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Oh. XXXII. WHOLK NO
jlTER FROM THE 8EAT OF WAR.
Camp I'ikri'ont, Va.
Novi-mLor IStil. )
Inn limoi icax :
When I last wrote
you it u unr tin oonviction that
(union were about to lie moved from
wr present encampment, althoug h I had
loiilea of our intended destination." Or-
j(,tli'ljiiit bevn issued lo prepaie m
(,.r two days, aud be ready to march
.,, cm ly hour next nimtiiiig J
snl
hi
i .,M I omhAM.
. .1
W MOORE.
. 7:; , . , Vk" "Edition to these, 1 huve adopted the va
-lt wot"" ; ..:
ndifHtcJ. Disleud, ho'vevcr, we are aim
oiiro!J quarters, and no longer tinuer
rcliii' order ot any kind, i or iu
il ten days we have been preparing our
i-rolls to be in readme! r r Hio pay
;flt,T,who isexpecjed along aomo day
The leather U at last becoming mcle
Illtl,t and varioU peeuiaiiuii are muui
"
o
...i in .l.n.H where or how we are 10
6
,,,tiid the n intr. Kumor prevail uiai
re to rerois Ihe r.)toinc be lore go-
. ... I .1 I ..mai.lur
mgilito vMiilcr ipurieri, i
hem without round.ition. We eau in
ler where we nre if auj'pliea can bu fur
pisheJ u. a well as any where tUe, and
...m lust Hi 1-kelv to leinuin hero as go
North.
Tl.o dest'.nntion and operations more
particularly the aueees of tho Naval Kx
pedition which tailed from Annapolis List
ireek will probnblf huve some influence
on our future movements, and we are
nxiou.ly waiting to hear from it.
There is nothing going oi: now along
n.ir lino pt( iiL itie oidiuarv routine of
ciinp duty ; which, Ki the weather bus be-
cune chilly and rainy, is made less picas
nt than it was some time ago. I had a
.... . . . f i ... i
ti.iror nuicn u uy on iai rnany
I'riiny night, Unit ad b-d considerably to
in'; cneiience ot ohliers life. A
rorm ot wind ar.d rain conimeneipg on
Friday night about 8 o'clock, and pre
vailed until the following evening, and I
enjoyed tho full benefit of it during the
entire night. At ten o'clcek iv bad reach
ed il greatest violence, and being posted
with tho reserve guard ol tho picket line
on a commanding eminence, with no
iMter that 'ho rain did pot penetia'o in
a few minutes after the storm bejin. 1
Ju J to stand with mv back to'lhe Btr.im
for ten long hour without the privilege
wen of making a fire, as (hat would hive
l. rayed our position, and exposed us
to th Cre of the enemy if they had np
pioiicheJ our lines Our party was thor
oughly drenched long before morning.and
when relieved nt eight o'clock in tho
morning, and cold, hungry and wet we
returned to camp, about a mile and a half
distant. And yet during the enure lime
I lonieely heard a complaint from one of
a gallant comrades except at being do
Jiied the privilege of a fire, whon there
wore no indications of an enemy near us.
The storm wa. truly a terrific one and
in many of the campo, the men were ei
ther driven from their tents by Ihe water
flooding them or tho wind blowing them
down.
An amiiKing instance is related of a pri-
te of tho Gth Maine regiment, encamp
ed about a mile on our left, who, as ho
emerged from tho ruins of his frail habi
tation, which had suddenly collapsed
ovsr htm, was heard to exclm in the bit
terness of his misery, "d n the Union,
d n the War, and d-n Jim Jones for
beine such a fool as to come a way down
here to be caught in such a predica
raent."
The resignation of Gen. Scolt, and the
appointment of Gen, McCIellan to the
Chief Command, has given general satis
faction to ths armv. and creat hones are
entertained of the success of our armies
under the young hero of Western Vir
ginia. I shall not weary your roaders with a
long letter, having so little to write about ;
but will close by congratulating the cili
tens of your county upon the complete
success of their Fair. The intelligence of
which was the most gratifying piece of
news I have received in a long time. If
anything happens you shall hear from me
likewise if nothing Happens,
Yours, Ac
SOLDIER."
BPs,Mrs F. D. Flanders, wife of the ed
itor of the Franklin Gazette, published at
Mslone Now York, has heroically assumed
the editorship ol her husbands paper, he
having been arrested for Liucoln treason,
and incarcerated in Fort Lafayette. She
hu issued a sterring appel to the oitizons
of Franklin county, and all who are in fa
vor o! the Constitutional riuht of free
speech and a free press.. Mrs. Handera
it a lady of considerable talent, and true
heroism, and wields an able pen.
tluA gentleram of Westchester oounty
iew iork, lost, at the reoent battle near
i-eesburf, three sons and two nephews,
all raamWi f the Tatamany RegiqitBt.
1CW
SPEECH OF H02f. 8. A. lOUQLAS-
0.1 IIIRHTATK 01' TIIK CNION.
Ih :litcrtd in tin Cnittd States
ate, January Urd IbOl.
ioscudid.
"1 Imva also inte'ted a prtvUion confi
ning tlie right of suffrage and ol holding
'office to white uien, excluding the Alri
'cun rare. 1 have alio inserted a provision
'(or the colonisation of free negroes from
uch States at may desire to luve them
removed, lo district ot country
to be
. i . i t .it r
ftCMimrea in Aincu ami aouwt Auivriun. in
rious provisions contained in the propo
si'.ion of the Senator from Kentucky, in
reference to fugitive slaves, the abolition
of shivery in the foi ls, arsenals, nnd dock
yards in the slave Stites und in the Dis
trict of Columbia, and the other provis
iens for tho safety of the South. I believe
this Ik bo a fair basis of amicable adjust
ment. If you of the Republican side are
not ivi'ling" to accept this, nor the propo
ion of Ihe Senator from Kentucky, IMr
ciuttesde', rry lel1 u wlmt yu
are willing to do? I address the inquiry
lo tho Itepublicans alone, for the reason
that in the oommitte of thirteen, a few
d;iys ago, every member from tho South,
including those trom me eouon ciaiei,
IMobsr. DAVIS and TOO MB 3,1 e.rpresj-
... I ihir n.o lines to accent the nropost
lion of mv venerable frimid from Ken
n,,!.. Mr. CRITTENDEN as a final set-
' v r J i
tleinent ol It e coniroversy, n icimnmi
and sustained by tho Republican me libers
lt.-nr.t,tktwh',ler.-tpmsdditij ooxr ditayrte-
ment, uhJ the default; in the wity of an amicable '
adjutlmtnt, it wUi tlic Republican par'y.
At first, f thought your reason for de 1
elininz to adjustihi question amicably, 1
. i u.i.ni. .....
Will IllI LMH I IL1IIB 111 U llllli I sjimwud. a
mud on niL-h. and that you would make
D - - - c ..."
uo amendment toil, lbat position has al
readv been waived. The grost leader of
the Republican party, Mr. SEWARD, by
Ihe unanimous cocseiit of his friends,
brought into the committee of thirteen a
proposition to amend the Constitution.
Inasmuch, therefore, as you arewillirg to
amend the instrument, and to entertain
propositions of ailjUHtment, why not go
fun 1. nr. and relieve the apprehensions of
the Southern people on Ml points where P""i oi patriotism ami o. yuriauan .eo. - - 0 ho prosperous, und united ooun
vou do not intend to ope ateaggre.sive'.j? i"g, prefe-red the lesser evil to the great- ,rV( undel. ,)ie best Government the wis.
You oiler to amend the Constitution, by er, and ratified the Constitution without do"m of man ever or the sun of
lecloi ini: that no r.iiuie.ineniment .hall
be made which shall empower Congress
lo interfere with slavery in the States!
Now, if you do not intend lo do any
other acl prejudicial to their constitu
tional right nnd safety, why not relieve
I heir apprehensions by inserting,
in t our
own proposed ameniiu eni to iuo v-u mi-
.. . . ...:
tution, lueli lurllier provision "i
like naiitifr render it impossible lT you
to do that whieh they apprehend you in
tend lo do, ar.d which you have no pur
pose ufjoing, it'll be true lhaJ you have
no such purpose ! For Ihe i in pose of re
moving the appieheHsionsot the southern
people, and f" rno other purposo, j ou pro
pose to amend tho Couslitu. ton, so as to
render it impossible, in all future lime,
for Congress to interfere with slavery in
the States where it may exist under the
luwsthereor. Why not insert a similar
amendment in respect to shivery in the
District of Columbia, and in the navy
yards, forts, arsenals,- aud other places
within the limits of the slaveholding
. V
exclusive
States, over which Congress has
i.irUdieiiim ? Whv not insert a similar
provision in rasped to Ihe slave trade be
twesn the slaveholding States? The
southern people have more serious ap
prehensions on theo points than they
have of your direct interference with sla
very in tho Slates
If their aopreheusioni on these several
points are groundless, is it not a duty you preparing for the terrible conflict under
owe to God and your country to relieve that conviction.
their anxiety and remove all causes of dis- ( When there is such an irrepressible diss
content ? Is there not quite as much rea- 50ntent pervading ten million of people,
son for relieving their apprehension upon penetrating the bosom of every nnn, wo
theso points, in regard to which they nre ,mn, and child, and, in their estimation,
more sensitive, as in respect to your direct involving evervthinz that is valuable and
interference in the States, whore they
know ami you acknowledge you nave r.o
. .
powertoin eriereasuievi.tiiiui.onnowcorirnag.nary, ,or apprcnension
tiaiiusi me iici. inai. jou propor 10
givo inu iwu....vo ...v ,
.... I..hIIii ..hia. (A KIV. ll An III. nlli.
prueuipioi i.jr , ciujd iv kii.-u .... -...w v...-
er, seems to authorise the presumption
that you do intend to use the powers of
the federal jovernaieni ior uie purpose
of direct inierterence with slarery and
the slave trade everywhere else, with a
view to its indirect effects upon slavery in
the States; or, in the language of Mr.
Lincoln, with the view of its "ultiraateex
tinction in all the States, old a well as
new, north as well as South."
If you had exhausted your ingenuity in
devising a plan for the express purpose of
increasing ll.e upprehonsioni and inflam
ing tho passions of th southern people,
with the view of driving them into tevolu
tion and disunion, none could have been
AitnleieArl lift 1 et fk t I U I I ft aceomnlish
the object than the offering of that one
. J . n ... y , .i
amendment to the Constitution, ana re
jecting all other which are inhiuleiy
more important to tha salety and domes
tic tranquility oftho slaveholding States.
Id my opinion, we have now reached a
point where this agitation must close, and
all the matters in controversy ba finally
determined byconstitutional amendments,
orwar and the disruption of the Union are
inevitable- My friend from Oregon, Mr.
BAKER.1 who haaaddrosted the Senate
for tbo last two days, will fail in hi avow
ed jiurpose to "evade" the question. He
olairna to be liberal and conservative; and
I must oonfess that he aeera the moit
liberal of any gentleman on that aide of
the oharaber, always excepting the noble
sad patriotic speech of the Senator from
Connecticut, Mr. DIXON;! and tha ut
most extent to which the Senator from
OiegTi nouMcocwr.t lop, ms'odevife
PRINCIPLES,
CI.FwUtFlKLl), I'A. WKDNliSDAY, NOV. 20, MGI.
a scheme li which the real iiifition nt U'ut
couM It n 7ci,
I regret Ihe delermination, to which I
apprehend the liepublicnn Senators have
eonio, to nuike no adjustment, entertaiu
no proiO!ition, and listen to no coinpro
mine of the matters in controvery.
I fear, from nil the indications, that
they are dipoed to treat Ihe matter as a
party (juestion, to be determined in caucus
with reference to its eflectupon the pros
pects of their party, rather than upon
the p are of the country and tho safely of
the Union. I invoke their delibeiate
judgment whether it is iiflt a dangerous ex
periment for any political purty to de
monstrate to the Amercan people that
the unity of their party is dearer to theai
than the Union of these States. The ar
gument i, that the Chicago platform hav
ing been ratified by the people in a ma
jority of the State, must bo maintained
at all hazzardi, no matter what the cousa
quencas to the country. I insist that they
are mistaken in the fact when they rsxen
I twit was decided by the people in the late
election. The American pontile liavo
not decidod that thev preferred the d
ii-
ruption ofthis Uovei niuent, a:il civil war,
' with all its horrors an miseries, io surren-
deling one iota of the Chicago platlorm.
If you believe tint the people
are
with
this issue, let t'.ie question be submitted j
to the people on the proposition ottered
by the Senator from Kentucky, or mine,
or any other fair compromise, and I will
venture the prediction that your own
nnoi.ln will ratify tho proposed amend-
stents to the Constitution. in order totalie
.. . . !....:.. .... .re
mis slavery aguuuuii uui ui wiS .mu ,
resiorc peace to the country, rnd insure
(he perpetuity of the Union.
Why not give the people chance ? It
i an imporiant crisis. There is now a dif-
ferent issue presented front that in tho
presidential elec-ioii I have no doubt
that the people of Massachusutts. by an
t t
overwhelming majority, are in favor
of a
prohibition of slavery in the Territories by
an act or Uongress. a n overwhelming
nmjoiity of the same peoplo were in favor
of the instant prohibition of the African
slave trade, on moral and religious
giouud.4, when the Constitution was made.
When they found that the Constitution
oould not be adopted and the Union pre
served, without surrendering their objec
tions on the slavery question, they in the
. " -, .- . .
ineir lavoruc ,.i.j.u.. ... iCS...
very, uive mem u.mC u.u. ..u.v
ocinoou me nnuv-u...... v.. i..- rU...,u
amendments to the Constitution and the
consequences which your policy will ieev-'
itably produce.
Why not allo.v me people :o pins on
these questions ? All we have to do is to
submit iheui to the States. If the people
pject them, theirs will be the responsibil
ity an'! no harm will have boen done by
the reference. If I hey accept them the
con ii i iv will be tafe. and at peace. The
nine . u.ji.. . .........
.,;, . i1M1 trt iie Slates.
..... . .
political pariy which euaii rc uBoiu g.,.ss anJ the arena of Federal politics
the people lo determine for themselves at ( forcvoP) an,i ro,t0re peace to tho conn
the btillut box the issue between revolu- ,rVi and preiterve our liberties and Union
lion anl war ou the one side, and obli- !as lhe m06t preci0llJ nj,licy wc can ,ra)s
nate adhen nee to a party platform on Iho mit t0 our p0,tori(..
other, will assume a fearful responsibility.
A war upon a political bsue, waged by the , 5.,,, PanxiDCNTiAL Ei.rtTios. On
people of eigpteen Slates agnnibt the peo. Vr'ednesdav last.lhe election for President
nle and domestic institutions ot fifteen
sister States, is a fearful and revolting
thought The South will be a unit, and
desperate under tho belief that your ob-
ect n waging war is llieir destruction,
J . , .... ,; r,i, v,,; -
ailU IIU ll.w iMari i..ivii v. ..... ,
that vou meditate servile iniurrection, and
the abolition of slavery in the southern
States, by fire and sword, In the name
and under pretext of enforcing the laws
and vindicating the authority of the Gov.
em men t. Vou know that such it the prevail
in nnA I may lav. unanimous opinion at the
South: and that ten million people are
- j. i . . . .... - i
' &eM 0B eftriht jg it not time to
pause and
i - -
reflect whether there is not some csuse.
there be a just caute lor it. in uoa s name,
ln ll)C nanle OI lm,aiinj sou i-itiiimiiuii,
..... If- if. .... .'1
ji, removeu. it uiwenmve yuiuy, in
thtiiyhlof llnven and of posterity, if we do uut
remove all just eanse befre prvceeitnj hexlrem-
,.. If. on the contrary, there be no
real foundation for Iheto apprehensions ;
if it be all a mistake, and yet they, bcFcv
ing it to be a solemn reality, aro deter
mined to act on that belief, is it not equal
ly our duty to remove the misapprehen-
sion ; llence ine onngmion to rem
remove
the causes of discon eut, whether real or
imaginary, is alike imperative upon us, if
we wish lo preserve the peace ot the
country and the Union of the Slates.
It matters not, ao far as the peace of the
oounuy and the preservation oftho Union
I are concerned, whether the apprehensions
! of the southern people aro well founded
or not, ao long as thy believe them, and
.1,. : i ia .A, .i....n ia.i i..i;.r
are determined to act upon that belief.
If war comes, It must have an end at some
timo; and that termination, Iapprenend,
will be a final separation. Whether the
war last one yrar, seven year, or thirty
years, the result must be the same a
cessation of hostilities when tha parties
become exhausted, and a treaty ol peace
reoogniiing theaeparate independence of
each aection. The history of the woild
doe not furniU an instance, where war
hat raged for a number of years between
the classes of State, divided by a gee
graphical line under the eame national
Government, which has ended in recon
ciliation and reunion. Extermination,
subjugation, or separation, one of the
three, mutt be the result of war between
the northern and southern Slates. Surely
von do not extect to exterminate or aub
jugate ten ooillioB people, the entire pop-
not MEN.
illation of one
wtioii, a. a mean, of pre-
serving the amicable relations between the
two sections
I KF.l'F.AT, TIIF.N. MY SO I. KM SCON
VICTION. THAT WAR MEANS DISUNION-
FINAL. IRREVOCABLE, ETER
NAL SEPARATION. Iee no alterna
tive, but a fair compromiMO, founded on
tho basis of mutual concessions, alike hon
orable. jut, and beneficial to all pnrtios, or
civil war and disunion. Is there anything
humiliating In a fair compromise of con
flicting interem, opinions, and theories
for the sake of peace, union, and safely ?
uenii ire ueuiue ol tne federal con
1' I r 1 I ft
der cherished
heones and jirinr.ples of
government, Pelieved to beessen'.iul to
the best foi in of society, for tho sukn of
pe'ice and ntiity.
I never unden'ood that wise and good
men ever regarded inuluel concessions by
such men as Washington. Madison, Frauk-
lin, and Hamilton, as o'idences of weuk-
nesB, cowunlice, or want ot iiatnotism
;U1 nK cantrarv, this anirit of conciliation
and compromise bus ever been ciuinidered,
aud will jn all time be regarded
U
highest evideuce srhich their great deeds
umi immortal services ever furnished of
theirpatiiotism, wisdom, forecight, and
devotion lo their country-and their race.
Can we not afford to imitate their e.xaui
ple in thi momentous crisis? Aie we to
be told tliat wo must not uo our duty to
,,llr n,.,rv tVA .',i,,
' : .. .... , . .....
no .omprnmise can be ettecled without
Ti'iMiiuii tin1 i. ii ij i nii iu L-i u I lull wiiiun
I.-..- 1...P , i.
we were elected 7 J.etter that all party
platforms bo scattered to the winds
l
bet-
ter that all political organizations be
bro-
ie. up j ueuer vuaie ery pu.mc man ami
1. 1 .1...I ! !
politician in America be consigned to thn !
grave ot political martyrdom
than that;
the L hion be destroyed and the country I
plunged into civil war. I
It seem, that parly plat forms, pride of
opinion, personal consistency, fear of po i
litical martyrdom, are the only obstacles'
to a satisfactory adjustment. Have we
nothing else lo live for but political posi
tion? Most of ns have children, tho ob.
jects of our tendorest affections and deep
est solicitude
whom we hopo to leave be
iUllll,.n.VIMrjvi.T,..i.,,i.j,.,
I..M.I . i u fr. nr.!.... ,1ia rAHil.flc aF mi.. I..l...d
Heaven ever slione upon. Can we mike
po conci,Mj0,1Si n0 Bucrilienes, for the sake
ot our cmlj,.en, that they may have a
colUl.y t0 llV0 iU( and a Government to
ro,p(.t ti(MU( WIinn partv platfornis and
political honors shall avail us nothing in
the day of final reckoning?
In conclusion. I have only to renew the
assurmce tli-.it I am pr-pai ed to cooperate
corduliy wi:li the friends of a fair, just,
nnd honorable compromise, in securing
sucb amendments to the Constitulim as
will expel the slavery agitation fiont Con-
and ice President and also for members
of Congress took place in the rebel State.
I We believe there are no candidates for
. i. . i n .. - .
, iuc mo 11 it i unices ni r lue mtfseii 1. 1711-
- nU g'onousv.on.,llCC(t,(j,y , l)Umhcr. have net been
"y01!'?1 fi,, M Irovided Colonel Dimm;ck, tho veteran
pies worthy of im.ta.ion ; instances where cimiin.ler of the fort, is doing ull in his
.ages ami patriots were willing to surnm-nolvpr , reniii.P thoir .itM.itio,,
, ... . r,., , ,' iie i' exiness ins eonieiniii ior me coo-
, vis and Stephens. 1 he e eclors, chosen bli Yankees." His imprisonment is ta
on Wednesusy will meet on the first ;kena lli Ut w,.
,ednesdav of December in Richmond, I j.;e.cej 0"j. Orleans, (arrested in Bos--and
there go through the ceremony of. ,ei u t t0a llishwteni,.i
couniing ine vo.e casi oy me several
oinit-n. i lie I resiueiuiai niiiuur.llioii it
fi,l f.,. ,1.. Ml r ivi k:..l.
iiavh i, ,,(, vi i uui uai j , i il T uilbll
day of Wasington. The constitution of
the ''Confederacy" provides that the Priw-
ident shall be elected for six years.
BfSjUThe So'v York Krpiess. says the
inn i no nt the Abolitinists ai e slrit up in
the north and the South is relieved of
the wild fury inspired by the cry of the
Abolitionists for '"Insurrection" South,
lliul n.mviMtlt lliA South will 1 1 hi I. i.n I a"
! : . ir
.'-.ii
, jf n,mii,.traiion does not give re
lf from this fright, the next will. The
j ; or ?v ,vhich now inspires tl.o
South s only Ihe otlspring ot the Aboil.
' . . .
tion cry for emancipation, which can only
result in an insurrcMon. Takeoff the Ab
olitionists, and Serrssior. will die a natural
death, even in Scnth Carolina.
Kjy-IIow to Know Traitors Some of
our negro-loving exc'ianges are publish
ing n series of paragraphs, purporting to
describe the men in the North who may
, j)0 SPl (omn M traitors to their country.
We have very little faith in any of tho
political receipts thus given, nnd, there
fore, present one of our own, which we
have never known to fail : Whenever you
meet a man who has more love for the
African than the Constitution, you can
rest assured thnt bis pretended loyally lo
lhe whole Union means only one-half of
it. Grccndiurj J),-in,
Ta-ixsroKTATiox Rr.si'Nr.n. Tho Wheel
ing Press slates that transportation was
resumed on Monday at all points be
tween that city and Cumberland, Md.,
over the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
Gtv. McCixaNASD. Governor Yates, of
Illinois, has issued a proclamation dccla
ring the seat in Congress lecently held by
Brigadier General McClernand vacant,
and ordering an election on December 3rd
to fill it.
SrvTESti. The county Court of Blair
county sentenced Lucy Robescr., a color
ed girl, to one year's separate and solitary
imprisonment in the Western Penitentia
ry for the crime of concealing the body of
her illegitimate, child. -
( A VISIT TO FORT WARREN.
rtrince ami Condition of the. Eiiht
lundrrd l'risonirs The Suldurs
roi latter as, Ac.
We find the following in
Traveler ;
tho Hoston
The eight hundro l political
i,rt,nor
anil nriumiAra nl' U'iiC pu,inllu rr...
'
Ihe furls in the New Yoik hmbor fi
now getting Nettled down into tl.eir new i
quarters at Foi l Warr-n. They uio stiir
neeaing many Hung, winch, in consn
,.,., ....,.. i.,. ...i..... . ..r . I.
MM- Ill-u Ji HU.Chh Ul Ull UIIVA-
rortuMe a, t.,r0.JnwtaiK.M wiM pt.rmi, . .
thoHgh many m,;y grumble nt the condi-
t;on in which they are placed, none will
'find fault with their custodian.
The political prisoners, nud the oflicers
among Ihe prisoners of war are quartered
:on the west tido of the fort, the former
south and the others north of tho main
I entrance. The headquarters of the com
j matider of tho fort are in npnrlmenti im-
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west corner of the tort. The great body
of tho prisoners of war are quartered in
the casemates on tho north side of the
fort.
Each of these three classes of prisoners
nre allnwed
to converse lreelv anions
, l" "n,r ' ouyney can naio uoconver
sat ion W illi another elas. Thev are al
lowed to huve newspapers, ar.d to write to 1
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through the hands dTCoI. Dinimick, and
le opened by him. 'Their correspond
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a number or letters are received and sent ' """ lUD .u u.-u.u,anu ong-
out daily. a lierGen. Isaac I. Stevens.
Tho prisoners are allowed every tree-! The Artillery consists of a Battery of six
dom consistent with safe-keeping. When ; pieces of rifled cannon under the com-,
the weather permits, they come out in 'mand of Capt. Hamilton. The only
front of their quarters, and walk about o. j Pennsylvania Regiments accompanying
stand in groups, smoking and conversing the expedition are the Fiftieth under
like a party of do-nothings in front of a command of Col. Ii. C- Christ and. the
fashionable hotel. Their walks, however, "Round Head" regiment in command of
are limited, except in company with Col Dasuro.
some person of the garrison. The Naval section is under the full
Of course the garrison and Jie few pur command of Com. Samuel F. Dupont, and
sons admitted into the fort, on business, 'consists of 7G vessels and transports,
aro most interested in the movements of j This is exclusive of the Saltnc., tiusque
tho political prisoners. They occupy the ' hannah, VandaUa, and other vessels of tho
, most prominent position in the fort, nnd
i in tho mind of th nation, and undoubt-
icdly are most anxiously watched by the
'commander. One of the most noticeable
of iiiescia Marshal Kane, of Baltimore, u
j Mno looking, well-dressed gentleman,
inbovo the middle height. He bustles
' about, in a Scotch cap, w ith his pant Iclm
within his boots, and by nctninger nii-'ht
be mistaken for the principal person in
th- gin rison.
Ho converses freely with the otlicers
stationed at tho fort, and evidently is not
much discontented with bis position.
Mayor Brown, of ftaltimore, a quiet, tidy
gentleman, evidently does not like his
position. Col. Tyler, who fought at Bull
Run, and was after a-nrds arretted when
on a visit at Cincinnatti,) is another no
ticeable person, very tall, gaunt, and
woanng a beard ot magnificent propor- aIid thir'.y-fivo front Savanah. Tho land
tions. He is evidently in not very good ing of a large force in its virinity is ii
health. Ex-Gov. Motehead, of Kentuck- ; menace to both these cities, whilch will
y. is a tine looking man, past the middle ' compel the rebels to keep a largo itatio.t
age, tall and portly, and does not hesi-'ary loroe for the defence of each, besidoa
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is apparently
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Commodore Barron, of Fort Hatteras
notoriety, conies out in full uniform, b-u
spangled with gold, and glittering with
all the ineignia allowed to his rank in the
"Confederate navy." Col Pegrum, who
surrendered to Gen. McUlelUr, in West
ern Virginia, is of rather small stature,
without ostentation, but looks like a man
of ability and courage, Tho other offi
cers among the prisoners of war do not
strike tho visitor as being worthy of no
tice. Most of them are without any in
signia to indicate that they have been sol
diers. They are all quiet, nnd submit
wuu apparent sansiuciion io an ;ne re-
quiremewts of the cojnmander of the fori,
The same may be said of the political
prisoners, except that tome of them occa-
sionally indulge in remarks indicating
their feelings of sympathy with secession,
The larger body ot the prisoners, and
thasc entitled to the mot sympathy, are
tho non -commissioned ollicors and pri-
vates captured at Foil Hatteras. Thjy
are scantily supplied with clothing, many
of them sick and discouraged, iu I largs
numbers of ihetn are ignorant. The govs
eminent furoi-hes them with the same
quantity and quality of rations that are
furnished to soldiers in service, but they
are dispirited, and little inclined to pre
pare it for use. They are willing to lo
anything I hey are told to do, but seem to
have insufficient energy to do anything
of their own accord. Many of them can
not read or wrile. Thev are remarkably
quiet and respectful to the otlicers of the
garrison. There is said to be considers,
hie religious feeling amoiu them at lhe
present lime. Some twenty of the prison1
era of this class were left at New York,
being too sick io remove, iimro are a
bout fifty now in the hospital. A few
have the typhoid fever. Several have
consumption, havirg been all'octod before
leaving home, with that disease, isbich ia
now aggravated by a change or climate,
Many have thebronchitia and poeumonia,
and upon entering the hospital the visit
or will hear so much coughing that be
will think it is a derision, till informed
that it is all the timo the tame. Many of
the men are also having tbe measlet and
tha mumps. Only cne mas in lhe hospit
al la now very sick, but aeveral of them
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inro not likely to live long.
Tho sift are under the esro of Dr. Dt
! Witt Clinton l'eters, of Nnv York, ;i sm
goon of the army, ho wns taken prison
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and is now on parole, lie U doimr nil ho
eun to provide for tho sick, llo fiui no
ho liteiuls for them, tut hns pluced lln m
" miire.si!s riusoa n lew ii eties trom
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'edding, ho.spitul stores and madUintM,
l',ut .ll,u Ml w'11 hy-and-by, whei
11,0 ,eJ l,al"' ''e " Department.
i sick are not so well olr us at Nes' York.
I for there medicines were plenty, und iho
little, luxuries so nccessnry lor a sick
room wre supplied, in measure, by tho
voluntary cnmiibutions of the clmrauhle.
i The political piuoncrs are in good.
loalth.
! All the prisoners who require, are fur
aixhed with government rations, which
;aro supplied by Burgess & Talbot, provi
sion deslers in Meriiumc street. Must of
the political prisoners have a supply of
.funds, Col. Dimruick acting as their bauk
er, nnd they mens together, and live on
whutever they may ciiooso to order. Mr.
! A. J. Hull, of ihe Webster House, cators
for them. They also make muny purcha
ies Ibrouch the officers nf the boat run.
ning to the fort. They can furnish their
1 apartments as luxuriously as they may
ph ie. provibed, always, that their buuk-
er bus the funds in bund to pry the dam
aie.
TIIE NAVAL EXPEDITION.
The great Naval Expedition which tail
ed from Annappolis, Marvlsnd a foi t-
! night ago, is made up as follows :
The land forces are under the com-
ninnd of acting Major Gen. Thomas W
. blockading squadron, which were to have
j joined the expedition as it passed the
' points off which they were stationed,
The entire military nrm of the expodi-
tion may solely bo estimated, however, at
cei tair.ly not lecs than 2'.,()03 men for
the most purl picked troops detailed from
i General McCIellan s command for this
particular service.
The Expedition landed at tho mouth
of Port Royal Uiver on the con.st of South
Carolina, and after capturing several
small forts also captured tli9 Town of
Beaufort, the description of which place
we find in the Wvrld us follows :
Beaufort, which has the deepest and li-
nei naruor on mo aouiuern coast, is a
pleasant little village of about a thousand
lnnauiunis, situated sixteen miles inland,
and distant fifty miles from Churlenton.
confronting us with another at Beaufort.
They cannot send detachment) from the
latter to either of these important citie.
so quickly as we can despatch a largo
force from Beaufort by sea ; nor can the
troops at ouo of tiinm be sent to the de
fence of lhe other, without leaving it ex
posed to attack by a new armament which
may pounce ou it from Fortress Mmiroo.
The rebel troops at Charleston nnd Sa
vannah must be sufficient, at each of these
cities, to defend it from our whole South
ern force, which can be wielded against
cither at will, and which will require the
rebels to stand ready with three, times a
many meu to meet an attack as would bo
necessary if the point of landing had
boen less skillfully selected.
The country around Beaufort, for a
great distance buck, is ns level as any ol
our Western prairies, which will prevent
the rebels, in the bullies likely lo occur,
from fighting with the udantages of
ground which have been of much e irvico
to them in Virginia. They can make no
entitling reireais, drawing ns on until a
sirong position make it safe to buzzard a
battle'. On those extensive Mats every
biltalion of our r.ieii be at least nn even
' match for eveiy Luttabon ot theiis, nnd
J the Union army may count upon "un
jopen field and fair ri!i," in which hith.
erlo, they have alwavs been victorious.
The important relations of this War to
tho negro question and the cotton sup
ply contiibnte also lo make Beaufort the
most eligible position in all the Soush for
a base ol operations. We strike into tho
heart of lhe region that produces the
most valuable ot a'l the varieties of the
staple, known in the market as lhe .Sea
Island cotton. The district, or county of
BeRufort alone produced, in 1850, 12,672
bales, besides more rice tnan any other
county in the Southern States; tbe ad
joirii.ig district of Coleton. on the north
eat, l.,ls)0 bales; and tho other adjacent
district of Barnwell, on the norths-est.lO,-
138 bales. This is one of the most opu
lent regions in the whole South, the plan
tation being extentive and the slaves nu
meroua in proportion to the white popu
lation. In Beaufort dittiict thero were.i-?
18C0, 5,017 whito inhabitants uui S2,2D7
slaves; in Colet'on, 7. 403 whiles nnd 31.
771 slaves ; a disproportion so great at to
touch South ern apprehensions in their
tenderest point, and to bring the inhabi
tant, at oiioo, face to face with the terri
ble consequence involved in a prou.pt
final choice between a return to loyalty
rid p eraistan'se in rebellion.
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