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ffHEX It 1 U II T, TO BE KEPT EIGHT,
WHEN WRONG, TO BK ITT RIGHT.
TnUIlSDAr:::::::::::::::FKlJitUAllY 27.
Llilli.
After an absence of some three wet :1s,
we have returned to the glorious moun
tain region of old Cambria, glad, indeed,
to once more behold the faces, and mingle
with those kind friends that we have a.s
fcociated with since we have become ac
quainted with the people of Cambria coun
ty. Although my journey was a pleasant
one, and many incidents connected with
it being calculated to enhance my enjoy
ment such as meeting with au absent
eon, who has been from home for one year,
and also the meeting with old friends a-nd
connections who are near and clear to me,
as well as visiting the land of my birth,
the place where lie the remains of my
father and mother, my brothers and sis
ters, also having the privilege of meeting,
for two Sabbaths, with the Congregation
al Church, of which I have been a mem
ber for the last twenty-eight years, and
also of hearing the wholesome truths of
the gospel proclaimed by that glorious old
patriot, the Rev. Joseph Smith, who is
not afraid to raise his voice iu prayer, as
well as when speaki'ng, against every trai
tor of our country, whether he be in the
cold and frigid North, or in the sunny
South yet, alter all, "there is no place
like home."
Lovell (which is the place of my birth)
is situated about lifty miles from the city
of Portland, (which is sometimes called
the Forest City,) and is in the western
part of the State of Maine, bordering on
New Hampshire, and is partial!' surroun
ded by a lofty range of mountains, above
which, farther back, can be plainly seen,
towering high in the air, the lofty peak
of Mount Washington, the highest moun
tain in (glorious old) New England, it
being over six thousand feet above the
level of the sea. A large and commodi
ous hotel has been erected at the summit
of Mt. Washington, for the accommoda
tion of the many thousand travelers who
climb the rugged mount to behold the
grandest scenery of our whole country.
There has also been erected a hotel of
still greater magnitude near the base cf
the mountain, for the accommodation of
travellers who arrive by the Grand Trunk
liailway j and although the ascent of the
mountain, in many places, is steep and
craggy, also accompanied with many in
tricate windings, yet a good carriage turn
pike road has been made from the base of
the mouutain to its very summit. Lov
ell, although situa&d in the mountain re
gion, and only about thirty miles from
Mt. Washington, is surrounded by a fine
and flourishing country. Though the
soil is somewhat hard and flinty in places,
yet from the careful tillage it receives
from the "frosty sons cf thunder," it is
quite productive. For tho purpose of
grazing land, it is among (he best in the
Kastern States. Lovell is named after the
celebrated Captain John Lovell, who
fought a desperate and ever-memorable
battle with a tribe of Indians on its site.
The chief of the tribe was named Pax
ous, a bold and daring fellow, who lost
his life in the engagement, Although
the battle proved disastrous to the whites,
having only about twenty men left, after
fighting one of the most desperate and
bloody battles on record and these wo'd j in the deliverance of Missouri from the
have been surrounded aud taken prisoners, i dying grasp of the rebellion, tha cvacua
had it not been that they retreated to a ' tion of Bowling Green, in Kentucky, so
ratal? lake and fought with desperation, J long occupied as a stronghold by the
until Pangus. the Indian chief, was kil- ', great Confederate army of the West, the
led yet it resulted in the utter defeat of j capture of Fort Henry, and finally the ta
thc Indians, and tins broke up a band of j king-of Fort Donclaou, commanded by the
ferocious savages who had been Cuiundt-j principal Confederate Generals, with 15,
ting endless depredations, rud were a ter- j 000 prisoners aud 50 pieces of artillery,
rcr to the who! neighborhood. j and i-0,'JG0 stand of small arms all these
'1 be appearance oi iiu?t of the cities j things have carried terror, and dismay,
that I passed thmugh on my way to the j and despair to the heart of the Rebellion,
far East, seemed tj be that of de.-ponden- I n'e hi ve no doubt that an overwind iair:
cy and gloom, hat on my return it seemed j majesty of the rebels i: arms would re
quite elittereut. i he overwhelming news ! joloe at an excuse for laying d wn their
fiom all parts of the country, the gmor-aims to-d;.y, and reluming to their alle
ftl retreat of the rebels along their whole j giaucc, and cei:izlg to re-establish the
line, and the ur:cc,v-ii:g record of Federal ( prosperity in which the American people
victories, seemed to infuse new life into j gloried, ere hands accursed were laid
all the departments of business thr.i.t,h- 1 upon the holy ark of the American Union,
out the country. The cities'of Portland, f No doubt cur enemies will, for a time,
J$oton aud New Yoik w.re enlivened by ! struggle en, but their eflbr'.s will daily
the ringing. of bell.-, filing -f guns, bon-' become feebler and feebler, and soon the
fires, and other demonstrations of joy over
the recent Union victories. The ehout of
victory seemed to bo universal, ringing
out in merry peala in honor of the brave
J sous who had so nobly fought and won.
See what a change a few days has wrought :
We have gained confidence in ourselves.
Only a few days ago we were looking out
upon the darkness brooding everywhere,
vainly looking for a glcamof hope, fear
ins: that the menace of Biilokinridoi:,
when he seceded, that he would drive the
I invader from the soil of Kentucky, might
! prove true. Kow we can tell of the bra
j very cf Grant, of IJlrnsh.e, of IIal
i luck, and a host of other patriots who
have eo nobly fought to sustain our p07
crumeut, and see in the triumphs they
have achieved, only the glare and glory
of military nuccets. The victory it
Mill
Spring, freeing Southern Central Ken
tucky from the grasp of Zoi.LlCOlTEU
the triumph at Fort Donelson, the great
est victory of the war the success tt
Fort Henry the evacuation of Howling
Green the reported purrender of Nash
ville and Savannah have inspired all
loyal citizens with fresh courage, and fil
led every heart with a deep frense of grati
tude for the prospect of a speedy victory,
and the triumphant standard of our coun
try unfolding over the smoke and carnage
cf the well-fought field.
We suppose that Columbus is now the
only point occupied by the Confederates
in Kentucky, even if iktit has not already
been evacuated. Our people need give
themselves no trouble about Columbus.
If Gen. Folk chooses to try to remain
there, his railroad communication with
the South will bo very speedily cut cf,
and he will be but too glad to make his es
cape anywhere he can. lie proclaimed
to the world that he took possesniou of
Columbus as a military necessity, and he
will unquestionably undertime to evacuate
it rs a military necessity, without any pro
clamation and with as little parade as
possible.
When the American people were fret
ting at the long a.nd apparently unneces
sary delay of our armies, we appealed to
them to he patient to have confidence in
our military commanders. We knew the
appeal was right, and now the whole coun
try believes it. Our Generals have glo
riously redeemed the confidence c-f those
who confided in them, and, surely, it is
best that they did not yield to the impor
tunities, the denunciations, the threats
and the eneera of those who would have
urged them prematurely to battle. Now
Kentucky and Missouri are redeemed
from rebel invasion, ami the march of re
demption through Tennessee and the
South will be a beautiful and majestic
spectacle for the eyes of the county and
tho world. The Confederates need not
think to stay it by the interposition of
armies and the fragments of armies ; they
might as well attempt to stay the progress
of a conflagration by piling up high mas
mes of dry grass and wood in f rout of the
rushing flames.
Our enemies would now be appalled,
even if-they had four time3 the spirit they
actually possess. Recent events, follow
ing each other like successive peals cf
thunder, would be enough to appal scuh
far braver aud stouter than theirs. The
defeat of Humphrey Marshall, and
the utter disbanding of his troops, the
overwhelming of Zoixicoffeh's army,
the striking of our forces for Cumberland
Gap and Kast Tennessee, the capture of
Roanoke Island with all its heavy artil
lery and its array cf three thousand men,
the rapid seizure of Elizabeth City, Eden
ton, and various other cities upon the
Southern coast, aud the effective prepara
tions to take immediate possession of Sa
vannah, the defeat and flight of Gen. Ji:it.
Thompson st Fredericktown, the more
recent Sight of Gen. Price and his hot
pursuit by the Federal troops, resulting
powerful Union feeling of the South, no
longer kept in subjection by fear of the
bayonet and the halter, will rise up and
assert and maintain its supremacy every
where. The laws of the United States
will, at an early day, be executed as cpai
etly in-Tennetsee, and Alabama, aud Ar
kansas, and Mississippi, and Louisiana,
and the rest of the beceding States, as
they ever were.
Eitntii of Hie E'rcfclilsait'si Sea.
How truthfully Las i been Find that
"Death is no respecter of persons !" He
enters the palaces of the rich as well as
the humble cottages of the poor, &nd alike
robs each of its " cherished inmates. Of
late, he has been to busy upon the battle
field, that we have almost forgotten to look
elsewhere for the effects of Lis desolating
hand. But we tliould i.ever be unmind
ful of the sad and terrible fact, that who
ever we are no matter w hat our relations
or connections no matter how rich -or
poor, how high or low, how great cr small
it is but a question of time with us till ;
and thut, sooner or later, we and those we
love must yield to the Cut of the grim and
cruel monster, and take up our journey
through the dark end mysterious Valley
of the Shadow of Death.
We have beeu led into these reflections
by the sad bereave-ment which has so re
cently come upon tho Lousehohl of ti e
Chief Magistrate of the nation. Little
Williz Lincoln departed this life, at
the White House, in Washington City,
on Thursday last. His disease was ty
phoid fever, a malady of which another I
son of the President is also lying eciious
ly ill. Little Willie only twelve
years old, and was the darling of his pa
rents. . They are now called upon to
mourn his untimely loss, whilst the nation
is exultiug over a series of brilliant victo
ries achieved by the Union armies. No
one could more fittingly rejoice in there
glorious triumphs of our arms than the
President himself. But alas! his cup of
sweetness tho sure prospect cf the safety
of his country has been mixed with the
bitterness of the de-ath of his little boy.
He deserves ami will receive the Bympa
thies of the nation.
We once heard a w?g remark that he
W3s the owner of a very large quantity of
land ia Cambria County. But, on being
pressed for particulars by some one, he
added that another individual had 7u land
on top of it ; eo that to all intents and
purposes the great k'.nded property of our
waggish friend did'nt amount to anything.
Indeed, he said this was the only trouble
about the matter.
It strikes us somehow or other that .Mr.
Ji: veer son Davis is in a similar fix.
As the despotic head of the world-renowned
Southern Confederacy, he enjoys
the luxury of holding title to an immense
body of land on the American continent,
but the great difficulty which he is forced
to encounter is, that the people of tho,
United Statc3 have their land . on top of
his. So that, if it wero not for this tri
fling fac.t, it h perfectly evident that
Jeeeeuson would have a nice thing of
it.
But there is another point in this sim
ile which wo must not forget. Our wacr
gish ' friend said he had figured on the
other man's land till he had likened to
fet himself iuto trouble, and he was con
vinced the only way to get along would
be to make a road down to hi3 own. So
with Jeff Davis. lie ha3 cut some tall
figures on the surface too, and, to be
candid about tho matter, he may get info
trouble yet about it. But he will haidly
be so foolish as to undertake to make a
a road down to his land. If he does, he
may be sure the Devil will meet him more
than half-way.
:
Ilcjoice! Rejoice!
We publish to day some gloriotis news
cf the recent victories achieved by our
gallant Union forces. How such intelli
gence cheers the heart of every true pat
riot ! AAer the reverses, sustained at
Bethel, Bull Bun and other places, dark
and lowering clouds hung over the nation
like a pall. But confident in the justice
of our cause, we despaired not. Now we
are about receiving our reward. The
darkest hour is always before the break
of day. The clouds are fast disappearing,
and soon the glorious sun will shine upon
us with its wonted enulgence. Soon its
beams will dance and laugh over the ru
ins of Bebcllion ; and long will they gild
the lustrous folds of our national ensi"n
as it Coats in triumph
;0'cr the 1 in.l of the free, and the home of
r J
tue nrtivc.
t.. Gordon, the convicted slaver, was
huujj at Ne',v York on Friday.
TSae Traitor Davfs.
This notorious individual has served a
year as President of the bogus Southern
Confederacy; aud on Saturday last, as
the news from there had it, he was to be
inaugurated for a term of six years. The
ceremonies cf the day, doubtless, would
be as well calculated to desecrate the an
niversary of the birth of the Father of bis
Country, as any other, method which the
Iiebels could possibly have adopted.
We shall see what vc shall see. But
if Jeff. Davis or anybody else fills out
that pretended official teim, we shall be
disappointed. Time flies swiftly, we ad
mit, but then it takes it a good while to
go the rounds of six yeurs. Our private
impression is, that long before that term
has passed, the Southern Confederacy will
be numbered amongst the things which
were, and that its traitorous head will
cither be in exile in pome European na
tion, or an occupant of that ultra-Southern
clime, where the rich man of yore lifted
un his voice, and called for water I
Davis must feel that the Southern
Confederacy is a humbug. He must feel
that the glory which he supposed would
cluster about his sceptie was a vain delu
sion a mere phantom a miserable crea
ture of the imagination. He mut feel
aud know all this; if he docs net, he will
soon be compelled to realize it. For the
Government and People of the Union are
in earnest. Their gallant armies are in
motion ; rapidly and surely they are clo
sing in upon llcbeldom, and oou the
Stars and Stripe3 ti) float in triumph
where they have been so infamously dese
crated. Vea, veuly, the places which
now know Jeeit. Davis and the other
chief conspirators in this unholy Bebcl
lion, must noon know them no more for
ever. It requires no prophetic mind to
make the prediction, ami no c-fTort lor a
loyal Ei an to rejoice Jn the sure prospect
of its speedy fullilment.
JLetter Freni rtarrisbsivr.
IIarkisece?, 'ty. 21, 18G2.
Correspondence of The Alle-glianian.
The heart-cheering news of our victory
at Fort Donelson was communicated to
the Senate and the House of Kepresenta
tive?, on last .Monday afternoon. It was
received with enthusiastic cheers by the
members cf the upper branches, whose
joy leaped all bounds. Parliamentary
propriety was forgotten. The studied
decorum of legislation was thrown aside.
Formality was discareied as being too slow
for the occasion.
In the Senate, Mr. Lowry, of Brie,
cfiered the following resolution, which was
unanimously adopted :
Hiol.'rt, Ti:nt the er.fte of Pen.r.svlv.iphi
have heiuil with profound emotion the dis
patches nnnouueing' the takirip: of Iiou.noke
JsLmd, the surrender of forts Henry and
Donelion nd the capture of fcavanuah, uud
ia the name of the peopl? of the tute of
Pennsylvania we hereby tender our heartfelt
thattks to the ofhers und men of the army
nd navy whose gulh.ntry has achieved these
glorious results.
In the House,. 3Ir. Pnusmxa, of Cam
bria, submitted the annexed resolutions,
which were adopted with three treuiea
elous cheers :
lies-slot J. That this House hr.3 heard, vrlth
fe-iiius of patriotic joy, the intelligence .,f
the capture of Fort Douelaon ond Savannah,
and we herel y tender the tlotnks of the peo
pie of Pennsylvania to the gallant ot'dcers uiid
niea of the army and nuvy, who, by the re
cent victories t Vaii spring, Roanoke 1-Iand,
Fort Henry, Pert iJe-iu-ijou and tiavaniiah,
have added new lustre to the American name,
Liighted the hopes cf rebellion, treat o.i and
of traitors ; and thrown an imperishable glorv
em the iije and nation.
lUiict2i That that thi3 Ilouae do now ad
journ. On Tuesday, 1r. Pekshixg, from the
Committee on Ways and cleans, presented
the followiug resolution which passed the
House :
liolve1, That the Commissioners of each
county be requested to inform tbeir respect
ive representatives of the number of families
of volunteers and the number ot persons
compri.-i;) each family who receive aid
from the county, and ihe amount paid eaeh
family perVetk, and the aggregate amount
p:'id by the county up to thid date. Aud
that the Clerk be directed to have circulars
printed, to be forwarded to the Commission
ers of tne respective comities to be returned
with the information required.
The County relief fund for the benefit
of the families of absent volunteers was a
most humaue provision. It is to be hoped
that thosn who have not tendered personal
service iu defense of the Government will,
without murmur, submit to the burthen
of aiding the wives, children and mothers
of those who have. In the dispensation
of the relief, contemplated by the law
authorizing the Counties to make the an-
propnation and to lay a relief tas, a wi.-
discrimination should be observed between
the needy and those not in want. It is to
be hoped that the Boards of Belief in
the respective counties will examine care
fully as to the necessities of the petitioners
for aid, aud, if the monthly pay be not
sufficient to support tho family, make
provisions for supplying the deficiency.
These remarks r.re suggested by the fctute
ments coming from certain counties, that
some Belief Boards refuse any assistance
to families after a jayment 1ms been re
ceived by the fathers or sons w ho hd been
their protectors. .This rule is manii J.-tly
unjust, and not in accordance with the
spirit of the law en the .subject. A fam
ily, including a wife and five or six help
less children, can not be supported on a
private soldier's pay. To such, a ge nerous
community, w hich appreciates the services
of the defenders of our homes aud the
integrity of the Government, will )icld a
willing protection.
On Wednesday, Joint Bc-soulutions
were introduced in both. Houses, for an
adjournment from March 21st to June
17lh. The object of this proposed recess
is fully set forth in the following pream
ble and resolutions, one reel by 31 r. Bing
ham of Alleghany, which were laid i-slde
for the prescut. They will be taken up
at au early day, and passed :
YVukreas. The Joint Committee of l;oh
Houses authorized to confi-r- v. ith the Com
niitte of YVnys and Means of Congress and
the Secret a rv of the Treasury, in regard to
the revenue likely to be re-quired iroui the
fcrtate of Pciui.-yhiini.', after sii-ii co:if'-rea-e
was uunb'.e to ascertain definitely the ? mount
end rubjeeis of such taxation unil the rev
enue bills (if the National C overument ehould
be more fully matured ; therefore
L'ttoh't-tt, That the present Lv;'.-hiture will
ndjoilrn on Friday, Mcrrh 21.-'. at oneo'ebn k
P. .l., of said day, to re-assemble in adjourn
ed session on Tuesday, June 1 Tth, at '0 o"
ekak, A. M.. of tidd duy.
Jiiclvtd, That the Committee on Ways and
Means or such sub-committee of its members
as it authorizes to act lor it. be in.-iructeo. to
have prepared and printed. diuir.;r the ru e. s,
in ihe fvi'hl of Vi rerdy to be ;ii''.'d i. poa
bv this liou?e, such v.x bills, and vi?a btili
r vssiner " ir laws lor tae as-essim-nt :-i;a coi-l-ethm
of .-'t;ile snd county taxes as in its
judgment m.y be required.
Oil Thursday, nothing of interest tran
spired in either House. On cster-b.-y .
the House had unde-r eouidcrarioii a bill
for the repeal of the law, i.todiiying the
Act cf 17-3 relative to the rate of inter
est. Several excellent speeches were
made rn the ro- ectis e sidos cf the con-
troversy. A vigorous cf
fT,.
i. l i
to re-enact the law of 17-0, mivkin
- 1
it
usury to charge a hiphtr rae-of interest
than f-ii: per-eent. Much may be said,
2ro and von, on the propriety of so doing.
The Legislature adjourned at 1:! o'clock
to-eluy lo meet again ut 3 o'clock on
Monday afternoon. The object of this
adjournment, is to enable the members to
be present at the cckl mtioa of the birth
day of the Futher of his Country, ia the
city of I'hiiauelphia. It is said "they
will Lave a good time of it." During
their absence, Iltirriaburg will present the
appearance cf a deserted city.
Hugo.
Lciicv tiotu ilia "Silver Grays."
Cajip Clhtiv, V;v. 22, 10'.
Correspondence of The Alle:haninn.
The '-Silver G rays'' hae grown to the f jU
stitureofa coni leted body. The company
is made up of firm mitfcles, strong nervei.
riiatiired bones, all of which ure controlled
by a determined will to dii' har;fe tbe tluty
imposed upon tl.eni. V.'ith us. the slu-jard
has no countenance. Enc-rt tie- rcticia, in
meeting and performing r'.I that is or may be
required o u.-, nppe.tr to have been determi
ned upon by one and nil. It is the faithfully
carrying out of this rule, which hn t'ai:icd
for our couipiiny the reputation of beiujr 'he
mo-t reliable corps now in camp. It is '-a
conumnifttion niot devoutly to be wished,"
that this character may be maiutaiued, so
that, when we .-Lull have m.L.hcd t!e wurh
that may be ali-itied u-, iad returned to u.ia
:le aaiu iu the Society of our friends at
bora-, ix) one of us may td'-h to i.ehnov. l-cdj-e
that he a 4,rfilver Gray'
Tbe '-d ays" have, on fo uary fecaeion?,
been jdaced under obligations to the icii?
and tubordlmites of the several Dcpartmtuti
connected with the management of t.'anip
Curtin. that I concthed it a duty to make
pratcful, thouch brief, mention of them.
'J lure are, however, some gentlemen here, b
longing to the Coiuiaisiary Departmeiit,
whose courteous treatment, of net only the
'(Jr.-.ys," but of the fc.oi.lurs p,ei!erally, is de
serving of all praise. The Commissuiiat is a
elepartinent of which men nre certain to com
plain, if there be ttuy neglect in fiiruishinnr
the full quantity ' supplies, or any fraud
practiced as to their' ouuiiiy. la Camp Cur
tin there is not u tingle murmur of eiissatis
f;tc'!o;i. .Messr?. IZby A: Kunhlc are the contractor?
for furniphh: the subjistcuce for this camp.
Your correspondent knows nothing as to the
terms of their contract with jhe tate. (Jf
one thing, however, I can bear testimony,
vj senses f hearing ar.J teut'u.tj being ihe
channel through which I have arrived'at my
convictions. The quality ol he seven-.l de
scriptions of provisions furnished the soldiers
caniiet be excelled. Natlempthas been made
to palm oil' au inferior article. To substanti
ate this, to the soldier, important fact, I will
be corroborated by each and every resident
of Camp Curtin.
While descanting on this subject, I must
not target the acting Commissary. II. M. Wal
ters, aud his jovial, gentlemanly asi.-t;uit, J.
A. M;tjer. The former, of courte, is not bro't
into so elo-e familiarity with the men com
posing the respective comp-mie.; as is his as
sistant. He i.i reputed, howe.-er, to be a
faithful, high-minded and eta. -ic.it public oiii
eer, Viho u:i )eitands his business, and ap
plies himrclf to it. !( has most certainly
het-n fortunate in the selection ofor.etoaid
him ia the programme of his cfiicial duties.
In his assistant, J. A. Major, he has a man
worthy of his confidence, as well as the re
spect of the entire camp, ouicers and privates.
I am not singular in thus speaking of the As
sistant Commissary of Camp Curtin. It 3
tho opinion of all. Tho '-Cray' are espe
cially under the most weighty obligations to
Lim for hu urbanity, yea, v"idciu olicitudu
hi furnishing thtn their full quotum , f7
'necessaries of ife' He m.-n- rest Rs.. e
that he b:;s our ir-t v.-'d.r.o .
- - - "...i-v. ii4; m.
effectively 5 that he will carrv'
" 1.1
man oi our conjti.y. li :
As I have ttad", the 'Cov3" r-c .,
yes, f;ll to overiowin-. Every mail
our Cai'tain sol.-jution nft-.-r V-ik-iut; -
be received intc the rank?. Ncew'1.'' '
compelled the cbs!aS cf the door. Til"
who were so dila orv in ranking r..r ,
can not complain now that the piii'' v""'
they conld have 'Ceupied are held bv" o-'''T
Were it possible., we w ould be f rht;;:.''"
have them with n, but there hu? be-n"a I
it cstat li.-hed, be.cnd which our Ca-itlda
not gro. ? 1 Ur-'
Capt; in PalnieiJins just received a-, 0f
order, to detail p jnerd to bike cl,,-.r '. tfy
Arsenal. The or-er has beer. complf-V'
t.rd we ere now ic the di.-el;arf of t' -duty
r.ssiened m. The Gray. win '
ia their old (iiiurtrs in r-siit-rv . '' L
....... . . . . v i- vfi...:-. L I i I f v T n . . i
. 2 . 1 i "i . i TI i- j- r
j r;iL( ment be nude for their acc-..'v
iioii uearer ine iv-scnai.
Gc:;. drantN Oilicial Ilr-.
II E A rQ t'A T.T;E 5 A KMY t T'.' TlTl:. )
I'oht 1)o:-elsox, Feb. It 't, n1"''
Gn. G. IP. Culhn, Chtef 0f iiif'iirA
Jfiffouri : e
u'tMUAL: lata pleased ta tir.r.ov:-'
to you the uneruditioiml sarrc-cie, ji';.
morning, of Tort B'oritl?' n, w'u!i 12:.'
to 15.100 pn.souef.s, ut ka.-t il-rty i ;cc .
of artillery, and a large am u::l of ster t
horses, mit'es, ane other jv.biic j.renuriv'
I left l-'oit lien y on the lth ;IiS'
a force of about li.000 won. divided i; ,
two divisions, uriur the comtnimd of Gu-e-rals
M'Clernand end m:th. Six
iir.etils were? sent iround by Water tlie'i."
beiore, convoyed 3y a gui'boat, or mLc'r
started one day her than oi ect the t.::..
boats, and with instructions not tj j.j
ik.
The troops m:de the march ia "n-
crdcr, the "head -f the cciuum a-rivi. -within
two miles f the full at 12 o'sk.i
M. At this poiit the- enemy's T:.ek3
were met and drivm in.
ThiJ fortiiicaliois of the cnemv vim
from th'u point gndua'.iy aj-prutu'ied wi
surrounded with oec-iional hkinaisl'.!;-?
on the line. Tin tbllowiag d:.y, cvi;.
to the non-arrival of the guabo.it u:.i re',
infoi cement- sent I;" vutr, liO a'.taik v
in:.de ; but the in 'e.-itmetit was cite;..:;
e i tTio f-.-'tik.s of the enemy, and' drawn
eio-c-r to iiis work:, v.:th kiriuih:u-; v.'
d;:y. The cvct.in?: of the l:j;h tie
bouts uuu reinxoicemen's arrived. 0".
the; 11 th a talhui- attack was ar.Je i,y
I-'lag-Omcer r oute ipou the ciieK.v's vcrV
with -.y t!eet. . T :0 eiiemt at l. -'-.i
jn-vbably one hour and a bait, aud L'.J :;.
to result favorably to the c-u-e el' Uc
Union, when two unlucky .shots ciii.ll. 1
two of the armored .iu;b.,;-t.-j, fo tl;.t t!.-T
were carried back oy t lie currc-at. 1
remaining two' wer very mittm Ois.Val
also, Laving rce?lrd a number o: b . w
s'r.ot.-; about the T'ikhou?e and e'tker j
of the vessels. After thes? i:.:rL-;si
concluded to make die i::vc fluent i r:
1C nelson as perfect as po'Htde, ar.d ::
tialiv fortifv and await vci-airs to ic
gunboats. This plan was fru trat, :.
l:0'.vcvr-r, by the eiemy making a l.:.-:
vigorous attack ujen our lickt v,:;;,
com maiided by Ccl. J. A. Ji'l'ltraar-:,
who with a portio;. of the fon-.c ut.ca
(.len. L. V"a!lace. Tbe eiiemy were re
pollrel after a clos-e.'y contosted battle e:
several hour.s, in wh'.cli our loss v.;; Leuvy.
The omecrs and par:ic-ular:y the fiekl on
cers, buffered out oi pre-portloti. 1 kare
not the means of deterniirdag cur h-i
even approximately, but it ciinnvt fall f.T
short vt 1,200 kiiio.l, wounded, t.vA ml?
iu'. Of the latter, I un.r-rst:!i!u tkrouji
Gen. liuckner, about 2i0 were tken r.-:-oners.
I eball reta il etouh of the t.--emy
to exchange f.jr them, as they were
immediately shipped oii" and not icit lcr
recapture.
About the clo.-e ef this action the sn
munition iu the car;ri Ige-boxes gave out,
which, with the loss cf 'mauy fu-id-eflcers,
j:rodaced groat confticn in the raius.-
b'etinir that the eneu:v did not take tu
anlage of this fact. 1 ordeved a char-e
upon the left encirv's 1 1 Ii t vr.ta tha
divi.-iou under Gen V. F." Smith. tk:ca
was mo't brilliantly esec-tted, av.d -.'a
to our arms full as. truce of victory.
The bnttle lasted ui.til daik, giving
.ost:-cs.-ioii of art of their :'atre';cki::e;ia
An attack was order-d upon their otker
flank, after the churgj by Gen. until
commenced bv the d .visions unuer her.
ArCiernand aud Waibee, which aotvritu
standing the hours oi cxro-.-ive to a heav
fire iu the fore part cf the day, v. as jj-'1"
laiitlv made, aY.d the er.ouiy further
repulsed. At the points thus painid,
niuht 1 aving come oa, all the troop en-c-.mped
for the night; feeling thst a cew
plete victory would eu)wn their ldu0" V
an early hour in the moruiug.
morning, at au early hour, Gen. .s- J-
nor fenV a messenger to cur c:uap urucr
flag e f truce, prope-viig an aiu:ice,
I am. General, very respectfully. c
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