THE PRESS,
rUNL (SU
ISWED DAILY NDAYS EXCHIPTED3
By JOHN W. FORNEY,
.S, No. 1.111 SOUTH FOURTH STREET.
THE DAILY PRESS,
si,4IFrOIN CENTS Pea WIWI, payable to the Carrier,
ri ,od to Sulmcribent out of the City at Mawr Dora,aaa
r l g ANNCY, FOUR DOLLARS FOR SIX MONTHS, Two DOL
-03 roe TRRISR MONTHS—lnvariably in advance (Or the
time ordered.
w Advertisements Inserted at the natal rites. Six
itadg COtifitittlto a equare.
TILE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS,
&roiled to linbecriben out of the City at Foos Dore
A ap Pas Ax wont, in advance.
COMMISSION 'MOUSES.
VLLING, COFFIN, & CO.,
220 011ESTNUT STREET,
Offer for sale, by the racicage—
PRINTS, BROWN AND BLEACHED SHEETINOS AND
;xlll TINOS.
DRILLS, CANTON FLANNELS.
COTTONADEs, CORSET JEANS.
EILESIAS, NANKEENS,
coLORED CADIDRICS, SEAMLESS BAOS.
BLACK DOESKINS AND CASSIMERES.
UNION CLOTHS, SATINETS.
PLAID LINSEYS, NEGRO KERSEYS.
EEKTUCKY JEANS.
ALSO,
SKY-BLUE KERSEY'S, INFANTRY CLOTHS.
ANDIT FLANNELS, 10 and 12rouuce DUCK, dic., ato.
ded-mivf Sin
ADELPIIIA
"BAG"'
MANUFACTORY.
: - . JuRLAP BAGS, OF ALL SIDES,
FOR CORN, OATS, COFFEE, BONE DUST, dm
ALSO,
SEAMLESS BAGS.
; l( standard makes, ALL SIZES, for sale cheap, for net
3Ah on delivery.
GEO. GRIGG.
jalaN No. 210 end 221 CHURCH ALLEY.
SEAMLESS BAGS.
1— 2,000 CANADA A, all, Cotton, ounces.
3,000 OZARK'S,
600 RALLY'S, "
1,(E0 ANOSKEAG.C., "
3,000 HAMPDEN E., half Cotton.
For sale low by
GRIGG & BARMSTEAD,
MERCHANDIZE BROKERS:
.111X3ra No. 1411 STRAWBERRY Street.
1
1
: ,OOTTON YARN.
BTPERIOR COTTON YARN, No. 10,
YOE SALK BY
rnotruzNonem a WELLS.
.sfiI.P.LEY, _HAZARD, &
HUTCHINSON,
No. URI CHESTNUT STREET,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
FOR THE SALE OF
PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS.
OSim
ATLANTIC COTTON MILLS.
SITEETINGS AND SHIRTINGS.
CHARLES AMORY, JR., & 00.,
205 CHURCH ALLEY,
CLOTHES-WRINGERS.
WILLIAM YARNALL,
DEALER INI HOUSEPURNISRING GOODS,
No. 1020 O,IS[ESI'NUT STREET,
-AVat for the sale of HALEY, MORSE, & BOYDEN'S
PATENT SELF-ADJUSTING
CLOTHES-WRINGER,
Believed to be the begt CLOTABS-WRINGRE in nee.
It will wring the largest Bed Quilt or smallest Hand•
ambler drier than can possibly be done by hand, In
;ea much lees time.
N. 13.—A liberal discount will be made to dealers.
noSan
CABINET FURNITURE.
CABINET FURNITURE • AND BIL.
MAIM TABLES.
MOORE tfc CAMPION,
No. 201 South SECOND Street,
!a connection with their extensive Cabinet Basinese, are
now manufacturing a superior article of
BILLIARD TABLES,
And have now on hand a fall amply, finished with the
MOORS & CAMPION'S IMPROVED CUSHIONS, which
Are-pronounced by all who have used them to be enpe•
rior to all others,
For the quality and finish of these Tables the mann
h.ttuera refer to their numerous patrons throughout
lli Union, who are familiar with the character of their
an23-6m
. DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
ROBERT SHOEMAKER Jo 00.,
Northeast Corner Fourth and RACE Streets:
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
INFOBT.ERS IND DEALERS
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS,
MANUFACTURERS OP
WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, &a.
ACENTS FOR TEE CELEBRATED
FRENCH ZINC PAINTS.
Peelers and eonsumera supplied at
IirREY LOW PRICES FOR CASH.
toTI-Sm
SEWING MACHINES.
SINGER'S
SE WING MACHINES,
F.,r Family Sewing and Manufacturing Purposes
810 CHESTNUT STREET.
WHEELER & WILSON
SEWING MACHINES,
628 CHESTNUT STREET,
THE WILCOX tic GLBBS
FAMILY
SEWING MACHINES
100 been greatly improved, making it
ENTIRELY NOISELESS,
ind with Self-adjusting Hemmers, are now readyfor rale
Df FAIRBANKS & EWING,
PeT7.if 715 CHESTNUT Street
U. S. REVENUE STAMPS.
PROMISSORY NOTE STAMPS.
A PULL suppLY ON HAND AT THE PRINCIPAL
NO 004 CHESTNUT STREET,
iAI.S-?.tl S. E. Cor. of FIFTH and CHESTNUT StB.ll
AGENCY FOR TELE SALE OF
UNIT•ED STATES TAX
STAMPS,
70. 57 South THIRD Street, first door above Chestnut.
A full supply of all kinds of REVENUE STAMPS that
have been Issued by the Government for sale in quantities
to salt.
A liberal dlsaoant allowed on amounts of 00 and up.
Orders by Mail promptly attended to.
JACOB E. RIDGWAY,
No. SI Smith THIRD Street
'617 ARON STREET.
O. A. VANKIRK & 00.
Have on hand a fine assortment of
CHANDELIERS
sr( D OTHER
GAS FLiTURES.
kilo, French Bronze Figures and Ornaments, Porcelain
11 . 1 1 Mica Shades, and a rarietY of
FANCY GOODS
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Please call and examine goods. del3-13!
CAUTION.
The well-earned reputation of
FAIRBANKS' SOALES
Induced the makers of imperfect balances to offer
h emsa " FAIRBANKS' SCALES," and purchasers hays
zersby, In many instances. been subjected to fraud and
Qaossltion. Fairbanks' Scales are manufactured only by
Us on inventors, E. &T. FAIRBANKS & 00., and
'' Waved to every branch of the brudness, where
lcrrsct and durable Scales is desired.
FAIRBANKS tra EWING,
General Agents,
MASONIC BALL. 710 CHESTNUT ST.
CASES 30-INCH BLAOKSIVNE
UMBRELLA CLOTHS.
Por we MLT7UEW BINNEY'S SONS,
.43` BOSTON, Masa
3CINVEN & CO., LITHOGRAPHERS
tas.." l ) PRINT COLORISTS, RoothWest Conker of
~fitTflOT and ELEVENTH Ilitreete,_ampreParetil to ex•
iTi'," t t 'lir description of Portrait, I.andecaPo, Natural
vl arr, Arhitectural, Autograph, Map, or other Litho-
Y, Me most imperior manner, and the most rear
athis ter m .
Ill h9 tograPhs, Portraits, Natorel Rietory_, and Medici-al
ataPn, and any other description of Plates, colored
. 6 beet atyle, and warranted to give satisfaction.
Metier attention to Coloring Photographs. °ain't(
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RETAIL DRY GOODS.
UP STAIRS DEPARTMENT
BOYS' CLOTHING
LADIES' CLOAKS,
READY MADE OR MADE TO DRAB:
COOPER & CONARD,
3a6-tfel B. B. COB. NlN'rll and MARKET SU
JAMES R. CAMPBELL & CO.,
IMPORTERS AND CASH DEALERS IN
DRY GOODS,
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
727 CHESTNUT STREET,
Have just received. and are now offering. magnificent
lines of
SILKS, SHAWLS, AND DRESS GOODS,
ESPECIALLY ADAPTED TO THIS SEASON
nol-3m
1024 CHESTNUT STREET
E. M. NEEDLES.
•
LINENS, WHITE GOODS, LACES,
•
AND
EMBROIDERIES.
A full assortment always on hand at LOW
PRICES.
Just received, lace-trimmed Embroidered and
Mourning Muslin Bows and Neck-Ties, for the
house and street. Also, all-linen Hemstitched
Handkerchiefs, at 15 cents.
Also alldescriptions of Linen Handkerchiefs,
for Ladles, Cents, and Children, at
WHOLESALE PRICES. jaS-tf
1024 . CUESTNIIT STREET.
MUSLINS AND CANTON FLAN ,
NELS.—My stock of those Goods is still very large"
and of every kind. Good Bleached Muslin at 16 and 13;
real ark-rate at 20 and 22; full yard-wide at ; several
cases of Williamsville, Wamsutta, Torresdale's, Rouse.
keeper's, and New York Mills, at prices lower than
others are selling them; good Bleached Sheeting. 2.14
yards wide, at 50; heavy Utica, at 6214 first-rate Pillow
Casing, 14 wide, at 25; Unbleached Muslins in every
quality, from 16 cents up to the very best; good Un
bleached Canton Flannel, at 25; liner do., at 2;3; and
the heaviest, at 313'; 2 cases nearly yard wide, and very
heavy; Bleached do., at Ti; Leavy Hamilton at 3134,
worth in the market 373,' ono lot heavy colored at Ts;
the cheapest assortment of Flannels in the city, for Aid
Societies and others; White, at Ti; all-wool, at 35; and
very heavy, at 37k.
Shaker Flannol,nnshrinkable, and full yard wide.
Plain Gray, at 40.
Plain Red, 35, 373 , 3 ', and 40.
Red Twilled, at 37k, 40, 45. and 50.
Gray Twilled, at 45 and 50.
hese goods are remarkably low, being considerably
less than the wholesale prices.
GIL ANVILLEI3. ITAINE3,
1013 MARKET Street. above Tenth.
MEN'S AND BOYS' WEAR.
Cassimeros for Bust oess Suits.
Cassimeros for Dress Salts. •
Cassiincres for Boys' wear.
Cloths adapted to every mit.-
Boys' Clothing, ready made.
Mon's and Boa' Suits made to order.
BLANKETS.
A tiptop lot atss.
Damaged Gray Blankets at $ 50 and $3.50.
Horse Blankets—Army Blankets.
Domestic Goods at lowest prices.
TABLE LINENS.
Fine Table Damasks and Cloths.
The famouspower-loom Table Linens.
Bargains in Napktnti 000 , &CDS.., &c.
DRESS
8631 yards newest styles Detainee at 2.5 e.
lue Reps, Blue Poplins, Blue Paramattas.
Brown Hero, Brown Poplins, Brown Cobnrge.
Baimorals at $275, $3, saw, and $3.50.
COOPER & CONARD,
B. E. corner NINTH and MARKET Streets.
EDWIN BALL & BRO.,
26 South SECOND Street,
Have reduced the priceslof
Fanny Silks,
Rich Printed Dress Goods, -
Choice Shades of Merinoes,
Beautiful Colors of Reps or Poplins,
All-Wool De Dailies,
All kinds of dark dress goods reduced.
Also,
Fine Long Brocho Shawls,
Open Centre Long Cashmere Shawls,
Rich new styles of Blanket Shawls.
4.4 Lyons Silk velvets, pure Silk
DRY GOODS FOR WINTER.
Rep. Poplins.
French bferinoe,
Colored Dlousselines,
Poolt De Soles,
Foulard Silks.
Blanket Shawls.
Balmoral Skirts,
Black Silks,
Fancy Silks,
Black Bombazines,
Worsted
Cheap Delaines.
French Chintzes.
Shirting Flannels,
Btoche Shawls,
Fine Blankets,
Crib Blankets.
SHARPLESS BROTHERS,
CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets.
H & SON HAVE A LARGE
• as ortment of DRESS GOODS, suitable for IZIO.
LIDAY PRESENTS,
Rich Fancy Silks ; Plain Silks, choice colors.
Plain and Figured Black Silks.
Plain and Figured Rep Poplins.
Plain and Figured Aferinoes.
Plain Solferino Cashmeres, at 37*, worth 62
WINTER SIJAWLS, in „oreat variety,
MERINO SCARFS, BROCHE BORDERS.
CLOAKS—Of New and Fashionable Styles, made of
Black Beaver, Frosted Beaver, and Black Cloth.
Call and examine our stock. We guaranty, to give sa
tisfaction, as we sell nothing but good articles, and at
lower prices than they can be bought elsewhere.
deli NOd. 713 and 715 North TENTII street.
CRIB AND CRADLE BLANKETS.
Lii,rge Crib Blankets.
Fine Cradle Blankets. '
jal BYRE tr LANDBLL, FOURTH and ARCS.
P YRE & LAN DELL, FOURTH ANT)
ARCH, have a fine stock of
GOODS FOR FAMILY CUSTOM.
Good Large Blankets.
Good Linen Sheeting.
Good Muslin by the piece.
Good Unshrinking Flannels.
Good Fast,Colored Prints.
Good Table Linen and Towels.
Good Quality Black Silks.
Good Assortment Colored Silks. jai
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS.
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
Nos. 1 AND 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET.
JOHN C. ARRISON,
(FORMERLY J. BURR MOORS.)
Has now in store an elegant assortment of
GENTLEMEN'S WRAPPERS,
SCARFS, NECK TIES, GLOVES, are.,
' delS•tf In Great Variety.
HOLIDAY PRESENTS. OPENING
& splendid assortment of
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS,
suitable Presents for Gentlemen.
J. W. SCOTT,
No. 814 CHESTNUT Street,
Pour doors below the Continental.
PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, &c.
JANIF.S S. EARLE & SON,
IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF
' LOOKING GLASSES.
E=3
OIL PAINTINGS,
ENGRAVINGS,
PORTRAIT,
PICTURE, and
PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES.
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS.
EXTENSIVE .LOOK !NO GLASS WAREROOMS AND
GALLERY OF PAINTINGS,
&SW 816 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia.
A OPPENHEIMER, •
No. 231 CHURCH. Alley, Philadelphia,
CONTRACTOR AND MANUFACTURER OF
ARMY CLOTHING
Of Every Description.
ALSO,
TENTS,
HAVERSACKS,
PONCHOS,
CAMP BLANKETS,
KNAPSACKS, and
BED TICKINGS FOR HOSPITALS.
MATERIAL BOUGHT FOR CONTRACTORS.
All goods made will be guarantied regulation in size
and make.
N. B. Orders of any size tilled with despatch. ja7-tt
1,000 DOZEN HICKORY SHIRTS.
GR IT ABLU
1,000 do. APEI SHIRTS.
500 do. { ASSORTED P NOY_
T VELIN i o SHIRTS.
500 do. LI ?..I 7 IirT R E I ..IfIYSLIN SHIRTS.
1,000 do. DENIM OVERALLS.
10,000 PAIRS COTTONADE PANTALOONS.
For sale by
BENNETT, RUCH, & CO.,
303.1 m 3lannfitctarert, 217 CHURCH ALLEY.
NJ EVANS & WATSON'S
SALAMANDER SIMI
STORE,
18 SOUTH POURTPI STREET,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
A lane Tarter of FLRE-PROOP SAFES always of
hand.
MACKEREL, HERRING, SHAD,
&c.
2.600 BMA Mass. Noa. 1,3, and 9 Mackerel, late-caught
tat Ash, in assorted packages_
2.000 Bbls. New Baa Wort, Fortune Bay, and Halifax
Hetr; x ln , f iuxeu
Luber.,
f3caled, and No. 1 Herring.
3LoBble. new Mess Sha d.
I= Boxes Herkimer County Cheese, &e.
In sipre and for sale by
MURPHY & NOONtt_
.lal4-tt No. 140 North WILAB.B.
It :II ttss.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1883
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
Special Correspondence of The Prm..l
MURFREESUORO, Jan. 9, 1863.
LACE OF MAIL AND TELEGRAPHIC FACI-
LITIES
Could anything have been more sickening to cor
respondents than the
.realization of the fact that a
great battle was progressing, and no railroad or di
rect telegraphic communication with the North?
But it was even so, and "trust to luck" was our
motto. First of all we had to send on despatches as
far as Nashville by courier, who had many chances
of never arriving there, as the road, most of the
time, was in the possession of guerillas. At that
point we left our despatches and letters in the hands
of an assistant, and the appearance or non-appear
ance of such documents in the respective journals
for which they were prepared, must be the proofs of
his good fortune or the reverse.
THE FIELD AFTER THE BATTLE
Perhaps-there is no picture Which presents such a
combination of heartrending and revolting scenes, as
a battle-field immediately after a sanguinary con
test. To the inexperienced, the spectacle is an awful
one. The battle-field of the battle of Stone's River
is replete with incidents extraordinary and. strange.
Those brave men who fell fighting for their country,
and fighting against it, found graves in muddy cotton
fields and in beautiful cedar groves ; in unromantic
corn fields, and in secluded meadows; upon the hills,
and in the valleys, and for miles along the stream
upon the banks of which the battle fiercely raged,
and from which it takes its name. The Murfrees
boro pike and Chattanooga railroad divide the bat
tle-field. Travellers upon either road, upon either
hand, can gaze for three or four miles upon the pic
ture. The first place of interest upon the right, just
at present, arethe ruins of a fine brick residence; be
"yond, upon the right and left, are the earthworks
thrown up by our troops upon that dark and stormy
night. From these works to town are hundreds of
carcasses of horses, breastworks, demolished houses,
broken wagons and wheels, and graves. Upon the
right, near the railroad, are eleven graves of the 74th
Ohio; near is an equal number of the 45th Mississippi;
then, side by side, farther on, repose eleven members
of the 78th Pennsylvania, and eight members of the
Rock City Guards. Upon the left is quite a cemetery
—ninety-three prettily-constructed graves, with an
inscribed slab at the head of each. As you enter the
ground a placard informs the reader that " This
patch of ground contains the bodies of 93 soldiers,
of the 15th, 16th, 18th, and 19th U. S. Infantry. Do
not disturb these graves by additions or otherwise."
Leaving the regulars, you next discover 4 graves
Of the 19th Illinois, and 27 of the 41st Alabama.
Leave the line of the railroad, travel over a spot
of ground containing nearly two thousand acres,
and you find like scenes everywhere. The national
and the rebel dead—the old man, the strong man;
the youth; husband, frither,,son, lover—all lie in a
common grave. The interments, however, are most
solemn, and the utmost silence prevails as the lost
companion is quietly placed in his uncouth grave.
LOSS IN EIGHTH DIVISION.
The following is the official list of killed, wound
ed, and missing, in the Sth division, Gen. James S.
Negley :
TWE7.TY-3 , .:T2iTH BEIGADeI i COL. STANLEY
Killed. Woanded. Mia , ing. Total.
ISth Ohio 24 113 4! 179
69th Ohio 4 49 6S 121
19th Illinois ...17 83 12 112
11th Michigan 21 74 34 129
Total—
.66
Not included in the above are 30 commissioned
Officers killed and wounded, which swells the aggre
gate to 671.
SEVEXTR BRIGADE, COL. MILLER
Killed. Wounded. 3lissing. Total.
37th Indiana 28 114 40 ISO
781 h Pennsylvania... 22 110 26 158
21st Ohio 22 126 ' 65 203
74th Ohio 12 71 85 169
Total .84 421 206 711
Included in the above are 20 commissioned officers
killed and wounded.
The loss of men in killed and wounded, in Lieut.
Marshall's battery, ("G," Ist Ohio Artillery,) is 25 ;
in Capt. Shultzees battery, (" Ist Ohio Artil
lery,) 19 men. Cavalry loss, 30 prisoners.
29th Brigade 571
7th Brigade 711
Two batteries and company cavalry.... 74
Total 1055...
GEN. NEGLEY AND HIS STAFF.
'Gen. Kegley, probably, upon Wednesday saved the
corps d'armee of Gen. McCook by his prompt assist
ance. His troops fought well, and were skilfully
manoeuvred. Gen. Negley distinguished himself for
his coolness and valor during the fight, and reflected
great credit upon the Slate which he represents. A
spent piece of shell damaged the beauty of the Gene
ral's eye, without marring the vision, thus giving
rise to my despatch that he was wounded. The staff
officers of Gen. Negley also performed their duties
well. Maj. Kennedy, of Pittsburg, had one horse
shot from under him, and Lieut. Barker, it is be
lieved, will receive promotion for. hia capacity and
intrepidity. Capt. Laurie, chief of stair, was upon
the field during the whole engagement, and has been
highly complimented by Gen. Rosecrans for his
courage and endurance.
The First brigade were temporarily placed in the
Eighth division, but were held by Gen. Negley in
reserve.
The First brigade, East Tennesseans, have been
permanently attached to the Eighth division,
making it the second largest in the Army of the
Cumberland.
PENNSYLVANIA TROOPS.
The command of General Johnson is so com
pletely used up, that I am unable, at present, to
arrive at anything definite regarding the 77th Penn
sylvania. It is true, however, that the regiment is
terribly cut up, besides a large number of prisoners.
Colonel Housem is seriously: wounded, and will
furnish me, as soon as he is able, a list of killed,
wounded, and missing.
The 7fith Pennsylvania acted splendidly throughout
the battle, and wins the greatest distinction of any
regiment upon the field; for, when the enemy at
tacked the centre so furiously Friday night, Colonel
Sirwell charged the two rebel regiments across Stone
ricer. Sergeant H. A. Miller, of Butler county, was
the first man across, and planted the colors upon.
the coveted ground. Colonel Sirwell is acting pro
vost marshal of Murfreesboro at present.
Colonel Hambright's regiment, the 79th Penn
sylvania, was in the reserve, and suffered but little,
losing but fourteen men in killed and wounded.
The qualities of this fine body of men, however,
were exhibited at Perryville. Colonel Hambright
lost all of his baggage and papers, which were burned
by the guerillas at Lavergne.
The 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry did excellent ser
vice as skirmishers, and lose eleven men in killed
and wounded. This reduces the " regiment " to
lees than one hundred. It left Pittsburg twelve
hundred strong.
I have given you a complete account of the doings
of the Anderson Troop, and find no additional de
tails of interest.
Muller's Pennsylvania Battery, Lieutenant Ste
yens, which did such excellent service at Shiloh and
Perryville, was in the action near blurfreesboro, and
lost several.
The following are the names of 19 rebel (Akers
sent to Nashville to-day :
Major J. S. Davis, 17th Tennessee.
Capt. J. A. Cash, 26th Tennessee.
Capt. W. Clark, 17th Tennessee,
Capt. H. Drysdale, 3d Florida. '
Capt. B. F. Eddins, 41st Alabama.
Capt. G. W. O'Neil, 17th Tennessee.
Lieut. A. Hanna, 13th Louisiana. •
Lieut. E. R. Haynes, 11th' i Ilseissippi.
Lieut. J. D. Leland, 41st Alabama.
Lieut. M. W. Black, 17th Tennessee.
:Lieut. Thos. B. Connor, 45th Mississippi.
Lieut. W. S. MeShaw, 45th Mississippi.
Lieut. N. F. Wolfe, 45th
Lieut. Chas. Sidell 45th Missiseippi.
Lieut. J. E. McNulter, 45th Mississippi.
Lieut. John L. West, Ist Florida.
Lieut. William Caruthers, 2d Georgia,
Lieut. 3. E. Haley, 4th Georgia.
Lieut. Wm. Street, 45th Mississippi.
Also, 650 men, mostly members of the above
named regiments.
DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTHWEST.
The 'Latest News front Springfield,
Dra.rery of Gen. Brown—Additional De
tails of the Affair from a Telegraph
Operator, dr.e.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 14.—The following is Colonel
Crabb's official despatch to General Curtis :
"SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Jan. 10.
" To Major General Curtis:
"GICSIMAL : The enemy attacked us on the Bth.
They were about from four to six thousand strong,
with three pieces of artillery-, under command of
Marmaduke, Burbrldge, Shelby, McDonald and
others. They - fought from ten o clock till after dark,
with desperation, but were repulsed at every ad
vance. General Brown was severely wounded in
the left arm, near the shoulder, about four o'clock
P. M.
"He turned the command over to me. The foe
withdrew to a safe distance, under cover of the
darkness.
" On the morning of the 9th, they made a demon
stration in full force from another point. We made
such preparations to meet them as we had at our
command, but finally they concluded discretion was
the better part of valor, and retreated. They then
divided their forces, one portion going to Sand
Springs, and the other moving off on the Rock river
road. We did not have a force sufficient to follow.
"Reinforcements of enrolled militia arriving
during the night, I sent early this morning what
force could be spared to follow them, harrass their
rear and report their movements.
"Gen. Brown was constantly in thefront, super
intending every movement. By his coolness and
bravery he has endeared Monett to all under his
command. Your obedient servant,
"B. CR ABB, Col. Commanding.
"P. S.-6 o'clock P. M., nothing is yet heard
from Gene. Herron or Warren."
To Mr. W. R. Woodring, the efiletent telegrapher
of Springfield, the public is indebted for additional
particulars of the Springfield tight. He left that
place at 6A. Al. Saturday, bearing from Col. Crabb
the despatch above given. Having himself been' in
the battle, as a worthy soldier of the 13th Illinois
regiment, Mr. Woodring is able to furnish reliable
details. His despatch, addressed to Gen. Curtis'
operator, Lieut. O'Reilly, is as follows:
" LEBANO:v, Mo., Jan. 11, 9 P. M.—Our loss is
seventeen killed. Three died since the fight. We
buried from thirty to thirty-five of the rebels, and
they carried many off the field before the fight was
ended. Don't know how many are wounded. The
rebels left a great many of their wounded on the
field. I understand that, among others, we took
one major as prisoner. Cannot give the number of
prisoners taken. Everything is quiet there now.
The telegraph is nearly wholly destroyed from
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1863.
Springfield to Sand Springs, twenty-four miles east
or Springfield. • • •
"We fouht from forts, rifle-pits, and behind
fences, besides some charges by cavalry. My assist
ant operator, Briggs, of the 94th Illinois, was killed
while fighting. He stood behind a tree and blazed
away whenever he saw a Secesh. So lam told. I
saw the spot, and the fence there is riddled with
balls. He was hit in his eve and killed instantly.
"Them was but little or the town destroyed, and
that was done by our troops, and done to clear the
field. The enrolled•militia fought heroically. If it
had not been for their bravery, I do not think we
could have held the place."
STATES IN REBELLION.
The "Dispatch" Recognizes Professional
Friends in the North—Front Nord li Caro
lina—Union Prisoners Sent Horne—Shrre*
—The Substitute Business—Uharleston-a
DesertedWillage—Southern News of Tugs;
day Last—Rebel Account of the Batti . e*
Murfreesboro—The . Losses ftud Captures—
The Rebel Situation—Negroes in the ite•
bel Army—Another Speech from Jeflbavis •
—General G. W. Smith's Official Report ;of
the Affairs' in NorilkGarolina, &e.
We have reoeived a copy of The Richmond' Dispaich
for Tuesday, the lath' of January„froM which we
make the following interesting extracts :.,,/
THE BATTLE OF DIURFREEOHO
The Dispatch' still Claims the batilo; - eff..Muifreei.
boro as a victory for the rebels, and, commenting on
Rosecrans' despatch r says :
General Rosecrans, in a despatch announcins the
total route of the Confederate army. at Murfrees
boro, proves himself as reckless of truth and con
science as McClthrin, Pope, Burnside, and the Fede
ral leaders in general. • We know that to "lie like a
bulletin,” has long since passed into a proverh,rind
that it is a military maxim that lying in.ordee to
gain an advantage over an enemy is lawful. Hirt the
morality, or even the expediency, of always claim
ing a great victory, whether the facts warrant the
aseumption,or not, is more, than questionable. We
are happy to believe that. our own generals have - not
degraded themselves and their - cause by pretending
to achievements - which - they have never performed:
General Lee is the . morel general of the age in"-this
respect. His reports of battles always fall below,
rather than above, the results which 'have been ac
tually accomplished.'
But what is the habit of the - Federal generalsl
Just what we might expect from a people who have
become a s, lax and reckless in matters of truth Mahe
Chinese. Not one of their chief captains or taitior
dinate officers has ever given a truthful report of a
single battle 'which has occurred in - the'war. Here
is their last man; Rosecrans, who clainas - that he
drgye the Confederate army t o a perfect rout from
Murfreesboro, when the fact is, that, after having
killed or wounded twenty or thirty thousand of the
enemy, according to the accounts of the - Yankee
papers themselves,, captured 30 cannon, 5,000 stand
of mall arms, four thousandprisoners with a
large quantity of Wagons, the Confederates retired
in perfect order, not losing any of their prisoners,
guns, or stores, and are prepared again to give
battle to the enemy as soon as he dare make the
attempt. These are the real facts of the case,
which probably Rosecrans knows as well as any
body. That they retired was simply because the
heavy reinforcements received by the Federals, to
an army which already outnumbered us, in all pro;
bability, three or four to one, rendered the contest
too unequal for the best troops in the world; but
they retired without the slightest compulsion; and'
Roseerans.dared not follow them.
"OUR NEWSPAPER ALLIES OF • THE
NORTH."
Lender the above head the Dispatch has the follows
•
ing editorial comments :
The Northern journalists, who seem to treat the
whole of this national convulsion as a grand the
atrical exhibition, supply the public: with fame as
well as tragedy, and exhibit in their motley co
lumns as frequent provocation to laughter as -to
sorrow. Nothing in their whole range of comic
characters exceeds the exquisite drollery of the
spectacles almost daily exhibited,lin which each of
theee great editors puts on a cocked hat, buckles a
sword to his warlike loins, and, springing actively
to The front of creation, gives lectures to all main-
kind upon the of war. It matters not that war
is a science as difficult of•mastel Mg, and requiring
as much education and training as any other. They
think they know it better than those who. have
made it the study of their lives. and proceed to point
out to the generals the proper • course for them to
pursue; or, if they fail, they set forth the reasons
with the utmost assurance and promptness.
The fact that they are ignorant as asses of the
subject they presume to discuss does not diminish in
the least the vociferousness of their bray. It is as
tonishing that such natural warriors, who know so
well what generals ought to do, have not long since
given their country the benefit of their guidance on
the field of battle. We have yet to hear of one of
them, however, who has blown his trumpet any
where except in his ow - n sanctum, with the excep
tion of one or two, who have straggled in the rear
with the camp-followers, and been the first in retreat.
It must be a source of great annoyance to the
Yankee generals to be thus tutored, drilled, and bee;
tored on their profession by ignorant pretenders,
whose position, nevertheless, as journalists, gives
them great influence over the public mind. In no
other country except the North; where everybody.
"knows .everything, do the journalists undertake the
management of military affairs. So far as we are
concerned, we hope they will continue the practice,
for we have already derived much benefit from their
labors and revelations.
REBEL NEWS FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
•
The news from Eastern North Carolina is pretty
much the same that has been laid before our readers
for the last two or three days, and gives assurance
that the enemy is preparing for an attack on- Wil
mington, and perhaps Goldsboro., The force at New
bern is variously estimated, some persons placing it
as high as 70.000, and-others as low as 36,000. There'
are two iron;clada in - l3eaufortlrarbor--one i the. Pa
ssaic, leaking badli; with two feet of water in her at
last accounts. On Wednesday last there were about
60,000 Federal troops at Moorhead city, and more
were expected.
A negro who went off with the Yankees when they
made their raid on Kinston has returned to that
point from Newbern. He represents things in a
horrible condition at Newbern for, the .negro,-aixt
begs his master to take him to the mountains, as . he
does not desire to fall into the hands of the Yankees
again.
RELEASED PRISONERS
Two hundred and fifteen of these creatures - were
cent to City Point early yesterday morning by flag of
truce, in charge of Lieutenant Bossleng. Two thou
sand of those taken by General Bragg, in Tennes
see, were expected yesterday evening, via Lynch
burg, but will not probably be able to reach here be
fore Wednesday. On their arrival they will be im
mediately forwarded.
LIEUT. GOV. REYNOLDS, OF MISSOURI.
Hon. Thomas C. Reynolds, Governor of Missouri,.
arrived in Richmond last Saturday evening, on the
Petersburg train. By the recent death of Governor
Jackson he succeeded to the office of. Governor
until - IM. Twenty odd years since, this gentleman,
then regarded as a young man of brilliant promise,
was a citizen of Richmond, where he practised law
with success. He is a native of South Carolina,
and educated in Germany.
FREE NEGROES SOLD INTO SLAVERY.
The city sergeant, yesterday, in pursuance of the
judgment of the Hustings Court, sold three free ne
groes into slavery in front of the City Hall. Sarah
Edmondson sold for $9BO, Ned Patterson for 51,300,
and Nat Drayton for SSCeS. The first and last were
sold on a conviction for grand larceny ; Patterson
was sold for persisting to remain in the State after
being repeatedly ordered to leave. •
THE REBEL FORCES IN THE BATTLE OF
lIURFREESBORO.
The Knoxville Register says that the rebel forces,
reduced by Lieutenant General Smith's corps, being
sent to Mississippi, did not in the battle of Mur
freesboro exceed 30,000, while the enemy (the Fede
rals) numbered over 60,000.
THE NEW YORK NEW•ENGLAND SOCIETY
The Diva!eh publishes a full report, taken from
the Ikrcld, of the dinner of the New England So
ciety in New York a few days ago, and prefaces it
by the following remarks :
The thirty-fourth anniversary of the " Landing of
the Pilgrims," on Plymouth Rock, was celebrated
by the negro-worshipping, tin-peddling descendants
of the said pilgrims, in New York, a few days ago,
by a dinner at the Astor House. Among the dis
tinguished guests present were three brigadier gene
rals. Hon. John Van Buren, and the Mayor of .New
York. These gentry, who used to make our broom,
and blacking-brushes for us before the war, took
their dinner with one grace before it and one after,
to settle it, and then commenced their speeches.
THE SUBSTITUTE BUSINESS
Every rebel paper we secure contains a large num- •
ber of advertisements for substitutes, 'for which a
large sum (in their money) is paid for "sober and
responsible men." Here are a few from this paper :
oxi: wishing a substitute can get him by ad
dressing "R'.," through the Post Office, till the 10th.
He is of undoubted recommendation, and has seen
18 months' service. He wishes to choose his own
company. Price, $2,500.
SUBSTITUTE WAYTED—For a conscript. A good
price will be paid for one of good character, over,
45 years of age. Call at A. Boderer & Co.'s driig"
store, No. 10 Main street, between 9 and 2 o'clock
this day.
THE SUBSTITUTE BUSINESS.—A colonel and cap
tain of a Louisiana regiment were arrested and car
ried before the Provost Marshal on Saturday on the
Charge of engaging in the substitute business. After
an examination they were paroled for a future hear
ing on the charge.
CHARLESTON A DESERTED CITY
The' following is an extract of a letter from a
foreign gentleman, dated Charleston, S. C., Dec. 18,
ISC2:
" Ice arrived at Charleston four days after leaving
New York, and, although I had not made myself any
illusions, yet I did not expect to find this city such
as it is; in truth, at first, and particularly in certain
quarters, it seems like a vast cemetery, and there
are scarcely two of the three streets sufficiently ani
mated to dispel this impression.
"Ever since the ginning of the blockade
every day some families moved away to retire
into the interior, and of late this emigration has
become almost'general. All who have been able
to follow this movement, men, women, old men,
and children, have gone, and I believe to-day
there are not twenty ladies left in the place. Con
sequently there can be nothing more sad, I as
sure von, than these fine streets, in which you eo
not often meet ten persons In their entire length ;
nothing so bad as these tine houses without life,
their balconies and gardens deserted, and their win
dows closed—silent and funereal, as though death
had passed there ! Add to this the fact that nearly
one-third of the city is in ruins, the effect of the ter
rible fire which devastated Charleston about a year
ago, and you will scarcely have an idea of the sad
spectacle that presented itself to the eyes here on
every side. The more sad for me, as the transition
had been so sudden, and I had my mind still full of
New York," &c., &c.
[From the Richmond Examiner, Jan. 12.3
BATTLE OF TdURFREESBORO.
DRA GO'S LNSTRECTI ON* REFOBE THE BATTLE-PLAN
OF TD E BATTLE-STRENGTH OF THE TWO ARM I ES-
DisposiTioN OF OUR TROOPS-TILE BATTLE-FIELD
-THE LOSSES, ETC
Our Tennessee and Alabama papers bring us some
additional particulars of the great battle at Mur
freesboro. We compile from them and other sources
of information the following interesting summary:
GEN. BRAGG'S INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE
THE BATTLE
The following are the instructions issued by Gen.
Bragg to his army before the battle :
I. The "line of battle" will be in front of Mur
freesboro—half of the army, left wing in front of
Stones river ; right wing in rear of river.
2. Polk's corps will form left wing ; Hardee's corps
right wing.
3. Wither's division will form first line in Polk's
corps; Cheatham's the second; Breekinridge's di
vision forms first line in Hardee's corps; Cleburne's
division the second line.
4. McCown's division to form reserve opposite
centre, on high ground, in rear of Cheatham 's pre
sent quarters.
6. 'Jackson's brigade in reserve to the right flank
to report to Lieut. General Hardee.
6. The two lines to be from eight hundred to one
thousand yards apart, according to the ground.
7. Chiefs of artillery to pay special attention to
the posting of batteries, seeing that they do not care
lessly waste ammunition.
8. Cavalry to fall back gradually before the
enemy, reporting by courier every hour. When near
our line, Wheeler will move to the right, and
Wharton to the left, to cover and protect our flanks
And report movements of enemy. Pegvam to (Ali in
IM=M
the rear and to report to commanding general as a
reserve.
9. To-night, if the enemy has gained his position
in front ready for action, Wheeler and Wharton,
with their whole commands,will make a night march
to the right and left, turn the enemy's Hank, gain his
rear, and vigorously assail his trains and rear guard,
blocking the roads and impeding his movements in
every way, holding themselves ready to assail his
retreating forces.
10. All quartermasters, commissaries, and ord
nance officers will remain at their proper posts, dis
charging their appropriate duties. 'Supplies and
baggage should be ready packed for a move forward
or backward, as the result of the day may require,
and the trains should be in s position out of danger,
teamsters all present and quartermasters in charge.
11. Should we be compelled to retire, Pike's corps
will move on Shelbyville, and Hardee's on the Man
chester pike—trains in front, cavalry in rear.
BRAXTON BRAGG, General Comd'g.
GEO. G. GARNER, A. A. General.
OUR LINE OF BATTLE.
Our line of battle was at least five miles long,
[ Gen. Hardee commanding the left wing, and posted
just across the Stones river, almost a mile and a
quarter from town, on the Nashville pike and rail
road, just on the edge of a skirt of wood, and that
open field. General Polk commanded the centre,
extending from the oast across the Lebanon pike
on the north of the town, and Gen. Kirby Smith on
the extreme right, across the eastwrong of the -
Stones river, and across or commanding the Nash
- Villeand Woodbury pike. The ,Sfditia river, where
our line of battle is lormed, is very 'shallow, being
at the ford not over ankle deens • and is but a mile and
a half from town. The characterof the surrounding
country is open and very slightly rolling, being
.
mostly level. The. tones river crosses the trelby
'vine pike on the south - side of the town, about two
- -and a quarter miles distant, and sweeps round in a
circular course toward the Lebanon pike on the
north side. The enemy advanced on Monday eve--
ping and took up their line of battle abont e mile
from ours. On Tuesday, the 30th, USese kad been
some fighting, and on the 31st ult..tife' main battle
began. - • .. .
•
. . AMOUNT ..OPeTHE.IMTZBE.
liereel: 4trqdumand:groUptogethefthe interest
int ace .iiit the battle see find in-the Chattanooga
Yte :Dl - §PGSITION OF OUR FORCES.
-
,- Our)inesivireas follows : Right, under Lieutenant
Generalllardee--:•Breckinridge'sdivisionin advance,
supported by ; Cleburne , s, extending from Lebanon
pike to Stone's i river, near the crossing of the Nash
ville pike. 'Extreme right flank of Hanlee covered
by a brigade ,Of cavalry, under Brigadier General
•Pegram. Out left, under Lieutenant General Polk
--Major. General Withers' division. in advance{
.Cheatham's .supporting, extending from the rail
' rciad croseinglin the Nashville pike to S dirt road
leading from Franklin to Triune.
Our extreme left, three brigades of Lieutenant
General. Kirby Smith's army corps, under Major
General McCown—extending from the Triune road
to a point near Stone's river : General MoCown's
'left flank being protected by . ft brigade of cavalry
tinder Brigadier General John A. Wharton. Briga
dier" General "Wheeler's brigade of cavalry was de
tached to operate on the enemy's flank and rear.
OPENING. OF THE BATTLE.
Far as the eye could reach stood the two vast
armies silent and motionless, and it almost seemed, '
instead of foes drawn up for battle, to be some bril
liant holiday - parade, but at length a volley of mus
ketry from the extreme left told too plainly that the
work of death had in reality begun, and in an instant
afterward the strife had leaped from point to point,
until the whole line, from left to centre, was one un
broken blaze of fire.
About eight o'clock A. M., the divisions of Mc-
Cown, Cleburne, and. Cheatham were ordered to
charge. The enemy were strongly planted in'a dense
thicket, where the outcropping of the limestone
rock formed a natural fortification. Swiftly, but,
:ayith -a• perfect line, our troops emerged from the
skirt of timber in which they had been sheltered,
and moved across the open plain which intervened.
The battle now became terrific ; crash upon crash of
musketry stunned the ear; the ground trembled
with the thunder of artillery; 'the cedars rocked
and quivered in the fiery blast, and the air was rent
with the explosion of shells. The enemy seemed
determined to stake the fortunes of the day upon
' holding 'the position which they occupied, and of
' fercd a most gallant resistance, but nothing human
could stand the impetuosity of that charge.
.A.spirfof fury seemed to possess our men, from
the commanders down to the common soldiers, and
onfthey swept, shot and shell, canister, grape, and
bellies tearing through their ranks, until the way
could tie traced by the dead and dying.
Still on they went, overturning infantry and artil
lery alike, driving the enemy like the hurricane
scatters the leaves upon its' course, capturing hun
dreds of prisoners, and literally blackening 'the
ground with the dead. Such a charge was never be
fore witnessed. For,.tive. miles through fields and
forests, - over ditches, fences, and ravines, they swept.
Brigade after brigade, battery after battery, was
thrown - forward to stay their onward march, but ano
ther volley of musketry, another gleaming of the
bayonet, and like their predecessors they were
crushed into one common ruin. .
~ Meantime the brave old Withers was not idle.
His line of battle ran diagonally across an extended
field, and the enemy had been pouring a murderous
fire into his position, until driven almost to the verge
of madness by the estruction of his men, he threw
his division forward upon the ridge occupied by the
enemy. Here was, perhaps, the bloodiest struggle
of the day. The enemy was 'stronger at this point
than anywhere else upon the field, and long and
fiercely contended the position. Directly in front
was a wide area of cleared land, and across this it
was nedessary to advance under the sweeping tire of
six batteries ; but with dauntless hearts and steps
as proud as though upon parade, his men sprang
forward at the word, and marched on in the face of
death.
Once they wavered, as the enemy poured a perfect
'hail of iron throughout their ranks, but at this rao
-ment'Brsligg dashed by, the battle fires burning in his
eyes. Again they rushed upon the foe, shot down
- the . ginFrers at their pieces, and drove the stippogGs ;
aligons far bite& to the-rears
tine d
Our left had driven the enemy's right for severer
milets occupying the field of battle. capturing the
hoassistals - and most of the wounded, and resting
within tsio hundred yards of the Abolition pickets.
Our right was not so actively engaged, the enemy
concentrating and ennsassinehiatroops in a strong
position. The enemy attempted three times to
carry Robertson's battery, but was as often gallant
-1-rrepAlsed. This battery was supported by the
154th Tennessee Regiment.
Brigadier General 'Wharton charged a battery be
fore it.was harnessed, and while the infantry suss.
LI
r o o rtil t i i i i NoVi9rs
and engage ) d m irl l cooking
advanced breakf t.
under as G e nHee
- rats Aragg and Hale, promptly
the enemy under
command of McCook. We succeeded in turning the
right flank of the .enemy's line. - The fight raged
furiously and steadily—our line gradually and regu
larly advancing. But even - foot of ground was
:stubbornly contested. We succeeded in driving the
enemy back across the Triune road, and thence
across the Wilkerson pike.
Gen. Breckinridge attacked and carried the strong
position of the enemy on the Nashville pike.
But at 4P. M. the enemy concentrated his forces
and came down upon Breckinridge in overwhelming
force, and drove him back. Gen. Chalmers was or
dered to carry the strong position occupied by the
enemy on the Nolinsville pike. The attack was un
successful, Gen. C. being repulsed with considerable
lose. Brig. Gen. Donelson was ordered to his sup
port, and succeeded in driving the enemy for a con
siderable distance, capturing two of his batteries,
but did not entirely dislodge himfrom his position.
Further reinforcements, under Adams and Jackson,
were sent forward, but with no results, and before
sufficient force could be concentrated night put an
end to the bloody day.
THE NUMBERS ENGAGED.
Rosecranse grand army of invasion numbered, ac
cording to the lowest estimates, '75,000 men. General
Bragg's forces we have never yet computed at
over 40,090, and not more than one-half of these
were engaged in the battle. The disparity in num
bers, however was more than• atoned for by the
difference in duck and the determination of the two
combatants, as well as by the impulses that actu
ated the men.
THE LOSSES
Our loss in killed, wounded, and missing will sum
up 5,000. That of-the enemy is triple, if not live
fold our own.
THE FRUITS OF THE BATTLE.
The actual statistics of the combats of Wednes
day and Friday last may be summed up as follows,
in round numbers :
Prisoners taken 5,000
Pieces of artillery Bl
. Small arms 7,500
Wagons destroyed 950
Enemy loss in killed and w0unded.......... 9,000
Our loss—killed LOCO
Wounded " 3,500 .
Unionists killed
Wounded
Captured
Total
Our los,
' Balance 9,010
THE YANKEE PRISONERS.
The Yankee prisoners are being rapidly sent south
to Vicksliurg for exchange—that beingin accordance
with the previous agreement between General Bragg
and Rosecrans.
The wounded prisoners, of whom there area great
number, are comfortably housed, and being well
awed for.
TICEN.,OUNDED AND THE HOSPITALS.
A. walk through the hospitals discovers to the
xhOst careless looker-on the saddest and most sick-
I. ening spectacle. The spirit of heroic endurance
manifested by our troops was worthy of themselves
and their holy cause.
' But what shall we say of the patience, fortitude,
the bravery, displayed by tlit wounded ! We saw
hundrediof them on the field and in the hospitaii,
and from not one of them did we hear a single word
of complaint or repining. Many of their wounds
were ghastly, many requiring amputation and the
severest surgical treatment, but all of them bore up
with the determined spirit of heroes. The ladies,
foremost always in every good work, are assiduous
intheir attentions on our wounded. Murfreesboro
has a number of extensive buildings, used in times
of peace for schools, male and female. These were,
with the churches, all converted into hospitals, and
the wounded at once removed from the field and
made comfortable.
THE BATTLE-FIELD—THE ENEMY'S LOSS.
The day after the battle I rode over the field. The
energy had, from appearances, lost five to our one.
Indeed, they told me their loss was from twelve to
fifteen 'thousand. I need not tell you what sad
scenes I witnessed. Here were presented the usual
horrible and heart-appalling scenes. The dead lay
scattered in every direction—the Confederate gray
and the Yankee blue in fearful proximity, "after
life's fitful fever." At points where our braves had
charged and taken the batteries of the foe there
were evidences of desperate struggles. But it was
quite evident that the dead of the enemy outnum
bered ours two to one. The proportion may seem
unreal and improbable, but it was the opinion of
every one who visited the field.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
We get some additional particulars from The Knox
ville Regan?:
COMPARATIVE - STRENGTH OP. THE TWO ARMIES.
The ,Abolition force engaged in the battle at Mut*
freesboro was not less than 1.0,000 strong. Prisoners
- allege that it exceeded this number. Our force, re
duced by Lieut. Col. E. Kirby Smith's Corps being
sent to Mississippi, did not exceed 30,000.
A REVIEW ON THE BATTLE-A COST/N-OGS SUMMA
RY OP THE SEVERAL DAYS' OPERATIONS.
On Tuesday an artillery duel occurred. The skir
mishers of both armies advanced, and a rapid mus
ketry fire ran along the lines of both armies.
On Wednesday morning, at 6 o'clock, our left wing
advimegd. Soon afterward McCown, Cleburn, Wi
thers, and Cheatham bore down upon the enemy
with resistless impetuosity. They captured battery
after battery. At one o'clock we had driven the
right of the enemy around upon his centre, and this
had been doubled, upon his left wing. Roaecrans'
army was thus placed in a new position. The gene
ral line and direction of the battle was from south
to north. The enemy were not driven back west
wardly upon Nashville, but from east to west.
The battle began on the right. We had now driven
the enemy about four or five miles, captured nearly
5,1X0 prisoners, including three generals, 61 pieces of
artillery, 7,600 small arms, and destroyed 950 wagons.
At this point Rosecrans massed his forces,
with
many field-pieces on an oval-shaped hill, not very
high
, but furnishing an excellent position for his
artillery Brigadiers Chalmers and. Donelson were
ordered to take the hill. They brought off two batte
-ries, and human courage and endurance could not
have accomplished more.
Breekinridge; who had not been engaged on our
right, was now ordered to cross Stone's river and
take this hill. -Adam's and Jackson's brigiulea
were aided by Cobb's and Byrne's batteries. They
made a first and second assault, but were not sue
.-cessful, and while preparing for the third, night
- closed in upon the victors and the vanquished, the
living and the dead. Such was the battle of Wed
nesday, resulting in a victory, but not a complete,
crushing, and final victory.
During Wednesday night the Abolitionists aban
doned the hill which we had sought to take:
Thursday morning the two armies again confronted
each other, but Rosecrans had been making
trenches and rifie.pits. He had fresh troops, and
could do this sort of work.
On Friday, nothing was done till 3 o'clock in the
afternoon, when Breckinridge was ordered to attack
a large force that had crossed Stone's river. The
fight was very bloody. The Abolitionists were
driven across the river, but our troops there encoun
tered an irresistible, overwhelming force, securely
posted behind earthworks. Breckinridge was not
reinforced, and was compelled to withdraw. Here
Gen. Hanson was severely wounded.
From the beginning of Rosecrans' advance from
Nashville, Wheeler and Wharton, commanding bri
gades of cavalry, were in the enemy's rear, capturing
immense quantities of supplies.
THE CONDITION OF OUR ARMY-SPEECH
OF GEN. BRAGG.
The Chattanooga Rcbel says that the sentiment of
the army sustains Gen. Bragg in his retreat, and
adds:
Our troops are in good spirits, and the removal of
stores, munitions, and equipage has been conducted
with order and success.
Gen. Bragg made a speech to his army on Monday.
He was received with approbation, and spoke briefly
of the conflict. in concluding, he assured the troops
that he would fight Rosecrans again, and not far
from the scene of the just-closed action. This senti
ment inspired great hope among all classes, and es
pecially among the soldiers.
THE SITUATION—EAST TENNESSEE ALL
The Knoxville Register thinks that the result of
the battle at Murfreesboro does not imperil the fate
of East Tennessee, and has very little fear of the
enemy penetrating' beyond the mountains. The
Register says:
East Tennessee is invulnerable, because untenable,
and because of her worthlessness to the North. A
hostile army cannot occupy it, because it cannot
supply its wants from the local resources of the in
vaded districts. Such supplies cannot be moved
over the mountains. If Roseerans should now send
fifty thousand men to Knoxville, we have only to
destroy our commissary stores, and this force must'
retreat. An army cannot rely upon resources fur
nished by Southern Keiitucky and. Western Virgi
nia. in conclusion, we have to say, that East Ten ,
nessce is safe till Chattanooga has fallen ; till an
uninterrupted line of railway froin Knoxville to.
Louisville, through Chattanooga and Nashville,
makes this district inhabitable 'by our foes. This
day will never dawn.
HOW THE SLAVES FORCED INTO REBEL.
SERVICE ARE TREATED.
[From the Richmond Examiner.]
We doubt much whether the Governmentis aware
of the manner in which the negroes, sent by the ps,-
triotie planters of the counties to work on the forti
fications around Richmond, are treated by those
whole duty it is to see that they are well provided
and cared for. We speak now more particularly in.
reference to the quality and quantity of the rations
ved out to them. On the works west of the city
are employed several hundred negroes from the
counties of Albemarle, Green, and Madison, under
the charge of Capt. Douglass. On Saturday several•
of the owners, anxious to note the condition of their
slaves, visited the place, and saw for themselves the•
rations issued, and brought away several as speci
mens.
These they weighed, with the following result:
For dinner, meat rations, three-quarters of an. ounce ;:
bread rations, three ounces and three-quarters;
for supper and breakfast the same. The bread is
the simple ingredients of flour and water, heavy and
indigestible.
While present at the works the gentlemen re
felted to had an illustration of the meagerness of
the rations given them, by one of the negroes snatch—
ing a ration of meat from a comrade, and placing
it with( his own, swallowing both at the same
mouthful.
They appealed to the overseers, who said they had.
the same rations, and were not permitted tosseezthoSe
issued to the negroes. They had endeavored to
prove the quantity and quality of the rations, without
avail, and several had been arrested for their inter
ference in the matter.
Some of the owners of the negroes to whose•
knowledge the above stateof facts has been brought,
have purchased largely of bacon in the city, and sent
it out for their use; and all would willingly do so;
and give the labor of their slaves for nothing, could
they be but assured that they would be sufficiently
fed in the interval of their absence from their care;
ltll they ask is that the full soldier , i3 ration may be
issued to the negroes, and we believe such was the
stipulation of the Government, and the understand.;
ing of its agents and the owners of the slaves. It is,
moreover, insinuated that the fall rations are drawn
by the commissary, but find their way into- mouths
other than those of the poor starving negroes. It is
idle to attempt to get labor out of a half-fed negrb,
while the inhumanity of the evil complained of
should insure its immediate correction. The matter,
we sec, is to be made a matter of inquiry by the-Le
gislature of the State.
The Richmond Examiner of the - 13th says :
We believe the theatre of war, on a large scale, is
I r about to be transferred to North Carolina: Stirring
; scenes are imminent on her soil.
Gen. Kirby Smith and staff arrived inltichmond:
on Saturday morning, from the West.
To-day, at noon, both Houses of congress will
convene, and proceed to business, should a•quorum
be present. The President has his message ready to
send in, and it is said to be the longest he has yet
prepared, covering sixty pages of foolscap paper.
On Saturday, about 150 Yankee deserters-took the
oath of allegiance to the Confederate•Gbvernment,
and were discharged from prison on their parole of
honor. Among them are many artisans and work
men of various crafts, who will be useful in Govern
ment employ.
Four thousand Yankee prisoners are on their way
to Richmond from Ohottanooga, taken by:Bragg at
Murfreesboro, and will• reach here to-day and to
morrow. This is the only Yankee army that will
ever reach Richmond.
The Richmond Dispatch of'thc 12th says :
The North Carolina papers indicate a manifest un
easiness, not for Wilmington and the country east
of Raleigh, but for the safety of the capital itself.
GEN. FOSTER'S OPERATIONS , IN . NORTH
• -- OAROLINA.
OFFICIAL It EPOILT' OP NAJOMOMVEHALILIP.. SMITH.
IfneLoquAtirras G-oLlosnonti;N: 0:,
December 29, 1862.
General S. Cooper, Adjutant and Irisibasior General,
Richmond, Va.:
GENERAL: I have the honor to enclose copies of
the reports of Brigadier Generals Evans, Robertson,
and Clingman giving an account of the various
affairs with the enemy in this vicinity, in their re
cent bridge-burning and pillaging expedition from
Neivbern.
Brigadier General Evans, with. 2,000 men, held
them in check at Southwest creek, beyond Kinston,
on the 13th, and, on the 14th, delayed their advance
for some time, and succeeded in withdrawing his
force, with small lova, to the left bank of the Neuse
river, at Kinston. He held them at bay until the
6th, when they advanced on the opposite side of the
river and made an attack at Whitehall bridge, about
18 miles below Goldsboro, in which they were driven
back by General Robertson with severe loss. •
Small reinforcements arrived from Petersburg and
Wilmington on the lath, one regiment of which was
placed in position to cover the railroad bridge over
the Neuse, near this place. A battalion of artillery
which had made a successful retreat from the works
of the obstructions below Kinston, after the enemy
occupied the latter.point in force, was stationed on
this side of the river, at the railroad bridge, and
arrivedbothof fromw hich
about half a mile above, at the, county bridge. On
Wilmingt onsent , 0 and
onethe
thel f 6 r t o h m a Petersburg,regiment
river, and,.under General Clingman's command, to
protect the two bridges.
On the morning of the 17th having no cavalry,
and being unable to obtain information by other
means, I directed Lieut. Col. Stevens, of the engi
neers with two brigades and five pieces of artillery,
to make a reconnoissance, for the purpose of ascer
taining the position and numbers of the enemy.
Gen. Evans' brigade had then reached Goldsboro,
by rail, and, remaining on board, only awaiting the
clearing of the track and watering of the engines, to
move by rail to the position already occupied by
Gen. Clingman with his three regiments, about one
mile and a half beyond the railroad bridge. The ca
pacity of the water tanks being inadequate for the
amount of transportation accumulated here at that
time, the cars were delayed until after 12 o'clock, fdr
want of water; pending which, the enemy appeared
in force before Gen. Clingman's three regiments,
and he withdrew across the county bridge to this
side of the river. The artillery of the enemy was
playing upon the railroad bridge, and Evans' brigade
had at last to move forward by the county road, and
cross, if at all, the bridge a half mile above the rail
road.
About three o'clock in the afternoon, one bold and
daring incendiary succeeded in reaching the bridge,
and, covered by the wing wall* of the abutment,
lighted a flame, which soon destroyed the super
structure, leaving the masonry abutments and pier
intact. At that time, reinforcements, which I had
ordered from Richmond, were hourly expected.
It was very important for us to save the county
bridge, the only means remaining of crossing the
river in this vicinity. Evans' and Clingman's bri
gades were ordered to cross, supported by Petti
grew's Brigade, and the Mississippi brigade, just
coming in, was ordered to move forward at once.
The enemy were driven back from their petition
on the line of the railroad ; but on account of the
lateness of the hour, the nature of the ground, and
the fact that our artillery, cavalry, and a large por
tion of the reinforcements had not yet arrived, it
was not advisable to attack their strong second posi
tion that evening.
During the night, the enemy made a hurried re-.
treat to their fortifications and gunboats, moving
with such celerity that it was useless to attempt
pursuit with any other arm than cavalry, - of which,
at that time, unfortunately, we had none.
I passed over the railroad from the Neuse bridge
to Wilmington ' on the 24th, and returned last night.
The bridge is fast being repaired. At present we
are subjected to the temporary inconvenience of
trans-shipment across the county bridges, but in a
few days this will be remedied, and everything re
stored to the former condition.
I reg et that this grand army of invasion did not
remain in the interior long enough for us to get at
therii. As it is, they burned the superstructure of
two bridges, which cost originally less than ten
thousand dollars, and can be replaced at once, and ,
have utterly failed to attempt to take advantage
of the temporary and partial interruptions of our
railroad line for the purpose of striking a decisive •
blow at an important point before we could tho
roughly re-establish our communication with it.
I beg leave to call your attention to the reports of
Lieutenant Colonel Stevens, Confederate States En
gineers, and to Lieut. Colonel Poole, as well as to
those of the three brigadier generals previously
named.
Our loss is reported at 71 killedlind 268 wounded,
and about 400 missing. Most of the latter were taken
prisoners at Kinston bridge, and have since been re..
turned paroled.
I am, General, very respectfully, •
Your obedient servant,
G. W. SMITH, lilaj. Gen. Com.
ANOTHER SPEECH FROM J DAVIS.
Jeff Davis arrived at Raleigh on January 3d, ac
companied by" Hon. W. L. l'ancey. The "Presi
dent" was introduced by Lion. D. M. Barringer, and
said, in substance, as follows :
lie acknowledged the hearty reception he had met
with, and he expressed the gratification he felt in
meeting with the people of Raleigh, bound, as they
were, to him by ties of the dearest character. When
his wife and children came here as a place of refuge,
they met with such kindness and affection as he
never could forget. Raleigh had become a house
hold word to him, uttered daily in his family, and
lisped in the infant accents of his children.
And he was gratified to meet thepeo_ple of Raleigh
as North Carolinians. True to her Revolutionary
history, North Carolina had given to the cause in
which we are engage; a support not surpassed by
that of any other
_State in the Confederacy. Her
sons - even surpassed the glory of their ancestors, and
had met the enemy in the shock of battle like
heroes.
Be alluded to the fact that the election of our
Governor had been heralded at the North as a
triumph by our foes ; but the advent of his Ad
ministration brought him promptly to the support
of the conscript law, and North Carolina now
stands first among the States in furnishing con
scripts. Slow at first to take part in this struggle,
once she had resolved upon the step, North Caro
lina rushed to the rescue of her girders, and from
that day to this no one dared to distrust her.
The President then alluded to his visit to the West.
Ile went there to find dissatisfaction and confusion,
but he found, on the contrary, as at other places, our
gallant boys ready to meet five times their numbers,
and to whip them as they have done at Murfrees
boro.
• The new year, he said, cornea in anapiolously for
ua. It finds ualictorioua at everrpolat, and It dada
THREE CENTS.
our enemies beginning to feel what we have borne
patiently; and, like true dunghills, we hear them
squall at the first touch of the _aft
Allnding_to himself, he had .een chosen to a posi
tion he did not desire, as he preferred another one ;
but he could lay his hand upon his heart and say
that he had rewarded no man because he was his
friend, or withheld appointment from any man be
cause of personal dislike.
The cause, he said, is above all personal or politi
cal considerations, and the man who, at a time like
this, cannot sink such considerations is unworthy of
power. In conclusion, he said' our prospects are
bright. Fill up your regiments, and let us all lock
shields and stand together, and in the end you will
enjoy an amount of prosperity you never could attain
connected with the Yankee nation of extortioner*
He again thanked the audience and withdrew amidst
deafening thesis.
_Hon. W. L. Yancey was then loudly called for, and
after awhile acknowledged the compliment in a brief
address. He counseled harmony amongst the people •,
said the Government, civil and military, was• well
officered, and was entitled to the full confidence . of
the people. At all events, he said, this was no time
to change servants. Let the struggle' in which we
are engaged be first ended, and then if anything is
wrong it can be put to rights.
SIEGE OF VICKSBUIWI
The Last of the Attack. from. the Yazoo--
Nature of Our Repulse—lts Efficts—Aban
donment of the Original Plan—Another
Point to be Asia Lied, &c.
THE DISGRACE OP OUR. REPULSE.
There is, to my mind, something. infinitely more •
disgraceful to the Federal cause in. thus submitting
to a second repulse from- Vicksburg than in any
other event of the whole war. But our military.
commanders take it very coolly end indifferently, as
though it was an affair of not the slightest conse
quence. Notwithstanding all the mistakes • and
blunders of the first attack upon• this-place, there
can be discovered, on diligent search, some extenua
ting circumstances—some excuse for the embarrass—
ing failure. But in the present case we went at the
work of capturing Vicksburg with a presumptively
full and definite knowledge of the rebel position and.
strength, and with plans matured and perfected that
should render a- failure impossible. The design .was
heralded abroad long in anticipation of the move
ment, as if to say to the world, "It matters not how
fully the rebels are informed of our intentions; we
propose to capture Vicksburg forthwith, and we de
fy them to prevent us.". It was with this
_spirit of
proud defiance that the task was entered upon, and
now that we have failed, the disgrace will only be •
measured by the reckless and daring manner in
which we set at the task.
HOW THE ASSAULT WAS TO HAVE BEEN.
MADE.
The assault upon Vicksburg, WaS• to , have been:
nude on Christmas day by. the combined armies of
Grant, Banks, and Sherman, and the naval squad
rons of Farragut and Porter. General Sherman
and Admiral Porter, having no obstachis within the
control of the enemy to retard their movements,
were on hand at the appointed time. General •
Banks, in his sail from Fortress Monroe to the
mouth of the Mississippi, encountered storms-of
such violence that his transports were scattered; and
some of thermfoundered,while others were beached
and lost. Be reached New Orleans finally; but
whether he considered it too late to do any-good at
Vicksburg, or because his remaining force was not
in a- suitable condition to move, or because the
Suarters he found in the metropolitan city of the •
outh were too comfortableito be so 'suddenly do-
serted, or from whatever; as yet, unexplained cause,
•he proceeded no farther. Admiral Farragut had
started his fleet up the river meanwhile - , and already
it was knocking at the batteries of Port Hudson for
permission to pass, and with the assistance of
Banks' army would have passed that point safely,
and been promptly at Vicksburg, but because of
Banks' failure it -failed, and- was-obliged to return
to New Orleans.. General Grant moved forward
promptly and vigorously to perform his allotted
part in the work, when suddenly he discovered
a "fire in his rear;" his•channels of supplies and
communication all cut off or in the enemy's pos
session, and he was- forced to beat a hasty re
treat towards Memphis, to save his army from star-
ration.
Thus the grand combination—Halleck's combina
tion, be it remembered, for it must be borne in mind
that this campaign was• planned exclusively by him, .
even to assigning the commander to the Mississippi
army—thus Balleck's combination failed,'and Gen.
Sherman, with less than a quarter of the estimated i
land force required, argil Admiral Porter, with not
one-half of the naval force assigned for the work,
were left to reduce the rebel Gibraltar.
GEN. SIiERDIA.N'S COURAGE -AND 'FORTI—
TUDE.
I have seen occasion; in the-course of• this corms—
pondence, to comment in no flattering terms upon.
the conduct of Gen. Sherman. Biit justice requires
that I should say in - this review that, no matter how
discouraging the circumstances that surround hint
may be, or how great the dangers that threaten hEm,•
he is never disheartened or frightened. He may lack
in the qualities of a gentleman, and his generalship
may be open to criticism, but he is no coward, and
can face adverse-circumstances with as much, if not
more, fortitude and defiance as any general we have
in the field. This quality was displayed by him
most Wonderfully when he discovered himself
in front of Vicksburg alone. He did not shrink
back, or sit down and wait for his allies to
make their appearance. On the day appointed, he
boldly entered the Yazoo river and - took -up his
position in the face of the enemy's - intermina
ble ranges of rifle-pits and batteries. Nor did he
I stop with simply disposing-his forces ready for sic
lion. Perhaps in what followed there was some
thing of an overweening confidence in his own abili
ties; there certainly was an underrating of , the
enemy's strength, and a most lamentable ignorance
of the character and extent of 'their defences ; but
there was withal most consummate bravery and
daring on the part of the General commanding. On
Monday he attempted the work he had thought so
easy of accomplishment, and which he had attempt
' ed unsuccessfully to do on Sunday night—cross the
plain between our lines and those of the enemy,
thickly covered with abattis and swept by the rebel
batteries and rifle-pits, and carry their works by
storm. The odds weraYearfully against hire._,There
were no roads remaining for film TO - traverse, wane
a wide and deep bayou intervened close to the rebel
lines, which - could only be crossed by pontoons to be
thrOwn across under the very guns of the enemy. -
But the General's courage failed not, and his men
imbibed the fortitude he at all times exhibited. He
had but to get upon the Walnut Hills and Vicksburg
would be his. Could not so apparently light a task
as this be accomplished by his brave followers?
BRAVE DEEDS.
The effort was most faithfully made. Regiments,
brigades, and divisions moved forward in solid co
lumn to the charge, and fought hand to hand with
other regiments, brigades and divisions of the rebel
army. At one point we got a foothold across the
bayou, and the 51th Ohio was sent across as an
advance of the right wing, and were only saved from
complete annihilation by our own guns, which were
opened in the emergency upon friend and foe alike.
It was here that the 6th and Bth Missouri so grandly
distinguished themselves, repulsing a rebel force
three times greater than their own, and maintaining
a position close to the foot of the hills. This force
constituted a part of Gen. Stuart's brigade.
It was in this desperate attempt that in another
part of the field, Gen. F. P. Blair exhibited such
wonderful coolness and bravery, personally leading
his men across the bayou, up to and into the rifle
pits,. and finally, after terrible • fighting, getting pos
session of the first and only of the rebel works we
took during the whole week. Gen. Blair had two
horses shot from under him, and was finally obliged
to proceed on foot into the thickest of the fight, per
forming deeds of valor that will live in the annals
of the war till the war shall be forever forgotten.
And elsewhere famous deeds were performed and
great bravery displayed, the record of which would
fill a volume. •"
IMPREGNABILITY OF THE ENEMY'S
POSITION.
But, notwithstanding the faithfulness- of the ef
fort, it proved a failure, simply because of•the im
pregnability of the enemy's position. True, we
carried their works in one or two vulnerable places,
but our occupation only exposed us to greater and
more fierce assaults from the enemy and their batte
ries, all of which were so arranged as .to bear upon
one another, and so we were compelled to, abandon
our vantage ground, and take shelter in the edge of
the limner fronting on the field of abattis, where our
lines had first been formed.
'Thus was fully demonstrated Gen. Sherman's
energy and bravery, and thus also were his eyes
opened to the greatness of the task that lay before
him.
PRECIPITATE ABANDONMENT OF THE
CAMPAIGN.
I will not attempt to review_ the whole of the
week's operations, which I hare already related
with some minuteness. The review may properly
close by saying that with the failure of the projected
movement of New Year's day, the campaign from
the Yazoo river base was precipitately abandoned.
It may be that, in thus suddenly throwing up and
yielding to discouragement, Gen. Sherman exhibited
less of the qualities of a good general than in any
other movement made by him. He had not yet made
- an effort to break the rebel lines by concentrating
his entire force against their weakest point, but
satisfied himself with the single assault of Monday,
in which his little army was spread out to face the
entire length of the bluffs.
A CAMPAIGN DECIDED UPON AGAINST
ANOTHER POINT.
The Withdrawal from the river I hare detailed in a
former letter. On Sunday last Admiral Porter went
up to illilliken's Bend to call upon Gen.tMcClernsnd,
the chief in command. Advantage was taken of his
presence to call in Gen. Sherman and the division
commanders for a general consultation, at which
conference it was determined that, as there was no
immediate probability of receiving the co-operation
of the other armies intended to aid in this cam
paign, and as this force NVBB , impotent against the
daily mereasine force of the rebels, nothing could be
gained by remaining where they were. The ques
tion then arose what should be done, which was
determined after some consideration by the adop
tion of plans for an entirely new campaign against
another point quite distant from Vicksburg, and on.
Monday the whole expedition got under way and
steamed up the river. The gunboats had completely
exhausted their supplies of coal, and, being unable
to burn wood, had the promise of no-little difficulty
in getting up the river, but the transports were or
dered to take them in tow, and by dint of cutting,
wood along the banks from time to time as required,
the entire fleet has arrived of this point. Several
light draft gunboats hare been sent up to Helena.
- with orders to brine down a fleet' of coal barges re
ported to be lying there to this point. This fact
may be significant of the present destination of the
expedition.
GUARDING MOUTH OF THE ARKANSAS.
The trouble that existed some days ago at this
place from the appearance of a rebel field-battery on.
the Arkansas shore, and the capture of the Blue
Wing and her coal barges, has not been repeated.
The gunboats Lexington and Tyler have- been
guarding the mouth of the river to prevent my nu
ttier demonstrations by the enemy.
CHANGES IN COMMAND.
Some changes have taken place in the command
of this army since our movement down the river,
other than in the chief command. General M. L.
Smith having been disabled, the command of his.di
vision has devolved on Brigadier General David
Stuart. General-A. J. Smith having been assigned
to the command of the right wing, composed of his
own and General Shunt's divisions, Brigadier Ge
neral Burbridge has been assigned to the command
of his old division. These changes may be again
affected by the division of the army into two corps.—
Chicago Times.
NOT EXACTLY AN ELECTRIC SROCK.-•
In the engagement at Springtield,No., the telegraph
operator had quite an exciting experience. Four
shells entered - the office building, one of them rolling
near the operator's feet without exploding. He,
thinking It time to move his quarters, immediately
packed up his instrument, took it down to thequar
termaster s office, which 1.2 in the centre of the town,
made connection with•the wire, and telegraphed the
condition of affairs to headquarters, and then shoul
dered his musket and went to fighting.
THE PEOPLE OP ENGLAND ALL RIGHT.—
The Boston Traveller says : A gentleman of this
State, of high standing, just returned from Digland,
states that in a conversation with a substantial man
of business of that country, for the past twenty
years a member of the Brihiti Parliament, the opi
nion was expressed that, notwithstanding the bitter
hatred to the United States felt by the aristocracy
and a portion of the mercantile classes, helped along
by the outrageously false statements of the London
press, the people of that country, by an immense
majority, steadily sustained the position of the
North, and woilld make themselves heard, should
the Government, in any way, attempt to intervene
in favor of the South.
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(Special Correspondence of The Press.]
CHEERING. FOR JEFF DAMS
was one of the innocent amusements of a mob of
something over a thousand persons, at the new
rooms of the Young Men's Democratic Association,
last evening. The occasion was a ranting lecture.
on "Puritanism in Politics," by the Hon. S. S.
Cox, of Ohio, to whose disloyal entertainment all
the scum of the:city were invited by a plentiful dis
play of glaring posters on all the dead walls, fences,
and curbstones about town. After the howls of ap
preciation, which favored hie introduction, had sub
sided, this imitation Vallandigham proceeded 'to
show that this nation is surrounded by the Constitu
tion, as by a mound that prevents the incursion of
the sea. A Teptile is burrowing in that mound, in
tent upon letting in the waves of destruction. And
the reptile is New England. Then the honorable
gentleman went on to show that New England was
a general curse to Christendom, by all her history
and in all her ways ; leaving it to be inferred that
he (Cox) hated everything appertaining to New
England, unless it might be New England rum.
'When he mentioned Butler, Beecher, Cheerer, and
Greeley, the grog-shop graduates around him groaned
like so many tortured fiends, and when he threw out
a aly compliment to something in one of Jeff Davis'
recent speeches, the same sympathetic auditors fair
ly outdid their Richmond friends in- loud and long
cheering.
The whole speech was worthy the man and his
audience, and might be allowed to pass with no
more notice than we give to the:drunken harangues
of a bar-room Sir Oracle, but for its significance as
an indication of the way the mob-spirit of our great
cities is being. ripened for future trouble and riot, by
the enemies of the Government. This "Young
Men's Democratic Association," as it calls itself, is
nothing less than a malignant revolutionary com
mittee, on the-old French plan, organized by those
who have sympathized from the first with the South
ern rebels, to insidiously work upon the ignorance
and evil passions of the mob, and form , a party to
make a formidable demonstration against the au
thority, of the Government at the first fair oppor
tunity. It was this association that serenaded
Pierre Soule, Vallandigham, and other notorious
traitors; at the notorious New York-Hotel, and it
will yet plunge this city into an armed revolution,
and openly, array the State against the National
Government, if the latter does not take warning in
time, and put down the unscrupulous scamps with a
strong arm. The scenes witnessed in Hai risburg
day. ori two ago were but faint prophecies of the
state of things sure to be attained in this city and
State under Wood and Seymour's plotting, before
the spring commences, if the National Government
longer permits itself to wear the aspect of being
overawed by the party now striving to force
an armistice with the South. On other occa
sions that the one mentioned here, Self' Davis
has been cheered in the streets of New York, and it
is hard to mention any member of the Government,
or any Union general in a Democratic meeting, with
out provoking a tempest of groans, and derisive
scurrility. No Government on earth can afford to
let its avowed enemies tamper with the mob, as the
• enemies of the present Administration are now
doing; it is worse than fool-hardiness to permit an
artful rebel to stand up before a New York rab
bles and more than insinuate that the West would
sooner follow the South than remain in the same
Union with New England—as Cox did last night ;
it is simple idiotcy to tolerate the existence of a
metropolitan paper, which daily blazes with articles
not a whit less infamous than the worst, diatribes
in the most venomous Richmond print. Who can
wonder that the true friends of the Union. and the
Union Government, are disheartened and divided,
when- treason, open-mouthed and boasting, is per
mitted- to rear, not only its head, but its whole
diseased body, in the chief city of that Union, with
out being- so much as rebuked by the benignant
power it insults and plots against?
SECRETARY CHASE .
returns to the capital to-day, after having fully
learned the views of our bankers and moneyed au
tocrats generally as to the financial policy they are
most willing to aid. He has met with some cavalier
treatment at the hands of the Belmont and Duncan
&Sherman school, despite all that has been said to
the contrary, and it is doubtful whether his New
York visit has given him any higher-opinion of the
bankers of Gotham than that they are incapable of
seeing any good in anything they have not them
selves dictated. •
THE UP-TOWN GHOST,
to which I alluded in another letter, bids fair to rival
the fair Miss Fanny's apparition of Cock Lane is
its interest for the populace. All last evening there
was quite a congregation of people, again, in the
neighborhood of the haunted house, and the tor
mented police had about as much as they could do.
Some of the watchers avowed, at a late hour, that
they could see some one waving a pocket-handker
chief from one of the windows of the suspected
room ; but, beyond this, there was no ghostly de
monstration. No. 88 West Twenty-seventh street
has been fixed upon as the place-of
STUYVESANT.
11E-GOVERNMENT PM.% ficES.
Letter from Mr. Secretary Chitse—Palment
Of 'Troops—Disbursement of a Million
Dollars a Day-9500,000 Paid to the
Soldiers Daily.
WASHINGTON, Wednesday, Jan. - 14.—The follow
ing is the entire copy of the letter of the Secretary
of the Treasury, a brief abstract of which was re
cently published :
TM:AS.I'IIT DEPAP.T3tE:s7T, Jan. 10, 1863.
Sin : The Secretary of the Treasury has had the
honor to receive a resolution of the House of Re
presentatives, adopted on the Bth inst., inquiring
why the Treasury Department has not, as author
ized by law, provided the means necessary to pay the
soldiers of the army; and, also,. why the bonds
necessary have not been sold to meet the payments
due to said soldiers."
In reply, he begs leave respectfully to state that,
in his judgment, he is not authorized by the existing
laws to raise the means for the purpose indicated by
practicable methods; and that the bonds referred to,
namely, the five-twenty bonds authorized by the act
of last session. have not been sold under the limita
tions imposed by Congress.
The arrears of pay to the army at the present mo
ment are more than treble the whole amount which
the Secretary is enabled to raiseby the acts now ex
isting otherwise than by the sale of 5.`20 bonds ; and
the embarrassments attending the negotiation of
these have already been explained in the annual re
port on finances, and in a letter replying to a former
resolution of the House, concerning the pay of the
army. A repetition of these explanations may not
be thought out of place here.
The original act which provided for the issue of
5.20 bonds, provided also for the conversion into
them of any sum of fifty, or some multiple of fifty,
dollars of United States notee, at the pleasure of the
holder; and only permitted sales at the market rate,
which rate can only he ascertained by the daily quo
tation of sales in New York. These two provisions
taken together make the obtaining of money for these
bonds other than by conversions practically impos
sible.
The supplementary act, which provided for an ad
ditional issue of the United States notes. was framed
so as to avoid these embarrassments by "omitting the
conversion and mark et rate clauses, and it is believed
that had it passed in that form, much, if not all, the
inconvenience which has been experienced would
have been shunned. Congress,. however, not only
restored the conversion clause, but required the ap
plication to the supplementary act-of all the applica
ble and not inconsistent provisions of the former act.
This action seemed to require that the original limi
tation of sales to the market rates should also be re
garded as remaining in force.
The Secretary, therefore, solicitous to regulate his
action by the spirit as well as the letter of the legisla
tion of Congress, did not consider himself at liberty
•to make sales of these bonds below the market value,
and sales, except below, were, as has been already
said, impracticable.
Had the Secretary thought otherwise, and con
strued the act as authorizing sales at the best price
that could be obtained. the conversion clause would
still have operated as a virtual prohibition of sales
except below par and such sales would not only
have arrested conversion, and so nullified a provision
obviously regarded as of great importance by Con
gress but would have invoked negotiations at rates
too disadvantageous to be submitted to except under
clear authority and upon clear necessity.
The Secretary adhered, therefore, to the plan of
conversions prescribed by Congress, and used every
exertion to secure the most beneficial results from it,
and so far succeeded as to obtain twenty-fourlind-a
half millions of dollars in that mode. Greater and,
perhaps, complete success would have attended these
efforts had the result of military movements corre
sponded with the hope entertained, or had it been
found possible to abridge materially the expendi
tures of the war.
To prevent misapprehension, it may be proper to
state that the sum actually obtained by the Secre
tary in the exercise of the' various powers conferred
by Congress, since the commencement of the current
- fiscal year, on the lit of July, 1662, has reached the
magnitude of $235,354.617.91, and this exclusive of
receipts from customs'. taxes, and other ordinary
sources, the addition.of which would -increase the
whole sum obtained to, in round numbers, $325,-
oetf this large sum there has been paid on war re
quisitions:
For the payment of troops, including
bounties 970,825,533 67
For expenditures in Quartermaster's
FDepartment
For expenditures in Commissary De
partment 30,617,492 83
For miscellaneous army expenditures. 31,638,209 12
Making an aggregate of payments
to and for the army of $243,76.5,771 99
The remaining eighty-one millions have been dis
bursed for the navy, for public debt, and for the
ordinary expenses of the Government.
Nor are payments for the army and navy now sus
pended, as seems. to be supposed by many. The
daily disbursements of money now made exceed
somewhat a million of dollars each day, of which
half a million, under the direction of the Secretary
of War, is appropriated exclusively to the paymas
ters for the pay of troops. These disbursements ex
haust the means available under existing legislation,
but are not adequate to the demands on the treasun-,
and these disbursements must be soon materially
reduced, as the limits of power to aid receipts from
ordinary sources. by the addition of United States
notes, will soon be reached.
That some additional legislation, is necessary to.
Femme means for the payment of ari - ears, as well as
to make provision for future demands, seems there-.
fore clear.
After the most careful reflection the Secretary has
already submitted to Congress the measures, tem
porary and permanent, through which he believes
the necessary provision for present and future wants.
can be most speedily .and most advantageously
made.
'Whether these measures shall receive itd sanction,
or other measures, better adapted in its judgment to,
the desired end, shall be adopted, the Secretary, so,
long as he shall remain in his present position, will
omit no endeavor, as he has hitherto conscientiously
omitted none, to provide under the law. whatever
can be so provided to meet all the just claims on the,
Government. With very great
S. respect.
P. CH ASE,
Secretary of the Treasury.
Hon. GALtSHA A. Gnol - , Speaker of the House ekt -
Representatives.
THE RIGHT POLICY.,Gen. Grant, whq stkll
has his headquarters at Holly Springs, Miss.,is Im
pressing the rebel sympathizers along the rctscl . (cant
Columbus to the Springs, for the purpose of com
pleting necessary repairs c 5) quit lipports*line of
corntallaNtli?a,
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