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Cm f5MrC I ft ,1 i .v. YOL.LXH r i I ' ' ''i V i ! t. V ' 'I tr tliff plant of ia delightful pe, '4 by party ragn to. Urt likt brotbert," r Unwary' RAtiEIGII, N. C 8ATURDAT MOBNINO, AP&II It, 1862. MORE ATTEMPTS ' TO . cniEr., MAKE JtlS- We take the following extract from an editorial artiele in the last Bsleigh Soafar. v.. .A m.n ta th Koath must denr. ci deeply the soorbid and ufariated spirit whish erer and aaon drrslopes itMlf in certain qurtsra, In the proffrM' the war. Tbo bliad phrensy which prompted tb oriaiaatort of this rarolatioa to plang t&eBMlras hmMoag Into It vilhont Man Us the eMt, r rtoppis; to prrpr or it, vow that thsir syes art , opoaed to iu yMt dimeflrion, drir Um a -their alarm to the doaparate rewires of the maaiae. - : The readiaeM with which they utter their anathe mas epos the eeaserratire moaof the South, who are ami 1 r - v t really Its eaiei reliance iar iubbo tuw blatant blasphemies against Froridenee their open, monthed infidelity tLelr hot haste to oterride all oonttitBtlonal barrier-to trample apon lawa the most eonservaiire aad beneoial to ignore the right of the people, notwithstanding their former profee siooi U beat down all the bulwarks of soeial, oom-' meraal or political Tirtne which lie La their way, is really alarming. Baokless of the property or the persons of the people. thy wffl sacriaee all to the madaees of the boor, and, at aome fa tore day, will mend the breach by falsehood, chicanery and trpWf oTo. Mark what we tay. . ' ; J t ' : . ' Yes, we toill mark what you sayi and mark it for the purpose of denouncing it as an at tempt to break down that which is so eisea- tial to our success in this war for' life and liberty the credit of the" government. :Every man in this 8tate or-out of it who' knows anything," knows that if .the credit of (the government is destroyed and .the sinews of k. it m.AinMt keen and i - , , , --.. . Cause Will DC completely lOSS. AOVimng, therefore, which tends to destroy confidence : in the ability and willingness ol the . Con federate 6r State: Governments fairly tcre deem their issues, is a blow struck -for the Yankees, and aimed at our liberties.' .This blow has been struck by the Editor of the Standard when he says, with the emphasis of italics, that repudiation will ensue. -This Editor is now making war against the revolution in progress and fraught with such momentous results, and charges ''blind phrea ty." 'upon those who brought it-on. Tis charge is aimed, of course, at the " origiaal secessionists," and "Mr. Lincoln, as1 the Editor of the S tandard gingerly terms hn, is,' as usual, exonerated from: all blame ia the premises. We appeal to the peonle?of North Carolina to say, if suoh language :as we hate fairly quoted from" the Standard, is : . proper to be used in a southern paper at this time, and we appeal to them to disregard the Utaridard't insinuations against the credit ct the Government. ' What would be the worth of all the money in ' the vorld to us, if we were enslaved by tbo -Yankees and held as 4 . serfs or vassals 1 " And yet, this must be the terrible result, if we destroy confidence in the Government, and destroy the value of that which will alone enable us to achieve vonr liberties. :: ;.' - ,,'4 . -: '! It will be seen that' the -Standard de Bounces secession by declaring that a "blind phrenzy n prompted the ' originators ' to "plunge themselTea-headlong into it with out counting the cost or stopping to prepare for t." Is not the Editor or the StandarU the last man in the world to complain of fa want of preparation! Has he forgotten his own course f Does he remember, that' he ' declared that Lincoln's Inaugural 'Address meant peace ? Did he .not, day after day, parrot out, ad nauseam, the words, " Watch and Wait." " Watch ? what ? ' Lincoln's progress in preparing to deal an aggressive blow uporrther South! Wait'', for what ? Until he had seized upon the whole Army and Navy of the United States? Until he had reinforced and strengthened the fortifications, Navy Yards and Arsenals in the Southland possessed himself of the arms which the fore eight of Gov. Floyd had provided for us j and, in a word, placed himself in a condition to'crush out, at once, what he terms " a re bellion?" : These would have been the.ine vitable consequences if the polioy inculcated by the Editor of the Standard bad been, fol lowed. And yet, at this .time, when the whole South is resonant with joy and thanks giving and praise to- the Almighty God of nations for the signal victory with which Ha . has just crowned our arms, the Editor of the Raleigh Standard sends forth from his nesi . the raven ctoak that the Southern Confede - raey is gaing fast to destruction. He Telli our own petple, as well- as the . enemy, that the leaders in the revolution are blatant blasphemers against Providence -that they are wallowing in tho slough of infidelity-, that they disregard all constitutional barri- .-en that they trample upon laws the most I conservative and beneficial that they ignore ue ngnia 01 tne people that they are reck less of the property or the persons of the people and that ey will finally, wipe out the pecuniary obligatbna ' which they will t incur in this war by an act of "repudiation?' This language is, in substance and effeot, a i 1 declaration to Lincoln that the Southern ConTddertej is Ln a more fearful ' 'condition than erer was Prance in the "w&rst days t)f centaryiid that nothing but deipoUstn can evoke order from the anarchy whiot how rnns not in it. s 'Again we asi the people of North Carolina if snch-language should be tolerated in a Southern paper t ;-1 .OUIt CAUSE IN TJBOPE. We are glad to see that for some time past the press of the 8outh has ceased to look to I Europe for any indications favorable to our I ...... mj nv;.rn .nnnVmon A flt .a. o zj r i cAuaatt Ma uikiuk w ui vw uuu w imvu w upon their own right arms for that, delives aooe whioh is surely in store for Jna. j The policy of France and - Eglanf Io? and see the South and the -North ugh teach other until the last stage of mutual exiiaus tion. ; la the outset of this war the emanci-" pation question .was not eo prominent a one in fraoce and England as its efifebt upon their commercial interests. ,1 Since, however, Mr. Lincoln's proclaimed purpose of eman crpaling theslaves, the slavery question has become, by fir, the most prominent .one in those countries, particularly in France.; The French and English do not Jknow,J as we of the South do, that Lincohi's great; end and aim is to recover the vast trade, with, whioh tie South so Jong "enriehed the North and without which the North would, be the most poverty-stricken nation on the earth.;; Another object of his is to make the South, j whevn conquered, pay the debt, or. by far the Portion out, wnion ne nas inourrea I in carryini? on the operations of the war. I intr tm-r fn man en vAira far tn nriviinoA I "& j - y , .. - o - ? cmg suojugatea. K j . - , f - - OTHER SOUTHERN ARMIES , SOON BE IN THE FIEXD. - - In less than three5 months other Southern armies will take, the . field acainst the 3Tan-1 tees. Yellow Jack and the Country Fever,'? - both more terrible , thaxj an army with banners, will be on hand to give the Yankees a use for .the strips of land whioh they have occupied ton our Southern1, coast, whioh they did not contemplate when they seized upon them. Deprived of the use of J gunboats by the low waters of the wes tern rivers, with an army at an, immense' dis tance from its Source of supplies and rein forcements, and with their men falling by hecatombs with the Yellow Fever, .the " Country Fever," and other fevers incident tal to our summer climate, the frost of next autumn will find, the Yankees the worst whipped set of devils that ever started on an infernal errand. ; ,.. . . ' NEW REGIMENTS. Tho 44th, 45th, 46thV 47th and 48 th n . y . . rn t i .it have . .t- " l TBVfoUowiD ..ihe4u officers the following several regiments named : B. C. Cotten, JA. Colonel, and B. Cromwell, Mi- jor. l l . ; ' . -' ' :. ' 45IA KegtmenL , Uoionel ; j . lU Morehead, Lt Colonel and . A." J. Boyd, Major, 46A Xegimmts-K. D. Hall, Colonel ; Wm. A. Jenkins, lit. Colonel, and B. J, Mitchell, Major.' - -.' ; y . ' . " :. : " - .v ' nth. Regiment. S. H Rogers, Colonel ; G. H. Faribault, Lt. -Colonel, and Jno. A. Graves, Major. ... ' : ;. ;"" j. 48th RemmenC-&JC. Hilli Colonel; S j H. Walkup, Lt. Colonel, and B. B. Huske' Major. " The 11th or Bethel Begiment has also been re cently reorganised and the following field officers elected: .. ' " -; ' . CoLi C. Leventhorpe, of Butherford. ' I . Lieut-Col., Wm. A. Owens, of Mecklenburg. Jklajor, vv. A. ifiliason, of Iredell. ( . y t ; The 49th Begiment 1 has also been' organized and will elect their field officers to-day Satur day. ..- . ,;. MOKE CHURCH BELLS TENDERED TO THE CONFEDERATE GOVERN MENT, -r I .." ; . . V.k- We understand that1 the congregations of the Episcopal,' Presbyterian and Methodist Churches of this city have tendered their bells to. the Confederate Government with a yiewlto their being converted into cannon. The following poetical effusion which we clip from the Richmond Examiner is very appropriate at this time : , , , "the church bell. Loosen the bolts, lower me down, Cannon must be made " ' v -From hilL.and vale, and leaguered town I A nation calls for aid. .-x , i The joy of a country's heart ia gone,:'- .. T. The light of a people fled j , To hearts and hearths the foe presses on O'er the forms, of tho gallant dead. , No more should tho tongue of the village bell . Give forthlU cheerful strain. . I - Till freedom and peaoe together shall dwell , s In this fair sunny land again; --t- . ' -' - So, haste! To the founders let me go t ' -Where my brasen sides may yield ' A weapon of death to the insolent foe, " . A&4 then away to the field I ' , : I Transferred again to my lowly perch, When the battle 'a fought and done, v . A peal 111 ring from the village church v For eountleu glories won; r r And, aaoa, a aoag for tho brave wfio bled Ere vietorv crowned the dav. ' " dirS for thaaamea of the honored dead , ; wao xeu u the fearful fray. ... .; :- Morgan's revet cavalry captured another train on the Louisville aad! Nashville railroad on Friday. Col; Curriu Popey of Kentucky, was taken prisoner, with a few. other Union officers. The locomotive was run Into a ditch and the cars destroyed. tt" The folio wing article from the Ricfi- raond ..Examiner applies as ' Well! to North 1 1 Carolina aa Virginia- v If steps are not taken to"afrestUts fipwar ,tendenc:jhe: pripecf flour in this section of country will effectu ally'.debar rsons 1 of moderate means from the use of it : -'V- There are eUeht indications and hints of e- den on the part of strong capitalists to purchase. a monopoly of ikar, fA large wheat-growing resion north of the james Nrirer has been left open to the enemy by oar army, and i rapidly becoming depopulated of its labour by .withdraw al to the goath and by escape to the cncmr- Mnrh the creator Dortion of Tide-water Virefnia, I t)rodncLnsr ordinarily' an immense aaannty pi - " - i. .a.-. a. i A i has : become uoprodoo- tlye in cooieanence of the war. The Valfey,:: tooi is occupied In part and endangered as to the rest; aad Its aapply of wheat is much diminhbed : and Imrjerilled. ' - -; i k-fit - ' '-'-VIT.'-i''-l-- Thns, while the sapplies of Virginia, one of the largest wheat growing States in ''the world, are materially car tailed, the consumption, in con sequence of the great concentration of troops here, is vastly augmented, j 'Add to these facts the to tal interruption or transportation on mo raiiroaas produced by the government, and the consequent impossibility of obtaining asnpply for our own possible deflciences from the superabundance of the other parts of the South, and the case becomes a very inviting one td the speculator.tr Although it is not generally, known or believed,., we have littledoubt that considerable quantities of flour are already in the hands of this baneful foe . of the community ..'v;-."' ; l' "' ;-v If these persons will permit as to tender a little advice, we must say that their adventure' is a most hazardous me. . Without" dwelling upon the moral enormity of a speculation in the bread ef life, it will besufflcient to advert to the exis tence in the land Of thativioient tat effective rem edy for unpardonable bins such as theirs martial law. . Enormous evils require extraordinary rem edies ; and the recent action of the authorities ' in New Orleans plainly foreshadows the measure which will be taken against speculators- in flour everywhere. - Already the price of this article is too hieh i and without knowing at all the Inten tions of the official mind, we have little doubt I t a- 1.1? 1 1 -xr .n ...lu.i .A;t i tern w wwam now 1 tiuwfciMuij utu..uw edict " TTTZa d flour ever conceived or embarked In.. It would bring such an adventure to grief almost as effectually as if a mob should make bold to knock out the two heads of the flour barrels and help themselves at pleasure. -W.-.-. ' ".' : ' " - The government fully attested its Opinion of the legitimate price of superfine flour when it con tracted for it, we believe, at about HKidolIars per barrel. The wholesale price of the same grade is now seven dollars and lo ) quarter, and ot family flour, nine, dollars. In! all conscience these figures are already large enough, and a speculation built upon the top of them would be oppressive in the extreme j for such a speculation in flour would be snatching food from the poor and helpless. We have .but one word of admonition, therefore, for those who would embark in so nefarious an en terprise, and that word is, Beware I . -, . 1 ---i-r- . San OcctransscB. -The Bockingham; Register learns from a gentleman just from Hampshire county, that two children of Mri bhn Combs, , who resides in Romney, were instantly Trilled, and a third despe rately wounded, on Tuesday, the 26th of .: March, by the explosion of a bomb-shelL It Beems that the un fortunate children were playing with 'the missile at the time of its explosion.. They drove a nail into the bomb at the place of opening for the Insertion or rose for its explosion, when it exploded, dealing destruc tion to all around, -j -;"- This is the third or fourth instance of fatal accidents caused by tampering with loaded shells. A gentleman sent us last summer a leaded shell picked up on, the battle fieB of 1 Iwusu rout iBethel, and so on after -its arrival we aoci ie ?' -TA' P':"1"' witn narxuner ana c nisei, were aneiupiiug w open the; shell in order to see the nature of its contents.' As we: had cood reason to be- lieve that the shell! contained falminating j : 1 ' xtJ t "... j 1 'L. v-a t powder, amongst other things, and as we had no fanoy for being: blown up, wo pit a stop to the chiseling operation, and soon after wards had the shell jburied. " People cannot be too cautious as to how they handle these unexpioded shells. ' . . GENERAL ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON. ; The Richmond Examiner publishes the follow ing biographical sketch -of this gallants and ac complished officer, whose untimely fall at Shiloh has so much temperedour exultations over the brilliant ictory achieved by our heroictroops over the epemy at that place; . f Albert Sidney Johnston, an American soldier, born in Msson countyKy., in 1803. He was graduated at the West i Point Academy in 1826, as Lieutenant in the Sixth Infantry, and after serving inj the Black Hawk war left the. army, and in 1836 emigrated; to Texas, arriving there shortly after the. battle of ban Jacinto, i He en tered the Texan army as a private soldier, and waa soon j promoted to succeed General ' Felix Houston in the chief command an event which led to a duel ' between them, in which Johnston was wounded. Having held the office of senior brigadier-general until 1838, he was appointed Secretary of War, and in 1839 organized an ex pedition against tne Unerokees, who were totally routed in an engagement on the.Neches. ;Tn 1840 he retired from office and settled upon a plantation la Brazoria county. He was an ardent advocate for ... the annexation 1 of Texas to the United States. In 1846, at the request of Gen. Taylor, he took the field against Mexico as com mander of the volunteer Texan rifle regiment, in which capacity he served six months. 1 Subse quently he was acting Inspector-General to Gen. Butler, and for his services at Ithe, siege of Mon terey received the thanks of his commander. In October, 1849, he was. appointed paymaster by President Tyler, with the rank of major! and, upon the passage of the act of Congress authoriz ing the raising of additional regiments in the army, he was appointed colonel of the Second Cavalry. In the latter part of 185T he received the command of the United States forces sent lo coerce the Mormons into obedience to the Federal authority, and conducted the expedition in safety to Great Salt Lake City in the openine of the suc ceeding year. Since then he commanded the military district of Utah. ; tie resirned the Fed eral service as soon as the intellingence of the opening oi tne war reaenea did, and, travelling from California by the overland route, reached New, Orleans in August last. ; Proceeding , to Biohmond he was appointed, on his arrival there. general, to take command of the Department of . l If! ? C , f'-. t'i ' . T , uu aiigaiBaippi. r. -'-., . .t o . ..v. '' ; f-. It is known that oenerai Johnston was the sub ject of considerable public censure in oonoection with his late , retreat irom joownne Green and the fall of Fort Donelson. j Hk friends persistent ly claimed that great injustice was done him in tntt connection " Heis saM but a few dava before the battle in which befell to have expressed r?.' ""fcwu w uouuargB nia auuw sua resron sibllities to his country according to the best con 1 the danger of my positfon. I admiUed what was vwtwns of his mind, and a resolution to jredeem I so maaifest,Viand laid before him my views for hlSi losses at" no distant daw." According tAtlie.l tha fhri. m -rinh ft onlirTv Mne-nrreAy rA rsport he fell in the thickest of the flght I ' "." ?.v-. CONGRESSIONAI- i In the Seriate on MonaTpr11? Hon W Iiflwif, of Gav presented his Credentials? 'Jspd. took his seat as Senator from that State, la place f Hon.-Robert Toombs, who declined..: -I ?. Mr Phelan;.Cf Miss., introduced a bill authori zing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue Treaa ary notes of the denominations of one dollar, ne fiftyftwo, two fifty, three and three fifty, o.' in order to enable the government to save its coin. and to facilitate the making of change . . i , ' MrfHillWgiafirom the JTdiciy Cofnl mittee, reported a bill fixing the salaries of the District Court judges of the Confederate States at $3,500. The bill was laid bn the table. ' The clerk announced a message from the House of Representatives embodyini? the fbllowlnsr reso lutions effered in that body p.l-' k-.v'j.4 ; Resolved, That this Congress have 1 earned wth feelings of deep joy and gratitude to the . Divine; Ruler of nations, the news of the recent glorious victory of our arms in Tennesseei - ;- - .;. Besolved, That the death of Gen. Albert Sid ney Job nston,the commander of our forces, while leading his troops to victory ,cannot but temper oiir exaltation with a shade Of sad n pes at the loss of so able, skillful and gallant an oflicer. . - : Besolved, That in respect to the memory of Gdn. J onn8ton, tne senate concurriiig, the Congress adjourn until 12 o'clock. to-morrow. ; ., '.- - J. Several members expressing doubts of ths aii- thehtidty of the report of Gen. Johnston's death the Senate, on accoun t of the uncertainty of the fact, failed to. act on the resolution at the timej. ' Jlr. Henry, of Ten n., offered a hill appropra-i ting $2,000,000 to belaid out as ihb President and Secretary of War may direct,fpr the erectiin of furnaces and rolling mills, and for repairing and enlarging foundries,&oupon which" the Sen ate 'went into secret session. - . s In the House, Mr. Wilcox, ; of Texas, intro duced the resolutions above printed in the Senate proceedings, relative to the death of Geu. John ston and the victory In Tennessee. r ' Eloquent and glowing tributes were pid to the memory :of the' deceased by 'Messrs. Foote, fof Tdnn., Moore, of Kentucky, and othera. - ' f Mr. Barksdale, of ' Mississippi spoke as: Al lows ; ' .4 ' ' -. '-.n' '"'-"" yi :' ' vf It was not my purpose to submit any remarks to this House on ,the resolutions I offered ri Sy the gentleman from Texas, ?fn testimony of fbe gratitude of Congress for the gallantry. display ed in the valley of -Tennessea by the 'Confederate forces, and of resDect for. the memory of the crreat and good man who was chief in eotnmand, and who is reported to have fallen while leading' Jm command, to victory. -J,. The highest duty which a people owe to the who givetheir lives to their cause is to " protect, unimpaired, their good name,' and to transmit it without blemish to succeeding geaerations.l! 1 r on, u iaa roenancooiy Haings- wnicn oat tats moment have reached us, be true. Gen. Johnston now reposes in his bloody grave, deaf alike toHhe voice of censure and the shout of applause. He fell where a true soldier most loves to ' fall4-he fell at the post of duty, an incarnation: of martial valor and , sublime heroism. ,His figure shines radiant amid the cloud, and tempest, and ; stjrm of the battle field. He fell at a critical . moment in his country's struggle, and : at a period When the tongue of calumny had-- been busy with j his name. But though - dead he speaks in his "pwn vindication from the field on which he fell fand has vindicated his title to the respect; admiration,' confidence and gratitude of his countrymen. lL i I bold in my hand an - unofficial letter, pro bably the last written by the lamented deceased to the Chief Executive of. the Confederacy! to whom he bad long been united i by the ties of friendshiparnd with whom ho had enlisted ajt an early day under. the flag of a government which together - they abandoned when it beosinef the symooi oi a monstrous aespoiisq. xnis letter has been given me lo pe usea as i mignt think pro per, for the vindication of recent acts of General Johnston, not fully understood by the public! - 1 . Will, j. tura Biui c, ,UJ - UQ i luuuigauvu vi wiw House, read this letter, that they may see the facts in the iignt py wmcn nis courso was shaped Previous and subsequent to the fall of Donelson.' 'hese facts triumphantly vindicate his fame las a true patriot and an,, able and : skillful military leader. This letter, written tinder most trains? circumstances, shows that no trace of passion was j visible in the awful severity of the pure,bravejun dauDted spirit in which it originated. ;. ' i UNOFFICIAL LETTE B OF GENERAL A; sT - JOHNSTON TO PRESIDENT DAVlk 1 DxcATtra, Ala., fMarch 18th, 186,2. My Dear General t I received the 'dispatches from Richmond with your private letter by Cap tain Wickliffe throe days since; but the pressure of affairs and the . necessity of getting my ; cpm mand across the Tennessee, prevented me f)rom sending you an earlier reply. ,y,-:,-K;';::K';irfi I anticipated all-thatrou have told me as tos the censure which r the fall of Fort Donelson ' drew upon me, and the attacks to which you misht be subiectea, out ii was lmpoasiaie ior mato gatner m 9 m . 9 ft 1 - ' - Lm ' . tne xacis ior aewieu repuxt, or so spare lime which was required to extricate the remainder . of my troops, and save the large accumulation i of stores and . provisions after . that disheartening disaster. . -P-' --i A I transmitted the reports jof Generals Floyd and Pillow without examining or analyzing the facts, and scarcely with time to read them. , i- :.y- j r When about . to assume command of this ' De partment, the government charged me with jthe rZJZlZr. r,;rrr' "r liro7wfJbi?nw tary but political ' consideration. At the time of my arrival at Nashville, the action of the Legis lature of Kentucky had put an end to the latter by sanctioning the formation of companies mepa cing Tennessee, by: asbuming the cause of the Government at Washington, and by abandoning the'neutralitv it orofessed and in conseauence of their action the occupation of Bowling Green be came necessary as an act of Self defence, at 'leas in the' first step.7,,1-'' ; ..:;'f.-Vr'--irX' fjf-ik About the middle of September Gen, Buckoer advanced with a small force of about 4,000 men, which was iucreased by the 15th October 1 to 12,000, and though accessions of force were Re ceived, it continued at about the same j strength until the end of .November, measles and other diseases keeping down the effective : force. t The ecemy's force then was reported to the War - De partment 50,000, and an advance was , impossi ble. vVp'--'r . Sene7ing it, to be of the greatest moment j to protract the campaign, as the dearth of. Cotton knight bring strength from abroad and discoursce it... T i - . . .. ! w" otui, ana w gain umo w airengtnea my- seu oy new t troops .from Tennessee and other j States, I magnified my forces to the nemy, but I make known my true strength to the Department ' and the Governors of States. The aid given was j I smalLvAt 1nrth w Jar (hmJ. Tteanrerard eama the out In "February, he expressed his surprise- al the - i smauness oi my jorce - ana was impressea witn I sent me memorandum of our con&reoce, a copy toycu.- I -determined to flghl forjnasuvme at uoneiaou, anq gave me oest pan my army to do it, retaining only 14,000 men to cover my front, ; and giving 16,000 W" defend Honelsoor ;-, ' H,C 't: .Tf: ' Tlie force at Donelson Is stated in Gen. PUlow's report st much less, and I do not doubt the cor rectness of bis statement, for the force at Bowhag Green, which I -supposed to bei 14,000 effective men, (the medieal - report showing only S" little over SOQ sick in : the hospital,) was diminished more man- o,ooo - by tnuso wno were unaoie to stand the tatigue of ai march, and made my force, on reaching Nash ville, less thaa'10,000 . men. X enclose Medical Director'! SeporW : .. ;, v , ; : ' llad 1 wholly " uneovered my front to . defend Donelson, Buell would have known It, and march ed directly on Nashville. There' were only ten small steamers in the Cumberland, in . Imnerfect coudition--only three of , which were "available at JNashville, while the transportation of the ene my was jjrest The evacuation of Bowling Green was imperative - ly neceBsary,and waa ordered before,and executed while the battle was being fought at Donelson. . I had made every disposition for the defence of the Fort my means allowed ; and the troops were among; the best of my force. The Generala, Floyd, Pillow and Bucktter.- were bieh in the opinion of pQcers aad men for skill and courage,' ana among the best officers of my comma nd. iney were popular , with the Volunteers, and;, all had seen much service. 'Ho reinforcements were asked. I awaited the event dnrjosite Nashville. 4ne result oi tnecoaiuct each day was favorable. At midnight on the 1 15th, I received news of a glorious victory at dawn of a defeat. -. juy column aunng tne cay ana night was thrown over the river (a battery had been estab- iisueu uHiow tag cuy to secure uie passage. ) a asn ville was ihcaoable of defence from ita rxsition. and from the- forces advancing from Bowling Green and up the Cumberland. A rear guard was left under Gen. Floyd to secure the stores and provisions, but did not completely effect , the ob ject. The people were terrified, and some of the' troops were disheartened. - The discouragement Was spreading-, and I ordered : the command . to Murfreesboro', where J managed, by assembling elaon, to collect an army able to offer battle. The weather was inclement, the floods" excessive and the bridges were washed away, but most of the stores and provisions were; saved, and - con-; veyed to new depots. ; This having been accom nlished: though with serious loasi - in -fionformltv with mj original design, I inarched Southward! and Crossed the Tennessee at this point, so : as to co-oporate or unite with, Gen. Beauregard, ior the defence of the Valley of the Mississippt: -' The passage is almost completed, and the head of my column is already with General Brass at - Oor- intb. " The movement was deemed too hazardous by the most exDarienced members of mv : staff. I but the object warranted the risk. ; The difficulty of aflecting a junction Is not wholly overcome, but it approaches . completion. . Day afterto morrow, unless the -'.enemy intercepts ; me, iny frce will be with Bragg,-and my: army nearly t ihowand Btrong. This must H'destroy ed before the enemi can attain. his pft. ; . ; I have given this sketch so ' lhat you may ap? preciate the embarrassment which surrounded me m my attempts to avert or remedy the disaster of Fort Donelson, before alluding: to the- conduct of the Generals. - . ?. '.;'r ' When the force was detached, J. was In hopes that such disposition would have been made as would have enabled the forces to defond the Fort, or withdraw without sacrificing: the army. . On the 14th, I ordered General Floyd by telegraph if he. lost the Fort to get his troops to Nashville.'? It is possible this -might have been "done, but jus tice requires to look at events as they appeared at the time, and not alone by the light of subse quent Information. All the facts in relation to the surrender will be transmitred to the, Secrets ry of War, as soon as they cac.be collected, In obedience to his order. ' It appears from the in formation received, that General. Bucknerrbeing the janoir officer." took the lead in iadvismg - the surrenderand that Gen. Floyd acquiesced , and they all concurred in the belief that their - force could hot maintain its position U1 concur fed that it would require a great sacrifice of life to ex tricate the command. Buosequent events Show that the investment was not so complete as ; their information from their scouts led them to believe; The conference resulted m the 'surrender. The command wis irregularly transferred, and" jde- volved on the junior General, hut net apparently to avoid any, just responsibility, - or from any want of personal or moral intrepidity; . -The blow was most disastrious, and almost without a reme dy- I, therefere, in my ' first . report, remained silent, - This silence you were kind enoujrh to at tribute to my generosity. .' I will not" lay claim to-the motive to excuse my course. I observed silence, a it seemed to De the best way to serve the cause and the country.- The facts were not fully known discontent pre vailed and criticism of condemnation, were more likely to augment than to cure the evil. I refrained, well knowing that heavy censures would fall upon! me, but con vinced that it was better to endure them for the fresent anddefer to a more propitious time, an nvestigation of the conduct of the Generals, for, in the meantime, their services were j required and their influence useful. .For these reasons, Gene-; rala Floyd and Pillow were assigned! to duty, for I still felt confidence in their gallantly their en ergy.and their devplion to the Confederacy. I hae thus recurred to the 5 motives by - which I have been governed, from a deep personal sense of the friendship and confidence you have always shown me, and from the conviction ' that 'they have riot been withdrawn from me in adversity.; M! All the reports requisite for a full official inves tigation have been ordered. Generals Floyd and Pillow have been suspended from command.' -. f Here follow some allusions not necessary to an understanding of the main objects of the letter, and a statement of the disposition of the forces in .eomman - which it is not deemed necessary to PLMish. The letter closes as follows; n fi , I have troubled you .with '; these details as . I cannot properly communicate them t by tele- errarh. . ' K:'-;:'i'..i-S:f-i.5''-:. ". ' 2 The test of merit in my profession with he people, is success. It is a. hard rule, but I .think it right. If I join this corps to the forces of Gen; Beauregard (1 coniess a nazaroous experiment,) men vnoee wno are now aeciaiming against me will be without an .aiumt.tf:r.''-x.i i t;:f -:.-.,.v-"; -."r;-.-v- 00r. friend, t; f '- I t "-s; s .;is f: A B: JororsTow..1-: After the reading ol the letter,' the Senate hav ing failed to consider the joint resolutions, Mr. Sniithioffered the ; fbllowingV whichwas adopted; r ! ";"i: i"i2cspfoerf,: That this HouseyJfromv I respect to the memory of General A. Sidney Johnston, and the officers and men who have fallen in the great and glorious victory .over our "ruthless invaders, do now adjourn." u' -kir i t x; " TM'House then riltidtwsi f Bx)th Houses of Congress on Tuesday " adopted the followmg ioldUonsv'w - EeSotixd by the Congreis of the ' Confederate States of America, That Congress have learned with gratitude to the Divine Ruler of nations, the intelligence of the repent complete and .brilliant victory which baa beea gained by the . command of Gen.' A.B. Johnston, over the Federal i forces in Tennessee, on the battle field of Shiloh.; ;. ' Hesolvcdi That the thanks of Con great are here-. by 'tendered to Gen. Gustavo T. Beauregard and the other surviving ofSccrs and privates of that ' army for the: signal exhibition of skill and gal lantry displayed by them on that memorable oc casion; and all who contributed to that, signal triumph, ia the Judgment of Congress, jire enti tled to the gratitude of their country.:-' rv -Rusolvtd, That the Intelligence of the 'death of ' Gen. lAJbert Sidney Johnston, Commander-la Chief, whes leading the .Confederate forces to victory on the 6th of April, ia'Tonoeasee, while It affects OoiiPTeaa witu orofoond sorrow: at v the same time obscures our ioy-wiih a shads of aedf nest at the loss of an oCcer so able, akillful.. and gallahL - ' t;- i'- Kesotved, : That iht. roregoiojfrTcsoiuuons 09 made known, by. appropriate general - ordort by the Generals In command, to the oOcers and , troops to whom they are addressed, and that they .1 also be communicated to the family or uenerai Johuston'V-fv'-f'": j -:t MESSAGB FBOM PBESIDENT t DAVlk: President Davis on Tuesday last . sent In to 1 Congress i$he fallowlSg touching! appropriatt f messasre on the creat victory In Tennessee. The message is, a document mat floes nooor to we head that conceived aad the heart that prompted To iht.StiuiU and Uou& bf Jlepruentattvei of (As Confederal State of Amervoaj '.- '. V ' ' The great importance of the newt Just received front Tennessee induces me to depart from eatab- lished usage, and to make to you thU communica- I v"11 "vwoeo ouicia rvpurw. From telegraphic dispatches received from offi cial sources, I am able to . announce to you," with entire confidence, that it .has plsased Almighty : God to crown the Confederate arms with a glorious and decisive. victory over our in- vaders. .-irA .-'J J ' - --Zr- - On the morning of the'6th instant IBs eonvere-. ing columns of bur army were combined by its Commander in Chief, General A. 8. Jobntten, in an assault on the Federal army, - then encamped near Pittsburg, on the Tennjessee rirer.) After a hard fbucht battle of ten hours, the enemy was driven in disorder from, bis position and pursued to the Tennessee river, where, under cover or ; hia eunboats.. he was. at the last accounts, en deavoring to effect his retreat by aid of his trans ports. v f . ,.-- : . Tho details of ftfs'great battle ere yet too few and incomplete loanable me' to dUtinguUh with , merited praise all of those who may have consplc ' nously earned the, fight to such distinction ; and 1 prefer to delay my own gratification ,tn reoom mendlns them to your special notice, rather than incur the risk of woanding the feelings of any by falling to include them in th& list. Where such a victory has been won, over troops as numerous, ; as well disciplined, armed, and appointed as those Which havs lost been so signally routed, wo may. well oorclude that one common spirit of unflioch- leg bravery Sad devotion to our country's cause must have animated every breast, from . that or the. Commanding General to that of the humblest patriot whoservea in the ranks. ' ' . j " ; j There is 'enough in the continued preseoee of invaders on our soil to chasten our exultation over this' briliantf success, and to remind I us of. the grave duty jpf. continued exertion , until we shall extort from is proud and vaingloriOBS ensmy the reluctant acknowlodgmaht of our right to self. government But an all-wise Creator nas been ? pleased, whQe vouchsafing to ' us. ' Hia .coonte- nsnfiA in hnftlft in offlit. nit with k aAvnrfll dlitnan-! sation, to which wet must bow in humble jsnbmls-i, sion. The last lineerln hope has disappeared, ' and it is but too true that General Albert Sidney J ohnstoa k no mdreTv The tale of his death is simply narrated in a dispatch lust received from uoionei wiaiam x reeton. '. in tne uxouowine words; i .j '...;w . l: . "General Johnston fell yesterday, at half-part two o'clock, while I leading a successsfai I charge, ttrrning the enemy's right and gaining a' brilliant , Victory A'Miniei bailcut tho artery of his leg, ( but he rode on 4i!l from, loss of blood he fell ex- haosted, and died without pain in a few moments. , His body has been' intrusted to me by General Beauregard, to be taken to New Orleans and remain until i directions , are j received from his famUy.?t: '-'"V ". ' . 1 Mf long and close friendship with thisj demur ' ted chieftain and patriot, forbid me to trust- my self in giving vent to the feelings which this - sad intelligence has evokod.l ". Without doing! tnjas tice to the living, itmay safely be asserted that our loss is irreparable, and that among the shin ing hosts 'of the groat and the good who now cluster around the banner of our country, . thsra exists no pureV spirit, no more heroic soul, than that of the Illustrious man whose death I loin you ' in lamenting. ". .; ".(' In his death he has Illustrated the character for which through life he was :. contpieuous -that : of singleness of purpose and devotion to duty. With his whole enereies bent on attaining th Victory which he deemed essential to his country's cause, -ue roue on to tne accompllsnmont of his object, forgetful of, self whQe his very life-blood : ' was us eooing away, his last breath cheered his comrades to victory. The last sound he beard : was their shout of triumph. His last thought ' was his ! country's, and lone aad deoolr will bis country mourn hhflosw;-;. &':-Mr:'.'i-V:;:-u 'I't JaTVxaaowDxvia.'' The Tboublxs ix rat riscoraL Cnsracxi. A despatch to a New York paper, dated Wash- V ington, Msrch '30, v sayl ; The majority ! of the "Vestry of Trinity Episcopal Church having es-' sayed to depose their pastor fojr' cen-compllance ' with the order.cf Bishop Wlttingham to read the '' prayer prescribed by him for the late Union suc cesses, the minister denies their authority to act, v and has given them formal notice that be will submit the question to the membership. ' He offi- ; dated In that church to-day. . ' ; t xne unurch of the Asceoslon, , the; rector of which also omitted the same grayer, was ' closed Is : to-day ; not, however; primarily on' that account, ! but as a r 1 " V ' wr ay vvwwwvts DMUff ojieiaS mmJWS wnicn might result in a disturbance of the peace. su&ru is in attenoance on tne premises. ,. The Maryland employees in the Norfolk 17 vy Yard have organized themselves into a military company, for ioca defence, called the i "Franklin Buchanan Qtux&.uili . H j " : .'' ,.;. .;. ' .y--: v.yvf Foa th -BioisTiiu 1 ", XnnoS fta, jsx;-f. Ma. Eorroarpermlt' me, through tho oolamns of tho ."Register," to return to tho eiuseus of E Las ton, . ottr grateful thanks for their kindness aad hotpfcallty to tho members of Co. F. (Capt. Uickerman,) S7th Cog. N. C. Troops. They did all that a generous aad pat riotie people could do throwing open their houses aad .welcoming us to their "good cheer," which, mea suf-' roring from a oafeav aaow so won now to appreciate. . Alio, in the name Of tbo Company, I would return ; out thanks for a largo box of clothing ' presented by friends la tho neighborhood of James Ouaa'sy 1 Ukas -County, N. Q. 8ch acts as these speak, eloqueatly ; to a soldier's hearL aad aerv hia to endure, wltaoul a murmur, all the priratioas which, saoa, Sgatiag for " tho fright of aaoa, aut uffer. . ---. - U xkr: f-.t k '$:. Lraor. P. LCIAM, f. ,! '.'!tt,. I'W-r..,-' Co. F. SXth Kogi. v.. 1V r:-
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