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HUNTINGDON, PA.
Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 5,1862.
Our Flag Forever.
" know of no mode in Oda a loyal citi
zen may so well demonstrate his devotion to
his country as by sustaining the Flay, the
Constitution and the Union, under• all circum
stances, and UNDER EVERY ADMINISTRATION,
REGARDLESS OF PARTY POLITICS, AGAINST ALL
ASSAILANTS, AT ROME AND ADROAD."-STEPHEN
A. DOUGLAS
A Draft Ordered After the 15th inst.
- Wo call the attention of young men
to the Order of the Secretary of War
given under our War News head.
Substitutes will not ho accepted. Every
able-bodied young man should enrol
himself at once and not wait to be
drafted. The pieces of companies
now in the county should be thrown
together immediately.
THE secession papers throughout the
State are rejoicing over the prospect of
soon having aid in this county. The
Globe is denounced by them as a rank
Abolition sheet, simply because it will
not devote its columns to party strife,
and to the success of party leaders.—
The new paper will speak for itself;
and we feel very sure it will please the
most radical secessionists North and
South. The leading men engaged in
the new enterprise know all the little
turns in politics, having belonged to all
the parties and factions that have ever
had an existence in the county. They
were most prominent in the support of
the first Know-Nothing sent to the
Legislature from this county. Since
then they have been hero, there and
everywhere, and no place in particu
lar. They will make most excellent
leaders for the anti-war party. Mr.
Albert Owen, for several years Coun
ty Superintendent, we understand, is
to occupy the editorial chair.
Gov. Sprague, of Rhode Island,
has been foremost among those upon
whom the country could rely. He
gave all the influence of his office, the
health of his family, and his personal
iprese`nce in the field, without one mo
ment's hesitation, and be hardly left
tone solitary disloyal man behind him
in Rhode Island, for his example, not
only in his own party—the Democrat
ic—but among all other classes of citi
zens, was so brave and gallant, that it
.Nrzis enthusiastically . - endorsed. He is
,the most popular man in his little
,commonwerdth at this day, and a het
i-ter nominee for Senator.eould not have
been found. Hear low clear ring his
words in a recent lettdr concerning his
scat in the Senate:
"I occupy a position independent
,of all parties or cliques. I take
,ground, first to pursue that course
.which will most effectually reduce the
; rebellious States to subjection to and
'respect for the flag; second, that will
;forever, so far as human wisdom can
calculate, prevent like occurrences
Srom like causes. When the first of
these propositions is established, then
will I be glad to use all the means and
whatever ability God has given me to
establish the second."
We want just such a man to repre
sent the people of this Congressional
District. Ilavo we such a man ? We
lamp.
Military Organizations,
In view of the unsettled condition
of affairs and the possibility that, in
ease of reverses of intervention, more
alien will to finish this un
m aural war, AVC:p r esimp ou.our readers
.an old suggcstion, , to whichttheir at
dention-should be given, and on which
action should be taken immediately,
and thatis, the great importance of
military organizations in every borough
and township in the county, by which
all able-bodied men may receive prep
aration which will fit'them at once to
take their places in line of battle, or
at least materially shorten the time of
their stay in camps of instruction,
where.they aro of no benefit, for the
mime being, to the general Government.
It is necessary that the people be pre
pared for every emergency,-and we agree
with an exchange that everyAvArd and
'tom:Whip should immediately form
'Within its limits, at least one such or
ganization, and that one afternoon in
each week be set apart for practical
lessons from competent instructors in
drill and general military knowledge.
Let this plan be adopted, and then if
the apprehensions of many loyal men
and the hopes of secesh sympathizers
'be .realized, and we have England to
Sight in addition to the friends of re
,hellion, then we can meet her with a
nation of soldiers, and repeat the les
.son,s.of the Eevolution and of 1812.
-Tut wax mccAings !being held 'all
.over the State arc having a good effect.
The people cannot hear too much said
.on the only important subject now be
-4 )re the country, by men who are tru-
Ay loyal, in .earnest, and enthusiastic
in their devotions to the best interests
of our people. We have attended sev
eral of these meetings in this county
lately, and we know Oat Lynch goqd
has been done.
Rebel Raid into Pennsylvania.
"Occasional" of the Press, writing
from Washington under date of Aug.
fld, says :
" A part of the rebel programme is
undoubtedly to make amid into Penn
sylvania, if the rebels are not too se
verely punished in tne coming battles.
You must not be incredulous on this
point. Remember that the traitors
are desperate men, and that they can
not hold out much longer unless they
are able to strike certain sudden and
crushing blows upon exposed positions.
The best preventive is rapid enlist
ments. Let the old regiments be filled
up at once. Let the new ones be
promptly formed and forwarded. Let
the call for three hundred thousand be
increased to seven hundred thousand
men. Let a draft be resorted to on
the basis of the militia of all the loyal
States. Camps of instruction in dif
ferent localities would soon create a
vast reserve, from which the host fight
ing material could be drawn. We
need a million of men to complete the over
throw and the subjugation of the rebellion.
Such a force would appal the traitors,
and assure foreign Governments of the
indomitable determination and resour
ces of this Government. It would also
make Halleck irresistible in this quar
ter, and reanimate the service in its
Southern and Western fields of action.
Let us not, therefore, pause too long.
Instant and hearty energy will save
Pennsylvania from invasion and drive
the rebels from Virginia forever. Do
not wait to be drafted. Seize the op
portunity now offered to fill up the old
and to organize the new regiments.—
The hour for drafting will soon be hero,
and when that comes reluctant patri
ots will regret that they had not vol
untarily entered the army at an early
day."
A Word to Recruits,
The brave men who rushed forward
in response to the earlier calls of the
Government for recruits, had many
disadvantages to encounter from
which our now recruits will be saved.
We had known nothing of the ne
cessities of such a war as that which
was thus so suddenly thrust upon us.
Our small army of eighteen thousand
men was a very small affair, and its
wants were easily provided for. But
when our force, in a few short months,
was raised to hundreds of thousands,
we had to learn how to provide and
care for these vast numbers. Our
Quartermaster, Commissary and Med
ical Departments all needed to be
newly organized, in fact, to be created.
Every march, every encampment,
every victory and defeat has been
fraught with its lessons; and those les
sons the Government has been learn
ing. It is now ready to meet the
whole of the three hundred thousand
recruits for which it asks, and to as
sure them that the amplest provision
is made for their comfort both in sick
ness and in health.
The later orders from the War De
partment are also full of encourage
ment for the soldier who now enlists.
It is amazing the amount of hard la
bor which our soldiers have had to
perform from the very first. Ditches
and canals have been cut, embank
ments thrown up, vast amounts of
stores transported; in the aggregate,
an amount of hard work of which few
who have not followed in the track of
the army have any conception. But
now our Government has laid it down
as a fixed principle that the laboring
men of the rebellious regions shall be
employed in doing the heavy work for
which they are so well fitted. The
contrabands are constantly coming
within our lines in large squads.
, Th 9
vast loads of pkl 7 -axes and spades
which are sent off to our armies will
pass into their hands, and our soldiers
will be, to that extent, relieved from
the arduous toil, and left to the train
ing and work in which the brave de
light.
There will also be a soldier's work
to be done in a soldierly manner. The
Government has taken off its gloves,
and is now giving unmistakable signs
of girding itself for war. The stir of
real war is now heard in all of our
'camps. The signs of the times indi
,cate that, with that stragetic forecast
Which;is :indispensable in war, there
will'he combined that Napoleonic dash
which fires the heart and makes each
soldier a hero.
Never was there a brighter prospect
for recruits to any army in the world.
They have the certainty of provisions
for those they leave behind ;..of every
comfort and every care which war will
allow; they have the fair prospect of
following out wisely chosen plans, with
a speed, a strength and energy which,
by the blessings of heaven, will win
for us, at an early day, decisive and
final victory,
Iter PRENTICE, Of the Louisville Jour
nal, referring to a secret organization
of disloyalists which is known to exist
in some of the northern states, thus
graphically pictures certain northern
papers supposed to be acting under
Weir influence :
"We could name several newspa
pers, which, beyond all question in our
minds, are conducted under its influ
ence and for the furtherance of its ob
jects. Those papers profess indeed to be
loyal to the Union, for they are afraid of
the swift retribution that they know would
follow any open exhibition of treason, but
they diligently devote themselves to
the selection and publication of such
matter as they deem calculated to dis
pirit the friends of the Union and to
encourage the rebels."
There is not a doubt of the existence
of a secret political organization in this
county, composed of men who sympa
thize with the rebels. They have not
yet a press at their command, but they
expect soon to have. We judge men
by their actions and the company they
keep
Tug, NEW POST OFFICE STAMPS.-T he
Postmaster General and the Commis
sioners of Internal Revenue have ap
proved of the specimens for the post
age stamp currency, which will be for
five, ten, twenty-five and fifty cents.
They will be printed on bank note pa
per—the five and ten cent ones 2l by
11 inches; the twenty-five and fifty cent
ones 3 by 1/ inches. The five and
twenty-five cent ones are to be brown
or chocolate; the ten and fifty cent ones
to be green, and upon the corner of each
ono is a white figure denoting the de
nomination. In the middle ofeach are
the words " five cent stamp," "ten cent
stamp," &c. Upon the backs arc the
value in Roman letters, v, x, &c. The
twenty-five cent ones have five fives
upon the face, and the fifties five tens
overlapping one another. They will
bear on their face the following inserip
tion.—"Postage stamps furnished by
the assistant treasurers and designated
depositaries of the United States,
and receivable for postage stamps at
any postoffice." Upon the back will
be the words :—"Exchangable for U. S.
notes by any Assistant Treasurer or
designated depository in sums not less
than five dollars—receivable in pay
ment of all dues to the United States
less than five dollars—act approved Ju
ly 17, 1802." They will be furnished
in sheets during the next two weeks.
Arrest the Traitors,
These are days of admonition. And
as some of the party leaders in this
county are making themselves busy to
prevent loyal men from enlisting in the
army of the United States, it may be
well enough to remind them that there
is an act, passed by the Legislature of
Pennsylvania, on the 18th of April,'6l,
of which the following is Section I.
We understand that some of these par
tisans have latterly been very indus
trious in telling persons willing to en
ter the service, " that it would be bet
ter for them not to do so, because this
is an Abolition war, intended for the
subjugation of our Southern friends:"
SECTION 1. That if any person or
persons, belonging to or residing with
in this State, and under the protection
of its laws, shall take a commission or
commissions from any person, State,
or States, or other, the enemies of the
State, or of the United States of Amer
ica, or who shall levy war against, this
State or government thereof; or know
ingly or willingly shall aid or assist
any enemies in open war against this
State or the United States, by joining
their armies, or by enlisting, or pro
curing, or persuading others to enlist
for that purpose, or by furnishing such
enemies with arms or ammunition, or
any otherarticles for their aid and com
fort, or by carrying on a traitorous
correspondepce with them, or shall
form, or be in anywise concerned in
forming, any combination, or plot, or
conspiracy, for betraying thi%State or
the United States of America into the
hands or power of any foreign enemy,
or any organized. or pretended Gov
ernment engaged in resisting the laws
of the United States, or shall give or
send any intelligence to the enemies of
the State or of the United States of
America, or shall, with intent to op
pose, prevent, or subvert the Govern
ment of this State or the United States,
endeavor to persuade any person or per
sons from entering the service of this
State or of the United States, or from
joining any volunteer company or associ
ation of this State, about being mustered
into service, or shall use any threats or
persuasions, or offer any bribe, or hold
out any hope of reward, with IY:i; intent
to induce any person or Perso:l io aban
e said sang; or withdraw from any
IT;vanteer company or association,
Already organized under the laws
of this ommonwealth for that
purpose; every person so offending and
being legally convicted thereof, shall
be guilty of a high misdemeanor, and
shall be sentenced to undergo solitary
imprisonment in the penitentiary at hard
labor, for a term not exceeding ten years
and be fined in a sum not exceeding five
thousand dollars, or both, at the discretion
of the court : Provided, That this act
shall not prohibit any citizen from ta
king or receiving any civil commis
sions for the acknowledgment of deeds
and other instruments of writing.
A PATLIOTIC PROPOSITION.—David
Biter, Esq., has made the following
proposition to the appointing power at
Washington :
I agree to discharge all the duties of
principal Assessor of the 18th Con
gressional District, composed of the
counties of Mifflin, Huntingdon, Blair
and Cambria, during the war, free of
all charge to the Government, except
travelling and office expenses.
The Selinsgrove Times, a Democrat
ic sheet of the Hughes, Plnmer & Co.,
character, asks the following question:
"Will men who are honestly op
posed to this Abolition war, allow them
selves to be forced into a hateful ser
vice."
Such is the Democracy and the loy
alty of the men and the presses that
denounce the Globe.
THOUSANDS of men will arrive in
Harrisburg this week, and be organi
zed into regiments and sent forward
as rapidly as possible to reinforce the
armies of McClellan and Pope.
CIRCULAR.
" WASHINGTON PENNSYLVANIA SOL
DIERS' RELIEF ASSOGIATION2'-ThiS As
sociation, having opened an office at
No. 5 Washington Buildings, corner of
17th street and Pennsylvania avenue,
where will be found a register of ail
Pennsylvania soldiers in or around this
city in hospitals, invite the friends of
the same to call, assuring them that
all possible aid will he extended in
finding their sons.
Mr. Chas. L. Wells, the Register,
will' be found in the office.
The Corresponding Secretary. Mr.
S. Todd Perlcy, will answer all letters
in regard to sick and wounded Penn
sylvania soldiers, whether in or around
this eity,Baltimoro, Philadelphia, New
York, or Now Naven. Address, care
Box 84•'., Washington, D. C.
J. K. MOREHEAD, Pre 't
J. M. SULLIVAN, Se y.
WAR. NEWS.
The Rebels again in .IVissouri.—Threat
ened attack on Hannibal.
ST. LOUIS, July 29.—Informat!on has
been received that a large force of
guerillas entered Missouri from Arkan
sas, and are now encamped near the
State line, in Rowel and Texas coun
ties, and are represented to be com
manded by Mcßride, and includes
gangs headed by Coleman and Haw
thorne.
Many refugees from these counties
and from Texas and Wright counties
have reached Springfield and _Rolla
aro assured that our troops are at
Houston, Texas county, and have been
reinforced, and are sufficiently numer
ous to repress any demonstration from
Mcßride's forces,
Four gentlemen just arrived from
Monroe city, state that at least three
hundred men joined Porter on Satur
day from Mound city. Fifty persons
left Hannibal on Friday night, fearing
rebel depredations. A most intense
excitement prevails all over the coun
ties. - Hannibal is almost deserted,
many of its citizens arrived in this
city.
From Gen. McClellan's Army.
WASHINGTON, August 2.—An officer
writing from Harrison's Landing to a
gentleman in Washington, says : "All
is quiet on the James. One corps af
ter another is being reviewed by Gen.
McClellan, and the troops make a fine
appearance. The soldiers are in good
spirits and will be ready to deal heavy
blows when called upon to strike the
enemy. If Now England, the Middle
States and the Great lVest will only do
their duty now, this wicked rebellion
can be crushed forever. God grant
that the call for men may not be in
vain."
FORTRESS MONROE, August 2.—lt is
rumored and believed here that the
"New Merrimac" has come down the
James river as far as Fort Darling,
and that she is hourly expected to
make the attempt to come further
down. One thing is certain—all the
Federal gunboats have passed up be
yond Harrison's Landing and not one
is in sight from that point or on the
river this side.
A detachment of infantry and caval
ry from McClellan's army made a re
connoissance down the Chickahominy
through Diaseund. and came on tow
ard Williamsburg till they met our
pickets, when they returned after re
port by telegraph to Fortress Monroe
that in their reconnoissance they had
seen nothing of the enemy. We shall
probably not hear of their return to
camp until to-morrow, on the arrival
of the mailboat from Harrison's Land
ing:. -
-
The arrival of the niailboat this af
ternoon brings sonic particulars of the
attack made by the rebel batteries on
Gen. M'Clellan's position from opposite
Harrison's Landing. The attack was
made at midnight with, it is said, four
batteries of flying artillery, some be
ing above and same below the point
of attack. They threw six twelve
pound shell, some round and others
conical, but not one of them exploded.
Their fire was intended, no doubt, for
our camps, but many of the shot ftn
short and thus did some litt:o
among the shinphig which vas laying
at t.l Laney 7,,.; and at anchor in the
i;cveral ,vessels and steamers
were struck with fragments of shell,
but none were hurt in them.
It is reported nine of our soldiers
wore killed and only three wounded.—
The attack being made at such a late
hour of the night, and our army ex
pecting rather an attack in front,
caused some delay before our guns
opened fire, when our siege guns were
brought to bear upon them, and in less
than forty minutes the rebels were si
lenced. The firing was very brisk
while it continued. Many of the ene
my's shells were thrown over among
our camps, but these did not explode.
All those which exploded fell much
short of the camps, and this accounts
for so few being injured.
It is supposed that the object of the
rebels in this demonstration was to
draw the Federal gunboats down the
river so as to enable their boats, in
cluding the new Merrimac, to get out.
It is estimated that the rebels threw
over five hundred shell, which lay this
morning scattered over the:field. Some
lodged in the masts of vessels. All
that is known of the effect of our fi
ring is that the rebels retreated, and
this morning the trees where they had
their batteries presented a shattered
appearance, and many were cut com
pletely down.
There was only ono Federal gun
boat near the Landing, which opened
fire immediately on the enemy, but
they had not appeared to notice it, as
they were so intent on shelling our
camps. If the desire was, as supposed,
to draw our gunboats down the river,
the attempt was most unsuccessful, as
not one made its appearance, save the
one previously there.
Headquarters of the Army of the Po-1
tomae. Saturday, August 2, 18G2
DAVID BL SIR
Six hundred troops crossed the riv
er yesterday afternoon for the purpose
of destroying the houses and woods
on the opposite shore which had af
forded protection to the rebels.
Everything in the shape of a dwel
ling was burned.
This was the point from which the
rebels shelled our shipping and en
campment, the night before. The af
fair was successfully accomplished,
without the loss of a man.
The gun-boats this morning were
engaged in shelling the shore and
houses clown the river.
Five men WeVO killed by ,the ene
my's shells the night before last and
two wounded.
From General Pope's Army.
WATERLOO, Va., Aug. 2.—lntelli
gence from Culpepper says that scout
ing parties go out daily and occasional
ly bring in rebel scouts
From Missouri
No enemy in force has been discov
ered this side of Gordonsville.
It is supposed that strong entrench
ments are being constructed at that
place. Our troops are in such high
spirits, and so confident of success,
that they say they can defeat what
ever force may there be collected.
Genl. Pope, on his way hither, was
received with enthusiastic cheers by
our troops whom he reviewed and
highly complimented on their appear
ance and drill.
Desertion has been much checked
within the last few days by the strin
gent orders of General Pope. Sever
al deserters having been found guilty,
have been sentenced to be branded
and drummed out of the army.
At present everything is quiet in
front of our advance.
Important from Memphis.
I‘TEMPILLS, August I.—The Bulletin
of this morning has the following from
authentic sources among other inter
esting items as to the proceedings of
the rebels:
We have some inkling of the subject
discussed at the conference of all the
principal military leaders, held in Rich
mond on the 4th and sth inst. It is
understood that they came to the con
clusion that they must lose more ter
ritory. The defensive policy was
strongly attacked, and both Gener
als Lee and Beauregard advised the
invasion of the North at three points,
namely : from Cumberland or Wil
liamsport into Pennsylvania, from Lou
isville and Cincinnati into Indiana and
Ohio, and from Paducah and Cairo in
to Illinois.
It is alleged that the following plan
of operations for the remainder of the
summer campaign was agreed upon.
First, the immediate obstruction of
the James River, so as to make it im
passable for McClellan to use it as a
means for communication with the
Fort, and for their transportation of
reinforcements and army supplies.
Second, the occupation of Williams
burg, Yorktown and the entire Penin
sula.
Third, the recovery of the whole
territory of Virginia, and the suppres
sion of the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road ; for the recovery of New Orleans,
Memphis and the Mississippi River
and the expulsion of the Federal
troops from Tennessee and Kentucky.
When these objects have been accom
plished, then Lee and Beauregard's
plan was proposed.
Fifth, to make the Potomac and
Ohio rivers at once their basis of oper
ations and frontier line, and to trans
fer the scat of war from Virginia to
Maryland.
Sixth, to hurl upon Washington
from Richmond a column of two hun
dred thousand troops by the capture
of that city. The liberation of Balti
more and the invasion of the North
at the three points named above be
coming in turn the invaders, they hope
to make it necessary for us to keep at
home for the defence of our cities five
hundred thousand troops.
Mr,mrurs, August 2.—The gunboat
Carondolet arrived yesterday from
Vicksburg, but brings no later news.
Several gentlemen from Browns
ville arrived last evening bringing
some particulars of the rebel raid, un
der Faulkner, on that place, on Friday.
_Every man there buying cotton was
taken prisoner, and one hundred and
twenty thousand dollars taken from
them. Four hundred bales of cotton
were burned.
Five hundred Federal cavalry arriv
ed the same evening. Tho rebels fled
and were pursued, and a slight engage
ment took place on llatchee and Fork
ed Deer rivers. A unn.lber of the reb
els were onptured, -. .r . erries and bridg-
Os were cle:Aroyed by the rebels.
Jackson was at Denmark on Satur
day with 300 of his cavalry.
It is reported that Villipiquo was
marching on Bolivar. Jackson used
a pontoon bridge to cross, and forded
the Deer river.
Heavy cannonading was heard at
Bolivar on Saturday and Sunday.
On Saturday the telegraph was de
stroyed and portions of the Mobile
and Ohio railroad were torn up at
Humboldt.
CAIRO, August 2.—The Grenada Ap
peal of the twenty-eighth says the fed
orals have abandoned the idea of ta
king Vicksburg by water, and are evi
dently awaiting the co-operation of her
land threes.
FROM MISSOURI
CAIRO, August 2.--- - Reports from
Bloomfield, Mo., state that Col. Daniels
with a force numbering one hundred
have been attacked by five or six hun
dred rebels. It was thought that
Daniels would be able to hold his posi
tion until reinforcements which have
been sent should arrive.
[SECOND DIb'PATCII.]
Canto, August 2.—Advices have
been received by Gen. Strong, from
Bloomfield, Mo., that about one hun
dred of Coleman's men were sur
sounded in that town by some five or
six hundred rebels, that a sharp fight
was going on, and that our troops
thought they could sustain themselves
until reinforcements, which have been
sent from Cape Gereadean could reach
them. Letters from a rebel mail, cap
tured at Corinth on the 29th ult., in
dicate arebelmovement on Chattanoo
ga and Nashville.
LATE AND IMPORTANT WAR
NEWS.
FROM GEN. POPE'S ARMY.
:Headquarters of the Army of Vir
ginia, August, 3.-9 A. M.
MAJort-GENmit. 11. W. lIALLEcK.
No. 4.—The reconnoitering column
under General Crawford crossed the
Rapidan and pushed forward towardf
Orange Court House, which was occu
pied by two regiments of the enemy's
cavalry under General Robertson.
Eleven of the enemy were killed and
fifty-two taken prisoners. Among the
latter were one Major, two Captains,
two Lieutenants. 'Our loss was two
killed and three wounded.
The enemy retired in such haste as
to leave their wounded in our hands.
who railroad and the telegraph line
between Orange Court House and
Gordonsville was destroyed.
(Signed) Jonx Porn,
Major-General.
[Orange Court House, which has
been occupied by General Pope's for
ces, is but nine miles from Gordons
ville, by railroad.]
FROM THE PENINSULA.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY OP THE
POTOMAC, Monday, August 4.—Ever
since the firing upon our shipping at
the mailboat landing by the enemy's
batteries, our troops have occupied the
opposite shore.
Yesterday a reconnoissance was
made from that point back into the
country to within fourteen miles of
Petersburg. It was conducted by Gen.
Averill and composed of 150 of the
Fifth United States, and 150 of the
Third Pennsylvania Cavalry, with four
companies of the First Michigan regi
ment.
Captain Custer and Baron, of Mc-
Clellan's staff accompanied them. At
Cox Mills, five miles from the river,
they encountered the Thirteenth Vir
ginia Cavalry drawn up in line. Our
men charged on them, when they
broke and run. They drove them to
their encampment at Sycamore Church,
two and a half miles further, when
they again formed, but were inglori
ously put to flight, leaving behind all
their tents, camp equipage and com
missary stores, which our troops gath
ered together and burned.
The rebels had two horses killed, six
men wounded and two taken prison
ers. We had only one horse killed.
After scouring the country a short
distance further they returned to the
river.
There is no further evidence of the
rebel gun-boats in the river this side
of Fort Darling.
Information received here goes to
show that the NOW Merrill - MC will not
be ready for three weeks yet.
Burnside's Troops Embarked.
NEW YORK, Aug. 4.--The Fortress
Monroe correspondent of this evening's
Post, says that Burnside's corps has
embarked and is moving off.
The gun-boats and mortar-boats arc
all under orders.
Important War Order,
WASHINGTON, August 4.—The fol
lowing order has just been issued :
WAR DEPARTMENT, }
WASHINGTON, August 4th, 1862.
Order Calling for Militia from the Sever-
al States
Ordered, First—That a draft, of
300,000 militia be immediately called
into the service of the United States,
to serve for nine months, unless sooner
discharged. The Secretary of War
will assign the quotas to the States,
and establish regulations for the draft.
Second—That i f any State shall not
by the 15th of August furnish its quota
of- the additional 300,000 volunteers
authorized by law, the deficiency of
volunteers in that State will also be
made up by special draft from the
militia. The Secretary of War will
establish regulations for this purpose.
tions will be prepared
by the War Department and presented
to the President, with the object of
securing the promotion of officers of
the army and volunteers for meritori
ous and distinguished services, and of
preventing the nomination or appoint
ment in the. miltary service of incom
petent or unworthy officers.
The regulations will also provide
for ridding theThervice of such incom
petcntpersons a s now hold commis
sions.
By order of the President.
(Signed) EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of Wai
Terrible Revelations from . the South.
Anarchy and Barbarism in Texas
Slaves Burned in Louisiana—Testimony
of an European Savant.
The Independence Be?ge of,Tuly 6, '62,
contains two very curious letters, writ
ten in April and May last, by M. lion
zeau, a savant of Belgium, who had
been staying some time in Texas, but
who recently tried to escape the hor
rors of civil war by seeking refuge in
Mexico. "We have received two of
his letters," says L'lndependence," and
if they did not emanate from one of!
our countrymen whose good name and'
character are known to all, we would
hesitate to publish statements which
seem too horrible for credence. But
we cannot doubt their truth, and print
them to show the kind of men and the
cause that the European partizans of
American secessionists would defend."
We translate those letters, which are
so well authenticated
" MArAmon.ts, Mexico, }
April 27, 1862."
" You probably have conjectured
that the blockade has kept me in Tex
as as in a besieged city, depriving me
of all communication with Europe.—
The government of planters hero have
increased this isolation by suspending
the mailing of newspapers, and by
suppressing most of the mail routes,
whence results a state of isolation very
favorable to ignorance and tyranny.
" What I have seen about me, and
what I have heard from the mouths of
sufferers and witnesses, forms a fright
ful tale. I have forwarded a few pa
ges to the Revue Trimestrille since my
arrival in Mexico. I could have in
creased the catalogue of atrocities
which the slaveholders are accumula
ting to their shame. I only wish :to so
speak of facts which I can prove, but
will add a few others which believe
to be perfectly veritable.
" A pregnant woma,n 'being indis
posed, her master had her whipped to
make her go to work. She dragged
herself to the field and fell upon the
ground in the pahgs of childbirth.—
The lash was applied, and brought off
strips of flesh which were so thick that one
could actually sec the lungs of the misera
,ble woman, who during this torture gave
birth to a still-born child, and a few
minutes after died herself.
"Another fugitive was hung up by
the hands, and in that position per
ished of hunger; his master evon had
the cruelty'i - o place near him a plate
of smoking warm meat, which was re
newed at meal time. One of the ethn
rades of this martyr told mo that his
last words, in a low dying voice, wore
' let me eat—eat!
"I have soon free negroes,LaniAked,
and freed slaves, when free imPers
were not. preserved or in due form,
sent back into slavery. When I say
negroes I wish to avoid the phrase
persons of color,' for it is not so easy
to find a purely black negro. The col
ored population, especially that portion
of it which is free, is crossed in the
first, second and third degree. There
are among them persons whiter than
you or I, and they suggest a pretty
question in genealogy.
" I have seen a German, who was
for a time a slave in one of the territo
ries where the slavery of poor whites is
freely defended. An odious attempt
has been made to re-establish slavery
in this part of Mexico. Civil war has
been provoked here and sustained by
the subsidies, arms and ammunition
furnished by the planters. Matamo
ras, where I now am, is in ruins after
a three-months' war proportionately
more murderous than the wars of Eu
rope. Yet, notwithstanding the Amer
ican canon, the heroic population oP
this city, which has Indian blood in its
veins, has repulsed the brigands who
have assailed it from Texas.
" What could I do in such scenes of
confusion ! My humble possessions
were seized by these men. I had seen
several of my neighbors killed in their
fields, and a few of them scalped.—
Others had fallen beneath the axes of
the furious Rangers, because they were
Unionists. I had seen Bole Au Tustin
cut up with knives before the fustice
of Peace of San Antonio. I bad seen
another pursued by a man firing a re
volver at him, till he fell bleeding and
dying in the market-place. What
should I do! What could I do! The
path of duty seemed to be effaced. I
was at once forced to leave my house,
and leave to the terrible Vigilance.
Committee four bare walls and the,
ashes of my burned papers.
" I only retained a memorial of the
Unionists of San Antonio for the cab
inet at Washington, a document which,
if found on my person, would have
been enough to have hanged me ten
times over, as a spy or correspondent,
of a Unionist. I rolled it up and bid
it in the barrel of my rifle, and the,
American consul at Matamoras,
ergetic citizen of New England, to.
whom I transf4red it on my arrival
here, has forwarded it to Mi-. Lincoln,
who, by this time, must have received it.
"I cannot express to you my satis-.
faction on finding myself free on this,
side of the Rio Grande. Would that.
my voice could be heard all over Eu
rope. The Southern states are wit
nesses of a criminal attempt which
rivals the most bloody and abhorred
cruelties of the Inquisition. To this
sanguinary tyranny is added a throng
of terrible passions—all of those pas
sions which are engendered by the
possession of man (or woman) by man.
There are no longer limits, no longer
restraint, no longer modesty. Near to.
Seguin (Texas) a master was recently
struck by a slave for having in hi,s pres
ence attempted to violate the honor of his
negro wife. Of course the negro hue
band was hanged.
- "In this pretended political move
ment of the South there is a return to
barbarism, which the customs of the
times, the spirit of our country and
our ideas of humanity and religion
cannot permit. The impious and
heathenish attempt. which openly
adopts as its motto 'The extension and
perpetuity of slavery'—this criminal
attempt cannot succeed. The ques
tion of the liberation of the slaves as
sumes every day a naive practical limn.'
LETTER. NO. 2.
" MATAmoRAs, Mexico, May 13
" I am lucky, after having Jost air
my property, in saving Inyself front
hanging as an abolitionist. I have.
had a hard journey hither from Salr
Antonio, and have found here a true
friend in the American consul.
"I have lost all my goods, and was
forced to burn all my papers including:
all my notes on the condition of socie
ty in the South, which though very
moderate, were tinged with an aboli
tionism (or rather with equity) out of
place there. I had also too much deli
cacy to leave these papers in the charge
of my friends, thus exposing them to.
danger.
"Our position as regards Texas is.
deplorable; the postal communication
with Brownsville and between Texas
and Mexico is quite broken off.
"Ah, my dear with what silt
isfaction have I escaped from that re
gion of tyranny and oppression The
history of the impious war, for the ex
tension and perpetuity of slavery,!,
will never be fully written. No ono
can tell it all. What blind rage and
hate ! New Orleans is taken. Well,
you who live faraway cannot compre
hend the delirium this has raised. Be
fore surrendering it, the planters burn
ed their cotton, their sugar, their steam
presses and their refineries. They pre
ferred this to confiscation and the
thought that their goods would enrich
their enemies: But—shame and crime
unparallelled—They also burned their,
slaves-I'MA of the degree of insane
fury to which they were carried. They
preferred to burn their slaves rather than
to see them emancipated. Those who
committed this atrocity unparallelled in
history particularly, because it did not
hurt their enemies—those who did this
deed called their inoffensive blacks to
gether, and sent them into the work shops,
and locked the doors : the fire was lighted
and quickly did it work, while the mas
ters waited outside to shoot with their
rifles the child, the old man, the woman,
or any who plight, leap from the window
or roof, to escape the dreadful flames.
"I do not speak of the banks front
which the deposits have been seized
for the army.
They amounted to one hundred mil
lions of francs; but what are a hurl : ,
dred millions of franeS to the heca :
tombs of the servants who by the
sweat of their brow supported their.
infltmous masters. The sacrifice of
life and property in this terra:AO war
is absolutely incalculable. People have
fought with courage, with heroism and
fanaticism the causes, if not perfectly
righteons,, at least justifiable. I could
have understood the planter fighting
to assure himself of indemnity in case
of abolition, or to obtain a gradual
- emaimipation spreading over twenty
or fifty years. But I eitun O .t 0 9 1 "PrA
hentl an obstinacy carrici,l to fury to
establish and impose t JIM, which is un- .
just, impossible, •inbutmin, absurd, 61)-
de - timed by every religion, pbilosopli,
system, and nation-1 mean the elami
for slavery, universal and perpetual.
" This revolution will in time be re
garded ns the great feature of modern
history, not only because it hastens
the freeing of American slaves, tint
because it furnishes the most wonder
exa mplo of social monomania--a
furious monomania contracted Und - e'r
a long influence of spirit of despOjjsm
and pride."