duced in theState. Admitting that the usual amount 
of land was put in cultivation last fall and spring 
(which is not the fact) that has heretofore been cul¬ 
tivated. we know that thousands on thousands of 
the laboring bands have left Virginia and gone to 
the Federal troops, while tliousauds of others have 
been sent South, and nearly all the poor laboring 
white classes have been forced into the Southern 
army. 
As we have stated in a previous number of the 
Banner , two large armies are mainly supported from 
what remains in Virginia, which, at best, was merely 
enough for the citizens, with the exception of an ex¬ 
cess of corn and wheat, and as but little ol these 
staples in the comparison will be raised this year, 
what will become of the citizens next year? The 
Confederate army in Virginia numbers at least three 
hundred thousand men, the opinion of the New 
York Tribune to the contrary notwithstanding, and 
in a short time the presumption is that there will be 
an equal number of Federal troops, so that we may 
safely say that there is almost an absolute certainty 
that there are and soon will be from six hundred 
thousand to one million of men and horses, all for¬ 
aging in Virginia. What will be left for citizens? 
A parched earth, a desolated country and a pesti¬ 
lential atmosphere. This is what awaits Virginians 
in the fulure. 
Scarcity of Labor—Immigration. 
So much of our laboring strength is in the army 
that we are now suffering for labor, and the scarcity 
may be more seriously felt in time to come. Under 
these circumstances, some persons have felt the im¬ 
portance of encouraging emigration, by giving some 
assurance to foreigners that they would not be 
required to take an active part in the war. Jn 
answer to inquiries from Cincinnati, Secretary 
Seward made the following response: 
Dei'ARTuk.nt ok State, Wamungton, Aug. 14 , 1802 . 
James K. Gamble , Esq., Cincinnati:—Sin:—1 have 
received your letter,in which you express an appre 
hension of a deficiency of labor in the country, 
resulting from our large military operations; and 
you very properly speak of the desirableness, under 
present circuinetances, of ftu increase of immigra¬ 
tion. Yon observe, in this connection, that it would 
be important that persons proposing to emigrate 
should have some official assurance that they would 
not be required to perform military sendce. 
In reply, I have to observe that I, some time ago. 
instructed our representatives in foreign countries 
to make known, as well as they conveniently can, 
the lucrative rewards which the country is now 
offering to foreign emigrant laborers, 1 can hardly 
suppose that there exists, anywhere in the world, 
the erroneous belief that aliens are liable, here, to 
do military duty. If you t hink otherwise, there will 
be no objection to yonr giving any publication you 
please to this communication. 
I am sir, your obedient servant, 
Wx. II. Seward. 
Items and Incidents. 
The Boston Daily Advertiser, in alluding to a 
recent report of the Sanitary Commission, says:— 
“ Nine-tenths of the mortality in the army, as the 
public now well undersland, is caused by disease, 
and not by battle; and of this mortality, the com¬ 
mission assure us that three-fourths may be saved 
by incorporating the new levy into the existing 
regiments. This is a matter for recruits to consider 
well. The opinion tallies with the judgment of 
most of those who have had opportunities for obser¬ 
vation; but it is now placed among the points which 
are to be held as demonstrated. The recruit who is 
careful of life, of health, or of comfort, will take his 
place in an old regiment, rather than among those 
who are as inexperienced as himself. We have 
already urged that as regards economy, or the 
speedy re-enforcement of the army, the former 
course is incontestibly that to be pursued; but the 
present is a reason which appeals to the personal 
welfare of the volunteer himselfj and is urged by 
those who for twelve months have made this per¬ 
sonal welfare of the soldier a special study. It is a 
word of advice which ought not to fall upon inat¬ 
tentive ears.’* 
Gen. Hooker.—" The neatest affair I have seen 
in this war was Hooker’s fight of the 25th, on the 
Williamsburg road,” he incidentally remarked. 
“ Hooker is the handsomest officer in the army,” 
said I. * l Tlandsomesl! You have a cool way of 
damning with faint praise. I say he is the best 
Division-General in this army. I saw that affair of 
which 1 was speaking, although my regiment was 
not engaged. Just as I rode up to Hooker—he was 
sitting on a white horse in a perfect storm of bul¬ 
lets—an officer asked him, 'How goes the day?’ 
Cool as the White Mountains, and just about as 
immutable, speaking very quietly, like your confi¬ 
dent, well-poised man, who doesn’t need to bluster, 
he said, ‘My hand is all trumps; 1 swung that left 
bower, (meaning Sickles,) and have just played the 
king, (indicating some regiments disappearing in 
the woods.) The ace I hold back for the last trick. 
I happen to know the right bower is not out.’ 
Hooker plays the game of war as well as the£ do 
euchre on Mississippi steamboats.”— Cor. N. Yf 
Tribune. f 
A Tale Monument. — In a brief letter to the 
secretary of War, Wm. H. Aspinwai.l, of New 
York, has erected a monument to himself which may 
well be envied. Instead of charging the Government 
around commission, he sends back to Washington 
over $25,000 to which he was entitled. 
Orders have recently been received to prepare 
rolls of the rebel prisoners of war confined in Camp 
Morton, (at Indianapolis,) with a view to exchange. 
The rolls foot up 3,400; of this number, 2,100 are 
Tennesseeans, who refused to be exchanged, and 
desired to take the oath of allegiance. They claim 
to be citizens of the United States, and prefer 
remaining as prisoners to being exchanged. 
Rebel Debt. —Figures are given in the rebel 
unt have the two spiked cannon captured from Major 
■ing Foster at Lone Jackson. Col. Fitz Henry Warren, 
jul- of the Iowa Cavalry, and Gen. Blunt, of the Arkan- 
s of sas forces, are in hot pursuit, with 3 500 troops, and 
B to fourteen pieces of artillery. Both are moving 
ave rapidly. The rebels are only an hour ahead of 
ing Warren’s troops. 
ern As soon as Col. Houston, the commander at Lex¬ 
ington, heard of the deleat of Major Foster, he made 
the energetic preparations for the defense of that city, 
orn The oLd fortifications were extended to the river to 
ely enable the troops to get water. All adjacent build- 
ex- logs, which might serve for the shelter of sharp- 
ese shooters, were blown up. Col. Houston also ordered 
ar. all the hemp in town to be burned, to prevent the 
be slaves from making hemp bales near the breast- 
ree works. The warehouses and hemp thus burned are 
ew probably worth $200,000. The city is^now entirely 
nd secure against attack. 
be Col. Wright, of the Federal forces, passed Car- 
ay tbage on the 21st, in bot pursuit of the guerrillas of 
ity Coffee, IlayB, and Qnantrai). On the 20th he 
ed attacked the rear guard, killed 12, and captured 31. 
jr- Quite a number of guns, horses, and other property, 
is? had fallen into his hands. Kansas troops, under 
,li- Gen. Blunt, were only a few miles behind, pushing 
ns on rapidly. A number of horses and a quantity 
of camp equipage were found at the Osage River, 
where the rebeds crossed. 
The following are three extracts from a General 
n - y Order issued by Gen. Morell, governing the move- 
ments of troops in bis division: 
“ Any officer in this division who permits his com- 
nQ ‘ mand to be surprised, or while he has a round of 
ne ammunition left surrenders bis command to the 
l,e enemy, will be tried for neglect of duty and cow- 
3n ardice, and will, il proved guilty, be shot according 
r y to articles of war. A surprise is never excusable,- 
and there can never even be any palliation for an 
offense so grave as gross neglect of duty, which 
r0 alone can make it possible. Surrender is only 
y excusable when there are no longer any defenders 
Id or means of defense, or possible chance or hope of 
er cutting through the enemy, and then the true sol- 
I*" dier will strike one blow for honor, however hope- 
, e less the chance of victory.” 
Id A force of cavalry from New Madrid, under Capt, 
Frank Moore, while on an expedition to Charleston, 
attacked a rebel camp on White Oak Ridge, west of 
n Hickman, killed four of the enemy and took nine- 
w teen prisoners, including three captains. They also 
captured 28 horses and about 100 stand of arms, 
to Captain Moore and one private were wounded, 
ill None killed. 
Arkansas. —Lately intercepted letters of August 
5th, from Gen. Hindman to the rebel War Depart¬ 
ment, state that he has 18,000 well armed infantry, 
0,000 cavalry, and 54 pieces of artillery at Little 
Rock, lie proposes awaiting an attack from Curtis, 
a instead of attacking him at Helena. lie intends to 
~ annihilate Curtis and theii push vigorously for the 
je Missouri River. He has received supplies of arms 
e j and ammunition from east of the Mississippi River. 
a ~ Helena is to be fortified as the base of operations. 
1(3 Siege guns have already arrived. The health of the 
•S army at Helena is good. 
r Cincinnati papers say there is entirely too much 
uf importance attached to the rebel raids in Arkansas, 
r ' Tennessee, and Kentucky. The statements of the 
3| strength of the rebel forces is believed to be much 
ls exaggerated. Little credence should be given to 
16 the rebel dispatches, as it is known that they were 
’ e prepared with a view of having them fall into our 
e hands. 
Reports from White River say that Gen. Hovey’s 
>r division had a fight on the 17th, near Clarendon, 
ie Ark. The Federal force consisted of two regiments 
of infantry, and the rebel force of eight regiments ol 
y cavalry, and a part of Hindman’s brigade. The 
'* battle raged fUrcoly for some time with destructive 
a effect on both sidep, but resulted in the defeat of the 
rebels and the capture of 700 prisoners. No further 
particulars received. 
n Thirteen hundred guerrillas opposite Helena 
e burned 1.000 bales of cotton, and committed other 
1. depredations within the last few days. 
” It is reported that Hindman's array is moving 
of west from Little Rock. People along the road are 
st going with the army, taking their negroes and other 
of movable property with them, 
us White Gen. Ilovey’s division were returning to 
is Helena from Clarendon, four were killed and sev- 
1- eral wounded by the guerrillas. A large amount 
?’ of property was captured by him. 
Kentucky.— Eighty guerrillas from Meade Co., 
'* on their way to join Morgan and his men, were 
attacked on Saturday, near the Mammoth Cave, by 
' thirty Home Guards., The Captain was killed and 
e all the guerrillas captured. 
11 Capt. Goodwin’s company of-the 54th Indiana, 
• were attacked at Red River on the 21st, by 500 guer¬ 
rillas under Woodward, and three pieces of artillery. 
” After an lobstinate resistance in which Goodwin 
f killed 28 or 30 rebels, Goodwin surrendered. Our 
loss was seven wounded. Woodward paroled 
them, splitting the rebel regiment in two parts, 
which “skedaddled” in different directions. 
On the 20th, Captain Atkinson, of the 50th Ohio, 
withtwenty men in a stockade at Edgefield Junc¬ 
tion, was attacked by 1.000 guerrillas. He repulsed 
them three times, killing Morgan’s Adjutant and 
seven privates, wounding eighteen, and finally, after 
three hour’s fighting, drove them off. 
A refugee from the South furnishes the following 
regarding Southern movements: 
Bragg is at Cbatmnogo. His next move seems to 
be on Nashville. Reports of a portion of Bragg’s 
forces being at Grand Junction, are unfounded. 
Up to Friday there were none there except Rcouting 
parties, which come almost daily to take wbat they 
want and then leave. Grand Junction seems to be 
regarded by them as doubtful ground, hence they 
make arrangements to stay as short a time as 
possible. 
our men: ' 
Tennessee. —:Tbe Skylark and Sallie were 
burned by guerrillas^'the night of the ISth at the 
mouth of Duck Creek, 50 miles above Fort Henry. 
The Skylark was heavily laden with Government 
stores. She got agrouud, and an officer had un¬ 
loaded a portion other stores, when she was attacked 
by guerrillas numbering thirty; the crew being 
uarmed were compelled to surrender. The guer¬ 
rillas, after removing the furniture and silver ware, 
set fire to both boats. The crews were returned on 
parole. 
Col. Mason, of the 71st Ohio, same regiment de¬ 
nounced by General Sherman for cowardice at 
Shiloh, with 300 men, two cannon, aud in strong 
newspapers showing the present indebtedness of entrenchments at Clarksville, surrendered without 
the Confederate Government to be $410,000,000. Of 
this amount, $45,000,000 is due to soldiers; $50,000.- 
000 to banks: $65,000,000 for property seized; $45,- 
000,000 for property destroyed; $45,000,000 for State 
aid, to be reimbursed; $1,000,000 on Treasury notes; 
war loans $65,000,000. 
Army of the West. 
Missouri:— The Federal loss at Lone Jack was 
understood to have been 150 killed, wounded, and 
missing; balance of the force escaped to Lexington. 
A section of artillery lost in the fight was taken and 
retaken four times, and was finally spiked and 
abandoned by the Federals. 
In the fight at Independence on the 11th, General 
Hughes, who commanded the rebel regiment at 
Carthage, and a brigade at "Wilson’s Creek, was 
killed, and the notorious and brutal Col, Boyd and 
Col. Thompson were wounded, the former fatally. 
Advices are to the effect that the rebel forces 
under Coffee, Quantrail, Cochril, Tracy, and others, 
which were lately menacing Lexington, are in full 
retreat Southward. The rebels are 4,000 strong, and 
resistence to Ihe guerrillas. The guerrillas were 
aided by rebels who had taken the oath of allegi¬ 
ance. A large amount of United States property 
was seized, and 100 soldiers captured by guerrillas 
at Mansrow Creek, near Edgefield Junction, and 
the bridge burned. 
Further information from Clarksville shows the 
surrender to have been the most disgraceful and 
cowardly affair of the war. Paroled officers were 
allowed their horses and side arms. The surrender 
was made to an inferior force of rebel cavalry, and 
Mason and Woodward made speeches compliment¬ 
ing each other. Not a gun was fired. Mason and 
his men were paroled and went down the river. 
General R. W. Johnson, of Kentucky, with 
800 Federal soldiers under Colonel Ilaggart, at¬ 
tacked 1,700 guerrillas, under Morgan, near Galla¬ 
tin, on the 21st, and was defeated with a a loss of 300 
persons, including Gen. Johnson. The remainder 
of the Federal force escaped and went to Nashville. 
Col. Ganard, with 600 or 700 men, attacked Scott’s 
Louisiana cavalry, at Laurel Bridge, near Linden, 
on the 19th. After quite a severe fight he defeated 
Tlic Movements in Virginia. 
In our last issue we gave such information as 
was at band relative to transactions upon the James 
river, but such a cloud of mystery enveloped tbe 
whole affair, that no definite, conclusions could be 
drawn. The past week has fully developed what 
was then transpiring, and we are pleased to an¬ 
nounce the safe and complete evacuation of Harri¬ 
son's Landing, and the junction of the Army of the 
Potomac with the Army of Virginia. Although no 
official announcement of such an occurrence has 
been made at time of writing. (Monday P. M.,) pri¬ 
vate letters Btate that the union has been made, and 
there is now little, cause for anxiety in regard to 
military prospects in Virginia. The movement was 
an extremely hazardous one, and its successful 
completion reflects tbe highest credit on Gen. Bal- 
leck, who planned, and Gen. McClellan, who ex¬ 
ecuted it. 
The army under Pope, which had pushed forward 
to the vicinity of Gordoosville, have fallen back to 
the line of the Rappahannock. The intention was 
only to threaten Richmond, thus drawing attention 
from the James river until the evacuation was com¬ 
pleted, which movement accomplished, falliog back 
became a part of tbe plan. A letter to the Tribune, 
dated “Headquarters Army of Virginia, Cedar 
Mountain, Aug. 18th, says: 
Again on the march—and that march a retreat 
The camp, which only yesterday was pitched at 
tbe foot of tbe mountain now memorable forever, 
dissolved this afternoon into thin air, and head¬ 
quarters are here without a camp—but hero only for 
an hour or three hours, it matters not. A hurried 
order came to be ready to start at once, and before 
twohours had passed, tents and luggage—all of head¬ 
quarters but its personnel —were moving to the rear. 
We understand it is whispered that the whole 
army of Virginia is in retreat, and presently it 
begins to be added that the whole army of Virginia 
is on (he advance; that the rebels threaten to turn 
our left flank; in a word, are marching straight for 
Fredericksburg, for Washington, for the North, per¬ 
haps. But before the North, before Washington, 
before Fredericksburg is reached, the hardest, 
fiercest, most determined battles of the war are to 
bo fought. This army is not running away, nor is 
Gen. Pope outgeneraled by Stonewall Jackson. 
Threatened on the left flank — threatened by an 
army that counts its hundreds of thousands of mad¬ 
dened and desperate troops—the army of Virginia 
retreats, indeed, but it retreats to fight. By day. 
light it must cross the Rappahannock; but when 
once on the northern bank of that river, it no longer 
retreats, it begins to maneuver. The battles of this 
war are only about to begin. 
A telegram from Culpepper, dated the 10th. says: 
It was reported that the army would cross the Rap¬ 
pahannock by 10 o'clock, but the passing of the 
trains was so much delayed that it will Dot be 
attempted. The corps of Banks is here, and 
McDowell is coming up. Both will await the arri¬ 
val of Sigel, who covers the retreat, and will not be 
hurried. As I write, masses of troops are pouring 
in in swift but orderly marches along the narrow 
road, and over the fields towarns the town, the rear 
already listening for tbe sound of following cannon. 
All day long the march will continue. Sigel is not 
expected till noon, and whatever happens, not a 
regiment leaves till tbe rear comes up. It is a won¬ 
derful retreat, for in spite of delays there is no 
panic among the trains, and though the troops are 
moving to the rear, they march as if to battle. The 
sunlight streams out brightly; the air is cool, and 
the day is all that can be desired, if it is only long 
enough. No battle to-day, if any means can avoid 
it, perhaps none to-morrow, but on tbe Rappahan¬ 
nock, before long, comes the deadliest struggle of 
the war. 
The Rappahannock correspondent of a Philadel¬ 
phia paper states that on the morning of the 21st 
the rebels opened a battery on our center, and con¬ 
tinued vigorously to throw shot and shell for sev¬ 
eral hours. A little higher up it was discovered 
that the enemy had, during the night, erected a 
bridge over the river. At this point the most bril¬ 
liant and successful affair of the day is reported to 
have occurred. In the vicinity of this bridge was 
one of Gen. Sigel’s batteries, on which the rebels 
opened a brisk fire, to which, for a time, one battery 
replied with spirit. In a little while our fire slack¬ 
ened, and then ceased—the battery having been 
apparently silenced or withdrawn. Three rebel 
regiments now rushed across the bridge, and Sigel 
offered no opposition. Everything seemed favor¬ 
able, but the scene soon changed. No sooner had 
they crossed, than Sigel opened his battery on the 
bridge. The fourth fire completely demolished it, 
and at the same time a deadly fire of musketry 
assailed the rebels in front. Their retreat was cut 
off. No hope was left A few shots from our bat¬ 
tery, a charge, and they are ours. Not a man 
escaped. Nearly 2,000 have been captured, and400 
killed and wounded. 
The enemy having failed in this, now hurled for¬ 
ward their forces with impetuosity, and strove to 
outflank Sigel by crossing at French’s Ford, but 
Gen. Pope ordered up Banks and Reno to the aid 
of Sigel, aud the enemy were again repulsed, going 
higher up the river. How the next attempt of the 
enemy succeeded, I know not 
AFFALRS AT WASHINGTON. 
Private correspondence from London states that 
Mr. Slidell has arrived in that city, and has already 
had several interviews with Mr. Mason for tbe pur¬ 
pose of deciding wbat is the best step to take to 
hasten tbe recognition of the Southern Confederacy, 
which seems to have been of late an object of great 
indifference on the part of the English Cabinet 
After several protracted meetings, it is said the two 
rebel delegates have agreed to address a joint note 
to all the European Cabinets, demanding a recog¬ 
nition of the Southern Confederacy, not in the name 
, of any abstract principle of right, not eveD in virtue 
of its manliness in maintaining its independence. 
, but in the name of their legally-asserted rights.—of 
• the rights upon which foreign nations have acted 
I toward countries situated as the South is at the 
I present time. 
It is ascertained from the State Department that 
the current rumors of intervention or mediation by 
; European powers are without foundation, either in 
truth or reason. 
' There is no foundation for the statement that Gen. 
i Dix is to be appointed Commander of New Oi leans, 
in place of Gen. Butler, or that Hon. Reverdy 
Johnson is to be Military Governor. 
Reverdy Johnson has reported to the Government 
upon points in the administration of affairs in New 
Orleans, and the President has approved the report. 
It is understood that he recommends the return to 
the Consul of the Netherlands of the $800,000 seized 
by Gen. Butler, and that the $76,000 be returned to 
the French Consul, and also the large amount of 
sugar, <fcc., be relinquished to British and other 
foreign merchants domiciled in New Orleans, as, 
according to Mr. Johnson, these seizures by Gen. 
Butler cannot be justified by civil or military law. 
The Postal Convention has been concluded be¬ 
tween the United States and Guatimala, providing 
for the regular exchange of mails by the ordinary 
route of communication via Isthmus of Panama. 
Tbe arrangement goes into effect September 1st, 
1862, New York and San Francisco are offices of 
exchange on the part of the United States, and Gu¬ 
atimala City on the side of Guatimala. 
The first payments of the new postage stamps 
currency were made by the Treasury Department 
on tbe 21st instant. The currency is delivered in 
sheets, which are perforated like those of postage 
stamps. The stamps are printed on tbe best of 
bank note paper, and are therefore more difficult of 
separation than the old stamps. The public must 
be cautious when spending this currency not to 
mutilate the notes, as their receipt and redemption 
by the Treasury Department are subject to the 
same regulations as are now in force for United 
States notes, viz.: If any part of tbe note is missing, 
a proportionate amount is reduced from the nominal 
value. 
The surgeons in charge of the different hospitals 
are enlisting, under the recent order of the Secre¬ 
tary of War, male citizen nurses, to take the places 
ot those soldiers who have been performing such 
duties, but have now been remanded to their regi¬ 
ments. Enlistment of the above class of nurses is 
for one year, at $22 per month, one ration a day, 
clothing and medical attendance. Preference is 
given to those who have served in civil hospitals. 
A board of medical officers has been convened, by 
order ol Secretary Stanton, to revise and improve 
medical regulations of the army. 
It is stated that two or three weeks ago the Presi¬ 
dent laid before his Cabinet a proclamation of 
emancipation, abolishing slavery wherever, on the 
1st of next December, the rebellion should not he 
crushed, and asked the opiuion of bis ministers 
touching the propriety of issuing it. Ail but two, 
Secretary Smith being absent, approved. Secretary 
Seward and Postmaster-General Blair, however, 
opposed it with all their might, and the result was 
that it did not appear. It is understood that the 
subject came up at more than one Cabinet meeting, 
but that the two parties continued as at first, MessrB. 
Seward and Blair being the resolute minority. 
The mind of the Government is again agitated 
touching the censorship of the press, complaints 
having been made that news of important move¬ 
ments ol the National Army is prematurely pub¬ 
lished in some of the New York journals. Gen. 
Halleck has determined to order correspondents 
out of the lines of Gen. Pope, if not also out of 
those of other Generals, and the exodus will com¬ 
mence very speedily. 
The Navy Department has been informed of the 
following captures: 
The Uuited States gunboat Penobscot captured 
off North Carolina, a few days ago, the sloop Lizzie, 
from Nassau, sailing under British colors, laden 
with salt, blankets, sheet tin, <Lc. She was trying 
to run the blockade. 
The British screw steamer Ladona, of Hull, de¬ 
liberately attempted to run the blockade of the 
Savannah river. A well aimed shot from Tybee 
interrupted her progress, and she retired. The 
next day she attempted one of the back door passa¬ 
ges of that archipelago, and fell into the hands oi 
the Unadilla. She proved to he a most valuable 
prize. At a moderate estimate, and not at secession 
prices, the prize and cargo are worth $1,000,000. 
Brandies of the best brands, cooling claret, genuine 
gin with Holland labels, dry goods and gentlemen’s 
ready-made garments, boots and shoes, with one 
item of 3,000 ounces of quinine—more valuable 
than all the rest of the Medical Department of the 
rebel army—compose the main part of the assort¬ 
ment, and some say that a few thousand firearms 
are also to be found on board. This latter assertion 
the officers of the ship deny the truth of. 
During the past week norace Greeley, editor of 
the N. Y. Tribune, addressed a letter to the Presi¬ 
dent, through tbe columns of that journal, in which 
the President was charged with holding back from 
the enforcement of the Confiscation bill, and called 
upon to come up to the emancipation standard. 
To this the President replies as follows: 
Executive Mansion Washington, August 22, 1862. 
To Hon. Horace Greeley :—Dear Sir: 1 have just 
read yours of the 19th i"nst„ addressed to myself 
through the New York Tribune. If there be any 
statement or assumptions of facts which I may know 
to be erroneous, I will not here contradict them. 
If there be any inferences which 1 may believe to 
be falsely drawn, I do not now here argue agarast 
them. If there be in it a perceptible impatient or 
dictatorial tone. I waive it In deference to an old 
friend I have always supposed to be right. 
As to the policy I seem to be pursuing, as you 
say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. 
I would save tbe Union. I would save it in the 
shortest -way under the Constitution. Tbe sooner 
the National authority can be restored, the nearer i 
the Union will be the Union as it wm , 
It there he those who would not save the. Union 
unless they could at the Bame time save slavery, I 
do not agree with them. If there be those w ho 1 
would not save tbe Union unless they could at the ' 
same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with 
them. My paramount object is to save the Union, 
and not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could 
save Hie Union without freeing any slave, I would 1 
do if; and if I could do it by treeing all tbe slaves, I 
would doit; and if I could do it byireeing some i 
and leaving others alone, I would also do it. f 
"What I do about slavery aud the colored race, I 
do because 1 believe it helps to save this Union. I 
shall do less whenever 1 shall believe what I am i 
doing hurts the cause, and 1 shall do more when- i 
ever l believe doing more helps the cause. 
I shall try to correct errors when shown to be 
errors, and I shall adopt new views as fast as they t 
shall appear to be true views. s 
I have here stated my purpose, according to my 
view of my official duty, and I intend no modifica¬ 
tion of my oft expressed personal wish that all men a 
everywhere should be free. Yours, A. Lincoln, t 
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®l)c News €ont>enser. 
— Eighty-eight printers have enlisted in Albany, un( j e 
new call. rUl * 
— London has 1,015 deaths a week: 1057 births — twin , 
and 800 girls. W bo 7 s 
— Eight deaths occurred in St Louis, on Monday week 
from sun stroke. ’ 
— Three hundred men have volunteered into Union r • 
ments in Memphis. **' 
— The State of Ohio will produce fifteen millions of ga ]] 0 
of Forgho sirup this year. 
— Eighty thousand letters went North in the mails fr 0m 
Nashville on Monday week. 
— As far as can be ascertained, 206 lives were lost by t;, e 
burning of the Golden Gate. 
— Napoleon III was 54 years old Aug. 15. His imperial 
purple is nearly 11 years old. 
— The Association of Steamboat Captains at Cincinnati have 
subscribed 22,600 to the war fund. 
— A New Hampshire legislative act exempts sewing Iria . 
chines from attachment in that State. 
— One of the shrewdest, boldest, and most skillful scouts in 
General Pope's army, is a fugitive slave. 
— The marriage outfit of the Princess Alice consisted of 
thirteen dozen of every necessary article. 
— About £00 of the ‘‘crack ,! sailors of the Navy have been 
sent to Philadelphia within a few days past. 
— Among the rebels killed at Baton Rouge was Capt. Alex 
H. Todd, brother of Mrs. President Lincoln. 
— A company of colored persons to settle in Central Amer¬ 
ica is being raised in the District of Columbia. 
— A Magnetic and Meteorological Observatory has been 
established by the Russian Government at Pekin. 
— Owing to the high price of cotton, salt grinders are now 
putting up fine table salt in boxes instead of hags. 
— Thurlow Wood is about going to Europe a second time 
charged with important duties by the government. 
— A man named Hoag, at Danbury, Conn., so mutilated his 
right hand, to get rid of a draft, that he bled to death. 
— Tuesday, the 12th inst,, a railroad bridge and woolen fac¬ 
tory were burned near Manajunk, Pa Loss, $50,000. 
— They have a new and decidedly interesting currency in 
Portland. Fishermen pay their bills with cod liver oil. 
— It is reported that a Camp of Instruction for 80,000 t« 
100,000 troops will be established near Nashville, Tenn. 
— The revenues of the Archbishopric of Dublin, just vacated 
by the death of the Lord Primate of Ireland, are $75,000 a year. 
— The Democratic Central Committee have called a State 
Convention, to meet at Albany on the 10th day of September. 
— Thirty-five ladies at Monroe, Jasper Co , Iowa, have 
pledged themselves to go to the war or procure substitute*. 
— It is announced that four full regiments of Union troops 
have been raised in Arkansas and organized at CassviUe, since 
July last. 
— A boat of the Golden Gate, reported missing, has been, 
with nineteen persons, picked up, and has arrived in San 
Francisco. 
— Arrangements for drafting in Ohio are progressing. In 
that State there are no exemptions, the Governor himself 
being liable. 
— That eloquent preacher and able theologian, but notori¬ 
ous rebel, Rev. J. Ii. Thormvell, D. IV, died recently s[ 
Columbia, 8. C. 
— Gen. Butler made the corporate bodies and merchants, 
who helped secessia, pay over $342,000 to relieve the destitute 
iu New Orleans. 
— The Chicago Tribune says some time since a warehouse 
in tiiat city loaded a vessel with 24,000 bushels of wheat in 
fifty-five minutes. 
— Nearly two hundred skedaddlers were hunted out of the 
ship Zered, which sailed from Philadelphia for Londonderry, 
on Tuesday week. 
— The statement comes from Richmond that Jeff. Davis is 
closely watched, as it is believed he means to escape and lean 
Richmond to its fate. 
— It is reported that the French Council of State is trying 
to devise means to render France independent of America for 
her supply of cotton. 
— Persons owning farms on the outskirts of Washington 
have been notified to gather their crops, 60 as to make room 
for the troops expected. 
— One thousand tuns of wheat are daily transported from 
Central Kentucky, over the Covington & Lexington Railroad, 
to the Cincinnati market. 
— From June 26th to August 6th, there was shipped from 
Memphis 12,122 bales of cotton, 5,381 hhds. of sugar, aud 
5,7S5 barrels of molasses. 
— George Francis Train was imprisoned in London, on the 
1st inst., to prevent his embarking to America, where he in¬ 
tended to raise volunteers. 
— The President has authorized Gov. Stanley to order the 
election of representatives in Congress for the first and second 
districts in North Carolina. 
— It is believed by saved passengers that the treasure of the 
Golden Gate is deeply buried iu the sand, and there is scarcely 
any possibility of saving it. 
— Out of the steerage passengers of the City of Baltimore, 
on her last trip, upwards of forty enlisted in the Union ranis 
immediately on tlieir arrival. 
— The 13th N. Y. Regiment from this city, are to have the 
names of nine battles inscribed upon tlieir banner, by order 
of Major-General Fitz John Porter. 
— Gen. Pope lias advertised several hundred names of ab¬ 
sentees—officers aud men. New York regiments are largely 
represented in this roll of disgrace. 
— A Boston paper says tiiat a miniature steam car makes 
daily trips over some of the city railroads. It is au experi 
ment, and 6aid to be quite successful. 
— The largest sword fish ever taken in the Vineyard waters, 
was captured on Monday week. It was feet in length, 
very fat, and weighed about 700 pounds. 
— A fire occurred at Barre, Mass., Thursday week, destroy¬ 
ing stores, shops, and offices, including the office of the Barre 
Gazette. Loss, $18,000. Insured $7,000. 
— The rush for the English steamer was so great in New 
York, on the 7th, that her departure was postponed tor three 
hours. The crowd was composed of sneaks. 
— The amount of swearing in New Orleans up to the 6th 
inst, is: Oath of allegiance, 11,723; alien oaih, 2,499; parole 
oath of rebel sodiers, 4,983; rebel officers, 211. 
— The military train at Montreal has received orders to 
return to England. The sergeants sent out to organize the 
Canada militia have also received orders to return. 
— A subscription for three million dollars of the 7.30 treas¬ 
ury notes was opened at the Sub-Treasury, in New York, last 
week, and soon filled up at 4)£ per cent premium, 
— About twenty-five of the rebel guard that came down 
with the Union prisoners exchanged on the James river, 
smuggled themselves on board our boats and deserted. 
— The Panama Star states that the French blockade of Mex¬ 
ican ports is understood only to prevent arms aud ammunition 
being landed, and will not interfere with legitimate trade. 
— Two cargoes of cotton, some 800 bales, being those of the 
captured schooners Magnolia and Anaconda, were sold at 
auction in New York, on the 21st inst, bringing $166,000. 
— At the war meeting in Fall River on the 21st, Mr. Rich¬ 
ard Kay, aged 56, having five sons in the army, came up to 
the captain's office and wanted to make up the half dozen. 
