The Nevada Democrat., 1861-10-24


south OF Papinsville, on the Carthage road
Inc whole army has effected the passage of the
Usage, and is still in full retreat.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17th.-There is said to
be battery at or near Timber Creek, and
gun on hill above EvanspOrt. When the
Pawnee and Mount Vernon went down night
before iast, the latter preceded the former and
the four hundred marines on board ordered 10
lay down on the deck in passing the enemv's
batteries, which was done, and they escaned
observation. Thirteen shots were fred at the
Pawnee, s;x Of which struck her--One near the
magazine.
The exchange of prisoners is to be made i'm.
mediately.
DoRNEsTowN, Oct. l7th.-On the night OF
the 10th of Sept, twelve men crossed the Poto-
mae for the purpose Of reconnaissance, and for.
aging. When about half mile from the river
they were attacked by fifteen rebels. and two
were instantly killed. Among the wounded
was my informant-coporal Gray. As he Law
upon the ground, wounded, rebel named Nc
Carthy Lowe, rushed upon him and shot him
twice He was stopped from firing the third
time by his captain. One of the balls penetrated
Gray's back and came out on the left side; the
other lodged in his left lung. His two weeks
stay at Fairfax Court House was not unpleaS-
ant, considering the circumstances. He saw
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ten, and inferred that Longstreet held some
important commission. On one occasion Long
street said to the surgeon that the rebel forces
in front OF Washington were so scattered that
if attacked at any point on the line there must
necessarily be an abrupt retreat upon Manas-
saS, their Gibralter. They think it is impossi
BILE to be driven from that point. 1t is believed
that Beauregard would burn the town of Fair.
fax Court House il compelled to evacuate.
New YoRK, Oct. l7th,-The feet which
sailed from this point on Sunday arrived at OLD
PiOnt on Monday afternoon, causing great ex.
citement by its extensive character. A flag OF
truce came down from Norfolk on the same
day, but Gen. Wool refused to receive it.
The circular Of Secretary Seward causes a
depression in stocks to-day, and especially in
Government securities.
CAMP MCKINsTRY, near Syracuse, Mo.
Oct. l5th.-The lines from Sedalia report moth
ing new there, or at Georgetown. These places
as well as Boonville, remain quiet. Small par
ties of rebels are said to be foraging within
sixty miles of Georgetown, but they invariably
take to flight when they see any of our troops.
Letters received here from Prices army state
that Gov. Jackson is at present very dissipated
and bordering on the eve of delirium tremens.
He often roams about the camp like maniac
John Quincy Adams on Martial Law.
The following is an extract from speech
delivered April IA, 1912, in the U. S. House
Of Representatives,, by Ex-President John
Quincy Adams. It's the opinion of very
learned man, aud will be read with interest
in these times, when the right to con6scate
The property of rebels squestiOned by those
whose sympathies are with the rebellion
aud not with the Government:
When your country is actually in war.
whether it be war OF invasion or war Of
insurrecliOn, Congress has power to carry
on the war, aud must carry it on according
to The laws Of war, aud by the laws of war
an Invaded country has all its laws and mu-
nicipal institutions swept by the board, and
martial law takes the place of them. This
power in Congress has perhaps never been
called into exercise under the present Con-
sLitution Of the United States. But when
the laws of war are in force, what ask, il
Que of those laws? 1t is this: that when q
country is invaded, and two hostile armies
are set in martial array, the commanders Of
both armies have power to emanclpate all
the slaves in the invaded territory. Nor IL
Autb - mNiC tuSOiChO GtatCmCuts ut ulEtO-
ry of South America shows that the doc
tTine has been carried into execution with.
in the last thirty years. Slavery WAS abol-
ished in Colombia, first by the Spanish Gen
eral Morillo, aud secondly by the American
General Bolivar. 1t was abolished by vir-
tue of q military command given at the head
of the army, and lisa bolishment continues
to be q law TO this day. 1t was abolished
by the laws Of war, and not by municipal
might furnish a thousand proofs to
show that the pretensions of gentlemen to
the sanctly Of their municipal institutions.
under a state of invasion and Of actual war
whether servile, civil, or foreign, are Who'll
ly unfOunded, and that the laws of war do,
in all such cases, take precedence. lay
this down as the law Of nations. say that
the military authority takes. for the time,
the place of all municipal institutions, slav-
cry among the rest. Under that state Of
things, so far from its being true that the
States where slavery exists have the exclu-
sive management of the subject, not only
the President of the United States, but the
commander Of the army. has power TO or
der the universal emancipation of the slaves.
A FAMOUS DRUM-They have a drum in
the Ohio Fifth Regiment, now on dHty in
Missouri which is carried bV a boV named