The weekly Butte record., 1861-08-24
San Francisco Correspondence.
SAN FRAScrsco. August 18th. 1861

AA 'i'e, 81 sndii pEOCctu W give
you all the items of news transporting. Busi
ness as general thing, is improving-our
community getting accustomed to war as an
every day occurrence. The greatest excite
ment we had, was on the arrival of the news
OF the defeat of the Federal troops at Bulls
Run. On the arrival of the particulars, when
1t became manifest that the battle had been
brought on against the wish of General Scott,
the greatest indignation was manifested by
the majority OF our citizens against the kitch-
en- Cabinet and their Peter Funk Generals.
and swindling contractors You may not be
aware that the Chicago Platform Irrepressi-
oes here, claim that no man can be Union
man unless he swallows the Chicago platform.
The history of that battle would seem to show
that the most gallant men, who were distin-
gulshed by more than Spartan bravery, hap
pened to be the followers Of Stephen A. Dou-
gas. In the Sixty-ninth New York Qrish) is
not the place to look for Black Republicans.
A former member of the regiment, now in
this city, states that at the time of the Presi-
dental election, 1860, of the 9S5 in the reci-
ment full 900 were Democrats. The same is
also true of Meagher's Fire Zouaves. The
nucleus of that organization was from the
Live Oak Club, Tenth Ward, New York.
These are the men whom Republican intole-
rance 10 Massachusetts, disbanded and tried
hard in New York to dsbaud The report
tells US that " the Sixty-Ninth charged and
carried four batteries, and at one time lost
their colors. They were recovered by the
Zouaves and restored to the Sixty-Ninth. The
Zouaves charged and carried three other bat.
terles, and, in concert with the Sixty n inth,
carried a fourth. They were driven out of the
latter by a heavy body of fresh troops. The
Zouaves captured and brought off the colors
of the Tennessee Rifles; and at that battle
little Rhode Island behaved noby under the
command of her gallant Sprague Contrast
their conduct with that of the Massachusetts
Colonel, the former Aid to Governor Gard;
ner who, in race of seven miles, got three
miles on the wrong side of his regiment.
Under dates from Washington of July 26th,
we are informed that there never was an army
swindled as ours now is-that sufficient ratons
had not been issued to the men one half the
timc-that some regiments had had only one
meal for twenty-four hours before the battle
that collisions between the Colonels and Quar-
ter Masters were frequent.
The New York Tribune, of July 18th, pub
fishes synopsis Of report recently made to
headquarters, by Assistant Surgeon General
Peters, on the condition of the troops upon
the Potomac, which makes some disgraceful
disclosures of rascality, incompetency and neg
llgenee, in forwarding supplies for, and secur-
ing the comfort of our troops The New
I ork regiments appear to have particularly
suffered, by the practices of inhuman villains
in the shape of contractors. Blankets that
scarcely hold together, if shaken, and so small
as not to suffice to wrap man in shoes with
paper bottoms, through which the feet pro-
trude in an hours march tents as pervious to
rain and damp as mosquto-net, and of half
the proper size; clothing that falls to pieces
by its own weight as the men walk and food
the most loathsome and unwholesome-these
are what the men have to put up WITH al
though fully possessed of the knowledge that
the country has paid for the best, and believes
they are getting the best and that it is to
the dishonesty or incompetency of their Off
GERS that they are permitted to be robbed, and
their health and lives trihed with. Under
such circumstances, it is not singular that dis
satisfaction and mutiny should break out.
That it has not been more general may excite
wonder.
We have been told, since the disaster, that
the entire appointments would be left with
General Scott, and yet, with the same an
nouncement we have the intelligence of the ap
pointment of Unionsliding Banks to Major
Generalship, man of no military experience.
The great majority of the Republicans here
disapprove of this appointment.
Did you ever see pantomime, comedy and
farce acted together? Such was the Seces-
sion meeting held here some time since, when
the Republicans choked them down. At one
time, it looked very like smallszed row. 1t
being previously known that the Republicans
bad concerted measures for choking down the
speakers, the Democrats resolved to keep clear
of the fanatics of both sections of our country.
That meeting, and its consequences, will swell
the majority of the Democratic ticket, as many
of those who were participants have so great
an animosity against the Republicans caused
by this attempt of theirs to destroy free
speech. that they will vote for Conness to de-
feat Stanford.
Since the speech of Mr. Conness in this city
great change in political sentiment has taken
place. His explicit statement of the circum-
stances of the Bulkhead case, and his motives,
were entirely satisfactory to those who heard
him. He will receive the full vote cast for
for Senator Douglas, and about one half of
the Breckenridge vote. The most cheering
accounts were received last week from eight
cen counties, by their Central Committees