Evansville Daily Journal, Volume 14, Number 124, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 21 February 1862 — Page 2

. XplTOm ..As001TX KMTOm FRIDAY. MOBSlSa.., .....FKBRUART 21 "He SUr Spangled Banner In Trlomph yet " O w the land of ttie Free ml the home of the Breve," -- - TAKD NQJICK, EVERYBODY If you Lave anything to sell, . . If you want to boy anything. ' ,1 If you want to rest a House, - - If yon want Boarders, V-v' If yon bavo lost anything, . ., - If you have found anything, " ! TEIl4 TIS THOUSAND PF.OPLK BT ADVKE- - TISTNQ IN THE - EVANSVILLE JOURNAL. Ail wanta supplied, by advertising In the SUBSCRIPTION PRICK FOB DAILY : Delivered In tbe City, per week .......80 10 By mail or in the City, per year (in advance) 6 00 tun t.a.L,r : By mail per year, single subscriber. ........ ......fl 60 gy clnb of five (to one address) 6 00 ADTE RTISING. For Terras see first page, tabular form. ' ' 1 AGENTS: The following gentlemen are our anthortzed Agents In the places named - - ,-,; Dr. Balston, Boonville, Warrick Co. 1 ' John M. Lockwood, Wt. Vernon, Posey Co. John B. DaughertyBockport, Spencer Co. James L. Thornton, Princeton, Gibson Co. -. "r -- John B. Bandy, Kewburg, Warrick Co. - -- Dr. Murphy, Hew Harmony, Posey Co. A. B Wilkinson, Cynthiana. Pteet on Taibott, Poeeyville, Posey Co. ' H. B. Cnsten, Petereborg, Pike Co; i Mark Grant, Canal P. O., Warrick Oo. e. Pa Cavanab, Cwensville, Gibson Oo. ' ' Tbe formal inauguration of Jeff Davia aj President of the Southern Confed"eracy for the next six years, will take place in Richmond to-morrow. What a "gay and festive " occasion it will be I How Drigtu are me nopes ot tne newiy neagea Government! With about 20,000 of their ' WiuiKra in i mi iiiki -: w 11.11 .111111m nr(. iuisuu&d i ,i : r ru o n L .. , , J , , Island, Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, .and 11 Price's Capture to brood over ; with 60,000 enthusiastic Yankees en route for Nashville, ' CnT n m Tl T 1 n I T? nTO 1 1 n r Hraan .Vdjinaliul. Bnrnside threatening Norfolk, Sherman int vading Savannah, and Charleston, and But ler laying siege to New Orleans, the rebel "cause must look desperate even to the in fatuated traitors at Richmond. Like successive thunderbolts, the news of the past ten days has fallen on the ears of the affright d chiefs "at Richmond. They see that these events are decisive, and that to their armies, now broken and diatiAArtaned " by successive defeats, nothing remains, un lei it be desultory struggles here and there, in a cause most clearly r hopeless. The inauguration to-morrow will be rather an occasion of funereal solemnity, than a great puouc noiiijav ana lestivai. wnai words of .' cheer or - encouragement could pronounce, by way of inaugural address, to such a crowd as would be gathered in capitol square at Richmond ? . The day i? not far distant when Jeff. Day 13 will bid farewell to the scenes of bis brief Presidential career, and seek safety in flight. Like the Provisional Government of Kentucky, the Southern Confederacy will .disappear before the advance of the armies of the IiBputolic, and the guilty leaders of the rebellion will, flee from their impending rnin. . . ' . ,' The Traitor Tllghraan. Gen. Tilghman, the former commander at Fort Henry, has been removed from Paducah to the Alton Penitentiary, where he will have an ample opportunity of reflecting upon the folly of bis past course. The secesh of Paducah were inclined to 1 onize the rebel prisoner, and were actually taking up a subscription to buy Tilghman a rebel uui form. The ladies of Southern proclivities, were unremitting in their attentions to the fallen hero, and Gen. Paine was obliged to announce his determination to arrest Tilgh man's admirers before the thing could be stopped. These facts coming to the ears of Geo. Halleck, he forthwith ordered General Tilghman Northward, where it 13 hoped he will be surrounded by loyal influences. This scoundrel Tilghman, who robbed the Union men of the First District of Ken tricky, of their cannon and small arms, and who, next to Buckner, is responsible for the inrasion of Kentucky by rebel troops, pots on a number of airs since his capture. Al though treated with the utmost kindness by ' Gen. Grant, his insolence to the Union sol - MnuiE. At- few tiar will doubtless cool his Southern blood and prepare him for the ignominious death which awaits him. Tilghman and Buckner cannot escape the gallows, and they might as well make up their minds for the event. Hanging is too rood for them, but this is the best we can do under the circumstances. . ISP A gentleman who bad frequent con versations with the rebel prisoners captured atJFort Donelson, inform us that numbers of them expressed great sorrow at the course tbey had taken, and a vowed, a determination if ever they were permitted to return home never again to be found in. arias against their government. When asked what they were fighting for, many of them acknowledged it was not on account of tba negroes, for they didn't own a slave in the world. Tbey charged their sufferings and present condition upon tbe political leaders, who had deluded them with false stories and made them " believe a lie." ' - - : Wo regret to say some of our regular ' army officers manifest a disposition to place these poor mistaken men in close confinement, while" the infamous and traitorous authors of their calamities are suffered to run at Iarga oa parole.

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tK$ We are informed that Judge E. KWilliams, of Mayfield, i3 a1 candidate for Judge of the Appellate Court, for the 4th Judicial restrict f Ken tucky.-,.Thi4, District is a large one, and has hitherto been considered very disloyal. The people of that section caq do much f 6" remove Ibis stigma upon their patriotism by-electing Judge Williams by a rousing majority. The election comes off the first Monday in August next. Judge Williams has made many sacrifices in his adherence to the cause of the Union, and we shall be glad to learn

that his old friends and neighbors appreciate his integrity. . , - - , - sj ; JIcCLKttAN'a Staff. It appears that Gen. McClellan has forty-fire officers on his staff, not counting those attached to other Generals.r Sir Colin Campbell, who com' manded the British army in India, during the Sepoy rebellion, is said to have had on ly three such aids : Wellington, at Water loo, bad but seven ; and Marshal .. Magurn commanding a quarter of a million of men at Paris, has only two. ' i -1 VJ IS?" We have carefully refrained from noticing the movement of troops near this city for a week past. The public mind is rery much exercised as to the stragetic movements of Gen. Buell. Divisions and brieradea pass up and down the river in a very mysterious manner, and the indica tions are that tbe vast army now afloat on the Ohio is 'roving about seeking whom it may devour. - Where the unnumbered regi menta come from, or whither they are coins; is past finding out. - The rebels will doubtless find out in due time'' ' Thb 25th Rkqiment. We were - led to believe that all the members ot tnis regi ment had escaped unhurt, but subsequent advises state that sixteen have been killed and sixty wounded. These figures may not be correct, and we hope to be able to state in a few days that the I033 is not so great. It is. gratifying to the. friends of this "regiment to know that both officers and men acted with tbe most determined bravery, charging the enemy with the bay onet and driving - them to their intrench ments. It is stated that twenty-five of the wounded of the 25th are in the hospital at Mound City.. : . , was" The mortar Meet will soon be in readiness to move liom Cairo. If Colum bus is evacuated, the next poiut of interest will be- Randolph, where Gen! Pillow's en gineerlng pkill "h is been 1 developed in the throwing in.-l tortificat:on3. - Russell, of the Loiidou 4Tiia?,' said of this ' fort, that the guns were placed in eucii a position as fo be as dangerous to the Col federates as the Federals. - Whether this u true or not. tbe fort will speedily" be "reduced by the 230-pound shells of the mortar boats. - 1 "liYom the Mianourl Democrat, Storming cf Fort Donelson ISTERKST1SU PARTICULARS. - i . THURSDAY S OPERATIONS. . ' Thursday opened as clear and serene ns the day before it. Upon the first coming of the dawn our skirmishers had descended into the valley, and our artillery, posted on the hills, had opened an experimental fire, which being occasionally returned by the enemy, gave us some information in regard to the position of their batteries. The night before we were in possession of but little information in regard to the character of their fortifications, and although it was generally supposed we were in front of some rather formidabfe works, . do not think even our Generals were prepared for the disclosures ' which the operations of the morning had made known to them. 'Instead of an outer work to temporarily impede our approach, it was soon ascertained that we were directly in front of the rear of the fortification oi'tlie fort itself. These works beginnning on the Cumberland, at the southerly side of Dover, and the main fort, ran around on the high lop of the high ridges before us to the head of the back Water on . the north, here and there with bastion works of formidable character, and at all points with formidable batteries sweeping the more available approaches. These ridges vary from one hundred and fifty to three hundred feet in height, and 'are covered with the most dense timoer and nndergrowth, concealing, in a great measure, tbe character of tbe enemy's defences. The few balls which they were induced to occasionally favor us with, afforded, for tbe most part, our only "clew as ta the caliber of their guns. ' During the night previous, Gen. Oglesby, in advancing along the ridge running towards the river aboVe the fort, and which . tbnned our right wing, suddenly came upon a battery sweeping the road upon which be was advancing. Tbe enemy, either not aware at the time of the vicicity of the force, or wishing it to advance still further, refrained from openidg, and the Generatf rermij tnym rug "Worse man a had scare. If the battery had given them the contents of their gnas, the fire must have decimated the entire brigade. Some few guns were discharged by our men in the confusion of tbe moment, and the horse of a certain chapIain became frightened and began a flight which bid fair to land the non-combatant plump over the batteries. A few agonizing ichoas and still more emphatic pulls, however, checked, the rebellious tendeucies of the beast, , and the parson, I noticed, eschewed horses ever after. . . j This morning Gen.O.'s brigade forced the enemy from this positiou, and subsequently from another, advanced the right wing still farther towards the river. A subsequent movement completed the lines of circumvallation nearly to the river itself, and gave us ' a position rendering toe arrival of any more re-enforcements from Nashville barely probThe operations of the day " partook largely of the character of a series of reconuoissances.' The artillery posted on-the hill would send a ball across the valley on an inquiring errand, and in turn would cet a solid ball or shell, which, lodging in, close proximity to our artillerists, would be hunt ed up and examined, and inferences drawn as to the character of the batteries pitied agaiast them. This practice resulted in no casualties oa our side of importance, anil revealed a good deal of information in re gard to tbe position of their redoubts. The severest casualty of tbe morning was in tbe Seventh Illinois. Ia advancing down a road, on a ridge connecting the two hills on

which the opposing forces were drawn upj

a Daiw ry 01 three guns, from the hill above, opened suddenly with grape and" cannister. r ui tuuaieiy me battery had Deen aiacovered a moment before, and the men had, to a great extent, availed themselves -of the protection of the neighboring ' trees, before the storm of iron hail was fairly upon thenv Your correspondent -who - was advancing with the rest, has a very friendly recollec tion ot a huge oak; but for' whose protecting shelter the readers of The Democrat would probably have suffered the small loss of the imperfect narrative of subsequent scenes. Capt. Menkle. and man v a brave fellow of theSeventh, dropped to the ground beneath this fire ; but ths regiment bravely advanced, scattered the skirmishers of the enemy lyiDg in the valley, and maintained position iney were sent 10 occupy. OPERATION OF BIUGE'S SBARPSH00TEB3. In - the meantime Birge's sharpshooters were doing good execution both to the right and . left of . the position. In squads of skirmishers they crawled up the ravines of the ridge on which ,the batteries and rifle pits of the enemy were located, and lyine concealed behind stumps and logsr' Woe to the unwary rebel who dared to show his head above the intrenchments. The continual crack of the Dimick rifle could be heard from these ravines all day, and at la3t became a perfect terror to the enemy. Lying in this position these men for half a day completely silenced the battery which covered tbe road over which the Seventh bad advanced ia the morning. In vain attempt after attempt was made to man the gruna, but hardly had the gunners grasped their swaps ere a score of bullets would drop them in their tracks. The enemy were not without their sharpshooters, too, who, would in turn attempt a response, but so vigilant were the Birges, that but few of their bullets did much barm. I have beard of but eight or ten casualties in the entire regiment. - ' Thus passed Thursday morning. Gen. McClernand gradual closing in towards the river, on the right, and Gen. Smith slowly and surely completing his line of circumvallation on tbe left. !. fTQBMING THB ENEMY'S REDOUBT ON THE RIGHT. In the afternoon Gen. McClernand determined to make a formidable assault of a redoubt of the enemy, fronting about the centre of his right wing. The redoubt was about the only one which could be distinctly seen by ns, owing to the timber and undergrowth... At this point the ground was for tha most part void of large timber, tbe barren extending even beyond the road on the ridge over which onr troops passed. Tbe batteries of this redoubt had got a very perfect range bere, and gave our troops considerable uneasiness, by. blazing away at them whenever they passed over the brow of the bill. Three regiments were detailed for the work the 43th, 17th and 49th Illinois. They advanced in line of battle order, the 49th, Col. Morrison, on the right, the 17th, under com mad of Major Smith, (both Colonel and Lieutenant-Colonel being absent,) iu the centre, and the 48th, CoU Haney, on tbe left. Col. Morrison, as senior Colonel, led the attack. The advance was a most beautiful one. - ' -' With skirmishers advanced in front, the three regiments swept down the hillover a knolr, down a ravine, and up the high hill on wnicn tne reaouot was situated, some 2 RO or 300 feet in height, covered with brush and stumps, and all the time receiv ing a gralung fare of grape, shell and musket ry, wiiu a precision wmcn woum iiaveuone them credit on the parade ground. The breastworks were nearly reached when Col. mm 1 isuii, huu hob iiiiauiij- leauiijg uu his men, was struck by a musket ball. The Captain of the company on his right also fell, ami tue forty-ninth tell into some confusion, but unappalled the Seventeeth still gnllanlly pressed forward and pene trated even to the very foot of the works. Bat it was not in the power of man to scale the abattis before them. Brush piled upon brush, with sharp points fronting them everywhere, met them wherever they turned, and so, after a few interchanges of musketry with the swarming regiments which Lad been concentrated here, the order for retiring was given. It was done in good order, by filing off to the left and obliquing into the wooiid below ; but many a- gallant soldier was ieit beuma underneatii the intrenchments they - had vainly sought to mount. They were not, however, destine to le unavenged, bcarcely had our retiring colnrnus got out of range, ere Tay lor's Chicago Battery opened on the swarming rebel masses with shell and shrapnell with fearful effect. Every gun was aimed by the Captain himself, and every one ot them did honor to his marksmanship. V i -A SORTIE ON THB LEFT. -J" About the same time that these stirring scenes were being enacted on our right wing, ihe enemy made a formidable sortie on our left. Tbe Twenty-Bftb Indiana, one ol tbe regiments ot Uen. Smith s division having at one time during the course of the day got into an exposed position, tbe enemy promptly availed themselves of the opportunity afforded them, and made most formidable sortie from their entrench ments. Although taken at a disadvantage, the Twenty-fifth met the advancing forces bravely and, although . suffering severely, witn tne aid ot otner regiments which promptly proceeded to their assistance, drove tnem bactc to tbeir biding places. The lesson seemed to have been most salu tary. Xo farther sorties were made in this direction. ' 1 ' THE FLEET. " " : Dnrlnc the. rtax Jnurb.a'B6;3fti&aT"fl.fiil It was therefore with no little gratification that information was at last received about noon on Thursday that the avant courier of the fleet, the Carondelet, Lieut. Walker, had arrived below the fort. Ia tbe afternoon the report of her guns was received with cheer upon cheer bycthe troops encircling ine ueieagueieu ion Lieut. Walker's operations this afternoon although partaking more of the nature of a reconnoissance, was considered by the rebel officers, as I have since ascertained, as one ot me most lorniiaauie attacks tbey had to encounter. -Hidden behind a jutting prom ontdry of the river bank, the Carondelet it self secure from the heavier shots of the Columbians of the fort, hurled shell upon shell into the water batteries of the fortifications. Tbe commander of these batteries baa recently informed me that the fire of the Carj .- " Jelet did more actual damage to bis guns . k1 1 1. .. u 1 1 ..... " unu mo ucnvjr oomtffirumen t following, the ucceeding day. THURSOAY NIHT. , The night of Thursday will long be remembered by the troops of the command surrounding Donelson. , The weather which for the two previous days, had been so mild and genial, towards the close of the afternoon beciine chilly and lowering. About six o'clock a heavy rain set in. During the warmth of the day beiore, when momentarily expecting to mt-et the enemy, whole regiments had cast aside their overcoats and blankets, and without tents, and, in the great majority of cases, occupying positions rendering a fire a sure mark for the enemy's 1 batteries, and with nothing to eat but cold

11 mum 1 1 am m i' in mn --z2iMirwnwyit rations, their condition was deplorable indeed. 1 f . ; .. s s To add to their discomfort, when thoroughly saturated with rain, a pelting enow storm set in continuing all night. As can be imagined, with an enemy in front, continually annoying and annoyed, but little

sleep was indulged in. The only demon stration 'of importance, on the part of tne rebels, during the night, was a formidable attempt on the right wing to obtain Taylor's battery. The Twentieth Illinois, lyingin the woods below it, however, after a brisk skirmish in the - midnight darkbess, sent the intruders to their fortifications again. FRIDAY. Tbe weather of Friday was ia striking contrast to that of the morning previous. The ground was covered with snow to the depth of a couple of inches, and a breeze that would have done honor to the Artic regions, swept across the desolate rhh.'npon which our army was lying. The inhabitants of the country roundaliont averred that they had rarely, experienced so severe a day. Still was onr force on the outer edge of the formidable works, that wander where one might, he was sure to find rising up before him. The entrance to these works wa3 still to be gained the location even of the door was still to be found. I must admit, that riding along our lines on Friday again, and witnessing the formidable field works of the enemy (between five and six miles in extent) which reared themselves'every where to the front of U3, I feared that the task of reducing them would be at tbe best a matter ot con siderable time. But, cold and hungry, and with garments stiff with frost, tbe soldiers were still hopeful and firm. I did not find a single discouraged man, or one, if he were so, that would admit it. Tbe univer sal sentiment was, as bluff Colonel Oglesby expressed t, " We came here to take that fort, aud we will take it," and it is this self same spirit of dogged determination, and steady, long enduring courage, peculiar to the Anglo-Saxon of the North, that at la3t outwore the perhaps more impetuous bravery of the opposing force. Nothing of'especial note transpired along the line3 on Friday. The sharpshooters, notwithstanding the cold, ensconced "themselves in their old positions on the hillsides, and were as great a terror as ever to the gunners of the batteries above them. Cavender, .Taylor, Woods (of McAli3ter's battery), Dresser and Swartz would occasionally exchange a valentine, as they were playfully called, but there were no such bloody affairs as had characterized the operations of the day previous. The batteries, too, had got tbe range of one another's positions so accurately, that I imag ine both parties bad preferred, in absence of any positive orders to the contrary, to linger beside the camp fire just out of range of the other's guns, than to indulge in idle badinage. , t saturda v. t Saturday, which was destined to witness be grand denouement of the tragedies which had a scene about Donelson, was cold, damp and cheerless. Our troops, however, had but little time to cogitate upon the weather or any other subject, ere they were called npon to attend to more serious matters.--The enemy, during the night, had transferred several of their batteries to portions of tbe works, within a few hundred feet of which our extreme right wing was resting. Upon the first coming of dawnj these batteries suddenly opened on the Ninth, Eighteenth, Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth and Thirtyfirst regiments, comprising Oglesby's brig...ai, ..iiij ttiiis Ti.rt-r dkvj iinraiur. in mil! Liineously with th" opening of the batteries, a force of about 1 -, 000 infantry and a regiment of cavalry, was hurled against the Brigade with a vigor which, made against less steady and well disciplined troops, must surely have resulted in their entire demoli- : tion. v - : '- Sudden and unexpected as was this sally on the part of tha enemy, it did not find tbe gallant Illinoisans unprepared to meet them. The attack was made in columns of regiments, which poured in upon the little band from no less than three different directions.' Every regiment of the brigade found itself opposed to three, and in many cases to no less than.b?r different regiments. Undismayed, however, by the greatly superior forces of the enemy, and unsupported by adequate artillery, the brigade not only held their own, but upon two occasion actually drove the rebels fairly into their entrenchments, but only to be pressed back again into their former position, until at last having expended every round of their ammunition, they were obliged to retire and give way to the advancing regiments of Col. W. H. L." Wallace's brigade of the Eleventh, Twentieth, Seventeenth, Fortyfifth, Forty-eighth Illinois, and Forty-ninth Indiana regiments. Here again was the battle continued with redoubted vigor, novv one side, and now another giving way.- Our troops fought with the coolness of veterans and the desperation of devils. : I would not diminish tbe gallantry of our own troops by saying that the enemy did not fight bravely and well. Tbey did both. An exact statement of the varying fortunes of the field for the three or four hours following the first attack, it is impossible at present to definitely present. Suffice it to say, our troops foug h tt and not only fought, and fought courageously, but fought coolly and scientifically. In the thickest of tbe fight, where officers bad to remove tbe dead bodies of their men out of the way of the backward wheels, regiments coolly performed maneuvers which Scottiohi9 tactics pronounced impossible tj The battle, for the most part, was fought in a forest, with a thick nndergrowth beneath, and regiments acted mostly on tbe principle of bitting a bead wherever it could be found. Swarming on all sides of them, they were not at a loss to find tbem. Cue regiment was only driven from belre them when another sprung up to take its place, and there ia hardly a regiment of the force engaged but was opposed to triple its numbers. Thus went the tide of battle for five hours now gaining a little, but upou the whole obliged to retire. Officers and men dropped upon all sides. Field officers wera borne killed and wounded from tbe field, and their next in command coolly took their place and continued tke fight. Lieut.Col. White of the 31st, Lieut.-Col. Smith of the 43th, Lieut.-Col. Irvin of the 20th and Major . Post of the din Illinois, and scores ot company otlicers were killed, gallantly leading on their men. Cols. Logan, Lawler and Hansom were wounded, bnt yet firm in their determina tion never to yield. And still with unyielding courage the gallant Illinoisians and Indianians would not acknowledge themselves vanquished. When tbe last cartridge bad been expended and orders were given to retire for other regiments to take their place, soldiers, grini With smoke and powder, would angrily inqatre.ir what, and beg to be allowed to use the bayonet. But it was not in the power of mortal men, occupy ing tbe position ours did, and exposed to such raking artillery fire as tbe enemy subjected tbem to, to maintain their ground against the over

whelming force which the rebels continued to push against them. . ; j , Oglesby's, W. H. L. Wallace's, and MoArthur's brigades were successivelj obliged to retire; a portion of Swartz's and McAllister's batteries had been lost and gained, and lost again, and it was not until the advancing enemy had reached Craft's brigade, and Taylor's and Willard's batteries could be brought into action, that we were able to stem the tide. These two batteries outdid 1 themselves. Grape, cannister and shrapnell, and an uninterrupted musketry fire from the First Nebraska, Forty-eighth and Fifty-eighth Ohio, proved too much for the so far victorious foe, and they at last were oblij,jd to retire, r By this time it was noon. Gen. Graat bad just returned from the landing, where he had a conf erence with Commodore Foote. That officer had informed the General that it was impossible for him to put bis gun- ) jnt3 in a condition to make another attack for several days at least. Notwithstanding this, upon being informed of tbe severe repulse our troops had met with in the morning, he saw that some immediate action on our part was necessary to retrieve the day. .-. He immediately gave order to bis Gener

als of divisions to prepare for an immediate and general attack along the entire lines. The regiments which had suffered most se verely iu the morning, were withdrawn Gen. Lew. Wallace was given a division composed of two regiments of his own bri gade (the Eighth Missouri and Eleventh In diana,) and several other regiments, whose loss in the action of tbe morning bad been but slight, and was given the job of clearing tbe ground we had lost in tbe morning, while General Smith, commanding the left, received orders to storm the . works nnder wbich his division was lying. GENEBAT. SMITH'S ASSAULT. Gen. Smith is, emphatically, a fighting man, and as may be imagined, tbe events of tbe rooming bad tended to decrease in no measure bis -pugnacity. When he re ceived bis long desired orders for an assault of the enemy s works, bis eyes glistened with a fire which, could it have been seen bv bis maligners, would have left them in no doubt as to bis private feelings in regard to the present contest. All the arrangementa were completed by three o clock, and his column was put in motion soon alter, The force under bis command was as fol lows : Col. Cook's Brigade Seventh Illinois, Fiftieth do. Twelfth Iowa, Thirteenth Mis souri, Fifty-second Indiana. Col. Lanman's Brigade Second Iowa Seventh Iowa, Fourteenth Iowa, Twentyfifth Indiana, Fifty-sixth Indiaaa. Under cover of Capt. Stone's Missouri battery, this force began the assault. It was a formidable undertaking, which, under a loss brave and skillful commander than Gen. Smith, might bave proved a disastrous failure. ' The hills at this point are the most pre cipitous of all those upon which the enemy were posted. Selecting the second and Seventh Iowa, and the Fifty-second Indiana for the storming party, Uen. hmith denect ed the main portion of his division to the rie-ht. and having succeeded iu engagin-? the attention of the enemy at this joint, himself headed the the storming party and advanced "upon the works from bis extreme left. " It was a most magnificent Bight. Un anoallsd bv the perfect storm ol" bullets wbich rained about him, the General on horseback, and with his hat on the point of his sword, preceded his troops, anu inspirea them with a furore there was no Standing with. . nu'innj , TTTxrr urijifKcn 1-. r 4li. gull unt II aw key es and Indianians advanced. The enemy's grape and cannister came plow ing through thrir ranks, but not a shot was fired in return. Closing up the ranks as one after another of the brave fellows dropped to the earth, and animated by the fearless example of their undaunted leader, they pressed steadily on. The works gained, one tremendous volley was poured into the astoni&hed enemy, and, with fixed bayonets, a charge was made into their ranks w hich there was no withstanding. They fled iu con fusion over the bills, and at last we bad penetrated the rebel Sebastopol, and the misfortunes of the morning were retrieved. Capt. Stone's haUery, which, iu the meantime, had been doiug tremendous execution in the rebel ranks, was promptly advanced to the position gained, and instantly, supported by the remainder of his division, the point was secured Against any lorce the eueuiy could bring to bear against it. hen. i.kw. Wallace's attack on the right. In the meantime Gen.'Lew. Wallace had completed his preparations for an attack on the enemy occupying the position he had wrested from us in the morning, so tie two miles aud a half to tbe right. Just as his column was being put in motion, a messenger arrived with tbe joyful tidings that Smith waj inside tbe entrenchments. With a cheer tK.at resounded far and near, the irrepressible Eighth Missouri and Eleventh Indiana, which occupied the front, advanced on a doable quick into the encounter they had so long been seeking. These two regiments, from their superiority in drill and fighting capacities, have been considered a "crack corps," and most nobly did they uphold to tbe letter tbeir enviable reputation. t They did not tarry long to bother with powder and ball, but with a shout of itself terrific enough to appal their foes, gave tbem the cold steel with a will which will long be remembered. Shell and round shot, grape and cannister were hurled at tbem in vain. Still onward tbey pressed, them. Valiantly supported bv the First Nebraska, Thirteenth Missouri, and other regiments of Col. Thayer's and CrntVs brigades, a steady advance wa3 made, until by dusk the ground which had been so hotly contested in the morning was ours again, and once more tbe rebels wera forced to seek the protecting shadow of tbeir earthworks. The effect of these successes upon the army was electrical six hours before, with gunboats disabled, and the enemy in possession of a portion of the ground, the position of affairs was gloomy indeed. . But now all was changed. Elated with victory, and the knowledge that at last they had obtained a foothold in the enemy's fortifications, and savage at the thought of the privations they bad encountered, and at being so long bulked m the possession of their prey, officers and men alike clamored for an immediate assault that night. Gen. Grant, however, mindful of the risks attending such an operation, even with troops exhibiting such veteran characteristics as those under his command had displayed, wisely postponed tbe final coup tie main till the coming of the morrow's light. . What tbe morrow brought forth, and how -the rebels, worn out and dispirited by the protracted beleaguerment, concluded to give up their stronghold and lay doyyn their arms, is already well known. The more detailed particulars of tbe surrender of Fort Donelson, and its cordon of field works, tbe departing mail allows me no time to speak ot G. W. B,

SOif We do not think any apology neces- 1

sary for devoting so much of our space ibis morning to a complete and connected account of the storming of Fort Donelson, as reported for the St. Louis Democrat. The description of the thrilling scenes enacted before the beleaguered fortress are faithfully depicted by a correspondent who was oh the ground, and made good use of bis eyes. He bestows great credit on- the Indiana troops, and it will be seen in Lis report that they were successful in almost every charge on the fortifications, or in resisting the sorties of the rebel garrison. The Gallant Tenth. The Tenth Indi ana, after making a bonfire of Zollicoffer's cabins, together with the old tents, flint lock muskets and other enuipmeuls not worth the transportation, fell back to the north side of the Cumberland, and took up the line of march for. Somerset, ; thence to Lebanon, where they will be paid off and provided with new uniforms. From thence the gallant Tenth will probably come direct to Louisville and join in the grand move ment down the Mississippi. : We learn that the lock on Green River, at Rochester, wbich the rebels partial ly destroyed, can be repaired without delay and at comparatively trifling expense. Tbe work of destruction was performed in very imperfect manner, and a gentleman who inspected the lock Wednesday, says can be repaired in three days. We pre sume this will be done at once, and govern ment stores sent directly to Bowling Green ggt? A steamer loaded with troops passed np yesterday with a secesh pilot at the wheel. A rope with a significant hangman's noose attached hung between the chimneys. It is hardly necessary to state that tbe steamer was bandied with great care and skill by tbe "Southern Rights steersman. EST An election for Sutler of the 60th regiment was held by the officers IastTuea day, which resulted ' in the unanimous choice of William P. Beacon, Esq- of Can nelton. A first-rate selection. ' , IIOAIB INTKRBSTS. No preparations bave. been made for the proper observance of to-morrow Wash ington a birthday). We venture to say. that Evansville is the only city in the Union where arrangements bave not been perfect ed for a celebration of the day. ' The Proc lamalion of the President upon the subject should bave received the attention of th authorities. For Wabash. The staunch steamerTrio will be in to-day, and will leave again for Wabash river as soon as her cargo ran be discharged.' Iler gentlemanly clerk, John A. Dickinson, will attend to orders with promptness and fidelity. FinsT in m Lsst Out. Henry Cook has received tbe first maple molasses of the season. Always attentive to the wants of tbe community, Henry keeps the best of everything in bis line, and as he sells for cash only, bo can sell very cheap. Call on himj taT" Mtijor Forth, of tha 1st. Indian Cavalry, wa3 in this city yesterday. 13"" The finest and cheapest pictures every description are made at J. I'erry Elliot' 3 City Gallery, Xo. 03 Main street. Eta?" hi. J j. Johnson has laid the Cout nenlal Monthly, for March, on onr table. " Thb Right Man iv tbb Kight Placb We understand that frictid Hager, t Terra tlaule, expects not only to be able to supply Evansville with ice, but to fill through an agent that ha may have bete, all orders that be may receive from neigh boriog towns, on the river, or elsewhere fl 3-1 ml. DIED. On Thursday ,' the 20th Inst., of beTnorrhage of ttialnngs, William flehinq imvidsos, agad S3 years, 2 months and 12 days. Tbe laneral will take lace from bis late resi dence, on Sixth street, between Sycamore and Vine on Saturday, the 22d inet., at 10 O'clock A. Friends of tbe family are invited to attend. fVermillion County papers please copy. Febrnaxy 19th, at 12 o'clock, Lcexla, oldest daughter of Frederick and Mary Tibby. Aged years, 6 months and 8 days. The friends and acquaintances of the family are invited to attend the funeral, on Friday afternoon at t wo o'clock, from the residence of ber father, on Division street, between first and Socond streets, Evansville, Ind. Like a bright thonght the came, and as fleeting departed ; . r 1 1 tin,. -!.! iirMAnnA Tk An .1 v VI n " " - i . . . ' . . , , w.n iwiui one T3 earth s broken hearted, Thy heaven of love. Lord, and guide as to Thee. Weop not for h er. Louisville papers please copy. RAILROAD HECKIPTS. Febbtmbt 20. 11 boxes shoes , H . ; 6 boxes mdse, L. K easier: 24 packages rope, Prestou Bros. ; IT boxes dry goods, 7 halve mdse ; Mackey, Uenning Co. : 13 boxes shoes, Read A Lawrence ; 7 roils leather, Thomas nertn ; o noxes snoea, a boxes Hats, J. a. v. w. Morgan : 20 boxes jin, G. . iieck A Co. : 4 boxes mdse, J. M. Geupel ; t bales bops, Keller A White ; 5 bbls oil, 10 hhds sugar, Bement & Viele; 50 kegs soda,S. K. Gilbnt A Co. ; 1 box f goods, Go. a. tkiuntsg A Co. ; 1 bale curka, 4 boxe cheese 3 boxes oil, Leicb Si Cnrlsterit ; 15 mils leather, A. Reis ; 1 bay horse, Lieut. A. Burley ; 1 bale, G. Beltiug, 2 canka chains, fhas. S. Wells; 2 boxes clocks, O. V. Uosecrans ; 1 box H ware, diss. Babeock ; 3 balwa mdse, 2 boxes A goods, J. H. Magbee A Co. ; 1 box goods, E. J. Dobell ; 3 boxes O soap, 2 bags pepper, 3 kegs soda, J. ft A. Heintan; 74 sacks oats, W. O. DePauw; boxes mdse, Jucob Straub A Son; 2 irnuks, Hent aud polee, i. Nioolay ; Hn bushels ear corn, W. M. Aaikman A Co. ; S4 bnshelsear corn, John Crofts ; 15 sacks floor, Geo. V. Greb : 13 sacks flour, 2 sacks meal, R. Goring ; 90 bbls flour, W. M. Aikmau Cu. ; 19 packages U B goods, W. M. A it; man Co. r 3 biles tobacco, E. C. aliogst ; 1 box L tobacco, C. 4'.atipeile. A. E. 8HRAIER, Agent.

" CORPtfRATIONls'OTlUE. OKDBS FOR PLANK SIDE-WALK. Feb. ioth, 1661. And now it la hereby ordered end directed by tne Common Council of the city of Evansville, that tbe owners of all lots or parts of lots fronting on or adjoining tbe east side of Market ctreet, from Bond to John Street, in aaid city, cause the side-walks thereon to be Lrought to the proper grade, and that they cause a sidewalk of Class Mo. 2, to La laid down thereon wtthln thirty days from tbe publication of this order. P. BTJBCX, Clrk.3 Clerk' Offlee, Keb. 20, 18&i

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23 Juozbjv jismouTK it t: e ji Ij Oil Lams, from 45 cents to t:.50. Liberal discount to wholesale trade. RICH ConntrT BranVM) nrl. r rL-h luin Bran, last received. RYE Flour. 25 hhU choke rye flour. PEIME Rice 2 tea prime rice, 10 iba for SI. CHOICE Ve&t Lard. 15 tcs oxtru lfHf lt.nl iinl up expreaaly tor mj trade. CHOICE loose Bick iea. 8.000 extralmmo t.i.-lil, in vinegar, just received. COAtOIC 25 bbla bent coal oil, or nU (Wr. in quantities to suit PINK Kye Potatoes 1,209 biubels extra lI'a Potatoes, tor sale cheiip. FIVE bbla very choice saur krant, f r gal nt febl8 H.A.VOOK-H. 5 buxea orange), 5 boxes Itmons, received per Kftsliyllle. bbls ioioCrautrri8,.liHt received. 4P MtOXKB full WBight Star Candle. mr j Doxes extra raiiow ao. "WWWITJB BEAJYS.XM bmle!i prims V Ir white b-aot just received. OK TIIH 1IKST MCSTJi HI -V the ciiy, go to lebls Trustee Notice. ' OT,t7' M HEM KB ttiVBJS' W W that the dntie of my nffioe, as Trunin of Piireon Townfhtp, will be performed by S. K . Lvitt duri: g the remainder of my term. A. U. tL liXilYAH, 1 unies. EVANSTILIE, Fob. Uth, lt2. feb!7 Iv M. 600 bush prime Irish Potatoes, Inst received at febl5 KLLIGTT'S Family Grocery. W71 1, tt V H I 60 sacks XXX white wheat flour, for sale at KbblOTl'S. feM5 REGULAR WABASH PACKET. JSL Mauucti &Uutifjer f , J - -V biauuctt Steamer .--f 9f P. FLEMING, M .liter. J. A. DicKlNfoN. Clerk. " Will run regularly as above dnring the season For freight or passage apply on boiru. faul2 W 13 ba;s, best fnned for sle by JsV deel2 8. E. GlLgK tT A CO. si z ten H.yi'jKyiojJ'. Also tbe essence of 8nniv, Browc, Wiadnor, Variegaled and Crystabzed lar Soaps, for snle at . ; IX. J. fcCHLAKPIr'EB'fi, jaole - Hrar 8tor, Ji Ja. best quality for sale low by no8 8. K. GILBERT & OO. 'Jff OHfiiti.V tV New Orleans Hii small advance oo coat, at TICKEftT TiBO'9. Ho. 82 Main street. WfV'CAflW iJt VJVTl.fi 8 20 dozen MM just received at 8CHAPKEB A TiTJSSlNG'8, o. 411 Main street. dc.c30 r Tk i i:.th v' j in fou labor new Beef Tongues, at deci:8 , - YIC&KItV BROS., 82 Main st. It 4 J 60 bbls best qualitv, for sale by 8. 1C. GILBERT A CO. lebl3 Agency for Soldiers Claims. jff XV. .Vfr n HI it H JIJS-II J. T. HMTm W0ITTLKSY procure Invalid Pensions, Bonnty Money, Arrears of Fay, and Laud Warrants, under the several act of CoDgress Fees moderate, and no part of their charges collided till the claim is sncured. Otllceon tbe north side of Third Street, between Main and Locuot, Kvansville , Indians. feulft McBRIDK A W1UTTLKSEY. ' gr jnin it i'ijwijrjiTirf'Mticit8tLJ 20 bbls Linseed (Mil, iu i-erfoct order, fur sale by the bbl at les than it can be bought In Cincinnati. 8. K. GILBERT A CO., feb.l No, 4 Hycamoie st. SjCT 'J wV .- 'iiX) bones bt,l quality. -w f.irsulu j LOW by S. E. GILBERT AGO. CM F. FENDITICH & BROS.' Fa a Mr is Kknubhh, Bros.. Kvansville, Ind 'I John FaDKicn, Baos., Columbia, Pa., - Fstablisbed lu ., BRANCHES OF THE BALTIMORE HOUSE, FRTARI.IHHED IN 18W, JOS. FEE1DRICI1 COOS. m I sam. i i AW "V 1 JF. Fciulricli Mros9 EVANSVILLE, INDIANA, Established in 1SD6. . jnJJVVJFji tTcnEHS of TOBACCO AND CIGARS, and. OziulT. -BiTJ9 Of Fit B FOB 84 Mi Ml TBR 9W largest and best sanoitment of Tobaccs and Cigars in toe Wen. W e call the attention of Sutlers and Storekeeper" to extmioa our stock, which they will fin extensive and cheap. wjs mm vn ojv iujrnm 100,000 10,000 6,000 10,000 10,000 15.000 20,000 ' 18,0 12,000 loo.ooo 10,000 15,000 so 60 l,Oi 30 20 60 porels Joseph cigars.' poiols Charles do. f orels John do. La TJva. porels Francis. Henry Clay. Ls Napoleon. C. Branson's. Regalia lisvmna. La India. Half gpanish. Patent Pressed. La Belle Americus. boxes Red Clay Pipes. boxes Powhattan Pjpeo. boxes Common Clay Ptien. dozen Briar Root Plps, dozen Meerschaum Assorted Pipes. gross Danish Pipes. 25 boxes extra Virginia Chewing Tobacco. 5 boxes 4 oz. Lump Virginia Chewing do. 60 caJdies Planters Pride. 20 loxes Light Presfed Virginia. 3 boxes Kive Lump Tobacco. 10 kys Rough and Beady. to b.nes Gold Root Virginia Tobacco. 10 boxes Thomas Keen's Tobacco. Vo gross Sunny Side Tobacco. Ki gross Solace Tobacco. 13 gross fwiet Owen. 0 boxea V. Brausou's Tubscco. 60 boxes Pure .scotch Suuit. lit bbls Macaboy fenfitt. 10 bbls Freoch Snufif. 5,0iH packages Pride of tbe Wet Smtkluir T--bscuo. 8,00-J 6,000 pack gs Foiobuil d". pack bids 1 packages Mai-nolla do. i lue i ut Ctiewiutr Tobacco. bbls Fiue Cut Chewiuir. luO bble Fine Cut Smoking. pounds Kinkitiiilrk Smoking Tobacco. Ins Grand Turkish Tobacco. lbs Car lot ta Suiokiua Tobacco. 3,000' laxl 200 aOOMiO Pipe Stems, assorted. 6i m dozen German Pipes. . , 3 dozen French Pipes. V cases Connecticut Seed Leaf. Wa offer the above goods for sale at Baltimore pr.ces. We have no competition In onr line this side of Cincinnati. Vt e invite doaleia 10 mln our large stock, which tbey will tind extensive ar.d cheap. Give cs a call. - - . FRANCIS FENDRICH, BROS., No 27 Main Street, EvansTille, Iud. Sign of "Old Bob Bidley." Febl2