Daily national Democrat., 1861-08-09
aziIu acknowledgements.
General Patterson.

u-t,;s individual, VINO ny 'n0 ""y' 40 '
,nos being SO years Of age, is undergoing
..,tv lively handling at the hands OF
p .;Do war correspondents. One letter
writer says
Many indignant Unionist are charging him
.,;th treachery to the Federai cause; ana
,hsv say that he made secession speech IN
tnty Ss}nbia in February last. 1t is pretty
fm,a f.s;n That he was suspected by the people
cer'us c.Ha, citv of disaffection to the Union
OF ~ Tn The first excitment caused by the
cauor c"or nm Fort Sumter in that city, mob at
asaa a''Ssa and nearly demolished the Office of
m.H ,.,a secession newspaper called the Palmetto
Iss,. I,sn They next moved, the accounts of
L"s I,"s dav saw, to the house of General Pstter-
W" sn and forced him to hang out Union
flag. -r.. 1..
a.,e of July goth. says that Patterson was
ordered to, keep his force between Johnston
md Harpers' Ferry, lest the rebels should re :
,,o to the latter place, and from thence
n,oeeed towards Washington. The following
artracts from Siamonden's letter, is the more
interesting, for having been written before
the great battle, during which johnson join
ed Beauregard.
In nv last l informed you that General
Scott had cautioned General Patterson not
10 follow the army of Gen. Johnston, ire
treating from Bunker Hill, near Martins
burg, In such way as to permit the latter TO
accomplish design he had of drawing the
Federal troops away from the line OF the
baltimore and Ohio Railroad. and then sud
denly moving himself via Winchester and
al. >,
and thence descending upon Washington
through Maryland-the side of the city on
which We have no defensive works TO ob
struct their path General Patterson accord
ingly marched his column oyer to Bunker's
nil. as though ia pursuit of Johnston, and
thence, instead ofproeeeding towards Win
chester, as it was supposed he would do he
turned off and took possession of Charles
town, for the purpose of intercepting John
ston should he attempt to reach Harper's
Ferry. At the same time body of Fede
rails occupied the latter place. From Charles
town, as q good map will show you, Gene
rrl Patterson was in position to stil follow
m General Johnston, and to harass his rear
sbould he continue to retreat and seek to
effect junction with General Beauregard at
Manassas Junction. 1t was chiefly in the
hone of preventing the latter that General
columns from the camps Just over the river
from Washington. General Mcdowell de-
sired, if possible. to push out his column far
enough to intercept JOhnstons command
and thus surround sRd eonapel its surrender
when it found itself corraied by Mcdowell
.on the south, Patterson on the north. and
the fear of Mcclellan on the west. What is
TO he the result of these various moves on
the warlike chess-board, it would be diff
cult to predict with accuracy. it is feared
however that in consequence of his better
knowledge of the country, if General tohn-
ston finds himself unable to get the advan-
tage of General Patterson, he will succeed in
pushing southwark and etfecting the desired
junction with the main body OF the Confede-
rate forces at Manassas.
The Alias St. Louis letter dated July 23d,
has the Gsalowing:
1t will be remembered that on the fall of
Fort Sumter the people of Philadelphia be-
CAME 80 excited that a mob visited several
suspicious newspapers offices and made them
show their eolors. At that time Gen Pat
terson held such a questionable position, re-
ls;ive,to secession, having extensive money
ed interests in the South that the crowd
waited upon him at his residence to make
lin show his hand.
it first, but, seeing that his house would be
completely guttei by mob if he persisted
in refusal to declare his sentiments, he sue
cumbcd and made strong Union speech.
Stiff, there was doubt of his loyalty, and,
being Major C eneral of the Pennsylvania
militia, the matter was considered important
enough TO press further. Pat erson finally
came out in public declaration of loyalty.
and proceeded with the REORGANIZATION OF the
State Militia so dilgenGy as to silence all
cavils as to his secession sentiments. But
man 20 years Of age, and never distinguish
ed for military ability, was not inclined to
be popular, and, added to this, his own per
solal ,pomposty rendered him the reverse of
popular. The origin of his appointment to
command the division is explained by the
threatened invasion of Pennsylvania near
Chambersburg by the Virginians at Iarper's
Ferry To prevent this, while the army was
being organized for the protection of Wash
ington, several regiments of Pennsylvania
troops were ordered to Chambersbusgh. and
Patterson was ordered to command. Even
tually the force was increased, till he found
himself ut the head of a division. There
have been loud outcries against him from the
start The delay in occupying Harper's
Ferry after its evacuation, was unpnrdon-
able, and allowed the rebels-to return with
ucoOfop ecNeihi Iuousauu
dollars worth of property. His singular
sowness hae done much mischief, as may be
Judged from the following dispatch to the
Chicago Tribue: -'-'.-
WAsHISeTdS, July 1910 A. NJ.
Patterson, we hear Tonight, without or /
ders, under the pretepce of want Of forage.
has fallen back upon Martinsburg If he
We're a seccssionist, he could not do the ene-]
my better service. Ilis is case for removal
or court martial and shooting 4
1t Is believed that Gen. Johnston has made
alunction with Gen. Beauregard The in
formation comes from reliable and official
source. So'much for Patterson's gcneraship
Ills part of the game was to hold Johnston
IN check, and when he attempted to move,
10 attack him. but the rebel has proved the
better tactician, and old Pat is bamboolzed
0neh is the belief here in military circles /
tERsIsTENT ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE -Ths Bull
let'n ct Wednesday, relates the following re-
iiarkaoie Instance of perseverance:
Francois Tisson, a Freneb man, but few
weeks out ofnthe Hospital, tried to discover
eue great secret this morning He took his
~ e.a"u et the corner of Fourth and Market
erect ana waited patiently until the sand
onI o"'S were heard rushing around the cmve1
%;nau,c nu uuwn the steep grade, when, throwing
;,,nSeitl ilat. on the grdhnd he grasped the
-ton rall with his hand, and laid his head
as,oss asU IL. e "A stout ecountryman the heroes
VI Oorcorans 69th, seeing what he was up to,