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Id
Republican Oospell.
Teat . "And they took ilo in their
vessels with their lumps."
Mr Brktiihkn. V ( will open upon
this ocoation, by singing to t lie long mo
tor, what the Democrats (who can't go to
heaven) might call a negro song, I ut
which, my brethren, in properly a colored
Num. Ami while your preacher lines out,
you will please sing, particularly tho sis
terhood, us J like to hoar their voices-ah !
From Af-ri-on tho nfj;ro ciimc.,
Arine my hrothrun, Moss his niiuie .'
stmid up, my hrnthron, Mom tho day
Xho iii'(,'ro on mo from Af-ri-ca.
1I in the olijcot of our lovo,
In him we live; in him wi inovi,
Fur 1 1 i t ii we ironch fur hiiu wo rny
Fur him wo moot from dny to dny.
Keinoiul.or 'twos tlio whito man's sin
Which spiny ol his foot mid howod hi rh i ti ",
Hi shins were straight ns straight could bo
Till they wcro howod in Sla-vi-rec.
Thin, l.ro'.hr.'n, h't your hlossing riso
t'pon his hoels, his lips, his oyo
I'pnn his feet, upon his shins,
Loth spbycil ami howod fur whito uuau's tins.
IiKTEAT
Upon I.L- loot, upun his shins,
Loth spliiyt il unci l.owod for whito mini's sins.
My Brethren. Your minister intends
to show, on this occasion, that there is on
ly one scriptural party, and that is the
G-r-e-a-l Republican party. If any man
ran rebut, your minister, lot him inako an
endeavor.
I will prove that there is only one scrip
leral party hy a tox from the New Test as
ment seripters is in these, words: "And
took ile in their vessels with their lamps."
Now brethren, her's n scriptoral ruin:
"And they look ilo in their vessels with
tliuir Limns." Who was it, my brethren.
that took the ile in tho lamps jih ? Who ?
Thar was tho Douglas party. They
held great mectinjj" ; und they ennied a
hatmer with thirty-four stars, and on the
banner was written "Popular Sov-reenty."
But whar was the ile? and whar was the
vessels ? and whar was iho lamps? They
was no whar. All their cry wan Popular
Sov-reenty. l'.ut you can't find Popular
Sov-iecnty from l'an to Burshoebu, co to
speak, and from kivci to kiver, and you
can't find Popular Sov-reenty.
And thar wan tho Hell party. And they
met in great mooting, and carried a ban
nor with thirty-four stars, and on iliohani
ner was "Constitution and Laws." l'.ut
whar was the ilo, my brethren? and whar
was tho vessels? and whar was tho lamps ?
All their cry was Constitution and Laws.
Hut vou mav search tho seriplers from
lan to Burshocba, so to speak, ami frn::i
kiver to kiver and you can't find Constii
lotion and Laws.
And then, th.tr was tho G-r-e-n-t lie
publican party. Ah, my lirethren.in fan
ey I see them now all? I noeln't ask
whar was the vessels, and whar was tho
lamps, for they was every whar ah. Ah,
my brethren, they didn't cany thirty
tour Btars'uh ! They did't say Popular
Sov-reenty ; and they had no banner with
Constitution and Laws on ; but the took
ile in their vessels with their lumps, ac
cord) rijr to tho New Testament scriptors.
Now if any person thinks he can rebut
your minister, let him make the en-tJeevor-ah
!
We will now sing the siekdology, nfter
which tho nudienco will please dis..ow
and go to their respective places of abodo
ah! Gen. Wm. S. Ros3.
Our people were not surprised last week
at the nomination by the Kepublic.au
late Convention, of our fellow townsman.
ien. Hnss, as their Candida to for Survey
or General. We knew for some months
past, that the Abolitionists had arranged,
through the secret league of which, Ilosea
Carpenter is President, to "rope in". some
fishy Democrat to place on their ticket u
long side with a lull-bloom Kepuhlican,
and we were assured by various umiueuv
res that thoy had fixed upon Gun, Ross.
His nomination, therefore, was but the
completion of an understood plan, and
consequently surprised notiooy. lie was
to be tho stoolpigoon by which Democrat
ic votors were to bo ertrappod, boeauso
ho hacl called himself a Democrat.
As wo ate credibly informed, ho first
started out, when u young man, by ;ippo
ning (ien. .lackson in and support
ing Adams. J I is next step was in 1M1 in
coalescence with tho wigs of the District
as a candidate for St"- " i" opposition
.!,. i -..ort lieaumont, tho regular
I'emocratic nominee. While in tho Sen
ate ho nguin illustrated his attachment to
the Democracy by boltinj; tho caucus nom
ination ami assisting in tho election of SI,
mon Cameron, (ien. Kosa then subsided
into private life, and pursued a course po
litically which gave him tho character nf
r.nytl.:ng but a Democrat until tho re
bellion broke out ami a fine opening was
presented by hollow professional' 'Union'
tnado by tho Abolitionists (who had con
trol of the government) for just this Hort
of fishy material, Ilo wan just last year
nominated by tho Kepuhlican Convention
nsn candidate for tho legislature, and cD
ectud by less than a hundred votei. Al
though ho called himself a 'Union Demo
crat,' ho acted with the Kepuhlican party
Vhtouch tho whole session. JIc voted, n-
"iR other thing, to stifle tho voice of
uli I'Uzernelbv denvmp to Mnssra. WlMi
nrl Trimmer their soat, and inslaling tho
u Anoution caiKlniates, JUII and Kussel.
"liom the Suprotno Court hnvo rlecideil
h i not tho slightost right there, l'.v this
ft he assisted jn throwing the last House
p' KT'oHtitativo into tho hands of the
epuhlicnns thin again illustrating his
claim to tho title of Democrat. In add is
iLnn'fl,fmil1 10 votod against pay
,fi Mewrs- Wnlsh and Trimmer (tho
iMocrntio cvlidates) their mileago and
-M't-nva in cjtiteating their suats.-Au-,
-'"if ijnin-
How the Slaves went South.
The lio.ston (I'd-itlc, jmblished in nbl
MassachiiKetts, nnd dated July 17, lTi,
eontaiiiH the following advertisement ;
(illKAT IlAKdAIXS !
"Just m,rtl fr'Mii Afri'-u, nn.l to ho suM on
hour J tho hrif; Jonnoy, Williiim Kllory, Coiniiian
di'r, now lyin'at Now l!o.-ton, a numhrr of like
ly nt'tjro hoys and girls, from twolvo to fourtoon
years old. Inipilro of suid Kilo ry on hoard said
Lrip, wl'oro oonsliint attondanco is givon.
"Kotk. Thonhuvo slnvon hiivo nil had thp
siuallpoz. 'J'ror.suror'Kiiotouiind New England
rum will hotiikon as'puy."
Thero is a good text for a long sermon.
Hut tho subject requires but a tewTrrrrtts".
Massachusetts, now so piousiy hostilo to
slavery was tit that date, and for half a
century later, tho great slave trader of the
Western Hemisphere Her ships, her
men, her money and her enterprise took
to that trade as naturally as a duck takes
to water, There were thousand of her
people who engaged in the "sum of all
villainies," as .John Wesley denominated
the slave trade, but not the ownership of
slayes. Massachusetts money and Massa
chusetts ships invaded tlio barracoons and
the coasts of Africa, mainland, and tlmus
nnds of "boys and girls from twelvo to
fourteon years of age," were brought to
New England for use then), or for salo to
the fathers of the ptescnt rebels of the
South.
Xevv Knghmd peoj le were the ''man
stealers" for the colon ios cf Ilritain, and
for theStates 'vhich now comprise rebel
lious Dixie. There was money in the
business there wrngaiti there was pelf;
and up to the year l-sii,s' when tho vile
trade was abolished, no cno ever hoard a
Massachusetts man denouncing this trade
in human beings. When her old slave
ships were worn out, and sho could turn
aw honest penny at some other trallic, she
tiecamo suddenly cotiseiencious and has
continued to kick up a fuss generally with
those who own the negroes which she
sold to them Her conscience, wh:ch
Biiems to be an India rubber ono, has been
drawn into many shapes on this vastly
mischievous subject.
Captain Ellery seem? to have had a
sharp eye to business, and he gives the
gratifying announcement thnl "all the
slaves have had the small pox." To show
tho vnst philanthropy of Massachusetts
sho was always full of rei.ioiol's sentiment
he proposed to take New England rum
is pay ! This rum ho would sell or trade
on his next voyagr.to pay for a new batch
of negroes, adding to his profits on both
species of property. It was a sharp click
or, to be sure, and eminently worthy of
some people who don't live quite a thous
and miles from Boston. Massachusetts
fetters were placed upon the limbs of tho
slave, and New England rum debased the
soul of tho captive.
Lord save the world from hypocrisy, and
ransom thoso rvbo deserve the contempt
ol man and tho dire judgment ct lleav
en !
Tnr. Akcii Traitor of the North. Un
questionably the arch traitor of the Union
is not Jetl'erson Davis, but Wendell Phil
lips. Davis is a Criminal of lesser magni
tude. A speech of Phillips' is published
in one of his New York radical organs
(the Times), in which ho avows that, he
has 1 een a traitor and disunionists for up
wards of thirty years. "lo-day, suys
this demagogue, ",l diet son Davis is doing
k-ss to bieak this L iuon hy his armies at
Kie.hinond than Lincoln by his- Cabinet
policy and delay in the city of WVuhinu-
ton." This is true of tho traitor rhillips
himself, and not ol .Mr. Lincoln. Had
there been no Wendell Phillips, noCarri-
j son and no (ireeley, there would have been
' no.Iellerson Davii at the head of t rebel
I lious confederacy; Socessi n is the spawn
of abolition. Prom anti-slavery disunion
the Southern tebellion has derived its bo
ing and all its vitality. Had tho aboli
tion traitors been crushed in timo there
would be no necessity for waging war
auainst Southern insurrection to-day.
Philips gloats over tho disasters to our
army because the atrocious policy ol rre
moot and Hunter was not adopted, and
because the negroes were not armed to
cut tho throats of all Southern white wo
women and children, after the approved
model of the St. Domingo massacre.whie.h
ho is accustomed to hold up for tho ad
miration of mankind. He confesses that
it is not the restoration of the Union he
desires to see, but tho abolition of slavery,
and hence his aversion to McClellan and
his disparagement of his services. He
o..,a me leason why mat general has tail
ed is thnt, (ionrpo anli inclon and the
other sages and patriots who drew up the
constitution m jm tied up ono of Ins
hr.nds; whereas tho first use Fremont
tnado of his sword w.as to cut the restraint
of the Constitution. Here is a plain avow
al that Phillips and the radicals are lea-
gucu 10 overthrow the constitution an
avowal that they want to inaugurate a
reign of anarchy and blood, like the des.
peradoes of the French Revolution.
If Jet!'. Davis and the other loaders in
tho Southern rebellion merit tho extreme
ponalty of tho lair, what less do such
Northern traitors as Robespierre Phillips,
Lloyd Harrison and, Horace C-reoly de
serve, who have been laboring with nil
inoir might to overthrow tho Union for
mo last thirty years ? Ar. I. lfrrall.
Si jimkr Kesiiiknce in Cas'ada. It is
started that some of t lm Uoll ti.n
Northern borders of Maine hnvo taken up
r , "" in vHtuiiuu, 10 avoid be
ing drafted. They otler to work for their
iru uiiiii ii is decided whether the State
will bo obhgcd to hav recourse to this
resort to in i nor quota.
The Westers Army. The casualties
of all kinds in the arniv nf ilmun.i.,..
department (Into JIalleik'sj since it went!
into the field are started at C3..100, ofi
wlucli 4U,tidWaro charged to death and abs i
senco from sickness, and lft.lHK) to various
casualties by battle. A". V. Tribune. I
Look at it. White Men !
The emancipation of slaves in the Dis
trict of Columbia was celebrated at ill')
National Kail, in Philadelphia, onThurs..
day last, by a motly mixture of whites
and blacks. Wo have only room to copy
from the Lftljer of Friday the following
remarks of ono of the speakers :
"Kev. J. Lolla Martin, a young colored
minister, from Boston, spoko at somo
length. lie was glad to unilo in the cel
ebration which was to commommorato
the isolation of slavory in the District of
Columbia. This was one step taken by
the nation towards justice. It might be
the beacon light on which to hope that
hereafter property in man will not bo rec
ognized. He hoped that soon tho ioveni
ment would be able to proclaim liberty
throughout the whole land and to the in)
habitants thereof. VU.wed in itself, the
liberation ol .a few hundred bondmen may
not appear to bo much, but it may be au
spicious of something more potent. It
may have its influence upon the millions
who arM still held in bondage. 1 no blades,
even if they bo freed, would not bo sub-
jects for emigration; Tho would Urcc
men inn fro-land fa n-'iimni-i tic same icrrik-ry
in which tin n i:rc Lorn. The whites have
ilways looked Upon the blades with di.s I
lain, lut the tiim will coiht, when the odurcd
race w.u nt J ivieiutl upnn. lien no Ion
gor held by despotism, throughout the
Southern Slates Ay tiinahiamaiim with the.
whites, theiici'l establish a e- ciety, if nut n int.
Uen oj jienplejar superior to other j'roJmci
(jy any nation m uie ivorei. i ney wi.i cum-
vate literature ;urt, science, and maiiuhio
tures will flourish with a degree of'succos
heretofore unparalleled. The freedom of
the black must be obtained no mutter !:',v
whether tiiraiijh I'm ircxen.iiiin tlUsoUthn
of the Union. Before the South will give
up und be conquered by the North, against
wnom sue win evei near uie uiuiosi en-
miy, the will freo her slaves and them
noip iier iigni mo .soiui. i nu coio: ni
people have been refused when they wan.
, i r ,i . 1 1 s- i . i i
ted t3 light under the '.star spangled ban
ner.' They were told that it was for '.ho
Anulo-Saxon alone. But their freedom
and liberty must be attained and to get it,
no matter vnder what banner thei ralbi.
They will even fight lor Jet!'. Davis, if by
so doing, they receive their freedom."
What do you think of it, white men
Is this the feast to which tho laboring
class of the North are invited ? These wool
ly heads intend to amalgamate with the
whites, aad establish a society " far super
ior to any ever produced by any nation in
the world." And to accomplish this they
do not intend to leave the country, either,
nor do they caro whether their freedom is
obtained "thro.igh the preservation or dis
solution of tho Union."
Is this treason, or is it not ? What
does Forney say on the subject 1-Lancaster
(!'') InteWytnccr.
The Debt We are Piling; up.
The New York Chiistian Advocate com
ment on the National debt, as follows:
They tell us of an expense of nearly
seven hundred millions in a year. Can
we appreciate such a sun ? How little do
we know of the distance to the sun? Nines
ly live millions of miles ! Siart a railroad
train for such a journey. Let it stop at
no planet for wood and water, or passen
gers. Place on it a little infant. The in
fant becomes a man, reaches iho allotted
age of man, but earth is not reached. Let
another take his place, live his threescore
years and ten, another and another, and
still with no pause for repairs, or to cool
its burning axles, the journey's end is not
attained. Tho fifth man's dying eyes are
looking forward millions of miles for tho
journey's end. But we are hero talking
of seven hundrod millions, not of ninety-
"vn-
For a hundrod years and more, church-
es have been gathering property Irom the
United Slates. Subscriptions have been
nobly deeded, dying men left their accu-
mulations to their loved churches, and in
this lime the evangelical churches have
got together about litty millions of prop
ly not enough to psy the prico of victoi
ry for ono month.
" We have a missionary society. It gath-
crs each year from nearly a million of peoi
pie. It throws its benificicnt influences
into nenrly every part ot the world. But
us wuoie jenny revenue wouiu cnuuro
the draft of the United States Treasury
only one hour of the ton in tho day,
Seven hundred thousand men are drawn
from iIir run-anil ,,r imf,ivirv. It is far
moro impoverishing than if a million ot
paupers were thrown on ustosupport, for
then the laborers and producer would re
main at work- Now they are far worse
than idle.
Their weapons arc cosily equipments,
the standard of perishability, harvests per
ish, and cities are ruined by their pres
ence. England is contributing fearful amounts
of want ami starvation to swell tho prico
of victory ; Fiance looses the salo of twen
ty five millions of its wares ; and interior
r.uropo und parts of Asia aro paying por
tions of this stupendous cost of victory.
To Destroy IIoisE F i.iks. It is perhaps
not generally known that black pepper
ynoircn) is a poison tor many inseels
The follow ing simple mixture is said to be
the Lest destroyer of tho common house
fly extant ; Tako equal proportions of fine
black pepper, fresh ground, and sugar,
say enough of each to cover a ten cent
piece j moisten and mix well with a spoon
ful of milk (a liltle cream is better) keep
that in your room and that will keep down
tho flies. One advanluco over other nois.
ons is, that it injuros nothing else; and
Huoiner. tiiat tho Hies soek the air, and
never die in the houso tho windows bei
ing open.
fcar-In London thero is no less than five
hundred different societies-reformatory,
philanthropic, charitable and scientific, i
Fourth of July Reflections.
Tho Pittsburg JW, publishes a very
ablo articloon this subject in which the
sneers of the New York Trilunr. at "senti
nienlftl Unionism" nro answered at lengtq
and with ability ; tho article closes with
the following rotort on Republicanism :
l'.ut there is another and a sadder record
of the past year to which vte turn with
apprehensiou and pain. High places in
the natiou'are nvt filled 1 v thoso who lire
"clear b: tht;r great ofiice." Wo have
seen u general relieved of his command
because gr.iss neglect and shameless ex
travngance were laid to his charge. Wo
have seen a minister of war removed for
imputed corruption, and the imputation
was so well Fystained that ho was strongly
censured by tho solemn voted his fellow
partisans in Congress sonic of them, per
haps the guilly sharers in his peculations.
We have scon tho personal liberty of the
citizen outraged by rbttrary arrest und
imprisonment. We have seen i-enorals
mad,. fti:d unmade, with or without causo,
0Ven as the breath of a perfect despot may
,s,.t men up or cast them down! Wo
have seen the most shameless political
crimes committed in the name of "liber
ly !" We have seen nil grades of function
nries, from the meanest political jobbers
to grave Senators, charged with robbing
the Treasury in nil manner of ways, di
rect and indirect aye, and the charges
, proved ! We have seen corruptions which'
jmvo made all previous corruptions that
history has recorded, shrink into trilling
, peccadillos ! We have seen the Consti.
tntion trampled under foot, not oi.lv in
I the vital matter of susnemlina the habeas
j corjms, but in the inferior but not unim
, portant business of our national currency,
which has been corrupted nv.d destroyed,
while specie a being last driven rrom the
country ! We have heard gruve Senators
, . . . . . . ...
denounce all who might pleao lor sparing
the Constitution, s traitors and danger -
ous men, and wo hnvo seep, taxes levied
winch we cannot and must not avoid or
evade, but which appal evory citucn, and
which many believe will result in their
utter ruin !
l'.ut these are not all the calamities to
whioh we niiL'ht point, 09 occurring or
originating in the last year. We could
make f. schedule at which patriots would
grow pale, but we stop from very weari
ness, and with un involuntary shudder.
The Era of Paper Money.
To found Paper Money Stock Banks
upon a Federal Paper Money Grand Bank,
that is to say, to stand credit upon credit,
air upon uir, thelast crowning schemes
of Mr. Chase, is now under discussion.
Ono error, in Finance, as in Morals, ever
tempts to another, lie who sins once,
must sin twice, to hide Sin No. 1, and so
on, a-i infinitum. If people everywhere,
would only bear in mind, that Gold is the
World's Standaid, tho Standard of all
Mankind, and that no ono's local Legis
lature can change the World's Law, the
Universal Law, then, perhaps, Reason
would stand somo chance of being heard.
Gold is not at a premium of 10, 17, or IS,
per cent. Paper is 13, l(i, or 17 below the
par of Gold.
Mr. Chase saw, if he did not foresee,
thut hia paper money would go below the
gold par, and, hence, demanded thatro'
vcrsal of the Constitution, w hich made his
paper "legal tender," in lieu of tho Con
stitution's legal tender of only silver and
gold. Now, he sees, or ought to see, no
act of Congress can change the universal
law of gold. But, what next? Why, the
losinstitution of the old National Bank
system, the Nicholas Biddle theioof, to
be called "the Comptroller of tho 1 reasu-
rVi
with this addition, innumerable
State Banks, founded on that irredeema-
,a ,,;,,,,. Ul.lt u t0 como irln ,10 ,,aj,or.
niilU in Washington. IVlion upon Ossa 1
Air on air! Froth on froth !
i,lti w),nt Cfln )e Uonc j The answer u,
'.THke the back track, in everything, as
fust as pioU,." . Hut, to tako the back
)ruck js not now possible ! What next?
j The 'PniL.M.Ei.niiA North American"
! suggests :
j -I, To prohibit tho exportation of spo
.c-,0. o. To lay an export tax on specie,
3. To tax bank notes. 4. To prohibit
,(mk currency. 5. To have shinplastcrs
issued by tho City Governments." A. i .
repress.
The Loi Isvm.ix Joi hn.u. We congrat
ulate (onVS tlio lVo Idt-noo 1'vat) our ultra
Kepuhlican friends who patronize tho
Louisville Journal from sympathy for its
persecutions tit homo on account of its
sound Union principles, upon having an
opportunity of reading somo plain talk in
it3 columns. That paper concludes an
article denunciatory of tho abolition
emancipation schemes as follows :
"In no event will wo submit to tho exe
cution o! such projects ; in no event will
ve secedo on account of their adoption,
We will neither surrender our rights or
forsako them. Wo will maintain our coin
stitutional liberty at all hazards, and us a
necessary step towurds that end, we wiT
maintain the Union in a like manner.
UV are or the. Constitution as it is, and the
Union as it was ! We ask for nothing more ;
wo will submit to nothing less. We speak
purely as American patriots. Let ubolis
tionisni and seccssionism aliko tako heed.
Here we plant ourselves. If Kepubln
can leaders imagin they can dislodge us
by "unconstitutional projects" on paper,
let them, if they will, try the fatal oxperi.
ment. The nation, to bo sure, will suffer
new trials, and new perils, out amidst tho
convulsions of tho unnecossury evils, ono
blessing fit leat will blossom forth. Tho
Republican party will cease to exist. It
vill be swallowed tip utterly and forever.
It will be buried in tho fame grave with
secession."
Cy Edmund Dexter, a wealthy citizen
of Cincinnati, died in N. York last week.
FROM UEN. McCLELLAN'S ARMY.
I he Haas of InicCli .,,- .1 ,..vm- (I '
Iksnlatom-The M-nifar-The lUel Tr-..n J
iic( mo rastoi'tuitiie A tin e ( oin1, r.si
tion with ll.b-l Ofie.rsAjl'eetiioi SV.w
Vindietirtt J- , !:o, Aj li .'' Hath I Am I III,
i'Vi A'. ..';;;.. .V. '.. I,', '!,.; ;,7,,', Lat
teries all Around the Union Aran,, lv.
The following interesting letter we lind
in tho New York U.ipress :
Harrison's Lanpinc, July '2 '.d.
I havo just returned on the Spaulding
from City Point, whcriTlvrf now send flags
of truce two or three times a week, in or
der to get possession of our wounded sols
dicr.'i. The boat left thi place about noon
yesterday, and soon reached her destina
tion, passing on I lip way the little Monitor,
besides other vessels yet to win a name in
action. At City Point all seems desolation.
The wharf was destroyed some time since
by our gun boats, and the hou-es are near
ly all perforated w ith shot, some being los
vel with the ground. vValkiug uround
Confederate soldiers, who seemed to res
gard our presence with tho utmost uneoni
cern. But the onlv llac to be seen was
our own, which lloats Irom the stem
"alone in its glory.'' j
Captain Hopkins, who commands the
post at City Point, was early on hand, mid
came to the wharf, bearing awhile Hag,
which, being fastened to the wharf, was a
signal that all was right. Col Swuiucr, of
the Union army, then joined dipt. Hop
kins, and the two walked over to an old
building, used as the post ollice, and set
tied the preliminaries. Next, a guard
were marched down tho road, and after
removing their uriu wi re placed upon the
railroad track, while a guard of Union
cavalry, dismounted, prevented communi
cation between tho boat and shore.
The first thing ihat struck my eye was
the dress of the rebel soldiers. Jt was of
excellent material, fashionably cut and
well made. There was an air of neatness
about tho men which caused general as
tonishment. As thero seemed to be no
exceptions, a general conclusion was arri
ved at thut the men in these fine uniforms
were kept for the special purpose ol meet
ing our Hag? of truce, although the ollieers
assured nie that quite all tho Virginia
troops maae just as good an appearance.
The men were exceedingly intelligent m
their looks, ami very pleasant in their
conversation. When a large crowd left
tho boat to gather "relics" upon the shore,
thoy managed to become i dangled with
the seoesh, and for some ininutfn quite, a
scene was in progress Both sides were
good humored, asked and answered quoss
lions, and discussed the question of seces
sion. The rebels used the old logic, while
our people full back upon glory, the Hag,
Ac, the whole discussion resulting in an
agreement to disagree, of course. Tho
Federal guards iveic obliged to intern re,
and sent Ihe boat's party back, much to
the regret of not a few, who seemed per
lectly fascinated at the sight of a real, live,
gray-backed rebel.
The rebel officers were invited to tho
saloon, and for an hour engaged in conver
sation about the rebellion,' at the same
time partaking of Union hospitality. At
this time, Capt. Hopkins, a Cop federate
Surgeon, aixl two or three petty officers,
wcrt) present. All of them were extreme
ly polite, but all seemed to feel at home,
and enjoyed the opportunity of expressing
their opinion, as if it gave theni extreme
pleasure. In conversation with Captain
Hopkins, who, by the way. is a lineal de'
scendant of Stephen Hopkins, a signer of
the declaration of independence, 1 ascer
tained thai the 1'onfedi.Tsitcs lost in tho
late battles lo.Otid men, all told. He says
that our b.-ses mo known not to be iess
than from '2,'.,nt!(i to Upon as.-ur.
ing him that this was a great exagoration,
he said that upon very high authority, he
understood that they had buried lii)0i) of
our nu n on the lield-th.it there weio yet
some a, Ol"! wounded men only lit for hos
pital, under their care, and that, finally,
theyweiein possession of li 1,0(10 prison
ersofwar. Upon suggesting to the Cup
tain that the rebel loss at Malvern Hill
must have been very severe, he said,
"There's where you folks have all made a
great mistake- Our men at that action lay
quietly upon the ground, and your grape
and canister passed over them." Wo haps
pen to knoiv, however, that the rebel
masses were hurled against our artillery,
only to be driven back wiih frightful
slaughter. The captain said he was one
of tho last Union men ir. Virginia, but
could not stand tho tyranny of Lincoln's
administration.
Finally, the train arrived. It wasolong
one.tM'onty-six cars in all, an 1 had on board
!s00 of our poor maimed soldiers. When
it turned tho curve, und our flag waived
in (sight, our crippled boys burst in a loud
cheer for the emblem of their country, nnd
as if animated by Iho sight, dozens on
crutches came on unaided, and hobbh-d
over to the boat. It was an allecting sight
indeed. Young men, with scarcely an
exception, some had lost arms, others legs,
while really all were maimed for life. A
few sick from fever were carried to the
boat, pale, emaciated, and apparently near
the ond of their sull'erings. Liule did they
look like the gallant soldiers who, a few
lays sinco, were so full of lifeand military
spirit. Somo were wandering in mind,
and I heard ono poor delirious bov nk
where the 1 hiladeinhm lnn -.r
the 1 Inladeiphia boat was. V
wanted to seo his mother liefore ioininc
, his comrades again. There were yet otti
ers who bore up with a fortitude most as
tonishing. But wo have become so accus.
tomed to these sights that our hearts are
quite linrdened. It is proper to say that
the rebels treated our men with kiiii.'ness,
and assisted in currying ninny of them
upon the boat.
! With tho train came Dr. Cullcn. Con'
federate medical director, Colonel Moore,
First Virginia, Lieut Owens, Washington
Artillery, of N, irleans, and others whose
names I lnvc forgotten. For an iiotif
tberewas a pleas. ir.t social time. I ut win .
bad begun to exhibit its legitimate e.I. Is
a i-liungcr wotd I never have thought l!:i.r
Ihenun were e:i M.ie. They oe!i.n:g, ,t
tokens, made piomi.-es, expressed icgu i
lit their position as Iocs, and ollered to do
everything that they possibly could do,
without compromising their military char
acter. But with all this freedom, ail tins
general expression of respect, persot.uliy,
not one word ol kindness lor the old Up' "i
fell from the'n lips. The New iil. ati ol'i
cers, in particular, weie extr. i.u l., C-i
against (ien. Butler for his lonniion ho
.men" order. "I tell you, "said oi..- "thai
ord.-r cost you ninny a hie daring ihe wen:
of lighting. The Loiii.-iaiiiau.s went li; iwi.'
'Butler' as their war cry. and it olt.-n rab
lied them to face and beat you:' artillery
Hunter's proclamation, and ; !' these ni
ish untimely things, which good men No' i.i
think unfortunate, were on every rebel's
tongue during t very earnest though, tho'
useless discussion of tho question by sever
al olhccis. If the men wo met ut City
Point are a sample of the general run
South, I am satisfied that the. whole lot
nre incorrigible. Some one said, during
the talk, "we foly upon the Union feeling
South uioro than even our arms, hoping
that by its developetnent the people will
gradually return to their fint love." "Un
ion feeling South," replied a rebel officer,
"just let me say to you, that for one Union
man ScUth there i-ro three secessionists
North, and the sooner your government
realizes the fact that we are united tho
better."
About tho late battles they had nothing
to say, except when first spoken to upon
the subject. Then thny werejubilant, and
one re.naiked, that fifty thousand men
could not take City Point, as there were
enough men there to drive that number
into the James river. Tho fact i s.that the
rebels are building batteries all around us
and the force ut City Poir.t is used as a
suppose Should an attempt bo mado on
Fort Darling, by land, it might be intend
ed to operato against our advance. But
of tho fact that a heavy force is at City
Point there is no doubt. In conversation,
oil shore, with a soldier from Caroline
county, he told me, that all the way from
Richmond they had camps of men, Thin
man was the only leally ge;.oious fellow
I mt. He was sorry that war existed,
and a tear glistened in his eye as In; re
marked, that it whs liar I to light against,
the old flag, then in sigiit. Bui wo were
wrong, he thought, und, bein wruti,
ought to be the first to cry "peceavi."
Tosuui this whole visit up, it eoin? per
fectly plain that it is useless to talk ol Un
ion sentiment in the rebel arm. It ha-j
no existence in my judgment, at a!l. Tho
advice of an ollicer to a listening 'Jiron;; i.i
applicable here, and I give it lor the con
sideration of your readers. "There is ono
way in which you can defeat us. Put ev
ery man you have in tho field, meet us at
every jxrut, light until there is notaSouth
cm regiment or soldier h.ft, and tho thing
is accomplished. Then you can have too
country in welcome. Make your people
understand this matter, and open the -eyes
to the solemn truth, that if thoy
sist on a restoration of the Union, b r.
only be g; ined by a war which w 1
the South without a living man, ai - ;
the North desolate Icyond recovery."
FROM FORTRESS MONROE
Correspond. ano of thu Associated Tress.
Fortress Monroe, July '21. Tho learn
er State of Maine arrived at For i c" Mon.
rou this morning, at 7 o'clock fiom Jity
Point, with .".ti released prisoners irom
Richmond. They were 'brought, do.vn to
Oily Point in baggage cars, in d...rgo of
I if. Cullcn, medical director of l.ong-ti ect's
division, anil icceiyed by Col. Sv.eiizer, of
Gen. MeClellan's staff. Every courtesy
was shown these prisoners, and our rick
and wounded whil.it in prison were kindly
treated.
Dr. Burritt, tho surgeon in charge of tho
State of Maine, says the released prisoners
were vi-ited at Harrison's Landi.) : by Gen.
McClellan and one of hi ..staff officers, and
the medical director of the army of tho
Potomac, Dr. Sttterm iti, who also exam
ined l'io condition ol iho vessel.
The prisoners were brought do-.vr :n
freight cars, for which the rebel officers
apologised, suying thut all their cars were
oenupicU iii sondnig troops to (ien. Jack,
son. In reply tea question whore Jack
son was, it was replied that nobody knew
w here Jackson wa, but they knew enough
of him to reinforce him.
The rebel aro building three iron-clad
gunboats as Richmond; one, tho "New
Men ini ie," is nearly completed, and rea
lly for the guns to be put on board. Ano
ther, c lied the "Lady Davis," is now 1C
ing iron-clad, and the third one is ou tho
stocks, not so far advanced.
A rebel soldier aid their camps were
about oA miles back from the James river
that Un y kepi back out of the way ol
the shells of our gunboats.
(ien. MoOlcllan was glad lo seo the re
turned soblie.s and conversid Ireuly with
them. Ono of them remarked that he
hoped to get well mid help tako Richmond,
to which tho general replied, "You will
have to make hasto, then."
It is reported that the rebels have suc
ceeded in driving off a large quantity of
cattle belonging to the army.'
There lias been and still is a consider,
bio number of rebel troops along the
James river, between City Point and
Richmond, and also at or lira- Petersburg,
but thoso at Petersburg appear to be mos
ving toward-i Richmond. hio nf our re
turned soldiers saw live lri:is carrying
troops from Petersburg toward Richmond
Fifteen rebel prisoners were brought to
Fortress Monroe this (Sunday) afternoon,
from Sullolk, having been captured nem
that place yesterday. Among thctu are
two commissioned officers,
WRfc-Two sons of the Rev. R. J. Breckin
ridge oro in the Confederate army, otiu c
w huiu belongs to M org .m' tpici illas.