New-York daily tribune., 1861-09-06
THE CIVIL WAN I'm AMERICA.
special Correspondence Of The I.oodou Tues.
W soutporny -,

~, WAsHIEoTos, Aug. 10, 1904.
iuo "ea' mas been 90 oppressive that even IL thH
srm'es were ready for action they could not 6gA.
rr'nce Napoleon, on bic excu sion to Mount vernn
on "wednesday, lost two horses from suuuiroke. on.
at least, the Unifed States Government did 40 bss.
nothing daunted, ne went across the river yeserdss
with special passes and Escort and attended by ocs.
Mcdowell, to the Confederate outposs, whence 10
went over TO visit Gen. Beauregard and probablyo
Richmond. Mr. Seward rio not offer any eetions a
use but this step o.l The Prince part sdispesssd
some Of tse friends Of the Government. have bce8
vistng the campo at the other side and observe 10
Elm of an aggressive movement but there Ia concen.
trsion of troops on right to meet display force
on rhe psrt of he enemy beyond the ChainBddge and
al Grea Falls
In nv ss letter referred 10 Tire misrepresentation
respecng the Wits Of ihe ConederaIes TO Mount ver
non, which had 80 far Influenced Gen. &c. that ha
wrote general order rather remarkable B IL phrase
ology, warning the Federal troops against the COM
n iasion any scts Of Vandalism should they be NJ
that vciny. Similar misspprehensions on the part u
Gan BeanfeoArd -, 70 his seDding flag OF truce
inquire whether the raderslisis bad been hadgiok
prisoners taken in battle. isa explanation is tass
some gymDasts Of regiment were exh!tiilng theat
ieots for the amusement If their cOmrac6r, and bad
oeen taken by the spectators the victims of capital
punis ment. It ia 10 DO hoped that the report which
has appeared OF the brutal fOgging of Northern
woman bya moo in one Of the seeded States equally
untrue.
am inclined 10 think General ButIer's recent visie
to Washington was connected with hs cesireto enforce
The minds # & military author ties is plan Of ops
erationo from Fort Monroe in which must confess there
seen great deal OF soundness. There eoarss,
difficulty in the of concentrating troops baggage,
and material by Sea; but the PederaliSls after all are
only twelve hours from Baltimore by the Chesapeake
aud few hours more iom Washington. They com.
mand the sea and thew ought 10 be ebe TO collect In
lIV Of a
Coz frders,ts cOuld Assem- le TO opp's- thea.
The Special Seesion OF she Thirty Congress-
which adjonrued yesterday to The fth Of December,
paced duIing it's bI-f sitfng Of month number u
acts moro Important In character, ard introducing
changes Of greater consequence in the cOns ica u
the United States than any since the Declaration Of
Independence.
Tho writer here r,pulats. the J., of the Act. Of css
gsss After giving vsfiors items VI news, with .hch Yu
Feeders ALREADY scqus th- writer P,oe.eds sF wei
At the present Inor ut it l. calculated That ese
Uoied States exI endiiHrs exceeds sl,HO,0Oo Dig.
Mr. Secretary Chae, Id his Iepoft 70 Congress s'a.o
that the sums al eady voted amounted 10 S3io ooir
# which sum he proposed to raise tSW,OJe,pU@
loans and ss00O0000 by increased CATIONS aud tax.
alton, direct tax OF 1900 UOd, al iocon e-sG VI
yer cent upon all incomes above $500, esed TO per
cent ia the care Of absentees ~itn large addnoasc To-
tie Morrill, tariff, are the mems prpsed Bat not one
arow OF srnth has been stiueed 20 prove that ruy
one of ihela will answer the end while IL the case 1
the Seeded STATES we know that the appropriations
cannos at present, if ever, DO rasred
With nl. tAe efforts thai can make 10 keep
down biz expen,es, the nilhty ,pdsm0di: efforts q
the Moth 20 create and maintaih great iah'aTy
esnblishmsut ere attended by great wrte; ~ recv~
lrons which have been Of late eusive and active,
putting DEVILS durt aud shoddy into eloth oro~3
pApeT into .hoo sol p aud ndnging in suilst pfsse-
tees whereby patriotic citizens make iort0uss by
their country Losses have lot much TO DO Wild the
extravaganza tie ignorance OF those charged WIZ
the distribution OF the public money: nave s"en
stated in an American paper that vol rn'eer cos i've
tiul.s AS mnch ~ u regular rlCier aud have been
as-ured by officer Of the regular army thai voif'
teer co certainly rnree times as much "a an eniSea
p,iynte L. /. generally declared that eve-y colder
msiu,ninsd by the Uued Safes costs GOO Perannum.
Tie last OF Congress wac 10 raise toe lsy o' tns
soldier to sl3 mo"tb, or aboH T. IL lo ana tuis
paid to him with little no dedncti"n such al our .oi~
die suffer from. IL the matter CT Ordnan' aio u .
waste must be extnIordinhy. Guns of al cfiiefet
Fix uouuders tens, tSenirs thri-s ana special rinoo
ordnance FOE each descipion all knds Of expermen-
tai guns ON trial, some proea iy not more encc,o9s
than the fmou, proposal which hts been suggested In
many Northern papers of driving the enemy from Ma
nass@s and OF Oe,troying those eternal m,sked bat
teriss--how do you thinki By the plan of oar oao
friend PrlisseT III Algeria, when he smoked The Arsof
out of their caves To be hre 40 caves deres
mt still is proposed rou the Coneerates by sst~
ting the brusbwood ia their front on ire soutte.a
ing,ICity not TO be oudone, has dice verd au equally
effective mode OF gsni y on the enemy at Fot Pics"
ems and Mobile paper proposes that tiu vessels
shouli be filled with snakes, SCORPIONS, snd other
agreeable and reptiles TO be discharged oy NOR
tan
liver their pleasant: consgnneats on arriving among
the garrison.
IL am correctly informed the deserti,rs from the
Northern army numerous enough 10 excite sef1ons
npprshensions. Bv private letter from n co Intry
gentleman ia Mary land learn that all the bywayt
and roads are I'LL with making th,ir way hose-
Some are working ia the ihhorhood ~ l'bOrers 90
the farms Others are hi ling in the large towns, ssd
that they are may be Judged from the iact OF
IS being counted going past Que house In rather an
QUITO the way la IN Que day. iuc stories OF De-
serters are never TO he credited These men compsin
of bad treat nisut from OTHERS wa of food, aud 90
INV IL il known t1at some officers never stoppcd
thrir carer frm the moment they turned their bacu
at Bull Run m they rsn 10 eartn la their IA hou &C.
and by their own nresides IN the Norm. III shyimnS
eond increase the shsn between The regulars ana vo
np,,.rs IL has been olud ia the bitter naunerin which
the art ery are. OF de- ion OF the trools psced
support tho Uuited States batteries which We're ouSs&
with great galantry, AID only abandoned nj TIE it
moment. The Act fJr the Better Organization os
the Military Establishment appolats live Assi1antr
General ia addition TO the pres mt number,
no surgeons aud ~ assistant surgeons; remodes the
Adiutsnt GENERALS Depa' 'tment, aud strengthens Il.
increases the Commssait Department, ue SorPset
Enoiueers. The 0!duance Dep ment, the Quarter.
uasler-en epls Department; creates corpr OF wsg.
ouers corps OF female nursss provides for capiains
20 each regiment and for the entity of cadsts Into lh>
services increases the raons, viz " 2 o. dread os
flour or 10. biscuit hard bread, beans, rice, bon-
iny and 10. potato-s or equivalents, tea or eotee.
fresh beet us often pra ticable; regulates trs-
msnts, relative ranks, and pay.
in, loee the report os Gen. Mcdowell, which 10 ex'
The Congress q, Richmond has instructed the JUDI:
sisry COMMITTEES 10 inquire into tie exPeoieoey o.
taking and preserving evidence Of the abc1ctloa ~
reception Of slaves by the enemy, TO the emo tu' ~
demnity may be cxacied hereafter: ii
Cen Frrmont hss received SO heavy guns, win
eaupmeuis from Pitts purg. Nothing uio,e nus 1ess
heard of Gen. Pillows force and rs attack ON nirus
Point. Some inssninca9s esiinIi.uee ns,. 0'S Tss-