Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1861-09-17

              ii j .i - . 0 I . .. . - ' - j i:l i " t " on if ( f I A -ill I I. 1 ii oy.. VI 11 , i i . Sv 'Y-v:;.v' ' i !n YOLUME XXV. IS rVlUIHt BVBBV TltltlT HOBBIXe, 0 ce la 'tfoiiward's Block, Third Sterj l ERMS Two Dollar ruBin, payable ia d- m m f $z.SS wlthla tlx months J 3,oo uur in x- fttr tioa or tn year, Brara CoafTBStmen. " AnoTi, B Republican aember of Coogress from too CbiCBf o iitftriot, pobliifaad latter in tbt Journal ot that citj, f iring hia ezperieBC tbo Ball Bib bottlo. Do aaja br procored boraa, ttacbior bimself to the aUff of Colonel, procaadac) lo tto battle ffoooi,- bat for personal eafetj retired to a wbeat field oot of raDge of the baUeta,' and fed bia borao. " Col. Dick Ricbardson, aa b brao aod patriotic soldier aa ever trod tba battle field ia Mexico, baa wrtttea no letter to tell the world what bo taw or did ai Ball Bud, bat a, correapondeot of a New York paper aj "Old Dick Richard oot of Illinoia, doffed bia cot, aad aerred a can. bob durioff tbo firbt ; did nobly and never thoogbt of ranniot, while bia Repoblicmo col leagnea 'who weak down to aeo the fan took to their beela for aaletT." Which of the two ia the patriot?" Sound View. " The LooiaTllo Democrat, the freat Union organ of Kentucky, aaya: "We make no apology for tbt a wicked effort in tl;e Sooth to destroy tbo Government. We . .rant tbe necessity of suppressing it ; bat Abolitionism, that baa produced it, most also be sup. rested. Abolitionism and Secessionists must i e buried in tbe same political grave. The pa i riot who loves bia country must consent to sac- itice them both." . The same paper orgea the Republicans of tbe ree States to diabaod, and "support the Democratic Candidates." It says thai the experiment of a purely sectional party baa now been tried pd its fruits are before the world. . With this i xperience before them, it thinks all good men vojrht to join ia the support of that party who ' ad the foresight to warn tbe country of the dangers that are now opon us. What Does tills Mean. We take the following from a late number of ibe Toronto (Canada) Leader: V Defences of Canada. . "We find tbe following paragrapba in the army intelligence of the London Times of Aug. 7. "A large number of cheveanx do friae, and ether materials of various kiods, for the defense ; cf Canada, were yesterday shipped from Woolwich en board tbe hired transport Great Briton, Cot Quebec ..." "Tbo City of TamiHon, transport vessel, chartered by tbe Board of Admiralty for the service of the War Department sailed yesterday from Woolwich, laden with sixty-eight pounder guns, and other war stores, for Quebec." "What does it mean ?" do you ask ? It means that we are an the very eve of a war with England. That's what it means. The Suppression of Newspapers. Wa publiah be remarka of two Democratic papers of the North on this subject. Tbey suggest that, to save the governme't, it ia quite as necessary to suppress eorae Abolition as Secession papers. Oar opinion is, that the plea of necessity will not cover tuch acts. The Government loses as much as it gains by them. Every uch act create enemies, aod the rei.;i' o;i of them creates dintrust nd,Hisatisfitio!i th-. rebellion eao'i be put down in Jhe midil if the fiercest discussion, it cannot he put dou by suppression such discussion. The adverse comments of a few papers add no strentrtb to the re-voluiion.Xoutm'j Democrat, ( Union The above is well aa farae it goea, bat it omits one point on which we will be glad to fiul that oar apprehensions bave been groundless. Our fear is, however, that the interference of the Administration with the freedom of the pres in tbe loyal States of tbe North, will be regarded in -England aad France, as an indication that hostility to tbe government itself baa a formida ble existence ia the North, as well as the South. Oace satisfied of this fact, tbe recognition of the Southern Confedaracy by Europe would speedily follow. Hence it ia a mistake of the gravest im port for the Administration to allow any of its acta to give color to tbe idea that newspapers whieb distrust its war policy, desire the success of the Southern Confederacy. Newark Advocate. The Hew York Tunes on Hob Demon strations. " i The Nw York Times, well known as one of the most able and influential Republican paper ia the Union, says of mob demoDstrationt against newspapers': "" ' "We cannot insist too strongly on tbe absolute necessity of branding every man who instiav tea A mob aa an enemy of tbe public peace, aod the worst foe of ear Republican Union. We are wag rag a war tor tbe preservation if we succeed, our victory will be shorne of half its glory nd of all its value by a resort to measorea hostile to the spirit and letter of tbe Constitution, nd at war witb tbe existence of any Govern tnent nader which freeman can consent to live," "Who axa Xlesponsihle? Oar Republican friends said they wanted but ene party this' fail. It seems they now want TWO. . Tbe Democrats and other Union men nominated a ticket ia this State. Ever man on ; it is UNCONDITIONALLY UNION in his sen-. timents. Not one of them have any sympathy . with Jsff Davis aad his mad and infamous rebel lioa f Why then do they rot snpport our ticket? Why do the opponents of the Democrats then eel np ticket against oars f . . -V . Ea.rUcCTillocIu., ' ;V This oelehrated individual, if all reports are to be believed, l quite aa extraordinary person, Some time aiace he wae ia Virginia, New Or Uans Arkansas aa Texas, 3 at tbe same time, and aoar he is both dead aod alive dead one day ant ali re .tbt next, and hath the day follow-- tng. Surely Cea;is a sttange fsllow-emathin uanatural about him must be) half God or half ' deviL From the latest aeeotiits ia was saijly .Boased ia a tin eoSa, 12d with whisky we ;kaew ot some persona ia Omaha who would like) h U lis kiioe;ttw&2a. . The He-Party Platform. Whea the people of the Bute carefully coa ever the proceedings and reeolntioas of the No- fjartf 8tate CoareaUofl, they will be struck with arpriee at what was done. The getters np of the affair expressed a strong desire that there should be no political division in Ohio this fall, and stoutly asserted that they were only moved to come forward with their No- party bantling, because the 7lh of August Con vention was so unpatriotio as not to keep silent in relation to the mismanagement in the War De. partmeat of Ohio and the Uaion, so nnwiae as to affirm the right of the citixen to the writ rf habeas corpus and trial by j ury, V " For what was said by the 7th of August Coa- ventioB on these points and in relation to a Na tional Convention of all 'the States our patriotic No-party men, many of whom are op to their arm pita in Cat jobs and contracts, became very indig nant, and felt that they mast vindicate the Union and tbe Government, from the disloyalty of the Democratic party in Ohio. Now, while fault is found with the Democratic Union platform of August 7th, 1861, it is remarkable that the Convention of September 5th 1861, did not dare to take issue wita a single thing that waa done or said on the 7th of August 1 Why was this? Were the committee and this No-party Convention afraid to condemn or tode, fend the action of the War Department at Wash' ington or tbe condact of tbe war management in Ohio? And why so? Do the members of that holy not know that this management was right or wrong honest or corrupt? And why not say ao 7 -, ' The Democratic Union Convention of August 7th expressed its hostility to all favoritism aad corruption, and is pledged to reform. Nat so the No-party party. The object of many of ita managers u to keep, off investigation, and by false pretenses and fraud to get mea ia tbe Legislature who will cover up rather than expose the wrong that is admitted oa all hands to have been committed. The tax-payers will look carefully into the matter before they give their rotea to a party which haa not abowo courage and honeaty to take one side or the other, on a matter of so much importance to the people. The Democratic Union ticket and tbe party are in favor of the most rigid investigation, and if t bey carry the Legislature, tbey will institute it, and that without fear, favor or affection. The men who bave jobs ane contracts in the army, or who are looking for such things, will hold that the man or party who goea in for investigation ia no better than M secession ist" but the Mix-payers will take a different look at it and vie w it in another light entirely. Siatcsma. Whero some of the " Besponslbility' Bests. In the speech that Senator Douglas made on the 3d of January, 1861, in the United States Senate, he said, in speaking of bis Compromise. I believe this to be a fair' basis of amicable adjustment. If you of the Republican side are not willing to accept this, nor the proposition of the Senator from Kentucky, Mr. Crittenden, pray tell us what you are willing to do? I address the inquiry to the Republicans alone, for me reason ID at in the Committee of Thirteen, a few dajra ago, .every member Jrom tte South including those from the Cotton States, Messrs. Toomba and Davis. expresstd their readiness to accept the proposition of my venerable friend from Kentucky, Mr. Crittenden a a final set' icemeni oj me controversy, J tendered and sustained by the Republican members. Hence, THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR DISAGREEMENT. AND THE ONLY DIFFICULTY IN TnE WAY OF AN AMICABLE ADJUSTMENT IS WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY." Fremont's Proclamation Fen. Fremont's Proclamation will attract attention. Of i the Cincinnati Enquirer aaya x "One thing is admitted, and that is, that Fremont, by bia proclamation, baa put liiroaelf ai the head of the radical Repnb'icaus and that ha now overtop Lincoln, Seward and Chase, in the et:ma!on of tbe great body of his party. He will for the future, be looked to as the man to gie vitality and progrers to the great-principles of the anti-slavery party; and should the exigency of the country, in the opinion of the leaders, demand the movement, he will be the man who will be pot in the President's place as Military Dictator." Coming Out.' The Fre moot Messenger publishes a U;t of some sixty-five democrat whose name recently appeared on the so-called "Union Convention," all averring that they signed it through fraud and deception. They were "taken in" as a few of our democrats were, and like them, as soon aa they were undeceived, came out flat-footed for the Union add Democracy. All Lotcts of their Conntry, All who revere its Constitution, will vote the UNION TICKET of the DEMOCRATS, who have never desired to "Let the Union slide." The true Democrats do not have to renounce their party or principles to be UNION men. When other organiratrooa have been faithless to the Constitution the Democracy have ever been true to it I " Think of this. - It seems to as that those Democrats who are making themselves taila to tbe Republican kite Of Wade, Giddiags, Brinksrhoff, & Co., are taking singular steps to "save the Uaion V Last fall these very mea sneered at the Democrataas "Union Shritkera," and snubbed ns when we plead with the people to eschew sectional feeCng! Will the Giddisgs faction heed you any more when IN the party than whea OUT of it ? NO ( "What . the use of a Haa Patting a Patoh on his Coat where there is so : Hole?"-: Was the reply of an old farmer the other, day to an Abolitionist who was Urging him to sign the caS for a Fasioa Conventioa. The old man said he had been a Democrat and Union man all his life, and did not think It necessary to join the Republican Party to proTt that he was now a Union man I , . . . . . . :. . . , : . Several . eoodactora ; of the , rituburgh,.. Ft. Wayne and Chicago HaUroa4 have been arrested at PitUhursh and oiler jUoes, diarad with era- bexxllng the funds of thsCotcpaey. The oCcers claim ta have a list with data aad to be folly able se sastaia the chafes cade. . ' ' - ... nL -- ' ; mm . - T "r .- " aMMBg MOUNT VERNON, UiisaelV Bttttxa. . . rm tU SfUl (UrrnjHndsmes oftU Lorn. Tmnm. THE T7AJI IZ7 AZIBBICA. : WasmsoTo, Aug. 6 1861. . " Let os only hold on till October and we are fV TlitlAi inml&iar Tike " it. WBS SBld tO me over and over again ia the South by men who play no inconsiderable part in the mystery drama of the Confederates. And when I asked one of these gentlemen, more than two months ' ago, what chance there was of the North giving the Sonth all the time, I was answered almost ia these words. We are bound to so to the assis tance of Virginia. The whole of the northern frontier abounds in good positioos, which can be fed by the rail from tbe Booth. The Abolitionists w ill come and give us battle. . We are cer tain to whip them if they attack as,; and ; the North will then learn it can't at once overran as as it fancied. The leadera will paaae. There will be a reaction op there. We will work all tbe harder aod all the better for oar victory, drilling oer mea and consolidating our resource- The Northern cities will become discontented. Foreign nations will ask whea cotton ports are to be open. The North will have no reply. We ahall be better able to fight in November than we shall be to fight in June. Every week's delay ill add to the complications aad weakness of the North, aod at the end of tbe year will find them further from their aim than ever division in their councils, even disturbance in their pop ulations, while we, inspired by the approach of success, will exhibit increasing energy and una nimity." - A part of the programme has been al ready accomplished, but it does not follow that tbe remainder of the prophecy will be fulfilled with as much nicety. So far tbe result of tbe action of the 21st has been the prolongation of the war in America. The effect it may have had abroad will be known in a few days more. It is plaia aow thai the Confederates were not only really unable to pursue their advantage, but that tbey were not at first-aware of it extent. They suffer from deficient transport, and are better prepared for defease than for attack. Their army was almost as much 44 Beared," to use an Engliah word in an American way, as the Federalists if the reports are to be believed of confusion, wavering, and retreat ia their rank and of the passionate exertions of the officers, as well as of their losses. In (act, the Confederates stand before the world stripped of a good deal of the strength of which they boasted ia actaalnembers; and it is a poor cover to their weakness to put forward the assertion that only a small portion of their force wa. engaged, when it is aotorifcs that they had sent to all quarters for reinforcements, and above all, when it is considered that, by using all the means at their disposal, they could have forced the mass of tha Feder&liat &f - . . - -. . , - ... - - my to surrender prisoners of war and have occupied the Capital. Their operations np to this time indicate hesitation and want of vigor ; but it i just possible they may be preparing to strike some great blow j '., The President is now vested with most extraordinary powers, such as were never heard of before except under a virtual deapotiam, becapse, by a recent bill he is enabled to dismiss officers at pleasure, without giving a Court of Inquiry. But the evil was enormous. Everywhere ia the same story. At Newport the troops have been in a state of mutiny officers have abot soldier in keif defease. Demoralization prevailed larcsly in Butler's force, and the men had burned down part of the protty village of Hampton.. The day before yesterday a soldier shot a comrade in the street, close to the spot where I was standing one ot many similar cases. The officers may not be responsible for alt thie, but they are to be bl rned for a good deal of the disorder, A a treat for Prince Napoleon, who ia passing his lime here very quietly, the Washington papers propose thai he should be invited to review tbe army by General McClellan, but I do not thiuk he will be adked to d i aoythinglof the kind. A few months hence the suggestion' would boles distasteful. Apropos of the Prince' may be worth mentioning that whea the President entertained him the , other evening at tbe White House the band treated him no less than twice to the " Marseillaise, Lord Lyons, M. Mercier, and all the Mm foers'".were rresent. but owtsg to some unexplained reason, the Cuevalier Bertinatti, minister of tbe Kinr of Italv. was not invited, which is all the more curious on account of the Prince's connexion- with tbe House of Sa voy, un Sunday the French Minister. M. Mer cier, gave a dinner at hia bouse where th Prinr is residing, to the Cabinet Minister, at whlh Lord Lyons and the foreign representatives were present, a well a Mr. Summer and other: distinguished persons. The vapid air of the Cani itat is scarcely ruffled by the Prince presence. Asa proof of the grand nbs which are manu factured here, aad of the way ia which they succeed, it mat be mentioned that Gen. Scott was deceived by the statement that Confederate troops had desecrated Mount Vernon, so far that he issued aa order, not remarkable for excellence of composition, though full of feeling, calling on me voiwii oiato troop to respect I He place in case may rnouia oe called on to occupy the ground. The Confederates were never there at all, and Lady Georgian Fane aad a lady who is travelling witb her bad no difficulty ia going and returning under the escort of a British subject. The tendency, or rather the habit, of saying the thing which is not. and of putting out of all proportion to the truth the thing that is, has been ao developed by the war that ona of the moat respectable joarsaJs in the city gravely aad aeri-ooaly lectures the whole nation oa its iadifisr-bc to truth aad iU inveterate love of exaggeration, ia language whioh would be reaanted with acrimony if it ware nsed by a stranger. Criticism is always resented by the criticised unless it be all auger aad treacle, aad of all the Daonle the most diSenlt to plsasa are those who as vain; irritable, uafortaaate aad coaoei ted. The voice which come from the other side of the Atlantic cannot be agreeable to a race above all thins amnions of military ? prestige. Optai ephippia bos." Ho wiU get them and have to pay for mem presenuy ; Dot in wnal will President He. Clellaa differ from Napoleon III except ia ten-are of ofSce? The Uaiud utes army and oa-vv will be made worthy of the vonni Eenublie. and ia their heart men rejoice at the prospects ox a - strong uovernment,' wtuca must come, thoogh they -cannot see how, oat; cf the present conflict. V;v 'Z-S': i -. t;. is -k , .t : .. J ani wotwuite certain that the silence which has oetatsea in Lurope in reference to Ce eon Bict wul act soon be resented as aa ic- irtlnence and - aa : iasultias aSTactation of iaiL-.reaee to that which Americans regard as ti8-etis;t c?n test tae world ban ever sees. lie ona eaa ha honestly ludlTarent to the result for .they most ascs x.arope,janasasy cTtat austsrtaaee ia OHIO : ia any State meat produce an impression oa the rest of the world, it at useless to say thai wa are aot jealoB of the graadear aad glory of. the United Slates, ft the national vanity woold regard the thing asimpoaaibl. It ia, indeed, impossible to regard wilh iodiSere nee. .the fight which has such enormous interests and great principles involved ia the issue, bnt it is unfortunate for tbe United States that it has by turns .fTViMiaJ arlv every Government in Europe, and left to itself only the natural sympathies of the people for those who appear before tbem as tbe friends of liberty. There is one thing to be said about civil wars-ithey do not last long. It is probable that the 'eaceptioaalism,' if one may ase the word, oa which tbe Americans rather pride themselves will prevail in the case of the straggle between Nsrth and Sonth. Each of the contending parties, however, - believes it is sure to win- The voices from the Soctb are, to be sure, rather deadened, and. those of the North are swollen aad blown out through penny lrum pets and bras whistle, but there is still reason to think that both are bent oa " having it out." And; indeed the North must do so, even if ae pa-ration comes, for thrre would net and could not be an honorable peaee if it followed an unavenged defeat in a content wherein the victors bad an nounced beforehaad that their opponents were destitute of courage aid manhood.- : It would oot be possible for the North to live on term of de-eeut amity with the South if the leaders on both sides were to agree te a peace to-morrow. The violence aad trramphaat jubilation of the con- Juerors would render it a mere armistice of short oration. Thosa who eaa see tbe reconstruction of the great Republic in the warring elements of this great convulsion, most believe in some new atomic 'theory, aad ia some novel chemistry of political aSnitie. v A I passed the Sute Department the other day, I observed on the ground great column of marble in wooden, coffin like case,' 1iog by the roadside. Near the White House there was similar food for ruin. Above the unfinished dome of the Capitol rise a great machinery of ecaflbld-age and leverage, motionless' and lifeless, and around the very building in which Senator and Representatives keep high debate, lie the vast fragments which at seme future da- are meant to supplement arch and dome the ideas of a conception not yet brought into being. There are, then, t o sorts of ruins those of tbe thing which has been, and tboee of tbe thior which is not yet. aad may never be at all. - It waa strange to see that all. the effect of the work of year could be produced by the materials of work unaccomplished. The public buildings of Washington are surrounded before tbey are completed by the evi dence of what rbey asut be when tbey shall have been destroyed Before the Republic has finish ed its templet, the worship of the deities to whom they are erected is assailed by terrible - heresies. Tbe Capitol cab never see within its dome the Senator and Depaties of the Union, of which it seems no inapt type in its aspiring incompleteness. Can any even of the Powers most menaced and affronted Ij the Republic rejoice in its researches among the (ragments ? Certainly England has not by word or deed within ber bor der exhibited a trace of 0o passions attributed to Ber by many bitter eacaiea. Particulars of the BaOroad Catastrophe. Hudson, Mo., Sept. 6 The following additional account of the terri ble disaster on the Hannibal and St. Joseph rail road is furnished by the St. Louis Republican: The catastrophe occurred at Little Piatt Riv er Bridge, nine miles east of Si. Joseph. The bridge was a substantial work one hundred and fifty feet span, and about thirty-five above the river. The timbers of the bridge had been burned onderneatb the track until they would sustain but little more than their weight; The fire was then extinguished, leaviog the bridge a mere shell. The train, bringing from eighty-five to a hundred passenger, including women and children, reached the river at 11 o'clock at nigbf, and the cridge looking secure, passed on, but no sooner had the locomotive measured its length upon the bridge than some forty or fifty yard of the struoture gave way,, precipitating the entire train into the abyss below. All the seats in the passenger coaches were torn and shoved in front, throwing men, women and children in a promiseous heap down the de. clivity and burying them among the crashed timbers, or throwing them oat of the car throogh the broken sides, and jagged pieces of hVxring impaled some. Some were mangled by machinery tearing through the Umbers, aad se verafwere caught between planks pressing like a vise. . Ofh-ers were struck by part of the roof aa it came down with roighly force. Still other were cut with piecea of glass, While wound and blood and agony prevailed aQ over the frightful scene, and ahrik of . paia were mingled with cries of teres. 'Ia this way tbe'two- Uuit ears of the train went down, pitching, the passengers' into the seek, or throwing them iato the water, which at this point . is about a foot and a half in depth : ' ' ; ' '. Only three persons, Mr. J. W. Parker, Super. intendent of the U. S. Express, Mr. Mars Mail Agent, aad Mr. Hogen, were able to afford assis-tanee to the auffrring, the remainder f those who were not killed outright, being so disabled as to be helpless. After, doing all that it waa possible for those recurring- immediate attendance, Mr. Hogeo, at midnight, left the wreck to go to St. Joseph for-medical and other assistance. He Walked five mils of tha way when he found a head car,'Bpoa which, he proceeded the rem ainder of the journey.. Two hundred yards west of the bridge he discovered a heavy oak railroad tie Strongly strapped across the track; and two mile farther west be found the trestle work over a small stream an fire which, however, had aot as yet been so bad. ly burned that trains could aot pass over U, or could aot ba easily, extinguished.-.. ' ; .' On. arriviag at St.. Joseph, the alarm was spread throng Lout lie eity, and aliough It was one o'clock at night, seventy five men, including all the physicians in tha aeighbovhoodquicklj Tosoteered their services, and at half past three o'clock a traia,"fully supplied with medical stores and other necessaries, was at the scene of the disaster. . '; ': ' - ; -;: . ' -: ; .: ' ,The wound el had all emerged from'the wreck and were lyinj1 upon , the backs and upon the sand bar in the river Eavsstaan bodies were recovered, and it is believed: that this asmber embraced all who werekniedtp to t!.at time. Two persona were so lailj tasrsj!! that It was not expected they' , would survive till morale, while many ethers were i -er3us!y wounded and won! I t'&Te ta.be well tllen cars eft? recover, -llacy who will esc j-e wi'.h their lives will be severely caaimed and crTrJel. ".- Jlr. Iloen, our informant, did not remain' to finish tha embarkatioa ef Use wounded for Ct. Jcsejtzi wis 4si;ticisi to r-seald, whih , SEPTEMBER 17, is east of, the bridge, for another train to go to the wreck.? When he left, the aames of the wounded were being takea down, aad also such of the dead as had paper or other articles ahoot them by which they could be identified. Fifteen miles east of the Platte river Mr, Ha-gea found another bridge over Smith' Branch almost entirely burned, having been fired after the train passed west, thus preventing assistance from being seat from the east. Lieut. Sbaw, of the 1st Kansas Regimeat, waa kilted,' and Mr, Lownsbury and Sidney Clark woanded. Tueee are the additional name of those injured we have at present, f State of Affairs at Bichmond. We clip the following extracts from the letters of a correspondent of the Charleston Mercury. He writes from Richmond, which he says is "packed to suffocation by an innumerable crowd of idler, quid vuncs, public officials, and soldiers, for tbe most part red capped, red faced, pussy, panting and perspiring, with ice at twelve cents per pound, and little of that to be had for Uove or money : where every gate is thronged with suiters, eager for papers to go from this or permits to visit that camp ; where your nose and mouth are crammed with impalpable dust, and your ears stunned with the mattering, grumb lings, and curses of d scontent or duappoint- ment." He gives the following gloomy accounts of the condition of the Commissariat, and the con sequent sufferings of the soldiers : : There is universal complaint made of the want of efficiency in the Commissariat Department. It was felt Severely and immediately after the battle ef Manassas. Our. brave troops, particularly the eick and wooded, suffered greatly. Some of the troops were without provision from Sunday breakfeat until Ttesday siier the battle. Since then it has occurred more than once that many have been without food for twenty-four hour. Great indignation is felt throughout the army and ia Richmond on account of this out rageous and unendurable inefficiency. The efficiency of the army is impaired, and even its movements retarded throogh tbe wantof sop-plies. I learn it has been, and ia, a matter of bitter complaint and earnest remonstrance by the c?mmaading Generate. And not only U there a want of sufficient quantity, but the provision are not good, are, in fact, positively un wholesome. It is not only so at the camps in Fairfax county, where tba army is large, but al-o in other camps. A great deal of sickness is the natural consequence. One regiment near Acqoia Creek has lost sixty men, another thirty. Tbe weather has been intensely hot, aad the great mortality is attributed by the troop to bad provisions, unsuitable at any time, especially during such a season. The country people, camp -trad era and antlers, too, ia the neighborhood of Fredericksburg and Acquis Creek, charge the poor fellows most extortionate price for every thing they .buy. 1 have beard it is the same in other places, bat that it is there, I am assured by the best 'author-ity i . . . , -'. .j ..' ; . . i-j, ' . " And boTohly is the department of subsistence ill managed, but the equally indispensable department to the mobility and efficiency, transportation, ir alao lamentably behind. It was the cocdiiion-of these two branches of the army which . prevented General Beauregard from ad vancing to meet McDowell, as be had intended. It was bia nopreparrdness in these which pre vented him from following the defeated enemy from ATanave. It is these which now paraljxe him, prevent a forward movement, and is daily toeing tae. Sooth tbe substantial fruits of the great victory. Beauregard has Used superhuman exertions, and etrngsied against terrible and unappreciated difficaliiea and diacoorage-ments. His great determination, and the plack of.his troops, have accomplished wonders. But the Executive ci inertia is huge obstacle to success, and the publio interest peremptorily re quire that no man, or set of men, sooule stand ia the way. . . : - r An Affecting Incident of the Lat Battle Sirgnlax laeeting or ifrotners Alter Seven Tears Absence Both Wonnded. A correspondent of the Rich man d Dispatch writing from "Camp, near Manassas, July 27," relates the following affecting incident, of the meeting, after the separation of seven years, be tween two brothers, one a member of the New Orleans Washington Artillery, and the other be longing to the Minnesota Infantry : . To the Editors of the Dispatch : ' I, together with se veral other gentlemen from Montgomery, a day or two ago, witnessed one of the most singular, at the same time most affecting' incidents, which will probably occur daring thi roost nuholy war, if it should Ust for twenty year. V-W were straggling over the battle field, examining the ground, on which we had such a bloody conflict, and won such a glorious victory two: daj a before. We came unexpectedly into tbe Centreviile road, and seeing a house on our left , with the usual signs betokening a hospital, one of or party being a physician expressed a wish to. go down and. see the. wounded.7 Upon inquiry wo found that the stable below contained thirteen wounded Yankee -r we forthwith pro ceeded to the stsble, and upon entering we found a Washingtoa Artillery man sealed by the side of a wounded soldier, evideatly miaiatering to him with gieat care and attention. -' I introduced mysslf to him, aad asked him ; whether he aided ia working the battery whivb fought with first Virginia brigade. . He, told me be did not he had fought in a battery lower down, and thea remarked "that it was very hard to fight as be had fought," aod turn and find his own brother fight jog against him," at the same time pointing to tea wouaded soldier from " whose side he had jestnsea. -- V-a-. r-rv I asked f it was possible that was his brother! "Tea, sir,, he ia my broihes Deary, .The same mother bore as,, the same, mother . aarsed . as. We meet the first time for vea, year. I be-loig to the Washjngtoa Artillery from New Orleans he to tha First Hinaesota infantry.'. By the merest chance I learned he was here wounded and sought him out to aurse and attend hita.' Thus they met one from the North tha other from the extreme South on a bloody CsU ia Virginia, ia a miserable, stable, far awsy from their mother, home and friends; both wounded ithe Infantry man by a tasiket tall ia tie ri -It shoulisr, e artCery saaa by the wheel cf a caisson over his left hand. Thus they met' aiVer aa absence of sevea year Their names are Frederick Hubbard, Waahingtan artillery, a&3 Ce&ry Hahard rirst lTIaaesota infantry. 7e met a scrreoa of oaa'of tha AUhasa rerieni and related the ease to hia, ac I r:-?ue-:eJ, tor might be cared for. lie immediately examine. I anddressi Lj wotuuUasi tsst ia hasu for aa J 1861. ambalaaca to take tha woanded " Taakea" to his own regisneatal hospital." T . J.. 22. SPEECH OF BIR. IICXDUICItS OF The Union Democracy of Johnson county, Indiana, held a 'rousing' meeting on Saturday the Hth. The State Sentinel says : . Oa Saturday, August 24th, the Democracy of Johnaon county met in Mass Coaveation at Franklin. From all parts of the county they came pouring in at aa early hour in the day. The procession of wagons and horsemen from Pleasant township, headed by the 'Star Spangled Banner," anu a martial band playing "Hail Columbia" aad M Yankee Doodle," made Us appearance first. . Thai display waa magnificent as it moved down the principal street aad around the public square, amid the enthusiastic cheering of the multitude. Then came Clark. Woite. River, Uaion, Ilenaley, Niaevah and Blue River,. all Democratto townships. The people the Democrats fiom among whom 800 men,, the officers being, with the exception of three, Republican, had already been furnished to the General Government fjr the defence of the Con titution and the Ueloa, came ap. Nothing called them but the deep solicitude each man felt concerning the condition of a country which was once prosperous, happy and united. There were no nomination whatever to make, no candidates had bestirred themselves ia order to rally crowd of their especial friends; the p ople theDemocracy-came only to testify anew their undying devotion to tha Constitution and the Union. Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks, late Democratic candidate for Governor, spoke as follow : Mr. Hendricks being called for responded. He said that be bad heretofore been honored by being called to address the people of the counties represented in this meeting. That' was in our bright day of prosperity, but now darkness and rain threaten us. Republican leaders and newspapers: now appeal to us to abandon our party organization. How shall we respond? We bave been Democrats because we believed the success - of that party and the adoption of its principles would secure tbe pas peril j of the cc naty and the con-1 tinned Union of the States, For no other reason have wo been party men. Is there any thing m the past history or tbe party that justifies ns in abandoning it ? Did h not have its origin in the early days of the republic, and was not Jef ferson its apostle and Jackson one ot it chieftains? . For sixty year past has it not been connected with evory great movement of the Gov ernment and identified .with its policy ? In tbe adoption of that policy which has extended our borders and carried our flag westward to the ocean ; ia the negotiation of tbe treaties that regulate our intercourse with foreign nations, and secure our commerce upon all seas, and in the enactment of the law which, because of their exceUeaee, have beoowa fixed aad permanent, aad ia every coa teat for civil and religions liberty, the Democraticoartj has stood in the front raake During all the time of the ascendency of that party we have been a happy, enited ard prcsperous people, and our country has advaa- cediav its auoer of pride. and greatness. .'But is 1860 that p uly was defeated and ia its stead the Republican party came into power, and. five short moults of its rule presents our country in its present condition, . Bnt is tbe proposition to abaadoa party frankly and honestly made ? Do the Republican leader intend to act upon it? Ia his inaugural did not Mr. Lin cole say that the Chicago platform mould be tbe law to bia Administration and in. hi recent message did he not repeat that it wa probable he would adhere to hi inaugural? And are not. Democrat driven from all civil office to make plaee for Republi cans 7 Thea the Republicaa platform ia to be the policy of the Administration, aad Democrats are everywhere to be proscribed because of their political opinion, and yet they are asked to ab aodon party.; It simply means that Democrats are asked to joia the Republican and to make in the aorta a ruraoUe aectwnal party. I there anything ia the present condition of tbe conntry that will allow o to abandon the Democratic organization 7 Have we not beea ruined by sectionalism North 'ai.d sectioaaliims South by . fanatics North ' and by fi re-eaters Sonth by tbe appeals of demagogues North aod and Sooth to sections! passion, predjudice and hatred until the people have come to hate each other? We all knew this is the cause of our trouble. Then how caa we abandon the only party which holds doctrines fair, equal and just to all sections, aad leave ihecaase of our country in tbe hands of the men w ho have contributed to our present condition ? " While we ave a cone-, try to save and a Union to ' preserve, there is a work anl mission tor the Democratic party. It may be that Republicans may fell that they ought to abandon their party aad form a .Union party.. That is well, if they will abandon ., their sectional and embrace .Union sentiment but Democrat do oot need to abandon Democracy to become Unioo aaea.- If they are good aad true Democrats, They are good and true Unioa mea- For year have we not daprecated the organization of geographical parties, preaching tbe doctrine of Waehicgton'e Farewell Address un til we have been ridicU id as Uaion-saver ? these times prove Washington to have been 'not only a statesmen bat a "prophet. I have ao time to undertake a discusaioa of the great: questions that now force themselves opon the public attention. I can only say that I do not defend or justify the people of tha South. The revolution, which they have precipitaied is not " to be justified it, was! without, adequate cause. Congress has now, by legislation, recognized tbe existence of war, aud as good, citizen we respect that action of Congress, and sustain the presear Administration in it execution. . But t the same time we hope fur am early; honorable and permanent peace, and ought to favor." every movement to that end. Had the Crittenden amendments L been adopted .fast - winter,' peace could now smile upon our Und.' VTBat; sectional mea then said no more Compromises' no mora MBceaawas ana ' aow tha same mea aay aa compromise, with rebels with arm ia their hands. When Scott, in the midst of his splendid achieve ments ia M.xieo, auspended hostilities" untU our peace ineseenger could meet the nlexicaa aathor-ities for aegotiations and adjoslmeat, who is all this land did aot say it was in accord anew with the spirit of Christianity and of civilization and altogether becoming the proud nation aad people whose army then stood still ? . -' '-"" 11 . I do act koow that adjustment Is possible but u possible, I am for it and tbouia nave sup-potted the propoiition cf Mr. - Cox ia the 1st Confess, foe $he appolotaeat . of a number of our most eminent mea a commissioners tomeet cen cf the Lke sort from the South. If it eould ttssU ia to good, it would do ao harm, : But even tlat was rejected by tLe party ia poWsr. " It is cow tela gitea cat that the present Ad-ministratioa is the Government and that no .t- -is mill he aiwedV-That aanti- rnent must te reskisJ it wa are to reUia Cr Lb ertie,' Eterssl vir tha pn-a cf Lberly. Tie eoodect . ef rstLe c-? s ts t "s ti proper sulject of avetl;4l 4 til ct.fucna. Tiraata alone may claim. aa execpMoa. ' Tbe eondact of llr. Lincoln ia making arrests with oat asthority of law, aad testa tiry tha impris , pi rriTTTr ji I WHMVtt4 NUMBER 22, -! i onmest without trials and ia.iaterrerjsjtf Ii2t1 tbe liberty of the press and freedom of speech,1: all ia the very face of the Coestitutioa, aimoo-i ishee ns that oar liberties are ia danger. I believe Bonaare aa stupid bow, as to suppose that the causa of the north ha been promoted by these acts which a Republics Senate refused to sanction, but on the eonUary, it is quite evident that the effect has been to strengthen the sec, ion sentiment in some localities. It is a foe heresy that the President may violate the Coastf ; tatioo in order to preserve ik ..- - ? Why this sentitiveness to inresllgatlon, discus-' Sion and criticisms, when the gravest interests ' of the people are involved? If public a lairs are being properly conducted discussion will show it, and the hand cf the officers wiU ba strengthened. If, on the other hand,' there is much peculation, fraud and favorism f if the peopli's money is being used to enrich corrupt partisans, and the public service is neglected, ought aot these thing to be exposed and corrected ? While I thiuk that in its ieadiag measures thi Administration haa beetTdeeply ia fault, I am gratified at being able to say that I believe the affairs of that department presided over by an Indiaaian, are ably and efficiently cond acted. . ' - ' . . t Had I time I would call your attention to tha recent legislation of Cortresa lo the saris' policy which stimulates Eastern industry aad enter-prize, and paralyzes the West ; aad to the direct tax law, which will fall moat heavily upoa agriculture, but the lateness of the hour ad-moniahea me that my remarks must come to a closo. - In maintaining the Democratic organization I believe you serve the country, and my heart is with you in the movement. - 1 -After the conclusion of Mr. Hendriek's speech the meeting adjourned with three times three cheers for the Constitution and the Union. WHAT ffEXT.t Under the above caption, tha JVavtk-amfera Methodist Asvecsfe; published at Chicago ladalg- es In th following remarks ea the growing dls-i poslUoa la the Republican ranks to make the present war aa Abolition, cruaade against alavery- The Aorth-uxsUrn Adooc&tt aaya : "There ia an evident feeling among all leyal elaaaea ia faror of aa early Urmlnatioa et the present war, aad with it the iermlnatloa ef Americas elavary. . It haa been at once eur ala aad ear paa ishraeat, and only caa we hope for permaaeat, peace when we pet it from ua. Heretofore alt bave ooaeeded t& difficulty ef abrogating theays--tem. . It had become so inweren with every part ef tbe Government w Ua its politics, its legislation, it judiciary, Ita commerce and maaafactar, that ita removal seemed . Impossible, bat naw wear brought face to face wita the opportunity. Tnis rabeluou furaiaae the jasOacaUon and-eiig- geata toe mode. The pvopeaal to remand the slaves at Fortress Monroe woold create a national storm of Indignation. A mere fearfal storm would follow a pre peas! te sett them. In this state ef the ease it ia: said the General Government dealrea the mind ef the people. We answer for uraolf, aad thoss- aada mere arts. If ortb-west, let Xae tlmvt intmck seceded StU'tbe dtcUrtd free ran tktdsUsfth-eesssye the seeeattee ordin met. W care not whether it ahall be done by Congressional author- : Ity, by Presidential Proclamation, or the decree ef a Brigadier General. If need be, declare martial law ia each seceded Stale, and under it all alares ' free. How, matters not. Th loyal State demand this, ' and they wil enforce the demand The loyal citizens of seceding Statee eaa be cem-pensated, aad the claims ef . maatsts ia the loyal Border States purchased, aad thus freedom may be consummate. The peeple did aot eater this was. with any soeh purpose; they ealy meant te ea-force .law aad order; they now mesa to rtsaiet As emmss ef the present hostilities. It was net began'' for thai ; bat henceforth this is I be a wmr bttvetn freedom and sUperg. Thi country can not go ea pojunaaentiy half ala7e and half free 'Tha Lrrs-( preasible conflict maatcsaea, sad Itcma oaly esaae; by the overthrew ef freedom or slavery. ' . MDisgaia It as ww may, this is a war between eivilization aad berbariam,- freedom and alavary.-Itia not to be settled ea the eld basis ef the equality of barbarism with civilization. The sia Teh oiling oligarchy muat be aubdaed, and. labor sjmia eBBshled by making It ewvrv where free. . . . "Therefor let there be do Iisatroes cempvew mis which ahall give expiring alavcry sew Ufa, ' er invest ceaqaered slarery with the palm of vie-' lory nader. the heel ef . eennesL Let the eaaa . tion ef eapreraacy be settled once sad forever. Let the front guard of eer legions 'proclaim liberty ' throughout ail the land unto all the lahaLitaats-taereof. There are diiScuities in vol red ia a doling, but they must be met fairly and squarely, a-ad are aot so laaeperable as those which must altsad' another attempt te carry ea this Government half slave end half free, lo . oiiaiater barmen-ously the afaira ofa house .jjided aaisst itself. or te settle peacefully aa 'irrepressible convict..' - A very appreprtate caption, for the above is tbe ' ejuery, - What next?" Aad. when widely-cireala-; ting and InfineaUai relidous jooroals pat forta such, monstron proposition,' it baheevas every' Democrat and every conservative American citizen seriously to Inquire: Wbat next will eeear ia tbe pro gramma ef isaane AVeiiUoaiseaT : ' v f It is to be J eared that the afstbadist Church fa the North is, te a very considerable extent, r ostensible fettheeviiearhieb Abelitlonism has brooht upon the country. The .frequent agltatiso ef the slavery question In the general council ef tbat Church . made the Southern Cenfedercnce restive and disaaUs&ed aad the actios ef the Geaerai Cea-fsreoce in IB44, la the ease of Eishop Andrew, forced the' Southern Conferences into arecartoa, and the ergaalzallea ef tbe Cbursh South. T ' tng-4 tha free from .. AbolIUea interfereace, the Soatbera Charch bee t pursued a coarse ef en paralleled prosperity, having almost doubled I la meaa-hership ittSeveBteen years. .Tbesacoaeafuterpet tmeatef a Seethera Charch has ae deabtdeaa much te prepare the way for the inaugeratsd experiment ef a Southern Confe Jersey. For it has aeea aa observable fact that many ef the clerrr sa the eeceded State have beea forward la their ap proval of Uie eeceeatoa movement, aot e&ly aa w dividual, bat ta large ecclesiastic! eoescu- AVoUUoaism :basilvidad the eh arches. It has dUrraced the sUvate-book of eeme ef tbe State with uacoaatitutinaal .psrsonaJ-libsrty bills. " It Ma disgraced the national. eoancUa aad elaeed la the White ITouae a seeUoual President. It as di--vided a eace United and prosperous peeple ia feel-iar aad la form; has iaveivW the aiioa ta war. ke carry ea which ti00fiOO,OOO is clWf a the first lusrallment. It propose to rob lh a-ve State ef two the md wsw. ef dollsn wa ef property is lb pewea. af their elsves; to threw toarinUUoe aegre, asprepared for lbery and mmwmtmd to self mala Uaaaee, as freeaea. nnen the work!, there U reUpee Into barbariam uJ Almdmtio. U yeopaaas te give up tbe rice rl rctt. fields aa J segar plantaUen ef -the Souih te th ihUUeaad aesabls U make desoUU tia boors ef happy uailie sd ee a tea led alarms - ta eat ehert the snlUieus ef dir.ar ef experts freta . tba alave States.- Tha heart aickens at Uie arsis which the emB ef Abc'.;tioE!sr3 has a tailed aa propose teeatall upoa tte eouclry. As 4 la view f tbe seadiBflsU of lis Tt'urii-wtrm, well may be Is-oaire, what next ? Cimei a nmti xTsrwrr c- fO-Vpaa'cf tteojscf.TVi;;e:::i3 at Washington, writes t ... . . - ,t We lave eo fear t aootbet Ti" I ' we know tl at TleCa" will make x a t , or if te sliili, ocr t'- c -3 'Upon tie reiBj -cf tlD.-' Indepeadssce, at i p .acu, ca l-i t-t. v. . mit- si r-i.Cs.a f - n tie lurU - tn'.t. uU kis aaBBBti"Cl Le rl! it v aaoogh, but darned if I t&Hsra ie wrote l