New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-21
THE WAR FOR THE UNION.
pmom RoRrREss noNRoR.
Ger. NVost nj the Fortress-Bfs Treetme"' o.
sEse Watinccrs-Masters sf Ne"pof' views
Retirement of the Eehefs 10 heaare
sard's Coiumn-Tbe Rip Haps rPy-
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Bsesu UuI Special Correspondent - ,oe,
FoRrRgss MosRoE, On PorsT CosPoNi' aug 10 i'''
This morning Gen. Wool ordered the Massa-
shusctts battalion Of six companies 70 Ne"P0i'
News. They had previously been encampea az
C,mn Hamilton. This makes the NUMBER at tho
former place more than good, notwithstanding
Ms desertion caused by the imprisonmen' VI
sbout three hundred Of the I'd Regiment ~.
mutiny on the Rip Raps. 1t is undersooou 'n''
Cen Wool is disposed to adopt no nan Wa!
-. .;., .,o ,nntneers. A Court-Martiai has
- o,dorea for the trial of the rngleaders, ana
N is not improbable that some oi .ne'' "-n
.bot. The men generally would "un"ss i'''
IA duty. 1t is to be confessed 'O"s '''''
.peb a thing as excuse for mutiny' theh soiHe Vi
Aha mon have one. One of the men sent le''ei
60 Gen. Wool setting forth that De had never
go, % ohsv an order, but had always aimed
80 AZ his duty faithfully. a letter which he had
l,.+e,v received from home informed lin that bis
wife and children were begging in the streets OF
f'roy. lie had always given them decent sup
mort. and the intelligence drove him to despera'
t,op. If the Government had paid him bis family
would not have been beggars. The man was
desperate, and few viii say he had not some
veasOn for hs conduct, criminal as it was. But
mntiny requires stern treatment, and though
eases ike this are calculated to soften the penalty
in individual cases, Gen. Wool will meet the
matter with unbendDg frmness
This morning the officers of the garrison paid
their respects in body to Gen. Wool at his
headquarters, and after the ceremony he visited
the quarters of several officers with whom he
wac personally acquainted. All were struck
with the extraordinary vigor of the. old veteran,
ON whom the years sit lightly. Gen. WOOL is
apparently as vigorous and az capable OF taking
The field now as he was fifteen years ago.
when he conducted his army through the SOUTH
srn dapsrtments OF Mexico aud fought the battle
Of Buena Vista 1t is to be hoped that the
Government will give him men. He viii be re-
sponsrble for them as soldiers and for results on
the field
II Is understood that Gen. Butler will leave the
t,,tre,s this week. His destinstOn is not known,
hut il is generally supposed to be Massachusetts.
II ia not probable that he will accept the posi-
t;on of recruiting officer which some OF the pa
,urs say has been rendered to him. As yet no
oraers have been sent to him, and now that Gen.
wool has entered upon his duties as command
,nu officer of this department, he is without CON-
mapd or position Ii he does not resign, 1t Is
,roh.hs that he will retire for time on leave
a bis own State. His resignation would be a
loss to the country.
At Newport News everything is quiet. The
9Th Regiment have returned to the service in the
hest Of spirits, aud with restored character. The
The alarm yesterday was groundless, the Rebels
having only small squads in the neighborhood.
There are several things going to show that the
Rebels have withdrawn q considerable portion Of
their force in this part of the State and taken
them to Beauregard's column. IL is understood
that MaRruder remains at Wiliamsburgh, but
that most of his troops have been sent away,
leaving but small body at Yorktown and on the
peninsula between james and York rivers.
They seem to have retired altogether from the
vicinity of Hampton, with the exception of few
cavalry that have for some time prOwled through
that district. These horselnen are mostly former
residents and owners of property between York
town and Hampton, aud they know every wood,
lane, and path in all the country. They are
essentially guerrillas, lying in wait in ambuscades
for parties from our camp, or stealing stealthiy
spon our guards and shooting them. These are
she chivalry Of this part OF the Old Dominion.
and i understand that they boast of how many
men they have killed in this way. 1t is doubtless
true that they have killed several but not as many
they bOastiDgly claim.
Capt. Fitzpatrick has been ordered to join the
regiment to which be belongs, Col. Duryear's
Zoueves. This leaves Capt. Wales in command
of squad of ninety-fye mounted men, being a
part of the Ira Harris Cavalry Regiment, now
recruiting in New-York.
TIE preacher from the neighborhood of Pc
tersburg, in Virginia, who thought be had o
caA TO preach here and in Washington, and
whom Gen. Butler gave the privilege Of trying
his hand on the Rip Raps is thoroughly subdued,
and eyinces the greatest anxiety to be permitted
to depart; but so excellent has been the effect of
Capt Leach's treatment, that l presume he
will be retained for some time yet To-day be-
ing Sunday, he declined to preach, though re.
quested to do 90, he having probably come to
the conclusion that he is poorly capable Of
playing the part that be assumed when he set
out to be spy.
by Ieegrsph.l
FoETREss NoSRoE, Aug u, via Baltimore Avg 2e ls6i
An excellent state OF feeling begins " prevail aud