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              aaotni'to .-.eaadw mpo "io -baKt -fcses - -J Jrt r; Z2''m ' rth- J nK- 1 KTKBT TintWiT OKinp T ' I. HAEEEE;, OCXec lilTodted Blokf M Storj. TERMS. Tw tkIlr pr uiim, pybl in d-T withlB six Doatlx; $3.00 ftr th expi- WASTED TIME. AUm la th dark and silent nighV WiA tb Wry thoaglit of TMaiibed Wka vril deeds cone back to tigbt, ; ad good deeds rise with welcome cbeer;' Alone with the spectres, of the pest, ' " . . ' That come with the old years diaf chime, There glooms one shadow dark and rast. The sbdow of "Wasted Time.' - ' ' The chances of happiness east away, : The opportunities never sought, The good resoWes that erery day ' Bare died in the impotence of thought ; ' The slow ad ranee and the backward step In the ragged path we hare striven to climb ; How they farrow the brow and pale the lip, . ; When we talk, of Wasted Time. Jfkat are jaow? what had we been , Had we hoarded tin as the miser! gold, Striving ear meek to win - ' Through the summer's heat and the winter's cold,' Shrinking from naught but the tench of crime;' Laboring, struggling, all seasons through, . And knowing no Wasted Time ? Who thmll recall the Vanished yearsf Who shall hold back the ebbing tide That leaves us remorse, and shame, and tears, And washes away all things beside ? Who shall give us the strength e'en now, ' To leave forever this holiday rime,' To shake ff this sloth from heart and brow. And battle with Wasted Time ? The years that pass com not again, - The things that die no life renew, . - But e'en from the rust of his cankering chain : A golden truth is glimmering through: . That to him who learns from errors past, And tarns away with strength sublime, And inakes each year outdo the last, " There is no Wasted Time. SPAnUIBTG ATI GUT. Sitting in the corner, On a Sunday eve, v . With a taper finger Resting on your sleeve;-Starlight eyes are casting V " On your (ace their light; Mwi9innp'nnsiBASYfs nvyssnnnnia' -r- . . Sparking Sunday night! How your heart is thumping Gainst your Sunday vest-How wickedly 'tis working On this day of rest: j Hours seem but minutes As they take their flight; Bless me! Ain't it pleasant-Sparking Sunday night ! Dad and mam are sleeping On their peaceful bed, - Dreaming of the things , Tlie folks in meeting said. . - " Lore ye one another !" Ministers recite; ; Bless me ! nosr'r we do it-Sparking Sunday night!-, One arm with gentle pressure,-Lingers round her waist, .;-You squeeze her dimpled hand, ''Her pouting lips you taste; . ,lShe freely slaps your fate, ' But more in love than spite; ' Oh! thunder ! Ai!fT it pleasant ' Sparking Sunday night ! turn, SUirtlfng Reyelatiom by Mr. Van Diseiutiiig Swindles upon the Treasury, "iad the Scoundrels StiU Free. , - Mr. Vao Wjck, Chairman of tbe "Congres- sional InvestizktSnir Committee," addressed tbelfstional IIpie of .Bepresentatires, oq Fri day, on the resotution.s submitted by bi Com- mitteei ra censor of the corruptiooa practiced ia the conduct of the War,' and liia Speech, far too ImporUni:to be disposed of b ' the uisual U)egzapbe summary, we publish pretty- fully, His exposures of the unmitigated rascality of the zpen who fof a time.1 appeared to baTe-sn' preine cobtrprof the' military ' de'parttpoqis p'f the Goreraqwirr. V of a. character to etartls and disgust thi country, asni hi words ofburning- indignation roost exeits a sym pathetic response in every 'hopest heart in ' tbe apd To reaUze fuliy tha mteose j characterised the admiuiatration of the War Department for more than blf a year; it U necessary o read the extract published below;. Tiaw.inghtful discjosqres, bfjweVer, will qo bot little good, ualess the swindling contract - tors-who hmv ' brought disgrace on the country, and shame on themselves, shall be oblrg; d to dissorga their ill-gotten pKTnderaad pua. geoJLmeastire caa ba berea iter devised to put check oo. th Mholyiudr uo patriotic rd of an principled robberajf .. .) ,; ... UtilttWI rATSlOTIIM. A JW)BWta GRRID, "Waaote r Tha' aion offered wp ita life wd imptW itstreas'ura'Us lip ,WUiU gfW calamity r 'tha'Vfch bestowed !of tbeif a,bundaae the widow rave her ite, 'a o4hlv aoS, o? a' tear sacrificed with, pra jrei " Xohi tf ns can forte t It: - Wxxt J iJmfrir fm 4H II precord this as th Noblest "rionl exhititioa of ruA NMIr, flr t n . IaJ4 I. - -vi! - z. i tr ' ' ! -- nmm ever wiwieesfiaT Scarce a whisper of treason or murmur of dis ot aaiuis ,iorITyet many pf those who pada the welkin -ring for trutk-and liberty, Mho prefensed to worship, the true God, were yeady to ry batvXrreat id Diana off tit Ephs . lAast of 'iiii&jCirpiu ire. is muun ,Th?rerere ptbexa. . meaner, baser still, only watching, the opportunity to make merchandise of" their country s .rnisfortunes, coin the griefof the nation into currency, and pern -her institutions, if it could minister to ; their base cuoiditr. One class commenced aecretlr een- dioir intelligence to the rebels ; the other ren dered tbem no lees valuable assistance, by 'conspiring to defraud the people and the Govern ment. Almost at the same rnstant liarpies besieged the National . Treasury, and the vultures in the North snuffed the spoils afar off. ' While the bridges destroyed by tbe rebels were smoking in ruins, before- the regiments impeded by their destruction could reach the capital, the sappers and miners who knew the trembling necessities of the nation, commenced the assault. It had been said that in tbe panic of those times, watchfulness on the part of public officers should not be required, and the larcenies of plundering hordes should be overlooked. . .'a PEOriTABLS CATTLX COKTRACT. A contract was made in this city bv the De partment with Dwyer, . Laughman,? Sibley & Trier, for cattle, from two thousand to ten thousand, at $8 per hundred, live weight, delivered here, and $5,75 in Pennsylvania. What facilities had Dwyer 4 Co. for transportation which tbe government did not possess ? Government could lay its strong arms upon railroads, and use them ; could plant its gathering; armies to guard the bridge acd track. At that verv time an agent was sent by the Department into Maryland, who, without difficulty, purchased cattle, to be delivered in Washington, at $6,50 per hundred, live weight; Besides, direct navigation with New York was not obstructed by the Potomac . Still more. if the danger of transportation through Mary land was an excuse for this contract, big with profits, why a provision that a portion should be delivered in Pennsylvania if tbe Department desired, and why were nearly 1,000 received in Ha rriftburg, while scarcely 800 were delivered Washington f Notwithstanding the lions in the way, Dwrer A Co. immediately sub-let the contract to New York men, so that without any hazard or penis they realized the snug sum of over $32,000 on about two thousand head. acescy or Cameron's friend ccmmincs. On the 20th day of April, the Secretary of War, although be well knew the great ability and experience of Col. Tonkins, Quartermaster, and Major Eaton, Commissary, in New York city, wrote two letters to Alexander Cura-mings, Esq. In one, he "wants him to aid the Commissary in purchasing supplies ; to assist .the Quartermaster in pushing them forward." The other letter states that ' the War Department needs at this moment an intelligent, experienced, and energetic man, in whom it can rely, to assist in rushing forward troops, munitions, and supplies." No man knew better than the Secretary that these qualifications were aire dy possessed by the army officeis in New York, on whom it was safe to rely; Armed with letters of approval from the War Office, he was for tbe time supreme in the department marked out for him. Instead of rendering aid andaseistance he effectually superceded the army officers. Major Eaton dislintly tn- fiucj hjna thaj his services were nop needed ni tbe purchase or supplies, ati the LoclorJ commenced baying over 51,000 wortnofstraw bats and linen pantaloons, which were worth- ess to the army, and not required the regula tions, lie employed a clerk, of whom he knew nothing had never seen before. In his evi dence, he did know who recommended him ; then he thought he was recommended by Mr. Thurlow Weed finally said, " I remember now that Mr. Weed told me he knew all about him, and upon bis recommendation I took him. This clerk Mr. Cummiups suffered to do all the business, and made all the purchases, "exeept what were made George D. Mor gan- : . ' V . ..; - EoiTOa CvMJflNGS AS Alt ActXT. The Doctor .wai certainly a remarkable aeent. Tbe Secretary wants an eergttle, intelli gent and experienced m&n, of course one more so than the; Union Defence Committee, or the army officers in New York ; one on whom he entirely yet the Doctor apparently takes no interest but to draw and pay Hie money When he was called on especially to aid, in purchases, he trusts it all to Mr. Humphreys, his clerk. When vessels are to be chartered, he doesn't deem it worth while to examine them. . He cood-naturally says he took it for granted hat what the owners said was true. He was certainly a confidence man. The Sec retary sars, notwrthetanding the pressure of his private business, he is sure he will aid him ieiiue jjocior repays in is generous ana unbounded confiaence by knowing nothing, abso lutely -nothing, or the purchasing of articles or loadine of vessels. ' Two million dolbira, by the Secretary of the treasury were placed in the bands of a com wittee of high-toned, honorable men, to be paid out on the order or requisition of Mr. Qummings, without his producing to them any vouchers. Strange as it may appear, while this money was there to respond to his requisition, he draws $160,000, and deposits it in his name, with his private account, in one of the City banks." Stranger still, four mouths alter his -agency had ceased, he leaves no vouchers with the War Department. The War. Department, in its generous confidence, seeks no settlement with the Doctor, nor an inspection, 'of his vouchers. ; Such were the prominent transactions occurring at a time when a man's geiir erousiqjiti nets should freely have offered ev ery thing to his country. - , T TJxivaaiAL Mawia roa Stealing. 'I Mr. Van Wyck 4heo roes into a thorourh exposure with reference xo the disgraceful pur- cnase oi tu taiaiine and other sbiM. bv which enormous swindles. on the Government were made, and thus continues:' This was the cloud no larger than a man's band which .in4 creased ana spread until the . whole sky has been wrapped w eloom. and mn eo about the streets wondering where this thihe will end. The mania for' stealing seems to have run through all the relations of government. Al most from the 3eoeral to the drunaener , boy ; from those nearest the throne of ower tothe merest tide waitef. : .JSf early, eyerjr man who deaiS with the Governmeht seems to feel or de sire that it would not long survive, and ec had a common right to -ri swder while it lived. even m tbe r.-rjUUer tSrpuretiase or two ailing frcsseU,( two baea'o Jmv YpHr tpfhe crime of Urceny, added tb sin of perjury, that they might rOb frbm thf Treasury eight tBOUsarwloUars. oj-,v.i'I sft i o ot'i Z tba 8tara ad fitripW Us President of the New ir.VM xMn.nr. fm. papy, arVertakin from thi Government JW.t lJ2fre'?w1 co took;I ,f thatmpuui to hia company basely eteoded thafc-Ja Jiad to briba anes-memUs etCoowMia s, .n audience to thatvead, of jthe bumn. JZa 4b waluuaticia, aw.bonorab jijgh- UkinsT IP.OCUia profit from hbountrr,-:be Fa9 nif9 ly4ffre.lier jn.'th.ifc ,jth ouf lose, ty" "T '-frTf; i. vpnnecticut, baa been subjected; to cJanwTbMresi- dent bt:ore tus eotn muxes, teaused that pt.ber extrejty test pvr-pr'i'f pearly t3,00(I oCXU ccJe' money to Lis' private so ba cstCi cv v, j i - rUtU all the Sowthern eitW. and no A get burti- Colonela, totraated wctb tbe power or jraising regiments, colluding with contractors, bartering away and dividing contracts for horses, and other supplies, to enrich personal fiivaritea; purchasing articles, and compelling false in voices to be given. r.r' ' v X ' , Was DzPAftTKiMT -PAaTiCEPS CaiMurAtaa ' ; Wh ile it is do justification, the example lias been set in the very Departments of "GoTeru-ment. As a general thing bone but fayorites gain access there, abd none other ; can obtain contracts which bear enormous profits. ' They violate the plain provisions of the law requir-f ing bids and proposals, on the. false and shallow pretext that the public exigency requires it. Should this last as long as the Pelopehe-' . 4 w-nn . a - ian war, toe same excuse wouia oe usea. The Department which baa allowed ' conspiracies, after tbe bidding bad been closed, to .defraud the Government of the lowest bid, and by allowing the guilty to reap the fruits of their crime, has itself become particept Ct ISiM is. w ho pretends any public exigency lor giv ing out bv private contracts, without bids over one million muskets, at fabulous prices ? Who jiretends a public exigency to make a private contract for rifling cannon, to the amount of $80,000? . . Pennsylvania Hoeses. :. Kentucky is proverbial for her splendid horses. Her loyal citizens would have been benefitted by sales to the Government. Who will pretend that the public exigency required that when cavalry regiments were to be forwarded from the State of Pennsylvania to the land of "the dark and bloody ground,' it was necessary disabled, diseased horses left in the Keystone State? My. colleague on the committee, (Mr. Dawes) a few days since spoke of. the peace offerings to Pennsylvania politicians and referred to the horses of Col. Williams' Regiment. , ' , Caxerox Charged with Orrici al . Falsehood About Contracts. There is yet another case. A contract not made upon the responsibility of the Bureau, as the late Secretary said, but hy his express or der, and refused to be made until so ordered. I refer to the contract to purchase one thousand hordes, to be delivered at Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. Such a horse market the world flavor saw. The first hundred rejected three in five. The next day owners refused to present themselves, and by some legerdemain he was removed and others substituted ; then horses of all ages, from two to thirty ; of all diseases and defects, secret and open, were from day to day received. The whole neighborhood were in arms. The people remonstrated. Lawyers and clergymen were present at the inspection, and open condemnation ; the inspectors heeded not this clamor, but ordered the horses to be ridden upon the crowd, to drive them away, if possible. Abcses Be von d Description. : Horses, with running sores, whieh were seen by tbe inspectors, and branded: and if one outraged common decency he would be re jected, and an opportunity sought the same day to pass and brand hiio. Immediately the horses were subsisted by private contract to suuiet to tanners lor irom twenty-lour ty-six. Over four hundred of these horses were sent with Col. Wynkoop s reeiment, and the papers at Pittsburgh report some actually so worthless they were left on the docks. The remaining five hundred were left at Huntingdon tor the benefit of contractors. In .that single transaction over fitly thousand dollars were stolen from the Government. Such frauds in human shape care not for exposure ; a fel on s doom through ule should be theirs ; and the labors of your committee will be of little practical value unless Uongress shall, by law punish with severe penalties such: enormities. Am Infamous Contract Brokerage. At one time it would seem there was all in tention to establish a huge contract brokerage system. The testimony of Mr. John Smith, of Kingston, New York, powder manufactur er, shows that in the month of May he proposed to give Mr. Weed a per centage for a pow der contract; 1 hat be went to the Astor House, met Mr. Davidson: whom he had ney- er seen before ; inquired of him for Mr. Thur low Weed. During the conversation he asked what Mr. Smith wanted of Mr. .Veed ; on being tolB, he inquired of Mr. Smith wltat he could afford to pay ; he replied five jper cent. ; Mr. Smith also says that Mr. Weed asked him what he could afford to pay. " That afterwards at Washington he handed his propositions for powder to Mr. Weed, who . 1, .V. i - I n. :,. wu mem io jir. viraerop. ine result was that Mr. Weed was authorized to write a let ter to Gen. Ripley, the head pf the Ordnance xycpnriiaen wj uiviue ine contracts lor now- I I . . e . . ' - . - ti . aer oetween me states manufacturing. It is somewhat strange that the. Secretary should appoint Mr. Weed as his messenger to carry his wishes to the different bureaus. Mr. Smith understood that he was to pay Mr. Reed five per cent.: that Mr. Weed gave them ant horitv to make 1000 barrebi of powder, but they pre- icrreu iinying me auiBoruairectiy irom tbe government. He also testifies that the patriot Dwyer,' who figuned m the cattle contract in May or June at Washington, told him if li would give five per centha would sell all the powder he could make" but Laflin decCflfed. Political FAvosirrs-ANp PaoraSsioAL Pot- . ITICIANS,; , Favorites obtain contracts when freauentlv they have npt the pecuniary r resources to jfuU fill them, and not manufacturers of the' arti cles to be delivered. The . profemionat'pblitH eiarfor the retired exrMember of Congress, who has a large contract which reouires muph-ma-chinery and great mechanical ingenuity, evidently takes it as a speculation; jtakes it to enrich himself, or extort from tbe pockets ofhon- est industry; laKea h to Buti-tet to skilful man ufacturers at . redoced pricea. ,; The JDeparV niDW wnicn gi ire contracts to men knowing that they have not Sh and of themselves the facilities for executing them are -reprehensible and deserve severe censure. - What exouse lis there for. an honest Department to pension this gang of middle-maa. i Ail the ill-goUen gaius found ia their pockets ia so much stolen irom tbe Treenuryvti'iUj ; y f Zi.jidi v - vn In the Treasury Depart men trpux Sad upright as I believe the Secmary to boflrhat busiQ.esa man could jqstify. or Who, in Jia onto transMUooa weukl, allows that: aoonuact of vr.ja aiulKm expenditurcLshould b com peted for byjooly two firmsvwbo could eombinS and Ubite I ft mo- Saaawer; to aay that the work ia done.ss cJieaplr . aa before: , the' pirU pjrihelaw has bee ioIate4 end the .mtlUon. aire enriched beaideSthe, productsof s jCtM pertmenU oflabor arehapeas4 by-the stagnation of buajbfiSSi tJnif tfeU;natter of .the bank nola contract as-in some others, .under lines eootrol bearf J pfjtbeerjartment; tbey1 esywbf Kalis rT6wthin edircle.,uiey say. whose paper sh J be put irn Ele.nd whreatbeIadenr .llrj GeoD-vlIortraa lisa trepared an elabb c&u a less trice 2-T Ctict tie tizczjxj tU - jfz- ratsy pa pct-nb owing the IbeaeitS' or kie iasacy andreltesopon' the CiCtlfcftt'Jiii beTlyery inRtanee;k'e c&ii a less trice tLs!Vdev owtvra iMtk bv the Star StHtx j.vTo tuild 'her coat $36,Q0(H. bj ierfiharter ihac owners realised $15,000 from Governmsnt; Jthey then asked $60,000.. Mr. Morgan pr id455,OOO.t5,000 lets tSraOthe-asked, but ItfflOQ mora ihan the- eoat.? WMb Withtb Potomska and WamsutU the owners realized $53,000, the Government paid $60,p00rjtbbugh Mr, Mor- ?tn'a papers allege he was aaked $80,000-hia seems' the reverse of.he propositioo: The Onward was offered to private parties for $26,000; Mr. Morgan was asked $30,000,ad paidi27.000. . These are no tha only ostao-ces, as the Committee shew? bjf a further amination, to which they afa. invited by the Secretary and directed by a Hsolution of this House. Mr. Van Wvek proceeded to' cive many instances of extortion Jo the purchase of vessels, and then refers to tha . ; .. SwiWDLB OP A PRMWSTLVAiriA CoHTaACToa . ' Another remarkable traasactiona was the sale by the Ordnance Bureaa, to Mr. Eastman of 5,000 Hall's carbines as a arm which needed soma alteration to be useful, for $3,50 each. This private sale was made at a time when the Department was buying arms which had been condemned, and sent from the arsenals at Europe. After an expenditure of from -75 cents to $1,25 they were sold to ' Simon Stevens for $12,50; ihen to Gen. Fremont for $22. No wonder our expenses are $2,000,000 per day. Government sells at $5,50, arid in a short time buys back at $22. Mr. Cummings bought 700 of the same carbines for $16, The evidence of Maj. Hagner shows that Mr. . Stevens was an agent or aid of Gen. Fremont, this" Mr. Stevens denies. However, 1 he relation was one of a warm personal character. He had probably Just left him with instructions to pur-chase. His dispatch to Fremont was just such as an agent would send, or one who had the assurance of the necessities of the Weft, and that the arms would be taken.': At all events, the bargain was an unconscionable one wjiereby Stevens was to make about $60,000 in one day, without incurring any risk or invest- "g any ayniMt. The Dzpirtxent or jnt West Van Wyck. then turns his attention to Sec retary Welles, Morgan and others, and proves on them tbe charge of looseness of accounts, extravagance, &c, c. r inally he turns to the West as by far the richest-field of the in vestfgation committers' operations. Listen l here seemeu to re no green spot in the re public. The cross frauds apon the seaboard. by the Potomac, found a counterpart on the banks of the Mississippi. The contaeion spread and fastened itself upon tbe department of the West. A bevy of cormorants gathered around Fremont, who were 'feasting' upon the flood they were drawing from the nation- more impudent in their claims, more unblushing in their extortions. Ttere, as here, no sales could be made with the Government except through the medium of heartless contractors. There, as here none but special favorites could share of public bounty. Those willing to fur nish cheaply and well were cast aside, while a hardware firm, Messrs. Child. Pratt & Fox, were allowed to furnish nearly $1,000,000 with-out the formality of fixing tbe price in advance. .1 - ; . 1 1 1 . i mejr pruvunug irpni iiie jcrj men who ooerea ft . Al w.v ; r nJ at the Oflered Dri- totwerWeswTiTtena eytmaTfardWTOcfe4 faveand fifty per cent. Men. in league with Quartermaster McKinsrry, a nd h is inspectors, would first extort from the honest farmer and then unblushingly rob from thelTreasury, In building the fortu at SL Louis, more than $100,- 000 was squandered upon profligate, unprincipled favorites. These plunderers, some imported from California, and some for a long time in the employ and receiving food and rai ment from the Government, gathered' around the person of Fremont, and suffered none to approach him too nearly. M'Kinstrv the High Priest or Robbery. Tbe Tribune and other white washers of Fre raont,and tnose who mane a tool of him. are very indignant at M'Kinstry's arrest, and irf dignantly demand the release of this innocent martvr. .Listen to Van Wvck:-Quartermas ter McKinetry was the high priest at this- fes tival of robbery and crime: a man: .who had for many years Jeen in the regular service of iu uni.iea oiaies; a man luruwueu ur mc4u- ministration'to the Department of the West, which was supposed tb be a guaranty for his faithfulness and integritvtrusting, coufidipg-i ly, Fremont watched him not closely. I do not pretend that FremOnt shared the spoils with Child, Pratt A Fox, or M'Kiristry, any more than I, for a moment, believe that oec- retary ; Welles shared the enormous profits , of hifl broUer-p-law. , It is no excuse to ear. that ine magqituae oi tnis reoeiiion, nuge in proportion, the imrjcnding danger' castPng dark shadows over our national path wav and threat ening the nation's life, waa a' juatificaJion .-ior allowing the exercise of unlicensed cupidity--r- W ithout doubt, generals and Uabi net ministers have bowed down beneath the weight, or In creasing responsibility: butthis reckless horde were undermindiDg the very ground on which they trod. How the Railroads Bled the Treasdrt. . Another Rem of reckless, expenditure was the order of the Warfcpartment allowing tWo cents per "miie'lbr the transportation of troops, and li oeral prices for baggage and horses. I So enormous were the profits that railroad conv " L . ' ttvr . i 'I 1" ?j i erm panies in me w esi ma sou psia . irom iiw to 2.500 to nnrlv verv resrimSnt for the'nriv ilege of transportation. It Ts remarkable that the late Secretary: who was himself, by long experience and, observation, so con vereant with the management of railroads ; eho rejoiced in the confidence ofafriend who was inornate with railroad connectians, espwtntly hi PehhsylvanUt; (This means CoJ. T, A. Scottf should liiave : alIoed raiboad companies. evcu,. large amonuta that they could lavish thousands for the tranepor-tat ion of a single 'regiment r Trains not running swiftly and aometimea with no better cars charged nearty double more 1 than emigrant rates. Did be mt know jba pfa passenger was entitled to eighty, pounds of baggage yei, not an' extra charge was allowed for an trans-porbsd wfth tb troops. :' Thus thousands have beeti unjustly takesr frOm the Treaaurv. toot only by the assent of the Deparpueot but by its express sanction and der- AU this and'much mere'oes VaD Wy?!!;'re-feal;but tee have room how. only, for 'the'fln-hingtmcheewhkhiwfiwandjtMti The pirates .whoiafeat the ioceanrtadcr the commissioa,ofAhe rebel lf, are not more da; serving iha execratioin of mankind) 'than , (be gang, who on Isrnl,, are suffered to feast Upon the 'Sweat 'of tht 1 poflf"nd tbv blood of tht bca.e While tha uaion is etraininz at'erT rrT!4,b'eeun-at everjjxkre, these hear is:t Aaa saaice annnasc wtaels-Coi'jj-s-vsA io hate a flmergraep- poh Ithe throat, of thenar fioOttbaathis aaej wbf Vio,; iilqn fathers at the set ofeun, acri he nstion - dark ened rifcnire nbuni;pon-their siafUed reyl'Aad tia -m! hty fcit.on, tLia tUnf of the "v;estia tren tl. gbfentkth'Ua jreat wei-ht, 11 Arrrs g?ow5- vcar.r'l.e rrrves tj-A tinr ewa.ifuiverir'.' !-"o-th tie l 's J ,ip 1.3'Vv...4: If -.J calJ li- -. i r 0Zi t, o,crtyi tie wauli iees rrear-ror ram, w fratiry. uniiolj pas-sions wretches -iz. 'iiT-Hv't -? roclr W which etandsV or if they could be rough tempest, r would - shear him of his atrengtb.. J bey follow witb that keen ond scent bf death, b which the vulture anuffs U food." ' J -'- ..'"!' ; - If -We ieannot overcome the Ibsen sann m front, let us at least banish the masked traitor in our midsr ,Po thi, and you strengthen anew the arris'and'addto'' Uie courage, of the nation, inspire nope, and insure tbe conviction that all U1 NnfeJIiajTffitw apiBB have been walking your streets, feasting at your saloons. promenading at leveea,. and sleeDin in vonr capital. ' They have bees ensured is rnnr n partmenta.; making drawings of your fortifications; aeerejcatibns of you r armies, all vour con. saltations, your plans of battle and order if marques have been communicated to theeneoiy Youreenerals have been naralvzed. voor ir mies defeated, by the very men who are feed ing upon the bounty of your: Government,- be traying your confidence and tha land which holds the graves of their fathers. . . ".Oh for a tonga to nrse tbe slsre. ' Whoss treason, like n deadly blight, Comes o'er, the coancils of the. brave, - And blast them in the hoar of raight." Fort Donelsdii Surren dered! Generals Jolinson and Backncr Captured! 15,000 PEIS0HEES CAFTtJEED ! nUMOBED CAPTURE; OF SAVABT- 9TAU, GEOBGfAJ anna. rr,o-sri aits fzllow CUT JLStO ZLUT7I - Prioe on tha BuztOeneTals Oaxtia tuxd : Sigel hajrd alter him I GreatC Rejoicings at St. lL.oot Pittsv- nurgD, sua otnr sjutea z . Speech of General XZalleckl. ' : e - ; ' ''! THE WAY F0ET D0NELS0H WAS OAPTuEED! OUR L0S3 ESTIMATED AT 400 KILLED AND 1W , WOUMJEU I REBEL LOSS LESS .THAU 0 TIES I Immenie Quantity of Arms and Stores ' ...pastured! . . : ' ' j . ' . .: - - 1 . Particulars of the Bom-. . ' : ; bardment ! ; Chicaoo. Feb. 1G. A special .dispatch to the. Tribune, dated Cumberland Ei ver. near Fort Donelson, Feb. 15th. A. M.i.ay firing couimencel . again at daybreak, and.eohtinued at intervals all day long up to four o'clock. No movement Or assault .by. the land force, bad been made. Night before last an attempt was made by the rebels to take TayW'a battery of Light Artillery, butthej, rre repulsed,, by two regiments.'.' OV? loss in wbdhded "wasconsiderSble but hot "more than three Or four are dangerously wounded. . : - " ' ' 'r " 3ix gunboats arrrived yesterday and Com-fnenced an attack on the fort at 2. o'clock: in the afternoon. The firing was very rapid and severe; and lasted one honrand twenty minutes when our gunboata fell back. ;. ' "- '': Tho four iron clad boats went within three hundred-yards of the fort. : ''-w- All the rebel river guns except six, were either dismounted or silenced. : r .: The' first Shot fired from the gunboat Louisville dismounted the rebels' hundred andtwenty-eight pounder. ' The Louisville received 64 shots, iwoof which took effect, oneatrikingthe etarboard side of ber deck and passing througk the entire length of the boat, killing three net and breaking Iter tiUer-rope a short 'distance from the pilot-house-the rope waa ihen managed by some of the hands,, when a shell from tlie Ty lor, which lay some distance stemv burst over the LouisvilU,, scattering the men at the tilhrr-rope, and so much disabled her steering tackle that the boat waa compelled to drop astern.'.;-' : : i . ' . J 1 One shot struck ihe vPittaburg in her hom, and stove an immense; bole in her; which eana-, ed ber to drop Out of the action. .The 'leak, however, has been slopped. ? One - shot ' Struck the pilot-house oftheSt. Louis, paes'rng through it between the pilot's legs, with injuring hioat All the boats were mom -or -less injured, but none but the LouisrUle seriously -t.m-, - There-was five kUW and - two wounded on the I&unUlii:-'y--.?- '"-ati 1 1 The gunboats will not be in condition. toire new the aitaxk before to-morrow mornHig. y,-. v In eonseqnence of the height of the bluffs on which the rebel fortifications are buUt, oyrshot cannot have as much effeet on them as those at For Uenry there fbrnit Will requkarmrch longer li me id reduce this iortt r 5 a 1: 4 1 s o- ? Tbe rebel ibave raised the? idackv Cagi'I It caw be aeea flying Zoni the bank a short dia tarree'aboealreres.'wv f i wfd t v s87-.i: !,Tb firhteocajneneed on Thursday;Taad -on Friday and 8af urday the contest waa despezate Tbe tignteemo Aiinos-oucereosevreiy, and the Beventh. Jowa sustained edhaUeraLlrJsss. gwarttla, battery, whicjh as takcrv by the ene- rayfcr'as irecaptured pv our men.. (a wq Coloiv-el h tc4 wounded' arid twbVlUeiV'IrO bear cfrht'JLi WidiSi.'.TLa epfer Tort-waV taken- at fu'r c cJot rid vthUraaaj: iiciw omta V" vf.i.30jfejrtvf v'dUxsM'ci la&ilhoi .rnt.gillantrr--i JIa ati TLe cuaLw-U LC'Lc-,la. L t-'j vera causa. laff-. Mtr pos. PUR FLAG IS THEitE ! " ; ;'-:iIi4A-vST ls0is,TebL llGL ? ; Diarrhea received at.headQuarter say all the: gunboata are . pretty eSectaally . diaabled. except one. , . . , . . . . Commodore Foote waa wounded twice, but notfaUlly-.' 3-' mH:.r.-,r.,: f-r,- ,"!:q- a speeinj atspaicn: 10 tne iaiesouri jemO-crat. dated Cairo, Sunday P. M sayei Commodore Foote arrived here 12 o'clock last night on board the Connestoga. ' He stormed Fort Donelson Friday afternoon, with tli mnWtt Tylor and Conneetogavand after fighting a little over an hour, be withdrew. ! J n Fifty4our men were killed and wounded on the gunboata.- Pilota Riley and Bristow of the St. Louis, being among ' the latter: Commodore Foote, -while standing on the pilot-house of he St. Louis, his flag ehip. Was ; slightly TTOunded. .Tho St. Louis . was vbit sixty one . . . . " uuuniiuc: 'iiiuuurv. uninaoin. timea. Twd gunboats were disabled. TheTy-lor and Conestoga removed out of the range of the enemy's gnns. ' The line of battle was as follows : The St. Louis on the right, next' the Louisville, then the Pittsburg; and the Carandolet on the left, The enemy's firing waa very accurate. ' They bad three batteries; one near the water; one fifty feet above this, and a third fifty feet above the second. The upper one mounted four eighteen pounders. - ' ' r - This one waa held in reserve until our boats got within four hundred yards of the fort. : Our nre waa directed principally at the water battery. One of the enemy's guns burst, and a number were demounted; - The" enemy could be seen carrying their' dead but of the trenches. All the gunboats were left up the Cumberland except the Connestoga, and she left yesterday morning. A rifled gun on the Carondolet burst, killing six men. The rudder of the Pittsburg was shot away. ; The mortar boats left here yesterday morning. Chicago, Feb. 10. A special to the Tribune from the camp near Fort Donelson, 15th, 6 P.-M., says the right wing of our forces at Fort Donelson commenced storming the. fort about noon, and have taken the right wing of the enemy's fortifications, over which rhe..3tari and Stripes are now floating in triumph'.' The Opposing forces are now almost preaet to breast, ready to open the work of death upon each other at any. moment. Lieutenant-Colonel Smith, of the Forty-eighth Illinois, was killed, and two Colonels were wounded. Scbwartt's battery, taken this morning, has been,re-taken.- ' ' . ' ' ' ' ' St. Louis. Feb. 16. A Cairo special to the Democrat says : Captain Wise, of the steamer Minnehaha, reports that the enemy made a sortie from the fort at ten o'clock yesterday morning, and drove our troops back three quarters of a mile, and captured Schwartz's, battery. At one o'clock our troops rallied, recaptured the battery; drove the rebels before them, and planted our flag on their pater fortification. . - ; 1 ..' r .:. ' ' A steamer from Evansyille brings a report that four of our Colonels were killed yesterday afternoon, among them Col, John A. Logan, of Illinois. The names of the others are, not ascertained."''' : . A special to the Democrat, dated in the rear of Fort Donelson, Ffiday afternoon, says last night was very severe on our troops, a rain hav ing ffKria wbiettwrnna 4m mnom -.It is freeaing to-day, and old citizens say they rarely have such cold weather in this latitude.; . Cfeh.-Oglesbv, who has the; extreme right, last night pushed forward bis brigade to the Cumberland, and has planted a battery corn- manaing ne river, waiwi wm cnectuaiiy pre vent the arrival of .any more reinlorcements In fact, we have' them completely surrounded, arid can comrilete the iob at our leisure.- A formidable attempt was made last night to take lay lor battery by the enemy, who ap proached under cover of darkness ; hut they. were gallantly repulsed by the Twentieth IIU-nois. " ' Considerable skirmishing occurred durinj the oigbt, both forces endeavoring in the dark ness to crawl in upon the, other. . . This morning' it was discovered that the enemy had placed logs on top of their breastworks, leaving a little space forthem to shoot through and much diminishing their risks from the unerring aini of our sharpshooters: ' .' - Yesterdaj afternoon, after the storm iag par- ". 1 1 : i j 1-1 . 1 ti , 1 f ty nau reureu, nna wmca ine rcoeis nau.ueen. thickly crowded together to repel the assault Captain Taplor opened on them with shell with terrible effect. II IS practice was superb,' creati ng . the grealest. - consternation - in their ranks, and causing them to take refuge in their entrenchments. ' .The gunboat assault, '-was terrific, exceeding even the Fort Henry bombardment;- - It lasted abOtlt an hour and , half. . The enemy has fronting on the river two batteries, the lower, one of nine and the upper four guns, besides a ten-inch "colnmbiad. ' ' ; The wooden gunboats Taylor and Conestoga were engaged in the fight. One of our shells struck immediately under one of the enemy's guns, throwing the gun and bodies of the gunners high in the air.-: A great number of dead and wounded could be seen carried up the hill. ' ' . " THE SURRENDERS FoKTasss Mo3tkox, Feb. 16. ; By a flag of truce to-day we learn that Fort Donelson was surrendered to Gen r Grant Tea-, terdar. .. . Generals ,PUldw, Flo vd. Johnston and Buckner, were taken, witn '10,000 other prisoners. 1 ' v ' ' . ' i We are also informed that fighting has been going on near. Savannah.and . tliat city has probably been captured. : -7 , -: '; ; X . '- . ?r St. Xotris, Feb. 17. - Further official advices from Fort Donelson, say Gen. Floyd escaped during the night, and the-rebels Jnrthe., Jtort )enpuncie.f him a black hear;ea traitor and a coward. The ene-rny as known , to have hail 30,000, troops, .15,000 s of whom" are our prisoners; 5,0w escaped; and : the balance are' reported kil)edr'wounded or otherwise disabled' ,-," "' -- Our lose is not stated, but tb e ehiugh tered in our ranks iasentioned aa'teTriblyevere;i " :' .' r- y-r ' WAimor6n FebJT :i' Gen; McOeHanlias received a def patch fullj confinning the eaptureorFort DoneTso'a." w - i- . , - .St. iLaniiL it - ciiespecnea from UenUnmcxotiea. iiaileck announce the aurrender of Jlort Donelson :nritb 15,000 prisoners,-inelndiag Johnson. Pillow snkt STi L-m B W ' " 1 . . ).- ' u - if. TbecaaoJties on the gunboata at Fort D6n-elsoB are as follows St; Louia, 3 killed, Including P, R. Eiley OGncinnaU t two- wonnded; Smohj tbera XietiU KedallLlJgbtlT-r Xoois-viile,aailerkiUed, ll sligbUy? wounded od Iwoaeertyceeh baying both arms ahotawayi Carondolet Skilled aifl badly wounded; in-i eluding' vCVm Hunter -pUafi, iwoaeyerely-p Pitt :,btrgh,TlV Wonndei. ii'i.' i Im n The force en. route for: Donelson; had,roostly come up anA-awaloaafsd -on the left. Gen. LfVleUlythf etb-Ui-scaSS flitS Indasai-arrived -Jl7ti'r&- fv-fae-. O Sa''J,;,) v, JvVP&fi$r' . f il toTth e ELLentt Democrat A ccsrd-iiZ to Lit-t'ad vices Jl, e Federal' array wr tin TTsroes furaaii of Ca1 rtl w.' 7,?ricy u ra onCrann Creek, 29 rnOe trom hersi Ms Friday ey enng, and.woreea were.fiva jailas in the rear, preparing to make aa early tatt in pursuit next isorniag: " Price had nlaeed his traSsi in advance. 9 About 100 waeona. con taining aappliea for himV7 were-: brought intb ' ' tuts pJaeefrom, orsyuij nJy.a Sew noura .before his retreat. -. .' v .. . . ."t Rebel eympSthizera here claim'that Pnca will be reinforced by 12 or 15 regiments from BehtonviUe, Arkl under Gen. "Van Dora," bat Gen. Sigel, who waa advancing on -the rebel : column Dy a different route than tiiat pursued . I rt 1 7 s : . l 1 ii. - - .v ,- - jj vrvu. vunio, may sixiae n oiow ou.iM.ur flank and upset Price's calculations. ' 3 ' ' k our rebel omcera and 13 . unvatsja fcll into , our hands on Friday and are now her.v Tba - officers are the notorious Col. Freeman, Mai. - Berry Aid-de-Camp to Gen. McBride, Capi. Dickinson, Chief Engineer, and Capt. Bow nell, Quartermastex1; - . -: v t pre with relay posts baa bee established by Capt. Baldwin between Bolla and this point.- - ' - " ' - ' --L St. Ldxria, Feb. 17. Fort Donelson aurrendered at 9 o'clock yes terday morning Uy the land forces. The. gunboats were present at the time. An. immense amount of war material is among the trophiea of the victory. Floyd sknlked away the night before the surrender. The gunboat Ca rondos let, capt. iVaiJcer-arrived at Cairo with the news. 'A farce number of our wounded have been brought to the Paducah and Cairo hos pitals. - - - 4 '- ' . - The news was read at the UnionTMereliants' Exchange, creating the1 most intense enlhuaP asm. The " Star Spangled Banner. : Tha Flag of our Union," and " Btd, -Vhite and Blue ' were sung by all present, after which 'iey adjourned and marched (o the Armv Headquarters, 1200 or 1500 ; strong, where three rousing cheers' were given for . Halleck and Footei Gen Halleck appeared at the win- low and thanked the people for their- hearty demonstrations, and said: I promised when came here that, with your aid, I wonlddrivS the enemies of our flag from yourState.' VThia has been dene, aud they are virtually, out of Kentucky and soon will be out of Ten More cheers were given for the Union, 'the i Star-spangled banner repeated, and ' the crowd dispersed. - : - J udge. Holt wept for joy when he heard the news. JUany stores are closed and the. city, ia being decorated with flags and evidences of great joy are everywhere manifest. - ' 1 fcrov, Yates, becretarr Hatch, and Auditor Dubois, of Illinois, left foe Donelson tbiamois ning to look after the. wounded Illinois troops,, A requisition has been made for all the steamboats in this vicinity. They will beheld - in readiness lor the transportation- -of troops and Government stores. ! Chicago. Feb. 17. rhe news of the capture of Fort Donelson" created the wildest enthusiasm.' 'Business of all kinds were : temporarily suspended.'- The - Board of Trade adjourned at aa early hour. The people claim the honor of tbe victory for liunois, me iroops mere oeing iia Illinois infantry, 6 Iowa, 4 Indiana, one Illinois cavalry and o companies of . Missouri artillery." ' Special to X imos from ort .JLtonelsonr lota. --Fort Donelson surrendered at .daylight, , this J5uckner, Johnson, JBnshrod, 15.0UO prrsoner and 3,000 horses. - Pillow and Floyd with their L J - . - r - -- - ... urigaaes, ro.j awny ua eveamers, wiinoui letting Buckner know - their intentions. Gen. Smith led the charge on the lower end r of the ' works and was first inside the fortifications, ' 1 he t ort Henry runawa vs were bagged here. The prisoners are loading steamers for CaVL ro. ' v- :' - - :r - . ' " ' . Our loss is keavy, probably 400 killed. and 800 wounded. We lose a large per centage of officers, among them Lieutenants Colonels Er win of the 20th Illinois; White. of 31st, Smith" of. 48th i Colonels John A Logan, Lawler and Ransom are wounded. Major Post of tbe 8th; Illinois, with 290 privates, are prisoners- and gone to Jva8hville, being taken the sight- before the surrender. The enemy's loss was hea vy, but not so large as ours, as they fought behind entrenchments. - -' - - -t : ' We should have taken them by storming oa : Saturday, if our ammunition had not given, out in the night. McCIernand's division. Ogle- Dy s, vyariace a and JHCArtnurs brigades, auF- :. fered4 terribly. - Thev-were-MmrMnl nf ih 8th, ,6th, 18th.20tb, 29th,;30th,..3IsU 45tX 48th and 49th Illiooia. . Gen. Lew. .Wll with the 11th Indiana. 8th Mis'sonrTn nd Inm m Ohid reginient ' particibated. TavW: V51 f lard's, McAllister's, Schwartz's And. Dresser'i batteries were in the fight from tbe commence ! ment. . . The enemy turned. onr jVkt .b Tr i an hour, but our lost ground was more than, regained.: ' Laman'B brigade, of Smith's divia- ion, was Erst in the lower end of the enemv'a works, which was done by a.loharge-.f hsm 1 nets at niherfepths of- the rebels who srtre pit ted against our righC Our forces, on the right., who were ready all aigbt to re-commeQce the attack on Sunday morning; were met on their approach by. a white flag, Buckner having-sent, early jn the morning, a dispatch to Gen" Grant ..surrendering. . . r Tbe works of the Fort extend some 5 mDea on the outside. The rebels lost 48 field nUm ' 17 heavy guns. 20.000 stands of arms: KM. a largejquaojity coruflilaaary storef, TrTher ar completely-demoralized' and' have bo' con-fidence.in their leaderSTai they charge Pillow and Floyd with deserting them; ' Our troops, from' the khoment of : the investment o! theTert on Wednesday, lay on their, araia oigbx and' day, hair, the time without protisionsy all the time. without tenta a'jiortion of the time ia heavy raiu aud euow. ! " -.". . -. - 'Li'iJ.: : BAiTtwout, Feb.17. h' ,l he Union men ire ortrAavixr Hk l , The news is nowhere more tccnuKU i)... t. i them. Secesh U. overwhelmed with' thia. Wat- f erloo defeat. " i ;i ? . X1 Tr 1 erloo defeaL ultatiqii aad-joy; at tbe capture of Fort Dontl- - 7 - uviu witjiunc- oi e- eon 'i. .:?? d l 'i .anU . f n.. 4nm I .CovBMBiO, Felvl7.'.rtf , The jiewa frpm.Fort Donelson waa.rceelvndi here with, great , enthusiasm. The. national saint f wSBJfired, all the bells fa the city rung. To-night bonfires are bUxing. TheSute Ilo&aai ia IrnlliantfyTnlnifea;,.' Several p private dweUingannd-tbe-City Faot'printic'g ioSca ia ialao.iUansioatetL, :sT77. , ".-T ; JiThe-city wr wild'with exeitemenf -tbla ternooB firing of Snnen-and keartlal xaaaief were mingled by a, peoeralringiag of t-le ag a terrific blowing of a large number cf steara. whistles.-' This evening the.Triills HoJel and adjoining buildings are brllliaotly iJLU-liic4T There was a Jarge gatierii:- of peopla an4 thusiaatie speeches were mads bv Ge. JLxlbo-L others.' 'x-n ' - - - i1"'-- rfc-TKecAiwa t? tie carinr f Tort-15-' '.-J receiTed berr;'h intense delight.; Tzi'z?- dnnog the dy w? s rirtiaTlT auspeaf : L --T r ' ' were rurr, c'splajrl on various 1 housci and'pulllc turnrC -To-rZ-lt V YostQZ!, Casern Uouse, Drck!r t tt-sJ ptfM ether befogs are br:::::.:,- nate.1; also bcr.trea eric'.' " " .r.' a 11