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49, JACKSONVILLE, FLA, FEB. 22d, 1864.
In my letter from this place last week left the
main force of our army at BARRIERS, ten miles
i ibeyond Baldwin. On Saturday last at am, the
.oelumn with Gen. SEYMOUR at its head took up
the lineof march and proceeded on the road TO-
!, Yards Lake City. They passed through Sander
son without halting for rest, and pushed forward
IN recnlar order. Col HENRY with the Indepen-
dent Battalion Mass. Cavalry, the 10th Mass.
Mounted Infantry, and EIDEEs Battery OF four
syieces4sdt the
The wood traversed Is familiar to your readers
from former descriptions which have forwarded.
ufice it TO repeat here that for most Of the dis
ssance it is Of loose sand with intervals Of bogs,
and at times pools OF water reaching depth OF
xxo and three feet. The column marched forward
with q firm step and not man in the line dream
ed for q moment that anything but success would
asrninase the efforts of the day. On Friday night
a was not anticipated by the officers of the diff
ferent regiments that an advance movement would
he ordered for several days thence, much more
the very .eext morning. Information, however,
ssad been obtained by Gen. Seymour during the
aieht which disposed him to change his mind in
regard to the time the march should be made
toward Lake City.
THE ExEMYs POSITION
VAS believed to be in the vicinity of Lake City. 1t
was also supposed hewould have an advance force
this side-say at Olustee, As miles from Jackson
villeand IA miles from Lake City. With this an
scipation the troops hurried forward SO as to
he in good condition to fight the rebels on the
following day. Itseems, however, the rebels bad
taken strong position at Olustee and on that
noint or rather three miles this side of it the fight
took place. The first intimation We had thatthe
enemy was in our immediate front was the report
of carbines proceeding from the direction of an old
mill on the left of the road as We neared the future
battle field
orR TROOPS
cannot be said to have been in fighting condition
when they met the enemy. The distance from
BARRIERS TO the fighting ground is l6 miles. The
simple march alone would seem to have been suf-
ncient for one days work. But besides the lengthy
,,e~ch. the men had not eaten morsel since they
Barber's. They had the spirit to meet in bat
tie ten times their number, but their bodily con-
a;tion weak and exhausted to say the least, would
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8 x@an and horses thai tksir com
5 {zI3 81 retir ing 10 the rear But to
s 4 { ifs 81 the rear in safety, nov that the
'xsxe shot, was more difficult than 70 re-
- S. z1sf defend them, although by taking the
lSttfr course tAetbemy woald finally succeed in
6zrturine thea Before this movement was CON-
menced, Captain Hamilton and his i've heuten-
ants were wounded. Four pieces Of his battery
we're brought away By Eeut- Myrick who was
wounded at the time IN the foo& Two pieces fell
into the hands Of the enemy for tine sole reasoD
that there were no horses 10 bring tlerr away. On
the left With Lagtson was one section Of she 3rd
Rhode Island artillery. They also had o hard
struggle to bold their p5eces The horses IN Lang
dons battery were shot and large nulrteT OF hiS
men were disabled Lieut- T. MeCrea m command
of one Of tie sections was severely weuaded ln
both legs. The rebels finally oysvpowered thenp
and succeeded in capturing three pieces OF Tang,
don S battery. Making tosa number Of five
pieces taken from Us durmgthe engagement By
losing the guns We saved tde command Had the
battery commanders retired with their pieces to-
the rear the moment they sow them m danger Of
being captured, it would have eraed panr
among the infantry which would noe oaiy here
last us the day but with it an entire command ANA
army materials. Captains Hamilton and Langdon'S
batteries suffered severely.
THE NTgY
fought we'll. Colonel Barton was the second
to come into action and Colonel tgomery
which was the last to advance did splendidly.
Col. Montgomely,,s are colored troops, and here
they had an opportunity which they improved to
show their valor If the enemys force simply
doubled that Of ours venture to assert the day
would have been won by our troops, notwithstand-
ing their jaded condition when they entered the
fight and which was by no means improved as the
battle progressed. The battle lasted three
hours and thirty minutes Some dasultory firing
was heard after our troops left the field. At P
NJ, everything was quiet as relates to- the firing.
OUR LOSS.
The killed and wounded that were unable to walk
were left to fall into the hands of the enemy. As
before stated, we lost five pieces of artillery. or
course certain number of small arms, and KNAPP
sacks were also left on the field. The enemy lost
in killed and wounded in number equal to our
own. OF this We are positive for our batteries
were in a position to rake their columns tre-
mendously.
| THE RETREAT
was conducted orderly and quietly. Nothing like
route or panic was visible Our men reached
BARRIERS at o'clock Sunday morning, The rear
was guarded by Col. Henry with his column Of
| cavalry and artillery. The enemy pursued but
did not press our column. A fe~ shots only were
exchanged. At BARRIERS the troops rested till y
A. NJ, and then took up the line of retreat reach
ing Baldwin at o'clock in the afternoon At g.
small station between Baldwin, and Barber's was
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!. i 3 - s IL Z pad ep 'Ae
Honed a56l n l1z ~ 81 b L i but once or
twice sufiing ths Il; a sment It moved of toward
our night. The commander of the rebel forces is
believed to have been Gen Mercer who has been
stationed for sometime at Savannah.
THE RATTLE GROUND
wasin the vicinity of point at which the wagon
road crosses the railroad Three miles beyond
this point is the station called Olustee. Between
the crossing and Olustee the railroad takes
curve in the shape of horseshoe, so that as our
men advanced they had something like an emf
lading fire to contend against. 1t will be readily
seen the enemy had an admirable defence in this
railroad, hehind which he could post his men and
pick off our gunners and horses, while the en-
bankment would prevent US from getting the first
chance to retaliate. There was nothing like an
open space in the vicinity. The battle-ground
was surrounded by woods. In consequence of
this timber it was impossible to form ine-of-
battle, and when Col. BARroN's brigade went into
the fight they took position, one regiment
Esle to the right and in the rear of the one pre-
ceeding. The number of rebels at the mill was
five and when our cavalry dashed toward them
they .scampered off toward the main force further
up the railroad Our Cavalry did not follow i'm
mediately, but halted sufficiently long for the re-
mainder of the column to come up. This move
ment having been accomplished, the Cavalry fol-
lowed by Elders and Hamiltons Batteries, and
the 7th Conn, 7th &. e., and Sth q. S.--the latter
acknowledgements pushed forward. 1t was
believed the five rebel cavalrymen had gone up to
olustee- tina place at which he supposed the main
body of the rebels. would concentrate. Gen.
SEYMOUR was of this impression, and made ar
rangements and distributed his troops accord
ingly. The 7th Conn was the first to get into
the fight Two companies Of that regiment were
sent of on the right of the railroad to deploy as
skirmishers, while at the same time small body
of the Independent Battalion of Cavalry went t,
the left to feel that portion of the enemy's posi-
ton. The
BATTLE OF oLUsrEx
commenced with these skirmishers, who found
the enemy had been vigilant, and had prepared
to meet them with far superior force. The
fire of the skirmishers commenced suddenly and
heavily The few stray shots that are usually
heard when two opposing forces are marching
toward each other, ives merged here into one
continuous volley. We may say with confidence
that the thick of the fight itself was in full play
with the skirmishers.
IHE ARTILLERY
came into position as speedily as possible, Ham,
ton brought his pieces into battery the centre,
Lancdon on his left and Elder on his right. Re-
markable as it may seem Hamilton's batteyat one
time was but 100 yards from the ensmy's front.
Before he could get into position he lost several
men and horses. The same was with Langdon.
The enemy was so near he had but to fire and the
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Col SAMMcss Of the 115th N, Y, was woundedl
in the foot while gallantly bringing forward his.
men. Col Moore of the 47th N. Y, was wound
ed in the arm when at the head Of his command.
Col Fribley of the 9Th Z. S, was killed ); Col.
Henry had three horses shot from. under him ;:
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PROSPECTUS OF ~
THE ATLANTIS rOR 1896


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state that they have made sSch srransernenss Tor
the coming ear As win convince sheir 3esders that
they intend to maintain tpe present positien and
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nonnce DEFINITE y She following re- OF the New
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flRng rapidly and the ground was thickly
covered with dead and dying. while camp
equipage trodden in the mud was mingled
with scattered wheels and> Fragments OF ex-
ploded caissons.
The correspondent says: | pushed for
ward 10 the slope Of the hill. II was almost
darks The rain was pouring steadily down
and standing there midst the dead and
dying. c,ught the last glimpses Of, oul
lines Of battle aqd heard the last tsiampan
shouts of our soldiers as even through tb'
darkness they pushed on after the 1yin,
foe. The results Of the battle were 3 ,o0'
prisoners. 80 guns and 1000 small arms.
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ing business therrin, the fling ofan oath OF
allegiance and fidelity to the Government
of the United States; by Mr., Spmner. sub
stitute for the House resolution. terminating
the reciprocity treaty with Great Britain;
by Mr.. Wilkinson, res olution providing
for retaliation on rebel prisoners in our
hands for the inhuman treatment ofour
prisoners In the hands of the rebels; Mr..
Ppwelk called up his resolution asking in.
formation about Gov. Jacobs, and Col.
wo,lford, and made . speech. Wilson OPP.
posed the calling up, but Grimes favored It
because the information would vindicate the
President, and he was not disposed to sit
with folded hands and. hear the Senator
from Kentucky talk Of such deprivation Of
personal liberty. Mr. Dixon, vice Hale was
appointed chairman Of the District Of Co.
lu,nbia committee. and Hale placed on the
judiciary committee in place OF Foote. Mr..
Lane of Kansas, resolution Of enquiry as
to lands sold under the treaty with the Sac
and Fox, Indians. Mr.. Wilson called ur
Joint resolution to free wives and children O.
co,ored soldiers. Non concurrence OF the
House TO the Senate amendment to the Bill
to establish Freedmans Bureau was an
nounced, and Sun,ner moved adherence ant
a committee of conference. Executive ses
sion and adjournment.
In the House, same day, resolution re
commending retaliation on rebel prisoner
unless the rebels treat our men in thei
hands better, was adopted. An inquiry u
to expediency Of setting aside public land
!, fbr-tire benefit ofSoldiers; a~bih for the sur
port of the Military Academy the bill crt
ating Vice Admiral passed motion to ea
anime sites for northern Navy Yard; bi
granting to certain States whose govern
ments had been subvetedi and overthrow
Republican governments, was postponed Il
Jan. 9TH. A bill passed amending act
June S0th, 1880. so AS to give all persons
color then in the army, the same allowance
as others Of same rate; resolution askin
Secretary of Treasury under what law goot
&C. are permitted, to pass through the I'm
ted States into Canada, and thence into Il
United States again q resolution Of Mr.. Co
. asking about the. disposition Of gold in Il
Treasury, was objected to.
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HEADQUARTERS Amy. OF THE PoroxAc,
Dec. l6.-To-dsy has been . very quiet one
along the entire line. Even the firing on
James river seeming to be suspended. The
reports circulated to the effect that Gen.
Warren had ordered the houses on the line
of his late march burned, in retaliation for
the shooting of some stragglers by guerril
las ia untrue. Warren, as, well as mis- staff:
and other. commanders, did oil in their pow
er to prevent these outrages, particularly
where women and children were living. and
although their efforts did not prevent ter
rib.e scene of devastation and sonfagratiou
yet more than half the habitations were
saved to their unfortunate occupants.
(Signed), w: D. McGREGoR. 60
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Of the success Of Brig Gen. Cations brig
ade in covering and relieving our. right and
rear in the operations. Of. yesterday andsto
day.
Although have no report OF the number
Of prisoners captured BY Johnson's and
Cations commands,. know they have
made large number. lam also glad to
be able to state that the number OF prison.
ers captured yesterday, greatly exceeds the
number reported by ssleSraph last evening.
The woods, fields and entertainments are
strewn with the enemy. s
In conclusion. am happy to state that
all this has been effected with but very
small loss to dA. Our loss propably does
not exceed 800 and very few killed.
(Signed) Gao H. THOMAS.
~ Mai. Gen. Com. &
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New York, Dec. ia letter was receiv-
ed from Admiral Dahlgren u Secretary
Welles on the nth, saying he was then, on
the l4th, in the presence Of Gen. Sherman.
he having come round to Warsaw Sound
with Gen. Foster to meet Dahlgten,
The A imiral was busy buoying the Sa
vannah river for an attack on Savannah BY
water, and was about to proceed to Ossabow
in hopes Of communicating with SHERMAN
when that General. as the Admiral says
walked over to, Fort McAllister and came ..
board the flagship. d5t
The Richmond Sentinel has . dispatch
dated Kingston 18th. stating that . Unio'
force was repulsed on the Neuse road, tw
miles tscm Kingston, and driven acros
the South west. bridge, which they destroy
Al
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Installatiom Of ChieT Justice
Chase.

Chase.
WAsHIGroN, Dec. 15.-In the Supreme
Court Of the United States, to day, Justice
Wayne announced to the BsrSthat the hank
tax case, for New York, would be called for
argument, Immediately after the argument
Of tn. cauee from the Court of Claims. in
volving the question ofjurisdiction, which
is fixed for the first Tuesday in January
next
The Supreme Court Chamber, WAS filed
this morning, with ladies' and gentlemen, to
witness the. installation Of Chief Justice
Chase. which took place at few minutes
past IL o'clock. 1t was soon announced by
the coming of the Justice who said twas
customary to appear IN their robes Of office
Justice Wayne walked in front Of his As.
sociates. and was followed by the Chief JUS
tice. They all separated to their respect
i've chairs, and remained standing while the
Chief Justice himself. read the oath Of office.
Mr. Middleton, Clerk of the Court real
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okcRErARY OF THE INTERIOR We are
very gao to see the suggestion of the name
OF our distinguished Senator. Hon. James
Harlan Tor place in Presiden. Lincoln
cao'net' at the head of the Interior Den.rt
ment. Nothing We are very sure, could h.
more gratifying to the friends of the Admin
'stratlon in Iowa, than this appointment 7,
would be a compliment to the State which
while it is deserved. would be appreciates
none the less. And the appointment too l.
IN itself every way fit to Be made. Senator
Harlan has admirable qualifications for that
department. We doubt If any ono can be
named who is equally competent. No one
70 more familiar with the country, ITS bisto
~ It's resources, it's wants and its capabi,;.
.'es. And then there is an appropriateness
"a ming this Office with western men. The
west IS the best stand point from which to
'ook forth over the broad Union. and com.
prehend its diversified interests and want.
FROM this and numerous other considers.
t'ons that might be named. we hono q i
true that such an appointment is in conts,n
ela''on, and that it viii be made.
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Terms of the Courier.

1t Is no fun to publish paper when the
white sheet costs two cents. 1t can only
be done without loss by large circulation,
and prompt payment in advance, thus avoid
ing expenses of collection, and losses from
failure to pay. We accordingly say to our
friends who deem it important to maintain q
party organ at this point, that we shall
hereafter adhere strictly to the advance pay
principle in all cases. We also give notice
to those who from any cause. are in arrears
that the paper will be discontinued on tn
first day Of January next, unless we .hea'
from them in the mean time. In all's'fcf
cases. the parties wilfplcase remit prompt
~ the amounts due. The place of pay
ment Of dues tc this office, IL at the Courie
Office.
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Don't forget the Soldier. wives.


Don't forget the Soldier. w,ve.
We would most eaanes.ly enquire
OF the citizens of Wapello County.
whether they have forgotten the an.
pointment, by our excellent and patri-
ot'c Governor, of the 3lst of Decem.
Der as day on which a concerted ct
tort IS to be made in every county to
raise supplies for the wives of our
brave and gallant soldiers who are
facing The enemy in the field. Manv
counties, we see, have appointed sub.
committees in every township, to raise
supplies and refortan4 deliver to cen.
Eal committees. Is it not time that
something was done in Wape,io ? In
what way can the county do herself
more credit than by excelling the 9th,
~ counties in the amount of her con-
Let old Wapello take hold
OF Ills matter, without any further de.
lay and secure the prize offered by the
Governor.
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Dispatches received by the State Depart.
meat from Paris say that the effect of Mr..
L'ncoln's ,e election has 5oen most excellent
ent, both upon the people and the Govern
meDt.
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A new York special says Mr.. ,Kasson. of
iowa, proposes to introduce a resolution tax.
ing OF the:duty on paper.
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s"d guaranteeing civil, political. and re-.
''g'ous rights to all men without regard -
0nd,t'on' complications or birth place. These
principles were not popular with the desro,s
o. earth' but they are the hope of the on
pressed OF all nations to-day. and will l;ve
while man exists. " "'e
All nonor then. to the Pilgrim Fathers
:" every hamlet throughout the land LET
'ne'r suifer'ngs. their privations and their
,ues oe remembered! Let us also rem.
emoer the debt we owe them for chr exce,.
'e"t government. for our various institutions
ana lot this great Nation, so populous 90
a'y' 80 enterprising, so brave, so feared
oy tyrants and despots the world over,