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GENTS° FURNISHING GOODS;
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Noe. 1 •ND 3 NORTH BIRTH STAMM
JOHN O. ARRISON,
(FORMERLY J. BURR MOOPE,)
IMPORTER AND MANUFACTURER OF
'GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS
IN GREAT VARIETY AND AT MODERATE PRICES.
N. B.—rarticular attention given tOtheiriakillgOAShirte•
lellars, Drawers, Sto.
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NOVELTIES FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAR.
J. W. SCOTT ,
GENTLEMEN'S FIIRNISHING STORE,
.11'o. 814 CHESTNUT STREET,
Four doors below the Continental.
ARMY CLOTHING, 14c.
A . OPPENHEIMER,
No. NU CHURCH Alley. Philadelphia,
CONTRACTOR AND MANUFACTURER OZ
ARMY CLOTHING
Of Every Deeeription.
ALSO.
' ors,
HAVERSACKS,
PONCHOS,
CAMP BLANKETS,
KNAPSACKS, and
BID 'PICKINGS POE HOSPITALS.
MATERIAL. BOUGHT FOR CONTRACTORS.
All goods toad' will be guarantied rewalatlon in elm
N. B. Orders of any else filed with despatch. Jag 3m
PAPER HANGINGS.
ipHILADELPHIA
PAPER HANGINGS.
HOWELL & BOURKE,
CORNER OP
BO URTH AND MARKET STREETS,
MANUFACTURERS OP
PAPER HANGINGS
'AND' WINDOW CURTAIN PAPERS,
•eilffer to the Trade a LARGE AND ELEGANT ASSORT
eSIENT OF GOODS, from the cheamt Brown Stook to
'the Fined Decorations.
fN.E.UOR.FOURTH AND MARKET STREETS.
N. B.—Solid Green, Blue, and Doff WINDOW PA
PERS of every grade. fel3-2m
CARPETS -A30):011. ctonts.
GLEN ECHO MILLS,
M'CALLUM & CO.,
Pr&AXIMACTURERS, IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS,
509 CHESTNUT STREET,
(Opposite Independence Hall,)
CARPET I N G S,
OIL CLOTHS. &c.
We have now on hand an oxtensive stock of CARPET•
ISMS; of our own and other mires, to whieh we call
- the attention of cash and shoit.ttme buyers. fel4-3m
SEWING 'MACHINES:
f ' STILL THERE'
AT THE OLD STAND,
62S,CHESTNUT STREET,
Second
WHEELER & WILSON
SEWING MACHINES.
The undersigned beta not removed, brit is ready at his
r,old Mee to supply customers, at the lowest prices, with
-.every style and quality of
WHEELER & WILSON SEWING MACHINES,
Machines to hire; also, with first-class operators, to
•orivate famines and hotels, by the day,
Machine stitching done at short notice, In any quantity.
Maobines repaired and operators taught, •
debt-em HENRY COY.
IN GER 'S
SEWING •MACHINES,
Sewing and Manufacturing •
810 CHESTNUT STREET.
•
THE WILCOX se GIBBS
FAMILY
SEWING MACHINES
him. been, Freatly_improved, making it
ENTIRELY NOISELESS,
and with Self iditt.etingt Hemmers, Ira now randy fox. tile
Iry FAIRBANKS & EWING,
ee274 715 CHESTNUT Street.
PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, Am
JAMES, S. EARLE 8r SON,
IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF
I,4OOKING GLASSES.
=E3
• OIL PAINTINGS,
ENGRAVINGS,
PORTRAIT,
PICTURE, and
PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES.
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS.
IKTENSIVE LOOKING GLASS
. WAREROOMS AND
GALLERY OF PAINTINGS,
deSl4f 816 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia.
U. S. INTERNAL. REVENUE.
AGEN 0 Y FOR THE SAT F, OF
UNITED STATES TAX
STAMPS,
No. 57 South THIRD Street, first door above Chestant.
A fall supply of all kinds of TAX STAMPS constantly
on hand. and for sale In ituantitles to snit.
A liberal discount allowed on amounts of $lO and np.
Orders by Mall promptly attended to.
Office Hours from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.
JACOB E. RIDGWAY,
409.009 No. 57 South THIRD Street.
GAS FIXTURES, &c.
517 .LROIE STREET.
C. A. VANKIRK & 00.
MANIIPACITI7RE73I3 OP
CHANDELIERS
AND OTHER
GAS FIXTURES.
Moo, French Bronze Filmes and Ornaments, Porcelain
and Mina Shades, and a variety of
FANCY GOODS
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Please GC and examine goods. del3.ly
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
ROBERT SHOEMAKER & CO..
&ribald Corner Fourth and RACE Street..
PRILADELPRIA,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
IIfrORTSIIB AND DEALERS
TOIMIGN ARD DOIUSTIO
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS,
Xi 71 UPAOIRRERS OP
WRITS LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, &o.
Amara rot THE OISLMSLITED
FRENCH LINO PAINTS.
Dealers and wasamen supplied ut
TREY LOW PRIOES POE CASH
isoV-am
CAUTIO . N.
The well-eerned rental= of
FAIRBANKS' SCALES
ass Induced the makers of Imperfect balances to (int
them as " FAIRBANKS' SCALES," and purchasers hays
thereby, in many instances, been subjected to (mad and
Imposition. Fairbanks' Scales are manufactured only by
Qs original inventors, 3, & T. FAIRBANKS & CO., and
ore adapted to every branch of the business, Where A
<arrest end durable Scales is desired,
FAIRBANKS & EWING,
General Agent+,
anlo4 MASONIC HALL 715 CHESTNUT ST.
* F.
L G.
ESC ARMY AND TOILET MIRRORS,
The beat in the world for finish and durability.
B. M. S.
The bind brand Silk Finished
VELVET RIBBONS.
Sole ABeAti._ BENJAMIN M. SMITH,
iniAci 4treet, near Weat Broadway.
New York.
jaBl4api
GKRUANTOWN, PA.
PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS.
To which they invite the special attention of cash bnye
felS2m
S PRIN , ' 1863.
YARD, GILLMORE, & CO.,
Nos. 617 CHESTNUT AND 614 JAYNE STS.,
Have now open, of TERN OWN IHPORTATION, a
LARGE. AND HANDSOME STOCK
Also. a fall assortment of -
WHITE GOODS, LINENS, FURNISHING GOODS, EM
BROIDERIES, AND LACES.
The attention of the trade is requested.
1863.
No. 521 MARKET, and 524 COMMERCE Streets
Have now open a LARGE AND ATTRACTIVE STOCK
Adapted to the Season. also, a Fall Assortment is
vviixrA GOODS, RIBBONS, GLOVES,
SHAWLS, &0.,
Which they offer to the trade at tho LOWEST PRIG ,;
Are psirtlenlarly Invited to examine our Stock. fell-tt
Gros du Mines.
Lustrings, Dlarcalines. •
Mourning Po de Setae.
Gros Grains.
•
Bonnet Taffetas.
Moire Antiques.
Double•theed Brocades,
Rich, neat Pia - area
SLIARPLESS BROTHERS.
SPRING DRESS GOODS.
•
Poll de Cltevres, Ristoris.
Adriennes, Worsted Crepe..
Fil de Chevres, Molt airs.
Chintzes. Lawns, Organdies.
Plain Silks, New Foulards.
Plaid All-wool Cashmeres
SHARLESS BROTH MIS.
feS CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets.
fILOSENG OUT WINTER STOOK AT
AND TINDER COST PRICES.
Saxony Plaids and Poll Do Chevree. at 20 cts.
Best American Dalai nes, a 125 cts.
All imported Dress Goode at cost prices. •
These goods are all really cheaper than Calicoes.
Plain Silks, rich colors.
Small-figured Corded Silks, solid colors.
plain 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, 58, 55, 75 cts.
Plain Black Alpacas.
Single and double-width Black All-wool Delaines.
Plain Black Merinoes, Cashmeres, and Reps.
All at last fall's prices.
English, Merrimac, Cocheco. Sprague, and all the
best makes of Prints in the market.
Pillow Case, Sheeting, and Shirting Muslin% Wil
liamsville and other approved makes.
9-8 Waltham and Pocasset, 5-4 Lerman, unbleached,
all at less than the agent's case prices.
H. STEEL dc SON.
te2 Nos. 713 . and 715 North TENTH street.
1 Aeke the SPECIAL arrincrion of the Ladies to his
LARGE STOCK of
WHITE GOODS,
FCE LACE lEFSS,EMBROIDERIES Si .
HANDRCH, c.
A greater part of his ods have been purchased
previous to th RETAILEDREAT ADVANCE, and
are now being at LESS than whole
sale prices. lie has JUST OPENED:
100 dozen broad Hemstitched 11d.kfa.. at 30e.,
and uwards.
3()3 dozen eorded-bordered all-Linen Hdkfe..
at Ric., worth 21 cents.
SO pieces plain, buff, and white Pique. for
Children's wear.
20 ;deceit printed and flg'd Pique, for Children's
wear.
SPLENDID STOCK ON HAND.-'--
Masted makes of Calicoes.
All thelteetmakee of 3lnslins.
All the beatnnikeo of Linens.
All the beetmakes of Shootings.
T A o ll g t e h th e e b w t i t m T e w o l fN C r p u k s i h, s D
iaper Htckaback, Bird
Bye r pnriap, am do.
Cambric and Jaconet, fall line.
Igainsooks and Plaid Sinollus, fall line.
Winter Goode closing out.
Shawls. Marines, closing ont, •
Balmoral Skirts, all ricer.
Silk and Linen kfilkt e s, nice assortment. At
JOHN H. STOATS%
is 21 70'4 ARCH Street.
EDWIN HALL & BRO.,
giti South SECOND street.
Have reduced the prtceelot
Fancy Silks,
Rich Printed Drams Goode.
Choice Shade, of Meri noes.
Beautiful Colors of Reps or Poplins.
All-Wool De Danes,
All kindSof dark dress goods reduced.
Also,
Fine Long Braille Shawls,
Open Centre Long Cat;tuner° Shawls.
Rich new styles of Blanket Shawls.
4-4 Lyons Silk velvets: pure Silk.
wimuatsvrLLEs, WAMSIITT.AS,
Pork Preminme, Foreetdales,
Edward Harris, Bay Mill, and
Othnrg Pepperell
makes Shlrtin.
104 Utica, Waltham and Pepperell Sheeting...
FINE LINENS
At nearly old prices.
Cheap Damask Cloths, Power-Loom Linens,
•
Good Napkins, Fine Towels and Doylies.
Pine Colored Alrac
BLACK ALPACAS,
as,
?data,
- D e ß ta ow inee Cheap p ROCAalwooat—aodCktrts,
full size; $3.
Closing out Winter Cloaks and Shawls.
Closing out Boys'. Winter
COOPER Clothing.
& CONANT.,
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DRY GOODS JOBBERS.
SILKS 1 SILKS 1 SILKS 11 •
, • AND
•
FANCY DRESS 000DS,
EMBRACING - LATEST • '
PARIS NOVELTIES,
Together with a general assothieck of ••• • •
DRY GOODS, . ..
STILIO AND 011 1 IYg .1T
MODERATE PRICP.S,
JAS. R. OAIIPBEII & CO.,
727 CHESTNUT STREET.
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1863. SPRING-. 1863
RIEG-EL, WIEST, & ERVIN,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
DRY GOODS,
No. 47 NORTH THIRD STREET,
PIIILADELPIII
Merchants visiting this city to purchase DRY
Goons will find our Stock large
and admirably assorted, and at
row FIGURES. In certain classes
of Goods we offer inducements to
Purchasers unequalled by any other house in -
Philadelphia. fel9.2m.
JAMES, KENT,
•• SANTEE, & 00.,
IMPORTBES LAD JOBBERS
DRY GOODS,
Noe. 230 and 241 N. THIRD STREET. ABOVE RACE
PHILADELPHIA.
Have now open their usual
LARGE AND COMPLETE• STOCK
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS.
inong which will be found a more than usually attrac
ice variety of
LADIES' DRESS GOODS ;
Also, a fall assortment of
MIRBINACK AWD COCHECO,PRINTS,
and
•. • • Importers and Jobbers of
•
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AND
FANCY DRY GOODS,
SPRING GOODS,
• COMPRISING
DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS, RIBBOTTC_
• ' .a....ircrirsna,7 - courb- --- • •
SPRING. 1863.
JOHN - EEL BERRY, & CO.,
(Successors 'to Abbott. Johns, & CO.)
PHILADELPHIA,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OP
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FANCY DRY_ GOODS,
DRESS GOODS,
CASH BUYERS
RETAIL DRY :GOODS.
LACK SILKS
1021 CHESTNUT STREET.
E. M. NEEDLES.
No. 1024 CIIESITTIPT STREET,
NOVELTIES IN LADIES' BOWS.-
Emb'd Moan, lace trimmed. &c., received
every morning, from 60c. to AA felo-tf
1004 CHESTNUT STREET.
Et e Vrt.ss.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1863
EUROPE.
Letter from President Lincoht to the Work.
ingmen of Manchester—Arrival of the
American Food Ship-Tom Sayers in
Private Life—The Intercepted Despatches.
PRESIDENT LINCOLN TO THE WORKING
MEN OF AL&NOHESTER.
The following 110111 Rn nnnleiiiiu ions itsaltral
OR MO Hill man fly thG NMI;of Minshealas (11*1
Heywood, En. 3
LEDATZON OP TEEM UNITED STATES,
Lorrno.w, Feb. 9, 1863.
Stn : I have the honor to transmit to you, by the
hands of Mr. Moran, the assistant secretary of this
legation,' a letter of the President of the United
States, addressed to you, as chairman of the meeting
of workingmen held at Manchester on the 31st of
December, and in acknowledgment of the address
which I had the pleasure to forward from that meet
ing. I am, air, your obedient servant,
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.
A. HEYWOOD, Esq., Chairman, ho., Manchester.
Ex HOTITIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, January 19, 1863.
To The Workingmen of Manchester:
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of
the address and resolutions which you sent to me on
the eie of the new year.
When I came, on the 9th day of March, 180 t,
through a free and constitutional election, to preside
in the Government of the United States, the country
was found at the verge of civil war. Whatever
might have been the cause, or whosesoever the fault,
one duty, paramount to all others, was before me—
namely, to maintain and preserve at once the Constitalion
and integrity of the Federal Republic. A conscientious
purpose to perform this duty is the key to all the
**measures of administration which have been, and to
all which wilt hereafter be pursued. Under our frame
of government, and my official oath, I could not
depart from this purpose if I would. It is not
always In the power of governments to enlarge or
restrict the scope of moral results which follow the
policies that they may deem it necessary, for the
public safety, from time to time to adopt.
I have understood well that the duty of self
preservation rests solely with the American people.
But I have, at the same time, been aware that favor
or disfavor of foreign nations might have a material
influence in enlarging and prolonging the struggle
with disloyal men in which the country is engaged.
A fair examination of history has seemed to au
thorize a belief that the past action and influences
of the United States were generally regarded as having
been beneficial towards mankind. I. have, therefore,
reckoned upon the forbearance of nations. Circum
stances, to some of which you kindly allude, induce
me especially to expect that if justice and good faith
should be practised by the United States, they would
encounter no hostile influence on the part of Great
Britain. It is now a pleasant duty to acknowledge
the demonstration you have given of your desire
that a spirit of pence and amity towards this coun
try may prevail in the councils of your Queen, who
is respected and esteemed in your own country only
more than she is by the kindred nation which has its
home on this aide of the Atlantic.
I know, and deeply deplore, the sufferings which
the workingmen at Manchester, and in all Europe,"
ate called to endure in this crisis. It has been often
end studiously represented that the attempt to over
throw this Government, which was built upon the
foundation of human rights, and to substitute for it
one which should rest exclusively on the basis of
human slavery, was likely to obtain the favor of
Europe. Through the action of our disloyal citi
zens, the workingmen of Europe have been subject- I
ed to a severe trial, for the purpose of forcing their
sanction to that attempt. Under these circumstances
I cannot but regard your decisive utterances upon
the question as an instance of sublime Christian
heroism which has not been surpassed in any age or
in any country. It is indeed an energetic and rein
spiring assurance of the inherent power of truth,
and of the ultimate and universal triumph of jus
tice, humanity, and freedom. I do not doubt that
the sentiments you have expressed will be sustained
by your great nation; and, on the other hand, I have
no hesitation in assuring you that they'will excite
admiration, esteem, and the most reciprocal feeppgs
of friendship among the American people. I hail
this interchange of sentiment, therefore, as an
augury that, whatever else may happen, whatever
misfortune may befall your country or my own, the
peace and friendship which now kcirecerkikAepic„,-
petual. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
THE GEORGE GRISWOLD AT LIVERPOOL.
Livy.nroor., Feb. 9, 1863.—Tbis vessel, which has
been for Some days eagerly looked for, arrived this
afternoon in the Mersey, at half-past four o'clock.
On rounding the Rock Lighthouse she was saluted
by a discharge of artillery from the Rock Fort, and
also from the North Fort, on the Liverpool side.
The Griswold was decorated with flags,. and was
towed up by the steamtug Resolute, which had the
American flag (stars and stripes) flying at the peak.
Mr. Brassey'e yacht, with all her bunting out, went
to meet the ship outside, and accompanied her up the
river. Most of the American vessels in port also
displayed their national and general colors. As the
vessel has arrived so late no demonstrations on the
part of the authorities will take place to-day; but
so soon as arrangements can be completed the cap
tain and officers will be invited to St. George's Hall,
where addresses will be presented. The Mayor also
intends giving a banquet at the Town Hall. The
Chamber of Commerce have already adopted an ad
dress intended to embody the sentiments of the mer
. cantfle community of Liverpool.
The cargo of the George. Griswold comprises
11,236 barrels of flour, 315 boxes of bread, 50 barrels
of pork, 167 bags of corn, 175 barrels of bread, 102
boxes of bacon, S tierces of rice, 2 bags of rice. The
contributions on board from the New York Produce
Exchange are 1,600 barrels of flour, 600 barrels of
corn, and 60 barrels of pork.
TOM SAYERS AT HOME.
(From theMancliester Examiner, Feb.
.7 3
At the Clerkenweli police court yesterday, Char
lotte Sayers, aged thirty, residing at No. 10 Bellevue
cottages,- Camden street, Camden Town, described
as of no occupation, was charged with wilfully
breaking twenty panes of glass, value ten shillings,
the property of Thomas Sayers, ox-champion of
England and circus proprietor. The charge sheet
was not signed with the name of the complainant,
but only with a cress, and upon Tom being asked if
that was .his answered in the affirmative. Tom
Sayers then said that the defendant had been away
from home for two nights, and on her return she
111 used him. On Thursday, at about twelve o'clock,
she went to his house and made a great disturb
ance, and then went out and threw stones through
the windows. She broke twenty windows, and
the damages amounted to about ten shillings. He
wanted the defendant to keep away and not an
noy or molest him any more, as he was tired of
it. She caused a large mob of persons to assemble
around his house, and this annoyed him and their
neighbors.
The defendant said she Was a married woman, and
when her husband left her, eight years ago, Tom
took his place and had cohabited with her ever
since: He and ' his children came, and she looked
after them. She stated that the complainant on
Wednesday returned home under the influence of li
quor, broke up her furniture, threw it into the
street, and then kicked her out. lie told her, after
she had taken some of her goods to a little room she
had engaged, that if she would come on the follow
ing day she could have the rest, and when she went
quietly for them he refused to give them to her. He
had now got a watch and chain, some brooches and
other property belonging to her in his possession.
Tom Sayers said there was nothing of the sort in
the house, butif there was anything belonging to
her there she was at liberty to have it, and more if
she required it, as he did not wish to have anything
more to do with her.
Mr. D'Eyncourt ordered her to be bOund over in
the sum of £lO to keep the peace towards Tom
Sayers and all her Majesty's subjects for six calen
dar months.
When Tom left the court he was followed by a
troop of boys.
THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT AND THE IN
TERCEPTED DESPATCHES.
We find An the Motif/eur the following answer to
certain remarks upon the French Government,
which were based upon a part of the correspondence
contained in the intercepted rebel despatches re
cently published :
The London Times makes much of an incident
which had excited the Government of the Confede
rate States, and in which French agents were com
promised. One of the despatches from Mr. Benja
min to Mr. Slidell, which has been intercepted and
published by the Federal Government, represented
the reason for the expulsion of M. Theron, the Con
sular Agent of France and Vice Consul of Spain at
Galveston, to be an ill-judged step, taken in virtue
of secret instructions emanating either from the De
partment of Foreign Affairs or from the Emperor's
Minister in Mexico. We have reason to believe
that the Richmond Government soon corrected an
erroneous impression, but the English journal per
sists, notwithstanding, in exaggerating the import
ance of this incident, by reproducing, if not as well
founded, at all events as plausible, certain supposi
tions, the improbability of which it would have re
cognized if it had been better informed of the real
position of the incriminated agent. •
ki. Theron, who quitted Europe twenty years ago
to settle in Texas, is not a consul—not eveh a paid
consular agent of France at Galveston. • The gra
tuitous functions with which •he was invested in
1869 make him !limply a deputy of the consul at New.
Orleans, and in this capacity he has never corre
sponded except with his immediate chief. The only
instructions he has received request him to main
tain the greatest reserve, and to carefully abstain
from every kind of interference in the political affairs
of the country. All the consuls of France in the
United: States have, moreover been requested to
transmit similar , recommendations to the agents •
placed under their orders.
As to the other agent 111. Tabuelle, whose name
has also been mixed up in the discovery of pretend
ed diplomatic manceuvres, he is neither consul nor
vice consul, but simply. chancellor of- the consulate
of France at Richmond. Mr. Jefferson Davis suffi
ciently proved, by revoking within twenty-four
hours the order he had given him to quit Virginia,
that the futile incident which, in consequence of an
entirely accidental concordance, had excited the sus
picions of a Senator of the Confederate States. did
not seem to him to deserve serious attention
lion. Simon Cameron's Resignation of the
RussiOn Mission.
On Monday last General Cameron addressed the
following letter to tho President, resigning the
poet of American minister at the Court of St. Pe
tersburg:
WAsitinoTox, D. C., Feb. 23, 1863.
To hLc Excellency Abraham Lincoln, President of the
United Slates;
. Srn: I herewith tender to you my resignation as
American minister to the Court of St. Petersburg.
When I undertook this responsible trust you will
remember that the end of the rebellion was supposed
to be near at hand. Our military preparations were
so stupendous—the spirit of the people was so high,
and they were apparently so unites, and the deter•
mination to prosecute the war in every department
of the Government was so' anifest, that the public
enemy and foreign nations seemed to concur in this
general opinion.
I was not indifferent to the subsequent change in
our domestic affairs. This fact painfully impressed
me in a-distant land ; and when I wrote to you that
the rigors of the climate-tied seriously affected the
health of my family, and that I would be compelled
to return, I was also actuated by a strong desire once
more to mingle with my countrymen, and to assist
the Government, to the extent of my ability, in
sepvierryneymemnahuter hehad essential
as to
eum t e h d e
s o u t c • l e , ri
flot rromwt d
Ai;,.• MY OF THE POTOMM.
threatening, proportions. This purpose h '
strengthened by observation and experiene
.. 1 Storm—Snow Fourteen Inche s .
my return to the United States, and I now t , abhingtoia a
, Birthday— Th e Ger-
I ought to remain at home, because there ar
*hers' Rebuke of the Peace Men—
to discharge in the present and the future, w (----
patriotic citizen can conscientiously avoid. es of Court-Martial.
Insidious and open eflbrts are everywhere ANL:AU:PERS Actor Or vim PorroraO,
reckless and treasonable leaders to divide th Monday, Feb. 231 1863.
of the free States. Misrepresentations of n fearful storm the Army of the Potomae' 1
legislation and of the acts of the Executive,
to he false by ninny who coin them arc
circulation to deceive the people ;and th ' onsan e P d eri al e l
credence to statements which the slightest cx rd the air was so balmy on Saturday
tion would prove to their owu minds to be
unfounded. n d e n e y d Saturday The sun s e l l . evening,
n e g o ,
The hope of the rebels is in- want of ha ended . About two
the past six weeks
be
yesterday. g an on
among the people of the loyal States. lam e afternoon, however, the weathercom
at we all supposed the unfavorable
dent that, moving in my humble sphere as a p wing colder, and, by midnight, the wind
?Ulna) i 011 all DOMOtIIIIIF it hug in iliOnol ....t—i -......, , :;-:.1.;. - v.--- mkt MAW Mtn
rii4sts'...., .an by spree my to the trienal !ells F - 1. --- izaksa &on. Tho 'took
kzz..7. hz . .; - ,;.:A....e."...t.iv...-.1 - rns, iniSi3gri a not '''''''' .."°""
Milo' ll e fs, I can be of more cervlcft to the &saki , must have suffered very moth,
cam gild in ihe Government, than by livln xpeotedly, as the etorm tit& upedi Os.
foreign land a not indifferent but still an idle
a,General Ilooker ran up the Putman
tator of the exciting scene at my own home. - -
I times during the day yesterday, in or-
This is a period when men 'should forget past
ty relations, Ivlien they should remember onl theichinnel open.
Republic, and when the first duty should be t bellhelad rebels on the opposite side of
down the rebellion—laying aside the antagonle
other days, to be revived, if necessary, when p
shall again bless and unite every section of.
Union. et have nearly perished from the excel
It is in this spirit, Mr. President, that I coot
to sustain your Administration; and I am happ
add, that 1 would not now recall one suggestio
mine made during my connection with your Oabi I
I still believe that every means should be sego
to to crush this conspiracy, and I am confident t
every day's experience wil l thousands of oth
to this judgment. It is now a fact to which no lo
man should close his conscience, that we can ha
no peace that is not a conquered peace, and that
we do not destroy the foe in hie strongholds, he w
undoubtedly attack us in ours. I have a faith, ft
and unabated, which survives every defeat, at
grows stronger with every pulsation of my hear]
that we shall subdue the traitors and vindicate
supremacy of the Federal Constitution.
In terminating my relations with the Russia!
Court. I may be permitted to say that I trust in:
successor will be one who will go there filled with ;
determination to'cull irate assiduously those friend!'
feelings which animate the Emperor and others ii
authority. That great and wise prince contemplate
our struggle with the utmost solicitude, and fervent
lyru
touts that we may emerge from . it with an undi
vided Government It should be the study of our
public men to encourage and reciprocate these gene
rous-Bentiments; so that, in the future, which lies
beyond the present strife, however other sovereign
ties may regard or oppose us, we will recognize in
the Emperor of Russia our constant supporter and
steadfast ally. The day may come when the United
Stales of America will be able substantially to re- !
turn these repeated manifestations of the cordial
good will of that nation, the wonderful progress of
•
which has only been surpassed by our own.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
SIMON CAMERON.
A Card from General C. M. Clay.
WASHINGTON, D. 0., Feb. 24;1863
To the Editors of the New York Times:
GENTLEAIEN : In the Times of yesterday you have
an article styled "Russia Made Happy," to whichl
desire to say a word in reply. I have nothing to say
about the spirit of that editorial towards me—it is
the same as the rest you have written in reference
to me, while at home and abroad. 1 do not hold
myself above just or even unfriendly criticism, as a
public servant. In that I shall attempt to defend
myself, not 'by words, but by life-acts. But when
you venture the insinuation that [l3 "He can serve
the Government consistently
with private sen
timents" only in a foreign mission, you misrepresent
my "sentiments" and injure the cause of the court.
try. I told President Lincoln that I could not, and
would not, enter the field unless the policy of libe
rating the slaves of rebels was adopted. As soon as
the President issued his proclamation of the 22d of
September, I offered my services, nt once, to General
Halleck. I was received in such manner that Secre
tary Chase, who was present, and had urged me by
the most pressing arguments to take a command,
was satisfied, as well as myself, that I could not
serve the country or my own reputation by entering
the service. Justice to the country and to my own
character for frankness demands of me to say that I
regard General Halleck as too pro-slavery to do
justice to any man of my views of the great politi
cal issues pending. I have done what I could,
and shall do what I canto induce the President to
put General Benjamin ' P. Butler in his place. I
believe that such a change would save the Republic
millions of men and money. Nothing short of that
can give the vigor and effect to our arms which the
crisis and the public sentiment demand. How far
"Russia shall be made happy" will appear when
your friend William H. Seward shall place more of
my correspondence. and lees of his own, before the
public. I am your obedient servant, •
C. M. CLAY.
The Battle of Fredorieltaburcr.
•
11EADQUA1161113 TIIIB.D brriiio37 .
FIFTH ARMY Oonrs,
CAM' NEAP. FALMOUTH, Va., Feb. 22, 1863
To the Editor of The Pren: •
Sat : In The Prep of the IP.l4_.intant l ifi.atina w a
statement in an article relative to 0 P
eflreterrarrntrienym and men of theist
u t .l a amer
General E. B. Tyler, commaoalng - tht.t. brigade;
which does great injustice to the commander of the
division, and, without wishing to reflect in any way
upon the conduct of General Tyler, I must ask, what
common Justice requires, that the statement may be
corrected. •
It is stated in the article referred to, that the testi
monial is to be presented "in recognition of General
Tyler's gallant conduct in leading the forlorn hope to
the memorable eharoe on the 13th of Deeember,lB62. , '
On the lath of Ilecember, 1862, about four o'clock
P. DI., the 2d brigade, ad division, composed of Penn
sylvania troops, and commanded by. Colonel P. H.
Allabach, of Harrisburg, was formed under the per-.
sonal supervision of 'Brigadier General A. A;
Humphreys, commanding the 3d division, and when.
the order to charge was given General Humphreys led
the brigade, accompanied by Colonel Allabach.
This charge of the 2d. brigade being checked, orders
were sent to the let brigade to form and charge in
their turn. Before the brigade had formed General
Humphreys returned from the front line, assisted in
completing the formation, and when the charge was
sounded he, accompanied by his son, Lieutenant H.
H. Humphreys, his only remaining mounted staffol
cer, rode at the head of the brigade, leading and cheer!
log the men into the fight.
This short statement will show to whom the credit
of "leading the forlorn hope of that memorable charge,.
belongs, and the injustice of attributing solely to
General Tyler the management of the Pennsylvania .
troops of this division.
It is made,•not with the intention of reflecting fa
nny manner upon General Tyler, or detracting In
the least from his merits, but solely that justice may
be done to one who, by his skill, coolness, and gal..
leery, has added largely to the laurels already won
by the troops from Pennsylvania.
I am, sir, respecilully, your obedient servant, -
C. McCLELLANi
Capt. and As. Adj. Gen., 3d Div., 6th Army Corps.
The Hon. Horace Maynard.
To the Editor of The Preis:
Sin : I observe in your - paper of this morning that
Mr. A. K. McClure feels offended, Mr. Maynard
having Intimated that on a certain occasion he was
wanting in a spirit of bravery. In the course of his
remarks Mr. McClure retorts by saying that Mr.
Maynard has been very successful in making his
escape, but that he gave no proof of bravery while
in East Tennessee. Permit me to say that I dis
tinctly recollect an occasion when Mr. Maynard
showed in a personal combat, and against superior
odds, that he is no coward. If many of the East
Tennesseans have acquired a certain celebrity from
the successful manner in which they have made
their escape, there are not a few who, before they
left, acted in a manner which showed that they were
not afraid to encounter personal danger whenever
the occasion called for it. Let me say in conclusion
that while my time is fully occupied In the discharge
of my duties, I yet shall feel that I hare not gone
out of my way in addressing you, if these lines
ahould be instrumental, in the leastdegree, in bring
ing about a good understanding between two gen
tlemen who, at the proper time, would no doubt be
found ready, side by aide, to fight and to die for the
Union.
I am, reatectful,l7,
Your o . edieneiervant,
EAST TENNESSEE.
PHILADELPHIA, February 26, 1863.
Board of Revenue Commissioners.
lisumentrao, Feb. 26, 1863
The Board convened at 10 o'clock A. M
Amended returns were received from several
counties, and referred to the Committee on Tabular
Statement.
Mr. Cummings offered a resolution, as follows :
Resolved, That the clerks be authorized to prepare
a tabular statement of the taxes paid in the several
counties, per taxable inhabitant, according to the
returns of 1860, with -the present population' and
area of the several counties. Agreed to.
Hon. Henry D. Moore; State Treasurer, presented
a statement, from which 'we gatlfer the amount of
tax assessed and received .from. from. each county since
1857, as follows ; • . • . •
• Ain't A339330(1. ' Attelßecetveti.
• $255,710 89 $255,083 44
1,246,287 24 • • 1,166,128 36
122,316 45 117,846 63
217,343 92 216;407 93
141,147 60 • 126,966 11
225,801 09 • • 191,501 57
207,347 20 198,254 47
925,608 00 901,491 81
925,608 00 904491 S I
86,395 57 . • • 58,454 01
.112,335 79 107,111 17
270,784 71 • • 248,681 . 74
113,924 71 • 110;172 38
203,170 23 • 207,694 9.9
173,803 66 • 157,080 13
1,186,084 88- • 1,170,306 56
89,904 69 • 89,032 96
61,610 14 • 59,213 67
573,624 25 571,780 07
...... 619,862 39 631,557 13
462,136 49 441,071 33
217,677 03 • , 220,657 13
39,721 28
.. 27,882 86
Auams
Allegheny ..
Armstrong..
Beaver
Bedford
Blair
Bradford....
Bucks
Butler
Cambria....
Cameron....
Carbon
Centre
Clinton
Columbia...
'Crawford...
Chester
Clarion
Clearfield...
Cumberland
Dauphin....
Delaware ...
Erie........
Elk
Fayette
Franklin
Fulton
Forest
Greene
Huntingdon ..
Indiana
Jefferson
Juniata
Lancaster....
. 273,973 86 • .252,248 95
. 648;165 94 647,694 30
26,863 66 23,755 26
. • 6,267 70 3,92.5 65
. • 144,015 43 134,559 87
292,197 25 • 275,009 33
. • 144,269 21 ' 134,323 SO
.' 65,679 78 • 52;15D 78
148,164 19 137,887 44
.1,704,233 69 1,874,118'17
Lawrence
Lebanon .....
Lehigh.—
Luzerne
Lycorning
Mercer
McKean
Mifflin
Monroe
..."123;433 90 '119;588 13
... 441,076 92 446,695 50
.... 466,826 20 485,279 05
... 334,551 85 303,688 16
... - 230,571 42 224,821 45
.. 217,737 47 215,125 . 79
. 30,197 57 29,980 76
224,700 41 217, 891 12
_ ........ _..... __
81,1£ia
919,673 25
57,393 75
Montgomery
Montour....
600,167 61 609,187 54
265,930 33 282,710 50
166,449.98 160,494 43
8,091,123 60 7,192,926 20
.38,503 00 39,004 26
Northampton....
Northumberland.
Perry
Philadelphia
Pike
WWI
Potter—.
631;765 33 482,295 39
43,894 47 ' 63,642 TT
. 148,217 04 141,109 87
' 16,566 23 14 661 46
Schuylkill
Snyder....
Somerset..
Sullivan..
. 136,890 63 138,874 24
85,155 16 80,634 66
281,114 02 289161 32
Susquehanna
Tioga
Union
73;331 74
63,100 86
Venango
Warren.
404:466 96 482:848 75
„ 75,914 41 74,128 66
.. 388,410'14 380,783"10
.. 47,430 80 45,882 15
.. 689,320 36 671,676 70
Washington...
Wayne
Westmoreland
Wyoming
York
Aajounac4 until Tuesday next.
being Washington's birthday, salutes
r VIM were tired by several of the 0301R
o'clock. Had the weather been Cavern
were to have paraded, and other care
. nor of the illustrious dead, performed.
ne in' Carl Schurz's division spoke in
!lennce to the Democratic traitors in the
celebration of Washington's birthday.
jog ittter.was sent to the President to-
NDA-12 STAFFORD COVET HOUSE,
'February 22, iBB3.
Prep; of the United Stale::
bratWthe birthday of the great Father
blie!in no more appropriate manner
suing to you, sir, a renewed expression
mite which animated us when we took
fence of the integrity of the Union,
be that day, have never ceased to ani-
tuned with the deepest concern that
ade in the loyal States to demoralize
. of the people by false represents
rmine the sympathies of the masses
• t - cause which is the subject of this
! barrass the Government in the prose
. var, and thus to deliver the Republic
i
a ;of her enemies. We cannot find
, •
g" enough to express our Abhorrence
men who carry on these treasonable
. .
ken advantage of certain measures
' t adopted for the purpose of putting
Ilion, and, as just in themselves, we
its as evidences of that energy and
'which alone can lead us to victory.
ly as ever to fight, suffer, and die for
1 ' of the Union, which is the cause of
I and progress, and more ready than
e' traitors at home just as well as the
i .J
e i;day of reckoning between those
w '';etAield willing to sacrifice their all
(I) and those miserable hypocrites
w i 4cement of the Nvar, cringed be.
for :c , *ising of popular enthusiasm,
' en:delves of an hour of misfortune
' m eateur efforts, to barter away the
It.'litiAlnion, and to trifle with the
1 0'
isrki.ly. By the memory of the
rWhose birth-day we celebrate by
..thAey brave men whom we saw
iif i lTanks on the field of battle, we
Weave once have taken, and will
enemies of the country, North and
ttir-, end.
. whatsoever hardships
s -War . may bring upon us we will
•iwr •
think of no peace but the peace
iffy*
....
a final and complete triumph
..-,..
illus
the
chop
rent
fight
Sout
and p
endu
which
of our ;a - -
~,
.. '•
uo *er.vanwro, Coin. lid Brigade.
CoiziAth Pennsylvania.
Co ;ix'. 61st Ohio.
VI ;;Stith New York.
Co oitiNew York.
Co V..lBinoic.
Col owsni, Comirg Ist Brigade:
,Co! - 00ili Pennsylvania.
' . •
0 / rliWieconsiu.
Col. 19th New York.
• Lie (AN, 68th New York.
The !ion bill through the
Sent •in the array. Na
READQL
CUM'
I: Before a
Col. F. F.
Volunteers, if
tern of Seca
reigned and tr.
Maj. Henry
tees, on the fc
Charge I—di
of Arreat.—To
the accused ph
The court,
irony adduce/
charges and sr
Arid the !co
MAj. Henry
Volunteers,
17nited.Stat
DEPAR
All Quiet In estou Ilarhor—The Health
of the Tr rid Squadron Good—Cap•
turn of til oouer Hettwan—The No.-
hunt Gob 0 Port 'Royal.
Nxw Yon 26.—The United States steam
gunboat Otta ut. Wm. D. Whiting, arrived at
this port thi ing, from Port Royal, S. C.,
which place B on the 20th inst., at a P.. 111. She
came home airs, having recently sustained
injury -to b nes and boilers while doing
blockade du arleston bar.
She brings ws of importance. The health
of the troops adron is good. There has been
no recent inn by the forces of either side.
The ( - Aiwa d, on the night of January 21st,
the schooner n, while attempting to run the
hloekade ou e Sivash Channel, and subse
quently assis etting afloat the prize steamer
Princess Ro ich was driven on shore near
Breach Inlet ,by the U. S. gunboat Unadilla,
on the SUOMI e 29th ult.
The Ottaw ery is heavy, including a 200 6
pound rifled he has been actively employed
since she was commission, in October, 1861,
and will be n 'ally for sea with all convenient
despatch. ! •
She brings : her from . Port Royal a large ,
quantity of is ores and express matter recently
received frot: ill-fated Isaac P. Smith. It will
it
be landed a vy yard, Brooklyn.
She pass the entrance of Port Royal, the
United Sta enter State of Georgia, with .the
iron-clad Ns ; ] in tow; same time Adams Ex-
ry Sandford, all bound to Port
ving Is a list of the officers of the
press steam;
Royal. 'Th
Ottawa:
Lieutenan .
tenant and
acting mast
Charles B.
mending, Wm. E. Whitney' ; lieu
tive officer, George B. White;
Hams ; acting assistant surgeon,
ate('; second assistant engineer,
Sprague; acting ensigns, John L.
in Mitchell ; acting assistant pay-
It. Noyes; 'third assistant engi-
W. Each!, . Franklin C. Prindle,
captaiipß clerk, liorace L. Peter
..ter's mates, Edward NI. Dimon,
David McKernan. •
senior, Jam
Gamble, Be
master, Ch
neere, Edw
Robert P.
Boa; acting
Allen W. T
F THE MISSISSIPPI.
The Bona meat of Vicksburg Continues
—The C Progressing—Movements of
the Gill as—Condition of Gen. Grant's
Army— rs in llemphis-;Arrival of
Negro Inmost Reinfollnements for
Grant.
CAIRO, -25.—The steamer Kennett has or;
rived fro" • sburg, Friday, 20th inst.
The mo . oats still maintain their position, and
fire .ocea. qi shots. The rebels reply whenever
any boat ji aches the point.
A scow • en run through the canal. The work
of enlarg is steadily progressing. Three thou
sand me : said to be at work daily on the pen
insula.
Nothin been heard of the Indianola or Queen
of tbe
The at . r Belle of Memphis landed on Monday
night on : Arkansas aide, thirty-six miles above
Memphis 1 put off passengers, She no sooner
touched shore than• a dozen guerillas rushed
aboard a . I ttempted to get possession of her. The
boat imm .. tely backed out, and the guerillas were
forced to j ; ashore. They afterwards fired on the
boat, dolnlo damage. ...
Illszarlu Feb. 19, via CAIRO, Feb. 23.—The
steamer S or arrived this A. M. from the fleet,
li
having on rd Col. Reynolds, Gen. Grant's chief
quarterma r, Col. Markland, 'United States Bost
agent, end her distinguished officials.
Not a s le shot hit the Indianola when she
rtl .
passed th ttoriee. She had seventeen thousand
bushels of al on board. On reaching the mouth of
the canal did not . stop, but proceeded onward.
Hei destiqtion is the Red river: She has coal, am
munitionprovisions, and every other thing neces
saryfor lb trip.
Late iiitiligence from General Grant's army does
not indiCiie any improvement in . the health of the
troops. J great deal of rain has fallen lately,
r.ren
dering t condition still more uncomfortable.
Work I. the bayous and rivers is being prose
cuted TV vigor. A portion of the fleet are lying in
the Mis ffippi, oft` Yazoo Pass, ready to enter as
soon as is cleared of obstructions.
Thereire 6,000 troops at Cypress Bend, watching
guerillail who frequently visit that place and fire on
boats. ii
Our forces had passed down 'Yazoo Pass to Cold
water river, and it is presumed they have already
gone into the Yazoo.
A neo regiment arrived in the city to-day, fully
armed andequipped, ready for service. •
There b nothing new front Yiekaurg.
74,688 59
556,386 23
88,001 14
34,617 66
70,226 Ot
68,713 99
Several rebels have been caught, belonging, to
Blyth's company, and put In prison here.
By order of Gen. Hurlbut all the faro banks in the
city have been closed and the proprietors arrested.
Officers and soldiers have been visiting the•gambiing
hells here a nd fighting the tiger, and Gen. Hurlbut
put 4. stop to it by closing up the concerns.
General McPherson's army corps is embarking
here to join Grant. The following boats are em
ployed to transport the troops: Catahoula, J. H.
Dickey, Platte Valley, Continental, City of Lotted
ens, Ed Walsh, Champion, Hobert Campbell,
Gladiator, Mary Forsyth, ratan, Arago, and the
Superior. The latter boat is the tlag•ship. General
Logan accompanies General McPherson.
Her Engagement with the Hatteratc.-Addie
tiounl Particulars of the Brilliant Affray
—lnteresting Scenes and Incidents on
Board the Alabama—How Englishmen
Received the Pirates at Port Royal and
Kingston.
The surviving officers and crew of the gunboat
Hatteras arrived at New York lest Wednesday, and
give an interesting narrative of the destruction of
their vessel as well as full particulars of their eleven
days' stay on board of Alabama, and their expe
rience while at Port Royal and Kingston, Jamaica,
previous to their arrival at Key West.
The main particulars of this contest have already
been published; but, in justice to the gallantry of
those who were in charge of the Hatteras, it will not
be here out of place to again advert to them, as
there are many incidents connected therewith which
have not yet been made public.
It was on Sunday, January 11, that this encounter
with this now famous rebel vessel took -place. On
the afternoon of that day, about half 'petit three
o'clock, a sien al was made from the flag-ship Brook
lyn, then lying off Galveston, to the steamer Hatte
ras to sail to the northward and eastward. After
sailing about an hour and a half, the lookout sig
nalized a steamer bearing to' the southward. The.
Hatteras at once put her beet legs on and gave chase
to the strange craft until darkness began to steal
over the water. At seven o'clock tbellatterae eame •
within one hundred yards of the stranger. when the
former sang out, "What steamer is that I" The re
sponse immediately came, "Her Britannic Majesty's
ship Vixen. What are you?" The United States
steamer Hatteras."
Captain Blake : "I will send a boat aboard of you."
A 'boat was then piped away, and about being
lowered, when the words came from the rebel deck,
"VW e are the Confederate steamer Alabama." Ao
couipanying this unexpected announcement came a
tremendous broadside from the rebel craft, which,
however, passed harmlessly over the Hatteras. The
fire was returned with some slight effect, when the
action became quite hot and mutual. Firing was
rapidly , kept up. At length a large shell entered
amidships, and set fire to the hold of the Hatteras.
Another shell struck forward, and also set fire to
that part of the vessel; shells also struck the sides,
above the water-line, and, instead of perforating,
tore off like parchment the strong iron plating. The
cylinder was now struck, tilling the place with
steam, rendering the engines wholly useless, and
leaving those on hoard without the power of extin
guishing the tire or mancenvering the vessel. The
fire-bell was rung, when the Alabama ceased for a
moment discharging her deadly missiles.
At onetime previous to this. an attempt was made
to board the Alabama, the Hatteras being within
twenty-five yards of her, and she approached nearer
for the purpose. The Alabama, in order to frustrate
this intention, sheered off. Musket and pistol shots
were freely exchanged from both 'vessels at this time.
With fire in the hold and forward, with her engines
useless, sixteen shots passing through her, one
through the aternpost, and the vessel in a sinking
condition, there was now no course left for Captain
Blake but to surrender. Accordingly the lee gun—
the signal of surrender—was fired, which was fol
lowed by great ebeerfhg on the part of the rebels.
The Alabama came alongside, when Semmes. in
quired, " Doen want any assistance 1" An affirma
tive answer followed. A short time elapsed before
assistance came, during which the utmost anxiety
and excitement prevailed on board of the Hatteras,
which vessel was feet sinking in the sea. This
pause resulted, it was afterwards ascertained, net
through any inhumanity of the rebels, but the look
out of the Alabama having reported a light bearing
down upon them, it was supposed that one of the
Union vessels was coming to their assistance. This
report, however, having proven unfounded, the Ala
bama lowered her small boats, and proceeded to take
the officers and crew of the Hatteras on her own
decks, in order to save them , from a watery grave.
The wounded, of whom there were several, were all
safely got on board, together with every soul on
board of the Hatteras, which, in a few minutes
after, went to the bottom, with the national colors
fluttering from her mast-head. The following are
the names of the killed and wounded in the action :
Efeed—William O. Healy and John'o. (Marcy, fire
men.
Wounded—E. DieG owan, fireman, severely in thigh,
recovering; John White, boy, leg, slightly; Patrick
Kane, boy, arm, slightly ; Christopher Steptowitch,
back, slightly; Edward Matlock, carpenter's mate,
hand, slightly. Several others received contusions
of a slight nature.
All those receiving wounds have, however, since
recovered. •
The fire poured into the Hatteras by the Alabama
throulhout the action, which lathed about seventeen
e- is described as terrifte. It was not until all
inaud fort e firing of the lee There were stout
hearts and vigorous arms on board; but the heavy
guns of the enemy tolled the death-knell of the
staunch little craft.
What vessel could resist the three hundred and
twenty-four pound broadside hurled at heel - The
Alabama, however, was struck seven times between
wind and water, and above her water line thirteen
times. The relative strength of both these vessels
in regard to their batteries was as follows :
BATTERAB.—Four short thirty-two guns, 2,700
pounds ; two thirty-pounder rifle guns ; one twenty
pounder rifle gun; one twelve-pound howitzer.
k.ALATIANA.—Six long thirty-twos ; one 105-pound-
er rifle, on a pivot ; one sixty-eight double fortified
pivot; one twenty-four-pounder rifle. Total-9.
The work of transfer from one vessel to the other
'having been speedily and quietly accomplished,
things were now to be set to rights on board of the
Alabama. Semmes minutely superintended every
thing in connection with the movements of the pri
soners himself, and our gallant officers sad soldiers
found themselves, for the first time in their
lives, trending the decks of a real pirate ship as
prisoners, and that ship manned by their own coun
trymen in arms against the flag which had proudly
waved from mastheads in every part of the civilized
globe. They looked aloft and saw the rebel emblem
flying, when the sailor's heart,which is always open
to the tenderest emotions of patriotic ardor, beat
high with indignation at the thought that he was
compelled to live, for the time being, under the bas
tard rag of a bastard confederacy. But, although
somewhat aged, yet nevertheless a true saying,
"circumstances alter eases ;" and so it was with the
defenders of the Hatteras. On 'going aboard the sea
men Were placed in irons, and, the officers' given quer
tore accord ing to their rank, Captain Blake partaking
of the hospitality of Semmere cabin. Next day, after
signing a parole, they were allowed the liberty of
the vessel, and it was requested that no officer should
have intercourse- in any way with the men.
With regard to the treatment which they re
ceived during their entire stay on board the Ala
bama, the officers and men of the Hatteras, without
an exception, speak interims of eulogy. Every com
fort was provided for them, and the strictest atten
tion paid to their every little want. Cote were
erected on the spar deck for the wounded, in order
to give them fresh air, anti the surgeons of the
Alabama extended every facility in their power,
furnishing all kinds of 'medical stores for the use of
the wounded. At the suggestion of Dr. Matthews,
of the Hatteras, a guard was placed around the elok
and wounded, and all on board prohibited from
making noise, lest they should cause any unneces
sary pain or disturbance. Some of the rebel officers
• even gave up their sleeping accommodations for the
benefit of the Union officers, and, in manner and
conversation, treated them with the utmost courtesy
and consideration. Discipline on board the Alabama
is much attended to, and the condition and working
of the vessel is described as being most perfect. Her
sailing qualities are also particularly lauded, and it
is asserted that she will outsell any vessel we have
now afloat.
Nothing occurred of especial interest during the
trip to displace the usual monotony of life at sea. A
number of vessels were passed and hailed, but all
proved to be foreigners. Semmes was continually
on thenlert, being nearly all the time on desk at
tending to the motions o his vessel. The men of his
ship fear him and respect him as their commander.
Everything on board in regard to the working of the
vessel goes on like clock-work. The rebel officers,
in conversing on the war, are strong in their opinion
that it will end in favor of the South. First Lieu
tenant Kell is described as a perfect fanatic on the
subject .of Southern independence, and so greatly
agitated does he become in arguing the point that
fears are entertained for his life and health. Lieu
tenant Howelkof the marines, who is a brother-in
law of Jeff Davis, in speaking of the probability of
capture, says that they expected to be hung up in
-Broadway, and spit upon by the passing multitude,
should such ever occur. They assert that the Ala
bama can never be taken. The Vanderbilt, if met,
they also assert, would succumb to them, as they
should approach her under false colore, and when
close by would pour such a broadside into her as
should at once consign that noble vessel to Davy
Jones' locker. .
Repeatedly during the cruise the vessel was cleared
for action, and one night the lookout, in a stentorian
voice, announced a light ahead, bearing rapidly
down upon the - Alabama. It was midnight, and im
mediately all hands were ordered on deck. The
hearts of the Union captives beat high in hopes that
It was some Union cruiser, which might succeed in
avenging the destruction of the fated Hatteras. The
first lieutenat gave the command to clear the decks
for action. The men were at theirguns in an instant.
The assembled erowpn the deck breathlessly gazed
on the supposed approaching light, when Semmes
came on deck, and standing on the quarter deck,
cooly placed his glees inposition ' and declared the
light to be nothing more than a star, which remark
afterwards proved true, and so ended the startling
rumor that the elements above were about to advo
cate the cause of the Union in sending one of their
luminaries to "bear down upon" a rebel privateer.
In the Yucatan channel the Alabama ran up to a
strange vessel, upon which they ascertained that she
was English. The Confederate flag was then hoisted,
when the English vessel dipped her colors three
times in token of respect.
The Alabama reached Port Royal, in the West
Indies, on the 20th of January, and ran into the
harbor under French colors. As soon as the anchor
was put down the officer of the guardship came on
board in full uniform, and was received by the first
lieutenant of the Alabama, who informed him of the
name and calling of the vessel on whose deck he
stood. The officer' drew himself up to his full
height, looked angry _and. smiling at the same
moment, and then ejacWated, in langrge which you
at
the time, was presumed to be gruff; Thought
were French.'
"We sail under many flags," responded the lieu
tenant.
The officer was then invited down to the cabin,
and returned in about ten minutes, leaving the ship,
and again returning to her in ten minutes more. A.
number of other British residents also came on
board anti addressed the officers of the Alabama with
much pleased to see you ;
the remark,:" We are very
our whole hearts are with you." Hand-shaking and
congratulations were exchanged all around, and the
Southern Confederacy and its representatives were
exalted to the skies.
Her Britannic Majesty's steamer Greyhound was
in port, and, as it was ascertained on board of the
this vessel that the Alabama was there, the band
struck up " Dixie's Land," and the strains came
floating over the water, saluting the ears of the re
bele with musical acclaim. On hearing this tune
played on board of a Bip fish war vessel, the rebel
officers remarked to thelJnioeists, " Did you hear
the Salute to the lone wanderer of the seas? Thetis
what we receive everywhere." Next morning the
rebel colors were hoisted upon the Alabama, and the
ship was besieged every day with visitors of all:
classes. British army and navy officers came on
board in full uniform, and the officers of theHatte
rag were compelled to go on deck in order that these
visitors should be entertained. At these social go- - e
therings the most insulting language was used in.
speaking of • the Federal Government by those
British officers. An English colonel there remarked,
" When the Yankees hear of this they will
show you no mercy. They never have shown you
any mercy. - I will drink success to the Alabama."
The latter toast was most frequently drunk on board
by the visitors. No courtesy whatever was shown
to the officers of the Hatteras. They were insulted
La many iroteucts by these people, and inates4 0(
vernment will, I
•eviving the epirits
and enforcement of
nted yea-today and
•
20,•4683:; •
ieut. Henry Cran
ia Cavalry, having
sty and positive dis
outpost duty, on the
de to dismount, 'ga
gs of the enemy, and
irees—is hereby dis
irvice of the 'United
of the President.
Hooker.
Adjutant General
tract.]
MT OP Jilin POTOMAC,
MOUTH, Va., Feb. 19, 1863.
art martial, of which Lieut.
ith Regiment Pennsylvania
, convened at the headquar
r, Birney's division, was at-
id, 99th Pennsylvania VoJun
charges ;
shout Lease. Charge2—Breash
ich charges and specifications
'ot guilty."
re deliberation on the testi
he accused guilty on all the
ons.
a therefore sentence the said
99th Regiment Pennsylvania
dismissed the service of the
T OF THE SOIITII.
T ` riling
sympathy—for they had lost everything when the
Hatteras went down—they received but the taunts
of those persona. ."Despica.ble Yankees" was the
title used in speaking of them. And this is the way
our brave oaken; of the navy are treated by these
representatives of British itunkeyiem. They should
recollect that the feelings of a.nation, touched in 50'
tender a point as an attack on the defenders of her
flag . upon the ocean, must ultimately rise up in their
majesty and avenge the cowardice which meanly
otters insult to those whom honorable misfortune
has overtaken.
The officers and crew of the Hatteras were then
landed at Port Royal, where they were obliged to
accept, to a certain extent, te bounty of those eo-
pie. Thence they were taken
o
en In small boats p to
It ingston. While there a number of the crew of the
Alabama deserted; among the rest Assistant Pay
master Young, who was captured and brought on
board again, when he twice attempted to commit
suicide. Capt. Semmes finally gave him his discharge,
pn Moro mill marrigil a ONO ITouna
of ill 02 much the character or cu07.,.1a=
gra or the A tribrinTir;
obis r. and crew hf the ilatterag were then
sent to Key West, from which plate they arrived at
New York.
The following were the principal officers of the
Alabama:
Captain—Raphael Semmes.
First Lieutenant and Executive Officer—S. M.
Kell.
Second Lieutenant—R. T. Armstrong.
Third Lieutenant—S. D. Wilson.
Fourth Lieutenant—J. Low.
Sailing Master—Arthur St. Clair.
Surgeon—F. FL Galt.
Assistant Surgeon—B. H. Lewellen.
Lieutenant of Marines—B. K. Howell.
Engineer—Michael Freeman.
Paymaster—C. T. Young (since discharged).
Midshipmen—Maffit (son of Captain Man, of the
Oreto), St. Clair, Bullock, and Anderson.
DEATHS 1N gourumtN-TRIBONS:
A full and 'tellableStates L .
ist Classified by
The following is a classified list of National pri
soners who have died in Southern prisons :
lOWA.
Julius Ward, Co '
,12th—Montgomery, Ala, April
At Macon, Ga.
S Sackett, I, 12th Mayl9.
J 'Whitmore, I, 14th, May
26.
3 1' Williams, 1, 14th,
May 27.
Sergt J W Whitmore, 1,
14th, June 1.
Lieut L W Jackson,ll,
12th, June 6.
S W Dean, 1,12 th, June
•
16.
Corp DT Lathrop, K, 12th,
June 16.
Small Talbot, G, Bth, July
26.
S G Walker, C, 7th, July
20.
H Collin&H 12th, July 31.
I) Hanna, K, 12th, Aug 13.
Sergt A Steven!, li, Etti,
Aug 9.
D W Nichols, L, ad, Aug
- 25.
Roberts, H, 12th, Aug
29.
S Glee eon, B, 12th, Aug 24.
H Eichardoon, K, 12th,
Sept 16.
W 0 Bird, E, 12th,Sept 29.
AV Brown, A, NI, Sept 24.
J Anenoe, E, 121 h, Sept 25.
Sergt T Shruner, K, 6th,
Aug 26.
Lindeey, E, 14th, Aug
23.
J C McOwne, G, 14th,1
Aug 9.
Thos Dunn, Co F, Richm
ISSond, Va, Oct 16.
MOURI.
S. Valentine C, 25th, Montgomery, Ala., April IS.
at Macon. Ga.
J H Templeman, G, 23d,
Maw 9.
HJones,l3,23d,May 13.
Smith,B,lSth, Mayl4l
C I. 18th. May 14..
Jas Lewis. K, 23d,Mayll.
J Britton, A.23d, May 23:
F Heart, I, 18th, June 1.
J Tunnel; A, 2341, Aug 1.-
3 SwooPs,C, 23d, Aug 21.
3 Casseldon.F.lBth,Aug 2.
L Bishop, G, .23d, Aug 24
F Miller, H, 18th, Aug 19
3 C Dereey,K,2 3 d, Sept 21.
G Leslie, A, 23d, Sept 24.
H Chasekill,G
2311,23 d, Sepl. 29.
F May, A, , Sept 2
H Hurtts,B,lath, June
17.1
A Kirk, C, 18th, June 23.1
' OHIO.
Stanley, Co H, 6th, Winchester, Va, Dec 18.
A Gill, Co 70th, Montgomery, Ala. April 27.
A Dodge, Co E, '7th, Salisbury, N C, March 26.
At Macon, Ga.
G W Grubb, E, 70th, Mar
14.
W Bothwell, A, 10th,
May 17.
At Salisbury, North Ca
S Johnson , E, 4th, April 1.1
At Mason, Ga. :
7 Abner, A, sith, July 11
T Ferguson, C, '77th,
J H Pebbles, H, 61th, Aug
18.
A Carvan, B, 48th, Aug 20.
F Shields, 11,12 d, Sept 21.
I Brooke, D, 39th, Aug 29.
Geo King, B 72d, Sept 12.
WBinkicy,D,llat,Sept 18.
W Butler, D, 7th, Sept 25.
S Peck, 13, 12th, Sept 26.
ILLII
DI Benedict, Co D, 4.3d—A14
At Macon, Ga.:
N Abbott, I, 9th, May 15.
L Loney, B, 58th. May 17.
J Vanderbilt, K, 11th,
June 6.
W House, DAtet, Jnnel2.
F Rank, D, 18th, June 13.
T Mange n,D,3lst,June 19.
B F Ward, I, 31st, June 20.
Mearshorn, 0-, 49th,
June 30.
F Punch, D, 58th, Aug 5.
H Barrum, B, 68th, Aug 3.
0 Flanshin, K, 49th, Augi
29.
H Holliday,D,6tat,Atrg 24.
Sergt L °Parker, F, 30th,
Sept 1
H E, 58th, Sept 20.
PlitiCllol3 3 0, 58th, Sept
12.
A Scott 18th, Sept 4.
J Coke, d, 61st, Sept 21.
H Clemens,o,6Bth,Aug tO.
PENNST.
Sampson, 1", 100th—t
- AeSalisbury, N. C. •
Hawkley, B, 103 a, in.
Iy:9.
.Shevarteh, E, 104th,
• June 24.
G 33 Gamble, E, 104th,
June 20.
At Richmond,
John Snpe, 13, 04t1), 3 1h.1.
S Cover, 7% 56th, Dec. 1. • I
Corp G A Plunk, A, 11th,
Des 17.
10tb,Hec. 19.
J 'Ups. Hllthi Dec. 19.
Sore H - 31 Shreiner, 3C,
Ilk, Deo. 18.
P Becart, B, 6th, Dec. 20.
Geo Z jack, Ginth, Dec.
22.
B Cribbs, F, 12.10.Dee.23.
Unknown, C, 121st, Dec.
23.
W W Davie, A, 11th, Dec
24.
J 'Rosenberry, 0, 11th,
Dec. 24.
C L Pennington, 1 , 1, 42d
Dec. 24.
SergtW R Young,looth,
Dec. 24.
G W Wise, A, 7th, Dec.
24.
MICH
At Macon, Ga.:
L F Huff, 2il Bat, May 16.
I Lanaing,H,l2tb,July 19.
Tuadale, li,l2thJulyl3.
Maillard, 22d, July 3.
:Tao Mills, B, 12tb, July 10.
J July at
E Lane, F, 12th, Aug 1.
E Garner, E, 12th,Apg 22.
At Richmond, Va.:
H3lSweet,E,l2th, Oct 19.
WIS
At Macon, Ga.—
A Smith, D, 18th, May 14.13 M Marshall, A, 16th,
S Tritton , Itith,June 7.1 Sept 20.
E Alexander, A, 18th, WmFealton,P,lSth,sep3o
June 14. A J Henshow, H, 18th,
S Hartwell,F,lBth,July 25 Aug 19.
S Gray, 0 18th, July 80. P.Whltman,G,lBth,Sept 2 .
J J
BDean 1., 16th , Aug 4. 0 BRolford,o,lBth, Sep 21.
Z Hoard, b, ISth, Aug 22.'HW3nekson,G,18th,Sep 8
KENTUCKY.
P Tall, Co H, 9th, Macon, Ga., June V.
TENNESSEE.
At Macon GA:
T Hughes, L, Bth, Aug Fames, F, 6tb, Sep 23.
Wm Hitch, I, 2d, Sep 26. N Hunter, I, 2d, Aug 21.
A W Hitter,o,l3th,Sep 30.1
• INDIANA.
At Columbus, SC:
A;an Horn, 2Ath, Nov 25.1 F ?I Bartlett,P,2oth,Feb I.
m Mason, Co F, 12th, at 'Viacom Ga, July 23.
Sam'l Stickley,Co 0,20 th, at Illchmontl,Va, JulylB.
NEW YORE.
Beni C Parke, Co I i9ib, Charlottesville, Va, July
At Salisbury N
Eli Henning , ,B6,ly 4. 1 J ItreCormiek, —, 38th,
A ennal,D,looth, Way NI May 11.
At Richmond, Vit
Allen Darthe, H,76tI2,Dec.IEP Wade,bugler,C,loBth,
10. I Dec 30.
MAINE.
At Richmond, Va :
Corp C ICvlght, G, 4th, I.TaMes B Davis, F, 16th,
Dec '22. I Dec 26.
Ord. Sergt. Benj. Taft, F,l6th, Salisbury, N. C.,
Jan. 1.6.
G. W. Bryant, I, Richmond, Va., Dec. 25.
POLITICAL PRISONERS.
J.B. Eldridge, Macon, Ga., June 21.
At Salisbury, N. C:
M.. Bean Frederick county, Va.; July 3.
Edward Rirby, Pocahontas county Va ., July 11.
- Jacob Choate, Wayne county, Ky., July 4.
Wm. Dixon, North Carolina, July 6.
M. Rielnuond, West Virginia, July 3.
Wm. Barney, Kentucky, July 19.
F. M. Young, North Carolina, July 2S.
P. Augustus, Richmond, Va., July 28.
E. Dougherty, North Carolina, July 23:
James Torrons, June 26.
Wm. Baden, Rockingham county, Va., July 24.
At Macon, Ga :
James Moore, East Tennessee, July 12.
J. Bird, -, Aug. 20.
A. Gillock, Kentucky, Feb. 21,1863.
UNCLASSIFIED- UNNITO EDWAR STATES PRI
SO.
,
T McCarthy, Dec 8. Henry Neil, 'May 21.
P Warskenburg, Dec 30. James Harris, May 19,
At Madison, Ga.: A French, May 26.
Wm Manley, Dlay 8. James Bailing, May 20.
S P aladd2e, May 14. James Jones, May 28.
Geo Pencoek, May 15. Thos L Bales, June 23.
J 5 Philips, May 18. Macon:
Jas Hancock, Pday 17. Wm Manley, May 8.
Edward L Tate, May 17. G Rancouch, May 18.
Samuel Bacon, May 20. 1
0 P Stone, gunboat Sumpter, Macon, Ga, Aug 20.
HEADQUARTERS 'MEDICAL DIRECTOR'S OFFICE,
DIODISIONAVa., Feb. 11, 1883.
I certify that the above list is correct, and that the
men named were officially reported by the medical
officers of the Confederate States army as having
died at the time and places stated.
WM A. CARRINGTON,
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FIELUNA, Atm., February 11.
Among the many scenes of the war which have
passed under my observation, my recollection ena
les me to give you an account of one of the most
'mysterious and strange adventures which I have
ever heard of.
During the month of August, in 1861, while our
lowa regiment wee stationed at Rolla, in Missouri,
our company was detached from the regiment, and
sent to guard the railroad bridge at the Manilla -
mills, which it was rumored the guerillas of that
neighborhood were preparing to destroy.
We had been upon the ground but a few days, •
there appraigg in elee'eL eeel e one morning, a
11.71u1d iiecry.pni rau ci;,:.... .11—.1.
i...eizthle the Chelteinhilfilllfterg;
from whisk it Appeared he had recently Mel
by a guelilift Carried &Way, as a (mull animal.
Upon approachkg the mule, a letter was discovered
secured to the throaelatch of the bridle, which,
being addressed to the '
Captain was immediately
handed into his quarters. Utionopening the letter,
its contents (written in the delicate hand-writing of
a female) consisted of the following singular an
souncement " The temple of Jerusalem was de
troyed on the f irst Friday before the full moon."
The Captain professed to understand it, and said,
"The guerillas will attack the bridge to-might,"
and immediately ordered the company to be muster
ed, and informed them of the imminence of an at;
tack, which might be looked for at any moment.
Ammunition was ordered to be distributed, the
guards were doubled, pickets thrown out, and every
precaution taken to guard against surprise. At the _
cloee of the day a drizzling rain set
~..t.r-ttsc-zsc-aLL-ILIOniLLSIFTLULLICIUS LUC lupe to
be intensely dark.
. Three picket stations had been thrown out Into
the country about half a mild from the opposite
end of the bridge, where the main guard was posted
behind a pile of railroad ties. It was our lot to be
one of the six that composed the midnight guard at
this station. We had been upon our post about an
hour when one of the men observed: 'I hear foot
steps." We listened, and presently heard the foot,
steps of several persons approaching us, apparently
with great caution, through a dense undergrowth
that skirted the opposite side of the road. The
darkness of the night was so great that we could
not see them even when they were within forty feet
of us ; but we could distinctly hear one of them ob
serve in a petulant but suppressed tone, "Jim, hold
up that gun of your's, that's twice you've stuck that
bayonet in me." At this moment we opened upon
them with all our guns. There was no gun fired in
return, but we could distinctly hear them for some
time rushing with receding steps through the
thicket, in the direction of a corn-field, in which
stood a to -cabin, occupied by a woman and two
children, the husband and father of whom was a
Union soldier in one of w h i c hth regiments.
The firing of our guns, overshot the enemy,
bad aroused the entire command and brought in the
picket guard, when the kw, cabin alluded to was dis
covered to be on fire. Believing it to be the incen
diary work of these guerillas, the captain immee
I diately ordered a command of twenty men to double
quick through to the house and endeavor to rescue
the family it in danger. Upon reaching the vicinity
of the opening that surrounded the cabin, we die
. covered that a quantity of hay had been placed
againse , the door and fired ; and near the building a
party of eight or nine guerillas, armed with guns,
were grouped together, apparently listening edg e
speaker. Our party, which had divided at the
of the corn with the view of surrounding the cabin,
now rushed in upon them and succeeded in capturing
three of their number.
We had arrived t6O late to render any assistance
to the inmates of the cabin, which had already sunk
down into a smouldering heap, beneath which the
mother and her children had perished. After se
curing our prisoners with a portion of a clothes
line hanging from a branch of a tree, they were con
ducted to camp,' where the captain immediately
summoned a drum-head court martial to try them
upon the charge of murder, assuring them that if
they were found guilty they would he shot at sun
rise, as a warning to their guerilla comrades. One
of the party, a short, thick fellow, with a bushy
head of red hair, and bloated expression of counte
nance, when asked by the court martial if he had
anything to say, sneeringly turned away, refusing
to make any answer. The second prisoner, a tall,
slender person, of dark complexion, with one eye
I concealed beneath a handkerchief that was tied
diagonally around his head, while hie face was
scratched and scarred with fresh wounds, apparently
the result of some bacchanalian brawl with his cone.
rades, observed : "This shooting felleparter he's a
prisoner, for fighting for the freedom of Missouri,
and aseinthe abelitionere, aint accorden to law."
Here a member of the court martial asked him
"if the murdering of a helpless woman and her
children, at the midnight hour, by burning them to
death while sleeping, was fighting for the freedom
of Missouri 1" The fellow turned away from this
question with a dejected look, muttering that "her
husband Wail a dried Abolitioner." The third per
son was a young man or boy, apparently about six
teen years old. From his dialect, and the nationality
of expression on Ills countenance, it was easy to
discern that he was of Irish descent. lie was well
dressed, and appeared to be greatly distressed at his
situation as a prisoner. He observed, with much
alarm expressed in his countenance, that he was an
; Irish boy, and that he had been in the United States
but ten we, and had tAken no part in the war ;
that the man who had burned the house hdd called
. upon him that evening, and asked him to join them
in a coon hunt, and that it was not until they were
I fired upon at the bridge that he was aware of the
character and object of the party. He would have
_..i.o..se.eehme_butthemiehteydarl and he did not
s Here one of the court arose and informed him Mit—
his story partook of the character of all_guerilla
pleas of innocence, and that it availed him Writhing.
He had been caught, with others, in the very act of
committing this cruel and unfeeling murder, and
that it only remained for him to say that the court
found all three of them guilty of murder, and sen
tenced them to be shot at 9 o'clock the next
morning.
The prisoners were , then ordered to the guard
house—a log dwelling—and placed in the cellar
beneath the building. The remainder of the night
was devoted to the making of the coffins end the
digging of a grave of sufficient dimensions to hold
them side by Elide. When the morning returned the
rain had ceased—the clouds had passed away, and
soon the sun rose with a warm and genial glow. All
i nature seed refreshed wiee murky shower of
. the night while all around,th th
the - blades of grass, the
' lilac bushes, and forest leaves drooped under the
sparkling rain-drops that • glittered on their folds,
and the birds caroled wild and.loud their morning
matins. All felt that it wart a day to live, and not
to die in. The drum was beat at early dawn, mus
tering the company under arms to witness the
punishment; and a detail of twelve men was made
as executioners, under the command of a corporal.
As the time drew near for the execution, it was
discovered that two of the prisoners had made their
escap by forcing a passage through the partition
wall of the Cellar into the cellar of an estoining
house.
The boy, however, was still a prisoner, and all
were determined he should be made an example of.
Accordingly, about eight o'clock he was brought out
to be conducted to the place of execution. Upon
seeing the soldiers drawn up to receive him, he com
menced wringing his hands, crying, and galling to
the captain. saying, " Oh, Captain,l am not guilty.
DO not let them kill me, Don't, t, - aptain, you can
save me. I will give you my watch; my sister will
give you money. Oh, God I Oh, Holy Mother Oh,
Captain, speak to them quick, they are taking me
away!" With a soldier upon each aide of him, he
was now led by the arms towards the piece of execu
tion, still calling upon the captain to save him.
When he <Recovered the coffin and the grave that
. bad been prepared for him, he gave a wild, frantic
scream, and then for the first time seemed to realize
that, in a few minutes,' he would be no more among
the living; for, in a moment after, he became calm,
when, turning to the officer of the guard, he request
ed him to ask the captain if he would give him time
to write to his mother in Ireland.
The captain, who was standing on one aide of the
hollow square of soldiers that surrounded the pri
soner, hearing this request, immediately answered
"yes ; lethim have writing materials," which were
immediately brought, when he kneeled down, placing
the paper on the coffin lid, and as his pen dashed off'
the words "Dear Mother," tears fell upon the pa
per, which, in brushing away with his coat sleeve,
erased the words he had written . ; when springing to
his feet, he commenced wringing his hands, say
ing, "I cannot write, I cannot write : oh, soldier,
will you write for met" addressing the corporal of
the uard.
g that moment there arose upon the stillness of
the scene the wild, piercing shriek of a female, AS
she burst through the ranks of the soldiers, and
swept out upon the hollow square, in the direction
of the prisoner. It was an Irish girL apparently
about eighteen years old, without bonnet or shoes,
her dress bespetted with mud, and her long dark
hair streaming in the wind, as she rushed forward
with a wild, hearerending scream, saying, "He Is
hader he is my brother !" 3n a moment she
crossed the square, and clasping her brother in
her arms, she continued with an agonizing scream,
" Oh, soldiers oh, holy mother ! gentlemen: forthe
ove of Jesus, do not kill him I Re is innocent; he
- a My brother l"
I never wish to look upon a Rose like that again ;
and many a hardy hunter from lowa's border, while
gazing on it, felt the involuntary tear course down
his - manly cheek. But we were surrounded by mut ,
derers and assassins. The hand that had received
pay from a soldier for a draught of water had been
known to strike him in the back with a dagger as he
turned away; and our officers bad determined to
make an example of the first murderer that fell into
our hands. The girl at length was ordered to be re
moved. When two soldiers advanced and unloosed
her grasp upon her brotber, her screams, her ap
peals to all for mercy, were terrible.
They had dragged her but a short distance fromhim,
him, when looking back and seeing a black _hand
kerchief already tied over his eyes, with one wild,
frantic scream she flung the soldiers from her, and
bounding back to her brother, she tore the handker
chief from his eyes and again enfolded him in her
arms. As the soldiers were again removing her,
the coat-sleeve of oneof them was torn during her
struggles, and her eye fell upon a breastpin that he
bad fastened upon his shirt-sleeve, perhaps for con
cealment and safety.
In an instant all her physical powerswere relaxed,
and, in a calm, subdued, and confident tone of voice,
she observed, as she pointed to the pin, "Soldiers,
let me make one more effort for my brother." The
soldiers, startled at the strangeness of her manner,
unloosed their grasp upon her, and in a moment,
she bounded away to her brother, shielding his body
again with her person at the very moment that the
guns were descending to receive the word " fire."
Turning her back to her brother, and facing the file
of soldiers, she stood forth a stately woman. There
was no scream, no tear, no agonizing expression, but
calm and erect, she swept the field with her eye,
and then advancing three steps , she gave the grand
hailing signal of the Master Mason. None ther e sons among those 'soldiers observed it, and e
were many of them in that command, who now
stood mute with astonishment at the strange and
mysterious spectacle before them. There was a
grouping of the officers for a few minutes, when the
captain came forward, and, in a loud voice, said,
"that owing to the distress and interference of the
young woman, the execution would be postponed
until nine o'clock the next day." The guard was
theri ordered to be doubled, and a strict watch kept
over the prisoner during the night.
Notwithstanding this precaution, it was discover
ed in the morning that both the boy and the sister
had made their escape; in what way they accom
plished it, has been a mystery with the company
from that time to this. During the early part of the
evening there was a meeting of the Masonic mem
bers of the company at the captain's headquarters,
where the girl was examined, and found to have
passed all the degrees in Masonry to that of a Mas
ter Mason. Where or how she had acquired these
degrees, she declined to say. She and her brother
had been in the United States but about ten weeks,
haviog come from Ireland for the purpose of pur
chasing a farm intending, when they had done so, to send for their mother and younger brother. The
boy did not know that his sister was a Meson, and
only knewa hls father, when living, was master
of a lodgin their native town in rland.
MeNaley, I, 14th, Aug
13.
J A hlcCalloolc, F, 121 h,
June 18.
Sergt H Widdows, H, Bth,
June 25.
IG Taylor, E, 7th, .Tune 29.
Wm White, B, 12th, June
27.
E Nichols, K, 12th, Ju
-111 9.
J iok, B; 12th, July 19.
0 13 Toney, F, 12th, July
24.
H Bendle 0, 12th, Aug 7.
D Clark, ' F, 12th, Aug 17.
N Richmond, E, 12th, Sept
24.
P K, 12th, Sept 12
Nelson Nye, B, 7th, Sept
17.
0 Webster, D, 7th, Sept 3.
C Bryant, 13, 12th, Sept2s
D Warner, C, 12th, Sept 8.
C French, It, 12th, Sept 12.
Segt'W W 'Fergersan, E,
Bth; Aug 13.
G Vandewalk, 0, Bth,
Aug 29.
IR Young,C, Bth, Aug2l.
C Noise, B 12, Sept 6.
IP& A Lines; B, Bth, Sept 2.
13 W Johnson, B, 12th,
Septll.
3 DI Rowe, B, 12th, Sept
29.
Saml McMitchell,C,isth
June 26.
R "Wilt, A, 2341, June 26.
1) Leuria, IC, 23d, July 9.
J T Davia,A,lBlll,:fuly 20.
F Crank, 0,23 d, July 25.
A Summera,G,23d, Aug 19.
G Bean, D, 23d, Sept 10.
R Moore, A, 23d, Sept 21.
\
GPearson,F,lBlll,Sept 29.
J F Saundere,A, 23d, Aug
25.
1) Ellie, R., 18th, Aug 28.
. .1 Dillone, D, 23d, Aug 22.
. W Newman,lo, Ilith, Aug
. 21.
S C Orsekey,R,23d,Sept 2.
S A Hurst,A, 23d, Sept 13.
James P Green, B, 7.7 th
June 16.
Alb West, D, 49th, Tune
olina :
IM Day, D, 4th, Dray
S Dontildeon, 11. 1 77tb Aug
9.
1167,1171 Lit, Augfl.
IB C Nadi, 302t1i;SePt . 24.
IA F Wiee,C,46tb, Sept 30.
J Boyer, G, I at, Aug 21.
JDunnbower,H,l24l,Sepl.
H Stokers, I, 54th, Sept 14.
WWllkine,E,4th,Sept 20.
Lt .1" I) Roma', 4th Cav,
July 1.
Wm Scott, G, 3d, July 31.
NOIS. •
ontgomery, Ala, April 26
Lieut Jno Meshed, C, Mt,
July 8.
G McCormick, 1:1, 31st,
July le. -
B Ilershon,H,27th,Julyl2.
W Dnwing,D,6Bth,Julyl3.
SGFowler, a, 11th, July
23.
•
E F Pharr, E,4oth, Aug 21,
J Barnes, I, 68th, Aug 8.
II Wilson, iik,7th, Aug 26.
George Scanland, E, 27th,
Sept it
1
I 0 DI Realy,ll,6sth,Aug2B.
Lt J Ktuft,E 4 B . sth, Sept 4,
S Downing,E,asth,Sept 7.
.7 Richmond, IC, 9th, Sept
17.
I •
Sitr A, 27th, Sept 17.
John Fry, A, 11th, Rich
mond, Va, Oct IS.
T B Hatch A, 2d Cavalry,
Macon, a -a, Sept 1.
LVANI.A.
Columbia, S. 0., June IS.
T Burns, F, Gth, Dec. 27.
D W litaxaton, F, 11th,
Dec. 26.
, C Newman, 0, 121st, Dec.
2,1.
1 Jag Bolton, IC, 121st, Dec
21.
Sergt. T hlontgomery, X,
11th Dec. 21.
S Hickhart, A, 121ot, Dec.
21.
Sergtß Meredeth, G, sth
Dec. 21.
IT Simmons, H, sth, Dec
, 22.
SAit. J ZV Day, B, 6th
Dee. 27.
K A Setley, D, 3d, Dec
25.
L S Newberry, K, 11th,
Deo. 31.
A Carr, C, sth, Dec. 31.
Maj F Zeatlmeyer, sth
Dec. 31.
N Smith, K, 1.125, Dec
81.
Moore, H, 6th, Dec. 31.
0 H P Russell, 0, 11th
Dee. 31.
A S Little, —, 3d, Dec
19.
A B Ansi in,H,l2th, Aug 21
J Taggert, F, 12th, Aug 12.
SF Smith, A, 12th,Aug 11.
A A Oulve.r,E, 9th, Aug 4.
WM Oatley,G,l2th,Sep 29
GLinefedt,o,l2.th,Sep 21.
CH Davidson,l,l2th,Sep 5
it Dunning, K, 12th,Sep 28
Sandy, ith Art, March 2
NSIN.
DIASSACHUSEITS
TT /c-x=itaimasomp.
cruoirsnED wrmitt
A Startling Episode or the War.
—General Hooker is the - seventh commander of
the Army of the Potomac. First, General Scott WllO
was followed by McDowell, who was in turn fol
lowed by McClellan ; the latter gave way to Pope—
who established his headquarters in the saddle, after
which he was succeeded by the general whom he
ousted in the first place. Then comes Burnside, and
now Hooker. •
The Houston Telegraph of the Nth of January
acknowledges the receipt of one hundred dollars front
General Houston and hie lady, for the benefit of the
wounded of the Galveston fight. The General's health.
litMO %co be iffreViug.