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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25. iSss.
THE SEWS.
The Pcdcral disgrace at Holly Springs
is Pleading and most saddening feature
of tUs morning’s news. The ’benediction
Santho Panza invoked for “the man who
inverteddeep” must ho largely offset by
the evils the invention may entail to an
an a~my in an enemy's country.
letters in "Western Kentucky hav* a
Senilly look. Columbus seems me
nacd hy a -considerable land -«-urce the
rebel, -which is bringing £lie *war hack- to
vritlci twenty miles Cairo. Joined to
this.Jeff Thompson is reported moving
on Nw Madrid. The rebels are also active
Ihroghont Central Kentucky, and, in
shoriare introducing between Grant and
Kosefans. and their sources of supply, no
Teiypleasant aspect of afialrs for loyal
men to contemplate. Will the present
gloox he relieved hy a victory in-the front
ofoc advance? We trust so, and the
cauKof the people waits for it Gen.
Shenan’s expedition is’ about to move
froroHdena southward.
Tcfc Committee on the Conduct of the
TTa:,\jist returned from their investigation
inioth late "battle at Fredericksburg and
events immediately preceding it An ab
stract o r their report is given in another
col mmrcontaining the sworn statements
of Gea-Bumside and several of his com
snandtrs After this, it can scarcely be
donbtejwhether Gen. Burnside acted by
ids owi judgment or otherwise. "We give
also m ibis same connection, in this issue,
a graj-iic account of the fight as viewed
through rebel eyes, and a defense of Gen.
Bumstles strategy from a -Philadelphia
rsper’ . ■
IffiEKBV CH3IST3IAS.
In accordance with the customs of the
Craft, nopaper will he issued from this of
fice to-jflorrow morning, our employes en
jovingftheir Holiday with the rest of man
hind. A merry Christmas to the homes
Hie Tkibuke visits. We say to the 7&mex,
for we are aware that the phrase would fall
like mockery on the earn of grave elders
rj pressed with the shadow and reality of
existing public calamities. No day may
fce merry to than unblessed by a restored
Country, and peace brought back by vic
tory over its enemies. But the
homes our paper visits will be merry with
the gladsomeness of the~litUe folks, whom
Ji consciousness of public evils, thank
Heaven, docs not reach to disturb their
Christmas. Time enough for them to look
grave when, for them, coming years
responsibilities in their train. To-day they
will be liappy over the mission and goodly
g’-tts of Santa Claus, and the memory of
civil wat* and Fredericksburg will' well
nigh be* banished even among anxious
Seniors, reflecting the glow of childish glee
ever the day and its blessings.
AN UNFAIR -ADVANTAGE.
Given an important post in the heart of
Bn enemy’s country. It has been won hy
careful and slow marches. It has been
Inade the base of operations farther on.
It contains Government stores to the
amount of half a million dollars for the use
rff the army in front of iL -Cotton huyezv
secure in the presence of a large Federal
force, hatfe accumulated’“ there —large
amounts t>f the flocculent staple. This
place is Holly Springs, Mississippi. Given
also an adequate force to guard it And
now on these premises, who can with any
degree of emotion short of .the estremest
mortification and rage, , read the shameful
conclusion stated in our dispatches in an
other column? The rebels get into the
own by night, and find two thousand
nen quietly sleeping, and meanly take an
;dvantage of them. Worse than that,
hey do not come into town hv
he roads, hut “across lots”
ms leaving useless a carefully posted sys
td of our pickets, who were watching the
ghways, never dreaming that the rebels
ould take any other route. The unhappy
ekets find themselves cat off from the
sin body with a vengeance, for the main
dy is gobbled up, with the exception of
e few hatless, shoeless, flying night riders
at get away in full Georgia costume, on
rsehack.
What the jrebels did, may he imagined,
ir dispatches tell the whole painful story,
icy paroled the easily won prisoners,
icy burned; pillaged, destroyed, and then
aring that a Federal force was approach
g,—lay down in the .Public Square, of
urse, and went to deep, allowing them
.’cs to he surprised in* turn? No, they
\ in haste to find another deepy Federal
rrison, and will do it unless a change
mes over our conduct of tins war. The
nth is being filled Vith a disgracefully
ge mob of paroled men, while Southern
change is against us hy some thousands
d advancing, with a rapidity of which
. irtsville, Holly Springs are the measures.
.The subject is one upon which we can
trcely command patience and cfllmnegg
write. Wcdouht if our feelinghe not the
iversal one among loyal men. The dis
•er at Fredericksburg befell an army in
open and nobly fought field. Their
lor and devotion lends a glow to their
feat, hut there is no such redeeming
gam in the spectacle ol a deepy
Iddle of frightened men turning out at
idnight to run to and fro, fire a few chance
Xiskets into the air and then surrender.
r jic case would lie less aggravating were
ithe first of » series, wMch it is not. Will
ilhe tire last? Is our Government nearly
J ody to begin .that sharp retribution on
Wlitary incapacity and neglect, which has
hten one of fire best props to the rebel
cause in this tot. No influences have held
one of their .fficers in place an hour
after his offense reached headquarters.
Their list of Generals retired under censure
tells of the promptness of these penalties,
and the influence pervades their whole
army down to the lowest barefooted con
script. We have no such discipline, hut
laxity and looseness have leached down
through the whole mass, from the highest
to the lowest grades. It is time that this
Should end. The death penalty should be
Jnmg up before our army as sure to follow
its grade of miUtaiy crimes. There should
be an end to this mistaken clemency,- like
that which has filled the North with de
serters and shamefully paroled men" Ev
ery investigation into affairs like this of
Nolly Springs should end with
Rome officer’s late as memorable as his and
the country’s disgrace. Let him be found
and punished. We are lost, and the war
then a farce, if these disgraces be not
amended by a reform that shall strike at
Ibc very root of the evfl.
Xlie of the takes and Eu*
• -nr *“ r C'= , “»ent ofCamai*.
A Washington dispatch to the Now Tori
2rth»nesays that at a meeting a t the residence
of Representative Arnold, oi-nunois. on Sat
urday night, called to consider th e ’ niill »
liills before Congress for the defend
lakes, and the enlargement of the Erie Canal
jocks and the Illinois and Michigan Canal, the
Senators from Wisconsin and Illinois, many
from New England and numerous members
from the East and West were present. Wm.
B. Ogden of Chicago and S. B. Haggles of
Hew. York and Mr. Arnold made speeches
■Which ■ prodigionsly confirmed the growing
sentiment la faror of these national works.
VOLUME XY.
THE BATTUE OE EBEDEB-
ICKSBIIKe.
A Graphic Rebel Aceoe 1 *!-
[Special Correspondence of Enquirer.]
Battik ■ c ‘ lEU, ’ I) cc. 1862> .
This morning the-® 1 . struggledup tbrougb
the obscuring it*-' 16 overhung the land
ecape. l)ut b&fajs were for an hour or two
Intercept by some ashen clouds slowly
overhead. Everything was still as on*
■. inr mild December morning. Scarcely a
nrcath of air wafted the felling leaves or
stirred the fringes of the pine. The fog and
smoke thoroughly mingled through the night,
and shrouded hill and plain in a grayish, aim
cloud."
As this began to rise, about eight o'clock,
the roar of the enemy’s artillery woke the
stillness of the scene,andsignaled thecoming
great battle. Hastening to the front I ob
tained a view of the battle field.
.Nothing but pale clonds of smoke strug
gling up through the undeigrowth andforcsts
on the hills to the right indicate the presence
of our forces.
Now the fog has lifted, revealing the dark
and heavy columns of the enemy moving down
the opposite bank of the river. Far down,
near the lower part of Ihevalley, they are seen
debouching. Whole fields are gleaming with
bayonets. They continue to pour out upon
the plain in a stream which seems' to come
from an inexhaustible fountain. The mead
ows are black with them, tens of thousands
in solid columns. We can only vaguely con
jecture at this distance the number. Old
soldiers think there are 60,000. Where are
our men? A solitary battery of four guns,
commanded by Captain Carter Braxton, is to
be seen on the plain. The fire from the ene
my’s battery of twenty-two guns opens upon
It, but it makes no reply. Other batteries
direct their shots towards it; but it has evi
dently made up its mica not to be hurried.
The enemy, now formed in three heavy col
umns, advances to attack our right; on they
go at double quick towards the woods, ma
king the earth shake under their tread, with
colors Hying and arms glistening in the sun
light. Where arc our men ? A long sheet of
flame from the skirt of woods at the foot of
the hills, a cloud of smoke, a roar and rattle
of musketry, tell their whereabouts. The
advanced column baits, delivers a hasty fire.
A continuous stream of fugitives from the
front scour actoss the fields rearwards; some
arc halted and formed in squads, bat can
never be forced again to goto the frgnt, ex
cept at the point of the bayonet. The smoke
now mostly shuts the combatants from the
view of the distant spectator. There is
breaking of ranks among the enemy, rallying
and rerallying, but of no avail. They cannot
stand the murderous fire. They give It up ns
a bad job. Meanwhile the battery in the field
(Braxton’s) has opened after long endurances,
and at the right moment makes its mark. The
coolness and precision with which it is han
dled wins the admiration of all observers.
The manner of Us action will be noticed here
after in compllmentury terms, in official re
ports. Other batteries did their work nobly,
hut they, with other particulars of the en
gagement on the light, must be noticed
where each can have justice done In au ex
tended account.
THE STOP.!>HNG OP THE ITTTT,.
The Yankees commenced the storming of
the hill at half-past eleven o’clock a. m.. with
six brigades, and were repulsed four times,
whh immense slaughter. They were mowed
down by hundreds. Two hundred and fifty
bodies were counted on a space occupied by
only one regiment. The firing was kept up
incessantly until 3 o’clock. CoL Walton’s
battery held the heights, pouring a murderous
lire into the advancing columns. The batter
ies on the various hills nobly assisted the bat
tery on the hlghts, keeping up a continual
•1 ream of fire, each volley thinning the ranks
of the enemy in a terrible manner.
The battery of Capt. Miles C. Macon, of
Richmond, covered itself with gloiy. The
fiiy was opened on the storming regiments by
Ibis battery. .The railroad gap af one time
was filled with Yankees, when a well directed
shot from the buttciy exploded in the midst,
killing about fifiy of the hirelings. Captain
Macon's batteiy was hotly engaged on the
Uth, 12th and 18tb, and won the admiration
of all the commanding officers by the cool
ness and precision exhibited by the men in
handling their gnus. Astonishing to sav, not
a man of this company was killed opwounded.
One rifle piece of Capt. Ewbank’s battery,
near the centre, lias been engaged. On Satur
day afternoon it played upon the Yankee brig
edirtfa-Xj* oi l»j flOl’a men jtKniT tllC WOOCZB fa'
front of Bernard’s. This portion of the bat
tery iuu been under a heavy iuro for-threo days
past, • but has fortunately suffered no loss.
The remainder of Capt. Ewbank’s guns are so
disposed that they will perform efficient ser
vice when called upon, in which event wc ex
pect to chronicle a brilliant achievement on
the part of this gallant command.
Late in the afternoon comes the magnificent
charge of a regiment of Hood’sdivisionacross
the plain, routing of a brigade from the line
of the railroad, and while under the concen
trated lire of a battalion of artillery, driving
the enemy from the skirt, of woods before
mentioned, capturing forty-one prisoners,
representing six regiments, and on the whole
covering themselves with ineffaceable glory.
TEE EXTENT OS OH VICTORY,
As the mist rises from the fight, and the
clouds clear away from the battle, The extent
of our victory, and ihe Yankee defeat, begins
toshowjtselL Intelligent citizens of Fred
ericksburg say that the Yankees admit a great
defeat, and a loss during the whole engage
ment. beginningat the passage of thcriver.
and ending with Saturday’s great fight, of
15,000. It is also said, upon what I regard as
trustworthy authority, that the Yankee offi
cers were anxious to renew the first on Sun
day, but that the men were demoralized and
could not he gotten up to themark. Soracof
tijoir prisoners, likewise, confirm the report
that bayonets and sharpshooters were used in
forcing up the men to the terrible work of
Saturday; and they fuiiher sav that
they were threatened with the 'fire of
their own batteries should they falter.
I think it cannot be questioned that whisky
rations were freely supplied the Yankees pre
vious to going Into action. But all this was
to no purpose. The Yankees had essayed a
task which no army ever marshaled or that
ever will be organized, could have accom
plished. To have driven our men from their
position and to have taken it, was a work
compared with which the storming of Gib
raltar would be os child’s play- To appreciate
the strength of our position'it must be seen.
Suffice it to say, that wc had 44 Stonewalls” at
both ends of the line—Jackson on the right
and the stone fence on the left, at Fredericks
burg. No other man than Burnside would
have attempted so difficult or so foolhardy an
adventure.
Truly mayit be said that the Yankees slain
in battle have been 44 butchered to make a
Lincoln holiday.” They have Ciiled heremost
most signally. They mav try the Port Royal
route; if they do they will find the same char
acter of obstacles there ashore; the same ad
vantages to our side, of brave spirits to op
pose them, and choice positions in which our
men can arrange to dispute their march. The
results are glorious. Lee, Jackson and Long
street, as well as the gallant men under Their
commands, deserve our ncvcrccasing thanks.
THE YANKEE WOUNDED.
At the summit, to-day .ranged side by side
"Willi our men, were the Yankee "wounded, re
ceiving the same care and enjoying like kind
treatment with our unfortunate defenders.
Surely any one but men dead to honor and
lost to nil principle and sentiment "would ap
preciate this. But upon a Yankee such, acts
of kindness make no impression. Indeed, it
is a shining light in the darkness, a bright
rage in our history, that we can hereafter
proudly point to as illustrating onr characi cr,
tone and Christianity. That when our peo
ple were driven from theirLoincs, -whips were
shelled over their heads, and their abandoned
property was destroyed amid wild riot and
unjustifiable license, thev who were the vic
tims of their injustice", could forget their
wrongs and injuries, and bear the cup of cold
water and the wine of nourishment to their
enemies.
TITE DESTCCTIOK OF FEOFERTT.
The wanton destruction of property in
town can neither be imagined nor described.
Had so many demons from perdition been
unchained and commissioned to wreak ven
geance, the ill-fated city could not have fared
worse. AH that as edible has been devoured
by the hungry Yankees, whilst clothing has
been stolen from almost cverv house, the fur
niture recklessly destroyed or thrown into
the streets, beds ripped open, pictures disfig
ured and destroyed, pianos ruthlessly robbed
of the keys. Indeed, every conceivably injury
that devilish malice or thieving lust could in
vent, was resorted to during the memorable
of 4110 occupation—a time
never be effaced from the memo
nes of the gallant few who stuck it out. The
the pew cushions! condition of
main body of the edifice. The orphan Mrtum
Dr. Scott a, F. Slaughter’s ands!s.Howfso “3
houses were used as hospitals In all
twenty houses have hctu dG»troy7a, ana the
loss of property of one kind: and another can
not fiill much short of $250,000.
Brompton, the elegant mansion of John L
Matye, was well nigh destroyed. There are
ball holes through the par-
KABBOTT - ESCAPE OF GEN. JACKSON.
Gin. Stonewall Jackson,whom manyalmoEt
TicUere leads a clianned life,had a Terr narrow
escape. Ho was watching the battle, and
sliding at the tune near an oak tree, when a
bullet Struck no more than two inches above
hie head. The old hero continued hie obser
rations unmoved by the incident •
HOBS PRIBONBB9,
There were come eighty-five prisonora cap
tured on the ontafarta of the town yesterday
morning, and aome twenty more were found
asleep and concealed In private realdencealate
m the day. When brought out they looked
like 80 mm ehccp-killing "dogs" caught in
tie act of transgression,
THE WAR IN VIRGINIA.
The Committee on the Conduct
of the War.
THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE
FREDERICKSBURG AFFAIR.
Abstract of the Depositions of Darn
side, Halleck, Simmer, &c., &c.
Washington, Dec. 23. —The report of the
Committee on the Conduct of the War, em
braces the depositions of Generals Burnside,
Sumner, Franklin, Hooker, Woodbury,
Hanpt, Halleck and Meigs. The Committee
report the testimony without comment.
ABSTRACT OF GEN. BUHNSIDE’S DEPOSITION.
Gen. Burnside said, when after the battle of
Antietam McClellan decided to cross the Po
tomac, 1 said, that in my opinion, he would
never be able to take the army on that route
beyond the Rappahannock, unless he succeed
ed in fighting the enemy at some place on
this side. That if he proposed to go to Rich
mond by land he would have to go to Freder
icksburg, and in that he partially agreed with
me.
On the 6th of November, after this conver
sation, McClellan gave nn, order to Capt.
Drum, Chief of Engineers, to have all the
pontoon bridges at Berlin and in that neigh
borhood, that could be spared, takeu up aud
Sent down to "Washington, with a view of get
ting them down to this town in ciise he de
cided to go by way of Fredericksburg.
The letter conveying that orderwas written
on the 6th of November, but, aa I understand,
was not received until the 12th of November.
Gen. Burnside speaks of the surprise with
•which he received the President’s order to
take command of the army of the Potomac,
and that he had repeatedly expressed the
opinion he (Burnside) was not competent to
command so large an army, and that McClel
lan was the fittest person.
He then says; Hallcck came to see mo Nov.
4th. On the 9th I made out a plan of opera
tions in accordance with Halleck’s order, and
sent it to Washington.
Gen. Burnside then gives a detailed account
of this plan, and speaks of the disastrous de
lay in receiving pontoons, and says; On the
loth he started a column to Fredericksburg,
not knowing of the delay. The pon
toons did not, however, start till the
19th, and that day it commenced rain
ing, which delayed them so much and
the roads became so bad that when they got
to Dumfries, they floated the pontoons off the
wagons, sent to Washington for a steamer
and carried them to Aquia Creek, sending the
wagons around by land,. The pontoons did
not get there until the 23d or 23d of Novem
ber.
Afterthefirst delay in starting the pontoons,
I think they were sent as quickly as they
could Lave been, and the supplies and quar
termaster’s stores have always been in as great
abundance as wc have expected, for after the
19th of November the weather and roads were
particularly bad.
After reaching Fredericksburg, I saw at
once there was no crossing the Rappahannock
with live army at that time.
Q. —Since yon have* assumed command of
the Army of the Potomac, have all its move
ments been made according to your own judg
ment? or have some of them been directedby
the General-in-Chief, the Secretary of War, or
the President of the United States?
A —They have all been made in accordance
toUh my own judgment. In some cases I have
submitted my views, which have been ap-
X>roved.
i ,Q^—Who did yon understand was responsi
ble for the forwarding or me pontoaxisto Fal
mouth? _ —• - ——
A—l understand that Geh. HalTeckwas to
give the necessary orders, and then the offi
cers who. should receive the orders were
only responsible for the pontoons coining
here.
I could have carried out that part of the
plan through officers of my own, but having
just taken command of an army with which I
was but slightly acquainted, it was evident
that it was as much as I could attend to, with
the assistance of all my officers, to change its
position from Warrentou to Fredericksburg •
and I felt, indeed I expected, tbatall the parts
of the plan which were to be executed in
■Washington would be attended to by the offi
cers at that place under the direction of the
different departments to which those parts
of myplan appertained.
Q.—JDid you or not understand that you
were to be responsible for seeing that these
orders were to be carried out?
A—l did not; I never imagined for a mo
ment that I had io carry out anything that
was required to be done at Washington; Gen.
Meigs told me distinctly, several days ago
in Washington, that he never saw my plan of
operations until I showed it to them on that
day.
Q.—Do I understand you to say in your
statement that you expected General Frank
lin to carry the point at the extreme left of
the ridge, in the rear of the town, and thereby
enable our troops to storm and cany the for
tifications ?
A—l did expect him to cany that point,
which being done, would have placed our
forces in the rear of their extreme left, and
which I thought at thetime would shake their
forces in the ridge to such an extent that the
position in front could be easily stormed and
carried.
Q. —To what do you attribute the failure to
accomplish that ?
A—To the great strength of the position,
and the accumulation of the cnemv’s forces
there. Icxpected that the bridges'would be
built in two or three hours after they were
unloaded, which was about davlight. instead
of that those on the right were not built until
three o' clock in the afternoon, and I had onlv
the means of getting across one division over
the bridge on the rigid.
General Franklin’s bridges were built about
noon, and were held by our troops ou the op
posite bank. This gave the enemy time to
accumulate their forces, which were stretched
along the river from Port Roval up to the
battlefield, before I was able to order the at
tack.
There had been a great deal of division of
opinion among the corps commanders as to
the place of crossing, but after all the discus
sion upon the subject, the decision to cross
over here was well received and understood
by all of them.
Q.—What was the conduct of officers and
men during the attack ?
A.—With the exception of a single regiment
it was excellent.
Q —Have youanvknowledge as to theforcc
of the enemy?
A.—lt is estimated at all the way from 100,-
000 to 200,000. I think it was less than 100,-
000. I would add here that although at the
time we ordered the column of attack
to he formed on the morning after the battle,
1 thought the enemy’s works could be carried
and adhered to that opinion during that day.
I afterwards became convinccdthat that could
not have been done, owing to the great
strength of the enemy, the time given them
for reinforcing, and the belief also of our offi
cers that it could not be done.
l tokgraphi.'d* 0 the President
of the United Stales, at Washington, that I
withdrew onr army because I fell the enemy's
position could not be carried.
Gen. Burnside’s testimony here closed
It commenced raining and the river began
tonse: I did not know how much,
rise; there were no means of crossing except
going np to the fords, and it would he impos
sible to do that, because of inabilitr to Sup
ply the troops after they should liave
crossed; General Sumner arrived here with
his troops in advance. _He sent to me
asking me if he should cross the river • I
did not think it advisable that he should*at
that time.
It was first decided to cross at Skinner’s
>ieck, about twelve miles below here, but our
demonstration was simply for the purpose of
drawing there as large a force of the enemy
as possible. I then decided to cross here be
cause in the first place I felt satisfied that
they did not expect us to cross here but be
low. In the next place I felt satisfied that
this was the place to fight the most decisive
battie,because ifwecould divide their forces by
piercing their lines at one or two points, sep
arating their left from their right, then a vig
orous attack with the whole army would suc
ceed in breaking their army to pieces.
Two attacks were made and wc were re
pulsed, still holding a portion of the ground
wc had fought upon, bin; not our extreme ad
vance.
That night I went over the field on our
right; and in fact I was with the officers.and
men till nearly daylight; I found the feeling
against an attack.
I hastened to my headquarters, and after a
conversation with Sumner told him i wanted
him to otder the ninth army corps which I
originally commanded, to form the next
morning a column of attack by regiments *
it consisted of some eighteen old regiments
and some new ones, and desired the column
to make a direct attack upon the enemy’s
works. J
I thought that these regiments by naming
quickly rp after each other would he able to
carry the stone trail and batteries in front,
forcing the enemy on their next line, and by
going in -with them they would not be able to
fire upon ns to any great extent.
I loft Sumner with that understanding and
directed him to giro the order; the order was
given and the order, of attack was formed*
the next morning Just before tho column wae
CHICAGO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1862.
to have started, Sumner came to me and said:
“I hope you will desist from this attack; I
do not know of any general officer who ap
proves of it,and 1 think it will prove disas
trous to the army.” Advice ot that kind from
Sumner, who has always been in fevor of our
advance whenever it was possible, caused me
to hesitate; I kept the column of attack form
ed and sent over for the division and corps
commanders, and consulted with them.
They unanimously voted against theattack.
I then went over to see the other officers of
the command on the other side,andfonnd that
the same opinion prevailed among them. I
then scut for Gen. Franklin, who was on the
left, and he was of the same opinion. This
caused me to decide that 1 ought not to make
the attack 1 had contemplated; and besides,
the President had told me not to be in haste
in making this attack; that he would give me
all the support be could, but he did not want
the army of the Potomac destroyed.
1 felt that 1 could not take the responsibil
ity of ordering the attack, notwithstanding
my own belief at the time that the works Of
the enemy could be carried.
"Whilc on his way here, Hooker, on the
morning of the 20ih November, wrote me a
note, which I received on the 21st, in which
he suggested that he would cross his force
over the Rappahannock at the ford nearest
the town, Richard’s Ford, and move rapidly
down to Saxton’s Station, and take possession
there. He stated that he had three days’ pro
; visions, and that he could meet any force of
the enemy in front of him.
I replied that I was always very glad to
take the advice of my general officers, and
should be loth to move without consulting
them; but I could not approve of the move
he had suggested, because in.the first place he
would have to march some thirty-six miles to
Saxton’s Station.
It was raining and.hS /would have to ford
two rivers Wuien might rise and cut him otf
from the main body of the command, and as
I had no means of crossinir at Fredericksburg
I would be prevented from sending him sup
plies and assistance, and although he miffht
reach Saxton’s Station aud not meet any force
of the enemy at that time, yet it would be a
very hazardous movemcment to throw a col
. nmn like that beyond the readb of ™ 3 proper
support. .
Gen. Hooker thanked me and said he nts*®
it- as a suggestion, and the weather, as it was
raining, rendered it, of course, impossible to
make the movement.
Q. —What reason do you assign for the fail
ure of your attack ?
A—lt was found impossible to get the men
up to the works—the enemy’s fire-was too
hot. The whole of the command fought most
gallantly. • The enemy themselves say they
never saw our men fight so hard as on that
day.
Q. —Were the enemy’s works very strong?
A. —Their works were not' strong
works, but they held strong posi
tions. It is possible the points of attack
were wrongly ordered. If euclT is the case I
can only say I did it to tbc best of my ability.
It is also possible that we would have done
better to have crossed at Skinner's Keek, but
for what I supposed to be good reasons, 1 felt
we had better cross here, that we would Lave
a more decisive engagement here, and that if
we succeeded in defeating them we would
break up the whole of the army here,.which,
I think now is the most desirable thing, not
even second to the taking of Richmond.
For if tins army was broken up, though
they might defend Richmond for a while, they
could not make any protracted defense there.
Q, —(By Mr. Gooch.)—Do I understand you
to say that it was your understanding tbat
Gen. Halleck and Gen. Meigs, while af yonr
headquarters in Warrenton and before you
comenced the movement of your army, sent
orders to Washington for the pontoons to bo
immediately forwarded to Falmouth?
A.—That was my understanding certainly.
Q. —In your judgment could the pontoons
have been forwarded in time for you to cross
the Rappahannock when you expected, if all
possible efforts had been made by those
charged with that duty ?
A.—Yes, if they had received their orders
in time.
Q. —Did the non-arrival *of these pontoons
at the time you expected prevent your cross
ing when you expected to cross, and interfere
with the success of your plan ?
A.—Yes;
GEN. HOOKER OK THE STASH.
The following is a portion of Gen. Hooker’s
testimony: •
..’He didknow why they did not take posses
sion of-Fredericksburg, but the feeling seems
to be that they could take possession ofFred
ericksburg at any time.
I think it would havebcen better to have
held the lines where we were, by sparing a
sufficient force to threaten the enemy, and
keep them up to their worksatCulpepperand
Gordonsvlllc; but instead of that we.with-.
drew, every- man,l-_and even burned
the bridges, thus exposing our plans
to the enemy. The moment that
we did so, if Gen. Sumner's corps had come
down here and left one up there threatening
to advance on tbat line, it would have le3
them to believe we were going to advance on
both lines. It would have been better, but
the enemy saw at once what we were at, and
came right on here and they were nearer than
we were, and this conntrv is such that when
ever you give them two or three weeks to
fortify 100,000 men can make any place im
pregnable to any other 100,000 men.
Q—Would there have been any difficulty
as to supplies in your moving down the other
side of the river, as you proposed?
A.—l had 8 days’ rations there. I was pre
paring to march down through Caroline coun
ty, where the people bad just gathered their
crops, and I would have got plenty of forage
and provisions enough for a week or fort
night. At the time of the conversation be
tween Halleck, Meigs and Burnside, there was
some talk of forwarding some supplies up the
Rappahannock. I said that at Bowling Green
I could draw supplies from Port Royal as
easily as I could get them.
When I was at Hartwood I knew that I
could take a position with 40,000 men that
the whole rebel army could not move me.
Q. —Would that movement have been safe
m view of the feet tbat the army had not the
means of crossing here?
A.—Yes. sir, because I could take the
hights with my command, and then put
them in condition of defiance; if I had gone
there not a man of the enemy would have
come to Fredericksburg,they wouldhavegone
to some otherriverandfortiiledthcreif we had
given them time as effectually as they have
here. I regard the rebel position on the Rap
pahannock as a strong one. I mean the one
they retired to from Manassas. They had the
advantage of two railroads to bring supplies
from the west, and the other, a railroad from
Richmond to bring troops from there. It is
the strongest position they had in Virginia,
The advantages of this position to hold
against a force wishing-to attack it, are such
as I have never seen before.
WHAT GEN. HALLBCK TESTIFIED.
The following is from Gen. Hallcck’s testi
mony:
Q.—Was there or was there not an agree
ment or understanding between yon and Gen.
Burnside that pontoons and army strores, or
cither of them, should be famished to him bv
the authorities here without looking after
them himself?
A.—No.
Q- —I will say, any, stores necessary for
him to cross the liver and move forward for
Fredericksburg ?
A.—Yes, I requested General Meigs and
General Hanpt, in charge] of railroadsto go
with me to consult with Burnside, and tell
him everything was at his disposition, and
he must make his own requisitions and
give his own orders, that I would not in
terfere, except to assist in carrying his views
out as much as I could, whenever anything
was represented to me as not being- done!
that I would not render all the assistance
in my power.
Q.—Do you recollect whether or no there
was any discussion when yon were there as
to the point that it was necessary that pon
toons and army stores should arrive at Fal
mouth at the same period of time, so that the
enemy should not know the point designated
for the crossing?
A.—l do not think that was mentioned;
this matter I know was mentioned, tout the
pontoons should be there as soon a? they
could after we had got possession of the road,
Q. —At any time odd Gen, Woodbury go to
you and suggest that it would be impossible
to gel pontoons or stores afcFalmouth as soon
as expected, and that was the reason it would
be advisable that the movement of the army
of Barnsidc should be delayed. J
A.—Not to my recollection. Geu. Wood
bury, in conversation spoke of the difficulty
in getting sufficient transportation to go
down, and therefore that the train should go
by land. Thetransports were required to »et
down provisions, and it was suggested that’as
few as possible should be used for moving
pontoon trains. &
Q.—Since Gen. Burnside has been in com
mand of the array of the Potomac, have all
its movements been made according to hia
judgment and discretion, as fir as you know 9
A.—Yes, entirely.
Q.—l understand you to say that the delay
in the bridges yon think was caused by the
elements and the inefficiency of men. and that
there is nobody to blame that yon know of?
A.—l will not say inefficiency of men, but I
will say this, that Bnrnside reported to me
that the officer in command of the laud train
had not been as efficient as he ought to have
been, and he afterwards modified that report.
Hold him to arrest any person who had ne
glected his duty, and send him to Washington
immediately, and he said to me he did not
think it necessary.
Gen. Woodbury’s testimony is to the effect
that in is opinion there was a mistake in
expecting the pontoons which he believed
were at the time at Berlin, waiting to be
brought to Falmouth, while the army made
two and & half days march.
Gen. Hanpt’s testimony was taken but not
Enbmitted with tko report.
E3f A largo number of pack, Baddies are
being manufactured In Cincinnati. Pack
mnlcs were first Introduced last, winter into
onr army in Western Virginia, "after it was
discovered impossible to carry supplies in
wagons, over mnd roads during the winter
season. It is now intended to supply the
forces in Southern Kentucky in the same
W.
FROM CAIRO AND BELOW.
A Great Disgrace at Holly Springs,
FAN DORN CATCHES OUR MEN
ASLEEP.
The Rebels Destroy Over' a
Million Dollars of Union
Stores and Property.
THREATENING ASPECTS
AT COLUMBUS.
Daring Rebel Scouting at
Memphis.
&%ef T
EL
COLUYBUS AND VICINITY.
[Special Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune,]
Cajjio, December 34,186*2.
Matters at Columbus grow more and more
serious,Cheatham it is reported, is supporting
Forrest’s cavalry with aheavy force of infan
try, and an attack is hourly expected.
The rebels are reported to be within three
miles of the place, and every effort is being
made to meet them.
Some reinforcements have arrived from St.
Louis this afternoon, and others have been
sent from here.
Attacks arc anticipated at Ft. Henry and
Paducah. The rebels burned Union City and
the bridge over tbc Big Obion River last night.
They hove, no doubt, destroyed every bridge
and all tbc trestle work between Columbus
and Jackson.
Memphis was thrown into great excitement
on Snnday night by the presence of a small
cavalry force which had planted a rebel flag
within the corporate limits of tbetown. They
robbed one or two stores in the suburbs, and
run off about 100 head of cattle from the fair
grounds. The rebel force was about 800, be
longing to Blythe’s cavalry.
Ho fears are felt for the safety of the city.
Gen. Sherman is at Helena, preparing lor
his move down the river, which will be with
out delay.
A meeting will convene this evening to
recommend some plan of police arrangement
and for defense.
[Special Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.] a
Memphis,-Dec. 22. via Cairo,< Dec. 24,18=12. ~
An*eye : wiilSCS# of lhc*affli!f atHoltySprings
gives these particulars concerning it. On
Saturday morning, about daylight, Van Dom,
with Jackson’s cavalry, artillery and infantry,
made a raid into’Holly Springs while the Fed
eral force guarding the post slept. They sur
rounded the Court House square. The sol
diers had no time to prepare to fight, hut
many of them did a little independent shoot
ing. Soon, however, the Confederates over
whelmed them, and between 1,200 and 3,500
of the Fcdcmls were taken prisoners. The
rest escaped, some having time only to mount
a horse, and left hatless, and shoeless, and
without saddles or bridles.
The Confederates then set fire to
the ammunition and commissary stores,
and the whole were consumed. All
the stores and buildings on tbo
east side of Court square were consumed. The
Confederates took possession of everything
they conld take away. They devoted them
selves to the work of destroying the railroad
between Holly Springs and Oxford. They re
mained there until 8 o’clock, paroled all the
prisoners and then removed off toward Grand
Junction, with the avowed determination to
destroy the railroad track between Holly
Springs and Grand Junction.
The effect of this raid can be easily discern
ed. Van Dom. knew that Grant’s supplies
bad been accumulating at Holly Springe, and
by surrounding the town and destroying the
railroad here would cut off his supplies and
thus delay his progress, if not compel him to.
fall hack.
Later information says telegraphic intelli
gcnce reached Holly Springs on Thursday
night that an attach had been made on Jack
son, all the troops at Holly Springs, except
about 1,000 were sent to reinforce that place.
The attack on Jackson was probably a feint
for the purpose of drawing the force from
Holly Springs. The Fcdcrals had pickets
posted three miles out on the roads, but none
them heard the rebels approach, and it is
supposed they came in between the roads.
What troops were taken prisoners we do
not know, but the 2d Illinois cavalry, Colonel
Noble’s 101 st infantry were part of the forces
there.
Nearly 4,000 bales of cotton, besides 225
wagons and commissary stores to the value of
half a million of dollars were burned.
A report has reached here that reinforce
ments reached Holly Springs on Saturday
evening, and that on seeing them the Confed
erates left in double quick. If that be true,
Holly Springs is again in our hands.
• Cairo, Dec. 24. —Several soldiers who were
taken prisoners at Holly Springs, and were
paroled, arrived here to-day and famished the
following facts of the affair:
On Thursday night a telegram was receiv
ed at Holly Springs, from Jackson, saying that
the place was menaced, and asking for rein
forcements. OnFridiiy morning all the troops-,
but about 800 were sent up to Jackson. On
Friday night the Commander at Holly Springs
was apprised of the rebel approach, and pick
ets were placed three miles out on all the
roads; but the rebels seem to have come in
between roads as they did not cause any alaym.
The first that was heard of them they wefe hi
town firing at our sleeping men. Some at
tempted rcsistence, but of course it was feeble,
and of little avail. In a short time the nation
al forces were oveipowered and forced-to sur
dcr.
The attack was made at daybreak. About
200 arc reported killed or wounded. Less
than that number escaped' by mounting the
first horses they could find, hatless and shoe
less, and riding for life, often without sad
dles and bridles.
One report at Memphis was that the rebels
had gone toward Grand Junction with the in
tention of taking .that place.
Another report is that on Saturday a Tcder
eral force from Oxford made its appearance
and that the rebels fled. We have no means
of knowing which of these is true.
The rebels burned a large quantity of cot
ton,‘22s waggons, a depot full of commissary
stores for the army, where hospital stores
were deposited, a stable where ammunition
was deposited, worthhalf a million of dollars.
The attacking force was Jackson's cavaliy,
with infantry and artillery, all under the com
mand of YanDom. The number was estimat
ed at 5,000.
A squad of cavalry entered the sub
urbs of Memphis on Sunday, and some thirty
of them stayed over night. They took down
a Union flog near Woli Elver and put up a
Confederate flag in its place, and kept it up as
long as they stayed. They pillaged several
stores, run off abuut 100 beef cattle and ISO
mules from the camp of the 110 th Illinois,
near the .fair. grounds. Some of the horses
and. cattle have been recovered.
Much excitement exists in consequence in
Memphis, and. a mooting was called on Hon*
day night to recommend some plan of police
and means of defense.
Gen. Sherman had reached Helena, "and was
prenaring.to move down the river.
_A- report reaches here to-night that Jeff
Thompson is moving, on New Madrid, with
2,CCO men, , from'Pocahontas, Ark. He was
within forty miles of that place bn last Mon
day.
The rebele burned "Onion City and the
bridge over Big Obion River last night, aud
report is that a large force of cavalry and in
• foptry under Forest, and Cheatham are now
■within a few miles of Columbus. Everv effort
f fe being made to meet them.
from xowa errr.
A Betid Lock in Dakota*
[Special Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.]
lowaCitv, Dec. £5,18C3.
Intelligence has just been received here of a
queer dead lock in the proceedings of the
legislature of Dakotas, Territory. Both,
branches of that body convened in seventh
session at the new capifol building in Yank
'ton on the Ist of December. The Council ef
fected an immediate organization, but in the
. House six of the fourteen members were .con
testants, incl for six days there wore hut
silting members. These memberawere
<g? a % divided In political sentiment, and for
■sc*four.
laat.A ‘J. Harlan (Dem.) was elected
and M. B. Smith, Clerk. Four of
the contested scats were Boon after fillgd,
making the whole number of Representatives
twelve. On the 9th inst., six of the members,
feeling themselves aggrieved at what they de
nominated the arbitrary rulings of the Speak
- er, withdrew in a body from the hall, leaving
the House without a quorum. The scceders,
- with three contestants, subsequently assem
• bled at the hall, were sworn in by Gov. Jayne,
and effected an organization. Thus there
were two distinct Houses of Representatives,
' each claiming lo be legal, one deVfkA t°,
interests of Gov. ; Jayne, and the otheT
Todd.
[ : OnlhelOthlnst., the Council and themiuoii
[ ty House, both being of the Todd persuasion,
joetin joint convention and notified the Gov
ernOT that they were ready to receive his mes
sage. fie sent back an answer to the effect
that lie did not recognize the House aa a legal
body, and, therefore, bad no communication
to make. The next day he seat his message
to the Council alone, hut that body returned
it, accompanied by a resolution informing the
Governor that his message could'only be re
ceived in joint convention of tbc two
Houses. Thus matters have remained until
tks present time. The real, contest is waged
*ith reference to the DelegatcsMp of the Ter
ritory in the nest Congress. Jayne was elec
ted last fall by a clear majority, but Todd
claims that fraudulent votes were cast, and the
Legislature is a dead lock, occasioned by the
scramble for the certificate. XTp to the latest
dates from Yankton there were uo signs 01
yielding on cither side.
FROM DES9IOHCS.
‘[Special Dispatch lo the Chicago Tribune.]
Des Moines, Dec.' 21.1563.
The S2d lowa infantry. Col. Sam. Rice, and
the36th lowa infantry, CoL Kittridgfe, now
stationed at St. Louis, arc to be assigned to
. Brigadier General Risk’s brigade, and will go
Bonjh in time to take part in the operations
down the river.
Last week, Sergt. Gaunstead, an officer in a
Missouri company, arrested two rebels in Da
vis county, lowa, and as he was conveying
them out of the State one of tho prisoners,
who had not been deprived of ail of liis weap
ons,.shot the Sergeant, and both the scoun
drels-madc their escape. The Sergeant was
badly, though not mortally, wounded. The
occurrence took place.near Bloomfield, Davis
county.
SFBTKGFiELH, Dec. 24.—Gen. McClcrnand
leaves for Memphis to-morrow, on his Missis
sippi expedition. The General was married
to Miss Minerva Dunlap, daughter of Colonel
James Dunlap of Jacksonville, at that place
yesterday. A grand wedding party came off
on the occasion at the Dunlap House, Jack
son.
The following arc "the recent promotions,
2d Cavah'y. —Co. E, x ]£arcns L. Moore, 2d
Lieut, vice "Whiting promoted.
6iA Cavalry. —Webster C. Wilkinson com
missary 2d cavalry; Augustus Whiting Ist
Lieut, vice Porter, resigned.
75 th Infantry. —Wm. H. Smith, Chaplain
79th; Co. C. Lient. John H. Patton Ist- Lieut,
vice Harding reigned; Sergt. Henry C. Beyls,
2d Lieut, same Co. vice Patton promoted; Ike
P. Horstock 2d Lieut. Co. D, vice Vance re
signed; Lieut. Henry S. Albin, Ist Lieut. Co.
E,vico Bassett resigned; Sergt. Harvey Pe
ters 2d Lieut, same Co. vice Albright; Lieut.
Thos. B. Jacobs Ist Lieut. Co. G, vice Linin
gcr deceased; Sergt. Albert J. Jones 2d Lieut.
Co. G, vice Jacobs resigned.
S3c? Infantry.— Lieut. Erastus H.Pierce, Ist
Lieut, vice Glennpromotcd.
lOSffl Ivfa.ntry.y-. Lieut. Wilber F. Henry Ist
Lieut. Co. B, Trice Ruhak resigned; sergt.
W m. Franks 2d Lieut. Co. B, vice Homy pro
moted.
The disability in the case of Lient. Colonel
Mortimer O'Koan, of the 3Sth Illinois, has
been removed, and he may he re-commis--
sioued also in case ot Col. Stephen G. Hicks of
the 40th, and Lient. Col. ¥m. J. Stephenson of
the 44th. .
What a Tennessee Union Paper
about aClucago Secession
Organ.
[From the Nashville (Tenn.) Union, Dec. 20.]
A Toby Siiest.— The editor of the Chicago
Times .who, judging from the subjects and per
son* who-occupy a large portion of his col
umue, spends most of his time, with his notc
b°°k, m grog-shops and dens of prostitution,
is rabid because Gen. Butler arrested certain
Episcopal clergymen, who refused, for politi
cal reasons, to read the church service, accord
ing to their solemn ordination vow. The
dirty traitor would evidentlyrejoice if prayers
were offered for Jeff Davis and his army in
all the churches in Chicago, and the filthy
wretch pretends to hide his treason under the
cloak of piety. He cannot squeeze his big
cloven foot into a religions slipper. Listen to
him:
But suppose they pray for Jeff Davis, whoso
business Is it? Are they not commanded to pray
for all men ? Dr. Mitchell, of Florence, Alabama,
was dragged from his desk and imprisoned at
Alton for interceding for Jeff. Davis and his ene
mies. There was more of Christianity in that
prayer than any we have heard of being offered by
an abolition clergyman on political subjects. They
don't pray for their enemies, but they curse them
with an ingenuity and msdisnity that would excite
envy in the school for swearing. We have always
supposed that a Christian in this country was per
mitted to shape his prayer according to Ms fancy.
According to this fellow, who appears to be
as great an ass as he is a knave, a preacher
has a right to invoke the blessing of the Al
mighty npon onr public enemies. If he had
been living in New Orleans when Old Hickory
waspiolding against it the British forces, he
would have sworn it was the religious duty of
eveiy preacher in that city to pray for Paken
ham f.nd his army. He would have interceded
for Jus friends then, ns he. does now, and
begged his priests, amid his drunken Mccnos
and spewings, to beseech God in behalf of
those who were marching to seize the beauty
and booty of the Crescent City. Jackson
would soon have quieted him by hanging him
to a lamp post. How or why it is that the
great city of Chicago can tolerate such a
rotten mass of treason, detraction, ihdecence,
and general beastliness as the Chicago Times,
Is a mystery to us: We desire never to see
its presence in onr sanctum again. We would
as leave have a daily visit from a pole-cat.
From Columbus.
Columbus, Dec. 23.—The feature here just
now is a humiliating one. Paroled Union
soldiers are met with, at every turnl Colonel
Ttffcl and line officers of the 106 th reported at
the SiateiHouse to-day. Surrendering baa be
come so common that prominent parties are
discussing the propriety of dismissal from the
service in .certain aggravated cases.
Deceased Soldiers.
The following is a list of the names’of sol
diers who have died in the hospitals of New
Albany, Indiana, since Dec. 1;
James Lundy, co I,Both Ind.
Amaziah Parker, D. 88th hid.
Samuel S.Feasc, C, SSth-Uieh.
Jacob A. Solamon. I.Blst lad.
Joshua Coffman, D. 80th Did.
Noah Easter, <s.loßth HI.
James Blythe, P. 81st Ind.
Horatio Hobbs, E, 73d Did.
Samuel Cowell, C, ISSdHL
Wm. C. Lucky, 35.75 th Ind.
Oscar E. Smith. C, 28d Hlch.
JohnH. Brown, A, STthlnd.
Edward Pose, 18th Did. battery.
, W. S.McKnieht, F, SJst Wis.
Geo. A. Finkf H, 12th Mch.
Maurice Eeltcher, S. 83th Did. -
A. F. Aldrich, B, 29th lad.
Wm.N. Waits, 9th Ky.
Thos. Orchard, 89th 111,
. Wm. H. Moore; F, 75th Did. 1
Wm.Smith.C,BUhllL . .
Eugone CottQß) D : 85th Did. '
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years. Gan give good recommendations, and will take
tubllojt t<• aiporarHy <jr iierruaueD' 1 -
a .. —nuuress
M MM.-i.„ dy-i>-r-i23lt
T\TANTED—A thorough, reliable
» T Canvasser for
EDWARDS COUNTV. ILLINOIS.
Apply at once to J. H. JOHNSON, Post office Box
4253 Clilrago. enclosing a stamp. del-xSST-Sm-net-
T3 LEASE—Two first-class brick
Dwellings, with all the modern Improvement?,
unc on Bush street. North Side—the other is ICO In
diana avenue. South side. The location of each of
these dwellings la excellent. Inquire at McCormick's
Reaper Office, oust of Rush street bridge. North Side
ddP-y&S-lwnet WM. .IXO. .q&NNA.
'T'O RENT—The Dwelling iSTo. 369
-A Ohio street, (corner of Sand.) at si 2 per month.
tegS®" 6iyc». the first of January. Inquire of
ANDREW J. BROWN, 51 south Uark street.
dc2s-y497-lw
T AKE FOREST STOCK.—Those
iV„^°JA c .fi r< V ,sh t0 r cal estate, for three shares of
Late Forest Slock, can bear of an opportunity to sell
? f ? eo a *>• TOLLISTOX. at the Tribune
olllce. 51 Clark street. de‘ls-ysot-St
STRAYED—From the subscriber,
IS-' on the 23d Inst., a Brown Pony, marked B on Ma
fo.e-shquldcr. Has a -white spot in his -forehead- Iwd
2}l«i b r lter^i ienll ? left t. ’ mioeve r will returnldra or
give information where he mar be found, wiu be Übc
ra OTTO SCHEAETEH. 431 State street.
■DOSEHILL CEMETERY.—There
q clock.at tbc rooms of the Tonne .Men's Christian
Association. 15 Methodist Church Block, for the i*nr-
P9S toMtoi and acting upon ihe report of the Com
mittee of the Board of Consultation, bavin* In charge
me matter of a fund for the perpetual maintenance of
the cemetery. Also, to act upon snch other business
as way come before the meeting. All Lot owilcraaro
requested to be present. usaiu
By order of the President and Board of Manager*
. _ ,• J. WOODBRIDGE SMITH*.
dc23-yiS6-it Treasurer of Eoselull Cemetery Co.
JTXAMINE
TEE BICE ISWII CASES
At 92 & 94 Lake street.
dcg-l-yl6i-2tnet SJIITH & DWTEB,
T?OR SALE. Five Ten Horse
JS- Power Engine* In perfect running order. These
Engines were mintUactarcd by Wood, of Auburn Xew
York. Haro been.used sixty days. There arenone
better of the class. Also, five Corn Shelters/with fesd-
£ c - Complete- Apply to J.L. PATBK-
Railroad Company. Chicago.
FOR SALE—At a bargain, a
second-hand large fire-proof SAFE. Also, a first
rare* Buggy and Ilarncs-3. nearly new. Inquire at 303
Kinzte street, cor. Dearborn street. dc2s-ySO‘J-8C
POR SALE.—A pair of lariye Bay
M ;‘t£ l^ orec l- 171 - 2han^ll W*. for sale low. In
qmre at J57 Lake street, de2s-y3OS-3t
"DOARDINO.—A pleasant suit of
front rooms, commanding aflncvlewof the Late
can be obtained at«» Michigan avenue. de3s-y43i-It
QTRATED —On Tuesday after
s' n ?9 n - from Cottage Grove, a pair of Horses at
tached to a light wagon. The owner will pav a liberal
re wardfbr the mom of the property to the Farmer's
Hotel. 371 and 373 Slate street. deSS-ySID-lt
LOST —A small black-covered
Memorandum Book, on State street, between
v. asnlngton and Harrison streets. The finder almll be
TOitably rewarded by leaving the same at 73 Lake-st
deSj-yalS-lt
LOST —Yesterday afternoon, be
tween Dr. Davis’ office. 39 South Clark street.
»no the corner of Lake, a lady's email Black Morocco
Pocket Book with clasp, containing £l7. all fives, ex
cept a two dollar bill. A liberal reward will be paid
upon its return to Dr. Davis’ office. 59 South. Clark-«t
de2s-y530-lt
T OST—On tbe Madison street cars,
JLJ yesterday afternoon, a lady's oval Portcmonnale
containing three five dollar bills, car tickets &c The
Ccderwillbollbcrally rewarded byreiumingthc same
to 203 South Dgsplaines street. deS-j^lT-it
IV/TASONIC.—There ■will T>c a regu-
LTJL lar Convocation of Washington Chapter Xo 4S
K. A. M., on Friday Evening. 36th Inst., for Installa
tion ot Officers and work.
de2s-y499-lt
8. K. UNDERHILL, Secretary,
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAIL-
A EOAD COMPANY.— General Superintendent's
Office. Chicago. December34th, IS63.—Xotlce Is here
by given, that arrangements have been made bv which
the Hyde Park Twin” will not be discontinued on
the 31st inst. Afterthat date the train will be ran tin
der new regulations, and new rates of fare will be
adopted. For information, applv at tho office of the
General Passenger Aeent. Central Depot.
de3s-y525-3w ~ W. K. ARTHUR. Gen. Snp't.
PROCLAMATION BY THE
X JIATOB.
iIATOR's Office, Clilcago. Dec. 2ith. 18®.
Whereas. It lias been reported to me that the public
safely is endangered by the running at large, m the
city, of made or rabid dogs; therefore, this Is to notify
all persons that all dogs found running at large, and
cot securely muzzled, on and after the 2B£h Inst., and
until farther notice, will be destroyed.
de£»-y496-lvr F. C. SHERMAN. 3layor.
gOAUD OF TRADE.
NOTICE.
There will hea meeting of the members of the Board
of Trade, at their rooms, on Friday evening, the 26th
Inst., at« o clock. By order of the Board
dc2s-y44G-it SETH CATLIN. Secretary.
jyjILCH COW AND CALF*
FREGE, S2O.
For sale by JOHN B. KING. 242 South Water street,
root of Franklin. de2s-ysos.it
TYEYON CATTLE FOR SALE.
-U' There are lor sale, at the Summit Farm, at Sum
nut Depot. Cook County, on Cldcago and St. Louis
Railroad, eleven miles from Chicago, to which point
thereareeeTeraltrainsdafly.somocholce *
DEVON ZBXJILiLS,
Of aU sees, and all registered in the Herd. Book, and
with pedigrees therein traced back to the latest Impor
tation. They will be delivered at any deoot in Chicago
and sola at prices to salt the times. Call on the pre
mises, or address the subscriber, care of Hon. John
Wentworth. Chicago, HI. CHAS- L ragn
dc23-ySU-ltd&w
tllijStois savings iNSTmr
-ft- TIOX. o=. 1M and 106 Washington street. Metho
dist Church Bleck.
, _ Chicago. Dec. 25th. IS®.
DIVIDEND.—The Eleventh Semi-Annual Dividend
of three per cent will be paid to depositors In this In
stitution, entitled thereto, on and after the first Mon
day of January next.
de2s-ySOI-lw X. B. KIDDER. Cashier.
J^XAMTNE
THE ELEGANT WOBK BOXES,
At 92 & 94 Lake street.
de24-y465-2taet SMITH* DWYER.
INSURANCE.
We represent the following New York Companies
Continental, Security,
Metropolitan, Market,
North. American, Goodhue,
Columbia*
B.W.FHELUPS.) B. W. PHILLIPS & col,
a. m. ward. 5 No. 2 Board of Trade Bonding.
deis-yis2-3mnct Chicago.
HAIR BRUSHES,
In Pearl, Shell, Ivory? Buffalo, Bose*
wood and Satin Wood,
From the best makers ofEngllsh and French Broshes.
SMITH & DWYER,
de24-y46s4*tnet OPPOSITE TREMONT.
Holiday gifts. just, re
celyed an inrolce of the
RICHEST LAMPS
bvee offebep THIS city,
SUITABLE FOB HOLIDAY GIFTS.
For nlßst POPE A SLOCUM’S.
de22-y4ol-SniDet 123 Clark street.
"JV/TONEY TO LOAN”.—Parties de
siring to obtain money for a term ofyaars.ta
stuns of fUOOOand upwards, on flrst-oUas real estate
security in Chicago or Its vicinity. can. be supplied at
all thneßby applying to JOHN MATTOCKS, Jr.. Tele
■ graph Buadhig, dsStyi&ft-att
NUMBER 150.
JTItD
QHBISTMAS FBBSENTS,
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS,
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS,
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS,
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS,
BOOHS FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS,
BOOKS FOR THR LITTLE FOLKS,
BOOKS FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS,
BOOKS FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS,
BOOKS FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS.
BOOKS FOR THE OLD POLKS,
BOOKS FOR THE OLD FOLKS.
BOOKS FOR THE OLD FOLKS,
BOOKS FOE THE OLD FOLKS.
BOOKS FOR THE OLD FOLKS.
AKKUALS EC GREAT VARIETY.
ANNUALS IK GREAT VARIETY,
AKKUALS IK GREAT VARIETY,
AKKUALS DC GREAT VARIETY.
ASK' CALS IK GREAT. VARIETY,
PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUSIS.
PHOTOGRAPHIC-ALBUMS,
PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS,
PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS*
PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS,
CHEAPEST IK THE MARKET.
CHEAPEST DC THE MARKET,
CHEAPEST IK THE MARKET.
CHEAPEST EC THE MARKET.
CHEAPEST DC THE MARKET,
ATTHK
SF.W TORE GIFT BOOK HOUSE.
SEW YORK GIFT BOOK HOUSE.
SEW YORK GIFT BOOK HOUSE.
SEW YORK GIFT BOOK HOUSE.
SEW YORK GIFT BOOK HOUSE.
CARD.
"Wo would particularly caution onr Comoro ns cus
tomers not to mistake our number, for a concern ban
lately opened ncarusclaiuilnf: to be a ••Branch’* ©four
House. We wish it distinctly understood that we are
In no way connected with any house la this city.
T. Wi-
SALESMAS FOR -
iVe\r York Gift . ISook House.
113 BAXSOIFH STKEET,
de2s-T524.1t ' Under Kingsbury Hall.
piANOS.
BIIHfiTAt.
W. W. KIRIBALL.
HAS REMOVED TQ
107 Lake Street.
Th,c largest assortment of Pianos in
the Northwest,
Prom tlio celebrated manufactories of
TTAT T VT- DAVIS & CO.. 1 CHICKENING Jg SON’S.
GA MILLER & CO.. HCRTZMAN&HIN2E,
WM P. EMERSON. I J.& C. FISCHER,
AXD
MlelocLeoxis.
A large assortment of
STOOIS.
Order ' from a dlitar.CtT promptly attended to.
dS-VM-Tm, -t TV. tv. KIM i-V^- Mt
184 - - LAKE-S'.T, - -194
CLOAKS!
THE REST STOCK OF
Toadies’,
Misses’ and
Cliiltlrea’s
CLOAKS
At the lowest Prices
Ever offered in the City at Chicago, at
s. WILSON&CO s S 5
1M Lake Street.
de2s-y521-lt
jgXAMTSE THE ELEGANT
OAEOD CASES
At 92 & i) 4 Lake street.
do2S-y4&l-2tnet
EELIEF FOR THE dis
tressed OPERATIVES OF
Great Britain.
At a meeting of the
INTERNATIONAL RELIEF COMMITTEE
Of* Philadelphia,
Held on December Istb. 18£ B. it was unanimously
Resolved. That the Railroad Companies. Banking in
stitutions. Insnraace Companies. Farmers. Manufac
turers. Mechanics. Merchants and Citizens generally of
Philadelphia, and of onr own and other States, are In
vited to co-operate with the above Committee to fur
nishing provisions forthefamlshtog operatlvesof Great
Britain.
Resolved, That the Churches and Congregations of
this city, and of onr own and other States, are re
quested to make collections for this object on the first
Sunday to January, or at such time as may be more
convenient. .
Resolved. That the Philadelphia Committee teldcro
Its services to the cities and towns of the West to the
transmission of their bounty to the Buffering poor of
Lapland.
Resolved. That, to view of the urgent necessities of
the lmti»h sufferers. it Is expedient to make arrange
ments for the immediate charter of a vessel on the
most favorable terms, to convev such food as the Phil
adelphia Committee are prepared to purchase andshlp.
Communications may be addressed to either of the
undersigned members of the Committee.
ALONZO POTTER. Chairman.
ALEXANDER HENUV. Vice-Chairman.
GEORGE L. BUZHY. Secretary.
ALEX. G. CATTELL. Treasurer.
George H.smart. John P. Crozier. Jas. A. Wright.
E. G. James, 31. L. Dawson. Caleb Cope George Wmt
ney. Charles Knecbt. A. Qettv. W. G. Boulton C J
Hoffman, George A. McKlnscrv, Joseph w. tinier
John Gibson. Lemuel Coffin. E. C. Knight. Jar Cooke’
Francis R. Cope. deSSwsOMr *
jyjETAL WAREHOUSE,
Vandervoort, Dickerson & Co,
IMPORTERS OF
TIN PLATE, &C.
DEALERS IN
IMI
IE3 AGENTS FOR
TINKER’S
Improved
S scai.es.
STOCK.
lolph Street, CMcngo, E.
199 and 201 Bandi
>fflce Bo:
Fort Of
de&rtCT-lStr-TAB-net •
H. BRUCE &CO.,
JEW ELK, IT
jSP WHOLESALE,
166 LAKE STREET,
Have a large assortment of '
WATCHES, CLOCKS,
SILVEB PLATED WARE,
AKD JiswßlrßYj
which they will sell at wholesale at LOWER RATKS
than any other boose In thcKorthwest.
AP»4t
EXAMINE
THE RICK ODOR BOTTLSS
At 03 & M Lake street.
de24-y46t-Btpet ' SMITH & PWi'EB.
SOIfGSj BY
HSNRT €. WOB*£*
AUTHOE OF “ gimynnirOMPEO.” &«.
Grafted into (i* Army, 35 Cents.
,»!S3^SSS!Ea?Mffi^E l S£
We'll Go Down .Ourselves, 30 Cents.
Song and Chorus, with fflusttated title page, represent
ing the ladles of the SOrth chasing the sfcedadllng
rebels ■with broomsticks and mop-handles, shovels ana
tongs, showing what they will do if the men do not
soon finish up the rebellion.
God Save tie Nation, 15 Cents.
A Battle Hnnn. in fbnr parts, for gnartetteparHea.
cholra and choruses. Sheet mnac. seat post-paid to all
parte of the country on receipt of marked price
BOOT & CADY, 95 Clark street, Chicago.
deS*739s£tnet
J^XAMESTB
THE HiSTEI OBXAHESTB
At 98 & 94 late street.
dsisfteeaast guns * dwteb
■Ntro SUiicrtisctnints.
JJICH AND ELEGANT GOODS
Si OLIDAYSI
Jewel Boxes;
Odor Boxes,
Work Boxes,
CSlotc Boxes,
flour Boxes,
SOLID SILVER PORTEMONNAIES,
PEAKE TGRTESIONNAIES,
SHELL BORTEMOIOTAIES, ; ■
IVORY PQRTESIOKJIAIES,
CIGAS STAMP'S."'
ATRITIAG DESKS,
PBPF BOXES,
WATCH STAXBS,
I’AKIAA VASES,
CHITA VASES,
CAKD BECEITEKS,
SETS OF SCISSORS,
MEEB3LE CASES,
RtCll ODOR BOTTLES.
Weclaim that in richness, elegance
add quality, these goods cannot he sur
passed. They are selections from the,,
best importers of New York, Philadel- ■
phia and Boston. We askthe decision
of a descrimidating public.
SMITH & ®W¥ER,
OPPOSITE TKEJIONT HOUSE.
deS-t-y-ses-gtnet
T'XAMIXE THE SILVER,
Aid PEARL AND SHELL
At 92 & 91 Lake street. SMITH & DWTEB.
Lde24-y4£t-2tnet{
TOT BOOKS, GIFT BOOKS, &c,
A. The undersigned has juat received a flue *99911-
Bient of
- ENGLISH TOY BOOKS,
Elondon on the Tight Rope
PT3KC3H & JUDY.
THE ABOVE IN LARGE CAP STZH ASI>
EACH PICTURE BIOTABLE.
Also.ftrarietyoriudeetructableToy Bools beauti
fully colored on Linen.together with a fine collection of
BELIGIOUS TOY BOOKS,
suitable for SUNDAV SCHOOLS. Christmas Trew,
&c..&c. Also. Juvenile Books insetta ofCrdmll to 12
A great variety of . >
| fWIOGIUPHIC lIEOTS
ppfSHSSSS
orSai aai are “« 53r
JOHN W. NORRIS,
102 Madison Street, Chicago, BL
BURLEY & TYRRELL,
■is I.AKE ST2SET.
Elegant French China,
DIMEE AND TEA SETS'*
ETRUSCAN VASES,
Motto Clips ami SaaemA
Silver-Plated Ware.
DESIRABLE
HOIJMY 090M
[dao-jso-lifenct]
JjVSAMENE«THE SPLEHDHP
rLO U R VASES,
At K & 94 Lake street.
SMITH & D'WTER.
de24-yiCT>-2tpet
gMITH & DWTfER,
92 & 94 LAKE STREET,..
Hare received for the
HOLIDAY SEASON"
A choice collection of
F&jvcy &oo&is 9 .
ET
Gold, Silver, Gilt, Ebony, Pearl r
Leather, Glass, &c,,
Consisting of
Ladles VrltlngDeske, Ladles Com*
panlons, Oder Cases and Stands, Card.
Cases and Stands, Pocket Books, Wal
lets and Parses, Flower Boxes, Glove
Boxes, Handkerchief Boxes, Needle
Cases, Tablets, Puff Boxes, Cabos,
Jewel Cases, Stands and
Roger’s Scissors in Cases, Dressing
Cases, Cigar Cases and Stands, Asia
Receivers, Watch Boxes and Stands
Hair Brushes, Parian Vases, Ewers
and Colognes.
de23-ySi=C-iatDet
QNE SIRE WILL LAST THE
ENT9RE SEASON,
Without E e-kindling’
Ef THE
LITTLEFIELD COAL BURNERS.
VAN BCHAACE,
Howe’s
47 State Street, Sign of the Guides Tea-Kettle
J-)'LOR. SULPHUR—Seventy-fiyo
HKIITISTONE ... 100 bbla.
UADDt.It - - - - - 10 easki,
CUDBEAR ..... g caslce.
Dln tINC .... - 200 bbbr.
CHAI. It ..... . 200 bbbr.
ALIJI ....... 100 bbbr.
COPPERAS ..... go bbls.
QTjIAISEjP.AAV. . . 1000 or.
IOD. POXASBIA - - 800 lb».
CARBON OIL .... goo bbls.
For sale hy
B>nTH & DWYER
Wholesale Druggists, 92 and 94 Xake Street
jgXAMQTE THE SPLEOT>IE>
<3- CASES
At S3 £ fttXalec street.
de24-y-*> t ' 2tDCt
OHAKLES.I. KOBLE^
17a LAE£ STREET,
Wholesale dealer In and manufacturer of Kerosenw
ILJLIMIiF’S,
Carbon, Coal and Kerosene
OILS.
No goods retailed. The trade supplied at a discount
rom country prices. ss2B-lstp
XAMTNE
THE TVKIXING DESKS
At 92 & 91 Lafcs street.
SMITH * DWYkUf,
{le2l-y!r.i-2tnet
\\r AHWORTH, HUBBARD & CO.,
T T AOSSTS 70S ’
Boston Belting Company's
CEIEBBATSD
RUBBER, BELTING, PICKING,
and hose.
131 lAEE SISGEXi
TOR THE
Traveling Cases*
Dressing Oases,
Jewel Oases,
Odor Oases, -
SOLID SILVER CARD OASES,
PEARL CARD CASES,
SHELL CARD CASES, "
IVORY CARD CASES.
For sale by
SMITH & DWTER.
AND