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From the Evangelist
A Touching Incident.*
On a conch of pain and sorrow
Lay a mother soon to die,
Weary, waiting for the morrow,
Breathing oft the long drawn sigh ;
Of her darlings,
Precious darlings!
Thus she mused as hours went by,—
"Two sweet lambs have gone before me,
To the blessed Saviour's arms;
Two remain to nestle near me,—
Who shall keep these babes from harm ?
As I leave them
Who'll receive them ?
Wbo, maternal fears disarm?
'That blest nova for children friendless,
Can I, may I place them there ?
Through this shelter for the homeless
Will my Saviour answer prayer?
Go, then, darlings,
Precious darlings !
He will make your wants His care."
There we saw this dfing mother,
Waiting to resign her breath,
Leaning on that Elder l3rother •
Who alone can conquer death—
Those sweet children,
Precious children !
She had given them up in faith.
"Christ is near me, very near me 1 .
Thus she whispered in our ear,
"0 what tender love He bears me I.
Every moment He is here.
I am waiting—
Patient waiting,—
Boon His mansions I shall share I"
"Guard my babes, and He will bless yon,
Guard them as a sacred trust,
Have them trained by Christian parents
While I'm sleeping in the dust;
The Good Shepherd,
Will reward you,
At the rising of the Just."
*The incident narrated in the preceding
lines, is of recent occurrence The two little
sisters,—both under five years of age—thus
given up by the dying mother, are now at
the Hume for the Friendless. Foster pa
ronts are desired for them, who will take
them together, prompted by the precept.—
"Take this child and train it for me, and I
Will pay thee thy wages."
Costume.
In the year 1523, Luther laid aside the
monk's costume, and thenceforth dressed ac
cording to the fashion of the world. He
chose black clothes, and consequently that
color has become the fashion of the clergy.
His reason for choosing this color was this :
the Elector of Saxony took an interest in
him, and now and then sent him a piece of
black cloth, being at that time the court
fashion, and because Luther preferred it : so
his scholars thought it would becowe them
to wear the mine color as their aster.—
From that time black has been the color most
worn by the clergy.
The clergy are now generally distinguished
from others by the white cravat, though
many of them are laying it aside. This dis
tinction was unknown fifty years ago, when
all gentlemen, especially the young, except
mariners, wore white cravats. A black
neck-tie or cravat was the badge of the sea
faring man. When the fashion of wearing
white cravats changed, the clergy did not
take pains to change with it, but kept on, in
the old way, as some few steadfast laymen
have also done.
The peculiar dress of the Quakers, or
Friends, originated in the same way. The
founders of the sect neither invented nor
prescribed a costume as a badge of member
ship, as some suppose. The broad-brimmed
hat, the drab-colored cloth, and single-breast
ed and straight-collared coat, were then gen
erally worn in England by the sober citizens
of the middle class in the country. Fashions
soon changed, and have kept on changing
ever since, while Quakers have simply kept
on in the old way. The court dress, too, in
respect to the cut of the coat, has, like the
Quaker's remained the same. Hence, also
the straight cellar is still worn in the mili
tary service of Great Britain end the United
States, and by the police of the city of New
Ye*. Quaker, court, naval, and .military
stimitastaessi have alike withstood the
change.
Utah.
Brig. Gen. Conner, commanding in Utah,
has issued an order announcing that pros
pectors and miners in that territory will be
protected, when necessary, by the military;
and directs that soldiers at the several pests
shall, whenever convenient, be permitted to
=for mineraL Brigham Young has
succeeded in keeping his own and
other people from searching for the riches
buried in the mountains in Utah. bat new
there will probably be an influx of fortune
seekers that will materially disturb the quiet
of his little kingdom, and perhaps be the
means et overthrowinging hra "midi* is-
Witution.
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WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1864.
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Prayer at the Dedication of the Na
tional Cemetery at Gettysburg, on
Thursday, Nov. 19th, 1883.
[An authentic copy, free from errors in the
newspaper reports.]
O God our Father, for the sake of Thy
Son our Saviour, inspire us with Thy Spirit,
and sanctify us to the right fulfilment of the
duties of this occasion.
We come to dedicate this new historic cen
tre as a National Cemetery. If all depart
ments of the one Government which Thou
hast ordained over our Union, and of thp
many Governments which Thou hast subor
dinated to our Union, be here represented;
if all classes, relations, arid inteksts of our
blended brotherhood of people stand several
ly and thoroughly in Thy preserce ; we
trust that it is because Thou hast called us ;
that Thy blessing awaits us, and that Thy
designs may be embodied in practical re
sults of incalculable and imperishable good.
And so, with Thy holy Apostle, and with
the Church of all lands and ages, we unite
in the ascription : "Blessed be God, even
the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
Father of mercies, and the God of all
comfort, who comforteth us in all our tribu
lation, that we may be able to comfort them
which are in any trouble, by the comfort
wherewith we ourselves are comforted of
God."
In emulation of all angels, in fellowship
with all saints, and in sympathy with all
sufferers; in remembrance of Thy works, in
reverence of Thy ways, and in accordance
with Thy word, we laud and magnify
Thine infinite perfections, Thy creative glory,
Thy redeeming grace, Thy providential good
ness, and the progressively richer and fairer
developements of Thy supreme, universal,
and everlasting administration.
In behalf of all humanity, whose ideal is
divine, whose first memory is Thine image
lost, and whose last hope is Thine image re
stored; and especially of our own nation,
whose history has been so favored, whose
position is so peerless, whose mission is so
sublime, and whose future so attractive; we
thank Thee for the unspeakable patience of
Thy compassion anti the exceeding greatness
of Thy loving kindness. In contemplation
of Eden, Calvary, and Heaven; of Christ in
the Garden, on the Cross, and on the
Throne; nay, more, of Christ as coming
again in all subduing power and glory ; we
gratefully prolong our homage. By this
Altar of Sacrifice, on this Field of Deliver
ance, on this Mount of Salvation, within the
fiery and bloody line of these "munitions of
rocks," looking back to the dark days of fear
and trembling, and to the rapture of relief
that came after; we multiply oar thanksgiv
ings, and confess our obligations to renew
and perfect our personal and social consecra
tion to Thy service and glory.
Oh, bad it not been for Gud ! For lo ! our
enemies—they came unresisted, multitudi
nous, mighty, flushed with victory, and sure
of success. They exulted on our mountains,
they reveled in our valleys; they feasted,
they rested ; they slept, they awaked ; they
grew strongeillP prouder, bolder every day ;
they spread abroad, they concentrated here;
they looked beyond this horizon to the stores
of wealth, to the haunts of pleasure, and to
the seats sof .dower, in our Capital and chief
cities. They prepared to east the chain of
Slavery around the form of Freedom, bind
ing life and death together forever. Their
Premature triumph was the mockery of God
and man. One more victory, and all was
theirs! But, behind these hills was heard
the feebler march of a smaller bat still pur
suing host. Onward they hurried, day and.
night, for God and their country. Foot
sore, way-worn, hungry, thirsty, faint—ba
not in heart, they came to dare all, to bea
all, and to do all, that is poss'ble to heroes.
And Thou didst sustain them ! At first they
met the blast on the plain, aid bent before
it like the trees in a storm. But then, led
by Thy hand to these hills, they took their
stand upon the rocks and remained as firm
and immovable as they. In vain were they
assaulted. All art, all violence, all desper
ation, failed to dislodge them. Baffled,
bruised, broken, their enemies recoiled, re
tired, and disappeared. Glory to God, for
this rescue ! But, 0, the slain ! In the
leafiness and fulness of their young and
manly life ; with sweet memories of father
and mother, brother and sister, wife and
children, maiden and friends ; they died for
tie- From the coasts beneath the Festern
star; from the shores of Northern lakes and
rivers, 'And from the flowers of Western
prairies, and from the homes of the Midway,
and the Border; they came here to die for us
and mankind. Alas, how little we can do
for them! We come with the humility of
prayer, with the pathetic eloquence of ven
erable wisdom, with the tender beauty of
poetry, with the plaintive harmony of me
sic, with the honest tribute of our Chief
Magistrate, and with all, this honorable at
tendance : but our test hope is in Thy bless
fa& 0, Lord, ear Godi 0, Father, blew
ea I Mee the bereaved, •whether present or
jibsont ; bless our sick and wounded soldiers
401-aalints ; bless all oor rulers and people ;
tdees der Me* end navy ; bless the efforts
jfiv die impreeldOn of reharant ; and
isf lamilhavime tit litho ANA and
• ' ' ime t ivsie l / 4 Ikewrire
- .4 0 04#4* ibew is' PR% 1W
ME
our heroes are not dead, though their forms
have fallen. In their proper pesonality,
they are all with Thee. And the spirit of
their example is here. It fills the air, it fills
our hearts. And, long as time shall last,
it will hover in these skies, and rest on this
landscape; and the pilgrims of our own land,
and from all lands, will thrill with its inspir
ation and increase and confirm their devo
tion to liberty, religion and God.
Oar father, who art in heaven, hallowed be
Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will
be done on earth as it is in. heaven. Give
us this day our daily bread, and forgive ns
our debts, as he forgive our debtors. Lead
us not into temptation, but deliver us from
evil ; for thine is the kingdom, the power,
and the glory forever. Amen.
Beethoven.
There is that in Beethoven's works
which might well give credibility to the
report of his being the son of Frederick
the Great, and probably led to it.—
This grand genius and crabbed, eccen
tric man never loved or trusted. He
shut himself up with his music to be out
of the way of his fellow creatures. His
deafness only gave him the excuse of
being more morose. We hear this to a
certain degree in his music. His instru
ments speak, but they do not speak like
men. We listen to their discourse with
exquisite delight, but not with that high
and complete sympathy which Mozart's
wordless speech gives. High as he is
above us, Mozart is still always what we
want and what we expect. There is
a sense and method in all he does, a
system pursued, a dominion over him
self, an adaption to others, which our
minds can comprehend. He is as in
tensely human in his instrumental as his
vocal music, and therefore always intelli
gible. Beethoven is always taking us
b s 'lre do not - knOw tfiat we
ve such sympathies till he appeals to
them—he creates them first, and then
satisfies them. He keeps our • fancy in
a perpetual flutter of wonder and cc-
Stacy, but he rarely spe ks direct to the
common humanity between us.
More delicious musical odor than his
Longing Waltz, Hope Waltz, and Sor
row Waltz there cannot be, but they
were so named for him. It may be
questioned whether he ever expressly
thought of these subjects. We never
feel that he inspires the highest idea of
all—the idea of religion. His "Mount
of Olives" is exquisite ; we are grateful
for it as it is, but it might have been
composed for an emperor's name's day,
only Beethoven would never have done
such a civil thing. His grand "Missa
Solennis" is the most wonderful moving
tableaux of musical painting that was ever
presented to outward ear or inward
eye. Each part is appropriate in ex
pression. The "Kyrie Eleison" is a
sweet Babel of supplications, the "Gloria
in Excelsis Deo" is a raptuous cry, the
quartette, "Et in terra par—hominibus
bona voluntant," is meant for beings lit
tle lower than the angels; the "Cerdo"
is the grand declamatory march of every
voice in unison, tramping in one consent
like the simultaneous step of an approach
ing army ; the "Ante tennis smile is
an awful self-sustainment of the music in
re g ions separated in time and space, from
all we ever conceived in heaven or
earth. Beethoven out Beethovens him-
Self to a sublimity of imagery no musi
cian ever before attempted, but as to
pure religious feeling, we neither fall on
our knees as with Mozart, nor rise on
wings as with Handel.—Mus. Review.
Is the Sun Inhabited ?
Sir John Hershel concludes that the sun
is a planet abundantlj stored with inhabi
tants ; his inference being drawn from the
following arguments: On the tops of moun
tains of sufficient height, at an altitude where
clouds seldom reach to shelter them from
the direst rays of the sun, are always found
regions of ice and snow. Now if the solar
rays themselves convey all the heat on this
globe, it ought to he the hottest where their
course is least interrupted. Again aeronauts
all confirm the coldness of the upper regions
of the atmosphere. Si4ce, therefore, even
on earth, the heat of spy situation depends
upon the aptness of the medium to yield to
the impression of the solar rays, we have on
ly to admit that on the sun itself the elastic
fluids composing the atmosphere, and the
matter on its surface, are of such a nature as
not to be capable of any affection from its
own rays. Indeed, this seems to be proved
from the copious emission of them ; for if
the elastic fluids of the atmosphere, or mat
ter of the surface of the sun, were of such a
nature as to admit of an easy chemical com
bination with its rays, their emission would
be much impeded. Another well known
fact is, that the solar focus of the largest lens
thrown into the sir will occasion no sensible
heat in the place where it has been kept for
a considerable time, although its power of ex
citing combustion, when proper bodies are
exposed, should be sufficient to line the most
refractory substances.
Thus, remarks the Scientific American,
from argument based solely upon the sup
posed physical constitution of that luminary,
he deduces the somwbat astonishing idea that
the un is inhabited.
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The Great Snow Storm.
SCENE ON A RAILROAD
Western papers are filled with ac
counts of the terrific snow storm which
swept over a large section of country
last week, and which is described as
second only to the memorable storm of
1855. The greatest fall of snow seems
to have been in Illinois, where the
depth was about eight and a half inches;
while at Cleveland, to the eastward,
there was very little, and to the wept
ward as far as Omaha, Nebraska, but
three inches fell.
The atmosphere being intensely cold,
and the wind high, drifts formed on the
sways to such an extent as to render
them impassible. In St. Louis, on the
4th inst., the mercury went as low as
25 .degrees below zero. On the North
Missouri Railroad 10,000 hogs were
frozen to death, and a large number of
cattle froze along the railroads. In
many instances stage-drivers, brakemen,
or persons otherwise exposed, lost their
lives.
As fruit trees were killed to a large
extent by the severe winter of 1855,
fears are expressed that the damage now
inflicted will be severely felt ny nursery
men and fruit growers generally. One
of the passengers on the Michigan Cen
tral Railroad thus describes his exper
ience in the enormous showdrifts :
The train left Detroit on Thursday
morning, and in a few hours found that
further progress was impossible. He
says:
We were near the crossing of the
Michigan Southern Railroad. Why
did we leave Calumet if we could not
go on was asked. Conductor Carter
replied that he thought it would not be
difficult to get through when he leit
Calumet; but he had decided it to be
safer to send an engine on while it had
wood and water, inasmuch as he found
that he could not get through without
new power.
And we waited and shivered. The
cars were furnished with Ruttan's Pat
ent Ventilators, and a single stove to
each car.
Exposed to the shrieking and pene
trating wind, laden with frost, which
swept across the low level prairie, the
condition of the passengers in these cars
became exceedingly uncomfortable.
The fences were thought of; and a
saw aided in putting boards in a shape
to feed the stoves, which yielded no re
turn of comfbrt. The flames roared np
the pipes as they ate up the dry pine,
and smoke was discovered from about
the roof of the car, and smoke issued
from beneath the stove. What if the
cars should burn ? What if these
women and children are turned out into
this storm on this bleak prairie ? Is it
not better a little more cold here than
perish for want of shelter on this prairie?
These were the questions suggested by
this fire alarm. And the reply came
promptly, "we must be careful ; if one
car gets to burning we cannot save the
train." One car did burn so as to render
it untenantable. The fire was put out,
and the passengers abandoned it be
cause it was not safe to kindle another
in it. * *
The day had dawned—hours had
passed since daylight, and yet no signs
of help. "When are we going to get
to the city, Mr. Conducter r asked a
woman with tears in her eyes. "I
don't know, madam," replied Carter,
"but if I could draw you there myself, I
would do it." He feared the fire from
the stoves : and with such aid as he
could muster, had visited a railway
building some distance away, forced it
open and was seeking how he might
best render it tenable, when a Michigan
Southern train, drawn by three engines,
came in sight. This train was signaled,
stopped, and arrangements were made
for the transfer of the chilled passengers
from the Central train to it. A distance
of three hundred yards, more or less,
was to be traversed. The snow was
deeply drifted. The snow and frost
laden wind was sweeping the path like
a storm of grape. But it was announ
ced that the passengers would be taken
to the city if they would instantly make
an effort to reach the Southern train.—
Haste was necessary in order that the
engines might not freeze up before we
could get started. "Don't a man of
you start without taking a woman or a
child with you," shouted Carter.—
"Wrap up, warm up close," shouted
Butterfield, who in his anxiety for oth
ers forgot himself and froze his face,
nose and ears—and women and chil
dren undertook the terrible passage.—
Cold as it was in the car, those who
had not had occasion to expose them
selves to the storm previously, knew
little of the ordeal through which they
must pass iu order to reach the other
train.
Strong men fell by the way—frail
women dropped down unable to step,
and were caught up in the strong arms
of men and hurried to the cars insensible.
Children half clad, were rescued half
frozen. Few who attempted the jour
ney escaped being frost-bitten. While
noses, ears, faces and hands marked
most- of the Central passengers, and
many of the Southern ones, who had
nobly rendered aid in the limiter. 'The
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condition until made conscious of it by
the painful tingling which follows
neglect in such cases. Children cry
ing, women moaning and fainting, men
shouting and rushing hither and thither,
with snow and liquors, the rush of cold
air through the open doors, the shrieks
of the engine, the anxious inquiries of
friends for friends, of mothers for chil
dren, of children for their mothers, com
bined to make an impression that will
render the first day of the new year
1864 ever memorable to those who
were present.
The day went out into dusk, when
the door of a second car was thrown
open, and a muffled figure, white with
frost and snow, entered and thrilled all
present with the announcement—"l am
here with a team and provisions from
the city."
Several teams had started—but two
or three had reached the train ; and how
any human being could live to ride in
such a storm such a distance, and face
it, was a matter of astonishment to all.
The attempt of the teams to return to
the city that night, failed, we learned
Saturday morning, and two or three la
dies, who started with them, were badly
frozen before reaching shelter. Friday
night was passed in comparative com
fort.
Toward morning the howling of the
wind ceased ; the snow ceased filtering
in through the crevices, and the bright
moon told us that the storm had spent
its anger. There was joy among the
passengers—a general waking up fol
lowed. Saturday morning came, with
a further distribution of food, and a vig
ilant look-out for some signs of help.—
About eight o'clock an engine was seen
approaching us from the east with a
snow plow. Before ten o'clock it had
reached us and hauled us back to the
Junction, where we found two or three
other thins waiting to go in. About
12 o'clock it was announced that sleighs
from the city had arrived; chartered by
the railroad company to convey such
passengers as did not choose to wait for
the road to be broken, to Ulich's Hotel.
Singular Incident in the New York
Riots.
Captain Redden of the sixteenth pre
cinct police, relates a singular and very
interesting incident connected with the
recent disturbances. He states that in
the difficulty that occurred in Twenty
second street, and Second avenue, one
of the crowd, who was foremost in
leading them was met by the police,
severely clubbed and driven back, and
that in his anxiety to escape he ran from
the street to the sidewalk, hoping to
get out of the way. As he reached the
walk his foot tripped, throwing him
with great violence against a fence of
iron pickets, one of which passed up
through his head, entering under the
chin, and impaling him completely. In
this terrible situation he died, no one
having time on either side to remove
him. The most singular part of the in
cident is, that when the police were
ready to withdraw, Captain Hedden's
attention wns called to the individual,
and he then perceived him to be a young
man, fair-faced, with delicate skin,
small white hands, and small feet. He
was dressed in the garb of a working
man, wearing dirty overalls and a dirty
shirt; but under these he was richly
dressed, having on a fine silk shirt, fine
woolen pants, &c. Nothing has been
discovered as to his origin. His body
was left lying dead among those of the
other killed, and was doubtless removed*
with the rest by the people. The prob
abilities are that he was an outsider in
citing his comrades forward to deeds of
violence, and by a superior intelligence
directing then how and when to strike.
—X. Y. /braid:
A New Rule.
It has been the practice heretofore for
lawyers and physicians to plead the cases
of parties applying for exemption be
fore the board of enrollment. Numbers
of the legal fraternity have materially
increased their cash funds by this means,
receiving large fees from drafted men for
their services. This practice is now
discontinued, as the Provost Marshal
General has recently issued an order in
regard to it, in which he says : "The:
practice of allowing physicians and law
yers to plead cases of exemption before
the board is improper, and will at once
be discontinued."
lerAmong certain articles dug up at
Yorktown, Va., by Northern soldiers,
last winter, the Hartford Times says,
was a small red stone, which, upon
cleaning, proved to be a granet ; and a
further inspection revealed the interrest
ing fact that it had once formed a part of
the signet-ring of the Marquis de Roch
mabea, the liberty-loving commander of
the Freneh army in this country, who
acted in concert with Washington on
plans which won for us the battle of
Yorktown. It contains the noble Count s
motto in Latin, and his family crest.
Death has been busy among the
distinguished men of our country dur
ing the past year. In the South, Yan
oy, Floyd, Houston and others, have
departed. Among the civil magnates
of the loyal States who have trodden
the dark valley are ;ohs J. Crittenden,
Luther BC. Bronson ;
m cas e Coansodons
lagmnils Sew
sir, Roma* Strong !Weems, Behrd
Cloreiftn.
NEW SERIES.---VOL. 5, NO. at
REPORT OF OIN. MUM
Abstract and Analysis l■ Ad
ranee of PabllcsNM.---Titw
Campaign of Um Pealassala
and of Maryland.
[Washington Correspondence of the New
York Commercial Advertiser.]
The report is dated New York, August 4,
1863. It begins with an allusion to the re
sults of the victories in Western Virginia,
which, we learn, were won not at all in can•
nection with any general co-operative plan
of action ; and then goes on to . recite the
arrival of the General at Washington after
Bull Run ; the organization of the Army of
the Potomac; the grand plan laid out for
the general campaign of 1861-62; the final
invasion of Virginia in 1862; the Peninsula
movement ; the seven days' battles ; • and the
short but glorious Maryland campaign of
Sept., 1862. On the Ist of November, Gen.
McClellan was appointed to the chief com
mand of all the forces of the Union, and at
once began active operations. The theatre
of the war had now extended about the
whole circumference of the South; and it
became necessary, as well as practicable, to
plan a large and sweeping combination of
military operations. An organization of New
England troops for occupying the coast line
of the South on the middle Atlantic, which
had been selected by Gen. McClellan in Sep
tember, 1861, took shape in January, 1862,
as an expedition under Gen. Burnside, de
signed to facilitate the movements of the
main body in Eastern Virginia by an occupa
tion of the coast line of North Carolina,
Gen. Burnside Doing ordered, when he
should have seized Newborn, to occupy and
destroy the Weldon and Wilmington Rail
road as far west as Goldsboro', and, should
circumstances favor, to push as far as Ral
eigh, Wilmington being, however, his ulti
mate objective point. "Caution about proc
lamation" was recommended, the Genolnti
being urged "to say as little as pentible
about politics or the negro," and, to Atte
merely "that the true issue tbr which in aro
fighting is the preservation of the trnion and
upholding the laws of the General Gomm.
ment." At the same time letters were sent
to Gen. Halleck (appointed to the command
of the Department of Missouri), to General
Buell, in command of the Deportment of
the Ohio), to Gen. Sherman, (commanding
in South Carolina and Georgia), and to Gen.
Butler (commanding the Department of the
Gulf). Gen. Halleck was charged with the
duty of "reducing chaos to order" in his De
partment. In respect to military operations
he was ordered to hold the State by fortified
posts and concentrate his forces on the Mis
sissippi. Gen. Buell was instructed as to the
vast importance of the military occupation
of Eastern Kentucky and Tennessee. In
Kentucky itself he was advised ; "The con-
duct of our political affairs is perhaps more
important than that of our military opera
tions," and he was urged to bear in mind
"that we shall most readily ammo this re
bellion and restore the authority of the Gov
ernment by religiously respecting the Consti
tutional rights of all." In accordance "with
the feelings and opinions of the President,"
Gen. McClellan requested Gen. Buell to as
sure "the people of Kentucky that their do
'nestle institutions will in no manner be in
terfered with ;" and to allow nothing but the
dictates of military necessity cause him to
"depart from the spirit of his instructiona"
In respect to Tennessee, Gen. Buell was or
dered to throw the mass of his troops " by
rapid marches by Cumberland or Walker's
Gap, on Knoxville, in order to occupy the
railroad at that point," and "cut the commu
nication between Eastern Virginia and the
Mississippi." Gen. Buell was further mutt
soled to avoid "widening the breach existing
between us and the rebels" by "causeless ar
rests and persecutions of individuals." "I
have always found," adds Gen. McClellan,
"that it is the tendency of subordinates to
make vexatious arrests on mere suspicion."
Gen. Sherman was advised that the favora
ble moment for a coup de main against Sa
vannah had been lost, and that the best
course before him would be "to isolate and
reduce Fort Pulaski." Bat the "reduction
of Charleston and its defences" was held up
as the great moral advantage to be sought
for, and this was stated to be an object for
which General McClellan was actually matur
ing his combinations. General Butler was in
structed as to the obstacles to be encounter
ed in reducing New Orleans, and was order
ed, as soon as possible after the fall of that
city, to "seize all the approaches leading to
it from the east," and particularly "Jackson,
in Mississippi," with an ultimate view as well
to the capture of Mobile as to the opening of
the Mississippi. The instructions thus issued
to the Generals named comprehended th e
entire scope of the plans of Gen. McClellan,
of which plans the movement of the Army
of the Potomac, under his own orders, was
the central feature. It was considered by
him necessary to the success of these plans
that they should be carried out simultaneous
ly, or as nearly so as possible, and the
_ad
vance of the Potomac Army upon Richmond
by the lower Rappahannock, was kept in
hand by hire, to be delivered as the decisive
blow in conjunction with all the rest of the
general movement. Passing over Genjfie.
Cleßen•a hill and elaborate account of the
conenitations and operations which veneederX
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