,1L, .1 ii- .flL- j JUVSSSSll-Z I COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT AND BLOOMS BURG GENERAL ADVERTISER. Wt liBVl TASTE, Editor. "TO HOLD AND TltlM Villi TOIVJK OP TRUTH AND WA.VH IT O'EIl THE DARKENED EARTH." TERMS: p,00 PER ANNUM. - 1 . " n TT - - mTnii BLOOMS BURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, MARCH 15, 1SG VOLUME 26. if" If -V IfMT .ITMimiHrMfinn A 'Jl JUiHUJiiiim VVWU HI Dill AJM1U VVHil I 1'UIILISHED -EVI.RY SATUHDAY, 11 Y ' LT3tI L. TATE, BjiJl DLOOMsiUBIi COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA, OFFICE ftU nta DrUVniWing, mosite tht Eichant, by tldt 'cftht Court Hoi'l- "lienoeratie Head (inciters." t I ' TERMS OF SUBHCIUI'TION. riai 00 In advaticJ.l'" 'o copy, fur tlx months. i -iC I 71 In fl.lvnnrc.llir OI0 COIIV. one war. S 00 If not paid w Itlilt Urn first three tiimittis. 1 S'i If not pnit vfiilili tliu first bIx iiiontlm. v. r.n if nnt n.ilJ tithl the year. it s" Vn viiinrrliititii ta.en fur lean than tlx months, Sstid no pnper.discontUuei until nil arrearages shall have been paid. , , Ks ir?- tiriHiinrvAm'tiTiSiMESTs Inserted, and Jon ork Nxecntcd, at tliu cutiSHsli1 Jiriccb "Wf DALTIMOr.E LOOK HOSPITAL ESTAULISHEO AS A lEl'UUE I'UOM UUArKEIlV. The Only Tktcr.ichae a Cure can be 'Oiaiie.. ft ,ln lHLt nHri- lli;hat!S. IlllllOtellt'V. (.eiliTill !'.' Ttl. JOHN'STO-V," Mtcurcreil tlio mot Curtain, I i4t XJ .-"needy unci onl.' etitnl Ueiiie.ty In tin? Wcnl.l ' 'ftut all private Dneas.il Weakness of the Hack nr ft'u I.lmLn. strictures, UlVc.ons of tin! kidney anil Mail- "Ability, Nervousness. Hypiisy, j'1'll"ur' l',u', ''.l1 I Confusion of i.l.-aa. t'.l'tAtlo of Hi' Heart, Timidity, v Tremblings, DIiimks of Jight or (Jlddlness, Disease of i tills UoaJ, Tliroal, !ne r skin, Affections of the Liver I Lungs, Htoni.ii'h or -tliuau terrible lusords arising from the Kdiliirjlt ikits or Voiilh -those sniti.T I mid solitary urnetl." fatal to tlu'lr victim' tli.ui i Mill Bonot ri)renlo th Murine of Ulyas!. blu'lit- , 4jU"II their most briLuut lopen or uiitiiihatious, rcinkr- i r marriuije, ica. MiJioHible. , YlUU JIM iipeclill)'( who hive b como the vletiins of-Sulltnry 'ivice, that ilreuJfu nrnl Ji'stnictivo habit which annic flfftilly sweeps to all intiiiijly grave thouMuuli' of Young 'SlMii of tho most fcialtL'l latent, and hrilllnnt int.- I.-ct. I ifwho nilcht otlierwsu hiyc entrance! imening seiinirs ; &ling lyre, luaycill will full coullcleuco. Kf :t A It It. I A U U. niiiiiiiu I nil niii'r ii en luri luui iiuiivu iv ihvi'i Jf Marrloil personf or iTonni! Men contcinplalln,' mar . .iity, deforniilies, 4f . in eillly cnreJ. ifclle who placwl il-!.'. under the care ofllr. Johnston, v'iay rcllBioiisly cjiJ Jo m his honor a a gentlemen, and "C0KH Jenny reiy uiiw mi aiviii u ynj O K 0 M i c w u a ic n j; a y H mil roll visor ri'Htored. Thin Ulntrensini ll:itiou which renders life wH' ' arable and uuirri UtI'opoHslbliis the penalty juid by ttm victim qf JnipVT Indulgences. ouiiir " sous are tiio fl'tJM commit excess from not In lui; ' lawaru of the drenful cimsoqueiico that may i-nsin'. .iftfe Now, who llialuiderslanils the kiibject will pri "ml to deny tti it III- power of procreation N lout moiier ;by4hoji!fiilllii(!into.niroperlKiblti than by the pruili nt. ;i' 4Ilsii.les h-ins duprvi d of the pleauru of healthy oil-'.-.i vprlinrs, the lumt, hrinus and denlruitiie i.yiuitom to ?both body and inindm'e. The system Iwcoiues deriiug llu physical .luilienlal mm lli'iu weakenrd, Iims 4'of iirocreatlve povi'i nervous iriiluhility, Dvvp'-p.ia 'wnalpitatlon of th.fh imlige-tion, coustitutlohal ,1c ' 'Jttbllitv. .1 w.iitlui! if ' e I'Mme, Cough, (.onsuuildion, uecay ami ncum. r, I . urr'ci:. No.? eh.'tii nti:i)t:iMcK s'rnr.irr T-.r. i i,l.. ,.,.li,..i'rrini Hull Imore street, a few doors Wfrouilhe corner. IFsl not loobsere name and numb.'r. ' 'T-'h Letters mutt hu?uil and confiin a clamp. The Ioc .tor's lliplomai hang m his oMicc. i 'OU 11 U V A II I A X TIUI IX T V O I) A Y rS Kl) MURIUM OH NAl'rfMIUS UllL'US. (Member-of the H.)iil Coll. go of burgeons ii :. .ufi.vsu.v London, 1 iV4t;raduati! from one tl Hie mmt eiiiinent Colleges of the United dialer, a udll! (,'ruttr part of whose life has Lyinien spent in the 6 Hospitals ut London, l'arls, i'hil.i TOj.L.i.i I 1 1 d.it.'l 1 1 . I:,4 elli?i tnd some of thu mot us . 7I1UI I 111., I" " r-l ' - ii , Mtoiiislilug cures tl ll were ever known; many trou'ded , witli riu"lng In l ie lienil and ears when asleep, great jjinervousiiess. beiujli1""11-'11 "l ""I'le" sounds, and h.uh Raininess, wilh fru'i I'liliisliing.alteudedsomi'liiues with I jfderangemeul of nun., were cured immediately ' t a i: i: ni t i r v r. a ii x o t i c i:. i Dr. J.addressei ill thosJ who have lnj ired themselves "by improper IinliUeiicj; anil solitary habits, win. Jl ru Jin both bodi aiiil mi id, uullting them lor eilher bun- u7c,nfor"eiiher!.Vs'!' Stiess, stuily, socAiy or uiarriage. These are sum it the sad and melancholy eueit pro SJ'duceil by eaily h AtJ of until, vi.: Weukness ol the 'Uacltnml Miobsjl'ila in thu Head, lliinnes ol bight, fLoss of Macular fewer, l'aliitation of the II .art. Dys iieiisla, NerV6uJl ri.lstillty, Derangement of the Dim s, live riiiiclloJS,(ii.nr.il Debility, sjuiptviusof Coiisunip r., ... Vr m'ovtai i.v.iT-i,. r,.arfol etfects on tboiiijud are jn'uh'lo bedrearfel l, of Memory. Coiil'usion of Mi en ' mepressiou of thct",irits, 1'Ail l'orebodiugs, Aversion 10 aoclcty, eil-JII-l',llM, lovo '! auiuuiiv, w , , ore some of the (ills produced. i Ht'l'lmusanil of'lKisoiis of all ages can now Judge what ! lstho cans i, of, Hi ii declining li -alth. Loosing lli-ir ...Vigor, bccoi.iiug'wuk. iale and emaciati'd, having sin ular .ipiiear.iuq uviui iiw ejes, toiigii un j ..n-vV... !rtlMllliitl1 inn. ' ' I O tJ X 13 M i: X. Who Itav.i Injurs 1 thnm lves by a certain practice. "Indulged in wlotii 'nn.i-u habit fre.pi.'iilly learned from ' .SRevil lompaiioni, o. .it school-thu ellects of which arn 'f nightly leltl ev.i he,i asleep, and if not cured renders 'llmarriuge in posaibl , and destruys both niiuil and limit, '"should appl inlm.i!lately. MBWIiat u ilitty th it ayoiing man, the hope of his rouiitr Tiand the durliug blms parents, slinuld be matched from ' 1 nil prnsnecli anil tiijoyuieiits of life, by the couse.jin 'hf.ee of ilevlk'ingR'nin the path of nalure, and inilulgiHg ln u certain sjent habit, siuch persons msst bclum -lis conteinplaiig f, " . i A 11 II I A O IJ, &JIect JbiU 'ii.d mind and body are Uio niott lie- i!essary rciJi.iii.s vo luiin.uti; "';i'i Ilndceil, willoui tii'se tnu journey inrn..,i mu " - -n weary i(igmun:e, thu prnspect hourly darkens to ih vlnvn tin nlnl heroines shadowed w ill) despair : rmie.l with tie mehiiiholv relleclionth.it the happiness Ai '.of another IfjcyiiCH blighted with our own, ,,1'; umhfi: or imimi.udknoe. When th.) usgjiLled and imprudent votary of pleasure flnds he liuslulnM tliu seeds of tins painful disease, it too often hirietu that nn ill timed sensu ofshanic or Tyilrcail ot iiMiivefy, ueiers iui i ". uvij' " IWiwIio from sil'iaiitai and respectability can alone befriend him, delajinrall tiJ constitutional s iiipi-...ij .on... nor r ill nie.i mas j uieira.i.enIu..i.u, j,,... " ..,...m. fforo throat, ieas d no.o, nocturnal, pains in the head ('and limbs, u ibici. ot signt, uaiues, nunc. ". )k,,. n,i,,.i Mmii-Iihk on the head, taco anil extreme Rites, progres,iigwltli rapiility.till (it last the palate of gjtou iiioutli anlbun s of the nose fall In, and Ilia .victim of Itpis uesease leconesn norrin uiiii.uui.,....,...,.. till dcalh iiuhi pc iod tohisdreadtul sunerings, by sen. ....... . . . ..Ii.im ,ir lriv,lir n, . soinguiin 10 .'nut uourue no... .....-. p- JUn"u arseinrsal fact Ihat tlicusninls fall victims to atlis terrildedis a,e owing to the unskiliru iness o ig Siorant ur 'tinder who, by thu use of Hint Deadly fof 'fan, .Vers j. rui thu constitution and maitu tue resi- ui i ,,,jiiscr- iv ,'f RANG UU8 ve, or health, to the care of the ma iVorthlesa rreleiiders, destitute of ir character, who copy Dr. JoiinHon's rtyi themselves, in the newspapers, I'hvsiciaus incapable of Curing.they nit n after month taking their filthy muds, ur as long as the suiallot feu i in despair, leavu you with ruined our gaining disappointment, nulv IMivsirfan advertilinz. '(Jiy;Un uneilnti' Writs' r-it vonr inowl If.'. Mini' ' lunts, ytldtfat u .filling . ih ton j: lined, i tela ov eiai.vur - 3kou y . can b o frliMltli t it Tl f His u sua is liploinas always hangin hUofltec, ....lnnt.',, l.lltll ,kllllr Hi rrtiedips treatment nie unknown to nil others, mini r.; nr., innnt lu tin) ercat hoeliitals of Cll triiin this country and anwro extcnsjve rri icr than any oilier l'hysician in the world. INDOUBIi.ilL.Yl ut int. rinaia iThe nrir iry iliousands cured (it this Institution year ai ui.i.Y.. ,,,,,nrniis itniiortant Huruical Opera, ,ter year tloiis pcrf,,i,,i by ur, Johnston, witnessed by thu re porters cf Hi j I'tuu," "Clipper," f.nil ninny other papers nntlr.es nfi.i.i, h .'., -iinnl m,.iii and neain before ,.the,pubie,bssidis Ills stamUngas a geiillcmen of char- oner una I'ljioniibility, Is a suiucieni guaraiuwu tu .. Hiintihu, 'sicx DisoAscs srunniuY cuiii:d. V ,fi,orfiritllr.g should bo particular in directing their -vlottors, soils Institution, lu the following manner! iOftho 1 ft juiin ni, juiitot ," '. WtmoruLock Hospital, Uallluiore, Mary and. Mii-i' March 17, lrJOO. -.sjjan BtOjlSUURG SKYLIGHT, T' n4.lfif?3i'io' Informs ,tie A nS rhnn.l. Hint he') ai citizens of Illoom . .1.. I'Mhail rhood, that He 'has takf.n the largo room VUlf... Hiiici l"ck. extending over Mess;s, titoncr h. (OX l"" ,,,, ,,, ni,.,,., ,!,.,, h,irlniinutln A Ifl'KUt cxtcnJluy over Mem. Mioner A and tha Uookitoro whero tie luu put in aHnrec8Kii!i ureitanlxt.ii It Uonly by Skylight that good pic- !' """ilai well as seoarate. eipcclally groups whero vacu person aVl't'lS'f 0 beialV.W'PI iho modet' .'ST.KTJti nFonflderabloexpenieto make hi. ci- l class one, and he tl.'reiore idiiciti a lilli enable him, to constantly Introduce VvWeistxls of the utl. .ilea Uken in KxchaHge for pictures, 117 co'in" .. til III.NUY llUHKJiBTUVK, WoouiiiUlS "j.3ii. Nov. n, '3'J. J MnsftDruuarc ftiopc, th. Select Moettn Tiio Little Boy's Faith. I know n widow very poor, Who four small children had ; The olilest was but fix years old A gentle modest lad. And vciy hard that widow tolled To feed her children four; An honest Joy the Woman felt, Though she was vcey poor. To labor she would leave her home, I'or children must he fed ; A ml glad was khu when she could buy A shilling's worth of bread. And this was nil the children had On any day to cat ; They drank their water, ate their bread, Hut nover tasted meat. One day, when snow was falling fast, And piercing was the air ; 1 thought Ihat I would go and see llu-.v t lese poor ihlldren were. lire long I reached their cheerless Inline, Twin seardie.l by every hrorzo; When, going in, the eldest child I saw upon his knees. I paused to listen to the boy II.' iievof raised his head; Hut .till went on and Fitjd, "Kjye us This day our daily bread," 1 waited till (he ihlld was done, btill listening a he prayed ; Ami wln-ii he ills'; I a.krd him why Tin Lord's prayer he had said ? "Why, tlr," s iid he, "this morning when My mother wentaway, he wi-pt because she said she had No bread for us to-day. "She said we children must now starve Our father being dead ; And then 1 told her not to cry, l'or 1 could gi t some bread. "Ourfjlher," sir, the prayer begins, Willi h makes uie think that he (And we have no kind f.illier here) Would our kind father be. "And then, j on know, the prayer, ton. Asks C'd for bread each day; Ho in the corueri sir 1 went, And that's what made inu pray." I ipiirkly left Hint wrcuhed room, And went w ilh hasty feet : And very soon was back again Willi food enough J,oenl. "1 Vnuejrt Cod heard p,e," said thu hoy ; I answered with a nod ; 1 l onld not i uk but much I thought Of ithat hoy's "filth in Cod." 'he Victory ut Ft. Dondson Sketches of Iho Oommnndiug Officers. SKKTl H ov oi:nci:al oiiaxt. liiigiHliei'-Geiioral Uljsscs S. Gr:nt, was born nt Point l'.cmaiit, 0!air.iio..t county, Oliio, April U7, 18il-, and cntur cil West Point Military Academy, from Ohio, in 1H38, wlieic liu graduated vj'ith Iioiiok in 18'IU, and was nttachod a.s brc yet fc't'cond Jjioutenant at CJprpui Uliriati, in Sej)teu,'bcr, WH, and Eorvcd as such through Mexico, under General Taylor at I'alo Alto, llcsaca de la Palma and Mon tery, tijd under Gencyal ScgU frm Vera Uruz to the City of Mexico, aud was twice promoted for bravery. Jle was regimen tal (luartcrniastor from April 1,1817, and when he rofigued the service on the HI st of July, 131.J, lie was a full captain ju the Fourth infantry of regulars. After his resignation he settled in St. Louis coun ty, Missouri, aud moved from there to Gale.ua, Illinois, in 1800. Upon the breaking out of the presen.i war, ho oOercd his service to Governor Yates, and was appointed (Jo.oucl of the Twcnty-fir.it Regiment of Illiuois volun teers, aud served with his regiment until promoted a JJrigadisr-Gcnerr.l, with com. micsiou and rank from the 17th of May, 1301. lie was engaged as Colonel and acting brigadier-general in several of the contests in Southeastern Missouri, and his course ns commander of the southern dis trict of Missouii has been thoroughly hcru thiizcd, and among his mo.'t praiswo.rthy acts was the occupation of Paducah and stoppage communication and supplies to the Rebels, via: the Tenncssco and Cumberland rivers. The manner in which ho conducted tlio battle of Belmont is still fresh in our readers minds. The rest of his course as commander thero is too well known ,to bo repeated here, and certain it is that his action, in every instance, has been applauded both by his superior offi cers and the people, After tho capture of Fort Henry a new district was created under tho denomination of tho District of West Tennessee, and General Grant was assigned by General llallcck to tho com. maud of it. SKETCH OT QENEUAL JICCIiEKXAND. Urigadier-Goueral John A. McGlcrnajid has not provious to the present war, been particularly noted ls ninilitary man j but as a Etroug supportor of tho Uuion, ho has shono forth on more than ono occa sion. Ho is a man of about forty-thrco or forty-four yoars of ago, and is rather tall in rtaturo, IIo has always bcon noted as a demooratio politician, and tolc .an active part in leading tho Douglas factions in opposition to tlio Lccomptou Constitu tion of Kansas, lie was auaetivo loader of tho Douglas party in tho IIouso of Rep resentatives of 1800, and also in tho Charleston aud Baltimore Democratic Con ventions. IIo was alwayR strongly opposed to Breckinridge and his party, and as a : Douglas man he was elected to Congress. Ho left his scat to take up arms in defeuco of that Government which he so strongly supported by his speeches in Congress. lhcre is an interesting, if not a curious, circmnstanco in connection with his ap pointment to the position of brigadicr- goncral. IIo had, during the late extra session of Congress, been making, whilo in his seat, a itrongly-wordcd speech in support of tho action of tho government in their troubles, and in the o .iirsc of soxio remarks, at tho conclusion, he in cil'ect stated that notwithstanding tho thousands of Douglas Democrats who had enlisted in tho cause and service of the United States not one of them had been honored with any high military appointment ; other parties had their appointee, but his party had not, and ho thought it somewhat un lair, ji'c. A leading republican took up the question after McCleruand had finish cd, and, complimenting him highly on the patriotic tone of his remarks, intimated that Jio did not know of a man more en titled to a position than his houored friend from Illinois ; and it is a remarkable cir cumstance that shortly after this discission in the House the name of John A, Me Clernand appeared on the list of those who were appointed BrUulior-Geiiurals of volunteers. Time will doubtless show forth his soldierly qualifications, which may even outrival his political cues. In the Bulmot fight hemamfested that he possess ed very good military capacity, aud du ring his administration of military affairs at Curio he r-.ecured the good will of the men under his coiumaud, SKETCH OV ACTING lIUUiADIEK (JEXEKAIi OULErillY. Col. Riuhard J. Cgle.iby, Acting Brigadier-General under Goneval McClcrnand, is a man about thirty-seven years of age. Ho was born in Kentucky, but removed into Illinois at an early ago. He enlisted in Decatur, LliuoW, and commanded the threj mouths men who composed the Eighth Regiment at Caiio, under General Prentiss. When tho regiment reorganized for tho war Colonel iglesby Was again chosen to the eommaud. In the General Order, issued from Ciirio, on tho 1st of February he was appointed by General Grant the commander of the First Brigade of the First Division of that dis'rict He has been engaged in several skirmishes and contests w Southeastern Mis.ouri al ways with a degree of .credit t-o himself and honor to the country. SKETCH 01' .GEXEUAIj WALLACE. General Lewis Wallace was formerly tho Colonel of the Elccnth Regiment of Indiana three mouths' volunteers, better known as the Indiana Zouaves. It will bo remembered that this regiment was stationed in Juno last :t and near Cum berland, Maryland, and that on the 'eleventh cf tha,t.mouth, the Zouaves, head 1 cd by the Colonel, made a dash upon Rom ucy and routed tho Rebels at that place. Tho regiment was noted for its reckless modo of fighting aud tho degree of "dash'' with which they always moved. When tho regiment returned to Indiana to be reorganized for the war, General AVallaco romaincd quiet for a few days, when the ,trouuics in iuissoun roused ins energies, and ho issued tlie remarkable call upon his troops which crea.ted sych an amount pf enthusiasm at ,ihc tiae. The Indian iaus flocked to his standard, and the regi ment was reorganized and sent to tho De partment of tho Missouri. Somu little time elapsed and tho regiment was sent to Pad ucah, after which the Colonel was ptoino , ted to the Generalship of a bigado in the j division of Gen. 0. F. Smith. Souio 1 i t tl o difficulty occurred between thess two gen er'ls, and General Wallace was transfor med, at his own request, to a new command at Smithland, EKETcu .or arxEitAr. c. r. bjjitji. General Charles Ferguson Smith, com mander of tho Second Division, is a native of Peunsylvania,und sou of tho colebratnd Dr. Samuel B. Smith, lie entered tho Millitary Academy as a Cadet ;n J821, and graduated in 1825, standing No. 19 in his class. On tlio 1st of July of that year ho was inado a sccoud lieutenant of ( tho Second Artillery. Iu 1821) ho was ' appoiutcd tho Assistant Instructor in In fantry Tactics at the Miljtary Academy, which position ho retainted until .Septem ber 1831, when Jio was jiromotcd to tho Adjutanoy, retaining tho samo office till April 1838. During that iuterval (viz. Way 1833) ho yau mado a firat Hciitcuaut. On tho4st of April 1838 ho was Instruct or in Infantry Tactics and commandant of Cadets at West Point, which position ho filled until September 1, 18-1'J, in tho meantimo being promoted to the captain cy, viz, on July 7, 1833. In April, 1817 ho was breveted Major for gallant conduct in tho battles of Palo Alto and Rcsaca do la Palma, in Tcxas,his brevet dating from May 0, 1810. In May 1848 ho received auothcr brevet, being that of Lieutenant Colonel, for gallant conduct in several conflicts at Montory, Mexico, on the tilst, S2d and 23d of September, 1817, his brevet bearing the last mentioned date. During tho following August ho received a further brevet Colonel for gallant and meritorious conduct iu tho battles of Con treras and Chcrubusco. This brevet dates from August 20, 18.17. lie was appoint cd Acting Inspector-General in Mexico during Juno 1848. On the 25th of No vember, 1851, he was promoted to the ma jority of tho lirst Artillery, aud on the 3d of March', 1855, ho was further pro moted to the Lieutcnaut-Colouolcy of tho Tenth Infantry. On the 31st of August, 1801, ho wan made a Brigadier-General of Volunteers, aud took charro under General Hailed: pf the troops at Paducah. OB X, AI.WJU' SIDNEY JOHNSTON', who was erroneously reported to be cap tured at tho fa',1 of Fort Donclson, is one j . i, it ri ..I , . oi uie uvo "t.ciicrai.s oi tne rebel arm v. the other four bc?ng Bsaurcgard, Lee, Cooper, aud J. G, Johnston. Ho is con sidered by military men as the ablest Gen eral in the rebel service. IIo is a native of Mason County, Ky., and is now 00 years of ago. His father was a native of Connecticut. Ho was graduated at West Point iu 1825. Du ring eight years succeeding ho served in the army as a Lieuteuant and Adjutant of the Sixth Infantry. Ho subsequently resigned his commission iu tho army, and in 180 removed to Texas. IIo entered tho Texan army as a private soldier, but soon rose to bo senior Brigadier-General, was promoted to succeed Gen. Felix Hous ton, which led to a duel between them, wherein Johnston was wounded. In 1837 ho took the jcoiiiJiiand-in-chief in Texas, and in 1831) he acted as Secretary of War of the now republic, under President La-' mar. In 18-10 he ictircd from office. Iu 18'10, at tho request of General .Taylor, he went to Mexico, aud arrived there shortly after the battles of Rcsaca de la Palma and Palo Alio. Ho was elected ,,,,. , . ' Uolonel of the Ii irst lexaa RcKimcnt, and i , . ... , .1 aui iii. I" it. .it ii cut tut .ha iiiviifcu-i, i J He then served as aid to Gen. Butler in the battle of Montgomery ; and for his conduct on that day ho was recommended by Gen. Taylor for tho appointment of Brigadier General, but the position was bestowed upon Caleb Gushing. After this battle ho retired to a plantation iu Brazoria Couuty, Texas, where he rc- niaiuou until appointed ty 0 on. -xayjor i iu 1819, as Paymaster iu tho army. IIo : was appointed by Jeff. Davis, Secretary of i War, Colonel of the Second Cava'ry, with I his headquarters at San Antouia, Texas ! In tho latter part of 1857, ho received tho command of tho United States forces sent to coerce tho Utah Mormons into obedi ouco, and conducted the remarkable expe dition across tho plaius to Salt Lako City, in .tlio .Spring of tLs succeeding year. Ho was put iu command of the Military Dis trict of Utah, and received tho brevet rank of Brigadier-General. On the oloso of the Mormon troubles ho was sent to Cali fornia, aud on tho death of Gen. Clarke, Resumed tho command of the Department of tho Pacific. Shortly after the rebellion got uudor way, his loyalty was suspected, aud Gc:i. Sumner vas scut out to super sede him. Bcforo Gen. Sumner reached California, Johnston had left his com mand to joiu tho rcbils. At first ho was appoiutcd to a rebel commautl cn tho Po toinac ; but upon tho great importance of tho AVcstcrn Department being ecch by Jeff. Davis, ho was appointed to take chief command at Iiowlhig Green. Gen. Johnston stands a little over six feet high, js of a large, bony, sinewy frame, with a gravo, gaunt, nud thoughtful faco ; pos scssscs quiet, uuassuming inauuers form ing, in all, a " soldier of very imposing oppoarauco. SIMON IlOIiIVAR BUCKNElt, Gen. Buckucr, captured at Fort Donel son, as a Brigadier in tho rebel army, and for somo months was;n chiof command iu tho rebel Western Department, lio is a native of Kcutuoky' a grnduato of West Poiut, and is uow 38 years of ago. In 1811, ho was appoiutcd, by brevet, Sec ond Licntouant in the Second lufantry, aud next year ho waa Acting ABiiataut ProfclsoFof E thicT" af West Point 11T 1810, ho was transferred to tho Sixth In-, fantry, in which ho went to Mexico, aud ! was breveted First Lieutenant for gallant conduct at Contrcras and Chcrubusco, at which later battle he was wounded. He was subsequently breveted Captain for gallant conduct at iMolino del Rcy. When the sccessipn movement began, ho took an active but secret part with them, and as commander of Iho Kentucky Stato Guard, ho exercised a powerful itiflucnca on tho'fighting clement of his native Stato. Last Summer he visited Washingtou. rep resented himself there as loyal, ingratiated himscl, into Gen. Scott's cotnfidcnpc, ob tained pcrmmission to inspect all (ho forti fications iu that vicinity, returned to Lou isvillo, and remained for a brief period without gsving public indication that ho contemplated any disloyal movement. Subsequently ho ijiauagod to ceducc a largo part of tho State Guard into tho rebel service, and for thja was apuoiutcd to Bowling Green. IIo is an adroit, skill ful, bad man. MAJOU-ClKXERATi HITCHCOCK. Tho Senate, in executive Fossion, on Monday, confirmed tho nomination of Ethou Alien Hitchcock, as Major-General of Volunteers, lie was immediately ordered by fclegraph to take command at Cairo, where he is probably by this time. Gen. Hitohcock Is a grandson of 'old Ethan Allen, and was born iu Vermont. The Now York Tribune says he was ed ucated at West 1 qjnt, aud wai Assistant Adju'ant General to Gon. Seott, iu Mexi co, where he reached tho rank of Brina- dier-Goucral by brevet. Scqu after Jeff. Davis, then Secretary, of War, quarreled with him and ho was obliged to resign Since his resignation ho has resided iu re tirement at St. Louis. He is considered among the very ablest officers iu the ser vice ; is a Green Mouutain boy in all tho noble souses of the word ; is a thoroughly roligious and anti-slavery man, ono after the fashion, in a word,oftho bl csscd fight ing saints of Cromwell's time. His ap pointment was desired by Gen. Ilalleck. IIo will outrank Gen. Grant, and take full command under llallcck. Wo sec it stated that Gen. Sherman is assigned to Cairo. SJiClchOS ol Hie OHtccrs oflhc Fort Doit- cfsou Flccl. SKETCH OF I'LAO oi'ricnn ANDREW TOOTr Captain Footo ii a native of Connecticut cf which Stato he was appoiutcd to the navy ot tlio uuitcu states, lie is a son - 0 . ,, . n ,. . . , of conator i'ootc, of Connecticut, to whom , -i.r , . .1-1 iJ'inii'J nlwrni- ri.h en , jn tho Senate, with one of his famous speeohe3. Ho en tered tho. United States scrvico on iho 4th of December, 1S22 and has consequently ' served tho country nearly forty years. ! IIo steadily rose in bis profession, apd was J made a comiu.'indcr on tho 18ih of Decern j her, 1852, uuder which commission he saw I about two years and three months sea service. His total sea scrvico was nearly twonty years aud a half, aud he performed nearly eight years shore duty. Ho was' unemployed for over ten years, and was last at sea in June, 185S- At the break ing out of the present trouble ho was in command of the Navy Yard at Brooklyn, and shortly after tho comincuootiiont of hostilities was promoted tp ,tho .captaincy, with tho charge of tho Western of Missis sippi flotilla, of which ho is tho commo dore or flag officer. IJ'.hilo engaged in his duties ho is reported as Laving worked night and day with a zeal end energy that aro worthy of emulation jn both branolua pf the .service, and has accomplished an almost. herculean task. Being dependent upon the Navy Department for lucn aud a portion of this equipment, find compelled ,to call upon the War Department for oth er things equally necessary to the success of his mis.'ion in tho inland waters aud apparently an object of jealously and a subject of neglect from both, h; has quiet ly worked through all obstacles, and is about prepared to undertake the opening up of tho Mitis'usippi river from- Cairo to Now Orlcaus lie is a quiot grey haired veteran, and although holding a rank equal to Major-General of tho land forces, attained by a lifo's service on tho brpad seas under tho old flog, Las becu quietly and unostentatiously serving his country ut tho junction of tho Ohio and the Mis sissippi, His present expedition has been carried out with spirit and energy, and tho result is gratifying to tho nation. SKETCH OP LIEUTENANT TnEIiPS. Lieutenant S. Lcdyard Phelps is a ua tivo and citizen of Ohio, and was appoint ed to the pavy from, ihat Stato. Ho en tered Iho sorvico ou tho 10th pf October, 18-11,. and recoivedhis present commission on the 11th of Septombor, 1&55. Up to tho end of 1800 ho had seen but four year3 1 sea service as lieutenant, but his total sea Eorvico was nearly ton ycar3. Tho lime spent on shore and other duty to thatdato amounted to seven yoars and nine months, and ho had been unemployed for nearly two yoara. Tho length of timo employed by tho subject of this sketch in tho Unjtcd Stat.es scrvico was over twenty years. He was on board tho sloop St, Alaris from April 1803, ufltil a short time since, when ho was ordered on special duty to Cincin nati. IIo was then appoiutcd to tho cpui maud of the gun-boat Conafr'gn, niup guns. At tho beginning of 1800 his namo stood No. 183 on tho list of lieutenants, but iu tho extra a.iyy list ho rank3 No. 105. " ' SKETCH OV LIEUTENANT TAUIiJIINO. Lieutenant Leonard Paulding is a na tive and citizen of Now York, from which Stato ho was appointed to tho navy. Ho first entered tho scrvico on ttyo l'Jth of December, 1810, and has, therefore, ser ved tho United States over twenty qnc years. His present Commission of Lieu tenant bears dato from September H, 1855, and he has scon under that about five years sea service. Hi3 total sea ser vice is nearly bixtenn years, with about four years shore and other duty. He was unemployed about eighteen months, and was fast at sea in December, 1800, on board the brig Volphin: lie then ob tained a short lcavo of absence, after which he was appointed to the steamer Michigan, -While on the Dolphin hi: name stoou jNo. lot ou tne list ot Jjicu tenants, and at the commencement of the rcbolliou he had only ascended six rounds of tho ladder of promotion, being then No. 151. Tho traitorous resignation in the uavy, however did him somo gepd ; for in tho extra navy list his name stands No. 38 ; in the present engagement he had command of tho gun-boat St. Louis. SKETCH 01" LIEUTENANT QWIN. Lieutenant William Gwin, of the United States Navy, is a nativo and citizen of In diana, from which Stato ho was appointed to the navy. IIo entered the scrvico on tho 7th day of April, 1847, and received his prcscut commission on tho lGth day of September, 1853. He has seen about four years' sea service as lieuteuant, aud has becu over tsn years at sen since ho cn torcd the navy. IIo has had about two j year's shore and other duty, and has been , about the same length pf timo unemployed. I He was appointed to the steam sloop quchunna in Jfovombcr, 1859, and on lea ving her was ordered to tho Western flo tilla. His total service under tho flag of the Union has been nearly fifteen years. He is at present iu commcd .cf tho United State gun-boat Tayl"r, nine guns. On ( the 1st of January, 18G0, his namo slopd . No. 205 on . tho lieutenants ; m twelve months he had but risen thirteen in tlio ' grade of promotion ; but the rebelliou has 'given him a rapid advance, for Lis name ' ns w .stands r.bput No. 100. .SKETCH OP COMMA.NJVER WALKE. Commander Henry Walko is a native of Virginia but Js a citizen of tho Stato of I Ohio from which State ho was appointed t to the United States Navy. He first cn ! torcd the navy on February 1, 1827, tLus ', making his servioes under tho flag of tho Union over thirty five years. His present ' commission bears .date September 14,1855, I ;iim jiiiuc iiiivy lists iui iouu uuu ioui iiu jstaudsNo. 00 on tho list of .commanders J . having steadily risen iu rauk. Under that 1 commission be had,up to tho end pf 1800 seen but ono year aud four months sea ! service, although his total sea scrvieo,wss . about fifteen yeass. Up to that time ho up w ui.it, nine no ! had been on shore and other duty besides his sea service about seven years nud a half,aud had been nearly twelve yor.rs un - employed. At tho commencement of tho Rebellion he was in command of .the storo- i o i . ",,, ship Supply, cn the Gulf squaddon, and while performing that duty brought away a number of meu women and children from Pensaeola, after tlio 'suvrender pf tho Na vy Yard by Commodore Armstrong. This humane act was attended with somo dan ger j but as it was not authorized by tho Navy Deparimcut o,r the flag officer of tho squadron, Commander Walko was, ju March last, tried by naval court martial for npt following red tapo and leaving tho poor creatures to starvo or bo taken pris oners by the rebels. No ono could deny the humanity of tho act; but, although gallautry and humanity approved of it,na val law did not, and ho was fouud guilty of tho second cbargo, viz ; upisob,edienco of prdors in jiot returning to Vera Cruz' instead of doing which ho brought tie loy al sufferers to New York. For this offence he va3 sentenced to be admonished ly Iho Secretary of tho Jfavy But ns this trial, and its attendant delays occupied somo timo, the Supply had to sail again to the squadron under a new commander, and tlio subjopt pf this sketch,by doing a brave ami humane action, lost his ship. 'Jto rebellion, ho.wovcr, has given lijra' oppor tunity to have command of a gun vpsscl. He was but recently ordered o ho Missis sippi flotilla, and uppoinfed to (ho com mand of tho United Spates gui hoat Car- , omlolcl, thirteen guns, and fortunatply parj ticipatc iu die capture of the Rebel Fori) Henry. His n.amu now stands No. 59 ou tho lisf. SKETCH pP CpIM0I)0RE DOVE, U. 8. K. Commodore Benjamin M. Dore, com manding tho United States gun boat Pitts burg, is a nativo of Virginia. Ho entered the United States Navy in Diicon.ber,182Q Tho dato of this present commission is September 14, 1855 j under it ho has becq one year aud live mouths at sea. His to tal sea service is nineteen years aud siz months. He was on sliore and specal du ty for sevch years, and seven yoars unem ployed. His total icrra of Bervico up to. tho present timo is tlirty-four years. Pri or to assuming command on tho Mississippi flotilla ho was in pomrnand qf tho afore; ship Relic.''. Ho ranks fifty-three in the present list cf naval commanders. SKETCH OF LIEUT. ROBERT THOMPSON UNITED STATES NAVY. Lieut. Robert Thompson, tho comman der of the gun Ijoat Tyler, is a native of New York. IIo entered tho United States Navy iu 1837. His present commission is dated October 3, 1850 j under it he has been four years aud thrco monfhs at sea,. His total service up to the present time is sixteen years and one mouth. He has been cn shoro or ether duty thrco years aud ten months, aud unemployed a similar period. His total sea service is over twen ty threo years. Prior to assuming hia present command he was on the steam frig ate Powhatan. HRIQ-GE.N'. GEQIjaii H. THOMAS. Gen. George II. Thomas, the senior Union General engaged in tho lato battle at Mill Spriug, aud to whom, with tho brave men under his command should be awarded the honors of tho repent victory, is a native of Virginia, and is ono of thoso loyjl offioers iu tho regular army from tip seceded States who resisted tho lures of a false political theory. He graduated at West Poiut,in l830,witL tho rack of brev et Second Lieutenant, of Infantry. la 1850, ho was appoiutcd Instructor of Ar tillery and Cavalry ,which position ho held at tho breaking out of the present rebellion when he was appointed Brigadier-General of volunteers, and placed in charge of d division in Gen. Patterson's command oa the upper Potomac National Intelligent e'er. ' General Blenker. Charges against Gen. Blenker are now current in mauy of the German journals oi the country, which, iu justice to himself, Lc ought to refute if possible. Theso charges are, that being a sub-lieutenant iu the Greek army, he was dishonorably cashiered ; that lie thou returned to Ger many and became a dealer in wiao at wor ms, 'but that being unfortunate in that bus iness he bceamo guilty of fraudulent bank ruptcy, and was tried aud condemned iu June, 1850, to five years, imprisonment for that crime and that previous to this condemnation, beiug engaged in the rev olution pf Southern Germany, under Gen. Sigcl, the latter found it necessary to issue tho following order concerning him : "Stukli.nge.n (Badon,) July 3, 1849, "Col. Blouker of the Paleutine, to whoza the command iu chief of tho second divis ion, mostly consisting of volunteers from the Paleutine, was intrusted, has acted most unaccountably in evory respect. "1, Of his own free will ho has disc ; , , i rilnra , nnrn I ,)0iu0X1 nci.r Lorraeh. "2. He has transgressed hi? order3( to ' procure tho ueccsary provisions for cash I or hi' an oni,cr 011 tho Government, by C0l,nm,ittUJ,S mSt olH Citortiou au,i plundering. j i.a. He has gono so far as to take for. ! cible possession of a train of ammunition wagons ou their way hither, and to siezo for his ownuso eighteen wpgpns with arms ammunition, and provisions. "1 thorcfore dismiss Col. Blenker from all his commands, I declare him a cowar dly plunderer and a traitor against our country, and I authorizo any man to ar-? rest him and to deliver him up at Load quarters. The Genoral-in Chlof. "SIGEJi." Various acts of a discreditable charac ter aro also charged to havo boon commit ted by Gen. Blenker muco his arrival in tlilo country, both boforo and since his en trance into tho army. Ampug theso, it is alleged that the staff and field officors of tho divisou under his oommand havo made a grbft deal of monoy out of their poiit tions. Whether theso charges aro truo or not, wo do not know. Wo alludo to them with no desiro to injure Gen. Blenker, but simply to express our astonishment, that he leaves them unanswered. s 1 la
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