Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-06-08
pillow! 1t is fair to presume that his "coil"
was then summarily shuffied off.
LETTER FROM THE BATTALION.

Uni 1AShENhh, BALTIMORE, MD, June q, '6l.
Editors Of the Spy There seems to be no
hope now for us to be removed from our pres.
ent station While we cannot have the salts"
faction of seeing the white of the eye Of the
enemy in the field of battle yet the service
which We render the country is none the less
important and useful 1t is our duty to pro-
tect people who are yet loyal TO their gov.
ernmcnt, but who have hitherto subjected to
an alEcontrolliDg mob rule. A lew days ago
was in Baltimore, where found that the Sc
ccsson spirit OF the city is only depressed, but
not extnguished 1t may burst out at any
moment and assume its former audacity and
disregard of law and order. The Sun" in
an editorial OF today, speaks already OF the
day Of reckoning and retribution which the
government has to expect. 1t says =
THE WARNS FRUlTs-ITs Cosr.-if
we only take the testimony of that portion of
the press which gives It's unconditional and
unq1estoning support to the administration,
ana TO all that it does, we have quite enough
To assure us of the madness and folly of The
war, and the certainty OF a reaction. And
when the day OF reckoning comes The measure
OF accountability viii utterly overwhelm those
who shall be called to answer for il. And
how will the administration excuse itself in
view OF the retribution that time will bring
BY Offering a desolated south as the equiva-
lent for the war? BY inviting the north to
take by the hand a conquered people, who in
their stolid hate will never hear the name of
the north but with a scorn purpose of reuenge /?
BY bringing into Union with the northern
states territory and people who will only
blde their time 10 strike blow for their own
De-, -.
alliance between two peoples who will have
nothing in common but indispensable hate
BY offering TO the north tor its disposal mil
hons OF emancipated slaves, all OF whom must
immediately be placed i'll subj ugati0n OF some
sort, for the maintenance OF control over them!
We ask these questions, mol ENORMOUSLY, but
because we cannot by any ingenuity we can
employ conceive OF nytLing rational and ac-
ceptable as the result Of this mad and tratrcidai
strife"
Articles of this kind you can read every
day in the secession press of Baltimore.
Among the papers which uphold the southern
rebellion are besides the Sun, the "South,"
the Republican" and the Exchange" fore
most But in regard to the Sun, it is necessa.
ry to say that it now pretends 10 go for the
Union, while its whole tendency is for the re-
bellion, 10 judge only by the selection of the
articles which it copies from other papers.
But TO be short and concise in characterizing
it, only need 10 say that the New York Her
aid can not excel it in recklessness, unscrupu.
Iousness, intrigues, and malignity which
means something.
=. Gen. Butler is really ingenious, in treating
thp tuuitivn Sloya ouastion of Enrt Monroa
He calls the slaves who came to linn for pro.
lection, "conlraband of war" l thought only
inanimate objects could be contraband of war,
but almost fol got that slaves are chattels-
things, in this country. Gen. Buffers action
is therefore not only according to the la,cs of
nations, but also in harmony with his antece.
dents. Gen. Butler will have the honor of
having added to the list of those articles which
| are contraband Of war, new one, of which
no other nation ever thought before. "Hail
| Columbia" etc.
| The rubber blankets are of great service to
us, especially when we are on picket guard.
in the rain. Last Sunday, which was tn
Gee 1Ihg1y warm day, our n,e.. f-...--l l..s "
first time with their havelocks. They are not
only to keep off the sun from the neck but
also to serve as a "breastwork" against the
impudent attacks OF the mosquitoes, which
seem to be at home here. Our new pantaIoous
have butone fault, and that is, they have but
one pocket TO each pair. Such an architec
tural error proves rather annoying to Il sol
der, because he has to make of him.
oil Nua sbalf and ,.loSaf I1a
has so many little things which he needs every
minute that he hardly knows where to keep
them, if he has not at least half dozen pock-
cts at his command. Let the soldiers have
therefore, many pockets
presume you have heard that two 10nch
columbiads, while on their way to Fort Nc
Henry, through Baltimore, were spiked. 1t is
supposed that this was done while they lay in
Baltimore over night. understand that the
matter will be thoroughly investigated.
Merryman is still kept prisoner in the Fort
and treated with the utmost civility. Whether
he will escape the hand of justice as easily as
Ross Wnans, know not; but it seems as if
the government was determined to treat him
as traitors ought to be treated. TIE govern
ment has been hitherto very forbearing toward
| its enemies, but the magnanimity which it
| had shown seemed rather to encourage treason
than to weaken and disarm it. The policy
| of forbearance was pursued by the govern
ment undoubtedly on the ground that il would
| dispose of the false accusations of the rebels,
who asserted that the north was wagiIg IL war
| of determination against all those " hu defend
ed Southern rights" or differed in opinion
with :he north but the government seems to
be aware, now. OF the fact that its magnanimiy
was construed into weakness; consequently it
can be hoped that it will now accept the log
ical consequences of its present attitude to.
ward the rebellious states. L.w.
| From HnrPer's Ferry.
| THE following is an extract from private