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IFor the Glob..]
23X00N-L/OFIT REFL.ECTIONS
EMEE
watch the pule moon as aim flits through the clouds,
And fain would converse with the stars;
Oh, could the dear planets sprat to me aloud,
And tell of the soldier afar.
I think of tho dear ono who is 'neath tho cold sod,—
My darling, nay ouly dear boy;
Dot I hope that be now Is happy with Goa,
The light of our household and joy.
Bow often ha dreams do I seo his pale face t
" Oh, Mother I" so kindly he said ;
With transport of joy, I turn to embrace,
But, ohl the fused soldier has Red.
Thou soft, silvery moon, ye ntind mo of joys,
Of pleasures which ne'or cau return
Ye mind me of nights with my own soldier hoy,
Which incidents call mo to mourn.
Union Feeling at the south.
Those that deny that there is any
Union sentiments surviving in the reb
el States, form their judgment from the
statements of editors and others living
in the largo cities, which are nuclei of
war-people, whose industry and busi
ness of all kinds are promoted by the
war. It is not to be expected that
Union sentiment will show itself in
Richmond or Charleston. To find it,
we mustsendoxploring expeditions in
to the interior, and among the rural
and pacific population. Col Grierson's
ride through Mississippi was such an
exploring expedition, and ho found
what he sought in abundance. Re
said in Now Orleans the other day:
"In passing through the Confedera
cy I haye had a good opportunity to
form a correct opinion of its strength.
That strength has been over estimated.
They have neither the armies nor the
resources we have given them credit
for, and we have been greatly deceiv
ed in regard to the means and the pow
cr of the rebels. Passing through their
country (and the passage was not a
very difficult one), I found thousands
of good Union men, who are ready and
anxious to return to their allegiance
the moment they can do so with
safety to themselves and families.—
They will rally around the old
flag by scores whenever our ar
my advances. I could have brought
away a thonsand with me, who
were anxious to come—men whom
I tbund fugitives from their homes, hid
in the swamps and forests, where they
are hunted like wild beasts by the
rebel conscription officers with blood
hounds. Raving visited them iu their
own homes, I have founded my belief
upon what I heard and saw there, that
the day is not far distant when wo
shall witness the downfall of the rebel
lion."
Other cavalry expeditions have
found Union sentiments in the South,
but Col Griorson was in the very cen
tre of the Confederacy, far away from
the Union lines, and his discoveries
aro more valuable. He swept along
the eastern border of Mississippi, and
it was in that region, whore no Union
soldier had been since the war began,
and Where the stars and stripes have
not been shown for more than two
years, that he found " thousands of
good Union men." These loyal suffer
ers from the persecutions of the Davis
despotism did not dare to avow their
real sentiments until Grierson appear
ed. It was the sight of the old flag,
borne by a band of gallant troopers,
that revived their hearts and strength
ened them to speak out in favor Of
the Union.—Evening Bulletin.
Tie Draft.
Preparations for Speedy Enrollment.—
Three Hundred Thousand lien to be
Raised.—Opinion df the Secretary of
Wm: on the Money Commutation.—
The Question Awaiting the President's
Decision.
A. draft for 300,000 men will shortly
be ordered by the President for the
urpose of filling up the old regiments.
t iS not the present intention to form
any new regiments. There is no time
In drill and prepare regiments for this
campaign. Recruits sent into old re
giments will be more fit for field ser•
dice in thirty days than they would be
in six months put into new regiments
tinder green officers. It will be far
better fbr the conscripts that they be
assigned to the old regiments and
placed among the veterans who have
experience in the routine and duties
of the camp, and who understand how
to avoid many things that injure the
health and cause sickness. The old
bronzed warriors know how to cook,
wash, sleep, camp, and march to the
pest advantage, and can teach this
valuable information to their• new com
rades.
Many triendti of the Union are im
patient at the delay in ordering a draft,
but it has been caused getting ready.
.Considerable time must necessarily be
consumed in preparing forms and in
structions for the deputies, printing
them, and sending theta out. There
vas some time lost in selecting a Pro
:;iost Marshal General.
Colonel Clemens has got the ma
chinery of the draft nearly perfected,
and Vio appointmeals ot the assistants
Tor the districts aro nearly all made.
In a few days more the enrolment will
commence, to be followed by the draft
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as speedily as possible. Those con
scripted will. be at once mustered into
service, uniformed, rationed, and as
signed to their regiments after a few
days prelhninaly instruction. The
regulations for the government of the
draft are already printed.
Each State will be credited with the
time for which her troops have enlist
ed. One three years' man in Illinois
will reckon an much as four nine
months' men from Pennsylvania. If
a draft for 300,000 men be ordered, not
to exceed six or seven thousand will
be required of Illinois—perhaps not so
many—while Pennsylvania and New
York will each have to raise from forty
to fifty thousand.
But the most difficult to determine
in relation to the whole matter, is the
proper construction of the 13th section
of the Conscription act. If it be con
strued to mean that the Government
must receive $BOO in commutation of
service from a conscript, then the pur
pose and intentions of the law is in a
great degree nullified and defeated.
Suppose every conscript offers $3OO,
the Government will not got a man if
that construction prevails. If the 13th
section be construed as obligatory on
the Government to receive money for
personal service, the act it is felt, will
be a failure, and the Government will
be left without the ability to procure
men to fill up the ranks of the wasted
regiments. The few men that may be
got that are unable to raise $3OO will
consist of those hawing the least inter
est in the perpetuity of the Union, and
consequently will make the worst sol
diers.
The Secretary of War holds that the
act leaves it as optional with him to
receive money commutation as it is
for the conscript to offer it. The 13th
section says that "any person drafted
may pay $300" " to such person as the
Secretary may authorize to receive it,
"for the procuration of such substi
tate." $3OO, if received, is to be paid
to some person who offers himself as a
substitute. The law makes no other
provision for the use of the money.—
The Secretary of War is not a Federal
treasurer. lie gives no bonds—he is
not a financial officer. The assistant
provost marshals are not Federal trea
surers, under bond. They have no use
for the commutation money, unless it
be to pay it over directly to persons
who have volunteered as substitutes.
What the whole act calls for is men,
not revenue. It is not a bill to raise
money to support the Government, but
to procure able-bodied men to fight
public enemies. Any other construc
tion nullifies the law. The lath
tion should, therefore, be construed in
harmony with the purpose and object
of the act, and not technically in a
way to render it abortive, to take away
the power of national self-defence,
which is simply suicide. The Secre
tary of War holds that ho is not bound
to receive any conscript's money nn
, less there is a '•substitute" standing
ready to take the money and serve in
his place. This is the common sense
view of the act. Another question is
raised in this connection : Is it consti
tutional, after drafting a body of men,
to let off three-fourths of them upon
tlto payment of a few dollars, and to
force the remaining fourth into the
camp and battle-field ? It is certainly
not in accordance with the principles
of republican government.
There aro two methods proposed
that will save the act from proving
abortive. The first is for the Secretary
of War to appoint no agents to receive
the $3OO, as it is clearly optional with
him. The act says he "may appoint a
person" to receive the money. Sup
pose ho concludes ho wont, what then ?
Why,.the conscript must find his own
substitute or go himself. This is the
short, blunt, Jacksonian mode of solv
ing the difficulty, and the course that
ought to be pursued. The other way
is one which complies with the letter
of the law, and yet procures the full
cumber of men called for by the draft.
' It is as follows: 1, Order a draft for a
given number of mon. 2, Call for an
equal number of volunteers to act as
substitutes. 3, Offer each a bounty of
$lOO ($lOO paid by the Government,
as provided in section 17, and $3OO
- dollars by the cons,eript.) 4, Let each
conscript, who wishes to commute, de
posit his money in bank, and enter his
name inn memorandum or pass-book,
in the office of the enroling officer, for
the inspection of volunteers who have
tendered their services as "substitutes."
5, Lot each volunteer designate from
the list for whom he will servo,*receive
the conscript's money and take his
musket. 6, Let each conscript and
substittite state his first, second, third
and fourth choice of regiments in which
he desires to serve. If more men ap
ply for admission into a regiment than
can be received, draw lots for the
choice. But each man to be restricted
to regiments of his own State. By
this course each recruit will be placed
among his own friends and neighbors.
7, Let the volunteering commence be
fore the draft is made, as it will cause
many to volunteer to servo as substi
tutes, in order to escape being drafted,
as in that case they would only get the
$lOO paid by the Government, and but
$25 of that cash down. 8, lie who is
conscripted for whom none offers to
serve as his substitute, must go him
self, •or find his own substitute.
The final construction of the 13th
section of the Conscript act must come
from the President, and it is not
known how ho will decide it, but it is
believed that ho will take the ground
that the law calls for mon and not
money; that it is a military and not a
revenue measure, and that a man to
carry a musket must be produced for
pyery name that is drawn from the box.
PHOTOGRAPH ALRUMS—now and im
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sale at LEWIS' Book Store
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1863.
A. Defence of the Eleventh Corps.
The corrospondence of the Tribune
contains a vindecatiou of the 11th
Corps, from which we extract the fol.
lowing:
The line of battle taken by the.llth
Corps was formed early Saturday morn
ing, and kept during the day. It was
a long, weak line, that might hare
been pierced at almost any point; and,
making it still feebler, one brigade was
detached to pursue the retreating CO
rebels! No advantage ground was
gained by thus extending it. Rifle pits
had been dug along the front, affording
our troops a large measure of safety
while firing upon the enemy, attempt
ing to sweep over the open field before
them.
Meanwhile the rebels were busy try
ing our line, in order to seize upon and
profit by its weak points. About noon
it became evident they had made their
decision, for large bodies were distinct
ly seen passing along the Kathanpin
road in the direction of our right flank.
This road branches off from the plank
road', eight miles from Fredericksburg,
at a place called Deckers. At Ford's
tavern, four miles from Deckers, it re
ceives Brock's road, running almost at
right angles with it, and intersecting
the plank road and the old tarnpike.
(A glance at any one of the published
maps or diagrams of the late fight will
show the great facility these roadways
gave for massing forces upon our right.)
Their course and relation to each other
ought to have suggested the probabil
ity of the movement, and caused such
a disposition of forces as would have
enabled us to meet it promptly and ef
fectually. But the wisest men seem
fated to seasons of stupidity. The com
mander of the Ist Division was not
even aware of the existence of the
roads, or the topography of the locali
ty. When asked by one of his ablest
regimental commanders, "Do you
know where you are ?" he answered
"No; I don't know as I do!" "Do
*you know anything of the roads of
this section?" No."
This same regimental officer then
went to an old resident " Yankee clock
pedler," and got a description of them,
and then made a rough diagram, and
brought it to his undisturbed general !
But even after this he riffled to app re.
Mato the significance of these numer
ous roads as a channel for the rapid
movement of our troops. The day
wore idly away with us while the reb
els were perfecting their plans. AL
about 2 P. M., Captain Santer, Co. 8.,
55th Ohio, out on picket, sent in his
I f bqj rho
my were mitsing on the extreme right
with infantry and artillery. Subse
quently scouts from the 25th Ohio
brought the general intelligence that
the enemy were in Nil force upon our
right. After a while a cavalry officer
came dashing down the load an
nouncing that the enemy were in
force on our right with artillery !
These thrice-repeated warnings ought
to have roused the most lethar
gic keeper of such holy interests
as were tremblin g in the balances of
that hour. But theyfell upon ears
that heeded them not! No change of
the front was ordered. No adequate
obstructions were placed in tho way of
the advancing hosts. The artillery all
remained in its former position, ready
to repel only the front attack—the
front and flank skirmishers had not
even a line of communication with
each other ! Such was the position of
affairs with the Ist Division, occupying
the extreme right. No wonder the
fear became general and plainly evi
dent to every subordinate officer that
our flank was being turned.
At 6 P. M., the attack commenced
without premonition. No mounted
sentinel came galloping up with the
news, but very little picket firing her
alded it. The first note of warning
that the shock bad come was the shock
itself! A tremendous volle3, of mus
ketry, immediately followed by a del
two of grape and canister, and the reb
els were upon us in overwhelming
numbers in three concentric columns.
One was moving down the turnpike,
one down Brock 's road, and the other
farther to the left, and, as their priso
ners stated, in fall brigade lino and
forty deep, while a section of their ar
tillery was brought up to a position in
the road commanding our line, which
it swept.
What could 4,000 men do with 80,-
000? Their flank and rear being en
tirely exposed to its foes, and their po
sition enfiladed at that. But now
surely, after this surprise in the rear,
they will change front; common sense
demands that, and military • science
may well blush in shame if it be not
instantly done. The commander of
the 55th Ohio, casting his eye upon the
right, detects it completely flanked.—
Putting spurs to his horse, ho hastens
to the division commander and shouts,
"Our right is turned ; may I change in
front? "No," is the reply. In a mo
ment he is with his regiment again,
and, seeing his right giving way, he
flies to his general a second time.—
•, The right is breaking, and no enemy
in front of us; may I not change
front, and at them in our rear?"—
"No," was the gruff reply; and thus
the soldiers who never yet had failed
to do their ditty, and whom Napoleon
would have deemed worthy a place in
the Old Guard," were left in the
trenches under an enfilading fire of
grape and canister, and unable to dis
charge a musket directly or obliquely
4t- their foes, who were sweeping them
down. When called oft• at last, with
out command of any general officer,
they broke by files and companies, but
rcfbrmed behind the gallant 25th Ohio.
I cite the 55th,• not that they did
batty than the others, but to show the
consummate skill 'with which the di
vision was handled. The 75th and
25th Ohio regiments acquitted them-
-PERSEVERE.-
selves like men who had a country and
honor to defend, while the rith Con
necticut, although under fire for the
first time, equalled the most veteran in
splendid conduct. The loss in Mc-
Lean's brigade is very great both in
the ranks and in field officers. The
noble Riley is dead. The heroic Rich
ardson is dangerously wounded. The
brave and undaunted Noble, faint
from loss of blood, leaves the field to
his gallant lieutenant Colonel, Walter,
who gave up his life in the very act of
entreating his men to stand fast by
the flag of the country of his adoption
and of his love.
It was a surprise! Who doubts it ?
and that in broad daylight! There is
not an officer in the corps, aside from
the guilty, who will not affirm it, No
troops in the world could have stood,
placed as were the right of the' 11th
Army Corps. Far nobler would it be
for the guilty to frankly acknowledge
their errors than to skulk behind
voiceless privates, with a charge of
cowardice, and staining the memory
of the heroic dead with defection, or
robbing the bereaved of the consola
tions that their loved ones died with
their soldiers' honors bright.
It is far easier to flatter and praise
than to censure ; but the memory of
the noble men gone to their graves,
and now languishing in hospitals, is
entitled to this plain, unvarnished state
ment of facts I have given you; and if
it may serve the purpose of inciting
greater diligence and watchfulness in
the future, every motive and object I
desire will be fully realized. If Sigel
had been in command of his old corps,
none believe that such a surprise could
have happened ; yet who can doubt
that the responsibility rests upon him
who was thrice notified of the danger
which finally robbed us of a complete
victory? Complete victory, I say;
for I claim that such a fight and such
results as Hooker there achieved can
not be denominated a defeat, and the
pride and indignation of every true
soldier of the Potomac Army is touch
ed if it beiutimated. Even as I write,
our returned surgeons state, as the ad
mission of all the rebel officers they
met on -the other side, that they have
received no such terrible punishment
since the w1)1' commenced, and that if
this is "Soo Hooker's" style of' fight
ing they want no more of it.
SCALPEL.
Interesting Letter from a Soldier.
The folloWrg extracts from a pri
vate letter written by a soldier in Gen.
11,-1,4 division Of (Tell. Grarit'q
0 rmy, have - been IMMert - t - rilifi - fiii. pub
lication. The letter is -dated Lake
Providence, La.. April IG
" Last week we received a visit
from General Thomas, Adjutant Genl.
of the United States Army. He came
to enunciate and put in practice the
avowed policy of the Government in
regard to arming the negroes. The
troors of this division assembled at
Gen. McArthur's headquarters, where
General Thomas made as a speech.—
Ife came to authorize the raising of
negro regiments, and to issue commis.
skins to the officers of the regiments.
The commissioned officers are 'to be all
white men. We also heard speeches
from Generals McArthur and McPher
son, and a few others; it was a very
enthusiastic meeting, and it reminded
me of the times when I used to attend
political meetings and hear stump
speeches. Three colon:d regiments
are being raised at this point. Their
ranks are filling rapidly. There have
already been over twenty regiments
organized in this State, and they will
soon be full, and you will understand
that we have only operated along the
Mississippi. This is the great move
ment of the war; and the future alrea
dy begins to look brighter before us.
You have road in the papers about
our Lake Providence Canal befire
this time. I was on the ground when
the levee was cut and the water let in
to the canal. The adjacent country is
many feet lower than the river; the
men only cut a channel four feet wide
at first, but within twenty-four hours
it had made itself a channel of a hun
dred yards in width ; it is a bend of
the river whero the cumin strikes
the bank with great force, and of
course it rushed through the gap with
almost frightful velocity. The water
has been running nearly a month, but
the current still flows with unabated
strength and velocity. Full one-third
of this State is inundated and com
pletely depopulated in consequence of
it. In a camp like this there aro inci
dents occurring daily which will be in
teresting to you, and I will tell you ft
few of them. About five miles from
camp is a largo plantation owned by a
man who was Major in a guerilla
band. His wife remained at home un
molested by our troops. Ono night
about four weeks ago he came home
to visit his family, and was accompa
nied by thirty ofhis band. Their hor
ses were put into the 3 Lablos, and tbo
men occupied a large log house that
was built for a granary. After all was
quiet, one of his negroes came into our
camp with the intelligence of their ar
rival, and offered to conduct a party
to the place to capture them. Fifty
men were immediately despatched un
der the guidance of the negro. They
arrived at the place about an hour be
fore daybreak. The rebels were so un
suspicious of danger that they had no
sentinels posted to give thealarm, and
the negro conducted the oineer who
commanded the party—with a few of
the men—into the house, when ho
lighted a candle and led them into his
master's room, whore they found him
sleeping soundly. They awakened
him and took him along. Meanwhile
the rebels iu the log house had bedn
alarmed by the barking of a dog, and
found that they word in a trap, and
prepared to defend their position.—
They could fire their carbines at our
men, through the spaces between the
logs, with deadly effect, without dan
ger to themselves. The Captain sent
into camp for a piece of artillery,,
which was promptly furnished him.—
They fired a shell at the building,
which struck the ground close by and
made the bark and splinters fly from
the logs, when it burst. Before they
had timd to reload, the rebels hung
out a white flag, and surrendered un
conditionally. They were brought in
to camp, horses and all; they were a
hard looking crowd, I assure you.—
The negro was handsomely rewarded,
and our General got him a fireman's
berth on one of the steamers.
The First Kansas Regiment, of
which 1 have spoken before, is en
camped near us. One of the members
of that regiment, a Sergeant, died in
the hospital two weeks ago. After
death, his comrades discovered that
their companion, by the side of whom
they had marched and fought for al
mOP two3-ears, Was a----woman.—
You may imagine their surprise at the
discovery. I went to the hospital and
saw the body after it was prepared for
burial, and made some inquiries about
her. She was'of rather more than av
erage size for a woman, with rather
strongly marked features, so that,
with the aid of man's attire, she had
quite a masculine look. She enlisted
in the regiment after they went to
Missouri ; and consequently they know
nothing of her early history. She
probably served under an assumed
name. She was in the battle of
Springfield, where General Lyon IV - as
killed, and has fought in a dozen bat
tles and skirmishes. She always sus
tained an excellent reputation, both
as a man and a soldier, and the /11013
all speak of her in terms of respect and
affection. She was brave as a lion in
battle, and never flinched from any du
ty or hardship that fell to her lot.—
She must have been very shrewd to
have lived in the regiment so long and
preserve her secret so well. Poor
girl l she was worthy of a better fate.
Who knows what - grief, trouble, or
persecution induced her to embrace
such a life ?"
Official Despatch from Adm'L Porter,
A FURIES OF BRILLIANT
FURIES
VICTORIES.
hi.., May 25.—T0 the Hon.
Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Na
vy :
The following despatch has just
been received :
A. M. PENNOCK,
Floet Captain Mississippi Squadron
FLAG SHIP BLACK HAWK,
Haines' I3luif, Yazoo River, May 20.
To the Eon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of
the .Navy :
On the morning of the loth, I came
over to the Yazoo River, to be ready
to co-operate with General Grant, lea
ving two of the iron-clads at Red Riv
er, one at Grand Gulf, one at Carthage,
three at Warrenton, and two in the
Yazoo, which left me a small force.—
Still I disposed of them to the best ad
vantage. On the 18th, at Meridan,
firing was heard in the rear of Iricks
hurg, which assured me that General
Grant - was approaching the city.
The cannonading was kept up furi
ously for some time, when, by the aid
of glasses, I discerned a company of
our artillery advancing, taking a posi
tion, and driving the rebels before
them.
• I immediately saw that Gen. Sher
,man's division had come into the loft
of Snyder's bluff, and that the rebels
at that place had been cut off from
joining the forces in the city.
I despatched the Be _Kalb, Lieuten
ant Commander Walker; the Choc
taw, Lieutenant Commander Ramsay;
and the Reno, Petrel, and Forest Rose,
all under command of Lieut. Com znan
dor Breeze, zip the Yazoo, to open
communication in that way with Gen
erals Grant and Sherman.
This I succeeded in doing, and in
three hours received letters from gen
erals Grant, Sherman, and Steele, in
forming mo of their vast success, and
asking me to send up provisions, which
was at once done,
In the meantime,Lient.Commander
Walker, in the Do Kalb, pushed on to
Haines' Bluff, which the enemy coin
tnenced evacuating the day before,
and a party remained behind, in hopes
of taking away or destroying the
largo amount of ammunition on hand.
When they saw the gunboats, they
ran, and left everything in good or
der—guns, forts, tents, and equipage
of all kinds, which 'fell into our hands.
As soon as the capture of Haines'
Bluff and fourteen forts was reported
to me, I moved up the gunboats from
below Vicksburg to fire at the hill bat
teries, which was kept up for two or
three hours.
At midnight they moved up to the
town and opened upon it for about an
hour, q.nd continued at intervals thro'
the night, to annoy the garrison.
On the 10th I placed six mortars in
position, with orders to fire night and
day as rapidly as they could.
' The works at Haines' Bluff are very
formidable. There are fourteen of the
heaviest kind of mounted eight and
ten-inch and seven and a half-inch ri
fled guns, with ammunition enough to
last a long siege.
As the gun-carriages might again
fall into the hands of the enemy, I had
them burnt, blew up the magazine,
and destroyed the works generally.—
I also burnt up the pneampments,
which wore permanently and rernarlf
ably well constructed, looking as if the
rebels intended to stay for gime time.
'hope works and encampments cov
ered many acres of ground, and the
fortifications_and the rifle 7 pits proper
of Haines' extend about a mile
and a quarter.
TERNS, $1,50 a year in advance.
Such a network of defences I never
saw. The rebels were a year con
structing them, and all were rendered
useless in an hour.
As soon as I got through with the
destruction of the magazines and oth
er works, I started Lieut. Commander
Walker up the Yazoo River, with a
sufficient force to destroy all the ene
my's property in that direction, with
orders to proceed as far as Yazoo city,
where the rebels have a navy yard
and store houses. In the meantime,
Gen, Grant has closely invested Vicks
burg, and has possession of the best
commanding points.
In a very short time a general as
sault will be made, when I hope to an
nounce that Vicksburg has fallen, af
ter a series of the most brilliant suc
cesses that ever• attended an army.—
There has never been a ease during the
war where the rebels have been so
successfully beaten at all points, and
the patience and endurance shown by
our army and navyfor so many months
are about to be rewarded.
It is a more question of a few hours,
and then, with the exception of Port
Hudson, which will follow Vicksburg,
the Mississippi will be open its entire
length.
D. D. PORTER,
Acting Rear Admiral, commanding
the Mississilipi Squadron.
Vallandigham's ' Transfer to the
[Corresporkleneo of tier New York Trlbtimo.]
IthiltrltEESßOßO', May 25.—Vallan
digham arrived here on a special train,
under a strong escort, at 10i o'clock
last evening, having left Louisville
this morning, and •passed through
Nashville without stopping.
His arrival was expected by the mil
itary and public, but, the time not be
ing known, no demonstration of any
kind tools . place.
He was quietly taken in a carriage
to the quarters of Major Wiles, Pro
vost Marshal General, where he was
received by General Rosocrans and a
number of other officers. He appear
ed to be fully composed, and abstained
from the expression of any disagreea
ble sentiments.
At 2 P. M., his southward journey
commenced. Major Miles, with a
mounted escort, started down to take
hiln below our lines in Shelbyville.—
The prisoner was very cheerful, and
discussed his situation indifferently,
but on approaching the nearest rebel
picket, commanded by Colonel Webb,
of the Eighth Alabama, some oight
miles'out, he beearao perceptibly affee
ted.
Upon taking leave of his compan
ions, he said in substance: am a
citizen of the United States, and loyal
to them. I want you to understand
that you leave here a prisoner to the
Confederate authorities."
To Colonel Webb he made similar
remarks. The former received him
with a remark that he had read his
speeches, but did not like- him; that
he could not receive him within the
Confederate linos, but he would per
mit him to remain at his post until ho
had ascertained the pleasure of the
authorities.
The flag of truce party then loft
Vallandigham and returned. Irallan
dig,ham's speech was a very ingenious
stratagem by which he expected to
prevent his reception by the Confede
rate authorities, and secure himself the
credit of martyrdom as a persecuted
I deem it more than probable that,
in theface of the antagonism to the
South, he assumed the enemy will re
fuse to receive him. no was given to
understand by General Bosecrans that
should ho arrange to return to our
lines in the same way, the President's
orders to carry--his original sentence
into effect would be executed.
Nzaao TROOPS.—TIIO work of or
ganizing negro troops appears to have
begun in earnest. The President
judges it, not only as a military neces
sity, but as an act of humanity to the
whites, who can ill bear the Southepn
climate in the hot season ; besides, ev
ery black volunteer deducts ono from
the number of conscripts needed.—
This, as much as anything else, is mol
lifying the prejudices the North once
entertained respecting negro soldiers;
and if they behave gallantly in the
field, and prove a' success, we shall have
no more objections raised against em
ploying them. The greatest advan :
tago to bo derived from their employ
ment, is the fact that we are weaken
ing the enemy by so doing. The
whites of the South are already in the
army, and they depend on the negroos
to raise grain and furnish them sup
plies; and, if the black population wore
detached from the interests of the reb
els, the feasibility of starving them in
to submission would be undoubted.
Gen. Thomas has organized eleven
regiments in Grant's department;
Banks thinks, from indications, that
ho can raise several divisions, having
a brigade already filled as a nucleus;
Butler raised two regiments of blacks
while in Ono - nand at New Orleans;
ono regiment has beep organized in
Washington, and Gen. John P. Slough,
well known as a prominent Democrat
of this city, proposes to raise a brig
ade in Alexandria. There is no doubt
bUt 100,000 can ho enlisted before
August, if our commanders work at it
in earnest; and if, as privates, under
the command of white officers, they
are as of as whites, that number
of the fernier is equivalent to 200,000
of the latter, because every one gained
to us is a laborer lost to the rebels.
Wo havV said, and wo repeat it; that
the popularity of the movement will
depeud upon its success; if the blacks
fight well, they will obtain freedom as
a 'reward; if the predictions. of the
conservatives are verified, and they
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form a correct judgment. They have
been tried in small skirmishes, and in
no instance have they been found
wanting. The question now is, will
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TIP4II,
"Take care of the minutes and 1140
hours, - and years will take care :of
themselves." Gold is not found in
California for the most part in great
masses, but in little grains. It is sifted
out of the sand in minute particles,
which, melted together, produce the
rich ingots that excite the World's cu
pidity. So the spare pieces of -time,
the shreds, the odds and ends of dreg
put together, may form a great and
beautiful work: Chief Justice ',Hale
wrote his contemplations when on his
circuits. Dr. Mason Good translated
Lucretius in his carriage, while, as . a
physician, he rode from door to door.
One of the chancellors Of France pen.
nod a bulky volume in the successive
intervals of daily Waiting for dinner.—
Doddridge wrote his-Expositor chiefly
before breakfast. Kirke White studied
Greek, went over the nouns and iterlis,
as he was going to and from a laWyer's
office. Burney learned' French add
Italian while riding on horseback.—
Franklin laid the foundations of -his
wonderful stock of knowledge in hi.
dinner hours and evenings, while work•
ing as a printer's boy. In the Palivie
of Industry there were several curious
specimens of art, wrought by humble.
indiiiduals, out of such frdgments -of
time us they could secure from their
regular occupations. 0, the precious.
ness of moments I No gold nor geMs
can be compared to them. Yet - all
have them; while some are thereby
enriched, and others leave themselves
in poverty. The wealth of time is
like the gold in the aline, like the gem
in the pebble, liko the diamond irt.the
deep. The mine must be worked, the
pebble ground and polished,-the depp
fathomed and searched. - There are
men now to whoM time is a fruitful
field; while to others it is but-a barren
waste. Time is life's Frei r , htate where.
with some men trade-and make a;fer
tune; and others suffer it to molder
all away, or,wasto it in extravagance.
'Tithe book,' out cif ,w
extract Wondroits - wisdom; oth
ers let it lie uneonned, and then-die as
fools. „Time is lifo's - tree,lvonT-whipli.
some gather preciouS'fruit; ivbile otb,
ors lie down under its shadow and
perish with hunger. Time is life's
-
ladder, whereby some raise themselves
up to honor, and- renown, and glory;
and some let themselves down into the
deeps of shame, degradation and igno
miny. Time will bo to us what; by
our use of the treasure, we make
it, a good or an evil--a blessing or a
curse. (Jed of all time, who Nast given
us time to spend in this world in many
a useful, way, give us wisdom, that we
may know how to, husband well Thy
precious gift, and render in our- ac
count of it at last with humility; but
with honor !—From. "Lights_ thi
World," by Rev. John Stoughton. ,
gen. Butler's Views of the fiebc,fisrt!
It has assumed' the form of a.Rev.?.
lution : the people of the rebellious
States, having set up a Government
of their own, repudiated the Constith
tion of the Thlited States., und _ taken
up arms, to sustain their goVernment
and rend ours, forfeited, abrogated and
abnegated every constitutional • right
which they had under the U. S. Coct-
StittltiQrl: ,
Amongst those rights was the right
to bold slaves, for by the laws 6t rm•
tare and of Revelation, a white'. man
has no more right to hold a coltred
man in slavery than a colored rim 14as
to hold a white man in slaVery.
By the compromises of the floneti.
tution, the States - were permitted t,t)
claim the services of the colored man
due to his master, but the rebellious
States have broken those compromi
ses, and the territory occupied by thorn
must now be governed by the LaWs
of war and the laws of nations, until
those States are revolutionised and re.
adopted the Constitution of the U. S.
as Western Virginia hils dorie, With a
provision for gradual extinction of Slam
very. In the present state of Stairs,
Butler regards the rebels as alien ene
mies.
By the laws of war their territory
and their slavee.may bo captured and
taken from thorn.
The territory hp iroakj take and
settle it with volunteers. pr give it to
the loyal mon of the South and receive
them again into the Union upon sack
Constitutions as would forever guarati.
ty them a republican form of Govern•
mont.
-. Vile slaves might be freed or not as
the Government of U. S. should phoose
for havin g gone out of the Union ) the
SouthcruStates could be re-adautte4
only upon such terms as our Govern
ment (having subdued the rebellion)
should choose.
The Constitution of the U. S. pro
vides that Congress may, adniit new
States; it is not impeNtive upon them to
do so; hence, in the even; git Southern.
States which have gone out of the Un.
ion expressing their. desire to return,
they must be re -admitted, on such a
basis, al will effectually Preventa rep.
etition ortlleir'offeece that is republi
can .ferni of Government,' Which ex
cludes slavery and includes Liberty to
all men. - _
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