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. ft A " $4 IN ADVANCE. JACKSONVILLE, OREGON, SAOTRDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1861. VOL. VJ.NQ. 46- wast irz Jj:uiiK.Hfss& :. ;t. , ...:! V' ' w -v . -T - ' r-i rT T"-.4..f fi.r!rf BUSINESS CARDS. 0 L. - . - -- 1 was. p. mtooRX, v. n. . . . . .. s. Thompson, u. i. J J HOOKS A. THOMPSON, PHYSICIANS, SURGEONS -ASP- ACCOTJCIIERS, a-AOlcaonviUe, Orovou. 1' KoTfmWMiHKU 42 G. W. GREER, TPHftlfirOI AND SURGEON, OrtKOH. ;i " " r n ilr SURGICAL HOSPITAL. Tlw'fcoVpfopired to receive patients In the J. liotvltai, on uif. corner 01 imreiaircci, luck rthc union iKtiei." Tsaas-CHM OR GOOD SBCUMTY. OHAH. It. 1IUOOKS, M. 1). Jacksonville. July 28. lgfiO.?Mr. ' ' oHangk .'ACOJIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, V Phniilx, JneU.au County, Ogiw, ITTlllI. attend lo business !n the Courts c! the First Jutllclul District. ami In the Supreme- Court. Oct. 20:11 jiMM m. rrr.K mns mai.mxiv. PVLK c MALTLOKY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Itn.btnr((i I)iifll'foniil)-, Orii., ITflLL attend to any business coi.ftl.il In 1 V them, In Ihe several Courts or tin First Judicial District of Oregon, nnd In tiro Ku prrmr CVurt. Oclulwr 20:11 WAR SCRIP, WAR SCRIP". D. F. DO W ELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, (VIII practice In ull tlio Courts of the Tlitnl JuJI-Ul District, llm Hnprrmo Court or Ore gon, and In Yrrkn, Cul. lie has nit agent at Wakhlngton, and expects 4i tllt that city and I ho Allnntlc till Sumnici ,nnd Fall, nnd any biflnesi will receive prompt Ollmlloa. iiv2.1ll VV. G. T VAULT," ATTORNEY AT LAW, V7ILL ttenO to lU,Illl- III lltf several 1 Courts In tin- First Judicial DMrlet ol Orrgnn.and U IhetMipreme (.'"tnrt. Offlcf on California Xl, , apposite " SrnllittP Uffirr. JjH-XiMINVIUX, OllXKlN. Mar Mill. 'CI. 13tf"i .C. IN HIMIA'CU'E, III ATTORNEY AT LAW Ksnnrvii.u:, JmmiiM; Cui.vrv, Oun, Will punctually nltend to Im.iiiwriilriislril lo bl.esrr. April 13. I8:i.,t:itf J. H. ZUBED, ATTORNEY AT LAW, JjcKnox'riM.r, Oiikiio.v, Will allrnd to any busliicM confided to htm In fc v eral Court, of the First Judicial Dl'lrlcl of Oregon, ami In Hip HnpmiiP Court. MM KAMi'i.L. i:. may, SIOTAriY XXTX3XXO, OFFICE IN "SENTINEL" BUILDINO, Jncloamlllr, Urtfion, SEWALLTRUAX, SURVEYOR & CIVIL ENGINEER, UVVICK, AT THIS CUl'STV HUIMJUVHH, JackMDiTlllr, OrtKiiii. AM. bu.Iuess pertaining to I .and or Land Laws promptly attrndol to. Jssknvll.'. May Mill. Wl. 17ir Dr. K. Culihvcll lloiitimiii HVS prrmanrnlly located In Jacksonville, and offers bis professional scrrlei! In the pracllc of Hnllrltt, Kumcry and (llxUlrlr.. Office at bli rvrtdrncc. on California ilreel. In Ihe hourc formerly occupltd ly A. M. Irry, nt iluor toUudgc I'rintV. UhaiKca rtrv rcaMitialde. Cull attcndvtl to t all liuuro ti the day or night. 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I, IBUU. tfitf ARKANSAS Orccou Street, JncKaonvlllc. rnllK unde'rsicned lias Iramil tho above wel! - known Stable, and will apare no t ifforla n merlt.nshehopcitn receive, JrWt a HtIm.' ahuro of public nutroiugc. " Homes to Let or Hire, Hv the day or witk. nt moderate prices. i.linili l.ft nt in Ktnlild will be well nro- lvUlfor, on intUfuclnry terms. a -A UKUUUIV II. U. TAli.UU. irtafwapiiTiiiy, iiuii iu, tout. Tru..r..tn x.... r. lDrti 41 JOHN BAKER, BOOT & SHOEMAKER, fW Xtxt Door lo.KI Uoroilo Snloun, f'9 On California Street. "IITU. HAKHR takes tliis fnclhod of inform Ill in;; his friends mid the nubile generally llmt ho in prepared to do all kinds of ivort in the lino of Bootmaking, hooranking, AND 11KPA1UING. FINE DRESS BOOTS, -ASH- Miners' nml formers' Jloots, Manufjcturcd in o (wniwfo' warrant sulUruc Hon. nt reasonable price, jj- IVhous lmvig 0tihvntor work can rely upon having it dwwmttJime promised. Jacksonvllh'. Sept. 28, Jft 1. 37m3 SEWINGiMA'CHlNE MATTHKS3B8, UKDPINO, TBNT8, ANU flouiTIacks. OX lwd hd nwdc to order at sliort notiee. Iinuw'Hrilnx and 1'uikt luiwlng doM in a waiwar tttlnwro wtisbctiou. )WfiUjiHlUe pwijc Jh W Of Iwd'. Iiloniv,wok.Rt tlw lowest llykw rli wn iMMltWy gl iw rdl. J ,.. (UiSrm r4, ai Ohm. (TaAkwavllte. Sit. 21. 1MI. l ... ,, ,.. ,. j. (s ,. , n iMNmlat Yarktyaiaw. U 11 - -- ---T .- -" ttoj3aYiB5is4 Tucrtflsts kUaapiw- THE OREGON SENTINEL. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, BY DENLINGER & HAND, UEMir DKNI.INOKIl, WM. U. HAND, Eimons and rnorRiKions. . Ojlae oyor Clugago & Drum's Stables. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION! iimnrint.Y i.v idvisck.) OnoCopy,Ono Year , $ 00 One Copy, Blx Months 250 ADVERTISINQ KATES: One Square, of Twsjvo Lines or leas, First In tcrtlon, J3 00 tiatul forcucU subquent laser Jinn, ftl Ml " . . t-vivuiu. vi.u.iireas unras, "l.acli shuKre," per nnnom, $30 00 ; Tor Blx Montus, $lfi go ; for Three Months, $10 00. A liberal discount wlll'lic made to perrons who ndrcrtttc to the extent of four squares. The number of Insertions should bo marked on the margin of advertisements. Stanzas by Col. Bakor on his Scad Com rades In tho Moxicnn war. 'A gentleman of St. Louis, a farmer friend of Colonel Maker's, lias reproduced the annexed lines from hta scrap book. They were written to the memory of the ilvtfd of the Illinois Ilegl merit, and will I rd (lli peculiar and sor rowful Interest, shij' lllolr author now sleeps Hid sleep of death. He littlo thought, when, years ago, he penned this tribute to tho mem oryofhls dead comrades in Mexico, that n tlmo would come when ho would fall in defenio of his country, and at tho handi of those Mho then were his countrymen i Whcro rults the ruhlng It to (Iraudc, Here peacefully they sleep : Far from their native Northern land, Far from the friends who weep. No rolling drum disturbs their rest, Itcnentli the sandy rod The mould Ilea heavy on each breast, Tho spirit Is with (led, They beard their oouulry's call, and camo To Utile for her right ; Kncli bosom tilled wllh mirllal llamo, And kindling for the light. Light was their mcufurrd footstep when They moved to seek the foe. ',, Alas! that hearts so firry, then, Rhould toon be cold ami low. Thry did not die In engcrjlrifc, Upon a well-fought Held; Not from the rid wound puurrd their lllo, Whcro cowering fuemen yield. ,, Death's guiltily shade woa il.mly cait Upon each manly brow Hut cnlminil fearless to the last. They sleep In silence now. Vet shall a grateful country ghe Her honors to Ihrlr name ; In k'ndicd hearts Ihelrmimnry lives. And history guard their fame. Not unrcmcmliered do they sletp lipon a foreign strand, Though near their graves thy wild waves attccp, Thou nulling IHn (.ramie. ATruoand full account of the Edwnrds' Perry Fight. Tho Wiuhlngton corre? poudent of Ihe New York HV. gives the fullest nml most clear no- count of ihULitllu that wolmvo seen. Itnp- lears that Col. Itaker und his command were the victims of a tltiicuduous blunder I WVsuiMiroN', Oct 23d. Tho full and tnie ilnry of the battle near HarrUou's Island has reuchul us wllhlu the last hour. Now comes Ihe naked truth, In nil Its stunning mid distres sing horrors. Col. linker's body 1ms Just arri ved In town, guarded by a squad of Van Allen's cavalry, and Is now lying In tho mansion of Col. J. W. Webb. Capt. Francis G. Young of New York, QunrtcrnuMcr of linker's Drlgade, came up In command of Ihe sad cnvalcudc, accompa nied by Major Smith or the Calllornla First. IIiwlup obtained a turmlso of tho real position of affairs, I had started for Inwards' Ferry this eienlng, but meeting Iho procession, have re' turned with my friend dipt. Young, from whose lips I lake down the following terrlUc tunima ry of Monday's event ciKidensiug It as much as pot.ible in order lo forward it by to-night's mall. Wo have met with n sickening repulse, one Involving tho lots of nearly one thousand men, In killed, wounded and mining, and of many' brave and skillful ofilccrsj and accompanUfi by scenes of horrqr uncqualltd In nuy previous battto of tho war. On Sunday evening General filonc, being persuaded that nq important force of tho enemy remained nlon? Iho upper l'otomac, and In olw jllcuco to orders from headquarters, commeBced lilspauago of the river nt Harrison's Island. The lMnt of Iraiitlt was about die miles above Kdwsfda' Ferry, and nearly an equal dlttaoce from Lccsburg. Tho Uland Is a low, fertile strip of laud, several mllffln icagth, so dividing llo river tli.it the Maryland cbaimel Is not a furlong In whllb, and that ou the Virginia side not mere than 20Q feet. Six companies of Ike Fifteenth MaeJ)uttt4 Regiment, under Col Devan, nod two companies of Ike Twentieth -TammanyV New York, arrived t Ihe rlvw about threo A.M. Monday, wi4 e,ommend lo cro'S. At sunrise iey were an est me Virginia side. Before daylight nn order came lo Colonel Ilikcrto march tbo sVst battalion of tho Cali fornia rcglme.lt to Conrad's Ferry, two mils south of the island, and Ihei), If he beard firing, lo go to Ihe support of Coggtwcll and Devau. Accofdbigly, Lieut. Col. WUtr ndvaseed wllb the bttalwi, 9 osw a4 m, and by mn rl bad iwbed Ibe river sod tHotmdeil down it) t&q kdawd Brslng. ,J awowpan ied U force to arrang fw kfpwtt!i. W wt to re pMt'fof dw W Gttl 8IWM. IUUirBd, kvbtg fwivtd saimiwiisl to yoasat ftw. Ou y way bk I vitttonl ttakar, wk Uld m-Ut oV'tHrtlWjj(C,w- ). He bad no filers ftV iH"jHNt- IsJblTu AAnuaiulaiaU the for on the Vlr- abtU tUW. ,OiirlaJiiiJo.tWsi,J.t cuhhvucI rwlu to fh sUn4j iuuI frM thence Id (he further shore. Meantime wccould hear skirmishing shots on the bights, which continued without much Intermission through the morning. Kow we began to experience the difficulty which was the chief cause of tho terri ble, scenes which closed tho day. No adequato aicana oftrniifporlatlon bad been provided. It seemed nt If the column was ex pected to walk across on tho water surface. Nothing btlt one old scow, capable of liolillntr. perhaps, forly men, appeared available on cither side of (he Island. If tho Massachusetts men had any oilier boats they wero not visible In the morning. At lenglh'I discovered n largo scow In the canal, nnd two hours were consumed In getting it over into Ac Maryland channel. It would hold about sixty men. Colonel Baker. ,ms tAln.-",,,r'",, flHJu,-l"f General Ilarvy and myself went with the first load to the Island, and (hero tupcrlutendcd Ihe transit of our men. It was 12 u. before our first company lauded nt the foot of tho buih-covcrcd prcclploo which rises abruptly over ono hundred feet from the river bed on the further side of the river. Four houn mora had elapsed balorc tho Inst company Imd landed. Sections of tho Second Ithodo Islanifllnllcry, comprlrlng two howitzers, two two field tnioolliborc-i, nnd one rlllrd gun, went over with us, tho men drugging them up Ihe hlglita wllh grtatdintcully and spirit. At Ibis tlmo Irregular fighting was going on above. It seems that Colonel Devcn had In the morning moved with n tmnll dvtnchment In Ihe direction of LceOmrg, shortly after his forces h.td crossed, had advanced one mile, there met Iho enemy's skirmishers In feeble force, nnd had retired to tho brow of the bights. Before this the Quartermaster of tho Masfachiictts loth had gone alone to a point within n mile ol the village, bad returned, crossed Iho river, and re ported lo Gen, Stone that there wero no holllc rorcea In that region. But after Col. Devon fell back, his men vcre placed In a scml-clrcular clrnrlug, or natural forest opening, covering five or six norm, with Its base resting on the edge of the bights, and tlunkid and fronted by forests. The enemy, becoming bolder, advanc ed In scattered parlies to tho edge nfthowood;, and from ten a. m till four I-, si. kept up a ran dom, annoying fire upon our men. Tho latter sheltered tliemeltesus well as they could, lying Just bctow tho rhl.'o, und uwnltul reinforce ments. At four then, onrwhole fo-oe hn'd crowd and a-crndul, Cul. Baker nnd stair wllh the rest, and the troops ucrosunVnngsomcAluttfiom thu con cealed enemy's tire. Many had diopjKd and In-cn carried down the hill. We nrked Colonel Baker what he thought of iitr.ilrs, Hu said that he thought we hud a good poillloti ; could fitll back for shelter behind the rldgc? "Vrs," af,o, "but what's In thoie woods!" He answered: "1 think tho enemy are conccaUd ou our right." A private had re ported that Ihcro was no force on the left, but a ila-p rnvlnc, bidden by the wood. Wo then proposed sending tklrmlrhcrs lo mako a rccon uotrnnco an the right, and Captain Markoc, Sec ond Lliuteuant, Williams and mj self advanced with Companies A aud I) of Iho California Ilrgt ment. Company A got In front ou rising grouud In sklrml.hlng order, Company I) following In lift, rTho California lxitlallon, lo mako the story clear, wire drawn up on the left of Iho open Hild ; The Maf.achu.clts Fifteenth nnd Tamma ny on the right, nml Iho Mnsachutctla Twen tieth nearer the center. Col. Cogg.well took charge of Iho artillery. Only four guns were plnnlid In the field, Ihe rilled gun having been liaulid upi)t the wrong place, aud afterward seized by the cm my und spiked. Whcu our sklrmbhlng companies had reached Ihe edge of the w oeds, suddenly the enemy, hith erto concealed, rose wllb a yell and fired a volley thru began fighting In lliclr umul manner; first giving n yell and volley, then leading and firing at will for a few minutes, then ceasing an equal limp, then filvlpg another yell nnd volley ; and so on, pouring n murderous fire Into our Utile bund fur the space of half an hour.' Tho whole woods around swarmed wllh Ihim. They Imd no artillery and no cavalry. Our Ithodo I.Ian tiers, exci-pt tho officers, dctcrltd their guns ; but Col. Baktr, LUut, Col. Wlslar, Col.Coggswell nud Adjutant llur cy manned the battery and Hred the guns themselves, nldul by Company G, First California, led by tho gallant Capt. l!;nl. The latter -was conspicuous for bravery throughout the action Is wottuued, but not dangerously, aud Is now ufo oi Maryland ground. Wc kept up both a ruutkilryjaml cannon lire as well ast.wfi'c(kdd, hut half tho tlmo wo could not see (hi cxtfisRy; nndjij, cowardly dhebarges. were thinning our ranks j still most of tho men stood film and acted bravely. The enemy's valleys nod, yells Increased In loudueie, and It was evidwV that reinforcements wcrupouiing In to hlnm. Captain Stow art, General Stono's Adjutant, aawe on Iho Held with tho cheering statement (4t General Gorman would shortly support uf. At 5J r. u. we held n council ol war, nnd rtolved to stand our ground. Gene ral Rikcr ordered us lo go for reinforcements. Rysk-hi tltoo Coggswell was wouudiii Wlstar MsUdlUu. The enemy were growing more da ring, rushing, out of tho woods, taking tome prtttwa, and firing hotly. ,Ju4t tlmi a rclx;l officer riding a white horse same out of Ihe woods and Uckoncd to us to eoiso forward. Col. Baker thought It was Gen eral Johnston, and that the enemy would nwflt twin ofnflglil. rrt of our jp4umn charged, Bkcr,berlnguson,wha a tremeEiduousoiet was made by llieircliels. One man rode forward, prcsuifd a revolver at Dakar and.fked all Its ehargfts ut him. Our gallant Isadsr fell, aud at the same mowHt all our lines wero driven back by the overwhelming form opposed lo them. But.Capt Belraj, with his company, fpught his way bk (o Col Baker' body, rul It- broughv It alo to me, and bn a &tm H Irwtwnisnsd. It woj mini out atut 1 I (Fi Ux Cobwal's body tatth htUnd bsfew vw worsi oiM.tW um Wwi, looking to tbe virgtjtin MJf Ov utlf foroea wre wUrsaliog, - UssaWlug, rolling, Wlug dwn:lh-Wp hlihtt t Ow.su-, .By fojb3wlngKmd(;rig M Uklo -pUon- the river on horseback. Colonel Cpgswcll.nflcr much nnavalllng bravery, had ordered the re treat blmtcjf, but being wounded, was taken. The one bottVh Iho Virginia channel wns spetd lly filled afel rank. A thousand men thronged the further shore. Muskets, coats and every thing west; thrown nsldc, and nil were desper ately tryH to escape. Hundreds plunged Into tho rapid current, and tho shrieks of the drownt Ing added to the lmror of sounds and sights. The- enemy kept up their fire from the cliff above. All irtt terror, confusion and dismay. A coptnln of the Fifteenth Mastachhtctts at one moment -cbirged gallantly up tho hlll,.lcndlng two companies, whosllllhad Iholr'ttrm. ngnlntt the pursuing foe. A momcnllalDrJhosBiio wsrTOrSwhlle handkerchief nnd surrendered the main body of Ids regiment. Other portions of the column surrendered ; but the rebels kept up tholr lire upon thoso who tried to crors, nnd many not drowned In Ibc river were shot In the not of swimming. Night came on. At ft r. m. nil of our band whose forluno It wus to return had landid on Harrison Inland, nnd the fire from the Virginia bights had ceased. Tho rebels took nil our guns but one. When I left yester day they shouted lo us, telling us to come over nnd tnkc awny our dead sons of under a flag of truce ; nnd had also mounted our own guns on the bights, and warned us to leave the Island In four hours. Tho cause of this sad havoc was that wc had no proper means of transit nnd retreat. Tho Slandoror. Thu slanderer Is n pest, a disgrace, nn Incu. bus to society, that .hould I") subjected to a . tio.v cautcrlxatton, and then bo lopped off like n dltugrceablo excrescence Llko Ibe viper, he leaves n shining trail In his wake, Like a ta rantula, he weaves a thread of candor wllhn web of wiles, or with all the kind mcndaolty of hints, whispers forth his talc, that, "llko the fubllng Nile, no fountain knows." The dend ay, even tlio ueau over wnose paio-sueoieu forms sleeps the dark sleep no venomed tongue can wukc, nud whoso pnlu lips have then no voice to nlcnd, ore suljecLd lo the scandalous attack of thu slanderer Who wears a musk that Gorgon would disown- A cheek of parchment, ana uu eye or stone. ' I think It Is 1'ollok who rays the tlundcrer It tho foulest whelp of sin, whose touguowas set ou lire In bell, nnd whose legs were faint with haste to prapagato tlio lie bis soul had framed. 'Hu has a lip uf lies, a face formed to conceal That, without feeling, mocks ul lhoe who feel.' Theio Is no uulmal I deplse more than these moths and scrajs of society, tbo malicious ecu- "These ravenous flihes, who follow only In Ihe wake. Of gTcnt sblps,lircnue, perchance, they're great.' O, who would dlrarrnngc all society with their fabe Inp-wlng cries I The slanderer makeii few direct charges and osH-rtlous. His long, envious lingers point to no certain locality. He bas an Inimitable thrug of thu shoulders, can give peculiar gla"nccs, "Or convey a lllel by a frown, Or wink a reputation down." He seems lo glory In the misery he entails. The Innocent wenr tho foulest Impress uf bis smutty palm, and a soul pure as "Aretto suow twlco dotted by Iho northern blnt," through hts warped and discolored gluncs wears a mot tled hue. ''A wliltper broko the air A .oft. light lone, and low. Yet barbed with shame ami woe! Nor might only pvrLh there, Nor further go I Ah, me I n quick and eager rot Caught ui the little meaning sound 'I Another voice tln-n urcaincu it Clear, And so It wandered round, From car lo Up, from Up to ear, Until It reached a gentle heart, Aud that it broke t" Vile wretch I rulner of fair innocence by foul slanders, In thine own dark, rat en-plumed soul dtstlllrd- "BIuh If of honest Mood a drop remains To steal lis way along thy veins I mum ii tuc nrouze long narueueii ou my cucctr Has left out spot where that poor drop can speak I" -t. . Incivent At IUxen'a Xmmu A thrilling Incident occurred, t tho bouse of Colonel Webb, Jut! n '.tie remains of Colonel Baker were being removed lo tho grave, His brother, Surgeon Baker, crime forward, and, choking with tears, requct ted that the body might bo borne out by n number of young soldiers, vbo bad rescued it, at the peril of their lives, from tho hands of tho enemy. When Baker full, It was found that after he bad been pierced In front by six rifle bulWs, the barbarous enemy had thrust two bayonets Into the back of tho mutilated corpse. Tho attempt wns then made to carry him off as a trophy, but Ihese young heroes sprang to the rescue of nil (hat remained to them of their commander. They fought hand to hand wllb rebels, faco to free In dote and deadly encoun ter, until the body was recovered and borne off la triumph to the Union camp. It was well that such a guard pf braves should be tbo hut to bear the .hrouded remains of such a man as Baker to bis final resting plaoe. They marched by his sldo In Iho procession, and when the prayer pf Mr, Dvnlson was concluded nt the cqmctery, they camo forward and gently bore It to tbe dark and silent t auD. The volllcs fol lowed, the troops formed In platoons, the music ehangsd from k funeral lo a martial air, nnd the obsequies of this martyr to Union and Lib erty ware at an eud. .Irlssald (hat Secretary Cameron, belpgovei. run wllh application from kdk's for be placta pf nurses in thu army hospitals, hotht to get rid of their iaporluoIUo by Issuing . deotc tfmt all who accepted, the post should not wear beeps. Finding this 4liy agrad to by hbj tetmsatoH, his M:t dedge was to.lttua au or- dr that no one should be aoeejiM wke was 'umier thirty years af ajje." This did Ma biwlns. Tats? was wowan of that age la Ue ewutry. - o 'i .pirn i, ,. i,i t i..,r .A.r;w yaau le. t she .UbMMon of our fVtWal soalvrsjuy, a poor p41r who was ol'ld ,oft for sttMat, osrd tb followhsgi MIr's s. brlth U fMrtyr(t sticks to a man JCo .11 !'. Cl..l .L... 1 I.I.- II Irutmetions for ralftisg to Oregon Cav alry Reg imtifi, Adjctant Gexkraj.'s Orncs, TAtiKOToV, 8ep. 24tb 18GL Riontt Thtmai R.Orpriiut, Jfrn- $. F. Hrnlmy ami R. JF. Maury, Bjt., c Omyon, GKmJ:iixv-The War Department bclnir Convinced of tho necessity of raising a body of troops In Oregon to meet all exigencies which may ex,lsl there, and with n particular Tew to tho defense of tho frontier, I am directed to au thorize you lo raise for the tcrvlce of the Uni ted Stales, one regiment of mounted troops, to consist of tort companies, with Thomas It. Cor nelius as Colonel, 11. Maury as Lieutenant'' 0PB5UhctC0lUittwa3lalor.BjlUl-UAJjtlth lImltjimtJ-ij,h.U,H.i, tont B. V, Harding Is appointed Quartermaster of the regiment nnd will lie muslcrcd Into service Immediately after the receipt of this lelle; by any army officer In bis vicinity. If no officer bo near him, Mr. Harding will mutter himself Into service, Inking the oalh of allegiance be fore a civil magistrate as soon as muttered Into service. Quartermaster Harding will act as muttering officer lor tho remainder of the re giment. The organization of (he regiment will be In slrlct accordance with (hat prcjcrlbcd for ten companies of cnvnlry In Genera! Orders No. 1C of 18C1 from this ofllcc, a puny of which Is herewith enclosed. The medical officers of tho regiment will be one Surgeon nnd ono Atst. Surgeon, to beooin petent mcdlcnl men, appointed by the Colonel. Tho company od'eers of tho regiment will ba appointed by you, front men deemed competent for the positions Every man will be required to furnish his own horte nnd horse equipments, ns prescribed In General Orders No. 10, of 1801, Irom this office, acopr of which Is also herewith enclosed. The Colonel will bo muttered In upon receipt of this order and Is authorised to make all nec essary requisitions upon nny U. 8. Quartcrmas tcr or Commissary for the supply and support of his command; the Quartcrpiattcr and mus tering ofllocr hereby appointed It also author! zed lo contract for supplies for the regiment at the lowest market price, and to furnltb them upon tho requisition of Iho Colonel as fast as the companies are muntcrcd Into service, pro vided these supplies cannot bo obtained by a requisition on theU.fl, Officers herein before tpcclfled. In all accounts for such expenditures or con tracts the fact must lie slnted that tbo supplies could not othcrwlie bo procured, nnd that Iho price paid was tbo lowest market price. The clothing, arms and equipments, other than horse cqtltpme-uls, for the regiment wll be procured by requisition upon ho Commanding offlccr of: tbe District of Oregon or the Department of the Pacific. Owing lo Ihe great distance between Wash Inglon and Oregon these Instructions must necessarily he general, but the Department, ocl Ing upon the strong recommendations of tbe Hon. 1- D. Baker, Senator from Oregon, relies confidently upon the prudence, patriotism and economy with which you will execute this trust Unless athcrw'lso ordered, you will be gorernc I by any directions sent to you by Colonel K D. Baker, aud will under all circumstances report your conduct In the premises to the War De partment through the Adjutant Gcucral of the Army. I am, Gentlemen, Very respectfully Your ob't sen ant L. Thomas, Adj. Gcucral. Sk.nsitiun Jocii.vai.uk CiiAKAcrniuiai. One of Ihe moit discriminating of our religious con- temKrarlen, the New York Mdho!UI, flourish ing in tho shadow of that "sensation Journal- Ism" which finds Its most congenial habit In tbe "Commercial Metropolis," gives the following descriptive marks by which ccrtaiu typical v rietles of Ihe genus Jimm'cuii nevriniitr way l designated t "The Kraniblo for Intelligence good, bad, or Indifferent Is beyond all precedent, lo vc- hemat Is the competition between the tziirsrsa xuwrr nud the 1jiI Cu-Ujj that land and lea are compassed for Items. "We have served up to us on a flue morning, wllb our breakfast aud coffee, tbe a.touudlng Information that all the ports In Texas bare been captured, and we go home to our families In tbe evening with tbe newt snugly stowed away In our pocket that a fleet of seventy ships Is threatening New Qrlcaas. "Wo cannot help asking If editors do not know that thero Is not a word of truth In such dispatches, and if they cannot employ compe, tint persons to sift tbe telegrams, and to sift the falsehoods out of them. Wo are forced, however, to suppose that the competition be twccnjtbo UUuctr and tbe Qjt Uu runs so high that a necessity Is creatid of appearing to have tho full quantity of Iulelllgeuoe, without regard to quality, "Some of tho news tbe poor public Is forced to swallow is indeed extraordinary; we doubt if tho like of It was ever known. It ruus tome what In this wise : An engagement Is Impend, ing n faot going ou. We are on tbe tip-toe of expectation. Fir 4 tfapaleh: W Aow Uaten Lt intmy. Sttunit lUfakh ; 7tii tiumy hart Uattn 7ird Japakh ; Both of our former teltgramt art trut ; the many hwt Ifatm w and wt hut ItaUn thin. Whereupon we ore treated editorially to something like the following; Our ex truer til nary facilities for procuring Intelligence bare been severely but sueeessfully tatted .during the late engagement wllb the Mcmy ; while pur ContemporarlH wero woaderleg wbat was going on wo bad already given our readers Informs tlon of thli brillfaut affair. But for our prompt ns the public would not have been so sees ap prized of tbe unparalleled result of two armies being both victorious oyer and being defeated by each other, Bueh au. Iww? of aaoatesi, we need not say, eould only occur oa Ibe batllc- 81 dsof (ht C'oatlnetit," ii'"- i i Job printing? Job psinthagj" eUIfHd Ms. FaFUmstCrn, Use obr Uy,fui stve ppd over hr tpcchM at lb advsrtlsJim p5 f ooui)ty papor, f Fimt Job I Usoy'te kfvt Uw psatlg wek- ti week over sttvae I lrot to r4 .4 if b WtvsuH the pUautcst wan tktvt vrdidl!v,W,W'.W hve (sW4 t so Defeat Of Zollicoffer Tlic tVoulsvllle cufpWhns the following lm pcifcct account of tho first rrgrtV i-H' In Kentucky, nhil the elcleal of Zbtftcoflfcr with his horde of Invading Secessionists. It is dated at Rockcastlo Hill, near Cnmjt Wi'dcat, where the battle occurred I arrived this mornlnir nt the scene of enr late biJUtnnt victory, nnd have sjicnt nuth of jtie u.iy going over Ihe balllo grosmL Tmi whole inrroumling rrgion appear to betf lit. tie nsc except to furnish n lhormtjjerre''frem oic part of tho Statn q another. Jt I a sac- Ion of ridges nnd Rorgts, covered (syly men since their encampment here- His po.l. tlon Is nt the junction of three roaJs the. Ml, Vernon road, along which our reinforcements can e tho Imdon road, by which tbo rebels approached, nnd hp " Wlndtrrg lllades" road, I ndlng to Iticlimoud. Hctween Hie last two li n high conical hill, which, In military phrase, Ommindl Col Garrard's position. llic approach' of SC-iIllcoirer'wltlr fl.000 In fantly, l'COO carnlry, and 9 ptecci of arlillcry. wns known for'sovVfar day liy fjol. Qarrad, who nnd wot repealed nml urgent dis alrlict fir aid for his iImoIciI band, reduced fcy sick n;ts to little over COO men, Dut 6win to the many unfounded alarms connected with tho operations of this Stale, few penonsf besides Gen. Thomas, at Camp Uubinson, nnd Gen. Sherman, who happened to tie there at llm time, appeared to, apprehend much dangrr, The cry of wolf had been so often raised that wc wero all Incredulous of his actual approach. Two men, under tho gt1s of Unionists, hod come to the camp and gono away. It it be lieved that I hey were spies, and carried to the rebels the Important Intelligent of Cul. Gar rard's weak and unprotected condition. Cer tain it it the rebels came expecting nn rasy victory, and talking confidently an the way of marching onward to Iiutirllle. In the meantime, reinforcements wero hur rying forward the 17th Ohio, On), Wollord's cavalry, tho 22d Indiana, the 11th Ohio, with a battery of artillery, and tho 1st and -M Fit Tennessee, In the order I have recited them. Some picket firing occurred during Saturday oud Sunday, with a nu, It Is be lieved, of one man on each side. Monday morning, the 21st, Jutt ihrec months after Hull Hun, the battle commerced. The first, nnd apparently the most determined ntloek, was au attempt lo sclzo the " Winding Hladcs'' road. After being rcpultie at that point, thry attempted to approach by the direct London rond. Hut thry were met with such resolution that they soon abandoned the rflurt. Again they rallied to carry tlie corneal hill. By this tlmo our reluforcemeiiti were all up except the two Tennessee regiments that had left Camp Dick Ilobinson the morning pre vious, and by forced marches arrived nn ilia ground about 0 o'clock Monday idght, Thu light at the hill was severe and- bloody, 'llm rebels attempted the stratagem nf pretending to be Union forces, am were permitted to ho, licved they were lucvet.ful until they hat ap proached within twenty itaout, when at the command "Give 'cm the hwd." a terrible and destructive fh was opened upon them. It was to much (or them, and they fial, panic, stricken, throwing away muskets still loaded, without waiting to deliver their Sre. Our victory was now complete. An attack at ulght was little more limit n skirmish with, their rear guard to caver Iboir tvrcclpllale flight, Such Is a meagre outline of Ihe con. tlict. It was full of incident, which mutt bo left untold until the suppresslus of the rebel, lion shall have givon both writer and reader moro leisure. Our mortulily is less than 1 On all casualties less than 60, 'lltclrs Is known to have beco very severe, 1 have braid It es. tlmaled at 1,000, The woods are strewn with their dead, many of whom oor men buried; others are still found, and tome, In all likeli hood, will bo undiscovered among these wIM cliffs until the resurrection shall waka thu sleeping dead. They flew toward Cumber land Gap, leaving arms, accoutrements, cloth ing and camp furniture in I heir flight. M"y are the trophies exhibited, such as gup;, swords, pistols, knapsacks, blankets, nud other lu-Igna of war. Nothing but the tsbautlion of our men from the forced march by which I lay came up prevented a pursuit and a capture, Tbe orcost of every Kentueklun will glow with pride a he hoars recounted tho iktpefsle valor with which the men of Co), fjprrsmj ai d Col. WolfbrdV command met the Invaders of their noble old (state, while those brave men, with the.geeeroslty of true soMif-rs, are prompt to assure you that but for the timely arrival t and ludomiuablc resolution of IhuIndiaM and Ohio troop they mast have been overpowered, The Te-iinessernns bewail the (un which ktpt them baek until too ltt fir the Cgbt, and Itfi them but tbe melancholy opporliultv of go ing ext day over tho baitlo-m-ld and rrcg. nlziag among the slain scquiVuncvs, neigh bors, cousins, brothers, aud in wv iwlauee a father. Geo. Shoepf, (ShesT,) Ihe chief ju rowtwr.il, has woo the coiifhicdc nnd sdmlratioti nf nl, Ffom what I bear toe mudi pra so eawiot tw awarded him. I tiudcrslund hit Is n HsvHftnr Ian, and lint hi promotion I duu to H? ' flacnee of Mr. Holt, who discm-i-red hi merits while a subordinate in the J'ailird 0p, when lie was a Commlssloier of PatCfiU. Tliere it no luiiiiuaco to iViilct IW) suA-rhigt of the jieoplo who for Iho ,It tyi) wop) La have bcetf subjecft-d to the ravasei of X-'llienf-fcr'a bamllis. Thrir men hod gw t Cam); DIok Uobtusoi), to Ix-xingtoii, and even t ' Frankfort, and Ibey were liA tt4'Hoelet,' And for the next two generation law m-m of ZolitVirrl-r will be associated n the mtmbt of tbKlmpl,r-tl un I alters wllb piHsge pud tfpJw, and twrr and Jiitfbt , tmmmUig wotifsnuud uhiWfca,. $i all-JstutcwbAYe-tosWe e(tirernd on him or wiit,li ihe, fuiuro mav have W store for 1dm us a rlc-fcutrd (?en. era) would cornr ! swi At tl-e nuih-dit inns upon Jilts that wjlt wai JJn-ir slrtetsk tradi- A ' H rl w OKiCK ess, Loi. tiwR,ieii hw c(umt4tHi uk aw . - vwv. Hinwhii . loi (or oug Jf to ivui;