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HUNTINGDON, PA
Thursday afternoon, Sep. 5, 1861
Union Conference
The Democratic and Republican
Committees of Conference appointed
by County Delegate Conventions .of
the parties, met in the .Court House
on Tuesday afternoon August 27th,
and put in nomination the Plowing
Union ticket
ASSESLIILY,
JOHN SCOTT, of Huntingdon
ASSOCIATE JUDOE,
BENS, V. PATTON, of Warriormoark-
COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
JOHN S. ISETT, of Franklin
COUNTY TREASURER,
JOHN A. :STASH, of Huntingdon
DIRECTOR OP THE POOR,
JAMES 11ENDERSON;pf Cassville
41.71)1TOIT,
MILTON SANGRELP, of Walker
The following resolutions were read
and unanimously adopted by the Con-
Terence
Resolved, That it behooves every tree pat
riot in this important crisis in our Country, to
lay aside party trammels and sustain the Na
tional and State Governments in supporting
the Constitution and preserving the Union of
the States. .
:Resolved, That we should use every effort
to foster and keep atie the fire of patriotism
now filling the breams of all true and loyal
American citizens.
Raolral, That this Convention, represent.
ing both the political parties of the county,
have the fullest confidence in the integrity
and capacity of lion. GECIAGE TAYLOR, and
they commend him to, the support of the peo
ple for President Judge of this Judicial Dis
trict, believing)lim to be a pure and upright
citizen and a learned and able Jurist.
Teachers for the War.
, Who will gol A company of Teachers is
terming for Col': Irwin's Regiment, and a
strong delegation from Huntingdon county
is expected. Let the expectation be exceeded
even. Let every Teacher constitute himself
a committee to forword to the County Super
intendent or to Albert Owen the names of all
whom he kndws will enlist.
The Lieutenants are to be given to the
counties that furnish the most men.
A. G. DICKEY, Capt.,
of Lewistown.
Drafting.
The Young men of Huntingdon coun
ty who refuse . td volunteer in defence
of their country, will soon be com
pelled to enter the service by being
drafted. This matter is now under
consideration, and an order to this ef
fect may be looked for every day:—
How disgraceful •for au i American to
suffer such humiliation as to be corn-
pelted to discharge his duty to his coun
try. When men aro drafted into the
army. VieV:_lit a lathe o, or linCl e tililfd.__Vr:ltiri t
n Tc. is no «ill
be their officers—but when they volun
teer they have the opportunity of go
ing with friends, and being commanded
by officers they are acquainted with.
Which will they be, voluntary or in
voluntary soldiers ?
MOUNTAIN' ENCAMPMENT.—This camp
is located at Cold Springs on-Shoema
ker's farm three miles from Hunting
don, The camp was opened on Wed
nesday' raorningthe first company
entering was_from Tyrone, OW. Cro
titers. - In the afternoon a company
from Woodbury, Bedford county, Capt.
Brisbin, also went into Camp. The
ground is splendid for the purpose
for which it has been selected—fine
water and shade in the immediate,
neighborhood, and the right distance
from town. Several additional compa
nies are expected to arrive in camp
within a few days. We hoar that Col.
Win. G. Murry, of Hollidaysburg, is
raising a regiment to enter this camp.
Token of Respect
Reiolutions passed at a meeting of
the officers and fellow-soldiers of the
Fifth Regiment, held in the Court
House on Monday Sept. 2d, 1861.
Maj. R. Bruce Petrelsin was called
to the Chair, and George W. Simpson
chosen Secretary. •
WIIEILEAS, It has pleased Almighty God
to remove suddenly from us our Into esteemed
fellow soldier JOSEPH 11. THOMPSON,
therefore,
Resolved, That in his death, our country
has lost a soldier who knew no fear ; who
was ever obedient to orders and ready to sac
rifice life itself tit the call of duty.
Resolved, That we tender to her whose
bleeding heart has no balm, our earnest and
united sympathy in her sad bereavement, and
invoke upon her and hers the blessing of the
widow's and soldier's God.
Resolved, That by the death of Joseph 11.
Thompson we have lost the peaceable citizen,
the bravo soldier, the kind companion, an af
fectionate father and a generous friend.
Resolved, That these resolutions be pub
lished in the county papers.
Maj. R. BRUCE PETREKIN,Tres't.
' Gro.'W. St.mysos,..qec',ry.
SCHOOL TEACIIERS,'TO ARMS I—Some weeks
ago we published a communication froin a
Teacher, urging the formation of a company
exclusively of school teachers. The teachers
of Mifflin, .luniMa and Centre counties are
now at work, and the assistance of Hunting
don county is requested. There are some
five hundred teachers in the four counties
-101 of the number we should think could
easily be induced to go into the army. Fe
males could fill their places during their ab
sence. The company will be attached to
Col. W. 11. Irwin's Regiment. Will some
one or more of the Iluntingdon county teeeh
ers commence recruiting for the company.
Ate' Our town has been much more lively
than usual during the past few days, and as
the number increases in Camp we may ex
pect the number of visitors to increase in
town. We have Hotels to accommodate all.
Clair HUNTlscDom.—Squade of soldiers rive
daily arriving for Col. Hamilton's Cavalry
Regiment. Every man joining this regiment
will receive inetrnetions to train big horse.
Washington and Jefferson,
IL will not be unprofitable, we hope,
to lay before the public mind in the
briefest form the opinions of the two
greatest founders of our institutions—
Washington and Jefferson—relative to
the character of our Constitution and
Government. Their judgment on this
important subject needs no comment
or explanation, and could receive no
force from the most gifted pen or es
sayist.
In recommending to the Convention
the adoption of our present Constitu
tion, in preference to the old Articles
of Confederation, Gen. Washington
uses in September 17,1787, the follow
ing language :—" It is obviously imprac
ticable in the Federal Government of
these States, to secure all rights of indc- 1
pendent sovereignty to each and yet pro
vide for the interest and safety of all.—
Individuals entering into society, must
give up a share of liberty to preserve
the rest. The magnitude of.tbe sacri
fice Must depend as well on situation
and cireutbstance as on the object to
be obtained. In all our deliberations
on this subject, we kept steadily in our
view that which appears to us the
greatest interest of every true American—
, the consolidation of our Union—in which
is involved our prosperity, fidelity,
safety, perhaps our national existence."
Such was the declaration of Washing
ton in his recommendation to the Con
vention of the present Constitution
and before its adoption and ratifica
tion by the people. The co»solidatiOn
of our Union was the greatest interest, in
his opinion, of every American, and on
that ground he-urged on the several
States their acceptance of the Consti
tution. What was the opinion of
Thomas Jefferson after its adoption
and ratification by the several States
anti the successful administration of
the Government by Washington and
Adams ? In the inaugural address of
Thomas Jefferson at his first term of
office, he uses the following language :
—" I know, indeed, that some honest
men fear that a republican Government
cannot be strong—that this government
is not strong enough—but would the
honest patriot in the full tide of suc
cessful experiment, abandon a govern
ment which has so far kept us free and
firm on the theoretic and visionary
fear that this government, the world's
last hope, may by possibility, want en
ergy to preserve itself. I trust not!
I believe this, on the contrary, the strong
est government on earth. I believe it the
only one where every man at the call of
the law would fly to the standard of the
law, and would meet invasions of the pub
lie order as his own personal concern."—
Such were the declarations of the great
founders of the 1b0,..f.tz,.
sunsequeht to its establishment. We
publish them, as we remarked above,
without further comment than simply
to say, that we think they are amply
sufficient to sustain the friends of the
Union and to deprive its enemies of
all honest pretence of ever quoting
such names in support of secession.
Our Army Correspondence.
CAMP BARRY, Sept. Ist, 1861.
DEAR, Gaoin seat myself to the
pleasant task of writing a few lines to
you. When I wrote toy last, we were
expecting to get our horses; it was
about two miles from Camp to the
Governmentstables. Wewere marched
there twice and did not get them ; but
the third time we got fifty and had to
rise them home without saddles; that
was on Saturday Aug. 24th. We had
orders to march by Monday noon, and
we had to get the horses shod before
we could start. They were sent to
the city shops on Saturday night. On
Monday morning some of the men
commenced to rness teams; some
went to the arsenal for ammunitition,
and others went to the stables for more
horses; we have eighty horses now.—
Harnessing an artillery team is a dif
ferent thing from a wagon team. A
more complicated piece of furniture
one hardly ever sees, than a set of Ar
tillery harness.
We left C unp Campbell last Monday
about' one o'clock, and arrived here
about half past four, when we imme
diately set about pitching tents and
fixing the picket-rope. We were ready
to go to beil about eight o'clock..
The next evening about 7 o'clock,
the teamsters were ordered to harness
as quietly and quickly as possible.—
The cannoners were called together,
and particularly instructed how to load
shell and shot, and every preparation
made for a fight. We were then placed
in our positions at the guns to await
orders to march. We remained in our
positions till daylight, when we were
dismissed, with orders to not leave the
Camp without the Captains permis
sion. ' I have not learned what the
alarm was.
Camp Barry is situated on east Cap
itol street, ono mile, from the Capitol.
It is named in honor of General Barry,
Chief of ordnance.
Is there such a thing as a committee
for the relief of volunteers families, in
Huntingdon county ? There are men
in this company from there who have
left their tiunilies to help fight their
country's battles, and who are now
doing soldier's duties under a Southern
sun and their families are actually in
want for the common necessaries of
life. One man in particular left, a crip
pled wife and three small children in
Alexandria. lie sent her a certificate
that he belongs to this company and
Regiment, but still she cannot draw
anything from the county. I hope
this will be remedied.
I think it strange that I don't got
more lettcra from my friends; I have
written about thirty letters and have
only received seven or eight. When I
get the GLOBE it scorns like meeting an
old friend. Nothing more now, but
when anything of interest happens I
will inform you.
RANCIER.
Comp G, Ist Art. Reg., P. V
The Latest News.
Another Fight in Western Virginia.
CINCINNATI, Sep. fight took
place yesterday, at Boone County
Court House, "‘a., between the rebels
and the Federal force, resulting in the
total rout of the rebels, with a loss of
thirty killed and a large number woun
ded.
Forty of the rebels were taken pris
oners. There were none killed on our
side, and but six wounded. Our men
burned the town.
Boone Court House is a small village,
and is the capital of Boone county,
Virginia. It is situated on the Lit ,
tle Coal River, two hundred and forty
-five miles, in a direct line, west from
Richmond. The -surroundin , country
is very sparsely settled. The county
of Boone is a new one, or at least
formed within a tbw years past, and is
in the southwest pit at of Virginia. It
is bounded on the northeast by Coal
River, an affluant of the Kanawha,
and also drained by Little Coal River
amlLanrel Creek. y It was formed out
of Logan and Kanawha counties, and
named in honor of Daniel 'Boone, the
renowned pioneer of the West.
Wholesale Seizure of Rebel Vessels
. at New York. '
Ncw YORK, Sept. 2.---Surveyor An
drews yesterday seized twenty-five
vessels, owned wholly or in part by
the rebels, including eight ships and
seven barks. Others will , be seized to
day. The value or the Vessels seized
is over two millions of dollars.
Rebel Army Movements.
WAsniNcros, , Sept. 8.-=The'-rebel
army is getting a strong hold in our
vicinity. They etth be distinctly seen
from the city wOrking _eight and day
on Munson . llill, entrenching and
mounting guns. Thence to Acquia
Creek they are increasing their breast
works. Their 'object is to eta off the
passage of the Federal troops towards
Manassas.
The movements of the" rebel army
point plainly to an effort to cut off our
communication on the river, and make
prizes of our merchant vessels almost
before our own eyes. The rebel :limy
is daily increasing in numbers along
the river, and they have got tb be
driven away, or they will very soon
defiantly become masters of the river.
Retreat of' AlcOuHoch.
IformA, Mo., Sept. 3.—The corres
pondent of the St. Louis Democrat, fur
nishes the following :—A gentleman
from Springfield on Friday evening,
reports that Ben. McCulloch, with
a,OOO Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas
troops, was moving towards Arkansas.
He was last heard from at the Cidy
beate Springs, near Mount Vernon.—
His wounded were also being moved
front the Springfield hospital, and taken
Southward.
From Western Virginia.
Wittimism, Va., Sept. B.—The expe
dition whieh left here on Sunday night
to disperse the rebels reported to be
gathering in Marion county, returned
to-day. They report the outbreak as
having been much magnified in impor
tance. Before they reached Worth
,.z,', .ojno clistance across
tile country from tne r. we Tau
cessicnists had disappeared.
Important from Kentucky.
CINCINNATI. Sept. 4.—The ('c a
of this morning, says, it is under
stood in Frankfort that Governor Ma
goilin refuses to play into the hands
the rabid Secessionists; that he has
had a quarrel with Breckinridge and
refuses to demand the breaking up of
the U. S. camp in Garrard county, and
declares he will submit to the will of
the majority of thepeople of Kentucky,
as may be expressed through the Leg
islature.
Tho Now York Tribune hag a special
despatch as follows :
FRANKPORT, Sept. 3.—Gov. 3fagof
fin has privately declared to several
members of the Legislature his deter
mination to sustain the action of the
Legislature whateverjt may be, to the
extent of his power. Neither House
has yet done anything officially, except
the organization of the lower House.
The Senate is occupied in settling
contested seats; but I am assured that
the Legislature will abandon the neu
trality position, vote to raise the State's
quota of troops, and assume her por
tion of the military tax levy, without
putting the Government to the trouble
of collecting it. Kentucky is all right.
This may be relied-upon."
A Story of Gen. McClellan.
The Washington correspondent of
the Philadelphia Inquirer tells this
story of General McClellan :
" General McClellan is in the habit
of riding around occasionally in citi
zen's dress, accompanied by a few- of
his Staff. A fbw days ago he was walk
ing through one of the encampments,
across the Potomac, and passing the
rear of the tents he saw a bucket of
coffee standing near a fire, He asked
what it was, and one of the soldiers
said "coffee." "It looks more like
slops," he replied. "Oh," said the sol
dier, "it is not fit to drink, but we have
to put up with it, and our other food
is not a bit better." "Oh, our Quarter
master is drunk most of the time, and .
when he is not he is studying how to
cheat." McClellan passed on, and see
ing more evidence of the dirty and slov
enly manner in which the Quarter
master conducted his operations in his
tent, he accosted him with the remark
that the men were complaining of bad
treatment from him. Quartermaster
flew into a passion, and swore it was
none of his business, and ho had better
not come sneaking around trying to
make mischief. McClellan answered
him, telling him he had better be cau
tious how be talked. Quartermaster
replied, 'who are you, that you assume
SO much apparent authority ?' am
George B. McClellan, and you can pack
up your traps and leave !' The Quar
termaster was struck dumb, and
McClellan turned and left him. That
evening the Quartermaster left to the I
tune of the 'Rogue's March,' prayed by
801110 of the boys who had got wind of
it. They now have a Quartermaster
who does not gat 'drunk and cheat,'
and that regiment would risk their
lives at the cannon's mouth for the man
who does care how the men are pro
vided for.
"The story has been circulated
around some of' the camps, and the
officers are now always on the look
out for the General, and of course do
not have too much lying around,loose,"
Report of General Butler.
The following is the report made to
General Wool by General Butler :
U. S. FLAG S
_nu , MINNESOTA. }
August 30, 1801.
GENERAL—Agreeably to you,y orders
I embarked on the transport steamers
Adelaide and George Peabody, 500 of
the Twentieth regiment New tork vol
unteers,Col. Weber commanding ; 220
of the Ninth regiment New York,vol
unteers, Col. Hankins '• 100 of the Union
Coast Guard, Capt. Nixon comman
ding; 00 of the Second U. S. artillery,
Lieut. Lemuel commanding, as a force
to operate in conjunction with the fleet
under flag officer Stringlun, against
the rebel forts at Hatteras Inlet.
We left Fortress Monroe on Monday.
at 1 o'clock P. At, and the last ship of
ou r fleet arrived off liattera Inlet about
4 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon.'
Such preparations, as were possible
fot the landing were made in the eve
ning, and at daylight next morning,
dispositions were made for au attack
on the ,forts by the fleet, and for the
landing of the troops. Owing to. the
prevalence of south-west galys ; a heavy
surf was breaking on the heat:h., Leery
effort, was made to land the, troops, and
after about . 15 were landed ; including
55. marines 1
, om the fleet and the reg
-4
,ulars„hoth t e iron boats 7upon which
~we had depended were swamped in the
srf, and both flat boats stave,, and a
brave attempt heing made by Lieuten
ant Crosby, of the tr,. S. Army, serving
as a ,Post Captain at Fortress Monroe,
who bad volunteered to come down
with time steam , tug Fanny, belonging
to the army, to land in a boat from the
war steamer Pawnee, resulted in the
beaching of the boat so that she ,could
not begot off. : .
t will be impracticable to land more
troops, because of the raising wind and
sea. Fortunately 'a 12 pound .rifled
bore gun, loaned ns by the fiag-ship,
a 12 pound howitzer ; wore landed, the
last slightly damaged. Our landing
was completely covered by the shells
of the Monticello and Harriet Lane. I
was on board the latter, directing the
disembarcatimi of the troops by means
of signals, and was about landing with
them at the time the boats were stove.
We were induced to desist fl•oin fur-:
Cher attempts at landing troops by the
rising of the wind; and because, in the
meantime, the fleet had opened fired up
on the nearest fort,whiclt was finally si
lenced, and its flag struck.
No tiring had opened upon our troops
from the other fort, and its flag was
also struck. Supposing this to be a
signal of surrender, Col. Weber ad
vanceethis troops, already landed, upon
the beach.
The Harriet Lane, by my directi4b
tried to cross the bar to get into 'OM
smooth water of the inlet, when a fire
' was opened upon the Monticello which
had proceeded in advance of us from
the other lbrt. Several shots sti tick
her, lint without causing any castality,
as lam informed. So well convinced
were the officers °Nile -Navy and Army
that the forts had surrendered at this
time, that the Susquehanna had towed
the frigate Cumberland to an - offing.
The Jim was then re-opened (as there
was no signal front either) upon both
forts. In the meantime. a few men
the beach with Mr. Wiegel, who was
acting as volunteer aid, and whose gal
tan try . and services 1 wish to commend,
and took possession of the small fort,
which was found to have been aban
doned by the enemy, and raised the
American flag thereon.
It had become necessary, in cense
' (pence of the threatening appearance
of the weather, that all the ships should
make an offing, which was done with
reluctance from necessity, thus leaving
the troops upon shore, a part in pos
session of the small fort (about 700
yards from the large one) and the rest
bivouacked upon the beach, near the
place of landing : about two miles north
of the forts.
Early next morning the Harriet
Lane ran in shore for the purpose of
covering any attack upon the troops.
At the same time a large steamer was
observed coming down the Sound in
side the land, with reinforcements for
the enemy, but, she was prevented
from landing by Captain Johnson, of
the Coast Guard, who had placed the
guns from the ship and a 6-pounder
from the enemy in a small sand bat
tery, and opened fire upon the rebel
steamer.
At eight o'clock the fleet opened fire
again, the flag ship being anchored as
near as the water allowed, and the oth
er ships coming gallantly into action.
It was evident, after a few experi
ments, that our shot fell short. An in
creased length of fuse was signalled,
and the tiring commenced with shell of
fifteen seconds fuse. I had sent Mr.
Fiske, acting aid-de-camp, on shore for
the purpose of gaining intelligence of
the movement of the troops and of the
enemy.
I then went with the Fanny for the
purpose of effecting a lauding of the
remainder of the troops when a white
flag was run up from the fbrt. I then
went with the Fanny over the ban• into
the inlet. At the same time the troops
under Col. Weber marched up the
beach and a signal was made for the
flag ship to cease tiring.
As the Fanny rounded in over the
bar, the rebel steamer Winslow went
up the channel, having a large number
of secession troops on board, which she
had not landed. We threw a shot at
her from the Fanny, but she proved to
be out of range. I then sent Lieuten
ant Crosby on shore to demand the
meaning of the white flag. The boat
soon returned with the memorandum
from Commodore Barron, (already
given,) and a verbal communication
stating that he had in the fort 015 men,
and 1,000 more within a few hours call,
hut that he was anxious to spare the
effusion of blood. To both the written
and verbal communications I made the
reply; (inserted in other dispatches,)
After waiting three quarters of an
hour, Lieutenant Crosby returned,
bringing with him Captain Barron,
Major Andrews and Colonel Martin, of
the rebel forces, who on being receiv
ed on board the tug Fanny, informed
me that they had accepted the terms
proposed in my memorandum.
I informed them that as the expedi
tion was a combined one, that the sur
render must be made on board the flag
ship to flag officer Stringham, as well
as to myself. We went on board the
Minnesto for that purpose, when the
articles of capitulation were agreed
on. (Already given.)
I then landed and took a formal stir
render of the flirts with all tlie men
and munitions of War, inspected the
troops to see that the arms had-been
properly surrendered, marched them
out, and, embarked them 'on board the
Adelaide,and marched my own 'men
into the fort and raised our flag upon
it amid the cheers of our men and a
salute of 13 guns which had been shot
ted by,the enemy.
The embarkation of the wounded,
which was conducted with great care,
from a temporary wharf erected for the
purpose, took so long that night that
it was impossible for the pilots to take
the Adelaide over the bar, thereby
causin ,, delay.
I may mention in this connection
that the Adelaide, in carrying in the
troops at the moment that my terms
of capitulation were under considera
tion by the enemy, had grounded on
the liar, but by the active and judicious
exertions of Commander Stellwagen,
after the same delay, was got off.
,1
At the same time, the Harriet'Lane,
in an attempt to, enter the ,bar had
.rounded And remained fast. Both
were under, theguns 'of the fort. This,
to me, was a moment of the greatest
anxiety. By these l n,epidents
hie ship of war ,and wtransport pteam
er, with a large portion of my ,troops:
onboard; were within the,power of the
enemy. , "
I had demanded the strongest term's
which he, was considering., lle,might
refuse, and, seeing our disadvantage,
renew the notion. But I ,detcrmined
not to abate a•tith of what I believed
to be duet° the dignity of the Govern
ment, not even to give an official title
to the officer in command of the rebels.
Besides, my tug was in the Inlet, and
at least I could carry on the engage
ment with my two rifled six-pounders,
well supplied
,with Sawyer shell.
Upon taking possession of Fort Hat
teras,,l found that itmounted ten guns
with four
,yet unmounted, and one large
ten-inch colunibiad all ready for
mounting. I append the official-mus
ter roll of Col. Martin, furnished by
him, of the officers and men captured
by us.
The position of the fort is an exceed
ingly, strong. one, nearly surrounded
on all sides by water, and only to be
approached by a marsh of 501) yards
circuitously over a long neck of sand,
within half musket range, and over a
causeway a few filet only in width,
and which was commanded by two
thirty-two pound guns loaded with
grape and canister which was expended
in our salute.
It had a well protected magazine
and bombproof capable of sheltering
some three or fora• hundred men. The
parapet was nearly of an octagon form,
enclosing about two-thirds of an acre
pf ground, covered with sufficient tra
verses and ramparts, upon which our
shells had made but little impression.
The larger work nearer this inlet,
was known as Fort Hatteras. Fort
Clark, which was about 500 yards
northerly, is a square redoubt, mount
ing five heavy guns and two six-pound
ers. The enemy had spiked these guns,
but in a yery inefficient manner, upon
abandoning those works the day be
fore.
I had all the troops on shore at the
time of the surrender of the forts„ but
te-ern • 1 1 the regularsand marines.
re-embarked
ira sr, 1ch."30, urntving
with the stores captured, about five
days' rations for the use of the troops.
On consultation with Flag Officer
Strinedrun and Commander Stellwa
ts
ger, I determined to leave the troops
and hold the forts because of the
strength of the fortification, its impor
tance, and because of the difficulty of
its recapture, if again in the possession
of the encmy; with a sufficient arma
ment, until I could get further instruc
tions from the Government.
Commodore Stringhain directed the steam
ers Monticello and Pa\Vnee to remain
and these, with the men in the forts. are suf
ficient to hold the p tuition against any force
which is likely to be sent against it.
The importance of the point Cannot be over
rated. When the channel is buoyed out, any
vessel may carry fifteen feet of water o'er it
with ease. Onec crossed thmo is a 'safe har
bor and anchorage in all weatheri.
From there the whole e•nist or Virginia and
North Carolina, from Norfolk to Cape Look-
Out, is within our reach by light-draft vessels,
which cannot possibly live at sea during the
winter months. Front it, °di:moire operations
may be made upon the whole coast of North
Carolina to Rogue Inlet, extending ninny
miles inland to 'Washington, Newbern and
Beaufort.
In the language of the Chief Engineer of
the rebels, Cul. Thompson; in an official re
port, '•lt is key of the Alhermarle. In my
judgment, it is a station second in importance
only to Fortress Monroe, on this coast; as a
depot for coaling and supplies fur the block3,-
ding squadron, it is 'invaluable. As a harbor
for our coasting trade, or inlet from the win
ter storm, or from pirates, iris of the first im•
portance•
By holding it Hatteras Light may again
send forth its cheering ray to the
. storm beaten
mariner, of which the worse than vandalism
of the Rebels deprive him. It has but one
drawback, a want of good water ; but that a
condenser, like the ono now in operation at
Fortress Monroe, at a cost of a few hundred
dollars, will relieve. I append to this report
a tabular statement of the prices which have
been taken into that Inlet within a few days,
compiled front the official report td . "the Chief
Engineer of the Coast Defences ogthe Rebels.
Please find also appended a state
ment of the arms and ammunition of
war captured with 'the fort, as nearly
as they can be ascertained. While all
have clone well, I desire to speak in
terms of special commendation in ad
dition to those before mentioned of the
steadiness and cool courage of Colonel
Max Weber, who we were obliged to
leave in command of a detachment of
300 men on a strange coast, without
camp equipage or poz,sibility of aid, in
the thee of an enemy 600 strong on a
dark and stormy night; of Lieut. Col.
Weiss, who conducted a reconnoisance
of twenty men; of the daring and
prompt efficiency of Captain Nixon of
the Coast Guards, who with his men
occupied Fort Clark during the first
night, although dismantled, in the face
of an enemy of unknown numbers.—
I desire to commend to your attention
Capt. Jardine, of the New York Ninth,
who was left in command of the de
tachment of his regiment, when the
unfortunate casualty of the Harriet
Lane prevented Col. Hawkins from
landing.
Permit me to speak of the efficiency
of the regulars under Lieut. Lamed,
who 'worked zealously in aidirg to
land their comrades of the volunCeers,
overwhelmed with the rolling surf.—
I wish especially to make acknowledg
ments to Messrs. Weigel and Durvi
apv, volunteer aids, who planted the
American flag upon Fort Clark on the
second morning, to indicate to the fleet
its surrender, and to preVent the fur
ther wasting of shells upon ser
vice 'Of •gt•eitt- danger 'ficoin- the fire of
their own friends.
I made honorable maritioil of young
Fiske, who risked his life among . the
breakers; being thrown rot; shore :to
Carry my orders to the troops landed;
and to apprise them of the movements
and intentions of the fleet. •AlSo,My
thanks for the valuable aid 'of Captain
Hagerty, who was employed in visit
ing the prizes in the harbor - while we
Were agreeing upon the terms of cap
itulation.
Of the services to the country of the
gentlemen of the navy proper I may
not speak, for no one should praise
when he has no right to censure, and
they will be appropriately mentioned,
I doubt not, by the commander, who
is capablo of appreciating their good
conduct, but I am emboldened to ask
permission, if the Department shall
determine to occupy the point as a
permanent post, that its name may. be
.changed by general order from Fort
tratteras to Fort Stringhain.
But of those gentlemen - who senroil
under rny,immediate command,l Make
lionorahle„tnention, as,i-,haveyclone
be
fore, of the z,ealous,iptrepidAndnnii
•ing actiorkof Lient,,,,Prooy,;)%"4 l_ 0 .9 . 4
an;,arined J .-canal ,- ,h,oat,,the„.ste m T ittg
Fanny, from I?art Monroe to Iraitterae
orapy,,thati ; tue,„expeuntoo
.might have, the, aid of, it...§tearnpr, of the
-lightest draft.,„-
Capt. Bhuttluworth, the ; Marine
Corps, , clesei7e6 well 11)r his, loyalty
and -efficiency in his activedetachment
of marines.„ .
Much of the success of the expedi
tion is,due to the preparation of the
transport service by Commando r ;
Stell-
Wagon, and the prompt presence, of
mind with which he took. the troops
from their peril, when the Adelaide
touched on the bar, is a rare quality
in an officer in danger.
. Although 'Capt. Pounce, of the Pawnee,
now in command of the .Harriet hane,,was
unfortunate enough to get his vessel immie
of the numerous sand bars about this inlet,
it happened; T believe, in consequence of a
determination creditable to him ta aid me, bly
being near to cover' the troopi l an dia. %
Captain Lorrey, who had the George Peabody
in charge„ brought in his teasel with eacety,
with the troops, who wer e pleaseli uith his
care and conduct, lie stilt remains at the
inlet.
In fine, General, I may congratulate you
and the country upon a glorious victory in
"your department, in which we captured more
than seven hundred men. twonry•five pieces
artillery, a thousand stand of arms, a large
quantity of ordnance stores, provisions, three
valuable prizes, two light boats and four
stand of colors, one of which had been - pre.,
sented within a week, by the ladies of New
born, N. C.. to the North Carolina Defend
en. By the goodness of that °Providence
which watches over our nation, no one of the
fleet or army was in the least degree injure
The enemy's loss wail not officially reported
to us, but was ascertained to be twelve or fif
teen killed and died of wounds, and thirty
tire wounded.
I ohm herewith enclose the offmial report
of the rebel wounded, by De„ .Win. AI. King,
of the IL S. store,hip Supply.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully - ,
ymir obedient a ervant,
(Signed) Er.N.t. F. BuTM:r.,
Md. Umi. U. S. Army, C.utn'dg VulhUt`e'ers.
INlaj. (len. JOHN E. Wool,.
The Appeal of Goy. Stewart.
— Mori. it 3f. Stewart, the predeces
sor of Claiborne P. Jackson, as Gower-
Ueirlb - MM.L-111154_ y_lllllllo
_an
eloquent appeal to the people of that
State against the Secession movement.
Speaking of the objects of the war ho
says:
Citizens of Missouri, you can boar
me witness that during my official life
I have labored earnestly against the
doctrines and practices of the extreme
timaties of the North. Abolition and
Secession two two extremes that now
unite in the destruction •of everything
we hold , dear. Do not flatter your
silves that this social war in Missouri
is against Abolitionists. It is just
what they have prayed for, because
they saw in it the utter annihilation of
our domestic institutions. The only
practical Abolitionists in Missouri are
those who have inaugurated and arc now
prosecuting this unholy war. If allowed
to continue, it will accomplish in a year
what could not have taken place in a cen
tury—the practical abOlition of slavery
in Missouri. The only:safety for. Mis
souri slaveholders is in the Union.—
Out of it, either by force or by treaty,
their property is utterly valueless.,—
You have been told that this war is
waged on one 'side for protection, and
•on the other fbr the destruction of sla
very. This is a falsehood, a snare,and
a delusion: This war is' for the life of
a nation, and the tires and fortunes of
twenty millions of people are pledged fir
its prosecution. Abolitionism is swal
lowed up and lost sight of in the mag
nitude
,of this terrible crisis. The war 1
is to decide whether free governments are
practicable, and its issue will fix the fate of
republics
. for weal or woe, during the next
thousand years. If you would save your
homes and your property from destruc
tion, this war in Missouri must be
brought to a speedy close. This can
only be done by driving back the in
vaders from our southern boundaries.
This done, our State will be relieved
from military occupation ; our proper
ty will be secure, and our lives pro
tected."
ze-" I cannot afford to turn away
from my duty because a political oppo
nent is acting with me, nor to stay back
from a duty because a political friend de
serts me. No; I must go and discharge
a great duty. I hold it to be the first
duty of every citizen, and of every
party - , to aid in restoring—if restored
it can be—this great and good govern
ment. Let every American citizen, in
stead of crying Peace, Peace, when Mere
is no peace, rally upon the ramparts until
secession is silenced—until the roar of
artillery has ceased. Then we shall
have peace—enduring, perpetual pence;
and as monsters are seldom torn of
the same generation, we shall have no
more of this secession in the present
century- or the next. This Govern
ment is the Government of the Ameri
can people. It is ours to use; ours to
enjoy, but it is not ours to. subvert."—
HON. DANIS;a S. DICKINSON.
The mails and Express will all be
closed down on the New York. Balti
more, and other Secession papers. The
Government is at work in earnest now,
and all traitors who persist in giving
aid and comfort toNthe enemy will cer
tainly be waited upon.
Ate' Nearly four thousand emigrants ar
rived nt the port' of New York during the
month of August.
txr. The Cosmopolitan Art Association of
New York hoe yielded to the pressor: Of the
times, mid is Ho more,
gtinii t • pied - oh 'of. Thomas Frei&
Meagher, •
' On Thiiirsdaki fir the Wu
efit of the sick and wounded of the gal
lant Sixty-ninth Begin - lent; , wais held
at Jdries"Wdods, New YOrk: Upwards
of fifty thoUsand tickets «•ere sold, and
everything passed off in the Most pleas
ant manlier. Captain (now Col.) Mea
gher delivered the prineipai oration,
extracts fl oni which wo print below :
I ask. no Irishman to do that which
I mySelf am not prepared to do.—
Cheers.] My heart, my harm, my. lifl4
is pledged to the national cause; mid '
[to the last it will be my highest pride
as re:ma:eke it to be my holiest duty
and obligation, to share its fortunes.
[Applause.] ;I care not to; what party
the Chief Magistrate of the Republic
ha's belonged: [War, hear.] I care not
upon' what plank or platform he May
have been elected. The platforin
appears beford• thO'ConstitutiOn; under
the . injunetion •ONlienath' he leek; en
the steps of the'Clipitel, the 'd:iy'ofhis
- inauguration.' [Lodd' ''elieersl ' The
PertY disappears nit the presence' of the
'nation' [applause]—and ;as' the Chief
- Magist'rate,'."dely;• cleeted the,
SWorn,is bona& to'pentkefand adiniii
ister•the itiifiWnal propertyfor the hea
-1 efit 'Of fife' riatifni; so slionld'every
ecinefitwitti
,anditin
triotie'abtibli;discatiling the' mean per
shailiong arid' ma:kiniSr•of the' lopat
twitilis4ieo; lieliiTheara—and gab-
Stitatingthe"national interests;
efilideney, the' •utitiOnal hoiw,
for the selfishness', the huckstering,•or
the Vempance of it party; [Paithinflas
tic cheering.] To me, at'air events,
the' potency of the _National Govern
'ment; the' honor Ahd glory ,of
tional flag,nre'cif infinitely higher value
than the Regency 'of Albany,the
many' ) Wigwittn, Mozart ita,ll, or the
Pewter M and, laii,gliter.]
Nor Shall outcriesbehalf Of the Eh
' city of the presS, or' the liberty and
imidunities of the citizen - restrain me
in the active allegiance I owe 'the 'na
tion and 'its executive, not that"the
righti and 'authority of both' are jeop
ardized. [Hear, hear, hear.] The'in
tegrity of the national doniain, the po
tency of the Natidnal Government;tlie
reputation of the national arms,•thoin
violability of that tranquil' systeM Cl'
election without.which no popular gov
ernment can have legitimacy, consis
tency-, and force—these considerations ,
are tar dearer to me, and I claim them
to be of flu' more vital consequences
than the liberty to promulgate sedition
or the liberty to conspire. [Great ap
plause.] Such liberties must succumb
to the demands of the crisis, the public
safety; the discipline and eflibiency of
the army, and the attitude of the revolt.
[Hear,- hear.] Within the range of the
laws, the police, the courts, the pro
pricties and interestS of the community,
let them' have:full swing in the' days or
I peace. Such days have their peculiar
sanctities—more than this, they have
their -recognized and flivored abuses of
popular institutions 'anti prerogatives;
and the fieriest or foulest sheet that is
scribbled in the_ coal-lioluxii , st-i
as well as the most faithless citizen
among -us, may be permitted, the one
to scatter broadcast, and the other to
I drop iu crevices and'corners, the seeds
of disaffection against the Government,
without the Commonwealth incurring
any detriment. [Hear, hear.] But - in
time of war—above all, in time of civil
war—the supremacy of the Govern
ment should he the sole object—[lond
cheers]—and to this end martial law
should be the higher law, and the only
one in undisputed force. [.Applause.]
Who speaks about his rights as a pas
senger—about his bag of money, his
chest of books and clothes, the photo
graphs of his with and children, his live
stock or_ bales of merchandize,, when
I the steamship has met with a collision,
threatens to go down, nust be cleared
of every embarrassment and dead
weight, and till hands are , summoned
to the rescue? You know it well.,
assort it. without fear of contradiction
from;any quarter; and those who have
had-most latitude and impunity i were
they frank and generous,- would he the
first to own it. ; ' ;
The National Government hasrstif
fered more from the patience, the leni
ency, the magnanimity it has prat:-
lised toward . its enemies, and those
who tire in sympathy and league with
them, than it has done from the cour
age, the science, the fierce energy of
those who have taken the fielthattainst
it ; and victoriously shaken the banner
of revolt and repudiation in its face_
[Cries of .• hear, hear."] ' The masked
conspirators At' the North are infinitely
more criminal: and mischievous than;
the bold and armed recusants of the
South—[renewed shou t 4,
bear,"]—and Democrat as I attn—[eu
thusiastie cheers]—spurning the Re
publicanism of the Chicago Conven
tion as a spurious creed—having ;no,
sympathies whatever with the men in.
power, other than those which should
subsist between the citizen and his
government— [hear,: hear, hear]—l
promptly and cordially approve ,
of the severest measures the President
might adopt to paralyze the treachery
which in this and other cities, under
various liberal and beneficent preten
ces, has been, and is still at work, to
undermine and overthrow the,legiti
mate magistracy of the nation. ,
thusiastie cheers.] Do I not speak in
the name of the Irishmen of New York
—and they are counted by tens of*
thousands—when I speak these seat
ments, and declare in favor of' these.
vigorous but imperative proceedings
[Applause.] Were I met with a neg
nay", I should remind my countrymen
that the English , aristocracy—[three
groans]—which is the dominant class,
in England—to which the navy, , the
church, the army almost exclusively
belong, and which is, in fact, the polit
ical opinion; the Parliament, the seep
tre, and the sword of England—[That's.
so]—l should remind my countrymen
that this aristocracy is arrayed against
the Government at Washington [hear,
hear] and • that, as it was dead Against
the Revolution, out of which arose the
liberties mid nationality of the United
States, so is it now in hot favor of the
revolution which sets at nought those
liberties, and against that , nationality
directs a fratricidal blow. [Shouts and
cheering.] A revolution that has the
flattery and patronage of an aristocra
cy to which for generations Ireland
has ascribed her social wretchedness
and political disorders, and which has
scoffed at and scandalized her before
the world, can surely never have the
heart and arm of any Irishman who,