Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1862-03-25

              ?i,''--.', ! .,; v 2itj4fa lo tJsfji- t :';.u.ivK,j . ?Jiy! WT 6 "i iiii i i i "i i 14 fH ; : --- ' - . " - v . ---- r I l-.ftl I 't-J I l V 1 I , i mi I . 2 t II i II V 'I- I If- JJ - i a x gam. mm t - -mm mi xx. . i-.II : Ul I'll II I I ii-rl U-J 1 . IS'. i i!rV li l I ... L. HAEPEB, ; : " OC3e la 17Xwanl Bloclt, Ml Story. . wwj vit-ia six bobUu j $3.00 mtXr Uw expU THE GREAT NAVAL BATTLE, ' -' . .." . ; ; : . -3.-, ... " . li Contest with, the Zleiiimae. - Tb New Yorlr YTort pabllshes utatement tnad fcy te iIot of the Cumberland,' in reference to the recent affair near Fortress . Monroe, which ia ery lull and interesting. We publiah aa much of itaa our apace will al-low: . On Saturdaj morninr, the United States . ateamer Cumberland laid off in the roads ; at - Newport News, about three hundred yards ' from the shore, the Congress being .two hundred yards south of us. The morning was 5V -ild and pleasant, and the day opened without -.y noteworthTJncident. About 11 o'clock, a . dark -looking object was descried coming round .Craney Inland through Norfolk channel, and ; proceeding straight in our direction. It was instantly recognized as the Merrimac. We had been on the lookout for her for some time. Mtkd were as well prepared then as we could ; . hare been at any other time, or. as we have , been during the last six months, , . Am sp came piougning through 4he water . ruht onwards toward our port bow, she Jook-ed like a huge half submerged crocodile. Her sides seemed of solid iron, except where the guns pointed from the narrow porta, and rose slantingly from the water like the roof of a house or the arched back of a tortoise. Probably the extreme height of the apex from the water's edge, perpendicularly, was ten feet.- At her prow I could see the iron ram projecting, straight forwards, somewhat above the water's edge, and apparently a mass of iron. ".-.Small boats were slung or fastened to her sides, and the rebel flag floated from one staff, while a pennant was fixed to another at the stern. There was a smoks-stack or pipe near hr middle, and she was probably a propeller, no sids-wheels or machinerr- being visible. . She ia probably covered with railroad iron. '- OP1XINO TBK BATTLS. " When the Merrimac arrived within about a mile we opened on her with our pivot guns. n ws mm u we coum oer upon ner. our whole broadside commenced. Still she came l.H- : p i . . on, the balls bouncing from her mailed sides like India rubber, apparently making not the least impression, except to cut off her flagstaff, and thus bring down the Confederate colors. None of her crew ventured at that time on her outside to replace them, and she fought thenceforward with only her pennant flying. She appeared to obey her'heim and he very readily handled, making all her movement and evolutions r.??rzzi ij and readiness. We had probably fired six or eight broadsides when a ehot was received from one of her runs which . killed five of our marines. It was impossible - for our vessel Jo get out of her. way, and th e Merrimac soon crashed her iron horn or ram into the Cumberland, just starboard the main chains, under the bluff of the port bow, knocking a hole in the side, near th water line, as large aa the head of a hogshead, and driving ; the vessel. back upon her anchors with great jorce. me water came rushing into the hold. The Merrimac then backed out and discharged ner guns at us, the shot passing through the main bay and killing five sick men. The wat .' er was all the while rushing in the hole made . by the rata, so that in five minutes it- was up to the sick bay on the berth deck. In the - meantime tier broadsides swept our men away '; killed and maimed, and also set our vessel on .fire in the forward part. That fire was extinguished. I cannot tell how many were wounded. The sick bay, berth deck and gun deck were almost literally covered with men killed and wounded, but the surviving ones still fought well, and every one, officers and men, displayed the utmost heroisnwThe fight lasted about three-fourths of hour, the Cumberland firing rapidly and all the time, the water pouring in the hold,' and by and by the ports, as her bow kept sinking -deeper and deeper: Near the middle of the fight, when the -berth deck of, the Cumberland had sunk below wat-i,er, one of the crew of the Merrimac came out '. of a port to the outside of her iron-plated roof, "and a ball from one of our guns instantly cut him in two. That was the last and only rebel that ventured within sight, the rest remain ing m their safe, iron-walled inclosure. We fir red constantly, and the Merrimac occasionally, but every shot told upon our wooden vessel - and brave crew. Her guns being without the f least elevation, pointed straight at us along . th surface of the watery and her nearness, she being much of the time within three hundred yards, mads it an easy matter to send each ball to its exact mark. Probably her guns i would be useless at eonslderable distance, as vit appears impossible to elevate them. Final- , Jy, aiter about three-fourths of an hour of the most severe fighting; our vessel sunk; the stars and stripes still waving. .; r . - ! . That flag was finally submerged, but" after i- the hull grounded on the sands : fiAy-four feet . below the surface of the water, our pennant - wae still flying rom the topmast above, the : waves. None ,of our men , were captured,- bat r many were drowned as the vessel went - down. , had about four hundred on board; and -I I suppose from one - hundred and. fty : to two hundred were killed during the engagement ;nd drowned at the sinking. Very few of our : ""i- vi taose . WAo..were4 v reecueo irom ine water being saved by small tat..The ,Merrime seemed to Uuninjur-,-ed, Ithoujh-ber small boats and flagstaff , were shot a. way in the: commencement of, the scuos, . MOAcxxz-rt wjth rnji cowaxxss. ' f "The Memmac then iurned hef attention to the Confess, which lay nrohablr tw 'yardj to the south of.; where ; the ' Cumberland yWti. The Merrimsc Auie op under herstern n4 her crew fired their pistols into' the fports of the,Congrese as she approached.. . I saw her - fire On the Confess.' The" sailors of that v-W , el eay that the Merrimac eti uck h er ; . but of wua i am not re. w j, he Con gresa had a rood a . V1 mea irom ine .ouraDenana pre-louslvukeu on board, Cfly from the ;Minne- r the Naval bri-ade,' filly from the y rlD.ea4 lsom- others, j .Lieutenant Jo- T "I. ,a eommand; was killed ads were ao kultj., Thentire.cornaml V-aianedto have acted bravely .-durin- t'h2 S -.fCpn-reas returned and -t f-t' fc-v ai ail Ure My eTect a the llerruaac, bJwuUa--off! t u S VUIUUCTIUUI nor I Vn r v- . J a. harmlesslr, with a Ipad ; ringing isotind"; from riOHT BXTWKXV THX VOStTOB BI XXXXIKAC. J The Monitor cam in Saturday night, and proceeded oppast tha Minaeeota. rebel steamers . Jamestown jtod Yorktowa were not Iron-plated, or, at any rate, only : partially , so They came down in the daylight, making for the Minnesota, but to their surprise found the Monitor ready to receive tbenv On. oandar morning the Monitor moved cloaa np to . the Merrimac and side by side, engaged her for four hours and twenty minutes. Ones the Merrimac dashed her iron prowsquarelyarainst L. ir s. f . 7 1 . i iuo aLvnuor. om am not injure mat.; Tease - in the least.. The Monitor in. turn determined to try her force in a similar operation, but' in some unaccountable manner the wheel or oth er sieerinr aDDaratua oecame entanneo. it is said, and the Monitor rushed by, just missing her aim. Captain Worden is confident that he put three shot through the hull of his an tagonut probably through the pons. The Monitor fired 178 pound cast iron shot. '.The ight ansa thot uer not cd. because their great weight and peculiar construction renders the gun much more liable to burst. The Mer rimac fired altout fortv shot on the Monitor. which replied as rapidly as possible, but, so far as it is known, neither veuel it inhered. Thot on board the Monitor say the balls rattled and rang upon ootn vessels and seemed to bound off harmless. The Merrimac is vrobalfv not in jured, at least more than the starting of a plate cr so oi ner iron .coven ns. aa ur machinery be a . . ingunmjvrta, tne u prvoacry juto come wt again. It is impossible to keep the Merrimac from comma put. . wnc ran wh wrets tvnvtt an Hour JOSlSn man .4 Jt'l . .ljl .1 . "J. . - the Monitor. From her evolutions I should judee she can go at the rate of eight or nine knots per hour. It is impossible to board thn Mmmo ', Should she come out azain she will be obliged to pass within range of the Union gun at the Rip Raps, and a shot from it might perhaps crush her sides, but it ia very difficult to manage so heavy a piece of artillery, and the Union gun, in all probability, might be fired fifty times without touching her. - I do not think the Merrimac is calculated to carry much coal, and that might have been a reason for her retiring from the contest. The Monitor perhaps might follow up the rebel steamers And disa ble them, but if ebe gets among the rebel bat- : i , . , ... wriw m. ijcuvy urc migot oe concentrated on V. r J : cr . - -. , i , .. . ner Hum uiuerem pomis, ana sne oe tiiuainjured.- or possibly she might be grappled to biiu www Moore, xneseana ot her reasons may suffice to show why the Monitor did not follow among the batteries of Craney .; Island and .Norfolk. Gen. Wool, I understand, has oraerea an tne women, and children a war from Fortress Monroe, in anticipation of the Merri- During all Sunday morning, while the bat tle was raein? between' the two imnlnd Bl " t high cliffs at Newport News and vi- i'i;i. i.j t.v . . einity were crowded with spectators, earnestly wnwuiiig me rogTess oi . ine Agnt. THE AMOS KEADALL LETTERS. ;-.- --f: ; ietterc iv. -;;V;:".. ".""- Northern . nltrslsts, like 6mtliem rebels. , iostiie to the Constitation No SutM are lawfully eat of tbe Union, and no act necessary to restore tbeni but anbaihwion to too Itwi-Ai iadtvidaals, the rebels have forfeited nroporty and lift How fmr tfeo for- TotUre shall bo aforcod la a raeatka not of ooa-titationality, bat of expieney There illov a egro eoloay aronnd fort Boyal which may ex pand as tbo Union army advances and- tho master fly beeomiBg In the end an organized oomma-nity Foar tfths of all tho slaves now sobjoets for , confiscation, and may, if derated expedient be set free. Tho time aot arrived to decide how far eon-fiscation shall he oarrM Tbo North now nnited to put down tho roboliioa. Let it not bo divided on question of rirht or expodteney nntil that job is -, doM. Tbon wo may safety doclooVopon the que-- tkn how far eoafiseatioa shall bo carried. . V To AbkaBaM LiifCOLx'. President of the United :- Slates,: , - .; .. JBcspkctxp Six: In my last I endeavored to show that the cause of rebellion in th South 44 is the pride of wealth and the lust for power" fostered by the cotton monopoly ; that the abolition of slavery. could not abolish that monopoly, which depends ob principles be-yond human control ; and that if cotton were produced by hired labor in the South, as it is manufactured in the North, it profits would be as great, if not greater, than they are now. e""-"" w. hiui awipauiiea in tnat sec tion which have produced our present troub les. There is party ia the North, comparative ly small at present, who, for the mere rarrjose of abolUhinr slaverv in the Snath Jtce a hundred thousand Northern Roes, and a thou- sanamuuonzr uvortAern money, without even the hop of any advantage to themselves or the people of the States in w kick they tne, ' - Like the Southern rebels, they assume, in substance, that the ConsUtutionno longer exists, and talk of the reconstruction , of the ' Union" on other principles.' These men cannot but know that this ia Wot the view entertained by. the government or by the great mass of the Northern people. These believe that we still hare a Constitution; that the government at Washington is not a mere provisional government j that the war la wag ed in defense 6f that Constitution, and that government that the Union needs no " reconstruction that, if it did, it would be nn-wise and dangeroua to attempt it until the rebels are compelled "to' submit" to it Ss j that no" avet' w the seceded States, nht r . repeal of their ordinance of secession.: is neces-earyp to restore" them to the Union; ' because, being unconstitutional ' and. void,' those brd nances could not take them out of it, that, as the armed resisUace to the Constitution is put otau rter litate,' they will, stand in untm their mbereofouFeAr 'J.hWent or ardon T? worr the nhts nf -k'Uhm dth Kvelr frtj their Wmnl UeememYree ftE 'confiscate is Tint W-tri. CCSS Should biTMrMsl . J7..r - . -j. 7 iTi'Cr HttCn or ex Abiit la fat this wia f;;Tieirjhartlii i the advocate of iaaneipation in the 1, orth to be content .with the jro:e h Ihebr principle are-xnaSir fj net tlroi htU eub- ci ie vwi-... ..a- t,ut ur -ereovtr of ttiiior-y. t. -ThelearVrfc. tli: -VtV ' ICj terniUMUiA"tOL''.c- - r li- i c i prwdpal alayeholiera 'ia tU Couth act as fcrj aarnest.-Jbook at SoaUt Carol. paired, and will WiSL:-! w mAA KamiT amn srri en rmn b t rivnii Obiieationa nnA l.-1jv Jt-.:. i Ia the violent mrtiod bf 'the -Stf the planter to s man fly o'th approach of the U nion army, born in r toeir notion; and mmaay cases their ; buildings, and abandoniog their slaves, . There are said to be now about eight (uoorana auiTa uhu aoanaonca in vuuat ty of Port Boyal, in South Carolina,' every oae or whom may be constitutionally set tree by confiscation as a punishment of their master's treason. As the Union Armies, advance into the interior, other thousands ' will be added to the number by the desertion of their masters.! J J, 11 . t ll .?J . . 1 anu nnauy mere win oe sto rearaeni population ia a large portion of the .Siatf; but. deserted slsves. "."--..'.-." , ...... v . : - In short, if the masters oersfst in their mad and causeless rebellion asaiast the Constitu tion, the end will be negro -eommunitv along a portion of the Southern coast, under the protection 9 ine Kjnuea ouues. . . If the war is to be protracted by the Obsti nacy of the cotton planters, this is a result which the United States cannot avert if they WOUld. ' -. .k.. .. By confiscation the slaves will be set free. and, throueh ' the' same broeess. the lands of their masters will be surrendered to them for cultivation, all without infringing upon the Constitution. Even now there is a Jieero col ony around Port Royal, under the .protection of the national forces, and its future expansion into an organized community depends on the obstinaey of the planters and the event of the war. .. . . . r-- ; , ... . - But this is not all. Probably fonr-fiftha of all the slaves In the United States are now lawfully subject to confiscation on account of the: treason of their masters. How far the for feiture of their slaves, their other oroDCrtv. or their 1 ives, shall be carried, is a question- of expediency only, and involves no constitution ai question of poweft ' Four-fifths of all the slaves may be thus lawfully set free, and the emancipation of the other fi Ah would soon Al- w, - .: - -- ... mini view or tbe subiect what motivo have the abolitionists of the Nortb tn nma their Government into an abandonment of the institution, by makios: eeaeral emaneination. instead of the preservation of that instrument vue airect ooject ot tbe war, thus giving a col ur wi ngut to tne reoenion, and in a measure paralysing the arms of loyal men, especially in the South? -. - ,. 3 Patriotic men may well differ as to the ex tent to Which the punishment of treason shal be carried. The extreme emancipationists tnay if they choose, insist that it shall bo carried to the extent of confiscating and set tin? iro an me staves oi- rebels. I hat they may au wimom assailing any principle of the Con stitution, ; and surely they would be' much stronger on that- ground than - any others-Why, then, should they abandon, the Consti tution and place themselves on revolutionary ground? Why not act with cordintitv with those who are striving to maintain tne Consti tution as it is ; and, that being accomplished, sek the consummation of their ends by means vi cuuuw.auon unaer its autuoritT T ; J hey may test assured that their object, if .la.! .t t m i. . . . aiuinuuMe at aii, can - oe more easily attained in this. mode than1 by any revolutionary pro- vecuingg. ..... . .-. , . . , K ; . : ; . The time for considering how far . it is the interest of the, country to carry the jwioUh- vm -. vwn Vj ,wnuouuiuu wr ucaiu uai Mv l . nri . . ... ... Hut wna. v sen it aoes am ve tne ques- won wui aouotiess be? deeided ; not so much by the guilt Of the traitors as by the interests or tne loyal citizens of the Republic riot alt the wealth and all the blood nf tbe leading rebels can atone for a thousandth part of .the destruction of li fe and property, the sickness, privation, and misery, .which their profligate ambition has brought upon their country. Lives of infamy may be a severer punishment for them" than the bullet and the halter. What shall be done with them or their nroDertv will necessarilv hemm s nub. ject of consideration when the rebeUiou has beenr put down and the Government shall thus nave acquired the power to vuntsh.' J' ' 1 The North was never more united than it Is now in the determination to .snrDresthe re neilion, at whatever cost Of treasure or of blood. They look upon it as essential to their future peace and safety,'and the only mean by which the tittaoa can recover the lost respect of for :- . , eign arowera, mainiam ana recommend repub lican institutions, and resume that career - of peaceful progress which made oar country the wonder and admiration of the world, -Jbjet no revolutionary spirit in the North intervene to unigiura icucuiua ur parajvze patriotism t Imt 1- mkm - ..-.V. ' Ll . -.m .J ua aw ua, miu vnv TUICC, VUBUlin (OS VOOStll A . . ' 1 ..... '"wo as it is s unaer u nunun . trajtor i w list, and, when peace is restored, amend it if it needs amendment. , : .. . . -N . . I am little disposed to . enter upon a general aiscuseion or tbe slavery question; but I pro pose in anntoer letter to toac&upon one braneh of it which more , than. any other makes it a dangerous one. . AMOS KENDALL. February 25, 1862. - The Abolition Geaemli; Jim Lane, the pet of the Chicago Abolition ists, who solicited and received a military com mand from the Iident is back m. the Sen - -r fiiTfl- SI-. . , - . . New York Kxraxss, referring tothe ?prpclivi ty of the 'Abolition Oenerals jto,ab.and taie precioua good care, at the same tlme f their akin, says: , : , ' ; t . . '. .- -, r -rne;s.wayAto -girdle', the rebellion, jt seems, then; fs $5,000 per annum, in the Sen ate, wiui raueage ana other each cxtrae-and not in the field, to carry - the- girdle' on -his The Abolition Oene: I all exeent Phlna vi u vui iwwj moco as iane does mighty L ami wri the- eonebes and sofas oi ornate, oat good for aoth.og m Uve fioid I Phelp fight. evenjf sv lktle cracked oo in negro and relirioo While Graa Mo- wernano, oraiw, J nomas and Schonf lead columaa in the fleU and whU4 a Log-In, who resisted in Congress, the war to the vary hist, offer up his Jife on the bloody battl field to can be some General-in-Chief T sm. Kf k command 1 .What a oommentarv w vs vk. litioniam 1M.,: ,r ,i .- a litSi J '"What sort of a victory woald K iaWoeetf alpoaelaoavaski t CHiicagoTimestiw3 proud should we havefelt over it, if half ado ae regiments,, raon or leee .or nerToee had been enraged in the : tattle on r : ? , Th i n : . - . .... - -.-.-t apoiiuonisis na groe should le by the been done, couLl 'i h aLc II iior. l.u would now bec! Vailing til lr ro." r " anj prowess lis. J; won tLe. li',Jo?H .-- . adi t-Sz V- ' '- '" .m ' '"''" 5t;v:1 -JBaej&ntIrXjr -3 - itOhe iics. aid rives:!: ra L.' w-a 6m -r - Tw VsmJf to make, that the rtsIceWtU rticU wl M toss 4 darperate. :- - ."-; -. ye been; insisting tit, tl ce anhed'anj f t inta thm field side of 'Our whits' o!d: rs.. n J "3- ..f it rTroosonr Army CorjnMposeatl- Tha &tTJMpM yfesiGateralops Advance Lively Times khouttfet Madrid, -irmishei and i. tcuksBitS Soldiers itef-exaoT-ila.laerJ'Wt ? CAr or run 43; vd VLirixxs, 1 1 ) 1st Jlriida. -ArmT cf th IfJanoolfmS - t Nxab Nxw JIabxid, Jtarck-7 i862. f EDnoaOBToSTATXd' otnuraK-A few weeks ago some of the Ohio journals were virtuously iiHncnn ma uie AtuHni, encamped at If CTVemoa; was permitted t6 eniov thV luxa- riea of Campduty at homewhile other Begi-ments ware-m the fields were those fastufiAu journalists' with us ; now-a-days they would j vwwij wuu ua vi vj-tiizu remained ia imodurine the wintet for some Durhose inu iom um nos eo uisicriai wnen or hour- a, Kegiment takes the field in rts influence nnon th fortunea of a eampaiffaV 1 have had oymw! opportanitiesofobserringf and, without diV paragement to other Regiments, must needs pronounce the Forty-third Ohio the beet drilled, best equipped Reriment that has left the State- daring the campaign. V. ; --i The regiment left its camp at Mt Vernon on the 21st of Febrasry, and landed at Commerce, Missouri, on the 27 th of the same month and were there brigaded with the 63d," 27th, and 39th Ohio Regimnts tinder cdmmand of Col. Groeebeck. and were designated the First Urigade of the f irst Ih vision of the Armv of (the M ississippl, the whole under 'command of Gen. Pope. The next day we took2 up the line of march for New Madrid, a town ; of some two thousand inhabitants on the Mississippi River. - A glance at the map will give you an idea of the importance of the position, as, and in our possession, we shall be in the rear of Columbus. The distance between Commerce and New Madrid is abont fifty miles. " The roads arejn a frightful condition, and the march.occupied three day. On theseeond day we captured three cannon belonging to; a party orJeff, Thompson's, army,, and took sev- ' y iwmici. it mvouacKed in the open j .1 l a . . . . " . - .M-on mj iDaren, ana tne1, weather suddenly turning cold, mad the whole march rather a rous-h initiation for " met sldiro" Tho bore it bravely, however, and grinned down the grcnirwi uimcuiues. - On Monday at noon, we reached the viefhity of Nev Madrid, and tbe Brigade, with Several batteries of artillery and three battalion of cavalry, were drawn up, ia rear of the town, in line of battle. The skirmishers had scarcely began their reconnoisance "before a score of shells, from guns of the heaviest calibre fell about ts, and warned us that, the enemy was on the alert! Our men stood quietly for half an hour under the fire, patiently waiting for cult to hold the men inactive under a fire; uk viuu hi wuauci. it is exceeainriv aim " huuhwi uaiure w juBo. eiuier loward or backward. We did neither, but p ttiently.held our own, uniii was aiscoversd that the ene my fire came from gun boats', abd we were not prepared to fizht a naval battle, we were witbdrawo; and encamped Tust out.bf range of their infernal gunboats,- 4 : 'ere we pitched onr itttti, inn lMTT fm MH T i .aCTll. t Tlf f3VJ have managed to keep the-enemy movineTTiy I hi aiiBCK upon ineir lines every aay or night. We have been exceedingly fortunate in these affairs, having thus far lost but three men kill edl and a dozen or so wounded. Among the killed is Louis Nein. of Washinston County 10 aay tne liveliest sicirroien or the season took place. The Forty-third Regiment, which has held the advance from the start,' was de ploy ed as skirmishers, to wa ke u p the seeesh in town. We were sapported by-tbe 63d Ohio In fantry a battallion of iiiinois Cavalry, and two pieces from ConstabIe's! 11th Ohio battery. We approached the rieht of the town, and nt- ter beating around a short time moved on the town by tbe 'left can sr. -Thfs - movement bmurbt o into the upper portion of the town. The enern v was discovered in a church; and. upon receiving an order to that effect, the first platoon of Co. I, under command of Lieut. Hewitt son, advanced with a, veil, and drove them from thei. eitideL They retired, after delivering themselves of an illy aimed volley. wnicn was promptly answered by our boys The flank movement Was still continued until we had fairly surrounded the towhA brisk pre of musketry from the left com pani brought out the bis eun of, th ?enemv. and shot and shell flew, around with extraoEdinarv' profusion.' and uncomlbrtable. proximity to our aeacis. uur artillery then opened its ponder ous jaws ana sent, a; lew - messengers of death into their gunboats, with what effect - ia not known, r or about twenty minutes the fiobl raged furiously, 'and promised to turn into a regular battle. But the object of oar demon ef ration ' being aeeom pi ished.- w : rraoefall v withdrew: followed by a few eomDlimentarv shells from the enemy! Jbatteries. Thesecesh appeared amazed at our temerity in y enturiog ium wi wirn, unucriue eun pi.taetr blocxt uTOow siou uuais. : 4 uetr scars was ine most xtensivel they-hav- yet received ' from vus.- 1 here was no serious casualties, ta oar- ranks. Numerous flesh wound were received: and one of Col. Smith mounted ordcrUe had an arm knocked off It U really astonishing what ani amount or powder and tiaii it takes to kill a man j ; - The enemy a loss ofcourso sr : do -not knowbut-it wa rresUrthanrooTS-forwesaW thebr carrvinr offTa, namber af smatittnltrnkiL i; Capt Ferguson-and lieutilubar,bf mpsuiy v, ana captain naixer. .of Cpmpa-ay K, .were also tn pretty hot fires, and made som narrow escapes, but f ot the enemy routed by thaateadiaea of their HTniUr.f5rm and mca not under the , immedlAio.: MtiM r lyo(irCTresTOeiithow -nd Crformed their parts handsomely;' and to th tisfactiOsrofthe eonimandin gofScerar' ?.: ' -.Ourtaes returoed ta their camp ta; fiuecpifs it, and aa I write are sitting aboxhjj eamp! fire recounting the iocUentaof thedavJ . Thev are Cettio used to shot and aJuJlaj, d etntnet papre about fhen -tha .veterana. Theycer-i tainly displayed a dare devil courage and stead-i mess whkhwoutd do1 credit ttT!-,,!, T ? ng thai c6bhjenceibihems aelvea which will la tlxne tender them is ble, and.whjch aualyoetdMirabl in volunteer. -They ha v the utmo-t confideaS in. their commander Col. L. Hj aBT Smit,' whom they reaJd-1w;,Sftt:'tc.-!!i, Hb coolnsrwAxinK-e,xnd travf ry in bat tit and hi wall dernstrtiLJ a .-., .W kaowleia Ttavl aldjU-rerirliajtheZ uM pi. w poya 'ihe ether r?ri?2r r;J" in th various tL''sHea whr. - - . i -". Gs.rieJtheciSiri.j5 iiottc.-&.:;-' v ki--t'' '; CpecuIatlAa'fea to oarfitt: a Xi Hi, . i - ... ana titr-' t - 3, -t t- .j.t:'v: - - . 1 . 1 1 Vt. 1 J C !rs cr a s , t 5 i-; Irca izj :V t' n t's tea .to-raorrow,-'.- tin 5 wo may aaoier iay . f 'l u hi.. . t i j,., , r ,1 ... '--'TM rmiT-iwn i "" xh ef Borrow." . o xmrnj mi oi low, aa aot or ftsa -ilul t forget tia Cohuabla ':' wt vJSaeh heart roealls a aUSorcat aaaoo. r v-. "t-.r-Aad oil slag Aaai' Laari5- : ; . I shall take pleasure la poetinr yon about oBr ownn, n you leei enough interest in them to publish them. Send oa some papers. We are cut off from , civilization, mad -r I have aot seen a newspaper for ten days. W would like to know how the world wage without us. and wnat its latest sensation are. ' V: . . .. TANIANTL Q'En. UeCtSJXAS "AlTB.THE. AEZIY .- r: Ox TILE POTOilAC j tu " i m -Washinoto!i, Marek 12 ti.The Departmenthaving form ally announced that Gen. MeClellao ha taken the field in per son, it u apt improper to say that he left Wash- iugtpn lationday: and. is leading the great Potomaa army poo the flying rebel of Vir ginian .His reception among, the troops, a he passed to their head, was one of the - grandest ever witnessed in the country.- The largest body of men over put in motiooat once since the battle of Solferiao moved from the - bank of th Potomac on that day.. For many miles, on divers roads, that embattled ranks pressed forward, aad the -cheer that hailed the Gener al at one point' of the lines were aken up by regiment after regiment.-and division after di vision, until the Wuole vast army rent the hea vens-with snouts jor welcome. , . Gen. McCJellan rode through the ranks in motion, his cap ever in his hand, returning the salute of the ebthusiastii soldiers. It is only hoped by his friends that the countrywill-patiently five him half the time that was accord ed to the Western General who pursued his foe from Lexington; Mo., to Arkansas. : - 9ni neClelliKra Position. t he relief ot Vren. UcvJieilan from the com mand of the Weatern Department, is only just tobim. -It would. be wrong to keep him responsible for campaigns vhich. while he is in the field, be cannot personally supervise. While bis' enemies see in this chanre b?a humiliation, his friends see hi -justification and safety,;-: -yn - ' Geati - VcX11mb .A4dress teri tae Gen. McClellan's address to his soldier at headquarters of the Potomac: . . i . . Fsiarax Cocat Hoc, March 14v Soldiers of the aniiy of the Potomac For a ong time I' have kept you " inactive.' but not withoutja pnrpoee. " You were to be disciplined, armed and instructed. . . Theformidable artille ry you now have, had to be created Other ar mies were to. move and accomplish certain re- sults. 1 h4ve held jop back that you might give the death blow to the rebellion, which has distractsd this once h appy -count ryi iThe pa-tieoce you have showoond your confidence in your Oeaeralarel worth ft: doxen j victories. i Th preliminary results areyiow aocomjlishedl I feel tbat the patient labor of ,mBy months have' produced thefr fruits.' ' r.;- , ' j magnificent in mareriaL admirable in disciolise and .instructed .and , excellently -equipped- and armed. Your commanders are all that Iconidli, wiob. TKe muiiientTOr action has arrived, and 1 "u I know that I can -trust m you to ' eave' our oountry.. As I ride through your ranks, I see ia your faces the sure prestige of victory..' ?I feel that you will do whateyer.I ask of you, The period of inaction haspassedv I will bring yon now face o Tac witb the rebels, and only pray that God may defend the right.- . ; - In whatever direction 1 may move, however strange my actions may., appear toyou, ever bear in mind thtt my fate k linked withyoura, and that all I do is to uringyou where I know fou wish to be on the decisive battle-field. ffsmy business tO place you there. : 1 am to watch rer yov as Vprred over bi children and you krtow tliat yoor Gee eral loves yo from the djepthsf his .heart,'; It shall be my care-it has ever been to gain success with' tbe least possible loss; bu't T knowthlit if it is necessary you will willirigly folloiv me to our graves for pur righteous caiiae. ..- --:-r. ; .- ..r 1 V Gou smiles upon, us victory attends us;yet I would not hove you think that our sua is to be obtained without-a manly trurle.vi" will' not dwgulsd it frdra'yii thaf you have brave foes to encounterr foemen well worth v of the steel wh4clTv6a willuie e well.t I s'hall de- mond from yoa great and heroic exertions,' ra- pid and Jong inarrAesoesperate. combats and tH-ivatlons. We will bajr sill tbM trrtir ana wnen this sad war is Oyer, we will an re turn to our homee'and feel that w can ask no higher hoow than the proudconscionsness that we Deooged to the army of the Jrotomac tSlsned , . . liSO. JJ.. McCLEULAW.,, ' " '' ''Major General Commanding. The Washindon TOrresTjondeiiYbf' the New York 2VnAi.saye Gen.- McCJellan 'a. procla matiod tor hia afniy,'! the thethet 6f uniter&al exnversatKnr nd : enthusiastic praise. ' His oorjalaritviwith..the arm r t iaT unbounded aid his friends increase by " thousands tamonr 4be people, who admire, his patience .under - perse- caupn anu.Mis Bingie-ueaxea uevouon to. tne TJmou" riirt ,?oi i i .1 fjii ,1-5 1 Tii the Zoological Gardens at London tbev have bad a uu-ge serpent or toe fytnon. . spe cies, from the West. Coast of .Africa, for many years. ' This reptile U nineteen feet lonzL and twenty tnches In cifcurplerence,-,. About three introduced into luden. a nl tbey hav lived to thii ami BnuiuersnajLB o-. um urns kiihi w gether everemceAjUni morpiagOfthe 12th of Jan urY.'the uien'an charge of that .derjart- iWent were much-surprised to find I hat thelar-1 ger serpent had Mud: a.bout a hundred eggsjrsj large as those f a f?ooee. 4 tThp skin of the eggs wa.toaeh! and lesibjcrjj htr cor, d.Ttjn- low- i hen tret eeerv tne e were i heap, tnt the serj-entls'l fhera ca a Jsyekand ih.en coiled her body over tb"eraViIarins 1th .week after she istid izev; tie er eame:eff them twice forf iort triod4.:vhVa: covered with blaDkeVvrirUa thua upon herre" and has not fed fcr the lost twenty-cue vfeeks.CThisAoter1 estieg &ct establishes htUc that Uhiiepe-cieof aerpepk hatches herjyouns by jncuba- .ipofcabd M i r-e.ieedjihstahe wiil brut forth some snakes t orn the gref.tcest, f f e.ahe haS j--i.r,.i .TrT m'wu. . . - v. .. (.V-H .ir: t-l. rrr ?oA. ie:jWf5V-rc!J -.3 a re -UtT a err:r ar i rs--,ecl on V. 'thrC: ".her t'-y-r f- 1 c re;:.: ; - r 'XX kt ui fc-ow i 3 v.a Lave tc;V c;rc;vir- - Is c-rlcTzs t tear t : trr'Jt frci,aa- abol - r X2ATTXILS AT ASJVlXill A correspoodent, 4" t-New Yorlc TJm who vrrite jbn NasbyilhvFeb. 27thrgivs a gloomy . account of th MsUt of th Union" there. t --IT f A ,C14. OS- a.OXa:. i f Gen. Grant and Staff came up hei to day from.Clarkeville. and spent several, hours to looking around the city. Among other whom they called upon was Mrs. Pol the widow ef 4eme iS Jolk, formerly President of tbe wAo& United States,.. Th residence of the relict of uiv x resioeq ts - nanasome cnt man sion, on a one street, and shows' by her ; surroundings that she ie a' woman of taste A large yard Ties between the street, and; the house; which is filled with clumps of the trim and elegant cedar, stately magnolias', all green aa in summer, while here and - there dafiodils and. other plant have poshed fortb 'their leave and flowers with all' the richhess and beauty - of a Northern midsummer,- In oue corner, surrounded by emblematic evergreens, is a tasteful costly tomb, beneath whickileeps the once powerful chief of t then united, na tion. Mrs. Pofk is a welf preserved lady Idf "per- hap fifty year of age. She received her visit- ore courteously; but with a polished -coldness that indicated sufficiently in v which- direction her sympathies ran-she was simply polite and lady-like : in no case patriotic. While she di rectly forebore to give utterance to any expression of sympathy for the South, she as rigidly avoided saying anything that might be construed into a wish for the success of the Government. ' She hoped, she said, that the tomb of her husband would protect her4 household from insult and her property from pillage; fur ther than this she expected nothing from the United States, and desired nothine. . boon after this her visitors left, satisfied that Eohraim was ioiried to his idols, and uiisht as well be "let alone."1 As the widow is of more than ordinary intelligence, aud owes the ample . T .. .. . - . J lortune wnicn smootus tne aecJivity.oi her old age to the Government, it is somewhat strange that she sbvuld be so blindly ignorant of the true character of the present war, and so nn- graUful. 7 . -j - ( .- f; . . XJtPixs ,or NAsnviLUt. The correspondent says . he has seen' only two, loyal women in, that city, : both .of these were working women, who greeted Gen. Grant and Staff as they passed. ' , . A little further, and the party, passed slowly by a costly earriaee. out of one of whose win dow wa thrust the head of an elegantly dressed lady. ; She was giving .some -directions to tbe liveried darker that held, the rein: ., but epat ward the 'ground, aad -with -a contemptuous and exDreeeive erimace of diseust upoa her fea tures, arew, in . he, head, and, .threw herself back in her carnage. . ' . . '' Oceasionally I met otlier specimens of Nash-ill ladies, whoi in many case aappoaiag nie to be a oldier, from. th poseesi o n -of a -blue overcoat, describes upon meetiog wide emi- eircx oi avoiuaace, swinging, a tney aid so, t rSTTindan'g tklrU with; av: eoatemptuous tiirt far dutjo if theyery touch tft a blue coat would be eoatamiaationt ctjfr,- vm :tiu 1 At present, there are bu t few ladies in town; in Jrwlff "hav fled . in bnrrAp from Vi n. prbach of1 the ruthIessYTJesUu of the' Horth : others, unable to leaved ha vV pat triple bars before their door and windows,- and hid at once their fears and beauty behind these protections. In view of. these facts, those who now Wander -through the' street are not formidable afe to aamberrand they .will, ' doubUesa, oo become, to some extent, civilised.- rxxuMo w jrasHvf it.? 'r;-..: r I have spent a good deal of. Ume to day in conversation with the citizens and found but little Union sentiment. Men asserted that they weretiot citizens of the Uhited States didn't want any protection from the Government, and i aernu cases even refused to oetf- any foods v Butuim ur - V'V jnf said 4e aso TJnion man, but never dared to , pay. so ror tear of being hung another said the only two nights'; sleep he bad had in weeks' were since the arrival of. the National army. Aft other individual assure.! me with a very haughty air, that there were no Union men in Nash ville except amone mechanics and laborers : o gentlemen,1 h said; fer anything- but 8e- eesswnists, or reoejs,.ii i lated the . term - aay -better. .;.:-V ,;',:'.- ,.J-r'-, . tne iact,ia, inst tne masses have been so lied to and misled abouf the 1 pttrposea 'of" the Governmentratid they listen ' with Incredulity to the assertion that wedo not.-, come- for - the purpose of stealing their " niggersaad, oth er property. A a their minds are disa bused of these and kindred lies," they will be prepared to return 10'theii' fint 'love Che Union. They admit that our troopa behave in a manner as entirely unexceptionable -as, jl is unexpected. Hence H. may be inferred that this belief will ripen, ere long, into a substan tial toyauy. " - t - - - - - ' The Voteoa TabllagAthJeT' Territorial BilL '? ." " " On Wednesday, MarchlMr: Jisnttt,; of Ohio,,frorn the Committee, on Territories, ported in theouse'oftngrelrala'btlt fc to- law is h a, temporary provisional , .government oyer tne districts or country in rebcilioq against m v oiieu oiaies.:., . ne .0111 cmooaiea eub- stantjally the jdeasin Senator SoWitiaVresoln- vHNia, piarninavcenaiBiaxes m reoeiiion have committed political euicide;'that they ease (o exist si Sutea, aid tsjemtory.-' once oicupttAl by themepm.runder jurisdiction 'and cop trol of tii e General rG o vern- mept, - On Uie-mtroductiOn, of the, bilL lr. rsnDLXTox. oi uaio saw: r . , Mr, Speaker, this bill ought to beentitled bill to dissolve the tfniod rid'to abolish the CoTtsCtutiOBi bf th United -Stltte.r,-A'l an still unalteratly opposed to thodestraetioh of either, from any quarter whatsoever, I move to lay mejbtuoa. the table, . .;-.; The qaestioa jriaatii w Se motion to lay im AhotablsVaad dacidedid the'iarraiiv yeaa tiayafoiJowB j.-o iJVr h sTx lalleasr.- An con a. Joxri-irta!? .Tirt. cie,jt fascia. L'ft,i C,-i::i:r.iGeorst 'l.-r' 1 iiun. i rown.Ualvertuaaey, Clement CCc'.o: 'Colfax:" Corning Cravens. Tf J." nr. Lesry, L'-.8 1 ,-.- i ..-.-, n, Li-.iil V,. C r.-, . i'.l,Cl- ' '-II.!, looking up m tbe party passed, she. caught sightofthe Federal uniforpts. With a,"baugh:'! as if she had swallowed a' load, '-she spat to- w m a o -m nsit, Ci ..vnr,c a, XlaI)iven,iunIap, Dstan. Hr-'h.T'tTtCrantavGri.IenCor-l-yr Lr-- I! -'' . neTiscl. Wxrallel , ' rw Feaeenden, Frabchot, Xrant, -IIl,-iroc- zr. Justin S. Morrill, Pike, Pomei'oy, Jclia U, Bke; Biddl Edward' H-Jlollina, fraat, Sedgwick,-Sloan Stevens,; Trowbrid-vVasi VefteobuVgh, 5711, Charlea 7. talton, . P. waiton, Wilson, WiDdom, and WcrctiUr C 3. Speech? CeaatorT Cotcx, tfTczr In Lea tio,u, Aseaate. St, . On the 4th nst, Mr. Cowaa '' sir - 1 ;(Eeputlicc?) addressed the Senate against the confiscation bill. Hie, speech iotoo long for-publicaUon in ottneolpmaa; Vut th &llowing;-ejctrlct will give some ideai of ita character and aplrit ; "' ThT bill : DroTJCeear to riberat1 8.000.000 at Amr'u ttnly the most'etupendou stroke -for univergal emanoi pation- aver attempted in th world. "Indeed. I think U virtually liberr . the whole 4,000,000. What is to be the eTct of thi upon the war ? " Shall' w be stror -er, or shall we find that w have only doahled the aumberof those in ansa against n t They now have no cause for rebellion. . Will , .not this bill furnish them one T. Let the loyal men of that section, who know them.' aaawer thi question. -1 will abide their' answer. I :. submit again that no deliberativa assembly in " the, world , ever before sat in judgment oaao stupendous an issue. Yes, as if. to blind a still more, this bill has a proposition Of still greater magnitude, and, if possible, Of still greater difficulty; that is, to take these millions and. transfer them to some tropical clime. : and to protect .them, there with all the right and guaranties of freemen.5 And ihb is all provided Jor in a single section and a single sen i tenee of nine lines. Truly, we must have recently transported ourselves from the prtcti-' cal domain of facts, and set down in tbe romantic regions of Eastern fiction., De the advocates of this measure propose to confer upon-the President th e gold-making touch of HILls? Nothing short of the ring and lam b of Aladdin, with their attendant : genii, would insure the success of such a scheme, unless it ia believed that the Treasury-note poaseeses, thi magic power;' ? v-s-.. -!- -.- -ii-i,-" And even under that supposition", I.' think the owners of those Southern dime,; and th Transportation Com paniea, ought to be consulted in regard to the legal tender clause. I presume it Is not supposed that this modern exodus wilt be supported oa th way by eoaSa and manna ; aad yet l aa free to say that it will require , some such miraculoae interposi-tion as that which favored the Israelite ia" thef journey out of Egypt. " But. air, is it ibt strange that thi chem should be ao eoolly presented for our consideration- and tarred to : ita final. consummatioo, with a kind of ur- pris that any one should joppos it f t It ia certainly dee to ourselves, and due to the'eoah try, that we should not make haste to an gaa in Such gigantic schemes. Then, again, there ia a further consideration involved in thi bill, and one of still gi eater moment, which ia, that-it is in. direct conflict with the Constitution of the "United States, requiring of us,- if wepai It to aet aside and ignore that instrument hi itajpjjOJt xal oAble: and fundam en tal provisioha, those which guarantee the lie and property of th citizen, and those which define the limit and boundaries of- the several Departments of this Government. 'Pay thi bill, and all tt is left of the Constitution is not worth mneW certainly not worth this terrible war which w are now waging for itfor bait remembered that thi war is waged solely for the preservation lof the Constitution."' Iam : awari thai some think that the Constitution is a reatreat upon the free action of the nation ia the eih- dnct of thia war, which they suppose could be carried on a great deal better without it. '1 have no hesitation in saying that no greater mistake has ever been made anywhere then ts mad by sueh'people. , : - , r-'.-.Ll.:- Eracuatioa of Hew . Kadrid CIcUIIt i-i'r- AmioTiTtrett ; , . ' , : IPisviVLit, March'j4f Tie telegraph line Is now open for business between here and Nashville and Gallatin, Tenaeasee; T - .v: . - - r i-.x t v SyLowv March:: 14. t vT The Ibllowing;; is , copy of an official dia-j patch cent to the Secretary of War t ? J. -j After several daye' akiraaishiog and a. ntrm-bcr of. attempta by the enemv's mnhnir dislodge Gen. Pope's, batteries at Point Pleasant, the-enemy has evacuated his fort and li-trenchment at New Madrid, leaving all hi artillery; field bat teri, tenia, wagona.'inule, etov. aind.on immens coantitr of military stores. Bnr.-Gen. Hamilton baaocmnu rJace." This wa the last atronirhold 6f ir,." enemy In this State. There is no rebel tis how flying in Miasouru' - ,.-. v: . wv i i S.lLoria : March 15. V- Brira-iier -General Pm. .iii Hl.rtK ?n; .?,airfrk "TBv Our success, at New Madrid has been even greater than was reported. Twenty-five piece of heavy artillery consisting of, twenty-four .rifled 22-poundera, twa batteries of field artillery, aa imra-e qusnfity of. fixed ammunition, sever&l tl ,r,. hn'd email arms hundreds of boxes of mufkeLs and cartiidgcs, three hundred mule And horses,-1 tent for aaarmy of twelve thousand men, and an immense ouaaitv of other Ttronertv. r less value than one million dollarsvhai f-llen ' Info our hands." Three men only escs ped x Th enemy' whole force is demoralized and dispersed iathe swamp cuth crpesite sU Of v the riyer..The , enemy abandoned their works p hurriedly as to leave all the br of their officer and the knapsacks of their mea. their dead mnburied. their aupper on iLta--Weyi aad eandlea burning . in.their tents. A.' ftirious thunder storm, which- ragedall ni-'it," enabled the enemy to get across ib .rivfr"5-withotit being discovered.. ' Onr heavy bsttcry wa erected dirrinsr the niffht of the lhh. wi.L- ' in eight handred yards of the enemv's vc-' . And ppeped - at . daylight oa tbe.-li:-.. J 1 : .tbirty-foor iioura after,. to gun were c , r -- ed to u alCairo : " J. During the whole day of yesterdAy c r 11 Ta-were drawn closer around their works, tD-'.r - 1 a furiou fire of ixty piece of artillery. Tbe' . fear of. 'an assault osi theirs work I'tttT v jndneed thenv-toe preclpltattly Jrir i bight., Maay prisoners hare beea u ke; t W . so the colors of several Aiksr., -s t?z' : Oar lose is about C.ly lil.M &r.i vc..:. ' i.-v Hollin waia comuiand of tl C::t tr. J Ce erallIcConn,C;urttad Crz'l ia - of.thelandfcrf;, TI ? lr- - v-:t ,' n thi river. . . - - - - Geo. Pore rs tTf'-'"T8leayyri " ed in the e - ; . . , " c.. 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