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Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-09-20
v1Ha1NiA.lco A.lcoasRsronDsNoE..

= >. ,aNhAkL,IIEsyiLLhs0 0apS 4sSl6bl.
s MYsDEAn snAIt.'ii now .sissweeks since we
isfsa,pieassnt home for a.spheretof usefulness
Gin Virginia. and we feel that ws have beed
sbphdantlyIpaid for the labor wethays per-
formed. for there is luxury IN doing good;
(which is above al, price. Said ageatleman to
uasto me to-day, doctor YOU are entitled.to
great credit for the sacrifice you have made in
your country's cause" 'My,rsPly was. ypointing
my finger 70. ooavaIescdnt soldier WHO was
sitting on our. counter, 'tThat fnan,has made
much greater sadrifce than / have, and If credit
is due to either he is entitled to- it." And this
ismy- true. uualloyed feelings oa..the, subject
BrH c"ancs remain here much longer,>I owe
duties "a my family, my business and'tny cred
itors. IImust retarn" home in two, weeks, and
1t is csstain that some one or two ought.to oc1
cupy our places-there il great necessity for it..
1t is one Of the greateet luxuriss Of my life to
thuht up the sick and: suffering. silersce their
wants. and. if necessary. ref1ove them to shore
cppfortable quarters thought to be nsgreat
luxury.to alady1 to superintendth tho prepara-
ton Of proper diet for the sick IN our hospitals
Fad am sure thts luxury has besh falIy,real7
lied by more thsu one Of your neighbors and
fellow associates. must rot Ss~sisatdsrs.tood
in 'eaats an going to >s.ggsst. JeraL Lr5ioies ia
s5at haJe done. antl's,eo,sld not bassit other !
disc Shut. 1 dosshink: that !. fund ought:to be
msde up to defray the e1penses Of, good aud
faithful laborers in-.tRis great cause LmesSh
those who3aay come after us. fosf'aouldsnot
accept ct any feRq,gsnerasion tor.my services. or
expenses The public mind ought to centre on
lasome one ar more. who would be willinssto
make tho .aerifee. .6sfsr as labor i. con esssed.
and then afAad of two Of three: hundred doll
lars oughfto BE- made 1p, to deirsy the expefs.=s
ses for two months. and then change sgsip ,snd
thusIcontih us .6sswofk' as long IS ,thi, upBely
wars lasts. Sickness has very much abated
since We have been'here. but nevertheless there
must be. great deal thr odgh the winter; and
this sickness w,lsneed extra attention,sw hioi
must be rendered. or we who have com Portable
homes viii be verify guIltS.
One hundred and four Of the Federal prison.
'ers WHO were recently captured bysG On. Floyd
passed throug'. here yesterday. They. we're
mostly from 'cleae ella nd. Ohio, andthey ver.
as able bodied set of @eh a. + ever saw, :
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-09-20
ED NOBLE.
sr~ c. II. ALLEN.
JAS: H. wIDEMAN,
- M. %. .TAbMAN.

49,, H:icoAaAysrcArEp. -
:. M EDren: I'll. tslleS,;iss gsH,lsass. .ss
nominated, by their mssny friends, as suitable
persons to represent Abbeville, District at the
neztsitting ef the, Lesislatare:t
6. I. HAsKELL;4.
~. H. WILSON. Asss
EDW.N0BBE. - T.,
WeK:sBRADIEY, .....
GEN. G., W. HODGES.
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rCuisSr.n c. 81. Sept: s. 1851,

CuLpEfkR c, II ,SePt. 3. 1851,
= Since writing. ;.9he. above heard that R. H.
Cochran. Of .AbSsyill sick as..hi. place
took the next train, came on. apd now Raye
him in charge. waiting for tho Manassas train
to 60 back to Charl where tho state
of thing, iis far id sayaaee Of s6t. place. He j.
.bleto return to camp. .To:metrow 1,.ge,ss
Iones' and Bsnhsm's brigades!with ,uppllssf6f
tLe.sick. aSiBsss
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-09-20
. GEN. MCGOWAN.

we, direct attenllon to the response Of Gen
hIsGowAS 10 ,ahe cofimuncation nominating
himsas cand date for Congress Other press
ing datiessprevent his nccertanee.,
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-09-20
ANogsfBR COxshSY,

Welearn that another volunteer company
was .orgahite5ffin Greenwood on saturday last.
The following are the officers elected:
W. r. MclSELLAR, Captain.
J. G:.BOoZBR, sist Lieutenant.
j. n. COCHRAN. I'D Lieutenart
IYATi BOOzKk, Sd Il ieut.nafnt.
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-09-20
ELECTION NOTICE.

BY reference 10 the notice of the managers
Of, election, it will. be, seen that the election
for members: congs,ss will take Oh the first
Wednesday in October.
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-09-20
COMMUNICATIoN.

The communicating Oft. b.. in another
column. sets iorth the urgent necessity.of in
creesing our medical force in the Virginia hos.
ptafaS
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-09-20

Wesare authorised to announce II. c. GRIF-
FisaEsq.. a candidate to represent the Fourth.
Congressional DISTRICTS III the Confederate
Congress.
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-09-20
Ife AbbeDsAls Press.
W. A. LEE, EDITOR:
Friday Moroings September go. 1861.

", We ate authorised to announce JOHN A.
:.OssAEHOUN, a candidate to represent the
s$Foufth Gonsressonal Al, District in tho Confeder
nte%Congfess.
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oosNuSIoATEp.~
NOMINATION..

: LowNsviLLE. 8. C. !
--e. .l4th, Sept. 1891. +
M4ssas- .EDIroRs-Dear sirs Eeoling the
greatirnpertance of electing The right Kind of
men to represent us in the next LegisIature.
we, the friends and neighbors Of VIM. <. GILES
Esq respectfully nominate him as a suitable
'pSrson for a aeat in the aame -
So -, MANY FRIENDS.
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-09-20
EcoAhUSIoATEp.1 ]

Ma. E6rroa-At time Ike this. wb.n assist.
ants are scarce and editors scarcer. you may
admit some commuuications of, listle sintrinsio
merit. Acting upon this. presumpsion.t ven
tlre to impose Upon Whist may 30 your neces-
sty: From reports we 'leara tBat'fecruiiinng
ameng opr nefthstn. enemiess ,is ra,ttsr lgll.
uphill" business. Drafting the lssts resorts,
is sstrangly urged: unen the. aatl,o+i.iss&-1t is
to be Hoped that ~such sitting ms7neysr be
even eontempiatetb ant 9pateds in the South.
erss scq16ederaay. Cohsideringsths principles
involved sad tho interest. sst stake, such; q
necessity MQuld be disgrnce0nlsin in tie estrena.
Fl t,trps essry reqaisitioh 'of tho govssun,ssant
has beea pssnp.ly5 met: With @commend.ble
zeal and alaefity our brave sons ,Esvs;svery
vRsse cfowasd the altar Of theirs country with
sacrifices. But, Nj Ediaor,s i fear that.a hy-
dra-he.ded mo1ster,is about so ppearsin,eur
midst. comparatively Tie enuabsr 46v "a.
home are few. aid il istimpessigS f6ssny ono
eomnunity. tsaEsise seomPsny, To accomplish
this object quite ra,iarge issetfon ,sembtseingse
yeEal coip coipnlpaitisa raaass hafse:se Hets
dificulty--the great: e5staeis.t .to bs.repqEJd.
In the formation OF . company ese6 eemmdai
~ dstssEEminee thst -he .oasssts shall Bss sfaiSd
BY itfown men; and in sonss ia.ssaessS pSsis
lively refase tdduifi their oBliE .to tlfSS
Company and thoir sssi6 isswishss
are gratifed. And even sshep;a verbal agiss-
msnt has been anade tosdiyids Tie efices, ,ttilss
practical fesult.is the ssame. yhi, hsiisrious
bfudranss aad may canss dss shlIass ss @ s,bsass
sorted toiu future demands: :iF6iss loSai; PVT.
zanship straightforward .parIe Iesbripg into bsjhg
TOO mapye phemeraforgan anizaf lffio fbsy mutu
alJyseann,e.sst each oti;erSpo5ns. f;Ss,e suv,
progress and all inslly fail. NsHsss auasssioa,
for every lover of his Country. and Djsskiud d.
fol-. every lover ofShis own best i6tefssi, 6 CON.
siasr is. boy can this aifseuIty,bs retfoy SS;
these .difsrenessss sd9stsdf Ie9H Hfsss,.Mi:. Kdi.
tor. ny inability arniska rsplystes shs qaes-:
tisa..I eosld sst;is. .irps, Iapeh ssSf sissss,
sqyise sadspisH laiiiSsh.e tssay sbSsIs ai:su;
thss weaTd: sppeNi ash AZ Tpfs.tf,
plsp.ibles sid psfhsps ss5isisstSry. :. =
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oeeepyisg TOO mashs 81 lpass sisi illdsssl
sist Tor taespressnt:.f, a$V0E8 ~,
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7GEAsusS !Dfsl lst.rsr,. scuynsEAseItsa,s
ChstfsSfon, sspt6HBa Bat2Sss MSl.s :;
ssss q tss.s.. j;
Bs slesileney SSyeraosaiSfs s;
ems stnds S.eorrest the misspp rshsp,;eS Whit
sppssrs to>nI.,sil that III,
.aeds no :pre5i.icss stos iiissk sRSadSaa ssaa'
dismong hsnt "a. sdilpdi5ssf 81.
s.k 4 Asss !, dspassi shsRat!'
dsiIaa slss d = sss 3 5ssis
Wounded. spa ab,sdx sof, ,sdniH caro-.
lasse ssl ssiis.yenj
|Is:'|is ssss 3 iAg'. ,'s$' &
tussIS Sc Gov PjsksS..,
fssa ID spjsss Is ssekkssa Of Sol.sosssS
sIlsis a. si6ssii seus, aGa Z So
q / s;'
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-09-20

The RieitTeend Eraminer Pressntssiu A,strik-
ing point of view. the obstacles Which lie'in
the way Of foreign competisios 10 .ssrni.hing =
SIMPLY Of cotton; and which, must Leave the
Southeru- States without any saeesssfpl :riv q.
ia th;s gseat field =, -
China and India are tire most; deassIy p.pa-
lated countries in the world, aid snd gresSsdif:
fculty ii providing clothing and suBsis, .aee
sor their Sedsndens population 10. ths,r,a nei.
factorescx Cotton fabsics-the, countries ars ua.
able to cepRste With the. Esropsaa rasssps,
put they heys many mafiifaetoriss.o II fsgo;eds
pecninr to themselves, and these togsshes- with
raw cotton, aresxehanged for tho SEtrdpesa
cotton fabfics- The Iargsr the expectation Of
saw cottea to- Eurepea,he grealsr is ttisimpor:
tetion o@EaFepesn laanefsetared 4isosdss-,hs
Eimpoftatioh is: great tie expsrtssiens-
China a1a1baia receive more cotton than they
sepdsaWay:
E Another reason WHY. fndss:.nd China ara
Sneblsste sspnly tlss Rsyepsa demand for cot:
Ft9p is, that tie quality Of the cotton doe. not
meet the REQUIREMENTS of fihesmarkss The, sta.
PIE is short .sld ,vooliy. with ysllovatings,
and sseaphosbef8sed iasths mshafaeetures sSf cloth
r" 81 aPSsRpt&!pynS S.nop'| Per cenI yiIHout
making 1t unnTerchaneable.
In Africa. the ven. ot aPsosperous agsicul-
ture. and the absence of thsSsskiIifpl hq sbsnd-
* which is neeessaEs,to the successful Culture
81 the Cotton plant renders ali idea Of obtain
ing supply frohp shat quarter, altogether .b-
surd. . 'Inkths pfsduetiepssof cotton, climate
has much more to DO Than. 9..peoniissity of soil
in affecting the Quality sofsAe staple. In other
countries. situatsdin latitudes sbfis,ently low.
fforthe sSature Of ths plant. the,wsat of sniff
GENT rain. ia summer, ruins the qaaluyof the
staple. SIN the Southern States on the contra
IS, the. fall of rain is greater in summer than
at any other period: apd 10 this csbse j. chief
ny owing the superior quality Of our .tsple
Jamaica. .'and other of'the west:I India Islands.
perhaps sRjoy the same advantages Of climate.
but theyeeaVe no+prcPer system Of labor.
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-09-20
GoA;sUNIoATEp.

2 eoHtusIoATfD. ~
! Ma: EDlroRs-Asthes most Of our .dsIega-
tion, if!notaaiI have vacated their seats in the
Legislature by accepting Office in the Confed-
crate Army, We make The following nomination
70 fill their place.
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-09-20

Another CONFEDERATE >EloroEf-SlxrEEN
HuSpRnp FsbERMs KILLED AND WouxpEp.-
,RlcuNoND.. Sept lathe bplletin board at
the Esaniner Office haisthe followiug, The
postmaster at Lewisburg writes to the postrnas;
ter at Richmond as follows; General Foy q
had another engagement with the, enemy ON
the 10th. and routed them, killing six hundred
4andsHoundiDg one thousand. and taking,some
pYnonsrs- "A fsv.baura after the engagements!
Floyd heard that the other wing of. the en,my
had crossed the ti1er ). fsw atlss above him, in
Foyder to surround himon this sid. Of the river
|sE4oyd then fell back. &This repoft.is re,isable
as itswsabr0ught by an officer engaged iesthe
5atsiea @phe Cdpfederst. loss Vas = one killed
|,s spa IS; sishss sKgaandsd as !. =. -
cEAafssUso. VA. ,sspt lzsasFhe ooptsde-ss
Er4sss sommesssa lad se.terdsy on.b9th
turnpikes.t tew.rds Elk Water and Cheat Mona,
staip. suds sasroanded the fort on the summit
and cut The Telegraph wires, and thenYsonz
tinyed to- advance Oh saltwater until withiHf
two miles Of tho 3sdsrals, when a disehissrgs or
Fshs,ls, from Eoatnis' battery shscked sthem.
skitmishing was kept up7all nights, Two
Confederate aAiesrs. who were'spyingaareun
the fsderafeamp were surprised by, tbs;pick-
e..and shot one Of IxhSEis raid tebe. John
4. Washington of Mount yssaen, '' ;.'''
.E=DsRAL RqspEnrps nsMssseuaL-Tbe Fed
erals have enterea.bpsha Wholesale, ,systsm Of
ushk Rbberies in.Miaouti,, compelling many
81 fha nka as n ,ma.Iu sSf ssfet1- IN and
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-09-20

RERosTED SkrRMsHtNa.-WA Sept
l4.-In.elligencss tonight cay. the CoHfeder-
atestsre moving sastge, bodies from Fairfs,
Court House to Esll's Church. .Hsavy.skirlah
ingsby the piokets is reported,
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-09-20

NORTrrZRN AND WESTERN Irsxs.-LouIsv,LIE
Sept '14.-Gov. Magoains has vetoed the reso
lutioqs ord ering' 'himAe proclaim the confsa.,
Eassss 0aeKsntdsky soil TRs resolutions Aav
Bbeen passed. oSer hi, veto.
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-09-20

Rrtxasrps--Mr. ". H, Byrd, CT Augusta
Georgi., whose arres. On suspicion ofsbeIng q
Federal spy. We ehronicied . fsw days ago. ha,
'pssh honorably released. his loyalty TO tbe
souuth having bsea satisfactorily h established
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-09-20
THE COTTON Supply.

Abbeville. c. II. Sept. IA 1851. .
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,4$ = Il -
AnnEsr OF sMAaxLAsp LEorsIAsos.,rsBAlrl7
MORE, Sept. l4.2The Provossssmn mnar.hsi:,, at day
light'this. morning. asses.eas, May or Browns
Ross winanf, Charles'and F. fawrsnos. 8. Wal,
lace. and L. P. Scott members of the Legisla-
ture, and delivered them at Fort MoH cry.
eonsreasnsn May, and Lesislatpss,4Ienry N.
Morf..and ". G. Harrison are reported arres.
ted: 1t is also reported that benjamin g.
Howard. the peace candidate@fo for Governor,
and Dernison Guinlan and.Dr Lynch. meuiA
bers fromsBaltimore country. and J.tIIall, edi-,
tor of Che Baltimore South, have beetharrested.
The Legislature was to have met on Tuesday
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-09-20

+ Ryssno fHr BIoosADE: - hae q R;skmoad En-
quirer says the Hhasbeen eeially rsssiv q
in Richmond. wittiasa fex paA. that !
vessel uaders BrItist regisi sived as new
9slesas With sp asserted eatso. having. success;
t,lly .rua thu blook.ae. 4 portion of her car.
go aoaiistedssf 200o maskets aud l2s siaes,
which'eur brave sold,erswill surn to good ac-
count agsiust!ths sasthy. -
sBnu1sH NE1za4prf FNow York,xsr jour!
nal ihns indalSesin i. ebsief comment urois the
,es9fse ora prom'nspt spadisnsssPer.: =.
:rhe Toronto sLes:asr; wbiehlspB BsAsAto.bS IN
the secret ssryisSSk Dawn being strong
10 its support sf ske, Southern rehsllisp;. ssys a
That tie : Amsiiesa GoserDssht ha5 sfp iasSa
sfSsoasp and ol6ss canadian ditisens, ssssoss
ba,ipss il i.ays boatthe hotaSSabd
othfl. publisp spisssss ssaad dtos tslseraRRs sdshs
federal sseaisa& &l6ss..t .tss tii.s os..sed the
description. of s0sshsiss .ympsthizer, .eho
travel s6Aat direction. Aftsr the Loader
tSrsN1p Sht ounoemsns II, goes aipte .
'emAi pafoxysm oysfsshis diabolieal saDgss:ei
sE tis6tpsqtality." ~. s"'s
80 80 - s. =. : ~ - ~
The national Republican., 1861-08-14
SOUTHERN ITEMS.

Colonel Vaughan sayp in Letter written The
day after the battle:
Il feel certain that the brigade C. mmandcd
by Colonel Ely, composed Of Ii" tenth aud
thirteenth Virginia regiments. nud ,h' Mary
land aud Fast Tennessee regiments, lurned i6r
scale in our favor. The official reports speak of
these things
Lieutenant Colonel Reese. ID I, letter. also
says:
" Immediately alter the battle, General Beau
regard meeting with our gallant Elzry. date q
captain in the United States army) who com.
n,anded the fourth brigade, said to him on the
battlefield: Sir, you are the Blnchpr Of tho
day and have turned the tide of the battle
On the same day Colonel Elzey was commits
stoned, by President Davis, brgadicr general .
A correspondent, writing from Manassas to q
Memphis paper, says:
Il also learn from one OF our Surgeons thai
the wounded prisoners taken by our army are
not. by far, so dangerously hurt as the majority
of our own men. Most of our wounds are from
MIME balls, which have made great ghastly
openings, and frequently gone entirely through
the body-while those upon the enemy are will
round balls, whose effects have been less ia
tai
The national Republican., 1861-08-14
From the New Yo.k Evening Post.
The Com mmissarIat About Washington

So much has been done by the Administra
ton on behalf Of those who have staked their
lives on our country's unity that we can refer
to the patent mismanagement Of affairs neces.
sary to the soldiers comfort, as thing virtu'
ally of the past, and even then only ascribable
10 volunteer officers, who would have done
better had they known how.
Sail one Of the most illustrious of General
SCOTS aides-de camp, with whom we con
yersed for an hour before we let Washington,
and whose name, from the privacy Of our con-
sultation, we have no right to give: l." have
been many years in the army, and II has tre'
ouently been my lot TO lie encamped with a
regiment of regulars by The side Of body OF
volunteers.
"While our own men were per ectly satisfied
with their food making excellent bean soup by
boiling their meat with the vegetable, aud
saving from the army ration enough 10 create
fund for the purchase of regimental library
beside Injuries such as turkeys, chickens and
the like, br Thanksgiving, Christmas, and
other holiday occasions, our neighbors werF
grumbliOg over the wre!ohedness Of their fare
! and hardly able 10 live on it decently.
The difference Ia this In the first place, The
The national Republican., 1861-08-14

officer Of the day is expected, in a regular regi.
me1t, to 60 about the camp and superintend
the cuisine of the companies. He takes an iu-
terest 10 the dinuer.pot of bis men as II IL were
his own, and corrects mistakes rs he would for
his own table. Among The volunteer officers
there is no training of this kind. The quarter!
master may be as ignorant of the acquisitions on
the subsistence department necessary for the
mouths he has to feed as you or would be of the
style of mlrketiug proper for the table of the
NV York Hotel. Or he may be efficient, but
the company cooks may make a perfectly un-
palatable mes out Of the provisions he has
drawn from headquarters. | rem ,mber that in
the volunteer regiments next to me in Mexico,
they used to roast their salt pork, and boil their
beans separately. Nobody oversees them
their rccimental off 'crs, however well inten-
ii ned, have never learned thai It is heir duty
to superintend the cooking.
II regret exceedingly that Sanderson's ad-
vice was not foil ,wed by the last Congress A
proressed cook IN each regiment, instructing
the piyatea, Ia turn, how to make their ra ions
pllatablc, would have bscn cheap Investment
from our na,iotal wIr ilud. Oar reformed ra-
ton, ia both quality and quantity, is. without
exception. the very finest in the world. But
the best porter house steak may be ruined by
cooking, and so may the ration. This M alter
will undoub ed'y be attended to hereafter"
The national Republican., 1861-08-14
THE BURNING OF HAMPTON

Toe Richmond va Dispatch, says:
The news OF this last crowning act Of bar
barity seems 70 be confirmed. The quiet, IN.
offending old village, which even the Dritish
spared In the late war, has been converted into
n heap Of ashes by the Black Republican ill.,
vddcrs A more ,or'ion, mprOroLed, dad inter
]nl piece Of pure fnbo''snt ,r3S nerer committed.
\ more exemplary, refined and intelligent
community than that of Hampton was never TO
he found in Virginia. The cherished virtues Of
the Stale. It's hospitality. lis courtesy. its frank
n -, lis kindness to strangers. shonc there with
peculiar lustre. And it is such people who
have received such treatment. Surely. II Just
God reigns in Heaven. such crimes as these wi
not remain unavenged,'
Tie poor hood winked people OF the Con
iederacy," will not be permitted to know tina
Hampton was burned by Gen. Magruder, unit
little daylight is let in upon them by the al
vance of our armies.
The national Republican., 1861-08-14
snts- A Chicago correspondent Of the Ne

sns- a Chicago correspondent Of the New
York Times sys:
Il observe that the cause OF the Bull Run
disaster are still acrim0niGusly discussed. In
O paper before ME. the Times comes in for o
large slice Of denunciatons. as one OF the for
ward to Richmond councillors. There are two
simple questions iu connection " In this mat
ter, which would like TO sec answered: Had
our army under Mcdowell been entirely sue
c sSful--had the rebels been routed and driven
back on Richmond who would have had the
credit the glory ofiLC battle: Wod.d II have
been the Times, the Tribune OF General Scott,
and under him Med dwell: II any candid judge
Or jury will say that, in the case Of success, all
the glory would have been awarded to the
Times and Tribune, for advocating forward
movement, then they should bear the blame OF
the failure, and not otherwise. | am within
bounds when ! say that nineteen out of every
twenty in the Northwest had become inpatient
of the delay at Washington the time and
opportunity given the rebels in Virginia to
streng hen and entrench themselves. We had
offered men by regiments, and bad been told,
over and over agaiD that the Secretary OF
War had enough. Thousands upon thousands
bad been refused permission to serve under
the old f'g In defence Of the impcrilci Union.
They saw the time of an immense army Of three
months men about expiring men who had
been assembled and kept in camp for two or
three months at an cnorm nus expense and to
no purpose. Under these circumstances was
IL strange that there was mpatienc that all
or nearly all, agreed that something should be
dOue-that forward movement Should be
made! II was made, bnt how: Let this rest
until the war is over, until the rebellion l.
crushed out and theu let us have the why's and
whcrciores. All the West expect great thing:
of Gen. Mcclellan, and they see in the active
efficiency which he has already manifested al
headquarters, a guarantee that we are 10 have
To more failures within the possibility Of man
The national Republican., 1861-08-14
SECESSION LEGISLATION.

Among the recent acts of the Confederate
Congress- is one authorizing the President to
commission persons, but not above the grade
OF captains, in Delaware, Maryland. Kentucky,
and Missouri, to command such soldiers as may
b.. recruited in those States for the rebel ser.
vice.
Another act auth Jri2es the Presidrn. 10 issue
proclamation, requiring all male citizens of
the United States. excepting citizens Of Mary
land Delaware, Missouri, and Kentucky, and
excepting also such as may take an oath Of al
legianoe to the Confedcracy, to leave the same
within forty days, The time to be allowed for
the removal Of their property is to be fixed at
the discretion OF the President.
The national Republican., 1861-08-14
EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS.

Lieutenant Colonel Nugcnt and Capiain 7.
+. Meagher. OF the New York sxty-ninth, were
al the National last night. They are said to be
quite solicitou- that something should be i'm
mediatsly done by the Government, locking to
an exchangc Of prisoners with the Confederate,
to thn and thai Colonel Corooran may he lib.
Grated. 1t must be remembered, however, that
WI hav" a. prisoner no military man oi the
rank Of Colonel Corcman. G neral Mcclellan
must win victory before our Government
can begin TO exchange prisoners man for man
and rank for rank. WdAi1gipn torres p"ad
''1c", Baltimore Su", Thursday.
Aga collie .,ion OF occmr-nces is GER
rainly very limited, il he cannot rtnen btr OF
! call to mind The capture of al least one rebel
Colonel Pegrom by nama in Western Virginia