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, 1862-05-28

Arrival Of New 0r1eanx Prisoners at |
Fort Warren. |
The q. 8. steamer Rhode Island, Com
mauder Trenelard, arrived at Boston on Friday
having on board the rebel naval officers who
were captured by our ships in the action On
the Mississippi, below New Orleans. Tha fol
lowing arc the leading officers:
CoMnAxpEnJ J. K MITCHELL He is about dfty
years Of age Was an old United States Navy
officer. He commanded the uaYA forces at Forts
jackson and Phillip, and was compelled to sur
render.
ConnAHpEB BEVERLY EKHNoN. native Of
Norfolk, Virginia. Entered the navy In 1s46, and
resigned in 1861. His father WIS killed by the
bursting Of the famous Stockton gun "Peace-
maker,'' on board the steamship Princeton in 1S47
LnU7EzkNt WARLE1. 4 native Of South Caro-
lima. Entered the United States Navy IN 1910, and
resigned in 1851.
I1kuTEHAEr WH1T7IB-Isa son Of Commodore
". G. Nhlttle, and grandson Of Commodore Ar
thur Lincoln, United States Navy. Both he aud
his fathcr resigned from the United States Navy
In 1861, and Joined the rebels. He Was attached
to The pirate Nashville, until quite recently. He
was with her In. England, and commanded her
when she ran out Of Beaufort, North Carolina.
where It surrendered to the United States forces.
&c is only twenty-five yesrs Of age. Ec is Viz
giuian.
DocToR GRAFToN-Is from Arkanssz, and was
In the United States Navy two Jears.
L1Eu1ENAST ". II. Wards from Norfolk, Viz.
ginia. He entered the United States Navy in
1ss9 and On hta return from his last cruise to China
in 1861, resigned his commission. He was locked
up in Fort Warren for safe keeping, where he re,
manned five months He WAS released three
k,{n
of 1eRidence.
CoMhANDER Mc1NrosH. He resigned from the
| United States Navy In 1861 One Of his arms WAS
| thot of In the recent engagement below Now or
| 1eane, and Otherwise badly wounded
LIEUTENANT -JouK WuKMsoH nstfve of
! Norfolk, Virginia, entered the United States
Navy in 1882 and resigned in 1851, and entered the
rebel service. He commanded the steamer Ton
neteec before the SIEGE and came below tho forts
with Tag Of truce, when he vas met by Com
nander Dc Camp Of the United States e.oop-of.
war 1roquois who entertained him in the cabin Of
tie GU --boat Winona, A1eo under q flag OF truce,
Conveying the Captain OF the French, steamer
Mi1ap to the forts. Looking back upon that incl
! dent one cannot but feel that De Camps words
OF that occasion were prophetic Said Ni!klnson
to De Camp, John, yon cant 60 past the forts
Do Camp rcpaied,s skipping Wnklnson On the
shoulder. by. John, We wilt" And they
did.
LEUr. r. B. HuaEK-Was an old United States
officer, and was in the steamer Hnquois. He il 4
South Carolinian.
These are the principal rebels now sojonrn
ing In Fort Warren, who were engaged in tht
recent naval fight below New Orleans. It viii
DC seen that there absence makes pretty ap
pallpg gap In the Confederate Navy. All O
them are desesters from the United State.
Navy. There came also with this party quit
formidable list Of lesser lights recently i,
The same service, who were compelled to ehar
!; the fortunes Of their leaders,
, 1862-05-28

The Egyptian Constitution In LaSa11e
County.
rCnrrne1,f,udau1e nf tha cbfragn Tribunal

IC6TttEpUhHenCt 01 the CnICaEU 1E1UHHe-I
-. OTTAWA Nay Is, 1861
The prospects for the Egyptian constitu-
ton are BY no means fatterlDg in this county.
AL the better portion Of the Democracy are
openly arra3ed against 1t. 1t eulsts but . cold
and Indifferent support from the rank and file.
Tie OTTAWA Free Trader, the. most able and
cago and Springfield, gives it the dead cut,
thong at first disposed to sustain it. II tho
people Of Northern Illinois cal be induced to
go to the polls and vote, the great s"indle IS
doomed. Tho interests involved far outweigh
those Of any mere administrative election to
which the people have ever been called mp"
on to decide. G. Z.
, 1862-05-28

T Acting Master Washburne, honorably
mentioned BY Commodore Rogers, Of the
iron steamer Galena. in his report Of the 1e-
cent attack On Fort Darling, is Sam Wash
burne, Of tie Chippewa River, Wisconsin,
and one Of stRc Waehbu1nc family
, 1862-05-28
PASSAGE OF THE CONFISOAT10M
:: 49, HILLs IT,

4 bill confscating the property Of rebel
leaders, passed the House on Monday by
twenty majority. Next to the emancipa-
t:ta Of the slaves, this is the most import
pnt measure before Congress It's benoti-
1vnt effects viii be felt for generations to
come. The blow is directed at the
heads Of the leadera- The property
Of the rank and file who have
been led into rebellion by the
demogogues, escape oonflscation- But
those who have hatehed treason and To-
rtented tie revolt are made to suffer-; their
property is forfeited to the government
which they are attempting to destroy, and
win be sold to loyal men, and the pro-
ceeds employed to nquidate the WAT debt
created BY these conspirators Simple JUS
tiee demands the speedy enactment of this
bill, Those who break laws and commit
crime should pay the damages inflicted on
the community. The expense Of quellin,g
the rebellion and saving the Union must be
paid by the innocent or the guilty. A
man that viii vote to let the prop
erty Of rebel leaders escape Is
sympathfzer with the traitors, and at
best is but qudsf loyal We rejoice
at the passage Of the Confseation bill
through the popular branch Of Congress,
but feel astonished that sixty-two members
could be found to record their votes in the
negative. Those Of them from Northern
S1atcs should hayea serious reckoning with
their constituents. Every one that voted
against the bill voted for the rebels. He
voted to grind his own constituents into
the dust with our taxes, to save the
pockets Of the guilty traitors. It was not
the property Of the dupes which he op-
posed confscating, but that Of the lead
crs> The constituents Of such recreant,
treacherous members, should brand them
as secc.stpnists, for they are no better. Their
professions Of loyalty are hollow mockery,
and lie
The sum that will be realized to the
treasury under the operations Of this bill
is conicctura1, but cannot be less than five
hundred millions. It will go far towards
iudcmnifgiDg the Government for the ont
lsy to which it may be subjected in crush
ing the rebellion, and restoring the National
authority, and every dollar thus obtained
will do three-fold good: First by pun
ishing the guilty leaders; second, by ad.
monishing future would-be traitors against
Democratic government Of the penalty in
store for them; third, by saving
the property Of loyal men fron
an amount Of taxation equal t<
the value Of the property con6seated. Blu
the good that will flow from the bill is no
all embraced under these three heads
The confscated estates of those rebel Lead
ers will be sold to loyal men, mainl!,
the North, who will settle upon and i'm
Drove them. Thousands Of soldiers now il
Dixie, when the war is over, will return tt
the Sunny South, purchase OF receive from
the Government piece of contiscated land
and become prosperous farmers, introduc
ing Northern ideas and industry. Th
South needs Just such renovation and IN
fusion of higher civilization and pure
patriotism, to make. her prosper and rise i
the rank Of sections to which her wonder
full natural resources entitle her.
, 1862-05-28
W AN TED 500 AGENTS.
a BOOK FOE THE TIMES,
Pension, Pay and Bounty Laws,

Full Instructions Forms and Official Decisions relative
to Prosecuting Claims against the Government.
Published by the Tribune Company.
This work is complete guide in the prosecution Of
claims aEaGt the Government arising oEt of the pre-
sent VIII.
lts published in cheap edition. 80 that it can by
rctaett ut tit cents and Cau thus be raeeu III tho
hands Of the thousands cf claimants who have hereto
fore been without guide TO direct thcn IN obtsinins
their dues from The Government.
EVERY LAWYER In the country has lett the need or
Just s.1rh q book for the past year
JUSTICES THE PEACE AND THE FRIENDS OF Or
F,rERs AND SOLDIERS III the Army can here obtain III:
Of soldiers; and tue mode Of obtaining them
The book couaiHs full and complete forms and ill.,
s;ructons 50 tiqt any ordinary business By
such used b. the oldest established war
Claim Offices and ave been approved by tic depart
Mchts at Washington.
rapid ard extensive sc Of the book is anticipated,
all, large edition u i'll be printed to supply tie trade
Single copies sent By Ma post paid, receipt Of the
retail pslcc. 50 ccEts. Stamp taken.
Il. II. LAND0N, Agent,
S Lake state opposite the fremont House. Chicago.
Post Office Boz 4I22
- Send red stamp aad get circular. my27zS1 tg
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-21
The situation IN tho soIu1itth,ve.t.
! (From the Cincinnati. Commercially 11

Among the motives which the rebels
Concentrated at Corinth had 10 assail Cen
ieral Grants army in advance of the atri-
val OF Gen. Buelrs reinforeements aud the
appearance of Gen. Halleck, was the fact
that it would be impossible long to keep
their great army together without aban-
douiug points essential to their system of
defence. Their well planned and sturdiIy
lperseyered in assault upon our forces at
Pittsburg Landing resulted in their re-
pulse, with greater loss than they inflicted
upon us. Since that event they have
beenmenaeed on both fanks in their rear.
The capture Of their army, hotilla, and
artillery at Island No: 10, was, doubtless, a
staggering blow, and places Memphis IN
imminent peril. The mastery operation
of Gen. Mitchell, in possessing one hun
dred miles ofthe great Central Southern
Railroad, cuts their communications With
headquarters at Richmond, and turns their
left flank. The attack upon New Orleans
fhunders in their rear Beaure9ard's
boast that be will be,able to hold his en-
trenchments at Corinth Is likely to besub-
jected to a terrible test. He may, in stoI-
i'd desperation, sit down aud wait for Hall
leck, but, in the meantime, if our opera.
tions on the Mississippi result in. the fall of
Memphis and New Dreams, his situation Is
desperate in the extreme y isiniafa p
u The attack upon the 1efenses of New Or.
leans by our, Gulf Fleet is timely. The
bomoardment of the forts guarding the
Mississippi river below New Orleans is a
6re.in the rear of the great central position
6f the rebels at Corintn, which must prove
extremely annoying. There is reason TO
believe that the enormous mortars and RI
fed cannon Of Commodore Porter's Aottlla,
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-21
The Battlo at Pittsburg handing
The VIctory on pIoalday.

H
The Tennessee correspondent of the Phil
adelphia inquirer, after describing the sur
prise and subsequent disasters of Sunday,
concludes his account with the following
narrative Of how the fortunes of the bat
tie were reversed on Monday:
RElNEoRcEMENrs ON SUNDAY NIGHT.
The heavy reinforcements on Sunday
night had a cheering effect, but nearly the
same number remained about the boats on
Monday.
No thanks to them, although we repuls-
ed the enemy with such terrible slaughter
on the second day, after he had almost
reached tue desired goal. Towards night,
on Sunday, they threw several solid shot
completely over us, nearly to the opposite
shore. 1t was then that our noble aids, the
Lexington and Tylor, did their country
service. Broadside after brOadside belcG-
ed forth, and the deusely wooded shore OF
the Tennessee reyerberated in thunder
tones the salutations from the brave spir-
its on board, who SO closely guarded the
hidden rayines and hiding places of tue
! rebels near the river side. Dismayed by
the slaughter in front by our army, and OH
their right by the two guuboats, the enemy
sullenly withdrew further to our right and
resumed operations; when at this hour
Lew. Wallace arrived on that wing with
five thousand fresh troops, direct from
Crnmp's Landing, five miles dswn the riy-
er: Night was approaching, and yet,
aside from taking a number of our best
guns, aud compelling us to occupy more
limited space, the generalshfp of the rebels
had been in vain. Gen. Buell. arrived
another harbiuger of joy aud hope for the
faint-hearted listeners, and a buoy to the
sinking spirits of hungry aud fatigned he
roes, who had been contesting the fight for
thirteen aud n halt hours, aud without
anything to cat since tue previous night.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-21
PURSUIT. OF rae nEpELs.

tCHSUIE OF THE REBELS,
The fleeing rebels were chased with re-
vengtul fury, and scores OF them fell by the
roadside, in the openings, and while en-
deaVortng to flee from the deadly fire of
our desperate and infnriated troops. Oc-
casionally, Que in retreatiug would become
separated from his comprehension COM
menced an individual chase. A Union SOL
der would follow his retreatiug. foe, and
perhaps encounter him without either one
having his gun charged. witnessed one
such spectacle. A German Union soldier
followed rebel, and tho latter, having no
charge In his gun, turned upon his opo-
neut who was charging his piece as be ran,
The German ceased loading, aud the two
came up within reach, when commenced
the manual of arms in earnest. Many
watched that demonstration of excellence
IN the use Of the bayonet. Suddenly, a
lungei aud tho outsretched arms of the Reb-
el told the tale.
GENERALS JOHNSTON AND JOHNSON.
Five Thousand of our cavalry Joined in
the pursuit, and chased the enemy seven
miles, when night set in aud they returned.
We obtained the mortal remains of Gen.
"A. S, Johnston, AID also brought in the
mortally wounded body of Provisional
Governor e.. w. johnson, of Kentucky,
who was SO near death that he desired to
be laid down by the way side, and make
his will, which was allowed, being witnessed
by chaplain. officers, etc, He was taken
on board the steamer Hannibal, where.
during the evening, one of our chaplaius
sang hymn and made prayer for his
especial benefit. He expired the next
evening.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-21
NUMBER 222.

will speedily give a good account of the
rebel forts. The fall OF Fort Pulaski is an
Illustration in point of the inadequacy of
iort!hcations OF masonry to resist the pro-
jectiles nOw-a-days EMPLOYED.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-21
ADVANCE GUARD or GEN. BUELL.

About five O'Clock dark objects were
seen moving up through the timber-bot-
toms on the opposite shore of the river.
What could they be? Horsesl Menl See
how they come out of tue blackjack
bushes that obscure everything beyond.
at is the advance guard of Bneil,n passed
from mouth to mouth. Onward they come
Ia hundred, five hundred, thousand
double that-triple, quadruple; thousands
of them marched along with rapid tread,
and wild cheers rent the air from twenty
thousand throats, resounded from hillside
and glen, from the river to the forest again.
A well-kuown officer, who had several
times during the afternoon stated that he
was desirous of selling his stock in that
battle very low, upon being asked how he
felt after receiving the intelligence that a
large force was crossing to our aid, imme-
diately advanced his plice and did not care
to sell at all, as he expressed It. i lz.{r 8
T
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-21
As when the bark her Eoamlng track
Against the wind Is cleaving,
Her trembling penHOn still looks back
10 that dear isle she's IeAYing.n

''-sss NSsaA All7 SH0A beANIuBs .f-... .r.-
"Belle" boasts that her Rebel lover can
"whip any six Yankees" but tue time for
him to do it, if ever, was when the Yam
KEGS were running him away from her, es.
Peclally as he must have read in the Rebel
newspapers that the shocking motto of the
Yankee invaders is "beauty and booty. !"
1t Il Rebel can, without striking blow,
hy from his pretty sweetheart at the ap-
proach of Yankees with such j a motto, he
mpy sport terrible whiskers, he may swear
with forty-trooper power, he may have II
hve-foot sword dangling and Gathering be-
tween his legs, be may pare his nails and
pick his teeth with a boRie-knife, he may
talk of fdiniug on II half dozen Yankees and
washing down his dinner with ii pailful of
their blood, but after all he won't answer.
No, Belle, your ruuagate of sweetheart
wont answer. But never mind-if you
will only be patient, and like us as well as
you used to, aud say your prayers and read
the bible and study the Louisville Journal,
showing yourself thereby gaod christian
and a good patriot, we Wills upon the re-
turn of the U S. troops from their yicto-
rious campaign in the South, choose out a
handsome, epauletted Yankee for you, aud
you shall marry him under the Stars and
Stripes, thus becoming not onty :he wife of
a patriot, but with Gods blessing, the
proud mother of n long line of PATRIOTS
Ah, Belle, "dost thou like the picture 2"
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-21

ordeaIs. Eight hours and hhlfthe rebels
fought on Monday, determined to the last,
but finally were slaughtered with such
fearful carnage that none but demons
would resist longer. We had already re-
taken the guns that we lost on Sunday, and
the most of theirs, turning them against
their former possessors. A final charge
closed the contest.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-21

Whatever beialls the Government in tho
way of difficulties and disaster, it cannot
afford to- let itself be looked upon with
contempt. If it is Government it must
put down treason with strong hand; it
must protect the loyal from insult; it must
make its people feel that it is indeed a
privilege to be the loyal citizens of great
and free commonwealth. Aud to show
better the drift of these things, and lest it
should have been overlooked in the col
umns of miscellaneous news given in our
last issue, we will reprodueeit here to-day,
relative to affairs as at present
existing in Tennessee, bearing directly up
on these matters:
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-21
AN UNSUCCESSFUL REBEL MOVEMENT,

Roth Johnston aud Beauregard were
aware that we were about receiving rein
forcements, and at dark the most desperate.
effort was made by them to get under our
left, before our reinforcements could be
formed and made available. Desperation
relinqpish another foot Of ground when
ward under the deadliest fire that mortal
man ever witnessed, and charged the cne-
my in his stronghold of cannon, bayouet-
ting the gunuers and then falling back.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-21
Hats & Caps.
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1sHE Cor. Monroe d Market sts,
A 5LWAYSi on hand = choice and varied stoel, OF
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Being desirOus OF establishing permanent trade
both In the city and surrounding country All thoSS
who favor me with their patronage can rely ON being
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Country Merchants are particularly requested to
call and examine my stock. -
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Savings Bank Of Wheeling,

06ioe, NGtH-St., bst'0ceH Monroe and Union.
MONEY RECEIVED ON TRANSIENT DEPOSIT
MI Interest paid on Special Deposits Collections
promptly attended TO. Exchange on the EHst bought
and seld. TH0S. II. LIST, President.
SAM'hP UILDRErH, Treasurer. jan14'59.
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Yours in a fret, BEL

This pouting girl "a pout is generally an
invitation to kiss) who calls herself ours
IN fret applies the name "Yankees'' to
all the brave fellows who have come across
the river to quell the Rebellion and the
Rebels. Well, she may compare them 10
Old Nick as much as she likes, and We
must confess that they do fight like the
Devil. We don't wonder that she hates
them, for it is evident that they chased her
sweetheart out of Bowling Green with the
rest of the flying Rebels, and didn't stay
long enough for her TO look about among
them for assubstitute. This was Very pro
yoking. to be sure, and we presume she
gazed wistfully upon the fleeing lover with
his coat tail streaming back toward her in
mOurnful farewell -f,II - :
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THE CARNAGE OF MoNpAY's BATTIE,

This closed the days carnage. and dur.
ing the night both armies, slept on thett
arms, hundreds being engaged I'd bringing.
in the wounded from the most exposed sit
uations. The rain poured down in tor
rents, and the means of the dead and,dying
seemed to issue from beside each tree and
stump-from every bush; and in fact it
appeared in some localities that the fallen
men lay strewn so closely that one might
have stepped from one to another for some
distance around. On the morning of Mon-l
day, at daylight, the enemy pressed down
again, having been strengthened by 10000
fresh troops during the night but, alas for
the hopes of the whisky stimulated South
erners, from that moment they began to
yield! Pressed on all sides, stormed with
deadly hail, they broke, formed, came up
again, but only to meet a foe aided now by
soldiers fresh from previous Victories and
to whom the noise aud din of war was not
STRANGE. How we charged them that day
how they yielded the batteries captured
from us the day before with their life's
bloodLcan never be told. as il appeafeiito
view, Heaps of slain men, aud elegantly
caparisoned horses without riders, some
with the blood and foam flowing from dis
tended nostrils, others wounded beyond the
power to stand, snorted in dismay, rearing
and pluuging in vain endeavOrs to regain a
standing position. 55s
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Prentice to n Southern Belle.
BOWLING GREEN, April a, 1852

I-yD no ,II7V9''' HI13u INELs+li APII = I5b2.
Dear Prentice 81 used to like you frst
rate; thought you the greatest, best, smart
est, Witticst editor in the world-ltke you
pretty well now, but not near as we'll as /
used to, You seem to think the Yankees
pretty good sort o. fellows, and can't like
iem, and can't be persuaded to like 'em.
To tell you the truth, 1 hate 'em, and love
to hate 'em. 1 hate 'em worse than do
Old Nick (noW you needn't say like Old
Nick, or that he likes me, for people all
say Pm pretty good girl). have got a
sweetheart in the Southern army, and he
can whip any six OF 'em, and he will do it,
too, in the next fight. You'll see it.
Ynnrn in a frnt
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-21

The dead soldier, falling while in the act
of loading his piece, lay on his face, gun in
the left hand and rammsr in tho right fast
clehched in death! On the right hand a
dead man, in front dead man, on the left
another with his nose shot off--is,5 perhaps,
what meets your observation Rt first
Perhaps be moans out something which
you family understand to be, Stranger
or friend, waterm YOU cannot help him;
there is no water near, unless you strip a
dead man of canteen yet partially filled.
My heart sickens az the Temembrance of
the sceAes enaeted IN the forest, near 3itts-
burg. on the 9Th aud Tth of April, 1861, and
pray to be removed from such terrible