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[From the Newark ,'N. J) Journal.]
Shall this V/ar Ever Cease.
| by endorsing attacks upon the constitu
tional liberty of the subject; by appro-
. . . j ving of a war of subjugation and exter-
Napoieon one saio “America is a ruination. The cunning, unprincipled-
fortunate country, lor she thrites by i promoters, of this war, who are specu
the follies of our European countries.” • i at i„g ^po
But alas now she has reversed her poli-
ipon the blood and treasure of
(this nation, have no desire that it shall
cy, and instead of thriving by avoiding cea8e . Under the specious and delu-
these follies, she has not only adopted | sl ve cr y that Government is in danger,
them, war, taxes, oppression, but she aT)( ] T |,h Constitution must be upheld,
lias gone a step farther, and is endeavor- they are uprooting the foundation of
ing to destroyed her own liberties, the t | 1( . 0!)e and rendering nugatory every
liberties of white men, in order to j provision of the other. Read the histo-
strengthen or secure those of the black rv of the past year; read the daily leg-
race. The history of mankind presents ■ [.station of the men in Congress who
us with many insane follies of nations; ' are hounding on this strife, and then
but none equal in insanity to this t«‘lI us honestly—do you believe this
stupendous folly of Republican Ameri- ; j- 0 [> e a W ar f or jj, e Union or the pre-
ca, in this noon of the nineteenth , nervation of the Constitution? If you
century. A year and a hall ago, the ,j 0 no ^ j 6 uigh time you should cry
American Republic, with the motto a ] 0U( | and spare not.
“E Pluribus Unum flaming in her , jj- j s tj me that y OU should arouse
beak, was developing her resources of from the lethargy that enervates, and
mind and body, with an external force, t he f a ]sesecurity that deludes you. If
and an internal freedom, that had never you believe that the further continuance
i of this war will only entail untold
miseries upon yourselves and your
posterity, you have a right to demand
that it shall cease. Your have the
a parallel in the world’s history. “A
continent and two oceans,” said the
London Times, “are in the hands of
this people.” With a most heroic past,
we had the promise of a most glorious
future. At peace with all the world
and with ourselves—the terror of the
nations—a career of national prosperi
ty was opening before us unlimited
in extent, rivalling in happiness the
fable Utopias of the poets. Out of
right by all constitutional means with
in your power to endeavor to make
it it finalty. If not, you acknowledge
a right and a power in this Adminis
tration which only belongs to despotic
governments, that are founded in force,
and not in the consent of the govern-
the once unknown wilderness, in less ec L
than three centuries, a mighty empire Let this war goon in the spirit it
had arisen. Upon the scarcely rotted j s now being waged, and you will dig
roots of the primitive forest proud a ,j impassable gulf between North and
cities stood teeming with busy life, and South. Remember what Senator
growing like the prairie grass in spring. Douglas said in the Senate before
The boldest and most enthusiastic disease had dimmed his eye and para-
speculator could have scarcely ventur- i VZ(? j Ids mind: “Whether the war
ed to predict the destiny of this coun- that these Republicans now clamor
trv. if integrity had continued to gov
ern her deliberations, and wisdom
bad prevailed in her councils. Her
worst enemv, as ho looked out upor
for, lasts one year, seven years, or
thirty years, the result must be the
same—a cessation of hostilities when
the parties become exhausted, and a
the inheritance of this people, stretch- treaty of peace recognising the seper-
ingfrom the Atlantic sea-board to the
Pacific, from its inland seas at the
North to the Florida reefs, with all
its teeming millions, and all its eviden
ces of prosperity everywhere, must
have been compelled to exclaim, with
Ball, the sou of Peor, as he looked out
upon the tents of Israel, whitening all V our population,
the plains of Moab, “who can count j aiK | desolation
the dust of Jacob, or the number oi | vv j|[ you demand peace now ? Is the
the fourth part of Israel. As the vallies j freedom of the negro of more impor-
are they spread forth, as gardens by tance than that of the white man?
the river side, as trees ol lign aloes
which the lord hath planted, as ceder
trees beside the waters.”
All this prosperity and promise for
the future was the natural result of the
constitutional policy of the Democrat
ic party which had ruled in the land so
long. That party held as the policy
of its creed a strict construction of the
Constitution ; equal and exact justice
to all who areentitled to its privileges ;
antagonism to all forms of sectionalism
based upon hostility to institutions
whose privileges were guaranteed by 1 want to witness the final wreck of all
the Constitution. Had such policy j the glories of our past, and our hopes
been adhered to, this nation to-day | for the future ? Then clamor for the
would have remained a united and a war.
liappv people. But a sectional organi- ,■ _ »• — — —
Zation, professing for the basis Of ltS I ^ .NjjiSit AiinrSs on .Wcdf-Han’* l’lvcl and
creed eternal hostility to slaveix, j camp,
revolutionary in its^ origin und | ^ large number of our citizens were
its policy, proposed
ate independence of each section.—
Extermination, subjugation or separation,
one of the three, must be the result of the
tear between Northern and Southern States.
Now the question is, will you wait
until a war of years has prostrated
every interest, destroyed a sixth part of
and made a waste
If so, clamor for war. Are the groans
of the wounded more musical to your
ears than the whirl of the shuttle and
the ring of the hummer ? Then clam
or for war. Do you desire an incubus
of taxation, that shall make you and
vour remotest posterity “hewers of
wood and drawers of water” to the
Federal Government ? Then clamor
for war. Do you desire to see this
Confederated Government transformed
into a vast centralized military despot
ism. Then clamor for war. Do you
distinctive m
aroused from their slumbers yesterday
lery. The night was very dark, hut the
flashes of the guns were distinctly seen in
a North-easterly’ direction, and plainly’ in
dicated that the cannonading was on James
liver, in the direction of Gity Point. The
firing continued incessantly’ for about two
to govern this country by usurpation ; morning about half-past twelve o’cloc
to overthow and set at naught every j by the loud and rapid discharge of artil-
guarantee of the Constitution in refer
ence to fifteen States of the Union ; to
shut them out of the magnificent terri
tories acquired In' the common blood
and treasure of the Union ; to maintain
this Union just as the Union between j i 10lu ° Si when it measurably slackened, and
England and Ireland is maintained ; j ; n a few moments ceased entirely. Un
just as Great Britain attempted to | rjuirers for the cause of this firing commeu-
maintain the Union between the mother 1 ced at early dawn yesterday, and in the
country and the American coolnies.— i market place, no other subject was men-
When the danger of a disrupted Union tl0 ^d but the heavy cannonading No
vv neu tii = . ,, . , 1 f ■ one could give any information, and all was
was upon us and all the honors o 5 “ j stispense, until about S o’clock, when a
il war menaced, they persistently ref a- cour ; er arrived .from whom we gathered
sed all attempts at conciliation and | some particulars, not altogether satisfacto-
compromise, and perferred the arbitra-j r y, but believed to be reliable in the
ment of war to that of peace and con- j main.
filiation They refused conciliation : The cause of the cannonading was a
and compromise, and when they did so j night attack upon McClellan’s fleet and
they knew that war would result from j bom the south bank of James nvei
, J * , The guns intended to operate against the
the refusal.
fleet were placed iii eligible position about
The war they invited—nay, longed j Coggin’s Point, and those designed to rouse
f or —is now upon us, and lias brought j up the sleeper in the grand army were lo
in its train all the ruin that has waited catcd along the hank of .the liver at points
upon its blood-stained footsteps. Every below Coggin’s. The first discharge was
t , , i • • i /• from “long tom, of Walkers battery,
fundamental principle of constitution- 6 , . . , i-„
, “ v i . , , ; which was the signal for a general dis-
al liberty has been scutteiet charge, and instantly a fringe of flame Un
winds—enormous expenditures, the et ] the river ba.uk lor a distance of three
or four miles. The roar was deafening,
and the echoes reverberated for many miles
around. After the first round from oar
pieces, the many lights which twinkled
from the foremasts of the Federal fleet sud-
not one dead”—a large proportion of : Gcnly disappeared, showing that the one
, , . - i P • i - + 1 my had been aroused, and knew that aan-
the productive industry is being turn- Ke J r waaabout . The extinguishing of the
ed from the peaceful pursuits of agri
culture to where the reapers descend
to the harvest of death—everywhere
individual and national bankruptcy are
staring us in the face.
In the legislative councils of the
nation every hour makes manifest t hat
result of speculation and fraud, demand
oppressive and exorbitant taxes—
whole betacombs of victims have been
offered up, and there is hardly a house,
as in ancient Egypt, “in which there is
lights made but little difference, however,
as our guns had been sighted before dark,
and all that remained for our brave boys
to do was to load as rapidly as possible.
Parties present say they distinctly heard
“crashing” on the river, but whether caus
ed by our halls or the colliding of the
Yankee craft in their efforts to get out of
the object of the war is not to uphold {1)C way> it was impossible to tell,
the Government, the Constitution, or One thing is very certain, that if we did
the Union, ‘but to lift the artiReal ! 110 t sink or destroy many of the enemy’s
weights from all men’s shoulders,”
in the language of President Lincoln
—to wage “an irrepressible conflict”
against the institutions of slavery; to
rob the white man of Lis liberty, that
the slave way enjoy it. Nine-tenths of
the legislation of Congress has been
this session direct'd towards the
condition of the slave, and how
transports, we certainly produced great
consternation among them, as the entire
number, supposed to be largely over one
hundred, had weighed anchor, and were
no where to be seen yesterday morning at
daylight. It is thought to be a matter of
impossibility, that we could have fired so
many shots^into so large a number of ves
sels and so crowded together, without in—
liictinjr serious damage. But unless the
to alleviate that condition, while enemy tell the truth, which is something
the awful situation of this Gov- they rarely do, we shall never know what
eminent, intended for white men, is
entirely lost sight of. In the meantime
the nation “reels and straggers to and
fro like a drunken man.”
Democrats of New Jersev ! the hour
damage our night attack inflicted.
The enemy’s gunboats replied promptly
but were compelled to shoot at random,
and therefore did us hut little damage.
One of the shells from a gunboat exploded
among a portion of the men attached to
when you are to meet in council is not Dabney’s Battery, VVm.T. Datton, of
far distant. Upon you, together with Louisa county, was struck about the
your confreres in other States, rest the throat; and instantly killed Thomas Far-
hope of the country. With a hold, q«har. of Richmond city was wounded
v 1 , , , J . , a . , severely in the left thigh; and Patrick
vigorous and determined effort you f j rahai * ais0 of Richmond, was wounded
can help to save it; but it will not be 6 ] i{ ,, ltly in t h e left shoulder,
by half way. tempe rising measures, l on The 0lJ | y ot | )er casualties that we have
cannot save it by endorsing and appro- ascertained, were caused, by the prema-
ving acts of the present Adninistration; , ture tiring of a gun attached to Page’s
Battery. The piece becoming rather hot
the man whose duty it was to press the
vent, withdrew his thumb while the men
were in the act of loading, and the gun
was discharged. Alexander H. Thacker,
from Hanover County, who was ramming
the gun, bad both hands shockingly man
gled. They were amputated subsequent
ly at the wrists. John Brooks, also of
Hanover, was terribly burnt about the
face.
The wounded were brought up yester
day and conveyed to tlie Confederate Hos
pital on Washington street. Some four
others were wounded, hut very slight
ly.
It is thought that such of our guns as
were placed to command portions of Mc
Clellan’s camps, must have caused great
injury to the Hessians. They were all
! sighted by daylight, and the camps were
l in fair range. But as we have said be-
i fore, the darkues of the night, with a river
i more than a mile in width intervening, ut-
! terly precluded the possibility ofascer-
j taining anything definitely. Such must
j always be tlie result of night attacks at
j long range.
The attack will he productive of at least
: one good result. It will teach the enemy
that his present “base of operation” is not
1 entirely secure from assault, as much as he
has boasted to the contrary; and it would
not surprise us to hear at an early day,
that he had removed to safe quarters.
All was quiet in the river yesterday at
last accounts from there, but whether our
authorities are content to allow matters
to remain so we have no means of ascer
taining.
LATER.
We conversed with a gentleman last
night who spent yesterday’ at a place
on the other side of James river,-which
commanded a fine view of McClellan’s
camp and the fleet* He says the fleet has
not entirely disappeared, as he counted
ninety vessels there, after having counted
forty-seven previously, as they proceed
ed down the liver, lie was unable to dis
cover that any of the vessels bore marks
of injury. Yesterday morning at. So’clock
a gunboat proceeded down the river, fly
ing a white flag, and a transpoit followed
immediate after, displaying the yellow
flag. Strange to say, the gunboat, al
though showing the white flag, was open
for action, and when bearing the old Fort
known as Hood’s, threw several shells in
to tlie bank as a feeler for rebels.
Last night at 10 o’clock, a large fire
was raging apparently in the immediate
vicinity of Berkeley. Our informant was
too far distant to he positive as to the ex
act locality, but the fire was in that direc
tion, and it is suggested by some that tlie
Federals are probably about to evacuate
and are destroying valuables which they
find it somewhat inconvenient to carry off.
[Petersburg Exp'ess2d instajit.
Official Report of Col. John H. Morgan,
We had the pleasure of meeting this
morning J. Henly Smith, Esq., of the
Southern Confederacy. He has furnished
us witji a copy’ of his paper of yesterday in
which we find the following interesting
document :
Headquarters. Morgan’s Command, >
Knoxville, Twin., July 30, 1802. J
To Major General E. Kirby Smith, com
manding Department of East Tennes
see :
General ; I have the honor to report
that, upon the day’ of the engagement at
TomkinsviJIe, a toll report of which 1 have
already sent you, 1 moved my command,
consisting of my’ own regiment, the Geor
gia regiment of Partizan Rangers, com
manded by Col. A. A. Hunt, and Major
Gano’s Texas Squadron, to which was at
tached two companies of Tennessee cav
alry’, in the direction of Glasgow, which
place I reached at 12 o’clock that night.
There were but few troops in the town,
who lied at our approach. The commissary
stores, clothing, Ac., together with a
large supply of medical stores, found in
Glasgow, were burned, and the guns were
distributed among my command—about
two hundred of which were unarmed when
I left Knoxville.
From Glasgow I proceeded along the
main Lexington road to Barren river, halt
ing for a time near Cave City—my object
being to induce the belief that I intend
ed destroying the railroad bridge between
Bowling Green and Woodsonville. I
caused wires connecting with a portable
battery that I carried with me, to be at
tached to the telegraph line near Horse
Cave, and intercepted a number of dis
patches.
At Barren river I detached three com
panies under Jack Allen, to move forward
rapidly and destroy the Salt river bridge,
that the troops along the line of railroad
might be prevented from returning to
Louisville.
i On the following morning I moved on
towards Lebanon, distant thirty five miles
from Barren river. At 11 o’clock at night
1 reached llie bridge over Rolling Fork,
; six miles from Lebanon. The enemy had
received information of my approach from
their spies, and my advance guard was
fired upon at the bridge* After a short
fight the force at the bridge was dispersed
and the planks which had been torn up,
having been replaced, the command moved
; forward to Lebanon. About two miles
fioin the town a skirmish commenced be
tween two companies (hat I caused to dis
mount arid deploy, and a force of tlie ene
my* posted upon the road, which was soon
ended by its dispersion and capture.—
Lieutenant Colonel A. Y. Johnson, com
manding the troops in the town, surrender-
i ed, and I entered the place. The prison-
• ers taken, in number about sixty-five,
were paroled.
I took immediate possession of the tele
graph and intercepted a despatch to Col.
Johnson, informing him that Col. Owens,
with the Gib Indiana regiment, had been
1 sent to his assistance ; so 1 at once des
patched a company of Texan Rangers, un
der Maj Gano, to destroy* the R R bridge
| on the Lebanon Branch, which he sue
j c.essfully accomplished in time to prevent
; flic arrival of the troops. I burned long
1 buildings full of commissary* stores, consist
ing of upwards of five hundred sacks of
j coffee, and a large amount of all other sup-
I plies, marked for the army, at Cumber
land Gap. I also destroyed a very* large
I amount of clothing, boots, Ac. 1 burned
' the hospital buildings, which appeared to
! have been recently erected and fitted up,
j together with about thirty-five wagons
I and fifty-three ambulances. 1 found in the
place a large store of medicines, five thou
sand stand of arms with accoutrements,
about two thousand sabres, and an im
mense quantity of ammunition, shell, Ac.
I distributed the best arms among my
command, and loaded one wagon with
them to he given to the resruits that I ex
pected to join me. 1 also loaded one wag
on with ammunition. The remainder of
the arms, ammunition, and flic hospital
and medical stores, I destroyed.
While in Lebanon I ascertained from
telegraph dispatches that 1 intercepted,
that the force which had been started from
Lebanon Junction to reinforce Lieut. Col.
Johnson, had met and driven back the
forces under Captain Jack Allen, killing
one of his men, and preventing him troih
accomplishing the purpose for which he
had been detailed.
1 proceeded from Lebanon on the fol
lowing day through Springfield to Macks-,
ville, at which point I was attacked by
Home Guards. Two of my men were ta
ken prisoners, and one severely wounded.
I remained at Macksville that night to re
cover the prisoners, which I did the next
morning. I then left for Harrodsburg,
capturing a Federal captain and lieuten
ant on the road ; leached Harrodsburg at
12 1-2 o’clock, and found that the Home
Guard of all that portion of country had
fled to Lexington. A force was also sta
tioned on the bridge where the Lexington
road crossed the Kentucky* river. My
reception at this place was very encour
aging. The whole population appeared to
turn out and vie with each other as to who
show us most attention.
I left Harrodsburg at (i o’clock the same
evening, and moved to Lawrenceburg,
twenty miles distant, threatening Frank
fort in order to draw off tlie troops from
Georgetown. Remained there until the
return of my courier from Frankfort, who
brought the information that there was a
force in Frankfort of two or three thou-
sank men, consisting of Home Guards col
lected from the adjacent counties and a
few regular troops.
From Lawrenceburg I proceeded to
Shrykos’ Ferry* on the Kentucky liver,
raised the boat which had been sunken,
and crossed that evening, reaching \ er-
sailles at 7 o’clock. I found this place
abandoned by its defenders, who had lied
to Lexington ; remained there that night,
and on the next morning marched towards
Georgetown. While at Versailles I took
about three hundred government horses
and mules.
1 passed through Midway* on the roads
to Georgetown, and was informed just be
fore reaching the place that a train from
Frankfort was nearly due, with two regi
ments of Federals. I tore up the track
and posted tjie howitzers to command it,
and formed my command along the line of
the road ; but the train was warned of our
presence and returned to Frankfort.—
Having taken possession of the telegraph
office, 1 intercepted a despatch asking it
the road was clear, and if it would he safe
to start the train from Lexington. I re
plied to send the train, and made prepara
lions to receive it; but it was also turned
back and escaped.
I readied Georgetown. 12 miles from
Lexington, that evening. Just before en
tering the town I was informed that a small
force of Home Guards had mustered to op
pose us, I sent them word to surrender
their arms, and they should not be molest
ed, but they* fled. The people of George
town also welcomed us with gladness, and
provided my* troops with every that they
needed. 1 remained at Georgetown two
days, during which time 1 sent out a com
pany’ under Capt. McMillian to destroy* the
track .between Midway and Lexington,
and Midway* and Frankfort,, and to blow
up the stone bridge on that road, which he
successfully accomplished. Hearing that
a company of Home Guards were encamp
ed at “Stamping Ground,” thirteen miles
distant, 1 dispatched a company under
Capt. Hamilton to brook uj» tbo eneamp-
ment, burn the tents and stores, and des
troy the gnus. This was also accomplish
ed—Cajit. Hamilton taking fifteen prison
ers and all their guns, and destroying a
large amount of medical and commissary
supplies. 1 also, while at Georgetown,
sent Capt. Castleman with Lis company to
destroy the railroad bridges between Bairs
and Lexington, and report to me at Win
chester. This was done.
Determining to move on Paris, with a
view of returning, hearing that the place
was being rapidly reinforced from Cyn-
thiana, I deemed it of great impel tance to
cut oft’the communication from that place,
while I drew off the troops that were al
ready there, by a teint on Lexington. 1
therefore despatched a portion of two
companies towards Lexington, with in
structions to drive the pickets to the very
entrance of the city, while I moved the
command toward Cynthiana. When l ar
rived within three miles of the place I
learned that it was defended by a consid
erable force of infantry*, cavalry and artil
lery. I despatched the Texas squadron,
under Maj. Gano, to enter tlie town on
the right, and the Georgia regiment to
cross tlie river and get into the rear, while
I moved my* own regiment, with the ar
tillery under the command of Lieut. J. E.
Harris, down the Georgetown Pike. A
severe engagement took place, which lasted
about an hour and a half, before the ene
my were driven into the town and com
pelled to surrender.
1 took four hundred and twenty prison
ers, including about seventy home Guards.
I regret to have to mention the loss of eight
of my men in killed and 29 wounded. The
enemy’s loss was ninety-four killed and
wounded, according to their own account.
Their excess in killed and wounded is re
markable as they fought ns from behind
stone fences and fired at us from buildings
as we charged through the town. We
captured a very fine 12 pounder brass
piece of artillery, together with a large
number of small arms, and about three
hundred government horses. The arms
and government stores were burned, and as
many of thahorses as we could bring with
us were kept I found a very large supply of
commissary and medical stores, tents, guns
and ammunition, at this place, which I
destroyed. The paroled prisoners were
sent under an escort to Falmouth, where
they took the train for Cincinnatti.
I proceeded next morning towards Paris,
and was met on the road by a bearer of a
Hag of truce offering the unconditional
surrender of the place* 1 reached Paris
at 4 o’clock, remained there that night, and
started towards Winchester next morning
As iny command was filing out of Paris
on the Winchester Pike, I discovered a
large force of Federals coming towards
the town, from the direction of Lexington.
They immediately* countermarched suppo
sing, no doubt, that my intention was to
get into their rear. This enabled me to
bring oft’ my* entire command without mo
lestation, with the exception of two of my
pickets who were probably surprised. I
reached Winchester that day* at twelve
o’clock, andremained until 4 o’clock, when
I proceeded towards Richmond. At Win
chester I found a number of arms, which
were destroyed-
I arrived aSjlichniond at 12 o’clock
that night, and remained until the next
afternoon, when I proceeded to Crab-Or
chard. I had determined to make a stand
at Richmond, and await reinforcements,
as tlie whole people appeared ready to rise
and join me, but I received information
that large budies of cavalry’ under Gen-
Olay Smith, and Cols* Woolf’ord, Metcalf,
Munday and Wynkoop, were endeavoring
to surround me at this place. So I moved inously routed ! Surely those soldiers j provisions, ® tc ” ,0
on lo Crab Orchard. There I attached must have known that they had been ; on unchecked so long, and suggests:—
mv portable battery to the telegraph lead- beaten and all inscriptions in the world ! “Let the Government instruct its agents
ing from Stanford to Louisville, and learn- could not have made them
ed the exact position of the enemy’s forces, themselves- victorious. Aicu/nonc 1 is
and directed my movements according- patch.
ly.
A federal Officn* Vy" iu :» Queer
Place.
! We learn, from a source deemed autlien-
I tic, an interesting incident representing
I Capt. J. O. Rounds, of the 9th Michigan
! regiment, who, as Provost Marshall of Mur-
| freesboro’. was guilty of the grossest op-
very large supply* of commissary stores, i ss ; on towards the citizens, male and fe-
clothing, blankets, shoes, hats, etc., at this : 0 f that city and its vicinity, as well
place which were destroyed. I also found ^ Q 0I1 f e fl era t c "prisoners falling into Lis
the arms that had been taken from Gen. j i ian d*. The tale, as told to us, is, that
1 1 when Col. Forrest attacked the Federals
the Captain exhibited
Leaving Crab-Orchard at 11 o’clock. I
arrived at Somerset, distant twenty-eight
miles, at sundown. I took possession of
the telegraph and countermanded all the
previous orders that had been given by
Gen. Boyle to intercept me and remained
in perfect security all night* I found a
ZolJicoffer, together with large quantities
of shell and ammunition, all of which were
destroyed. I also burned at this place,
and Crab Orchard, about one hundred and
thirty government wagons.
From Somerset I proceeded to Monticcl-
lq, and from thence to between Livingston
and Spaita, where my command is now en
camped.
1 left Knoxville on the 4th day of this
month with about nine hundred men and
returned to Livingston on tho2Sth instant
with nearly twelve hundred, having been
absent just twenty four days during which
time I travelled over a thousand miles,
captured seventeen towns, destroyed all
the government supplies and arms in them
dispersed about fifteen hundred Home
Guards, and paroled nearly twelve hun
dred regular troops. 1 lost in killed wound
ed and missing, of the number that I carried
in Kentucky, about- ninety.
1 take great pleasure in testilVing t'
the gallant bravery and efficiency of my
whole command. r I here were individual
instances of daring so conspicious that 1
must beg the privilege of referring to them.
Private Moore, of Louisiana, a member of
company A, of my regiment, particularly
distinguished bimselfin leading a charge
at Cynthiana, which had an important ef
fect in winning the battle. The reports
of the regimental commanders, which are
inclosed, are respectfully referred to for
further instances of individual bravery
and efficiency. I feel indebted to all my*
aids for the promptness with which my or
ders were executed, and particularly to
Col. Geo. St. Leger Grenfel, for the assis
tance which bis experience afforded me.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
John. H. Morgan,
Acting Brig. Gen. C. S, A.
R. A* Alston, A. A. G.
From the Valley.—A letter received at
this office dated Mt. Jackson, July 2Sth,
states that the stages are now running
between Staunton and Woodstock, and
that the Yankees have all left the Valley,
witli the exception of a few at Winches
ter. The writer says that after Fremont’s
defeat at Port Republic, a more abject
set was never witnessed than that compo
sing the Yankee army, officers sent in
their resignations, soldiers deserted in
sounds, and dissatisfaction prevailed gen
erally. The crops of wheat and oats are
represented to be the finest ever grown in
the Valley with abundance of grass, and
good prospect for a crop of corn. Stock oi
every description was pretty effectually
destoyed by the Yankees. In the town
of Mt. Jackson alone they* killed forty-
one milch cows. Die on instance they* kil
led a cow and cut her tongue out, and left
her otherwise untouched.
One company of Gen. Robertson’s cav
alry made a dasli at the enemy near Win
chester on the 23d, routing them and eaf
taring nineteen prisoners three loaded
wagons and forty horses. Every* day-
some prisoners are brought through Mt.
J ackson.—Dispatch.
McCLELLAN’S LOSSES*
We stated some time ago our belief
that McClellan had lost since he landed in
Virginia, at least 80,000 men. Thai we
made a good guess, we are enabled to
prove from the showing of tlie Y’ankees
themselves-
1st, Chandler in his speech, says that,
first and last, 1.38,000 men had been sen!
to him.—This information he obtained
from the War office. It cannot, therefore,
he called in question.
3d. “Agate,” the correspondent of the
Cincinnati Gazette—a thorough war pa
per—say*s that President Lincoln, after
fils visit to McClellan at Berkley, said to
four gentlemeu, only the Friday before the
day’ on which he was writing, “with
marked emphasis “I cant tell where
the men have gone in that army.—I have
sent there, at one timt and another, one
hundred and .(perhaps prudence re
quires that I should leave the next two
places for figures blank.) one hundred
and thousand men, and I can only
find just half that many now. Where
can they have gone? Burnside accounts
to me for every man he had taken—so ma
ny wounded; so many sick in the hospi
tal; so many absent on furlough - So
does Mitchell, so does Buell, and so dooth
hers. But I can’t tell what has become ol
half the army I sent down to the Penin
sula.”
Now, the half of 158,000 is 79,000,
and this is the actual loss of McClellan’s
army, according to Lincoln’s estimate.
As we may he sure he did not exaggerate
his own losses,, we shall assume 1,000
more and put those losses at 80,000. our
own estimate. As the Yankee President can
get no account of these men from. McClel
lan, who is constantly* writing that he de
feated our army in every* battle, in which
lie himself was beaten into a jelly, we take
(he liberty of reliioviug his perplexity.
They* lost, say, 3,000 men before York.
They lost 5,000 at Williamsburg,
They lost 2,000 at Barhamsville. They
lost according to Chandler,10,900 .by dig
ging on the Chickahominv. They lost
15.000 at Seven Pines. The remaining
45.000 they lost either in the battles of
the last of June and 1st of July, from dis
ease or straggling off and perishing in the
swamps. Thus we account for the whole
eighty thousand, and thus it appears that
throughout the Confederacy that whenever
more than a fair and reasonable profit is
demanded for the necessaries of life, the ar
ticle shall be valued and bought for pub
lic use.” Upon this the “Enquirer” re
marks it is “reliably informed that a Gov
ernment agent, with authority to take pos
session of manufacturing establishments in
case of intolerable extortion, effected about
four weeks since, a contract with a cotton
factory of this State for a very large
amount of 4-4 sheeting at twenty cents per
yard”—which description of goods, it says,
“is now sold to the people direct from the
factories and by the bale at 42c, and
■Flic.”
Relying upon the statement of our Colum
bus cotemporary, as we do, this is indeed
extortion upon the people ! And we join*
in the suggestion made by* |tbe “Enqui
rer” to Governor Brown, whether the laws
ol Georgia are not violated by* so gross an
extortion as this discrimination discloses,
and whether in view of all the facts, he is
not authorized lo arrest such an imposi
tion upon the people, as the auction sales
of factory goods—to which the “Enquirer”
refers, and at which speculators assemble
to bid against each other—festen upon the
people.—Intelligencer.
Army t'»;->-!*»i»oinlrni-c of the Knvnnnah Re
publican.
Richmond. July 3J st. 14)2.
Nothing further lias transpired in regard to Mc
Clellan's position and probable intentions The
belief exists in certain quarters, that he is slowly
withdrawing his army from the James river and
transferring it to the north sido of the Rappahan
nock: whilst others are of the opinion that, hav
ing rendered his present position, which was strong
by nature, next to impregnable, he has sent suffi
cient reinforcements t i Pope to enable him to hold
us in check, should we attempt to march on Wash
ington, until he could throw the whole of his ar
my into the Federal capital, by means of the James
and Potomac rivers. It is well known that ho
keeps a very large number of transports near his
army—many more than are necessary to convey
(he supplies required by his troops. The loss of
stores, clothing, &c., during the late battles, and
the precarious condition of his army since, ren
der. d it necessary for his government to send him
fresh supplies and such reinforcements as could
be had This may account in part, though notal-
together, for the presence of so many vessels in
tne Gup tain sweating j tl . P rjver .
at Murfreesboro’,
gallantry of a kind indicating a nativity-
under the horroscope of \ onus rather
than of Mars. Shrinking from the fierce
presence of the malignant god he sought
refuge under the influence oi liis benignant
star—bnt not in his lady’s bower.
Laving aside metaphor and .mystery*—
’tis said that Capt. Rounds had been cap
tivated by the charms of a Miss . of no
particular age, residing at Murfreesboro,’
and she by his military title, gill and hi ass
»—and u matrimonial alliance was contem
plated—at least on the lady's part. Pen
ding the fight, several ladies of true South
ern sympathies and spirit espied the Cap
tain, skulking like a cowardly cur, from
the presence of’danger, and dodging into
llie house where dwelt hls jiancc. They
communicated the fact to our officers, and
a detachment of soldiers was sent in his
' j pursuit. Search was made, but the
lT ldiersleft the house, without finding hitn
The ladies who witnessed the Captain’s
entrance into the house insisted he was
there and a second search was made, but
in vain, and the soldiers again retired.—
the ladies urged a third effort, and the sol
diers, yielding obedience to their importu
nities, reluctently prosecuted their search
into my* “lady’s chamber,” and there they
found “my lady” sitting on the side of her
bed, and her lover still invisible. Our
soldiers deemed it a public duy* to make a
thorough search, and, to their surprise and
gratification, foun
profusely between two mat trasses —He j Tne transports remain quiet during the day;
was one of tlie officers brought here a and change; their positions only at night. Scouts
prisoner, and sent on to Madison, Ga.—-
Knoxri!lc Register.
[From the Hartford (Conn.) Times.]
What it costs, aai Why.
It is the opinion of the New York
Tribune that “putting down the rebel
lion is a very expensive, as well as
bloody, business.” That paper, indeed
thinks “the nation undone.” It not
only has no hope of restoring the Un
ion, but would not restore it if it
could. It says so in plain terms. Pre
cisely what it is urging on this “expen
sive and bloody” war for does not
clearly appear. The Tribune, looking
at the money aspect of the case, and
dropping all thought of the sacrifice oi
lives and national position involved
in tlie strife, proceeds to show that the
late Congress, now happily ended, ap
propriated 8913,07-3,-527. 63 ; also,
that the extra session, last summer, ap
propriated 826-3.1 03,296.99. Then total
amou
reach
unparalleled Sum of 81,178,IS 1,524 621
More than eleven hundred millions !---
The recent army bill alone appropria
the south side of the river report that the num
ber of vessels, as well as of tents, has grown less
for the hist few days; and yet they never see any
tents struck or vessels pass down the river during
the day. It is all done at night McClellan would
not observe such s.-cresy if he were merely enga
ged in provisioning his army.
Ce all this as it maj*. it is evident that Gen.
P.-pe, whose headquarters are at Warrenton or
Culpepper Court House, some thirty miles this
side of J/anassas, has received considerable rein
forcements within the past two weeks Northern
letter writers estimate his force at Bil.OOO—wh ch
is probably too much by one-third. He occupies a
strong posi'ion along the* north bank of the Bap-
pahannuekri-his left being protected by the Potc-
| mac and his right by the Hlue Ridge. Fortunate-
j ij for. us,'there are several good fords by which
the river can be easily and safely crossed at this
| period of the j*ear especially since his lines are
; -on long to be verj- strong at. any one point For-
{ ynm’ely, also, the Blue Ridge is penetrated by a
1 number of gaps, by which his position may be
i turned
Nothing is known of Genera! Lee’s plans, and
if there* were, it would be improper to make it pub-
Pc Whether be will attempt to carry McClellau's
.position bj’assault or cut off his supplies by bat
teries planted on the river below, or will go in pur-
■ iiit oi Rope beyonj the Rappahannock, it were
impossible to say. Yon will hear, however in
good time, and propablj - . as intimated in mv last
letter, it an early day. Your readers must possess
their souls in patience. It requires time to rest
and reoiganize even a victorious army after such
fought iu front of this
emerges from the con-
injured requires time to breathe anJ look
about him—to gather i.p his tattered garments and
relieve himself of the grime and dust of battle.
Mach more is this true of companies, regiments
ud brigades: whose ranks have been decimated,
lit, therefore, thus appropriated,^-| a battle as that recently for
,t , i * , , I city- Even the soldier who
US t iH* Pilormous <1111. JiiUgCvilCi tiict uninjured requires.time
ID I lull'd Sum l, ITS, 1 SI ,S^1- ()2! j about him—to {rather i.p his
tlm„ eleven hundred millions
recent army bill alone appropria- j md brigades: whose ranks
ted 85-39.000,000—or more than ever i ot T " h ° se officers have been slain or
, . , . . - , wounded. I will only add, that Gen. Lee has
UtlS included 111 one lav Ol decree 6} not been idle. Judging from what I see, it is no
anv government on earth. What is [part of his plan to remain quiet and allow the
to be the result of all tins ? Is there j t0 !>repare for auotber aJva,1C0 n P on
a prospect that such a debt can ever Ali accounts from the North authorize the con-
bp paid r And how Iou.tr can this rate l ' nsio ? tba ) Mr - Lhlcoln wil1 gn-at difficulty
of living be maintained.
It is a fact that cannot be denied, that
a large proportion
expenditure lias gone into the pockets
of “plunderers of the public treasury”
—the class ofpoliticians referred to by
the “Chicago platform” as “favored
partizans at the Federal metropolis.”
It lias been asserted that nearly one-
half of this vast cost has beeu thus
worse than wasted : The war is now
costing, as can be proved, nearh/ 84,000,-
000 a day. Why ? Read the develop
ment of “frauds on the government”
published elsewhere in this number
of the Times. It pomlirm§,as far as it
goes, the astonishing revelations made
by Messrs. Dawes and Hale.
(it’ll, fiercer r.ud ilic IVfgrocs,
Mr. Editor: I have read the articles of
“Planter,” “Another Planter,” and your
own editorial endorsements* of those jer
emiads. As a slave holder, subject to the
operation of Gen. Mercers order, I desire
for myself and in behalf of the enlighten
ed of my planter friends in these parts, to
repudiate any such feelings as those ex
hibited by your correspondents. We at
,-ery
w hen we placed their entire loss in tii
named battles at between 40,000
50,000,.we did not miss flic mark
far.
This loss wo believe to he unparalleled
in the history of any modern besieging ar
my. The French did not sustain the
fourth part of it in the siege of .Saragossa:
tlie allies did not sustain a greater in the
least arc too well aware that this war is
fought by these people for our property,
to refuse or grumble at the first contribu
tion which we have been directly called
on to. make-—u era the planters, as a class
to perpertate many such blunders as your
correspondents, peace would soon be made
and independence acknowledged at their
expense.
It is strange, Mr. Editor, no man rais
ed a murmur against the Conscription act,
and husbands, fathers, and sons unable to
buy substitutes, were tom away from help
less families, to fight, to work to starve,
to die, aye, and be buried like dogs in a
ditch, leaving in many cases, their little
crops to he tended by delicate women and
tender girls—not a wh’sper is. heard. The
government puts forth its hand and touch
es tlie slave of the rich, and they, some of
them,*c.urse it to its face.
I only wished tlie order had passed
n raising the 3U(i,0(/t) men called for, without re-
-torii g to the draft. The men of means and po-
-ition are very anxious to avoid the necessity of a
i Ira ft, which will include themselves as well as
the poor creatures whom they are seeking to
bribe into the service by means of large volunta
ry* bounties: but it is doubtful whether they will
succeed. The men whose necessities compel them
to enter the army for a support, argue that still
larger sums will be given them to go as substi
tutes in the place of the wealthy than have been
offered in the way of bounties. It is believed,
however, that the new levy will be forthcoming—
if nof iu one way, thee in another.
Such being the case, it becomes the imperative
duty of the Confederate government to make am
ple and timely preparation to meet this fresh
emergency. How is it to be done ? Clearly bv
extending the Conscription Act so aS, to include
111 able-bodied men between the ages o'f eighteen
and forty five. This will be a painful expedient,
since it will interfere materially with the indus
trial interests of the country: yet every tiling must
be veniured where every tiling is at stake The
ride turned on the (iih of April at Shiloh, and
since then it has been setting steady in nur favor.
We have forced tiio enemy out of Arkansas and
the greater part of Missouri. We have closed the
Mississippi at Vicksburg, cut his lines of commu
nication in Tennessee and Kentucky, u ipped him
a! James Island, compelled him to send the gierr
• r part of bis forces from the South AtU.utie to
Virginia, won a series of brilliant victories iu the
valley of the Shenandoah, and capped the climax
by raising the siege of Richmond and defeating
die largest and best’army be has been : b!e to
bring against us Not content with these advan
tages, we are now preparing to follow* them up in
Feunesseeand Virginia and to force the hated in
vader hack into his own country.
Shall our army be stopped midway in this glo
rious careei for the want of men ? Now that the
silver linitnjr begins to illuminate the dark cloud
that has hung over us so long; now thar Jay be-
ins to h: eak, and we are able, for the first lime
u see onr way to peace and independence, shall
the people ot theSomb, who have never yet failed
do their part, falter iu the very hour and article
of success !
Should the North fail to get the men now cal
led for, it will not become necessary for the Con-
tf derate Congress to extend the Conscription Act;
but let us, attest prepare ourselves for thit addi- ^
lioual sacrifice, should it be required of us.
P. W. A.
last | year ago, and the many noble soldiers who
and j have died, or been disabled by work they
were not used to. were now alive to fight
the i'oe. \Ye had better save onr soldiers
Mr. Editor. ‘We have none too many and
they cannot be replaced. BakUr.
Our correspondent is in
Telegraph never editi
error
riailv
siego ot Sebastopol. M hen we takes these endorsed a single comuiuniea'ion upon this
tacts into consideration, and add to them subject—nor noticed one of them except
that tlie army which had undergone this j to differ with it.— Telegraph.
tremendous loss has abandoned aline of ——
entrenchments unequalled in strength, and i Extortion iaC’ottou Rood*,
is now twenty live miles ofl lrom the lately j The “G’oluinhus Enquirer” of tlie 4th
beleagured city, whereas it was before on- instant, contains ail excellent article upon
ly fi ve, we stand in utter amazement at the extortion of manufacturers of ( cotton
the imprudence which claims a victory !* goods. Quoting from the “Montgomery
still more are wo astonished as the effront- Advertiser” it says, tlie manufacturers
ery which supports a man who can teh bought cotton at from 4 to G cents, and are
soldiers tints beaten and demoralized that now selling osnaburgs at three to four
they have earned tiie right of inscribing on times the prices when cotton cost 10 to 15
their banners the names of the fields on cents. It blames, the Enquirer says, the
which they had been signally and iguom- Government for permitting extortion in
A deaf and dumb person being asked,
“What isforgivness?” took a penvel and
wrote a reply containing,*! volume of
the most exquisite poetry, as well as
deep truth, in these few words: “It is
the odor which flowers yield when
trampled upon! ”
Anecdote of the Revolution.—
Col. William Williams a delegate in
Congress from Connecticut after hav
ing signed the Declaration oflndepeud-
ence said to one of his companions :
“If we are defeated in our struggle for
Independence, this day’s work will
make bad work for me. I have held a
commission in the rebel army, 1 have
written for rebel newspapers, I amson-
i n-law of a rebel Governor, and I now
affix my name to the declaration. My
sins are too great to be pardoned by our
royal master; I must be hanged.
The other gentleman answered: ‘‘I
believe my case is not so desperate; for
I have had no connection with the army.
nor can it be proved heretofore I have
written or done anything obnoxious to
the mother country.” The immediate
and prompt reply was, “Then, sir, you
deserve to be hanged!”