Marshall County Republican, Volume 8, Number 23, Plymouth, Marshall County, 7 April 1864 — Page 1

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MARSHALL COUNTY REPUBLICAN. VOL. 8 NO. 83.1 PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1864. WHOLE NO. 317.

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OFFICE, Pernhings' iPrnz Store, rCBUSHKI AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: If paid in advance, or within three months, $2,00 If not paid within three munt!is $2,50 CT No paper discontinued nntil all arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the publisher TERMS OF ADVERTISING: Oae square of 233 cm or less, three weeks, or less, $1,00, each addition.! insertion 25 cents. Larger advertisements in proportion. Less than Mlf t square to be charged as half a square, over half square to be charged as a whole square. Agents in other town- a id cities will be allowed twenty fire per cent, commission, but no ad er live merit , of any kind, will be h sertcd at less than regular rates. tTBErORE PURCHASING A XI Piano or JfMeiofleon. REMEMBER W. W. KIMBALL. I49'I.:ikr M i tc I. ii ica ;;. 9 DEALER IN riAxos Pianos. Melodcons! PIAIVOS W. W. KIMBALL, 14Q Lake St. CHICAGO. d Caleb in CLOD PRIZE SED1L" N1N0S, lie I oft cons. SCHOOL ORGANS AX D HARMONIUMS. OS riA.iros PIANOS IIllelt.Onvi Jt Co.'s Piaro j. it r. n do A. yZilier .v. C'o.'s do Wm. V. Emerson's do J. W. Vovp' do Knrtsnian Ac Ilinczc's do JffJfdJcQni "r ' o.s do And other Itootnn nnd .ru York .IiMiifartres. Ttf rei.ili ii f th- Pi.inof ' the a!ve jn.iiiflftHtnrrr i a iiRiot-nt iunntrr of h-ir merit; aud every i 'i.troiu. nt sld l"j me ilt !.r HeUdcoas v A RR ANTED ia all respect- t. civ SATISFACTION. Hdodeons MY MEfJ)l)EOS ar fr.-m tiie 'r-i mannt:' far-rs. arH tltair ho in tVe ni.irVi t. in lllnstralril ralalcsnr. Xflodfons wriMttg every in tmn:onf , ill t. rm-lir 1 r- : ltp'ii" to i.y- tr ntfliiCOaTl "". Stivin- Hi- K aul lYLi ofthÄ haafauH n a. w-O" Ord --u- f. -ni th- eonntry wftl fpri-iif pr -DH't artention. 4,ir--. I f -ri-1'itP haaing TltKikiDK fJrl4eoDs W. WaHIflBAlib 149 Lake St., CHICAGO, 111. CHAS. W1I1TVIORE, rVarar, flvmouth. M irshall Co.. Indiana. X. B Any otic pnr-hain a Piano or any rther instrument, of whatever m ike, can do so of aae 10 per cent less than at any housv m Fort Witut or Chicago. ortl.V-n.VtmslO Madame Zadoc Porter's CURATIVE COUGH BALSAM, Price, 25 fc 50 cents per Bottle. I"ae Best, Chenpet. and mnt eflTeetnal Kraaedy for ( Ol .Iis. COLDS. If. Iba WawM ksever frottueed, Pnrely getnble, contain no attlfRH III or other DKLKTHMOI s ÜRIGS. The Curative R alia warranted, if naeil ar-ordtr tn dire-i ion. t care in all -aea 'i-hii. Cold, i'ronp. WlMopIhc i'oogh, Atbnia, at.d all aff-e?ion, of the Throat and Lung. itNlc Z.ne Pnm BiUil ii a purely vegetable . rve.'tornU prir-d witk great care nd acientiÄe Ui'l. fr 'in aeftmbiiiatiua of the brat i raraediea the vegetable kinir- I doni afford. It remedial . ajHaWal are hal a it jkw- I er tu aarfat tba healthy and 1 riiftrowa eirrnhirton of the blood tbr. ti -h the Innaw. It enlivens the utnclf and aa aaS the akin to aertbrm th I 4atie fr-ai!atingthe beat of the tytem, and in gently throwing off the wast cab. atan'-e fr in the aarfaee of the I body. It lotmen tbr phltcm. in.lu. o. frt tpitting and be found rery agre4bU" to the raate. It iaaota riolent remiv. Hut etn-lieat. warming. .'Hrhiag and eBectire. eaa ba j aken bv the oldest prraoa , or i youngeat child. llaaaas Zaooc PoaTsa's CnuMnwa Bin is no new aad untried Medicine, bat has hnen used by Iba pnMir f r Ihe faat ii year, with an pa rl piled anceeea. and baa sc. airad iti pceteat extensive and largely increasing aale, aaaaaff by heing racamaaended by tboae who have naed it to their afflicted friend and other. If ran have a Cold, if ever so slight, do not tail to give the aValaaa a trial, aa the -ry low pric at whicj it ia old. briaira it ir the reach of V(tt one, that they aaay alwaTskaap it eonreaieat fcr uae. The iino lv ue of a ü I eeat bottle will oftea prove te be worth onehuudred times it coat. Do not bapnt off with any other. A k f M : vr Zadoc Foktes's Ccsativs Suui, insist on haviag it, and take ao other: if your Drngjrist does not have it, have him aad aad gvt U At u. U" Sold by all Drn;;ifs at 23 and SO Cents er Bottle. 9ld bv Pershing & Plymouth, Indiana. aoveabexl9, 11 aß w 1 j Co., CABINET WARE! Tha undersigned would respectfully inform the people generally that he is constantly manufacturing CatihMt Ware of all kinds, such as Bureaus, Tables, Stands, Sofas, BEOSTiviDSs CT P BOARDS, WA&D10BES, Book Cases, Secretaries, What Nots, Ottoman, Ttte-a-Teiet, Wood and Cane Seat Chairs,

etc.; 4te., as ewewp as the cheapest. Hs ia also prepared to furnish Cfflai f Every Description, ai reasonable rates and on short notice. HT Shop St the. Bail End of Brownlee's Bridge, Sou tli Plymouth, Indiana. S. P. NORTON jae'yä lay!

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W. H. DAVENPORT. SCROEOS DEST1ST. Will Tivit Plytnouta on the hut Tueadays and Wcdncadsvi of each month. fK'joim at the Edward Hooso. march 31. INI y ETER DALLAKER, Xorth aide LaPon Street, Want of Becker's Stora. nur. Ii 31, UiA Styl D R. J. M. CONFER, Late Snnreon of the 29th Tnd. Infantry, offrrs hii proI Sjastonal .rri e to the people of Marshall t'nnntr. I OftVe and rnMetiee weaf aide of Mirhignn Street, In tha third blorknrth of the Elwards House, riyuiouth, lud. I nisrrh 24, IHH. 21y lji'd J. II . B E S A Z K Maring remored his To tsw SKOOXD POOR NORTH OF VHKEI.KIfS BANK, would rep.x:t. ftiMv invite his customers to five him a rail u be h CONSTANTLY OS HAND a K "jd assortnii-nt of Cloths, Cassinier es AND VBSTINGS. Mai he proposes to XASUFACTUBE TO ORDER, Lowrr than any rstablKhmrnt in Town. CALL AND SEK. Pirmontli, march 10, 18i4. nltf N JEW TA IL) RING ESTABLISHMENT IN PLYMOUTH. r . n a t T Mcrcliant tp Stairs. Crhin Brk. OVER S. it U. BECKER'S STORE. PLYMOUTH, INDIANA. -CCrriXG DONE TO ORDER fil.TlS.1904 nlW?tf TO UN M. BHOEMAKER, Dealer is r m - , . . i .VI I II h. C locks and mfcteclrf Kvp a! war t-n hanl a larv" ana nn a- riment vf t'l-K. Walchea, r.r.-BT.t Hin, rand Fiiiwtoh rinin. Speclaele, and in rtkUiC else jii iIIt ik1 in a fir-t-tla-i Jewelry Mori". All kindtof Hepiirin-.i. i.e with iif.ltnes atJ divr-vtch. a-shwp eat ile MiihiKan tret. ulniwl ffMa WoJilward'.- Brick Building. I'lvmunth, Ind. nlti-l WOODROW, Agent, ii orcTcaEt ao ICaivH if all kixos or Chiurs, Funiilurc, Mattresses, LOOKING-GLA88 PLATES. PICTURE FRAMES, GILT MOULDING, &c, &e. ALSO Rcatly-l.nlc Collin, ALttftlZBS, ALWAYS ON H AND. No. P, Hichisan Street, Plymouth, Iudiana. April 30, l-G.l "JCtf. k A rORTE MARBLE VORKS . SHF.R11 A A C o., Ucm'actnrtr o f ml -l i md f Moimmuuts. Toml) Stones, Hmd Stones, of all Sirs and Fornnt. MARBLE TABLE TOPS. Bareaa Toys. Caaater Slaks. It . r. H wÜlfSMall kiatf efwrk"rhtvrtban anyoil:er n'.l i -Uraent in Northern Indiana eaa, and warrant tatia aettna inallcaea. K. 8. LENHRT, General Asjent A. BOYD, Local Agent, Plymouth K t U 3 T S A A C N. MORRIS, 1 Uotary Ixxlolio, MARMONT, MARSHALL COUNTY, IND. Will mae ont and take at a BSasli fciw kwS of TWda and other Legd lntrnawat. Irbl 1'14 nl5wly Dp A . BO R TON, niYsi us An sriiGEos. II ehanpd Iii r.-Mdcrn e to tb- new hnildin on Ad im street nn aanare east Ilia Nniia.iry building. Oiflee ovrr Hill" Bakery, in Ir. A tal Rooms. wi i.le Michigan street ja;i"T7,l-".4 niatf ii. Horton a IeBPlvmuutb, Ind. a K OP THE OK I NIM ANA. ß T A T E Branch at Plynionth. ftw0pen from 10. n. .to It as., and from 1 I 3 p m."di THEO i KNKR. Caslner. S. A. KLKTt lim, Jb., President, dr t.lSt-n 1 JgDWARDS HOUSE. MC11611 ST, PLYMOCTH, I NIK . tV W. H, .HcCONWEI Proprietors. Omnibases to snd from all truing nnd a'so to an v part of the low u when orders ate h?ft at th house. nor 19 '63 n3 REX BARG ER, SADDLE AND Harness jlaker, SÜCTH SIDE Of iLaporte St., OppoiUt darland i Store, Plymouth, Ind. ars-Th patronage of the public la raapectlnllj aoUelted. novl9'li3 n3yt BUTCHER; East Side MUhUraa street, pastte WheelerH Baak PLYMOUTH, INDIANA. nov5,1863-ltf A. O. BORTON, SCBGEOy DESTTST. Wholeor part ia!tof Tret h iasirrted on tha mo4t apprnvrii plan. Special attrnt ion paid to tli pr.ervatiui of tha natural teeth, and irreg - ulariiv "f I'hililren's teth corrected Tni(w ni JifBcoit tetb extracted with r witaou i Calo-r-ifonn. Can e rons'ilt'! at his aV atan time except Ion Mondava and Tuesdays. Office over Hill's IUkery, west side Xirliigua street. n33jr JOHN Gr. OSBORNE, AtlOrneV aDd Counselor at LaW. WOFFICE IH BANK BÜILPING. octi-4?vl j PLYMOUTH. IND. Goveinment War Claim Agency. John D. Devor, Attorney fc Counselor at Law, Notary Public. Soldiers' Back Pay & Bounty Agent, a n o SOLICITOR OF PENSIONS, HT Col lections promptly made and satisfaction warrantee. Deeds and Mortgagee properly drawn tnd tc knowledgmenta taken. I tT 0ee over Pertkin's Drag Store, Ply month, Indiana. nl7v7tf.

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BUSINESS CARDS.

FAIRBANKS' 8TAN1AHI SCALES 01' A LL HINTS Als, Warehouse Trucks, Lcttcr Pres, It e. iM(i)iiviA nnoDviPir r n. r nitD i iiv , uuEiD.iLbAr a -v., WLftJSk Lake St. , Cli irajr , Hecareftfl to buy.only the genuine. Jg Jona S 1863 yl J AMES O. PARKS , Attorney at Law, Land and Collection Agent, BOURBON, MARSHALL CO., 1KB. 1 5, 1S9 43yl ZOUAVE HOUSE, M. nivsox.. Proprietor. Corner of Plymouth and Tippecanoe street?, BOURBON, IND. T"'l s T f fifl i Ii H rrnnt 1 r Knon f linrnnrhlv rana!i. ed and r: furuished. Every effort will be mnde by the proprietor to reuder bis guests comfortable. w J a waavi vffciii ' M A j une i , i?Q,i. A. REEVES, M. D., PLYMOUTH, IM! . Offt-rs hi services in the pmctice of Medicine and attendant branches, and frtm his previous experience in privat practice and attendance in the Hospitals !r Now York, he hopes to render satisfaction, to tlHse favoring him with their patron-..-. AH calls promptly attended to either U.it night. Yy T. PHILLIPS, A try and Counselor at I. w. An I War Oltaim Atrent. PLTHOITII, sllltBAU. (OtMV.IND. XOfRce in Hewett 8c Woodward's new Brick. XTPract'.ces i n Marshall and ailjnininpcounes. fj.n 2.1-tf -W 1-1 T Vin'Vll t I'1 It I r.UAJULADAUUn, Who understands the German and English lantpes thoroughly, has been appointed Notary I-u."fclto, and will translate legal documents from otic language to the other en reasonable terms. He will al take acknowledgment of Deeds, Ätc., Sec.. He mav be found at the "Low Prie Store." April 30, 6XL I P. SIIIVELY, Justice of the Peace, Land and General Collection Ajrent, ROCRBOM, MARSHALL COCSTY, ISD. Will take arkuowledgmeuti nf W Mortgarr, attend to the takinjr of Di-poaition. and give prompt attro -Hon to all '.:!! rntrutrd to him. nnylCS8tf w ASHINGTON TUTTLE Justice of the Peace, Greneral Collection Agent, PLYMOrTn, INOI XN'A , ILTOfficcin Hewett k Woodward's new Brick. Wi 1 1 take aeknowledzmen t of Ired and Mortpacee jSlt r. 8U' T? C POWELL, Barber & Hairdresser. Shnviuz. Shampooing and HAIRDRESSING, Done in the neateyt and most fashionable manner. Shop orrr Wcstervelt's store, Iront room. oct99,lM3-51tf PERSUING A CO. Have just received their winter stock of School Books, Blank Bvoks. A S D STATIONERY. All Books ned in Schools in Marshall Co., will be If nt bv them snd any Books wanted not on ; hand they will furnish. Slates, Pencils, Paper. V riling Books, fcc., See. Parents, Teachers and Scholars will do well to call and see our stock before purchasing elsc- , where. PERSUING & CO. jin'y28,l864 13tf Crockery and Glassware. JUtt RECEIVED, thelaegest stock and best Tariety ever opened ra Plymouth. Our I White Granite Ware is a New and Elegant Pattern, and embraces all the pieces to all an entire sett. 200 Setts Common Teas of diftVreni patterns; also, a complete assortment a - 1 a nfillf a ra a v .aanL of 0 LASSWARE of every description, which will he sold at a small advance on cost. nl2tf RICE k SMITH. SNGgR SEWING MACHINE Our LETTER A FAMILY SBWISG MACHINE is fast gaining a world-wide reputation. It is beyond doubt the best and ctveapest and most beautiful of all Family Sewing Machine? vet offered to the public, No other Family Sewing Ma chine hs so m iny meful appliances for Hemming Binding, Felling, Tucking Gathering, Guaging, Braiding, Etndroidering, Cording, and so forth. No other Family Sewing Machine has fo much copacity for a great variety of work. It will sew all kinds of cloth, and with all kinds of thread.Great and recent improvements make our Family Sewing Machine most reliable, and most durable and most certain inaction at all rates of speed. It makes the interlocked atitcb, which is the best stitch known. Any one, even of the most ordinary capacity, can see, at a glance, bow to use the letter A Family Sewing Machine. Our Family Sewing Machines are finished in chaste and exquisite styleThe Folding Case of the Family Machine is a piece of canning workmanship of the most useful , , Kina. 11 protects me macnine wnen not in use, and when about to be operated may be opened as a soacious and substantial table to sustain the work j While some ol the Cases, made out of the choices woods, are finished in the simplest and chastest ' .. .... j i i i i mnnncr possible, others are adorned and erabel lished in the most costly and superb manner. It is absolutely necessary to tee the Family Machine in operation, so aa to judge of its great ca parity and beauty. It is fast becoming as popular for family sewing as our Manafactariag machines arc for manufacturing purposes. The Branch Offices are well supplied with silk twM?, thread, needles, oils, kc, of the very best quality. Send for a pAwewMtT. THE SINUKR M. Nl'KACTCRIXG COMrAXT, 456 Broadway, New York. J" IoiAtfAroLia Office, 48, E. Washington St (TjrB.PAUL, Agentin Plymouth. XB Sept. 193 44 vl.

THE ATTACK ON FADITCAH.

Detailed Account of the Affair Gallantry of the Union Defenders - How the Negroes Fight. (CurrjotM'. nee of the t'hicae" Tribtine. Conti sent a i. Hotel, ) Paducah, Ky., March 28, 1804. , .1 1 1 L A J A A ji mere nas ueen a nest oi treason oui5;,,e ll)e iimitg of Dixief more niTonnm. i it i. .i. .u. 4

IV ecesii uiau auuiiifi, iuv imihu iiiusi : , ... . to concct!ed to be 1'aducah. Early in the b"rned " 3 UTy nce,slt7 7 the war -.hey were going for recession with ?oramaRd.ng officer as they were in the u l ,u-i vfa.- K'r.f.r-,. immediate neighborhood of the fort, and such a rnsn that Western Kentucky wasn t , . . . ... . i i kÄ tt-:ä-tu- i offered shelter to the rebel sharpshooters to remain in the union an instant. Ihe.. . , i i . i ru.; .a u afr.m nnld h.va hn d.m. ,n c' th attck renewed, which at I

mrl bv lhPe dPn and bitter oaths against loyalty if mere verbal accumulations could have had Ruch effect. The place was first occupied with an Union force by General Grant at 11 o'clock on the morning of .... j r o September 6th. 1801. The Padticahs were at that aick of time flying rebel flags' in O all parts oi me cuy, ana tueir woman cicar starching their best cans to receive the il . ei J aA.1 1 I , r - dear tonlederate otiicers, wnen, to a Big- ! nal gun at the landing, and to the deep disgust of the citizesn, two gunboats, fly ing the stars and stripes, escorted two redeial transports to the landing, and two regiments of boys in bine dobaiked to put a little ballast into the light loyalty of the place. It was high time Gens. Pillow and Polk with seven thousand rebels had occupied Columbus and Hickman, and wera believed to be pushing for a point to control the navigation of the Ohio. That night Paducah was to have been occupied by a rebel fjr:e. An external chsnge went over the town. It is estimated that four hundred and seventeen lern ales went to bed and "had a good cry," and several hundred bakings of cake for rebel entertainment went no further than the originel intention. The male rebels made the best of it, Rcrewed down the safety valve, damned the Union when their shutters were up, but all the while took not unkindly to greenbacks and government orders. Such was Paducah, and so persistent in ai'heiencc to the rebel cause that its citizens vaunted themselves as much as they dared on this evil reputation, and rejoiced exceedingly at what they claimed would be their exemption what time the rebels might emer and lay waste other sections of the Slate. Not that "scares" have been unknown here, but the cry of "Wolf, wolf," haa been made so often in the past two years, that joined to this fancied security, the result was, when on Thursday, March 24th, the rumor spread that the rebels were indeed coming, few believed it. Doubtless there were 6ome here who lenew it, but these, by this time have bitterly repented their agency in the matter. But ail doubt of the earliest rumor disappeared in a whirlwind of excitement when, about noon the alarm bells were rung, and it was said that General Forrent with seven thousand "rebs" was down npon us. Accordingly, in about an hour after this, a force, amounting probably to about 1.500 or 2,000, made their appearance, the balance of the brigade, said to be 5,000 or C.flOO, remaining outside of the town. Tho lnn rtf Pa.lttcah 5 rtvfonded hV a I fort, which simply consists of a square enclosure embanked all round, lnere were three companies of a black regiment, ender ex-actor Cunningham, and two or three companies of the 122d Illinois, the whole not nnmbering more than 500 men, under the command of Colonel Hicks, of Mexican war celebrity. In adition to the troops in the fort, we have two gunboats here, Nos. "81" and "36." The rebels made five determined assaults upon the fort, their sharpshooters hiding themselves in the houses, and popping at the gunboats to divert their attention from the furt. General Forest sent in a formal demand to Colonel Hicks to snrrender, asserting that he had ample force to take the town, and his only object was to spare bloodshed. To this Colonel Hicks replied by telling him to come and take it. At the second charge. Col. Thompson, of the rebels, was struck on the forehead by a musket ball, and whilst falling, a cannon ball struck him on the body, mangling and exposing his person in a dreadful manner. This man was, before the war broke out, , B prominent lawyer in this town, and his i l . - a .a forensic abilities are highly spoRen or. He was being eaten op by the hogs yesterday. A sad commentary. The rebels were repulsed at each assault, and about 9 o'clock, p. m. skedaddled, after killing as many negroes aa they could, which seems to have been their primary object in coming to Paducah. The principal damage sustained by the town is from the shells of our own boats t- a a.a ill cuiii-siuiiiig v yj uiDivife ein in y a KharnKbnntir Thn whr.1 of the hlnek ir ff0nt of the Continental Hotel was riddled

and burnt to the gront.d. The Continent- ! Ah sTn boats reosta ana raw raw openal Hotel, probably the best hotel in this ed fire simultaneously with the fort. On part of the West, suffered considerably tle enemy's advance Into the city- the fight from the shells of the gunboats. became furious. As soon aa the enemy Thete was a report yesterday morning, position; they advanced in column that Forrest meditated a fresh attack, and ! gainst tue fort, wero repulsed and fell many ot the inhabitants removed their About 8 o'clock in the afternoon furniture to Jersey, and the greatest con- Major-General h orrest sent in a flag of

sternal on nreva I. However, as we had been reinforced by the 321 Wisconsin du ring the night, from Cairo, net moch fear entertained smongst the thoughtful wss portion of the community, as it was ns ually surmised that if they could not whip us when we had only abont six hundred men it was not possible for them to accomplish it when we were reinforced by a irgitnent. The enly damage done to the iown by the rebels, with the exception of breaking open stores and helping themselves to clothing; (which is not a matter of regret, as they were robbing their own fritndt.) was tne complete oestrucuon ua ouartermaster's department, and what is called a 1 .L S ! at . a! fl a! a the headquarters opposite the Continental. Tbc loss sustained by the rebels is estimated by the commanding officer at not less than three or four hundred men. as thev were burying tbeir men all round the country yesterday, whilst on our side there are only fourteen killed and from forty to fifty wonndod. This attack is said to have been in op Dosition to the wishes of most of tbe offileers belonging to tbe rebel force, bqt was

strenuously urged on by Brigadier General Thompson, xt-ho met his fate as before mentioned, and who, thinking there were only a few "niggers in the fence," imagined be could take the fort by a emtp de main. As the town is almost entirely secesh, and bad been promised an exemption from raids nobody believed in the attack. Yesterday momine, a great many

btiildim. inrlndinre flip rosidpnr'Aa nf minv o o j prominent citizens, were ordered to be 1 that lime W8 pPcted. The Louisville Journal's Account. Several families arrived in this city yesterday afternoon, who are sufferers by the recent fisiht at Paducah. They left the town on batnrday afternoon at 1 o clock. the dT ftcr Forrest had made the attack ; f a a n i mi a a ami had hern repnlseu. I hey teil a sad story of tin- misery and wteck of property entailed upon the people by the fight. The I rebels were in large force, and the assault appears to have been similar to the one ' made on Fort Donelson in the winter of sixty-three. The rebels were gloriously drunk, and but little better than a mob. They made the attack npon Padncah. without giving the citizens a word of warning. The Federal force evacuated the immediate city and concentrated at the fort, erected on an eminence, a short distance in the rear of tha town. With wild cheers and blasphemous oaths the rebel bordea thronged the streets and commenced an indiscriminate, pillage of the houses. They discharged their pieces in a reckless manner, wounding many of the citizens. At last Forrest succeeded in rallying his force, and, forming the regiments in battle line, seyeral desperate charges were made npoo the fort. The Federals met tbem with a withering fire, and in each onset the rebel columns were broken and driven back in confusion. The forces inside of the fort consisted of Colonel Cunningham's colored troops and a Kentucky regiment, the whole tinder the command of Colonel Hicks. Colonel Hicka ordered the ton to be fired, and soon a black cloud of smoke mlled above the burning bnildings. About this time two gunboats arrived No. 33 and No. 32. The citizens were fleeing from the town, many of them taking refnge in the fort; the buildings near the fortitications were in a sheet of flame, while a portion of the rebel column was rallying in the streets away from the fire for another charge. The gnnboats rounded to and squaring their broadsides they raked the steeets with grape and canister, bursting a shell here and there. The slaughter was terrible, and the rebels rapidly retreated from tne town. Many of the citizens were killed and wounded by this terrible raking tire. The lines remained qniet during the night. The D2xt day the steamer Liberty arrived from Nashville, and the Captain kindly offered to take as many citizens on board as his boat would carry, and remove tbem from the scene of danger. Many of the people availed them' elves of the t'ajdaiu'a Uumane offer. When the Liberty left PattiTcab, the rebels were forming and advancing to make another attack. The town burning, and the blackened ruins 17 lotyned sadly from out of the heavy hang ing clouds of smoke. It was indeed, a wild, tragic scene. The passengers huddled on the steamer, gazing with tearful eyes on the ruined city, and they knew they were hoMlcss wanderers. The rebel dead lay scattered along the river bank, and throughout the deserted streets. Women and children had falen victims to the fight; some were killed ontright, others were suffering from painful wounds. The Liberty landed some of the passengers at Evansville and other points along the river, a few families, coming as far as our city. The fort at Paducah ia on a commanding eminence, and the position is very strong. The rebel force is estimated at from five to eight thousand strong, though without doubt this is an over-estimate. Cairo, March 28. The following is principally from official sources and reliable". The night before the battle aconts were kept eight or ten miles out on the Mayheld road, the direction the enemy advanced from. Returned about 12 o'clock, noon. Could give no intelligence on ac count of citiceos being kept back and not permittrd to come in. New aconts started out about 1 o'clock in the afternoon. Met the enemy's advance guard about three miles from the post was fired upon by the advancing force, and retreated as fast as , they could, giving information. In less than ten miuutes picket guards were skirmishing with them, and drivec ÜB they being on foot and the enemy mounted. A few of tbem were unable to reach the fort, and were cantured. In less than . s thirty minutes the city and fort were snr- ! ronnded, our forces occupying the fort. .ana "JrV a I T truce, wun a communication, uiu.iu...6 surrender. The nag was respected, aad our forces ceased firing. The following is 1 copy of Forrest's communicstion. H. Q 's Forrkst's Cavaley Corps,) Pa net-ah, March 25tb, 1664. f To Col. Hicka, commanding Federal forces at Paducah: Colokel: Having force amply sufficient to carry your works and reduce the nl.es .nil is nrder to avniil an nnneeaaary j efftjgion of b00at I demand snrrender of ' the fort ,nd troopf with ,jj pnDi;c Morw. ! jf garrender von hall be treated as j ;.oneri 0fwar;br,t if I have to atorm ; f work mty expect no quarters, N. B. Forrest, Mai. Gen., I af Com'dg Confederate Troops. The following is a true copy of Colonel Hicka' reply: H. Q.'s Post Paducah.) Paducah, Ky., March 25th. Maj. Gen. N. B. Forrest, commending Confederate forces: I have this moment received yours of this inat.. in which yon demand unconditional surrender of forces under my command.

I can answer that I have been placed hero I y my Government to defend the post. In j ibis, a , well as all other orders from my 1 sopci lor officers, I feel it to be my doty as an honorable officer to obey, and must

tiiereiur rpecuuny uecnne surrendering as you require. Very respectfully, S. G. Hicks, Commanding Post.

The enemy now formed anew, made an fight at Paducah. io the intarvala of doattack and were again repulsed; made a ly in loading the pieces, they were leading third effort and were repulsed the third I ntl firing muskets, an 1 that they daserve time. From the beginning the enemy had equal praise for their courage and skill1 with to some extent taken rover in the houses the white soldiers, allaronn i the fort. They now broke tip I One citizen was killed in the (ort a&d established lines, and occupied buildings one outside. I was informed that oteor

in swarms, hnng from windows and behind houses, bnt were steadilv held back from advance. Colonel Hicks turned his cannon on the

houses, driving the enemy therefrom. j longing to Government (I did not lear They however, kept up fire from houses ! the number), and all horses in tin? livery until half-past eleven ia the afternoon, stables in the city, were taken by the rebwhen they finally retired. j Is. Officers and men in the fott were not Wolf dc Brothers, dry goods merchants, . . i . i i . , . ! 1 , i i . . .

pcrmuieu to meep or ;eave their posts dunug mo iiigui. .cany in nie evening a squd of the enemy fired the steamer Dacotah on the maiine ways, which was consumed. The ways were only partially burned. A few building, including that of the quartermaster, were burned by them. The enemy made his appearance the next morning, when Colonel Hicks sent out parties and burned all houses in range of musket shot. The enemy kept hovering around in the distance, but made no move on the place afterward. - il - - n i .1 The following is a true cony of the com mnnication sent in about nine o'clock in ! the forenoon under a flag of truce by Gen. t orrest: H. Q.'8 Forrest's Cavalry Corps,) Near Padi cah, Ky., March 26. J Colonel S. G. Hicka. commanding Post ! and Federal forces at Paducah, Ky. Sir: I understand that yon hold in the gnnrd house, at Paducah, a number of Confederate soldiers as prisoners of war. I have in my possession about thirty-five a or forty Federal soldiers, which were captured here yesterday, and about 500 which we captnred at Union City. I propose to exchange man for man according to rank, so far as you may hold Confederate soldiers. Respectfully; N. B. Forrest, Comn'dg Confederate forces. The following is a true copy of Colonel Hicks' reply: H. Q's Tost Paducah, Pa di'cah, Ky., March 26. f Major General N. B. Forrest, commanding Confederate forces: Sir: I have no power to make the exchange you speak of. If I had I would most cheerfully do it. Very respectfully, S. G. Hicks, Col. 40th Illinois Infantry, commanding Poet. When Col. Hicks returned his written answer to Capt. Anderson, A. A. G., to Major Gen. Forrest, through his Aid-de-Camp, Lieut. McKnight, Capt. Anderson requested Lieut McKnight to bear a verbal communication to Col. Hicks, and ask him if, in event of further negotiation, he iCol. Hicks) would be willing to meet .lajor Gen Forrest at some convenient piace, each under a flag of truce, and have a private interview with him. Col. Hicks returned answer verbally, that if Gen. Forrest wibhed to see him, and have a private interview with him, that he would meet him at a convenient place, either with or without arms, Col. Hicks to take with him Asst. Adj. Gen. Odlin, Chief of Staff of M. Brayman, Brig. General, commanding District of Cairo, and A. F. Taylor, his Adjutant; General Forrest to bring with him two officers of the same rank. To this Col. Hicks received no answer, but waited in suspense, with Forrest's forces in view all lhe afternoon, when Forrest fell back toward Mayfield and Lovelaceville, in the direction of Columbus. No force was sent after him, as only infantry was at the disposal of Col. Hicks, while Forrest's forces were mounted. A detachment of Home Guarda killed the rebel Colonel this morning and several of his men, near May field, and in his pocket was found a small rebel flag, quite new, with the name of "Molly" written with indelliblv ink on one corner. It is said that Molly lives in Paducah, and is believed to v. . ... -.t HL r t i . fl I ... , , . lL .. while the rebels were in the city. ' rrv i i rs i- i m. 1 The rebel Brigadier General Thompson t. . i i vi 1 uwas suoi turougu tue ueau, wiuie uu ma horse near the fort, during the fight. Af ter falling to the ground a shell struck him in the abdomen, and blew him to pieces found several feet Hi spinal column was from bis manghd body. With the communication which Forrest sent to Colonel Hicks, requesting an exchange of pi isoners, was sent a list of names of the prisoners he had taken at Paducah. Thev were all taken in the hospital, being too sick to gain the fort tiuaiiiiai, uciuk iu" sick, iu l'u mo iuu Towards evening the ammunition in the fort being well nigh exhausted. When V O this was discovered, Colonel Hicks order ed that, should ammunition run out, the works should be defended with bayonets as long as a man remaiaed alive. Forrest was reported at Mayfield last night at 10 o'clock, and is said to haveac1- tn 1 anä 1 .T.i j W Vi 1 rvk Cr.1T V aa 1 1 v ,rln nrsd

All quiet at Paducah to-day, burying recruits were mustered into ser rice, which the dead i would give au excess of 478 in favor of InThe enemy's force was estimated at 5,-! dianft over al1 l ftnii this without conn000. and hsd six .mall piece, of artillery. , tin 5"5 J Vr?!tfLT which was not of much service, only firiJg ; Porttd tt5o- J!f 22a2 . lS5 .u u . r , . i ,6 number 7.73d. and besides these at least two or three shots, one of our shots knock- " i -i;e t 4 . 3.000 mora a:o known to have re-enlisted, ing one of them twenty feet into the air. , . . . 1n ; j i .l t i J makintr an an eetrregste of lu,7oo. xa.au. end smashing tbe carnage, which was af-1 ,u7b "e & , . i .k i- u to this tbe excess of home enlistments over terwards captured, the enemy takiug tbe , " "7 ... , i --TTz J the State's quota, and it will be seen that Kiin, nowever. . - , . . , nio r . 6 ' , , , , . . Indiana's total excess is 11,213. Ind The rebels were commandel by Bnga- j tfarch 25. dsair f inn Aral Harri an n ef fin v Harris

of Tenn.; Brigadier General Bur bridge and i Brigadier General A. P. Thompson, for1 merly a lawyer of Paducah Major Gen - j eral Forre? t commanding in chief. Our i forces numbeaed 770 men. consisting of the following named troops: 1st battalion 16th Ky., 200 men, raw recruits, Major i Barnes commanding; three companies 122d 111., 120 men, Major Chapman, and 250 IstKy. heavy artillery, (colored troops;, all under Col. S. G. Ricks, 40th 111. Mounted in the foit, and used in the en gagement were five guns three pounder seige guns,' one 24-pound howitzer, one

6 ponnd howitzer, tbt latter brass pieow. Nine gnns larger than the ones used were in the fort but were unmounted, Several important item, were left ot of my letter. Among there was tbis: Colo-

nel Hick? told me that bj hid boen thro the Mexican war, and thus far ia this, and he had never seen troops handle gnns better than did the negro troops at the reeent two women were killed by camion balls. but could not learn their names, or that n v killed. they were of a certa All the wagons, horses and mules Ve were pernaps tne neavie.si ioseF o mrj from sfolen goods. O it of a stock of 8100,000, they lost 825,000, conaiatinaj of clothing, boots, shoes and silk good. C. H. Reike, dry goods, boot and ahoe silk goods. $25,000. John Johns lost heavy. He had Lewa in the rebel army and came back to Paducab, took the oath and went to merchandizing. Many of the buildings near the fort, that were burned, belonged to Union men. The Continental Hotel was not damaged to more than about 81,000, and is open d doing business. A shell passed thro tue panor ana uining room, making ao ugly hole. The hospital and glass works near the fort were burned. A cannow ball went a I - 1 t0rougn tbe Custom House and Post Offic building. PIcCIellan from a Rebel Point of View. The rebels appear to have come to th conclusion that their efforts in Gen. McClellan's betiAlf are fruitless, and cast hin aside in the following harsh manner: From the Richmond DUpatch, 21st. mcclellan's statement of his losses. McClellan, in the official report which he has just published, puts down his losses in the battles around Richmond, from the 26th of June to the 1st of July, inclusive, at 4,582 killed, 7,700 woanded, and 5,958 missing; total, 15,249. When it ia recollected that the Confederates actually took, brought away, and confined upon the island, and in other prisons, mors than 11,000 men, we may be enabled to judge of the claim which this document has to be considered truthful. A lie stuck to, says the proverb, is af good as the truth. To cover one of the most shameful, as well as complete defeats recorded in history, McClellan'a vanity prompted him to indulge in a system of deliberate falsehood, which justly brought upon him the derision of the civilized world. But it did him no msuGer of service. His employers saw through his devices, as his opponents had already done from the beginning. No man least of all McClellan himself believes a word of what he writes. He has found his proper level, and all the lying reports which he can manufacture between this and doomsday cannot raise bim above it. He came here to take the city of Richmond. Hs had, first and last from Fortresa Monroe to Mechanicsville as documents furnished to the Committee of Inquiry by the War Office, substantiated by the Assistant Secretary of War, prove beyond all doubt. 158,000 men. He was beaten in every battle, front Williamsburg to Malvern. Lincoln found him at Westover, or Shirley with but 30 000 men. What had become of all the rest? Had tbey sunk into the earth, or melted into the air? Tbey had sunk into the earth, victims to the bayonets and the shots of the Confederate troops or to the disease of the climate, aggravated by incessant, exposure, and unremitting toil in ditching his wsy to Richmond. At last, only because it was necessary to withdraw our troops to repel invasion from another quarter, he was permitted to slink away with the miserable remnant of his troops, cowed, broken-spirited, snd effectually brought down from the lofty tone of brag" , . ... , . , gadocio with which they commenced the siege of Richmond. A more entire failure . , , . . . ia nowhere recorded, and a more tborosgn , , . ,. charlatan never lived. A mistake. The Cincinnati Coracrcial's speciat correspondent telegraph, from Washing ton tnat Illinois h tne oniy mate in toe Union that has furnished an excess of volunteers over all quotas. This may have been the case on the first of March, the time at which the last adjustment of quotas and credits was made. Indiana, by the figures of the Provost Marshal Gen- , . . - oon .1 ni . p1' hftd of ':330 , 'be31 ' Jwry. In the month of F.bruary 2.ennrti i m urara m 11 i A Vaftw t infra aePVlAffi Tri recruits were mustered into service. - which would increase the excess to 9,552. ! The quota of the State under the last call ! for 200,000 men ia 13.008. Deducting from this the excess of 9,552, leaves 3,456 ' men to be raised to fill the last quote, j From the 1st to the 20th of March 3.934 A countryman, while passing throngh one of our streets, saw an elegant equipage ; passing. Alter gazing in wild amazement, first on the handsome driver, then on the gentleman with folded arms and white ; cravat, he asked: "which one owui the team. A Clergyman recently by mistake exchanged carpet-bags with a copperhead or ator at a railway station, tad was horrified when he was preparing for services, te find a copperhead speech sad a bottle et ky in his bag, instead of hii sermon,

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