Evening Star Newspaper, February 19, 1862, Page 2

THE FORT DONELSON VICTORY. Another Account ef the Last Day's Fight. Cinctnnati, 18,—The following is an ac- count of the ing on Saturday at Fort Donel- fon: wane Saturday morning the battle was resumed th unusual ‘determination. >, The ist, 18th, and 2ist Tilinois regiments occup! ons above the fort. They were TELEGRAPHIO. LATEST FROM THE SOUTH. THE REBELS PERMIT NO NEWS TO COME BY THE FLAG OF TRUGE. SEVENING STAR. ° _vWASHINGTON OITY: WEDNESDAY..... FEBRUARY 19, 1862. Ovn Frienps st the various military camps end Bie Meatitviae Bocas. naa Bch sirst ARSE SHOE OF SSMHAONEREE eee ae totam gatlere’ Shepk Wee ered” C. H. Lilienthal’s By pin O Nos. 217, 219 DoF "Washington & 78 Barclay Sts, N.Y. ———— BURNSIDE’S ARMY OCCUPYING EDEN- ed ng business. eer priting— poston wit confer a fever by Beping ented ae pe eT | iste canes as to movements and affairs in thelr en. pe aketry 4 Y mu y . A line of battle was “it.once formed, and. the storm of leadén hall returned, perceptibly thin- ning the rebel ranks. The Rebels, from their advantageous showered upon our ranks most murderous of musketry, grape and canister, killing and ‘wounding our men, almost companion: every 5 Yet every man wook bis ground bravely gah fous ogee ereete Sroppd, jewling yan an be $ t appalling bee and in the'face of erey - THE LATEST UNION INFORMATION . the fastest UP ’Though Trex Srax ts printed on FROM PURT ROYAL steam pres fn use south of Baltimore, its edition 1s 80 large a5 to require it to be put to press at an etrly hour: Advertisements, therefore, should be Sent In before 12 o’clock m.; otherwise they may may not appear until the next day. welacks. W s, shirts, fea Goods, Qa eR WALL & BARNARD. Avcts. VEMNMERT Sa Ce OF HORSES — On Cee Se regener Battimore, Feb. 19, (from Fortress Monroe Feb. 18.)—The steamer Stars and Stripes sailed for Hatteras this forencon with @ fel-cargo of ammunition. The schooner Exertion is also load- ing with ammunition, and will probably saji to- morrow morning Spirit ef the Morning Press. The Intelligencer is devoted to news matters. pablic service. © steamer mecticu' ived from Port | vanlage.. : 7 e —“Phe-Repubtican, in“tte role of abolition pro- Borel this atterocon. Bbe left on the tSth, Spe nc negli nat ine p Coreg eyed a i 5 DANA. | pegeations, teip. cut ia cue canard of a0} brings no news of special interest, but operations | Anke the falling beck they advacced te the face aut ed & CO; Aucis " offer of Mason and Slidell to emancipate all ne- towards Savannoh were still going on of the enemy, an@ there stood in the very jaws of — groes hereafter born, as the price of English recognition A flag of truce this forenoon carried several passengers from here to Norfolk, but brought back no news. Burnside still occupies Edenton. His pickets have been thrown out some six oreight miles. He has so far made no advance from that point The Thomas Jefferson and Baltimore have sailed for Hatteras with cargoes of ammunition. The Jersey Blue tailed this afternoon with two bundred and fifty troops from Annapolis (Vote —It is known tbat the want of ammuni- tion has somewhat delayed the operations of General Burnside. and Commodore Goldsborough Seats ‘with scarcely a prospect thata single one wouldescape. . For three hours these regiments, oo scarcely three thousand men, held their gtoun egainst the whole Rebe! garrison. At.one time the cayy we, postisilx Sapkeds was exposed to a cross re of us! an artillery, but our right wing soon relieved then. At this critical moment Coloné! Lawier fell. Captain Bush, acting Lieutenant Colonel, then assumed the command, but was soon wounded; Captain Cruse was shot dead; Ca) n Lawler was mortally wounded; Lieuts unsford and Thompson were killed; Captaine Dillon and Wil- son, and Lieuts Kelly and Scanlan, wounded; so that the daring “ Egyptien Regiment*’ stood (0 ete OUR MILITARY BUDGET. MISSOURI CLEARED OF REBELS IN ARMS! A UNION ARMY [N ARKANSAS! Last night a dispatch reached the headquarters here conveying the grat fying intelligence that Price is fairly driven out of Missouri with the Portion of his army that so far has escaped the By J.C. MoGUIRE & CU,, Anotionsers. GFPfAT ON eee ANT xD East inbIA oops, On FRIDAY, Febroary Zist, com: ati o’olook 8. m., To'clook p. =: oe 4 today until the whole . i. the second fi our Auction Rooms. witho at tN a rarest aad ¥ JAPANESE AND 3 INDIA 600. Ever off-red at pubic sale in this pany. fal we on Wet- For 8 desorption of these beauti! to the ciroulare which will bes _ 5 Kala i before the almost overwhelming force without Za f te ; clutches of Gen. Curtis since the fall of Roanoke Island. The three or bn ob ie ° 6 ee RSs a ees will adiieett ani o four cargees just sent to them from Fortress Mon- toe will, doubtless, at once enable them to push ahead. He will also be relieved of the charge of keeping guard upon his large number of prisoners, which required the detail of a large portion of his force The news from Gen Wright's force and the gunboats operativg against Savannah by this arrival being from Port Royal to the 15th, is probably only up to the 13th from Charleston, two days older than the news by telegraph to Norfolk, out of which the rebel rumor of the surrender of the city grew. We therefore see nothing In these advices frem Union sources to weaken the probability that Savannah bas fallen.—Ep. Star He ts fairly over the border making tracks for southwestern Arkansas Gen. Curtis, too, is out of Mixsour!, and in Arkansas, in close pursuit of him, picking up detachments of his men and the parcels of his material, as fast as he overtakes them 44 \ . . ; free exhibs- They fell In ae dead and wounded. Com- a IMs SSSSw bition jer Thureday, oth tmetant, "trom wtos panies were bereft of captains and lieutenants, oo FREDERICK 5. COZZENS, and captains were almoat bereft of companies; - WINE MERCHANT, the other three regiments did their duty nobly IMPORTER OF Colonels Oglesby, Marsh, and Lagan dashed FOREIGN WINES, BRANDIES, HAVANA SEGARS, along the ranks, waving their hats, and cheering AGENT FOR their men on to the confilct. ‘Suffer death,” LILIENTHAL’S TOBACCO, cried Logon, ‘‘out disgrace never! Stand firm!" AND FOR and well they beeded nim. Many fell dead and LONGWORTH’'S OHIO WINE. fei7 if J, C. MoGUIRE & CO., Aucts, M ARSHAL’S SALE.—By virtno fier {aeias issued from the Clerk the Crrowit Court, of the District of Columbia, the cou di 5 inty of Washingto: d to me direc! will expore to pubic saie. for cash. on FRIDA the 2iet day of Pebruarz, i662. on the Cr diately oast of the Mar8 st house bridge. town. D C., commencing at 1° o'clog! Cords of Oak and Pine Word, seized and upon as the goods and chattels of John A. Grines, end will be soid to satiafy judiciais No. 40, to mst. * c and Lieut. Colonel White. Cols. Oglesby and Marsh’s regiments ‘fought desperately, losing, like the other regiments, an undue proportion of ofticers. Col. Oglesby displayed a coolness and courage that has elicited the highest praise, and served well in stimulating his men. Never, perhaps, on the American continent, has a more bloody battle been fought. An officer who participated, and was wounded fn the fight, says the scene beggars description. So thickly was the battle fleld strewn with dead and Gen. Price Pos tively Taken!! ee CAPTURE ALSO OF COL. BORSEY, COL CROSS, AND CAPT. J@@PGE, OF PRIC STA esl Just as we go to press the {@ifowing dispatch baa been received at the nesdqumrtere of General McClellan a term 1962, in favor of Dickson. rurvivor of Px WARKD H. LAMO fe 11-dt« U. =, Marshal, BD. ARSHAL'S SALE.-in virtue of a writ fieri {scias, issued from the olerk’s canst the cireut court of the Dietriot of Colombia, tor the county of Washington, and to will ©: te publro sale, for oaeh, rt House door of said courty, A ¢ 5b day of March 1962, at weunded. Among tbe latter were Colonel Logan ‘Stars and Stripes Floating in Arkanens. PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, Corner of ‘14th Street, one doer east of Willard's, en oan = er a nA reed acres of it WASHINGT: D.C., AND lowing desert PRICE DRIVEN FROM MISSOUKI—GEN. CURTis 1x | Wounded, that he cold have trave 1. Cay 4 x — PURE by taking almost every step upon a trate body. Bs Sr. Lovrs, Feb¥—10 0, a. m : __ HOT FURIE. ‘phe Rebels fought with deaperavion, theirartil. | feb 19-eost 73 WARREN STREET. NEW ee fect 8 wade To Major General McClellan: St. Lovis, Feb Bs —The following dispatch | ierists using their pieces with the most fearfal sieets north, in the oity = ‘ m bead-quartei ight: effect. i together with all and er General Curtis bas captured Gen Price, Col | ety Major-General McCle agton, DC} Onelther side could be heard scores of thote | Cann iestalen LN AT LON! HOzsss wa eon. Dh, THE U, 8, GOV- LE Soekets, jumination. No, E . 321 Penn. n it! th Bt, in Wash- En ae | south si near —- Szatxp Prorosars for the delivery in in command cheering on their men. The four Dorsey, Col. Cass and Capt Shae, of Price’s The flag of the Union 18 float! Illinois regiments held thelr ground full three n Arkansas. jen. € issour EGORY. i City of 1459 CAVALRY sod ARTIL- il d w. Gen. Gen. Curtis has driven Price from Missouri, hours. Nearly one-third had been killed or ington City 5 staf. Be ES GOP 1D a ia scvenal cillen ncrone 4 Ackioed Tine oak wounded, and yet the balénce tecd tm! Fina | WY Q00, FOR SALE "moore of Hickory | LERY HORSES. for the U8. Goverumesh will 10 we th Price’s rear, and hourly capturing prison- | ly, reinforcements arrived, and fer an hour the ui . alongside of the te~ rece! of o oD. H. Rucker BAVY VARD. aig hay ahs fee a slaughter was continued. f S SMITH vi Address or sop! Re ITH. foi St “Beltsville, Prince George's Co., Md, | Depot Quartermaster in this oxty, until 12 ms on HE SUBSCRIBER Will advance, inthe way | Thess horses will be purchased in lots not ex of puroh:se or loan, small sum for short pe | ceading 200 each, and no bids will be entertained r ods, on Diamonds, Watches, valuable Jewelry, or any desoription Of entisinctiry seourities. Any | fF & greater number from any one ¥ ers and stores. The army of the Southwest is doing its duty nobly. (Signed) H.W. Hatueck, Mojor-General. The King Philip went down to the flotillnand returned last evening. She reports affairs un- changed on the lower Potomac. ° The steamer Stepping Stones came up yesterday About four o’clock our right win: turned the enemy’s left, and the Rebeis fel! back into their fortifications, and our flag was p an ed upon the pesition occupied by their left w.ng —for a time basement, pear the particu.ars apply S517 seventeenth st., n, DC. fe 19 OR RENT—A FURNISRED oa of @ and ‘er : a From the Upper Potomac. the slang ites thes coated: ‘ Indy or gentleman who would like to obtain & ew | No bid will be ontertained thet is not endorsed — - is ye s 9, < : 2 a ween ‘ - ‘ by a dec. od kis pda ae "tesa of the Home B bt by one of | with clubbed muskets, recovered 1 reiser’s bat: | H fem lite? seine ee ee feia iw’ | thatthe bidder will comply with bis proposition, S caused some little sensation y. Anexamination iuto the affair r' n of the latter. ‘The a prisoner anda citizen rovost patrols, named n Third, selected for his aced at the corner of Pat- the purpose of detecting for the purpose of uer, Three men In the Provos* pat here on Satur resulted in t evidence eiic shows that one ef the Doyle, of the Wiscon cool judgment, was rick and Market street soldiers r & con Singie and Double Rooms; at No 214 Pennayiva Bis avenue, nextio W iliards’, fe 19 lw* URNISHtD HOUSE TO LET—Three sto ries and basement. with wood shed, aod stabie room for tour horers, with.n two biooks of Wi) lards’, Address Box 80% City Post Office. 11" ALUABLE IMPROVED PROPERTY. nd the State of New York will be exo! flow eal state in tins city or good fsrm property 1 irginia. Also, iands in [iinois, Wr in, tery, while the 3ist recovered tha: o° Captain if it should be sccepted. Schwartz RENCH, GERMAN, SPANISH AND] . Twenty five days will be given from the opening ITALIAN, taught in a superior and. expedi- of the bida, for the completion of the delivery of the College: whe hae traveled mvolrin Eerepe: aad | horace. is familiar in the ysioms pursued in the noted | Of the above horses, 500 are required for Caval- iversities i and lery. Addrezs tg Ww R., Post Office Box No. 6, ei mar stew - Washington, D.C. Desereption of Horses required. Cavatry Hoxers. removed to Maryland. The Stepping Stones went down again imme- diately, and the only vessels now at the yard are the Mount Washington, (andergoing repatrs,) the King Philip and the tug Leslie THE PROPOSED REDUCTION oF c AVALRY The House Committee on Military Affaire had STILL ANOTHER ACCOUNT. St. Lovis. Feb. 1° —The Fort Donelson cor- respondent of the Republican gives the following account of the fighting on Saturday - ‘s Yesterday (Saturday) morning, just at day- light, a heavy sortie was made by the garrison 0 MILITARY COMMA®DERS, &o— - Sasseuert, will bn eona it amg under consideration, yesterday morning, a prop-| partial ci dress came up, and one named | from the left portion of their works. The attack si ficient consideration is offered for & Lieu’ Senge we = roy “4 rir tem — Appie to JAMES tepav TON. 450 Eleveuta osition to reduce the cavalry force of the army to | Baxter, belonging to the Home Brigade, was | Was made upon the extreme right wing of the Feqinent 5 reniger © pee ican cone Suey — ase; of arate ‘weil gee to the street, between 6 and fe 19 lw thirty, or at the most forty regiments. The ma- recognized and arrested by Doyle. He resisted, | Union army, where it was strongest. A part of » saddle; compactly built and free from all defects, | —— war army. by an cfficer who lately resigned his positioy, Communioauons for three daysacdressed ARTILLERY Horses. “Confidential, $93 Tenth street,” will mest with | To be from 15% to 16 hands in height; between 5 prompt attention. fo19-8t* | and8 years of age;dark colors; free from all de- SQUTCHED LINEN \sHIRT BOsOMS. — | foots; well broken to harness and to weigh not less Various styles, from low priced up to fine, |] | t#8n 1100 pounds. well made of excellent Linens. ‘The horses will be inepested by a board of officers and bis aesociates (one of whom was named Thompson, from Baltimore, and belonging like- wise to the Home Brigade.) also intetfered to have Baxter released Doyle tried for several minutes to get his pris- oner along by using conciliatory language, but was prevented from doing ao by Baxter and Gen. McClernand’s division, under Col. Oglesby, consisting of his brigade, was stationed there; also, Schwartz’s and McAlister’s batteries The point was upon a ridge leading into the right re- deubt, end situated just above the main fort. Dur- ing the previous night the enemy could be heard busily at wofk, but it was’ impossible to tell at jority of the Committee were of opinion that the Present force of seventy-five regiments were not too great in view of the peculiar aspect that the war is beginning to assume. Our cavalry force. well drilled, as it now is, can get over the ground A FRONT AND BACK PARLOR, commani- coating, with or without Board, No. 224 sev- enth street, between M and N sts. Terms moder- Bate. fe is st* C= POR SALE OR RENT. ave five unimproved (Lots, situated in the immediate yloinity of the Rasiroed Depot, which we will seil i j low for cash, or \ease on bie terms. For rapidly, and thus shorten the daysof the rebellion. | Thompson, the 1 what, as the thicket and woods encompassed the | {ne Puce Ouly: marked tn plain ~( Sa theregiments requiring them, partioclare inquire of BARGOUM & SUMMER, e Doyle then told t Union troops «n every.side, obstructing the view] 49 eases Cotton Shirtings, of all the best weends, undersigned reserves the privilege of rejeot-] _1e 18 6teo __ HOMEOPATHY IN THE ARMY duty, take his pr Ouse dead or | in every direction ERRY & BRO. | IDE each and every bid, should: he conmder the | S\on RENT—A arse PRON The Senate Committee on Militery Affairs had alive, and unless they desisted ould be com- At daylight a large body of theenemy suddenly | _ fo 19-6t Pa. avenue and Ninth street. | mterests of the service regnire it. F furnished, in s central location; would suitc.e before them, yesterday morning, a delegation of } petled to use owing his op-} 8ppeared on the extreme right wing of cose PPOSITION TO MONOPOLY! STEWART VAN VLEIT, or two conticnen. Apply at No. 454 Bighth st. homeopathic physicians and professors of dis- | pouents to be revolver, when ales Be cone ae <aouvt, playing atthe Pies — fe 12-4 Brig. Gen. and Quartermaster, | near _D. 17 st" Hnetion and character, from the various Atlantic | FBO™P¥On, saving t vied te dena | same time upon our forces from the curs which pee mie hel i Baltimore Ch i OR RENT—A 4 sitions webtug the cotuvitelut Ufa Lvucepatatc | OnE Could had heen plared in position onthe night previous. | U, 8, MAIL Link OF STKs MERS—Ratnozen, | Sof A mecmget 6 parlors, ( hospital in the District of Columbia. After af a kni The camps of the 23th and 3ist Illinois were 28 ‘spt. Kiehl; VoLunteER, Capt. Faunce, lor,)on b Had Soor, ju . officer. Inquire at 375 E, between Sth and lt Patient hearing, the committee intimated an ¥ adverse recommendation, ass gning the fear of confusion between the two systems, mest exposed. The whole br! formed into line as follows : regiment beld the extreme rip came next; then the 30th Illin then the 29th illinois, supporting the right of Capt. Schwartz’s artillery, and the 3ist lilinois defending the ar- tillery on the left From the firing of the firat gun until 9 o’clock the battle raged unremittingly and with fearful loss on both sides. Again and again our troops drove the enemy back, but they were often rein- forced, while our troops had, owing to the ex- tended lines of the army. also their position on the extreme right, to fight unassisted More gailant fighting never took place than that of the Union troops. Exposed to the terrible fire of triple their number, they stood their ground until, in some regiments, every officer was killed or wounded. At last, and reluctantly, regiment by regiment they slowly fell back, leaving ade was at once e Sth Mlinois the Sth Illi On and after Febroary 30th. every day (Sundays EAL ROPO: i 1th exospted,) at 11 o’alook, from Jone’ < . { Ss day heen ft rg Pg jor sup- wha’f, foot of llth s'reet,and Gen. piyiee the Us. Sub Dep't with 6,000 head of H d Mattawomsa: BEEF CATTLE on the hoot Croek st the above hour. Freight taken at are-| The Cattle to be delivered at Washington City, Guond rate. Ligensed by the U.S. to os Paanen- grch animal to average 13° pounds gross i ght. and ose Imspector’s Certificate mal admitted than may be seen cn board. ‘These boats sre new and in ross. whioh wengha lays good order, and make as fast time as any other be delivered at such times and in bosts on the Putom such quantities a; the Go fe 13 GEO. T STANLEY. Arent. | No CRttis wills required user this ooutracl ‘be: re the let dey of April, 1862 EPOT, QUARTER MASTER’S OFFICE, Heifers and Bullocks bo. wanted. Coengr E1GHTRENTH «ND G STREETS. A bond with good and sufficient seourity will be Washington, D C., February 19, 1862. | © veo no SE a gaaeieunspnegtdtiece akaand MAS. | TMA Totten nen MOY *8 ry 0} ousaN i tbe BOARDS for the graves of deceased ed _soldie: taaekee Who have partieeey ante ae ~ &— 4 Berek vat teen oe Eon ion Teaaahae Saturday, ' ther contracts, or where the bidder tenn esent “The boards must conform in all respeots to ths} Sida bo be diners! to Bag A. BECKWIT: following } pb.c ma ball entering still beld with bis one of the trio made bi< e Thompson also ran After loging his prisoner at th Doyle returned with two other patr: for the others, when they found Th dead in the road near the scene of the affray. The evidence in the case bas been laid before the commanding General for his action in the premises it should have been previously stated that before attempting the arrest Doyle asked the dis- guised soldiers for their passes, and was answered that being citizens they needed none and had none The recent demonstrations around Harper's Ferry lead to the belief that the enemy are about to cross the Shenandoah tive miles above the street, between 6th and 7th YWO FURNISHED RB Q Ts ior D ROOMS FOR RENT A RUMOR. Among the rumors afloat in Washington, with- out any traceable foundation, {s the not Improb- able one that Alexander H. Stephens, the recent- ly-elected Vice President of the rebel Confedera- CUMS TO RENT. furnished or Wen "i modern Conveniences after Monday atthe corner of Third street tod Mirsourl es. fels lw* second floor. 316 KE street, Hotel, 2 by 10 feet. Loquire in jets RARE CHANCE.—The rete t A City Hotel, (the only first oleee ef open - . Nia) 8, dom es to retire pews. and wi or & ig FIXTURES and GOOD WIL is lease will terminate on ~ A for 8 much longer term at a moderate rent. ‘his Hotel is now doing, ava has for New Pracica ‘s—From Hudson Taylor, 334 Pennsylvania avenue, we have “ Jomini’s Art of War,’’ an admirable translation from the last Paris edition, by Lieut. Creightll, U.S.A Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co. This 3; ; ‘ years ene Ferry, and erect a powerful batt “| Schwartz's battery and three of McAllister’s SPECIFICATIONS. 1S, U.S. A. Washington. ea latce And profitable busines: cours Helter ae umority recognized as the lending | goun Heights oppastie sandy Hock, for te ou, | guns in rebel haulds. “Retiring a few bundred | _ The Boards ts opel es hen rood sree from Form oF Btn. the underrigned to retire from: pablie busieees Tu lltaty critic of the world, 1s a valuable addi- J pose of driving out Colonel Geary’ forces under | Yards they all msde a stand, aad General Smith | knots,(4) four fret long, (10) ten inohes: Wide; 10) eels B: do berets ropete te deliver to the Gov- only inducement to sell, as 26 could not hope tion to the list of military works now so much | Major Tyndale. They frequently make their ap. | #Tived with reinforcements, and at once drove | $8¢ 8nd one hell inch thick. . ae on oh to engage 12 one more prohteble. For fofed on gine found’ the Woy ‘ckd dew ck +» Foun ie edco het distance of(1) foot o)iewhene hal smooth on each side, A specimen ote sue of boards required may sought for. It is for sale by Hudson Taylor From the publishers, Dick & Fitzgerald, New York, (and for sale by them at No. 358 Pennsyl- pearance at other points to divert attention from the spot. If such be their plan, our forces will not be caught napping, the enemy again into their works in the first of the battle also, Col. W. H. L. Wallace's nrgacs; comprising the lith, 20th, 17th and 48th Regiments, participated; also Col. e terme and paren areappir to JAS A. ENGLISH. who ie 8: og ol or 6 unders: ia 15-1 SAMu HEPLEROWER, on the sonies, and the weight so determined be a es B it'of besrenatt she purghane weirat 4, ota eta PERHAM’S vania avenue) we have “Treasure Trove,” by ‘be McArthur’s{Brigade—a which troops sutfer- La 18 0! or the iment Reli the O Proposals. should dressed ntract, and to receive Treasury notes brilliant humorist, poet, and painter, Samuel purcaneusain Feo tents he ra the cd severely. 8p posed to, these “were twelve! pocnun, Quartermaster US Asety Wookinoict: | for the Cattle. "7 notes in payment | SECOND GRAND EXCURSION Dover; “The Warden,” by Anthony Trollope. rejoicing over the news from Fort Donelson at the | been carefull placed it} proper positions. Fiead Boarder Liem a palate 7 NEW YORK Al 4 now recognized as leading novelist; and ‘Castle | Commercial Rooms in tue Merchants’ Exchange, Gen. Grant hacia , in command of the division. fe 19 dtmar Q. Mi. and Col. ORK AND BOSTON! Water,” by the incognito writer whose “Eaat | ® Proposition was started to raiae a fund of $100,- | driven the enemy back with reinforcements and 000 to educate and provide for the orphans of the slain on the Federal side, and $5.000 was raised inafew minutes. ‘The re: Lynn,” “Red Court Farm,” and productions of similar power, bave created no little inquiry as to gained the lost ground, at once ordered an ad- vance by Gen. Smith on the left T° SUTLERS’ AND OTHERS. Baltimoreto New York and Retu From aeltimece ts Decker ant Rate SF, 0 BRANDY PEACHES, 10 dozen, WHI be easily ob- Charging under a hot fire up the steep hill on Tickets for aslo at Chandier’s Cigar Stead, in the the author. tained. Besides ‘this beneficence, ‘the Cooper | which was located the outer Fedoubt. cur troops 25 dozen FRESH PEACHES, 400 Bushels Natonal Hctots where fall partsoatans nace hee oie Shop Refresument Committee have had under | gained the high breastworks, and with hardly a 2 dozen STRAWBERRIES, : —— trains datiy, leaving ington Tue Raitroan Convention.—The Railroad | consideration the establishment of a home for the | pause went over them, pianting the stars and 20 dozen PINE APPPLES, or ae 4 Convention which convenes in this city to-mor- row at the invitation of the Secretary of W ar, will organize at 12 o’clock, at Willards’ Hotel, we understand. benefit of all wounded, maimed and sick soldicrs after the rebellion ts crushed. A charter for a ‘Soldiers’ Home’’ has been obtained, and the erection of a suitable building will shortly be be commenced. {tis stated that one gentleman bas signified his iutention of subscribing $40,000 for this purpose. ——————_-2+e-.__ - ts eood to o1 a fos return on or before May ist. SS eeeeeeeeeeesesSSsSsSFSSsSsFs MERICAN SPECIFIC.—T! anie. A speedy and certain a fore a Ee. in from three a) a0 113% Fe-avenue, ee eare. Sold oxty Pasar tees ™ stripes over the walls under a most galling fire. They then formed, charged and drove the ene- my back until he fell inte’ new position behind some batteries. W hen evening came the Union troops had been victorious at every point, having gained back the ground lost in the morning, and got within one part of the enemy’s works. 29 dozen PIE FRUIT, CURRANT JELLY, 2 dozen FRESH TOMATOES, GREEN CORN, GREEN PEas, TOMATO CATSUP, PEPPER SAUCE, x NORFOLK OYSTERS j Just arrived at aA reel ~ 18th st. and Pa. ave. Sonos adres eee a 07" The London Ezaminer atyles Hon. Owen Lovejoy “a renting bleckhead °° a Our troops held their position during the night, SAUERKRA N iG UTTER do, 6 cente, : LE aa CONGRESSIONAL. repelling the repeated assaults of the enemy. = LOBSTERS, une aes fe 15-8t* Bee - tom INANCIAL.— From the New York Evening SxxVite Conunees_a The scene within the captured fort after the CONDENSED MILK. Pe = ee ees af do. 2 cents, Port of yesterday : SS—Second Session. | surrender showed how terribly the Rebel garrison CRANBERY SAUCE SIBSON’S Bkown SUGAR, Scents, The gold market continues active, though the} Sznare.—Yesterday, nfte uad suffered. Everywhere were ents of j ee RESTAURANT. ery fine CODFISH, 5 cents. Union successes of the past ten days and the | The cate of Senn Bene Ont teport closed— | sreiis and round shot balf buried Intec carte | 10 BARRELS - Apother lot of fresh cround COFFEE, hiteb in the legal-tender bil have somewhat aun, cussed by Messrs. Bumeer? trocar Meboe, | tent were tora to pieces, gun carriages broken, PRIME WESTERN apres 3 4 APOE low priveeat nes TOUR. Sdvance.” ‘Fhe highest poiat teuckeg Gan Ee | Baia tn Heer, Fessenden, Clark. Ten Eyck, | Md blood scatered around. a taues | Just rescived end for eas at the towuncon | achy Botten"iti nasa Bie, Birdand | _foifte®”” L*K'DEULWia's, wavy Vare Saturday—105, buyer 60 ‘days—and the lowest | and faichoct frales dan eerson and Howard, ‘ ade lor the last three weeks, and ‘havi place, the dead bodies lay thickly, and abundant evidence of a stern resistance and gallant attack was visible. On the extreme right, where the desperate sortie was made by the garrison, simi- lar scenes were visible. The gallantry of the Union troops has been well and severely tested, and they have proved more than equal to the task before them. and without further dispesing of the matter, the Senate adjourned. = {["Mr.O D. Hanscomb, of Marshfield, Me., on the Ist inst., discovered in the woods, about from: bis house, a den con- taining three bears—two cubs and their dam. prices. by BARBOUR & SEMMES, fo 18-lw No. 65 Louimana ayenue. INE MILITARY GOODS—A - F my oue-A LARGE As M. ie 2 1. Jewellers, 35: sylvania avenue, for Fx ESENEATIo. te tholr cere on assortment of é ry since that thine 103%, standing this noon at WO “Phe fail of Savannen, just announced, will prop- ably check any tendency to advance, as the ex- change drawers will doubtless soon in to shape their business to the probabilities of a re- sumption of the cotton export the coming sixty or ninety days. The exchange market Las a ve y suranoe that will continue so to ‘do season, there! pene our house scales with the best of Old Virgivi ivalves. We determined to reeume the old sole of pri 5 larder will be supplied with the best the sffords. ith the choioost Wines, eannot A Citizens an: strangers gisses 4 on ‘ Benniveleen fk nuycK, 6 Sree. Drafts on Europe ana the prinot; cities in the im sams to suit, rarnts rea- ai fe eu, teratabed by wt on in, Treasury Notes, and Currenoy bought and - f,nonounts opened with oustomers, either lecture on unsettled look to-day, and 0 With a rope be mad . and As the fleet approached the fort this morni , IBSON'S Restauran in ‘reasury Notes. or : Lnsettled 100k os pis © material decline i) ead ae dns Bore, and passed it over | , As the fleet approached the fort this mo cuing, E DEFICERS., sworps, | 22!" Corner of Tek snl ja 2-colm SWEENT'E HOVCK. Money is in fall demand to-day at six per cent, | °f the cave, where she was despatched with an | When the American flag was displayed. Sashes, Beits, ‘Shouldes Berane: nots, JROOM TO RENT. sullave lo cadena 5 7 > on call. axe. The cubs were served in the same manner.| _No officer in the army had an idea of the extent less, and every GPaereele or R ‘store. Apply to & yes Te ead L * BY, o; p1Zhe nominal rate for best bills on London is ofthe defences of Fort Donelson, until they had Joweliere, Sipe BRO. | of Watohen, 10 Weshinetan Builite Bi le a ‘nm gain and ex: 4 ————————$—$—$————— i Che Assistant Treasurer received from Wash- AM ITHSONIAN LECTURES —Dr,| “Several of out men, when out of ammunition, | 227 St___Four doors woat of Brown's Rota have ington te-day another million of the new issue nis concied rushed forward, and although exp. sed to the full ive ing | F , pls €0 Trotis “explorations” cn. ‘T HURNDA fire of the Rebel artillery, gallantly drove their NING, February 20th, at 8 o’clook. United States stock. There arenow three mil- aAtS Dane ee el yma NEW DAILY B NW. i A Teeny yy AW OMAN ASH- Saleh thes are ool ay 1s Wk inn lions on hand. which will be delivered to the foes back with the bayonet and captured their CREEK: MARYLAN. ing. jestangten: which banks when they are prepared to receive them, GHE SISTERS OF CHARITY at St to \ Vincent’s Female Orphan Asylum jet Leicrade as = joow SS al ie see ee poe thanks to the patrons a the Orphans” Far T. 4s = for their generons liberality, resulting in the = pi re a one some sum of two thousand one hundred eighty- eo five dollars and seventy-six conts( $2,182 76.) It Lent enoer—it} WASHINGT EC 7 - im ON EoTURE ASSOCIA The Fifteenth Leoture of the course will be de- guns. x The following are the names of some of the e Col. ‘Gantt, Col, Voorhees, Col. F Sol. Gan Dol. Voor! + For - Brown, and tol. Abernethy. ; ae Om FURTHER FROM FORT DONELSON. A Fire at Clarksville—Supposed Burnin, t Town or the Rebel Susawers—Arrival oy Peis WAT Sa MARERS legend uextie reat aisles Wath eines, pach eat Ss. pS 2 ae ving understood that sev- with tbe? heute, end se 'y take this measure in in no way con- er by the Edinburgh. Tbe English journals generally applaud Earl Russell's let:er to the ‘Admiralty io lative to the use of British ports a 9 belligerents. The Times says that the government acted very ‘wisely and impartially. The Post thinks the lat- ter must give universal satisfaction, and effectu- to order. N. B. Pinking fe GUETPORQAING S SETS , | [AND WARRANTS WANTED ally check such irregular ings as th livered by ers at Cairo. forming that they are L the Tuscarora and Neshvillgn i" ‘o#e of REV. CHAS. 6. AMES, of Illinots, Caino, Feb. 17.—The steamer Memphis arrived ce Br oston Hones he JAY COOKE & ont bo the Ameriern government 1s At the from Fort loa this evening, ringing Building. ‘ gion | fe iw SB Pinceath at. xious for a renewed effort for the lay " iment as lsoners, an SS of a transatlantic cable, and offers to furnish halt Sehsemian TRG oy i ore ‘monet 5 wounded soldiers, who were left at Mound City. Bight or nine other boatsare on their way with Rebel prisoners. The Rebeis who have esca; On WEDNESDAY EVENING, February 19 Subject—" What wilt Become of the Republic 2” the means and ships if England does the same — nt — it is reported that Cyrus fields undertakes R. PERDRI. Surgeon M Paris, a you another mission to England on the subject. form that it is sup) have gone to Nashville or Clans. re This. th Prors oi mat7; Lecti t 8 o’olook, they attem; ~s CONVERSION OF THE KErUBLIC OF MEXICO INTO] _4 dmittanee 35 oe iii aS fo 18-28 _ vil another stand oa oe ey ; iit ik Ee coin The iedien Se F THE JOINT COMMIS ‘ is - e Morning Post (supposed organ of Palmer- ‘HE iN jp ec dW COLLET. Gere AND SILVER COIN 73 10 PREABURY NOTES B and 1Ay COOKE 8 This evening a great light was seen for several wep thet diveeion of Chavis and. itis aupy ie e either burned the town or thelr steamboats in river them falling inte our hands. ualandi ‘The Rebel officers adinit that if we take Nash- | SION OF 7 NITED 8 5 > GUBTA RICA, Washineton, February 8.10605 he a Bosting of the boara. heid this ‘asy, it was * dered, ‘Thst ai! persona having claims op a besweas the Unites | the said Republic concluded on the 2d ston) says that it Las now been determined, with the assent of Greet Britzin, by the Courts of Paris and-Madrid; that their armies shail march direct from Vera Cruz to the capital of Menico end there suppress the existing executive. England wilt Himit ber active military 0-operation to the ville, the rebellion in Tennesse is gone : uly. 1850, do fie memorials e prison probe’ . presence of a powerful squadron inthe Gulf of of this Board: in the olty of pat vantan canons tg a ot Come lexico, and to gairisening the port of Sav Juan CHAS. W. DAVIS, It appears that the General Johnson ptured @ Ulloa witha force of seven hundred marines eee eee ny ios z of os during the continuance of the healthy season on. | —/¢1!--w oe weet. Brigadier General not Gee ANS. jonneton ig Fort Donelsen is Bi Jobnson, of Tenn., a thatcoast. This force, when the rere stated, unbealthy, is to be replaced by acclimati Cu THE UNION PRAY. M 7 Wail es pated Be be replaced by acel!mati A rebel officers captured are Col. fn troops — ae ey Somcac\Be at 0 © 00 asi SA Oe). Gcown, Col. Foret, br de “ree a terday a police | ™ = ~ i pnd, Pats as 4 —_ = visited the citice of tue ‘Nouth” newspaper = ery, in their varieties, Ea in Meter cl 8 Tork eerseta “variety of acta willbe offered sale. i ”