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, 1862-02-27

Editors Chicago Tribune:
The letter over the signature Of "Civis,'
which appeared in your paper of Tuesday Last,
grayely impeachiDg the loyalty Of Virgiuilns
resident in Chicago, would elicit no response
from me, we're it not that my attention has
been specially called to it, and rcfntation Of
the charge desired at my hands.
The allegation is in these words: :" We have
among LIS Virginia traitors, men and women,
who hare lived and Prospered under our good
Government, and even become wealthy in the
possession Of Government monopolies, who
nevertheless have arrayed themselves against
tfIon the beginning Of this accursed rehel-
lien, and they DO now. They talk rebellion,
and to such extent IS they dare, act rebellion.
Some Of the men, i little more cautious than
their wives, keep up 4 little public appearance
Of IoyastE, and even fannt the old flag when
expedieney demands it. But this is asrant
hypocrisy, and disgusts those who kno1
them"
As the number Of Virginians in Chicago is
exceedingly small, and the number OF those
married now resident here is still less, it
would haye been more generous in this cor
respondent to have specifically indicated the
persons lii such there a1r) whose tFeasonatle
practices merit his condemnation In the a!,-
eence of such particu:aritF, the handful O.
Tir.iuians here are all included In this sTcepf
ing denunclation-which though filling un-
needed upon the ears Of friends, is calculated
to incite nrejudices and groundless suspicious
among those who are not cognfzant Of the
Il is.
For instance, reference is made to ss Haunt
ing the old flag when cSpCdiepcy demands il. +"
Certain it is that one Vi7sinian-and possibly
othcrs-observing the tine-honored custom,
did unfold the flag on the Isceaty second. With
e4peEe him to the double suspicion Of
t'a11ant hypocrisy and treason-n Upon iu-
yestieation, That one at least would be found
possessed of as earnest patriotism as would
bc natural to ono whose father fought under
the flag, refused to desert OF insult it. aud still
does at the age OF three score and ten, on the
ssme soil Of Virginia, " here it now costs conc
thing to be q patriot, and where in his Instance
the sacrifice was bTaytly incurred, even to
the baui6hment Of children as loyalas himself
Before the inception Of this rebellion it be-
came the duty of the writer to Hlrn his
| Southern friends Of the tlreateDi3gs, and
never las any man, North or South, heard
from fins oT jfon any member Of his immediate
unqualified hostility to the rebellion 1udeed,
| whilst lately doing missionary work amo1E
| the rebel prisoners, TO convince them Of the
| f2]sity of their ideas respecting the North,
! and TO prove to them the existence here Till
| OF ffaternal feeling toward the deladad
! D:aascs of the South, he has taken especial
| pa;na 10 urge upon the officers, the iniYstify Of
tae Ts2e2io7. ana the certainty Of It's orcrsh7oo.
| Very respectfully, THos- B. BETAH.
, 1862-02-27
The Progress of Events.
KTn.yroTT1r TIT EGhr1or.-H1 4

AAoH1ANbAA Il. AA.s GE0AAo4t <7. lEns
Editors Chicago Tribune:
Since the MAGIC word "Forward" passed
along our lines, a great change has come over
the public sentiment, and tho quiet people of
Monmouth have Kept pace with the march Of
ideas. It was fashionable four weeks ago to
talk about srecognition '-s unconditional
suIrendcr'' is the word now. The cautfabout
sileneing Aboitionism, and zeariag out New
England, is hushed. The higher tic premium
on loyalty, the greater the discount on slavery.
Washington's Birthday was duly observed
in both town and country. Ny recollection
covers period Of half q century, and within
that time have witnessed no such general,
impressive, rcycrcntial, and patriotic obsery-
| ancc Of the day The public sentiment is be-
coming purified.
Last Thursday evening we had 4 lecture FOR
| the times, by Mr. j. G. Medill, Of Peoria His
subject-"Th Republic: It's Perils and its
Triumph admirably chozen. He is an
| arti-slayery man of the old school thorough.
| positive, emphatic-with no partizan clap
| trap about him. In q few words, but clearly
| and distinctly, hc demonstrated that slavery
was the sole cause Of sectional hostility, Of
| disloyalty, treason, and rebellion; that the
ofthe Republic; that come what may, reunion
Or separation, overthrow OF triumph, there
| can be no durable peace till slavery is de-
stroycd. The shameful backing down of
Northern towards, after the. rebellion broke
out, was handled with just severity; and
ans Administrations was drawn to : the
life. Tie apost1ophe to patriotism-
genuine, Gberty-loying, s1ayery-hating-was
greeted with almost continuous applause.
Border State dictation was not spared neither
was slaye-catching generalship. That the great
mass of our soldiers loatl,ed slavery, was
] proved by flct and inference, that they desire
its overthrow, and that, any time within the
last six months, they were able to put down
the rebellion inside Of ninety days, was dem,
onstrated by our recent victories. West Point
received passing notice. The ruinous cost Of
trying to save slaVcry under the Constitution,
atterit refused to have q constitutional exist
encc, made marked impression, aud the point
could not be overlooked by the dullest pro.
slavery man in the audience. Simulated
anxiety about the negro after emancipation,
was tauntcd and ridicu1ed; and the
virtuous Indignation over the PROPOSE
ton to arm him, was Kicked and mo:ked
BY turns. Northern treason was treated with
masterpiece Of the lecture was the descrip-
1ion Of the hucksteriDg conservative and his
| critaph written for posterity. The lecture
closed with an eulogy on the faith, constaucy,
and unconquerable resolution Of the men OF
the North, hardened by labor and made self:
reliant by freedom.
! have alluded to OILY some Of the main
points in the lecture. Notwithstanding its
strong. anti slavery tone, and its emphatic
hyowals in favor Of emancipation, several oi
our "consersatiye" men, who had never
tionists, declared that It embodied their sen,
timents. 1t certainly did good in this com
nunity. UNION.
, 1862-02-27
As Buckncr would have Had 1t

The following is supposed to be tho docu-
Isent u hich Gen Buckncr desired to receive
hom Gen Grant as containing the conditions
Of surrender:
"M1 VERY DEAE GENERAL very deeply
regret that, owing to the excitement of the
occasion, and q consequent misunderstanding
Of my orders, my soldiers have incommoded
you so much. II you think it desirable,
Will OF der them to cease firing and permit
you to use your OWL leisure in retlr
ing with Ill the honors Of VIII. will also
order my men to show their coi0rs at half
mast, and play the State Guard March as q
particular compliment to yourself Please
make out a LIST Of the damages we have un-
fortunately done to the guns, ammunition,
stores, etc, In your fort, and I will make
prompt 1eparation, allowing you to take any
ton shall be made VIII you be SO good as to
draw On ME for any money any supplies that
you may need?
"Your very sincere and fast friend, :,
"GRANT."
aP s.-If have omitted anything in the
above, will you do nc the great favor to at
tribute the omission to my haste, and supply
| it youEse1f9 You will have the goodness to
pardon any Harsh or unhecoming expression
may have used in the above GRANT"
To which Buckner would have replied:
"MY DEAR GRANT: Your note is in the
| main chirdlrous Gid generous, but you must
| surrender to me. Yours, &C.,
| BCcKSER:'
| And Grant would have responded:
"Mr DEAR GENERAL: Certainly, if you
wish it. GRANT,
, 1862-02-27

The CENSORSHIP OF THE TELEGRArH--
Among the last witnesses examined by the
Judiciary Committee Of the House to inycsti-
gate the Government censorship Of telegnphic
messages to the press was Assistant Secretary
seward, under whose supervision the censor
is said to act. It is understood that the Com
mittee will report that this Government cen
sorship is yexatious, useless for good, and
employed less for military than political aud
pcrsonaI purposcs
, 1862-02-27

- There were many Instances Of notable
heroism evinced By our soldiers at the taking
Of Donelsou, some refusing to be called off
the field, still fighting to the last moment, Of
others who returned after having their wounds
dressed. One Of the Chicago artillerymeu,
TayIor's battery, who received q wound on
the leg, walked to tie hospital, 4 mile OF more,
had the ball extracted, and then insisted on
going back to his battery. The surgeon re-
fused, when he qunintl5 said: j" Co,as, put on
aozac 7f 7.our o7.ke ard Let me 90 bgek1'
, 1862-02-27

The batteries Of Indiana cavalry form
ing regiment that was to have been COIL
mandcd by Colonel Fritz Anneke, have been
detached from his command, by Gen. Halleck,
and he is left "out in the coId'' at Indian
apolis. Colonel Anneke was for time Colonel
Of the Wisconsin artillery regiments in camp
at Racine.
, 1862-02-27

Meath ragged Palmetto, a southerner sat,
a-twistlrg ths band Ct bis panam1 hat, aud
trying to tighten bis n,iad Of a load. by hum-
; ming the words Of the following ode:-Oh. :.
fur darseF. oh! for q whip, oil for cock
Greeley ard Beecher, oh for crack at 4 Yas.
Eee schoolteacher, oh! for captain, aud oh g!
for ship, oh! for c.rgo Of darke5s each trip,
And eo 6e kept ching for what he had not, All
content with owing Tor all that he'd got,
, 1862-02-27

that eheet and In favor Of an Abolition
sheet,,'' meaning, I suppoae, the TRIBUNE: I
know not how il is with other neEsboys, but
which passes here, .has more than once urged
me to buy the Times instead Of the TRBuNE,
giving various silly reasons for 50 doing; and
/ have seen him drumming other persons for
the Times, and generally with % poor success
as with me-. The TRIBUNE is the paper that,
takes In this section.
- Yours, &c.
, 1862-02-27
B The correspondent of the New Yorl
No4ld, who was present At the capture Of Fort

The correspondent of the New York
Ford, who was present at the capture Of Fort
Dondson says:
No idea can be formed Of the Immense
strength Of the rebel fortress from
bestowed upon it is immense. Tho moral
advantages arc 1cEs great, although
tingcd with the regret that they are
not stu greater: We ought 10 hare cap
turcd the rect Of the command, aud Shove al
that arch traitor John B. Floyd. The public
will learn with astonishment that up to Batur-
day morning the rebel steamers were permit
ted to come to the landing at Dover ind dis
charge both men aud munitions Of war while
the garrison WIS supposed to be bclcaguered.
The Telegraph Lire to Nashville. was. VIC be
Aeve, cut after tho place was completely In
vested. That q battery was not placed to
command the river above the fort IS certainly
matter Of infinite regret. A simultaneous
attack On the place on Saturday evening wonld
most prohubiy have resulted in the surrender
Of the tntirc garrison.
, 1862-02-27

- Eight hundred of the Fort Donelson
prisoners assigned to Gov. Morton, Of Indiana,
have been by him sent to Camp Tpipccanoe, at
Layfayette. They are all Tennesseans.
, 1862-02-27
Incidents OF the BattIe of Fort D0neI.
son.

SOIL
Peter Morton, Of the 18th Illinois, had the
case Of his watch, which he wore in bis upper
vest pocket, Immediately over his heart, torn
away by q canister shot, and the watch still
continued to keep time.
The life OF Reuben Davis, Of the Kentucky
5th, was s:ucd by silver half-dollar In his
waistcoat pocket. He had borrowed that
amount Of a companion, some days before, and
eftrcd to return 1t before going upon the field;
as he might stand in need Of it before night
He bad need of it in his greatest need, for 9
rifle ball struck the coin in the centre, aud de-
stroycd the figure of Liberty on its face.
, 1862-02-27

progiso that in no case shall these rates ex-
coed, for flrst-elass freight, three cents per
ton per mile; Tor second class freight, two
and ee-quarters cents per ton per mile; for
third class freight two and quarter cents per
ton per mile, and for fourth-class freight one
and three quarters cents per ton per mile.
After full discussion, the report was unanI-
mously adopted. The entire proceedings
were conducted with the greatest harmony Of
feeling, and the public will readily perceive,
when the extreme pressure Of private busi-
ness upon the roads, Incident to the large cx-
ports Of domestic produce is considered, that
the companies have met the views Of tie Gov.
eminent in a spirit Of great nberality.
Secretary Stanton having suggested the ap-
pointment of Standing Committee Of the
Convention, from time to time, Mcssrs. Corn
Ing, FELTON, and Jewett were appointed such
committee
, 1862-02-27

~ Eight hundred secesh prisoners have
been sent to Lafayette, Indiana. The same
number to Terre Haute, and !, 400 are at Camp
Morton, indianapolis.
, 1862-02-27
The Twelfth Regiment, Illinois.

The following is an extract Of letter from
Colonel Chetlain, written after the surrender
Of Fort Donelson:
ave hare met the enemy and they are
ours" We have 11,000 to $1,000 prisoners.
We have very large amount Of ordnance,
stores and prisoners. took command of the
Twelfth at Z a. IL, yesterday morning. Was
under destructive fire nearly an hour.
Killed, wounded and missing, Isl out Of Gl2.
One company went in with q, and took out
only Is. Capt. Campbe1l's Company lost !
killed and wounded. He acted admirably IN
action The Twelfth did nobly. McArthar'e
brigade occupied the extreme right, and wers
charged on BY The Arkansas Rangers. sup,
ported by }mrt Of Floyd's brigade.''
, 1862-02-27

Dead Rebels found on the Cumberland
River with their Hands Cut Od.
The following postscript is added to busi-
ncss letter written to us ut Somerset, Ky., on
the 21st inst:
Since tic Cumberland river has fn1lcn, forty
or fifty dead secesh soldiers have been found
with their hands cut of, supposed to have
been By the fugitivcs in crossing the river On
sinking the beats
, 1862-02-27

~ Two secesh prisoners on their way to
Camp Butler on Monday were shot dead by
the guard while attempting to escape. So
says the Springfield Journal.
, 1862-02-27

EuFont Approaching Savannah.
The Norfolk Day Book Of Wednesday has
this latest bit Of news from Savannah:
"Owing to yesterday being "a day Of fast
ing, humiliation and prayer, in Savannah, we
are without papers from there. By letter
their eo,ts to reach the main channel Of risr,
cid that the dtoel arc1d not be mach longer DE-
Iasvt1- We suppose the vessels alluded to
must be large steamers, as the Neacs Of yester
day reported several vessels already in tAe
riycrs
, 1862-02-27
TEcNI BOWLING GREEN.
General Euel1:s Order CompIIyuen*fng
Gen. Mitchcps BkvisiDn.

General Euel1:s Order CompIIzuen*ing
Gen. Mitclaers Division.
The following shows the very high apprcci-
a:iurs Of the st forward movement Of General
a1i.chers Division. It Will be peculiarly graf
flying to 1Ilinoisana, inasmuch as the Illinois
18th, Lieut. Col. Scott commanding, leads the
rev, closely followed by the German Hcckcrs
the Illinois 24lh:
GENERAL ORDER NO. 20.
HEADQUARTERS THIRD D17IsloS,}
CAEr JnlIN G ADAds.
BOWLING GE:RES, Feb. -, 1859. J
S!Gitrs Of the Third Dirisioa: You have ex-
ecuted march Of forty miles in tweBty-eiyht
hours and half Tie fallen timber and other
distractions opposed by the enemy to your
movements have been eweps from your path
The fire Of 5our artillery and the bursting of
your shells announced your arrival. Surprised
and il norant OF the force that had thus precip
itated itself upon them, they fled In conster-
nation.
In the night time, oyera frozen, rocky, pre-
c;pitous pathway, down rude steps for tifty
feet, you have passed the advance guard, cav
airy and infantry, and before the dawn Of day,
you have entered in triumph i position Of cx-
traordinary natural strength. and BY yonr en-:
emy, proudly deronaiuated the Gibraltar Of
Kentucky.
With your own hands, through deep mud,
in drtnching rains, and up rocky Pathways
next to impasEible, and across 1oot-path OF
your own construction, built upon the ruins
Of the railroad bridge, destroyed tor their pro-
lection By reirea'ing and panic-strlckcn for,
you have transported upon your Own should
crs your baggage and camp cquip2ge.
The General commanding the Department,
on receiving my report announcing these
facts, requests me to mike to the officers and
soldiers under my command, the following
communication:
stSc,diers who By resolution and energy over
come great natural difficulties, have nothing
to fear in battle, where their Energy aud PROV
ese a1c taxed to a far less extent. Your com
o:usioa ard energy, in degree which leaves
Ed limit to my confidence in them in lheIr fu-
ture movements. By ordsE OF
Recommending Department Of the Ohio "
Soldiers! I fell Il perfect confidence that the
high estimate placed upon your power, enaur-
ance, enttgy, and herpiem, Is just. Your aim
and m:ue hiss eceB to deserve the appreciation
OF our commanding officer, and Of our Govern
mens and our cocntry.
thrust yon tee1 precisely as does your Com
'mandiug General. that nothing is done while
any thing r'u,aiDs to be done.
By order of
Br;g. Gen. o. n. Mitchell, CONG.
WHAT THE BOYS DID.
We printed yesterday letter from one Of
tho 18th, describing e,c forced march Of the
19.h, SID the passage OF Barren river 10
the night. a latct letter in the Cincinnati
Gaat.te, gives moro particulars Of the lattes
feat, and Of tho arrest OF Lieut. Col Scott
Tba advanced brigade is led BY Col Tarchin
| commanding.
BOWLING GnxzN, Ky. Feb. fo
H4d q baltic been fought as Bowling Greer
| on Saturday last, the passage Of onr troops
| pyer Barren x.Yer Hoald bare b:en consider:
, 1862-02-27
Gen. Buslsrod Il. JnFHnson-A Sketch
Of HfS Life.

Bushrud r. johnson was born in Belmont
county, Ohio, In 1877; went from That dis
trict TO West Point in 1885, by appointment of
Judge Kenuon. Of your State; graduated in
1910, and went into the Sd Infantfy as Second
Lieutenant; was sent Immediately to Florida,
where he remained three years, till the close
OF the war; thence to Jefferson Barracks aud
Fort Ieavenworth, until the commencement
Of the Mexican war- He WAS at Palo Alto,
Rcsaca, and Nonterey-a which latter place,
it will be remembered, lis regiment lost moro
than half the officers engaged. His regiment
being transferred to General Scott's command,
he was ut the taking Of Vera Cruz, where he
remained in the Commissary Depart rtment un-
til The close Of The war, when he resigned. In
the year 1s48 or '49, he WAS appointed Profes-
sor Of Mathematics in the Western Military
Institute at Georgetown, Kentucky, school
which was subsequently removed to Blue
Iicks, Drennon Springs, Tyrcc Springs, and
finally to Nashville, where it became the Lit.
eraTy Department of Nashville University,
At Drennon's, he was chosen President Of the
college, which place he has held until within
two or three weeks before the fall of Fort Don
elsen, when be WIS appointed Brig. Genera
in the rebel army.
It will be seen that most of his life has beck
passed at the South, and that his history, II
all hut one fatal particular, bears a clos.
resemblance to that Of Gen VIM. T. Sherman
, 1862-02-27

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, 1862-02-27

Colonel Platt, of the LIST Vermont cav
airy, who raised his eatirs regiment In thirty
days, hsa resigned in favor Of O4pt. Holl lay
Of the regular army; the regiment Is nov on
the Potomac Colonel Goddard Of tas Maine
caYalry, IN camp 1t Augusta, has resigaed.
, 1862-02-27

L letter in the Philadelphia Press from the
Southwest pass Of the Mississippi, oatcd Feb
ruary Sd, says:
7. Butler King, Commissioner from the
State OF Geo' gin, was so ncar being captured
Oh board the steamer Calhoun, that he left his
trunks with all his clothes and papers behind.
Among his papers was letter from . Val
known banker in London, to Mr. Yancey, in
curing for the whereabouts Of Mr. 7. Butler
King; saying that he had loaned him a large
Fun, Of money which lad not hccu paid, which
claim bad been placed in the hands Of proper
officer fer collection. FROM this it appears
that the Commissioner from Gccrgia," )" who
addressed u letter to the Fright Hon Lord
John Russell y which he published in London,
in pamphlet form, and which is now before
me, full Of false statements, was rather tshard
upa' for funds, like his friend, JciE. Davis.
Perhaps Davis can relieve him with Confed
e,atc notes, provided the London banker will
rrceiyc 1hsm- Mr.: Ianccy is also in Europe,
with 81 Pockets to Let.
, 1862-02-27

WHAT The BOYB DID

BOWLING GnEEN. Ky. Feb 10.
Had baltic been fought as Bowling Green
on Saturday last, the passage Of onr troops
pyer BsrIen Flyer Hoala h47e b:ea Sonsidc7.d
, 1862-02-28
CHICAGO AND ST. LOUB

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, 1862-02-28

be respected and oheyed; the pre9ent Chief
Justice has on one memorable 1ppda accom-
panied his decision with an impassioned decla-
nation. wherein, with profound immortality
which no Qle has . Ist tallFF said bare, t1eat-
lng To people Of the United States ~ 2 2 ss4ffE
to be tanned BY an open seoFn Of tAc facts Of:
history T.h drsasy sa! aea collecting 6:ea ag
befed or weakness been oppressed, compen-
sating for want of ofe1idence by confidence Of
assertion, with partiaAty fhat would hare
disg1aeed IN advocate neglectlng human deeis-
ions of colonial courts and the enduring memo
rials Of colonial statute- books, in his party
zeal to prove that the fathers Of our country
held the negro to have mo rights which the
white man Wns bound to respect be has not
on1v denied the rights Of Man and the uber-
ties Of mankind, but has not left foothotd
for the liberty Of the white man to rest upon.
sTbat nEstarred dfsquisinon Of Taney,
who, trust, did not intend to hang out the
flag Of 6lisunion, is the fountain: head Of this
rebellion: TINT ofense to tie conscious memo
~ of the millions conyulsed our country with
the excitement which swept over those Of us
who yainly hoped to preserve strong aud
sufficient though naTroW ast1mus that might
ton can adopt that Judgment as its rule and
liye-''
Of the conduct Of the WAT he said:
"Finally. the people Of the United States
must this day derive from the example, Of
Washington 4 lesson Of perseverance; We
have been forced into strife from which there
has been no safe escape but by the manifesta-
ton Of an Immense snperiot1ty Of !as strength
severe reckoning with the men in power to-
day on the methods which they may adopt for
solving the question before them. In the
present state Of things the worst Fashne5s ia
that which yields to compromise from the
feverIshnces Of impotence. All the wise and
good Of the civilized world have their eyes
upon us. Ali civilized nations are waiting to
see # VIC shall have TIC eourage to make it
manifest that freedom IS the animating prin.
ciplc o6 our Constitution, and the life Of the
nation, But here, too, on this day we have
/ only to read the counsels Of Washington
wien BY his will lie left sBords to his
nephews, he wrote: tThese swords are &c
companled with the injunction not to unsheatt
| them for the purpose Of shedding blood, ex
cept it be for seEdefense, or II defense O
their country or It's rights and IN the latts' :;
ing with them in their hands to the relinquish
ment thereof"