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"4,.. , _ 5t_. . - • ' . . . . . .. . -. 1... . .- - • . ‘* In drill, in discipline, in appearance, in courage, and efficiency, his army challenged the ad" xidration of the world ; and no man in it, when asked .his corps, ever pronounced the words, "I heloug to Buell's army," without, a thrill of conscious 'pride. _, The fame of the corps prebeded it wherever it went, and the citizens never tired contrasting the good order and discipline that . pervaded its ranks with the disorder and misconduct of the rebel hordes, and of some . portions of the Federal troops. Un- questionably, the very first step toward the restora tion of discipline in an army dethoralized by retreat is to stop retreating and go to advancing. This, as is well known, this army has done, and that with the determination not to be demoralized by retreat any more.. In a short time the old army again entered the capital of Tennessee, completely disciplined, and with unbounded confidence in their new commander. Szabad says : The primary requisites of all mili tary operations are plan and execution. In war, execution is, perhaps, more difficult than in any thing else; and without.% the best possible plan is of no avail. But it is,. beyond, doubt, an immense advantage to know, at least, what is to be executed. Strategy and tactics both ought to have their due' share in a plan'of Operations—the former prepares the wayfor battles, and by the latter they are fought through. Whether the plan beoffensive or defen sive; depends upon military considerations almost wholly. Until after the battle at Murfreesboro den. Rose crane was the recipient of no commendations as re gards him ability to plan. From the moment, he en tared Western Virginia up to the present time he was' highly complimented as an able and intrepid general in the field. _ Since the battle of Stone river, however, none question his ability to plan`; and had McCook's corps d'arnre.c successfully resisted the mass of troops under Gen. Hardee, our left wing would have swung into Murfreesboro, and a large- portion of the rebel army would have been driven under the guns of Fort Negley, at Nashville. The military education of Gen, Buell is, probably, of4synuch higher order than that of Gen. Rosecrans. Bit the latter comprehends all that makes. the sol dier. From the moment he became the director in Tennessee, he has proved himself to be master of the situation. The whole country is well acquainted with the great dratria enacted before the city of Murfreesboro. The battle of Stone river was:one of the hardest. fought-fights of modern times. It was not truly magnificent in results, but stupendous in detail. With the exception of the grand desideratum—. winning the battle—our losses in many particulars ex ceeded that of -the enemy. We lost more men un hurt. We lost - more cannon, small arms, wagons, camp equipage, standards, mediae' stores and sup plies, than did the enemy. But we drove the inso lent foe from his stronghold ; we hoisted the Ameri 'can flag over 'his Works, and '',that proclaimed vie. tory t The 'contest at Murfreeeboro ' acquainted General Reseermus with his men, and the soldiers with their 'general;' end frehetet Wee' tutu the preient hail an-earnest co-aeration between the tWo' partial; prevaled. Afterlhe occupsollog ofAurfreesboro, the 9131107X1 lost no lime in reoeganhring his shatfered ferceil. All the loottannon were replaced, and additiciner of new batteries made, conshiting of the most destruc tive engines of war,:known as the heavy Napoleon gun. = Twenty thousand small arrna; of the Spring.. field and Enffeld ptttern, were divided among those who had fought manfully With the old regulations musket. Thorough changes were Made in divisions, brigades, and regiments, and worthless officers were' dismissed the service. A multiplicity of errors were' corrected, too numerous to detail, and the Army Of the Clumbirland was placed upon a war , footing, • which at once made it the roc plus ultra among its as.' sociate bodies. • After a very long stay. at Murfreesboro, General Rosecrans moved from there, making the line of the Chattanooga Railroad his base, and, driving the army of General Bragg from all the strongholds, in cluding Shelbyville, Manchester, and Winchester, upon r a eitheide. Tile army now occupies a position in front of Vhattanooga, with the town of Decherd. as its base/ Chattanooga will be taken, and a reps. tition ,of the celebrated flanking movement pre vented, by knocking out the base from under it; East Tennessee liberated, and a wall of loyal fire raised up between our ddpOts and the rebel bands; theline of the Tennessee not only secured, but con verted into a war base, trona which Rosecrans will ' shake hands with'Banks, through the heart of Ala bama, and this army will retreat no more. If the rebels fight at Chattanooga the battle will ' be the bloodiest one of the war. They hope to be lit upon Chattanooga in rough and tumble style, since the . job of ,taking it is probably one that does not admit of being done with perfect neatness and method. The pisilosophie his torian of the war, when- he shall come to ana lyze the characters of our most prominent, `generals, and show their influence on their cam paigns, will probably ascribe a larger effect than re fleeting minds of our army generally do to a certain fastidiousness arid nicety of e:ate in the execution of *Veil' the smallest trifles -that have been bred in the officers of the regular army—and especially in those of the departments where ,routine is _racist practised—by a long and monotonous peace. The habitual. sacrifice of despatch` to method ; a love of system, which, grown to be excessive, hampers and neutralizes the greatest ,abilities; an inability to keep from being disconcerted when communications are threatened or things get out of joint in any way, bevelled much influence on our military operations everywhere. Our most active generals are those who resigned out of the _army at an early date, or who have Served in those arms where the despotlem of routine is least felt. Knaves and foola have con tinued to impute cowardice and disloyalty to gene rals who have been accustomed to ride fearlessly through the jaws of death, while their armies, breathless with apprehension, looked on at the bold deed; or who, habitually calm and passionless, have aatounded beholders by their outbursts of profound and irrepressible feeling on the receipt of intelli gence disgraceful and disastrous to the cause; but only knaves or fools have done this. - In the Executive Department Gov. Johnson is doing all that could be done under the circumstances. He is surrounded -by loyal men, all of whom have been and are influential, citizens. First, we may name the comptroller, Joseph Fowler, of Sumner county, who, is, probably, the most thorough Ad 'ministration man in the South. Edward East, the Secretary of State, is as earnest, but maybe less in fluential than Mr. Fowler. Many more there are of the same character, including the names of Messrs. Gloscock, Stokes, Patel:tat, Houk, Browning, Linda ley, Lellyett, Harrison, Trimble, and others. As a military adviser, the Governor has the ser vices of Col. A. C. Gillam, of the Ist Middle Ten nessee Regiment, one of the . first officers arid .most elegant gentlemen in the service. There are also two Union papers, one of which, The Press, edited by two East Tennesseans, has a tremendous circulation. There are also two Union organizations—the Union League and Union Club, the latter of which has SOO members. Both enter tain, the same views as regards the war, the only difference being that the Ulon League is a secret society, and contains some 300 members. ARMY OF THE CIIMBERLIND. Condition of 'Military Affairs—Geri. Rose. crane' Difficulties—The Guerillas. [Correspondence of the N. Y. Times. ] - NASHVILLE, Thursday, August 6,1863.—1 n form ing judgments at the North of General Rosecrans , campaigns, it must always be borne in mind that he has an enormous line of communication to guard. From Louisville to Nashville, one hundred and eigh ty. five miles, every bridge over the smallest creek is guarded- by a detachment, and frequently by a stock ade fort. Bowling Green is strongly fortified, and held by a cimaiderable force.- - Nashville is a fortified and garrisoned city, with several thdusand troops about it. Murfreesboro is a fortress, and for nearly a hun dred miles south •of the 'Cumberland every station and bridge and heightis strongly guaified. All this demands a great many troops, so that probably the number of effective men Rosecrans could count upon has been far less than is usually supposed at the North. Besides, the game of war in this country is a complicated and wide one, and each move must be influenced by movpa on other portions of the The advance of the Army of the Cumberland was always dependent, to a greater or lees degree, on the success of Gen. Grant's perilous movements. When, at length, Gen. Rosemarie did move, he attained, while losing but few men, all the results of a great victory. There is no doubt that Bragg might have fought many a battle and not lost so many men as he has done by these skilful manceuvres of our forces. He has nothing now which could stand a day any where before this. magnificent army of Rosecrans. Still, he may yet, by rapid movements, cut in on one line of communications and do us much damage. Our advance must be cautious. Further, the moun tainousdistrict in the north of 'Alabama and. Geor gia are but poorly supplied with provisions at - any time, and - now have been thoroughly stripped. -We must have abundance of supplies near at hand. What the future line.or lines or Rosecrans , advance will be, no one can certainly ,spredict. He will, no doubt, flank Chattanooga, and eventually com pel its 'capitulation. Ile may march direct into the heart 01 Georgia, but I confess, for one, seeing the difficulty_ our well-appointed army has everywhere in making an invasion, and the im mense expense of-men necessary in sustaining Cdr lines of communication that I expect little from in vasion. We may "hold, occupy and possess" some Important point in Georgia, and so -pass the winter. Whether Rosecrans will send off a detachment - into Eastern Tennessee, where the sufferings of the noble loyalists still cry to Heaven, is equally problemeti cal. The true relief for Eastern Tennessee ought to have come from Kentucky, where 13urnaide had his forces all prepared for a grand movement, when his— gallant corps, the 9th, was carried off to Vicksburg. Whether Rosecrans will feel that the long and diffi cult line up the East Tennessee and Georgia road— one hundred and ten miles, it ehould be remembered, from Chattanooga to Knoxville—can be kept up by the forces he has at command, no one but himself can know. - The whole country cries for the deliv erance of that much-suffering region, and it is much to be hoped that to the Army of the Cumberland will be committed the task. • - ' I The truth is, the campaign of the South, on the rebel side, has come pretty much into the guerilla condition—that is, the whole country is overrun with bands of outlaws and plunderers; who rob, thieve, and burn, and who principally scourge their own countrymen, not always making any careful discrimination between loyalists and rebels. - There is no safety anywhere in Tennessee, five miles away from the military lines. A guerilla theft and mur der were committed this week within sight of Nash ville ; and aa I passed over the road in Kentucky, near Bowling Green,- we were informed that a gue rine party had just crossed the track. These gue rillas have lost all pretence of Carrying on war in any civilized manner. They now always rob their prisoners ;'sometimes they knock them on the head; sometimes they strip them and insult thorn, sometimes they torture them. Their own loyal neighbors they of course show no mercy to ; break ing furniture, - destroying gardens, burning barns, and even rfow and then murdering women. - You may rely upon it, these are all facts now in "life on the border." As- a consequence, our men are be excessively exasperated at them. With the improveinents in our cavalry, and the prolonged ex— perience we have gained, the guerilla bands are more and more broken up ;"and it is observed that our men return with fewer prisoners than-they used to. So, barbarity begets, severity. You observe that General Rosecrans is attempt ing to break up these plundering practices by mount ing his infantry and setting them to scour the coun try, a plan which is objected to strongly by Some of the old military men in the army, who urge that it : spoils "the finest infantry in the world," and does not make good cavalry. Eventually, I believe the great weapon used against the guerillas will be the men who know the country, every path and road, even better than they do, the armed negroes. The latter, as is well known, are good riders, and they would make an ex cellent mounted guard to scour the country and pro tect peaceful citizens. • • It should be remembered that no State Govern= meet can possibly be organized in Tennessee till these marauding bands are broken up. To attempt an organization now, and to hold elections, would merely be to expose all the unprotected Union men in the State to the violence and thieveries Of these `outlaws. It is the opinion of all who;are the best informed here, that the effort to frame "a State Go vernment should be postponed till the country is Well cleared of these gentry. - ' _ It will show how rapid the change toward loyalty is, to mention - that in Lincoln county-one of the most rabid Secession counties of the State-4,300. persons applied lately; to take the oath of allegiance. ‘ Deserters are coming in continually by squads, from. Bragg's army, mostly Tennesseans, who re-enlist in our Tennessee regiments.. I know of one deserter—. a captain—who is now in-Nashville recruiting for -a company of cavalry. He has Hiled his ranks with out difficulty. In this region, you may depend upon it, the re bellion is rapidly disintegrating. C. L. B. A STRINGENT ORDER FROM OEN. GRANGER. _ DISTRICT OF THE vt.i. , BERLAND,. NASHVILLE, Tenn.,: August 3, 1863. Grierrist. Onnnits No. -8.-That'-the rules pre- Scribed by General Orders No. 176, from department headquarters, may be properly enforced within this district, it is ordered:. ' That all persons hereinafter named, who may.nOW be, or who may hereafter come within thamllitary district of the Cumberland, comprising all that por tion of the Department of the Cumberland lying north of the Duck river, and who shall not have already reported therein, shall report at once, in person, to the nearest poet commandant within the district, and submit to him their respective cases for adjudication: • Deserters from the rebel service. - Conscript agents, discharged soldiers, and follow ers of the rebel army. Citizens who' have been living within ,the rebel lines, or -in any manner paying allegiance to their Government, up to the /ate period of their expulsion front this State. And citizens claiming allegiance to the rebellion, Who have not yet given satisfactory assurance, of their peaceable Conduct. . Let it be understodd, that to remain within this district isto remain within the limits of the move relents, of the United States, and the jurisdiction of its laws—civil where there are courts military where there are none ; that to remain disclaiming allegiance . to the GOVernment,,that is sovereign, is to remain. an alien ; and that to a subject of no Government or to a hostile one, there is no right of domicile by the law of nations., Let it be understood that oaths and paroles, are obligalions freely entered into, not exacted, by, the Government of the United States, its officers, or its agents ; that td - undertake such pledges, and volun tarily remain within a district held and occupied-by our3military forces, is to accept the condition upon which alone the slightest liberty could be allowed to the citizen ; and that to accept this - condition is -to nawit the War% obilglttiell of the oath or, of tht parole, and' the right and justice of the extreme penalty that May be affixed to Its violation. And, let it. be understOod, that when the forces of the enemy have been driven beyond the borders, the Stragglers and marauders that remain, relying - ueo'n plender for subsistence, and the greenness of their number for escape irrem detection, are not Waging - a' legitimate war t though- they may harass our lines of communication, pillage property, public and pri date, and waylay and murder loyal citizens and sol diem ; that the nettle of guerilla, or partisan, or scout, or whatever title they may choose to assume, does not change their chareefer or dignify their call ind; that they are outlaws - or spies, and enemies' alike of all, and Without a Vore.fument that will be responsible for the outragee they Commit, are with out protection from the rulesof warfare. By command of GORDON' GRaNGER, Major: Genera. VM. C. E 4BB "L, Capt. and litfiist. Adj. Gen. ARM OF-THE myromtc, Zee Reinlbrced by Gen; POIk; [Corre,Vondence of the Tribune.) VEMIQUARTEZS, August 9.—Lee hoc been ,rein forced-by the division of Gen. Polk. from Brgg's Rimy. and is reported to have sent a dWision to the aid of Charleston. None of hts infantry are thought now to be on this side of the Rapidan. agel his caval ry are lessening thrnuinber of their pictets along the Rappahannock , ' toward 'Falmouth. finding that we make no denioneeration in that direction. In compliance with Gen. Hal order on July' Mat, that all citizens - within our lines refusing to take the oath of allegiance should be arrester/ and sent to "Washington, Cbl, Sawyer's cavalry L'tigade brought in on Friday thirty-seven persons from be tween this place and Staftbrd Court House. Gen. Patrick, provost' marshal of the army, considered them' harmlrsa, and discharged them on their tating the oath not to render aid to the enemy. Corea:rid , ry have captured twenty of Moseby's men. - OPERATIONS OF BUFORD'S CAVALRY. Cerrespondence M. the Tircies J COLexren OornimV, - August small force of' Union cavalry is still patroling , the northerly por tion of this county, and as far - South as the Rapidan river. Yesterday a squadron of the 6th-New: York, (Colonel Deven's brigade,) under Captain Pearce, went on a scout to the Rapidan, and another squad ron of the 'ad Virginia, under Captain (longer, took a more southerly route In the same general direction: Where the Kelly's Ford enters the Culpeper and Germania plank-road, Captain Pearce came upon'a superior force of the enemy, and, after a brief skir mish, ao 'as to compel the enemy to show their strentth,'under the cover of a small body of skirmish-. els, retired in good order, and moved on to patrol' other localities. One horse was killed in this affair. - Ely's Fdrd, and several other fords on the,Papidan, were visited, but no enemy in force was found, other than that above noted. At Ely's Ford the enemy, had a picket much lareer than the visiting squadron,' but no sooner did our troops appear than they moved across the river in great haste, and did not rein up until concealed in a piece of timber. The only force the rebels bare between the Rappahannock river and Culpeper is believed to be Robieson's brigade, (seven regiments of cavalry,) doing picket duty. The camp of this command is on the right bank of Nfoun. - rain creek, near Stevensburg. The videttes of both fronts are in close proximity, and, as,.the enemy seem to be very hostile just at this time, there is more or less firing every day ; but few casualties have, however, as yet occurred. It is a significant fact that a majority of the troops just in our front are from the Cotton States. Residents in the vi cinity do not hesitate to say, that troops from Vir ginia and North Carolina, particularly, are not to be trusted just now—because, if not exactly demo ralized, they are very despondent. The most san guine Secessionists in this vicinity now admitVirit 'their cause is hopeless unless the Copperheads of the free States succeed in crushing the War party— as those: who support. the Administration are de signated—and ,the most intelligent profess to have' good grounds to know that in tke next Presidential election the Issue will be whether the Southern Confederacy shall be recognized or not. They are quite as confident also of the result—that a Peace Democrat will be elected to supersede Mr. Lincoln. I have no means of knowing "upon what these peo ple base their hopes. I simply state what is up permost in the minds of dozens of residents and landholders in this county with whom .T. have re cently conversed, while seated under the shade of a friendly tree-or cooling myself in the hall• way of a 'farmer's house. The total loss in the cavalry fight, Saturday, Au gust 1, on our side, General Buford's division was one hundred and forty, sixteen of whom were killed, and the remainder wounded. The enemy, it will be remembered, were driven from near the river (Rap pahannock), back along the line of the railroad, past Brandy Station, and upon their infantry supports, within one. mile of Culpeper. Even at this point our dismounted troopers held the enemy's infantrsc in check for an hour or more, and when falling back the enemy kept-ata:very respectable distance. The whole tight was a peculiar one, for, the, enemy, were driven from the river to beyond Brandy Station, five miles,*.in about two hours, between 11 and '2 o'clock. Just beyond the station they made a for midable stand, and tor their boldness would have lost a` section of artillery and a flag, if the 9th Regi ment New York cavalry (commanded then by Lieut. Colonel Nichols) had been promptly suppOrted. The 9th made a dash for the artillery under a galling fire, and what increased their difficulties was the' necessity of gassing through two fences, with open ings only wide enough for two horses to pass abreast. The supports not coming up, the - 9th was compelled to retire. Captain Bentley and Captain Hanley, during the day, made charges with their respective squadrons, and superior forces were forced back on, each occasion. - B. C. T The ferocity of the enemy, I regret to say, con tinues to be manifested in every battle. In this fight, a young man named Wm. N. Ells, of Compa ny K, Capt. Dickson's squadron, 9th New York Cavalry, was wounded in the left arm, and at about the same time had his horse killed. While seated in the door.way of a house he surrendered to a party of rebels, who seized him and endeavored to take him away. The day was' excessively , hot, and Ells had not proceeded more than half a mile before he was overcome by heat and fatigue, and fell to the ground. , One of his brutal captors fired at him, the ball taking effect in his hand, while the other cut him over the bead several times with a sabre, in flicting such wounds as subsequently, caused his death. General Bickley, to whom an unnecessary im portance has been attached, is described in the Cin cinnati Gazette as "an ignorant pretender, as rest less and scheming as he was shallow, very vain of his person:exceedingly fond of military display, and constantly engaged either in deigces to' borrow money and crazy scheines.of speculation, or in de baucherlea less creditable even than his swindling In short he was a feeble imitation of the poor, filthy vagabond,pgilvie Byron Young, who was - permitted by our district court a year or two ago to slip through its fingers on the charge of treason:" 'Bickley was the original editor of the Scientific Arti,tan, journal on the plan of the Scientific American, pub lished a few years ago in Cincinnati,) and he re peated in that the usual confidence game which has been the source of whatenier success and notoriety he has anywhere obtained. Before editing the Arti san he was connected in some way with an Eclectic Medical College in Cincinnati. His performances while engaged as editor of the Artisem were, for a little time, quite notorious. The scheme of the "Knights of the Golden Circle," was, so far as Bickley was concerned, hatched in the office of the Artisan, and was an enterprise to raise money, of which Bickley was always in want. He proposed to raise a company of sixty men who were to form an:organization for the purpose of travelling through the country, and giving 'exhibitions of the uniform and drill of the hoops of all nations. Each member was to pay a fee of six hundred dollars on entering this company, and Mr. Bickley, who was to be tree surer, captain, and general manager, was to stake care of the money. Finding this plan would not Work, he was suddenly struck with the new idea of a fillibuatering expedition to Cuba or Mexice, and from thissstart and Mr Bickley's subsequent career in the South, grew the conspiracy of the Knights of the Golden Circle, of which he was less a leader than a poor instrument —The How . Journal says that Rev. Mr. Willits, the lecturer and preacher of Brooklyn, recently de,• livered one of his popular discourses at:Staten Island. At the conclusion of the lecture, Mr, Wit • - ilia was thinking about returning to Brooklyn, when he discovered that there was no mode of eon veyance for that purpose. What was to be; done? It was then ten o'clock. He must, reach home that night, or his family probably would be thrown into a dreadful state of anxiety and suspense regarding - his safety. It was a dilemma, but the narson was equal to it. - He borrowed a small sail-boat, ap. pointed himself captain,. passenger, - crew, and rudder.boy, and with a clear moon and .brigkt stars for company, he steered his solitary craft into a safe harbor at Brooklyn, reaching home aboutoneo'clock in the morning, to the delight of his faithful wife, who was still watching, waiting, and, no doubt, pray ing. Mr. Willits did, in his, youth often partake of aquatic sports, and was . considered quite a sailor. - The Rev. H. &hitt= Guinness said recently, in an open.air address, at Belfast, Ireland, that though he had been a great traveller, he had " never any. where encountered so much religious profession with as little religious vitality as he had seen among the Presbyterians of Scotiandlind Ulster." A Rev. Mr. Hanna then posted a notice that he would con•'. front Mr. Guinness and make him retract or sub stantiate his statements. The Mayor of Belfast in formed-Mr. Guinness that there was likely to be. " danger to the peace of the town," and requested him to postpone his meetings. Mr. Guinness did so, and thus order was preserved and the inestima• ble privilege of "free speech' , was shown to be held in high esteem by the British lion. The Association of Dramatic Poets in Paris is about to "found an "Honorary Establishment" for young authors, who are to be aided pecuniarily until they are able to earn their livelihood for themselves. Legouvd, the academician, a man of business, has taken the matter in hand. All he asks is the sum of one hundred thousand francs, of which ,he has promised to furnish the tenth part out of his own - . pocket. A new work from the pen of ,Cousin has just been published in Paris, entitled " Histoire Gene rale de la Philosophie," which, says the. Matt, will, .with his work on " The True, the Beautiful, and the Good,?' . furnish ua with the essential fea tures of the whole philosophical work of the.illus trious author. - • Frederick Douglass arrived in Washington on Monday, and went to see the President, Secretary Stanton, and other members of the Cabinet. Mr. Douglassthanked the President for the imbuing of the late order guaranteeing protection to colored troops. At the War Department he was deputized to join Adjutant General Thomas, and assist him in organizing colored regiments. He will proceed at once to the Mississippi., -- Barton Hill is playing De 14gadere, in " The Duke's Motto? at the Theatre Royal, Montreal. He has already played it with, small suemen i n Boston. • The opera Eamon at .Covent Garden was toter; minate on the let hist., with, Adelina Patti, and 4 , God Save the. Queen." Mine. Lorini and Mlle. Morensiovith Giovan sconCia and arrorehestra, have been giving concerti in Portland, Me • -The Boueleaults had great Bureau on their opening night in Liverp.onl,•the 27th ult., in his in• teresting drama of "Pauvrette." THE F.ExTIICKX EtAsOTION.-,The Louisville. Joi al tape that as far. as heard from, the next ,General Assembly of Itentuelry will be composed as follows; Senate, ai Union, with 6,; districts to hear from; House, 66 Union and Seeessioniste, with 40 counties to hear from, , • The vote in the Seventh Congressional Distrist of Kentuchyis as follows; '(Union) 4,32 t, 2,312, lAIQUieZ THREE CENTS': PERSONiL. (PUBLISHED WEEKLY.) ME WAR IPIREIS Will be sent to etbsoriteris by mail (per annum ffi advance) at 412 Slic Tbree copies " 5 oil: Five copies " 8 ()Cf . ' Ten copies ‘` .• - "18"" OD" Larger Glut's than Ten Will be charged at the genii rate. Si.so Per COPY. - Ow money must always accompany_thA Ortier, and' in no instance can thug terms be deviated from. as they afford very Mae more than the Cost Of the vainr. sr- Postmasters are requested to aet ae Agettr for Tins WAR Pause. Aar To the gettPr- lip - of the Club of ton or twenty, gir extra copy of th ol'a poi -will be givOn. A Pennsylvania: Soldier On the Draft. following extract from a letter written by Cal. Bowman, of the 84th Regiment Pennsylvania VolNriteers, will serve to convey some idea of what is theought by the army with reference to the con,. scripth'M act, and its enforcement: "I cortgratiihite the people of Philadelphia and the State of Pennsylvania, on the handsome man. net With w..'zich they anbrait to the draft. The scd• - diers of the Immy Watch the progress of events at home with great interest. They are anxious to know whether they arc to be left to fight out this' War without:hello, or whether their friends and fel low-citizens are alspozed to bear them dhand. Sol diers, in the field c.eistot appreciate the arguments of. Vallandigham I.lnd others of his school. The - 'rights of free speech .f' In times of 'snake, and when we have time for nice discussions, we can afford to talk extensively about' the Constitntion, about free speech and all that seat' of thing. But what we Suet now want to know it, whether we are' to have a country or not. That is the question! The volun teer took np arms to test tfMf:cpiestian. HO saw his country divided, his nativity despised, hie'llag trampled upon by a 'cabal of aristocrats, with an. :tray, the worst of all evils, earning upon us, and he' left family and friends, home and an the endoar ments of life r to fight for his country, and if need he, to die on the field of battle. " The contest has not yet heertoettled ; the enemyr more powerful than e error ated, has la et us man against man, and opposed courage against Courage, until the lieu greet armies- in Virginia wrestle like two: gladi-- _atom in the vary agonies of death. Shall wehave help from home, or shall we struggle on until the last man goes down? To talk about:the constitu tionality of the sonssription act, underauch dream stances-, would be - like- holillrig prayere while the savages - are murdering your parents and: setting firs , to the old homestead, or as if a ship's anew shout t refuse tb work in a storm because, in th,'-fr, °pinto a,. , :the captain had been steering the vessel contrary the precepts of the - Bible;it is to skulk like cowards and prate like fools r All such are making a bad record for themserves:and their children to the latest generation. The's , are of the same blood and , stripe or the Tories of the Revolutinn. They are weaving for themselves an iron shirt that will stick in their backs like the shirt of Nesius. Now is the time for a-pull, a-long pull, a strong pull, and a pull all together. , ' Let the drafted men of Petinsylvania acerpt their election joyfully, and, with arms in their hands,.and the old Beg over them, march on, keeping time to the music of the Union. Come on, -and help us fight out this contest to a speedy and ' triumphant issue. $c Very reepeetfully, your obedient servant, ' S. M. BOWMAN, • "Colonel 84th P. V." IATIONAI POLITICS. The Comspiracy ter Revelution itt the North. Correspondence of tbe Chicago Tribune:] SPIUNGRIBLW Aug. s.—On the 10th of June last, a secret meeting wascheld in this city by the extreme peace -leaders of the Democratic party. At this meeting, I learn that it was resolved to oppose the war at all hazards ' even to resistance to the cern scription, and that it was decided thereat that peace should be made with the South, the Confederacy ac knowledged, Ste: The men who attended and took part in that meeting were composed (many, if not all, of them) of delegates from the various K. G. Cl. lodges in the State. They resolved not only to bring the people up to -the revolutionary standard, but to control the Democratic party by committing it to their programme. On the 17th of June, at the mass meeting here, they succeeded in the latter, un der the lead of Singleton, Rianony, and others. The reason they did not succeed in the former was only on account of the defeat of Lee at Gettysburg. the capture of Vicksburg, Port Hudson, ; in fact, the placing of the rebellion in articube mor/i.t. But everything had been prepared; the arms had been obtained to as great an extent as possible; the lodges • or castles held stated meetings, and even in some parts of the State the horse and foot, which were to take part in the great rebellion of the North, held meetings for drill, &c. But this was not all. Alliances were formed with the would-be revolutionists in various other States ; delegates, &c.. were Bent to their lodges, and' wher ever a Democratic Governor reigned, ambassadors - were appointed to sound him. In this way a com mittee was despatched to Governor Seymour, of New York, who so boldly , announced, in his Yellen digham letter, that revolution was already inaugu- Tated. I had a conversation with one - at.the gentle* men who compoeed that committee. It.was found that Seymour, although with the Peace =Democracy in principle, was behind them in action. He refused to openly take their position. From him the com mittee called on Fernando Wood. He, on the other hand, came up to the work, and agreed to the pro posed plan of action. New York was to take the initiatory in open resistance to the Government ; the conscription, which was denounced in advance as unconstitutional, to be the -pretext for -com mencing the rebellion. The plan was for each State to throw itself usion its independent sovereignty. New York and New Jersey were to do this through their Governors; the other States were to follow their example through the K. G. C. societies and the armed Democracy. The ground to be taken was, that the Administra tion having failed to conquer the South, the Didion was virtually resolved into its original elements, and. thus each State was at perfect liberty to enter into new combinations. There was to be formed a North western Confederacy. New England was to be left out in the cold,. &c., he. New York was to ;bean" empire in Hoek, &c., &c. But the future status of the country was to be settled by. a Convention, of which the leading peaces men and-K. G. O.'s, of course, would have supreme control. Seymour was expected to announce the revolution in his inaugural, and Storey, Richardson, Merrick, Goudy, Fuller, and o , Meiveny (properly spelled O'ldelvany), who were nearly all here at the time it was issued, could scarcely wait its appearance. They wanted to cons ruence the bloody work at once. Richardson acknowledged to gentlemen here at that time, that the party had got beyond his power to urge it forward or stay its course in the direction. of open and armed opposition to the Government;' that Sesmour was too timid. He wanted a General Fleury, who (says Hinglake in his History of the Crimean War) held a pistol to the head of Louis Napoleon, when the latter showed symtomsof back ing out of the- coup et' elate. It will be recollected that our Legislature endeavored to inaugurate:this Peace Convention, to which K. G. C.'s and others to be used as blinds were to be delegates from this This programme was,'no doubt, a magnificent one. All it needed to insure success was the defeat of.our armies in the field. And, indeed, if prayers, predic tions, fiasertione, encouragement to the enemy, ap peals to the soldiers to desert, denouncement of ne groat as soldiers and laborers, eulogium of the ene. my. their cause, their generals, &c., could assist this detest, it would have been accomplished. On the battle of Gettysburg hung the fate-of this. Government, and the hopes of repubhcanism on earth. There is no doubt of it. The horrors of a rebellion in the North, such as the world never be fere witnessed, would have followed our defeat on that occasion. Was there ever before woven in the history. of the world such a devilish plot as this 1.-Qr was there ever one that came so near success and failed of it! But, as will be .seen by the meeting. in Chicago, the conspirators have not yet given up their designs. They are still as busy as bears, weaving their net." wink of treason. They . and their papers (vide Chi cago Times and. Slate, Reg i ster) still hope for French in tervention, or British, or, both. They thus whistle ' to keep up their, and their coconspirators .of the South, courage. They catch at every straw. that floats. They even clap their hands with joy when. Jeff Davis arms his negroes. But their most potent. argument at present is that we are now nothing but a despotism;. that it will be impossible to hold sinotlier Presidential electica as things now stand; .that the people will be over. _ awed, Having also brought their patty tip to the fighting point, having their battalions armed, and four. brigadier generals appointed for this State, beside a major general and commander-in; chief, they. must either fight or be irretrievably ruined, politi cally, morally and socially. - = Some of the delegates to the secret meeting being held in Chicago at this , writing were also commie sioners to confer. with-Seymour and :Wood on the ; ''. project of inaugurating the revolution, of which.., New 'York city was to give the signal,: A REVOLUTIONARY PLow.—We haVe already" al.. luded to the fact that in the Democratic State COD, vention, held in. Portland on Thursday last, Gen. S. S. Anderson, acting as.the special friend of Hon. Bion Bradbury, pledged that gentleman, if elected, to act in concert with the Governors of other States in withdrawing the, troops from the field, and thus : leaving the Government unable to defend itself against the assaults of the rebels. _We findin the Portland Prels a fuller report than has before been, given of the conversation in which this plot was'de . veloped. The importance of the revelations, there made will be seen at a glance : • Virgil Delphini,Paris.— , Before General Anderson: leaves the platform I wish to ask him whether, front his intercourse and conversation with Mr. Bradbury, he can state that Mr. Bradbury occupies the ; same position that he Mita year.ago in regard to the war. Antleison.—l think Mr. Bradbury's position it that of opposition to the war; with or, without' qualification he is opposed to the war., I don t say,. gentlemen, (I do not wish to be held responsiblefor what I don't , say,) -I don't say there. could not have . arisen circumstances under which Mr. Bradbury might have, favored the prosecution .of the war._ These , circumstances do not arias now. He is as much opposed to the war, as.now conducted by the Administration, as any '"gentleman ptesent is or can be. . _ V. D. P.—One .year , um then lie was in favor of the war. I will introduce private conversation. Mr. Bradbury has said within a fortnight, if we del% not adopt antiwar resolutions we shall lose-'th'e State by .25,e00 to 30,000 majority. As far as .he . hti.e . gone in his letter .I go with him, but he has not de nounced this wicked, this unholy, this hellish war.. Merrow.Of Topsham.—l wish to ask Gen. Ander. son if Mr. Bradbury were elected Governor of Maine, he would, as he would- have .a right to do,,withdraw the troops now in the field Anderson. You have to.day - passed ,resolutiona upon this very question. You have declared your platform, and if you have not declared your mind upon this question; how,.can you ask your candidate to declare what youlaire not declared . Yon. are committed to the resolutions. Ido not agree with them in every particular, but I do not think it worth while to make an issue before this Convention. You have passed k resolution complimentary. to Gover nor Seymour. When, Governor Seymour, withdrittut the hew -Yorktroops,*thett I.pledge you that Bion Brad butt/ will withdraw, the Moine troops. But we do not ask 'that our troops shall fight their way through. New York and other Stet& till they reach their homes in Maine. Of course this policy is to the last degree revolu tionary and anarchial. It would place the State of Maine in an attitude of, hoetility.and resistance to the General Government, and would transfer the war to its own soil. It cannot , be possible that any considerable number of the good people - of, that loyal,. State are so maddened as to endorse this position by voting for Mi. Bradbury.—Boston Journal. THE SIBLEY Livuran EmesurrioN.The St. Paul, Press, of the 4th instant, says General Sibley writer, under date of. July . l.9th, that he has arrived within i thirty-five miles of ~DeviPs lake without finding, traces of.lndians, other than small scouting parties. Half-breed hunters report that a few days previously a Sioux camp of six hundred lodges had divided into three parties, Little Crow's adherents .forming one, and had gone indifferent directions. General Sibley leaves his heavy transportation behind at Cimp. Atchison, under _a suitable detachment, and presses; on rapidly with the remainder of his commandand . , twenty-five doss , - rations. His force consists 04.; twenty-three hundred men well equipped. Geners.V2. Sibley has thus, far. found no scarcity of water.O grass, except at isolated points, and has thus fat:inat, very few anixnahs. . - . BRAIM. SAID .TO DB SIIDSRSILDED. — A from the rebel army reports that General *egg has certainly been superseded by Bishop Pcdh. The Nashville Vnicm is issoied to pred).t . the 'Eft/ft...part of this rumor.' The news Iva have had. Dv some time of Waggle gross drunkennee S , ancihiagreat wspopn, larity among the soldiers, especiallst among the. Tennesseans, makes it no t tinprobable. No - doubt to throw him overboard would greatly soothe the irritation of the Teplesresnbliers,tsillt whom soily to popul ate". " •