M'Kean County Democrat. (Smethport, M'Kean County, Pa.) 1858-186?, December 21, 1861, Image 1

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l' ITU *T.F.TiY lip t. MOANING; •
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SMETONRT;; WICEADV COUNTY, PA'
oFFIcg, -8. E. CaltNEV.pr PUBLIC BQUAILEI
TERIIS: - 150 in Aavance.,
• • Rates'of Adv.ettislog • •
11ehini . e ane'year . .. .. ..
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One egitatiVe of 12 Vries oe leev, 3 insertions;:
Eaeli.eabsequen,t
• 11 %Meese Carale,,with.paper,.....-.....
iGde ov•A gore work will be doable the above' rates:
.•;.I•,velVe lines, IlreVier . lype, or eight . litetv•nonparell
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l . ll{l+o bnstriettrialhered to...nj •
1311sini5's.•...!i s i.ttprp,..:
BENNETT . HOUSE,
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Orotlitiorl, M'Kell6.lPO:,P:t. . E.'S. Misott, -Proo"riotor
,—oppoito the Con rt 11.111:41!. A. new lnrgo, coioniodt
out amt w.oll..furnioliod'housO, • ..
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GEO. IL MASON,.
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Dmtlerto Stoves, Tin 'Ware; Tappaneit Ware, fko.,:tvent
0.18 of tho Public- Suimre, Smothport: Pa. • Custom
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Mork Mum te; nntitr-int ihe shortest notice:, and in . the
moat ',uosturitbil manner; l: ' • • .- • •• '' •
DZNTISTRY
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len. 31, .I.:SrriAling , iyould.respeetfully announce to tile
eitiamit'of.Surthport and vicinity, thaitio has fitted
op an °Rice. nut is prepared to ,attend tmull business'
in his profession. 'Artificial tenth 'inserted upon' set
, . entitle, peineipteq. nut so as:ln pre4eiVe the natural•ea
pression tir the Nee • All operatiana In Dental Surgery
.Anne•in a skillful. manner. -•.• • :' .• . :- - let
A. 7, NOTtRSE
Ihrtioein dtnc?s, '
Tin Were . , Jnoponott WOre; &J.. :IVE.O.
,nd , :the Public Egoore, Poicthoort,' 'Costoin
work done 'to enterwothe ehortest notice, and In the
moat. Foti‘tontiol manner.
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OLEAN HOUSE;
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A : F: lim it,. litotprieior.'Oloan, N. Y., O mni b us runs
to ma from'ilie Non' Yorleand Erie Roil H00d... Magee
f or suiothpurt and' fief!.
HYDE-HOUSE;
O'snoon- 1:,144)i - ay, 1. 4 a; 'lids Hotel is
. n,:a and to raislied In modem style; hag ample scram- -
la.lations, and is, in all r - r'sperts. a.Firit. Class note!.
Itidvras, May". 2 I, IF4O '
ELDRED• HOTEL,
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.)nip' WEllt, PrOpriO ri
tO •• TIIk 'bowie g situatod, bale
• way ettl•onn .Sinoth Port' and 01nOn, A. convenient
an clinnionllnua bona.,, atlyntAye and 'obliging attend
. C.A... And loil priePß: ..., - .
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Eldred, May li - , 18(111. ' : . ' -. '.., - : : ' •
'• •: : A: A. ILANLIN; •: • • *.•.
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rvelnr,"Drallsmi..ii;, Con v eyaneer. ',and "Real• Estate'
A•geat.. Eitnethport, Nl , Kean county,
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• . -• .• WILLIAM WILKIN, - ' • .' .
P - rar.tical .Meclianic'..3llllwright.• -IVridie-buil•ler; r k c.,
' Port Allaaltany, .NPlieaucautity, Pa.• . .
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..- ' I: L.: BROWN, • - • • ; .
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.51:itrEv11t, intArrsmiN. CONVEVANCEE ind.Ronl
EAtktu Agent; Otliws. Willlartileilli!, Elk C . tf.-, Peon%
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C 4 1 .11111 klinyte,
• -11.41. • T6iiinac•citrutlicr4,
S. • Ilibsnell, Esq,;•
lion. A. •
OSWAYO HOTtSE.
Ei •J. IlAnngrt rnprietne. Ciat:eaa Tills Rouae ie•fitteal
tat. in 14 . 1 - tailtlal . /Inl ennarntaniate•.iyie - , and every at
tentinn will he 'pni,l the' Proprietor to the canfo-rt
enlt 1.11. e nt his gi ate. .• • „ 1une•7.:18131..
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FOBES HOUSE, , . . ... •
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Pron!in; the roblie,Stinare.. Oltien..N. :T. ' ir-.01t,‘ M,
' .51iLLen. i'roprietnr. •The Fobewllntl:a le•entirely now
.• awl built of brick. not le 'flirniAhnil in nindern .style.
• .'• • l'he •protirietor limiters liirriselrAh'et • his neenininnile,
• •tinit are net - by, nny in Western
Toitc. 0 irringe:s_ run td Amt. :rent the Nets Veil: and
t:rienaitltned.. . • • .• • • Af , •tr:' •
BYRON D:HAMLIN,
XTTIIRNFT AT .LAW; • po rt, :11!Ke'rtn Cottntr.
, 'Agent. for Meters. lie:tan; A Co's Lands "Atteteis
e.pecinllk to the Collection' of Clninis I.;•cioniOntion of
• Intn,t Thies; Pnpnent of 'TWOS. urel all bnidneeisTeltt
, ting to Iteal Estate... Office itu Hamlin Bloat, •-.
E. EOUCiRTON ELDRED,
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•lttorneyaml Coungellor. at Lew, Smetliport: N'Nean
'County, Pa.': entrumted to hi+ enre for the
• conAtie. of 3UrienU, Mittel. Anil.
.Elk Will be promptly
:Attended to 01Rde in the Court House', Fiecond floor.
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•• DR. L. IL WISNER,` , •
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Phynician and Surgeon, St”etliport, Pa, Fill attend in
• alrprofatadaaal calla rith promptnesic. - 'Office in :Sart
.• irell Moak, second floor s • -• . ~,
. • • : Tame} .& :••• • '2
Wlie' , teal° end. natal Den Wee In Staple:and , Fancy Dry
• Oiaale,,Unriletine. Ready...MA.le Olnthine, and • Oene s ral
.Farni ening Goods. lineta'and , Shoea. an! Window
ll'apei,•Looking Glaseep &e: At Olean. N. T. , '
JOHN C.• BACKUS;
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, Attorney and Counsellorat Law; S . methilori, M'Kean CO
I's. Will attend to nil hiauiness in his profession in the
counties of H!Kean,l'ottec and Rah.
, :011iee nyerC C. K.
Sartwill .16.11rothers , store.' . . ,
HACKNEY HOUSE,
Cornet. di Second. and 'Liberty atreets; - WetTee; ; Pa; .11..
llinnert,,,Proprintor, „Trace'ere will fiedlouttae
., enmniedatinne and•reasoneblerliargea.
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• - ..• • ' .- • LAR:ABEE'S HOTEL,
R. I,lll,lfigE, ' P.eoprietnr,-41.11egliony: Bridge 7 111'ireari
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, o , l'a. Thja bowie is situated about nine lace from
" . ri - methport :on the road to Olean; and Rill be round a
aonvenientatopplug-place. .' ' ::: •
FARMERS' VALLEY ROTEL,
Ry T, anonwtx, This lthuse Is situated ghost five mile
f inn% Sinottmort on Um road to Olean. Pleasure partie
and ()theta can be accommodated on time ahorteat e 0 t le e
W, S. BROWNELL,
?Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Crockery,
Ileotpt, Shoes, Irate, Caps, Olass, - iealls. Oils, &c.; &c.
Tub 1114 e of the Public Sguare,Stnethport, Pa..
EMPORIUM ROUSE;
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:Shippeo, 'l4 , Koati Co:, Pa. 'N."L. DYKE, Proprio!nr
A commalons And well-rurnished house. Strange .7;
' mna tuivelerswillfind good kocomiriridations.
POET ALLEGANY HOUSE,
ENnoir R, Potter, Proprietor, itt Pori Allegany,.Me
, Kean 0 oitety. Pit.• 'This Hotel ieflituated et the pule
' Con Of the Sinethport, arlAllegany 'River ends, nine
*Re. emit of Smethport. • ,
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WIC HAS ELL • Iroiirietor,
Tbix tiounels well calculated for the acdornmadeitlan
of the :Trarelllng Pnbllc‘. !mini .recently loien.repaired
and remodeled.'. Good-damn and Mahlon, °bargee roe
ennable.'• Btaeoe , for Olean, Milliner! and Ilagway:
' Blnetbport t ,July 2, Midi-. • *- • • • •
To Those Interested in Xining and
Mineral Lands: .
Vir •, lIMINES Ahern h is,'llerrirefi for the .irtimien
rf g.1.10n orlltitwirnlLnetle . in lit 'Kenn atet..Ellt. cone.
.414,x,tand 'NAIL 0 , 0 hie:opinion lisle the VALU E
MUM, ke:'• Tho',Ok enjitginit'hhi .80rilorn will 'receive
a n apeamiiilimul Inroprantion; Iteonitenee'at the
11. , Kehn 0 . 04 480. • '
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***. emethport t WKean Oot•
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THE Lp.GION OF 11014-0-lE7'
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you-afe willing, he should go?”. •
r.Why note! answered- the young wife -en
thusiastieally.— ''l should...despise myself,
Adele;lf 1 werenqt willing.th give my.'lluS:,
band . - to;•.my' country.' • .Fratthe needs all ..her:
.sorisli:4 this extremity.: thank Goal ha•Ve.
'Henri:toofferOn her aller:”• •- • •'• • .
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Her , sister, shrugged • shoulder's. 6417' 0.0
Ways Were romantic', .*my ;dear," she ,said.
"Ear my part, -- if .handsome •bushand,.
a• splendid estate .in Normandy,: a hotel. In
i ) arisytlirrionds,•cashmere, equipages, ;set - Vents ,
us - -yoft. tiave I Should. 'not be willing•te 'risk
them so slightly:. ..Suppose iS'lrlilett.
You will be`a 'widow, aini for.U.time•at . least,
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can enjoy none of theserihings.."
I Adele,.bew.'-ean you talk -in?'
not the 'good . father *:Lacoire - been . telhog.us,•
ever since-we were • children,• t hat:: the curse o
modern-tithes .was.its materialistic view of life?:
that to. eat, •drink, and be 'merry seemed tO:be
the, whole purpose of. - e.sletente?:'.That
had corroded 'national -virtna Ithrt the day of
.herpisin had paSsed...,DoW 'often . hitS My heart
swelled. against these, inthutations. 'for I
not'believe :that: hurnan-uature ban stink" so
howl ,No often told- hint,: the, diviner
parts of our : race have not all died out. ..We
arestill.capable, We warnen of initkine ' Sacrikees
for ,our . country; •and Mir husbands, fathers. ,
brothers, sons, still eapable.Of dying, tor it.. 1.
could; myself, if the ciecasiOn called for it, be,.
- I hope a seconiiioan of Arc.: I .never 'loved
'Henri hall so well as. 'since he' came, home, the
otlierditY, and toldi:me, That in Hillis crisis of
France's fate, he had determined io' offer. her
his sword, and, if necessary;.'his :We can
die but once. • 'What more glorious than-to die'
in an holy cariseE'—:-And theyoung wife looked
sublime'as she spoke ••
• Natalie had been married 'but , a - year or too';
Her beautyoicccimplishmeati, and :amiability
had won "for her, at 'eighteen: : : the heart of the
youngde Tankereillei the_greatest.' thatch 'of
the season. , Passionately attached 'to each
other, ;they spent the hours cor.tintrally
gettieri - they. read, theY - •did every thing. in'
company, The' lite they led was mrire like an
idyl that, like.a life in ;modern society and' in
Paths. . In • the • Midst . pf dream 'of bliss
came'the news of the retreat -. from . I‘loseow.
kll Etirope tose Pgainit • France: • Tbe -' , Erope'i •
ror, beaten back'from Dresden to •I.eipsic, and
frorthLeipsic to the Hhine, -•wasomaking a last
-desperate effort to retrieve the' fortune of the'
nation, • 'lt : Was in;this'.extremity . that the,
yOurig count stepped forward. ' His father had
been a constitutional royalist'in the 'last - days
ntLouis X.Vf., nod though the .family had nei.l
Cr, emigrated, It Itha-neyer,on the other.: band,
attached ilself..th the fortunes . Of Napoleon.
:50....10ng as the great 'Emperor pursued , his
career Of cominesr, Co long the Tank ery illes
held' aloof - cram. him. lint now; when- the
questioth,Wa's nqt Natioleotr; brit the %nation,
the young count felt that. the time-when
cOuotly detnanded his services. In view of
the., dismemberment . uf.Friroce, what Ati.eroH
lands, houses, life itself? ~,Save the nation!"
was: the ery that rose to' every . .•patriotie.
Women brought their jewels, men. :brought
theiri Ives. Foremost anion these :were Pen:.
• sairfAdele, whei had. one of 'thOse
cold, selfish natures, that rould'fn,?t understand
hoW anybody COLIIO siiything • noble or he
roic, ". I think you. rind jibitr liusband• Mad.
But go yotir then ways.'?
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‘4.l' wish you were' made in the •same. y.
We'are mud as :Leonidas 'was mad, as Tell
waS madois Druce was mad, as.. every other
berewas• mad that has died for libery. ~ It 'is
net now a question' of . the •Emperir:'' It is a
question of counry.,•,..lt. is not: Whether. Na.
poleodshallreign,' Wit :whether France' shall
be dismemberd. It . is whether the:flag of the
nation, that: glorious 'tricolor. which waved at
Marengo and Austerliti; shrill be trailed in' the
dust, or shall Still bring • tears ':to the' eyes of.
Frenchmen when they . see it, in foreign lands,
floating front . the mast head.'-' •. • •
'We will not dwell on the parting•uf husband
and wife. • Natalie bore, up heroically.. Not -
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linens Vista. l'a,
Lady Rassell,whealeaNing - hpr. on that
ied'mproing of, hls execution controlled . her-
self pooie n'oblx •thith - did 'Neitalie now.., pit
''when the door ' had closed on Henri{ .
she
heard the cl.itter of.his.horse's feet down the
stree; then she flung herself on her bed, and
wept as if her heart was. 'breaking.
It was an eventful winter. A battle'. was
fought almost daily. • Like a lyon 'in the. coils,
Napoleon . turned first on ohe.nod• then 'on -no-
Othei of liis foes, and aiwaya..unexpeqedif.
In the, brightest, days of intellePt. he'.lot,l
never - so. terrible ns • now. " Ftrnri ti as
foie:most all these battles. Once he. saved
the : R:46.ON Ye
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henor, soon .4 . eeked:his:.hreast; He ; received
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thOeceration from Napoleon'a 'own , hand, .on
tie*Fery•day that he heard' Natalie' had. pre-
s - eiited'hini - with a son;' But the' ge.rat6 of the:
Emperor and the valor of his'troops wen of no
Treacbeiy • Was Jit, work in Parizi
while Napoleon was absent in tho.CimPaien
TUe'capital was surrendered. Napoleon wrs
foice'd to abdi'cate-
Every one .knoves '. what followed: The
Bourbons came back, forg etting gothing,as-
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we said, and forving nothing. ••
“Ahl:my . blec ' diog 'country," fienri• Would
cry' to his 'young wife... At other. Airnes it was
c , 011! for one hour with the Emperory l
At last the nation "could bear. it no longer.
Napoleon landed; the army rose
,in his tavor;
the king fled; a' constitution 'was proclaimed.
Once more. the piling count buckle'd on. his
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'itkgain I say . gti," -was. his wife's tier*
parting, r-and again - andl will stay
at florne, and pray. thia 'sometirries •it is
harder. for women' than .tor •men: . You. hallo
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'the. eiceitement. of-the Campaign . ; ilhit iVe can
only wait and . wait,..frnth one dreary : day, to
another we can only' pray and. pray
. through
the sleepless hours'ot night.. Do riot 'suppose,:
because I. say thia,Twonld ,keep yen .back.
Go, and may Goo crown ..you with victory ;
or i f not---...... : ..... . :
it if not,) , eatil her.bushaiid interiupting hqr
1 sie.y. Op the 'battle field." •
Al:mitt was n tfieilictien..- • A' few, iieye la;
tor, :wheiti the old puntd, at • the end of that
terrible day of watterlooi . closed up thier JankF,
and to the demand • to lay down.tieir, arms, te
rdifd wthe':G . unicl dies. hot never
11003:Tntike1011, fighting with f?te'biiiv,eest,
and •f ~~it ni3 '. fongest almost of all; eank-nn4r.
a doze4i.,*eofia4o,i''..r .. , • .••.• ';
MEI
SMETHPORT; APKtAiNi CC)UNT,,
The cross 'of the legion of
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Did b isre:: re w.liiit7shedia44l.oittP, i
‘, No, fii)," he . - el ie(1; iii itiliwercfo the
reprriuehes Ng. tister, ,, . I woiihl send 4itrl
forth . a ga would. rather be fife
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widUre,.ii 'thousand - . timeti ovei,".•she .added,
with ilifsliktig• - sY•Cs;“ of it soldier w ho'dted, for
his country, than, the who'
had fa Heil her hoo.r..of.neeil, for. C h.
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. 6 a I:iiiicra coward •or -traitor.".. •
' • ger she:everthink ::othereCiSe— In oi•ter
YearS,..rich and'litleil Suitt:-4 solicited he r'llartil;
but she Ilvetl•fs lilt NI to the Memory of-her Inst.
ll.er. chief corneae lion WRS to Tillie . her
chili, `as soon es - -he: . was 'able 10 - underste'tid
her ; attd showing liiinth'e 'cross of ;the - legion
OF honor, tither bad- won in battle;
j - fOint•:tu'lterwartl- to f he• "tart tuft ' • hatig
nyerheatl, and bid him emulate - 11,01:•heroisin,
arid patriotism of the
"It' is it prouder inheritance 'to you, liarlitig;".
she ovoold•stiY; liissing Irim passionately i fha ri•
'if he. had left:yoti it thione....:Thinlc.-hoW• your
bettrt will glow, years to come, 'when.: von
se c. linen poinfing to yin 1,....n sayirn ,
father; ipo,;Was'atin-of•the grand artnyt". • -
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BOMBARDMENT: OF PORT ROYAL
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COM 31 ENc.i6lE:smor
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, ..At presicely;five minutes before ten o C clock,
the. Bay' Point Batt ed?.. - oPenedi . fire ' upon
the:Wabash:and that at Bilton.Heistl followed
almost.within a second.—The ships were tbnin
neatly. midway.between the hostild' guns, arid.
s'earCetY. within range:. For a
,minute the . Y .
made, no reify; but presently . ..l he - Wabash
Th??ri grandly siot'poored'frnm ,lioth' 'her.
massive:siiles . a . terriblerain of Metal, which'
.fell with frightful papiiiity tibon • either snore.
'Tlieother vesselS were not,slow :in following
her,example,•and, the battle 'was fairly . begun;
• From my piini,of,observation,cm'yoatil the.
A'tlabtic; it , was 'apparent that Invv
shells, - Which at first were the•only projectiles
'used, bursted. within . the fortifications.: The.
'guns, hail too . .great an eldvation,'„untl iheir ire!'
messengers went crashing thro' the tree tops.
amile or two beyond the httertes. The' same
Was the case with the rebels, whose shot paSs
etrbetWeen the Masts . and.•Fi hove' , otir 'vessels.
The frigates'and gunboat's, each having (Jelly.;
ered her. fire, which mainly in this 'rouffil was
ilircted against.Bny Point,. passed' witlkin 'the
BaY,lniliffnrent alike to the bursting' shells, .
humining . nrojectilee and hot rouintshot Which
the rebels tulionsly . discharged,-.breaking, .the
water into, foaming 'columns evey.where'ubtiot,
them: .'
. . .
• Wtthia'a distance'of 'nine hundred yarils from
the rebel guns; the• Wabas - threw in her fiery
messengers, while . the other no ..fur:
.
tber, away,: participated in the. bloody;strife;
and the gontioata . frorp shetteiredindok,
raked2the'ramparts frightfully. Thus the fire
'of about fifty guns wawerincentratCd'ettesy mo.
.meat upon t he enemy;vyllo
never wavering in his 1 4, ply' Cxcept . ..velten the
WaLash was using battcriCa';'directly in
front of.hftn. • Then it•was: tigii:'hni 'tor flesh ,
'and bloo'd to 'endure. Shells.ltib,q9Ps: as rap
idly as hall dfori - a; ivithin and TOrit;,:rdre and a
half:heycirld'the battery.' As they . '.itrucic and
plowed imp ihe earth a dense,pillac of atiioke,
and. sand wauldshoot . obseu-
Sing the fortification 'and driving4he
gonners from their-piece's.
In describing the their •cirptiit verihg
their fire,• the- • vessels consumed trithrii , More
than an hour tiar.erieh round.: Littyf. , m6i - Ifthiiri
Wall' of this ;line hoWever,' wti:sp
aerilin . J.ol-
ting. into position.'. for 'gliding slowlkvAgiontl,.
perhaps entering - the bay. beyond tliskif Omit .
it mile; j . tist tar.enough to permit
im .of his immense c'Cirninhodori.
brought:her hack hno . . repeated :frAptthts,..-star
bdard hitterY,,until • the'guns . bagiftne tr ., m;lnitt
to handle, that.devtistating.firtc :o:What islrhe
respecting the firing' of the • Wabash Jiletal...aii
true' respeeting, the: Suscittelaima, •111e04i1.,
Pawnee, Alohiciin and the. rest. Eaeli•tiesit:l
diSeharged her broadside.atthe.shortest.iMs- - .
Ode range,.loading and firing rigaimand again
With. all the ciicilnesS and . pre•eisioni t exercised
in target practice, . before she , ' passed the .hat : ',
ter)'.. . .
lIRAVEY ON 'TIM CONFiDERATRF,
•
But the.enemy'Was . bY,.no means inactive.
lle offered' 111 . -stubborn,. an • heroic resistance.
LOoking thr ough a pOwerful teleScope, belong
ing to an engineer officer . of the e:smedition„
AW,-When.t lin ships -were approaching the bat
tery the 'second- time, Iwo' men wearing 'red
They had been pariieularlY ective,,
anirnOW sat at the Muzzle of a gun, a pparetitlx
ezhansted and waiting- for' more •atnunition
I'his terrible tire froth,the fleet was 'falling alc,
around .them;-b•it they moved not and I doubt
ed if itht:y were • Finapy'thVy.-,sprunt,
lip-and loaded t shell..at.that • ing
staut bursted near them; and they disapp s eare4;
daubtlesi blown to attomi. I beard fremiontly•
during thcf, , ..fight most ungoalifkd ..exoresiiima
of opplif . 4l:for the manner in whicl• t heir guns„.
'were Ser[vo.• That their. mirkinansiiit!
,good; the - 100'40MR an'd'c'at'ri_singof.our vedL
sell, rather 'than the number of.. killed iit
-board, fuinkh'falLevidt.nce.: ,
cEssntroN or THE FIGHT
•.After the second, round had been brilliantly
fought on both sideS; the Wabash gaire a signal
for the Vessels which had,sheen most actively
engat.ted to cease Tiring and give .relreshrnemts
to the .men. . AccOrdirigly the steamers. re
paired to, a pOint beyond the' reach of the, bat
teries and be poor ,sa ilors—nearly.
with their. work-.satisfied their hunger :and
gratefully sought.. a few.montents' repose.
..
THE Etont:.itENr.u:ED
Then it ' was that : the gunboats did' their
most, efficient camionaditti';!lTheir ahelle,. and
round's-hot flews- atr - 1 as the parapet of
the fortification, d t . Yd . •?:ii . ."
I tt'rt l illy Men . from
;
their gens'atrrn ' ear in havoc. The
little steanitug il . c,- . ry; Mattel:commanding .
Martin, gallantly 'steamed' into a, shallow .bay
to the left of the fcktitnot more 'than half a
mile distant, and . 4isenting her dimientive
figure to the rebel gibs.,: npenod upon them
with her a 0 pounder Parrott, which was fired.
rapidlY.and,with good effect. Frofin her hrox- 1
imitv to the fort Captain Martin. was:,,or:o4lo,
tbe•iirit ba i;pa tbk4 the 'rebels', Wq:Otlttiring:
to evtieitat*OmfaCe::;,..ln ih - e t4ar•Airt I.ip;,fp.ir
t 140, t ioo . ;. - i•xferiding • tbatif- liiiiiizi6a rails ..1),( 1 ),ii.
mile, le IM li..3air iiiSi(loW,'WmilidedOPY * atao.i. ei.
Woods.'' - . *si.aiii4iiis • open'space, t ha :Flinr,
was. earryiag,bli daad', and,SrotiadeiVand liiig'.•
pAi.-,.. SAT Ur RDAY . , , ::- . DEC;...T,21,-1,86L1 „.,
3 '7
!POI --
. ipa.o.o e
...
stdannng cl6sdr: to itle:.shotT;
fddiur.t,hat:the Imttdry Gad bitit dosertedl . ddil'
look 'the .
fidr si . ster . : — vdsseks;"
,ty'ds cutirioe.up .
neW'.the ithga'derdedt.' lilhdCodidnockis dimpst
irdeivpd thd,c,ddlirmaOod'bf the .
t'iding.: from dibir sdurcdS, and eved[whild . ll',i ,
tdnindlo \vords.of' tha itiessedgd'r, .1 he - rob ! .
dls, urucir their nag: . • •
. . .
or .kiNUAGF.3IF:NT-...:A
•. . •
tei•ectiseAring was . . nvonce- hois
ted, a -being precisely ..hull past
Cloclohe bOmbeidniont •had been nearly_ fitk.
hours :hi • - progrcia. Ttie'llag•sitip loWered.
boat n sent•it•esbore;earryingn tlagol triter .
in, the boiv-,- andjour ;own.: proud . .., banner. in. , the.
stein. mission. was; to inquire' the ene
my 'had Surrenderrrl;-,-t:ornM3l l ll 4 lv John 1.0114'-
ers;:a.pasSentier"eit the Wab.talt, :wher,:hnd
corm, down rto join' the Flag; iiow
b I geb d ag, Ott 'Chaklesi,inonif had .bepn .ac Ong
RR aqtlerin4 the 1404', to, cniltitnilar'e.:Al9,ol4-,
was.aisieUe'd of the ilag,,asliore . '
Himself and. tv
nd. crew.ere unarmed, „but they
Need 'po...one, to receive them. ...Jle,planted the.
A inericithrthisign upon'. the desei tell ramparti;
and.tookinissession of the 'soil ofciiith .; (Aro•
line' id•the' the . ; Vnited..States. 7 ,
Atiel bee and larger St ar . .§pangled Bann e r -was
afterwards 'displayed .upon' the •Ilagatiiir:of, a
•building . n few . .rodelo the loft,: where the' rebel.
standard hail waved: during 'the combat, 'and
whence i(had ju'it been taken .down.
'..Commodore . Totnall and, b;:'.
peered in the early part 'ol. the . . engagement:,
Ile senfa few . shots towiarita the '.fleet, but as
usual his boats Were lint to .do uit
any injory.,...,tiluch . regret ; is' eipresied that
neither of our fast ste,amera pursued' and. -cap e ,
'lured* t becnirmindorc.,, 'lle would.' have been
-an interesting...prisoner. • ,
wrn.pis 4:Npl :sritirts.cnict 'atthui ttntsru.nx.
SOC`f 11 CAR9i.E`7A.SOiL
. .
'Now comes the.most - .exciting event ol.the
ettgage.ntrot----1 lie Taking aloft ol the stars and
st ripoS'on' the ramparts of Tort.. \al ker. Our
meiiare now tiblitir Carolina soil, 'and over
their heads..wayeil the American llag, whose.
folds have not lloati;tlon'the• hreezein the
Pid
mettoStateSincetheOar .of, I`ort ,Sumter:
The cheers that uprose an the hoisting of this
weredeniening... The
„stentorian.
of human voicas•would have drowned the roar
of, artillery, he cheer was taken up man . ' by ,
man, self) hy,ship,' reginifeht . reOment.- 7
Such a spantaneons, oniburit. , Of soldierly
thusiasiri . .never greeted the ears of Napoleon
'amid the victories elVaretign,":Atisieiliii, 'Or
the pyramids of the Nile. The.next . morning
Fait Eleatiregaril, - . on
eupied, gunboats were 'sent up. - to
Bodorort, and the town 'i,vas found deserted,'„
V!SIT.To.iORT WALKER
. .
T,liis left, after its surrender, was'. placed. in
rze.of ,Lieer : .:Barnet 'cif the Wabash,. who.
.haddieeil sent to: shore'•' with his baltallion,
rnnsistiit of severity sailorann'd• fifty marines.
Sentinels we're pacing Upon 'the: perapets, :and
at the approaches to the .work,'. and' picket's
were , Stationeitabout' two hondied yards from
the outer;limits, ondhetlanksfand at the rear.
Evidences of _the Wild confirsiow—ney, - the ah
jeFt terrirr-,-in which the rebels, had left 'the
fort,..Were abundant. everywhere.' There•were
twenty-three gtins'jn the work,
,Only three of,
.which had been ~ilisinounted. by-iour and
not: one of the reinairider' hail been spikeil;— .
Several indeed..were readY•lor.oUr'nren to *
4fesitltherriFilees in rase they should be at
tacked; magazines„ of which' ihr;re
were thiee'ry fort,..comoined '.ornunition
( ermine] to withstand, very long siege:'
This cuidampinetit ; :consist ingof about•elihtY'
tents; to,the.lettof the fortitkations, - thdicated,
it anything . , the fort; liqw
huriiedly its late occupants had .
Most. of the tents had been undisturbed:' Ofrt
cer's'iarniture,•,iiniforms 'anti 'other clothing;
dress swords;'small.store's ; with here and there
an article - Which. told that even' in 'camp the
warriors had not been wholly bereffof the, so!
ciew of, their Wives; mothers:and - ;sisters,
Were' left'aS •significaurtelf.tares . of a' sudden.
.departure.,' Over the meadows to Ntrhlcir . l. be,
,fore. alluded, Were scattered' blankets,. .knap
(sonie. of, ,
-singularly;:eriough;
?were recognized ts those Which had . been 'east
,away by our'panie stricken tr!omi . s.at 'Rue,)
mii9zets, Irayonets, catridge..boxeS4 and a leis..
death Mulas' and. broken . '^rtehicles---=trut . ...'carnP . l
wagons, hut family:carriages,', hao been
:1180,1 to carry away.the deed mid woltnifed.•
• a.
DAMAGN Di/SF:-TUE R . ll".a:rt--•sucieKrro;
watt:plenty of testimony. regarding• the I
iitructivenrs's of our fire- 2 tidt acme from 't he
Phsoners; of :WhOln . alionnWenty fell into our,
hands--birt (ruin the very 'earth itself,
where numerous deep anti king•ftirrows, (mused
y ricochetting- shell's; and fragmentsof jag..
.M4i , an; rountleSsltiontity', told motel)? and
:ktafireseively: •
ia4;bnilies,•seme s . bockingly mangled
• the fort, One was that of a.
yk ineer-Mtt?ae legs had been shot :away'.
Thaim . in'ene 'place, Miff
buritiiiiffhiiiao4l . and in another :near' where
the litik.,Onflay;Prone with their.'c'arriages
shatt4edi ikeieinangled pieces of flesh im•
meised in.gore. • •• • •'
. . .
• Some were found'Avith.their. heads halt 'torn
off; some with entrails spread for yards:around
them, some with mangled: legs and arms, and
With faces distorted 'with :pain :and horror. =
Some lay . prone on the gronnd; with backii...to
vi•nots rheetteiny, and . others . Strack.dead while
iit peculiar postures, nail and
niritions to others... back in the
Dods dri,d tidies weie.foutul.of those• killed
by our shells, :In n triUsSiyo'butrib-primf.'
ii7ott IVitiker.wan 'fonnil.t he ilfiail..,body of. Shrz.
gNoii 'Borst, formerly of tho:',lTniteti':Strttes nr;.'
my. . He- had doubtless retired
. to this place for
safety, and it indeed See Med tieeure-formed as
it tyil9 bt Massive • walls, eq . , streagthened ry
Great heart - S of ,vrooil:•••
- A built shell hid Whiz . ,
zed . into.the room through the small drag
enal aperture, and strtiek a heavy piece of flirt
het tearing away the stipPorts'and•titOkng
4lown, the *all tibot,t(hii 1104: Asplkitte,r..,i'ir'im•
Oie'fia-e:teteikbeAtio6.6.hini ;upon ' lll6bi t ii :Yj dlling.himihatn'ntly yast:ng•he:had thrown up
„IfyillitipsAtit'ishij ter, in set(' tie hi :•,,,the ittf;
1,0 11 :.4 1 'i.14!, , ,g•t6 0 iXe411
?014iei
i.guthe'reirfut death
-Yei7; ; Phl , -,7171
dhe.rederaltine - psdninlerl,l they seattefeti
therniel,r es - about dhe eheampulent . , apparent!Y
`untleftio eentrelet bflt possessed
'ofdhe the idea.. of pinuileriog the propetty
which.the,:rebelsihati conduct" 'was
titterly,inisieuastile,..ts..dhii victory : died, ',been
won withoitt,thejr.ekthiesteldf.'ntictr-ewbile
nothing but
,bent on. Th'e . sedr4e'ts:
were• eclipsed, however; in, their'diseraceflif
deeds by the crews, and sonte,of the officers, of
the transports, °These last; not content with ,
securing it slight mernento of the
.r.light,..fillerd
"their, beats with trunksi.tnugkers r - mar other
"portable. property;' which they plated' on
board their.ships,:and then returned for . . Tore: -
painful. to wither" , :the wanton. dent toe
d I ° ll or dialling',
.Whieh.the ravager. trod !miler'
foot rtfter they hardebtainetd if from trunks that
W4ll e broken open in their., desire to find more
:valunble spoils. :The' free otie -..- Of Whiskey,
which:was found hi abuntlenceamongihe out.
eer's slores : Vegen to ; tie its' &feeds •upon the
.
'men( anti finallY, - ;only, . stringent mess=
tires bad. been.resoitegl to,
.Wus solue:degres or
order reatured.:
- RF;DEL .nEADquAitrilts. - •••
The offieere of. Fort Walker hid *establiahid
their headquarters at a'riCh old Plantatinti Man
sion, notfar from theintt, *on an .estato belong
ring to a latnity hy.the name , ot.Pope ! •• }hie
wab a,iplendidilibrary,' a mass of paper), :and
documents; and.a file.of the :Charleatons:•*Mer.
*nary, for thelaet :thirty or :Tony .years, one
was seen dated aii•far back aclBll.. 'rbe.or.
der of: battle for the day was found, giving di,.
reytiuris for the' mode of .repelling: Federal at
tack,. It.appeared that they had been in.con
stant expectation •of onr attack ever *since
the Bien++ ille • first 'appeared 'off the harbor* on
Monday, and had twep busily , preparing for
:we's evident that the garrisonetlr; rebels
had largereinocmeni Close. it hal,-kali:.
al
• ' f.,re t • . ,
,ing.an 'opportunity 'to notrie to teir assist ance;
if requfred.. Those reinforcements were 'kept
in the-back-ground to keep ouribrees:slgnorant
of theirstrength, and draw us„ as was' belie.
ved,'to destritction.:•• The resu lt showed 'that
they rackonect withont their hilt. • • • • •
TUE eilVrltA
•
'As sorin 'the, negro ;slaves obiertied us
coming on shore they ffoeked along tire banks
In great niimbers, Same bearing.parcels . and
burdens as if expecting us to take' them 2 at
price to a home of freedom.. . .. Every variety of,
negro and Slave we's 'represented. Porkies of
. genuine Congo 'physique, end .• darkies of the
geniiine Uncle Tom paters, dark ies young and .
jubilant, darkies middle aged and eager, and
grsybaired,• solemn looking ,fellowt.., Sonia
appeared mystefied, and s ome intelligent. • :AS
fast al .the. contraband article . came ''.within'
reach, it was plated'in the gliarti house; an Mil
franie huilding behind Fort ;Welker: • .•
A VIRIT_TO FORT loc4tinigAßD.:
. .
• This morning visit Fort, heuregard,
at Buy Point; Whigh is n work not so formitht;
ble iii an. engineering point of view; but of. ant..
'ficie.nt imPortanee to be ii.yaltiabli-liequisition
to u 5...:• Itiess , tliis battery or-fort which .can
'sod all the &Knege to this fleet, iheir
exeellent'ability; •,. We found that' this
tort was well prepared to resist a landing force
as the works , Were 'protected with .well made
nil • t veri t Went y -fon r pen nders:to . protect
the-3mnd appro'seti-from the Westwaid.).- There
are :IR guns, in- thia..ieork,-or rather series • of.
VISIT TO./ - OItT ElifrFORT
. .
!. . .
.• noon after landing FI ditaehmerit'of men.pro
'ceo.ic,il lip to Beaufort,. and , fotind.it . .tenantietit
except by one.dilapidlited parser', nhopresen.
ied - .sonte traces id :cult IVA liot7; rind of havitur,
been an original South Carolina - gentlemar);:but :
he aPpeated to be either paralyzed• by drunk
-
tintless or fear, and:it probably was not the
hitter . .. lie mettheTederel .troop's on the. out.
Skirts of the. city, a cid with his hat iri,his hanri - ,
nod gently from side to iide,', hiccupped'. out ;'a
few nointelligiblO Words . as 'they pasSed, in.-1.
Slasres were knead:busily. engaged in . pillaging
the , deserted houses. • • - : '-''' ' : '
THE
. . .
. .
.As'.l close , my long and hastrletter, troops
were being landed frorn . thetransports to.Occu
pyantbrepair the forts and positions gaintubby,
their valor.: They are encamping in a sweet
potato field, the edibles . of which they will
seen dottlitless(exiiihit. a :tandness for. Gen..
Shermon's. headquarters are at 'the .ran ion'
house lately occupihd by the officers. Of Fort .
Walker as theirs. - ' ~, .' . •• • ' `. ..
1 . ).11 NIA G I: To i'4P:SIIIPrINI;;
rvery " erova , ;ed hi the' scoria was 'Mare:or - less:cut np,, although none", ,were
jilted
,selnully.as make it necessary
turn hinni.. for ..repairs:r . The. 'Wabash • was
.st plc k .bY about shots. - One shot, started
lien king, hlit.'nor.:i,e'ry liermain
inastis sn seVerelyioiredi hat it Will. proba
bly have to he taken oat.
~r.. •
The Bien - ville . was in the hottest of the . .Re-
I ion;:doproa ching. nee rer, •to..tlre shore than any
other of•the fleet, arid:being punished for her
temerity accoidinglY. , she wee struck by five
shots,.but inr of which intlicted serious dnrn-,
age, though the others Struckthe, rigging, cut-,
ring off, the slitouds, etc:, butintlicting' no in- .
jury that.cannot•be'rePaired without taking her
interlock. .One shot from one of the. 'heavy.
eolumbiads . a 'Hilton Head struck. heron.the
starboard bow.' .The shot killed tviie,rpen and
wounded three others. ;The injury -to the ship
was not considerable, be yond 'perforating her
side, which hole milsplugged tip"...„ The gun
boat Penguin wet struck in' her steam chest,
which exPlOded,thus Tendering the Vessel in-'
capable of action. " . : ". •
. -
Be Aides-these specially. mentiortetl; .tnost , o
e tlek 'suffered but pot • considernbly.
fat net a vessel, saVe tha.Peugiiio, ivas ;no,
paciluttd for' immediate s'Prvico, or 4o r in
'red that het esin'ciew cannotpat dier.jh reit
diiieskfor action at once. .- i . ,, , 'g'-:.:0,4 .
.. The Pawnee was struck. nine.femesl;ilitt i the
ill
Molllcon also received :a norphet of ' , 10.0
~ ''
These two were the most cut up bi liy:Or( I. ,
smaller: vesack or . tee• fleet... The 'Otti'Wei,
Seneca , 'Vandalia;'fieminole; SusquOiltiiia, tii. - 4;
chatontas an . d..4 avian all - were sevOrltitiiea,
hi t ; but nom ! . were
d isadted :,-,.- ;
, ; v T:i„ .r. - ;.
ii.,.
”
' Soie - ortlii'iiOtilfqietP queer)prolo,—,
,00e.soittCitumblfishot90?0 , Oirteweight .
iicOcletted.roartiopq,r44iirikitit,Abe' l Wite r ;
irtd:t6n!steped':abioi-t?it#o e ttiOgk:th e.
BicnVPle;lisV:aboyoAi . Watc4-line,
- kfiYrlk kaliitOM!ftek.*4.l.at+'
ferathip; Oss,iiter oetlelvkfeeCkbpk, ; hie
..y- , , • ..-, '•.: - ?;•,. -- :•-,-, , ~-,--,,,,, 04-i'.. •,1• : : : ::; ii. - -:-: -
ffff!l
deck. • and' et\ rilekTl4ff , 1 •impr.,°4171!:%• L'
:yards,tiext 4 o I be" il , Vp VII , ,0.,t ;; Orl'';`,'
C4 , t'- ' ~ ..!irk4 ti';'4 C'''' ' )14 ; # 1 , :
4 4
The Wehoth'ii!'"ii ll'itii iC t *.Siiii , 0 4 40 1 0 . i..,
900`shotei, hei lit atilti 000 Oott it ribilititoV '
with the exception lit it , love rilifitlitalt
„cf,,,....ney.p0te,41; and" , whiefveti: : 4l,
simply as R Mitt 14 or -experiment. ~ . .This;,,Sui .
quehanneh - fired 500 .shott, the' •BleitiillitlitS;
and the average of'the gunboits and tbi 4 eriter
smarter ships tray? probably ; he•aet dnwelltl3O
each. Thera were ii i lath , le .vesseie teemed
OH 1 ):1r. %MIR, Arid ptnliutly. from ail `Onti” were
tired not tar from 3,000 ober ande•lbell "et 'the
two forts, Virslkor a WI . Reaurespsill s , the , feet; •
'gun batißty and the three 'tea" it' i'
_ l' : .
The average cost of oot.tb •bot. , rreotong
shell, round shut, and rifled cannon •Iniejeetifee
of peeulint nuke, and.raking tntir steceintrilie
value of the powder iniell'tir firelhfetli'ipir be
get down at about.sB... Thus the Intenedilaisw.
der and broken shell-iron otjhe kettle if 'Pert
iloy,-.1 may he set down. ...h.o v ed.v4 6
country nut lose thuds $2111,0410 . .. 4 114kinhsg,
then says the New iiii York Tribtinell 1ew. , 110
of Ibis 'battle) beffinniniAllth•dthet.° '
cost of this fleet, ••which hire tfiefi'
since August last, the pay of the' nt'ilttlbst ,
value of their food,,and the expengit:egga r ip ew e
lost vessels on a very moderate, pestle, ,tkop too.
tire cost is about as follows. ' ••‘ '•' t
nerd of the •04110i0 up tii thin; tiro i Ay; : . 1.ii41111110 •
Yay id the soldiers, et o'.. Op'to, tete sire; .1 itlitskesa
"slayer tatlana aunautzted up tat thla thalv..,tothoor
value or clothing mita out up ta! Ode Om s
~ ..11111,00
value of powder burant,.v........5.,..e a..ii4•1111406
value of governor and lhavtlem low,ea ilba " - t' ,. il.,_: .
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TEIR CONrEURRATR fORCR..!: '
According to the ataternenf of the *Wiser, .
and the hegroes, "the 'tercel ' et Ifiltoii'tbioad
unwonted to shout I,3oo'Mel), toriirosodttd , by
Gen Tilos, J.Drayton, including :60C9,1nriliais
Artillery, tinder Col. Wagner, 60 1 1 104013iiiitde '
and--Some SOO • infantry; 'of the elk, rpituileist,
Smith Carolina Yolunteeri, Col: IleywatiliOnd •
the 12th regiment ) Major Jones committals*.
On tiny Point were 400 men: making'.t h etetal
rebel torce little short of 2000 men. , ' '
. Tug Fotyrtrioavnuts.— , •
The prisoners report that 'thr, rattidentioile
at P'ort lloyal have been occupied Min 001 th
of July last by a small garrison of Solt 'erns_ ~ r
-
lino infantry, They were bnilt by .1 110 50 1 1etles
!of South Carolina, and are 'well ihottattetefed
earthworks, their main defect belitg.'lls' the
parapet which was to low to inffie leally AO. •
ter :he men: Bomb-proofs Mtn tn• bore boot
added, but tune wan not given for Iket..4
colnganY of German nyiNg ottilloty''lntivill
the night before the bomberdeennt o, tint 'dig
efficient service at • their rms.—Gin.' Ittyltiy
commander In chief of;the - South enrolling' Irate
cos, was present during. the fighti sollrirtielli
the panic commenced mounted' the , patio!' if
the fort at Bay-Point and'entreated tloitoto, to
Stand by their guns, but ,his onettitity rotto
without avail, . •• -0 ' ';', ' •..
.•
%mos AL or , FitsTtnwr:-1-The ititivitieft Epp.
, ,
toor, in speaking . at the '.tertireiril Id' Fillhasit i , '
says: ""In , the first place, there drailthe Maw • '•
(or the appointment Of 'obit' - ClitrittripitlO '
supreme command in the Ovest i ;over tirelbisde.,. ..
of Gcrierals who bare grOWn pity istb. tele. '- -
vice, except - Hernial' 'inanes:, H. bid. Sorer . .
made his mark, as 'a soldier.. -In big CeliFermia
I . cainpaign-Ais only one—he had Arnett that '. ' ' ..
1 same 'spirit of . insubordination' . editikeijaiswar.•
,' overweening vanity'that marked ' hie .littei et:
rote: in Missouri: His -Canforrile•'•,llOhllirister'
ended, in'e court inertial, coOvictlne irigertmssii ''
‘ahil resignatiOn from . the' service: '' - .Thifi'dide .. . .
military record was against, birti..' '.....ltert, th e e, • ;
that Witii.Kit Cit/106, be hid .esplored 1 :004. '
through the 'Reckpmniintainii and iiid,'intitel; . ,
' -
ved the praises of the tiewspeperar tor '''llitiee ' .
mote-steak: His. COndect '., ie . Vat's nti,-. sad' -:
ill issoeri is a strong proteateigniestites Mier—
el indulgence:in that a rticlie.:et - diet.•....tdoilix:'' '
explorer; however ;great; lirniit-neeeieseily ia ..•
soldier, and we, repeat that ; Frettient te.se:rah. .. . .
ceived a. military . education , —never :conatiteti.- . .
ded a regiment in his life befere :hi. 'ambit, -,
mein as . Major-General,' and that ''hin eliglie
'military, record, previouplyoires. bed. •,:' He •
must- therefore. havelteen appointed es.aecount :. .• .
or some supposed adaPtebility fo'r . the positions :
And when we take such,: qualilleetiena , ter . .
grant-ed. in a man, we are all . intlueneedLiactri '; .'
oi less, by personel predilectioneAn bia . .iiiertie.. : . ..
Mr. Lincoln' appointed rremont beeisSiat . ..,be
liked ,--
the manb.cause he supposed bilt..thiOdit
~ . • •
Ai/ the plaCe, end in inalting : .thrh ippointinerit ..
he was no doubt inthieneed by Ihe solicitations ~ •
of a horde of scoundrels who Wished:tei'Atistil - '
from the government., , 'tbs.: eppointisent Nese •
..
made and that steaiing commenced it ;wee • . ....
stenting.thnt will lawny, ociutty.ti high plate •
in the records of thieving. ~floyd ices-where " •
The fellow who:stole the-. saw-log while: the • . •
owner was sitting:on it and !eft hittliotrillO:tho ': • .
hark, was a, bvingler . in, comparison . with 0. the
thieve,: around Fremont. :They Adobe
,feeter
than
.they could hide--,inore:tlniii they:talented.'
the. Seeing the , incoMpeteney , Of the,mitri,..inil
utter ,ruin that threatened the;publii Per
vice in Miitsouri by, hi►',continuance: 'in .- 8/1:9P• • '
President Lincoln removed him: FOr this let
'he .'receives 'the anathema. of the thieves
whose occupation .iir gone,Sed„the,Curerie .0! '. ;...
that other interesting variety . .;of the beam ~ '
speciei—t be, Abolition -Party.% _This • itt 1 4° 0 1' ••
the'whole :dory of the t(rtiteriee'friliegl,r-,:hosi-' .. •
cerning theremovel of Fremont.. q. ,;,.; ;t . , ,1.
.... - ,
We, believe Abraham. L . incedri: bee diektaver- • . ..• •
erep that unless lie will %iolete,the'-ietteattittivt:
.., .
Lion ot his country—Pander , to. tlicAlethaiess,„•; .; : e
t hotline , drenched- 0uee011,,*460, , ,,44* . .0,,,, -
equally guitty.withSecetodiin iii,dit/tielyttiltt4 ''.,..„ ..
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Union- , -b , most to Pte to ; 1 3‘ it ; POttiStiltittltett:' ',; •••-• '4i
Of the Nation for soppOrti:.of.leltieh:A.lthlie.ihe, ,-•-.-.',•,-!r:e'"
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keeps;: the Constitutional' la ntisuleketAW-
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eiN Lie Partk will' iiiiiilq . :A: , b.:tci`iii i A, — t.',44 , f...:n.:41
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