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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-02-04

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w - THE
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-02-04

NOTICE.-The undersigned, who is known bv
- all to be law abiding and loyal Citizen, and
one VINO deiIres to keep an orderly, quiet chzen's
mouse, a. the same time claiming from the cty an
th0Ilues protection from encroachment upon his
Just ghts under his license, and under the laws of
tnis CITY, would respectfully represent that under
mllltarJ law he 10 clrcumscribed in his busin ess
anu does not deslre to violate any order of the mill
fary authorities he respectfully requests that no or
heer or soldier OF the Unitsd States army will enter
MS rouse Tor the purpose of obtaining refreshments
or liquors. as he will not sell 10 them. No1s bsf
prtUafs citizens totH be aeeon1p7oddted
CHARLES RLOMAN.
fel INV No. 500 7th st., between ID and E.
, 1862-02-04
From Richmond.

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, 1862-02-04

ordered to attask tIe ene.ay: Tic latter xele
posted III force4ons cdgesoff: and id the:
woods onposiie :usi. aud was; ;5cpaIated from Us
by5tW0' open eOrnfeltIs, ,@bo til :ofS which were
.bu1ned: = Our. main wing touched the main
road cadipg to fis:t t.umb &c RAND and mas sepa-
!: atea hy the eame Apn1 the fgtt wing ofsfhe'
2d:Minnesota.s z* s;;s.-r.s,.t. =
Win loud h1rzai1 ouf boyf ninost ga11antly
enemy, extending Themselves I'LL over the first
OF the two cofnfelds, and taking stand along
and behind the fence. Brisk aud heaVy firing
at once began from both sides and continued
for about llalf an hour. At last, Companies A.
Il, and: ., from Our right, made a hank
movement By 1eftYhcel, and after opening
terrible fire aEain4EE: the enepayS left wing,
they, together with the remaiufDts ompanics,
made Payonct charge, driving the enemy
from his position with loud shouts. The enc
my Immediately ded prceipitntely, leaving
behind their dead and Tonnded, their KNAPP
sacks, pEosisionsi etc. :Ouf1nen hastily pur-
sned and made large number Of prisoners.
Company +, detailed as stated above, Ind
been ordered to rejoin the min body, but fail
ing to find it, fell In with the I'd Minnesota,
participating In the aston on the left wing Of
The Strength OF Sour; regiment during the
action was 5 staff officers, / staff bugler, q
company officers, sa5 non commissioned Off
GERS, sos priyates, and 8hugle1s-ina all 82233:-
[s1gned-1 -GEo. + HARR1s,
.Ai3fufant 9Th Ren't @. v
, 1862-02-04

.r,,c amount cr r,1abg,J,tcs t,,r ornot dn~ tn
II H. Es ~ nthx- s.rptitn+x " ~ A ~ wcytt,sx
tssses - e,It,,st 4 AMI dne -'-.'-"'- Nnns"
and nst 81. ~
fosses nns2,uste 1T tn s snsaense OF Taitn.
III; ,r ~
inc ~ 's'4ns' ''e as eA1" 4'A p''1s-
LII ~ ,,,,r,+ IN. 49,. ~ .,, ta -
~ 1,1Io III ELY one u 1"e4a
|1hr r4eatest smnnnt trsnrea +, .nr ooe c,.x tau
Ths sSar3er % ~ Safe IFS ,t, ta aud,t,r
dahffoEo' 1auuAt3 1s1 1go~I e...
l. ). HEhDkE. Secretary.
Hartford, January 1st, 1867
Justice Of he Peace ior ssd State and Coanty, E.
, 1862-02-04
NFllc away, yon 1ifin fellcr,
You may fife sin you are yeIler.
mcClellans8 General Order.

[From the n. 7. Stats Izeitung, German papcr:l
Mcclellan issued, a few days ago, the follow
ing general order: "TAose slaves Of rebels
WHO have fought against the Federal troops
shall find refuge in our army; those
slayes who have not fought against US shall be
Tie practical application Of the general
order would operate as follows:
A Colonel, with his regiment, is On the ran
guard, and fugitive slave comes running
asking for refuge, whereupon the following
dialogue ensucs:
Colonel-'sD Did you ben arms against us ?'
Slave, (fightened-"Y Yes, sah."
o,,T GeaS1faer seiitr; y well did you charge upon
Slave {morc frightened )-<sYes sab, massa.' y
Colonel" Very geod, have you Killed one
Of ours ~
Slave ualline on his knecs}-Take pity on
me, have. rs sorry to say, massa, that
shot some Of your men"
Colonel (movcd, with tears Of joy in his
ae s S15 r. sGn S9d asss'S TSe7
brace each other, the nigger makes summer
sault and hurries into the camp.
Now comes another slaye running to pass
the outposts for The camp:
Colonel-" Stop! don'tstir! Where do yo1
come from2
sIave-aTve escaped from my master, xhs
compel me to charge upon you"
Colonel And you have NOT shot at ou
soldiers 81 -
Slaye-"No, Massa ~
Colonel" Keycrs',
| elayc-"Ncyer, Eal!''
Colonel lst1iking him with the belt Of hi
sword upon the bsck}-' Away, you black
tcction with Us, if you hare not shot one o
our pcorlc VI
, 1862-02-04

E The report Of the Iowa Sanitary Com
mission has just been issued in neat pamph-
let. Of the whole Iowa force in the field, 600
are on the sick list, with IN average Of 80 sick
to each regiment, and this is deemed below
the actual average. The report pertinenuy
says:
The g. s. Commission keeps tsa reserve
stock' at Washington 3" for special emersen-
eics, such Us general engagement or IN epi-
demic-' The Western division Of the
army Is exposed to the one Of these, if
not the other. When a battle on the Po-
tomac was first expected-and sstherc
might be at any moment five thousand or
ten thousand soldiers requiring instant shell
ter and treatment; and, in case Of victory, as
many wounded rebels besides, for whom
Government would be bound to provide with
tenderness and humanity there was not
unoccupied beds for three hundred additional
! patients" We arc in similar case at st.
| Louis now, and st. Louis sustains the
same relation to our Western army that
Washington does to the Eastern. We
/ ought to collect a reserve Of hospital
stores at st. Louis. Where shall they be
| had? The long delay to strike has been IA.
vorable to sanitary precautions and prepara.
tions, but dcplorab1y unfavorable to the health
| Of the soldier himself, and it has given us nc
| such gain on actual sickness and suffering as
fits usto meet great and sudden increase. 7tIn
some modern battles one-third the whole
number has been woundcd.' It would take
us long time, ut the present rate Of supply
| to accumulate hospital stores for even thret
thousand sick and wounded Iowa soldiers.
, 1862-02-04

"A SeceAk letter.
One. Of the Ohio Seventh Regiment sends the
following letter, found at Blue Gap, Western
Virginia, when our troops drove out the rcb-
els: -
+Jaenaly the 5, 1852.
! take the present oppartaltyto drope youa
tlew lines toletyou now how lam getting aiong
am well at present and / hop you all ar fJoying
the same bc6inE recken you though wasent
going to write to you Ikep pu1ng It Of but you
mcst excuse me for not writing to you all 6tn-
uer we ar Campt 1T the hanging rock haent
much Of importance to write to ron at present
but reckon must te1 yuu how I fComout when
expect to mi Captain did not report me he only
maid me luse the time that w2s gone We
Haent receive NO pay yeti but shortly think
VIC VIII get our pay soon but cur mem h get
ting very much out OF ssorts:a bout ther pay
thcr Hme1s up and they haven't feceic emmy
| pay and are leaving evef day BY droves aa for
INC viii stay yet while buff 7 don't get MI
pay in = weeke: or two. yoa will find me at
home gain 1t l. not Wpthe TO foold =
the hard times T don't ,ceie: for but I would
like to got come payno1 and then but I hare
| five Dolers yet that Hiu to Ake homo NE have
t tolerahle good QarteksMe have bant solEera
cabin to 1--we IN lrece4Y69 rd Volonteefs b
| LEFT Winchester and Eoo towards romney
Our plcets had a 6gh: h:yeatcfdAy they kid the
Northern Captain md fhrea of hie men aAd
| taken three pEisue1s md three hoeseA and 8oms
azue6 our men nevo got crack don't th1n1
We will get In f1te heee 60 no moro at..pFeaan
hut Rcme mbor NE until deth Jacob Zouder
hack to John Zoudeshaek: ! -
sou must wriso to me ~ soon Is you get th:
| fey Ehcs :;
, 1862-02-04
NAME AND LOCATION: ~"'
ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF HARTFORD, CONN.
ASSETS ;


... ...-.. II
Real Estate unIncumtezed-
Cash on hand and in Eank...........
Cash N the han,1s Of Agents and in
Mostsaee Bonis.i ! PER Il: sseIs { q { semi an
nual interest.
Mortgage Bonds. 6 per cent, senlI-
annual Interest. :.
Rochester City Bonds, per Ct, sen.l-
annual interest,"
Brooklyn Ctty Bonds, per Ct, semi
Hartford Clty Bonds, i per Ct, SEMI
Jersey City Bonds, 6 per cent, semi
annual Interest
Milwaukee CITY Bonds, ID per cent,
ktm!-annuat interest --..--..
New 1ork City Bonds q per cent.
quarterly interest.
Entted StateS Treasury Notes. 10
per cent, seulf.annuR interest,",
United StaIes Stock, 8 per cent, ,ae1ni-
annual II tercst. ...,---.-.........
United States stocE, per eent.se1nl.
KensneEy SAFE stock, per Ct. semi:
Tcnnessee Sale s;oeI. l. i per PC ct..seini:
annual interest
New York State Stock, 6per Ct ,setaI.
annual interest.
Missouri State Stock. 6 per Ct. semi.
ANIMAL Interest. ,-.,.,,,,---,,.....
Ohio State STOCK 6 per cent, seni.
annual interest, ....x.......
Michigan State Stock, i per Ct, semi.
aLntia1 Interest.
Indiana 6taie Stock, * per ct, semi
annual Interest.
500 shares Hartford anu New Haven
u 1fv
, 1862-02-04
,T.i)fl.:Uriht1ttt.
THE'>N NEW sECHEraRY.

THE NEW SECRETARY.
The new Secretary Of War starts of with
vigorous eEergy and industry. He has set
about reorganixing- Ills Department, and
s:orping millions: OF dollars Of: expense:
lie is bringing the contractors up with a
round tu1n, and spreading panic among
The pccnlators and llundercrs. But it will
need the strength and endurance of a
Hercules to perform the work before him.
It is clear that he is driving, prompt
business man, who has no faith in the
" anaconda" plan Of Mcclellan, but is a
finn beliycr IN fighting: His chief depend
::@Ence ison the active use Of carna1 weapons
ae The most efflcacious way Of bringing
t1aitors to repentance and converting rebels
from the error OF their ways. But he
has yet to pass through an ordeal
that few men are able to endure
HELMS not Jet run the gauntlet Of West
Pointers, who are the irrepressible enemies
Of vigorous, efficient measures against seces
sia- "Lct him hut be able to resist the sor.
Ccrcr's cloud Of official routine, sinecuris'
idlcncss, and trcacherous Vaccinations in
behalf Of ineihcicncy, which instantly de-
scends upon eye1y honest officer at Wash
ington, and we may at last sec an energetic
war" The old pro-slayery spiders that mo
nopolize each working bureau Of the Wal
Depa1tmcnt viii weave around his leg
ten thousand obst1ucing threads, unless HI
is endowed with the strength Of Sampson
10 burst them asun1er. West Point in tn
field, in the Offices everywhere, will in,
pcde him and try TO negative and neutral
ize MI vigorous measures IF he can over
come these opposers and bring the powe
of the army and resources Of the people t
bear directly against The rebellion, lie vi
be able to crush il, otherwise not
, 1862-02-04
The mortara for Com. Foote.

The Pittsburgh Gase4eof the 2asth learns that
an order has been received from headquarters
ordering the Immediate shipment Of thirty Of
the large mortaxs manufactured at the Fort
Pitt Works in that city, for the Western gun
boats. These immense engines Of WET have
al been tested, and, are ready for transporta-
ton. They vary somewhat in weight the
smallest Of them weighing seventeen thousand
pounds. One of them, when suspended on
wheels, makes a stiff pull for six horses, and
they arc, Of course, handled with great diff
Guilty. They were. to be shipped on special
train, which was expected to leave Pifttttsbnrg
on the 50th- They are destined for Cairo,
where they will be placed On board the NOR
tar-boats constructed for their use. It fswitl
such destructive weapons as these that our
forces expect to capture the rebel stronghold
at Columbus, and the urgency Of the Govern.
ment in having them forwarded indicates work
| at last. ~ :s@;7...
, 1862-02-04

II The Romance Of the War is yet to be
written. and beside what it will furnish to tn
historian, the " "yaller-kivered F." will fairly rev
cl in the prodigal stock Of properties that will
fall to their let. VIC shall have every variety
of guerilla, robber and chieftain dished up
with all the adjuncts Of love and murder We
especially commend to these latter, as snre
card to the first, to employ it, u cave recently
discovered on the Meramec river, in Galloway
county, Missouri, just explored By our Ecouts.
It has, during the past summer, been occupied
by horse thieves, WHO have hid away their
plunder, and even horses and mules have been
kept within for several days. But few of the
Inhabitants in the vicinity were aware Of the
existence Of the cavern. It contains three ex-
tensive rooms:
The first room entered Was fifty feet from
the floor to the roof, and the apartment was
Six hundred yards in diameter. The entrance
was made by 4 capacious door thirty feet in
l. width. 4 six mule team could be driven into
this room very easily and have abundant room
to turn about. At the end OF this room is a
winding stairs, composed Of natural stone
steps fifteen feet high, and on ascending this
flight Of steps the visitor enters the second
chamber which is one hundred feet in height,
and Of elliptical shape. This room is gorge
ous1y orna1nented with immense stalaetites,
On the floor Of this room were seen the fire
| places, beds, &C., Of the recent occupants
| From this beautiful apartment, you crawl NJ
| an Inclined fissure about thirty feet, when aT
| inferior room is reached which opens by ar
! adj to the surface above, on top Of the bluff
, 1862-02-04
MILITARY EDUCATION,

Ap,onr tho erroaf ~, ,,,ooc ,r1,;c1 4I=r .rc~ |
loo ror,1t :, aanara1 - ..ssN 49,.
mere marked: than thc conr;ct;on INV ~
messed On all sides t,,et wc had as - neon1e
fallen into a creat and danonrons ne.Icct IF
military caucation. and That 70 should |
now fit and train ourselves bv al, martial
drill and exercise, to enfnnntcr anv treacb-
CIV or assan1t, I'd. w],ic,, +he nation may
hereafter he .exnosoa either from
rebellion or from var Wh;1e n,anv
vere sett1;ne doun ;r+o tho %.
s,rnd taitb .,,a+ H.. re;un ~ .aa.o -,
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49, ~. W AAs suooenis pesn uas.u .sa1 @ lu.o a. a.
F..,;s-aa..oO ~ w ~. 80 % ~ % ;a;.tan+
oat.Gs' aos 10 1s,Is . -. - =, ,,:e ,,,a-e
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, 1862-02-04

e The Washington correspondent of the
Journal ef Commerce says Hon. Alfred Ely will
soon publish the daily record Of his imprison-
ment at Richmond, with all its interesting
scenes and incidents. Also, the correspond
cnt Of the Boston Journal says that Mr.. Ely
has become very conservative, as the result Of
that Imprisonment, and it is even limited that
he will turn out good Democrat before long.
We give both reports for what they arc worth.
, 1862-02-04

-#M Mr: Russell, London asas. correspond
ent, is IN C.nsda; and was to les1e: Toronto for
Montreal and: ouesec last Saturday evening.
The Go6s ~ ho is not going home to Eng
land. but walsretu1n to Washington via To-
rooto, and ii Taats 20 za7e = Lecture got for
him
, 1862-02-04

B The Jacksonville Qnd- Railroad Com
pany hare, during the past few months, trans
ported Thousands Of Philadelphia and other
Eastern-made army wagons to Kentucky
Among these, hundreds have been discovered
to have poplar hubs, which arc just about as
good as no hubs at all.
, 1862-02-04
DEMAND NOTE ISSUES.

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ict'aeeo co.,,.. - w.. y. - na,.ss.a No. ~,
~ .,nu r's ~ n"-nns,-sa ~ a-a - - srs+ 49,
a.1es ua,eo's1lovAeu go w. ~ 49, ~ 49, sI.,rs
.1p,.s ~ .e'S,, 80 -. sa.s.s 49, sa,f o-;dant
e'sn't ,esAe *so' ''Al1 ~" @'''-' '1 ~
.u - J N-..s y 1.aaar :. ,or.e..r+o r. c,,cn
=. .,,te ,1nonc .ocisty in order to earrv On their
/. business. This precise SUE is dleeoverahle br
- calculation and reduc'ble to certainty. 1ou
- emil paper money, OF ans olher eatseaes' 10,
:. na4 @ dseefste @ ~ af'er xon 1eaeh his rp1e ,oM
.do,7eciqfe, and no pout7 or Get Of legislation
g hitherto i,rented can prerea: II. In the case Of
paper yoo SO on ena.'.n io'ese. W.. Ias snoe
:. e-afttcd ...rse ~ vfthtn ~ ~ tbc rn1e.>,
To prevent this inevitable depreciation
4 vacuum must be created by taxing out
of circulation the issues Of 1000 private
debt factories which have in violation Of
the plain letter Of the Constitution, usurped
one Of the SOVEREIGN attributes Of the peo-
nle. viz: TO coin money and emit bills Of
credit Banks Of issue, instead of lending
cauital to the people. 5o77v,c from them and
charge interest on their debts. Ey-
cry bank bill in circulation Is a due bill
against the corporation Issuing it. Itisa
debt due By the bank to the holder; but
sinrularly enough, instead Of paving inter
cst to tl,e holder. it draws interest from
him. Estimating the amount Of currency
in circulation at two hundred millions. the
banks are receiving about sixteen millions
of interest tlercon. per annum- instead
Of having that amount to the people who
hold it. as IN equity they should do.
The banks having borrowed two hun
f}red millions Of dollars from the neonle
collect from them sixteen millions Of inter
est into 4hc haroain, They make as ,nuc],
more in what thev call "exchanpen that
il one hank s1,avinr 1he issues Of the 9TH
era RI co}1anse and denreciation
and destruction of notes ohont six
ner cent a wear is pocketed by the
ssinstitutions' having gpecial privileges
Nov. let Concress tax their issues Sc
heavily that the banks will be oblieed tc
retire them from circulation, and the con
SEQUENCE viii be, that Demand Notes t<
The amount of two hundred millions car
he emitted by the Government to take thei
places, without initiating the currency O.
producing bad effects. The two hundred
millions of credit at nresent loaned tt
the banks By the people, will then be loan
I'd to the Government, and that too. withou
, 1862-02-04

s93~ The Rochester Democrat says that the
citizens Of Brockport are considerably excited
by an alleged abortion case, resulting in the
death Of married lady, and in which affair
hitherto respectable and prominent resident
is implicated No particulars arc youch-
safcd.
, 1862-02-04

w~ The Republicans and Democrats of
New Hampshire having made party nomina-
tons for the State election In March, third
convention has been called "without respect
to party" ut Concord, on Thursday the 9Th
inst
, 1862-02-04
The Port Royal Gotten.

From tho N. I. Evening Post, 99th.1
The work Of gathering goes steadily on;
large Quantities have been collected on the in
lind plantations. and ginning is carried Oh to
q considerable extent. The number of contra
bands engaged i'll the work is increasing and
the chief difficulty at present is want Of
transportation facilities.
When the Federal forces landed ut Hilton
Head all the horses, oxen, carts and convey
ances OF all kinds were taken possession of
and applied to tue uses Of the Quartermaster's
department. A. our troops penetrated to the
adjacent Islands and took possession Of the
main lind. the same process was continued,
and these means Of transportation have been
retained for the uses of the army.
The cotton nDw coming from Port Royal is
carried on the shoulders Of the negroes to the
banks Of the streams nayigablc for steamers Of
heavy draught, and it is noteworthy that, al
though the bulk Of the cotton is inland, or on
the banks Of shallow streams, the only vessel
Of my considers BILE size employed in the trans
portation service is the Mayhower, an old
1eIry-boat, d1aWing nearly ten feet Of water.
Under these circumstances the business Of
taking the cotton from tie plantation is cx-
ceedlDgly slow and difficult, il not IN many
cases Impossible OF Accomplishment, except
when it is carried for miles by the negroes "a
| work for which the comparatively small force
] Of the contrabands Is entirely inadequate.
Besides the Mayfower cannot approach yery
/ near the banks of the rivers, and the cotton
| In such cases is necessarily got On board by
the use Of small boats, which Is tedious op'
! Grafton.
, 1862-02-04
=, .77sSk1epabIfe1a Ngseis;a1as56, 1a5, ,

me milwaukee, NssHsnoWT md then
gutthes Republicans ,by qqoting some -4dmfs-
Eion5nade:ny the s&e1itMa, p the follo3irs
eonclusiyeS SIanguaEe::s' Il The Sentinel admits
bung1ing old SeatfnAIzis an;intol olerat1 FpoiiH-'
cal nuisance to the Republican party. NE arc
glad to notice that the Stale Journ@ llas pro-
teetcd Senator Doo1itt1e from the accusation
made BY: the Milwaukee, Nsps, that he was
committed to secession doctrines. There
IN Milwaukee. The Nears attends to Uen1o-
cratic interests "up to the hand1e,'' every
time while the wheezy Senttaez mods assent to
one proposition, yawns at the next, md Ike
the dizzy fellow who = waited until a chair.
Albany, Buffalo,. Cincinnati or Chicago paper
to come around, applicable, In some degree:
to the sabiect, and then s<seisso1s" completes
the job. Read the article from the &eate Jour
aat in another cOlumn.-LAEr0ssc Renq&b4Seu7.