incomplete. Those that may not be filled
by the 16th inst. will be consolidated,
and sent forward. Of the regiments in
service, the Eleventh and Fifteenth Reg
iments of Infantry are at Annapolis ; the
Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, Twenty
first, Sixty-sixth, Sixty-ninth, Seventy
first, Seventy-second, and Onc-hundred-and-aixth
llegimenrs, and one company
of Infantry, ure in tho command of Major
Gcmc-ral liunks ; the Forty-fifth, Fiftieth,
Fifty-fifth, Seventy-sixth, and One-hundredth
Ilegimenis of Infantry are in
South Caroiiu'i-; tha Forth-oighth Infan
try are at Huttcras Iniet; The One-hundred
and-eightu lufantry and Kleventh
Cavalry are at Fortress Monroe ; the Seventy-seventh,
Seventy-eighth, and Seventy-ninth
Infantry, the Seventh and Ninth
Cavalry, one Troop of horse, one squad
ron of C&vjflry, two battallions of Artil
lery are in Kentucky ; the Eighty-fourth,
and One-huudred-and-tenth Infantry arc
in
Western lmiuia, as are alio taree
companies of Infantry, four companies of
Cavalry, five companies of Light Artille
ry ; the Lighty-seventh lniautry are at
Cockeysville, in Maryland ; one company
of Artillery is at Fort Delcware ; all the
remainder of the volunteers are at or near
Washington. Upwards of 300 volunteers
from Pennsylvania are now prisoners, but
as arrangements have been made for the
exchange of prisoners, it may be expec
ted that they will soon be released.
la compliance with the joint resolu
tions of the lGth of May last, I have pro
cured regimental flags for the Pennsylva
nia volunteers, and have presented them
in persou to most of the regiments. In
other cases, the regiments being on or
near the Potomac, 1 have requested Mr.
Cowau, Senator, and Messrs. Grow and
Wright, members of the House of Rep
resentatives from Pennsylvania, to pre
sent them in the name of the Common
wealth. The General Government requested
that the States would abstain from pur
chasing arms, as their competition was
found injurious in the market, and in
view of the large expenditures of money
in arming and equipping the volunteer
force of the State, provided for the de
fence of the National Government, I did
not purchase auy as authorized by the
28th section of tho act of the 15th of
May, 18G1. The State has now quite as
many arms as are necessary to arm all her
volunteer organizations in existence ;
but, influenced by tho threatening aspect
of our relations with foreigh Govern
ments, I have directed the Adjutant Gen
eral to procure arms, as soon as it can be.
done on reasonable terms, and without in
jurious competition to tho National Gov
ernment. Arms have been distributed
among the border counties to all the or
ganizations that have been formed to re
ceive them. One thousand nine hundred
and thirty arms have been thus distribu
ted. I have also addressed a letter to
the commissioners of all the border coun
ties, offering arms to them as soon as mil
itary organizations are formed to receive
them. Besides thus complying with the
requirements of the 27th section of the
act of the 15th of May last, I have deem
ed it prudent to oiler live thousand stand
of arms to such military organizations as
may be formed in Philadelphia on a plan
to be approved by me as Comuiander-iu-Chicf.
Muskets and rifles to a consider
able extent havo been furnished to the
Pennsylvania volunteers from the State
Arsenal. Others have been sent by the
United States authorities to arm them be
fore leaving the State. In some cases
regiments have gone without arms, under
assurances from the War Department
that they would be armed at Washing
ton or other designated points, and that
their immediate departure was required.
It was thought wise in these cases not to
insist ou the arms being sent before the
regiments marched, as this would have
imposed on the Government an unneces
sary expense in freight, and would have
been productive of delays which might
have been seriously detrimental to the
public service. Forty-two pieces of ar
tillery with limbers, caissons, forges, am
munition wagons, harness and all the ne
cessary implements and equipments, were
furnished by the State to the artillery
regiment of the Reserve Corps. Ten of
these were purchased by the State, and
their cost has been refunded by the Uni
frd States. Diligence has been used in
collecting arms throughout the State, and
repairing and altering them ia the most
approved mauner.
The State has now
b2 ju' t3 of artillery, of which seventeen
need repairs.
2G loi muskets and riiles, some of which are
in the hrnds of mechanics beiug repair
ed ; 1 .010 srein the hands of volunteer
corps thrnv. M-xii. i'.ui Suite ;. .30 in the
possession of county commissioiters,
aril 1'iOO wilhthe Reserve corps of l'hil
adelphia. In addition to" this, the city of Phila. has
y pieces of riiied artillery, and
4.796 muskets and rifles.
The State has also in the arsenal at Il.ir
hurjr, 1,906 sabres and swords, and
1,957 pistols ; and the city of Phihida. has
440tiibr',s, and
3'26 pi.-tols, wi.h the nece??ay accoutre
ments There is also, in tlie Arsenal at Ilarris
burg. a large amount of accoutrements
and ammunition for artillery and small
arms.
- The Adjutant General is successfully
engaged iu collecting arms throughout
the State, and it is expected that tho
number ab"ve stated will be largely in
creased. Probably, at least, 5,000 mus
kets and rifies arid several peices of artil
lery will still be collected.
The care which has been bestowed upon
th'e comfort of the volunteers, andthe
goodness and sufficiency of their supplies
of all kinds, and the excellent arrange
ments of the Medical Department, under
the control of Surgeon General Henry II.
Smith, are proved by the fact that more
than 60,000 men have been for various,
generally short, periods at Camp Curtin,
since the 10th of April last, and that
down to the 1st of January inst., there died
but forty-nine men at that camp, viz :
ibrty.four from &iekue3s, two, (belonging
to regiments from other States) who had
been injured on railroads, two acciden
tally killed iu Camp Curtin, and one shot
iu Ilarrisburg.
To facilitate the making of allotments
of their pay by our volunteers in the field
for the support of their families at home,
I appoiuted Hon. Edgar Cowan, Thomas
E. Franklin, and E. C. Humes, Esqs.,
commissioners, to visit the camps of our
men on and south of the Potomac, and,
also, James Park and M. W. Beltzhoo
ver, Esqs., commissioners to visit those
in Kentucky, and elsewhere in the wes
tern country, to call the atteution of the
troops to the system of allotment, and to
encourage them iu adopting a practical
plan for carrying it into effect.
The several reports of these commis
sioners are highly satisfactory.
For details on the several subjects con
nected with the militar' operations of
this State, I refer to the reports of the
Adjutant General, Surgeon General,
Quartermaster General, Commissary Gen
eral, and Paymaster General, which ac
company this message.
The duties imposed on rue were so
onerous that I found it necessary to in
vite the temporary assistance of gentle
men on my fctaif to aid me to perform
them.
Iu this capacity, Cols. Thomas A. Scott,
Gideon J. liall, and John A. Wright,
contributed their valuable services, from
the middle of April until they were cal
led away by oilier duties ; Col. Scott re
maining until he became connected with
the War Department; Col. Dull until the
1st of June; and Col. Wright until the
2ord of July. For the time thus devo
ted to the service of the State they have
refused to receive auy compensation.
Cols. Joseph D. Potts, A. D. Russell,
J. Urown Parker, and Craig Uiddle, were
in service up to the 20th of December.
The Department of Telegraph and Trans
portation was under the exclusive control
of Col. Pot ts. The system and economy
of its management show how faithfully
and well he fulfilled his office.
It is but just to these gentlemen fhat I
should bear testimony to the untiring
zeal and fidelity with which their duties
were performed.
The quota of the State having been
more than filled-, aud her military foice
organized, I was enabled on the 20th of
December ht to dispense with a perso
nal staff, aud the temporary arrangement
which had been made for its employment
was then closed.
ly the loth section of the act of the
15th of May, 1SG1, I was authorized fo
draw my warrantipn the Treasury for a
sum not exceeding $20,000 for compen
sation to such persons as might be requi
red to serve the country in a military ca
pacity, i::c. Of this fund I have drawn
from the Treasury ?S,500, out of which I
paid the compensation of my persoual
stafF, also other expenses of the military
department, aud the actual expenses of
persons employed ou temporary service,
none of whom received any further com
pensation, and expenses of the commis
sions appointed to investigate alleged
frauds, &c, anel the expense of ertablish
ing military patrols on the Maryland line,
arid five hundred dollars on secret service.
My account is settled in the office of the
Auditor General up to the 1st of Decem
ber. Ou that day I had expended 3,
400, and, except some inconsiderable pay
ments made since, the balance remains in
my hands.
The report of the Auditor Geueral will
exhibit the items of the account.
An account of military expenditures bv
the State ou behalf of the United States,
as far as the same had been ascertained
and settled by the accounting depart
ment here, was made up to the 1st day of
September, 1801, and presented on the
12th of that month, at the Treasury De
partment of the United States for settle
ment and allowances. The sum of SG0G,
000 has been received from the Treasury
Department on that account. The repay
ment by the General Government of tho
expenses attending the organization and
support of the lleserve Corps, may not be
provided for by any existing act of Con
gress. As these expenses were incurred
by the State for the benefit of the General
Government, and have been productive of
results most important to the welfare and
even safety of the country', it would be
right that an act of Congress should be
passed providing expressly for their re
payment. It lies with the legislature to
adopt the proper means for directing the
attention of Congress to this subject.
Assurances have been received from
the Treasury Department that the cxam
inutiun of the military' accounts of the
State will be proceeded in without
delay, so that the Sutc may receive
credit for the balance due in time
to apply the tame towards the payment I
of her quota of the direct tax. Assa- j
ming the com Diet ion of this arrange
ment, if the State shall assume the direct
tax for this j'car, a saving of fifteen per
cent, will accure to her, and no present
increase of hpr taxation will be uccessary.
Whether this credit be given or not, I
recomend that the payment of the direct
tax be assumed by the State.
Jn case the State assumes the payment
of this tax, there should be such revision
of the tax laws as will hereafter equitably
apportion the tax burden among the vari
ous , interests now subject, or that- can
properly be made subject, to taxation.
The saving of fifteen per cent, to the
people of the State by the assumption is
a matter worthy of thought; but a more
important consideration is, that it will
enable you who represent all the varied
interests of the Commonwealth to appor
tion the tax in such mauner as to bear
equally upon all. Our revenue laws had
imposed on real and personal property, as
its full proportion, but little more than
one-third of the taxes needed for the
ordinary expenditures of the Government.
By the act of 15th May last, the tax on
this species of property has already been
increased one-sixth. Should the State
refuse to assume the United States tax,
the whole burden of it will fall upon these
interests, too, most unfavorably affected
by the war whilst other kinds of proper
ty and other sources of revenue, judged
by our laws able to pay nearly two-thirds
of the present revenues of the State,
would not be called on to contribute oue
dollar of additional tax.
The militia system of the Common
wealth is very imperfect. I recommend
the establishment of a commission to
frame and report a system more adequate
to the exigency of the times.
I earnestly recommend to the Legisla
ture that provision be made for the mili
tary instruction of youth. The appoint
ment of a military instructor in the normal
schools would, in a short period, give
teachers to the common schools, who
would be competent to train the boys in
attendance oa them. It would, in my
opinion, bo wise also to provide for the
purchase or leasing by the Commonwealth
of a building for a military school, and
for employing competent instructors at
the expense of the State, requiring; the
pupils to defray the other expenses. No
pupil should be admitted to this school
without having passed a thorough exam
ination on mathematics, and all fitting
subjects of instruction, except the military
art proper. I respectfully urge this sub
ject on your early consideration as one of
material, perhaps vital, importance.
I have take measures to direct the
efficient atteution of the General Gov
ernment to the fortification of the water
approaches on the seabord and the lakes,
and arrangements are iu the course of
being effected which it is hoped will be
satisfactory in their result.
I send with this message a copy of a
communication from General Totteu, chief
of the Military Engineer Department at
Washington. I have also represented to
the Secretary of the Navy the necessity
for defences ou the Delaware, and have
his assurance that they shall be prepared
at the earliest moment.
I have had a correspondence with the
authorities and some of the citizens of
Erie on the subject of the defenceless
condition of that city, and the part of the
State bordering on the lake. On exam
ination it is found that there are no defences
on the lake, and that the ordnance at the
city of Erie was withdrawn by the Nation
al Govefnment in the summer of 1801.
The Secretary of the Navy, on a request
in:i4e, directed that tli2 crew of the United
States steamer Michijan should not be
disbanded, as has been usual, and that
vessel will remain in the harbor of Erie
during the winter. Should the National
Government unexpectedly fail in its duty
of providing adequate defences at our
assailable points, east and west, I earnestly
recommend that the Legislature take
prompt means for that purpose. We
should be admonished by recent indica
tions from abroad, to be prepared for our
own defence, as well as for the suppression
of domestic insurrection.
In selecting a site for a national armory,
if the public good be aloii i considered,
Pennsylvania will bo preferred, as she
affords the combiucd advantages of a cen
tral position, abundance of material aud
skilled mechanics, and a people of un
doubted loyalty.
I commend to the atteution of the
Legislature the report of the Superinten
dent of the Public Schools, the flourishing
state of which, and the rapid progress of
education, arc subjects of just congratula
tion. The reports of the Lunatic Hospital, at
Ilarrisburg, aud of Western Pennsylvania,
of the houses of refuge, at Philadelphia
and Pittsburg, of the institutions for the
deaf and dumb, and for the blind, and
the Northern Home for Friendless Children
at Philadelphia, and of the Pennsylvania
Training School for Idiotic aud Feeble
Miuded Children, at Media, show that
these meritorious charities are well admin
istered and I recommend that the coun
tenance arid aid of the Commonwealth be
continued to them.
Under the joint resolution of lGth May
last, commissioners have been appointed
to revise the revenue laws, whose names
will be forthwith submitted for the advice
aud consent of the Senate. It is hoped
that the commissioners will be able to
report duriug the present session of the
Legislature. Considering the great labor
imposed upon them, and the ast impor
tance, at the present time, of an able and
efficient performance of tho duties of the
commissioner? I suggest that the com
pensation prWdedfor by the joint resolu
tion should be increased to an adequate
amount.
It was evident, long since, that it would
be impossible for the banks to continue to
redeem their obligations in coin, in the
face- of the large issues of paper, tho
necessity for which was imposed on them
and the Government by the exigencies of
the times. No surprise, therefore, was
felt at the suspension of specie payment
by the banks, which took place on Mon
day, the 30th of December last. Under
the circumstances, I recommend that they
be relieved from all penalties for this breach
of the law.
Pennsylvania has made great efforts to
support tho Government. She has given
more and better clothed, and better
equipped men than any other State, and
has far exceeded her fjuotaof the military
levies. Tho sons of our best citizens,
young men of education and means, fill
the ranks of her volunteer regiments.
Their gallant conduct, whenever an op
portunity has been afforded them, has
done honor to the Commonwealth. The
universal movement amoug our "people
signifies that they are loyal to the Gov
ernment established by their fathers, and
are determined to quell the present in
surrection and preservo the Union, and
that they will not tolerate any plan for
either the dissolution or reconstruction
of it. A. G. CURTIN.
Executive Chamber,
JIarrislmrg. Jan. 8, 18G2. J
0V233."RDri, County.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
Minister Township.
This township has only been erected
some half a score of years since, when it
wa3 formed from portions of Allegheny,
Cambria and Washington. It is bounded
on the East by Washington, on the South
by Washington and Summerhill, on the
West by Cambria, and on the North by
Allegheny. Its chief town- is Munster,
named, not as would be supposed from
the Southern Province of Ireland, but
from a town of the same name in Germany,
renowned a3 the birth place of the revered
Gallitzin.
Munster was, at one time,, the formida
ble rival of Ebensburg and Beulah for the
Seat of Justice ; and though more fortu
nate than the last named place, her prog
ress was seriously retarded by the growth
of her successful rival. At the same time
it must be admitted that Munster is a bet
ter site for a town or village than cither
of her rivals. Munster is the centre of
trade of Munster township, has a post
office, country stores, &c. It is located on
either side ot the Northern Turnpike, on
a beautiful plateau.
Munster Township is not adapted to
the growth of wheat or corn, but is per
haps, the best grazing township in the
County. Nearly all the land is tillable.
Large quantities of excellent butter is
manufactured in this township.
This townsliip is also fortunate in her
improvements. The Ebensburg fc Cres
son Kail Road, entering near the residence
of David O'llara, Esq., winds through
the centre of the township, curving with
in a few rods of the town of Munster on
the North, and passing thence to the
South Eastern corner of 'Allegheny.
Munster station occupies, (or iciil occupy)
a triangle on the road from Munster to
Loretto, in the land of Aug. Durbin, Esq.
In addition to this, the Huntingdon, Cam
bria & Indiana Turnpike Koad passes from
East to West through the length of the
township. A public road leads from
Munster to Wilmore, with a branch to
Portage. Another from Munster to Lo
retto, by the Old Ebensburg Koad. An
other public road passes from the Eastern
portion of the village of Munster to the
Loretto Mill; and still another, leaving
the "Cherry tree," as it is called, at the
corner of the O'llara place, terminates at
Hemlock.
The township, as we have intimated, is
level. The largest hill, only a part of
which is within its boundaries, is Mullin's
Hill.
An old Indian plum orchard still shows
its remains on the hill North of Parrish's
in this township. '
Its waters are the springs of Conemaugh
anjl Clearfield the one rising North, the
other South of the Turnpike.
The population of this township, ac
cording to the census of 1SG0 is 500.
JONATHAN OLDBUCK.
Monkdarns. January 16, 18(J2.
Important results are anticipated
from the expedition commanded by Gen.
Bumside, which lately set sail for Annap
olis. We do not know what part of the
South it is intended Gen. Bumside shall
attack. The accepted theory is that a
demonstration will be made on the lower
Potomac, for the purpose of breaking the
rebel blockade, and obtaining control of
that great river that an advance move
ment will then take place in the direction
of the Kappahannock, at which time a
simultaneous movement will be made
along the whole Potomac line towards
Kichmond.
t35" A report is in circulation around
Washington, and generally believed, that
Mr. Cameron has resigned his position
as Secretary of War, and that Edwin M.
Stanton will take his place. Mr. Came
ron wilt be appointed Minister to Russia.
KIGIIT OR WKOXC
WHEN RIGHT, TO BE KEPT R I G FI 7,
WHEN WRONG, TO BE PUT RIGHT.
ElSUXSHUllGi:
THUKSDAY::::::::::::::::JANUAKY 1G.
lie ltient.
Why should there not he an advance along
the whole line? Why should an order not
he issued directing a general attack to be
made at every point in our military border
an order directing lirown to advance ou Pen
sacola, Sherman on Savannah, Wool on Nor
folk, McClcllan on Kichmond, Iianks on
"Ciiarlestown, Buell on Nashville, aud Ilalleck
on Memphis. We cannot be beaten every
where. There must be a triumph in some
part of the nation. If we are beaten in Ken
tucky, we must surely beat in South Caroli
na. If there is a reverse in Missouri, there
must surely be a victory in Virginia. We
cannot suffer universal defeat we roar ob
tain a universal victory. Would it not be
well to attempt the experiment ? Phil' a.
Press.
While we have the utmost confidence
in General M'Clellan and the Admin
istration of Mr. Lincoln', in regard to
the conduct of the War against Rebel
lion, we cannot shut our eyes to the fact
that there is a growing desire ou the part
of the people that there be a combined
forward movement of the Federal troops,
and that it be made soon. And if there
be any truth in the old saying, that "com
ing events cast their shadows before," we
believe that the period is near at hand
when this desire will be gratified. We
see the financial world on this side of the
water holding it3 breath, as it were, to
await the contemplated result ; and along
with the rest, we encourage, our hopes
that it may be a result of glory, whilst
we indefinitely postpone everything like
fear in a cause so great, so just, and so
essential to the vindication of human
progress.
The sailing of Gen. Burnside's fleet
from Annapolis, and the wishes that ac
company it, dimly foreshadow in the
minds of all, the mighty expectations that
hang upon the near future. With the
popular belief pointing to a region com
paratively near by as its place of destina
tion, we shall not venture to conjecture
the results to flow from it. If we turn
our eyes to Kentucky, we find hat the
principal portion of the splendid army
under Gen. Buell, is now resting on
Green river, only a few miles from the
stronghold ot the Rebels at Rowling
Green. The Railroad bridge over Green
River, destroyed by Rlckx Fit's troops,
has been rebuilt, and has ere this poured
forward needed supplies in abundance to
enable the National troops to take up their
line of march South. About seven miles
from this bridge an excellent turnpike
begins, which, extending to the capital of
Teunessee, affords every facility needed
for an advancing force. The Rebels are
said to rune about fifty thousand troops
in and around Rowling Green, and they
are protected with extensive and formida
ble fortifications while the Federal force
is nearly double that number, prepared
for active service, with a good supply of
artillery.
Turning to Cairo, further onward, we
find that seventy-eight vessels of all kinds,
many of them of the most formidable
character, as armed vessels, are reported
as about ready, and late accounts from
below show that, Columbus once passed,
Memphis must fall an easy prey to the
Union forces. Rut it is in front of Wash
ington that we see the most important
part of the great war-cloud, which is to
expend its fury on the Rebel tcnitory.
When we look at the great army there
quartered, with its "splendid material and
its acknowledged high discipline, .we arc
led to the belief, that a forward movement
will ere long be made which will effectu
ally wipe out the remembrance of former
disasters, and thus justify the expecta
tions of all true patriots.
In the patience already displayed, the
people of the North have exhibited a de
gree of patriotism rising to the sublime.
Let them still be patient and patriotic
and hold up the hands of the Adminis
tration in this grave emergency. We
doubt not their reward will soon come.
When everything is ready and no oue
is so well qualified to judge of this as Gen.
M'Clellan a series of blows will be
struck which will effectually squelch this
unholy Rebellion, aud briug our country
back to its hitherto happy and prosperous
condition.
Senator Sumner's Speech.
The speech of Hon. Charles ScMN-Er
in th United States Senate, on Thurs
last, in relation to the Trent affair, is Uaf
versally conceded to be a most brilliant
and powerful cfiort, in every way worth
of its eloquent and distinguishej author
Mr. Scmxer sustained the policy 0ftj."
administration, and demonstrate! mo
clearly that it had achieved a diplomatic
triumph of the highest value. Re rp
marked that every principle of interna
tional law, when justly and authoritative
ly settled, becomes a safeguard of rie2c.e
and a landmark of civilization, and re!
hearsed the circumstances of what he
termed the taking of two old men " ciu
izens of the United States, and two young
er ones, fellow Rebels, who had stolen out
of the country to the neutral port of Cu
ba. One of these "two old men" was
the authcr of the Fugitive Slave Law, anj
the other of that system of Fillibusterin
which had so disgraced the country .-I
Following out the principles and charac
teristics thus indicated, theyfinal'y insti
gated a Rebellion for the overthrow of th
Government. He remarked that it was
such men as these that Captain Wn.KKshad
captured and brought back to our shores.
The captain, in so doing, had obeyed the
impulse of patriotism, and under British
example which he could not fonret had
fallen, it seemed, into a violation of the
law of nations as the United States ha?
always declared it even the great prin
ciple of the American doctrine in support
of the rights of neutrals. Rut, if ia the
ardor of an honest nature, Cupt. Wilkes
had erred, he might well say
''Who can be wise, amazed, temperate ehJ
furious.
Loyal and neutral in a moment ? naa."
He Lad, it was true, captured th?
who were traitors, conspirators and rebels,
all in one ; but it was better even twx
such should go free, than the law of na
tions should be violated better that man v
guilty should escape, than one innocent
not go free. It should not be forgotten
that this question was simply one of law,
and that, in times past, on this iucntiwl
point, Great Rritain had persistently LeM
an opposite ground from that which she
now takes. Mr. Sumner pursued his
subject at length, approving the course
of the Administration, and declaring tint
the surrender of the traitors Mason atd
Slidell would be a settlement, in our
favor, of the vexatious question cf the
right of search a right which England,
by virtue of her nupremacy on the fes?,
has always pretended to have, but ore
which the United States Government ks
always firmly rejected. Ruring the de
livery of the speech, the Diplomatic Corps
were largely represented, iiicluainT the
Austrian aud French ministers. Lord
Lyons, however, wa3 not present.
TIi Governor's Message.
We jrint in to-day's paper, the Mes
sage of Gov. Curtin to the present State
Legislature, and commend it to oar read
ers as a document worthy of their careful
perusal. It touches upon a variety uf
topics of public interest, aud embodies
much useful information in regard to the
State and Federal Government. It
clear, candid and practical throughout,
and is just .such a State paper as might
be expected from its distinguished autuor.
m
War News. The news from Ken
tucky is cheering. Last Monday, fA'.
Garlield, iu command of the Union for
ces, advanced up the Rig Sandy Kiver as
far as Painesville, when he was met ly
a flag of truce from Humphrey Marshall,
of the rebel force, who was anxious t
have matters arranged without a '
Col. Garfield could offer no condition but
a fight or an unconditional surrender a
the rebel force, whereupon Marshall ga
his men the choice of disbanding or sur
rendering. They chose the former ana
immediately scattered, burning their caiu?
equipage, "(iol. Garfield's cavalry
in pursuit, in hopes of capturing tne.
cannon.
Nothing further has been done lv
T- : J:.:. .,ttmhlV UK'-
.u ississippi expedition. j
niug tiiree rebel gunboats came up
Columbus and attacked the Essex and -
Louis, lying oil Fort Jefferson, Lut w
a short engagement were glad to fau
and retreated to Columbus, pursued coa ly
the whole distance by the natioi
gunboats. Deserters from Colauihus i
resent that great alarm exists tlCTS
consequence of the formidable pP
tions up the river. . i,lT
An attempt was made cn W cdDCe
to blow up the Mansion House, in A 1
andria, Va., now used as a hospital.
barrel filled with powder and l'rJt.
was secreted in the cellar and a iu- .
fetched, leading to some stables near
The fuse was ignited when f und ?
guard, who lost no time in cxtirgui
it. The escape was a narrow one
BSrThe People's State Central
mittec will meet at Hnrrh burg on Cuu
day, January 22, 15-'.