, 1861-06-15

URud Of your dtnccFs, and. ~dtpoft yourselves
Is soldiers fighting for: the most glorious
e eaoss tat t EYER engaged the hearts and arms
I nsea hardly ssy that. during =ths delivery
of this stirring speech, every eye Was kind1ed
and every mnaket firmly grasped -:
When the steamer resched Columbus, which,
as your readers all know, is the most thor.
nearly deserted. No military were Visible with
the exception of the Fragments Of cavalry
company which were showing the full front
of their backs' to the supposed invading army
with Southern momentum thst you may put
down Is the very best rebel time But they !:
p1eecas as1f s s o mot hssn p ' n E.
less invader. Our craft steamed. quietly past
Columbus without word from our ranks or
what of the enemy that remained behind,
and we dropped down to Island No. s.: somn
four or 1ve miles below Columbus -we being
renowned rebel camp u Union City, Tenn At
this point wo came about aud commenced our
return, hugging the Kentucky shor~ closely,
10 discover any rebel batteries, open or mask
ed, that might .be planted along the Shore:
When we came In range Of the town, the sight:
ofthat secession flag, flying above American
and Col Oglesby demanded Of the rebels who
stood atf 4 short distance from 1t that It be
taken down. This they declined to do Col
Ogernby responded that it must come down.
The spokesman Of the rebels said It could moi.
The boat was then brought to at the wharf.
the gang plank thrown oat,; and Capt. Barnes,
Of the Alton city, with his second mate, Har;
rison Starr, Martin Kerrigan, one Of the crew.
End ]. D. Whitau aud John Peters, Of Chicago
Light Artillery, walked pleasantly up to the
etatf, Capt. Barnes took out his knife, cut the
hal yards, and down came the secession fag.'
It was brought On board the steamer, and re.
rA3ybd viii, }raYnn nn+%t4nuR cfheta $hN hnrA
the gnpg plank Was handed in, and the steam
er gently took her course up the River. Just
after tho steamer, had left the shore, the crack
Of rifle was heard, ). and bullet passed just
over the heads Of thePasty On the hurricane
had the traitor emblem In their possession !;
sud that was the only shot fired with death1y
intent, during our voyage. 1msy say that tho
newspaper Correspondents on board c1aisoed
the privilege Of capturing the flsg, but Capt
Barnes insisted upon rs right, and the SAID
standing at tho end of tho gxng p1ank, and
receiving It, as It Was brought on board. And
thus was captured the first secession flag In
this division Of the grand army Of the United
States, and that too In the very heart Of the
enemy's country. The fig is quite large one
and has eight stars, on each star Is the name Of
young lady whose fir hands hslped to form
tts reasonable folds, ~ follow Sally Rich:
ards, Sue L j, Msggie T., Alico Her, Julia &,
?. (probably Diana) Montjoy, Ada =. Helen
Il. Thus the yonng lsdies arc unado famous.
Tbs captured banner was raised, union
down, Under thu stars aud stripes, and thus
| we etaamed up the Mtsslssippf. watching
| closely for. any defensive :demonstrattons
which, tho enemy may have made onieisher
bank Of thh river: At Island No. 3 NO dtsem'
bsrked, aad q Reconnaissance WIS sent over tho
Island, as It had been reported that band oi
rebels were in camp there; but nsna-were
found, althougha party had been thero few
dsys previous = ~ Me we're informed - y some
glorious stars and stripes wefo foatiug ovei
tEe residence Of farmer and We eheered II
cheers cams from tho frae Union family xho
thus fearlesely. hang out their banner IN ths
very midst OF traitors: :, =,
When We rounded Birds Point. the Sigh
Of the rebel banner trailing under the stast
snd stripes, brought every man IN camp te
biz feet, and rushed to the levee TO look al
.4tha ef1ange device" !" and such shouts as ross
|uFon the summer breeze arc never beard ex
;cept In times like these. Tbs sound Of tht