THE CONTRABAITD SLAVE QUESTION. INSTSHCTIOS3 OF THE -SECRETAKT OF. WAR TO GENERA!, fiim.Eß. .The Secretary of 1 War has given the follow . ing instructions to General Butler in relation to the contraband slave's : ' • * = “Washington, August, 1831. "Generali The important _question of the proper disposition to be made of fugitives from service in the insurrection against the feder al government, to which you havemgain direc ted'my attention in yon* letter of July 20, has received my most attentive consideration. It is the desire of the President that all existing rights m ail the states he fully respected and maintained. The war tiow prosecuted on the part of the federal-government is a war for the Union, for tho preservation of ail constitutional rights of states, and tbfccitizens of the states in the Union. Hence no Question can; arise as to fugitives from service within the states and ter ritories in the authority of the Union is fully acknowledged; .The ordinary form of ju dicial proceedings must be respeotedhy milita ry and civil authorities alike for the enforcement of legal forma. But pi the'sfatea wholly or in ■ part nnder inaortectio nary control, where the laws of the. United States are so far opposed Food resisted that th-y,cannot be effectually en forced, it is obviouS’ihat the rights dependent upon the execution of those laws must tempo rarily fail, and it is equally obvious that the rights dependent on tho laws of the state with in which military operations- are conducted must he necessarily subordinate to the military exigencies created fay the insurrection, if not wholly forfeited by the treasonable conduct of parties claiming them- To this the general rule . of right to services forms "an exception. The, act Of Congress, approved August 6, 1861, de, dares that if persons heljd to service shall be employed in hostility to the United States, the right to their services .shall be forfeited, and such persons ibairy discharged therefrom. It follows oT necessity,Thfat po claim can be r 9°* ognised by the military, authority of the Union for the,services of ffuph ! ’persons when fugitives. “ A more difficult question is presented in respect to persons escaping from the service of loyal masters. It is'quite apparent that - the laws of the state under which only the service of such fugitives can he claimed, must needs * he wholly, or almost wholly, suspended. to-the remedies by the insurrection and the military measures necessitated by it, it is equal ly apparent that the substitution of military fur judicial measures for the enforcement of such claims must be .attended by great iheonj venienoes, embarrassments apd inquiries. Un der these circumstances it seems quite clear I that the substantial rights of local masters are still best protected by receiving such fugitives), ns well as fugitives frdftq disloyal masters, intp the service of the Unitj'd, States, and employ ing there under, euclr and such occupations as ih'cuipstances may suggest or require. Of course 'll liecord should be kept ■allowing a name'and of . the fugi tives; thivname and the character, as loyal dr disloyal, of’the master,'and sul-h facts he a correct understanding «f Hie circumstances of cni<jh case, after tranquility; shall have been restored. Upon the relutn of peace Congress will, -doubtless, properly prd-t vide for. nil the persons it has received into the* service of the Uni ’arid for a just compensji-j tion to loyal mast 'ln this way only, it| would seem, can I’ : e( duly and safety of the) government and tlie just .rights of all be fully! reconciled and harmonized. ■ I. j 1 “ You will, therefore, consider yourself in-.; efruoted'to govern Jour future action in respect) to fugitives from service ,by the premises herein) stated; and will report from time to time, at least twice in each, mqnth, your action in thd premises to this department. You will, howevl er, neither authorize nor permit, any interfej rence by the troops under your,command witll ’the servants of peaceful citizens in a.house-o| field, nor. will you inj any way encourage such servants to leave the . lawful service of their masters, nor will ybu, except in cases where the public- good ‘ may seem to require it; prd ' vent the voluntary return of any fugitives (h the service from which he. may have escaped. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, SfttON Cabeiion, Secretary of War. j “To Major-General Butler, commanding Department of Virginia, Fortress Monroe." ; -j ! L— 1- GOOD; AIJVTCB. j Every editor in States should pub lish, and every person should read, the folloijr ing well considered argument against the prac tice of parsimony in time of war, and why ' money should be« put in circulation. These timely considerations occur in, a sermon recently delivered by an eblightenedand patriotic cler gyman : ■ , j “ The state of the times demands liberality, ' and a generous expenditure, on the part of those who have the means-fv-’hose income is greater than their wants. Sdch as these, should npt .'study economy—should not aim to save is ipubh and spend as little as possible. I hejir many of this class talking of retrenchments, pf ■reducing their expenses, of denying themselves snd familes this and that to which they i haire been accustomed. I say no. This is a misla ken policy. Why should you save ? You ajre in no danger ofgufferlng. "Why should you spend less, you who have more than enough, while thousands are wanting employment and brewi, and have nothing ? What is to become of this class if every rich-roan,’every family whoso in come exc&eds, by much or little, their current ' ...expenses, begins economizing and diminishing Expenditures to-the lowest point possible s What Is to become of these .people without work or money f Tjiey must live.. They mist have bread. GfivC tbfedi employment and th|ey will earn it. you do, not, they must s|ill, have bread—thatSs pertain, and, somebody mast, furnish P.\No, I jjay again—saving closely, with those who bav? abundant means, is false . p ilicy, in such timers as the present. Suppose your income has-been annually four thousand dollars, and has now fallen to three thousand — and suppose you have lived at an expense! of throe thousand dollars —is it wisdom,-is it nisr cy, to reduce ypur expenses to two thousand dollars on the plea of hard times ? It is pot hard times for you. Better, far, keep on spen ding your three, thousand dollars. Do not jex pect to save anything while the war lasts and thousands are ip-danger of being out of em ployment. Live as you have lived—spendjall ' your, income; even /if you never did before;. — Every new hat or coat,’every new sofa or Car pel, every Well conducted periodical, or house hold ornament,, jfurnishes work and breads to industrious menj] Every new bonnet or dress gives employment- to needle-women who Sare struggling with poverty and suffering. How much better to psy them the money, and leave then! their self rekpect and independence, than 'by,and by to givii.it them as a charity, honjili- Sting and painful!” ’ , ~ I I i 1 THE AGITATO | HUGH YOUNG, EDITOR A PROPRIETOR. 1 WELLSBOKOUGH, PA., IWEDNESDAY MORNING, AUG. 21,1861. ; Republican County Ct ! The Republican electors In the so' tpicts of Tioga County, are request' osaal places for- holding elections the 24th day of ‘August next, betwc ind 7 P. M., to elect two delegates (a meet In Convention at TIOGA, £olh day of August, 1861,’at one select candidates for the following c I One person for President Judge. | Two persons for Associate Judge Two persons for members of the I ' One person for Sheriff. 1 One person for Treasurer. i One person for Commissioner. One person for Auditor. COMMITTEES OP VIGILANCE. Slots —William Butler, Stephen powen. iirookfietd~L. D. Seely, - - Murdock. Clymt p—B. B. Strang, A. A. Amjsbry, Charleston —G. W. Avery, Ephraim Hart Chatham —Harvey Leech, Morse. Codington —T. B. Goodcnough, Si F. Richards. Covifigton Boro —lra Patchin, L.jß. Smith. Dcirtfcr—James I. Jackson, Hiram Hastings. Beaeffeld—* Charles Goldsmith, Jeremiah Stoddard. ElM^ ohn C. Maynard, Benjamin Freyer: . 6. Parkhurst, Lcpnjlcr Culver, /’arwtmjton—Charles Howard, o{. H, Blanchard. oa«ne| —Daoforth Marsh, Benjamin Furman, ■Jacfcsofi—O. B. Wells, Benjamin Miller, —C. 0. Bowman, A. J. Denrman. Zlairrcacc—Charles Baker, Horace Hoff, ha>pr.ei\ceville —Charles Beebe, Freeman PKJlpen. ii6crfy—• C, F. Veil, K; C. Cox. * 7 Mniusburg —E. A*. Fish, John E..-Robinson. *Man»Jield—^ John W. Phelps, A.-J.-Ross. MidaUbnrtf—CoXvxxx Hammond, Geo. D. Keeney. JforW«—William Babb, Enoch Blackwell. Nelson—'Volcott Phelps, John pnzlett. Bteeola —James Tubbs, Henry Seely. - Richmond— Frank M. Shaw, Seth Whittaker. Rutland-* William Lawrence, Hugh Argetsinger. Shippen —Edward Grinoolls, Harry Ellis. Sullivan— Batecman Monroe, L.) D. Gray. Tioga-* David L. Aiken, A. S> Turner. Tioga Boro —Leroy Tabor, Jno.|l. Mitchell. -{7»«on—Daniel Randall, P. B. Herrington. ’ Westfield —0. T. Gardner, Charles Goodspeed, Wethhoro— .John R. Bnwcn, Joljm Alexander, Ward —Peter Cameron, Jf., T. 0. Hollis. The Committees of Vigilance in, the respective elec* tion districts are urged to act promptly and vigor ously ; to provide so that duo notice of the-primary meetings' for the election of delegates may bo given, : in order that every district may be represented in the Convention. Such of the members of the Commit i-tges os cannot conveniently serve -promptly, nro re ! qoehted to appoint a substitute. \ -The Couttnittee would earnestly recommend as the best method of ascertaining the fairest expression of the will of the people, that all voting at the Primary ' Meetings should be by ballol oither written or printed. It is further recommended that the balloting be made . the immediate supervision of the Committee in each election district above named, or the persons substi tuted to act as such Committee. . , V. E. SMITH, ' Cli’a. Rep. Co, Com. New Advertisements. list of Letters —fVellsboro Post Office. Rat and Fly Poison —Roy's Dfug Store, jSfTo Correspondents. —A. 11. L. The cash must aooompanj all transient advertise ments.- In your case the amount would be $l. ” A True Union Traveler.” We require the name of all oorrwpondents ; not for publica tion but as a guaranty of the good faith of the writer. ggy The Tickets for the Delegate Election will beprinted to order at the Agitator Office on short notice. ' BgfTheßreckcnridge State Ceqlral Commit tee of the State of New York, met on Thurs day last, at Albany. They adopted a series of resolutions against (lie course of the Adminis tration ; in favor of an armistice with the reb els, and of a Convention fit the adjustment of the National difficulties ; (Complimenting the Dean Richmond wing of thje party for refusing to unite with the Republicans, and declining to call a-separate Convention of the Breckenridge wing, but advocating a union of the whole Dem ocratic party. 1 Tioga, Aug. 19, 1861. Friend Young : Please to the readers of the Agitator, that wo are [rasping a Volunteer Rifle Company at Tioga, and! would like our friends to help us now, if ever, that we may be in readiness ns soon as jpos#ib!e, tp strike a blow for our country. We do not expect to complete oar Company in less time than a month, when the hurry of haying and harvest will give many a chance to servo in the good cause, who are now unable to do so. But we anticipate getting men .enough to go to camp in tto weeks, and then to reernit from there. We are assured by the Governor that we will bej accepted this time, and that there will ho no delay. We will be glad to hear fijom any who will "go away to the wars’’ with us, brothers together, at Tioga, where they mayi enlist for. this pur pose. ’ Very Respectfully, IJno. I. Mitchell. PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT Washington, Friday, Aug. 16, 1861. Whereas, On the loth day of April, the President of the United States, in view of nn insurrection against the Irtws, Constitution, and the Government' of the United States, which had broken out within the States of South Car olina, Georgia, Alabamj,! Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, and in pursuance of the provisions of the act entitled "An act to pro vide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and to repeal the act now in force for that purpose,” approved Feb. 28, 1795, tjid call forth the mi ll tiavto suppress said insurrection and cause the laws of tho-Union to be duly executed, and the insurgents have failed to disperse by the time directed by the President; and whereas, such insurrection has since broken out and yet exists within the States of Virginia, - North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas; and where as, the insurgents in all the said States claim to act under authority thereof, and such claim is not disclaimed or repudiated- by the person exercising the functions ijf government in each State or-States, or in part or parts, thereof in which combinations exist, nor has such insur rection been Suppressed by said States, Now, therefore, I, Abraham Ltncoi.s, Prcsi ident of the United States, in pursuance of nn act of Congress, July 13, 1861; do hereby de clare that the inhabitants of the said States of j Georgia, South Carolina,'Virginia, North Caro ■i ' THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOE. lino, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisino,- Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Florida (except the inhabitants of that part of the State of Vir ginia lying west of, the Alleghany Mountains, and of ! such other parts of that State, and the other States hereinbefore named, as may main tain a loyal adhesion to the Union and the Con stitution, or jnaj bo from time to time occu pied and controlled by the forces engaged in the dispersion of said insurgents), are in a state of insurrection against tho United States, and that all commercial Intercourse .between the same and the inhabitants thereof, with the ex ceptions aforesaid,' and the citizens of other States and other parts of the United States, is unlawful, and will remain unlawful until such insurrection shall cease*or fias been suppressed ; that all goods and chattels, wares and merchan dise, catalog from any of said States, with the ex ceptions aforesaid, into other parts of the Uni ted States, without the special license and per mission of the President, through the Secretary 1 of the Treasury, or proceeding to any of said, States! with said exceptions, will ibe forfeited, to tho. [United States; and that from and after fifteen|days from the issuing of this proclama tion, all ships and vessels belonging in whole; or in part to any citizen or inhabitant of any of said States with said exceptions, found at sea or in any port of the United States, will bo forfeited to the United States, and I hereby enjoin upon all District-Attorneys, Marshals, and officers of the Revenue and Naval forces of the United States, to be vigilant in the exe cution of said act; and in the enforcement of the penalties and forfeitures imposed or de clared by it, leaving any party who may think himself aggrieved thereby to his application to the ■ Secretary of tho Treasury for the re mission of any penalty of forfeiture, which tho said Secretary is authorized by law to grant, if, in his judgment, the special circumstance of any case shall require such remission. In witness whereof, I have hereunto - set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. invention. jveral election dis tort, to meet Rt the on SATURDAY, :cn the hours of 3 from each district on FRIDAY, the o’clock R. M., to numerated offices lOgulotare. Done in the city of Washington this 10th day of August, in the year of our Lord 1861, and of the Independence of the United Slates ths eighty-sixth. Abraham Lincoln. By 1 the President. Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of State. The danger of an attack upon Washington, or an invasion of Maryland, seems imminent. The War Department has made a requisition upon the Governors of ten of the Northern States to forward, without delay, to the Capi tal ai! the enrolled troops, whether armed, equipped, or uniformed, or not. The advance of the Rebel forces toward the line of the Po tomac prompts this urgent call for more men at the seat of war. The latest dispatches as sure us that Ocn. McClellan has taken meas ures to put a stop to all intercourse between traitors at the Capital and Rebels in the field by way of the Lower Potomac, and it is to be hoped, therefore, that the fleet in the Potomac is sufficient to render the transportation of an army across'that liver, below Washington, im possible. The average width of the Potomac from a few miles below Alexandria to its mouth cannot be less than from two and a half to three miles. It is probable that the rebels bare but few, if any boats, that can bo usgd for the transportation of a large body of troops such a distance, even if unmolested. Should this be the case, the insurgents may Attempt to get into Maryland by fording the Upper Potomac, with the hope of reaching Baltimore before they can bo intercepted. One thing, at least, is certain—the Government wants all the troops it can get, and there must be no delay in send ing forward all who are enrolled, to the last man, The following is- the requisition of the Sec retary of War above referred to : “ Ail commanders of regiments of volunteers, accepted by this Department, in the States of Pennsylvania, New-Jersey, Sew-York, Con necticut, . Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Isl and, New-Hampsbire, Maine, and Michigan, will take notice of, and conform promptly to, the General Ordct this day directed to the Gov ernors of the States above-named, which is as follows: “To the Governor of the State -of “By direction of the President of the United States you are, urgently requested to forward or cause to be forwarded iiiamediately to the City of Washington all volunteer regiments or parts of regiments, at the expense of the United States Gorernment, that may be now enrolled within your State, whether under immediate control or by acceptances, issued'direct from the War De partment, whether such volunteers are armed, equipped or unilormcd, Or not. “The officers of each regimental organization that may not be full shall leave recruiting offi cers at their several rendezvous, and adopt such other measures as may be necessary to fill up their ranks at the earliest date possible. “All officers of volunteer regiments on arrr ring will report to the Commanding General, who will provide equipmentsandother supplies necessary to theirnomfurt. “To insure the movements of troops more rapidly than might otherwise be done, yon will please confer with, and aid all officers of inde pendent regiments, id such manner as may he necessary to effect the object in view.. All clo thing or supplies belonging to or contracted for ■ the several regiments, shall he forwarded to Washington for their use, detailed reports of which shall be made to the Commanding Gen eral. “Sniosj Caseeon, We learn from Missouri that onr army which was engaged in the battle of a week ago, ar rived at Holla on Saturday in good condition. Major Sturgis had taken command. It is def initely- ascertained that the enemy had in this liATEST WAS HEWS, “ Wis Departstext, ] " "Wlrhingtox, Aug. 19, 1861. j Secretary of War.” action 14,000 well-disciplined men, and 10,000 irregular troops; on onr side, early in the fight wo bad 0n1y, '5,000 men, and during the latter part of tho offair only 4,000. The Rebels had sent a flag of truce to Major Sturgis, ostensibly to treat for on exchange of prisoners, hut really as it was thought, to gain information of our condition. - The Secretary of the Navy la in favor of clos ing Southern ports by proclamation, te avoids perplexing questions arising'from appeal? made by foreign Ministers on behalf of foreign ves-' sels .which have gone to sea with clearances from Jeff. Davis’s Collectors, but bare been in tercepted. ' :: Commander Porter, of the Pacific Squadron is now in irons, and'on his way to Washington. The trial of the. mutineers of the 79th Regi ment commenced last Monday. It is Relieved that the sentences will be severe, ! Ode of our soldiers who reached Port Mon roe from Richmond, on Friday, brought with him a number of petitions from our men con fined at the; latter place, praying, the Govern ment to make some arrangement causing an exchange of prisoners. THE OOVBEHMENT AND THE “COM’- TKABANDS.” We published in last week's Agitator tho fanitous letter of Gen. Butler to the Secretary of War, asking instructions in regard to the slaves continually coming within the Roes of the Army at Fortress Monroe. No, one has failed to appreciate the position of Gen. Butter. His argument was logical, concise, conclusive. He reported that these slaves were men, wimen, and children, who had either run away from their masters, or been abandoned by them:—the masters having turned fugitives—and the slaves thus left to shift- for themselves had sought shelter and safety within the lines of our camp. Gen. Butler (the lawyer anti not the Pro-slavery Democrat) argued, and argued well, that under the constitution of the United States, these slaves are human beings who came to claim the protection of that Constitution from the actual or apprehended horrors of war. | It seemed clUr to the General, that, although black, and whilom slaves, they were to be treated like human beings ; that the federal government, ns such knows no distinction of race or persons within its own peculiar juris diction ; that slavery is a municipal regulation existing only in States, subject only to the laws of .States; that it is in short, a condition ut terly unknow to federal power. No one clAim ing the protection of the United States can be regarded as a slave at all, until proved such by judicial process. I We publish elsewhere in to-day’s papeij the reply of Gen. Cameron to Gen. Butler, contain ing the instructions of the Government. It will bo seen that Gen. Cameron has ignored almost entirely the argument of Gen. Butler in regard to this fundamental principle of free dom. Butler assumes that the nine hundred blacks at Fortress Monroe are free, and argues with indubitable logic that they are free. — Cameron assumes that they are slaves, although we can sco nothing which supports such an assumption. They may have been, originally free blacks ; two thirds of them may have been deserted ’by their masters. If these masters are rebels the slaves are free by irrecent act of Congress—confiscated. However, the instruc- lions to the General are ; Ist. That the laws of a. nival states ip re gard to slaves, shall be enforced. 1 2d. That .slaves who are employed in nets hostile to the government, shall be free, and Sd. That the blanks escaping to the lines of the federal army,, shall be set to an ac connt kept of their time, the names tof their masters- 1 — loyal, or disloyal—pot on record, and-then peace comes, Congress will provido;for theTeward of their labor, and “the just compensation of.loyal masters." - Now the first two of those instructions are very plain, and arc perfectly proper. The third is not so looid as it might be. How can the government assume to employ slaves, and keep an account of. their time with a view to “the just compensation of loyal masters,” without acknowledging in some degree the right of one man to hold another in.bondage. We trust the third instruction of the Secre tary of War, will be so ( csplained that it may nohho made to mean that our soldiers are to be transformed into slave-catchers, nor our camps into slave-pens. J A correspondent of the Steele Paris, the gov ernment organ of France writes from Tunis, Algiers, ns follows ;—. ‘‘Our College of philosophers ol home, may. and probably do accomplish a great deal for the carise of science, but the Americans are the people ;to turn these discoveries to practical ac count. Many Of the modern inventions in use here are American, and one American chemist, Dr. J. G. Ayer of Lowell, supplies ipnch ;of the medicine consumed in this His Cher ry Pectoral, Pills, Sarsaparilla and Ague Cure constitute the staple remedies here, because they are of easy applioation r surein their results, and have the confidence of the people. While the science of Medicine' is carried to a higher perfection in our own country (France) than any other, it strikes a Frenchman 1 os a little singular that an American Physician should furnish the medical skill and remedies for our Principal Province. ' 1 We are happy to inform our readers that these superior medicines which the Emperor’s principal Province is obliged to get from Amer ica may bo had by onr neighbors, at C. & J. L. Robinsons. . The Whole Story Told. —The London Spc tutor has this paragraph under its heading of *■ News of the Week.” The American Congress' has voted ttio men and the money required by the President, and twenty per cent more, and the House of Reo resentatives has affirmed by 92 to 55 that it is ‘no part of the duty <Sf officers to capture fugi tive slaves.’ The hand moves slowly on the dial but it moves, and when the finger passes the hour, the knoll of Slavery will ring out wi.h a clang which will startle Europe.” FBOM THE TIOGA BOYS. Corespondenco of tlio Ajntator. Harper’s Ferßt, Aug. 12,1861, Hugh Young — Dear Sib.—Night’s deep dark ness hangs brooding o’er the earth, and a gen tle rain is falling upon this thickly tented field, ns I seat myself upon the ground with a small! book upon my lap, and all the implements of warfare around me, to give the readers of your .paper a few lines from this place, so well known in the history of our country.; We atartedfrom Harrisburg about 'five o’clock, Thursday after noon, rode nil night, and arrived in Baltimore jnstfiveio'clook Friday morning. There the Regi ment walked from the Pennsylvania, to Wash ington depot, d - distance of two miles, while’the) baggage cars were diawn over the hill by teams. This took nearly five hours, which gave the “plug uglies’’ a fine chance to tty their brick-bats upon the Ducfc-lailsj' but no move was made; if there had been they would; have received a warm reception, for we were prepared for them.' That greatsouthern city, which but a few weeks ago was controlled by a gang of blood-thirsty rebels, is now in such perfect subjection that a northern soldier cart travel; alone throughout the entire town, and no man daremolest, or make afraid. We arriveclhere late in the after) noon, and encampedon whaj; fs called the MsJ ryland bights, about two miles down the river from the ferry. This place is strongly fortified! There are regiments in every field, and upon every mountain top, nambering in all, according to tho best information 1 can get, between twen ty-five and thirty thousand soldiers, all determined to live in the Union, or die for it. - The bridge is progressing finely, and will sotm be ready for use. , There is a strong battery !of rifle cannons ufj on the top of a lofty mottntaift which has a range of seven miles on every side of it. I Wc know bnt little of what is going on aronnq us, for We arc under the strictest kind of mili tary laws, and are not permitted to leave camp. This comes pretty bard for the, free rovers of old Tioga, Thos far, since; we have been here, our fare has been rather hard ; no fresh meat nor soft bread—but stfch iVa’ Soldier's life, anc we bear it without a murmur, that future gen erations may enjoy the blessings of liberty. As I have stood and looked around me, I hav< often thought what dfferent scenes have trans pired upon the same spot. But eighteen shot; months ago, and the eyes of a whole civilizeri world were turned hither, and the scenes which were transpiring arduhd It, were being deba ted in every street, and in every car—in every mansion, as well ns in the log hut of every mountaineer. But the scene changes. One, month ago, and twenty thousand rebels, urged on by that same Gov, Wise, who was foremost in taking the life of the first actor of the scene, were treading these same fields, where now twenty-five thousand bold and fearless freemen of the north have assembled together from the pine clad hills of Maine—the broad prairies of I the west—the machine shops of New England— the mines of our owninoble state, all firmly re solved to see this roightly rebellion crusbedout forever, or every southern traitor bite the dust. Cot. Crocket. Extracts from <1 Prfrate Letter. Cajip Gibso.v, D. C. Aug. 10,1801. ~ **•*»* *,—Tour short epistle found me enjoying the very best of health and spir its, whigh is a general complainl (?) among the rmjSt of the boys; however there are some few of the men (recruits) that are a little home-sick, which is nothing more than might be expected of them. It was rather hard for the boyfc to leave comfortable homes, and all their attend ant pleasures for a war camp ; tu exchange the soft feathers for a bed upon the naked ground ; to leave the smoking luxuries of a mother’s ta hje, for ‘/hard bread” and “bad bacon”—yet I think they will mate brave soldiers, and men that will “face the music.” The war news has not changed very, materi ally since the fight at.BoU’s Run, with the cx-| ception of one continued stream of moving sol-) diers towards the seat of iwar. Bjtperience is said to be a very good,teacher. I think she proved herself as such in the fight. The host of her lessons are but Idarned to be heeded. If the cool and decisivp judgment of Gen. Scott had been heeded, such a state of things would never have 1 been. The men to whose hands the Nation has confided the care of its life, and" health, take upon themselves, the greatest of human responsibilities, when’ they resort to war and bipod-shed for its puri fications ; but whatever imay be the issue, I think the pages of history will record it, hot only righteous, but unavoidable on the part, of! the Federal Government. ! i Thewvar ,was delayed to the very last mo-j meat by the Administration; so long that peo-| pie of foreign countries, as well as of our own! .country, began to treat it with derision. The war was brought on by the treason of rebels, and will have to be repelled by the stern hand of duty on the part of the Administration. The dear bought experience of the battle, well shows What soliders have to contend with-on the bate tie field. The spirit and) character that was manifested by the enemy oh that day, can hard}- ly be comprehended by men brought- up under civilized institutions in the north. The cruel ties enacted by the rebels bp the 21st.of April, and the disregard of the civilized mode of war fare and human suffering,!was clearly shown on that ill fated day, when,the green sash of the surgeon, and black cassock of the Chap lain, performing their duties to the wounded and dying, were targets selected for the practice of the artillery—when the wounded were bayon etted, and the hospital for! the disabled was shelled. That day’s experience told us of the , character of the foe we have to meet. But we ! will meet them with a hearty good will—with a firm step, and steady nerve; —with eyes, hand i, and willing hearts to do om; duty; Whatever cruelties they may perform, 1 hope that we will have power to meet tberb with £ true christiain spirit, .trusting in the God of battles for a just retribution. i , I I do not think with yon that the war will ebd in the establishing of a southern empire—bo never I I think there is pith; stamina, or back bone enough in the American people,-to prote themselves capable of sustaining a free and in dependent government. We never have had a free government. ■ If we had'bad, this presept trouble would never have been. Our forefath ers fought to .gain their independence. The battles of liberty are yet to be fought, and won. When this war is “ended, the namo of slave and bondman, will be known only! on the pages (of history. , ■ | I have not so good a chancel to judge of our condition as 1 could wish, or of the condition of the enemy; but from present appearances) I should think that the nest attempt will be made by the rebel forces. I think they will try (to effect a crossing about 18 or 20. miles above. Washington. The Potomac there is fordable. J The rebels arc erecting batteries on their side, while wo have no artillery there to oppose them as jet, but are moving in 'that rebels are encamped on one aide, while the f oral forces! art on the other. If they ’ to cross, I think thej will meet with a warn* ception. **’ It was said Gen. Beauregard three miles of our camp last Sunday, in citizens' clothes, riding in his eatr'is™ j do not doubt but what be is well informed ■« regard to our movements# as we are onrseh He is a keen old fellow, capable of practising all the devices that an evil being could j 0 !.“ him with. R. R;^ GES I .' PHEMOIfT IN' MlgSOtJfei. Geo. Fremont is showing himself equal fa the high expectations of his friends as a mjf, tary commander. He carries alibis energy to bis new position, and gites new Efj and determination to*the men under him.' Jt,' Missouri Republican says of him: I “The energy and Shill displayed byQ B | Fremont since bis arrival at his headquarter j in this city are wonderful, and afford a fresfc and striking illustraticfn of those re market!} traits of diameter and. mind which hate sk ready made him a prominent personage in 11. eyes of the civilized world. “He reached here on the morning of the 25$ lof July, at about 9 o’clock. At noon of |V, | same day he called a meeting of bis staff, j r ,J 1 though recommended to take a little rest afiy i his continnoda. day and night travel from lh} Bast, remarked that his business was important, , and he must go to work. Since that date i. has labored unremittingly in the -organiratisj of'hi? department,-and in laying the fonnlj. tjpnf.pf- those important plans which have I confided to him by the Governmentfor dj movement of a grand army, down the' Mia* sippi River during the coming Fall. ' “ He rises ic the morning at 6 o’clock, a>} rarely quits, his labor's before twelve o’clock night, in this respect resembling'the habits Alexander van Hnmbolt, the Duke of 'WeUi; ton, and other historical characters to whoa sleep seems to have been one of-the least is portank requirements of their natures. In jJ his orders bp is explicit and comprehensive, and in his appointments punctual to the min.- ute. - One instance has come to our knowledge,- where having some business with a civilian, h* told him to call at ten minutes of 4 o’clock nsd his papers should he ready for him. The gen tleman was promptly on time, and the papers were as promptly placed in his hands. “ In one week Bfter his arrival, though op pressed With a variety of other important busi ness, he had chartered a fleet of eight steam, boats, loaded them With soldiers called frm different portions of the State, supplied then with artillery and various kinds of military stores, which he had ordered from the flic and led them in ncraon to the relief of tie troops at Bird’s Tomt, which place was seri ously menaced by the rebel army under Get Pillow. His return was as prompt as hist parture, and from the stir at his headquarter! yesterday, it would eeeth that ho has enters! apon'another weekwith unwonted activity at! vigor. From advertisements in the newspapers and other sources, we gather that an extensile camp of instruction' is at.onceto he establish on the outskirts of onr city, the camp to hoi 1 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers. “ Near Springfied, Illinois, another easy equal dimensions is already established rapidly filling up. The hospital and com sary departments in this • city are also cm process of enlargement. All these feraii! preparations of course look to hut one gm objict, and that the complete possession of tl valley of the Mississippi River by the Goverr ment of the United -Statas. Ttcviewing il character of (Jen. Fremont, and glancing id for a moment at the wonderful energy 'and<s paoity he has displayed since his arrival in tbs West, who' shall doubt that .the gnrercffii has confided |he management of this grand a terprise to the proper hands Significant Silexcjs. —We are inforaiel . the Ne\y Orleans True Delia that any oScialfr tailed intelligence of the battle of Jlanassirf possibly be withheld from the public by the® surgent government. But is it likelytß this battle was indeed a great victory for ' Davis, he would really* fail to publish an ciai declaration of ali its details ? In ag. victory, the 'winners, ' however terribly tl may have suffered, nre historical heroes, neveryet have been afflicted with such c: of modesty as to blast unseen under their rels. Just Retribution. —The Rebel journal* si dispatches inform us that some of the Sot Carolina an.d Georgia Regiments in tbelai'j tie at Bull’s Bun “were cut to pieces." was stem “poetic justice” in this. It that those who had sinned earliest should punished soonest. South Carolina and t gin, having hatched the conspiracy, shoe* the ho ivy hand of retribution first. hot thankful that the, bombardment of Sumlct been in part avenged. Jeff Datis Ustopclab at Oakling A letter addressed to a Cincinnati pnp® r Oakland, dated .July 18tb, 1861, contair following.: “ Oakland is the place wh crB Davis spent last summer, and the land « the hotel told roe that Jeff owes him v , his board, and he couldn’t get one cento- The landlord is, .v poor roan with a family,” Good for “His Re*-emn ; ce.”—FatherQj Chaplain of the First Rhode Island.ics'® 511 a wit as well ns priest,- At a recent si flt ‘ gallant 69th Fort Corcoran, wbille the evidence of the hard labor with and shovel of these true h® ! , “ Why, they- talk of Southern ohi vnlry, w can’t'hold a candle to Northern shotm' How Test Bepat Kisbxsss.— A- & years ago, when Norfo'k, Va., was « by the-oholera, every hamlet and T * j North pourd out its money for the rehe sick and dying countrymen. Now tbs of chivalrous Virginia shoot down an the sick and wounded, who then fed t A Good Hit.— The, Ithaca secessionist of that villiage, who a the misfortune to fall into the hands 0 Hoe on a charge of theft, immediate himself upon the platform of bis P ar I’‘ manded ‘peace’ and ‘compromise,, an that all ho asked was to bo ‘lei aloat' The |ton. Chapes' J.' Faulkner, W* J States -Minister to France, has been a Washington by the Provost Guaro, "• mitted to hold correspondence n P. { \^T, l fcc with <my of his friends. It > s , arioT to be ( ! a brigadier'general ip l -^ e 16
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