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VOL. 4.
.411' . ticcii!,: - .pipitil y ‘ p Mitifitli4
Pll aI,ISUED BYEItY SATIRDAY AIO.IININU . ,
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By 4. B. OVIATT,
331g,TEIPORT, Ni'laAN • COUNTY PA
OPFICE, .8.: E. CORN KR . OF.pUBLIC SQUARE
'TERMS: • ; $1 . 50 in Advance.
Bates of Advertising.
I.oolumn one year .
I .a six
Ons equaro of 12 line's 3.lneeitions
I.l.Acti lubmiquept. I niiertion . ..... ..
.134.111ew. Oards, withpiper...:..:.;. ...... '.. 00
ItelJ nr : . igur.e work'will be dnutle the lamve Wes..
Tyro. ve lines *enter . type, hr eight' linesbonpa . raif, Is
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Ettgine.ss IBirectorp.
HYDE HOUSE,
I 0.9a;m0,.P r Dri tor ; Ridleivey.. Pa, Allis !Intel Is
new and furnlshod In Inntlern style, has"nmplr.nccom+
: msdatiOns; awl' is. In .
respects, n Firgt.Claae HOW).
'BA Igray , 'Elk Co. Pa:111.ty..2 , 1, 1611 ,
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ELDR'ED HOTEL,
Jon - Wain; Froprintoi• • Thin house di situated' half
way netivnan Smat.npnat"nind ' A ennvonient,
•iia ..ntina Until hnd, and'abligiug; atnnid•
edit.i, and Ina ',Kcal. • • ".,.
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' • • I ' .A, 1). 'IIAtILIN,.. ..- . .
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Sttr'vttior, . Draftsman- man—Conrey'Ai car. end 'Deal Estate
Ag'ent,' Smettipnrt, ittKeatt county, I's.• ' 1 , .
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Practle . ai.3loclianic, Nllll.vriAlit, .o;itlge.baillor,' S c .,
I.:Patt.-41 . 1ogliray,.:41 , Avan, catap, Pa. , . ' .• .
J. L. BRONX,-
SURVEYOR, VIA WTSSI.OI. CPNV NCIiR and Baal
.EstattrArati Office, Willia , asyitle, Eta Vo.,,,Penn'a
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Chapin & p 93,10; 7
'Lou'
N. S.. SrOWneii, 'Esq.,
'A: 1. Wilcox,
OAVAYO'
J; rotwletnr. Cres - Pri. Thistiouse is Atter!
'up Ut o.o4tAntk,al iwid.comfnrinble'SVl‘s. Hntl every
nt
tontion will ho•p114 twitho propiietor to .the i...kmfort
PP! tuts o( his givistg.• • ' Jsine 3,160
FOBES HOUSE,
Frcirding the Square; flea . n. N . ., T. ..TAMets..l4:
DllLten Proprietor, The {Polo, [louse eritirely' new
aro! built of bri'Oc,. nhd la fornloled.in nindern, stx le•
'The .prupr;etor, flatten hlipiielf tl.rit . Lis xcenmmodH•
0104 are not suirp.ts , e I by' any bole! iif We.qtern
•. York. C trriage4 iron to and i;.ourtlie New, York. and
Erie Rail Road.- . • • - • • :F4: if.. •
BYRON D. 1-IAIILIti,
AVrofts.NT er,•:Ltyrt Sql!thport, Cpuntr. Pt.,
kola' fqr Re.tthl;. Alt euls .
espcilaU to the Golleotion I,r Claim , -; - .l.:athiwition
Land :Vitle4; - .l',l7lnont Heti
;ill huKinesi7aln-
Ling io.ltial lis•itte.':Office in .1111111 i irltit,kn . •
E. - BODDIiToN ELDRED,
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At'erialy en , l : CounielhTe 'et hew. Smetlitmrt. , :ll , lCenn
Cnuitv, PA. lilt. 1/0•n" entrusted to' AO4 cur!, for'lite
enuntiu. of l'l.tein, Potter mid Elk will, be ',limn!) ,
atten,talto Office in the ct,tirt.Hou.Ke. meComl dope.
.AR:. L. FL WISNER,'
Phr+felon no I ttuxeron,.-Soletliport,'Pa,• mill :Wend to
sll orr'estiort.tlcAll. , . with. In•efsiptfleat: 011Yee iu•zlart•
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well Block, second floor. • • . '! • - •_ ••• . .
TH,III . & pIALEI2,
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NYheile%itu and Poit.tl Vonlel'. hi Staple and- Fancy bey
0n0d.,, i.' ichoti-er. lie idy - ..Alade.' (119111inz, and (len era',
' Furniedieß, (I,,nd,i, Itont. .4'n] Shoes. W.il . l:and Window.
' Piper, Looking Gla , neri A:e • AV01ean..24,.Y. .
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JOHN C. BACKUS,
Altni•ne,r ant Canin - .nor at Lan•, SP Kean Co
attend to all sine" in hi s.p rorrssion in the
• cnitotitiv er.iPliean. Potter and Elk. Qffleeilver U.
Sartivelt& Brothers' Store.: • ,
HACKNEY HOUSE,
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A.ln:-per a(Fecnn I and hilrerh‘ tlret.,'.lVlri.e , . Pa. 11.
• 14.'. 11.travor.' Pro/v.1044r, Trityrier4 will fOid good ac-,
~r,,y,.•1,,A.,,i r,...i..oaablocitarzig..
LAR AREE' . S SiOTEL,
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a • T•, to tie's, l'rapriator.— illegitanv *Mica. NilKoall
• Co , PA. .VII it House is sit. I test about ilia.. miles from
.Bauf thu ti•t nn' the mnail , ti'oltian, and a ill' iiiitoutal a
conveniciii! slapplair-place , . • • •.,. '.
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FARM VAtLEY HOTFL;
81 T. G. , )nutvi 'T•111.1 home is aitonted +ll.lO 'five mile
• fro•n i n !Op Irt on itte rout tO.Oionn. .1' len•o re pitrti,
a . in wgo:n•nn late lon tlio . iloirieF . t .iotio
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,Crneker....flardcrnre
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Butts. 41tcie4, I tt4,. (331,,.. Gliis4, N 414, OP., &c., 4.,e
•)1 tit gi•la oi tla ,tln',lic'Sln.trn, - Sinet.fiTort,,, I'n. • '
EMPORIUM HOUSE,
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3Ettppen, lit!Kenn Co:, P.,. N....t. DYKE. Prnprierir
: A quitt'n , i liiiiri and well-furnimhal lina.ny Strange ea
•• an I tiaveleee will On I •vin I narnininialtlinn.i. :
PORT ALLEQANY -HOUS.zt
Vonu rt..D!)t.,..er, Pronrieterf et Purl ' 'Allegno, Me•
' IC I.lU(.lourty . L. Thin hotel inAitunted et the Juno.
tinn nT, the A ei9tlonet 'end Allegany ityer 10..dn, uine
. to lee enet - of p.lmethpnrt.
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To. Those . Interested in Mining and
Mineral Lands:
W- TT. Tl;lll'4E4 olTdr4 W.+ .servieee for the evntnlnn .
e Men of sll coral Lneolg In l'ltenn and Elk :coon
tn I will ;rive hie nolnloo
.na to the VAI.ITE OF
AICV,FC?, 'Ate enrkelnsc .orVit!.. will' receive
all nelexotre vvl Fellable InfOrtnation. Itesilence at the
Ihknlcer .1111 • • ' •
'der tot_ NI 'TO to On.. Jo • ne 2111-185 T). • ~ • •
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pr..mwly la; ended Feb-14;
BENNETT BOUbE,
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StnettinorO P Kean 0rk....Pa." E S. 31.tanN, Preprietn . r
—optinelee the One rt Reuse. A new, large, connbdi—
(mean I well furnished house; . . . .
tirEJ; If. MASON,
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Dnler.ln Sto . ves,,Tln -Ware, Janrynned ,Ware, ~ west
'el le"or the Public Spore, 81110011 n rt,' 1.a.. Costem
W Irk done to nrtbi on the shortest iAntice, and In. I..he
moat substantial mincer. • . . . .
DENTISTRY
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DR. M. A: SPiIAGUI: AYotai. epsirctfolly announce to:the
ultizeni of Smuthport Ani vicinity, that lip :ha! fitted
up-an yam,. an Itt prepared to attend to all misineas
In hi+ profe.odow.. A rtiflelal teeth inserted upon del.
entitle pfinal pled, nmlioi an to pre4rve the natural Oa
prepaon of thu too Alloperatiuns mu:Dental Surgery
done In a churl manner. ' .'
NOURSE
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Dealer In'Stoyes. Tin Wore, Janpohed Were, '&3 . .,'W04t
, end or the Pablie Squire, Sm , ithport, PA lluolom
work done to order Imar shorteA•nutice, and Ili the
, '•moat euhatontiol nriOnei; ..." •'•
B. F. HACKETT.
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AttOMOY an i flou'onelinc. at Lrl.. Shiapee,,PA.; •eill.nt-.
• teni the ()mints of Potter, filelfc,n. nn I Elk eiintien.
Prninpt atton.inn naidln * Colloct.lonq: Office, East
end Fall.Block—SoonnaTincr.
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W. H. B!kKER
tfWELLICR, EAnt Side of the PuhileSquaiei Second Dnnr
North of the Doninerat..o3lea Smut &port. Pllder
in . WeA-thee 01cytkn nit I Jewellery. '',Eeparing usately,
Exeduted end' Wairantiid.. • •
• DR.-W. Y. M'COY,
SOUTH=EAST CORNER MAIN STREET,
`gin n e # . 31 port, PR.
THE BATTLE OF FORT DONELSON
We.give below scneintere"Sting,'delailS•and
'incidents of gient . .uniOn victory :
'•. The exnedition 'tinder thecarrhand.df.
Wa's •divided inte.three co)urtns
=the division . under . Brig:•Gen: : liletlernand
taking the road . from Fort Henry to''Dover;
running to. South of pOsitiOn
the second division; • tnder .the' . 'command. of
Smith; A.',ltaking. the
three t, 'or teleg . raph,lioad - to•thefort the third
ton;'etittentii placed iind'er 'the :emit
mend of' l 3tig.-gen.•Walia'e, being sent -round
by :Paditetiii and Smitlilnod, 'aleettiliti;l the
.Cumberland_ under the escort of the geni , ots..
Each of these - .diviOns ronsitited:of about 10,
regiments of infantry, 'batterie s ' and eayairy.
'The gronnilltroundl. r therott , -is a rullin;' . up•'
covered with: heavy timber and .denae.
indergroWth, orid brbkil . rf for around into
.bordered by' precipitous. blufli,, whose
sides,. steep and rocky. ntinast forbid the'pa . SS:
'age cif even a pia t. '• The for t. U,it ed
'shpts with an, easYl
descent to a pollit.rit.. the iyater'setige on'the
north, nail is tieobatriy hot than .100%feet •
shove thele,el' 'the wafer. "To-.the rear of
thelrhiff has been' to.sot - rte. extett..lveled • fo
die disfanen of' a.ritiie.• 'On:this artificial table'
land stands the fort,-:witos'e'linet of forciticit:.
bons sod — rifle pits 'c o ov'e ! t : hl . entire leveled
.Bordering this .forfified., position is a
cactus of •no grea,.t depth ; ; across
—sls on
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12 Oti
20 CO
1.00
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forming its entire boundary, is. a tirnbered ridge;
orrather trseidi;s of -614 es, for it vide& a '
',firm : yak by ravines-which.lloiy in all directions
like stir..tris emptying into u
Ritiz'way, • Pa
\S irre'm . Pn
Smelle%ort,
Vistn. Pa.
T.he Meriiing,sne
.rose bright on, the scene
The engaged in cool:log
provisiunj eettl.l be had.; . 1
Lion rig
at dirge in:thO woods had been' shot fot break
last: C.SUnrise ing•of ri tternan com
menced. The k'errifseOuld'bo described be=
hfeldliis . l.reastwarks.onall: sides: The most
available positions were
,seleetdd for batteries,
and' by eight o'clock a
. regiidat Oxeliorige'ol
shot and .:shell - had, commenced:across ra
vine'-which separated the cornbotants; •
• Ott ibe bxtreide right Sehwartz and .Taihor
were blazing Oway,learleSsly.• - . .Aeross a,deep
tavine" . ..and 'lir the centre 'of ;the position: wos.
Qopt.;Richaddsoli'i First • Misinuri . .I.,i'shd''At
tillery,-orilhe nose:of a ridge-provoicinidy :neat
the•enemy!s lines.. dligherdip and be some rise
was Ne t -klisiet 'sdiattery of 2.1-pound howitzers',
and ctn. the leJr could be. heard at
Thelrring fotp't h'eAliatterles in ttcCl'r.nand
division was cbnlinuous.„ A brislc-iir;erethlng.e
of shot was. witalting, pjico;:whe
over to see • the oceasiOn,•ard . ,l in
tu.loorii *that an attempt Wed keen - dnade by' the
eneroy to cajiture.Taylor':e. tim tory, Avhicn had
been. pliantly r . epuleed: Theyvtivi:s'hadi - gained.
close:sl.nll the arid orl) , an inceisdni•
shower of cai(ister saved fro .n cap,
infantr) not firmed 'in positron
to sOppOrti .•
C?!ir t to
Cor.flict vas hot that of the;enqmy.mhst
have,been cOri•ide . rable. Itvent:r,lll.lli
nois calOe.n . ri in. tiiiartb deice I he.e . netOy inir
i heir pOsjtion.. .
Duii,na:the time that the heavy firing ha(
been heard on the righipGen,
had orcleied the .'enemy to I,)e
the . The: To'cnii-fittli at. the
head of a brigade,
,le . d the:tyay,l. They bed
readied posi.tion on the brow of O whOr
tiestwce:ssfulassauli ‘t . ll.; . ater.arhl made, ow,
were net by th 6 enemy in for,c6; who• s vitrrritt.
liehi, I hf. 'works, into
hail of.linllrts andinipe. • Thutpit - npt failed
Th . ,t leading •regir9ept.bfoke'in disorder after
sustaining a. halize, v . ;l),ile line tell
back . out of 'range
Meanwhile nor sharpshooters. dispipd them.
- selves itdoog, the ridges; andlcepdiip'h:steddy
dire..AMorie. • I heal were
,Birge's celelirated
regi'merit of .rilletiten, and' frotti that : time : for••
• Ward, a se . c'eSsior, head shove the pdrapet, foi
ever - so:hrteda period, was•slit:e to go loon with
a holebore,d id - nhoot the sice of One
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that might be made'ividti'adhree..rpta, ter auger.
This regirffent did most e
,lleclual se,
Each member is dressed in'l, , , - ray; with' a fel' .
cap,.who'se top "fore,and-aft.with.
'srpirril black..• Their weapon is a
heairy conical ball ; with and .et.
fectiCe, range 'of about 1,000 :yaril.r. 0,1 this.
orcasion,.
.indeed' . uptin every 'ocher since,
iheyjoilgti pretty much in the places and after,
the manonrihathaPpeneir best to suit iritiV . itc
on! Grncies. Lying flat behind: it stomp,' tine
ivntild watch with finger on tiiggOr for rebel
game with 'all theiticitement'or a hunter.ii•ay,
laying deer at a 4.‘salt..tiak." :•• •
.Shor4ly,after:hooo;aitetnot was rrinde; to
scale the eriemy'S position on nut, right, Wheri.,
it •Was:eupposed, he. had a reffonht, which hail
been eiecetlirigly annoOngduriiig the morning..
The 1T.h,4f3q1 nnd.. 49th regiments o 1 Illinois
cOluntecis'i
,under 'senior Colonel Morrison, of
the 40th, attempted the feat. led the - charge'
with ireat:c . allantry until arrived, et the foot ol
the ennmy's: line, under a 'Omit •tercific. fire
from4lvtn. here Col. Morrison fell;,.shot in
the-hip, -his horse' being killed. •The'regiment
here faltec.;deod fell bock. .The':Segenteentb,,
tinder the Mainri . atiernptecl.to stern the tide of
affairs, but failed also,. Again and again the.
attempt mode to gain the bre'ivi—torka'
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end'-twice were -they . The' whole
coluinn (ell hack.. - •
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• 'Om, loss in:l4is'engagement maybe put down
at seventy killed' tintlwounded,olthough
the. sorry,StiSaies and wr'y fttes .W the. men
would havo led one to believe it ten iirrl?s that
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The firing for thereat of :theAoy was •slow;
end seemed' by stenertil consent to be abandoned
:boring' the fime.:.that.tbellifid:forcetr‘yere
;engaged; the '-iron.chittigunhoat•
went up acid singly engaged t he rebel batteries:.
She fired 162•Ihotikonfi received no great (1E4 . 1.1
at ttiOf.remoriclous re - f.O..is hich ohe'.l:vos
expoied, save •iti. the -case:of , :b.. - ing:e: stint
inonoOr mass of iron, weighing at
12S
,pounds,•entere lone of hvr. foryVattl ports - ,
and I , vOtinithig:eigfit then in itONssoge:fiashed.
with terrific foree against The breastitvork oj,
coal-ti ig4 in front of the boile . rs; and theie ,
&ion after 'this ahe retired: Irotfi.fhe :
oneo,uol 'Cotitest, haiing 'coverei(herself witn
ha;ring so • fong'singly . I..eithsiOod the
enortrouO forite'of the rebels' entire :Liattet:ies.•
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• Thus ended the onee . a . tiOnS. of Tina sday.. The.
i : e.sults;:altbOugh aceorivipied Ly e compnra-:
tivlely *liele . y loss- on Our 'side, were the
isfaetory. l''ho.rourage and: ea 4 erties . l of
mt . ( troop were tested; th.e taroze.nO,l beaTir.g
of the eirozyls gons'obtaioedcanti,i.thnrotigli
exunination.,mude of all the grOu:rolsladja.c;e4B
The' . night was .reiny, snowy and eolll . i the
troopswere without •tents,.arbt.m.iny wiltoiit
blankets; and — rbeWearled soldiers were. poorly
prelaledbf of al/ IT:rring. for the.conllic i
.of the: foldowir.g:day. In therMorning rheie
wasihree'ihchesof snow nn the ground. The.
rema:nder of the'extiedilion on: hoard the gun.
bait fleet Wasonxioody.lol)lreil for, nil l arrived
.divot 10 o'clock . , the treneriorisdailding
ironps'abmt belo..V Ihe fort. Gen
L. I.Vallabe,withtwo regimentS .which had.
been left at Fort Henry, but which
.had fUr,'..alsis arrived. Th.o,ld,id-tbreo:s.,
.nowever, made no movement of consequence
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on Friday
riIE • GUNROAT: ATTACK-
The fllet : of *seven aaal)oalF, however,
moved to the at tack at 2 AT. At fir s t the
reAr•fro.m fort. and 'boats Was unbrokenlor“
sinOe'inst4nr f so rapid
the r high' . overhead seemed. filled • ‘ , llll. a,
million of hissings, 'at: the'heavy storm of .stleli
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tore furiously . aheail on their mission of des
;ruction." dliout half an I;eir, the fii.e.frem
the. fort Vegan 'to . •slaCkerl.,.. anti. shortly otter
v‘..iscontinue . dfiotil only three, gunSthe ras: l
Opp..irently h . oring been silenced bi oti .fire.—
t this time the bohts' laero.trithin some foul
hundred yardsi.find Were op .the p;int.of-usipg
rape-shot,- . .whe'n'a.shot dkableil the steering
tollritoi of the LlVERpiffe, by.earryiKg off.ihe
;op of the whe'ejhoos.; and kOockiiiit he %Ore:.
isell info . INpoeiits - : There was,a 0116 - aft..
•this was instantly : Nicen p , ssession . of by.
he pilcit—but ha :halt
,scarcely reacreil it, are
. 11e ruider . ,was . carried away by .a shot froin
the rey'ier: Of course, the boat .become in=
.tadttly, iiiiManaioebfe, and swUng, 'smooth re,
shot in dhe.tiMod-veorkiidwards the
stern, :otucli,- I belieye, - lenieded Severele sea•
men.' 'Under. thOe .circumstances,,, it;
huu4ht: best to retire, and riceorAingly, the
whole.fleet felt buck to the positain it had' oc:
copied in the mnrning.,• ''.
the most serious dativige•- sust,sherj riniins;
heaction '‘vai from one 'or thpsn, monster 12.7
ound p.issed through n bow. pmt
tire' Louisville, ngd clismitun ted the '9ecoo
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4ii . n On the . starbpa'ril
wounilihi; six others.. ''. l . l4 A.HOqpiaiO of, one of:the
4tins.walcrit.cOmpliitel V in two, and spattered
his b l ains over Cipt. Dove, who stool by him . ,
: tin otherwise so mangled him that
resemblarice to humanity re.mainecl,..Friday
ag'a'in,, was one:at ... the severest deicrlp,
ti'on. were".frost•bitten, and from
facts related.to.me since the Stirrnder by some
oe the rebels, I have no doubt bot . that'manYof
rFe tcouitded men, the light of Fri.
day., and 'wore unable
,to walk in,vvere actually
froze . .n'to death'. '
EMI3=
.theerwrn'y•weie'• elated at what they eon.
Hile're'd'.ll4. repulse of the •gnnhoat ' fleet. on
rriday. Areorilingly, as early as s i x o'clock,
,in S'sturday, morning.,,they in solid,
eolrnns. upon the road:ssihich, seerris . ' putty
,parallel to the creek, at McClernaril's right,L
leirnediately the 'whole. division was astir,
waiting for what might turn Lap. , An :the reb
els-near eil our forces they deployed and formed
in - line 'of battle, ma king'the Most. turious at•,
tick upon, the right also sending their
11111 . p.shootets to . the lett, to• thins& the
Eleyereh . and• Twentieth regirnent s •ln con(o.
sioir. • Tile rebels advanced with determination.
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--not in a regular line, but in the guerillsmode
thenisefVls of the,trees and the •un;
of the,ground: . ..Tliaregiments of the
centre being mr4ssediafter standing hot .'fire,.
began' graduelly to•ISII hack, which rendered
it necessary for coglesby to do the sem«, as he.
Seriarated from • the • division; ritO• the entire
Figth wing of the diviiip . r4croritin2ly swung
backolowly ai first:, Dresser's and SChwarte's
batteries 'we're hrought into pnsi:ion scion ni
possible,. and, for a while. there wasp very
heavy fire, acecimcianied,by 'cent jetted rnill
. .0f
rnualskry. • .Thei; was considerable' loss on .
b'oth Sides at• this point. , , ~ •
I And now•occurrell one . of those'blunders corn
mon. in Warfare, lhe.enemy:pressing •baril
'upon our foriesi:General.6l.cClernand •
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BraYnciaelfor reintereemetita,....He rude rapidly
to the rear arid, Caine upon.Col.Cruft's brigade
Who riteved forward,. crossed the road, and.
Came up in rear of. Thiriietb and Thiriy-first,
*rhese, regiments were lying down and :filing
ot'er the crest:of a.ridge'.. As Cot: Craft came
in rear of them they rose to:their -teet, not .
knowlink whether the torce.in their rear was
friend or 'fop The. Twenty-filth Kentucky!
!upposing them to be rebels, poured in a volley
which . .did terrible execution:. If is not possible
to ascertain how Many'lell.under . the fire, bin
it was. suffiCientio throw the, 'entire diVision
intodisorder, and at once'. there was Ont . :lst a
,:Some men took' to . their. :heels; threw
down their guns and cru'inments, and:tied to
rho rear crying ti AII is lost We .are cut •to
pieces,!" and: similar. expressionti: Some of
them even 'fled : to Fort Henry, twelve
,intles .
distant . ; and immediately the'wbods.Were filled
with. gtragglirs.
Theenemy improved the op
vnnced .artunity end nd•
.
seh.wartz.'i.batte'ries
cap , II! ing.fivel guns, inking ri,..;sge'siin.'or Uer?.
'headtplartere, : •and'. tirivMg
,Our,
'iarves•n'earlyrt a:half: They had
opened the gap.;:tt'n-ttot . ant y"thati : bn.t. had in
tite joust triven us' eapttired five Runs, and had
. reason :to.fe . et tha t he day 1t a+ theirs:
noTthey'ccurtmitted a .f,ital
instead of adhering to th'e'ciriginallplan'roles
cape, tbeyrps . olved to thidv:advaip
imie by pursuit, cut us up,•and papllirf'3.the
tire trmy.
The heir ha , l foor mod
Me.Clern . and'A division way exhauited—besides
they we're.out
. 01 arrimgnitidn.. • .• •
• 'At this jdn:ctitie (Jon'. Wallgee's : Llk , ision was
thrOwn'in front They ;took n -positon on •
with Capt. Tailor's batie . ry in theren
tre of . lh'o rOad, commanding-it down the ridge
to . bot torn Dr the .ravine. .Mgeternand's
diviSinn was mdlcing up• kts':'seattered ranks;
• ,
ready to siirinot t , Wallace: ft was now _ past
noon.—nearl y•one • o'clOck . ,rebels formed
upon the • iidge which: Gen. NlcCterna . nd-'had
occupied through the night. They were flushed:
with success, and ilhicended the ridge with the ,
,expeetation'Of roiling the- Yankees: Ai they
came in range, Taylor 'aliened upon thern with
shell, gape amid •They quailed belnnt;
ad n 'stow 'eame: . .to o ha It ;
and a's Ahe infant.ry opeeed fal l back.'
Wallace irnproveit the.nnornent, moved'uni, ilroye
ttiem.befcire him, regaiOed th,e;loit grofiod, • re.
covered MeChirn'aud's tent ) and: oac:upied.
Phis is a• brier prito,...cOnveyitig a gen
eral
.idea. cannot spealf of Ahelirlwesacil
the troops, otinitan . cs bras;ery ;
attliougp it is geneialtyadaiitteCtliat Taylor's
battery saved the day..
The rebels might-ha ve escaped.when Wallace .
was drivingtPeat baik,.bu.l Y
.by some fill.nit
neglected the rpportunity, and were againbox
ed up:. .This made twp'distirict'fig . hti t• put 'the
.• . •
'r'ay was not thusclose There tn pea
Second display . of coolne9s, daring 'and' deter %
mined bravery or '.Union troops; fighting under
'the. Stars and Stripes, resulting:;in .a signal
• Directly west of. Fort. Denelson, • antrbeyond
the breast Works. there lA' 6.4 a secOntrridge
land 'yunning parallel to that on which the
breestworks were erected. The .dist.ance
'across 6on; ridgetoridge, as near cnuld
judge by
.a somewhat 'rninicte•surveY, is:about
forty 'rods. * thitvouter ridge were ten rifle.
pits, ricade logs, with 'a 'behind
anilt he excays , ed eatth thrown.np in ' front.-' 7
The distance' to the bade Wss. thirty rods, as I
judged, opening ulon a.mesilow'and: cornfield..
The slope bad been forest, burthe rebels had
'used. their axes and - cut down the trees,:corming .
an' libbaiia'aotlenpasaiibie'i beeattie the forest
was not dead, but a.seriouS • obstruction to the
advance of an iirmy.:lt was desirable . that the .
rebels should be driven out of their pit's, for
they in part cotriminded Firt Donelson, lying
about:sixty roils farther' east.
•• The pits were 'defended Icy one • Misissippi,
one I(enticcky;and one. Tennessee regiment,•
while other reginients,•were in. • position in the
rear to support them. •.
. Col..L • anr6.in 'formed his brigade in the me
low;iii pkin.sight of the enemy, just beyond
6 - nick : et iangP, and advnticed. • :,:•. •.;
Col. tontitapgave the' Second rowsthe hon
or of •leadtngth:clitrg . e. moved across"
the mSadtiv, .thronsh a little brlt,of . wood ;
came..to thebase of the . hill, and 'met theleaden
rain. But thy pored not a moment. 'Then
they enco'unter'ed the fallen . trees, hot,,,inSteed
of-beirlg - . dishesitened, they *seems! to feel new
!in. and energay...-Without firing, a shot With ,
Out flinch'in4" a moment Or faltering -as. their
ranks were ~thinned,they 'rushed up the
regardless Of the : fire in froneor. on.their (lank,
Proped.opon.the rill?, pits, riiid'ilroec the iebets
down the Astern slope. They 'escaped . into
their Inner. line of defences., Col. Leman did
not deern- it prudent to 'follow, but. halted his
. .
men and paured a deadly fire upon the toe,ia
!orce,With,fonr, cannon behind the 'works. •
•
for ,: . teh minutes the fire was e:iceed;
ingly'severe. ' I . VlSiiPti.the
.spot • on Sunday
Nfternoon, end intim' the ground :thick %yid;
bullets fired by . the rebels.' The 'trees were
scarred, but bore evidence on.their limbs thit
the aim of: the rehels hid been intich.too bigh,
Col. Littman called hie Men beck to their rifle
'Mir', and there.theifay dewn 'upon their arms
hcllding'the. through the night,• ready
with the first flash Of , dawn to makes; breach
in the line beyond. - • ' .
Our entire loss is not 'yet known, but.will
reach a figure hnt'' much short . of six hundred,
killed and wounded, ..The l number of ,Men
'woUntled Is beyond all precedent, but in an un
usuf Ily large number °teases' they are not of a•
serious nature. : The enemy usedgenerelly'the
lhuck and bill"Aartridgei that is, a-cartridge
with one ball and three bueltsbots. ' 'Almost
everybody got a scratch from One of the latter;
one 'tepid' scarcely go anywhere where the' ir
was not filled with them. •' • :
. -
The loss of.. the. rebell j 4 not exactly known
•hut undoubtedly severe. 'very house . in
DeVer.wai filled with dead and 'wounded and
and
frrim this and 'other circumstances is probs
hly .'
not.far.from the truth,toestimate their loss
and quite ptobably
:er.' :Tke rebels,•during the • three
j days,,stte.,
ceeded•
. in n
quite. a large. umber of
Nat tonal' soldiers-in all, probably from. '6O to
,100. When Floyd and`, Pillow left, they took
all the pilsoners wii h therfi, ti:l:they are now
protintily caged-at Nashville. . '
. .
The folloviting is. the fullest. statement ye
;iven•Of the. Union lossei:. • •
F . ,i'ihth tin
35
F;leventh Illinois - , 71
Twelfth Illinoli
Sover . .trenth II inoi.
Kff.thtcentil I'll4l.ols'
Twentieth. ll,linol't
.Thirtieth llliiioii
ThirtyAri . t '• 40
Port} , -firit II :17
. .
Forty ninth Illinois ~-• 10
rwellth lowa :3
S..coral lowii' •
Foor . teeoh -lowa
Fifly-riffhth Ohio
Taylor's Battery
Total i - 301
Priioners taken
Making a !Oral Union losi'of 2106.
EURTUAR...PROGRESVO? THE .tnitbrt ARMY.
The faking . of Cierkalill, and further flight 'o
the rehels, is ecdouneed in the following (act
al disliatcht . •
• . • CLaitalvitt.a, Tenn.•,..Fo. 20. '
Mu. Gideon *elle:, Sec:retery rif theNistry;
.we have poss'essian of Clarksvilt. 'The
zens . being alarmed; tVraithirds of Ahem have
having•espresself my.vielitvs and inten
tioneto the Major and Hon. Cive Johnson, •at
their reqnest I have:issued a prociarnation
,surin_ all peaceably dismosell'Pers'ilns that they
may with afire!) , resume their
Ilona, requiring only the 'militaiy • stores and
Equipments to be . given up,' and holding theeu
thot Ities responsible that thie should be done
without reservation.. •
1 left 'Forth Denelson yesterday with ,the
Cones6ga,- 'Ligut en . ant-Commanding 'Phelps,
and t he Cairo, Lieuteriant-Commanding-Bryant
on. an armed monnoisance; bringing with me
Col. Webster, of the Engineer Corps, anifebiel
of Oen. Granti's atafi, who; with Liento.enin l
mander Phelps, took possession,' and 'hoisted
the Union flag at Clarkv,ille..
A Union sentiment manifestesd itself .ai w•e,
came up the . • • • •
• rebels have retreated no Nashville, bey.;
ing set, fire, against the • remonstrances f or the
citizens, to . theiplendid iaitroad Whig! ,
the Cgmberlan d river. • .
1 returned to - Fort DonelsOn to.day.for an
other minbliat and sir or eight mortar- boats;
with which I . prOpose to proseed up•the Cumb
erland. The rebels all have a terrorof the 'gun
boats; one of them a short distance' above Fort
Donelson had prqviouslk fired an iron-rolling
mill belonging to Hon. John - Dell, which : had
been.uied.hy - the,'rebeli, . •A. H.Fooia,
Flag.otnc7Coromnading Naval Forces,
Western; Waters. .
FINIMM
Mto far the tra . iteet Matra are.bite'people—;Tbe
defra se
. of inttibitions :flat rebellion —A
war upon then. is a war on thepriariptra of the
Coattitatiaa—ft is re.. catalpa North ai wolf
as South—lts fatai.riects at lame and abroad.
ro, UR A 11A 3i . LINCOLN ; Pritidint of.pie
Sir:, In my firat letter! endeavored
to show that the only legitkmate object or the
pooding war to the integrity of the nation ag
constituted by the ConstitatiOn of 'the . United.
Stateli. shall - now attempt to'poini out come
of the consequences to be apprehended from
m:tking it a war on the fundamental princtples
of that 'Constitution, -• . •
Let, it. never 'be - forgotten that. we are one
people and one na:ion only so far as the Consti•
intton makes us:ono. Outside of that bond we ,
are
. thirty-four people and thirti . .feurbatipna,
none.olvyhich ,have any, more right to, interfere
with.the local laws and institutions of the rest
than wi . tp the laws and ' of China
rind Brael. The people of the 'States havci a
under' the •constitntion o tr; defendtheir,
local laws and institution.s by arms, it nec'es:
iary, and it is the Iltity'otthe qoited Statai to'
uphold : and aid. them in the attempt.. A war
confined to tech an Object wouldipt be rebel
lion,: even thong)? the ,11niteri States verelbe
agnessor. Just, so far, thirehons,entlitTiMid
ing war`nay be waged against
. thsirtlievil inset=
the " SOtitherneri:lo , 'Strita,Wlft'im t nis e:
he 'rebels', 'lnd 41'1irfrM.wilU
:become.. in • troth : vital.they ere.::ll4oM. Wooly .
charged with being—th* wank* iiitallanta . ii
Southern rights: Let me not betnlntintin44
Theo tar the war hal been' curt/loaf O.**
foreement of tbi Consiiintims oat . ;he
United State', and, in . their nrfired'iresditer*,
t he. Sou thernere. are *revisit:Ad/WI slietirt,4*
11St'let the. United Ststis *bin*.
krin and isfe'plathirm I let theni aimsounets tie .
the war is . hereafter to be wsiseC. - agninit ie
Constitutional laws . end inetittitinne!irtlte
Southern States, and they. Will lititiourstily
relieve ..the heiress from. the' odianiotamili
iebetliOn; will give ; to their lima a Win
of right, and . will,nerve their entre: fo'r' Ili_ O.'
desperate truditance, Then, indeed, lavold,th
war heroine one :of inbjugetiond—pretliMitild.
not for the purpose of maintaining 'tin Candid
t ution, "bit' in, subversion of its fundailiattal
Such apotition would be•attended with mie.
,chievoua; if not liter consequences,'
horne and abread. :It would 'pandits ditati, a
Northern patriot, who would give hie Ste for
the Unlon, • not bactiuse•he My... Southern lima
tutione, but beeanie he holds sacred the
pl!it of the Constitution, end' deel7lll
ervat ion essential to the Maintenance - 01 ordei
and hive, as well in'the North esthe alouth
All intelligent men know that : l Republic es
extensive al the United State., embracing Ink
a variety Of climates, productions, institutioes,
opinions; alit interests, cannot existinde't one
ronsolidated Government and at the earns time
allow the highest practicibto degree of liberty
to
. 1111 • its parts,' , Hence it is that every -free
friend of liberty revolts from the idei °fie at.
tack on_that fuedementa principle of the Col
stitution which leaves every State free to gov
ern itself in all 'things which pertain to Wiriest
affairs. In the supervision of that prinelplehe
sees nothing in prosper but's cluster of heitile
11. publics, like those of Greece, wasting ese
other in 'continual war or great, EmPire,
like that of Rome, in welch libeiti sheik hit
eruihed'under.the iron rule Id apd aristocratic
Senate or an usurping Ccesiir. With such a
prospect before:him, bow
,cen any tene.frisMl
of liberty suitain, with confident hope ent,los.
flogging .enthuslastn, the prosecution, •ot tile
IPIPd. •. • Mandel
.
But . the paralysis which an nbanthinineit
the Constitution would produce . in: moor is .
Korthern" arm would not be its r only effect.' i t
woold, in an 'equal degree, nerve many a SMilk.
ern arm end array in active, hostility many*
Southern rrierid of,tbe Union.. It would enable
the, rebels to say that the Nrrth is altfelpting•
,
ro aubvert Constitutionel rights which the
South are fighting to maintain. It would,la
the. eyes of the world ; mitigate the'crltne'ofili..
bellion by enahling' the rebels to assert, r with
same plausibility,, that there was a conspiracy :
in the North against their COnstitutionalriglits. :
It would enable them to say to °reit Britain
and Trance that the North ae Wall ae the South'
hid abandoned the Conititution' 'Which made
hem one pm'ople,.anci 'become 'egiuillirevole-
tionary--t hat the one was ae much entillit4 to
be considered . and acknowledged a separate, and
•
inlippendent.peopla as the .other. •
But it , hi said that slavery is the'cause.of the
rebellion; anti, thcrefore, it - should be worm.
rioted, The assertion is but ramotely'and par.
tbilly true, and, as- far as it Is Una, by pi
means justifies the conclusion. If the morn
Ckistence of slavery' were stificient to. produc e
rebellion, the Constitu;ion would never hive
been formed tor, having been formed, it waaid
not have lived to three'score yiirs ind
slaVery were of itself sufficient to makemeli
rebels, !lien all shsveholders would , be
So far to this from the : truth thet.lbe most cam
siderate among them look upon the Complete
tion and the Union as the oniroutside Profit=
tion which that , institution has. In their view
and io that of all disinterested men in other
States, that feature.of the Constitution which
guaranties the .return of fugitives from labor,
commends to the 'cordial and , persevering
support of all masters . wbo have no• object in.
view beyond security in their lawful rights.—
No such imernatianal•regulation exists . `else•
where in.the civilized world, and its imitate-
ance' ought, upon everjr.. principle' 'of: sound
reasoning, Sto have made slaveholdersit the last
togive up iheronstitutiOn. lnthis vieir . elerery .
vves a bond
.of union, so far as tiostera•
were. concerned, rather than. an, eietnent of
diasolution. And it •is in this lifew,that ear
tain-mer.in the North he've.denounced the Colt : ,
stitetion as ti a leaguit with - ~„
In anotheriettet I will , endeavir topoHnt oak
the true.eanses of the
,'rebellion,. and , boil! fee
sfevery. sae (coveted them.- I i , Mi!l ifimaitempt
to show that the warrnest frientle'ofeareneipi-.
tion ought, to.be eatitah4 With the progress their
ptinciplei are makin through , the Midriell Of
'slavo - oYinens 'AO ihi:grovikng neFenpips.ill
the pending KENDAL,
..17,ebtuary,"11, 1362.
-
*Anis A
dent write. that Presideni Lintiqn !titi:ogltoti
6pon .Ernst its Corning and',oihOr,:prOpiloiriott. '
Dorno'cro!s . , for tidvi:co tho'prooryt!ernotiolocir,
of tho.country.. It . wil,ibtwoll'for
istrotiod ifiso,ba4i# well
of those gonlereed.. ,•••;'f%
,'• ',.: 4 t id.
4 ..i,..,.,•Uso:LlMik')•Dib.:
MEM