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U4..-T to5 J ! sv it, ...v. y r.. i T . i.-.r.-.-! .,-- JAMES-HARPER, EDITOR AM) PROPRIETOR. , . - :: "TRUTH AND JUSTICE." $1:50,.IN ADYAKCE. " Volume. l; xxvii. ;":-! rV .i ti - GAL LIPOLISV O HIOV APRIL 24, 1862 . Number 23. fl GEN GRANTS OFFICIAL REPORT. THE ACCOMPANYING REPORT OF GENERAL SHERMAN, CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN GENERALS GRANT AND BEAUREGARD IN REFERENCE TO THE DEAD. GENERAL GRANT'S REPORT. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF WEST., PITTSBURG, April 8, 1862. PITTSBURG, April 8, 1862. Capt. N. H. McLean, A. A. Gen. Dep't of the Mississippi, St. Louis, Missouri— souri -, , . . . 1 r,Dciif It hornmpi fflT dnlv affftin i oreWt another battk. fought between two greatf armies; one contending for the maintenance of tba best Govern ment ever devised, the other for its destruction. It is pleasant to record the success of the army contending for tbe former principle. On Sunday morning our pickets were attacked and driven in by the enemy. Immediately the five divisions stationed at this Dlace were drawn up in line of I . ... i . ... tm t--.it- 1 battle read? to meet them. Tbe battle soon waxed warm on the left and center, varying at times to all parts of the line. The most continuous firing of mus ketry and artillery ever beard on this continent was kept up until nightfall. the enemy having forced the entire line to fall back nearly half way from their j camps to the landing. At a late hour the afternoon a desperate effort was made by the enemy to turn our left and possession of the landing, trans-' ports, dee. This point was guarded by j the gunboats Tyler and Lexington Captains Gwinn and Shirk, United ; States navy, commanding four. 20-! pounder Parrot guns,' and a battery of rifled guns. 'As there is a deep and impassable ravine for artillery or caval-1 ry, and very difficult for infantry at this point, no troops were stationed here except the necessary artillerists, 1 and a small infantry force for their sup- j port. Just at this moment the advance Maj.-Gen. Buell's column, (a part or the Division of Gen. Nelson,) arrived,' tbe two Generals- named both being J present. An advance was made im-; mediately upon the point of attack, and the enemy soon driven back. In j this repulse much is dueto the presence the gunboats Tv lor and Lexington, and their able commandants, Captains! Gwynn and Shirk. During the night the Divisions under Crittenden, end Ale Cook arived. - " ' Gen. Lew. Wallace, at crump a. Landing, six miles below, was ordered j ntsn early hour in the morning to hold his division in readiness, to be moved in any direction to which it might be , ordered. At about 11 o'clock, the order was delivered to move it up to Pittsburg, but owing to its being led by a circuitous route, did not arrive in time to take part in Sunday's action. Du ring the night all was quiet, and feeling that a great moral advantage would be gained by becoming the attacking party, an advance was ordered as soon as day dawned. The result was a gradual re pulse of tbe enemy at all points of the line, from morning until probably nve o'clock in the afternoon, when it became I evident the enemy was retreating. i the close of the action, the advance of Gen. T. J. Wood', division , j t- ..t. t t- tha ! tion. My force was too much fatigued , from two days' hard fighting, and ex- posed in tbe pen air to a drenching ram dnnng the intervening nignt, to pursue immediately. Night closed in .IahiI. anil M.t.1. km., vain rn.Linfr the roads Impracticable for artillery by j th ,Tt moin. Gen. Sherman. however, followed the enemy, finding that tbe main part of the army bad re treated in good order. Hospitals of the enemy's wounded were found all along the road as far as pursuit was made. Dead bodies of the enemy and many graves were also found. I inclose here with report of Gen. Sherman, which will explain more fully tbe result of this pursuit. Of. the part taken by each separate command, I cannot take special notice in this report, but will do so more fully when reports of division commanders are banded in. Gen. Buell coming on the field with distinct army, long under his com mand, and which did such efficient ser vice, commanded by himself in person on the field, will be much better able to notice those of bis command who par ticularly distinguished themselves than I possibly can. I feel it a duty, however, to a gallant and able officer, Brigadier-General W. T. Sherman, to make a special mention. He not only was with bis command du ring the entire of the two days' action, but displayed great judgment and skill in the management of his men. - Al though severely wounded in the hand the first day. his place was never vacant. He was again wounded, and bad three horses killed under him. In making this mention of a gallant officer, no disparagement is intended to the other division commanders, Major- Generals John A. McClernand and Lew. Wallace, and Brigadier-Generals S. A. Hulbert, B. M. Prentiss, and w. H. L. Wallace, all of whom maintained their places with credit to themselves and the cause. General Prentiss was taken prisoner in the first day's action, and General W. H. L. Wallace severely, probably mortally wounded. His Assistant Ad jutant General. Capt. William ' Me- Michael, is missing, probably taken prisoner. 1 beyond our camps for miles have bees reconnoHered by him, and plats care in fully prepared under bis supervision, giving accurate information of the na get ture of approaches to our lines, ' During the two day's battle be was constantly in tbe middle, leading troops as they arrived to points where their services were required. During the engagement be had one borse shot from under bim. The country will have to mourn the loss of many brave men who fell at the battle of Pittsburg, or Shiloh, more properly. The exact loss in killed and wounded will be known in a day or two; at present I can only give it approxi of mately at 1,600 killed, and 3,500 wounded. The loss of artillery was great, many pieces being disabled by the enemy's shots, and some losing all their horses and many men. . There were probably not less than two hundred horses kill f ed. The loss of tbe enemy, in killed and left on the field, was greater than ours, Tn wounded, the estimate cannot be . My personal staff are all deserving erf iiinn tli hnvincr been - ? - encrntreA dnrini?-the entire two days in carrying-orders to erery part of tbe field. It oodsi'sU of Col. J. D. Web ster, Chief of Staff; Lient. Col. J. B, McPherson, Chief Engineer; assisted by Lieutenants. W. L. B.' Jenny .'and William Eossac, Capt J. A. Eawlings, A. A. General. W. a Hillyer, W R. Rawley, and C. B. Lagow, Aides de Camp, Col. G. G. Pride, Volunteer Aid, and Captain J. P. Hawkins, Chief Commissary, who accompanied me up oo the field. , The Medical Department, under di liecfiorf 'oTSurgeon Hewitt, Medical 'Director, showed great energy In pro- TIUIU It1 WO WVWUU.U, MUU IU t.lU them from the field, regardless of 'I.:.. f It.. WTAMMAt. ..J in Mltinft danger. ' . Col. Webster was placed in special charge of all tbe artillery, and was con stantly upon the field. He displayed, as always heretofore, both skill and bravery. At least in one instance lie was the ' means of placing an entire - . - f regiment in a position of doing most valuable service, and where it would not have been but for bis exertions. ' Lieut. Col. McPherson, attached to my staff as Chief of Engineers, deserves more than a passing notice for bis ac- tivity and courage. All the grounds made, as mant ofThem UiusTtave been gent to Corinth and other points. The enemy suffered terribly from demoralization and desertion. A flag of truce was sent in to-day from Gen. Beauregard. I inclose herewith a copy 0f the correspondence. I am respectfully, your obedient ser U. S. GRANT. Maj.-Gen. Commanding. CEN. SHERMAN'S REPORT. HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, Tuesday, April 8, 1862. Maj.-Gen. Grant, Commanding Army in the Field. w,. t , - Sib: With the cavalry placed at my command I two brigades of my fa Before lgd P"- 1 "orning ojit J Corinth road. One alter anoth- er abandoned camps of the enemy lined roads, with hospital flags for their protection. At all, we found more or less wounded and dead. At the forks of tbe road I found the bead of Gen. Wood's Division. At that point I ordered cavalry to examine both roads, "fodf e eJl 9 C8Ta . D,cle7 of the Illinois eavalry asked for reinforcements.' I ordered Gen Wood to advanee to the head of his column cautiously on the left hand road, while I conducted the head of the third brigade of the fifth division up the right hand road. About hair a mile from the forks was a clear field through which the road passed, and immediately beyond a space of some two hundred yards of fallen timber, and beyond an extensive camp. The enemy's cavalry could be seen in this camp, and alter a reconnoissance, 1 ordered the two advance companies of the Ohio 77th, Col. Hildebrand, to deploy as skirmishers, and tbe regi ment itseir forward into line, with an interval of 100 yards. In this order advanced cautiously, until tbe skir mishers were engaged. Taking it for granted this disposition would clear tbe camp, I held Colonel Dickey's Fourth Illinois cavalry ready for tbe cba-ge. Tbe enemy's cavalry came down boldly to the charge, break ing through the line of skirmishers, when tbe regiment of infantry, without cause, broke, tbrew away tbeir mus kets and fled. . The ground was admi rably adapted to a defense of infantry against cavalry, the ground being miry and eovered with fallen timber. , As the regiment of infantry broke, Dicky's cavalry began to discharge their earbines, and fell into disorder. I instantly sent orders to the rear of the brigade to form into lioe of battle, which was promptly executed. This broken infantry and cavalry rallied on this line, and as the enemy's eavalry came to it, our eavalry in turn charged and drove them from the field. I ad vanced the center brigade upon the same ground, and sent CoL Dickey's cavalry a mile further up the road. . On examining the ground which had been occupied by the 77th Ohio, we found fifteen dead and about twenty- five wounded, I sent for wagons and had ajl tbe wounded carried, back to eamp, and tbe dead" buried: also, tbe whole camp to be destroyed. Here we found mueb ammunition for field pieces, which wa destroyed: alro,-' two cais sons and a general hospital, with about 280 Confederate, wounded, and about 50 of our own. , - - r-. ..... Not having ..4he means of bringing ; these off, Col. Dickey, by my orders. took a surrender signed by Medical Lyk, and all ; the attending surgeons, and a pledge to report them- . ' J .i.n cite au j vu ii m " $ , a pledge that our wounded would be,", caVefnJJy attended, and surrendered us to-morrow, as soon as ambulances ! Mnll . oK - I mtloa the . with n document, and request that you cause ; 1 . . I or ambulances i for tbe wounded of ours to-morrow; also that wagons be sent out to bring in the many tents belonging to us, which were pitched all along the road for four miles. I did not destroy them. However, I know tbo enemy cannot .1 rpi,- ...J. ... un he A and the road is strewn with abandoned i wagons, ambulances and lumber boxes. ! enemy has succeeded in carrying , off the guns, but has crippled his bat teries by abandoning tbe bind lumber boxes of at least twenty guns. I am satisfied the enemy's infantry and eay- alry passed Lick creek this morning, traveling all last night, and that be left behind, all his cavalry which has pro tected his retreat, that the signs of con fusion and disorder mark the whole road. Tbe check sustained by us at tbe fallen timbers, delayed our ad yance, so that night came upon us, be fore the wounded were provided for, and tbe dead buried; and the troops being fagged out by two days' hard bgnting, exposure ana pnvauon, ordered them back to camp. I have the honor to be, your obedi ent serv't, Brig.-Gen. W. T. SHERMAN, Commanding Division. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN GENS. GRANT AND BEAUREGARD. LETTER FROM CEN. BEAUREGARD. HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISS., MONTEREY, April 8, 1862. ! Sir: At the close of the conflict of yesterday, my troops being exhausted by tbe extraordinary length of time du ring which they were engaged with yours m that ad tbe preceding day,-and it being apparent that you had received, and were still receiving re-enforcements, I felt it my duty to withdraw my troops from the immediate scene of conflict. Under these circumstances, in ac cordance with usages of war, I shall transmit this, under a flag of truce, to ask permission to send a mounted party to the battlefield of Shiloh, for the purpose of giving decent interment to my dead. Certain gentlemen wishing to avail themselves of this opportunity to re move the remains of their sons and friends, I must request for them the privilege of accompanying the burial party, and in this connection I deem it proper to say, I am asking only what I have extended to your own countrymen under similar circumstances. Respectfully, General, your obedient P. G. T. BEAUREGARD. Gen. Commanding. To Maj.-Gen. U. S. Grant, U. S. A., commanding TJ. S. forces near Pitts burg, Tenn. GEN. GRANT'S REPLY. HEADQUARTERS ARMY IN THE FIELD, PITTSBURG, April 9. Gen. P. T. G. Beauregard, Command ing Confederate Army of the Mistis tippi, Monterey, Tenn: Your dispatch of yesterday is just re ceived. Owing to the warmth of the weather 1 deemed it advisable to have all the dead of both parties buried immedi ately; heavy details were made for this purpose, and it is now accomplished. There cannot, therefore, be any ne cessity of admitting within our lines the parties you desire to send on the grounds asked. I shall always be glad to extend any eourtesy consistent with duty, and es pecially so when dictated by humanity. I am, general, respectfully your obedient serv't. U. S. GRAMT. Maj.-Gen. Com'g. E3T A letter front Baltimore, to the New York Evening Post, relates the following: The farmers and traders of Loudon and the other counties in Virginia re cently conquered from the rebels by tbe national arms, are beginning to make their appearance in Baltimore and Washington, with - considerable amounts of coin and bank notes, which they had buried at the outbreak of tbe insurrection, for the purpose of laying in supplies and goods. One man bad S8.000, another $3,000, and so on, all of which bore the evidence of the earthy receptacle to which they had; been committed lor sale keeping against. the unholy hands of the rebel thieves d depredators. .. r t I There are now six regiments of East Tennesseeans in the national army Cols. Carter, Spear and Houk commanding the first three. ' The or- ionization of the others is not entirelr completed. Army Correspondence. [Correspondence of the Gallipolis Journal.] LETTER FROM THE SIXTH OHIO. WARGROVE BATTLE GROUND, April 10, 1862. wmcBasB. o a. e.ur. J lt. I now thank you for the eompl, Director ment conferred, and w,U give you some concern.ng the battle, of Which I was a participant. I cannot, hawer- j t r .r . A describe many of the important to;manwvers, but will begin Withthefrst. 4f"r' four days froaTJvasb- a".ety to hear whether .( wa, " l ck or "ot- Xt " ,on -Thi news came that Beauregard Ma. HARntR.'Sia: Forgetting to acknowledge the receipt of the Journal ... . 1 It T T",e we " "HC Ter " -. "- p temporary one, but Nelson would not stop, forded the river and pushed for ward on to the Tennessee river, reach ing it at Savannah, ten miles below this place. We arrived there Saturday and pitched tents for the night. Early Sunday morning, the firing being beard, forces and were beating them back to tbe river. Orders came for us to move immediately for Pittsburg landing. We started at two o'clock P. M., Am nion's Brigade being in the advance, composed of the 6th and 24th Ohio and 3Cth Indiana. We arrived at the land ing about six o'clock, but did not get across until seven. Tbe Secesh were within four hundred yards of the land ing, the gunboats A. U. iyior ana Lexington were giving them broadside after broadside with 32 and 64 poun ders, shell and grape. When we ar rived at the top of the bluff. Gen. Nel son rode in front of our line and said: "6th Ohio, I send you forth and expect a good report of you. We then fixed bayonets and made a charge; Hit ene my gave way and retreated back about two miles to Grant's camp, taking the tents to sleep in. ' We stood all night in battle line, the rain pouring down all the while. If. we had been one half hour later Beau- regard would now have possession of nearly all of Grant's army. At day break our division started down or rather up the river, Nelson command- ing the left wing, Amnion's brigade: leadjng the left wing, with orders to advanee steadily -anti! re met theene-, my. Our skirmishers began to fire, driving the rebels before them for three miles, when we came suddenly upon their full force. Here we halted until the 22d brigade, composed of the 1st,' 2d, 6tb and 20th Kentucky, came up. Our skirmishers kept peppering the rebels. About seven o'clock tbe firing opened in the centre in earnest, and gradually drew around to tbe left. On came the Secesh yelling, being flushed with the success they had attained on Sunday. Nelson rode up and ordered the 1st and 2d Kentucky to charge,' which they did brilliantly, driving the yelling Secesh hack across an open field into the woods. The firing changed again to the right wing, where the reb els met tbe same rebuke. Our regl-! ment was wailing for a sight at the but-. ternuts. Presently they came again in a charge on the left. Nelson was there, cool as usual. Riding up he said: "6th Ohio, charge them from their cover," which we did with a willing-: ness, they taking to their usual habit of running, left I suppose on suspicion, We were then ordered to protect Ter- r ell's famous battery, which was then unsupported. We took position about: twenty paces to the rear of tbe battery, lying down on the ground. But this was not the best place in the field, al- though it was musical enough. The1 shell, grape and canister eame whizzing and crashing through the limbs above our heads, and some uncomfortably close. Five men fell at one of the gun s and one horse. Captain Terrell called for 12 men to man a gun; they were taken from Company A. Every time the Captain sighted one 12-poun-der he would pull off his hat and cry. "fire, and away with them." One of the shells struck immediately under one of Bragg's rebel guns and killed five ome loiuien ini iuuKu on "d Manassas say that both co ro an bined would not make such a battle as this. In some places I saw as many as thirty dead on as many yards square of ground. They have been burying for three days, and still they are thick enough to keep them burying ooa or two davs more. I would put the killed men, six horses and dismounted the piece. From six o'clock A. M. Mon day, the 7th, to six P. M., the roar of cannon and musketry was terrific, with out one moment's intermission. Some times the rebel and Union lines were within 30 or 40 paces of each other, and the blase was continual, one per fect sheet of flame. The battle line, from the extreme right to the extreme left, was near four miles long, and the centre and right of the left wing the undergrowth was literally mowed off, strewing the ground with the dead. Tbe bombs set fire to the leaves, burn ing tbe bodies, and making the scene terrible. . ' It would be impossible to relate the many strange sights of this battle field. Some were Wing on their backs with their arms in the position of a man in their arms in the position of j"e act of snooting, ine mo iu a en were snot tnrougu idsdctu. at two or three thousand for a low cs- to to to timate, and for ten miles the eavalry followed the rebels .and strewed the ground with the dead. I suppose the loss will never be ascertained. Gen eral A. S. Johnston fell in the evening of tbe second day's fighting. - Provis al Governor Johnson of Kentucky, ia wounded and brought m a prisoner, and understand that Bragg of "a little more grape" notoriety, was also a pris oner. I came across an acquaintance of mine from Franklin, St. Mary's Parish, La., among the wounded. He told me that they (tbe rebels) had 110,000 men in the battle, with Jeff. Davis, Beauregard, Johnston, Hardee, and Ruggles, their best Generals. Tbey gave their men whiskey and guopow der, and the men not having had any for some time, it made them crazy. They made some desperate charges, but shot too high, both with musketry and artillery, while our men made every shot tell. Our regiment lost five men The mail is going to start soon and I must elose. This is a sheet that was found on the ground. My lore and C. BOWEN. CAMP LEWIS, NEAR WINCHESTER, VA. April 7th, 1862. j '. i j j j j ; I ! ' ; ' . : : j j ' j j . Ma. Editor: A few lines from the "Land of Dixie" may be of interest to your many readers, and as I have leis ure time I will attempt to scribble a few lines for their perusal. You will recol lect in my last, we were on the B. fc O. R. R. near Martinsburg. We were or dered up here during the first of March, and one section of our battery partici pated in the late battle fought near this place. I will not attempt to give any description of the battle, for I am not an army correspondent, and therefore it is not my business to write accounts of battles; but I will try to give some news that may interest those that have friends in this division of the army, and especially in our company. I have been over the field of action aince the fight, and have seen the effects of war. During the time of action the soldier has but little opportunity to behold the frightful spectacle of a battle field. His mind at a time like that is engaged in the discharge of his duties, and not until the army is moved from the scene of carnage, can one fully behold the ter rors of war. On examination of the ground since the battle, it is perfectly astonishing to witness the effects of the balls among the timber. Tbe eentre of the line of battle was in a narrow strip of woods, principally of small growth, and here was the most severe part of the engagement. Bushes two and three inches in diameter were liter ally cut to pieces with the balls from the infantry, while here and there trees of larger size were slivered to pieces by the cannon balls, showing the de structive effect they had upon the reb els. But this is a small consideration; the soldier can well look upon such a sight as this, without shrinking, but to heboid his fellow comrades, those with whom he has camped, drilled, marched, and fought, lying weltering in their blood on tbe hotly contested field, makes the heart of the most daring sicken. As I beheld this sight, I could, for once, with truth say, it is not pleasant to be a soldier, no matter how good the cause. Still we are lighting for some thing better than life, something dearer than existence itself, and though we may fall in defence of those principles for which we struggle, posterity will bless our memories, and unborn gener ations will laud us for our valor. Give to my posterity the Union and the Consti tution, if it cost me my life. Fortunate ly, as 1 looked over the battle ground I beheld none that I knew, and though many brave soldiers fell, lam thankful to God, that none of the boys of our company were harmed. Our loss in killed and wounded, according to the best account, is near 400; the rebel loss about twice that number. I would state, for the benefit of the frieoda of tbe volunteers in our com pany, that the boys are all in fine spir its, and anxious to again show tbe reb els that one "Yankee" is at least equal to one of the soldiers of the chivalrous South. More Anon. B. F. THOMAS, Lt. Co. B. Light Artillery, O. V. LETTER FROM THE SEVENTY-THIRD OHIO. BUCKHANNON, Upshur co., Va., April 11th, 1862. Mb. Harper. Dear Sir: Yon may not have heard anything of tbe doings of the 73d, and as I have a few leisure moments, will send you a few lines in regard to the movements of this gallant regiment. The 73d was recruited a you may know on tbe line of tbe M. & C. R. R., tbe headquarters being at Chillicotbe. We received our arms in Janaary (Enfield rifles), and on the 24tb of tbe same monia were oraerea Grafton, Va., where we remained one week and were then ordered to New Creek, 130 miles distant, thence Romney, 25 miles. We made 20 miles in nrsi aay, bui were too jaie catch tbe rebels, for tbey got up and run, crossed over the South branch ' and burned the bridge behind them, ' thus effectually cutting off for the lime ' our pursuit of them. Wa encamped the South branch one day and night, ' and then returned to New Creek, our camp about midnight on Saturday. On the following Monday were ordered to Moorefield. The boys were pretty sore from their recent tramp to Romney, but were too anxious to meet the enemy to grumble at being moved again so soon, alooreneld 40 miles distant, and by Wednesday morning reached it, and were fired on by the rebel pickets before daylight. We marched witbio range of tbe ene my and opened fire with cannon and musketry. The rebels fired a few rounds and then skedadled, without do ing us any material injury, only slight ly wounding three of our men. We killed and wounded several of the reb els, took several prisoners, 300 head of fat cattle, 10 bead of bones, and after resting awhile in the town, returned to New Creek. We were next ordered to Clarksburg, where we remained until tbe 18th of March, from there to Wes ton, and then to Buckhannon. We leave this place to-morrow for Beverly, thence to Monterey on our way to Staunton. We expect some fighting before we reach the latter place. We hope the gallant 73d with their gallant leader. Col. Orland Smith, may yet overtake the enemy, and striae one good blow for the Union and Constitu Hon. Yours, IRA W. BOOTON, of Co. C. REBELLION; ITS CAUSE AND CURE. The rebellion was the work of a gov erning class, all whore ideas and hopes were the agrandizement of their own order. Now one issue of the Rebellion must be to put down, not only this governing class, but also the system from which it springs. We have no such class at tbe North. We have no such class. The very collisions of inter ests, the rivalries of trade, the thousand- and -one social relations all neutralize each other, are checks and counter checks, which, like the particles in a vessel of water, always tend toward the level of an equilibrium. Two mrn meet in their lodge as Odd Fellows, but tbey are opponents on "town-meeting day." Two partners in business are, one the most bitter of Calvanists, and tbe other the most progressive of Universalis!. But with the Southerner of the gov erning class it is not so. One sympa thy, more potent than any other can be, leagues them all. All are masters of the whole race upon which their suc cess and station are built. It is a liv ing relation, the most powerful and vital which can bind men together that sense of authority borne by the few over the many. Republics have fallen through their standing armies. The proprietary class of the South was the most dangerous of standing armies, for it was diciplined to the use of power night and day. The overthrow of the Rebellion will to a great degree ruin this clai8. But since it is one not founded on birth or cnlture, but simply on white blood and circumstance, (lor no Secessionist is so fierce as your con verted Northerner) it cannot fall like the Norman nobility in the Wars of the Roses, or waste by operation of cli mate like the masters of Mexieo or Hindostan. It renews itself whenever it touches slave soil. That gives it life. The Government must for its own preservation go to the root of the mat ter. And we cannot see that there is any constitutional difficulty. There are but few slave-proprietors In the South whom it has not tbe right to ar rest, try, and hang, for high-treason. Having this right, it may say it will not waive it except upon conditions which shall secure the country from any further trouble. This is the attitude in which the Nation stands towards the Rebels. It may be good policy to take them back as fast as they submit, but they have no right to come back to anything bnt a prison and hard labor for life. . Many of them have trebly forfeited their lives, as traitors, as deserters from naval and military service, and patrol ed prisoners who have broken their parole. Slavery has proved itself a nuisance. Just as we say to the owner of a bone boiling establishment, "You poisen the air; we cannot live here; you must go farther off," and if a feter break oat which can be clearly traced to that source, we say it emphatically, so now Slavery having proved itself pestilen- tia, we say "March! We will everv bodv time to pack up. We will I make up a little purse for any specially bard case wbicb the removal may show. But stay and be plague-stricken we will no longer; nor are we dis posed to spend our whole income In burning sulpher, saltpeter and charcoal to keep out infection. And certainly, when by neglect to pay ground rent, or other illegality, tbe owner of our nuisance has forfeited his right to stay, no mortal can blame us for taking the strictest and most decisive steps known to remove him. Atlantic Monthly. same State. '1 ne lormer ia miny as ilea west southwest of Huntsville, on the Memphis & .Charleston Railroad on Tbe latter place is the junctioa of tbe Nashville Chattanooga and Msm reaching phis & Charleston roads, and is sixty miles from Hunttyille. t3T In addition to HuntavilJe, Ala bama, Gen. Mitchell has occupied rWatur. Monroe county, and Stevea- son's Junction." Jackson county, in the A GOOD GARDEN. Don't be satisfied with plain potatoes and pork all summer, but go to work right now, and lay out a spot for a gar den ia which to grow early beets, peas oh I how good these are with roast lamb, a few radishes are a rel ish for breakfast of a hot morning, or some crisp, delicious lettuce, with a little sugar and vinegar on it. The snap beans all like, and better yet the ease knife shell beans, that coma a couple of weeks earlier than tha rich old Limas or butter beans don't do without them. Then there ia tha early solid heads of eabbage, so good as "cold slaw" or boiled: or young greens you get from the thinning out of the beet bead. Tomatoes, if you have once learned to eat, you would as soon think of doing without, as an old smoker would of going without bis pipe. As midsummer comes on, how deliciously cool ia a nice nutmeg or watermelon, gathered early in tha morning and laid away in the cellar, until yon come in about noon heated from work. Raspberries, strawberries, etc., should also be in your garden. I you have never had them, don't say they are for tbe rich, but too much work for poor folks. It's not so: you with your land, are the very ones to grow all the small fruits In abundance for your family, for it will not take over one week's work in a year to do it, and when once you have them, yon will find your health, and the cheerfulness of your family more than full compensation. One other thing. If you want your boys and girls to learn to love home, don't let them go to their neighbors to eat small fruits, and get now and then a taste of some good vegtable, then come back home and find nothing but potatoes and pork we say don't do it. Be wise now, make the little things around home such as attract and please tha minds of the young. So shall ye in your oik age be eared by them. Field Notes. eiy."l:"-',V",rZ.f. l'luo n. .band he.n be w.&?.lt Trifling with the dumsit. A young man who would not be guilty of an indelicate word to a lady, and much less an uncalled for assault upon one, was yesterday passing along Lake street, when he came in front of a re tail dry goods establishment. Having an eye for dry goods, he stopped to ad mire a cloak of the latest basque style which was displayed as he thought up on a dummy or wire frame, rather neat-. Iy bonneted and fitted np in front of a show window. Seeing a friend ad vance the young man called bis atten tion to the article of dress, and play fully gave the dummy a nudge, remark ing. "I wonder if the machine is alive!" "I'hansy his phelinks," as he saw tha supposed dummy turn suddenly round and face him with an expression of as tonishment and indignation resting up on the unmistakeable lineaments of a very handsome face. Tbe machine was alive. Our friend blushed, stammered, and explained. The young lady for gave and stepped into her carriage. Our friend maintains a downward atti tude upon all dummies hereafter. Chicago Tribune, Feb. 1th. X3TThe editors of the Star in the West furnishes tbe following modest at tempt at correcting certain rather widespread mistakes. It is a mistake to suppose that tha subscription price of a paper is clear gain to the publisher. It is a mistake to suppose he gets his white paper for nothing. It fs a mistake to suppose it is print ed without ecfeU It is a mistake to suppose he can fire, bodily, by faith. It is a mistake to suppose that it is easy to please everybody. It is a mistake to suppose that a pa per is worth buying which eontains on ly what one knows and believes al ready. It is a mistake to suppose that money doe for the paper would be as good to us in a year as it would now. It is a mistake to suppose that wa would not be thankful for what is due us, and for new subscribers. Whisht "Upset." There was great commotion among tbe whisky dealers at Cincinnati, growing out of ma amanrtmpnt tn the tax bill making all rt t.Tahlo The interest felt in ton matter at Cincinnati, may be inferred from the fact that about 70,000 barrels of whisky are . held on speculation, which the owners expected to hold free of duty, to be sold at an advanee when the law takes effect. This would, un der retroactive law, pay a duty of 8420,000. If, on the other hand, it should be exempt, it would pay a profit of a quarter of a million. A dcVga tion of leaden were to go forthwith to Washington to remonstrate. The news upset the market completely. T The treason law passed at tha last session of the Maryland Legisla ture went into operation on Tuesday. It punishes with death or with from six to twenty years' imprisonment all who levy war against tbe State, ad here to or give comfort to its enemies, and fines all persona furnishing rebela with goods or any assistance, raise en listments for the rebel army or displaj Secession flsg.