, 1861-08-24

Eofrespondanea Of the Chicago Tribune.1
WASHINGTON, Aug. 70, 1851.
Rain, rain, rain! It rains, it has raioed.
"nt faan Ii Is vet blanket to the war; an
me song our soldiers sing, as they lay down i
II, n"a Wst sheet and q flowing sea-" But
lew evenings ago I saw, but heard more tha;
1 cav, the Pennsylvania Twelfth Dass;n
through the Avenue In rain, which, by tn
gauge, measured two inches and half. Ths,
bore it well, however, aud shouted IS if the,
we're making Zouaye attack. Col Tcmp
klus's men that night found themselves sleen
ing IN water two incEes deep, and ha. to tax,
Inc rails near by and make s1sttine for thei
mats. have not Jet heard Of any great sick
ness arising from this rainy season but fes7
it will breed it, with the sudden celd snf
ehlHs It brings, On the heels of week or twf
Of heat at 1G0o.
You have heard Of the arrest of Col. Gorma,
OF the First Minnesotz. As heard the story
1t amounts to this: Ever since the dashine
service his regiment did at Bull Run. some
few Of his men found they might hsye more
chances to make dash, and have got scared,
they have contributed purse Of sufficient
slze 70 tempt some oi these shysters, OF ases
la"Jets, TO make up case; ard q certain
printer Kas made to cat rather a bad fiEurs,
D standing IS the figure head to the suit, a
WITH of hd16Gs corpus was granted by Jui1ge
wayne Of the United States Supreme Gcurt I'd
bring the printer into the city: Col. Gormau
would not give him up; and was then himself
waited upon by the United States Marshal
t MlIh "flt for contempt Of Court. He
thought, on the whole, he might il.
rowe the civil power with the military
Il he resisted, and SO he came in with the Maj
en21, aoa went TO Gen- Scott and told him he
must take the case off from his hands. The
General Instantly sent him back to his raen :
out before he left the city the General con.
General, and who has great influence With this
Administration. and sent fo- the Colonel, who
ansWered to the writ, and was discharged. The
scared Printer has been shown up in The traa
hght, with all the rest who undertook to make
an escape by pleading that they enlisted tor
Q! only three mon tbs, Then there WAS their oath,
IN black and white, for the W1. Col. Gofman
u strict disciplinarian and honor him for
that. They charge that he swears. He saws
ne Wa5 provoked to that By the cowardice OF
these few men. On the whsle, this case viii
90 good, by putting an end to the mauy cases
teat are like it, where the men are deu7ing
Lnat Ine9 we're enlisted for the war. II this
the recreants in the 10Th and 13:h New York.
and I'd Maine regiments, will hea, this psstl.
lent difficulty. s'0N|N7
your correspondent Ct ran with the ma.
chane" when the sH pieces or park OF artillery,
me TWO companies Of cavalry, and four Of
re gulaIs, II arched solemn4y up to l2th street
to conquer the rebellion OF The 79th. Il wa
indeed solemn, and humi;ia:ing, to sea our w
1otn marching against our own men. But
there was no relief in the case. did not know
pqt shuId get caught in Bull Run affair.
where the bullets would come too near, but
with the Thousand, followed On. The 5ete1s
we're lylpg, half OF them, hall drunk in a peach
clcha1d at the head Of 10.h street. was there
When taey we're surrounded and ordered by
ther new Colenel, the renowned Stevens, to
ia1 INTO Line. Then the solemnity turned into
l1e RIDICULOUS as one after another OF the
coWards got up 1az1y, arranged knapsack, aud
sluEE into line. It reminded me Of the Eay
COVE get up and 6tre5ch in the morning when
the ta1me1 goes out early to milk They were
that Light prisoners al the Navy Yard: :: and
tnelr 1aIe viii be determined By courtmar-
ua4 70 day. They set up three pleas TOR their
coneucf-oidn't enlist fer tEe war, abuse, and
The promise by Secrets1y Cameron that the7
mig ut GO to New York and recruit their reyi
meut It is not denied that the SecretSTy
did give such ridiculous permit, and then il
Wae coantermRGdea BY him This has inycly-
ed the Lieut.. Col McEliot in his trouble,
WHO u charged with fomenting tha nutiny,
When ~ he did was to promise the Eurloush
Which Cameron had granted.
. i1e case Of the Maine I'd rebels il without
me least excuse ! have heard some Of them
taik, ard am on7inced that 1t is sheer coward
ice. They hsTe their sentence to be shipped
10 The Dry Tortugas, till they prove them
selves worthy Of the regiment The resigns
NOE q their Colonel, Jameson, smscks little
Of 6ip political ambition. oyerleaping isaelf BE
party Of Maine for Goyenor; and be was
nominated By the Congressman Of Maine for
Br1gedler General. Governor Washburue
came to Washington, and the name Of Prince
was substituted for that Of Jameson, ard
ofas nGsain1ied tkst b. the President The Colonel
lumber business, Is the reasoa thGs be resigns;
pat It Ii un4ottunate for him that he resigns
JUST when the two causes uaned above are
supposed to be operating. Jameson pretends.
teo, that he could not get supplies from Guar
master General Melge, when others coming
.a!el Won.a get them. But if he has shown
Eisdom enou. h to put some OF the half dozsn
OF his men who string along every morning
to the post office, to wait at The Quartermas.
tef's tt u the supplies expected arrived. he
need not have had this complaint.
Ihe Colonel is one Of your bright faced
p men WHO LBS become ambitious, and has been
aattered, and who Was brave in The fisht: bnt
be has the political ambition of IN cfete De-.
mocr2cy, which, like the mastodop, mustlay t.
eelf down to die. But die it must. a. r1nst
every party bnt the Union wa7 party. or the
rebels u the 18th New York, I viii say but
little. Their Colonel, Quinby, Of Rochester.
tas reslgned but have ce7er heard the rea-
aome thisty-aeVen, princi pally from Rochester,
0Aye only the same 1easons as those In the
18th and Maine ID bad, aud will 20 to the Gulf
IS prisoners. The evil is not psculiar 10 our
army, suppose, bat it is most dsgraceful:
and demanded, aud bas met with, . strong
'EiltaF3 band in, Gen. Mcclellan
5Ie papers publish list Of 225 volunteer
Ulcers Nto have resigned. It makes = bad
:, EnoW taat only 3 Of them date prior to July
zlsf. Here are 200 that have found ont since
laa. III starred day, that they are not able to
go Ii Tor the war. Probably the most OF these
have "a come to this conclusion IN view Of
eae new oto9 requiring an examination
BY their Own conscience, have gone out
one by ONE The fact is, half Of cur
volunteer officers under the first cau Of the
President, and many Of the priyates, wanted
TO see Washington. They came they saw:
ana did not conquer. They str1tted in shou1-
der straps aud sword around the hotels aud
amps, OF played soldier in reviews aud march
es = but when they found there Was to be
something besides holiday performances, their
occupation Was like OtEello'a-
Gen. Mcclellan, dght from Service duty.
With true Generals ideas, came into orr dis.
bfeefed camp, and began to put down new
uies That took officers and privates from the
eity to the post Of drill and duty. This made
Rar business, and not pastime; and hence
ne sun. shine men find, all at once, the augusta
res doaai, the strait in their affairs at hou,el
AmoRg other reforms, the new General has
made it more difficult to get passeB aud I
:rast, too, has made the guard more strict On
1utT have q late experience that shows
hat this Last was much needed. Wandering
3own to this end Of the long Bridge, last
l1u1sday, l said to the Sergeant that
- enPPosed there was no going upon
ne Bridge without pass;H but after
:hafnng with him about the place he came
rom, ne said ~ could 60 to the draw, ss that
Ras sa isr as his guard extended" / passed
. BY ahoat half dozen guazds-came
Q the draw, and no one preventing, I went to
he end Of the bridge. There were two men
With bayonetA I said to them the sarne as
9 to The Sergeant; ehatted awhile, and
aey said 1 could go to the first
sort There I laid my h8nd on the
;;reat black goRs; walked an echo down
aeir big throats aad examined the carriages.
pFreaching him, said ssI supposed |
'oo1dnt SO any further without pass" II
laye nothing to do with psaaee,n said he. md
o went on towards Fort Eunyon; but "a
lafk Eas coming on, returned, aad came
'eck oxsr the bridge without any trou-
'le; When told my story to some Who
ss,t 'aa eeen e denied passes, they could hardly
Tedn Il; but SO it WEE. A. / happened not
9 be Beauregard or any one Of hi numerons
f1ends In this city, " nobody wAs hurt" and |
70 cannon spiked But I might easiiy hava
aa IN Ina1 night s1nong the guns and doae nv |