i
i
1
WEDNESDAY, J A*. *lily
ADVANCE IN IpoEg
• ' • • - 4 z •
On account of tne recent and nor
111014 . advance in paper and other
41404 9. - •--;- 41 4 43 t i " ** 4l 4g 14 4
" . 9 W1.11719)1FD c'EN I T „ the
)4raigie
fithasof
protecting themselves against loss,
adopt. tho following
`4liteiNfin ribonikittita 41:11* Orer
tian&-frogumid sAor tie 444.11-.
nary, IMP : • •
Tram or PAPER :—Two DOLLARS
pee IMAM in advance; TWO DOLLARS
*JiD EWNITrY-TIVE CENTS within six
1111,tbs, or TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY
• (M , st,ths end of thorax.
Aotimitunca.--An trinsient 4.yer
tinnonta $1,25 per square for the first
t b kee ipoeTt!ores, and 25 cents per
slime for every iubsequent inser
tion; a square to consist of - 10 lines
of Nonpareil.
' Administrators' and Executors'
Nothx-, 1450 for six insertions.
JQN:ES
Eds. Messenger
L. K. EVANS,
Editor Republican
.LIEUT. J. LINT. INGHRAY.
We are peTssitted to publish the follow
idg letter to the mother of this gallant sol
cdier froth the Chaplain of his Regiment:
two.,. F
• mug, SAW PLAINS, VA., }
s ec: 29, 1863.
Mrs. L. D. Inglarant:—Life's duties are
often painful. We shrink from them al
. roost, instinctively. But reason and rove-
Mk, - . teaoh us to be prepared for every
oveitt. • to:cfnemtn *se their eyes to the
f-nimertalnty of tinie;lier the true nature of
'flints 'ail they trattspire:. You have, no
*WA, read the sad history of the last bat
tle of this horrid wit'. No doubt your
eye has been fixed with intense interest up
'dfi bu'd tone among thtv *vie dead. A
:mother's 'affe i ctions would , hold you with
ijeCp - rnineled emotions, whilst you could
esarody believe that you would never 4 , e
him on earth again. He is gone in the
_prime of his manhood,—he gave his life a
,finerifice for his country's salvation. No
' WNW can reverse the decree, or call him
falearth again. We miss him. He
'wiui the heart and joy of our circle. Cold
PliiiosaPhYl •may tell of his manly form,
his excellent qualities of head'and heart,
. his soldierly bearing, the prospect of ad
,iiiiaestettt,' 'duties well performed,—all
:aims are eat:glint ornaments of external
lA. But Christian faith lifts the veil and
Aiskwsits comforts from a higher, purer
source. He is gone, and God has done it.
?The praeidenue is mysterions—the truth
spo'cine'ean doubt. What, then, shall we
;gait Surely pet charge our Heavenly
Ta_titer lb . ollably. But rather seek that
'Spirit of resignation which ever says,
"Even se, Father, for thus it seems good
:41 thy sight." If esteem, or any interpo
itho/ of human arm could have retained
•J, L. - Ingliram, he would hove been with
us yet. With others, the young and the
-lovely, he has finished his coarse. His
fYr,srk is done, he now sleeps till the Judg
'faint trump shall wake the dead. Most
gladly would we have sent his body to his
home and family. Burying our dead un
41Cr afiag, of truce, this privilege was de
-Ir4ed us. But this should not affect us,
Cbiinf, will, watch, over that sleeping dust.
Nearest4ieuda may have distant graves,
htstallimpet, on the other side the stream
.rof TfAite; but God must comfort in such an
ieilgiction as this; and whilst you find re
41ef even in tears, you may tell Christ your
'sorrows,. "As your day is, so may your
strength be." You have no doubt received
before this, the particulars involved in this.
pad instance of man's mortality. We all
sympathise, deeply sympethire with your
Wised family, with you we claim the
voirideee of dropping the tear for one we
los-sd. Though he is gone, we shall still
cherish in memory, his name—his virtues
r'—his excellent qualities of head and heart;
.arnillten life's last battle is fought, may
,be -crowned conquerors through
tgat.faith that, gives us the victory over
even our last enemy.
Yours fraternally,
,WILLLAIi AIKEN,
Chaplain -Bth Reg. F. R. C.
For the Messenger.
STRANGE OCCURRENCE IN MORRIS
- - -TOWNSHIP.
DAY'S STORE, GREECE CO., PA.,
Jan. 17th, 180.
CIO Tuesday morning last, about sunrise, as
saneou Hathaway, residing on the Me-
:Connell farm near Day's store wasgoing
"Piii-la i ritil;tielda to feed his stock, he (lie
wooer. a woman apparently abodt fi ft y
yejt i lt
- . itge.iyiaag on the ground, both
apAiloiti* and Assensible. Mr. H. called
liiiryfilitrot Of his neighbors, and they ear
. \ #B , te,the house., Dr. §, .§itiehley was
writakination he p ronoun s,
1110111141rdiaesse PAralyiais*tended with ape
which 10 Owe** with her lying
41110 our weak!, Sartalinate her life
11 9 a law hafies. Stinsliiridd4ast 28 hours at
ter in,4 Strange to say, it
citasiti"biriseeriathed • that she had any
Visrusament residence. On her stopping at
406eut libtotes tifroney the country, and
balm Mired ter isameoshe salt her maid
en' sow woo 6igthrie' gut that she mast
Pia* maa Tweed Stafford, who died, leer=
big tor with lolr otOldren, two hiring and
- too dead, 'PO. 8 4e I" a sontit 4 ng
Washhsigtowoonisty, othr Ploadant Whoa
church. A messenger beibg idit to that
SttSSWI.
- ,
neighborhood, k was found no such person
had lived in that community, but the old
woman , had heen travellipg tirrough gist
10. yeat 41ona °ilk &hap
- t hem, Nix owing tilimewhatjtcquiirtiod
• -*right h* slightly deranged.
t' .M 4 although stio , had
tvreirty •r: dollars and 30 cents`srboat
har,„person in gold and silver. She was
iltoperly cared for by Mr. Hathaway and
his. gamily ..ths—tew_. hours she..lived, and
was decently interred by somepf the cit•
•as Q'. - ')e towushitt, • '
# ' • M. BURiltOtiGire.
LITTER . FROM W. T. MIMI.
ANNAPOLIS, MD., Jan. 12, '63
.Dear Father :—I at last have an oppor
- *letting • you keew 'I etill live. 1
have gone through enough in the last
wand" ul makeine feel a consi4erably old
er, if not a wiser man. I will give you a
brief account of my captor 6 and life in
Libby Prison. Our Brigade', (the 2nd) was
in the rear of the 3rd as a reserve, and
were lying directly behind them, under as
- heavy a fire is we were ever exposed to,
and unable to Ere in return for fear of kill
ing our own men, but you have heard all
the particulars from the boys. I will tell
you my part of the affair. I soon discov
ered our men giving away directly on our
right, pouring out of the woods a great
deal faster than they went in. It was not
long until our own brigade began to fall
back also, They did not go out in regu
lar order. Sometimes a squad, ten, twelve,
then a company, or part of a Regiment.—
Some would remain, give a shot or two,
and then break back for the rear. I
looked round for company "I;" found they
were all gone but "Funk," who was lying
on the ground to my left. He looked at
me and asked if I was going back ? I told
him "No, I was too late." The balls were
flying around us like hail—terribly thick.
I thought it vas death sure to remain, and
could not be more to try to get lack, so I
made a dash and got back thirty or forty
yards to a ditch. I jumped in and started
to the left, thinking to get out in that di
reciion. I had not gone far until I came
across Sylveus, one of our recruits. I told
him we would be prisoners or killed before
five minutes, and had hardly got the words
out until the rebels made their appear
ance on the bank and ordered us out.—
Of course we had to obey. They started
several of us to the rear, and here we had
to go through another terrible storm of
grape and canister from our own batteries.
They commenced shelling the woods. We
passed back of their lines, and were put
under guard about a mile in their rear,
and here passed the first night. The next
day we went some four or five miles farth
er back—stayed another night in the
woods. Here we drew our first rations
from the Gray Backs, which consisted of
about a tin full of flour to each- man, with
no salt or anything to mix or cook it in.—
We contrived to make a slap-jack or two,
which I soon finished. We started for
the railroad next morning, for the purpose
of' being shipped on the cars for Richmond.
We marched to a station and were unable
to get carp, as they were all busy carrying
their wounded to the rear. Here we pass
ed another night, in a cold, disagreeable
rain. The next morning we started for
Hanover Junction-22 miles—here we
got cars, and landed in Richmond about
dark. We were treated well by the guard
—not altarsh, insulting word to a man
of us. We passed one house where there
were several young ladies, who commenc
ed clapping their hands and shouting, "On
to Richmond." We laughed at them and
told them "Burnside would be along in a
few days—we were but the advance
guard." When we arrived at the Prison
we were halted, and taken two at a time,
each man had to give up his canteen and
money, give his name, regiment and com
pany. We were then passed into another
room and paroled. It was a very cold
and windy night, and some had to stand in
the street all night. They would rush up
to the door to get in, each one trying toget
ahead of another. The guard would fight
them back with their muskets, and as soon
as they would get them back, and the
door opened to admit two more there
would be another struggle of the guards
to keep them back, and so it continued an
ti/ morning—there being about five hun
dred of us. I contrived to get in about 11
o'clock, and was taken to a large room,
with about 200 others. I laid dotin on
the floor and slept until morning. About
10 o'clock they brought our breakfast,
which was a tin of rice soup and the half
of a small loaf of baker's bread. At dark
we received the same for supper. Every
other day we got a small piece of fresh
beef. I have gone through a great many
hardships during the war, but nothing
can compare with the three weeks I spent
in prison. Al! sorts of characters, yelling,
swearing and singing, from daylight until
late in the night—with the floor alive
with lice, and many of the men very sick
—amongst them poor Sylveus. He was
confined in a different room from me. I
did not get to see him for several days af
ter he was taken sick ; he was then delir
ious, but knew me. }felted to lay on the
hard floor without blanket or covering of
any kind. Ile was taken with a violent
cold which settled on his lungs, and he
had a very bad cough. It would have
made you feel very sorry to have seen the
poor wan, trembling all over, his mind
wandering, covered with vermin, talking
to Mary. (his wife's name I believe,) the
men yelling and swearing like fiends, and
smoking strong pipes under his very nose.
MiltennJohne, another member of our com
pany, who wastaken prisoner, was in the
same room' with him, and did all he could
for flint.
At last ; we teceixed the welcoms news
4 41 t iffe were to 110.1gotth. We Nome stag .
, ted _DR Aciiitre def./igloo/mom&
the James River and down Malty - Polot,
w 4 lferek_joopt Was iva/ting too, edift us.—
).Viit 'fa ItOntithelara *44. foo elffiraY to
this place. We crossed. elit Bay la the
night. There came on a
.. Tiolent storm
which mallii,aar alhiboaksailkddl and rock
like a cra&e. Bile Wats Yu,' sick; we
however, all sat. I went up in
lifts Cain to see Sylveus; ha watt very low,
• and linable to talk so I could-understand
I have no money, no elothea, blanket or
Overcoat, and am lousy as thunder. DOtry
and get me a furlough ; I want some . rest.
If it is impossible to get a furlough, try and
get me detailed on some special service
_until exchanged. There is no dispi 3 Oline
vr seder bees, and it will be a horrible tlace
to stay two or three months. I see the
prisoners are - exchanged up to the first of
this month; we are not included, I believe.
Can write no more for want of paper.
Your affectionate son,
W. T. MINOR
Stio itiT gag.
The Battle 4)1 Galveston.
The Boston Travelter publishes the
following letter containing later in
formation from Galveston than the
reports to the press in regard to the
late fight at that place. It is from a
Union officer who was engaged in
the fight i—The gunboats, Harriet
Lane, Oswego, Clifton, Westfield,
and two coal boats, were lying in
side the bar and near the city. The
Westfield was aground two miles
from Galveston, having stuck there
the night before. About 1 o'clock A.
M., on the morning of the first, sig
nals were sent on shore and up the
bay. Shortly after, two rebel boats
were seen approaching; they were
soon followed by a third, and even
tually numbered five. About 4. A.
artillery from the shore opened up
on our boats, which fire was returnnd.
Muskets and rifles were discharged
from every available corner and build
ing. The rebel vessels ne W ap
proached ; they were defended with
cotton bales, and contained over one
hundred men each ; they came
along side the Harriet Lane, and
with assistance from the shore, car
ried her by boarding—eleven men
only escaped death.
The Westfield was blown up ac
cording to order of Captain Renshaw,
senior captain. He sent off nearly
all his crew to one of the other
boats. When she blew up Captain
Renshaw, the executive officer, en
gineer and thirteen men were on
board. At one time the rebels peti
tioned for a flag of truce, which be
ing granted, they came down on
the wharf, where some two er three
hundred of our troops were stationed,
and captured them, which they could
not have done had not their truce
been granted. • The other vessels,
vita the exception of the two coal
boats, escaped. Our loss is estima
ted at not over 125 ; that of the
rebels could not have been less than
500 and is probably higher.
The fight on the deck of the Har
riet Lane was fearfully desperate
and bloody. The brave fellows
fought hand to hand, killing a great
number of the enemy, whose loss is
probably greater than ours in killed
and wounded.
Commander Wainright was killed
early in the action on the deck. He
was shot in the left knee by one of
the enemy's sharpshooters, and had
dropped upon the right knee, and
was exhorting his men to fight.—
"Stand up to it, boys," he. shouted ;
and this directed special attention to
him. Two of the enemy rushed up
on him ; but he had his revolver in
his right hand and shot them both
dead. A third came up, and placing
a pistol to his head, shot him.
The . men fought until all but the
acting master and eleven men lay
dead or mortally wounded upon the
deck of the ship ; and these made no
formal surrender,
but were disarmed
and overpowered.
Burnside's Order before Moving.
In an order to the Army of the
Potomac, dated Falmouth, Jan. 20th,
Gen. Burnside says :—The Com
manding General announces to the
Army of the Potomac that they are
about to meet the enemy once more.
The brilliant actions in North Caro
lina, Tennessee and Arkansas, have
divided and Weakened the enemy on
the Happahannock,and the auspicious
moment seems to have arrived to
strike a greatand mortal blow to the
rebellion, and to gain that decisive
victory which is due to the country.
Let the gallant soldiers of so many
brilliant battle fields accomplish thi:4
achievement, and a fame the most
glorious awaits them. The corn
mandine -General calls for the firm
and united action of the officers and
men, and under the providence of
God the army of the Potomac will
have taken the great step towards
restoring peace to the country, and
the government to its rightful au•
th ori ty.
Bad Roads Delaying the Ad-
vane
A dispatch of the 22d from head
quarters of the army of the Potomac
says :--The tempestuous weather
since Tuesday last, and the conse
quent impassible state of the roads,
have rendered• any advance of the
Army of the Potomac, beyond the
Rappahannock, a matter of utter
impossibility. This cause so delayed
the transportation of the pontoons
and heavy artillery to .the designa
ted points, as to prevent the surprise
of the enemy at the points designa
ted to cross. This afternoon the
clouds broke away, and the influence
of thosun is telling favorably upon
the soil. Several paymasters have
already arrived bringing joy to the
soldiers and relief for the families at
- borne. A delay in the, payment.of
those 'actively employed may ',scar.
i gy s , a re
urbiling their *4, - P-
karrSIMS --..ogidikistuiliq ln
Vhl3 Union I Thtiototricat fietellisry
New York city.
Important Trout Charkstaa Harbor !
A MUTINY FORT SUMTER
Rebel -Trees* Reduced to Star-
within.
PHILADZIAHRIA, Jan. 20.—A letter
from Nit ROyal, dated the 13th,
says :—The "Marble-Head," Com
mander Scott, arrived here on Mon
day from the blockade of Charleston.
She brings as passengers six men
who escaped in Colonel Rhett's barge
last week from Fort Sumpter.--
These men, all Northerneis, took
advantage of a foggy night, ran the
batteries, and reached the steamer
Canandaigua, where they gave
themselves up.
They tell a si..d tale of the doings
in rebeldom. On Tuesday of last
wo,ek about one third of the troops
in Fort Sumter openly avowed their
intention of not fighting any longer
under the Confederate flag, where
upon nearly all _the garrison threw
down their arms. They were half
famished for food, ,and their families
were in want, owing to their non
payment JO several months.
The arrival of troops still loyal to
the rebel cause, in sufficient num
bers to overcoire the mutineers, had
the effect to force them to resume
their duties. A large number of the
prominent mutineers were placed
in confinement, and may possibly
meet the fate of mutineers, although
their friends say, if they are shot
they will avenge their death.
This dissatisfaction does not exist
alone within the wails of Fort Sum
ter, but is widely spread in that De
partment. The men are worked
day and night to complete their de
fensive works ; are half starved ; re
ceive no money, and live under the
iron rule of perfect despots. The
tyranny of their officers is beyond
imagination, and the men, worn out
mentally as well as physically, aro
now driven nearly to the verge of
despair.
Scarcely a day passes without de
sertion. The men seize any oppor
tunity to get of to the Federal ves
sels, and some of them escape to the
country. Provisions aro very scarce,
and even the Government supplies
fall short in weight as well as in qual
ity. The supplies expected to come
by running the blockade are not in,
nor does there seem any possibility
of their getting any more by that
route.
Our blockade fleet is too much for
the rebels, and they are compelled
to acknowledge it. A few days ago,
in their despair, the rebel leaders de
termined to go out with their two
iron-clad vessels and drive off our
ships, but common sense changed
their minds, and after sailing about
the harbor for a few hours, they re
turned to their anchorage. Our of
ficers saw them on the occasion re
ferred to, and supposed they were on
a trial trip.
The Post Arkansas Surrender.
Admiral D. D. Porter has trans
mitted to Secretary Welles the fol
lowing report of the part taken by
the Navy in the capture of Post Ar
kansas. It is dated trom the Post,
January 11th.—Stir: The gunboats
Louisville, DeKalb, Cincinnati `and
Lexington attacked a heavy fort at
a post on the Arkansas river last
night, and silenced the battery, kill
ing twenty of the enemy. The gun
boats attacked it this morning and
dismantled every gun, eleven in all,
Col, Dunnington, late of the United
States Navy, commandant of the
Fort, requested to surrender to the
navy, and I received his sword.—
The army co-operated on the land
aide. The fort was completely si
lenced, and the guns, eleven in . num
ber, all dismounted in three hours.—
The action was at close quarters on
the part of the three iron -clads, and
the firing splendid. The list of kill
ed and wounded is small. The
Louisville lost 12; DeKalb 17; Cin
cinnati, none; Lexington, none; Rat
tler. 2.
The vessels, although much cut up,
were ready fbr action in half an hour
after the battle. The light draught
Rattler, Lieut Commander . Wilson
Smith, and other light draughts,
joined in the action when it became
general, as did the Black Hawk,
Lieut. Commander Breeze, with her
rifled guns. Particulars hereafter.
Small Pox on the Increase In
Washington.
WASHINGTON, Jan, 20.—The Police
Commissioners in Washington rep
resent to Congress the prevalence of
the small pox in the city in almost
every neighborhood, in consequence
of the presence of such numbers of
strangers, discharged soldiers and
camp followers, and testify to the
inadequacy of accommodation for its
visitors, and ask for sonic general
provision to prevent its spread.—
The Mayor of Washington has also
called the attention of the City Coun
cil to the existence of contagious
diseases, and their rapid increase,
and asked for a speedy and liberal
appropriation for the increase of
hospital facilities, and the adoption of
every practicable means to check the
further spread of such diseases.
DISTRESS IN IRELAND.
We take the following front a let
ter dated Dublin, Dec. 30 : The
weavers in Ballvmacarret, Belfast ;
the operatives and room-keepers in
the poorer districts of the metropo
lis ; the laborers driven into Drog
heda and Dundalk and other towns
for want of employment, and the
multitudes in the south, west and
northwest that a late and insufficient
harvest and a severe winter have re
duced to miserable destitution, are
all raising a simultaneous cry for
food, fuel and clothing that it will
task, our ingenuity and our resour-
COS to tivo uttermost to satisfy.
64 44 tho .
Jeivia4
or t , :RE Rotett
i ino, p)!.lltiling
Oen 0, w 6B9. ppvn ctildrep, p 18K
as—,
Robed Account •f tbe H•lly
Springs Raid—Great Rebel
Achievement.
The Richmond papers describe the
recent cavalry raid of Gen. Van
Dorn in the West as one of the most
brilliant feats of the war, not falling
short of any that have been made by
the renowned Stuart or übiquitous
Morgan. A correspondent of the
Mobile Register, (rebel) gives the fol
lowing interesting particulars of his
achievements in the vicinity of
Holly Springs, Mississippi:—Van
Dorn took a by-way, and meandering
route through the swamp, and came
within eight miles of Holly Springs in
the evening, where he biviouacked his
force until two hours of day when he
moved cautiously into town, leaving
the Texas brigade upon the heights
outside, as a reserve. As our forces
dashed in from_all sides, the entrance
proved a complete surprise, the
breaking streaks of daylight show
ing the Yankee tents with their yet
undisturbed slumberers. A charge
was ordered upon them, and the
torch applied to the canvas which
covered them.
The rapidity with which . the tents
of the enemy were vacated was
marvelous and impelled by burning
torches and rapid discharges of side
arms, the Yankees took no time to
prepare their toilets, but rushed
out into a cool atmosphere of a De
cember morning clothed very similar
to Joseph when the lady Potiphar
attempted to detain him. The scene
was wild, exciting, tumultuous.—
Yankees running, tents burning,
torches flaming, Confederates shout
ing, guns popping, sabres clanking,
abolitionists begging for mercy, "reb
els" shouting exultingly, women en
dishabille clapping their bands, frant
ic with joy, crying "Kill them ! kill
them !—a heterogeneous mass of ex
cited, frantic, frighened human be
ings—presented an indescribable
picture, more adapted for pencil of
llogart than the pen of a newspaper
correspondent.
The surprised camp surrendered
1,800 men and 150 commissioned offi
cers,
who were immediately paroled.
And then commenced the work of
destruction. The extensive buildings
of the Mississippi Central depot—
the station house, the engine houses,
and immense store houses—were
filled with supplies of clothing and
commissary stores. Outside of the
depot the barrels of flour were vsti
mated to be half a mile in length,
one hundred and fifty feet through
and fifteen feet high. Turpentine
was thrown over this, and the whole
amount destroyed;—up town, the
court house and the spacious build
ings, livery stables, and all capacious
establishments were . filled, ceiling
high, with ordnance and medical
stores. These were well fired, and
the explosion of one of the buildings,
in which was stored one hundred
barrels of powder, knocked down
nearly all the houses on the south
side of the square. Surely such a
scene of devastation was never be
fore presented to the eye of man.—
Glance at the gigantic estimate:-
3,800,000 fixed cartridges and oth
er ordnance stores, valued at $1,500,-
000, including 5,000 rifles and 2,000
revolvers. 10,000 suits of clothing
and other quartermaster's stores,
valued at $500.000 ; 5,000 barrels of
flour and other commissary stores,
valued at $500,000. $1,000,000 worth
of medical stores, for which invoices
to that amount were exhibited. and
1,000 bales of cotton and $OOO,OOO
worth of suttlets stores. While the
capture of the camp, paroling of the
prisoners and destroy ing of the stores
was going on, the Texan Rangers,
comprising the Ninth, Sixth and
Third Legions, became engaged with
the Michigan cavalry, and drove
them pell-mell through town, and
run them off North, with a consid
erable loss to the abolitionists, and a
loss of thirty killed and wounded on
our part.
The ladies rushed out from the
houses, wild with joy, crying out,
"There is some at the fair grounds—
chase them,kill them, for God's sake."
One lady said, The Federal com
mander of the post is in my house ;
come and catch him;" and a search
was made, but without success, when
the noble woman, insisted that he
was there, concealed---and finally,
after much ado, the gallant Colonel
Murphy, the interpid Yankee com
mandant of Holly Springs, was
pulled ont from under his bed, and
presented himself in his nocturnal
habiliments to his captors. The
provost marshal was also taken, and,
addressing Gen. Van Born, said,
"Well, General, you've got us fairly
this time. I knowed it. 1 was in bed
with my wife, when I heard the fir
ing, and I at once said, "Well, wife,
it's nc use closing our eyes or hiding
under the cover ; we've gone up.'"
Our attention was given to Grants'
headquarters, which ho had left
twenty-four hours before. All his
papers, charts, maps, etc., were cap
tured, together with hie splendid
carriage, which was burned. Among
his papers was found a pass to pass
the bearer over all railroads and
steamboats in the United States at
government expense; to pass all
pickets and guards, and other papers
at once interesting and valuable
Mrs. Grant was also captured, but no
indignity was offered to her.
Nearly every store on the public
square was filled with sutler stores,
and after opr men had helped them
selves, the balant.e of the goods were
burned. When our forces first reach
ed the depot there was a train about
leaving. The engineer jumped off
and run away, and one of our men
took his place, shut the throttle
valve and stopped the train. Sixty
ears and two locomotives were then
fired and destroyed.
After the oesaplate destruction of
ail public property about the place,
11,nd acer es4finftu had supplied him
tug with a en i tekleiltkantaky of cloth
in a st,,Apx o'clOck in. the
In'ofninge'
- ninrck.was reneWed,
ilia time Mtn *XS the next place at
tacked, here the enemy were en
trenched, and sheltered themselves
in a block house and fort formed of
cotton bales. The cavalry were com
manded to charge, and attempted to
do so; but the swamp and intricate
lagoons breaking in front of the ene
my's position would not permit it.
The Yankees opened fire with some
effect from their fort, and were sup
ported by a nine pound rifled gun,
mounted on an iron-clad railroad car,
forming a railroad battery. The
Texans were again ordered to charge,
and Maj Dillon, of Van Dorn's staff
attempted to lead them to the attack,
but the men refused to follow, be
lieving the way impassible and the
position too strong for cavalry dem
onstration alone.
Colonel McCollough, of the Missis
sippi cavalry, was ordered to get in
the rear of the railroad battery, cut
the track to prevent its escape, and
capture it. I believe he succeeded in
cutting the road, but our forces were
compelled to withdraw, and the steam
battery was not taken. The force
then pushed on to Middleburg and
Bolivar, and attacked both places,
but found him too strongly defended
and garrisoned to succeed in taking
either of the points.
The Surrender of Arkansas
Post Confirmed.
WASHINGTON, January 18.—The
following has been received at !zead.
quarters :
3lEmrnis, January 14, 1863.
3.laj, Gen. 11. TV. Halleck, General-in-
Chief:
The following dispatch has just
been received :
lIEAPQ'RS ARMY OF THE MISSIS
SIPPI, Post of Arkansas,
Jan. 11, 1803.
To Moj Gen. U. S. Grant, Command
ing Department of the Tennessee:
I have the honor to report that
the forces under my command at
tacked the Post of Arkansas at 10
o'clock, and having stormed the ene
my's works, took a large number of
prisoners,variously estimated at from
7,000 to 10,000, together with all his
stores, anima,ls,and munitions of war.
Rear Admiral David D. Porter, com
manding the Misissippi squadron,
effectively and brilliantly co-operat
ed in accomplishing this complete
success.
JOHN A. McCLERNAND,
Major General Commanding
(Signed,) U. S. GRANT, .Maj. tier,
Rebel Prisoners from Arkan-
sas Post
WAsu►NcTON, Jan. 22.—The following
dispatch has been received at the Navy
Department: CAIRO, ILL., Jan.2o:-7o
lion. Gideon Welles Secretary of Xary
The gunboat Lexington, Lieutenant Com
n►ander Shirk, has just arrived, convoy
ing 4793 rebel prisbners of war from Ar
kansas Post
[Signed]
The Government ham received an official
account from Commander Porter relative
to the brilliant part performed by hie
fleet in the above action.
Reports from Burnside's Army
--Fitz John Porter.
NEW YORK, Jan. 22. The Times
has rumors brought by passengers
from Washington, last night. It is
said that General Burnside has
crossed the Rappahannock, and that
a great battle was being fought, and
that General Burnside has flanked
the rebel position. General look
er is said to be mortally wounded.—
As yet however these are only rumors.
It is also stated that Fitz John Port
er has been dismissed the service,
the finding of the Court being against
him. This report has been confirmed.
GENERAL HAVELOOK'S OPINION.
I ought before to have noticed
that, from the time of this force en
tering Jellabad, our British soldiers
have had no spirit rations, a great
part of the not vary ample supply of
our commissariat having been lost.
Without fear of contradiction, it may
be asserted that not only has the
amount of Jabot ious work they have
completed without this factitious aid
been surprising, but the state and
the garrison have g: fined full one
third in manual exertions by their
entire sobriety. Every hand has
been constantly employed with the
shovel and pickax-. If there had
been a spirit ration, one third of the
labor • would have been diminished
in consequence of soldiers beconing
the inmates of the hospital and
guard-house on coming to their work
with fevered brain and trembling
band, or sulky and disaffected, after
the protracted debauch. Now all is
health, cheerfulness, industry, and
resolution.—Murshman's Memoirs of
Gen. Havelock.
Ikal - The New York Observer has
just commenced its forty-first year,
This singular fact is communtcatod in
regard to the paper:
"Its founders, proprietors, edilors,
and all who have had any responsi
ble connexion with its editorial col
umns and business management, arc
alive and in good health to-da:,i , ."
sir In the city of London there
are 893 Sunday schools, 17,309 Sun
day school teachers, and 190,079
scholars. There is a "training eel
lege for Sunday school teachers,"
conducted by means of two evening
classes.
Bar During the past year fifteen
missionaries of the American Board
of Missions, have been removed by
death ; eight males and seven fe
males. Seventeen new laborers
have been sent into the work; and
twelve, after visits more or less pro
tracted to the United States, have re
turned to their fields of labors.
It is reported that Mr. Pier
son, a WeF.ileyan Methodist, of Hull,
England, has lost eleven valuable
vessels in attkupptill to run our
blockade, and has ailed in conse
quence.
Hooker Appointed to the Commaida
Q 611. Burnside's Farewell Address.
Reported Removal of Sumner and Frank in,
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTO.
MAC, Jan. 26.—This forenoon Gen.
Burnside turned over the command
of the Army of the Potomac to Gen.
Hooker, who came to headquarters,
in camp, for that purpose. As soon
as the change became known, ss,cop
siderahle number of superior officers
called on Gen. Burnside and took
their parting leave with many re
grets. The following is Gen Burl
side's address to the army :
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTO
MAC, CAMP NEAR FALMOUTH, Janu
ary 26th.—General Orders .No.—By
direction of the President of the
United States, the ,ConOtkauding
General this day transfers tb.e nom
mand of this army to Major General
Joseph Hooker. The sliOrt time
that he has directed your move
ments has not been fruitful of vic
tory or any considerable advance
ment of our lines, but it has again
demonstrated an amount of courage,
patience and endurance that under
more favorable circumstances would
have accomplished great results.—
Continue to exercise this virtue.—
Be true in your devotion to your
country and the principles you have
sworn to maintain. Give to tho
brave and skillful General, who has
long been identified with your or
ganization, and who is now to com
mand you, your full and cordial sup
port, and you will deserve success.
In taking an affectionate leave of
the entire army, from 'which he sep
arates with so much regret, he may
be pardoned if he bids an especial
farewell to his long tried associates
of the Ninth Corps. His prayers
are that God may be with you, and
grant you continued success until
the rebellion is crushed.
It is understood that Generals
Sumner and Franklin have also been
relieved from the command of the
right and left grand divisions, but
the names of their suceessors have
not been divulged, if appointed.
Gen. Burnside with most of his,
late staff, ha"ie been allowed thirty
days leave of absence. They win
go to New - York. Tho weather is
warm and pleasant, and the , mud is
fast drying up.
NArt ROW ESC A PE.—eapt. Buford, of Gen•
Crittenden's staff. had a remarkable es
cape in the Murfreesboro' battle. A bul
let struck him fairly on the breast above
his heart, and flattened completely with
out perforating the flesh. ffe picked it
out of his uniform with his fingers. He
iid not wear a coat of mail. The Colonel
of the Eighty-sixth Indiana did, and it
saved his life. A ball struck him fairly
over his heart and knocked him off his
horse, without hurting him. He mounted
and proceeded to fight.
1. M. PENNOCK,
Fleet Captain
GREENE HOUSE RE-OPENED.
Great Bargains in Dry Goodg
HAsjust returned (rein the Eastern cities with the
large+t stock of GOODS ever brought to this place,
which was bought low and will lie sold at about old
prices. for Cash or Produce. Ile invites particular at
tent' tttt to his large 'Area of
WM. A. will he fOund at the "Gra rite House;" Joe
ill remain at the old room up town. Call soon at
either stand.
Waynesburg. Dee.. 17, '62.
ODD FILLERS SAM ASSOCIATIOI
J. F. RAN DOLPH, President; .J F. TEMPLE. See'ty;
N' M. A PORTER, Cashier,
M►N.taF.Rs.—Wnl, Dm is, R. W. Downey, Norman
Worley, 1). %V. Braden, J. 1.. McConnell, Josiah For.
ter.
11:7- All Rosiness Contmu•tications should be ad
d! esped to Win. A. Porter, Wuytteelturg,Greene comm.
ty, Pa. Collections pram/pay dtßided to.
I.nults and Discounts made. Business day every
Thursday. Dec. 3. '82.:6m0e,
xT 0 one remedy is more tieeed in this country WAR
j. a relialde ALTERATIVE, Willie sick have been so
tremendously cheated by the yr - o,llllmm preparations
of Sarsaparilla abroad that they are disgusted even with
the Haunt. Yet the drug caanot he blamed for the im
positions from which they have suffered. Most of the
so-called Sarsaparillas in the market contain little of
ttw virtues of SarsapariDa or anything else. They are
!Here slops—inert •tid worthless. while a concentrated
extract of the active variety of s.trsaparilla compound
ed wrilt Dock, sbillingiajeuline, etc., is. as it will ever
Lc, a powerful alterative and an effectual remedy. Such
is • yer's E.xtract of Sarsaparilla, as its truly wonder
ful cures of the great variety of c plaints which re
quire an alterative medicines have abundantly shown.
Ito not, therefore. discard this itivaluAle medicine be.
cause you have been imposed upon by something me
tending to ba Sarsaparilla, while it was not. Wben
you have used At art's—then, and Hot till then, will
yoil know the virtues of Sarsaparilla. For minute par
i culture of the inessee it cures, we refer you to Ayer's
.Anterican Almanac, which the agents below named
will Doltish gratis to all who call An it.
AVER'S GATHARTIC PILL', for the cure of Costive
ness, Jaundice, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Dysentary,
Foul Stomach, llmulacit.r, Piles, Rheumatism, Herat.
burn arising roma Disorderly! Stomach, Pain, or Mor
bid inaction of the Bowels. Flatulency. Loss of appe
ite, Liver Complaint, Dropsy, Worms, Gout, Neural
gia. and ter a Dinner Pill.
They are suga -coated. so that the most sensitive eau
take them pleesantly, and they are the best Asperient in
the world for all the purposes of a family physic.—
Price 25 Crags per Box ; Firs Bores for 81.
Do not he put oil by unprincipled dealers with soma
other pill they make more profit on. Ask for AYIR'S
and take nothing else. No other they can give
you compares with this in its intrinsic value or curative
powers. The >ick want the hest aid then Is far them.
and they should have it.
Prepared by Dr. J. C. -SI Y . ER CO., Lowell, Mass.
Wm. L. CRElnri, Wm. A. PoIITISIt and M. A. BAR
v Ev. Waynesburg, and one trader in every town in
he con HUY. Jan. 24'63.
"DV virtue and in pursuance of the directions contain
ed in the last 'viol and testament of Hansel O. Neel,
late of Cumberland tp., deed. and au order and decree
of the Orphans' Court of Grreme county, there will be
exposed to public sale, on the premises, on
THURSDAY, 294, 1863,
a tract of land situate i,. Cumberland township afore
said, at joining lands of Jno rt. Flenniken. John Crago,
heirs ' ll Thomas **demon, dec'd, heirs of Win Cloud,
dec'd, and others, containing
$llll6 AUBLiells
more or less, about Ideseres of which are cleared, and
has titer- n erected a brick house two stones high, a
frame barn. two tenant houses, dm. Said land is well
watered and well thishersd, and Moms*. in good stone
coal, liusemone. Ike, This property is very desirable
on amulet of its loestiers, being within owe guile of
tAe "4/1" - t ra 4 , and well adapted to either
Gvmiug des. k win be void in ens or
14114 e 411141 "mbig Perchseers. Terre made known
on day otillble. JAMS Mao
Ji.LEFF
Jan. 7,-3w. Executors of Dervet 1 , dee'd.
Gen. - Burnside Resign
By command of Maj. Gen. Burnside.
LEWIS RICHMOND, A. A. G.
AND CIJOTHING I
WILLIAM A. PORTER
BOOTS AND CLO'ZILENG
OF
1ii11% 1 15§W4T6 4 irktin
Chartered by the Legislature AM. 27,'62.
Ayer's Compound Extract
Sarsaparilla.
SOLD BY
EXIICUTORS'
'~l