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COPARTNERSHIPS.
.jrnnir UNDEKSIGNED, SOOOBB
- anus to OHAFFIsHB, STOUT, A 00„ UaToTßia
a copartnership, wider the tom of BTOUT
® iirirnlfWlT, for the purpose of conducting the
J nr* Goods business, end here taken the store,
Street.
J. \r. STOAT,
y. T. ATKINSON.
rn ..im.i.pHlA. July 21,1882. jy22-lm»
TtTeTcOPa kTjn EiteHl P heretofore
«*l»tlng tinder the «rm Of WANAMAKBB A
itt'N is this day dissolved
jj B j¥r hl9 JOHN WANAMAKBB,
NA I'HAN SHOWN.
p;]'tADKJ.PtTI- 1 ., .July Hlßt, 1862.’
aTOTIOB OF LIFTED PARTNER
1\ snip.— I The subscribers hereby give notice that
'ki,are entered Into • .limited partnership, agreeably
' c vislmi» of the several laws of ihe Common-'
<0 itliof Pennsylvania relating to limited partnerships.
„.me of the Rim tracer which said partnership Is
, Kfited is WANAMAKBB & BI^WN.
“im the central natnre of the business intended to be
trssaacwd is the manufacturing, purchasing, and selling
ofjSjf.fcfnamos of the General and Speolal Partners,
,1 *tioin reside in the City or Philadelphia, are JOHN
wigANAKSB, General Partner, residing at 821
XmMrf street { N aTH A N 880 WN, General Partner,
1 Sins at 33 North Frfteenth Street; and THOMAS
BHOWNi St octal. Partner, residing at 1218 Spruce
Bt S«t the amount nrCftpitnl contributed by the said
*■22 Partner, THOMAS BBOWN, to the common
the said firm, is Six Thousand Dollars, which has
wwsctoallj paid in cash, , :
"'Sl.i the said Partnership is to oommonco at the date
i *Mt and is to terminate on the first day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty five,
tlwnwna e , VaN AKKtt) , p .
NATHAN BBOWN. J Wenor#l **"“"*'
THOMAS SHOWN, Bpeciai Partner.
Jnr 815i,1882. . ’ anlltmst
SEA BATHING.
B* U R THE B£3 A.
BHOOI-SUttMEB AH
AND ATLANTIC BAIL
B t£m« trtlM dolly to Atlantic CHty and return, (Sun-
Tr»tn< leave VINE-Bhreet Ferry to
atsffTrala,• •• • ••••....7.80 T 9 S
M *• “
5
ii it Freight and Aconmmcdatton.B.lB A. X.
**ll* *lBO Round-trip Tickets, good only for iki
wluch Wiry ere «««/, MAA W
gi***.** tor
Qt l Si-tf Agent
SUM-WBK RESORTS.
SUbFhOUSE, ATLAJNfTIO CITY.
—Comfortable Bnomi ceu now be had at this well.
J Aept and conveniently-tooated house, as there are a uum
>her of departure* dally. „ _. .
»nM!lt* H. a. BESSON. Proprietor.
am BATHING.—A FAVORITE
13 bomb.
THE “WHITE HOUSE,”
-JiASiiOBUSETTS Avenue. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.
This popular house in open. Iw situation is unite near
She beach! has good looms, all opening upon the ocean,
Sod furnished with spring mattresses. Its reputation Is
wtii established ns a flist-class borne, Plentiful table.
Mtstv attention given to unretn, and terms moderate.
Buenuou s ffJJ Proprietor.
ggy No Bar at the ** Whltehunae.” aus-lia
iHHNTBAL BOOSE, ATLANTIC
H-/ CITY, Now Jornny _
M, LAW LOB, Proprietor.
Tb« ebovo new honro is now open for Boardera. Boom*
Meal toaoj on tin* beach, well ventilated, high celling*,
*o. Servants atlestive and polite. Approximate to the
Bathing grounds. »n5-lm*
SBA BATHING,
BBIOAN-IBTB HOPS*,
BBIQANTTNB'BKAOH, W, J.
Now open for the neuro. The Bathing, Flahlng.JQun-
CUtg, aoti Yachting beJtic Very mmrior. :
BSato will await pM« at the inlet onarrlTulot trains.
■®ouA per woo*, 88. P. 0. Addrwa, AtlonMcOlt^
Proprietor. '
jyl.&nwlm
OTAR HOTEL,
*3 (Nearly opposite the Dotted States Hotel,)
1 ATLANTIC CITY, N. 3.
BAMUBL ABAMB, Proprietor.
tanner..,.. .................. EO cents.
Also, Carriages to Bite. , . _ „
IB" Boarders accommodated on the most reasonable
ferust. i^ 3m
COLUMBIA HOUSE.
|J ATLitNflO CITY,
SITUATED ON KENTUCKY AVENUB, :
Opposite the Surf House.
-KT Terns to suit the rinusv .
Jeto-2m EUWABD COYLE. Proprietor,
OEA-BIDI HOUSE, ATLAN TIO
01111 B? DAVID JaCATTBUGOOB.
A NEW PBIVATK Bf'ABDINH'HODSiIi toMotinU
#y dtoated at the toot of PransyWauia Avenue. __ _
Bov open tor visitors for tbe season. lero-rm
MANSION Ht>USl,
iVI Atlantic oity,
B. DUB, Proprietor.
TW» Home having been tnuronghly renovated and an-
Straedi it new open for piirmauant aod transient boarders.
Tto MANSION HOUSE is convenient to depot, churches.
End test office. Tlio bathing grounds are unsurpassed
on the Hand, The Bar In oominoted by Mr. EBIBL, 01
SMlsdelphia, who will heap superior winee, liquors, and
choice brands of cigars. ie2o-2m
E’ AG L E HOTEL, ATLANTIC
GOT, Is now open, wins*
iAbge ADDITION ON BOOMS.
Beatd ST per weak, bittblua dresses included. j«B0-2w
fIOTTAGE RKTM.BAT, ATLANTIC
■O OTtY,ts now open and ready.for Boarders. A few
oholoe moms oan be obtained' by applying soon. The
Proprietor furnishes his table! With finish milk from his
tsowt, and fresh vegetables Crons his farm.
Also, about few hundred desirable Pottage and Hotel
&ota for rale by M. .MeOIiSES,
Seiq.tn - v Proprietor.
«mHB ALHAiyi BRAj w ATLANTIC
JL OITT,’'II, J-, a splendid new honse, southwest
OOtnw of ATLANTIC antl'M ABB AOHOSETTS A venaes,
Will he open for visitors on andaftor Jnhe'ifith. Tho rooms
end table ef u The Alhambra ” are unsurpassed by any
on the Maud. There Is a spari’ons lee Oream and Be
[yohnunt Saloon attached to 'he house. Terms moderate.
•0. BiTBOTA * 8. 3. YOU NO,
JeKUin Proprietors.
tJBDLOI’S HOTEL, ATLANTIC
L OITY, H. 3 —At the tormina* of the railroad, on
the loft, beysnd the depot Thu House Is now open for
Boarders and TransltntVisitorH, and offers aooommoda-
Horn ainsl to any Hotel In Atlantic Oity. Charges mo-
Berate. Children and servants half price.
Iff Parties should keep tbelr seats until the cars ar-
Mvs to front of the hotel je3o-2m
{HHESTER COUNTY HOUSE.—TMa
*aJ private Boarding Bunm, comer of YOBK and
EAOUTO Avenue, Aflantlo City, convenient to the
Beach, with a beautiful view ot the Ocean, Is now open
fer the season. Tho accommodations are equal to any
Bthersan the Island. Price* moderate.
jeSO-Im J. KETM, Proprietor.
E3EA BATHING.—“The Clarendon,”
KJ (fomeriy Virginia Home,) VIRGINIA AVENUE,
ATIaUSTIO OITY, is now open for the accommodation
PC Boatdera. This Home Is sttnatod immediately on the
Beach, and from every room affords a fine view of the
pea. [)c2o-2m] J a «Bf» JENKINS, M.B.
OEA BATHING.- UNITED STATES
ID HOTEL, LONS BRANCH, NJ„ is now open,
Wtu&ted only fifty yards from the seashore, central of the
ghee; house fronting the ocean 600 feet j two hour*
Bern New York, Steamer leaves Murray street -twice
Silly, CA, M. and 48. M.; thence by the B, and D. B.
Balhcsd. Address 8. A. SHOEMAKBB.
Communication from Philadelphia la by the Camden
6ni Amboy Ballroed, by the a .A. M; and 9 P. M. trains,
jel9-2m*.
T?OREST OHO VIS GOUSE—
Jj SUHOOLEY’S &100NTACN BPEINGS, NEW
tJSBSBY.—The aYove popular Hotel Is now ready for
the BUMMBB BE A lON, liaviu* been thoroughly set in
orfer for the accommodation of visitors to,Schooler’s
afcnnteln Springs ' , , .
The FOREST GROVE le a most capacious Hpn»,de
tlghlfaily located, with wloe-spreadlng lawns,' aad com
tcaedlng a view of scenery uttf-urpassed In attraction and
kwutyi and offers to visitors a quißt retreat from the
tunnoil and bustle < city Hie,
„ listing no exorbitant rent to pay, the proprietor of the
BOEEBT GROVE HOUSE will accommodate families
hod visitors at as low a r ,te as a strict regard to the re
spectability of the House will afford. The moderate
charges of this House, as o.on pared with the neighboring
boarding bouses, is a feature whtoh must commend itself
So the attention of fumlUes who do not desire to pay ex
travagantly for a lew weeks’ recreation, TEEMS—
@*VEIf DOLLAR* PEE WEEK
Visitors to the FOREHT GROVE HOUSE will enjoy
Puri air, pleasant drives, finest scenery, and the purest of
Chalybeate watera, whi’st Its accessibility, to the cities
renders It among the most desirable of Inland resorts.
All communications addressed to the undersigned will
B»«t with prompt attention. v
Jr%-emlm , F, MATHEWS, Proprietor,
HOTELS;
pOWERS’ HOTEL,
Eos, 17 and 19 PARK BOW,
(orroaira »h« abto* aousi,)
HEW YOKE.
TEEMS £1,60 PEE HAT. . _
botulsr Hotel has lately been thoroughly rente
™»d*nd refurnished, and now possesses (01' the reqtii
Mteiofa
TXBBT-OLASB HOTEL.
| ®’ e Patronage of Philadelphian* and the travelling
B™lc, desiring the beat accomodations and moderate*
bbarget, is respocUfißy tioHotted, r
.J 92 - 8 * : B. h, POWEBS, Proprietor.
A OARD.—THE UN DERBIGNSD.
£\ l»te of the GIBAKD HOUSE, Philadelphia, have
for a term of years, WtLLABD’B HOTEL, in
Washington, They take this occasion to return to their
TT,“lends and customers many thank* for past favors,
bag to assure them that they wtlibe most happy to
•** these In their new quarters. :
BYKEB, CHADWICK, A 00.
Wtsimovox. July 18. ism. aaffit.lv
& FAgTCY GOODS.
4 QUAYLES
*** STATIONERY, TOY, AND TANOY GOODB
E_M P 081 t*. .
Ho. 1086 WALNUT BTBEET,
.. axnow mj.iTitxra,
PHILADELPHIA.
fjOTTOIN BalL i/UOH AND OAN
„ v AS, of all,numbers and brands,
s'«t. ,e S’ 8l ?’ lck TwiU »* ° r «B descriptions, for
ai * Awn,l| B*» Truck and Wagon Covers,
festal Drier Felts, from 1 to 3
•wivfiae, Tarpaulins, Belting, flail Twine, Ao.
> JOHN W. EVBBMAtf A 00.,
■ - ■ ---c-y-' - IQS JONES Alley.
i 72 oases St. Julien Me
doe Oiaret for sale by
iult OHAELBS B. OABBTAIES,
wo, IM WALHBT Street
B A L WM.—AN INVOICE OF
r *«iTedP Ay BOM,In quarter casks,jun
Jrt mAs - 8 - OABSTAIEB ™
** WALNUT and 21 GEANITH Streets;
Y0L.~6.-NO. 15.
“Eshleman/ 1
In imitation of “ Maryland, ’by Band all.
1 BY THE BARD OF TUB OBATAT STOBE.
The public rush is to thy store,
. Eshleman!
Their voices are heard at thy door,
Esbloinnu 1
They call to seo thee a» of yore,
HtYlko all old fashions to tbo ooro—
May’st thou not their claims Ignore
Eshleman, our Eshleman!
Bo long in Tyrant Fogey's chain,
Eshleman!
. They’ve called to others e’er in vain,
Eshleman! . . ■ ■
To ease them of the ralehty pain,
Ofwearinglhingsasoldasd7aifl—
But thou’lt not let them eall again,
Eshleman, our Eshleman.
Hark to their loud and long appeals,
Eshleman! , '
Let thorn no longer to thee knoel,
Eshleman!
For life and doatl), for woe or weal,
■ > Be still their fashion’s beau ideal,
For none (Ay world wide name can steal,
, , . Eshleman, oar Eshleman-! .
Thou wilt not leave them to despair,
Eshleman!
- Their frightful old neckties to wear,
. ... '. Eshleman.
Bettor'e’re to-morrow’s sun,
The wrath of Hi avert o’er tbeo ran,
And iightntng strike—7 0 1,
Eshleman, onr Eshleman.
Just received a large' assortment of all cntngn nobby In
tho way of Cravats, Bcarfs, .Neckties, and Men’s Far.
uisbinggenerally. i ' ' ......
• J. ALBERT ESHLEMAN, . , ,
It JT. W. corner SEVENTH and oaEBl'NUms.t
! ' ••"■laid-
COMMISSION tIOUSES.
gEAMLESS BAGS.
“LEWISTON” and
“PREMIUM” “A.”
FOB SALE BT
WELLING, COFFIN, & CO.,
jy2l-mwflm No. 820' CHESTNUT Street.
JJUNNEEL
■ ADD .
GREENE MANUFACTURING CO.’S
PRINTS.
400 Cases NEW FALL BTYLWS.
FOB SALE BY
WELLING, COFFIN, & CO.,
jySl-mwflm No. 220 CHESTNUT Btreet.
JJED-QUILTS, SUITABLE FOR
HOSPITAti PURPOSES.
8,000 10-4 WHITE AND BLUE AND WHITE AND
SLATE.-"'" - ..
ALSO, 8-4 aud 8-4 INDIGO BLUE FLANNELS.
Tor sale by .
FROTHINGHAM Sc WELLS,
Jyl6-2m 84 N. FBONT and 85 LBTITIA STREET.
gHIFLEY. HAZARD. &
HUTCHINSON,
Ho. 119 CHESTNUT STBKBT,
COMMISSION MIBOHAHTS
WO* *KM SAXJI or
PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS.
FINANCIAL.
U. S.
FIVE TWENTIES;
20 YEAR SIX
PER CENT. B'
PAYABLE AT THE OPTION OP THE GOYEBN-
MEET AFTER FIVE YBABS. j
I am Instructed by the SECRETARY OP THE
TREASURY to receive subscriptions for the above
LOAN AT PAB,
THE INTEREST TO COMMENCE PROM DATE
OF DEPOSIT,
Thus avoiding the difficulty heretofore experienced by
mulling payment In GOLD of the interest from May
A full supply ef these Bonds always on hand.
JAY OOOKE,
BUBSOBIPTIOH AGENT,
114= SOUTH THIRD ST.
jyW-tf „
JAMES H. WALTOEj
WALTON & TOST,
VV BAHKKBS, BROKERS,
GE NKBil OO LLEOTOBB,
Ho. 2$ South THIBD Street, Philadelphia.
" BBFEBBHOEB.
Jay Oooke & 00., Hon. James Pollook,
James, Kent, Santee, *Co., Hon. H. D. Foster,
•Esberiok, Black, & Co., Hon. A.H. Reeder,
0. MeKlbbin & Son, Hon. Asa Packer,
E. P. Middleton A Bro, Hon. Warren J. Woodward.
Hon. Wm. Wilkins, T. L. Bradford, Esq.
. au7-8m ..
M SCHULTZ & CO. have removed
• to H 0.16 South THIRD Street, where they will
attend to the purchase and sale of Foreign and Domestic
Exchange, Gold and Silver, Old Demand Holes, and
other Securities. . aul-lra* ,
<M) MAA —THIS AMOUNT WANT
tpW*fJW/s ED upon Mortgage,-first-class-Farm
near the city, Apply to E PETTIT,
jyia Ho. 300 WAIiHUT Street.
DREGS AND CHEMICALS.
JJOBEBT SHOEMAKER
& CO.,
Northeast Corner FOURTH aad RACE Streets,
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, *
IMPOBTEBB AND DEALEBB - : S -
. ’ • / /i! ' is - ■ /"-' VT
FOREION AND DOMESTIC
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS,
HAKtjyiaißEgits.or .. 1 i
WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, &o.
'aobkts fob tub ckubkated
FRENCH ZINC PAINTS.
Dealers end consumers supplied at
VERY LOW PRICES FOR CASH.
mbfffi-tsel
LOOKING GLASSES.
TAMES S. EARLE & BON,
MANUFAOTUBEBB AND IMPORTERS
Of
LOOKING- GLASSES,
OIL PAINTINGS,
TIN* ■ NOHAVINGS,
PIOTCB* AND POET BAIT PBAMIS,
FHOTOGBAPH THAMES, ;
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS,
OABTEB-DB-VISIT* POBTBAITB.
EARLE’S GALLERIES,
816 CHESTNUT STREET,
. 1616 KnupnrHU.
WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
WATCHES, .
SOLD AND SILVER CASES.
JOS- H. WATSON,
jy3l-8m No. 336 CHESTNUT street.,
WOTCHES, JEV/ELRY, &o,^
A FRESH ASSORTMENT, at LESS
XX. THAN TOBMKB PBIOES.
TABS A BROTHER,
Importer), 83* CHESTNUT BtreeV below Fourth.
tnh2o-tf ?.■ - i ' f-r a • ‘ _
/CHAMPAGNE WINE. An invoice.
VJ of De Oouoy A 00., and' Comet Champagne Wine,
just received per ship Georges, and for sale hy ■ ,
JAUBETOHB A LAVBBONH, , .
'aull JWffand 204 BonthPßONTßtreet.
MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1862.
FROM GEN. BANKS’ DIVISION.
Slaughter Mountain—lts History—Jacob
Slaughter—Angels of Mercy—The Visit to
the Battle-field-Conversations with Gen.
Stuart and other Rebel Notables—Terms
on which the South will Submit—The
Taking of Richmond only to be the Com
mencement of the War—Large quantities
of Specie in the South—Hint to onr Sol
diers—Carry no Counterfeit Confederate
Money abont you—Loss of the Rebels in
the Battle—They claim the Victory—Why
' Were no Reinforcements sent forward.
[Goircßposdonce of The Pros?.]
Headquarters (Jen. Banks’ Corps D’Armee
near Slaughter’s Mountain, Va., Aug. 13,1862.’
ff his nfternoon, as I sat looking away over'tho in
tervening fields at Slaughter’s Mountain, with' its
towering proportions-looming up in the far distanoe,
I was reminded of the origin of its name, and other
rciienmstanoes I have boen able to collect-connected
with its history. This mountain, made so memora
ble on Recount of the great battle fought there on
the 9th of August, 1862, takes-its name from an old
Revolutionary hero, Jacob Slaughter, who was
the owner of the thousands of aercs upon its sides
and summit, a man in his day noted for an unoom
promising devotion to his country and its unbroken
union. Jacob Slaughter is spoken of as a man of
unblemished character, unquestioned integrity, an
unswerving purpose, a religious adherence to prin
ciple, the soul of honor, and the most hospitable of
men. When the tocsin of war was sounded that
roused so many patriot hearts to fly to the protec
tion of their life, their liberty, and undisturbed
pursuit of happiness, one of the first to answer the
oall was Jaoob Slaughter, who with two sous' en
tered the army of 1776, fighting side by side for
the cause of Indopendenee, and it was not until his
country had demanded of him the sacrifice of hi g
brave beys that the war ended. Jaoob Slaughter
returned to his home in Virginia to pass the re
mainder of his life in quiet and peace, devoting
himself to deeds of generous charity, and passing
away from this life, after having lived beloved,
honored and respected, to a ripe old age, leaving
behind him a memory bright and unfading as his
life was pure and honest. ‘
Shade of a noble patriot, what must have been
your feelings, as with “noiseless tread and slow,”
you lingered on Saturday last, near what once had
been your earthly home, and watohed the fearful
oonfliot then going on between men with whoso
Bites and grandsires you once battled side by side
in the cause of freedom, truth, and justice’. What
holy hoTror must havo agitated your breast, as you
contemplated tho eonntless numbers of your own
kinsmen and friends who, arrayed in all tho pano
ply of war, were gathered together upon what was
onoe your .possessions, seeking by the power of
might to effect their hellish purpose of destroying a
Union, and of overthrowing a Government whose
very foundation had been cemented in your blood;
and whose lofty walls -your hands had helped to
raise’. Can the blessing of high;Heavon ever be
vouchsafed unto a people whose impious hands
have attempted a work so blasphemous in its con-,
ception, so jnhuman ia-its accomplishment, and at
the mention of which history draws shudderingly
away, refusing to record in her book, wherein is
written many of the worst actions of man, this last,
most depraved, and uncalled-for attempts destroy
the great temple of human liberty, whoso pillars,
supportedj,on tho one indestructible foundation of
“Union, one and indivisible,”-may be shaken,
but never moved from their position by the
fiercest storm Secession or rebellion can awaken?
No, and it was necessary that the blood of the
noble defenders of our flag and country shonld be
shed at Slaughter’s Mountain, as it has been at
many other places, in order to secure yet more
firmly the foundation of onr Republic, whioh had
been, in a measure, loosened and weakened by the
miserable political worms and traitors, who for
many years have been pouring their venomous
Blime over our Conetiia ion, sapping its best blood,
and breeding their infamy in its very heart.' -
t . _ km L». v -vuVUUVI.O
deeds of Woman, yet never more so than when it
is our pleasure to witness her devotion,sympathy,
and love, as exhibited towards the aiok, the wousd
ed, and the dying. Many are the ashen lips that
to-day are tremblingly faltering blessings on the
angels of mercy who have left their comfortable
homes for the ineonvenienees of the camp, and
braved the horrors of war, that they might be
enabled to minister to the wants'of the sick and
wounded soldier. With what truth, as well as
poetry, has it been said :
I am led to indulge in these reflections by the
remembrance of one out of many of these minister
ing angels I met with after the battle of-Saturday
last, and know I but give utterance to the senti
ment of every recipient of her gentle attentions,
when I say that to the bare, nursing, and Christian
oonsolation of Mrs. McMillan, the noble mid beloved
wife of Chaplain McMillan, of the 109th. Pennsyl
vania, many a brave soldier is this day indebted
not only for life, but, as well by her cheering ex
ample, strengthened to bear with heroic fortitude
their severe and varied sufferings. Too much
praise eannot be aeoorded to such women as Mrs.,
McMillan; and although no sculptured monument,
may blazon their many virtues and deeds of, meroy
and love, upon the eternal tablets of many Marts
will their.names be written in letters more durable
than gold, more deeply graven than if they had
been written in characters of living fire. Gratitude
writes the names of Mrs. McMillan and tier noble
Bisters of meroy; memory fondly cherishes them;
-While in life, and throughout eternity, the prayers
of loving hearts will surely reward them.
In my last letter I briefly referred to my visit to
the battle-field on the Monday following the battle,
under-protection of a flag of trace. During that;
visit I was afforded an opportunity of conversing
with several officers of the rebel army, among
whom were' Gen. Stuart, of Stuart’s Cavalry noto
riety, Gen. Early, formerly an officer in the service
Of the United States, Major Haireston, of the Mis
sissippi Cavalry, and Acting Adjutant General to
General Stuart, Lieut.; Elliott, of Mississippi, and
others. The topics of conversation were various,
though, of course, relating almost exclusively to the
rebellion.* Among other things I was informed that
the late order of General Hunter, emancipating the
negroes,-has been the means of bringing over 25000
men .to ’ the support of; the Southern arms, men,
many of them, who had never owned slaves, and
who had remained neutral until-the negro had been
turned loose upon them. Further, tho same autho
rity informed" me that the late order of General
Pope; In relation to the subsistence of our troops
upon tho'people of the South, had resulted in brush
ing out every vestige ef Union feeling in the South,
and'that the retaliatory measures adopted by Jeff
Davis received the most unqualified approval of
' every man, woman, and oMIU
and, moreover, that it Was the fixed determination
of President Davis to carry into execution every
part of that order, and that with a severity com
mensurate with the rigors of the orders of General
Pope. ' ■ ’.
THOJtiS W. TO3T.
To a question of mine, as to the terms upon
which the South would be willing to oloso this war,
I was answered, “ Precisely the aame on which wa
Would have lain down our arms a twelvemonth
esc—peaceable separation.” But was answered:
« Suppose you were allowed to go your way, and
after a while one of the Confederate States desires
to withdraw from that union, what then ?” “ Let
her go,” was the reply. Let them go one by one
until all are separate sovereignties ; and had this;
been permitted a year ago, every State now out of
the Union would have been back again, and that
voluntarily. “Wo ace a very hopeful people,”
said my informant, “ believing in the righteousness
of ;our cause, and we have one great advantage
over you of the North in this—we of the South
fight as one man while you Northerners are ac
tuated by at least a half dozen different motives.
With some it is the desixo of notoriety, with others
gain; more fight for the preservation of your Go
vernment; others for tho nigger. Some-fight for
principle; others for they know not what; whereas,
every man in the South is fighting for his liberty.”
“And,” continued he, “there is but one way by
which you can conquer us, and that is to extermi
nate vs. You may prove victorious through supe
riority of numbers, 'but every man of the 4.00,000
men in' the Southern army is determined to die
before he will yield. And even if you succeed in
getting into/ Richmond, which with, you is only a
question of time, you will find that the war is only,
but begun. You may drive us from State to State,
jet so long as our mountain fastnesses afford us a
complete shelter, our men will fight you as
guerillas—so called by the North--tye call them ;
ambußoaderß; mid you will find that it is only
when every man is killed or disabled that you can
gain an Jr certain advantage over us.” In reply to
my (question as to what disposition they made of
corespondents, whd might be taken prisoners, he
replied, “ Why, we send them baok at once.”
“ But,”T asked, “ have you no correspondeata in
your army ?” “None, whatever, and none are .
over allowed to enter our lines.” Exceedingly
fortunate this,methinks, for ye “specials,” and I
opine that there would be no difficulty in raising
any number of regiments of ye knights of ye quit!
"from our men who wait to be drafted, whose safe
protection was thus guarantied to them beforehand
**o Woman! in onr hours of ease
Uncertain, coy. and hard to please,
And variable as the shade
, By the light, quivering aspen made:
When pain Bud anguish wring the brow,
A ministering angel thou!” . -
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1862.
I wns told that the supply of silver and gold ia
the South never was so large as it was at the present'
time, and this was accounted for from the fact that
on several occasions quits recently large amounts
bad been received from England, the vessels bring
ing it running the blookado.
Another feot it may be well to mention for tho be
nefit of our soldiers ; if heeded, it may save them
a vast deal of trouble and difficulty. Tho practioo
of oarrying counterfeit Confederate notes into Vir
ginia and circulating them among the inhabitants,
who, it must be said, have beon most ojjrogiously
taken in with them, has at last become well known
to the rebel soldiers, and, inconsequence, whenever
they discover any of this money on the person of
one of our soldiers, be he wounded or a prisoner,-
they do not hesitate to resort to the worst treat
ment, often massaoring onr wounded on the field,’
and troating with great harshness those taken pri
soners. It has thus become a dangerous practice
to carry counterfeit Confederate treasury notes,
and, although tho civil law may not reach the case,
too many of our boys have foand that the military
law did. Ab to tho relative value of the genuine
and counterfeit notes, one is as great as the other,
for, to use the omphatie, though (to ears polite) not
very elegant, language of one of our soldiers who
bad one Of - both bind. In. Ma possession, “They
ain't neither of them.worth s d—n.” /•
■ United States treasury notes oiroulate quite freoiy
with them, ond.l should think, irom what I heard,
were esteemed quite as good as the Confederate
' treasury. One man had fifteen hundred dollars in
his possession, whioh had been'taken from the dead -
body of a United States officer. This again shows
the folly of our men and offi core carrying largo
sums of money upon their persons in a country
where thoro is no need to use it, and where any ’
moment may bring them into an ergagomont with
the enemy, where thoy may be slain, wounded, or
taken prisoner, and, beside -unintentionally giving
aid and'oomfort'to the enemy in the naturo of'mo
ney, depriving their families at home of the means
of support. The soldier wants but little money
with him, and I cannot but speak of what I regard
as a most excellent and commendable aotion upon
the part of many officers and men when they Were
paid off last pay day. While,many ef them did
not..draw their pay, others drew it and entrusted
the greater portion of it "to the oare of the pay
master, to forward by express to their families and
friends at home, retaining themselves bat a small
amount for incidental expenses. This is a wise
course, and it wonld prove of great benefit to all if
more generally followed.
Although I mode diligent inquiry, I failed to
learn the loss of the enemy in the late battle. That
it was exceedingly great oannot be doubted, and if
proportionally to the nmnbera engagad, fearfully
heavy. They olaim a victory, and to have taken
an-immense number of prisoners. -Their retreat is
enveloped in mystery.- That thoy wore aware of
our large reinforcements is well known, and thoir
object undoubtedly was to fall baok to Gordons:
ville, which place, it is. reported, they havo strongly
fortified. They evidently intend making a bold
and determined stand there, ahd if beaten, nothing
will remain for us but “ On to Riohmond.”
. The rebels admit the loss of.their Gen. Winder.
General Trumbnll, they assert, is safe and nnharm-'
ed. They also apeak in the highest' terms of the
bravery of our troops, and particular mention was
made to me of the Zouaves d’Afrique, who, my in
formant said, were called by thorn the “ red-legged
devils." Ido hot think we have had a battle
where great personal and individual daring and
bravery was more signally exhibited than in the
battle of Slaughter Mountidn. It is the theme of,
every tongmtl Officers speak in unqualified terms
of the valor of their brother officers, and the resist
less daring of their men, while the soldiers are loud
in their praise of their leaders and companions. I
have notheard of a single incident where it was*
necessary to resort to severity to-urge forward the
troops. There seemed to be between the officers
and men a perfect understanding to this effect: you
lead and we wili follow, and right well did they
lead, and rjght well and closely were they followed. -
Great dissatisfaction is expressed by many of the
superior officers because a large body of reinforce
ments woro within a distance of three miles of the
ground, and yet were not orderedup-until the bat
tle was over, or,, as is eurrently believed, were or
dered forward but failed, to come totime. I whs
informed that ;ene general, on his way from Iho
to tho'field of tho same time;
to advance and.support: our, boys, who were being
literally cut to pieces. The reply, .made to the
wounded general was, Geaoral, if yon-are wound
ed you had - better retire to the rear—much*;’"and
this when the blood was streaming down the arms
and clothes of the wounded officer. It is an admit
ted'.fact that, had those reinforcements come up,
the tide of battle could easily have been turned,
and the day won by us. Why they did not come it
is not for your correspondent to say. Could you
but hear the impreoations, loud and deep, showered
upon the devoted head of a man whose conduot,
twice before, has been the caugg of muefroomment,
you might be at no great loss to understand the
ease. In this connection I oannot omit mentioning,
the conduct of Gen. Riokott’s, who, with his divi
sion, was .some two and a half miles in rear.
During the engagement tho general was like one
crazy ,not understanding wby ho was not -ordered:
forward, riding around among his men,' every mo
ment expecting ,to rcceive tho order, ;or from an
eminence watching the battle afar. His command
partook of the spirit of their general, andwere aa
impatient as hounds in the slip, and oould they but
have been ordered to-advanoo, would have given a.
good account of themselves. Jfhy were they kept
back? Why did they not come up?' These are
questions I have heard asked scores of 1 times, and
aa often unanswered. At whose door 'shall the
blunder be laid ?• Surmises are ftarfally rife in- re
gard to the cause of our reinfordoments being frOm
two to three miles in our rear, and only coming up
to occupy tho ground when , the battle was fought
and webad fallen back a mile or a mile and a half.
Among officers and men, from the general down to
the private soldier, there is a mystery enveloping
the battle of Slaughter Mountain it would be well
to have explained. ; - Chip.'
Battle. riELD of Slaughter Houniai.v,
Bbyohd Cdli'Bl'Sß Court House, Ya., Aug. 13f-1832;
THE BATTLE.
For evidences of eteadybrairtry/unflinchlng courage,
and indomitable spirit,' the battlß of Slaughter Mountain
‘will compare with any that has been fought since the war
broke out. True, the numbers engaged were not so large*
as at the. battle of Shiloh,' and those before Bichmond,
but never was more desperate resistance by any troops
than that’shown by «he Union soldiers. Outnumbered
i five to one in infantry, and the same proportion in artil
lery,: yet they held their ground for over Bix hours, con
testing every inch, and only failing back when they saw
that no reinforcements were coming, end that to remain
longer on the field would only be an act of wholesale
'suicide.’i;
Most or our troops werenever under fire before, but
they stoodafid behaved themselves aswell aa those who
were in former engagements. The bayonet charge of
General Crawford’s Brigade, led by Colonel Khipe of th a
46th Pennsylvania Begiment, was one of the grandest
charges ever made, and the rebel officers, while wo wer“
burying the dead on: the,battle-field, acknowledged tba
our men fought like “tigers.” ,
why obit troops WBBB hot reinforced
This Is the question everywhere asked, and so far, no
bn« has ret answered.- When the last of Gen. Augiir's
Division of Gea. Banks’ Army rc j,'od outot
Gulpeper they were stioitly afterwards
McDowell’s Army Corps. One or two of the latter’s
division were only three miles from the battle field during
most of tbe-eugsgement, but not a ainglo Man or gan was
tent forward to reinforce Banks’ exhauated troops.
/ All of: the troops In McDowell’s corps beard the sound
of the cannon, and were anxious to go on to the battle
field, hut they were withheld, and the consequence was,
■Gen. Banks’ right llank waß turned, and he fall baek
nearly a mile, leaving Jaokien in possession ofthe field.
If six or seven regiments of infantry, and three or four
hatieries of artillery, had reinforced Gen. Banks at,the
time a charge on the rebel batteries on onr right was
made, our forces, in spite cf the great odds they would :
have had to contend against, would have completely ,
routed the, rebels. As it was, they had to fall back, and
let me say it to their credit, in good order, and with wil
ling hearts to recommence the battle in tho morning.,
J THB ERAVBRY OF >BJIKSYL VANIA BEQIKBSTgi ‘
Where every regiment did its duty, it would bo unjust
to make any distinctions, but I cannot helpmaking men-*
lion of the 46th, Col. Knipe; 109tb, Col. Btsinrooh; and
the lllth, Major Walker. They all covered themselves
with glory, and Penneylphnla may well be proud of
them. I was on the field from tho commencement to the
end of the fight, and 1 can aver that not a single man
left the ranks or showed the least sign of cowardice.
The 46th lost all their officers, with the exception of
Ueut. Colonel Selfridge, I captain, and 3 lieutenants.
Tberanks'are so greatly thlnnedthan it does, not num
ber much oyer 150 men. The, 109th, which was,in Gen.
Prince’s brigade in the centre, wastho last regiment to
leave the field, and they came near being all taken pri
soners." “Scarcely an officer in the regiment but was in
jured, and, in proporflon to thoir number, they" lost as
many out qf the ranks as any regiment on the fieid.
The 111th Begiment was led by Major Walker, and
went through the hottest of the fight, bat, ’luckily, had
not a single officer kilted or wounded. No doubt officers
will ’ be sent borne to recruit for thesetthroe reglmetns,
and those who wish to enlist could not join themselves,
to better ones. It is to be hoped that the ranks of the
109th will speedily be filled, and that, when they go into
the noxtbattle, they will have 1;COO instead of3oo men.
GENERAL BANKS’ OriNlON OF THE BATTLE,
'The following remarks of Major General Banks to
General Geary are significant. Goaorai Geary was lying
on the grass suffering from his “wound,' when General
Banks came up to him,and,Bald,.“General^l, grieve fo.r
your misfortune as I do for bo many of onr.friends, but
Ibelieve no fault can he found with us, and sure lam
that from the beginning ofthe world no men fought
tetter than our troops."
THB SEW YORK,,FAFERB’ SBNSATION ItBPOHT OF
. < THE- BATTLE.
: The sensation and inaccurate reported tho,battle tele
graphed to some of the: New YorkrJWJjers have created
' great' deal -of merriment here. The-reporters wen
m -V.. - - • , ..'J V fjf
either not on the'field or they purposely made misstate
ments. Onr troops did not hold possession of the battle
field dming Satntda? night, acd Gen. Pope did not
arrive at the sceno of operation until about 7 o’clock.
Re then did all that man could do to arrange the fresh
troops continually arriving, so as to prevent a surprise.
In llie morning the troops were placed in Buoh a position
that if tho robots had attackod them, they would have
found onr men ready for them. • -
Genoral Banks had sole command of- the troops during
he battle, and Ids coolness and intrepidity were every
where praised.
THE CHANGE IN GEN. BANKS’ CORPS.
: In.consequence of the accident to General Banks, Gene
ral Williams has been placed in command of the corps,
Goneral Crawford taking command of General Williams’
division. Lieut. Col. Selfridgei of the 46th Pennsylvania,
beiig the only field officer in Cuncral Crawford’s brigade,
has been placed in command of tho brigade. General
Augur having beon wounded, General Greene has been
placed in command of his division.
WHAT WAS GAINED BY THE BATTLE.
II onr troops did not drive the rebels from their posi-’
tion, they put an effectual check to Jackson’s advance.
From prisoners Bud deserters wo learned that before
Jack Eon left Goreonsville he sent out for large reinforce
menfe, to be.-taken .from those troops who had been in
' cattle near Bicbmond, and therefore were well seasouod.
They, were tent to him, and when he left Gordonsvillo ho
. exprosßed himself as being able to whip tha Federal
.ftrof ps and march upon Washington. Bat he met with
such a revere resistance at Slaughter Mountain that he
changed his mied, and he is now in full retreat, oioseiy^•-
followed by our troops.
<: So far as we can learn,ho commenced Ills retreat on
Monday, during tire time the fiag of truce was on tho
field. . On Monday night his camp fires were unusually
brilliant, but In the morning (Tuesday), when our troops
went to reconnoitre, the rebel General and all his troops
had fled. Gin. Pope Immediately sent Gen. Buford,
chief of cavalry, with a large force, after him, and thoy
were followed -by portions.of Bigel’s and McDowell’s
.corps. y
- The movement of General Burnside, and onr rapidly
increasing force in his front, greatly, accelerated tho
flight of the rebel General. How far he will retreat I
do not know, but it is expected that our forcoß will over
take him, and ferce him to give us battle. Portions of
General Sigel’s corps now occupy the old position of the
rebels.
OUR LOSS IK "OFFICERS.
The immenßO loss of officers, in proportion to the
number engaged, is everywhere remarked. It is, how
ever, accounted for by the fact that tbo rebelshad
plenty of sharpshooters, and as our officers greatly ex
...poecd themselves, they furnished a good mark to the
rebels ana they took advantage of it.
THE HOSPITALS IS CULPEPER.
- Culpeper is one vast-hojpltal. Every church, hotel,
and almost every, private houso, contains sick and
wounded officers and soldiers. All the delicacies, Buoh
as ice, preserves, wines, &c„ have to be sent from Wash
ington! Ab many as can be romoved have been sent to
Alexandria and Washington, where they will no doubt
have better accommodations. Mott of tho wounds ore
in the arum and thighs, and consequently a great number
of amputations have been performed. J. M. O.
FROM THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
The Movements of McClellan’s Army—
-Visit from General McClellan—Trans
portation Espenses—What Tags and
Ocean Steamers Cost per Day—Steam
Constantly kept np on Them.
[Special Correspondence of Tho Press.]
Fortress Mosroe, August I t, 1862.
.General MoCall arrived this afternoon from Har
rison’s Landing, and leaves immediately for Wash
ington. The movements in whieh tho Army of tho
Potomac is engaged are freelyspoken of and specu
lated upon, but are contraband for publication.
General McOlellan was here last evening, in citi
* zin’s dresa, but returned during the night to Harri
son’s Landing. This visit was very private. Wher
-ever ho takes his army, it is to be hoped that if
will bo longer need* transportation by water. The
expense whioh the Government; has- incurred for
* steamers is eoormous. Every imaginable passen
ger boat that How York, Philadelphia, er Hew
England people have been in the habit of seeing,
for years, in their waters, is either here or in the
James river, at an expense of from $250 to 81,000
a d ay, while little tugs are puffing about to the
tune of from $5O to §2OO daily. The ocean; steamers
Baltic, Atlantic, and others which* have-lain here
idle for weeks, unable, from their draught of water,
to- ascend the James, were chartered at- a cost of
$1,260 a day. It may he safely said that every
steamer the Government has hired now earns more
than an d
SStftfTar cheaper for the G overnmen t to hav o -
purchased all its steamers and resold thorn after the
wax. Many lay idle for days together, or are only
heed perhaps to transport half a dozen, or oven one
officer or surgeon who may have an errand. Steam
is constantly kept tip on all of them. This is fear
ful. Every boat, in a few months, at its rate of
cb alter, payg its first cost. Soldiers have been for
many days passing through here northward, for re
' craitiDg purposes, ten being detailed from each
regiment. H.
’’ Portress Monroe, August 15,1852.
TIIE CHANGE OF base—THE MOVE TOYORKTOTVSb
Tbe Sew York Tribune haring made a fail
revelation in yesterday iyssae of Qen. McClellan's
contemplated movement, anditsprob able direction,:
correepondenia from this point of other papers need
oontinne reticent no longer upon a- fact which
has long been known; and of which .they hare kept
their ‘principals privately advised. An x additional
motiyo for an avowal, is the foot that ere this letter
ie pablished the Army of the Potomac- will be in
Yoiktown, and probably on its way from thence to
a new field of, action. _ Baggage is coining down,
the James river in large quantities, bound- to York
torn, and the troops aro now on the march over
laid. Four divisions stilt remain behind, but will
daibtless be off by to-morrow, morning, .that of
«' ' '
In. Sumner forming the rear guard, and all will
probably be in Yorktorra by Sunday, night.
(TUB TBOOMOX TUB SOUTH SIM.
Jim Troops of Porter's division; on the south side
the James river, have not yet all recrossod, but
II soon do so, and the Army of the Potomac
'like the baseless .fabric of a vision,’- - will" have
anished, and “ left not'a wrack behind.”
iM’CLBLLAN’S OLD PLAIT TO- BB CaHrIED- OPT. =
til informed you in yesterday’s letter that Gen,
JfcClellan bad privately been here the night before,
ho submarine cable to the eastern .shore haying
bpn broken, he crossed oyer there for the purpoW
0 telegraphing to Washington. Gossip avers that
hjasked permission to attack Richmond, deserters
hying informed him that'nearly all the force there
■Jbi been sent to the aid of Jackson, and that the
cjp was comparatively defenceless. Prom his pro- -
sit movement be doubtless received a negative
rply, the Government, perhaps, preferring thht he
siuld assist in attacking Jackson’s army, rather
tin waste time upon Richmond, which, in itself, is
olittle strategio value.
fhe James river, this morning, is reported to have
bin alive with moving vessels, and they are:fast
•risking past hereon their mission, ttifchoufc paying
u the compliment of anchoring. Recruits to a
s lerate extent are also arriving, bound to Har
rjn’s landing, hut their orders being eounter
nnded they will probably go to Yerktown.
I ACTIVITY BVKBTWHBRB. '
Shis looality, therefore, stil t keeps up its bustling,
lijly appearance, but without the proximity of
Mhellan’s army it will; relapse into the quiet of
ifformer days. McClellan’s movements, on reaoh
inYorktown, will doubtless depend on theposi-'
ti| of Gen. Pope. : T. m^m-.
\ Sngfiosticiit for the Hour.
j] ijmHilltbr of-The Press:
Jm: All well- wishers to tho South will, we think,
ridily admit the truth of this remark, viz: That,
faherto, Northern sympathy in its behalf has been
itlbane. Does any one ask if this be truly so ?,
"W answer, without fear of oontradiqtion, that, had
ttjEreokinridge wing of tho Demboratid party held
fab no erioouragement, secession would not have
■boi attempted in 1861. -
jhould not this, intones of thunder, admonish
ihtrue friends of the South to immediately dq3iat
frtn all further efforts in that line"? And if, no
m .ter how unintentionally, they havemisled their
fr nds to the brink of ruin, it is their stern duty
n< rto carefully ponder,their next steps. Tot it is
al ady becoming painfully evident that these
ai’m friends are again on the wrong track. In
tl present threatened dissolution Southern society
in 10 Cotton and Sugar States, the horrors of St,
D< binge, if not imminent at this very hour, 'may
so n be enacted. Still, directly in the face of a
os istropbe so appaling, and so to bo deprecated
al is by-friends and foes,"the only, means calculated
toiksure its prevention—the regimenting of the
slfjes by our Government—meets from them the
most strenuous opposition. (
jjjay confusion distract their mad counsels, and,
in Heaven's name, and for humanity’s sake, let all,
wifi one aooord, unite in urging that the blacks of
the South, at.the earliest moment, be placed under
ourmilitary control. /
dbe word more. All must agree that tho sooner
thisblobdy contest is onded the better it wilt be,
evejy way and for all concerned. Organise, then,
weyould say, and acoepfc at once as many negro
regiments as possible at the North, arid lot them
ha pritin the field, or assigned to garrison duty in
lien of more thoroughly drilled troops, so much
needed at this time for field duty.
The contemptible hullabaloo against negroes as
■soldiers, gottemup by knaves, for baso purposes,
should be ooritomptuously put down by all milita
ry men. Are wo of this day bettor than the .her
roes and ‘ sages of our Revolutionary era, who not
only employed negroes, but at tjie oloso of the war,'*
publicly'thanked them for their valor and offiaieh-'
* o y V BI'ECTATOR.
Bnmsido at Culpeper.
, EoftnoN, Ajjgaetlff.—&speoiaT despatch in the Journal
■aye that General Bnrndde, with his army ( has arrived
at Gnlpeper.
LATE SOUTHERN' NEWS.
•** ■ ■ ■ •
Spicy Correspondence betwean Jefi Davis and
Governor Brovrn. '
YHE CONSCRIPTION ACT “IJNCONSTI
s TCTIONAL.”
governor brown calls it a usurpation of
STATE RIGHTS
He Claims the Sole Sight to Commission m.'H-
tary Offioers.
iEFF DAVIS PLAYS HIM A CONTEMPTIBLE TRICK.
Impudent Despatch from the “Superintendent
C, S, Telegraph.” >
THE CROPS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH
Fort Darling the Forlorn Hope of
the Richmonders.
THE ACT ORGANIZING PARTISAN RANGERS.
SPECIMENS OF REBEL POETRY.
THE ; COHSOBIFTIOS ACT CORRESPONDENCE BE
s IWEEH dOY. BBOWN AND JEFF DATIS.
; The Richmond Enquirer publishes in fall the corre
spondence between Governor Brown, of Georgia, and Jeff
Davis, on the subject ef the conscription act. Governor
Brown, it will bo seehj denies the right of the Confede
rate Congress to forcibly enroll citizens of Georgia, on the
ground that ft is a violation ol the fiocfrine of State
fights, which is the corner-stone of the Confederacy.
The correspondence occupies about ten columns'of the
Enquirer. Wo reproduce in full Jeff Davis' letter, as
well as the arguments employed by the Governor:
: Governor Brown'B communication is dated 'June 21.
He says if the act is constitutional, it follows that Con
gress has the power to compel the Governor of every
State in the’Confederacy, everrmember of every legis
lature of every - State, every Judge of. every court of
every State, every officer of the militia of every State,
and ell other State officers to enter the military service
as privates in the armies of the Confederacy under offi
cers appointed by the PreeidenVat any time when it so
decides. In other words, Congress may dtßband the
State Governments any day when it, as the judge, decides
that by so doing it,“creates an instrumentality for exe
cuting the specific power” to “raisearmies.’ 1 ,
If Congress has tho right.to discriminate, and take
only those between 18 and Si, It has the right to make
any other discrimination it may judge « necessary and
proper” in the “ execution of the power,” and it may
pass a law in time of peace or war, if it should conclude
the State Governments.are an evil, that all State officers,
executive, legislative, judicial, and military, snail en
ter the armies of tbe Coufederacy ai privates nuder offi
cers appointed by the President, and.that the army shall
from time io time be recruited from other State officers
as they may be appointed by the States. ■
To state theoase in different form, Congress has power,
under the 12th paragraph of the Bth section of the Ist
article of the Constitution, to disband the State Govern- .
monte, and leave the people of the States, with no other
Government than such military despotism' as Congress,
in tbe exercise of (be specific power to <- raise armies’’
(which 1 understand you to bold 1s a distinct power to
beicoßßtrued separately), may, after an application of
yonr test, judge to bo; best for the people, , ,
For, as ail the State officers which I mention might
make.effective privates in the armies of the Oonfoderaoy,
and as tbe’law passed to compel them to enter the service
might “ create an instrumentality for executing the spe
cific, powers to raise Brmies,” Congress, the judge, need
only to decide^,and the act would be constitutional.
I may be reminded, bowever, that Congress passed an
exemption act after tho passage of the conscription act,
which exempts tbe Governors ofthe States, the members
of the State Legislatures, the judges of the Stats courts,
Ac., frem the obligation to enter the military service of
the Confederacy as 'privates under Confederate officers.
It must be borne in mind, however, that’this very act of
exemption by Congress is an assertion of the right vested
In Congrets to compel them to go when Congress shall so
direct,; as Congress has the satne.power to repeal wbioh
H had to pass the exemption act. All the State officers,
therefore, are exempt from conscription by the grace and
special favor of Congress,, and hot by right, as,tho Go
vernments of the independent States, whose agent, and hot
master, Congress had’ been erroneously supposed to be.
If this doetrine be correct, or what value are State rights
and State sovereignty ?
Ton adopt the definition of- the Attorney General, that’
“the militia are a body or soldiers in a State enrolled for
discipline,” Admit, for the purposes of the argument,
the correctness of the definition. All persons, therefore,
who are enrolled for discipline under the laws of Georgia,
constitute her militia. When’ the persons thus enrolled
(the militia) are employed in the service of the Confede
rate States,the Constitution expressly reserves to Georgia
the appointment of tne officers. The conscription act
gives the President the power by compulsion to employ
every one of those persons, between 18 and 35, in the
service of (be Confederate States;. and denies to a State
.the appointment of a single officer Jo command
ibom, while .thus “employed.” Suppose Congress at
'b'rt tWth’cStflB'Hb’<r’4o 1 what ii”the result t “ Hhe'liody'
of tolaicrs in the State enrolled for discipline” are, every
man, « employ ed;iu the service of the Confederacy,” and
E the rightto dented to the JState to appoint a single officer,
when the Constitution says she shall appoint,them ul£. is
it fair -to conclude, when tho’ States expressly and care* •
. fulbvsevwed tbe control of their own militia, by reßerv
appointment of the cfficera to command themi
they intended, under the general grant of power to ,
“ raise to authorize Congress to defeat the re
servation) and control the militia, with their officers, by
calling therery same men ictothefield individually and
not collectively, organizing them ‘ according to its own
will, and terming*its action ; “raising an army.” and
not calling forth the militia 1 . :■ *
If Congress has tbe power, to call forth' thewhoie en
rolled force or militia of the States, in the manner pro
vided by the conscription act, there is certainly no obli
gation ever ft sail them forth In any other
manner, and it rests In the discretion of Congress whe
fh® States shall .ever be permitted to exercise
.Congress has the power In every
case to defeat the exercise of. the: right by calling forth
.the militia under a conscription act, and not byreaulri
tionB made upon the States.: It cannot be just tacharge
the States with the folly of making this knportaht resef!
UwXnlfiwZZ* P ° werin OonBrCBS *° ren **
Again you say. “Congress may call forth the militia
to execute Confederate laws; the State hasnot surren
dered the power to caUtbem forth to execute State
laws,-”
“ Congress may call them forth to repel Invasion; so
may-tpe State, for it has expressly reserved this right.”
41 yonffT&ss m&y call them forth to ssppreaa insurrec
tion, and so may the
If the conscription law Is to control, and Congress may,
without the consent of the State Government* order every
men composing the militia of the State out of the State.'
Into, tte Confederate service, how Is the State to call
forth her own militia, as sou admit she has roservtd the
right to do, to execute her own laws, suppreta an insur
rection in her midst, or repel an invasion of her own
territory 7
After laying down the position that the citizens of a
SiatO; are not her militia, and 4 flffirming ; that the militia
are,” a body organized by l*wi” you deay that the mi
litia wnstimte any part of the Zand or naval forces* and
say,they are distinguished from the land and naval
forces, and you farmer sayibey have always been called
jmh as m bodies organized by the States,”, wiih their
officers, that , they, « do not become part of the armies
raised by Congress,” but remain miUtia, and that when
they had been called forth, and tho exigehries which pro
voked the call had-passed, «taey went home again.”
Tbe • militia, when called forth, are takenfrom tho body
People, to meet an emergency or to repel invasion,
ip aa ci bodies organized by the States,” you
bold that they go In militia, remain mtfitta, and, when
the exigency.is they go home militia; but if you
call forth the same men by the conscription act for the
same purpose, and they remain for the same length of
frme, and do the same service, they are not militia,, but
the amtes of the Confederacy, part of fch b land or naval
force. :Ineoi-nection with this part of the subject you
üb® the following:
■ ib© present moment, when our very existence is
threatened by armies vastly superior in numbers to ours,*
. the ..necessity; for the defence has induced a call,.rot for
the whole militia of all the States, not for any militia, but
for men to compose armies for the' Confederate States.”
In the midst of such pressing danger, why was it that
there was no necessity for any militia: in other words,
do necessity tor any “bodies of men organized by the
States.”., as were, many of the most gallant regiment!
! now Confederate service, who* have ivon on the
battle-field a name in history and laurels that can never
fade! • ... ; -• •
"Wtreho more such bodies “organized by the States”
needed, because the material remaining within the States
oi wbteh they must be composed: was not;reliable 7 The
.coDscriptich act gives you the very same material,
Wes it because tho officers’ appointed by the - States to
command the gallant State regiments and other “ organ
ized bedies ’* sent by the States were loss brave or less
BBiifnl than the officers 1 appointed by tbe President to
e mmand similar '** organized bodies?” The officers
appointed by .the now command regiments In
the service,,will net fear to have Impartial history ah
swer this question. Was it because you -select ’
amfe*-theOonrederacy V Tho?conscrin
-18
take every man between certain ages, or wfßWSiAXfisapL
is composed. ’What ,1s the difference between
Ine the militia and taking, all the men who compose the
mtlltta? Simply this: In the one case you take them
with their officers appointed hy the Atatei, as the Con.
etitutton tenu es; and call them by their pro per namo
“ militia” “ employed in the service of the Confederate
States ” In the other cate, you take them as individuals
—get rid of the State officers—appoint officers of your
otfn choice, and caff them the “ armies of too Confede
racy.” And yet these armieß, like yon say the militia
do, will “ go’ home” when the exigency has passed, as it
Is hoped they are not expected to ce permanent, like Hie.
regular armies of the, Confederacy j or,'ln other words,
like tbe land andnavalforee | provided tor m tfie Con
stitution* from which you distiiiguish the muitift. In- _ |
deed tho similarity -Between thise “armies- of toe Con- |
fsderaey,” called forth in an emergency to repti an in :
vssion, to be disbanded when the emergency is passed,
and tie militia or bodiesof troops organixsd and officered
hv the States called forth for the same-purpose, toLe
composed of ihe same material, and disbanded at the
same time, is most remarkable in everything, except the
- name, and the appointment of officers. ■ '’ *
As yon admit that ihe militia have always been called
forth as “bodies organized by tho States,” and, when
•thus oellcd forth, that the States have always app.inted ,
the officers, I presume yon will not deny that when the
President, by authority of Congress, hsßmade.acall upon
aStßtefor “organir.ed bodies of soldiers,” and they hay®
been furnished by the State from the bodiosor herpM.
rde. they Have entered the service as part of the miUtia of
toe State «■ employed; in the atrvice of the Confederate
States” under the fiitcenth and sixteenth .paragritohs of
the ninth section of the first article of the Consutatioo.
Your message to Congress, recommending its .passage,
shows that (hero was ho necessity for the act, to enable
you to get troopß, as yon admit that toe DxeoativeaoJ.
toe States had enablod yon to keep in the field adequate
forces, and also that the spirit of resistance among the
per,ple’was such that It needed to be regulated and not
.invasion ortho Confederacy by onr present
enemy yon have made frequent calls upon mo, as Gover
nor of this State, for “ organized bodies ”of troops I
have respmided to every call, and sent, them as required,
“ organized ’’organized to the laws ofthe State, and cotm
manded by officers appointedhythefctate, and, inmost;
instances, fnUy armed, accontred, and equipped. .There
bodlee were called forth to meet an emergency, and assist*
in renelilug an Invasion. Tho emergency Is hot yet past,
the Invasion is not yet repelled, and they have not yetj»-
turned home.* If yonr position be’correct, they consttfate
no part of the ;l»nd or; naval forces,; as 4 they
were not. organized, nor .then-; officers
by the ..'President, as is. .the,, case w i th . ,JS ;
armies of toelConfederaoy; but they were. calledrCrlh'
aVbodles “organized and their ofiioers’appbtfitea by.toes
, states.” lienco they are part of,tho “ Militia p| Gporgia,.v,
employed in the service of the Confedorato Stotes as nro
yid< d by. top two paragraphs^of;tho
quoted, and by paragraph 18of section 9 of thelstmHpWi
t which terms them “ militia in actual, service in’ time,of
W or pnbUo ; dangm.l> They, entereddho wth,
only the training common to to.e ciUzons of thß .Stats,.,
of ftttaut iU time of the If* c»U
TWO CENTS.
for twelve regiments, concurring in this view, and recog
nizing" of the State. .And it is,proper that I
should remark that the State has, in each case, been per
mitted to exeroise this right, where the troops enter the
servioe,.in compliance with a requisition upon the State
for “organized bodies of troops ” The. right does not
stop hero, however. The Constitution does'not say the
btato shali appoint tlio officers while tho organizations
may be forming to enter the service of the Confederacy,
but while ihey “may ; be employed in the service of tho
Confederate. States,” .Many tnonsands are notr.se eat
jptoytdt vacancieg iu the different officersars frotnsiitly
occoiriDg by death, resignation, & 0 The laws of, this
State provide how these vacancies are to be fi led, and it
is 7wt to bo done by promotion of tho officers next in
rack, except In a single instance, bat by • election of the
regiment, and commission by tho Governor. The right
of tho State fed appoint these officers seems to be admitted
and Is, indeed, too cfr&r to be questioned. *
The conscription act, if it is to bo construed according
to Its language, and the practice which your generals are
.MtabUahint underit, denies to the State the exercise of
this right, and prescribes a rule for selecting all officers in
future, unknown to the;laws of Georgia, and confers upon
the President the power to commission them. Oaa this
usurpation (I think ho milder term expressesitfaithfully)
ibe jabtifted under the danse of tho Constitution which
gjves Congress power to “ raise armies,” and is this part
.of thoact constitutional? If not, you have failed to es«
tablish the constitutionality of tho conscription aot.
Tho conscription act 'embraces so large a proportion
of the militia officers of this State rb to disband the mi
litia in the event they should be compelled to leave their
coma aids. This would leave me without the power to
reorganize them, as a vacancy chn only bo created in one -
of these offices by resignation of the incumbent, or by
the voluntary pe*fonri&noe of some act which amounts to
an abandonment of bis command,; or by a sentence of a
conrbmartial dismissing him from office. The officer
who is dragged from his command bv conscription, or
compulsion, and placed in the ranks, is in neither cate
gory ; and his office is no more vacated than the office of
a judge v ottld be if ho were ordered into military service
Imve no be a vacancy I
fion or by a brovi-t appointment. I have no right in
their case to commission a successor go long as there is a
legal incumbent.
Viewing the conscription act in this particular as not
only unconstitutional, bat as striking a blow at the very
existence of this State, by disbanding the portion of her
militia left within her limits when much tho larger part
of her Manns-bearing people’! are absentia other States
in the military service of the Oonfediiacy, leaving their
families, and other helpless women and children, subject
to massacre by negro insurrection for want of ,an or*,
ganized force to suppress it, I felt it an imperative duty
whichlowed the people of, this State, to inform yon, in
a former letter, that I could not permit the disorganize,
tion to take place, nor the State officers to be compelled
to leave their respective commands and enter the Con
federate service as conscripts Were it not a fact well
known to the country that yon now have tn the service
tens of thousands of men without,arms and with no im
mediate prospect of gotting arms,'who must remain for
.months consumers of our scanty supplies of pro
visions without ability to render service while their la
bor would lie most valuable in their farms and workshops,
there might be the semblance of a plea of necessity for
forcing the ■State officers to leave their commands, with
the homes of their people unprotected, and go into camps
of instiuction, under Confederate officers, often much
more ignorant than themselves of military science or
training. I must, therefore, adhere to my position, end
maintain the integrity of the Btato:Government In its'
executive, legislative, judicial and military depart
ments, as long as I can command sufficient force to vpre
vent it ; from being disbanded, and its people reducel to .
a state cf provincial dependence upon the Central power.
If I have nst d strong language in any part of this let
ter, 1 beg you to attribute It only to my zeal in the advo
cacy of prirclpk-e, and the cause which I consider no less
than the cause of constitutional liberty, im(prilled by the
erroneous views and practice of those placed upon the
watch-tower as its constant guardians..
I know the vast responsibility resting upon you, and
wonid never willingly add unnecessarily to their weight,
or in any way embarrass yon in the discharge of your im
portant duties, While I cannot agree with yon in
opinion upon the grave question under discussion, I beg
you to .command me at all liases, when X can do you a
personal service, or when I can, without a violation of
the constitutional obligations resting upon me, do any
service to the great cause in which we are so vitally in
tern str-d. ;
Hoping tbat a kind Providence raay gtva you wisdom
bo to conduct the, affairs of our young Confederacy as
may result In the early achievement of our independence,
and rtdound to the ultimate and happiness of
our whole people, .
I have the honor to be, very respectfully,
Fonr obedient servant,
JOSEPH E. BBOWN.
P. S.—Since the above letter was written, I see some
what to my; surprise, that you thought proper to
publish part of our mi finished correspondence.
In reply to my flret letter you simply stated on the
point in question, that the constitutionality or the act
was derivable from that paragraph in the Gonatiiution
which'givss Congress the power to raise and support ar
mies. I replied to that letter ,with no portion of your ar
gument but the simple Bta’ement of your position before
me. You then, with the aid of your cabinet, replied to
my second letier, giving the argument by which you at
tempt to sustain your position, and without allowing
time for your letter to,reach me, and areply be sent, you
publish my second letter and your reply, which is your
first argument of the Queslion. I find these two letters
not only in the newspapers but also In pamphlet form, I
presume by your order for general circulation.
While I cannot .'suppose'.that your sense of duty and
propriety would permit you to publish part of an un
finished correspondence for the purpose of forestalling
public opinion, I must conclude that your course is not
the nsual one in such cases. As the correspondence was
an official one, upon a grave constitutional question, I
bad supposed it would be given to the country through
Congress and the Legislature of the State. ’
: But, as you have commenced the publication in Hits
hasty and, as I think, informal manner, you will admit
that I have no other alternative but to continue it. I
'must, therefore, request, as an act of justice, that all
newspapers which have published part of the correspen-
Bichmosd, July 10, 1862
Bov. Jos, MS' Brown, Atlanta, Ga.:
. Bear Sir: I have received yourdetter of 2let ult., and
would have contented myself with the simple acknowJ
ledgment of its receipt, but for one or two matters coit
tained in it, which seem to require distinct reply.
, I deemed it my duty to state my views in relation to
the constitutionality of the conscript taw-for the reasons
mentioned in my letter to you, but it waa no part of my
intention to enter into a protraoted discussion. It was
convenient to send my view* to others than youreelf, and
for this purpose I caused my letter, together with yours,
to be printed in pamphlet form. I ammot aware of
having omitted any part of your .observations, nor did I
anticipate any further cerrespondenco on the subject. I
supposed you had fully stated your views, as I had stated
mine, and no practical benefit could fie obtained by fur
ther discussion.
It is (Joe, however, to myself to disclaim in the most
pointed manner a,doctrine which you have been pleased
to attribute to me, and against which you Indulge in
lengthened argument. Neither in my letter to you, nor
hr any sentiment ever expressed by me, csri there be
found just cause to impnte to me the belief that Congress
Is the anal judge of the constitutionality of a contested
I said in my letter that “where a specific.power is
granted Congress rs the judge whether the law pawed f»
the purpose of executing that power is necessary and
proper.” : . . ■ ;■
i never asserted, nor intended to assert, that after the
par sage of Buch law it might riot be declared unconstitu
tional by, the courts on complaint made by an individual:
nor that judgment of Cocgress was conclusive agiinßt a
State, as supposed by you; nor that allthe co-ordinate
branch'* of the General Government could together
finally decide a question of the reserved righto of a State
The right of each State to judge, in: the last resort,
whether its reserved powers'bad been usurped by the
General Government, is too familiar and well-settled a
principle to admit of discussion
, As I ,cannot see, : however, after the most respectful
consideration ot alt that you have said,' anything to
change my conviction that Congress has exercised only a
plainly-granted specific power in raising ite armies by
conscription, I cannot share the alarm and concern about
State rights which yon so evidently: seem to feel, but
which to me seom quite unfounded.
1 am, very respectfully. Tours, v
jeffkbson dayis.
THE CROPS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH -
[From the Bicbmond Enquirer, 14] ;
One of the leading merchants of Blchmond, now
in-the South, furnishes ns with the following very in
teresting letter. It is dated atYicksburg, Mississippi,
arid reached us a few days ago. The writer says :
One of the severest droughts that ever afflicted this re
gion of, country has at last culminated; in rain—yes,
it rains 1 at length—& good old-fashioned summer rain
worth millions in dollars to the country. As I passed
through South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama, my
breast swelled with emotion, asmysight was regaled with
fields of-waving com,’where lately bloomed the kingly
eta pie of the South. -,- i.ast year I made, a similar tour of
these states and saw immense fields of cotton, hut
no com, save a few little patches for plantation
use. But now the reverse is'the case a litre
patch # of cotton and a big field of corn. Had
fallen a little earlier it is no exaggeration to aay
that com would have to go begging iri onr markets for a
purchasers As it is, we shall have a superabundant
crep. No fears need be entertained as to our ability to
feed the armies of tho Oonfederaey: '
_ The planters, with rare unanimity, have installed John
Barleycorn and dethroned King Cotton. A greater self
sacrifice on the altar of country was never before re
quired of any, people! When the new crop is gathered
and added to the old, wo may, with tolerable correctueßS,
estimate the whole number of bales at six million, less
two million supposed to have been already destroyed: or, ’
in round numbers, ready jor, shipment, four million
miles; 'After onr. ports Bhali have'been opened, or rather
the hearts of our people, it will take from three to six
months before supplies wid reaoh. their places or desti
nation, who can forin: a proper; notion of the dis
tress which must overtake the great, industrial In
_tw€Btsof. Iq© world in the ujeantlme 7‘ ilany, very many,
on this side of the Atlantic have seen the seeds sown of a
mighty revolution in aQ the great commercial centres of
Europe. There was a time for action—resolute, decisive*
‘S?® p ? rtof the Great Bowers. There was a
toTa'ro^?il^^!^j :n - s, * lia and France, had
this revolution, as this
begun in France, and which cost her rnilUpnspnivwTimr
money and a twenty years fruitless struggle. Europe
may dow escape revolution, but must accept the gage of
battle that will be thrown in the teeth of the .united
States. She cannot avoid it, she may postpone, but c»n
rotavoid it. Time will tell. Ia her womb are many events,
the delivery of which will startle the .cnriiiui.
BATHER COOL.-
rProm the Bichmorid Kxamlncr.] - '
if' the despatches which Morgan SOM to Prentice jrafll
Boyle were calculated to “ dutnbfoundsr those Tanhee
wretches, we piesnme that the reciplonte of thc following
"despatch must.have regarded it as some spiritual freak.
• *« Hbauquartbub Telegraph Departmbkt op Krx
tcckt. C. S. k., Ghorgktowk, Kt„ July!«•— General
Order lfo. l.~When’ah operator Is tmsitively informed
that the enemy is marching on Ms station, he will imme
diately proceed to destroy the telegraph instruments and
all material In his charge; Sneh; "f a °' e T 33 '
ness as were exhibited on the part of the operators at Le
banon, Midway, and Georgetown will be severely dealt
W *« ilv order of O. A. ELLSWORTH,
«Gen. Mil. Bnp. 0. S. Telegraph Department.”
“THB esqhibeb on gbnbbal botlb.
a man who begins life with a murder may well end
it by erecting a prison house for patriot women. Buch,
in a 7 few words, is the history of General Jeremiah G.
Boyle, the Federal general at Lexington, Kentucky.
Many ’yeara ago, when General Boyle had scarcely at
tained his manhood, he most atrdcionsly assassinated the
sheriff of the county at the polls on election day at Dan.
ville, Kentucky. His victim and himself had some words
in the room of the judge Of .election, whcmßoyle-drew a
pistol and shot the unarmed man dead. in. his tracks.
His Yankee influentitd ’ relations, wealth, mi;tts Pjea
• that the' shoriff had menacingly seized the hack si s
chair, saved him from Iho gallows he so richly deserved,
and prolonged a life that was yot to ho dyed deeper in
: iB Herose to prominence at .the Kentucky bar, adding,
by his professional exertions, tihis inherited wealth
in speculation of every sort and description to toe " _
.rWrt&and in glove wlth,the
and sharpers, throughoutlotya and of any
i thercfl^
who dare ®fmpatbiz©:wilh the South.
* j. rAB»IYAXj:?OFtPHI'BOK*R3. - r
rFroin tbeijlicbmond Enijalrer, 14th.] ■ ■
1 Abont twenty: five , hnndredYankeeß, captured at
vaiioustimeßby StonewallJackeon In th's Valley of
virgfniß) aid hitherto confined near Lynchburg, va.,
have strived in Bicbmond-since Saturday, They, are
now on Beileleland, and-wiU,there,.remain nntil prepa
rations can bo raedoto fiend them borne under Bm ot
•i nee. Directly ait ‘the 'private* 1 liavebeenehippoa the
Federal officer* wiil be peat off. o
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ifFrpiSflHiis Kchniond Enqriirer, 13th ]
That SandcixJc may yet prove ineffectual, andthe fato
of ItichnKml may depend upon the pluck and determina
tion withW'Slhffi ottr Batteries, which'protect it, are held
under the assaulf ipf the niortar fleet It is given out'
that the deleaves at titrßinff are impregnable, and tho f
people are-lulled into apathy by this assurance of the
scientific strength of the land 1 batteries. It will be re
membered that sirsilar assurances were given out in re
eßrd Jo thq works which protected Beaufort, in South'
Carolina; which lined the Mississippi river for miles be
low Now Orleans; and which secured Norfolk from ttw
possibility of successful asinult, Yet it will bo remem
bered that Port Boyal was taken without the disabling ofl
a single gun of the enemy ; that'New Orleans fell by mu
tiny in Fort Jackson, and without a single shot from the ■
army placed in the vicinity ibr its- defence; and that
Norfolk was “evacuated” in a sudden etampede, no •
enemy pursuing, the enemy himself being amazed at the
precipitancy of onr retreat from a position they them
selves eeciared to have been impregnable,
, With all this experience before us, it would be'Weak In
‘“in*. re “ B *° tTnsti to official assurances of the impres
nability of defensive works, though they be as strong as
Gibraltar. Seasonable precautions having been taken,
ana propor works constructed for defence; after that, all
depends upon the men placed within them to resist aa
sanit If we put Ettch men w charge of such works as
abandoned «ew Orleans without a shot, or blew up the
? e , r . r , “. a ,° far £ om s!sht or Bearing of the foe, and ske
daddled from Norfolk with breathless precipitancy, wa
must not expect the strongest and moat impregnable
works to stand against gunboats, mortar fieets, or oTan
more harmless a-Bailocts It becomes the Government
to see tbat officers and men are placed in charge of tbs
works at Drewn’s Bluff of pluck, persistency and uncon
querable determination. ,
A CONTItAISANIrS ESTIMATE OF JACKSON:
The Augusta ChrcTiicle gays that soma one asked
Btonewall’B old negro tody servant how he cama to be ire
much In the confidence of his master. “Lord, sfr.”
Bal<l massa never tells me nuffln; bnt the way I
in anirnfflm ■ l WFk°ttiahjß prayers twice a day,mon
times in the night to prayTyousieTTostßSnMrffeßile
packing my haversack, for I knows there win be tie
dei'il to pay next day."
ACT TO organize bands op rartisan ranger*.
• SkOtio.v 1. The Corgrera of the Confederate States ot
America do enact, That the President be, and he is herebr
authorized, to commission such officers as he may deem
proper,'with authority to form bauds of partisan ranger*,
in companies, battalions, or regiments, to be composed
each of such numbers is the President may approve;
SeotiokZ. Be it f urther enacted. That aoch partisan
rangers, after being regularly received into service* shaU
be entitled to. the Bame pay, rations and quarters during
their term of service, and be subject to the same regula
tions as other soldiers
Section 3. Be it, farther enacted, That for any am*
and muni Hods of war captured from the enemy by anr
bedy of partisan rangers, ana delivered to any quarter
master at inch place or places as may be designated by a
commanding general, the rangers shaH be paid their Ml
value in. such.manner ae the Secretary of War may pro
scribe. ,
[ From the Kichmond Examiner } ■ - -
Tit may add something to the interest with which the
following stirring'lines will be read to know that User
were composed within the;walla of a laukee Basts*.
They reach ns in manuscript, through the courtesy «f
a lately returned prisoner:]
TBE GUERILLAS.
Aweke and to horse, my brothers 1
Bor the dawn is glimmering gray,
And, hark! In the crackling brushwood
There are feet that tread this way.
■ “Whocomoth“A friend.” «Whattidingi?”
“ Oh, Goa 11 sicken to tell;
“For the earth seems earth no longer,
“And its sights are sights of Hell! <
“ From the far-off conquered cities
“ Comes a voice pf stifled wail,
■“ And the shrieks and moans of the houseless
“ Bing out like a dirge on the gale. -
“ I’ve Been from the smoking village
“ Our mothers and daughters fly;
“ I've seen where the little children
’ “Sank down in the furrowß to die.
“ On’the banks of the battle-stained river
“I stood as the moonlight shone,
“ And it glared on the face of my brother
“ As the sad wave swept him on.
“ Where iny home was glhd are ashes,
“ And horrore and shame had been tbs*—
“For I fonnd on the fallen lintel
; “This tress of my wife's tom hair i
“ They are turning the slaves npon us,
“ And with more than the Sendee worst act
’ « Have uncovered the 11 re of the savage
“ That slept in his untaught heart!
“ The dee to our hearths that bound h%
“ They have rent with curses away,
“ And maddened him, with their madness,
“ To be almoßt as brutal as they,
“With halter and torch and Bible,
“ And hymns to the sound of the drum,
“ They preach the-Gogpel of Harder,
“And pray for Lns;’a kingdom to come.
•“ To saddle! to saddle! my brothers!
“ Look up to the rising sun,
“And ask of the God whs shines there -
( < Whether deeds like.theße shall be done!
“ Where ver. the Yar dal comoth
“ Press home'to his heart with your steel,
“ And when at his bosom you cannot, ’
“ Like,the serpent, go strike at his heel.
“ Through thicket and wood go hunt hi™,
“ Creep up to his camp fire side,
“ And let ten of his corpses blacken,
“ Where one of our brothers hath died.
“ la bis fainting foot- eore marches,
“In his flight from the stricken fray,.
“ In the snare of the lonely ambush,. _
• .. .. TT-riim pay.
“ In God’s hand, alone, is vengeance,
“But He strikes with the hands of men,
“ And His blight would wither opr manhood
'SIf 'we smite not the smiter again.
“ By the graves where our fathers slumber,
“ By the shrines where our toothors prayed,
“ By our homes and hopes and freedom,
“ let every man swear on his blade,
“ That he will not sheath nor stay tt,
“ Till frompoint to hilt it glow
“ With the flush of Almighty vengeance
“In the blood of the felon loe.” -
They swore—and the answering sunlight
Leaped red from their lifted swords,
_ And the hate in their hearts made echo
To the wrath in their burning word*.
There’s weeping in ait New England, *
And by Schuylkill's banks a knell,
And the widows there and the orphans,
Howthe oath was kept, can tell.
Important Order from General Wool.
The following important order was Issued on Saturday
morning by Major General Wool from his headquarter* -
H-BADQCART&K.S BTH A RUT CORfS,
Habrisucbo, Pa., Arcgnut 15,1881.
[Special Orders No .]
TUe major general commanding has learned with re
grettbat itia too freauebtly ti e case that scarcely M
officer is found m the camp attending to his business of
preparing the men for departing for Washington, which,
isof the first importance.
Hereafter no officer will leave the camp and oome to
town except on business connected with the mustering of
troops and supplying them with arms and equipment*.
whenever the order is giTOn for the transportation of
troops, whether by regiment or company, it is absolutely
required that 'each and every officer shall be preseat to
attend to his duties, especially to superintend the loading
np of baggage-in camp and at thecars. No surplus bag
gage will be allowed!
It. is hoped that the general commanding will not ho
obliged to remind the officers of the prompt execution of
tbisordor. JOBS E. WOOL, Major GenersL.
Progress of Recruiting.
Bpcruiiing throughout .the ioral States Is , being car
ried on with the greatest activity, and it is now; almost
certain that the 800,000 volunteers will be raised without
recourse to a draft.;ln addition,iprobahly one half of tfc*
nine-months ineH will be forthcoming as volunteers.
THE ISRAELITES ON THE "WAR,
The Isratlitcs of Chicago lolly identified themseios*
with tho advocacy of a vigorous prowcntisE of tha war.
In a spontaneous meeting held on Thursday. Strong
resolutinns'wero adopted, over *6,000 subscribed on tha
spot, and *4,000 more pledged for the organization of an
Israelite'company to' bo »fr:;ched to the lie !V Heckcr re
giment. ; • ,
. THE MEANEST COUNTY IK THE STATE.
One of the Fayette (Pennsylvania) papers makes tl»»
following confession:
“ Here no movement has as yet been made, that w*
have heard of, towards raising one company from this
county, which constitutes its quota of the new reduc
tion. There are,’at the lowest estimate, three thousand
men in the county subject to draft. Our quota is me
Switdred. 'ls it possible that that number cannot bo
raised without draft T We have been told that there an
certain persons in ibe county, not subject to draft, who
are discouraging enlistments. - Give us their names, and
we will blazon them forth to the world, and Bet a mark,
upon them that champagne will never wash ont.”.
. A CLERGYMAN TURNED SOLDIER.
The Bev. Winfleld'Scott, pastor of the. Second Baptist
church in Syracuse, Hew York, two weeks since, at hta
own request, obtained his dismission for the pnrpose of
engaging in the service of bis country. He proceeded to
bis formerireside’nce in Seneca county, and in ten day*
succeeded in raising a company of 120 men..
MASSACHUSETTS. :
At a war meeting of the citizens of Taunton, held on
Wednesday evening, it wsf resolved to increase the
bounty to Yo'.nnteers to 5J200. She quota of the town is
dratra-tu——- •
the chance of one to three of being drafted.
MB 17 H AMP SHIES.
• The State hasfamished itß proportion of “f «»
-ftdi-'ftrnnber of 4*500 required under the call for thre*-
v7» r Sd. If there iaanrdeficiencr
existing it will be supplied without delay, aud byihe first.
day B4 "”/September aaota of the State, except
the three* years men, will be ready for the field.
- VIRGINIA.
In Marshall connty “there is no end to the enlist
ments, and tho people'still roll in.”
Hancock connty has 90 men enlisted.
' ' ILLINOIS.
Illinois has completed the raising of thh. foil gaotaof
the 800,000 Tolunteers laet called by the president, and,
having something .over,proposes.tomekoupheraaohs.
of the 800,000 militia ® by Yolnriteormg. and have no
at all. She will do thiß ,if she ib permitted, antfal
little time. Mcteau connty—which gave W
Yotee-haa already cent or raised S,OOO voianweni me
the war—abont half the nnmber of her voters.
THE BOSTON IakSTING. ;•
r There is S*
were rang,.as usual,
at many there w r pi BCe B of business were closed
2 and 3_£ WBgfta , kea;dr ir ao ne,
dunng s .. a r .,„ tw ] t l the one great subject of-the war.
ThnSnnto of Boston is aeafiy fnll, abd will be quite bo,
S, h Jt2?na?t&Efffl™rs and: others engsged ih®the business
Stak, by the dose of the week. fiS : :
, ; vFBAttKLIK. .COUNTY, 3?A.; ..
Franhlin county, £a:, has more than doubled its Ofiota
of 400 men. Whaiother county will do lihewiaef
OaußOt Pennsylvania avoid the‘ignoTniay.of a draft .
Tbe, Key atone of. the Arch must, remain fern in tma
crisis. * ; ' " ■' . ;V
BATHER BRISK RBCRUITIHB.
The place to get recruits must certainly be to the
Eoichborhood of Oakland, 111- To a,knsmess letter re
ceiled from”» BuhscriberjeateriW*
liUlng, boßbcriptiare
sanjje.' Ho trouble to make up a compaoy. ,baa 001 w
aiJay.” ■ ' “
WHAT NEW YORK HAS BOOT. .
... J •• i , a thnnv ttisrf thirty thousand men
It ii reported from Alb any nb aer the call
Kailroad Tena.
‘i'SfnSSorGtJlirtto,' bytlia Wo*%g up «f'tha tnnnel aod
Ticlnity of bride'S!. that two or threß weeks will Vo
commnnicaUon wltk
SJEiSSy %£ tF5aj&M tori, will Of*. to-iootrgw.