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The folliAving special despatch to the
Chicago Tribune will well repay persusal,
even at this late date:
Battle-Field near Cedar Run )
August 10 via Washington, Aug. 11. j
On Friday last an expected movement
was made by the combined forces of Jack-
son, Longstreet and Ewell, upon our ad
vance position along the Rapidan.
evident intention
Late Northern News.
of onr army at
and .Madison, was to move forward upon ’ the smallness of their numbers, had been
tbe fine turnpikes which run from each j compelled to retire without the attaiu-
of those places and concentrate at < trange i men t 0 f w hat they had fought for, and the
Court House- From this point the united : w hole command seemed overwhelmed with
forces of the grand army of \ irginia were j weariness and depression. After they
to advance upon Gordonesville, which is ], af j ] a ;,q down to sleep, the enemy contin-
nine miles distant therefrom. Jackson j ue ,] to throw shells, and kept up the fire
forsRw the intention, and determined to un {j] the evening.
ed mortally. The brigade returned from ;
the woods, out of • which they had driven j . , „ , vr;_
the enemy, hut fell back no further than ~ Iff airs in 1 an kcedoodledom—Butler Mtx-
the ground they had occupied during the I C( f u
dav. Many of the men had dragged . _ „ . .
themselves away after the fight, and as 1 Richmond, Sept. 2. Northern pa-
rode among them and inquired frequently, pers ol Aug. 30th have been received
“What»regimeDt is this?” J was univer- j here.
sally answered, that it was no particular ! The New York Herald’s correspon-
regiment. Many lay down upon the j J ence indicates that thegrdatest excite-
the Unionists in
Prince William
fleeing to
n along the Rapidan. The ground wherever they happened to be, and j )nen j. prevails among t!
inn of the different sections many moved wearily and slowly to the | „ - f f T j p
t Fredericksburg, Culpeper rear. They bad fought nobly, but through 1 *’ L .
wr.c in mnvfi forward Uf.OIi ' cmalltmuc flour nnmfiprs. had hppn LOUntieS. J Atllllli.S
to prevent it. This he did by a sudden
unexpected movement across the Rapi
dan updn our centre column befoie we had
time to move our forces, as it had been
anticipated we should. While it was bis
purpose to fight, as be has always man
aged to do a detached portion of our army,
it was necessary for him to delude forth
with the supposition that he was advancing
with oveiwhelming numbers upon us at
all points and from all directions. This
he also succeeded in doing to a consider
able degree, but as soon as be bad pro
duced the impression upon the startled
columns that lie was about to attack them
all, lie rapidly concentrated bis whole
available force, which be put to bear upon
our centre.
All day on Friday lie was threatening
the forces at Madison, on Thoroughfare
Washington, abandoning everything.—
The panic was caused by the raid of
Stewart’s Cavalry on Bristow Station
on the Orange and Alexandria Rail
road.
A trairpfrom Warrenton junction for
r i . I Alexandria, escaped capture by dash-
1 he last encouuter with Jackson must, - 1 ± *
be added to the list of battles in none of
which has he been outgeneralded. It is
easy to believe that our combined strength
would have given him a most disastrous
defeat.
LATEST NEWS FROM THE NORTH.
To the kindness of a friend we are
indebted for late papers from the North.
The news, though not of special impor
tance, is quite interesting.
The most interesting feature of the
news is a letter from President Lin
coln, in response to a letteV addressed
to him by the editor Of the New York
Tribune, “in the name and by the
authority of twenty million of the
American people.” In his letter to
Lincoln, Greeley says; in befak’of the
“twenty millions” for whom he pres-
mountain, at Culpeper, and at the same
time pretended to be sending ont on thej
flank of each of these positions a force for j
the purpose of surrounding and capturing; miles to speak, that “a great propor-
them. By this means the force at Madi- j tion of those who triumphed in his
son, believing their communication with J election are sorely disappointed and
Culpeper to be cut ofi, were prevented j deeply pained by the policy he seems
from joining the main column, amt retreat- : ^ ro J rA fn +ll(
eu to Woodville, and were thus unable to j I. ) , y,
throw their weight into the scale. On the | ot rebels,
following Saturday the signal station on 1 follows:
Thoroughfare not being threatened, a j EXECUTIVE MANSION,
force was drawn off from Culpeper to j Washington, August 22, 1S<>2.
strengthen a detachment threatened bv TT TT ~
s - - - - - - ' Hon. Horace Greeley :
with regard to the
Mr. Lincoln replies
Jackson, between Culpeper and Freder
icksburg. It was thought dangerous to
advance too far toward tbe Rapidan, for
fear of being out-flanked, ana so tbe de
tachments of the army of Virginia were
kept apart to^ive Jackson an opportunity
to choose his own point of attack.
Accordingly, on Friday afternoon, he
commenced a rapid union of his scattered j-
forces,and on .Saturday threw them against
the corps of Banks, which had been
thrown forward to a point midway be
tween Culpeper Court House and the Rap
idan. Gen. Bayard’s cavalry brigade had
been bolding the bridge at Rnfusford, and
was of course easily driven in upon tbe
advance of the enemy in force, not, how
ever, without having given them evidence
of his bravery, in capturing quite a num
ber of their officers and privates. Gen.
Crawford’s brigade was ordered out to
support Bayard, whom he met retreating
from the enemy in the vicinity of Cedar
Run. This was on Friday afternoon, and
these two brigades, with the aid of thr<*e
batteries of artillery, kept back tlie ene
my, who. probably not having yet gath
ered his forces, and bad no desire to push
them further at that time, especially as
they were admirably situated for the ope
ration of their artillery when they should
get ready their forces for an attack. From
all parts the detachments of the enemy
came pouring back, and they had careful
ly refrained from going so far that this
could not be easily effected.
Gen. Banks’ remaining corps were next
Dear. Sir: 1 have just read yours |
of the 19th, addressed to myself
through -the New York Tribune. If 1
there be in it any statements or assump- !
tions of fact, which I may know to he !
erroneous, I do not now and here con- j
trorert them. If there be in it any
inferences which I may believe to be
falsely drawn, I do not now and here
argue against them. If there be per
ceptible in it an impatient and dicta
torial tone, I waive it in deference to
an old friend whose heart I have al
ways supposed to be right.
As to the policy I “seem to be push
ing,” as you say, I have not meant to
leave any one in doubt.
I would save the Union. I would
save it the shortest way under the
Constitution. The sooner the national
authority can be restored the nearer
the Union will be “the Union as it
was.” If there be those who would
not save the Union unless they could
at the same time save slavery, I do not
agree with them. ’ If there be those
who would not save the Union unless
they could at the same time destroy
slavery, I do not agree with them- My
paramount object in this struggle is to
save .the Union, and is not either to
save or destroy slavery. If I could
morning pushed rapidly to*the front, under s &A r e the Union without freeing any
orders from Gen. l’ope to feel the enemy slave I would do it, and if I eoul I save
and attack them. Our scattered army was it by freeing nil the slaves I would do
incapable of concentrating a number ■ an J jf I could save it by free-
equal to the work of conquering and re- j n g gQ lne and leaving others a-
pulsing the masses which Jackson had ]on j wou]d als0 do that. What
brought together upon the admirable posi-; T , , , , 3 , , ,
tion he had chosen south of Cedar Run,; 1 <]o T a ^«t slavery and the colored
and the enemy had placed their guns upon : because I belie\e it helps
a large number of excellent positions, and to save the Union ; and what 1 loroear,
were estimated by tbe experienced to be I forbear because I do not believe it
six batteries. Their infantry was entire- j would help to save the Union. I shall
ly concealed by convenient stretches of j do less whenever I shall believe what
woods behind the artillery, and their nura- , j arn doing hurts the causeand I shall do
bers were reported by several prisoners to j ^ whenever I shall believe doing
be 25,000 fighting men. Our own art,lie- ^ wi]] j, the cause . I shall try
ry excelled theirs in tbe number and val- , 1 , , . , *
1 - , , . to correct errors when shown to be
ue of guns; yet much difficulty was expe
rienced by Capt. Best, chief of aitillery,
in finding for them suitable positions.—
Two batteries were in bis command, but
only thirty guns could be placed in posi
tion. Onr infantry was in two divisions—
Gen. Williamson tbe right, and Gen. Au
gur on the left of Williams division. Craw
ford’s division was on the right and Gor
don’s on the left. Henry, Prince, and
Green, were the Generals commanding the
brigade of Gen. Angar’s division.
The morning was occupied in arranging
the forces and plan of battle, neither par
ty showing an inclination to hasten the
commencement of hostilities. At half-half
two o’clock the cannonading commenced,
and continued with increased rapidity and
severity for an hour and a half.
Having kept up a most constant and
rapid fire for an hour and a half, without
having discovered the position of the ene
my, Gen. Banks gave orders to Crawford
to advance upon the enemy, and ascer
tain his force and position, and endeavor
to draw him into action. They emerged
errors; and I shall adopt new views
so fast as they shall appear to be true
views.
I have here stated my purpose accor
ding to my view of official duty ; and I
intend no [modification of my oft
expressed 'personal wish that all men
everywhere could he free. Yours,
A LINCOLN.
The Northern papers contain reports
of the several brigades in the battle of
Cedar Run. These reports give some
interesting points, and confess to
immense slaughter of their men for
instance General Gordon, in speakin
of the part taken by his brigade, says.
“I carried into action less than 1,500
men 1 lost in about thirty minutes
1GG killed, wounded and missing.”—
Again, he says : “As I approached,
the enemy received me with a rapid
and destructive fire. For at least thirty
minutes this terrible fire continued.—
from their shelter into the open field, and .
the column moved steadily towards the j Companies were left without officers,
and men were falling in every direction
from the fire of the enemy, which
largely out numbered my brigade.—
Some disgraceful instances of coward
ice there were, but these only served
to show more clearly the courageous
bearing of others. It was too evident
that the spot that had witnessed the
di <truction of one brigade would be in a
few moments the grave of mine. I had
lost more than thirty in every hundred of
m/ command, I therefore reluctantly
withdrew.” General Crawford, in
his report, says : “The whole woods
became one sheet of fire and storm of
lead. The enemy’s infantry were
crowded into the timber and into some
underbrush at our right, and they
mowed our poor fellows down like
roads in which tbe enemy were hiding. As
thev came near and within convenient
range, first in volleys and then file firings,
the enemy poured upon them such torrents
of slugs and buckshot as might have made
veterans falter: yet they faltered not,
even when their officers were falling
around them, and Colonels, Lieutenant
Colonels, and Majors, all but three, had
fallen or been carried from the field.
There were 2,000 in the brigade who
madt the advance, and next morning
there were not more than 500 who could
be gathered together for duty. Gen.
Gibbaon’s brigade bad been ordered to
their support, but were a long time in get
ting to the scene of conflict. Gen. Banks
attributed his failure to have repulsed the
enemy principally to their tardiness in
comiug. The 3rd Wisconsin regiment,
during the time of the greatest peril and
danger to the 3d brigade, were directed to
a certain position. They came up well,
but the severity of the fire was too much
for them. They faltered, broke, and ran
back. Gen. Crawford himself, with mus
ket in hand, besought them to follow him,
and go up again to the support of their
comrades, so vastly outnumbered. They
marched up, hut only to be again driven
back by an irresistible volley of the rebel
missiles.
Crawford’s brigade is the one which, at
the Iasi battle at Winchester, put to rout
ten regiments of rebels. It was then com
manded by Col. Donnelly, of the 28th
New York, who was, on this occasion,
coolly leading his regiment, and fell wound
ing, under ;i full head of steam, to
Manassas junction, where itran violent
ly into another train producing a
general smash and a heavy loss of
life.
.Stuart’s cavalry subsequently occupi
ed Manassas Junction. At both places
they captured a large amount of stores
and a number of prisoners.
Gen. Pope’s official dispatch, dated
August 29th, claims a victory over
Longstreet. and the capture of 1,000
prisoners, many arms, and one piece
of artillery. He says that Gen.
Heintzleman’s corps would move
against Jackson, six miles west of Cen-
treville, at daylight : and that he did
not see how Jackson could escape
without a heavy loss.
The Washington correspondent of
the New York Times says that several
States are much further behind in rais-
] ing their quotas of troops, under the
new call than has been represented.—
There will be very few States this
correspondent says where drafting
will not have to be resorted to.
Gen. Phelp’s resignation has been
accepted. [Phelps is the officer who
quarreled with Butler about arming
the negro regiments at New Orleans.
—Ei>. Chrox.]
A Democratic Mass Meeting was held
in Philadelphia on Saturday last.—
Resolutions were adopted denouncing
the secessionists and abolitionists, in fa
vor of frees peech, and the prosecution
of the war, Among the speakers was
Charles J. Ingersoll, who declared
that the object of the war was to free
the negroes ; and he denounced the
Federal Government as the most
corrupt and despotic ever seen here.—
lie was subsequently arrested for ut
tering these sentiments.
A letter from Lord John Russell to
Secretary Seward, dated July 2Stli,
is published. The former refers to the
evidences of the increasing bitterness
of the strife in America, and saj's that
the approach of servile war so much
insisted upon by Mr. Seward, in his
dispatch to which this is an answer,
only forewarns us that another element
of destruction may be added to the
loss of property and waste of industry
which already afflict a country lately
so prosperous and tranquil.
He claims that her Majesty’s Gov
ernment has maintained an impartial
neutrality, and desires in the language
of Lincoln to the Governors of the
thirteen States, the bringing of this
unnecessary and injurious civil war to
a speedy and satisfactory conclu
sion. • •
received here, dated Netcbez, 2d, sta
tes that fourteen Yankees landed and
commenced pillaging under the hill.
About thirty men went down and at
tacked them. The pillagers were
mostly all killed or wounded—only
three were seen to return to their
boats. They fired shell, grape and
cannister at ps as we came up the hill.
None of our men were killed.
Three children were killed and one
wounded by a shell from the gunboats;
both boats have gone up the river,
it is supposed to get better range.
They shelled the town two hours with
out giving time to remove the women
and children. The officers expressed
their determination to join the upper
fleet. The Essex hoisted the black
flan as she went down.
The news from the North is as seri
ous as possible. Never before were such
efforts made in a grett undertaking as
are now to be witnessed among that
people in creating a new army. They
are not ouly in earnest, but they are
madly, terribly in earnest.—They will
not only recruit the new army of six
hundred thousand men; but they will j
do it speedily. Before next January]
they will be ready to repeat their in
ter inattention to the patients under
their charge. Feeling convinced that
if there were men at once so sordid,
ignorant and brutal as to neglect the
stricken and suffering heroes of our
army consigned to their charge, and
rob them of the food and drink con
tributed for their restoration, that they
would be little affected by newspaper
publications, we exhorted our corres
pondents to lay their complaints be
fore the surgeon general. Recently,
however, committees have been ap
pointed by both Houses of Congress
to enquire into the condition of the
hospitals, and to ferrit out the alleged
abuses in the medical departments.—
The committees have already taken the
field, and from the known character
of the gentlemen who comprise them,
we can safely predict that their inves
tigations will be thorough. YVe learn
that the committees will employ a
competent reporter to take depositions.
Now is the opportunity for the suffer
ing soldiers, and the indignant fe-
senting only a tail view—in the^counter- male visitors of the hospitals to speak
teit it is much plainer, and the mule pre- out.
sents almost a broadside view.
§50.
In the genuine on the left hand end the
forward, is partly
Counterfeit Confederate Treasury Notts.
Below our readers will see how easily it
is to detect the Counterfeit Confederate
Notes, which have been circulated in such
large amounts in this and other cities ot the
South. Merchants and traders would do well
to keep by them these directions to detect
the spurious issues:
From the Savannah Republican.
As thousands of these notes are in cir
culation, and but few know how to dis
tinguish the genuine from the spurious,
we are doing the public a service by giv
ing the following tests, which have been
kindly furnished to us by a hank officer’of
this city:
§100.
The sailor in the left hand end leans up
on an archor, diagonally across the vignet
te, from left to right, in the genuine, there
is a hair line very distinct, as if the stone
from which the impression was taken had
been’broken or cracked. In the counter
feit there is no such blur or hair line. In
the centre vignette, right side, near the
cotton press* is a mule—in the genuine it
is very indistinctly executed, and the mule
looks as if he were walking from you, pre
sailor that is leanin
j bald —in the counterfeit a more full
head
vasion of the Sowth with all the advan- i ,■, • , . .
, . , - , , , , M>t hair; have seen none signed except on
tages which experience lias taught the leftf c . Riggs> Iette ° r A smal f let _
them. I he second invasion will be more d t 0 the right of the A.
formidable than the first; because of the
desperate determination with which it
will be made. Before, they were over
confident, and their ingress was attend
ed by many exhibitions of incaution
and neglect. They considered their work
already done, before they had fairly
commenced it. This will no longer be
the case. Their preparation will be
thorough, and every movement will be
inspired by a caution and resolution
which have not before been known in
their advances.
They have gone to work now in j
creating an army precisely as they did j
after the defeat of Manassas. They |
were exasperated then; they are infuri-
ated now. The parallel between now j
§20.
The sailer in the left hand corner again
betrays tlie counterfeit.
In the genuine the crown of the sailor’s
hat is very much broader than in counter
feit—the shading line on his jacket in the
genuine, run square across the body—in
the counterfeit they run diagonally across
the body.
The paper of the counterfeit is whiter,
stiffer and better than the genuine.
YY ith these tests, there will be no diffi
culty in discriminating between the genu
ine and spurious notes. Run over your
“pile,” and see to what extent you have
been cheated.
A
Yankee Letler.
I) esc rip/ton
following
of the Battle
extracts are
and then does not stop with the case of I Interesting
the North. It applies to our case. YY r e I Field.—The
are in danger of falling into the same from a letter captured by our troops
indolence and false security now that | from the enemy. YYe omit the name
we fell into then. If we do so, ruin will 0 f the writer and his correspondent, as
Kirby Smilh Victorious in Kentucky.
A private despatch from Knoxville,
3d, has been received containing the
following despatch from Gen. Smith :
Wo bad three fights near Richmond,
Ky. Tbe enemy completely routed.
Gen. Nelson wounded in the thigh.
Gen. Miller killed. Gen. Munson and
Staff, with about three thousand oth
er prisoners captured, together with
all their artillery, small arms, wagons,
&c., &c. Our loss slight.
Kuoxville, 3d.—Mr. Hammond
writes that Gen. Smith met the enemy
at Richmond, Kentucky, last Saturday,
fought him all day, and routed him
with great loss. Took all their artil
lery and many prisoners. Mr. Ham
mond is unhurt. H. L. CLAY.
Chattanooga, 3d September.—The
following official despatch from Gen.
Kirby Smith, has just been communi
cated to Gen. Jones:
Richmond, Ky., Aug. 31.—YYe had
three fights on the 30th near this place.
The enemy was completely routed.
Gen. Nelson was wounded in the
thigh. Gen. Yliller was killed. Three
thousand prisoners were captured, in
cluding Gen. Manson and staff’, togeth
er with all their artillery, small arms,
wagons, Ac. Our loss was small.
Mobile, 3d.—A special despatch to
the Advertiser & Register dated Knox
ville, 3d, says that on Saturday morn
ing. 30tli August, Gen. Kirby Smith’s
forces engaged the enemy under Gen.
Manson, seven miles south of Rich
mond, Ky Preston Smith’s Tennessee
and General Claiborn’s Arkansas brig
ades gallantly opened the fight at 2
o’clock P. M. The enemy were rein
forced by Bull Nelson, from Lexing
ton. Our troops fought with desper
ate courage.
Kirby Smith led the last charge in
person, cap in hand. After three
.severe engagements the enemy were
totally routed, with the loss of all of
their guns but one and three thous
and prisoners captured, including Gen.
Manson and Staff’. The Kentuckians
soon stare us in the face. YVe drank
deep of the cup of bitterness during
the first invasion; we shall have to
drink to the very dregs during the sec
ond, if it find us again as unready for
the conflict.
YY r e cannot afford to relajise again
into our first fatal supineness. YY 7 e
must prepare for the evil that is threat
ening, while yet it is time. YVe must
raise a new army of half a million of
men; or our cause must be lost, and
with it property, liberty, every thing
we possess. At first the ruin would
have been partial. Now it would ’be
well as his private matters. The let
ter is written in an excellent hand, and
is given below verbatim :—Richmond
Examinet*.
Culpeper, Va., Aug. IS, 1SG2.
***#*#
I am sorrow to- say that the order of
Gen. Pope in regard to subsisting in
the country, has had a bad effect.—
There was always a large number
enough, who would, in spite of the
most stringent rules, rob the plunderer
but the number is now five times as
great, and they contend they act under
Gen. Pope’s order in going into houses
absolute. YY’e must "o to work to avert .. . .
iu. i.i : rpj le | and demanding everything the people
gras*. The overwhelming numbers threw down their arms and deserted to
of the enemy forced us to fall back, but
only when not a field officer remain
ed.
Chattanooga, in the Cherokee lan
guage signifies “ Moccasin Gap,” be
ing suggested by the river bend at
that place, with its fringe of green
woods.
YY r . H. Hurlburt, who was for a
long time imprisoned at Richmond,
under suspicion of being a spy, and who
was finally released, has turned up in
YVashington.
our lines.
Buell Nelson was wounded in the
thigh ; he was hotly pursued by our
troops and doubtless- captured.
The enemy’s loss in killed and
wounded is very heavy. Gen. Miller
is among the killed. Our loss
slight.
Our troops were marching on Lex
ington, which is taken ere this. Large
quantities of stores, wagons, arms and
munitions were captured. The enemy’s
force was ten thousand.
Jackson, 3d.—An official dispatch
the blow impending over us
conscription must be extended. The !
measure is a public necessity; not a
thing of choice- It will be oppressive!
to the country, it is true. Their affairs
at home have become doubly as impor
tant to the people since the war, and
since the withdrawal of so many young
men of the country to the army. Tbe
labour of those who remain, is twice as
valuable to themselves and their fami-
liesnow as ever before. It is therefore
an excessively irksome tiling for the
subjects of a new conscription to be
called away into the armies of the coun
try.
But temporary interests must yield
to those which are permanent and en
during.. The profits of this year must be
relinquished to save those of all the
future; which can in no other way be
rescued from ruin. YVhere a people’s
all is at stake, it will not do to trifle
about particulars. YY T e must have an
army to meet the new invasion of the
North., It must be adequate for the
purpose: and it can only be made so
by an extension of the conscription.
There is now no doubt that an act
of Congress will be passed for that
purpose. It were preferable that the
new conscripts should be organized un
der State auspices. But whether un
der State or Confederate direction, it
is absolutely necessary that they should
be enrolled and organized. The bill
having this object, should be enacted
at once. The business of enrollment
and drill should be speedily entered
upon. There is no time for hesitation
or wordy debate. Two weeks have
passed since the meeting of Congress,
and the measure is not yet a law.
Meanwhile regiments and brigades of
the new levy of the Yankees are pour
ing into YVashington. Three regiments
a dav is the average number of troops
passing through Baltimore alone. The
new Y’ankee army is already partly in
the field, other portions are organized
and on the march to the places of ren
dezvous; and very soon ourgallant sol
diers, now confronting the enemy, will
have fresh troops to meet in addition to
their old antagonists. Is it fair, or just,
or honest, thus to subject them toune-
bual contest ?—Are we never to be in
condition to take advantage of our vic
tories? Are we to continue to sutler all
the disadvantages of defeat, although
beating the enemy on every field?
It is time that Congress and the
country were looking this subject ful
ly in the face.—The enemy are pro
mulgating many stories of discourage
ment and despondency among their
troops and their people, and are again
endeavoring to throw us off our guard,
and to seduce us into a false security.
Our government and people have been
deceived once by these artful tactics.
Let us not prove ourselves such dolts
as to be entrapped again.
[.Richmond Examiner.
have that is eatable.
******
Y r ou have heard of the great victory
over Jackson. If you had been here i/(fu
would have seen the victory over Banks.—
Banks was badly defeated ; his whole
army corps is rendered hors du combat.
No flag of truce was taken from us to
them. However badly we are defeat
ed I intend to tell the truth.
A defeat is sometimes inevitable,
but lying is always unjustifiable. I
YY r e give the names of the gentlemen
on such committees:
Senate—Messrs. Simms, ofKentucky,
Hill, of Georgia and Clay, of Ala
bama.
House—Messrs. YYTiight, of Geor
gia ; Farrow, of South Carolina;
Goode, of .Virginia ; Smith, of North
Carolina, and Bell, of Missori.
Rc’porl of (lie Secretary of tlie Treasury,
Tkeasurx Department, C. S. A \
Richmond, Aug. 18th, 1862. j
Hon. Thomas S. Bocock, Speaker
of the House of Bepresentalires C. S. A.
Sir :—I have the honor to submit the
following report of the condition of this
Department, and of the estimates and sup
plies requisite for the support of the gov
ernment, until the 1st of January ensu
ing.
The receipts at the Treasury up to 1st
August from all the various sources of in
come, are as follows :
From Customs $1,437,391) 90
Miscellaneous sources 1,974,769 33
Loan, act of Feb. 2dth, 1861 15,000,(100 00
Loan, act of Aug. 19th, 1*62, 22,613,340 Ci
Call deposits under act of Dec. 24,
1861, 37,585,200 00
Treasury Notes, act March 9th,
1861, 2,021,100 00
Treasury Notes, act May 16th,
1861, 17,347,955 00
Treasury Notes, act August 19,
1861, 107,764.615 00
Int. Treasury Notes, act April 17,
1861, 22,799,900 00
§1 and 2$ Treasury Notes, act
April 17, 1661 846,000 00
Temporary loan from Banks—bal
ance, 2.625,000 00
War tax, 10,539,910 70
$302,555,196 60
The expenditures at the same date are
as follows :
War Department,
Navy Department,
Civil and Miscellaneous,
*296,370,549 41
14.605,777 86
15,766,503 43
$328,748,830 70
The difference betw-een tliis sum and
tbe receipts, amounting to §20,193,634 10,
is made up of tbe various balances on the
books of tbe Treasury to the credit of
disbusing officers, which are not yet
paid.
There are, also, outstanding requisitions
upon the Treasury, upon which warrants
are not yet issued, as follows :
War Department $18,112,192 15
Navy Department 411,936 00
$18,524,123 15
This sum must be added to the expend
itures paid as above, in order to exhibit
the whole expenditures of the Govern
ment from its commencement to the 1st
August, and the aggregate is §347,272,958
the sequisite funds can be raised. The
resource has its limits. But it i s hoped
that with a reasonable economy i n making
tbe appropriations, the plans already set
in operation will extend these limits, so as
to reach to the end of the war.
The inherent objections whicli attend a
Government currency are that it disturbs
tbe standard of value and enhances prices
’The facility with which it i 8 created is a
constant temptation to excess; and th e
danger of this excess, together with the
doubt of an ability to pay, are the chief
causes which affect its credit as a curren
cy- .
Thus far, no want of confidence has been
exhibited in our currency. It freely cir
culates everywhere, and the fact that the
banking institntions receive and pay 0llt
Treasury Notes in their own business i s
the most certain indication that their cred
it is unimpaired.
The other cause becomes active only
when the total amount of circulation ex
ceeds the usual business wants of the com
munity. It operates without relation to
tbe actual value of tbe circulation, so that
even coin, if it should be kept in a country,
(if in excess) produce the same result.
The effect is a necessary consequence of
the relation between the whole circulating
medium and the whole business and pro
perty of the community, and can only be
modified by influences upon the cause.
Every means, therefore, which will
reduce the quantity of circulation become
important, and should diligently be sought
after.
It was witlithis view that Congress a-
dopted two measures of relief; one, by
which any excess in the quantity of cur
rency might at once be permanently with
drawn and funded in S per cent, bonds—
the other by which the same effect could be
produced fora time, through interest bear
ing notes and deposites on-call. But plans
are working well. The deposites have in
fact been a permanent loan at 6 per cent.
The interest notes, although current to a
certain degree, are usually withdrawn
from general circulation, as soon as a sufi-
eient amount ol interest has accrued upon
them to make them valuable as a tempo
rary investment. It must be observed,
however, that if this interest should remain
in arrearfora long or indefinite time, these
notes encounter a difficulty which serious
ly impairs their value, namely, that of an
unproductive investment. Thus, being
both unproductive and uncurrent, they
will not pass into general use unless the
interest btAoaid annually. It will he
seen that the cfeue of these notes already
amounts to upwards of tweuty-two mil
lions. Much of it has doubtless been un
der the belief that the interest would be
paid like other interest, and I have encour-
conraged this belief by stating that I
would recommend to Congress that the in
terest should he paid annually. I earn
estly hope that Congress will approve this
recommendation. The payment could be
stamped annually on tbe note without en
cumbering it with a coupon ; and in this
way it is believed the objects intended by
the issue would be affected.
went with 300 of our regiment, to the I and for still greater accuracy it should
field on Monday morning to bury the be stated that as about five millions of the
dead. The Rebel Gen. Stuart rode
up to a tree near by, and said that
some arangements must be made, or
else they would fire on us. Gen.
Bayard negotiated a truce, and we
then proceeded to carry the poor man
gled, swollen, blackened, putrid bod
ies that lay scattered over the field, to
their last resting-place—a deep ditch
dug—in which they were piled two
or three deep. This seemed hard in
deed, hut could not be helped. They
had lain on the field until the stench
wasso great that it’seemed impossible
to bury them in any way. The har
dest part was, that many of our wound
ed had lain in the sun for forty-eight
hours, during which time they had had
no water, and, of course, were almost
dead.
* * * * . * *
There is quite a stjr, and rumors say
that our army is retreating towards
YVashington. I see the wagons all
going hack, and am informed by our
Surgeon that Jackson is going down
the Shenandoah Y T alley. If this be
the. case, and Pope with so large an
army and so well disciplined as he has,
surely there is a great oversight in
somebody.
* * * I am much discouraged.
YY r e have a large army in the field at a
great expense, and it seems to me to
be at little profit.
**#*##
Two nights the past week, I slept
on the wet ground without any blank
ets—everything we had being in the
rear. Of course that was not condue-
cive to health, and I find myself worse
than before. The doctor tells me
unless I am careful, my lungs will soon
become affected. YVhile I am at all
times willing to he attacked by the
rebels, I must acknowledge my fear
of disease. Diseases in camp are so
generally fatal that they are surely
to be dreaded. It* is estimated, that
nine die by disease to one by the en
emy’s bullets.
amount charged as expenditure has been
paid for tbe redemption of Deposit Certifi
cates, tbe aggregate above stated is sub
ject to that abatement, when considered in
the light o’ actual expenses.
Tbe Treasury Notes issued to tbe same
date are as follows :
Genera] currency notes of Five
Dollars aid over,
General currency notes under Five
Dollars,
Interest bearing at rate 3 65
“ 1 “ 7.30
To pay the balance against the Tea-
sury as atiove set forth, there must
$180,956,035
846,000
1,441,200
22,799,900
$206,044,035
be a iiirtler issue of
26 193,634
And to pay tbe outstanding requsi-
tion, as above stated,
18,524,128
Tlie issue already made of these
$250,761,797
notes as above shown
163,244,135
Leaving authority to issue only
16,755,865
The difference! between these
balances now due by tbe Trea-
$200,000,600
sury
44,717,762
and the above
10,755,665
is
27,961,897
Unless tbe balance can be paid by bonds
or 7.30 notes, the authority to issue gener
al currency notes must at once be extend
ed to pay tbe. same ; and that authority
must be extended still further to meet the
appropriations already made by Congress,
and not yet paid, and also tbe further ap
propriations yet to be made.
The appropriations already made by
Congress and not drawn on 1st of
Aug. amount to §164.667,369 93
Tbe estimates submitted by the various
Departments of tbe additional supplies re
quired to make good deficiencies and to
support the government to 1st January
next, are as follows :
For the War Department
“ “ Civil List
“ Miscellaneous
$44,373,590 36
386,607 39
102,899 38
Out ofthe steerage passengers of the
City of Baltimore; on her last trip from
Europe, upwards of forty enlisted in
the Yankee army immediately on
their arrival. This is the class of men
that are fighting against the South.
Hospital CoMMT TTEes .__c 0 untless
communications complaining of the
hospitals in and near Richmond have,
during the past two months, been
addressed to this newspaper. Some
of the communications were from
visiters to the hospitals, others from
the unfortunate immates of those
institutions, but all harping on tlie
same alleged abuses, the guzzleing
and gormanaishing of the young doc
tors and their underlings, and the ut-
$44,662,097 13
So that (lie whole amount of sup- •
plies required to 1st January
presents a total of $209,550,467 06
Congress must now determine the best
mode of raising tlie sum.
If the bonds or stock of the government
to any considerable extent could be sold,
they would unquestionably ofier the best
mode of raising the money. An examina
tion of our funded debt account will show
that only a small portion can be raised in
this way.
The whole amount of bonds and stock
issued is as follows :
8 per cent, stock and bonds
6 “ “ call certificates
41,577,250
32,784,400
$74,361,650
This statement, while [in the large a-
mount of call deposits, it exhibits its con
fidence in the credit of the Government,
yet in the small comparative amonnt of
bonds and stock, it shows an indisposition
to make investments in that form. YYe
are, therefore, constrained to resort to
Treasury Notes as the only mode by whicli
I would also recommend that the notes
be issued of a less denomination than one
hundred dollars. The large amount of
money iu the bands of private capitalists
is tbe fund which we must induce to be
loaned for tbe uses of the government.—
From the YYar Tax returns anu from esti
mates as to such States as Lave not yet
made complete returns, this fund may bo
set down at seven hundred millions, and
on* of the. best means for procuring tbe use
of part of it by tbe government seems to
be through these notes which answer the
double purpose of currency and invest
ment.
I have, also, to report that the accept
ance of deposites on call at 6 per cent, has
operated well. It will be seen that near
ly thirty millions have been deposited in
this way ; thus proving, at the same time,
tbe citntidence of the country in tbe gov
ernment, and th£ advantages of tbe plan.
It will also appear from the statements
herewith that there have been issued about
] S846.000 of notes under five dollars.—
These notes are in a great demand, and
tbe issue of them may be extended to ten
millions.
The issue of the larg» amount and va
rious denominations of notes has confront
ed us with a difficulty wihch calls for the
intervention of Congress. It requires the
services of 129 clerks to perform the va
rious duties involved in the issue of these
notes. Of these about 72 are employed in
signing; and it will be readily seen that
tbe security intended by the signing is
thus reduced to but little practical value.
It is difficult for any one to bear in mind
tbe signatures of so many different wri
ters ; but when to this is added the
changes required by sickness, absence, and
resignations it becomes impossible.
These embarrassments have been in
creased by the efforts of our enemies to
counterfeit tbe notes. Organized plans
seem to be in operation for introducing
counterfeits amoDg us by means of prison
ers and traitors; aud printed advertise
ments have been found, stating that the
counterfeit notes, in any quantity, will be
forwarded, by mail, from Chestnut street,
in Philadelphia, to tbe orders of auy pur
chaser.
Under these circumstances, it will be
necessary to change many of the plates
and to make new issues. The change
would be more complete by dispensing
with the variety of signatures, which are
attached to the other notes. I am inform
ed by tbe engravers that the signatures of
the Register and Treasurer might be en
graved in fac simile and printed, and that
by stamping an elaborate engraving in col
ors on the back of the note, tbe security
against counterfeits would be greater than
it is at present. The expense of the issue
would be diminished by dispensing with
the numerous signing clerks, and its more
prompt execution would be secured. In
order to make this change, the authority
of Congress is necessary. The laws against
counterfeiting, if not already sufficient,
must be made to embrace these notes. In
this connection, too, it is proper to bring to
tbe notice of Congress that tbe penalties of
the law, while they apply to any person
found in possession of counterfeit blank
notes, with intent to utter them, do not
seem to embrace notes which are com
pletely filled up and are already for cir
culation.
The situation of the country made it
advisable to remove the printing and en
graving establishments from Richmond,
shortly after the last adjournment ot Con
gress. The distance from the seat of gov
ernment at which so delicate a business
must now be conducted, involves the ne
cessity of greater expense aud of greater
ability and higher character than those of
ordinary clerks, in those who must super
intend. I would, therefore, respectfully
suggest that this Department be made a
separate bureau, and that a Chief Clerk,
with an appropriate salary be charged with
with the superintendence of its business at
Columbia.