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ROUGH 6 (.70., No. 26 South TENTH Street, Oproeite Franklin _Market. FROYOSALS. QEALED TROPOSALS are invited till the 10th day of March, 1862, at 12 o'clock M., for supplying the 11. S. Sub. Dop't with 6.000 head'of BEEF CATTLE on the hoof. The Cattle to be delivered at Washington City, and each animal to average 1,800 pounds groat weight no animal admitted which weighs leas than 1,000 round!! .6'rnee- The Cattle to be delivered at such times and in such .quantities !Lathe Government may require. 140 Cattle will be required under this contract before the Ist day of April, 1862. • Betters and Bullocks not wanted. A bond with good end sufficient security will be re- Oged. 'Government reserves to itself the right to pay in Tree vary notes. No bid will be entertained- when put in by contract•ns mho have previously failed to comply with their contractsi :cr where the bidder is not present to respond to ins bid. Bids to be directed to Mal. A. REOEWITH, 0. S., 11. B. e., Washington, n. :,. Poast Or ~ID I. A B. do hereby - propose to deliver to the Govern• went good Beef Cattle on the hoof for per hnudred pounds gross weight. The Cattle to be delivered at according to the terms of the enclosed advertisement. The Cattle to be weighed on the scales, and the weight so determined to be the purchase areight I hereby ag,ee to give a good and sufficient bond for thefulfilment of the .contract, and to receive Treasury notes in payment for the Cattle. fel ti-tmg ANOT HER RECENT CURE OF CONt lIMPTION, by Prof. C. H. BOLLES, at 1220 VALNUT Street. PL , hulelettht, }:LECTLICITY WILL CURE WWII after an Other remedies have failed. BEAD THE FOLLOWING For many years I have been atilict..d with consumptied tendencies, and much of the time my condition has been truly alarming, especially for two years past. My cough .as been very distressing, with expectoration and he , orrhage from the lungs, attended with severe pains, at times, through the left lung, and it was evident to me and my friends that I could not live long. 1 hat been treated by several eminent medical men, who had exhausted their catalogue of remedies in my case, but no one gave e any relief, and I was getting worse. Appetite failing, igestion and circulation, as well as secretion and excre tion, were !abnormal. When in this horrid condition. I called on Prof. BOLLES, at his Institution, 1220 ‘VAL 'UT Street, for counsel, and, after conversing with him or about ten minutes, be told me frnukly that ho could ro me, and I immediately put m 1 self under his treat ent, and was much relieved the first application. He offered to guaranty my cure, and charge me nothing if he failed. I can frankly say that lam perfectly cured, and rejoice that, by a kind Providence, I was led to try 'this new discovery of Prof B. I most cheerfully recommend all consumptives, who 'have failed to get relief by any other trentruent i to 4011 , to Prof. BOLLES before it is too late. GEO. BOHMASS, Clerk of Express °flies, Phila., 11326.5ti1t 215 JACOBY Street. NOTICE.—We, the subscribers, have *hie day entered into a Limited Partnership, agreeably to the provisions of the act of Assembly, Pass ed the first day,of March, 1836, entitled "An act rela tive to Limited Partnerships," and the supplements there to, and do hereby certif.,/ that the name of the firm under which said partnership is to be conducted, is "EDWARD 111. 'NEEDLES -" that the general nature of the business" -to be lzatuuteted Is the purchase and Bala of Fancy Dry Goode, and other business incident thereto, and the same will be tpansacted in the city of Philadelphia' that the name of the general partner of said firm is Edward M. Needles, residing in the city of Philadelphia, at No. .1123 Mount Vernon street, and the name of the special , partner is Thomas J. Megear, also residing in the city of Philadelphia, at No. 141 Arch street; that the capital contributed by the said Thomas J. Megeer, special peal .Der, is five thousand dollars, in cash; that the period which the said partnership fe to commence is the first -day of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty. two, and that it will terminate on the thirty-first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five. EDWARD N. NEEDLES, General Partner, THOMAS J. MEGEAB, Special Partner. IPitiAbri.PHlA, Feb.l. Rea fie 1114 t ATRS I ED . J AME S gIIPPORTE B BB JOB ETT LADIESS I OE .d EBRA th - s only Supporters under eminent medical patronage. Le ak* and physicians are reepeetrully requested to call only an Mrs. Batts, at hay rasidanca, 1089 WALNUT thiladelphia, (to avoid counterfeits.) Thirty to Wands have been advised by their physicians to use het appliances. Thom only are genuine bearing the United States copyright, labels on the box, and signatures, and Oman the Boapostass, with testimonials. 0011-talbatl , DRY AND IN White Precipitate, Lunar (18411311 C, liarootioe, Sulph. Morphine, Morphine, Acetate Morphine, Lac. Sulph., Ether Sulphuric, Ether Nitric., Sulphate Quinine, Oorro. Suh lim., Denarcotized Opium, Chloride of Soda, Wetherilre eat. Mucha Tartar Emetic, Chiorideof Lime. Crude Borax, - 1181b1f3C1 Borax, Camphor, Realm Copavia. LL It BROTHER, nufacturing Chemista, North SECOND Street, PRILADELPHLI. • r k‘ , .l 1 , *-• , s‘ ' _ , . _ 1 - 4 • I,Firk . - • I API 4 L i t _ . 14. :1 ' o`s.- ''; II Irs 0114(1-4,- I - - - ° 1 " 1 " 10) .- - - . -111- _ " " • VOL. 5.-N0.177. re 55+ (•t FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1862. Our Annexation of Lancashire ! It would appear that Lancashire, the capital of which is smoky Cottonopolis, where early and ill-paid labor in the factories grinds up children into gold, has been unconsciously an nexed to the United States. For this very " exclusive information" we are indebted to the mysterious columns of the London Times. In a very serious article intended to show that, after all, there is comparatively very little dis tress in Lancashire, the Times states, as a fact, that on a comparison between January, 1858, and January, 1862, "the number of paupers in receipt of relief in MaLthester was re spectively 23,511 and 10,581, considerably less than half what it was then. At Preston, the two limes for the same two dates are 12,012 and 7,719; at Stockport, 3,053 and 2,508. The same correspondent supplies a comparison between the pauperism in Yorkshire, Cheshire, and Lancashire at the close of the year 1857 and last year, tiLycsuit being very much in favor of the la ate. In the two counties of Chester and Lancaster together the differ ence is 30,000; so there really is not at present any call for exteaordiiiary ineautireS." By the expression " extraordinary mm- Sures," the breaking the blockade of the cot ton ports is obviously meant. Pursuing this optimist philosophy, in strong contrast with all its former diatribes against the American Government for stopping the Southern sup ply of cotton, The Times proceeds to announce, " There will still be weeks and months before a positive_ Cotton faunae, and till that arrives there is no need to anticipate the evil. As the law now stands, and as now administered, the manufacturing towns must support their population with or without employment. This they know, and, no doubt, it has the effect of keeping some mills open that would otherwise be closed. Once yield to the weak suggestion of large national loans or gifts for the relief of local distress, and the mills will be rapidly closed, in order to throw upon the nation all that the nation chooses to under take. Nor at present can we see in the stop page of a few mills, and the distress of some twenty or thirty thousand operatives, any call for rushing into the American squabble before we are forced into it. Nut to recognize the blockade may involve us in a war without even bringing us cotton, for it would leave a wide gap between us and the Southerners. No this is a time for waiting, and we can afford to wait quite as easily as the North and South can afford to be looking across the Po tomac at the cost of two millions sterling a week, each of them. If there does come any real cause of complaint, it will tell all the more for our present patience and forbear ance." This recommendation not to interfere fol lows very strangely after all that The Times has been doing, during the last ten months, to irritate the United States and England into a decided quarrel. The wait-awhile system is wise and fair—but what can be The Times' special motive in now adopting it? In the same article, the key to this change of opinion is given—whether consciously or the reverse we know not. 46 To all industrial purposes," The Times says, "Lancashire is but an outlying province of the United States. While in America they are burning cotton, sinking cotton, using it for parapets and ships' sides, leaving it to rot on the ground, and ne glecting to sow it, Manchester shares the trou bles of the great American cities, midis starved of cotton. Many thousands are out of work, and the remainder are only working just enough to keep the mill and the men going. Mill-owners are coming up to the London clubs, and announcing that they have. closed their mills. No doubt, the future is dark, and if the infatuated non-combatants-aeross the At lantic keep up the war of angry menace and futile obstruction,' matters must become very much worse. It is Lancashire, in fact, that is blockaded, and not the Carolinas; fur the mis chief takes effect here, and not there. .The estone fleet' has done snore harm to the Mersey than to the harbor of Charleston." 7hits it appears that Lancashire, being now American, cannot afford to commit such an unfilial act as to quarrel with us—for that would he a breach of its allegiance. Present appearances lead to the belief that the Rebel lion will be ended in a few weeks, after which, Manchester, now " starved of Cotton," (the bad grammar of these words is not ours,) will have as good a meal of the article as before Treason cast her dark shadow over our Political Arithmetic. Punch, just received, is a trifle less abusive of the United States than usual. There is a lively song on the Tuscarora, also a compli mentary notice of American actors and ac tresses now or lately on the English stage, and only six anti-American articles. The cartoon, entitled cc Political Aritlunetic," personits America and Innen use couple of school-bop, slate in hand. Master Jonathan says cc Guess Pm in Compound Addition and Long Division," and Master Louis NAEOLE6N declares 4c Ah ! I'm j1.14t, ingip.PiPg Reduction," 'J be sure, there is nothing especially striking in this, but it is better than the average punches at affairs of this country. In simple truth, Punch, for a long time past, has not been half as good as bier oWn Vanity Fair. Tennyson's New 1 1 / 4 1efilto Prince Albert's Memory. A new edition of the " Idylls of the King" con tains the following dedication : These to hie momory—sinoe he held them dear, Perchance as finding there unconsciously Some image of himself—l dedicate, .I dedicate, I consecrate with tears-- These Idylls. And indeed ho seems to me Scarce other then my own ideal knight, "Who reverenced his conscience as his king; Whose glory was, redressing human wrong : Who spako no slander, no, uor listened to it ; Who loved one only and who elave to her—"d Her—over all whose realms to their last isle, Commingled with the gloom of imminent war, The shadow of his loss moved like eclipse, Darkening the world. We have lost him ;he is gone: We know him Dow : all narrow jealousies Are silent, and we see him as he moved, Dow uiodest, kindly, all-accumplished, wise, With what sublime repression of himself, And in what limits, and how tenderly ; Not swaying to this faction or to that; Not making his high place the lawless perch elf wing'd ambitionr, nor a vantage ground For pleasure : but thro' all this tract of years Wearing the white flower of a blameless life, Before a thoiLoand peering littlenesses, Is that fierce lighU Wlllch beats upon a throne, A n d bl ac k ens ever y L: l 9t; for where is he, Who dares foreshadow f0r.,`411 only son, ' A lovelier life, a more unstained ? Or how should England, dreaming Gl' a" Bone, Hope more for these than some inherita: C O Or such a life, a heart, a mind as thine, Thou noble Father of her Kings to be, Laborious for her people and her poor— Voice in the rich dawn of an ampler day— Far-sighted summoner of war and waste To fruitful strifes and rivalries of peace— Sweet Nature gilded by the gracious gleam Of letters, dear to Science, dear to Art, Deer to thy laud and ours, a Prince indeed, Beyond all titles, and a household name Hereafter, through all times, Albert the Good. Break not, 0 woman'art, but still endure; Break not, for thou art royal, but endure, Remembering all the beauty of that star Which shone so close beside ye that ye made One light together but has past, and left The Crown a lonely splendor. May all love, His love, unseen but felt, o'ershadow thee, The love of all thy sons encompass thee, rThe logo of all thy daughters cherish thee, The love of all thy people comfortthee, Till God's love set thee at his side again. SOME of the workmen of the Watertown (Mass ) Arsenal surprised the people in that vicini• ty on Thursday last. They were ordered to empty four kegs of poor powder into the marsh near by, but instead of doing this they were so imprudent as to explode it. The concussion was so severe that it was believed an explosion had taken place at the arsenal itself, and there was great excitement among the friends of those employed there until the, facts were ascertained. ANOTHER DISTLIMUISIIED AlD.—Major Eu gene Lecomte, of the Federal army of Switzerland, has received an appointment on Gen. McOlellan's st.ff. Be is a diatinriehed writer on military sei sms, and sawwa! m the Crimea and Italy_ At Solferino, he was in the suite of Napoleon. FLovio is a scamp, but the kind of exercise that is most in favor with him is a scamper. THE REBELLION. FROM THE BURNSIDE EXPEDITION. Official Despatches from Commo dore Goldsborough. 1110 ide1:101011r4i0:105:11:*41:(0.1vW41;1.1 PROCLAMATIONS TO TIIE PEOPLE. Commodore Lynch's Official Export of hb 'Fight with our Fleet The Visit of our Forces to Clarksville. COM. FOOTE'S RECONNOISSANCE TO COLUMBUS THE REBEL FLAG OF TRUCE, WRY DUORNER DID NOT nom PROM FORT DONELSON. Interesting from General Buell's Depattment. HOW THE FEDERAL PRISONERS LIVED IN RICHMOND FROM ROANOKE ISLAND. The North Carolina Expedition-Official Despatches from Commodore Golds borough. WASHINGTON, Feb.27.—The Navy Department has reoeived despatches from Commodore! Giolda borough, dated the 20th inst. He had received the official accounts of the visits of our vessels to Eden ton and to the Currituek Canal, the latter being the popular designation of the link of the Albe marle and Chesapeake Canal, connecting the mouth of the river with Currituck Sound. It appears that the obstructions of this link were mostly the work of the enemy. The lighthouse at Cape Hatteras may now be lighted with per fect safety. The names of the men-of-war destroyed by our vessels, since the fleet reached Hatteras Island, are as follows : The Seabird, (a flag steamer,) the Forrest, the Curlew, and the Fanny, all steamers, and the Black rfrarrior, a schooner. The steamer files was captured. A new gun• boat on the stocks at Elizabeth City was also de stroyed, making seven vessels in all, and each of the first six was remarkably well armed as a gun boat. All of them, excepting the Curlew, , were destroyed or captured in the attack at Elizabeth City, and it may be proper to mention that the whole of them, saving, of course, the one on tho stocks, were struck by our projectiles of one kind or another, in the course of the engagement on the 7th instant. As out fortes took undisturbed possession of Edenton, part of a flying artillery regiment, vari ously estimated at from one to three hundred, fled precipitately without firing a shot. Many of the inhabitants also left in consequence. There are no fortifications at or in the water ap proaches to Edenton. Among the results of the expedition are the destruction of eight cannon, and one schooner on the stocks at Edenton. Two schooners were captured in the Sound, one having 4,000 bushels of corn, Six bales'of cotton were taken from the custom-house wharf. There were no public stores in the town, and the custom house was empty. Com. Goldsborough says he remained for two hours abreast of the town, and was visited by the unit ethics and others—many of whom professed sentiments of loyalty. The proclamation, dated the 18th, and signed jointly by Commodore Goldsborough, and General Burnside, to the people of North Carolina, says the mission of the joint expedition is not to ;undo any of their rights, but to assert the authority of the United States, and to close with them the desola ting war brought upon the State by comparatively a few men in their midst. Proclamation of Com. Goldsberough and Gen. Burnside—Rebel Account of the Engagement at itoanone—Disposition of the Prisoners. ROANOKE ISLAND, Feb. 20, 1862 —ln the twelve days that have elapsed since our capture of this island, the army and navy have accomplished even tooVO thlkn could haven been 4xpeotod, Thu first business in hand was naturally the proper disposi tion of our 3,000 prisoners. Arrangements wore at once made by Gen. Burnside to send them North, and the steamers Cossack, Eastern Queen, S. R. Sparadbie. and .Arortherner wore got in readiaess for tgeir reception. A flag of truce from the rebels, asking for the bodies of Captain Wise, Lieutenant Belden and Captain Coles, offering a suitable opportunity for opening communication with the rebels, Captain .T. D. De Wolf, of General Durnsido's staff, and Lieutenant Colonel Osborn, of the Twenty-41%1th Massachusetts, were sent, on the 15th instant, in a steamer to Elizabeth City with propositions for an exchange of prisoners, which were accepted. Our prisoners are to be delivered immediately at Elizabeth City ; theirs at the same time at Fortress Bionrvo. The number and rank of our prisoners are actu ally as follows; Two colonels, four lieutenant colonels, six majors, thirty-tour captains, thirty-six first lieutenants, sixty-three second lieutenants, three third lieu tenants, eight musicians, one hundred and forty eight sergeants, one hundred and twenty-six cor porals, one thousand nine hundred and eighty eight privates, and twenty-nine servants belonging to officers, making, in all, a grand total of 2,458 prisoners of all ranks. Survey of the Forts on the Island. The'smoke of the battle had hardly cleared away .—cerrandy the dead had not been buried—before Lieutenant Flagler, the division ordnance-officer, commenced a survey of the five forts on the island. lie found the guns all spiked, the breeching' and train-tackle cut, ammunition thrown into the swamps, and such damage done as the egetny, is the haste of his evacuation of the premises, could accomplish. Only in Forts Blanchard (four guns) and Ellis (two guns) were the vents stopped with rat-tail files, wrought or even cut nails being used in all the other cases. To draw these would have been an easy ma ter in itself, but the enemy had taken the eudirienel piece - Lidera of driving a shot home end wedging it in, and even, in some cases, of loading the gun and wedging a shell, fuse down, half way to the muzzle, so that in an attempt to Clear the piece, the shell would explode and burst it. The divab n headquarters have been established at a small house on thee. beach between the lower and middle forts, and some little attempm have been made to make the quarters comfortable. The com manding general, however, sleeps on a Cot on a husk bed, and with his army blankets wrapped around him. The example is not lost upon his offi cers and men, who bear privations and troubles without a murmur, for they see their generals sharing them as well. A Post Office The preliminary steps toward the, establishment of a post office for the division have been taken. A house is to be filled up; and a corps of about fif teen smart, intelligent men detailed for the service. It will be their duty to board all boats arriving, sort the mails, and deliver the matter to each regi ment as soon as possible. Each vessel in the fleet will have its own box and all the running hither and thither, the confusion and disappointment caused by the present loose way of doing business, will be obviated. Letters and papers for this divi sion should now be addressed, " Roanoke Island, Department of North Carolina , Joint Proclamation from Coin. Golds borough and General Burnside to the People of North Carolina. ROANOKE ISLAND, N. C. ; Feb. 18, 1882. The iniegOn of our joint expadition is not to in vade any of your rights, but to assert the authority of the United States, and to close with you the desolating war brought smog your State by com-, perstively se fc tpad Merlin your midst. Influetibed infinitely more by the worst passion 4 of human nature than by any show of elevated reason, they are atili urging you astray to gratify unholy purposes. I,:ey impose upon your credulity by telling you of w idk,74 and even diabolical intentions on our part ; of our desire to destroy your freedom, ue molish your prt:TertY, liberate your slaves, injure your women, and such like enormities—all of which, we assure you, is not only ridiculous, but utterly and wilfully false. We are Christians as well as yourselves, and we profess to know full well, and to feel profoundly, the snored obligations of the character. No apprehensions need be entertained that the demands of humanity or justice will be disregarded. We shall inflict no injury, unless forced to do so by your own acts, and upon this you may confident ly rely. Those men are your worst enemies. They, in truth, have drawn you into your present condi tion, and are the MI disturbers of year mac and the happiness of your firesides. We invite you, in the name of the Constitution, and in that of virtuous loyalty and civilization, to separate yourselves at once from these malign in fluents' a to return to your allegiance, and not com pel us to resort further to the force under our con trol. The Government asks only that ite authority may be recognized and, we repeat, in no manner or way does it desire to interfere with your laws, con stitutionally established, your institutions of any kind whatever, your property, of any sort, or your usages ia any respect. L. M. OOLDSBOROUGH3 Flag Meer Commanding North Carolina Block ading Squadron. A. E. BURNSIDE, Brig. lien. Com'g Department North Carolina. Commander Rowan's Official Thanks to his Cantina's. • IT S. STEAMER DELAWARE, I OFF. ELMARETH CITY, Feb. 11, 1862 J The commander of the flotilla in Albemarle Sound avails himself of the °select moment to make PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1862. a public acknowiedgment of the coolaelpi, pllEmtry, and skill displayed by the officers and man under his commend, in the capture and destruction of the enemy's battery and squadron, at Cobb's Point. The strict observance of the plan of attack, and the steady but onward course of the ships, without returning a shot until within three - quarters of a mile of the fort, excited the admiration of our ene mies. The undersigned is particularly gratified at the evidence of the high discipline of the crews, in re fraining from trespassing, in the slightest degree, upon the private property of defenceless people 41 a defenceless town. The generous =offer to go on shore and extinguish the flames applied by the torch of a vandal soldiery, upon the houses of its own defenceless women and children, is a striking evidence of the justness of our cause, and must have its effect in teaching our deluded countrymen a lesson in humanity and civilization, S. C. Rowesr, Commanding United States naval forces in Albe marle Sound. Official Report of Commodore Lynch, of the Rebel Navy, of the Engagement. at Roanoke Mond. FLAG SHIP SEA BIRD, Off Roanoke Island, Feb. 7, 1862. Sin : I have the honor to report that the enemy, at 10 A. M. to-day, with 22 heavy steamers and one tug, made an attack upon this squadron and the battery at Pork Point. Ets his numerical force was overwhelming : we commenced the action at long range, but as our shells fell short, while his burst over and around us, (owing, I think, to the superior quality of his powder ; ) we were eventually compelled to shorten the distance. The faht lasted continuousry from 10 A. M., to 5.30 P. M., throughout which the soldiers in the battery sustained their position with a gallantry which won our warmest approbation. The fire was tont& and at times the battery would be arm,- Japed in the send and dust thrown up by shot and shell. And yet their casualties were only one men killed and three wounded. The earthwork, how ever, was very much out up. I mention the bat tery, because, in. all probability, communication will reach you before intelligence will be received from the appropriate official source. The enemy approached in ten divisions, the rear one having the schooner transports in tow. • The advance, which was the attacking division, again subdivided, end one portion assailed us and the other the battery. Repeatedly, in'the course of the day, I feared that our little squadron . of seven vessels would be utterly demoliihed, byt a gracious Providence preserved us. Master Commanding 11°We of the Forrest receiv ed a wound in the head, which is pronounced se. rious, if not mortal. I yet trust that-this promising young officer, who so bravely fought his ship, will be spared to the service. Midshipmen Comm, of the Ellts, and , _ of the Curlew, each lost an arm, which, with three others slightly wounded, constitute the sum of our personal casualties. Lam sorry to say that the 'Curlew, our largest steamer was sunk, and the Forrest, one of the pro pellers, disabled. We have received other in juries from shot and obeli, but COMellrettively of light character, and could, with the exception of the Forrest, be prepared to renew the action to morrow if we only had ammunition.. I hive not a pound of powder nor a loaded shell remaining, and few other vessels are better off. During the latter part of the engagement, when our ammunition was nearly exhausted, I sent to the upper battery for a supply, but ten charges were all that could be spared, and these were expended at dark,ls the enemy was withdrawing from the contest. In all probability the contest will he renewed to morrow, for the enemy, having landed a force be, low the battery, will doubtless endeavor to divert its fire. I have decided, after receiving . the guns from the wreck of the Curlew, to proceed direct with the squadron to Elizabeth City, and send ex press to Norfolk for ammunition. Should it arrive in time, we will return to aid in the defence; if not, we will there - make a final stand, and blow up the vessels rather than they shall fall into the hands of the enemy. These are reasons for retiring upon Norfolk, but it would be unseemly thus to desert this section of country, if i bare erred in judgment, by a speedy notification the error will be corrected. Commander Hunter, Lieut. Commanders Cooke, Parker. and Alexander, and Masters Commanding McCorrick, Taylor, and Hoole, bravely 'sustained the credit of the service, and overy officer and man performed his duty with alacrity. Lieut. Com manding Simms, although absent on detailed ser. vice, exhibited such an eagerness to participate in the oonfliet as to give full assurance that, if grati fied, he would have upheld his high reputation. I am, very respectfully, your obedient, W. F. livieca, Flag Officer. The lion. S. R Mamma', Secretary of the Navy. GENERAL HALLECK'S DEPARTMENT. Commodore Foote's Trip to Clarksville— Full Ptirtieularg. Several days ago we published a telegraph ac count of a reconnoissance to Clarksville, made by Commodore Foote, but we are now enabled to lay a full account of the affair before our readers. The correspondent of the Chicago Trzbuneisys: Here we are at the farthest point nth reached in the-Federal progress of the narrow, reokedvoll beg o...l.oo*nd—a etreabi thathas,lf Wrew o - h leaves put into hiaiorY;llliistrated wits he 'nes sotint that belongs to the operations of gunpowder. The Cumberland has become a tributary to the stream of time, and long will the story be tald of the scenes that took place when its wooded banks and ravines sow the stern work and echoed to the fierce conflict of Donelson. All that has been written up for your Columns I suppose, and I must stick to my text, which commences just above Do nelson, and thence proceeds War up as Commodore Foote and the good gunboat Conestoga, shall go. I am now lying at Clarksville. Honest eonfession for a newspaper correspondent. I will change it. The Conestoga is now tying here, and Isla writing on her gundeck by the lantern dimly burning- Fitl4 , 13 4 0 Faeag from 914.9 a 4", -Pillow,, late generalissimo atDonelson, who took precious good pains not to be too late to gat away. He is a little particular about the location of his ditches, an oblVick of hie, and be was careful to interpose the ditch called the Cumberland between himself and General Grant. Gideon, on assuming MAR• mend at Fert Denoism gave under his hand and seal the following, which I copy from the original document. The handwriting is bad. lIEALQUARTERS FOIIT DOELSON, Feb. 9,1862. GENERAL ORDER NO. 1 Brigadier General Gid. J. Pillow assumes command of the forces at this post. He relies with confidence upon the courage and fidelity of the brave officers and men • vmder. We command, and to maintain this poet, and drive back the ruthless invaders from our soil, and again rake the Confederate flag over Fort l enry. He expects every man to do his duty, and, with Gou's help, we will =corn push our purpose. Our battle cry, "Liberty or death!" By command, Brig. Gen. G. J. PILLOW. GUS. A. HENRY, A. A. General. We loft Fort Dennison on the morning of Wed. nesday the 19th, following some bouts after the United States gunboat Cairo. Our trip was marked with little to interest. The Conestoga is of the racer breed of boats and walked the water like a tbing of life, an entirely original term I beg you t 9 note. When Com. Foote bas despatch in his eye he takes the Conestoga. I have obser7ed it is cus tomary to praise the boat you ride as, but this is merited, and not a pull; the-Conestoga not being now in the carrying trade, (though by the way I take that back, she did the other day help to carry Fort Henry.) Just above Donelson we passed the still smoking ruins of the Cumberland Iron Works which do not now cumber the land with applianees to aid the rebels. John Bell owned a share d these works, and their fate no one will regret. The blackness of ashes marks where they stood, as the wizard re marked to Mr. Loehiel. Will the reinter stand by, and hold hard with quotation marks? And so on to Clarksville. thirty miles from Fort Bertelsen. here was where the rebels were to make a stand. This was to be the Gibraltar, Sebastopol, and Ma nassas all in one, and to require an extraconvalsion of the anaconda a tiresome beast, trio must have given up the conduct of the war to somebody else, Tor who ever knew of a boa having a Poore Clarksville is well located for all thii, and lacked nothing but the guns and men to we them. The rebels built two forts and I am to speak of them, but Flo3d did not speak of storm to defend them. nor did Pillow. The rebels try to burn Clarksville on evacuating it, but the few citizens left would not permit it, and their remonstrance prevailed. At 3 P. M. the Cones;oga rounded a bend in the river called Linwood Ituading, and be fore us loomed Fort Severe. It woe severely situ. ated for us had it been of hostile tapacity and in tent, for the muzzles of its few cation lookedalmoat down into our chimneys from a light two hundred feet above our beads. We count; two guns and a white flag, and that settled it. ere was nothing to fear from Fort Severe. On we steamed, and still anotser fortress, Fort Clark, named after the original Clark from whom Clarksville takes its name. Rerethere was no flag flying. It is at the junction of t tti Red river with the (lumbarland, a very pretty lipot to rake an ad versary. The Cowl Veg a, held Icier breath an in stant. Wl*tied, and watched events, which came in the shape of a very dirty white dig creeping slowly up the staff. Later we wero'istOrcecd that this white flag blew down and got Idled in the heavy 'IN of the night previous. Conmodore Foote sent a force !-Italtif possession of ttsio forts, and over both the stare and stripes wereeedily flying. Just as we came up, the; railroad bri es across the Cum berland and the Red i'jver wer both discovered to be on fire, the rebels havi4 I' lied the torch just as we Game up. I w it At 5 P. N. we reached C kr/Tales when a ll resident* of this photo who had of itia IMay 44idd down to the landing much the distinguished residents received Columb the discoverer (not the Columbus Comm e Foote is short ly to discover.) Hon. Ca Johnson, Judge Wisdom, and the Mayor hadan interview with Commodore Foote, at which meeting I, not being present nor invited, i got up an inter-. view of my own with two l ati, one of whom had a white flag flying astern. Sal one of them to me joke : "A good on yer dirty d lag." I looked around to ask the gunner to Vetifethe insult with a d 4, but the urchin's finger 11 uy own eyesight corrected my first impressltd: To Conosuga'ff coal smoke and the rain had !edam\ turned our en sign into a dusky tinge from Whicleird, white, and blue had disappeared ; so when he Clarksville youth told me that on our approachthe story grew that we were coming up " with therlsek flag fly ing," we nearl scared Clarksvie into fits. I mention the inci dent to ask if this say not account for other black flags. We hauled off into the stream RI the night, and this (Thursday) morning a more through examina tion was made of Fort Clark. ]went with the party. We looked carefully thregh the institu tion. It became shortly evidentthat the rebels Dad attempted to issue a magazine' in parts," and Clarksville would have had a inefit had their plans been carried out, for in tli magazine, with some hundred pounds of power in cartridges and fixed ammunition, a half esimmed pert fire lay, with its ashes scarce en inch to the, powder. A little more and Fort Clark wold have reported itself missing in its essential, arts. A larger share of the ammunition our nth took on board, throwing thereat in the river. ',.. The Visit of our Gunboats to Columbus —Mysterious Visit of a Rebel Flag of Truce—A Long Conference Between Commodore Foote, General Cullum, and the Rebel Officers. Several days ago we published a telegraphic de. vetch from Cairo, announcing that our gunboats had made a reconnoissance to Columbus, and had been met by a flag of truce from the rebels. The Cairo correspondent of the Cincinnati Times gives the following account of the affair The Starting from Cairo. Cain°, 111., Feb. 23.—Information had been ac cumulating here for some weeks that Columbus would be evacuated by the rebel troops, and, after repeated conferences with the authorities by parties who bad watched the movements, a reconnoissance was made, a week ago, by Col. N. B Buford, of the Twenty•seventh Illinois, the results of which satisfied the authorities that there was something of a character to indicate that a change was going on at that rebel stronghold which might terminate in en evacuation. Our successes en the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers tended to strengthen that belief. Colonel Buford, who has been in command of Fort Cairo for some time past, and who has been closely watching events, has been mainly instru mental in drawing the attention of the authorities to this matter. From information he bad received an armed reconnoissance was made to=day. The expedition got under way this morning at twenty minutes past eight o'clock, and consisted of the gunboats Cincinnati, St. Louis, Carondelet, llfound City, and Conestoga; and the Twenty seventh Illinois, Colonel Buford, and Eighth Wia eonsin, Colonel Murphy, regiments. Two mortar boats were towed down for the purpose of testing their capacity, if occasion should offer. The fleet steamed down the river as far as Fort Jefferson, seven miles distant, when the gunboats took the advance, close after them the mortar boats, and followed by the transports: The expe dition was under command of Flag-Officer Foote and t.General George W. Callum. Colonel Thorn, engineer, a member of General llalleck's staff, ac companied the expedition. Our Commanders Reconnoitring_ About. Jen o'clock a gun was heard from Colum bus, which was soon followed by two others. Half an hour after another gun was fired, as was sup posed, for the purpose of getting range, as the ball fell in the water &considerable distance in front of the advance gunboat. The firstshots were evidently signals for their gunboats to return to Columbus, probably being some distance down the river. The last shot was from a heavy gun from their batteries, or from a gunboat hidden from view. In going down, the gunboat officers made a care• ful examination of the shore, to discover, if possible, any masked 'butt. lice which might be planted. There Illterl4, how ever, none found. Colonel Buford, with one of the small steam tugs, also made a close examination of all points, bayous, de. He landed in Lucas' Bend, at the residence of Dr. Francis, where he learned that within the last week the rebels bad scoured the river up as far as they dared go, and had seized all flat-boats and skiffs, and taken them to Columbus. At different points mounted men, evidently rebel pickets, were seen, who suddenly disappeared in the direction of Columbus. As the fleet moved very slow, undoubtedly the rebels at Columbus knew of our approach before we were within ten !ski) of the place. The Appearance of a Flag of Truce. When going into Lucas' Bond, steam was shut off, and the whole fleet floated down, and had thus proceeded to within five miles of Columbus, when a steamer rounded the point from that place, which. proved to be the Red Rover, with a white flag floating from her jaekstaff. This was a strange pro ceeding. coming from the Sebastopol of the Missis sippi, which was only menaced by five gunboats and two regiments of infantry. No one could give a solution of the matter. The rebels at Columbus had heretofore been so insolent and defiant, and now to send up a flag of truce when there was only a possi bility of being attacked by an immensely inferior fcTrce to theirs, it was inexplicable. After some half an hour's delay, a steam-tug was sent off from the flag-officer's boat to the Red Rover, which soon re turned, bringing away some rebel officers, when a consultation of near three hours was held, at the expiration of which the rebel officers were set on board their own boat, which immediately returned to Columbus. and the flag-officer signalled the fleet to return. When the Red Rover had arrived as far up as she came, a rebel gunboat was discovered coming out from behind Island No. 4, close to the Kentucky shore, and under a full head of steam, made its way toward Columbus. If it had been desired to fire at the rebel, the flag of truce was in the way. The strictest secrecy is enforced on what few per sona were admitted to the conference, nor will anything be known as to the object of the flag of truce until Gen. lialleck is heard from, and probe bly,Gen. McClellan will be consulted. Undoubt edly, if the Red Rover came up with a flag of truce from the rebel authorities, a proposition has been made of an extraordinary character, and Gen. Cullum did not feel authorized to ant in the mat• ter. and so will consult with his superior. If this is the case, it may be some days before the public will know anything of the matter. Speculations about the Flag. There are a variety of opinions in regard to what the rebels are doing, the moat reliable being that the place is about to be evacuated, and it is the moat reasonable ; for losing both Forts Henry and PoneLso . u, and onn_gualmate penetrating so far into thevitals of the rebellion as to reach Alabama and Mississippi without hardly any opposition, have rendered it useless to hold Columbus any longer. MOW OPiniell is that the rebels are evacuating, and that the citizens, supposing we would imme diately attack the place, came up to state the fact and prevent, if possible, the place from being ruined. Others suppose that, to gain time for the purpose of moving their immense stores. cannon, eta., they came with propositions to leave Kentucky soil, wbieh proposals would hare to go to General Hal leek to be noted upon, arid in the meantime they could make good their retreat. They may have made such a proposition in good faith. Whatever was the mission of the flag of trues, it is a groat satisfaotion to know that Columbus rebels have treated or wish to make terms. They have bowed to Cairo authorities, whom they hate more bitterly than any other por ion of the Union troops. Chivalry' has come down, and had to send a flag of truce to prevent what they supposed an immedi ate attack. Five gunboats, two regiments of in fantry, and a couple of mortarboats have soared the occupants of the best fortified place on the Alissittdppl river. If Columbus has shown the white feather the rebellion is gone up. and, if it is possible to push on our columns from every point, peace may be looked for within a few months. If either of the reasons I have given was the ob ject of the flag of truce, our whole force should have been left at least within two miles of the place, to watch the enemy's movements. The troops wore anxious for something to do, and the Twenty seventh Illinois would have been glad to visit again Belmont, their first battle-ground, and to have shown their now friends, the Eighth Wisconsin, over one of the most hotly-contested battle-fields of the war. As it was, they returned somewhat dis appointed. More Incidents of the Rebel Prisoners Vootiiied iu Chicago, The Chicago papers still continue to publish little incidents connected with the rebel prisoners now confined at Chicago. The reporter of the Tribune of Tuesday gives the following : A Tennessean yesterday chanced to intimate that he voted for James Buchanan for President. This attracted the attention of the bystanders, who began to ask him the direct question," Did you vote for Buchanan ?" tie at first strnuously de nied it ; but at last said, Well. gentlemen, if you must know the truth, I dad vote for him ; and may God forgive me for i 6 I" This declaration was ac companied by hearty denunciations, on all sides, of the ic venerable P. F." Besides the many ludicrous incidents which come under a visitor's observation are many of a truly painful nature. Among these-was one which oc curred on Sunday. An elderly, well-dressed lady was looking about among the members of the Tenth 'Tennessee Regiment, when in the parson of a looking, intelligent man, of twenty-eight or thirty years, she recognized her son. The recognition was mutual, and mother and son rushed into each other's arms. The young man, whose name is William Pithoy, left his home in this city five years since, and went South to seek his for tune. At Iluntsville, Alabama, a few months since, a personal enemy, as he supposed, denounced him as an Abolitionist, and he was left a choice of two alternatives, and joined the rebel army. De was made a prisoner at Fort Doneleen, and brought to his former home a captive. Ms parents, svho are highly respectable people and old residents here, on Saturday learned of his whereabouts, and on Sunday hastened to his quarters. His mother was admitted, but his father was not allowed to pass. As she found him, she sobbad, "Oh, my dear boy, you have, been the subject of many prayers, and you are not past praying for yet I thank God, he is once more under the folds of the flag of the Oilletl-" Nether ;lad eon were permitted io go to the gate, where the father had been waiting to greet his son. The guards, understanding the mat ter, offered no hindrance to the meeting, and al lowed them to embrace each other. We under stand that steps will at once be taken for the young man's release. The F.49Pe.Ttl fOreedy commenced writing letters home to their relatives and friends, who may be expected to feel considerable anxiety on their account. The duty of examining these missives, to prevent the conveyance into Secessia of treason able or improper information has, for the present, been confided to Col. Jas. A:Mulligan. There are g lumber of colored men among the prisoner/1. Some assert that they are soldiers, and others as pertinaciously deny the assertion. One thing is certain, that many of them are as well dressed as the commissioned officers we have seen. Why Buckner did not Escape from tort Donelson The Louisville Journal, of Tuesday, in giving an account' of the transfer of Gen. Buckner and his staff, besides several other officers, from Cairo to Jeffersonville, Indiana, says: At the railroad depot at Jeffereouville, Colonel Dant, who was in command of the provost guard, conversed freely with the prisoners, many of whom made him the bearer of messages and other favors to their friends in this city. Many of the prisoners were disposed to enter complaint be cause they were not permitted to visit their friends in this city while on their way to their place of con finement. Gen. Buckner expressed the opinion unreservedly, that he owed his captivity to the folly of General Pillow. The commanders of the rebel forces at Fort Donelson agreed upoa a plan of retreat, after they became satisfied they could not win the battle. Pillow, with hie forego, was to cut his way through the right flank of the Federal forces, and, at it given period, was to signal Gen. Buckner, who was to attempt a similar feat. Pil low succeeded partially, but, is the weakness of his joy over his supposed escape, neglected the sig nals, and set about telegraphing a -report south ward that ho had won a great victory. fit that deluding his rebel friends, for he was driven back to his old quarters, and only escaped by stealing out after nightfall. General Buckner states that the opportunity was tendered him and hisataff to make their escape with Generals Floyd and Pillow, and tho plan was sub mitted to the officers. After consultation they, with a single exception, determined to share the fate of their men. We blush to make the admis sion, but it was our . quondam friend Dick Winter smith. who proposed to sacrifice the men and save the officers. Dick, it should be remembered, was himself an officer. It is useless to add that ho escaped. General Buckner expressed the opinion that the rebels would not make a stand at Nashville. Capt. 'Weaker, the commander of the company wbo bad been detailed to guard the prisoners, says the rebel officers, notwithstanding they had been generously permitted to retain their side arms, formed a plan to take possession of the boat on Sun day night, a short distance below the city. It was discovered, however, and its consummation prevent ed, by the vigilance of Capt. Walker. GENERAL BUELL'S DEPARTMENT. Preaching and Secessionism- The Lebanon (Ky.) correspondent of the Cinein• nati Times tells the following anecdotes: I have an anecdote which I must relate to you, which occurred as follows: A pious old man, a member of one of the Union Tennessee regiments, being called upon for a prayer, one Sunday in sotiip, responded to the cell, and, in a fooling and patriotic manner, prayed for the welfare and health of the Tennessee troops, and the army at large; also, for the success of our arms and the triumph of the Union cause; and, also, for a speedy return of the exiles, then around him, to their peaceful and happy homes, hoping that tho mountains now in sight would not long separate them from those most near and dear. His remarks were expressive and touching, ex citing the feelings and sympathy of his hearers. The speaker then asked forgiveness for the sins of our enemies, praying that they might see the error of their ways, and be returned again to love and favor. Whereupon one of the hearers rose to his feet, and excitedly exclaimed, " Look-a-here ! I won't stan' anything of that sort here; this 'ere medal's broke up I won't listen to nobody who prays for Secession, or the salvation of their souls. I don't want to be known in their company, now or hereafter." The ceremonies were here closed, and the " meetin" was thus broken up. Gen. Schoeptt and the Secession Sympa- thizers Here is another, of a financial character, which I will give you : After the battle at Logan's cross roads, and the rebel prisoners were taken to Somerset, the offi cers—who were released on parole of honor—in quired of General Sohoopff to know where they should repair for their board. Now, it happened that there was a vary wealthy and strong becession sympathizer then living in the town, and who had heretofore taken great pains to mildest his affection to the " peculiar institution." To this personage they were recom mended by the general, where they were soon snugly homed and duly eared for. At the time of their departure from the place, a neat little bit of paper was handed to the general by the favoring entertainer. What's this?" says the General, on seeinz the paper extended toward him. A bill for the board of tpose prisoners," was the reply. " I gannet certify to any such bill, nor will it be allowed," wee tt? remark ;;;'. the general. 4, E10w shall then get, my pay ?" asked ihe man, t; T cannot tell," replied the General, " but I presume that you will have to take the amount out in sym pathy." The sympathizer sneaked off, a wiser if not a tidier man. Secession Rejoicing at Jetf Davis' Irian- guration Tho Louisrillo Democrat of Friday says We had heard that some of the Secesh Wended to illuminate last night in honor of the supposed inauguration of Jeff Davis, but did not believe that anv one in Louisville would do so. We were mis taken, however, for, as we learn, several Secesh houses were illuminated, or partly so, and deco rated with rebel flags. One certainly was—that of Mr Louis Sznyser, on Market street, between First and Brook. The gas in the parlor was put on full and a rebel flag—small—fastened to, or under, the chandelier, while the window curtains were drawn wide. On the opposite side of the street is the head quarters of Captain Terrill's company, (D), Pro vost Guard. The flag was plainly visible, when five of the members—William Ray, John Daker, William D. Martin, Perry Weatherford, and Dun- can Baker—crossed the street and demanded it. With some demurring it was given up. Mr. S. can entertain Secesh opinions if he chooses, but be cannot expect to flaunt the rebel flag in the fate of the loyal people in n loyal My on A na tional holiday, Even if not celebrating Jeff Davis' supposed inauguration, he could scarcely fail to know that such a bold display of the rebel ensign would excite indignation. The wonder is that no violence was done. Mr. 8. is now, and has been, making money off the Government be is so anxious to see subverted. As seitmess, aim or tfiPse sales of flour to the Commissary Department, one of 2,000 barrels only last. Wednesday. We have no doubt there are other contractors equally disloyal, but not quite so bold. General Balleck's plan will need to be adapted in this de partment, so that rebels shall not be permitted to make money off the Government while loyal men MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS. From Fortress Monroe. BALTIMORE, Feb. it,—The 01d Point boat brings but little news of importance. There was no flag of truce yesterday. The French frigate Ponzone has sailed for Ha vana. The reported loss of the steamer Expresiig un founded. The Sperulding has arrived from Hatteras. A large fire on the mainland was seen from Hatteras on Monday morning, which continued all day, and was still burnlng when the Sinfadding left, la the evening. The blockading steamer Cambridge has gone to the assistance of the R. B. Forbes, ashore at Nag's Bead. The wind from the oust, and there was a proipeot of another storm when the steamer left Old Point. Nine Months of Prison Life in Rich inond—An Interesting Narrative. [Front the N. Y. Times, 27th.] List Saturday there came down to Fortress Mon roe, from Richmond, some 380 of our military rank and file. and 20 officers—the last of 1,500 Na tional prisoners, who have spent more or less of the past nine months of their lives at the rebel capital. `Very few of these released prisoners have yet reached New York ; but from some of those who have, we obtain various items of in formation about the life of our Northern prisoners in Richmond after the battle of Manassas, and so all the way down to that at Donelson. Lieutenant Grumman, of the Brooklyn Fourteenth Regiment, has given us most of the material on which the fol lowing abstract is founded. lie was taken prisoner when acting as officer of a detachment of pickets, at Falls Church, Virginia, on the 18th of Novem ber last ; and from that time to the present has bad his experience in the Richmond tobacco ware house life. There are now so many of such war episodes, that by a change of names, and a slight alteketleis, the following account might stand "for scores of other cases: How they were Taken. Lieut. Grumman and his men formed an outer most picket at Falls Church, separated from com munication during the day, with the rest of the line of sentinels, by a gap of considerable distance, which was only guarded at night_ A detachment of Virginia cavalry under Col. Fitz Hugh Lee, one pleasant afternoon, bore down upon them and out them off from their retreat ; and after a spirited little engagement, in which a rebel trooper was killed, and four of the Union pickets wounded, Lieut. Grumman surrendered. The cavalry, with out more ado, took him, with Sergeant J, MoNeitl, (wounded in two places,) and Wm. M. Campbell, (a brave Brooklyn boy, only 19, but as cool as a cucumber,) with Clinton Pettit, (wounded,) Natha niel Lyon i Daniel McCauley, Wm. A. Ludden, Gao. Roller, an d two brothers named Ruskin, and Theo dore F, Web, upon horseback behind them, and made off. Off to Richmond. The ten above-mentioned prisoners were taken to Centreville, and thence to Manassas, whore they were kept all night, and their overcoats stolen frear them. Lieut. G. made such an indignant re monstrance, however, that most of the coats were returned, by an order from rebel headquarters. On their way, as they neared Manassas ' they were saluted by sonie of the rebels with such speeches as, "Yanks,' there's Bull Run. Did ou ever hear of Bull Run, Yanks ?" A Secession flag was brought out, and the bearer of it planted himself close along the road, so that the prisoners would Lave to pass in its shadow - . The neat day, by the cars, they reached Richmond—saluted by the crowd with an ironical "What d'ye come down here for ?" as they were marched along the street to the prison. The Tobacco-Warehonse Prisons. There were three huge warehouses far prnsitig and storing tobacco, each about 35 by 75 feet on the ground, and two of them three stories, and one of them four stories high. In one of these ' in the second story, was the place of durance for the officers, to the number of fifty or sixty, and for some ten stewards beside these latter being Union privates, detailed to help cook, &a., among the offi cers. All the other buildings and apartments were occupied by the privates. The rooms were generally the whole width and depth of the building. Through the middle of a room would be a row of tobacco presses and fixings, melting a sort of mei - partition, In the officers' prison there was water, and a closet partitioned off at the end. The officers were kept rigidly confined in their prison, most of them never being allowed to go out in the open air at all. All this was not so bad, however, as the special case of the condition of Col. Wood, of the Penriecuth Broeklyn Regiment. lie was sent to the county jail as a „ hostage," and was kept there three months, among felons, negroes, do , altogether a disgrace and soandal to even the Secession authorities. The Day's Routine—Amusements About eight o'clock, the robot officer of tho guard would come in and go through the roll•call of the prisoners, who, as their names were called off, would pass along to a separate part of the room. Life was quite monotonous. The two meals of the day, reading the payers, a few minutes down in the yard, songs, carving rings or toys, listening to some yarn-spinner, ate., ware about all that could be called in requisition to make the weary days pass alo n g. The nights were the dreariest. Sometimes, as if by common consent, everythirik would subside, and while they sat around the fires after the lights were put out, each would appear to busy himself with the silent musings of his own heart. But these quiet-hours were not frequent. All winter the men have only been alloWeed two TWO C FONTS. meals a day. The afternoon meal, or dinner, con sisted of soup, with Hoe, Mid half of a small loaf of bread. The meal the next morning, for breakfast, would be the beef, cold, from the pre vious day's soup, and another half loaf of bread. This diet continued throughout, without any varia tion. Coffee was unknown, and tea was very rare. Potatoes and other vegetables could be had by those with stoney. The monotony of life in the tobacco houses would be varied with getting up mock trials, debates, ac., and sometimes. with practical jokes. About New Year's they got up the play of " Rob Roy," which was performed with very good appeintments, dresses, &0., a young man (as in Shakspeare's own day) taking the part of the principal female char acter. This play went off well, being presented to an audience of between four and five hundred pri soners, many of them invalids, who ware able to owe in from the hospital apartments, The pro- gramme of the play on this occasion had the an nouncement at the bottom, " front seats reserved for cripples." It. is said that the actors acquitted themselves very well, and that the play and kindred amusements helped to make the Christmas and New Year holidays pass off verypleasantly to many a poor fellow who might otherwise have been ci9wn hearted enough. During the day, to while away the time, some played euchre, whist, seven-up, or other games at cards; others chess, and others checkers or back. gammon. Some employed themselves at cutting rings, or other little fancy articles, out of lames taken from the prison beef. Others read the ltioh timid papers, which wore brought in regularly. Of course they saw none of the Northern papers. When any one received a letter from home ho was the en vied men of the day. Good Fellows, In the officers' prison, among other good fellows, was a gentleman named Isaac W. Hart (Old Hart), quartermaster of the Twentieth Indiana Regiment, who did a good deal to make Richmond priaon•lifo endurable, with„his cheerfulness, and singing _a ong, gOinpoSed by himself, to loapirit hie fellow prisoners. While they were all sitting there around the stove, perhaps thinking of home, by the dim light of the fire, if nothing else was offered, Mr. Hart would strike up his song, and sing verse after verse, and all the prisoners would come in strong on the chorus : " Roll on, roll on, sweet moments roll on, And let poor prisoners go home." Then there was another contribution to the life and genuine goodness of the time in the presence of Lieut. B. P. Hancock, of the Nineteenth In diana, a perfect specimen of the Western Hoosier, full of dry fun, and helping mush to keep the blue demon away from the dour. Shot at the Windows. At Bret, for some weeks, the Southerners on sen try duty made nothing of watching for an excuse to pop off one of the " Yanks" at the windows of the tobacco houses. The feeling was very bitter, and some of them gloried in the chance of murder. Some six or eight of the prisoners were thus shot, and two of them killed. This was under Captain Todd. When Major Gibbs came into command, he put a peremptory atop to this cruelty. infamous Conduct The one who, from the universal testimony of all the prisoners, appears by, his conduct to bavo aroused them to the highest pitch of desperation, was Captain (or Major) Todd. He was the rebel officer in supervision of the prisons. From all sides come stories of the sots of this savage, cow. Ann) , scoundrel, who seems fitted by nature for the pOSition of a plantation overseer—that is, if these attributes would fit him for snob a nest, Todd wantctl I ST M cr !IRVont than Lsue into the prisons 61 a forepooh 4114 ,47g: the help less, crippled, and wounded prisoners, for no cause whatever except his own wolfish disposition. 'm.s . conduct was so dastardly that he was superseded by the Jeff Davis Government, and Major Gibbs was put in charge of all the Richmond prisons. le was very strict, but he had a human heart. Captain Goodwin iS POW in command; he, too, is stern, but a gentleman. Release. The inmates of the tobacco houses heard, for the first time, of their release on the 18th inst. They were not at all antioipating anything of the sort, and the news set them wild with joy. There waa little sleeping that night, as may be supposed. Bright and early were they all up the next morn ing, the 19th. In the dusk of the morning, at 5 o'clock, they were marched down in squads to the Richmond wharf, 380 men and 20 officers ; and there, under charge of four Secesh deputies, they went on board the Southern tug William Alison., and started, about 8 o'clock, down the James river, for home. Notes of a Trip to Newport News A correspondent of the Boston Transenyt com municates to thatjournal the following interesting notes of a trip to Fortress Monroe and vicinity: It is Sunday evening at Newport News. Oar ride had prepared us for the enjoyment of the sabstan tiel supper which smoked in the surgeon's tent, and of the quiet twilight which followed it. As the shadows deepened, one by ono, the Lent lights were struck and soon, from all directions, mingling with the voices of the night, came the singing of hun dreds of soldiers, divided in little choirs all over the camp. Throwing open our door, how pleasant these old familiar "psalm " tunes floated in the quiet air ! "Here lotus sit and let the sound of music creep in our ears. Soft stillness and the night become the touches of sweet harmony.' it required hat a slight stretch of imagination to carry one baok to the hill-sides of Scotland and the camp of the stern old Covenanters, met to worship Got with carbine in one hand and the Bible in the other, mighty alike with "the sword of the Lord and of Gibes," Eseprted by sr. Brown, we went to the negro prayer. meeting. We found the doors barred and guarded, none but officers being admitted. The negroes have no building for worship, and, there fore. hold their meetings in their own quarters. The room was small and uncomfortably crammed, every inch of floor, table, bed, and all, except the cooking-etove, covered with worshippers. A few minutes after, Col. Pierce and his chaplain came in, and the doors were closed for the evening. I urged upon them the importance of habits of tonptrancc, industry, and enonomy, especially to mind their own busibese and keep clear of Witte men ; and as many as possible to raise crops to carry them through the next winter. To that they replied that there was not land enough melds of our pickets for them to cultivate. I told them that I thought the lines would be extended before planting-time, and they promised me that if they could only get a chance, they would support them selves. Of this there is no doubt; but I very mach fear they won't got a fair chance. I forgot to mention how much we were struck with the fervor of their prayers for "de Union man," for the President, for the expedition "on sea taking do enemy," for de white gemmen dat come in to hear de cultured population," for "de poor soldier dat called God to put a damn on his 'mortal soul." I wee struck, too, with their use of the terms father and master interchangeably— , God a'mighty Father," or " God a'mighty Mas ter," " If you please, Lord," do this or do that— pninfully illustrating the servile habits. of their condition, even in their communion with the In finite Father of all. 'no is impressed with their religious character. I roust give another illustration of this. I asked the representative of one of the four generations found in one room of John Tyler's house, Where is your husband, aunty ?" "Oh mason, tank de Lord, be gone home to glory long time ago." "Do you believe he has gone to heaven?" " Mimi it ! masse ; I know it; I 'mow it. The Lord revealed it to me in spirit, and I know it ; and brass de Lord I ellsn go bole too berry soon." "But perhaps, aunty, you will stay here as long as your old mother has, down here in the corner." " No, no! de Lord forbid ! I'se seen trouble enuf in-dis 'ere life, and I want to go tome !" To nearly every one I put the question, " Would you like to go Nurth ?" and the uniform answer was, " No , " emphatically and earnestly. Once or twice I would find a boy who, like our oosmopoli• tan Union-savers, knew no North, no South, Jce., and, in a spirit of adventure, would go anywhere; but the universal wish was to stay where they are. They said, "Here are our homes, our friends, and we want to stay where we belong. All wo want is to be free, and have what we earn." A South Carolina Plantation —Lumtry and Refinement. A Port Royal correspondent of the Baltimore Amenran has paid a visit to the plantation of a Mr. Seabrook on Edisto Island, and writes a glow ing account of his obseryations, frcm which we make the following extract : The flower garden was laid out in most beautiful style. It abounded in serpentine walks, graded in the very best manner. The boxwood tree, the prickly ash, the cedar, and other varieties peculiar to the Southern clime, were cut and trimmed in all shapes and forms. 9liyes, figs,orapgeil, and lemons were growing in profusion. Roses of the most costly description, camelias, japonicas, single, double, red variegated, and white, all, in bloom. All varieties of flowers were scattered over the garden with a bountiful hand, while here and there beautiful arbors were placed, with the sweet honey-suckle clinging to the wood-work. A fish pond containing Bold-fish was pladid M the centre of the garden. A fine house, with pine apples, geraniums, cactus, and other plants, too delicate for this season of the year, was placed at the oast end, the whole in most perfect order. Everything that refined taste could suggest, or enlightened science devise, was produced to beautify this most beautiful residence. On passing out of the flower garden into the su perb walks and drives through the lawns anti groves around the mansion, we were struck with the per fect order ma beauty in which the place had boon laid out. There was every variety of tree; the live oak flourished in all his glory ; the fig, the palmetto, the pine, and the sprnee. Here, too, as in former gardens, was found the priokly asp and the cedar, cut and trimmed in every . conceivable shape; some in parallelograms, some in square, some in vase, some in goblets upright, some in goblets inverted, some circular, d.c. At the western end of the grove there was a large fishpond, with a beautiful little island, with a garden attached, and arbor, Rock, trout, and pickerel were sporting merrily, and only waiting their master's pleasure to be caught. Then there was the terrapin pond, full of those delioious animals. The drives and walks were graded with pieces of broken oyster shells. In the groves there were two billiard houses, bird, a pigeon, a rabbit, and a young chicken house, each constructed in the most approved manner, wed at great expense. Arbors were platied in every part, and here the master, after be i ng wearied with the fatigues of the morning, could retire at noon and eet.atie himself with a choice Havana or a glass of spiced champagne. Terrapins fisb, oysters, early vegetable, were ut hand. Everything that could satisfy the appetite, even of the most luxu rious, was to be had with but little trouble. Nu memos servants were around, ready to obey the slightest whim of their master. A large vegetable garden was attached to the mansion. It was under the spade ears of a servant who devoted his entire attention to it. A very large number of outhouses, suitable for every department of the plantation and for the mansion, fronted on the Edisto river. They were built in a very careful manner. From twelve to fifteen negro huts were situated about two hun dred yards from the mansion. All the buildings were whitewashed and kept neat and clean. Mx. Seabrook treated his slaves very kindly ; they wan well fed and well Clothed, and not overtaskad, THE WAR FRE**. Tes WAR Passe win be sent to subscribers by man (per annum in advance) at 12.00 Three Copies " 66 5.00 Five " " I/ 8.00 Ten - st 4, C 6 ....12.00 • Larger Clubs will be charged at the same rata, thus t 20 topics will cost $24 copies will cost $OO 1 and /00 copies $l2O. For a Club of Twenty-one or over, we will send as Extra Copy to the getter-up of the Club. e6P - Postmasters are requested to act as Agents far Tun Win Pangs. sae Advertisements inserted at the usual rates. Bit lines constitute a square. When the master left he took away all the young and able-bodied slaves and left the plantation in charge of four old slaves. They took such good care in his absence that they did not even take vegetable out of his garden, A plenty of corn and chickens were left behind for the slaves. The man sion itself was a very fine building, with all the ap pliances of the =Ott ISSailePki h0t1.36 fit thiS A fine library, costing from three to five thousand dollars, bad boen removed to an outbuilding, the floors of which were torn up and the books thrown underneath on the dirt. Colonel Noble has taken possession of the planta tion and intends having the books sent to Hilton Bead. Ile already has set a large party of negroes to work cleaning the house. when Mr. Seabrook left he carried away moat of hirvaluables, but what was left the negroes from the neighboring planta tions destroyed in the most wanton manner. Operation's of the Blockade Fleet, Despatches from Flag Officer McKckeen, on board the Niagara, blockading off the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi, announces the capture of four prizes : The brig Bolno, which had been cruising between the Southwest Pass and long. 92 deg., a schooner rear Ship Island shoal, which was sent to Key West, and the schooner Star, of Now Orleans, captured by the Da Soto, and anchored off Ship Island, and the schooner Isabel, formerly W. R. King, off Atehafalaya Bay, sailing under rebel colors. Flag Officer McKean found the Santee blockading Galveston, where the commander of a British noel had stated that no Teasel was stn. tinned. • FOREIGN ITEMS. /1411111IAr. Celernitli IN FitANCE,---A Paris OOP respondent, describing the scene at the opening_ of the Legislative Chambers on the 29tb, writes : "The Empress, almost for the first time since she occu pied her present elevated position, was unbecom ingly dressed, ae the color of her g own did not at all suit her complexion, which is delicate Er= ther than fair, She wore a green silk dress, long, wide, flowing, and flounces; a black lace shawl of proportionate dimensions, that was fastened on the back, where it fell in large, heavy folds, but hardly ventured upon covering the front of her Imperial Majesty's parka. A White bonnet, ad vancing in a peak over the face, and trimmed with white feathers, and a bandeau of hair over the fore. head, having in the centre a diamond star, com pleted the costume. Neither brooch nor bracelet was visible, and a pair of white gloves concealed any rings that might have been worn. The Prin cue Clothilde, who occupied the fauteuil imme diately to the left of the Empress, wore a lilac silk dress, the skirt of which was ornamented with a quantity of little flounces ; a white lace cape. white lace bonnet, and the most delicately tinted lilac marabout feathers. She looked exceedingly well— animated—and, what is rare in her rank, very oharaoteristie:" THE OPENING NIGHT OP PARLIAMENT.—No sea sion of Parliament for many yeara has commenced so auspiciously. The opening night was marked by a sense of forbearance and feeling of cordiality be tween the two great parties that divide the Govern ment of the country, almost unparalleled In thio au male of political strife. So far as present appearances indicate ministers are likely to have a pleasant time of it; bat any reliance on the present truce would certainly be unsafe and might end in disappointment. Some of the sages, learned in reading the signs of the political barometer, have their miagivings, They tell you," Julys the London correspottient of .4 pro vincial paper, "with a meaning smile and a shake of the head, that, as no storm is so dangerous to the tailor as the white squall which springs sud denly from a clear sky, and lays the ship on her beam ends, without any warning to make all snug, so no tOr alai It to likely to brlng mishap aid mis adventure as one in which all looks so serene that neither can precaution he suggested nor plan of campaign prepered."—Wilmer Smith's Times, Stk TBE SOUVISIEN gl'Al2.l OP AStneltlA..—Within the last fortnight the representative of a LiVerpool house engaged a number of angraitera, lithbgraph ers, and copper-plate printers, to proceed to the Southern States of America. They have been en gaged for three years, and are to receive from .£3 to £6 per week. So secret was the whole strait' managed that none of them knew bow they were to be eohi.-oed to their destination, nor what par ticular t; business " they were to carry out, nor who were the real employers. All they were in formed was that they were to be ready to start on Friday night last, and that a certain firm in Liver pool would guarantee their wages and expenses, they having power to break the bargain at the end of any of the years. It is surmised that they are to be employed in a Confederate States Govern ment printing office, to print paper money.—North, British, Mail. EAST INDIAN COTTON.--It has been recently stated in public by several gentlemen of reeegnbeit authority that cotton is grown in India equal in quality to the cotton of America, but that a foolish prejudice existed in this district against its use. A singular case came to our knowledge this week of a gentleman practically acquainted with cotton and the cotton manufacture being shown two sam ples of cotton cloth. He gave his unhesitating pre ference to one which ho declared was from the American staple, and he ordered a quantity of it accordingly. The other he considered inferior, and the production of the East Indies. His mis take was afterwards told him, for the East Indian was decidedly the bettor cloth,-11.Zizucliester Exa miner. An African International Society is in course of being established at Paris, of which the president is Jules Gerard, the celebrated lion. killer. The object of the society is to promote the relations be tween French Africa and the Soudan, and to protect colonial interests, to destroy noxious ani mals, and to organize subjects of study for natu. ralists. The society will likewise occupy itself with archeological and zoological subjects The society is already patronized by the French Na tional Institute, and by the Duke of Malakoff, Go vernor General of Algeria. Several honorary mem bers hays bean admitted. .I.IsISECUEITY OF LIFE IN SlClLY.—Letters from Palermo complain of the total absence of measures for the repression of crime in Sicily, and the con sequent insecurity of life and property. In the pity of Palermo there are at least three murders per week ; without any of the tummies being puns 'shed, and the last wail between Girgenti and Pa lermo was stopped, and all its contents abstracteo. The passengers were robbed, the driver wounded, and the guard killed. GENERAL NEWS. COLONEL BYRNE an Irish refugee, died in Paris, on the 24th of ? February. He was a hero of. " 08," and served at the battles of Arklow, Vine gar Hill, Castlecomer, and other places. After peace was restored be remained concealed in Dub lin, .146-11.1iAtka It, Robert illtiacWo insurrec tion. He then went to France and obtained a com mission in the army, dated December, I'Bo3 He served with distinction in all the battles of Ole Htn pire, and participated in the wars of the Greek re volution from 1828 to 1830. In 1830 he was ap pointed Chief do battalion of the Fiftieth regiment of the line, one of the finest in the French army, composed of four battalions, of 1.000 men each. Out of 34 captains, all but ono had served under Napoleon. In 182 he was appointed officer of the Legion of Honor. He ever cherished the memories of Thomas Emmett and other Irish heroes, and always indulged the hopes of the future freedom of his country. SALARIES OF NAVAL . OFFICERS.—The Senate Committee on Naval Affairs will, it is said, report a reduction of the salaries of naval officers of twenty per cent. on the highest grade, fifteen per cent. on the intermediate, and leh per cent. on the lower. Also, the abolition of all navy agencies and naval storekeeper's officers, and the hemp and live oak agencies,_ transferring the duties heretofore per formed by those officers to paymasters of the navy on duty at or near the different navy yards and BM -144.41,4. regulations to bo Made by the Seem. tart' of the Navy, or order of the President. Coa. J. M. SIMONTON, of the First Missis sippi Regiment, taken prisoner at Donelson, is loud. in his denunciations of Generals Floyd and Pillow, who stole away from the fort with nearly 5,000.mem in the night. lie will shortly, the St. Louis Re publican says, publish a card, over his own name, narrating the cireutostanaos, lie says, however ) that the fort must have eventually, been taken by the overpowering force brought against it, and that capitulation was only a question of time. TEE Empress's bath room at the Ely see has just been completed. The paintings on looking glnsa are by M. Chaplin. There are eight 'PUMA to the doors, each of which is decorated with lk figure—ftAing, bunting, the bath, the dowers, the harvest, the vintage, skating, and the birds. Over the doors are painted the following subjects : Diann surprised by Acticon, Venus oa the sea, Lode in the bath, and toilette of Venus. TELE BA.CON.CItkEIf liftman, on the Lenin villo and Nashville railroad, same to be fated, Ii was destroyed. It has been twice burned by the rebels, and was so badly damaged by the high water on Sunday as to render it impossible for trains to pass over it. Wool, is now higher than it has been for forty,foup years. This is owing to the large de mend for tam) , goods, and the ativaneed m pri of cotton. It will not faun fall so low again as it bas been of late years and washall•be surprised if the flocks upon our bills are not greatly increased. Coa. RICHARD H. RUSH, GE the Sixth Penn sylvania Cavalry, has been appointed by General. MeOlellan a member of the mititaity boitia, for this examination of cavalry offisselm in place of Lieut. Col. Kilpatrick, detailed for other service. RAT lIONTS.—" Eat baste" are becoming an " institution" in some parted' Ohio. A grandhunt in RON oounty, in the early part of January, re sulted in the death of 5,48-4 pats, Whgl9 twiny for the year, it is estimated, would be over $2,000: IRON CLAD VESSELS.—R is a singular fact, observes the Commercial that, whilo England and France have been boasting of their iron-elad vessels-of-war, the first practical test has been made by ourselves upon the Western Avatera. THE Ohio State Senate has under its con sideration a bill inflicting a penalty of not more than $5, nor less than $l, on all persona over Four teen years of ago, who shall be guilty of using ob scene language or profane swearing. i STATER that General Ilkaslairod Johnson and staff escaped from Fort Dotelson, on the ITth inst., by "simply riding through our lines." A correspondent of the Cincinnati Coaninerciae is re sponsible for the statement. - VERMONT FISH STORY.---During the great storm of January 2.5, so muck snow blew into the five , at Deimingtoil, Vt., se ku &An taiiikky drain; it up, and the fish in the bed below were left dry and picked up in quantities. THE coroner's jury on the suftbrers by the Hartley colliery accident lind that an imperative necessity exists for a scoond shaft in all working collieries, so as to afford the workmen a chance Aar =tine in Gino of adnifiont. Tea Constitutional Convention of Illinois has adopted resolutions of respect for the memory of Douglas, and sympathy for his widow. The lat- ter has replied to the latter presenting them in klef and appropriate term. TnE Confederate Government follow. Capt. Duffle's advice, and whenever they dud a piece of paper, they g , make a note at It,"
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