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GRIGG & HARMSTEAD,
Na MI STRAWBERRY STREET.
COMMISSION hIERORANTS
For the sale of
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS
laillke
OUR SPRING STOCK IS NOW AR-
RAtt 0 ED
30,000 DOZEN
MI 0 S I E R Y
.AT LOWER PRICES THAN PRE9En COST OF IM-
PORTATION.
THOS. MELLOR & CO.,
40 AND 42 NORTH THIRD STRUT.
• PIII7,ADHLPITTA
JOHN T. BAILEY & CO.
:SAGS AND BAGGING
orzyuy DESCRIPTION.
NO. 1.18 NORTH. FRONT STREET,
=mon
FHIL ADELPHIA
" BAG "
- MANUFACTORY.
1131:JRLA.P BA G S, OF ALL SIZES,
FOR CORN. OATS. COFFEE, BONE DUST. &a.
ALSO,
- SEAMLESS BAGS,
00f standard makes, ALL SIZES, for sale cheap, for ne4
wash on4eliverY
GEO. GRIGG.
No. 219 and 221 CHURCH ALLEY.
WOOTTON YARN.
WU= COTTON TARN. No. la.
FOB SALE ET
PEOTIIINOBAM k WELLS.
tr
HIPLEY...HAZARD, &
. HUTCHINSON,
Onawnrr STREET,
00113IIIBZIOR 111111.0HANTO
TOR THZ BALI OP
PEILADILPHIA-MADS GOODS
15P1WiNGt PIALCIErmms.
L• T.II.P.ItE 1 ".
•
AT THE OLD:. STAND,
628 CHESTNUT. STREET. •
second door. opposite Jaime's Hall,
WHEELER & WILSON
SEWING MACHINES.
The undersigned b es not removed, but is ready at hie
Old °Mee to supply customers, at the lowest prices, with
• "eery style and quality of
.WHEELER & WILSON SEWING MACHINES.
Machines to hire; also, with finit-elase operators, to
Ipr_iyate families and hotels, by the day,
Machine stitching done at short notice, trimly quantity.
Machines repaired and operators taught.
deM-Sm HENRY COL •
GER'S
•...
SEWING MACHINES,
For Family Sewing and 'Manufacturing Purpos:
ii 2l2 CHESTNUT. STREET.
THE WILCOX & GIBBS •
' PAYILY
' SEWING MACHINES
have been greatly improved, making it
ENTIRELY NOISELES,
axtd with Self-adjusting Hemmers, are now ready for hale
by PAUthAIWS & EWING,
se274f • Tl 6 CHESTNUT Street.
CLOTHES-WRINGERS.
THE GREAT CLOTHES WRINGER
"PUTNAM
41 SELF•ADJUSTING OLOTHES WRINGER"
Is warranted to be superior to any other in ass.
EVERY FAMILY SHOULD POSSESS A.
CLOTHES WRINGER.
"Baosusii,
lg. It is a relief to the hardestpart of washing-day.
amp
2d.. It enables the washing to be done In one-third lees
k
8d It NRYI33 clothes from he Injury always given by
4th. It helps to torah the clothes as well as dry them.
'WE BELIEVE IT ADVISABLE TO PROCURE
ONE OF THIS KIND,
BMOAI7BB,
FIRM. The role being of vulcanized rubber, will
` , bear hot and cold water, and will neither break nor tear
toff buttons.
SECOND. The frame being of iron, thoroughly gal
vanised, all danger from rust is removed, and the lia
bility to shrink, swell, split, Stc., so unavoidable in
-Wooden machines, is prevented.
THOM. The spiral springs over the rolls render this ma
• chine self-adjusting, so that small and large articles, as
well as articles uneven in thickness, are certain to re•
eeive uniform pressure,
FOnani. The patent fastening by which the machine
-Is tightened to the tub, we believe to be superior in elm
.4.llcity and efficiency to any yet offered. •
FIFTH. It will fit auy tub, round orsquare, from one
-.ball to one-and-a-quarter inches in thicknees, without
, the least alteration.
RETAIL PRICE : •
No. 1.86.00 No.;. $5.00.
"Pr Agents wanted in every county. . •
Aar Reliable and energetic men will 11bersilY dealt
For Sale at the
' 3 WOODENWARE ESTABLISHMENT''
A. H. FRANOISOUS,•
AO. 433 =BM St. and No. 5 North MTH R.,
.lals4nthe IndsB. Wholesale anent Pennaylrt •
DRUGS AND CRIDUOALS.
ROBERT SHOEMAKER & 00.,
NOrtheast Corner Fourth and RACE Street..
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
IMPORTIES AND DBALNRS
PORRION ADD DOMESTIC
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS,
KAIMPAOTIMERB or
WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY. /to.
.ROZNIS FOR TIM OURBRATID
FRENCH ZINC PAINTS.
Dealers and consumers supplied at
n0974m VERY LOW PRICES FOR 0 J:
tifil CI Di al ail 11 w
CABINET . FURNITURE AND -BIL
LIA.B.D TABLES. •
MOORE & CAMPION,
No. 261 South SECOND Street.
lin connection with their extensive Cabinet Naimoli, us
mow manufacturing a superior article of
BILLIARD TABLES,
•
kbalitore now on hand a fail ripply, finished with the
3100113 & CAMPION'S IMPROVED CUSHIONS, which
are pronounced by all who have used them to be IRMO
nior to all others, ,
For the quality and finish or thee, Tables the manu
facturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout
She Union. Who are familial with the character their
Work. a m
fd7 ARCH STREET.
C. A. VAN:LCIRK . ge co.
MAILUNAOTURIOU3 OP
UHAND'E'LIER'S
AND OTHER
GAS FIATURES.
Mae, french BMWs Flitnrea and Ornaments, Porcelain
land Mica Shades, and a variety of
FANCY GOODS
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Please caU and examine ¢oods. del3-1y
CAUTIO.N.
The well•earned reputation of
FAIRBANKS' SCALES
mac ltduced the makers of imperfect balances to offer
&hem as " FAIRBANKS' SCALES," and purchasers have
Ilbereby. in many instancea, been subjected to fraud and
kmoosltion. Fairbanks' Scales are manufactured only by
.he original lnyentora; B. dt T. FAIRBANKS & CO., and
are adapted to every branch of the business, where a
sornot and durable Scales is desired,
FAIRBANKS & EWING,
General Agents,
apilMf MASONJO HALL, 715 OBS ST MIT ST
625 GOLDTHORP & CO., 625
(Late of 16 North Fourth street,)
Manufacturers of
Tassels, Cords,_Glinp., Fringes, Certain Loops, Centre
Teasels. Dress Trimmings. illind Trimmings, Tapes,
Braids. Neok-tios. Military Trimmings, eta.
109-lsa No. 625 MARKET 6treet, Philadelphia.
L " *
ZENO ARMY AND TOILET MIRROR S ,
The best In the World for finish and durability.
B. M. S.
•
The heat brand Silk Finished
VELVET RIBBONS.
..Sole Meal, • • BENJAMIN - M. SMITH,.
tes-3st
/Dti DtfANB Street. near West Bro New Yorkadway.
VOL. 6.-NO. 162.
RETAIL DRY GOODS•
SPRING AND SUAIKER
DRESS GOODS.
Owing to the dammed condition of trade last Spring
and Summer, quantities of DRESS GOODS were said at
auction at conaldorably
LESS THAN IMPORTATION COST ,
At which time we were induced to purchase. and bars
carried over a larger stock than usual, which is now ar
ranged, and, marked at such prices as will ef f ect rapid
sales.
Purchasers who will anticipate their wants mast rea
lize advantages, as the increase of DUTY AND EX
CHANGE will advance tho ;nice of this obaractor ofgooda
greatly.
WHOLESALE BUURS WILL FIND DESIRABLE
GOODS IN OUR . STOCK. .
TRAVELLING DRESS GOODS,
PARIS PRINTED BEREGES,
BLAOK BERME ROBES,
BLAOK HEENAN'S,
PLAID YALENOIAS,
PLAIN BEREGES,
FANCY DRESS SILKS,
AND NEOOTAS.
OURWEN. STODDART & BRO.,
• 450, 452, AND 454
NORTH SECOND STREET ABOVE WILLOW.
R7-8t PHILADELPHIA.
NOTICE!
a consequence of its occupying tenger time In making
the alter tlons In our store than we anticipated, it will
not be opened until
THURSDAY MORNING.,
THE 12TH INSTANT.
EDWIN HALL
_&; 00.,
CASSIMERES,
CLOTHS, LININGS, &c.,
Comprielnir a bilge and complete stock of goods for
MEN'S AND BOYS' WEAR.
THE TRADE SUPPLIED AT REASONABLE PRICES
COOPER dc CONARD.
iR24 " S. E. CORNER NINTH AND MARKET STS
MUSLINB BELOW THE MARKET
-t-'-s• PRICES. —We have a large Stock of Bleached and
Brown ItUSLINS, of all widths and qualities, at Prim
from 2 to IS rents per yard under the case price of the
agents.
1.14164 it. Unit. V . ,14 Wil
-1.111:11111-1110: ISI 111110119111: ina
every approved mthe ,
ry
Mkorrie crepera will savw I.y an
en goods at old prlc_eli.
B. D. Sr W. H. PENNELL,
fe2 1051 MARYUT Street.
MMMI
CLOSING OUT WINTER STOCK AT
AND UNDER COST PRICES.—
Saxony Plaids and• Poll Do Chevres, at 20 els.
Best American Delaines, at 20 eta.
All imported Dress Coeds at coat prior.
These goods are all really cheaper than Calicoes.
Plain Silks, rich colors. •
Small-figured Corded Silks. solid colors.
Pls in and figured Black Silks.
Very heavy Oro Grain Black Silks.
Rich styles Fancy Silks.
All of these goods are at last fall's prices.
Pretty styles Fancy Silks, 56, 6,5, 75 cts.
. Plain Black Alpacas.
Single and double-width Black All-wool Delaines.
Plain Black Redness, Cashmeres, and Reps.
All at last fall's prices.
English, Merrimac, Coolies°, Sprague, and all the
best makes of Prints in the market.
Pillow Case, Sheeting, and Shirting Muslins, Wil
liamsville and other approved makes.
9-8 Waltham and Pommel, 6-4 layman, unbleached.
all at than the agent's case prices.
TENTH ON,
fe2 Noe. 713 and 715 Northstreet.
SPLENDID STOOK: ON HAND;-
na All the best actinic: Callooes.'
11 the beet makes of Muslin&
•
. All the beet makes of Linens.
All thebest makes of Sheetinips. •
All the beat make a of Napkins. •
Together with Towels. Crash, Diaper Hnckaback, Bird
Be Burlap, &c. &o.
- White Cambric and Jaconet, full line.
Nsinsooks and Plaid Muslim, full line,
Winter Goode closing out.
Shawls, Merinoes, closing out,
Balmoral Skirts, all prices.
Silk and Linen Mikis. nice assortment. At
JOHN H. STOKES',
ja. 21 702 ARCH Street.
•
EDWIN HALL & BRO.,
2 South SECOND Street.
Have reduced the priceslof
Panay Silks,
Rich Printed Dress Goods,
Choice Shades of Iderinoes,
Beautiful Colors of Reps or Poplin& •
All-Wool De Lainee. ' -
All kinds of dark dress goods reduced.
Also,
Pine Lank Broche Shawls,
Open Centre Long Cashmere Shawls,
Rich new styles of Blanket Shawls.
44 Lyons Silk velvets. pure Silk. dentf
DRY GOODS FOR WINTER.
Rep. Poplins,
Preach Merinos,
Colored Mousseline&
Ponlt De Soles.
Foulard Silks,
Blanket Shawls,
Balmoral Skirts,
Black Silks,
Fancy Silks,'
Black Bombazine',
Worsted Plaids,
Cheap Detainee,
French Chintzes,
Shirting Flannel*,
Broche Shawls,
Fine Blanket&
Crib Blackens.
SHARPIaSS BROTHERS,
CRBSTBDT and EIGHTH Street
WILLI.AMSTILLES, W.A_MS:IITTAS,
York Pretninms, Forestdales,
Edward Harris, Bay Mill, and
Other good makes Skirtings.
. 10-l Utica, Waltham and Pepperell Sheeting".
FINE LINENS
At nearly old prices.
Cheap Damask Cloths, Power-Loom Linens,
Good Napkiiis, Pine Towels and Doylies.
BLACK ALPACAS,.
Fine Colored Alpacas,
Prints, Detainee, Cheap Reps.
All-wool Reps at Cost.
Balmoral"—Good Skirts, full size, $3.
Closing out Winter Cloaks and Shawls.
Closing out Boys' Winter Clothing.
COOPER & COMAE%
. jail& irearttair NINTH a.nd MARIEBT Street'.
VY' RE & LANDELL, FOURTH AND
. 116 j AWL have a line stock of
. . GOODE. FOR FAMILY CUSTOM.
Good Largeßlankets.
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. . Jet
C RIB AND • CRADLE :BLA.NKETS.
Large Crib Blankets.
Fine Cntdle Blankets. '
jal BYRE ds . LAADELL, FOURTH and ARCH.
GENTS' FURNISRING GOODS.' •
606. ARCH STREET. 606.
FETE SHIRT AND WRA P PER EMPORIUM,
• Full Assortment of
GENTS' . 1111tNISHING GOODS,
IN• GRIST VARIETY. •
SUPERIOR QUALITY, MID AR NOEUULLTE 'PE
G. A. HOFFMANN,
thcceesor to W. W. KNIGHT.
JoSototh3m 808 LECH STREET. 808.
►pip ME SHIRT EMPORIUM,
Noe. 1 AND 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET
JOHN O. ARRISON,
(FORMERLY L BURR MOORE,)
IMPORTER AND MANUFACTURER OF
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS
IN GREAT VARIETY AND AT MODERATE PRICES.
N.B.—Particular attention given to the spatting °Whirls.
Collars, Drawers, ke. UN -tape
FINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY.
The subscriber would invite attention to his
IMPROVED CDT OF SHIRTS,
Which he makes a opcolalty in his business. Also, con
etently receiving,
NOVELTIES FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAR.
J. W. SCOTT,
•
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE,
No. 814 CHESTNUT STREET,
jal7-tf Four doors b slow the Continental
1 , 000 DOZEN HICKORY SHIRTS.
GRAY. RID, AND BLUR
1,000 do. FLANNEL SHIRT&
• , ASSORTED FANCY
500 do. TRAVELING SHIRTS:
LOW-PRICED
500 do. { WHITE MUSLIN SHIRTS.
1,000 do. DENIM OVERALL&
10,000 •PAIRS COI7O2TADE PANTALOONS
. 'For salebi
.BENttErr. SUCH. & CO.
Mannlttotarers. Sliv CHURCH ALLEY.
c CASES 30-INOH BLACKSTONE
.
UMBRELLA CLOTHS_
Teesae by MATTHEW BINNEY'S SONS,
BOSTON, Man.
CORNELIUS cls BAKER,
MAIM/MMUS OT
LAMPS, CHANDELIERS,
aerancrom sto. •
STORE, '7lO . OHESTkUT ST-
82I'01Mqtr Street, t and pirrEf and COLUMBIA
." • Avenue.
CARD' FEINTING, NEAT. AND
Cheap, at ItINGWALT & 11130WW5,1.1.1 South
VOTTRTII Street. below Chalfant. esil
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•MLNINACTORIES.
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10,
.1863.,
The Famous Vicksburg Canal.
To the Editor of the Press.
SIR: This is one of the military necessities of the
evil times upon which we have fallen ; it is one of
the achievements in the practice of modern warfare,
which gives play to the stragetical element of the
military intellect of the age. In its accomplishment,
the strategist of the field and the tactical martinet
give place to the engineer, who assumes supreme
control. But, after all, the engineer in this work is
only giving hie mite into the treasury of fame for
the commanding•general who Shall, by this auxiliary
of a cut-off; obtain possession of the key of the great
Mississippi Valley. The object of opening this canal
is to move the army around to the south side of
Vicksburg, run boats through the canal, and assault
•the stronghold on its undefended side. Should large
enough boats be able to get through, it would be
possible even to transport the army to Port find
son—which ts undefended on the north side—take it,
and then, with the united armies of Grant, Metller
nand, and Banks, resume the siege of • Vicksburg
with a certainty of success.
It is very clear that the great army on the Missis
sippi has not gone doWn to 'Vicksburg merely to dig
a canal. Even should the bed of the river be changed
and the city rendered of no account for commercial
purposes, its possession is still of paramount im
portance in a military point of view. It is the.di
rect road to Jackson, the capital of Mississippi, and
the connecting point of the railroads.in the South
west. Although the location of the canal last sum
mer was ill-Judged, it is practicable to turn the river
over the peninsula opposite Vicksburg. Let but the
hard clay crust be removed, and the sandy soil which
underlies all that country would be no impediment
o the • impetuous up-river current. Even if the
main channel should not be changed, a sufficiency
of water could easily be secured to pass through all
the gunboats and transports necessary to take the
army below. This movement will of course take
time, but it promises to be much more fruitful of
success than heavy dashes against impregnable
The general course of the Mississippi, as all well
know, runs nearly due south, but in detail it is ex
ceedingly- tortuous. 'When Vicksburg first appears
in sight to the traveller down the river, its direction
is almost due east, nearly three miles distant. At
Vicksburg the stream "doubles" completely upon
itself, and for three miles additional its course is
exactly reversed. A peninsula, or tongue of land,
is thus formed, with a length of nearly three miles
and a width of a little less than a mile. At the com
mencement or neck of this peninsula it is more con
tracted than at any other point. The people of
_Vicksburg have long feared that the river would
make its way across this bend, and thus cut them off
from the steamboat navigation of the Mississippi.
If the channel is once formed across the neck no
earthly power can prevent the main course of the
stream from following this direction. A bar would
speedily form at the lower end of the cut-off, and the
main channel would gradually fill up or form a lake.
Navication will follow the shortest route ) and
On the rentneurn the mound la much lower than
tile surface of the river at ordinary floods, and an
immense levee has been built entirely around to pre
serve it from overflow. The Shreveport and Vicks
. burg Railroad passes along the centre of the penin
sula, and terminates at Its extremity opposite the
town. It was along this railroad that Vol. Crafts
Wright operated during the recent attack upon
Vicksburg as far as Delhi, and destroyed the track.
The charter of the_ road was made perpetual, in order
to prevent the possibility of the State of Louisiana
ever permitting the out being made across. Ad
miral Farragut, on his arrival before Vicksburg,
last June, perceived the grearadvantage to our
movements that would arise front the chan
nel extending across the peninsula out of range
of the batteries of Vicksburg, and saving a die
tance of several miles. Not having any particular
'reverence for the feelings of the natives of Vicks
burg, nor of the parish of Madison, in the State of
Louisiana, heat the suggestion and according to
the plan of. General Thomas Williams, who was
killed at Baton Rouge—decided to make the channel,
and sent a boat to visit the plantations for twenty
live miles down the river, and impress all the negroes
who could be found. Four hundred of them were
soon set at work cutting the canal, but there was
some fear that the project would not at that time
succeed, as the river was then over ten feet within
its banks. At the highest floods it is twenty feet
above its then level
The Richmond papers of last July stated that the
attempt 'of Lincoln's army of diggers to draw off
the Mississippi from Vicksburg, by cutting for it a
new channel, excited very little solicitude there.
The task, they said, was one of great difitculty, and
would require a long time to make it successful.
In all the enterprises for .straightening the river
made by the citizens of the Lower Mississippi, it
was found that, after cutting through a few feet of
sand, a blue clay was entered upon, which is so ex
ceedingly tough as to require blasting to remove it ;
and unless the new channel is cut very deep, it is
speedily choked and filled up with dirt, wood, sand,
&c. The rebels, however, when our forcei with
drew from 'Vicksburg last summer, began speedily
to fill up the cut 'for fear of accidents." The
latest reports from Vicksburg, via Cairo, state that
the river is now "bank full," and that two brigades
of Mcpernand's troops were engaged excavating the
old canal. A few days, doubtless, will decide whether
it will be a success or not, and, if it is, Vicksburg,
defences and • all, will be entirely useless to the
rebels, and they will have to confine their opera
tions to Port Hudson. '
THE FORTIFICATIONS AT VIOKSHURG.
The fortifications at Vicksburg are in command
of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, son of the "Southern Napo
leon." Various estimates are placed upon the Con
federate force now stationed there. The most relia
ble authority places it at very little less than a hun
dred thousand. It is certain that they can' concen
trate that many men in a few days by withdrawing
their forces from different points in the Southwest,
with which they have uninterrupted railroad com
munication. A simultaneous attack on Vicksbuir,
and Port Hudson would of course compel them to di
vide their forces. They seem to think that Hanks
is more effectually checkmated than Grant. Mean
time, if two or three of our Western iron-clads were
to run the blockade, and make an unexpected ap
pearance above Port Hudson, while the Essex and
one or two others assailed it from below, the confi
dence of the Confederates might be shaken a little.
TEE WORK OF GEN. BANKS' ARMY
The probability is that General Banks is waiting
for General Grant. Vicksburg and Port Hudson are
between the armies of those two commanders ; the
rebels will, therefore, be able to concentrate their
entire strength at whichever point shall be first at
tacked. The army under General Banks is entirely
too small to attack successfully the entire rebel
force of both 'Vicksburg and Port Hudson, which
he would be compelled to do before he could co
operate in the attack on Vicksburg. Should Gene
ral Banks attempt to.capture Port Hudson before
Vicksburg is taken-or, at least, before an army is
on the ground to menace Vicksburg-4 will meet
with a repulse. It is General Banks who must
have co-operation. He must wait until Vicksburg
is taken, or, at least, Is attacked, before he can move
against Port Hudson with any reasonable hope of
success. The only way, in which Banks and Grant
ean.co-operate in • the capture of Vicksburg is to
attack both the rebel strongholds at the same time.'
'By so doing, the enemy's force will be divided. But
that; in view of the long distance (two hundred and
fifty miles) between the two points, such coopera
tion can take place , is st best doubtful. B.
MEMPHIS, .1 anuary 31.
Help the Lowly.
To the Editor of The Prete:
SIR: Visiting the contraband camp at Washing
ton city, my attention: was called to the fact that
quite a number had considerable money (owing to a
great demand for labor, at good wages), and were
not able to procure shelter for- theroselves,-save in
that partly supported by the Government, which is
overcrowded, and in which they are subject to any.
prevailing disease.
The poor colored man is not like the poor white
man, able to procure boarding, or to rent a part of a
house, but is compelled to creep into any deserted
hovel, shed, or wood-house, for which he is charged
$6 per month, and none to be procured at that. •
I went into cabins owned by' three different Par
sans. .One person owned seventeen ; another four
teen ; another ten,for which the occupant paid $6
per month rent, in advance. The cost of the cabins
could not have been over $2O.
-I propose forming a stock company, composed of
persons whose 11 heart is in the right plave,” to build
cabins, sell at cost to those who have money, and
rent to others at a reasonable rent. The following
are copies of receipts for rent shown me:
Wasuilverrorr,.leb. Ist, 1863.—Received of Abram
Young, 6 dollars,-for 1 month's rent of room up to last
day of February. DURYES.
Cabin, 73 by 12 feet.] .
AsnixoToN, D. 0., Jan. 16th, 1863.—Received
of Idoriah Stuert, one month's rent in advance, for
one month's rent up to Feb. 15th. Received pay.
meet, $6. W. T. COLLINS.
[Cabin, 9 by 12 feet.] • .
Collins keeps.a grocery store. He owned seven
teen cabins ; has his tenants'for customers.
Persons who desire to co-operate in helping their
fellowman will address B. F. REIMER,
Phbtographie Establishment •
Nos. 615 and 617 N. Second street, Philadelphia.
WEST POINT LOYALTY.So much has been
alleged against the loyalty of the United States
Military Academy and its graduates, that - we
give the folloiving reliable statement, taken from
the N. Y. Historical Magazine, for'January, 1803 :
Total of graduates in the army, 186061 tEO.
Northern graduates disloyal, 1660-61 :
In the rebel army • 15
Sympathizers with secession 4
Southern graduates remained loyal, 1860-61 133
Disloyal graduates resigned, &c., 1860.61
Northerners 10
Southerners 178 •
197
Loyal graduates who remained in arms for the
Union 8:11
PRICE OF GOLD 'IN 1811—During the war of
1812 gold was sold at a premium of 3.5 per cent., so
that the present rates are not much above the mark
of the olden times. In 1812 we had a Democratic
Admintstration,,genuinely Democratic, and a very
able one. Yet the finances and currency of the
'country were greatly deranged; simply because It
does not rest in human power to prevent the dis
turbing influences of war, and the speculation which
war. engenders. Democratic politicians, who are
making capital out of the present currency derange.
meats, are guilty Of an unscrupulous meanness that
only themselves could be capable of.
REBEL PIRATE RETRIBUTION.
Captain iarindle, of the schooner Springbok, at this'
port from Port de Pais, St. Domingo, states that
the rebel pirate Retribution was off that port • about
January 6, and sent a vessel on shore, pretending to
„be a merchant vessel. His statement. is confirmed
by Captain Jordan, of schooner H. S. Boynton,.
who left Port de Para January 10. Ifs°, the report or
the destruction'of , four ortve vessel!, off St. Thomas
by that privateer, Is undoubtedly fahie, as the latter,
port is far to' the windward, and the Retribution'
could not beat up' in season to make the -report
true. . -
PHILADELPHIA. TUESDAY, FERRTJARY 10. 1863.
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
(Special Correspondence or The Press. )
NABHVILLIC, Tenn., Feb. 3,1883.
GOOD FOR GENERAL MITCHELL.
The following order from General Mitchell, com
manding post, is the best thing of the season.
Whenever an arrival of rebel prisoners takes place,
the females of this city flock to the various offices '
Where passes are issued in order to obtain admission
to the prison-houses where said prisoners are con
fined. The following order is full of sarcasm and
justice, and will suit the rebel sympathizers—about
as much as the Maine liquor law did whisky
drinkers. The, rebel ladies like very well to visit
the prisoners-of-war confined in our midst, and, as a
cloak, take In a little basket of provisions, &c. But
wholesale charity they will spurn. The times are
too hard. You will also notice that the General
forbids the visiting of these sick and wounded Dona
federates by others than those belonging to the
families where they are to be boarded. General
Mitchell also holds these new "hospital superinten
dents" responsible for the delivery of the prisoners
when called for by the Federal authorities :
HitAnOuAnTHItS UNITED STATES FonOit%
DIASIIVII.I,I2, Tenn., rebruall ;.; 1 .555.1
ORDERS.
The general commanding at this poet desires toex
press his admiration of the zeal evinced by certtin
Seceseion families in administering to the wants tad
alleviating the sufferings of the Confederate wo d
ed teoday brought to this city.
Great praise should be awarded them for their
votion to the suffering soldiers of that cause to which
they are so enthusiastically allied. . I
Desiring to give them still greater facilities for tie
exercise. of that devotion which, to-day, led them
through the mud of the public streets of the city, ii
mindful of the inclemency of the weather, and. de
siring farther to obviate the necessity of - that public
and flaunting display, which must be repugnant is
the retiring dispositions of the softer sex, the gen
ral commanding directs as follows:
Surgeon Thurston, medical director, will selectit
of the wounded and . sick Confederate soldiers this
day brought from the front, to be quartered as
lows:
Fifteen at the house of Mrs. McCall, fifteen at
house of Dr. Buchanan, and fifteen at the house
Mr. Sandy Carter ; all on Cherry street, immedla
ly below Church street.
As it is desirable that the sick and wounded shout
not be agitated by the presence of too many person
no one will be admitted to the rooms In which th
wounded are, except' their surgeons, without pass
from Surgeon Thurston.
Each family above named will be held responsibl
for the safe delivery of the Confederate soldiers thu
assigned, when called for by the proper military ari-1
thorit.y, under penalty, in failure of such delivery, of
forfeiture to the United States bf their property and
personal liberty.
By order of Robert B. Mitchell, Brigadier General
commanding post. JOHN' PRATT, A. A. G.
COLONEL JOHNSON'S EXPEDITION
Colonel Robert Johnson's regiment arrived here,
last Tuesday evening, after a two-weeks march
from Louisville, but has already been at work, as he
led an expedition which started out from this city
late Friday evening, to make an excursion in. the.
direction of Franklin. ;The expedition consisted of
several regiments of ihfantry • and some artillery,
and was led by the Ist Tennessee Cavalry, coin
mantled by Colonel Robert Johnson. • The forces, the
first night out, got on the wrong road, and had to re
trace their steps. Yesterday theist Tennessee Ca,
valry made a dash into Franklin and took the town.
There were some two hundred of the enemy in town
at ttic 11E391 Ant} tlicy OFCAI WI 99r EMI hiliinff irniTM
.171 rif
2 r2ll Ti2frirlfl 1 - :11T2111111111
the ehlY eneEqltirt Out Mei? 9aptill49 OaPtilla t'l - Q;
Harris, brigadequartermaater to eloneral Starne't
brigade, and upwards of a dozen privates. Sterne*
brigade, consisting of four regiments, was encamped
about a mile from town, and their camp fires were
visible on the Columbia pike. There were`aboul
10,000' men, • under Wheeler, Wharton and Foster)
encamped about five miles from Franklin. The exi
pedition was recalled by order of Generalßoseeransi
and the let Tennessee Cavalry returned to their
camp in this city last 'evening, depositing their pril,
Boners in the penitentiaryi • :
A SKIRMISH WITH GUERILLAS.
A little skirmish occurred near Lavergne yester-'.
day between some of General Stedman's troops end'
a guerilla force, resulting in the capture of the whole,
rebel party, numbering one hundred and ten men.'
They were sent to this city, and arrived here this .
morning. There were three commissioned officers . :
among the party. B. C. T.
,-
gitsuviLLx, Tenn.; Feb. 6, 1663
OUR. LOSS AND GAIN, ETC
According to the rebel journals, the loss sustained
by Bragg's army, during the battle of Stone's river,
far exceeds ours. Our lose in killed, wounded, and
missing just reaches about 13,000. Our killed and
wounded will amount to &000, and our missing,
until quite lately, to 5,000. But about one-fifth of
the latter come wider the heSd of cowards and"
stragglers, and a sneaking increase is daily notidea—
ble in many regiments, some of which were .sup
posedto have been " all cut to pieces." Subtracting
1,000 stragglers from the above figures gives a semi-.
of account of our loss as follows ;
Killed
Wounded 0,400
Prisoners •
Prisoners (taken in rear) . ' 300
Prisoners (captured on advance) too
Prisoners (captured mane of R., after ()tittle). too •
• • .
Total loss (siemi.ofticial)
We had in - The battle eight divisions,' and the re
bels had nine. Their -loss (semi-olticial, probably),
which I copy from a late number of the Chattanooga
Rebel, gives the following in five divisions :
' Killed. Wounded, Waal.
Breckimidge's division.. 411 1.400 360 •
Withers' " . 319 • 1,4-11 300•
McCoun's .. 289 1,555 450
Oheatham's 277, 1,332 "407
Mains' 212 1,109 315
Total 1,558 7,134 1,832
Killed 1,558
Wounded 7,134
1,832
The above figures will give you some idea of the
rebel grand total loss. Their own papers state that
live divisions out of nine sustained a loss of 10,524.
At a glance you will perceive that their loss will
amount to quite 16,000 Men.
On Wednesday morning, when It became general
ly known that the rebels had taken from us 2,500
men - in one haul, and forcing Us back hourly, our
spirits got low. After the battle, alhough we were
well aware of the punishment we had inflicted upon
the enemy, the conjectured disparity in the number
of prisoners chilled us. But time adds lustre to the
whole affair :
Number prisoners sent to Alton 10th Jan 1,400
Do - do do 14th Jan..... 1,000
Rebel wounded left at Murfreesboro 2,100
Deserters and prisoners from Jan. 14 to Jan. 30. SOO
Prisoners from Franklin
Do do Charlotte Pike 67
Prisoners taken by Gen. Shinty, Feb. 2, at
Rover and Milltown M
Body of• conscripted men Came in Feb. 3, and
took oath 250
Total rebel prieonere .... „..
National prisoners
Rebel loss exceeding ours 1,619
CAVALRY FIGHTS AND DISGUSTED CON
SCRIPTS.
Quite a number of interesting events hive hap
pened on our front within the past week. On last
Saturday, Colonel' Rannet'i - eavalry, while scout
ing, CRITIC unexpectedly. on. Wheeler's brigade of
cavalry, while the latter were being paid off, at'
Rover, a little village - on the Shelbyville - and No
linsville road, eighteen miles from the former town.
A brief hand-to and, sabre fight ensued, Which -- ter
minated in the complete rout of the rebels, who left
on the field twelve killed, about the same number of
wounded, and three hundred iniiminers, who fell into
our hands. A few of our soldiers were wounded, but
we lost none killed. On the same day, a squadron of
cavalry attached to Gen. Jeff O Davis' division en
tered Milltown A skirmish occurred, but no da- •
mage was sustained on either side. On Tuesday
last, one hundred conscript soldiers came into Mur
freesboro, and voluntarily surrendered themselves.'
deelaring their attachment to the Union, and re
questing the privilege of taking the oath.' They all
live between this place and liTurrreesboro. On Fri
day, two hundred more followed their example.
GENERAL CRITTENDEN.
General T. T. Crittenden, .who was captured at
Murfreesboro last summer, a few hours after his ar
.
rival at that place, has been honorably acquitted,
and will have command of a division in a few days.
The General is a first.-class officer, and proved him
self a brave man at Shiloh. The following is Gene
ral Orders No. 4:
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF TUE
CIIRRERLAND, MURFREESBORO, TENS.,
January 24th, 181.14.
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 4.
I. At-a court 'of-inquiry, convened at the city of
Nashville, December e7th,.1862., by Special Field Or
ders, No. 19, headquarters 14th army corps, Depart
ment of the Cumberland, on the request of Brigadier
General T. T. Crittenden, to, investigate and give an
opinion on the facts connected with the surrender
of the troops at Murfreesboro, under his command;
of which court Brigadier General James G. Spears
waspreaident, and Col. JOseph R. Scott, lath Re,gi
rnent'lllinois Vole., was recorder, the following facts
were found upon the testimony :
Ist. That he (Gen. Crittenden) assumed command
of the post at Murfreesboro, on the 12th day of July,
• 1862, between the hours of iiand 10 o'clock A. M.
2d. That he found the, camp had been divided for
three weeks previous, and the forces Separated. •
3d. That he rode out on the morning of the 12th
July, with Col. Duffield, commanding the• 2.3 d Bri
gade, and selected a camp, and told Col. Duffield to
concentrate the whole force there at once.
4th.,.That he rode .out - and inspected the pickets
with the field officer of the day, and not being Batts
fled with their strength and location, ordered Major
Seibert, commanding - tee cavalry, to double:bia
cavalry patrol on the roads leading to 11,ebanon and
IYlcMinnzville..
sth. That the pickets on 'these roads were rein
forced, but 'were withdrawn at night without the
knowledge of Gen: Crittenden, as was the custom of
the post, - by order..-
6th. That he ordered morning reports to be made
out,-and one.tlfth of the entire effective 'brie to be
detailed as grand guards. . ••••
7th. That he examined the brigade order books,
and ordered a plot of the town and its approaches to
be made.. .
. .
6th. That he consulted fully and freely with (kolo . -
nets Lester and Du r tlleld, did a large amount ot execu
tive business, and was constantly- employed until 9
P. M., July 12.
• 9th. • That he was informed, on what should have
been good authority, that there was no force of the
enemy nearer than Uhattanooga, with the exception
of small parties of guerillas, and that there was no
danger of an immediate attack.
lOth.That the attack was made upon the 9th Mi
chigan Infantry And 7th-Pennsylvania cavalry, and
the town, at daylight, : on the morning of the 13th
July. .
11th. That thelth Pennsylvania cavalry was imme
diately overpowered. That the .9th Michigan in
fantty was promptly formed, and repeatedly repulsed
the enemy. ,That about 8 o'clock A. M. they took a
more sheltered. position which they: held until 12
o'clock, when they surrendered ; their commanding
mincer being wounded, and having lost nearly one
half their number in killed and wounded.
12th. That one company of the 9th' Michigan in
fantry, acting ac provost guarda, held the court home
in the town, until 8 o'clock, when they stutendered
after it was set on fire.
13th. That General Crittenden surrendered him
self and staff at 8 o'clock, having endeavored to com
municate with the troops, but failed, owing to the
stopping of his message by rebel guards.
14th. That the 8d Minnesota infantry and Hewitt's
battery of 4 guns, under command of Col. Lester, .
being 1) miles from town, and about the same dis
tance from the 9th Mich San infantry and cavalry,
. immediately on hearing the attack on these places,
marched up the turnpike,
and took position in an
open Held with woods in front, about 600 yards dis
tant, where they remained until about 12 o'clock,
cavalry occasionally appearing in their front in small
parties, which were driven oft with shot and shell
from the battery, after which they fell back about
one-half mile, near their camp, and remained there
until they surrendered.
15th. That the estimated number of troops at the
post was about 1,040, that of the enemy 2,600.
Upon which statement of facts the court give the
following opinion :,
" We, therefore, are of the opinion, from the evi
-dence, that Brigadier General T. T. Crittenden did
all that should be expected of a vigilant commander
from the time he took command until the surrender.
We find no evidence that impugns his skill or
courage; on the contrary, he was very active on the
day before the attack, up to 9.P. M., in obtaining in.
formation and placing the post in a proper state of
defence. .Although it may be said that ha should
111 %Ye-ininledlott,y concentrated his forces, and that
any delay in so doing was dangerous, yet we find an
ample apology for the delay in the . facts that he was
an entire stranger to the place and country, and that
he was assured by Col. Lester, who had preceded
him in the command for two months, that there was
no danger of an attack, end that no enemy of im
portance was nearer than Chattanooga."
, All of which is published for the information of the
army. • ..
31. The General cornmanding,After a careful ex
amination of the testimony adduced before the court
of ineur,- is :of opinion that the defeat of our
forces u nd er Brigadier General T. T. Crittenden, at
Murfreesboro, was chiefly owing to the withdrawal
of picket guards from the roads leading to the town,
during the night.; and to the separation 'of the
forces at the post. That the post were taken by sur
prise, and the forces overpowered by being attacked
in detail, all which would have been provided
against had the timely orders of General Crittenden
been obeyed.
By command of Major General Rosecrans.
• . 0. GODDARD,
[Official.] - A. A. G., and Chief of Staff.
The weather has been, for tire past three days, the
coldest known in Nashville for several years.
IL O. T.
. . .
• , FROM GEN. ASBOTH'S
APPArne AT ISLAND NO. 10—ENERGY OF GENERAL
A:BOTH—Tux VICTORY AT FOItT DONELSON
REUEL COLONEL HILLER—THE REPORTED AT
TACK ON THE NEw ERA A HOAX—THE SITUA•
TION AT VICKSBURG — DEPREDATIONS OS GUE.
ItILLAS IN WEST TENNESSEE.
Gain°, Feb. 6.—General Asbotb, after inspecting
Island No. 10, issued the following order:
. ISLAND No. 10 TENN., Feb. 4.
Of SPECIAL ORDER , A g o. 17.
1. Of the eighty spiked guns on the island, seven,
with all necessary implements, are to be selected by
Capt. John A. Gorden for the defence of the island.
They will be immediately unspiked and properly
mounted in the point designated at ^the inspection.
Besides these seven heavy guns the Captain will re
tain the 6-pounder brass field-guns for hailing boats.
Col. Bissell, of the engineer regiment, will take the
balance of the guns, seventy-two carriages, andother
Government property of any value for milittuy ope
rations, down the river, to Memphis, Tennessee.
The steamboat Sam Young may take as many of
the ordnance stores as the can carry. The rest will
be shipped on a boat to be sent for that special pur
pose. Col. Bissell will leave a commissioned officer,
with the requisite number of men, to attend to the
embarkation. Lieut. John Co ton, quartermaster,
will prepare a complete list of all property.trans
fermi to co, poplii MI pat' NM 11111 mnlo rat
..”. 11 • 1 .tonaNetaa.reel Pos . tile /Mtn
;•; . .;‘1.1.„ 11.-1.1-3. -" u"
The disposition mule in the .ibovi, order ph...
the famous Island No. 10 once more in a complete
state of defence against any attack, while the im
mense amount 01 valuable ordnance stores now
strewn over the island will be made available, and
of great service in all military operations below
Memphis, for opening the waters of the Mississippi,
whichls an urgent national necessity. .
The following telegrams were received at head
\ quafters : •
DEPARTMENT OF C0LT13113179,
YlKAnquAirrsus,
.T.B.Eurrorr, Feb. s.
I.l '
T &oldie,. General Asboth:
have killed, Wounded, and captured 34 of DAMN
R s guerilla band. I have also captured 26 horses
a 28 stand of arms. No fear need be felt for any
e depredations from that quarter.. All is quiet.
0. WOOD,
Colonel Commanding the Post.
PatinaAii, Feb. 4, 1863.
• nyenAt ASIsOTIT : At Fort Donelson there was
! lorious victory over Wheeler ' Forrest, and
arton. One hundred and thirty-five of their
ed are already found. We have some flak pri
ers. Their wounded and stragglers are being
. etantly brought in. Col. IVleNairy. (rebel) was
led, andTorrest wounded. The whole force is in•
1 retreat; our cavalry is following. The precise
tuber of the enemy I can't tell, but one of their
eons, now at Fort Donelson, says they hail 11
iments, and I know 8 or 11 pieces of artillery.
. 'hese successes, in connection with the ream
'.
etion of Island No. 10, and the energy and military'
,• .11 displayed by General Asboth everywhere, in
his dispositions, will very soon change the
-, eral gloom and confusion throughout the whole
trict of Columbus into a perfect system of order
; security.
rhe lately reported attack upon the New Era by
I. . hundred and fifty Confederates, and their
1 I eatening of Island No. 10 turn out to be nearly,
i . ot quite, a hoax upon General Asboth, perpe
-1 ,ted by the captain of the New Era. General
oth'made a prompt examination of natters, and
~ tidied there was no thing with - eannon upon
the New Era from the shore, and that but half a
• ozen balf•starved guerillas were in the locality
belled by the steamer. The affair will be put under
e scrutiny of a court martial.
By the politeness oniewett Wilcox, clerk of the
teamerlifilman, I have files of the Memphis pe
ers of the 4th and sth.
The Bunclin of the sth has the following : •
"We have advices from the fleet at Vicksburg to
unday afternoon. Preparations for a great demon
ration were in progress. The water is running
rough Farragut's ditch, as the canal is called, at a
ow rate. It is about live feet wide. Efibrts are
a king to deepen it. It is one mile and a half long,
, d only about half commanded by the enem's
us. bteanCdredging machines have been sent for,
th which it is proposed to deepen the canal. Pre
lions are malcing'to run the blockade. It was
'- Joliet] that the Carondelet had already run the
my's batteries, and was at the mouth of the
al, but the report is not confirmed. There have
n no' indications of success from Port Hudson.
e sickness among our troops still continues.
litny of the troops are down with diarrhma. No
1 clibt is entertained at the fleet of the ultimate fall
(re rebel stronih.”
old
ieutenant :Whilders, of 13urbildge , s staff, who
v mentioned in the official report of the Arkansas
Fit affair for gallant conduct in the field, has been
d • ched for duty on the Signal Corps.
le Arytta of the 4th has the following regarding
g las : .
Guerilla work is still progressing at Fort Pillow
the section of country back of that point. On
Siurday night a band of these gentry, commanded
man named Cushman,. of Louderdale county,
Bibering only fifteen or twenty, stopped two
w one four miles back of the fort and burned eight
m buildings. The cotton having been taken to
.th iver, they turned the teams and owners back.
0 riday night the same.party overhauled a raft
coining twenty.tive bales, crossing the Hatchie
ri anti ordered the men accbmpanying it home,
a.deetroyed the cotton and raft. This occurred
ab t ten miles from the fort.
t cotton buyer from Indiana was captured by
_th erillas a few miles from the Mississippi, in
th me neighborhood, last week, and relieved of n
Bur yof greenbacks. Cushman has been operating
in at-portion of West Tennessee for several
mai s, and thus far received no check. Re is a
gut la in the generally accepted sense of the term,
. h ß aß Eß d r et -L tro .R yed AlD a
raw., Feb. 4.—Last Saturday night, we are
and e . o la N rge jA ci c ua K n s ti o ty m of cotton
d the past three months.—Cin. Gazelle.
info ed, a body of guerillas, estimated at from ten
tot nty, made a raid upon the railroad track near
Jae n, Tenn., .but their movements were disco
ve before they had time to do much damage.
The ulled up a couple of rails off the track, when
theyw4re attacked, had two men killed, and de
par in "double-quick" order. •
C on commands at. Jackson from 45 to 60 cents
per nd. Tennessee money—which is sold there at
aPt inui, in small lots, at tenper cent.
MY OF. THE FRONTIER, ...
• - .______. 4..
&en Is Soho:told, Blhnt, and Herron
Alb lig Again—Operatione of Guerin/is
inr.sourioouclition of this A.rnty—Ae.
tiv of its Otticcrs, &c.
Sr. orris, Feb. 6.—A movement of the Army of
the F . tier was ordered several days ago; which was
sUppo d to be directed towards Little 'Rock, but
When e troops. were all ready to start the order
who c . utermanded. - •
Gen Blunt'S division ill now at Crake Creek,
Totte is at Flat Creek, and Herron , s is ,at For
syth, a Within forty-five rifles of Springfield.
hi t L
8100 field, which was taken by the enrolled mill,
tie last eek, and evacuated next day,las been re
°could by rebel guerillas, whoare arresting Union
men a hostages for gtierillas taken prisonire" at
Blooms ld. 'When last held by the Uniontroops a
detac t of the 12th Missouri cavalry. had been
ordered o releasethe Union men.
LE CAMPAIGN IN ARKANSAS.
irARTEBB let DINISION, ARMY OF
til
rum, oAmr ox Wnixr. Rivnn, Anx., •
January 21, 1683.
•NVe ar tied at this camp on Monday night last,
and fo the Oyer impassable. The recent snow
had gon with . a rain, raising the stream very
fast, and a whole army was hurrying by forced
marches • cross the river before it rose, as i t was
so low ri*o:ioeforq.a blle; but &Wow hfilit el We
were toi slow. Colonel Weer, commanding The
division, ordered Captain Stockton to cross
• (:as . feet as useitile.J!
1 .
tain ask , ". where are 'the boats 1" Colonel
Weer, del rmined to beat Generals Schofield and
Herran, io marched upon two other roads, replied,
. .
"Dlakol4p, sir, the quickest wviptsaible:"
thin ,§toclion took Live wagon-beds oft ma mule
wagons aid covered them with tarpaulins, and,
making a leable out of sprolonges, was crossing his
battery wihin two hours! The next morning, the
i ope acrosi the stream broke, and all attempts to
ti swimmingarrs
i sandtyi i to full , tai zewaoctondnve aOgnto
a shell and tired Weems& His lieutenant on the
opposite el re ian and, picked it up, and all things
went on s immingly again. A trip with this boat
was made d loaded in ten minutes. The river is
four hund feet wide at this crossing, and running
nine miles n hour. The boat has • been in constant
use four d 1;4:tow, and not a single accident has
happened o a horse been drowned or lost. This is.
• considerin the time, ciroumstanees, place, &0., Etc:,
one of the ost successful feats in the Army of the
Capt.'G • . • , of the 11th Katmai;
. has since built a
complete 1 . oden ferry, about a . mile further up
stream, w ,ch is working finely. Gen. Schofield
4 ,
built a bri e near :" . Mud ToWn," which overset,
throwing t wagons (six-mule teams) into the wa
ter. —Both ere lost. Gen. Herron, on his road,
tried rafts, 'Mat they failed. The ilivedivision is now
nine miles from "Elk Horn." • •
Yesterday We heard tiring west of us, and to-day
rumor says Col. Phillips, commanding the Indian
brigade, wasdriveif out of 'MaYsville. The citizens
of Bentonville, twelve miles west of us, say they
could distinghish the bursting of the ehel:s. Phillips
is said to be falling back towards us.
In a day ortwo we start [or Danville and thence
to Springfield. There is no enemy here,i and no
army is needed; but if Col. Phillips has been driven'
back, -the loom atter him must be large—as Phillips
has four thousand men and one battery.
WONDERFUL.—It' seems there is one army in
spector -who won't wink at the rascality of army,
contractors. A shee manufacturer in ..Essex.county
had a lot of shoes returned on hie hands with a large
hole but through the: bottom-of every one, so as to
effectually .preclude the possibility of their subse
quent acceptance by 'any less conscientious in
spectors.
STATES IN REBELLION.
GEN. ELLETT'S LAST EXPLOIT.
WHAT THE RAM "QUEEN OF THE WEST" DID.
CURIOUS RUMORS FROM CHARLESTON
More British u Neutrality and Fair Play."
Rebel Reports from Tennessee.
Intportant News from Texas—Capture of
the • Ship "Morning Light" by the
. • Rebels off Sabine Pass—The Recent
Bombardment of Galveston—
Operations of the Rebels
on the Mexican
Border,
eke., dsc., &e.
Prom Richmond papers of the 6th and 6th instant
we take the following important extracts:
IMPORTANT FROM VICKSBURG. •
THE SPLENDID DASH OF THE QUEEN OF THE WEST.
Vionswcnc;, Feb. a, IB63.—The Yankee rain Queen
of the West went down the river yesterday after
noon with the supposed intention of destroying the
shipping between this point-and Port Hudson. She
was fired into at Warrenton, bolted& no effect.
Jacirson, Feb. 4, 1863.—The Federal ram Queen
of the West, which passed Vicksburg on Monday
morning, arrived and landed at Vidalia, opposite
Natchez, on the same evening. • A guard of men was
sent ashore, who attempted to capture Colonel Zebu
lon York; ut he escaped. The ramthen steamed down
the river, doing Considerable damage.
THE ATTITUDE OF AFFAIRS AT TICKS-
There is now no doubt of the enemy's having re
turned. The whole fleet is reported to be stretched
from the mouth of Old river to the foot of Pawpaw
Island. Troops have been landed on the Louisiana
shore, and yesterday infantry, cavalry, and axemen
could be seen with a spyglass moving about in the
vicinity of George W. Grove's place. A gentleman
who started from Monroe got a glimpse of the stare
and stripes about half a mile above Dr. White's, and
turned back. He thinks he saw two hundred and
fifty of the enemy on shore. A number of men, sup
poseil to be Abolitionists, are reported to have been
seen yesterday exatiiining the Mamie canal, which
never has been filled, and through which water will
continence running in a few days. if the river con
tinues booming up as rapidly as it has been for the
two weeks past.
Of course no one knows where the next attack
will be made; but many are of the opinion that a
road will be built from Grove's across to Bedford
Point, just above Warrenton, when the enemy will
haul barges across, and then run their iron-clads
past our batteries at night, to tow their barges over
to Warrenton with their troops and land them
under cover of their guns. This will be a slow pro
cess, and if they ever attempt it we will completely
checkmate them. Whatever may be their design,
and no matter where they may strike, we are satis
fied they will be repulsed as completely as they were
at Chickasaw Bayou.
The running up and down of steamers, the con
tinual whistling, landing, and departing below
Glove's place, reminded us of the commotion cre
ated among the Yankee fleet on the memorable
morning of the 16th of July last. AU day transports
were bringing down troops and landing them about
a mile and a half above the famous canal. Cam
fires were visible along the levee, and large squads p
of the enemy could be observed with a glass mancen
vring about the canal. In the afternoon, White's
figill MIR ihntod with Uinta. And tMADB trAM NAM_
Ilia oil Muni Inn Mar In Rant of Dr: loungektlin
010 Worm Vase. Some twcflcy ithfl pvrto Were MO?
coca to the Loniidana bank, tin iron-flag gunboat
came down about noon, and took up its position be
low the transports. Occasional visitors in the shape
of shells were sent.over to the troops, who were
pitching their tents by our men at the lower batte
ries ; but the eff i
ect s not known. They are, we be
lieve, out of the range of any of ode guns.
The mortars below the city commenced bellowing
slowly in the afternoon, and a few shots were fired
from the upper batteries during the day. The enemy
seem to be concentrating a large force near their old
camp ground; but our mortar, if fired at intervals,
will render their situation very unpleasant.
It would seem that they have given up the Yasoo,- ;
for the present at least, and will attempt the reduc
tion of Vicksburg by a new route. We believe every
thing is in readiness for them here.
TILE EXPEDITION TO OHAR'LESTON
" AID' AND COMFORT" GIVEN TO THE
REBELS BY . BRITISH OFFICERS.
[TELEGRAMS TO.THE ItT011110:tat EXAMINER.]
011AnLESTON, Feb. B.—Theßritish frigate Cadmus
brings intelligence that a moat formidable naval and
land. expedition is about to attack Charleston, the
preparations being now nearly complete. The Cad
mus brings orders for Bobertßunch; the British COD-.
to go on board and get to' Havana as soon as
possible. He will leave next Saturday. •
The Yankee naval and land forces are gatherim. ' at
Port Royal. It is supposed that the troops are
drawn chiefly from the North Carolina coast.
The iron-clad Ironsides was still off the bar this
morning with sixteen other Yankee steamers.
IMPORTANT FROM TENNESSEE.
REPORTED. EIGHT NEAR 111-RFREESBORO
CHATTANOOGA, Feb. 4, 1863.—The following do
spatch has been received by mail from Deokard,
dated January 31,1563:
The enemy advanced twelve miles from Illurfrees
boro .yesterday, with one brigade and six pieces of
artillery, on a foraging expedition. They made a
Vigorous attack on our cavalry, shelling us back a
short distance. We concealed- ourselves ia'ZIIC
woods near.Forrestville, and Anderson's brigade,
which fortunately arrived, repulsed them, with a
lass of three hundred killed and wounded. Our loss
small.
Heavy skirmishing may he looked for daily.
General Johnston has issued a congratulatory
order to the Army of Tennessee, and will direct
future movements. lie was serenaded last night
at Tullahoma.
TEE REBEL FINANCES
[From the Richinond Examiner, Feb: 40
The bill passed at the last session of Congress dis
continuing the issue of treasury notes, fundable in
eight per cent. bonds, is just beginning to be duly
felt. It was necessary that a certain amount of the
seven per cent. convertible notes, the Issue of which
was not fairly begun till the Ist of January, should
be put in circulation before the bill designed to retire
the eight per cent. notes could exert its effect. -The
volume of the seven per sent. notes has become
large, and the eight per cent. notes are becomingcor
respondinsly scarce. Already brokers find difficulty
in obtaining them in quantities sufficient to supply
the demand for' bonds. The banks have ceased to
pay them out, and since Saturday last they have
commanded a premium of one-half per cent. The
confidence of our people in the stability of the Go
vernment being firm, the demand for these notes will
continue ; and should the time for their funding not
be extended there is no room to doubt but that in a
comparatively brief period they will all be funded.
UNION SOLDIERS DESERTING.
JACKSON, Feb. 4.—Within eight hours previous
to yesterday, two hundred and fifty Yankee deserters
arrived at Urenada. Deserters are constantly al ,
riving ' and the country is full of them. Not less
than %ve hundred have deserted from one division of
the Yankee army. ..
RAID OF AIORGAN'S GUERILLAS
AUGUSTA Feb. 4.—A special despatch, "dated at
McMinnville,
3d inst., says that twenty - five of Mor
gan's men attacked a foraging party of four hundred
Yankees, with forty wacons. Morgan succeeded in
bringing off eleven wagons and thirty prisoners. and
in burning a quantity of baggage.
CHEATING IN' SOLDIERS' CLOTHES.
In regard to the report of the quartermaster gene
ral to the rebel Senate, in reply to certain resolu
tions recently adopted, stating that officerkof the
army are allowed to purchase fabrics from the Go
vernment Clothing Bureau when the stock on hand
is in excess of the wants of the private soldier,. the
Richmond Examiner of the sth says :
We take it that the stock of clothing material
now on hand is superabundant, as officers of the
army may be daily seen at the merchant tailor
establishment on Alain street, selling at an advance
of from one to two hundred per cent. the cloth ob
tained by them from the Clothing Bureau.
EDITORIAL CONVENTION.
AUGUSTA, Feb. 4.—The Editorial Convention met
this morning. About twenty papers are represent
ed. Joseph Oliaby, of the Macon Telegraph, is presi
dent, and F. N. Ells, of the Atlanta Baptist, secre
tary. . •
CAPTURE OF THE MORNING LIGHT. •
The arrival of Capt. Showalter from Sabine Pass
brings us sonic particulars of the brilliant victory
of BUjorWatkins and his gallant comrades off Sa
bine. Major Watkins some weeks since organized
an expedition by order of Gen. Magruder, n having
for its object the cleiwingof Sabine Bay of the enemy
and their capture. To-.elect this object, the two
little steamers, Josiah Bell and Uncle Ben, were
placed under his command, with about SOO men
drawn from Pyron's, Speightie, and Cook's reel
meats. The. Bell was armed with a si-pounder ride
cannon, and the Uncle Ben with two id-pounders.
The enemy learning, no doubt, that the expedition
was fitting out in Sabine River, and warned by our
success at Galveston, left the Pass,. and took posi
tion twelve miles distant.. The expedition got under
weigh on the 20th, and'-ran' , .doivn te_the. pass. On
the morning of the - 21st,the steam:WM-got up steam
and started for the:bar. , They dllicovered, at about
twelve miles distant, two veuel.s.iwhich , proved
to be the brig-of-war Morning ; Light,' mounting
eight 32-pounders and one rifle gurifand 'a schooner.
fi
(name unknown) mounting two netDahlgrens. The
Morning Light is 4.the..same :vessellthat destroyed
14 in at on' s salt .works.. Her men r itwill be remember
ed, were thoroughly punished In therillair. The mo
ment the vessels discovered them; they, up sail,' and
ran to sea to escape our steamers': I .ltillittiritri was at
once put on,. and an exciting chase commenced. At
about ten o'clock,- the . : chase ; . continued
'about fifteen, miles; the' Bell" got: in range, and the
Davis Guard(' let 'fly their, - disk gun -at the Morning
Light. The chase continued-for some miles farther,
giving our .boys ; time. to•flle ten' or twelve shots,
several of which took efiect , tn ihe brig. The brig
answered, but. was unable tb hit the Bell .at
.11aving now approached to - Within' good musket
range, it did - not -take long- for the riflemen to clear
the enemy's deck, Before -the Bell reached her, her
colors were hauled down and our boys took un
disputed possession. It did not require long to take
the schooner.% -'Thui has Major Watkins continued
the brilliant performances 'inau,„mirated by General
Magruder on our coast, without the loss of a man or
gun, addedlo' our navy two excellent vessels, eleven
heavy guns, and stores of the most valuable cha
racter. All honor to liim'fOr his gallantry,! How
the Bell and Uncle• Ben were fitted - up need!ot here
betel(' ; they belong to the Magruder fleet. The
gallant Major is still cruising off • Sabine, ready to
receive further contributions from old Abe.to our
navy. 'Our gun was managed by Captain Odienn
and his Davis Guards. Not a man was scratched on
our side. The enemy's loss was lour • killed and
about fifteen wounded. „. . •
The Cap-
MAJOR WATKINS' OFFICIAL REPORT,-
. .SAnIXE PASS, TEXAS, ON BOARD
0. S. GIINDOAT I3ELL, January 21,1863.
: We met the enemy this morning in the
Gulf of Mexico. We .'hipped them, and brought
everything to Sabine Pass. I fought him, ten guns
to our one. My officers and men behaved nobly.
We have captured two vessels—one of them a full
rigged ship, and the other a schooner—fmase fine
guns, medical stores and ammunition in abundance,
...together with 109 prisoners. I am here, Captain,
awaiting further orders from . the major general
commanding. Thia communication will be sent
you by Captain Dan. ShoWalter whom I have ap
pointed a captain of artillery, in accordance with
the orders of the major general commanding, and
assigned him to duty.as commander of Shell-bank
Battery. Tery,respetfully,
OSCAR .bI.IirATKINS, Major and A. A. G.,
' ' General Commander on the Sabine.
To EDMUND P. TURNER, Captain and A. A. G.
OFFICIAL *DESPATCH. •
SABINE PASS Jan. 21, via LIBBRIT, 22-7 P. M.
To Carr. E. P. Tulyaign, A. A. G.: 1 engaged the
enemy to-day, and captured thirteen guns and about
$1 3 00.0 1 000 worth of property, and 109 prisoners.
, 0. N. 'WATKINS, 'Major Comma riding.
COMMODORE BELL DECLARES THE COAST
' • '•• OF TEXAS BLOCKADED.
• Comintidoroßell,of the Brooklyn; hes issued the
following • ' t• ". • •
«. S o t;
, E :t i .l S l. r ; :or, N ßl . t i cooir ..l.7l,loa.
norm, A proolamation, dated Galveston, Texas,
THREE CENTS.
January 4, 1863, and signed J. Bankhead Magruder,
Major General Commanding, declares the said port
of Galveston to be open for trade with all friendly
nations, and invitee their merchants to resume:usual
commerciall intercourse with the said port of Galves
ton ; therefore, the undersigned hereby warns all
concerned that the port of Galveston, and also Sa
bine Pass, as well as the whole coast of Texas, are
under an actual blockade by a sufficient force of
United States vessels, and any merchant vessel al).
pearing off the aforesaid ports, or attempting to
pass out from the said porta, under any pretext
whatever, - will be captured, notwithstanding the
aforesaid proclamation, and lent into an open port
of the United States for adjudication.
H. H. BELL,'
Commodore commanding U. S. Forces off Galveston
and Coast of Texas.
have learned of but one Confederate arrival since
May last. January 28, came in, four days from St.
Marks, Fla., the English (1) schooner Virginia, for
ty-one tons, with cotton.
ATTAINS AT GALVESTON
[Special Despatch t 0 the /19W5t9n Tviegraph.
Onf.vsSTON, Monday, Jan. 19, 1863.—The' fleet
outside the be; at anchor—four steamers and two
mortar schooners—remain quiet. The Brooklyn
sailed. And as all matters concerning our military
movements are contmband, your readers must not
expect me to give them interesting information in
regard to this suliject.
Major Cupples and Surgeon Kavanagh, of the
military hospital, inform us that they have done all
in their power for our wounded. Luxuries have
poured in from them, and they have proved the
Good Samaritan " to all our sufferers. Of Major
Guppies and hia talented staff we cannot speak too
highly.: Often during the battle we observed them
attending to their duties, when the crash of build
ings and the bursting of bombshells scattered death
and destruction around them. One of them, Ithe
lamented Fisher, fell at a cannon: To Dr. Cum
mings, of the 4241 Massachusetts, and Chief Surgeon
Penrose, of the United States navy, Major Cupples
bears witness to their valuable.aid ; and after they
had attended to the Federal wounded they stripped
off their coats and knew not our aufferera as ene
mies. This act speaks well for these officers, and I
feel proud to put on record the event.
GAI.VYSTON, Jan. 2.'p..—.10 A. M.
Flaikof-truce boat went out to enemy's ships yes
terday. They returned at 6 P. M. The Unioniatii
affirm that Commodore Renshaw, three officers, and
three men were blown up by the explosion of the
Westfield.
The enemy treated our party kindly, and gave our
troops credit for great bravery on the tst inst. Other
news is contmlnin.o,
t'ommodore Bell Rent the following proCiamatiod
to the foreign consuls :
UNITED STATP-9 SLOOI , OP-WAR BROOKLYN,
OMP GAIA - 1.7,T0N lIAR, Jan. 21, 1863.
Whereas, the city of Galveston is occupied and
garrisoned by the troops of the Confederate States,
and the said troops are diligently employed in erect
ing defences in and around the said city, in defiance
of the laws of the United States :
The foreign consuls and foreign subjects, and all
other persons concerned, are hereby warned that the
city of Galveston and its defences are liable to be
attacked at any day by the forces of the United
States under my command.
Twenty-four hours will be given front 6 P. M. of
this date, for innocent and helpless persons to
withdraw from the said city of Galveston and its
R. H. BELL,
Commanding U. S. Forces off Galveston.
To the Consuls of France, Spain, England, and all
others concerned.
The proclamation caused considerable excitement
early this morning. But only a few persons remain
in the city. Our top are ready for them.
Let none feel alarmed, a wall of Texan steel and
fire confronts the invaders, if they step on our soil.
One gunboat is close to the bar, near the main
channel. What they may try to do this evening and
tomorrow morning remains to be seen.
But I am of the opinion Corn. Bell will think
twice before he tries it again.
• Be can issue furious proclamations, but it is
natio thin it to alma am.
lOW 11101 tug Riff,
GALVOPTOT, 7afi 00, 1883.
THE DEFENCES OF GALVESTON
Editor Telegraph: I do. notAelieve I will be vlO
- either the spirit or letter of the stringent rules
adopted by the military powers that be, or the good
faith which slffiuld actuate and govern every loyal
citizen, in giving you some slight insight into the
material both of land and water which we now
have, to retain what was so gallantly acquired in
our last new-year's visit to this city. The gunboats
andiron-clad rams ate still lying at the wharves, or
in close proximity; and one would be loth to believe,
from a casual inspection, that these peaceable-look
ing feminines of the deep had within their wombs,
and upon their iron-laden decks, the latest and most
improved weapons of destruction. The iron-ram
Retribution I venture to say, although assuming no
professional ' knowledge in such matters, has no su,
perior, in and upon any waters now navigated, both
in point of strength and the ease and facility with
which she can be managed. The chief merit which
these vessels possess, independent of their great
st rength, is their lightness of draught and great speed.
'I he great difficulty heretofore, which had to be en
countered in the construction of rams, was in con
trolling their direction; this has been most- Zully -
overcome in these boats by the application of celain
scientific principles, which I am not at liberty, even
if I possessed the knowledge, to make public.
The armament upon all three of our rams are of
the heaviest calibre and of the longest range. The
breech-loading rifled cannons, which constitute a
portion of the arms of of and defence upon I hese
rams, can throw a ball nearly four miles wilt. the
certainty and precision of a rite, The most pecu
liar and remar able weapon is the newly-invented
ram, with its ponderous bow attachment. Upon the
ram striking any object, this instrument, connected
as it is with the propelling motion, strikes with the
greatest velocity and power, crushing and destroying
every obstacle it comes in contact with. I under
stand, so successful have they deemed this new war
like appliance, that the other two iron, r
Avrnger and "63," are to be. supplied at once Arith
Similar once, We have added, since the dawnbig of
the new year, one war-steamer and two additional
gunboats to the number we had at the time of the
recapture of Galveston—the Yankees having had
the generosity to supply us with this additional
number.
The gunboats which I have previously menticned
as forming a part of our increased fleet have I seen
converted into such from the barks we captures . I
cannot safely speak of "things beneath the orate rs,"
but rest assured that any attempt upon the pait of
"Old Abe's" truce-boats—for his valiant navy low
fight and run under the "white flag"—to enter our
harbor will make them the most unwilling witnesses
to the most wonderful phenomenonthat has evei oc
curred in any age, and may possibly send the k eels
of their crafts in pursuit of their decks in a mat ner
never contemplated by their builders. Our batteries
have been enlarged, improved, and greatly secu red.
Our fleet floats dreamily upon the title, but ready' at
any moment to growl forth an angry defiance. Our
soldiers, confident in the skill, judgment, and cow age
of our commanding general and the officers under
him, regard the enemy outside the bar with a spum
lative eye, calculating the number of good coats
aboard, and variety of grub, and the time of civi-
Mon. I have never noticed to so great an extent the
feeling of security which an implicit confidence in a
general eanagive till within the period of our occu
pation of this city.
While the "Old General" (I of course use the
prefix to the General as descriptive of his military
experience, and not to the flight of time), is " bobbin
around," everybody feels as if he was thoroughly
casemated and possessed a gunboat in his own right.
I am satisfied that the enemy, in a measure, are
aware of the nature of the reception which they
would receive if they concluded to visit the inner
harbor, and I think that they do notice' particularly
safe even at the respectable distance They now oc
cupy. Com. Bell has issued, as I am credibly in
formed, a special order to the commanders of the
vessels. comprising his fleet, to have placed in a
prominent and visible part or every vessel, a notice
to the Texans, to the following effect and tenor, viz:
"Boarders not received here." Major Leon Smith,
Tom Green, and his marine cavalry, will take due
notice and govern themselves accordingly.
We sincerely trust that the Government at Rich
mond,i and the commanding generals of the Trans-
Mississippi Department, will take advantage of the
inventions which, in connection with our rams, have
proved so eminently successful, and have them ap
plied to vessels under their control. The submarine
destructivei commend themselves also to the favora
ble consideration of our people wherever an enemy's
gunboat can float. 'With the following contraband
intelligence I must close this already too. extended
epistle. I understand that the Engineering Depart
ment have had submitted to them for investigation
the following important and interesting inquiry: If
•it takes one first class frigate, and three gunboats,
and 107 shells to kill one goat, how many will it
take, and how long. to destroy all of the goat kind
in the corporate lima of Galveston I
Captain Walker, of the engineer corps, has ap
plied for a detail of 100 men, good at figures, to per
fect the work, and definitely determine by the 4th
of July last. Yours, of the
HORSE MARINES.
IPIPORT.ANT FROM THE LATE REBEL GO
VERNOR AND MILITARY COMDIA.NDBR
OF ARIZONA.
IFrom the New Orleans Delta. ]
We are indebted to Captain Longley, of the Ist
Texas Cavalry, for the following choice contribu
tions to the history of the rebellion, taken from
Texas papers. " Baylor's position, as a rebel
alone, entitles him to the attention of the Della.
Personally, he is just such a scoundrel as his °Metal
acts proclaim him. It is a very significant com
mentary on the character of the rebellion that such
a notorious bully, blackguard, and horse-thief,
should be intrusted with important duties in the ser
vice of the Richmond oligarchy. Texas needs no
information concerning him.
The civilized world cannot read the extract given
below—eut from a Houston paper—without some
hardly favorable reflections on the nature of the in
surrection, . its leaders and agents. Baylor has
borne for some time a considerable reputation as an
Indian fighter,,from the fact that by just such a
piece 'of abominable treachery as he delegates to
"Capt." Helm in the order here published, he ma
naged to massacre a large number of Indians, prin
cipally women and children, some lime since, and
was enabled in this way to make a magni fi cent dis
play of scalps as the trophies of his heroism. The
order of Capt. Helm was, of course, not sent to the
papers, but was published at a later day by "Gen."
sibley with comments,
• ,The "General" took occasion also to send the or
der to Richmond, and as a return for the notice be
stowed upon him; Baylor undertakes in a later pub-.
Heaton, given here also, to ventilate the 'character
of Sibley. It is not likely that he much misrepre
sents the notorious Sibley, whose skedaddling ex
ploits in the rebel service since he turned traitor and
deserted the United States army, where he held a
major's commission, are very well known to the
public. They are par nobile fralrum, and not likely
to say any thing too bad of each other. Any criticism
on Baylor 's production would be time wasted. Ras
cality and cowardice united had never a more damn
ing exposition. r There can be no question whatever
as to the authenticity of the documents :
Rs. A BQUARTEIM SECOND NEOI3IENT T. M. R.,
' • . • Mama, March 20,158'2.
Ca.plain, Helm, Commanding Arizona Guards;
hit: I learn from Lieutenant Colonel Jackson
that the Indians have been in your post, for the pur
pose of making a treaty. The Congress of the Con
federate States has passed a law declaring extermi
nation to all hostile Indians. You will therefore
use all possible means to persuade the Apaches, or
any; other tribes, to come in for making peace; and,
when you get them together, kill all the grown In
dians,' and take the children prisoners,.and sell them
to defray the expenses of killing the Indians. ,
Buy whisky and such other goods as may be neces
*sty for the Indians, and I will order vouchers given
•toscover the amount expended.
• Leave nothing undone to insure success, and have
• a'sufficieut number of men around to allow no In-
Aisne to escape. Say nothing about your orders
until the time arrives, and be cautious how you let
the Mexicans know it. If you can't trust them, send
to. Captain Aycock at this place, and he will send
thirty men from his company. Better use the Mexi
cans, Wiley mite trusted, as bringing troops from
here might excite suspicion with the Indians.
To your judgment I entrust this important matter,
and look for success against these cursed pests who
have already murdered over one hundred men in this
Territory. f JOHN R. BAYLOR,
Col. Commanding 2d Reg. T. M. R.
The following defence of the foregoing is upon a
par with it
SAN ANTONIO Oct. 8, 1882,
Mr., EDITOR : My attention has been called to an
article in Me Marshall RepuLlican of the date of 27th
Sept., 1882, under the head of "Terrible Revela
tions," and an order is published issued by 1118 to
Capt. Helm, in reference to the killing of some In
dians.' There is no question, sir, about the, genuine.
ness of the order.: I issued it, and 'meant precisely
what I said ; and if I ant so fortunate as to return to
Arizona, I intend to get rid of the Indiana in any
way I can.
It may be well enough for your information, Ur.
THE WA.R PRESS.
C.PUBLIEUED WEEKLY.)
Tiro Whit Pasaa will be sent to enbecribere by
mall (per annum to advance) at 113.00
Fins " " 114.
9.00
Ten " 17.00
Twenty Cordes" 32.00
Larger Clabe than Twenty will be charged at the
same rate • $1.60 per copy. -
The money must always accompany the order. and
in no tnstanee can these term., be etrikited from. as they
gford very little More than the met of the Power.
Postmasters are requested to act as Agents for
Tits WAR Passe.
Int To the getter-up of a Club of tan or twenty, an
extra copy ct the Paper will be given.
Editor, to state some of the reasons that induced me
to issue that order. Gen. Sibley needs no informs
tient ; it is enough for him to know that there was to
be a quantity of whisky used in the enterprise to
shock and horrify him. I could not have been guil
ty of a greater crime, in the estimation of this
"hero," than to waste whisky in killing the Indians.
It is well known, sir, that the Apache Indiana
bare, as is stated in my order murdered over one
hundred of our citizens, and while they were under
treaty. They make treaties to get blankets and pre
sents. They break the treaties to make others, that
they may get more presents. They never think of
keeping a treaty longer than they see an opportunity
to rob and murder some one. They have time and
again, in the face of fresh-made treaties, waylaid our
emigrants and murdered them, in several instances
tying the wounded to wagon wheels and then setting
fire to the wagons. On another occasion, they cap
tured a mail party, and tied them up by their heels
end built fire under them to roast them to death by
degrees.
These, sir, are some of the reasons for the order that
excited the horror of the hero of the wagon train at
the battle of Valverde. The order may seem to those
Who have never witnessed the outrages committed
by the Indians a savage and barbarous one, but, air,
I was at war with savages and barbarians, and my
motto is to "fight the devil with fire."
Gen. Sibley, no doubt, would never resort to such
means of ridding the country of these pests; but if
the Indians could, by any means, be dissolved and
converted into whisky, I have no doubt he would
drink the whole Apache nation in a week.
It is stated that Gen. Sibley forwarded to Rich
mond a copy of my order. Phat would have been a
favorable opportunity for furnishing the President
with some other information. He ought have stated,
with truth, that while the Texans, under the gallant
and brave Cols. Green, Scurry, Sutton, and Major
Pyron, were fighting at Valverde, with three times
their numbers, the general commanding was doubled
up in his ambulance, in the centre of the wagons,
mile from the battleground, with the hosrital flag
hoisted over him ; and I have no doubt that his
prayer to God was,"Oh, that my ambulance were
steel-clad, and behid a mountain !"
. And he might have stated, further, that there are
not twenty men in his brigade who would serve un
der him if they could avoid it; nor are there a dozen
who do not believe him to be an infamous coward
and a disgrace to the army. Gen. Sibley is well
. aware of these facta, He knows well that his men,
and the great majority of his officers, detest hint;
and that the people of Texas, from the Rio Grande
to Red River, have denounced him for all that is
mean and worthless; and yet he has the unblushing
hardihood to retaincommand of soldiers who have
denounced him openly everywhere, in the highways
And streets, in the tillages and cities, I venture the
6Bgeft!on that there never was a man in this State
BO universaiiyef.ttestcd alitl abhorred as Gen. Sibley.
I trust that while he was furnishing the
,President
with information, he stated the facts above related I
and he could with propriety have added, in conclu
sion that hia expedition only coat a thousand men,
and somewhere between ten rind twenty million dol
lars, and all this expenditure was in losing—yets,,-
foohng away—the Territory of Arizona, which my
brave soldiers had fought for and gained.
I will not speak of Capt. Ochiltree, as I am in
formed that, not long since, a young friend of hts, in a
playful moment, stuck a bunch of feathers in his coat
tail pocket, and the melancholy result was, that the
captain strutted himself to death. Peace to his
ashes !
The editor of the Republic= speaks of my deserving
punishment. I am willing to be tried, sir, if the
jury is composed of those whose fathers,, brothers,
and husbands have been murdered by the Indians,
or I am willing to submit to any punishment that
Gen. Sibley can inflict. If hie object in sending my
orders to Richmond is to institute a comparison be
tween us as soldiers he is welcome-to all the glory
he can acquire, and lam willing that his own sol
diers should judge between us.
If objection is made to that part of my order
making the children of the Indians slaves, I have
only to say that the reason for making slaves of
savage Africans applies to savage Indisruif, and, in
mi ortnion i is the Teri - method of 9 4 1 -wiip A
M
lint RA QM leillifilL3 Llommaador
oL-i
-zOria4 are on file in my Office, and.Gen.l.l.ll.gibley
is welcome to study them. I think it would im
prove him. As you have published my potion let
my antidote go with it. JOHN BLYLOit.
Meeting of Paper Manufacturers.
[From the N. Y. Evening Post.
At a meeting of paper manufacturers, on the thir
tieth day of December, in the city of New York, a
committee was - appointed to prepare a memorial
which should bring before Congress some of the rea
sons why the duty on foreign paper should not be
removed.
The committee request the insertion in your paper
of the following extracts from the memorial, which
refer to the causes of the advance in prices of rags .
and paper,. and also to the charge of "combination."
About madyvlve per cent. of the whole amount of
paper_ stock is derived from domestic rags of cotton
fabric, and to per cent, from cotton waste, and
rope and bagging used in baling cotton.
Non-intercourse with the cotton States, while
cutting off the supply of cotton _waste, rope and
bagging_—one: Manson,/ reams per month—has, by di
rairdshing the imly of cotton, raised the price of
cotton goods at least two hundred per cent., thus
greatly reducing the consumption, and consequently
the quantity of domestic rags. - Bence the dimin
ished supply of paper stock. In October manillas.
- hirers became alarmed, fearing they might not be
able to stock their mills. Prices of rage advanced
two to three hundred per cent. This caused a rapid
advance in the price of paper ,• consumers then be
came alarmed, and made purchases in anticipation
of future wants, and both stock and paper soon
reached a point higher than had. been known for
many years.
Notwithstanding the fullest - denials, the charge of
combination, without a particle of evidence to sustain
it, has been reiterated-again and again. Application
has been made to Congress for a repeal, or a large
reduction of the duty on foreign paper; in order to
glilleet the press from the effect of_this alleged oom-
Paper has risen in price because the cost has been
increased by the rise in stock and labor, together
with the general effect of a depreciated currency.
Stock has advanced because the sources of supply
have been cut off by our political troubles. If the
alarm in regard to future supplies has been exag
gerated—AS is quite possible—and the extreme prices
are not warranted, they will soon adjust themselves
to a proper standard.
If the manufacturers could have rags, and other mate
rials used by : them, at the same rates as were paid prior to
the scar, and ha re payment in the Men ezieting currency,
; paper would be furnished at the prices then paid.
Many mills are now filling large contracts with
the newspaper press at former prices, which will not
pay for the raw material at the present price of stock.
Bleaching Powders, soda ash, feltings, and other
imported. articles used by paper makers, and from
which the Government derives no inconsiderable
revenue, have risen more than fifty per cent. Iron,
copper, and many other articles largely used by the
laboring classes, as well as by the Government, have
advanced from fifty to onfithundred per cent. Colton
goods hare advanced from two hundred to three hundred
per cent. Surely, some of these articles, especially
cotton fabrics, are us much necessaries of life, and
especially to the poor ani laboring classes,.aa news
papers; yet we hear no cry of " combination" against
the manufacturers, and no efllsrt to reduce the duty
on the imported article.
The magnitude of the interest involved in this
question will be seen by the followin.„." statement:
There are in the loyal States not less than six
hundred mills exclusively for manufacturing paper.
These are distributed in all the States, from the
Per. obscot to the Aliawiaaippi, employing a capital of
more than thirty millions of dollars, and giving occu
pation and bread to not less than fifty thousand per
sons. The annual product of this business, based
upon former prices, is estimated at thirty-five millions
ui ullars. -
Any attempt to create and maintain prices upon a ficti
tious basis, by combinations and monopolies, would be
absolutely tmpossfblc under circumstances such as sur
round the business of manufacturing paper. Those en
gaged in the business would be indeed most short
sighted •to attempt, by any agreement or combina
tion, to bring about a state of things which, how
ever it may affect others, would necessarily result in
nothing less than a calamity to themselves.
Leave this branch of manufacturing free to pursue
its business, unembarrassed by partial and unjust
legislation and efforts will be made which can
hardly fall to produce favorable results. Foreign
rags will be imported in increased quantities. and
measures are now in progress which, in a few
months, will increase the quantity of paper made
from straw, flax, and other fibrous materials, to an
extent that will give great additional relief.
The committee would here deny the charge of com
bination in the most unqualified terms, and confirm
this denial by. referring to the following certificate,
signed by the proprietors of most of the large mills,
the owners of which are members of the Paper
Manufacturer& Association, and which alone supply
not less than one hundred and forty (housand pounds
per day—equal to three-fourths of the entire con
europti,a in the large Atlantic cities :
The undersigned, members of the Paper-makers'
Association, and manufacturers of printing paper,
hereby certify that said association took no action
in reference to prices of paper which was obligatory
upon its members. In view of the advance m the
price of stock, and the excise tax, it was recommended
that news-paper bo sold et not less than twelve and
a half cents per pound, and book-paper at sixteen
and eighteen cents, according to quality, with the
excise tax. Making due allowance for the deprecia
tion, of the currency, these prices were no higher
than the average for five years preceding the com
•mencement of the war •; they were based upon the
value of stock at that time, and are much lase than
the actual cost to manufacturers at the present price
of stock, which has since advanced more than fifty
per cent.
This recommendation was not binding, but was
considered as an expression of the views of the meet
ing that the prices specified would only fairly remu
nerate the manufacturers.
We further certfy that we have not been control
led in our prices by any action or proceedings of said
association, and we know that the charges that the
recent advance In the prise of printing paper is to be
attributed to combinations among paper makers—
which have been so industriously circulated—are
utterly groundless.
Grant, Warren, & Co., Boston, Mass.
Wm. Russell & Son Lawrence, Mass.
James D. Mowry, Norwich, Conn.
'B. F. Martin, P.lancheater, N. H.
-Richards & Hoskins, Gardiner, Me.
Daniel P. Crocker, Lawrence, Maas.
H. V. Butler & Co., New York.
Edwin Bulkley, New York.
Theodosius S. Bartow_, treasurer Chelsea Manu
facturing Co., Now York.
Charles Magarge, Philadelphia, Pa.
Jessup & Moore, Philadelphia,
,)::. IL Cope,' Philadelphia, Pa.
L. 0. -Woodruff, president Niagara Falls Paper
Man: Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
John Carril & Co., Mill River, Buffalo, N. Y.
F. S. &J. Parker, New Haven, Conn. . •
D. & P. N. Fairchild & Co., Bridgeport, Conn.
Lewis Bence & Sone, Manchester, Conn.
M. C. ,Younglove, president Cleveland (Ohio)
Paper Co. •
Davie & 'Upham, Chagrin Falls, Ohio:
Harrison, Hanford, & Co., Cuyahoga Falb, Ohio.
C. Howard & Co., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
A. &W. Orr.& Co., Mills,roy, N.Y. . •
S. 5: Hammond, IlAoming East Pike N. Y.
B. Bagley, Livin n Mills, DansvillON.
I. Remington & bone, Watertown,N. Y. • .
Henry-M. Lewis, Trenton, N.T.
Manning & Peckham, Troy, N. Y. • .
Howland & Pallier, Fort Edward, N. Y. . r
Hodge & Co., Rainbow, Conn. -
Chauncey Kilmer, Ballston Spa, N. Y.....
S..W. Wilder & Co., Lawrence, Mass.
Jesse Lyon '& Sons, Fitchburg, Mass.. •
A. C. Denison & Co., Mechanics Falls? Me.
PORT ITUDSON.—Port Hudson, which is twenty
miles above Baton Rouge, on the hlississippiistands
on an almost perpendicular cliff, full two hundred
feet in height, the river below making oneof those
sudden serpentine curves which render the Illissis
sippi the most tortuous stream in the world, and ab
ruptly narrowing its dimensions to three-quarters of
a mile from twice that width above and below. In
land, too, the poiition is eminently favorable to the
rebels, because difficult of access to our troops. Un
like 'Vicksburg the approaches to which are as good
as could be desired to an invading army, consisting
for the most part of hard, well-made .roads, the
country at Ahe back for Port Hudson is generally
swampy, intersected with cotton-woods, ravines, and
other topographical obstacles. The only roads are
of the poorest description.
WARLXKE INFLUENCE OFIIIBTORY.—AII
tire entertainment and talk of history . ia-of , nothing
almost but of fighting and killing, and the,' honor
and renown which are bestowed on conutterora, who
for the moat part are mere, butchers ofjnipikind.
mislead growing' youth, who by this means oome to
think slaughter the laudable business of mankind,
and the most het* Of ti ITtuee..John joke,