The New York Herald Newspaper, August 8, 1862, Page 2

the most scouts imtiie section of Rebeldom. But be ts bi ast fast OPEPATIONS OF GEN. POPE'S ARMY. oe a ae 4 About fen o'elock hig: z Geveral Siget came into ou, Camp anu bad am ipterview with Govoral Pope; of General 2 of whet mature, howe Tamemnab! (say, and would Steady Advance Sot be Dermiciad te write if Lwas fully iaioethed. | one ’ rat Sigel is ved gome Bix ties Irom hero; bub bo, MeDowell’s Column. with all he Pest will strike tenis in a day or two. A NRW MCBPTTAL, You may cot be aware that General Pope has concluded to evize the property at und about the Sul; hur Springs for hospital use. ‘This is a good move, aud oue loudly calied for by the necessities ol our uriny. The plice is beauti- futly situated, bas an abundance of good water, oud will, no doubt, be cf vast benelit to our sick soldiers. LIPTLE WASTINGTON AND ALL ABOUT IT. Disgracing Kecreant Officers a Successful Method of Checking the Evil. Our Fredericksburg Oorrespondenee, PRSDRRICKBBURG, August 3, 1862. Ruxcrs—Sutlers, Ooniraband Goods and Confiscation— General Hatch—Visit of Preatdent King, cf Columbia Collego—Review—Gueritias—Captain Harrison and His Resignation-—Contrabands, dc. All Fredericksburg, as well aa camp, has of lato been agog with ridiculous rumors, whose absurdiiy bas been only equalled by the rapidity of their circulation and the amusing gullibitity of the credulous, The puszling silence conceruing the late operations of our arms on the Jamas and in the Southwest, and the mysterious move” ments of the enemy at our front, together with our own inactivity, have furnished subjects for almost endless discussion; while from reveille till tattoo, and after, the predictions of atnateur prophets alternately brighten and dum the prospect of immediate success, and add new fin- petus to profitless speculation. Vague reports of rebe) movements round about Richmond, and unsatisfactory rumors concerning Jackson’s whereabouts, ceaselessly ebb and flow from camp to camp, until the eddying cur. rent of opinion threatens distraction, and yet we are as ignorant of the designs of the rebels az the Loa- don Times is of American geography or the first princt- ples of integrity. “Intelligent contrabauds” only iu- crease the mystification, while the stupid ignorauce of prisoners adds disgust to our bewilderment. From the former replies can be invariably obtained highly satis- factory to the interrogator, whoge eyes have not yet becn opened to the characteristics of the raco, but as unre” liabie as the patriotism of the 2ribunc, aud more ridicu- lous than the favorite funcies of Geu. Greeley. The robe! cavalry occasionally make their appearance sight or ten miles from towa; but the cnomy’s pickets are twenty-five miles distant, leaving a large extent of coun" try as neutral ground, upon which both parties depead for the development of their confscaliug propensities, while the cond.tion of the inhabitants can only be realized by the imagination of those familiar with the sufferings of loyal communitiestm the West. If they claim to be loyal to protect their property from seizure by our quar- termaster, the rebeig may to-morrow burn their houses over their heads; and thus, fa constant terror of both sides, they lead a life of misery and unexpected poyer- ty—fit sequel to their madness of 1861. It is not be- lieved that the rebels have a formidable force confront- ing MeCle!lan, but that the rebels are concentrating their troops elsewhere for the purpose of distracting our plans, and delaying operations exceedingly dangerous to their cause. A raid up the valley ts hardly probable. An im- mense force will be required to contest the advance of General Pope, who might strike the moment the rebels began their movements‘up the vailey,and by the destruc tion of the Virginia’ Central and Lynchburg Railroad completely isolate the command in the mountains, be- sides cutting off the great source of rebel supplies. Were our old regimeats filled up, however, we should be able to very soon settle the question concerning the where- abouts of the enemy; but through the delay in organizing new commands, and the preparation of the meu for ser- vice in the field, we may wait until the humiliation of another revers@ arouses the country to the appreciation of the gigantic task before it, aud we are compelled ie Struggle with the consciousness of another needless eacri fice of time, life and treasure. Quite s stampede has been occasioned among the. gutlers in Falmouth by an order clearing out every establishment not condtcted upon the strict rules of mer- cantile propriety. These huckster shops spring up like mushrooms round abeut every camp, bleeding the men of their pay, and demoralizing the regiments by the sale of whiskey, which, despite the vigilance of officers, con- tinues to be introduced in large quantities. Yesterday a sloap loaded with whiskey was seized at Aquia creek, and the bottles thrown overboard; but this morning a brisk breeze drove the half emptied botties ashore, and many a boy got a sip of the beverage without the neces- sity of draining bis pocket. A rm from New York, who of late dm business in Washington, near Willard’s, re-* cently brought a cargo Of liquors te Fredericksburg, and, fluding trade rather brisk, ordered another carge. The latter they traded for a schooner loaded with secession flour, wBich, becoming known to the military authorities, resuded ip the seizure of flour and a loes of several thousand dollars t@ the pro, . The inspestion of the trains arriving from Aquia has resulted in the discovery of valuable goods inteuded for the rebels, as well as smuggled whiskey. .The latest dodge in the introduction of liquors is to empty a cocoa- nuit, and, filling the shell, neatly close up the aperture—a trick which until recently preved eminently successful. The captain of the governinent steamer plying between ‘Washington and Aquia wag placed in arrest before yesterday, charged with permitting persons withodt passes to travel to and fro upon bis boat. It is alleged, however, that, these charges are preferred by who attempted te travel upon the boot without a pass and failed. The steamer bas resumed her trips again, much to the relief of letter writers and readers, and the mails, with their old regularity, continue to re- leve the tedium of the camp. Gen. Hatch is expected w arrive to-morrow. A por- tion of hig staff is already bere, and the regiments are cutbusiastic at the prospect of again having the right of the division. Last week President King, of Columbia College, paid a Visit to Ge: King, his son, returning to Washington this moeruing. Mr. King was Bighty pleased with the pro- mising appearance of affairs in this locality and the supe. rior commiand of the General. He designs visiting James river betore returning home, having a sun and two grand. sons in McClellan’s army, besides a host of old friends, Daring his visit a brigade was reviewed by Gen. King. The troops were all Western mcn—tall, athietic and sol- dierlikc—and made a Coven f et soon to be turgotten. Every morning the com goes through brigade drill, tnd has attained a degree of discipline, military #kill and confidence excelled by few regulars in any service. ‘A few gueril!ss are beard from occasionally beyond our THE ESCAPED CONTRABAND TROUBLE, &e., &., &o. Our Warrenton Correspondence. Wannagwron, Va., August 5, 1862. Advance of General McDowell's Command—The Britliant Action at Orange Court House—Encamyment at Warren ton (White Sulphur) Springs—The Cavalry Crosses at Rappahannock Ford—Indications of a Steady advance— Fulfilment of General Pepe's Orders, Ge. , de. ‘The scattered position of Gerera! Pope’s command for- bids the obeerver’s curiosity -to know the condition of things alovg tho whole tine. The Orange und Alexandria Railroad bas just been opened, however, to Rappabanneck Station , on the north fork of the Rappahannock river, and ‘Wo hope soon to be put into daily communication with Culpoppor, sud even with Orange Conrt House. Trains ran to Rappabannock yesterday, and we had in this way intel” Ugence of the brilliant cavalry action at Orange, the news ef whieh gavo general satisfaction and confidence, Part 0! our force is now encamped at White Sulphur Spring:— ‘Bhat ancient, venerable and commodieus summer piace— @nd the officers drink the invigorating water in which, two years ago, the venerable Taney, with Wise, lyler, She Lees, and others of the Virginian aristocracy, bathed disportei aud refreshed. Count St. Alb, Captains Ball Qvd dughes and other distinguished officers are quartor- @d in some of the numerous shady cottages which dot the lawn. The old place is sadly out of repair. The (grass is tong and tangled, the spring house has a dilapi- dated guise, some of the outbuildings are creaky and trembling, and there are families uf enterprising spiders Biopes and crannics of the ballrooms. The field im the adjoining, whore a tournament was annually held, is now paces he with the inpumerabie feo of army ‘steeds, and dusty otrabards rest themselves in the coolness Of the porch, where wit and beauty coquetted, plighted and sipped savory juleps. ‘The hotel and adjuncts are capabie of accommodating four thousand guests, and it pleases our soldiers much to the luxuries of @ fashiouable watering place without commonty attendant expense. heat, even in this igh nd mountainous spot, is most intense. General reviewed in person, on Monday, the brigade of jaw €arroll,and during the review several soldiers ‘exhausted to the field, smitten by theraysof a blazing ou. ‘His affabic aud familiar bearing on this occasion won €or him tho good wishes of the whole brigade. The Gene- Fal will follow a portion of the troops to Culpepper, ‘whither the whole coryg sccms adyanciug, The cavalry crossed the !taPPahannock this morning at a ford of his own solecting, obedient to orders. This sturdy old Cavalryman is en'rving General Pope's order relative to Femoving disloyal people beyond the lines, and he report- od thia morning th ly ome secessionist remained, and he would bo ousted (orthwith. If egeh brigade com- mander would so act © should have less communication Detween tho rear ail ‘he outposts of the army. Certain residents of Warrenton 2re believed to be engaged in the service of the ecunfederacy as spies and messengers, These are under surveil.auce,and will yet be detected and The oath is the only guarantee that these il! do the cause no harm, and they must be to the test. Jf inimical to our spverument they Dave no business here. The auimosity of the villagers, 90 far'es I have noticed It, does not extend to matters oj trade; for thoy swindle us by al} possible modes, and re- ceive exorbitant prices for the most iuferior articles, Exprese is the ondy vehicle of transportation jbe- ‘tween the North and tbe army, but it is subjected to a ‘espionage by Captains Hendrickson and Flamenball seized, on Saturday, one hundred and fifty cages of . ‘Tho same were -transferred to the bospital de- ‘The fight at Orange has probably been telegraphed to the Hunap. —— that bya coupde mainwe gurprived a company of rebel cavalry, killed several, took @ major, a captaim and two lieutenants, and occupied Orange in force soo afterward. ‘The direction of all faces points to Richmond. Thither the long lives of @ol- Clery take up the way of march daily, and the x Gorrespootiug fooling it tbe revolve of the troops of whe in U ve of the troops of the army of rafate, to advance and conquer. Our Little Washington Correspondence. Hxcpquantees, Anxy or Vincowa, } Littie Wasuroron, August 4, 1! 5 DESCRIPTION OF LITTLE WASHINGION. Little Washiogton, as thie piace is called in oentradis- ‘Cinction to the national capital, is the seat of justice of Rappahannock county, is o town of some three hundred Snhabitents of ail ages and colors, boasts of a half dozen @ores, three hotels, three churches, a court house and fall, a seminary, and a vast deal of pure old native Virgi Bia pride ; ia twenty-Aive miles south of west of Warrenton, @ix milcs north of Sperryvills aud about twenty-five miles werth of Culpepper Court House. A ably good pike ‘Tune through the village from Warrenten to Sperryvi ie, ‘Dut at present it is so cut up by army trains as to wequire much working to transform it to ite pristixe excellence. To the west of the place rise the high peaks @f the Blue Ridge, looking in their majesty as i! about to tumble down into the valley of the Rush river for babbling so noisily at their feet. The stream that wa- ters the valley, or rather the one that leaches it, is called the Rush river, though by what right the purling little ill creek usurps such a pretentious appellation is not wmown. Probably, however, it is upon the same hy- pothesis that the seceded States assume to call themselves @ first olass government. Around the town, on ail sides, he country rises hilly and jagged, biding tho little hud. dle of buildings from the eye of the traveller until he ap- 80 close as to be able to almost look into the of the chimneys, and distends his nostrils with the axvoma of wholesome country cooking. A more cosey little thamaler Could scarcely be found ina year’s travel, or dhe . lines; but their operations have not attracted where the lifed FOYeger would more delight to sojourn | mick attention of late, It will be remerubered for awhile on accéuns of its beautiful scenery, pure | that Colouel Davies icft o servant, with horse, @ splendid coat and valuable papers, upon the expedition to Beaver lam. The servant has re- turned, having been paroled by thé rebel authorities. He reports that, having lost his way on the march, his horse was taken fom hiin by citizens, and himeelf turned ever to the rebels. Colonel Davies went out to-day after the parties, and will no doubt bring the redoubtable bu-bwhackers to a satiefactory account Considerable discussion bas been excited by the reward of five cents offered by General Pope for Captain Harri eon, of the Ninety-fifth New York regiment, end the card of that officer in reply to the charges. The folowing let- ter dis; of thie subject:— Heapqcanrars, Aqurs Creek, Va., August 1, 1862. Grywrat—I have the honor to transwt’ herewith let- ters from Lieutenant Colonel Post, Majer Rye, Surgeou Sloat and Assistaut Surgeon Remsey, of this, regiment, emphatically mag mg | every material point in a card issued in the Naw Yorx Henatp by Samasl L. Harrison, jate a captain in the regiment, apd reported to you as Deving left the regiment without asking or, ving leave of absence. By these letters it will be cetu that the re- signation of Captain Harrison was not necessitated by an iujory received while in the performance of hia duty, or by any bodily Sind he was fully advised of the illegality of jeav ae until notice was seutten the accepta..ce his resignation at the War Department, and that if his brother officers ad- vised him to resign their advice was pot based upon, known physical inability. Captain Harrison was on fur- Jough, ou one pretext or another—more than all the other officers ip bis regiment—nearly half bis time. He never drilled his compeny et morning parades, and was either excused altogether, or had to be permitted to leave bat taljon drills nearly every time. Orders to be ready to march sgainet the enemy at ao hour's notice, it is be- Neved, were the motive pow in bis case. if there be any just ground for complaint against the 1ecommendation yoade in his case to the “Commanding Generals’ it must be for not giving ail the facts in detail. | have the honor to be your obedient servant, — GEORGE H. BIDDLE, Colne! Ninety-fifth regiment New York State Volunteer tofantry , Commanding Post. " Brigadier General Dovsuepar, Falmouth, Va. Contrabands continue to dock through our lines, many of (hem securing work in the Quartermaster’s Depart ment. Headquarters is daily besieged by slaveboiders in pursuit of fugitives, many of the inhabitants preach- ing ‘constitution,’ &c., with their sons in the rebel army, id themselves only deterred from entering the ranks by water, delicious mountain breé#é6, or the hearty hospitali- ty of ita denizens, Nestled in among the mountoins, like a @parrow’s nest in a hawthorn hedge, !t would seem to be paturally protected from the blasts and convulsions of the ‘world without; but, alas, the simoom o/ treason has pene” trated the rough clefts of the mountain and settled down Into the inter-mountain villas, cating out the life of both Protego and protector. ‘THE STATE OF SOCIETY. Tand others bave so often given you an insight into the cundition of society in the belligerent States that I fear it has become an old story; but I must say that, though the People ute Go not pretend to hide their sympathies Gor the rebellion, siili there is much lee of tho bitterness that I have noticed elsewhere. 1 do not know that I have eard a taunt or jeer from a citizen toward the gevern- ment or its army since I have been here. Alj fre quiet, and all disposed to appease rather than fan the tame of discord. I say all; bat I ghould modify the term. There are a few—mere iplings and senseless females—who still ride the bigh Porte but they are those only who have more brass than Drains, aud are as windy a8 ten-borse power smut ma- ines in a country grist mill. J bave heard several of ti: leading men to-day exprosa themselves as follows: — “There never was a particle of cause for this war. «The South was opposed to ‘Uld Abe,’ but I believe he determined to ba a constitutional Prosident; apd the math ought to have tried him.’ “We always prospered under the old government, and 1 wish | could see theold Unton restored just as it toe “You at the North ought to have bung all the aboliti™n- © hung all the fire- ever havea peace Yats, and we at the South ought to ba @aters; and 1 don't believe we Gatil we all come te the same conci Still but very few of these men will take the Bath of allegiance, for this reason: All aro afraid ‘Ghat the Union troops will not be able to hold Virginia, fad that it will be forced back and the country be oo- cupied by the rebel troops. As the rebel Congress has & law that “all porsons in the Confederate States ‘who shall declare thomee|ves loyal to the United States, or own their allegiance to the government of the United States, shall be declared outlaws, and their property be Contiscated, they falter. Could tho citizens be made to pity sical inability. ‘The following is a sumple of corres- believe that roops would be able to hold the country, | pondened upon the subjeet of Union men and their slaves:— pr hos eng oak rarelertey ead phage Hieanquanrens, Aquia Onesx, Va., Juno 27, 1802. . yO Taaiulal Mr po 0 4 f, iH ‘th prt ea iulain our positions Ae | sin have your letter of the 24th iust., stating that you have a negro man at this place, thirty-seven years of age, passing by the name of Charles Waters, and that unless you have the negro or bis equivalent ju money you will bring the matter before Congr 1 have no knowlodge ag to the person you refer to. Contrabands are under the esjecial charge of Lientenant Kosy Acting Assistant Quartermaster, If tho man js here aud desires to return to you, or if you should come bere, and, thout threats or violence, induce him to return, 1 wili ither offer nor suifer apy resistance. My duty hero is orce the constKution and laws, as construed y y fathers, aud in obedience to my rior off cers. Very respectfully, £0. H. FIDDLE, Colonel Ninety-lifth régiment New York State Volun- toor infantry, Commanding Post Tuomas A. Miuunn, Hsq., Charles county, Md. Cuantes County, Md., July 8, 1862. Lines xt Ros:—Dran Site-Colonel Biddio refers me to you inthe matter of runaway negroes. I will esteem ft a favor to be furnished with a certificate, endorsed by the Colonel, of the fret of my nggro man, who calls bim- Hie of Bull ran, abd seceived special | eelf Charles Waters, beiag at AMia creek, in government oficial report for gallantry and | employ. Colonel B. says he ho knowledge of this ised a company of cavairy | fact. The negro’s name is on your record of contrabands ad veeame one o( | us my property. Mowers. Childs, A@ams and Mitchell, “You can’t tell, stranger. Frem "to giVo us protection, and was abieto d s@f the Stato, angi that, and went up the valley, bragging big; but, pr on, old “Stonewall” got after lima, and he put back down the river as though the devilor some Other justice of the peace was in pursuit Lt riot patriotism that impels many horeaway to bold out againat the government's offer or mercy, but the fear {eat we will be driven out, and then their property wi) ¢ confiscated by the rebel authorities. A rimir CLAM@ ¥. Pr. ¥, CAPTURED. » Among the prisoners captured at Orange Court House Ou Satur jast was 4 captain from this town, named A. Marat Willis, who, from bis family connections, ap- — to be quite an \mportant persounge. Besides being immonsely ret he boasts (or his friends boast for him) that his oldest Sister marie the son of Marshal Murat, Sud dg NOW & princess by virtue of a decroe of the present , formerly of the avy, Capt. Willis was an ald.te-camp to ea\d-he was going @ the rebels out / boven NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1862. who visted Aquia creek"some short Lime singe tosee alter negroes of their own, uform MeO this fact. They #20 takedwith (his negro, who was employed in unloading boats, Colvuel Bidale cloges his letior to me by Bay iLg, Lam simply hore cujorge the Cousututiom and laws.’’ Ju this Bale the recoiwing Or employing roDAway negroes is called ha, boring, end 1 @ ponal offence. I have yet to learn that the salutes of Maryland are violative of tao coustiution, Iheré is no man in Maryland more loyal thau 1, or who has encountered more odiumsfor deiending the goverument. My loyaity here hag beon regarded as of tho most atta kiud, in proof 0: which I can refer to every prominent Union man inthe Stato. Istood by Hicks, holding 4 commision ag pe Of his aids. 1 have also the same position on the stalf of our present Union Governor, bir. Bradiord, 1 can also refor to Gen, tiooker, with whom I am well acquainted, and who knows my au- ts. ‘The negro man left for no provocation. His wile and children ure at Aquia creek, and he loit me on their ac- count. Iam informed by Colonel B. that if 1 come over and can induce this negro to return with mo he will seo there is no interferg) Tam not willing to consult this negro at all in a uiltler of this sort. Ho is my property, my money paid for him, and if the goverament requires | regiment Of soldiers to stand between me and my just rights, Lcanonly say I must oubmit—i am but an indi- vidual. It ig not the value of the property that se much concerns me: it is the principle it involves. Are we of the border States to be taxed to furnish rations 0 oir | ar negroes? If officers im the army can’t catch slaves for their lawful owners, how is it they can catch them for themselves or for the government? If you order this inan and his family from your post, they will be likely tw the Ded of ontrahetan. "ee eer upder the bead of contral ‘§ oure, Napjeemoy, Charles county, Md. ‘A rebel mai! captured a day or two sincs, near Frede- ricksburg, bas turnehed valuable information, which tt 18 Lot deeined poi't.c to publish at this juncture. ‘The Srepenetie 2 nh of Wendell Wendell Phillips assisted at the celebration of Emanci- pation Day at Abington, Mass. The following is the speech he made on the occasion:— If there was any chance a Out of tho war it would be by stumbling out of it. The fights to preserve slavery, and therefore it iu vain, Mr. ‘Lincoin is waging 4 political war, that atand out inevery act of Mr. Lincoln and his gonorals. ‘The slaves who sought refuge in General Butier’s lines, in New Orleans, were given up to aatiafy the thas this be made a political wor. Tho President is more | principle of and fight for liberty; but he evidently be- lieves in the South. When the negroes were asked on the Southern battle fields if they were not afraid of the can- non baiis aud sheil which had split the trees and torn up the earth around them, they answered ‘No, massa; wo knowed thoy wasn’t ‘intended for us.” Sosthe rebeis may say of © Mcclellan’s havo done more to help traitors than he had done. The people need not fear tor Richmond. McClellan would not take it. He (Mr. Phillips) looked upon the present war, Conducted wiihvut a reasonable object, as a total loss of blood and treasure. Better thoSouth should go to-day than lose another life to prolong the war upon Bovecask detestable potiey. One hundred and twenty-five thou- soud mer a year and a milion dollars a day are required to prosecute this war in the mauner it has been done. ‘This calculation is based upon the expericuce cf the pust year. As Jefferson said of slavery :—'*The Southern States haye the wolf by the oars, and they can neither hold nor lether go.’’ We have the South by the ears, and we can neither held on nor let her go. Let ber go’ to-morrow, and you will have no poace. She has lived with us for eighty years, tearing us all tliat time, hating us hull of it, and keeping us in turmoil always. Grown haughty by her success in acquiriug her demands, she would not be content to remain one year within an imaginary line of boundary—no, the moment we ask for terms she counts it victory, We shall never have peaco until slavery 15 destroyed. As long as you keep the present turtle at the head of the goveruinent, you make a pit with one hand and fill it with the other, Le: the whole nation eu- dorse the resolutions of the New York Chamber of Commerce, and then the army will have something to fight for. Jott. Davis, if he has the power, wili never Jet his ariny take Washington. ‘doom ef his cannon carrying destruction into that Sodom, though it be, would wake the whole North up and unite them. He knows beiter than to ra Washington. Did he do 80, he knows well that the North would ery out, as with one voice: Down with slavery, down with everything but save to us our republic. ie is perfectly satisfied with his succceses. are greater than he auticipat- ed—iar greatcr; aad if ho can possibly float upon them and a few more, thus holding his own to the 4th of March, 1863, England will, a8 she ought to, recognize the South: ern confederacy. Tt will then have maintained its oxist- ence two full years, and that is all that England wants, If any man presept believes he has light enough to allow him, let him pray that Davis may be permitted to make the free States is the expectation of an attack on that city, No- bing jess than that will wake up the-people. Would that it be hastened! The resident bas not followed up the act of confiscation. He may be Lonest, but who cares whether he be honest or not? What bas his honesty to do with the matter? He evidently hag peither thought nor prevision. When in Washington he (Mr. Phillips) had learned, on the most trustworthy authority, that the President, three months ago, had written a proclama- tion of general emancipation, and McClellan bullied him out of it, aud Kentucky representatives bullied hum into retaining McClellan at the bead of the army, when he (Liucom) had no faith in MoClellan as a general. A year ago he (Mr. Phillips) said he the President desired the advico of prominent and lead- lug bodies of the people, But even now, when the New York Chamber of Commerce, the most respectabje repre- sentation Of the people of &@ great Stato, advise, he moves not. If ese ten fabulous gunboats, Mat are said to have arrived in Mobile Bay, were real, and likely to bo there, and everything cise that is pot likely to come to pass Wok place, we wight have some hove of moving the turtle at the head of the nation, We would get so low yet in our acknowledgment of the South, that not even the Boston Courier will be able to invent terms of degra- dation sufficiently expressive of our huinble condition, The South area unit in this w: Bui God bas driven them mad, and they will accept nothing that cam be granted. In this is our hope. They won't consent to any thing, end we must whip thom, or they will grind us topowder. We refuse to recognize the negro, but we will be soon glad to have bim fight with us. Boteven that won’t uke President Liucolu .deciare fer er a tio. No, we will have to wait oné or two yer he will see his way quite clear under the iaw ‘ from bim. This is the terrible expeuse of a den bc form of government, and its greatest evil. In Frauce ove hundred men convinced of the right would carry the na- tion with them; but when eur government moves nine- teen millions must move with it. Ministers have been preaching up slavery uutil every four men out of six fully bebeve that it is a Godordained ingtitu- tiow; and thus, with this drag upon aod befids aud hearts paralyzed, you ask the President to save you from the negro. If Such a theory is correct, a Slavebolding desputism alone will give you tempor: ace. It isthe hump of unbaked dough that sits in the editorial chair of the Boston Vowrier, that has BO Vitality except base for Charles Sumner to animate him, that leads this crusade against the rights of man. The speaker kuew Dr. Lincoln, He had, while in Wash- ington, taken his measure. He is a iirst rate second rate man; Long all—a ey 2 Recher Pond he is honestly waiting, like any other broomstick, for the people to take bold ot him ond eweep slavery‘out of the nation. Demo- not . ts lifting up it8 iangs, and another the same amount of repubiican and honest sen- timent in it that the last had. Nothing jess than a bap- tasm of blood to cry io aguish for # corporate idea at the bead of the army can save us. Lincoln is as good as the people of the North want bim. In years gone by, in yon- der grove, the whigs fired cannons to smother the vuices from the stand them ocespied by the speaker; and what is the result? The sons of those whigs now fill graves in Chickabominy swamps. Let this Union be dissolved, in God's Lame, end the corner stone of a new one be laid, on which shell be engraved forever, ‘Equality in a political senee tor every man who is born in the world.” Cease believing in the Cabinet. There is nothing there for you. Pray God to awaken your President to a seuse of his posi- tion and the interests atstake, Pray God to induce him to ride out of bis Capitol with a proclamation of unconditional emancipation op the bamber that floats from its cupola, and you might expect to #co him returning with a million men made freo by thet act to support him. ‘Napoloons ere net made of mud.’ Such is the opinion of Wi-kes’ Spirits paper that circulates its thousands among those who mostly read the New York Heraio. Such a remark from such a source argues much for the returning sense of the Northern people. Washington policy is the do- potbing sy, aud waits for events. ‘hea in Chicago I asked jilinois lawyers, among whom President Livonia bad practiced, what kind of a man was he? Could be say nor They replied:—He bas no backbone. ‘ad the Amorican people asked for the man above all others least fitted to lead, they could pot bave got a man better suited than Abrabain Linovln, No ever beard him gay no.”’ Tasked, ‘Ie MoCicilan a maffwho cau say no?’ Tho man agement ef the Chicago Central replied:—“He never decides. Ask him @ question; you may not expect to get a direet answer in less than an hour. He bas not been known to decide a single question that ever came up in the management while he was connected with the Illinois Central Railroad." And yet these (wo men are the men above ail others who now hold the destinies of the republic of North America in their hands. N. P, Banks may not know how to handle an army; but, 'f permitted, he would certainly press that army into aud against some thing. Men well acquainted, from positive experience. with the Army of the Potomac, aflirm that Richmon could have been taken five different times had the do- head of it permitted; but he preferred to kahorniny swamps, and then leave that dirt heaps ignominously, President Lin States, kesps this nothing at t dig dirt in locality and coin, thraggh coward fear of the border § man in UN position he holds. But and it ig that that hurts us ail—wher confess he never believed in 3s spot of an otherwise honest of! of Kentucky, can pot their foot d fe aud Davis, wn and may, to the Pre- sident, do ibis, or the border Statve will leave you. iut no republican éap put his foot down and do thie, or rth will leave you. No public opmion will harles $gner, though a leyal Commonwealth yehind bikw But the public opinion of a disloyal Commonwealth—a Communweailh that is only kept in the Union by the bayonets of its army—will freely support Davie and Wiekliffe, and other defenders and supporters of slavery. We, as # people, are divided in sentiment anc servile in purpose, aud our soldiers this day are the fervants of rebels, Our officers on rebel soil are more sycophantic that wes Daniel Webster in the Senate, when Henry Clay threatened him with the Jash of Southern Insolence fifteen years ago. Bat let ws hope that tho war may be continued long guongh to make us men, and then we will easiiy conquer. God tos placed in the hands of President Lincoln the thunderboit of slavery to crush this rebellion, but be will not use it, In all time thore never was a rebellion so en- dowed with moans on the part of right and justice to ecrupgh it, Were she President the iqnorant of mon | he could not Gre in taying his hand af oned On thie i to-morrow morning for Raleigh. 7h are now | by )WWdisposed of except on the order merband potere bel 0 inatanter. Mr, Conws: am the James Rm thew way to this may prow | ot the Prove The fact that any such liquor just said, Lei the Boglish come ou; we will meet thom. tally nah hrein a fap hours; so w no lager any | oon cis at the prices named above, bows ‘This was 8 feariul tanot ishmen of the | fime te delay. Iweuid rather go to-day, but Varina ima, | that fhe either need stimulan’s or fancy ther other Bide meet their desecut the earth will | gresshe cannot get ready; aud L only hope we have not | do, tothe dete: ‘Of ther pecuniary Geriyed too long sreddy-“i shall thon be cut off from all conitmunication with sir. Keary, and I expect to Lave no longer any poace. “fam afraid ‘to think how long it may be before tshaitsee him. If Thad known this f showd have remaimed with you; but I have to try now to bear all my troubica aloue, without even @ letter of sym: pathy from Fannie or you. T will write again irom Raleigh, aud Papuio must write me a lotier, and direct tt to Raleigh; perhaps 1 may gol it. it would give me se much comfort to hear from my dear motor and Vaunie, and to know that you were ail well and sa‘o | shallmake my way to Mr. Keary if thore is any way for me to doit. Lam afraid that Hich- mond will jall into the hunds of the enemy, as there is no way wo keep back the gunboats, James river is so high that @ll the obstructions that our peopie have (ied to place in the river have been washed awa; so there is no help for the city; she will cither submit, or else be sholled, and I think (he latter alternative wil! be resorted to, Unele Jett. was contirmed last Tuesday ia St. Pauls shake Lo its contre. Fifty y' willed intelit gence have made the intellects 0: both fearfully acute, and the war Ww between such inteliects end ars! will be suai as the world nevor yet has seen Fifty lions of mon fighting at the same time would revol tionize abd drag into its Vortex the whole earth—indeod, & maelstrom awful to conteraplate. Let us rathor hope that such a resuit may uot occur. Lot us rather believe that pinotecn millions, pouring forth one after auothor, ‘as has beon the case since this war was (2rust upon us, may keep the ouemy in check until the whole people of the North may have tho scales of interest and servile dis honesty removed from their eyes, aud arrive at a just decision as t the cause of this war, Let us hope to God that this, rather than a goveral war, may be tho issue. IMPORTANT FROM THE REBEL CAPITAL. Union Detsomers tn wy welnes - ¥rom the Richmona Dispatch, August 2. The pelosnane Sapam ‘Major Bailey, in 1 cavairy dash op Semersville, the county seat of Nicholas, on Friday last, arrived ia rg on Thursda, ‘They number sixty-four privates and four comm! ollicers, among them Lieutenant Colonel Starr, the com- mandaut of the piace at the time of its capture. Dr. Ruscker is not among the number. having been dotained at the Salt Sulphur. Springs, tho authorities not having decided whether he shall be treated as a spy or a prisoner of war. Interesting from Central Tennessec. ARREST OF BX-SENATOR NICHOLSON—UM BRFUEES 70 TAKE THK OATH, AND IS FOROBD TO Tame ‘1968. THE CONSEQUENCES. respondence of the Philadelphia Presa. iow ee Coucuuta, Tenn. AUgUSE 2 aad church by Bishop Johns. He was baptized at home in General Negley, who is in eommmad here, { am sea mortinn Lepe burch, Direct to foundly to pag ne yd a - try Lo got a letter to me some way. Direct some to | inemat his disposal, and as there is a body Inside View of the Rebel | peo isomers ticraond, cavalry Prowiuig about the neighborhood, his capture oF Go nt. May God, in His mercy, protect and deliver us from tho | depredations in his midst must not cause surprise. vernment, migery and affliction which now surround us, 1s my oon- | Until the evaccation of Corinth Genoral Negley haat the stant prayer. Yours, ever devotedly, command of about eight thousand troops, a large portion ooeeael HELEN M. KEARY. of them being Pennsylvanians, He was complete master Of all the reads in Middle Tenroasee, his lines extending w Sheibyvilie on the cast, to Pitsburg ending on the wost, and to Decatur south; and, as 16 although several of the principal rail Toutes Waste REE aaa porpeny ea risoners, no bridges were destroyed, minoe Mlepreaations wore committed untii Gen. Budll withdrew most of the forces. THE OATH AMONG THE PROFLE. Nearly five hundred people of this towa and surroumd- ing focalitics have subscribed to tho wince Apritl. No favors are granted to any in this de- partment who will not take the oath, which is the most stripgont instrumont of the kind ! have soon, 1 quote it— T solemnly swear that I will bear truo allegiance to the United States, and support and sustain the constitutes: and laws thereof; that I will maintain the national sove- Au Immediate Offensive Movement Re- (From tho Richmond Dispatci 2) rom c patel, 5 ‘Wo are ou the eve of groat ae og of de- cision has been placed by Providence in our own hands. In that Providence we ‘ism an abiding falth and au untallering trust. But we do not believe that the provi- dence of God conflicts with the free agency of man. It works Cor and with us ia tomporal as well as spiritual thiags; but in one, a8 in che othor, we must use the means vouchsafed and the 9 ities afforded, and work out our own salvation. © hand of God has on- abled us to smtite back the cnemy from tho Chickahomi- ny; but this was ouly the beginniag of the work. If we do not follow it up—if we do not blow upon blow— if we permit our enemy again 0 ee orgauizo— then, indeed, shall the summer bo it, the harvest Interesting and. Developing Letter from Jeff. Davis’ Niece: HOPELESS CONDITION OF THE REBELS. THE DESPERATE SHOW OF PLUCK. THE FIRE ZOUAVES IN PRISON, &e, &0., dn. | Seerege a tates tote as ter coc: | eens ode toca: harenamee ae pee ucat fully spprociates this momontous trusb. ‘Now in | forever’ oppose secession, rebellion or dlsint of the time.to strike; now, whilst our banners are flash- | jhe foder: j Maat I disciains and deupumoe’ all aie The Fire Zeuaves in the Richmond Prisons. TO TUK EDITOR OF THE HERALD, Ricumonp, Va., July 1, 1362. The following officers and soldiers of tho Fourth regi- ment Exeolsior Brigade (Second Fire Zouaves) aro now prisonsers here. By publi their names you will no doubt relieve the anxiety ir families and friends, ing in tho light of victory, whilst every Southern sword mirrors the bright forms of glory and hope, whilst the accursed foe is preparing once more for a final spring, now fy the time fora blow that shall crush this hydra-hoadea tsm forever, and send an elcctric bas deliverance and joy from ono end to the other of this struggling, valiant and glorious country. Soldiers of ‘South, Napoleon told his warriors in Egypt that from the summit of the pyramids forty centuries looked down, upon them. Without the language of rhetorical exag- and fellowshtp with the 8 igi Coane ‘States pce onfederate armies, and. pl my » and my life to the sacred performance of this ay solemm cath of allegiance to the "ioe jae, tho United of America, 80 help me God, 1 is gnderstood tnat the violation of this oath is death, A negro was arrested here this morning, who had besa engaged as x bearer of despatches by Geuoral Pillow,an@ some valuable information found on his person. The con- Roapec our WM.R. BREWSTER, traband gtates that ho loft Tupclo, Mississippi, sevem a et eakrth regimout Excelsior Brigade, J Seratlon, we can say to you that from teu thousand | days aga, sud that tnere were about dfteon thousand Colonel Wm. R. Brewster, sick. duxious#homes the eyes of mothers, sisters, wives and | yodol soldiers there, uncer Bragg and Prico. Pillow waa Captain M. W. Barns, Co. A, sick. children aro iooking upon you-—looking upon you, thelr | also these. ie also rtates that Deaurogacd had boon t@ Cabtain Wim, MeCauley ,o.'f Digre suet cs oa eae only help | New Oricwns In disguise, but that he subsequeatly went Lieutenant Jas. Marksman, Co. K, aick. aud hope, save that God in whose hands are the issues of | 44 chy! . batiles, and to whose Almighty throne arise day and night those prayers of faith which he has promised to answer and to biess, Inspired by such reilectious, let our gallant suns of the South once moro give their glaious baunors to the breezo, aud let tho resolve of every heart be ‘victory or death.” Tho whole South looks ou; the world looks on; the fate of future gencrations trembica in the balance. Never did such calamities visit a civilized and Christiau people xs those which’ now threaten every Southern homo, ant | which can only be averted by the power of Heaven and your own strong a:m. ‘Tho result we cannot doubt. Now Ict there be no delay, not an hour’s procrastination; it may be vow or never. Patrick Moore, Co. B, wounded: Boing well. sitive te Richmond Daitics and the cracantion. at H. B. Williston, Co, @, wounded ; well. Corinth, there has been @ groat flutter hoce among moro bold of the rebels, in which ox-Senator A- U.P. Nicholson took an active part, Thy tollowite , itself :-= Michaol Chadod, Co. B, wounded; dolng well Wm. Hurkins, Co. A. Heavquarrens Unite Stacks Forocs, Couvmeta, July 28, 1802. Carrar: Beinker, PROVOST MARSHAL, :— Place in close Spates on soldier's fare, F . 0 P. Nicholson, an avowed traitor to his country, for using the following language :—Tbat ho ind been sympathizer with the South, and was sui!l a syapathiner with the rebellion; that be had made up his mind te take the consequences before he would take the oath, } JAS. $. NEGLEY, Rrigadier Goueral. ‘The arrest, which immediately tvok place, caused grem® largo number of gentlemen caliea = yor them, Eregret to say, bein uned for his recase. But the Conceal Ni that he would trensgress his duty 28 M. R. Carroll, Co. G. ‘A. MoCarty, Co. E. Louis Sintth, Co. B. F. Costetio, Go, F. With, as [ understand, several others whose aames I haye not been able to ob! Behind the Scenes at Richmond. HOPELESS CONDITION OF THE REBELLION—INTER- ESTING AND IMPORTANT CONFIDENTIAL LEITER OF A NIECE OF JKFY, DAVIS. (rom tho Cincinnati Times.) The following letter, from a niece of Jel. Davis, abounds with interest. It is a candid confession of the condrtion of affairs at Richmond last May, when the letter was written.’ Coming from one liviog in the family of the bogus President, und closely related to him, it demands confidence and attention. Jt is a private letter, and the writer never imagined it would fall into Yankee hands, We are indebted to a pa- triotic lady patron for it, and we publish it just xs it was w. itten, family matters and all, “Uncle Jef.” is ropre- sented as nearly worn out, and ou the verge of tho grave; go much go, that he repented and was. baptized; and not the best account in the world ts given of the Southern chivalry. The letter will be found very interesting: Rucnuoxy, May 7, 1882. My Dear Moraes anp Faxsie—Lr. Gwin and his son and daughter (Miss Lucy), expect to leave to-morrow or next aay for Mississippi, and Miss Lucy bas promised me thut if Vicksburg is notin the hands of the emmy when they reach thore, that sbe will go out to see you, and jet you know how I'am; but if she cannot get to Vicksburg, sho says she will arrange it so that you can get this letter by private hands, She has been at Uncle Jeff's now nearly threo weeks, and I am perfectly charmed with her. She ia ove of the most sincere, honest hearted and pious girls I bave ever met with, and then, she is so intelligent, and baa such excellent sense. Iam grieved to part with her, and shall feel as though Iam lost. She wil! spend the summer with ber Uncle Gwin, in Marshall county, Stisa.; her mother is in Baltimore, and the Yankees wii! not let her come home. from Mr. Heary on Thursday; he is quite well, bat had to bear many bardsbips. The weather ia very cold and rainy,@nd they have had some awful marehes to make, %he Louisiana brigade is new with General Jackson, Ewell’s division at “Swift Rua Gap,’ in the mountains, betweea Staunton and Harrisonbdrg. You will find it on the map of Virginia. They Ge shortly with the Yankees under General Bani. When I think of his situation, amd the dark gloom that now hovers over our country, | am ready to sink with despair, and would \ give worlds if I could only be by my dear husband's {but it is impossibie. There is a prota- tility of General Jackson's avimy falling baok om Rici- mond, and, in view of this, no lady is alowed to go up on the vailroad to Gordonsville for fear, if allo to one, that many others would wish fo do it, which would incom- Governor Letcher Demanding Loyal Vir- &inians (Prisoners) from the Confede- rate Government. (From the Menmuud Dispetch, august 2.) We have al winvunced that Governor Leteler has left this city tor Wytheville, whither he goes, we learn, velease so vile a traitor, and that, ns he nad de to see ia person the condition ox things with refcrence t | jinerutely announced that be was prepared to take all tae fire srooke of. ie ai pee pecchee to be Faised under } consequences betore he would take the cath, Le must ox enerai Floyd, and to render what assistance he may, A other contemporury says, with truth, that the Governcr has eit igen Be Se aang ir Jabored faithfully to carry out the cuactnent of the In the afternoon of the day of his arrest, the traitor’a Legislature; iudeed, he has done this tuevorything per- | wife called upon Gen. Negiey and asked pormission to taining to his duties, and particulariy in sauce to our | tue her husband a pillow and some food, great struggle for independence. “hd devo- ‘The General in‘ormed hor that ho would permit 00 sect tion of Governor Letcher in the discha., < hs duties | ining: that her husband was prepared for the conse have been unsurpassed. We are happy to hawen that it is .' said the jady, “where is he conflaed?" i“ pee ~ ee ies the Confederate government ¢ Virginia traitors and the viokttors of Virginia laws | « ou lam, with a soldier who why have fallen into its hands, “‘ihese mow Rave uo tight | yosiieneeSuneduur attatinge” was the saidler, e-hae to be treated as prisoners of war; they are criminas This enraged the lady. ‘and she vehemently inquired off againgt Virginia, who must be handed over to our own fo com of ber hua r the odicer #f be meaut to compare the crime authorities, to be dealt with ace rdingto vur own lara. band to the petty transgressions of a low biackguard of @ soldiery ‘Madd,’ reoimed the General, ‘‘you ask me 4 direct question; and i am not in the least inclined to evade an auswer; but you must not consider me inde cate whan I inform you that your husbaad deserves haiag> ing; and that, in tay cstimation, there is no crime s@ cuormons as treason to the United States govornment.¥ She immediately bestowed upon the General the vilest of abuze, and exhausted the vocabulary of opprobriegs epithets in her rage, telling him that ber husbant “wag willing to take the oath with her consent; but thet be shouid vot in jail first.’” Engagement on James River—Heavy Cannonade, {From the Richmond Diz;atch, August 2.1 Shortly after twelve o'clock on Thursday might the citizens of Richmond were siartied by heavy and cou- tinuons reports of “cannon, progeeding from ihe direction of City Point. the reports were very mapid, and taove who occup! eligible positions could distinctly see the flash of the guns. This was kept up fer nearly wwo hours, during which period it is estimated that there were Lo jess than five hundred discharges. From ivfor- mation received yesterday morning it appears that o artillery, including a number of my i had bewp placed in positivn at an on Thursday, opened a flerce capnonatte dung upon the federal leet pp site sale of the river. Coggin’s Point ts in Priuco sieorge county, about forty miles from Richmond by the river route, but less than thirty in a direct linc. Ubservativas made on Wedvesdey revealed about 150 i sels 48 Harrison's Landing, nearly opposite, comprisiug veasels of every description, ameng them s.mo very fae steamers. On tho same day four large transport: with treops, came up the river. The ileet was lying qmietly at avcbor, aud po unustal movement wus moticed ia the vicinity. ‘The enemy was evidently taken by sur- prise, and ali the lights of the foes wore immediately tinguished, but this did not prevent our gunners from >: serving their range, which they bad taken care to obta. with accuracy wh! Jo daylight gave them am opportunit: A feeble response was inade by the gunboats; but firts, Interesting Boat Race for Six Hundred Dollars. An mteresting boat race—cat rig—between a number of Now York, Brooklyn and Jersey City crafts, for 9 purse of $00, come off yesterday afterroou from the Cla> Houao, Brooklyn. Six boate were entered for the race, beat contributing $100 vowarda the prize. Four of she competitors were built in Brooklyn, one in New York, and one is Jersey City. The greatest anxiety was mavifested og te the result of the race. The ground aver which the boats were to sail was from the Club jlons® vw bnoy No. 9, in the lower bay, and back—a dis» tance of twenty miles. The boats started at one o’closit, wu the ing order:— , of Brooklyn, 26 feet in longth. 6, of Brookiyn, 26 feet in iengtb. ney Fandom, and comparatively ignoran: of our position, borg hed os His letter to me was writtea in a } juiicted but little damage. The fect, on te cont any, 13 6 fet, 5 inches sad tone, w! istresse] me very much—he gaid that | sunpuaed tw have suifered heavily. A great crashing wae ai! hig recruits but ten were sick, and hari been sent back to the rear, where he was airaid they would suffer (or want of attention. They have been obliged ( and men) to sen om the ground wilh very scant cOb-ring and no tents since last February, when the army retreate! from Mancssus, Now thoy have a fly for every eight mon, which affords some protection from the rain and snow, but very little from the cold weather. Mr. Keory could not write to me for ten’ days after he reached there, be- cause it was raining, and be had no shelter to write under to keep his paper dry. My God, what atrial tome, to know that he bad to bear all this, and I io a comfortable with a good fire, and every comfort. If I could ¢ his hardships, I would take it all lightly; bat jon is heart reuding, ayd either to-morrow or heard iu the river, and ia conjectured that cullisiovs occurred among tle vessels in their haste to get beyone the reach of danger, At daylight yesterday morning tho entire tleot had disappeared, and gress commotion was visible in McCiellan’s camp. The en!y casualties reported on our side were caused by 4n accident to oue of the guns, by which one man was killed and six were wounded—two of the number, belonging to "a battery, badly. A member cf Dabuey's Artiliery, who participated ip the engagement, arrived in this city last evening with the * Wm. P. Dalton, of the same battery, who was His account of the aflair agrees mainly ing Statement, though he says that the enemy's fire was Very heavy, but, owing to the darkne.s of the night, not well directed. The scene on the opening ‘There was a light breeze from east-southeast at the time of starting, which increased in strength as the heats proceeded down the bay. The Partridge took the lead from the ¢tart almost, and maintained her position the fivet bad reached Fort Hamilton, when the Rachel aad the Laura both hauled upon her, and by the time the beoy was reached the Jersey City boat was ohead. Then .s considerable beating to do in the lower bay, and the way some of the boats were handled excited the acmiration of ail who were witnesses of the scene. the distance between hf and myself will be enc! o eral Johnston ig falling back from the | Of the cannonade is describod 48 magnilceot. Gppocite, | Coming honze the race was rather tame, the boats having insula Yorktown, and: Uncle Jeff. thinks | \vith their glimmering lights, reminded the beholder o: an | “free wind the whole way; but as they came that we had better go to @ safer place than | iimmination for some festive occasion. Our informant | OW!’ Head, wowding every iuch of their snowy white Richmond. Woe have not decided yes where | couid tall very little of whatocourred afterward, except | cabvass, the eillect was vory pretty, The home stake we shail go, but I think to North Carolina, | jg regard to the par taived by the battery to which lie voat was rounded in the following order :-— to some far-off country town, or, perhaps, to | belongs. “Long Tom’ fired Sfteen rounds, some ef whica, HM. 8. south Carolina. I will write to you from there the very | ho falt couddent, took effect upon the enomy’s fleet. The 3 7 fist opportunity. Jf Johnun falls as far back as Riche | crashing of timber was heard distinctly amid the roar of 32 @ mond, ail our troops from. Gordonsville dnd Swift Run Gap | Cannons yet tho dark:iess of the night rendered it impos. 3 23 It well also"falt back to this place sand make one desperate } sinig to makewbservations. The casualties in Dabn 328 wand against McClellan. if you will look at the map, you | Company wore tree:—W. 3 33 2 will eee uhat the Xankces are approuchiyg Richwond in} guhar and Patrick Grahams \odor 3 45 35 three different dircetions:—From Fredericksburg, Harri | ip Thacker and John Brooks, of Hanc ‘the Meg Sood was built by and belonged to Patrigk sonburg and Yorktown. Oh, God! defend this people jared by the premature explosion of a guu,and fonr others | MeGiehan, of Jersey City, who was eri ee with TBy powerful arm, isany constant prayer. Oh! mo- I ngntly wounded. M any further casvalties occurred | 0® bi fortune. Laura, having come in secom@, 3 rt &: ther, Uncle Jey’, ia misercble. Ha tries to be cheerful, and entrance fee. The betting was in fa to bear up ayainst stich a continwrtion of troubles; but oh, 1 fear ive cannot Bier long, if he does not get some ret ond quiet, Our reverses distress hisn 80 much, and he is so weak and feeble, it makes my heart ache to look athim. He knows that he ought to vend his wife aud children away, and yet he cannot bear to part with them, and wo all, dread to leave him, too. Varina and I had a hard gry about it to-cay. There waa confirmation in the church to-day, and we all hoped so much that he would yo for. ward for confirmation. But be did not; yet I have hope that he will do 80 before the Bishop leaves here. Oi, what a bow the fa of New Orleans » It thed to have sat us al crazy here. Everybody looked depressed, saved Partridge aud the Wardlaw previous to the fore the boats reached Fort Lafayette it was e the race lay between the Rachel and the Laura. oat was in attendance to convey the friends of aleng our line they have pot yet been reported. ‘The orders wore, as we are iformed, to fire a certain num- ber of rounds at the enemy, and when this was accom. plished our foree quietly withdrew, and the engagement terminated. The Dash of Union Cavairy ton—Arrest of the Nebel, “rom the Kichmond Examiuer, August 2.) We haye heretofere inentioved that on Ihursdsy and Friday of last week there was considerable excitement in Staunton on account of the unpleasant proximity of the enemy, who was reported to be only some twenty miles distant, though at that writing we were unable (o, 5 Pa sei reut boate ov: che course. x Staun- = Supreme Court—Chambers. Before Hon. Judge Barnard. GENERAL FREMONT NOT IN COURT. Avevsi{7.—dohn 3. Gilles vs, A. A. Selver, John 0. Fre- mont, @ al., and Bradjord Jonee—Phis is an action anal the caus: of the con/eder coms drooping and sink . be. Thi yy i ing; bat i Goa ia with us, who ‘can be egainet us? Owr | sag, Rha direc en ev etecrlogkam Rapaler eftyes. | Urovght on a promissory note, of which General: Joke C+ tropa are et doing as voall ox ws expected. At the battle of | terday, From this papor we learn that on Thursday, the | Fremont is the endorser. The note was jmade by A. A’ Shiloh many of our men acted very cowardly incleed, and ff Selover,a partner, and endorsed by General Fremont for 2th ult., a Yankee cavalry force of twelve handred inen, coming (rom Madwon county, and entering To mountain at what is known as Turkey Ridge, in Greene county, dashed into Rockingham through the Swiit Hun gap. They arrested a nuraber of citizens in the vicinity of Con- rad’s store, all of whom they subsequently released, ox- cept Mr. Meredith Knighting. They burned Mr, Kuight ing’s house and took him slong with them as @ prisener. ‘ono colonel laid down behind # log, and would not get up even when threatened by his commanding officer with a riffle ball if he did not return to his duty. And at York- town, in a skirmish of Ge, Cobb's division,our men gave back jandif & had net been for a Gooryiaregiment,they woud have sums of our bet rifle pils. The vegiments that are mot ayt @ run are from Novih Corokina and Tennesse. $2,000, The recovery is for $2,267. The defence put im is that the defendants did not whether the plaintift waa the owner or not, or, in words, they did not know (bat be was the ondorser. Mr. Gleeson appeared as counsel for plaintiffs, and Mr. Morris for defendants. i am thankiul to tay that tle Mississippi and Lou- | ‘The cause of tho peculiarly harsh treatment of this gen- | Qn General Fremout's name boing called, he did nee isiana troops behave gloriously whenever eall- | tjoman is said to oe been o to the fact that some | mike his appearance, and some discussion aroso between. ed on to fight. As 1 oanuot be with dir. | time since a Yankee soldier was shot and killed near his | the Court and counsel for plaintitls as to whether he could, Keary, 1 often feel that I would give worlds to be with you and Fannio, and yet I am afraid to yo to Mississipp! for fear of boing cut off from Mr. Koary entirely, an could not bear from hits. Ihave not heard a word from you or home since we partod. Iam getting almost erazy I write to you every opportunity. Uncle Jeff. received patch from Uncle Btainps to-day, saying that Cousin Isaac's Hittle chiki, Sailo, had died at Vicksburg, and was buried at Woodville, yesterday. Cousin Mollie left here two weeks ago for hoine, with her three litte girls. Sallie was @ beautiful child, and in perfect health. Poor Cousia Mollie! Cousin Isaac is at Yorktown. Joe Mitchell is hore sick ata hotel, Cousin Joe aud Iwent to see him his evening, but could not fiud him.» wont to the wrong hotel. | hear, since bave returned, that be is better. I will go again, to-morrow. I received a letter from Aunt Eliza a few days eince. not be bronght up ander arrest. Plaintiff's counsel contended that Gen. Fremont cone be arrosted, ag he had resigned from the avvay. He wae not in the service at all, and if he were ut actuaity im the vervice he did not come within the ¢ ule established by his Honor, General Sickles was in the roguiar service, for be had charge of a command. Gever 4\ } remount occa- pied no such position, for he had reiiewed himself from js command, He conceived the rule ¥) be perfectly well established that, where a party was actually engaged in the service, he could not well be ar rested. Now, Gen. Scott retained his name and office as Gea. Scott; but be having retired entirely from servicer ,, could it be that he Hable to ari Coufd it be, therefore, that Gen. Fremont, who had voluntarily retired from service to Now York, and lives at his ast.” in Nineteenth street, was exempt because Le bad the name of a general i house. The Yamkces made but a short stay at Conrad's store, and then passed into Pike County, where another body of their forces is said to be stationed, A part of our cavalry force, under commend of Col. Harman, was sent in pursuit of tho Yankees, but failed te come up with them. This umexpected raid threw the country around Conrad's store into great excitement, aud mavy citizens left, driving off their horsos, cattle and hogs. An Escaped Rebel Prisoner's Story. From tho Richmond Dispatou, Acgust 2.) Joseph Cox, who arrived im this city trom Fort Dela- ware on Tuesday, was captured while oa a scout in the vieinity of Front Royal,on the 18th day of May, aftor having his borse shot woter him, and was sent from there to the Oid Capitol prison, in Washington city. Here he remained until the 4th day of July, when be was trans- ‘She thought I was at home; and wantod me to ir ct command. Yan Bonthayson, if the city was attacked mel sane forred to Fort Delaware, from whence he escaped about a | OMTMMNN 11 tnat Gen. Fre mont was cloarly in (ae she did not eonaidler Uhe Hugricnu sate, Uncle vg. tnnke | Week atten, tn bie eocape Re was nocompanie by AT, | sorvice, aud as seh he could tv .t have him arrested. youu are tafe at home, as there voll be mo resistance ai Vielu. | A. Toole, f foe, NINN ati Gnd, was Georgeiwn, | Comnce! for plaintifs contend ed that General Fremont bury, and the Yanieees wih hardly occupy #, and, even if |} Heivware, They passed through several towns in tho | Was living in Nineteenth strat at his case, and that he bad no command, jt was a& notorious fact that General Fremont threw up bis comv and in disgust, because some body wes placed over him down in Virgmia. Goungel (Or Goneral Fremont said he would make am affidavit that he sift hel¢, bis command. ‘Lhig Court eaid that General Fremont was liabie to be called away at any mou ont. What would be the conse- quence suppose they bad him under arres, there now? Plajntif’’s Counsel—'in that gase we woulll be compelled to submit and relieve: him. # he were called away - e higher power, a8 @/general in cOmmand, he conceived it would be & it excuse to stay any attachment against him. > while he was not under the immediate direction of the higher power, he t that Generst Fromont was subject to the jurisdiction of that Court. ott—The act of Congress reads ttiat no person in tho service of the Riva hares government can be held ler a civil action. Minaintd's Counsei—If { cannot find the distinction be- tween ai Peete a mag 4 be called into ‘mat! 5 "Tbe court ‘were, sieara te, with consent of ‘counsel, @ ‘1n tho pregont month, Woe they did, the army would yain acthing by marching into the country, and a fw soliiers would be afraid fo go s far inlo the’ interior. Yet 1 foe! auxious, beeause I cannot hear fram you, You might possibly got some ene in town to send mo a lottor by some body eomlng on here. Phere must be persons passing constautly. Dinect your letters to me, care of Prosideut Davis, Richmond, Va., aud then when | lenve here they will be forwarded to me. If Mies Gwin dues uot leave to-morrow I will try to got goine other persou who is going home to take it, Her brother is at Yorktown, and"as the Yankees imay make an attack as soon as they know we are retreating, and he does not wish to leave on the eve of a battle, so they may be delayed for several days. We think now that We aliall go to Raleigh to-morrow, but have not positively decided yet Give iny love to Aunt FMen, and cousin, and all her fimily; aiso ail at Uncle Brown's, and accept for your. solves the warmest devotion from your ever aflectionate HELEN M. KEAN May 9.—Sinco writing the above Miss Lucy Gwin has decided not to go to Mississippi with her father, sol shall ‘sond shia by some other opportunity, We ail leave hece sane State, bat enutiously refrained from making known toeir siteations. When deg ores in Kent coutily, Ma- ryland, they dieclosed the fact that theywere refugees from Bort Delaw and found plenty of 1d cru sympa thisrs. Mi, COx says that on the night of the 3d ot July the secessionists of stiddietown, Delaware, hoisted a von- federate flag ona pole which had been erected by the Unionists, aud that carly on the morning of the 4th the “stars and bi were saluted with forty ronda by tho supporters of the abolition government When they gis- covered theit mistake they were © enraged that they immediately hauled down the ilag and tore it into shreds, and vigorously applied themseives tq washiug the pols with cacy and water, to cleanse it frem the polluting eflvcts of the Coufederate banner, He says that there were about four thousand prisoners at + Delaware when he left, and that they were very uncomfertably situated, with searcsly food enough to suatain life. Migh Price of Whiskey, From the Rictmond F.xaminer, Auguat 2) ‘This article, that wed to he dear at twenty cenia gaan, is wow eallog at ra a fourteeudollars: por gallon