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VOUJ-ME 7. OA l'K ISJ. A N 1 \ NEW JERSEY. TIIUItSDAY. MARCH li. 1SH2. , - Xl'.MllEU 39 I

OFFICIAL report of geh. grant. 1 The following! report, is the official 1 account of Jfie taking of Fort Don- & clson, bj the gallaiH soidicrs outlet '' Gen. Grant The report is worth ren- ^ ding an J worth preserving for future ref•erence : — ■; General : I atn pltfased to announce It to yon the unconditional surrender, this ' c morning, of Fort DoneUon, with tweire « to fifteen thousand prisoners, at least jl forty pieces of artillery and a large S amount of stores, hones, unties and otb- . ti . er public property. & I left Fort Henry GfiThe 12ili Instant a with a force^of about 15,004) men; divi- n ded into two divisions, under the com- s mand of Generals McCIernuud and Smitii. Sit regiments were sent around G by water, the day before, conreycd by a' a gunboat, or rather started one day. la- (j t<?r than one of the gunboats, with in- si strnctions not to pats it. The troops made the inarch in good si ■order, .the lilM of the column arriving v within tw»\jifes of the fort at 12 A ■o'clock M. At this point the enemy's a pickets were met and drivch in. C Tbo fortifications of the enemy were - from ibis point gradually approached l< and surrounded, with occasional , skirmishing on the line The following day, ti owing to the non-arrival of the -gun- " boats and reinforcements scat by wuter, c no attack was made ; hut the Invest- ■ t inent was extended on the flanks of the enemy, and drawn closer to his works, with skirmishing all day. The evening of the-13lh the gunboats and reinforcements arrived. On liie 1 4th a gallant attack was. made by Flag-Officer Foote npoh the enemy's works with bis fleet. Toe engagement lasted probably one | hour nriil-a half, and bid fair to result : j; lavorably to the causo of the Union, ! j when two unlucky shots disabled two of : [. the artaered gunboats, *u that they were |, carried back by the Current. The re-vy-uiuiniog two were very much disabled:), ul»l»Cfiaving received a number of heavy j * / -^awol* about the pilolMionse and other ; ti parts of the. vessel. After these mis- , | hops, 1 concluded to make the invest- C ments of Fort Donelson os perfect as j( possible, and partially fortify and await it •\ repairs to the gunboats. This plan was b frustrated, however, by the enemy mak- I ing u most vigorous attack upon our ■ li right wing, commanded by Gen. J. A. j I McClcrnaiul, with a portion of tho force '■ under General L. Wallace. The enemy ' I were repelled offer a closely contested . t; battle of several hours, in wlrich our : || toss was heavy. The officers, and par- \ tieularly field offioors, suffered out of: »j proportion. 1 hare not the tomans vet i ' of determining our Joss even approximately, bot it cannot full far short of |: 1,24)0 killed, wounded, and missing. /Of a the Utter I understand through Oct.. f Uuckner about 250 were taken prison- ,, era. I shall retain enough of the onesy < to exchange for them, as th«y were im- '[ mediately /hipped off and not left .for 1 c recapture. • \ Aboot tlie close of this action, tlie u *' ammunition la tfie cartridge boxes gave p vut which, with .the loss of many of the i field officers, produced great confusion „ tu thn ranks. Seeing that, the enemy t did not take* advantage of this fact, I \ oidered a charge upon the left — enemy's J right — with the division under General b C. F. Smith, which was most brilliantly xeeuted, and gave to our orms full as- I1 worance of victory. The battle lasted ' until dark, giving us possession of part *j oftheir entrenchments. An attack was T ordered upon their other flutk, after the j charge by General Braitli was imminenc- g ed, by the divisions under Generals Mc- t Olernand and Wallace, which notwith t , Standing the hoars of Mposare to n v heavy fire in tlsej forepgr- of the day, ' a was gn!!antiy made and the enemy fur- „ * ther repulsed. At Uie points thns gain* „ ■ »esl, night. having come on, all the troops , encamped for tlie night, feeling that a v compie e victory would crown their la- | j ' ' i aCS '• i E

bors at an early, hour in^liio morning.:. This morning, at a very early hour. Gen > S. Duckner sent a message to our camp*, proposing 'an armistice, »&c. ' A copy 1 of the correspondence which ensued .is j : herewith accompanied. I. atnnot mention individuals Jtrtn*-. specially -distinguished themselveJr hilt y that to division and brigade offi-V cers, whose reports will be forwarded a- ■ I soon as received. To division common- i however. Generals McClerhand, and Wallace, I mast do the justice- to say that they were — with their i command* In the midst of danger, an J always ready to execute all orders, matter what the exposure to tliern- i selves, 1 1 At the hour the attack was made on < McClernand'a command. 1 was absent, having received a note from Flag Officer Foote. requesting tna to go, and him lie being unable to call My personal staff — Co!. J D. Web- . ■Mr, chief <of staff— Col. J. Iliggin, Jr , : volume*'? aid; CapL J. A, Ikawlings.. A general ; Capts. C. 11 Lagow and W. 8- Hillycr, aids ; and Lient. i V. B. McPherson, chief .engineer — all are deserring of personal mention tite r gallantry and services. For full details and reports and .parreference is made to the reports i of tlie engineer, medical director, and commanders of brigades and divisions, - to follow. I am, General, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, . U. S. Grant, llrig. Gen. * for the "Until Wave.* J washington's birth-dat at tub codrt house. In olwdicttce to a Pfoclamatian by the PVAidetit of the United Stales, the cit- j of Ca|>c Mnysjncl, at the Court House, to celebrate tlie Birth-day of the Father of Iti* Country. At 8 q'elncfc a concourse of l ube* and gentlemen I surrounded the flng-staff, which-wna soon • to .unfurl to the brecZu asuost baniliful j and costly tl.ig, which was to lie prtxeiited to Cape May County, by Mr£S;ir»h 1 Hand, tho mother of our highly hqjjored Clerk. As this aged lady was in tho act of presenting and raitiug to .its designetTpolttiiiu — this precious ciu- . of aur Nationality— Mr. Clinton ) the Capitin of . oar Cape May ' drew pp his company in u "hoi- ; jow square" and played most beautifully | , The Star Spangled Banner." (Mrs. j ; Hand, above named, is one of the yren-ty-fdur y>ving ladies, who strewed with ' , flowers the pathway -of 'th» Great washikutox, as. lie passed over the Trenton Bridge, on bis way to New York, in IT 89.-) After tlie presentation of the flajf, the and as many gentlemen as were able to secure scats, eutcred the Court and were organized by the appointment ol Richard C. Holmes, Esq., Chairman, and 1,1. Townsend, Secretary , The object of the meeting being fully explained, the Cuairmau invited Rev. Wm. Swindon to engage tn prayer, which Was done iu a devout and appropriate manner, at tho close of. which j Dr. Coleiuan F. Learning, read, with I patriotic fctvo.r highly commendable, j the Faskwkll Address or Gkorcc WxsfnsoTox. After the reading Rev. Mr Swinden offered the following resowhich was unanimously passed : | Hefolcrd, Tiial Unv-ng listened with ' pleasure to the reading of Washington's I Farewell Address, wt- endorse the prin- J ci pies * therein eunmcraU-d, and com-: mendlbem to tbe atleution and obstr- j of the entire Nation. On motion liy ;he Secretary, Ilcr. Mr. Swiuden was invited to slate brietly, for I tho especial advantage of the young psr- ; sons present, the origin of the existing war, and ghre some reasons why the lopal tons ;>f the East, West anil North are now engaged in mortal combat with our 1 unhappy brethren of the South, which done in such beautiful language and I ; with such patriotic emotions as to deep- 1 i impress both old and yonug wi h ill j ->a. i" - ' - • ■ ' v>W^. .

! justice and absolute neccsiity of "the war. j Du motion of Mr. Ross, Mr. Ran- ' *i dol|>ii wos loudly oalled fur, who, wjth , j some apparent relnctaivee, came forward and made some well-timed remarks. He ! spoke oLout the Black Flag, which the ^r^iels/j^mRveral instances, have raised : yduring tjie war ; but, more especially, of : ( the one hiiscd by tbe traitor Floyd, nt •\lie battle of Fort Don'clsun showing ; rf will tiiyyNAi..! the Black flag was tru- : i ly the embjtiin of dishonesty, traitorous ! j doctrine and barbar)us treatment. But | the flag 'raised to day by- our. patriotic j ' mother, ami the flag under which Wash- j ton fought and oar loyal brethren now j on tlie bdttlc-ficUl.ure fighting, was, and : indeed, the emblem uf Justice, Lib- , tr, and of the indirisibiliiysif our civil, j political, and religions institutions On motion made by Norton Lndlatn, 1 The Rev Mr. Durell was culled upon to speak, but excused ifimvir, in*coose- ! ! qunnce of the lateness of the hour. rOn motion of Atron Bennett, the i ■!.:.! kit <>f the mtctlng fvere tendered to ! I)r._ teaming for the very Satisfactory j' manner in whiih he read tha Farewell j Address. On motion of Mr. A. Benezet, the ] thanks of all present were 'given* to tlie j jucenile Baud for the very piquant manner in which lliey pluycd so many appro- j |>ropriale National airs, during tlie pro- j cecdln^s of the- meeting. It was stated by Mrs. I). Wiley that many of the soldiers upon the Lower Potomac, under the mtdleit care of I>r John Wiley, were tuuclt in need of «uii table bedding, and that their health was | seriously impaired thereby; whereupon ] .Mis* Jane Hand, willi her accustomed ; ; phiiantlirupic spirit, proceeded forth- [ i with to collect a fund, to-nid in prucur ing a supply of the necessary articles. On motion, it was resqived to send the < proceedhsfc* . of this mieliug to the! j "Ocean Wave" fur publics' ion. Ounuulion .of .John .Luiilaui. .Esq_. il was resolved that the meeting adjourn. RICIIAUD C. IIOLUM; PresTT RffBKN ToWXSE.HH. StC. . Por tbe "Deesn W»w." -THERM AT DNIONTILLE. Mn. Leacii In t|ie first place, I imi agiuo your readers will desire to "know ! where Ualoatfille is. I will tell them, j I It is that pert of the Lower Township, j generally known its the Cape. The rca- ; s »n wliy the people hare, by public don- j ; sent, decided to change the name, is he- ! cause- the name of Capo is not a very distinct one, as Cape May Connty is of- r ten called Capo. Henceforth/ therefore, , j the Cape district will lie de&iguatcd jiy ; the name of UuionriUQ) ! Well, at tbo Academy at Uniunville, we honorod the natpl ' Birth-day of him . wlio was. "First in War, first in Peace, and first in tlie hearts of his Country . j men," by the firing of a piece of ord- | nance, a relic of- fonner "sraR limes," at j day-break, which was repeated during < i the day, and by railing one of the hand- . soracst flag staffs that lias been reared in I the connty, and unfurling at its 'top- , mast-head a starry banner — -tho old | "Red, WhlMr and Blue." At mboat IQ j I o'clock In the morning, an effigy of rebel | | Jeff. Davit," who was being inaugurated : President of a Troitor Confederacy on i , the same day, was placed in front.-of the | cannon, facing its-muzzle, when, at tho I suggestion of u lady present its poailion . , was reversed, .being put bdek to the ran- r j non'ssnouib, for, as the ladjr remarked'. • \ "If ever ho is shot it will lie when run- j inin^awar." In a moment the mate.; ; was applied, and the cranium ef "lying 1 Jeff" was scattered abroad in atoms. — Kvery heart present fell thankful to Almighty God that WasitlKcrox was i born in America, and that he had inculcated principles which to-day live and > are manifesto.!, and that he had estab« • : lished eqnitahie and worthy examples, i . which the Constitution- Union-loving i ; people are emulating in ffpnrniug treni son and in aiding, to strangle rebellion, (f « * N*TI<fckt..

GK&KD PATRIOTIC DEMONSTRATION At KanhalMDo, Fib. S)i. IBil. ' j As en extarntivcr notice of this great ! ' i meeting bad b.-i-n served before the pnbiiv - for norae time previous to its oscnrrenoe, i : s largo 'ami respectable number of ciliz>ns j I I anJ friends from all directions- flocked r « f j'thfther. to white their earnest and heartfelt | 1 ; i iftsnifesta'.ious of patriotism, love of Union j,p , i and of Itepnlilican Liberty. Ti.ere coold ! be no occasion more fit for inch an mpm r j sion Iban the anniversary birthday of the d I immortal W askixotox. The immense -h i crowd was composed of both sexes and all i c : ! ages, | d Al the time of the assembling* %nd long j t> before thclmur -of pnblic service. u!l the ; !•" | slr«"ls were enlivened- with the merry " .. ' shouts of boys and girls, engaged in various i v plays and diversions— such as ball-playing, j 11 | running, promenading, conversing Mc. All i faces were radient with the expectant] * i smile* and sparkling connlonaiices, butok- 9 1 , ening an inti-lligeut appcecialiun of the | h ' | gathering. At the moment tho puU.c ex- *' etciiot wero a'oOut to commence, all mere Sl • • outward exhibitions, noise. Iiustlo and con. '■ I fusion subsided, and a solemn rileuco and ' d . ' reverential . respect pervaded the entire- '' I | mass. Though quieV, there was n^geiieral . h i feeling of eager, nervous anxiety to listen ; * one# more to the teachings, the aduior.i. j a • ♦sons, tint sacred advice, the solemn war- S " ' 1 nihgs. and tho prophetic nisdum emlmdied. | t< ij ip the h»«t — the Farewell Address of the i ,J xat|her of his Country, which was graceful- 1 ly. solemnly, ami impressively read by Ben • 11 ben S. Iloliinsiiu, U«q„ of Tnckahoe. from | ; u platform erecte-1 beneath the Flag ol ! " _ ! our Union, unfurled and waring, from the iA* ■ lop of a lofty pole. At tho close of ihtyf I reading, the air was rent with rounds j " -hearty and entliusiastb; cheers in In-hwlfAif J.1' 1 the Address and of the triumphant ''Ss\ars i < ami .Stripes." j C During tho exercise's vehicles, were pre- | I I vented From pa«»itig through tho crowded ! I j streets. Nothing, Jfowever, transpired to i •' I disturb thg. iinp"h'Ssj vejess of. the Scene | c | Al length the. vn«t crowrf peacefully and | j quietly (lispwrsatl. wild, we trust, with noble ! d i sentiments and fib-lings worthy of the day * and the occasion. ; n ■f--. — ; .•y'V'w; , . \* Heroic Kentucky union girl. Atorrespoiident, writing front Pndu- ' ^ eah recently, gives the following account of a Kentucky heroine. Ho snys : ! 3 "In the*e times of torror and jteril | ^ r in this district, some of tlie most heroic : v . | acts have been performed ; but perhaps „ , the noblest of nil WM "perpetrated, *a|fcw j f . ; tlnys since, by a young lady of .Grave* 1 1 . county, Well kno.v<i to the writer, Miss . c . • Anna Btlifbtd. ller father and family <J r nrc devotedly for^lte Union. Tho old If . • inuti having information that tlie not* • ' ( ! riou# li. C. King (expelled from our | r i Legislature for treas in) nnd his rohbe I haitd intended to visit the ItOfflffi for The ,1 purpose of taking horses, guns, Ac. hid t | his gnn and brought his horses to this 1 , ' place. Whilst here three of King's j robbing bond visited the house, 'demon- j . ; ded the gnu, Mid. alarmed Mrs. Bassford , I ; who ofdered a son some fifteen 'your* i r | old to find the gun and deliver it over. < . j The boy, after considerable search, fjund 1 i i the gun ; the robbers demanded a pistol 1 . i which they were informed' belonged in J ! the family, whereupon tfie daughter, ) i some seventeen years old, told them she i I knew where the pistol teas, but they ] could not- get it. The robbers insisted, I I with load, vnlgar oath*, but the girl p : was -determined, and, sieing they were B ! foiled in thht, tliey ordered 'he feeble, j , sickly boy to moont up behind one it! . I their elan, as they intended to take liiui , : to Camp.. Benarcgard in place of fii* ' . I d— d Lincolniie father. The boy and _ | mother, in tears protested, but tit tto ' » | effect, and the boy was in the act of _ j mounting, when the heroic sister step- „ i ped between her brother and the rob s 1 iters, nnd. drawing, cocking, and preI. senling the pistol, ordered her brother . | back to the' house, and, with engle-picr- ' cing eye fastened ,ou tjie robber, and | '* di- ath-dcwling di termination in h rcuun j t, i t-nance. <?art-d them to hinder or touch , Iter brotbe.' mi d .-hr would lay Ithe rob- | b?r dead at her feej« Suffice k- (o say, | thetthree brigands Jfeampm'd off and • • I fi. the family v-itbout further molests i tijio.". — . .) ■ i m ■

] OUP. CAMP LETTER. • I«*r Uhtms lb, A 7th Keg. ) • • sfl Gat. UwoKxa's Dmiffii, Feb. 22.1, '82 j 1 kak Wirs This is the evening of ! the 2t!J— that day hailed with so. great dr- . I I lichl t>y every scldier of the Unior. army, '*9 I and by she citizens of the loyal Stale#. — . e. wh" are anned in defence of tliir lf. - i public, love to revert buck and meditate upon the public anil privatit life of our glu- W riuas National Father, who was also a soldier. and suffered privations and hardships ■ in camp, with which we have never ceme m contact. The >aml spirit of love o'f freedom mid t.f republican liberty that actuated tiewrj-e Wsahingtun . to struggle so gallantly for the foundation of this -governis the same spirit that* moved n* to enkst in our Coqn try's favor and that will us for the hi, mJy vcenes t>r tight. All is silen: along the L'olomac, with the exception of rain drops gently falling on thutchrj roof; but this the soldiers ar» becoming quia accustomed to, far we have Scarcely ha 1 anything hut rain and snow, and rain, for the post two months — Gladly will we welcome the .Spring that is near. We che r u; with the hope . Hoi weather wi.'l then be belter. Thie been u genorri holiday tbroaghout the entire army. Heavy "Bring has been heard all day up the Potomac, in thfi direction if old Fort Wu«liingti>:i, which we supposed he -alytes ii: respect to' tho Birth day of General WashqwriTm. Dur hj»y<iu general, are very healthy and iWTind spirits -r lint I^tm sorry to say thayree have some few cases of sicklier , uiuflty of the measles, but wo livlieyu they jwegotting better. A» you have, bnfdrv^beiih' told, it is rumored in camp that bur Division is' to cro<* the riwr on llt» ponioot: bridge* and take charge of the rebel battery opposite us. on Cock Fit Point, am) also !o meet General II eiiil zlaman. who i* in ivimnmnd of tlio Union' forces, about 8 miles above thw bat- ; but whether tjto report be true tso - - , cuitnol certify. -Our vessels have been pass- . ing up and" down. "hy'tho battery, .all the I and sonre of them with the ••star* and stripes" floating al the to{b roast- heads, hut not a shot ha* been fired at them. Tfii* w n j ceul'l. tint account far. We l-gan to tbit.k . tjiey had-."*iiielt a rat," slid evneuated their | post jo time to rave their necks, eqhipuge. • "* • j Ac., but we lizard yesterday that they had moved baekMrf' tju.mtico creek, which 1 * about a mile below the battery,- and runs | back into tln' ii.ainlaiid. They, have prob- ; sidy heard that Gen. llHintzlcman was ading nn ihem, and we suppiwo they are mntititing their gun* in order. to stop him : eroning said Creek with his farce, , ! think lito "bloody 7th" may liavu a j ehanco.to cross over and try the range of jour iimskefr, wbicli I think tho majority of j^iur Begimrnt are Willing tutd utixiou# tsdo. : inusiclo«e. for it ft nearly time for laps to l*at, after wltiuli we are not allowed a ligh*. '1 Remain, Yours. Cirri r. A special dispatch ffom t/airo . says' that the Unbelt are nut evaceating Colainbus, thoogh Memphis papers predict that it wi!| soon be surrendered ; that Gov. Harris has ' issued n Earning proclamation, in which he cull* on all to resist to the last ; thul them i* serious 'disaffection ip vjie "llehel camps ; . that Confederate money is un current*, and that United States Treasury notes eotr. " mand a premium of 2-V per coiit. The following ha« been handed tn m. with the request that it should be published, and song by tho llirato Guard - I am the son of ma's and I've listed for U.* wur*. In the sidewalk hussar# an othcrr ami; I've boldly drawn tlie scabbard and thrown away the sword, And I'll bleed fojL my country likn a blackberry pi». A teacher had h.-eu explaining to his class the points or the eompais, and oil were drawn up ia front towards Hie north, i - "Now, what's that before yon. John V i ' The north, air." • . - ' • And what bebir.d you. Tommy V "My coat la 1." said be, trying at H a satnu time to gel a glimse of it. A pa'r if Mocking*' sent by a lady in New York to some gnllait volunteer, j s -id to l.avi been accompanied by tbe f L l -wing verse ; Brave smt y. on your loqely beat. May these htwewtnrk Dgs va m y,,nr feetAnd when fro n war atio i^m m "jo t part' May some tatr kni*t-r warm rbor heart. QjFTake ths "Otcan Ware.*'