TH£i FBX3SS,
rUBLISESD DAILY (9UITDATB SZOBPTSDJ,
■T JOHK \V. FOUSfKY-
OTFICI, Ho. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STBHT.:
VHS DAIH PHKS3,
Tiitmb Cists Fe* Week. parable to the «rtl«\
SUlled to Subscribers ont of the City at Saras DoihAßi ?
Pa* Antra; Tmuis Doldarb and Fifty Cs.-na po» Six .
Months ■ OSB POIitAB and Sbventt-pivb Obhts po*
Shbbb Mourn.. lnrarliblT la adyance tor the time op-
AdTertlsemehts Inserted at the nsnal rates. Hx
Haas eonstltnte esdnere.
. gjOt VRI-WBKKbY PRKSS,
Helled to Subswlbers ont of the City at Foust DouJtss
pit. ANtnw. 1» adyanse. _____________
commission noirsßs.
AND NATS’ CLOTHS,
WILLIAM T. SNODGRASS’
CLOTH HOUSE,
O. 34- Bouth SECOND and 33 S.TBA.WBERRY STS.
CIVIL LIST.
Black Clothe.
Do. Doesklus,’
Fancy Coatings,
Do. Oassimeres,
Esquimaux,
Chinchillas.
, Sapsr Velvets,
1 Bassiau Sables,
Tricots,
True Blues.
. Scarlets.
Billiards.
■Bagatelles.
icceeded la replenishing* our
Bow Styles of hsautlful
no2B-lm
abut and navy.
6 -4 Bine Flannels,
3-4 Dark Bine OassUnerea.
8-4 do. , do.
3-4 Light Bine do.
6-4 do. do.
3-4 Daik Bine Doeskins,
8-4 do. ~ do.
6-4 Bine Cloths,
C 4 do. Castors,
6-4 do. Pilots,
6 4 do. Bearers,
3-4 and 6*4 Meltons,
TrmuninßN, &c.
Unexpectedly, we liavesn
Stock witk some entirely
CEOAKIfIGS.
■juj OTIOE TO GRAIN DEALERS AND
Al BHIPPSSS.'
50,000 UNION A; SEAMLESS BAGS,
Ail Linda, weight 20 ounces,
Tlie Bert and Cheapest Ba* in the market.
Also,
BURLAP BAGS,
Of »U 81ra», for Corn, Oat«, Bone-Anst, Ootfo#, &«.. *»
»*nurachued »3d for «fde, for oat cash, by
CHARLES H. GRtGG, Agent,
Ho. 137 SIABKET Street (Second Story).
Late offlJßCbrtireh alley.. .
SHIPLEY, HAZARD, & HUTOHIN
*3 gotf.
Ko. 11a GHESTrrur street,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
TOR THB SALK OF
PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS.
oc2l-Sm
JgAGS ! BAGS 1 BAGS 1
NEW AND, SECOND HAND,
yiiMT.URH. BUBLAP, AHD QdfJTT
BAGS,
OosstuUr on Sana.
JOHN T. BAILEY * CO:,
*O. 11S HOSTS TKOHT STKXBT.
W WOOL SACKS FOB SALS.
SII.K AXD DRY-GOODS JOBBERS.
QA 8 H HO US E i
Hi L. MLLOWELL & €O.,
#lB OHSSTmn BTMBWi
BATS BOW IB ffTOBI.
DRESS GOODS,
BLACK AND FANCY SILKS,
SHAWLS, BALMORALS,
RIBBONS, KID GLOVES, Ac., Ao.
ttOtigW «»VoslY«ly fts «**h, *»ad whlsh will bs «ols
St % »ms.U «e6-Sa
CHOICE
1863.
FALL AND WINTER
DRY GOODS.
ROBERT POLLOCK 4 OO.j
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS,
Do. Ml HABKET STEEST,
Ol*r for ul< »lent xad VKll-seledect Sttw'x Sol ?»a«j
'ndStwlt
DRY GOODS,
?riMID»Uy oftieli
OWN IMPORTATION,
[a.ndlni th« 1M»»! Styles Is
SHAWLS AND DRESS GOODS,
Hut of whlali ua «osSm4 ta llislr salei, *na oanno» 1m
found elsewhere. . . • .
All ol whiah they offer on the most favorable tarns
JOE CASH, 0? to approved short time buyers. os7-2m
HELLOS <* CJo.,
IMPORTERS,
Koi. *0 »aiM NORTHTHIRD BTBBST.
'WflATits tb« ittentioaof tta trada «o oni largo stoat of
HOSIERY, GLOVES,
B HI B T S» DRAW ERS,
©BRMANTOWN FANCY WOOLENS,
LINEN CAMBRIC HD EPS.,
tA UKKKS, AMD SHIRT FRONTS.
r>lg-S» ~ __ _ ! ■ -
JbAmES’ PURS.
fANOY FUKS.
JOHN FABEIKA,
*o. TIS JJSCH BTEEET, BELOW EIGHTH,
Importer- and Manufacturer
LADIES’ FANCY FUBS.
Mr auortmaak of SAHCT TUBS for Ladiaa and CMI
- I» now complete, and embratlna eTery Yariot7 that
WlUba (asUoaable darlsi ilia pretsnt Mason. All told
ak the manotmttiror*’ prfeet, for talk. L&dlei, pleat*
Strt me a tall. o«S-faa
QPBNING OF FANCY FURS.
JOHN A. STIMBiCn,
IMPOBTEB AND MAKOTACTURBK 0?
LADIES’ FANCY FURS,
JO. 8»0 ARCH STREET, BELOW SOUTH,
Hftl uov open a splendid etoclc of •
LADIES AHD CHILDBED’S EURS,
Which will be cold at the
LOWEST CASH FEICSS.
JiURS! FURS!
fl'E ORCI E F. WOMRATH,
HOS. «1S AMD 417 AHOH STJiBET.
BAS BOW OPBB
A. FULL ASSORTMENT
OB . /
LADIES’ r URai
Whlfili ths attention of thepnbllt la lnyltad. - <e23-4a
DRUGS.
CASH DRUG HOUSE;
WmaHT & SID D ALL.,
No. 119 MARKET STREET,
front and SECOND Streets.
DRUGGISTS, PHYSIOIANsT
NEKA.D STOREKEEPERS;' >
C. W. WRIGHT.
Can find at our establishment & fall assortment
of Imported and Domestic Drugs. Popular Pa
tent Medicines,' Taints, Coal Oil, Wuidow Glass,
Prescription Vials, etc., at as low prices as genu
ine, first class goods can be sold.
FINE ESSENTIAL OILS
- for Confectioners, in fall variety, and of the beat
qt Cochl'neß], Bengal Indigo, Madder, Pot Ash,
Cudbear, Soda Ash, Alum, Oil of Vitriol, Annat-
Copperas, Extract of Logwood, &c.,
A FOR DYERS’'USE,
always on hand at lowest net cash prices.
/SULPHITE OF L IMB,-.
for keeping cider sweet; a perfectly harmless pre
paration* put up, witli full directions for use, In
packages contaialng sufttoient for one barrel.- ,
' Orders by mail or city post will meet with
Prompt attention, or rpeclad Quotations wtl— be
/urniskedwhen reanested.
WRIGHT & SIDDALL,
WHOLESALE DRUG, WAREHOUSE,
No/ 110 MARKET Street, above FRONT.
noMthstnly-fst ■ ■
JJQBEBT SHOEMAKER & 00.,
Horth»Mt Corner FOURTH and RAGS Street,,
PHILADELPHIA.
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
HSSMSRTSRS AND DEALERS IN
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIO
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS,
■AWHPAotobihs on
WHITE LEAD AND 2INO PAINTS. PUTTY, Jra.
AOBirTB FOB THB OELEBBATBD
FRENCH ZINO PAINTS.
Dialen and con«nm»r« unpplied at .
•VERY LOW PRICES FOE CASH.
aeK-Sm • - - ■
OAI FIXTURES, *c.
ARCH STREET.
la. A. V 4NKIHK <* 00-i
■ KAJTUFAOTUBBBB 07
W O'H ANDELIEBS
**p OIBBE
GAB FIXTURES.
Else. Frenek Bronx* Flcnrex and Ornament*, Por.elalß
-■ and Mica Skadea, and a variety or
FANCY- GOODS,
WHOLESALE AMD RETAIL,
Bleaaa tall and examine iood«
SCOTCH ‘WHISKY. -fIBAHA M’S
O eelebrated SiotokWkUkvforaal*. In bondedwar*.
Aahu v. Cfiu. B. ft JAB. UAMIAIJaB.
-wo’?* I*o WALNUT, and »1 GRANITE Stmk
YOL. 7-NO. 106.
KETAIt dry goods.
GrKEAT REDUCTION
FRENCH MERINOES,
SILK AND WOOL POPLINS,
ALL-WOOL REP POPLINS,
FANCY STYLES OF'FOPLINS,
PRINTED MERINOES,
PRINTED DELAINES.
N. B.—All kinds of Winter Dress Goods
selling off at Reduced Prices.
EX3"WXIsr ZEi-A-TLI. SO CO.,
NO. 36 SOUTH SECOND STREET.
dol-tntki-St
J'Y'RE <& LANDELL,
FOURTH AND ARCH,
HAVE REDUCED SOME FINE '
SILKS AND SHAWLS
FOR ’
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
GORGEOUS PIANO COVERS,
EMBROIDERED TABLE COVERS.
HOLIDAY SIIAWXS.
HOLIDAY SILKS,
HOLIDAY SCARFS,
HOLIDAY REPS,
HOLIDAY CLOAKS.
HOLIDAY POPLINS.
HOLIDAY DE EAINES,
HOLIDAY CHINTZES. "
Sel-totLs-tl
O W O P E IST
PARIS, LONDON, AND AMERICAN
RICH LYONS VELVETS,
INDIA GEOS GRAIN,
MATALBA SILK,
PARIS-MADE VELOUR CLOTHS,
PARIS WOOL CASHMERES,
FANCY CASHMERES,
PARIS-MADE FROSTED BEAVERS,
DIAGONAL CASHMERES,
CHINCHILLA CLOTHS,
BELGIAN TRICO-TS AND DOESKINB,
ENGLISH PLUSHES, .
ENGLISH MELTONS,
1863.
PARIS MANTILLA, CLOAK,
fub empoexcm,
920 CHESTNUT STREET,
J. W. PROCTOR & GO.
no6*tkstalia
818 . OPENING, gig
AT THE
ARCH-STREET CLOAK STORE,
A HANDSOME ASSORTMENT OP V
LADIES’ .AND MISSES’ CLOAKS.
noS-tf
gKIRTSI SKIRTS I SKIRTS I
M. A. JONES*-
OBLSSXATBB
NE PLUS ULTRA SKIRT
0»» oaly b« fomid at
No. 17 NORTH EIGHTH STREET,
?HtIAD2IiPHIA,
OVSS THS WAX HOUM.
3p. Soa. tsnala. nnleus .tampwl
M; A. JOSES’
SB PLUS OLTSA BKI3*.
■all.ffga IT S. BIQHTH HTBBET.
TAS. DENNY, S E. COR. ELEVENTH
v ami LOMBARD, has on hand and offers for sale* at
low prices:
BLACK SILKS. BLACK SILKB.’
26, 27, 28, 34 in BLACK SILKS, at $1 37. $1 50, $1.62,
$1.75, and $2. These are from.the recent Auction Sales,
and'were imported when gold was a great deal lower,
than it is at present.
DRESS GOODS.
One lot all-wool Heps, choice shades**** $lOO
One lot Plaid Beps, newstyle ..... 7 6
Every sbade’and quality of Preach Alerinoes, cheap,
One lot 10-4 English Copurffa, every shade,. 1 25
Valencias, from s7% nt>tq:62»-, M
„SH4WXS L _ SHAWLS „
All wool Long Shawls, at $6 60. $7.25, $8 25, $lO, $lO/50.
Several lota Broche Lone Shawls, very low.
BLANKETS BLANKETS.
One lot all-wool 10 4Blankefcs ..$6 50
One lot all-wool 11-4 Blanket* 8 50
One case all-wool 11*4Blankets, very heavy.., 10 00
One case all-wool 12-4 Blankets, slightly damaged. 12 0G
One case all-wool 12 4 Blankets, extra heavy -...... 13 00
One case all-wool 12-4 Blankets, fine and heavy... 15 00
Also, one lot all-wool ;Gray Blankets, weighing nine
pounds, $5.60. These are very cheap Domestics, cheaper
than they can be bought wholesale. Dress Goods ef
every description low, A fall line of Cassimeres, for
Gents. ’ and Boys’ wear, at JAMES DENNT’B,
del-6t* " S. B, cor. BLEVENTE and LOMBARD,
JOHN F. YOUNG,
W ' No. TO North FOURTH Street,
Will open this day, 1 case Figured Mohairs*, 1 case
Coburgs, at greatly reduced prices. • - * • _
Also, 40 pairs super all-wool Blankets at $7.50. Un
surpassed in this market. del-12t
H STEEL & SON WOULD CALL
* attention to their Stock of FINE DRES3 GOODS,
all bought at very low pilots, early in the season, and at
the recent Auction Sales; - '
French. Merinoesr7sc to $2.50. , a. ■
French Poplins and Heps, to $1 75.
Dress Goods of every variety. 20c to $2-
8,000 yards Jferinoes* $1 25. .
Blanket Shawls, a great variety of styles, $3.25 to $l3.
Broche Shawls, great bargains, $9.50 to $l4.
Circulara and B&cques, of all kinds of Cloths, at low
prices. -
Fancy Bilks, $1 to $5. .
Plain Poll de Soies, $1.25 to $2 50.
Moire Antiques and Corded Silks, $3.50 to $5.
ITos. 713 arid 7115 North TJ3WTH St.
1 Lot All-wool Shaker Flannels, 62%c, worth 80c. n 025
TOlUi 11. BTOKLBi ‘
« ros ABCS STREET.
BROWN SILKS.
Black Silks, from $1 to $2.
Ladies’ Square Blanks# Shawls.
Ladies’Long Blanket Shawls.....
Misses’ Long Blanket Shawls.
Plain Long Shawls.
Gents*-Trayelltng Shawls. •• •
• Gloves, Hosiery. Merino vests, &c.. ftc. no!9
: . 1034 CHESTNUT ST BEST.
M. NEEDLES
IB JtKtTEmiTO DAILY O
S ALL DESIRABLE NOVELTIES **
S' 9
S or THB ■ W
- • - • - - ee
| LATEST IMPORTATIONS. E 5
pis LACES. % |
§ EMBROIDERIES, ' m
“ WHITE GOODS. g
g HANDKERCHIEFS. I
H ' VEILS, lu.ijk*''
V
103 * CBBSTNUT STREET. %
pORNER OF EIGHTH AND SPRING
V GARDEN!
BEAUTIFUL AND SEASONABLE GOODS I
PRICES MUCH LOWER THAN ELSEWHERE!
We are Beilina best anallty of French Poolma, all SUK
and Wool, for »I.BS}Aper yard, Bold down-town not
P* ttan ® 2 - THORNLEY & CHISM.
POPLINS AND REPS,
Excellent French Merlnoes for HI. 25.
A fine stock of Delainerand Calicoes. ;
All-Wool Plaid Cash mares in great variety.
- THORNLEY & CHISM,
Corner of EIGHTH and SPRING GARDEN.
THORNLEY & CHISM
i ARE SELLING
Power-Loom TableEinens,
Shaker and other Flannels.
Extra Super-anper Rockdale Blankets.
FwstedfevM Caseimorce, &c., Ac.
TTEADQUARTEES FOR SHAWLS!
*-*-Long and Square Broche Shawls,
' Long and Square Blanket Shawls, .
Plaid Shawls, Strlpod Shawls, Plain Bha.wl9.ftc.*
Children’s Shawls, Misses’Shawls, Gents Shawls*
Long and dquate Black Thibet Shawls,
At THORNLEY & CHISM’S,
S. E. Comer of EIGHTH and SPRING GARDEN.
GILES 1 SILKS 1
Good Black Silks for $1
Better for $1,25. $l-60, $1.75, $2, and $2 25 per yard.-
Plain Brown. Bine, Purple, and Gieen Silks, for $1.50.
Black figured Bilk*, Plaid Silks. Ac , ha.
BEAUTIFUL BROCHE SCARFS.
A LARGE STOOK OF BALMORAL BKIRTS,
And all other kinds of Goods, comprising
i A FIRST-CLAfes STOCK,
At THORNLEY & CHISM’S,
iofl-gm IT.B.Cor.EIGHTH and SPRING GARDEN.
WINTER SILKS.
if A Lot of Fancy Silks.
* Autumn and winter styles.
At very low prices
SH4BPLBBB BR.OTHISRB,
CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets,
GHAWLS FOR FRIENDS.
k? , A Lot of Seat-akin Shawls.
Boinewkat Imperfect.
At TsrT BKOTHBBB.'
CHBBTJTOX aa4 BIGHTS
IN
TEE PRICES OF
CjLOAKS
AT THE
RETAir, DRY GOODS.
M OIRE ANTIQUES.
JUST RECEIVED,
FRESH INVOICE
MO IKE ANTIQUES,
DESIRABLE SHADES.
THOS..WL EVANS & CO.,
818 AND 830 CHESTNUT STREET.
del-31
QQOPER & CONARD,
NINTH AND MARKET.
VELOUR CLOTHS.
FROSTED BEAVERS.
FINE CASSIMERES.
BLANKETS.
. BROCHE SHAWLS.'
LADIES’ CLOAKS,
BOYS’ FINE CLOTHING*
noliLtf
JOJHN F. YOUNG,
No. 70 NORTH FOURTH STREET,
will offf.r, tor thr balarcr of the seasoit.
AT REDUCED PRICES,
THE FOLLOWING . DRESS GOODS
MERINOS,
POPLINS,
REPS,
T7DWIN HALL & CO., NO. 26 SOUTH
SECOND Street, would call attention to their stock
of Cloths for Ladies* Cloaks.
Superior quality Frosted Beaver ayard.
Velvet Beaver Cloths, all-wool, fine.
Tricot Beaver Cloths.
Fine Plain Beaver Cloths. •
Ribbed Beaver Cloths.
Chinchilla Cloths.
N. B.—Cloaks for sale, made out of the above Cloths.
Cloaks made to order.
Superior quality 4-4 Silk Velvets, at $l5 and $16.63
per yard. del-tf
TXARRIS CASSIMEBES.
J--A Fine quality, double weight, fancy Cassimeres. in
neat patterns, for business suits, of Harris’ well-known
make.
Silk-mixed Cassimeres, extra heavy.
Super extra fine Black Cassimeres.
6-4 heavy finer Coatings.
Fitchburg dart-cadet Cassimeres.
Harris* “ West Point Cadet” Cassimeres,
Blue Cloths and Beavers.
• “ .' cloakings.
Johauny’s frosted Beavers.
Chinchillas,'light and dark.
Super quality black ribbed Beavers.
BP-STAIRS DEPARTMENT.
In CLOAK ROOM, fine Cloaks, of fashionable ma
terial. Cloaks made to order. Select the Cloths down
stairs.
BOYS’ CLOTHING ROOM, well stocked with fine
suits, overcoats, &c. Boys’and Men’s Clothing made
to order COOPER & CONARD, .
n027-tf . • S. E. cor. NINTH & MARKET.
GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS.
E M OVAL. "...
LIISTFORD X.TJiKEOSrS
HAS REMOVED
FROM
No. 31 SOUTH SIXTH STREET,
. TO -
M. W. COHIfSR SIXTH AJTB CHESTNUT,
Where he now offer, a
LARGE AND ELEGANT STOCK
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS,
Embracing all the latest novelties.
PRICES MODERATE.
JKJ- The attention of the public 1. reepeetfollr «o
lleited.
SjtIRTB MADE TO ORDER. oeM-Sm
Q.EORGE GRANT,
10. 81.0 CHESTNUT STREET/
Xu now ready
A LARGE AND COMPLETE BTOCK
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS,
Of his own Importation and manufacture.
HU celebrated
“PRIZE MEDAL SHIRTS ”
Manufactured under the superintendence of
JOHN F.-TAGGEBT,
(Formerly of Oldenherg & Taggert,)
Are the most perfect-fitting Shirts of the age,
49" Orders promptly attended to. jy9-th»tu*sM
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING
VI .GOODS. _
MclHTffiE & BROTHEB,
No. 1035 CHESTNUT STREET.
AS ENTIRELY HEW STOCK.
SUPERIOR UNDERCLOTHING, HO-
SlfeßY, HDKFS, CRAVATS, &C.
49** Stocks and Napoleon Ties made to order.
49* An elegant assortment of Kid Gloves.
-49* Gentlemen’s Dressing Gowns in great variety.
49 i The “MODEL SHIRT” always on hand and
made to order. ' oc24*3m
JOHN O. ARBISON,
NOS. 1 AND 3 N.' SIXTH STREET,
HAS NOW IN STORE
A FINE ASSORTMENT OF
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING GOODS
for
FALL AND WINTER WEAR.
: Alto, Mannfa.tom from the Beit Material tad la t
Superior Manner by HAND:
- Fine SHIRTS and COLL ARS.
Shaker Flannel SHIRTS and DRAWERS.
Hear, Sed-twiUed Flannel SHIRTS and DRAWERS.
English Canton Flannel SHIRTS and DRAWERS.
Buckskin SHIRTS and DRAWERS.
Olo.th TRAVRLLIHG SHIRTS.
WSAPPBBS, STOCKS. TIES, Aw.
And Bold at the moat moderate jilow. *»7-8m
ymi shiht manueaotosy. ■
JL iflid trotild lariU AtUatlon Id kli
IMPROVED CUT OF SHIRTS,
whlth he mates a ipecialty In hit hueineic. Also* #QA*
FOB GENTLEMEN'S WBAB.
J. W. SOOTT,
GENTLEMEN'S FUENISHING STOBZ.
i»0. 814 CHESTNUT STREET. -
JaB2-tf Tony doors heiow the vontmeat*L
MILLINERY GOODS.
FRENCH FLOWERS, 1863.
FEATHERS, LACES, RIBBONS, <S
NEW-STYLE HATS,
JUST OPENED AT
THOS. KENNEDY * BRO.’S,
No. TS»B CHESfKUT Street, below Kiehth.
ulO-Sm -
CARPETINGS.
KQ.LEN ECHO” MILLS,-
GERMANTOWN, FA*
McOALLUM Ot OO.J
IdI!n(AOTDXBSa. IMPOETBBS, AND DXAIiEXB IK
CA.»I»EIXI3SrGU3,
OIL CLOTHS. 40!
WAREHOUSE, 509 CHESTNUT ST.,
OPPOSITE UTDEPERDENOE HALL.
«»7-!a
CABINET FURNITURE.
PABINET FURNITURE AND BIL-
V 7 LIAKD TABLES. ,
SIOORE & C&MPION,
NO. HOI SOUTH SECOND BTKBBT.
IB tonneetlon With their extensive Cabinet business, at*
sow mannfaotnrln* a snpenor article of
BILLIARD TABLES,
»d have now on hand a foil supply, finished with the
MOOHBA OAMFION’B IMPBOVBD CUSHIONS,
yhlch are prononneed by all who have nisd them to be
Vnd finish of these Tables, the manu
faetnrers refer to their numerous patrons throughout
the Union, who are familiar with the sharaeter of their
wort. r _■ 11813 ”
OABEIiGBa. 18 g 3,
WItLIUC D. BOSBSB.
Coach end Eight Carriage Builder,
Nob. 1000 and 10X1 CHESTNUT STREET.
■ell-Sm Faimmmt.
t>bass stencil alphabets.
■B H. J. METCALF St SON. '
*SH SALEH STEEET, BOSTON, MASS. _•
The only maaufactnrers In the United States, of Brass
Alphabets and Flmres. to any rreat extent or in any
. wholesale at the lowsstoabh pkiokb. Also,
the EEST OP INDELIBLE STENCIL INK. very sheas.
Pencil Dies and aßMjdi of SteneU Kook. IhfihWMOi
ordef promptly attended to,
asa> tsffi&’MMhaSk.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 3, 1863.
‘.'V. % - AM.\ VVV , ,\,\,v\ '\ N. WWW W
•J^OVEIiTIES
MASONIC HALL.
rpWENTY-FTVE PER CENT.
. SAVED BY PUKCHASIHa YOUR
WATCHES, JEWELRY,
3>- W. GLARE’S,
603 CHESTTOT BTBEET,
Where may be found a fine assortment of the following
Goods, at Twenty-fire per cent, less than at any other
establishment:
GoldWatohes,
Silver Watches, -
Plated Watches,
American Watches,
English Watches. '
Swiss Watches,
Bracelets.
Setts. -■ ; .
Pins, ■ . .
Ear Bings,
. ... Finger
Sleeve Buttons,
Studs,
Medallions,
Neck Chains,
Guard Chains,..
Chataline Chains.
Vest Chains, * .
Pencils,
Thimbles,
Pens and Cases,
Tooth Picks,
Gents’ Bosom Pins,
Gents’ Scarf Pius,
Gents’Scarf Sings,
Armlets,
- Charms,
Watch Keys,
Watch Hooks,
- Watch Bara,
SILVER-PLATED WARE. ' o ".°-
ALPACAS.
CO BURGS,
DELAINES. del 121
Te* Belts,
Wine Casters,
Dinner Castors,
Breakfast Castors,
Cake Baskets,
Cam Baskets,
Batter Coolers,
Sugar Bawls,
' - gait Stands, *
Callßeils.
Goblets, : *'
Caps, i
' Spoon Holders,
H&pkin Rings. ■ ~ !
Syrup Pitchers,
Cream Pitchers. • • ‘ ;
Table and Dessert Spoons,
Tea and Salt Spoons,
Ecg and Mustard Spoons,
Dinner and Tea Forks, i
Fish and Pie Knives, <
Tea and Dinner Knives,
Oyster and Soup Ladles, .
Children’s Knife and Fork,
Batter Knives, -
&c., &c. ;
One call -will convince the most incredulous that the
cheapest place in the city to buy Watches, Jewelry,-and
Silver-Plated Ware, is at p CLARirs .
CO® CHBSTNUT Street. V
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THURSDAY,- DECEMBER 3, 1863.
THE BATTLE OF CHATTANOOGA.
Tlie Fight at Tunnel Dill, and Assault on
Mission Ridge.
The biief but very nocurate anil interesting ac«
count of Grant’c victory, telegraphed by Quarter
master Q encral Meigs, gives a far better idea of the
battle than any report yet published, if we except
ths extended and spirited narrative of Mr. Shanks,
to the New York IfcrnW. The concluding portions
of this description will supply a wanted interest to
the reader. "We publish the prefatory remarks as an
intelligent tribute to the skill of General Grant:
.‘Chattanooga, Tend., Nov, 26,1863.
prefatory*.
If it bo tlie confirmation of victory to sleep in the
beds ofthe conquered, then are we victorious. If to
have utterly broken and routed the enemy and
driven him In disgraceful rout from a position whose
natural strength canuot be over-estimated, with
heavy loss to him and but little loss to us, is to have
won a victory, then I may repeat the words of my
first telegram; “ We are completely victorious.”
Two nights ago the enemy’s fires burned brightly oh
Mission Ridge and Lookout Mountain. List night,
at dusk, the Union oamp-fires made the ridge one
; great glow-worm, and crimsoned the Bky above till
a the great, full moon, which had risen juat as the day
and battle were won and ended, looked pale but
-exniHngly. The allusion may create a smile*, hut
there was'more than one on the ridge yesterday after
‘noon, who, as they saw the enemy flyiog and the
moonnsing, thought of the “ sun of Austerlitz.” I re
member watching Grant, as.be rode along the ridge,
head uncovered, recelving .the plaudits of his
%en/and P wondered if he did not think of the same
~J,jicident.
THE PLAN OF OPERATIONS.
Although the admirably-conducted and higbly-suc*
crssful operations of General Hooker, in conjunction
With General'W. F. Smith ("Baldy”). a month agoj
brought great relief to the army and saved the coun
trythe humiliation of seeing its army evacuating
theimportant position of Chattanooga, the increased
facsities of .transportation afforded by that success,
.were not sufficient to supply and provision an army •
reinforced to the extent it was deemed necessary to
strengthen the Army of the Cumberland. The rail
road {to became an imperative and
immediate necessity, and, with this as the primary
object to be* attained, General Grant devised a
plan (to raise the siege or the place and get poz*
seßawh of All-important Lookout Mountain. This
plan was submitted to his general officers by Gene
ral u-rant, and. finally adopted, On last Friday I
had an opportunity of seeing a copy of General
Grast’s letter to Gen eral Thomas, detailing this plan.
NfW that it has been carried out to a highly suc
cessful issue, I feel at liberty to use the substance
of tlje letter of Gen. Grant, which has reference to
the Execution of the plan. Not only was the princi
pal to be attained a tempting reward for the
operations intended, but an examia&tionof the eae
my/s line showed very plainly that he had delibe
rately exposed himsell to great danger. His exte
rior line upon Mission Kidge was something near
seven miles in extent, while hie Inner line of rifle
pits and similar-defences running through the valLeys
was hot less than five miles long. TheJe was upon
the line two points of importance to him; the first,
Tunnel Hill, -being the key to his position, and
lookout Mountain—a position important to Bragg
as a barrier to the- purposes of Grant. It was sup
posed the defend Tunnel Hill with
vigor. Lookout could be held by a ainall force.
Gen. Grant held that, to attack his flanks vigorous
ly, in order to force him to keep his line lengthened,
and thus weakened, would afford a favorable op*
portunity to test tbe.strength of the centre.
li was therefore decided that Sherman,
with three divisions of his own army, and General
Davis, of Palmer’s corps, should move north of the
nver, to a point opposite, the mouth of the Chicka
maugua, and at an early hour on the following
morning throw ft pontoon bridge across the Ten
nessee, and, under cover of General Brannan’s ar
tillery, cross and carry the heights of Missionary
JRidge, ft 3 far, at least, as Tunnel Hill. On the left
rebel flank Gen. Hooker was to operate with Geary,
Osterhaus, and two brigades of General -Stanley’s
division, his primary object being to hold the rebels
there, but Mithorizedfia case of an opportunity pie
aentins itself, to take possession of Lookout Moun
tain, *ln the centre, Gen. Thomas was ordered to
hold Granger and Palmer’s corps well in hand, to
await to strike at the centre, when*
ever, in the opinion of Gen. Grant, the auspicious
moment presented itself. -General O. O. -Howard’s
corps was to be moved to the north side of the river,
so as to aid either Sherman or the centre- But, sub
sequently, at "the suggestion of GenefaFThomas,
Howard was crossed.into Chattanooga, and held as
a movable column in reserve. Such was the general
plan of operations, subject, of course, to such modi
fications as the movements of the enemy might
necessitate. . ; -
But it will he seen that the enemy had no choice of
movements, but, forced to.assume the defensive, waß
controlled almost entirely by General Grant’s move
ments. Never have operations in war better or
more fully shown the vast advantages of the offen
sive.-The battles of Chattanooga [have been the
only oiveb ever fought by this army on purely offen
sive principles,and I have thought since these bit
tleßthatthß seoret.of Grant’s success may be'dis
coveredhe has always taken the
Offensive. I* have heard men call him. “the lucky
Grant;” abd the -bewapapeis speak of his good for
tune. I tell you it is not luck, it is not good fortune,
itia Leiaenie de la guerre He does not depend
upon cirofmtstance or /good fortune, but controls
both. “ illustration from Grant, as we have
just had, shows more forcibly and graphically the
vast advantages of offensive warfare, than all the
maximsof.Napoleon-or Jomini can.
This plan was to have been put in execution on
Saturday, November 21; but General Sherman
failed to get into position on Friday, his delay be
ing caused by heavy rains and the partial destruc
tion of the pontoon bridges by rafts floated down
the river by the rebels. Indeed, he was prevented
from getting up until the night of- Monday* aud only
reported ;• himself ready for Ms work on Tuesday
morning.' On Monday, however, a trivial clrcuea-
Ltance brought about a. development of interest, and
whioh, without changing the plan in the least, rath
er advanced it and increased the chances of success.
THE BATTLE OF TUNNEL-HILL.
On reaching the summit of the semi-circular
shaped hilla_wMch Gen. Sherman had occupied on
Tuesday afternoon, I found he had strengthenecLhls
position by strong rifle*pits, and had put four guns
of the Ist Missouri Artillery, Battery D, .Lieutenant
Callender commanding, on the right of hle liae.on
the hills, and a section under Lieutenant Hood? 6th
Wisconsin, on the other extreme, thus getting in an
enfilading fire on Fort Buckner. I asked Lieutenant
Callender the distance from his poaition to Fort
Buckner, and he,'having been previously engaged,
was enabled to calculate the distance by the'eleva
tion given his guns. It was a fraction over nine
huodred yards.A short time after my arrrival, this
battery again became rather seriously engaged with
a rebel battery in Fort Buckner, which was kept
up for half an hour to the evident discomfort of the
rebels.. With the exception of the artillery, the line
was as quiet and composed as if in camp, or as were
three of our high: privates whom I saw sitting in a
cluster to the lelt of Lieutenant Callender’s battery.
making entries in their diaries. Three private sol
dlerß, under fire, entering in diaries, in plain, legible
chirography, the events of the day, is a spectacle
only seen in the army of the Union. It is one of the
sights whioh 'causes one to and which will
long retain hold upon his memery.
The operations of the day, on General Sherman’s
£art, began by an attack on his right byX/olonel
>oomis’ brigade of Ewing’s division upon the enemy
posted behind the railroad bank at Glass Station.
This attack was made at ten o’clock, and resulted in
a repulse of the brigade, after a short fight, 00 weak
ly made and -so early dropped that I imagine it was
intended to develop the enemy and his strength for
the benefit of the artillery on the hill, which began
to pour upon the enemy a very destructive fire of
shellß, which exploded above them in handsome
style. Colonel Loomis recalled bis troops after titfey
had fully drawn the fire of the enemy, and awaited
further developments on the left.
On going tothe left of the ridge I found Generals
Sheiman, Biair, M, L. Smith, and Lightburn,
watching: the reinforcement by General Corse’s
command of three regiments of General Llghtbum’s
brigade, which had succeeded in effecting a lodgment
on Tunnel Hill, and upon which the enomy was still
at work on Fort Buckner. General Blair pointed
out the situattoh to me. temw-kIBK, u When .we
imsf «E«Rill it mm i» it ißtrs wot nnouior iu uo
tatten.” -But, after a moment’s pause aad aUcnt ob*
serration ©LTunnel Hill, he: added, 44 When we’ve
got that we’ll be done. ” I don’t know that General
Blair thought we should he repulsed ; but I imagined
he did when he made that last remark.
General Corse, with his command, mounted the
hill in good style, and reaohed the crest without any
difficulty or. opposition, as-Col; Jones had also suc
ceeded in doing; for you must understand that Fort
Buckner wßs not. built immediately on the edge of
the'bill. • That it, you reaohed the top and the pla
teau before you .got under the fire of the fort; but
’he moment you began to move over the plateau the
fire of the enemy was likely to open on you. General
Corse, taking command, formed the whole force
under the crest of the hill, his own immediate com
mand on the right, with Col. Jones’ three regi-’ ■
men ts—the 37th and 39th Ohio, and part of the 4th
Virginia—-on the left. It was just eleven o’clock,
when a tremendous volley from the enemy revealed
the fact, patent only to good field glasses, that Corse
had marched over the orest, was on the plStesu, and
was oharging on Fort Buokner. The opening cho
rus was well worthy to be the prologue to the day’s
drama, for it had all the merit of brevity.and brisk
ness. It lasted but ten minutes. The men fell
back under-tho crest of the hill, but they left their
dead and wounded in the enemy ’s rifle- pita. As they
retreated Lieut. Callender opened upon the pursu
ing enemy, who appeared in heavy force, and cover
ed the retreat so well that the enemy were unable
to pursue to the crest of the hill. .
This column had hardly fallen -back to its position
when, from the right, again. appeared Col. Loomis’ v
brigade, pushing steadily and rapidly across some
open fields in a persistent and stronger attaolr upon
the railroad bank at this station. The enemy gave
him a warm reception in front, but' one of his regi
ments appearing upon their, left Hank, and Lieu
tenants Callender and Hood opening on them from
their-right, they failed to stand the assault, and
hastily abandoning it, fled up the hill to Fort Buck-
Der. Our men were seen in permanent occupation or
the bank, and from it continued to fire on the retreat
ing rebels until the last one found safety behind the
mud walls of Foit Buokner.
While this had been going on General Corse was
reinforced by a portion, perhaps all, of General
Gilt b Smith’s brigade, and the position vacated by
bim was then filled by the 11th Corps of General
Howard, which about this time double-quicked
across the ridge, and went into position on the left
extreme. Generals Corse and Smith were now
ordered to make a second-assault with tyielr com
bined forces, and General Lightburn, who had been
anxiously watching the action, joined the portion of
bis brigade on the hill, and assumed command of the
whole column. He ordered the move
ment to begin immediately, and a more desperate
and bloody assault than the former waß made.
The combat had no salient point to be described. It
was simply a steady and slow advance of the whole -
line to within a few dozen yards of the fort, occupy- “
ing three-quarters of an hour, and then, a rapid
retreat to the former position at . the orest of
the hill, leaving the dead and wounded in the
hands of the enemy, and between their outer rifle
pits and Fort Buckner.-Generals Corse and Giles
Smith, seriously wounded, were carried into the
valley in the rear—-the one to lose his leg,.and the
other probably to die. The tall, slim boys of the
6th lowa suttered severely; and, on goinsf to. the
hospital in the valley below, I find that the Bermans,
of the 37 th Ohio have fought well and long. Oorse
and Smith gone, the troops are re-formed in a new
line of battle by Lightburn. Colonel Waloot, of
the 46th Ohio, assumes command of Corse’ll brigade,
and, by orders, the line lies down to rest and await
the attack of the enemy, should he venture to make
-one. He as yet betrays no signs of weakness or of
suffering. His occasional shouts reveal that he lies
, there, and it it very evident he intends remaining
on-the defensive, and Is confident. As yet there are
no signs of his being reinforced. ~ -
From this time—quarter after twelve was the time
at which this repulse took plaoe-r-until half past one
there is apause in Sherman’s battle. This he occur
pies in inditing a message to Grant, and in preparing
for more determined assault. ..The sentre of the Ime
-at Orchard Knob notesthe time by rapid and 'v‘4(oi>
out firing, of -which I have forgotten ,to ask anLxpia-
I nation, and whioh omission I leave to others co sup
| ply. i employed tho toe by examining, too hospi.
tals m rear of the lately assaulting party, and find
irg, tp my disgust, only one rebel and not a single
Eastern casualty to record. Bat alas, I found at the
old log hut, which was being used as an hospital,
end in the aide at the foot of the hill, many a brave
heart that had grown suddenly silent to the praises
which comrades were murmuring over them, ;
On leaving the valley and the hospitals I returned
to the point on the right of the ridge, where Lieut,
.Callender’s guns were posted. Here I found that
Colonel Loomis’ brigade had, disdaining the protec
tion of the railroad bank, rushed forward, and was
now skirmishing with the enemy for the possession
of an abrupt ledge of rookß, which, outcropping
from the hill side, afforded a secure position to an
attacking column, at a point not more than fifty
yards from Fort Buckner, whioh, let it be noticed,
was sear the crest of the west aide of the hill, up
which Loomis was now moving. The brigade
eventually |aioed possession of this byhAlf past
one o’clock, when a second brigade, 001. Mathias,
moved upon its left and rear. This brigade got into
position without any serious skirmishing. But
while this force was moving up, the enemy had con
tinued to pour into Loomis not only a continuous,
though harmless fire of musketry, but had devised
and put into execution a system of warfare worthy
of the ancientß. They began throwing stones. And
this, too, with such an effect, that they soon
§rew to be as great a terror to our boys as gun
oats were formerly to the rebels. These
stones—huge in size—partly thrown down the
mountain, would leap over the ourjuttiog rocks
and fail upon our men witli great force and doing
much damage. The men at length, unable to bear
this fire, demanded to be led against the'fort, and
did rush forward, but met with such a heavy fire
that, in their temporarily disordered state, they were
unable to stand it, and, breaking, turned and fled,
only the color bearer of one of the regiments remain
ing in position. Here he continued, waving his flag,
until the brigade, having met in descending the ad
vancing brigade of Gen. Mathias, it turned, rallted,'
and again marched in good order to the position
formerly held by it, and rescued their, colors from
the enemy, who was making a charge for their
possession. The color bearer remained unhurt. The
two brigades now laid down again, when the enemy
began again his fire of stones, but failed this time
to break the line, tbough ’he troops were muck
harassed by this novel expedient to dMotlge them.
Not content with the strength of the column which
now lay restingon the hill. General. Slier man or
dered two regiments of Colonel Rftum’s brigade of
John E. Smith’s division to move up to the left and
rear of Mathias’ brigade, in order to support it.
These regiments, SQth Ohio and 17th lowa, moved
forward and took up a strong position. about half
way Up the hill. He had no sooner gotten into posi
tion than Loomis and Mathias moved from their po
sition, and began .to advanoe up the hill, with loud
shouts of encouragement. The enemy sprang to
their gunß, and, from six pieces of artillery and a
long lice of musketry, a heavy and destructive fire
was poured upon them. Instantly Kaum, though
out of breath in climbing halfway up the hill, pushed
forward in support of This, perhaps, premature as
sault. The hill at this time fitfully flashed andflarecl
with flame, and the columns, the flags, the flgureajof
both foe and friend being plainly visible, there was
presented the most magnificent vißion of war which
has yet been vouchsafed me. I cannot and darehot
attempt to describe it. If the reader can Imagine
two hosts thus struggling, his imagination, however
weak, cannot fail to draws sublimer. picture than
my pen ; and, however bright that imagination may
be, it cannot fail to fall far short of the sublime
reality.
Through a half hour of slow, toilsome asoent did
this continue. The enemy continued without inter
mission to pour canister and musket balls into the
column whose success they appeared so muokto
tear. Our men toiled on slowly, making but one
wild dash at the guns, from which they came back
maddened with rage at their, failure. From their
line the fire leaped upward to almost meet that of
the enemy they were approaching. Success seemed
within our very grasp, ahd when— . ‘
It Was a partial repulse, but that momentary
episode of the battle will reflect undying honor on
the army of which those repulßed troops formed a
uart. I know not'the cause—the rebel artillery
may have been concentrated on him, but Mathias
broke—broke in utter confulßion, I thought, as I
saw It, and the men came rushing down the hiU.
Loomis still stood ; Raum still moved forward. But
Mathias did not fly to the foot of'the hill. Just as
the retreating troops reached and were passing
Raum’s line, an officer sprang forward affi'oag them,
seized the standard of one of the regiments, and
stuck it in the ground. I saw him wave Ms sword
once over his head and point up the MU. I could
not hear his voice, but the men. did, and as if by a
magic—'which will be forever a mystery to me—that
routed column turned, turned instantly, and in a
single second was marching up the hill, as firmly
and strongly formed as was that of Raum, and ap
parently forming a part of ft. Not a man went far
„ ther than-where Raum’s brigade was met, and there
all turned and recharged ab if it were a movement
they bad been practising for years.
And then this whole line pushed forward again—
certainly the inoßt wonderful display of human na
ture under thorough discipline I have ever beheld .
or imagined. Both Loomis, and Mathias, mark
you, had broken once; yet now, after half an hour’s
fight, they again returned to the fight by the aide of
Eaum. It is to mej writing imperfectly incompre
hensible, and I turn to my noteß to see if my memo
ry is not at fault. Bat- no—the wonderrul achieve
ment is there-in bi*ck and white—tho very hour
marked and >noted, and just beneath it is a still
more wonderful achievement in the last charge and
repulse.
It was just at a quarter after two o’clock , that the
forces then in line made a last grand charge at the
rebel works, fifty-yards in front of them. The line
was perfect dow, though the stream of wounded
that straggled to the rear made it look ragged. The
order was given, and they pushed forward. It is but
a short walk: before breakfast, that fifty yards; but
it is no child’s play to charge over it. Double shotted
with canißter, the rebel guns thunder upon our men;
and, alas l we could see it was fearfully thinning our
still advancing ranks. But still our boys press on—
stern, rigid, boldly, grandly. I saw them with my
glass draw the blue cap down over their eyes, as if
seeking to-hide the fearful flame „shat devoured
them. A few more yards and a few more lives, and
the rebel battery, the rebel position is ours.
"We did not win it here. The enemy was forced to
call for help—to draw from his centre—and at this
. moment, when all was ours, they poured in from
their left around the hill, and got in upon our boys a
damnable flank and cross fire that it was perfectly
impossible to oppoce. " TMs force proved to be very
heavy,' and came into the engagement at double
quick* Our line crumbled almost instantaneously.
A few hundreds faced about and fought a running
fight to ihe rear; but the main body turned and re-,
treated. But there was no panic, no despair. They
saw they had failed and were overcome. They re
treated, but not rushing wildly and furiously far to
the rear. The powerful aided the weak, and the
strong bore elf the wounded.
The west side of the hill was soon cleared of all
but ourwounded and the rebels. These latter pushed
around the hill, under the* fire v>f our guns, until
"they suddenly, and apparently unexpectedly, came
upon Lightburn, who had during all this remained
perfectly quiet, but who no‘w sent them howling to
Their holes. . -
At thiß moment I was standing near the bronze
figure of Sherman. - As our men retreated down the
hill,T saw him bite off the end of a oigar, light it,
take a puff or two, and then, turning to ooe of his
aids* said,“ Tell Lightburn to entrench and go into
position.” He then sat down to write a despatch.
I knew the battle of Tunnel Hill was over.
We had been repulsed. I may say bloodily re
pulsed.
But the enemy had been forced to commitf'the
fatal error.
THE ASSAULT ON MISSION RIDGE.
The imagination; of the reader need not carry him
from the left to the centre in greater haste than my
by no means rapid beast carried me, for I arrived
fully in time to see. the two assaulting columns,
which for two days had been lying in wait for the
auspicious moment, launched against the enemy’s
centre. General Grant had made his headquarters,
during the day, on Orchard Knob, and had watched
anxiously the result of Sherman’s assault. He had
seen our men driven back when flanked, and had
said with a quiet, sad smile, “ They made our boys
get down the hill quite lively.” But he had also
seen the rebel movement to their right, and he also
said, with a smile of another character, “Now, for
ward.” -
Simultaneously and instantaneously the two, or
rather four columns, rushed forward across the val
ley of Citico creek and up to the line of rebel rifle
pits that lined the base of Mission Ridge. These
did not even claim their attention, nor did the two
or three discharges of musketry which received them
call for a reply. .Oh they pushed, with their glitter
ing bayonets signaling baek a reply that startled the
already dismayed foe. They abandoned the works
and tfieir camps, ©ver aud through which out men
rushed, with headlong speed, and a velocity which,
of itself, would have secured them victory. The
enemy had opened on these columns a heavy fire
from several batteries, which he had massed along his
centre, to hide and in come measure remedy his now
apparent weakness there. But these were only re
plied to by the guns of G&pt&ia Bridges, on Orchard
V-t'l.j ; tle«p-3saAftrtiie<4 mopeecrar *?T
Wood. . The foot of the hill wsb reached by the ad
vancing column in good osder, and nob begad the
difficult ascent. Half way up, the line became bro
ken and ragged, and it looked much as U a heavy,
line of skirmishers were mounting the hill.
When they reached the top, and the rebel artille
rists were limbering mp their pieces, the front line
wbb no longer preeerved, but the men pushed for
ward indiscriminately. The rebel infantry fled, and i
yielded up the artillery without further struggle, j
From below we could see the rebel .flag as it em* '
teied and passed through Fort Hindman, and gave
place to that of the Union. In just three quarter a
of an hour after the order was given for the assau it
General Turchin, of Baird’s division, occupied Fc ,rt
Hindman with two of his regiments, and was rap id
ly moving the others forward to their aupp< jrt.
Generals Willich, Ha sen, and Waggener were r' » p .
Jbg harvests of artillery. The hill was won at four
o’clock, Ihe enemy cut in two, and Ms organiz ation
for the time destroyed.
About this hour Hooker, who had been adv/ racing
on the ridge northward, struck the rebel left about
Fort Breckinridge, and, sweeping still furthe * north,
gathered in fieah hordes of prisoners.
As the hill was won, Gen. Grant, follow! ag in the
wakeof the advancing oolumns, appeared in tbeir
midst on the summit as the white-plumed helmet of
Henry IV. had appeared at Ivry. The t roops saw
and recognized Mm, and at once there * went .up < a
shout Buciras only victorious men can g! .veto a vic
torious leader. It must have sounded strange to
Bragg, who yet, on this same hill, not .half a mile
distant, wsb marching his troopß upon the right for
a last dciiperate effort to regain the day * t
TB3 LAST EFFORT OP THE BE .BBIS.
The attack came—came ere Turchir , tad succeeded
in getting forward his reinforcement*-,, it wa , m »de
in strong force, and in a moment ext unde cl along the
whole line of the two regiments no (V in Fort Hind
man, and stretched across the ridge it.was evident
the enemy was determined to atal fe ali upon that
irsue. General Grant and his cl fief of staff recog
nized in an instant the import,n ce of .the moment
and urged forward the .reinforce- -meats of Turchia.
Mingling in the very hottest of 'what now became
the hottest Are of the day, they urged forward the
troopsand personally gave dir cctiona for their dia
potal. Turohin, finding some .men moving a piece
ot artillery to the rear, in his way, raved and swore,
-in broken English, until he b got his men up to
the works, and Lieutenant T urner as heartily cursed
the fellows who were retirlr ,g the gun, and while do
ing so got: seriously wouw led. Gen. Meigs, Quar
termaster General, busied himself in preparing fric
tion primers for the captv ire <i guns, which General
Grant was ordering into • position, but gave the task
up in despair to Oaptai n Boss, of General Grant’s
staff.
But ihe artillery thu’ i placed was neverused. Gen.
Turohin pushed forwa nis troops, and no sooner
• had they appeared in u ne 0 f battle in the fort, than
suddenly the battle < ;eased and was over. As if with
ouo accord, the re* o e is ceased to struggle. They
broke in utter and .total confusion, and rushed down-'
the hill. Volley • after volley followed them as they
fled; but they df j not halt. On they rushed, strug
gling and atrivP jg, reckless of all now save safety.
The operatio ij S were ended in complete victory.
The will tell you officially the glorious re
sult ere this r jan. reach you. We are in possession
of every thin ,g. The siege of Chattanooga has been
raised, and doubtless that of Knoxville will be aban-
doned by I,he enemy. We shall have railroad com
munication-with Nashville in a fortnight. Boats
are alrr /ady plying between this and Bridgeport.
Our ar\fly is now in pursuit, and an attempt is to be
made to drive Bragg-so far South that a column
will T je at liberty to move East in time to intercept
Dor .gstreet In his retreat from Knoxville. The days
are> already brightening, and . the military horizon
Ph-omises a reversal of the seasons of nature. Ghicka*
• jiauga was the cold and dismal equinoctial storm
which for a time devastated the land. Then fol
lowed the bitter, dumb, and sullen October of the
doubtful and dangerous siege. Does it not .look a«
if we were to have an Indian summer under Grant?
THE CAST! ALTIES,
- WOUKMiD,
Brig* G en. John W. Corse, commanding brig ade,
Sherman’s corps; Brig. Gen. John E. Smith, oom
mahding division, Sherman's corps; Biig.Gea, Dia-
THREE CENTS-
Ihlas, CDrDmanding_brigade, Sherman’s oorpa: Brie.
Gen.. Giles Smith, commanding brigade, Sherman’fl
corps. i
WODNDSD Ilf SEVENTY- PENNSYLVANIA,
John G. McGlane, Co. D, left thigh.
Corporal Waiter Sallott, Co. B, thigh.
Orderly Sergt. John McCleggin, Co. F. shoulder.
M. Sturgia, Co. I, Bhoulder,
Sergeant John Berz, Co. D, thigh, ■
Richards, Co. I, aboulder.
Charles Orchard, Co, I), knee.
Leopold Lei put, Co. E, finger. 1
Edward Buell, Co. B, elbow.
Adolpb Ox, Co. D, leg:
.Tames McGamble, Co. G, leg.
Jacob Con nelly. Co. B, leg.
"Wm. Kea.nis, Co. B, leg,
- Corporal John Mere, Co, H, thigh.
John Foster, Co. E, thigh.
Corporal Wm. A. Hafneur, Co. By thigh,-
John Davis, Co. B, arm.
George Fink, Co. O, cheat.
Corporal Jacob Simoos, Co. C, arm*
Lewis F. Hook, Uo. G, arm.
Patrick Powers, 00. K, knee.
John Chariton, Co. F, hand.
James Keilly, Co- F, wrist.
S. Lloyd,. Co. F, hand.
Patiick MeGrannigar, Co. Kr, head.
Charles Shaffer, Co. H, foot.
Millford Stellman, Co.'B, leg.
Walter W. Southard, thigh.
Patrick Kurst, Co- K, knee.
Jamee Peck, Co. H, leg.
Zsadorc Schneider, Co. I, fscrotum,
WOUffIXBD JN TWEff TY*SEVENTH PENNSTLYANI’A‘.
Corporal Leopold Burgman, Co. I, arm.
Corporal Henry Bumbaum, Co. A, arm.
Corporal Christian Kull, Co. H, head.
Sergeant Morris Boeenburg, Co. C, shoulder,'-
Sergeant Nicholas Muhardt, Co. B, back-.
Can Siel, 00. A, elbow,
Christian Smith, Co. K, knee.
Joseph TeJperd, Co. O, should*.
Henry Mauck, Co. A, shoulder.
Louis Slenderer,'Co. A, thigh.
David Sheen, Co, G, knee.
John Dr ache, Co. K, thigh.
Charles Myers, Co. E, back.
George Miller, Co, A, thigh,
Felix George, Co. A, aim. „
August Laschell, 00. E, oheflt.
John Krau, Co. D, slightly,
Charles Brown, Co. E, leg.
Conrad Miller, Co. —, shoulder.
Jacob Shoemaker, Co. D, leg.
Matthew Geiger, Co. B: since dead’.
Nathan Gerenthen, 00. B, face.
John Tiexier, Co. A.
Joseph Hinsel, Co. B. knee.
. Johp Wirtcmberger, Co. I, leg.
AntnoiTWaTerson, Co. K, lip.
THIRTY-THISD’NBW JERSEY.
Capt. S. J. Walden, 33d New Jersey,-killed!
Lieut. Taffey, 00. G, 33d New Jersey. 1
Corpl. Wm, Heden. Co. F. 33d New Jersey, thigh,
Wm. H. Post, Co. D, 33d New Jersey, leg.
Lieut. John J. Toppey, Co. C, 33d N. J., finger.
Christian Switzer, Co. A, 33d N. J., groin.
Joseph Smitbers, Co. E, 33d N. J„ left leg.
Sergt. C&arh s FeDgar, Co, 1.33 d N. J.» hand.
Wm. H. Yuliy, Co. I, 3id New Jersey, finger.
The Exchange or Prisoners*
REASONS POR ITS STOPPAGE STATEMENT OP
MAJOR GENERAL HITCHOOCK.
Washington Oitt, Saturday, Nov. 28, 1883.
To the Bdil&i' of the Nezo York Times:
The public appears to be in need of information
on. the subject of the exchange of prisoners of war.
The condition of our men held as prisoners of war
in Richmond, the extreme sufferings to which they
have been subjected, contrary to the usages, of war
and the dictates of humanity, have naturally aroused
tne sympathies of our people, aud the question is
aßked by many,iwhy are they not exchanged?
I propose to furnish you a statement of facts,
from which a judgment may be formel in answer to
the quest on just stated.
Oh the 16th of January of the present year, Col.
Ludlow, then stationed at Fortress Monroe as the
agent of exchange under the cartel, which was pub
lished. in September, 1862, addressed me a letter for
warding a copy fot* the Richmond-E-agutrcr of the
15th of that month, containing a message to the
rebel Congress from Jefferson Davis, referring to the
proclamation of the President of the United States,
dated the first of January, on the BUbject of slaves
within certain designated portions of the United
States. The denunciatory character of Mr. Davis’
message;levelled againstthe proclamation of the.
President and the loyal people of the Union, will be
remembered by most of your readers at this lime.
One passage in the/message of Mr. Davis very
clearly indicates the policy then determined upon in
tfce'South, expressed in these words: :
“ So far as regards the action of this Government
on such may attempt its execution, (re
vferring to the proclamation of the President of the
United States,) I confine myself to Informing you
that I shall, unless in your wisdom you deem some
other course more expedient, deliver to the several
State authorities, all commissioned officers of the
United States that may hereafter be captured by
our forcee, in any of the States embraced in the pro
clamation, that they may be dealt with in accord
ance with the laweof those States providing for the
punishment ol criminals engaged in exciting servile
insurrection.” *
Colonel Ludlow, in forwarding the message, gives
an opinion in the following words: \ v
u His (Mr. Davis*) determination, avowed in moat
insolent terms, to deliver to the several State autho
rities all commissioned officers of the United States
that may hereafter bs captured, will, I think, be
persevered in.” .
This opinion of Colonel Ludlow wa?, without
dcubt, well founded at the time, so far as the rebel
authorities had the power or dared to put in force
the threat of Mr. Davis, whioh met the approbation ■
of the Confederate Congress, and I hazard nothing
in saying that the sole reason why thiß threat has
Dot been more openly executed .in the South, has
been the preponderance of Northern power, aa
shown by the superior number of prisoners of war
held in the North against those held in the South 3
and if this inequality could now be neutralized, or
if the South could succeed in capturing an excess of
, prisoners over those held in the North, not a mo
! ment would be lost by the rebel authorities in put
! ting in fcrco the threat of Mr. Davis. Whoever
, doubts this must be utterly ignorant of the spirit
-which animates those who are struggling in the
South to destroy the Union of the States, in behalf
of a Government whoie corner-stone is slavery.
& But the point thus stated will not be further in
sisted upon at this time; because, whatever was the
threatening character of Mr. Davis’ declared pur
pose, as set out in his message, it has been thrown
entirely into the shade by subsequent events, which
are but juatnow being developed, growing out of the
most solemn acts of the Government of the United
States.
It is generally known, that when the Congress of
the United States proceeded to authorize by law the
employment of colored troops*for the suppression of
tne rebellion, there was, throughout the whole length
and breadth of the South, one universal cry of real or
well-affected indignation, accompanied with the
wildest threats of vengeance against such officers aa
might be captured with colored troops, while the
colored soldiers themselves, it was every where be
lieved, should be either “returned or sold into
slavery.” It- was everywhere published throughout
the South that this class of troops were not entitled
to, and should mot receive the protection of the laws
of war, and the stroDgeßt terms which infuriate mad
n£ss could devise or invent were used in condemna
tion of the measure authorized by the United State®
Government.
"What has actually been done up to the present
time in the South, in obedience- to-this spirit of
vengeance so openly declared, it may be impossible
to determine in detail, except in a few scattered in
stances ? but it is a most significant faot, that in no
single instance has the smallest evidence come to<
light tending to show that any officer connected
with colored troops has been captured alive, ood
held in the South as a prisoner of war y nor has any
colored man. employed as a soldier of the United
States, been 'eaptured in tb& South, and accounted
for aa a prisoner of war. To any reasonable man
this glaring fact might be sufficient to show tha fell
purposes of the rebel authoritieß-tocountenanee,if
they have not directly ordered, the &stritclion
class of troops, whenever and 1 wherever they un
happily fall into- their power. From the natnre-of
the case, the evidence of-the proceeding* in the
South,, when by of colored,
troop* and their white-officers* ran hardly be ex
pected to reach the public through the Confederate
authorities; hat we must loofr for theoryoMefiy
through indirect disclosures, such as‘may be found
in a paragraph from a New
date-in the wards following::
RBBEIi. BASS A3STT.
The followmg is an extract from, a letter, dated
Post Hudaoßs November 3; vsaitien by a captain in
the "Tib regiment, andiaddrescod to his father in New
York
‘‘-We have just received; iaScvrmxtion of a positive
character IjWfc OBIS had' faraota iieFnrtfn that latest
msbwb»b wssi in goiododi fliuui flaw Torn
city, wise- tfrb about two mouths OgO|
-while ou's on a hanged within twenty-four
fcjsurs Afterwards,, together with some twenty pri
vates wio-wetetaken with. Mm. Ihope
some action will be taken on the subject, and that
icon. I know that the officers and soldiers of the
: ttwpsd’ AJrique /Krill take immediate and final action,
/if they ever get into a fight. The men of the coin*
[ mand will endeavoT to protect themselves from such
5 a fate, though the Government should neglect to do
“it.”.- _ i ; . .. .
The Government of the United-Stats?, inauthoriz-.
ing the employment of colored troops, for the sup
pression of the rebellion, bound itself, and is un
doubtedly under the most solemn obligation, to use
it* utmost power to throw over that class of troops
the protection of the laws of and Btanaa ea«*
gaged before the world to make no compromise
whatever which shall jeopardize the claim of this
class of troops, when captured, to be treated with
that humanity which is due to all other troops in
like circumstances, according to the laws of civilized
warfare. ;
While we know of some individual instances in
which the rebels have violated the laws of war, we
do not know of a single instance in which they have
respected those laws, in their treatment of colored
troops j and when the rebel agent of exchange offers,
as he has done, to exchange all the prisoners of war
Inftfsbandß'againstallthat we have in ourhandß,
the surplus to remain on parole, it would manifest
the most stupid blindness on our part to imagine,
for one moment, that he has ever intended to include
colored tioops bb subjeot to exchange. He might
cay, and with verbal truth, speaking individually,
that Ae would deliver, under certain conditions, all
prisoners in his hands, without intending to include
this class of troops;, because, by the action of the
Confederate authorities, not a single man, officer or
soldier, belonging to the Corps d'Jfrique has been or
will be permuted to come into his hands. They
have, on the contrary, when - captured, been either
murdered, cast into prison, or sold into slavery.
Thty are not recognized in the Soulh as soldiers*
Among a few instances serving to illustrate the
spirit and purpose of the rebels, in their treatment
oi colored troops, or colored persons in the employ
ment of the Government, it may be stated that two
colored men employed in the navy, who were cap
tured near Charleston." were heavily ironed, and
cast into prison in that city, beyohd which fact we
have no Trace of them. We know of two freß
colored young men belonging to a Massachusetts re
giment having been publicly sold into slavery in
Texas, the price they brought under the auctioneer’s
hammer having been reported.. We know of one.
esse which direotly illustrates the spirit of the rebel
authorities on this subject, and which demonstrates
the little faith to be placed by us upon rebel agree
ments for exchange. Only a few weeks since a pro
position was made from our side that all chaplains
held as prisoners ofwar should be mutually released,
irrespective of number® on either side. The rebel,
agent, Mr. Ould, professed to accept thisproposition
“ coidisllyupon which we sent to the South
all we had of that class of non-combatants in good
faith; and received from the South about one
half the number belonging to us, supposing this
was all they bad in custody; but, as I now learn,
upon authority which I am not at liberty to dis
credit, a chaplain belonging to a Massachusetts
colored regiment, upon being oaptured, was heavi
ly ironed and sent to a prison in Columbia, South
Carolina, where he has been held, in violation of
Mr. Ould’a “cordial” acceptance of the proposi
tion for a general'release of this class of persons.
I have .every reason to believe thatthiß particular
chaplain, because he bad belonged to a colored
regiment, was deliberately withheld. Another
chaplain, who had been his fellow-prisoner, was
separated from him and released, from whom we
learned the facts in the case as jaet stated. .With
in the past few dayß, upon a formal application
made by General Meredith, at my instanoe, to learn
the history of two men who were reported to be,
and are believed to be, officers of the Federal army,
said to be in the hands of the enemy, Mr.Ouldfiir.
Dished to Gen. Meredith what purported to be the
proceedings of a civil oourt in the State of ylrgjrna,
ibe testimony in the cases not ’■ beings furnished, by
, which it appeared that the two men had been sen-,
fenced to a penitentiary for; a term of years, on a
charge of negro stealing; ®nd the Governor.of Yit*
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extra copy of the Paper wm be given.
.Sf ni »i or that part of It Ln rebellion, endorsed, on the
applicfttion Of Gen. Meredith, a declaration, that
two meii m Queation should remain in the peni
tenviOT while he remained Governor of Virginia-.
In theat? instances there can hardly be & doubt but
that these zwo men are undergoing- humiliation and.
Buffering because of their connection with tfcu
Federal Government, on the pretence of being sub*
jeeted to a penalty for'negro £teali2.-x.
.1 suppose it unnecessary to proofs further into
detail to show, to the aatißfactjon of efrery one who
twilling to aooept the truth, that the practice of
the South, has been and is entirely in Iseeping with
the spirit of Mr, Davis’ message .to the rebel Con
gress, or is carried beyond it, and that tL'tre has not
• been up to the present time tbe slightest indication
of a purpose to relax, in any respect whatever, in.
the execution of their declared policy in the treat
ment of colored troopa and their white officers who
may faJttnto their’hands: and I hold it to bb'certain
that while they will keep from the light as much as
possible their barbarous practices, they will pursue
them inexorably, unless they can be made to feel
that Ihe national power la the strongest, andean
shew itself by the actual possession of a body of
their troops held in the North as prisoners of war,
who, by the laws of war, are liable to be used for
retaliatory purnoaes. ■
It has been supposed, even in many parts of the
« °JJh, that the proposition of Mr, Ould, of the 2&ih
of October, for an exchange of prisoners is fair, aad
ought to be accepted; but it does not appear to be'
considered that Mr. Ould has not proposed to yield
iGUS a certain number of prisoners of war, and re
ceive a like number in return, which would be a
moat happy consummation that would be at once
accepted by this Government. But his proposition
is that we shall deliver to him all of the prisoners
in our possession,. amounting now to about 40 000
men, end receive in return about 13 000 men, leaving
about St.coe men who might, for a few days, be con
sidered on parole not to take arms unless duly ex
changed j and then what would Mr. Ould do with
those men 1 ✓
Judging by what he has actually recently done,
he woulg undoubtedly assume to discharge those
teen from all obligations under their parole, and put
them into the field to fight against national troops,
standing under an*'unstained national flag—the
yciytroopft who gallantly captured those mea upon
bloody battle-fields, within the past-fewjnonlha
To show tfcc c-yvrr Cmiryrrrm^mfl r«7 V>f
to u;lexTg~aTew tacts, oeginnLng with the
statemento! Mr. Ould to General Meredith, officially
communicated to me, that he (Mr. Ould) would
*»proceed to make declarations of exchanges when
ever he conscientiously 'felt the right so to do, for
the-purpose-of putting men. into tbs field;” thus
openly setting aside the cartel and the laws and
mages of war in favor of his individual sense of
right—which sense of right, in Mr, Child, is so ob
tuseand wild as to justify him in m&kinguseof a
“ tabular Btat*montU_of alleged CAptures, prlzuil aally
in the Western States, amounting’ to over lß.wo
men, a consicersble portion of whom wore un
doubtedly captured by guerilla parties,, and, were
not soldiers, but, for the most part, peaceable citi
zens of the country, probably known an friends to
the Union, who lor that reason were seized and
compelled to make an oath not to tAke arms against
the Southern Confederacy : and thi3 elassof persona
Mr. Ould expects us to accept in. exchange for rebel
troops, captured mostly', at Vicksburg, who? having
been paroled in the South, were “declared” ex
changed by Mr. Ould, without any conference or
understanding with our agent, in violation- of the
provisions ox the cartel, and in violation of the usages
of war.
In must be borne in mind that the cartel was vir
tually abrogated by the message of Mr. Davis ; not,
indeed, as to its binding character upon the South,
for Mr. Davis had ro power under the laws of war
to abrogate the provisions of that instrument; but
his declared purposes, in violation of the cartel,
woulh have fully justified the United States Go
vernment in declaring its provisions null and/void;
while, at the ssme time, the Government has been,
at liberty to require its observance on the part of
the South.
I, do not mean to deny, in the reference just
made to the tabular statement prepared by Mr.
Ould, but that there were some men included in.
that statement who had been legitimately made
prff oners of war, though not delivered according
to the cartel; but, for the most part, the prisoners
included in that tabular statement wire sot set
down as having been captured upon any known
battle-field, or sb having been taken from or with
any known Federal commander: nor are they re
ported as having been delivered to any Federal com
manderbut they are set down as having been cap
tured at large in the State of Kentucky, nobody
knows where; or in the State of or in
other States of the "West and South ; whilst, in no
less than four instances, they are reported as having
been captmed in “Kentucky and Tennessee”—the
'two States being thus coupled together—making-it
impossible from the tabular statement itself, to de
termine where they were captured, or whether, in
deed, any military captures whatever were made,
except a few at Ofiickamaiiga, and possibly a few at
one or two other places. "
Mr. Ould is a mere agent under the cartel, andhas
no powers beyond those recognized in the cartel for
the execution of its provisions, yet he has recently
assumed to decide an important question by which
heyondertook to liberate from the obligation of their
parole the whole of the prisoners, some six or seven
thousand, captured by Gen. Banks at Port Hudson,
and paroled by Gen. Banks under a special agree
ment with the rebel commander.
The world knows that these prisoners fell uncondi
tionally into the hands-of Gen. Banks at the surren
der of Port Hudson, and Gen; Banks had the power
to rend them to the North if it had been his pleasure
to do so; but he made an agreement with the rebel
commander to releaseythem on parole, and released
them at Mobile in conformity with.the. agreement.
The cartel for the exchange of prisoners pro vided
two places for their delivery, to wit: City Point on
James river, and Vicksburg on the Mississippi; but
it provided also; that when either of these places
should become unavailable by tbe exigencies of war
for the delivery of prisoners, other points might bs
“agreed upon” by the commanders in the r field.
This was precisely what happened. Yicksburg hav
ing fallen into the hards of General Grant, had, by
that Exigency, become unavailable for the delivery
of captured rebel soldiers, and when, subsequently,
General Banks came into possession of several thou
sand prisoners by the unconditional surrender of
Port Hudson, he made an agreement with the'rebel
General Gardner, their commander, to deliver his
prisoners on parole at Mobile, and did so.
Mr. Ould, without any proper authority what
ever, assumed to write a letter on the 10th. of Oc
tober last, a copy of which he has not furaißhed us,
hut which has been published in a Richmond news
paper, in which he attempts to release all ot these
prisoners from obligations under their parole, be
cause, as he undertakes to decide, they were not de
livered at places.named in the cartel, when the
cartel itself provides for other places of delivery
than those expressly named in the cartel, when ren
dered necessary by the exigencies of war. In the
meantime, however, It cannot be doubted that the
body of men in question have been put into the
field to fight again the Federal troops, by whom
they were captured but a few months since; and
this, too, without having been exchanged, and
i without having been'properly released from, the
| cbJigatiouß of their parole.
Since writing the above. I have received an official
I report from Gen. Meredith, one point in which will
be here stated; to wit: that Gen. Meredith, for the
purpose of withdrawing our Buffering prisoners
from Richmond, distinctly proposed to Mr. Ould _
that he would send him more Confederate
prisoners, as many as he might hold of our men,
and receive in. return our prisoners- held in the
South; which proposition, Mr. Ould refused to ac
cept, but said that he would agree to a general ex
change j the effect of which undoubtedly would be
to cancel ihe excess of prisoners in our hands by x
delivery of about 40,000 for about 13;0GG;. to leave the
, rebel authorities the entire diapoaitionof such color
ed troops and their white officers as they might
capture-;, to expose Captains Sawyer and Flynn to
their fate ÜBder 'ordora in Richmond, which have
7iemv been countermanded.;; to turd looae-again certain
notorious guerilla leaders torenew their ravages in
Kentucky and MisEsuii. (neither of which States
have ever united with the so-called Southern Con-
to put into tbe field & fresh army of
rebels, to "be recaptured; ; and,.in short, we should
deliberately neutralize or throw away qpchief part
of the power of the Goveinmsnfc at this time,
through which there may. be some hope, by mea
sures yet to be desideiiupon, of controlling the ac
tion of the authorities-in Richmond m their treat
ment of prisoners- of- war, and compelling them to
reipest the laws && war, if they are deaf to those of
humanity.
Y? e consider that,, ah this time, the rebel authori
ties owe us upon tbe exchange list more than all
©f tbe prisoner* of war they no w hold, as equivalent
for the paroled by Generals Grant and
Banks; and evan already the question has come up
from General Giant's glorious baUle*field at Qhatfca
rtoega, as to what shall be done with a body of the
enemy, who, having been paroled an prisoners of
war at Vicksburg, have been recaptured in arms at
Chattanooga* without having been properly ex*
I ought to: state here, that the Government of the
Unitul Stsiss would not baggie about $
nitric or 2e33| Jr '-*■*= ~““ ar<:a r’ V v IiWSMMSi
if tiie qTjestf cn was the relief, &uU that alone, of our
suffering prisoners In Richmond; Vul whoever cot>
eiders the above statement of facts cannot fail Sc*
ere that other questions and points are involved,
which ifr is not safe; if it were honorable, for this
Government to overlook. ■
It Bbculd be stated also, that an offer was mafia to
the rebel agent some days ago to receive aU of tbe
prisoners ipom Richmond und6r a solemn pledge
that they should not be allowed to take arms unless
duly exchanged with the consent of the rebel autho
rities, without reference to existing difficulties on
' the subject'or'eschaDgej-and-thatthw Government
would pledge itself to both feed and clothe all rebel
prisoners in our hands.
This proposition also was rejected, and the Secre
tary o! War w t s thus greatly restricted in his means
of fiffprding immediate relief to our prisoners in
Richmond/, but they have, not been overlooked,
i God forbid. The Secretary of War has ordered both
clothing and provisions to be sent through the rebel
lines to sustain them, although those supplies, from
the necessity of the case, have been entrusted to the
honor and humanity of the enemy, whose agents
-may or may not permit the supplies to be delivered
' Meantime, it is well for the country to understand
that this rebellion is to be put-down by organized
armies in the field, acting upon and destroying orga
nized opposition to the Government, and no real
progress can be made, except in this direction, to
which end the energies of every loyal man in .the
country should be devoted.. The progress:already
made in suppressing the rebellion may afford the
fullest assurance of final success; and this end will
appear the more certain when it is considered that
the Corps d’Aftfque in the service of the Govern
ment already numbers fifty thousand brave, athletic
men, who are fighting in support Ofthis Govern
ment, under the guidance of a body.of most earnest
and intelligent officers, who count their lives as sub
ordinate to the cause.they are engaged in.
I undertake to.asßure. my countrymen that the
hopes ot the most sanguine have been mere than
realized, in the facility, with which the Government
, has brought within its power of organization the
popu'atibn of, the country, and the system
contains within itself such powers of expansion,
that slavery in the South is inevitably destined to
give way before" it, when this element is seen to
work, atf it will, in harmony with the organized
loyal power of- the nation directed <to the preserva
tion of. republican institutions, and union of the
States undergone general Government, capable of
giving, protection to the whole, from both domestic
disturbance and foreign invasion.
Very leipectfully, your obedient servant, gock .
Proposition to 3Est«ii>lisli L a i*j*eeiliiian T s
Union..
The following gentlemen, representing a number
of the National Freedmen’s Associations of the
country, namely : Francis Gv Shaw, the Kev. H. W,
Beecher, the Bev. H. W. Bellows, O.JR. Roberts,
and G-. 6. Ward, of New York y John M. Forbes and
Edward Atkinson, of .Boston* Stephen Cadwell,
Francis B. Cope, E. Y&rnall. Bev. T. W. Smith,
of Philadelphia $ the Rev. Dr. Allen, Dr, Boynton,
r,evi Coffin, JVM. Walden, E. Harwood, and Rev.
Adam Poe, of Cincinnati, are hsre to have an inter-'
view with the President, for the. purpose of urging
him to establish, a Fieedmen’s Bureau. An address
was prepared which was to have been presented to
Mr. Lincoln this evening, Jmt Ms continued lnness
prevented him from seeing the delegation, and he
designated Mr. Seward to act as his representative.
The gentlemen accordingly called upon Mr. Seward
this evening, and placed their memorial in his hands,
to be delivered to the president. Mr. Seward as
sured bis visitors that the subject was one to which
the President had given much; thought and atten
tion: that he could not, however, give them the
President 1 , views upon the subject, inasmuch as Mr.
Lincoln, who had eapected to talk to them himself,
had not instructed him what to say. He did not speak
authentically, but he thought he oould say, that
inasmuch as it wa* too late for .Mr. Lincoln to em
body the subject in his message, he would make
their addresa'the baals of a special message.—
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