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OPEFATMS OF GEN. POPE S AEMY.
Steady Advance of General
McDowell's Column.
LITTLE WASHINGTON A\D ALL AIIOIT IT.
Disgracing Hecreaat Officers n Surcrssful
Method of Cheekiiig Ilk Evil.
THE EsCATLl) CONTItmilB TUMBLE,
JtC.. Ac., do.
Our Warrenton Correspondence.
Wiuuunov, Va., August 3 ,1842.
Advance of Gteneral McDowell's Command?The BritUant
Action at Orange Court Hoxutt ?Jincanij-mtiU at iVarnn
ton (Whit* Stth'hur) 8pri>?js?The Cavalry Crosses a'
Mam-ahannnt k p?rd?Indi atioiis ?f a Steaiiy ddcan<<?
fulfilment of General Pope's Orders, tie., dr.
The scattered position of Genera! I'oio's conimanc! for
bids the observer's curiosity .to know tho condition Of
thing! alou< tlio whole line. Thu Orange and Alexandria
Railroad has just been opened, however, to Raiipah.iuneik
Station, ou tho nortii fork of the Rappahannock river, ard
xre hope boon to be put into daiy communication with
Culpopj'or. and even with Orange Conrt House. Trains ran
la Kappnliaimook y osterday, and we had in this way Intel'
licence of the brilliant cavalry action at Orange, the news
?f which garo general satisfaction and oxifidar.ee. l'art
?." our I ori o ii now encamped at While Sulphur Spring-?
thai ancient, venerable and oommodioiis summer place?
And the ofllcarj drink the invigorating water in which,
two year* ago, the venerable Taney, with Wise, lyler.
tho iiM*, and others of the Virginian aristocracy, bathed
die ported and refreshed. Count St. Alb, Captains Ball
fcisdUughftg and other distinguished officers are quarter
?d in some of the numerous shady cottages which dot
lite lawu. Ihs old plaae is sadly out of repair. The
grass Is long and tangledj tho spring house has a dilapi
dated guiae, some of the outbuildings are creaky and
trembliug, and there are families of enterprising spiders
Ik the niojios and crannies of the ballrooms. The field
adjoining, where a tournament was annually held, is now
trampled bar* with the innumerah.o foot of army steeds,
And dusty c ntrabards rest themselves in the coolness
of the (torch, uhere wit and beauty coquetted, plighted
And si >ped savory juleps.
The hotel and adjuncts are capable oC accommodating
four tho isand guests, and it p'.oases our soldieis muih to
Mjoy tii* lusu-ies of a fashionable watering place without
the commonly attendant expense, l'he heat, even In this
high and mountainous spot, is most intense. Oenernl
McDowell roviewed In person, on Monday, the brigade of
Ssneral Carroll, and during the review several soldier
?U exhausted to the field, smitten by the rays of a blazing
MS.
His affable and familiar bearing on this occasion won
tot him tho good wishes of ths whole brigaJe. The ti?' ?
ral will follow a portion of the troops to Culi<n>por,
Whither the whole cortMJoems advancing. The cavalry
?otoael crmaod tb-? i'aP^alunnock tlrs lu tuj-j at a lord
of his own colectIng. obedient to orders Thi.41 sturdy o 1
cavalryman is en ':rw?g General Hope's order relative to
removing disloyal pe-nTo beyond the line.-, and be report
?4 this morning tii niy one secessionist remained, and
he would bo outlet . irthwith If 'mob brigade com
mander would so ac". i' should have less c jaituunicali u
between the rear und hi outposts of the army. Certain
residents of Warrentoa tro believed t > t>? engaged in the
servico of the confederacy as spies and messengers.
These aro uiu'.or surveillance,and will yet bo detected and
punisned. The oath .a the only guarantee that these
people will do the jau.-e no harm, aud they milst be
brought to tbo test. Jf inimical to our s^vernmcnt they
bare no business hero, ihe animosity ef the villagers,
so far as I have noticed It. does not extend to m .iters 01
traits: for they swindle us by all possible modes and re
ctlvi exorbitant prices for tbo most iuierior articles*
Adams' Kxpr?*a is the only vehicle of transportation ,be
twe*a the North and the army* but it is subjected to a
rigid espionage by Captain Hendrickson and KUmenball,
who seised, on Saturday, one hundred and titty case* of
lijuor. Tbo same were transferred to the bo*piul do
aprtaMil'
itio fight st Oraqge has probably been telegraphed ta
the UauiD. Sutflcti it to say that by a anip de mo in we
surprised a company oi rebel cavalry killed several, took
a major, a oaptam and two lieutenant?, and occupied
Orange In force soon afterward. The direction of all
faces points to Richmond. Thither the long lioes of #ol
dtery take up the way of march daily, and ths despond-/
s?cy attributed to the people who stay at home has ix>
correspond uig feeling in the resolve of the troops oi the
army or Virginia to advancs and conquer.
Omr latttle Washington Correspondence.
H^tDQ' aarstw, Aaxx Or Virginia, 1
Liitlb Washwqtok, August 4,1863. /
DsscaimoK op uttls washimcjos.
Little Waahingtoa, as this place is called in oenWadis
tlacttoa to ths national capital, is the seat of justice of
Bappahannock county, is a town of some three hundred
Inhabitants of all ages and colors, boasts of a half dozen
Mores, three hotels, thrso churches, a oourt houss and
jail, a seminary', and a vast Seal of pure old native Vlrgi
nta pride; la twenty-five mllea sooth of west of Warrsnton.
miles north of Spsrryvi.le aud ab-ut twenty five miles
north of Culpepper Oourt House. A wlerably good pike
ruaa through ths vlliags from Warreuten to Sperryvi :e.
hat at present it is so cut up by ai my trains ss to
n^ntrs much working to transform it to Its pristu.e
feOWW To tbe west of ths place rise the high pes'.:
?T ths Hue Ridge, looking in their majesty as i.
about to tumbls down into the valley of the Rush river
for babbling so noisily st heir feet The stream that wa
ters ths valley, or rather tbe one that leaches it, is called
tbo Rash rivsr, though by what right ths pnrlmg little
?ill creek usurps such a pretentious appellation is not
toowa. Probably, howsver, it is upon the same hy
pothesis that the seceded State* assume to call themselves
a first olass government. Around tbe town, on all side-*,
the oountry rises hilly and jagged, biding the little h'ld
dle of buildings from the eye of the traveller until be ap
Coaches so close as to be able to almost look Into the
pa of the chimneys, and distends bis nostrils with '.be
tioma of wholssoms oountry cooking. A more cosey little
flt^1|ri could scarcely be found in a year s trsvsl, or Ae
vwhsre theli/tu voyager would more delight to sojourn
for a while on aec*mi "? beautiful scenery, pure
water,deliciousmoantambre*M?,or the hsarty hospitali
ty of its dsnisscs. Nestled in among the mount una, llks a
sparrow's nest in a hawthorn hedge, It would seem to be
aaturally protected from tbe blasts and convulsions of the
world withoat; but, alas, tbe simooa oi treason has ieoc
trated the rough clefts of the mountain and settled down
lato ths inter mountain villas, osting out the life of both
pro lego and protector.
ths stats or eoa*rr.
land others have so often given you sd insight into ths
Condition of socisty in the belligerent States that I fear it
has become an old Btory; but I must say that, though ths
people hereabouts do not pretend to hids their sympathies
4vr tie rebellion. Still there is much lens of tbo bitterness
"that I have noticed elsewhere. I do not know tbat 1 have
fceard a taunt or jeer from a citizen toward tbe govern
ment or its army since 1 have been b-re. Al|
are quiet, and all disposed to appease rather than
Ian tbe Uame of diseord. I say ell, bat 1
IiSLi.1 modify the term. There aro a lew?mere
?tripling* ?od senseless females?who still ride tbe high
b i-ie but they are those only who have more brass than
b^ms and an as windy as ten borss power smut nm
?bbiss'in a <: untry grist mill. I heard several of
Ue I ad in i men to <lay exprttM ?? follow*
"ThOTe never wss . particle ef cause for this war^
ii ihe Mouth was opposed to 'Old Abe, but I believe he
to determined to b? a coastltutloLal President ao?l the
ftoutb ought to have trieit him ''
"Wssurays prospered under tbe old go^srrmeti , and
I Wish I oould see 'h.old Cnion restored tost as H WML
"You at the North ought to ha\ e h ng all tbo aboiilWB
lsis uid we at the South ought to have hung all t'.e nre
eaters. and 1 don t believe we aha 1 e^er ha\ea pea e
until we all wun w the gains conclusloo.''
Still but very tew of th ?? men will take the
Mt'.h of alWunoe, for this rsison: All are afraid
that ths Lni'-i tro>ps will not bo able to bold Virginia,
?ad that it wil T>e forced back and the coustt y be oc
cupied by tbo rctiel troops. AS the rubel Congress b*s
rxL^sed a law that "all pim<<ng in the Confederate states
wh" shall declare tb'imselves loyal to the United State",
?r own their allegiance to tbe government of tbe United
Sutcs. shall be declared t.utlaw.1. and tbeir pro|>erty be
Oontlacated, th? falter. Could tho citizens bo made to
bei.eve that ouriro.>(is would !*? ab?- to hoM ths country.
all or neirljrnll, weuld d*eiare th?ir allegiance All as'U
rsiic>? tbat ws i-hall be abis to ma utaiu ?ur positions ai e
iuwort<i ?
" You csn't toll, strangsr Kremont daid-be was going
'In #i*e us p:ot< tlon, and was able to Srlvs the r?bels out
?f lia atato, andkll that, and went up the valley, bragging
big but, pre'tjnPou, old ?'Stonewall" g"t af er l.su, and
h j put ba-.k down the river as though the devil or mm*
othor jusiiceol the p-ace was in pursuit/
It it n rt p.itri' tistn that Impels many hareaway to b< 14
O'lt against tbe m?%ernmeti?.'s effer or mercy, but the f?ar
that we wiU be driven out, and then tlieir property v til
%e confiscated by tbe rebel authorities.
a mrr mmi r. r v. f .?rrrnB?.
I- Anvm^ the prieoners captured at Orsnge Court Hous*
pu jaluiiiav .aet was a captain from this town, named
A. Murat yfillis, who, from bis family connection?, ap
pairs I" bsquite an important per?< usgo Ueeldes being
Immansely rich, be blasts (<* his Meads boast for bim)
tbst his oldest ai.-tev ina.rira the ?? n ? f Ma ?ha] Mnrat,
and Is now a prmce-s by virta - ofs dec'eeof ths prs^cat
Mapeieuo, W>ougu KtaWiving la I kiri'ls, and another sis
'?r fs this wife of Conimodors Dslia*. formerly of tbe
Bane*Mates Navy. <apt Willis was sa ald-ds - amp to
??*. Mrtey at the Uattieot Hull run, sod received speciel
msnuoo ia that officer's official rsport for gallantry and
WBfMT ArterWSrtll K? r^Hed a Maspttiy o." cavalry
<? pin* Aehhyufcl m r?r*sat, sad iissame one o;
tin most Jioi.u a ecouts m Ums seeuHi <A luiwhtuw Hut
Lc u, 'j vt#d .it last
(MLVM '.L tui.Sfc VI rru ck-kkai, j-jit
Atioul lei o'fl < k iliut ui >11)111^ lieucm! Sif.N came
itilo ou camp *11 . ba i an interview with (; i- r?l l'o|w;
01 wLt i uaiwre., liov. rvor, 1 am tti.alil. U> tu>, uu uuultt I
uot be ,i?ruiiiU\l to write if i wa tully inU ru\ '<l. Ot-ue
ral Sipel is? <^c?ujkm1 Bulge tlx mi os Irom lioro: but ho,
with uU uvYvi^v til tlrikv toots in a day oi Inc.
? M<\V II a 1TAL.
You may cot Ik- aware that i>onirtl Pope U..f- concluded
tu soisi- tut- pro|>eriy at umt alH.ut the bull liar .Springs fur
hospital use. lliu> is .. ? oil move, mid one loudly called
lor by the necessities ol our uiuiy the pluco u beauti
fully situated. lots an ab,.iidai.ee ol good Minor, and will,
uo dvubt, be of vast benelit to our kick -oldie is
Our Frederic ksbisrjj Oorretpuniltaco.
KHiuuciuuKaui uu, August is. 1862.
Jim crt?Sutleri, OnUrabaiui (Joodt and CkmJurcUwn?
tJwcral llakk?I'ml a! I'rtniatl King, if Columbia
C'vitrge??OucriUas?Ciyitatw HanriiCH and Hit
JiatynatUm?Cdx .
All KrederickPburg, as weU as camp, bag of Ulo been
agog w ilh ridiculous ruiunni, Mho^o abiurd. ly Una beeu
only oqualK d by the rapidity ol' their circulation aud
the amusing gullibility of Uio credulous, Tba pusslmg
silinee concerning tba lata operations ol our arms uu tba
Jamt*- and in the Southwest, and the mysterious move'
meats ol' tba enemy at our front, together with our own
inactivity, hive furnished subjects for almost endless
discussion; while from ravuilla till laltoo,and altar, tba
predictions of amateur prophets alternately brighten and
dim the prospect of immediate success, and add new Im
I?tua to prolitlosa speculation. Vaguo reports of rebel
movements round about Richmond, and unsatisfactory
rumors concerning Jackson's whereabouts, ceaselessly
ebb and flow irom camp to camp, until die eddying cur.
runt of opinion threatens distraction, and yet wc are
as ignorant of the designs of the rebels as the Lon
don / imoi is of American geography or tbe first princl
pies of integrity. " Intelligent contrabands'' only in
crease the mystification, while the stupid ignorance of
prisoners adds uisguat to our bewilderment. Kroni tbe
former replies can be invariably obtained highly aalis
lactary to th? interrogator, whose eyos have not yet been
opened to the characteristics of the raco, but aa unre
liable as the patriotism of the Iritmne, and mora ridicu
lous than the lavorite faucies of tieu. Greeley. The robe'
Cavalry occasionally make their appearance tight or
ten miles from towu; but the enemy's pickets sre
twenty Ave ruiies distant, leaving a large extant of coun"
try as neutral ground, upon which both parties depcud
lor the development of their confiscating propensities,
while the cond.tion of tbs inhabitants can only be realized
by the imagination of Huso familiar with the Batterings
or loyal communities In the West. If they claim to be
1 yal to protect their property from seizure by our quar
termaster . the rebels majr to-morrow burn their houses
over their Ueadi; and thus, in constant terror of both
sides, (liey lead a life of misery and unexpected pover
ty? flt sequol to their madness of ljtil. It is not be
lieved that the rebels have a formidable force confront
ing McClellau, but that the rebels are concentrating their
troops elsewhere for the purpose of disiructtng oar plans,
and delaying operations exceedingly dangerous to their
cause. A raid up the valley is hardly probable. An Im
mense force will be required to contest the advance of
General Pope, who might strike the moment the rebels
b^gan their movements up the valley,and hy the destruc
lion 01 the Virginia Central and Lynchburg Railroad
completely isolate the command in the mountains, be
side cutting olT the great source of rebel suppllas. Were
our old reguueats uiled up, however, we should be able
to very soon settle the question oonuerning the where
abouts or the onemy; but through the delay in organizing
new commands, and the preparation of the men for ser
vice in the liehl, wo may wail until the humiliation Of
another reverse arouses the country to the appreciation
oi the gigantic task before it, aud we are oompelled to
?truggle with the coBscmusncss of another needle*# Eacri
Dca of time, life and treasure.
Quite % stampede has been occasionod among the.
sutlers ia 1'almouth by an order clearing out every
| establishment uot condCcted upon the strict rules of mor
, oantile propi iety. These huckster shope spring up liko
mushrooms round abeut every camp, blerdiug the mm
I of their pay, and demoralizing the regiment* by the sale
ot whiskey, which, despite the vigilance of officers, con
tinues to be introduced in large quantities. Yesterday a
sloQp loaded with whiskey was seized at Aquia creek,
and the bottles thrown overboard; but this inornjng a'
brisk breeze drove the half emj*ied bottles ashore, and'
many a boy got a sip of tho beverage without the necee
?ity of draining his pocket. A Urm from New York, who
of late dM business in Washington, near Willard's re-'
cent;y brought a cargo of liquors te Fredericksburg,'and,
finding trade rather brisk, ordered another earge. Tbe
latter they traded for a schooner loadod with s-cessiou
flour, which, be- oming known to the nilliia-y authorities
resumed in the seizure of tng Hour and a lues of several'
Lh- (ioJttrs to tli# proprietorf.
The mspoetiun of the trains arriving from Aru? has
i caulled in tho discovery of valuable good? intended for
the rebel3, aj well as smuggled whiskey. The latest
dudsre in the introduction of liquors is to empty a cocoa
nut, and, Ailing the shell, neatly does up trie aperture a
trick which until recently proved eminently t.u.-cestful
The captain of the government ?toam? r plyinr between
Washington and .tquia waa placed In arrest day beforo
Lhfr'#d permuting pernors without
passes to travel to and fro upon his beat. It is allseed
however, that, these charges are preferred by Dartiea
who attempted te travel u|*>u the bout wxhout a
I ass and !ail< d. Ike steamer ba* resumed tor trine
again, m ich to the relief of letter writers and readers
and the mails, with th<Sr old regularity contltrue to re'
lieve the tedium of tl.o camp.
G-a. Hatch u expected to arrive to-morrow. A ncr
twnoiha staff is already hsre. and the reglmsnteTre
! v >n *' B 01 "Sam having the right of
Last week President King, of Columbia r0|]0ge, raKj a
v sit tj t.en. Kiug, his sou, returning u> W.whiugton this
?' n>M*? -V1"- KiuIS highly |ceased with tbe pro
mi-.ng appearance of aflairs in this locality and tho sune
rior command or the General. He designs visiting James
river betororeturning home, having a son and two grand
a ns :n JtcUellau b anny,besid"s a host of old friends
During his vHtl a brigade was reviewed by Uen. King
Tnc troop, were all Western u?en-uell, athletic andsd!
d.erhk ?and made a display net soon to be loraotteu
Kveryn.Wi.ing tlie command goes tbro.:?h brigade dr U
?nd has attained a degree of discipline, military (kill and'
GJiiluenc* er.celled by few regular* in any service
A It w guerillas are heard from occasionally beyond our
Una, bit their operations have not attracted
%.r, cT^?Ur ?* '*,e 11 w111 ^ remeruheied
that Colonel davits left a servant, w.th his
horse, a splendid coat and valuable paixirs, uuon
tho e*pedii:uu to Beaver I'am. The servant baa re
turned, having been par-led by tbd rebel authorities.
He repurte that, having lost hi* way on the inarrh his
horae waa taken f om him by citizens, and himaell turned
ever to the rebels. Colon.1 Davie* went out to-day after
the pvties, and will no doubt bring the redoubtable
bu bwbackers to a satiefactory acoounc
Considerable discuMiou has been ex< :ted by the reward
of five ccnts oflored hy General pope for < aptaia lUrri
lion, of the Ninety Ofiti Vow York regiment, and the card
"r ?*t ""leer in reply t ? the chsrgee The icCowii* let
ter disposes of the subject:? ^
lUaix/raarsw, A?cia crock. fa., .tog j*t ] 1|?;2
Gbxkrol?I have the honor to trar.<- nt Lert?* tb"iet
ters from Li-utenar.t Colonel lfst, Maicr R>e, >?orteou
Hloai and Assistant Surgeon Ham***, of this rev inw,t
euiptiaUcjily contradicting every ai?t?n?l point in a card
is.-"i?d In thr N?w Vo"k HiKau) by 3an -iel L. Harrieon
lite a captain in the regiment, and re|.rted to ye i as
having l<>ft the regiment wiihoul asking orj-ecolviac leave
ot absence. By tnese letWrs it wiii be ^efu that the re
,a gr.at) II of Captain Harrison was not u?--s? t;.t. d i.y an
inii'v ro< eived while in the ]errorm-nc?' <1 hi* duty
or b> any bodily ailment; that he was rully ntlWif
of the illegality of leaving the regiment until notice waa
received of the accepui.ee of his resignnti.;u at
'he War Department, aud that If hit brother officers ad
vlse<l iiim to resign their advice was not ba?4-d upon,
known physical iuab.lity. capum Harrison w.te en fur
lougii, eu one p.of xt or another?more than all tbe oiber
oflj- er? n his regiment?nearly half his time. He never
drilled his oomieny st mcrning t?rad?s sr.d waa " ther
a*, .sed altogether , or had to be permitted to l< ave bat
tn i>n dulls nearly every time. Orders to be ready to
?uarch against ihe enemy at an hour t notice, it i? be
lieved, were the motive power in his c.i*e. If there be any
Just ground for complaint agac.st the i ec mmendatioii
inade In his oeae to the "Commauding <; neials' it nmst !
be U t n^t glviug ail the faiU in de-ail I hav- tt.n t. nor '
lo bs your obedient servant, 'JWiRGk H BH?DLK
Colonel Ninety ftith regiment New York state Volunteer
infantry,Commanding Post.
Brigadier General ikii.nuDAT, Falmouth, Va.
Contrabands continue to ilock through our lines macy
of them securing work in the Quartermaster's liepart
wot. Headquarters is daily besieged by idav txiiders
in jiuripiIt of fugitives, many ot the imiabiiaut* ur inh
! iig ''constituticn,''4c., wlth their sonsmilie rebel array
and tliems??lves mly deterred rrom entering the ranks by'
physical;inability. The following Is a sample of <x>rres
l?n<1eccc upon tho subject of Colon mrn aud their slave ?
llsarxit ii.rtss, Aqvu Caws, Va., Juro 37,1B02.
BUI 1 have your letter of the Win ;ust , stating that
you have a negro man at this place thirty-seven ywsrn
of age, passing by the namo of Charles Waters, and thai
unless ym have the negro or b.a equivalent lu money you
will bring tbe matter bcroro Congress. 1 Imvs no
knowledge as to the person you refer to. Contrabands
are under the esi<e;ial charge of Lle'itenntit ,.osu,
ArMng Assistant ^larterma-ter. ir thi man l? liere.atnl
desires to return to you, or ir you should c?r e hers, and
without throats or violence, indsco him to return, i will
noittier offer nor snllkr any resistance My duty here Is
simply to enforce the constitution and law , ns conatrutl
by the early fathers, aud iu obedient e to my superior oil!
cars. Very respectfully, HF.O. H MUI'LE,
.-if " r .N ? 'gimcnt New York SUle Volun.
toer Infantry. Commanding Post
liioia A. Mii.ur. fail , Charles county, Md.
, _ . Cwsai* Ommtt, lid.. July a, im
v JfT i?*ih"T -''?*? H;r?Celooel Bid.tlo reter* me
to you In tbe muter of i iir.away at grties. 1 will steem
*llh * oertilcate, endors-d in
tbe the Met of my na^ru man, who oalK bim
self Cbarles Waters, being st A^ia ereelt, in government
.m^oy Colonel i say, beTa. no kUwKgeTthls
ract rhe negi i s name is on your record or contrabands
as my piopony. U?e,s. child., Ate.MMuStSC
who rWt'l Aquia crcvk'HOme short tune xiaM low alter
uc(ii?>4M ot iIh ii own, miorm laeu tUia tact. The,. a so
tuikoiftitli this iiogro, whj vu employed in unkurliug
bvata. Cot col lit lute ciuMB hw Icuur tome by anyitg,
*? 1 tun emi.ilf hero u> uuluroe the couMituuon and In Ms."
hi Uih W.iu- (he teociv ihr or employing rnnitwajr uegroea
l> called ha boring, and tb a pon.U otfonce. 1 have jrot to
km: n tU.it tile statutes of Ma.jloiid .ue violative of UiO
constitution. 1 hoM is no nuui in Mary laud more loyal
than I, or who has encountered more odtuafcfor delcndiug
the gtunuiu. nl. My ioya.ty her# hxa boon reg.iidcJ as
ol tho luosi u.i r? 1. lUil, iu proof o winch i can refer to
?very proininout Union man iu tho Statu. lsto.d by
liioks, boluiu* u c- lauiuv iuu us oue ot his aids. 1 have also
(ho some position on tho t.talf of mtr present Duua
Governor, Mr. liradlord. 1 cau also ruler to lieu. Hooker,
with whom 1 am well acquainted, and who knowt my au
teoedenU.
Tiro negro nun left for no provocation. His witc and
children are at Aquia ci celt, and ho Bit Die on their ac
count. I am informed by (.Solooel B that if 1 QOflM over
and can iuduce th?< ueg.o to return with mo hu will soo
there is no luu-rfenjpce I am not willing to consult this
negro at all iu a mutter of this sort. Ho is my property,
my iuoiu> jwtid lor bun, and if tho government requires
a rgimont of soldiers to stand between me aud my just
rights, 1 cahonly say I must oubmit?lam but aii indi
vidu >1. It is not tho value of tho property that muoft
concerns me: it is the pi iuciplo it involves. Are we of
toe border Status to be taxed to furnish rations to our
own negroes* If officers in the army can't catch staves
for their lawful owners, how is it they cau catch litem
for themselves or for tho government? If you order this
man and bio family from your poet, they will bo likely to
come home. Marx Land licproos, 1 presume, don't come
under the bead of contrabands. Respectfully yours,
THOMAS A. MLLl.Klt,
Naivjceuoy,Charles county, Md.
A rebel mai! captured a day or two since, near Frede
ricksburg, baa furnished valuable Information, wbioh It
is uot deemed pol-'X to publish at this juncture.
Tft* Treasonable Speech of Wendell
Phillips.
Weudell I'blllips assisted at the celebration of Emanci
pation Day at Ablngton, Mass. The following is the
speech ha made on tho occasion:?
If there was auy cliunco of getting out of the war it
would be by stumbling out of it. The government lights
tap east t ti slavery, and therefore it lights m vain. Mr.
Uncolu is wagiug a political war. It is-poliUos that stand
oat in everjr act ot Mr. Lincoln and his genorals. The
slaves who sought refuge tn General Butler's lines, in
New Orleans, were given up to satisfy the demands that
thiK bo made a political war. The President is more
atrani ot Kentucky this day than he is of the whole
Northern portion of the nation. Kentucky and the Bos
ton Daily Advertiser are the powers ho dreads most?the
one on his right aud tho other on his loft. All civil wars
must be political wars. If Mr. Lincoln believed in tho
North and liberty he would let the army act upon the
principle ol and tight for liberty; but he evidently be
lieves in the South. When the ne ,'roes were asked ou the
Southern battle Holds if they were not afraid of tho can
noii bails and shell which had split the trees and torn up
the earth around them, they uuswered "No, manna, wo
kuowed they wasn't intended for us." &o?lhe rebels
may say of Met lollan's halls. Tboy know they
are not Intended to do much damage to them.
The speaker did not say that McCleUan was a
traitor; but he did say that, so far, he could not
have done more to help traitors than he had done. The
people need not tear lor Richmond. McClelUn would not
take it. He (Mr. Phillips) looked upon the present war,
couducted without a reasonable object, as a total lots of
blood and treasure. Setter tho South should go to-day
than lose another lite to prolong the war upon the prea.nl
detestable policy. One hundred and tweuty-fivo thou
soud men a year aud a million dollars a day are required
to prosecute this war in tho manner it has been done.
This calculation is bas.-d upon the experience of the past
year. As Jetferson said of slavery"The Southern States
have the wolf by the oars, and they cau neither hold nor
let her go." We have tho south by the ears,and weeau
neither held ou nor let her go. Let her go to-morrow,
and you will have no poacc. She has lived with us lur
eighty years, tearing us all that lime, hating us halt or it,
uud keeping us in turmoil always. Grown haughty by
her success in acquiring her demands, r-he would not bo
content to remain one year within an imaginary line of
boundary ?uo, the moment wo ask for t-rm she counts
it victory. We shall never have peaco until slavery is
destroyed. Aa l?.ug as you keep the present turtle at the
head 01 the tovo.'iiinunt, yon make a pit with on* hand
and till it with tho other. Lc: the whole nation en
dci-sc tho resolutions or tho New York Chamber of
Commerce, and then the army will have .something to
light for. J?n\ Davis, If he hug tho power, will nover
1- t his anny take Washington. The boom o. hi* cannon
carrying destruction into that Sodom, though it bo
would wake the whole North up and unite tliem. lie'
knows better than to bombard Washington. Did he do
so, he knows well that the North would cry out, aa with
one voice: Down with slavery, down with everything
but save to us our republic. He i< perleotly satisfied
with his burroMM. They are greater than ho anticipat
ed?tor greater; and if ho can possibly Hout upon thera
and a fsw more, thus holding his own loth-4th or March
1863, Knglatid will, as she ought to, recogulze the South
em confederacy. It will thjn have maintained it* exist
euce two lull years, and that is all that England wants.
If any man present bclievoa he has light enough to allow
him, let him pray mat Davis may be penulited to make
an attack on Washington city wlilitn a week. The only
thing that seems to stir tho national heart of the free
Slates is tlio exjieetatKin of an attack on that city. No
thing iesa than that will w-ko up tho-people. Would that
it bu hastened! Tho 1 "resident hu not followed up tho
act of confiscation. He may be honest, but who cares
whether ho bo henest or notr What h.ta his honesty to
do with tho mater? He evidently has neither thoiiht
nor prevision. Wiien in Washington he (Mr. Phillip*)
had learned, on the most truel worthy authority, thai tho
President, three mouths ago, had writteu a proclama.
liwn of genoral emancipation, and McClellan bullied
him out of It, and Kentucky representatives bullied
him into retaining licriellan at the hoad of the
army, when he (Lincoln J bad uo iaith m ilcClellan aa a
general. A year ago ho (Mr. i'hillips) sal<l he behoved
the ."resident desired tho advico of prominent and lead
lug bodies of the people, lint even now, when the New
York Chamber of O niu,?rc?, the most respectable repre
sentation of the peoi'le of a great Stato, advise, he morea
not. If these ten fabjloua gunboats, that are sai l to
have arrive* In Mobile Bay, were real, and likely bo bo
there,and everything else that is not likely to come to
pus took place, we inight havo some hope of meving the
turtle at the bead of the nation. We would get so low
yet to our acknowledgment of the South, that not even
the Ueetcu Courier wt!l be able to invent terras of degra
dation sufficiently expre?s|ve of our humble condition.
The South area unit m Una war. But Gxi has driven
them mad, am they will ac. ept coining thai can be
granted/" In this is our hojm. They won't consent to
an; thing, ond wo mua whip them, or they will grind us
to powder. We ref?:s? to recognize the nearo, but we
will be soon glad to have him light with us ti t - . cU
U?at won't mako President Lincoln .declare fer er i
tiou. No, ?o will ha\ a to wait one or two ye. > i
ho will sec his way quite <^ear ijide.- the jaw i
from ban. I his :s the terrible eTi-eube of a dem. criili
foim ot governns-nt, an,I ttsgrcatect evil. In Fimuceote
hundred men oonvinced of the right would carry the na
tion with them; but when eur generament move* n.nc
teen millions must move with it. Ministers have been
preaching up slavery until eveiy four ;ue" o.;t uf six
fully believe that it is a Uodocdained institu
tion; and thus, with this drag upon you
and halWs and hearts paralysed, you ask the
President to save you from the negro. ll Kuch a thooi v
is eotrect, a aiavehwiding desp-lism al. ne will give you
temporary p aoe. It is the lump of unbaked dough that
sits in the "dilorial chair of the Boston Courier, that has
no vitality except bate lor i barles Sumner to animate
him, that lsads this crusadeagain.-1 the rights of man.
aim speak.r knew Mi . Lincoln. Ha had, while In Wash
ington, taken ms measure. He is a tlm rate second raui
man; th.it is all?a mere cenvencnce, and ho is bonsstly
waiting, like any other broomstick, for Die people to take
hold ot htm and sweep slavery out ot the nation. Demo
cracr i? Idling up its langs, and another Congress will
not have the seme * mount of republican and honest sen
timent In it that the last bad. Nothing less than a bap
turn of blood to cry io anguish for a corporate idea al the
b?ad of I he army can save us. Lincoln is ss good ss the'
people of the North want him. In years gone oy, in yon
der grove, the whig* fired cannons to smother the voices
from the stand thoa oocaj icd by the ?pe-.ker, and what
is the result? The sons of those whig* now fill graves in
Chi kabominy swumij. Let this I nion be dissolve.! in
<?o4 s Lsino, and the comer stone cf a new one be laid,on
which shall b< engraved forever, ?'Quality in a political
senre lor every man who la born iu the world." Cease
believing in the OJ.inet, ihere is ncthing there for you
i'ray i.od to awaken your ITssnknt to a euso of bis posi.
tion at 1 tb? interests at stake. Pray (tod to indue., him to
ride out ot hia< apiU'l with a \ loclamatk.n of unconditional
emancipation on the baaixi- that ? from lu cujola,
and you might expeut to sec htm returning with a millon
men made freo by th >t act lo rapport Km. "Napo|"..ns
ere net ??:? of m id." such is the'pinion of Wi ht*
Sp?< U?a paper that circulates its Ikouaaats among tbore
who mostly r-ad the Nkw Von* Umui.o. Suvh n rumark
from S'Xb a snurco argues mu? h lor the returning sense
of the Northern people. Wx-hingt?w i^ltcy Is the do
j aothitig iiollcy, and waits lor events When in Chic ago I
l a?ked Illinois lawyers, anting whom Pr^idem l.iucoln
hail practiced, wh.:t kind of a man washed Could he
say no.' ttey replied:?1"Bo Las no backbjne 'Had the
American people asked for tlio man above all othei s least
fitted to lead, tliey could not have got a ma.i bctler suited
than Abraham Li'nx.ln. No man ever heard him s.iy no.''
1 *-ksd, "Is Mc< ICilon a m-xlTwho csu "sy ao?" Tho nun
Sg ment ef the t^lcago Central repiiod never
?'.? clues Ask him a questioii, you may not expect to get ,,
a direct ansar r in less than au hour. He ha.? not t>eeii i
kin>wn to decide a totio nuestton that ever came op In
the mat.ag< meut while be was connected with the Illinois
i -ural Kaiircnt. And yet lb*** two mm are the men 1
above all others who now hold tbedosunlosof lite reiaibhc
of North America hi ihelr hands. N p. Banks may not
a now how to handle sn army but, If permitted, he would
certainly press that army into aud agmuH Mime
thliig. M< n well ae?|iiahit d, Irom pcwitlve exiterisace,
with tho Army cf tho Potomr.c, atiirm tliat Richmond
could have teen taken live different times had tho do
nothing al ihe h'iad of it permitted; bnt he preferred to
dig dirt in Chi< kahominy swamps, and then le^vo that
locality and hi* dirt heaps tgnouilnoUFly. President Lin
eoln, thu^li <-oward f"ar ofUie border States, keeps this
man in UHposltlon lie hoMs. But the <lar will r/nno?
ard it is tlrtit that hurts us ail?when ho (Uncoln, will
c nluss he nvvnr belie>?d in HcClellau. ihat is the Sor>'
s|>ot of an otherwise h n. at "lllnir. WIcklifTe ai <1 Unvls
of Kentucky, oan t??t th 'ir foot down and ?iy. to the Pre
sHt nt, ito mis, or the b<Tuer S'u'mi wBI leave you. list
hurepublii >u c.ia put his foot down and say, do this, or
th" North will leave you. No public, ^.mion will
support Cl aries <ujnner, Ihongli a loyal '\>nimonw?aHh
stands behind hiiia Hut the public opinion ot a disloyal
Cwnmonwc-ilth?a Com U1 a wealth that isouiy kept in the
Vnl"u by ih<i bayonets of Its army?will froely support
Dnvls and WIcUllfTe. and oth'-r deFsndern aad sttpportors
of slavery. We, as a |>cople. are divided in sentiment an<!
S< rvile in purp?.ae, and our ?oliiiors thn day arc the
servants ol' rst-els Our officers ou rebel soil are
in>Te sysopbantlr than w.-s Paruel Webster lu
the .-enate, when Henry Clay threa'nued him
wltb the lash of southern insolence fliteen years ago
Put let us hop that th" war may be continued I og
enough to make us men. and then we wli; easily conquer.
<ind has placed in the hands of President Linr-oia tb<
thunderbolt of slavery t? crunh this rebellion, but be will
not use it. In ell lime thore never was a rebelll >n so en
dowed with means on the part of rlaht and Justice to
?ruffe II. Were U* Presi4eot (he most ignorant ?( men
be oould not orr in trying his bund at once on this inst< n
uif i tui l siiitte die relvii n tonsillar Mr. iXNiw^y h J
jum *ai<3 "IjOi I lio J'.I g . h coo <?:?. wo will ma them."
Una war a fcarlul tun til. Wli-i UiO luis!ishousn oi the
other ?u:? nwi Uuair deeocndai.U on ibis. Uiu e*rth wiH
Fhaku lu its centre. Ftlty years of unlr umuelled utlcl.i
go: ce U.ivc ma to the inielle, l* o. b .lb fearfully a. ui?,
una ilie war wared between much uiieliecu i'ud a itmv
will be euou as the world never yet hat* neon Fifty mil
lions of m?n lighting ut the sume timo would rovolu
lionize an J drag into iw voi lex the tvhoic earth?indeed.
? maelstrom awful to onntrruplafe Let "s rather li"i>e
Ibat HiK*h a result niny not occur l?t us rather believe
that tiineteeu imUions, ;>oui tug lorlh one alter another,
a.-- lias boon the caso since this war was I'.'.ruSt upon uh,
may keep tho oiiomy m chock until the whole people ol'
the North may have the scales of interest ?m! servile die
honesty removed from lUeir eyes, and arrive al a just
decision aa to the cause of this war. Let ua lu^?? to
(Jo<l that this, rather than * general war, may be I ho
issue.
IMPORTANT FROM THE REB& CAPITAL.
Inside View of the Rebel
Government.
Interesting and- Developing Letter
(Hmk Jeff. Davis' Niece
HOPELESS CONDITION OF THE REBELS.
THE DESPERATE SHOW OF PLUCK.
THE FIRC ZOUAVES IN PRISON,
A?w Ac.. to
The Fir* Zenavrl in Che Richmond
Prisons.
TO Tin EDITOR OF THB HKKALD.
Rjuimohd, Vs., July 1,1342.
The following officers sod soldiers of the Fourth regi
ment Exeetsior Brigade (Second Fire Zouaves) are now
prisonsers here. By publishing their nAmes you will
no doubt relievo the anxiety of their families and friends.
Ruapeutfuliy, yours, WM. K. BREWSTER.
Colonel Fourth regimout Excelsior Brigade.
Colonel Win. R. Brewster, sick.
Captain M. W. Burns, Co. A ,/lck.
Captain Wm. McCauley, Co. H.
Lieutenant Jas. Marksman, Co. K, side.
Patrick Moore, Co. B, wounded: itoing well.
H. B. Wiliistou, Co. O, Wounded, doing well.
Michael Chadoo, Co. D, wouodtd; doing wet'.
Wm. Hurkms, Co. A.
Jos. Kibber, Co. A.
J. C. Mcliowan, Co. K.
Thou. W. Ilird, (to. K.
Wm. Wiiaon, Co. I.
E. C. Morse, Co. I.
Michael Lee, Co. (J.
M. R. Carroll, Co. U.
A. McCarty, Co. li.
Louis Smith, Co. B.
F. Costei.o-, Co. F.
With, as 1 understand, several others whose names I
have not been able to obtain.
Behind the Scciics at Iticlnuonrt.
HOPLLK83 CONDITION OF T1IK ItKBELI. ION?INTER
ESTING AND LM I'OKT ANT C'ONVlPliNTIAL I.KITEK
OF A NIECE OF Jh.tr. DAV18.
[rtom tho Cincinnati Times.]
The following letter, from a niececf Joll. Davis, abounds
wUh interest. It l.s a candid confession uf the condition
oi a Hairs at Richmond last May, when the letter was
written. Comrng fr. m one llvlag in iho family of th?
bogus President, anil closely relatod to hitn.lt demands
contt.lance and ultuution.
11 is a private letter, and the writer never imagined it
would fall into Yankee hand-. We are indebted to a pa
ti lotic lady patron for it, and we publish it just ;-s it wu>
w. it ten, family niattors and all. ' I'ncle Jell." is ropr*.
senied as nearly worn out, am! on the verge of the grave,
so much eo, that he roponteJ and was .baptized; and not
tli.? beat acoonnt in tlio\.orid Is given of the .Southern
chi\ airy. Iho let tor will ba found very interesting:
KioiMosr, May 7,1S8:{.
My Dear Mothkk ash ?Dr. (iwin and his son and
daughter (Miss Luojr),?xpoct to leftvo to-morrowr or next
nay for Mississippi, and Mi?s 1,'iry has promi-. .line thai
il Ylcksburg is not in the hards of the eot-niy when they
reach thore, thit she will go out to see you, and l"t you
know how 1 am; but il she cannot get to Vlcksburg she
siys she will ..rrange it so that yo i can get this letter liy
private hinds. .<h.j lias been at Uuele JoB"a now nearly
ttireo weeks, and I am perfectly . harmed with bur. She
is one of the most sincere, honest hearted and pl'us girls
I Lave ever met with, and then, she is so intelligent, and
baa such excellent sense. I ara grieved to part wttU her,
and shall feel as though 1 am lost. .She will spend the
summer with her Uncle Uwin, in Marshall county, SBss.
her mother Is in Baltimore, and the Yankees will not let
her come home.
1 hoard from Mr. Itoary on Thursday; he U quite well
but bax bad to bear many hardships. The weather is
very cold and rainy, ?nd they have had some awful
marches to maka the I-ouisiuu. brigade I-. new with
General Jackson. K well'a division at "Swift ltuu yap." in
the mountains, between Staunton an.) HarrisonWrir
You will ilnd it on the map of Virginia. lhey ap*ct m bat
tle tluailn with thr. Yanksrt under General Binm Wheu
1 think of his sit oat ion, and the .lark gloom that now
hover* ovor oar cot: i. try, I am ready to sink with despair
and would give worlds if I could only be by nv dear
h isban1'sside|but it la Impossible. 1 A-re ii ? prola
'?ilily of General Jnrkxm'i anny faViua baoU ? ? /tic,
moiul, end, in view of thu. no tnd<i it a!'owed to <yi up on
the rai'road lo OordonxeiHe for fear, if allv -d to w,
that i.iat.y o'l^ert tvAdii vx/h o do it, vK It uxuld tncei
mo>U the army. His loiter to tue wxs written ia a
'id tono, whi.-h distre-'-ie'! mo very much?he an 1 that
a.'! Ills recruila bot ton we.esiolc, and ba<: b*en sent back
to the roar, where he was afraid they would sutler lor
want of attention. They here been Miy.l (JfC-ert awl
mn) to >l*f) on -he grtmnd with >rry .? an' coSTiriii/j anJ
no >,'? r.iK* tot t'ebmary trhen the amyretreaUt from
Al.im na*. .Now thoyhavf a fly for every eight men,
winch afl'ords iemc protect!.in from tho ra:n and mow,
b':t very little from tbo cold weather. Mr Keary could
not write to n*> for ten d lys aft r he reached there, be
ca . e it was rirlLing, and Le had no shelter lo write in.'er
tokeophls iviper dry. MjrBod, what a trial to me, to
know that he had to bear all this, and 1 .u a o mfomble
Louse, with a good Ore, and every com: >rt. I: I coul'l
only irhare his hardship?, 1 would take It all lightly; b t
the separation Is heart lending, and either to morrow or
next day, Uw diatanoe betweeu him and myself w .ii be
widened. (ieneral Johnston is falling back from th
Peninsula or York to wo. and Uncle Jen. thinks
'hat we had better go to a safer p!!ioe tlnu
Kichmoud. Wo have not decided ye: where
wo shall go, but I think to North Carolina,
to ;.?? far-otl' country town, er, perhaps, to
oouili Carolina. I will write to you from there the Vfy
fli st opp-.rt unity. If J*hn>i, n toVt ,it far bad at N*c\>
mi r. all our 'ruo)i? J ror.i GirtlrntXiilf an<l, "nf. H"n </ap
"Jill alio'lalt Nit* '? thu piict,* and mnH one dexptrau
fi'ni afi.tiut WlrJan. n you will '.ook at the map, you
will soo that the Yar.k os uxe approaching Ki^hmond in
three dilTbrent directions:?Krom l^rcdenT-ksburg Him
sonb'ir* and Y.rrktown. oh, God! defend this jieop.'e
with Toy oowerfui arm, iswny c sistant prayer. Oh' m>
fhtr, I ntle J'jj\ u miMrrUe //? triei to be cheerful, at*I
'? '*ar up oijainM n.cA a omMrwtlon nftrwtbUt , but oh, I
! fenr'n ? cannot he' Umij, if As dirt not ge- to:ne re t md
?fiiM. Our rr>*r.*u dutrenkim ft mwh, and lie it *o t>?ik
?iml feeble, a malet my h art ache to look at, him. He
knows thai he ought to rend his wife and children away,
| Lind yet he cannot bear to part with tbeni. and \v? all
<1 read to leave him. too. Vaimaand I had a hard qry*
aL jut it today. There waa conllrmati. n in the cliurcti
to dajr, and we all hoped so much that he would so for
ward for coaflrmation. Cut Ke did not; yet I have hope
that ho will do s.) before the II,-h p leaves li-Te.
Oil. ? -hit abU?" the faH t f y ui Orlear u-c.c II ii'.-d
to A?i? Jdi'i aH ? ra:>i ,'i-re A , ?'*./y !ou?:d <U.yre,
ai. l the av?-, o/ fA? <xn - ter^ y nu drooping and irk
iuo. bat If i...d < with who cm be sgiinst .i-< <Jur
trfeip* are ti t doing at iotil <ia r* np^t*) At the l-UWt of
.ihi'oh m, ni f our men a:teii r*i j o.n*irdiy in-i'tJ, and
on- olotic] :.,idd -wii liehiada l'.g,and w.,-i!d not y? up
evan wh? n turoaien-'d by hi" cflmmandm ; om-.-^r wltli n
rlC" b;<ll il lie did not return to h s d.ity Ad.I at York
to? n, in a sklrmi.-h el l,eo ? ?bb't divlstjn.e .r meu (.nve
6.i. k,TMi?i< ?: IritnM '? enjvra Cot* ' ir Liint/U,th. <iie,?i4
have t*en tome of imr bout rife piu. The ,e,rmtn'.< thai
are mo4 <i/J ? run are from tfmth Oirvhna and T nnttve.
1 am thankiul to tay that Hie Mississippi and lx>u
Islana tre^ps behave gloriously wfien?vor call
ed on to light. As 1 cannot be with Mr.
Kcary, I often feel Uurt I would give worlds tn b*> with
you and Kaunio, and yet I am at raid to go to Mississippi
Tor Tear of bolng cut oil from Mr. Kuary entirely, an^
could not hear from him. I have not heat d a word from
yon or home si ace we parlod, I am getting almost crazy
I write to you every opiwrtunity l ode .leu. received
a de-patch from I neio ^'ampa to-day, saying that Cousin
l?ua<:'s little ehihl, Sallw, bad die I at Vlclcsburg, and was
burled at WnodvHW, yesterday. Cousin Mollie left here
two weens ago for home, with hei thrw little ^irls. Sa'.ne
was a beautiful child, and In perlect health, l'oor Couaia
Moll lei Cousin ls;?ac is at Yoiktown. J ye Muohell m
li re ;k at a hotel. <'oiwin Joe aud I went to ?e hlra
his evenlu?, but conkl not llnd hlin. We w. nt to the
wrong hotel. Ih*ar,aincel have rvturiied, that be is
better. I will go agaiu to-morrow.
I received n letter from >\uut Kii/a a few days slnco.
?Mm tti'iiight 1 was at home, and wanted me to take Mary
V..U ri"ijtii'tysoti, ii tiic .1 y win attacked a-< I suppose
did u-'1 consider tli- llnrrl. an . t ,i,ju, /- ,5
V?u art lot" a! home., a* there jill be no rrm.?!.??-? al Vie'
uu r .ant! i he Intil'Ci u\,l hai'hy ??ten, ?/ K. nt' . ?: ?? if
f-'V did. Uf army ? m y n n tuny by Maic..Mg tnh. the
??''??/'? ?? 11'mid he. uiraul 'o yo .ir
i /><-, int-rioi Yet I foe aov- -us, br^.ii.se leiim i
hear fi.su ytm Y'-u as,at j. <fst>iy gLt some ore |n lou ii
to nd no n ?; ,tcr b> sin b"*y ?iiiinj on lierr Tner?
must ho per Jus pacing con-t.iutly. linctyoi. letters
to ... -,.*????; 1'ii'Sid at Davis, Hi 'i-ii- i.-I, Va . a id tVn
wlien I lesve here they will be forwarded to tne.
ir Hiss Uwm does not leave to-morrow I will try to got
some other poi-< u w h<> fleeing homo to take H. I lei
brother la at Yorktown. and as tncYarkees may nuke
au atta-k ?s S's.n as tli-y know we ars retrrsiiiig, and he
does not wish to leave on the eve of a battle, so they may
be delayed for several days. Wo think now that ire
shall go to Kalelgh to morrow, but have n t positively
decided yet.
Ulve iny love t<? /tnnf KNen, and cousin, and all her
fmnly, also ail at l.'ncle Hrosrn's, and accept for your
selves the wannest dovoilon from your evar aOertlonate
11KI.KX M KKAKY.
Mat 9 ?S*iur? writing the above Miss I.no* ?wm has
dcr.idnd not to go to Mississippi with her father, I shall
send this by sons ottati opportunity. W? au l?ave hers
to-ill rrow nmrniD^ for Raleigh ThrfefunSaatl are >:nu>
tn the Jama itv.r, cm thnr way to thu city, ami n>u ? P">
ha- I'j r i k h re tn r. j\m> hour s; so ?*? A.i?c no lun/.c any
(.?i? /a tick!y 1 w 11 lit rather ko l > day, bm Variua wife
g.i iw t>li ' cannot c i (tvitly; aud I only h opo wo have not
del iye I too long a.uady. 1 Khali then he rut off from all
con.tuuntcslnin with Mr. Ktary,anil I ex|>ecl lo i.ave no
Ion*;:r <uiy peace. 'I mi alraiu to Unci. liow long it may
be before 1 -halt see liuu. if I had kuowii Una 1 should
iuvo remained with you; l>ut 1 base lo try now to bear
nil my troub.uit aiuue, without of on a loiter of sytn
paihy fioni Ktuuie or you. I will write attain from
Kaioigh, and Faumo tuurt write mo a latter, unit
direct it to Kalc-ipti ; perhaps 1 may got it. It
would givi mo so much comfort to uoar from my
doar mother ami I'aunie, ami lo know that you wore all
well ami sale I kball make my way to Mr. Kea/y if
UMiro 18 any iv*> for me to do it. / am afraid tluit liich
mond wiii /all into the ku tula of the many, ai tkci^ it no
wayUt knrpUick the (funUmU. Jamti river in tv high thai
ail thr iJj.-tiluiiwu 'hat our propie havh \sd U> jk'acf in the
river have been uusheJ away; so there is mi help fur the city;
she vi ill ouiier submit, or else be sholled, and I tbiuk the
latter alternative will bo retorted to.
Undo Jell was continued last Tuesday in St. Paul's
church by Bishop Johns. He wss baptized at home in
tbo morning beloro church.
l>o try to got a lot tor to ir.r soma way. Direct some lo
ilnloigh aud home to Richmond.
May God, in His mercy, protect and deliver us from tho
misery and allhctiou which now surround us, Is my con
stant prayer. Yours, ever devotedly,
HELEN M. KEARY.
Am Immediate Offensivt Movement Re
commended.
[From tho Richmond ltispatcit, August 2 J
Wo are ou the eve of groat event?. Tho hour of de
cision has beou placed by Providence in our own hands.
In that Providence we cheriSb an abiding faith ju>d an
uutaltering trust. But wo do not believe that the provi
dence ol God conflicts with tho free agency of uian. It
works for and with us in temporal as well as spiritual
things, but In one, aa in the other, we must use the
mean* vouchsafed iuid tho opportunities afforded, and
worlc out our own salvation. Tho hand of God lias en
abled us to smite back the enemy from tho Chickahomi
uy; but this was ouiy the beginning of tho work. If we
iK> not follow it up?if we do not heap blow upon blow?
it' we permit our enemy ugatn to rally and orgauise?
theu., indeed, .shall tho summer bo past, the narvoRt
ended, and tho uay of our salvation delayed, if uot
forever gone. We rejoice to boliove that our govern
neat fully appreciates thif inomoutous truth. Now is
the time to strike; now, whilst our banners are Hash
ing in tho light of victory, whilst every Southern
sword mirrors the bright forms of glory mid hope, whilst
the accursed foe is prspariui: once mora for a Anal
spring, now is tbo time fur a blow thai shall oru.-h Ibis
hydra-hoadeit dospousm torever, and send au electric
thrill of deiiverauco and joy from ono end to tho other of
this struggling, valiant ami glorious couutry. Soldiers of
tire South,, Nujioleou told his warriors in Egypt that from
the ?iimm it of the pyramids forty centuries looked dowu.
upon ihota. Without the language of rhetoticai exag
geration, we can say to yuu that from tea thousand
uuxious4homo$ the eyes ol mothors, slaters, wives and
children arc looking upon you?looking upon you, their
bravo and belove<U-lookiug upon you as their only h"ip
aud hope,save tti.it God in whoso hands are the issues oi
battles, aud to whose Almighty llirono ariso day and
night thoKo prayers of faith which he lias promiHod to
answer and to bless. Inspired by such reflections, lot our
gallaut sous of the South once rnoro give their glcrious
banners to the breeze, imd let tho resolve of every heart
be "victory or death."
The whole Sauth looks ou; the world looks on; the fate
of ruluro generations trembles in the balance. Never did
such calamities visit a ci\ ilized and Christiau poople *.<-?
tbo:je which now threaten every Southern homo, amt
whicn can only be averted by the power of Heaven and
your own strong a: m. 'l'hu result we cannot doubt. Now
let there be no delay, not an hour's procrastination; il
may be uow or never.
Governor Lrtrhcr Demanding Loyal Vir
ginians (Prisoners) from the lonfetU
ratc Guvermuent.
[From tli9 IMcbtnoud Di-tpatch, August 2.1
We have alr.ui'; a mounced tliat Govern.ir Lotehcr has
left this city ior Wyt'tevitle, whither he goes, wo l aru,
to sec iu I'Crson the condition o; things with reference to
the tro V8 ol' the State line, authoriz<'<l to l.e raised under
(jotioral I'loyd, and to render what assi.-iauce lie may*. A
contemporary says, with truth, that tho Governor has
labored faithfully to carry out tlio enactDu-ltt of the
Legislature, Indeed, he has dona this iu everything i<er
tami'ig to his duties, aud particularly i i Me. ene.; to our
great struggle for indepundeuce. Thodiii; * <?< i.U devo
tion of Covet tor Letcher in the disclut . k.s duties
have boon unserpusscd. We aio hapny t . m.u that it is
his in'.untlon to deturnd from the Confederate government
the Virginia tral'or.- and tlu vi-jintoi-x ol Vi: ginia laws
who h tve fallen into its liands. 'ih^se men flavu no right
to be treated os prbonersof war; they are criminu s
:'j;alust Vtrglnit, who must be handed over to our own
authorities, to be desit with ai:c rdiug^o our o?i !a\vi.
engagement on James llivcr?Heavy
Cannonade.
[From tLie liichmond 1M,-; utcii. Augest *2.1
Shprtiy alter twelve o'clock* on Thursday right the
cltiA-ns oi Richmond were s:ariletl by ho ivy* und cou
tinuoua reports of'cannon, proceeding from ilia uircctl.u
of City Toint. the reports vrera very rapid. atitl t'?o?c
who occupied eligible pocUior.il could distinctly see fti?
flush o; tho gut:*. This was kept up fer nearly iwu
houn, during which period it is wstiiuiilcd tiut tiier?
weiu uo leas than flvc hundred discharges. From infor
mation received yosterday morning it appeal a thru otr
artillery, including u number of heavy siege i,uos, which
hud b*-<rti plaeed in poulti >n at an<l belcw C-'Ugln'e Point
on lhurnday, opened a tierce cannonade during Die ulglit
upon the federal fleet and McCleiian's camp on ih? oppo
site oi the river. Cogglua Feint is in Piiuco ?<e*>rg9
county, about forty mil "it from Kichmond by the river
r-iute, but le.-a than thirty in a direct line. o'.servate.cs
made on Wednesday revealed about 158 fedora; vev
Dels at Harrison a i.aiidmg, nearly opposite, .?enipri.ijrf
vessel of every dei-nption, ameng tiiem mo very tint
steamers. On tha "ame day four large transports,cro vded
with troops, came up the river. The i!eet waa lytr.g
?quietly at anchor, and do unus'.ul movmeut urns noticed
in tlia vicinity. The enemy was evidently ukat: by anr
prise, and ili ihe lights of the tf.set wore immediately ?v
tiiig'ii-)vd, bit this did not in ovcnt our gunners from ?>:?
serving tUoir range, which they had taken care lo olita.n
with a">-uracy while daylight gave them an opportunity.
A feeblo response wm made by tit* gunboats; but rtrlug at
random, and conijieratively ignorant of our position, mey
mil'cted liul Utile d im.'t?- 1 he fleet, on tho contrary, .*
supposed Ui have suffered heavily. A great ? raah.ng \.m
heard in the river, si'd U .a conjectured that cjllisioii!,
occurred among tho vessels :u iheir baste to g?l b?yon*
the reach of dange r. At <layl gbt yesterday morning tie
entire tle>>i had disappeared, and great c >rnuioiion vv:>a
visible in Mc( Milan's camp. 1 ho only oasua''les reported
on our shlti we. e caused by an accident to ouo of tlie guns
by which one man was killed and six were wenndod?two
o> the number, belonging to Page's battery, b idly.
A member <t L'abuey s Artillery, who participated ;a
'be engag> m*ut,ai rived in this city teat evening r.ith tli;
r .nains of Win. I' l)a I too, of the ram" battery, who v.as
killed by a shell. His account of the aliair ..gics mainly
with the foregoing statement, tho igh he says that the
enemy's lire wan v?ry heavy, but, owing to the darkne j
of the night, not well directed. The sccno <>n the opening
Of the cannonado is described as magnificent. The ioug
11l* oi irderal vessels drawn up near the s&ore opposite,
with their glimmering llghte, reminded the beholder oi an
rtlomi nation for soine |e.?tlvo occasion 0'ir informant
could tell very little of whit occurred afterward. except
in regard to the j art 'iftmutMi by the battery lo whu h lie
beiung>'. '-LongTom ' lira.1 fifteen rounds, some ef whicu,
he felt cotifld- ut. t<>ok tfliBi l ujion the enemy'- tteet. The
cl ashing of timber was heard distinctly amid the roar of
cannon, yet tbt> dark:ieiw of tile night rendered it impos
sible to make<obicrvatioij( The cacualtlea in Ltubney's
company were three:?W. K. Taltcn. killed; Themis Far
qubar and Patrick tiraham. wounded. In Page's bittery
I* Thackcr and John Er<?'ks,?'f Hanover, were -eve rei|r in
jurad by the premature explifkin a gtiu,and four others
slightly wounded. IT any iurthor casualties occurred
alwtig our lino they have not yet beeu rep"rted. ihe
orders ws>e, ua wo arc mf<>nned, to lire a certain num
ber of rounds at the enemy, and wlien this was MM I
plisbeti our force ijuietJy withdrew, and tho engagement
terminated.
The Dash ef Union Cavalry near Stann
ton?Arr?at of the lie be la.
[Krom the Kichmond ijtamiuer, August 2.]
We have lieretoteic '.u?iH;oned tbn'. oc lhuisdaf Ml
Friday of last week there was considerable excitement
in Staunton on account of tho unpleasant proximity of
the earmy, who wa* reported to be rniy some tweu.y
iniiet diKt-ttit, though at that writing wo were unable io_
,.?y in what direction he ?aa suppu-ed to be. Toil "
ti?n hAS b?-n solved by the !lo>.? lugham /Uffi&r of yes
terday. From this paper we learn that on Thursday, tlie
2-1' U ult . a Yankee cavalry force of twelve hundred mee,
coml .g iroui Madrsou couuty, and cntMring iSi uxuiiitaiu
at what is kt.own a< Turkty ltidge, tn tirt'.ue county,
dasVd into Kocklngham through tho Swiit Him gap
fbey arrested a number oi cMuens in the vicinity of Con
rad s ?tore, all of whom they gub*e<i'icntly raleu.ed,ex
cept Mr. Meredith Knigbt:iig. Tb'y burned Mr. Ku.gbt
aig's bouse and t ok him along with th?ui ns a pr.swer.
Ihe cause of tho peculiarly harsh tr?atmeiit of this gen
ii mail Is said to have bei n owing to the fact that some
time sine? a Yankee -oldler w?s shot and killed rear bis
house. The Yankees maOo but a short ,-tay At Com ad s
store, and men passed iuto 1'ike c unity, where another
body "f their torces is said to be stationed. A part of our
cavalry force, uuder commund of Col. Hamuli, was sent
in pursuit of tho Yaukeoa, but failed te come up with
tbeni. Thm unexpected raid threw the country around
tonrad s store into great excltemf.it, and aiauy citizens
left, driving oil their horses, cattle and hogs.
An Ewaprd Rtbcl Prisoner'* Story.
[Krom the Kichmond I>tspntcb. Acgust 3.)
Joseph Cox, who arrived In this city from Fort Dela
ware on Tuesday, was captured while ou a scout in tho
vicinity of Front Royal, on the 11th day of May, after
having his horse shot under him. and was sent from there
to the Old tfcpitol prison, In Wathmglon city. Hero he
remained until the 4th day of July, when he was trans
ferred to Tort 1> lav. ire, fiom whence he escaped about a
week Mter. !u his vrapo he was sccompani?<l by Mr. J,
A Toole, of the .Ninth Virginia cavalry. The tirst point
ieaciiea by them, after making land, was Georgetown,
rislaware. They |>a=.vd throui{l? several towns In tho
.iaiiic alate, hut attatioufcly ruiralned from making known
tneir sitsanoiis. Wk*n IktJ orrit^i ia Mtnl oouiUg, *?
rwtaw', I/><.'/ Us J<nt that tht??rrt retHtttifrom
fvrt Utla"-ar-' aw' fmnd jiUn/>i of qitndi aiut tyv%f
M<? rt. MT. fJBx nays that on tho ntsnt of the ;W ot July
the mceattontsts of'Mlddletown, Delaware, hol?U?l a t.ttn
ledsrato Hug on a pole which had been ted hy the
I'nlonials, aud that early on the morning of the 4th the
? stars and bars" were saiuled with forty r.aiuds by tho
supporters of the abolition government. When they dis
CO voted their mistake they were so enrngnt that tfiey
immediately liauled down the llvand tore it into .-li.cjg,
and vijoroi'miy applied themseives to wailiiu* th? i>ol?
with s<atp and water, to clsaine it (rem the polluting
eilecu of the Confederate banner. Ue says Hut tUwo
were shout four thousan l prisoners at Fort lielawaro
when be left, ?nd that they were very uncomfeetably
Situated, with scarcely food enough to sustain life.
High Price or"Whiskey,
[Fi-' tn Ihe Kic.Umond Y xaminer, Aug ist 3 ]
this nrllcle, thdt used t il^s dear at twenty ceuli per
(iiloo, la Ww MlU?l M I' a a fuurteea'doilars per gailou
by the barrel. None is dispeeed of nwpt on the ordt?
01 the IN uvutt Uarah&l. The (act thai aiiy such liquor
cub# disiKiaed of at tlie priccs named abuve, tUow?
clearly tliat the fxmptr eilkrr nral t'itr.yUm t or fancy ft#
do, to (he delruiioaiot iluar pecuuiaiy resources.
Viiion Prisoner* fit Lynrliburc.
[irom the Kiclimoiiu Dispatch, August 2. T
The prisoners captured by llujor Bailey, iu his brtlliaat
cavalry dash on .Sooiersvillc, Uio county soal of Nicttoiae,
on Friday last, arrived in Lynchburg ou Thursday night.
"1 hay number sixty-four private* and four commissioned
otiicers, atuoiig tbum Iaculonaut C olonel Starr, tbe coat
biuudaut of the piaco at the time of its capture. Dr.
lliscker is not among the Dumber. having boon doiained
ullheHail Sulphur Hpiing*. ttio authorities not having
decided whether he shall be treated as a spy or a prisoner
of war.
Interesti?tf from Central Tenueuee.
A It It KMT OH KX-BKNATOIt NICHOLSON?UM lUUTUIW
TO TAKB THK OATU, AND IS iOROKD TO TAKM
TUB OUNSI^UKNCRS.
|Corrc8i>oudfuce of the Philadelphia Press.)
Cou'Mtiia, T?*nn., August 2,IBM.
General Negley, who is in ?oatnauid here, lam pre
touudiy astonished to learu, has but ulroul Ave hundred
men at bis disposal, and as tiiere is a body of r?M
cavalry prowling about the neighborhood, hi.s capture or
depredations iu Ins midst must not cause surprise.
Until the evacuation of Corinth General Nog ley had UM
command of about e;ght thousand iroo|js, a large portion
ot thorn being Potiugyivuuiana. lie was complete ma.itor
or all tho r-Mids in Middlo TennoMee, his lines extending
to Shclbi'villo on the oast, to 1'ittsburg lunding on tito
west, and to Decatur south; and, ns in well knows,
although several ot the principal r?ili< Is sod supply
routes worn iu Ms command, ho lost but three men aa
prisoners, no bridges were destroyed, and but fow minoe
depredations wore committed until Gen. Bu<fll withdrew
moat of thu fbrcee
TUB OATH AMOSO 1KB PSOrLB.
Nearly (lv? hundred people of this town and surround
ing localities have subscribed to tho oeth of aUegtaoo*
since April 1. No favors are granted to anr iu this de
partment who will not inko the oeth, which ia (he moal
stringent Instrument of the kind ! have soon. 1 quote
it ?
1 solemnly swear that I will bear true allegiance to UM
United States, aud supjiort and sustain the censtituttoa
and laws thereof; that I will maintain the national aora
reignty paramount to tliat of ail Suite, county or Cory
rate |?wers, that I will discourage, discountenance and
(orevor oppose secession, rebellion or disintegration oi
ihe federal Union; that 1 disclaim and denounce all ffcith
and fellowship with the so-called Confederate Slates end
Conlede. ate armies, and pledge my liouor, my proporty
and my life to the sacred i-eriormanoo of this my solesan
oath oi allegiance to the govoruiuout Of the United State!
of America, so help mo God.
It is coders to-m1 tnat tho vio'olion of tbia oath is death
A negro was arrested here this moruing, who had beea
engaged as a bearer oi despatches by General Pillow, and
boma valuable informal ion found on ilia person. The ooo
traliand states thai hu loll Tui>clo, Mississippi, sore*
?lays ago, and thai mere war" about fifteen thousand
robot soldiers there, nr.: ier Bragg and Prico. Pillow wai
also the.'*. iJo also .elate* that Beauregard bad been M
New Orleans hi disguise, but '.hat ho subsequently trial
io <"h itt.'f sooga.
? u.ee iPichmcnd biitlr.i end the evacuation ?C
Corinth, there lias been a groat duller Loro among tke
moro bold of the rebols, in which ox&'iiator A.- O. P.
Nicholson took au active part. Thu following .apeafcrflNt >
itself
IILAOQVARTKIIB UxiTSO StAitt FOROUI, ?
Cou mkia, .July 28, 1302. J
Captal- Rr:.n>*.r, enovosx Marsiia:. :?
Sv;?Place iu cl03e conOneinent, ou t old tor's fare, Horn,
A. O 1'. Nieholson, an avoived traitor to Iu* country, and
for ufin? the following innguayo Tbal ho hud been a
symputhiier with tho efouth, and was sii'l a s> inpalhiiwe
w tih the rebellion; that ho )ud made up hi4 mind t? lake
the e.ont*<itif!l)ces before he would lake the oath.
J A.-*. S. NKULKY, Brigadier aonerai.
The arrest, which imuiediaiely tool; placo, caused great
oscitouient. A largo number oi' gcntlciueu called upas
Geu. Negley, many ot thcin, I regret to ray, being loyal
men, mid importuned for his re>C!ue. tint the General
informed iboui a'i that ho would ira'isgress his duty
should he release so vile a traitor, and that, us ho nod de
liberately anuouueed thai ho was pre;>are<! to take all IM
c'<n-'r<iucno?>s botoro bo would take the rath, ho must ex
tricate himself honorably und sccur? liberty In no ottaet
way.
Ill the afternoon of the day of h:.s crrest, the traitor*#
wife called upon Gen. Negley and oskPd permission te
take her husband a pillow and soma food.
Th.- Gouorul iu.ormod hor that ha would pornnt no suefe
thing; that her husband whs prepared for the cooaa
queur.es audinu.-l sutler them.
^IJ'it." Sfld the lady,"where is he wnOoedf''
"In the gu.wdhou.so, Uadam. with a soldier who hM
boon imprisoned .'or att-aUii;;," was the General's answer.
Thij enraged the lady, and she vehemeutly inquired el
the udlcur if he lueai.t to umipare tliu crime of her baa
b:i&d to tho petty transgrvssious or a low b aokguarrt of ?
sold'urr "Madam," rejoined the General, "you aek saa
a direct question, and i am not in the least inclined to
evade an answer; bu! you must not oonsider me iudeM*
oato when I Inlorm you that your 'i abaua deserves tnOlfr
it'g; slid that, in lay estimation, ?here is no crime aa
enormous an treason to tho Unilod States government.**
She immodUiely bestowed upon thu Gon*ral the vllaat
of ablins, and exuaueied thu vocabulary of opprobriaai
epiti:?is ia her rage, telliug him that her husband "waa
willing to tabe ths oath with her consout; but that kt
shoo d rot in jail first."
IuUrcitlNg Boat Rare for Mix IIitndM4
Dollars.
An interesting boat race?cut rig?between a sunbtt
of New York, Brooklyn and Jersey City crafts,for a paras
01' $000, com* off yesterday arterr.oou from the Clafe
Homo, Brooklyn. t'ix baits were entered for the i
i aoh b. at contributing $100 towards the prlio.
of :li* competitor* n-'re Unit In Brooklyn, one in J
York, and one is Jersey Uty. Tbe greatest snxiety <
uninvited us t? tlie result of llie race. The gro
jvor wiiioto '-ho boats were to sail was from tbe Clab
:louse to b<K>y No. 8, in the lower bay,and back?* 11^
t.iucsof twenty miles. The boats started at one o'cloafe,
.a tbe fo:iow!ng order:?
Wurdaw, of Brooklyn, 2d feet In length.
Partridge, of Brooklyn, -<5 feet in length.
ftjcltel, of Jersey City, -.a feet, ft inches In length.
1 jura, of Brooklyn, 24 ;'oet, 11 inches in iengm.
Commodore. of Brooklyn,27 feet. S inches.
Noorariel, of N w York. S3 feet, tt inches.
TVrc was alight bree/e from east-southeast at tba
time of starting, which increased in strength as tba
boats proc-oded down the bay. Tho Partridge took tba
lend from tho start aim >st, and maintained her posltlea
?:ntil Uio fi??t lind reached Kurt Hamilton, when U?
Factiol sad the Laura both hailed upon bur, and by tba
Cms me bcoy was reached the ,Tcr?ey City boat wsa
Ahead. There was rooidcrabls beating to do In the lower
h iy, and t.'io way some of tlie boat? were handlod excited
tbe scmirasion of ail who were wttnessep of the scene.
Coming hon e tho race wa= rather tame, the boats having
a free wind tbe whole way; but as they came around
? Iwi s Head, crowding e\ery iueh of tiieir snowy white
auvass, tb? effect was very pretty. Tbe ltome staka
boat was rounded in tno following order
//. 8.
KacUel - 3 19 T
Laura 3 27 IV
Voupariel 3 28 IT
Partridge 3 A II
Wardlaw 3 315 ?
Commodore 3 45 36
j be winning boat was built by and belonged to Pat risk
XMi ieban. of Jersey City, who wa-> heartily congratulated
on hv good fortuue. Tbe Laura, having come in aeonnd,
-aved her entrance fee. The betting wv in favor of tba
Partridge and the Wardlaw previous to the start, but be
fore tho boats r ached Fort Lafayette It was evident tbot
tbe rare lay between the Rachel and the Iai ira. A i
boat was in at?"nd?tice to convey the fi ionds of tbe dM
i'CUl beats ov ..he course.
8a prune Court?thniiibcra.
Before Hon. Judge Barnard.
<<KNB11A1< 1KK1IONT NOT IN COb'UT.
Aliir^i(7.?John 8. Giily II. J. A. Stl 'Vtr, John O. /Ve
utviU, el al., uml liraliord is an action
brought on a promissory nate, of w hich General Job* C?
Fremont is tbe endorser. The note was |made by A. A*
Solover.a i*rtrer, and ei.dorsed by General Fremont for
$2,000. The reoovory Is for $2,2ti7. Tho defence pat la
is that the de'emlants did not know whether tbe plaintiff
w;M tlie owner or not, or, in otufcr word*, they did not
know ibat be wus the endorser,
Mr. fllecson appeared as counscl for plaintiff*, and Mr.
Morris for defendants.
On General Fremont's nams being called, ho did nab
mlko In? appearance, and ?omc discuss .on aroso between
tbe Court and c "tinsel for plainttll's us to whether be ccmiIcL.
not be brought up under arrest.
Plaintiffs counsel contended that Gen. Fremont ccuM
be arro-ted, a* be bad re?lgned Irom tho sc.ny He wmn
not in tlie service at all, aud If lie were nr,t actuary In
tlie service he dirt not coom wltlun the rile established
by Ins Honor. General S.ckles was m tiio regular service,
for be had charge of a command, Gcuer i| j reinout occu
pied no such position, tor ho had reliev.-d hini'elf from
hii command. He conceived the rulo > j be perfectly well
established that, wbere a party w? , actually engaged
in the service, he could not well be ar rested. Now, Gen
<Jcott retained his name and odlce a.i Geu Scott; but lw
h iving retired entirely from Mrvtqr,, could tt ba that bo
was not liable to arrest? CouR it bo, therefore, that
(ieii. Frerut^nt, who had vohintarij y retired from servloo
to Now York, and Uvea at his ea-? In .Viii 'tnenth streol,
was exempt bccause ho bad the name <>l a general to
command
1 ho Court held thai cen. Fr# tnont was clearly in fbo
son ics. and as M"vb lie could tv >t U?ve hfni arroaled.
Coaiircl for I'laintllft conten/ed that General Frestoat
was llvlHg in Ninelaenib strv.it at his ease, and thai bs
bad no (,.)i'jmand. it was a notorious fact that General
Fremont threw up bis corns und in disgust, because soma
bo w; a place'i over him down In Virginia.
Counsel iTt Goueral Fr* .nont saiS h? would mako an
siridavlt that he hiITI hel/, his command.
1 li? Court said that U'jueral Fremont wai llnbie to ba
called away at any mom cnt. What would be tbe conse
(fr.uce suppose they btd him under arrest there nowr
Plaintiffs Counsel?-'tn <hat as?a we would bo compelM
to submit and relievr? him ff he were called away by a
hlgnsr t ower, a* a/general in cOmman.l, he ooncelvad It
would be a su0l?eiit excuse to stay any attachment
against him Bui while he was not under the immediate
direction of tbo lneber power, he thought that tionsral
Fi atnoul wss subject to tha )ur.sdictlon of thai Court.
Co rt?The act of Congress roads ttiat no person In
the service or the Uuitad Stales government can be held
under a elvtl actl?itf
plaintiff's < ounaal?If 1 cannot And tba dietinction ba
twaen actual service and the llnTitlity to be called Inla
servioe,then. as a matter af oourao.1 fail.
Ihatourt oere sdlourned the CiUe, with r/moant aC
oounael, te Vbe Jblrd Monday la tba pratont mootb.