THE .PRESS.
PUBLISHED DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED,)
BY JOHN W. FOUSTEY,
OFFICE No. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STREET,
THE DAILT PRESS,
‘TWXLvn CektA Piift lVfifiif, pAVAblft to It. GvcrW.
'Hailed to Bnbacribera out »r the City at Six 001-T-AHi
3Pkr Ankdm, Fora Dollars for Eight MoStot,
Tbrrk Dollar for Six Montes—invariably in ad
■vance for the time ordered.
THE TIII-WEEKI.Y PRESS,
Mailed to Subscribers out of the City at Thrrk Dol
lars Pib Ansgm, in advance.
CLOTHING.
fjlO THE GENTLEMEN OF PHI
LADELPHIA AKD VICINITY.
A CARD.
It having been next to an impossibility, hereto
fore, to obtain CUSTOMER.MaDE CLOTHING,
MODERATE PRICES, and finding that many
.gentlemen would prefer their Clothing MADE TO
ORDER, if they could secure at the same time
REALLY FIRST-CLASS STYLES, and at
ORALLY REASONABLE PRICES, we have, at
the earnest solicitation of oar patrons, organized,
An connection with our extensive Ready-Made
dnales-Rooms, a complete CUSTOMER DEPART
iBAENT, lh Wki6k ttie prominent features AfA,
Ist, Fine and Medium Materials, made up in
iSrst-clasa styles;
2d. Unexceptionable Fitting Garments;
3d Prioes PAR LOWER THAN HAS BEEN
4th. A corps of the most celebrated cutters in
*6his country.
An extensive assortment of the ehaicest Im
ported and domestic fabrics from the New York
rand Philadelphia markets, suitable for Coats, Pants,
■and Vests, always on hand.
Ix our Ready-made Salesrooms ean always be
flfound every variety and stylo of well-made fasniou
aible clothing. Spring stock now ready. PRICES
iSdODERATE.
Qf A Tint la solloltod.
WANAMAKER & BROWN,
MERCHANT TAILORSAND CLOTHIERS,
“OAK HALL,"
S. E cor. SIXTH and MARKET Streets.
mti27-tf
WHOLESALE HOUSES,
AND 54-INCH
SKY-BLUE KERSEYS,
BUPERFINK INDIGO-BLUE SATINETS,
BLACK CADET AND OXFORD Do.
PRINTED Do, in variety.
SLACK AND FANCY MIXED DOESKINS.
gj'ANCY CASSIMERES AND MELTONS.
.HI BTOHI, AKD POX BALI BY
Joseph: lea.
■feM.tr 138 AND 130 CHESTNUT STREET
millinery goods,
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1862. SP “ NB - 1862.
LOUIS DANNENBAUM.
No. 67 North SECOND Street.
(Between Market and Arch,)
Us aow.srasarod to offer a lares stock of
RIBBONS,
BILKB, AND MILLINERY GOODS.
Merchants and Milliners will find an admirable assort-
of 4lm« above Goods, of the newest strleA, At hW
,and are invited to call and examine.
•9* <<WELL BOUGHT IS HALF SOLD. 1 '
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1862. BPBING ‘ 1862.
WOOD & CARY,
(Successors to Iiinooln» Wood. ft Nichollj)
HO. T3# CHE3TWUT STlfiKfiT)
Have now In Store a complete stock
OP
STRAW AND MILLINERY GOODS,
SILK BONNETS,
STRAW AND PALM-LEAF HATS, Ao.
To which they respectfully invito fho attention ot the
Conner patrons of the house and the trade generally.
marl2-2m
BFBIHa. 186 2.
M. BERN HEIM,
Ho. 736 CHESTNUT STREET,
Hu now in *tor«, and is daily receiving, the latest
ctylea in
BIBBONB, FRENCH FLOWERS,
WREATHS, SILKS, CRAPES,
LACES,
AXD OTHER
MItiTiINERY aOOD3,
■So which he reapectfuliv Invites the attention of the
TRACE.
PRICES LOW.
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3$ SPBIBO. ,
RIBBONS, millinery.
AST)
BTRAW GOODS.
IIOSENHEIM, BROOKS.
So Co.,
NO. 431 MARKET STREET,
now open—*ad to which daily additioua aw mad*—
&beir
ÜBUAIi HAtfPSOflnß TABIBXX
OF
RIBBONS.
SONNET MATERIALS, FLOWERS,
RUCHES.
iSTRAW AND FANCY BONNETS,
HISSES’ AND CHILDREN'S HATS,
FLATS, SHARER HoOLS, and
.ALL OTHER ARTICLES IN THE MILLINERY
LINE,
Which will he offered at the
LOWEST MAEKET PRICES.
The attention ot the trade it respectfully invited.
Fanionlai attention given to filling omen.
mhl3-sta _
IJIHOMAS KENNEDY & BRO.,
729 CHESTNUT Street, beiow Eighth.
A Choice Stock of
SPRING MILLINERY GOODS,
mhl3-3m] AT LOW PRIOEB.
UMBRELLAS AM) PARASOLS.
H. RICHARDSON
HAS REMOVED TO 500 MARKET STREET,
Sonthwest comer of Firth,
A,:l offer, a beamUful eeeorhnent «C
UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS,
tents, and canes,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. mh2B-lm
FLATS AND CAP?,
-JOfin SPRING STOCK 10£0
AOO/Vt COMPLETE. -LOU/W.
O. H. GARDEN & Co..
Mannfactnren of and Wholesale Dealers in
HATS, CAPS, AND FURS;
STRAW GOODS,
FANCY SILK AND STRAW BONNETS,
Artificial Floweret Roche*, Feathers, &c.,
JSo. 600 and 60S MaBKBT Street} 0. W. oernero
SIXTH Street.
AanpUte atock. Tto boat terms and
the lowest prices. Cash and prompt “ time buyers** are
pwtlotfirlr invited to examine onr stock. mbl-2ra
| WATCHES, JEWELRY, 4c. |
Afresh assort&iEkt,at less
THAN FORMER PRICKS.
FARE A BROTHER,
Importer*, 324 CHESTNUT Street, below Fourth.
mhWMi
T ABOR-BAVING MAC BINE.
Li CLOTHKB-BAVING MACHINE.
TIME-SAVING MAOHINIL
Haley, Mom A BoyAen’a Clothes Wringer ea»M labor.
Mine and clothes, and la an improvement which will moot
certainly be generally adopted- It Is selt-adjosting, sim
ple, and durable, and is for superior to every other de
vice for the purpose intended. Oversea hundred have
Dew Mid within the last thirty days In this city- No
family should be without one. They are warranted to
give perfect satisfaction.
For sale by L. E. SNOW, at the Office of JOT, COM,
A Co, Northeast wnwrbf FIFTH and CHESTNUT
(Ureet..- ocvu>c» non the uountry promptly attended to,
apl-laa
YOL. 5-NO. 219.
JEWELRY, Arc.
£1 L A R K’S
ONE DOLLAR STORE.
602 CHESTNUT STREET.
NEW GOODS,
NEW STYLES,
AND NEW PRICES.
for ONE DOLLAR you can buy any one of the fol
lowing articles:
Sfitaot Silver Plfttod Toft Spoons.
u it u Desert “
«( m <« Table u
« « Forks.
«* *< Desert u
44 44 44
“ Knife and Fork*
14 “ «* Napkin Rings.
** << “ Butter Knives
Pair «
Silver Plated Sugar Bowl.
“ “ Butter Pißti.
« Molasses Pitcher.
44 **• Cream 41
«« «« Castor.
« “ Walter.
u it GoLlofc.
“ “ Drinking Gup*
« “ Sugar Sifter.
Gold Plated Vest Chain, all style*
« •» Guard « it
(t u Neck «* *i w
u *»■ Chatelaine, ** «
« •« Bracelet, ** •«
*» ** Medallion, •* **
u «t .«
“ Amdeta,
“ Breast Pld» ** “
« «« Ear Hinge, “ u
** ** Pin and Props, all stylos.
11 11 Studs And Buttons, H H
<« a Solitary Blear© Button, all stylos,
w 44 Bosom Studs, 44 “
« t{ Finger Bings,
■» «« Pencils,
<1 <1 Pon with Pencil Case
Ladies’ or Gentlemen’s Tort Monnaie, Cabas, Bags,
ToreeS) So., Sc., Sc. All Goode warranted as repre
sented. We hare on hand a large assortment ot Pnoto
graph Albums, Mantel Clocks, Travelling Bags, and
Gold Jewelry, wliicli we are closing off at cost. The at
tention of tbe trade rospectfnlly solicited.
D. W. CLARK’S
ONE DOLL A.lt STORE,
fiftQ GIIEATNITT 4fcr*ot.
DRY-GOODS JOBBERS.
1862. 8 *■»*«<» • 1862.
ABBOTT. JOHNES.& CO
-627 MARKET STREET,
Bare now open an entiiely now and attractive stock In
ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, AND
AMERICAN
DRESS GOODS.
Also, a toll assortment In
WHITE GOODS, RIBBONS, GLOVES,
SHAWLS, &c«, Ac.,
T« which they invite the attention of the trade.
mh24-tap3o
gBRING STOCK
BILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS.
A. W. LITTLE Si Co,
tthU-tf No. S3* MARKET ST.
1862. srnrso. 1862.
RIEGEL. BAIRD, & GO,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
or
DRY GOODS.
NO. 4T NORTH THIRD STRUT.
PHUAOILPSIA.
Merchants visiting this city to purchase Dry
Goods will find our Stock largo
and admirably assorted, and at
Low Fiovres. In certain elassee
of Goods we offer inducements to
purchasers unequalled by any ether houso in
Philadelphia. mhlB-2m
IMPORTATIONS.
HOSIERY. GLOVES.
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS,
LINENS, SHIRT FRONTS,
, WHITE GOODS, AND
EMBROIDERIES.
THOS. MELLOR & Co,
mhl9-3m 40 and 48 North TSIfiV Street.
TAMES, KENT,
SANTEE. & GO..
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
or
DRY GOODS.
Moe. 239 and 241 N.‘ THIRD STREET, ABOVE
RACE, PHILADELPHIA,
Have now open their nsnal
LAQGE AND COMPLETE STOCK
or
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS,
Among which will he found a more than usually attrac
tive variety of
LADIES’ DRESS GOODS;
Also, a fall assortment of
MERRIMACK AND OOCHECO PRINTS,
PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS.
To which they invite the rpectai attention of buyer*.
mh2l-2m .
V AKINS, BATTS, & CARPET CHAINS.
H. FRANOISCUS,
* WHOLESALE DEALER IN TARNS,
433 MARKET and 5 North FIFTH Street.
PHILADELPHIA.
Buyers will find 4 (oil Stock of
COTTON, LINEN, AND WOOLLEN
CARPET CHAIN,
COTTON YARN.
TWIST, FILLING, WADDING, BATTING,
COTTON LAPS,
TIE TABES, TRIBES, CABDLB WICK,
gOVEf-tt* TAfc!?, brook twins*, euoa ihbeaos,
•ILLIHS AES SKIER TWIBES,
BED CORDS,
WASH AND PLOUGH LINES,
COTTON, HEMP, AND MANILLA CORDAGE.
Also, a full assortment of
FLY NETS.
Which he offers at Manufacturer*
lowest net cash prices.
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE.
H. FBaNGISOUS.
433 MABKBT and S North FIFTH Street,
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DEALER IE
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE.
Always on hand, a Ml Steak at
TUBS, BUCKETS, CHURNS, MEASURES, BROOMB,
- WHISKS,
FANCY BASKETS.
WALL, SCRUB, and SWEEPING BRUSHES,
BOOKING-GLASSES and WINDOW PAPER,
Mata, Keeler*, Flour Backet*, Nest Boies,
WASH BOARDS, ROLLING and CLOTHES PINS.
FLOOR and TABLE OIL CLOTHS.
SCHOOL, MARKET, and DINNER BASKETS.
filed*, Barrow*} Carriage*} Hobby Horses, Ac., Ao»
All Good* told at
LOWEST NET CASH PRICES.
mbll-fon
Monuments and grave
STONES at very redneed yrleaa at MarbleW sib
of A. BTKINKETZ, BIDQR Avenue, below Eleven*
Street. mU3-3mif
RETAIL DRY GOODS.
MUSLINS'aT REDUCED PRICES.
—Baying bought a large lot for cash since the
rmnt cllne* lam now soiling thorn ranch lost than they
have been Bold Good Bleached at 7; finer do. at 8c;
wioe at 9c, and nearly yard wide at 10c; full yard wide,
very heavy, 12k c; full yard wide, very fine, 12# c»nls;
Housekeeper, Wanuiuttft, Willianisville. and New York
mills now on hand ; -1# wide Sheeting 12# ; 1# wide 15
W-fe fp. And evtry o# &l»eet!nj?B T both bleached and
brown. lain confident of oelng able to sell these lees
tbAii they can be bought elsewhere.
Beat dTiality Honey Comb Counterpanes, 51,50; largest
size Honey Comb Counterpanes, SI 50; Fronting Liuens,
SI #c»RichftrdBoii f fl make, heavy Quality, for tolly mb,
37#, 42#. 50, and 55c, which is at least 15 per cent, less
than usual prices: also, a full line of other makes, in
lighter quality. GRANVILLE B. HUNKS,
ap!7-5t 1013 HABKET Street, above Centh.
10 2 4 CHEST NUT STREET
E. M. NEEDL.ES.
COLLLkRfc! COLLARS! 1 . COLLARS!!!
Poiute Lace, Guipure, Honiton, Yalencienue and
Mli&i Lace French Embroidered Collars,
Ac., all in tbe latest stylos and very cheap.
GARIBALDIS! GAIUBALDIB!!
Plaid French Muslins. Plaid Nainsooks, Plaid
Cambrics, Black and White Embroidered Nets,
and a variety of other materials for Garibaldis
“GEBaT r KE V L'CTlOr. ™ In Beal Thread
Veils—an entire invoice of Beal Thread "Veils at
2& per cent, below the usual rates.
100 Real Thread Barbes, 65c. to 51.50.
7he “ especial attention ” of the public is solici
ted to my stock of Linens. Table Damaehs. Na&-
bins, Doylioe, Towels, and 11 Pillow and Sheeting
Linens ” all of which will bo offered at very low
prices.
Rroad Bordered Hemstitched Hdkfa., a fall line
just opened, beautiful <p;ali(ios, frpflt 00?, (9 $1
.arh. uplOrf
10 2 4 CHEST N~tTT BTRKK T.
PRAY silk poplins.
vJI Best rjnaiity Gr»/n *r>A CUeclißj
Very glossy anil desirable.
BIIA.RPLISSS HRO9.
Checked toil du nokd.
Solid Checke> bright eolvrH,
For Childien’B dresses.
SHABPLESS BItOS.
TX7II>E CHINTZES.
f f Bright Styles for Children. ■
Neat and Bold Styles for dresses.
Magenta figures and Lilacs.
BHABPLES3 8808.,
CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets.
fUOAKS! OuOAKS! CLOaKS!
\j THE GBEA.TEBT BABGAINB IN THE CITY
IVENS -fc CO.’S*
No, 23 SOUTH NINTH STREET,
THE LARGEST STOCK,
THE BEST ASSORTMENT,
THE CHOICEST COLORS,
THE FINEST QUALITIES,
THE MOST SUPERB TRIHXINQSy
THE NEWEST STYLES,
THE BEST WORK ,
AND
DECIDEDLY THE LOWEST PRICES,
IN THE CITY*
IVENS CO.’S,
No. 23 SOUTH NINTH STREET.
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JA 52. K. CAMPBELL & Co,,
WHOLESALE AND BETAIL DEALERS,
727 CHE3TNOT STREET,
Have opened this day,
BonneL’s Black Taffetas.
Trirlu Cbuin Satin Plaid Colored Taffetas.
Detached Figured Camel’s Hale Thibet, high lustre.
Satin Fluid and Printed Marquiliae.
Lupin’s best black Bareges and Bombazines.
Rich Fluid MozftmbJques.
tapln’r tost WavHj wliite, and high colored ObftHi.
Crgumiivamiti grlesaile grounds.
Cache-mire Stripe Printed Percales, very rich.
Foulard Poplins.
Foulard Satise, &c., &c
LB ATH K RrOOLORB DMO H. AIB,
for Dresaea and Sacks.
5-4 Lava-colored Mohair.
Shepherds’ Plaid do.
Bilveteens for Backs.
Light Colored sack Cloths.
Mellon Cloths, Light Colors.
npl6 BYRE A LANDELL, FOURTH and ARCH.
Honey*comb quilts fob
Hotels, SI earners, &c.
Quilts of ail grades,
linen Napkins and Towels.
Embroidered Curtain Muslins.
Russia Crash and Turkish Rubbers.
Table T.incve, Wholesale and Retail.
EYRE <fc LANDELL, FOaRTH 4 ARCH.
Melton cloths for gents’
SUITS.
folios SLylo Oasßimeroa.
F ash ion abl e V estinga.
Tweeds and Cassimeree for Coys.
Fiue Clack Cloths for Coats.
P< crtins. Finest Blacks.
aplOE YRK a LANPELL, FOURTH anIARCH.
HiQ NORTH EIGHTH STREET,
LUO SECOND DOOR ABOVE ARCH,
VP STAIRS
LADIES’ DRESS TRIMMINGS, ic.
The OonartnersMn herhtofors existing botwoon
KAUFMAN A LONNERSTADTEB
Having been dissolved by mutual consent* the under
signed respectfully informs the patrons and friends of
thu old firm; and the trade in general, that he has taken
all the np-ataira rroms of _ •
NO. 103 NORTH EIGHTH STREET,
ABOVE ARCH.
To continue the manufacturing of all kinds of
DRESS, CLOAKI
AKS
MANTILLA TRIMMINGS,
FRINGES, BUTTONS,
TASSELS, GOBD,
Of fttl descriptions, Ao., d^c<|
And will offer inducements and quality, as well
as prompt attendance to orders, In every article apper
taining to his lino. VM I»ONNEESTADTEB»
Hp4-2m] No 103 North EIGHTH Street, ab. Arch.
New goods opening daily.
—riftid Foulards, black, brown, blue, and lilac.
Plain brown Foulards* one yard wide.
Piques, white ground and bouquets of Chintz colors.
Wool Do Lftinee. ehoieo shade a.
Plaid and smftH figured Wool Do Lalne*, for ctularen.
A large assortment of Gingham*, at 2O, and 26
cent*. ,
A freah assortment of Cloaking Cloths.
Small fifitwo dark brown Mohairs, ohoio*.
Shephezd 1 * Plaids, from to $b cent*.
Silk and Wool Poplins in great variety, at
JOHN H STOKES*,
No. 702 ABOH Street
N. B.—Good black Silks, Bl* *»d BLI3J*.
Call and examine our $1.1234 black Silks. mb2B
Fine lace curtains—real
BARGAINS.
An extensivi assertmant of BIOH LACE CURTAINS,
of new and beautiful designs, at 20 per cent, below im
porters 1 prices, ranging from $6 up to $22 per pair.
ALSO,
Nottingham Lace Curtains, Nottingham Lace Dra
peries} and Tamboured Myglifi fit gfCfitif fC-
Unoed priv^s.
BHEFPARD, YAN HARLINGEN, & ABEISON,
Curtain Warehouse,
tpQ 1008 CHESTNUT Street
•YTEW SPRING PRINTS,
CHOICE STTLES.
MERRIMACS,
SPRAGUE,
PACIFIC,
ALL Twelve and a half cents.
A large lot best scyleß and fast colors at 10c. \
COWFKBUIWAIT & CO.,
mhis-tr N. W. cor. EIGHTH and MARKET 8t«.
CLOAKS, PALA-TOTES AND MAN
TILLAS.—Ladies in want ol the above articles will
find it to their advantage to visit the old established house
of Mrs. HENRY, N0.~38 Noith NINTH Street, below
ARCH. The latest Paris Styles always on hand at wices
that arteblsh everybody. _ ~4-3 m
New cloak store;
The most elegant assortment in the city.
No. 29 Booth NINTH Street,
wtSOiS First door abovo Chestnut.
/"ILOAKS.—If you want the best value
for your money, go to thß City Cloak Store, 142
North EIGHTH Street, above Cherry. mh2o-3m
H STEEL & SON WILL OPEN
• this morning from New York a choloe lot of
RICH STYLES OF SILK GRENADINES.
RICH STYLES OF CHE NR SILKS.
BLACK AND WHITE OHEOK SILKS.
CHEAP PLAIN AND FIGURED BLACK SILKS.
Personß wishing to purchase a GOOD SILK at a LOW
PRICE, would And it to their advantage to examine our
Stock.
BLACK AND WHITE PLAIDS, 18N TO 440,
FRENCH CHALLIES, MOZAMBIftUBS, POILDR
CHJ.VBES, and other NEW DRESS GOODS, of every
variety.
BLACK STJELLA SHAWLS,
with Bnreho liviUvta, jga.fd to RIS.
Ladies’ Linen Cambric Hdkfs, slightly damaged,
100 doz., 62 and 65c., worth 76.
100 doz-, 70 and 7fic., worth 87.
100 doz., 87 and SI, worth 81.25.
100 da H., 81 12 and *1.25, worth 81.60.
100 doz., 81.31 and 81.37, worth 81.75.
100 doz., $1.50 and *1.62, worth®2.
Just opened, a small lot of White Plaid French Organ
dies, a very scarce and desirable article, suitable for eve
ning dresses.
&p 7 itlo. 713 North TINTS Sheet, above Coaloe.
/CLOAKS!
\J A MAGNIFICENT ASSORTMENT
ALL THE NEWEST STYLES IMPORTED THIS
SEASON,
With every new material, made up and trimmed in the
very best manner, at prices that defy all competition,
PARIS CLOAk STORE,
tf. B. CORNER EIGHTH AND WALNUT BTB.
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SPRING CLOAKS.
Cloak room contains every new style.
Short and medium length Cloaks.
Bilk mantles, opening ejeyy groining'
Garments made to order With dOQptfClli
CLOTHS, CAbSIMKRES. .
Fancy Cassimeres and Meltons.
Cashmarettes and Light Weight Woollens*
Goods, especially, for Boys’ wear.
Fine Blarit Cletha IWakln*.
Stlperb stock of these good* at low price*.
DRESS GOODS.
Checks and Plaids for children’s wear.
Sxtia wide Fil-de-chevres, for Ladies* wear.
Mohair*. Poplin*. Alpacas.
Good Black Silks and Wool Delaine.
Shepherd’s Plaids. Good lloop Skirts.
Cheap auction lots of Dress Goods.
COOPER A OONARD,
this DonthSMt corner NINTH and MARKET.
CABINET FURNITURE.
PABINET FURNITURE AND BH*.
LIARD TABLES.
MOORS & CAMPION.
Me. 981 BshO, SMOKO
la MAAMtlen with ihelr extensive Cabinet Bnilnee. ar.
MW BUBofactnring • Buperior article of
BILLIARD TABLES,
And hero bow on hand • full vapply, finished with the
MOOR* * CAMPION'S IMPROVED CUSHIONS,
which are pronounced, by all who have B*ed them, to be
■npertor to .b others.
For the duality and finish of theee table* the mann
[ulbhm nfu to thMr wtunuen* aatrea* (Doßstml
ihe Union, who we bmtliu with the character of their
work.
PHILADELPHIA. FRIDAY, APKIL 18, 1862.
C|t JriBB.
FftIDAY, APRIL 18, 1862,
Prison-Life at Richmond.*
So much has been said and so little actually
known of jirison-UCe at Richmond, as expe
rienced by United States soldiors in captivity
there, that the volume before us, giving a
faithful account, will probably find a multitude
of readers. Lieut. Harris, its author, is an
intelligent Philadelphian, who writes in the
plainest and most straightforward manner,
telling his own experiences and faithfully re
cording what passed before LU eyes from the
time he was taken prisoner at the Battle of
Ball’s Bluff, on the 21st October, 1801, to the
22d February, 1802. Four very unpleasant
months they were to him and others.
Lieut. Harris was one of the twenty-four
officers captured at dusk, at Ball’s Bluff.
They were immediately marched tinder guard
to Leesburg, three miles distant, where their
advent excited almost frantic exultation. De
clining to accept a parole which conceded no
privilege except that of paying their otvn ho
tel-bills, they were taken on to Manassas,
where they were marched into an old barn,
n Hero,” Mr. Harris sajy, “wa warn visited
by scores of Confederate officers and civilians,
none of whom were in the barn a moment be
fore they commenced discussing the political
causes of the war. Conversing with that
effervescing temperament so peculiar to the
Southem-born, their manner soon became dis
agreeable and quarrelsome, and we found it
necessary to abstain from all conversation. A
few ladies came to the barn-door, stood and
gazed upon us, smiled their smile of contempt,
and then went tripping away to tell their
friends ‘ how dirty and nasty the Yankees
looked.’ ” They reached Richmond, by rail,
on the morning of the 24th Qctpher, received
with mingled triumph and hatred by the popu
lace, who crowded to see “the Yanks,” and
marched into their future prison, which is
thus described ;
“The Tobacco Warehouse, where the officers
and two hundred and fifty privates are confined,
is situated in the lower portion of tbe city, on the
southwest corner of Twenty-fifth and Main streets,
and was occupied, previous to being used os a mili
tary prison, by Messrs. Liggon & Co., for manufac
turing and storing tobacco.
“ It is a large three-story brick building, built in
a substantial manner, end peculiarly adapted for *
prison and hospital purposes. The main (or first)
floor is allotted to the officers, fifty of whom are its
prcsentlDeceutber 1,1861,) occupants. The seaond
and third floors contain each one hundred and
twenty-live privates. In the centre of the OffiCera’
floor is placed the machinery for pressing and pre
paring tobacco, dividing it into two equal sections,
the western being used for eating and writing pur
poses, the eastern for promenading and sleeping.
Ten mess-tables, made of rough pine Doards. and a
number of wooden benches and stools, occupy the
main portion of tbe western division; and the floor
is well Covered in the eastern by bedsteads and cot 3
of Southern and prison manufacture- The latter
are primitive, yet unique in style, being of the sim
plest structure that rough boards and a few nails
can accomplish
“ The length of the officers’ room is sixty-five
feet nixie inebve, width forty-five feet, height tWOIVO
feet three inches ; one-half of which space is occu
pied by tbe machinery in the oentre and northern
portion of tbe floor. The room is lighted by five
windows on the west or lower side, and three on the
east or city side. Those on the east are level with
the street, and well protected by iron bars; the
west windows are without bars, but double-guarded
by sentinels placed in the yard.
“The sills of those in the west are used'as pantries
by the Btewardß, and a curious assortment of stores
is often displayed—tin enps, plates, knives and
forks, a cup of butter, saucer of salt, paper of pep
per, loaf of bread, cold beef, comb and brush,
whisk broom, towels, a wet shirt, drying, shaving
apparatus, bottle of vinegar, Ac.
-- Tbe room is lighted by gas, the use of which is
either hindly or unwittingly given at all hours of
the day; we use it for cookiDg as well as illumi
nating purposes, and the odor of hot ooßfoo uud oc
casional stews may be scented daily throughout the
room At nine o’clock we have breakfast, con
sisting of fresh beef—occasionally liver—with five
ounces of brtad; at one o’clock dinner—boiled or
roast beef, wlih five ounces of bread; at six o’clock
supper—five ounces of bread.
“The Confederate Government furnishes the ra
tions of bread and beef, with salt and brown soap.
All other articles of food are provided by the pri
aouers, at the following prices; Tea, $4 per pound;
coffee, $1 per pound; brown sugar, 20 cents; but
ter, 60 cents; potatoes, §2 per bushel; molasses,
§1 25 pergaliun, The cost of extra rations, -which
are confined to the foregoing articles, averages $2 50
per week for each officer. ”
Each officer was presented with a tin plate
and pint cup ; “To complete Ms crockery,
he is allowed to purchase a knife, fork, and
spoon at blockade-prices ; he is also furnished
with a cotton coverlet, and five yards of brown
cotton muslin, from which to prepare a bed
tick. When finished, he is permitted to go
into the yard, where, from a large pile of straw,
he fills the tick- Then, shouldering the un
wieldy mattress, he staggers into the room and
seeks a vacant spot, which hereafter shall bo
sacred to Mmself.” Lieut. Harris and others
of the Ball’s Bluff captives were particularly
badly treated. On reaching Richmond they
were
HEAD NETS,
Thrnst, with six hundred privates, into a ware
house, —where, sweltering with the heat of mid
summer, with closed windows, and not room suffi
cient for them all to lie wedge-packed upon the
floor, they remained, suffering and without food,
for nearly twenty-four hours. They were then re
moved to their present quarters, yet were permit
ted to occupy only half the space subsequently al
lotted them,—the eastern section of the room being
filled with the prison gnsrl and Bontinol. On pC3f
upon the same floor, with orders to bayonet all who
approached within throe feet of them.
“ For weeks they slept upon the floor, without
biapjtotg pr overcoats, with blocks of wood—and
not enough even of those—for pillows. It was not
until three months had elapsed that the Confede
rate authorities furnished straw and cotton cover
lets. Without servants, mess tables, benches, or
even knives end forks, they ate their moels cross'
legged upon the floor, and off the window-sills, in a
primitive, yet (owing to the quantify furnished)
ravenous style. Without water facilities, except a
well in the yard, which waa used not only by the
officers, but also by five hundred men oonflned in
the upper stories of the warehouse, one of whom
only was allowed to use it at a time, hours would
pass each morning before an officer was able to
wash.”
In October, the treatment of the captive
officers was improved, hut that of the privates
not. In all 2,83-5 were confined ia Richmond,
and their cendition is painfully described.
“"With the floor for a bed, without straw,
many without pantaloons, all with scant rai
ment, but few with blankets, whilst the keen
air of mid-winter pierces through the ill-pro
tected building,—receiving half the ration of
food allowed in the federal army, covered
With vermin, starved and shivering,—they are
crowded together in herds. Regardless of
life, dead to the dictates of humanity, their
jailors sos them die daily,—apparently with*
out sympathy, evidently without attempting
to prevent mortality.” They had only two
meals a day,—breakfast and supper, The
first, a small piece of cold beef and five
ounces of bread; the other, half pint of soup
and five ounces of bread, rice being some
times substituted for meat. “ The rice is
often wormy; the meat is cooked two days
before consumed, and lies exposed in a
trough in the yard, becoming covered with
dust and ashes, and the juice being extracted
by making soup for one meal before the meat
is served, dry and hard, for the next.”
People were allowed to intrude upon them,
to insult them with the most foul-mouthed
abuse of their loyalty. They were not allowed
to go near any of the windows, and seven
Federal prisoners were shot dead by the senti
nels for inadvertently leaning from the win
dows.
The prisoners amused and employed them-
selves, amid all their privations. They had a
glee-club, which sang national songs; they
had amateur theatricals; and, with such sim
ple instruments as a jack-knife and file they
produced curiously-carved trinkets in bone
and wood.'
Mr. Faulkner, who was exchanged against
Mr, Ely, visited the Richmond prisoners in
December, and declared
“That United States officers in Richmond re
ceived treatment similar to that of Confederate
privates in North.
“ That United States privates ware treated much
worse than Confederate privates were in the North.
11 That the privateers North received every com
fort posaible under the circumstances.
“That the federal hostages in Riehmesd jui
were treated far worse than the privateers were
in the North.”
Lieut. Harris gratefully describes the relief
to tho coffering Fodoral privates iu the Rich
mond warehouses from the liberal donations
of clothes, blankets, and other necessaries,
received from Philadelphian humanity end
generosity, last January. The prisoners were
* Prison-Life in the Tobacco Warehouse at Richmond.
By aßalt's Blnff prisoner, Limit. Wn. C. Harrin, of OoL
Baker’s California Regiment. Dp. 111. Philadelphia
George W. Childs,
in destitution and rags, and the relief was
ample and timely.
We have drawn on only two chapters of the
book In the preceding facts, our object botng
to show how the prisoners at Richmond were
treated, and how much they suffered. Lieut.
Harris has livelier records as he proceeds, de
scribing a day in the officers’ prison, and
another in the privates’ prison—telling of the
daily pursuits and pastimes—incidents grave
and gay, of captivity Christ,mas festivities
in tbe tobacco warehouses—Sunday in prison—
traits and descriptions of the jailors—anec
dotes of visitors— and grapMc pon.und-mlt
sketches of the prisoners themselves, among
whom are Samuel A. Pancoast, (brother of
Hr. Pancoast of this city,) with Lieut. Charles
M. Tlooper, Captain John Markoe, Lieut.
George W. Kenny, and other Philadelphians.
The concluding chapters describe the return
from captivity, which was effected by ex-
change.
Lieut. Harris lias produced a readable and
reliable book, well written, and full of infor
mation tlmt the public much desire to obtain.
LETTER FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
Thp Ni'M’Sjuippr (Inisorslklp—Released on P?.«
role -influx of ** &pvCl»lS T ’—TUe MflTlmaC
Expected on Sunday—Quiet—Presentation of
Flaps to Colonel Harlan's Cavalry—Ad*
r dresses of Colonels Whipple and Harlan*
vt tuc rrowhj
Fortress Mokroe, April 16.
Col. TMwftTds S. Sanford is here bnsily engaged in ar
ranging the details of the newspaper censorship. The
Coionul issued a pass more specificth&Q any hitherto
issued l>y tho Department* ami which will relieve the
newspaper correspondents of many of the embarrass
ments under which they have heretofore labored.
The Colonel ii untiring in bis efforts to prevent any
information from being communicated to the enemy* but
will assist tbe members of the newspaper fraternity by
all tbe mtiai‘B in his power.
Mr. J. F. Quigg, the correspondent of tho New York
1l r M>7d, WllA was BfMßttd A fuw d&ys &g 6 foi l AS alleged
violation of the rules of the department concerning the
transmission of contraband news* is now at liberty on
parole.
£bc condition of affairs around. &I 9 point* which hfta
now become megraud poiutofiutereat. has attracted large
crowds of newspaper corre*pondents. Each of tho leal-
j D g papers of tbe country has atleaßt two correspondents*
some of whom stay to watch the Merrita&c, while others
putdi on to the aruiy encampments.
Heavy firing wm heard from Sewell's Point to-day.
There are no signs of the Mcrrimac up to four o'clock
this afternoon. We expeci her out again on Sunday.
The VnpHfth frfgata lAa still lies up the bay.
Everything is very quiet. Nothing of any interest
has been beard from tho army, although stirring events
are looked for in a few days. *
Tho weuther is pleasant, and the roads are in auite a
good condition.
On last Sunday afternoon quite an imposing ceremony
was enacted in tbe camp of the Eleventh Pennsylvania
Cavalry, CoJoail Harlan* being tbe presentation of two
beautiful oils nags to the regiment. The presematioa
was made by Lieutenant Colonel Wn. D. Whipple, as
sistant adjutant general of the department, and aid to
General Wool. One of the flags was from the United
OAe&ybßieLt, t)>6 oilier was from tii© State ef
Pennsylvania, They were made of blue silk, each being
represented by the insignia of the National and State
Governments.
The regiment was drawn up on tho parade ground,
forming three aides of a hollow square, to receive Cot.
Whipple, who was followed by two orderlies bearing the
standards in their black silk sheaths. Co!. Harlan ad-
Ypptfdt? meet Col, >Yhippte, and conducted him intft
this kqu&tb, where Lieut. Colonel Spear was stationed
with the regimental gtandard-bearers and sergeant’s
guard.
Col. Harlan and Col. Whipple now dismounted. The
latter commenced bis speech 111 & clear and distinct voice,
whose tones caught the ear of every soldier in the line*
the silence being undisturbed by the clank of a single
sabro. _
COL. WHIPPLE’B ADDRESS.
Officers and Soldiers of the Eleventh Regiment of Penn
sylvania Cavalry: Tbe major geneial commanding tho
department having been invited to seloct an officer to
present these standards in the name of the Government
of tbo United States and the peoph? Executive of the
doxßznnnwis»ub oi Txanq/ivania, and me selection having
fallen upon myself, in which you have b*en pleased to
•cquiesse, 1 undertake this duty with diffidence, there
being go many others near at land belter fitted to offici
ate at this touching and impressive ceremony.
These b»eutlful elandftrda, proud emblems of our State
and Federal Goveri menta, twin brothers of that glorious
flag around whose folds cluster so manv memories dear
to every patriot heart, whose broad stripes and bright
stars were baptised in'the blood of our father*, battling
<or the Union on greiiJd almost wtibtu'bight of
whence even now' defies the sound of cannon, telling
where our brothers ft*e engaged against traitor hordes in
tbe fight for the same sacred cause. Thesestandardsars
now committed, without stftin or dishonor* to your keep
ing. in the full confidence Ui&t you still sooner perish in
their defence than permit the lustre of their ancient re
nown to be dimmed by &uy fault or neglect of your?.
When traitor hordes dared to lire upon our beloved na
tional ensign floating over tbe wails of Snmpter* and
sought to trail it in tho dust and rend it in pieces, it was
then that more than twenty millions of freemen rose in
their terrible wrath* and sent their fathers, and brothers*
and sons to poor out their, blood like water in Us defence.
Such a spectacle the world has never witnessed siuce It
came forth without form and void from the hands of the
Creator, to yon, as a portion of this willing army Of
the Fotomac, to your patriotism and valor, is this gar,red
trust committed by the confiding people of the Old Key
stone State.
The people of Pennsylvania, speaking through their
floTeruor lb ilie letter accompanying tills Wlor, flap TO
you: « >Ve expect this regiment to immortalize them
selves in the field of battle, and for God's sake and your
own never allow this flag to be disgraced. 1 * We know
that you are eager to realize these expectations, and win
that immortality. We kuour that you at*e lmaglns t*> in
flict ft terrible punishment upon that foul brood of
traitorswbo have with sacrilegious band endeavored to
pluck thirteen stars from out our glorious constellation.
Teacb them they might as well attempt to blot oat the
Clara lrom the blue at keaven as to atkcAipfc iy
diminlah the beauty of that Heaven-protected flag Take
these standards and make them a Bource of joy and pride
to their friends, and fear and trembling to their enemies.
The standards were then delivered to Col. Harlan
Kient. <?oi. ©pear, Tvfcoj odTancing with tbe standard
bearers and guard, received and conducted them to the
line, the band playing “ The Star-Spangled Banner.”
The officers of the regiment were ordered to form and
advance in line to the presence of doia. Whipple and
Harlan, who were remounted, and Col. Harlan replied to
the address of Col. Whipple, as follows:
COLONEL HARLftU’S ADDRESS.
Colonel: In the name of these officers and the men Of
the isieTemfc renoeyiTaDto <7aV»lry, and in DcWMf of
myself, I thank you for the distinguished honor confered
upon OB by General Wool, in sending by the chief of h’S
military family these standards, which are hereafter to
be followed and guarded by this regiment of patriots. We
deceive iLese standards as the emblems of our Federal
and State relations, which we have come into the field to
sustain against the treasonable and disorganizing spirit
of rebellion ; and we ask of General Wool to give us the
advance, that we may prove ourselves worthy of the
he&fir h& COfiffeM by ibis To achieve under
his command, the smallest of those sreat results which
have made brilliant the pages of history, with the glory
of Geteral Wool’s military successes* will immortalize
the Eleventh Pennsylvania Cavalry as apt scholars in
the school of chivalry, led by sa dLUaafttlsk&d a com
mauder.
LATE NEWS FROM THE GULF.
Our Gun and Mortar Bouts Running Past the
Mississippi Forts—Pensacola not yet £va*
mated—Forts Mcßae and Barrancas Under*
mined* ,
SET West, April 9.—The .transport steamer Phila
delphia* from Fort Pickens, arrived here this morning.
The Philadelphia left Fort on Sunday night,
the 6th inst.f and brings important intelligence, By tof
wo learn that General Arnold had received amhentio in
formation that ten of the mortar vessels, with three
steamers, had successfully run the gauntlet of the forts
on the Mississippi at nighty without a shot being fired
<4 them* This is great news, tor if tea have gone jy the
balance will have no difficulty in doing the ruune thing.
Further than this regarding the operations on the Mis
sissippi I am not at liberty to state at present.
Pensacola is not yet evecuat&L This 1 nformatiora Is .
in all respects reliable, fi|r. bi, W. Wood, who has keen
living and doing business in Pensacola, and who made his
escape from there on the 26th nit., tells me that there are
yet el the fi>rh about one thousand men, under tbe com
mand of a Colonel Jones. Many of the guns have been
buried, others spiked, and the heaviest and most valuable
removed to the interior. He also says that both Forts
Bcßae and Barrancas are undermined, and Blow matches
are ready to blow them up whenever wo make the at
tack. From his account, everything in and about Pen
sacola, the navy yard, and the Torts are on tholr last
legs; they (the people and troops) are desperate, and ap
pear detetpnned to destroy everything rafhyr than let it
fall into the hands of our farces*' The health of the
garrison at Fort Pickenaand on Santa Rosa Island is ex
cellent.
FBOiff THE MISSISSIPPI FLOTILLA.
STARTING'FOB FORT PILLOW.
Tbs Inland Humber Ten correspondent of the Chicago
.Tosf writes an agreeable letter to that journal under
date of the 11th inst. Ho says that the greater part of
ibo prisoners are held by Gen- Pope at New Madrid, in
cluding Generali Mackall* Gaunt and Walker. The
prisoners taken on the island were shipped up the river
on one of tbe captured steamers, the Admiral. The
“Seceeh” pilot of the boat was made to navigate her to
Cairo, and the prisoners were tarnished with rations
from the captured commiysary states. Thus they were
made, literally* to pay th*-lr passage into captivity. The
prisoners state that Jeif Davis in person is at Corinth,
bnt that Southern papers are forbidden to mention it.
He has probably bis carpet-bag packed for a journey into
Mexico at an early day.
Who Furnishes the'Enemy with Supplies!
The large quantity of commissary stores found in the
possession of so small a force as that which held this
place, shows, as well a« the extensive fortificatlQOFj
preparations were made for a long ana determined siege*
They were supplied with abundance of everything; and
the numerous sacks of coffee found among the stores far
lilsh evidence that they are not so very destitute of that
desirable luxury as wo have supposed them to be. It Is
hardly i>ee*H»rr to <uk wjiero st*9) r eotfl&o,
when .e find in the same storehouse an abundance of au
perior star candles bearing a New York brand, and a
large supply of canvassed hams made in Quincy, Illinois.
Instead of asking where the • rebel, obtain the soppties
which enable them to continue the wart our inailiriea
should he directed to finding out the traitor* among onr
eelvea who are furnishing them, llere, also, as at Pond
son. we find the rebels abundantly supplied with powder
from Northern manufactories. It may hare been ob
tained before tbe war began, bat I Lave a eerv skßong
suspicion that all of it was not.
Off for Fort Pillow.
Last evening orders were issued to all the boats com
nriting the naval fleet to be in readiness to depart at a
moment’# notice. Alt the steamers commenced coaling
last night, and are ready this morning for ft stsrt.
Scrotal of tbe mortar boats ftre already in tow. and the
whole fleet is in momentary expectation ot the other
from the fleg-tbip for departure.
Ply neat letter will Countless bo dated from bouk
whe re in the direction of Memphis, but where, ttie ira
possible to say. « Oawwdto the Baliro.”
FROM YORKTOWN.
REBELS BUILDING FCRTIFICATIONS AT GLOUCESTER.
A Gunboat Opens Fir* on Them.
THE REBELS DRIVEN OFF WITH L 035.
SKIRMISHING ALONG THE ENTIRE LINE.
THE ATTEMPTS TO DISLODGE OUR SHARPSHOOTERS.
Preparations to Abandon Newport News,
Fortress Mohroe, April 16. —Tire rebels bare
beOfi for several days building largo fortifications
on the Gloucester side of York river, about tiro
miles from Yorktown, within sight of our gunboats ;
but their guns were of too long range to allow the
approaob ef tbs boats to shell the works.
About one thousand men were at work ou the for.
tifications, and the mortars were not of sufficient
range to check the operations.
Ytsterdaj morning, however, the gunboat Salage
arrived, having a heavy 100-pound rifled Parrott
gun, and at once opened upon them with shell,
which were so well aimed that they could be seen
failing in tboir midst and exploding with fatal
effect.
The rebels could be distinctly seen carrying off
their killed and wounded, and in the course of two
hours tho work was entirely suspended, the men
retiring out of range. At every attempt to renew
the work, they wero driven back up to nightfall.
The guns mounted by the enemy on tho York
town Side ef the river number not iess than fifty
100-pounders, some of which are rifled, bearing di
rectly on the bar. Our gunboats are at present
about two miles below the town.
There is said to be skirmishing along the whole
line before Yorktown, and the Berdan Sharpshoot
ers are spreading terror among the gunners of the
enemy by their unerriDg aim.
The enemy have made several sorties with in
fantry, in the endeavor to capture or dislodge
the riflemen, but have been driven back with heavy
loss.
As to tho amngewants && fia&l siege,
need only say that the work goes bravely on.”
There was some firing this morning by tho rebel
batteries to the left of Yorktown, but no damage
was done.
An extensive smoke was seen rising all day from
Newport News, loading to the belief that prepara
tions were being made to evacuate it. It has now
ceased to be a position of importance.
ACCOUNTS OF THE MERRIMAC.
She is Believed to be Repairing
Damages.
THE EXPLOIT OP THE JAMESTOWN.
Fortress Monroe, April 16. —Calmer weather
is prevailing in the Roads, and as everything U
propitious for the reappearance of the Merrimac,
it is concluded that she does not come because she
was injured by being aground when last out.
A flag of tinea want up this fcaOmlng to deliver
letters and despatches. No news has transpired.
The belief is very general here that the Merri
mac received some injury during her recent raid,
which compelled hor to go back to Norfolk. She
was undoubtedly aground on the second day, and
may, from the heavy weight of her armament,
have sprung a leak.
She is, however, at tho Norfolk Navy Yard, and
there is little doubt, undergoing repairs. When
moving about the Upper Roads, ou Friday last, and
exchanging shots with the Naugatuck, she was
very close to the English steamer Racer, being at
one time alongside.
In a conversation with an English sailor, yester
day, an experienced gunner, ho Hsured me that
the last time the Merrimac fired, either her gun
burst or the shell exploded before it left the muzzle.
He was close enough to see a great commotion on
board and the escape of smoke from her port
holes.
Fortress Monroe, April 16.—Tho Richmond
Dispatch has some comments on the Merrimac,
which, it says, spont two days in Hampton Roads,
bantering the Monitor and tho Yankee fleet to
come up from the shelter of the guns. They claim
Bhe is the master of Hampton Roads.
The exploit of the Jamostoim, ta seizing three
vessels, is regarded as showing tbe terror with
which the Yankees view the Merrimac. Consi
dering it not worth while to waste guy more coal in
fruitless efforts to entice the Monitor to a conflict,
she returned to her anchorage.
NEWS FROM REBEL PAPERS.
THE FEDERAL BECONNOISSANCE TO RAP
PAHANNOCK.
ADJOURNMENT OF THE REBEL CONGRESS.
whs coHsciiiriioN mill, tassed.
From the New Orleans Expedition.
FORTS JAGKSON AMD PHILIP ATTACKED.
Fortress Monroe, April 18.—The following
sm is taken from tli? Norfolk papers;
Richmond, April 15.—Both Houses of Congress
have adopted a resolution to adjourn on Monday
next, and to meet again on the third Monday In
August.
Reports have been received here of the landing
of Yankee troops, at Rappahannock and in Essex
county, on the Rappahannook river.
Richmond, April 18.—Five Federal gunboats
went to TTrbana on the Rappahannook river on
Sunday, and the next day proceeded to Rappahan
nock. Ho troops were landed. It is supposed to
have been a rvconpoissanov or feint.
Official information from How Orleans states that
an attaok on Forts Jackson and Philip was com
menced yesterday, the 14th inst.
Savannah, April 18.—The Morning News
learns that Jacksonville, Florida, was evacuated by
the Federals last Tuesday. They said they were
going to Tybee. Tho train is note in the possession
of tbe Confederates.
Richmond, April 15.—The conscription bill was
passed by Congress on the 9th.
Thu Norfolk X>&y Book announces the arrival of
the French frigate Gassendi, with the French mi
nister on board, and says there was great curiosity
manifested and many surmises on the occasion.
Tbe editor cays Meroivr has despatches for ths
French consul at Richmond, which is the cause of
the visit.
MEXICAN AFFAIRS.
Arrest and Execution of General Pezuela—
WftfiklU|lAttU Blrtk-Jay in ike Allied
Camp*
Havana, April 7. —The English steamer Avon and the
Spanish war* steamer Velasco arrived from Vera Cruz
yfßterdw> with dates from that city to April 1* and Ori
zatoa march so. The news from the republic of Mexico
is more or less important Admiral La Graviere has
been recalled by hiß Government, and the French troops
were about falling back on Cbiqnibuite, and it is be
lieved. says a correspondent of the PfatW <te fa Jforw
that tfcv Spaniards vrould imitate tbo backward move*
ment of llieir allies, Since it was stipulated at Bolodad
that tbe French and Spanish were to remain at Tehaacan
and Orizaba, unless actual war should be revived upon,
tbfc threaten?# retrograde movement must be regarded as
warlike) and wo are informed that It has been caused by
the murder of a Spanish officer, wbo was lassoed by
some guerillas, dragged Into a wood, and beheaded.
The near approach, however, Of the 15th instant—
tbo day appointed for the final conference-induced
Aka, French an J Spanish commanlera to wiait « little
longer.
Genera] Don Manuel Robles y Pezuela, Minister of
War under the Administration of Goneral Arista, and
subsequently minister plenipotentiary at Washington,
wbera Lo was universally esteemed, was arrested an the
21al nit., near Tehuacan, by a detachment of Govern
ment troops, taken to the town of San Andres Ohalchi
comula, the scene of terrible disaster, and there
executed on tbe 24th, in TOntoroiity with the law of the
2oth of lost January. He died like a brave man* “ wilh
the serenity and valor ot a soldier and a Christian,”
says the Eco de Europa of tho 26th. General Prim and
Sir Charles Wyke made every effort to save the unfortu
nate gentleman. The Minister of War, General Zara*
Koza» being in Orizaba with others of tho Gabineti he
was botieged by them and the Mexican Ministers of
Justice and the Treasury, until he yielded to their re
quest, and granted a respite, which General Prim sealed
and despatched by a courier $ but whether owing, to.the
M reitf 8 or that to lost his way i w a fotermiaatwn that
the execution should take place* the courier arnvod nve
hours after General Pezuela ceased to live ~
The Eco de Europa, of the 26th ultimo, gives the fol
lowing account of an event which will be read with in-
time in February last) the United States steamer
Potomac arrived at Vera Cruz, and the commander, find
ing three foreign flagß flying over the city and castle, was
considerably puzzled as to bow he should give the salute
customary on entering a friendly port, and finally con
cluded to omit R iktiogeftier, This circumstance gave rise
to a great deal of comment, and some considered it an
intentional insult and hostile demonstration on. the part
of tbe United States towards the Allies. A few days af
terwards tbe captain of the Potomac called on General
Prim, who received him with marked courtesy, »nd invi
ted him to dino with him on the following day. The cap
tain accepted and presented himself next _d*y at tbe ap
pointed hour. The dinner waa brilliant, if a dinner could
be Qualified by such an adjective. General Prim row and
GaSTLKMEN: To-day in the anniversary‘of the birth of
a great man—one of those pertonage# ivho ohino In his
tory with the vivid colors of heroes and the gentler ones
of benefactors of the .human race—George Washington:
WiuliiiiftoPi fcfntlijrtM—one of the finest, giewort, *nfl
nioßt BjmimUißHo natures mat the annals or the world
afford.. His memory la dear, not only to the great people
who owe to him their oxistince, bnt to the entire human
race. His nsme is a name of blessing, not only In the
country which gave him birth, bnt wherever throbs a
generous heart. It it right, then, that we ihenld drink
to his memory, eince a fortunate accident has brought
us here together on the annivereary of his birth. I
drink, gentlemen, to tbe memory of Washington.
The United Stutei officer was deeply moved. •< I had
tlionghr,” he said, >• that no one here but I had remem
bered the day; hut eince you also, General, have re
membered it, I can only say thanke. a thousand thanks."
If ever a man felt gratified I am euro It was that Captain,
who?? pap e 1119 po; Know, He went on board bie ehip
the beppl?et men lu Ter# Cruz, and the next dai saluted
each of the throe flags in consecutive order, tv the entire
satisfaction, of everybody.
TWO CENTS.
THE BATTLE OF SHILOH.
V&ri&un Stoutkgra Aee&imts.
EIGHT THOUSAND PRISONERS, INCLUDING
TWO HUNDRED FEDERAL OFFICERS.
100 Pieces or AftHterr art 20,000
Small Arms, Re., Taken.
THE ENTIRE REBEL LOSS EITHER FIVE
THOUSAND OR TWENTY THOUSAND.
Gen. Prentiss Sent to lsjebßW»d.
A NORFOLK PAPER MAGNAVIXOUBLY SUG
GESTS A CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES.
OUf Fortress Monroe itud Westem correspondents
have forwarded to us late Southern papers,—the
dates being to the 15th inst. The jubilant tone of
the rebels is not at all surprising; much more sur
prising iS the pPdpftSitiAil Of the Norfolk D 00&
that the *' Confederate Government” should make
overtures to our Government for a cessation of hos
tilities.
fFrom fiSclimond biapatcli, April it]
An intelligent member of the Fifth Texas regi
ment of the army of the Potomac, who was here
on Friday night, made this statement:
He passed Corinth 911 TttSSd&y wonting, and
while stopping an hour) collected this information ?
Vfe bad captured eight thousand prisoners, a part
of whom had been sent to New Orleans, and a por
tion to Memphis. He himself saw a large body of
men, who ho was informed, w«4 wk&fc ;4m&{£e<l of
the ptis6ti£f§, and be was told by the guard who
had them in charge, that they numbered five thou
sand seven hundred. We had captured, he was
told, eighty cannon, and that the £nsg)y bfld re
covered only four of them.
The gallantry of several regiments was most
loudly praised. He could not recollect their names,
but one of the Tennessee regiments had suffered
most severely of all, and the Kentucky regjnjOßt of
General Breckinridge was extolled by every one.
Its noble commander won for himself a name which
can never perish. AU our people were must ex
ultant. Another fight is expected, but the belief
was that the entire army of the enemy could be
£flptUFSd, wUk all their boats. HattiTlCS hud been
erected on the river which would present their
escape.
General Van Porn, with the army oC the brave
Price, was approaching. *
sail later accounts than ibe above were brought
by the Hon. Mr. Tibbs, of the House of Represent
atives, who arrived in this city from Cnattanooga
on Saturday evening. His reports of the glorious
victory at Shiloh are the most gratifying that we
have read or heard. He states confidently that the
number of prisoners taken ]£ not less than 7,000,
and the enemy’s loss in the battles of Sunday and
Monday, in hilled and wounded, by their own ad
nii&ioih reaoheg 15,000. Mr. T. also states that
nearly the whole of the ammunition and stores cap
tured by our army on Sunday, and which General
Beauregard had to leave behind him when he re
tired to Corinth, had been saved by the gallant and
indefatigable Morgan, whose very name is ft terror
to the enemy of the Southwest.
The rich fruits of this glorious fight are almost
incalculable, and the blow inflicted perhaps the most
stunning which the enemy has received in the pro
gress of the "war.
The Richmond papers of Saturday claim that the
Confederates took six thousand prisoners at the
battle of Pittsburg Landing. They also state that
John C. Breckiuiidge distinguished himself on the
bawls-field by bis bravery.
General Prentiss and another officer of the Fede
ral army, who were taken prisoners, were sent to
Richmond, where the; have arrived.
General Johnston, it is stated, was struck daring
the battle in the thigh with a Minis ball, but cac
ti Dued on in the fight, and finally, from the loss of
blood, fell from his horse, and soon after expired.
The Confederates admit a loss of three thousand
in billed and wounded, and about two bunded
prisoners.
Both Richmond and Norfolk, it is stated, were il
luminated on Frida; night.
[From the Knoxville Resistor, April 10.]
We received, yesterday, but meagre details from
the battle of Shiloh, near Corinth. What we gather
from passengers who left Corinth on Tuesday morn
ing is somewhat vague The victory of the Con
federates on Sunday is full; confirmed. Our trOop3
pursued the routed Federal army to the Tennessee
river, where great numbers of them were drowned,
endeavoring to embark upon their gunboats. One
of their transport?, it is said, was capsized, $9B
- Its Luuiuu freight to a watery grave. Oar
army slept in the enemy’s tents on Sunday night.
During the night Buell’s army, of thirty thousand
reached and crossed the river, and on Monday
morning attacked our forces. Tho battle of Mon
day is said to have .been as desperate and bloody as
that of Sunday; but our troops, running short of
ammunition, were compelled to fall back upon
Corinth, which, at last accounts, they were doing
ifa g6od order, having taken a Large? additional
cumber of prisoners. A private despatch, received
yesterday, says that the enemy, retreated to their
gunboats on Monday, and there has been no fight
since.
The prisoners taken on Sunday were sent under
guard towards Corinth. Buell sent a brigade of
cavalry to attempt to rescue them; but a body of
Confederate cavarly and artillery from Corinth not
only frustrated tk& inovemeni, bat also capiurod
the whole of the brigade of Federal cavalry.
Our informant saw General Prentiss a prisoner at
Corinth, and saw. him meeting with hia
who were brought in prisoners after LiUi H?
made n speecht on Monday Light, to his fellow cap
tives. Several of the flags borne by the prisoners
were inscribed:
««To Corinth or Hell.”
Oui troops wvre compelled to abandon a portion
of the cannon captured on Sunday, we presume,
owing to their crippled condition, but spiked them
before leaving them.
The following despatch was received yegterday
in this city from a member of Colonel Cummings’
Regiment:
“ Tbe Nineteenth Tennessee Regiment oaptured
an entire Federal regiment, the Twenty-segonij Il
linois. Colonel Cummings and Major Fanlkerson
both slightly wounded. Captains Walker and Wil
lett both wounded, tho latter since dead. Lieut.
Gregg, of Jonesborough, and Lieutenant Rhea, of
Blountville, both wounded. Knorvills beys all
safe.”
It appears from a statement is the Memphis
Avalanche that Governor Harris, of Tennessee,
was in the battle. That paper says;
“ This is a rpirit worthy of the ancient and best
days of our Commonwealth. Let those who ashort
time since were so ready to eensure Gov. Harris
go and do likewise. We wonder where the Mili.
wry Governor, Andy Johnson, wan when the
trenchant steel shimmered neath the April sun, and
the death shots burled in battle on the banks of the
broad Tennessee? Was he as near the front of
danger then as the Governor of our choice ?”
[Special army correspondent of BtmmiiaL Hepublicaoi]
Cobikth, April 7,1582.
At the date of my last despatch, yesterday even
ing, the enemy were in full retreat. We drove them
baok to the river, where their river werks, gafi
bopts, and darkness stopped the pursuit. The battle
was hot and fnrions, and lasted twelve hours. The
Confederates occupied the enemy’s encampment
last night.
This morning tbe enemy rallied and renewed tbe
fighting, haviDg reoeived reinforcements to the
number of seven thousand from Crump’s Landing.
They fought bravely, but the Confederates repulsed
them twice. About ten o’clock further large rein
forcements were brought up by Gen. Buell. The
fighting now became desperate along oar whole
line. The battle is still ragmg, with varied fortune,
and even more furiously than yesterday.
We leek ivt thousand prisoners yesterday, who
are now at Corinth. To-day we captured several
batteries, and lost some. It is impossible in the
roar and confusion of battle to give particulars.
General Beauregard is in command of the Confe
derate army, twisted by Generals Folk, Bragg,
Hardee, Breckinridge, and others. Generals Cheat
ham, Bowen, and Clarke are slightly wounded. The
lobs is very heavy on both sides.
Suilob, April 7—9 P. M.
Tbe battle has raged all day, and night alone put
a suspension to the strife. Th# fight was more ob
stinate and furious than that of yesterday, and the
loss on both Bides is very heavy
The enemy were Lu«Y 11 y reinforced' throughout
the day. Seeing this, General Beauregard with
drew his troops back of the Federal enoampment.
The enemy followed up. when tho battle was re
newed and continued until night, each side main,
tabling its position. The Confederates fought for
two whole days without any assistance whatever,
whilst the enemy was constantly reinforced with
fresh troops.
Siriuoii, April 8,1882,
Both sides are too badly worsted to renew the
fight this morning. The enemy fell back last
night, and to-day we are returning to onr former
lines, il'he Confederates are confident and in fine
spirit,
Corinth, April 10,1862.
Immediately after the battle General Beauregard
sent a flag of truce to General Grant concerning
the burial of their dead. General Grant replied
yesterday that, because of the warm weather, be
had made heavy details for the purpose of burying
the dead of both parties, and that the work was
Accomplished, He, therefore, refused to
xeoeive Confederate parties within the Federal
lines for that purpose. His note was respectfully
addressed as follows:
“General Beauregard, commanding the Con*
federaU Auay, Mississippi.’ l
At Monterey our/jourier found the Federate busy
putting their camps in order and looking after the
dead and wounded.
Tbo Confederates killed are mnoh less than was
at first supposed, and the weunded are onmpara
tivoly slightly hurt, as they were well protected by
the timber. ... .
The prisoners are Btill coming in, and number
nearly four Itousan J ; including ai>oui t,YO lkundred
officers.
The Federate daily send out strong reconnoi
tring parties, which are constantly surprised by the
Confederates, and many of them either killed or
wounded.
The Confederates are holding firmly their old
lines, and the men are in good condition and ready
for another fight.
Our wounded t.vo all arrived ; iaiajr of IhSSi
have been sent to Memphis and Oxford.
[From the Norfolk Day Book, April 15.1
Our latest advices by mail, from the great batup
near Corinth, are from the Memphis Appeal of the
Bth, containing a partial iißt of the killed and
wounded in the battle of Sunday. The Appeal
says the Federal loss is estimated, on the very best
official authority, at 12 000 to 15,000 in killed and
wounded i ft-WO to prisoners i about i#o
pieces of artillery, and 20,000 small arms, with
rents, wagons. Ice. The same authority states the
Confederate loss, in killed, wounded, anti miss
vng. at 5,000.
We append the following list of casualties among
tie officers, as reported by a correspondent of the
Appeal. It is merely such as the writer saw in
I string over the field : -
Killed—Colonel Kill Williams, Lieutenant Co
lonel Tyler, Fourth Louisiana; Colonel Crows, of
K?tnphSij Colquel Biyth, of (Morippi; Major
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„ Wounded—General Cljjjfe, Colon?/ ftfcll'i QtfTtttf,
Rater, Colonel JJpwcn, MnjOr IlOUrj, BiOUtSIHmG
Colonel Stewart, of Mississippi; Lieutenant Atr*
bott, Adjutant Iloweil, Captain Fowler, Captain
Pitman. Lieutenant Dcabott, Captain Tye; Major
Henry, Capinrn Sutherland, Lieutenant tucff, Ltott*
tenant Dy??, (no Adjutant or ibo Thirteenth* Ten*
ne&see, Captain Wilkins, Captain Morgan, Bleu*
tenant Bell, and Captain Crawford, of Tennessee
regiments; Lieutenant Miller and Lieutenant
Holmes.
Sanford’s Mississippi battery tras captured by thb
enemy, except one gun.
Atlanta, April 11,1862.
A gentleman who left Corinth on Wednesday
night states that there was hard fighting &n Sd&day
and Monday last, but none since. The Fede
ral loss wa* about twenty thousand. Among
their killed were Generals Buell and Wallace. This
is confirmed through other sources,
Up to Wednesday night seven thousand Federal
prisoners had been sent in.
General Polk’s division drove five thousand of
the Federals into the river. About two thousand
were lost, and many officers captured.
The woods in theTioinity of the battle-ground
having taken fire, many of the wounded on both
sides were burnt to death.
Cur forces were compelled to destroy tbe ammu
nition captured for want of transportation to remove
it to a plaoa of safety.
Tbe Federal army, It Is stated, is
and there is no prospect of a renewal of tbe fight.—
Dtspatch to Atlanta, (Jotamonwealth .
The Result of the Hattie—Peace I’fQpQ?
billon*?,
(From the Norfolk Hay-Book, 15th last.]
At the present crisis, when the spirit and prow
ess of the Confederate arms have been so Bignally
vindicated, is it not a favorable time for the Coa
federate Government to propose to the Government
at Washington a cessation of tbe fierce and unna
tural strife which has watered our soil with blood
and tears, and darkened the annals of our country's
history ? ’
What dignity and sublimity in the proposition,
coming from the Confederate Government, now
bristling in readiness for the dire conflict which fa
naticism and wrong has forced upon us'
Why hot say to the Government at Washington)
u We are countrymen and brothers; come, let ni
reason together; let us terminate this murderous
controversy, and settle our difficulties without thlrat
ing for each other’s blood V 9
Is not the pissiftos bl£&d klfeaJy spilled, p9wrv4
out from the hearts of brothers and countrymen)
enough! Are not the hecatombs of fathers, hus
bands, and sods already made sufficient to appease
the vile demon let loose among us f
D&6S tfefc Weight of anguieli Tfbwb UQVT Op*
presses so many weary hearts, sorrowing for their
loved ones, wbese death sighs have been uttered
on tbo field of war, move the sympathy of the
world ? Thor? js but 9H9 way of settling the ques.
tioua at issue betweex us; that way is not by bat
tie and blood. A people resolved to be free oan
never be subjugated ; centuries of war, oceans of
blood, will fail of tbe vile object to enslave us,
If the North has such tenderness of eonseienes
as not to be able to bear participation in what is
called the sin of our peculiar institution, then let
us Arrange for an honorable separation, like civi•
lizcd beings—like Christian people. An absolute
separation has already taken plaee, and every ye«
of war widens the breach. When fully separated
from us their consciences will be relieved. We
will engage to attend to our own affairs, and leave
the is urt-i). alone in ber moral glory.
Where is the men ef tbliie ..J honor, on the
surface of the wide earth, informed as to tbe na
ture of our present strife, who will not rejoiee at
its termination? Beaven and virtuous earth must
frown on the fraternal conflict now going pg jg pgr
Ur.fi, and muit Binjly flbVB VL« TltfOS BHUgglB U
ended. The South must and will be free from the
shackles of the phrensied dynasty seeking to bind
her ; peaceably free is certainly her preference—
certainly free, by wbateyer means, is her sura
destiny.
Our Army at Pittsburg Landing.
NO FURTHER MOVEMENTS,
WHAT THE BATTLE AMOUNTED TO.
<c Agate,” the correspondent of the Cincinnati
writing from the battle* field at Pittsburg,
Sunday, gives the following particulars of the de
luge of our army up to Wednesday, the 9th inst.;
Pirrenvnn Landing, Tenn.» >
Wednesday Evening, April 9. J
The days after the battle have been spent in burying
the dead and collecting tbe wenuf ed. Meantime no ope*
rations of any Importance have been attempted against
thg ant my. Last nwht their auairf. was skill wULU
eight miles of us. If cavalry is to be of any uee te
us, then was the time to ict it out. But no pursuit haa
been made. Several regiments were ordered out yester
day, onwbat I suppose w’&a intended as areconnoUsanee.
The y pHnw up to Gift rebel rear guard, made a push at 1U
and came back sonintbicg the worse for wesf.
There wc re certainly no ojgns in tbe movements there
that tbe retreat was a rout.
Rebels Abandoning Provision Trains and
Throwing Away Arms.
Yet the rebels abandoned targe quantities of property.
A mile or two out from bhiloh, (the church in the edge
of our lines, where Beauregard had his headquarters,)
long trains of wagons—mostly loaded with provisigas—
je&fc fiU In the bind. They (abandoned Vhejn, 9W fWIB
care to go along before leaving, and break off all tho
t* nguf s. The} seemed to iwAgiue that that would serve,
like spiking a gUD, to disable it effectually. The amount
of provitions abandoned was immense. The rebels had
evidently come to stay. Flour was saatUsM oV<?t
on acres on either side of tbe road, till in places It looked
as if it had snowtd flour, and that the storm was heavier
than had ever been seen before by tho oldest inhabitant.
There were some signs, too, of rapid retreat Monday
eyeing, Tn v 9I)C place sabres, muskets, and accoutre*
meats eouia ho picHrd up in any quantity. Ktaewhere,
tbiough the woods and alcng the road, * ere abandoned
blankets, clothes, and arms of every description. At one
point* in the fieldß a mile or two beyond our Hues, they
seemed to have carried out most of ti*9|r Wt)9 Yfift
Uib<l in the bouiv on §utidoy, ior huriaii Acres warn
thickly dotted w ith the bodies.
Future Movements.
There are no present indications that we are to follow
tip our victory with the visor many will doubtless «xi
?ecn The army Has panged through a very severs batUft,
in which seine of its brigades and regiments, and nearly
all its divisions* were more or less disorganized. Weeks
will be required to put the army in as good shape as it
iydb before tho battle; Thorondg; too, just now. o? 6 im
passable i and it is understood lhat Gdber&l (li-ant is not
permitted, by his orders, to pursue, or ta more from his
present position. It is said he could not have moved out
to attack Johnston if the latter had even come and IM
surely pitched his tents within three miles of our lines.
Wp are expecting General Halleck hy Friday sight, or
Saturday morning, to take the command in person He
may go into things with a dash, but I should doubt it yet.
He is taking command of a somewhat disorganized army,
lie will hardly ri»k his first movement Will) lit till (til
again In good contiitjoD to tueet the enemy. It Will tike
seme time too for mm to familiarize himself with the mi*
nuter details of his position, to learu his officers, and, in
general get his bearings. At any rate, there is ho possi
bility now of our moving UU ho comes.
About Buell'S Forces,
General Kelson’s Division, forming the advance, or*
rived at Savannah Saturday night and Sunday morning.
Crittenden’s followed soon after. McCook’s marched Ml
day Sunday to get up in time for the fight on Monday.
Wsads 1 gbi ifi just as the battle was closing, §VU9TfIS
Garfield now has a brigade in it. Thomas’ Divislo*
brought up the rev, and got in on Tuesday.
Thus all the divisions of Buell’s army are here, ex
cepting Mitchell’s. You doubtless know bettor where It
it than wo do.
Major General C, F. Smith.
It was a matter of universal regret that this brilliant
officer was not able to participate In the battle, For wve
ral weeks ho hag be?R confined to Ills room, and IQOM*
flmfp f? jn> bed, by a Borere attack or gout and a coat*
bimiiion of other diseases. Jlis distinguished coolness oa
the battle-field, his more than a third of a century’s
active experience, would have gone largely to preventing
the disasters of Sunday.
Tbs Chmfevntei
It Is barely possible there may be some complaint
about tbe gunboats killing our own men in the cannon*
ade on Sunday night. It is true. I believe, that they did.
An officer of odd of them infoymg tb&t b 9 PfiMUfttM
the »maker thus kihefi at twenty ] but it waa better tv
lose those twenty than to lose the cannonade. Fining in
the dark, and in tbe general confusion of our Uaes, and
the advance and change of positions during the night, it
is only wonderful that they did uot do more of this unA
voidable damage than dJA.
Under what Name.
There is no town of Pittsburg where the battle wM
fought. There is simply a tolerably good place for boat!
to land, at which much of the freight for the lower Ten
ntPOTi 9Pwfns from hiriuphis and Cvriuth Vy rail, secrai
to have been shipped. Tbe place is known to the peoplv
of the country simply os Pittsburg Landing, and Pitts
burg Landing should be the name of the battle. As tbe
greatest ever foughftonthis continent, with ten time* *•
ftlßnylrMM AtifttyAll AS Al 51 Aw ihU-le©t» times m
many as at Buena Vista, and nearly twenty thousand
more than the allies had at the Alma, it deserves, at least,
its proper name.
>Vhat it all Amounts to.
mutt a defeat! Certainly not. if a man attempt* to
knock me down, and tho matter ends in my knocking
him down, I'm not defeated. At the same time I must
know how much I’ve hurt him, and how badly I’m hart
myseir, fcoioro I pan stetermin, whslher Fit belter glorify
QTerit much or not,
Johnston and Beauregard attempted to drive us into
the river, and the matter ended in our c riving them off
the field. Certainly it was not a defeat. But wm it a
decisive \ ictory 7 We aro yet without facts sufficient to
form »satisfactory opinion. If they were def-e Med i*>
badly on Monday as to turn their retreat into a rout; or
if tbe killing of Johnston, the repulse of tho great army
on which their last spasmodic efforts have been con
centrated, and the defeat of the pet Beauregard whom they
looked upon ag invincible; should produce discourage
rntut at>d demoralization enough in their rtfiks td pre
vent their making a firm staml at Corinth, then the vic
tory was—or might be made —the most decisive ef the
war. But if (as is insisted by those who ought to know
bfsti and ag seemed to me; judging from all I could am
amlle&rn, to hB the east.) their fetreat was conducted m
good ordtr and without confusion, and if they are able to
perfect their defences at Corinth, and prepare for vig
orous resistance before we attack them, the greatest bat
tle of tho war, instead of doubling anything, will beooma
mainly a success m regaining camps from which we hod
been driven by a surprise.
As to the fighting, the case is greatly in our favor. Tho
rebels selected their time and place of attack, pounced
upon a far inferior force, and performed a feat that
military writers Mare is impossible in & wcll.disclpUhed
a, my—effected a complete surprise. A stronger com
bination of circumstances asainst ns could hardly be
imagined. Yet we finally repulsed them.
Comparative Wounded,
Artillery, Prisoners, Etc.
Kor do the books poat so badly. AVe all believe here
that their loss in killed and wounded is considerably
largtr then ours. Certainly it is no |f§|, tPPh §
pood luuny swna, but w? tVPH tbtfll All bl»s* ?»
Monday, and a few of theirs beßido, including at lout one
fine steel rifled piece,
The balance of prisoners is against us. They took at
one swoop the chief portions of'three regiments, ' At
vatfoub *Ui£F times they fetched laol&Ud IV&gmefitS of
companies and squads Altogeiiier they must have irons
three to four or five thousand of our men • And to head
ihe list, they have one of our division generals. We, on
the other hand, took comparatively few. We have no
difliiite figures yet. but five hundred, I should think*
would cover the whole nwraber» Wt have; however, a
large number of their wounded, who are doubtless re
garded as prisoners of war. though net included ia this
estimate. They carried off what wounded they could on
Sunday, but on Monday they were foread to Uava Heap
to fall Into our hands.
Our tents, too, are badly damaged, and much of the
camp eauipage is destroyed. The rebels occupied all our
camps but one on Sunday night. Trunks were plun
dered, and private property w&i mostly d&ifcf&ytd | mush,
however, was left üblbjured, especially ihe comp* we**
not burned, as would certainly have been done*if the.
rebels had not expected to hold what' they bad gained,
and to use at their leisure the spoils they hod gained.
Bulon both Sunday and Monday th a battle raged thrown
ibc camps, and, of course, the tents, wore riddled wtm
balls. Many of those exposed are thus rendered warn*
lees.
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