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t Frcut the Army Correspondence of the Savannah . send half woolen or cotton socks; and bo j iiiin. Iu dog days, when the cell door
j with under clothing, coats and pants.— 1
And it blankets are not to be bad, then
i substitute comforts, made of dyed osna-
burgs stuffed with cotton. Anything that
, will keep off the cold will be acceptable.
... ... Even the speculator and extortioner might
possible for me torejora the army for the , f or 0 t | je ; r ,r n jiis f or a season, and unite
piesent. I was not prepared for the hard-, - n t , |ig re]igioHS duty'. If they neither
Republican. 2*
Our Artur. I«» «“ "• »«<■•- i,m ’ 1 ' ,ia,N ’ i,B
Knfl'rin?-. nu.l it- Peril* in «hr lulurt
Winchester, VA.,Sept. 20, 1S02.
JIv condition is such as to render it ini-
ships, exposure and fasting the army has
encountered since it left the Itapj.anan-
nock, and like many a seasoned campaign
er have bad ot “fail out by the way ” in
deed, 1 can recall no parallel instance in
history’, except Napoleon’s retreat fiom
liloscow, where an army has ever done
more marching and fighting, under such
great disadvantages, than Gen. tree’s,
has done since it left the banks of the
Janies river.
It proceeded directly to the line of the
Rappahannock, and moving out from that
river, it fought its way to the Potomac,
crossed that stream and moved on to
Fredericktown and Hagerstown, had a
heavy engagement at Boonsboro’ Gap,
and another at Crampton Gap below,
fought the greatest pitched battle of the
war at Sbarpsburg, and then ie crossed
the Potomac back into Virginia. • During
all this time, covering the full space of a
month, the troops rested but four days!
And let it always be remembered to theii
honor, that of the men who performed this
wonderful feat, one-fifth of them were
baicfooted, one half of them were in rags,
and the whole of them half famished.
The country from the Rappahannock t.>
the Potomac had been visited by the ene
my’ w ith fire and sword, and our transpor
tation was insufficient to keep the anny sup
plied from so distant a base as Gordons-
vi!le;ar.d when the provision trains would
overtake the army, so pressing were the
exigencies of their position, the men sel
dom had time to cook. 'J'lieir difficulties
were increased by the fact that their
cooking utensils in many eases, had been
left behind, as well as everything el.-e
that would impede their movements. It
was n> t. unusual to pcc a company’ of starv
ing men have a barrel of Hour distributed
to them, which it was utterly impossible
for them to convert into bread with the
means and time allowed to them. They
could not procure even a piece of plank
or a corn or flour sack, upon • which to
work up their dough.
Do you wonder, then, that there should
have been stragglers from the anny? That
brave and true men should have fallen out
of line from sheer exhaustaiion, or in
their efforts to obtaiu a mouthful to eat
along the roadside? Or that many sea
soned veterans, and conquerers in the Val
ley’, at Richmond and Manassas, should
have succumbed to disease and been forced
back to t lie bospital/I look In bear a great
outcry’raised against stragglers. Already
lazy cavalry men, and dainty staff’ officcis
and quartermasters, who are mounted and
can forage the country for something to
eat, arc condemning ;lio »-cnrj private,
-who notwithstanding bis body may be
covered with dust and prespiration, and bis
feet with stone bruises, is expected to
trudge along under his knapsack and car
tridge box, on an empty stomach, and nev
er to turn aside for a mor-el of food to
sustain bis sinking limbs. Out upon such
monstrous injustice! That there has been
unnecessary straggling, is already admit
ted; hut in a large majority of cases, the
men have only to point to their bleeding
feet, tattered garments and gaunt frames
lor an answer to the unjust charge.
No army on this continent has ever ac
complished so much or suffered as much,
as the aimy of Northern Virginia within
the last three months. At no period du- j
ling the first Revolutionary war—not even
at Valley Forge—did our forefathers in 1
arms encounter greater hardships, or en- [
dure them more complainingly.
Rut great as have been the trials to j
which the army has been subjected, they j
are hardly’ woitliy to be named in compar- j
ison with the sufferings in store for it this
winter, unless the people of the Confede
rate States, everywhere and in whatever
circumstances, come to its immediate re
lief.
The men must have clothing and shoes
this winter. They must have something
to cover themselves when sleeping, and to
protect themselves fiom the driving sleet
and snow storms when on duty’. This
must be done, though our friends at home
clothe, the naked nor feed the hungry, who ;
are fighting for their freedom, and foi !
their homes and property, what right have
they’ to expect anything but eternal dam
nation from God and man ?
If the army of Virginia could march
through the South just as it is—ragged and
almost barefooted and batless, many of
was shut, and the door and window
leading to the outer apartments were
closed, the atmosphere was stilling in
its character, while the vermin ran riot
over the nufortiniate victims, who
could neither lie down nor sit down
from very agony, sometimes impioring
in Heavens name to be let out, if only
‘or a few moments. In the hottest
weather oftlie season three persous
have been confined in the cell at once,
two of them sitting on the board and
the third lying at full length on his
face upon the Hoor, and all evidencing
them limping along and not quite well of j untold horror and misery,
their wounds or sickness, yet cheerful and j Sergeant Young lias often given
not willing to abandon their places in the ; direction to have the prisoners taken
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ranks—their clothes riddled with balls and
their banners covered with the smoke and
dust of battle, and shot into tatters, many
of them inscribed with “Williamsburg,”
fSeven Pines,” “Gaines’ Mill,” “Gar
out at night, and allowed them
to lie round on the Hoor of the outer
room.
The individual above alluded to who
nett’s Farm,” “Front Royal” “McDow-! would not give his name, was put in
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ell
fields
•Cedar Run,” ami other victorious j No.
—if this army of veterans, thus clad j and
4. The door of the cell was shut
bolted, and the other door was
shod, with tattered uniforms and banners
could march from Richmond to the Mis
sissippi, it would produce a sensation that
has no parallel in history since Peter the
hermit led his swelling hosts across Europe
to the rescue of the holy sepulchre.
1 do not write to create alarm; or to pro
duce a sensation, but to arouse the people
to a sense of the true condition of the ar
my. I have yet to learn that any thing
is to be gained by suppressing tbe truth
and leaving the army’ to suffer. Ifl must
withhold the truth when the necessities of j
the service require it to he spoken, I am
quite ready to return home.
There is nothing new from thejVont. It
is reported that Jackson crossed the river incarceration wi
at Williamsport, n tea- days ngi> to repair a
ioad, which he might have occasion to use
closed also, although it was one of the
hottest days of the season. In fifteen
minutes his cries were heard, the door
opened, and he was found in a profuse
perspiration with the vermin crawling
over and tormenting him.
“For God’s sake let me out of
this,” he said, “and I will dp anything
you want.”
The man or beast that Number 4
cannot tame is beyond the teach of the
most ingenious torture. Every delin-
'• quent who is alluded to as an atrocious
• viliian is wished no worse late than
till its vrn118. “Num
ber 4" is a by-word among the officers
and frequenters of headquarters, and
The Military Achievements of the
Conic derates--lie cognition to be
Won by Themselves.
From the Loudou Times, Sept. 10.
The people of the Confederate States
have made themselves famous. It the
renown of brilliant courage, stern de
votion to a cause, and military aehi&rc-
nintfs almost without a 'parallel, can com
pensate men for the toil and privations
of the hour, then the countrymen of
Lee and Jackson may be consoled amid
their sutic-rings. From all parts oj Eu
rope, from theireneniies as wt^las their
friends, from those who condemn their
acts as well us those who sympathize
with them, comes the tribune oj admit a-
tion. Wnen the history of this war is
written the admiration will doubtless
become deeper and stronger, for the
veil which lias covered the South will
be drawn away and disclose a picture
of patriotism, of unanimous self-sacrifice,
<f wise, ewl firm administration which vie.
can non only see indistinctly. The details
of that' extraordinary national effort
which has led to the repulse and almost
to the destruction of an invading force
of more,than half a million of men,
will thea become known to the world,
and, whttever may be the fate of the
new nationality, or its subsequent claims
to the respect of mankind, it will 'as
suredly brgin its career with a reputa
tion for genius and valor which the most
famous nations may enry. Within a peri
od of eighteen months a scattered pop-
ultiou, hitherto living exclusively by
The Latest Slews From The North.
New York papers of the 80th ult.,
contain the particulars of the ninrder
at Louisville, on the 29th, of Major
General Bull Nelson, by Brigadier Gen
eral Jeff. G Davis, of Indiana. It up-
| pears that Davis, had been deprived
of his command by Nelson, and order
ed under arrest, but had gone to Cin
cinnati, and upon laying his case before
Gen. Wright had been reinstated. A
dispatch from Louisville says:
There are many conflicting accounts
of the shooting of Gen. Davis. About
a week ago Nelson placed Davis in
command of the Home Guard forces
of the city. At night Davis reported to
Nelson the number of men working on
the entrenchments and enrolled for
service. Nelson cursed him for not hav
ing more. Davis replied that he was a
general officer, and demanded the treat
ment of a gentleman. Nelson, in an in
sulting manner, ordered him to report
at Cincinnati, and told him he would
order the Provost Marshal to eject him
from the city. This morning Governor
Morton, of Indiana, and General Nel
son were standing near the desk in the
Galt House, when General Davis ap
proached and requested Gov. Morton
to witness a conversation between him-
planee.) We have already buried 400,-
000 men, or more, and saddled the coun
try with a debt nearly equal to Great
Britain’s. There was'a time, when, it a
few men had been treated for their attempts | r .
at destroying the labor and pence ot this
country,as loyal men have since been treat
ed by imprisonment, this might have been ■ 1 uact lot limiseii to ad
prevented. [Applause] The claptrap j Vuiley arc confident,
knavery of the. tSecretify. of State is-
donble-tongned, like the serpent. lion
lie utters anything, he shapes it iu such a
It is evidently the design of McClel
lan to laud a large force—probably
raw recruits—at Fmlricksberg, with
a. view of retarding or operating a -
inst the movements of General'Le,.
in' that direction, and thus open the
road for bimseli to advance down the
however, that
ample preparation has been made for
him even in that quarter.
Gen. Lee has already given too
• */ rs i >- m veil UJ()
waythat.it the party lie belongs to tarns mauy as g ura hces of his ability aided
„ i.„„t- to mmrnw he can swear , r • . j’ aJUC,J
a back somerset to morrow he can swear
as well by his intepretation as he can by
the position of the party to-day. When - .
imprisoned in Fort Lafayette he was oiler- every fieid, for us to entertain fears or
t*d his freedom on condition of taking a ! doubts now, and we therefore feel war-
certain oath, which closed as follows : j ranted in saving that, when he strikes
“And you do further swear that you will j McClellan and his “grand army” will
never, by writing or public speaking, j again be beaten back in unter discont-
i>y his gallant army, to thrash the
invaders of our homes, on any and
throw any obstacle in the way ot what
ever measures this Administration inav j
see fit to adopt. [Laughter and hisses.] j ’
He refused to take that oath. (Great ap
plause.)
The time is coining when he would re
venge himself. [Cheers] Remembei
that free speech will not bo crashed. [“No,
never.”] Imprisonment may begin again,
but at last we will be triumphant. Men
must tleoend upon public orators and the
public press, and they must judge how-
near thev are right. God Almighty liini-
fiture and confusion.
Definitive Treaty of Peace(1?S3)
j BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF Ameu-
; ica and His Britannic Majesty
I “Act. L His Britannic Majesty ac-
; knowledges tho said United States,
j namely : New Hampshire, Massaehu-
j setts Bay, Rhode Island and Provi-
j dence Plantations, Connecticut, New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
self and Gen. Nelson. He demanded of
Nelson an apology for the rude treat- j now, amidst the moral, and civil, and po
ment he had received last. week. Nel- j Ihical chaos of our country let the battle
ittle deaf asked him to | of . tb . e ^ Dernoc , ra< T b , e ’ “ Let be
self, when amid the darkness of chaos He | Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North
laid the stagnant waters in order, said. j Carolina, and Gerogia, to be free,
“Let there lie light.” [Applause 1 1
son, being a
speak a little louder. Davis again de
light.” [Cheers.J If the free Northern
white man is to lose his liberty in the atro-
riculture, and ae< urtomed to ’trust j T’ 1 ° g 5', S?" tTf? • *• *«««>■««•«»"
and then returned. I.see nothing, liowev- j 8 promised as a sort of bugbear to
er, to change the opinion heretofore ex
pressed, viz: that the heavy work of the
campaign is over, unless McClellan should
seek us on the south side of the river.
This some believe, public opinion at the
North will compel him to do. It may lie
so; though I doubt it.
I had made arrangements to procure
such inmates of detective offices as be
have themselves unruly.
One of the individuals who had been
arrested for some criminal offence,
upon reading an account in the papers
ofa rebel victory, laid the paper down
as if in disgust, and remarked, “That’s
[full official lists of the casualties in the the way with our boys, just prick’em
j Georgia, Alabama, and Florida regiments, I - —
j as well as some account of the performances !
of the troops from those States, and regict
: that sickness should have prevented me
; from carrying them out. P. W. A.
Enforcing the Craft in Kaw "STork—A
New Inquisition with the Old Hor
rors—Cell No. IV.
The New York World contains an
account several columns long of the
of conducting operations at the
inode
Provost Marshal’s offieo there. When
a man is arrested for supposed disloy
alty he is not allowed to send for wit
nesses, but his “affidavit” is taken and
sent to Washington. A bell is then
struck, and a soldier appears, who,
upon the “That’s all sir” of the Pro
vost, collars the unhappy prisoner and
takes him into a cellar below—which
means under the building. When
the man will be again heard of is a
matter of conjecture alone. 'I he fol
lowing is one of the cases related in the
World’s account:
An individual was brought in for
refusing to give his name to an enroll
ing officer.
I Provost Marshal—“What is your
! name, sir ?”
Unknown—“Well, I declined to
give my name there, and I think I shall
here.”
Provost Marshal.—“Oh, you think
so. Now I’ll tell you what I think, I
think you’ll give it before you’ve been
here a great while.”
lie springs the bell again.
“Here is a man who won’t give his
name. Take him down and give
him number four. He will prob
ably give his name before mauy
hours.”
The voung man, who was not above
and they run.” The words were
*! reported up stairs, and the order came
down.
“Place him in number-four. He
will be pricked where he can’t run.”
The history of this awful receptacle
for prisoners can never probably be
fully told ; and we have only briefly
sketched it to show some portion of the
machinery used in conducting the
business of the Provost Marshal’s
office.
agriculture, ana acuusiomeu to ^ j ^n.i,,, and slapped him the face- Da-
art and manufac- , , , , , , , ,-
for every product of
tures to the North, lias
into a self-sufficing State, able to raise
an immense army, and conduct what is
now an offensive war.
It is satisfactory to find that we are
not alone in our opinions, that we did
right in refusing to meddle in Ameri
can a flairs, and that the people most
nu ix.anu.no-1 • , , , , - , hi^equal, then it is h
, , ,1 vis stepped back, clenched ins list, and p, n to mv
been turned! . V , , , x - lr , Mv
again demanded an apology. Nelson , the partj
slapped him in the face, and again de
nounced him as a coward. Davis turn
ed away, procured a pistol from a friend
and followed Nelson, who was going
up stairs. Davis told Nelson to defend
himself, immediately thereon
The ball penetrated the left
I. time that we he-
estigate whether the teachings ot
y which is bringing about this
firing.
breast
deeply interested—namely, the Con-1 , f , X J, r , . , , , ,
, 1 - i ,, and Gen. Nelson died in about twenty
federates themselves—art quite ot the! - J
same opinion, There is nothing in the
damnable result are right or wrong. The
doctrine announced by bimon Cameron,
the great Winnebago plunderer, who iras
robbed the Government coffers more than
any criminal that ever disgraced the an
nals of a court of justice, as the only plan
by which he could save his ill-gotten gains,
was the obliteration of State lines and tbe
elevation of a man of perpetual power,
should have to wear cotton and sit by the ! 20 years ol age, seemed like a person
fire. The army of Virginia stands guard I hardly compos. He was pale-faced
this day. as it will stand guard this winter, \ and gant-looking, was seedily dressed,
over every hearthstone throughout the and had the appearance of having just
South. The ragged sentinel who may come off a fight or debauch. He was
pace his weary rounds this winter on the
bleak spurs of the Blue Ridge, or alon
the frozen valleys of the Shenandoah an
Rappahannock, will al»o he your sentinels j ,-lve his name.
taken down to the detective office and
[j interrogated, and again declined to
rny fxiends at home. It will be, for you
and your household he encounters the
Give him number four,” said the
officer in charge: and he was at
|
From the LaGrange Reporter, 3d.
Planters’ Salt Manufacturing Com
pany.
Hon. B. II. Bigham, President of
the Planters’ Salt Manufacturing Com
pany of this county, who has been at
the Virginia Salt Works for some time
arrived home on Sunday night last—
having left Saltville on the 2('»th ult.—
L’p to that time, he informs us that
the company had made 10,000 bush
els of salt—averaging from GOO to 700
bushels per day when the water supply
was plentiful. He states that, for six
days before he left Saltville, the water
supply was short; hut that, on the
day he left, the parties who are bound
to furnish the water had made repairs
to their pumps, and that the fur
naces of the company were In full
blast.
The works under the contract made
direct by Gov. Brown were doing
well—making o00 bushels per day,
with a prospect of early increase.—
The Georgia Salt Manufacturing
Company were progressing with ener
gy. In a short time they will be
able, it is hoped, to make as much
as 300 bushels per day. The works
are now yielding some salt—say 75
bushels per day.
These, altogether, constitute Geor
gians only hope for salt from the
Virginia works. These works at best,
cannot tying the necessary supply
by’ far ; and we should not conceal
from ourselves the fact that mauy con
tingencies and uncertainties necessarily
rest upon these enterprises. In view
of these facts, we urge the people of
the .State to u«e every effort to get salt
6tockingson his feet? Is it not enough
that lie lias written down his patriotism in
crimson characters along the battle road
lrnm the Rappahannock to the P-. tomac?
And must his bleeding feet also impress
lie prison hulks of the revolution
could compete with ceil number fom
at police headquarters.
Under the reign of the
Marshal, it
lecame part atm
their inaik of fidelity upon the snows of! the machinery of the office,
the coming winter? I know what your
answer will be. God has spoken through
the women of the South, and they are
His holy oracles iu this day of trial and
tribulation.
It is not necessary to counsel violent
measures; but it is not expected that any
person will be permitted to accumulate
leather and cloth for puxposes of specula
tion- The necessities of the army’ rise up
like a mountain, and cannot, and will not
be overlooked. It was hoped, at one time
that we might obtain winter supplies in
Maryland. This hope was born after the
army left Richmond and has now misera
bly perished. The Government is unable
to furnish sujiplies, for they are not to be
had in the country. If it had exercised a
little foresight last spring and summer,
when vessels were running tho blockade,
with cargoes of calico, linen and other ar
ticles of like importance, a partial supply
at least of hats, blankets, shoes, and wool
en goods might have been obtained from
England. But foresight is a quality of
the mind that is seldom put in practice in
these days.
But whatever may be done by the peo
ple should be, done immediately. Notone
moment can be lost that will not be maik-
ed. as by the second hands of a watch,
with the pangs of a sufferer. Already the,
hills and valleys in this high latitude have
been visited by’ frost, and the nights are
uncomfortably cool to the man who sleeps
upon the ground. Come up, then, men \
and women of the South, to this sacred du- |
ty. Let nothing staud between you and
the performance of it. Neither pride, uor
pleasure, nor person-1 ease and comfort,
Provost
paicel of
and was
used, as occasion called, to hold fast
the worst classof the prisoners arrested,
or such as were considered the most
flagrant cases.
Passing through the outer room of
the detective office in the basement,
you come into the sittingroom—a close
badly ventilated chamber—the larger
half of which is underground. Midway
in the room at the right is a small
half-glass door cut in a partition,
through which you enter upon a nar
row corridor facing four small cells.—
They’ are numbered, beginning at the
South end: one, two, three, four, the
later being at the extreme right as you
e.iter the corridor, which is scarcely
wide enough to admit the passage ofa
man.
The sides of cell number four are
sealed up with boards to the top. It
is about three feet wide by six in depth.
A stationary board fifteen inches wide
is put up on the right hand for a sleep
ing pallet, and a three cornered pine
block, fastened at one end of the
hoard serves as pillow—there being
neither bed clothes, mattress, or straw.
A water waste and dipper in one corn
er complete the fuuiture of the cell.—
The sides of the place are thickly
coated with whitewash in the vain
effort to purify it. The door is com-
posed of iron bars about one inch in
width, and a quarter of an inch in
should withhold your hands from the holy thickness arranged crosswise so .as to
intersect each other at every two and a
tk. The supply of leather and wool,,
we all know is limited; hut do e.-fiat you half inches. At the top is a small
can, and all you can, and as soon as you : aparture eight inches square.
•an. If you aanoot tend woolen aocks, [ Jhe entire place ewarme with r»r-
' an enterprise begotten up to go beyond
tint Mississippi in Texas and Arkansas
which, although somewhat perilous,
may prove successful. We urge upon
tin- people to use every possible means
to secure salt whereever it can be had.
We can get some salt from Goose Creek
and Kunawha, if we act promptly.
Unless our people act promptly and
energetically, many will suffer for the
want of salt ; and the sooner they are
made to understand this fact the better
wiil it be. Tbe sickly season on tbe
seacost having comparatively passed,
our people can work there and largely
increase the supply. Let no one who
can engage in this work of humanity
fail to do his duty. Let capitalists and
men of enterprise go forth at once iu
this work. The . no time to lose.
Salt is already brim.! g -one uudred
dollars per sack, and sem: tie supply
will be so shot t. . to make it impossi
ble to get any. Y\ oat is to become
of the poor in this particular, we can
not tell.
Richmond Dispatch, which we publish
ed yesterday, but what may be tho
roughly agreed to by every English
man. The design of the writer, seem
ingly, is to show that the European
nations must either carry on a war with
all their strength against the Federal
States, or refrain entirely from inter
ference. Jf England and France will land
a hundred thousand men each, and drive
| bad. the Federal armies, it will lie well
! enough ; but less than this will only
prolong the strife, and add to the diffi
culties oftlie South by rousing all the
passions and what remains of the pat
riotism of the Federals.
This is precisely the reasoning which
lias caused every sensible man in Eng
land to reject the idea of breaking the
blockade, or making any other weak
and half-and-half demonstration of
dislike to the continuance ot' the war.
The name of England especially would
fill the recruiting offices of the North
better than -all the eloquence of an
Everett, or the military fame ofa Cor
coran. The war, which may now at any
time come to an end through the re
turning good sense of the Federals,
would probably become more desper
ate than ever, the chief enemy being
no longer the Confederate, but the
Britinhor. Then the multitude of men
who would be thrown into idleness
and want by the breaking up of com
merce would add to the military force
oftlie Federal States. “If the Northern
seacoast was blockaded,” says the
Southern paper, “and the seaport cities
captured, the North would have more
soldiers for her armies and few idlers
to support. If the North was without
a mercantile marine, several hundred
thousand men would be disengaged
from their accustomed pursuits, be
without employment, and burning
with revenge .and indignation against
the enemies who had thrown them
helpless on the world.” On the other
hand, the writer remarks that “it is
chiefly because the South has been
blockaded that she has exhibited such
v underfill power. If the Southern
blockade were raised, half the people
would be diverted from the industrial
pursuits necessary for conducting the
war to selling tobacco and cotton and
money making.”
It may be suspected that in the
cause of this Southern writer the
grapes of European intervention are,
sour ; but whatever maybe his motive, j
he lias uttered good sense on this great
question. An armed interference in
the quarrel would be a fatal mistake
for any European Bower. When the
South has expelled the enemy from its soil
if may be entitled to as/c for recognition
but its frontiers must he both won and kept
by its own exertions.
minutes. Gen. Nelson requested to see like the arbitary Louis Napoleon, or some
his old friend, Rev. Mr. Talbot, rector one backed up by the Abolitionists, like
that monstrous jackass, John Charle
emont. [Laughter and applause.
of Calvary Episcopal Church, who was M 18
then at the Galt House. Mr. Talbot ^
administered the sacrament according 1
to the forms of his church. The Gener
al repeating the service after the min
ister and refused to talk on any other
subject; he regretted that he had not the paternal example, adopts the gennfluc-
lotig a<?0 turned his attention to rcli"- i tion, and submits until at length the chains
he experience of history teaches us that Oct. 4.
whenever, from generation to generation,
you bend the knee of the laboring classes
of a country to a power beyond their
reach, in a little while the child, following
sa:u.; Qj r olina,
*^ m sovereign, and independent States: that
lie treats with them as such; and for
himself, his heirs and Successors,
relin-'uishes all claims to the Govern
ment. propriety, and territorial rights
of the same, and cyery part, there
of.” -
It will thus be seen that our inde
pendence was not acknowledged as a
Nation, but the sovereignty and inde
pendence of each seperate State, and
that the King of Great Britain treated
“with them as such.” This State
sovereignty has never been given up,
but was reserved in the Articles of
Confederation as well as in#ie Consti
tution of the United States, and all
attempts to substitute the word
National for Federal were resisted and
defeated.—Mobile (Ala.) Adc. if lie
The New York World, noticing the
affair, says:
The deceased was a brave man and
are bound upon it without any chance ol
breaking- It is almost the history ol poo,
Ireland. It is the natural effect ot till-
operations of tyranny.
Mr. McMasters made a few remarks at
a good subordinate General, but he the close, and the audience separated quiet-
failed to pttv any respect to those cour- ’ ly. At the next meeting Richard O’Gor-
tesies, not to say decencies of life, man will speak,
without which ability and bravery are j _ ,
useless in a military leader. He was
blasphemous, indecent, and abusive
beyond all precedent in bis conversa
tion and deportment towards his equals
and inferiors in rank. If one half that
Su;rviLtt S a links —A few days ago wa made
a trip to the salt works at this place to see how
Hihu-s look in that direction, and try to learn
something of onr prospects for salt.
From what we could learn the daily amount
of silt prepared ready for market, is about as fol
lows.
•Stuart, Buchanan &. Co.
M. S Temple A: Co...
Planters’ Company ol Get-
Mc<lluno. .Jacques A Co..
North Carolina Company-.
Other manufacturers
aro inform • 1. w ■■
p--r cont or more.
(bushels)., ..3,000
500
j . An Opinion From Massachusetts about
Lincoln's proclamation.—The Newbury-
port (Mass) Herald (Republican) has
an article, written before the issue oi
, . imu uirtt . Lincoln’s proclamation, ort the propri-
is reported is true, it is a marvel he .... 1 , . . 1 J - .
1 ’ i ety of issuing such a document and its
Aggregate
Ail of which, we
creased one hundred
the old works of .Stuart. B i ;iianan &. Co.
We understood, white there, foat they had sunk
a well to the depth ot three hun Ire i feet, bat had
niltd to jfct water. Tiiey info.mod me that in
joreinsr the well they pus i 'broagU a solid rock
of salt fifty feet in f-iiekness.
Grceiiclte (Tcin.) Dinner.
was not shot months since. Such a . , . ,
, , , . , . , , , ! probable effect. It sa\s :
man, no matter what his claims, should r , , • ,• .
: , , , . . \ The first objection to sue!
not have been permitted to remain m
bjectiou to such a policy
, , .. , , is that it would be absolutely inopera
tive army a month.—He was perpetu- Tr • i i -
J 1 r !tive. Ilow is it possible to reach the
ally violating that most essential of
the army regulations which insists on
population designed to be effected by
, , . . tt j it? A proclamation is a simple piece oL
conduct becoming a gentleman. Had paper ^ and in our opinion it would an-]
! swer the same purpose if it was
lie been displaced lor this cause it
would have been worth a victory to
our armies in the warning it woul
have been to the mass of our officers,
whose decipline in this respect is very
defective.
Democratic Hireling in !Vew York.—I.in
to In Droclanisition DcuoiiBieed.
A meeting was held at the Democratic
head-quarters, in New York, Monday
night, at which about 1.000 persons were
present. lion. Janies Brooks, of the New
I oik Express, first addressed the meet-
i blank paper cast upon the winds, as it
i would with any words that might be
j written upon it and thus sent to the
j world, so far as the slaves are coneern-
i ed. If it would produce an army to do
its work, give arms for them to fight
with, and bread to feed them, it would
amount to something. For the Presi
dent and his Cabinet to resolve that
negroes shall be tree, would be like
eight boys resolving that the man in
the moon who has been chained to his
ing. After denouncing tho emancipation position since time begun, shall be free,
Tiie Great Kanawha Valley.—
The value of the acquisition of this
region, which has followed the expul
sion of the Yankees by Gen. Loring
is comprehensively and concisely stated
in the following extract ol a letter from
an officer in the army to a member of
the Virginia Senate: “We have the
country from the mountains to the
Ohio, and from the Kentucky border
to the Little Kanawha. The prospect
is most favorable for raising five or six
thousand recruits for the’army. The
chance is greet for the South arming
the people. We have 20,000 bushels
of salt in our hands, and are making
6,000 bushels per day. The growing
corn crop is enough tofeed our armies
her® this winter.”
VALLANDIGHAM ON THE STUMP.—
This gentleman is busily engaged in
canvassing his old district, preparatory
to the election to b© h©lJ on Tuesday
next. The Middletown (O) Journal
says that in a speech at Post Town, he
declared the President wasadisunionist.
said the “sun; moon and stars would
turn to gore before the North could
conquer the South,” and spoke of the
army of the Union as carrying the
black flag.” The Journal says:
He exhibited a five dollar gold piece
and said that when Democrats were in
power that was the currency ; but now
this is the kind (holding in view an old
Continental bill), and five hundred of
them will not buy a loaf of bread, and
in one year the man who has a pocket,
full of “green backs” will not be as rich
as the man who has twenty-five cents
in his pocket to day.
From Frcdricksbi ru —We yesterday re-
reived papers from Frederieksbnrg dated the
day previous The News says,that for several
days minors ot Yankees at Dumfries, Evnnsport.
Tackett’s Mills, Eilis’s, Warrenton function, &c ,
have caused prophecies that they would renew
their expensive sojourn in Fredericksburg. Ii
turns out that the cannonading heard Monday
and Tuesday was the noise of two gunboats on the
Potomac, blowing np tho fortifications left by
our forces at Evausnort last spring- They fear
that we may blockade tbe Potomac again this
winter.
proclamation
lie then spoke of the second proclama
tion, saying to the people, if you agitate
this subject you shall he put in Fort La
fayette. (“Let them try it.” Laughter.)
It was a proper corollary to the first. The
provost marshal (hisses) of the State or
city of New York is made the judge of
our loyalty, and any’ personal enemy may
obtain the incarceration of any one of us.
There are two points in the proclamation.
Tho first is, the suspension of civil and
the establishment of martial law, and the
second is the suspension of the habeas
corpus.
The right which our English fathers
have lir.d since the dark ages is annihila
ted by a proclamation, and citizens are
arrested without knowing why or where
fore. (“Infamous.”) Never, never did
the revolutionary fathers, who struck
bright and free the spav-ks of liberty, del
egate such power to the Executive. Could
they tell that for his speech he should not
be in Fort Lafayette to-morrow.* (“No,
no.”) If it was not a period of war we
should have no hesitancy in saying, “Re
sistance to tyrants is obedience to God.”
(Tremendous applause.) The ballot-box
is the remedy. Foim huge processions,
bearing the red cap of liberty, and pro
test, beg, and implore a return of our lib
erties. (“You’re right.”) Read the Con
stitution of the United States, securing
to every man freedom of speech, trinl by
jury, and protection in his person and pro
perty. (Cheers.)
He did not propose ever to give up the
Constitution or surrender to the rebels.
(Appl uuse ) But he [imposed to carry on
tho war on a different principle, and taking
a sword in the right hand, and the Con
stitution in the left, .and save the country
through the Constitution. [< beers.J He
would surround the rebels and leave trea
son to sting itself to death. This geo
graphical idea of overrunning the South
ern territory with unacclimated Northern
men is a theory -that must fail. He ab
horred secession and abolition equally.
Jeff. Davis is a rebel only two years old ;
Wendell Phillips is bv his own confession,
a rebel twenty years old. [Applause.]
With the exception of the little Republic
of San Marino, ou a peak of the Apenines,
we are the only Republic now in existence,
and we are working out the grand pro
blem. Tyrants in Europe are now using
all their power to subvert onr principles.
More than ever now is it necessary to im
press upon the Northern mind that “Lib
erty, liberty, libertv.and Union, now am!
forever, are one and inseparable.”—
[Cheers.J
Mr. Schnable, who was imprisoned in
Fort Lafayette, then addressed tbe meet
ing. *
Mr. Lincoln, he said, will be supported
by all when acts constitutionally. (Ap-
j or that the spot on the sun shall b<
| wiped off. First boys, invent a way
j To reach the moon and the old man there
’ in to reach the sun, and have your
big mop placed upon these spots.
Now, we have been a year and a half
attempting to penetrate this negro
country where the slaves are, and
everybody knows how much of that
couniry we hold to control its institu
tions. Wherever we do hold we have
emancipated without a proclamation
to the same extent we could with one.
A proclamation ! a proclamation for
emancipation ! is the cry. Mr. Lincoln
tried one proclamation on his first com
ing into power. He proclaimed that all
the rebels should disperse within twen
ty days! What did they say'? “Let
him come and disperse us!’ Now, ii
he declares that all slaves shall be free
in twenty days, what will they say
but—“Let him come and free them !”
It would amount to that—all of that—
just that, and no more. Mr. Lincoln
would still be in Washington, and
Mr. Davis would still be in Richmond,
and white men would be free, and
black men slaves as before.
From tho Richmond Enquirer, Oct. 4.
Prom the Army— SS-aaora! See Ad
vancing - .
Passengers by the Central cars, last
evening, give some additional informa
tion iu regard to the movements of our
army and those of the enemy. The
stragglers had nearly all returned to
their different commands, and the
army is now reported in excellent con
dition and spirits. The enemy, in
force, was at Martinsburg, with his left
extending to Harper’s Ferry. Gen
eral Lee, with a strong force, was
rapidly moving towards Martinsburg,
and there was every probability
that a desperate battle was about to be
fought.
Persons of intelligence from Win-
From Ocr Army in Northern* Virginia —
Th-re s-’ems terbp a gt-aeral impression ihitour
'•nvu torces i tho.e of file t>u rny in the virili
ty of the Potoin ic, ate on the eve ofa deterjain-J
ila-ijn. This im tr.-ssion is strengthened h- -
ho sTatements pastier-• I from passengers who
am--down by the Cent ral train from rftaantim
\stenlny fafternoork Front these we leant
nr.lou Thnrtdiy last tin enemy, in caasijer ible
-roe. advanced from It o ner s Ferry as tar as
."It arlestown, sit iiinp mat place from a point
ft >ut one tntle and a half oast of the town —
Ascertaining tint tilt t >wn vv is unocenp -d
oy our forces, they moved up and took posses-
On Wednesday evening our cavalry pickets at
Martittshnrg fell back, and reported the advance
uf a cu.uina of the enemy on the Williamsport
road.
The force of the enemy in and around flnr-
per’s Ferry is s.at-J to be very heavy. The tli-
vision coni'll m b i by Gen. Geary occupies the
Loudoun Heights. If. ts supposed that th*-ir
m ntt force has crossed, or intends to cross at
rc Ferry. The force which reached Charles
town Thursday is b-dievud to be the advance of
thi-i - army.
From all accounts the condition of oar army
ts excellent. d’h-t barefooted have been re-
■ntly shod by large arrivals of shoes, and the
commissariat is now abundantly supplied The
-.rriurglers h ive all* been g-.toerol up. and the
whole army is in bn jy.aot spirits so l coniidentiy
anticipating another brtllimt triumph.
T!m- Efevcr.
Forty new cases are reported as having oc-
Titere were ten burials iu
-x hi bit as near as may be,
for the lasr seven davs.
^ is given correctly for
reports furnished to ths
compiled from the inter-
v, and such other means
mid obiaiu. It is possible,
T rt-iore, that part of tit t mortality of one day
tay he set opposite another, but none are couuttd
cun*-i]
yosterday.
Ti
OakiTa
Ie Cem.-ury i
Hid
imnt t
his morning
The
f-ilioA-iiig wi!
l f'S
;>« P“
•gross of the il
iis-.
I be m
i.nber of new
or
each ti
ay from t:
113 1
Mayor
The 4 • iths
nr(
Hi tits !
It 011:J if- (J :
3) •:
..f infer
mation as we
coi
rice, so that tbe
regate resuit is the
Saturday, Sept.
Sunday,
Monday, ■ .
Tuesday, “
Wednesday, .Oct. 1st — - 3
rfiursday, “ ‘dd — .34
Friday, 31.... It)
New cases.
27th... 2'J
23 h.... 43
3.1th....41
Deaths.
13
211
14) estimated
8
11
13
82
i 3J per
how-
Tom! 2b7
Tins would exhibit a mortality equal to
cent of the reported cast s It is probable
ever, that a large proportion of the deaths occur
suiting the old cases, as those taken llus week
are generally reported upon more favorable terms.
We are not certain that we have reported all
the deaths, but think we are iu the main cor
rect.
Skillful medical 'attendance with good and
Cfirelnl nursing, may an 1 do uiiri»rate ttie severiiy
• >l tiie disease, bn- while tbe weather continues'
as it is, we doubt whether its spread can be
otherwise restricted than by tbe want of iu-tl to
f- Cd upon.
VV^ have board ofsixd-aths since onr issue of
v?sU iday.—C Wilmington Jturua.. 4th.
War Debt of The North.—The
New York “Herald,” of the 30th, in an
editorial upon Northern finances,
says:
“During the- war with Napoleon the
English debt increased from one to
eight- hundred ntillionsof pounds sterl
ing, and tiie outlay of the Government
was about four thousand millions of
dollars. Our war debt is already two
thousand millions, and in two years
more may rival that of England. Thus
we are crowding into a few years the
Chester state that McClellan cannot! expenditmresol a quarter ofa century
avoid an engagement, unless he
withdraws his army across the river—a
move which it is next to impossible
or hint to make, as lie was evidently
>eing urged forward by the Yankee
Administration and the clamors oftlie
\bolitionists. For him to retreat now
n the face of an enemy who had thrown
lown the gauntlet to him, would tend
ilmost as much to demoralize hisarmy
m would a defeat.
When this war ceases tiie collapse wiil
be fearful. The machinery of business
will be again jarred out of kelter, as
it was when tiie war began ; but much
more disastrously, as we have more
steam on and®re going at a more vio
lent rate. The crisis of IS37 will he
child’s play compared to that which
will follow the end of this war, unless
our financial framers are more fortun
ate than formerly.”