ni a grrison - o.
EIGHT CHILDREN AZ .
On the second of An 4 Aug()-
thy .Bradlee, of Train - 1 coulty,
Ohio, gave birth to eightchildryt--
three boys and five. givic They. are
Nall living, and are bealtfiy, but quite
small. Mr. Bradlee's family is in
treasing fast. He was married six
I Vars ago to,Eunice Mowery, lap
*ai - 11kedtivo hundred and seventy
• potu4s,on the ; &sky, of lI mar
-1 Site givea birth to two
.. , of twins, and. totsvi 'eight More,
making twelve children in six years.
it sisinns strange,' hut neVertheress it
is true, Mrs. Bradlee was a twin . of
'three, her mother- - father 'both'
keing tw ins, and her grandmother
'the mother of five pairs of twins.—
Kra. Bradlee has named her boys af
ter noted and distinguished men,
one after the lion. J. R. Giddings.
who has given her a splendid gold
medal; one after the Rev. Elijah
Champlain, ?ii%Tho gave her a deed of
fifty acres Jo: land; and the other af
ter Jamee Johnson, who gave her a
A Nacwie DROWNED---The Cali
fornia journals, in ,giving an account
l/hie `fate disastrous floods with
'Which 'they have been visited state
'that the Chinese have been very
great falterers. No less than forty-
Awe 'Chinamen were carried away in
their cabins at Oregon Bar, in Placer
ctewm % T. Ile Chinese hongs in San
PnthelSW 'lawn since received letters
froin :the interior of the State to the
effect that during the late freshet,
- near one thousand Chinamen were
*meted off ftom Long Bar and vicin
ity, on the Yuba, and gowned. It
lappeura.thalt the poor feilowsrecaain
ad in the cabins on the bar, as they
had 494 W during previous floods, -an
ti/ t.e crazing waters rose about them
and rendered their escape impossible.
SAO ACOIDENT.—The oth
oeritag, three tittle boys were playing
.upeu one of the coke ovens, at the
coal bank, East of Cambridge, Ohio,
Oa the, Central Ohio railroad, when
„Ana of , them, a son of Mr. John Pitti
' grew, aged six or seven years, fell in
tto the glowing fire, and would have
berishedin a mite from the intense
eat, but Mr. Listen Burris, being
some 20 yards off at the moment,
sprang with his utmost might and
snatched the poor boy out of the
burning (wen. Prompt as the rescue
,15718, death resulted in about three
.SQL ifex.—The small pox is
'raging fearfally among the civilians
of Washington, there being hardly
:one resident family entirely free
from it. There is not a square in
the city' hat has not its cases, and
estimated that not less than four
pr five hundred persons are now
.stricken with the disease. There
:are as yet but few cases in the army,
.and the most untiring exertions are
being put forth to prevent its spread.
A SibinuLau Cisx.—A man died
in Lowell, Massachusetts, on Mon-
may; from a cause termed by physi
' 'Mon hereditary hemorrhage. On
P!riday, the 27th ult., the deceased
commenced bleeding from his gums,
t. and the application of appropriate
\remedies at one part seemed only to
\force the bloOd from other parts, and
also from the roof of the mouth,
which continued until his death.—
There was also a violent rush of blood
'tt. the head.
iA ifiILOTCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On
lighlirsday morning last two little
; boys, named Lowe and M'Nary,
*itched up a Newfoundland dog in a
•-ttleik, and went to take a ride upon
Abe ,+Sciota river, near Columbus,
:0 WO. Whe ice unfortunately broke,
ad both belittle fellows went nu
,* • . When the boys fell in the dog
• most *antic efforts to save
In the struggle he tore him
' kw , loose from his bey harness, and
rerushing a perfect channel
0 :h the ice to reach the bodies
01 , • little masters. Bfforts were
ri :4o resuscitate them, but all
nothing.
erhe train which reached the
ity on Saturday evening brought up
thei remaas of Capt. Sahi, who was
•Woutded in a skirmish with the reb
,els at Springfield, near Rodney and
who died of his wounds in Cumber-
land on Friday evening last. The
remains were accompanied by - the
wife and child and the father *nd
;mother of the deceased. Capt. Sahl
was a resident of rittsimrg.— Tf7gek
ing Times.
The Rebel loss at the battle
.of Wilson's creek, Missouri, which
was fought on the 4 10th of August
last, and at which the brave General
Lyon fell, it has been ascertained,
woe, five hundred and twenty k il led
seven hundred and fourteen
woneded. The Union loss was two
hundred and twenty-three killed and
seven hundred and twenty-one
:Wciunded-
Rig Pistrs.—The telegraph has
laready announced the capture, in the
esilf, of a vessel laden with twenty
titousslnd stand of arms. The Houston
(Texas) News says the prize belong
-
/oft* Zaeisarie, of New Orleans,
t.eamied powder and munitions of
weir addition to the weapons above
I sentiessed. It cleared from Havana
to liataraoras, and was taken off Bra
spiv, f ingEo News thinks, as both the
aikaankportabelonged to neutrals, the
vessel was not liable to capture.
AIWA young damsel of Monmouth
cattail", ,Magland, lately took it into
her load to fall is love with the valet
o • ring gentleman, to whom
,
dy made known her
affection, by post, in the endearing
r that "if he could reciprocate
e Would be in a position
to • tol hve in sweet cote
ef the world."
- s- ,- Andea a * " lea, and then
Sminil .4 mayl:4s
of interest to know what it costs the
State of Ohio to supply her dogs with
_
41
first 1
J r fot op. yyar.•
~ efr by' do mOM
'1
i. ' t . ,21 5. ,s , ,g
114,..,At
rigid 4 6 ,': *it
.4,,,,i. thy* were injured 19,-
edo, vahieetiit $21079 76--tistal, 31,,
782 sheep, at $86,795 95. This is
more than all the dogs in Christen
dom are worth.
.
ear The city of Charleston has suf
fered more, pevertl,y from fire. than
any `tither city of Rae* in the world,
In 1778 thuffe were '225 hotsos consu
med; in 1796, nearly . a third of_thp
city was destro3ied, inv olving loss w o
property to the value of $2,500,000.
'Again, in the great fire of 1828, the
itgate 3 was,estimated at 3,000,00 Q.,
*lir - England pays annually About
$170,000;000 fbrcottOn -.4-all imported.
After retaining enough for her own
wants, the balance is re-shipped to
different parts of the world, in the
shape of manufactured goods, the
proceeds of which Amount to about
$250,000,000. Thie explains why Eng
land, just 440 W, does not particularly
sympathize with the North.
AN ADVANCE.—There is one ad
vance certain, at least,—an advance
of the rice of war material. The
price of lead has advanced to the
sum of $34 per thousand, 'being an
increase of $l4 .since May kist.
ELECTION OF A SENATOIL—In the
Michigan Legislature, Jacob M.
Howard was chosen United States
Senator for theunexpiredtarm of the
late Senator Bingham, ending March
4th, 1861.
CHEAP LIVING. -A private letter
dated Minneopolis, Minnesota, 3d
inst., says :—"We have everything
to eat in abundance. Flour from
$3 50 to $4 per barrel ; chickens fif
teen for $2; pork 21 cents per pound,
and other things in proportion.
Par Mrs. Lucy Cupps, living in 8.,
Illinois, recently gave birth to three
fine looking male children. That's
having the he-Cupps with a vengeance,
says the Springfield Republican.
Mir Ex-President Tyler is very ill
at Richmond. A dispatch dated Ma
con, Ga., says that accounts from the
wheat regions are very favorable, and
that crops never appeared more flour
ishing thus early.
iforln Philadelphia, daring the past
year, eighteen hundred and twenty
five new buildings were erected, (a
decrease of 792 since the previous
year;) six murders were committed,
rnd 14,240 deaths took place.
attirs of 01 fay.
A Woman rrossn to Death,
A shocking case of leath from in
temperance and exposure occurred
on Monday evening, at Dickson's
coal works, in the vicinity of Ireland
station, on the Allegheny Valley
Railroad, about nine miles from the
city. The victim was Mrs. Jane
Galbreath, wife of a coal digger em
ployed at the above named works.—
It appears that Mr. Galbreath had
been at work as usual, on Monday,
and returning in the evening for
supper, missed his wife. She had
"made up" some bread during the af
ternoon, which bad been left un
baked, and a portion of meat was
found upon the fire burnt to a crisp.
Mr. Galbreath, suspecting that some
thing was wrong, started out among
the neighbors, to search, for his wife,
but failed to obtain any tidings of
her.. When he returned to the house,
he was attracted by the singular ac
tions of a little dog, which kept run
ning out towards a rabbit pen in the
garden, as if to draw his attention
there. Following the little animal,
Mr. Galbreath was taken directly to
his wife, who was lying upon the
ground, in an insensible condition.—
She was still breathing but unable to
speak, and scarcely able to move a
muscle. He carried her at once to
the house, and placed her in bed,
supposing that the heat would revive
her. lie laid down beside her fora
time, but finding her limbs extreme
ly cold, he arose and bathed her feet
with warm water. She still remain
ed speechless, and soon after ex
pired.
The deceased was about thirty-six
years of age, and was addicted to
drinking. She had no children, and
there was no person in the house to
testify as to her condition, but there
is no doubt as to her death having
been caused by drunkenness and ex
posure.—Pittsburgh Post.
NO, Moalensa Before the War Committee
Xt was rumored at Washington
that Gen. McCr,eLLAN - had refused to
go before the War Committee of Con
gress. As he was sick at the time.
the rumor probably arose from his
inability to appear before the Com
mittee. We thought it impossible
that Gen. MoCLELLAN, who properly,
requires the strictest sub ordination
to his own authority, from those un •
der his command, should refuse to
submit to superior civil authority
himself. The rumor was erroneous
Gen. IitcCLuLLAN did appear before
the joint Committee last Wednesday,
probably the first day he was able.
A dispatch to the New York Times
says that for three hours they listen
ed to a patient and candid account
of his operations in the responsible
office to which he was so suddenly,
and without his knowledge or pro
curement, summoned by the Presi
dent and by the nation's voice. The
difficulties of his position , the embar
rassments of questions arising ; the
amount of labor done; the ferocity
and strength of the rebellion he ha.
to vanquish—were grouped together"
in a manner so effective, as to win a
sympathy from members who had im
bibed prejudices against him; and
the modest and steady assurance he
nouifested of an early and utter over
thgt7 tile , rebels ,gave confidence
in* ovueiti sad gel?-9414.4)) that
hVotgre eilbitc4l.
. -
C. Dupont .
The 13 , ~ ,hkteetajoesentradiets
the state t aria 011ie has been a
diirg,enca between Gen. Sherman
Mid Dupont.
.It happens to
lino*, however, that Capt. Dupont,
in a private letter dated Dec. 30, ex
preases entire approval of Gen. Sher
man's management, and censures, on
the other hand, the ill-judged outcry
raised against the latter. It is the !
opinion of Capt. Dupont that Charles
ton and Savaimah must fall. But he
does. not think that the army sent
latit under Sherman, earl intended for
another purpose--which has, beta ful
ly accomphshed—was sufficient to
errable birn, with prudence, to detach
a sufficient force for. the capture of,
eithercity. He speaks with great twat-1
isfaction of what has been accom
plished so far, And with confidence
and resolution as to the future.
• G iamb Meagher and Shields.
General Thomas Francis Meagher
went across the Potomac on Satur
day, and pitched his tent in the en
campment of the Irish Brigade, of
which he is the commander. Colo
nel Nugent of the Sixty-ninth, has
been acting Brigadier General since
the brigade joined General Sumner's
Division. General Meagher was in
disposed to assume command until
his appointment shall have been con
firmed by the Senate. It is said that
there is in contemplation the organi
zation of a grand division of the army
of the Potomac, to be composed of
Irishmen, twelve or fifteen thousand
in number, with General Meagher,
Colonel Mulligan, of Lexington fame,
Colonel Cass, of the Ninth Massachu
setts. regiment, and Colonel Corcoran
when he returns from captivity, as
the Brigadiers. General Shields is
to be the Major General. In accord
ance with an invitation extended by
General Meagher and other officers
in the brigade, Getieral Shields will
visit the camp some time next week.
Arrangements will be made to give
him a brilliant reception.
Effect of the Federal Successes.
A letter received in New York,
from a gentleman well known to us,
says the Evening Post, relates that
"a respectable person made prison
er by one of our boats in Edisto river
says we could form no idea what a
stunning blow the capture of Port
Royal had been to the people of
South Carolina and Georgia. He
says too, that almost equal to that
in its appalling effect, was the great
fire in Charleston. He adds that a
party is on foot in that region in fa
vor of settling the questions at issue
by commissioners—and that both
Davis and Stephens are in favor of
it, but that the Rhett party had
frowned it down."
Breokinridge at Bowling Green.
Loursvuzz, January 15, 1862.—A
thoroughly reliable gentleman, just
arrived, reports having seen John C.
Breckinridge at Bowling Green on
Friday last.
Very Important from Mexico—She Will
. Make Desperate Fight.
PHILADELPHIA, January,
Specials of to-day's Tribune con
tain very important intelligence
from Mexico. The new cabinet has
been formed by Juarez. Doblado
issued a proclamation soon after his
appointment, closing the port of
Vera Cruz; increasing the regular
army . to fifty-two thousand, and call
ing on the States for as many volun
teers as they could furnish.
it is believed that one hundred
and fifty thousand Mexican troops
will soon be in the field. Before the
Congress adjourned President Juar
ez was invested with full dictorial
powers.
The Governmeiithas imposed two
direct taxes, to which the people,
with cheerfulness, submit. A. gen
eral amnesty has been granted to the
church party. It is thought that the
first battle will take place at Tampi
co, and that it will be a desperate
one.
Gen. Patterson not yet Clear.
The Committee on the conduct of the
War had a long session on Saturday. They
resumed the evidence in Gen. Patterson's
case, and examined two of his aids, Cols.
Riddle and Thomas, upon the point of
Johnston's escape. It is said that none of
the evidence adduced by Patterson .will
vindicate his fame or relieve him from the
responsibility of the disaster at Bull Run.
The committee will make no comments on
the testimony of witnesses in that affair,
but will let the facts as presented by Pat
terson go forth to the world.
A Stamp Duty on Papers.
WASHINGTON, January 21.—Mr.
Morrill has just announced in the
House of Representatives that the
Committee of Ways and Means will
recommend the imposition of a stamp
duty upon newspapers and telegraph
ic despatches. The amount of the
proposed stamp duty has not yet
been announced, but it is understood
that the committee lay a tax upon
every copy of a newspaper issued.
Gen. McClellan sad Congress.
According to the Herald, the com
mittee of Congress now admit that,
till illuminated by Gen. McClellan,
they were beginning at the wrong
end, and' putting the head where the
tail should be. But, argues the editor,
the cry was Manassas! Manassas!!
Manassas !!! If Manassas were
wrested from the enemy, the success
might be of very small advantage.—
Ile could fall back and rally upon his
rowrves. The result would not be
decisive. But from a common sense
view of th,e matter, and from ob
serving all the mov,ements in progress
which are open to the publics view, it
appears evident to us that, instead
of the first battle being fought at
Manassas, the last battle will be
fought glare, and then the country
will map the fruits of the victory
and be well satisfied of tbn4tereniod
PilitaxY WiA 3 4,olu will p/Popsed *et
Icampaign..
t la
at
ZOLLROFFfik . Man,
LOSS VElrf HEAVY !
CINCINNATI, Jan. 20.—There was a
battle at Somerset, Ky., on Saturday,
between Sehoepff andiZollicoffer's for
ces, lasting from early morning until
dark. .Zollicoffer was killed, and his
army entirely defeated. Loss heavy
on bot,b, sides.
Loutivrtam, Jan. 26. General
Thomas telegraphs - to headquarters,
that on Friday night, Zollicoffercame
up to his encampment and attacked
bbn, at six o'clock Saturday morn
ing near Webb's Cross toads, in the
vicinity of Somerset. At 31 o'clock,
Saturday afternoon, Zollicoffer and
Ballie Peyton had been killed, and
the rebels were in full retreat to their
intrenehments ) at Mill Springs. The
federals were i 1 hot pursuit. No fur
ther particulars respecting losses on
either side.
LOUISVILLE, Jan. 20.—The recent
fight took place on Sunday, instead
of Saturday morning. Gen. Thomas,
on Saturday afternoon, followed up
the rebels to their intrenchments, 16
miles from his own camp, and when
about to attack them this morning,
he found their intrenchments desert
ed, the rebels having left all their
cannon, Quartermasters stores, tents,
horses and wagons, which fell into
our hands. The rebels dispersing had
crossed the Cumberland in a steam
boat and nine barges, at White Oak
Creek, opposite their encampment at
Mill Spring. Two hundred and sev
enty-five rebels were killed and
wounded,. including Zollicoffer and
Peyton. The dead were found on the
field.
The 10th Indiana lost seventy-five
killed and wounded. Nothing fur
ther of the federal loss has yet reach
ed here.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 20.—A combined
attack was made to-day upon Zolli
coffer's intrenchments, by Schoepff
and Thomas, resulting in a complete
victory. The Stars and Stripes now
float over the rebel intrenchments.—
We have captured all the camp prop
erty and a large quantity of pro
visions. The loss is heavy. Zolli
coffer's dead body is in the hands of
the federals.
LOUISVILLE. Jan. 20.—The Bailie
Peyton killed in the recent engage
ment proves to be Ballie Peyton, Jr. '
attached to Zollicoffer's staff. and
not Ballie Peyton, sr., as at first re
ported.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 20.—The Lexing
ton correspondent of the Commercial
gives the following account of Sat
urday's battle :
Zollicoffer, learning that the Fed
eral force had appeared in his rear,
marched out of his intrenchments at
three o'clock on Saturday morning,
and attacked Schoepff in his camp,
whose pickets were driven in at an
early hour, and the attack was made
before daylight. The battle was re
ported to have raged with great fu
ry until three in the afternoon, when,
Zollicoffer having been killed, the
whole rebel force fled in confusion to
their camp. Their loss is not stated,
but it is thought to be heavy. The
Ballie Peyton killed is a son of the
ex-member of Congress, from Ten
nessee. Our victory has been very
decisive, and will result in the rout
of the whole force defending the right
flank of Bowling Green.
The Victory at Somerset--Probable Oap-
tare of the Rebel Army.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 22.--The Louis
ville Journal, of yesterday, says that
twelve cannon were captured at Som
erset, and thinks the rebel army can
not escape. There are from seven
to ten Federal Regiments which were
thrown across Cumberland river
some days since to intercept their re
treat, and unless the rebels divide in
to squads and find their way into
Tennessee by unfrequented paths,
they must all be entrapped.
A letter to the Commercial dated
.omerset the 19th, Bays that Zolli
coffer is said to have been killed by
Col. Fry, of the 2nd Kentucky Regi
ment. We have taken many prison
ers. The loyal Tennesseeans, fought
like tigers, and have suffered much.
The 9th Ohio is badly cut up. The
Tennesseeans took one battery at
the point of the bayonet.
A Glorious Victory in Kentucky--The
Total Defeat and Death of Zollicoffer.
Our readers areaware that the rebel
General Zollicoffer, with a force esti
mated at about ten thousand men,
has, for some weeks, been strongly
posted on the north bank of the Cum
berland river, a few miles below
Somerset, in Pulaski county, Ken
tucky. The Federal Gen. Schoepff,
with a force of about seven thousand
men, has been at Somerset, holding
the rebels in check. General Thomas
until about a week since, has been at
Columbia, in Adair county. Ha
moved forward by the Jamestown
road, with the apparent intention of
getting into the rear of Zollicoffer,
cutting off his retreat and bagging
his force. Zollicoffer, ascertaining the
nature of the movement, and seeing
that he must abandon his position or
be currounded, boldly determined to
attack his enemies in detail, and sud
denly marched to meet Thomas. It
happened that strong reinforcements
had been dispatched to the aid of
General Thomas, and that they over
took him after a forced march of
twenty-five miles, three hours before
Zollicoffer came up. This probably
made the force of the combatants
about equal in numbers. Four regi
ments,—two Tennessee and two
B.entacky,—that marched from Som
erset to co-operate with General.
Th. . • , do not awe*. tpWM bull
in fight.
s battle wound
cii*y i , twelve Co we* i of the
10* iitickPlAMZl
an . " a. out7i lan - tali itisio — niEwest of
Somerset, and is near where Thomas
iiproposed to cross the Cumberland.--1
e engagemeat took • .place Sunday
ern&n, and the rebel army was ,
totally defeated and pursued to their
intrenchments, a distance of about
twelve miles. A night attack was not '
ventured, and the rebels stole across
the river in the darkness, having a
steamboat and barges at hand.—
They abandoned all their cannon,
tents and stores, and dispersed in
utter confusion. Over two hundred
killed will wounded rebels were left
on the battle field, among them Gen.
2ollicoffer, who was found dying in a
wagon, and Bailie Peyton, a son of
the distinguished Tennessee politican
of that name.
eraet
The extent of our loss is not yet
known, but the fact that one regi
ment (10th Indiana, Col. Manson,)
lost seventy men in killed and wound
ed, shows that it must have been se
vere. The country will await the
details of the affair with eager solici
tude.
The battle seems to have been a
fair fight, and victory is one of the
most important gained by the Union
troops during the war. It destroys
the right wing of the rebel army in
Kentucky, flanks the enemy's posi
tion at Bowling Green, opens Ten
nessee to invasion, and will cause a
profound panic at Nashville, and
the deepest disquietude throughout
the insurrectionary States.—Cincin
nati Commercial.
LOUISVILLE, Jan. 21.—There is no
news from Gen. Thomas to-day.—
No details of the Federal loss have
yet been received. Gen. Thomas
has taken the steamer and nine bar
ges in which the rebels conveyed
their forces across the Cumberland,
and which, in their precipitate flight,
they failed to destroy. The theory
at headquarters is that using that
boat to convey his troops across the
river southward, and providing other
means of transportation, Thomas
has been to busy to send the details
of the recent fight. No private tel
egrams of military matters can come
over the southern line to Louisville,
and no private information has been
received.
Another Destructive Freshet in our Rivers
The late rains have had the effect
of swelling our rivers to an unusual
stage, producing a general overflow
of the low lands along their banks
and causing the destruction of a
large amount of property. The
Monongahela, at eleven o'clock this
forenoon, had twenty-eight feet
water in thachannel, and was rising
slowly. The damage along this
stream has not been as extensive as
on the occasion of the last freshet,
and a few thousand dollars will prob
ably covei the loss. Two new steam
boats were floated off the stocks, one
at California and the other at
Brownsville. Both passed the city
this forenoon, apparently nothing
the worse for their impromptu launch.
They were owned respectively by
Mr. Willoughby and J. Harris, and
as a steam tug was sent in pursuit of
them, they will no doubt be recover
ed without injury. Several coal flats
were swept away and some few
sunk, one going down at the Monon
gahela wharf. The houses along the
river bank, in the boroughs of East
Birmingham, Birmingham, South
Pittsburg, are all more or less flood
ed, and their occupants have a most
disagreeable time of it. Several of
the large manufactories on the south
side of the river are also partially
under water, and work in some of
them has had to be suspended in con
sequence. The damage done as a
whole, however, is not very extensive,
and, as we have stated, cannot
amount to much.
On the Allegheny, however, it is
different. The rise in this stream
was unusually rapid, and the destruc
tion of property commensurately
great. In the matter of oil alone the
loss will amount to many thousand
dollars. As an instance of the large
amount of this kind of property car
ried away, we may state that the
passengers on the steamer "Emma
Graham" counted no less than eight
hundred and fifty barrels floating in
the river to-day between Rochester
and the city, and this was but a
mere fraction of the number carried
off. Sixty empty barrels were also
picked up during the trip. The river
was actually covered with floating
barrels, many of which appeared to
have come from the "Ardesco" oil
works, Manchester, the grounds of
which were entirely under water.—
A dispatch from Franklin this morn
ing states that there is but a thirty
inch rise there, so that the river is
not likely to attain a much higher
stage than that at which it ham now
arrived. It was rising at the rate
of two inches an hour at noon to-day,
however, and there was then twenty
five feet in the channel by the pier
mark.
The lower part of Allegheny is
under water, and Manchester and
Duquesne Borough have to complain
of a similar visitation. The cellars
along Duquesne Way, and on the
lower parts of the streets leading to
the river, too, are all flooded, to the
great annoyance ofthrifty housekeep
ers, who see a world of work in store
for them when the flood subsides.—
Pitts. Post.
Notwithstanding the dripping, pene
trating rain which dropped Monday with
the same unwearied pertinacity which has
marked the whole of the last . week, Gen.
McClellan ventured out of doors to attend
I the official reception of the War Depart
ment. He was, of course, the observed of
the bystanders, who, in their earnest looks,
showed their intense sympathy for his re
cent illness, and satisfaction for his re
covery. He is perceptibly paler and ado.
Pk! , itolt i1iK 0 . 11 1 1 44
*WI teelol4ol iwelikcisillm
--Great loss of Property.
Gen. MeOlellan's Health.
The Fight at Pinetonborg--How 001. Gar
field Got Smelted and Fought in hia Shirt-
Sleeves.
Capt. Willard of Co. F, 42d Regi
ment, arrived here last night on his
way home to Ravenna. He was
not in the Prestonburg fight, being
detained by sickness a few miles
back of Paintville, but obtained
many incidents of the battle from
those who were in it.
Prestonburg is about twelve miles I
beyond Paintville. After the caval
ry skirmish at the latter place, Col.
Garfield pushed on with the advance
of his brigade for Prestonburg. Be:
fore reaching that place he found the
enemy posted on and behind a range
of hills. The Federal force forming
the advance was less than seven
hundred, but Col. Garfield at once
prepared to make an attack.
A body of the enemy was posted
on a commanding hill, and it became
necessary to dislodge them. The
14th Kentucky, volunteered for the
service, as they knew the nature of
the ground. Said Col. Garfield. "Go
in boys; give them—Hail Cottn-
bia.'
The Hill was cleared, and soon the
reserve of the Brigade came in at
double quick. As soon as he saw
them Col. Garfield pulled off his coat
and flung in up in the air, where it
lodged in a tree, out of reach. The
men threw up their caps with a wild
shout, and rushed at the enemy, Col.
Garfield in his shirt sleeves, leading
the way.
As the Federal troops reached the
top of the hill a rebel officer shouted
in surprise, " Why, how many of you
are there ?" " 25,000 men, blast you,"
yelled a Kentucky 17nion officer,
, rushing at the rebel. In an instant
the rebels broke and ran in utter
confusion.
Several instances of personal dar
ing and coolness are related. A
member of Capt. Bushnell's com
pany in the 42nd, was about to bite
a cartridge, when a musket ball
struck the cartridge from his fingers.
Coolly facing the direction from
which the shot came, ho took out
another and exclaimed, "You can't
do that again old fellow."
Capt. Willard says that the two
men killed on our side were Ken
tuckians. The loss of the enemy is
not known. In addition to the twen
ty-seven bodies found on the field
a number of human bones were
found in several of the houses burned
by the rebels in their retreat from
Prestonburg. A rebel officer report
ed at a house where he called at
during his flight, that they had killed
600 Federals and lost two hundred and
fifty of their own men. It is not un
likely that the killed, wounded and
deserted will amount to that number,
as numerous desertions took place
previous to the battle.
The rebels burned most of their
camp equipage and baggage. Some
arms fell into the possession of our
forces, and a large number of knap
sacks and overcoats. The property
found was wretchedly poor, the coats
being made entirely of cotton.
Prestonburg is now held by a de
tachment of our forces, the main
body being encamped at Paintville,
where there is better camping ground.
—Cleveland Herald.
Cheering News from Washington--A For
ward Movement of our Army this Week.
PHILADELPHIA January 20.—New
York correspondent of the Philadel
phia Ledger, this morning, says that
an eminent Bankei at Washington,
on business with the Secretary of
the Treasury, writes under. date of
yesterday, that an event will take
place at Washington, next (this
week,) which will wake up the coun
try. As Gen. McClellan's health is
sufficiently recovered to enable him
to mount the saddle again, you may
guess what that event will be. The
period of masterly inactivity on the
line of the Potomac is at the end,
and if all the signs do not terribly de
ceive, the rebel stronghold at Manas
sas, and the rebel blockade of the
Potomac by this day week, will be
among the things that were. I give
you this for what it is worth,. and if
it is worth as much as the writer's
name ii on blank paper, it has the
highest sort of value. He has lately
been in close communication with
the Secretary of the Treasury, the
President and Gen. McClellan, and
we reasonably conclude, therefore,
that he speaks by the card.
More Military Appointments.
The Senate Military Committee,
on Monday, passed upon a large num
ber of military appointments. The
following Brigadiers were sent up for
confirmation : Gens. Shields, Meag
her, Keys, Richardson, Stanley, Pal
mer, Van Vliet, French, Brooks and
Steee. Among those who are hung
up are Gene. McKinstry, Gorman,
Todd, Sykes, Stevens, Strong, Sickles
and Ward. These latter are not re
ported against, but laid aside for in
quiry. Cassius M. Clay has been
confirmed as Major General of vol
unteers, and Abner Doubleday as
Brigadier General. Clay is a good
and brave man, but what he has done
in the field that he, should be set over
other men quite as brave, and who
are, at the same time, skilled and ex
perienced military men, we cannot
perceive.
Gen. Nogallan—The Reported Evacuation
of Manama'.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—The Wash
ington correspondent of the Herald
says during the three hours that Gen.
McClellan was before the Committee
on the Conduct of the War, he stated
positively that he was in favor, and
always had been in favor of active
operations, and speedy suppression of
the rebellion, and was doing his ut
most to bring about such a result.
The report that the rebels have
abandoned Manassas is a great hum
bug. Gen. McClellan knows better.
The roads are so bad that they ems
nos leave Manassaa,if they wmik, aad
ii.iabeiievMM ihit they weight het, If
Disappearance of Jackson.
Thamocx., MIL, January 18.---Gen l
eral Jackson has disappeared with
his whole force, and it is believed he
has retired to Winchester. No reb
el force is known to be in Morgan
county. The weather is inclement
and variable. The whole river line
is quiet.
THE SUMTER AGAIN.
l e
have: again vexatious . news
from that pestiferouspirate,the Sum
ter. Hiram Barney, Collector of New
York, has received id dispatch, per
Arabia, that it had arrived itt Cad*
Spain, after having burnt three veg.:
eels.
NEW YORK, Jan. 18.—The Commer
cial of this evening says a private dis
patch has been received stating that
the pirate Sumter has been sunk by
a Federal gunboat near Cadiz.
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