The New York Herald Newspaper, September 10, 1862, Page 8

army under ' wtowed fram Sperryville, © our other forces, although: ‘Washington and with the-corps of Banks soaraed in 1 tories sae ely tow stn esa go a and Bigel and ne division of McDowell's corps, number- atleast of his brigades, under Gem. Griffin, get, around :¢0 Ceotreville, and remained there during the whole of ‘Uhe next day’s battle, without comingon the field, though in full’ ‘view of the tattle which was raging; whilst Gen. ‘Griffin himself spent the day @-making ill natured stric- tures upon the general the action, in the pre- fence of a promiscuous assembiage.® Darkness closed the action on Friday, the enemy beteg dttven back from Ais position by Heintzelman’s corps and Rrno’s, coactud- 4 By a furious attack along the turnpike by Kinc’s divi- sion of McDowell's corps—the enemy leaving hif dead and ‘on the fiekd. Ido not hesitate to say that if the Corys of Porter had attacked the enemy ia flank on the afternoon of Friday,as he had Gen, Pope's written order fom the peninsula. ‘The action of August 9 at Cedar Wountala with the forces the Army of the Potomac wes evacusting the peningu- |] la—the whole force of the enemy concentrited around ‘Richmond was puswed forward with great rapidity tecrush the Army of Virginia before the forces-evacuating the po- } ninsula could'ee united with #. “Gen, Pope remained at Cedar Mountain, asd still threatened soeross the Rapidan, until the 27th ef Angust, by which time Gen. Robert Loa hadassembied in his frent, and within eight miles, nearly the whole rebelarmy. As soon as Gon. Pope ascertained’ ie and knew that the Army of the Potomac was i | ; | Why 3! W@e Lonc—Whe “is to Blame for the Defeat of Our Arms?—Oficial Reporie—The Results of the Cam- paign Not avBatl es at Birst Reported, dc., de. ‘Bistery must @o ‘made, and it must be compiled-in a great measure from the -publicutions of the press. “OT: ‘ ial reporta’?. goveruiasens: Wwalleties’ Be in danger, hedrow back hid whole force agroga | forces under Lee-could have rence Why te, did’ aot ee + nnbcsaee the onthe night of'the 17th andday ef | not doso Y cannét bf worn the 18th, witha less of any ‘kind; and’ die day ix ad- of Lee’s* proposed movement against: him. |The Bock|Station, and attemymed: te pass: the river at chat bridge and the numerous fords @beve, and below, but * ‘Phe linsef the Vpper Rappahannock, which Gen. Pope bad ordered to hold, that theenemy might be ‘de-, layed long ehough in his advance upom Washington to enable the forces from the peninsula to land and effect » With him, was very'weak,as it could be crossed almost any poimt abeve the -railroad bridge by good ‘Many ef the réports are made, coming from ® thousand @iHerent sources—returned prisoncre, cowardly solgicrs, euptured rebels ,“intelligest contrabands” and ‘reliable « gentiomen”—are no better. The general, inmaking his ir borees had had.no forage for two days. Gen. Pope had télégraphed and written urgently for ‘rations. and fo- Tage to be sent him; but of Saturday ‘morning, before the. action was resumed, he received a letter from Gen. Franke. Jim, written the day previous wt Alexandria, etating that he hia@ been directed by Gen. MeClellag to inform .him ‘Geb. Pope) that rations and forage for his command ‘would be loaded into the cars and available wagons as eon as he would senda’ cavalry escort to Alexandria to “J ring them up.t All hope of being able to maintain his position, whether victorious or sot, vabished with this tell tno ‘dest etory they can. conjuse up ito in, @ratiate, dhemseives into the good will of ¢heir an. ‘Qitors, and the reliable gentleman will always figare him wolf a martyr.and @ hero. Consequently the reporter, whore accounts of current-events must necessanly form - we much ofhistory, mustbe alive to the responsibility ‘af his. profession, must sce and know of what he writes, ‘ ‘The cavairy was utterly broken down by Jong and con- ‘tinurd service in the face of the enemy, and, asbad ‘as they were, could not be spared from the front, even if await the loading of trains. 4 Af the time this letter was written Alexandria was teegn'that place and the enemy. Gen. Pope at once un .] derstood that we mast, if possible, finish what we had to 46 that day, ap night must see. us behind Bull run if we to save men and animals from starvation. 08 Friday night Gea. Pope sent @ peremptory order to ‘Gen, Porter to bring his command on the field and report to him in person within three hours after he received the order. A portion he brought up; but, as before stated, ene of his brigades: remained the wholo day at Centre ‘ville, and was notin the engagement. The enem y's heavy reinforcements having reached him on’ Friday aftetnoon and night, he began to mass on his right for the Purpose of crushing our leftand occupying the road to Contrevillé in our rear. His heaviest assault was made about five o’clock in the afternoon, when, after overwhelm- fng Fitz John Porter and driving his foroes back on tne centte and left, mass after mass of his forces was pushed against our left. A terrific contest with great slaughter ‘was carried on for several hours, our men bebaving with firmaess and gallatitry under the immediate command of General MoDowell. When. night closed our left had been forced. back about half a mile, but still remained firm and unbroken, while our right held its ground. General Franklin, with bis corps, arrived after dark at Centreville, six miles in our rear, whilst Sumner was four miles behind Franklin. General Pope could have Drought up these corps in the morning in time to have renewed the action; but starvation stared both men and horses in the {ace,and, broken and exhausted as they wore, they were in no condition to bear hunger also. He accordingly retired to Centreville that night in perfect order. Neither on Sunday nor on Monday did the enemy make auy advance upon us. On Monday General Pope sent to the army corpse commanders for their effective strength, which, all told, including Sumner and Franklin, fell short of sixty thousand men. Instead of bringing up ‘thirty thousand men, Franklin and Bumner united fell short of twenty thousand, and these, ‘added to the force we had’ dlteady , wearied out and much cut up, did not give us the means to do anything else than stand on the defensive. ‘The enemy, during Monday, again began to work slowly Qround to our right,for the purpose of passing Fairfax. Court House, and thus turn our rear. Couch’s division and one brigade of Sumner’s hed been left there, and General Pope sent down Hooker on Mon- afternoon te take command and post himself at or in. ; ofGermantown, at the same time diresting McDowell to take position along: the turnpike, from Centreville to Fairfax Court House, about two miles west of the latter Place. Heintzelman was directed to pest himself in the rear and support of Reno, whp was pushed north of the road, at @ point about two and @-half miles cast of Centre- ville, and to cover that road, it being General Pope's pur- pose, in course of the night, te mass his eommand on the ‘Be those coming to me verified>by thea miplest proefe. °T Ibave.no friends to puff or-enemies te sco urge; but { eball ive honer where I mayiknow honor is «tue; aan censure here I. fad culpable dereliction of duty | or efficialigno™ Fance or imbecility, cowardice or treache, ty, ceptributing | te the defeat of eur arma, whether 00 th te-part-of com: mander-iu-etjet, general, ‘drigadicr, cola tel, captain or Our armies have mete ead end humil isting reverse. | t Dieguise it as we may, either by: false desp etches, offictal ' Feports or garbled statements to.ths pres: t, the fighting * Representatives of twenty millions of poeple vat the North’ Stand on the defensive to-day,.inend infr we of the na. ‘tton’s capital, while-the fighting fapresenta tives of five i ‘Millions of white peaple at the South,aro exul taatdn:their | Sriumpbs, and their shouts of victory can alm vst behoard ‘echoing along the balls of the President's hou: te and with- | tu the closed offices of the several departme: ite. While ‘we are thus standing, the ever vigilant ehems ' arecross- ‘tng over into the loyal States towavage, depo gulate and | @estroy all within their scope. And there is 1 | cause for ‘this state of facts, not resting upon.a wont of co karage.on ‘Che part of the Northern troope, or an-pzoess o1 ‘walor on ‘the part of the armios of the South, but it is to 1 te traced <Selely to the incompetency of our statesmen te gompre- tend the true state of affairs, and to.awant of wilitary’ -@emius on the partef our military Jeaders.. Ne ver was ‘there an army placed the field with.a.better s! jew for GRocess in a cam; than that seatfrom the Nerth. All that government could ask or humanity sugg wt was ‘Promptly furnished by the people—men,dorses,c \non, small arms,¢amp equipage, ammunition—. wery- thing, wore lavishly thrown into the nation’s lapi louse ‘@o the best. advantage te crush ont this rebellion. Sat e@hus far the effort has faied; and why-?:I propos © te ‘out passing the river aver fords strongly guarded, in the ‘face of very superier numbers. Bhe movement of Jack- ‘som towards White Plains and in the direction of Tho- “reughfare Gap, while the main body of the enemy oon- fronted him at Sulphur Springs .and Waterloo Bridge, was well known to General Pope; but-he relied confidently upon the forces which be had been assured would be sent from (Alexandria, and one strong division of which he had ordered to take post on the works at Manassas Junction ‘He-was certainly under the belief that these would be thera, and it was not until he feund his communication jbtergepted that he was undeceived. “He knew that this «mavement was no raid, and that it was made by not less than twenty-five thousand men under Jackson. ‘By this time the army corps of Heintzelman, about ten thousand sttong, had reached Warrenton Junction—one division. off, I think, on the very day -of the raid; but they caré without artillery, with only forty rounds, ammanition to the man, without wagods, and even ficld and general officers without horses. Fitz John Por- ster also arrived at Bealeton Station, near Rappahannock, ‘with one of his divisions, 4,500 streng, while his other Aivision was still at Barnett’s and Kelly’s fords. General ‘Rope directed that corps, about 8,500 strong, to coucen- ‘trate immediately at Warrenton Junction, where Heint- velnen already was. This was accomplished on the even- ing @f the 26th. As soon as it became known that Jaékeon was)om the railroad, it became apparent that the Upper Rappahannock was no longer tenable. Gen, Pope gould not detach a sufficient force to meet Jackson ‘and at the-same time attempt to confront the main body of theeusmy. He accordingly at once evacuated War- After the removal of General Moviellan.feam the o. bief @ommand of the armies ‘of the Union,in angwer to (he wzinterrupted howls of thovradical madmen ofthe repu®- } rentea and Warrenton Junction, directing McDowell, with @ican party, and after the experiment of trusting military | his own corps ana Sigel’s, and the division of Reynolds, @pettors in the hands of politicians of the Stanjan schovle to march eapidly by the turnpike upon Gainesville, so as ‘ead utterly faited of good results, the President opened] to intencept any reinforcements coming to Jackson (@is eyes to the neceasition-ef the case, aad cams te they’ through Thoroughfare Gap, and instructing Reno, with ‘@enclusion to call to his aid @ military head,.eud the in- | 4 is command,.and Kearny, with one, division of Heintzel- @telment of General ,H. W. Halleck as General-in- (f mean’s, to mareh on Greenwich, #08 to support MeDowell hie! was the sesult. ‘Then the country was promived Ff in case ef necessity with Hooker's division of Heintzel. ‘thay the war, which bad eqn for a fow weeks.prior to F,man’scorps. He then moved back along the rajiroad ig insuguration but feebly carried on, should -be.peshed | ‘mpon Manassas Junction. Kettle run Hoeker came wi vigot'and brought to aspsedy close. General Hal- | upen thw advance of Ewell’s” division in the oon of feck x: once setous upon his daties, being delegated by || the 27tm Asevére action took place, which ted (the President, and Secretaryof War with full power to WJ at dark, Ewell being “driven from the field, with the loss” conduct the warupon his own plan. Then commenced that 9 of ‘his ca mp and Cates bundrod killed and woubded. The @yatem of « generalship’’ which .was to savethe nation f unfortunate oversight of mot bringing more than forty end buppress the rebellion. General Halleck’s frst. mevo- | rounds of ammunition became at once alarming. At ‘ment was to change the programme of the campaign,.ro- §- nightfall } fooker had but about five rounds to the man movotie amy of General McClellan’ from the peninsula, | ieft. As s ton 28 General Pope learned this he sent back @onsrlidate our forees in the velieys of Virgiaia, apd 4. ordera to FitsJobhu Porter to march with his corps at ane ‘move on Rictmond from the north aud west. A force of } o'clock that night, so.as to be with Hooker at daylight.in ‘Jess than ubjsty-ilve theusand men, under Genera! Pope, | the morning. {he distance was only nine miles, and ke ‘was sent ou: from Washington to the vicinity ef the, repoived the. fespatchat ten minutes before ten o'clock, Shenandoah velley, in order to attract the attention of {| but did not reach the ground until after ten o’clock next the enemy \wh'le General McClellan should withdraw his’ morzing. Hea¢an probably explain better than than any troops from the peninsula. This force, consisting of the | one efse there: Bomef this delay. Fortanately Hooker had corps of Generals Banks, McDowell and Sigel, moved in,} handied the eu way.60.severcly the evening before, and the ‘three calymng from their several places of rendezvous, moventent of M tDowell had begun tobe so apparent, that fand consolidated st Culpepper Court House, midway be. }.the engmay, fearful of being surrounded, had retired | ‘Swoon the Rappabannoct and Rapidan rivers, and distaat ||.precipitatwly frcwe Manassas Junction, dirocting hie | from Wachington #zbout sixty miles. After the consoti- | retreat tbwough . Centreville, as McDowell, Reno @ation, on the 9hof August, General Banks’ corps fought | and Kearny had made, the road through Gaines,, ‘the bnitle-of. Cedar 2fountain, and was repulsed by Stone- | ville impracticable. General Pope immediately pushed wall Jackson. Jackson, however, withdrew from thé | forvard to Manas taa,and thence to Centreville, which fold two days after ghe battle, when General Pope took | was occupié d by blesrny that night,only a few hours (possession and pushed Ins advance on to.the Rapidan | after the ene.uy had Jeftit. Reno had reached Mauassas Fiver, wherebe wag ciet by General Lee at the head of | Junction, ard Fitz Johm Porter was immediately ordered the entire rake! army ef Richmond, fk seems that when | up from Brow | run, where he had stopped. MeDowell’s General Pope was ordered to invade Virginia, General | movement, on Wducted ‘with vigor and speed, hed been McClellan was.ordered 19 evacuate Harrisowig Landing, | cemplotely suc cessful, the enemy being intercepted at end come north at once to Alexundtia. The revels, as- | Gainesviile,and pert of le forges <Criven back through Sertaining that .the army of MoCicllan was withdrawing | Thoroughfare Gp. from that viciniiy,and that their capital was.noJonger With King’s 4) vision amd -figel’s corps, McDowell con- menaced, burlod the whole of their forces upan the army | timed hismarch slong the sernpike towards Centreville, sander General Pope, in hope of capturing or destroying | leaving Ricketts, yrith his <ivision, in observation of it before MeCiclian could come to ite aid. They | Thoroughfase Gap.’ Late im the. evening of the 23th knew that McClellan's @rmy could not by any | McDowell’sadvancet(@ibbons’ brigade) met the force of possibility march-from Harrieon’s Landing to Yorktown, | Jackson retiring fr vm Centreville, and about six miles embark, sail to Alaxendria, dicembark and march toOci- | from that place. A. very sharp skirmish took plsco, Popper under two woeks at least; and they (the rebelg) | ended by the dorkne te, in which the bricade of Gibbons ould in thet time wnase all their forces upon General Pope, | behaved very handso wely and suffered heavy loss. Sigel Two excellent railneadsfurnighed them ready transporta- | Was close at han withyis corps, but did not join in the tion t Cordonsvike, only. twelve miles from General } action. Genoral Pope ‘nstructed Kearny to move for- Pope's locality, and theso were put to the test of gheir | ward at early dawn tov tards Gainesville, closely followed fullest capacity ; aud before Genes! MoClellan’s army was | bY Hooker and Reno, an. 1 engage the enemy thus piaced fuliy embarked at Yorktown wo find the whole rebel | Petween McDowell and @igel on tho west, Heintzelman army moving on foot froma Gordonsville to the Rapidan. }.€24Reno on the east, and Fitz John Porter on the south, This was bionder numberone. If there was a real design | He also instracted Fitz Joh w Porter, with his own corps \ take Richmond, then General McGicllan’s army should | ‘ul King’s division of Mel, ywell’s corps (which had for have remaine’ on the Pewingula to continually threaten | #8me reason fallen back frm the Werrenton turnpike We city, and thus prevent the rebels from moving out | tomerds Manassas Junction), to move at daylight in the foward the north, until the armies of Cenerals Pope and | moxeing upon Gainesville, amg tho Meuaseas Gap Rail- Burnside should have been retaforced vy the new levies | Toad, until they communicat 1 closely with the forces ‘ander the three hundred theusand men call, to such an | under ,Heintzelmanrand figel, esationing Ahem not+o go extent arto make them irresistible, Ae it was, ali of | farther than was necessary to effect this junction, as they MeCivilan’s army was rendered of no earthly effect for | might be obRiged to retire behiad Bull run that night for fever two weeks, while in irensilu, and two hundred | subsistence, if noting else. Heiméaelman marched carly thousand rebels were 2 the same time massod against the | from Coutreville ipwards Gainesville, closely followed by Akirty-two thousand troops nnder General Pope. Reno. Meantime, shortly after daylight, Sigel and Rey- Now comes biander number two. When General Pope | Bolds’ division of MeDowoll’s corps became engaed with @iscovered the ovemy in dais front im such overwhelming | the enamy, who was brought to a stand. Heintzelman force, be had but one alternative. To stay aud attempt | and Reno soon after came up, whén the whole line bo- to maintain hrs position world inevitably be to sacrifice | came actively engaged. Porter marshed as directod, bis entire afiny. Te retreat to the Rappahannock was | followed by King’s division, which was by thie time his only hope. Then end there , if he could be sufficiently | joined by Ricketts’ division, which had been forced back feinforced, he could maintain his position. But reig- | from Thoroughfare Gap by tse heavy forces of the enemy forcemonts failed to come. The blunder consisted ing | Sdvancing tosupport Jackson. As soon as General Pope Gishelief on the part of the heads of the War Depart. | found that the enemy Imd been brought to halt, and ment in Washington of the rebel force—the same biun- | was being vigorously attacked along the Warrenton er which had before on two cecamiens neatly ruined our | turapike, be sent orders to McDowell to advance rapidly armies. When it was stated that General Lee was in | on our left and attack she enemy on his flank, extending front of Pope with two hundred thousand men, the ides | his right to meet Reynakis’ left, and to Fitz John Porter was scouted as preposterous; but they were there, and | to keep his right well clowed on MeDowell’s left, and to ow are here and in Maryland, attack the enemy in flank ead rear, whilo he was pushed ‘Thon another blunder was committed by tieGeneral-in® | in front. This would bave made the iine of battle of Chief in covering up our reverses and preventing the peo- | McDowell and Porter at right ugles to that of the other ple from knowing the extent of their danger, Ali responsi. | forces engaged. ble and accredited newspaper writers were ignominiously | The action raged furiously all day, McDowell, although ordered out of camp, lest they should discover the weak | Previously im rear of Porter, bringhng his whole corps on points of our generals, and the people were hoadwinked | the field in the afternoon, and taking’ ® conspleuous part Gato the beljof that all was woll, until it was too late, al- | 'n that day's operations. rank nor the victorious one the moro #0, most, for tem to rally to the support of ovr arms. ‘To the surprise and disappointment of: all, General Pope Among army offeers to-day Gen. Pope's ability stands 2 will now ive a fair resume of the movements of Gen, | received late in the afternoon, from Porta”, & note saying | higher than ever. J moan such army officers as have scon Bepe’s army from the time loft the vicinity of Warren | that hie advance had met the enemy io the dank | service and know with what Gen, Pope Nas bad to gon- Vinced the next attackof the enemy would be made. ‘Late in the afternoon of Monday the enemy made his de- ‘monstration upon Germantown, but was. met’ by Hooker at that place, and by Reno, reinforced by Kearny, furtner west, The battle, was very severe, though short, the enemy being daiven back a mile, with heavy loss, leaving ‘hig dead and wounded, In this short action we lost two of ‘our most valuable and distinguished officers, Generals Kear" ny afd Stevens. By morning the whole of General Pope’s command was massed bebind DiMcult creek, between Flint Hill and the Warrenton turnpike, with the advance ‘under Lidoker in front of Germantown. With the excep tion of Sumner, the eommandefs of the army corps of th® Army of the Potomsehad oontinudd to inform Genera! Pope that their commands were and had been demora lged ever since they le(t Harrison’s Landing; that they, had bo spirit and po disposition to fight, This latter statement their conduct in the various actions fully con” vtradicted; but the straggling in those corps was distress- tng. |The full facts haying been reported to Gen. Halleck, General Pope received orders on Tuesday afternoon 4% rotiré to the intrenchments near Washington, which was secordingly done on that day and the daxt, im good order’ and without the slightest loss. ‘Baaks', who had been left with the railroad trains cut off at Bristow by the burning of the bridge, was ordered id in the afternoon of that day. ‘This brief summary will explain sufficiently in, detail the who!s of the operations “of the forces under Genoral Pope's ocmmand during sixteen days of continuous fight- ing by day and marching by night. o confront a power- ful enemy, with greatly inferior forobs, to fight him day by way without losing the army, to delay and embarrass bis movements, and to force bim by persistent resistance to adopt long and circui- tous routes to his destination, are the duties.which were imposed npon General Pope. They are, of all mili tary operations, the most difficult and the most harase- ing bagh to tho commander and to his troops. How far Gen. Pope has boon successful will be loft to the judgment of his countrymen. ‘The armies of Virginiaand of the Po tomac have been united in the presence and against the efforts of a wary and vigorous enemy, in greatly superior force to either, with no loss for which they did not exact full retribution. Gen. Pope, in/convereation, mentions with especial gratitude, for thelr most hearty, cordial and ontiring zeal and energy, Generaly McDoweM, Banke, Revo, Heintzelman, Hooker and Kearny, and meny other of inferior rank, and he takes great satigfaction in bring- ing them to the notice of the government and the public. 1 do not hesitate tosay, and that boldly, that through- out the entire campaign General Pope has obeyed his orders to the letter, and if there be fault anjrwhere it ‘must not rest on his shoulders, That he has been com- pelied to retire with his ,army before a vastly superior foree, pttoumbering his own more than five to .we, is equally true, and that he @nally succeeded in bri.vging back to our Jines of defence before Washington so n wny of his men, show him to be a general of the first orcler. I know also that the President and General Halleck take Se same view of the caso that Ido. ‘There are those wife condemn him; but such know as ¢! tittle of the facts and circumstanags attending the cam. paign asa herd of mules do of thoology. They are of that class of men who float with the current, and land and ap. plaud so Jong as the tide is in their favor, but the moment @ reverre ovcure are rendy to damp toall eternity its anlucky victim. Napoleon was none the less a genera, after his defeat at Weterioo. Welifhgton overpowered him by superior force, It is tebe expected when two armies enter the fleld of contest ono or the other must be vdoquished—one or the ether must be tho victor—and if the wanquished be made so through numerical weak. ness,and the vietor be made such through oumerical strength, brute force alone is responsible for the result, and neither the vanquished general is less werthy of kis S08i 0: SAGA Ia DNESDAY. Ula 2 NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDA ‘SEPTEMBER ER. 10, ‘ies of camp and field experience, each of whom ties of crore agen a arma aod I fear over will, be, the stumbling dlodks te our national could be expected of beings of such-capacity. verting to some other matters which «oil loudly for cor- rection. You have perhaps noticed in some of the prints extended statements of army correspondents as to the Joenes in property sustained by the government during. the Virginia campaign. Statements aro fiying over the: country that during the retreat from Centreville to Wash- ington, on Saturday, the enemy captured largo, num- bers of our train wagong, horses, Se, These rumors are, many of them, told by correspondents in good faith, and are but reiterations of - stories retailed in Washington by skedaddling soldiers, .who perhaps themselves beliéye thera; but Thaye positive knowledge | that, though we lost some government stores upon that. ‘eccacion, nod a’particle of them foll:into ‘thB hands ofthe “Jepemy, What.ywe Oontd mot ‘tako” away was destrayoi, ties are ov a par, with thakeanard which s now going. the Gen. Pope's mame trom Mabaseas to Gon. Halleck to send Now, Ihave) the posiiwe assurance of thé telegraphic | side of ‘where the enemy's pickets ‘were posted, and that therp had been time to go back thirty giles to Alexandria ‘| right, in the direction.of Germantown, where he felt con- | ¢o Join General Pope on Monday, at Oontrorille, which be Tcannot close, this already #00 long detter without ad-, and the amount of such was inconsiderable: “Phesa.st0- | rounds of the ‘press about Geh. Stuart “telegraphing ‘in on 4 large supply of shelter tents vand artiliery harness. operators at Alexandria and Washington that no such 0¢- currence ever transpired; but, on the contrary, the night the office at/Manassss was taken by the rebels the tele- graph line was cut. by our own -men several miles this for eight hours béfore the rebels took possession, of the post. Thig andthe other yarns were started by seces. eionists in Washington and Alexandria, in order to cast obloquy upon our authorities and todaud the capacity for of, the pebel leaders. 5 Ota aly and Griffin havo since been Franklin p ‘under arrest by order ef the President, but yy, and have gone at the heads of commands to the rebels in Mary! teGeneral ‘Alexandria whieh General McClellan cox Sak et sod be for. esodrt, General. MoClellan’s, Fores bd ot Yt tv frm the ala, Dor, was. forptorah Quy eft NEWS FROM PORT ROYAL... ° Our Hilton Head Correqpemdence. H Huon Heap, 8..C.,Bept. 61862. Departure of Generals Hunter and Sazton for the North— What They Have Achiewed—A Singular Coincidence Oneof the Boats of the Morgan Fled—Phe Steamer Kar+ nak—Death of « Clegyman—Health of ‘the Troope, de: ‘The arrival of the navy transport Massachusetts at a late hour yesterday developed another experiment in the ‘Department of the South. We! must get along without our: generals, Hunter and Saxton-bid’ adieu to ‘Hil at five o’clock tu-night—the former to come ne more back, the Iatter to recruit his bealth and retarn. Each takes with him the greater portion of his staff; and, in view of the active operations in a field farther north, it is possible that we may never see either again. Gene- ral Hunter goes home ‘‘on leave; but it i¢ his desire to. ‘have ahand in whatever fights may be in prospect around Washington; and, as the government has been “losing money on him” ever since he has been in this depart- mont, it is to be heped that his wishes may be gratified. Ta the profession of arms he is reckoned an able man: Let him be placed in a position to stick to his -profession, and hegnay yet be of service to his country. As General Hunter retires, General Brannan succeeds, by virtue of his rank, to the comand of the Dopart- ment of the South. The country will find in him an, earnest, gallant soldier, and a shrewd and sensible manager of the arduous task committed to his hands. The headquarters of the department, will continue at Hilton Head. Rear Admiral Dupont came on shore to-day to pay his respects to General Hunter, with whom he has been on most cordial terms since the imtter’s advent last spring. Ii may notbe generally known that forty years ago, when the youthful Dupont was negotiating to get out of ‘Wook as one of the ablest men in the navy, while the gai- lantry and fearlessness o6 Hunter are obscured by his carrying on the war. I should be glad to scent Bros Hunter. Ihave reason to believe that he will have another command, and, toexpect some hard fighting ‘iy the field to which he is going; but where paper gentry are exeiuded, and 0 I remain ‘oa Gideon's footstool Hilton Head. Whether we shall ever leave it or not, T Wish I might say, ‘bat I cannot. * The seeds of humani- ty,’? ag Elder says, “have been planted here.” Tes ey oe will be to watch the state crop. the steamer Neptune, which arrived (rom Fortress Monroe a few days since, there came to Port Royal an LIU or doce from ‘Washington, pe phot & portfolio of documents: » an entrance to the rebel lines, for the recovery of his ‘wife and children. He has not seen them since the opening of the war, aud knows nothing of their wherea- bouts or their condition since then. He obtained the perrnission he t, and yosterdey left for Fort Pulas- ih eT be sent forward under cover of a flag truce. ‘The official report of Colonel Barton designates tho steamer burned im the Savannah river. on Sunday morn- ing bs the Emma. He states that the entrance tothe river by the way of Calibogne Sound is por aparted by the tug Starlight, which is armed with two powerful ‘Biakely cannon,and which bas the advantage.of speed ‘and light draft. With this miniature man-of-war an ex- pheno Bluffton was made on last, and the camp at that point was thoroughly ebelled out, ‘She -bas already, within the past few days, caused a opie akoaaddlo among the rebel riflemen on Dawfus- j@ Island, who had evideptly intended to pick off our te, and thus virtually the inside passage to Jaa. ‘The steamer George Washington, one of the high priced East river boats, which has been in the government service since Inst June, was yesterday discharged. This. veesel, whose value,as expreseed in her charter party, is $15,000, was employed for ninety days, at the rate of $350 per dey, the government at the same time supplying her with coal, Tt requires no mathematician to calculate the ultimate result of such charters ay these, To pay over $00,000 for three months’ use‘of a yeesei worth only $16,000, and then to retarn her to her owners uninjured, is a generosity Unele Sam, with all his wealth, cannot afford to indulge in. General’ Huuter has accord- ingly deciared sach contracts illegal and void, and has orderod the vessel to be discharged. ‘These was a little mutiny on board the stexmer Kar- nak & few mornings ago, She camo bither from Nassau, Of the inedical director a tug was sont to raptine At St, Helena Sound. Her crew auchor and were placed in irons. Sub- orders of Surgeon Crane were modified, ssel is still at Pért Royal, Some of her men, are still in durance, Delaware, with Genoral Terry and staff on board, still in Quarantine, ‘Tho only per. son who has been allowed to leave her is Dr. Cornick, who, notwithstanaing the fact that he had been iit with yellow fever on the passage from Key West, has recovered and retarnod to duty at the latter point. ‘One of the passengers on board the Delaware—the Rev. Mr. Miller, an Episeopal clergyman, of Baltimore—died on Sau evening last. He had been an invalid for some yeara, suffering from pulmonary consumption, Some months sinco he visited St. Augustine, with a view to re- store his health, and on the .returu of the Delaware he embarked with his family for the North. He was buried on Otter Island. His family are still on board the Dela- ware, ‘The health of the troops has been affected eomewhat by ‘the recent heavy rains, and the sick list has received about fifty additions since the 1st mstant; but there are no indications of an epidemic, and, with proper «care on the part of officers and men, nothigg of that character ed be apprehended. ‘The steamer Saxon, which came into port on Sunday last with a broken shaft, is still here, repairing. She is bound for New Orleans. ‘The steamer St. Mary is juet arriving from New York. United States District Court, Before Judge Betts, 0.11, Hedydon, Jr.,and ohers vs. irig B. Baldwin, Om motion of Mr, W. J. Havkett, the Court ordered the cordirmation of the commissiouer's report mési, with two days allowed to plead exceptions Weff and others v9. Loomis and othert-—Oa motion of Mr. Beube, ordered confirmation of the commissioner's report nisl. Two days allowed, Se aa EETURN OF FaOcEsS. retlerick Chamberlain ve. brig B. Baldwin, her tackle de. --Hustort icklam appeared and aaked for the usual notice, which was granted. Edward J. Inness vt, Isaac Crowell, owner of Liste Oakford.--Mr. Boobo appeared aud asked for the-nsual notice. James B. Ellman et al, os. the David Caraltonye= ‘The same notice was granted. hd In the case of the United States and others vs. the schooner Bhaak, which was reported yesterday and not conoladed, Mr. Upton closed tho case for the serie, sad ‘om the conelusion of the counsel's speeoh the the papers and reservod ite decision, <b ito the tha news t0 that day. ) writing on the 20;h pf August, says:— the Military Academy, young David Hunter was making bis first cruise as a midshipmen in the United States, Navy. Each was dissatisfied with the branch of the ser- vico which he originally entered, and each obtained a transfer. Sinoe then each has risen to the foremost rank in his profession, and, what is more remarkable, they have allotted to labor side by side in the putting down of this rebellion. What measure of success has attended their efforts you well know. To Dupont wo all wild and fanatical course with regard to the manner of ATTITUDE OF NAPOLEON, a, 2. ee. e screw steamehip City of New York, Captain Petrie, ™ ‘which left Liverpool at noon on the 27th and Queenstown ‘on the afternoon of the 28th ult., arrived at this port early yesterday morning. Z ‘The steamship Bortssia, Captain Trautman, from South- ampton.on the 27th of August, also arrived at this port, yesterday morning. ‘The news by both vessels has been fully anticipated by the report of the City of Now York, telegraphed from, Nowfottndland, dvlivered off Cape Race, and published in Hxna on Saturday last, and the very, ample sum- y from tho Nortrézidn and Audtralasian, “at the same t, given yoetorday mornings... - >» vr i ea ity Of Mew York are dated: 27th or August, and contain interesting details of ‘Tho: Paris corrompondent ‘of the London: Zclegraph Poople no longer s} ita existenco— penk—except to deny | of the pretended treaty secretly concluded between | France and the Northarn America, the bdasis-of which was saidjto be Méxioo. ‘The Cabinet of Washing- tou appears, on the eantrary, to ee and more decid- ‘ed to oppose French iniluence. im» G vision of gunhoats which is being equipped in the French military seaports is to set sail pte for tne Pacitic Ocean, where it } eoast of Mexico. ountry. The di- month of September cruise off the western’ ‘The Paris correspondent of the London Post, writing on the 20th of August, says:— 1h bas'been stated in some continental journals of au- ‘thority that tho Russian government would, under cer | tain conditions, form a strict alliance with Northern” States of Cremer! Tho Cabinet of St. and I presumeher Miniter that he indention of Rusia in iy ‘The Tipperary, Ireland, correspondent of a Dublin jour: pal, writing on the 19th ultimo, alleges that there are ‘agents at present in Ireland, in connection with the fede- val, government, covertly recruiting for the American service. During the last fortnight several fine lovking fellores; alleged to have deen 90 enlisted, left Thurles and ‘Npperary en route for New York. 1s is aleoasserted that, through the agency of the Phontx Club, recraits have ‘been had in some other localities, especially in the North iding, forthe ‘prosecution of the war with the Confede. , States. A rumor 1s afloat -that-an officer who fought in the Papal brigade in Ttsly, and a resident of Tipperary, hag" obtained a commission in the Northern service ; Sarpugh the influence of Archbishop Hughes, and that he’ ‘fe to start in a few days. ‘Tho Liverpool Courier of the 27th of August says:— » A gentieman who has recentiy arrived from Mobile statca that there is not a single carpet to be found in any house .in that city, eve-y one feaiys Send given up last winter to be used as blankets by army. & ‘A Sherbourg letter, written on Saturday, August 23, says:— ‘The embarkation of troons for Mexico commenced here ‘this morning, when the Jine-of battle ships Tilsitt, Ville de ron. and the Ville de Bordeaux took on board the Fifty- ie Togitnent and the Seventh battalion of foot chasseurs. Generals de Laumiere and Niegre are among the pascen- gers. The first departure will take place thisday. The second will consist of the Sixty-socond of the line, rein- forcements for the Ninety-ninth, and the mounted chas- sours and artillery of the Guard. The Garibaldi Movement. a cma ees, rom. jvour, August 25. Yor sevoral days past the journals have been demand- Jnipreeence of the egitations tm Ttaly. "Ihe mater is 80 e ns ys mat #0 Sloar that doubt seems impesstble. In the face of inso- Jent monaces, in the face of the ble consequences of @-demagogic insurrection, the duty of the French govern. meat and its military honor force it more than ever to defend the Holy Fathes. The world ought to know that France does not abandon in danger those over whom she Gught to extendiits protection. ARIBALDI’S APPEAL TO THE . ‘The Italian blish the text of Garibaldi’s ap- ‘peal to Hungarians, and the of General Kla Garibaldi’s appoal is as follows: riaus! What is Hungary about? Is that noble nation, wi already the ‘Ureasts, hag violated your laws, annihilated your stat- utes, attempted to abolish your language, exiled your best citizens, and erected we in your cities. Do you despair of your own strength and valor? Do not forget that in 1348 you had only to pus! on your triumphal road e Hapsburgs. - - : ‘The present moment is more propitious. Russia will ssia, the ancient rival of the empire, will not: her against “ Woe to j—woe to i—tf you obey fy and ly counsels, if you thinkany ity. The Servians are figh! y—for the emancipation of a whole race which op. Pressed and outraged. And yon also, you want Hberty. You alto, oppressed and outraged, you have the right—more than the right— the duty of reagserting the rank earned by your glorious deeds, your virtues, aud tho services which you have ren- dered to civilization. The Servians and Montenogrins are fighting against despotism. Courage! You bave sufficient strength if you have sut- ficient daring. Hearken not to those who counsel tence and an ignominious servility, bat listen to tl voice of your conscience, which says:—“Up! follow the example of Servia and of Montenegro; imitate those who are ready to apply the torch of revolition on other points ofPurope.”” Italy, who loves you as brothers, who has promised to Topay you the price of blood which your brave sons have shed far her on many battle flelds—Italy, graterul, and who honors aud blesses tho sacred memory of Tuckory, who died for her, calls upon you to share her now batules and her new victories over ¢ eapotiata: she invokes you, in the name of the holy fraternity of peoples, in the namé of the welfare of ali. Sons of Arpad, would you betray your brothers? Will you fail to join’ tho rendezvous of nations when they Meet to do battle against despotism? Certainly liberty abandoned by you would run great risks; but your fame would be losi forever; the mariyrs ot Arad would curse Fou a8 degederate sont. is Ob, I know you! lo not doubt . Jong deceived by perddious friends, ‘will awaken, (0 the cry of liberty, which to-day reaches it across the Danube, and will w-morrow resound, Italy, And when the solemn hour of natious Tahall, T am miro isoant your yo Gene ee mes where a struggle will be f-ught between between barbarism an? civitieation. — @ GANiwaLD. Pavenao, July'26, 1882, GENERAL KLAPKA TO GARIBALDI, ‘The Italia publishes the following as the text of General Klapka’s letter in reply to the appeal of Garjbaldi:— Grxznat—You have just addressed an appeal to arms to Hungary. Your voice might have found an echo glory, ana ‘in the sad chances of ctvtl war. ‘To rouse the Hungarians to ii note tl example of the Servians, of the Greeks, and of the Mun+ ing. That example is, in fact. a lesson for oe Fo Ht tolls her to wait for ® more propitious moment, if s wishes to avold the same mistakes and the samo disastors. ‘yians, the Groeks aud the Montenogains have id to an appeal like that you have ad- pte be supported in oo move. © thatithey expected you. What a fine lost of continuing thal task of liberator Row @ hi to Austria to wot offer a helping os Seat 90 | PRESENTAT bythe children of ‘St. Bridget’s parochial school, of the JON TO ARCHBISHOP, WUGHES, of St. bet aphi m Catholic School-Remarks the Archbishop, &c., &e. About eleven o'clock yesterday morning Archbishop Hiughes was presented with a beautifal service of plate ‘proof of their heartfelt joy at his safe return spending months in Europe in tho seryioe. of his ted country. The ceremonies on the cecasion were- Of attest interesting -charagter, or and merit meréthan @ e passing notice, ‘The testimonial consisted of eight e pieces, comprising, a beautiful “coltee seb abd a ‘capacious fruit dish; richly ornamented. On the salver fruit dish the following appropriate ins raved :— ? near heart, are and more especially echo of your iast parting children of St. Bridget’s school, numbering ove™ A hundred in all, male. and female,nssembled at am ‘ently hour in the forenoon in front of Father Mooney’s chorch, corner of Fighth{ street and avenue. Quite a ‘ber of the Christian Brothers and Sisters of Charitys have charge of thé children’s training, wergaleo af! place of rendezvous, together with a dense crowd of Parents and friends of the pupils, arrayed i garments rate Taoates in their neatest ‘i 4 in abundance, and the scene wag ‘one that afforded od. it. nip and happinees to , in the Tullowing order:— Platoon of from the Eleventh Ward. ‘Members of St. Bridget’s Church, Christian Brothers’ Bands. Rey. Fathers Mooney and Hendrickson, marshalling the Girls, bearing the Service eff ght Carriages, coutaining Young Ladies, bearing; ops gh epi Loads of ucts. Ladies bearing white banners inscribed with the 5 Ie name oC Ya Schovls. Capriags contatning ‘The chiMiren of the schools, 1,400 in number, ‘either side of the above, and bearing who hat F 7 Sonsmrten \ 1 flanking om ‘American flags and religious bauners. { The Coageaee Sof St. Bridget's Church. on mi through avenue, Broad sixth street, where the residence ia located. The ‘way, Twenty-third street and Madison avenue to oni, There the children countermarched in fine order, ed in front of the Archbishop’s house, where @ Bame of ladies and gentlemen had witness the proceedings. Tho band strack up some assembled to Irish airs, white the lar Archblahop, accompaaied by the Very Rov, Falbor Starrs Mr. Jobn Stullaly and a number ofthe repr. af u on press, appeared on the dress the ‘lldren. ‘the whole spectators. Bi could not get in the hurry of the mor a noe. and knelt bafore the Archbishop, kissing. with the utmost reveroncs. {ua clear, musical voice then proceeded to.reid the following Mote stoop of his residence 'to ad- neighborhood was crowded i be = ‘iven signal one of the a cage) ‘giiet bs rp of his hand, Rey. axoliuustaiovs Archwisior ;—Your GRag— g around you, fiding in your wonted kindness of heart, we, children of St. Bridget’s Pasochial. schools, fourteen hundred, come once move to throng. home. Yés,at ‘nome bun while, in the sincerity of our innocent hearts, we give & greeting, , heartfelt, welcome —at home sepia. SS love to meet you; we love to H you; hale in health, fresh in vigor,and now ready aad anxious to hag bed iiend children, St ee diopese their share many blessings. which your race has, brought from St. ers hist ar in the City; while, as ren, re to pay you our, {ribute of tacat profound veneration and respect and te! express, the Joy and gladness ‘awakened within our: : i: sie Japan, and, , ur youthful hearts ‘emotions ‘of delight’ and exultation wheu ibe harp of Ca tholic Ireland—your own Green Isle—sent forth its sweet- = pie in ee ee pei Soe oy holy prelates and priests stood around you, of their country, the ornament of their State; when with each ot strewing pathway honors and distinctions as they hell nr from eloquent beautiful lessons of religion wi ‘they never will forget. We know that our fare eens city of New Y¢ centre of your arduous jabors wantin cece prelate of Coes ae e quarter of a centary—prepared and distinguished tostimeatain of ‘for your rose on your revarn hose, Yet these, with masPotsees» you respect{ully declined—giving another beantiful ius~ tration that you seek not ig They serve 5 ce pt fre pee | God and your Rev, Archbishop, to escope' hela token of silver service, as a testimonial of our veneration for you. Wo have presumed to inseribe Sts Bridget’s Parochial Schoo! on it, that whew you'shall cast your eyes on that name will the fittle ones ‘ef that parish, who pri for whea stan when you returned, and you on ask your holy errieyen for chorshed rents, their zealous devoted ‘tuetr lane -pioty and learning, rift usttan Sree cre, amiabie, kind hearted Sisters.of (—for the Ii Ohes of iT arch- ‘Me presentation Of a flee’. ad, hia ha ‘Myr Dear Cincpxex—This is fot the first time you, ‘ness and the delicate, have shown it, in your ow! your good pareats and teachers.’ presented ine to-day are 50 sweet as the living flowers thitt te manner y YOUR, in which you name, and in the name of Sowers you have ‘80 fresh, so beautiful, #0 fair 1 sve before me; bul they are neverthel uite accoptuble to me. .’ thor" inon Sosy ifs, I havo to thank you again for this “new to the other more heard fore me, and.1 shall therefore abridgo what I might otherwise say, and conclude by giving you the Apostolie devediction. The Archbishop then stood up and pronounced the be nediction over the kneeling multitude of young and old, after which the children + with grent gest, waving the Tnison with tho sentiment of the vw unison witl sang the ‘ghe address of the children was printed in greon colors, and enclosed in a magnificont gilt oval frame, riehly ornamented. Spaugied Ban- ry and flags in ‘Aftor the presentation the children, accompanied by Father Mooney, went on a grand excursion to Flashing, whero the day was spent in innocent amusement and. recreation. News from San Francieco. Ban Franowco, Sept, Tho United States steamer Narragansett sailed to-day for Guaymas. ‘The ship David Crockett has been ehartered ‘to load wheat for Liverpool. ‘Trade ts stagnant, and everytifing depressed on aeevant Of the state of circulation. An effort is boing madé'to raise,money to send to- ‘Washington for the relief bf our wounded soldiers. The offerings are liberal. ‘The steamer Pacific has arrived, bringing $54,000 im troaguté from Oregon, and $72,000 from British Ce Jambia. ‘The steamer Monea Taylor is advertised to sail for San: Junn, Nicaragua, on the 2ist of October, to connedt with, the steamer Ameriea on the Atlantic side for New: York. Corone: re Inqu A Mevancuory Case or Dnowstxa.—Charles R. D¥O’Don-- fell,a son of ox-Coroner O'Donnell, was drowned at the- ‘bath off the Battery on Monday evening under meian- oholy circumstances. Deceased, it appeared, was an ine valid, and suffered from oplleptic fite. He was in the- habit of visiting the beth daily in company with hie father and brether, and on the cvoiling ia question the Intter were both present, ble to render doceasod an: Sippoved” deceased “wan” beled. but wer enistance, It te with «a Mm swimming, and was wholly exhausted before hin was discovered. Tin father raised him from of the bath, and, in company with some medical men, tried bo rosnscitate ni ~_ fled, nover to return. ge, Mad wos Buativo OF ‘but the vital the spark ress