The press. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1857-1880, August 13, 1862, Image 1

PKESS,
t* shl Lr JOHN w. FORNEY.
SO. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STREBT.
01 rDAILV PRES. 8 '
1 (IKVT3 P«« WBSK ' tiaS '“ !>l6 W th ° oarrlOT ‘
**’ if \ob«crlbersont of the City «t Six DOLLARS
jl»ll*» W V-tix Dollars ro* Eight Mouths,
I>»| • wS '“', lS COH Six Months— invariably in ad-
V*\ time ordered.
*»“" Lme tri-weekly press,
, Snlwcribors out of the City at Thrxb Dol
'“'ll **«*. In advnnoe.
{.!»> ‘ .. -
OirTANT T 0
llasUbe-be'ekers.
rrWNSIbVANIA RAILROAD OOMPAHT
(Si r ~ fasno , during too Snmmor, tickets at
i, t rill ro,o9Mfel!owS!
RAILROAD COMPANY.
COMMUTATION TICKETS
three, six, nine, or tw<lve months, at wj
for W°' nccommodaHon of persons living out ol
1(0 * rate'*» #)) or new the lino of the road during
•tintai W OO j rom and after July 1, 1882, a stilt great*
■IM teen made on those tickets.
COUPON TICKETS
.. j t t r ipß between any two points at about
r»r ** ,'-110, These tickets; are Intended for flu
•W» "““mL travelling frwiently, and are of great id
oWlif . Mraoiia making oeoastonal trips.
•moW 10 p,nw
SCHOOL TICKETS*.
forone or three months, for the use of scholars *i-
school in the city. ,
CLERGYMEN
on or near the line of the road, and havtej
“In to iw> the road freuuaptly In their clerical
,StCI , .refurnished with certificates entitling then
'T.™ut half fere. Applications to be made only te
Snoch LO*' l *) Goner* l Superintendent, at Altoona.
excursion tickets .
weed at half fare to parties of over lorty, good tot
.«»reasonable time.
..vnrmsloN TICKETS during the Summer are sold
, 2f riled rates, for the benefit of those seek
.’Location from business or In pursnit of health
ve.L tl.kett are good for ten days, and are Issued tc
S : the Allegheny Mountains), Air
Innl fjt of the mountains) BEDFORD, DODB-
SqKePBBATA SPRINGS,
lor time of departure of trains see bills and cords o!
Tlekett apply at the office of the Com
-s»ny[ Southeast corner of ELEVENTH and MABKM
Btr,Bto- JAMBS OOWDEN, Agent,
LEWIS L. HOUPT, General Ticket Agent.
JjlMiel '
WEST OHBBTM
PHILADELPHIA BAIL-
AFTERNOON BX
riJRSIOirS ON TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS,
the finest Country and the most beautiful
limras wy In the vicinfty of Philadelphia.
tin TUHSDAYS nod FRIDAYS of esoh week until
fartter notice an Extra J rata wiU leave West Chester al
busla*° Exeuwlon Tickets can take elthei
JSTSsO P M Train trom Philadelphia, and the I
..ess P M Train from West Chester,
C RhtINMBIP TICKETS FROM PHILADELPHIA
Stations east of West Chaster, good on auv oT tot
a’ stX out or in, may he had on these days ONLY,
YXOOEBION BATES, good only on the days Issued.
U tarther InfonnaHon spply »t the Ticket Offloe, Is
j£SSi »B! o™nerof EIGHTEENTH aud MAE
KSUarPitioHTPOL LooatioSß so* Summrr Boards*!
•OStBS LWS OS TB* BOAD. JfBNRT WOOD,
JeJl-tawfs tf Superintendent.
SEA BATHING.
F 0 R THU SEA.
BAHISiN'r.—OABIDIN AND ATLANTIC BABr
trains datlT U AHantlo OIW and return, (Sun
-I,leave,leave VINN-Stmt Ferrr M
fplloWß * fnn * m
SUII Train '•«» *- ■
lipress Train............ *r£| *,* 5
™ ht and ..6.00 P. X
lesves, Atlantic Mall Train *« P. *
", M Express Train ....—616 A. X
it *» Freight And Accommoaatioa.a.lS A. m*
TABS 81.80. Bound, trip Tickets, pood only form
dav and train on which then art Uiucd, SIM. Exonr.
m Tickets, good for three Joh’/o BBYANT Dol *
Agek
SUMMER RESORTS.
bUEF HOUSE, ATLANTIC CITY.
O —Comfortable Booms cun now bo bad at this well
kspt and conveniently-located house, as there are a num
ber of departures daUr. .
anS-lilt* H. b. BTCNBON. Proprietor.
QEA JJaTHJLNQ. A FAVORITE
HOMB ‘ THE “WHITEHOD'IB,”
MASSACHUSETTS Avenue, ATLANTIC OITY, N. J.
This popular house Is open. Its situation 1b quite near
fin beach; has good rooms, all opening npou the ocean,
and furnished with spring mattresses. Its reputation Is
well established as a flist-olass home. Plentiful table.
Kren attention given to guests, and terms moderate.
' e WM waiTSHOUdB, Proprietor,
fiy Hoßar at Ihe “ Whitebouse.” auS-lut
ftENTRAL HOUSE, ATLANTIC
U OITT, New Jersey. _ , ......
M. LAWLOE, Proprietor.
The above new house t« now open for Boarders. Booms
equal to but on the beach, well ventilated, high ceilings,
Ae Servants attentive and polite. Approximate to the
Esthtng grounds. auA-lm*
DM. MTHING,
D BEIOAH nTO HOUSE,
BBIB\KTIN® BEiCH, S. J.
How open for tho season. The Bathing, Flatiing,}Gnn
rtng, and Yeebttog being very superior.
Boats will awslt guests at the Inlet on arrival of trains.
Board per met, 33. F.B. ArW-reas, Atlantic City.
H. D. SMITH,
Proprietor.
□TAR HOTEL,
/Bear!? opposite the United States Hotel,)
ATLANTIC GIFT, N. J.
fcX&UKL ABAttB, Proprietor.
ttaw.,.,,, 80 cento.
Aim, Oerritgßa to Hlrel
W Bonnier! accommodated on the moat reasonable
lermi. je2o-Sm
fIOLUEBIA HOUSE.
*U ATLANTIC OtTT,
amiATETJ OK KENTUCKY AVENUE,
Opposite tbs Surf House.
ISr Tennf to antt tbs times
je2o'2m BDWABD DOYLE. Proprietor.
QEA-BIDE HOUSE, ATLAS TlO
□ out.u, j.
BY DAVID BOATTKBGOOD.
A NEW PRIVATE BOAEDING BOOSE, heautiful
!f situated St the foot of PnmißylTttnia Avenue.
Sow open for visitors for the season. jeSO-Sm
MANSION HOUSE,
A"A ATLANTIC OITY,
E. LEE, Proprietor.
. Tblfl Honae having been thoroughly renovated and en
»*fgedj is cftw open for permanent and transient boarders.
M&NSIOif HOUSE 1b convenient to depot, churches,
ted jest office, the bathing grounds are unsurpassed
on the Island. The Bar is conducted by &£r* J&filßL* of
?hiisdelpbfft, who will keep saperior wines, liquors, and
thotee brands of cigars. je2o-2m
Eagle hotel, Atlantic
CITY, is now open, with a
LARGE ADDITION OF ROOMS.
Bawd ST per week, bathing dresses included. Je2o-2m
jfIOTTAGE RETREAT, ATL ANTIC
HU CITY, fc now open tad ready for Boarders. A few
Choice Bootes can be obtained by applying soon. The
[‘Proprietor furntahe* bis table with fresh milk from bis
[tcwi, and freab vegetables from bis farm. .•.-'•• •
I Altso t about four hundred desirable Cottage and Hotel
for sale by M. Medt/EES*
I Proprietor.
* rHHE ALHAMBRA ” ATLANTIC
JL OITT,” N, J.i asplendid new house, southwest
[toraeiof ATLANTIC) and MASBAOHOSBTTS Avenues,
[WU be open for visitors on and after June 29th. The roomß
[fed table ef>< The Alhambra ” are unsurpassed by any
to the Island, There is a spacious IceOreamandße-
Itteshmeutßaleou attached to the house. Terms moderate.
0. DUBOIS & 8. J. YOUNG, _
Proprietors.
|J)EDLOE 5 8 HOTEL, ATLANTIC
WTY, h. J—At the terminn* of the railroad, on
if* ™ti bey«nd the depot This Boose is now open for
ooMders end Transient Visitors, end offers aooommoda-
JJMfrtsl to any Hotel In Allantio City, Charges mo
iMrste, Ohttdren and servants half price.
Parties shoold keep their seats nntll the oars ar
wsinfrontof the hotel. 1020-2 m
IHISTER COUNTY HOUSE.—This
pim?) rate Boarding Boom, comer of TUBE and
ikt.i , a ’®obb, Atlantic .Gitv, convenient to the
* beautiful view of the Ocean, i* now open
liv * “MOO. The accommodations are equal to any
i®"® ihe Island. Prices moderate.
IMO-im J, KEIM, Proprietor.
BATHING.—“The Clarendon”
.ATife" 1 * Virgin!* Home,) VIBGINIA AVBOTH,
CITY, ia now open for the accommodation
h, “?Wor«. This Honae ia aitnated imnfediately on the
•Co, and from every room afforda a fine view of the
**■ JjsM-2m] JAMBS JBMIUKTB, «. P.
UM Bathing.—united states
ft'..?, 01 '? I ', LONG BBANOH, N 3., is now open,
fifty yards from the seashore, contral of the
“«i homo fronting the ocean 600 feet: two home
1,,,, " 6 * Pork, Steamer leaves Murray street twice
M ' » od **•'*• i ‘hence by the B. and D. B.
S 1 ”* Address.',■: B. A. BHOEMAKEB.
wtnnmuic&ttnii from Philadelphia is by the Camden
™ Amboy Ballroad, by the 6 A , M. and S B. M. trains.
■ . ' jeW.2m»
IAUTI ON. ~ ~
velt-earaed reputation of
Fairbanks* scales,
, k “ '“doted the makers of Imperfect balances to offer
* *• “FAIBBAKKS’ 80AI.ES,” and porohaeerf
In many instances, been snbjeoted to fraud
"'■Wpoeiaon. r AIBBAHKB* SOAMB aremanufac
by tb» original Inventors, X. A T. liAlß
liMln. * “ 4 we adapted to every branch of the
w ‘> where a correct aid durable Boalee Is required.
Fairbanks & ewing,
.«]- „ General Agent*,
H HABOHIO HAXjIi, Til OHHBTNDT ST
* —Owing to the popularity
»Mch 001 PATENT SELf.
ither i»rti!l & O M>THE&.WBHJBEB baa uit with,
1k,0 4% n B «*i* Bd6 * Tprin *l° " eU aiBlr Inferior ma
“ »>nwn. to Si"!8BLl>-ADJlJSTINa»
We. tWr * decBiYe the pnbiio
tsmtftd *' ,e npUoe that onr name will be plainly
•»« »°m otw «M«rwta»<> and *>ld byn%
*»* *«1 be d"it A n&? “8 Bsin * onr tea «*
_ Mr. 1. li»n , “ according to law.
gtweti, PwffiY,’ 00 , rner °f riFTH and OHESTNUY
»lT Stt Üb<le 'vhia,i, onr BOLE AGE El T for Penn
[feuiwj HALEY, KOBSE, * BOYLKij,
jA O!FE an invoice of
Tn« ®. ,n B .a r T rxfl; jMt
U 5 WALHDT and a QBANITE Stmt*,
' ** Vwlh*w>
t”" w ~ . “’’
HI Extra Oopj to tile getter-up oftho Olab. ' ,
■:.. w - ■ ■ _.. ■ *y Postmasters are regne*!eft'td :i! £cf ! s# , i'3--‘ , "jSr"^ S
YOL. 6 11.
RETAIL DRY GOODS.
rpHE mw TRAIL SKIRT.
Just received another lot of these beantlful
SPUING SKIRTS,
BOTH MEDIUM AND EXTRA LENGTH.
ALSO, A GENERAL ASSORTMENT FOR MISSES.
SHEPPARD, VAN HARLINGEN, A ABBISON,
auG-lSt 1008 CHESTNUT Street.
TjIANCY SHIRTING FLAtfiNiSW
JJ Just opened, afew cnseß of French Shirting Flan
nels, in neat Stripes, Checks, an I Plaids, of desirable
Styles and qualities.
ALSO—Gray, Scarlet, and Bine Flannels.
a«l2 SHABPLESS BBOTHERS.
ALL-WOOL CHE OKED OASH
x\- ■ME K B S.—4o- inch Black and White Ohecka
flue pnreXalne Cashmeres. Imported and fir sale by
SHABPIiBSS BBOTHEBS,
CHESTNUT and EIGHTH streets.
COUNTRY MERCHANTS AND
OTHFBB TARE HOTIOE—That wo wilt open
twenty balei'more of New Market, Stark, Oabbott, Po
cassett, Great Fall M, Lr man D, Amory, Lowell, Massa
chusetts, Everett, Conestoga, and other makes of MUS
LIN, all of which, having been bought previous to the
great rise, we will sell lower than they can be b rueht in
any wholesale. ho« 80 in tbs city. Also, Bleached Goode,
such as Williamsviile, Wamsutta, Bartlet, Androscoggin,
Forreetdaie, Pembroke, Walthina, Hope, Blaokstone,
Chester County, Bit. Vernon, and other makes, lower
than elsewhere. A large assortment of Gallco, Drillings,
Flannels. Tickings, Men's and Boys’ Wear. Ac , &o.
We still continue to retail our vast stock of Linen Goods
at ibe old prices. Have on hand, in great variety, Union
Table Lioon,B7Xc per yard. Call and examine for yoar
selves, afier getting posted in prices
B D A W.H PEMNELL,
1021 MARKET Streel, below Eleventh.
1025 CHESTNUT SPBEaC
•‘OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO L ABIES.”
E. M. NEEDLES
Has just opened NEW GOO DA as follows: Broad
hem-stitched ildkfa.,2, and 3 inch hem ; hem
stitched Edkfs. (all linen), 13c., or SI 60 per doe ;
new styles narrow vat, edgings and headings; new
atylea polnte laco and ether collars and setts,
ALL FOR SALE AT OLD PBIOE3.
All fancy made-upgoods, such as laca aud other
art'a, collars, slesveß. veils, Mkfs. &c. &c., will be
closed «nt, FOB THIS MONTH ONLY, prepara
tory to laying In Fa 1 Stock,
AT A BEDtiOTION OF 29 FEB CENT
Semnanit ” of all kinds of Linens, White
Goods, Edgings , Inserting*, Sc. Sts, will aLo be
closed out at a HEAVY DI3OOONT.
Aa all of the above goods have recently advanced
from 20 to 25 per cent., irom the increased rates
of exchange and tariff, the above great reduction
from our old prices should prove a great induce
ment for purchasers of these articles to buy rin-ing
this month. an 9 tf
10-24 CHESTNUT &TRERT.
,A LLWOOL FRENCH FLANNELS,
Fancy styles, for Gents 1 Shirts.
EYRE A LANDELL,
onß FOURTH and AROH.
Fall de laines, all neat
PATTERNS. —Hamilton Be Laincß.
Pacific Da Laines.
Manchester DeLalne*.
EYRE A LANDEhL,
FOURTH and ARCH.
PRINTS,FALL bTYLES.
JEj Opening of British Prints.
4-4 French stales.
EYRE & LANDELL,
auB FOURTH and 4BOH.
Linens, white goods, aosiE
BY, EMBROIDERIES.—The subscribers, io ad
ditiou to the House Famishing and Ourtaiu Departments
of the Dry Good. Business, give special attention to and
bare always on band a fresb stock of tbe best Sheeting
Linens, White Goods, Hosiery, and Embroideries, to
which the attention of buyers ig rospootTnilT requested.
SHEPPABD, YAK HABLINGEB & ABRISitK,
oti6 18t . • 1008 CHESTNUT Street
The last chance for BAR
GAINS.
FURTHER REDUCTION IN PRICES.
We are determined to close oat the balance of onr Sum
mer Stock before the first of September. Ia order to do
Be we will offer etir entire stock of
FAS GY SILKS.
DESIRABLE DRESS GOODS,
XiAuE MAbTLES AND POTNTES,
SILK OOATB AND SAOQDEd,
At lower prices than those of an; other Retail Bouse
in the city.
OUR BLACK SILKS
can’t be matched in prices and goalitios, as they were all
booght before the last rise, and wo are able to soil them
at onr
OLD LOW PRICES,
One lot cheapest Black Figured Bilks ever offered.
Also, a good assortment of .
DOMESTIC GOtfb*.
H. BTEKti & PON,
au4-tf HO. TlB North TENTH Bt, aoove Ooates.
Bargains in dry goods.
Thefollowing lota will be Bold at a great sacrifice
to close them ont— vis:
Two lets Black Silk and Woo! Ohallies at worth
87* c.
Five pieces Barege An gib at 4c, worth 10c,
Five pieces plain Barege at 12* c.
Also, a large lot of Shetland Shawls, at very low prices,
splendid for travelling or at watering places.
At JOHH H STOKES’,
702 ABO B Street.
Tweeds and cassime&eb.
1,600 yards heavy Caasimeres, jnst opened.
Also, 1,000 yards all'wool Tweed?, 62 to 76 cent*.
Sommer and Fall Ossalmeree, a fall stock.
Men’s and Boys’ wear, onr stock la complete.
DOMESTICS.
Bleached and Brown Shirtings.
Bleach'd and Brown Sheetings.
Cotton Flannelß, Domet, all wool, and Sasme do.
Cotton Goods, at lowest market rales.
HONEY-COMB QUILTS.
Marseilles and Lancaster Quilts.
Battling Flannels, Moaanito Nets.
Linen Table Damasks and Napkins,
Cheap lots of 4 4 heavy Irish Linens.
CLOSING OUT.
Silk Mantles, Thin Dusters, Lace Goods.
Boys’ Sommer Clothing.
Thin Dress Goods, Black Tamartines*
Ghallies, Mohairs, Mozambiunes, So.
COOPER 4 OONVRD,
jy3l-tf B. E. corner NINTH and M ABKETsta.
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS.
rpo families besiding
m THE
RUBAI* DISTRICTS.
We are prepared, as heretofore, to supply Families at
their country residences with every description of
FINE GBOOBBIEB, TEAB, AO., 40.
ALBERT O. ROBERTS,
je2l-tf COBNBB ELEVENTH AND VINE STB.
MACKEREL.
J3l 160 Bbla New Large No. 8 Mackerel.
160 Half Bbli “ “ “
Ib store and and for tale by
” MTJBPHY * KOOHS,
80. 140 North WHABVEB,
TI/TACKEBEL, HERBING, SHAD,
DLL &0., &o.
2,600 Bbls Mags Hos. 1,2, and 8 Mackerel, late
eanght fat flsb, in assorted paokages. _
2,000 Bbls Hew Baetpert, Bortone Bay, and Halifax
Herring.
2,600 Boxes Lnbeo, ScsOed, sod Ho. 1 Herring.
160 Bbli Hew Mess Shad.
260 Boxes Herkimer Gonnty Cheese, Ao,
In store and for sale by
MOBBHY A KOONS,
jell-tf Ho. 146 Horth WHABYBB.
LATOUR OLIVE 01L.—463 baskets
LATOCB OLIVB OIL, jnst reortyed, and for sale
by JACBICTOHH * LAYBBOHE, 202 and 201 South
BBOHT Street.
CACTIOH .—Having seen a spnrions artiole of OH
branded “J. liatonr,” we oantion the pnblio against
porohaain* the same, at the genuine J. liatonr Oil oaa
be procured only from ns.
JABSUTOHII * BAVBBCHStE,
303 and 304 South FBOETT Street
mrlB.tr
STATIONERY & FANCY GOODS.
TI/fABTIN A QUAYLEB
lu BTATIONBBY, TOY, AND FANCY GOODB
m; o bi an,
No. 1036 WIIiHUT STBBBT,
•BLOW *LlTini»*i.
PHIXiADBT,PHIA.
jeii-rpir
THE
“EXCELSIOR” HAMS
are the best in the world,
J. H. MICHENER & CO.,
GENERAL PROVISION DEALERS,
And carers of the celebrated
“EXCELSIOR”
su GAR-CURED H AMS,
Nos. 142 and 144 North FRONT Street,
Belwetn Arch and Pact streels, Philadelphia.
The justly* celebrated u EXCELSIOR 11 HAMS are
cored byJ. H. M. & Co., (in a style peculiar totbem-
BeWes,) expressly for FAMILY ESE, are of deUotooe
flavor; free from the unpleasant taateof salt, and are
pronotmced by eplonres enperlor to any now offered tor
Bale. jy23-lm_
“THOMSON’S LONDON
■Smjm KITCHENER ”_We are now manufacturing
tSC «THOMSON’S LONDON KITCHENER,” 01
EUROPEAN BANQE, snitabla for huge and small
families, hotels, hospitals, and other pnbllo Institutions,
In great variety. Also, Portable Ranges, the “ Philadel
phia Range,” 6a* Ovens, Bath, Boilers, and Oast-iron
Sinks, together with a great variety of small and large
sized Hot-air Tunjacee, Portable Heaters, Tire-board
Btoves, Low-down Grates, Ao,
Wholesal* and BetoU o«.v at oor warwooms.
NORTH, CHASE, & NOBTH,
No. 200 North SECOND Btreet,
four doors above Raoe street.
DRAIN PlPE.— Vitrified Drain and
Water PIPE, from 2 inchea bore up, with every
variety of Heidi, Branches, Traps, Ac., warranted ennui
to anyin lhemartet, and at leea yatea. rheaoder
signed being interested in one of the largest, and beat
bed* of Eire*Olay In tbia country , for the m “p n f ao *“f?
of the above,and other articles, both
in auaiity and price. PETEB B. MEIiIuK,. ~,
in quality Store 647 CHESTNUT Street.
' Manufactory cor. Thompson and. Anthracite streets,
Philadelphia. ..... ....
POTTON SAIL DUCK AND CAN
\J YIS, of ill number* Bud brands.;- - ■
Barenf* Dock of <#ll dOscriptiona, fox
Ten to, Awnliigß,Tronk*nd,WagonQoyerß.
AUe, Paper Manufactnrers Drier Felw» from Ito 8
root wide. T»rpaollng,j^WbYEßMalt 0 * 00.,
102 JOKES Allay.
®|t fuss.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1862.
LETTER FROM MEMPHIS.
The Civil Authorities vs. Gen. Sherman—
Cotton Selling—The Policy of sending
Money South Suicidal—The Difference
between Federal Tyranny and Guerilla
Tyranny—lllegal Traffic—Salt for the
Confederacy—The Military Commission
still Sitting—lively Times expected in
Arkansas —The Skirmish south of this
City—Kebel Letter to Gen Grant.
[Special Correspondence of The Press.] ■
Memphis, Tenn., August 6,1862.
The imbroglio between the civil and military au
thorities, that is to say between the Treasury De
partment and General Sherman, still continues. I
am thus persistent in calling public attention to
(his matter, because the whole difficulty is one
which has its foundation in the nature of the rebel
lion and of tbe means used to crush it, and which
we are likely to meet at every successive post of
importance which we oooupy. The difficulty being
radical, the remedy must be radical also, and the
sooner it is devised the better.
Military men advocate .stringent measures, and
the prompt and energetic enforcement Of those mea
sures. They Bee an evil, and they want to stop it
immediately. They see an obstacle to the success
ful operation of their military schemes, anil they
wish to destroy it with as little delay as possible,
so as to go right on with what they consider the
main business, to wit: the military schemes. .The
oivil authorities, on the contrary, are occupied,
with a different set of questions, and influenced by
a different set of considerations. They want not
only to conquer the country, but to hold and de
velop it after itis conquered, and to make it pay
the expenses of conquest as fast as possible. AU
this business of cotton selling they view from an en
tirely different standpoint from that of the military
commanders. They say, “Wo get half a cent a
pound onjthe raw material, and three percent, on the
manufactured article, which, at a reasonable esti
mate of the value of cotton after the first of
September, when the tax goes into operation, gives
the Government fourteen dollars and a half on every
bale of cotton we can get from the South. Now
this is going to help us very materially in making
both ends meet.” “ But,” answers the military
man, “ the gold and the treasury notes you send
South are immediately converted into an engine of
warfare against us, and you are prolonging the re
bellion. Let tbe United States take the cotton and
give a voucher for it, to be paid at the end of the
war, and we will have no objection.” “But that
would make the United States a buyer of cotton,”
says the Treasury Department; “and there is no
law for that,” “‘ls there any law against it?”
saj3 military.’ To which Treasury, so far as heard
from, has no answer. Now, this Is the whole mat
ter in a nutshell; for I do not suppose the Go
vernment have taken any thought of the almost in
appreciable influence the little'cotton that is sent
North wonld have on foreign intervention; it is en
tirely a question of policy in dealing with the re
bellion. ‘'
Bor my part, I take most decidedly the military '
side of the question. As Mr. Chase shall not pro
bably thank me for my advice, I will not charge
him anything for it. But I do thick it is a most
suicidal policy, this sending money South to more
the cotton crop. It pres color to the great preten
sions of King Cotton. It takes stray one great in
ducement to Southern planters to favor and aid the
federal Government. If they can sell their
cotton any how, they will not be so anxious for the
re-establishment of the Union, as they would if
they were not going to get their pay until after the
war was over. If they will selT their cotton for
money, they will also sell it for United States
vouchers, if they can't sell it for anything else.
Those vouchers .could easily be discounted—they
could thus supply themselves with money, from
time to time, as their necessities required, by going
to some loyal banker in the North, whose name
would be a suffioient guarantee that the money was
not to be paid to the Confederate Government.
Then, if any profit is made on the cotton, the Go
vernment would make it; and, better than
all, gold would not be pouring down into the
heart of the Confederacy by the million dollars.
If these people are fools enough to burn their cot
ton, lot thorn burn it. This war has got to be one
of several years anyhow; we may as well make
a thorough thing of it. ‘ The cotton-burning mania
won’t last many seasons. The people are in a
passion now. A blockade of only one year has had
a salutary effect on them, and one more winter of
the same persuasive measure will have a still
greater influence. By and by they will be willing
to Bubmit to the “Lincoin tyranny,” which pro
tects and buys thtir cotton wherever it can, rather
than to the “guerilla Confederacy,” which burns
it. They will be wanting shoes and fanning imple
ments, and numerous other things, which the Lin
coln dynasty will afford them, and which cotton
will pay for. This madness that has seized the
Southern people will pass imperceptibly away, as
their ability to keep up the war excitement dimi
nishes. ■ :
Another phase of the “ imbroglio ’’ which occurs
here, but will not,be very liko’y to occur any where
else, as scarcely any commander would take the
measures that General Sherman has, is this: The
passport system to and from the interior being .en
tirely .abolished, the duties of inspection and sur
veillance which formerly devolved on the Board of
Trade and the provost marshal are shifted to the
picket guards. The Board of Trade is an institu
tion under the control of the Treasury Department.
It is appointed from among the Union residents of
a port, and men are selected who have : had the ■
largest experience in business affairs, , and the
largest acquaintance in the country. It is their
duty to exr mine the applicants for permits to take
supplies into the country. Every man’s name, de
scription, and residence is entered in a book. When
he next applies for a permit his record is examined
and the board decide whether, under all the
circumstances, he ought to be allowed to
have the supplies he asks for. He can
not carry aDy goods without the permission of
the Board of Trade, and this is only granted on his
taking the oath of allegiance. He is.only permitted:
to take such aa'd SO many supplies as ought to be
aiceEßsry for the use of his family and his hands
and cattle. General Sherman refases to respect
these permits, and notifies the Board of Trade that
by granting them in future they render themselves
liable to be arrested for contempt of the military
authorities.
I have already written yon fully about his picket
system. The guards are ohanged at morning and
noon. The result is that a farmer may take out
two barrels of salt a day, and, by engaging four
assistants to go over the other four roads over which
passage is permitted, ten barrels of lalt a day, with
out passing the some guard twice. If half his salt
Is seized, he makes profit enough on the balance to
pay him, and from the irregularity which is sure
to arise from the constant changing of sentinels,
great injustice is often done to those who are
honestly spuplying only their own private wants.
If this thing goes on, the Southern Confederacy
will he supplied with salt, in three months’ time,
through the port of Memphis. The Treasury De
partment have trumped General Sherman by pro
hibiting all Clearances, for Memphis, of cargoes of
salt, without a permit from the Memphis Board of
Trade.! But even this does not half reach the evii.„
There ought to be some definite and accurate
understanding between the two departments as to
each other’s powers and duties. The whole busi
ness, both military and commercial, of the country,
is getting into inextricable confusion, and there
will be olaims against the Government of millions
of dollars from this port alone, and claims, too, -
which, arising as they will from the arbitrary and
illegal acts of the military authorities who are
shifted from one poßt to another as though it was
to the command of a new regiment. If the “ mili
tary Governor ” of a State is to control the general
commanding the department in any particular, let
his province be marked out so far as it can be, and
let him be unembarrassed in the performance, of his
duties, and let him not meddle with the business of
the military commander. The duties of the two
functionaries are entirely distinct and easily ascer
tained. There need be no confusion if, the subject
is properly attended to in general orders and gene
ral instructions.
The Military Commission, which has been sitting
hefe for some days past, confiscating rebel property,
is etii in session. They have seized and occupied
two hundred aral seventy-jive vacant houses, anti
'rented seventy-five to applicants. Here is another
.mystery. "Where fdoes Gen. Sherman get his au
thority to appoint this commission ?, I had supposed
that the confiscation act was not to go into opera
tion until the oeurts could be established, and every
ease adjudicated on its own merits and after a fair
trial and the production of evidence on both side?
of the ease. These matters are. too delioate to be
entrusted to the peremptory and ; hasty deoision of
a military commission. This is more than proved
■ by the results of the eommission thus far. The or
ders to the commission are, to seize and inventory
the effects in every house,which has been vacated.
The consequence -is, that a good deal, oft property;
■* .has been seized which is the property of good Union
men, who have simply left the city to attend to busi
ness, which, has been disarranged by, the long .esta
blishment of the blockade, or to protect property
which is still within the Southern lines. Some in
stances have occurred of property of Jiorthem men
being thus seized. Thus far, nothing has boon done
PHILADELPHIA. WEDN
but to take inventories and hold the property. How
soon Gen. Sherman will have a general au ;tion
time only can show. \ , ;
The news leadß us to expect lively times in Ar
kansas before long. Tbe Ist Wisconsin Cavalry,
Col. Edward Daniels, arrived in the course of an?
overland trip at Madison, a point about forty miles
due west of Memphis. There they found a provost
marshal, who, under the order of Hindman, had
-signalized himself by imprisoning a cotton-buyer in
a very filthy dungeon, keeping-him, in close con
finement, and starving him. Under the auspices
of Col. Danielß, theitwo were made to change
places. The wagoj|Sfaui of this regimont, consist
ing of twenty wagons, which wa3 some miles in the
rear of the regiment, and was guarded by seventy
men, was attacked, while orossing the St. Francis
river, by 1,200 Texas Bangers. The Wisconsin
boys made a most desperate fight, notwithstanding
the odds, and lost eight killed and thirty wounded,
more than half their force. Two or three escaped,
and carried the news to Helena, whence Col. Fitch,
with large reinforcements, has gone in pursuit of
the rebels.' -
The skirmish at Nonconah creek, seven miles
south of Memphis, also looks like work. The late
reports are to the effect that the force attacking us
was 1,500 or 2,000 men under J t ff Thompson.
They may be the advance of a large force.
I -have got a sjght at the following letter sent a
week or two ago to General Grant. How complete
ly in harmony with the tone of the Secessionists !
They whine about our cruelties, and beg for foreign
intervention, and lash themselves into a passion,
just for all the world like a set of naughty, rebel
lious children who know they have been doing
wrong, and are thrown into' ecstasies of terror at
the contemplation of the spanking that awaits them
when they are caught. Was ever any thing more
puerile, bombastic, and ridiculous than this? The
letter is written on three leaves out of a memoran
dum book,' about four by three inches in size:
Sin atodia, -July 16, 1882.
“U. S. Grant—Sir: We have seen your infa
mous and fiendish proclamation. It is oharacteris
tio of your infernal policy. We had hoped that ,
this war would be conducted upon principles re
cognized by 61 vilized nations.” (How theyjbeg for
their cotton and their niggers!) “ But you have
seen fit to ignore all the rules of civilized warfare,
and resorted to means which ought to, and
would, make half civilized nations'biush. If you
atteufpt to carry out your threat against the pro
perty” (cotton and niggers) “of citizens', we will
make you rue the day you issued your dastardly
proclamation... If we can’t act upon the principle
of lex taliams ” (why don’t you go up North, my
boy ?) “ in regard to private property, we will visit
summary vengeance upon your men. You call us
gneril as, which you know is false. . We are re
cognized by our Government, and it was us who
atteoked your wagon train at Morning Sun. We
have 23 men of yours,” (that is a lie.) “and as soon
as yon carry out your threat against the oitizens of
the vicinity of Morning Sun, your Hessians shall
pay for it. You shall conduot this war upon proper
principles.
“We intend to force you to do it. If you in tend to
mak e this a war of extermination, you wilt please
inform us of it at the earliest convenience. We
are ready and more than witling to raise the ‘black
flag.’ There are 2,000 partisans who have sworn
to retaliate.- If you do not retract your proclama
tion, you may expect to have scenes of the most'
bloody Character. [Thanks for the information )
We all remember the manner in whioh your van
dal soldiers put to death Mr. Owens, of Missouri.
[Good for you—don’t forget it ] Henceforth our
motto shall be, blood for blood and blood for pro
perty. We intend, by,the help of God, [What
’ God?) to hang on the outskirts of your rabble
like lightning-around the edge of aoloud. [ Whew!]
We don’t intend this as a threat, but simply a
warning of what we intend to do in base you pur
sue your disgraceful and nefarious policy towards
our citizens, as marked out in your threat! of re
cent date. Respectfully, Geo. R. Meriutt.”
I wonder hbwoid- that boy is, and whether he is
not still a sophomore ? . f
<* Whoever dares these boots displace ,
Must meet Bombasteß face toface.” •* ■?
Yours trnly, Casco.
LETTER FROM WARRENTON, VA.
The Hospital Department—lts Extent and
A ccommodations—The List of Patients—
ObMaeles to Correspondence.
[Special Correspondence of The Presß.)
Hospital Department, 1
Warkbnton, Va., Aug. 1,1862. )
Onr department is well likened unto a caravan.
We pitch onr tents to-day on a green piaza,beauti
fnlly sjpead out in fine order, to remain “ for the
seasonbut along comes Gen. Pope, (“ the man.
■who will fight them,” as the “ boys”, ‘say,) and or
ders are docketed for a hegira. Now, we are
very well located, ' (having moved since I wrote
you). My office is in a marquee, thoroughly pro
tected from the weather, whether moist or dry, by
excellent ducking. In a day or so wo go into'the
shades of rural life, about one mile from the town.
We are making preparations for the mishaps that
engagements will return to us, via ambulances.
At the present our reports sho w an average of 250
patients, and will convey an idea of what a hospi
tal is like in the field.
With two hundred and twenty-five hoapital tents,
each intended for eight patients, and one nurse to
every ten or fifteen men,''{according to the nature
of their cases,) you will observe that weare capaci
tated for the accommodation of 1,800 sick and
wounded. We have a corps of cooks, (the nurses
and cooks being masculine,) and a host of surgeons’
stewards in charge of drugs, clerks, ward masters,
Ac., all the latter messing together. For dinner
to-day we had roast chickens and toasted bread,
vegetables being very scarce, plenty of fresh broad
and butter, and good, sweet milk. '
Tbe lady friend of the sick is the wife of Capt.
Arthur, a cavalry officer. She contributes much
by her kindness to the comfort of the invalids.
I am striving for a consummation of this letter
with a regiment of men bothering me—-so is busi
ness in this department. I will just make an in
ventory of the favors desired at my hands, for five
minutes, by the watch: “An order for a detach
ment to dig two graves. Mr. Clerk, please, sir, have
two eoffinß made. How many ambulances can we
have? Send out to contrabands, to-day, the rations
you order. An order upon the storekeeper for
dozen bottles of wine for watd 5.” Since writing,
the above I have stopped to accommodate as many
' more. Here I must pause for the present.
LETTER FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
Arrival of Regimental Bands—The Men.
Glad to Get Home—The Health of the,'
Army Good. 1 -'r
[Special Correspondence of The Frees )
Fortress Monroe, August 10,1852.
From Harrison’s Landing there is nothing note
worthy, beyond the arrival, yesterday and to-day,
of about thirty regimental bands, in compliance
with therecent order" of the War Department to
dispense with music in the army. In addition to
these,‘musicians have been arriving here in greater
or less number, and departing Northward, for the
past three weeks. I asked a Pennsylvanian who
“ struck the loud cymbals ” if he was not glad to
go home at last. “ Yes, indeed; after being away
a year and a half, I want to get into a clean suit of
clothes, and; see a good meal of victuals. I’ve
lived on crackers and salt horse so long that my
teeth’s wore out.” The health of the army con
tinues fair. An objection to the locality is, that if
a soldier falls HI, as, naturally, some will, every
where; the heat is so great that his system cannot
readily recuperate, especially in eases of fever.
The worst oases are sent to hospitals in this neigh
borhood or at the North, leaving intense heat,
buzzing flies, and a breezeless air, to their less
afflicted brethren. N.
The Enthusiasm at Chambersburg.
[Special Despatch to The Press.]
' Chahbebbbcrg, Pa , Aug. 11 —Our town is per
fectly wild with patriotic enthusiasm: We have
already more than doubled our'quota for Franklin
county, and can do more, if necessary... Our quota
is 400 men, and we have alread 900 strong at Har
risburg.’ One company under Capt. Dableb; one
tinder Capt. Bows; one under Capt. Walker;
one under Capt. Miles ; one under Capt. Brows
sgh one under Capt. Heed ; one under Captain
Austin ; one under Capt. Elder ; one under Capt.
McNight —all over 100 men, and composed of the
very best men the community can offer. We claim '
that no county in the State has done bettor than,
Franklin, in respect to the number .and class of
men who-have turned out. Wo have now seven
teen companies in service, all told. H. B. ■
What Bradford has Done.
Towanda, August 9, 1802.
To the Editor of The Press :
Sir : Two full companies leave to-day for Camp
Curtin, from the western part of Bradford county.
They are the first which are ready to leave under
the first call for 300,000. Three and perhaps five
more companies will be ready to go in about a week,
from present appearances, making 700 in all, which)
added to 1,800 now in the field, makes 2,500 con
tributed by Bradford county for the patriotic work.
The county pays a bounty of $25 to those enlisting
under the recent calls.
; 'Bespeotfully yours, S.
A Suggestion to the Government.
PHitilßßipHiA, AngJ
To the Editor of The Press :
Bib: If it is a fixed fact that the perfidious so
called rebel Government refuses to give up our offi
cers in,exchange for those lately sent them, would
it not'be as well to retaliate, by seizing upon the
moBt prominent.citizens in Winchester, Alexandria,
Nashville, Memphis, and New Qrleaos, as hostagos,
until our-offioors are released 1 • 1 mean such citizens
as are known to be Secessionists, but have committed
no overt aot; and I would not seize upon equal
Dumbere, but ns three or four to ono. Blow'for blow
should be the motto, and of the hardest kind.
Until this system is inaugurated,we will never sub
due these wicked men.
Respectfully yours,
ESDAt, AUGUST 18, 1862.
THE CEDAR MOUNTAIN BATTLE.
Heroic Valor Against Heavy Odds,
COMPLETE DETAILS FROM THE
v BATTLE-FIELD.
Attempt to Overwhelm Banks’
,t .! ; y'":vy Column. •
HOW IT WAS FRUSTRATED.
REGAINING OUR LOST GROUND
f FEABFUL MORTALITY OF OFFICERS.
Gen. Hartsnff's Interview with the Rebel
vf ■ Stuart.
PRETENDED DESIRE OF THE REBELS TO RENEW
L HOSTILITIES. ’
List of our Killed and Wounded.
THE ENEMY'S LOSS GREATER THAN OURS,
Washikotoh, Aug. 11.— The editor of the Star, whs
was on a visit to his family at Culpeper Court House at
the time of the battle on Satmday last, gives the follow
ing account of it, containing items of interest hot men
tioned mother accounts: s
At noon ofi'Friday Gens. Rope aid McDowell received
intelligence from ihn gallant Biji ard—who, with two re
giments of bis cavalry command, doing dnty lmtnodi
a<ei>_under him, a New Jersey and a Pennsylvania regi
ment had been in tbe saddle all night and day guarding
thoßapidan fern week, from the Raccoon ford down to
a poin t fourteen miles below end south of the railroad*— ;
that'the t netny at daybreak bad crossed the river, with
two tegiments oi Louisiana intantry, two pieces of light
attillery, and three email regiments of .cavalry, and dri
ven in hi, pickets.' Bay ard retired; slowly be ore them,
bis force of eight hundred tired ont cavalry only, not be
ing sufficient to bold the gram d in front of sock a force.
He. however, disputed it inch by inch with the enemy,
and succeeded in capturing about thirty rebel prisoners,
including a major, a captain, and two lieutenants, on his
retivaL : His own loss wbb not over three men.; We hear
that he was publicly compilmeuted by his superior officer
tin tie field on the %extcay (Saturday) for tbe admirable
rnennlr in which he effected his movement He retired
■to tiu north and east side of Bobineon river, about eight
milesTrom Culpeper Court House, and tbere awaited a
tupperfing force to arrive from the Immediate vicinity of
that point. Y w-~. -■
\ Atnionof the same day, Gen. Pope, on learning these
'facts,' instantly ordered Gen. Crawford to march his bri
gade to fh&t end. : lid hair an hour after receiving this
order Crawford wbb on tbe march. As his brig.de, the
28th Nj>wToxk, 10th Maine, 46th Pennsylvania, and stb
Cotmecticnt, and ten pieces of artillery, filed rapidly
through tbe village of Cnlpeper Court House to the gay
music of its four splendid bands, Re appearance was: the
tt.ime of admirftti.n of the many experienced officers of
the itaffs or Generals Pope and McDowell, who went
over from their encampments near by to see it start out,
Crawford prncet ded rapidly to the front, and occupied a
position’ about seven miles from Culpeper Court. House,
immediately ip rear of the line ot Bayard’s cavalry
1 hoifly after ordering Crawford, Gen, Pope also ordered
the rest of t anks’ corps to move rapidly from Hazel river
bridge, nesr Griffinebnrg, nine miles from Onipspsr
Court-House; where, it bad arrived the night before, to
the scene of expected conflict.
By eight o’clock P M. tbe head of Gen. Banks’ column
was descried marching around the village to its destina
tion, which it reached before midnight. That point was
immediately in the roar of Crawford. Ma.or General
Btgel.wae, also, at the esme time ordered up front Sparry-'
ville. and, by a forced march of twenty miles, his advanoe
reached 1 the village by daylight. ’
TbTougb(rat Friday night and Saturday forenoon,
Bar ard.continued skirmishing with the enemy’s advance,,
until the latter, at two o’clock P. K., had.progress'd to ;
within long range of Crawford’s artillery. At four P. M.
ti e enemy developed a heavy increase of artillery, when
a portion of that of General Banks came up, and went into
tbe action, there not being* room enough in the position
occnpi'd by our forces for bringing the whole of it into
play.. The contending forces, at the opening of the battle,
were apparently about a mile or more apart, the rebels
sbowiDg their front upon Slaughter's Mountain, a sugar
loaf eminence Biluate d two miles to the west of the Orange
asd Alexandria Baitroad at Mitchell’s Station. Oor front
was bn much lower ground, with Cedar Bun in our rear
and a email wooded ridge behind that. Y
Gradually, from four to Bix P. M., the rebels opened
new batteries from the woods surrounding the basin or
plain lying between the fronts of the two contending
forces; each succeeding one being nearer to our position
’than the former. Thus they played a cross fire from both
sides, as well as a direct front one, upon our troops, in
cluding the most of General Banks’ infantry) that bad
been putin line for the conflict. So annoying was this
fire, that attempts were made to take the batteries near
est at hand by charges. Thus in a
gallant charge, is said to have succeeded in taking two of
the rebel guns, with no loss to speak of. Subsequently,
at six.F. M, in pursuance of orders, portions of Augur’s
and Williams’ divisions of infantry, including Crawford’s
and Gordon’s brigades,.made three most desperate bayo
net charges upon the rebel artillery. They were, how
ever, each time received by a very heavy Infantry fire,
slaughtering them fearfully. That they should have per
severed, to make tbr< c successive charges, in the face of
such a deadly fire from so superior numbers, concealed
in woods, is really the wonder of the war. These charges
developed'-the -Tact that 'the enemy actually * engaged
greatly outnumbered our forces, about seven thousand in
action. -
Being thus-informed of the location of the main body
of the rebel infantry, our artillery played sad havoc with
them, driving decimated regiment afeor regiment back
into the shelter of the dense forest, to hive their places
instantly ■ ccupied by fresh regiments, to be decimated in
the same way. Among others, this fire killed the rebel
Generals Winder; and Trimble. The arm of the former
was torn off by a shell, and he: died very shortly after
wards from the. flow of blood, and Trimble was knocked
dead from his horse by the explosion of a shell. . Having
put the forces of Mcßowell and Sigel in rapid motion for ;
the field of action, General Pope, with his staff, accom
panied by General McDowell and his staff, immediately
proceeded together from theirheadquarters to the front.
As they passed Bicketta’ division, and the head of.Sigel’s
army corps, that.ltiai d the road For the whole Bix miles,
each regiment halted for the instant, wheeled into line,
and gave General Pope three cheers and a tiger, and then
wheeling again into inarching column, pushed forward,
with signal eagerness for the fray. ~ ...
At seven o’clock P. M , Generals Pope and McDowell
rescind tbe thickest of the fight, and the advance guard*
of Birketts’, coming up at the same time, took position.
immediately in tie rear of that occupied by Gen. Banks’
corpß.: There being no room' on the field for deploying
more troops of ours than were under Bankk, those of
Bicketts could not get into actual action before night
came on, which, for some hours, prevented further fight
ing. In the course of the engagement, onr forces en
gaged had retired perhaps a mile from the position in
wbich-tbey commenced the battle at. four o’clock P. M.,
the rebels advancing slowly as we receded before them.
This movement on the part of General Banks, notwith
: standing his heavy loss, and the overwhelming force op
posed to him, was as regularly conducted as though he
was executing an evolution of a dress parado. Hot a
man of bis corpe, or Indeed of any other, show.ed the
white feather, nor.did a man even straggle to the rear to
tbe distance of more than half a mile, where stood a pro
vest guard of Bicketta’ corps, bayonet in bend, to check
any, if there should be. disposed to skulk off the field.
We left the field at eight o’clock for the night, in c turse
of which, at midnight, a discharge from one of our bat
teries brought on a renewal of the engagement for two
hours, in the course of which each Bida is believed to
have lost two or; three hundred more in kitted and wound
ed. By a cavalry charge, after midnight, of the enemy,
Generals Pope amd McDowell and their respective staffs,
were within an inch of being killed or ridden down! They
hod dismounted in the front to real a few minutes from
the saddle, when the eoemv’a cavalry made so sudden a
dash upon them that they had barely.time to mount and
get qnickly'but of-the way. In so doing they were mis
taken by a company of tbeir own men for charging rebels,
and received:their fire, killing afewof .thoir horns, only,
we believe. ‘ ’ .
J. T. H
Our/loss of regimental and company-officers was-, very:
heavy'.' Among those hilled were, Colonel Crane, of the
Third Wisconsin: Major Savage, and Captains Abbott,
Bussell, and ,Goeding, aßd' Lieutenant Browning,-of the
Second Massachusetts. Ctolone),,Donnelly, oftheForty
sixtii Pennsylvania, . was, we' fear, mortall v, wounded.
Cdlocel Crcighion and Adjutant MSlyaeauJofitba Seventh
Ohio, are also very' badly wounded. 1 OaptaintKobert W.'
Clarke, of the First District regiment, received a wound
in the foot. General Augur received a Minle ball in his
bach,as:he was in front of his. division turning in his
saddle to cheer it on. General Geary is wounded in ,»he
aim so that he will likely loßeit, and General Prince is
sltgbljy wounded. On Saturday evening, as Gen. Augur
was being carried past us back to the hospital, it was
thought bis wound was mortal.; but, on surgical exami
ngtlon. it was found to be a severe but hot a dangerous
wound. . .
At sixP. M. yesterday seven hundred and fifty of our
wounded had reached Culpeper Gohrt House by ambu
lance. Eve-y church and other suitable building in the
village, including private houses, was fitled with them.
The citizens, male and female—those of Beeessiou pro
clivities even throwing them aside for the time
were very generally vieing with each other in rendering
them every accommodation and assistance in their power.
Both sides made some hundreds of prisoners in the
course of the engagement," and it was from prisoners that
it is made certain that the'rebel loss is equal to ours, if
not greater. We estimate our killed and wounded at one
thoueahd five hundred, after striving to infoim ourselves
as correctly as possible on the subject. At six o’clock in
the evening, .aj before remarked, seven hundred and fifty
had been brought to Culpeper Court House, and there
were then at least two hundred remaining in the two of
three bouses, in the rear of; the field, occupied as hospi
tals.' Yesterday morning,, on the reformation or the
lines of Gen. Banks’ corps in the rear of the reinforce
ments that bad come up,’ as explained above, it was found
that , his lees' had been by no means as .grpat as was
thought at dark on the previeuß day.' '
At daybreak, yesterday morning, the sharpßhobters.of
the enemy were found precisely where their front was at
the close of Saturday’s battle, and skirmishing with ours,
immediately commenced. Their forces had, however,
disappeared from sight. At BUDriae a robul brigade, sup
ported by artillery, emerged from the woods in the front,
and just as they got into line of battle Gan. Milroy Oped-:
ed on them with his battery of *Wiard guns, which seem
ed to sweep off an entire company or two; the rest in-,
stantty taking to their heels for the cover of the woods.
Shortly afterwards Gen. Bayard, who continued, as be
fore,; in .the extreme front, aconting to the right and left :
with hiß cavalry, reported them .filing in foroe in both
those directions, as though aiming to flank us on both
sideß. -s'"-: •'- ;
General FopeJmmediately despatched Tower’B division,
of McDowell’s corps, to follow, watch, and confront them
on the":' right; and a division of Sigei’s corps &’ armie—
whose we did not leant—to do the same for those moving
on the left. General Bayard, with two regiments of his
cavalry brigade, from New Jersey And Pennsylvania, was
thrown in advance ofTower, and the gallant dud efficient
Orion 1 1 Duffle, of Bayard’s command, with his own Bhode
Island and the Ist Maine Cavalry, was thrown in advance
of onr division of observation on the left.
At 11 A. M. it was definitely,ascertained, from' reports
from these forces that the purpose of the enemy could
hardly be flank movements. Ere 3F. H. the impreseion
became general at General Pope's headquarters on the
field, that instead of seeking thus to renew the engage
ment, the rebels wore either seeking a new position in the
rear or skedaddling. : .
; Since we reached Washington General Pope has tele
graphed here that the engagement was not renewed yes-,
terday afternoon; that the enemy have retired to a posi
tion two.miles back, and that he advanced hi s own army
this morning to that lately held by the enemy.
"We omitted to state above that the prisoners say that
the rebels commenced the fight with ten thousand moo,
General Ewell in command,; who wore reinforced by-
Jackson with five thousand men .before 6 o’clook P. M ,
the balance of 'Jackson’s army getting up oariy in the
. night. 1 They claim their combined ferce to beTrom fifty
to sixty thousand strong. ; . .
f By a, break in tbo telegraph the reception of General.
Pope’s drd.er to General King to join him with his admi
rable division was delayed twenty-four hours; He, how
eve/. Btaited his advance from the vicinity of Frederioks
burg at four o’clock P. M., of Saturday, and at eight
o’clock*yesterday morning: had reached Elk Bun ford, so
be is doubtless up with the main army by this hour.
From our own knowledge of the situation we feel sure
that the recr ption of thiß important addition to his fine
atmy bas;already been taken ■ advantage of by Major
G; coral Pope, and that he is again in motion ; towards;
Gordonsville. His men all believe! him irresistible, and
ft el certain that signal victory wilt attend his movements
at their;bead.;as on .all ,previous occasions when at the
head of bis.lFestern army. .. \ ,
We lost a'single piece of artillery, one of Bert’s.' It
upset in aditch, and as it could not bo'righted by those in
- charge of it, was abandoned. 1 . : ■
. [From the New York Times ]
*X , % r, OKiTHB -/j.
* .* ,*W. t^, 'EIQ“HT‘ i MILE3SOU'rE i 6p'OtFLPBPISR, ‘
Saturday, Aug. 9,1862.
This has been an eventful day with the army of Vir
ginia, It had been known since yesterday morning that
the rebels were in force immediately in bur ft ont. ' They
had been driving back General Bayard’s cavalry fo#
’several houre before the force under. General Crawford
was sent forward to give them battle, and no sooner had
we arrived here than our outposts were fired upon by
.their pickets Skirmishing was kept up all the forenoon,
and the enemy held completely in check; butitwaanot
until .3 o’clock P. M that the fight steamed the dignity
of a battle Atfhatbour, the rebels opened their artil
lei y upon Genrrsl Grawford from tha wood, to the right
of the road about one mile : Xbie was done.to ascertain
■ the position of our batteries, and if possible bring out '
our force. General Grawford ordered Knapp’s Pennsyl
yaria Eat ery io reply, and, at the eboond shell, the ene*
my’s guns were silenced. Their long lino of cavalry had
moved around a bign bill on our left, towarde the Bapl
dan Ford; At once a strong force of cavalry was thrown’
in that direction, and Boon after, the enemy j finding,
he could do nothing, countermarched his cavalry fo our
light.. Thus matters stood, the large forco of the enemy
having been held in check by Gen. Crawford’s single bri
gade of infantry; artillery, and cavalry. The cannon
ading continued on bo'h sides until 4 P. M., when Gen.
Berks appeared upon the field with Gen. Augur's division
and tbe remainder of Gen. Williams’ division. Gen
Crawford’s force, consisting of the 28th New York, Col
Donnelly; 46th Pennsylvania, Col. Keipe; 10th Maine,
Col Beale, and sth Connecticut, Col. Chapman, with a
battery of the 4tb Unirda States Artillery, under Lieut
Hublenburgb; Boomer’s New York Battery and Knapp’
Pennsylvania Battery, were now thrown to the right,
, with the" excestion of the artillery, for tha purpose of
making a movement on the enemy’s flank—the most
important movement -of the day. The 10th Maine
was then moved forward to the support of the, centre,
and the remainder cf the brigade formed, as Btated,
on the right, with the addition of the 8d Wisconsin, and
an effort was made tp drive the enemy from their cover
in the wood. ~
During all this time the firing on both sides was ter
rific, and the men were tailing by the score. Tbe line
advanced steadily, with the exception of the 34 Wiscon
sin, under a still galling fire, and drove the rebels back.
The Wisconsin regiment fled at the first fire, and it wag
with great difficulty and at great personal risk' that the
general succeeded in ge ting them into line again. They
bad hardly returned to their position., however, before
they broke and ran again—in f act, proved worse than
useless. The remainder of the infantry charged upon
the enemy’s batteries, several of which could not
be seen until they entered the wood, where they
came suddenly upon a largo infantry force that
bad lain concealed from' the 'commencement of the
flghtj ‘ TWb, force opened : fire upon our men with
frightful effert."* The slaughter at this point was
very great More than one-half the men of the 28th
New, York were killed and wounded., Col. , Donnelly,
commanding, was mortally wounded; the lieutenant
colonel, Brown, and the major are both wounded, and
tbere 1b not a captain of company left to the regiment.
The 10th' Maine' lost about one hundred and fifty in
killed andiw jueded; the sth Connecticut suffered simi
larly, besides losing Col. Chapman, who was taken pri
soner The 46th Pennsylvania’has hardly enough men
left to form a full company., Col. Knipe was wounded In
the bead and in the arm, but net fatally; Lieut Col.
Belfridge was slightly injured, and the major was shot
through his arm., .... .
General Crawford and staff were near being taken pri
soners twice during the fight. On .both occasions they
were examining different points, with a view to a change
of position, when they came uponjhe rebel pickets. For
tunately they all escaped unhurt. While 1 am writing
the wounded are being carried to the rear, for although
the firing on both sides t topped at 9 P. M ; itis expected
that the fight will be renewed id the morning, with
b-rgely augmented forces on both sides. Our cavalry
force at Madison Court House, under. Gen. Beaufort,
has been driven out, and from every point we receivem
timations that the rebels have determined to offer us an
obstinate and bloody resistance. What tbe rebel loss
has been, to day, we cannot ascertain Twill learn and
send further accounts as soon as possible.
[From the Hew York Tribune ]
Washington, Monday, Aug. 11.1882.
We have received the following despatches, dated
Headquarters, armtof Virginia,
Two miles from Battle-Ground, Aug. 11, 1862.
There was do fighting Yesterday. The enemy made
several efforts to flank ns, but through the ikilfddij
position of our forces wore checked at every point. At
daylight on the morning after the battle, Gen. Slilroy
was pushed forward, and occupied the battle-ground
with hißpickets, the enemy having retreated two miles
to the sides and summit of Cedar Mountain.
It is difficult as yet to form an estimate of the number
killed, but 200 is eaid to be a fair approximation, and it
wilt take untillate this evening to complete the burial.
Tbe number killed on the rebel Bide 1b said to exceed our
own. This isexplainedfrom tbefactthat,asatßicli
mond, they hnrled vast masses upon ns, and our artillery
consequently mowtd them down in great numbers.
General Augur is at one of the hotels, and General
Geary is at the house of Mrs. Ward, a Union lady. Both
Generals Augur and Geary are doing well
General Hartsuff had an unofficial interview with the
rebel General Smart to- day. Smart said but tittle of the
s battie, and was not at all exultant Both generals ma
nifested a desire to renew hostilities.
Genei al Sigel now occupies the front, and.his Western
successes lead us to. expect much from him in the im
pending great battle. Captain Wilkins, of General Wil
liams’ staff, was taken prisoner. The rebel General
Winder was killed by a shell
A large number of our wounded officers were taken
prisoners, but the rebel generals would not give their
names. . Generals Stuart and Parly are encamped near
the battle-field. General Smart gays hogot in the rear
of two brigades coming from Fredericksburg, made them
fight him, and then went around by a cross-road and
came up here.
During the battle General Green, of Augur’s division
occupied the left wing, Generals Prince and: Geary the
centre, and Generals Crawf v rd and -Gordon the rfght.
General Crawford lost in killed or wounded All’his
officers.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Battle.field near Cedar Bun,
Virginia, August 9.
Bayard’s cavalry brigade is known to have been sta
tioned at Burnett’s Fold to guard the bridge of the road
from Culpeper to Gordobsville. Buford's (formerly-
Hatch’s) brigade is known to have been posted at Madison
Court- Homo In the latter place, three detachments of
Jackson’s army descended, one on each llsnk and:one in
the centre, and threatened the entire force of six reoi-,
ments of horse with capture. During the night, the
wagons were packed and Btarted towardß'Sperry villa, and
the cavalry followed in the morning. Betreat to Culpeper
was cut off, and apprehensions were entertained of being
cut oil al-o at Woodville. A column of the enemy were
advancing in that direction, and they have not yet been -
heard from, but I have.no doubt they are safe.
A trsin of baggage wagons upon the route were goon
discovered, which, appraring' to be our own, were eooh’
made for and reached. They proved, to be the train of
General Cluseret, and his brigade was found upon a small
cross road, and informed for the first time oftae advance
of the enemv in force., Arriving at a small house, where
a farmer and his family were sitting at dinner, I ac
ci jiHdtbcir invitation to dine with them., They assured
me that no Southern soldiers bad been seen in the vi
cinity. Presently o little girl came running in with the
report that thwsoldiers were coming, I went to the door
and saw that they were Yankees; and returned to my
dinner. Presently a score of them came crowding around
the table, , clamoring for mitk. The farmer- and his’
family, partly through fear, rose up and commenced
dealing out to them some milk; hut in a shorter time than
it'baa taken me to tell of it, they pounced upon the food
like harpies, and the table was cleared of everything ex
cept what I had insisted on retaining on my own plate.
They informed me that they were a part of the escort to
the signal corps, and had been driven down by the rebels
from Thoroughfare Mountain, their baggage wagon cap
tured. and severs] of their number taken prisoners.
Proceeding a little further I descried in the distance a.
baggsge'traiu moving toward Oulpepsr Court House. I.
supposed it to be that of General Cluseret. If so, I fear
it has been captured. A considerable force of theenemy
were not far from it at the time. As I approached my
destination the cannonading had commenced.' A line of
dust above the woods indicated the road upon which our
troops were advancing. General Baynnl had been driven
back from the Bspidan, and Genera! Crawford’s brigade
had been sent out to support him. Their forces joined at
Cedar run and took position. Besides his four, well-tried
regiments, the 28th Now York, 48 th Pennsylvania, 10th
Maine, aid sth Connecticut, Genera! Crawford hid with
him three batteries of artillery—Boomer’s, Knapp’s, and
Best’s’ With this command he bad stood and resisted
the advance of Jackson during the afternoon of yontor
day, successfully (it lulling him in regard to his actual
strength.
The rebels had now advanced all along their lines from
beyond the Bapidan. General Banks was this morning
ordered to the front. Cannonading commenced at three
o’clock P. M., and the accuracy of the enemy’s aim was
unusual. General Anger, who commands the second di
vielcfa'of' General Banks’ army, was upon the left, and
suffered nraeh-from their,shell. ' He was himseif wounded.
General Geary was also wounded.
The. guns boro let's heavily upon General Williams’
division -on the right For them was reserved tho shock
of the terrible fire of muskeiry which commencediat. flve,
o'clock; in the alternoon. Crawford’s and Gordon’s,
brigades were spread out upon the right under tho shelter :
of a line of woods.. A right flank movement was de
termined upon, intended to have been the decisive stroke
of the day. Crawford’s brigade was ordered to advance.
Slowly and steadily they were moving oh, and though
they knew it not, a’most to their entire destruction
Having passed nearly through an opening in the
woods, beyond which the enemy were supposed to lie
concealed, volley on volley, of sings and bullets were
poured out upon tbem, causing a most unprecedented
slaughter. They gained and held the woods, and fought
while half adozen of the enemy’s shots were responded to
by but one of our own. Tho destruction was appalling.;
Col.: Donnelly, of the 28th New York, was carried
from the field mortally wounded. His lieutenant
colonel, Brown, was wonnded.' Col Knips.of the Forty
sixth Pennsylvania, was wonnded; and when the brigade
of two thousand men retired from the field, it was well
nigh annihilated. , Three field officers only escaped
•harm—Cole Beal, of the 10th Maine; Lieutenant Colo -
nel Belfridge, ’of the 46th Pennsylvania, and Major
Walker, of the 10th .Maine. Captains' and lieutenants,
were also nearly'every one killed, wounded, or captured.
General Gordon’s brigade which came up to support
them, came out of action almost as badly injured. Tho
Genual and his staff were unharmed, but his regiments
suffered heavily. The remnant of the two brigades will
now scarcely make a single regiment. General Crawford
remained on the field long after his men had been driven
back, and hardy escaped being: captured. He was so;
near the enemy as to have overheard the address of
General Jackson to his men after the fight." Prisoners
report the enemy to have been no less than 25,000. Gen.
Banks’ force was 0n1y.10,000 The enemy havanot pur
sued us We hold the ground ed night occupied during
the dag. We have not been defeaUd, though wt have
euffered terribly.
fcigel and McDowell are coming up; but if we are at
tacked to-morrow, Gen. Banks’corps can scarcely ap
pear in action. The men ,wbo came out safely are, many
of them, wandering ahoiit and straggling toward the
town. Gen.‘ Bankß made a desperate fight against fear
ful odds. An officer of; the regular army, who was in
frequent intercourse with him during, the day, tells me
he was always aa cool and calm as when in the Speaker’s
chair, while Bbdis or bullets were whizzing around him."
Major Mouzo, of hi( staff, was wounded. The firing
continued some time after dark, hut has ceased now. It
may ccnuucnce again in the morning.
i: : - LATER. 7”
Sunday, August 10.— Tbe Bring was renewed 1 this
morning by daylight upon onr side, but was not respond,
ed to by the rebels. Gen. Sigel has theadvonce, and was ;
this morn ing inspecting bis positions and preparing for
the day’B work. ; Nothing important has oocnrred. Tbe
■wounded are being rapidly moved away. Many were
left oh the field. Sight hundred were in : the hospitals,
hotels and private bouses being appropriated to that use.-
It Is reported that tbe enemy are making a flank move
ment on ns by way of Lnray. The wagons are all being
packed, and horars harnessed in. Burntfds is said to
be on JacTctm'i right flank '—World. »'
The following are some of the oil!cere wounded, not al
ready telegraphed:
MajorGray,'lo9th‘Pennsylvania,wonnded.
Lieutenant Lmk,.lo2d, New Yorkv wounded.
Lieutenant James 102 d New York, wounded.
Captain Slynian, 102d'New York, and Captain Clayton,
same regiment, wounded.
Captain Spring, same regiment, killed. -
Captain Tuttle, same regiment, wounded.
.7 Lieutenant Batohelder. same regiment, wounded.
Lieutenant-Mead, same regiment, wounded.
Lieutenant Austin, lßt New Jersey Cavalry, wounded.
Captain McDonald, Ist Penna, Cavalry, wounded.
GapUTaylor, same regiment, wounded.
Lieut. •-Haskell, on Gen. Prinoe’B staff,, slightly
woucded."
- Lieut: Col. Orale, 8d Wisconsin, supposed killed.
Major .Scott, same regiment, wounded.
Capb-Bawley, fame regiment, wounded.
The fid Wisconsin went into battle with 500; to-day
they muster but 225.
Col; Donnelly, 28th New York, wounded.;
Mhjor Cook, same regiment, wounded.
Lienf-Long, same regiment, wounded.
Tbe 109th Pennsylvania had thirteen officers wounded
and three killed.
During a skirmish yesterday, twelve of the Coliis Ca
valry were wounded. :. ' "' '■ ,
Jos, M. Gaddis, of Gen. Pope’s body-guard, was killod
while Gen, Pope ,was examining the battleground. , .....
The following officers of the 6th Ohio'; wounded in the
ba:tie of Saturday, have.arrived.-and are under treatment :
at the Washington House: s* ■■
' Major B. G. Armstrong,:A(ljiltant H. Marshall, Cap
tain J.-A.-Bcmloy, Lieu’enaDt B. Kirkup, ‘Lieutenant
W 1 Hi Thoma»,Lieutena_nt iJackanajfey, Lieutenant W;,
0. MeeleyT Sergeant A. J, Bhlroa, Lieutenant J. W.
‘ They report Colonel o&ndyy of the 66th Ohlo> aa also
voundtd.
TWO CENTS.
FROM GENr MCCLELLAN’S ARMY.
The Withdrawal from Malvern Hill—The
Rendon lor it—An Engagement South of the
James Probable.
,v Abmv or tub Potomac, Sunday, August 10,1862
Onr troops retired from Malvern Hill at an early hour
Thursday morning. This. retrograde movement was
deemed exptd.ent, as reliable information had been re
ceived at headquarters that a force of seventy-five thou
sand of the eiemy was advancing to retake possession of
tbe Hill , General Hooker’s force was not sufficient to
meet the overpowering nnmhere of the enemy, and it was
not the plan of McClellan to bring onagoneral engage
ment at tbatlime. The return of our troops to camp
created considerable surprise among tho.e who had not
been with the ad vance,me a few hours previous there was
unmistakable evidence that it was the intention of Mc-
Clellan to permanently occupy the Bill.
As yet no fighting of consequence has taken place on
tbe south Bide of the James. We have had a considerable
force.over there for the past few; days, anticipating that
tbe enemy would make his appearance. He doeß not
seem Inclined, however, to move toward our troops,
and, according to information obtained from an
authentic source, he still remains In the immediate vici
nity of Petersburg. Three days ago it wae thought by
nearly all that an engagement would certainly take place
within a brief time, on the other side of the river, and it
is Eomewbat singular that the rebels have allowed us to,
remain within, so short a distance of Petersburg without’
attempting to drive us from the position.
It Is not probable any movement will take plaos hers
for some time, unless the enemy make an attack. We
do not believe that he will risk a battle in Trout of our
line on this side of the river, but it would not beasur
prfiiHg event if he should inarch a large force to meet
onr men on the south side. The point of interest now is
on the Boiith side of the river. By means of the signal
corps constant communication is kept up from one to the
other shore; One afternoon last week, Gea. McClellan
stood Reside a signal officer for tyo hours, sending and
receiving messages. Over two honored messages were
communicated during the day. Gen. arcCleUan'expreas
ed himself highly ploased with the usefulness and success
: ofthesjstom, -
Now that our army has, bo to speak, recovered its equi-
librium of mind, we are beginning to ees how greatly we
have overestimated the strength of the enemy. We can
see now that the secret of onr being opposed; bv such
overwhelming numbers was not so much the vast pre
poiideiance ot their numbers as the fact with which their
leaders managed to maV their whole fores upon us at the
critical junctures of ;tbe great fight.
gJProbably we could have marched into Bichmnnd after
the sixth day’s fijht, bad the extreme risk been taken.
The more tedious, and let os hope tbe mare certain, me
thod was'-adopted In the next straggle, however and
whenever itmay take place.it is well enough that our
fighters should not go into the field expecting to have ail
the edds on their side, but the false and pernicious influ
ence which has been allowed to fabricate such monstrous
rebel armies on paper is, we are glad to record, being dis
sipated by observations and sound reason. .
The: severely warm weather of the past tow days has
bad a visible effect upon the health of the army here.
Yesterday the thermometer Indicated 96deg. in the shade,
and -132 in the snn at the landing. To-day the glass
stands at 160, with a light, fitfnl bretze from the west
ward. The shade is scarce, moat having
been either cut down for military clearing purposes or
comfortable boughs in front of the tents. The food;
which is vastly : improved, is very, trying. Not onougn
rice, vegetables, and fruit, with ever too .much fat pork,
which is-wasled by frying. Good water is abundant,
but ice deficient. Tbe men are probably as attentive to
cleanliness as any army, the shores being fined with
bathers meriting and night.
What General Buell Thinks of Neglected
Guard Duty. ,
Headquarters Ansrr of the Ohio,
Ih Gamp, Hustsville, Ala , Aug. 1, 1862.
General No. 37.— I The Major General com
manding has to announce other instances ef disgraceful
neglect, and contrast them with another of gallantry.
The guard at Gonrtlahd Bridge, consisting of Oompa ,
nleß Aand H,lo(h Kentucky, under command of Oap’ain
Davidson, and a part of Captain Eggleston’s company,
Ist Ohio Cavalry, was completely surprised and captured,
with hut trifling loss, on the morning of the26tb ult., by
a force of irregular cavalry.
On the same day the companies of Captains Boyle and
Gpben, 10th Indiana, which were ordered to protest two
bridges on the same road,, respectively six. and twelve
miles east of Courtland, deemed it wiser to bring in an
empty train which came up than to defend their posts,
tbieatened with an attack from the same irregular caval
ry, and so put themselves on the train and arrived ssfslv
at Becatur, a few miles distant, without the Ipse or injury
of a man. Y:
On the same day, and on the same road, eight miles,
from Decatur, a guard consisting oi twenty-four men of
Conipbuy E, 31 ot Ohio, tinder the command.of Lieut.
Barman, were suddenly attached by a greatly-superior
force of the same cavalry. They defended themielvea
gallantly, however, and repulsed the enemy, hilling seve
ral of the number. Lieut. Harman and eleven of his men
were wounded, himtelf in two places, and two of his men
were hilled. . ' ■
. The General submits these examples to the reflection o.
the troops. He reminds them that neglect and bad con
duct on the part of guarda bring dishonor upon them,
and may even jeopardize the safety of an army If these
appeals to their personal and professional pride should
fail of their object, he warns them that the extreme pe
nalty ot the law must intervene to punish the guilty, and
save the army from the jeopardy in which they place it.
Thf duty, of guarding the communications of the army
is Bmong Hie most important with which an officer and
hie troops can be entrusted. Vigilance, determination,
, and the preparation of suitable defences, in the way of
entrenchments or stockades, will prevent such attacks, or
enable a small force to repel a greatly superior one. Had
the orders for bridge guards to fortify their posts been
promptly executed, and proper vigilance been observed,
the t Hacks referred to, if made at* all, would have had
very dlffcre. t results g
' This order, and General Order Ho. 32, will be read at
; the head of every company and detachment.
By command of Major General Buell
General Jim .Lane's Instructions.
■War Dkfartmbnt, Washington, July 22,1802,
Bon. James H. Lme, Kansas : -
. Von are hereby notified that you have been appointed
by the fee rot ary of War commissioner for reoruitiogin
the Department of Kansas. 'Ton are reiiuested to pro
ceed forthwith to raise and organize, one or mors bri
gades of volunteer infantry, to be mastered' into" the ■
service of the United States for three years, or during
the war. For this purpose full authority is hereby con
ferred upon you to establish csnaps and provide for
the maintenance of discipline,: and the supply of the
troops with the munitions of war. On your requisition
the commanding general of the department will issue
supplies of aims and accoutrements, clothing, camp
equipage and subsistence. Transportations for recruits
and recruiting officers will be furnished on your
requisition, or refunded c on vouchers in the usual
form, accompanied by your order directing the
movement. It is recommended that the provisions of
' General Order No. 76, current series, be followed as far
as possible in organizing companies, to the end that
muster-rolls limy bo uniform and authentic. This is
necessary in order to do justice to the soldier and prevent
confusion in accounts and loss to the Government. In
performing these duties you are: authorized to visit such
places within the Department of Kansas as may be ne
cessary, for. which transportation will ha furnished you
by the commanding general on your requisition, or the
cost of the same will be reimbursed by the Secretary of
*37 ar from the army contingent fund.. You will he ex
pected to report frequently to this department the pro
gress and prospects of the work, and make any sugges
tions that may scour to you from time to time as ueefnl
in facilitating its accomplishment. This appointment
may be revoked at the pleasure of the Secretary of War.
By order of the Secretary of War: ...
P. C, BUCKINGHAM,
c Brigadier General and A. A. G.
LANE’S NEGRO ORDER.
GBSKRAL OKDKBS —SO. 3.
Recruiting Commission, Department op Kansas,
Leavenworth, City, August 6, 1862.
I. That persons of African descent who may desire to
enter the service of the United States is this department,
shall fully understand the terms and conditions upon
which,they will be received into such service, recruiting
officers who are authorized under instructions from this
office to receive ,uch persons shall, before receiving them,
read to them and in thpir presence, the following sections
of the act entitled “An act ipaniend the act calling for
the militia to execute the laws of the Union, ‘ suppress
' and repel invasion,” approved February 28; 1795, and
the acts amendatory thereof: and for other purposes,
proved July:l7i 3862, as follows: : • ‘ '
Sko. 12. And be. it'further enacted, That till Presi
dent be, and he is hereby, authorized to receive into the
• service of the United States,' for the purpose of coh
;slructlng.entrenchments t or,CMnp, service,, or. aay..Qtbor
labor, or any military ' or naval service for .which: they
may be found competent, persons of African descent ;
and such persons 'shall be enrolied and organized under
such regulations, not inconsistent with the Oonstitution
ahx laws, as the President may prescribe.
Sec. 13. And he it further enacted, That when any
man or hoy of African descent, who, by the laws of any
State, shall owe service or: labor to any person who,
during the present rebellion, has levied war or has borne
aims against the United States, dr adhered to their ene
mies, by giving, them aid and comfort, shall render any
such service as is provided for iu thisact, he, his mother,
and his wife and children, shall forever thereafter be
free, any law, usage or, custom whatsoever to the .con
trary notwithstanding. ? Provided, That the- mother,
wife and children of such man or boy of African descent
shall not be made free by the operation of this act, except
'•whereßueh mother, wife or children Owe service or labor
to seme; person who, during the present rebellion, has
i borne arms against the. United States, or adhered to their
enemies by giving them aid and comfort.
By order of '
JAMBS H LANE, Commissioner of Beoruifcing.
IVJ. Weed, A. At A. Q.
A Tennessee Member of Congress in
Vermont.
lion. Horace Maynard, a distinguished member from
Tennessee,- is now on a .brief family visit to Vermont.
Mr. Maynard ifl a native of ■ Massachusetts, and married
a daughter of the late Bev. A. Wasbburqe, of Boyalton,
Yt. East week be addressed the people of Boyalton, on
tbetr invitation, concerning the state of the country.
Hiß ntteranceß were patriotic and sensible.; Wo copy the
closing' portion of his remarks':
More of your warlike men are needed. It is the
middle of the haying Beaton; but you wiH.mako the sa
crifice. Allusion was made to the liberal pay of the
Vermont soldiers. They; do not fight.for pay'; otherwise
they would fight for the traitors, if they paid mere. But
he was glad to see soldiers well paid. ; Young man, this
is the only chance to teat yonr patriotism. . There will;
never be another rebellion. 5 ?. He had heard Senator Ool
lamir, who was singularly modest and imdemonetrative,
say that he had served:*bis country as a soldier in 1812.
Young men, in future years you will aspire to places of
treat in the town and •in the State. If it should be told
of you, that when yonr country mest needed your Ber
vices, you hung back, the people will not be likely to
desire yonr services. In the war of 1812 a coward mu
tilated his finger in order that he mlghtnot be called into
service. Afterwards he aspired to office, hut the mashed
finger alwayß stuck up in tbe.way.
There has never been so favorable a time for entoring
the army. The commissary and clothing departments
are now well arranged. It is the season of the year most
favorable for going into camps. The new troops can
guard the forts, Ac , until they become well disciplined.
• Another advantage is the experience of those who have
gone before. It is far better for the Btudent, as a discipline
for developing his manly qualities and preparing him for
the stern duties of life, to be in camp for a season, than
to spend the same time in the academy or college. But,
one says: “If I could only get a commission, and wear
shoulder straps.’’ So far as efficiency and service are
. concerned, the private Boldier is the arm, and the only
arm that is relied upon. His-duties are less,hazardous
than those of officers. Three officers, ate killed to one
private; Those who take the most pride in having Berved
their country boast that they served in the ranks and
carried a musket. They did not enlist for distinction.
This Is"no time'for fault-finding. “Itis characteristic
of human nature, of Amerieanjiuman nature, to grum
ble.” If you and I had been in authority, if affaira had
hot been in a more prosperonsatato, they wontdcertaihly
have been more to onr minds; Iranian’s house wereou
• fire would he lie composedly inhls bed, and ask, “Wife,
wbat:made you put that-box of ashes-into the wood
shed l” Or would.he stop to; cenenre the, firemen dor
? spoiling the etoir-carpet? It is no time
or complaint. We must conquer or be conutiereu.
It seems da though Ahraham.Llncoln was raised up by
' God for the very place he oodhpies. knew of no man
in the .country that would do better. He was notsr po
litical friend of the President, but he gave him that sup- .
port which should be rendered by every good .citizen:
He spoke highly of his flrnmeßSv. patriotism, ability ;his
large, catholic spirit. Tto President forgets the ma-,
chinery of party, and lookß to the interests of the whole'
• country. He had called to places of high tout men of
otht-r parlies; , . m . . .... .
~ There are hut two ,parnesA.those’'who ’are for-mam
taining, and preserving .the.Gpvprnmeut. and those who
are tor destroying. it^patriots ‘and "are
either praying for'onr.Gdverhment.' or agafustitW There;
‘can be no.neqtraltty, ..The, idea tofe* lying 10w,”.-,while,
•‘the raging, will not dondw.' Time' serving pill-'
ftticians cannot so far.but that
the people will see them, and give them their just dues
In the name of bur God, and of our country, let us rise
in the magnitude of the occasion, until the Government is
established all over the land.
JAMES B. FRY,
Colonel and tihief of Staff.
The War Press.
Vf Aavertißen.ents inserted at the cgctal JOK-siA)
line* constitute a square. , ,
■ ■ -
Letter from Governor Stanley, of Nortti
Carolina. «• 6
Trent the Baleigh Standard, 23d nit.]
Governor Stanley, in a letter to Col. Henry A, Gilliam, ’*■
eaye:
“While speaking to you of my hopes of pesce for
North Carolina, it was; suggested by you nothing could
be done during the impending conflict at Bichmond. I
felt the force of this, and taid so : but remarked, after
this was over, why cannot honerable terms' be proposed
and listened to 1 That by the Constitution of the Con-
federate States each one was sovereign and iudooendent,
and retmvid a right to secede, and that North Carolina,
I supposed, could inform her eistor States what she in
tended to do. Farther then this, I never admitted, even
for argument sake, that North Carolina was bound in
honor to wait tbe action of Virginia. '
“ I do not ‘soppoßO ’ I know there is a strong attach
ment amongst our people to the old Union. I know
there is not merely a ‘ secret longing,’ but an openly-ex
pressed regret at the horrid calamities to follow the ef
forts of those who wish to prevent their return to it, and
at the endless misery to follow if they a, e successful.
And this feeling is not confined to counties where the
forces of the United States are. ' I: speak’ from ac
counts received (rota gentlemen altogether ai reliable
open matters of fact as Mr. Badger is.
“The people of this good old State, now acting by th*
influence of a minority, down to a late period * loathed
in their souls ’ the idea of forming a Bonthem Confede
racy, of which South Carolina was a member. Sown to
a late period rite people of North Carolina, and with just
cause, ‘detested ’ the State of South Carolina, whoso
leading men—our own great Gaston, in rebuking their
sneer s at our State, and condemning their Secession doc
trines as treason—said ‘would be the Oatilinesof the
historian, and the Captain Bobadils of the poet ’
■'* * *
‘■■l am not tbedefender of Gen. Butler’s conduct. Ha
is one of those party jugglers who have been for years
agitating the slavery gnestion, bnildiog oolitical plat
forms with laudations of the resolutions of ’9B and ’99—
the bitter fountain from whence our present troubles
flow. He is one of those long-boasted iriends of the South
that the Democracy for so many y ears told our people
could be relied on to fight for them against Abolitionists.
‘ These be threcds OMarsel, which brought thee up out
of the land of Egypt.’ , '
« But I never conceived it was tbe dnty of the P,esi
dent to disavow every act of any general or ether officer
by formal proclamation. Ir he d id, he ought also to issue
another, and commend-Butler for hanging four men who
robbed the-house of a.citizen Of New Orleans. But I
have never heard any T ankeo officer express approba
tion of that proclamation. * * #
‘‘l havebut one request to make. You know Sir.
Badger la my kinsman. Oar fathers were friends, before
either of us was born I cannot carry on a personal con
troversy with him! If he is to be the Hector of this hor
rible war, let bis pen he used, under the name of
some cat’s- paw of the Conf. derate authorities. If he
at prf sent safe in the inferior, but forgetful of the losses,
sufferings, and dangers to befall those inhabiting tha
set board counties—if be will prostitute bis talents
in trying to intimfdale 'all who wish for honora
ble peace; lof far as the cause is concerned, I
ask no favors. Ist him furnish arguments and words
for some other man- .I; ask this in kindness. I desire to
he freo to roply„wben provocation is given, in Buch
terms; as my antagonists may deserve. There are i so' 1
many.metporlesof tbe-dead and of the living, which !
could not and would not forget, associated with his same,
I am e*ceeoingly averse to an unkind controversy with
him. If he must write, let him reason with power and
aßsert with confidence—no mancan do BO better—and I
do not shrinkfrom the controversy. The cause I defend
is strong even in my hands But if he writes to, or of,
me again. I hope he will iay aside his railing, his accuse
- tions, and his idle attempts at intimidation.”
[From the Sunday Morning Chronicle.]
EIiLKT.
*Y FRANCIS DE E AES JANYIEB.
A hero has fallen!
Full many a tear
Is bathing the harm n
Which droops o’er his bier—
And Freedom and Soieace,
In Borrow, combine
A ohaplot of laurel
And cypress to twine!
A hero hag fallen ’
So falls the proud oak, ~
When cleaves, through the tempest,
The lightning’s red stroke—
While, in the same ruin,
Is borne to the gronnd
-The vine, which its branches
Had lovingly weund.
A hero has fallen! / ‘
We yield him to God—
Receiving, in meekness,
His chastening red.
• Though darkness divide os,
His throne is above—
• The God of the orphan,
Whose title is Love !
Washington, D. C.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
BBIGADIER GENERAL KOBEET McOOOK, who
wag shot by guerillas on Wednesday last, near Salem,
Alabama, was a native of Ohio, and a graduate of West
Point. He was colonel of the Ist Ohio Regiment at the
battle of Bull Bun, and for his gallant bearing upon that -
occasion was made a brigadier general. Uniting the dig
nity of a true officer with the affability and kindness of a. ,
gentleman,he was greatly respected by his command.
His brigade, under hlscareful supervision, was noted for
its neatness and discipline. The McOeck family have
rendered their name illustrious during the war. Annexed
is a partial record of their patriotism: Daniel McCook,
paj master in Buell’s army, is father of the following se
ven sonB: Brig. Gen. Alexander McDowell McCook;
Capt. Daniel McCook was his adjutant; for meritorious
conduct at Shiloh he has been promoted to colonel of the
62d Ohio; Brig. Gen. Robert L. McCook, the subject of
thisskelcn; Lieat. Col. jßdwin McCook, 81st I‘linois:
Latimer McCook, surgeon in same: Charles McCook,
private, was killed at Philippi. Dr. John McCook,sur
geon in 2d Indiana, brother of the above Daniel, is father
of the.following five:.Col. Edward M. McCook, 2J In
dians; Major Anson G. HkCook, 2d Ohio Infantry; Henry
0. McCook; chaplain let Illinois; Lient. B, S. McCook,
U. S. ■ navy, commanded, the Stars and Stripes at the
taking ot Newbern, N. 0.; John J. McCook, lieutenant
colonel Ist Virginia Infantry.
A MYSTERIOUS PROJECT -Lieut. W. A Bart
lett, of New/York, has addresed a memorial to the Pre
sident, urging some changes in naval warfare, of which,
he speaks in the following mysterious way:
‘■ltwould be treason—moral, effectual treason—if I
should speak or write what I know can be done prompt
ly, if the national or any State Government wills it to be
done, to make our rational defences at the leading nointa
at once impregnable to ail opposina forces, and for airtime •
to come, while we could at once prepare a fleet, which
could repeat-the act of Van Trump, and by hoisting a
Quaker Yankee corn broom, sweep the seas of the world,
with batteries unsighted, unseen, and only t* be knows
like the great volcano, when with lightning and thunder,
and upheaving of billows of land and sea, it ejects its
death-dealing missiles to ali opposing forces. Such can bo
our ships of war in the future, and such can be our forti
fied positions of the first importance. No new machinery
is required—no enormous foundries, nor ungovernable
castings, borers, bitta, hammers nor trip-hammers
There. are scoreb of localities where the little additional
easily-consiracted machinery can be set up to do ali this,
and the country teems with; machinists, mechanics,
blacksmiths, whitesmiths, as well as instructed directors
of works, who could iu the short space of three months,
produce all the material required for the constrnc'tion of
ships, as I would have them, without the addition of a
solitary acre of reefing for producing shops.”
■MANUFACTURING SHOT IN DUBUQUE.—Tha
Dubuque ehot-tower was purchased and closed up by a
St. Louishouee a fewdajssgo, in order to remove its
competition, and an immediate rise in the price of shot
followed. The citizens of Dubuque were much incensed
by thei operation, and several of them proceeded to ascer
tain whether they could 'manufacture shot by dropping
metal down the deserted lead mine shafts The 1 result*
of the first attempts were of a highly gratifying nature.
The Dubuque 'Times says:
’ Experimentrare daily being triedin the wayof making
Bhol by dropping it .down, mineral shafts, and with still
more satisfactory results than at first. It is rumored that
oneof .our citizens (Mr. Hull) intends to embark in tha'
enterprise immediately,, It .turn 8 out that this method of
making shot has been pursued'with, success for many
years im Genhany; and to some ’extent j so
the problem may be considered solve! that/there .is ao
necessity of building fifteen, thousand-dollar tower*
when a bole in the gronnd, with an expenditure of $5OO,
will do as well.
A N IRON-CLAD PROPELLER FOB THE LAKES.
—The Chicago Times Bays : On Thursday evening there
•was an arrival in Chicago harbor of a lake boat which,
lrom its new and peculiar appearance, is attracting con
siderable attention among onr citizens generally, to
whom the sight of an “ iron-clad” propeller is something
of a novelty. This craft is the new and sp'endid iron
propeller Merchant, of Buffa'o, just out on her first trip
, around the lakes. The Merchant will constitute one of.
he regular line of boats between Buffalo and Chicago,
ouching at Milwaukee.'and other important points on
he route. Bhe will leave this evening on her return
rip. In the meantime, citizens are Invited to visit her
at any time to. day. She will be found lying in the
river between Clark and Wells streets.
ANGTHEB GHNBOiT BEADY.—A letter to the
Cleveland PlaindcaUr says that the new gunboat Ohilli
cotbe is now nearly ready for service. She was built by
Messrs. Brown & McOord, of Cincinnati. Her length is
160 feet, and breadth of beam 50 feet. She was built
expressly for service: in the small streams and shallow
waters of the Tennessee and Cumberland, hence she is
madeof light draught say tbieefeet when allready for sea*
wiih armament and all on board. The turret and bow •>
ate plated with three-inch iron, the Bides with two-inch.
The plate reachesiabbut one foot below the water-line.*
The construction of the turret is not at all exposed to tha :
enemy. - It is also made bomb proof.
THE WORLD'S HOB.SE FAIB.—The genUemehhav
ingtho supervision of the World’s Hoxee Pair at Chi
cago, are making most astonishing progress in their
preparations, and wilt soon have the grounds in com
plete readiness. Over, two hundred stalls have been
erected apd corople'ed, which, in addition to outstdo
stalls—As it is not required of exhibitors to keep their
horses upon the grounds—will be amply snfficisnt to ao
commodate all. . The most cheering assurances come In.
from all quarters. Over thirteen hundred choice horses
are already promised.
A POINT OF INTEREST.—The Chicago Journal
ehys that deserters to Canada from our army can ha
claimed by United States military officers, and brought
home to be punished, in accordance with the English
trebly; that every man enrolled for service under tha
present conscription virtually belongs to the Government
army, and that there is reason to believe that he can ha
brought home nndcr the same circumstances as a desert
er. A!i those interested in dodging .the draft will do well
to look into this subject, before taking passage for a Ca
nadian trip. j.
FBKBENT TO THE INYENTOB OF' PHONO-'
GBAPBY,—The indefatigable Isaac Pitman, who, for;
nearly 36 years has labored early and late, without ceas
iDg, iipon the Improvement of his system of phonography,.
has been presented, with an elegant bronze timepiece and ;
silver vasQ» with a purse of 51,750, by many friends of the
phonetic system, in token of their high appreciation of ,
its excellence, and of bis untiring and nnselSsb labors in, .
its extensions
TREASON- IN ILLINOIS—The Charleston (111 >
Courier says that a contemptible tory, backed by asquad
of traitorous Vailaudignatners, armed with fire-arms*
appeared on the Btreets of Charleston, a few days ago*
and shouted ter Jeff, Day% Jeff. Thompson and Morgan,
or something to that effect The people of Illinois have
treated treaaon;BympatMzerß with too much forbearance."
let_fchem prepare to protect themselves froia-
THE COWAHD’B WBHCOME TO CANA OA —OnV •
of the Canadian papers thus welcomes the pitiful sneaks.- • »
who are fleeing across the border to escape the .
draft: . . -• 1. .* '?
«* The call for 300,000 mqre.men.acroaa the. line, *.
* the means of driving hundreds from that country rata*
Canada.* "Wo aroinformed that quite a’ number heiy®'.*!- ;
ready made their appearance in this and.th©- adjoipipg
1 counties. TheyhaveigEominiously left their countrym
■•ihehour of her,. Three,t*mea
- .Three groans for theßneakingcowarda.” , ...... r
A SOHTHEBN''oIHD.-iTh6 Nisgm-s'Falla '
i /ays the following is a’.copy of a ‘ f
-daytevenlng fastened to a,teee Niagara Fall^
the bridge, to fenown to be stop
’ iing at'the Clifton Housfc, onftherCanadttßide, MStfc*;:
- probehlc agents in the bneiness?; ~ ./ .j ~ i
To TBHO£}Hdi.ios!!U! 'Catholics of the North I Bq
bn yonr'gnard! «Tbose;who ehlistto fight forthe'Noirtoiiif.'
enlist to fight agatost every
' siit to the death, any attempt-to force.hlm into the seri
viclof ABoliUdnißt'aWl'Protestanfc.tyranny UJi Vj -Vi.iW
*«The gallant,Corcoran, and the thousands of others,of
' like faith',"who have gSUantly 'voluntoered to'defend the
Hag of their adopted country, have made no such disco
veiies. We are fighting for a Government which pro
tects the religions liberty of all.
iirents'fcr .