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              -- ' ' ? I , ' ' " ' .-.'-.i . ,1 ,m ir ii -in, I !. niiinf-i - i -inn jr ,' ' - " - T' v ' . -r :r ' "' .nil""-'"" uiiiii"'" j " " ' --.'!'; 7:. ! .;---' -' v ?J L"i ZT iU;i . .'-'; ; f.VJ VlTt 2 '' -XI' J? 11" U - -'., - -i ' ' j-4" i-'-J. VV. tv -,Ti v 5 i. . . ' . . , - . . .;',-i.fcr.-..): .--V . - "r : . .. . . JZ " ? " - r : 77 ; ' " "' " " " '' "' ""' ' "' - -- -- YOLUME XXV. - ft muittrmtr tczsbat noEroa t One In IToodvard Clock, 8d CtTj. ,TtRBfSTwo PoIUn per uarn, pAymbU ta 4- ruimoruy. 6PLisni!VG of the cnuRsr, In the diry, eool and iry, ' Stand th farmer 'a daughter, cburs lag; Urthekt ara all glow, With haalth, from labor banting; . Her rndy uraai ar bare, tn a mood aroand ber flaxes hair, 'Roaad bar bimminir pan of milk, AadberrewB -'tUnot of rilk , la tucked beneath her apron, . deaaaad snowy white; And whila the ataff U daablnjt t'p aaddown ineeasaat aplaabin, . . - Ib unison with band and foot She ciags with spirit: "Come, Sally! talc tarn At the old weoden churn, . And quit jour norel reading. Nor think yourself a queen; Ton're more like silly Nancy, . Who llTed on airy fancy, And died in single wrctchednejt. In poTerty, I ween. Here, Mary f in the dairy Is your proper place, toy bonny lass, . " An hour or more yonVe stood before That flatterer false, the looking-jrlass ;-So come 1 take a turn at the big wooden churn, Twill lend your face a glow and grace That paint cannot impart; ' And while the staff is dashing . . Up and down, incessant splashing, 'Twill set your eyes a flashing, , - " Till erery look's a dart. Youll loose that sobbing, sighing, : That palid look of dying. Twill send the ruddy current Beating time from out your heart. " Come, hasten, sister Anna! ; Stop a pounding that piano! Poor, broken-hearted instrument, Tiserer ont oftune; : So cease your useless jigging. And bring the can and piggin, . To hold the luscioas buttermilk Thot will be ready eoan. " . "And keep the staff a dashing, Tp and pown, incessant splashing;. JSrotberis a thrash in c;. And father's with the plows; ' "Mother supper's cetting, " r: : And Kate's the table sett in;, . S let s piet the chnrning done re milking of the cows. ' " And w11 take a turn At the big troorn ehtirn; Tho'tis-an anricnt instrument Ti never out of tone ; .-And sins while wf're dashin?, P)ah, plash pjah, uplsshinjr." i A Hrelr laj, and bani;;awaT, ... Well br.n the butter soon. . WATEHLOO . : ' the LAST.nouiis or thk nenx. few months since I was standing on tlie field of Waterloo," on the anniversary of that great battlerThe fields were waving with the ripening grain, just as they were on that memorable morning,- before being tro Jden down bv chargin? squadrons.- As I stood where Wellington had stood, on the ridge occupied by the English lines, and surveyed the entire field and looked down upon the narrow valley where the fate of all Europe was once put up and battled for,a "world of conflicting emotions struggled for the mastery within me. ; The magnificence and pomp of that stern army was before me, and my ear seemed distinctly to. catch the first cannon- shot that opened the conflict. Far on the riht comes down Jerome Bonaparte, with with his twelve thousand men. A sheet of fire runs along the walls of the chateau, and a gap up in the advancing columns of the foe. Its mangled heads melts Tike frost work before the distinctive fire. The smoke of the battle cover them from sight, and rools up the val ley, and lo 1.1 see nothing but the melee of horses and riders, the tossing of banners and the soaring of the French Eagl&amid the cloud of war, ana I hear naught but the roar of the artillery, the braying of trumpets, the blast of the bugle sounding the charge, and the heavy shock of the cavalry. . 8 .... - . t The great battle of Europe was to be fought. All its Kings stood looking xm with .breathless silence, for their thrones were at stake. The feeling of these , two great military chieftains themselves as they thus for the first time stood face to face and battled for a continent, were stirred. The British veteran winine the sweat trora Lis brow exclaimed, "O, thatBlucher or night would come V The next moment an im mence body of French cavalry came thundering down on one of the English squares. It had already become weakened by the loss of whole ranks which, the rrench artillery had mowed down, but withstood the desperate snocWHnnrue ora very, ine French came down a plunging trot, then breaking into a gallop, fell like a rock hurled back from the mountain, they recoiled from the shock. Driven to desperation by their repeatedly foiled attempts, they stopped- their horses and cooly walked them around that brave square, " and whenever a uu fell dashed in. Sueh desper-ate resolution, such recklessness of life, began at length to tell on the conflict." The square began to shake and waver, when Wellington came dashing up with his guard they opened aad he was in its i08om. The chief was in their keeping his faU voluntarily thrown into their Hands, those British hearts could not yield. Rank Rafter rank fell but not a man eurrea irom nis 'lootsteps. ;xhe 4Jrrenca at length : gave itr up, retired to thei position Again, on separate squares were those terrible charges made, and again as they waved, did Wellington fling himself their midst. Thus. from II in the morning. until 4 o'clock in the evening had the battles rsd. when a dark Ob jffct .was seen to emerge from, a distant wood. jjarger and larger it grew, till a whole column stood revealed, with tanners waving in the breeze Ula.ch.er and Pru:siars had come ' Both armies saw that the hour had arrived for a final issue. .-t. -. . . ' ' Bonaparte then rods tip to. tia ell asdiren- rea imperial uuard that bad not beca 13 tattle all day.-,riid-3 himself at their head, he half led them ay down the slope, when he halted and edire:ed them ia hia impetuous . and fisry mc-nT. -. lie toli them that the Cite - of the t -.Llj t 1 cf France was in t'aeir hands. ;. 'He -was cr.3wvr"I ly t'.ose devoted hearts , n7rcr fir- v . 1'. w!:h a. shout that "rang over, the elr ct .-Itlc, r.r. 1 was heard af, alor thaL...:Ixi:..e3. - TLcn Le-y'aced them onr er,. w;.i crd'-j to force tie British centre s.s.i prevest tl iaclion of Blucicr wih the allied forces. That hitherto invincible guard csait down in beantifrl order and array They knew that their emperor and the civiliz es woria were iotkinr on. Ther carried thrones) and kings as they went. They need ed nothing to fire their steady courage. N"a dram, or trntrrpet, or martial strain cheered them on. No bugle soended the chmrrsL Tn perfect order and dead silence thev moved over At . - a. it . ue piain. adots inem soared the r rench e. gle no power had . ever yet wrested from the grasn, and on them was the ere of Bonanart The allied army saw with awe and dread, the approach of that unconquerable legion. The terror of Europe was on the march. For moment the finnr ceased alon? the lines. The battle was hushed. The muffled tread of that magnificent legion was heard. The sud den calm was but momentary. . The artillery again opened nice a volcano on the foe Whole ranks went down before the dMtrnrt; nre, ret iner laiiered not for a moment n, their fallen comrades, with the same steady front they moved on, across the valley and up Before their cool. resUtl ltV n. . ... : ""o- iiu Hum jnaiea use irosi work. They took the last fire of the artillery full onUeir bosoms, and then walked over the c men and all! On, on. like a resiatlAM r.v. they swept, carrying everything down in their passage, till they approached within & r of where Wellington stood. All seemed lost. when a rank of men who had lain flat tK;. faces behind a low ridire of earth. heard the ringing order, "Up, Guards, and at'em I" They started utj as from the Hntrla of the earth, and poured in their dtmN,v fire in the very faces of that mangled guard. They recoiled from the discharge as if smitten with a sudden blow. A second and third followed. They reeled and stastrered a mnmoni and then turned and fled. The thunder of the first cannon came at intervals on the nirht air telling where Blucher trod down the foe. Wellington had left to him tl was leading back his wearv and bleeding m over the battle-field. The full round mn riding the quiet heavens, lighting up the man gled masses oT human flesh that weighed down luc iiuu. nertan epaulette there a shivered sword flashed back in its Wmti loaded the air. while a death shriek came at intervals on the ear. V elhngton wept. The excitement and rage was over, and his heart sickened at the awful scene betora him On the surface of two square miles it was ascertained that fifty thousand men and horses were lying. The luxurious crop of ripe grain which had covered the field of battle, was reduced to litter, and beaten into the earth, and the surface trodden down by the cavalry and furrowed deeply by the cannon wheels, strewed with many a relic'of the fight. Helmets and the cuirasses, shattered fire-arms and broken sword, all the variety of military ornaments, lancer caps and Highland bonnets, uniforms of every color, plumes and cnon. musical instruments, the apparatus of artillery, drums, bugles, but good God! why dwell on the harrowing picture of foughten battle t each and every ruinous display bore mute testimony to the misery of such a battles Could the melancholy ap-pearKiee of this scene of the death be heightened, it would be by witnessing the researches of the living, amid "its desolation; for the object of their love. Ilothcrs, and wives, aud chil-drcr, for daji were occupied in that mournful duty : - and tue confession of the corpses friend and foe intermingled as they were often rendered the attempt of recognizing individuals difficult, and sometimes imnosible. In many places the dead lav four feet deen upon each other, marking the spot which some British square had occupied exposed for hours to the murderous fire of a French battery. Outside, lancer and cuirassier were scattered thickly on the earth. Madly attempting to force the serried bayonets of thV British, they had f lllen in bootless easay by the musketry of the inner files.. Further on you trace the spot where the cavalry of France and England had encountered; chasseur and hussar were intermingled, and the heavy Norman horses of the Imperial Guard were interspersed with the gay charger's which had carried Albion's chivalry. Here the Highlander and Tiralleur la V side bv side together ; and the heavy dragoon, with green Erin's badge upon his helmet, was grap- piing in aeaui wun ms poiisnea lance, un the summit of theridge, where the ground "was cumbered with' the dead, and trodden fetlock-deep in the mud-and gore by the frequent rush oi nvai cavairy, tne thick-strewn corpse of the Imperial Guard pointed out the spot where Napoleon had been defeated. Here, in column the favored corps, on whom his last chances rested, they had been annihilated ; and the advance and refuse of the guard was traceable to a mass of fallen Frenchmen. In the hollow below, : the last struggle of Fiance had been vainly made ; for there the Old Guard attempted to meet the British and afford time to their disorganized companies to rally.. ZTcClellan and Beauregard. Kussell, of the London Time, in his correspondence, draws the following comparison between MeClellan and Beauregard; When I had the pleasure of conversing with Gen. MeClellan lor the first time he asked me several questions with evident interest and friendly curiosity not unusual on the part of Generals in reierence to tneir antagonists respecting Gen. Beauregard. In his case there was aS the more reason for such inquiries, in the tact that they were old fellow students and class mates. To my mind there is something of re semblance petween the men. Both are below ths middle hight. They are - both souarelv built, and famed for muscular power since their college days. Beauregard, indeed, is lean and tmn-ricoed ; Mculellao is full and round, with a Napoleonic tendency to embonpoint, subdued by incessant exercise. Beauregard sleeps little: Mcdellao's tem permanent requires a full share of rest ; both are spare and Spartan in diet studious, quiet. ; Beauregard is rather saturnine, and. if not melancholic, is of a grim . . ' . r rv .1, - f 1 vfl gayeiy: ucueusn u geniai even in ,us re serve. The density of the hair, the. squareness of the jaw, the firmness and regularity of the leetn, and the mtlinea of the . features are points of similarity in both, which would be more striking if Beauregard were not of the true Louisianian Creole Unt, while MeClellan is fair complexion- . iUiiMfraKi i.M m. HrV dull student's eye, the dullness of which arises, however, from its formation, for it is full of fire and its glances are quick and searching. Mc-Qeilan, has a deep, dear eye, into which you cad look ikr aad deep, while yon feel itseafch-es Jar and dees into von , v.. something of pretension in his mnl hauteur, but a folding armed, meditative sort of sir, which seems to My, "Don't disturb ms I'm thinking of military, movements." ff Mc Clellan seems to be always at leisure ; but you feel at the time you ought not to intrude too much upon bin, 'even .when you setk in . l - t a . - vaia.icr Lae rroascj oi iaat unpreesionui. any thing that is coin cr.Mjing,. , JLCfureird is mor tattle, emit, tnl estute; licieiian is more ccn:'rfcLcaive. iort laraed, racre im prcssionable." I Xeaarcird U a thcrczgh s&ld-, ier ; UcClellaa may prove he is a great gener- al. The former only looks to military conse quences, ana-disregards popular manifestations; the latter respects the opinion of the outer world, and sees political a well as military- results in what he orders. Ther are both the creatures of accident, so far as their present positions are concerned. :-. u remains to am seen if either can control the current of events, aad it In either the artillery-man or the cavalry of ficer of the old united states' army mere is the stuff around which history is moulded, such: as that of which the artillery-man of Brienne or the leader of the ; Ironside was made. . - IZjsierioua Crirao-- Doutla Txzztir. There arrived in N. Yorkby the steamer Ba varia ixom urcmen, in October, a 1'olisa Jew, named Sigismund Fellner. . On the saasapehe maae. tne acquaintance oi two women, of the same nativity as himself. He was young, and was possessed of a large amount of diamonds and money, in all some $50,000. The elder sister was named Mrs. Harks, and the rounder, an unmarried one, Albertina Flaum. Fellner is be lieved to hare become criminally intimate with the younger sister on the. passage, for upon their arrival in the city, though the women stopped at a bearding house and Fellner stop ped at the. Preecott House, on Broadway, the elder sister, Mrs. Harks, called upon him and demanded money of him for having wronged Al- oeruna. i o escape ner importunities, r euner having made the acquaintance of a man named ltcdctzki, asked his advice, lie persuaded him to remove to a quiet house in Brooklyn. Fellner left his hotel, and was not heard, of again until it was announced in the papers that the body of a drowned man had been found in the water at Hiddletpwn N. J. A German acquaint ance, who knew of Mr. r ellner s visit to this country, and who had not yet met him, went to see the dead body, and identified it as that of Fellner. Meantime Radetzki and the women disappeared. The detective police went to work and succeeded in finding Mrs. Marks and Albertina Flaum. On their persons were found some of the property belonging to deceased. They were confined for examination, but on the first night of their incarceration, in separate cells. in a police station house, Albertina committed suiscide by hanging herself from the bars of the grated door by a cotton hankerchief. Their supposed accomplice, Redtzki, has not yet been taken into custody, and the whole mystery of the crime and double tragedy remains yet to be cleared up. Since writing the above, Mrs. Marks als j made an unsuccessful attempt to kill hersuf by cutting her arm with a knile. AK0TBSK ItrSTXRIOrS XtriDIR. On Sunday morning, at Fishkill Landing on the Hudson River, the body of a voung man. subsequently identified as that of Philip Augustus Embury, of Brooklyn, was found lying near Meyers' Hotel, with marks of violent death. It seems that Mr. Embury was in the habit of visiting the family of Mr Verplanck, near the Landing. He had gone up in the afternoon train oa Saturday, and was evidently killed just after leaving the depot for Mr. Verplanck residence. Air. tm bury was stabbed with a bowie knife or bayonet, which was thrust in the left side, penetrating through the body, and breaking otr at the point, lhemarderer has not been discovered or arrested. The deceased i was a son of Daniel Embury, President of the Brooklyn Bank. . Corrtipondenee of th Cimeinnati Commercial.. A Curious Letter of Warning Still Another Story of the Battle of Wild vac Haskopsbcro, Nov. 1. Ens. Com. : I notice in your paper of the 29ult, that vou complain that our party have been mjuing our cause by falsehood and mis representation, and I sir, agree with, you, and am now led to believe that many of. our re verses and misfortunes are attributable to such misrepresentations and falsehood. I don't be- leve that irrovideace wul be with us or our cause, so long aa we continue so dishonest a course. I believe that honesty is ths best pol icy, and I do hope that in future we may have as near the truth as it may be possible to get at it. 1 have risen from my bed. (where 1 have been confined from a wound?" received in the fight or skirmish at Wildcat,) to say to you; that of the many accounts I have seen and heard of that fight, not one of them have told the naked truth, and to make ia short story of it, the loss on both sides were about equal. I think, perhaps, we had the advantage of fight ing Deninu me oreastworKS, out we had more wounded somehow, and they got a good many prisoners; whether they took: them, or they went over to voluntarily, I ani not "positively certain, but I have the best reason to believe they deserted us,and I tell you plainly, and you may tell your friends, that Tennessee and Kentueky Union men won t do to depend on certain. I don't mean to say all are false, but we may bid farewell to the Union if we depend upon them to sustain it. The best of them are but lukewarm, while the becessionists are more desperate than hell, and .stop at nothing to carry their point. I have made these state ments as I believe for the good of the cause. You can make what use you please of them : and you will believe them or not. but if time don't convince our people that Kentucky and lennessee Unionists won t do. then I will be agreeably disappointed. .Smiths in the Army. The Smith family can hare no complaints that they are not amply represented among the field officers in the war. There is (acting) Ma- jor-General ; William F. Smith, of Vermont, commanding the right wing of the army on the rotomac ; ana opposed to him is Maior-Gener- al Gustavus W. Smith, commanding the left wingof the Confederate army,Brigadier-General Charles Ferguson Smith commands at Padu- can. ui coioneis and neia omcers tnere is apparently no end. Illinois has Col. Bobert F. Smith, Sixteenth regiment, at St. Joseph, Mo; Col. "Gustavus A. Smith. Thirty-fifth renment. in Fremont's army ; Col. John E. Smith, of the Lead Mine regiment raised at Galena.-' Ohio furnishes five Colonels Smith, vis: Benjamin F. Smith, of the Thirteenth ; J. L. Kirby Smith; of the Fory-third: T. K. Smith, of the Fifty-fourth; and Orlando Smith, of the Seventy-third. Missouri has Col. Morgan L. Smith, of the Eighth. . We should despair of enumera ting the Smiths who are field, staff and line officers : suffice it the proportion u well main tained. There was at one' time a proposition ta raise a fall regiment of Smiths, but the difficulty there would be in making up an intelli gible list of kuied and wounded was an lnsupe- raoieocjecuon. ; . - r. - f ; '-"'- "CTct cf Preiident Liscclna Pclicy. We extract the following passage from the "Occasional"' letter to the Philadelphia Jrat dated Washington-:Noy. 7r, WT - ; Nothin has done more to weaken, lie seces sionists than the growin opinion that Sir. Lin coln is determined not to be enven - from hi3 purpose by the cry that he contemplates an attack upon the institution ofslavery. WhenGen. Fremont's proclamation reached Richmond it was received with shouts f joyf hut when it was modI5ed. this act of the President -was eon cealed or misrepresented, lest it might operate against the desjgna oc the traitors, iKrw that Fremont has been fuperceded, however, a prae- A1!!11:1.? tlutt the.jrW policy.but thatvhe wUl, do ijthtg nm AffiinM A.lli,1m,.l w o r v vj m ea oi that section. r:r CoUiers in t2t ' Vrezzz 1 The following impor sued from the Pension PllfllW Stmt The applicati warded by you in bel t notice has been is- reau: :. fries, Nor. 2. 18S1. tor bounty land, for got a soldier of the present war, is herewk dress. A sufficient nux , returned to roar A "toT similar unfound-wented to reauira srrw. ed claims having been cial action on my part. oth to prevent imposi- tion npon soldiers whe Jiay be misled into the assertion or sucn a cia a, and to save this of. -V 1 1-1 T V . - - u "iWM. uaciczva , a usvs to iniorm you that no paper of this character will be placed Xa vur uiea, r m any manner entertain. There is no law graniinc bounty land fnranw service rendered subsequently to March 2. 1855. nor will any application he treated as valid, under a future act Of COBirress. if made hefcTa the data of the approval of such act by the Ex- ecuuve. - v Bespectfully yours, Joscra H. Baesxtt, Commissioner. KEPOBT M Frcont's Case. Eeport f Adjutant General Tboinaa to . the Secretary of T7ar. Washihotoh, Oct. 21, 1861. Hie : I. have the honor to submit the report requested in your letter or the Vth mst.? ... .We arrived at St. Louis, as vou are aware, at 2 A. M Oct. ll. After breakfast, rode to Bea ton Jiarracks, above the city. On the street leading to the camp passed a small field-work in course of construction. Found the camp of great extent, witn extensive quarters, construct ed of rough boards. Much has been said of the large sums expended in their erection ; but some one mentioned that General McKinstry, Erincipal Quartermaster, who made the dis-ursements, gave the cost at $15,000. If so, it was judicious. The total cost should be ascertained. Gen. Curtis was in command. Force present, 140 officers, 3,338 men, principally detachments, except the First Iowa Cavalry 34 officers, 994 men having horses, but without equipments. ' Gen. Curtis said of Gen. Fremont that he found no difficulty in getting access to him, and when he presented business connected with his command, it , was attended to. Gen. Fremont, however, never consulted him on military affairs, nor informed him of his plans. General Curtis remarked that while he would go with freedom to Gen. Scott and express his opinions, he would not dare to do so ta Gen. Fremont.. He deemed Gen. Fremont uneaual to the com- mand of an army, and said that he was no more bound by law than the winds. He considered him to be unequal to the command of the army in Missouri. . After dinner rode to the Arsenal below,, the city; Capt. Callender in charge. Garrison for its protection under Maj. Granger, Third Cav alry. But very few arms on hand ; a number of h eavy guns designed for gunboats and mortars. The Captain is -engaged in making ammunition. He said he had heard that some person had a contract for making carriages for these guns, but if so, that he knew nothing of it, and that it was entirely irregular, he be ing the proper omcer to attend to such work. This, in my opinion, requires investigation. He expected soon to receive funds, and desired them for current purposes; was fearful, however, that they might be diverted toother-payments. - Visited a large hospital not far distant from Arsenal, in charge of Asst. Surgeon Bailey, U. S. A. It was filled with patients mostly doing well.. Hospital in fine order, and a credit to the service. The Doctor had an efficient corps of assistant?, from the volunteer service, and ia addition a number of Sisters of Charity as nurses. God bless these pure and disinterested women 1 Col. Andrews, Chief Paymaster, called on me and represented irregularitirs in the Pay Department, and desired instructions from the Se-crety from his government, stating that he was required to make payments and transfers of money contrary to law and regulations. Once, objecting to what he ' conceived an improper Eayment, he was threatened with confinement y a file of soldiers.- He exhibited an order for the transfer of $100,000 to the Quartermaster's Department, which was irregular. Exhibited abstract of payments by one Paymaster, (Maj. relizer) to 42 persons appointed by Gen. Fremont, viz.: 1 Colonel, 3 Majors, 9 Cap tains, 14 First Lieutenants, 11 Second Lieuten ants, 1 Surgeon 3 Assistant Surgeons ; total, 42. Nineteen of these have appointments as Engineers, and are entitled to cavalry pay. A sec ond abstract of payment was furnished,' but not vouched for as reliable, as the Taymtster was sick. It is only given to show the excess of officers of rank appointed to the Major Gen eral s Body viuard of only mu men, the commander being a Colonel," ic. The whole number of irregular appointments made ' by. Gen. Fremont was said by CoL. Andrews to be nearly 200. -The following is a copy of one of these appointments: ' " i X1SADO.CAKTXXS V SSTZKX DirASTMHT, I St. Lours Aug. 23, 1851. J Sis : You are herebyappointed a Captain of Cavalry, to be employed in the Land Transportation Department, and will report for duty at inese neaaquarters. - : . . .-. - J. U. Fbxxoxt, Maior-General Commanding. . To CArr. Faux Vocxu, present. I also saw a similar appointment given to an individual on Gen. Fremont's Staff as Director or Music with the rank and commission or Cap tain or .engineers! .This person was a musi cian in a theatre in St. Louis. Paymaster An drews was verbally instructed by pas not to pay him the person having presented the two papers and demanded his pay. - CoLAndrews also stated that those appointments bore one date, but directed payments, in some cases, a month or two anterior therto. He was then without funds, excepting a small amount. ' - - The principal Commissary, Capt. Haines had no outstanding debts. He expected funds soon. Major Allen, principal Q"aartenaUr Lad recently; taken charge at St. Louis, but reported great irregularity in his derartment, and requested special instructions. .This he deemed important, as orders were communicated by a variety of persona, in an irregular manner, all requir-ingdlsbuTsementsof moTiey. J Theseorders were frequentlygivea yerbally. He waseendinttnr dar Gen. Fremont's order, larre araountj of for-are from St. Louis t tLe ar:..y i TipLon, where com was abundant .-1 clitz The d: v tance was 1C0 tailes. - He stated tLeindcLte-i-neaa of the Quartermaster's Department at Lrmistobe $1,606,300 73. ' i ss m ''ssasssssssssssswssssasci la regard to the contracts.. Without an ex- aminaUon of the accounts il will be didcult to arrive at the facts. It is the expressed belief or many uteliigent gentlemen atSC Louis, that Gen; Fremont has around him and in his Stair persons directly and indirectly concerned in furnishing supplies. The dllowinp L a eour of a letter signed by Leonidas Haskell, Captain aad A. D. CT He, though on Gen Fremont's Staff as said to be a contractor, for hay, an ibrage, and mules. The person named in his note, CoL Ategrai, u ms partner: HxAixjCAas Wxsrxair DxrAaTvzxT, CAvr Et.ris, Oct. 2. 1851. Six : I am reaueated by the rmmm. General to authorize CoL Degraflo take any hay that has been contracted for by the Government, his receipt ior ue same being ail the voucher you require. AteepecUUUy yourv . LxoxrAS Hauxll, v ". .. Captain and A. D. C. v uat does this meant Contractors deliver forage direct to Quartermasters, who iasn ths same. But here another party sten in and fH- the purpose if a contractor or the copartner of mk v: . T. . .. ! wuv, vi uuuig turn uwu cunino. At IS OUZlCUit to suppose that this double transaction it don Without a consideration. The accounts in this case should be examined, and the prices paid to Degraf be compared with tha paid to the con- iractors wnose torag was seised. The same cpfc AlaskeH, A. D. C, was a contractor Jbr mules. Ale desired Capt. Turnley to receive his animaia, "gooa, bad and indiaerent," as Capt. Turnley said. This he would not do, hut stated his prices for the different classes of mules, "wheeL" "lead." Ac. Besides, hs had mnr. mules than he could possibly send to the army. Notwithstanding all this he received an order to inspect and receive Mr. Haskell's mules as rapidly as possible. Capt. Turnley very soon after received an order trom Gen. Fremont to leave St. Louis and go into the interior of Mis souri. By directions of Gen. Meigs, advertisements were published fbr proposals to furnish rrain and hay, and contracts were subsequently mad for specific sums 428 cents per bushel for corn, 30 cents for oats and $17,95 per ton for hay. In face of this, another party in St. Louis, Baird or iiaird S falmer, (Palmer being of the old firm in California, Palmer, Cook Co Gen. Fremont's agents in that State.) were directed to send to J enerson Uity. where hav and corn abound as fast as possible, 100,000 bushals of oats, with a corresponding amount of hay, at 33 cents per bushel for the grain, and $19 per ton for hay. Capt. Edward If. Davis, a member of his Staff, received a contract, by the direct order of tren. t remont, for blankets. They were examined by a board of army officers, consisting of Capt, Hendershott. Fourth Artillery: Capt. Turnley, Assistant Quartermaster. The blankets were found to be made mostly of cotton, and to be rotten and worthless. N otwtihstanding this decision, they were purchased, and riven to the sick and wounded soldiers in the hospital. " -. - Among the supplies sent by Gen. Fremont to the army now in field, may be enumerated, 600 half barrels, to carry water in a country where water is abundant, and 500 tons of ice. We examined the barracks in course of con struction in St. Louis, near and around the private house occupied by him as quarters the Brant house which, by the by, is rented for $0,000 per annum. These barracks have brick foundations and brick outer walls, weather-boarded, and are sufficient, . as quarters and stables, for 1,000, . Like those of Camp Benton, these barracks were built by contract, on published proposals. They are certainly more expensive and more permanent than the quarters a temporary army, would require, and the precise cost of them, though difficult to be got at, should be asccrrained. A pontoon bridge has been erected across the Ohio River, by Gen. Fremont, at Paducah. A ferryboat in a region where -such boats are readily procured,, would be just as efficient and much less expensive. "- ooniracts, wui dc seen, were given to individuals without resorting to advertisements fbr bids, as is required by ths law and the army regulations. . . .'I: Having received an intimation from another quarter of an impropriety, I called on Capt, McKeever, Assistant Adjutant-General, for the facts, which he gave me as follows: One week ! after the receipt of the President's order modifying Gen. Fremont's proclamation relative to the emancipation of slaves. Gen. Fremont, by note to Capt. McKeever, required him to have 200 copies of the original proclamation, and address to the army ofthe same date, printed and sent immediately to Irbnton, for the use of Major Garrett, of the Indiana Cavalry for distribution through the country. - Capt. McKeever had the copies printed and delivered. Fremont's orders in this matter-was as "follows: Adjutant General will have 200 copies of proclamation ef Commanding General, dated 30th, of August, together with Address ta the Army of the same date sent immediately to I ronton, for the use of Major Garrett, Indiana Cavalry. Major Garrett' will distribute it through the country, J. C. F., Commanding General. 8ept.23 1861. - w . We left St. Louis Oct. 12 fbr Gen. Fremont Vnnartera at Tipton. 160 miles distant, pass ing the night at Jefferson City,- the capital of f iiwonrL 125 miles from St. Louis. Gen, Price was in command of the plaeey with a force of 100 men. The Eighth Iowa were then en route for Tipton. At this place there was accumulated a large quantity of forage, landed from steamboats, andother means of transportation ; also, the half barrels for carrying the water, and a nnmbef of moles, which Capt. Turnley said he could not get forward, having no control over the transportation by railroad. We arrived iii Tipton at 7 A. M. of the 13th. The Secretary of .War was called on by Gen. Fremont, and upon his invitation, accompanied him to Syracuse, five milea distant, to review Gen. McKinetry's divirlon, about 8,000 strong. This body of troops Is said to be the best equip, ped and best supplied ofthe whole array. They certainly are, so far as means of transportation are concerned. . - - -. .-" . - ,. At Tipton, beside Gen. Fremont and staff Jus body guard. Ac, I found a part of Gen Hunter's First Division aad Gen. Asboth's Fourth Miviairvn. . - - - : v -. ' Thm fowe deei?ned to act against Price con sists of five divisions, as follows : J; ' . first riTiio-nater't Tiptoe .. 9,& Second DiTision Pp'..ai Oaofxtw--9?0 Third DivisioEiegt!r.t eedii-.7,tS3 Fifth Drriaion ,.Abotl' at Tipton. S,il Sixth DiTialoB...IeKiiatry'agrrcao -. 28 'ToUL JSS,7S As soon as I obtained a yiew of the several eneampmenu at . i lpton, a expreesea tne ran- ion that the lorces mere assem&xea coni cot be command, aud conversed freely stated that there was pat conf'ion, and C al Gen.- Fremont w&s cttcrlv incoin-itcit r tLct Lis own division was greatly scattered and tl.2 force there present defU ti ve ia oaay rz ; ccii ; thai he Limself ren'rel 1C5 w?o, t ;t;th!t he- wac.der'cr..-3 to xr.-:: iLct L-, t; some of hi3 trocpa were'alresJj d.-sra ui cn the road. - JHs c.vslry re rr t ( IIII? ) Lid horses and indiaerent arms, Irt e e-;-'3er.. The men had to carry their t&ru ilc'i their vest pockets ; consequently, on their fret day's I moved, as carcIy any taeans ortransportiUon I were'yislhle. Cl saw Gca. Hucter,leecor.l in Immmaad. aud conversed freely with Liml He march from JefTerson City, in a heavy rain which fell, the cartridges were destroyed. This inarch to Tipton (35 miles) was made oa a mad road, heavy and miry with rains, and parallel to the railroad, and but a little distance from iu I he troops were directed by Gen. Fremont to march without provisions or knapsacks, and without transportation. A violent rain-storm came up, and the troops were exposed to it all night; were without food for 24 hours, and When food was received, the beef was found to be spoiled." Gen. Hunter stated to me that he had just re-' cei vea a written report irom one of his Colonels, informing him that but twenty out of a hundred of his guns would go off. These were the guns procured by Gen. Fremont in Europe. I will here state that Gen. Sherman, at Louisville, mad to me a similar complaint of the rreat inferiority of these European arms. H had fiven the men orders to file down the nipple. a conversation with Col. Swords, Assistant Quartermaster-General at Louisville, just from California, he stated that Mr. Selover, who was uX'Urope with uen. r remont, wrote to some friend in San Francisco that his share of the profits of the purchase of these arms was $30,- When Gen. Hunter recei ved, at Jefferson City orders to march to Tipton, he was directed to take 41 wagons with him, when he had only 40 mules, which fact had been duly reported at headquarters. At this time. Col. Stevenson, of the 7th Missouri Begiment, was, without Gen. Hunter's knowledge, taken from him, leaving him, when under marching orders, with only one regiment at Jefferson City fit to take the ueia. Gen. Hunter also showed me the order for marching to Durock Ferry, dated at Tipton, Oct. 10. which he did not receive until the 12th. He also showed me his reply, proving that it waa iiupuosioA ior aim 10 comply witn tne order to march. 'This order was changed to one requiring him to make a single days march. When Gen. Pope received this order to march at Georgetown, 25 miles distant he wrote back to Gen. Hunter a letter, which I read. It set forth the utter impossible of his moving fbr the want of transportation and supplies, and asked wnetner uen. i remont could mean what he had written . All of the foregoing facts go to show the want of military foresight on the Part of Gen. Fre mont in directing the necessary means for put- uug inio, and maintaining tne field, the forces under his command. " . , . . , . . . - Gen. Hunter also stated that although the second in command, he never was consulted bv Gen. Fremont, -and never knew anything- of his intentions. Such a parallel, I will venture to assert, cannot be found in the annals of military warfare. I have also been informed that there is not a Missourian on his staff not a man acquainted personally with the topography and physical characteristics of the country or itSDeonle. Gen. Hunter expressed to the Secretary of War his decided opinion that Gen. Fremont was incompetent, and uniLt-&-u extensive and important command. This opinion he gave re-luctlantly, for the reason that he held the position of second in command. The opinion entertained by gentlemen of position and intelligence, who hare approached and observed him, is that -he is more fond of the pomp than of the stern realities of war-that his mind is incapable of fixed attention or strong concentration that by his mismanagement of affairs since his arrival in Missouri, the State had almost been lost and that if he is continued in command, the worst results may be anticipated. This is the concurrent testimony of a large number of the most intelligent men in Missouri. . Leaving Tipton on the 13th, we arrived at St. Louis oa the same day, and on the 14th we left St. Louis and arrived at Indianapolis in th evening. We left Indianapolis, Oct. 16, fbr Louisville, Ky- where we arrived at 12 o'clock, P. M and had an interview with Gen. Sherman, commanding the Department of Cumberland. He gave a gloomy picture or aCairs in Kentucky, stating that th young men were generally Secession ists, ana naa joined the UMUeaerates, while the Union men, the aged and Conservatives, would not enrol themselves to engage in conflict with their relations on th other side. But few reg- unenis eouia oe raised, xicsaid thatlSackner was in advance of Green Biver with a heavy force on the road to Louisville, and an attack might be daily expected, which, with the force he had, - he would not be able to resist but, nevertheless, he would fight them. Hess well as citizens of the State, said that the Border Stats of Kentucky must furnish the troops to drive the rebels from the State. His force then consisted of 10,000 troops ia advance of Louisville, in camp at Nolin Biver, and on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad at various points ; at Camp Dick Bobinson, or acting in conjunction with Gen. Thomas, 9,000 ; and two regiments at Henderson' on the Ohio, at the mouth of the Green Hirer. On being asked the question, what force he deemed necessary, he promptly replied 200,000 men. This conversation occurred in the presence of Ex-Secretary Guthrie and Gen. Woods. The Secretary of w st replied that ne supposed me nentuciuane wouM not in any number take up arms to operate against the rebels. Bat he thought Gen. Sherman over-estimated the number and power of the rebel forces ; that theGovernment should furnish troops to Kentucky to accomplish the work : but that he (the Secretary ) was tired of defensive war, and that the troops must aesume the offensive, and carry the war to the firesides of the enemy, that the season for operations. Seaniort Taken by the Federals. Fos.ti.ssi HoxaoB, Nov. 9. The - ferry -boat Com. Perry arrived this morning from the expedition. She lost sight of the fleet on Friday, off Bull Bay, the fleet bearing toward Tort BojaL The Captain knows nothiar of the reported loss of the Union and other transports. The Perrywa disabled and could not proceed further. Ike Mayflow' er was some distance nehina tne ceet with a signal of distress flying. The Captain thinks it could not have reached its destination. A flag of trace arrived to day. It brings aoth-infrom the great expeditioa. I he Twentieth Indiana Regiment will return to Old Point. Reports says the pilot of a rebel steamer said to one of the hands of a Federal steamer that Beaufort had been taken. .'.An. arival from the fleet was howlj, expeet- rUchraond Enquirer of Friday contain a dispatch from Charleston, dated Wednesday, sim- t4v Annoi":r' tlit t .a ieJ.ms trocrs t-' landed at two points and were laarehisg inland. It cs cot eay at wLst poi-ts. -. -.- ' . "r:.2-r.::r3cftLre'l t:?of trure rzi to f!ve i.";..:- a,-ttitt' e .wheeliris ts.Ja r-" :rt tr --t-w in f --esfi?i of.U.e the Cwurt Ho "i-.l t -1 ':zr. imTTa; i.-3 2- tzc fecr r-x':aery ! ' . . . . The rest o. f t HIT "A Ito .The reportei 1 .1 ... r-i m r rw , . 1 that our troops stormed and capfurcd two fortf at Beaufort. ITCTLIBEE o 1 air f ! nr.; nert A WW 4oa. mid nri:df x,cc3"' i. IrlsoneraI Lnlca Xx: r.i Lzzv V r . :. Paars, Ky ITar. Oen. Nelson met the rebels on"l'r:i-,y I Pikerille, Pike county, Ky and wen a 12.--it i - r : 1 rtl ! V viciory. voi. aad moor atUckel tl e in the rear with 3,800 men; Col. Uarrli, II Ohio, in front with 000 men, Harris flllirj ls.Cz and Moore preesing forward till the enemy we-T brought into the midst of Nelson's whole I ade. when our forces pressed them cpoa J1 killing 400 and taking 1,000 prisoners. The trance were scattered ib all LrecUoia. - TLs I,; 3 of the Federals is smalL , . ; Lixixgtox, Ttj Nov. 12. . A courier from Nelson's brigade, with, dla-" patch for Gen. Thomas, reports fihtit st PikeviUe for two days. The rebels lc.-t v-J killed and 1,000 prisoners. This is reliabla. ,-. sccoxB UisrATCH. r elson ta whirled Williams 400 rebels killed and 1,000 jrUo-ners. Among th latter are Williams and Hawes. The fight took place at Pikerill on Friday and Saturday. Federal loss lively smalL CfircrsTfATr, Nov. 12. The battle at Pikerill lasted Friday an Saturdsp, and the victory is complete. Gener als uuami and xlawes are among ta fruji ners. Hbel Atrocity &t Goy&sdstt ! Federal Troops SXardcred In Cold Iilooel! CiscrxxATi, Nov. 12. ' Advices from Kanawha state that the rebels who bad been shelling Camp Tompkins from Cotton Hill, had retired upon the approach of forces under Col. DeVillers. Nine of the enemy's pickets were killed with "no loss on our' side. Col. D Villiers has taken possession of thehilL The defeat of the Union forces tt Guyaa dotte was accomplished by trickery on the part of th inhabitants. It seems a force of carsJ-ry, variously estimated at from S00 to 1CC3. had concentrated in th country back of the . town. These proposed, with the assistance of the rebel inhabitants at Guyandott, to annihilate the Federal force in the town.- This fore consisted of 250, of a Virginia regiment and a few of Ziglers Virginia Cavalry. It was er-ranged between the rebel cavairy and rebel citizens to massacre our troops ia cold LI oocL Accordingly the rebl citizens were very kin I to our troops, last Sunday evening, and in '.tzl them to their houses, on various pretexts, sil all who were off duty accepted th in vita lien. fie they wr being entertained, at abcul half past eight at night, the rebel cavalry dab-into town. Signals were displayed from every house whar th' Federals were, and into they the rebels rushed, murdering th unarmed soldiers in cold blood.- The rebel citizens, rasa and women,' rushed to ercs and aided the cavalry in the slaughter. Th Federals in camp prepared, as soon as possible, for defense, bait were overpowered and had to break. Very few wer killed ia the engagement with the cavalry ; pearly all killed being murdered in th houses. When, Col. Ziegler arrived, on learning particulars of the affair, he ordered the destruction of -the town. Buildings were : immediately fired and the whole town reduced to ashes. Good Tlrsri frosi the Fleet Pert T ia Pofseision cf TJaicn Trccjs Ciit xeitezies.t at ITorfblJc. . FoaTXXSi MoiraoE, Nov. 10. ; Tee steamship S. E. Spaulding arrived from Hatters Inlet thisTnorning with the Twentieth Indiana Begiment. A deserter, who reached the Inlet in a small boat, stated that sews had been received on the main land of the taking of two rebel forts at Port Royal and the ladling of a large Tederti tone. Beaufort had also been taken by our troops. No particulars have arived. but th . fact correeponds'wuh those received from tZnrm. folk by a flag of truce. - if reat excitement prevailed oa the arnral'of the news at Norfolk. From the same source we have a rumor a t - the railroad above Beaufort has fallen into th , possession of our troops, with an immen quantity of stores. tive deserters who reached Newport I'ews this morning say the rebels up James river are in consternation. They also bring the irnprc V able rumor that our troops had advanced v: i the railroad as far as Charleston. The French frigate Calabria was burned to the water' edge on Friday night offHaUcras. All hands were saved. The captain of the Albatross reports that h discovered the Union ashore, on the 6th inst about eighty miles eastward of Bogue Inlet, but inconsequence of the heavy weather L a 1 no communication with the shore until the following day, when he landed with a flag of truce and learned from a rebel captain that Union was ran ashore in a sinking condition on the 1st inet and soon after broke rn two. The men are prisoners at Fort Macon and Baleih. N. C. Large Quantities of stores were een piled np on the beach. The steamer Winf eld Scott was in company with the Union. Th captain of the Union fears the was lost, having suddenly disappeared. . Nothing is known . concerning the rumored loss of the Ocean Express. . There are rumors of three. Federal vessels having gone ashore. : . " a M. Froa 7a.!rtca. .- .- ' "WAXXurcTOjr, Nov. 13. Gen. SooU's staJrhaa been aw-'ned aa follows : CoL CuUora to US of Major Qenerr.1 Halleck, with rank of Bri'ulier-Geners.l; Col. Van Censsdaer eueceeds (toL Scott asInpee-toT-General ; CoL Hamilton on the rtaiT of C cn. McCIellAn ; Major Wright take command of his regiment." , " 'Among threcentJsrpoInted En er-C m-erals are Morgan, of Ohio, and Col. Tl.. p t: u George Cook, who recently brocLt Liilier l.r cM-nXrj trooy Crom Uth. Heia a rr tlre, f appointed from Virginia. , , - fAn oScial dpatch front CLlrta.s Ir.!-, t Virginia, shows that the U. S. t'.;-.:- t I-aaa'has.been active. . A prty f.-oa 1 t volunteers from ialani, wcTitcp a crt. c-t rnile or. more,, and foc.-.J tl J -ir-.-cI . schooner aad two elsrj-s,- will. out tie 1 " 3 c f man.- ; - Adricea frc:.i f L ; Hit: - - tie II", - - ney, ho 1JI . mont,trcc-l.t e- cic-aey Lcj teen f e I and returned t i'Ur-f'r tie c:: " it '" oir troc a, a-1 the i - rccatlauaeCta-C " A?r,tchfroi.":i:;n:Ti '.i: G"-. loecraa ac ' " s. i J in a f - iLuoa and prcpareJ to xi.e'i t-e c-r j", art confident of succcsa. m