New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-13
THE PIRATE SUMTER GONE INTO PORT
INCREASE OF THE NAVY.

THE EFFORTS TO SECURE THE BODY OF COL.
CAMERON.
The following is the correspondence between
Arnold Harris, the agent sent by Secretary Ca.
meron to obtain the body of his brother, and
| Gen. Beauregard
July %, 1861.
To Gen. BrAuREo,RD, Commanding oheer Confederate
Army:
Sir: send this by friend and trusty servant, who
| is well known to many officers III your army. He is
| sent for the purpose of obtaining from you permit
for Mr.. II, S. McGraw and myself to pass your lines
TO obtain the body Of Col Cameron who fell In the
action Yesterday My soci,ude in this matter is an
impulse of private character. The rigid rules estab
shed iii Washington with reference TO flags of truce
prevent nc from carrying out ny wishes without pro;
ceediug as am now doing. l believe Gen. B. will
reculrct me while resident in New-Oreans; but II
President Davis, Gen. Lee, Gen. johnson, Gen. Wig
fall Colones Miles Kett or Withers are present they
will not hesitate to vouch for me. Gen. B0Dham and
in fact nearly al your officers know me. In addition
to the qualification of performing a sacred duty,
would be highly delighted TO meet in your camp many
of my most valued frenis Ii ia proper for me to acd
tla have no: been in any connected with the
action of the Government here, and that am
neutral.
Very respectfully, your. &c,
(Signec) AhNpbD iAhhio.
McGraw and two servants. l have not named my
friend or servant for prudential reasons but either Of
the gentlemen above named can vOuch for them.
HEADQgARrrRs ARMY OF THE p PoTSonAc,
MANASSAS JUNCTION, July %, 1861. y
SIR: am instructed by Gen. Beauregard, command
ing the First Corps Army OF the Potomac. 10 say that
he has received your note OF the I'D and to reply
thereto.
The General declines giving an informal permit to
any one residing beyOud his advanced lines for any
purpose which may be accomplished by those formal
proceedings known to, and prsc,iced by, civilized
beli2ereut nations BY act of his will he lower the
nifty NJ ia States as
ming that to be done indirectly which the usages Of
civilized warfare accomplish directly.
The arbitrary and unusual courle adopted in such
cases as you refer 10 by the United States Government
will lie the guide of the Generals conduct In RETURN
Any one therefore, coming within his lines without the
proper flag will be cent under escort TO The Coned.
craze Government for examination.
The Generul deems proper Tor me TO add tnat human
y should teach enemy to care for It's wounded and
Christianity TO bury its dead. am Sir your obedent
servant, JOHN l.. MANNING, Aiu-oe-CaniP'
TIE following letter from Harry S. Magraw,
who went for Col. CamerOn's body and ia now
a prisoner in Richmond, has been received:
Arrested 23d, on the ground that We had come
within the lines OF {. A. improperly. We are now
held as prisoners Of war; and quaered in tobacco
house ia company with the captured Federal officers.
Have met many friends here who have been exceeding
Is kind. Indeed, were treated with Kindness and
Consideration from the time we were put under arrest
aud believe Of all the prisoners is brother OF Mrs
I4incoln-a Mr.. Todd of Kentucky. Nhen The u ).
Government refused to recognize the e. :. Govern
meDt as LelliceTeut aud failed send flag Of truce
uuder which their dead and wounded might have been
proter, cared for, the authorities tbs eide became
yers n id in rcfe renee 10 these pr ,Oners.
"Before tis they allowed to renSin at the ho-
tel on parole Now they confined and under guard
ali the tine rs we passed the battle-ground day be-
fore Yesterday we SAW some OF the dead y ing ui-
hurled When the ConfedeFates had buried their own
dead aud cared for their wounded, they then turned
their attention to the killed and wounded OF The enemy
Harris and have 10 expectation o. being released al
an eorlv day although Efforts have been made IN our
behal by leading Southern gentlemen in high postion
Rnt tbey will not bend the rule in our favor and Say
fiat the measure meed out TO their captured shall be
our fate.
THE AUSTRIAN MISSION.
Mr. Motley's appointment to the Austrian
mission is understood to be due to the efforts of
Senator Sumner who pressed him for the Hague,
aud, that failing, for Vienna, for which the
other prominent candidate was Mr.. John Jay OF
New-York Mr.. Motley can pursue his studies
quite as well at Vienna as at the Hague The
Libraries of the Austrian capital arc rich in dOcu-
ments relating to tho Thirty-Yeors War, the
bistory of which he proposes TO write. Massa-
chusetts now has three frst-clas, Ministers.
CONSULAR APPOINTMENTS.
The following COnsuls have recently been