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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-12
CHRISTMAS AMONG TIE SOLDIERS.

To a. Editor 81 Tho " Y. 1nosne.
SIR: Many friends OF soldiers now NJ SSi''' -.
.re 10 send them tho WHEREIN itha 10 ENJOY ''e'
mas, but tho dhicu..y Of obtaining tan'P'' .''' IL.
fon,en Tho Ezpftss Offices decline - fs0'N0 -,
saJ in, lhlt tho Government. maaopo'L'' 'A' 'V'' I,
Cr6oI aud thli % oy unable TO se"a WAN ara
'he'e "'nI' 'As'S' i"e '-'' ,lr,,i. -
sble to very many who desire 70 d 1Ae""a
ksu. Yoik Dse 10, 1914
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-12

Grenata, though they may offer us chance 10 hght
NJ ony bour. We are ell prepared for battle ana q,
part Of our troops ere now drawn up In me 70 'n"
Sonh OF MS. ..,. L..
have no news from the front at present writing.
Nv i,nnression Is, that the "Confederate' Gene
cola will retreat RAPID " Indeed, it is stated they
ere doing 70 since they have head Of Sherman ad.
vance from Memphis. The day Is very misty and
cloudy aud feld-glasses are Of little use in this
atmosphere.
great number Of soldiers We're before Gen. Ham
il,ou this morning, charged with Struggling. 1hey
were nearly all found guilty, and each OF them 30
found senteucei to have $40 deducted from his
pay roll.
Struggling ia "a most serious evil in tie army, and
the intention is to DO away with it fur as possible
Still, there are many of soldiers who are really
i'll and exhausted, aud who con hardly avoid stras-
cling.
An instance Of struggling heard yesterday,
levlucing tho NOBLE condaot of General that GER
tainly deserve mention Hnd commentator. Wblc
on tho march from Holly Syringe, Gen. Ross OBJ
served Young and delicate soldier, belonging TO au
Ohio regiment laggiuc behind, and asked bun II be
were tired. "Ies, indeed, General; would like to
keen M, but am very, very tired" The fatigu-d
expression Of his face gave proof Of bis sincerity;
aud the General without further questioning, sad:
- Here, my good fellow, give ne your musket, and
nde my horse
The poor boy.soldier hesitated; but Con. Ross
dsmountcd and compe ted him TO get INTO the saidie
and, taking hIs gun, carried 1t several mlles.
Gen. Ross may win bright laurels IN The ieId; Gut
7 doubt If an- achevtmeAtWlll sbed more lueter Oh
his name than that little ACT of-bumauity which
proves him gentleman 10 ia truest and highest
serNe. Aud that term combines tie bost attribute
of both sexes, and that character furnishes bright
example for Princes and for Kings.
Gvu. Grant reuained last night at Holly -Spilngs
3 and was still there this morning
: The Right Wing nUder command OF Gen. Nc
1 Pberson IL here aud he and Hamilton are on The
olert and ready tor battle which may be fought a
, any time or may be deferred for a week or more
The future jnst now is very uicertMni aud whil'
we hope fOr ms best We prepared Tor tie worst
The r. bels are probably relreaiing; but every on'
wlshes they would advance ana give us an oppor
tunlty to fght the greas battle Of the south.Wesi:
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-12

Evacuation BY the Enemy Of his fortifcn-
lions North Of the Chnr-
acter of thc Rebel Iutreuc'nients-ster'
ling Prices Eear OF being FinnLed-
Tbe 4" Confoderates" Esesreatina South
ward-Our Commanders Talk of"Rag-
xing" tho Fec Conference Of Grant
with Generals Hamilton md EEcPhcr.
son-Thc Campaign to he Prosecuted
with vigor-seutirern Stories nbOut Port
IEuIaou. 40.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-12
vuOu GEN. GRANTS ARMY.

sscn. Grants Advance into HiississiPP'-' "'
Onward March into seces"in-e"p'"'e
of Notorious Southern Spy-appc"''
.,ce Of the Country oiong the Route
Th, Town Of uoiIy springs skirn'isb'
IND with the Enemy Arrival NJ limp
L;u,s miU-Tbc Confederate Destroy
In. Cottan-DcsiSns Of the Foc-A Eat
A.. likely 60 occur at any time-A s'cn-
crous National General, etc.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-04-24

HHESs MONROE, April III.
Thirty -nIne wounded from Yorktown
arrived to-day, making 80 wounded in
the eight on the left flank on Wednes-
day. The whole number was 80 killed
and 90 wounded.
In Norfolk papers, Magruder's ac-
count give 25 rebels killed, including
Col. Mckinney, and IS wounded.
Canonading is heard towards York
town, but it is an attempt of the enemy
to- disturb our working parties. With
the exception Of the affair at the rifle
pits Thursday, they get the worst in
skirmishing. Work progresses rapidly,
and when the seige begins, it will be
terrific.
The steamer Hoge has arrived from
Newborn, on the 18th. Fort Macon is
thoroughly cut off. 1t has been ascer-
tanned that the supply of provisions is
short; that no attempt will be made on
the fort, but starve them out.
{ Slight expectations still prevailed
that the rebels might attack Newbern,
and Notifications were being built for
its protection. 49,. ,5'.-....s1 !.
Smoke and flames from the Norfolk
fire arc still visible. 49, m7T 's''.9
There was a flag Of truce to day, but
the agent of the associated press wasn't
allowed to see the papers. Is
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-04-24
The Seige of Yorktown.
New YORK, April /,


The Herald's Fortress Monroe cor
respondent, under date of the 18th,
states: "From our army before York.
town / hear the most cheering news.
From information received from a sol.
der, learn that, last evening, a Colo.
mel and Lieut.. Colonel from the rebel
army came over to our lines and sur.
rendered themselves as prisoners of
war. These two officers also report
that an entire Irish Brigade mutinied,
and by order of jeff. Davis were de-
prived of their arms and sent to the
rear.
A letter from Col. Barnes, of the 18th
Massachusetts,, received in Boston,
states that the number Of the force of
the enemy is not so large as has been
reported, and does not now exceed 49,
600 to $4,000 mon. Neither are their
guns of so formidable n character as
has generally been reported. Colonel
Barnes further says our scige guns
have come, and before long viii be at
work upon the rebel breastworks. Gen.
Mcclellan, l hear, is about ready to at
tack the place, and when he commences
the rebels will not hold out very long.
Col. Barnes is considered one of the
ablest officers in the service, many OF
the Generals under whom he is serving
having graduated at West Point under
his instructions.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-04-24

1t is certain that both Gems. Grant
and Sherman thought there. wasfgreat
danger of an attack on their lines by
the rebels before Buell. could reinforce
them. The knowing agate" Of the
Gazette says:
The regimental officers Of the day
are responsible for the proper vigilance
of the pickets. And it is questionable
whether officers of the day could have
been maintaining efficiency among
their pickets, in permitting a rebel ad.
vance to within mile of their camp
at least twelve hours before the attack.
Notwithstanding all neglects else
where, there would still have been no
such disasters on Sunday morning, but
for the abominable carelessness and
lack of discipline in our soldiers in dis
charging their fire arms. .xg
The proper alarms were given in due
season. Had the discipline of our
troops been such as to enable them to
understand an alarm, they would have
OCCu PiCpdl Gu lOI lu oItdOh. IL OIL
enemy's country every gunshot except
at the stated hours for the discharge OF
loaded pieces of returning guards,
pickets, &C., should be an alarm.
Nearly all the regiments in front of our
line on Sunday, were SO used to hear.
ing guns frea- at all hours, and in
any place, that the sound of sh OTIS never
suggested an enemy-a sharp Skin
mish half mile from their lines would
not have alarmed them.
In any we'll regulated campfire sound
of shot, except at the stated hours fol
the discharging of old loads, should be
as instant an alarm as the beating oil
the long roll through every company
If worthless officers had attended to
enforcing this sort of discipline, as the
regulations require, insteadof playing
euchre and drinking whiskey in their
tents, the blood of the men murdered
in their tents that Sunday morning
would not now be resting on their
heads.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-04-24
From the Army of the Shenandoah.
Gen. Banks Driring the Rebels before

SPARTA, Rockingham Co., Va, April Is.
Gen. Banks advance column arrived
here this noon, driving the enemy from
the hill with artillery and cavalry
charges. Six thousand of Jackson's
rebel troops passed through the town
and were encamped short distance
beyond last night. 1t was currently re-
ported that Jackson was to be largely
reinforced between here and Staunton.
A body of our cavalry came upon
two squadrons of Ashby's cavalry,
drawn up in line of battle. The latter
suddenly broke ranks, and his artillery
opened upon our advance. Our caval-
~, in line of battle, waited for artillery,
which arrived and scattered the rebels.
Last night Ashby was encamped near
Newmarket. During the night Banks
occupied the town in force.
At O'clock in the morning, Ashby
being threatened by our artillery, set
fire to his camps and retreated in great
haste, leaving thirty butchered beevcs
on the ground, and doing what he
never did before, burning every large
and small turnpike bridge south of
Newmarket. 80
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-04-24
DIR. Ms. DODGE.

of Chicago, will make regular calls once in six
weeks to the following places. Patients should
call at the time specified at either of the following
points, as shall certainly come, although may
be detained an hour two: -ts
DIR. DODGE may be consulted one hour Monday
noon, May 18th, at Edwardsburgh. Arrive at
Cassapolis at p. NJ, and remain untils A. NJ,
Tuesday. May 10th. Arrive at Dowagiac on the
same evening, Cat the Taylor House.) Patients
should call in the evening" Leave at 3 A. n.
Wednesday, 21sf. Arrive at Paw Paw at lc A. a.,
same day, and leave at O'Clock p. N. Return.
arrive at Niles, Bond House, at o'clock, remain
until A. NJ, Thursday. Patients should call in.
the evening. Arrive at Decatur at 10 A. N. Leave.
at p. NJ. Arrive at Vandalia, Friday noon, May
2sd. Leave Friday evening at O'Clock. 1t will
be seen that the Doctors time is so much abridged
that he only makes calls of two or three hours in
some places. His patients will receive prescrip-
tons far time will permit other prescriptions
will be forwarded from Chicago. Patients should
call at the specified time at the principal Hotel and
wait the Doctors arrival, for he will certainly
arrive Err.-s1r
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-04-24
The Siege OF Fort PILLOW.

The work of reducing Fort Pillow
progresses slowly. 1t is probable that
operations are seriously retarded by the
high stage of water in the Mississippi,
which the heavy rains of Sunday and
yesterday will increase. . s-
Gen. Bragg is now reported TO be in
command of the fort, with six thousand
troops under his command, and five
gunboats. The armament of the fort
is heavy, and in the heavy cannonad-
ing last week the rebels showed ad-
practice. ("
Desertions from the rebels are very
and the happy condition of
things at Island No. 10 seems likely to
be repeated at Fort Pillow.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-04-24
Death of Hon. Theo. Frelinehuvsen.

Hon. Theodore Frelinghuysen, who
died at New Brunswick, N. j., on
Saturday the 18th inst, was among
the men of our country who has left
the record of long and honorable life.
He was graduate of Princeton Col.
lege in 1904, and was afterwards adj
United to the bar, and soon became one
of the leading members of the legal
profession in, New Jersey. He took an
active part in politics, and was elected
Attorney General of the State by Leg
lslature in which his political opponents
were largely in the majority. Other
posts of honor were conferred upon
him by the people of his State, and in
1929 he was elected U. S. Senator,
and served a full term. 1888 he. was
chosen Chancellor of the University
of New York. He acted with the
Wing party, and, in the Presidential
campaign of 1874, he was nominated
Vice President, Henry Clay being the
Presidential candidate. He resigned
the Chancellorship of the University
of New York in 1850, and accepted
the appointment of President of Rut
gers College, of New Brunswick, N,
j., where he resided. until his death.
For many years he held the Office Of
President of the American Bible So.
ciety. a9soqaH ad ]ae.ai }ffl
Mr.. Frelinghuysen was a man Of
kind and gentlemanly manners, stead
lastly upright and moral in his deport.
ment, and of decided convictions in
politics and religion. He was fluent
speaker and an able debater. His poll
teal predictions naturally attached
him to the Republican party, and he
was ardently attached to the Union
and the Constitution against the as.
saults of the enemies of his country.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-04-24
Secretary stanton.

1t is clearly evident to any one,
that northern Democratic sympathizers
with treason are preparing an open, re-
lentless warfare upon Secretary STAN
ton. The vigor he has infused into
the War Department, and the terrible
and rapid blows that have been death
upon the rebels under his administra-
ton, has aroused all the malignity of
the doughface secessionists. His crime
is too much devotion to the Union, too
strong determination to wage fierce
war against traitors North and South,
and too great readiness to hurt some
body. i"" 2 80
1t will be remembered that when Mr..
Stanton was called into the Cabinet,
the democratic leaders proclaimed him
as their representative man, and said
to us all: "Now things will go right. "
Republicans certainly found no fault
with. their prediction. But it would
appear that Stanton has paid no atten-
ton to securing political capital for the
Democratic leaders; and they have ac-
cordingly lost confidence in him, and
the entire pro.slavery press, led on by
the n. Y Commercial and New York
World, are either covertly or openly
attacking him. The Commercial pro-
processes to have made the discovery,
on {" the fullest authority" that the
Secretary of War is an enemy of Gen.
Mcclellan, and is engaged in gigan-
tic conspiracy with the President, to
ruin him by giving him fewer troops
than he asked for before Yorktown,
and diverting to the commands of
Banks, Mcdowell, and Fremont troops
that he intended. TO use in rear opera
tons at Lynehburg, Va, and Colds
boro, NC. ,n aab .asrsr eaaGnelia s
Of course there is no truth whatever
in these charges, and We do not think
the people can'be made to belieyethem.
Mr.. Stanton, by his ability, industry,
energy courage and fidelity to the
Union, has more than met public ex-
pectations. His hand has been felt
everywhere. Every one couldsee that
he was wholly in earnest about defeat
ing the enemies of the country and we
do not believe that any cabinet officer
at this time would incur the monstrous
hazard and guilt Of endangering the
success of the Union army from any
motive ofpolitical or personal ambition
or emotion of petty spite.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-04-24
w Seven Michigan Regiments ar

az Seven Michigan Regiments are
now before the Rebel Notifications at
Yorktown-the 1st, I'd, Sd, 4th, 5th,
It'll, and Stockton's Independent.
There are three companies there from
St. Joseph County. There are more
Michigan soldiers than have heretofore
been gathered on any one field.
The other Michigan Regiments are
scattered around somewhat. The 9th
is at Ship Island, Miss; the 9Th at Port
Royal, S. c.; the 9th, IL, 18th 18th,
and 18th, with the LIST Michigan Sharp
Shooters, late Berge's, are in Kentucky
and Tennessee the lst Michigan Cav
airy, Col. Broadhead, is in Banks Di-
vision, on the Potomac /; the I'd and Sd
Cavalry are in Missouri. The batteries
are all in Kentucky and Tennessee we
believe. asr s,.4.~-sf -,
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-04-24
WORTHY of His Name.

Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, grand
son of the famous signer of the Decla-
ration of Independence, is, with one
or two exceptions, the largest slave
holder Maryland. Kind as a parent to
his three hundred negroes, he halls the
Presidents plan of emancipation with
gladness. lie has told his slaves not
to leave him, because the time would
come when they would be free on their
native soil, and that then he would
employ them as free laborers at good
wages. sshaa mass taa's afie
Colonel M'Tavish, another grandson
of the signer, owns fifty slaves, and is
heartily in favor of emancipation. But
then he is Republican in politics, be-
heves in the Chicago platform, and
spoke, acted and voted for Abraham
Lincoln.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-04-24
Gen. Ranks Moving Forward.

General Banks is proceeding slowly
but surely down the Valley of the
Shenandoah, to take possession of the
two important rebel points-Gordons-
vile and Staunton-both of which are
railroad centres. es
The object of General Banks is, no
doubt, to get possession Of the railroad
and telegraph lines, cutting off com.
munication betweea Richmond and the
Southwest, and then advance easterly
while Mcdowell advances southerly
against Richmond. tes
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-04-24
The Chicago Elections.

The Republicans have been badly
defeated at the charter election in Chi.
cago. The only reason we have seen
given is, that the Republican candi-
dates did not receive votes enough to
elect them, and they did not get enough
because SO many had gone to the wars,
or because those who staid at home did
not vote. This is the best reason pos
sible for defeat. There has certainly
been no change of sentiment amongst
the people, though it may be that the
rebel prisoners there voted the Demo
cratic ticket. a 9g
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-04-24

THE GUNBOATs AT PITTsBURG.-
The Navy Department is in receipt
of dispatches from the Commanders of
the Tyler and Lexington, giving full
account of their part in the Pittsburg
Landing fight. Lieut.. Gwyne, Com
handing the Tyler, says that he
awaited instructions from the Com
handing General patiently, although
for an hour or more shot and shell were
falling all around. Feeling that could
some system of communication be
adopted the Tyler might be of great
assistance, he sent an officer to get per-
mission and received if. At one time
a rebel battery was silenced in thirty
minutes at another in ten minutes, and
the rebels were put to flight in hurry.
All night at intervals of fifteen minutes,
guns were fired from the boats into the
rebel camp. On the second day the
boats did not fire. The enemy retreated
after the fire in haste, having contested
every inch of the ground all day with
stubbornness.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-04-24

Special dispatch to the Chicago Evening Journal.
80 aa.a asaat CAIRO, April %.
We are almost drowned, out, but
there is some prospect of a subsistence
of the waters. 1t is extremely I'M
comfortable here. eaaa sf
= The news from our fleet before Fort
Wright for Pillow is not important.
The bombardment goes on steadily.
Col. Bissell and his corps of engineers
have gone to the scene of operations.
The rebels have cut the levee on the
Arkansas shore, opposite Fort Pillow,
and the fine farming lands are now
covered with lake of water for miles
down. The residents there are greatly
exasperated at this outrage.
Nothing but encouraging news is re-
ceived from Halleck's army The rains
have impeded operations somewhat on
both sides. Our army is being thor
oughly recognized and reinforced.
Gen. Hallcck means to fight hard when
he rs ready to do it effectually. m $
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-04-24
A Fight near Savannah, Ga.
The Eederdls attacked and the Re6
t-. eIe TVb;o,,oI
New York, A

New York, April %.
Advices per the Marion state that a
surveying party Of 800 of the 9Th
Michigan, landing at. Wilmington
Island, before Savannah, were surprised
by 600 to 500 rebels, who poured on
them an effective fire, killing and woun-
ding several Federals, who returned
the fire and went CALAMITY into the
fight. The rebels, after a short stand
retreated. An Adjutant in the 9Th
Michigan regiment was killed, and IL
or l3 others 25 or 80 wounded. arY
The dead.were taken to Fort Pulas-
XII, and the wounded were carried to
the hospital at Hilton Head. The reb-
ell loss is unknown. e ab a
Fort Pulaski is so much injured as to
be wholly unfit for work of defense.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-04-24
Abolition of Slavery in the District Of
Columbia.


The bill abolishing slavery in the
District of Columbia passed the House
of Representatives on Friday of last
week by the very decided vote of yeas
90, nays SO. The discussion preceding
its passage was very animated. Numer-
Gus amendments were made, and re-
jected. The minds of members were
evidently made up on this subject, and
the bill was passed by the decisive vote
above named. Almost everybody con-
coded the power of Congress to enact
such law, but some doubted its time.
illness and its effect upon the loyal citi-
zens of slave States. For our own part
we consider it just and timely act.
The Capital of free people should be
free. and the people Of the Northern
States who have through long series
of years suffered from the pro slavery in
fluences of the capital, which shaped
Legislation in every direction, but that of
their interest, have not only the right
but much provocation to do away with
the evil. Thus step by step the Govern
ment takes its place unequivocally on
the side of freedom The only astonish-
ment other nations will experience in
reading this honorable actis that it has
been so long delayed. 9i.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-04-24
THE CAss COUNTY. REPUBLICAN.
The Battle of Pittsburg Landing.

As the smoke gradually clears away
in which the sensation reporters, in the
first accounts of the battle, succeeded
in enveloping it, We began to have a
clear conception of the, result of the
contest. The sum Of the whole matter
seems to be that our army was attacked
by the rebels and taken completely by
surprise-that after the close of the first
day we were badly whipped, but at the
close of the second day we had re-
pulsed the enemy with heavy loss and
driven them back to their original posi-
ton at Corinth. This is victory, of
course, but far less decisive and impor-
tant in its results than at first reported.
That our army was not entirely cut to
pieces, is cause for sincere gratitude.
Had Beauregard known the condition of
our forces on Sunday night, they would
have been captured or driven into the
Tennessee River. As it was, it was
pluck, soldierly fighting, and bulldog
tenacity alone that snatched our sadly
overmatched army from the jaws of
defeat. They fought against over
whelming numbers, led by Johnston
and Beauregard than. whom the world
knows but few more skillfull officers.
1t was certainly miracle of valor and
stubborn determination that prevented
the fighting forty thousand from being
swallowed up in the Red Sea of rebel
victory. All thanks, then, to our match
less Union soldiers. May the laurels
of victory ever rest green and fadeless
upon their brows; and the memory of
their gallant deeds never perish from
the hearts of grateful people. >
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-04-24

THE RETREAT OF BEAUREGARD's
ARMY TO CoRINTn-A FMGHr.-A
correspondent of the Philadelphia In
9,si,er, who was taken prisoner in the
commencement of the Pittsburg fight,
and who remained with the enemy on
Sunday night on our camp ground, who
was taken half way to Corinth, but
escaped about O'clock on Monday
afternoon while under guard, and who
consequently viewed the battle from
the side of the enemy, represents that
it will be almost Impossible for the reb-
els to make another serious stand. He
says that when he deserted, the retreat,
commencing in good order, had de-
generated into fight, and even into a
panic quite as bad as that of Bull Run.