Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 16, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 September 1862 — Page 1

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL

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The Heat Kpeerta Yet We copy the following Hccouot of an inter es ting incident which occurred .it the mass war rreeting held in New York on Wednesday last, from the New York Herald. There i a practical eloquence in Michakl Ccaa.tx's speech which should lind a response iu ever v. patriotic heart: Tit MAM OF THE MASS ML CT I MJ MICHAEL CtRF.N , THK ( AEMAX. The representative man of the great mass meeting, held at the City H ill Park on Wednes day, was no distinguished General or eloquent orator, but plain Michael Curran. the carman. The meeting was de igned to he both practical and patriotic While the fiery speeches of Gen erals already distinguished in the Held, and of civilians who hav !sboret hard for the Union cause, will not soon h forgotten, and while the return of the gallant 69th was mi incident w l i -Ii rdded greatly to the force und effect of the meeting, still the circumstances which will make the gathering most memorabte, and which best em iKxiies at once the spirit, the purpose, the result nnd the lesson of the affair, is the appearance and example of that honest, loyal, simple hearted ..rishmau, Michael Curran, the carman, who laid til his hard earned savings upon the altar of his adopted country. Michael Curran is an Irishman by birth and a Sew York carman by profession. Hearing of :he meeting to be held on Wednesday, he stopped work early that day, drove his cart to the Park, tied his horse to a lamp post and joined the crowd around thc speakers' stand. He heard the brief, stirring, practical orations of the practical men , who addressed the meeting. He saw the 69th regiment march past, led by the brave General Corcoran, and iu, ranks tilled with soldiers who h ave finished two terms of service only to vol- j unteer tor a third. He listened to Geo. Corco ran's soldierly appeal tor men and means. And as he heard ami saw the conviction forced itself into his honest heart that it was his duty to do something for a country which bad done so much for him, and to aid in supporting a Government which had given him home, employment, comfort and security. The more he heard and saw, the stronger this conviction became, and somehow or other it soon connected itself with the thought of a little hoard of one hunurhd dollars the sole savings of the houe-t earnings of many a long week which he had at home snugly stowed away aga'tist some rainy day, when sickness or accident should prevent his working, or some family ne cessity shod Id require an extra outlay. What the poor widow of Scripture thought beiore s'ie gave her mite to the poor, this poor carman thought before he gave his mite to his country. But as he reflected his duty became more clear and all other considerations insignificant. Just as the meeting dispersed he pushed his way to the platform, i stood before his fellow citizens in his shirtsleeves and told them that he was a poor man; that all he had in the world he bad earned by the sweat of his brow, that his side t-ossessions were his horse and cart and a hundred dollars in silver at hine; that he could not sleep that night without doing something to save the Union, and that now, with free heart and willing hand, he offered all his savings, which no specie premiums could purchase, to aid in the recruiting or the Corcoran brigade This simple, manly speech touched a chord which all the eloquent orations had missed. Michael Curran came to the meeting on his cart. He left it in triumph on the shoulders of his cheering couutrymen. In the evening Curran came down to our office to fulfill the promise he had made, at the meeting. His face beamed with patriotism; he clanked down on our desk a bag of silver, and asked us to take care of it for the Corcoran Legion. He would not give it to Gen. Corcoran himself, he said; for then the public might think him an! his offer a humbug. He would not de- I duct from the sum the premium ou silver; for he ' wished to give it all and only wished he had j more to g; e to the country. We could do I nothing with the honest fellow but receive the ! money; and yesterday morning we dispatcliad the tug of silver to Gen. Corcoran. At first the General was loth to take from Curran all his little savings, hut on second thoughts sat down and rapidly wrote the following capital letter: As-roa Hots. New Yoik, Aug. 28, 1862. Micuael CcaaAX, tm . 17 Orchard street, New , York. Mv Vey Dear Si The editor of the New York Hrrald has this day handed me one hun dred dollars in specie, informing me that it was placed in bis possession by you for my use. Mv first impulse was to return the arr. unt to you. as I felt that your generosity was greater than voir means could afford; but a second thought has made me conclude to accept the sum, that it may stand as a perpetual testimonial of your devotion j to the sacred cause iu which we are all engaged as a lasting evidence of the sacrifices which , adopted citizens are prepared to make for the land of their adoption, and of the pride which I Irishmen feei in showing the loyalty of their j race to the institutions which hive afforded them liberty, protection, and happiness. Alf our citizens are now doing veil, and to those who are lukewarm or slow your example must stand as a instand striking rebuke. Per ban all your earthly me ins are thus voluntarily tendered to me lor the holy cause, and I should be gratified if others would be thus induced to do likewise. Accept my heartfelt thanks, and allow me to rem-viu, very sincerely, your friend, Michael Corcobax, Brig. (Jen This may end the affair, as far as Mic -el Curran is concerned. He will lose nothing b the gift with which he has purchased a lone distinction of honor for himself and his children. The letter of General Corcoran, framed and hung in his littie parlor, and the remembrances of many of those who heard his speech or read his record of his offering, will perpetuate the incident for years and years. But is this the end of the mat tar with the public? Is there no one who will follow poor, patriotic Curran 's example? There are many of our citizens who roll in their car riages who bare not done as much for the Union as tbi car mas whose carriage is his cart. 1 here

are many wealthy men iu Wall street who have millions of money stowed away in bauk vaults who have not given as much to the country as this working man with his one hundred dollars. There are many of our uative born citizens who bare not sacrificed as much for the Union as this poor Irishman. Can such men read this story and not blush with shame to think how they have been outdone in patrotism by an adopted citizen, a humbie carman, a poor, hard working man, who has earned his hundred dollars by carting the very goods upon which they have netted thousands? Hundreds of millions of dollars now lie idle in the safes of this city, and is none of it to be employed for the Union? Citizens who have hun dreds of millions of dollars involved in this contest, are you to do nothing to insure success? The city of New York has been liberal in its do nations to the government but it has hitherto been only the liberality of surplus means, the offering of spare change. But here is a poor Irishmen who gives all his savings and sacrifices all prospect of those little luxuries in which poor men delight quite as much as rich men in their costlier extravagances Have our rich men no savings for the Union? Can the wealthy m ike no sacrifices for the nation? Let Wall street open its vaults. Let all our citizens contribute in proportion to their means. Let us have no holding back part of the price, Ananias like, when all is necesary for our salvation. Michael Curran, the carman, heads the list with his one hundred dollars. What merchant, manufacturer, banker or capitalist will follow with his one, ten, fifty or one hundred thousand dollars. New York Hrrald. Jlr. Seward's Letter and. Emancipation. On the whole Mr. Seward's letter to Earl Hus sell was a good diplomatic document for the time it was written; and although subsequent reverses to our arms, brought about by the fanatical and corrupt leaders, somewhat impair the force of the main argument, it is nevertheless highly creditable to the Secretary of State. But there is a weak spot in it, and it would have been better for the interests of the republic if it had not seen the iaht The foreshadowing of universal emancipation may do very well to influence foreiTii gov ernments, or to hold out as a bugbear to frighten the rebels; but none knows better than Mr. Seward himself that practically this "stone in the sleeve" is of no avail. The rebels are now made too familiar with it to be alarmed, just as the birds in the fields become accustomed to the scare crow and no longer fear it. If ever they dreaded it they do not now, having had already experience ot about the worst we can do in that way, thinks to the foolis'.i policy of the last Congress. It is idle for Mr. Seward or anybody else to hold out threats of what we will do in a cert tin con tiugency. Let the contingency be first realized, and then it will be time enough to consider what we will do thereafter, for our own part, we hold that if we succeed in establishing the authority of the Federal Governmentover the rebellious Suites it will not then be necessary to resort to emancipation; and, even if the Constitute n permitted us to adoDt such a measure, it would be the dictate of extreme folly. But to anuounce beiore hand that we will do this thing in the event of our success is still more absurd; lor it is only holding out a premium to a continued resistance, and like hoisting a black flag, to make the South tight with desperation. The effect upon the border slave State- now iu the Union would be disastrous in the extreme. Instead of having Deleware. Maryland. Kentucky and Missouri as friends, we would soon have to count them as toes, and thus the difficulties of ultimate success would bj mal tiolied. Mr. Seward is too able a man not to see that the threat of universal emancipation is only h brut urn fulmen to the Southe.n Confederacy, and that nothing will suffice to bring it to leason but hard knocks. The rebels regatd negro emancipation as little as the whistling of a northwester, and the only important effect it would have on them would be the new argument it would furnish their journals and demagogntas to mtUine the passions of the Southern peopleagaiust " Lincoln's govern ment. " It would be adding fuel to the tire al ready kindled, while, in a military point, ot view, it would utterly fail, and render no assistance to our arms. S. Y. Htrald.

The Duty of the Democratic Party. There never has been a time when the Democratic party was so earnestly called upon to work unceasingly for success to work for success that it may preserve the Government. This they must make their first, last and only consideration. Work not to secure a party triumph, or the honors or emoluments of office, but to redeem the Govern ment from the rule of a Congress that has proven itself to be corrupt, malignant and imbecile. Either the President must yield, if the next Congress be of the same complexion as the last, or the war must cease. Let this be born in mind, and let Democrats be encouraged from the signs of the times to bel;eve that, although fanaticism is now struggling with desperate energy, it is the struggle of death, if we but perform our duty. That duty is a plain one to walk straightly in the path marked for us by our leaders from Jefferson to Douglas We can not, must not yield our organization, or falter for an instar.t in unceasing endeavor to crush alike secession and abolition f niaticism. If conservative men of the Republican party will join with us, we will welcome them -s brothers, but if they profess conservatism, and seek to deter us from duty by telling us that we are distracting the country, we are not to heed their clamor, but increafe our efforts. The day is dawning. The loitIack night ot Abolitionism and rebellion is fing before the pure light of patriotism. Let Democrats in the army, for they will vote, and at home, remember that we are temperately but firmly to urge the cardinal principles of the party until they are practically recognized and adopted. Our opponents are divided, we must be unite,!. No man or interest must be allowed for an instant to displace from the minds of the people the paramount object of the Democracy, the preservation of the Government. For this we work, not as partisans, but as men who believe in their souls that the conservatism of the Democratic party is essential to the salvation of the country. With it controlling and governing, we can rescue and save the Unioh as it was without it. we are hopelessly lost. We can elect a conservative Congress if we work. Chicago Timts. General Johnson's fleport Brig. Gen. R. W . Jounso.x thus closes the re port of his late attack upon the rebel Morgan cavalry at Gallatin: I regret to report that the conduct of thc ofh cers and men. ;is a general thing, was shameful iu the lowest degree, and the greater portion of those who escaped will remember that they did so by shjimefuliv abandoning their General ou the battieri eld. while, if they had remained like true and brave men. the result of this conflict would have been quite different. 1 turn from the mortifying recollection of their action to mention the names of those whose conduct was meritoriou in the highest degree. My Assistant Adjutant General, Capt. W. C. Turner, exhibited the same cooL courage which characterized his conduct ou the field at Shiloh. Lieut. Hill. 2d Indiana cavalry, and Acting A. D. C, was of great service to me, and proved himself a man of courage. Adjutant Wynkoop, when his regiment became disorganized, joined me and his gallantry and courage were conspicuous. He was killed at my side, assisting me to rally the troops. Lieut. Col. Stewart, commanding the 3d Indiana, was foremost in the charge, and exhibited great coolness and courage. Captain Leabo, 3d Indiana, had command of four companies of his reg, ment aod handled them well, but was taken prisoner early in trüget ion Capt Star, with his company C, did good execution. Major Winfrey, Captain Duncan and his company, Lieutenants Campbell and Cheeck. Capt. Carter and his company, all ot the 5th Kentucky, behaved well and managed their troops with skill and proved themselves gallant men. My loss was thirty killed, fifty wounded and seventy five taken prisoners. AiKiut 200 horses were killed or disabled in this action. The Exchasok ok Paisostts It has been ascertained that we have in our possession a very large excess of prisoners over the number of our own men in the hands of the rebels. This applies to both officers and enlisted men. In pursuance of the agreement for a general exchange, Gen. Thomas has forwarded to the South about fourteen thousmd rebel prisoners, officers and privates. This will leave a large balance to our credit in the exchange account.

Casaiut Eft. lit) on the Hebellion. Mr. Clat made a speech on Saturday night last, to a large audience in the Hall of the House of Representatives, at Frankfort, Kv. Wi copy that part in which he refers to the rebellion, which is more conservative than his audience expected, Mr. Clat thought peace the great object to be attained, and to accomplish that end. was willing that a general act of amnesty should be declared, even including Jeff. Davis and John C. Breckinridge, if the rebels would lay down their arms and return to their allegiance. That certainly is a generous proposition. Mr. Clay said the Republican party had accomplished all it desired to do regarding the emauciK.tion of slavery when it excluded it from the istrict of Columbia and the territories; that it never intended to make war upon slavery in the slave States. Here are his exact words upon that subject : " The Federal Government has no power to m ike war upon slavery nor upon any other pro perty as an object or a right. But rebels against its authority forfeit ali right to life, libertv and property. In the loyal slave States I would not injure unnecessarily the loval slaveowner. To reach the rebel master, I would proceed in the way best suited to save the loyal and destroy the disloyal. But in the rebel States I would pro claim liberty to the slaves of the disloyal masters, and disorganize their labor, the basis of all their power, arm them for the torts, employ them in the camps and in-the nrarche. In a word, I would recall the four millions of the black allies whom, iu a false magnanimity, we have lonned to the enemv, and bring them into an active defense of the Union, the Constitution, and the enforcement of the laws. Whatever loyal slave owners should suffer by this public necessity of the war power, of self defense, should be fairly compensated out of the common treasury of the United States." Mr. Clay thought that peace was the great end to be attained. He would offer it to the South, and on condition that they would lay down their arms and return to their allegiance, he would advise the repeal of all confiscation acts, and urge a general amnesty act. It was idle to talk of hanging Jeff. Davis, or even John Breckinridge, who deserved it more than any one else. Say to our Southern brethren, "Lay down your arms, return to the old flag nnd the old Constitution; unite with us in punishing all your foreign enemies, who hate you as much as they do us, and all shall be forgiven and forgotten." Tremendous cheering But if the South should refuse these terms, then he would have the loyal people ri.-a in their might and swear that this rebellion should be put down, that this coottrv should be one, though it should cost everv available dollar and every available

n.an. Great cheering. The Draft The ICueiti) Frog-rain me. A New York shipping merchant of Southern birth and openly avowed "Confederate" sympathies, who has just returned from Europe, recently gave us and others a very succinct statement of the plans and executions ot the enemy, to which rapidly transpiring events would seem to lend a considerable degree of authenticity. And if his statement is founded upon semi-official information, as he in substance alleges, it wiil be admitted by all who give it credeuce, that the consummation of the draft can not safely be postpones!; und that tbe new levies can not be loo speedily organized and fitted for active service. The gentleman referred to affirms that Europe is better posted in respect to Southern news than the Northern States.jand that the leading English sympathizers with the "Confederates," including many influential members of the press, are favored with much confidential information, which they keep with fidelity and use with discretion. Ho says it is well understood in those "circles" that Maryland. Kentucky and Missouri are to be immediately reduced to complete submission to the "Cotiiederate" Government, and that the Unijii armies now within the limits of tbe "Confederacy," are to be captured i r expelled. According to the authority here quoted, the next fifty days will see the States above named in the secure M-ssession ot i.ie Southern forces. He says further that English sympathisers have contributed immense sums of money to enable the Southern leaders to organise an adequate force lor this special object. As to the city of Washington, the same gentleman says that it is a part of the rebel programme to capture it, and then to destroy it so effectually that it will cease to be a bone of contention. Of the speedy and sue cessfut accomplishment of all this our informant says the European friends ot the "Confederacy," who are thoroughly advised ou the whole sub ject, entertain no doubt as he himself enter Mined none. That the gentleman referred to is in the secrets of the conspirators there can be no doubt ; but whether he gave a truthful sketch of the plans and expectations of the "Confederate" authorities, is a question we have no means of deciding except such data as current events supply. And it must be confessed that these events do lend some decree of plausibility to tho story we have sketched. But whether that story has any real foundation or not, it is certain that the rebels are making herculean efforts to break through our lines which protect Washington and B ilti more, and that all our conquests in the Southwest are in imminent dauger. It is also evident that we, engaged as we are in putting down a gigantic rebellion, are altiug on the defensive, and contending against superior numbers. The.se facts are sufficient to prove that the draft is a necessity, provided we are not ready to abandon the effort to preserve the Union and our Territorial integrity ; and these facts also prove that the draft cannot with safety be postjKiiied while further efforts are being made to till up the quotas of the several Stares by voluntary enlistments. There is a pressing we fear a fatal want for more men. The rebels outnumber us as they have from the beginning outnumbered us at ail points where active hostilities are in progress. To wait for a slow and uncertain process of volunteering while our armies are iu such immenent peril would be little short ot madness. Very possibly even a draft will not furnish the requisite number ot men in time to save us from most serious disasters. Assuredly thfy cannot be upou the ground an hour to soon. Some of our citizens stand in dread of thc effects of an immediate draft. They fear it will produce disaffection and irritation, which may prove dangerous to the Government. But we entertain a different opinion of the people of this country, and have formed a higher estimate of their intelligence and their patriotism than tbe fear referred to implies. They can hardly fail to see that the practical question presented by the draft, and which must be practically answ ered by sustaining or opposing the proDosiiion, is, shall we abandon the bloody contest iu behalf of the unity of the Republic and the supremacy of tlie Constitution; or shall we continue it with greater energy than ever? If the people are indisposed to stand a draft, it is because they prefer to acknowledge the independence of the Southern Confederacy ; for they are sufficiently intelligent to know that unless ourar mies are promptly reinforced by means ot a draft, the acknowledgement of Southern Independence will be a matter of necessity which cannot be postponed. It is quite useless to delude ourselves; or to endeavor to persuade others that this Rebellion can be put down without immediate recourse to a draft. If the people generally are opposed to a draft, let them promptly instruct the Government to make the best terms tbey can with the Jeff Davis Government and acknowledge its claims to independence. That is the precise issue which is presented for decision in the form of a proposal to draft. For our own part, though not very sanguine of success in any event, we are in favor of making one more energetic effort to save the Union in its inttgrity; and to avert the interminable wars and the consequent miseries not merely of one division, but of an infinite subdivision of the Territory over which the Surs and Stripes have been accustomed to float. We may fail in that effort; but we should be unworthy of our lineage and of the priceless legacy committed to us by our fathers, did we hesitate to make it Rochester (N. Y.) Union Noble Couicty Democrats Ticmt The Noble county Democratic convention assembled at Albion ou the 2d ult. and nude the following nominations: For Representative, Jerome - ; for Sheriff, James Cunningham; for Treasurer, H. E. Wadsworth; for Commissioner, J. J. Knox; for Surveyor, E. E Loeber.

Special Correspondence of tbe Chicago Times, .unitary Lvenia on the Kappahan nock.

The defeat of Pope, and his retreat to Manassas Demonstration of the impractieabUily of the Culpepper route to Richmond Heroic conduct of the Union Troops The capture of General Pope's oßeial papers The Confederates attack Manasnas and menace CentrtvilU Design of the Rebels to occupy again the line of Bull Run. Washington, Aug. 28. There has been as ; et no correct account published of the highly important events on the Rap pahannock during the latter part of last week, which resulted in the defeat of General Pope and the retreat ot his army to Manassas. This has been owing to the fact of the exclusion of all newspaper correspondents from the lines of the ! army, before the beginning of the week, and to ! the suppiession substantially of all telegraphic rc I ports from here. I have learned the truth how ! ever, from several officers and soldiers who parI ticipated in the whole affair, among them men of character and education, and I proceed to tell it. Pope's retreat from the Rapidan to the Rappa j hannock. and from the Rappahannock to Mauasi sas, and his movement on Centreville, are praised as masterly strategy. But kuowiug, s 1 do, j that Pope had met with defeat aud that he has re- ' treated, leaving much artillery and baggage, ; and many wounded and prisoners, and all ot his ' official papers, in the hands of tbe enemy, 1 shall not, however disagreeable the news, hesitate to say so. It is said that everything is well along Mie line, and that evei vthing has resulted exactly as General Halleck wished and intended. I do not belive that. If it were true, it would not spe :k well for Halleck's generalship. The result of the whole aff iir shows that I was correct in my estimate of the impracticability of , this route to Richmond. On Monday, the 18th of August, General Lee . ascertained, by means of several reconnoissances, IM position and stength of the various divisions j composing Pope's army, and found that his own ! forces were twice as strong as those of Pope. On Tuesday he crossed the Rapadaii with about j lfJU,0(MJ troops, among whom were 13,000 cavalry j aud twenty three batteries of field artillery. A I body ot iiO.UOO infantry, iu addition to these, : crossed subsequently, and advanced to the south bauk of the Rappahannock, where they are now j encamped. They took no part whatever in the fighting ot the week, for the reason that it all took place before they got up, and because they were not needed. On Wednesday Gen. Lee came up with the left wing of Pope's army, which was then in full retreat three miles east of Culpepper. From this time till the close of the week, the two armies ere engaged every day in contests in which the valor and deathless courage of our troops were thrown away by reason of their being overpowered by the superior numbers of the enemy. As ; this circumstance has never happened before I during the war, General Pope can not be blamed ; for uot guarding against so unlorseen a contin i gency. The result of the battle on Wednesday was the , rapid retreat of the Union troops, leaving in the i hands of the enemy many of their sick and wound i ed soldiers and some baggage. On Thursday, August 21st, General Pope's ' army crossed the Rappahannock in great haste, j under a heavy tire from the enemy's artillery. Ou Friday part of General Lee's army crossed and continued the pursuit and the fighting. A ! terrible engagement took place at Warren lou, resulting iu the defeat of the Unionists, who re treated at its close, leaving behind artillery and several hundred prisoners. Our troops behaved ' tieroicallv in this battle, as indeed thevdid iu all. : Several splendid bayonet charges Here made, but the rebels stood the shock and our troops suffered ! somewhat. One of our regiments (which I was i told was the 1st New Jersey, but which I have ; I since learned was some other,) being ordered to i ' charge, did so with impetuosity, but were sur- : j prised to find that they made no impression on : ! the enemy's lines. In an instant they found them- ! j selves surrounded by four regiments of rebel in i fuitry, while a regiment ot cavalry was prepnr ng : to charge on their rear. Retreat was impossible, : and to continue the contest would have beeu ex- ' termination. They surrendered. From another point on the river during the dav ' the rebel artillery kept up a furious cannonading j upou our camps and upon every body of our men I that came within their range. Their shells fell ; thick and fast, and exploded with deadly effect, j j An attempt to dislodge these batteries, in which Carl Schurz was engaged, resulted disastrously. ', ; Gen. Franz Sigel ordered a brigade under Col. I Krysandowski to cross the river and silence the ' batteries. The order was injudicious, for it was apparent that tiie enemy were supporting their I batteries by au overwhelming infantry force. I The brigade, however, crossed. Carl Schurz and the lamented General Bohlen going with it i ! It never came back. It was terribly cut up by j I the masses of the enemy that swarmed around it. : It was driven back to the river, where many men . I jumped in, and some of them were drowned or ; shot in the water. Schurz escaped. Gen. Hohlen I was killed. On the same dav the rell cavalry attacked and j j captured the wagon train belonging to General j Pope's headquarters. In these wagons were the j baggage and personal effects of Gen. Pope and of tbe officers of his stiff, all of whom were thus j plundered so effectually that they had not even a clean shirt left. These wagons also contained I Gen. Pope's official papers and correspondence ' with the War Department, his army lists, his lists , i of divisions, brigades, and regiments, his maps . and topographical plans, his own and Gen. Hal- I ! leek's plan of the campaign, all the telegraphic , dispatches which he has received and sent, kc. All of these papers fell into the hands of the ene 1 mv, besides a large amount of motiev in gold ! coin and treasury notes, 250 valuable horses, a lot of pistols, swords, muskets, &C. The scene of this capture was near Catlett's, thirty five miles from Washington, and within six miles ot Manassas Junction. The enemy remained on the spot pillaging at their leisure. All of Pope's papers, however, were carefully preserved, and instantly sent to Richmond under a strong escort. They must prove of incalculable value to the relels. as they will disclose the whole details of Halleck's plan of the campaign. It is said here that an entirely new plan of the cam paign will be devised. But 1 fear it is too late in the season for that. It is certain that on Tuesday, the 26th inst., the Confederates were in force near Manase Junction, where they had a 9trong force of latiorers engaged in destroying the railroad track and tele graph wires. On that day, five regiments of rebel cavalry and a large infantry force attacked Ma nassns Junction, overpowered whatever Union forces were there, captured five trains of cars with their contents, and. wotse than all, captured the artillery there, and turned the guns and used them with deadly effect upon our retreating columns. As I close tlrs letter, there are well authenticated reports in circulation, to the effect that a severe engagement took place yesterday morning, between Manassas Junction and Bull Run, with what result is not known. It is known certainly that on Saturday last, August 23, the enetnv "held and occupied in force I both sides of the Rappahannock, from the Rat tlesnake Mountains to t reden cksburg, a distance of thirty miles. Two thirds of their force are on the north side, and only about 50,000 men (the infantry force mentioned above) are on the south side. The latter, aided by the labor of neariy as many slaves, are busily engaged in erecting additional fortifications and in strengthening those that already exist. Prisoners and deserters say that it is their intention to fortify every ford and crossing place, so as to make it impossible for the Union troops ever to cross the Rappahannock again. Owing to the fact that there are no newspaper correspondents with our army now, it is difficult to learn where the bulk of the rebel army is. If tbe report of the engagement at Manassas he true, it is possible that they are making an attempt to drive Pope still nearer to Washington, in order that they may themselves occupy the hights of Ceuterville. It would not be very surprising, after what we have witnessed during the past week, to find the enemy, by the end of an other week, back iu his stronghold at Manassas and Ceuterville. It would seem that .hat is Gen. Lee's design. The whole affair furnishes a not very agreeable commentary on Pope's graudiloqueut proclamations. Instead of discarding lines of retreat, he has beeu very tbaukful to find one. Instead of seeing only tbe backs of the enemy, it looks as if the rebels had enjoyed a dissolving view of bis own posterior. Above all, it shows how terribly unwise it ia to underrate the power aud the skill of the enemy with which we are contending.

Special correspondence of the Chicago Times. The War In Virginia.

The Situation on Wednesday Battle of Bristow Station The Rebel Raids upon Manassas, Fairfax and Burke's Station, Sec, Jkc, Arc. Washington, August 29. Last night a hundred or more contrabands reached heft from Fredericksburg. They bring tbe intelligence that General Burnsidehas evacuated that point ana that his forces have come up the Potomac and ate to day barring the road of the invader to Washington. From this it will be seen that our armies are now all concentrated upou the road to Richmond, and that facing them on the same route are the entire c lumns of the Confederates. The position, however, is a peculiar one. By a series of feints in forco last week, across the north fork of the Rappahannock, the rebels succeeded in detaching a powerful force, which, striking westward, proceeded up the valley through which runs the north fork of the Shenandoah, passed through the Blue Ridge at Manassas Gap, and following along the Manassas Gap railroad, swept down upon Bull Run bridge and Manassas Junction, and disposed the main body on the north bank of Broad Run between Gainesville and Manassas Junction. This was the situation of Weduesday, and from this it will be seeu that the rebels had placed themselves between General Pope and Washington, occupying the Orange and Alexandria railroad from Bull Run bridge, three miles this side of Manassas Junction, to Bristow Station, some four miles beyond. Weduesday Gen. Hooker attacked the enemy at Bristow Station, and, after a hard fight, which lasted all day, rolled the enemy back on Manas sas Junction, while, at the same time. General Scanlon attacked them at this end, and Bull Run bridge, but was unsuccessful. '1 hat same night a heavy force of their cavalry swept into Fairfax Station, a point still nearer Washington than Buli Run bridge, and captured a guard composed of New Jeisey troops. During the same day a partv of mounted rebels dashed into Burke's Sta tion, a point still nearer Washington than Fairfax i Station, und succeeded in running out a small guard ot Federal troops at that place. Thus it will lie een that the operations of the rebels on Wednesday extended from Burke's Station, fourteen miles from Alexandria, to Bris tow Station, thirty four miles from the same place in all a distant e along the railroad of twenty miles. They also burned the bridge over Accotink Run, a point only ten miles from Alex andria. and not more than seven from the outer line of fortifications around Washington. The latest information from the scene ol operations tails to inform us what is being done by General Pone. Whether he is moving down upon the enemy, or executing some movement to catch them, is not known. The late movement of thetoeniy was of the most daring character. They engaged the atten tion of our army iu front, while they made a long detour, passed around our right, came in behind us, and quietly set themselves down in force, be tween ourarmy and Washington. There they held possesion of the railroad for a distance of twenty miles, burned cars, captured or burned stores to the 'mount of thousands of dollars, "skedaddled" our forces from every point, destroyed bridges, and made themselves generally at hume. The only serious interruption they received was from the veterau Hooker, who, having once fought over nearly the same ground, felt himself perfectly at home, and, aided by his seasoned soldiers, gave the enemy the only check their late operations have yet received. What may be the ultimate object of the enemy in this singular and daring movement is not yet known. Of course, with i'ope on one side and Burnside on the other, they cannot hope to hold their position; and hence they will lie likely to suddenly disappear, to as suddenly re-appear in some unexpected locality. Possibly a push into Maryland and Pennsylvania, by the way of Leesburg, may be the programme. At all events, after their late operations, we need not be astonished to ficd them turning up almost anywhere. Cincinnati and Philadelphia are both tempting places, and both within striking distance of the omnipresent rebels. Galway. A dispaV-h ftom VVaxhinfrtou on Sunday night tated that Burnside had possession of Fredericksburg at 3 P. X. on Saturday. Special Correspondence of the Cbicatto Times, from Wusimig-ton. Oßce-Seeking and Oßcc Holding Removals in the Ctnsu Bureau Gorrrnment Restriction upon Telegraphic News, Sec. Washington, Aug. 29. Apolitical life is full of trouble, humiliations, and disappointments. A man must needs, before getting an office here in Washington, dance attendance for weeks at the door of the departments; he humbly implores the aid of this or that great man; he is the humble servant, the faithful dog, of any one who can afford him the least assistance; and if, after all his humiliations, kneelings. and entreaties, a bone in the shape of a thousand dollar clerkship is thrown him, he is the happiest man iu existence. He immediately sends for his family, goes to keeping house on a grand scale, spends fifteen hundred a year, which deficit he manages to balance b keeping some boarders, and owing for what may be lacking. Four years, viewed at the start, seems an age; there is a chance then that he may receive a reappointment, and so on ad infinitum, until our clerk fondly yields himself to the dream that his troubles, for this lite at least, are over. And thus burying himself in the blissful delusion, time rolls along and he is happy. Such a case, with exactly such attendant circumstances as I have mentioned, may not represent all the thousands of clerks who labor in the various departments, but it is a fair statement as to a large majority. This was plainly and most painfully shown-in the late operations at the Census Bureau, where the completion of the labor necessitated the discharge of about one hundred of the employees The notice fell like a thunderclap upon all, although, months ago, thev had been forewarned to prepare for such a result. Each one, however, while believing it possible that his neighbor might be removed, had never imagined that such a blow would fall upon himself. They have crowded the office of the Chief Clerk ever since, representing that, iu their respective cases, there are particular and imperative reasons why they should not be dismissed; they have saved nothing they have no business, they have families dependent upon them; they have these and a thousand other reasons for making their cases exceptionable. And then the Chief is besieged by the wives and daughters of the unfortunates; they plead in tears that the husband nnd father may be retained his clerkship is their only resource, and without it they must starve. This is one phase of political life, which shows that these gentlemen who get up Government ap pointments are not alias happy and envied as may generally be supposed. The Government still adheres to its absurd restrictions upon uettgpapers, with the exception of the Sar.published here. As the Star is a small, exceedingly lifeless and stupid sheet, whose editor is generally suspected of being a Secession ist, it is difficult to imagine why it is allowed to do what is denied to every other one outside of Washington. One may write all he chooses for any sheet relative to any occurrence, but he must not telegraph it, which sapient regulation effects nothing more than placing the news a few hours, or perhaps a 4ay or so, later before the public. It is difficult to understand what is to be gained by withholding important events from tbe people of the loyal States for the space say of six hours. Such wisdom it is difficult to fathom. The fact is, that about ill that is expected from the people in this war is, that they should furnish men and money to do the fighting beyond this they have no interest. It is none of their business whether a battle is going on. or whether anybody is defeated, or who is killed and wounded. All they need to do is to keep cool, enlist when asked to do so, pay the bills wheu called upon, and ask no impertinent questions. I am foolish enough to believe that this is the people's own war, and that they have a right to demand that their starred and plumed servants, who are conducting it for them, shall account to them at every step of their progress. The heart of the loyal North is in the conflict , and they can bear to hear of defeat; its only effect will be to nerve them to tbe task before them, and make them more willing to make any and all needful sacrifices. It is much better at any time to tell them frankly the truth, tbey will better bear the announcement that the enemy retreated in good order, than they wiU afterward the intelligence

that the official dispatch, which announced the utter rout of the enemy and thecaptureof 10,000 prisoners, is bogus or not confirmed. The press everywhere should uuite in denouncing the mis

erable system of denying to the people early ! and correct information of tbe doings of their ar mies. Our Duly. The duty of reinforcing the armv has nearly been completed. The second duty of the people, not less important to the Uuion, is the selection j of members of the new Congress. Shall we send back to Washington the extreme radical repre j sentatives elected during the excitement of I860, a shall we send conservative, prudent, wie, men, those who love their country more thau ; party? There are many such in the State, Re ' publicans as well as Democrats, men who love their country first and above all else, and who ' will devote their whole time and attention to the f gteat contest which not only convulses the na- , tion, but the whole world, and leave party issues, party platforms and party triumphs for other times. The magnitude of the war has arisen like a 1 great tire from a small beginning, because those iu power did not properly appreciate the danger, ' and failed to use the means necessary to extinguish it at once. It is not wonderful th.t it burns fiercer to day than it did six months since, because our attention has been withdrawn from the real danger which thieatens the existence of tbe nation to the discussion and settlement of collat- 1 eral questions, which could far better have been 1 postponed until it is decided whether we have a I country where such measures would have any ; force. Nearly three- furths of tbe time of our Senators and members of Congress, n well as that of the President and his Cabinet, has been devoted to questions effecting the status of slave ry in the States nnd the Territories, wheu it was I seen by every man, who was not wild with fanat- ' icisra, that, if we could not save the country, the ' inferior questions respecting slavery would beof no j consequence to us. The greatdemon of disunion I must first be put down. This was clerlv com prebended by Congress wheu it declared, by near ly a unanimous vote, "that neither the Federal Government nor the people or governments of the non slaveholding States have a purpose or a constitutional right to legislate upon or interfere with slavery in any of the States of the I'nion." Happy indeed would it have been if this announcement of well known principles had been adhered to. It would have saved us hundreds of millions ot money, and many thousands of lives, j There is nothing more certain than that we must ; came back to this position. Everywhere all over the North, the people must rally around the posi tion of the President, the position which we have maintained from the beginning, and which we i maintain now. 1 he President s;. - : " I would save the Union. I would save it in the shortest way under thc Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be to the ' Union a it Was.' " If there be those who would not have the Union unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they ! could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not j not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle t to save the Uuion, and of either ! to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slaves, I would do it, 1 and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, 1 ! would doit; and if I could save it by freeing some tad leaving others alone, I would also do that. 1 What I do about slavery and the colored race I , do because I believe it helps save this Uuion, and what I forbear I forbear because I do not believe it would help save the Union. I shall do ! less whenever I shall believe what I am doing taM the cause; and I shall do more whenever I believe doirg more will help the cause." This is the true ground. It is the position the Democracy have always maintained, the position of every friend of the Constitution and the restoration of the Union. As the election is approaching let the best men be selected, who will maintain this ground, and the radicals of every stripe aud hue be discarded, and then, with energy and vigor in the manage ment of our military affairs, there will be hope that the rebellion will be crushed out. But as 1 long as we elect and re elect men who think more of crushing out slavery than of restoring the Union . who spend their time in hunting down and persecuting every man who does not and can not agree with them in that policy, rather than per feeling the organization of the army, increasing j its numbers and efficiency until it is absolutely overwhelming, so long may we expect to see the 1 war rage, so long may we expect to hear of the ! danger of Washington, the defeat of our armies, '. the prospect of foreign interference and the not I remote impossibility of the utter destruction of the country by the acknowledgment of tbe South- j em Confederacy by the nations of Europe. The ' way to avert these dangers is for the people to j arouse themselves to the great and paramount : duty of saving the country. Let minor differences and prejudices be forgotten in the intense 1 zeal to do all that can be done to end the war in : the shortest possible time. In the accomplish- ; ment of this let us not lie misled by partisans, Out press on the great army, v hen new regiments are wanted let them be forthcoming. When the ranks of the old regiments are to be tilled up, let the new recruits step forward. When the people of the Nort i shall thus be united when the will of twenty millions is massed and combined together and brought to bear upon this war, it will present such a spectacle as will go tar towards accomplishing the end sought for; we shall no longer fritter away the strength of the nation in pursuing tue small demon of slavery or anti-slavery, while the great demon of disunion is at lari:e. Detroit Free Press i in- MniiisM in Virginia. The New York Tribune thus attemps to elucidate the recent conflicts in Virginia. After referring to Virginia, strategically, it recites the events which have occurred from the evacuation of the Peninsula, to the condition of the armies last Saturday : 6. Wheu it was decided that Gen. Mc del lan should evacuate the Peninsula, Gen. Pope was pushed forward into the heart of Eastern Virginia to make a diversion in his favor. To this end, his cavalry made repeated and damaging dashes at the railroad connecting Richmond with Gordonsville, an important railroad junction, nearly one hundred miles Northwest, while the bulk of Pope's army then some fifty thousand strong advanced down the Orange and Alexandria railroad, hich, running South-westwardly, connects Alexandria, via Gordonsvilie and Charlottsvill;, with Lyi.cbburg in the far Southwest of course, crossing t.oth the Rappahannock and the Rapidan. Pope also crossed both these streams, and was reported at one time to have occupied Gordonsvilie, but the subordinate charged with that movement , failed to execute it. 7. Pope's advance, as was calculated, distracted the rebel attention from McClellan's retreat down the Peninsula, and collected their forces in his front. Being soon outnumbered, he was ordered to fall back, and did so. The bloody but indecisive battle of "Cedar Mountain" was fought between the advance of tbe two armies respectively, jnst north of the Rapidan, on August 9. Jacksou soon after retreated across the Rapidan probably to tempt Pope further from his resources. After some days' desultory skirmish ing, Pope fell back across the Rappahannock and stood at bay, guarding the innumerable fords of that river along a line of twenty or thirty miles. The position was, of course, advantageous to the defensive party, but liable to be broken through by massing a heavy force at either of a score of points, and breaking the defensive line by a resolute effort. Still, though the enemy (having ordered up everything from Richmond) were undoubtedly much stronger in numbers, no serious effort to pierce General Pope's line was made. While he thus stood on guard, a rebel cavalry force under Stuart, some 1 ,000 to 1 ,200 in number, pierced his line at some unguarded ford and made a circuit in his rear, surprising his headquarters at Catlett's Station on the evening of the 22d, and m king a considerable haul of his papers, with some money and prisoners. Stuart was of course, guided to Pope's weakly -guarded headquartets by traitors within our lines. He was himself at the front, twelve miles distant, with most of his staff, of whom but one was captured. 8. For days, an ominous still prevai'fd on the rebel side of the Rappahannock No more akir misbes or artillery duels were invited from that side. Few men showed themselves to our ex pectant forces. "Where are the rebels? What are they about?" were the wondering queries. Thev were soon to be answered, and current ex

pectation that the traitor chiefs would not await the rapid concentration of our new levies at Washington was not to be disappointed. 9. Early on Sunday morning, August 24th. Stonewall Jackson, with some thirty or forty thousand trusted veterans in tbe lightest marching order, without tents or wagons, save for ammunition, left the lines south of the Rappahan nock and moved westward, unknown to and un suspected by Pope. Winding his way among the sources of the Rappahannock in the Blue Ridge, by roads unknown to our side, he turned the right flank of our army, and, emerging unperceived at Thoroughfare Gap, about half way between Manassas Junction and Front Royal, bis advance, consisting of Stuart's cavalry, swooped down upon our depot of provisions, clothing, stores, &c , at Manassas, like a hawk among a brood of chickens. Tbe small force guarding that point was soon dispersed or captured, and our heavy stores were appropriated so far as possible and the rest destroyed. Railroad trains conveying provisions and munitions to Pope and bringing back wounded, sick, empty cars, kc were captured and destroyed, those in charge of them running into the jaws of the wolf while unsuspecting any danger. 10. The capture ot the Junction was soon known in Washington, and the 1st New Jersey brigade, under Gen. Taylor, sent down to rectify matters no one suspecting that there was anything more serious than another cavalry dah at our lines of communication. But bx this lime a considerable force of rebel iutantry and artillery had come up, and Gen. Taylor's brigade and trimmings were sent to the right about with little ceremouy, and with a loss of several hundred prisoners, who were paroled so soon as possible And still the Junction, hardly thirty miles from Washington, aud nearly so far in the rear of Gen. Pope, was firmly held by the rebels, who challenged all comers 11. Thus far, Geu. Pope would -eem to have been completely circumvented. It was nearly Wednesday morning before he knew a word of the nice business going on in his rear. When he did learn it, he appears to have acted with a judgment and decision of which our army move ments hitherto have evinced a plentiful lack. Instead of sending back a brigade to reopen his communications, he at once divined that this was no mere cavalry raid on his stores, but a daring if not desperate attempt to isolate him and fall with crushing weight on some part of our forces, preliminary to a bold push upon Washington or Baltimore. So he promptly faced about and started from Warreuton and its vicinity with his whole force now .-welled by reinforcements to some sixty or seventy thousand determined to know what all this meant. He marched in three columns by parallel roads. His central column under Hooker (Pope himself with it, first encountered a rebel force that afternoon at Kettle Run, a tew miles below Manassas, and pu-hed it back, killing and wounding three hundred of them. Pushing ou to Manassas next morning Thürs day,, Pope found that place had been evacuated three hours before by Stonewall Jackson, who had moved" to Centreville. (north), and thence westward up Bull Run doubtless to avoid a conflict with superior forces, aud form a speedier junction with thc remainder of the rebel army, which was more slowly following on his devious way from the South side of the Rappa liaiinock. McDowell and Sigei's corps followed and overtook him. and a tight ensued with a general advantage to our side, which was only terminated by darkness. Jackson held his ground with dee perate tenacity, knowiug that a disorderly retreat was destruction, while the bulk of General Lee's army must be coming rapidly to his rescue. We took 1,000 prisoners. 12. Friday morning. Gen. Pope concentrated his forces and pushed on after Jacksou, who by this time had been heavily reinforced by the rebel main army. A desperate battle ensued, partly on the Bull Run battle ground of last year, our ttoops this time approaching it from the South. The Unionists had the best of it, holding the battle ground at dark, though with a loss of 8,000 killed and wounded. General Pope estimates the rebel loss as twice that number. We were the assailants throughout. 13. The next morning (Saturday) the positions were reversed. The rebel grand army estimated at two hundred thousand in all had now nearly or quite all come up, and they, being much the stronger party, assumed the offensive. They gained ground upon us during the day. At night General Pope's headquarters were at Ceuterville, to which strong position his whole army bad fal len back in good order, and where he had just been joined by Franklin's corps, while Sumner's was eil ou the way to him. (These are among the best portions of the late Army of the Peninsula ) The two parties had gradually swung round during these terrible conflicts, so that our army is once more iu communication with Wash ington. while tbe rebels probably hold the positions west and south of Bull Run. Pope unquestionably is in a position of such strength that he can defy the enemy till he is so reinforced that he can again assume the offensive, while, in the meantime, he is already so strong that tbey will not venture to leave him in in their rear for any advance towards the Northern Potomac.

Krleated. We learn that the four gentlemen of thi coun ty who were arrested by military authority an account of which we published last week have been released. They returned to their homes on Saturday morning last. We learn thev were taken to St. Louis, at which place Col. Richardson and Senator Browning demanded, in behalf of the accused, an investigation into the charges on which they were arrested. This was at first ic!i.sd by the military commauder, hut he at length acceded to the request. On this examiua tion not a man nor thief appeared to sustain the accusations, anc they were consequently discharged. We understand that some twenty or thirty men had united in making the charges against Mr. Graves and the others, but not one of them had tbe courage to come face to face with those whose reputations, and perhaps lives, they attempted to destroy. These fellows were very valiant and very positive that Graves and the others had committed some very heinous crime: they can have these gentlemen arrested and conveyed hundreds of miles from home and immured in a military prison, uo doubt believing that their complicity in the matter would never be known. And had it not been for the part taken by Richardson and Browning, their nefar ious schemes would probably have been successful. These fellows are all Republicans, and no doubt talk hugely about their patriotism and their honesty, and how all bad men in the com munity ought to be punished, and no doubt some of them thank God that they are not as other men are Their names are all known, however, and it may be some of them will yet gain more notorietv than thev bargained for. Macomb EaqU. m Vanderbunr Count)'. The Democracy of this county met in eon v en tion on the 2Hth July, and nominated the follow ing excellent ticket: For Joint Rwreneulative. Morris S. Johnson; Representative, Thos. E. Garvin; Sheriff, J oseph B. Cox; Treasurer. Leroy Calvert; Coroner, Ira J. Fairchild; County Commissioner. John Hogue; Surveyor, Henry Mursinna. The Convention adopted a series of sound, conservative and patriotic resolutions, after which it was addressed by Hon. T A. HEnaicas and Hon. Johk Law. I'll Till Pa whis be Corns Hokx. A friend of ours, who bad taken pride for several years in cultivating a full crop of hair on tbe face, ws called away from home on business some time since. While absent, an inexperienced barber spoiled his whiskers in trimming them, which so chagrined him that be directed the barber to make a clean job of it by shaving whiskers and mu lache both off. The barber obeyed . and our friend's face was as smooth and as delicate as when in his teens. He returned home in the night. Next morning bis little girl did not recognise him on waking up. Looking over her mother, and seeing as she supposed a stranger in the bed. she remarked in her childish simplicity, "Mister, get out of here; I'll tell my pa when he comes home." A Hkavt Arrival The Mobile Register baa a seemingly authentic statement of a late heavy arrival for account ot the Confederacy at a Confederate port. One million pounds of powder and 35,000 stand of arms are among tbe items of tbe cargo, tbe aggregate value of which was such that thc Government agreed to pay 300,1)00 sterling on delivery a sum equivalent, at present rates of exchange, to about 1 8 ,000.000