Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1862-06-03

              i 1 - : - i- ---v. Yi , '. --V2? v': , . -T- : - ituiib: '.i(i''.7v-.?-feiyi:V?''sw;f5- 10. i rvBUn iTHT miDAT xouuva , ; QZIccl In 17e4lwrd Bloclc, SdL Story. TEUJfS.- Two ZolIn pr aannm, pTble b ad- kd i $2.50-withiBLt montkf J 3.00 after the czpf- Vatioa or Ut year. iTTliat - Amos. Xendall Thiokt of Oen. , 5-r- Hntexfs Emaneipatioii Order. pf- iTlfe renegad :Foroey hariog asserted that U Teteran .Democrat, Amos Ji-iwDAtt, ap- - WOTed of.4he recent Emancipation order of C the AoolidbnutHunterhaa called forth from Mr. Kendall the fallowing pointed and sensible letter f , i . Vf;Vf vw'ASteiKOTON, May. 19, 1862. . 2TVa Editor of the National InUlRgeneer i My attention 'haa been called to a Waahing- : 'too letter in the iPhiladelphia Pre, in which the writer, after quoting a passage from one of i my letters published in your paper says : i Thua it will be seen that, even the veteran V- Democrat, Amos Kendall, while objecting to : . the eouree of the Abolitionists, is entitled to the credit of having jnade the proposition which i . Oen. Hunter Tias thoa practically carried out," - r ; -Nowr I should consider myself a traitor to . my country if! were to approve the late order . of General Hunter purporting to set free all the , r alaves within his military, district. "While ex- posing to Southern rebels the gulf which is yawniDe before them, the conception never en Imy brain that any military commander or resident himself could constitutionally, bv "- general order r proclamation, confiscate their vproperty and emancipate their slaves, or that (.inch an .object could be effected otherwise than j ,by conviction for treason by due course of law i'ln the courts of justice.- In the order of Gen. f :i Hunter I see the essence of military despotism, ! fighting to maintain; and it is deplorable that ' " the President does no by the enforcement of a L general line of policvrepress these assumptions , of power by this suborelifMites. Every such as- sumption nnrebuked by him exposes him and Congress itself to the charge of hypocrisy and " i," perfidy in their announcements of the purposes for which the war-is waged; it discourages the ': 4 r loyal men in all thelaveholding States, and in an equal degree encourages the leading rebels; it will cost the North' thousands of lives and millions of money: it alarms conservative men everywhere,' and makes . them begin to think their Own liberties" in danger; it strengthens disloyal men in loyal State, and enables them to embarrass the Government in its legitimate operations.'. ' In fine,- there is but one safe course for the Government to pursue, and that is to diartgard all party affiliations and adherefirmly ' to the prosramme orttrinajly announced, viz : ' The prosecution qfthe war of the e object of preserving , IA - iJorUtituuon and th Union with the right Y aUth Slate intact to befollowed by peaetu toon a those oljeei ''can b attained. If Lur.e fare art tCbei of revolution '. 'with scarcely a hope ofever again reaching the iaveu oi unity ana peace. AMOS KENDALL. : Hr. Yoorhiesv of Indiana, :.-" ir That true Union 'Democratib' Congressmen, . Hbn. D. WJ Voobhixs, of Indiana,-; notwith- standing : the malignant - opposition of the Union-sliding 'Abolitionists, continues to ex-. -poise the 'rascalities "of the party in : power, i without fear;, favor or affection. A few , days ago he reviewed the financial policy which has governed the Administration sines it came .'r into power,' characterizing it as unsound, un-. . wise and ruinous. The criminals who have been plundering theTreasury, have' not teen brought to justice, nor has Lonesty pervaded ' the Departments. . , . : History (he said) win . 'on; this subject, cause - every : lover of his country to bow his bead, while his cheek burns with-ehame, because of . ' the extravagance and shamelessnees of expen- ditnres, at a time , when the nation was strug- -' gling for life, by means of mismanagement "Jnd fraud. . Tlie public debt a year hence will r' be one sixth of the entire wealth of the coun- try ; now the proportion to every, voter is two s hundred dollars. . - " Twelve months from this time (he continu- ed) it will be four, hundred dollars, and where was the evidences that any other people had "-' been so burdened within so short atinie? In coaclusion, he expressed the hope and predicted that people would rise in their might and send- better representatives, who will be governed by the teachings of the Bible and Con stitution, sad the Union will be re-established on the principles of justice and Christianity. ".;'"'' ; ; Their Apolojjv -. ,-: ; . .-V"-"' The Republicans (remarks the Wayne Coun-. ty Democrat,) offer as an -apology for .refusing, Ohio soldiers the privilege of voting, that they were afraid such a course would in trod ace pol- . Uics into the army. K Indeed I -Why, .then, did they ot raise- .a "hoe And cry', against x . the appointment of Cal Schcss. to ,s; Briga-i . dier-Generalship, whoss object Jo going into . the service---a8 he himself says--was not to light but to abolitionixe. the army ? . The fact t - is, the RepabljcanSf io offeriag,the excuse re liry ferred to, assumed a virtue which they do not possess,; When thefHorcwi'sb9. family"; were rtf e& tTom. the lines of the Potomac army -; ; for eing; AbohUon they denoonced McCLxi.v,but -they found '. - no objections vtoAbolitionizing - Scorax.' In Shorfi they never UjSctti to peptics in thVai- y " toy' until they ascertaiaed that tLe great major 'itftfcxitecl ers WeVe.Dea ocratsT' xcz zizj.z r : - 7 .rents, y , a . -r:.r; ThW.aehogto.a cbrff'-on'Jent of .theh'i-v-i-i'el-ya, Jnqtdren says that while three cFthe i ':':Cr?y -ofthiiTcang Hen's Cir SsiSan JLs-. -f i n c f, Ttn i ' ' : v u, Who were 'ia-.'TOhV HesToea Thxvmins , T7Mta Ilea tMt cf Th Cblnmbns Oint well iaya': :-' - :. ' '"We have white men in Ohio who demand oar attention they are freemen with oureelvea they rote at our electionsr they are honest, hard-working men, and they do not desire no intend io be displaced, by free negroes let loose upon them : from the SoQth'i We " do' not ' in tend to have our wages reduced id a starving pittance for any such reason, and taxed 1 on what we eat and wear; and also pay the slaveholder for freeing them. :We understand the new doctrine of rubbing out State lines and reducing State Governments to mere municipal corporations. - See Ciacinnatt Gazette. It is to stop the working-people of. Ohio from jpese ine a law to prevent the filling op our State with manumitted negroes.' They intend to call the act unconstitutional by putting a fake construction upon oar 8tate authority';-. . i -. The workiugmen of Ohio will soon under-. stand the practical effects of the doctrine' of emancipation, which is to reduce their wages by a competition with the freed slaves, ' ' . . . . . mmm. - . . ,.:. . : Jefll Baris Confident Notwithstanding the heavy reverses which the Confederacy has' experienced, its' President still talks as though he had confidence in the ultimate triumph of the onholy rebellion." In '. a recent letter to the Virginia Legislature, he Bays that he never entertained the thought of withdrawing the army from Virginia and aban doning the State ; that if in the course of events the capital should fall," the necessity of which he did not see or anticipate, that would be no reason for withdrawing the army from the State. The war could be successfully car. ried on and maintained on Virginia soil for twenty years. , . The Logan Gazette. , The following notice of this live Democrat' ic paper, from the Dayton Empire, we most heartily indorse: " -, .. .. ' The Logan Gazette is one of the most spirited and, ably conducted papers in the State. It flashes with wit, shines with wisdom,' astounds with argument, pleases with eloquence, cuts with sarcasm, charms with' sentiment, is musical with rhyme, and death upon,1 Abolitionists, "as the sequel will .truly show." The Hobbasos arc a "whole team and more too, as some Republican editors who have had a "tilt" with them can 'doubtless testify, ' -? : Importani to Soldiers 'and their -Widows, That the soldier, or his' widow or heirs, may not be swindled of his just dues .by j pettlfog- ene attorneys, we publish the following sec tions of the act " to grant pensions which passed the House of Representatives a few dayssinccr. si; '::;jkr;rr'i - Sec. 7. And be itfurther enacted, TKlth fees of "agents' and Attorneys -Ibr making- out and causing to be exeeuted, the papers necessa ry so esiaoiisa a cxana unar uu ' tn iot a pension," bofliftty ndt"f V"!,. IDS' raies : x or masung out ana causea io oe duly executed a declaration of the applicant. with the necessary affidavits, and forwarding the same to the .Tension Uffice with the " requi site correspondence, five, dollars.-; In cases wherein additional " testimony is required by the Commissioner of -Pensions, for -each , affi davit so required, executed and forwarded, (ex cept the affidavits of surgeons,': for 1 which agents and attorneys shall not be entitled to any fees,) one dollar and fifty cents. ? Sec. 8. "And be itfurther enacted, That "any agent or attorney who shall directly or indirectly demand or receive any greater compensation for his services than is prescribed in the preceding section of this act, or who -shall contract or agree to proseeute Any claim for a pension or bounty or other allowance onder , this acti on the condition that ' he shall receive a per centum upon, .or any . portion bf the amount of such claim, or who shall wrongfully withhold from a pensioner or .other clai- mam, tne wnoie or any pan or uiejwnsion or Claim allowed and due to such - pensioner or claimant, shall - be deemed guilty of A high misdemeanor, and 'upon con vtctioo thereof, shall every such offense, be fined -not exceed ing or imprisoned at hard labor not ex ceeUme two vears, or boui, accorcune to cir cumstances and aggravations Of the offence. Synopsji of the Homestead Law. The following is A brief synopsis of the -Homestead act recently passed by ' Congress and approved by the . President: All the lands owned by the Government are open to settlement under it in quantities aot exceeding 160 acres lb each person. : i r ,. 'Any person who is a citizen of the United States, or has declared intention to become such, who is 21 years old, or the head "of a family, or has. served io the military or naval service of the country during this rebellion, can make the entry on payment of ten dollars and the fees of the Register and Receiver of the Land Office. That is all the settler has to pay at any time. - The act takes effect the 1st of January next. and requires a residence and cultivation of five years to perfect the" title. Any person can' enter, onder this Act, land on which he has a prs-emptioa claim: " - IS? The Dayton : JQmjnr : pertinently re marks that the' Abolitibn-Repbblicans.-are ex hausting.their stock of bHlingsgate upon the Democratio party because it is in favor of res toring the Union- as it was, and; maintaining the" ConstitutionT .as it is ;This; ii' seither strange hot onexrectsd. v Who ever heard tell of; an AboUtionist who had any. reverence Or love for the old Utnon and. Constiutioo It is not in them.- They. hate the. Constitation wh ich bu r" fh th e rs jr a v e ; os and have 'Ubbred to breah opths.TJcion which, they ioade .for us, hence their abuse of every man or party iwho axe for adheriog to "the'old.landmarks" .poblicajpsr,!ih' loltaflBeEaWf KP'w'att be to settle this Uaioo as it was, what shall ws havs gaanea r aoo. argues, nothing.- vV- ; osther.5iW shallhavrgain ea.iae supremacy ci- tue UonstltaUdit and the tied in any: other, way 'f'than upon WeVreseht Corstltution, the Union- wJH net be restored, it Hew 'i'YcTdtiim: -?y.vgeacetPTa t Becemoa wm ? The New YotycrTnbme, the great organ pf the radical Bepoblicsns, in Its issne of the lth inst, contained a remarluble. article, t well worth noti( considering th source from which it came. -Jt sa napolis Jbwrna, -J r;y '0'ii(Qri MWe tavs steadfastly affirnied and upheld Mr, Jefferson's doetrine, embodied in.the Deo? laration of Independence, of the right of revo-lutlotr.5:' We ' have insisted that,' where this right is asserted, it ought not to be ineceeaiy to aubieot all concerned to r the woes and horr font of a ciyil war, ;;Io otherwordsfwhat one party nas a ngui w oo, uoue can save av rieht to resist. ' Arid we'hare oried that.' had the great mass of the Southern- people Veally desired .dissolaUoO.of the.unoo and. been willing Xo exercise a reasonable patience, their end mighi have been- attained without devastation and carnage ; for ! we, with - thousands more in' the North, wotlld havedons'all in our power to incline our , iellow-citirens to defer to their request, and let them go in peace'y -f ' -But the TH&MMr was. no; only willing to jet the South gq in peace, onder a- certain contin" gency,.but it gives, notice to jthe Pacific States that they, can go aleo out of the Union. rHear '. .' ; - ' '-' . .."Take the cause of oar ovn Pacifie.Empire as a further illustration, No doubt the people of California and Oregon' are toay loyat and fervent in their devotion to' the Union". v .' But thev are mainly natives of the " Atlantic or Guff States 'bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh' and their loyalty is s matter of educ tion, of feeling and ofhabiC Fifty yeart "hence, when bur Pacific coast-shall have a population of ten or twelve millions, 'mainly born oil that slope, it will bevery v different. -.With that population, Union or separation will be a question of material advahtageor so much for so much and the little poetry thai -still invests and hallows their con tvection with the Great Republic will be harshly dispelled by the first clash of opposing ; interests; In bur judgment," if the present generation should not, by constructing a racinc iiailroad, practically annihilate the thousand miles of dreary desert that now separates the-Atlantic -from the Pa- icific States, the next will see a rival Confeder acy on the shores of the Pacipc, perhaps reaching so far east as the Colorado, ir not to the crests ol the Rocky Mountains. ' .: fe. t ;.''."Now, should the time.; arrive:, in our .day when the great body of the people of 'our Pacific Stares shall say deliberately, kindlyfirmly, to those .this side bf the.RockyMountains, 'You are stronger than w olderj'inore wealthy, more powerful--but we askjrou to let us go ; for we believe we can Ao - better "by-our selves than with :you'r we shall respond and urge others to respond, "Go in peace, and Heaven's blessing attend you l .: ..We believe that is the right,' the wise., the. Christian' answer to sucn a request, and that- the world will 'yet perceive ana.recogniz.tnertrow.'. .The Tribunewt believe to be a fair represen tative of the Union sebtimeni Sa the .-Repbbn- Mn' mmv; tU- : f V --Hi-"" - t.ur's lieo'Xi egToes Killed, for Re riitinig Freedoa tuid EiideaTorin to xtetnrn. lTJieir, Old -ast,- All attempts to pass resolutions o inquiry through the House or.Senate. ' as to whether the Government is arming-or proposes to arm the alsveVof tW South, are voted down "by ; the majority,";' They evidently want to keep the people in the dark on the subject, until their plans are coneamate&'-. In the House of Representatives, ' 'oo Wed nesday last, Mr. WickliffSe', of Ken tucky, made an impprtaBt disclosure in reierence to tne slaves at Port Royal., . He said : . ' ' - ': ! I offered a resolution this morning, whichi however, was rnled bnt Of order 'for.the.pur pose of. ascertaining certain vfactsr and those were in reference- to ths expenditure-Of the die money, appropriated ,brr Comrressifor the supply of clothing, . food, ac.-fbr .the 'army of the United ' States,': now-' being' niea in violation of law for' the support- of fugitives and runaway slaves. in this District And ..other places. . . i-. i. i- , bir, l can not sneak in this resbect from what I have seen, but Only from what I have seen in the prints, to a certain ex ten b- I wanted to be officially informed whether it was so or not." I had written tb 'the" Waf Department before I offered .the - resolution - to the House. but l received no answer. ;.'I wanted certain facts pf which I am satisfied .-to be' dcloeed. because I have it very . directly . from "Portl Royal that many of the slavesTwho have been . taken there desire - to I return to their masters, but that they are. prohibited by, the I military - aumonues governing mat aeparv roent. Nay, more, sir, I have the i assurance that, when some Of them attempted', to leave the camp for the purpose of .-thus returning. tbey have, heen shot by . the sentinels under the order of superior, and that eight, of them have beeo killed. I wanted to show that the people of this country whor-are-taxed, : And taxed fully, largely, and who will pay the tax: are willing to pay for the. support of the Ar my and. a avy to pot down , this rebellion. . I wanted ' to show that, upon the - Mississippi mver, the fugitive slaves, are -clothed m. my clothing red trowsers And-; waist-coat ana are armed and. eqnipped ' to turn their arms aramst ' white men. " I am certain ' thAt. althoogh this mighC meet-the - approbation of amajority of this House, the honest people of the U mted States; who'desire thir rebel lion pot down . as speeduyrts possible: and ue-junioa reexorea, can , not sanction, ratiTy or conform each an application of the; public money. vtoAve oouamg more to eay.', v-,. piFrom this U appears that thevslayea whom General Hunter haSKmerely ehange vmas-terikfThey Are now compelled to Work; for the FwerU Qoyemen to leare oorcampa to ;get back-to. the light tasks of their old masters, they are shot down! WhstTa precious blesfiin Hbertyf 'promises to be to this "African; 1 '" s- ' U I X.tfeflndthtfollowin PenonaZTo Withers & Wri-tU'Cirs:-- WheDryio -dlacharei ybtiri:i yc . i crlj''c ne?ro foremaa,:t3en' ytt can liire vi? r?3. "'-We 6aerAct tinder tla rollcy cr t!.2 z.tz ticr.Lts'in Cor -resa," tlcid .Wi.l t ;1 tna- cr, it l:t, c--:.ref'r tL-. C..u:: :: ;Tbi iblicana in 1C0" were be, give J thesj .-- power one oi aen ts ir&i : Turn 'but 'the led thelt appeals ; now mark lir. Pa wis of "Zrasa4 a 3Re ice in Congress,' said i C "Juori . froth Vit TSrieatyryJhe fint npartyi than wot taken during of ih late Admtnutration ft -o" Tnbun" a well - known -f.ve are stolen, by "Bemud Of" pur party. . .iMTJitpebple h the sequel ;;ri-;Theirol piiblicanVih his money ha been year of the repul ' the icftoiefour yt :rjK3..Th;Chi republican otzl stolen byiontraetc: Cy It is said tLat CAxio made for him self and hia -friends fTHIRTr MILLIONS QF iDOLLAKS t j fraud . and- Peculation 1 , ? t?T It is estimated", that out of our public debt-abbut one -BiUion--TWO HUNDRED MILLIONS has Unnecessarily gone into the pockets of oScia! aod peculatbrst- ?'rtar'As4.:whc: assravatea the eaonnityH bf; iiMaw jBmpcnuuua- jrutu u laai ll.?WUl SOOO hare to be made up off. the. I working men, he industry and s prcpertT of oar country.--. . X. and Pun party", has! established an 'unen viAhleH reputatioa and the Chicago; Platform has not been th point from which all blessings flpw 1 These parties of -a Day these Jnwr rotrxo and roii? organiiaUons--are good for, - Peca- iators. Dos oo fOtne.eobie i. t ? iA- -.t:.r. ''-tit?ii: S-.cJi'T.' i' ,. lr.!' ji ? -z;-V 4- Vwkshorg correspondent: writing to Jack son, Missw on rthe I8th, says i- Five f Yankee gunboats arrited jrithin range of our gunboats yesterday; at oo The commanders ( sent a flag of truce,' demanding. surrender of the city The reply 'as If j they wanted the cky they: must come and take it-Xhe. fleet then communicated yrithr the commanders, the Fed-eral authorities demanding,-it is supposed, a surrender of our forts jusi below Vicksburg, which waa promptly And pointedly refused, After this the iruo beats welshed .anchor and dropped. down the? river l bring op the rest or vUje gunooats lor. the purpose of, opening a 'The foUow 'general order, found ' by xmr pic1cet87ibrfhihforhiaiioD the army,:gen era! order 28th; ofthe federal ofifcera Major General Butler commanding, at New Orleans, will be reason de tped.r A ; " -:- 3 f,"HsADetriaTSB DsrAarlrftxr of Ocir. ) , . .HN.wn,,,.,. u.,u ibt.o r 1 ' 'A officers and soldiers bf the Uuited States have been sabieot'to rebe'ated ' insult from 'the women, calling themselves ladies, of New Oi leans; In- return top the. inost scrupuJous non- iuKricreucvwu cwuitar v vur ran, l o dered that; herfeafteft when any female shall by wori- gesture.br : movement; insult or show contempt for Iny officer or soldier of the United States, she p 1e regarded and held lia ble to be tr-' tk woman of the town. olv f command of Sif t r General BUTLER. wo uouia L -saall our. mothers. . - ... wivesi daughters and sisters, "W thus outraged Dy toe runaoiy soldiers or the Worth, to whom: is ri ven' the nsrht to treat" At theuf nleasnre the ladies, or the sooth- as common harlots 7 Arousey friends, and drive back - from bur soil tnese in lamoos urvaders or our houses and disturbers of our family ties.fl ."ia -.oignea; .:.' u a xiKiumsoAOS. : : t-4..;'AV f :?TJ Geaerol Commanding. X Pixmax Soolx, forinerly" U. :S.r "Senator, 'Ye quested Gen : Butler to remove" the v Federal troops beyond the City limits.' To this request .i. I'He would dadly take every man of his ar my out or. the aty the; very day and nou; that it rwast'demonstrated ? that the; ityv-ratbers could protecthim from insult or danfcer.-if be chose to ride frota.onex endofi the city to.the other Alone or wita one gentleman Of. hm staff; ot, ne.Bwa, .yom inaoimy w.gTvero me.inr soltine, irrelifiovs-unwa&UetL mob: .in-.ivour midst, has hoen clearly- proven 4y. the insults Diyourrrutwoies iowaixw my oincerir ana. men thi very Afternoon: and bv the fact that Oen. liorell - was .ioWi ted to , proclaim martial law while his Array occupied your city to protect the law-abiding citizens from yoar ro.wdies.f a ao notprociAim.manuu aw Against -Je res: pectable citizens of 'this place, but against the same class that ohJised General Wilkinsonu Geoeral. Jacksoa sod Genera Lpyell to declare it 'Tm Ve tmea yourcuyv conunuea toe oenenu, than ypo think of, and I am aware that at this hour there isAtforganicatioo hereestablished--Ibr the purpose, of aasissinati ng my men by f de tail but ! waro you that if a shot is fired irom Any. nouse, that house wilrnever again corer A'mortAls: head: and if I sir. discover the-peTpetrstoc of the deed the placelthat now 1 " - uuu uu xuurts. lore ver. I have the power to suppress this nnruIv Vle mentin'ybut .midst,' and I mean so to 'nee jt that, in a V ery short period,' I shall be ablet to ride throueh.the entire city free from insult And danger,' or else, this .metropolis shalf:be des en irom toe piams or unaumette to the: out skirts of Carrollton IT tt'f: ---fr' ; ,.This ell.like a thnnd'elap on the bivoes And rowdies,' known' in thatcityAS-know-nothings, who. had. been'-; insolently defying autnomy Ana committing an Kin as or depredations. ' - r- . i-Hv'i .-'iwiiif t week Senator ISpisxithe cham pion of Abolitibniam from llassachusetts,1 of fered the following resolotiott in ths United StateySeiUb' : i' TirrrJt'ri Th o i in th fr.-irt now fnatrin vfcv the restoratioo of the .Union .and the "estalK lishment of peace tLrotigiiO'jt the country' It is inexpedient that the nanes of; the Mctoriesi obtained over our own:. - ow-ci tizenS "should be placed on t e r?"- est J "cc-lcrs of the Uci- 4nie.Cincinnti .3t&t frtly - says ; that if rtiCa tesoiutioa. zi been cfTcrel by sjTemo- crEi,: the;Aro':tin prets rcr:ll tare been loud ia lha impeach: l3l-il;y. Wjiich ii lint t3"-.Wl'te men, U ir.o-.rn V. cfterbe3 1 .'tjL. ree Press. " ' V.T7-y.tler:,- l:'z cllrvr wh;t; c?3 t j 1 - -1 ar-ja'urrlai ca t r -"t r'-" 'ZZT.Z . . if, :. - ..re :,T?hen.'.the I faTcrita old rms and i 014 B Waob was a bragging U Ua4e, ' ' , ABa ft 1tfo.a-B4fi aI.I . --.-V--.- : : ior ais awora, aaa ae eaud wot ais slld for Ids Viatel tkiMv- . .. . cel vi ismm WAS a. like a ria&t rrtm mii- - -X i V k aflagwati mXmm I" -v:'? snjaiah bis tverd an .ebe-Vaag r " rAn4 po f went the nlatdrtkM.- f Thai this fcraggart 01dSlade'eX VaxsaiMeAui . fA verv vile trattoria he U her Aid he krudUfeed his sword, whfls he-baagr want us gna, : - ' And pep r weatUspistbls thns I Z r' Bat VixJUUtweaAk said, of this hnniac Old ' - "A Liar and Coward la Ae ia 1m r : " -' .tTbea dew dropped the . sword, the gun. WaiTioo ,' u pea' - , s .-...--.. ' : Froia Yorkta--rn Conyeriations with Hebel OfSeera The Battle of all Bnn and; the Eradiation of IIanMas---The uilebei Force at xorxtovs. h Speial CorcMpoadeae of th N. XV Eveaiag Post. ifVossTOWBr, VA.rMav 12. Amonz the oris- tfners "of war taken io the poreoit of the ene my After- the . evaeuation - or1 Yorktown were Capt. W. G. Conner,' 'Conrpaoy A of Jeff. Davis' liegioo of Uavalry' trom the vicinitv of Natchex, Mus; Captv Wi - B. ' Newton, of the f Fourth Virginia Cavalry and: Captain Frahk Lee of the Thirty-second Virginia Infantry' - These officers were sent to the Keadanarters Of the Fvnv-foorth New- York State Volunteers (People's -- Ellsworth Regiment,! which reeiment-was assigned to the doty of earrisoninjr the town, where they oaye remajoea. smce ;the date of their cap ture.' : tA -. -, ' .. COMTXRSATIONS WITH KSBXt OWCSXS -THS These .officers ' are' meb . 'of educatlbn, conr- teous in their manner and gentlemanly in their deDortment. . Caoiain Conner was erad oated At i ale College in the class, of, 1840, - . - , i.- ... - . - . . - . : . - . and I believe was distinguished for ; his ability as a scholar, a the same college toe writer of. this became acquainted with the brother and family of the . Captain, and,' while residue at' Natchez during the'year. 1855, often had fhe' opportunity Of. partaking of - their kind hoeDitklitv. To renew this aca uaintance. under such'circotnstancesj r was at first embar- rassiue but embarrassmeat soon cave way to military-courtsey' and kindness,- and 'college Uies, even amid the fortunes of war, Were'. not entirely foreotten With these Officers' I have spent some very interesting evenings, and gain-ed much ioteresting information. .This .' infor mation may be considered 'worthy bf record. and therefore I propose to giTe to. the readers oi the JSvmirqf Ppt the details or on evening's conversation with these officers, which was as follows: v -V . : ".': ', - ' 1' . ? ' Question' Why was 'the official report of. the. battle ot.fanassas eo.Iong withheld from the cublic by touj Generals r r Answer Pnnci nail v becauwGenerals JTohn- r --rytoLHatoAand Eeaure rord -d id fct-t consider" It "eipo- i i . '? , .i . . . i - - . i . i oient io oisciose to jircutin . j out iviw .m that battle.- Your official and newspaper' re ports had greatly exaggerated thestrength" of our army si inat joawie.., -it was not ne poiir cy of our ' commandersta; disclose 4he;'true strength of bur force, as bar army of the Potomac was designed aS an army ; of menace merelv and not of attack The desieo of our President was not to. attack Washington, but iq socouwnuajiy iureaiD u luai juu wuuiu be obliged to hold a large army in the vicinity torrotecttho city, thus-bblieinsryoO to with- draw,your troops from, other, points. .of . attack at the south or-V est. or ureventinir tou from reinforcing : those" points. Again the 'battle was tKj ueariT, wuu iuat vu guicuu upon m u at an early .day Would nave given your troops more feneoorseement than our! -n 1,-4? Q.-Whv did Mf. Davis reiect the oolicr of General ; iiean regard in regard -to the- Attempt 10 take possession- bf Washington. - V :'.-jr.:- 'A.: Because we could not have held the Cap ital; so long as yea had possession of-thei-Pb- tomaCi' It was-the policy ot ueneraioeaure-cafd: and- others of bur ileaderSp. to. capture Uiax City ana oerae' aaryian. i r.-? 43. W hat errors do vour officers .-think;., we coaimitted At the baf' le of Ma notaos that caus-ed oS to loethe dayf-?r . ? '". -.....: ; -. A-ir vou nad rouent toe naiue jLiiursaay. or Friday,' you would iiAve' woo.,; it.. The-delay at BlaekbornVFord was : fatalj! to yoa Yoo made a great.military. error ; in allowing Johnston toreinforce Beauregardii; You fought the battle by regiments, while we fought it by brigades ? and divisions, There were many times before one o'clock , in the, afternoon of that dar ill which, tos Jnizni - nave .won we . . - . y - -e " "" - -- . i battle, if you had vigorously attacked bur cen ter, since the center of onr line of battle had become VeryWeak by reason "of 'the oontinual reinforcements General Johnston was- obliged to send to the left, which waa so fiercely press ed bv -your rieht.'ii It was a severely contested battle - on 4 jont ide.iy Your- soldiers fooght rrallintlybut they Were hot commanded. w. iw ur uui' tvu uw. juuvni u w- A.-We had rib ides of the completeness of our victory at the time,' and oeeides, wa? were in.no conoiuon w iouov p m rbw -.vM-: J-wW:.'WAWjCMAa .Was trinrimi A Because . General 3lcClellan -had so strongly fortified the city rv Washington that nny . uiowauu. oi mat :. weii-oiecipiinea .troops could as well held the' position as two hundred thousand.; Our General knew that he design ed as early as. February; to send a large, part, of his force "by water, to some point near Rich mond, to take that citric It was the desire of .' - - -- . T . , . ... ' .- our comm&oaerB, oaring ail .taes winter, mat McCIellan should AttacKMsnassav but a he Avoided to do so, it became n ecessary for us to secnly withdraw, them at bftce in" the vicinity bf jiichriond, inasmuch as yburjarmy,'by'Wa- ter, coma reaca uu cuy . rauca sooner loan ours could fail pacs .oy lana ijur -evacua-r tion is considered by our oncers as the most masterly r30venent"ia the", history, of war- Q What was the number -of ;yoar troops at Centerville and Manassas dunn x ' the Win- -A.-1 do not feel at llterty to state the ous-h tr, . However, it W3 rjsily exssratea by yctr pevrr.- ; "-r reports... V;;:- y-- " trit I, ZZh rOECS XT TCXXTOTTK,' ' :a'.': -t r the cumber' of your . troe"5 , -ifiC! : uce-'.cr..whe.a crtoj Xt 1..- 3 i:i--:i:-sc!l---?. - A. "'tf -P. ;iiv c ' ! t; tl.; 1 determined ; the oooncH of war to eraear?? Yorktowa and Glooeester. t - Does not the free, urn t retract of Tonr troops tend to discourage - sad " demoralixs themf "-- r'- - -- - - -:- ; AviTot latheleast. TheT have the tiU most confidence io Geaersi J ps Johostoa-- Ha has got them out of so many -worse scrapes, that they now believe that whatever he does oo matter what -is purely strategeticaL Oor forces retreated from YorkloWn ia good order. AAiocT, wlu so record it. ,.uur. small loss ' to the retreat, against so many adverse eii-cunr staneea, is conclusive as to this; " That divis ion or your army which poshed forward on land, senoualv threatened oar w dem af-" aPTPor troops by water to . e x-omii auowea oor army , to escape. no waa your iorce at uxe urns you evacuated Yorktown' - .-. 1 Av Of course. I am not at lihertr ta atat the somber of our troops, but the strength of viu mstaj ia w irginim . vo-uay im macn larger than at anr other time during the war. Eve-ery inch of ground, after your army reaches the vicinity of Richmond, .will be contested by i . . a least an equal iorce o your own. - -Eiotpui Pnceediagi i2L JUltimore. .AsLtixoax, May 15 The announcement that CoU Eenly had not been killed in the reb el attack on r root Royal, was received with shouts of applause by the crowds of Union men who thronged the " newspaper- bulletins .this morning: ? .. -. (-- t- .. JThe secessionists having been imprudent enough to exult over the defeat of Colonel Ken-ley and his probable death, produced an extensive excitement among the Union men. A few moments since a man who made some disrespectful remarks, was, roughly; handled by the crowds and there' have been several knock downs so a.r.".it" -' ' '.'. " 11 1: . Therxcitement oontinoes and' the crowd is increasing. Two men havo been knocked down in front of the Telegraph Office. One man was heard to say damn you, Jou have it now all you own way, but we'll ave it bar way soon. One excited -Union man proposed that the government should be requested to move all the troops from the city and leave it to the Union men to keep matters straight. ' 4 '"" " ' :" " ' ;- ' :" 12 o'clock. The streets - are crowded with excited citizens. The secessionists have to keep out of sight. The intense feeling prevails here that the regiment which is reported to have suffered so severely belongs here,' and the friends And relations' of the men are stung with madness by the- exultings of the rebel srmoathixers.- .-'""' 1- . - " 1' -' - 12:15 K w.--The excitement ebotinoes. Obnoxious ; individuals - have been - chased for squares: The pursuers . venting . their sentiments in cheers, , Many arrests . have . been made by the police. ' -t . , ' ' " '.. . 1 o'clock r. x. The mob attempted to hang a : man. a few ; moments since in ' moaamsot suare. He . was rescued by the police. X Baltixoss, May 25 During the day. 100 persons were knocked down in different parts of the city. " In one or two cases, 'ropes were brought out and preparations mads for . hang-in 'parties to lamp . posts.? iTwo men iwere toJJLsd. butJQt ,daneronly iAmewy those attacked was Robt. .McLane, late Minister to Mexico, who Was saved by the police,' - r i-. .;-.. -r, Eet essica : Xlas!l: The principal charges brought , against Mr; Isaiah .Wattles, : a Michigan .Democrat, who was sent to Fort' Lafayette, was, that -he hung op a Becession flag. It " turned but that a neighbor, a Mr. Botler. : had strong oo A line An old shirt which he had used in.etrain- mg blackberry juiee for wine, and Mr. Watf ties," after this fact waa made known, was re leased.' 'This' reminds as that some, of the loyalf-Abolitionists m .the western part of this State, last summer, seriously, set . About mobbing a veteran Democrat,; whose son is now m Colooel in the NewHampah ire Volunteers, for haneinr up ant old petticoat, ia his cornfield to scare the crows awa vl Ainw J3omp- thire Patriot." ; ;': . : There was a ease m - this -vicinity last fall. equal to those mentioned by the Wriot ' We refer to that, which occurred iarWesthersfield. Two younz. men, - both .Republicans made A Secession flag "one Sunday, and the" next Sat : unlay night they raised it on the liberty r pole. OnuSonday morning the people became indig nant, and the act or raising jthe nae was eiiare- ed upon.Jfr. Standisb, a very worthy man in the neigbbornod, and a Democrat. - The young men themselves were not backward in intima- ttsg that Jlr. otandish raised, it,, and one of them, as had been agreed upon, appeared when the crowd, had gathered, and be was among the most indignant of the assembled crowd?.' Ia fact, he climbed up the pole, tore, down the flag, and, coming down, trampled it onder his feet. . Mr. Standisb was greatly abased. But it seems the young Republicans were troubled in conscience; and a few weeks since, daring a revival of religion, the young : men made a clean, breast of it, and disclosed .the. facta -in open meeting, frankly Acknowledging their own complicity in the matter. " But a remarkable part of the affair is, as it was reported to. os, an old deacon appealed to the younr men du ring the confession? to desist, as that sort bf outside matter was not essential to the pro ceedings of-UyU religion meeting.' -But the young men, confessed it XL-HaTtford Time, . '' A SraTe 7ostan Sills Seoxdrel, s 1' -:-" Treni the Daveeeort lews Qaaette. :fgz ,: Private letters received in ; this dty give the particulars of an affair which recently , occur? red at Cape Girardeau, in which A lady "of this city bore an active prt.' Mrs: Kendnck, wile of Captain Frank Keodrick, of the second Iowa Cavalry," had, beeo staying at A hotel in that village for some time,: when she was aroused one night by A man at her room door who desired adttance which of coarse- was refu sed, and on his persisting she called -'for help The insult Was repeated, and upon a third vis it he tried to push her bacK into the room so as to enter., and close the door. - Raising her pistol, she fired, 'the ball entering the neck near the jugular vein, and hs fill dead ca tLs spot.:. -tts provea to pe A prominent c;Ur;a cf the place, ; weaithy man; and a leair Ccccs- sionist. - -- V. 'f---, .. ' -r.. ' 'fs lira.' Hendriclai prcJf tly iriade Lsewa wlit sne iisa cone, ana west - cerore a r:z " --s.te. woo Aiier AO exaciaauoa ve ter a certifi- eaxeor jionoratie c 'ci:-. It u s.' aeaLi that tSe wiTa crT--- J::-jj umuy, expressed La t ; , r -", u:. Jer the cir-crtances, cf what llr:. ":- :ck had done." The cilir-tra ahi'irct-r.'.cil.j.? with .palr of t y'z s 1 1 a r.-rir' faTcr " lIrs..Jri- r f rf.uj!:arl ialle UJ C3 t-5 jV.; - ? Tade irarjDtnd Caltlmaur) A tht CapttsI Tl r.. . ejxtexs: . - - IIxAnCiUASTXsi, MiATrjissoso, Ifay C2. 1L Gtanto Secretary tfyar, ; - , J.he rebels attacked us at daybreak in gre&l force estimated at 15.000, consisting of EwtllB r and Jackson's JH visions. Our right and left wings stood well for a while, when two regV menta broke lines. Under fire of the enemy, ' the right wing fell backhand weris'orderedj to withdraw. They passed through town in coo siderable confusion, but re-formed . and con--tinned their march in good order to Martina burg, 22 miles distant. Our entire : force was less than four thousand, consisting of Gordon's ' and Donnelly's Brigades, 'with two reeimenta of cavalry onder Gen. Hatch, and two batteries of artillery. Our-loss ia considerable, as is also that of the enemy,' hot it cannot' now- be stated, r-:: - - :- - N. P. BANKS, - r. ' .-; "' ' Maj. Geo. Commanding.; HxAo.traATXxs, JBxroso MaaTiirsstraa. T -i" -- : . -V-,-.;---.... -: 6)45 P. M... , ,J ,-A prison er captured this P. If., ears the rebel - force in .our rear is to be strengthened, and that their "purpose' is to enter Maryland at two Eints Harper's Ferry .and WiHiainjport. i confirms . all : we have heard io regard to the rebel force here. 5 '' - - - - - . We all passed theTotomac safe men trains - and all--fter making a march of S5 miles. (Signed,) r-v'.c-r. iJAKiia; ? ;-. -:' ' '-;--:-Nxw-Ybar,,May 3.'" -' - The Herald's .correspondent, from ; E r.ks Division, writes that 9,000 men had bee a tJJei to the rebel force at Shenna'ndoah Valley, and that the whole force was said to Bomber from. 18,000 to 20,000, with pieces of. ertnieryv ooe of which was a 2pounder rifled gun. "t . t On the 9th of May he said there was a l&re rebel force in the mountains or their -vicinity, ; but that en. Banks had enough men to keep them in check; bat it appears thatoa the 15 th both Gen. Shields and Gen. Geary were withdrawn from Gen. Banks command, ' and their troops transferred to McDowell's. . -- ' ' ' - in a letter rthe 17th, we end these uenerais and their forces had left to join McDowell, and that two days previous a onion had been effected between the commands of the rebel Generals Johnson, Jackson and Ewell, ;and ' they were 'marching upon the divided And reduced forces of Banksr7; -- ; "'V: v '-- The telegraph now brings os the inteHigence that Gen. Banks has fallen back before a ecpe-. rior force of the rebels, who are occuryicg the whole of the" Senandoah ' Valley; which has cost os so much trouUe to t;r:. S ten ltir clatcLea. rVv-,--.v-x i'A. ii? anas 5rro!f,.Jusy,-.-i,.. -; We have' wised' a. very - extluc dsy in tWsshiozton.-Th ictelli-escs -rsceivei Lirt evening, to the: effect that Gen.' Banks' had fallen hack- from Strasburg to Winch erter, wss understood to indicate rather a"" precast: asiry " measure on his part, than the' result, cf say immediate movement of the. .enemy. Tbs tidings of this morning, announcing uie occc nation bf Winchester by Jackson and the w..h-drawal of Banks' after An" engagement -of six hours, in the direction of MarUnsburg and Car-per'a Ferry, placed matters in a new light, and aroused serious apprehensions but for the Bat timore And Ohio Railroad, the city of BalU more, and even the Capital. l ''i vv ,'.. 7-r.Later in. the day, the reports of riotin ia Baltimore, and of the route of the entire- iorce of Banks, by the'ouick march and orerwhtlTn- ias bombers of Jacksoar'greatly intens'ei tie excitement.:: The secession symrathuer3. lao. greatly elated 'to conceal their joyi cr : -' r ex- pressed their belief that the hosts cf Jt. Dv vis will overrun Maryland and the Dklrlct cf Columbia within twenty-four Lours, v The reports ofrioting in Baltimore axa c : : 1 1-" less crreatlv exaggerated, and have enemies or the U nion here xnere&ssl Iz zzzi this evening, and at no time since the CI i.tcr " of Bull Run bars they been so. v&iiitL j t-I denanu -?i ..-. -. -. - . . .- Amone loyalists the feelin&r is one' of r? ci that, by somebody's blander, oar" cats s u lis-Valley of the Shenandoah should have L -1 iz seriously set back, and the enemy gives 1 -1 a decided advantage. Great'sympatby. u c-- pressed tor the Union mea of Winciestsr tzl vicinity.' "' .:" : ' ' s ': .X "."'-" ' . -.-' The lollowlne is the latest recede J tt tla War Department from Gen. Bank .1 :.v,:vi r.i. tfWlTlUMSTOXt,- Hay' T0H0H.E, It. tianton 'Secretary, of T" r; s ."-We believe that oor whole force, tr..3 t -1 all will cross in safety'-. -The nien sr- In f - ? spirits and crossing in good order." 1 L j 1 '. :-of last night was fearfuL" The enemy ".!; r: 1 us iasi mgnt on oor nurco, mi i, as 1. . : - his appearance- this morning. -The i.r,; v. " your movement sooth has unquesl ion a! !v . ed them to look to their safety.' Your . , waa read to the troops this mominj f . : ; heartiest eheers.- ' o w; - .r-"- - - -JSigned)--: r-C v A T: 'L'.l'.l , ; r; --C57 .iZ''uiASy. Gen Cc. - ' . - j. .--; ' ' John C, Heenan is' citdLj qulie a swc!l ia' England. Hs Ha with Uofu'. Ar-.erksn Cir cus, at a salary bf C3 2 3 a e : 'i. U 8 f:r : 3 t hibitions of the art cr ss.j-d;. :u?e in i e r--, with-liinseyr the .-J.r.c"shire TSac; Mr. Howe3 has "recc- tly i urchaied t- ; I - -- ess of Kent's tLi'.j -?.'' lV a o&i c'- Z.rj hoadred guise-r, 1 3 c: -:Tcy itTtr.owrrl ,rth to and -frcta L'l -l ct.i t the"-circ" I":-r: charters end two liveried foctea t. 3 1 : --ed ta the ti2rti. jx -;;'"" : yy::'jl".(?g5f ""' --;i-ewpsis of.tKsi'.CoB'f 3r-l!;-i " rsssed-tbe House by .2r""": by telegraph. May 12thr 1 t ' ed that persons wh zt ace -: ; 1 c date of the pretend :1 c:l. : any Siate, "or had tike a IL; --.'.'. taOieeo-called Csc' '--'s f aaensllstita r--'-' '" ' . .A-vote Tit- . : c . . . 'portjd fcy tie . it: t . jsct-sdty f:-Ti wrl' - .tst:-- nrr """'were CzclV. - ' - f - - - , f - ' " .".3 tj. '; c . ; - -TTter-njoners cc'a- Ui- 3 C trri I ! M