Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-07-24
Washington Correspondence.
WASHINGTON, July 10th, Isl

burgh to Baltimore city, from the Penn
sylyania state line to the city, is guarded
by soldiers with nearly ga musket to each
rail- Extensive military encampmcnts
surround Baltimore, and the guns of Fort
MeHenry point thrcateningly towards it.
The seoessionists of Baltimore are held to
loyalty to their Government by the power
Of columbiads and the sharpness of bayo.
nets more than by their patriotism. At
the Relay House. nine miles from Balti-
more towards Washington. at the junction
of the B. & %. Railroad leading to Har-
per's Ferry with the Washington branch.
q Massachusetts, Regiment is stationed to
watch and ward the roads there.
Washington is a vast military encamp-
mcnt. There never have been before, on
this Continent, such stupenduous military
preparations. The number of men noar,
at this moment. advancing ION the sacred
soil of Virginia" toward Fairfax Court
House and Manassas is not less than forty
thousand, with almost numberless baggage
wagons, ambulances and al the equipments
of a grand army. An army must move
slow, in an enemies country, and must
have vast appendages. An army cannot
move like q mob.
There is a Government Bakery in the
lower story of the Capitol, which turn:
out twenty five thousand loaves of bread
per day, and this docs not more than hall
supply the soldiers in and around Wash
ington.
There is. much fault found at the delay
of General Scott. This delay may have
been necessary, our army has been impro
yised in a short space of time, from al
most nothing. 1 think a forward anG
rapid movement has commenced. Tn,
glorious victory Of the volunteers under
General Mcclellan in Western Virginia il
the engrossing topic just now. You vii
soon hear Of other like results. The reb
els have no heart in this fight. l hearc
General Scott. yesterday, relate an effect
ing incident to this effect. A rebel sol
der, in one of the skirmishes on the uppcl
Potomac was taken prisoner, mortalll
wounded; as be was about to die, he called
a Federal Officer and said to him, that h
did not fight against his Government, tina
his gun had not been fired, that if exam
ined the cap tube would be found fllet
with wax. He was impressed into th
rebel service. The facility with which tn,
rebels run, Oh the approach of the Govern
pcnt forces, shows there are many others il
She same condition. 1t has been said, tina
enc southern man was equal to FIVE from
the north. Well it may take 4 northern
nen to catch one southcrner and I suppos
that one could whip him, when caught
AMI in this way, one southern man ma,
be equal to FIVE northern men. The unar
unity with which the House Of Represer
tativcs was organized. in the election O
speaker and other officers, was an earne:
Of its disposition to dispatch the importar
business for which Congress was convened
There are but Eve or six rebel symp;
thizcrs in the House, who oppose apprOpI,
ations, to sustain the Government, an
among the most odious and noisy Of whol
are Burnett of Kentucky, and Vallandig
ham, of Oiio. The northern democrat
generally sustain the policy of the admir-
istration, in its efforts to crush treason an
punish traitors.
We have the newspaper accounts Of th
unfortunate affair in which Lieut.. Strattc
and others Of Capt. Barrett's Compan
were involved. / cannot learn from the OIL
der issued at Columbus, what the partie
implicated have been guilty Of. l cannc
believe that the military necessity of thi
particular case justifes the severe treatmer
which those brave men have received
They may have been in the wrong, b.
may not our excess be forgiven with
reprimand. when those implicated hay
volunteered to put down those who al
guilty of robbery, theft and treason?-
Why should rebels, taken with arms j
their hands, plundering the property an
o~utraging the persons of loyal citizens,
released on their parole of honor, and OF
brave soldiers be disgraccd for a sing
transgression? Icannot believe that tho!
men intended any wrong against any 10y;
citizen 1 would not justify any Outral
; upon the loyal people Of States in rebellic
against the Government. l know that
is important that discipline in this respe
should be rigidly enforced, but too gre;
severity for the first offence cannot
justified.
The weather has been very hot, too b
to write many letters, and too hot to ha'
the Chronicle circulate much in this meri,
ian. for l have not seen a cory since Il
middle Of June.
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Sick, Yet Severe.