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"When victory camo from the King on high,
Kid the battle din, at the clarion cry,
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Paisaxc, N. J., April 11, 18G2.
Is Coxounss, July'"' 4, 1776.
THE UNANIMOUS DECLARATION OF THE
THIRTEEN UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.
Whkk, in tho course of human events.
It becomes necessary for one people to dis
solve the poliiiiTil bands which have con
nected them with another, and to assume,
among tlie powers of the earth,- the separate
and -equal station to which the laws of
nature and nature's God entitle them, a
deretit respect to the opinions of mankind
requires, that they should declare the causes
which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths Jo be self-evident :
that all men are created equal ; that they
are endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable rights; - that among these are,
lift, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
That to secure these
rights,
governments
are instituted among men, deriving their
just powers .from the consent of the governed;-that
'whenever any form of government
becomes destructive of these ends, it is
the right of the' people to alter or abolish
it, and to institute a new government, lay
ing its foundation on such principles, and
organizing its powers in such form as to
them shall seem most likely to effect their
eafety and happiness. Prudence, indeed,
will dictate, that government long estab
lished should not be changed for light and
transient causes ; and accordingly all ex-'
y perience hath, shown, that mankind are
more disposed to suffer, while evils are
uifcrabie, than, to tfght themselves, by
abolishing the forms' to1 '-"which they are
accustomed. But when a lonff train of
abuses and usurpations," pursuing invariably
the same object, evinces a design to reduce
them under absolute despotism, it is their
right, it is their duty, : to throw oft snch
government, and to provide new guards for
their future security. 1 Such has been tho
patient sufferance of these colonics, and
such is now the necessity which constrains
them to alter their former systems of gov
ernment.. .The history of the present king
of Great Britain is a history of repeated
injuries and usurpations, all having in
direct object the establishment of an abso
lute tyranny over .these . States. To prove
this, let facts be submitted to a candid
WOrld. ' r : . v ...
He ' has refused his assent v to laws the
most wholesome aud necessary for the pub
lic good.' " V" -
. He has forbidden bis governors to pass
law of immediate and pressing importance,
unless suspended in their operation,, till his
assent should be obtained ; and when so
saspended,r he has utterly neglected to at
tend to them. ' He has refused to pass
o titer laws for thb 'accomodation of latge
. 4wtricU.oft pcopl.? 'unless" j those' people
would reliniuish the right of representation
in ' the legislature a right inestimable to
thenivantrfonnidablc to tytaatsTOnly.--?!.
; He lias called together legislative bodies
at places unosual, uncomfortable, and dis
tant from the repository of their public
records,- for Ihe sole purpose of fatiguing
them into a compliance with Ins measures.
- lie-has dissolved Kepresentative Houses
Tepealedly, for-opposing, with msfnly firm
ness, his invasions on the rights of the
people, - . "
He has refused, for a long" time after
iuch diitfolutions, to cause others to be
elected ; whereby the legislative powers,
incapable of annihilation, hare returned to
the people at large for their exercise, the
State remaining, in the mean time, exposed
to all the dangers of inrjtsion from without,
arid convulsions within. - -
lie lias endeavoured to prevent the popu
lation of these States ; for that purpose
obstructing the laws of naturalization of
foreigners; refusing to pass others to en
courage their migration hither, and raising
the conditions of new appropriations of
lands.
He has obstructed the administration of
luslice, by refupinff Ins assent to laws lor
establishing judiciary powers.
He has made judges dependent oh his
will alone, for the tenure of their oflices,
and the amount and payment of their
salaries.
He has erected a multitude" of new offi
ces, and sent hither swarms of officers, to
harass our people, and eat out their sub
stance. He has kept among us, in times of peace,
standing armies, without the consent of our
legislatures.
He has affedted to render the military,
independent of, and superior to the civil
power.
He has combined with others to subject
us to a jurisdiction foreign to our Constitu
tion, and unacknowledged by our laws ;
giving his assent to their acts of pretended
legislation :
For quartering large bodies of armed
troops among u :
For protecting them, by a mock trial,
from punishment for any murders which
they should commit ou the inhabitants of
these States :
For cutting off our trade with all parts
of the world :
For imposing taxes on us without our
consent :
For depriving uv n many, cases, of the
benefits of trial by jury:
For transporting us beyond seas to be
tried for pretended offences : -
For abolishing the free system of English
l:ws in a neighbouring province, establish
ing therein an arbitrary government, and
cnlaruinir its boundaries, so as to render it
atone an exi3sriritifgiwn Hbr4
introducing tne same aDSOiute ruie into
thesu colonies.
For takinir away our charters, abolish-
'.- . 1 1 i
ing our most valuable laws, and altering,
fundamentally, the forms of our govern
ments :
For suspending our own legislatures,
and declaring themselves invested with
power to legislate for us in all cases what
soever. .
He has abdicated government here, by
declaring us but of his protection, and
waging war against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our
coas's, burnt our towns, and destroyed the
lives of our people.
lie is at this time transporting large
armies of foreign mercenaries to complete
the works of death, desolation, and tyran
nv, already began with circumstances -of
cruelty and pertidy, scarcely paralleled in
the most barbarous ages, and totally un
worthy the head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow-citizens,
taken captive on the high sea", to bear
arms against their country, to become the
executioners of their friends and brethren,
or to fall themselves by their hands.
lie has excited domestic insurrections
amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring
ou the inhabitants of our frontiers the
merciless Indian savages, whose known rule
of warfare is an undistinguished destruction
of all ages, sexes, and conditions.
In every stage of these oppressions we
have petitioned for redress in the most
humble terms : our repeated petitions have
been answered only by repeated injury.
A prince, whose character is thus marked
by every act which may define a tyrant, is
unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Nor have we been wanting in attentions
to our British brethi en. We have warned
them, from time to time, of attempts by
their legislature to extend an unwarranta
ble jurisdiction over us. W e have reminded
them of the circumstances of our emigration
and settlement here. We have appealed
to their native justice, and magnanimity,
and we have conjured them by the ties of
our common kindred to .disavow these
usurpations, which would inevitably inter
rupt ourconnexions and correspondence.
They too have been deaf to the voice of
justice and consanguinity. . : We must,
therefore acquiesce in the necessity which
denounces our separation, and hold them,
as we hold the rest of mankind enemies
in war, in peace friends. . .
' -We, therefore, the representatives of the
United States of America, in General
Congress assembled, appealing to the Su
preme Judge of the world, for the rectitude
of our intentions, do, in the name and by
authority of the good people of these colo
nies, solemnly publish and "declare, that
these United Colonies are, and of right
ought to be, free and independent States ;
that they are absolved from all' allegiance
to the British crown, and that all political
coiujexion between them and the State of
Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally
dissolved ; and that, as free arid indepen
dent States, they have; toll power to levy
war, conclude ; peace, t contract
alliances,
establish commerce, and to do all other
acts; and things which independent States
may of right do. And for the support of
Jtlns .declaration, with a firm reliance on
the protection of Divine frovidence, we
m - "
mutually pledge to each other our. lives,
our fortunes, and our sacred honour.
JOHN HANCOCK.
SIONED BT
John Hancock,' Jas. Smith, '
Saml Adams, Geo. Taylor,
John Adams, James VVilson,
Rob't Trent Paine, Gro. Ross,
Elbridge Gerry, "Casar Rodney,
Josiah Hartlett, Geo. Kead,
Wm. Whipple, Thos. MKean,
Mathew Thornton, Samuel Chase,
Step. Hopkins,
William EHery,
IJoger Sherman, '
Sam'l Hontington,
Wm. Paca,
Thos. Stone, - - -Charles
Corroll,
George Wythe,
Kichard Henry Lee,
TIT. Jefferson,
lt-nj. Harrison,
1 J os. Nelson, jr.
Fran. Lightfoot Leo,
t Carter Braxton,
Wm. Hooper,
Joseph II ewes,
John 1'enn,
Edward Hull edge,
Thos. Hcyward, jun.
Tho. Lynch, jun.
Arthur Middleton,
Button Gwinnett,
Lyman Hall,
Geo. Walton.
Wm. Williams,
Oliver Wolcott,
Wm. Floyd,
Chal. Livingston,
Fran's. Lewis,
Lewis Morris, .
Kich'd Stockton,
Jro.' Witherpoon,
Fras. Hopkinson,
John Hrt,
Abra. Clark,
liob. Morris,
Benjamin l?uh,
Henja. Franklin,
John Morton,
Geo. Clyraer,
The Advance into Alabama.
Micccssful Locomotive Reconnoisances
Tfft 'Tbemenael f the Enemy Captured.
On Hundred Miles of Railroad possessed.
Washington, April 14. The follow
ing despatch has been received by the
Secretary of War, dated Nashville, to
day On Saturday morning two expedi
tions were started from Iluntsville,
Alabama, in the captured cars. One,
under Colonel Sill, of the 33d Ohio,
went east to Stevens, the junction of
the Chattanooga with the Memphis
and Charleston Iiailroad, at which
point they seized 2000 of the enemy
who were retreating, without firing a
shot, and captured fifteen locomotivrs
and a large amount of rolling stok.
The other expedition, under Colonel
Tarchin, of the 19th Illinois regiment
went west and arrived at Decatur in
Hoefrgyo the railroad bridges which
was in names.
General Mitchell now holds a hun
dred miles of the Memphis & Charles
ton liailroad. .
Headquarters Third Division, )
Hutitsviile, Alabama, April II.
After a forced march of incredible
difficulties, leaving Fayetteville yes
terday at twelve o'clock, M., my ad
vanced guard, consisting ot Tarchin's
brigade, Kennett's cavalry, and Simon
son's battery, entered Iluntsville at 6
o'clock this morning. The city was
taken completely by surprise, no one
having considered the march practice
ble in the time. We have captured
about 2000 prisoners, 15 locomotives,
and a large amount of passenger and
box and platform cars. Also tlie tele
graph apparatus and office, and two
sonthern mails. We have at last suc
ceeded in cutting the great artery of
railroad communication between the
southern States.
Signed O. M. Mitcitelt
Brig. Gen. Commanding.
Iluntsville is the shire town of Mad
ison county, Alabama. . It is on the
Memphis and Charleston Kailroad, 150
miles N. N. E. from Tuscaloosa, and
116 miles in a Southerly direction from
Nashville. The town contains many
handsome buildings and a Court House
which cost $45,000, and a bank build
ing which cost $80,000. The town
contains six churches, a federal land
office, three newspaper offices and two
female seminaries. It is in the midst
of a fine farming region, and among
the South-western spurs of the Alle-
fhany rane.. It is the home of Leroy
'ope Walker, late rebel Secretary of
War, who predicted, on the fall of
Sumter, that therebel flag would wave
over Fancuil Hall. Instead, the stars
and stripes float in triumph over his
own town. Thus is poetic justice ren
dered to the traitor.
The mountain Department.
Wheeling, Va., April 13. lion. E.
M. Stanton, Secretary of War : A disr
patch jnst received from Gen. Millroy;
under date of yesterday, states as fol
lows: The rebels, about 1,000 strong, with
two pieces of artillery, attacked my
pickets this morning, about 10 o'clock,
and drove them some two miles. I sent
out reinforcements, cousisting of two
companies of the -75th Ohio, two of the!
2d V al, two companies of the 32d Ohio, j
one gun of Capt. Hy man's battery, and
one company of cavalry, all under Ma-j
brisk! for a snort time, out tne reoets !
were soon put to flight, with consider
able loss. Tlie casualties on our side I
were three men of the ; 75th badly
wounded. The men behaved nobly.
U ,- C. FliEi02JT,'
Major General Commanding.
Another Fight In New '"Mexico?
Denver ' City Monday; A pril 7,
ril7.?
9. S-
"VIA Julesbuuiv Wednesday, April
In form ation fecci ved from New-
Mexico states that on sthe lOtli, nit.
Coh 'Hough, with 1,300 men, reached
the Apache Pass. His advance, con-
sisung 01 mree companies 01 cavairy,
had an engagement, some-distance be
yond this place, with 250 rebel caval
ry, and took 57 prisoners. The, .Fed
eral: loss was four killed and eleven
wounded. '-C'.J''- "' """"' -V
'At Pigeons. Kanch, . fifesn miles
from Sante Fe, on the 2Sth, Col Hougii
met a force of 1,100 Texans,- strongly
posted at the mouth of a canon. ' - the
ngiit besran about, noon, Uol. Jliough
w,K"lIJJ u. wJeiu-'.jii iruui. wiiii ereu
contani es wniie - jaiaj . ? . uekiivotoji,
witlf "loitr companies, attecked'thiim in
the rear.- This latter force 'succeeded
in driving .the rebel guard away fro
the snpply? train," which was V captured
and burned. Thoy also captured one
cannon and spiked it. Tho fight con
tinued desperately until four o cldck
when it ceased by, mutual' consent
Coli Hough withdrew his forces to a
creek four miles distant.
Tlie National loss was three officers
and", twenty privates killed, and forty
. : r i .1 rni 1 t T-
io mty wouuueu. xne reoei loss is
not known.
Communication between Col. Hough
and;Canby is constantly kept up.
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Capture or the Yacht America, j;
Lieutenant Commanding Stevens cf
the.Ottoway, now in command df the
naval force at Jacksonville, Florida,
returned to tliat city last veelc from
his third expedition up the St. John's
river, and -brought with himlhe yacht
America. ' Proceeding first in the Ot
toway to Orange Mills, he .went on
thence to Pilatka in the Ellen. On
hisway up a small boat was discover
ed and chased. Tlie three persons who
were in her pulled ashore and escaped,
leaying belli nd them a bag of letters,
in one of which was the very informa
tion of which they were in search
theplaceofthc America's concealments
Returning to Jacksonville with this
knowledge, lie then took the Darling
ton, the rebel steamer captured at Fef
nandina, and the armed first launch,
and first and second cutters of the Wa
bash, under Lieutneant Irwin,' and pp):
etSf etrto'DunnVUrwkteih mnee
low Dunn's Lake, above Pilatka," and
there found the America sunk in the
Creek. She had been towed up with
out ballast, by a steamer, then loaded
with iron, and sunk so deep, said tho
letter found in the boat, "that all of the
Yankees out of hell couldn't raise her."
Captain Stevens again returned to
Jacksonville for, working material, and
as the result of his energy and skill.
the America now. noats at a pier in
Jacksonville, in good condition, except
that the ornamental work of her cabin
is somewhat damaged by water. Her
sails and rigging had been carried bv
the rebels to, lola, on St. Georcre s
Lake.
The national pride identified with
the America gives an additional inter
est to late incidents. in her history. She
was purchased of her English owners
by the Rebel Government last winter,
for $60,000, and was brought over here
for the express purpose of carrying
Mason and iSlidell to Europe. When
they took another conveyance it was
determined to load her with cotton,
and with that cargo she was to have
sailed for England not long after the
expedition under Capt. Stevens reached
the St. John's and took possession of
Jacksonville. The Stars and Stripes,
under which ghe distanced the swiftest
vessels that England, could build, af
terwards supplanted by the British en
sign, in its turn 1 succeeded by the rebel
flag, are floating over her again, never
hereafter to be removed.
Vessels Seized by a Federal Crui
zer; -The U. S. tug Reliance arrived
at this port on Saturday morning, from
a cruise in the lower part of the , Ches
apeake bay. She reports the capture,
off the mouth of Wicomico "river, of
the schooner Harford, Capt. Stirling.
It is alleged that she had landed a car
go, consisting of coffee, salt and cop
peras, and had cleared from this port.
On the following day the II. ran up
the river, and after proceeding about
eight miles discovered a small schoonr
er lying in a creek, which was also
captured. It is alleged that she had
landed flour, coffee, salt and whiskey
the vessel was the "Two Brothers,"
of Deal's Island Samoset county. On
Wednesday the tug Hercules captured
the schooners - "Bride" and Whig."
The last named is said to -belong at
Yorktown, Va., and s was brought to
this port as a prize. , Tho Wicomico
river, at its month, is the line of divis
ion between Somerset county in Mary
land, "and Accomac county," on the
Eastern shore of Virginia. 1 Vessels
have for some time past been trading
with the Eastern i Shore of Virginia,
which is now under the control of the
Federal Government, and guarded
by its troops. m
! The Fall of Fort Pulaski.
; , The bombardment Jand snbsetinerit
surrender of Fort Pulaski to the Union
forces is in many respects one of the
most significant and-important events
of. the war. - The Elorts 7 heretofore
captured, cither on the coast or inland,
were merely earthworks, of recent con
struction and without "casements," but
f ort Pulaskt is one ot the strongest and
most scientifically constructed forts in
the .countrvv and was deemed by the
rebels impregnable. And so it doubt
less would be if attacked br shins, and
with s moo tli bore ordnance, bnt tlie fire
in tlie rear aud rmod cannon vere not
dreamt of, when tins; and -similar forts
were planned-andbuilU In military
birdies a. both, sides; of the ocean this
caruai-u.wiu ereateunnsnaiaatcrtst, as
it Is the first real trial of the newjrined
projectiles against a properly construct
ed and very strong fort. One nned
gun was used by , the rebels - at - Fort
Sumter, and the shot pierced tlie wall
every time. Gen. Bragg had several
in position at Pensacola, but as. Fort
Pickens was defended on the land 6ide
by immense sand and earthworks , in
addition to the stone rani party, they
were ineffective. ' At Fort Pulaski,
however, the test was every thing, that
a military expert could desire and
stone walls alone, as against rifled ord
nance are found to be not a perfect
means of defence. It will thus be seen
that, even, without iron-clad floating or
8tatiouarjr batteries to assail them, thej
greai improvement in projecuies. las
left our modern fortifications behind
the age. . . . .
; The capture of this fort is, however,
especially important to us, as it places
at our mercy the commcrco ot a great
southern city, and relieves the" Targe
blockading squadron on that coast.
No vessel can enter the harbor of Sa
vannah without coming vitliin a " hun
dred yards of the guns of Fort Pulas
ki, and the 'port can tlius be .closed
even to the smallest vessels without
the aid of a single gunboat. Tlie mor
al eftect of the capture upon the peo
ple of the whole southern coast must
be very disheartening; If thercris ho
safety in earthwork forts, as at Port
Royal, nor in strong stone forts, sueh
as Pulaski, what caubo depended up-
en f FoftSumterf that defends Charles-
Jyfi9 the
entrance to Mobile, and rorts Pike,
Wood, Jackson, and St. Philip, that
close the entrance to .Lake Irontchar
train and the Mississippi, will be the
easier captured now that the strongest
fort of nil has been so easily overcome.
As for Fort Macon, a few weeks, if not
days, will tell the story " of its surren
der. Fort Pulaski guards the approaches
to Savannah, and is one of the most
important fortifications erected on the
southern coast. It is built on Cock
spur Island, at the mouth of the Sa
vannah river, and distant about four
teen miles from the city. In 1831 the
construction of the fort was commenced
under the superintendence. of Captain,
now General Mansfield, commanding
at N ewport News'at the present lime.
The work was completed a few years
ago at a cost of nearly a million dollars.
The fort is of pentagonal form, and
covers several acres. Hie waits are
about forty feet high, and present two
falls toward the sea, with ranges of tire
radiating at opposite angles. The fort
has embrasures on the front and chan
nel side for one row of gnus' under
bomb-proof cKsements, with an addi
tional tier of cuns en Larbette The
salient positions and approaches on the
rear of the fort have no embrasures for
heavy camion, but are thoroughly en
fi laded by musketry holes pierced in
th o wal Is. The f ill 1 armamen t of the
fort was to consist, on tlie lower tier,
of sixty-five 32 pounders, "and the up
per tier of fifty-three 24 pounders, four
' r 1 1 a -r
i-pounaer nanKing nowiizers, one o
i n clr m or t ar,t wel ve G-mch col umbiad s,
and seven 10-inch mortars altogether
150 guns. The columbi ads were heavy,
carrying to a long range, and adapted
to use spherical shot or shell, ihe in
terior of the fort was well supplied
with larze furnaces for heating shot,
quarters, barracks? ammunition, &c.-
i f . i t - .. - i
j. wiae uitcn surrounus me wont,
which, when dry, can be used by sharp
shooters with as much enect as rifle
pits, or could, if necessary, be easily
Inooded. Beyond the ditch is a glacis,
which is enfiladed by the guns from
the lower or casement row of tlie for
tifications. The fort can easily accom
modate eight : hundred men, although
one half ot that number could it their
supplies of ammunition, ' fec, lasted,
successfully defend it against a large
force. Vessels of a large ; size in ap
proaching Savannah . are obliged 1. 1
come within one hundred yards of the
fort, at least, and at this point the guns
of large calibre can be made to concen
trate and utterly destroy anything but
a Monitor br Merrimack Fort Pulaski
has always been considered One. of the
finest fortiliciitioiison the continent.
It cUivers a larger area thaii Snmtcr, but
has one tier of vims less. " .
. Cold Exploit la dss:oaZ?pf.
Only ons read cjxrn tor ths JZetoU jhr rttrtat,
Pittsburg ZktridinTenfCAprilli.
v A force of 4000 men, oa. five trans-:
ports, left . this landing f on Saturday
night9facirammm
-Ty ltr'v nnbV Lexiagton,, . and proceeded
up the Tennessee riveriojRiatVhear.
East port, Miss.,CwBere thev landed and
proceeded inland to Bear Creek Bridga,
ad destroyed the two bridget 'oh the
fiiouiie ana unio naiiroaa, one me&iur-
mg isr, ana ids other siiu tcet in
length. " ''' "! "' "r'-'
A cavalry force of 15(1 men warn,
found there, who. after Jia?inff four .
proved southern ty leJ- xpdition m
returned SlMayBightTttlbetvhM
lost a.mtn-.,;'.:,.:r4 f'h-T- .
This was one of the" most successful . "'
operations of the wai, completely 4 iouU, '
ting off communication 'of - the main '
reliel body - at: Corinth with Alabama '
and the rest of the confederacy except
X ew (Orleans. . ,--,. .-.;....'.-,..
A flag of truce arrive at the ontpotfs
yesterday, with Governor Johnson's ton.
of Kentucky, asking for hit fathers ;
Commodore llollins Captured.
, .The following statement in the St. : "
of interest to the public :-
JLI una iivst JOt Uvvll OUllOU, no UO
lieve, that Com. Hollins, of -'rain' tarV '
tie -: notoriety, -was captured m the r,i
general rout at Island No. 10 : but
such is the fact. He is now a prisoner.
The commodore made a present of a
handsome sqnirrel-gun to Major Speed
Butler,' Gen. Pope s adjutant-general, '
thinking, no doubt, that for some time .
to come at least, he would have no use
for such a weapon. He may be; ex-
pectea here m a day or two." :
A Contraband Colon:.,
The Navy Department hat received
dispatches from Com. Dupont, inclos
ing a communication from Commander
Godori; dated U. steamer Mohican.
March 30, from which it appears (bat
on the 17th uit., with the Jaunches and .
another armed boat, he entered " Jekfl
Creek, and proceeded . lb .Du bignons , 1
place, where he discovered ' a deserted :
baUery of three guns commanding that
stream; and the remains of ; a ' camp of 3
some 200 men. A considerable num -ber
of cattle remained on the island
but were very wild upon bur men ap
proaching them. On the 22d the Bibb
made her appearance, and Capt Boo
telle at once commenced placing tho :
buoys for the bar and channels. Com
mander Godon says; 'Contrabands
continued to come to us. I sent a num- :
ber bv the Potonuki to Fernandtna,
and also several by the Connecticut.
We landed our field pieces and a strong
force on Colonel's Island and obtained
what we needed, and that night.' after
again firing a shell or two at Fancy
Bluff, proceeded to St. Simon's.
There I landed all the contrabands, :
with their corn and provisions, tools.
etc., and having housed them, set them
to work. Already thev have nlanted
potatoes. To-morrow they will begin '
to prepare the land for corn; They -
have set up their mill, and 1 hare told -them
they are to plant cotton, and thus
to become of use to themselves. They
seem contented. St. Simon1 is a fine "
rich island, about ten miles long ; on
the north end is a village Frederica.o
It is said to be healthy, and a thousand
blacks could be usefully employed here
and made self-supporting. Such a col
ony, properly managed, would do much
good. Those now here, some forty hi -number,
lire on T. Butler King's place, .
under cover of our guns." - .
Island No. Twr. The whole proc
ess of capturing this island is so ex
ceedingly neat that it has an almost
artistic beauty. A novelist could not
have devised anything more complete.'
There was no element wanting to give
entire satisfaction. The delay iiad :
been long enough to convince every
one of tlie danger and difficulty to :bo .
met. The object to be attained was
of the highest importance 5 The dash
ing feats of Col Roberts and his party :
iu spiking tho "guns" and of the com
manders of the Caiondolet and Pitts
burg in running the blockade and of "
Gen. Pope's force in gaining the Ken- '
tucky shore, stirred the heart. And '.
at last all was taken without the Ides of a
man on our side. Camion, -munition,
provisions, transports," Grampus, turtle-
generals, soldiers and all fell info our -hands.
The; success . was Perfect. ?-
Was there ever a more . complete and
artistic beauty an militaryt: achieve-
ment 3 .! It . was , like a perfect e pic. r
Prov. Journal. k$Lxi
It 1 is " expected; thatl tipon the r-
proach of the Federal army', there- will
be a desperate fight in Memphis lesf
tween .the "cily-burners "and the anli-crtV-i
burners s We" hope that -at anrrjii4
enough of the city will be left ta pay rua,
wnai siiet)wes- rp
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