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Year: 1862

F1LLOW, FLOYD AND HUCKNER.


The testimony in regard to the affair at
Fort Donc1son- since The dust and
smoke Of the battle have cleared away, com
ing SO clearly Us to give all readers an in
tclligent idea Of the fe1d-provcs that the
Wanting to which the cIivalry have treat
ed Us Of the North for whole wear
past, is nothing but Mexican vice
which the seccssionists have caught by con
tig1ity of territory Still claiming an in
teTest in the constituent units of the rehel
er1ny, because, with al1 their denominations
ofslayery, they are Americans, We confess
our readiness 10 blush for their perform
ances on the Cumberland, although they
have given such an impetus to the
loyal cause! That eighteen thousand well
armed men, with abundant supplies offood
and ammunition, under commanders who
had the confidence Of the rank and file.
aud behind intrenchmcnts that months Of
labor and the natural advantages Of ground
had made. well nigh impzegnable, should
have surrendered upon any terms, after q
loss Of hardly more than q thousand in
killed and wounded, is fact, which, when
spread upon The page Of history, will make
all students distrustful of our boasted
American courage. Why did they not cut
their way out! Why not, with the
bayopet, open. 9 passage through the
investing forces and make good
their escapcs Our line was extended over
seven miles in length. Of course, as our
entire force was not quite thirty-tiye thou
sand, in many places The line was weak,
and strong reinforcements were far of
Our men were scattered, uncertain where
attack or defense was to be made.
On the contrary within the in
trenchments, the enemy had the power
OF rapid concentration Of every available
company d bayonet dash at dawn On
Sunday, directed with determined courage
against our 1ight-a dash made by
the entire garrison, must have oyer
whelmed :;an opposition. The attack
1ng column might hare lost a few
hundred, possibly q thousand, in the
fierce onslaught and stubborn resistance.
but, when once a mile away from their
works, every rebel would hare been safe.
Onr men, worn ont by three days watch
ing and fighting, By insufficient food. and
by the anclemency Of the weather, could
not have pursued. They might have DOS
sessed the abandoned works, and that's all
We hope for the nations honor, that the
surrender, such as We have described it
will he proved to be not SO much the fault
Of the men as Of their commanders. Such
it. vas, no doubt Pillow is an ass
whom to endow with brains, even
tor compliments sake, would be ab-
surd- Floyd fears tie rope, should he be
caught, and always makes haste to get
away. And We are forced to believe of
Simon Buckncr that he has no heart for anv
flght-ahat Eismost belligerent achievement
viii continue to be splitting IN the faces Of
gentlemen with whom he has the misfor-
tune to differ. Certainly soldier, man Of
courage and resources, would have risen
and enlarged as the difficulties Of the STU
alton increased. and with. the material at
command in Fort DoneIson when the
White tag was hung out, would have made
a. least one desperate effort to escape, cost
what it might
Year: 1862

New YORK, Sept I2-The following is the
letter Of General Mcdowell demanding Of the
President a thorough investigation OF the accu-
satiou of Colonel Brodhesd:


WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.
To His Exoellsney the President


I have been informed by Senator that he has
seen a note in pencil, written by a colonel in
cavalry, mortay wounded in the recent battles,
stating, among other causes, that ne was dying
"a victim to McDOwelrs treachery," and that
his last request was that this note be shown to
you That the colonel believed this charge, and
felt that his last act on earth was a great public
service, there can be no question. This solemn
accusation from the grave of gallant officer,
who died for this country, is entitled to great
consideration, and / feel called upon to inset it
as well as so general a charge from one no
longer able to support it can be met. therefore
beg you to please cause court TO be instituted
for its investigation, and in the absence Of any
knowledge whatever As % the particular act or
acts, time or place. OF general conduct the de-
ceased may have had in view ! have to ask
that the inquiry be without limitation, and be
upon any point and every subject which may in
any way be supposed to have led to his belief that
it may be directed to my whole conduct as a
general officer, either under another, or whilst in
q separate command; to my correspondence
with any of the enemy's Commanders or with
any one within the enemy's lines to my con-
dact or the policy pursued by me toward the
inhabitants of the country occupied by our
troops, with reference to themselves or their
property; aud, further, to any imputations OF
indirect treachery or dsloyslty to the nation, or
any individual having, like myself, an impoT-
tsnt trust; whether [ have or have not been
faithful as a subordinate to those placed over
Hle, giving them hearty, and, to the best Of my
capacity all ths support in my power; and
whether [ have or have not tailed through un-
worthy or personal motives 20 go TO the aid Of
or send reinforcemeuts to my brother com
mandeTs.


That this subject Of my alleged treachery or
disloyslty will be fully inquired iatO, beg ths.
ali officers, soldiers, or civilians who know or
think they know of any act OF mine liable to the
charge in question, be allowed and invited TO
make it known to the court. I also beg that the
proceedings of the court may be open and free
to the press from day to day.


have the honor to be, very respectfully, your
obedient servant, IRWIN Mcdowell


COmd'g Third Army Corps, Army Of Virginia


EY Six thousand exchanged prisoners arrived
st Yicksburg on Tuesday last.
Year: 1862

Whit race, to humanity. to history and the age.
to come up shoulder to shoulder against this hor-
rid issue. Let Us prove to the world, that we
are not living in \ great lnad-house where the
most turously insane hold undivided sway.
Year: 1862

ROAD LAw-We publish oil the ffet
page Of to days Herald this important law
fr the benefit OF the newly elected Road
Commissioners. The office is an important
one, and should be He'd by men who have
experience and some business tact.
Year: 1862

TIE REBELS IN OHro.-Some Of the city jour.
nails have been making great fuss of late with
"extras" and so forth about the rebel raid in
Ohio Now what does IL all amount tor A
mere burglarious attack upon an insignificant
village, with very small population, probably
not two hundred, in which they shot one un.
armed man. Why, we have an efficient police
in this city, and yet burglaries and highway
robberies are sometimes committed Taking
advantage Of the lowness Of water at narrow
part Of the river, the rebel burglars rushed
across to the village Of Racine, scared the in
habitants murdered man in cold blood. and
then dashed back again. Jack Sheppard and
Dick Turpin have done bolder things many a
time.
Year: 1862

lsrHE Navy PREPARED FoR TAX CoSFLfcr.-No
that our forces are being so rapidly reinforced
from oil the Northern States, and we are getting
great army In the field ready for the most i'm
portant operations against the enemy, the navy
should actively participate in the fnal effort to
crush this rebellion. More vessels should be
despatched to all points along the coast and in
Che Gulf to prevent the entrance into Southern
ports Of those English steamers which are bring
ing aid and giving strength to rebellion. We
cannot plead the want OF a navy now; for we
have vessels enough to-day to cover all the
waters Of the Bahamas and Of the Gulf. From
this out not single vessel from Nassau or any
other neutral port should be permitted TO touch
rebe soil We have the capacity in abundance
70 prevent them, and ii any more steamers are
allowed to run the blockade with arms and sup.
plies for the enemy. II must be put down ~
glect and ca elessness on the part OF the Navy
Department let the army and the navy pull
together now asd strangle the rebellion The
army is doiog its duty; let IL not suffer for
want Of co-opsratiou irop the other branch Of
the seryica
Year: 1862

TAG REBELS N TRAP.--For tie last two or
three months the rebels have been threatening
TO invade the North with their armies. That
old blusterer, Foote who used 70 keep The
Senate at Washington alive With his noisy
bossting is now urging upon the rebel Con-
gress at Richmond the policy Of making aggres
sive war upon The Northern States The rebels
are trying il now They have crossed the Poto
mac. and II will be curious thing, when the
history Of this war is written, TO see how many
Of them will get back again.
Year: 1862

SOLDIERS or TUE UNION! REMEMBER WHAT You
ARE FIGHrrNG FoR-Let those who are entering
the new levies not feel discouraged or faint
hearted at being put early in the Geld. The
necessities of the country demand that their
services shall be made available as soon rs pos
sible II is all nonsense TO say that raw troops
cannot fight well. At Shiloh, and recently in
der arms distinguished themselves by their
steadiness and gallantry. What were the ma
jority Of the veterans who are massed under
Mcclellan but raw troops when they were 0rst
put into the felds II is moral courage and
faith in the justice Of the cause that be
is lighting for that constitute. after all, the
great arms of the soldier; and, though training
will undoubtedly do much TO develope his
physical qualities, there is no reason why great
deeds may not be accomplished without 1t.
Soldiers Of the Union let the belief that you
are fighting for the most sacred cause that ever


animated the breast OF man; let the conscious
ness that if this rebellion triumphs not only
will your own liberties. but those OF the whole
human race, be imperilled; let the knowledge
that IL you fail you will be held up to the scorn
and contempt OF the civilized world nerve up
your courage and brace your arm in the hour
ol conflict. II we cannot say to you, in the
poetic language OF the first Napoleon, that forty
centuries look down upon you from the colos
sal monuments Of the past. we can offer to you
a truer and more heart stirring exhortation.
Soldiers Of the Union, the destinies OF countless
ages the happiness Of unborn millions, the pro-
grcss of civilization, depend upon your fidelity
TO your political creed and to your duty TO tho
country Let these, The most sacred and in
spiriting Of all influences, supply the place Of
military experience, and fire your hearts to
deeds that will render humanity proud OF you,
Year: 1862

The STEAMER NAsHvILLE-WHY CAN'T We


CAPTURE HER?-Our latest advices from Hilton
Head report the destruction Of this notorious
rebel craft at Savannah; but the informa-
ton is evidently incorrect. By intelligence
from Nassau we learn that she was daily
expected at that port with a cargo of cotton.
It will be recollected that this steamer left
Charleston, soon after the breaking out of the
rebellion, for Europe, where she remained for
some months closely watched by the United
States steamer Tuscarora, from which vessel,
by the act of the English authorities, she finally


escaped.


On her return she was supplied with coal by


the British ship Mohawk, at one of the British


West India islands, by which she was enabled


to run the blockade at Beaufort, N. c. whence


she again escaped our cruisers when the place


was occupied by our forces. Since that time
very little information has been obtained with
regard to her whereabouts or business, except
from occasional reports that she was in the SER
vice of the rebels.


We now have information from a source en-
tirely reliable that after running into Beaufort


she was abandoned by her owners, when she


was taken in charge by the rebel government,


which, finding her unfit for a war vessel, sold


her to Trenholm, Fraser u Co., of Charleston,


by whom she is now owned; and it should be


borne in mind that this concern has a branch


Office in this city.


In their hands she has been engaged in run


ming between Nassau and Warsaw Sound, this


last being her third trip to the latter place,


with arms and ammunition for the rebels. Not


withstanding the numerous reports of her ar


rival at and departure from Charleston during
the last year, the fact has been clearly estab-


lished that she has not been at that port since


her return from Europe.


The report of her being at Savannah is also


untrue, the water communication between War
saw Sound and Savannah river not being of


sufficient depth for her to pass through. Her
cargoes are taken on board and landed by
means Of small light draught steamers and
lighters, which ply between the towns along
the shores of the long chain Of inland bays and
creeks which line the coast from Charleston to
Fernandina.


AS the rebel terminus of her route is now


definitely settled it is TO be hoped that the
Navy Department will lose no time in devising


some plan to put an effectual stop to her traffic
between her Majesty's neutral port Of Nassau
and the rebel ports of Secessia.
Year: 1862

In the great struggle between Liberty
and Despotism which is now waged IN
this country, lrty spirit will inevitably
play prominent part. The enemies,
or conditional friends, of constitutional
liberty will sympathize as party men,
When the armed resistance of disloyal
citizens is suppressed, it is evident that
such Union men as Senator Carlile of
Virginia, and Senator Davis Of fKentucky,
will be inclined to strike hands with
such open friends of the rebellion as
Mr.. Ben Wood and Mr.. Vallandigham
Ought not this fact to make such men
as the Union Senators hesitate? Can a
party to which all the secret and silent
adherents of disunion attach themselves,
be party which can possibly promise
peace to the country in the future?-
Can Mr.. Davis cleave to a party which
holds that armed rebellion is a proper
remedy for constitutional defeat, with
out supporting all that JEFF. Davis has
ever claimed?


There are really but two parties in
the country at this moment. There is
the party of absolutely loyal men, who
hold that the integrity of the nation
must be preserved at every cost, but who
differ as to the time and way in which
slavery should be touched; and there is
the party of disloyal men who are
either openly in arms, or who secretly
support those in arms, or who declare
that, if slaves are not untouched, how
ever much they may be used against the
Government, they will virtually aid the
rebellion.


There are very few men in the country
who do not belong to one of these two
parties, and out of these two the work
ing political organizations of the future
are to arise. The question that will di-
vide them is slavery; and slavery will be
the dividing question of all parties in
the country until it absolutely over
powers the Government, or until it is
seen to be in process of extinction
For it is a contest of civilization. The
party of liberty asserts that every man
was born with equal civic rights; that
an injustice which rcpels the moral
sense of mankind is bad political policy
and that as, in popular government
the great mass of the citizens must be
laborers, therefore labor must be re-
spected. While the party of slavery
contends, in the words of the Charles
ton Mercury, that "Slavery is the nat
ural and normal condition of the labor
ing man, whether white or black tha
men have no natural rights, and tina
therefore for the strong to rob and op,
press the weak is not injustice.


The party of slavery is intrenched in
Ignorance and prejudice, and the practi
cal difficulty of dealing with vicious
system of society. The party of liberty
is strengthened by common sense-by
experience of the necessary ceusequen
ces of slavery, which are war, taxation
and anarchy-and by the positive ad
vantages of liberty, which are genera
prosperity, intelligence, and civil Sc
curity. The practical weakness of th'
party Of slavery will be the inhumal
and revolving doctrines and practices
which it must logically assert and de
fend: the weakness of the party Of lihert,
, will be the difference of opinion as t.
Year: 1862

The EVANSVILLE JoURSAL is now in the 9th
year of its existence. During all that period 1t
has sought to be in every respect faithful ohroni-
c!er of the times. the people and the country"
The circulation of the JOURNAL is gratifying
evidence that our labors are appreciated. Never
before newspaper more necessary than at
present. Ne man can fail to understand the inn
portance Of keeping up with the stormy times
in which We live. He who docs not read now, and
keep Informed on the current events Of the day,
will have the failure to do for lifetime
regret
Year: 1862

We were boys together


And never can forget;
The school house mid the heather,


In childhood where we met
The humble home, to memory dear;


Its sorrows and its joys,
when woke the transient smile or tear


When you and were boys.
We were youths together,


And castles built in air
Your heart was like q feather.
And mine weigh'd down with care,
To you came wealth with manhood's primo,
To me it brought alloys
Foreshadow'd in the primrose time
When you and I were boys.
We're old men together;


The friends we loved of yore,
With leaves Of autumn weather,
Are gone for evermore.
How bless'd to age the impulse given
The hope time e'er destroys
Which led our tho'ts from earth to heaven,
When you and L were boys.
Year: 1862

A Story ON McCLELLAN.-The Washington
wags have got up new .splan,'' which they
dub stMcClellans.' 1t is somewhat as follows :
That Mcclellan is waiting for the Chinese popu-
lation of California TO increase to such vast
number that they will be able to cross the
Rocky Mountains and bring up his right wing,
by which time the Russian Possessions and
Greenland will have redundant population,
which can be drafted down to the support of
the grand left wing of the Union army-and
that when these great events take place, the
war will commence in earnest This is the
hotel-joke just now, and even Mcclellan list
ened to it the other day with good -natured
laughter
Year: 1862

YoUNG LADIEs.-Dld you ever think what a
contrast there is between the young lady of to-
day and one of fifty, or even a score of years
ago? Then a lady was one who could take
care of herself-could sing in plain, musical
English, wash, bake and cook all kinds of
food milk a COW, if necessary, and make her.
self useful generally. If she did not she was
called lazy-that Was all there was abont it..
But now we have no lazy women-they are all
delicate. The modern young lady is strange
compound of dress and nerves-by which we
mean those sseXquiste susceptibilities" which
cause her to shudder when she sees wash
tub and scream at the sight of COW. She is
"a living image made to be waited upon. She
sings ssdvinely' and sseXquisitly,'' but neith-
er one of these affects you as the jabbering of
a North American Indian, for it is not half SO
Ineligible. She lounges about in the morn
ing, crochets or embroiders little, then
dresses herself up and promenades for the ben
eft of some ssgenteel exquisite" Thus pass
her days. Now you needn't tell me that old
bachel lors are forever harping on women S
fauIts-that we do not find any such ladies'
that they are the same now they always were.
1t is no such thing. 1t is an uncommon
thing to find lady nowadays that half pays
for the food she eats. She is nothing but a
bill of expense to her father, and larger one
to her husband, for he not only has her to
support, but one or two hired girls to wait up
on her also. My advise to every young man
is to beware of a fashionable young lady.
Never marry the girl who sits in the parlor
while her mother stands in the kitchen. 1t
won't pay.
Year: 1862

manhood, with the warm blood at their
hearts, as they leaped 10 the defence OF
their country and the rights OF humanity I;
look at them now, and at these desolate
and namelesS graves. and tell me not that
the teIrors Of war are alone upon the field
of battle. How few of the hopes and
wishes with which a soldier enters the
army, are ever realized. Two great de-
sires are in a mans heart, when he leaves
quiet, peaceful home, with It's untold
treasures of love and affection, when he
leaves behind him all on earth that is dear
to him. taking his life in HE hand, goes
into the army, Drawing the harlships OF
stern-visaged war. The first, is TO defend
his country, his Government, against out
rage and wrong. and to help maintain
those eternal principles of freedom and
equality, upon which our Government Is
based. The second is desire that he may,
by some heroic action. some noble deed OF
daring, win for himself name that shall
live after him. How few are permitted
to taste anything but the dregs Of the cup
of disappointment.


Lieut.. Col Rratliff is again very much
out of health; was taken quite i'll last
night with the dysentery. which is the
prevailing disease in camp at this time
The rest of the Trumbull county boys
are in usual good health. with the excep-
ton Of Geo. Hamilton, Co. D. whose faith
er lives in Mesopotamia. He has been
very i'll for several days, of infsmation OF
the bowels. The doctor thought him q
little better yesterday and this morning.


B.
Year: 1862

q The Times published, in a part Of It's ejI-
ton Of yesterday, foolish and injUdicious coms
municatiOn on the defense of the city, calling the
effort 8 big scare, aud decrying the measures
used. With positive information Of a powerful
C0niederats army having crossed Kentucky
river, we see not how any sensible man could
write such q thing.


General Wallace ordered the TINES suppressed
for it. It was probably an iuadvsTtencs in that
paper, which has been Outspoken and consistent
from the very outbreak Of the rebellion, for the
most vigorous war to put it dsWn, and has done
good service in this city thereby. Its loyslty Is
beyond question, and therefore a caution would
answer the purpose which the general desires to
accomplish CinciHzati Gazets-
Year: 1862

MARRIAGE OF A FRENCH PRIEsT-The i'm
portant question, whether a French priest, choos
ing to set Rome at defiance, can enjoy the full
rights Of q citizen, and take unto himself wife,
is about to receive a solemn decision in the case
Of the Abbe Brou, who brought an action against
the mayor for refusing TO marry him. Nj Jules
Favre pleaded, some time ago, before the civil
tribunal of Perigueux, with so much effect, that
the court was equally divided on the subject.
The legal consequence Of such a state Of things
is, that the cause must be re-argued before the
same tribunal, reinforced by an additional Judge.
NJ. Jules Fayre excused himself from going
down to Perigueux a second time on the ground
that as in any event, an appeal was certain his
client would not suffer by his absence. The
second argument is going on at Perigseux. The
public minister made a very violent speech
against the priest who wants to be married,
hurting at him, among other OpprobriOus cpl
thets, that Of Infamous The Procureur In
perial called upon the court to protect the Cath
Ole religion, the religion of two hundred mil
lion of men, the religion Of thirty million of
Frenchmen, the religion of Him who, eighteen
centuries ago, planted upon G0lgotha and wa
tered with his blood " the first tree of liberty
that was ever seen in the world"
Year: 1862

AREBEL EMIsSARY CAUGHT. bel
emsssry attempted to cross the suspension
bridge to Canada on Saturday morning, but was
arrested. He wss dressed as female, and caT-
ried baby, which he pretended to be nursing.
He was rather handsomely dressed and wore q
thick veil It is rumored that the arrested man
is a rebel Of no small importance. His trunks
and papers are in possession OF the provost
marshal, and there is a great deal OF mystery
and excitement IN regard to bis identity
N0Tthera paper
Year: 1862

EY~A remarkable solar halo was observed in
London on the morning Of the ID Of August.
It consisted of two luminous circles about the
sun, the first thirtyTe degrees ia diameter, with
the sun as a center. The whole of the space
within, except that occupied by the sun, was
black On the north and south side Of the sun
the circle showed several OF the prismatc cOiors
to the extent Of one hundred and forty degrees
in each semi-crcle. The points Immediately


north aud south were the most brilliant; the re


naming space on the east and west eiTeumfer-
enca was occupied by an imperfect mock sun.