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Congvi " to assemble on (be 4tli of July
wliitt n iD'K'kfirv to the nioniory of that
glorious da v in out* [i.ihi history. that Micb |
a * \ >n r n •*■- will * ; ii nnnivci-
,.. lrv _will pi ibnbh not sit more than'two
davs. Kve . tlit> g i- ananged for tbim
cut and dt ied. 'I boy are but to lie the in
struments of registering the edicts of the j
t'nbinet however unconstitutional and nton- j
t-ti mis
Sons of the South! of the land of Madi-
-on, of Jefferson, of Washington—of those ;
■> ho knew what the principles of selfgov-,
eminent were. the priceless value of con-1
stitiitional liberty, atid periled everything
in their achievement! Did we cut loose!
ted, mainly from ns. With this great ‘ against its appropriation for any sncli pnr-
soiii cc of their supplies being cut off- by ’ j use. The cowards then demanded mat£-
tlit-ir own suicidal act, whence or from !rinl for bandages, which being refused,
wh.u ‘-otirce is its equivalent to be-made j they laid violent hands on every sheet;
up •' I heir operations at present ate upon •• counterpane, pillow-case and tablecloth,
a basis oi peihaps'not less ;banSLD'i.000,- It; aring them up into suitable widths Beds
000, or it may be 8150,000 0 0 per art- l were also taken, and a large diTiintr-tahle.
the •-oitiloc
coal*
From the New York News. i Mp * l! " ,w| l’* sii,h r, “ < ‘ r *°
SEW YORK FINANCES. j UnTil-Nothin-I
_ n n Charleston. S. C.* April i
It is stated that Mr. Comptroller J'*n- SJ|> bh %vonh O!10 f aCt which Ima h.rced n>eu
nisotLhas been in the city for the pasf three upon «ny mind in r<-tcrem-e i<> me w-uiniMO-
loan of one Which jneva ! au.ong the uentienien ut this St»t,
man. Win ’ic. is this inon. v to come from? j 1*lit* table was carried into the. yard be-
11 is ti tie, ir, is
them—not us. it is a question though, i grove, and here the
not to be overlooked by its in considering many a poor fellow of
days endcavoiing to raise a
million, or one million and a hall, of dol-
l.iis, to enable the. State officers to carry on
the Government. The Btato. 1 reasiiry is
dollar available, or that i
! ha
1 imvr* b» tn «iik>iiu i* l * II! tor gevMSi cl*'ys.
vi-st .Liheit- plantar-mu t have c.inv,r.-e<l win
them lulty.»ti<i.fri-plv. f have cnjnyed that trank
emu teens and • gun ctu> i itrrcein sc w hid} con*ti
tune an in, ststiMo ihnut of their society.
to mv tars the ech
the contingencies of a protracted war
Most of their present means was derived 1
shattered leg
The residence of another lady was visi-
ton soon from these., your old confederates? j come from when the present i*
The utmost licentiousness of the French! Tim probab lities are, they wi
■ lacobnis, in their most unbridled fury and
phrenzy, did not exhibit greater extrava
gance and recklessness in tidal disregaid
of law and order, and everything essential j revolutions,
to good government, then the.->e people at
the North have exhibited in ibis wiid, un-
' unnatural, irrational and fanatical crusade
against us. should they succeed, this
whole country, North as well as South,
will present just such scenes as France did
during the Reign of Terror. 11 constitu
tional liberty is to be maintained, then, let
it he repeated, it must he done by us.
This presents some of the outlines of the
magnitude of the issues involved irt this
contest, it is net only the preservation of
our soil fiom the polluted step of an ar
rogant invading foe; it is not only the
maintainance of our separate indepen
dence; but the maintainance of those prin
ciples which have distinguished the peo
ple, of the United Slates above all other
countries and made them the light and the
hope of the world.
l.et us then proceed to the important
business this day to he presented to your
consideration. The ladies do well to be
here. Their presence always does good
on such occasions. At this time every
where they are found ready' to do their
part; but the business in ban t is mainly
with the planters.
This war is upon us not of our seeking,
bnt it lias to be met. Means have to lie
provided. Large armies are in tlie field A;
larger still may be required. The sup
port of armies requires money. Our
means are ample. How best to use and
control them most efficiently for tlie best
„ | l nt> 1 IU \ t 1 llliirl
huestiou that concerns | neath the thick branches of a pleasant depleted. Every — ,.. ,
e surgeons lelicveci could be anticipated, lias been ex penned, I of th £ Mni<j voil ,. it may be feigned, but
a broken arm or a and now the pitiable pr-speet is presented, | ,g n«discord in Hie note, and it sounds in
i hi/ the ft eat estate of Xnr York, oj its ft- wonderful strength and monotony all over the
.nancial- officers beggingfurors of the Aw, country. _ , ,
■«.//# 3 i r flip entire Shades'of George HI, ot North, of Johnson, o
> York bankers, m order to preiint the entire ^ ^ contended against the crest rebehioi,
‘forking of the whvehof iMOvernrtunt. Itn ; toretho.* colours from Eii^and. can you
r.Jinrittj of ovf Banks ran alone prevent the., tltc chorus which tings throng**! the fcState ot
! State of New York from fro in if to protest. J Marion. Sumter, and Pinckney, and not .clap
\\- ~ . ‘ uliann iliflvcur clio.stiy hands m triumph! I fiat voice
.. .... . , , We are not aware in what shape ^., tlV e could onty get one of the Royal
a confiscation of the estates of their rner- j upon a pail of fresh water near by, amt j Comptrollergives security for the amounts, raM> c f England to rule over us, * e should b
iidvent in fiery deb It», in personal insults, amt, Great unconscious of mo t m
king tout writing, wftich in- , | ' 1 a ny fountda.
opposing tmcc. Upon .ppro^ehln-
in ucnn.o onus 8pea
ire sed in iutsiisity, in proportion as the atrolitiol
movements, and Bie conu-st betneen the F. (lei o
p'iucipi s Mini "State logins, became more vdit
inent. I Hill desnons of showii g m ir lev. words,
for the itiliiruiRttoii ot Eiielisli rekd ia. how tr i>
lliat the O ntfederacy, which Europe knew simply
as a p.;liticalfn,ity, has succeeded in dividing
it se’.f.
I»ie opposing foice.
the brink of thu narrow week \vhid, se
taicd them
pa-
'S he stave States held the (Whi te, or say they j eralship, the Federal force, after
did, that cadi State w s iiidepeiidtfiit «.s Franc,
of as England, but that for certain purposes they
chose a common agent to dV-a! with foreign ua-
tr in those hi„g lu wait f
them, a gaunig tire lrom two batteiies ()n o
sd two, and one of four guns, opened on
them, while they protected a large body
! of e.xpert riflemen. For want of able g en .
'tr 11 | * — several
\ Iwild assaults, were compelled to retire
• 1 which they did in tolerably f H ir order’
fiom their trade with us. That now be- \ ted by seveial of the lilly officers, vvorn
ing cut r;T by 7 tIr -ir folly, madness audlotitby fatigue and parched with thirst,
wickedness, where is their new stock to J They begged buttermilk or any other re-
exhausted? j frcslmient at hand which was peremptori
tious. and to impose taxes for the purpose of pay- \ their rear harassed bv a trom> of (J«>nfe 1 *
j ing the expenses Ot the agency. Wo, it appears. r . ltc cavalry. The loss »t‘ the Fo.lI
talked ut Americaii citrus when there were i» !i _ • , . , , * tUu riti
; such beings at all. Then v,„re. indeed, citiaen.a ot -' s consideiable blit I cannot
they will resort to ly refused. They then laid violent lianas
chant princes—their Astors and others like j sjieedily swallowed the contents. One of
him. This is the usual course with such j the officeis inquired of Mis. C. if she had
tons. Such was the course of the (any idea of the number of rebel forces
Jaeoliins. their great prototyes Like the j in the engagement that day. She replied
when they have destroyed
army-worm. « m-u im-.y
tiie rich fields they now feed upon, they] had
will turn and feed upon themselves,
that she. did not, but a friend and neighbor
informed her tlie evening previous
that Gen. Beauregard ivasnear Yoiktown,
Not so wi h us. No people in the world ; at the head of JO.000 men ! ‘"Great God!
ever had such a vast variety of resources.
While our soil and climate vield abun-
exclaimed the valorous “soger boy” to a
fellow-officer, “wbat a narrow escape have
to be obtained fiom the'banks, or what j c .,,iiont. r ’ Let there be no misconception of this
consideration they expect for the accom-1 point. That fi- ntimeut, varied in a limidn d
’ • ‘ * ’ doubtless, those ' wavs
dautly everything necessary to human | wc made.” “It is a wonder that all us were
subsistence, our staples of cotton, rice, su-! not cut to pieces.”
gar and tobacco, which other nations must An officer from Fortress Monroe waited
have, yield annually not much under 8300,-! upon Gen. Magruder at Yorktown, Wed-
000.000. We can, not only make enough f nesday, under a liag of truce, and reques-
breadstuffs in our own limits to sustain | ted that Captain or Colonel David W.
our own people, but sell to others, pro-j Waldrop be exchanged for some prisoners
ducts to this amount. With a small por- J now in the. hands of the Yankees. 1 be
tion of this income, from abroad, we can, j officers in command had been told bj r the
if need be, sustain art army of one hun
dred thousand in the, field for years to
come. All Jiat is wanted is union, co
operation, ard patriotic concert between
the Governmen’ and the people. If any
hesitate in co operating in this arrange
ment from any apprehensions as to the se
curity' of their investment in these bonds,
let such consider, and be assured of this;
let them remember and mark it: If wc
succeed in the war; if we drive hack tlie
invaders ; if we achieve and establish our
independence, they will have the best se
curity in the world. The entire, resources
of the Confederate States—tlieir whole
property and wealth will be pledged, not
only to the punctual payment of interest,
but tbe ultimate redemption of the bonds,
making the investment therefote at S pet
advantage to the Government and least cent interest, the best public investment
disadvantage to the people, is the ques
tion. On the present basis of military
operations, ->'50,000,000 will be required
for the present fiscal year, A loan ot
$8,000,000 was made some months ago
This will soon be exhausted, The-im
mediate wants of the Treasury can be
supplied by tlie issue of Treasury notes, if
the. necessary measures be adopted to
sustain tlieir credit. A tax of 815,000,000
will be necessary to accomplish this ob
ject, before the proceeds of the proposed
Joan of produce, of which I intend to
speak, can be. made available. The rnt»
oi tax to raise Georgia’s part of this SI5,
000.000, if we shall have to resort to that
measure, will be about tiventy-four cent*
on the hundred dollars worth of propelty
'I his, it is true, will be. a small tax coin
pared with ilie object to be.attnined, v.hie!
is nothing less than our secuiity, safety
and political existence. The Secietarv oi
the Treasury has been authorized to issui
then>te,s for pressing cx : gencies Th«
means to sustain their credit must he slip
plied. I hese are abundant ly at ou
hands either by taxation to thefull amount
ot I lie Gi»ve.rnine,nt wants or by some of lie,
means which will accomplish the snim
object with more ease to the people. Ou.
lesources are ample.
The proposition which the government
makes and which is this day presented t(
you, is to take a loan from the planter-
and farmers <8 produce instead <d money
The pi idnrts of the soil will answer tin
purpose of the G •vernment" quite as well
as coin. Grain, bacon and breadstuff's
generally, are necessary for the subsisfnncc
of the army. These have to he bought
with coin, il we had it in hand; « bile cot
ton and tobacco can and will at all lime;
command the coin. *1 he proposition then
is that eacli farmer and planter shall lem
to tbe t iovernnient—not give but lend—si.
much of ids produces as he can spare, and
receive Government bonds fi>r it bear
ing 8 per cent, interest. In this part
of the 8tate cotton is tlie main staple.
Bre.adsiutfs could be got more cheaply
elsewhere. Now, if a planter makes 50
bales of cotton and ten will answer all t•
purposes of his own use and necessities. In
is asked to lend the remaining forty to the
Government and take, bonds a 8 percent,
interest instead of laying out bis surplus in
other kinds of property. If twenty-five
of this fifty be necessary for his own pie-s
ing necessities, let him lend the other half.
If foity he required for his own wants,
then let him lend the remaining fifth of hi-
crop. Whatever may be the, expected
surplus over and above his pressing wants,
let it be vested in Government bonds at b
percent, interest instead of remaining idle
in their hands or put in other kinds of
property. This is the proposition. It is
easily understood. The form of subscrip
tion is in these words:
“We, the subscribers, agree to contribute
to the defense of the Confederate States,
the portion of our crop set down to our re
spective names; tho same to be placed in
warehouse, or in our factor’s hands, and
sold on or before the first dav of-
next. and the net proceeds of sale we di
rect to be made over to *he Treasurer of
the Confederate States, for bonds for same
anioun', beating .eight per cent, interest.”
Each one will designate the place and
the agent to whom the eotton is to be sent,
with the number of bales, and the time
within which it is to he delivered and sold
(Jne word as to the nature of the sub
scription here a~ked Of course there can
not be certainty as to the extent of tbe
yield of the growing crops. Subscriptions
must necessarily be made subject to tlie
contingencies of seasons and accidents.
While, ilierefore, no one should subscribe
a bile more than be reasonably expects
and honestly intends to deliver- y'et, should
be tail to comply with the full arrount of
liis subsetiption fiom Providential or oth
er good cause, no legal iLk or forfeiture
•would be inclined. It is a voluntary offer
and engagement on thcpaif <-t the plan
ter. Bui it will be expected, as a matter
of couise, that the terms of subscriptions
will be strictly complied with in good faith.
A\ hen sold. the Government bonds for the
proc eeds will be delivered, instead of bank
l,ills as is usually the ca^e. Should the.
maulers oi ihe South subscribe in this
way.' tnly or.e-fourtli of tlieir cotton crop,
it will give the Government the command
of at least one mi lion of hales. Upon all
roa~ona'dc expectations, the cion will not
f til short of four millio s of bales. One
million of bales at present prices would
bliilg at least 850,000,000—the sum re
quited. 'The importance <*l this anaiue-
ment being entered into at this time, is
that the Secretary of the 1 rcasurv may
rai e means on this pledge in anticipation
of the crop—a process familiar to many
planters. In the mean time the c:edit of
the Treasuiy notes will not hedepiecia'ed
when ihe means me snpp’ied for their
early redemption. In tb s way tlie war
may be waged on tbe most g : gnntic scale,
if our enemies so determine, without ma
terial injury to cur resomces, or ever re
sorting to any system of high taxation.
If they wage it upon the, principle of
weaiii g us out by exhaustion, they will
ce tain ly fail on ibat line of policy before
e shall. However great may liavc been
their resources, they were derived, as eta-
the world.
Nor let any one timidly doubt of sue
cess. 'I he people of the South can nev
er he conquered. Our enemies rely upon
their numbers—we rely upon tlie valor oi
freemen, battl ng for country, for home
and everything dear as well as sacred
Rut if we do not succeed—should the ene
my prevail- should we become suhjuga
ted, then not only wi'l your cotton, bin
yi ur land arid everything else you own,
be useless and worthless to you.
To the overtimid and cautious anothei
reflection may be appropriate. ’I his wat
must and will ho sustained, whether ibex
come to its aid in this way or not. On-
army in the field, periling everything ii
defense of the country, of your homes and
your firesides, must and will l e clothed
and fed and supplied with all the neces
sary muni: ions of war. Other gallant suits
w-ill soon f'dinw their brethren in the fieh
oi to Ii: 1 up their ranks in case they fa!•
be foie the enemy. Some oi these, rraux
to go are now present. The cause, it
in which they have enlisted is not tlieii
cause alone, but the cause of every man
woman and child in the Confederacy. It j
offering themselves voluntarily to fight it
battle, they make ilic highest and nobles'
offering man can make. Of all the vitfiip;
none is purer, holier, loftier or so Godltki
as that w hich prompts a man to offer U|
himself, his life, his home and his all, a>
a sacrifice upon bis country’s altar. It is
the embodiment of all others. Truth,
honor, fidelity, integrity, filial affection
parental devotion, domestic attachments,
ties to home and tlie hearthstone, and ali
the ennobling sentiments that dignify man,
would have no existence w ithout a coun
try. Those institutions which foster them
in which tliby germinate, grow and bring
the richest fiuits, all depend upon tha*
disinteiesfed patrio.ism which animates
the volunteer’s breast. Such men must
be, and will be, sustained. ’Lite means
and the resources necessary to do it art-
in the country. They must and will be
bad. If not by a loan bearing interest,
as proposed, they will be reached by tax
ation, wheie theie will be neither inter
est or principal returned
cowardly Zouaves who fled in such wild
confusion when Capt. VV. fell that he was
but slightly wounded. The Yankee mes
senger appeared to be greatly astonished
when told that Capt. W. fell at the crack
ot the rifle and never spoke afterward.
A request was then made that, the Yankee
troops be allowed to disinter ihe body, and
also that the unfortunate man’s sword and
watch he delivered, that they might be re
stored to his family. The officer was inform
ed that tlie sword had been removed by the
gallant soldier whose rifle felled Capt.
Waldrop, but that every effort would be,
made to restore it. The watch was inmte-
liately delivered o ,- er. This officer, we
learn, stated that at roll-call Tuesday fore
noon, it was ascertained that there were
•564 missing. One hundred and twenty-
eight of this number were known to be
lead, and a great many wounded ; but ir
was believed that many of the missing
would yet return to camp. x
Many of the wounded were taken to
"lie Confederate camps at Y r otktown, by
-oldiers, the cowardly Yankees having fled
anil left them Jo their fate. One of these
unfortunate men had received a shocking
wound, shattering his leg, and the limb
was amputated ’Tuesday.
Many of the Yankee troops killed were
frightfully mangled. An eye-witness in
forms us that he visited a spot where sev
eral lay stiff in death. It was behind a
barn, where many of them had taken re
fuge against the deadly tire of our Parrot
guns, so adroitly managed by tlie Rich
mond Howitzers. One body had received
he ball of a rifled cannon after its force
had been somewhat weakened by passr.-g
limtigb the barn, but st'Ti! struck ‘the
man in the breast going entirely through
ind tearing < tic flesh o.,t for a ciicumfei-
j«-nee as large as a man’s hat.
Many other sickening sights were wit
nessed. but we have neither the time nor
lie inclination to tecite them.
'I lie cool courage of our officers and
•“ddiers is spoken of by all in terms of the
‘lighpst commendation, (fen. M-agrnder
and Col. D. If. Hill displayed ihe most con-
■'ttnimate bin vet y and ihe men, inspired
by such examples, fought with great des
peration.
The Zouaves of Col. Duryea came up
'o the scene of action, nsdiu Ellsworth’s
when they entered Alexandria, yelling like
wild beasts, hoping thereby to intimidate
brave Southern hearts, but without effect.
< lur men quietly and calmly awaited their
approach trusting to their own strong arms,
uid leaving tlie result t<>the God of Rat-
des.
As we have said before, the victory is
one of the most biilliant recorded in his-
jorv. It even exceeds the famous triumph
of Gen. Jackson, at New Crleans.
moda-ion; but there are doubtless, those K™ *** re P” aud to me over aud ove.
among our tax-payers vho vul beliexi. | 'there is a general admission that the nutans to
that if the necessity of the State requires i S a,-t, atl ell< j «re wanting,and that the desire can
an immdiate loan of a million and a half not be gratified. But the admiration for monar
c i ,| .ii . ,i,„ an. i chical institutions on thu English model, tor priv-
of dollars, the cheapest and the most de eim<anii for a la £ ded „ wt0CHC y..«l
sirable manner ot obtaining it woulu oi j f- en t r j. > is undisguised and apparently genuine
bv the usual mode of advettising for bids.! v\ ith the pride of having achieved their independ
j ence is mingled in tlie ."South Carolinians’ hearts
"Noble Gi..L.—We have had the pleas- • a strange regret at the result and consequences.;
tire of reading the following extract of a;««'d »wuv are they who “would go back to-mor-1
priv ate letter from Georgia, and arc al ^ An intense affectiou for the British connection, j
lowed the privilege of extending the en- j B i„veof British habits and customs, a respect for j
joyment of it to our readers: ! British sentiment, law, authority, order, civiliza- j
“I must tell you of a circumstance that j tion and literature, mv eminently distinguish the j sell Ib: w
i , , j i >fo _ I inhabitants of this State, who, glorying in their pleasure in
I heard of yesterday. A grand daughter lrom nncient f: , ni iii,son.hethree is-! lies in.he o
the sovereign Statesof South t'arolina, or ol Gtor-
i gin or Florida, who permitted themselves to pass
| under that designation, hut it v. ..-• merely as a ; seven killed, forty-two
I matter of personal convi-iienee.
j It vill bo difiredt tor Europeans to understand
this doctrine, as nothing like it has been heard be-
j fore, and no such Confederation of Sovereign
i States h.is ever exi-oed in any country in the
; world. Tire Northern men deny that it existed
j here, aud claim tor tiie General Government pow-
-r not compatible with such assumptions, limy
, cannot
state, the number.
<JoI. Duryea’8New York Zouaves had
ecu killed, forty-two wounded and fo Ur
missing. I he four other regiments, Alba
ny, Col. Townsend; Steubeu Volunteers
Massachusetts, Col. Benedix; Troy, (jo?
Carr, and Fitst New York. Col. Allen, all
suffered severely. About twenty artiller
ists of the regular army, under
l-ieut.
havo lived for the Tiiiun, they s- rved i>, they la- Trebcl, acted gallantly, and Lieut. G
bored for and made money by it. A man, a< n j shot dead while working one of his
IW'V \ ork man, was nothing—as an Ami rioan cst-1 11 i,„q , , , ... .> un “*
iron he was a great deal. A South Carolinian ob- : U e had thiec Impound howitW—He is
was
guns.
jected to iose his identity in any description which ! sa, d to nave reiiiitons in Baltimore, and
included him and a *• Yankee ciockmaker” in the | was highly esteemed by liis fellow officers
same eategory.
fhe Union was against him . he lemetnbered
that ite came from a rare of English gentlemen
who had been persecuted by the representatives
The force of the C .
j conflict is variously est-m
to 2,500, and w r as said to
officers,
tderates in the
ied at from 800
be an advance
for he will not call them the ancestors—ot the j body from the forces at Yorktown.
Puritans of New England, and he thought that j The Federal officers wlm nmol
they were animated i-y the same hostility to iiim-
was proud of old names, and he felt
tracin nis connection with old fami
who particularly
distinguished themselves for bravery were
Col. Duryea, Lieut. Col. Warren, t'ol
arren, Col.
lands, whose fortunes, they still tnllow. and with
(daugl)ter of Col, Craig, who served with i whose members they maintain not unfrequently
honor in the Mexican war.) about sixteen. J familiar relations’, regard with an aversion, of
was at school in Bethlehem, in Pennsylva-J
nia. It was known a regit
has not seen its manifestations, the people of New
I England and tlie Northern States, whom they re
pass through the town on its way toA\ ash- j gaid as tainted beyond cure by the venom of
ington. She observed to some of her|
school mates that she would make a seces- j
sinn flag, and wave it when the troops j ^‘1^* founded by gen'ilemen.'
tiie old country. His plantations were held j I ownsend, Maj. Davis, Lieut. Greble and
Capt. Kilpatrick-all of whom, except
Townsend and Gre! le, are attached to the
Zouave hegiment, which went through the
by old charters, or had been in the hands of hi
fathers for several generations; and he delighted
to remember tiiat, wfe n the Stuarts were ban
ished from tlieir throne aud their country, ?h
burgesses of South Vatolina had solemnly elected battle with remtllkable biaveiy. Capt.
fi.„ i t ,i. ... —.i Fitzpatrick was among the wounded.
The belief here is that the Cot,federate
tlie wandering Charles King of their State, and
had offered him an -asylum and a kingdom Tli
philosophical historian may exercise his iugenu-
‘PtllltHUlsm. --r--— —■v e .
VV’hate ver mav be the cause, this is the tact and I by in conjecturing what would have been the!’’trees were under tlie command ot Col.
the effect: “1 ho Stale of South Carolina,-was” I j result if the fugitive had carried his fortune to Magruder, and their guns did fearful exe-
It was not. es
were passing. They tried to dissuade her j taldishad by wHcb-Onming 1‘uritans, by cruel
. ! Charleston.
South Carolina
from it, fearing the consequence. Site,
however, made a small one, and concealed
it in the folds of her dress. 'The regiment
came on with flags flying and great rejoic
ings. In passing there was a slight pause.
Miss Craig stepped out, waved her flag,
land said three cheers for Jeff’. Davis and
the Confederate States. Not a word was
spoken. She advanced nearer the troops,
and with extended arms said, ‘now kill me,
, now kill me; but remember, for every
drop of my blood that is sited, fifty Soti-
| theiners will be ready to kill you Yankees.”
j l he teachers, as soon as possible, hurried
; her off to her room, locked iter in and
| pocketed the key, fearing
would be offered her, but
persecuting fanatics, who implanted in the North j and a population ot l"2t).00 ( l inhabitants of whom
tiie standard of Torquemada, and breathed into!
the nostrils of tlieir newly-born colonies all the ‘
ferocity, bloodthirstyness and rabid intolerance i
of the iuqnistion. it is absolutely astounding to!
‘ 285,0110 are black slaves,
was distracted between
cutioo. The battery wasevidently hasti
ly constructed, and two of its guns were
In the old rebellion it I removed to more favorable positions while
and the loyalist predilection, aud at b ast one half
•f the planters were faithful to George III , nor
volnrioiiary principles the battle was going on, so that the woods
in w hich the Federal troops were protec
ted were raked in tw-o directions On one
a stranger who aims at the preservation of a de- ! did they yield until Washington sent an army toj . . ’ . . n one
cent neutrality to mark the violence of these! support their antagonists, and drove them from j ®'d® or the road is a dense wood, and on
opinions ! the colony. the opposite were clear grounds while a
opinions
‘•Iftliat confounded ship had sunk with those—
Pilgrim Fathers on board," says one, “we never!
should have been driven to these extremities !” j
“We could have got on with the fanatics if they j
had been either Christians or gentlemen,” says j
another: “for in the first case they would have;
acted with common charity, and in th> second
In iny next letter I shall give a brief account oi narrow, marshv stream only separated the
a visit to some of the planters, as far as it. can be i - * ' 1
biade consistent with the obligations which the
rites and rights of hospitality impose upon the
guest as well as upon the host.
i hese gentlemen are well bred, courteous and
hospitable. A genuine aristocracy, thev have
they would have fought when they insulted us ;f time to cultivate their minds, to apply them-
tiut there are neither Christains nor gentlemen i selves to politics and the 'guidance of public
| among them !’’ “Any thing on the earth ! ex-
claims a thud, “any fonn ot government, any ty-
th.at violence j ranny or despotism you will; but”—and here is
none was at-,’ 111 H PP ea * more terrible than the adjuration of ali
affairs They travel and read, lov
racing, shooting hunting and fighting,
bold horsemen, and good shots. But, after all,
their 8tate is a modern Sparta, an aristocracy
contending forces.
A letter found on the person of a prison
er stated that tlie force at Yorktown in a
i day or two would amount to ten thousand
I men. 'Lite letter was of recent date.
While (he fight was going on Lieut,
fieid sports Yoik lost liis sword, which was snatched
from him. To give you some idea of tlie
precise aim of the Confederates, a soldier
temnted She has written to 1 )r l Jiui'-h ! t!ie sods—“nothing on earth shall iver induce us resting on a helotry, and with nothing else to rest ] in the front ranks had liis hand blown off
tempiea. one nas wiuieu io ur. j gu h n u 6 to-."tfliy union with the brutal, bigot-! upon. ! ...i.:i„ i i.r .. . . “
to bring iter home.”
ed blackguards of the New England States, who;
j neither comprehend nor regard the feelings of
- gentlemen ! Man, woman and child
! fiist
imagine these and an infinite variety of similar ! erate States which prohibited the importation o
WaSHJNGTJN, June care sweep-j sentiments uttered by courtly* well educated 1 negroes, was especially and energetically r* sisted j
ing on irresistibly, though insensibly, to | m cn, who set great store on a nice observat ee ofj
[Correspondence of the Cincinnati Enquirer.]
Kipiihtiranisn Ironic.<1 at the Sorth,
A though they profess (and I believe, indeed,
sincerely.) to hold opinions in opposition to the
We’ll die I opening of the slave trade, if is nevertheless true
that :he clause in tlie Constitution of the Con fed-
the destiny that awaits all things hitman— ! 1!sa -' ' society, arid w ho are only moved to;
- , ,. , , | . | , j extreme bitterness ana angpr wnen they speak of i
a great, and radical change, individuals t |,eNorth, and you will mi?to conceivo th.- inten
! while holding his musket, the barrel of
which completely folded, and the next
ball took ofl his head. 'Lite gun banell
w as forw arded to your city, to be sent to
his relatives in New York. Lieut. Grehles’
remains are now en route for Philadelphia,
From tlie Southern Confederacy.
MISTAKE CORRECTED
Mercer University all Right.—
On account of the general war excite
ment, the Trustees and Faculty of Mercer
If the loan is not made as proposed, or j University determined to dispense with
in some other way, the whole amount ol i
the 8-50.000,000 lo meet the wants of the
year, as .veil as the future millions to meet
the usual commencement exercises this
year. By this they save one hundred (Joi
nts of the expense. This amount Prcs-
tho wants of succeeding years as long as j u ) Pn t G’rowford has mailed toGov. Brown,
assist the
the war lasts, will have to be, and will be
, as a donation to the Stale, to
raised by taxation. Should not the plan- Vohmtee^.—Fedcrat Union.
ters and the property holders on whom
the burthen must fall, come forward cheer
fully and co-operate with the Government
in this financial scheme, which in the*fcnd
will work so advantageously to them ?
Messrs Editors. 'The foregoing item ap
peared in the “Federal Union,” and was
copied by the “ Confederacy.”
I know there is a mistake in the state*
’l lV t ‘r? • T v that the Trustees and Faculty save formidable.
I he country must be sustained. Every! , , ... .
one agrees to‘,his. Our all depends upon I “'p P ^00 by not hai n g the usua The idea is to do a
(w.,..„t t:». ’‘Commencement m the summer, and an( ] State local goy<
die while governments continue; lholattei
are corporations that can endure convul
sions and feel no sickness; blit even they
must sometimes yield to ovcnuling events
and undergo dissolution or gieat changes.
< lur government, the pride of freemen and
<>f the lovers of freedom tlie wot Id over, is
now in process of change, to be known no
more forever as it has been. On r l hurs-
day last, the Hon. N. P. Banks, as In
stood upon Arlington Heights, in enmpam
with distinguished military and civil offi
vers, as he waved liis hand toward Wash
ington, said: "This is the end of the Gor
eminent as it n-w exists. Tha re will he t.
reconstruction on dijfmnt priori pies."—
Such is the universal impression here, am
the conviction weighs like the pall of deatl
on every patriotic heart. 'I he great Re
public is gone, and its government is fast
loosing its anchorage in popular liberty
and is drifting to a despotic harbor as :
safer refuge lrom the storms of revolution.
'J he great people, whose pursuits ot
w hose opportunities do not allow them t<
see more than the surface currents, migh 1
as w'ell lie given to understand at once tin
poweifttl undertone that is sweeping fron
under them their personal freedom, tin
rights of the Mates and their Republicai
government. I tel! them they are in
longer freemen, in that large and cornpre
I hensivc sense we have all understood w;e
j conveyed and embraced by that word
i when applied to tne rights and privilege;
; of American citizens. They will wake uj
ere long to the realization of the horrii
i truth, but when it is too late to reeovei
j what despotism shall have clutched it
! its iron hands. I write this airtactauo
:prophecy.
j It has already been asked: “Why all
I these State lines? Why all this needless.
! cum bet some, intricate entanglement ol
different powers to make and to decree
judgment? TFe can afford now to effort
the old Colonial Geogruph>). It is the ad
milted- power of States within the not ion
that lias been the source of all our trouble.
Nor will the removal of Mate power, and
j the creation of a Nationality, be a task so
sity iff the dislike of the South Carolinians for l!
tree 8taiis. j here am the ti.-ttionai antipathi si
•at our side ot the Atlantic which are tolerably j
siroiif. ami have been uiifortuuateiy pertinacious j
and long lived.
i he iiatied of the Italians for the Tedeseo, of j
the <ueek for the Turk, oftlnrTurk for the Muss, j
x warm atid tierce enough to satisfy the Prince of]
Daikness, not to speak ot a few little* pet aver !
"••ot'S among allied Powers and the atoms ot com- 1
posito empires ; hut tin y are nil mere indiffer* nee
■ nd neutrality of feeling compared to tlie animus-
ny evinced by the “guitry” ut Soutii Carolina for
'he rabble of the Norih.
} he contest of Cavalier and Roundhead, of
Vi tidesn and Republican even of Orange till il
ndCiopp}, have been elegant joustings. regu-
| ated by die finest rules of chivalry, Computed
j 'ith those which North tnd 8oiith will carry mi
j i tlu-ir deeds suppoit tir jr winds. "Immortal
I iate,’ tho study of revenge will ac nate every blow
nut never iu the history of the world, pet haps,
vill go forth such dieadful ne ti-ctis as that which
nay he heard before the fight has begat). There
is nothing in all tho daik
so cruel and deadly
diriimis profess fur tiie
That hatred has been swelling for years,
is the very life blood ot the >tato *It has set !
South Carolina to work steadily to organize herj
(•sources tor the struggle which she intended to
irovoke, if it d:d not come in the course ot time. 1
* 1 ncompatibiii y of temper” would have been stif-
ieient ground for the divorce; and I iitn satis-
by them, becanse. as they say, it seemed to ho an
admission that slavery was is’ itself an evil and a I where liis friends reside
wrong. Their whole system rests on slavery, and
as such they defend it They euterta.n very ex
aggerated ideas of the military srretiglli of their
liiile community, although one may do full justice
to its military spirit.
Out. of their
reckon nrme
inetic : and :,s there are nearly 3tl t eHU plantn
lions which must be. according to law, so peril)
tended by whin* men a considerable number ofj ted chiefly on our artillery, under the coin-
these adults cannot he spared 6om the State for | mall ,j D f jj cut . Q re Ue.
Then we have the New York Tribune's
\ account, which, as the Richmond Dispatch
justly observes, will amuse our readers,
i we feel assured; and in those stirring
‘.h,n\afnco P ?n a,i ° n K bey C9nr i?' : timen a little amusement can do no harm :
than hi),f!C0adult men by any arrtii . , .. “ .
1 Washington, 1 nesday, June 11.— J he
fire of tiie rebel batteries was concentra-
s*-rvice. i n the open fi-Id Ihe planters hoar
that they can raise the crops wi'hoiit any incon
venience by the labor of their negroes, and they
seem confident that tiie negroes will woik with
out stipei intcndi nee. But the expei inieni is rarii
er dangerous, and‘it will only be tried iu the laM
extremity.
Our guns silenced all but one of the en
emy, w hich was a rifled gun. Our antu-
nition gave out about the time the order
toretieat was given.
Lieut. Gieiilcsp kod one of the guns,
; and was about to retreat, when he was
' struck by a cannon slo.t, and the back
Southern i i ,ar * °f Ui s head was cartied away. 'I he
iun was rescued by < apt. G. W. Wilson,
Lethe!
.4 iVorlh-Midu Virw.
W e. have already given the
accounts of tlie raffle at Great
We now propose to give, briefly, a North- i Quartet master McArthur, and a squad
side view of that engagement, vv e rpgret j Col. Carr’s regiment. r J hey rushed
Imk^vMof human passTon i that our space prevents more copious Ex j forwnrd. placed .he body of Lieut. G.ehle
as the lniticd the South Car-1 tracts from Northern journals on this inter-! on the gun and brought it firm the field.
ie Yankees. j estirg subject. j t ho body of Lieutenant Greble was
W ashington Associated. P
Tlie
send
the Baltimor
j From the Baltimore Sun. June 12 ]
Old Point, June 10, 1861—At a late
ied that tlicio has been a deep rooted design, con- j hour on Saturday night Gen. Pierce left
brought to tbe fortiess on his gun.
s the fellow ing telegraphic account to | w;is •*» gallant young officer.
Baltimore Sun : 'i he enemy’s battery was so complete-
. Constitutional liberty depends upon j tbftt tl) send tUg amount ,
it he perpetuation of the grand idea jdent Crawford as a donatio,.
of self-government announced by onr sires i assist the Volunteers. The Faculty
and grandsi.es m 76 depends U P°P *t-1 alone will-save several times this amount,
f he hopes of mankind and the world de
pend upon it. 'J lien, people of. Wilkes
and the item, as it stands, carries a mistake
upon its face. The donation, no doubt, is the
come forward willingly, patriotically and | in F dividlial Contribution of President Craw
zealously to the great work. It is fitting j ford _ Will tIlc ."Federal Union” please
* that this appeal should be made to yon!
here first. You occupy revolutionary
ground. ’Twas here your revolutionary
sires erected the standard of independence
while it was j'et almost a wilderness.—
”1 was lime they periled everything dear
to them, notonly.n portion of tlieir crops,
but every tiling they possessed in the
world in defense of Constitutional liherry
for themselves and tlieir posterity. They
were not situated as you are, surrounded
with the comforts of wealth and elegancies
of life. ’They were poor, with the Indian
savage close by, and beset all around by
royalists and tories They risked their all
for their comitr- —for that cause the suc
cess of wh’cli has made you what you are.
Here in the woods they erected a fort to
which to rallv when driven from their
homes. To that fort they gave the namei
copy this?
J.M. W.,
Ed. ‘-Banner & Baptist.’
AN APPOINTMENT.
Washington. June 20 —los. H. Lane,
of Kansas, has been appointed a Brigadier
General.
FROM THE SEAT OF WAR.
Washington, June 20.—The bridge over
Goose Creek, near Leesburg, lias been
binned.
Gen. Schencks was one mile below
Fall’s Church. Two Connecticut regi
ments were there also.
Two Ohio regiments were at Taylor’s
Tavern.
away with State lines
governments, and, conse-
j quently, with much of the active franchise
; as now enjoyed by the people. In other
j words, the grand conception is to make the
1 Government of the United States as near
• that of Great Britain as it is possible to get
j it. It is old Federalism, with astounding
\ monarchical additions, revived, and under
! very favorable auspices for its success.—
i You must not suppose that this thing is not
j seriously entertained, for it is, and the con-1 iimate viees mankind induce them to acce-.t
; viction here is universal that the change is! with eagerness, nidie they assume the g«rti of
j absolutely necessary, and will be made.—! philosophical abstractions to cover their nastiness,
in itetereiice to a contemptible and universal hy
pocrisy.
’Vho fills the butchers’ shops with large blue
flics!”
ived in some men'* minds thirty' years ago. and
xtended gradually, year after year, to others, to
■e-k away iiom tha Union at tha very tiist op
portunity.
i or North is to South Carolina
vil tiling, to which for long years
mund by bunting chains,' while monopolists and
Manufacturers fed on her tender limbs She bast
open bound it:.a Maxenthian union to the object j
die loathes. New England is to her the incarna- j
ion of moral and political wickedness aud so-j
cialI corruption. It is the source of everything!
which South Carolina hates, aud of the torrents I
’• tree thought and taxed manufacturers of Abo-1
dtkmtsui and of Filibustering; which have flooded j
the land.
j ly masked that its precise locality was
! difficult to see. Opinions differ hs to the
i number of guns At the time the Zouaves
I made the charge ou it the rebels comineu-
j cen flying, but were rallied.
Lite casaualties are believed by some to
with about five thousand men, a part ot
which consisted of a German regiment
(Col. Benedict) fiom New York, and one.
a corrupt and I of the Albany regiments, (Col. Towusend) | he so,ne ' vl)at greater than previously es-
■8 She had been j anti the Zouave regiment, t'ol. Duryea.) tin,a ‘ c< *' /Lbere were many feats of por-
The column was divided, and before reach
ing the Gieat Bethel bridge they met, and
mistaking each other lor the enemy, began
a fight.
The Albany regiment soon gave way
and ran.—'Two were killed and nine
wounded. The mistake was then discov-
! sonal daring and ex'raordinary courage,
and many narrow escapes. Lieut. J fi.
York had his sword oent nearly double in
his hand. It saved his ii \ Another man
had his cap shot off’.
The battle at Great Bethel commenced
at 10 1-2, and lasted till 3 o’clock. Had
Believe a Southern man as he believes himself. I
and you must regard New England and the kin-J
Ired States as the birthplace oi impurity of mind j
among iii^n, and of uuchastity in women—tlie '
•mines of h ree Love, of Fourierism, of Infidelity,!
•t Abolitionism, of false teachings in political j
eononty in social life—a iand saturated with j
he drippings of rotten philosophy, with the
ered, and the entire column was reformed i not ° ,ir ammunition given out, the enemy’s
and marched towards the bridge, where it j
was said some four hundred of the Coufed-;
crate forces were lodged. j
(Jit reaching the cre-k it was found that j
the Confederates had destroyed the bridge. |
but tlie whole Federal column was thrown!
souous infectious of a fanatic press, without hoti- j on the bank of the creek.
At that moment a masked battery from j
tbe opposite side of the bridge opened its I
fire with deadly effect on the Federal
o' modesty, whoso wisdom fs party cunning,
whose valor and manhood have been swallow
ed up in a corrupt, howling, demagogy, and
in tiie marts of a dishonest commerce. It is
the merchants of New York who fit out ships
for the slave trade, aud carry it on in Yankee
ships.
It is the capital of the Noith which supports,
and it is Northern men who concoct and execute,
the filibustering expeditions which have brought
discredit on tho slaveholding States. In "he
large cities people are coriupted by itinerant and
ignorant lecturers: in the towns and in the
country by an unprincipled press. The popu
lation, indeed know how to read and write, but
they don’t know how to think, and they are the
easy victims of tho wretched imposters on ali the
oh gies and isms who swarm over the rmdon,
and subsist by lecturing on subjects which the
battery would have been silenced.
Not more than onc-half of our force was
brought into action at any one time. Had
a concentrated movement been otdered,
it is believed that the result would have
been different.
The wounded are doing xvell at tho
general and other hospitals.
'The foHr prisoners captured are promi
nent rebels one of them is a Major, and
Two pieces of artillery were then j one was recently engaged in the Fort.
It is certain that the rebels sustained a
heavy loss. Our shells burst with excel-
troops
directed against the battery, but without
doing it any perceptible damage.
lu the engagement Lieut. Grebel and lent effect.
Major Winthrop, of the Federal forces,
were killed, and about fifty or one hundred
of tlie troops were killed and two hundred
wounded.
The battle began about four o’clock in
the morning, and continued for three
hours, when the Federal troops were driv
en back.
I A strong central government is now tbe cry ,
j and army and navy officers strongly favor! P
lit. because by tlie change they will become I
j the upper crust of society. The whole j
inattei is openly discussed here and boldly
advocated. You will learn from this that j am] insolent
the democracy has before it tbe hardest
battle it lias yet fought in this country.—
It will be to retain tlie largest share ot
pi rsonal lit erty and rights, as now enjoyed
under the present Constituti *n. They will
fight under great disadvantage, under the
teirnrsof death and imprisonment. VVliat
of Washington, ihe first ] bice on tli* con-, ]ines smne m5 | es .
at Ailington House.
'I hese positions will advance McDowell’s
tinent to which wasgivonthc name oflrtn
who afterwards was so justly styled “the
Father of his Count
conts report that the Confederates are
mysteriously disappearing, leaving the way
"M,e principles j u ’ Fait fax clear.
'The Federalists move very cautiously
now, fearing “traps” like that at \ icin a.
The wounded at Vienna continue to he
brought in.
i be Southerner’s lines extend from Oc-
coquon to C’cntresville. '1 bey are en
trenching tin inselves at Fairfax station
with some of tlieir heaviest guns. This
point is three miles feom Fairfax C. IL,
and fourteen miles from Alexandria. It is
Assuredly the New England demon has been
persecuting tiie 8outli till its intolerable cruelty
forced her. in n spasm of agony, to
Our forces, when they were brought
into Sction, were much exhausted having
been up all night, and performed a tedions
march in the burning.
Col. MeChesney’s Regiment was held
in reserve under arms, to be ordered for
ward at .any moment.
'Lite Tribune, coimnenring upon the af-
Great excitement exists at Fortress!fair, makes the following remarks. It
Monroe and Gen. Tierce is censured lot will bo observed that the valiant editor is
having exposed liis men to the destioving opposed to petty watfare,and proposes to
hieol the Confederates for such a length give up tbe contest, if this Government
of time
'I be troops returned to Fortress Monroe,
and it was thought anothereffoit would be
made to dislodge the Confederates from
tiieir position. 'Lite battle was on the
rend her drains asunder. The New EngUn i rj road leading to Yorktown, where there is
must have somotlunsr to persecute, and as he has * ®
hunted down ali liis Indians, huint ail his
witches and persecuted all his opponents to tin
to
General McDowell,b head-quraters arr the outcome may be. God alone can tell.
For myself, 1 fear for the future
Congress will soon assemble.
born? is asked by many.
But evi
I ribune says it can do all necessary busi- j tiie Government <>t the country, yon a,< ; told that;
ness in a dav or two. 'The Courier and \ *l ie South yielded out of Ditretrood nature. Now.
said to be a large reset Ye force ready
reinforce the fotces at the bridge.
'I lie Maryland Guards and City Guards,
of Baltimore, are supposed to liaveassisted
in tbe defence of the battery, as they were
ordered to that neighborhood from Riclt-
Ho nas acted on it in al! Ids relations with the j moml neailv two weeks ago.
Next follows an account by acorrespon-
same paper:
Old 1’oiiit Comfort, June 11
dentil, he invented Abolitionism ms iIi- sole re
source left to him for tlie gratification of Ids favor
ite passion. Next to liis motive principle is his
desire to make money, dishonestly, trickily, mrau-
h and shabbily.
j Smith, and has cheated and plundered her in all!
-„i\bis dealings, by viilianous tariffs. If one objects I
, j- l ,! 1 ", | that the South mnst have been a party tothis.be-j ot tlie same paper
lie New A 0| k i cause her boast is tiiat her statesmen have ruled '
lias no other recourse. If his advice is
followed, a speedy peace may he expected,
as there is “noother recoune.” But here
is what the warrior writer says:
[From the X. Y. Tribune \2th.\
* * * We do not believe Gen. But
ler. ordered an attack by wearied troops,
having but two or three guns, on an
entrenchment or breast-work bristling
with artillery. N«r do we believe Gen.
Butler ordered an attack on such a position
in ignorance of its real strong" h. We pre
sume the officer in command of the expe
dition was fited by a stern resolve to efface
the recollection of his innitiai disaster in
yielded out of pure good nature. Now,
the}’ fought for under Washington’s lead
are again in danger. Will yon with all
your means be less ardent now in tlieir
support than were y our fathers in the days
of their w eakness and their poverty ?
[F'Om the Pe'< r-hurg Expo s« ]
LATEST FROM TIIE BATTLE.
Ottr reporter boarded the car from Citv
Point. Tlintsday, immediately upon their
arrival, and fn-tn passengers just from the , , , . .
scene of battle, gathered many interesting! supposed that they intend to est.nd their
. u » “ 111 O _• n i/itlis t no I Iron,*,' ntiri A 111 V <11 w I It O
in no 111 <« i nuu ; ( •' ... ** , . fOFCPS OftllP l 2111 Ofl Sf/lfPS «Tll(l ( Oil- • I IH1J* 1 III llr* IJ I 114
; Enquirer say s all Congress has to do is to ; ", l ' wever '. R ' V1 l l la ™ f ! ee n,u . 1 ''’ awl Wlil ”1 >< ' 11 federate Mates has taken l.l-u-e r >snifm.. ders. And the gallantry <
1 .. J .. p ,i -i tlie coasting trade to foietgn nations and shut out tetiernre Mates lias taken plate, resulting : r '
register tho wishes ot the 1 resident. (1ron , it ,h e hand Yankees, who so let-g mom.p,,-’ in thedefeate of the former. At midnight j » n <eors w ould have w teste
indeed, these leaning Republican journals) lised «m] made their tortunes l.y it. Fnd. ral! ike j on Sunday’ about nineteen hundred men I fortune had it been possih
particulars.
'The fight of Monday v. as from Bethel
Church to New Market Bridge, which—i
crosses Beck River Cieek. The di-tancej
is between five and six miles, tlie bridge
being three miles from Hampton.
All along the road haversacks, canteens
muskets, rifles, military caps, knapsacks
and overcoats were found scattered in pro
fusion; showing tlie flight of enemy to
have been indescribable. At the bridge a
ctowd of the reserve corps met their
terror-stricken companions, and to cut off
all further pursuit, demolished the bridge
thoroughly.
1 he residence of a widow lady residing
in the vicinity* of Hampton was visited
Monday afternoon and the building deman
ded foi a hospital.—The lady protested
In e* along tiie Orange and Alexandria
j railroad.
j All the indications show that the South
erners are poshing fotward from Manas
sas Junction by daily institutions.
Gov. Johnston’s line is dotted between
Martinsburg and Winchester, liis ob
ject is supposed to be to threaten Gen Cnd-
wallader’s position, and to prevent him
fiom drawing forces from the Washington
line, and then, by a double-quick move
ment assail Gen. McDowell’s position.
As at present posted, Gen. Johnston’s
line n u-t gi\e away to ( adyval ader ad
vance.. which will occur within 48 hours.
Gen. Lee was certainly at Manassas Junc
tion on Monday last.
The War Department at Washington
is now* receiving troops'by battalions.
believe t’ongi ess will only be an incum- j ) ar )' d burdens and miser es to w hick she was suh-
biaitce. as tlie President, by assuming all i!‘« Sou:!i he!J fast to her sheet anckic.
v "titit Lam inn was tiie mouriiie ground in which
the power desiiahle for the exigency of the
country, w,II not be hantpeied by any
legal test fictions. All Congress is wanted
forts to allow tbe Government to bortmv
wbat money it may deem necessary, and
to taise what number of troops may lie re
garded as desirable. It is said that t’on-
gicss will go into secret s- sri-m to discuss
the question of confuting full millitaiy
power on the President to raise and equip
armies, declaring mat rial law, and sus
pend the writ of habeas corpus. As he
sin- found Iiie surest hold
J he dnetf ne uf Stale Rights was her salvation,
and the fiercer tho stmni raged against hn - —the
more stout demagogy, immigrant preporideianee,
and the blasts ot unive-sal snfl'iagc bore down to
her. threatening toaweipawa\ the v»sttd inter
ests <>t the South in her tight, to govern the States,
tho gicater was her co fidence and tlie mote
resolutely sho held ou her cable. 1 lie North at
traded “hordes pt ignorant Germans and Irish,”
«nd the scum of Europe, while the South repelled
tin in
The industry, the capital cf the North increased
with enormous rapidity, under the it Alienee of
cheap labor rsnrl manufacturing ingenni’y and en
lias been doing this without authority of tsrprise, in the villages which swelled into towns,
law, the question is gravely asked, w hat is i and the towns which became cities, under the
the use of Congress?
Tbe contempt in which the Supreme
Court of the United is held by the mili-
unenwous eye of tlie Soutii. She, on the con
| trary. toiied on slowly, clearing forests and drain-
| ing swamps to find new cotton grounds and
rice fields, for tho employment of her own in-
The first battle between tho contending I fI,e brilliancy ofhts ultimate achievement,
forces of tlie United States and Con-! » nd was thus impelled to exceed liis or-
of onr brave v< 1-
•ded victory fn rc
possible to flank tlie-
As it was, heavier
Sunday
advanced fiom New poit News-point and i enemy s position,
three thousand from Old Toint <’onifo!t,jk , " nsn,:tl moreoftlieni were indispensible
land the. attack necessarily failed.
Let us tint los*- the lesson.
'There are some who talk of a war of
with an ariaiigement to meet at New mar
ket Bridge w here they would conjoin un
der C“inntaml ot Br’g Gen. Pietce, of, , ,
Mass., for t be pm pose of checking the in- j p° s,s -kitmisbes of strategy and en
tary, and the usnipation of power by tliisj dnstry and for tho development ot her only capi
latter branch ot tlie public service; the t! d — ^“involuntary labor.” The tide ot innnigra-
violation of personal rights and individual
liberty, both North and South, are refer
red to as an evidence that Republican
freedom is dead, and only wants the for
mality of burial to hide it forever from ihe
face of tbe American people. Su passes
the glory of tbe American Republic.
Ron waxed stronger, and hy degrees she saw (he
districts in which she claimed the right to intro
duce that capital, closed against her,and occupkd
by free labor
The doctrine of “squatter sovereignty,'’ and the
force of hostile tariffs, w ich placed aheavy duty
on the very ar icles which the South most requir
ed, completed the measure of injuries to which
she wss subjected, and tbe spirit of discontent
eutshns of a corps of Virginia drag-ons,
who had at t anged the pickets in the vicini
ty of Hampton.
A part of the troops from Newport
News point mistaking the Federal troops
for the Southern forces, at about 3 o’clock
in the morning, opened fite on them, and
killed several besides wounding quite' a
number. This reveiled tlieir approach to
the. Confederates, and tlie delay caused by
the confusion resulting from the mistake,
enabled the Confederates to thoroughly
prepaie for them. While on thetnarch, Capt.
A. Wit ting, of Han p on, w in was on ] iek-
et duty, w as captured. He is reptehen-
ted to be a splendid specimen of man
hood, and his bearing aud courage
ted the admiration of the Federal officers
Another picket w as discovered and fited
on, but he escaped.
After order was restored among the Fed
eral troops, they advanced rapidly towards
durance. 'This failure is an answer to all
sncli. Behind a hreast-wotk. poor soldiers
ate nearly equal to good ones, since flight
is often more dangerous than persistence,
while discipline goes for li*tie; good marks
mansltip is the main point. No, the Un
ion is not to be saved hy any system of
petty warfare. If we have no better re
course, we may as w ell give it up.
“Ah!”sa}sa shrewd one, ‘yen wart
Gen. 8cott to offer battle wlother he i*
ready or not.” No, sir; we want him not
to give battle till he is perfectly ready.
He understands all that business a great
deal 1 etter than we do, or ever will. B ut
man- we do want- him to be at the head of a
elici- force with which he can not only offer bat
tle when be ritiuks fit, but compel the ene
my to accept it. 1 bat is the whole story-
If he thinks 50,000 men enough to walk
right over the rebels, then 50.000 be it. m
spite of our demurrers. If he wants 100,*
