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thit.itide or the thiteti.: . sliSteit:. oir
• There elm, kr, .1494,..nenya1! in
• thivarerr: Thera inn .be .none but patriots
•
Var- *ninon filir !rein r:4gland ere4tikat
•'ll4ltilarbonimiiiioners. Mason and Bh
-dimAid inaiye their aiip!itation for 'veil-
Russell. Priui Minister
:1411ilreiSlied that England could not reeng
1420-their (Iniifederacy until its tinsiiiart
• was better defiatit fry war ior nriotiation'.
;innuguratiOn Of the Treete Davie
Jefferson Davie, thitdiiuble.:dyed traitor.
- vres'initegrirated 'President of the so—called
fintitlittn Vonfeiletaty, at Richmond. on
klatitrdaylatit. the trees in alluding to ,
bre inaugural Address says, it is doubtful
whether any dotement. purporting to be ,
a grave polititel paper. ever compressed
within so Short a space more glaring false
.The lather of lies could not have
eoneohied a batch of grosser misstatements.
The Inaugural proves at once the deeper
tatioil 91, the cense which ri quires such a
lamentable exhibition of tintrutlifolfiegs to
temporarily !install it, end the contempt' ,
of the Rebel leaders for popular
grace., If. indeed,. • •
"Error, wontrd'eci, itrithetin pain,
And dies maid her woreidppern;"
no better evidence of the speedy supte•
*ion of the .Conspiracy eordd Se given (iii
view kl ;he terrific blows lately Indicted
upon it b$ our arniiesythani by the natural
ul the apology made Fur it by its tyhusen
ohisftern.
Cirr h e Ohio Legodsture on the flth
scliourned fur the purpose at holding a
mass meeting. to rtjqiee over the recent
vietorbts. Speeches were made by Gov..
Lieut.',Oov. ittanton: . ltfr.. Thomas
Ewing. Colonel McCook and others. The
hallowing Tod's speech:
.‘if there is a Matt in MI the eocfnity_ititit
does not rrpice• over the news to day,
tie in your churches? turn him out. _ls
- fie in your Miserably? put him out. , Is he
to !roar family! shut the dont in his face.
[Cheers.3 We *ant it CruilefiCood as the
voice of flint meeting that the Government
is to hang if! guilty traitors; and that if
England continues to threaten, we will
maxi pay our respects to tier."
'Gen. C. F. Smith. a Pennsylvanian.
and second in command at Fort INnelson,
is to be made a major denefal of volunteers
for the bravery and soldierly qualities die
played sr the battle. A correspondent
says that the Most brilliant charge in the
entire siege of Fort Donelson wag that of
the Second and Fourth lowa. and the E
leventh and Tiventy , fifth Indiana. under
the command of Oen. C. F. Smith. *ha
led them in person. amid a : storm of , bails
and gullets; and Cheered them through—all
the tetrININ ittrifi.. He teen rode his horse
epon the areasttorksi and for fifteen min
gtes SfyinStbd hunter is a target to every
tone of the pleiting messengers of death.—
thit he was not killed or wounded is
domething_mariellons, fdr the 'crave sol
Biers wete . falling afi around him. This
was the decisive action of the tile.
Ni Fort Donetont; Ilictory.—General
Grant's official report of the taking of Fort
tionelsonis ptiblishtli. it disposes of the
Subject in a brief half column, as though
it were not the grandest achievement that
has etre taken plate Upon the continent.
The first reeeotints. it -tvoiild teem, were
otot etaggefaied. We hate taken from
Stelae to fifteen thoneand ptisoners, at
leas forty pieces of artilleryislarge amount
Of admit, hones and property. Our loss
has tuut tieen. determined even approti
thatelto but it is set down ar
*minded, and missing. Of the latter, 250
were Made prisoners, but they will be int•
medialely minted to na by eiehange.
• ittlurned Pritoners.-- ashington
writer Styli some of,the returned prisoners.
give a Most frightful account of their treat
ment doting their captivity. Among other
thine; they *ete compelled to.eat soup
made ont of beef Alite frith Maggots or
starve. The rebel'. forttinatelyolid net
take froth them the little Money they had
in their possession *hen they *ere eap•
tared. •
Viehti C. iireckintide, otie of the
meanest sdotindrels end most Unholy .hyp‘
serite.tand traitote eondernbd in the siert.
holders rebellion. has started the cry that
he in nriposbd to tecobtarbttion ale tiny
ennipromiT or , Understanding.
EEe advotates the doctrine of the Georgia
entkaa**; ditto arise the people of the
south to burn their towns.' ravage thei
fields. viemilitte their when and children.
And die fighting against the federal power.
rather than yield to a eomproMme or sub—
mit to a 6mile - tiniest The objects of such
men were, from the iniatien of the rebel—
lion, based on A putonse Iry tole of cttia.
mob at at Whits Houti.—rmaident
Lincoln's atm William. betwetit ten and
lit e**. 'jean" of ate; aied at Washington.
Viiindit lastiorpaeunidnfitt
eisthEilfitiy Derf*tent *it beeti ult.
iluo4Wstily. , : oo - triiii*te*til Mr. Welles
*6Witiiiiiii,prdgerivellt• trid energy; W e
• , -., • •
now ,rehkiliiiier_ that the Seetetary• created,
-ills.tieo , eat - ttf nitehfirg. When he . apse
tilied.thi - , lotranliol et, his office, he. hi end
this _Sid* sari of Our national ms-tine seat.
-terettweei the earth, in the distent'Pacific.
• *it'd gait Nitta' Seas. and the coast of A
-- itici. • TJag newton or etery guar•
ter deck, an& the names of traitor;lovered
pare of the &HIP register. ft vies)mpow
sible to maintain a• blockade of even the
principal points. and a few miserable psi
vateers were-permitted to rove and plunder
out tfnmmeree on the Mexican Gulf and
the earribbean Sea. Without detailing
the efforts of the Secretory: let tra see what
has been done. • An ellleient tiliocegile is
Maintainedalfing the Whole Scootherneneet
'—not absolutely Perfect, foe such a, thing
is impossible, but perfect Omagh• to de.
stroy Southern cotnntereei and tender an
entrance or eXit; on the pert of a cruiser, a
desperate and dangerous undertaking. fn
the brilliant tietoties at Hatteras and Port
I Royal, the recent suttees at'Roanolie. and
1
the wonderfirt aehievements of Coafi,pndore
Foote and his gonboirts in the Tennessee
in Cumberland, we see the doings 01 our
wevs-hore nal', and we see, too. the ener
gy and jtedgetuent of the Department which
has brought that navy into being.
The Secretary of the . Navy has called
around hint a corps of efficient and exper
'tented assistants. reorganizing the impor
tant bureaus so basely abandoned by such
traitors as Mabry. Magruder and Lynch:
—k-s- we-have said, he has so directed the
-official business of the Department as to
accrmplish results of the greatest impor.
1 •
tatter. The money spent under his direc‘
lions for' purchasing and equipping the
ships end transports, has brought to the j l
'
country its full *aloe, dollar fur dollar
and the closest tutestig,atiotig will show
that his finasicial dishotseutents have been
conducted on fair and honest principles.—
In this time of victory and general .rtjoic
inge we eannot retain from paying a tri
bute to the ikvey anal the - !tat's , Depart-'
client.-and no fair mind will reltise the cre
tiit so eminently due.—P/iit Press
'to lietect "4 . xpioSitie Cod/ OIL--Many
gltrrrwori'mr"='""l'= - 7 ne roan
the use of explosive coal oil,-the-following
receipt (or ascettainind whether or not the
article is explosive, dray not be out of
place: Pour a small quantity in a saucer,
and bring a lighted match slowly down tab
it. If explosive, the oil will blaze and flash
up almost like powder; if not explosive it
will not burn at all. The latter only is
sale fiireSe.
Pennington, Speaker
of the last. U S. House of Representatives,
expired at his residence in 'Newark New
Jersey, last week.
Cam' Archbishop . Hughes has beet suffer—
fog 'with severe illness in Paris, where tie
has Weer' sojourning for seveial weeks.
Affairs at Fort Doneism
Prodamation of Commodore Poole
CAIRO, Feb. 24.—Evervtlitug is quiet it
F ort Do'n'elson.
The rebels, before evacuating Cleats.
vine, fired the railroad bridge crossing the
Cumberland at that point.
Commodore Foote has issued the fol
outing proclamation to the inhabitants of
At the. stiggesti‘in of Hon. Cate John
son, Judge W Worn; and the' mayor of the
city,, who called npon me yesterday; after
.fmating the Union flag on the Pitts.
to ascertain my views and intentions to
wards citizens and private pr9perty. I
hereby announce to all peaceably disposed
pi , rsons that neither in their persons nor
property shall they stiffer molestation by
m e o r by the naval forces under my com•
;nand. and they may safely resume their
business avocations with assurances of my
protections_•
At the loathe tittle. I require that all Mil
itary stores and army equipments shall he
surrendered, no part of them being with-
held or destroyed; and. further. that no
Secession.flag.or manifestation of Seces
sion feeling. shall be exhibited; and foe the
faithful observance of these eonaitions w I
shall hold the authorities of the- eity_re—
sponsible.
Thi Alt ltd. of-Rthscestd Pectoral Ot/ttors
Baltimore. Feb. 24 —The Old Point
boat. which left Fortress Monroe yester
day. arrived this 'morning. She brings
fouissen pnited States alters, ikho were
released by therebels, including' ,
Col:
Wood, of the Fourteenth New York Regi.
mint. Who was wounded at Bull Ron
Col. Lse, of the Twentieth Massachusetts,
taken at Ball's Bluff; Col. Cogswell. of
the Tammany Regiment. and Captain Kei
fer, of linker's Regiment.
Col. Wold was on parole. and had lib
erty to Move about the city of Richmond
previous to leaving. He was present. OM
nt curiosity. at the inauguration of Jeff.
Davis. on the 22d inst.. and says that no
enthusiasm whatever marked the occa
sion-. Hardly a cheer could be-raised dur
ing the ceremonies.
Col. Lee.' of the TwAtieth Massaehn-
tts Regiment; says that just before leas.
ing. on Saturday evening. he was taken
aside by a distinguished (deer oI the reb
el Government, who privately asspred_him
that an official despatch
,had just been re
teived of the fall of Nashville..
istkAaivous, Feb. 14.—Gov. Morton
has appointed et Governor Joseph A.
Wright U. S. Senator, to Ali the office of
Jessie D. Bright.,
'Cooing In.--New subaeribero 10 - the
flacon!.
ANDREW H. FooTE.
LOCAL ITEMS
, . Pot— . .r. t,. . ...- —-- -, „.. ,_40.1
hitiirSale.—See advertisement of A.
!forget. in finoiher coluinth.
Dttad.—az i the little dangli•ter nr lir'. Jo
seph Aridtreirn. do reverel) 6tiirrred sevurai
weeks st grin. lingered until Soniday last
when she expired.
Harbingers of Spring . 7 -The Blue Birds.
Robbins, and Black i#►rds have recently
made rheit rippearanee•
ruilliture.—We direct' atten
tion to the sale of valuable garniture adver
tised irs to dey's paper by C. C. Reeseg ni
Sruithiburg.
Union 4 . llming.--tt e have teen requee
tetilo announce that a meeting'ill the Usil•
on Pasty of Washington Township will
by held' hi . the Town flail. at 1 o'clock, on
Saiaidas the eth of Alarrh, to nominate a
ticket to be antipode( at the sorbing Spring
Election. - .
Gloriotia News.— Theittelis of the (meg'
petion of N.astiville by the Union forces
under General %ell. is conaitied, The
thieving stoondrel, rloid,f at fast deitiluiits,
was still tillining.
.9 Better Pill.—The recent gliirions
sietories by the Union army is a bitter
pill fib the toiies to gulp down. They are
sad, iljected. Alas! for the poor, misera—
ble.l
rylill
Pi tinging' Northern traitor. The signs
o ' times foreshadow to him the doom
of a life long disgraie.
* The 'twenty Secant —At tan early hour
on Sdrurday morning lastonone of the more
patriotic young men of our town turned
not with aunt+ and pistol's to remind the
"loitti father?' thdt the birthday of the
immortal Washington. honored by'every
patriotic ,Atnertean. hail 2igain returned.—
The boys must have none some heavy
Attotiog, as we have since heart , ' a good
deal of talk about the shattering of win4w
lights. etc. The firing must have been al
most equal to the thunder at Fort Hanel
ton judging from the sensation it created.
We would advise the boys next time to
procure pop guns:
neliltna PriStenett * a
Tuesday evening
trua
Ale Censer. who were taken priaanrs-by
__.
the Rebels in July last, near Alartinsburg.
and since confined in Richmond, reached
this place. A crottd of citizens had col
lected in and around Mr. Kurti's Hotel,
and when the )liras arrived the utmost joy
was manifested by their friends and the
loyal el 4 tizens present.' Captain pock's
Rand *as alsu present and serenaded the
parties. The hospitalities of the House
were extended to the parties: and a lively
time fur a while was had. Butt► look well
and say they have enjoyed good health.--
Our•young friend, Graa. W. Watimn.
who was taken prisoner itr,iompany with
WH. BROTHER IrOg neat the sa li ne place.
in July last, has also been released, and is
expected home in a few days.
P. S. Since the above was put in type
Mr. Walker has arrived at home. In au
othcr column till be found a statement
made by him which we copy, from the i 341-
timore Daily ClippY.
The Exhibition-- Diegracelui Conduct,
—The First Anniversary of the "Bedell
Lewes Society" of the Waynesboro'.Clas.
sical and Commercial Institute, • was ad
vertised to come off on Saturday evening
last. A-t-siettly .hour the Hall was filled
with tidies and gentlemen, anxious o I
courie to witness the elertisesf but 'info.-
tunately for the society and the audience,
a number of bad boys and lawless ruffians
were admitted. whose conduct was mosio.
disgraceful. The disorder on .the part of
die •scattle",finally became so great. that
the principals, Messrs. liarniiz and 'Tim
met, in the absence of an ' ,Meet, wee
compelled idadjourn the Exhibition until
Monday evening. On - Monday evening
the Hall was again filled. The services
of ex-Constable Herr having been secured.
good order nes • preserved throughout.—A'
-The-exhibition - roved highlyliWeresting,
the students, without a single exception
having acquitted themselves creditable to
themselves and their instruetots. At the
morielusion o f the exercises. W . TELL
BARNITI. Principal of the Classical De•
partment, delivered a most exeeller.t ad
dress. Subject--.. The Union--the Nurse
ey of Education." His address, as a ht•
erary production, has been commended
very highly- It eettainly was a treat to
those present. Mr. li. is ,a fine scholar
and a good speaker.
Heyser's popular Eland , of Hagerstown
was present on ftaiurday and favored the
-alldiencewith several pieces at choice mu ,
vie. On Monday evening Captain Dock's
Band of this place was' in attendance and
contributed much to the interest of the oc•
C2111t)11.
ileysees band r-414er the adjournmept
of the Exhibition •on Saturday evening,
Beyeer's Silver Cornet Band,appeared on
the porch of the Continental Hotel. •and
favored our eiiizens with a rare" musical
treat. The chisena of li n geritou:ii way
well be proud of their Bard. Such mutoi ,
clans are a erkiit to any community.
Constable•—See advertisement of Mr.
STOKER.
Staf(tett Death -Miss gt.tkatteTtt
a very highly conned atui - well known
old_ lady - of this town, was found `dead in
her room at the residence of ru Money.,
in gm Wlshington Street. Oil Fri—
day last. ht a late hot on the ptevious
evening, she -vas• left in her ron'm 'in the
,poissessiow qf her usual health and Welts:
and *fiet? found the nett da . she war Ivas
ing on the floor at her bet) with. her clothes
on, and her bible tend byrith ['took open
near her, an that it is-probable sbe ezpired
from no. *tuck of appoplesy . whilst at her
devoliorts: sod anon tticer her friends left
her. - Bite was . hr the 19fr.h year of her
.age
tr 091 pinas lady. and a member ot the
Presbyterian Unwell for many .years.—
Hag Herald.
Zoo! the subject of famish
ing local hems for the press. one of our
exchanges mattes the following sensible
teinark: •Almost every member of the coin -
inanity where a newspaper is established.
can Jo mach to make the local department
what it should be, by contributions of
fresh items which may be gathered in each
►uottlity. a nd tommunicated to-us with lit
tle trouble; and they who neeeet this du
ty, so useful to editors , and desirable to
the public, are respnsible. in part at le4st
for a meagre
s poppiy of dunttestic news in
their lournal."
Trimming 7 rees.l'lle present is the
proper season to attend to this work. be
fiirs , sati begins to ascend from the tools to
the 'Rink and limbs, and thus ensure a
plentiful growth of shoots. and Constlitent•
ly, an abundant foliage, rthich. its every
housekeeper linsisys t is ft vtry desirable
ihintaround one's duelling during the ad
try moon did (lists/Hiner. Next month and
Aprl will do fur preparing and planting
out young trees, but the latter month is
rather too late Poi trimming.
Moftable eaqs.—“Shrove Tneeday"
--"Fassntcht"—this year oreurs on the
4th of March; ?Javier on the 20th of A
rail.
The !Ogre!, Terin of the Circuit Court
-for 'Washington county will cointnence on
dl n lay , next. .
thstitllB. DEPairimENT OF
Sr. Lows. February 23
The major general commanding the de
rpsrtment uestres to impress Owl all of i
eera the importance of preserving good or
der and diecipline among their troops as
the armies of the nest adtanee into Ten•
nessee and the Southern StateS.
Let us show to •oii iPlhOw citizens lIT
those States that are come merely. to crush
ollt rebellion, and restore to them peace'
and the benefits of the ,Constitution and
the Union, of which they have been• de
prived
by selfish and unprincipled leadera- - ,
They have been told that we come to op
press and plunder. 'By our act we will
undeceive them. We prove to them
that we mae to restore. not to -violate.
the Consilium(' and the laws. In restor
ing to them the glorious flag of the Union.
we will enure to them that they -shall en
joy under its folds the same protection of
life and property as in former days.
Soldiers ! let no excess oh your part tar
nisi) the glory of our armal
The order tiereuifore issued in this de
partment. iii rtgard to piNging and ingran
ding; the destruction oh private • property.
and the stealing or concealment of slaves,
must be strictly enforced. It does not be
ll ng to the inilitary to decide upon the re!
Jamul of master ,and slave. Such gees
lions wtisi be settled by the civil courts.—
No fogitive slave therefore will be admit
teditvithin our lines pr camp. except when
specially ordered by the general et/inmate
ding.
Women and children, Merchants, farm
era, meehanes, and all persons not in aims
are regarded as non combatants, and are
not to be molested either in their persons
and property. -If, how ever. they aid and
Assist the enemy, they become beligerents,
and will be treated as Suet As they vio
late the laws of war, they will be made to
Nutter toe penalties of such
Military stores and the public property
of the enemy must be surrendered, and
any attempt twconceal such properly. by
fraudulent transfer or otherwise, will be
punished, but an private property will be
touched unless by order of the general
commanding. Wherever it becomes nee.
essaiy to obtai
the supply and subsistence'of our troops.
t4evies-witl-be-made---as-light-as-posei
bie. and be so distributea as to produce no
distress among the people. All property
nd taken 1111161 be receipted and fully ac
counted fdr. as heretofore directed.
These orders will be read at the head of
every regiment, and all-officers are com
manded to strictly enforce them:.
By command of Maj. Gen. IiaLLECK.
N. H. MCLEas, Adjutant Gencrat. •
The War in Arkansas.
Price drivenirom his stronghold at Cross
hollow
ST limns, Feb. 25 --General lialleek
this morning telegraphed to General Vic•
Medan as follows s •
•
••Price's army has been driven from his
strong post at Cross Hollow.
••The enemy left his sick and wounded,
and such stores as he could not destroy.
••tie turned the extensive barracks • at
that place to prevent our troops from oc•
cupving them.
••Geneaa) Curtis says that most of nor
prOvisions, for rtre last ten days, bare been
taken Irons the enemy.”
As a Mr. Alounsep t ho bad knit come
into possession of exten ive iron works in
Northumberland. England. was recently
conducting his wife through the premises.
her dress caught in libels of a coupling,
and she was instantly dragged under she
shalt. The unhappy lady. who nab en•
dent. was liteolly crushed In atoms in a
moment. She left four chilliest).
lIVIIRESTING Plait =MM. '
- From, an interview had -yesterday with
Mr: George-VC Nit!het., of Waynesboro',
• -
Pa., one of the returned prisoners, says a
Washington writer, the following highly
interesting intelligence was gleaned:* • He
grays that he Was taken seven months since,
whilirr on a visit to' Virginia, -end has sic
ted as clerk in the aeartermaigter's De
--paittnent-nt—Richinnud-rmforming a u •
ties in entrneetion With the prisoners, thus
securi'ng' ratrole thlit ereableil him to mit
freely with the citizens and , sJidiers:.
fie bigngsWith him m a ny unmistakable
evidences of the fact that there-esists in
Richmond and the vicinity a strong and
#ailani hand of Union men. who are wit
ting and• anxious at the properinoment to
welcome the old flag. 'and fight, if neces•
eery. to sustain its stiitremaey.. They re..
quested' hint to make the fan known to the
Government t'ha't they claim trr be three
thousand strong, and that a fall regiment
of drilled. volunteers can he raised at art
hones notice. The Union ladies are at-ri
very numerous. an& have freely espentled
their mottos'- in succoring and comforting
the sick and wounded Federal prisonera.
Mr. Walker brings with him a beautiful
and enamel chain, which was presented to
him by aliarty of ladies on theeve•of his
departure; with the following note written
in a nest and elegant handi -
RICHMOND, Feb. 17, 1862.
Mr. T-Palker:,
Dear Sir: —Please accept this chain as
a token DI our regard. &lay the parts in
the great chain of our Union be' wore se.
surely linked than they have been since
their formation as a Union. firspectfully
yours,
The names ate . omitted, at the
_request
of Mr. Walker. fearing that the publica
tion of them would - be inipolitic.
the Union men at - Richmond are daily
becoming more hold and eartiesit, and have
fur mutual protection against Rebel espion
age. formed a league, slat grips. signals
and passwords. They -style themselves
prisoners on parole, and have long and
anxiously looked fur an advance -upon
Richmond ; by nay (it the- Rappahannock;
which they are confident could be taken
and field at illy (hue with a force of three
thousand men. There is eleven earth
works in the vicinity of the railroad, only
one ot, which is garrisoned and has guns
mounted &s i als° in the Rappahannock,
the defences are said to be vi ry slight.
The news of the,.,F4„tleral victories at
Sourer-et. Fort lienry f Fort Donelson.
and the mvasion of Tennessee and - Ala
ba - ma coming on their greit disaster at
ittaniike, has had a most depressing in
tonger vaunt of the superior :powers and
:nT•ivert- of the and the cowardice
of the North--a change has cline over the
spirit of their dteam 4 and they now 111 . 011 t
the probabiWy of being overcome, but de•
clare•they will kill their women and chit
dren and die to the last man before they
will yields the depression 01 the Rebels
had of course 'cal - teed the Union men much
joy._,lttuLthey were — looking forward 'to
earfY 'deliverance with hope and con
fidence.
The levy for troops was progressing,
and all able to bear arms, between the age
of 18 and 00, were being furced to enroll
their names and attend drill. The Union
men were thus being f“rceil into the ser.'
vice, and were learning the manual
the deterininatom to use ibe knowl
edge for an entirely different purpose from
that intended by their instmetors. The
rebels admit that unless every man cepa
tole of beating arms is immediately brought
into the service, Virginia will,haye to set
render within the ne:t thirty days.
The Government has very little even 6f
its own paper money, the difficulty to sup.
ply the Treasury blanks bring so great
that many of the public • offices are being
closed, with a label on tre c iloor, 'nut of
funds." The Federal Treasury notes
receives by the prisoners of war, were
readily sold at 25 per bent. premium two
months agu e and since the recent
feats have advanced to 85 per cent.
Mr. W. says that he learned from the
very best authority that an order bad been
issued for the withdrawal of all but thirty
thousand troops from Manassas , The
railroads leading to Kentucky. North Car•
oboe and Tennessee were thronged with
troops, and the - number leaving Manassas
had been about five regiments per day for
some time past. Troops were also being
sent to North Carolina to resist the ad
vance of Burnside, mostly the North Car
olina regiments at Richmond.
Discoveries at Fort Henry.
A cnrresponileirt of the St. I..iiiis
He
puhitcan, writing from Fort, lieury. saysii
Each day new objects of interest a n te'
discovered. arid every soldier is speedily
supplied with some relic, though it be
ritn_ki_ogmLlre Wan sier_e_art—Where
the big rifled gun burst, the noise as of a
ly t.eard. Looking for the , cause. a hal
dozen soldiers may be seen hammering a
way,. with crowbars or axes. at the frag.
ments 'of the huge piece, scattered around,
to obtain a relic. Although this scene has
been repeated now for three days. ni►t a
particle of theteoveted artiee has been ob
. tained„ the metal stubbornly resisting ev
cry attack Other objects. of more sig
nificant interest, begin now to claim alien
nor.. They are the daily discovery of
pits and graves. where human bodies, dur
ing the battle, were hastily tlitowb. This
concealnient, of dead. by sinking them in
ponds and then throwing on bags'ol dirt,
or scooping out shallo r tv graves. is a bar
barons practice, an a noticeable evidence
of the deceit t ing cause needs prac
tice: One and has been
.. already made
to give'up its deed, and twenty -mangled
bodies drawn forth. Just outside the walls
°of th4irt was noticed a large number of
bags ordirt cast into a slough, and spades
thrown down where workmen had been
hastily employed. Oti removing these,
the hidden bodies were found. Thirty
barrels of whiskey were discovered this
morning buried a sliort dtstaticif in the
woods. and what more the earth around
here coisceAlt.suay yet be untombed also.—
Several of the cannon in Fort Henry are
stainptd in 1821. and others bear ite mark
Of the makers in.:Memphis. In the middle
of the fortification areweveral graves, with
fence around, made by weaving poles to.
getber,
War
O f ficial Oder in: llelatiori t 6 Illifitcl4 In
WAR DEP/kr:T*ONT.
Washihgtart. Feb. 26. 1862. )
O'rdered First anti. after the 26th
day of February instant; the Preolitlente by
virtue of the set of Coitgress. takes nrOne
ry posaefstion of all the teiegralib • hues in
• dititate
Second. All telegrapitie enntmubleationti
in regard to military operittinnip, not, ex
pressly gutiwrized by . the War bepart--
meiii,:the general commanding, or the•
generale commanding the aribiei in the•
field in. tbe.several departments, are abea-•
lutely forbidden.
• Perd. All newspapers publishing milt—
tary news, however olrtainer4 and by
whatever medium receivedi not authorized:'
by the official authority mentioned is the
preceedieg paragraph. pill be excluded
thereafter from_receivirtg information by
telegraph s or front transmitting their papers•
by railroad.
Fourth. gilivilrifir 8. Sanford is made
supervisor of telegraphic messages•
throughout theAlnited States. Anson Ste
ger is made military superintendent of all
telegraph thief and offices- in the United
States.
Fifth. This 'posaesaiori and control of
the telegraph linesis not intended to in-i
terlere in any respect with the ordinary
aflairs of:the companies,. or with private
messages.
Do urier 'President.
gruel* M. STANTONv
Seeretary of War:
Winton, N. Q. Abandoned and Burned.
Ilstirinone. Feb. 24 —The Southern.
papers received furnish the . following i=
tents:
The Richmond Dispaa of - Saturday,-,
has the following.
"Somme, Feb. 21.—Captain Nichols,
I the Petersburg artillery. arrtved here
this afternoon from Winton, N. C...wherte,.
he had been stationed with his battery.—.
On yesterday tie was shelled 'out by the
Yankees. They had seven steamers, all
of which passed . up the, river: '
Ntehols had :I horse shot from
under him. Two of his men were woun
ded. The town of Winton is in ashes.—
Our troops retired to Murfreesboro."
Another despatch dated Norfolk, the
21st, says: "The Federal forcetargain as
cended the (.Ihowan river, yesterday, to
Winton. with several gunboats and a large
number of troops.
"The Cutttederates'opened a heavy firs
iit,prt mein, killing and wounding a num
ber of thein.
•.The Yankees .
totvrr. The Southerners retired. Our
loss is-saisi-to have - ireeirt - tu
"The -'humbug Congressman. C. H.
roster. of North Carolina, woe among the
killed Yankees.
linaigtoits, Feb. 22.—The Sa•annsb
,Republican of Wednesday last says:
s Notwithstanding the hostile demonstraw
tions oNlie enemy., and show of lormidad
hie preparations for an attack on this point
uo meterial change-in the attitude of affairs
has4aken place during the past, few days.
"Some t% 'enty . vessels are Agin at anchor
off our Skiilaway -batteries. About the
same nirmber of gunboat* as formerly are
to be seen in the vicinity of Wall's Cut ,
and Mud river. One or two of the latter
have advanced a little higher up or a little
nearer the main channel. Small bnate
prowl about , in the river between Fors
Jackson and Fort Pulaski, but keep at a
respectful distance from the guns of either
tort.
"Our telegraphic communication is'ef.
feclualli cut off from the latter tort. cud
water communication has tozbe maintained
under tt.e fire of their gunboats and a float.
ing raft battery. which the enemy have
established near Venus Piling, and which
-etitody commands the river.
••flunboat skirmishes are of almost h oar•
ly occurrence."
Tile Fort Done/son Prisoners ,at
CINtINNA rt, Feb. 29.—The Commer
cial's lioiltaitapolis despatch, says that fie
000 of the Fort Donelson prisoners arriv
ed there within the last 24 hours. They
are the hardest looking men ever collected
toget-lied, unundormedon rags of all colors,
with Carpets for blankets. The privates
netteit•that.gecesmun hat gone up,that they
are better treated and fed here than they
have been for the past sit) minutia.
Most of the men are anxious to take the
oath of aflegience. Three of the surgeons
have been parolled to attend to-their sick,
which are • becurnirg quite numerous.—
The officers are not not lioiforMed, and do
not look much superior to the privates.—
The prisoners are collapsed' of the Fourth
and Thirteenth Mississippl. gigrlith Nen.
lucky, Fourth Alabama, Twenty—sixth,
Forty—Wit.
Nashville in out Potsession.
3E=
Sr. L , vie, Feb. 24.--A special deepatelt
from . Cairo to the Democrat says the la
test intelligence from the Cumberland fur
nishes glorious news, to the effect
,that
General Buell'a tnrcea occupy Nashville;
that Governor Harris has called in all the
Tennessee troops, and that a . strong reae.
tion in favor of the Union has occurred a
mong the,penple.
Chino, Feb. 24 —The Nashville papers
advise the undermining of some of the
logs on the Cumberland. and blowing
ern into the river on the approach of our
gunbolts, either to destroy them of to °h
avoc' the channel.
Louisville. Feb. 24 —Relia'ale private ,
nformation received here to night assures
hat Nashville is virtual:y in possession of
he Federal forces.
THE/Choi/ OF THo REVEL riEsDietHr.—
Colonel Eichardkon, of the Military Coin•
mutes of the House. is, a pro
osition for the punishment wf the double.'
dyed traitors who have added perjury to.
treason. It will require the ctuilinernent
and refuel to exchange of alt prioctoerit
who may be-taken or arrested *sous ar
mies advance, that have taken the oath of
duty and service to the United States.--.
rhos will include Senators, Representa4;
Lives tamers q r the Army and Navy, and,
indeed. all who have been the reeipienta of
the - bounty of the nation, ' whether in false
or profit. • _
Savanhab.