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7 JEFFERSON COUNTY SENTINEL VOL, a. NO 37 - The - Pioneer Newspaper of Jefferson Count y—A Journal Independent in Polities. U. NIONT 1N 1, I. )AY, NI A N' -t. 1 The Most Desirable Clothing House in Helena is The North estorn. Right in the heart of the city, opposite the Grand Central Hotel, we tre located, with a complete stock of WINTER CLOTHING, MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS, BOOTS AND SHOES. Hats, Caps, Gloves, Blankets and Quilts. In short, anything from head to foot for Men, Youths, Boys awl Children. We sell for -cash at the lowest living prices. When you come to Helena oe scare and call on us. In the mean time send us your order order by mail or express, which shall receive prompt attention. T. E. LANDSMAN & CO. THOS. F. MURRAY, DEALER IN +1llu ti lop . co an o k d ,H ca e m at p ing st ov ul IRCDINT, Nail% Giant POWDER, CAPS and 14 use, CROCK=1R., - Y , Lamps, Chandeliers, Sash, Doors and Moldings, Plated Ware, Glassware and Bar Goods. agents for the Celebrated Buckeye Force Pumps and Shutler Wagons, TIN SHOP I p n ai e rl a n g wi t l il on be w d h on ere e. all kinds of Job work and Re elf - Opposite Court House, Boulder ▪ - Montana, Just Ito-OpEllOq and Re-Filitlioq I Boulder HOT Springs. Wonderful Curative _Properties ! ALL CASES OF Chronic, Muscular and Inflammatory Rheumatism. Lead Poisoning, Constitutional Weakness, and General Debility, A PLEASANT RESORT! FIRST-CLASS HOTEL AND BATHING ACCOMMODATIONS. Reached by Stage'lrom Helena, Butte, Wickes, Elkhcrr, Comet, and all Points in the Territory. Terms moderate. (first -class -Physician DR. IRA A. LEIGHTON, Is constantly in attendance For full in address, WM. TROTTER, Prop., Boulder, Mont. H. M. PARCHEN, Helena. WM. MORRIS, Boulder imarch.en. dzd WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 1R, 'LT Gr G - I r r --Carry a large stock of DRUGS, CHEMICALS, PAINTS, OILS, BRUSHES. WALL PAPER WINDOW GLASS, PATENT MEDICINES, PERFUMERY, And TOILET ARTICLES. Also Lamps, Candies, Tobaccos, Cigars, BLANK Hocons and STATION - EA - WY! A FINE ASSORTMENT OF WALL -PAPER IN STOCK. PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED AT ALL HOURS. A fine line of Watches ard Jewelry always on hand.. The Windsor House. 11, M. KEENE, Prop BOULDER, Mont BOARD PER WEEK,, it Everything First -Class \ DAY, ..... 700 2.00 BOULDER BAKERY. Will bake Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes, Etc., EVERY DAY —CONFECTIONERY A SPECIALTY. Goods Delivered Free of Charge. Oppsite Bach, Cory & Co.'s. A.TJGUEVE VC0C - 4-E1-4, Prop. BOULDER NEWS DEPOT R. J. Donrherty, Agent. A Mc LiR of Cizars, Tobaccos and Smokers Articles kept constantly on hand. Fresh Frult 7 Candies, Nuts, Ate. NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES AND PERIODICALS always on sale, or subscriptions taken for seine and mailed to ally address. Quiet Reading Room In CoirneetIon. CHAMNELL & EASTRIDGE, Dealers In Fresh Confectionery, Nuts, Etc. The Latest Periodicals and Newspapers on Sale. 7+7 7+7 Merchants Hotel BASIN, MONT. KW - Everything new and first class In every respect. The tables are laden with the BEST IN THE MARKET, and Athos ressifiable. JOS. B. BRIEN, - Proprietor. BOULDER- LUMBER YARD. SASH. DOORS, MOULDINGS, CEDAR Shingles and all kinds of Finishing lum- ber, Building and Tar Paper constantly 45 band. Yard opposite the Conrt-house. Convenient for teams. Also plans fur- nished for houses bridges, etc., and con- tracting and building of same. GROESBECK ec SIMPKINS. B UTTE AND HELENA SHORT LINE. Best and Most Direct Summer Route. SPLENDID SCENERY. coaches of the Montana Stage company leave Butte daily at 8 a. m., connecting at Calvin with trains of the N. P. railroad for Basin, Boulder, Wickes, Jefferson, Helena and stages for Elk- horn. Fare from Butte to Helena $5 00 Round trip tickets 800 Only twenty-two ir\cs of staging over the best equipped line In M'. W. W. 8. TOWNSEEND, Supt. 3. E. BAKER, Agent i- Butte City. J. C. DECKER, Agent, LEES TAYLOR, Carpenter MI kinds of Doors, Window Frames, Sash, Counters, Etc. made.to Order. Plans, Specifications and Estimates prepared. BOULDER, Mont. CHARLES ENGLUND, PT? A CIT'TCAIA Boot and Shoemakor, BOULDER, MONT \ . Mr. Englund has permanently located among us, and those wishing anything in his line will do well to call. rjr Repairing Neatly Done..j0 Boots and Shoes made to order. Satisfac- tion enaranteed • NORTHERN BROWN PLANTS AND SEEDS Are acknowledged the hest, being hardier, more productive and yield better 1...r,,ps, Irucis LUST/LA - MD CAT A LoGIU E onkaisiss y th. bAst rsee nos.. ts.!1.4 trim is a1p.11 organ- WITT' rola IT. AL_It..\7 ' ace, Ft.oe.si. A.s0 Susses., Sr. PAUL, WAN. CANA DETECTIVE AGENCY, P.O. BOX 872, HELENA. M. T. Incorporated June I 5 I 557. Capital Stock, $10,0041 .• work en 1711,to.; roofw. , ; r ,ittention. Cot- oharge for oonsulta- tien All huslors , 4 ,. . , :lthicuthil Rt. have agents in all parts of o e ; s a e ! seas , Call at rOCIMA Nos. and 4. Masonic block. ,, vt . r postoilice, or address as above. Geo. W. Bashaw, Chief. REALITY AND DREAMS. I may work a . ' d. at my casei, With pat,, • ' Iv, you see, But my I ,.. ':pl•rf ,, t, It in • close it. , Such What fame To paint ti,, t The muse I may ardently wor-,. Anti woo v. , • • • ,-r I go, But tny not,- , .tk and.(44.- rdant, My th- ogh. nq I s1,4 , 1 ) •, • • • -••., art , I•or t). - Siol; What joy I v. .. ••:t To pen the • .1r1.0 —Arthur '. 1,1 • o Journalist. Aniline Treatment of Two of the strongest cases Kremianski, the Russian pl half of his new treatment ef been described In the fie In one of these, that who had undoubted j• ordered a fonr days' ;I by mistake three time , ' ty was taken—corn - mint water and an; . I 4...1 - ARKANSAS POST. r.nthiess. quoted by Dr. dsrn , sadani in be- ethis i have _ ip jo ale. L lad ,of 18 ore was ue—but 1 - quanta • voinica -et being good, including dried meat, kvas and or- anges; he was also given inhalations of atomized aniline. A remarkable change took place almost immediately, all the rates disappearing, and his temperature, respiration and pulse becoming normal. The second case was a complicated one, there being tubercular peritonitis, and meningitis, togetherwith typhoid fever, present at the same time as pnlinonary plithisis; aniline inhalations, washing out the pulmonary cavities and corrosive sub- limate and antiflbrin, were employed, to- gether with a special acid diet as in the other case. Here, too, the results are said to have been remarkably good, the bacilli disappearing from the sputum and the patient regaining his health entirely. —New York Tribune. He Told the Truth. Spilkins came home the other day with a new coat on. \Where did you buy that coat?\ asked his wife. \At a second hand clothing store on Austin avenue.\ \Why that coat is your old coat I sold a peddler last week. He has fixed it up and palmed it off on you for new.\ \By thunder! Now I know what the hyena meant when he said it fitted Men it had been made for me. I thought at the time he was lying, but I see I Was de- ceived in him.\—Texas Siftings. ' A Cheating Fish Dealer. They were standing in the old market house back of the Central station, watch- ing the dealer sell out his last fish. \Good heavens!\ said A toilD, \what a cheat that fish dealer is. jr have been watching Wan for half an hog.\ \How's that? I didn't notice anything peculiar.\ \Don't you see that tblis man is charg- ing for the scale *Toy time '.41 wells a astir • The coroner is holding an inquest on B this morning.—Kansas City News. Those Bob -Tailed Dress Coats. Berty—Don't you think I'm brave to come out in it, Awthurt It's awfully short, you know. Arthur—Why don't you put some \in- ducer\ on it? Hefty—What's \inducer?\ Arthur—That new preparation to make the hair grow. Berty—There's no hair on this coat. Arthur—Pardon me, old boy! I thought you were talking about your mustache.— Tid Bits. Not in Chicago. During the recent reign of Boreas the sidewalks of a certain village were cov- ered with a coating of ice which made very good skating. Kittle took advantage of this, and called on skates at the house of a little friend. A fresh importation from the ould counthry opened the door; and seeing who it was cried out to her mistress: \Oh Miss Edith, oh, Miss Edith, here's Miss Kittle wants to see you with sleds on her feet!\—Harper's Bazar. An Garay Man Sized Up. Dave Moffat has returned from New York surfeited with silence and subdued wisdom regarding the Rio Grande's future Intentions. Mr. Moffat is a profound Chinook, and a \profound Chinook\ is a nice, smooth, clean gentleman with a primer intellect and a fourth reader ap- pearance.—Ouray Solid Muldoon. Two Happy Plerasele Oliver Wendell Holmes has recently Peened two happy phrases. The fellows who bore authors for their ideas on things in general he calls \brain tappers;\ and the little words which an author when thus irritated will let drop \are the monosyllables of his unsanctifled vocabu- lary.—Chicago Tribune. Honest Rubber Goods. Customer (to rubber overshoe dealer)—I want to get a pair of rubbers. Dealer—Yes sir; same as you bought yesterday, I s'pose? Customer—Oh, yeti; those gave excel- lent satisfaction. It was nearly 12 o'clock last night before they gave out.—New York Sun. Mars' Appropriation Hill, Astronomers have d • vered that there are a number of canal- • ' planet Mars, some of them being ps 2,000 miles long. It is fair to presume that the gov- ernment up there is enough like ours to know what an appropriation and a rivei and harbor bill is.—Chicago News. Hard on Poor Brown. At the club: Jones—Look at Brown over there in the corner. Smith—Yes; buried in thought. Jones—Mighty shallow grave, ain't RI —Washington Critic. A Hard Place to Locate. \Papa where's atoms?' \Atoms? I don't know my boy. You mean Athens, probably.\ \No I mean atoms—the place where everything is blown to.\—Good HOUSee keeping, Why. Johnsing—IN :spec e Gus Slasher wa' so quiet lip. to -night when yo' beat him at de kyle'. earn! Sinif—Guess 1 let' his rezzer at home, chile; an' he ki, s I never do.—Judge. There is e nein it) Connecticut who lint traded h -r•,,. • !2() times, and has tlea!ly got all ..... . , •t1 iirth $50 to eh ew Cutetit('!•S. - This Is a grS year for Jon Haight of Haight seine y, Maryland. lie will be SI on the 5th day of the 8th month of 16138. Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Its Capture, Jan. 11. ARMY AND NAVY VICTORY, The Men Who Took the Fort and the Men Who Defended It. Arkansas Post, Otherwise - Called Fort Illoilman—Joint Army and Navy Expe- dition Ph.nned by Gen. Sherman and Admiral Porter—They Had Had Hard Luck at Vicksburg, and Gen. Sherman Wished to Revive His Soldiers' Droop- ing Spirite—The \Cut Oft\ [Copyrighted by the American Press Association.] In his account of the capture of Arkansee Post, Adiniml Dav i d D. Porter, in the \Naval History of the Civil War,\ says: \The battle gave general satisfaction to the public. It was unexpected, and few knew where Fort Hindman was situated.\ The public of today is quite as ignorant of the locality of Fort Hindman as Admiral Porter's public of 1863 was. Arkansas Post was etherwise called Fort Hindman. It is a mere village now, and the name of • • . the village is Ar- kansas Post. It is nor'- laid down at all upon the smaller Ile VT- maps. if the reader will sa - turn to a map of 1./ the southern states, . , iato note the position of ARKANSAS Vicksburg, MI, POST IN Lona 'then run his finger up the line of the Mississippi river for about 100 miles, he will come to the mouth of the Arkansas river, on the right bank of the Mis- sissippi. If now he follows the Arkansas river up some fifty miles from its mouth, then stop, he will pause where the Union army under (lens. Sherman and McClernand, and the fleet of gunboats under Admiral Porter stopped on Jan. 10, 1863, at Arkansas Post. It is on the left bank and north side of the Arkansas river. But the gunboats and the transports, load- ed with the infantry regiments, did not take the direct route to Arkansas Post. If the reader will look again upon the map he will perceive a river emptying into the Mississippi about fifteen miles north of the mouth of the Arkansas. This is White river. A branch of it, called a \cut off,\ leaves the main stream a little before it reaches the Miesiesip- pi, and flows into the Arkansas. Thus there is a triangular island between the three nvers. Geologists say the whole court: try hereabouts was \settled 300 years too soon; that it is not yet sufficient- ly redeemed from the waters. It is low, flat, and al- most on a level with the rivers that flow through it. In consequence of this the currents of P. J. 011121111tHA.U8. streams and bayous do not always run in the same direction. When the Arktuagas river overflows, water from it passes through the cut off into Whits river, and thence into the Mississippi. When, on the other hand, White river is full, water passes from it through the cut off into the Arkansas. The siege of Vicksburg began in Decem- ber, 1862, by a joint army and navy move- ment. Little - thought the Union forces of the long and painful work before them be- fore Vicksburg should actually be taken. A joint attack was made by land and water by Oen. Sherman and Admiral Porter, Dec. 29, 1562. It failed The weather was like that which had greeted McClellan on the Peninsula in the east Inceasant rains flooded the low swamps around Vicksburg. Fogs obscured the air sometimes till one could not see fifty feet away. Soldiers were sick, dying and dis- couraged at the beginning of PM, around Vicksburg. Something must be done. Gen. Sherman proposed to Admiral Porter that they abandon Vicksburg for the time and go up the Arkalisas river and take Ar- kansas Post. He hoped thereby to inspire his men with courage again. Porter agreed. The Federal troops had withdrawn to the mouth of the Yazoo on New Year'* Day, 1463. Jan. 3' the expedi- tion was ready to a start to Arkansas day lkdr‘ Ge B n u . t J e o n hn tha A t . GEN. .?•,* McClernand ar- rived from Cairo to take command in Gen. Sherman's place of the land forces. There was a prejudice against Chu MeCler- nand among the regular army officers be - C8.11913 he was not a military graduate. It cropped out In various ways that interfered with his usefulness. He had been a father - leas boy who had divided the years of his youth between farm Labor and sway, taking In time the profession of the law. He was born in 1812. Like Lincoln, he was a native of Kentucky and migrated in early child- hood to Illinois. In that state McClernand had great influence, raising a brigade of ous battles, among them Belmont, Fort desperately i sEl y die ou rs hBieigpersoluaT,,,,poft: 1. then Be distinguished himself gallantly in vari- the signed and left the army. West Donelson and Shiloh. His corps also fought major general of the 13th . 186s In November, 1864, were accustomed to call bile a re- •.rs The men before Vicksburg in January, 1863, numbered 40,000. Meelernand +. oonumuid of them. Thereupon A•i•• • • Porter declined to oo-operate iip the expell NI „,, s iAr7nsioi Pest unless tien. She; :,tulded the land tr , ,. ee To tit- , i agreed. lie, hoe ,- • e es r, Saf: ,,rin . tis Falenal traees an.! gun; ; . • • aWay f r• and up the beet . • firing al\.. 1S e elevet ee lest t., .•T it'' , :!H t.!: 4 that, they aeensied it ilf• te , I1 a'A (An)'5 to tie.. isiorn nainei 'ant ,,!T hiengh that they entered the Ariatesas vcr, stearned Up its eaters wen ;all haste, and in the morning of Jan. 10, 0515, A. P. HOVEY. 83 PER YEAR 1963, suddenly ed below tia.11 Post. Fort Hindman, at the Post, was Mini ta'y constructed. It had been built by se , it the most accomplished engineers of i' , est Point It contained thirteen guns, two of them ten inch columbiada The casemates in which those were mounted were covered with four layers of rail- road iron. The guns were trained down the river, to face the advancing gunboats. Among the vessels of the Mississippi squad- ron that engaged GEN. CHUiti.;111.LL. In the reduction of Arkansas Poet were the flagships Black Hawk, the Rattler, the Louis- ville and the Cincinnati. The ram Monarch, renowned in western waters, took active part in the fight The Confederate officer in command at Ar- kansas Post was Gen. T. J. ChurchilL He had at the Poet 6,000 troops. Gen. T. J. Churchill, who commanded the Post, was engaged throughout the war in the southwest. He was an active Confederate general in the forces that afterward fought against the Federal Red river expedition. Churchill's superior officer was Lieut. Geri. Theophilus H. Holmes, commanding the Con- federate department of Arkansas. Gen. Holmes had given orders to Churchill, in caw of a siege, to \hold on till help arrived or till all were dead.\ There was much more of that kind of talk during the early part of the war than dur- ing the latter part. Admiral Porter, in hie book, says that Churchill was not in the fort at all during the bom- bardment, but five miles away, in the GEN. T. H. HOLMES. rear, waiting to at- tack the Federal force, winch should ad- vance by land. Confederate Gen. Theophilus H. Holmes, who had giver' Churchill orders to hold on till all were dead, was a graduate of West Point, of the class of 1829. He was a maxi brave to rashness, and served in the Mexican war side by side with Jefferson Davis. Holmes was a native of North Carolina. At the outbreak of the war he resigned from the United States army, in which he held the rank of major, and entered the Con- federate service. He was appointed lieu- tenant general, and held a place at first under Lee in the east. At the battle of Malvern Hill he was blamed for neglecting what was thought to be a great opportunity, and after that was sent to the far west. In the latter part of 1863 he evacuated Little Rock, Ark., with his army, and abandoned it to Federal possession. He still commanded the Confederate army of Arkansas. Jefferson Davis, in his \Rise and Fall of the Confederacy,\ says of Gen. Holmes.— \ffetiss - Pasiliedthriondlirecvelek-ef emotive or of praise ' after serving his country on many fields wisely and well. I, who knew him from our schoolboy days, who served with him in garrisou and in the field, and with pride watched him as he led a storming party up a rocky height at Monte- rey, and was inti- mately acquainted with his whole ca- reer during our sec- tional war, bear willing testimony to the purity, self abnegation, generosity, fidelity and gallantry which characterized him as a man and a soldier.\ Gen. Alvin P. Hovey was a brigade com- mander in Gen. Steele's Federal divisioa. He was wounded while leading in the advance of the land forces at Arkansas Post. Gen. Hovey was a native of Indiana, born in 1821. He was a lawyer by profession and a skilled one, but during the war proved himself as good a fighter with his sword as he had been with his tongue. He had been sent from Helena, in November, 1862, to co- operate with Grant's movements in Mimes- sippi. He was afterward engaged at Port Gibson and at Edward's Station, and took his part in the final assault on Vicksburg, In the plan for taking Arkansas Pole the army landed four miles below the Post and made a march of some fifteen miles around. Then it was to assault the fort in the rear, while Admiral Porter's fleet bombarded in front They landed from the transports at 10 a. m e Jan. 10, and set out on their march. Some Con- federate rifle pits and earthworks ob- structed their path at the river's edge, \at the gunboats .ack Hawk and Rattler silenced 1 „ see ,seethese, and the e• troops passed on. ; They were much of • I the night getting GEN J onN 11. TilA.YRIL into position in the rear of the post. Another brigade com- mander in Gen. Steele's division at Arkansas post was Gen, John M. Thayer. His horse was shot wider him. Gen. Thayer was engaged in much of the fighting in the southwest. He WAS a far western man, from Nebraska, having been colonel of the 1st Nebraska volunteers. The Confederates in the fort had prepared for a gunboat attack at long range. Instead of this, however, the ironclad De Kalb steamed up within 400 yards of the Post, closely followed by the Louisville and Cin- cinnati. Minstrel Porter ordered a number of smaller howitzer vessels to accompany them. At 3 o'clock on the afternoon of 'the 10th a • ' was brought to the fleet that the army • , Shed the reae of Arkansas Post, and • for action. The information was . found to be incorrect The gun. . as, however, passed up the river and began on the strength of this mistaken ,•eure). .e opened ups . 1 s Of F,::,.,linen from 'its. The cannon of the fort reple.e. In an lenr 4 ' - et. :ens were the fleet d, ..;.e with - the fort. At dark the gunboats drts , 1....1 down the river arul were tied tx., bank. the \tirielad or light e'ettevesee iteitti,t. I.e I eee or heed to steeni up past lei! l'est I ee Confehe - ate retreat e, ..;! • -, •liar conintauder • gLinS frona the f or t opened on tan and • 'tinekid\ about so c.ffo.1..tially that: Lt. was c, - »npelled to drop hack (nit if range. It wes at this time, (hiring the eight of Jan. 10, that the Coafederates might have , eseaptsi across the river or. up the bank, if they had taken advantaged. the Sta•Vissou. as Sherman's army was not yet ready for as- sault The commander of the garrison at Fort Hindman was Col. Dunnington, an ex - United States naval officer. The firing from Admiral Porter's gunboats had damaged the fort _greatly, but the Confederates did not yet consider themselves beaten, as Admiral Porter says, \by a great deal.\ During the night they worked vigorously within the fort to repair the damage done, and by morning were ready for fight again. At early morning of Jan. 11, a courier from G.'en. Sherman arrived at the fleet and informed the admiral that the land force in - closing the Post was ready for action. At noon a combined attack by land and water was ordered. The gunboats were thereupon run close to the fort again, and once more a tremendous pounding upon the bastions and iron easernates began. Meantime Admiral Porter ordered the \tin - clads\ Glide and Rattler and the ram Mon- arch to cut their way up the river past the fort and prevent the escape of the garrison by way of the ferry. This they did. The rest of the gun- boats continued to pour shot and shell red hot into the fort. In less than three hours the guns of the garri- son were silenced. During this time several brigades of Sherman's men had forced their way up close to the fort in the rear. It was in this advance that GEN. A. J. SMITH. Gen. Thayer's horse was shot under him and Gen. Hovey was wounded. The Union left was led by Brig. Gen An- drew J. Smith, promoted to major general of volunteers in 1864. Gen. Smith steadily forced back the Confederate right at Arkan- sas Post up to the very fort. Then he sent word to Gen. McClernand that he had got so near he could almost shake hands with the enemy. Gen. Smith was one of the hardest fighters of the war. The list of battles in which he took part during the civil war oceupies a full page in the West Point register. Pre- vious to that he had served in the Mexican war, and had engaged in many an Indian fight while on frontier duty. He was born in Pennsylvania, and was gradapted from West Point in 1838, entering the cavalry arm ef the service. At the outbreak of the civil war he was still on frontier duty, being major of the 1st United States cavalry at Fort Walla Walla, W. T. After the guns of Fort Hindman were el- lenced by tho fleet that afternoon of Jan. 11 the vessel Black Hawk was run up alongside the fort ready for the crew to board it. Her offioers could look directly inside the fort at the work of de- strucon the gun- • beet; had wrought. Broken.caunon, de- molished fortifica- tions, ley all about, mingled with dead \ Mid horses. The - n- federate artillery horses had been kept within the garrison, and many of them had been struck by shells LI IL•\ from the gunboats. Ths screams of the GEN. GEO, W. MORGAN. wounded animals and their mad struggles ftre among dead and wounded men pre- ,:sel a scene terrible to behold. A general assault both by the naval and army force WM now ordered. Being oppo- site each other, one in rear of the fort the 'Abet: in front, they could scarcely fire upon Confederates without hitting each other. 'ion - over, a general rush for the inside of the Sortifications was faade by both soldieri'and sailors. The Confederate colors had been shot away from the fort., and had not been raised again. Not an arm was lifted to fire a gun. The garrison was evidently beaten. As the Union soldiers appeared at the rear of the fort numbers of Confederates ran to the reer parapet and crouched down behind it. Not attaching any ftnportance to this movement, the Federal troops continued on their way to the inside. They came within thirty yards of the hidden Confederates, when suddenly a tremendous volley of over 400 ballets was fired into their very faces, so near as almost to scorch them with powder. They fell dead in numbers. That was what the hidden Confederates meant The Union line wavered, fell back and stopped. The next moment every one of the Confederate soldiers who had tired the volley of musketry held up a white handker- chief in surrender. All was over with them before, but they had sent a last bullet into the heart of the advancing Federals, and then held up the white handkerchief to protect themselves. Admiral Porter says be could easily have cut the, 4.50 Confederate soldiers to pitse before they fired, by the guns of the Black Hawk, but he did not do so be- cause he saw that they were already beaten and he did not wish to add to the slaughter. Gen. Churchill. the Con federate commander, said afterward that he had no intention of surrendering, but meant to hold out, according to . 9 Hohnse orders, GEN. a. o. BrRERIDGE. until the last man was slain. He said that the display of white handkerchiefs by the soldiers behind the parapet, who were Texans, wasu.uauthorized. However, the fort was surrendered, with large stores of army supplies. Gets. Churchill and 6,000 troops bectune prisoners. In killed the Confederate lost sixty men, and seventy- five were wounded in the fight at Arkansas Poet. The Union loss was much larger, being 129 killed and 848 wounded and iniseing. The Federal forces at the battle of Arkan- sas Post compri , set1 two cor^. Sherman's and McCiernand's, with ltIcCoanti in chief conunand Each corps was divided into two divisions. Gene. Steele and Stuart com- manded Sherman's clivisioss. Brig. Gael. - George W. Morgan, of eel % wee one o f M c _ Clerriandss division conneatelers, Brig. Gen. A. J. Smith the other. Os Clernaters as- suming general cornrnr.p. •ontruantior • Ot-te , 'iltot- teA. A. • put us charge • bridge, of Ke tendence the f, tip. Tee feset nital - -ate , : • part '• 118N -Lieut. • it was Bur- in - Jed Iowa by the Curt- it of tio the Poet an army and •1 , 1 'rots. k; • It Were Si.111 Up O. 11V::...1' ;IL - A (1,, ' towns of Des . , This was Jan. Fe the 45011-i part • returnee ee, Vicksb urg , To , op. tare of Arkansas Post served P - s: and had 4 I Qry inspiriting efteet L Federal troops. JO
