Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-02-22
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
INTERNATIONAL HoTEu,
NV YoRK, Feb. l8, 1862.

House. waiting with hundreds Of others fof
the third edition of the Post When the
papers came the news agent, who bad bis
stand near the steps, covered with canvass TO |
protect himself from the storm Of seet and |
snow then rngiDg, found himself surrounded \
with on eager crowd, each one rusbing past
the other to get the news The resolt was,
bats were lost, coats half torn of. and the
canvass cover itself was entirely demolished
10 the struggle each one came out with
/ paper crunched up in bis hand, some Of them
/ torn almost to pieces. With one of the hall
/ torn sheets jumped into one of the Third
Avenue street cars. which leave evory two
minutes. They were jhmmed rnll most o.
the passengers going home, oud nearly oil
supplied with papers Everybody here reads
The pupers; it has become q necessary ali
ment. if not TO sustain lie, 10 add at lpas, TO
its enioyments, so mach so tha. the absence
OF light and heat world be almost MS eudura'
BILE as the absence Of that great luminory Of
modern times--the Press. ln England the
Press is sometimes desieDated as the third
power in this country it is unqnestionably
the FIRST. No monarch ever welded as moch
real power as the Press in this great city
none. Its numerous steam presses. running
all night. are scattering broadcast, morning
aud afternoon. its teemiug issues hy The mil
lion, filled with intelligence by telegraph. tor
which thousands of dollars are expended daily
by these great engines Of knowledge and
power. 10 enterprise, energy, ability and
resources, the New York Press. as body, is
, not equSlipd hy any in the world
, Tho series ut victories achieved by our
gallant soldiers over the rebels, in every late
battle, has already had most cheering effect
on all the business prospects OF life. Many
Of the more moderate and intelligent rebel
leaders are themselves beginning TO see that
the rule and riot OF rebellion is nearly at its
p end. Mir Faulkner, of Virginia. hte n iuis
D ter to France, has already proclaimed it u
failure, and advises his friends TO make the
best terms they can. The rebels have learned
one lesson that will be Invaluable to them i
not profitable 10 rs and that is the dPlusior
J. that one Southern man is equal TO tbre,
3 Northerners in courage and capacity fol
L fighting. They need TO longer talk nbou
" dying in the last ditch" Floyd nnj PILLOW
e will never dig ditch for their own intermsn
il they can help It. 1euera! Pillow, at last
. will profit by his experience 10 the MeXicar
war, and keep on the right side of the ditch
so that be can run when it is not agreeable tt
" fight. But OF al the mGderu would h
heroes, Done ere so excessively lampooned b.
the Press aud the people, as Ex.Secretar
" Floyd, who, when he found his position sue
that he could steel nothing else, resolved (
:. steal march," and ran from the field {
battle with bis Legiou leaving bis fello'
soldiers to their fate. Poor "lunocent Floyd
is there no one to step forward and shield hir
from ob!oquy and eternal iciamy in this, hi
hour Of diversity, when bis own friends an
fellow traitors heap curses on him for hi
cowardice and trepchery? He has surel
done nothing that should detsnct from b
~ former high standing as the author an
~ originator Of the most Gtupendous frauds az
trsscbery to his country that the world eve
be witnessed But let him 60, and, as coieG
OF porary says, if be eau live upon such eSrniu
6 let him live-until Justice brings his nee
be acquainted with hemp. May bis heels st!
,e, forther protect him from q soldiers DEATH
% The capture OF Fon DoEelson, with iftee
of thousand Rebel troops and their hest General
bo together with immense amount of m,a
ok stores and seige guns, has taken all by surprs
h. We did expect to take the position, the stores an
in the guns, hut we did not expect to SO enuap Il
bulk Of the Rebel army, as 10 prevent their 10
ming away, in which practice they have grow
be so adept as almost to defy prevention. The hi
la Floyd. with some five thousand men, ha
ew escaped, perhaps TO Gainesville,
ID This is a town in the northern part of T'ennG
to see on the Cumberland river, twenty five mil
no east of Fort Donelson, and through which pass
bv the railroad which connects Bowling Green vi
or Memphis. Upon the evacuation of BOWL
M Green, the rebel troops at that point were i
81 patched by this railroad towards Fort Dones,
ls via Clarkesyille before the final abandonment
"a, Bowling Green was known. Commodore FO,
isL then dispatched gunboat 10 disable the ralIrn
bridge at Gainesville, by which further rel
n lorcements to the west were cut off.
90 at Gainesville, which is the las, defended po
OO ton in that section of the country. The ne
w of the surrender Of Fort Doneson had scare
or, rcOched Cairo, when Commodore Foo,e b
his laken command Of full feet of gun and NOR
ich boats, and was on his way, up the Cumheral
nts to attack this place. U;,der the comb ned alta
Of Of the fleet and Of The overwhelming land for
les ""''" ''"e'D'' nu''' M"chei anu "'ah'
>, dispatch for its reduction, there is scarcely do
IF oI its carly surrender which will leave Tennes
m and Kentucky free from Rebel troops, with
exception OF the Insignificant force which now
..,,, mains within the entertainments at Columbus
Ga LATEST NEws,-An Official despat
by from General Hacck to General McCiell
La announces the capture by Col. Curtis, of