MARCH, 6. 6*
Ws give up all our available quo to
' fish-to-the .Darsess or. Gas. FREMONT.
We piiist it brit baro juioo - tluit he should.
hudiesrdAy the Amp* aopeople, in reply
to the leilg; loud, and repeated charges
made igainet hi m.; and we have no doubt
Mir feed* st our bauda.':,the
... 4 4 40 4 ,0 t#3' 4 iidet"?°- s OraPP l 4 l .4l ' th.
riefeeetv and which fortifieellitteecryper
,ltichier;is is wholly out onr power to o re
complete : bat we may :at our leteure gi ve
some cboeee:lraclsTpi - rtiughent , the
, Whele;-Gem. PitIIONT . bests' himself with
ekes
,zootrtionelpeive'evidence
that hdie ' a zoblei = pstrioti sad an= .hon est
GEN. EREKORT'S DEFENSE. '
Igs 'STAMEN! AND EVIDENCE
0)/ae=liigist
- 'or TUN • ' ' r
TWO HOUSES
.CONDUCT'" OF THE "WAR.
To i the Hem WADI; piiiirnues of :the
Giesnittni on the Clitufiset of 'the War; t te.
• •
Agreeably to a suggestion from the Corn
_ralttee,l mike thafollowing statement con
.coining my administration. of the Western
Department::notwithstanding my unwil
.liagness to engross the time of the Coin
'mitten I ,to
hare to ask that thoy will
take the trouble to look over the doctiments
; Which' have appended to this statement; and_
iihich'hozniprelmad the most important let.
lera,„Ordere, anti telegraphic otimmtmica
cmieerning Some of the most 'import-
Anteventaand acts of 'theperiod - riferred
to. The Magnitude of ilia Department and
its interests, the . amount of businese re •
-
: 'tanked to be dorie„thilitadeqriacy - ef,means;
1 and theshortspace into Which many events
' were crowded, together with the many ac
ousatiorus, 'and the strained and rigorous
1
account to which' the Western Department
, . has been'held, make it impossible to present
the subject with fairness in a brief paper.
An my desire not
.to cumber this statement,
and having respect to , my character of wit-.
nese before your CoMmittee. I have °Mit-
Led facts end considerations in vindication
• of myself on-points where I have been ee
tacked, brit into which" shall ask the Com-
Intlice to examine. This paper itonly di
' meted to leading points, leaving their de
, talls;and 'what is more directly personal to
myself, -to the testimony of witnesses I have
asked to have summoned, and to the accom
ponying mem . ' '
When in July last I was assigned to the
command of the Western Department, it
:.comprehended with Illinois all' the States
and Territories west of the -Mississippi
Bleee'to'the Rocky Mountains, including
New. Mexico., . • - • . ,
No special object was given me in charge
• to - do, nor was I tarnished with any psrtie.
ular plan of a campaign. The general die
. missions at Washington resulted in the un- .
derstanding that the greet object in view
was the deecent of the Mississippi, and for
its accomplishment I was to raise and oho,
Idle an army,"and • when I was ready to. ,
...instead the river, I was to let the President ;
+knee!. • My command was then to beet-
tended over Kentucky and down the left 1
- bank of pie MississippL For military rea
-1 sons it wee judged inexpedient ki:do so in
Full discretionary powers of the amplest
kind srerti,eonferred on me. Not a line of
written instructions was given me. The
leading object of the campaign being settled,
the 'details:Of its accomplishment and the
management of my Department were left
' _ to my ownfjudgment. . .
While at!Wastingtom, I infornied myself
fully of the nnPrepared condition of *the
West, end its want of arms, from the Gov
erner of Illinois.
Of'thelllinois contingent 7,000-nien were
- unarmed. -4 Their' cavalry was without
horses or sabers,' Choir artillery companies
hardly„ . any guns, and were wholly
without equipments. Upon this informs
liottl procured an eider far 7,000 stands of
arils, which; upon my arrival in New York
;
two days after, hound had- been counter
', ' 'banded. Upon my' complaint to, Wash
: f,ington, and upon, the direct interposition
^ofthe President, Major Helmer, wise sent
to aid me in procuring what I judged im
:nredistely necessary . for the Department.
With him I" arranged for - , getting together
fiord Varioni arsenals; and forwarding to
Si. Lome, arms and equipments enfficient
for the complete 'equipment of an army
.eorps of 23,000 men.
in the meantime, the rebellion-in'the
West was daily assuning a more threaten
. ing aspect. Im.the North-Westa;grayated
• disorders had broken out. Gen. Pope was
urgently requesting to take the field .with
the remainder of she Illinois contingents;
Clen. Harding we/soaking menforiements
for Cairo and the South-East, and General
Lyon for Springfield and . the Soiith-Vest.
Urged by;his serious condition of affairs,
I applied to . Gen. Scott for permission to
take the field immiedistelY, with any in
structions hi might have to give me. Hav
' ing received this permission, and being in
.:farmed there were no instructions for me,
left York'on the day folldwinelhe
*, :hiettle of Manassas, and; reached my com
. ,misnd at St:Louis on the 25th day of July.
Al this time the State, 'of _ Missouri 'was
tlironght. rebellious. A rebel faction in
every-county, at least- equel • to• the loyal
-- popolatioir In numbers, and excelling it in
;vindictiveness and energy, The Local
„Government was in.confusiontind_unabled
to aid. St. Louis itself, was a. rebel city,
and, as a rule, the influent's' and wealthy
citizens were friendly to secession. •
- Of the new levies of lis - Federal troops,
few were in the field—the term of enlistment
of..th. men was just expiring /
—the troops in service had not been paid; I
were bsdly: equipped and badly supplied;
and, in addition to the rebel partieswhich
irwarmed throughout the EMte;,a,Corifeder
ate *may of nearlyso,ooo men was already
:omits soulitern frontier.
Gen: Pope was in . North Miesmiri with
..nearly-all my - disposable forces; Gen. Lyon
was at Springfield' with about 7,800 men,
and Gen-pommies was holding Cairo with
seven regiments. • Gem,' LyoCif,troops were
in greater pert three months' men, whose
term of service was ending, and all of Gen.
Prentiss' force was' in the same condition.
The arms collected for me in New York
had; jrein, - :dlverted;`.. to !Virginia, and had
neither money nor nivdit. Want of arms
and want of.money were the chief difficul
ties to,be.met, .while the neosesity,to meet
' three' , sides
:~~ti
h:~;.
,~Fiti•;.
~
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ad y net to President tail fol
letteri • - •tn— .
IsSPit, Jody SIV;IS6L
Mt bun Ste Tea ware kind enough to say as
op:salon. of euMclent gravity arose, I m ig ht wit
you a private note. - ,
I have found Oda command inJrdee
every county In in instuvectionary ciinattieff; sirdi • -
enemy -advancing Is force by different points of the
"anthem frontier. Within a circle of-60 miler around
Gen. Pleat* then) are about 12,000 of the Confider-
Ittrifurces; and 6,000 Tennemesans and Arkansas man,
under Maidee, we . - erittitilahafra advancing
open 'beaten. or - these, -- 2„060 are cavalry. which -
raftexday, morning .were,vritttin. 24, boonmarch of
Irontelt: Ord: Brand, 'Wild hid' been seduced from
,this Peet) ts falling beck _u,pint have already rro
enforced it with one regiment, sleet on another this
'morning, and fortified It. am bolding the =fined
to Ironton and that to Itulhi s eo aeoculog our minor,
floes with IL,. 'l3oPth. 'Odle{ measures, which lam
taking, I will - trod to a letter, and I albeit&
only 10 inform you ea to our tree condition, and to
nu 11 Cann obtain- the Material aid I am expecting,
you may feel secure the enemy will bo driven oat and
the State reduced' to order. I have ordemd General
Pape back , to ForthMiwrouri, of which he is now in
teramand. • lam merely prewed for want of arms. I
have arranged with Adana' Fannie* Compel'', to
'Meg Ma everything witbopeed, nod will troy artful
today in New York. Our' troope have nut been - paid,
and some reground/ are it a state of mutiny, and the
men whose . term of service, is expired, 'generally no
' face to millet. I Met a fine regiment bat night from
livability to pq them a portion of the money due.
-This regiment :had fleeVutended to move op a criti
cal _poet last night. The Tressomr of the United
States bait here 5..V0,0Ce, entirely unappropriated. I
applied to 'him yeaterday for SIOOOOO for toy Pay.
master General but was =hoed. .Wa have
not. an hour Le delay. Thera are three courses open
'tome;'One; to Lithe enemy means Ulm& of memo
Hof the stterigest points in the State and threaten St.
Icads, which la insurrectionary. Second, to !pee a
1011Z4 from 1301X1111i0/1 Burks here. Third, to 'W the
money belonging to the Government, which Lin the
- Tremnry here. -Of coarse I win neither . Leo the
State-nor permit the enemy a Piet of advantage. I
have lamed, afieMJ end activity into the Depart
ment; and there in a thorough good spirit in WM:cm
and men. This mottling I will order the Treamrerto
deliver the many in his poesesslon to Oen. Andrews,
and, will amid a force to the Treaeury to take the
money, and - will direct such payinento no the exigency
require.. I will lutuard everything fin the defepoe
-of, the Department roe have pounded, to me, and I
Lust to ylm for eupport.
with raped and regard I amert; truly,
J. O. FALXOII2, M.J. P. COMIIISOdiIIg.
. To the President of thO Urinal States.
I respectfully ask the attention of the
Committee to this latter, because the Inves
tigating Committee• in their report, have
made this.act, a serious charge-against me,
holding -me up. to the aeprobation of the
country, as hiving acted in a manner
."ar
bitrary and Illegal," - dangerous to "consti
tutional liberty and in defiance of law and
superior authority"—(Page 78 and page
They further say that this act was "alarm
ing; unjustifiable and deserving severest
censure, especially as there was no pretense
of any military or other necessity to justify
this outrage.'
That ho reply, was made to the above
quoted letter, or objection made to the act,
will be-sufficient to satisfy the Committee
thitrwais expected to do any sot which in
my-judgment the.public service might re
quite; 'or,
to use the words of a Cabinet
filinisterin the confidence of the Adminis
tration:'-
,Wasnzaavoit, July 28, 1861.
DEA. I have two telegrams from you,
' but find' it impossible now to get any attention_ to
Missouri or Western. matters from the authotithe
hare. ' You Will have to do the hest you eon, and
take all needful reeponalbilliy to defend and probe
the people over'whom Jos are mecially set.
.; Yours._ 4 1 4. and In hada. . It. Bunn
—I ask the dommittee to couple the Cacti
set out in these_ letters, and the distress of
Gea. Lyon for want of money with which
to . retain hie troops, with the censure of tie
With what has.been said concerning the
situation of affairs is ,Mliwouri, a glance at
the map will make it. apparent that Cairo
was the point which first demanded atten
tion: - The fliice under Oen. Lyon could re
treat, but the position at Cairo could not
be abandOnd—the question of holding Cairo
was one which involved -the safety, of the
whole NortE-west Had the taking of St.
Louis followed the defeat of Manassas, the
disaster- might have been irretrievable,
while; the 'hies of Springfield, should our
army be compelled to fall back upon Rolla,
would only carry with it , the loss of a part
or Misso dri = s greatly to - be regretted,
but not irretrievable. , Raving reinfiveed
Cape Oirardesu and Ironton by the Utmost
exertions; I succe e ded in. getting together_
and' embarking with a force of 8,000 men
five dais 'after my arrival in St. Louis.
. From Ri., Louis to Cairo Was an easy day's
journey by water, and transportation shun.
dant. To Springfield.weus a week's march,
and before I could have reached it, Cairo
would have been taken, and with it, I be
lieve, St. Louis.
. On my arrival at f iro, I found the force
under Oen. Prentiss reduced to 1,200 men,
consisting mainly of a regiment which had
agreed to await my arrivaL
A -few, miles below—at New Madrid—
Gen. Pillow -had, landed a force estimated
at 20,000, which subsequent events-showed
was not exaggerated. Our. force, greatly
increased to the enemy by rumors, - drove
him tea hasty retreat, and permanently
sedated the position.; To these facts the
accompanying pipers and the testimony of
Oen:Prentiss and other officers is offered to
the Co*mittee.
I 'retnrhed to St. Louis on the 4th of
August, _having in the meantime ordered
Colonel Stephenson's regiment, from Boone-
Montgomery, from Han
sae, to march to the relief of Gen. Lyon.
immediately upon my return from Cairo,
'I set myself to work, amid incessant de
mandi upon my' time from every quarter,
principally to provide reinforcements for
Lyon. '
I do noteceept Springfield as a disaster
belonging. to my administration. Causes
wholly out of my jurisdiction-had already
prepared the defeat of Gen. 'Lyon; before
my arrival at St: Louis. ills letter to
of lheittli lingist, with other papers an
nexek will 'show that 'I was already in
canimenication with him, and thaihe knew
- hhiliants were 'being provided tor. It will
be keen that had.all re.uisenable expecta
tions of. beingiable.birelieve him in lime,
.and Ate! been, _able : to , adhere to the
portree indicated.% his letter, a very short
time.wonld.lutVe found him efficiently. sus
tained; • • - ,
ibermanum, No.. Aug. 9,1891.
GINCIAL; I hair, Just received your note of the
fah hest., Illy epeeist messenger.
rettred4o this 'place, on T have benne* Wormed
you. ranching hers on the sth:. The enemy fellowed
to within laniniker Of hers. , Ile has taken a strong
width:at. and in recruiting Ms supplies.. of horses,
males and penisions by forages into the surrounding
catultry ; his large force of motatted men enab li ng
him to rk, this without Much anneyance from me.
gad my position extremely exbarreming, and am
st nimbi, to dilltAlMlne whether I shall be
ahleto rush:dein my ground or forced to retire. I
cant resist any attack from the front, but it the en
emy move to surround me I must retire. 'I shall
hold my greand rui long as porsible,thougb I nary,
without knowing bow far. endanger the safety of my .
entire ; frece s .mith its valuable material, being in.
domed, tar the impornint.comddaraticau involved; to
Gad We step. enemy'raterdaj curds s show of
ibrce, about are adieu dbtant; end. has - doubtless a
fall purpose of wain an attack ' up:mitts. •
,°r7 li.
nespecUalimou obailent servant,
LUIS, 8t* 4 31/44,VoLL,Cskixwasadhav
'Major-General J. O. AMMO; Commanding Western
-Ingstrtmenti lit. Loahl, tda: 1 . • . , .
Upon the lOth Antiast dineial ticin wad
killed in-battle.., . ,
,
The . d ui* tlut Gen. Lyon had in any
way suffered from my neglect was a out
runs upon me.. I heard nothing of tit at
the• time; and believe it , to. have been an
after thought. Further to' disprove it,-in
connection with what bus said above,
I refer to the otatementsnf 'Adjutant-Gen
erale Harding and ffeitoM"tbrough:Whoie
heeds the' business of "the Department at
that time Passed, 'CoL Harding was .Gen.
Lyon'! Adjutant General, charged withille
management of affaire•in !dissent.' during
In the letter referred .4-Ito says:
the' la:ninon
I as to remove
seed him aid. :
arrived to the
OM WON. on.
a w ay;
Rhone any
end wu
Gew Lynn
I they were
betel, and
, bat' la the
An et lova
• Drig:Gen.
'fk'~3' y "~``~Y"?..~ ate.+ z 5 _-,. ;r 'Gw..~rs ... r i ~.'. ... Y 4 ~ s~ - res. ~. '~'rl' '~?~T~,; ~~'',~49:":Fs t ~'L.3y ' q w. •~"~ ~S _ i,~ ~R~. "c r r ~_~. ~ -r~ ~ ._....
rby •si?RfonunVee - • nitztiglital
fraudig--(twage-104‘ ;
TeumContiwittos will ille ludirs,l
whether the of theziolartai at this
time, can be appropriately called man- i
tabittanCkem p,urainagthis subject fur
thin to "s ay that althoughit was ,agoixr
arm, the irm itself was not a matter of
choiceoM this telegram will chow:
_ _ . Sr.. Lome July 294661.
To Hojer - Hinurs,Fifft Asiotel, Kam York
The Agent of Adams' Expr Company here hes
offered to bring me. by powenger train, any.arms di
rected to me.. Send everything you .hare for ma by
passenger tniles. for which the Express CoMpany will.
-provide. Your letter of 24th remind. There were
no, arms at the Arsenal hero to meet the order given
'for the 5,1X0. We mint have xruu.-eny arms Donut
...tor what. J. C. Faxatincr, Couett W. D.
Twelve thousand had been in service,
thirteen thousand were new. They were
percussion muskets—solid and strong—
prononneed by Austrian officers to be con
sidered, in that service, a good weapon,
preferred by Gen. Asboth for his division,
in their unaltered condition, and were in
the hands'of some of my test regiments at
Springfield, and scattered over the country
in various corps, although the Committee
say "they were not in use."- I think . it due
_tomyself to say that this Committee came
to SC Louis during my absence 'in the field,
and no notice Hasid any time given me that
my military acts were to be brought under
examination, nor has any copy of the testi
mony, collected during their proceedings,
been furnished me, of which I might avail
myself in reply:
• • On the-18th of August intelligence of the
rbattle of Wilson's Creek reached me at St.
LOilid. In expectation of an immediate ad
vance by. the enemy,' I informed : the Presi
' dent - and Governors of the neighboring
States,requesting Waal' thedisposableforce
that could be spared should be rent at once
to Missouri. Fortunately, . dissension in
the camp of the enemy prevented them from
using that success, and gave time, which I
used, to carry on as rapidly as possible the
plan I had adopted for the defense of the
L State. This was to fortify Girardeau, Iron
' ton, Rolla, and Jefferson City, with St. Louis
as . a base, holding these places with suffi
cient garrisons, and leaving the army free
for operations in the field. It certainly
seems superfious to speak of the importance
of St. Louts, but as the expediency of forti
fying it has been questioned, it may be
well to remind the Committee that it was
the first- military position in the Western
Department. Many of the things lam re
quired to prove are as self-evident as this.
St. Louis, then, is situated on the great
highway of the Mississippi river at a point
where it, is crossed by, all the principal
roads from the east, having itself seven dif
ferent lines of communication to the interior
and opposite ends of the State; that it is
the great center of politics and trade, and
the object to which the efforts of the enemy
were constantly directed and invited by the
powerful and wealthy rebel portions of the
citizens: It' was certainly prudent to ren
der permanently secure, beyond the reach
of contingency, this greatdepot for supplies
and reserves, and safe retreat for an army
in the possible event of a disaster.
The importance of fortifying St. Louis
had early moupied the- attention of Gen.
-Lyon, who had decided upon a plan much
the same as that now adopted, anti -under
the advice of the same officer by whom the
present sites were selected, but which he
was unable to carry out.
The necesisity, of, these fortifications was
=mural in by e officers of unimpeachable
loyalty and capacity, And such also was
the judgment of the loyal, inhabitants, to
whom they gave, for the first time, a sense
of protection and security. They were
laid out with a view to command the city
itself, - as well as the approaches to it. The
defenses which rest upon St. Louis consti
tute the dyke which' separates the South
from the North-Wept. It is easy, after a
precaution has been successful, to say that
it was not needed. I did not choose to ex
pose myself to the chances of a neglect—
either at SL. Louis or Paducah—for both of
which I have been censured, and with equal
ignorance in either case. The_unfairness
of this attack consists in judging what was
necessary for'SL Louis then by its con
dition when I lett the Department.
I ask the Committee to beer in mind _that
the plan for the defense of the State, and
my operations generally, were all conducted
in reference to the descent of, the Missis
sippi, to which all preparations tended.
To complete the defense of St. Louis, after
the withdrawal of the army, five regiments
of infantry, with one battalion of cavalry,
and two batteries of_-artillery were con
sidered amply sufficient.
It has been objected that I did not em
ploy the troops under my command, instead
of hired labor, for this work. I did this in
the exercise of my judgment I did not
consider it expedient to employ the volun
teer troops in a work of this magnitude,
involving so much labor and exposure. - The
hot suns and heavy night deers of the un
healthy months of August and . September
need to be avoided in that climate. The
troops were so little acquainted with arms
that all their time was needed to nt them'
for the field ; while on the other hand, the
employment of hired labor was of great ser
vice in tranquilizing the city, and relieving
the wide-spread distress the war had en-
tailed on it and - which private charity had
exhausted itself in enclave : ring to relieve.
- Concerning the contract, for this-work
the Committee of Investigation say - that it •
was made under the "special order, and di
rection of. Gen. Fremont," and concerning
the payments that they were made upon his
"Personal order." The following- extract
will show that not only was I recognised to'
have this power, -but that I was so late as
the 8d of . September counselled to exercise
It
by `the Quartermasiter-General General
- Wastirsards, September 3, sect.
[ffictroitsfreet balm 1,1 The Hsu. M. Altair, P. Y. 0.1
“Xelge bagged use Ude afternoon to get you to or
der 19-inch guns
the
Pittaburikb for your gunboats.
He mays that the beets can empty any battery the
enemy can make with each gun& He advisee that
you (=tenet for them- directly yourself, telling Hui
contract yon w il l direct your ordnance officer to pay
Par them.. B . -o • e
Concerning the contractor the. Committee
say that he is us Californian who followed
Fremont to St. Lords."
I left California for Europe on the Ist of
Januery. On the Ist of August, I think,
Mr. Beard left there, coming overland to
St. Louis.
I "never wrote him, or in say way com
municated with him, or knew of his in
tended coming. Ilia arrival was equally a
eurPrieb and a pleasure to me.
I knew him to be a man of unusual en
ergy and capacity, accustomed to the man
agement of men, on. large works, and brUne
diately applied to him , undertake the
_building. of the fortifieitions. I seat an
officer with him to make his examinations,
and he began his work, I think, on-the sec
ond day after Ms arrival. I assigned him
one of my , ablest officers to lay out and su
perintend the work, and to remain con-
Pliantly with him,' give him every' facility
he'asked, and drove him to the. extent of
his cepacity. Six thousand men were 'am
140Yed uPon itt,, irorking night and day, and
it.wee.finished rapidly, in a workmanlike
and - dursble manner. . Extra pay was al
lowed to the . laborers, 40 cents per day, I
think, and extra expenees' incurred udder
the pressure - authorised. I wits satisfied
with him and the work done by Dim. • I
asked no bond-front him, bees* he was a
stranger and could give wine. lie 'began
his, work before the contract waif made; an
aceident delayed its execution by,General
MoKinstry. When the prices for his work
were under:discussion and were-referred to
me by Gen. idclEinstry, I directed this offi
cer to mince them 4o what was - just and
reasonable to; both parties, having -refer
once to the circumstances under which the
work was done,-and the extra prieei 'thet
had been paid,' so as to lease the Contractor
what might be strictly a fair 'profit onhis
labor, and his 'declaim, Whatever' it
was approved by, me.
• For cost of: con
structiou and , other details with whickl
adi net, acquiluted, I, respecitfully refer the
Committ e e to the testimony of the .Quarter
piaster. and,the contractor, whom . 1 :bare
asked to have suismOned. •
To show theft; mann, and value,
port and testimony of the eaattteM , *ha'
ecamit,
likel y y , to
do among
/Op—that
plied:toe
oininied
?••
.: . , - -W'',..4 3 !'„ ‘. W1F.../ , 'ffiteiSifulo -. .,1T0 Croellillehlties began nbwro'be Added:
- 1 -,....`... -: ' ,. f ,., .Comm .Th*o:l qttlehrefelthsidesation and credit which t he
- -_. t --,77,, ~ - Was the c aga et i on d c th e apparent withdrawal of the eonfidenee'ef the.
'city & A m ig a . ietha it hortek - .bi e ls„ therumestffiesusect The visit tif-high'effer•
i The works are thoroughly and well built, °"'' charged viithllmlnisinff Int" the a ff aintef
..nty_,..Depariesentoind. the sunathumons Auld
Inelei l l 'A an d:ilnniPtehenoliur tbeC43' it4 r elf .':eustiffisetrattheks ittt leading journal.", gran d
ad tWsurrishnding„:ieentry on.:Ta•:1 length!. IntdajAhtattritatiois'to_sny movaittents until
or iit ei; and thE tffareilist ii; - 1 w „
_openly.. me ,red from the command.
.
.t--I
think, less than $300,000, .. _ .. tof ,the Department- 4 - -. ~.., . ~
.: In my Itidgyne' nt;having iii_iitsw;the One/ 7 Recoil ;, the vietereißttli aliritatige re
; and manner in which they were built, the • suited to Price from the eaptsue of Lexineton,
1, matey was-Welt applied, and Sao measure - biposed:And . resting latios braid river which
lof expediency and Riley, it was fully there was no thence for a large army to cross
worth to the Government what it eost. in case of detest: As a military porition its
.
And while examining into occupation bad no .value for him On the
the - conduct
and events of the war, I think it right to' n'nn'ng, had ' I
P"misS4 LIM means of trans
callrtation to ore forward my troops rapidly,
rehduld have been well content to give up
the attention of yenr.COmmittee to the
Lexington for the certainty of being able to
fact that a Committee eharied la "investi-
compel Price to ea me bale on the north
gale frauds" cameinte &Department which_
was under martial law, in the midst .of side of the Osage-aa he c old not cross the
civil dissensions encouraging insubordina- Missouri without exposing himself to certain
tion, discrediting and weakening the .11t1.• • defeat, no other course would have remained
thority of the Commanding
.General then 'open to him. In feet, when I did go forward,
absent in the field, and I offer testimony to toe
of my advance sit Sethdia_was
show that their conduct while at St. Louis '''Z l 'il for t hi :SreciP i i tha mts retreat.
created a public opinion that their special `
unre " ason tl' il a en te ess o t f in exPee - C om mittee Tile
. the
object was to make out e ease against my- always eeceeectu " dmittlag aye. that the
n e to t 0
self which should justify my removal from Western Department' had been thoroughly
that Department. [See page 79 of that re- well supplied with men end arms, It could
port.] And I offer testimony to show that hardly have been - expected that no single
theravoided and declined to 'receive, and casualty could have lboen met with in the
have suppressed, testimony whieh militated course of the campaign. And it would seem
against this object, and further .to show more reasonable to judge of the capacity of
that there are in their report many inac- the commander by the general results of his
confide" and perversions and some positive operations. • _
falsehoods. . From this statement and the accompanying
. papers, the Committee. will form some idea of
The labors of the'lnvesligating Commit- sum
condithie ei iha De p artmentwhen
of July. •"-
elution in which the purchase . of certain At the end of October, when I had succeed
er= b y myself is made a prominent sub- ed In organising and equipping an army, and
jett. With respect to the sale of these arms was beginning to handle it in the field, we
by the Government, I have nothing to say. were everywhere, and uniformly along the
They were new, and lam told were sold whole extent of our lines successful against
without being condemned. The contract the enemy. At Springfield, one of the most
price at which they were bought by the hrf"ti:hist!"osttie:lms' and
at Fredericktown. one
Government was, I believe, $l7 50. The n.
toe war had been sou i t y it. con f Luf a te te d d bat i t i l r es of
price at which they are set down in the had been connected at St. Louis, and
Ordnance Manual is $2l. After they had 'fall and continuous operation over their whole
been rifled and otherwise improved, I pur- extant. Additional ears had bean provided,
chased them at $22. Taking into consid- and at twenty-four hours' notice 10,000 men
eration the advance in price of erma, caused could be moved upon them fromany one point
by the war, I submit that the purchase is to the opposite ride of the State. All our
not deserving of special censure. I have Posts, as far as the railroad , went, had been
digressed from the rule laid down at the fortified and connected by telegraphs, which
outset in this papas, but the passage of the were everywhere in full operation, and the
resolution, which is soon to be before * the deity mails were running to Springfield, from
House, would ben vote of censure, and as n
could wie rthro h ugh " w r ilh ai sl e ty "a to trit r il m s ' .
the report itself, together with the official Quiet and comparativ peace nad been rector
accusations have been broadly ' pread over ; ed to the State; r and the enemy was in full
the country, I respectfully ask that the retreat before us, to its southern boundary. A
Committee will cause this statement, to- compact had teen entered into with him, on
gether with the accompanying documents, der which the authority of the State and Fed
to have equal and immediate publicity oral Courts was acknowledged;
were
of
given to them, in order that Congress may opinion and security of person were guaran
act understandingly, and the censure asked teed to both aides; all guerrilla parties sup
for go where it properly belongs pressed, and the wet strictly confined to re
n ibis officers and the armies in th e field
The turbulent condition of the State at 'l lh 3 e State was, ' to Sty r I • dd • '
the end of August, rendered it in my judg- condition to leave- the i fr e e c e a f7r e the an espe th
meat necessary to issue a proclamation ex- cial object of descending the Misaissippl. 'l'he
tending martial law to the State of ,Mis- rebels already acknowledged the inuUlity of
semi, and enforcing come penalties for re- resistance to the Federal authority; the doubt
hellion. ' fat came to the side of power, and the loyal,
As explanatory of some of the difficulties who had borne the brunt of war-when to
of my position, and-of my ideas concerning stand by the Union involved dahger and losses
the conduct of the war in my Department, -were everrwhere eneouraged to new efforts
I refer the Committee to the annexed nor- and rewar ded for their past aid.
respondence ,
with the President in this con- Th e p
1 rains were over, the weather of
section. then
dian 1
Summer . had come, the, hay was
gathered and the corn hardening and we were
So late as the Gth, to the 10th September
, _about to carry out the great '
object of our cam
as. accompanying papers under this da te .paign under the most favorable auspices, with
show, no immediate danger was appre- fewer hardships from exposure and impedi
headed for Jefferson City or Lexington. merits from transportation than at any other
Price was still on the Upper Osage, and canon. The spirit of the_anny was high. It
I was organizing as rapidly as possible a was mainly composed of Western men,
force to march from Rolla and from Jeffer- whose interest as well as- whose patriotism
son City upon Springfield, with the inten- was involied in opening the Id • • 'ppi River,
for the preparations to which they bad con
hie
of forcing him to retreat or cutting off
tbuted every possible effort and h
his communications with Arkansas . Want
on to P believe that the we
of transportation, arms, and money was ev ery
oul open with a signal victory l e n the defeat
delayieg this movement. We had just ef- or dispersion of the rebel army, with a move
fected lodgments at Paducah and Fort Holt, on Memphis as the immediate result.
and were occupied in contesting with the These-werethe eircturetances„under Which,
rebels in Western Kentucky, for which re- without reason assigned, I was relieved of my
inforeemeuts were constantly required. command.
Tie condition of North Missouri . required It is not grateful to me to have beeu myself
a vigorous effort to suppress rebellion in compelled to set out the merits of my admin
istration; but it mu neoessary in order to call
amt. quarter, and an expedition, which oc
ttention to into which otherwise might
sae lot
copied a considerable part of our real force :. bee n pa nts
presented,and which are necessa ry
was sent there under Generals Pope' and to a d ear understaedine of the subjects " "
to-
Sturgis. - •
,nixed into. Many acts which have been een-
These three points, - on which we were cured were, I think, for the public good. I
actually engaged, fully taxed our resources. know they were with that intention. Ido not
At this time I Sent for 'let. Hunter, to feel that mutiny ease I overstepped the author
give him command of the movement upon ity intended to be confided to me.
Springfield. On the 11th, it will be seen Myeelf, and the officers and =enacting with
that Gas. Pope, w i th a l l the force under hi e me, were actuated solely •by a desire to serve
command, was fully occupied_ in North the country, and I feel secured that this is
Missouri, realised by the people of the West, among
On the acme day 1 received the rumor, whom we were acting.Re 11 J. 0. rammer. '
'pecan y, .
and only as a rumor, of Gen. Price's ar-
Major-General U. S. A.
rival at Clinton, more than 800 miles from
St. Louis.
Upon the 12th, a dispatch from Gen. Davis
Informed me of Col. Mulligan's arrival at
Lexington. Col. Mulligan reports a portion
of his command Col. Marshall's regiment of
cavalry—u scouring the country. The same
day another dispatch from him informs MO
that Price is reported near Warrensburg, with
• form variously estimated from 5,000 to 15,-
000 men. Ile informs me measures were be
ing taken to begin fortifying Lexiigton. Fi
nally, it appellee that General Davis was
giving his attenti on vigilantly to that section
of country.,
It will be seen, from the telegrams of this
day, that Cairo was requiring moro - troope.
On the 13th, two regiments were ordered
from .St. Louis to . °Jefferson City, and two
others from Jefferson City, to the relief of
Lexington [Lexington is 240 miles from St.
Louis, and 115 from Jefferson City], and, in
the opinion of Gen. Davis, who was occupied
with that place, it was deemed expedient. And
'generally, it will be seen, that all possible
activity and promptitude was used in sending
forward troops to the points threatened along
the Missouri river,and meeting, with all our
disposable form, the movement; Of General
Price. It will be seen that up to. the. 13th,
Boonville, rat Lexington, was considered the
threatened Point.
On the 14th Gen. Sturgis was directed to
move, with all practicable speed, upon Lex
ington. Gen. Pope's dispatch of the 16th
gave me every reason to. believe, as ho did,
that a re-enforcement of 4,000 men, with ar
tillery,
wouldhe there in abundant time, and
if the Committee will take the time to read
the scoompanying papers, Krill be seen that
from every disposable, quarter where theie
were troops the promptest efforts,were made to
concentrate glom on Lexington, but chance
defeated these efforts.
Also on the 14th, in the midst of this de
mand for troops, I was ordered by the Seem
tary of . War and Om. Scott to "sand 5,000-
well.armed infantry to Washington without a
Moment's delay."
It will in some degree explain my condition
to insert the following telegram: _ . •
[Pol. 2,_pae 36 1
KratteIMUTINS
Sr. Lome, Sept. 15, 1061. j
To Col. Z. D. TOMIIIIND dot, 4d).•Ger. EriAmar-,
• ton of At Wesghtprea, - D. O. -
Reliable information from the vicinity of. Prim's
column shows his yterut.goce.to bee 11.000 at Wit.
reosturg, end 4, at Georgetown, with pickets ex
tending towards Syracuse. Green le soaking for
Boonevillewith - probablo force of 3,000.. Withdrawal
of farce .from` this pert of the Ximouti Nuke "the
State; from Paducah, lone _Watarn-Rentucky.. As
We beet, I have .ordered : two raginemto from : this
city, two from Kentucky and will - maks up the re
malodor from the new form befog mhosd by the Roy-
J. O. Taxworr,l4l.-43en. Commanding.
It is wall'to recall the fait; that "the 'State
Of which . I had the task to 'obtaltt . possesaimi;
and which was in active rebellion, 'contained
a white population of over a' million—equal
to that of Virginia, and 150,050 greeter than
that of Kentucky, and that the difficulties
were , increased by the fact that the. several
important points need to be occupied flpr that
purpose, were very distant from the Centre of
operations at - St. Louis, with long lined of
communication:lo be kept open in the midst
of a brave and enterpriming enemy e• ,
To lit.-Jmoph;'..- 330 Wiles.
To
To .. ... •••-/ 18
To Ironton.. to w.
To also tad 2OO
Thearmasnis Nmum Dicrilmetmrr,l.
tie t 4 Wea. 8110 X 0011134:01, Aieratmy cf War, Wash-
Bub)olned le a Wt Mom total forecylrithits
butlon :
St. Louis (Including
'Under Brlg.-RemTepa(incluetug Ramoduard).s,4B3
Lexington (Including Homo Ommol-- ,--,...-51•400
leilerson Oily Naomi( Guant):-.--...
2 . 4116,4
' *.n.
Inat°U_ •••• •••••••••••••••«•••••••••••••«••••••••-•-,-3X7
Cape 050
Birds Point and '
Cairo (Including McOleraard's Brigade) --4,820
per lrert . Holk opposite Wm, lentMa7 ehevelka6
Under-Aka. Lana- .
illeasatelty,
Total of presenteldateasspefm. on delt= ung. ly.66.lle
J, ftsitarr, li
aIIDrEItrISEMEJr7I3.
BOOK STORE TO Ix:ASK-4 will
lease my BOOK STORE, from April let, and
sell the store Axiom. to the incoming tenniat. This
is an eligible opening. Rent moderate... Ruglike at
the storo. WM. S unriouL,
No. 20 St. Clair street.
sir AGENTS WANZED, to =rum BR the city
tor somssphondtd 10,r English Books. mrs.std
N .
OTI.CE.---Wherpea Letters of Admin
filiation to the setae of Joseph Orindrod, late
of the city of Pittsburgh, dellemod, have been grant
ed to tbe sobecriber, all persons indeired to the said
rotate are requested to,maka frocesdlate payment, and
those baring claims or demands against the estate of
the aid decedent will make known the same with
out delay to /OUR OGDEN, Adm'r,
intabltdetwlf No. 187 First street, Pittiburch.
pin MAGAZINES,
THE DAILY.AND WEEKLY PAPERS,
THE NEW BOOKS,.
TEI MAPS AND CHART, •
THE PORTRAITS OF THE GENERALS
(Lithson og ras, ph and Steal Plate) and other distinguished
per
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS,
•
PHOTOGRAPH CARDS,
THE UNION BTATIONERY PORTFOLIO,
FASHIONABLE „LETTER PAPER REVEL
GPIs,
• VISITING CARDS, eta, eta.,
Can be had at
• - Jon* P. mama,
Swale Ilan. Filth greet. Plttalmrgh, sad N. IL
corner South' Common and Federal street, Alle-
Nheny elty.
. and Creel/ tramped on Envelopes
and Ps ..r. Oall and see specimen& mbb
n OOHS U BOOKS I
..a.rltndkal Uses of litentileiti--Garrett;
. , teereatlons of a Country Parson;
• Queens of Sudety;
Spare Hours, by .1. Drown. H. D ;
Mm. Women and Boots, by L. Haul;
Titcomb's Drake; •
A Good Fight, by 0. Beads-,
Personal History otLord Damon;
Life of Sir Philip Sidney;
Songs In Many Key*—G. W. Holmes;
Poems, by Bose Terry;
Liberty andjilavery—Bledsoel
Lectures on Apodypse—Butler;
Lib and Spawns, of .lAnleas;
Mite yof all Delis Sons, etc., rte. '
mil • J. L. DEAD, 78 Fourth street
.
8 - A saluable Country &at,
Pctntaloing ,13 ; acres, beautifully attested on
Peunslirania Arend', 3 miles fro dof f city. I mils
from But •Libittifi rouri oncetill a mils from
Shady_Side Station on the P. 80. IL The But Lib.
arty-Morse Om pus in front of the premises.' TIM
property challenges compulum with my in the
country for hastily of location: Inquire of • '
mhtIiISEELY,
inecodua .114 Fifth street. Pittsburgh.
PlumQsAlk FOR com...—To COAL
miwauxrropoosli will be received at the
office of the-Water Works, up to MARCH s lier, for
furnishing the Works with COAL FOR ON& TEAR
from the ant day of April. UM. The bide to state
the pries per bushel for each bows. The one-third
of the amount furnished at the lower him* to bis Not
Coal. If roligradi the upper home to be thrashed
with all Lump CoeL Tor further particular., en
quire at the oami of the Water Works. •
By order of the Committee.
. cahihStd_ , JOTTER TRENCH, Bap%
.
ROPOSALS
rouiorraill.=4ropotale Will he received id the
aloe of Wetat Works opt° MARCH 15 171,17 4 74.
for trowi thelrorlm with lIISUELLANIZOUS
CASTINGS that now be required at ths.Worke for
ODO year trout the Ant daj. of April, 1669. Mao,. for.
fund,hhig 674 leetof..PlP4l... For further partial.
lam, enquire at the.olloa of the Water Walla..
.By order of the Committee. : ;
mh6:3td JOSEPH PEENCU. Sup%
501' . sritut , —.llbc. Golden;
,71150 t ila t i o 3l 7 2lp do ,to tra"th" ,prtlne and choke: . 1
40 half cheats Young Tyson Tea; •
;Pisa
60 butts wain:co-6a and 1.0.;
~1 00 boxes Pearl Starch; • -
- 40 do ()global do standard; '
10 do Granulated Sugar,' - • • •
B. DILWORTII &
______
-fa ERIES- , • ;
3,X60 30 lobli: - A:CoMa 303351
15 bbla. embed 'do • hum. Synrp;,
150 do M.o. Solusw' • "110-• do: CooN6onlal do
sao12"1"I;E: I
150 sbssio. . ••• •-.
` '6o bats.
do •
16 . 335011iik4 •
ski BSOWN 41t KIM
,' • rattrirpg.NAlrrik.
LIMATAIONE, •
PHOTOARIIIII ALBUM.
•
F i 1k11 4.4 ) 1/
W , HATITN ,
•
Corm+ nf *nod amid Virid 1.11b4P104
SPICING- Iit.X.M.S. q
CLOVIS, cessimizars AX YIP2NIF4
We base now in store a complete stock of 6PRING
0001)9, all new and desirable stylesorbkh
been carefully selected in Nersr-Ymic with et desicwie
plum the most fastidious, and comprialiti fiat des
eartons NEW TA1312101: - Ind ZIOPIWITYS
~
..
ilnr We second respectfully sonde an surly call .
. ..
from our patrons seek the Public to test the merits . of
the same for Ihemseless. ., '
.
SAMUEL; GRAY & SON;" •
• • 3fERORANT -TAILORS, .
mbblied . No. 19 raw Stirrr
B ROCKEDON'S B 1 CARBONA'I'E_OF
. ' 815 DA PILLS,
The most wholesome and *Mutant remedy for ACID
ITY OF THE STOMACH ever yet dimorsred. Many
of our well-known citizens, alter baring given them
• trial, were at delighted with their effects, that if
they were designed tut a "Pabiut Medicine," we
might Oil colomns - with certificates in .their War.
One pill will generally produce immediate relief, and
may be taken at any time, on a journey, in momenta
of Imainoss, or ID tad. To traveller. and those sub
ject to hasty meals and irregular hours, they are in
valuable.
For fate by SIMON JOHNSDOM, Dinged, ,
And Dealer in choice Familz Medici...
mhl Comer Smithfield and Fourth ftree •
$30,000 "I'''
AtANUFACTUBEB TOBACCO
Will be sold at Auction, on WEDNESDAY, the 12th
of March, ISM, on Main street, between Seventh and
Eighth, in trout of .Burge's, Iron Store Warehouse,
Cincinnati, the following brands of MANUFACTUR
ED TOBACCO, bn
Holland's No. 1 Extra pounds,
Miller's do - ' do
. •
lon do do
R. Burge', 888-Nectar 40'.
Do BE
Do BB 6 lump,
Iva Do nhoe pound,
Do' Sdo .
lump,
31cAvor 6 lump Black and Sweet,
Miller's Union 10 lump Black and Sweet,
Union 1 , 4 lb.. in caddies, " do
/ranhoOM lbe. do . I -
11 Burge's - Extra lbs. In *addles, •
• do 888 Nectar in coddles;
100,000 CIGARS.
AU the abOve brands of ; Tobacco wall be .positi rely
sold to the highest' bidder for cub. Sale COMI/kill?.
111
OB'On e Ce t trC ht
1 14.131 1 011 . 1 h • (W , naktti - th .
all the Fixtures complete for Manufacturing Tobasico
for sale. R. 81T8.4111. •
S. G. -HENRY tr. CO., Auctioneers. mhkatd
SUPERIOR. GRA.P.E VINES. -
Da: O. w. GRAFT'S
DELAWARE, ANNA, ALLEN HISSED, DIANA,
CONCORD, CUYAHOGA,
WHITE, °stainer, uLiRs.
ELSINGURG, HARTYORD,:PROIST- ,
IC, Limos; turcorar, LoGur. 1 , 0178 , i; 411- .
_ DECCA, DAULINE, TORALON,tItION
VILLAGE, BY RB EY ON T,
MANHATTAN, TAYLOR, OR BULLET,
ALVEYS and DOWNING'S EYES HEARING . .
MULBERRY THUS.
For sale by thetAgent. GEO. RI. REED,'
mhllard 118 Fifth street. Pittsbutzli. :
HAPPLN MS SECURED!
BRATT'S `PORTABLE',
PARLOR SWING
and
This, Is a sofa, * ample OMlaical Smog,
adapted to the parlor or verandah. by whichan May
and natural motion la secured by the single acUon of
the Mot. It M.perfactly safe hr. &Wren, and 111
easy and natural ea a ricking chair.
Manufactured to malt the height of any ceiling by :
THOILAS •
Corner Sanduilcr Street and the Omit, Anagrm)
Pa. Simla
PRODUCE --1000 bbIL Extra Maar;
100 bbl.. Rifts Fatally Flair;
17 sacks Dried' Peach* 25 bbl.: Dried Apples; ,
bblit.'Homlny; • 10 do Pearls;
200 boa. Closer Seed; 150 bus. Timothy Seed,
•
In store and for sale er
• inhe BROWN k EIRKPATRIONA. •
QODA ASidl., &o.— ' ' . •
to. . , WS casks Soda Ash;
200 bags littnit•23o . dsk .
• SO kegs Aissule: . . .
•
• NIO boxes Clay, • ,
On ban land for Ills by ' ' ALEXANDER KING
SLIN DRIEr3--- •
SOO boxes Country Window Glass;
25 bags Clover Seed;
10 barnd• Tanner'( Oil; •
50 ballchaits Black Tea, .
ILIOIt, RENT—A two story BriokJ:loose
on Esplanade street, - Allegheny
mb6 ALEX. KIXO 273 Liberty street.
A • DE • KING, HOLELIALN
GROCIII, fOloOrtir Of 00O.1:14ifir0: 273LIbinty
attest, Pittabaralt, Pa. - ,
• DEIMIT QUAZTEMASTZII IiZIMALII 07111.81.,/'
Philadelphia, Feb.% W. 11.
IiDROPOSALS• FOR - FORGES—Pro-'
Imola WM Tie received sr. this °Moe until tildes'
o'clock on FRIDAY, Marsh Tth,18132; anpirg
the Quartermaster', Department with . S IX TY
TRAVELING FORGES, with - Iliscismith and,
Shoeing Tools complete. The f are to IW, dimbr
kr to those made. by !the Unitad States Onlnionin
Department.. They , are rel i t:died immediately. •
-- Deputy Quartermaster General. X.
mr4= d PHILADELPHIA.. P.
C ITY FRELGHT DELIVERY.'—The undersigned are Mew folly "wankel to restive
orders dm paying charges and delivering freight hula
any of the railway depots to any part of . the city, and
can ware those who favor them with their 'orders
that they shall receive prompt attention,as we have
Within for prompt delivery of sistelandlae Of ill
deacriptions: On., of Abe .11191_,. will'. he- constantly
stood at Duquesne Depot, post We. 6.. •
1.24e1wd. MerADEN
•
DRY' GOODS.
F
TRAORDINARY INDUCB-
A 2 RENTS TO oAlial BUMS..
C. HANSON LOVE; ik; CO.,
. .
Art! nettling bast PRINTS, both .
and
EXTRA gHIRTENd . musLlN, , l uz:dr iride, it 1'11),‘,.
. _ .
All Mod* of DEUS C100D.9, path at
GRAITLY RIDTIOED PBIbEb '
To Mk, room for
SPRING 043,0p5,
O►LL EARLY roil Goon BAittiAISEL
C. - HANSON •torinVco.,
74 Maxket Street:
PIIY'SICI~JMB.
D . DALIVEN -84iN
COOK, PARLOR AND
Warebooos ! 2 1- 03131diiiid street; .
~; a iisasscr~uir
- -
.
We ' , would call th e inaction of builders and othidi
to our large `amortmout of - 00111(011 AND. YINZ
GMATIE/1.01111,' rionmac An 4
agooi to our now COOKING HANGS. which we /um
tit brought oat an &which -coatthw,ia4llPrne.
sturets not Wand In soy fibre taagac-
CAST IRON 110118.1 FRONTS, IRON ALIbV,
cud all undo of CASTINGS mad, to ord.?. , .-
ti. CHA.Ri-v - '"r4l%5V
it. trrOV:ll4...
pEtirgavuli AND suitazoN, -
once, 3a 36 OTRIXT.
(Opyadto Colossubds Bor, mar lluspr4ni
. iiimainrsT orril
DR. "zr
xeo,i iisfnutriv , ' tqa!
P/ITOLIZEgt.
THE GMT
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rizrzrz - - -- -ai , xxitrellia
• '
''F-1N '.1:46:71"4,:-
Lt W. BARBER . & 'CO.'S;
59 Market Street. -- : - .2."::,_ :.
m:
• Ikeztirenook will los sni . ' '
ItiO'; ItMLESS OF COST ;
CONE AND EINE
TIER GREATEST - .BAROAIIII3
EVER OFFERED IN THIS CITY. .11.
N. D.—Prltlvelr no seduction la pries.'
BALM/HAL IS.Klit'lli , - 5 0 • doz. • Bal.-
Strout Marts, fit choice Styles, or:scarce and de-
Arabi. colors, direct from rtet Importers by Expree
. .sexoa, xdaaou s oix,
mitt • .• • . .14.1.17.111fth street...
A GENUINE FRENUR 13KIRT.
- BLBT SHIBT NOW
'A'new lot of ...CRIN N LINN DRAPERIR"
Received by Regrow diyi ad to , witch we In
viteehe attention of all who weal a real good /filet.
_BATONMACRUId & C 0... - •
tobb • Noe. 1? sad le Niftli,et..
CRYSTAL - LE.A.LI BEADS, -
CHALK-WHIRR SICRIYBRADS, •
RIMY SERD . SRADR;
- SKY SEED BRAM ; •
Now h;groat &mond for soaking Ladles' Otoßam A—
largo lot rowelled to-day. Sold wholonakt awl retail
by
EATON, 1 11.96111:111 & CO.
Inhs Nn. 17 and 19 ilfth at.
1862. --SPELNG IMYOWIATIONS.
;ATOM. HACIIHM it CO.,
Non . .
" ":"" "'" '•"" ' 17 an d la ilth sheet,
• .
Are now tduifinl
..,
•
• NEW
To which they invite attention-SPRING GOODS,
of -
IMOLEEALN AND NATAffiBUTER9.
SPRMG STYLES
ALL THE BEST MAKES OF
PRINTS,:
i
14: curl's PER YARD
=MIMI
W. -& -D. HUG-US'
Corner' Filth and Market Sta.
LADIES' , RIBBED HOSE.
—.Welaosjant received from Bostcoi, a harp d
manta!' LAW*, and •Mialte' Bibbed Merino end Rib
bed Cotton Hood, algal', ail at the Tiu7 kraut
LINEN HANDKIMOILLSTS.
Ladles' Lima uandeammeat at 'Scents per deems.
Why' Hem Stitched Ilditik at IS mate each.
-Hem Stitched, Zmtmidered, Emus mid' °aided
Mar•.l,lttett- Itattditershlida at our minseallT
toLi4O Azit
.
' To maks TOMO for our Rex' Goods,ire have natio
ad our Plain and rancy Linen Sets 20 percent.; Om
" bile and Swim Bats reduced," and Lae* Seta stunt
IRIFFYLED LIRIISi, CESLL'4I9 STILE
OARBRIO (..11LLAtiti JUST REGRITIP
M3il2i 0 AND wool ISNDTBLtiOIffINO
- ofailld.wie and pritil! , s eatable for all dame of
colors 'end Ago.
. . .
roa sovbritas
:woe:Um-Knit tilooluc •
Woolen 111 Tow Ons.
Buckskin Mori and Gatithrta
" Vhalosal• =stomas will be aJJowed • Moist
JOSEPH HORNE,s.
mhi meaner -inkier.
J. - M. BURCEIFIETAYS
=REG OUT SALE
BFNT2I.AKIS OF PRINTS WOE 12% 01117115 ,
DD.ll2l2Casioie AT 008 T AND 1.1281;
lioastanainueitist i tirietlwa DRDBiacate;
azons—imal iu ? apailiwieng
is.moi BILKS VICRY =NAP;
BLACK mousxuf? SILKS roit:m am*
BLACK, jacis'
sicommmemonuscr 000Da •
rannumbrarD COLLARS
_
;swim. imotririxia ; -
- DO - znaniqr ;
uttier-io1z0 ;
DIMITY LUG CLOTS, ,
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Nor-iast co r:ROurth . and Marta#~
(iIYNICts
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78' Markei_Bireec
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LAMS! ziessomiasparang,
itiosionmuurs ZLOMSO
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