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The people expect news of a penular character
now. If I ,iould'gratify their taste I would do so,
but as the rebels have .again eluded us by slipping
through °heater Gap, and getting south of Culpeper,
there will probably be an end to this campaign with
out further bloodshed. Those readers of The Press
Who have a fancy for hulletinsmnd battles will have
to Buffer. another. disappointment. What strange
delight some persons take in reading cavalry
charges; how the foes rose in their stirrups, and
;flayed, sabred, slaughtered,. shot each other !, , Even
an artillery duel is not utterly devoid of interest if
the shells burst among the men, and the trunks of
the trees are well gnawed -by grape. But the clang
ing of swords, the clash of sabres, the rattle of rutes t
the clatter of irombound hoofs, and the shrill neighs
:of the chargers ; the roar of artillery, the din of
musketry, of fife and drum, the painful groan, the
sepulchral death•rattle, the Wild and proud hurrah
of the victors, have more charms than the• most
thrilling accounts of many railroad accidents by
land or steamboat • explosions on water. few
years ago a sudden splash in the Hosphorim was
suleed to weave the woof of the most pathetic tale
of, eastern jealousy ; the atrocious infidelity ,of a
wife, the shocking revenge of the husband, rhymed
charming chapters. The Mississippi, the Petoinao,
the - Rappahannock, the surging sea, have had fre
quent nocturnal disturbances of their waters, but,
who pauses to listen? We grow weary of hearing,
hoiv one man singly "shales off his mortal
Danger and death, blood and bullets, eforY and the
grave, must be'unknOwn quantities before we under- .
take to work them into examples.
The rebels are equally morbid. In one respect,
however, they differ from us. We are too willing to
accept defeat, and 'yield our shoulders too readily to
disgrace:- Do the rebels ever acknowledge 'a re
verser HoW seldom do they express a symptom of
mortification. Even after the terrible punishment
received at Gettysburg, they cling to their delusive
"five to .one " principle, with the same unreaeona
ble tenacity that a devilfish would hug ,a fence-rail
to its breast till life became extinct. , How soon we
learned to admit that, by overweening confidence,
we lost Bull's Runs light Arialsin or ignorance
thwarted us atßall's Bluffthat inadvertence or
experience caused , the slaughter at Big Bethel: x,
in every 'battle, whether it has resulted inviet;rmy,or
defeat to our mine, our single man has proved him
self equal . to the boastful knight of the Oonfede-.
racy-who opposed him. •
-' - nelson, Pea Ridge, Pittsburg Landing, - their
S'ellerele* , antider trifles, or victories,for themselves.
' - 5..4,,_,it is` never out
But they harp -, ..,..4inua11y on Bull's,,Run, Balpa
Bluff, and gloat tri
iims.WAntly over "tlie. death of
Ellsworth, Baker, or MeCisedil
of their mouth how Corcoran,was. in'eleabi s
and Hayes in Libby.prison.
,Alas I this arturse.
not conceal the anguish felt, when such loving.-
moving members of their rebellion were unex
pectedly lopped off: Do they forget how Johnson,
Zollicoffer, and Jackson were punished for their
perfidy—how Buckner -and Pemberton had to bend
their haughty necksi
If the rebel army gains the slightest advantage,
bulletins of triumph are prepared to be read in-
Europe, proclamations for a general thanksgiving
promulgated throughout the limits of the Confede
racy, and this trivial affair 'is considered the most
important of the war. When victory perches on.
our banners, mark the change!She is scowled on
by, the rebel vermin, who treat our most important
victories as temporary, unimportant Endemism
Well do they know that when we are untrammeled
by treason in our midst; wht- 2 1we meet them- open-_
ly, man to man, foot to foot;lireast to breast, that
we have invariably conquered. It is only in
treacheries, most pernicious arts, they excel us.
For years theY studied and labored to produce an
impregnable bulwark,.„Within shelter of ,which to
fight. In the *teriimao they professed to have
found all they desired. 'Every one had the most un
bounded faith in the invulnerability of her iron
walls. This invincible monster fell an easy Prey to
the Monitor, but they concealed, their chagrin with
philosophic stoicism, and pooh-poohed the "little
cheese-box." Vicksburg next gained their confi
dence. Nothing human • could ti nter such formida
ble. .
fortifications and live. For sixty days our guns
and mortars lisped forth continually, " Open, Se
same," and bn the morning or -the 4th of July.
Vicksburg sighed; yawned, and opened wide - her
gates that the conquering heroes of the Upion might
come in. The Sebastopol of America fell. IS traight
way they begin to belittle General Grant's achieve
mente, and console themselves for fresh defeats by
old victories.
I know there Care sanguine people who fret be.
cause General Meade has failed to capture Lee's
army. They have an idea that 70,000 harassed and
infuriated rebels are to be . quietly and safely stir
rounded. The're 1s nothing strange in their escaping..
- It would have been wonderful had he even force 4
them to do battle. There is always a number of
passages through the mountains which are little
known. At this place is Harper's Ferry Gap and
Solomon's Gap. But Gen. Lockwood assures me
that he could take- an army over the mountains
without using any of the well-known gaps. These
roads would not be very erreellent for teams and ar
tillery, but all could manage to be gotten through.
General Kelley was at Hedgesvllle yesterday.
Be sent a - battalion to occupy Winchester, and a
company was ordered to take possession of Mar
tinsburg. At this writing I see the heads of a column
of two hundred cavalry who are going to Winches
ter and through Berryville-to-day. They will make
a detour through'the country and return by way of
Martinsburg. The valley is at last clear of the re
bele. Gen. Kelley for two months had his head
quarters down in the town, but Gen. Lockwood has
wisely chosen to pitch his tent on Bolivar Heights,
above the town, higher than the church overlooking
the grave-yard.
Harper's Ferry has changed greatly. Few of the
ten thousand belonging to Virginia's chiefest chi
valry who thronged the rocky streets and surrounded
the armory engine•house, in quest of John Brown,
would recognize the place. In the streets through
which they fought the old man, only the walls of
the houses are standing. But the engine -house is
there, and the huge doors are newly covered with
sheetiron. It is a small building, divided into two
compartments. The large room to the left, on en
tering, is where'he entered with, ten men—the rem
nant of his band. You can see, by the new bricks
and broad seams made with fresh mortar, where
were the loopholes of this fort. Volley after volley;
were fired at the walls of the building, and at this
time the walls are full of bullet-holes. Two men
were shot in the head, through these portholes.
There were but eight souls within—ten thousand.
-ithout. In frent of the building, and a little to
the right, is the identical.-spot where Col. Lee, now
.commander•in•chief of the rebels, stood on his toes
and "commanded the besieged to surrender. The in
surgents .choie rather to die. At this late date, I
almost fancy I can see the blood Of the man killed
in front of the - house by the old enthusiast, and I
carefully search the pave for traces of the death of
the marine.
Three times did Colonel Lee order the men to seize
hold of the long heavy ladders designed for battering
rams, and each time they sullenly refused. They
well knew death was nigh to some of them. At last,
between twenty and forty forced the ram against the
doors with frightful velocity. Everything yielded to
such impetus. The engine had been brought up
against the door as a barricade. Brown and his men
were in the rear. They fired, and two of the assail
ants fell. One of Brown's men - crawled under the
engine, where he was pinned to the floor with a
sword. Now. that I gaze on the fatal spot, I can see
dimly with my," mind's eye" the wierd visages of
these men, as their eyes rolled in the agonies of
death.
UNDERCLOTHING, dm.
Those who lived to be prisoners were confined in
the small dungeon-like compartment : as-she right.
Th. -malls are filthy, the door' muddy, the ceiling
arched, but — Of sucii — oarn - .o=olexion iL cannot be
seen. The .armory engine house, which witnessed
the mad struggles of the poor old enthusiast, is now
usod as a guard-house. On the left is the guard
room ; the small cell to the right is the jail. A de
taohment of the 34th Massachusetts, who have not
yet been welcomed " with,bloody hands to hos_
pitable graves," are doing guard duty.
Hark l a line baritone voice comes from the cell;
how plainti4ely it sings of the time "When this
cruel war is over." Soon the steady tramp of a
drilled soldier is heard, and a loud, shrill whistle
takes up the melody of "Old John Brown." The
bright sun has concealed his round, red face behind
the Maryland Heights; darkness begins to compass
the earth, and your correspondent, the only listener,
began to look furtively around, "almost expecting
to see
He with the wailing voice, who chaunts of " cruel
war," is a rebel prisoner within ;.the cheerful whistle
comes from the lips of the guard, who walks to
and fro without. For two squares along the
Potomac's banks, there is naught but the charred
and blackened remains of Government property.
Large piles of iron, marked "from the Richmond
armory," huge pyramids of gun barrels, twisted and
melted
...together In inextricable confusion. Every
building in town partakes of the universal decay ;
the very grave•stones crumble and moulder away.
The very same cause would soon produce the like
effect in New York and Philadelphia. If the people
of the former city could see the ravages that have
been made on. Southern soil, they would be ashamed
of their
Secession is a Protean monster. It assumes sun.
dry shapes,. at different times. But on old and
young, male and female, it works the same baleful
effect. We can see how it distorts the consciences
of some, making them Copperheads—contemptible
traitors at hoine. To what degree of ferocity does it
not transform those who must live and move among
such reptiles, and breathe such noxious malaria!
With anger in their eyes, malignity in their hearts,
and venom dropping from their tongues, they roam
about continually, seeking whOm they may devour.
Friendship it transforms into enmity—old friends
cross the street to avoid speaking, and society seems
almost rent in twain. The men display a shooking
disregard for the amenities of life—the women throw
away every lovely- grace that should adorn and
beautify their sex. '
The new species of- craft we use on our railroads
is a source of. wonder and terror to the , guerillas. I
allude to the' iron.elad cars, drawn by' a poworful
locomotive, the pilot house rendered pullet proof by
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SATURDAY,: AUGUST 1, 1863
Hqiper's Ferry.
HARisn's FERRY, July 29, 1863
His soul go marching on."
Little riots, just to show they're freemen."
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1863
A copious coating of sheetiron. Gen. Lockwood
found them very serviceable when he was rebuilding
the pontoon bridge over the Potomac at this place.
The enemy's sharpshooters . were continually annoy
'Mg the workmen, but a few shells from the howitzer
frOm the iron•elads soon dispersed them. Every day
they make reconnoissances. On the Winchester
road the track has been torn up and doubled. It is
then placed over the road as an obstruction. Thus
far they have only Succeeded in going a few miles
from Helper's Ferry. The track is composed`of
strap iron principally, and tufts of Vass have grown
in wild profusion over the rails, which retard the la
comotive a much as if the track was oiled. Large'
working parties are out at this time, and are busily
engaged in repairing the tracks. The i liron.clads are'
always Convesiently near, in case of disturbance.
CHARLESTON.
DESPATCH FROM GIIERAL GILMORE
Our Loss 635 in Killed and Wounded
350 Missing.
Incidents of the Attach: on: Fort, Wagner
Weeniso.roar, July 21.—The following despatch
was to•day received at headquarters:
DEPAATMENT OP TDB SOUTH,
HEADQ'IIf3 IN THE FIELD, MORRIS'ISLAND, S.
July 23:1863.
To hiajor General 11. W. Flatlet*, GOerain•Chief U.
S. A., Washington, D: C.:
SIR! My medical director in the field reports our
aggregate loss in killed and wounded at 635; I.julge
that there are 350 missing. The losses cover the.
Ahreeactions of the 10th, 11th, and 18th.
Many of the wounded will return to duty in a
Week or ten days. The health of the command is
improving
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
• . GIL MORE,:
Major : General Commanding.
FORT WAGNER.'
Fort Wagner is an. irregular bastioned , work, -
situated on the nortnern end of Illorris Island, two
thousand live hundred - yards distant from Fort
Sumpter. It is composed entirely of sand, which,
,beyond doubt, is the beet material to withstand the
"effect of shell. Its armament, as -shown in the dia
gram, is six guns ; but three guns — have recently
been mounted on the sea face tri annoy the monitors.
On the southern face of the work all the obstriictians
that engineering skill can devise have been placed
so as to annoy our troops in case of an assault. On
the northern side of the work there has been erected
.;a:Arisketri - .parapet - , which not only commands the
=Yapproach?-from the northward, but enables its gar
risen to bnsbeltered in event of ourtroopsgaining an
iidmittanCe-to the interior._ It has-its raveling', gene
and covered ways, arid uporithe whole is a very
;formidable work. The magazine is 'situated in the
southern centre of the seaward portion of the work,
and although ekposed to the lire of our iron -clads, it
is so well built as to defy the projectiles which have
already struck it. -
RESULTS AND.PROSPEOTS
From the beet informed sources the New York
Tribune gleans the following .additional and more
cheering results of the late struggles - on Morris Isl
and :
1. General GilMOre's total losses since he corn.
tttentnd operations with reference to Charleston, do
not eZeneo•i,ooo men. •
2. The rebel runs is nearly or quite equal to this.
At the first collision, when General G. obtained a
foothold on Morris Island;tlto rebel loss was SITU,
while ours was hut ao,
S. The rebels vie with our officers in ricinittn -o f
the heroic gallantry evioin.d. lay_ our men in the burr , :
desperate assault on Fort 'Wagner. _,lt has never
been equalled on this continent. 'Though , • our men
fought under every disadvantage, inelinling that of.
suffering from the fire of some of our own iron -clads,'
they took a good portion of the fortress
it for two full hours,'until-all their officers ands,
most of the men were killed; or severely wounded;':
and until the capture of the residue of the works
. by our survivors had become a physical impossi
bility.
4 Gen. Gilmore is now solidly established on
Monis Island, and does not fear any attempt to
crowd him off. For two or three days his hold on it
was very precarious.
b. holds, and will -hold, ground whereon to
plant batteries within effective range of Fort Sumter,
which he will in due time make available.
6. Our repeated failures to take Fort Wagner by
assault have coat us , precious liVes, and will yet cost
precious time ;.but they do not; relieve Charleston
from serious peril.
CONVERSATIONS WITEt' THE WOUNDED.
[From the Tribune.
COLONEL • O.IIATHIELD
The following facts will give the reader an idea of
what our gallant men suffer in their efforts to put
down the rebellion and save the nation. Colonel
Chatfield, the brave commander of the 6th Connecti
cut, a bright and intelligent officer of middle age,
was lying upon a stretcher, looking with earnest
meetpon every stranger, as though he expected to
a friend. Colonel Chatfield was wounded on
the night of the 18th, at the time of the assault on
Fort Wagner. He led four hundred and twenty-live
men into. action, and entered the fort with hie regi
ment. There.he was wounded in the right hand and
left leg. He crawled away a short distance, but lay
under fire in the sand for two hours, within about
twenty yards of the fort. After that, Sergeant Geo.
M. Chase, Company 0, 7th New Hampshire, who
was slightly mounded, carried him away on his
back:- The Colonel speake in terms of- the deepest
gratitude Of - the efforts made by this Man, who car:
ried him to a place of safely under a constant explo
sion of•cannon and musketry. - "
OOL.. W. E.BARTON
Col. W. B.. Barton, a fine-looking and cultivated
gentleman, commander of the 48th Regiment N. Y.
V., was lying upon a stretcher seriously_wounded.
He led 600 men into the action; and thenext morning
only 110 responded - to the roll calla but otbers came
into camp afterward. His -fiag had been planted
upon the works, and he had been in the fort an hour
when he was severely wounded. He was rescued by
two of his men, who carried him along slowly, relit.
leg -in some bole, furrow, or. cave made -by the
bombs and cannon balls that ploughed the island.
Out of seventeen of the officers who were with him
in the charge, only three had returned at the time of
his departure. ,
This officer resides in Brooklyn. Notwithstanding
his personal disasters, he is full of hope, and believes
that Gen, Gilmore will take .Fort Wagner and Fort
Sumter in due time, and he does'not regret fora mo
ment that he has been shot down and trampled upon
.while engaged in the glorious service of saving his
country.
IWOR JOHN N. RICKS
Maj Or. John W. Hicks, of the 76th Pennsylvania
Regiment, was wounded on the morning of the I.lth.
while in command of his regiment at the time of the
first attack on Fort Wagner. Re had three hundred
and fifty-eight men, and lost two hundred and thir
teen men killed, wounded, and missing. Three of
his officers were killed, and three were wounded
and taken pristmers. The. Major, with Captain
Brew, made his escape by crawling and limping off
the field through a perfect storm of shell and canis
ter and musketry. Finally Dr. Craven met him
with an ambulance, and took him to Folly Island,
from which place he was transferred to one of the
hospitals at Beaufort, where Mrs. General Lander
and Mimi Henry treated the party with the utmost,
tenderness,"for which they express the deepest grati
tude. The Major is a stout, hearty young man of
30, full, roffnd face, red beard, and large blue eyes,
He was hobbling about on crutches for the first time
since he was wounded. He had a word of cheer for
all he met, and seemed to be a general favorite.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL HALLOWELL
Lieutenant Colonel E. N. Flaßowell, of the ISM
Massachusetts, was on the parapet at Fort Wagner
at the time he received his first serious wound. He
fell into the ditch; and while scrambling out of it
he was wounded again. He crept along the beach
under a shower of iron and tire, until he was picked
up by his surgeon, Dr. Stone, and his quartermaster,
'John Ritchie. He was thentaken to Beaufort Thisr
gallant young officer, though suffering from his se
vere wounds, was as calm as a summer morning;
His father, a tall, noble-looking man, in Quaker cos•
tume, was by his side, attending to his wants with
parental solicitude. Lieutenant Colonel Hallowell
says he shook hands with Colonel Shaw when near
the fort, and wished him success. Saw him again
juntas he was about to climb the parapet. He says
he bas been in many engagements, but he never saw
a better display ot - courage and dash, and all the
qualities that constitute a true soldier, than the
colored troops exhibited at the time of their charge
on Fort Wagner. Colonel. Hallowell is a member of
the Society of Friends, and a resident or the city of
Philadelphia. The report that he gave up his sword
has no foundation in fact. We - saw the trusty wea
pon lying behind his pillow, and• it showed signs of
having rendered good service.
Lieutenant Taylor, of the 48th New York, was.
wounded while on the ramparts of Fort Wagner, on
the night or the 19th, and fell into the fort. He was
unconscious fora short time. When he came to his
senses, be found himself surrounded by about6o dead
and wounded men. He, was there about j three
hours. Heard the order to retire, but was tillable to
go with his comrades, The rebels then charged and
fired over the bastion. The wounded Union men
cried out, " don't fire, we are all wounded."
Whereupon the rebel colonel commanded them to
surrender.- They took the Union men into the bat
tery. A rebel lieutenant came up to lieutenant
Taylor and asked him if behelonged to the "Nigger
Regiment ;"-he replied that he aid not. "Then lam
your friend," said he, " come, alons.with me take
my, arm." They walked to Cummings' point, and
then took the boat to the city of Charleston;rriving
there at daylight on Sunday morning. The wended
men, white and colored, were placed upon the dota,.
Ambulances came down and conveyed the rebel'
wounded to the hospitals, and then they took the
Union men to the prisoners' hospital. Lieut. Taylor
was on the dock about an hour and a half. A great
many people came to look at the Upion prisoners.
One young fellow said he thought they had got
enough of South. Carolina, The hospital was a
cool, rough place, and not very clean. The rebels
lacked nurses, so they paroled twenty of the Union
prisoners to perform the duty of nurses.-- They gave
the prisoners bread, coffee, and meat. Ourinformant
could not eat the food, consequently purchased a
chicken, but could not tell the cost ; but he remem
bers that he received no change from a $lO bill he
gave to the person who bought it for him. Ile was
in prison nearly a week. There were two of the
colored soldiers in the same room he occupied. They
were treated civilly, and fared the same as the
white prisoners. Twenty of our wounded men died
in Charleston the first night of their imprisonment.
Several have since died. No blacks were paroled.
RERP.L TREATMENT OP UNION PRISONERS
Dr. Boutecon, one of the moat skilful and efficient
surgeons in the service, and who had charge of the
Cosmopolitan, says that our prisoners suffered need.
lees amputations at the hands of the rebel surgeons
About one-fourth of the men who fell into Biel.
clutches were returned Minus a hand, a leg, or an
or
arm. One of the blacks was cruelly beaten in or
der to make hith yield to the knife. The wounds o
our men, were filled with maggots, and no medi
eines had been 'administered. The amputatio
were unskilfully performed by men who seem t
take a savage delight in butchering the Union me
who fell into their hands. ~.,,The Sisters of (Shutt'
would have rendered,_ good service, had they,be
permitted to do as they pleased: Some of the pe
8013 sin charge apologized for the lack of those ar -
cies needed by the sick and wounded, on the grou
that the blockade caused great scarcity of mediate
and delicacies. Dr. B. was constantly at work fiir
the welfare of tbe officers and men on board of the
vessel under his charge. i
TIM ASSAULT ON BORT WAGritiu.')
The soldiers think their assault would have been
successful had it been made in daylight. It was im
possible in the darkness to distinguish friends from
foes. General Strong ltd the advance, and when it
was announced on board the vessel yesterday morn
ing that he had died of his wounds a shade of sad-
Dees passed over the faces of the brave men who had
.been in that gallant charge under his leadership.
They have the utmost Confidence in General Gill
more, and have no doubt that he will in due time
a'ccom'plish the object of his mission. One: of the
officers said he could accomplish the downfall of
Fort :Wagner and the taking of Port Sumpter on
short notice if the llovernment would' 'send him
ARM troop,.
TIIR ;WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST.
Johnston near Meridian, Miss., on the Pearl
River, Retiring Towards Mobile.
MISSISSIPPI VIRTUALLY AUANIONED BY
TILE REBELS:
Rumored Capture of 3,000' Rebels at' Do=
ualdsonvllle, La., by Gen. WeltzeL
RAStEEAR CITY RETAKEN'
Mirstrnia, July 29. , —Iohnstonis• rebel army ts 4
said - to be on the Aar] river, &Tow Miles west of
Merldian,, where fortifications are being—erected,
Johnston will make the Mobile and Ohio latlroad,
from Olialona on the north to Mobile on the south,
his line of defence.
Ile ais said to have received large reinforcementi
from, Bragg; and .Mississippi has been virtually
abandoned by the rebels. A. strong peace party ex
ista in That State, favorable to a return to the Union
.
upon a guarantee of the rights of the people, under
the pOn - stitutfon, of' person, property, and con
sciences.' ,
_ .
Some say.theyr would devote half of their incomes
to mididate the public debt 'if the diffiCulties could
be adjnited. . •
General George ' ; the' commander of the Mississippi
State Militia, Chalmers, and other rebel offcers,. are
MOVillOheir commands from the northern 'and
central portions of the State - towards the South.
The •removal of the slaves from IVlissiscippi. to
Mainline and Georgia is carried onto such an extent
that Governors of these States have issued PrOc ,
lamatinSs forbidding the flirther introduction.
y ICKSBURG.
July 31:—Advices from Vicksburg
of ' the 28th instant, say that' General Herron's
division of rebel troopsi has gone to Mobile. Oar
arrnY'has fallen back to the Big Black River.
The 'town of .Tackson was entirely destroyed.
Johnston! , is believed to be retreating to Mobile,
which place the enemy are making desperate efforts
to defend. The Fifty-second _Massachusetts Regi
ment, nuMbering 789, arrived at Cairo yesterday .
froni , p-ert.Hudson, boundler home, to be mustered
out of service.: Their time. expired July 11th.
Mrsiri4S, July 29.—The steamer Empire Parrish,
from 1.00 Hudson to the 29th and Vicksburg,thas
She btirigs a rumor that General Weitzel captured
3,ooorebels at Donaldsonville, La., and that Brashest'
city had been retaken by our troops.
There is also a report that Gen. Franklin had ar
rived at New Orleans to take command of General
Banks' -army. •
REBELS ROUTED IN WEST TENNESSEE=
TEE FORCES UNDER PILLOW.-
Tdmirrrqs, July 28.—The forces sent out under
Col. Batch Wiook after the rebel troops who are
enforelig the conscription in West Tennessee, have
had a fight at Lexington and succeeded in rout
ing the rebels and capturing Col. Campbell, of the
23d Tennessee, two lieutenants and twenty•five pri
vateaftogether with two pieces of cannon.
Colonel Campbell was on his way from Chattanoo
ga to joie General Pillow's forces, which are under
-
stood to beriear Paris.
Uolona—s—Vireldinghurat, of our army, who had
been ea •tured b the a • wn •• • . • • • •
fight.
Generar..Roddy's forces are still on Bear creek.
Biffies', Forest Neweciin Vriloon's troops
' , re omitting under the - Vommand of Pillow.
is watching all these parties and
will soon - make West Tennessee too hot to hold
them.
;BRACIG , S ARMY
- Gen. Braggleheadquartere are at-Chettanooga. It
is generally told that a very dangerous demoralize
tion exists in his army. His chief engineer deserted
on the 26th; and. delivered himself to our-pickets.
He is at present With Gen. Sheridan, at Cowan."He
confirmscthe statements above, and adds that the
hostility - among the troops and people is firm and
unrelenting.. The desire for a new commander is
general. The troops have lost confidence in Bragg,
and all look for his early supersedure. He repre
sents the people as very short of provender, and
almost 'hopelessly despondent. The fall of Vicks
burg is the climax of this sorrow.
General Hardee has been relieved from duty under
Braggamd has been aseigo:l to the command of;a
corps i Johnston's army. •On the assignment of
General R Hill, of North 'Carolina, to . the old
command of Hardee, his stair, who remained with
Bragg, remonstrated, and were transferred with
their old comiaander.
.
GEN; HERRON ON A NEW. EXPEDITION.
We understand that Gen. Berton, with his divi
sion, left Vicksburg some days ago for New Orleans,
and we thox doubtless soon hear of his appearing
on some new field -of action. If an 'attack on
Mobile is contemplated he will in all probabi
lity play an active and prominent part in it. The
General. has always shown great Celerity in his
movements, and, where energy, activity, and hard
knocks are required, he is just the officer for the
work. It is not generally known, at least we have
seen no notice of the fact, that General Herron
-was -Am - - boatil '..the., gunboat De- Kalb when
the -Utter was hlown up ict-.. Yazeo„.. , . city,.
and had a narrow escape from death. He was
standing on the deck with GeneraL.Vandever
and others, when a.torpedo exploded under the " De
Ralb,ff blowing her bow off and otherwise injuring
her, so that she sunk in a few minutes, in fifteen.
.feet of water. The General anti "those" -with him
were thrown down by the force of the explosion,
and were nearly - killed by the falling' fragments of
the boat, which fell everywhere around them.: They
all escaped, however, and we know the.result. Gen
eral Herron being a Pittaburgher f the people here
naturally take a deep interest in him, and his move-,
merits are watched with more than ordinary anxiety.
Like' our .other townsman, General Negleyeltis re
cord is a brilliant onh, and his friends 'have reason
to feel proud of him.—Tytsbur 9 chronicle.= •=? - '
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NOV .r.PdEis kIS ON MOBILE.- -
f .
The NO , Orleans flyrespcindent of. the Herald
says: ,
The Pic pone issued as extra On-Ake:strength of
having repved a Mobile paper of the 14th instant.
The good,mople of that city are troubled respecting
the movements of Gen: Grant. Vhen last-Aleard
from hes knocking furiously at the door °ack
?
M
eon, Mis ssippi, with every prospect of obtaining a
speedy e Prance. Once there they are uncertain what
route heAiay, take, and are, very' naturally, afraid
he may, pay them a visit. Mobile is doomed, and
those ofltrepulation who do not-care about, being
caught in e trap had better move at once into the
Car:3lll'as? Georgia is not at present the safest place
in thetvorl , in view of the advance of Rosecrans and
the eoall3 ; rapid retreat of General Braxton Bragg.
Weve bad no news during the last few days from
our uadion off Mobile. It is hardly probable. that
1
in t present, cOndition of affairs any attempt will
be niade by, Admiral Buchanan to destroy our fleet
°Late harbor; he will be required to aid in the pro
tection of the city, and may disembark his crews in
cutler to Man the batteries in the : rear of Mobile.
We have no very definite information respecting
the numbej of men under the command of General
Maury. His force, we learn, is not more than.
enough to occupy and properly man - his fortifica,
cons ; but this may be en error, for the citizens
ave doubess responded to his late call for volan
,teers. Tb y have been drilling for a long time, and.
/
are said 't form a very respectable and efficient
liorae-gua.
LOG - A TO COMMAND , THE SIXTEENTH
D ?
CORPS.
CAIRO, .luly 3i.—The steamers Choctaw and Star
light arried yesterday from - New Orleans on the
22d. Geni Paine, who lost a leg at Port-Hudson,
came on tin Starlight.
'-The 02d31.4ssacliusetts regiment, Col. Greenleaf,
n
also at* .from Port. Hudson, en route for the
East, to b 4 Mustered out of am vice. The regiment
is in good iondition; arid numberinearly 800:
lEis umterstood that Gen. Logan will be assigned
to the command of the 16th Army Corps, vice Gen.
Huribut,ftesigned. -
Gen. Loganon Peace and War.
•
. The correspondent cf the Chicago Tribune , reports
a recent earnest conversation of Major General Lo
gan, the well-known ''extern War Democrat. We
extract the following: \
It makes no difference whether• you call ins
Democrat, Republican, Or Abolitionist—as some have
of late named me,- It does not change my feelings
—does not alter my action, lam for my country
every time—for my_cOuntry ;first,- last and always-:-._
and am fighting for the, right of that country to be
numbered among the honored nations of the earth:
Until that is brought about, and this rebellion
crushed out, 'I am but an Ainericanmitizen. When,
that right shall have been‘asserted, then, should •
we find there is something wrong in the
fabric - that'- our fathers reared, something
we desire to change, it will be ti m e enoug h to
come up and demand , the change. ~ .Now-we have this
accursed rebellion to root oat, It must be rooted
out. lam for using every meaniqiHr„shedsmt ea _
putting it to'an end. if ti r 15e.vis and his.minions
would use the same fore
use, and were as --•-. mo e•-''':
us as they, are—for in the
. ina
South force of,, -"A compels , every. man to act as
though st ationed the rebellion, whether he feels
inclined: „,...oot--this war would • be successfully ter
,4less than Six months.
Evey mother's son who- is opposed to the war
labould be compelled either to take up.mons against
us or for us. Then , there would be no talk of peace
ere in the North, no talk of resistance, no such, men
asrVellandigham, no such cowards as those who support
an such men, and say these things.
Vallandigharn says he has travelled over the Con
ederacy—using the term ” Confederacy "—not the
phrase so called Confederacy (for I do - not ac
knowledge theexistence. of any authority or
Government in America - aside from that of
the United States), and has not met man,'
woman, or child, who does. not sustain the war,
and is not determined to fight it out to. the death
or the bitter end. Vallandigham here simply lies. He
tells what is not true, and he knows it. Vallandig..
ham, aside from the leading men—Jeff Davis,•
Toombs, and Stephens—did not, I venture to say,
speak with a dozen persons while taking his in
voluntary trip through Dixie. Had he done so, his
report would have been of a different color—
The people who are fighting against this. Go-'
vernment— the poor whites comprising the
rank and file of the rebellion—nine•tenths of
them do not know what they are fighting for, do not
know what they are fighting against A majority of
them do not know anything, and hundreds of them
never saw the American flag in their lives until they
saw it march into Vicksburg in triumph.,They do
Dot know the Fourth of July, or anythingelse that
is good. But poor and ignorant as they are, let them
express their own free minds, and they will, almost
to a man, demand a speedy termination of'this
war—would submit to almost anything rather
than fight one day longer as they have been fighting.
ft is only by the force of bayonets that their army is kept
together. Bven that cannot preVent their deserters
from flocking into Jackson by hundreds, to take the
oath of- allegiance or to join the Union ranks. And
I tell you what I- know when I -say that it will not
be many .days- ere the entire States of Mississippi
and Tennessee will tie ' knocking loudly for readmis
sion to a Union which not long since they thought
their puny efforts could quickly dissolve. They are
talking of it even now," •.
MR. WHITING'S MISSION TO ENGLAND.—
The W soling% on Republican Bays :
" Mr. Whiting being on leave of absence from his
duties as Solicitor of the War Office, goes tempora
rily to England and France, not to give advioe to our
ministers, but to communicate certain foots, whioh,
from the peculiar facilities recently afforded Mr.
Whiting, can be done better by him than any one
else. Mr.-Wm. AL Evart*, of New York, who has
been performing the, duty ' having- retilrlletai Kr.
Whiting takes kts 0107. P
STATES IN ITERELLIOPI.
Mr. A. H. Stephens' Alissibn—leir Purpose'
Developed.
[From the Tribune. 31sti
THE ARMING OF NEVIOE§
We palish herewith a remark abrerietter,.develop
ing the objects of Mr. Ar. Ir. Stephens' recent pur
posed diplomatic visit to Washington; aTong with
the viewlr and considerations whereon that mistion
was founded. It will be read with plefbni4 and
general intezeet.
We must premise that though dated " Melimend,
July 16," we have received it through a Raltilnore
Secession °kennel, and we have'no doubt tharlt re
ceived form - and shape in the Monumental qty.
That its statements and representations, however;
all emanate from high Secession circles in Rich - -
Mond, and that they embody and elucidate the vlewe
that impelled the recent attempt of Vide President'
Stephens to proeeed on'a Confederate embassy to.'
Washington, we have ample reason to believe.
P" The sum and substance of the matter is this : The
Confederates are alarmed and indig'ritit a' °lir
arming of negroes to light them, and desired to send
Mr. Stephens to Washington to mite an imposing'
remonstrance against it. and give our qovernment
fair notice that, if we did not give it up, they would
also' embark in it with all their might, and arm ten
negrees to our one:" This Is what Mr. Stephens
would have imposingly announced to the President,
had he been permitted to proceed in his gdnboat
"Torpedo's to our capital, and been received there
RS a Confederate ambassador. President Lincoln
didn't see it.
htr. Stephens is an able, shrewd, clever min.
Despite his weak and utterly indefensible slump into
rebelliOn, after having unanewerably demonstrated
its utter Tony and wickedness, there is not another
!Confederate living who tenjoys so much of the re
spect and good will of the loyal millions as he doet.
We wish he had untrameled powers to argue all
question/I respecting prisoners and parole with a
commissioner on our part; for We are confident that"
he would - accede to whatever is just, humane, and
reasonable; and that is all we ask. If prisoners of
war shall be executed on plea of retaliation, it will
he nakedly because the Confederates deny to Unionists
immunities that we freely concede to rebels. And if exe
cutions shall thus be rendered necessary, the pre-
Mous blood so shed will weigh heavily on the souls
of the master-spirits of the slaveholders' rebellion,
We do not like many things persistly done or at-
tempted by the Confederates. We do not like their
anticipatory seizure of forte,' arms, munitions,.
Vessels, money, &e., belonging to the Union. We
do not like treachery' of 'the Southern officers`
in the Federal service,:through which s the chief
Union army stationed in Texas by Floyd 'was
captured and paroled before Mi. Lincoln's inaugu
ratfon. We don't like their officering their
rebel army mainly with men educated "and
trained at the cost of the United States. We
don't like their shooting. and hanging thousands
upon thousands of 'Unionists throughout the South,.
but especially in East Tehnesee, as traitors. We
don't like their contheating 'all the property of
Tninnists they can reach, incite - ling debts due to
Northern merchants, to replenish the rebel treas
ury. We don't' like their coercing and bullying
:such . men as Mr. Siephens. out of loyaltY into
treason. We don't like .their heating Meill seve
ral assaults and battles wherein we had 'set our
hearts on succeeding. We don't like their remorse.'
.lePl , conscription of the Southerners; whether 'Union
or rebel, to fill the ranks of their armies. We'don't
like their conscripting negroes—bond and free alike
—to construct the intrenchments and batteries from
!which our soldiers have heen repulsed and mowed
dow - n. But if we ever think. of sending our Vice
;President in a gunboat to Richmond to remonstrate
against any or all of these, we will thank Jeff Davis
to retbse us the opportunity and privilege of thus
msking apses of ourselves. * . * *
But, then, if the - rebels arm- their negroes, they
must free them; That is inevitable. Our corres
pondent's bosh ahnut negroes fighting for their mas
ters will deceive nn one, not even himself.' There
is many . a Drero who loves his master or mistress
there te not nne who loves slavery. If 'the rebels
should arm half a -million negroes, and hot free
them. they would only make us a present of more
muskets than they can well spare, with strong arms
to wield them'; if' they arm and free their -able
bodied males, these will insist that - their wives and
children shall he free a so. tis the easiest_thini• tn
. • Iv • e. you' have - the
arms); to disarm them is quite another matter.--ze,..
wide-world's history contains no instance of an
army of slaves, after having bravelyfought and Won,
sinking quietly back into bondage, giving up the
musket and the knapsack to resume the use of the
hoe and jump at the crack of the whip. No man
with half the sense of A. R. Stephens will ever
think of this as possible.
" But suppose the rebels choose to free, as well as
arm, their negroes, and so triumph 'at the cost of
slaveryt" '
We answer: Such triumph, if achieved, would
be illusory and transient. The centripetal force of
this country the gravitation of its parts to each
other is irresistible in the long run even by slavery ;
but without slavery, any opposing force is as a straw
to Niagara. The Mississippi might more easily be
turned into the great lakes than the Union broken
up and held apart if slavery were banished. You
might just as sensibly decree that the waters of the
Ohib shall never mingle with those of the Arkansas
or Tennessee, as try to keep these States apart when
the devil that now rends them shall have been cast
out • • • * * * *
- We appeal, then, to Mr. Stephens, as to one whom
we esteem and confide in—we appeal to all such as
Mr. Stephens now embarked in the Confederate
cause—to give it up. You have made a great fight,
as all the world attests, but you have not won, be
cause the odds against you were too great. • * *
We exhort you to look the facts in the face—to bow
to the fiat of Heaven, admit that the Union cannot
be destroyed, act upon the basis of stern realities,
and let this distracted land have peace!
HOW THE REBELS HAVE TREATED OUR
NEGROES. •
[From the Tribune.
At Galveston, Texas, the free black servants of
white officers—free citizens of Massachusetts, living
in Roxbury and Dedham, Norfolk county—were
sold into slavery immediately upon the surrender of
the national forces. The banner of the Republic
under which they served gave them no shadow of
protection.
Near-Mrerfreesboro twenty, black teamsters, in the
employ of the Government, were captured by the-
rebels, tied to the nearest trees, flogged, and-shot.-
Near Lake Providence, Louisiana, a large,nutn
ber of negroes, also taken from Government employ,
were captured, and either sold into slavery or shot.
At Port Hudson negro pickets who were taken by
the rebels were instantly hanged in plain sight of
the national camps. The negroes who led the as
sault onjbe rebel works were none of them taken
prisonellf, but all - bayoneted after they were wound
ed or bad surrendered.
At Vicksburg no negroes were found inside the
works when the place surrendered. All those cap
tured had been shot.
Atliken's Rend, in the desperate light which
a portion of a negro regiment sustained against a
heavily superior rebel force, every prisoner and
wounded negro was instantly shot, bayoneted, or
banged, their officers sharing their fate.
In a word, thm threat of Jefferson Davis , procla
mation, issued last December, has been executed in
every instance in which the rebels have fought
against negro troops; or in which they have been
able to kidnap free blacks—soldiers or otherwise..
For almost a year they have flogged, sold into
slavery, shot, bayoneted, hanged, and burned the
black soldiers whom the Government calls into its
service, who fight under the national flag for the
-defence of the imperilled republic, but who are
neither protected nor aveuged by the Government.
There has - M - su.no_declaralion of a purpose to pro
tect them. There has Seen-in no single instance re
taliation for the wrongs they have suffered.
REBEL MISERS AND PRODIGAL DOGS. _
The Columbus (Georgia) Sun estimates - that there
are in the rebel Statesmot less than one million of
doge, little and big. These dogs, the Sun shrewdl• .
observes, must eat • - it holds it to be'evident al
that every ounce of .' bread they eat diminishes t
supply of food just ;that much; and that, cons ,
quently, as the supply is decreased, the price of
what remains must increase. In illustration of
this sagacious proposition the Sun logically con
tinues :
"Suppose, for instance, that each dog will con
sume only one-half ounce of bread per day—that is
certainly a moderate estimate, but we desire to be
clearly within the bounds of reason—then the mil
lion of curs would consume three Millions five hun
dred thousand ounces per week, or fifteen millions
on .e hundred and sixty-six thousand six hundred and
sixty-six and two-thirds pounds per annum. At
present prices, the bread thus consumed by these
worthless dogs would amount to a sum no less than
forty six hundred thousand dollars),
•
The contemplation of these figures, naturally
enough, provokes the San to the highest pitch of in
dignation, and it exclaims :
" This is the tribute we pay the dogs in the article
of •bread alone. ~.H ow shall we estimate the amount
of meat they, will consume, the amount of eggs they
suck,' or the number of sheep they kill ! Of how
many pounds of wool, at three and a half dollars
per- pound, have these worthless canines deprived
us I How many excellent pairs of cotton Bards
have our noble women sought in vain to purchase,
because the million of dog skins have not been pulled
from worthless carcasses, dressed, and turned over to
the.manufacturer Does this seem a subject too
small to challenge the attention of our legislators,
'or are our sage representatives willing to pay the
tribute for luxury afforded them by a pack of mangy
canines ! So far as we are concerned individually,
we have well nigh arrived at the decision to vote for
no man to represent the interests of his county in
legislative assemblies, who will not pledge himself
hostile to this tremendous canine tribute."
A !National Cemtery at Gettysburg.
To the patriotic of the land, Mr. A. B. Cross, a
well-known citizen of Harrisburg, who has spent a
month-in connection with the wounded at Gettys
burg, makes the following appeal : .
Shall,the bones of the men who turned the battle
ittrili4lts-sateja that fearful struggle of three days
Selds and to wage , . •v - . •
It must be known to the nation that not less than
three thousand men he in and about Gettysburg, in
corn fields, wheat fields, in meadows, in gardens, by
the wayside, and in the public road, buried hastily
where they fell, and others in long rows, with a
piece of box lid or board of any kind, with the name
of the person and the day he died written with lead
pencil, ink, or whatever they had to make a mark
with.
In consultation with some friends at Gettysburg,
to avoid the disgrace which would be upon us as a
nation to let such a thingremain, we looked around
for a burial place. None seemed so appropriate as
Cemetery Bill, the spot which controlled and se
cured to us the battle—the (spot on which, when it
was said our forces were ready to give way, Gen.
Meade rode up and said to his men, "You must hold
this spot if it costs every man of you," and winch
was held.
There are about eight acres of ground in connec,
tion with it, on the opposite side of the turnpike
from the cemetery of the town, audit will strike any
person who has seen the spot as that of all others to
Which those who visit Gettysburg to view. the bat
tle-ground must go, as from it you see almost the
entire field for miles.
The gentlemen who own the ground havelmen ap
plied to for the sale of the property as a speculation,
but, not desiring any suchthing, havaagreed tolet
the State of Pennsylvania, friends-of the country,
or any patriotic citizen who will purchase it for the
purpose of burying the dead, at the price 0f.5200 per
- aere. It is just at the edge, of,the-town, and is in
every way the spot. -
If this is secured at once,, the. different , - States
whose dead lie buried in the fteldsand on.the high
ways' will certainly appropriate enough to secure
their interment in this place: The Governinent will
secure good walnut or durable wood for, headboards,
and probably a monument in the 'mein memory of
the battle.
The gentlemen who, own the ground are Mr. Ed
ward Blench'and Peter Raffencher. Any person
willing to contribute. to. this object, or wishing to
confer on the subject, can. address. David Wills, Esq.,
attorney at law, Gettysburg, Who has taken all lute
rest in the matter, and has gotten the above-named
gentlemen to agree to sell the ground for the above
mentioned sum.
Will the editors of our papers generally, and espe
cially of Boston, IgewYork, Philadelphia, and Rat ,
risburg, please insert this', and try to secure its as
complishment
THE .RIOT.—A soldior wrote lately from near
Fort Wagner '
"We have just heard of the fall of Port Hudson.
and the New York riots. Shame! shone !. shame 1
The whole army will be horrided at the selfishness
of the New York etapablux n es ‘ . MCAT
IA
Wertta FLOSTIEO
THREE CENTS.
NEW YORK CITY,
[Correspondence cel l het Prem.]
NEW Yon w, July 30,;1663:
On Tuesday hat - Councilman Cross offered a'
resolution directing' the Street Commissioner to'
"take such measurer as May be necessary to cause
the immediate reniotiaeof the artillery and cavalry
from all the squares, parlts, and other public places
belonging to the city of Nhcercyrk.',' As the resolu
tiOn was couched in graullnatical language, grave
doubts have arisen as to iirtaithenticity; but subse
quent developments have diecharged these doubts.
When the'Philadelphia preeirrat the inception of the
anti-heretic and anti-Union riott . charged the city
with disloyalty, it committed'nc error the majority
of the voting pollination, and the unwashed men
WhO haie been divided to positions of trust and
emolument, are as thoioughly disloyal as the men of
Richmond. There are exceptions;-of coUrse, to be
Made' to this comprehensive proposition, but they
are isolated. Not only will this refs old good re
garding the rabble, but regarding the higher classes.
You cannot walk on 'Change, or throtigh the Cus
tom Rouse; you cannot dine at a restaurant, or,
loiter "where merchants most, do congregate,"
without hearing on every side, sentiments of hatred
to the Union mink and the 'Union Administration.
Stich 'are the evidence's, letthe verdict of the New
York press be what it may. It, is easy to a
general derifal ; but 'facts are facts; and the maw
who, after, a week in the city, :occupied in a careful
study of opinions and men;will pronounce it loyal,
cannot be Possessed of any brilliant perceptivOpow
ere, or allows his prejudices to
. waip his judgment.'
The resblatanintioduced by Counbilman , Gross, and •
adopted, is a fair illustration of this pre-eminent
loyalty. The cavalry and artillery . 'referred to be
long to the Government, and were placed in our
parks for the protection of "heretics,". negroes,
and respectable men from indiscrfirinate mas
sacre at the '"hands` of the howling ,mobs who
have, elevated and retained these Very Coun
cilmen in ptwer ; and the resolution was passed
at the instigation 'of the Copperhead press, which,
from the dist; has been whining over the " Abc.
lition 'menaces to the - people" The "friends"
of Governor Seymour are jubilant over this parer
victory. It promises thi3m iMmunity, and a full'
license for more massacre of "heretics."
The regimenti in the lower park left some days
ago, and I belfeve Unit none now remain in any por
tion of the city: The action of this resolution his
thOs been forestalled. The result, however, is appa
rent. Scarcely a day passer' but that some negro is
menaced or beaten, and some policeman fired at by
the free Democracy, or assailed with curses and ex-
Pletives'worthy of a councilman's debate. Our city
fathers will strive to wash their hands of these re
sults, an action which in one sense would be of great
physical benefit; but which, morally, can have no
effect whiteVer. Their hopes of leaving the city un
defended, to - fall once more into the hands of the
Irish butchers, will prove abortive. At an heues
notice, the Federal troops can be landed in any por
tion of the city from the harbor forts, and more "in
nocent men, women and children" mowed down with
The deferice whiCh Gen. Harvey Brown prepared )
is published in the morning's papers. Iq it he fur
nishen 'irrefragable evidence of the unjust and slan
derous policy with which he was met. Whatever
others may haVe done, no 'unprejudiced man can
doubt that Harvey Brown and Commissioner Acton'
of the Police, saved New York from the domination
of a rabble, whose first cry was "Three cheers for
Jeff. DaVis," and whose last, "Burn the heretics P"
With all respect for General Wool, and his services
to the country, the truth cannot be concealed, that
had hesand Sandford been left alone.to assa. with the
with the blood of its " heretic " citizens. This
is no exaggeration of the facts. The mobs were
organized under leaders, who were fitted by nature
and education for the task they undertook. The
conscription had nothing to do with their objects.
What they sought was plunder and the blood of men
white or black, who were true to the Union and the
laws. To crush this revolt Gen. Wool ordered up
one and a half companies; on the other hand, Gen.
Brown ordered every available man to hold himself in
readiness for immediate service; refused to allow
the use of blank cartridges, and, by the co.operatiom
of Commissioner Acton, saved us from the reign of
ruffianism and the horrors of political and religious
proscription by the knife. Gen Brown's defence
merits full attention from those who desire to gain
an insight to the interior policy of those in power
who hail murderers and plunderers as " friends "
and "innocent men." And moreover, it will con-,
wince the loyal of what stuff are madethe men
against whom the Copperhead press showers its
venom. STUYVESA,NT.
Morgan's Ruse of Surrender.
Major George W. Rue, Ninth Kentucky Cavalry,
writes concerning Morgan's interceptance and cap
ture near Smith's Ford, Ohio, on the 26th:
On my approach to the road on the enemy's front,
I observed a flag of trude advancing to, me. I pro
ceeded to the spot and asked the bearer what he
wanted. He said he demanded a surrender of the
militia forces now advancing. I told him at once to
return to General - Morgan ' and tell him that I did
not command militia ; that I would not 'surrender,
but demanded an unconditional surrender of his en
tire forces, or I would open fire immediately upon
them. •
_lna few minutes Captain Neil, of the 9th Ken
:flick-If CavalrY - (under my.conamand)_came up from
my left with Major Steel, ef the rebel force; bearing
a Dag of truce, and stating that General Morgan 's
forees had already surrendered, - and they hoped they
would not be fired on. I assured Major Steele there
was no danger while the flag was present
I at once concluded the surrender,was complete,
and remarked to the partiesthat all should remain
quiet until Gen. Shackelford arrived.' .I 'then rode
forward and met Gen. Morgan, under a full belief
that the affair was all settled.
It was soon observed by some one that the terms
of, surrender were made with Captain Burbridge, of
the militia, who was a prisoner in Morgan's ranks,
he permitting Morgan and his officers to be paroled,
and field and line officers to retain their side arms.
On seeing Captain Burbridge, he told me that such
was the caile. I asked him at 'Ballet time and how
long since Morgan had surrendered to himl He
Bald, at the same time rimyself had intercepted him.
This was quite a trick, and I paid no more attention
to the affair, but turned John and his party over to
General Shackelford, and proceeded to disarm the
prisoners, all except the line officers ;I let them
keep their side arms for the present, until the Bur
brie surrender was further investigated. Bar
briVge's surrender was a mere ruse.
•
Washington the Father of Conscription.
[From the Albany Evening Journicl
Let the conscription subside with the mob It, too.
was an Outgrowth of that same " - higher law," and
should die with it.--Atlas and Argus.
The Argus files in the face of history. Conscrip•
universal
resort of Governments in times of war.we
the great armies of the world have been fli h a rl' up
through its instrumentality. It has been generally
acknowledged to be the only certain instrument for
conducting important wars. The Argus itself, a few
months ago, admitted that "no war of proportions
like the present war was ever conducted. by volun
teering.'
"Conscription" is no new term in our national
history. Our fathers were familiar with The
writings of the older statesmen are full of it. Wash
ington was in favor of a draft ; indeed he was' the
father of the doctrine of Conscription in America. While
President of the United States, he proposed (in
1790) a plan for organizing an army by this means.
This plan contemplated the drafting of, nearly the
entire arms-bearing portion of the population. - The'
following synopsis will give the reader an idea of
the sweeping manner in which the " Father of his
Country" proposed to "violate the Constitution:"
1. Liable to Service. , —All persons between the ages of
eighteen and sixty. except these excepted by the several
States. &c. ; and all actual marines [which are divided
in to cla sses for marine service.]
2. Classes.—Youthe of IS. 'IS and 20 years old for the
first class men from 21 to 4.5 for the second class; those
from 45 to 60 for the third class
3. Requisitions for men.—All persons. except as be
fore excepted, between the ages of 18 and 60 years, to be
formed into legions, regiments, companies and sections
of 12 parsons each. When men are wanted to "form an ,
army," they shall be furnished by tae classes from IS to
45 years old; the Exectut , eof the United States- or the
Commander-in-Chief of the militia of each State, shall
fl•te.Q.9 the number required; and from each suction if
the demand be so great, " one person shall be detacheA
indiscriminateby and the others in the section
shell compensate him in money ac The men thus
drafted to be as regulars for three 'gears. and not to
serve longer than that period at oce time, bat the draft.
may be ref eated as often as occasion requires. The pow
er to obtain sub'tituies regulated and confined to cer
tain cases. The rights of a free citizen denied for—
years to those 'who while minors had not served in the
&c.
4. Exemption& —Persons above the ages of 46 years
and to 60, must. in oases of actual invasion, furnish
their quota of men in like manner as the other classes.
Gen. Washington, referring to the rigor of his
scheme for raising en army, observed
ft is conceded that people, solicitous to be exonerated`
from their proportion of public duty. may exclaim
against the proposed arrangement as an intolerable
hardship: but it ought to be strongly iroproised. that
While society has its charms, it also has its indispensa
ble obligations. That to attempt such a degree of refine- -
went as to exonerate - the members. of the community
service is to render them incanable of
ser - W' e o :4 7 .."Vozmrorthy of the character of freemen.
service on principtitY he right of vs -a onal
fence. All heir bouna. none can lowly the.
flee on being obliged to perform his equal proportion.
Therefore it ought to baa permanent rule. that those
who in youth decline or refuse to sabiett themselves to
the course of military education established by the laws,
would be considered as unworthy of public trust or pub
lic onors, and be excluded therefrom accordingly.
If the majesty, of the laws should be preserved Mid°•
late in this respect. the operations of the proposed plan
would foster a glorious public spirit, infuse the prize
• Mes of energy and stability into the body politic, and
gives high degree of splendor to the national character.
The "plan" did not go into effect, becaule, happi- ;
ly, there Wall no occasion for a large army.'. .. ,.
It
It will be seen that the conscription here proposed.
was vastly more rigorous than that at present in.
operation. Every male
.citisen between the ages of ,
18 and 60 was liable. There were no exempt classe4
it bore with remorseless weight upon the high and
the low, the young and the old.
The "plan" was, of course, denounced as "arbi
trary" ,and "proecriptive." The dr gusis and New
York Worlds of that period stigmatised its author as
a "tyrant" and "usurper." They charged him;with
"trampling constitutional rights under foot," and'.
with aiming to "subvert the liberties of the people."
But Washington surveyed the attacks, and refuted
the calumnies. The very names of his assailants, are
forgotten,-while his fame grows brighter and brigter
with the revolving years. .
The lesson is instructive.' A people will readily
forgiVe even a rigorous exercise of power,- if it be
used for the welfare of the State. James Madison
was the bete noir of the "Blue Light" "Peace" men,
of 1812. They denounced his scheme of conscription
as "arbitrary" and "tyrannical ;" they stigmatised
him as a "usurper" and "revolUtionist." Yet he
lived down the storm, and became as 710X1 President of
the United States.
MAGNETISM EXTRAORDWARY.--The aon
treal Gazelle is responsible for the following: "-We
are informed that Mr. Desmanteau, St. Mary street,
was, magnetized on - Friday night last, without his
knowledge or permission, - by a party unknown, who
bad entered his store to purchase a glass of liquor.
The latter then caused hiaviotim to follow him, to a
shed near the furnaces. in this locality, iuul next
made him lie down ma & heap of straw, when he
quickly eased Desmartaau , s. pockets, of all their pe
cuniary contents. BO unfortunately for the hero
of the magnet, several, of DesrearteaWa Mends had
also been attracte4 to the spot, though in this in
stance by curiosity or suspicion., when they - quickly
-divined the °bleat of the stranger's stelenttic ope
ration, on which they seized, him, and forced him to
disgorge his ill-gotten gains. Mr. Dearoarteati coon
regained consciousness, 'when he declared hirOsalf
totally unaware of anything having occurred. The
charmer, howsycr, was wifsp enough t 9 lle4t 11,14,14ty
gat,"
Mr. moved himself a bold man, and, in our
judgment, the Rev. Mr. Dubs, proveViimself a very
weak one. Of course, no one cstt lX dispute the
right of a parent applying to hie child any
name he may see proper. - If he has the
bad taste to call his boy
..Benedict Arnold, or
Judas Iscartot, or even Beetzebeb, it is nobody's
luridness but his own—in or:Meaty times. When,
however, a malignant traitor makes his way into
a Christian assembly, and hisses mkt hie treason at
the altar in a manner that must *sign his own
name to infamy, and that of hie child to- the dis
grace of having a fool for a father, we think the
officiating clergyman would be perfectly justified in
irerrupting the ceremony with a. brief lecture
to the parent for the benefit of all concerned, and
. ,
then taking the matter his owe hands, (not The
baby, but the chriatening of and calling him by
some respeetable ninie, as, for . example, " Thomas
Jefferson," " Andrew Jackson„" or "Abraham Lin
coln." Really the forbearance manifested on the
occasion above referred to is remarkable. But is it
not a sinful sort of chalty 'that tolerates any such
practical " cheering" in church for the arch traitor
whose object can only be attained through the
slaughter of our fathere brothers, and sone
On the same daY of the month, as we perceiie by
a Western paper; - a member of the Presbyterian
Church at PetersbuiS,. Ohio, presented his child for
baptism, also endoWingit with the Christian name
of Jefferson Davis. The clergyman in this case was
a Rev. Mr. Rinehtirt,Who, if be had not the courage
and good sense to reprimand the father to his fase
for his temerity; told God all about it afterwards in
his prayer, in WhiCh be took occasion to speak of the
degradation of many Northern Men, in thus'espons
ing the cause of those in arms against the Govern
ment which protects them. The elders in this case
very properly refused to enter the name on the
chUrch record.
THE NATION'S DAT FOR THANKSGIVING AND
PRA - TER.—Thursday next, August eth, is the day
set apart by President Lincoln, as.a day of national.
thanksgiving and praise to Almighty God, in devout
acknowledgment of the success with which, as the
Supreme Disposer of events, it has pleased Rim to
bless the Union arms. Surely the reasons that ren
der such a service proper are flowing in upon us like
a flood of glory, and we are glad to find that the re
sponse to the President's eminently Christian and
patriotic suggestion; will in this city be spontaneous
and general. The time has arrived for clergymen to
define the attitude in which they stand affected
towaras - trke - ooVernment in unmistakable terms.
With rare exceptions, this has already been
done, nobly, by the clergy of Philadelphia, and
we doubt not that Thursday next will add another
expression of the thorough and fearless loyalty of
the Pulpit of our city. In the city of Baltimore we
learn that some of the Episcopal clergymen resolved
not to read the recommendations of their bishop for
the observance of the day appointed by the Preli
dent, whereupon General Schenck required them to
appear at his headquarters, and say whether they
intend to adhere to their resolution, to which they
have as yet made no response. Vile a thing as trea
son is, it appears nowhere in so infamous and re
prehensible a garb as in the pulpit, and the minister
of the Gospel who thtts dissociates his Office and
calling deserves to be brought to terms.
IngrnaLs Ix Courrom.—The late Infidel ConVec
tion in Boston seems to have been a sorry affair.
The assembly was constituted of a very hetero
geneous mixture of wrong-headed men and strong
minded women; and from the financial condition
the "order," as given in the annual report, it may
fairly be regarded as on its last legs, the contribu
tions received during.the year having amounted to
"severs dollars and fifty cents? and "cash received for
sales of pamphlets six dorlars and ninetrfive cents.'
One of the resolutions introduced and discussed in
the Convention was as follows :
Ce Mould have run
I , Received, That infidelity is not atheism?'
"It is a popular error," said the mover, "to be
lieve that every infidel is an atheist. The fact Is,
we number as many shades of opinion as any: other
church. We are Unitarians, Trinits.rians, Deists,
Pantheists, Atheists, Spiritualists, and divers other
Ws and isms—in truth, we are alt things but Ple
nary Inepirationiste,' etc."
CATHOLIC GICNSHALB.--The Boston Pilot con
gratulates the Catholic Church upon the assumed
fact that of the six main Union armies _;now in.
active service, two only are gallantly led by patriotic
non-Catholic chiefs, (Generals Grant and Banks,)
whilst the other four are led-by the eminently loyal
Catholic generals, Rosecrans, Meade, Poster, and
Gillmore. It is a fortunate circumstance that the
Pilot finds in this a stimulant to its own loyalty, as
its lukewannness, almost ever since the commence
ment of the war, has been painfully. apparent
A BEECHER CONVICTED OP HEICESY.—The Rev
Charles Beecher, of Georgetown, Mass., brother to
Henry Ward Beecher, has just been convicted of
heresy by a Congregational Council. The charge was
that-Mr. Beecher did not preach according to the
creed of his church ; and that he was particularly in
error in hie, doctrine of the pre existence of man, in
his view of the condition of the soul after death,
the atonemebt, and divine sorrow .
NOBLE DEED OP A CATHOLIC PRIEST 'GERARD
-ED.—During the recent riots in New To*, the Rev..
Matthew Nicot, a Roman Catholic priest in that
city, by . his heroic efforts saved from destruction at
the hands of the mob, an entire block of buildings
on Third avenue, between 45th and 46th streets.
The - occupants of the dwellings thus preserved
met on Monday evening last, and presented Father
Nicot with a handsome cane, a beautiful writing
desk and cabinet, and a luxurious easy chair; the
presentation address on the occasion 'having been
made by:the Bev-Henry_Bromlev. a Baptist minis
-ter,Who occupies one of the houses saved from the
violence of the. mob.
A ?ALONG THE DRAFTED, we observe the names of
Rev: - -Cbarles Howard Malconi, pastor of the Se
cond Baptist Church f Newportf R. I f and Professor
Melville Malcom, of this city, both sons of the
eminent Baptist divine,-ney. - Howard Malcom, D. 113„
BEECHER IN ENGLAND —fEeFreSit9 , ....,:74w . s, pub
lished in London, tells the following about an inter
view the editor recently had with Mr. Beecher, the
distinguished American supposing he was incog: •
Rev. Henry:Ward Beecher, of New York, called
at our office, ostensibly to inquire for tickets of ad
mission to hear Rev. C. IL Spurgeon. Our conver.
ration turned naturally on the two great preachers
of the age, Spurgeon and Beecher, although the lat
ter thought himself unknown, as no introduction
took, place. Opinions were freely expressed as to the
character of the sermons of both preachers, and we
did not fail to state very plainly onr disapproval of
much which appears in the weekly report of Mr.
Beecher's sermons. The compliment was returned
in respect of Mr. Spurgeon's sermons in America.
As to the large sale in America which Mr. Spur
germ's sermons are said to have had, Mr. Beecher
said Mr. Spurgeon himself stopped the sale by his
letters in the Boston newspaper, in which he de-
Bounced slavery. The Southern States from That
time bad repudiated both the preacher and his ser
mons, and in the North . the sale was never large.
Mr. Beecher did not seem the best pleased with the
candid opinions he heard expressed respecting his
Tun LAP•STON2 used by the missionary pioneer,
Dr. Wrn. Carey, when he was a shoemaker, is now
among the highly valued relics at Stepney follege,
England. When Carey was insulted by the Edin
burg Review, as a't cobbler it little reflected that
his very lap.stone would. ' become famous all over
the earth. • = •
IN DENMARK -TEM NOILISIONS are having gnat
success; having lately taken 1.000 converts to Utah,
and left many more behind. The fact that so many
of them are raised to the priesthood operates as a
bait to their vanity, and thus facilitates conver
sions. Thus false religion has its propagandism as
well as the true.
Trim Cauncrrse of Nzur GRENADA were closed
lately, in consequence of a decree prohibiting priests
from celebrating divine service unless they take au
oath to confiscate all church property to the Go
vernment.
TRERB ATM
of.the State of
. _
T YE 'WAR S ri]mmmi,
(PUBLISRED WSKLY.►
Tii We=' PILP.BB will' I* sent to enhiCSiteia fiyf
niaH'(peranh ` um to ftaiitlloo) at ' eit
Three copies " t
.... b 'l5 00
Five copies " 8 fa*
Ten " " • •••••• Olth
Larger Chihli than Ten will be 'charged et tho Wawa
rate, 01.150 per copy. •
The mosey tnimt attoaya accomltanti Eha ofdar. (Yea
in no tnatattoce can thew terms he cleats!, edliom.
they afford very Little more than the coat of CAC liaper. •
agr.Postariaatera are mooned to act ay !,yenta for
Tit'S Wax Piet'.
W To the getter-nSof the Club of ten or twenty.. oaf
extra copy of the Taper will he given.
RELIGIOUS LTTELLIGENCE.
Another Way of Hurrahing for deft
Davis.
On last . Sunday week Mr. B— (we withhold his
name to shield his children from disgrace) presented,
at the altar of the German Reformed Church, at
P‘ottstown, his child for "baptism," giving as the
Christian name of the unconscious little candidate
for' church privilege, that of the President of the
retril Confederacy ; end.accordiagly, though with iii
dbagnised morlitication,..the preacher, the Rev. Mx.
Duliekproceeded to Christen the child Jefferson
Davit
So the story comes to ma on rood authority.
We hope that the next instance of this kind that
occurs will be treated as fit business for the provost
marshal, and that the cowardly traitor who thus
seeks to ventilate his love for the rebel cause under
the cover of a church ordinance will find himself in.
Fort Lafayette with the least possible delay until
the war is over, when he should be furnished with a
free ticket to a lunatic asylum for the balance of iris
natural life.
ILLlsan jAcxsow, a colored clergyman of
has just been commissioned
1:1 * pupils in to Regiment, (co—
York.
(For The Press]
A Sonnet and its Answer.
Aatilmoa.
Men say, Columbia, we shall bear thy guns,
But ih what tongue Sh all be thy hattle cry?
Not that our sires;did love in yeatitgene by,
When all the PAgrinVathers werellittle sons_
:Sit rnerrle honhis of England' Eli& and,.QC
Thy satehelled ancestor ! Behold; heimns
To mine, and clasped, they tread theequaflea
To the same village school, where side byaide,
They spell "our Father." Hard by, the tc,, , itn.pride.
Of that gray hall whose ancient ariel gleainst - =
Thro' you baronial pines, with looks, of light,
Our sister mothers sit beneath one tree.,
Meanwhile our Shakspeare wanders past and dreams
His Helena.and Hermia. Shall we fight?
Sidney Dobell, 1855.
•
EMBOXI
We did not fight thee, England. In thy need
Our manhood scorned to strike at thee a Wow;
And, though we have our taint of merchant greed,
We sold nor ships nor cannon to thy foe.
We kept true faith- 7 albeit we could not know
Where thy dark tangled policy might end,
And that dread. Czar enthroned in Worland snoW.
Was our mostanelent, firm, and.trusty.frienk
We did not smile and stab. Here wayo'nopines, -- -
Where Shakspeare wanders, but thy:Clarkson*
shade
Bends through;the smoke above our battle linek,.
Wbere the last stand for Liberty is Made,
And hears the shriek or freedom's martyred sons,
Murdered-0 l loving England t by_thy guns.
CYrge Wert 1863.
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OONSISTENCY.-The Baltimore American says
that the latest practical definition of consistency is
to hurrah for Jeff Davie, who enforced a 'merciless
conscription, and raise mobs to oppose the very
mildest form Wider our own ritablished GOlfern. - -
went.