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Friday, August 15, 1862.
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NOTICE.
We have not the time nor the incli
nation, to dun personally, a large num
ber of persons who have unsettled ac
counts upon our books of several years
standing. We shall, therefore, from
day to day, without respect to persons,
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'collection, all accounts of over two
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4.0 dace expense, will do well to give
us a call.
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Regulations for the Enrolment and
Draft of the Militia.
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON,
3 P. M., Aug 9, 1892.
GENERAL ORDERS No 90.—Regula
tions for the enrollment and draft of
three hundred thousand militia, in pur
suance of an order of the President of
the United States, bearing date August
4, 1652, whereby it is provided that a
draft of three hundred thousand militia
be immediately called into the service
of the United States, to serve for nine
months, unless sooner discharged, and
that the Secretary of War shall assign
the quotas to the States, and establish
regulations for the draft. Also, that if
any State shall not by the 15th of Au
gust furnish its quota of the additional
three hundred thousand volunteers au
thorized by law, the deficiency of vol
unteers in that tate shall also he made
up by a special draft from the militia,
and that the Secretary of War shall
establish regulations for this purpose.
it is ordered—
The States to Furnish their Quotas
Forthwith
First. The Governors of the respec
tive States will proceed forthwith to
furnish their respective quotas of the
three hundred thousand militia, called
for by the order of the President, dated
the 4th day of August, 1862, which
quotas have been furnished to the Gov
ernors respectively by communication
from this department of this date ac
cording to the regulations henceforth
set forth.
Rendezvous to be Designated
Second. The Governors of the sev
eral States arc hereby requested forth
with to designate rendezvous for the
drafted militia of said States, and to
appoint commandants therefor, and to
notify the Secretary of War of the
locations of such rendezvous and the
names of the commandants; and it is
important that the rendezvous should
be few in number, and located with a
- view to convenience of transportation.
Enrollment
Third, The Governors of the-respec
tive States will cause an enrollment to
be made forthwith by the assessors of
the several counties, or by any other
, officers, to be appointed by such Gov
ernors, of all able-bodied male citizens
between the ages of - IS and 45 within
the respective counties, giving the
name, age and occupation of each, to
gether with remarks showing whether
he, is in the service of the United States,
and in what capacity, or any other
facts which may determine his exemp
tion from military duty. All reason
able and proper expenses of such enrol
ment, and of the draft hereinafter pro
vided, will be reimbursed by the United
States, upon vouchers showing the de
tailed statement of service performed
and expenses incurred, approved by
such Governors.
Manner of Drafting
Fourth. Where no provision is mad'3
by law in auy State for carrying into
effect the draft hereby ordered, or
where such provisions are in any man
ner defective, such draft shall be con
ducted as follows :
Filing the Lists
I. Immediately upon completion of
the enrollment, the list of enrolled per
sons shall be filed in the offices of the
sheriffs of the counties in which such
enrolled persons reside.
County Superintendents
2. The Governors of the several
states shall appoint a commissioner for
each county of their respective States
whose duty it shall be to superintend
the drafting and bear and determine
oxcuses of persons claiming to be ex
empt from military duty. Such com
missioner shall receive a compensation
of four dollars per diem for each day
he may be actually employed in the
discharge of his duties as such com
missioner.
Exemption
3. The enrolling officer shall imme
diately, upon the filing of the enroll
ment, notify said commissioner that
said lists have been so filed, and the
commissioner shall thereupon give no
tice by handbills posted in such town
ship of his county of the time and
place at which claims of exemption
will be received and determined by him
and shall fix the time to be specified
in the order aforesaid within ten days
of the filing of the enrollment at which
the draft shall be made, and all per
sons claiming to be exempt from mil
itary duty shall, before the day fixed
for the draft, make proof of such ex
emption before said commissioner, and
if fbund sufficient, his name shall be
stricken from the list by a red line
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VOL. XVIIL
drawn through it, leaving it still leg
ible. The commissioner shall in like
manlier strike from the roll the names
of all persons now in the military ser
vice of the United States. All tele
graph operators and constructors actu
ally engaged on Aug. 5, 1862 ; all en
gineers of locomotives on railroads;
the Vico President of the United States;
the officers—judicial and executive—
of the Government of the United
States; the members of both Houses of
Congress and their respective officers;
all custom-house officers and their
clerks; all post officers and stage drivers
who are employed in the care and con
veyance of the mail of the post office
of the United States; all ferrymen who
are employed at any ferry on post road;
all pilots; all marines actually employ
ed in the sea service of any citizen or
merchant within the United States; all ,
engineers and pilots of registered or
licensed steamboats and steamships,
and all persons exempted by the laws
of the respective_States from military
duty, on sufficient evidence or on per
sonal knowledge that the said persons
belong to any of the aforesaid classes,
whether the exemption is claimed by
them or not. Exemption will not be
made for disability unless it be of such
permanent character as to render the
person unfit for service for a period of
more than thirty days, to be certified
by a surgeon appointed by the Gov
ernor in each county for this purpose.
Drafting
5. At the time fixed as before pro
vided by the commissioner for making
the draft, the shiriir of the county, or
in his absence, such person as the com
missioner may appoint, shall, in the
presence of said commissioner,publicly
place in a wheel or box of like char
acter to such as are used for drawing
jurors, separately folded ballots, con
taining the names of all persons re
maining on said enrollment list not
stricken off as before provided, and a
proper person appointed by the com
missioner, and blindlblded, shall there
upon draw from said box or wheel a
number of ballots equal to the number
of drafted men fixed by the Governor
of each State as the proper quota of
such county.
Notices of Draft to be Served
6. A printed or written notice of his
enrollment and draft, and of the place
of rendezvous of the drafted military
force, shall thereupon he served, by
a person to be appointed by the com
missioner, upon each person so drafted,
either by delivering the same in person :
or by leaving it at his last known place
of residence.
Substitutes
7. Any person so drafted may offer
a substitute at the time of the rendez
vous of the drafted militia force, and
such substitute, if be shall be an able
bodied man, between the ages of 18
and 45 years, and shall consent in writ
ing, with the consent of his parent or
guardian, if a minor, to subject himself
to all the duties and obligations to
which his principal would have been
subject had he personally served, shall
be accepted in lieu of such principal.
Assembling after the Draft
S. The persons thus drafted shall as
semble at the county seat of their re
spective counties within five days after
the time of drafting, whence transpor
tation will be furnished them by the
Governors of the several States to the
place of rendezvous.
Organization of the Drafted
9. As soon as the draft has been
made and the names marked on the
enrollment list, the commissioner will
send a copy of the draft to the com
mandant of the rend ezvous,and another
espy of the same to the Adjutant Gen
eral of the State, who will immediately
organize the drafted men into compa
nies and regiments of infantry, by as
signing 101 men to each company, and
ten companies to each regiment, and
send a copy of the organization to the
commandant of the rendezvous.
Regimental Officers.
10. At the expiration of the time al
lowed for the drafted men to reach the
rendezvous, the commandant shall pro
ceed to complete the organizaticn
the 3ompanies and regiments by pro
claiming the names of the regimental
commissioned officers, which shall be
designated in accordance with the laws
of the respective States, the number
and grade being the same as in the
volunteer service, and in caso the laws
of any State shall provide for an elec
tion of officers they shall be elected
under the direction of the commandant
of the rendezvous, and reported forth
with to the Governors of such States,
in order that they may be commis
sioned, and the non-commissioned may
be appointed either before or after
muster, as the colonel of the regiment
shall decide.
Muster Rolls
11. As soon as the officers of the
companies and regiments are desig
nated, the muster roll shall be made
out under the direction of the com
mandant of the rendezvous, and the
troops inspected and mustered into the
service of the United States by the
mustering officer appointed for that
purpose.
Enlistments by Towns.
12. In States where enlistments have
been made by municipalities and towns
instead of counties, the Governors of
such States are authorized to apply the
foregoing rules of draft to such muni
cipalities and towns, instead of coun
ties.
Provost Marshals
Fifth. ProvOst marshals will be ap
pointed:by the War Department in the
several States, on the nomination of
the Governors thereof, with such as
sistants as may be necessary to enforce
the attendance of all drafted persons
who shall fail to attend at such places
of rendezvous.
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1862.
Consolidation of Skeleton Regiments
Sixth. In case any State shall not, by
the 15th day of August, furnish its
quota of additional 300,000 volunteers
called for by the President, on the 2d
day of July. 1862, unless otherwise
ordered, all incompleteregiments shall
then be consolidated, under thc direc
tion of the Governors of the respective
States, and an additional draft shall be
made as before provided, sufficient to
fill up such quota ; the number to be
drafted from each county of the State
to be fixed by the Governor thereof.
No New Volunteer Regiments
Seventh. From and after the 15th
day of August, no new regiments of
Volunteers will be organized; but the
premium, bounty, and advance pay
will continue to be paid to those vol
unteering to go into the old regiments.
By order of the Secretary of War.
L. THOMAS, Adjutant General.
The Cedar Mountain Battle
Heroic 'Fab». Against Heavy Odds—
Complete Details from the Battle-field.
Attempt to Overwhelm Banks' Column.
How it was Frustrated.—Regaining
our Lost Ground.—Fearful Mortality
of Officers.—Gen. liartsurs .Tnterview
with the Rebel Stuart.—The Enemy's
Loss Greater than Ours.
IVAsumroN, Aug. 11.—The editor
of the Star, who was on a visit to his
family at Culpeper Court House at the
time of the battle on Saturday last,
gives the following account of it, con
taining items of inferest not mentioned
in other accounts:
At noon on Friday Gens. Pope and
McDowell received intelligence from
the gallant Bayard—who, with two
regiments of his cavalry command, do
ing duty immediately under him, a
New Jersey and a Pennsylvania regi
ment had been in the saddle all night
and day guarding the Rapidan for a
week from the Racoon ford down to a
point fourteen miles below and south
of the railroad—that the enemy at
daybreak had crossed the rive•, with
two regiments of Louisiana infantry,
two pieces of light artillery, and three
small regiments of cavalry, and driven
in his pickets. Bayard retired slowly
before them, his force of eight hundred
tired out cavalry only, not being suffi
cient to hold the ground in front of
such a force. lie, however, disputed
it inch by inch with the enemy. and
succeeded in capturing about thirty
rebel prisoners, including a major, a
captain, and two lieutenants, on his
retreat. His own loss was not over
three men. We hear that he was pub
licly complimented by his superior or.
ficer on the field on the next day (Sat
urday) for the admirable manner in
which he effected his movement. Ile
retired to the north and cast side of
Robinson river, about eight miles from
Culpeper Court, House, and there
awaited a supporting force to arrive
from the immediate vicinity of that
point.
At noon of the same day, Gcu. Pope,
on learning these facts, instantly or
dered Gen. Crawford to march his bri
gade to that end. In half an boor af
ter receiving this order Crawford was
on the march. As his brigade, the
2Sth New York, 10th Maine, 40th
Pennsylvania, and sth Connecticut,
and ten pieces of artillery, filed rapidly
through the village of Culpeper Court
House to the gay music of its four
splendid bands, its appearance was the
theme of admiration of the many ex
perienced officers of the staffs of Gens.
Pope and McDowell, who went over
from their encompments near by to
see it start out. Crawford proceeded
rapidly to the front, and occupied a po
sition about seven miles from Culpeper
Court House, immediately in rear of
the line of Bayard's cavalry. Shortly
after ordering Crawford, General Pope
also ordered the rest of Banks' corps to
move rapidly from Hazel river bridge,
near Gritlinsburg, nine miles from Cul
peper Court House, where it had ar
rived the night before, to the scone of
expected conflic:.
By eight o'clock P. M. the head of
General Banks' column was descried
marching around the village to its des
tination' which it reached before mid
night. That point was immediately in
the rear of Crawford. Major General
Sigel was, also, at the same time or
dered up from Sperryville, and, by a
forced march of twenty miles, his ad
vance reached the village by aylight.
Throughout Friday night and Sat
urday fbrenoon '
Bayard continued
skirmishing with the enemy's advance,
until the latter, at two o'clock, P. M.,
had progressed to within long range
of Crawford's artillery. At four p. m.
the enemy developed a heavy increase
of artillery, when a portion of that of
Gent. Banks came up, and went into
the action, there not being room
enough in the position occupied by our
forces for bringing the whole of it into
play. The contending forces, at the
opening of the battle, were apparently
about a mile or more apart, the rebels
showing their front upon Slaughter's
Mountain, a sugar-loaf eminence situ
ated 2 miles to the west of the Orange
and Alexandria Railroad at Mitchell's
Station. Our front was on much low
er ground, with Cedar Run in our rear
and a small wooded ridge behind that.
Gradually, from 4 to 6 P. M., the
rebels opened new batteries from the
woods surrounding the basin or plain
lying between the fronts of the two
contending forces, each succeeding one
being nearer to our position than the
former. Thus they played a cross fire
'from both sides, as well as a direct
front one, upon our troops, including
the most of Gen. Banks' infantry, that
had been put in line for the conflict.—
So annoying was this fire, that attempts
were made to take the batteries near
est at hand by charges. Thus Bayard's
-PERSEVERE.-
cavalry in a gallant charge, is said to
have succeeded in taking two of the
rebel gulls, with no loss to speak of.—
Subsequently, at six P. M., in pursu
ance of orders, portions of Augur's and
Williams divisions of infantry, inclu
ding Crawford's and Gordon's brigades,
made three most desperate bayonet
charges upon the rebel artillery. They
were, however, each time received by
a very heavy infantry fire, slaughter
ing them fearfully. That they should
have persevered, to make three suc
cessive charges, in the face of such a
deadly fire from so superior numbers,
concealed in woods, is really the won
der of the war. These charges devel
oped the fact that the enemy actually
engaged greatly outnumbered our for
ces abontseven thousand in action.
Being thus informed of the location
of the main body of the rebel infantry,
our artillery played sad havoc with
them, driving decimated regiment af
ter regiment - back into the shelter of
the dense forest, to have their places
instantly occupied by fresh regiments,
to be decimated in the same way.—
Among others, this fire killed the rebel
Generals Winder and Trimble. The
arm of the former was torn off by a
shell, and he died very shortly after
wards from the flow of blood, and
Trimble was knocked dead from his
horse by the explosion of a shell.—
Having put the forces of McDowell
and Sigel in rapid motion for the field
of action, General Pope, with his staff,
accompanied by Gen. McDowell and
his staff, immediately proceeded to
gether
from their headquarters to the
front. As they passed Rickett's divi
sion, and the head ofSigel's army corps
that lined the road for the whole six
miles, each regiment halted for the in
stant, wheeled into line, and gave Gen. •
Popo three cheers and a tiger, and
then wheeling again into marching
column, pushed forward with signal
eagerness for the fray.
At seven o'clock, P. M., Generals
Pope and McDowell reached the thick
est of the fight, and the advance guard
of Ricketts, coming up at the same
time, took position immediately in the
rear of that occupied by Genl. Banks'
corps. There being no room on the
field for deploying more troops of ours
than were under Banks, those of Rick
etts could not get into actual action
before night came on, which, for some
hours, prevented further fighting. In
the course of the engagement, our for
ces engaged had retired perhaps a mile
from the position in which they com
menced the battle at four o'clock, p. m.,
the rebels advancing slowly as we re
ceded biffore them. This movement
on the part of Gen6ral Banks, notwith
standing his heavy loss, and the over
whelming force opposed to him, was
as regularly conducted as though lie
was executing an evolution of a dress
parade. Not a man of his corps, or in
deed of any other, showed the white
feather, nor did a man even straggle
to the rear to the distance of more
than half a mile, where stood a provost
guard of Ricketts' corps, bayonet in
hand, to check any, if there slir,',-(tld be,
disposed to skulk off the field.
We left the field at eight o'clock for
the night, in course of which, at mid
night, a discharge from one of our bat
teries brought on a renewal of the en
gagement for two hours, in the course
of which each side is believed to have
lost two or three hundred more in kill
ed and wounded. By a cavalry charge,
after midnight, of the enemy, Generals
Popo and McDowell and their respect
ive staffs, were within an inch of being
killed or ridden down. They had dis
mounted in the front to rest a few min
utes from the saddle, when the enemy's
cavalry made so sudden a dash upon
them that they had barely time to
mount and get quickly out of the way.
In so doing they were mistaken by a
company of their own men for charg
ing rebels, and received their firo, kill
ing a few of their horses, only, we be
lieve.
Our loss of regimenlal and company
officers was very heavy. Among those
killed were Colonel Crane, of the 3d
Wisconsin ; Maj. Savage, and Captains
Abbott, Russell and Gooding, and Lt.
Browning, of the Second Massachu
setts. Colonel Donnelly, of the Forty
sixth Pennsylvania, was, we fear, mor
tally wounded. Colonel Creighton and
Adjutant Molynean, of the Seventh
Ohio, are also very badly wounded.—
Captain Robert W. Clarke, of the First
District regiment, received a wt•ound in
the foot. General Augur received a ,
minie ball in his back, as he was in
front of his division turning in his sad
die to cheer it on. General Geary is
wounded in the arm so that ho will
likely lose it, and Gen. Prince is slight
ly wounded. On Saturday evening,
as Gen. Augur was being carried past
us back to the hospital, it was thought
his wound was mortal; but, on surgi
cal examination, it was found to be a
severe but not a dangerous wound.
At six P. M. yesterday, seven hun
dred and fifty of our wounded had
reached Culpeper Court House by am
bulance. Every church and other
suitable building in the village, inclu
ding private houses, was filled with
them. The citizens, male and female
—those of secession proclivities even
throwing them aside for the time be
ing—were very generally vieing with
each other in rendering them every ac
commodation and assistance in their
power.
Both sides made some hundreds of
prisoners in the course of the engage
ment, and it was from prisoners that
it is made certain that the rebel loss is
equal to ours, if not greater. We esti
mate our killed and wounded at one
thousand five hundred, after striving
to inform ourselves as correctly as pos-
Bible on the subject. At six o'clock in
the evening, as before remarked, sev
' en hundred and fifty had been brought
to Culpeper Court House, and there
were then at least two hundred re-
maining in the two or three houses, in
the rear of the field, occupied as hos
pitals. Yesterday morning, on the re
formation of the lines of Gen. Banks'
corps in the rear of the reinforcements
that had come up, as explained above,
it was found that his loss had been by
no means as great as was thought at
dark on the previous day.
At daybreak, yesterday morning,
the sharpshooters of the enemy were
found precisely where their front was
at the close of Saturday's battle, and
skirmishing with ours immediately
commenced. Their forces had, how
ever, disappeared from sight. At sun
rise a rebel brigade, supported by ar
tillery, emerged from the woods in the
front, mid just as they got into line of
battle General Milroy opened on them
with hi 3 battery of Wiard guns, which
seemed to sweep off an entire compa
ny or two, the rest instantly taking
to their heels for the cover of the
woods. Shortly afterwards Gen. Bay
ard, who continued, as before, in the
extreme front, scouting to the right
and left with his cavalry, reported
them filing in force in both those di
rections, as though aiming to flank us
on both sides.
General Pope immediately despatch
ed Tower's division, of McDowell's
corps to follow, watch and confront
them on the right, and a division of Si
gel's corps d' arctic—whose we did not
learn—to do the same for those mov
ing on the left. General Bayard, with
two regiments of his cavalry brigade,
from New Jersey and Pennsylvania,
was thrown in advance of Tower, and
the gallant and efficient Colonel Duf
fle, of Bayard's command, with his
own Rhode Island and the Ist Maine
Cavalry, was thrown in advance of
oar division of observation on the left.
At 11 A. M. it was definitely ascer
tained from reports from these forces
that the purpose of the enemy could
hardly be flank movements. Ere 2P.
M. the impression became general at
General Pope's headquarters on the
field, that instead of seekinr , thus to
renew the engagement, the rebels
were either seeking a new position in
the rear or skedaddling.
Since we reached Washington Gen.
Popo has telegraphed here that the en
gagement was not renewed yesterday
afternoon ; that the enemy have retir
ed to a position two miles back, and
that he advanced his own army this
morning to that lately held by the en
emy.
We omitted to state above that the
prisoners say that the rebels commen
ced the attack with ten thousand men,
General Ewell in command, who were
reinforced by Jacksun with five thous
and men before 6 o'clock, P. M., the
balance of Jackson's army getting up
early in the night. They claim their
combined force to be from fifty to six
ty thousand strong.
By a break in the telegraph the re
ception of General Pope's order to Gen.
King to join him with his admirable
division was delayed twenty-four
hours. lle, however, started his ad
vance from the vicinity of Fredericks
burg at 4 o'clock, P. M., of Saturday,
and at 8 o'clock yesterday morning
had reached Elk Run ford, so he is
doubtless up with the main army
by this hour. From our own knowl
edge of the situation, we feel sure that
the reception of this important addition
to his fine army has already been ta
ken advantage of by Major General
Pope, and that he is again in motion
towards Gordonsville. ills men all
believe him irresistible, •and feel cer
tain 4bat signal victory will attend his
movements at their head, as on all
previous occasions when at the head
of his Western army.
We lost a single piece of artillery,
one of Best's. It upset in a ditch, and
as it could not be righted by those in
charge of it, was abandoned.
[Prom the New York Times.]
ON THE FIELD, CEDAR RUN,
EIOHT Altus SOUTH Or CULPF,PER,
Saturday, August 9, HU.
This has been an eventful day with
the Army of Virginia. It had been
known since yesterday morning that
the rebels were in force immediately
on our front. They have been dri
ving back General Bayard's cavalry
for several hours before the force un
der General Crawford was sent for
ward to give them battle, and no soon
er had we arrived here than our out
posts were fired upon by their pickets.
Skirmishing was kept up all the fore
noon, and the enemy held completely
in check; but it was not until three
o'clock I'. M. that the fight assumed
the dignity of a battle. At that hour,
the rebels opened their artillery upon
General Crawford from the wood, to
the right of the road about one mile.
This was done to ascertain the posi
tion of our batteries, and if possible
bring out our force. General Craw
ford ordered Knapp's •Pennsylvania
battery to reply, and, at the second
shell the enemy's guns were silenced.
Their long line of cavalry had moved
around a high hill on our left, towards
the Rapidan Ford. At once a strong
force of cavalry was thrown in that
direction, and soon after, the enemy
finding he could do nothing, counter
marched his cavalry to our right.—
Thus matters stood, the large force of
the enemy having been held in check
by General Crawford's single brigade
of infantry, artillery and cavalry.—
Cannonading continued on both sides
until 4 P. M., when General Banks ap
peared upon the field with General
Augur's division, and the remainder
of General William's division.. Gen.
Crawford's force, consisting of the 28th
New York, Col. Donnelly; 46th Penn
sylvania, Col. Knipe ;10th Maine, Col.
Bettie, and sth Connecticut, Colonel
Chapman, with a battery of the 4th
United States artillery, under Lieut.
Muhlenberg ; Roemer's Now York bat
tery, and Knapp's Pennsylvania bat-
TERMS, $1,50 a year in advance.
tery were now thrown to the right,
with the exception of the artillery, for
the purpose of making a movement on
the enemy's flank—the most import
ant movement of the day. The 10th
Maine was then moved forward to the
support of the centre, and the remain
der of the brigade formed, as ,stated,
on the right, with the addition of the
3d Wisconsin, and an , effort was made
to drive the enemy from their cover in
the wood.
During all this time the firing on
both sides was terrific, and the men
were falling by the score. The line
advanced steadily, with the exception
of the 3d Wisconsin, under a still gal
ling firo and drove the rebels back.—
The Wisconsin regiment fled at the
first fire, and it was with great diffi
culty and at great personal risk that
the general succeeded in getting them
into line again. They bad hardly re
turned into their position, however,
when they broke and ran again—in
fact, proved worse than useless. The
remainder of the infantry charged up
on the enemy's batteries, several of
which could not be seen until they en
tered the wood, where they came sud
denly upon a large infantry force that
had lain concealed since the com
mencement of the fight. This force
opened fire upon our men with fright
ful effect. The slaughter at this point
was very great. More than one-half
the men of the 28th New York were
killed and wounded. Col. Donnely,
commanding, was mortally wounded ;
the lieutenant Colonel Brown, and the,
major are both wounded, and there is
not a captain of a company left to the
regiment. The 10th Maine lost about
150 in killed and wounded; the sth
Connecticut suffered similarly, besides
losing Col. Chapman, who was taken
prisoner. The 40th Pennsylvania has
hardly enough men left to form a full
company. Col. Knipe was wounded
in the head and in the arm, but not fa
tally; Lieut. Col. Selfridge was slight
ly injured, and the major was shot
through his arm.
General Crawford and staff were
near being taken prisoners twice du
ring the fight. On both occasions
they were examining different points,
with a view to a change of position,
when they came upon the rebel pick
ets. Fortunately they all escaped un
hurt. While lam writing the woun
ded are being carried to the rear, for
although the firing on both sides stop
ped at 0 P. M., it is expected that the
fight will be renewed in the morning,
with largely augmented forces on both
sides. Our cavalry force at Madison
Court House, under General Beaufort,
has been •driNTn_qut, and from every
point we receive intimations that the
rebels have determined to offer Us an
obstinate and bloody resistance.—
What the rebel loss has been to-day,
we cannot ascertain. I will learn and
send further accounts as soon as possi
ble.
[From tho New Yolk Tribune]
WASHINGTON, Monday, August 11,
1862.—We have received the follow
ing despatches dated
iIEADQUARTERS, ARMY OF VIROINIA,
Two miles from Battle-Ground,
There was no fighting yesterday.—
The enemy made several efforts to
flank us, but through the skillful dis
position of our forces were checked at
every point. At daylight on the morn
ing after the battle, Gen. Milroy was
pushed forward, and occupied the bat
tle-ground with his pickets, the enemy
having retreated two miles to the
sides and summit of Cedar Mountain.
It is difficult as yet to form an esti
mate of the number killed, but 200 is
said to be a fair approximation, and it
will take until late this evening to
complete the burial. The number kil
led on the rebel side is said to exceed
our own. This is explained from the
fact that, as at Richmond, they hurled
vast masses upon us, and our artillery
mowed them down in great numbers.
General Augur is at ono of the ho
tels, and General Geary is at the house
of Mrs. Ward, a Union lady. Both
Generals Augur and Geary are doing
well.
'General liartsuff had an unofficial
interview with the rebel (Leneral Stu
art to-day. Stuart said but little of
the battle, and was not at all exultant,
Both Generals manifested a desire to
renew hostilities.
General Sigel now occupies the
front, and his Western successes lead
us to expect much from him in the im
pending great battle. Captain Wil
kins, of General William's staff, was
taken prisoner. The rebel General
Winder was killed by a shell.
A large number of our wounded offi
cers were taken prisoners, but the reb
el Generals would not give,thcir names.
Generals Stuart and Harly are en
camped near the battle-field. General
Stuart says he got in the rear of two
brigades coming from Fredericksburg,
made them fight him, and then went
around by a cross-road and came up
lucre.
During the battle, General Green,
of Augur's division occupied
. the left
wing, Generals Prince and Geary the
centre, and Generals Crawford and
Gordon the right. General Crawford
lost in killed or wounded all his officers.
ACCORDING to the latest official state
ments, the territory of Russia com
prises 370 042 German square miles.
This does not include the possessions
of the Russo-American Company, and
the territories of the Caspian and Aral
lakes. Of these, European Russia,
with the districts of Prom and Oren
burg, comprises 00.134; the Caucasus,
as far as it belongs to Russia, 8 033;
Siberia, with the islands, the Amour
country and Sachalin, 202 715; the
kingdom of Poland, 2,257; and Fin
land, 6,870 square miles.
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The Policy of Emancipation.
Letter from Robert Dale Owen.
To the lion. E. _M. Stanton, Secretary
of War.
My political antecedents aro known
to you. Always a Democrat, but nev
er a pro-slavery Democrat; opposed,
in principle and feeling, from my
youth up, to human slavery, but ho
llowing, until recently, that, in the in
terests of liberty itself, it was the part
of the wisdom in the North to abstain
from interference with the danger
fraught domestic institution of the
South, and to trust to time for its
eradication; opposed, with a heredita
ry aversion, to war, I was willing, be
fore the sword was drawn, to make
any honorable concessions that might
avert its horrors.
But political convulsions bring with
them great lessons and new duties.—
War would not, under
. the divine econ
omy, have been, if it had not its mis
sion. But to attain the good it brings
we must recognize its necessities.
No civil war of proportions so gigan
tic as that now raging ever existed be
fore. It differs from all others, both
in the results sure to ensue from its
protraction beyond a brief period, and
in the conditions under which, out of
evil, it may eventuate in good. In
calculating these, time is an essential
element.
Seven or eight hundred millions aro
spent. At the best, as much moro is
likely to go. Two thousand millions
or upwards is not an improbable total.
That is half the national debt of Eng
land; and the interest on it (probably
at almost double tho rate she pays),
will make our annual burden nearly
equal to hers. If the war lasts three
years longer, these figures may - be
doubled. It must not last three years
longer, unless we are willing to risk
national bankruptcy.
How is this to be terminated ?
By concession ? That• is no longer
in our power. We can buy a truce, a
pause, by concession to the South;
nothing more.
By force of arms, then ? But if by
force, it must be quickly done. Delay
is defeat.
And it must be effectually done.—
After one such war the nation may re
vive, its energies still elastic; solvent
still, and respected. A second will ru
in it financially, to say nothing of
worse ruin. To save the country,
then, the war must not terminato
without a sufficient guaranty against
its resumption.
How can the war be quickly and ef
rorthmusrfarm incited t Ituarantzr_
is sufficient, that it will not be resum
ed ?
Gradually, very gradually, as this
contest proceeded, have I been ap
proaching the con victton that there
has been but one such guaranty; the
emancipation of negro slaves through
out this continent. Perhaps—but as
to this I am less certain—that measure
is the only sure means of terminating,
quickly and effectually, this war. The
recent reverse under Gen. McClellan,
the scattered rebel fires daily bursting
forth in States which our forces had
already
, overrun, the fact that we are
fighting against brave men of our own
race, all increase the probability that
we must deprive the South of a legal
right to its four millions of •laborers;
before wo can succeed against their
masters in a reasonable time and in
an effectual manner.
I am not an advocate of revolution
ary short cuts out of a difficulty. I
am not in favor of violating the Con
stitution by way of escaping a danger.
There might be immediate advantage,
but the precedent is replete with peril.
Could slavery have been abolished,
by northern action, while peace yet
existed between the North and the
South, without a violation of the Con
stitution ? in other words, without a
revolutionary act ? Clearly not. Can
slavery be eradicated now, in war,
without such violation ? If emanci
pation be necessary to endure the per
manent peace and safety of our Gov
ernment, and if we are willing to pay
to all loyal slave owners a reasonable
price for their slaves, clearly yes.
For no principle in law is better es
tablished than this, that when impor
tant public interests demand it, private
property may be taken, at a fhir ap
praisemer.t, for public use. The open
ing of a street in improving a city, the
running of a railroad, are held, in this
and other civilized countries, to bo
objects of sufficient importance to jus
tify what the French law calls "appro
priation force pour caused utilite' pub
lique."
But of importance how utterly-trivi
al is the opening of a street or of a
railroad compared to the preservation,
in its integrity, of the greatest repub
lic upon earth !
Ought we to declare general eman•
cipation, coupled with a provision for
sho payment, to all loyal slaveholders,
of the fairly appraised value of their
slaves? This question resolves itself
into another. Have things gone so
far that the Union, in its peaceful in
tegrity, and negro slavery within its
borders, can no longer co-exist ? That
is THE GREAT QUESTION OF THE DAY. I
think it must be answered, oven now,
in the affirmative. Every month that.
passes is converting hundreds of thou
sands of moderate and conservative
and peace-loving men to the same
opinion. They despair of sectional
friendship or national peace, until tho
teeming cause of mortal hatred and
civil war is rooted out forever.
Have we the means of paying loyal
slave owners a fair price for their
slaves ? If we act now, before a pro
tracted contest has exhausted our re
sources, yes. If we wait the termina
tion of a three or four years' war, very
certainly, no.
In that price deporkatiOU rnuste Rot
BILL HEADS