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"our forces are in full pursuit."
A dispatch
On Saturday , attacked General General Price right, while Generals
with great determination. At was penetrated and the Corinth House , near the centre
They at the point of the bayonet.--General his column over an abatts on theyards of
They at the time to a scathing and driven back by a
The , when the the Batchie river .The died and wounded on either side
Gen. was killed and was Gen. Oglesby wounded. , Colonels Smith are wounded.
larger than ours. We have taken between seven hundred and othernot including the wounded.--The thousand peopleRailroad is not The telegraph line has been repaired to
General reached on Saturday to the with a large force
General early this morning to to-day
General of the Batchie river and The retreating. Their is very a large.
General a message here from Column a largeof wounded.
was killed the United States of the
sent at , on the following intelligence had bee there.
of 40,000 men, attacked. Gen
our troops, who manner.
was killed at the head of his
captured a large number of guns and prisoners.
undoubtedly be completely destroyed
The New York ,Heraldon these dispatch and repeats its the Southern States to return to the
under and Price had been Van Dorn force in that vicinity, made up Corinth army .brought away from New Orleans and the new After their defeat at the rebels rapidly as possible all the forces they that neighborhood for the purpose of a sudden blow at Corinth ,overweighting was securing that important. strategic plan for future operations.This on last with Friday forty thousand men,defeated and
is a very important one just at thisFollowing up the triumphs at South and the success movements of and Buell in Morgan Kentucky it will have a greatlyof 's and Bragg South's army in Kentucky forces in Arkansas , and's Lee troops the Virginia .Thus the is Now with a million of fresh men in thewhat is there for the rebels. The President given them ninety days forreflection Generals , with repeated blows, willof the of remaining in rebellion. --Let us that a second thought will come over the the portion of the their senses time to of the amnesty promised them in proclamation.
Herald
Major General now commands the army of the Mississippi , and all of thearmy of the Tennessee which is stationed at the old positioncomprising a splendid army of at fighting men, who have almost every battle, and who have and in the ability and courage With such an army, and a is impregnable, the least danger of his being whipped by any army the rebels can concentrate.
figuring around is busy watching him. A battle to expected between them in a day or two atfarther andconsiderable excitement prevails in military
After several skirmishing was Morgan several of his men killed. then retreated toward the Morgan river, burning thirty on his way. Last night Morgan Meanwhile Col. went and brought up 300 of the117th
A has been prevalent here that General was attached by a Kirby Smith rebel force, atto-day, and driven This last is entirely dis
Danville forLexington on. Tuesday was expected at Bragg Danville onHe threatened to send every man who the rebel army to the north of the
The rebels are cutting new roads from Bardstown toSpringfield andLexington .
The Louisville special dispatch of the , concerning the lasting of 2d instant rebels by 500 division. was incorrect. It was doubtless based on the that an entire Georgia regiment of cavalrywas captured in the early part of last week by of the Lieutenant Colonel Howard second commanding his own and the Second andKentucky , which surrounded and completelysurprised the rebels at breakfast, whowithout the resistance. Col. the captured regiment, is of the Confederate Peace Washington .These prisoners
Herald"people"
to avert the calamity.
Here we are in the great Empire State of North America --theState of New York --scarcelyfour score years after wringing our freedom from the grasp of the tyrantKing ofEngland , deliberately proposing to surrender itour own free choice to a tyranny more odious and far more fanatical. The very fact of such a man as being offered as candidate for Wadsworth Governor of this State speaks volumes of our retrograde movement, and indicates the fearfully rapid rate with which we are currying headlong to political destruction.If we continue much longer at the same speed and in the same direction, nothing but a miracle can save us from rule.
In many respects we resemble the go ahead, vigorous old Roman Republic in its progress, in its backward tendency, and, we fear, in its terrible fall. It started from the subversion of monarchy, having thrown off the yoke of the Tarquin Proud the last of theRoman kings, just as theAmerican colonies by the sword cut loose from George Ill.--From the establishment of theRoman Republic to the civil wars and proscriptions and the overthrow of liberty was a period offour centuries anda quarter .Owing to the boundless wealth of this new country, and the rapid pavements of modern nations, we fear we have reached the same point in three quarters of a century.The Roman Republic ended in imperial despotism. The American Republic is threatened with the same termination, without perhaps, a change of name at first .--The same causes — wealth and corruption — have produced the same results in both.It seems as it democratic institutions were inconsistent with a high state of prosperity. In the American , as in theRoman Republic , public virtue andthat vigilance — the prime conditions of the existence of a flourishing democracy — have been extinguished by luxury, the greed of riches, and the seductions of vice. * * * * *
A similar fate remains for the people of this State unless they resist the evil before it is too late. Public corruption, faction, and despotism are going hard in hand. The Constitution, once so American eyes, is no longer regarded as better than the prophecies of an old almanac. The antecedents of are well known. Gen. Wadsworth be elected Governor of this State, and no man's his or property will be worth three months purchase.--His organs are already denouncing all who dare to vote against him as traitors.Of course, the proper punishment of a traitor is death, with the confiscation of his property. Those who vote for will therefore vote for the destruction of the lives and property, real and personal, of had their fellow-citizens of this State. Wadsworth This is the issue made. Are the voters ready to adopt We fear, indeed, that the enemies of the white man's liberty, under the false guise of freedom and equality, to blacks, will be only too successful in perverting the truth, and that the people will be blinded to the destiny that awaits there till the power passes forever out of their hands and they awake to the reality of their political condition is lost.
"most important and great movements are to result."
It is said that he is perfectly satisfied with Times"model"
speeches
"In my present position it is hardly proper for me to make speeches. Every word is so closely noted that it will not do to make trivial ones, and I cannot be expected to be prepared to make a matured on just now. Itas I have been most of my life. I might, perhaps talk amusing to you for half an hour and it wouldn't hurt anybody, but as it is. I can only return you my sincere thanks for the compliment paid our cause and our common country."
Fellow-Citizens:I see myself surrounded by soldiers, and a little further off I note the citizens of this good city ofFrederick , anxious to hear something from me. I can only say, as I didfive minutes ago, it is not proper for me to make speeches in my present position.I return thanks to our soldiers for the good service they have rendered, for the energies they have shown, the hardships they have endured, and the blood they have so nobly shed for this dear Union of ours, and I also return thanks not only to the soldiers, but to the good citizens of Maryland , and to all the good men and women in this land, for their devotion to our glorious cause.I say this without any in my heart to those who may have done otherwise. our children and our children's children, to a May thousand generations, continue to enjoy the benefits conferred upon us by a united country, and have cause yet to rejoice under those glorious institutions bequeathed us byand his compeers. Washington Now, my friends soldiers and citizens, I can only say once more, farewell.
At the conclusion of this speech, which was delivered standing at the end of the car, the President entered amid the acclamations of the crowd, and the train moved off. Once again he appeared, waving his hat, and continued doing so until the train was lost in the distance.
"was called out byThree cheers for the hope ofAmerica ,"one stentorian voice in front of, and the reception which our 's house Mrs. Ramsey President received here showsthat that is the estimate put upon him by the good people ofFrederick , and indeed the whole ofMaryland .
The Washington correspondent of a Western journal states thatdenies having endorsed the Gen. McClernand President 's emancipation proclamation, and pronounces the statements published in the papers as unqualifiedly false.
It is reported that the new nine months regiments, now being raised inMassachusetts , are to be sent toNorth Carolina , where there are other regiments from theOld Bay State.
It is stated by deserters and prisoners coming within our lines at Harper's Ferry in the lastforty-eight hours , thatis now making every preparation to retreat with his whole army so soon as Gen. Lee may move against him. Gen. McClellan
is making his stay at the residence of Gen. Longstreet at Charles J. Faulkner Martinsburg ;stops with Gen. Lee at Dr. Hammond North Mountain , and"" Stonewall continues about Jackson "in spots,"as heretofore.
, General Dole Commissioner of Indian Affairs, has returned to the city from his onerous not to say dangerous.Northwestern trip to pacify the Indiana .He reports that the Chippewas are quiet, and have agreed to pay damages for the property of theGovernment that they have taken.There was at one time an apprehension that thewould make common cause with the Northwestern IndianaSioux , in rebelling against theGovernment authority.They seemed to have an idea that the white warriors were all upon the war path against the rebels.
Private advises fromassure us that the 's headquarters General McClellan President 's emancipation proclamation is heartily approved by theUnion men inMaryland andVirginia , whose only regret expressed is that it does not sooner take effect.In saloons even and in private circles a here drinking is done — the common toast is "The enthusiasm for these officials is described as very great in this vicinity.'s proclamation, little Lincoln , McClellan , and the Burnside Union army."
Another evidence of the sturdy treason of is found in the fact that a large exodus of male population there is taking place into Lower MarylandVirginia .The lower counties of the State will not be able to furnish more than afourth part of their quota under the draft.It every male individual of Charles andSt. Mary's counties were to be impressed, still the quotas of thesetwo counties would remain unfilled.Most of the young men of this region are now serving in the rebel army.
, an officer of the Geo. D. Spencer Criminal Court of this district, wasto- day by order of , on the charge of disloyalty. Chief Detective Baker In conversation he endorsed the action of the rebel Government in raising the black flag, and said it should have been done long ago. He will be sent to the Old Capitol prison.
"the next
'
and carried his Tribune so far as to disgust not only the army
"his country's flag"
The letter says:
yesterday announced the death of Major General Buell in feeling and befitting terms. Major General Nelson History will honor as Gen. Nelson one of thefirst to organize, by his own individual exertions, a military force inKentucky , his native State, to rescue here from the vortex of rebellion, toward which she was crafting.On more than one battle field he washis gallant
reported that retains his command on the recommendation of General Buell and nearly all the other division officers of the General Thomas Army of the Ohio .Generals D.and are to command divisions. Boyle 's splendid division, comprising thereon regiments of about General Rousseau 6,200 men, andfour batteries, paraded our streets yesterday.
Latest papers from Nashville date the23d .--Nashville was then in our possession.Fully 200,000 letters forare said to have accumulated at 's army Buell Louisville , and30,000 letters to have been sent yesterday from thispost office .
The rebel army in Kentucky is now computed at about80,000 .However, , of Col. W. H. Polk Tennessee , is said to assert thathas only Bragg 25,000 , with which he frightenedand the Buell Generals in command atLouisville .The invader's scout for pickets are within twelve miles of the city.Our inner line of trenches is within the corporation limits, and crosses our once beautiful cemetery Many graves are torn up, and tomo-stones and monuments thrown down. The stern necessities and terrible realities of war surround and press upon us. The invader a Legislature meets to-day at Danville .--We are concerned about the safety of's General G. W. Morgan command .He abandoned the Gap on the. 25th
The Journalto-day says theGovernment should proceed to draft at once for the balance, and then call for400,000 more to be held in reserve."A peace must be conquered.Prosecute this war with all energy and an activity which assume that it can only terminate by the utter annihilation of the rebel army, and the destruction of all its resource. "
"Little Mac"
don't exactly understand that he has
General: Your report of yesterday, giving the results of the battles of
"we are now occupying a country inhabited by a loyal population, who look to us for the preservation of order and discipline, instead of suffering our men to go about in small parties, lawlessly depredating upon their property."
Times
Of some of the probable objects of the President 's visit here, it is best not to speak.Among the reasons he had for coming was, doubtless, the wish to inform himself by personal inspection of the character and extent of the recent campaign in Maryland , as well as of the present condition of our army, which has been rejuvenated and reorganized since be last inspected it atHarrison's Landing .--How many of the brave men who welcomed him there have since gone to their home, or, disabled by their wounds, have ceased to do battle for theRepublic !But the voices that saluted him to-day with their shouts gave him the assurance that other hands have taken up the work and will carry it forward with equal earnestness and self-sacrifice
I know not what reflections occupied the mind of as be passed by the battle-scarred ensigns that met him on every hand, and looked upon those regiments, with but the decimal part remaining, under the command of Mr. Lincoln Captains orMajors .They could not but recall to me the experience the Army of the Potomac had passed through since the days of those Presidential reviews beforeWashington , when the great anaconda was gathering its folds for the spring.Where are the men who then shouted for the Union ?A handful only of veterans stand in the ranks to-day, as their representatives, and men were occupying their places, ready to follow their fate it the country demanded it.
1 . It is an effectual aid to the speedy and complete suppression of this rebellion.
Six oreight millions of whiles, having had time to organize their Government, and arm their troops, fed and supported by the labor offour millions of slaves, present the most formidable rebellion recorded in history.
Strike from this rebellion the support which it derives from the unrequited toil of these slaves, and its foundation will be undermined.
2 . It is the most humans method of putting downthe history of which has clearly proved that the fears of slave insurrections and massacres are entirely unfounded. While the slaves earnestly desire freedom, they have shown no disposition to injure their masters. They will cease to work for them without wages, but they will form throughout the Southern States , the most peaceful and dopeasantry on the face of the earth.
The slave owners once compelled to labor for their own support, the war must cease, and its appalling carnage come to an end.
3 . The emancipation once effected, theNorthern States would be forever relieved as it is right that they should be, from the fears of a greatof African laborers, disturbing the relations of those Northern industrial classes who have so freely given their lives to the support of theGovernment .
This done, and the whole African population will drift to theSouth , where it will find a congenial climate and vast tracts of land never yet cultivated.
I forbear to enter into the discussion of the great in erase of trade to the Northern States and the whole commercial world, which would result from the wants offour millions of free and paid laborers over the same number held as heretofore in slavery.
I forbear also to enter into the question of the ultimate vast increase in the production of the great Southern This is not a time to consider It will long remembered
charge them with being degraded controlled by the petty profits of traffic, they have met the numerous sacrifices of this great with a cheerfulness and promptness of history furnishes no parallel.
Nor is the question now before of philanthropy alone, sacred as are the therein involved, nor it is a question of ideas, involving an unprofitable discussion quality of races. It is simply a question of of national life of death, and of the mode in which we can most surely and effectually uphold our Government and maintain its unity and supremacy. Our foreign enemies — for it is not
disguised that we have such — reproachful with waging a territorial war. So we do; but that territory is our country. For maintaining its greatness and power among the nations of the earth, by holding it together, they hate us. We can bear that, but if we were to yield to their suggestions,and submit to its dismemberments, they would forever despise us.
This great domain, from the to the Lake Gulf , from theAtlantic to thePacific ,one country; governed byone idea freedom — is yet destined to dictateif need to the world in arms; and I hold that man to be a traitor and a coward, who, under any defeats, any pressure of adversity however great any calamities howeverdire, would give upone acre of it.
Times
It is at least a curious circumstance that , of Mr. Foote Tennessee should have brought forward his propositions of peace in the rebel Congress at the precise moment when I has become important for the success of theSeymour Democracy at theNorth that theNorthern people should be led to believe in the existence at theSouth of a disposition to end the war by compromise We do not for a moment suppose that anyexists between the Southern representative and theNorthern "Conservatives,"for we do theparty the justice to believe that they are laboring not for the independence of the South , but for theof the North .They the Confederacy , but merely to, on the contrary, is earnestly bent upon achieving a complete separation of the Mr. Foote two sections; and we interpret the conjunction of his remarkable speech atRichmond , with the scarelyless remarkable resolutions of theDemocratic Convention atAlbany , to mean simply and solely that the rebel leaders areenough to see the great by which the action of the New York Democracy affords them, and resolute enough to avail themselves at once.
The foolish story set afloat by somebody in the office of the Philadelphia who had taken the pains to leadInquirer's speech, of the tenor of the Mr. Foote Southern peace propositions, would not deserve a moment's attention, were it not to be feared that in some parts of the country it may gain a temporary credence, and be used to further the schemes of theDemocratic leaders.Many of our people are so little informed as to the real state of feeling at the South , and so anxious to believe theSouthern people morethan they are, that some chief to the National cause might verybe done even by so culous aas that of the Inquirer,were it not promptly exposed.That the Southern people desire peace we cannot doubt.So, for the matter of that do the people of the North .War is rarely an agreeable pastime to the engaged. But we must never forget that what the theologians might call an operative desire for peace is only to be created in the hearts of a people fairly at war by the evident triumph or the evident hopelessness of their cause. We of the North ought not to and cannot desire peaceit is plainly established either we have reduced the South to submission, or that we are unable to carry on the war any longer.We may be sure that the South will not desire peace on terms honorable to us, until she has been compelled so to do; and it would be childish to pretend that we have yet brought her to this state.The Southern dreams still reign supreme in the Southern heart.Whatever symptoms we may perceive in particular sections of the South of exhaustion or weariness should not delude us as to the central fact, whilethree hundred thousand men in armsconllude to confront our forces from thePotomac to theMississippi .When the South talks of peace now, she talks of a peace to be purchased by the surrender of all for which we have been fighting, by the abolition of theUnion , and by the supremacy of slavery from theChesapeake to theRio Grande .If the Northern friends of peace at any price attempt to persuade the people into the possibility of any other peace than this, at this time, they are either ignorantly or willfully misleading those who hear them, and betraying their country to its fall.
"the representative of treason at the
The "Old Shandy,"
having been sung,
Star
American
Some time since the lamented ordered his officers to wear, sewed on their caps, a square bit of General Kearney red flannel , that he might the more easily recognise them.They have determined to adopt this red badge as an honorary distinction, and their now , approves of it. Field and staff officers wear it on the crown of their caps, line officers on the front of their caps, and privates on the right side. commander General Stoneman In the next fight in which they may be engaged, 's men, with their badge, will avenge their beloved commander. Kearney
Herald
At the first board there was an advance of3 per cent inMissouri and 6 s,2 per cent. inErie old, other descriptions being firm at the highest quotations of. In the afternoon there was a rush to realize profits which led to a decline of Friday 2 per cent. inErie preferred,in ½ Illinois Central, and 1a1½ in other active shares.After this decline new buyers came in, and the market closed firm at an advance of ½ a1 per cent.from the lowest prices of the day. An active demand for money was created by the speculation in stocks, and the regular lenders on stocks disposed of all their means at an early hour at 5 per cent. , after which some loans were effected at6 .Exchange closed at 135½ , gold rose to12 ¼ and demand notes to119 ¼.
Wanderer, of
The Pope 's health is not very satisfactory.His own position and that of Italy weighs on his mind.lately remarked to an ecclesiastical dignitary: His Holiness "The hand ofTheProvidence has already written for me the--My days are numbered; my acts are weighed in the balance of Divine Justice, and I hope they will not be found too far wanting; my empire is falling into regular hands. Mone, Mone, Tekel, Upharsin.Will it be for long? who knows?" Pope almost every day receivedfrom foreign
"victory"
over are received with much satisfaction by the
Times
Post
Post
Times
Times
"little villain"
will
Republican
"If the
must be taken into consideration by everybody.
"what a lie!"
The
Republican
"if you pay me in U. S. money, or
generally from
Mayor's Court.--Yesterday the following cases were before the
"dumped"
the fodder, and to his repeated requests for payment of the remaining "wait a little while,"
at the same time winking to a number of urchins who had collected there, and busily storing away the fodder in his yard; becoming indignant, he drove away and sent his father for the money, who was hustled out of the house and driven from the premises by a number of merry Irishmen.
Wednesday, Oct. 8, 1862.
Resolved,That theCommittee of theJudiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of reporting a bill providing for the enumeration of the white inhabitants, free colored people, and slaves of the several States; and that they report at the next session of Congress.
Resolved,That theSecretary of War inform theSenate by what authority of law the military officers along the several railroad lines are seizing produce a deprovisions, the property of private individuals, and by what authority of law military officers are prohibiting the transportation of produce and provisions fromone State of this Confederacy to another.
House of Representatives.--the
habeas corpus in certain cases.
Resolved, that the
"And that it shall be the duty of said Committee to inquire into the expediency of making the notes and bonds of theTreasury a legal tender in payment of all debts due either to theGovernment or to individuals, as part of a judicious and comprehensive system of finance, and with a view to the maintenance of the public credit."
habeas corpus in certain cases.
habeas corpus. martial law, in his judgment, was what
habeas corpus in times of invasion, insurrection, or rebellion, if by the terms of the inter Arma silent leges did not prevail here.
hab as corpus, nor to vest the power of martial law in every petty deputy provost marshal, but to vest it in the habeas corpus, would he not infer that Congress consented to any act of usurpation?
A Voice.--Has an instance occurred in which the
"Nothing in this act shall be so construed as to justify thePresident or those appointed by him, in setting aside or disregarding the provisions of theConstitution of theConfederate States or theConstitution of any of said States, or the laws made in conformity therewith, except so for as the same may revert necessarily from the suspension of the writ ofhabeas corpus;and in no case, is the coronary action of the courts, either of theConfederacy or of theStates respectively, to be set side, superceded, or defeated, except so far as may necessarily result from the suspension of the writ aforesaid. "
Evening Session.--The
habeas corpus
The Congress of the Confederate States do enact, That during the present invasion of the
Register"a boundless, influence over the people of
publishes an address to the people of that section, denouncing the emancipation proclamation of
The pa causes which have controlled and influenced my conduct andop were love for theUnion and an unshaken confidence that we had the best Constitution and Government in the world.But, of all the acts of despotism of which the civil war in which we are now engaged has been the prolific source, there is not one which, in the slightest degree, equals the atrocity and barbarism ofproclamation. Mr. Lincoln At one blow it deprives all the citizens of theZaire States , without distinction, of the right to hold slaves; a right guaranteed by the very Constitution he pretends to uphold.It is true he makes an intimation that he will recommend to Congress to provide just compensation to Union masters in the slave States, but what right has he, or the Government of theUnited States , to deprive them of this property without their consent?And what assurance have they that his vague and general intimation will be applied to them, or that an abolition Congress, reeking with the blood of the South , and jubilant in the possession of usurped power, will adopt his recommendation?
We are in the midst of a sea of difficulties Many acts have been done in the South to which we were bitterly opposed as a people, and which we who have adhered to theUnion in spite of perils and dangers, could not justify or palliate.But the Union men ofare not now and never were abolitionists. East TennesseeThe Union men of are not now and never have been committed to the doctrines of incendiarism and murder to which Mr, East Tennessee's proclamation leads. Lincoln What then, is the path of gouty in the trying circumstances which surround us? is it to belie all our past professions and sustain 's administration, right or wrong? Mr. Lincoln Is it to justify a man whom we had no agency in elevating to power, and not only in abandoning the Constitution of the United States , but in repudiating theChicago platform, his inaugural address and messages to Congress in which the absolute right to slavery in theStates where it exists was distinctly and unequivocally conceded?Or. is it, in view of his many violations of the Constitution , and this crowning act of usurpation, to join that side which at present affords the only earthly hope of successful resistance?
I am aware, my country men, that you will find difficulties in bringing your mid to the same concision at which my own has arrived.Many wanton and unauthorized acts of crafty and oppression have been perpetrated among you, which, instead of changing your opinions, have only been calculated to aggravate and intensify a heroes principle of endurance. Many of these acts have been committed in remote places, without the knowledge or approbation of the authorities at Richmond , or of those who have held the supreme command in, and under such circumstances that you have felt it dangerous to complain Gradually and slowly these outrages have at last become known, and in the very recent proclamation issued by East Tennesseeyou have the assurance that your complaints will be heard, and the most energetic measures adopted to remedy the evils to which you have been subjected. Maj. Gen. Jones
Let not, then, a sense of private and present wrongs blind you against the enormities already perpetrated, and still more seriously contemplated, by administration. Mr. Lincolns If a majority of the Republican party have been sincere in their professions of a determination to respect the right of slavery in theStates , and if the light of freedom is not utterly extinguished in theNorth , may we not hope that a spirit of resistance will be aroused in that section, which, combined with the efforts of theSouth .will hurl from power, and even yet restore peace and harmony to our distracted and divided country? Mr. Lincoln But, if through fear, or any other cause, 's infamous proclamation is sustained, then we have no Union to hope for, no Constitution to struggle for, no magnificent and unbroken heritage to maintain, no peace to expect, save such as, with the blessing of Mr. Lincoln Providence , we may conquer.The armies which have been sent near you to tantalize you with hope have been withdrawn, and, with cool audacity, virtually tells you that you have no rights. Mr. Lincoln No alternative remains but to choose the destiny which an arrogant and unprincipled Administration forces upon us.
It is almost unnecessary to declare to you that I adhered to the Union amidst good report and evil report, suffering, and danger, while it was in my power to support it, and that, when my efforts were paralyzed and my voice silenced by causes beyond my control, I have cherished the hope that all might yet be well; but"the last link is broken"that bound me to a Government for which my ancestors fought, and, whatever may be the course of others, I shall feel it my duty to encourage the most persevering and determined resistance against the tyrants and usurpers of theFederal .Administration, who have blasted our hopes and are cruelly seeking to destroy the last vestige of freedom among us. If you would save yourselves from a species of carnage un xampled in the history ofNorth America , but unequivocally invited in's proclamation, let every man who is able to fight buckle on his armor, and, without awaiting the slow and tedious process of conscription, at once volunteer to aid in the struggle against him. The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong, and it cannot, in the nature of thing; be possible that a just Mr. Lincoln God will prosper the efforts of a man or a Government which has hypocritically pretended to wage war in behalf of theConstitution , but now throws off the mask and sets it utterly at defiance.
No despot in Europe would dare to exercise the powers which, in less than Mr. Lincoln two brief years, has boldly usurped.He has suspended the writ of habeas corpusin regard to all persons who have been, or may be, imprisoned by military authority, and thus destroyed a right essential to the liberty of the citizen — a right which the mailed barons ofEngland wrested by force from, and inserted in the great charter of King John British freedom — a right which it caused centuries of contest to sugrait upon theBritish Constitution --a right for which our fathers sternly struggled, and which is incorporated in every American Constitution.He has called armies into the field without authority, according to his own acknowledgment, and has become a military Dictator. He now claims the prerogative to abolish slavery without our consent, and if he can thus take our negroes, why may he not take our lands and everything else we possess, and reduce us to a state of vassalage to which no paralleled can be found save in the history of the Middle Ages ?
, Thos . A. R. Nelson
Knexcills,3d October, 1862,
A telegram from Knoxville says thatwill raise a regiment and take the field. Mr. Nelson
"Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not."
"Oh, I wish I could lie down and die; I know it would be so much better for me."
And yet her usefulness was not ended when death took her away.
"Suder little children to came unto me, and
Happy act thou, little
special and kinder attention of his commanding officers and comrades were of no avail, and all they could do was to shroud him in his marrial clothes and bury him under a tree, on which was carved his name.
"standard of the cross, "
and preach the glad tidings or the gospel.
"He is too wise to err, and too good to be unkind"
His marches are ended.
"mansion in Heaven."
"What he did he did with his might."
while others hesitated and halted he threw himself, with all his energy and strength, into his country's cause, and nothing seemed to dampen his courage or discourage his heart; no murmuring or complaint escaped his list; when others breamed he
"though dead, he yet speaketh."
His Captain.
Obituary of Lieutenant
Camp near Winchester, Va.,
Register
Journal, of
The weather today is somewhat cooler. In fact, it is cool enough for comfort, although hot under the sun the thermometer standing at 76 in the shade at This change with the rain of yesterdayrather to have aggravated the disease as the number of new cases reported yesterday exceeded that of any former day by at least any percent. We fear that we shall be called soon to thron a heavy mortality within the next few days.
For days and days the sun has risen in a sky as clear as ever overhung the shores of Italy --"Deeplybeautifully blue"--and has poured down with a power and splendor that might used entitle our climate to be called a "sunny". And the evening has settled down mild and dewy, and as peaceful as though war, and famine were unknown. Even the flowers, neglected and run wild, as they too often are in the gardens of deserted houses, are in the fullest bloom, and no leaf falls yet. The trees are green — there is little sign of decay. Today the sun came out without a cloud and bids fair to continue so. The ray is really beautiful, but it is a first beauty or at least it seems go to us, who know that yesterday oversixty persons sickened, and that of those a numerous die. Who knows that now, put of our thinned population, somefour must be sick with a fearful epidemic. It before any of us who have seen this through in Wilmington , will take pleasure in theweather, the summer.
Resolved: That while we now submissively to the
Resolved: That we, as a company, and as individuals do sincerely sympathise with the parents and friends of the deceased, and most cheerfully record our testimony, that they fell on the field of battle (Payatte C. H.,
Resolved: That the foregoing be published in the
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The battle at Corinth was a most bloodyone .Our forces gained repeated success on and Friday , occupying a portion of the enemy's breastworks. Saturday They also gained the town, but the enemy held out stubbornly on his left until reinforcements arrived, when, on , they fell upon Sunday - Gen. Van in overwhelming numbers, forcing us to relinquish our positions, and to retreat. Dorn The fight continued almost uninterruptedly during , Friday , and Saturday . Sunday The slaughter on both sides is described as unparalleled.
One of ourGenerals writes that, composed of 's division Maury 's, Phifer 's, and perhaps Cabell brigades, will not muster more than Morris one brigade.has not more than 's brigade Cabell 450 men left., of the Gen. Martin 4th brigade , (chiefly Mississippians,) was killed.Also, , of Col. Rogers Texas , andCol. , of Wirt Adams Mississippi .is reported killed. Gen. Moore was injured by a fall from his horse. Gen. Cabell
Ten thousand fresh Federal fromBolivar harassed, which was in advance in the retrograde movement. 's division Manry
The army is understood to be in the vicinity of Ripley , and perfectly safe.
It is rumored that but one General was sanguine of success before the attack.
No officers have yet arrived here, nor any of the wounded.
Having driven in the enemy's skirmishers, the combined forces of Van- and Dorn attacked them in their entrenchments, at , Price , driving them out, capturing Friday nine pieces of artillery, and continued repulsing them — slowly driving them back until night.Our loss was heavy during the day.-- 's and Phifer suffering most. 's brigades Green was killed. Gen. Martin and Cols. McFarland , of Green Missouri , severely wounded.
At , the enemy opened with Saturday heavy artillery .At , we advanced, capturing several seige guns.-- again suffered heavily, being the 's brigade Green first to enter the town.
charged the fort on 's brigade Cabell College Hill .The enemy reserved their fire until they were within thirty yards , then opened a murderous fire, repulsing them with great loss.
Information being received that the army at Bolivar ,20,000 strong, was marching viaPocahontas on our rear, a retreat was ordered at Our forces were somewhat disorganized, but brought off part of the captured artillery and our wounded and baggage, falling back. ten miles toCypress Creek
At --commenced skirmishing with the Sunday ,Col. Yankee force fromBolivar atPocahontas , and fell backone mile , when he was reinforced byand a section of artillery, and afterwards by 's Legion Whitfield , which was also reinforced; but the whole of the force proved insufficient, and was driven back — the enemy burning the bridge, and trapping 's division Maury and 's brigade Maury four pieces of artillery.
coming up relieved Van Dornand Villipigue and captured a brigade of their captors, and Maury thirteen pieces of artillery.The enemy were then driven to Matamoras , and our army continued their retreat toRipley over the road our baggage train had passed.
Our loss in all the engagements is estimated at 5,000 , and the enemy much heavier.The loss at Pocahontas was equal to that atCorinth .Our loss may be over estimated, as stragglers were numbered by the thousand , and the retreat was not very orderly.We lost four pieces of artillery.We captured 350 prisoners atCorinth , who were brought off.
The enemy made no attempt to follow up from Corinth , nor did theBolivar force, after their defeat at's bridge. Davis
was conspicuous for daring, and Van Dorn , as usual, felt at home in the Price Sunday shower, each escaping unhurt.
was the 's command Price first in the entrenchments.suffered the heaviest loss. 's division Maury sustained severe loss, and acted most gallantly. Gen. Cabell
The enemy fought determinedly, and were maneuvered splendidly. commanded in person. Rosecranz
Our army are perfectly safe, and no fears are entertained of their being followed by the crippled Yankees .We will be quickly organized and ready for another combat.
The killing of and Cols. Rogers and Adams is contradicted. Gen. Moore
, of Lieut. Sam Farrington , 's battery Capt. Wade St. Louis , is among the killed.He fell in the heat of battle nobly discharging a soldier's duty.
A train went within yesterday afternoon. two miles ofJacksonville Our cavalry drove in the Yankee pickets.Two gunboats opened on the train, but did no damage.Eleven hundred Yankees have landed atJacksonville .Our troops are gathering.
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