Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1862-08-19

              t.- .v:.' v. : J -r': -.-".'"V ; " .V.""'"' - it;.;:, 4 ?v prf &fy r .d -.1 .-".? I -tetJ ;:iittfMtj '-Knit -iti2- imft 9.11 ... --Mi-Vn' i -y . " Ti-I,.IT fell nj"i: Hit tilt ,i -.-;. ..-'J . - :- ?3 syoffl :.Sivt isat J ,trt tjt.T ft--- t? ftl J 01 Jiibl a u1 - J- " 77 n mUlUt STMT J- L ..-! !.". i i o2 tn X oatra d.ZnelE 9d Story-. v ref j t2.5ftwUht ix,moBthi; $3.0Q'aAr th 11- : I7he i Sunkis; ' the Unioii. Gaxua ' in the BouthPnlpitPolitici;;1 ' a ;Tiie:YoI1owing, whicK yre. takfrbEft 'the' iVa- gumol Advertiser of July 2, a Union paper pub- ..Ikaed at New Orleanal under tb auspice of -oar tfrrnjj "'will be read witE interest. It says: . The prociamationa of Fremont, 'PbeJpi and Tinnier bitve done much to weaken to "'caiiee'of the; United State: TTie'reaiileiit prociamationa, njjnninj5l those of the ' three Genefala ia doing much . good. " Whoi, if (most wntedit the exclusion of pelMctrom the pulpit. -ine reverena geniieroen : occupying vus umcf ituaf matters, allowing all pien ; to go lo'heav-en in their" own war. ..This terrible war waa brought about by tfioae wearing clerical robes at the North- andj if those of similar calling at the'JSoath had not been provoked into a course equally .adverse to common sense and . public good, there would sot now be that mis-"I ery, which pervades the whole community, rTtforth and Jkuth." ,a . pit in the North which is mOHt wanted by the TJhion men of the South. Will Northern pa- muu see luat u ia uuuti , ,, , . .i ''l'r The Pnrpose of the Oovenunent. . ..l; Tlie following resoluuons pitsscd the tluited Statea Uoase of Representatives, February 11th. 1861, ly a nearly unanimous vote:- ' ,'Resolved, That neither the Federal Govern- .raent nor tne people or govern ramis 01 toe 'nou-fllaveholding Mates nave, a purpose or a cooatitiional right to legialate npon or interfere wi h slavery iu anv of the States of the Union.,'' . .' 7?Mms7iy.I Ihnu rurrrvna in thp I nrtl wJm do not subscribe to the foregoing proposi- ton. aretoo lnmenincant in. iiuuuers, and in "fluence to excite the sttriona attention or alarm ' 6f an Dortion of the people of ihe llepublic, and that the increase of their numbers and. in- : fluence doea riot keep pace, with the increase bf.the aggregate population of the Union. , ,;:Hatr to Support the OoTernme&L. : " The following ia an extract, from Wendell -JPbiliips' apeeeh delivered on the 1st inst., near -Boatonr ostenslblr to " eoinmemorate 'British "Weit Indfea emancipation,:- . ' . . , v (-.. The people need not-fear :ior Richmond. JUcCleUan would not takeit.,-Ini-lips). looked upon the pretent" war, conducted without a reionabJe olyect, as a total - loss of Ltoflkl Arid trmmMurmL Better tb South' ah on M ; war upon te present deteataUtf - policy. " One and a miliidn lollara a . day . are required to prosecute the war id themanher ' it has ' been Protecting, the Wires ; of Absent Soldiers. The following exposure of the kind of protection which a Republican Senator of; this State, has" been giving the wife of an absent soldier, ; is decidedly , suggestive. No doubt : this Senator has often turned up the whites of his eyes at the awful morals which are begotten of slavery. He has often expatiated ia tones of indignant denunciatiour at , the wrongs add insults ofTered to negro husbands. How he respects the marriage bed of a soldier who has gone forth to tight his"(country's baft tie's', the following will .show : . ' trromtbe Newark (N. J.) Journal, 24th.) . j 7K. "SCAH. X1C. AM OIIO-SKNAT0K IN DIFFI- i n tr found that Jeraer iu8tice knows no discrimi nation of persone when her laws are disobeyed. , lira. Elizabeth Joralemon. whose husband holds a Captain's commission in the ar my,' has for some monthspast with; her two children: ' resided with her. husband's relatives in' this citv.- Durmg. this time the Hop, John Hood, ot Marion county' Ohio, 1ms made "frer ouent visits to Newark-and was supectedof beinibn-looiatriiliar terms with the lady -'A lMdls Cletters.;upward3 of seventy in 'num ' beiV'directed to Mrs. was';recently-'vlisebv-red by Capti Joraleruoo's ' brothers,- and 'in these were found' conclusive evidence' of the guilt'of their sUter-in-law; "On"Saturday evening aba was been incompaay with th'e.Oh loin; od was uUimateiyrtracea to a private room io aa ie cream -saloon; where it is understood the guiltyjpair.were'Canght vtjiagrahW deluitu'. Tha .Senator-made a, haat1 retreats and the ex- asperated .brothers took icharga of iheir aister- in-law, and on Sunday morning accompanied her to the solicefhoe-lr4he--parpos of ma king affidavit .against tbejllqq. Joho HoodZ llie lion, fcenator .wasrarrested-. at the hotel at which he was ftayihg, and was brought be fore the police justice, who held both' parties aaca.ai. cne next term or court to answer to tne charge ofadultery;1- ''; r! ThePfi?ktt and the Axel J Tha Journal of Commerce' denouncing; toe uiunre ni QaracterofahpliUomtmraad vwUnt mode and manner iio vwhicb- it talks '.The spirit of persecution; "aTways"rtaroee from inability to meet reason with reason The faggot and the axe was' a iafe resort for a party in power in the absence of 'argument, since it not only pavedtthalfrovibje of areu- ing. but it silenced the opposing Torce. The same eptnt attacbta to Tradicali8m in our day and wherever arsTriment. fails -it resorts-toper- aonal aboaevand where it -possesaes the'pbw - r.rsct personal punishment ror optniona aaxe; . t-- " t ' ' " ' r utn t' - " f )' Hartia Vw-Siirea S 'ta'Atithof7lJf tThe Albany (N.' Y.) 'Aiw&WWWib U: t. i 4iC t - tT-4 -JV -'."U.-i;J it, says : . . - lie ? voted tae.latterirtr rvfSITfartA the : eomroiuon of the history-of the Democratic party sir.ee the formatioa of.the fioveroment. lie taJ earned Udown to theyea 1837," when t-.iEh.unesi closed his labors JI had t y. -.'tlici t' e era o( his 'own ! Wmfctratfon -... . - J l. .. . v-o ut irt .. h Xv JS tO t e rl'iMt' ' j rra'nstcmla'willbeco'm. -piicur ... to te L.Lory which he had mug An unhappy ; case of-scandal in domestic life was exposed in this city on Saturday even-5 niT (n whir.h a Henator of 'the fitate : of Ohio Jifl. , h aeyejan4;Z f.if i a queer state of things whea apaa fronxn TJ. SiaoW llawhal ia ; neceafiiry . los order to get froda one eectioh of Ohio' lo another.' J Ani yet .tlys ist th cokSition of afflairs in'the aecood year! pV the reigti of Abraham, : the .Bail Split- tel.; .The Leader fives the following copy of a 1 pass used in the Northern" District of .Ohio :. 5 TJirrTKo Statxs KAasHai't OrricgV ; . .y nobTBmH PisTsict or Oaio, - " r Cleveland, 1802. J To Aom-tVwurw concern.: .Thia, is to certify that - i of the age of . years, complexion , hight -i - feet and. inches, and now desiring and, intending to leave this District for the purpose of proceeding to ? ia known to me to be . a resident of , in the county of r, in the State of Ohio ; and I am satisfied . fronj; due proofs, that he is a loyal citizen,, and that iis, said intended journey ia legitimate and necessary, and with no purpose tb avoid beine drafted into the Oiilitarv service of the. United States .. " : : ; Untied $tats Marshal. : ; The Kegro Question, ia . a Sat&helL ' The Londen Times puts the slavery question in a nuc eneii. l he louowing is trom an article in that paper upon the real state of the sla very question in this country. It tells, more than whole volumes written upon the subject, and is so plain that none can fail to. "see it." The Tfcneisays: V ." " It appears that, notwithstanding all that is said ou behalf of the negro, his real position ia very simple, tie is ineenLzenoi a country, eicht millions of the inhabitants of which are willing to alow him to exist there in the capacity of a slave, .and eighteen millions are unwilling to allow him to exist there in any capacity. The south forces him to laJor, but gives Jhim footL clolbiag and a home. , The north insists that he shall no longer be forced to labor, but refuses him a home in the. land, of his birth, and, while emancipating him from slavery, de nies him all the privileges ot freedom. - T A Boomerang. ;: The Cbambereburg (Pa.) Valley Spirit, says that on Moday a lot of sick and wounded soldiers arrived in that place from' Hagerstown, and as soon as they reached the Depot, they were as jisual surrounded by an anxious" crowd eagar to hear the news. To a question asked one of the soldiers lie replied '. '"Gentlemen,. I can tell you how, to put an' end to this war very eoon.V " How How?' : eagerly inquired several voices. 4". Burn them ont?" chimed in another." No," replied the soldier, ' Hang all the. Abolitionists in the North and the war will soon . stop, them's the sentiments of the army ." - A profotind silence ensued and the crowd dispersed with faces as rueful as if .they had' just ,bn 'attending the funeral of a dea.r reJative,; , , . - . ; v . , ....... -, .... Jbha,roxney-The Hetirement eCthe Said this, jngrate at a meeting . the other night,. V Retired from political lifej I have de- Voted myself to the nation." : ; ' Precious1 hypocrite f v .When ; Forney retired from political life, iU must have been like the old rat ia the fable : "My dear children,' said the old rat to his young ones, " the infirmities of age are pressing so heavily upon me that f have determined to dedicate the remainder of my days t mortification and , penance, in a narrow tand lohelv. hole" which f have lately discovered ; but let "me not interfere twith your enjoy ments ;; youth ,is be season Tor. pleasure. 15e happy. theretore,;ana oniy.ooey my, last in junction never to "come o ear m in my retreat. iiig audibly, anct wiping hia paternal eyeswith, his tail, the old rat withdrew, and was seen do more, for several days,, when .his j jonngest daughter, moved rather by affection than curiosity, stole to his cell of moTtifi cation, which turned out to be a hole made by nia wo teem iii an enormous Cheshire cheese 1 '. . , ; - The retirenient from political life- of .John W.' Forney bai.ha ! -ha J Office of Clerk of the Senate-Threat Contract Broker, and Lobby Agent. , ,11 ere is the Cheshire cheese, and the cells of mortification into which the old rat has retired to do lienauce for his many sins. He simnlv asks the nravers of the faithful.- Let them Jrey, NewarkN. J.) Journal. . What! an Officer says about Pictures of Capt. J. Heron Foster;. editor of the Pitts- burjrh Dispatch, writes as follows in resrard tb the pictures of battle, scenes, which appear in the ill ustra ted pa pers : .' .' - . . ' j , You may to some extent place confidence in the pictures f still life io the . iUnerrated" papers,'' buX don't be deceived, by their, battle pieces.. The Illustrated Neuts, one of the beat; itives a good picture , of ; the crossing of ; White Oak Swampy our orcea., Jt is however a day- iigut scene, ana we croesea i.at;nignt, oy tne light of a .half-dozen candles, iBut when it pictures Malvern "I can't see it." Of course the old plan f representing the Generals and Colonels riding - in advance of : their, troops; when charging bayonets, is played out.". At Malvern, commanders-; f divisions- and -brt gades, with their stafT JScers, were iuounted--r very few Colonels. indeed none, in the iront Yet illustrated sheets persist iifc this sort" of humbug. , i- J.St iiu,,-.- ?irj2Ibte froxn ; Sam quitpi tr. X'-r TV. Ettyarof Chicago Tribunes' ' - -i i-.,! ' -X have .heard that a mau calling' himself Rev. Charles Clark,- of Texas, and professine Wrbe a Bob, ex-Governor C5ark, of Texas, and son-in-law of Gen. SamoHonstoo, lately made certain siafements concerning the alleged death i i . i T " : ' l l r . .? oi rug xamertio-xa w,j av mj pa ww meeung in Boston.- ; :-rrr -H- - - . 1 Now,!r!aVWT,,i an imposte ofbe blackestdieasGov. Clark's eldest childis'a boy qT twelve years of agej and niy-Wdst 'sister is but a'Ettle girl aVachoot.u 4 1 left home in March, and nay fattM,' General Houston,, was then fa , jbetter health than he has been,for,1yeajs.t - -,- ; , ' '-.. - 1 ere to escape beia-drafledj ? t-?M-if T(TheJrorQi.t4 GlaLti whicS -la tlenSlv tolh e JNortn, says that aianton s late order is ImpoV . :i j . ; i j . i . ! i v I their departure from CasaJa will excite a rt-mt - -v - , ! t rflTnitetl States iraxihal'i Paw. r .craven JLtart: dIJoy J xd incsa.il2,i.Ul Toorashere-f- i return "ar.,? Cie;l!th.zrii ."':;!'. Diicourapinjr iMijrtaeati,1 j oiTbe foUowing xderouithoriziBg : the arrest of persons discouraging ; enlistments, "has' been issued by the Secretary of Warj This Is anin things! up ia -summary .way t . r ! ujU . Waa DspaanrairT,: ' V Washington,-D. C. August 8. f.. ... ... . rriciax,. i j-.'-. i Ordered, 1st That all United States Mar shala,and Superintendents, or Chiefs f Police of any town, city or district, be' and .they are hereby authorized and directed td arrest and imprison any person CT"personS"Who jnaj be engaged. jby : act or speech,' "or writirig,'iB discouraging volunteer enlistments, or in any way giving aid and, comfort to the ; enemy, or in any other disloyal practice against the United States. ' - . - " ' f ; 2d That immediate report be made to Maj. L. C. Turner, Judge Advocate, in order that such persons may be tried before a militry commission; .- .... , . -.-.'-. ., 3d---The expenses of such arrest and imprisonment may be certified to the Chief CJerk of the War Department for settlement and pay ment. - : ' . .: - .. ... .. ;. -.'- :. (Signed) ; il.EDWIN7lI. STAN. TON.v-'-..- ' . '.;.; Secretary of War- j . ' mm ' Rigorous Orders. . . -; ... ; - . Washinoton, Aug. 8. " The following order has been issued by the War Department: - , " . . ; ', Win DXPABTMEJTT, V "; ; : Washington, D. C. Aug, 8. j "; AN ORDER TO rSBVCHT THS IVASIOX OF HlVl- : nitr duit and ro TBt somHtsjios Or i DI3LOTAL PRACTICSS. .'. V. V ' f 1st -By direction of the President of the United States, it is hereby ordered, that' until further orders no citizen liable to be drafted into the militia shall be allowed to go into a foreign country, and ail marshals and military officers of the United States Are directed,, and all . police au thorities; especially ai'arid on the ports of the United States on the seaboard and on the frontier,' are requested to see that this order is faithfully .carried" into' effect, 'and they are hereby authorized and. directed to arrest and detain an v person or persons about to de part from the u nited btates in violation of this order, and report to Major Turner," Judge. Ad vocate, at Washington City,' for further in structions respecting the person or persons sO arrested or detained. . . 2d Any person liabIe"to draft who shall absent himself from his county or State, before such draft is made, ' will be arrested by any Provost Marshal, or other United States or State officer, wherever he uay be found within the jurisdiction of the United States, and conveyed to the nearest military post or depot, and placed on military duty for the term "of draft ;. and the expenses of his own arrest and conveyance to such post or depot, and also the sunt of five dollars ar a reward to the officer who shall make the arrest, shall he deducted from his pay. vf ' ; ' . " ! .' ''',; "- Jd--The writ of ' habeas ' corpus Ms hereby suspended in' respect to all peasohs So arrested and detained, and in .'respect to all persons arrested for disldval practices." 1 '' ' V ",! Signed) ' E. M. STANTON, , ! b: ' ;J i-J. ' ' V ' Secretary Of Wari,' '; .'.'' v . . :Dry Toast . . . .', .. v ' On the Pensylvania Central tw days since we met one of the Florence Nightingales f this war. obe was a Jrittsburgh lady who, on hear-jng of tht Idssesln McCleDan's ' Army during tb at great, week f fighting, went down to "the army and has been in constant care of sick and woonded.aince. then, until on the Tuesday when we re-captured Malven Hill.' This lady was compelled to return to Pittsburgh hoping thereby to escape an attack of -fever that was seizing upon , her," That good young woman said -she on one day from six in the morning until afternoon, 5 was constantly employed in washing the faces and hands of those wounded and sick who were, too weak to wash their own anus; ; luai. uittiijr yi iiiose tor wnom sue performed that service had nothad their faces and, hands washed for - two weeks; And for this no'one.Waa in" fault,' but we mention it as showing what our men are compelled to en4vje This lady said no one article of food was more welcomed bv the sick than dry toast. She said ' if the people will only toast barrels 'of. Bread and send it. on they' will get the thanks of jthe soldiers." The bread should , be toasted, on. both sides so as thoroughly to expel all moisr tare, and then packed in clean barrels It wil keepa long time and bear rough transportation,. Will not tne people of Northern Ohio add barrels of dry toast to- their generous contributions? Cleve. Herald, c' -" 1; ' : 4T i ..-A Chicago Banker Captured. - A few weeks since Lazarus Silverman; EsqJ, a well-known banker 'doing business on- La-ealle street, left for Memphis with, the avowed purpose of purch asing ; cotton'.' ' Mr. SilveT-nian carried with: him nearly $30,000 in g61d,; with- which he hoped to drive such bargains with theneedy Southern as Bhould net him ah amount sufficient t. . remunerate him for the risk incurred. The-banker' Went to Memphis, and while the country to the rear of that city was still half subjugated, trusting to.' hia familiarity with the people and ' the fact that he was connected by marriage with some bf the first- families of Tennessee, be iraprudently yeatared beyond our! "lines, and took' up his abode with a piaster of decided "Union pr clivitiea," and was : in a fair way to realize a small fortune hv exchanging the gold for the staple. But alas I n. the: banker's: visions' of wealth were destined to -vanish like the tn1st before;. the1,summera . sun. .;His ,".Uninf. friend proved to be in , the confidence of Jeff. . Thompson's guerrillas, and notified them- erf the presence of his northern friend."-: One.fiae morning a thieving band f forty came gallop ing up the laws leading td the mansionof"the planter and laid violent handsion-Mr.-.i8n-verman and his bac; of gold. ;c-Th e banker ' ia bow studying" 'political economy in the "UTper story of a ootton ufactOryin -Dixie,andisiiaF hard-earned dollars have gone to swell thereof-fers" Of tbf bogus confederacy in ' the direction ft the-trpkC?ieaon TKoaas.f'n; X ts,. i t 4 ey sUiereO: the Constitution,; ten tqone-he "'lilt. -1 il-:'wH:4Jr-' , a-.: 4irectly, a share of the sixty millions and tip1 wardfwhichaccodin' ublicanae'At setts, has been' stolen frona ' ths'Treaanry1,48-nnhe.past year kd rjlytAO ' di v4fe -qftt-v.v, . -aT--'i2-A''' : M'i'f -h:" ---wv..ft :r . ---.X--.-4. ! rSoae. iaayoi.for:?4'-cfvthe'dxe.cf -itcClellin'i tiiL'tary fnyy-to'-t'eitti:i t.. t tL . : 1 1 c : crv ? :3 t-'e t!iscf Uirtal c C Milu and two Lunire J u..i,' u-y and'nj -Lt tj; Paring it withaobsisKac,Btors, V When a fellow W particularly vociferous in enouncing !petooc'rata t.as traltorsbiacanse Greea n ,li Tnxt Aboy TIeaw m .foUjwlsx.btifn U ww wriU by 4IIT2 Gy CL&XLSqs. afbe. eaath af Ju4 man Prakf tk atbr rprit Fayaad tk phEase.Ma twid iaa Ta ' hurt two lineaof the first VrM.wr nfaead as an pUapk , b Draka monnjneni: : : ; . . . v. , ; iOrienWthetarf above thea,' - ;-.-- riiaad of ar 6traayf-t& - v.". r- : . None kaew thsa but to lora th . .. 2T0M nKat& uie va to praU. ; ' Toara feQ wba tbowwert dytnx, f From eyes Bod to woep j i; b f-Ani long wbero tlo art 1ing, ivCl 'Yi rWulUaool4 earth stoepo ' . y "- Wbta hoarta vhoae worth are yrovea Tr 1- s Like thiM mrm laid la oartk; ; ' v Then should a wreath, be woron. TO tell tho worKX tnaiz worth. . Aa4 1 who woks eash morraw, .,;., j- To elasp tay. -haad taaunoi . Wbesarod eaa joy smd-aorrow, i WTioso weal and woe ww tabia. ft than be mine to braid It , Around thy faded browj '.' - Bntrvo ia vain easayad , ' J m r . maw fit; r AWU IUIU JL www? n . . Tf kilo Maaory btda ma-weep Uioa, Nor though V nor wods, ara frov The grief ia fixed too deeply, '-That mourns a Vttm like Theot V i . r. Prom'tk LeGiviIIe JoaraaL ' ,:. A. Kentucky Seirciae. ; If brave men lived beJorejthe days of Agamemnon, heroic Women have lived since Joan la Pucelle." When the 'marauding band under Corban were on the 'way to" Mt.' Sterling, the thieves went to the house f Mr. . Oldom, he being absent at the .time, . and plundered him of all his horses, and among them' a valuable and beautiful animal,, the favorite of hia daughter Cornelia. She resisted this outrage as long as she could, but finding ail her efforts in vain, she sprang upon another ' horse and started post haste towards the town to give the alarm. Her first animal gave out, when she seized an other, and meeting the messenger from Mid dleton, she - sent him as fast ; as ' his horses could carry him to convey the necessary warning to Mtv Sterling, where he-arrived most op portunely. Miss Uldom then retraced her way towards .home,' taking with, her a doubled barreled shot gun She found .a pair of saddle bags on the road belonging to a rebel : officer, wh ich contained a; pair of revolvers, and soon she came up with the ' advancing, marauders, and ordeied them ,to bklt. Perceiving that one of the thieves rode ler horse, she assumed a part like Joan of Arc'i, when she said to the Dauphin Charles: t ." '-' : ' My corajfa try by -eofeibat, if thoo darost, : 'And thou shalt find tba I oxeeed m; sex," , , and demanded the restitution f the animal. The chief of the horse .taieyes did not feel like the Dauphin, ready tCLexelaim : Tbnj owe o' Qod'a naiaai lifjeor no wouaxCr but Miss Cornelia resolute, undaunted, and with the spirit-of ft Nemesis, seemed to flash from her eye the defia.aci ",-.- ; .. r-, -V ; ; - r And .while 1 liva, PUjiJ' r. fly from a man. . ; Thet'Captoin, - thfpkiog JJre a diversion fVomr the.palrey in Repute. 'sail he would re-lieye the.young lady'of the trouble of carryinf his saddle-bags, but she, with a determination that might.have forced . from Corban, had, he been poetically inclined, the ejaculation ; - Thoa art an Amason .. ': . And flgbtett with the sword of Deborah, refused to do any deed of conveyance or recon veyance until she obtained her horse. - t inally, finding.that persuasion' would : not gain ends, she leveled the shot-gun at the rider, commanded him, as Damon did the traveller, " down from his horse," and threatened to fire ir he did not comply. Her indomitable spirit at last prevail edrnnd the robbers, seeing some- thing in her eye that . spoke a terrible menace, surrendered her favorite steed. .When she had regained his back and patted him ' on the neck, he gave a neigh of mingled triumph and recognition, and she. turned his head homewards and cantered off as leisurely as if aba were taking hermorning exercise; She acted in'the spirit of a true and lOval eirl: kind and loving in all her social relations and the"idol of her neighborhood, as we are told Miss Cor-nelia is, her. Kentucky blood loaches treachery, and', when occasion' demands the. exercise of heroism, the gentle dove which nestles in her bosom becomes as defiant as the vulture when it guards its brOodihgwvC t ; ... ... Anecdote of the, Eebel General, Stoned , -: wau jacjcson. . The Washington correspondent of the In dianapolis Journal writes - as follows of this chieftain :' ; ; ;'3';'': :-;.r . ' ,'The surgeohi of one of the 'Indiana recrl men ts and two of hia broth er officers were cap- J ackson. : Immediately on hearing their names he said: "It was you, gentlemen, who late ly saved tbepropertyof . a dear friend of mine in the VaJley from, the fury ; of your uwu men. x loaiiK you. .. xiave . you. any means of transportation .back .to . your xegi- ,."Wehave.nov&nei Tie, then gave, them horoesVan escort , and one hundreddollars, and then courteously dismissed them on their parole. J ; - . ". . This is authentic.-, ; r have it (mm eat of luq oapturea onicera,. whose name J am not at ..Two rather singular cases of remarkable escape from living burial are related ae havinr occurred subsequent to the battle of Pair Oaksi toe body of, a (Jolonel was-found on the fieLl and . brpught,. in. Arrangements- were ,nade tor. embalming it. The, process ineludes rthe use of galvanoam.TJia.alinck was given. To the astonishment of rail, the Colonel rose and Walked forth. ""The other ease waa abut that of aOoIdhel who was forind dead on the field. tiu oeaerence ro-'ttia ranife he" waa brought to tM hospital 'and laid -aiaOng therdead. ' -Hfs frienda- prepared' to 'give' hin decent 'buriali ana were aoout to arry :tha' Bod off, when thee Colonel.' rolled over,- rand in tones '-more Hke. those of a man drank than' dead, 1 called out: "Ben, John,. where is my whisky flask?" - 1'. l 'The Battle at Additional, particulars of the fi-ht. between Col. McNeirs cpramapl! and Porter's gnrril-1 .at Kirksville some days since, have-.cbeen received herei fOne hu"ti-rea"and twenty-tirht dead rebels were found on'theSeM and buried. Theirentirt loss couli act have I zea las's thaa thres LundreJ.-y-i-.v;.i':--; ,t; ll te a estimated' on' relatla' intlii-rrftSat !y two thcaEj c" Vciict's serted Llm.'and ire sciit: .v: Ihund.'cJ Of tira bCin rr:;cr - 3. - 1. it "of hU - 2 ar?rar;.ly:;.irc , I A..C- J. V -A- fcV- d. - a S3 4fcL3 -4L-...Aat L.AaCiI kmLAiA tvve Gciii Pcptfs Und Jnclvsons Fori iut-z-ifr jh r. ' it i 'i" ' " "' rr: i rra Twt to ;Th Tttwonmiid XXUlssst BESUXT .NOT. DECISIVE I . v '., . ,'r.-. - .- - . - 1 '; .' ; '. - -' : -v , PBILADILrHIA, ; August 11. "The following ia the Herald's accountTf the battle: . ; yMAlorAvguit 10. Ths most desperate fight for'the numbers eagaged. since the war commenced ccurredjresterday ' at Cedar Mountain,', eight ! miles south of Culpepper Court House, Va,, between Geaeral Banks' corps d' armee of General Pope'sforces '.and the rebels under Stonewall Jackson in person. uenerai Jrope had sent U-eneral lianks' com mand to the front early: in the morning, and the divisions of Generals Augur and Williams took a position a mile and a half this side of the "ground of ;thssklrmish f the day pre vious. " v. . , . . ... -' In -: the afternoon, Crawford's brigade, of Gen; Williams' division,' composed of the 46th Pa.,10th Maiue, 5th: Conn., ; and 28th New York regiments, with Best's battery - of regu lars, moved forward to a piece of high 'ground between Cedar creek and Crooted-nrer, some four niiles north of : the point where the Cul pepper and Gordonsyille turnpike crosses that Stream.- To the south of this nbint, distant about three fourths of a mile, rises the Cedar mountain, a spur of thegreat 'thoroughfare range. -: i ' -;o ": ' -f '.; - r " ' ' No sooner had urlroops emerged from the timber-on the north and crossed Cedar Creek, than a battery of heavy runs located in the thick timber half way up the mountain side, opened upon them with shot and - shell, and other of smaller guns from a: point of timber, about three-eights of a mile to the westward. Brest's battery ft Parrot -guns : was immediately planted n the crest of the hill,- and be gan replying to the two while the infantry was posted in line of battle to the right of the bat tery. - ." ' '.;- i---'"'--' . -- - ..The enemy kept up a Continuous fire from both batteries some half an hour, which was returned by Capt. Brest, when three addition- ui retiei oanenea operreu irom as maqy aiuer- ent localities. . . - l vfy-ouniv; '-.: y. At about five o'clock thereby infantry was discovered in strong force upon our right, and in front,' supporting the batteries,: when Word Was seat back' to the main4 body, stating the fact,. : immediately. Gen. Augur's division, with the remainder of Gen. Williama' division were thrown forward and .posted upon the right of General Crawford, . and fronting the dense, timbeir where 'the' rebel infantry were posted vSVJ i.tri!.i.r", r-- Gen, Banks, now rode on to the field and dU rected the operations of General Geary's brigade of General Augur's division, had the advance and "maintained it admirably. Gen. Geary's brigade consiitedof. the Fifth Ohio, Seventh Ohio, Twenty-ninth Ohio; -Twenty- eigntn Pennsylvania ana tknapp's battery. .No sooner had these troops taken their tAa- ces than the rebels opened musketry; fire upon them i from - two Bides and in front, aided by the batteries before mentioned.' The batter ies on the mountain also kept up a most de structive bre put the U ederal troops never fal tered or even" winced. : At half past five the battle became general, artillery replying to artillery and infantry and desperation "was the order f the day. - The fight continued until dark put a stop to the carnage. - , . v . I have seen, many battles during , thia war, but I have witnessed hone where the tenacious obsti nacy of ' the American ' character was so fully displayed, f Our troops foueht with the valor of veterans. - No sooner did a volley f, musKerry or aiscnarge ot artillery mow .down me rnnas oi a regiment r man .the caps were closed up and a new front presented ; regiment viea vna regiment, ana brigade with brigade, in deeds f valor, and few instances 'indeed were there where even individuals faltered. -: The oth and 12th Terolars. attached tb G' eral Banks' corps, led by Captain Pitcher, did excellent service;' Captain Pitcher was wound ed, Mverely, though -not dangerously in the knee by a musket shot, hut be kept the 'field until the end. With the setting in of dark ness the firing of musketry ceased, but the er- tiiiery upon tne mountain kept up a random """5 uw t near mianignti At ' dart our troops, withdrew to a' small eopee of wood. about half a mile to the rear of their first 'po- r 1 . ., .... suion, wnere tney were- jointed soon gaiter b the corps of Generala McDowell and Steel who formed in their rear at S o'clock in the evening. - y" ' : The -hungry and wearied troops "of Gen Banks were relieved bv nortiona of Men. ell's command, and fell back half a mile, rest ing d their arms in a pleasant clover field. ne. nignt was unusually -lustrous, and an prominent objects were as plainly distingnish-ed as in the bright daylight. Thoroughfare mountain loomed opto the -west a rebel signal light now flashing through space and our long coin m ns standing by their muskets stretched up fend dcrwnf "the slopes, and fields Were dimly descried with their faces toward the enemy.,.,. tr;.;: .: ,s.-y.; -i&e Crawford'sjbrigade, which .had borne: the brunt of the fight, threw themselves almost exhausted Upon the moist grass and talked over the' adventures - ofjthe ' battle: Some- of the men incautiously made fires; and this 'revealing or position, ths enenry eommenced shelling them. 'Their firing wa generally' excel-; lent the shells bursting among trains of ambulances 'and, horses; soon 'compelling 'm sol- tdiera to move back towards Culpepper?0'? ilf rA- phio waaiyery'-neayl v teasion'ed at this time asthoregiments took to their heels to get out of range, and, seeing So Wan y men retreating; others who had ' not reached the field also started to; run; and, soon the roads were crowded with frightened people who added to the ex-Utiag mUfortunea by telling wild stories of re-pulsev loss;' and? discomfitnrex ' 'Soon' he Prcf yosfs guards iwere i thrown across th e -roads and fields, stopping stragglers,' and- sufTering only -the wounded -tos?s. The" wounded came, in; on fot great numbiasvand the ambulances wre promptly ny ths spot to carry edsre woaneJ ii t' 3 Up '. Al.:t fear o'c".:, i d Tc; 3ci "Et."T we. 3 -rc;L 1 wLU t TL? Cie:. ' l r: N li ii ecf.- rnocn.- Oe- -i. r-zz- the C;U, -czi c t.e t, ikXid ctid Dear r Lir - ;-v ti a rebel ambuscade, but he discarered hia danger in time to avoid iU , . .... .... rrible wre; the contfomiiaBts'-f all lattlefcls, J but tb e uncally L ea vy Jo? i c f. f Id. and line I cu.oers WSTemart;rt;er, j; t rfeir w H7a took seterar rebS prners,sfrom whom!1 r gained some inY6roialfon.lt It; iai aseemiried thai Qi(rrebel General Winder it killed;: Oeo -I era! Jackson is, wounded tlighUy.ih the hkati, andGeDefal.Saxton is mortally wounded. -' The rebel force'erigagedlh this" battle- was from forty ttt any thousand "J1J ;i - VA. large number of hospital- tents ftnd stores-were seurfroia Washington to-day to the scene of action ; , - -. - -. . z . . Two pieces f artillery "and avjTarge number f small arms were captured frptn ri ane- mj. : i s-.'r . : "i ; : t"."' '' vi.-q .-' i .. CaLFSma,-.Ya August fi: ,In. consequence of the advance of the enemy vesterdav to thia side of tb Ranlilan. Grura1 Pope sept forward the secnd.army corps.com-, At daylight this morning . it was discovered that the enemy had advanced as far as Cedar Bun Mountain, holding ita wooded sides and cleared slopes. Only a small portion of their strenth was visible.' ' They also held the range of elevations and ravines - westward of the mountain. . '. - . On an elevated spot a mile and a half from the mountain, a mile tone, tast and West. mostly cleared ground was selected by Banks as the best place to receive their attack. v The fournoon was spent by the' enemy manoeuver-.; ing, ia which on! v occasionally ahowed themselves. At 3 o'clock p. ei., a battery on our front a" mile and a half range -Opened on - us, and their infantry drove in our pickets in the wood on the right wing. Afterwards battery' after battery was unmasked on the mountain,! the slopes, and every, hill, .making a.erescent of batteries of nearly three miles each, com-, manding or position for two hours." Out batteries were exposed to a cross, and -flank fires, and the enemy evidently outnumbered us in guns and weight. We replied, shot for shot till five o'clock, when they opened an enfilade battery n our right." -Gen. Banks gave orders to cease firine anil ; charge this battery. The duty was assigned . to Crawford's Brigade, of Williams Division,, apd the 4oth. Jfennsylva-riia led the charge, Behind the battery was a thicket of scrub oak, and before the 46th could reach the guns they" 'were mowed down by a terrific fire from the thicket. i .The, rest of the brigade were brought up' and subsequently the rest-of Williams and Augurs commands, but the enemy's brigades were found at every point. This battle ground was in "a thick set woods, with aravineyon our rightt Here nearly all the enemy's infaotry had been concealed during the shelling, securing themselves from observation by expelling Our pickets. .. " This is probably one of the hardest contested fights that have been fought in Virginia.-- it lasted until dark, when our forces.. retired from the. field, taking a new position beyond the enemy's guns. "J '"."' ,' Special Correspondent of the - New Tork Wortd.J Effects of General Pdpe's Ortier XlTidle-sale Tlunderin; ' by the , Soldiersr- - Counterfeit Confederate' Ho tes Passed upon the Eehels. r - : " '" Cm.rzFpxa Conai-Hocsx,.Va., July 31. - We may be sure that tlie-present'uTetude in General Pope's army wflriaot be of long contiauancej - No-important advances have been made since the occupation of this place. Madison Court-house, which has freouently been visited by the cavalry, is now held by a small body of infantry, but our main' forces' are yet massed at Warrenton, Little Wash ington and Fredericksburg. ; The Army f Virginia "haa undergone a marked change in a very: important particu lar, the new usage which has been mbtttu- ted in regard to protection of rebel property. and the purpose- of the Government to subsist the army as far as practicable upon the enemy's country, has produced a decided revolu tion m the feelings and practices, of the soldiery, and one which seems to me very much to be regretted. - Unless these innovations are guarded : by far more stringent safeguards agai nst; irregular , and unauthorized plunder ing, we shall let loose upon the country at the close of the war a torrent of unbridled and unscrupulous robbers. .--.Rapid strides toward villainy have been made during the last few weeics. men who at home would have shuddered at the suggestionof touching another's property, now appropriate remorselessly what ever comes within their reach..-Thieving, they imagine, nas now become an authorized, practice, and under the show of subsistinz them selves, chickens, turkeys, hams and corn have become a lawful plunder, with little- discrimi nation as to the character or -circumstances of the original. owner. - . - . - - " ( In a - stats-' of society where civil law has been laid aside, and military, power exercises but an irregular and. partial sway, men scon science are not remarkably sensitive. Res trainta innumerable control the propensities of men at borne, which here at the wars are entirely .inactive, and a very mild opiate is suffi cient to, give quietude to the conscience of many a soldier when a "chicken, pig ham or other : luxury tempt his gustatories. These new orders seem . to be just that ; opiate,? and they have carried many a hitherto honest man over the dam, and - made those who were before somewhat predatory in their habits open, unblushing rascals. , - - , ' -': It is to me a very serious and unfortunate State of fact when soldiers will rush in crowds upon. the smoke-house farmer.- and each Quarrel with -the other to get the first and creaiest snare. oiuau wnen a stare mat on . . 1. - -W -mi , . . ' . . the march th rough a section of country "eVerv spring hooss-ia broken open, and butter, mil k. eggs aMream are- eoroi pned almost before . 1 1 " a .a" . . the place is reached by .the men. Calvs and sheep, and, in fact, any thing and every, thing serviceable -for meat or drinki- r apparel, are not satVal moroent afleir- thai a pproach of the arjny.'aEvenT things "apparently useless are snatcnec up, - pecauae, Jtf would aeetQ, many men love to steaL " " ' . ; . 'At a place where I not Ions afrolsnent a niebL scarcely an artiele to which the fenilitv fr a soldier' eould U crest .the sb'ehtest- n&a rm. maiaea to-tne owner . u pon the lollowm mor ning i oere pad . oeen . soldiers there, you mlghfj wager; - Pans: keitleai dishcloths, pork. pool try;, prof isfoftsrand verjf th!h aesirable had diesppeaf-ed e Th plane was striDDed-An.1 without ny , procesaj of r commissar r or qqa3r-termaster. So.it has-been in innumerable. in- omuvcb. miuiiT lacsniDis oi auat&itw mir tne sngntest- toss,' has aiw-ji! .yd ?1 s'w-wi;!Js I not lone aco saw a dor headlong through a field, each anxious to rat the first choice of three horses shadiW thm seiyev -quteiiy unaer a tree. The. animals roads their best time into the farthest corner f the-fielJi wilh the'tnerr. cloeenport ;them: and the foremost ones caught their rrlzes .and a a a. a ". - ' - c- . oridiea mem as ir they bad ?rwt imtnn nityid-sach" sort of thinly -A scans followeJ." A ?quz lady came tat and i bersu'bt thracli iers n ot to take h er favc -its rf-ry, i-The sol-. dier3 were retnoDele.s and nBjieldin, en4 the tbe i-yij now ia the army, "l. " .' . , - jib-y t r. c?W"5reafAnnfv-were just seat-Ieuveelre9 fo supper. Soldiers eafae that way. and going in, swallowed every " things That was not ell but whatever indaors and 1 - sen aepnved on she was dressed to-day in a ;c;.w:s!-!tth.j 1 tb -eek; and. her arms O SOhliersT mahn? I '.a It innHra. b br idol : at of doOraV the aoldlera wanted wm r-dlli aprprialed and -the "proprietor It Ahr -iJaca told me sorrowfal7y'thatthey"had ruined hint -rrhwaem cindw get out of dsttTJ I Llri-ly regretted bis: mkfbrUinea-sO much on bU own .account as for-the influence-of -th?i th"v ing'hporf the'soTdlera.''J' wsi reaUy 'rraUad to hear his litUe"8 hoy "say t' Paji says now ha wouldn't vote the Seceasio ticket a jin if he had ,tfaTclAae.'a His 'patriotism wis sri-dentW.dra.wif V heaiyily up?nJJs.farUhes, and I was rejoiced to find him in an inquirinz state of mind. But unless a'dieck is given ta . thjspromisc9uaand un suthoriradi phaqJerio the discipline and,. value olthaarmy will Wa destroyed, and when the enlUtments have ea-pired, we shall let loose a din of thieves upon the eountry. '.. --. One favorite form, in which this will exhibit itselfJsjn the passing of Phnadelphia,,Co.-federate aotesJ- -Whencver-we-advaoce iaUa new section the . flood-gates are immediately opened, and thebe simile rebel notes are poured Oct upon the land. They pass readily, aid seem to be taken gladly for whatever ' is cheld for sale. Bank-notes and shia plasters are given for change. , Horses are ' often; porch asei with this bogus currency, and other-valuable property.: A party of Sokjierr entered a store not long since, fortified with exhaustless quantities of V's andi's, and commenced trade. Forty pounds Of . sugar was Bret'ordereda&d-the store keeper, pleased with' the saddenti-crease of buainesa, ailed u p . his wife to assist in putting up the sweetness in small:paroaljw Seventy -five cents a pound was tha oe.t--r-. That was a small matterc' Matches Were pui-ehased." Twenty "five -eeaU per box 1 was the charge. : Tobacco alad fodnd a ready market. Each man provided himself -with straw halt but the crowning act-of all was the abatrao tion from the 'tilt of money already paid, W the dealer for his goods, and the purchase, of more, goods with the; same spurious! medium. . Various arguments are ; used to justifjv 4b is practice. . They may, not be such .as' wu!3 pacify a sensitiTe : conscience,' but 'they are. made to answer in want of better oneev -The genuine: Confederate money, they say, payable. eix moniao nuer a ireaiy, oi peace witn7trw United States, is. entirely worthless, and vthe spurious can be no less bo. ' Then some" coo- tend that to depreciate the enemy's currencf ! oy any means, ia one of the wrongs-. w nloa war makes right, and the more it is done the more the cause is, helped. Still others think that the more Injury is done to rebels in any way, the sooner the retel Iron will be crusheX They (the rebels) must beiria to. feel it ia their pockets,". is a favorite phrase. '.And. a these practices are going on until I believe, if it is not checked, we shall unfit the men to b soldiers now or itisens hereafters 1 Such has been the influence , of these new orders this new way or dealing with the rebels., he Government has decided to. subsist ths army from the enemy's country, and to give no safe guards- toisioynl people.- The soldiers conclude that they are individually to take whaV everTBub8istence they can lay their hands up- on, ana uisregara au tne ngnts oi privnie cir ixens. - . V . rit. I find no fault with this policy of the GoV ernment toward the rebels. Their temper la most evidently' hot of the klod v- "-ed by JAindnaaJasiMe toi v.-protection .should go no farther than 'alia giance and policy now .require it. - The jmost effectual way of dealing' with the rebels is ta,. make them feel that 'destruction and poverty await them if they ! continue their rebellion.' I have seen no man yet who had been converted by the clemency of the Government an 4 I have seen many whose heavv losses made them repent their participation in the cause of the Confederate. The slight sacrifices -f mild kind of warfare they . are willing to en dure ; hut such. heavy Tosses as the hew system involves is too much for their patriotism. sj "But if this policy ; is to be "pursued,"' it moat be regulated better than it has been vthus far,' ; Unless the discipline of the army is to bade stroyed, and the morals of the men corrupted,-stricter orders against private plundering must, be enforced; otherwise, in lailing .to protect the rebels, we shall fail to protect urselveav - mmm - - S Arrest of Belle Boyd, the Female JieV . . -' -. - el 8py. . - v rTTashhirtan Correspoadeaea of the K. T. Herald. ; ' The notorious female spy. Belle Boyd. . familiarly known as the betray er of ur -forces, at Front Royal,'whereby the gallant command of Colonel Kinleywaa slaughtered and captured, was arrested at Winches ler on Wednesday last, and is now confined in the Old Capitol prison. , Romancers have giveo. .tihst female nndue repute, by describing; her-as, beautiful ' and educated. 6he is merely ' brusaue. . talkative woman, . perhaps -twenty five years of age, , red-haired, with keen,couri ageoua gray eyes. . Her teeth sre prominent. and she is meager in persons'.. There is' a eer '"". tain dash and naivete fa hermant.er and speech 1 that might he -called fascinating; but sh-is- by no means, possessed of brilliant bualitiea. : either of mind or body. Being inaanejy dero--ted to the rebel cause, she resolved to act as a spy within the Uni6n lines, and managed fo divers .'Way4 to reoontmend herself -to ur o3- cers. One f the Generals formerly sutioned in the Shenandoah Valley-is mentioned rath. " er oddly as associated with her, and -Bella boasts that ahe nee ' wrapped a rebel fia ar' ' oundhis heacLy Our young ofSoers," daxileA perhaps, took- her out. riding .ten, "and .shav -was freouently a habitant ef our camps in the-, Sheaandoah'. . '1 - .". From the facts ' gleaned in this way cf or movements and projects, she kept "Una pretty- regular budget-efintellipmce, and the enemy was advised of our fhvOritSu designs. Shs admitted in-prison to-day that she bad Informed-Jackson, of our situation at Front. Royal 1 7 but this she said was done to " prevent the ef- " fusion of blood. Passing through her native'. -j)lstSe,'he was groaned- at by Ibe ciiixens ' on-rhursday,-The proper- - peonla .of Martin tburg baje steadily .disliked her. , SbspassedV inoeeq, 11 not, lor a vjwage courtesan, at lease , for'something not fkr removed from that re'a-" tKM-A leading Secessionist of Wasbinstoa visited cr io - jail to-dajr, where her - tarteTs T are comfortable, and gave her luxuries." Soma.'j gc'ntlemeri" likewise waited .npon her.' t.h, talked with them st random, and with atn-- doh and said (hat she Intended to be part !eJ. ' 'A, soldier gusrds her room, and prices n;. an I T riown continually before-ths door.- Her oaa . admissions wilt coovic-, ner 01 ceinz a r; . - - plain, frocz ,1- were bare, . Jacu- and she rate Ttnt" tdromauua desires to eeapy! bis Ui.t...ii share his dangers. She takes her arrest - ua:'f matter of coarse, and is smart, plucky and thrl surd as" ever. : A lunatic Atjlum uiijht t r M emmended for her. . , r " ' V ;A. jour " --IC-iraa years; pf r , (ment;; Llt is an slstTer.: .ittiefc". :e r- peaal : " 1 tl e. r7v w - pair ci feUrtr -cooun ted pistcZs, TL r. e .1 c. Cap. Taylor, 1 tr v