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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-04-25

The interest of the war now centres around
Yirktown and CorInth. According to pres
ent appearances the capture of Yorktown bv
Mcclellan must b, tie substantial ruin of
the rebel cause in the East, while decisive
defeat Of the enemy at CorInth will doubtless
dlsorgunize and destroy the rebel army Of
the Southwest, give US possession of Alaba-
mt, NJ ssissippi, Arkansas aud louisiana,
aud open the Great River again to commerce.
II the intercepted despatch, purporting to be
from Beauregard, is genuine, the rebel Gen
eral Is 10 a desperate case. His force, ae-
cOrding to that, is less than it has been sup
posed to be, and the reinfJreem mt, 50 W.
gently demanded even at the sacrifice of
Charleston and Savannah, cannot reach him,
for Mitchell holds the only liue Of railway
communication. His situation j. evidently
very critical one, and growing more 20
daily. At Yorktown me rebels are believed to
have concentrated the larger portion o. their
available force in the east, to oppose the ad-
vance Of Mcclellan upon Richmond. Their
chain Of defeuces extends completely across
the peninsula between the York and James
rivers. Tie Merrimac at Norfolk seems TO
command the navigation of the James river,
while their batteries at Yorktown and Glou.
cester bar all passage up the York rlser-
Only BY siege and direct assault apparently,
can their lines there be broken. Our Gener-
ais and troops express confidence in their
ability to do 1t, and their success will be the
downfall Of Richmond and the overthrow of
the Rebel Confederacy.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-04-25
hPRIL 18th.

am happy to state that quito number re-
ported wounded, owing to the slight nature OF
their wounds, have reported for duty this morn
iag-so, that the number now under medical
treatment, and wounded and missing is less than
l5O. This number will be reduced daily by
discharges from the hospitals.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-04-25
"To Corinth or He'll

Our troops were compelled to abandoned poi-
ton Of the cannon captured on sunday, We pre-
sume, owing to their crippled condition, bat s7iA
ed them before leaving them.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-04-25
ABAD .iECE OF BUSINESS,

\ dispatch to the Washington Star, from
Fortres, Monroe, says in reference to the
fight at Les Mills:
@. Some @. The wounded here complain that the
disaster was the result OF failing to send them
succor ter . nvur, when they might have been
sustained. Jssy also say that Immediately after
n. o. calrru-s GsH. Smith uas ordered Hndu arrest
As,et,rls nrJrely unknown here upon whom
tae resgoIsin liy Tor the result OF this skirmish
rrsts; tut the prompt arrest OF zen. Smith, II II
he So 8. "~s "a the Commanding General means
al enc, C. ,..,c6 such occurrences, by holding his
aivI.io.. commanders Immediately responsible for
su,a % airs until they search out and bring to due
PUNISHMENT the subordinate officers who are justly
obarkeabie with disastrous neglect, # they be
reiIy the culpable parties"
lu a subsequent dispatch, the telegrapher
sIys.
81 have Just received information satisfying
me that the accus stion Of some of the wounded,
on the night before last, agsinEt Gen. Smith, Is
unfouLd-d.'
Ia tie telegraphic report of Congressional
Proceedings, Of April 22I, we find the fol-
lowing
HousE-uu motion Of MI. Morrill, Of VI, it
was resolved that the President be requested to
strike iron the rolls the name Of any oihcer known
- be LH bi UsIy intoxicated while In service
He ssiS lie had been assured that the commanding
Geucra., wno tailed TO reinforce the Vermont COM
pauies NnO suffered SO severely at \ OF ktOwn, was
drunk, and lad fallen of his horse into the mud
lie wa a ked, but declined to give, the name
q The Geutrsi.
The suspicion excited by the above paragraphs
Is, we are sorry to say, confirmed by private
letters from intelligent and Likely t. be
well informed sources, in the Vermont Bri-
gade
G.n. Wm. F. Smith, is a vermonter,
from D. Adams, APPOINTED first from the
typographical department of the regular
servlce. Ahere he stood high) to the Colonel
cy of the Vermont Sd then promoted to a
Brigadicr generalship; and then to the
command # an important Division. lie IL
enjoyed, Il 1t has been stated, the peI>- nli
friendship and confidence of Gen. Mcclellan
in hi-h degree. and was in position to do
distinguished honor to himself and the
Stat. Il is painful in the extreme, under
sich circumstances, to suspect for moment
that be could fail, for such cause, to justify
the high expectations of his friends. Bat
t. l. IL MT the first time that reports that he
~As DOING injury to himself and the service
by dinsing, have reached the State. The
"hp'" Of the case is not yet stat.d One of the
il..,e letters we aliude to states that mum
Or 60 ne officers of the regiments, including
'''~ 'l'nel and several captains, were no.
T. 70 Ny intoxicated during the engagement.
T., matter is one that ca Is for instant in
'-'sation, and, if these statements are sub.
-.."i:4.ed, for prompt and severe action.
rac drunken man is, for the time being, a
ca ~ man or an idiot. Vermont cannot al
f.rd the needless sacrifice of her brave SONS.
uuier the leadership CT such.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-04-25
KILLED

c.. D.-L E. Briggs, J. C1,kman, g.
Ddnlorth, b. Elliot, ). Le,biy, john Neal,
o. Stevens, d. Campbell.
Co. E.-W. P. Vance, j. Thomson, D..
6. Thomas.
Co. F.-Corporal D. C. wilson, Austin
Boynton, William DJner. Srgaant j. F.
Perry. Richard Wilson. VIM. Fuller
co. K-J. F. Ceuerville, p. Devine, VIM.
Scott Thomas Connel, II. D. Waterman,
A. F. Wiley. A j. Batting.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-04-25
LATER FROM THE BATTLE
GROUND OF SHILOH.

ORR Loss 1850 The REBEL Loss Is 900.
carleton" writes as follows to the BJs-
ton Journal
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-04-25

Tug SKIRMlsH At LEES The cJ1-
respondent Of tue y. Y. Tribune writes as
follows
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-05-22

The LEADERS OF THE REBELLIoS-The New York
Tines, in an article on the report that the war may
he settled very soon by prOclaiming a general am
nesty, thus refers 10 the way We should deal with the
chief traitors
That the President will offer amnesty to the leaders
Of this rebe!liOn-tO the men who have plotted and
planned it, or to the equally cuiPable traitors who
have forsworn their allegiance 10 the Constitution,
and put themselves at the head Of the armies arrayed
against 1t, We 60 not believe. There is nothing to be
gained 10y such an offer, and it would shock every
sentiment Of natural justice, and act as a direct en-
cOuragement 10 treason hereafter. The great mistake
in the settlement Of the notification contest of 1882,
was that not one Of the leading conspirators suffered
punishment. II John G. Calhoun had been hung,
we should have heard nothing more Of rebellion.
But the mistaken lenity Of that day paved the way
for n renewal Of the conspiracy now. That mistake
ought not to be repeated Ii is not to be supposed
that all who, in this rebellion, have been guilty OF
treason, can suffer the punishment due to their crime.
No Government can IN such a case ever deal with
men according 10 their deserts.
But it is important that this gigantic crime should
not 90 UNPUBLISHED. 1t would be a scandal and dis
grace if men could thus bring a great nation TO the
verge o. ruin,-sacrihce thousands Of lives, make ten
thousand hearth stones desOlaie, exhaust millions
upon millions Of treasure, and yet escape punish
ment AT the hands Of the people against whom their
crime has been directed. The leaders in this rebel
nOn-enough from every State 10 make n terrible and
telling example-must suffer the penalty due TO trea-
son. While the impulse OF mere viudictiyeness should
have no part in the action Of the Government, justice,
patriotism. regard for the future welfare Of the Ma
ton, demand, that the men who have placed them
selves at the head of this conspiracy, should pay the
penalty with their lives. Public sentiment-the Just
and holy Indignation Of loyal men-will exact this at
the hands Of the Government.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-05-22

WHAT 4 CANNON-BALL DD.-The Boston
Courier publishes a letter Of a correspondent on
board tine United States steamer Massachusetts,,
Of Ship Island, Oct. Goth, giving an account Of
the affair between that vessel and 4 Confederate
steamer, in which the following extraordinary
exploit Of q rifled cannOn-ball Is chrunicled
During the action | think we hit her four
times, and / know she bit us once with a 6S-pOund
rifle shell. The shell catered on our starbOard
quarter, just above the iron part of her hull it
came through the side angling aft Gas we were a
little abaft his beam when il struck u.s. and took
the deck in the passage-way, between two state
rooms, and completely cut of eighteen Of the
deck-planks, and then struck a beam, which
canted it up a little, so that it took the steam
heating pipes under our dining-table, cutting off
five of them, and tearing our dining-table all to
pieces then went through the state-room bulk
head and ceiling of the ship on the opposite side,
and struck one Of the outside timbers, and broke
every outside plank abreast Of it short of from
the spar to the g~un-deck it then fell down upon
the cabin-deck and exploded, knocking four
state-rOOms into one, breaking all the glass and
crockery-ware, shattering the cabin very badly,
breaking the furniture, and setting fire 10 the
ship but we had three streams of water upon
the fire at very short notice, and put it out before
it did any damage-keeping up our chase as
though nothing had happened.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-05-22

ENGLISH FLOUR MILL-One Of the most magnii-
cent -four mills in the world is that at the royal
dOckyard in Plymouth, England. The building IS
240 feet long and 20 feet in height. In the centre
are two steam engines of 40 horse power, on each
side II pairs of stones, each performing l23 revolu-
tons il n minute, and grinding five bushels of grain
per hour, so that when the mill is in full work, l20
bushels are ground in that time, and the -four is
dressed by eight machines. The corn is laid on the
upper floor, and then is conducted by spouts, first to
screening machines, or cylindrical sleeves, arranged
somewhat like an archimedean screw. 1t is admitted
at one end, and being cleaned Of sand and dust in
its passage, falls into a hopper, passing therefrom by
spouts. TO the mill-stones. After flour is ground it
requires to be purified from those parts which form
the outer envelopes of the seed-the bran as it is
called. The machines usually employed consist of n
kind of cylinder made of wire cloth. The -four is
passed into this, and is brushed through the meshes
Of the cloth by brushes. That which falls from the
upper part of the cylinder is the fine flour, and from
the succeeding parts, the seconds, thirds, ETC., the
bran leaving it last of all. The -four is sometimes
driven through the meshes of the cloth by means of
fans, which are made to revolve very rapidly, and
thus blow it through. The wire cloth is extremely
fine in its texture-there being in some specimens,
more than %, 900 holes in n square inch.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-05-22

The SUNDAY MARKET LAw.-The following
bill passed the Legislature at the present session
and was signed by Gov. Stanford 9th March.
Tomorrow it goes into operation. The act was
with great u%nanimity petitioned for by the mar
ketnen and they will themselves see il enforced.
We understand that the slaughterers hope that il
will be construed 10 prohibit the sale Of meat
from their shambles on Sunday. The same rea-
sons actuate them that moved the marketmen.
Under the clauses that we italicise the law ap-
pears TO give them Sunday as a day Of rest
Sec l. Ii shall not be lawful for any market
place, or stall for the sale Of meats, game, yege-
tables OF other market products in the city Of
San Francisco, TO be kept open on the first day Of
the week, usually known as Sunday, mr. shall
any HleatS, game vegetables or other market pro-
duets be sold on Sunday at any such stall or mar
ket, nor from carts. wagons, or otherwise, in said
city and county Of san Francisco.
Sec .. II any person who owns, keeps or at
meats, game, vegetables or other market products
from carts, wagons OF otherwise, either in his
own right, or rs agent or servant for another,
shall violate the provisions of this Act, he shall
for every such Ofiense be deemed guilty Of a mis-
demeanor, and shall be punished by u fine Of $50
for each and every Ofense, u be recovered as
other fines for misdemeanOr are now recoverable
By law, and by imprisonment until such fine Is
paid.
Sec. .. All Acts inconsistent with the proyi-
sions Of this Act are hereby repealed.
See. 4. This Act shall take effect ut the expira-
ton OILS days next after lie passages. f.
BUisfiH.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-05-22
Wonderful Feats of Horses.

The TrareHer of last week had 4 remarkable
story Of a horse that run across n bridge 100
feet in length, the ties of which were three feet
apart, and remarked that considering 1t was
night the feat was wonderful
This Is not the only instance on record of a
similar dangerous undertaking. We give the
following anecdote which President Dwight re-
lates in the history Of the town OF Great Barring
ton
"A Mr.. Van Rensselaer,, 4 young gentleman
from Albany, came one evening into an inn kept
by n Mr.. Root, Just at the eastern end of the
bridge. The inn-keeper. who knew him, asked
him where he had crossed the river. lie answer
ell, . On the bridge Mr.. Root replied, that it
was impossible, because IL had been raised that
very day, and that not a plank had been laid on
it. Mr.. Van Rensselaer, said that 1t could not
be true. because his horse had come over without
any difficulty or reluctance that the night was
indeed 50 profoundly dark as to prevent him
from seeing ANYTHING distinctly but that it was
incredible, IL his horse could see sufficiently well
to keep his footing anywhere, that he should not
discern the danger, and impossible Tor him TO
pass over the bridge in that condition: Each
went to bed dissatisfied, neither believing the
story of the other. In the morning, NJ. Van
Rensselaer, went, at the solicitation of his host, to
view the bridge, and, finding it n naked frame,
gazed for u moment with establishment, and
tainted"
In the celebrated trial of Daily and Halligan,
Northampton. in the year IS, for the murder
~ Oud2C 0POOhCA- eAO OtAO"AhP ANSN
ADr.-- was returning from visiting a
pas.c-. near the borders of Rhode Island, when
he was suddenly intercepted by two men WHO
approached him from either side OF the road and
demanded his money. The Doctor was mounted
upon a powerful horse, who at the approach of
the men, took immediate fright. and turned
square around. The Dr., seeing the fright
Of his horse, abandoned the bride and held
on to the horses name. After riding For what
he supposed 4 distance of six miles. he drtw
up before n tavern. The landlord inquired
where he came from. He told him, when TIE
landlord replied Impossible, for You arc tins
side Of the Blackstone River, and the bridge
over the falls was carried away some days since,
and but yesterday the main stringer Only was
carried across the stream-' The Dr. insisted
that his account was true. \ party Immediately
act out from the tavern to test the truth, and 10
and behold the horses hOOfs were distinctly seen
on the single plank that spanned the stream.
A Rochester. N. Y, paper of a recent date
records an occurrence almost similar, which
nroyes this fact, that a horse thoroughly fright
ened will perform feats that under ordinary
cirrum<tances no power could draw from him.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-05-22
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
The Nations Prayer.

Among the tributes paid by literature 10 the Prince
Consort's memory, that which IS found in Black
roofs -fGgG-ins for February, has given such gra-
thcantion 20 the Queen, that she has ordered a
number OF copies to be printed separately. The
article Is, rs 10 style AMI expression, peculiarly ex-
cellent and refined 70 n degree, ut the same time Il is
instilled with the elcquence Of the genuine emotion
Of n heart stirred in its sympatties to the very depths
The following lines are appended TO the prose article.
They present, in their peculiar measure Of alternate
dual and tripLsf stanzas. followed by the refrain,
=" God Save the Queen" n literary curiosity. The
lines are entitled, " The Nations Prayer
Lord Col, On bended knse.-
Three kingdoms cry 70 thee.
God save the Queen
God OF an Tenderness.
Lzhtsn her Ioai, AMI bless,
Dep ia her h-i distress
Gcd save the Queen
Grant her thy comfort. Lord
Husband, thy arm anord
Father, faian toy word,
Col save the Queen
Thou has, given gtaIBess long,
Make her in so~roE strong,
God save the oueens
Dry our dear hIy's tears,
Soeeour her bneiy years,
safe through al woes and fears,
God keep the oueen.
sweet from this s1Iden gloom,
Bring thou Hss'4 perfect bIoou-
God save the oassn
Thou zho has, sent the blow,
Out Of this eIosi Of woe
God save the Queen.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-11-25
Coed Schools.

The only peril to the conservative ma
jority in the next Congaess is bogus
military members from the Slave States,
elected in camp by Abolition regiments,
to do Abolition duty in Congress.-M T.
Express.
The above, of course, refers to Mis-
souri,, as that is the only Slave State lex
eept Delaware, which elects pro-slavery
Democracy which has chosen Congress
men. The Express seems to appreciate
the effect which the war has upon the
opinions OK the men who are engaged in
fighting its battles. 1t makes precious
little difference where troops are recruit
ed; in the schools of camp and battle
field they are quickly converted into
what the Express calls abolition regi-
ments Mo. Democrat
The animosity everywhere manifested
by the Butternut press to the soldiers is
not at all remarkable, They are we'll
aware of the opinion entertained of them
by the soldiers, and hence their implaca-
BILE hostility.
An officer was passing over the Illinois
Central Railroad day or two after the
November election, with the insignia of
his rank upon his shoulders. AT one of
the stations on tie road, a gentleman
stepped on the train, and, seeing the
Captain, accosted him as follows, at the
same time extending his hand: How
are you, Captain2 Glad to see you. We
can't agree in politics, but that is no rea-
son why we shouldn't be friendly. Well,
we rather got the start of you at the last
election, didn't we"
The officer says he never saw the man
before, and consequently the fellow
hadn't the most remote idea how he
stood politically. He took it for granted
that the officer didn't endorse the Butter
nut ticket, over whose success he was
rejoicing, because he had on the uniform
of his country. This is one of the mos
unmistakable evidences that the Butter
nuts of Illinois regard their organization
as distasteful, to say the least Of it, t.
the men who are shedding their blooC
and giving up their lives in their cOun
try's defense.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-11-25
noE-The followinr winch We conY from

D@The following which we copy from
the Louisville Democrat of Friday shows
how differently the 18th Illinois Regi-
ment acted than was represented by ma
lignant and no doubt rebel sympathising
men, who desired to carry off contra
bands without the trouble ofshowing their
right to do so. The officers of the Regi-
ment say this has always been their man.
ner of treating those who came civily af-
ter runaway negroes:
LOUISVILLE, Nov. 20, 1862.
" MEssRs EDITORS Noticing some
complaints, through the city papers, in
regard to the conduct of the officers of
the 18th regiment Illinois Volunteers
now encamped in this vicinity, | ask per-
mission to tell my experience.
Il was called on yesterday by friend
of mine from Woodford county (Mr VIM.
J. Turner), to assist him to recover
slave, who had followed the regiment
here from his neighboihood, and was
then, as he had good reason to believe,
in this regiment. l sought an interview,
the first opportunity, with the Colonel
(Grier), introduced myself, and stated
the facts in Turner's case He, (Grier)
called the attention of Col. Webb and
Capt. Stevenson, of the same regiment,
to our interview At the conclusion of
my statement they all responded cheer
full that Mr.. Turner should have his
boy, upon my assurance of his loyalty.
Then and there one of the Captains ac-
companied US to the camp, brought the
boy out promptly and.delivered him to his
owner; here was no roughness, no threats
no police, or other officers than those of
the regiment We simply treated them
as gentlemen, and they reciprocated full
ly. l admit that Col. Webb's concluding
paragraph of to-day is in bad taste, and
he owes it to himself to modify it. What
treatment others may have received at
the hands of this regiment l have no
means of knowing, but have every reason
to feel gratifed with their department
towards myself C."
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-11-25

B4~ The following is list of guer-
rilla prisoners sent to indianapolis yes
terday morning, having been captured1n
Kentucky by the troops under command
of Col. Foster: L. D. Fisher, o. I. Jcn-
nings, E. R. Hickison, W. I. Biggs, VIM.
Armstrong, H. F. Trimble, T. B. Lacock,
Washington Arther, NJ, r. Hamley, Joel
johnson, Robt, G. Legin, E. r, Cox, W.
D. Brown, J. W. Hamley, Robt. Martin,
T. L. Menser, S. W, Williams, E. NJ.
Kenner, W. D. Ashley, ]. W. Myers, w.
Stiles, W. H. Buchanan, Thomas Hol-
man, w, l. Narshel, W. R. Quigley, ].
NJ. Bell, John Neal, ]. W. Lockett, Sam
uel Il. Perrell, Robert E. Price, t. W.
Chandler, Geo. W. Dixon, Ephraim Ad-
cock, C. T. Blantford, David White,
Lewis L. Hill, J. A. Kenner, A. W. Yea
zey, J. NJ Pritchell, Mandley B. Win
stead.
Capt Baker and Is men of the Goth
Regiment accompanied the prisoners as
a guard, to take them through to john
sons Island
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-11-25
RIVER NEWS.

The river rose quite rapidly on Sunday
and Sunday night, and the rise contin-
ues.
The Duke arrived here early yester-
day from Cairo
The Diadem, towing large barge, en-
route to Cincinnati, passed up yesterday.
The Little Grey Eagle returned to
the city on Sunday, bringing the freight
and passengers of the Big Grey, which
returned to Louisville, and will be here
to-day in her regular place
The Little Grey Eagle returned from
Henderson yesterday morning, and pro-
ceeded to Louisville at II o'clock.
The same popular officers will be
found on these boats that did the honors
last spring.
The Duke will leave for Cairo at four
o'clock this evening.
The Matte Cook, with a fine trip, left
for Bowling Green last night.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-11-25

GUERRILLA PRIsoNERs.-The Campbell
yesterday morning brought up forty guer-
rilla prisoners from Henderson, under a
guard Of twenty-five men commanded by
Capt Baker, who will escort them to
Johnsons Island, in Lake Erie.
Among the prisoners were Rens Fisher,
the notorious horse-thief and traitor, and
young Lacock, who formerly lived in this
city, but lately attached himself to the
guerrillas, with whom he was captured
the next day after he Joined the band.
He is now on his way to Johnson's
Island, where he will have leisure to re-
pent of his folly and wickedness.
A full list of the prisoners will be
found in another place, which we OBJ
tanned through the courtesy of Capt
Drew, of the Quartermaster's Depart
ment. "