The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-02-22

break the following pithy correspondent.
passed between the respective command
ers
THE PROPOSAL
HEADQUARTERS FoRr DoHELsoE,
February l6, 1862
"SIR-in consideration OF all the circum
stances governing the present situation oil
affairs at this station, ] propose to the
commanding officer of the Federal force.
the appointment of commissioners tc agree
upon terms of equalization of the forces
! at the post under my command, and in
that view suggest an armistice until /:
o'clock to-day.
am, very respectfully. your obedient servant,
IS. B. BCCKoER, Brig Gen. c. S. A"
"To Brgader iIeneral Z. 8. Grant,
Commanding U. s. forces near Fort Dcnelson.'
THE REPLY,
HEADQUARTERS IN THE FIELD,
Fort DoFELsoN. Feb. l6, 1862
ITO Gen. S. B. BucKSEH, Confederate Army:
SIR-Yours of this date. proposing ar
armistice and the appointment Of commits
sioners to settle terms of eaptulation, il
just received. No terms ercept unconditional
and immediate surrender can be accented.
PRoPoRE TO MOVE IMMEDIATELY UPoS YOUR
WORKS.
am sir, very respectfully, your sbeden, servant,
~. S. GRANT, Brig Gen. Com g"
AND THE RESPONSE
HEADQUARTERS, DOVER, Tenn, Feb. t.
" To Brigabier General L. S. GRAM Us
Sir-The distribution of the forces
under my command, incident to an unex
pected change of commanders, and the
overwhelming force under your command
compel me, notwithstanding the brilliant
successes of the Confederate arms yester
day, to accept the ungenerous and unchiv
alrous terms which you propose.
81 am, sir, your obedient servant
5. B. BCCESER, Brig Gen. c. s. A"
Our whole force were soon in the enc
my works, and the rebel officers gave up
their swords
The escape of Pillow and Floyd appears
not to have been known to the rebels gen.
orally before morning, and the prisoners
were loud in their denunciation as run.
Always.
By this victory the rebels lose, and the
Union cause gains,-
Three General officers, Buckner, John
son, and West;
Four hundred commissioned officers;
From IL to ID thousaLd prisoners;
Three thousand horses and mules;
Forty-eight held-pieces of artillery;
Seventeen heavy guns foI fortiycations
Twenty thousand stand Of arms; and
A large quantity of commissary stores
The Gen johnson taken is not A. Sid
ney johnson, but Bushrod johnson, a man
of much less note.
Our troops Immediately took possession
of the works They exhibited on all sides
the terrible effects of our cannonading-
But, although evidences of terrible slaush.
ter were abundant, it Is not believed the
number Of their killed and wounded was
hind entertainments, while our men were
in the open field
The killed on our side is placed at about
500, and wounded at 1900 The care of the
rebel wounded as well as our own will fall
on the Union hospitals, and both are being
taken to Cairo, Paducah &c. 1000 of the
r, bel prisoners were also brought to Cairo
on Tuesday, and the belief is they will be
taken to Camp Douglas, at Chicago for safe
keeping The rest will be tnken to camp
Butler and ST. Louis.
No list of the killed and wounded has
yet been made out. Lieut. Col. Erwin,
Doth ILL.,, 1t. Col. White, 3lst ILL.,, and 1t.
Col. Smith. 4stL ILL.,, are all the field off,
GERS that were killed. The 18th and Goth
ILL., regiments appear to have suffered most
severely in the loss of men.
Ga Monday two more regiments were
captured some distance from the entrench
ments. This was the foundation for the
rumor that Floyd had been captured on
Monday. They were, however, no part of
his men, Floyds brigade when taking
their departure, threw their arms into
the river to prevent them falling into our
hands, as they expected to be caught by
our gunboats. Their arms were MIME
rifles of the best kind The crews of our
gunboats have been engaged in fishing
them out.
St Louis was sent up the river and some
four miles above burnt the Tennessee
Rolling Mills. They had been largely
used by the rebels in the manufacture of
shot and shell and other material of war.
The ST. Louis then went up as far as
GAINESVILLE, and found the rebels abandon.
ing that place in panic. their next
stand will probably be made at Nashville
A CANE FOR THE RECONSIDERATION
Wagner, German harness maker of Chicago
has just finished an elegant hickory cane,
of tasteful design and elaborate ca wing,
which will be forwarded to Washington in
a few days and presented to President
Lincoln. The grasp of the cane is an eagle
b Icing in his besk q scroll, which de-
sends and twines about weeping willow.
emblematic of the late Senator Douglas.
Upon the scroll are inscribed the dying
words of the Industrious Senator: "TELL
THEM TO OBEY THE LAWS AND SUPPORT TIE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED States"
The nomination of General SHIELDS as
Brigadier General was confirmed BY the
Senate on Wednesday, BY Is ayes to 10
nays. His confirmation Was bitterly OPP
posed BY Senator AcDougall, Of California.
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