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In another letter I will endeavor to point out the true causes of the rebellion, and how far •slavery has fostered them. I shall alao attempt to show that tho warmest friends of emancipation ought to bo satisfied v ith the progress their principles arc making through the madness of slave owners and the growing necessities of the pending conflict.Amos Kksdall. Feb. 15,1862.fTHURSDAY,MARCH 6uty Sheriff Murray and officer Dean yesterday arrested a man who it supposed to have mnr-dered the Sutler of an Indiana regiment, who was murdered and robbed at Louisville some time since.” The arrest of this man may probably throw gome light en the dark transaction, and if he ia the gnilty party, we hope he may receive the penalty of his crime.The Beginning of Lent.—Yesterday the season of Lent commenced. In the Episcopal and Roman Catholic Churches, (he first day ia called Ash-Wednssday, from the fact that the first Christiana were in the habit of putting on saek-cloth and ashes when they wei e penitent and wiahed to be again admitted to the church after they had been shot out from it on account of their sine. Lent is a word signifying Spring The season coutains forty days, exclusive ofRelief to Volunteers.—Our County Commissioners yesterday rescinded the order making weekly allowances to the families of volunteers now absent fighting tho battles of their country. We have not heard the reasons which induced this step. It may be that (be allowance was abused;‘hut many were availing themselves of it who were not really in need ; and that to prevent too heavy a drain on tho finances of Sun(|ayBf OTlt;| extenda to Easter. Wo are told;i1t*e»-iiIStthe county, it might he but proper economy to stop furtlvr allowances. Rut one liiingis certain—it will cause much and aevore suffering to numerous helpless families. It is well knowu that many of the volunteers wore unable to tnako any provision for iheir mid having never 3*et received a cent from tliegovernment, have had no pown* to remit anything homo.•They enliste 1 unfit r (he assurance that their families should bo provided tor, and now to stop il.e allowance and ienly must create great • u(luring among ’Low. c i.i.nk '! e matter ill-judged, sf not unj is\ It is freely commented on in our vlivcta to-day .and severe-• ** eonilciuncd by manv.a-.d the b-si tlr.ng the Board can -hi wi.l he to reeotisi Icr its action, bumo restrictions m'ght be placed to prevent those not in n«M*d from availing themselves of the bounty of tin; cf■uni\, hut it will not do to cut oft ./d as* s'a ov from the rea’lv iicefiv, and leave them 'lt;» perish of destitution.in tho Old Testament that the Jews fasted forty days before their Passover, and later we are infoimcd that our Savior fasted forty dajB and forty nighti* iu the wilderness. The origin of Lent is not so plain as that of many others of tho festivals aud feasts, though it is generally supposed that it is observed in commeuortion of the time apeit in the wilderness by our Savior, alluded to before. In Ibc first instance, this solemn period was began on the day ou which the crucifixion was oupposed tn have occurred, and continued until the morning of the resurrection.Services ^re held more fjOqu-nUy l»y redenominations who esteem the Re-e-on, and r lt;* great mass of citizens have n»lt;*rc • r h-ss im-filiation to diet BOtnewnat during the period, and so. in a sanitary point of vie v. it oft. i, -those who do not regarl it rslig- •lt;:» v.?t/v*olnHiicmesaefireis,rsatDUaiirTtP*m,e-u-bencedrtiuae-edIlls.udariu-ruliem.ide-ueheinis-ueli-•n-ifl,of»n,:X-i ais.tn.lie.i yLieitu-T-:ullieilechkeedurctisnofr-ldm;nb-b-thcsJli-thIdcen-aod-n-ofr-idtoX-:ereIdIDGen. McTlel an aud U s Do-.raclors.We hear a great deal said by covert enemies of tho administration, and especially by ran -ps.nt ultra republicans, against Gen. McUollan. They find t;»• y cannot bend li'm to their will, sii-l that he is «'*•*i rmined lo prosecute tho war solely for Ug mate end — the suppression o! the rebellion, tho restoration of I he Union, and the preservation of tho Constitution. He will not bend tiie knee to Baal, an! cannot bo induced to favor mad schemes of emancipation, or convert the war into an abolition erusade, or an extended John Brown raid, llencc they are bent on destroying him, aud are moving heaven and earth to effect his removal fro in tho command of the army. Wo do not feel it nee-cssary to defend Gen. McClellan The country has entire confidence in him, and his plane, as now being developed, show Lis master-mind, and give assurance that he wih succeed in putting down the rebellion. The best answer to those who sneer at Gen. McClellan’s military capacity may be found in the words of an enemy who teols the weight of his policy, and evidently understands its bearings. Mr. Boyfco, a member ®f the rebel Congress, in a speech criticising the M-iion of the southern army said : “ We have to learn from the enemy. When the battle of Manassas was lost, Scott was set aside. McDowell was never more heard of.—-They have evinced an extraordisary energy ; when one man failed they took another ; they searched until they found cne cf Military power, and now we begin to Jed the result of their policy.”Out of Danger. — We are glad t«» leant that tho youngest son of tho President is « ill improving in health, and now consifiero! entirelyout of danger from the disease which prog, trnted him. Mrs. Lincoln,also, who was much indisposed, from anxiety and watching, is now improving, but is still confined to her room.Accident.—Yesterday afternoon, Jefferson Ciark. one of tho hands on a freight train on tho P. F. W. k U, Ruilway, fell from the cars when under full headway, near Maples, and received very severe injury. 11* was brought to this city and received the best medical aid.— His spine is severely injured, aud he is considered in a verv critical condition.The 44th—Ust cf Killed and Wounded.A Fort Donelson correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette, does ample justice fo the part taken by our 44th regiment in the capture of Fort Donelson. Tho regiment was attached to Col. Cruft’s brigade, consisting of the 31st aud 44th Indiana, and 17th and 25th Kentucky, which fought gallantly for two hours ou Saturday morning, in support of Col. Oglesby’s Illinois brigs !o.In the afternoon of the same day it w as determined to make a desperate attempt to recover the ground which had been last, and to Col. Cruf’s brigade, aided by the 1st Nebiaskaregiment, was assigned tho task of driving the ■*ncmy from tho hill on which they wero now strongly posted. It was a difficult ta»k, but the men v.ho u dsrtook it were accustomed toeu counter difficulties, and they did not hesitate io attempt it. Advancing down from tho ridge on which they lmd been stationed, they deployed right and left in the valleyf and in the face of a tierce tiro of musketry, advanced up ihe hill on three sides.The rebels had well clomjii their position, and wete determined not to yield it, but the impetuous charge of the Nebraska 1st, and the coal, determined bravery of the Kentucky and Indiana boys were not to be resisted,and After a most determined struggle for more than half an hour, the rebels wero driven at the point of the bayonet, i.ol only from their position on the hill, but across the adjoining valley over another range of hills, and tho pursuit only stopped at the brink of the rebel intrenchments.The following list of the killed and wounded, is derived from tho best sources, and may be relied on as correct:K'Ued.—Privates John C Dee, co C ; Daniel Lichteuwalior,co B; Marshall Kyle, co B ; Isaac Graham, co B ; Andrew J. Stillwell, co E; Nelson Parrott, co E ; D ivid Nelson, co H ; —7.Wounded.—Unpt. Wm. Cuppy; corporal-Lamb; privates Orange Tliroop, John Ryan. Solomon Kinsler, B. F. I.ayton, Lewr.a A. Moony, Henry Meister, J. F. Stein, M. Drumm, P. Ho* bein, A. P. Waterhouse ,D. Moleon, Jacob Detie, Daniel Bowen, James Longer, William Starkey, Wm. P. Hodges, Eliaa Holaingcr, W m. Pontius, D. Syorz, Heury Rhodes, A. Bosh, Wm. H«l-denbaugh, A. Goff, Carey Pinlott, J. Kirkpatrick, Wm. Gross, J. Cogen, D. Cad well, Woaley McCartney, Columbus Crawford, S. Kinsley, S. Jacquea, T. Sloan— 35.Summary—Killed, 7 ; wounded, 35 j total 42.rail-E-rrh■JKuPlant Treks.— Wo refer all wishing to set out fruit troes, grapo vines, shrubbery, c., to (he advertisement of Messrs. DeGroff Nelson Co., of Elm Park Nurseries. They have a fine aud full assortment ol nil the best varieties . con si ting of five ateamea with one region hand, and will not sell any that they cannot ’ment on each pushed on up the Tennessee Riy-recommend and warrant as bring good. The ^. arriviDg at Fort Henry about 8 P. M. Wefame of thoir Nurseriea ia becoming widely ex-Cheap Bread.—Bread is likely to be cheap for •me time to some, and if it ia well made it ia truly tha M staff ef life,” bat if poorly made it is truly the “hammer of death.” If you use D. B. Be Land k Co .’a Chemical Saleralue you will have no trouble in making delicious bread and biscuit.THE NEWSBy the Canada, at Halifax, we have English dates to the 23d ult. The newa ia meagre and unimportant The O’Donogbue—a staunch friend of the Union—in the House of Commons, on the 2itb, called on the government for a list of English vessels that have put into colonial porta with contraband of vrar and other supplies for the Confederate Statea, in contravention of fhe Queen a proclamation. He also censured the government for not preventing breaches of neutrality lt;y British ships.— The Ministers dccliied to produce the inform-atu n called for, but stated the papers rel.tive to the blockade would be laid before Parliament on the 24th or 25th ult The active Parliamentary struggle on American affairs will then commence.The Union men of Richmond have made their presence end strenth so manifest to Jeff. Davis that he has declsrod the city, and ten miles of the adjoining country, under martial law. Imitating the example of the patriots iu Rome and Venice, the Richmond -loyalists encourage each other by brave and cheering words written on the walls of houses. “Watchand!”—“The Union forever!”—“The day isdi-.wning!” are some of these stirring inscriptions. John Mir.or Botts and twenty other citizens of wealth and position are in prison on charges growing out of this handwriting on (he wall. We hope the deliverance of these brave men is near at hand. The greatest panic Mxists in tho rebel capital, owing to the recent re vers ;s of their army in the West.The work of rc-opeting tho Baltimore snd Ohio Railroad is being pushed ahead with energy. A portion of Gen. Banks’ troops, on the 3d, occupied Martinxburg, 19 miles west of Harper’s Ferry and 22 miles east el Hancock, where i Fedtral force is also concentrated,and from which point *he work of reconstruction is being prosecuted eastward. Gen. Jackson is believed to be near Winchester, with a large an«l well equipped rebel force Our troops, if such a more is contemplated, can advance on Winchester by different-route* : fiom Charlestown ot the northsa-t, from Romney on the west, and irom Martinsburg and Hancock on the north.W e have Vera Cruz datsa ofJhs 21st February. An interview had taken plaee near Vera Cruz, between Doblado, the Mexican Minister of Foreign Affaire, and Gen. Prim, the Spanish commander, at which the preliminaries for the negotiations at Orizaba, between Jaurez snd die allied representatives, were arranged. The armies of the three powers are to adMm into the interior, out of reach of the epidemics whieh prevail on the coaaf.The Democratic State Convention of Michigan met at Detroit yesterday. The attendance was large, comprising upwards of 509 delegates, representing nearly every county in the Lower Peninsula. At II o’clpck last night, the Convention was still discussing the platform reported by the committee en resolutions. The Convention haa decided not to nominate State officera at this time.Wm. L. Yancey, having reached Havana hi safety on a British mail steamer, sailed forjreb* eidom on a rebel schooner called the WideAwake.—Chicago Times, March 6th.__ — — .....From tin Tole o Bla^e.Hie First In Donelson,It will be gratifiying to our citizens to learn that the Company leading the column of Union troops into Fort Donelson after tke surrender of the rebels, was commanded by a Toledoan, Cept. Geo. W. Merrill, of the 44fli Indians regiment.Below we give Gspt. Merrill’s account of his trip from Paducah to Fort Henry and back and up to Fort Donelson, and of hie experiences and observations there: ...“After halting a little white st Fadncib, oofS'teneed, and they are daily receiving Urge orders from distant States, —« go«*d evidence of the cxcel'encc of their trees. The advertisement will be found on another page.We advise all who with trees they cad depend on, to scud in their orders to the Elm Park Nurseries. Tho advertisement occupies so large a space in «nir columns, that we haveno room for further remarks to-day.- •“ r _ — . — M ~ —Arrest of a ISubpkcted Murderer.—Some weeks a;;o we announced that Mr. Weston, Sutler of the 30th Indiana Volunteers, had mysteriously disappeared from Louisville, having, as was well known, a large sum of mouay on his person. The impression was that he had been murdered, and as he has not been heard from since, there ie too much reason te tear that such is the melancholy fact.Tke Peoria Union of March 1st says: “Dap-lay here about two hours, when we atarted on the back track for Paducah; arrived tbere in the morning ; lay there all day anti] abontAP. M., of the 12th, when our fleet, which bad in creaaed to 13 ateamera and 5 gunboats, cnt loose and atarted np the Cumberland. It waa a grand aight and a fine ride.“We arrived at onr landing six milaa below Fort Donelson on the morning of the 14th.— Her# we learned there had been seme heavy lighting done the day before. Aa soon aa onr torcea coaid be landed, we atarted for the Fort to reinforoe onr troops that had crossed ever from Fort Henry, 12 Bailee.“About noon, our gunboats opened on the Fort, but aa we were to make the entire circuit of the Fort to surround it, we yet bad some 5 or 6 miles to travel, and for the 4nrt of the distance we kept step to ft# aneie ef the cannon, instead of the sheep-akin. Weived at our destination on the right ef enr lines shortly after dark, and bivouacked on the ground for the night within half a mile of theirfortifications. .. ...0“ moniag •( Utt lMfc, th.WU«f«:lt;iSI*-
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Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Fort Wayne, Indiana, US
Sat, Mar 08, 1862
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