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ITDEDLOE’S HOTEL, ATLANTIC
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PAOIIIO Avenue, Atlantio City, convenient to the
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lot the season, the accommodations are equal to any
ethers on the Wand. Prices moderate.
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CT (formerly Virginia House,) VIBGINIA AVENUE,
ATLANTIC CITY, Is now open for the Accommodation
M Bouden. This Hotue la altnated immediately on the
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SEABATHING.—UNITED STATES
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1862.
THE ARMY OF VIRGINIA.
The Battle of Slaughter's Mountain—Com
plete and Graphic Account—Additional
Libts of Casualties.
Cami* Near Si. aughtjbk’s Mountain,
August 14,1862. '
[Correspondence of The Frees.]
THE NATURE OF THE GROUND.
Undoubtedly the severest battle of the present
war was fougbt on Saturday last, the 9th instant, at
Slaughter’s Mountain, four and a half miles south
of Culpoper Court House, on the road to Orange
Court House and Gordonsville. In order properly
to understand the naturetand extent of the oonfliot,
it may not bo inappropriate here to explain briefly
the situation of the battle-field and other particu
lars necessary to a correct understanding of the sub
ject. Slaughter’s Mountain, or, as by some, oalled
Cedar Mountain, is one of the chain of the Blue
Ridge, crossing the south and middle portion of
Culpeper oounty. In altitude it rises one te one
and a half miles, and is thickly covered with dense
forests, oHording complete shelter to any one con
cealed therein. Directly along the base of the
zsonntain runs a ravine, and from this ravine, run
ning back a distance of eighty rods, is a cornfield,
bounded on the west by tho pike leading to Culpe
per and Gordonsville. On the extreme right a line
of woods runs in right angles with the road, stretch
ing away a considerable distance.
: On this mountain, the enemy had posted himself
with a force of 42,000 men. The natural advantages
of the position made it one almost impregnable.
With the mountain overlooking the valley in every
direction, from whose summit every movement of
our troops oould be easily discerned, and at the
same time affording the foe an opportunity to plant
his batteries in such numbers and most admirable
positions as to make of the situation aoiroumferenoe
bristling with cannon, placing our forces, as opposed
to the enemy, at the base of a triangle, on both
Bides and from the top of whioh we were exposed
to the most terrifio fire from six full batteries of
artillery ranged in tiers in the shape of a semi
circle, besides two.large siege-guns which had been
planted on the enemy’s right and opposite our
centre and left. The dense woods on the mountain
afforded an excellent opportunity to the foe to
plant his masked battorieß, an advantage which he
was not slow to avail himself of. At every step
our troops were assailed and mowed down by these
masked batteries. You will remember that our
position was altogether one of exposure. No leafy
woods afforded us an opportunity of concealment,
and even when, by a ohange of position, we were
placed in front of a small strip of woods, such was
the intrepidity of oiir men that they would not
avail themselves of a refuge so unbecoming a sol
dier, so unworthy an enemy that continually flaimts
in our faces their boast of ohivalry and valor.
At fifteen minutes to 12 o’clook, the enemy opon
ed the ball by sending his compliments tons in the
shape of a 32-pound rill a shot from a battery jon
their right, This was promptly responded to by
Knapp’s Pennsylvania Battery, and silenced. A
cessation of firing then took place for one hour and
a half, when Geary’s Brigade came up and engaged
the enemy. I should have stated that Crawford’s
Brigade bad been thrown out the day previous to
observe the enemy’s movements, and check his ad
vance. Geary’s Brigade consisted of four regi
monts of Ohio troops, the 6th,' 7th, 29th, and C6th,
comprising the remainder of Tyler’s old command.
This brigade, all told, did not number more than
one full regiment. The 28th Pennsylvania, at
tached to Geary’s Brigade, had been early de
tached by order of General Banks, and ordered to
retake asignsl station from the enemy on Thorough
fare mountain. This they successfully accom
plished, but being pursued by the enemy in great
force, and nearly surrounded, they were forced to
return by means of a circuitous route, and thus
were not enabled to participate in the fight.
OPENING THE ENGAGEMENT.
At the time the engagement opened in the after
noon several hew batteries were discovered to have,
been erected by the enemy, two of which opened
fire at a quarter past two o’clock. These .were
again responded to by Knapp’s battery, or rather
Bection of a battery, as there were but four guns.
And here I may state that our batteries wero none
of them full, and at no time did we have in opera
tion more than 16 guns against 36 guns of the
enemy, and most of them rifled pieces at that.
The great odds in the artillery engaged was more
thßn made up by the superior handling of our guns,
which superiority oonld be plainly seen by the
shells bursting in their very midst, but few going
wide of.their mark. Our firing was altogether-up
hill work, while theirs, on the contrary, was every
way as advantageous as that of a man standing
.upon a house-top and dropping stones upon the
pasßers by upon the walk beneath. In about an
hour another of their batteries was silenced, when
we commenced closing in our lines upon them from
right to left, the artillery taking up new pesitions
in advance. Our loft advanced about two hundred
yards, and lay prostrate upon tho ground, thus
rendering the incessant shower of shot and shell
from the enemy’s batteries comparatively harmless,
although great numbers were either killed or.
wounded by the fragments of the bursting shells. 1
Ab the enemy from their position were enabled to
see our movements, it was. an easy matter for them
to ,quickly ohange the range of their guns as we
advanoed to new positions.
The firing on both sides was ineessant, and at 4
P. M. another of their batteries was silenced by
us, when they made an effort to flank us on the left,
which movementwas repelled by a further advance
in that direction of Geary’s brigade. At half past
four Green's, Prince’s, and Geary’s brigades were
ordered to charge the batteries before them, and
while ’ -
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them, '
Cannon in front of them,
Volleyed and thundend,
v Stormed at with shot and shell,
onWard with loud huzzas they rushed. The fearful
gaps made in our ranks by the enemy’s fire were
instantly filled by those who stepped forward to
take the place of their fallen comrades. Never
was greater bravery and courage displayed by sol
diers of ally nation thajp was exhibited by our brave
boys on this occasion. Their feet fairly seemed to
keep step'to the music of the balls as they .went
hissing and speeding by. Suddenly the opposite
hillside was darkened by the countless forms of the
enemy, who, up to this moment, had been secreted
In the woods, and who had allowed us to approach
within 'easy range, when they poured into our.
ranks a deadly fire of musketry,, our men going
down before it like wheat before the mower.-
Bravely did:our men stand up,to the work before
them.- Unflinchingly did they, advance upon the,
foe, and, after forcing the enemy back upon‘the
mountain; it was not until reinforcements,’ num
bering some eight regiments of Confederate soU
diers, came to the assistance of their comrades, that
we were compelled by superior numbers :to retire,
which, movement was accomplished in good order,
• fighting our way back step by step.
From this time the engagement was furious and
unceasing.' At half past six, fresh., reinforcements
earning to the support of the enemy, the great en
gagement of .the day was oommehced on the right,
the enemy, under cover of the heavy woods in
which he was concealed, advancing to the attack
with a strong forco in the rear of the . skirmishers.
For a while the artillery oeased firing, only ooca
sionally 'sending us a reminder that “ the foe was
still there.” I have heard many old soldiers say
that the firing on the right, which was continued
for one and a half hours, was f never exceeded, if
equalled, in any battle of the world’s history. Any
one who has listened to the falling of hail-stones
on a tin roof Can form some slight idea of the ra
pidity and incessant nature of the firing; and as a
result, the ground was speedily strewn with the
dead and wounded. Nothing ooul£ oheok the im
petuosity of our troops, while the reekless courage
of the enemy was surely worthy ,a bettor cause.
THE ENEMY FUAHK OUR RIBHT WING.
At one time the enemy suooeeded in flanking us
on the right, by means of a resort to one of their
well-known and dastardly maareuvres. Creeping.
Along the edge of the woods could be seen a body
of troops, .dressed in the uniform of the United
States soldier, while high in the air ■ floated the
Stars and Stripes. Supposing them to be'some of
our own troops, they were suffered to approach
within very short distance, when one of our men
detected the trick, shouted it to hia-companions,
when, in the twinkling of an eye, the national flag
was lowered, and the flag that is a stench in the
nostrils of all nations hoisted in its place; at the
same time the enemy poured into our flank and
front a murderous fire, piling up the dead in great
heaps. Only an instant did our men waver, when
rushing upon the dastardly, cowards, firing volley
after volley into them, we drove., them back, and
forced them a long distance beyond their own ad
vance. At this instant," had reinforcements been at
hand, the day would have'-been ours, and viotory
would have soothed the pain of grief, while it hushed
the wail of agony which the defeat at' Slaughter’s
Mountain has awakened through the length and
breadth of bur land.
-WE ARE FORCED TO RETIRE.
. No '.reinforcements came I to onr assistance, and,
after performing herculean deeds of .valor, we. were
again compelled, 1 fresh troops coming to the assist
ance of to retire. On roaohing the po
sition first held by our troops, they again made a
stand, continuing the fight with alternate auooeßS
until dark, when a large bodybf the enemy’s forces
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1862.
wore thrown against our weary, jaded, exhausted
troops, who began to fall back until the enemy oo
oupied the field of battle, and our forces haring re
tired one and a half miles, rested, on their arms, all.
night, those who had escaped unharmed eagerly
recounting the bitter day’s work that had just been
gone through.
In every direction were to be met the wounded
and the dying. Every dwelling house in the
vicinity was taken and used as a hospital, and there,
during the long hours of the night, were witnessed
scenes of suffering beyond dcsoription. The cries
of the wounded forming a strange contrast to the
sound of the shells, whioh flew in every direction,
fired frdm the guns of the enemy, one battery of
whose artillery was planted within 600 yards of one
of our hospitals, with which battery, thick and
fast, they shelled the woods in our rear, the iron
messengers streaming along their fiery eourso as
they passed, the flaming balls of fire reminding
one of the oourse'of-a falling star, as it shoots from
its orbit in the sky. jy,
' THE SCBSB'-AT NIGHT. ■ ’
The night was one of the loveliest I ever remem
ber to have seen. Hot'a oloud obscured the face of
tho heavons, from whioh, in all her silvery lustre,
looked down uponafield of carnage and blood, the
queen of night. Objects were almost as plainly
discernible as though it had been porfoot day,
affording another opportunity to the onemy to dis
cover our whereabouts, thus giving them a mark
upon whioh to turn their cannon.
; Every one sought what little they could of “ tired
nature’s sweet restorer,?’ with the certainty of a
renewal of the conflict on the ooming morrow.
Morning dawned, and the new-born day was ushered
in with a roar of artillery on our side, sending our
morning compliments to the enemy. For some rea
son they did not think it best to respond, and so,
after giving them ample evidenoe of our-.being
awake, and eager for the.fray, we paused awhile.
In order that the troops engaged the day before
might assume a better and stronger position farther
in the rear, while the fresh troops of McDowell’s
and'Sigel’s divisions were pushed to thefpont, and
formed in line of battle on tho ground occupied by
us the preceding afternoon. But little was seen of
the enemy during tho day, and we were busily em
ployed in the care of the wounded, who were being
brought in in great numbers.
THE ENEMY NOT DISPOSED TO RENEW THE FIGHT.
The movements of the enemy were most care
fully watched all day. Various and uncertain
were the rumors circulated as to his whereabouts.
All sorts of wild storits were related of his olose
proximity, or else of the immense distance that lay
between him and ns. Everything on our side was
ready for a renewal of the battle, had the foe
made any disposition to attack us. Undoubtedly
he considered prudence the better part of va’or, on
this occasion at jeasfc, and -so kept himself out of
harm’s' way. Sunday passed, and with its close
came another night of suspense and anxiety. Da
ring the day large bodies of reinforcements had
been constantly arriving, and as each now com
mand appeared, less and less did we reek how
soon or with what numbers the enemy, renewed the
attack. On Monday momiDg a flag of truce was -
sent out by us, asking permission of the enemy to
bury onr dead and remove the wounded. Until 2
P. M., was given, at which-time the enemy asked
an extension of the armistico, under the protection
of which, it was discovered on .the following morn
ing, they had retreatod, and passed rapidly to
wards and beyond tho Rapidan river. A strong
body of cavalry, under command of Gen. Buford,
was sent after them to harass and annoy them,
and also to watch their "movements, both*of whioh
dt signs were successfully accomplished.
During Monday I visited the field of battle,
where so lately such havoc and destruction' had
been committed. How different the scene that was
presented to the eye, to what l had lastlooked upon
less than forty-eight hours before ! Turn the gaze
in any direction, and where but lately serried ranks
were opposed to serried ranks, nowfnaught was to
be seen, save a small scattered groups of men en
gaged in performing the last sad rites to the fallen
brave. The woods no longer resounded with the
quick roßr of musketry. Shot nor shell no longer
went ploughing through their deepest recesses, and
even the little birds, frightened away by the clamor
and noise of battle, had returned and were to be
seen,hopping from branch to branoh, now and then
waking the stillness around by a whistle or chirp.
Yonder, mountain, from .whose wooded ,sides death
leaped ba every direction, reared Its iowery sam
'mit against the azure sky, as if calmly unconscious
of the fearful part it had taken in the late contest.
Blame nor smoke no longer enveloped it, and the
summer sun, throwing its shadows so deeply around
it, revealed the only evidences of a great battle,
the hurrying to and fro of men employed, like its
we were, in the burial of the dead.
A WALK OYER-THE BATTLE FIELD.
Passing over the field, a sight was presented that
made me ahndder, and that almost beggars descrip
tion. Daring the heat sf the day, while foe is
grappling with foe, there is an intoxication about a
battle that'forces back from the mind any concep
tion of the horrors of a bloody fight between armed
hosts. But when the tempost of war is stilled, and
no longer is the ear greeted with the whistling of
bullets, tbe loud huzzahß of troops rushing to the
then what a fearful spectacle greets the eye
whilst riding over the ground saturated with heroes’
blood.
One fact I cannot forbear to mention, as showing
■ the utter depravity, and inhuman barbarity of the
: method ;ot warfare aa praotißed by those who call
; themselves the representatives of honor, civilization,
chivalry and refinement.
In nearly every instance I observed that the re
: bels had stripped our dead of every vestige of cloth
ing, taMpg their shoes from their feet, their clothes
from their persons, rifling their pockets, and carry
ing off their caps, securing these tEings undoubfced
i ly with adesign to make use of thorn on other occa
: sions, as they did in this fight to deceive our men, and
thus practise another of their hellish methods of
: fighting. Oh, it is horrible when one thinks of the
enormities practised upon -the brave defenders of
our country by these men calling themselves our
brothers and relations i It la high time an end was
made to these things, and it can only be accom
plished by the severest of treatment. Soothing cor
dials have been long enough administered; the dis
eased body now requires and demands a free use of
the knife and scalpel. t -
I could recount whole columns of scenes like this,
and of a like character, that came under my ob
servation, but I am- reminded by the time that I
must wait for a-more convenient season.
VALOR OP BANKS’ TROOPS,
Thus has been fought the hardest battle of this
war. The troops engaged were the flower of the
army of Virginia, the oldest and best of General
Banks’ command. Nobly and weH they did their
duty, and where such ,universal ,bravery was exhi
bited it would be invidious to particularize. Regi
ment vied with regiment, man with man, in deeds
of bravery and valor, and? never leaving the held
until they were literally cut to pieces. £ Regiments
that went into the field with 300 or 400 men, now
muster between l£o and 2GO. - SfcafFandtioeofficers
fell by Beores. Companies there are without an
officer, and' In one instance a company went into
•the engagement, twenty-five or -thirty strong, and
now musters one ynan, and he the captain . - ; - -
■ Probably Crawford’s brigade l suffered the most
severelyj they being engaged in: the hardest part
of the fight —thatof mußketry. Gordon’s, Greefte’s,
Prince’s, and Geary’s commands are but the skele
tons of what they were. Our loss, in killed, wound
ed, and missing,, is variously estimated, ranging in
number between 1,500 and 3,000. Prom what I
have been able to learn, X should think 2,500 would
he quite near tho mark. A greater proportion of
officers’fell in this engagement than than any other
of our battles: that ia, in proportion to the number
of forces engaged. Gen. Prince and staff/were
taken prisoners in a singular maimer? ' During the
fight the General, in the excitement of the moment,
rode up in front of a rebel regiment, and shouted to
them to “ Charge- the d—d rebeta.” He was an
swered by them with, “ We don’t take orders from
a d—d Yankee like you, but we’ll take you,?’ which
they did, securing himself and staff. ,
■ The personal courage and soldierly oohduot dis
played by Major General Bahks in the fight at
Slaughter’s Mountain cannot be toohighly spoken of.
Always in the front, giving orders with, imperturb
able coolness, he directed each movement'with as
much'ease as though he had been seated in,his tent
planning the fight, To him belongs the glory of
the [gallant check given the enemy by his corps
d’armee at the battle on Saturday last. He is, if
possible, more popular than ever with his coin
mand, who are ready to follow" wherever he shall
lead. lam sorry to add that, towards the close of
the fight, he was severely hurt by being.thrown
from his horse?whUst'in"the hot of clearing,a aitoh.
Some riderless cavalry horses, coming in an opposite
direction, ran against him, throwing him, and after- j
wards trampling on him as he-lay upon the ground, i
He was badly bruised, but I hope not seriously j
He did hot leavo the Bold after the accident, but
remained until the olose of the fight. ' j
„ General Augur was badly wounded by a rifle |
ball 'in the abdomen. . I learn he is improving.
\, General Geary was wounded by an-Hnfieid rifle;
ball, in the left elbow. The wound was not oonsi-i
dered dangerous, though it was a bad Sand painful
one." The surgeon is confident his arm - oantbe
saved. .V . .'A.:'!
The mail is just dosing, and I will reserve, fur
ther communication for my next. Chip./-
The following is a list of tho. wounded in -the
Seminary .Hospital, now under control, of Dr.
•Coover, of the 46 th Pennsylvania Regiment
OharlMHindi', F, 6tii Ohio, knee.' j.
Daniel McCarty, o<-2d Mass, thigh. Up, and hand.
Thomas Law. B, 10th Maine, leg.
Matchall Biaoham, !, 7th Ohio, faoe and foot.
G. W. Barrett, sergeant, G, 7th Ohio, thigh amputated.
ora boss.
W, T Callero, corporal, G( 7th Ohio, shoulder.
John Geraon, K, 6th Connecticut, elbow joint; -
Henry M. Marston, D, 16th Maine, hip. 6 ,
Joseph Watford, sergeant, A, 109th Penna., thigh.
1 Geo. E. Simon, sergeant,;A, 109th Penna., hip.
Byron Plaisted, C. lOfh Maine, shoulder.
George A. Smith. G, 2d Massachusetts, shoulder.
Albert Irish, G, Ultb,Pennsylvania, sick. •
Wm. Morrisey, K, 103 d Hew York, side.
Alonzo Morrill. H, lOih Maine, pubis.
John H. Dbuthilt, G, 7th Ohio, chest,
Mike O. Donnell, P. 100th Pennsylvania, hip. ■
. David Marts, sergeant, F, 109th |Pennsylvania, thigh.
Bugene Brozar, Hanks’ Body Guard, sick.
Wm, M Scott, corporal, D, 66th Ohio, side and chest.
Francis Cool.'dgfl, corpora], F, 68th Ohio, foot.
Botj. Heshfield, B, 7th Ohio, face.
John'Hatnpsden, B, 66th Ohio, shoulder.
James Horne, F, 3d Maryland, hip.
Theodore Hammond. A!, 7th Ohio, abdomen, slightly.
Burton Pickett, F, 2Sth Ohio, leg fractured.
James McNeiler, A, Bth Begulars, both legs.
Ofaarleß Lobden, B, 111th Pennsylvania, both thighs.
Abr. W, Hicbemell. H, 111th Pennsylvania, both thighs.
August Snbler, sergeant, O, 661 h Ohio, thigh.
Henry Stump,'B,!llto Pennsylvania,'thigh.
John A. Goldsmith, A, 109th Pennsylvania, arm.
John Stone, B. 7th Ohio, hip • • , ■
Anthony Melville; A, 111th Pennsylvania, hip. • ’ ■
Geo. W. Haredin, H, 10th Maine, chest.
John Bold, C, 46tli Pennsylvania, arm.
, Hugh’Lines, 0,46 th Pennsylvania, orm. ..
-Henry Canavan,“l,46th Pennsylvania, thigh.
Peter Flynn, I,Asch Pennsylvania, hand.
Saml.Myers, A,‘46th Pennsylvania, arm and side.
Patrick Orr, I, 46th Pennsylvania, arm.
Caleb Palmatier, G, 46th Pennsylvania, leg.
O. B. Eelheimer, A, 4otb Pemvylvania, hand.
Clark A. Lamont, H, 46th Pennsylvania, hand.
Dennlß Caveney, I, 46th Pennsylvania, hand.
William Bollcres, 1,46 th Pennsylvania, hip.
John McQuillan; 0,46 th Pennsylvania, forearm.
Henry B. Earnest, B. 46th Penna., hand and arm.
Matthew .Taylor, D, 46th Pennsylvania, knee.
Ch. Fettford, Fj 40th Pennsylvania, scalp.
Bamuel Cups, F. 40th Pennsylvania, head.
John Madden, F, 46th Pennsylvania, ankle.
Edward Dyer, E. 46th Pennsylvania, arm.: : s
Franklin. Weaver, 0, 46th Pennsylvania, thigh.
David'S. Giigeiyserg’t. H, 46th. Pa., arm and shoulder.
I,ieut. Neill Craig, .0,46 th Pennsylvania, shoulder.
Alexander Erie. 0, 46th Pennsylvania, thigh; ■
John Hays, G,' 46th Pennsylvania, shoulder and neck.
• PerinD. Loopis, F, 7th Ohio, leg.
A. Mitchell, E, G6th Ohio, thigh.
John O. Johnson, X, 2d Massachusetts. .
Albert Walllgl o,6th Matoe Battory, sick.
George M, Odok; B, 28th New York, thigh, serious.
Wm. H. Anson, F, 102 d New. York, thigh.
Thornes Cochran, A, 109th Pennsylvania, abdomen.
Mike Mooted O, sth Connecticut, thigh.
Wm. Bley, 0,109 th Pennsylvania, arm fractured; .
P. Lineuro,D, 28tb New York, leg, serious.
: The following is a revised -list of the casualties in the
40th Pennsylvania Begiment, 001. Knipo commanding:
Lieut. Eolbeimer, A, missing. .-
Capt. Foulki'B, wnnnded-and prisoner.
Lieut. Greatrake, B, wounded and prisoner.
Lieut. Lucher.Hoch, 0, leg amputated.
Lieut. Matthews, F, leg amputated.
Lient. Solfridge, H, prisoner.
Lieut. Gorman, H, prisoner.
LETTER FROM PORT ROYAL.
The Ram Savannah—Somewhat of a Panic-
Arrival of the Iron Steamer Perdu as a
Prize—Another Prize Expected—Arduousness
of our Duty—General Saxton’s Free Labor
experiment.
[Correspondence of The Press.]
Port Royal, S. C., Aug. 7.
We are now, indeed, under a Southern sun, and
it.seems to have partaken of the hatred to Yankees
which just now is characteristic of ail things Sonth
ern; : The soft sea breeze is onr only solace. Its
soothing power makes life'barely tolerable. We
can fancy that it-sympathizes with our glorious
purposes, and whispers to us of courage, perseve
rance, and success. ,
THE RAM
The naval, military, and civil residents of the
Department of the South, have had a sensation of
the most stirring kind in the rumors of the escape
from Savannah of the new rebel ram Savannah,
formerly the British steamer Fingal, a noted block
ade runner. Muoh excitement and considerable
panic has existed, and in some measure Still exists
in anticipation of an early vißit from her ramship.
Preparations deemed to be ample have been made
to receive her. Of these, it is impolitic to speak.
Those who ought toknow, profess to feel secure,
but many are uneasily looking for a second Mom-
mao raid.
iTRIZB.
On Tuesday, a sensation of a more pleasing kind
was produced at Hilton Head, by the arrival of a
prize in the shape of tho iron steamer Perdu, Capt.
Luokey p auper cargo Perdu. She is 580 tons re
gister,-byflt in Hull, England. Her cargo com
prises a large assortment of such articles as are in
great -requisition among our “ Southern brethren”
who are’ruthlessly debarred from indulging in
foreign luxuries by the folds of our Union anaconda.
Among other useful-and ornamental articles are,
-Sjodb donees o.f guinine,__ wines; brandies, ladies’
and olothing of all kinds, boots, shoes,
hats, etc. She loft England about June 1, ran to
Bermuda, where she was unable to get coal, and
was obliged to take wood from a wreck, with whioh
she made Nassau, N. P., and thence tried to run
the blockade at Savannah.
On Sunday night, August 4, sho passod the fort
atTybce, receiving a shot in her starboard quarter,
which made sad havoc in the cabin, passing her
three-quarter inch iron side,'and dropping gently
into the aupercogo’s berth, which fortunately had
no occupant. Hot being acquainted with tho chan
nel she get around and returned, passing the batte
ries a second time without serious injury. Next
day she attempted to got into -Osehaw Sound, where
she ran right into the arms of the Unadilla, which
was stationed at the entrance of Ogaohee and Ver
• non rivers. Seeing the game was up, her captain
submitted with the best grace possible. Her crew
consisted of twenty-five men, who were removed to
the Unadilla. The captain, who is.a jolly fellow,
seems to boar his ill-suooess very philosophically..
He, with the supercargo, goes to Philadelphia, with
his vessel .in charge of Acting Master Green and a
prize crew.
Tho Perdu was provided with a license from our
consul at Hull to go to Port Royal. Of course this
wag to be used as a blind in case of being boarded
by either of onr cruisers. The Peterhoff, another
steamlr, is expected in the same way.
There never was so arduous a duty imposed upon
anavalforce as that how required of the blockading
squadrons off thiacoast. Therebels, urged to des
peration,' are active, energetic, and ingenious. A
regular system of signals, by means of lights on all
prominent points, indicate to the blockade runners
the position of our ships. The wonder is, that on a
double coast, extending over hundreds of miles,
with innumerable inlets, openings and sounds, more
vessels do not slip in and out.
I have just' returned from a trip over some of the
p’ant&tions on these islands. Glen. Saxton has in
fused'’ energy and system into’ this experiment of
free labor now being worked out by the freed men
of South Carolina., The plantations are; each under
the care of a superintendent, and on some a teacher
is added, though the superintendents combine the
two characters when neoessary. - Some Philadel
phians, are-already here, and more are coming, I
understand* By the next steamer I will endeavor
to give you a full description of the work already
done and that in contemplation! ' J. Gt. T.
Letter from Harrisburg.
[Correspondence of The Press,] •
Harrisburg, Aug. 12,1562.
r The State oapital is one grand scone of confusion,
’ made doubly intense and exciting by the constant
arrival- of fxesh volunteers, who come from the
, remotest limits of the Commonwealth. Of all tho
men that Have yet enlisted; thoib who are to consti
tute Pennsylvania’s quota, the last three hundred
• thousand, are superior in every particular. They
I will serve the purpose for whioh they were enlisted,
and when once fairly trained, they will win victo
ries which will dazzle the most brilliant achieve;
intents of the war. > These men differ from those who
j are now in in those qualities of calm
i and deliberate action which are essential to great
: military ehdnranoe. They are of a class who, per
f haps, lack the dash arid impu’so of younger men,-
rand they may also want the spirit of adventure and
reckless daring which gave snob eclat : to-our other
recruits. But in lieu of these qualities, themen
who are about to be organized,, havo, on the wbole,
" a higher appreciation of the responsibilities and ob
; jeot of the war. They go to fight for their Govern
ment without any desire for personal renown.
They have enlisted more as a duty than as an im
; pulse of romance seeking novelty and exeite-
Iment in war. '-'When men are guided by such oon
i siderations, they become perfectly invincible —and
such our gallant Ptnnsylvanians will prove them
jselves to he, in any aotion into which.they may be
: marched to participate. s
At present this mass of men are “ lying loose’! in
camp. 'As'fast as possible regiments will be or-
I ganized and officered, aa’d*we think that before this
time next week, at \c«sit!nrtp thousand men will
jhe forwarded' from Pennsylvania, and be placed
! under ihe immediate control of the War Depart
j ment. One of the difficulties to contend with in
th ese organizations is that/persistency with , whioh
men of notorious demoralization and cowardice
wish the command of regiments. General Pitz
John Porter has protested against any man being
appointed to command ;in a new regiment who rf
'sigrie'd a position in the army, and I have every
reason to believe that Governor Curtin will adhere
to this advice, so that any man who has resigned
need not seek again for position in any of the regi
ments about to be formed in this State.
£ One of the most, indefatigable men. connected
with our military organizations is. the .Commissary
General of this State,-WiW. Irwin. * His duty can
he estimated when it is known that, without notice,
•at least four thousand men wero in Camp Curtin,
all of whom looked to him for subsistenoe. He is,
emphatioslly, the most efficient officer connected
L th® State Administration; and during all the
exciting j beenes. that, have transpired .in. tiisicity
within the last year, he has passed on in the per
formance of bis'offioial diitiog* without the blemish
of a suspicion’or the insult'of’a oharge as to a dere
liction ofdiity. • It is right that snhh men should
be knownfahdi'to’icoompUrii’thia,’ ho hotter chan
nel is afforded than through the columns of The
Press. F.
VERY LATE SOUTHERN NEWS.
Reports from the Valley.
COL. WADE HiIPTON MADE A BRIGI*
DIER GENERAL.
THE CAVALRY EXPLOIT IN NICHOLAS COUNTY. VA.
A Conspiracy of tbe Richmond Printers.
THE EXAMINER LEFT WITHOUT HANDS
Drafted. Yankees Advised to Desert.
tSic.f i&o,,
PROM THE VALLEY.
A young gentleman, who arrived in this, city on
Saturday evening from the lower end of the valley, fur
nishes us with Bomo information from that quarter.
He says that tboro are four regiments or Federal troops
at.Harp.er’s Ferry, and that Camp Hill,.west of the town,
is strongly fortified. About one thousand runaway ne
groes aro in the town, and are employed in down
the,walls of the workshops of Ihe old armory; tho Feds;
rals asserting that it is the intention of tho Government
to rebuild the armory. Tho rolling mill- and ' tilt-ham
mer, shops. which were not destroyed when our army
evacuated, are now engaged in getting out iron for" the
Baltimore and Ohio Bailroad, and are superintended by
Bezin Cross and Alexander .Belly, former operatives of
the armory. A; notorious traitor, Isaac Baylis, is em
ployed by the quartermaster- at Harper’s Ferry to Steal
horses from the citizens of the surrounding country, and,
it is said, is.faithfully disebargiug his duty, and realizing
a rich harvest by his plunder. The Government allows
®l2O per head Tor these horses, one-half of which is paid
to Baylis us a reward for his scouhdrelism, and the other
half goes to the quartermaster employing him.
At Charlestown there ore two companies, composed of
Germans, who are conducting themselves' with tolerable
propriety. Up -to Wednesday' last they had not com
incuccd enforcing tho order of Popo, requiring the malo
citizens to take the oath or leave the Federal lines.
In and around Winchester there-were about 1,500
troops, under command of Son Piatt. A few evenings
ago a report was started that our forces wore advancing
from the Valley road, when Platt immediately turned his
guns upon the town, declaring his intention to shell it if.
our forces attacked him.. Several of the Union oitizens
of ihe town went out to'tho fortifications to remonstrate
with him, assuring him that tbe report of an advance was
without foundation. These citizeuß word seized and kept
through the flight, with the cheering information that if
any assault was made upon his lines they should be' shot.
The only pickets on the Valley road-are" at Hollingg
worlh’s Mill, one and a half miles weßt of Winchester.
Onr pickets aro down as far as Newtown, seven miles
from Winchester.
. GENERAL WADE HAMPTON,' ..... ■
[From the Carolina Times.]
. In consequence of Gonoral Stuart haviDg been made
major general, his line brigade of cavalry has been as
signed to our gallant fellow- citizen, who has tho elements
of character to prove himself a worthy successor, as he
will do. He commends now a noble brigade, numbering
nearly four thousand men. -Among them are. tho Ist
North Carolina Cavalry, the cavalry of Cobb’s Legion,
tbe Jeff Davie Legion, the Tenth Virginia Cavalry, the
“ Hampton Legion Cavalry, to which two companies from
South Carolina have been recently added. We learn that
Major M. C. Butler, of Williamsburg fame, isnowcolonfii,
and that Capt. Frank Hampton has been appointed lieu
tenant colonel.
• We expect to hear of brilliant doings with snch a noble
brigade, which has already eignalized itself.
THE CAVALRY EXPLOIT IN NICHOLAS COUNTY —IN-
TERESTING PARTICULARS. '
We copy from the Lexington Gazette the following ac
count of tho late expedition into Nicholas county, Vir
ginia:
.On Wednesday, the 23d July, the battalion under the
command of Major B. A. Bailey of the 22<l Virginia Bo
giment, .composed of the 2d Bockbridge Dragoons, Capt.
Gibson, the- Charlotte Cavalry, Capt. Bculdin, the
CburchviUe (Augusta] Cavalry, Capt. Cochran, and tho
Valley Bangers, Capti Lackey, received marchingorderß.
The command was encamped about five, miles cast of
Union. Monroe, and about twenty-live miles from Mea
dow Bluff, the place where the force under Gen. Cook
was encamped.
Maj. Bailey crossed the Greenbrier river' on the first
day, and .selected a place to encamp for .the night,- as
cautiously : as he could, to keep the enemy from' discover
ing bis movements, the country being full of Union men.
The next morning (24th) the battalion proceeded west
ward-through Greenbrier county, crossing the Sewell
mountains, and late in tho evening, when we were about
to -encamp, Maj. Bailey received intelligence that a force
of about one hundred and fifty Federal troops were sta
tioned at Summersviile, the shire of Nicholas county.
Before this, I know not .where he was going, but tills in
formation altered his purpose, and he determined to at
tack' Eummeraville early the next morning, which was
about nine mileß distant. . ; - - ■
’ When, we started tom camp the Oharlotte company
wsb put in front. The second day it came the turn of the
Bockbridge company to march in front; but on the
morning, of the 25th,- Major Bailey called upon Captain
Gibson to draw up his company in front, to lead tbe
charge 'on Summersvilie. .At about midnight the com-.
mand moved, and reached Sumraersvilleat a little before
da> light. The advance guard, composed of an equal
number of men from each command, kept a few,hundred
yards in front, When the guard apprbaahed within
thirty yards of the Federal pickete, it was halted, and
commanded to advance one at a time. One of the guard
replied that it was the Federal cavalry coming in. The.
sentinel insisted for one to advance at a time.' The ad
vance guard still, approaching, saying it was the Federal ,
cavalry, toe; |«entinel.said: «By G—. I say halt, or I ;
will shoot” JoHfc than onr guard ; put spurs to their
horses, and were fired on several times by toe picket,
gevtral balls also passed 'over theJmad of : the column,
when it passed by toe picket post and through the village.'
Before we reached Summerville, Major Bailey request;
ed the command to raise a shout' on entering the town,-
and never was a request better responded to I never
: heard such a noise from the same number of men. Half
amile of the road on this side of town was macadamized,
and the noise of the feet of. the horses in the charge, toe'
shouting of the soldiers, and firing of guns, was enough':
to wake up the dead. Tho column advanced unite through'
the place, to the houso where the officers were quartered.
. The house was entered at once by some of tbe Bockbridge
cavalry, and-all tbe officers captured. The privates
were taken, generally, by toe other companies. • ,
After the cflicers were taken, several soldiers were ex
amining the room, when one, feellug under a couch,
caught toe leg of a man, and looking under, he said,
“ come out, you econndrol.” This fellow was Dr, Buoker,
late of Allegheny, then provost marshal of Nicholas.
This fellow, getting into this easy post, fancied he was
secure,, hut we came.on him as a fitter in tho-night.
When ho was dragged out from under the couch by
Mr. Jsmes Wethers, he surrendered, and immediately
eet about trying to induce the belief that lie was on tbe
Confederate side. But all efforts to deceive us failed.
Howes Boon confided to the care and keeping of Hr.
West Paxton, of Bockbridge, byCaptain Gibson.
-When the noffiS of the cavalry was first heard athead
charters tie Colonel arose and west out into the porch
in bis night dress to see what was the matter. He and
a captain , two lieutenants, and Dr. Sucker were together.
The colonel and doctor had little time for reflection.
They soon found themselves in limbo. -\-
'• Some twelve or fifteen shots were fired at us, doing no
injury-—two men shot through their clothing, but not a
man hurt. From our side there were perhaps twenty,
shots. Three men were killed that: I; know of, one mor
tally wounded, and another seribnslyj but not mortally,
wounded. :,: Some .of the-prigoners that we took said that
there were ten or. twelve killed. Six or eight men in the
Hospital were paroled, and the rest, amounting' io all to
seventy-three, were brought to the Salt Sulphur Springs.
, The route which We had to travel was circuitous, and
made a most fatiguing march. We penetrated into the.
enemy’s country at least one hundred miles, in rear of
his lines. I doubt vory much whether a more daring and
dashing feat has been carried through since the war com-,
menced.: The enemy bad’every opportunity to out us off.
We bad a most difficult road to pass over. Betirning to
camp, we were loaded wijb captured articles. Over a.
hundred Enfield rifles'were taken! and as many destroyed
by fire. -
The prisoners, generally, were pleasant and agreeable.
We treated them kindly, and they seemed to be grateful
for it. -Among the prisoners there was a lieutenant colo
nel, one captain, and s two lieutenants, and seventy pri
vates. The stores destroyed amounted to ten or fifteen
thousand dollars, and property raptured to probably as
much. -
LETTER PROM COL. ZARVOSA, NOW AT PORT LA-
FAYETTE,
, . The Charleston Courier says that the following letter
from the gallant WZarvona,!? now immured,,in a.priaoh*
elint off from alt intercourse with hie fellow men, was
furnished to the editor for publication. We trnst it will
receive the,earnest attention of those who have it in their:
power to apply a remedy.
Fort Lavaybtte, V- 8 A., May 4,1862.
To llis Excellency, the'President, Richmond, Va;
8m : I suffer so mnch: from the ciuel treatment that I
am subjected to, that it is right you should know it. I
write this on a piece’of paper which fortune has placed
in my,way, and it may.reach yon.
M:have been, a prisoner nearly ten months. I have
never been treated as a prisoner of war. lam now in a
casemate, under military confinement.: ; lainnot allowed,
even for a moment, to go out. All verbal or written com
munication with friends is prohibited. Writing material,
papers, books, even my. razor; have been taken from me.
The United States Government refuse to exchange or pa
foie me. The only reason that I oan get from any one is,
that I am “dangerous.”
Von may not.know of mo. Please refer to Governor
Letcher.
Respectfully, ZARYONA.
EXTENSIVE COUNTERFEITING.
[From the Richmond Whig, 12th.J ,
The Lynchburg FtVpfttfrrosays that Wilson O. Hewitt,
of 1 Liberty; proprietor of the Hewitt Hoase, has been
detected in passing: counterfeit money;on.tbe Banks of
Bainbridgo, Georgia, and the Central Bank of,-Alabama.
The notes were printed in this city, upon the order of
Roger L. Martin, purporting to be in the hospital at
Liberty, though no: such person was: ever there. Hewitt,
or hisson, were agents of the Express Company, rad 'of
conreo received the packages of notes that wore sent by
express. Information was sent to tbe Central -Bank et
the fact iliat these notes were in circulation,. and an offl-.
cer of the bank was sent on to investigate the case. 'He
arrived incog.'at tho Hewitt House, and received one of
the: spurious notes in change".. Hewitt j was thereupon
arrested and lodged.in jail last Friday.
' On Saturday bis case underwent investigation, and lie
was sent oh: for farther trial.; ' There iwere printed
$13,600 of the Central Bank noteß, of tho denominations
2,3, and 4 dollars, signed B. Bon, President andP. Cam,
Cashier. Of the notes of the-Merchants’ Bank *f -Bain
bridge, $4,000 in all were printed. They aresigned J. 8.
Long, Oaßhier. Many of these nqtes_are aupix>Bod to be.
circulating in Franklin, and tho people are' cautioned
against, them. It is supposed that Hewitt circulated
from 5,000 to 10,000 of the Liberty Saving Bank notes.
These were scarcely less fraudulent upoir their face than
the others, es iio such institution is in existence. Hewitt
is now in jail at Liberty. . >
HORRID ATROCITIES OF THE HESSIANS.
[Frond the Richmond Dispatch, 12th ] .
An intelligent negro* who haa been within the lineß of
the enemy on the Penlniuiapgives a truly horrible ac
" count of the atrocities perpetrated in - Williamsburg and
elsewhere upon our ;holploßs people. Ho montiona one
jcase-which makes the blood run eold. The daughter of
one of the most prominent citizens (whose name has been
given ns) was seized, disrobed, and then whiped by these
worse than savages !■ Her alleged offence was the expres
sion ef some *'rebel” sentiment that Jbffended the mis
creants. J Such are the Scones which have been inaugura
ted since.the victories of tho South ÜBarTtlcbmond! /This
is their revenge for a fair defeat In an open field i ,
' 'The' negro Who brings this intelligence was left behind
,by ,his master, a member of tbo 21st Mississippi regiment,
when „our army retired from Williamsburg, being Biek at
the time. As soon as he had recovered, and had worked
‘long enough to repay those who took care of him, he
found means of getting through tbp-Yankee Uneß, though
he several times narrowly escaped’capthrei: He says he
never wants to dwell among <tho Yankees again—he hat
seen, enough of their brutality; towards white and black
to" disgust himwith the race forever.
/RICHMOND PRINTERS GETTING-OBSTREPEROUS.
[From the Richmond Examiner, Htin]
/ We are compelled; tospreient; te/reader-with a short
paper, and probably will have to ,do so for,»mo time to
come. The jonrneyniim printers of this cityj" taking’ad
vantage of the facts that tdl parsons of their trade subject
to military duty, and, not . exempted-by employment in
newspaper nfficeii, ar6’ enrbiled in the army by 'the con
scriptlon act, have formed a combination to'extort terms
whlcb thc price of this paper-renders us nnable’to afford.
Wo had already raißed .these wagos to, the highest point
permitted by the rise.of paper and priuting materialand
are unwilling to be made this victims of further extortion.
-We ask'the patience of our readers until we can obtain
other workmen: aud we Inform all competent journeymen
1 "printers elsewhere that the proprietor-of this paper wifi
guarantee them protection, a permanent situation, and
the highest price per thousand ems '
>TW() CENTS.
A CONSPIRACY OF PRINTERS.
[From tie Examiner, 12th.]
There exists in this city an illegal and dishonest orga
nization of journeymen -printers, calling Itself the Bich
mond Typographical. Society, the tree meaning of which
is a conspiracy to extort. The character of this combi
nation can best be learned from two articles of its by
laws, wbioh we here insert: .......
'‘Article 25.—Every printer employed or holding a
situation at the printing hasiness in this city shall be
required to make .application to join this society at the
first regular meeting after commencing work at any
office. On the refuse! or neglect of any perron to com
ply with this regulation, or in case of the rejection of the
applicant, ihe members of this society shall cease to work
in any office where etich person may be employed, under
penalty of five dollars for every week they shad continue
to violate thla provision, in deianlt of the payment of
Which any such member may be expelled..
"Article 20. No member of’tbis soctety shall continue
to work in the name office with a member of whoEe expul
sion for non-payment of dues he has received notice, uu
derthie same penalty as provided in Article 25, for work
ing with persons not members.” .
: A conspiracy on this basis' is contrary to law, and in
jurious to all the interests of society, and every, member
of the combination is liable to; criminal indictment and
punishment, as has been decided by the courts of this
Commonwealth and city in.three different cases of exactly
similar combinations, employing: exactly similar ma
chinery, in three different trades. The articles which we
have quoted, it will be seen, give this conspiracy of prin
ters in Bichmond absolute control and authority over all"
members of the trade in the city; and their manifest end'
is to shut up every newspaper establishment that does not
yield to its dictation of prices.
, Lately,"when the* Eamnriner office wav already paying
five centsiper thousand more than any other newspaper:
in the city, this combination sent certain arbitrary regti
lations!to t tbe proprietor of this journal, which he having
refused to obey, the “ society ” ordered the: printers in
this office to Btrlke. They did strike, the leader'of the
set having declared that ho had no complaint against the
office orof his wages: but, being a member ot the “so
ciety.>> he was forced to lewvel
; The manager of this office then placed in the Dispatch
an advertisement, stating that a foreman and eight com
positor could find employment in this office, and that the
highest wages would be given: that were given in this
city. On yesterday, the morning of its first appearance,
it was seeii that the Dispatch' had permitted it to be fol
lowed .or .accompanied, in close juxtaposition with this
answering notice: , : ’ v ' •
“■WiRTRD.Ii-The journeymen printers of all cities and
towns in the Confederate States to know—that there is at
this time more printers in this city that can find employ
ment. The advertisement of the Richmond Examiner for
piintera is csußed by the refusal of the proprietor of that
paper to pay hie hands for time devoted to his service.
“N. G. SMITH, President
.. “Bichmond Typographical Society.”
>lf any act, by the laws of Virginia, can constitute an
indictable' offence, this is one- Besides the public mis
demeanor, the assertion of this person, Smith, to the
effect that the proprietor of the Examiner has refused to
pay hands for time devoted to his service, being libellous
as well as , false, constitutes a private injury for which
legal proceedings have been commenced against the
libeller himself and the publishers of the Bichmond
Dispatch.; the utterera of his libel; and, It will soon be
asc» itained whether the courts of justice afford protec
tion to a man engaged in a useful branch of industry
against conspiracy and slander directly employed to de
stroy bis ability'to carry it on.
A SHORT WAT HOKE AGAIN FOR LINCOLN'S
RECRUITS.
[From too Bichmond Enquirer.] f <
' Onr enemies have listed the last of those among them
who ore willing to fight ns for the love of It. .At first
they cdl supposed that it would be a short and easy task
to conquer ub ; and there was accordingly a considerable
rush of volunteers for the “gicry! 1 thus cheaply to be
obtained. t; ■>
Those volunteers have wasted away in the hardships
arid conflicts of the war.. New men are wanted to fill
their vacant places and to BweU the dimensions of the in
vading army. For this purpose volunteers have been
called; brit they have not come. The Federal authority
and the States, and the cities and counties, and wealthy
corporations and citizens, have concurred, with their se
parate “ bounties,” in offering a large sum to those who
might thus be persuaded to volunteer. This resource,
too', hoe failed, nothing is left now but the draft. This
has. been: determined upon 5 . and ere now proclamations
have gone out, perhaps, in every; Northern State
to draft men* to a war: which has become hopeless,
and is, therefore, without attraction, and to im
pel them to which , there is no laudable sentiment.
:0f the men thus drafted, most of those who possess the
pecuniary ability will doubtless employ substitutes. Of
the three hundred thousand drafts, perhaps one-tenth
may he able to hire substitutes; though the estimate is,
it may be. too large, as the price demanded will be high.
The bargain closed and the money paid, most of the sub
stitutes will desert at the first opportunity, for Patrick
and Gottlieb will have no farther use for the war; such,
,at least, is-Confederate experience to a considerable
degree, r ,
- We have heard that already Yankee smartness has
discovered a practical evasion by which the draft can be
disarmed.of its terrors to the unwilling soldier. ’By the
cartel for the exchange of prisoners, captives are
entitled to a parole within ten days after being taken.
Beturning home, they are not allowed to perform military:
dirty of any sort. They thus are at liberty to follow
their private business, and at the same time their enlist
ment entitles thenr to soldier’s pay.; A shrewd Yankee
perceives in this a most desirable condition of things.
At home with his family—attending to his private busi
ness—getting a pension from Government—free from all
drafts and compulsions to bear arms—in condition to
boast his patriotism because not at liberty to volunteer
how could a man be better suited who wished to shun the
fight and escape the reproach ?
And to a Yankee captive there would be the promise
of permanency as the crowning feature of his good for
tune. The Confederate.Goverriment has a large balance
in its favor-in pending the exchange of prisoners.. If a
•Confederate is captured, therefore, he will he uuickly re
leased. But there are thousands of paroled Yankees,
whose, freedom; Lincoln cannot purchase, until he shall
have captured as many, thousands of Confederates. TO a
new captive ail on the existing list would starid-as a sort
of preferred class.' The fortune of war seems, too, to.be
in favor of the!Confederates, and theyare constantly
adding to (lie lioruber of unexchangeable Federala. , *
"When Lincoln’s drafted* men—his unwilling braves—
; the men who have “no stomach for this fight," and no
interest to* urge them— come down to fill his ranks, they
have, therefore, two conrses before them. One is to fight
ferociously, arid thus to be kifled-or mangled.- The other
is to take the first opportunity to surrender as captives,
and therenponjto be paroled and sent home, and there
dwell in peace, free of ail war’a alarms, and pensi med by
the Covers ment. Conscious that they are fighting in. a
had arid hopeless cause,"and that they can win no glory,
it will not be strange if thousands, and tens ofthousands,
of Lincoln’s soldiers, old and new, shall be willing to a
trip home by way of Bicbmond or Yickshurg. An “ O'n
-to Bicbmond” movement of this sort we shall he ready to
welcome them to, and we commend it to them as the
speediest, safest, arid most economical route home.
ANOTHER MANASSAS LETHARGY.
'From the Richmond Dispatch, Aug. 12 ]
It has been six weeks since the last gun wag fired in
the fight around Bichmond that sent McClellan “ske
daddling’! to the * shelter of his gunboats at Westovor.
Bince then a.lethargy as deep as that which pervaded the
army and the country after Manassas seems gradually *
settling dowfi upon ns. Wo are, apparently, waiting for
the enemy to recruit his exhausted strength, aud to come
forth in the coel weather that will be upon ns in the next
sixty days.: By that time his regimentß will all be filled
up, and we shall be assailed by three hundred thousand
additional troops We shall atleaet escape the chance of
attacking him before he is ready. We are giving him
ail the time he;can desire. He can never reproach ns
with pressing him when he is not prepared. What the
const guerices wilt be it is not worth while to anticipate.
We saw; what they were last year. It is fated, it seems;
that we are never to reap the fruits of any victory, no
manor how decisive. Manassas was followed by the
abandonment of nearly half of .Virginia. . Shiloh was
followed by the entire lobs of the Mississippi and the fall
of New Orleans. What is to follow the victories around
Bichmond we cannot imagine. We have not much
more to give up, unless we mean to abandon Virginia
altogether.
The-people of this country ought to ho made aware of
the truth before it is too late. Wo aro rapidly giving
way- to the same delusion which lulled our people into
security last year, while the enemy was enlisting arid
training"7oo,ooo men, and building and preparing three
: hundred vessels-of-war. ; We are lulled by precisely
the same species of delusion. ■ We are still told that Eng
land is riot only about to recognize onr existence, bnt to
take up arms in onr behalf, as if it were not plain that
she not only hag rio intention of doing so. hut that France
w nld long since have done it had she not interfered to
prevent it. We are told that the North is discouraged,
precisely as we were told after Manassas that she could
Eot raise men for.the further prosecution of the war. Wo
listen to the song of the syren. We suffer the warm
monthß, when the Yankees, by the mere force of climate,
are finable to prosecute their designs, to pass unheeded
over onr heads. We shall not be awakened until the first
white frost, when we shall be aroused by the thundering,
tread* of 300,000 soldiers, ceme to reinforce those whom
wo have already beaten and whom we leave to re solve tha
expected succor before they again take, the field. For us
the lessons of the past have no instruction; tons reverse
and suffering are as though they had never occurred.
We apparently love to be deceived. We are sleeping the
sleep of Manassas, and it seems &B though nothing can
break it# chain. _
IMPOSSIBILITY OF,. SUBJUGATING THE SOUTH.;
[From the Bichmond Enquirer, 12th ]
When Gen. Greene was conducting the war on the
part of the colonies, in South Carolina, during the
closing years of the Beriolution, it was his habit to go
into ll summer quarters ” duriDg the hot weather, winter
in that climate being much more favorable for military
operations than summer; “The high hills of Santee”
were afavorsble resort on these , occasions. The tem
perature here for some days past has been such as would
do honor toCarolina: latitudes, and has probably had
some influence on military operations; The Yankees,
we trust, felt the full effects of this glowing illustration
of the sunny Sonth
: But the seasons of high temperature do not las! suffi
ciently long with us to be permanently debiUtating; so
that onr soldiys will ho ready' for the long tuarch and
the double-Quick, and for days of-fighting, as soon an the
heat descend s to a degree that will allow of active exer
tion. As the campaign is rapidly passing by, It is to he
supposed that the generals on both aides will make dili
gent use of the reinaining months; and we may ac
cordingly expect stirring times in all quarters ere frost
settles down upon the earth.
" Since the war began a great change-has taksn place In
the ideas of the Hortherri people. As the Albany. Jour
nal says, theSonth has taught them many lessons. They
have learned from us the falsity arid the folly of that de
lusion which they indulged, to the point of absolute ab
surdity, that ' there was a large « Union sentiment ” at
the South:- They have learned that the South is lc terri
bly in ear nest, "Is cordially tmited, is brave, and is re
solved to maintain its separate existence at evtry hazard
And under all circumstances.. They have felt the skill of
our generals and the prowess of our soldiers, before whom
their own have fled on jinany, a" field. They have seen
that the hopes which they bnilt as to the weakness of onr
social fabricare mere imggiriirigs; even Thnrlow Weed
confesetog this,anddeciaring that onr. slaves are an im
portant element of our military power.
But the knowledge thus gained seems to have Inflamed
tfie passions rather than informed the judgments of our
enemies.: Instead! of enlightening the head, it has em-
bittered the heart. The war fa now prosecuted far more
from feelings of pevengeand hate, and a desire, to do ns
all possible harm for the gratification of mere malice,
than frcm any remaining hope of 'accomplishing the pur
pose with which it was commenced. : Petty persecutions
of pri rate citizens are not the means of conquest, bnt the
manifestations of chagrin and rage under disappointment
and defeat..
There is.a reasrn of selfish Interest which, indeed, will
hind Lincoln and his party’to hostilities as long as it is
possible to wage them. They made this, war. Throngh
long years they were kindling its fires, despite all the
remonstrances of the wise and patriotio of both sections.
They scouted these warnings,-and assured the . people of
the North that the sectional predominance and glory to
which theyinvitedthem could be nsnrped and enjoyed
in peace, the oppressed section being too weak and spirit
less to resist. : They thns made the war, and are now re
sponsible for it and for: its success. ; .When it shall hare
ended in failure, asit will, they will he the victims of the
popular wrath.' Not more surely was King George’s war
ministry hurled from place and power by the fall"® W
their endeavor than will Lincoln and his psrty be driyen
.into political exile and disgrace when once » .ascer
tained that the war most , end, and the eontn .stui un
connnered. The logaoy of sn ehormous public debt, and
of a national dispraee stui tnore galllnft wm >.be the me
morittls of the Abolition BojmbUc® l when it losycb
the stage, amid the execrations of ttepopnlace. *
! . This “ evil' day ” for. himself Lincoln-will put off as
long as he cai, at whatever cost of human life and trea :
sure. Bence; instead of closing a hopeless war, he stim
nlates It by new ferocities, : He bribes his hired bands
to their vork by prootapiatioh of license to sack and pil
lage whatever they call find. • -
These men have not a single argument, entitled to. de
em,! respect, for the war,lhey ite now' waging. So far
as It is intended to gratify their malice, they are doing
llto 'express work of the evil one.. So far as they cherish
a lihgering'hope that the chances of continued war may
develop sOme nowunknown means of accomplishing their
earlj design, they.are seektoga result which they them
selves have brandedsß infamous; - " •
■ r.The editor-of the NewTork Tribune said-in the be
ginning that if he (Greeley) could believe that a clear
majority of the Southern people desired separate govern
ment, he would not object, because in that case they
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however, that thfire.is not merely a but that
it may be considered unanimity : still Greeley advocates
the war,'waged avowedly to subjugate an unwilling !
people end deprive them of self-government. ' <
•- Some excuse’ this tyrannical design" by the plea that
tlioy are fightiDg topreserve "thonation” as they call- -
it. They speak as if, from the beginning, the different
populations of the late-United States were one people,
and formed one political community. They pretend to
forget that in the beginning they were entirely distinct
and; independent of? each other, the colonies having ho
other bond. of connection than as the dependencies of a
common kingdom. A’common oppression afterwards
drove them into a limited association, under the engage- i
mebts of what were called the Articles of Confederation.
Becoming dissatisfied with this, they dissolved it, remit- • :
ting the etates thereby, to their separate existence again.
New srticfoabf union were indeed proposed, in the form '
of the late Federal Constitution. But there was hot the -h
least pretence that any State was hound by it, unless, and
uniilit should, by its own free act, become a party to it. *
If Virginia had not acceded to it, its authority-would ,
never have extended here. ‘ ;
el ieol. North Carolina and Bhode Island held :
aloof for a year or two, and there was not toe slightest
idea entertained that they were not, meanwhile] separate • - '■
and . independent States, .bound in no-way to the 1 other
Stales, and at liberty toremain 80. Bnt Lincoln, and "
one of.his clerical speech-makers in Philadelphia, too i?
Other day, sagely tells ns that the Union existed before
the Constitution, and that the Constitution was made far *
the Union! ... , •
This assertion, absurd as it n, forms their only defence
for the war they are waging. They confess that they
disregard the Constitution, but tboydeclare that it is
necessary to do this in order to preserve “toe nation”
They that their eyes to the fact that the Oonslitotion is
what brought the' Etates together, and is all that held
them together ;,and that to destroy it was to remit them
all to their original separate independence,'and tons
break up and destroy the Union, or what, in foe old
Federal dialect, they call “the nation.”
The Constitution being confessedly Bet aside, the war of
the Northern States noon the Southern is precisely in
cbaiacier and design what it would have been if waged
before the Constitution was adopted. It la u war for do
minion. It is an attempt to form « a nation” in which
they shall be supreme, by violently extinguishing a great
many smaller nationalities. The’ confession that thu
Constitution is; not equal, to their purposes, so foattosy
have to discard it, is a confession that a Union, such as
the; Constitution formed, is not what they seek, but “a
nation” of despotic .powers, and they the despots. As
an excuse for attempting to establish such a Government
by (Conquest, and to force: their yoke npon a'people who,
by their own admission, apnrn it with an extraordinary
unanimity and astonishing zeal- and energy, they put up
the pretence that such a "nation” always existed hers
—existed before the Constitution—and that they am only
fighting fopresereeiit f
' Let it be remembered that this miserable, disgraceful,
absuidiy false pretence is-their only decent attempt at
justification of their atrocious designs concerning ns 1
Of their late proceedings it is impossible to frame to*
least palliation. Barbarous, cruel, unwise, calculated to
defeat their own avowed wishes, they but express the
malice due to despair and to the promptings of the'bot
tomless pit.
DOLAN’S NARRATIVE,
fFrom the Bichmond Examiner, 7th-]
In toe Philadelphia 'Dress, of August Ist, ona Peter
K. Dolan, recently a printer in this office, gives an ac
count of. his ten months’ experience in rebeldoro. W»
will take a future occasion to-ventilate Mr. Dolan’s
account. .
jr’CLBLLAN’S REAL MOVEMENT.
[From the Bichmond Examiner.]
. The YankeOH are preparing for another desperate
effort to capture ihe city of Bichmond, and we znar ah,«
well make up onr minds to meet the issue fairly an* 1
squarely. Their chief demonstration, despite all feints
in other directions, is, no. doubt, to be made from .
Fredericksburg and the Rappahannock as a base.
.Bnt it is not improbable that what they call their mor
ter fleet is to second foe principatinovement by an attack
npon Drury s Bluff. Certain it is that the mortar fleet
has arrived in toe James ;river ; and it is equally certain
that it can render no assistance in the grand objeot of
the campaign of toe year, except by a ferocious assault
upon our works at Drury’s Bluff
But for the barricade that,was inserted in the river at
that point, in the early part of May last, in consequent)*
of the clßmor of this newspaper, which it raised in immi
nent peril of Oasile Godwin, Bichmond would have been
surrendered to the enemy ’s fleet on the 17th day of that
month; and the Confederate Government would hav*
been eking.out a migratory existence in some of the up
per districts—probably Baleigh, the Company Shops, oc
Fiat Bock—in oge or the other of the two Oarolinas. 4
THH ATTACK ON BATON BOUGH—BRECKINRIDGE'S
FIRST DESPATCH.
Breckinridge, in his despatch dated “Ten miles from
Baton Benge, Angnstfd,” said “ nothing decisive has oc
curred since my l&Bt despatch.” The following was tha
last despatch'referrod to:
Mobii.e, Angnat 6,—The Advertiser has the following
despatch, dated Jackson, to-day. I am permitted by
Gen. Van Dorn to send yon the following:
Owe Mim - u*d jl Salf imoM Batch Boms, ;
Angnat S, 1881.
To General Van Born
Beceiving a despatch that the Arkansas would co-ops- '
rate, I attacked Baton Bongo this morning at daylight,
with less than 3,000 men. After a straggle of fire Honrs*
we drove the enemy from all points to the arsenal and
lower, and to the cover of their gunboats, taking a nam
ber of prisoners, several flags, and a considerable quan- -
tity of property.' •
My diminished, exhausted ferce could not take the ar
senal, and the troops almost perishing for water, we hare
withdrawn one mile and a half from the city, bni hope to
resume the attack in half an hour. I think ohr loss has
been as heavy as that of the enemy. Gen. Clarke is mor
tally wounded. 001. Hunt, of the sth Kentucky, and
Cols. Thompson and Allen, ef the 4th Louisiana, and
others, severely wounded. The effeefivo force of the
enemy, exclusive of the mortar boats, is reported to ns at
5,000 strong. JOHK 0. BRECKINRIDGE, ,
Major General Commanding.
Important from McGlellan r s Army.
Departure from Harrison’s Lauding,
THE MOVEMENT DOWJT THE JAMES RIVEB.
■ HaRBISOX’3 LAHMSG. Va., .
Monday, August U, 1462.
The anxiety of the country for the fate of the. Army of
the Potomac is about to he relieved. The signs which
for the last two week! have been so variously interpreted
by the public are in course of fulfilment, and a few
days, perhaps hours, will place the condition of the army
of the Peninsula beyond all doubt. I wish I might add
danger. Another important change Is on the tapis.
Ever since Friday morning onr force has been grads- -
ally sent away, so as not to attract attention. On that
day , early in the morning, five batteries, with the horses
and men, which had been loaded during the previous
night, were'sent down the river, in light- draught steamers
and schooners. It is believed these have been sentto.
near the entrance of the Chickahomtoy river, bo as to bo
in readiness to move up 'and command the crossing of
that-river, perhaps ct Barrett’s Ford,.which is the lower
crossing-place. Should the enemy come down to dispute
our passage across this celebrated stream, we should need
such protection. It may he we shall divide, the forces
after passing Charles City conrt home, and one colnmn
take the upper road, to Cole’s Ford, which is five mile*
above Banetl’s Ford, measured on Mr. Blunt’s new
chart arid map! which X have found to ba very correct,
so far as all the places, paints, and reaches along the
river are concerned; the distance to 'Williamsburg, by
the most direct of these roads, is not over twehty-fiva
miles, ' . ' ' '
, By the Cole’s Ford route, which takes ng by the way
of Obiswell to the .Williamsburg road, it is probably
thirty. Thus, we must be at least two days in reaching
Williamsburg, even by a forced march, at which point
he army will be *■ sate,” if not sooner attacked and ren
dered otherwise. I doubt if the enemy is in any strong
force on the road, or that he can learn of our movement
in sea Eon to follow and attack us before we reach this
narrow part of the Peninsula. It may be the purpose of.
General McClellan to have the larger transports receive
the army ori board at tbe iatter place. The rebels here’
have several large earthworks abandoned. The main,
point to be guarded against, I apprehend, is the south
bank of the river, from which the rebels will, no donbt,
give ns a parting salute, if they can overtake onr de
parting transports in season to do so.
Haebisok’s liANDixg, Ya., Wednesday, Aug. 13,1862.
The movement for withdrawing the army from the
Jamea. river, which began nearly a week ago very uni
etly, has steadily progressed until each officer and man
stands ready for the word to march;’ The effort to retire’
without the knowledge of the enemy X think has failed.
The unusual massing of vessels and transports near the
various landings, side by side; the industry of ,tho small
tugs moving vessels about; the accumulation of the
larger transports opposite the camp, and the filling of
- the mail boat for three days past with troops, to say no
thing of the departure of steamers during every night far
most of the past week, must have attracted attention^ 1
even if the other motementß immediately upon the en
campments, and along the hanks have not been observed
from a hundred places on.tbebpposite'ehore, whkh itltaa
been impossible for rig to occupy or guard. ->■
Butterfield’s brigade has been on the south side of,the,
river for five days, up to yesterday morning, watching
against the advance of the enemy from Petersburg, via
Prince Geerge Court House. Ho captured a'few;prison
ers, one of whom was a Northern man, who was glad to
escape. He obtained of him some valuable information;
General Seymour's (McCall’s old) division has’’gone
across to take his place, and they will probably remain
there until our transports are eut of reach, and then
embark themselves. It will be done probably within two
days—perhaps soonor.
Yesterday was a busy Bunday. Orderlies were con
stantly on the move during the day, delivering messaged
from headquarters to the various commanding generals.
We are to go away equipped for an eight-day march.
Tbe troops move in light marching order. ,
To cover appearances; the gunboats have been kept up
toward City Feint watching- the- enemy, and. appearing
as if waiting for the coming of the formidable ram from
Biehmdrid. The balloon has regularly visited the upper
regions to -view—ether, and the surrounding country
enveloped in smoke. Thetooting of bugles and beating
of drums in the.camp bav#beeD,if possible, moresten
toriou's and defiant than ever,"as much' as to say, *' Hers
we are, come if you dare”- The siege guns continued-up
to last evening, to show their black mouths to theenemy’s
pickets from the entrenchments at the front, but three of
them were yesterday removed and placed on board a
transport: “ Quakers” have not been invented to take
their places. The usual parades,, reviews and guard-:
'mounttogs have gone orij justds if nothing unusual wss
about to happen. Some of the steamers coming up the
river have brought, during the Tast two or three days f
large companies of returning convalescents and
glers, which may aid to keep' up appearances. Mean
time, ail the sick have been sent away, and the hospitals
are now vacant—though they have a way in this climate
of filling up about as fast as they are'emptied. .
A considerable number of the troops have been sent
from here by,transports. Beymour’s Division, or a part
of it,' as well -as a part of Hlntealman’s, have “ready
gone—the Second Brigade of Beymour’s to report directly
to Gen. Burnside at Aquia Creek-’ We shall have a pro
fitable reduction -in,the length of our retreating-caiman,
aawell as to Its strength.' The best that can be done,
using oil the transports io bo h*d» tbo body of troops and
material to be moved wIU be/mmenre.;jlt wfllform a
cavalcado and train of at least sixteen or twenty miles..
Sorplns tenta have already .been strnok: regimental
baggage,' by the hundred tons,- has been shipped ;:and
eight dayß’ rations ordered for each of the commands—
five days to go on’t he .transports, land and water, and.
three to be carried by the men.,
There is apparent,Among offioerß and men,.a,groat
preference for the river transports—it is so much easier
to sail than to iravel.'-'And then, the sun is intensely fer
vent, and trio.roads are dusty. Besides, who knowrhow
we shall.faro on;ihe-.road l -Will we have forage, and
food, arid comfortable lodgings, arid will tbe Inhabitants
of the land be friendly 1 There is a faint reminiscence
that wo passed through the land once before, and did not
meets very; hospitable reception. But, perhaps, affairs
have changed for the better. I hope we shall get _off au
right, arid get along the road without opposition., with a
serious engagement on fbeir hands at Culpeper uostrt
House, and the chances of plenty of employment to koep.
Pope at a safe distance from Bichmond, we may be per
mitted to step ont of : the back door, and net get a kick
down stair* as we depart., . . w •
The gunboats were engaged for an
noon in shelling the the bsoks of the James
river opposite this -place. It elicited no response from,
S ®w lt wasdoubtful If aero was any near enough,
in force, tobe hit. A flag of trace, early to rhemomtag,
went rip toward City Point,' arid returned aboutßu’eUx*
A. M. The balloon rerannoißsance, made at aumise, re
vealed no,important ohange.of the enemy a position.,. It
w«too smoky to seemheh. Acavalry roconuolraanc*
Went 1 as far as : Sandy ‘Point on Monday, hut found no
to march, or what was equivalent to if,
wOrelssried Sunday. They were'countermanded,'or the
time extended, on'Monday. 'So that while the pr»P»ra-
Henshave beengoingsteadily on, the army has besnou
the o«*' nfrie'ever - since, expecting to moTe every hour.
Borne of the batteries, it is said, have had thalrhoraea
hsxnessedtor forty-eight houra.