlrCarolina, and 13arkedale, of
officiated on the part of the MM.
Messrs. Hunter and Smoak jointly presided. Pro
ceeding in alphabetical order, the certificates of
the several States were announced by Mr. Hunter,
who broke the seals, after which they were reed by
Mr, Orr, one of the tellers. The vote of each Elea.
toral College, thus ascertained, was recorded 4 7
the other tellers.
Mr. Miles, on behalf of the tellers, then reported
as follows :
Total number of States voting 11
Total number of electoral votas cast__ 1011
Of which number Jelfeteon Payfe, of 1111,dgolopf, re„
m int' fur the Mace of rresidont of the Cloulederite
Stetee 100
Alexander H: Steothem, of Georgia, received for the
office of Vice President of the Confederate dtates....lo9
The number of electoral votes cast by the several
States is as follows
Alabama..
... .11 I North Carolina.
6 South Carolina,
4 ['enflame..
Ark lIIVIS
k lortda..
e orgin
Louisiana 81
Mißeinsippi
Total...
The result was announced by Mr. Hunter, who
then said that it was his duty to declare that Jai
fella Davis had bath duly itlitotcd Proaidorth of the
Confederate States, and that Alexander H. Ste
phens bad been duly elected Vice President of the
Confederate States.
GENERAL, BUELL'S DEPARTMENT.
The Rebel Vandalism near Bowling
Green.
The Louisville Journal of Friday says :
Everybody, who has travelled between Green
river and Bowling Green knows that the nume
rous atandingponds are and necessarily must tie
the entire reliance not only of travellers upon the
roads but of the whole resident population of the
country thr a supply of water for man and beast,
and surely the poisoning of all those ponds by the
carcases of animals, the removal of these being
prohibited under penalty of death, was such a grog,
atrocious, horrid outrage, as human nature may
well sicken at, Among all the civilized nations of
the earth, in all ages, the poisoning of the fountains
of the supplies of water to a people has been re
garded as an act of base barbarism, not to be ex
cused or palliated by the existence of war, bat to be
punished promptly with death. This thing, how
ever, is but in keeping with the other deeds of our
rebels, one of whose objects would seem to be to see
to what extent they can carry their deeds of fiend
like atrocity. If a stream of water had supplied
Fort Donelson, General Grant, had he been disposeA
to establish a protracted siege, might have tensed
it aside, if he maid, but, sooner than have poisoned
it, the gallant officer would have swallowed poison
himself.
It appears that the rebels, in their flight fro=
Bowling Green to Nashville, have destroyed all
the railroad bridges and culverts between the two
places, and no doubt they
_pave done ail the other
injury to the railroad that their haste would per
mit. This shows that the rebels e;pect to be pur
sued to Nashville, and that they are afraid of the
pursuit and its result With their whole force
concentrated at that point, they are not willing for
an encounter ; they are appalled at the thought of
it; and they resort to the destruction of their
own property to delay the approach of the dreaded
armies of the Union as long as possible. Mt, if
those Confederates had now one-half the stomach
for fight that they had or thought they had a few
months or even a few weeks ago, they would gladly
take an active part in building bridges and creating
every other possible means to facilitate the march
of our troops to the Said of battle. i "Things are
not as they were "
Governor Magollin's Message.
The Cincinnati Gazette of Saturday says;
Illagorm, who disgraces the gubernatorial chair
of Kentucky, delivered a message to the Legisla
ture.last week, the bulk of which has already ap
peared in our columns. The mark that distinguishes
the utterance of a traitor from an honest, high
minded, loyal citizen, was impressed upon every
=tom of it ; but yet the published document was
not near so mean as it was intended to be. Thirteen
pages, containing the moat crazy, rhapsodical Seces.
sion diatribe ever put forth, by even filagolfin,
were suppressed after the message had been pat in
type, when the documents that had been printed
were burned, and tho new edition issued. What
caused the exercise of that discretion, ort the part
of the Governor, we cannot say positively; but we
guess the fall of Fort Henry had a good deal to die
with it.
From the Cumberland Gap Expedition.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Tarns, writ
ing from Fiat Lick, Knox county, Ky., under dot%
of Februid'y 14, Eittyti
EDS TIMES : Here we are at "Flat Lick," some
twenty miles from the much-talked-of " Cumber
land Gap." As to our fame, and when they
will be put in motion again, I shailleave the rebels
to come and see as to the former, and our generals
to deoide as to the latter. some things I will omit.
municate.
A Skirmish.
Captain Kelso left Somerset about two weeks
previous to the battle near that place, awl, forming
indor,tidlent company of mountaineers, attaoked
tquadron of rebel cavalry upon the mountains
near Jacksboro'i the county site of Campbell
county, Tennessee. Captain Kelso's force Con
aided slf forty. five men, undisciplined and armed
with the old buckrules ana army..
muskets. The rebels on learning of the advance
of the Union boys rallied about forty strong, but
SSW MON With a 1 90 of one killICI P 4 geY9rlll
wcanded.
•
They reinforced to upward of sixtystrong, and .
came at us again, when they were driven back the
second time, with three killed and more wounded.
They rallied the third time, and were again driven
back, and completely routed from the field, losing
thine more killed and n number wounded. They
fled through the weeds, 1414 OW pteg ncit beim&
mounted could not pursue them. The only cssualty
upon the part of Captain Kelso's men was one
badly wounded, of which he may yet die. This
fight ocourred within forty miles of Knoxville.
Thus you tee Ike rebellion it being invaded ; and
glorious results emanating therefrom. You have
no doubt seen an extract from Richmond papers,
giving an account of an engagement between the
rebel cavalry of Colonel White and a Union com
pany, upon the mountains of Morgan county. The
killing which is there boasted of happens to be on
the other side. We lost none, ono wounded,
though not dangerously. They Tait &OM two t.
seven.
The rebels succeeded in carrying from the Held
a portion of their dead ! Irene, it is impossible to
tell the precise extent of their loss in killed and
wounded. Many East Tennesseans are crossing
into camps, and joining the service. They state
that the Union sentiment is still strong in all that
ecunt!i. There have been butifew changes, ash
whenever the Tinton banner shall be planted won
Tennessee soil, a mighty uprising of the masses will
take place. They will rush forth from their se
lected abodes, and rally around freedom's sheet,
wherever it be unfurled in their midst.
Another Union Man Murdered:
A most horrible case of Secession barbarity has
just come to light. Colonel Piokens, State Senator,
of whom mention is made in the correspondence
between Colonel Wood and Secretary Benjamin,
found in Zollicoffer's camp, and lately published,
has been most brutally murdered, He was arrested,
end taken to Tuscaloosa, Alabama,.where he was
confined in prison, for some time, on a charge of
treason against the Confederacy.
He was taken out, and placed in the custody of a
gang of land-pirates, who, it was pretended, were
to convey him to some other point to have his case
further investigated. They took the old patriot
and started, but did not proceed far, until they re
ported him to have taken suddenly sick and died.
But the facts turn out that he was taken off some
distance, and the alternative presented to him to
henceforth espouse the cause of rebellion, and give
it the benefit of his influence and great pßulari‘
ty, or expiate his refusal (crime) by his life
Be told them, plainly, he did not recognise
their Government, and told them be could not, and
would not give his name and influence to any such
cause ! He told them that if his life must be taken
for that, his offence, it must go; and he hoped its
God that, from his blood and his grave, would grow
up a holy and patriotic ardor, that would infuse a
spirit into his countrymen which would avenge his
death and redeem his blooding country, - Upon
this 'they deliberately hung Colonel Pickens, after
which they very piously sent his remains to his
t.mily
GENERAL NEWS.
AN OLD LADY. ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF AGE
Damien TO DEATH.—An inquest was held on Sa
turday last, by Coroner Collins, on the body of Mrs.
Kearney, who died at noon that day from injuries
received the previous night by her clothes taking
fire while she wee preparing to retire to bed, The
deceased was a native of Ireland, and was one
hundred years of age.—N. Y. Herald.
WISCONSIN REGIMENTS ORDERED Orr.—The
Milwaukee Sentinel, of Monday, says orders had
1-ce . ll received by Governer Horvoy, from Gortoral
11Ode, directing all the available twill foii - 41.4-
ing in the State to be forwarded to Cairo tit once,
and that the Fifteenth and Sixteenth regiments,
which are full, will go with as little delay as pos
sible.
. DEATH OF M. BIOT.—The Journal des Deka*,
in OnnotinciPg the loos which science and letters
have just suffered in the person of M. Blot, gives a
slight sketch of his career. He was bora in 1773.
Be had been a professor in the College of France
since 1800, member of the Academy of Sciences
since 1802, member of the Bureau of Longitudes
since 1806, of the Royal Society of London dace
1815, and of the French Academy since Mr
AN UNFORTUNATE R. , :nur,.—Among the Con
federate officers captured by our forces at Roanoke
Island, was Captain Johnson. who was taken pri
soner at the attack upon the Forts at Hatteras by
General Butler, was sent to Fort Warren, where he
remained until January 10, when he was exchanged.
lie had boon on the Island but three days when he
was again a prisoner.
TIIE Toronto Leader is not at all pleased
with the result of the battle of Fort Doneham, but
it has discovered a small piece of consolation, Audi
exultingly proclaims that the number of rebel
"prisoners taken has dwindled down ftom flftdd
thousand to thirteen thousand thrall hundred."
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