Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1862-02-26

response was heard Then il was repurted q
white flag was flying, and then that the enc
my had got away during the night A tug
started With flag of truce. and ran up TO the
fort and the news came back that the rebels
had surrendered Such was the fact. The
rebel commanders, Pillow. Floyd, Buckner,
and Bushrod johnson. had held a council of
/ war during the night, at which it had been
decided to surrender. and no sooner had thi ;
! decision bean arrived at than Floyd, true to
/ his Instincts, took his brigade and ran away
! Pillow also skadaddied." !" as did portion
! of Forast's Kentucky cavalry brigade Such
was Pillows haste to depart that Ia rebel off,
Ger tells mel he knocked two men off the
boat with his sword who were trying To 90
with him. Buckner aud Bushrod johnson
remained a d are nuw among our prisoners
The Scene after the SuTTeHder.-The spec
tAcle presented rs our truups entered tile place
was one 10 which NJ deScrrtiAn can d. Jus
tice As our heet of transports, preceded By
the gunbuats moved slowly up toward the
fort, the suldiers collected in groups and
squads and gazed upon them in apparent
wonder. Their appearance was grotesque in
the extreme. Without uniformity in dress,
few uf them wor anything that could be cal
led a uniform, unless it were white or strip.
ed blanket worn in the Indian fashion envel
op!ng nearly the whole person. Large mum
bers Of them instead Of blankets wore large
pieces of carpeting in the form Of bankc:
ThrBe | learned were tie soldiers who ran
away from Fort Henry in >nch extreme haste
that they left their coats behind Such was
the SYM athy Of the rebel leaders in this re
yion IN account of their cuatleSs condition
rhas having presiuusly given Nil their blank
cts for their soldiers, they now gave ,hsir
carpets.
l have had large opportunities to day .or
observing the intercourse between our solilers
and those IF the rebels, and the results nf
such observations are gratifying in the high
est degree OHr artillery upon entering the
f"rt tired Il salute our army did some chrer-
ing, and our band played the Star SiHngied
Banner, the Red, White. and Blue, and some
ether national airs. Bot in a whole day'>
walk abnut the place. / witnessed not sin
gle instance of iDsultag bna<tfulueSs or ctn
duct that was calculated tn wound the person
al feelings of fallen enemy. Indeed, il was
difficult tn realize that these men in various
c"l"red btaukets and those in hiae uVercuatS
Wsre enemies, or that these were prisoners
anh thnse captars, 50 CONSIDERABLY did they
. treat each other.
Mpst Of the rebel off ers with whom |
/ have c0nversed betrayed much bitterness u!
3 =
w:th certain small politicians at the South -
! But | am convinced that three f1urths Of the
/ l3,GOu men taken pris"n here. if they Gould
! get back tn their homes would not return tn
/ the service of jeff Davis d Co., if thev could
/ help IT,
/ The prisoners have been directed to report
( Ia ih elr respective commands, who in turn
/ report u their superiurs in cnmmand and
/ they To- General Buckner. The process is
! now gulmg IN, and abe prisoners, with their
| personal effects In carpet sacks, handkerchiefs
/ bundles, cloth sacks and every other kind of
sack. eXcet military knapsack, are marching
/ IA slow lines t. the hoats, Looking for all the
world ike the children uf Israel about ta cum.
! mrnce thei- wandrrings in the wilderness
The correspondent of the Cincinnati Times
gives the flowing inciden not heretofore
published:
/ The rebel generals captured. Simun Bolivar
Buckner and Bush X. Jnhnson. were in ratb
er III humOr at first, but they have now grown
qnlte cnmplacent and resigned u their fate
burkner says the FederaliSts are all AhoE
tionlsts in effect, because they are aidinr
the antl-sia'ery party, which is the first cause
"t the war. He could readily have e,caned
with Pillow and Floyd, he states, but he WAS
ton h"norahIe To do 81. His men had stood
aIse9slty and defeat, not to abandon rbem
Hrn@ra Buckner, suns two months ago, at
bowling Green, declared he did not care how
many Yankees attacked him that the South
h"I always whipped them and always could
l have heard many of the officers censnre
very st'ereiy their leading politieinns, and
ny N'uiA'r 'he nt rchants and men uf means
III '"N 9'uth' wht were the foremost t. urge
GU and bring about dsunipu. have. since the
breaking cut OF the rebellion, done tho least
tor tho support of the dislpyal cause. MAN.
OF the Sccessionlsts condemn John q RI
lnrldge IN nnmeasured terms and declare hin,
the most unprlncipled politician in tia cuun
try.
1t is now stated that the number Of eaptu
red siege guns and pieces of artillery is ons
hundred and forty six, instead of sxty FIVE
as stated in my telegram. and that the rel,.
ei property we obtained at Fort D"nelsnn will
not. IN valne, fall far short Of 3 000, 900.
The rebels say their immense loss of arms
VIII Dc more to cripple their cause than aught
else that the Confsderacy bas reached cri-