Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1862-04-29

              . 's;-.. ;-.-. A, V, . :jZ. . -- . 11 - VOLUME XXVI. MOUNT VERNON:, NUMBER : -Y;; - V ';: .- -t ;,: V. V, :.;. '. ......i . is muniD btebt miiiiT youmrc bt X.HAEPEE. OQee In TVood ward Sleek, 8d Story. . , - XEBMSb Tw DolUra pr udibi, p7b1e iad--tum $2.5 within lz months; $3.00 IUx th axpi-rtioa of th yemr. , ,. , Oxir Amy Correspondence. tETTES KEOII THE 43d EEGIIOOT. Capture f Inland No. lO Tb Re , Ciment off for the Sontb, Ae. . Cahp oh t MumisRirn Rm, 1 . New Madrid Co crrr, Mx April 12, '62. :, .oiTOm ot iiANSia : l his. my second, is written from very near the same place as my iI- first, and for the greater part of time interve- ' nfng the 43d Regioient has lain quiet in qnar-ters hot, notwithstanding, such things hare -5 occurred to it as to afford me something to - narrate to your readers. The 43d performed ; its significant part, in the consummation of the conflict at Island No. 101 Lying in camp, ' with news reaching us daily of battles in Ta- rions quarters ia the West, we were in the "4 most annoying suspense in consequence of our liability io he called, oat at any moment of night or daj ; and we were not surprised nor displeased when, last Saturday, the 5th, or-"Vders were given us to prepare cooked rations sufficient for three days,-to replenish our cart- ridge boxes, and be prepared to march at a moment's notice. The gun-boat which had run the blockade arrived at the New Madrid .: wharf, and we felt certain our movement had eometbingto do with island JNo. lU. we re mained in a state of uneasiness and anxiety '. till .Monday morning, when news reached camp that transport boats had got through the : artificial channel (passing round the Rebel ' batteries at the Island) and were awaiting to ' take General Tope's troops across the river, -, where they niipht attack' the enemy's position in the rear;-: We were soon marched on board v tlje boats one division being in advance of ,' ffc . one in. which is the 43d and in two .. hoars' time we were formed in line of battle al Merriweather's Landing, six miles below New Madrid, on the 'Kentucky shore,- a point where our gunboats had demolished some rebel, batteries early in tbe morning ! We marched in the exact direction of the ene- mjrfor about two miles (theistaoce Jo the ! -. land was six) when we halted and our -officers made a hasty reconnoisance.- After changing v our course "toward - and down the river,, we marched about two milee and encamped for the night in an open field. " v upon resu mine our march Tuesday morn- ' inr, we continued our course down the river - toward Tiptonville, Tenn.Jnstead of going in ' the direction of the Island. When our direc tion had gotten within a few miles ' of Tipton- ville, we were met by some horsemen who . had been in advance, who-told us that 4,000 of the enemy had just surrendered at T, to our forces sent in advance to intercept them if .. they attempted to retreat by that route. Loud cheers rang throughout the woods at this announcement, and we pushed on eager to get a eight of the prisoners. We found them, sure enough, and after resting for an -hour near where they w'ere being guarded, we were march-. ed acroee .the .point of landI to the famous Is- land, and we encamped Tuesday night in tbe tenta the rebels had used a few hours before 1 v Here, as at other -places, the flight of the en- emy.had been hasty, and they left almostev--erytbing behind. - ; . It ia a fallacy to believe the rebel army , is : ecanUl7 fed ; for in the camp they vacated at 1. the Island there was the amplest quantity of the beet of provisions, and our own men ee- V cured many things in this line, such as molas- 1 6cs,"rice, &c which were rarities to them! "Many articles, "of really trifling value, were picked up by our men, to be kept as souvenirs of the place. -The rebel ammunition store- hohse, which our soldiers dubbed - the navy .'yard was really a curiosity in its way, from the immense quantity of. cannon. balls, shells, ic which it contained. I was not enabled to ece much that was not near the quarters of the liegiment, but it' was said ' the stupendu , 00a, batteriesTon the Island were an anterest-f lag sight. Some of the -log shanties .'on the '"' camp ground had been'used by the enemy as '' laboratories in which;; to 'prepare their cart-. ridges, which show that they do business on a amall scale. For viy mementoes of the place "1 secured a p4r of bullet-moulds, a sabrebay-"r-'on"e"Cnd some pens, the last of which I found in an officer's tent, beside an unsealed letter in , which the writer hadt been scoring the Yankees" AinsparingJy.They are stamped Boa-; - tonV,uTa what bas nsea," etc. I will fur-iah them. to aa Ohio editor to write Uaioaar-;;-Uclea '; --r'.'-t i r- : i . . Wednesday morning, amid a very cold rain. We were pot oa board of boats, and returned -to oar starting place of "Monday morning ; all safe and aound,"' rejoicing that we had act- '3.'ed well our part' ia a great and bJoodlesa vie tory. hi - were .priaing oarsaives 4na.. we Would have another resting. spelL but here the - soldiers propose, but the Generals dispose; and - at 12 o'clock yesterday we-were ordered to .. prepare for march at once, irar rumored 'destir . nation beine Memphis,, Ten ni:- Wei were ac- . . cordingly called into ranks, : and . marched T :. through a pelting rain to the Links of the riv- . er, auoui lourmiles from our erst carrfp, where. : with the greater, portion: of General Pope'a tcp ar,cl0 emoaric in' a few Lours . 4, ftn l dawn the lljssissippi'.-.-T-i-.: - ' Tls oea in canp es I write is that a!l the c . Lttweea Lzrt t : iiernphis .have" been CTE:t:atel fince t' j c- t-rs cf It!ani No. 10. . and that HempLU h en fra ; tut of these -'rn- . rrs I know not t!, 3 : , jrca ror whetethey ' f ; j at all correct. L :t c T c i tx'"T 'cer- t -.TT?ry next com.. .:.ci .. 1 La ;i 7 '-1 fir:fputh.of. this, and tz:j ccntz'a loews -. cf ;ijrrjng interest . - " " h Regiment, there being some sixty patients in the hospitals Horatio B. Black, of your city. Sergeant in Captain Ferguson's company, died a few days ago, of which, however, I presume Sou will nave heard before this reaches you. Tot a man of the regiment was more respected by those who made his acquaintance than Sergeant Black, and the announcement of his death caused sadnecs in many a heart. I had occasion in my former letter to eulogize our good Chaplain, Mr. Bonte, and the many who daily receive bis kindnesses bear me testimony that he is worthy: of all praise for his assiduous attention to the soldiers. He makes his position no sinecure; but, from going to and from the hospitals, attending to the dispatching of the mails, and such offices, he is the busiest man in the regiment.'' Heav en prosper him and his good works. - Dr. Rose ia still our only surgeon, 'but he Jets along successfully, and. all place confi-ence in his abilities. , Our mail facilities since we have been here at New Madrid,.have been good, and now that we have command of the river from "here North, they will be even better. The letters and papers from home are the soldiers, real comforts, and out here the mail messenger is the most interesting personage we see. ' We expect each moment to be ordered aboard the boat, and for the present I must close. Respectfully yours. . : I.N.H. PABTICTJLA&S OF THE CAPTUBE 07 x OfiT PuLASXL - A Terriale Bembardnent. From tb Nw York Srenisx Yowt. Tbe transport steamer McCUUan arrived in New York yesterday, from Port Royal on the 14th inst-. briasiae the narticnlara of tha cib- ture of Fort Pulaaku . ,. ADOITIOXAL PAKTICCLAKS TBTt FIXPAaATIOMS i . rot TBI BOX BAKDVXNT. V j The preparations for the bombardment were in progress on, rybee and Goat Islands for more than three months before the attack began. Heavy cannon were shipped from this port for the reduction of the fort, and among Ihem were several formidable 100-pounder Parrott rifled guns. There were also Parrott 30-pounders, James' cannon, columbiads, and a considerable number of 13-inch mortars, cast at Pittsburg. - " ' . .The batteries were mostly constructed under cover of the woods, and were fifteen ; in number," mounting, we are informed." but thirty-six gun, but these were nearly all of immense size and weight. - The heaviest batteries were situated on Goat Island, at an average distance of less than two thousand yardsfrOm-'FortPu-lasku :":.- - . - " ' . - Our batteries were manned partly by the crew of the - frigate Wabash and other war steamers, and partly br the Rhode Island artillerists and a. few. aofdiera from other companies.. An immense amount of ammunition bad been provided for the seige, and , on .. the 10th instant all the preparations were complete and a sufficrent number of troops for the occupation of tbe fort had been landed at TyVee Island, in expectation of the capture. ;. .JCJi BICWlfi OTTHa'fa0aAitXIXT - At seven o'elock and fifty-two- minutes on the morning of the 10th instant the attack on the fort began. The -rebels at onee ; replied, and firing: slowly opened from the Tdifl'erent batteries on our aide.- The orders of bur men were to'fire four shots': from each ' piece per hour, and to continue without intermission. The rebels fired rapidlv and fiercely, endeav oring to silence our ' guns or compel the evacuation of the batteries: but as the fire opened along the line revealing new batteries, the enemy, apparently surprised at the extent of our works, redoubled their fire, and in an hour the fight was condacted with the utmost desperation on their part, but without effect,' their shot either falling short or passing over our batteries. --As a proof that the rebels were not acquain-1 jted with the localitiesin which our batteries ?1 fl ' i J -1 M. M. -- f 11 1 wrrc uunv, us oulmtu iu tneir nre lo'iowea the opening of ours from the different, points in regular ordr, until all . our batteries had opened, and- then distributed Hheir" efforts, keeping up taeir.rapid and desperate nnng for two hours, and a iialC. Meanwhile, our tire was continued from Ty bee and Goat Islands as it had began ; and the rebels. Jailing . to do anv execution, reiaxea uieir enorta. -.. Much enthusiasm, was manifested by the Union forces, and as the effects of their best shots were -noted the brick and mortar. of tbe fort occasionally flying in. all direction-' the men jumped on the batteries and gave loud cheers. ' These demonstrations of course supsiaea, especially as mere were no corres ponding ones from the, fort; and toward . the middle of the day the firing on both sides be came regular, the rebels, however, sometimes retiring from, one part of the fort to another, as the range of our guns grew better and .rendered their positions dangerous. TH XrriCT OF THX TIXIKO. ''" The effect of the firing .was visible on the fort from tbe first, but : no breach . was made the first day. One or, two of the guns were dismounted, and some of the embrasures were injured, and it was not nntil ten o'clock on the morning of the 11th that any important breach in the walls of the fort was made. "It has been stated that the projectiles fired from our guns went at once through the walls, but such was not the case. -Second and third ' shots, which were aimed at the same place 'with; extreme accuracy, did the work which- ' the reb-' els attributed to single ahots-v . ; : The spectacle of -the- bombardnsent'vwas grand; ! Our gns discharging.' rifle-ehots and sbelm, tbe enect was a- continuous - explosion infidthe fort; traements of shot and shell and of -the irorks of the fort sometimes filling almost tha entire area of the' inclosure, - and compelling the rebel to remain in their ease- ,1-- C. -l:.l .1 1 : mae,- sun iwr wuivn - iw oi uic aunong thenr wonld. have been fearful. . . c.:.ri : ? About noon onlheTlth the rebels' fire sud denly increased, and they worked at all their available guns with a-, persistency ouit4 qual w, ii not surpassing, that whica, ujey-, began oh ue nrstday. ..iiutthe. immense breach m jnc ion, m an exact Jiae with the joagazine, threatened tq be their toUl destruction through ii ptoeion,: ana at eighteen, rainutes . past two o clock in the efternoop ihej Jiaoled down their flag' which -had been i once abot awat. and ran p - flag of. trace. -The, firingof w i.THi9nc on our side, and it was not nntU eearevening that two hundred men accompanied by theuLofScera ind flnmmiL more, went orer to th, fort to accept, the aur- fender of the garrison. : :-. . .j-? The number orourbatterieasag thirteen, six of which were mortar batteries. while the number e!un engaged at -all tbe batteries W2s.t;urty-e:x. Thef-IIirj who- ie-rrcr .r: will arrive . pri'sn'?: i i i ' "'Cc'-c! r Volunteers, lit; or. Jc!.a ere the vzt I t Tcrt .Trm&lhizT cf tie ..r t CsrtT Adjutant Matt. H. Hopklna, "First Georria Second Major Robert Erring First Georgia Volunteera. ; s v-; v --p- ,r - Commissary Eobt. D. Wlker, ; Tirst fieori gift Vftlnntpra- . . ". .. -.' .it5 Assistant Surh J 3LMeF Georgia Volnnteert." Captain J. W. . Simons, First Georgia Vol Captain John McMahonr First Georgia Vol unteers. - -"-.-.- ".- : : Captain Lawrence J. Gilmartin, Montgome- rr Guarda, -...''' I i'-.v;-.l- -A.--ri. .-ft Captain John n.tieier. German- Volun teers. . . -: Captain J. McMulIen, Twenty-fifth; Regi ment Georeia Volunteers. - - Rev. Peter Whalen, Edward Hopkins, Ed ward Drummond and Patrick Short, eiviliana, are among the prisoners. , By the capture of Fort Pulaski, besides the prisoners taken, forty-five cannon and a large amount of ammunition were seized. : A large quantity of powder, about thirtyfive thousand pounds, together with shot and shelly were captured. ' ..' " . mroRTAif t raocLAX at?ox fbixikq tbz t ? - ;-'" ;...; jtATxs. w; ' '. -" -'! "V'' HXADQUAaTias PxrATjrTor ths softh "roxr ruLAsci; cocKsrva island, oa "April. 13, 1B6Z. "AH persons of color lately held to inTolan- tary service by enemies of. the U nited otatee, in Fort Pulaski and on Cockspur Island, Ga.; are hereby confiscated and declared free, ie eonformitT with law. and ahall : hereafter re ceive the fruits of their own labor. ' Such of said persons of color a are able-bodied, and may be required, shall be employed in the Quartermaster's Department, at the rates heretofore established by Brigadier-General X. W. Sherman.- By command of ; .. ; ;. "Major-General DAVID HUNTER, "Chales G. Ha trial, Assistant Adjutant- General. ; " t - ; Proyi&ions of the Act' for ; the ' Abolition of Slavery in tae JJutnct of Columbia. We have on different occasions ' referred ' to the provisions of the bill for ' the abolitioo of slavery in the District of Columbia, which, by the approval of the President,: has become Ute law of the land. It may gratify many of our readers, however to state in at brief form the leading featueea of the act as it -now stands on the statate book of the nation. - These are; . ' 1. It is provided that all persons held to service or labor within tbe District of Columbia, by reason of African descent,- are, discharged and freed of and from all claim, to such service and labor j and that neither sla'verj-nor invol-untary servitude, except for crime, whereof the party shall be duly convicted, shall hereafter exist in said District. . ,'. .2. The act provides for ari averaffe comien- sation of three hundred dollars to the owner of each liberated alave. None but loyal owners are, however, to be compensated. Ninety dave- are uitiww to eiav owners loiaj meirciaJio ior compensaiion pciore a xoara oi inree ooro-missioners appcdnted to rctthvihejaIcb claimant irrexruired to take the oath of allegiance to .the Government;; but thieoath is not to be conclusive. .of the - fact of loyalty. The claim of a person takmgtbea oath may be re-iected upon other testimony "showine hia dis- loyalty.,vThe Board may take; the testimony of person claimed as slaves for the purpose, of identification. . - : ; , . - -: . . . ' S. ' A million of dollars is appropriated br the act for the compensation ot slave ownersvand a to aid the emancipated slaves, to the-extent of one hundred dollars each, m removing, u mey a - - a J -1 desire Id emizrate. beyond the bounds of the United states. - ' It ia said that when the bill was introduced into the Senate last December, there were about three thousand slaves in the Piatrict; and that whei it passed that body som three weeks ago. the nnmber has beCn 'redoced. bv transfers to MarvlamL to fifteen hnttdredi-; It is also "eort- jecturedrtbat.when. the bill I waa signed j. the President, on the loth .instant,;, there were hut few over a thousand slaves remaining, in the District." Be this as it may; the - fewer there were, the less will the people have to ipey for pnrchaaeor colonixatwn;a!faOTMrn; r. q -" Halleek'i Opinion eflleCiellan; ; ' - A Ckiro correspondent aaya i In conversa' tion with; a gen Uemaa - from-St.. Louis .last night, I learned some things that, I must confess, were new to meand as I think the .idea will be new to the public" generally, and as in presenting it I ehall -not -transcend the 'roles laid down for the government of the press. will endeavor to jot.it down. rThe gentleman 1 referred to 1 know to be a warm personal friend of Gen. Hal leek, and shares 'much" on that starlintr officer's favor "and eohfideriee.- Hence, a weight will be. attached to whatever he says such as does not accrue to the sayings of ortlinary.men. The conversation!, turning upon the operations of the army here'and elee-wher. I neke-- --- "f.w What is Gen. HallecVs opiaiocof Gener al McClellan ?" i .- . ..; vr.' Sir." said my friend. I. "have lieard Gen eral HaneckaaT.'inbstancev repeatedfy?tbat be considered xhe miHCaskHLX'sVrfeijee, end penetraUoffoCGenerI McClellan aa second. to that of no man Jivinz; that whatever had been done in the West and elsewhere was 'but the arrrying out of McCIellan's great plan of the wart that the general idetf of each and ' every f onv vi vueec moTcmenia waaine : jruiiT'oi.jBis - r 1 : t - ..!! iLT foresight and knowledge of war and its : appliances ; and that McClellan had' rouen-bewn the whole work, M'fbhl;left tnV nhishing touches tolthe department "sinct- di vision11 ebtu- manders." 5-?:, )':.Kao"4--.iiv ' One , of the. Horror pf,7ar ,-V.V A..; correspondent a of, aCincinnati. caper: speaking of ; thecaptare ,pfprt iDooeIson; H t4 CoLJCinnev ot the 56th Ohio.' related, to me one or those strange and melancholy inci-dent whiehthe fortUnealof1 warsometimea bringto pasayA he .was, xiding, along -the breastworka-a d 'rtro atterherreMe and wbile manyof the dead wer stilt -vin bur ied, tie observed before hint ax private iayiia regiment .named Bowman-atrollingjalong- As he came up h noticed, the latter -suddenly sUrtbackta:if; trahlxed at tLs iiht cf a bodr before bimTpproachin-himt" -Ccl- onel asked him what surprised him, and a-;. that he supposed hwould become accustom ed to seeint dead" to2Ier;tTitJu3 t..'.e. .-: urn- 1 I fltttA tscr.17 Rdi-covery li-:3-tMcou!l - V I. .,,1 -1 -r r ):V4 l-w--T- I .- a ' - f '-;c. - - 1 '-w i-.t l 3-1 1 t L i a . . . i - -- - . - - : 1 Vc... i t - I I -;'-i f-'-i c- f.-ct r I. ,.i ..j..I U following i BweettbreatEeS ryrit'br S MarthYi iiybimgBpoet,? ofl publication at; least. ooct a 'ear : --: V7 siting for the May ' . , ; . I1 Wsitingfer the pleManfc rambleaTl i,r ti 'i'w'here the fragrant hawtaora twaaiMtv ; Alii BT-'beart is weary wmitia ?r :,t "t 1 Ah! wj hwt is rik with longing. " V. r - - - Waig4taMay; 3-.,;-r L- Toneiaa to escape &m stady, " . : iT ths ffa yof faeeaad faddy, fH Aadthe theessaAsbams Ulxjas,t r.r Ts the nnuner days . " . x ; ' VAh I say heart is siek With ioBfing. ; , . -Loasing fe.MMay.-;4,'i-' Ah ! ny heart is torn ltb ' aighia& " . I Bighlng tor ; May-. Zv : r - , ; When tb cummer mAi ir " arc! mraug-,2 Hopes and sowers that .deadjor dying. it .5T-- Al) tb winter iy ? -. Akt bit h&rtiaaarWtth sirhlli?.-" Sighing fofjtbeyy-la. Ah ! my heart Ur pslnee ttW htX- Thrnkhinr fnrtk MtT-w: ' : . Tbrobbiac lor ! sabmowr Ortbo wstep-wooinx; wiuow,,J'-. ; Jf n ff Whers la Unrbing andlia sobbing. .1 , Gtidoa ths straa away r . .5 ' Ah! m heart, my, heart is tbrobbiagy '. : Wag,adVaejeetsdvwearyv i Waiting for ths May-- s i Jprias goes by with wastod warnings, ' v ' -;? i Moonlizbt STsaiora, saabrfght ntornmgt'r 3 ! Sanunsr comes, yet dax aasleraary, ir s .... : ius&u.i)jt awajua. .y, :iU. Jlaa u ever weary, weary, . , , jmi if JEFFEESOff AT lIOlTllCELLO. A, new life of Thomaa Jeffersqn ,.1iaa beetr published, the, material ofeWBica ..baa been chiefly derived from Ca'ptAuT dmupd. Bacon, ur iwcuijr years ine cmiw ovcrneex. ,anc ausi- ness manager of .MtJefferson'a. estate at Monticelhi iWe maieih follciWing extracts: Mr.: Jefferson! n eiebboxs.wera yr anxiaba- that he should build a flourinz mill. .There -- ,1 V was a email one mere, . out .a targe one r waa. 1 very much needed. . While he wasPresidenf, they thought he had a large aalary,.and that he was better able to build One; tlan : 'anybody else; - He waa always anxious to' benefit the community as much as possible, and ha under took t. It cost a creat : deal of roonev.?and waa a very bad investment. I had: the. found-' Miiuu uug, tiiiu supexiiiienqea . 1 ia . ereciiqn. 1 have bad quantities Of letters" from ' him' liv ing instructions about that 'xnilLl He em prbv- ed a man named Shoemaker, from the'Nprtb, who Wa used to- buildioar mills; to assist ; him 10 C"1? Mwtll iWr W ;ofl rock.' ' It wa ' a' large . buifdinz. ' four stories hish and ha four run. of 'etonet;The dam Was three-fourths, of is" mile 'above: the- mill. and m inl was' ma i that distance 'alons the bank of the river, to .bring .Ibis "'Water' to the milLM That dam and.canal cost .thousands of dol lari. Two-th trd of the ' war. th e eanal was through bin e mon n tain rockhot lime- stone that bad to be blown out; t It 1 had to be nine feet wideto allow the bdteakx Uy pass through to Charlottesville. ,-, It all cost a great deal o money. Alter the mill was completed, and we had commenced rnaking flour, there cam a big fresbeti and eWept away the dam 1 never. leJ t worsen w.e had. eleven'' thousand bushels of era'm j3 the.mill. and coopers and other hands employed, and I thought we were ruined."- But it didn't move him a bit. He never seemed tci get "tired of paying out ; mon- wi ik. "c. wo grcai.iv uiieresxea in its erection,' and In carrying it '.on. . :-.y S.,.'.'' his naaoHAX. , APPKAajLKc; . Mr. Jefferson waa six feet - two and a ' half inches high, well proportioned, and straight as a gun-barrel .-He waa. like m fine horse he had n surplus flesh. I He had aa iron constitution .nd was rerr strong. H had v ma chine 'for measuring strength. Thererwere very few: men that 1 have -seen -try: it, ' that were aa strong than be. He always enjoyed iue wt flcaiut, : a. aon i uinK he was '-ev er reaUjr. aicknnUl. Jiis - last sickness. His akin waa yeryv clear and pure just -like be wae in principle He had sblue -eyes -His oooatenance. was always mild - and- pleasant. You never saw. it raffled. No odd what happened, it alwav maintained the same cttom. eion.v VV hen 1 -waa-aometimes vervrmneh irt- ted and disturbed, 1 iiiaT countenance ; waa? per- . . TBS YXKIPAW.--- '-if' 1 remember on case in particular. V W bad about eleven thousand bushels of wheal In the mill, and'oopers and everything,, else einpiuTcu. , a 11 ere ww n oig ireshet be- first micr uie iuui wm urnsuea. n was ; raining powerfully . J got np earl v in " the morning, and went oti to th dam. - While I stood there, it began to break, and I stood and saw" the freshet weep it all away.- I never felt worse, f did noC srnow what we should do. '-t -went owto see Mr. Jefrerson. rHe had iAkt a from breakfast..:; Well; air," a id he. J have you neara irom ; iae river rr ' J 8aidi"!,fTea. wr MTe junk- conic- trem ; uiere withTery bad newev tXhe miJLl-dam ia all twent nur.'' :i J eu, aaia e, juss & calm . and . ntiiet T IT 1 1 - I. . - r j -. as though nothing haL: happened, , we can't; 1 maice a new aam tnia summer, but we will ret awis lerry-ooac, eaaur -owh, and-4 get itbe bands fromell the quart era. and boflttiiemek nough in pbacetof ih.dam to anewe for the preteni ana nexi summer, a will send q Baltimore and eetahip-boItiL'aiHf w ;tl w.Vi k damlhat the freshet can't wash away.' H He then went on ajjdrexplainedi, to bieunivdetail just how. be would hay the ,dam builU i-We repairer me aam no suggested, and the next summer we made a new dam. thar I reckon must be ihera" jefc.4 &$&li&i2'?1&i-. & ?;.4i;'Ana'si 'es&iw iiryjetierson, was aiway$s,Ti earlyriser--arose'at daybreakV;or before; The eaahevet found Kinvia bed. I csed sometimes CO think. w hen I went up there Very early in 4!iaEsmorit-ingi,that I .wou!J f.nd him in bed outfhere ,be woxld be before me, walkin on theteiraca. He never Li a servant make S strt ;la,'bi3 rdon 'TaTtLe iacrniri,-or et-enT ?other'- time. when he was tt Loins. He alTra ja had a. box ":i'wi:Vr.:;a. t'.r7.;woei--In ,tj rccrairnd wfc?3 t rir' 1 : . ? or I c" it end rnt cn tue XtCC L. i jv- ..if! -,a a cooa r.ir-T.-.L.ea.-'fce ."2 Terr crre- wer.t out La -ircrl J crer co Li fully,-aad wh-cover l!: : c -1 He did i- . . s-l:c!: I. vfcaldcn-3 fir himself. ..1. ITe ner- Ii tL; cr- ,.r:l i ..-.t 1-3 ia " wbrthr ''""TisAToaiTa roon. - -WEen'lirwas eomirir "home from Wajihin m. t'lgenerally kn ew it, and got ready for him, nu wjuiwi i uirBduiw.w r'B nun in Keys. After saving,, " IIow -are. all?" and -talking awhile, be would say, "What bav you got that Is irood V T knew tniVhtv lt Kt suited blm-' He wa especially fond of Guinea fowIaT ahd or meat he Treferred rood beef. mutton a nd lambe. ; Those brodrtaiTed sheep w -a a . -v w -e . a lOiu yoUraoout maaa ine nnest mutton l ever eaw; Jlern weather Lewis toother made very nice hams, and erery vear I used to get a few irom jier.jor; ni- cpeeiai -use t iie.wa& very fond of Tegetable8. jand, fruUaad : raised, every Tariety . of them.- ::- ; .. . ' -. XHe FieU Operationi : la EMtexn. Tir- The following will be read ' with interest -at this time, when -Ceaeral 4 McClellan" and his army 'are engaged in - 'operations, on itfa e York jams anrxxv The-riveri of Eastern - Vrreinia nearly all empty their waten lnto theCKesapeaka Bay. theniy exceptions being tbe'New. River and the itoUton, in the southern part oi the otale wsTjngouw view toe .;A'oioinc..uie j ames i the principal JTtver of Virginia. Jt -.meets the tide at Rich mond one - hundred miles from its month, and is oaviibl to that place by-Tessels or one"'hundred andrtorty tnna, The dhl y-ciJn siderable ' tribuUrf of the James, below 5 BIua'.Bjdiw, ia. the Appomattox, which fiowa into it at City Pointy -and carries e en. feet" water to Petersburg, capital of Din-. widdie (Joatttyvtn nuie from vitv Point and tweBtyfwo' mile - sooth' 'from 'Richmond. 'ra James nrnaxifcabje.to '.City f oint; nine teen miles southeast of 'Kichnvond, for larn yeseeU.and ta Jamestown"llantl U-haa water euonji orArfrisrate Qn Jlanasoni'-. Bar. a few miles below City: Peint. j there are ififleen feeLWBter et-low tider "It flowintHamnton Boadst neaVthe moitH ofth Chesapeake Bay, and ita entrance ia closed by r ortress Monroe, tN.e Wporl Ney fihpu? jprwsers, i a .that'neigh- is-. The .York- Kreve-.whicbdieeYorktown. is 0Th3edrqpthe janction f 'the. Mattaptmy snd PamunkT, and falls' into the Chesapeake Bay. above' th'moifioff pearance'l8. rather; Jhat 0 ' ja"-. estuarj- tba n .. a river. ; At: ita nioutqe is about hree jnues wide, and it ia forty-miles ioog -" Ifc ia navi gable for: large vessels, -- and is one TDtle -wide at ' Yorktownj 'Off-the peninsula formed r by the'near app6sch .f the - James :' add York, in their 'cQursfc, are '"sitnated. 'Yorktown 'and HamptQn j itav southern extremity e.;,;New-port Ncwr,: and. at the outhrastern point is FortreseMooroyorktowh is seventy mile east-south-east of Riehmond-i -and ? the latter city i8'oie hundred and" ifty ' miles, fifom the mrtew; ;r jbe, orkSirerTnty. milea 6omvBicK is- jBiui3,i,ea ou ia rigot uanit w moiid.- . I ia enfold town; settled in. 1705 and now bat about fifty houses. It wa the thea ter Of bhe'ofe'moat4' important eyenta:ia :A mericanh1st6ryth e aurrepder ofi Xord CorqWallia to General Waehuigtoa which oo curredv ont the i.tb of..Uctoberr 1181 i.lbt rebel ax reported to have erected .strong for- tifiications along the nrer- baak;: the works at Glbucester Point, Opposite ' Yorktown. are represented particularly to.,b very, formida- . The Rappahannock enter the .Chesapeake Bay twenty -five' miles south of the, mouth of tne roiotnae, . ana is. naviraoie ior vessels carryinr ten feet water up to , Fredericksburg, Where, it ii supposel,"the ehemy is strongly posted. c This place ia forty milea from the river' mouth. -.:i-N?,.i'r.,;--vi.f-.,-"i.-i-..- ; ... :,-,.r-r - TM-H XUZABSTH ' aiVXB ;jv .-; " The inTzabetV Rivefon which'liea ;Nor- folk: rises ib Norfolk Countyv-and .flow into Hampton Roads 1 1 1 i connected, with A I- bermarlo Sound by the Disroal Swamp Canal and Pasquotank River On its rignt ornortb bank Is Norfolk. This city " is eight miles from; Hampton Roads,' "and one- hundred and six miles bv. land from' Richmond, with which place it is jconnected bv t railroad. V ;At Port-J mouth,1 opposite rnonoiK, is ine xaTy-yru, The approaches to Norfolk are defended by a 'fort on Craney Island, at the mouth of the river, which mounted some month agothirty-four gupj by Fort Norfolk a few miles be-iow the .city by a battery of twenty- guns on SewaU'a Point, opposite Fortress Monroe; and in alljirobabiUty bv eeveralj other wprka of whicli we know nothing. i . . . - 1 1 THXoHAHsawown. ' '-; TheNansemond;River risealn the" Dismal Swampi and is navigable from" Suffolk, on the Norfolkrad; Richmond Railroad to .its entrance into Hampton Roads; for ' vessel of one buhdred tuns. Suffolk is eeventy-twd miles south-east by ; south from Richmond, and a village of about 1,500 mhabitaftt. From Suffolk it would be practicable to make a demonstration in the rear of Norfolk "and Portsmbntb: -; It was at one time -thought that Burneide would do thia.- The Piff 'Point rand Fishing" Point batterie were erected." by tb tebls to derehd the entrance to tne an-emond. - Tb first-earned ba ; recently been strengthened;!! is aid, and si ' rebel encamp-mentiaTiow y wible there. - - r ;'. !-On 'Jame River at Jamestown Island, ihlrtv-twoimBes above the mouth of tlie r riv- ef ,Kfii a TOTV.ana anoper cauearorv;.A'owiiai!-aa.about-bajf-waybeiween JatnestoW land . andCity Polnt? Jt s ia said the rebels have fortified place three"1 mile below; Wy-omitr( Creek and otbeY points on thi river. Richmond- i connected: by railroad witn Norfolk, 0ne buhdred afid six mile distant ; wiibr'Washihsrtdn,' from- w'aicb 'it is one Jinn- AiA and thirty miles, by rail.'and there is al- so a railroad connecting .- Tva. aAHaaAfiwti a f it with the head of th York River. 3 ' GordonSiIle i onHhe Central1 Railroad of Vinrmia; eeventy mue -north-west or- Kich- ihondrwith which it 1 connected bf rait.1;- Fredericksbarg?f3 cbnnected by: railroad wltb Richmond, from ;whicb:-ifr aixty-Eve miles north;4 Iria ebnnected- witb point a few miles 'north of Goidonsrille br a turn- pikerwhich- run f tbroeb'Wndirnsl and Whita Plains, nearlrxarallel with. -but south bfi the TUrpalianock. AiifJ ;-'r ircncoteris-iM muc wwrw vt bnd- and 71 mnfcwest?bvrortb; of Wash- in jrton. It is the center cf a nambfar of turoJ- 5 -vt er TDtrr kxczs?. 3 i - Taking T'phi S rZ '&Uvr 'ir tatletlcjrs ct r!25ea tbedI?UBceefb!IA i ... p. r 1 : I - a : .r-J c . IT . itr: ."j t I roai . I .-l C :: tLcre: -.-. -- ' j '- -vi4 -. lf- - . ... ........ . ' . . 1 . j r. If. , - . ' j . ....... r..M. . t - ... i - &--. . . ... f . . V";" j - - ; i we... lis 'p .Z." :z" ' t if: ' Special CorratpoadeBOs of the Jbieago imaa, ,1 Irom JTnaliiagan;: : ' " - - - Wiairnrctoar, AprQ Previou to - tb Presidential s election of I860, the opponentaof the Democratiq. party ajjpiicu w iH memDera many epiuiexa.oi aar-sion ; but,: among the catalogue' of sarcastic appellations fixed npoa us by Republicans and a - : r.. ... , awiiuvuww, nuB wen uuerea viui uco unction of scorn a those of ,MTJnion-aver" and "Union-ehriekers." The valiant orators of Republicanism were in (he habit of pointing their wit and adorning their denunciation of Democrats in general by calling them Union- saver ana, snnexera.;, in people are now looking back to the admonitions of Democrats then spoken anf written against the success of a sectional -party -based upon- antagonism to the vital interest and institutions of a large number of the States of ,th Union, and thinking that the Democrats were not only earnest in their en lea vors to save the Union, but that they took a-yerr proper and prophetic view of 4dA whole subject of Abolition aectionalism. democrats were in :, earnest. ; iiemocrats were right. And Democrat are to-day- what they; were derisively oalled then. Union-saver. And Abolition Republicans and" fanatics are to-day what they were then, scoffers and Boomers of that grand Constitution and that noble Union Df Suites: which the fathers formed and bequeathed to us. .Democrats do not pretend to be wiser than the founders of the Republic, but Uepublicans, who say it can not exist "part free and part slave" do assume more wisdom than they credit .to either Madison or Hamilkht or all of the framers of the Consti tution. The Democracy prefer the Constitution made and. signed by George Washington, ; Robert Morris, Benjamin Franklinrw .Charles Cotcs-worth Pickney, and. other patriots and statesmen, to afty new Constitution to be made by Ijovejo, Chandler.hillips, Trumbull, Garri son, bum n errand other -craxy nigger-hugger. Democrat fib t that oji Constitutionand all th'e glories that cluster, around it, and for this cause the masses of the Democratic party are willing, like " Logan, McClernahd,' and" Fonke and hundreds of other leader froni Illinois, to peril - happiness, ; prosperity and Iife. They fight for the ' old and triedContitution. -- But Re pubhan-A bolitioij ' members : of Congress tell jus of a new Constitution n- emancipation 3ontitntion which they propose to have m the future 1 and for this they " desire to war pniHDDi oaiy -secessionisxs, outagaiBst tae Constitution and .Union of our father. 5 Dem ocrat oppose the new to be-Constitution, and Union,; but defend tne Jonstitotion and -' the Unkm a, it was and is,' For this purpee to defend theConstitution and the rights of white men which are guaranteed ; bv it to insure p!TBcali liberty freedom of tbepresato e? cure the testoraUon of r the aeceded States and-the stability ofthe Government; the lemocral ! tc party m re-organqang. - sjiW , -" Faithfully and patriotically the Democracy joined hands With all parties. Abolitionists in cluded, for- the purpoee. of -aubdumg- treason nu nuciugn.jHtiu outer poiiiicai parties have deceived na, and, departing- from th de- tense or tne J0nst1tut10n,- are now endeavoring A a ' .1 - - . . . - - .A . - 0 to turn thewar into a magwficeju3obitJ5rown -1 rM-fcKPhmirtYn-r't,fsi .f.laJsBar7v-- J3'?tiH d action of the Southern' States to the condi tion of Territories; ' Therefore Democracy part company witb the . motley cohorts of fa- 1 naticism and- calls upon her ons ia 'every portion of the Union, Nortb;.West; South and East; to'rally.to the defence of constitutional liberty and the Union as it : was, and,, under Democratic auspices; will be again.' 1 The xlret meeting. . consisting of aboat forty Democratic members of the Senate and House of Representative, : has already been held. Eraatua-Corning, ofN Y, W, A. Richardson, Of HU Geo. H.Pendleton.J-B. Morris.C. A. White and C L.' . Vallandigham, of Ohio; McDouzal ands Latham. of CaU Carlile and Willey, of-Va;, Crittenden and Wads worth of Jiy and other conservative men from all por tions of the Union, jarc. joining n Ithi grand effort to save the country from abolitionism, anarchy and rnio?. :,i,-;Hi:j:v;:w-..-i-. " The Democracy -castone million- fir hundred thousand votes at tbe -Presidential election in the Northern. States, and this 'number is being increased from day to oayv ; Soon another meeting will be" held here in Washington, and an address will be issued calling th e Democracy into ; battle array to contend for constitutional liberty and the preservation " of the Government. , No call -will be genuine except aa. coming from the .Representative and Senators now. in Congreaa from . Democratic constituencies. '- " - . I made the last suggestion because it is cur-1 rently reported that John. vv.. x ornev has, for sinister purposes, induced some so-called Dem ocrats to issue a call for a convention to be held in Philadelphia. "The Democracy la not fallen so low a to need help from a man Who became too mean, too false, for the use of the meanest, basest and falsest of men. s We want no such men, no such ; ex-purveyors of - testimony in Forrest divorce cases. 'ex-back' door toadies, and late dabsters id Cameronian war supply 'contracta. -; ' ' - -,4.: -; -',' ; Urzanize the Democracy , in every township and village in every county and city, in every State of the North, West; South and ' East. Victory await at the ballol-box. 'With the return of Democratic rale will come Union, peace prosperity and the enjoyment of all the constitutional right ;thaf attaches to American citizenship. The Democracy still strive to' save the Union. - Unorganized, they may be defeated ; thoroughly organized, and they will proveihvinciblel Ballots for Abolitionist, bayonet for rebel, Siamese twins indissol-luMy cobaected, the death Of the'first destroys the: Utter, 9vievrtai;v -.v.-t.' r Beanreaxd calls- for. Beiztforemeats- Chicago, April 10, A' special from Cafro to the Tribune say;'-When "General Mitchell reachecLDecatar in bis late bridge burning expedition; be took possession of the telegraph office and cot the .wires, leavings Decatur and Corinth only in telesraphib communication, i ii Beauregard sent a message to President Da vis, t urgently demanding- reinforcement for Corinth. decJarins that otherwise ..he could not hold the position. General GeneraV.Mit- cneiipromiseauie rejniorcements. . .v,,u-: ; . . An im oortan tmovem en t h as tak en pTaee. thi particulars of which, are not ret puLliah- At latest das tie amies were n earing each otheTslowly. -rr; ;.,T, ,: r y - . -. . ;' Ths boalardaer.t cf Fort Wright enUnues, rartlcipatei in by 'ths mortars and gunboat. Ths enemy reply vigorously .-doin-r-no damage mt,, Thmiiu a Tr--itio3 cf Ui redaction nfm rirrt . The l?-b et9 of wa- t?r;-'rr-ve 9 any cxperstioa cn the p?irt of t' . ..1 r --- ' -' ' '" ..' ' Vrr tr.-. davs every a. cuss ia Cc-an trs . m. w -r- j - m. 1 Tl. -wjji rr-; water.-. ..ii"U53ru7a 1 ( '. .7 i ' TLeli: - C :1 rutintrt lelow . ind tl. - r ' I rr cr c" tTC.Zli-IzicJ efXattla. v: : The startling reporU of 0,000 . Union loa, and 40,000 Rebel loss, at the great battle of Pittsburgh, Landing; itare.Tery ; . naturally-called apt comparison "of figure with eme : of the celebrated ngiary struIea of former times. - --.- l - The battle bf Waterloo was fought June IS, 1815. Allied army on the ground 72,000 men; . loss about 50,000 men. --.Napoleon's army 80, 000 menr loss 40,000 men. ' .- Battle of Jena, Oct. 14, 1808. - French army 80,000 mea. - Prussian army -100,000 taen.-The Prussians lost 30,000 men, : killed, and : wounded, and nearly a many prisoners,' ma " king nearly 60,000 m all, and th French 14,-000 hi all. - .: u '. At thf battle of Borodino, Russian" army 132,000 Men; the French, army about the same. Said to have been: " th most "murderous and . obetinataJr fought battle on record," in which ; the French lost in killed," wounded and prisoner 50,000 men the Russians about th. aamt Z number, making in all 100,000 men in one battle I . - ' ; -" ' : 'v: .- - - ' ; Battle of Ansterlitt 2d Decl 1805. " French : army80,000 men; Russian and Allies 100,000." The French lews 12,000, " and the . Allied losa 30,000 in killed, wounded and prisoners. . ' Battle of Wagram, Napoleon 'a army 175,000 menpAustrian'army' larger." Loss on each sice 25,000 men, or 50,000 in all, in- killed and wounded. . -; . .;.-.; r i-.-. -.--a . Battle of Leipsic, French armj 175,000 mea ; Allied army 181,000. The battle lasted three days. Napoleon lost' two Marshal,; twenty . Generals, and about 60,000 men, in killed, wounded and prisoners the AUie LJ90 officers, and about 40,000 . men upwards of 100,-000 In alll '.: : - - . - At battle of Aspern, 22d May," 1809, Freneb . army 75,000 men, and loss 37,000. Austrian army 75,000, and Ios'25,000.:--.i .-v. At. Dresden . where . the baJe lastedtwo . days, the Allies lost, in kilted, , wounded' and prisoners 25,000 men ; and the' French 'about-12,000;. ' -! ;--v .. .. v ' . ir:--? -- At tbe battle of Areola th Austrain loss -in killed . and wounded was 18,000 men, ihm French loss 15,000. ' . .-" At Lutreii the French loss was 18,000 th AUie 15,000. ' : -.. At Bautzen, the French lost5,000-raen-the Allies 15,000. . j : .v.-' -,--", ' " At Hohenlinden the Austrian loss was 14,-' 000, the French 9,000.; ' ' -: At the terrific battle Of Eylau, the Russiahs lost 25,00a in killed and WOTndedvinlthe. FVench 50,000.,; -,5.;: ;.:?- -v. - The Battle Field.5 Vr'V"-. Myers of the Mansfield Herald,' with Sher-" man's brigade in General Bueirs ; army, Uiue- f peaks of the battle field at Pittsbarg" L&a'd-: inv---'. ' -'- - o The appearance of the dead on tbe field was' rather singular, v In one plaee lay five-men,- . a -. a wno - appeared to nave sheltered . memseJTe . behind tree in order toake better aim at bur "men ; A ; shell bursted just, over -their-beads. One man was struck just on tb 'top. of tb bead, another on the side of the head, and each anccessive man was struck." lower Jonhniiitl In nil I wt Krkrf'n nml.. n. if On of-tfco men-mspei la om bad' musket, with bis cartridge fn' the other, just in- the aet of pouring the powder in th barrel; another was ramming the crtridge.and the other men engaged . in similar occupations when the fatal shell butst. In another place I saw a man with a hole in the top of his head a large' a your band, through . which bia brains had all run out, leaving bia. skull rn- tirely empty. Another bad both legs shot off. Ev ery one 'had a .; horrible look ; witb ey$s wide open and teeth clenched, the dead men glared upon yon terribly. " In another place I saw about fifty lying along aid large trench which had been dug for their-grave. They . were in' all stages ofmutilation, but all had the same horrible,' fearful appearance' -The ouiet. reoosine ; appearance . which ia seen in those who die in their bede was entirely want ing' here. Most of them were quite black in th face, "caused by suffusion of blood. " "7' ' -" As I passed over the field, I observed a cannon ball lying on th ground, which presented a rather singular appearance. , I picked it pn,- and it was covered with .the blood, hair, and brains of some poor fellow. : I tell yonT drop ped it suddenly, - iay- ood preserve me Irom any more ucb cenes'l . t .TTlAt the Rebels sav, of General' iVea- -. "'- tits and te Battle. . ' " Tb editor of the St. Louis "Denaerat'baa converaed witb the rebel wbo: arrived there on Monday last and from them learns th following relative to Gen. Prentiss and hi ..command;.: , . .. , . : j General Preetws surrendered about four o'clock on Sunday evening. The rebel bffjceTS say bs and bis men fought welL but were com pletely surrounded when they gar spu . .ihey also say that their array was arem v t ling of batllc on Saturday makl Kilhx. lev Avndred yards of our camp and plainly saw urmen gv ing in ana-oai oi ueir wnw. Aoeir-vrenerai would not let them build their camp ' rta fia " fear of discovery. .r-t..? . -1 -h But for the rain and ;.ferrible condition, oi the roads, and the delay in the arrival of some ;' of their reinforcement. they would have bean Ldown upon us Saturday morning.' Our gun boats, they admit, saved oar amy frc co plete - ancihibuion on Sunday C'Vbt. They-say they they cannot understand why we bad no' scouts or picketsout.' -They poured into our camps without resistance, and in - many cases slewor jcaptared. our soldiers in ' their A T7onaa Hills ter JLzslzki. - 1 j.-. Ada, Kst Qmnty,llick., i April 14-A 21r. , Johnson, keeper of the Western Hotel at thi place, wa shot with a pistol by hi .wife last-night at twelve o'elock. - He died in ' twenty.-minutes after the shot. Hi age was'abcat forty!, JI waa a Lieutenant in the If ex '-i n War, and received a wound jn. one of th I it-ties in that war. His hotel -baa had a I fi name, and bas been th reort of enr 'lu; -:t customers. It sema that Johnson bad a d put with bis wife and called her foms bard name ; be having retired, and eLe I;, j t'.'.ll up, sh warned bim not to; repeat tl - ; be . raised himself on bis elbow, when i ! ? ; . -.t d the pistoL and on his ;rrp"-rtin t! ? c -n- sirs term' fired, with ;the sVove'r ;--.!"" I.'o witnesses wers present, but t - t l c - . . - ?s the crime, and dots cct t:cra to f.:l Ps of eonscisiics. rr iv ;t r"y : ? c 1.-he was arr?:t;i il:s ncrzl.-.. ' . Press. . . ' - .'-. - ; - . ' . 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