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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-12-19
Correspondence Of The Jcfersonian.
Camp, near Fort Lyon. Va.
Dec. IA, 1861.
Ed. JEFFERsoNIAN;

Ed, JEFFERsoNIAN;
Dear Su-Your excellent and well
come paper made its appearance in this
camp short time since, and | will DOW
try to inform you Of the state of affairs in
this part of Dixie" We are now in
camp three miles from Fort Lyon. which
place We left on Tuesday last. This fort
- the largest on the line Of defences. 1t
is sf.1ated two miles south of the town OF
AIexap,i ria aud covers some fourteen "a
cres Of lanG. and when finished will mount
upward of one hundred guns. There ere
sixty.two nov 10 POSITION. These are OF
the largest calihre. soMe weighing nearly
four tons. On Tuesday iest We left our
old camp for winter quarters, in dense
wood about half mile outside of our hrst
line Of pickets. We arrived at noon. ant
10 a short time, all were cutting tiDber
Tor log cabins. But our stay here was
destined to be Of short duration. At 4
o'clock next uorning, the Colonel came
into camp and ordered every man to get
ready for action im me ediately, and 10 FIVE
minutes all were ready; but the enemy
failed to make his appearance and We
rested on our srms the rest of the night.
The alarm was caused by a yarty of our
own men being mistaken for the enemy.
4 council was then held, and as our po-
sition vas considered too expo o-ed, a re
treat was ordered, and We fell back tao
miles to our present position, which is op
an eminence overlooking beautiful val
ley. and in sight Of that spot so pear and
dear to all america ns--Mt. Vernon. 10
my bext | will give an account of my
visit to this place. The men are all Ell
gagged at present building log houses. for
winter quarters. Some Of these look
quite respectable. but their size and form
is as various as the tastes of the occup ants.
We are to remiau here this winter unless
some general movement takes place; but
We are likel to see some fighting soon.
as one of our scouts brought the informa
ton last night. that the eDen had 10 oun
ted battery of three guns at Pobick
church. which 10 seven miles from here
and only half mile from ouI outposts
[ see by published letters from some per.
sons in the army that our fare is hard,
and that we do not get enough to eat, &C.
Nothing is further from the truth. or
course our fare will not vie with that OF
veil kept hotel, but We have enough; and
as to our clothing it is first rate. This
morning We all got dress coats, good e.
uough for an honest man to wear 10 any
company, and any soldier who complains
of our fare ought to be transferred to the
Home Guards. As an evidence that we
are missed at home We occasionally get
packages from friends containing Iuxu
ries, one of which contained a lot Of
beautiful needle books. or as We call them
housewives. Like the genuine they are
very useful; but they don't "Sea0 on hut.
tons" But lest occupy too much space.
| will close and give my writing desk to
the Drummer to beat the supper call.
P. MAYO,
2nd Michigan Regiaent.
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the cover, list Of what it contains sbon,d
be placed; duplicate Of this list sbonld
be sept BY mail. Arrangements for free
transportation should be made. or freiobt
paid in advance. (The Express coma.
nes will generally convey goods for hi,
purpose st a reduction on the usual rates.}
Packages may be sent to the depot of tho
Com mission, care of the ch.irm. Of the
Committee. op the Depository. as follows,
CHARLES ]. STILLE. ESQ Sanitary
Com mission, 1895 Chestnut Street, Phil.
delrbia."
The Depository will be open a part of
every day for the reception Of articles
Contributions in money may be sent TO
Caleb Cope, Esq, Treasurer, Phiadelpbis
Sanitary Commission, Philadelphia.
COMMITTEE ON SUPPLIES IS. V.Mer.
rick. Chairman; Samuel Powell, Thomas
I. Tasker, Fairman Rogers, NJ. L. D.v.
son, John Welsh, DR.. joseph Parrish,
Rev DR.. Brainerd. Rev. DR.. Hutter. DR.
Caspar Morris. Charles J. Stille, Jacob
Alburger. William H. Ashhurst, Ellis
Yarnall, Thona Kinber. Jr.. Rev. DIR
William Il Furness, Judge Sketchley
Morton, Judge William Strong, John n.
Tovne. DR.. Edward Hartsborpe. f. Fra.
ley. William NJ Tighman, Arthur G.
Coffin. Dr. James NJ. Corse, DR.. Lewis
Rodman. c. B Barlay; Charles Harts.
horne, Secretary.
Philadelphia, Deceu Der 10th, 1861.
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Love of Negroes.
2nd Michigan Regiaent.

zen Lane. in recent speech. 10 Bos
toD, related humorous incident. showing
how the slaveowners cling to their bu
man property. A lady. large. fat and
forty, had two sons iu the Secession
ranks She also had two slaves who
bad escaped from her clutches. This
woman came to the Generals quarters to
look after her property She was 10.
formed that the slaves were beyond her
resch, and thst Lane was in pursuit OF
Der two soD.; and be should hang them
if be caught them. Whatever you do
With my sens" blubbered the woman.
"be sure and return my Diggers" Lane
says be did not promise to do any such
thing. as be disengsged himself from ber
embrace.
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THE LATEST WAR NEWS.

The Connecticut. from Galveston. Ship
I-land, Key West. Savannah, and Fort
ress Monroe, reached New Y ork on Tues
dey morning. She had on board as pri.
oners the crew of the pirate Royal Yacht,
captured off Galveston; also, the crews OF
two Rebel steamboats, taken off Mobile.
She had as passengers thirteen of Viii
sons Zouaves and several regulars from
Fort Pickens. Nothing new had taken
place at the latter fort since the lombard
ment Touching at Tybee Island and
Port Royal. the Copnecticdt gathered
some nportant news, but it is not thought
best to give the particulars Of it. 1t may
IIoSever, be said, that it is probable beth
SavAncah and Charleston will be in po
session of cur troops.
Byway o. Fortress Monroe we bad yes
terday a report to the effect that Fort Pu
laski bad been abandoned by the rebels
and taken possession o! HV our troops
Later intelligence. however. threw serious
doubt upon the report, and it nas not be.
lieved
Al expedition has sailed from Port
Royal, a. We learn by the Connecticut.
for Fernandna; the force is not large
one, but the forti6cations at the threaten
ed place are small, and it is believed that
the whole would fall into our hands after
very brief 6gbt.
A private letter from Beaufort tells us
that the stone feet has probably before
this been sunk at the mouth of Charles.
ton hartor, 10 such way as to destroy
it utterly.
Among a variety of news from rebel
sources, none Of which can be relied on
for accuracy, is an item stating that the
Union troops. 5000 strong. on Friday
last, attacked Col johnson s force at Val.
ley Mountain. and were repolsed with
grrat loss Ben McCulloch is said to be
at Rich mond
A dispatch from Cincinnati informs us
that force of infantry and gunboats
have just been sent from Columbus to
New Orleans, which city has been attack
ed, aud was threatened With demolition
by our forces. 1t cannot be true that our
tiOOPS paw dttacbeu ANc"- OIIchus, ~
there is any truth 10 this intelligence. it
probably refers to some outbreak of U
nioni-ts in New, Orleans, who are quite
strong, and liable at any moment to seize
the city.
The Union troops in Kentucky, now
reeDforced by at least 10000 men from
Indiana, are within short distance of
Bowling Green. As soon as Gen. Buell.
can brigade bis regin nts and put them
in working order he is to push on to
Nashville
All the troops at Upton, Mo-, were on
the 10th ordered to hold themselves 10
readiness to N arch at a moments notice.
At the sane time Gen. Pope. at the head
of all the troops iD Winter quarters at OF
terville. marched towards WsrreDshurg,
it is believed for the purpose of cutting
off Gen. Price Important news is looked
for from Missouri.
The very latest news from the Sumter
is from St. Thomas, under date of Dec. /.
The intelligence is as follows:
Two days ago Nov. 29), the Rebel
steamer Sumpter was seen BY two British
steamers. about 30 miles from this point
steering N. E."
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Latest from the Fire at Charleston.
Baltimore, Dec Is. 1861.

L'IbiuiOASI Nv 80
We learn from the captain Of the Nor
folk beat that be was informed by The
captain Of the steamer Illinois. which bad
arrived at Old Point from Port Ro5a
that be passed within six miles Of Charles
ton Harhor at 10 o'clock on Thursd J
night and that tremendous conhagra.
tion was evidently at its hiehtin that city
The reflection on the clouds exceed
anything he ever saw. aud the whole bay,
with the dark outlines of Fort Sumter
was brightly illumined. 1t did not ap.
pear like reflection from smouIdering
ruins, but from raging, uncomfortable
conAagration.
This is later than the Norfolk Dag
Book's dispatch.
Fortress Monroe. Friday Dec. l4.-4 p N
The United States steam transport III.
inois, Capt. Rathbon. has just arrived
from Port Royal, which place she left on
Wednesday the lltb inst at 6 o'clock
When passing Charleston the entire
city was op fire. The scene is reported
as having been awfully sublime. The
angry flames see ned to devour everything
within reach
According to this statement the fire
must have ragged two days before the fact
was published in the Norfolk Day Bool
Of yesterday.
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Military Execution.

William II. johnson, private OF Coo-
Fsny D, lst Regiment Volunteer Caval-
ry, court. 10 srtisied and sentenced to death
for desertion, was shot at o'clock Fri
day, Dec. 18th, in presence Of the whole
of Gen. FrankIia's division. The ground
chosen ION the Leesburg turnpike, near
the Fairfax Theological Seminary for
the execution was such as to afford all in
attendance a view of the solemn pro-
ceedings. The troops were marched TO
the -pot to fuueral III usir, aud formed in-
to hollow square. The display vas un-
usually imposing. and the utmost decor
um characterized the movements of the
men.
Everything teiug in order. a process
sion, headed by Capt Boyd, Provost
Marshal of the division, and consisting of
a company of mounted cavalry from the
regiment to which the prisoner vas at.
tacbed. followed BY the twelve men on
foot from the sane regiment, who bad
been designated as executiouers, wagon
containing a plain coffin, and another
in which johnson rode, acco Qpanied By
priest, chaplain of the 3lst Regiment
New York Volunteers, moved slowly
through the open columns of the troops,
the bands of the several regiments play
t ing the dead u arch.
All eyes were fixed upon the doomed
| 1an. His couutenaDce indicated severe
depression, but he sat steadily and com =
posed. apparently intsnt upon the coun-
sells Of the priest. His features were not
indicative OF his great crime, and it is
said that his character has not heretofore
been stained by auy marked uisdeeds.
During an interview last evening With
several officers, be vas in excellent spir.
its, aud appeared to base no realization
of bis impending fate. Indced, it was
the general ia preston in the army that
he would be reprived, especially when is
was ruwored that he was insane Gen.
Franklin having telegraphed the ciroum-
stance to the Con- umander-in, Chief, he i'm
Dediate tely directed three OF the best ply
sicisns in the army to make a medical
examination. Their report is as follows:
Gen Franklin's Headquarters. I
Dec. l3. ls6l-l24 P. m.
SIR 10 pursuance of Jour order, We,
the undersigned, have made careful ex-
animation of the prisoner William II.
johnson, under sentence of death for al
legged attempt at and respectfully rePOrs
tb at we find him of sound mind
FRANK H. HAMILTON.
Brigade Surgeon & Prest of Com mission.
ALEX n. D0UGHERTY.
Brigade Surgeon,
GEORGE BURR,
Brigade Surgeon, Gen. SlOcuU's Brigade,
The procession having gone the rounds,
it was drawn up in the center OF hollow
square which had been formed By the
military. The coffin was removed from
the wagon, aud johnson seated upon it,
in full view OF the whole assem ID blage.
The priests performed last mass, and
the death warrant was read to the pris-
oner by the Provost Marshal, as it had
heen to the several regiments by the CO.
oDels. johnson being told that be mighs
speak if be had aug ht to say, exclaimed,
10 tremuous tones;
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questions, Mr. Herald: how do you answer
them! If you want the negroes to help the
rebels, then you are no better han they
Chose which you will serve; if the rebels
then whine and howl away at every measure
that has for its object the rendering of the ne
groes useful in the breaking of the back OF
this rebellion, and you, finally, will be appro
priately rewarded.
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Che 1cffcrsoniall.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1851.
New Sheriff.

Governor Curtin has appointed Henry c
Wolfe, Esq, Of Stroud township, Sheriff oI
Monroe county, rice James N. Durling, de-
ceased. Mr.. Wolfe is both capable and hon.
est, and will doubtless make a very efficient
officer. His appointment will be received
with appreciation throughout the county.
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The latest invention of which We have
heard is chewing Dacbine-in other
words. little mill intended for toothIess
people and Cor those who cannot properly
10 masticate their food Such an article is
advertised in the London Lancet. Il is
fastened to the dinner table. goes with a
crank. and is said to miDce the food very
nicely.
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Another Desperate Fight in Virginia

Another Desperate Fight in Virginia.
A Nlne Hours Battle le-Another Union
Vjctory 200 Rebels Ei2ed. and 30 Ia.
ken Prisoners = 1ziny Union Meas
Killed
CiDcnuatti. Sat Dec. IA, 1861.
4 special dispatch from Cheat Noun.
tain to the Commercial says.
'On yesterday one Of the hardest and
best fought battles of the war was fought
at Allegheny Camp, PocaboDtas County,
Va, between GeU. r H. Milroy, com
manding the Union troops. and Gen.
johnson of Georgia, commanding the Re-
bells
THE 6ght lasted from daylight till 3
p. III.
"The Uuion loss is about 80 and the
Rebel loss over 200, including Major
and many other officers, and 80 prisoners,
Gen. johnson was shot in the mouth
ont rot fatally.
The 18th Georgia Regiment suffered
the most.
Gen. Mlroy's force numbered $50
men from the 9th and l 9th Indiana. aud
the 25th and 32d Ohio, and the ID Vir-
giGis.
Gen. Johnson's force numbered over
? coo men.
"Tbe 9th Indiana Regiment fought
bravely to the last. After driving the
enemy into their barracks 20 less than
five times, onr forces retired in good order.
The rebels set fire to their camp and
retrcsted to Stanton.
"Gen. Milroy has driven the last army
of the rebels out OF Western Virginia"
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Rebel Forces in the Field.

The recent Messages of the rebel Gov.
ernors. and other official documents put
forth by the State authorities, enable US
to form pretty correct estim ate Of the
of the strength of the rebels now in the
field. 1t is leaving off odd hundreds, as
follows:
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Branohville, Tbusday, Dec. l2-5 p. N.
The fire /. still raging.
A thousand house!ess persons buddlet
10 the streets.
The express train left Augusta this af
ternoon with provisions to supply tbt
sants Of the sufferers, and u en to assis
in controlling the fire.
The FIRE was the work Of n incendiarY
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1861-11-07
General Lame.

Il will be remembered that in modifying
the proclamation Of Gen, Fremont, Adjutant
General Thomas took occasion TO make a
very dirty fling at Gen, Lane, of the Kansas
Brigade, olaracterizing his command AZ mn
organized band of bandits and thieves. and
imputing to him the worst of crimcs.--
Whether portion of Bluir's friends are not
composed of the enemies of the Govern.
lmcnt we Of course from this stand point
are not able to determine; but one thing is
pretty evident that they and The secession
ists alike rejoice at every discouragilg fca-
turc that can be brought to boar against cv.
cry leading officer in the Western Depart
ment who does not join hands with them
in the crusade against Gem Fremont. The
principal charge against Gen. Lane is that,
in his couliscutions,' the property of the
rebels and Union men alike share in the loss
mo more regard being paid to the ono or
the other That this report is u mere fubri-
cation, there can bc no doubt The Lcav-
enworth Times, in nolicing the passage of
Gen. Lane through Henry county, Missouri,
says that ut Pleasant Hill he conhscated
two rebel stores, sixteen kegs and two half
barrels of powder, finding the powder &C.
crctcd in the bushes. The goods from tho
stores reye distrib"icd dmoay UniO0 .f,,wj-
lies II, he riciaity. who had been left dcsti-
tutc by the rebel forces" This authentic
atcd fact gives the lie to the mputation of
the Adjutant General aud should raise a
question us to his vcracity IN other matters.
| If Gen. Lame were guilty of the atrocities
imputed TO him he would he at once abaii-
doucd by the mass of his soldiers That
they stand enthusiastically Ivy him, and the
fact that they conliscatc rebel stores to dis
tribute them among.U nion familis whom the
rebels have robbed, disprovcs the charge OF
indiscriminatc pilugc brought against him
and them. Many federal commander would
Iprobahly have respected said rebel stores
The contents of the latter may have been
Iplundcrcd from Urionists, but by swearing
Iallcgiance the rebels could have retained
the property to feed the rebels in arms hal
some other General than Lane come along
lie permits no nonsense of this kind and be
licvcs in the good old rule of tit for tat,
as sound maxim in war. In this consists
his efficiency, and in this consists his taul
in the eyes Of the djutant-Gcneral and the
enemies generally oil the Western Depart
inent. The fact is, if we had had few
more Gen. Lanes in the beginning, the re
bellon would have been crushed long since
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Gen. Thomas Report.

Tho report of Acknowledgement Thon.s
relative tae Extravaganza and incompetcncy
of Con. Fremont, is II lengthy document
occupying over paSo IA the New York
7iiJUae. The chief points in thus l,uqo re .
port charges: Great irregularities i'll Ere
mont's Department, fraudulent contracts, I'M
necessary expenditures, appointment of nu-
merous and unauthorized officers, neglect to
reinforce Gen. Lyon and relieve Col. Multi.
gan, and finally setting ont after Price when
his army was sadly deficient in almost every
essential requirement TO successful issue
at arms. That it is u fair statement of the
facts in the case, can hc claimed 10y none
but the most bitter enemies of Fremont; for
it is clearly evident that Thomas was acil,.
ated by II degree of hostility in this matter
second only to Blair himself Tho evident
effort bywhich it tattcmpts tomakcout n case,
the inconsistency of some of the spccilica-
tions with each other, the assumptions upon
which are based the graNost charges of the
whole, that Lyon might have been reinforc-
of Lexington might have been raised, when
connected with the specification that Frc-
mont has now actually taken the field with
out sufficient means of transportation, which
he could not have had before are very weak,
not to say silly. The report probably makes
u very clear case in the estimation of mill
tary men, but poor civilians have long since
learned that il is u very easy matter TO tell
what might have been done after the time
of doing il was past. Anybody now could
! fight over the battle of Bull Run and not
get defeated, and so with the battle of Ed
wards Ferry, but how would it have beer
at the time those battles occurred? Many
of the charges in the report may be true,
and probably are; hut the spirit in which il
is got upwill prove fatal to the effect it wae
designed to have. Instead of preparing til,
way for Gen. Fremont's removal, so thatth,
people will bc satisfied with il, it will pro
ducc the very reverse effect and satisfy his
friends that the sole object Gen. Thomas
had in going to Missouri, was to make ou
Il ease against Gen. Fremont. There is lit
tic evidence of his being onimrartial inves
tigator in the whole report from beginning
to end; and, if Gen. Fremont shall get thro
his chase after Price, or, as the telegraph
tells us, be relieved of his command shortly
he will evidently give Gen. Thomas and h
report such an airing as will make the ol,
bones rattle"
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1861-11-07
The Naval Expedition.

The great naval expedition. as the tcle-
graph Inform us, is finally off and OH the
way to its dcstira.ion. Wehope the winds
may hc propitious, and all the grand results
which have been anticipated may he realiz-
ed from it, Nothing at all approaching to
it in magnitude has ever been seen in our
western waie,s s. The IlOrld says:
II comprises. transports and ALL about so
vessels of all sizes from colossal stcan frig-
ates down to the jaumticst little gun boats,
and carry. with their full crews, over 10000
soldiers, large force of engineers. mechan-
les and lIborcrs. and All immense supply OF
all the material of war, every means Of at
tack and occupation winch military art call
invent or money supply. .r.-
Tuesday evenings dispatches state that
the fleet has landed twenty-five miles above
Charleston.
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1861-11-07
resignation OF Gen. scott.

The hero of Lundy's Lane, Licutenamt-G en-
eral Winfield Scott, has finally retired from
the active service of the United States Ar
my. His resignation was sent to the Presi-
dent ON Thursday aud on Friday the inter
esting ceremony of placing the aged veteran
upon the 'rotirod list, took place. We re,
grot that the crowded slate of our columns
Iprevents us giving the proceeding in nll
The scene is reported as having been very
affecting. Bya special ACT of Congress III,
General will continue to receive his ustn
salary, Gen. Mcclellan succeed Gen. Scot
as Gencral-i-Chief of the Army, Who vii
succeed to the command of the army Of III,
Potomac has not yet transpired; but il il
supposed the duty will dcvolve upon Gen
hHallack, now on his way from California,