, 1862-02-20
CHICAGO. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1862.

tcau steamer is loading with the baggage Of
the 24th Indiana Regiment
The shipment Of pig lead from this point
without permit is prohibited
Another company Of nurses have left here
for Cairo and vicinity, to attend the wounded
from Fort Donclson~
The Provost Marshal has ordered all bust
ness to be suspended On the 22d inst Exten-
sive preparations arc progressing for d mag
nicent celebration.
The Sanitary Commission are preparing hos
pitfalls for large accession Of wounded patri-
OTIS.
ITO the Associated Press.l
ST. LoC1s, Feb. 19.-The following will ap
pear in tue morning papers:
HEADQUARTERS DEPT M1ssorE1.}
ST. Louis, February 18th !
The Major General commanding this department
conera1ulates Flag Officer Foote, Brig Gen. Grant
mands- recent brilliant victories on the Tennes-
gee and Cumberland. But the war il not yet end
ed We 1nnst prepare for new victories: Troops are
have an army which viii be irresistiblc The
Union das must be restored everywhere. and cn-
thralled Union men in the South must be set free
ready and willing to do this The tinez and places
hare been determined on. Victory and glory await
the brave.
n Il. MCLEAN, Assistant Adiutant General.
In order that nothing my occur to mar the
pleasures contemplated On the celebration OF
Washington's birthday, the Provost Marshal
has ordered all drinking saloons to be closed
from sunrise on Saturday till sunrise on Mon
tluy, ard recommends that all business be sus-
pended on Saturday. The Provost Marshal
also orders that no pig or bar lead shall be
shipped from this port hereafter, without spc-
cial permit from lis Office.
SEDAL1A, Mo-, Feb. l9.-Brigadier Gcneral
Edward Price, son Of Sterling Price, Colonel
Phillips, Major Gross, and Captain Crosby
and brought to this place.
These prisoners were captured by Captain
| Stubs Of the Eighth Iowa. They had somt
five hundred recruits for Price in charge, wht
| had Just crossed the Usage river; but as Capt
Stubs had but small force, he did not follow
| them.
SPRINGFIELD, Feb. 1s.-Gcn- Curtis la
| driven the rebel army beyond the Arkansa
| line.
| At 10 o'clock Sunday night We were sixty
nine miles south Of Springfield.
t The Federal flag now floats in Arkansas.
Several akirmishcs had taken place in til
dcfiles Of the mountains. We had six wound
ed, and the enemy had sixteen killed and
large number wounded We have bagged
large number Of prisoners.
1 messenger says: ave arc only 4 shor
distance behind Price's main body, and wou1
chase him up next morning."
When some twenty mics out the aboy
messenger heard constant and heavy firing
There is great abundance Of forage and pTe
visions Oh the route, except -four. A train {
sugar and beans starts forward from here te
night.
ST. LoU1s, Feb. 19.-About FIVE thousan
infantry, two Or three batteries OF artillery,
large number Of mule wagons, with an in
mense quantity Of baggage, stores, &c, le
to-day for the Cumberland. Gen. Pope an
staff left this evening for Cairo.
About 800 Fcrt Donclson prisoners, inclu'
ing some 10 officers, arrived to-day, and vi
be forwarded to some point East. The sic
and wounded from Donclson will be returne
to their own States as fast as possible Qui
number arrived here to-day, and were sci
! to the Central Hospital.