Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-03-22


Tho smallpox has made is appearance in
Conneaut, and the Reporter urges the necessity |
OF precautionary measures.
The Slaughter on board the FrigSte Con-
gress.
The horrible slaughter occasioned on
board the frigate Congress- by the broad
sides of the rebel MeFrimac is described
in sickeniug terms by Dr. Shipper, the
Surgeon on board, who escaped. He says,
in letter:
Having finished with the Cumberland,
this marine monster came back to US, She
laid off our port bow forging slowly, ahead,
then backing, so as TO keep her desired and
selected position, and opened upon us at All
nwful FIRE The first shell burst inside our
ship and killed every man ut gun No. Z
Shell after shell, and sometimes two at
time, burst among US. The ship was soon
mere slaughter house. The surgeon be.
gan his work, aud attempted aH amputation
"a huge fragment Of wood fell on tho
breast of the subject, and crushed him in
stautly. Operations were now out of the
question. The wounded were in crowds,
horribly cut up. The slightest wound
noticed was u hand shot off. Whole quar-
ters of the human frame were torn away
from some bodes-a head "a right shoulder,
and entire legs and arms from Others. The
ship too, was OIL fire. The shells had kin
died her wood work in several places.
Nearly all the guns were dismOunted,
the bulk heads blown to pieces-rammers
and handSpikes shiyered-=the powder boys
all killed. The inside Of the ship looked
like the inside Of burnt and sacked house.
Everything was in Fragments, black or red
burnt or bloody.
The horrible scene lasted for about half
an hour. We then struck. A rebel tug
sent boat to US ana soon came alongside
helsclf Our great concern was for the
. wounded. We were then told TO come our
selves and bring others aboard as prisoners,
! We begged for little time to get the
wounded ones, but were told to 'hurry."
I'VE can't hurry men badly hurt" "But
you must am going to burn the ship,
and that d---d quick" said the officer IN
command. But he was mistaken. lie did
not burn her. Al this moment an Indiana
regiment ON shore opened "a heavy fire ou
the tug from rifles aud howilzer. l saw
one rebel Uflicer fall under it. The tug
found it too hot for, her and backed out.
u Where she went did not see.
= In the meantime our own small boats
e aud some from the Cumberland ran ulorg
side, aud we began getting oil the wOundcC
e into them and pushed oil for luud l dc
il not think one wounded man was left OI
y shipboard. Twenty-seVeu came in the sma
= boats. Probably eighty were lett dead OF
the decks and IN the cockpit. The shiI
was already on lire, as before stated, auL
. she burned and blew up during the night.
/. No MolE LETTERS FROM THE Army
IS The writing Of letters by soldiers in IL,
n army of the Patomac now on the road I
e RichHond is prohibited by an order issue
IL from headquarters. Letters written Jus
. before the march was commenced, were re
tnned three days or more at WaSl
re ingtoa before they were dispatched nortl
It ward. How long this rule will be enfarce
a it is impossible to say. Those who hav
!. friends in the army and receive no lette'
will understand the reason Why.
Id CoNFIsCATIoN Mr.. Trumbull's ConfSct
X ton bill is by no means sweeping propos
nc tion TO con6scate all the property in I'll
ar seeded States. as its opponents represen
1t does not even con6scate the property
rebels generally but only OF such rebels {
NC shall be beyond the reach ofjudical process
ID The bill goes upon tho principle thut whe
IL; the rebels can be caught and punishmer
Mt inili cted upon his person, that is suficier
Of without confscation Of his property alSc
10 When the rebel abandous his property an
a escapes so that indiciul process cannot b
served on him, the bill proposes to tal
his property, including slaves. and this
"a all there is OF it. 1t is prospective in i
a operatioa, and only applies to the proper
2" of persons in rebellion after its paS>ag
We and wOuid consequently have very lit
). effect in such States as Kentucky, Nilsson
n and Tennessee, as very few persons hay
=" left those States who would be iu arE
'o' ngainst the Government at the time of IL
Ia passage of the bill. The most importa
Ist portion of the bill is the second seetio
e which frees the slaves of rebels, and fC
S' bids any person reclaming thea till be ir
or proves lhat he is or has been loyal to Il
at Government during the rebellion.
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