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THE PlifiSS*
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1 (lists rs« WSKK, payable to the (larriei.
ont of ths olty at 8 “ Dol ' l ' A * B
pjlie 1 B j, olr , DobbAas so* JBiohi Momths,
f(» fob 8a Mosths— Invariably la ad
<>ljrf THS TRI-WEEKI.Y PRESS',
out o f the Uity at Dot,
Jf** A^ PM ’ iP ftdTaPo< ’- —■
)B y.GOODB JOBBERS.
BB ANSON, & 00.,
CORNER OF MARKET AND
JI. FIFTH STREETS,
yjn attention of OasU Buyers to
New Stock of
Ikuss goods, shawls, am
0. BRANSON. J.O BOMOABONSa.
f. u. bawsos.
erfsa- 11 "-
& Oo.„ I
615 CHESTNUT STREET,
(JAYKK'B MABBIK BLUOK,)
{ , i „jna!ol*BWl“
gNTIBE NEW STOCK
or
jA UOy SILKS, from Auction,
MESS GOODS in great variety,
nHAVVLS, gloves,
Jiubons, TRIMMINGS, &0., &0.,
,j;o me be«o
* PUBOHABJ® JUXOLBSIVELY job cash,
, ,1 stub* sold »t:
0 CHEAP PBIOEB.
n# .Mention ol oßy and country buyers li> invited.
»«« ' ' - '
0 FALL 1862.
* ; -,X
MfiGEL, WIEST, & ERVIN,
IMPOSTERS and jobbers
or
dry ooods,
so ..n « IM stb»*t,
raiLiDiiiriM. .
Hjtotoats viaitlng this city to purchase Dxv
Goods will find oui {Stock large
and admirably assorted, and at
IjOW Fktobes. Id certain classes
of Goods we offer inducements to
nrfttasers unequalled by any other house In
fJIHGS. MBLLOB & OcL. ■
SS9MSH AND GERMAN IMPORTERS,
to AND 4B NORTH THIRD street.
HOSIERY, CSLOVJSS.
Shifts and Drawers, 4-4 Linona.
jF&noy Woolens, linen 0. Hdkfs.
"Manufacturers of Shirt Fronts.
1862. * AIL v 1862.
UOHNES. BERRY. & Go,
(Bneeeesors to Abbott, JTobnes, * C 0.,)
m HABKET, AND *34 COMKEBOB STREET®,
mrOBXBBB AND JOBBBBB 0»
SILK
■ AMO
FANCY DRY GOODS.
UfcTi aow opened an entirely
RSW AHD ATTEAOTIV* BTOOK* 111
BRBLISH, FRENCH, ©ERMAK. AXro
AMERICAN
dress goods.
11m, a Tan assortment In
f HITE GOODS, RIBBONS,GLOVES,
.SHAWLS, &0.,
ffUeu Omt offer at the very lowest Market Fries*, and
«lelt the attention of the Trade. *u«-8m
y AKD. GrILLMORE, & Go,
a«. »1T OHB6THDT and 814 JAYNE BtraeW,
Have now open their
FALL IMPORTATION!
01" BILK AND TANDY
mm GOODS, SHAWLS, WHITE
GOODS,
LINENS, EMBROIDERIES, *o-
BOUGHT IN EUROPE BY
ONE OF THE FIRM.
'lavhlch the attention of the trade Is eartlonlarly tn-
MOG-Sre
DRUGS AMD CHEMICALS.
gOBERT SHOEMAKER
& 00.,
Kirtheaat Corner FOURTH, and RACE Street*,
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS
FOREIGN AND DOMIBTIO
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS,
MASIOWLOTUBBES OP
WHITE LEAD AND ZINO PAINTS, PUTTY, fto,
AQIRT3 ro* TH* OBLHB»AMD
fBENCH ZINO PAINTS.
Dealers and consumer* supplied at
VERY LOW PRICES YOB CASH.
•e2B.tr
LOOKING GLASSES.
B. SABLE * SON,
EANOFACTDBBRS AND IMPOBTIM
LOOKING GRASSES.
OiL PAINTINGS,
FINE ENGRAVINGS,
PICTURE AND PORTRAIT FRAMES,
PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES,
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS,
OABTES-DE-YIBITE PORTRAITS.
®ARRE*S GALLERIES.
110 CHESTNUT BTBSBT,
pxilabxlphia.
watches and jewelry.
ELI HOLDEN, JtS
«*B Dealer In fine Hi
AMEBIOAN AND IMPORTED WATOHEB,
JEWELRY, AND OLOOKB, __ ■
.WjUßm# 708 MARKET Street.
AMERICAN WATCHES,
SOLD AND SILVER OASIS.
JOS. H. WATISON,
Ho. 328 CHESTNUT street
WATCHES^JEWELRY, &e.
A ®REBH ASSORTMENT, at LESS
than former prices.
tehsn m FARR & BROTHER, Imjdrter*,
824 CHESTNUT below Fourth.
a* FANCY GOODS.
MaBTIN & QUAYLIS*
A BTATIOKBBY, TOY, AND TAHOY GOODS
EMPORIUM,
K 0.1036 WALNUT STREET,
MMW IUTWM)
“ PHILADELPHIA]
VOL. 6.-NO. 88.
MILITARY GOODS.
JJILITARY AND NAVAL GOODS.
PRESENTATION SWORDS,
SWORD BELTS, SASHES,
OFFICERS’ CANTEENS,
PORTABLE WRITING DESKS,
PASBANTS, EPAULETTES,
■ ■ AND .
MILITARY AND NAVAL GOODS IN GENERAL.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
' EVANS & HASSALL, :
No. 418 ARCH STREET,
00 81-12tfp PHILADELPHIA.
?JHE ARMY!
SWORDS, RIFLES,
PISTOLS, SASHES, BELTS, &a.
No. 13 NORTH SIXTH STREET,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
:ooT
READY-MADE CLOTHING.
GENTLEMEN’S
WINTER OLOTHING,
■\TERY DESIRABLE
V IN STYLE AND PBIOE,
BoitaMe for the season.
rwEROOATS AND
KJ BUSINESS SUITS,
In great Yftrietjr.
TTTAN AMAKES & BROWN,
V V POPULAR CLOTHING HOUSE,
OAK HALL,
6. E. CORNER SIXTH AND MARKET STS.
(N, B.)
SPECIAL DEPARTMENT
FOB CUSTOMER WOBK.
no3-t>al
JUNE READY-MADE CLOTHING.
O. SOMERS Bs SON.
No. 625 CHESTNUT STREET,
UNDER JAYNE’S HALL,
Bare now made np for sale an entire new stock of
FINE CLOTHING.
Also, a full assortment of OLOXHB, 0 ABSIMBBBS, and
VESTINGS, which they reapootfnlly Invito the pnblio to
sxamtne before purchasing elsewhere. seB7tdeBl
YARNS, BATTS, & CARPET CHAIN.
! WADDING !
WADDING!
WADDING, BATTS,
TWINES, WIOKING,
COTTON TABNS,
OABPET CHAIN, &0-, ha.
THE LARGEST STOCK IN THE CITY,
INSTORE,
And FOB SALE, at MANUFACTURERS’ PBIOE3, by
A. Ho FRANOISOUS.
Ho. 433 MARKET and No. S North FIFTH Street
seSl-Sm ■ ■
'Y'ARNB, BATTS, AND
CARPET CHAIN.
T&e subscriber Is prepared to sell when wanted i
60,000 lbs. Carpet Chain—Cotton, Lin
en, and Woolen.
50,000 lbs. Cotton Yarn—Nos. from 5
to 20. "
10,000 lbs. Bingle Juto and Tow Yarn.
100,000 Sheets Black Wadding.
5,000 Bales all grades Cotton Batts,
from 12 to 50 ots. per lb.
1,000 Bales all grades Wiok.
1,000 Bales all grades Twine—Cotton
and Linen.
And a general assortment of TWINES, TIDY COT
TON, BOFBB, &c„ at the
LARGE FOUR-STORY STORE,
No. 242 NOBTH THIRD STREET,
(Corner of New St)
As I am solely in the Yarn bnstaees, I am prepared to
seU the above goods lower than any other house to this
'“Saw. R. T. WHITE-
yARNS, BATTS, CARPET-CHAIN.
2,000 Bales of Batting, of all grades.
1,000 Bales of Black Wadding.
800 Bales of Wicking.
1,000 Bales of Cotton Twiae.
12,000 Pounds of Cotton Yam.
20,000 Pounds of Colored and White
Carpet Chain.
500 Coils of Manilla, Jute, and Cot
ton Rope. V
Also, Coverlet Yarn, Bed Cord*, Wash Lines, and •
inll stock of Goods in the above line, for sale by
A. H. FRANOISOUS,
«elS.2m 433 MARKET and S North FIFTH Street
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE.
AND WILLOW WARE,
A. H. FKANGISOUS,
433 MARKET and 5 North FIFTH Btre*l
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DEALER IN
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
Always on band, a foil Stock of
TOBB, BUCKETS, /CHURNS, MEASURES, BROOMS,
. WHISKS}
FANOT BASKETS,
WALL, SCRVB, and SWEEPING BRUSffBS,
LOOKING*GLASSES and WINDOWPAPBR,
A FULL ASSORTMENT OF CLOCKS,
Hats, Keelers, Flour Buckets, Nest Boxes,
BROOM CORN, HANDLES, AND WIRE,
WASHBOARDS, ROLLINS and CLOTHES PINS,
FLOOR AND TABLE OIL CLOTHS,
SCHOOL, MARKET, and DINNER BASKXTB,
Pa«er Bags, Indigo, Blacklbg, Matohes, Sleds, Barrows,
Carriages, Hobby Horses, &0., fto.
All Goods sold at
LOWEST NET CASH PRICES,
LARGEST STOCK IN THE UNION,
Strangers visiting the city are Invited to look through
this Establishment, whloh Is the largest of the kind In
this country. Also, the only Wholesale Agent for H. W.
PUTNAM’S OLOTHES-WHINGBB In the State of
, Pennsylvania. ‘ •: ~ J sel6~2n, .
CABINET FURNITURE.
fTABINET FURNITURE AND BUr
\J LIABD TABLEB.
MGOBE & CAMPION.
No. 391 South SECOND Street,
eomieotlen with their extensile Cabinet Bnsineas, an
kw mannractnrin* a superior article of
billiard tables,
An* ham now on hand a fnli wi*J? *h«
XOOBE A CAMPION'S IMPROVED CUSHIONS;
rhtohara prononnoedby aßwhohateused them to In
l&HwSSflnishof than T^ea«M*«»wh
aetnrera refer to thair nu«MW« patamo towntfort.
he Union, who are familiar with tha oharaotar of man
QLABK’S
ONE DOLLAR BTOIE,
609 CHESTNUT STREET.
Silver-plated Ware, Jewelry, Photograph Albntaa,
Travelling Bags. Pocket Books, Port Monnaies, Cabas,
Ac., for 60 to 100 per cent, less than the regnlar prices
The following Is a partial list of articles which we sell
at ONE DOLLAB EACH. The same goods are sold at
other places from ®2 to SB each : ,
PODS OKOIO® FOE ONE DOLLAB ’
Ladles’ Sets, new and beautiful styles,
■ Do. Pins,
Do. Ear Binge,
80. Sleeve Buttons,
Do. Board Chain,
Do. Heck do ■
Do. Gold Thimbles,
Do. Finger Binge,
Do. Pencils,
Do. Penß with case,
Do. Bracelets,
Do. Medallions,
Do. Charm.,
Do. Pearl Port Mommies,
Do. Morocco do.
80. Wire do do.
Do. Purses,
Do. Card Oaseß.
Infant’s Armlets,
Do- Neck Chains
Gents’ Vest Chains, different styles,
Do. Sleeve Buttons, do do. •
Do. Binds, do. do.
Do. Pins. do. do.
Do. Scarf Pins, do. do.
Do. Scarf Bings, do. do.
80. Finger Btogs, do. do.
Do. Pen .and Case,
Do. Pencil, revolving,
Do. Tooth Pick, do.
Do. Watch Keys, ‘
Do. Chain Hooks,
Do. Chain Charms,
Do. Pcrke't Books,
Do. Bill Books,
Do. Port Monnaies. Ao.
SILVEB PLATED WABE. .
YOUB CHOICE FOB ONE DOLLAB!
Betts of Table Spoons,
Do. Dessert do.
Do. Tea do.
Do. Forks.
Pair Butter Knives,
Do Napkin Bings,
Knife and Fork,
Goblets,
. . . Cups, . •
Sugar Bowls,
- . Cream Onps,:
: Syrup Cups, ,
Butter Dishes,
Castors with Bottles,
Bait Stands, &o.
YOUB CHOICE OF ANY OF THE ABOVE AB
TIOLEB FOB ONE DOLLAB.
NOTIIE.—In order So meet the wants of onr numer
ous customers, we shall keen a Block of. the finest Plated
and all Gold Jewelrv, together with an assortment of
heavy plated Silver Ware, and a variety of Photograph
Aiboma and Fancy Goods, which we will sell at prices
which will defy competition, Ladies and Gentlemen are
Invited lo call and examine,onr. stock. Every attention
paid to vißitorß whether they wish to purchase orhot
Bemember OGABKM,
ONE DOLLAB STOBE,
602 0 9E3TKTJ E Street.
noli' 2m
RETAIL DRY GOODS.
T3ICH LACE CURTAINS,
XL *3.50 to 835 per pair. .
Rich Drapery Muslins, 25c. to $1.50 per yard,
“ Curtain Materials.
« Upholstery Goods.
t‘ Fnrniture Chintzes. .
« Embroidered Piano and Table Covers.
“ Table Coverings. ' .
Onr stock of Late Curtains comprises two lnvoioas
offeOO pairs, entirely new and very elegant designs, bought
below suction prices, and is worthy the early attention
of buyers. ‘
SHEPPARD, VAN PEAR
LINDEN, & ARRISON,
1008 CHE3THUX STBUET.
no 4 tutbs lOt ■
pLOAKINGr CLOTHS,
FROSTED BEATERS,
FINE CASSIMERES,
VELOUR REPS,
BALMORALS,
BLANKETS,
LADIES' CLOAKS, ,
•WOOLEN SHAWLS,
BOYS’ CLOTHING.
COOPER & CONARD,
oc2B-tf S. E. COB. NINTH and MARKET Sts.'
0LOAK8! CLOAKS! CLOAKS!
THE ONLY GENUINE WATER-PROOFS IN THE
OUR NEW STYLES
THE OSBOBNE,
THE CELEBRATED CASTILIAN,
THE LB GILET AND PBINOES3.
These are beautiful and oxciuiaite styles, and can only
be found in perfection at .
IVINS & 00.,
23 SOUTH NINTH STREET.
CILOAKB! CLOAKS!
Vy An Immense Stock of
NEW & FASHIONABLE STYLES.
Oht Garments In style, quality, and manufacture
Are guarantied equal to any in the City.
Ladies will please examine before purchasing.
PARIS STORE,
EIGHTH AND WALNUT,STREETS,
A VIRGINIA FARMER.
At Wheatland, a village with a flour mill and
three houses, I met a farmer on horseback, who
was questioning some straggling soldiers in regard
to a horse he had lost the night before. He said
he was nineteen years old, and that he lored him
as one of his children. Our army had taken it.
We rode together for some distance. He was a
hearty man of fifty, with a full beard, and clothes
of drab cloth.' Either this or gray homespun is
generally worn by Virginia farmers. Those in
easy circumstances, and advanced in years, often
wear a high-crowned white felt hat, with a mode
rately broad brim, in fashion twenty years ago.
This, like all otter descriptions worn, is much the
worse for wear. My companion was very friendly,
and surprised me by the open way in which he
always spoke of the Confederate army as “ our
people.” This I found universal on my journey.
He was a simple-hearted man, whose seoessionism
was very mild, but who thought it would be “ d—d
hard to be subjugated at last,” a fact which he
considered rather conclusive.; In alluding to the
habit of our soldiers and officers in often paying
for dinners at farm-houses, ho exclaimed, “My
God, the idea of a Virginia gentleman charging
for meals! Vlf any borne to me, they are welcome
to all they can eat.” He stated that a.farmer
near Leesburg treated rebel soldiers to .dinners
un'il he had consumed forty sheep and Oil his
hogs, without charging a cent, and; would 'have
done the same to Union troops. \
I’ENS Si’LVANIA UEOIMENT3. f ( . '
Bidding my friend adieu at the little village of
Purcellville, and passing by immense farm! and
thinly scattered houses, I reached Pillemotpt, a
phace of similar size. Shortly beyond thee, I,
overtook two brigades of Humphrey’s, dipion,
Porter’s army corps, which were returnin/ from,
the capture of Snicker’s Gap. The fight ha been
carried on by regular artillery and. cavalry The
infantry had not been engaged. A force h/d. been
left to guard the Gap, ana the romainia troops
were joining the main army. The two bigades in
___ question were those of Briggs, commandi by Col.
1024 OHESTOTT BTBBBT. Allsbaoh, of the Ifllst Pennsylvania, andbf Tyler.
~po Allsbach’s command consisted of the 133, 131st,
. IVI. riFiS ft iTiOi 133 d, and 155th Pennsylvania. That •£ General
__ Tyler included the 9.lst, 12flth, 120tb,Jmd 131 th
fi _ A „ S Pennsylvania. We passed but lhree ftm-houaes
§ LACES, g adjoining the line of march,, the' kitchp gardens
g WHITE GOODS, g of which were each overrun with seders, while
“ T TNBIVS § cabbages flew through the air in myrkds, to be
I ottwr Tins 1 Cttu e bt b y comra<ies in the roa4 - offered
g § no objections, and each farmer, ln/aejutaon, was
g H entirely stripped of his poultry, amid 6 pandemo-
B , ® j® nium of screams and fluttering, me families
° A fall assortment of the above on hand at LOW g looked on in blank despair. Night iproached,
a „ w and I asked the last of the men, one £l/Carter, for
o FBIOSB, to wbloh additions are made of ail - * and lodg ing; He had be£ Stripped of
NOVELTIES. J food, and could not accommodate ne st any price.
ee26-tf : : v , . ; . Moreover, his wife had recently presented the
1024 OUKSTNUT BTBBBT. State with a young rebel. He rccoimkded me to
his landlord, Mr. George B. Mfcarihy, a mile
further on, a man with a face ndi form like
our honest President, and tip ’ overflowed
with kindliness and geniality; BJwas a : baehelor
of fifty, and possessed a brick masion which had
been near a century in his famk, and four hun
dred acres of land, a portion; of nich he had pur
chased with the profits of a chunk store hoar by,
and from sales of farm produce] He raised, much
stock, nearly all of whioh bad bib taken fay our
army. He bared nothing for iolitios, and bore
equal good will to both parties, ough id ratifying
himself with the South. Hein; ted on feedingmy
horse himself, and washing fais it unhealed foot,
and afterwards showed me to i immense log fire
in an old-fashioned and capaoio chimney.
FEMALE SECII. ' '
His sister, an elderly maiden oon came in to in
spect me. She was tad and th, with a most vine
gar aspect. Her oostume was ack, with a whitei
turban, Upon a hope expresd by her brother'
that the war would soon he ov, she said that, if
the men dropped it, the womokould take it up,
adding, “We’ve gotsomb pro? spunky women in
the South.” She wanted to A the whole North
ern army demolished, and Ipeared highly de
lighted at a repulse some Nejderßey Cavalry re
ceived a few days before, nei [her house, by the
rebels. She mentioned witttreat indignation a
New Jersey Cavalry captaiwrith » name some
thing like Beardslee, who sfbhed her bouse for
arms or concealed ■ rebels.: /He'd hardly time to
get on his horse and run fore some of our peo
ple came,” ;said her brothe “ Ves; and he got;
something in his back hich put him under
the ground next day,’fanswered the lady,
fiorcely. The dying A was kindly tended
at the house of Mr. ount; a Secessionist,
near by. The burden I his groans were “this
cursed wart” Conversion turned upon sixty
Wounded Confederates, p were convalescent, at
MISSIS AND CEIiDBIN’S
JLYA CLOAKS!
The Largest Assortment,
latest and Most Approved Styles,
At Exceedingly low Prices.
No. 187 SOUTH EIGHTH STREET.
'ocBo-iaa ' ' .'.
JAS. R. CAMPBELL & CO„
IMPORTERS AND CASH DEALERS IN
DRYGOODS,
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
727 CHESTNUT STREET,
Rave j-nst received, and are now offering, Hi6gn!Scent
Unoa of
SILKS, SHAWLS, & DRESS GOODS,
ESPECIALLY ADAPTED TO THIS SEASON.
ocB-tf. : '
C HEAP LINEN GOODS,. _
DOUBLE DAMASK TABLE CLOTHS, 2 to 8 yanSe
IODg-
HEAYY TABLE LINENS, la neat and beautiful
figures. ■ ■
BREAKFAST, DINNER, AND TEA NAPKINS, to
match. :
DAMASK, DIAPEB, GLASS, and HUOK TOWELS.
PLAIN and PLAID GLASB LINEN.
TOWELTNGS for Kitohen, Pantry, Bath, and Cham
her use.
STOUT and FINE SHEETING LINENS, 8-4, 8-4,
10-4,11-4 12-4.
BEST HEAYY PILLOW LINENS, 40, 42, 45, 80, 64,
Inches.
FLOOR and STAIR LINENS.
BBEPPARD, VAN HABLINGEN, ft ABRISON,
nc4-tuthßlot 1008 CHESTNUT Street.
ffHEAP DRY GOODS, CARPETS,
\J OIL CLOTHS, AND WINDOW SHADES —Y.
E,• ABOHAMBAULT, N. E. corner B SEVENTH and
HABKET r Street*, will open this morning, from Anc
tlon, Ingrain Carpets at 37, SO, 62, 76, and 87 cts.; En
try and Btalr Carpets, 25 to 65 cts.; Rag, Yarn, and List
Carpets, 25 to 45 cte.; Floor Oil Cloths, 37 t0620t5.;
GilUßordered Window Shades, 82 ets to SI 50 j Buff and
Green Window Holland, 16 to 45 cts, \ Muslins,:l2i£ to
26 cts.; Canton Flannels, 25 to 31 cts. oc3o thstnlm
TT STEEL & SON HAVE JUST
-1 I . received, from New York, a few choice lota of
. FINE IMPORTED PE ESS GOODS.
Wide fancy Silks, very rfah styles.
Bich figured Brown Silks, a great variety of these very
icarce and desirable Silks. ;
A great variety of Fancy Silks, at low prices.
Bich floored Black Silks, from SI to 82.
Yard, wide Plain Black Silkß, at $l. .
Black Silka, ail widths and dualities, at
VEBY LOW PRIDES;
Bich shades, Brown, Bine and Green.
PLAIN IBISff POPLINS.
Bilk and wool and all-wool French Poplins.
A choice lot of new Plaid Alpacas. . .
BIOH PBINTED MEKINOE9.
BIOH PRINTED MAGENTA CLOTH.
Bich printed all-wool Delaines, at 62*0. worth STo.
BHAWLS. 80AEFS, AND CLOAKS,
Broche and Piaid Blanket Shawls.
Bioh Ohalne Lalne Broche Shawls.
Striped Shawls of every variety.
Merino Scarfs, Broclie and Chains Laine Borders.
Habit and Water-proof Cioth Cloaks. ' :
600 6HEPHEBD PLAID LONG SHAWLS, at 84.26,
1 worth 88. '
713 North TENTH Street, above Coates.
fIHOICB DEY GOODS—Just re
ceived.
Brown Poplins, Plain and Plgnred.
■ Brown Wool Poplins, Double Width.
Merinoos of all Sbadea. .
Wool D’Laineß, Plain and Figured.
>■ Cotton and Wool D’Laines—a nice ilna. -
Figured M&rinoes.
. A fall line of Plain Shawls.
A foil lino of Gay Shawls. ■
Onelotof Black Pigured.Mohairs, at SSo.
Six tots of Brown Alpacas, choice,
A full line of Caaainieroi. : . i
A foil Una of Veelina. '
rjQHN H. STOKES,
008 Hffl ASOH Street.
PHILADELPHIA. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 13. 1862.
|)r'us.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1862.
THE ADVANCE OF OUR AIMY.
SCENES AND INCIDENTS ON THE ROUTE.
LIFE AND LAIV IN VIRGINIA.
Special Correspondence of The Press.]
Head quarters Army of the Potomac,
Rectortown, Nov. 9,1862. ■
On looking over covaeoutive numbers of The
Press, I find that four of my letters, within the last
month, have miscarried. Part were mailed at
Knoxville and the others at the headquarters 5 post
office, whence they were doubtless sent. The fault
of non-transmission lies on the route. The most im
portant of these letters was dated 25th ultimo, an
nouncing the advance of the army as having com
menced, which would have formed an important
addenda to the telegraphic despatch appearing on
the 27th ultimo.
Awaiting the convalescence of a lame horse, I
delayed my departure from Maryland a day or two
after the removal of the main army and commander
in-chief, concluding to overtake them before an en
gagement was probable: A portion of Slocum’s
army corps still remained in Pleasant Valley, on
Tuesday, as a guard to the Maryland: Heights and
circumjacent region, while Geaiy’s division of that-,
oorps was stationed at Bolivar Heights. E verybody,
except a few storekeepers, was heartily glad that
the soldiers had, to a great extent, departed, and
that pillage had decreased, yet pointed dejectedly'
to those still remaining, as an augury of further,
possibilities. Farmers, who had suffered in loss of
forage and stock, wore blank faces. They had
danced incessant attendance On quartermasters for/
many days, without procuring orders on;Washing
ton for damages, and those latter had finally de
parted, leaving them without recourse for their
■■losses,.' ■
THE SACKED SOU.
On Tuesday I passed the night at Lovettsville,
four iniles from Berlin, on the Virginia side. It is
a place of fifty houses, nearly every window of
which, in slave-State fashion, has a broken pane.
The TTnion sentiment there is strong, and almost
universal. There is one tavern, kept by aa indivi
dual named Snoots. Snoots was overrun by strag
glers, and I went to a private house, where Gen.
Burnside and his staff had been staying. Two
neighbors dropped in during the evening, and the
conversation turned on the captiousr.ess of several
junior members of the staff in regard to food, and
upon the losses in chickens and burnt fence-rails
incurred by neighboring farmers. These latter
were used by the different camps for firewood.
Bobberies of cows, hogs, and horses were also duly
enlarged upon. Mr. Burdsall, a Quaker near by,
and a Mr. Gregg, were spoken of as heavy suf
ferers. Large tracts of ground on their farms were
dotted with feathers from vanished fowls- The
gambling feats of a volunteer brigadier general,
lately encamped there, absorbed their share of com
ment, and much glee was elicited upon the dexte
rity with which he had bankrupted various sutlers
and officers. Compliments were paid upon the
generosity of Quartermaster , who, on being
asked ten dollars a ton for hay, thought it was too
cheap, and generously paid twelve dollars, and who
allowed sixty-five cents a bushel for corn, instead
of the low price demanded of fifty cents.
SO LAWS ENFORCED.
It was observed that there were now no laws
enforced in Virginia, The State had been without
lawßinoe the war commenced; but few robberies
had occurred, except “ 'right smart o’ horse stealin’,’
perpetrated by rogues from Washington, who took
the animals there to be sold. An Irish Union
man, named James Bristlin, was shot a year ago
with impunity in the principal street of Lovetts
ville, by Franklin Bronaugh, a 'fanatic. Secession
ist; but, beyond afaint attempt of private citizens
to catch him, no legal measures were, or could be,
taken for his arrest. Justices of the peace had
either joined the rebel army, or had no police offi
cers to carry their warrants. _The proprietor, of
the house went off in the morning to put-firewood
for himself, at one dollar a cord, on the property of
a neighbor, and y-KiLL_
Departing, on Wednesday morning, through roads
lined with farms despoiled of fences, I-was struck
with the superiority of soil over ,that of Mary
land, and with the excellence of roads, which
were comparatively devoid of stone, and excel
lently macadamized. The country roll 3 boldly,
and the soil is a clay loam. No swamp mack is
found, and manuring is done with barnyard and
plaster of Paris. Lime is not easily obtainable.
Much land is enriched by clover, and guano is
considerably employed. Large quantities of stock
arc raised.
Middleburg, three miles beyond. They were relies
of the seoond Bull Run. A story was told me of
one of our men vho had lain on the field a week,
with both thighs broken, and unable to move. He
had stabbed a passing hog with his bayonet, and
lived on his raw flesh for several days. “But,' 5
added the unsympathizing maiden, “we had
enough of our own people to attend to and left
him.” A female slave child rang a bell, and we
walked to supper, which consisted of cold baeon,
admirably cured, hot. biscuits, com cake, butter,
honey, and excellent rye ooffee, with cream, and;
what is rare in Virginia now, sugar. Breakfast
the following morning was of the same materials.
A middie-aged lady cousin, tall, thin, and sallow,
joined us at table, shivering in a shawl, who en
larged upon the strict honor of Confederate soldiers,-
in paymg for all they took, and asked me if I
knew a Dr. Somebody or other in Philadelphia,
who had married a lady with a large fortune.
THE NEGRO QUESTION.
My host had twenty-two negroes before the war,
who had .all left him but a rnan and a woman, and
a few. children. The men had found satisfactory
employment in the atmy and were content, but the
women had mostly fled with their children to Alex
andria,and were earnestly sending word to be taken
hack. Life was incessant work to them in free
dom, and they could not support both themselves
and children. Their master intended giving them
further experience where they were, and then re
ceiving them. He; ohs'erved 'that, where negroes
had been well fed and clothed, mi 6 ept eon stoutly
at vrorh, they had run away far less than where
they had leisure to grow discontented and crave
variety. His good nature had.led him. to indulge
them too much, and they became restless. During
the past year he had employed free white labor,
and found it so muoh more profitable than keeping
slaves that he wa3 glad tho latter had departed.
He would never have sold th!m, and was rejoiced :
to be relieved of the necessity of keeping them
when little work offered; The President’s procla
mation, he said, had created no excitement or in
dignation in his neighborhood. It was felt that
slavery was unprofitable. The sentiment was that,
if negroes chose to stay, they could stay, and' if to
go, they were welcome to do so. They could be
dispensed with. :
A bed room oe bygone days.
My : bed- room was lit by thf ee small windows, in
each of which was a blind, a pair of red and a pair'
of white curtains,- a fancy for excluding light not
confined to Virginia. Two immense four post bed
steads.cxowded up the small room, which was ad
ditionally lumbered by .old-fashioned arm chairs
and boxes covered with white quilted cotton. . Oh
the mantel piece were bobbins of cotton ready for
weaving,' and a musty old book, entitled’“ Pious-
Reflections:” Upon the yellow fly-leaf was “Mary
McCann’s New Year’s Gift, 1.774.”' A mouldering
image of dreary days Flowers in ancient needle
work adorned the walls.
SECESH PAPERS, AND ETCETERAS.
My/host was an: enlightened man, and had tra
velled much through the Union. Ho had soaroely
seen a new book or a hewspaparsince the war be--
gan, and felt mentally rusty, but in past times had
subscribed to two fanning periodicals, which, with
his county newspaper and the Baltimore Sun, had
formed the staple of bis reading of late years. With
no editorials but tie Secession vituperations of these
two last papers, it was hardly to be oxpectod that
either he or his neighbors should entertain other
than disloyal sentiments. After breakfast, my host
informed me that he intended to shoot a few par
tridges that day, which, owing to the absence of
young men in the army, had become exceedingly
plentiful in Virginia, and also to bait fish, in
Goose creek, which operation consisted in throwing
grain into a certain locality and waiting for the fish
to colleot there. After this, he readily caught
them with a hook and line. All the fine horses of
my host having been robbed by our army, no
thing remained to him but three young colts and an
old lame mare, thirty-three years of age, who, not
withstanding her discreet period of 'life, had
presented him with a foal the year before, and con
templated soon adding another to his stock. With
a coat of well-worn brown, pantaloons of gray
homespun, with immense patches, and a high
crowned ragged hat of white felt, he mounted the
mare in quest of the colts, which had either strayed
or been stolen. I accompanied him, and parted
before reaching Middleburg, which is a large vil
lage, containing many handsome houses and many
welirbred families. Many of the wounded brought
ihere.-after Bhll Bun have died, including all the
'‘7inue:r? 7 aiKi inOSc reiiuumeguo’ud be seen in piaz
zas and at windows, as the .army passed. I joined
an officer whorode a horse once belonging to are
bel cavalryman. The man rode up to General
Birney, tapped him on the shoulder, and told him
he was a prisoner. Birney did not altogether see
it. The man had carelessly neglected to level his
carbine, and Birney rapidly shot him through the
breast;
OUTRAGES BY OUR TROOPS.
From Middleburg to Salem is nice miles,_and
here most painful ravages present themselves.
Houses are ransacked, mutilated, or burned; fields
are fenceless, and the four churches despoiled.
Pews, pulp'ts, and altars are torn up, and the walls
defaced with ribald language and pictures. Two
of these buildings were Methodist, one Episcopal,
and one denominationless. These outrages were
perpetrated by the so-called “ Blenker’s Dutch,”
-German soldiers enlisted in New York, and com
manded by General Blanker, who encamped for a
week in Salem last spring, and were a terror to
the country around for their ruthless thieving and
, brutal manners. The notions in regard to carrying
on the war prevailing among both German soldiers
tend their officers partake more of that adopted in
(their own country than here, and I find invariably
I that on this march Germans are far more unprinci
pled in stealing poultry and o her eatables than
either Americans or Irish, Before reaching Salem
;I was hailed by a vei-y attractive woman, of a full
blown order of beauty, who took me for an officer,
; and asked me, with trembling lips and tearful
■ eyes, to protect her. She was the wife of Mr.
John Picketts, a Baptist minister, who had taken
no interest in the rebellion. Every fowl, pig, and
calf had been taken from her; the eattle, with
I seven or eight horses, had been driven away; her
cellar had been ransacked the previous evening,
arid every eatable in the house stolen. Her re
monstrances and those of her husband had been
answered by a request tb go to h—l and remember
what Stuart’s men had been doing in Pennsylva
nia. Suggestions were made that soldiers must
eat,, and that she was Secesh, and must make
the best of it.|She said to mo, “ I am almost broken
hearted. Everything I have is gone. My little
ones went crying to bed last night with hunger, and
I had nothing to give them- Won’t you stay here
a little while, sir, and protect mo from these men?
My husband is away, and l am afraid of them.’.’
I; assured her that such'a thing as rudeness to la
dies, in our army, was rarely heard of; that the men
were hungry, , and all, they required was food.
“Pray don’t break my rose bushes,” said she to a
cavalry man,' whose horse was restive, “ I.havelost
all the vegetables in my garden, and I have now
only my flowers.” I soothed the weeping dame to
the best of my ability, by stating that the Govern
ment would most probably pay for all losses incurred
through, our army, where the sufferors had not been
active in the rebellion, and soon after, a. quarter
master arrived, offering to give a receipt for the
'’ articles taken. Paper is scarce in Virginia, and I’
was resorted to for a piece, and as X'departedj her
- tearful “thank yon, sir, for your kind words,”
amply repaid me for the time lost. I. hold with the
courteousand humane McClellan, that the property
of non-participants in rebellion should be protested;
These frank and generous people cannot always be
blamed for their sentiments. , They have heard but
one side of theq question, and if inclining to their
own neighborhood; invariably deplore the war, and
receive all Northerners withcordiality who are civil
to them. Let us blow tho heads off of-all in arms,
if we can, but by all means let us act with civiliza
tion towards non-participants- Where non-combat
ants have offered information or. pecuniary assistance
to the rebels, the case is different. They would de
serve punishment; Setter-protect citizens-and win
battles, like McClellan, than brutally oppress the
former and lose the latter, like Pope.
I spent Thursday night with a neat- and respect
able, but unpretending, family, about two miles.
from Salem,- near which plaoe were Gen. Frank--
tin’s headquarters. Brooks’ division of his army
corps -were the nearest encampment to. my host. Be
is a poor man, and hires a small meadow.to raise
bay for his stock, and a house and garden, the lat
ter of which, with poultry and pigs, feeds-his little
family. He otherwise ekes out a subsistence by
rough carpenter work, and by hiring himself as a
farm laborer. Hither General Brooks’ soldiers, or
others, had eproplete’y robbed him of all but two
cows, a few hogs, and a lame mare. Even his bee
hives were unspared, and;after I arrived, the quar
termaster of Colonel Town’s brigade, Brooks’ di
vision, unceremoniously carried off a stack of hay,
with a promise to give a receipt, which he has yet
unfulfilled. The unlucky man sat up the whole
night, as he had the night before, to. preserve the
small remnant left him. Soldiers prowled past at
all hours till dawn, insisting on food; no guard has
been sent, and, as I write, both ho and hia family
are worn out with watching and anxiety.
; THE 28th y-ENNSybvANIA.; ’
They contrast this conduct strongly with the
well-behaved young men attached to Geary’s regi-;
ment, which guarded the adjoining railroad Hast
July, and who excited warm feelings of regard by
their uniform politeness and generosity. By them
nothing was lost, and the only fault charged was
an excess ef liberality in compensation. “By
God,” said a soldier at Antietam, “I would rather
belong to the 28th than, be king of the world!”
The 28th has earned a noble reputation in camp, as
well as in battle. ~ -
Pillaging soldiers are often cowardly sneaks, who
are never on hand in time of action, and lag behind
out of the range of fire, under pretence of getting
water or of sickness.
Horses have been, considerably taken on this
route within the last few days. Near Mr. Macar
thy’s house I heard of nineteen being seized by
offioialiTin Tyler’s brigade, without reoeipts being
given. Horses were also taken for Brigg’s brigade
(Col. Allsback commanding), but the receipt was
acknowledged. <
UNENLISTED YOUNG MEN..
Snow fell yesterday to the depth of an inch.
Virginia hybornatod, and I write this letter in the
gloom. The supper of rye-coffee without sugar,
fried bacon, butter, honey, and hot biscuits,-being
despatched, the tallow candle was extinguished, to
save expense, and 1 sat with the little fami y by
their blazing log-flre. There were my host and his
wife, a daughter of twenty, and an orphan grand
son, ohristened Scott, after the general, whose play
fellows sneered at him for being named after a
Yankee. Shoes are not to be had, and Scott goes
barefooted in the snow. A ragged pair of woolen
socks were found for him, but they had proved
colder than nakedness. He took them off, and his
feet recovered warmth at the fire. There was no
sewing done by the women. Dry goods were not to
be purchased, and if they had been, economy en
joined .a strict confinement to positive need. The
man was wearied and somnolent, the daughter was
Bilent fr®m lack of ideas, hut the old lady, shrunken
and yellow in the chimney-corner, was garrulous.
She said that now her fowls were gone, her mind
was ielieved. She knew the worst, and was lively
over her losses. Gossip ensued about a grand en
tertainment in an Irish cabin, ten feet By fifteen in
size, upon the railroad, which took'place a year
ago. A wedding, a christening, and two church
ings took place there the same evening, and the
guests overflowed upon the railroad track. I
found that the reports of no young men existing'in
the South, out of the army, were partially untrue;
I had seen at least twenty under thirty-five; and'
the old lady mentioned a dozen to mo in her:
neighborhood.
HOOP-SKIRTS AND MATRIMONY.
The old lady hears of no marriages now a-days,
except an occasional Irish mating. There is no one
now to “ keep company with;” and maidens pine
in single blessedness. The important article of
hoop-skirts is made of reeds; which are bought by
each family and manufactured into She desired
form.
thK army.
Our army has been for a day,or two past waiting
for provisions by the Manassas Gap railroad, which
commenced again running on Thursday, after a
cessation since July. The long provision trains of
wagons have also been waited for. With infantry,
cavalry, artillery, wagons, and ambulances, our
army, in one consecutive line, would be a hundred
miles long. As said the pretty Mrs. Picketts,
“ I’m sure they ought to do something; there’s
enough of :em;” a remark not altogether without
its point.
GENERAL SI’CLELLAN’S HEADQUARTERS .
Moved yesterday from Keotortown, near to Warren
ton,‘abundant conversation being furnished to the
staff on the route, by the recently-reeeived in
formation that General McClellan had been relieved
from duty. Each officer is puzzled to know to
wbat duty he will now bo assigned, and, without
knowing anything of the circumstances of the case,
all are much surprised that the General shofild be
stayed when fairly in the field upon a promising
campaign. McClellan received a notification of
the fact on Friday, and rode the same evening to 1
Warrentoh, to resign his command to Burnside.
The two have long been knit in bonds of amity,
and the latter was extremely unwilling to displace
his friend, both from personal esteem and from the
immensely responsible charge to be assumed. Com
manding two army corps, as a subordinate, he
could add to his brilliant reputation, and avoid all
odium of failure. Now difficulties stare him in
the face. General McClellan is yet here, this
morning. The army will remain here for several
days to receive supplies. The snow and late cold
weather have been unprecedented here at this
early date for many years. A blanket being a
ibin covering for the soldiers, while sleeping in
thin, campaigning shelter tents, and their repose
being disturbed by the cold, the only recourse has
been to sit through the night by camp fires. Many
availed themselves of these, while others, unim
piessible as iron, slept profoundly. In a distance
of ten miles, upon the route hither, I saw but five
houses. Four of these were untenanted, and three
of them hut mere shells. Fences were everywhere
Consumed for camp fires. By the repeated tramp
ing of armies, the country is blasted. War has
done its work, and the bleak November wind
sweeps desolately over withered fields.
THE CLIMAX OF TILLAGE.
As a climax to the pillage of our soldiers, an
aged and decrepid negro man, adjoining head
quarters, has been robbed of the corn and turnips
composing his little garden. Ho owns a horse, and
fears that the stack of hay he possesses for his win
ter’s feed will yet he taken. His old wife Is para-
lyzed and helpless. “If dey take de hog,” says
the poor creature, with resignation, “de Lord he
know what we do. He all we got to eat till next
year.” The various quartermasters have thus far
given few or no receipts for produce taken by this
army. They have promised them to Union suffer
ers, both in Maryland and Virginia, and decamped
without giving satisfaction. I recommend this case
to their sympathy.
A very respectable gentleman recently informed
me that Mr. Crise; a Secessionist of Emmitsburg,
mentioned by me in The Press as having been seen
with Stuart’s cavalry in their late raid, merely
followed them to obtain a horse stolen. I make the
correction by request. ,N.
OUR GRAND ARMY IN VIRGINIA.
PEPSENT POSITION OP THE ENEMY.
WHAT GEN. BURNSIDE IS DOING
B liode Island to Burnside—Gen Patterson and
Gen. Nagle Moving On—What our Generals
are doing—From beyond the Rappahannock
—“On to Culpeper”—Burnside’s Stall—Gal
lant Cavalry Charge, &e.
RHODE ISLAND TO HER FAVORITE SON.
State of Rhode Islakd, Execotivk Depaktmbnt,
, Providence, Nov. 10,1862.
Gbherai. : Allow me to tender you my sincere con
gratulations on your appointment to the command of the
Army of the Potomac. Tour well-known energy, skill,
and patriotism will, 1 feel sure, restore confidence to a
disheartened people, and lead them to expect active ope
rations. and the speedy success of our brave army in the
suppression of treason and rebellion.
Rhode Island regards yonr appointmentwith unfeigned
pride and pleasure. Witt. SPRAGUE.
To General Brmxsma, Commander in Chief, Army of the
Potomac.
Headquarters Army, November 10,1862.
To Governor William Sprague
. Tour despatch of this date is received, and I thank you
for it. It is a greatsupportto mein the assumption of so
great a reßponsibiiity to'know that I have yonr confi
dence, and that of the State of Rhode ißißnd-,
- A. E. BURNSIDE,
Major-General Commanding the Army of the Potomac.
ADVANCE OF GENERAL PATTERSON.
Manassas, Friday, November7,lB62,
General Patterson, late of Sickles’ division, made an
advance from Bristow’s Btation, fonr miles beyond here,
last night, to Catlett’s Station, near Watrenton Junc
tion; on . the railroad, but returned to the former placo
this morning, having found a large.force of rebel cavalry
at the latter place. The entire force at this place has just
received orders to prepare to march at a moment’s notice,
probably np the Warrenton road.
A NICE ARRANGEMENT DISTURBER.
.Warrbxtok, November 8.
After Gen. Pleasanton thrashed Stuart near Ashby’s
Gap the latter fell back along the base of tb© Bine Ridge,
and' endeavored ; to. draw. Gen; Pleasanton south of
Chester’s Gap, where Gen. A- P. Hill’s force was stationed,
ready to fall on bis rear. Had the plot succeeded, the
whcle face of matters in this section would have been
changed. The trap, was. discovered in time to avoid a
disaster, and instead of failing into ft, Gen. Pleasanton,
when near Chester's Gap, crossed over to the OakhHland
Orteens road, and then taking a southwesterly direction,
cut off Stuart, preventing him from extending the pro-,
mised relief to Coi Payne in this place, and also forced
him hack upon Hill’s command.
(JEN.. SXQED ABTAKCISn.
Gen. Bigel’s command is near at hand, and- he will pro
bably make his headquarters here to not to re
main. The whole army is is motion, and in light march
irg order is pressing fonvard into the very bowels oi
Dixie.
WHAT OHft GENERALS ARE DOING,,
Gen. Sickles is moving down the railroad, and was
yesterday at Catlett’s station. Gen. Heinizslman is to
move toward Fredericksburg, it is understood here; Gen.
Reynolds’ column and all the other columns fill np tba.
Gap to the base of the Bine Ridge, and everything is he-’
ing swept before themighty Union host; there is no rebel
power that can stay the onward march of this army, I
confidently believe.
GEN. FLEASA.NTON ACROSS THE RAPPAHANNOCK-
Old Sol made bis appearance early this morning, and
everything and everybody looks more ohoerfnl.. General.
Burnside hss not arrived yet, butts expected every hour.
General Sigel, who was expected to follow me here, it is.
now said is movtog upon the Bappahannook, General.
Pleasanton crossed the Eappabanncch yesterday, after a
brief skirmish with Joe Johnson’s command. A portion
ef Gen SigePs command is within a short distance of- the
Rappahannock. Several bridges have.to bo.rebullt be
fore the army can move on in force. This will occasion
a delay of only a few days.
THE POSITION OF THE REBEL. ARSW-
Jackson is supposed to be covering the rear of the rebel
army near Winchester, and with D. H. Hill’s force on
our right flsnk aoroßß the Blue Ridge. Dee himself, with
the hulk of his army, was yesterday between Onlpepcr
and Gordonsville.. Dongatreet and A. P. Hill have also
passed on in the same direction.
POSITION OS SHU XNEMY.
Bsuhquahtebs Abmy op vsr Potomac, Nov. 11.
Escent reoonnoiesances Indicate that; two divisions of
rebel cavalry are between the Bappahannook and Bapi
dan, and one division In the vicinity of the old battle
ground of Cedar Moan tain, under the command of Sen.
D. B Bill. Gen. Hampton's Legion, consisting .of a
brigade of cavalry from Stuart’s division, waa between
Little Washington and Swrryvilleyesterday. The ar
tillery; with him early, yesterday morning'shelled the,
cemp of the Sth Illinois Cavalry. 'Con Wilcox, hearing
the cannonading, promptly moved his dlyißicn to thesirp
port of Gen. Averitl, whose, entire' brigade'was but a
sbort distance from him. Gen. Averlll being ill, Col.
Farnsworth, of the Bth: lUinolß, now commands the
brigade,
«0N TO CrIPErER!”
G«». Tailor, with a brigade of infantry from Gen.
jjickett’s aivision, now ponuaattiod by Gen. Groan, E » 3
TWO CENTS.
occupied the village of Jefferson, fear miles from the
Rappahannock, on the road from Wat ronton Springs
to Culpeper,
BURNSIDE’S STAFF.
den. Burnside's staff has not pet been announced, but
It is understood that he retains bis own personal staff
and the department staff of den. MeOlellau, including
Adjutant General Seth -Williams and Lieut Col. Hardie.
Major General Park will continue to be Genera! Bqrn
sido’B chief of staff. This gives very general satisfac
tion. For this most responsible position,' hardly second
to that of the commanding general, he is believed to
Pobsspb peculiar fitness.
The feeling in general, throughout the army, toward*
Gen. Burnside is very warm and cordial.
REMOVAL OP M’CLELLAN AT HEADQUARTERS;
Wakrenton, Nov. 10—The order relieving General
McClellan was received at his headquarters, at Reotor
town, midnight, Saturday. General Gorman and a few
other officers were present at the lime. The faot became
known at daybreak among the soldiers, occasioning much
excitement and discussion, but. not the least indication
oi an outbreak. General McClellan's staff, as might be
' expected, were furious on the Government and mankind
generally. Several officers tendered their resignations
on Saturday, but these are generally considered to be of
that number who are waiting for some excaae to turn up
for abandoning the army.
SUMNER AT HIS-POST.
Gea. Sumner has returned, overtaking his command at
Salem, which reached here about noon yesterday in fine
spirits. The old hero was received with the wildest de
monstrations of delight by his old troops.
A train of cars is expected to-morrow. They
continue to rnh up on the regular route os far as Salem.
Unfounded rumors to the effect that a supply train had
been cut off between Gainesville and that place occa
sioned considerable uneasiness yesterday.
Ltrge numbers of Biraggiers are between here and the
Potomac. It is feared that many of them may be cut off
by guerillas getting into our rear through bnicker’s Gap.
GALLANT CHARGE GAINES’ CROSS- ROADS;
In a dashing cavalry charge, led by Lieut. Asche,-of'
the sth Cavalry, near Gaines’ Cross Boads, on Saturday,
he hilled a number of the enemy,, and carried off five
rebel wounded. Lieut. Ascbe was bimßelf severely wound
ed, havirg soverel bullets and sabre outs on his head and
bocy. One other officer, Lieut. Bohler, and seven others
in the regiment, were wounded. Their names are:
Corporal Hogan, O, dangerously. \
Corporal Moore, E, slightly.
Private Caeavant. ®, slightly.
Private Cornell, E, rethmsly.
Private Myers, E, slightly.
Private Fitzsimmons, E, slightly.
Private Trainer, D, slightly
Lieut. ABChe is the same officer who led the charge of a
detachment of his regiment at Markham on the 4th inst.
The following is a list of the casualties that occurred
during that charge:
Obadiah Baily, E, 3d Pennsylvania, mortally.
Bobert Manly, A. sth Regulars, Slightly.
Sergeant Conrad Besnor, A; sth Regulars, slighily.
Michael Carey, A, sth Regulars, slightly
Thomas Canfield, 0, 6th Regulars, dangerously.
Michael Clary, D, slh Begnlars, leg amputated.
John Jennings, D. sth Regulars, slightly.
Martin Sharp, E, 6th Begulars, slightly.
The mas Lindell, H, 6th Regulars, dangerously.
Thomas Grahßm. H, sth Regulars, slightly.
James McGngin, I. Bth Regulars, slightl?.
General Pleasanton’s command has recently beenpush
ing the enemy clrsely, capturing a number of prisoners
and guns.
GENERAL NAGLE,. OF .PENNSYLVANIA, IN THE
ADVANCE
In the Advance.
Beyond the Bafpahannock, Nov. 11, 1882
Yesterday forenoon the enemy attacked (Jen- Pleasan
ton’s pickets, three miles beyond Amosvillo, withp large
force of cavalry and artillery, well supported by infantry.
Ab Qon. IMeasanton had no infantry near at hand, the
pickets fell back to the main body, near AmosylUo, and
reinforcements were sent for. . '
Gen. Wilcox, of the 91b corps, immediately despatched
the 2d division, under General Btnrges. who advanced
hiß command from the vicinity of W aterloo, atthejune
ticn of the Bappshannock river and Oartor’s .ruo, and,
joining General Pleasanton, at once drove back the rebels
and established the pickets. The skirmishing was done
principally by General Nagle’s brigade, who drove the
rebels in fine style.
Gen. Fonno, with his brigade, at the same time ad
vanced npon and occnpied the town of Jsffenou.
The loss'in Gen. Nagle’s brigade was some three or
fonr wonndfd. , . . , , „
Up to neon fo-day the rebels had not renewed the at-,
tack.
AFFAIRS IN THE VICINITY Of HARPER’S PERRY.
Harper’s Ferry, Nov. U, 1862.
The rebel pickets have appeared on the Virginia side
of the Potomac, between Berlin and Point of Books. The
rebel cavalry are sconriog the country oti the south side
of Loudon Heights. Yesterday they fired upon our pickets
in Loudon valley. _ '
A contraband who has come in from Winchester re
ports the column of Jackson in the vicinity of Front
Boyal, with the exception or about 2,000 men and six
guns still in the valley.
Archbishop Hughes on the War.
SEffll-OFFICIfiL REPORT OF HIS EUROPEAN MISSION.
The War Must be .Brought to a Speedy Close*
New York NoyemberlO, 1862.
To Mon. William M. Seward, Secretary of State :
Mr Dear Governor: It is now more than twenty
tbreeyears sicce 1 had the pleasure of being introduced to
you on the railroad train between Albany and Utica Op
portunities lor cultivating more intimately that first ac
quaintance have been few and far between. Still, as a
personal friend, apart from what they commonly call poli
tics, I have always recognized yon, in my own mind, asa
true, unflinching man, (3 npr lght principle.
As for myself, Icannot say that I ever belonged to any
political party, and yet, siccomy return from Earops,
certain nominally Oathoiio papers have written me down
ss a politician, Mnch allowance must be made for such
witters. They assume that my going to Europe was for
a political, and not a national purpose; in fact, they
seem, or chcoee to appear, a, incompetent to dißtihgnish.
between wbat is vulgarly called a politician and a patriot.
Of the two, I would prefer to be considered a patriot ra- •
: tber than a politician. Before the outbreak of this me
lancholy; civil war, it is known to you, my dear Governor,
that I foresaw the coming calamity. I wrote to distin
guished persons in the Sonth, praying and beseeching -
that they should exercise their infiu'nce for the psrpsfn- ■
ation of peace, or rather against the disruption of the
Union. In my own sphere in New York I left nothing
undone to soothe bitter prejudices, especially on the part
of Abolitionists, with a.view, and even in hops that the
domestic strife which has since overtaken ns might be ar
rested ard turned aside.
It is just one year and eight days since it was desired,
by a telegraphic communication, that I should visit the
city of Washington on public business. I obeyed the
summons I spoke my mind freely. It was thought
that, in the perils of the nation at that time, I could be
useful in promoting the interests of the Oommonwealth
and of humanity if I would consent to go to Europe and
exercise whatever little influence! might possess in pre
venting France and England from intermeddling in oar
sad quarrel.
It haß, no doubt, escaped your memory that, during
the fourteen or fifteen honrs which I Bpent in Washing
ton, / diclinfd the acceptance of what would be to per- :
sons not of ray rank a great honor. I did not absoluteiy
refuse before deciding, but I wished to consult one or
two persons very near and dear to me in New York. FI-’
nally, and at the very last hour, there was a werd ut
tered to me, not by any spsct.l member of the Cabin, t to
which yon belong, but by the aufhority which it pos
seises. to the effect that my acting as had been suggested
was a personal re quest, and would be considered as a per
sons! favor. In three minutes I decided that, without
contuUing anybody, I should enibarkopa volunteer to
aces mplith what might be possible on the other side of
the Atlantic in favor of the country to which I belong.
What occurred on the other side I think it yronld be,
at the pi esent time, improper to make public. lam not
certain that any word, or act, or influence of mine has
bed the slightest effect in preventing either England or
France from plunging into the unhappy divisions that
have threatened the Union of these ones prosperous
States. On the other hand, I. may say that no day—no
hour even—was spent in Europe in which I did not, ac
cording to opportunity, labor for peace between Europe
and America. So far that peace has not been disturbed.
But let America be prepared There is no love for ihe-
United States on tkeglher side of the water. Generally
speaking, on the other side of the Atlantic the United
States are ignored, if not despised; treated in conversa
tion in the Earns contemptuous language as we might
employ towards the inhabitants of the Sandwich Islands,
or Washington Territory, or Vancouver's Island, or the
settlement of the Bed river, or of the Hudson’s Terri
tory. ,
This may be considered very unpollshede-almost un
christian language proceeding from. the pen of a Qatholic
archbishop. But, my dear Governor, it Ja unquestiona
bly true, and I Bin sorry it is so. If you, in Washington..
are not able to defend yourselves in cate of need, I do
net see where, or from what source, you "can expect
friendship or protection. Since my return I made a kind
offamiliar address to my people, but not for them ex-'
cinsively, in St. Patrick’s Cathedral. , Some have balled
it not a sermon, bat a discourse, and even a war blast,
in favor of blood- spilling. Nothing of the kind could be
warranted by a knowledge of my natural temperament
or of my ecclesiastical training. From the slight cor
respondence between üb, yon can bear me witness that I
pleaded in every direction for the preservation of peace,
so long as the slightest hope of its preservation re
mained. When ail hope of this kind had passed away
I was for a vigorous prosecution of our melancholy
war, so that one side or. the other should .find itself in
the 'ascendency.
On my retmn from Europe I knew it was expected that
I should make, in writing, or otherwise, some observa
tions of my experience abroad that would resell the pub
lic generally. These observations were made in the Ca
thedral of St. Patrick on the 18th of August. They con
sisted of a very simple narrative, of my experience;in
different countries of Europe during my, absence from
New York. Towards the close of my remarks, two ideas
I ventured to express with psrhaps moreenergy.than had
been employed in the simple narrative.
One was the advocacy of conscription, in preference to
the dragging business of enlistment - and volunteering.
Perhapß some may have thought that It was nnbscoraing
for me in a Catholic pulpit to have expressed my'opinion
on this topic. But I-knew that the country, which I had
ho reason not to love, was being agonized by civil war.
And besides, on reflection, I consider that conscription,
sometimes called drafting, is the only fair, open, honest,
mode by which a nation oan support its rights, and, in
esse «f danger, its own independence. ;
Many of my hearers on that,occasion confounded the
principle of conscription with the abominable practice of
the “press gang.” during the war between England and
France. This, of course, was their mistake, not, mine. '
France is a military nation, and a.great nation; and
its. system of conscription, although at periods of great
national necessity, verging, in Mb operation to almost
ci nelty, in taking from the family, one after another, pf,
the sons who might he otherwise the hope, and the stay,
and consolation of their aged parents, is, notwithstanding,
still the impartial mode of, providing for national defence
end honor. Tet, on the wi ole, there is no system in.
civilized countries so just, so eijpitable, and so efficient in
raising an army of defence, as the system of conscription
rightly administered. If it can be dispensed with by the
multitude of volunteers, of course there would he’ no ob
jection to that result. But a government must execute
the office for which it was appointed, and for the execu- ’
tion of the functions of-which it is supposed to have
srnpie means, or else it-should abdicate.
The other idea was that either by volunteers or by
conscription, if we have a Government which we recog
nize as legitimate, it Bhoald multiply its powers by
thousands, and hundreds of thousands, even millions, to
the extent of "existing necessity for the putting down of
ci*il war. This was not expressed as_ the gratuitous ad
vice of a speaker, in the pulpit, but suggested as an inti
mation that if he had any-advioe to offer, the councils of
the nation, that adyloe would be what he hag now ex-
Question there may be different opinions, in
regard to which I have not an additionat-word to say. It
may be humanity to allow conflicting- brethren of the
some nation to protract and drag onwards for a period
ef, even ten sears to come the bloodshed, with which they
are reciprocally now so familiar. .
Another view of, humanity: and raeroy lS.that wrnca 1
suggested—namely, that the raalanoholy. contest ahordd
he brought to a dose with as little delay as possible The
reason tiint operated and • s3#*l-operates on pay niina, in
favor or .this view or humanity, as compared or in con
tiast with the other, is, so,far as ray knowledge of his
•tory warrants a conclusion of the most humane battle m
any military strife, eitfcw of a foreign or a domestic pha
raoter,: has been invariably the battle whiohpnt an end
to the war*
If there were any possible rpeana of settling our domes
tic strife in’ a peaceful bloodless manner, I hope you will ;
believe that none In this country is, or can be more pre
pared to aid in bringing about such a remit.-- As it is,
however, I consider myssU as perfectly useless in such
an enterprise, though by no means unsolicitous in reft
rence to the momentous'conseanenees that are impend
ing upon ns like a dark cloud, which furnishes no ray of
light either on its nndei or upper margin. Believe me,
my dear Governor, ns ever, yonr devoted friend and ser
vant, fJOHH, Archbishop ot lipw Toth.
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FROM KEY WEST AND THE GULF.
Abatement of the Yellow Fever— Arrival of
Prizes—Sale of Prize Vessels, ice.
Key West, Novembers.
DISAPPEARANCE OF THE FEVEB.
The yellow fever, which has been raging very exten
sively here for the past few monthr, has entirely abated,
and the general' health of the place is now considered
good. Many, however, have died since its- first appear
ance, and among the number could'be named someof the
best men in our navy and army. No less than thirty
seven on board the frigate 8t Lawrence, including' some
of her officers, fell victims to tbis dreadful malady; and
we were informed by a resident of Key Weet'that ont of
a population of two thousand five hundred, no lesi than
two hundred of thatnumber have died sincethbfever fitat
made its appearance this season.
BUSINESS A»s ? MONEYi
Business at Key West iB brisk, and money seems to bar
plenty. Bince onr arrival here we have seen more eUver
change bande than we did for four montbß North previ
ous to our leaving borne. The merchants here do not
hesitate a moment in throwing ont three and four dollars
in specie in making change for a 11 greenback ” Vor Xj
and seem to be Surprised when we tell' them how scarce
change is in New York and the North generally. AH
kinds of Northern bank bills go current here in exchange
for goods | but, bb a general thing, they prefer Uncle
Barn’s notes to any other currency.
There is more or less chipping constantly- coming and
going from this harbor. The principal portion of the
merchant craft, however, are small vessels. Bines our
arrival here the United States steamers Magnolia and
Penguin, also the schooner Kittatinuy, have left port to
cruise Tbs vessels remaining are the flagship St Law
rence, Pori Boyai, Santiago de Cuba, and the Stirs and
Stripes. ' [ "■
CAPTURE AND SALE OF PRIZES."
- •
Since, my., lari there have been three prize vessels
brought into tbiß port. The sloop 0. L. Brockenbrough,
of Apalachicola, was cut out from that harbor, loaded
with cotton, and brought in by Prizemaster G. • W.’'
Bogus, under circumstances of peculiar daring and peril.
The capture was made by three boats’crews, manned
from the Bteamers Fort Henry and Tahorna
.. The schoontre Francis and Taier, both of Nassau,'
were taken by the steamer Sagamore, Captain Bigelow;
the first near Indian Key, with an assorted cargo; the
other near : Indian River Inlet, Florida, laden with salt,
bound to Pott Boyai. Both are sure prizes, and attest
the zeal and enterprise of OBptain Bigelow in seeking
that particular field of operations. There are eight prize'
vessels now in port awaiting the action of the court.
Three prize steamers coudemuea were eoia at the United
Btatee marshal's sale on Saturday, the Ist instant, at the
following prices— yz: Steamer Reliance, for $lllOOO, to
William Curry; steamer Swan, for 818.200 to Govern
ment ; schooner Union, $2,040, to Government. —New
Ycrk Herald.
Rejoinder of JLieut. General Scott to
lix;President Buchanan.
To the Editors of the National Intelligencer:
I regret to find myself in a controversy with the vene
rable ex-President Buchanan.
Becently (October 21) y6n published my official report
toPresident Lincoln, dated Kerch SO, 1861, giving a
summary of my then receDt connection withonrprincipai
Southern torts, which, I am sorry to perceive, has given
offence to the ex-President, That result, purely inci
dental, did not enter into my purpose in drawing up the
paper,' but, on rt flection, I suppose that, under the cir
cumstances. offence was unavoidable.
Let It bo remembered that the new President had a
right to dimand of me—the immediate commander of the
army- how it had happened that the incipient rebels bad
been allowed to seize several of these forts, and from tbe
bad cc Edition of others were likely to gain possession of
them aho. Primarily the blame rested exclusively on
me. Hence, to vindicate my sworn allegiance to the
Union and professional conduct, the report was sub
mitted to President Lincoln at an early day, (in hia ad
ministration,) and recently to tbe world.
To ihat sbert paper ex-President Buchanan publishes
a reply of double the length in the Intelligencer of tba
Ist instant. My .rejoinder, from necessity, if not taste,
will be short,for 1 hold the pen in a rheamatic hand,
and am without aid de-camp or amanuensis, end with
out a printed document and my own official papers.
Unable, in my present condition, to make an analysis
of the ex-President’s long reply, I avail myself of a sub
stitute furnished by an accidental visitor, who has kindly
marked the few points which he thinks may require soma
Blight notice at my bands.
1, To account for not having garrisioned sufficiently
the Southern forts named against anticipated treason and
rebellion, according to my many recommendations, be
ginning October 29, 1860, repeated the next day, and
again, more earnestly, December 13, 15, 28, and 30, the
ex-President ssys: “There were no available troop*
within reach.”
How, although it is true that, with or without the ex-
President’s approbation, tbe Secretary «f War had nearly
denuded our whoie eastern seaboard of troops in order to
augment our forces in Texas and Utah, I nevertheless
pointed ont, at several of tbe above dans, tbe six hundred
recruits (about) which we hadjin the harbor of New York
and at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, nearly ail or
ganized into temporary companies, and tolerably drilled,
and disciplined--quite equal to the purpose, in question—-
beßidestbe five companies of regulars near at hand, mak
ing about one thousand men. Theße disposable troops would
have given (say) two hundred men to the twin forts Jack-
I son and St. Philip, below New Orleans; an equal nn nber
to Fort Morgan, below Mobile; a reinforcement of ona
hundred men to Fort Pickens, Pensacola harbor, and
a garrison of the like number to tbe twin fort Me Sie; a
garrison of one hundred men to Fort Jefferson, Portugal
Island, and tbe same to Fort Pulaski, below Savannah,
which, like Forts Jackson, St. Philip, Morgan, and Me-
Bae, had not at the time a soldier—leaving about two hun
dred men for the twin forts, Moultrie and Sumter, Charles
ton harbor, wbera there were two we ak companies, m aking
Jess than ninety men. Fortress Monroe bad already a gar
rison of some eight companies, one or two of which might.
In the earlier period- of danger, have been spared till
volunteers could baTe been obtained, notwithstanding
printed handbills were everywhere posted in Eastern Vir
ginia by an eccentric character inviting reoruits !o take
that roost important work.
Now, I have nowhere said that either of those forts,
even with the reinforcement indicated, would have had a
war garrison. Certainly not. My proposition was to put
each in a condition, as I expressly said, to guard against
a surprise or cou.p-de~ma.in, (an off-hand attaok, one
without full preparation.)
That these movements of Email detachments might
easily: have been made; in November and December,
1860, and Borne of them as late as the following month,
cannot be doubted. But the ex-President sneera at my
“ weak device ” fer saving the forts. He forgets what
the gallant Anderson did, with a handful of men, in Fori
Bumpier, and leaves out of tbe account what he might
have done with a like handful in Foit Moultrie, even
without further augmentation of men to divide between
-the garrisons. Twin forts, on the opposite sides of a
channel, not only give a cross-fire on the head of an
attack, but the strength of each is more than doubled by
the flanhirg fire of the other. The same remarks apply
to the gallant Lieutenant Blemmer, with his handful of
brave men, in Fort Pickenß- With what contempt might
he not have looked upon Chase or Bragg, in front ofhim,
with varying masses of from two thousand to six thou
sand men, if Fort Pickens and its twin Fort Moßae had
had between themionly two hundred men!
I have thus shown that small garrisons would at first
have sufficed for the other twins, Forts Jackson and St.
Philip, also. My object was to Eave to the Union, by
any means at hand, all those weeks, until Congress
could have time to authorize a call for volunteers—a caU
which the President, for such purpose might no doubt,
have inf.de, without any special 1-gislation, with the full
approbation of every loyal man in the Union. *
2. Tbe ex-President almost loses bis amiability in hav
ir g his neglect of the forts “ attributed,” as he sayg,
“without the least cause, to the influence of Governor
Floyd;*’and, he adds, “all diy Cabinet must bear mo
witness that I was the President myself, responsible for
alJtbe acts of tbe Administration.”
Now, notwithstanding this broad assumption of respon
sibility, I should be sorry to believe that Mr. Buchanan
specially consented to the removal, by Secretary Floyd,
rf 116,000 extra muskets and rifles, with all their Imple
ments and ammunition, from Northern repositories to
Southern arsenals, eo that, on the breaking out of tha
maturing rebellion, they might hefound without coat, ex
cept to the United States, inthe mo,t convenient positions
for distribution among the insurgents. So, too, of tha
one hundred and twenty or one hundred and forty pieces
of heavy artillery which the same Secretary ordered from .
Pittsburg to Ship Island, in Lake Borgne, and Galveston, .
Texas, for forts not yet erected I Accidentally learning,
early in March, that, tinder this posthumous order, the
shipment of these guns bad commenced, I communicated
the fact to Secretary Holt (acting for Secretary Cameron)
just in time (o defeat the robbery.
But on this point, we may hear ex-Secretary Floyd
himself. At Bicbmond, he expressly claimed the honor
cf defeating all my plena and solicitations respecting the
forts, and received bis reward; it being there universally
admitted that but for that victory over me there could
have been no rebellion.
3. Mr. Buchanan complains that I published, without
permission, January 18,1861, ray views addressed to him
and the Secretary of War. October 29 and 30, 2860. But
that act was caused, as I explained to him at the time, by
tbe misrepresentations of the mews in one of the earlier
speeches of the same ex-Seoretary after his return to
Virginia,
. 4.; One of my statements complaining of the joint
countermand sent through the Secretaries of War and
Navy to prevent the landing at Fort Pickens of Captain
Vogdes’ company, unless the fort should Tit attacked,
is cited by the ex-President to prove a “ singular want
of memory” on my part; and a note from Secretary
Hott •is .adduced to show that I had entirely ap-.
proved of the joint countermand the day (January
29) that it was prepared. Few perrons are as little
liable to make a micstatement by accident as Mr.
Holt, and no one more incapable of making one by .
design ; yet, I have not the slightest recollection of any
Interview with Mm on this subject. I do; remember,
however, that Mr. Holt, oh some matter of business, ap
proaching my bedside about that time when I was suffer
ing greatly from an access of psin. Mr. Buchanan, Mr.
Holt, and my self, were fall landsmen, and could know but
little of the impossibility of lauding troops on an open
sea.beeoh, with ahigh wind andsmf. Mr. Toncey, Se
cretary of ihe Navy," with officers about him of intelli
gence and nautical experience, ought to have saidplump
ly that if Vogdes was not to land except in the case of
attaok upon Fort Pickens, he might as well have remain
ed at Fortress Monroe, as the prohibition placed tha fort,
so far as he was concerned, at the mercy, or (as the event -
showed) on the want of enterprise on the part of the rebel
commander at Pensacola.
Possdbly there are other parts of the .reply whioh A .
superficial reader may tMnk require comment or eluci
dation; and, indeed, here is another marked for me by
my kind visitor:
6. Tbe ex. President has brought together a labyrinth ,
of dates.respecting the arrival and depa.tttre or rebel
commissioners, armistices, &oi, with which, as I had no
officiel conneciion, I may have made an unimportant
mistake or two; but, as I have not by me the moans of •
recovering the clue to those windings, I shall not attempt
to follow him. .WINFIELD SGOIT.-
New York, Fifth-Av. Hotel, Nov. 8,-1862.
Letter from Jo age Latte of Alabama .to
; Secretary.- Stanton.
HE ASKS FOE A VIGOROHS.tVAF. POHCT -IN-Z-KW
V V - - -STATE.'
Judge lane, at present the only civil officer of the
United States Government in Alabama, has addressed a
letter to Secretary Stanton, dated Danville, Ky., Nov. 5,
presenting bis views as to the policy which should con
trol the Army of the Ohio, row that it is ,ah.ent ,to ad
Vance into his State.; He says:. . ,
I urge upon the Administration the importance of the
petition to which Chattanooga is the key. • This view has
often been presented in more impressive language than I
can clothe it Aside from Iho great faot that it will .free
thousands of loyal men of Hast Tennessee, it is lm r
portant that Chattanooga sbonld be taken on account or
the fact that it will he a great, blow.ai,, this season of the
year to the entire Southern States. From ffipst Tennes
see comes the entire supply, of coal for the rebel Confede
racy. To stop that supply would put an end totheope
rations of nearly all the foundries and arsenals of the.
Sonth. To take Chattanooga-wonld he to oanse the.
evacuation of all Fast Tennessee, and the important
point of Knoxville would, fall, into our -hands. Bpmg.
with its extensive arsenal wanld become ones, and At
lanta could hot long be held. I leave yon tc elaborate
this in y our mind. The most accurate Information yo»
can obtain in regard to ibis place will confirm all Leonid,
say more. lam aware that Its importance has been Im
pressed upon the mfndaof-Generals Buell and Bosecrans,
and I trust that an effort will be made to capture it.
A LOYAL COHVENTIOff OF THE PEOPLE OW
THE TOITEDi STATES.—A national- convention or
the loyalpeopleoftheUaited Statea» ia faxpr ot,a vigor
ons prosecution of the war.hasbeen calledtemeetat
Pittsburg, Fa ,on Tuesday, November 25th inst. The
caU is signed by most of the business bouieainßit tsbarg,
and has, therefore, no aspect. It ig intended
that thfe convention shall express the determined end
fivwi imrrase of the loyal masses to overthrow and wipe
ontthe present rebellion, by progressive and energetic
action, enthe pait of the country's rulers, riuif and mrit
to punish the authors Bnd actors of this great out.
reuenpon hpman rights, and re. establUK upfin permanent
foundations the free and eplightppsd taatttntioM of the
fathers of tbs IlepnbHo.