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Mew Y or k Corresjpondence.
New
Yor k
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Au g . 5, 1861.
E d s .A m e ri c a n : Th e defeat of tb e
Fe d eral forces at“ Bull R un” ha s af-
fected mo st dis astrously th o co m m er
cia l i n ter est s of ' t bis c ity^
- au d - dai l y- t h e
evi denc es o f it are seen. Dur in g t h o
pas t week m any of th e gr e a t m er c a n
tile bouses, that until n ow bad w e ath
ered tbe storm,
w er e forc ed to suc cumb
to tbo tim es . Th e m o s t i m p or tant of
th e failures w ere tho se of C la flin , M e l -
l e n & Co., R u s h m o re , C o n e & C o , B o o th
& T u ttl e,
& c . Tb e gr eat Br oadw ay
firms still hold out, but w h e n houses
lik e those w h oso honored D a m e s I h ave
g iv e n above, are forced to susp end,
no
one k now s or can p red ic t w hat nam e s
are to be ga z e tte d iD the su c c ee ding
chapter.
Congress has re spond ed to tho c al l of
t h e p r e s id e nt , b y votin g th e m e an s of
carryin g on the war and men in as
gr eat num b ers aa tbe m ost d evoted lo v
er of the U nio n could as k for, an d is
now ready to adjourn.
Gov. M o r c a n has iss ued h is p r oclam a
tion cal li n g for 2 5 ,00 0 moro troops from
th is State, in accord anc e w ith a r e q u i
sition frem the War D ep ar tm e nt, and
voluntoers are offering th e m s e l v e s as
freely as und er the first call. I tb in k
that m ost of the three m onths men
will volunteer, forming n e w o r g ani za
tions ; it is quite certain that under tbe
officei-3 of somo of tbe re turnin g r e gi
ments the mtyi will not s e r ve a g ain,
al-
though p er fec t ly ready to servo the ir
country pro v id ed they can have c o m p e
ten t officers to c om m an d them. Th e
13th rcgimcHt of Brookl yn ; the 8th
and 12th ol N e w York, re turn ed h o m e
last week Returning soldie rs all, co m
plain of havin g been s ta r v e d and s w in
dled in eve ry con ceivab le manner. For
instance a reg im ent of soldiers r e tur n
ing ftom Wash in g ton is usually, at least
forty ti g ht hours on the route, and dur
ing thn timo, in tlie case o f every rcgi-
incut from this city, no rations are g i v
en out to the meu nt all, nnd in con-c -
qucucc th ey nre forced to g o.
h u n gr y
It is well known that Gov e r n m ent pro-
vides the means ler fe ed in g the soldier.-,
Got li on goin g lo, nnd retur ning from
the seat o f war, the refore s o m eb od y is
making a good thin g out of the return-
ing soldiers. Tho m em b er s uf th e 71st
'regim ent of thi-, city, cncli c l ai m s ns
J tlieir duo on bein g muster ed out of tho
servico, tho sum of $ 4 i’>,20, but when
■they s igned tho pay roll on S atur day ,
they received hut $-’3, w hich w as sup-
posi-d to by in full f.ir serv ic e in tiio 1.
F Army. Wh en tho men were p aid in
Wash ington they were mado to pass
through two rooms ; in tlio fir*t cf
per po und ; coffee tbr ae and a half cts . ,
an iU au gar tw o eta. All in com es o ver
$800 p er ye ar ar e to p a y to the Go y e rq v
m ent th r e e p er cent, aa d fo on. H e w
is it, cab pr inter s s tan d th a t laat t a x 7
Vessels arriv e d a ily from s e a an d re-
Eloquent Speech o f Hon. Jo oep h H o l t .
T h i s d i stin gui sh e d and^ el oquent ci t i
zen o f K entuck y,
h a s - r e c ent l y m ad e a
sp eech to a b o dy of K entuck y soldiers,
pr ep ar in g to fi gh t i a beh alf of th e U n
ion—I t ia . t h r i l l in g , p a tr i o t i c an d in .
s p i r in g .
W e g i v e a few extr a cts j
H a ve no fear s a s to the vi gor ou s an d
u l t i m ate ly su cc e s sful p ro s ecutio n of thin
war ; and feel no alarm ei th er as to th e
exp enditu re i t m u st in vol ve or as to
those star tli n g ste p s, see m in gl y sm ack -
iog o f the e x e r cis e of ab solute authori-
ty, w hi ch tbe A d m in i str at i on m ay bo
forced from ti m e to time to take . W h i le
doub tles s all p o s sib le econ o m y will b e
ob s er ved it is ap p ar ent th at no consid
erations of th at k in d can b e p erm it ted
for a m oment to modify tb e policy th at
has b een r e sol ved upon. W h en th e
life o f tbe p ati e nt is confe s s e dl y a t
stake,
it would b e as u nw is e as it w ou l d
be in hu m an t e d is cus s th e question of
the p h y s i c i a n ’s fe e before su m m o ni n g
him to the b ed s i d e . * * *
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our d o t and w e far t hard, b u t ‘tI r etur n
my th a nk s to yoti for offering su ch kind-
m i s,
th ou g h I w ill not ask ao much of
ytu . I f y o a w an t to cam e hare teU
C__. t h at y ou w an t t h e password,
and b e eareful to h el d your'oafa.* *
Your friend,
, mango gmegiWar Intelligen ce
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War Items.
There i s nothing star t l ing In the On W e dne s day last a U S. gun-boat
ar r i ved at Ph iladelphia , with 3 6 rebel
prisoners, tak e n from a rebsl w a r vessel
by tho St. Lawrence. Tb o r eb el vessel,
tho Aiken, fir ed at the St. Lawrence, and
sh e r atur ned a broadside, s ink in g the
re b el, Uk in g ell but 5, prisonere.
nows from the s ea t of w ar . Tr oep s are
c on s tantly ar riv in g at W a s h in g ton , and
-every -th in g j s b ein g p u t in t h e most
thorough order.
Gen. Cox, in a dis p atc h to Gen . Ros’
e nc r a n s,
announces th e r e tr eat of Gov.
Wis e^
an d his c o m m a n d from Genley
Bridge to L ewis bu r gh , w her e he was
exp ected to make a stan d . Before bis
retreat h e entirely d estr oy ed Ganley
Bridge, m ak in g i t neces sar y to con-
struct a n ew one beforo Gen. Cox’s
command cpuld follow. The Governor
le ft behind him a thousand muskets and
a qua ntity o f powder.
Gen. M c C l e l l a n has estab li sh ed his
head qu ar ter s in Wash in gton , ond is
rapidly brin ging order out of th e chaos
which fo llo wed tbo d isa ster at Bull Run.
Th e chain o f pickets haa been extended
up tho Po tom ac , and now reach es to
those of Gen. B a n k s , at H ar p er ’s Ferry,
and other important m ea su re s have
beon a dop te d , calcu lated to giv o assur-
ance of tb e safoty of the Capital.
Thero ar e rumbrs from Missouri which
i f true in d i c ate tbo prospect o f aD on-
countcr b etw een the F ed er al troops,
and tbe rebels. Gov. J a c k s o n has been
deposed, an d a new order of thing s in-
stituted. T h e S tate Co nvent ion, called
together b y Gov. J a c k s o n , baa deposed
the Governor, Lieut. Governor and S ec
retary of State, and has elec ted the fol-
lowing as State officers : Governor,
H a m i l t o n R G a m oi . e , of St. Louis ;
Lieut. Governor, W i l l a r d P . H a i .l ;
Secr etary of State,
M o r d i c ai O l i v e r
The Governor has is sue d a Pro clama-
tion in st itu tin g m easure s calculate d to
keep tho S tato in the Union nnd pre-
servo its q uictudo.
Qreene, Thursd ay , August 8,
1861.
Th e W a y“ Peac e Men” T al k !port h a vin g b een ehased b y privat eers .
Our w a r v es s els have not had much
luck y e t in tak i n g any of th e p ir ates.
A u s ti n E . S m i th , son of Ex -Gov ernor
"E xtr a Billy S m i th ,” of V ir gin ia, ar r i v
ed in the Northern Lightfro m California,
on F r iday .
He w as im m ediately tak e n
in cu s tod y and tran sferred to Fort L a
fayette . Mr. S m i th , was t h e late N av y
A g en t at San Franci sc o, a defaulter ,
and is a strong S e ce s s ionis t.
Considerable e x c i tem en t w as m ani
fested y esterd ay ow ing t o an a no ay -
mous poster th at w a s d istr ibute d a b o ut
the c i ty , w itho ut s i gnatur es oHmp r int,
w a r n in g Southern s y m p ath i z e r s to l e av e
the c i t y , and notify in g the three S ec e s
sion organs n o w issued he r e to b ew ar e ,
or editor s will b e as si gn ed to the m to
pre serv e tbe pub l i c Welfare, and g i v i n g
notic e from th is date of th e author ity
of the people to organize a new system of
legislation suited to the times. The p la car d
ends a s follows : ODe w i l l ! One w a y 1
Ono country 1 W o have b egun to act.
From thel cague of lo y alty,T h e P e o p l e .
Yours, & c, U n io n .
C h a s . N . El l io t t. F e ace— A gentleman from Chenango
county informs us, that tbe friends of
peace th er e have fully armed them s elv es
to pro tec t thoir pro p erty and lives from
tho threatened atta ck of thp Republi-
cans.—D ay Book
W a s h i n g to n , July 23, 1861.
Bear Brother: Las t Sunday was a day
w hich I shall l ong remember, as will
m any others. W e Were marched to
thh p la c o called Bull Run, where w e
fired into . t h em and they at us as hard
ns t h ey could, but they had sucji on ad
v anta g e that they cut our troops all to
p ie c es and wo retreated, they firing in
to us.* Wo gat back to a hill and laid
down, and then w e got up nnd went at
them 'again. They were toe much for
us, for they drove us oJV tlie grouHd
Out of tbo re giment that I am in there
are 30 0 ar.d over killed. The Colonel
was s h ot hut not killed. All tho boys
that w e nt from Coventr y have got back,
but I doQ’t think thero are any of them
but w hat got hit somcw hercs. Pole
Elliott got his p ant s most ail shot eff ef
bim, and others were hit, but not bad
enough to lay them up I think the
next b attle will be at Arlington Heights
b ut it is hard tolling. * * TIhv
havo got moro men than any one tho t
of, ond they hav e gol to he taken in a
different shape. I don't thmk our com
pany will sec an y more act.on very
Boon, as it is b adly cut up. I think it
will b e kept as a guard iu camp* *
* * It was tho Lardrjt fight ever
foug ht in this country . No ono knows
how m any wero killed on either side,
but I hope there is as many of them as
of ours, (or after the Doctors Imd dress-
ed tho wounds of our men and taken
them to tlio hosn.tals, they came up
and Killed them ml 'lirnt is enough to
show wbat the devils will do
Truly yours,
The A u gu s ta (Ga.) Chronicle w in ds
up its jubilation over theb a t tl e o f Man-
as sas thus :“ Heaven smiles on us, on
ou r arms, and on our cause ! Then on-
w a r d ! F el l o w the Pre sid ent, gallant
Jeff. Davis, w he leads th e centre. N o w
for W as h in gton 1”
11 is bv such miserable subter fu ges ,
such b eld nnd w ick ed falsehoods, that
the s ec es s ion organs are endeavoring to
stir up a“
reaction” against tho Union
s entim ent ef the N orth.
Th e“ friends
of p eac e ,” as the D ay Bookchoos e s to
stylo th e small s qu a d of s y mp ath iz er s
with rebellion who infest th i s region,
aro in no danger in respect to tlieir
lives or prbportv, ond they kno w it
There are no 1threatened attack s ex
cept tho attack of public opinion. Tbis
is coming down upon them w i th uner-
ring c ertain ty , coupling th eir names
with disloyalty, an d forever s tam p in g
them as men who w ould c o ns ent to the
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destruction of our Union. W e fancy
we see th ese in tere stin g" p e ac e men,"
“fully arm ed” with a copy of ti i e N. Y.
fWu-j in one hand and tho D ay Book iB
tho oth e r — en deavorin g to s tay the tide
of public contempt b y shouting“ State
Rights,’’“ Unconstitutional W a r ,” "Abo
litiou Cr usad e” an d similar fe eb l e argu
When Gov. Sprague’s horse w as shot
u n der him, ho shouted'*” I am not dead ;
forward, boy s, for the honor o f Rhode
Island 1” .
One of th e wounded at the b attle of
B ul l ’s Run w or e a watch, aad th e Minie
b all which wounded the soldier in the
shoulder, lod g ed io th e w atc h, finally
im b edding its el f among tbe works.
"E ll s w o r th !”—In the late b attle,
tbo
Fir e Zouaves, at each fire, aa th ey would
p e r cei v e the rebels fall, w o uld exclaim
“E ll s w o rth 1”
W h e n you en ter the S o uth , pr es*
li gh tly upon b er gardens and fields £
guard sa cre dly h er homes ; protect, i f
need b e, at th e p oin t of y o u r b a y on ets,
her in stitu tions and her c o nsti tuti onal
rights, for y ou w i l l thereby not only re-
spoBd fully to t h e spirit a n d objects o f
this w ar , but y ou will exer t over aliker
the oppressedP&nd the in fatuated p o r
tion of her p e o p l e , a p o w er to w h i ch
the m o st brill iant of your m il it ar y su c
ces s e s might not attain.
B ut when y ou meet in battl e ar r ay
thos e atrocious co nspirators, who, at
the hea d of ar mie s and thr ou gh w o e s
unutterable, a re se eking the ruin of our
com m on c o untr y, rem ember that s in ce
the s w o r d Gam ed over th o portals of
Para d is e until now , it has been dr awn
iu n o holier c a u s e than th at in w h i c h
you are en gaged . R emember, too, th e
milli ons w hose heart s aro break in g u n
der the an guish ef this ter r jb le cr im e,
and then s tr ik e boldly, str i k e in tbe
p ow er of tru th an d duty, str ik e w ith a
boun d nnd a shout
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well as su r ed th at
your blows will fall upon ingrates , a nd
traitors, and parricides, w ho s e lust for
p o w er would m ak e thia br i gh t land on o
v.ist Golgotha, ra th er thnn be balked of
tlieir guilty ai m s,and m ay tho Gcd of
your fathers g i ve you the vic tory.* *
S p eak in g o f th o di.A*ter at Bull Ru n
i he s ny s : \ \ hen>riji^Jook a w a y to
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c e n e of carnnjfe, ull s t r own with th e
b odie s ot patr i ot i c men w h o cou r ted
death for themnelvcs, that their cou ntr y
n v ght live, nnd then look upon the
h om e s whieh their fall has re ndered
d e- o lalo forever, wc r ealiz e— ivlmt I
thin k tlie p o pular heart in its forbear-
a nc e has never com pletely com pr ehend
e d — the unspeakab le and hellish ntroci-
tv of this rebellion. It is a perfect s a t
urn ali a uf dem onia c p ass ion. From th o
re dd ened w at er s of Hull R un nnd from
th.-g..i v field of Mnna-sas, there is n o w
goin g up an ap p eal to G o d and lo mill-
i u i i s of rxn«p erat ed men ag ainst th os e
fien ds in hu m an shape, w b o , drunk en
ivn b the or gie s of un infernal am b ition,
are filling to its bruit tho cu p of a nn-
. Woe, w e e,1 s ay ,
to
t lic - o traitors w h e n thi* ap p eal all a 1 bo
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A Zouave h ad his b an d s bat off, but
re marked —"I have another y et,
nnd
can fight on 1” An oth er re ceived a ball
in bis side, aD d ' i m m ed i ately asked a
comrade for a ch ew of toba cco ; b ut ho
so on fainted from a lo s s of blood. S abbath School Teach ers’ State Con-
vention.A poor litt le dru m m er boy w as cut
co m pletely in two b y a canister shot
w hich stru ck him just under tlio arras.
A piercing“ Oh !” em it ted in childish
treble, the soldiers near him s a y , w as a
sou n d tbat will ri ng in tbeir ears for
life.
ments against the n ecossily of sustain-
ing the Govern ment. They c r y "Stop,
the W ar ,” while tr a i tor s arc thunder in g
at the gato s of tlio C ap i tol—t h e y whino
out " Compromise,” while J e f f . Davis
and liis rebellious ho r d es scout tho very
idea—they st igm atiz e the war a s a "Re-
publican war,” w h i l o three fourths of
the oP.ieers und a lar ge proportion of
the rank and filo ar o Democrats ; and
while (renj D emoc ratic statesm an of the
North pronounces i l necosaary and just,
and gives it his h ear ty sup p or t, they
urgo tho support aD d circulation of se
cession organs—and y et they claim to
bo "Uni on mon” par excellence They
hove no word of con demnation for tho
\ filiations of the Constitution when
traitors attempt to subvert th e Gov
ernment, but nre l ynx eyed to discover
T h e S abbath School T eacher s of tho
State of N ew York will convene i n the
Pr esb y ter i an Church, in B in gh am ton,
on Tues day,tbe 20th da y of A u gust
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1801,
at 4 o’clock, P. M.
Tim: itr.i. k Fo wl er
The evc)j-fing will be devo ted to R e
ports and Addres ses from exp er ie nc ed
Su nday School men.
Tho Convention will probably con
t in ue through W edn es d ay and T hur s
da y, 2 1 s t and 22d. ^
Some th ir ty w agons are our wholo
loss, half of which w ero loaded with
provisions and half w ith ammunition.
An Ala b am a Captain, who w as taken
prisoner, dec la re d, beforo dy ing of liis
wounds, that the forces at and about
Manassas w er o 110,000.
A g entlem an who s aw m any of our
wounded as they w er e borno off the
Geld on Fun day , Bays not ono of them
uttered either groan or mu r n nr
A Union man liv i n g near Fairfax as
sured our soldiers ho had socn tbe e n
trenchm ents at Manassas, and that there
wero niDO miles of ba tte rie s thore.
WasniNuroN, July 23, 1SG1.
„Dear l'nthcr : It is with a feeling of
tho d eep est budr-.1--) that 1 seat m y self to write th e- e few Iiue3 to vuu.
S un day last is a day .that v..!! tong bo
remembered by mo and t..ou ands of
others. It w as this dnv we had th e
fight at Bull Run This place is in tbo
hands of the rebels U'u wero uiaroh
od to tlio batt le field about 10 o’clock
in th e mornintr, and tho battlo lasted
until 4 in the uln.uri-n Wo wire to
have 00,00') m<-ii and hnd i-n!v lyiiOOThe rebels had ■u nOO meu We foughttill tho order to retreat w.n glvdi, then
we retreated and loll tho fi.oid, much to
At For tr es s Monroe no a cti v e move'
ments have taken place. It is p osit iv e-
ly state d that Gon. W o o l is to havo
command of that dis tric t and that Bn-
l e r is to co oporato w ith M c C l e l l a n
T h o Children of tho S ab b ath S c h ools
will ho called together on Thur s d ay nf-i
tcruoon.
Delegates from ull p o in t s on th e Erio
and Syracu so and Birghmnto n Rail
ro a ds, will p a y full faro going tow ar d s
Bingh am ton, and receive free p as ses to
re turn, by cull in g 011 th e S - cr c i a r v of;
the Convention
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inst. at D u g Spring, 19 m ile s south of
Springfield Mo, b etw e en the National
forces uDder Gen. L y o n , and tbo rebel
troops under B e n M c C u ll o u g h , in which
eight of th e former w ere killed and 30
wounded, nnd 40 of tho lnttor killed and
4-1 w ounde d. Gen. L y o n took 80 stand
of arms nnd 15 horses nnd w agon s A
troop of United S ta tes Cavalry, 270
strong, m a de a ch nr go upon a body of
rebel Infantr y, said to have b een 4,000
strong, cut t in g their w ay th rough aod
routing thorn, w ith a loss of only Gvo
inon The cliargo w a s a m o s t gallant
and terrib lo one, several of tlie rebels
being found with tlieir heada cloven en
tirely through The e nemy retired du
ring tbo night, nnd Gen Lvov took pos-
bCf.-lon e f tbo field. Anothe r battle
was m om entarily exp ected , tho enemy
being in largo forco w est of Springfield
our r c g r i ’, I- -
tho rebel-. In tho first
placo wc wi re iu n.''Uil'T to fight Most
of onr troops wero t,:. .1 vuup lr icl y nut
Somo of them u.arC:.'d _'i miles before
wo g o t there O.i' regiment msrelicrl
from 2 o’ciuck t,.r i; giit bu! cc t.1 1 0
tho n ext ciav, and the I"-' 2 mil's w e
run. Wo w ere very t.ird, b i t not
6cared. F-if.ico it to t.iy m* n ore whip
ped, or dr<>vn ba' k
I will try to g ive \ '■ i a li ’ nf tin
nam es of tl.e wonude.l nnd d. id in our
companv, lor tha t t* a-far i.-
I fear Uni i.pcv.ccr is ninur,--the l-i-t
Wili iam l l tn r v Parker, is de.nl .''-m’i
Estabrouks :< dead
n n go
the leas t imaginary deviation from tho
strict letter of tlio law, on th e part of
tho Administ rat ion whilo it is striving
to preserve the U ni o n from utter des
truction " liittids of I ’cacc," forsooth !
Every word th e y utter w oul d , if it
could reach tlieir ears, oncourngo tho
rebels in tlieir atr oc ious des igns. They
nre daily giving "aid nnd com fo r t” te>
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tl.e er.ernv, ns fur ns tbeir influence cx
tend1*, and yet, u nde r Iho liberality of
cur in'-t-lutions, t h ey aro perm itted , un-
mol. >-ted, to th us nttcmpt t« paralyze
All Eva ngelical Pas tors arc in v ited to
be pre sent nnd tako p a rt in the delib cr
atioiis, and cv c r v S ab b ath School is re-;
queste d to Pond d ele gates lo repr esonl
the m in Convention
Capt. D o w ney , of tho Fire Ziua ves,
being overpo w e re d b y number", threw
down his arm s nnd surrendered.“ We
take no prisoners, d— n ye,”
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ply, and ho wns li tera lly bh>wn to pie
ces, no less than six te en ba'ls enterin g
his body.
Col. J am es Cameron, of IV nn i y h nnia,
and brother to S ecr etary Cameron, fed
gullantly fighting, at the bend uf Id-
1 reginiont, the S ev e nty ninth. Highland >
at tlie m om e nt when fivo of his cap ta in s
were shot down, l i e was strurk by
j the balls of tlio enemy just as
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Senator Breckinridge v is its rebel
Dele gates w ho de.-ign to nttond this
Convention, arc r r q u o t ed lo send their
^n a m es by-mail to R l k ’S K. Amoky, E-q.,
1C ounty F ecret ' i r y , n t ll .n ghi w ii ton, N
; Y ,lcTurc the l-'/h <] iv c f Augu - t .
S itu ate d S ) l u - . i r u-" , wc havo no
1 i'ibt li. it L11i~ ( 'or. v» :il ion will 1)0 well
at t o n,;i ,j , r„ m t |,,Hf,
etion . ’which th e y rrc, ived $2 0 , in the s e c o n d
tig v paid fiv e dollars to som eb o d y fur
some pu rp u-c, said to b e for ruu-ie 83.1
and for their p antaloons $2 ll is well
known that tho clo thin g was purchas
cd frco o f cos t to the r e gim ent and to-
gether w ith the tax for mu-ic tlio men
con-idir tiicmsi'lvc.s hu g ely 6w i n d li d .
—~-—-—— —-¢-o <--
L i l t of Jur o r s.
Th e cn-i :n of our cm-'.nnv, h’-name
was Park", v..i--I. t i . u g l i tl.e l. eir t
by a Minnie r.:L b..',l (> ,c M . aw l ey
w as hit bv a c.ien •» ball in the foot
Frobnbly l e l>3 1 to death Our t'olo
nol was bad'.v v. .--mooii in tl.e thighIt w as broken t-vi.-e ; they llnnk lie
will rccovrr. 1 h- po be w .11, Iir lie is
as fine a man r.« ever I v.-d n: the u or Id. 1..............................................................
. . . , l ^
Ono Churl, s 1V.n ! 1.N e 1-. >n i
tl.e efforts of l oy a l men ; and though
the Pay Book m ay attem p t to rouse
them to further acts of d is lo y al ty by
telling thorn that they nro" llirc atoned,’
nnd m ay posaib’y succeed in making
some poor ign orant fouls believe that
pf-r*o:ial v io lenc e is contem p l ated
ugain d them, y e t it will fail after nil to
accomplish its h elh -l i purpose. A co l
lision be tween Uni on men an d disloyal
camo verv near be mg hi'.b <1 bv a gr ap e
i h ot It just n.i-si-n his urrit and tbat
Is all. Ad nf Wujnd.-il that w ere j citizens, with th e •■f.iug'iiter of a few o f
left on the fie.d ti.o uln-" ec nrict nnd(^sntfUitc8 w ou l d bo a god send to tb o
killed, ruMiin; tlnir hn’i'iiirts Ih.tviyh them i,
Napoleon 1. i.utt had tlm seal of his 1 1,1,1 }°°
breeches shnt off llo turned around to |
load, nnd a cannon h.iii took off hi- 1
breeches as i b on ne.u-s the ri^ht hip
ns it could bo dune with the sh ears
Ou t of 94 men in our company nnlv 55
are gono Foino companies eati't count
4 0 men W e are these alive i in Uarnp
Andorsan After tlio fight they fo llo w
ed us roost to Wash ington. Jusb thin k
of marching 40 miles in about 18 hours,
an d being ch as ed by somo four timos
It w i . l not bo ncco m m oda
lod Public contempth the o nly puni s h
m ent which is nt present b ein g m eted
out to those i tn ' i ' j us w b o oppose th e
(iovernmant. How lung before th e
time will corce when o ther steps will
need to bo tak en,
of courso we can not
say . W o bop o never.
1 ur. P.i" G--t • i; i I o n — G cut es
W UKr.-, of the S>,,t,i of t'ir Tunci, sttri-.Drawn for th e Circuit nnd Oyer and
Terminer, to b e held on th o 2d d s y of
Sc ji tr inber, l'-'.il.liiitcs the
p a ni c a m o n g c ir t r c e n s nt
B u i . ll-iii t o t h e i r g n la r s lie s u v s in
The Tariff and Dire ct T ax Bill.prisoners nnd openly sym p ath i zes w ith
them nnd their cau-p
Tbo /jOUBTegi u k i n „ono b fll.
I .l ! * \ |l JURong
JriiI e —.1 olin I' L a n d e r s
.Stewe
ll.
W . Davis, J o h n
<i a i 'licit —Y ou eg H
<liftin' — Sti-plu-n
avi rv ml:.i i*.e r n d i n U r es t i n g accoun t
uf llip li a t ’ Io, o f w i n c h l ie wh s an pvo
wi tnc""
, t h at tlio W e s t P oint b a t t er y ,
Tli is hill, consid er abl y modified, has ;
becomo a law. Tho prop osod tax on
silver an d gold w atch es and pleasure
carriages, and tho ex cis e upon domestic
liquors w as all stric ken out. It pro-i
vidcs for additional dut ie s upo n num er
ous artic le s A m o n g the . important
ones \^e notice tho fo llo w in g :
On t ea 15 c e nts per pound ; upon
euffce, 4 cents ; upon unrefined sugars,
2 1 2 ce nts, ngninst throe-fourths of a
cent p er pound und er tho old tariff ;
upon rcfinod sugars , 4 c en ts instead of
2 ; up o n silks tho rnte of increnso is ful
ly 10 p e r cent., av er ag in g now nbout
40 p er c c ot ad valorem. On brandy nnd
distilled liquors tbe incr ease is about
25 per cent. There appea rs to have
been no reduction of dut y on any a r
ticle.
Tlm ld 'li ro^iment N Y F. M,
re-
turned from Ilnrp er ’s Ferry, on Thurs-|
d ay ; th ey wer e full forty t i gh t Lours!
on tho route, nnd d ur in g the t i m e no
rations w ere served lo the men : hut
whon s tarvation w as staring the m in
the laco at Philade lphia, the citize ns
canio and f.ii'ui.-hed tlie star v in g nnd
weary men a bountiful lunch. I could
fill ray letter with j i=t such in stances
of the sham eful manner in w h i ch our
bravo vo lu ntee rs are treated, b u t the
few 1 h ave given will suffice for the pur-
pose.
w er j rushing upon another, w hen
g e tt i n g i u t o f p ow der , m nt i t s ca i sson*
b a c k Gr a s u p p l y ID-a d d s :
H e tramun
lhoco b e,|iD£] jt cn ed 0]|t . ..For (;ot].s
Sflko_ d ota 8,)00t yoiir brotliers..
r p on
pro-i be Zouav es rc.-i rver] their fire, un-
til a v o lle y wav prmrcd in ttpon them
bv tlio b att er y from which the su p pli
j
/..„i\U,/> —Ara'i/.i W oo dru ff
.Yrir Berlin—Urrin \n g el l
Normilh— t’i.irk B Sndt h, llirnra riale,
,\*a Barnes, Tboniua II Prenlis s , H or a
t i o N WiiDer.
Nnth Norwich—f’nlcb B Barr, S a m
uel T Be nedi ct
Orford—Aust i n D nmilt on, Hezpkiah
D. Morre
Olselic— Wil l ia m S C ox
I'rdtwi D cl.m cy Wait, Dud ley B r o w o .Sherburne
— George W ater s , A lfr e d
K in ney , S vl van u s T i nk er .
.S’milhriUe--Willia m P en dleton , J a m e s
J Harrison
Smyrna—Y a l e Xo rt hrup.
PETIT JURORS
Afton— William Beatraan, J oh n V.
Step hen s,
Hi r am Willey.
Bainbridge— A polios B ened i c t , D y ar
D. Bullock, John A. N ew ton , G il b ert
S tr on g .
Columbus— Tlnrvey H o w ard.
German—
S tep hen L e w i s.Greene
—R ansom P. Merrill.
Linckleen— Ezr a Daan, Frederick F.
El dr idge.
McDonough — AIodzoRaBdall, E dw a r d
B Curtiss.
Norwich— Harry P el l et t , Ziba W i n d
so r, Otis R. Arnold, And r ew Wait , W i ll
ia m R Crandall.
North Norwich—L ow i s Gile.
Oxford— N athan Pendl eton,E dw i n A
.
Hull,
Thomas W. S h ap l ey,S te p h en P.
Turner, W illia m Justice, Ira Tenbroeok.
Pharsalia—And rew B r own.
Pitcher— G eo.
VV. Corpenter.
Plymouth— Herkimer W . Brewer, Hen
r y VV. Fr eem an , ’ John W . Benn ett.
Sherburne— Albert B. Wh itn ey .
Smilhvitle— Amos M o sh e r,
' Oli ver P.
Ro os.
I
I
"’ I havo described h o w thnt branrh
of the Fc-rvii-e, mado its charges in the
morning, and how re ck irsslv it olwav s
- o u ght p.-w a y to tiie front, through thr
for no d cel l m ns of tho volunteers. In
th e s-an.e manner did it now go back
upon its crr.in-l, riding down eve r y th in g
in its ru.id, mid rc atterin g tlie r an k s of]
th e rigion-nls in i v cr v direction. Tlie!
voluntc i r s w ho l.nd nev er before seen
su ch a Fight, nnd w h o were already
penetrated with the fearful p a g eant of
tbo dc«rcndii)g^*neniy, could on l y un-
dcrsinnd tlio m ovem ent in one way
Thos e flying carriages, and the3o madly
excit ed men were r u s h in g to th e rear,
and tlieir action was therefore constru ed
in to a wild retreat. The thought which
ap pe aled to their ag i tated minds, was,
that if the regulars w er e in such haste
to escape, it was neces sary the y should
hurry for the m se lv es, nnd ono fearful
p anic look possess ion of them all.”
cations had come
Russell, of the London limes. F ay s
tho fight in g at Bui.'.i Run, bont anyth in g
ever dono at tho Crimea.
Ono o f o ur soldiers was stru ck by tho
fra gm cot of a ah ell that took tho visor
off his cap , grazed bis forehead s ever ely ,
nnd knocke d him down. Hia comrn dcs
picked him up, and were ab out tak in g
bim to th e hospital, but he had no id ea
of being p ut on the sick list, and cr ie d,
“Givo m e m y gun—givo mo my gun .”
The m easure of McClellan’s m en ’s ad
oration for him words fail lo ex p re s s ,
though tho following statem ent of one
j
’
of his m en will perhaps ap pr oxim ate
it : "W o would every one of us, fight
for old Mac till hell frozo over , and the n
,
die on the ic e.”
Wm . Murray, a private in Co. F., 2d
N .H . r egim ent w as hun g at A lex andri a
ou Fri day, for the m urder of Mary Bui-
ler on S atur day of the w e ek previous.
There nro large numb ers of V o lu n
teer officers ch arg ed w i th either co w
ardice or incorapctoncy. Th ey will be
com pelle d either to resign, or be cash
iered.
Adjournment of Congress.The royal stonrn ynteh Jerome Napo-
leon, arrived at this por t on Monday
last, hav in g on board l ’rincc N ap ole on,
and th e IViucess C l o t i l ue his w i fe with
a num erous suite. T h e 1’rince is now
on a v is i t lo W ash in g ton hv invitation
of tho President ; from there it is ex-
pected tha t lie will mako a shor t visit
to th e West ; in th e m eantime the
Princres is enjoying a strict seclusion
at the N ew York H otel T he Prince
,
dis-
Napoleon is decidedly a good looking
man, of ab out fifty y ear s of ago ; the
Princess Clotiijie i3 th e odIv daug hter
of V ic tor Emanuel, K i n g of Sardinia,
nnd much in terest attaches to her on
thnt account. S he is but eighteen
years of age, and said to bo qui te pret-
ty. Th e Pri nce is to b e congratulated
on bis good tasto in s ele c ting so young
nnd h andsom e a wifo.
Fort Lafayetto at th e N a r r o w s is now
used as a prison for political offenders.
Already quite a number are conGncd
there. The m embers of tbo Board of
Polic e Commissioners of Baltimore, who
were implicated in th e attack upon the
Gth Mas sachus etts re g im e nt in tbat
city in April, are now in cu s tody of the
com m an dant of the F ort . An attempt
was m ade last w eek to take o n e of the
prisoners out of the hand s o f th e milita-
ry auth orities on a w r i t of habeas corpus.
The co m m an dant declined to obey tho
writ, g iv in g as a reason tbat b o held the
prisoners by order of Lieut. Gen. S c o tt .
On tb e return, J u d g o B ei t s , w h o issued'
the’writ refused to interfere further,
and dism is s ed the ca s e, g i v in g as t r e a
son th at during ti m es like tbese, the
Cour ts should u phold and sustai n the
milita ry power.
The new tax for th e s up p o r t of the
war comes home to us all in one way
or another. Tea is to bo tax e d 15 cts.
o ur number. Wh at are alive aro inCongrc?9 adjournod on Tuesday lost ,
at noon. M uc h important business w a s
tr ansa ct ed d u r i n g tho l at ter days o f th e
sess ion. It p as s ed the Lonn bill, tho
in r u i ana Dir e ct Tax hill, (a syn o p sis
of i t s p ro v is io ns may bo found in an
other column , ) a >q|| ^vbjd) jn effect
auth orizes th« President i . caii out 8
million of m an iT necessary ; lnn« for
tho purchaso o f arms, erection of for-
tifications, for the better organization
o f tho army woro passed ; also a bill
incr easing t b e pay of soldiers $ 4 a
m onth.
Th e session w as ch aracterized
b y a determ in at ion to do all in it s p ow
er to aid tho A dmin istration, and e v er y
th i n g noc es sar y to that end has met
with its ch ee r ful support.
W a s hin gton . I go t hit in my thigh by
a sp ent ball, not to hurt me very much,
but it ia very lame.V__
V__
l'p.ANKi is-S p e n c e r
It also provides for an incotno tax,
and a tdx upon real p rop erty. There
is no t ax on pro perty to the amount of
$500, nor in com es of $ 80 0 or less.
Over that tho tax is 3 p er cent. Th e
direct tax is limited to $20,000,000, of
w hich N ew York is to p a y $2,603,918.
Connected with these measures is an
oth er — an a ct supp le m e ntar y to th e
sam e bill, which allows the S ecretary
of tho Treasury to issue 20 year G per
cent,
bonds in exc h ange for Treasury
notes. It also make s Treasu ry n otes
p a y ab l e upon demand, and permits $5 ,
n ote s to bo issued.
[ W e h ave in our possession a letter
from R o u t . G. M c M o ra n , of this town,
iv momber o f Co. I, 25th Rog. N Y. V.,
now quartered at the Marshall House,
Alexandria, ( the sceno of E l l s w o rt h ’s
mur der, ) wb ich will appear next w eek ]
Br o o k fi e l d Ag r i c u l t ura l So c i e t y. —
The 12th Annual Fair of this Society,
will be held at Clarkville, Madison Co,
S ept. 24th and 2 5 tb . Tbe Premium
L i s t is liberal, em bra c in g as i t dees a
w i de range of objects.U n d e r F i r k— A Fre nch seldier who
Bmelt gunp o w der Grst at Solferino, thus
describes h is sensations : W h a t a"
R u n
”
is—
Does th e reader
kno w w h at a "run” is ? For the bene-
fit of the unlearned w e may as w ell ex-
plain that it is a stre am ef running
wate r, s om eth in g m oro than a brook
and s o m eth in g less than a river.
"H o w eac h shot electrifies y o u.It
i s like a w h i p en a racer's legs. The
ball s whi stl e p ast you, turn u p the
ear th around, kill one, wound another,
»n d you hardly notico them. You grow
in tox i cated,
tho smell of gunpowder
m o un ts to y our brain. The e y e be-
com e s bloodshot and the look is fixod
upon the e ne m y .There is something
• f all the p a s s io ns in that terrible pas-
sion excited in the soldier by th e sight
• f blood RDd the tumul t of battle.
,
I}...
Ladies Aid Association.A Pr o po s e d Union Ti c k e t —The Re-** * # A d isp atch from St. Louis, S atu r d ay ,
probably sensation, savs th at it is b e-
lieved th at the object of the secess ion
forces, gath ere d for a su p p osed attack
on Cairo or Bird Point, is to attack St.
Louis.
po** * #
publican S ta t e Committee of tbis S tate
hav o offered to tho Democratic S tato
Committeo to c all tho S ta t e Conventions
of the two p a r ti e s on th e santo day and
at th e same p l aco,“ for th e purpose of
en ablin g tbe tw o Conventions to unit e
in tho nomination o f a Union ticket,
pledged lo a vigorous prosecution of the
wnr, for the restoration o f tho authority
of tho Constitution an d tho execution
of the F e der al laws in all sectio ns ol
t h e country.”
W o nre gratified to announce thnt
tho ladies of this town h ave been h i gh
ly successfu l in their efforts in behalf of
the volunteers W o shall give n e xt
w eek a report of their doings. I; w il l
show how much a littlo effort can a c
com plish. Tho ladies have met at
Unio n Hall, thr ee or four timos, w i th in
the p a st week, to the number of ab out
100, and have labored diligently in the
m anufacture of hospital clothing, &c.
A b o x will be sent to th e Relief C om
m i tte e within th e cp ming week, c on
t ainin g the s e artic les, to g eth er with a
qu antity of Je lli es, Preser ves, and oth e r
art ic le s appro priate for tb e relief o f our
s ick and w ou n d e d volu nteers.
Th e Ladies h ave exten ded an in v i ta
t i on to Hon. D. S. D i c k i n s o n to ad dr es s
them , but have n ot yet received h is r e
p ly tlrereto
T o w n F a i r s—
The S m i th v i lle Town
Fair will b e held on the 5th an d Gth of
S ep tem b e r next. W e shall p ubl i sh tbe
Premium Li st noxt w eek .
Smyrna— Alfred T a y lo r,
L em an 0 ,
Talcott,
jfigyAll perso ns who sell Her r i c k A l-
len’
s Gold Me dal S al er atus are auth or
ized to g i ve their c ustom er s th e p ri v i
lege of u s in g one half tb e paper, and if
no t perfectl y satisfa c tor y , to r etu r n the
balance an d g e t tbe am o un t paid for th e
whole. J t is the best in the wor ld . It
is a gr eat deal better th an soda to use
w itb cream tar tar . Tr y it. Most of tke
Grocers an d Druggists k eep it. L . R.
H it cb c o ck a n d F. Ju l iand sell it.
"Ever yb o d y who h a s triad it testi-
fies to the pecu liar intoxica tisn tbat is
produced b y bein g in a battle.
There i s an in fatu atin g influence
about tbe sm ell of p owder,
tba shrill
■whistle of a bullet, and the s igh t of hu
-m a n blood, that in stantly transforms
m en frem cowards to horoes—f ro m wo-
m en som etim es to monsters. N o one
can tell o f the nature or m y ste r y of
th at in fluence but those who h ave been
in tbe fray th em s elv es .”
A dis pa tch from Cairo, Fr id a y , sta te s
that Gen. F rem ont and staff, and a fleet
of ei gh t steam er s, and four r eg im ents
of infan try,also several detached c o m
panies of infantry and tw o c om p anies
of li gh t artillery, all equipp ed,
arrived
thero at 5 P. M.
The Chicago Timessays“ w ar h a s dis-
pelled ono delusion of the Abolitionists.
The negroes r egar d them as en em ies
instead of friends. No in surre ction has
occurred io the S outh— no i m por tan t
s tam p ede of sla ves h a s evinced tho ir
desire for freedom. On tho co ntr ary
they h ave jeered at and in sult ed onr
troops, b ar e r ead i l y enlisted in tb e r eb
el ar m y,and on S unday,
at Manassas,
shot ddwn our men w ith as mnch al a c
rity as if Abolition had never ex i s ted .
The Coven try Fair w il l b e held on
th e 26th and 27th o f S ep tem b er . ■■
w i l l please
acc ep t our thanks for a q uan tity of very
ex c elle nt I ce Cream. Pri vate families
supplie d on short noti ce, b y leaviifg
their order at the "Eure ka.”
I ce C ream . — F ran k T ur k,
loot
The R epub lic an State C om mit tee met
on Tues day, Aug. Oth.
£9}:
New Ch u r c h .—The corner stone of
the new Congregational Church, at Nor-
wich, w as l a i d on S aturd ay la st, with
ap propriate ceremonies.
R a z o r S t r o p s . —T o rrb y , the m oder n
“Razor S tr o p man,” w a s here a few
day s since a n d held for th to nn ad m i r
in g audience, an d sold a number o f his
fungu s str op s.
Ho l eft a quanti ty of
them with som e ef e u r merchants,
w h ere all w h o wish g o od "strops may
find them. T h e public ar e invi ted to
gr ve them a tr ia l.
Pro test — I n the R o gue s ’ G aller y at
th e H ead q uarter s of t h e New Y ork Po
lice, the pi c tur e s ef Jeff. Daris, F lo y d,an d o th er note d secess ion criminal*,
h ar e b een for some ti m e su s p ende d ,
much to th e disgust of tb e r egul ar
Thieves’ F r ater n i ty , w b o consider tho
association an insult to th e m so l v as ;
an d th ey h a v e at la st pr esente d a form-
al w ritten pr ots st, a n d a pet i ti on for
th e removal of the obnox iou s pictures.
*Tbe Cosmopolitan Art Associa-
tion in N e w York has .been obliged to
suspend its op era tiois, and discontinue
its jtQrn&L
:09}:
| ® xT h e Democratic S tate Commit-
te e isj|tealled to meet in Alban y on
Thur s d a y , Aug. 8th.
V&~ Af-pl6<LBant;, je st in time o f mis-
fortune is’ebarnge to tbe beart, stren g th
to the a tm /an d digestion to th e atom-
abb.
tlrereto
is ojte
The Hamilton Union h a s heard
• f 25 cents being offered an d refuted
for the gr ow in g bop crop.
ICOO-I
A r ecr uitin g office for Volu nteers
ojte ned a t Bingham ton.
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