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YANKEE LErrERs:-The Richmon

YANKEE LETTERs.-The Richmond
Dispatch says: An almost countless num-
Der of Yankee letters have been captured
by our troops ,ou the several battle-felds,
within the pastfew days. Many of them
are hard specimens of Northern literature,
and nearly all of them decidedly trashy
As an exception, we make some extracts
from letter dated Marshal, Michigan,
May 29, ,. from which it will be seen that
there is at least one sensible man left in the
North, who is unwilling to-swallow the Alb
olition dose which the Seward Adninissra-
tion is preparing. The name of the writer
we deem it judicious to withhold; but will
state that the letter is from one brother to
another :: ,rs... - ,-~-,.-.. =.
~ am also glad, Ben, you are not a
miserable abolitionist. / am glad to hear
you speak we'll of Mcclellan. I wish he
and the whole army would turn against ab-
olition and its leaders. Dear Ben, ] hoped
this war would be over and all things set
tied again. 1t seems the Southerners are
determined to have their iudependence.-
1 believe they will if. not at present, at
some, future time. = -. t.......@ .
"There is-no usaBn living among a'peo-
pie who think negro ought to be free. 1
wish every one in the land would take the
plague and die. You do not know what
they are until, you live in place like Chi
cago, where great many people treat them
the same as whites or better. say, d-n
the nigger, and hope the South willnever
give up while there is free negro in the
country. I suppose. there are a great
many soldiers who think they ought to be
free, but such are fools and beggars. What
do the soldiers in general think about the
abuse. Of Mcclellan? Do you think the
soldiers, ofsthe middle States will ever suf:
fer him to be~insultsd by the Cd d-n
Fremont fauatical abolitionists? I believe
yet, that Pennsylvania, the middle States,
and the border States will get tired of abo-
lition fanaticism and uEite with the South.
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!, 1,HaE TYPE 81 ovn SoUrHiERN { 3 i Boys

4 THE TYPE oF oBa soUrHERN BoYs.-
The following extract from the Winchester
correspondence Of the Baltimore Sun gives
the true type Of our Southern boys: T.. :.
q Several Of the Confederate patients are
very young, and look more like schoolboys
than soldiers, There is one young man,
about Is years old, }, who is wounded in the
shoulder, and who isatmest continually cry.t
ing from the pains Of his wound. Some
times his mind wauders, and he can befair-
ly heard crying for that mother who is many
miles away from him. His father Is ons Of
the richest planters in Louisiana, and the
son volunteered IN one. ofthe regiments
raised in that State On leaving home
his father sent q young negro boy with him
as servant. This negro has followed him
continually, >, and no matter what time yon
enter the hospital yousWill find him sitting
alongside Of his young master The. boy
it is thought, will recover, but be- whlneg-
er again be ft to lead q soldiers life. q u Il.
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70 REMOVE MAaaors FROM WOUND

=. To REMOVE MAaaors FROM WOUNDS.
As matter Of widespread interest at
this time, we give place to the following:
Take the leaves, bark, flowers, or berries
of the common elder (sambucus .niger),
make a strong tea by pouring boiling wa
ter upon them, and letting them steep
Wash the wounds once or twice day with
this. Boil some lard, and while boiling,
stir iu elder in considerable quantity, and
strain off through sieve OF coarse CLOTH
This makes an ointment for the same pur.
pose. It is improved by adding one-fourth
as much common beeswaE as the amount of
lard used. '-.
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FROM WASHINGTON. = a number Of
members of Congress, other than those al
ready named, are going home to raise regi-
ments and brigades in response TO the call
Of the President for three hundred thou
sand more troops. Among them are Messrs.
Train, Of Massachusetts,, and Diven, Pome.
roy and Van VaIkeuburg, Of New York.
The radicals are hard at work. DR.. VIM.
Doaue, Of the Patent Ufice, not having any
thing to do in Washington, has been started
off on tour to the North, to stump New
York for abolition soidiers-to enlist none,
it is said, but those who will fight with the
negro, and for the negro, ,sand not to fight
under Mcclellan.
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rro,mn the Lancaster t. t,i Ledger. 7

= -
Z 1t is written, that "StenewalP jackson
smiles at the sight of, q twagon+-that moth
ing affords him so much pleasure as the
capture of this vehicle from the, enemy
Now, this wonderfully successful military
hero must have "a reason for this love Of
#agonsy It is written, that he has never
lost any military stores--and' that be takes
great care of his sick and; wounded; and
that his soldiers aresdeyotedly attached to
him. Now wagons are useful to- convey
military stores which. are necessary for
fighting and for supplying bis soldiersigith
food !; but, moreover, they serve to;cpnyey
the sick and wounded. .NovsTwe may see
seeiwhy Jacksou.s soldiers ara devoted to
him. aud why be, smiles, atthe sight of q
wagon nothing is better calculated to
make!the soldier love his General; than the
facts that he supplies his army with an IA. a.
Of food and he takes good care: Of
bis sick and wounded, Let sus then have
Plei1, Ple1,Sy oi; ol9 Sex = 49,.
= Here, we see the importance Of mechan-
isua.;;s Although the farmer is necessary in
society, he himself, is dependent
upon mechanism 81 The plough and the hoe
are works of mechanism {; for whoever makes
them performs at the, time the work Of the
mechanic, "a greater number OF, our people
should ,puttheir, children, to trades. y We
must ali see shatthis is i:the road to useful.
ness,-, 1t is also the road to wealth. Peter
Cooper, ,the millionaire, is to this day a glue
maker. Itis1the road, moreover, to fame
Doctor Franklin, 1.-THE Printer, Fulton, Of
Steamboat memory, and Morse. the inyen.
ter of the Magnetic Telegraph, were all
,mechanicss the last two were painters up
;tofthe time: they, y,made these immortal in
ventions. There are then three Of the great.
est inducements for learning trades-patri,
otism, wealth and fame. tits objected that
the mechanic has not equal social position
with the professional man. The objection
is not founded in fact The Boatwrighl
family of; C Columbia, ,sthatsofz McCreight ol
.Winpsboro, that Of Race of Cheraw, that o!
NV heelerfof Y Yorky and many Others that
could mention, have as good social position
as any class 10 society. > e.. .-:.,:I
- z sg,.z z.J.6F. G.. iMITTAG.'
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y
"HowEnn COBB ON THE REBELLIoN.."
A correspondent Of the Philadelphia
Inquirer, writing under the above caption
from "Camp Lincoln, surrounding Rich
tmopd, ,".says:r ~ : ~ So ~
{ On one or two, occasions, recently, flags
of truce have been borne into and from the
enemy, for the transaction of some minor
matters relating to prisoners and clothing;
At one of these meetings Brigadier Gene.
raj Howell gobkwas, present, portly, pom
pous and communi cative as ever In course
Of the conversation Gen: Cobb said that,
when this war first broke out, its main sup
port at the South was derived from Ger.
tain class, but that the pride of'the South
had been excited, and dthat fear Of encroach-
ment upon the realrights Of the people, and
fear of subjugation;; had made the South a
perfect unit He said there was now no
division in the public sentiment ); that with
them it was a war for independence or an
ashslation, ,and if they could not secure the
one they would suffer the other. He; said
that the Confederate, government, had en-
tirely ceased to hope for foreign interven-
tion that they did not expect it, and placed
no reliance upon it whatever; they hoped
soon to be masters of their own situation,
and to be able to dictate their own terms to
other governments. -. 80 ,..~,. =,
He said that his brother and himself had
heretofore cultivated cotton estates lying
contiguous to each, other, and had realized
from them an annual income of sixty thou
sand dollars, but that they: had not planted
a cotton seed this year; their lands we're
sown with grain and that they were rails
ing all they could eat and that this was
generally the case with planters. Of the
South. Very little cotton was being raised.
His most important statement related to
the disposition of the rebel army. General
Cobb said that, for himself, he was entire
+ly opposed to making standsat Richmond.
He thought the>city should be abandoned,
and the entire army withdrawn, protract-
ing the campaign without loss on our side
through the summer and fall but be had
been overruled by his superior officers, and
that they should defend the city to their
utmost ability. Such was their determina-
ton, and We could only enter Richmond
by passing through seas of blood. Gen.
Cobb made some very uuhandsome remarks
about President Lincoln, and the interview
terminated ~@ 49, .. -s. s..
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Still, Ben, stand by the Consultation that
iashe American s only God and law: = -. -.
= !, .sNo wonder, Ben, there are no Union
men where you q are. What. have they: to
be Union men for 2" : - -: -. j, =. =.
sonr Seeurity.

q
General Nc cClsllan, we are informed, ID.
q conversation previous to the war, said to
a gentleman now in Richmond, that he re..
garded lying perfectly instifable for the
purpose ot injuripg an enemy and strength
ening oneself in war. He considered war
a game Of violence, stratagemf and decsp.
tion throughout, and lying was Just 81 d
par With ambusoading the foe Or keeping.
friends5in the dark To subservs d purpose
OF prevent 57an injury. With this broad
ground boldly assumed and practicsHy us. is
ed by the head of the Northern army, moth.
ing less proaigate is to be expected from
the people or press Of the United States, )
Itswill. not, therefore, as to listerto any 10!
dicatiohs coming from that @extraordinat
people. ons the contrary, their aaserva-
tious ars always to be regarded with suspis
cion. p q. r. ~ = -. ,"es: = ,.5s93S..'' :
); When therefore, swseare told that Charles
ton is not going to Be attacked until the;
conclusion OF tho programme Tor our SUD-
jugation; ws may not altogether setoutselves
at rest. Phe failure atsRichmond has in:
definitely postponed the accomplishment Of
their bloody designs. But it viii not be
wise to judge that no attach, viii Be made
on Charleston before The conclusion Of The
war. Their fleet Of iron:cla gunbosts is
building. twill Be ready for sea in the
course Of time; and; although % fornid!s,
able land force may be spared to make q
simultaneous attack with these boatssyet
revenge may prompt: an atterapt y enter
our harbor and bonbard hated Charleston.
We are, therefore, glad tos:see the efforts
.of.Msjor General ,Psmberton directef to
the forts aud harbor defsncsss With TWEEN
ty ten inch columbiads and rasd glus of
heavy calibre on Fort SUMTER tenor fifteen
in Fort Moultrie, five on the Middle, Ground
work, and others in other, positions, we. be-
.lieve the irou:clads would be unable to aci
complish their mission into our waters This
is the time Of. preparation. The Yankees
.will3hardly quit with . blow struck here. =
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are not barbarians, and are as much calcu.
lated to be humane as any other class Of
people. 1t was false to say that they would
not make good soldiers. He would seize
every foot ofland and every dollar Of prop
erty;and apply them to- the use Of war as
our armies go along. He would plant in
the South military colonies, and sell The
land to the soldiers of freedom, holding the
heritage of traitors, and building up insti:
tutions without the recognition Of slavery.
On motion Of Mr. Washburne, the House,
by sixty-one against twenty.six, laid on the
table the motion of Mr.. Wicklife to recon
slider the vote by which General Hunters
letter was ordered to be printed.
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Things in the Old North state
= CHARLOTTE, Nc, July 9,a1862tt

z Corn looks we'll, and withsa favorable
season, an immense crop swilfs be realized;
Cotton is commanding large prices, though.
the planters will hardly sell atall 7now:
Large quantities of this staple are stored
awayiin this portion Of Che State. = Since
the great victory at Richmond cotton eauIs
be bought for less than from ] l5'to 20 cents
per pound, aud not much could be; bought
even at that. There Is q belief nov that
"a good time is coming" and that King
Cotton. is about to resume bis reign. x
& Charlotte is filed up with sefugaes'-
There are several hundred here from Nori
folk and Portsmouth. y Government factoI
ries are being established, and every Que
can fad employment. ~ y ";is&; - - -
This is the home,of Major General D: b
Hill For years he las been professor ID
the Military Institute here. Mrs. Stone.
wall jackson is here on a visit'toi ihsr'sistef,,
Mrs G General Hill:'g When Gen3 Hill :Was
professor in Washington College, Licking:
ton, Va. ,;ihis wife's sister paid his family
visit, and General StoneWall, then pro.
fessor in the Military Institute there, form.
ed her acquaintance. Thus it happens
that these two brave men are brothersiE.
law. Their father-in.law is a Presbyterian
clergyman, and lives near this place. By:
the-way, both Gen.Jackson and Ger. Hill
are elders in the Presbyterian, church
Gen. Hilps influence here is unbounded.
Among the Yankee prisoners at Sails, g,
bury is.a chaplain, who was taken yGen,.
eral D. Fl. Hill. He says that, having
heard Of what a pious man the general was,
and belonging to the same church With
him, he.expeoted to:be treated with some M
consideration by that officer but that, mp
on asking sundry faVors, he found that his g
ecclesiastical relation was Of little service,
and that be is inclined to think the general
has small opinion even Of q preacher who
comes to aid in subduing the South
Richmond Dispatch. - - =. ,sr...s;::,!
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: A Charleston correspond dent of the South-
ern Presb5terian,I thus jaEss of some slip
,pery. fellows; 4i.n et ffsssafa szs5aa II
8 "a friend from Colpmbias informs me. !,
that your city has been completely meta Z
.morpb osed, and THAT Columbia Is now really
CharlestouJ or at least every fothsr person !.
you meetissf from Charleston uos sthssloH,,,
country. There is one thing 6oertain, a.
large number Of cowatdly; posss olasrs are
missing from Charleston since ths conacript
Iaw has begun to work, but Fhops for shs
honor Of our, fair capital, that they ara not
lurking there: Their system, Ms they prsc-
FticeIi isa very sharp enc, aud inc osdinari-
iyaAllfai hands wilisassinany ssons fromd
the, terrible extremity Of being nsen ard
fighting for their mothars'. and sisters hon-
d, their homes sandb 6resides. .Aa friend
Just from the aupseouutry informs mea that
The way, they manage if is thus: They 60 70 !,
some little up:codntryy. town, and stay just
long enough TO- become : sgensfaliy known.
when they change residence and try aneg
place. By this means they hope that By
|thstime.s they Eaa Gle gauntlet 81 dozen
|er~soaplacsss the danger: win ibesovef, aud
they eansreturn in safetgscto The aplsceas
which once kney them, buts which places
would like TO know them no more, forever.
Oh the shifts to which spaaill illsaiimity IS
driven by thissunhsppy aan's g ysafk ass .
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:; With lofty sentiments Of exalted esteem,
: r !. ~ -; - ,:- = I abide, -, .
LETTERS FROM THE BATTLE FIELD.

LETTERS FROM THE BATTLE FIELD
Below we give extracts from two, among
the numerous Yankee letters found on the
battle fields below Richmond. They indi-
cate spirit of dissatisfaction and discon-
tent among, the people at.home and in the
army, which shadows7forth plainly terri
BILE day Of reckoning for the authors of this
war. How the three hundred thousand
reinforcements called for are ;to,be raised,
is. a matter of no, little curiosity: -. .
W1NpHAM, Iowa, April IL, 1862. !
q FriendJohn There wers,a good many
things that wanted to say tSyou. in re-
gard to, this cursed war, lin my last letter,
.bus.I thought would wait till I got a let.
ter from you, and found out what you
thought about it, for I did not wish to say
anything to hurt your feelings ;but I see
by your, letter that you think the same as /
do about the wars being brought on by the
cursed Abolitionists, and what wonder at
the, most is that you would go to help them
fight their battles. You want to know why
I did not go to, war? Well; in the first
place, I did not help to make the war, and
1 thought that the ones that got up the
war might fight it out: In the next place,
I think it is wicked, unjust war, not got
up to save the Union or, to carry out,the
Constitution, but to free the niggers and
as claim to be a Democrat, / could not
go in for any such thing and feel as if was
doing right The fact of the business is,
that the South are fighting for the rights
that the Constitution gives them, and old
Abe Lincoln began the war by breaking
the Constitution, and has kept breaking it
ever since. The folks about here called
me Secessionist last spring, and some of
them threatened to hang me, but 1 told
them to hang and be id, for was not
going South to fight when there was so
many Abolition traitors all about here that
ought to be killed and if every Democrat
had told them the same thing, and had
stayed at home, the war would never have
gone on; and YET 1 believe that hundreds
Of thousands of as good Democrats as I am,
are now: in the army, and thought when
they enlisted that they were, going to fight
in good cause, that see it different now,
and would be mighty glad to get out of the
scrape now if they could. --e.
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Charges without. the, Bayonet.

ttIfCnarEsSs W1IHOut-, tAefohyouSt. d >
An ancient Tennesseeau, who had been
driven, from his home 10 Murfreesboro' by
the prowling wolves Of Federalism, amused
us, In a discourse the other day, with seye.
raj on: dts ofthe battle Of Shiloh. EHav.
ing thrse boys in Beauregard's army, be
naturally betook himself, after ezpatriatieu,
to that. camp. They we're priVatea 10 9
Tennessee. regiment, which had gone into
service. with rifles from their own gun
hooks. Their. uniform was. like Josepb's
coat of many colors, after the wild beasts
had done witbtit Every man chad on"
.jpst what he left his home il, land that d.
lapidated by the wear and tear Of camp
For head.gear, a coonskin. cap, with a fox
tail for ornament, was the height of the
fashion. When, at length, arms. were re-
ceived 10 camp, this regiment was offered
the Enfield rife; but after consultation they
declined the Enfield: in favor. Of theiroH
household rifles, which, they better under,
stood: .:.E...a., IL ~ So. ,Yy,p,. !
:; The battle Of Shiloh at last found this
regiment in the field actively drawing
beads on thefoe. tIn-the distancsa Yankee
battery, planted on an eminence, was pour
ing grape and canister upon our columns,
and orders came to oohargeit. Breckinridge,
who communicative brigade, forgetting that
his regiment had not bayenet inthe whole
crowd passed the otder overto t,;and with
d whoop and a yell, off it started to execute
the mission. And they filled the bin to
d nicely. The ;Yanks did not wait to see
that no bayonets we're coming, but fed in
dismay before the impetuous' discharge Of
the coonskin, Tennesseeans. Although the
guns were all taken, and order was restor-
ed, the colonel addressed his regiment
told them they had done very we'll, but
youder was; another battery they might
just as we'll take; now their hands were in.
With another terrific yell off they started,
and with likeresult.' Here they were a.
bout to venture again on a third, but just
in the nick of time they were told it was a
Confederate battery, and they had better
leave it alone. That was a charge without
the bayonet-a real charge, too. ..... :,
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, WINDHAM Iowa, April Is, 1862.

-, WINDHAM Iowa, April Is, 1867.
Friend John Il, tell you what I would
do if were in your place, the next battle
you get into, instead of shooting at the
Southerners, shoot the head smack smooth
off of the first Abolitionist that pops up,
and keep on doing so all through the fight.
I think if you would do so you would be
serving your country better than you would
by shooting the Southerners, who, believe
are fighting for their rights. No doubt the
South did wrong in the first place, but l
don't know but we. would have done as
they did, five had been provoked to it as
they have been.
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and cannister at halt range. 1t was q
glorious victory !; but / could not persuade
our men that it wns a glorious victory for
them. = I therefore yielded to the wishes Of
my heroic boys, resolved to toll The rebels
on: When the bslligerents at Sebastopol
gained a brilliant battle they held the field;
nv abandoument of Malsin Hill, was,
therefore, different from anything done at
Sebastopol. ., = = -. q = - - =. :,
I fatter myself that I have seriously
crippled the enemy by leaving another
large lot Of sick and wounded in his bands:
I had almost forgotten to state that I have
abandoned id all about fifty Of my magni6.
cent Parrot aud Napoleon guns Fhe enc.
my wilfbs compelled to feed large mum.
Der Of horses to transport these guns, and
it is difficult to conceive how starving reb.
eldof can support such a. burden. il
very, gratifying to report the excellent
health ofsmy men, notwithstanding their
fatigue. "A report on the 1st July that
,steuart's cavalry was ID, our rear, deyel-
oped the fact that our untiring boys could
march FIVE miles AM hour: That they might
march with greater ease; all threw away
their knapsacks rand Sovercoats, and several
thousand threw away their glSes. Moth.
ing of this kind was done at ;'eSastopol.
!. I am now on the banks of the majestic
James whales anil catfshar disporting in
its yellowish waveH; the gunboats' and fleet
float proudly on Its CLASSY bosom the soft
zepbyry gently rufle its surface. The mos:
quitos aud frogs unite IN q dulcet sympho:
ny with the5owls and .vhipporwills. The
dense dark foliage speaks eloquently of
rebel sbarp-shooters, ID fact all nature is
redolent with grandeur, magpifc mag
uiloquence, and: glory, T feel inspired,
elevated, sublimated, etherealized BY the
great scenes through which I have passed.
Ny victories have won me eternal fame .;
immortality is mine, Immortality is mine:
/ have not taken Richmond, but I have
taken the gunboats, / have not sspushed
johnson to the walt" butt have not
pushed myself against the old redoubtable
Stonevailt+. Immortality is mine I'm
mortality is mine Z ~, :. -,
:; With lofty sentiments Of. exalted esteem,
= =: !'.' r.. -: - s. S I abide, -. .
20 = G; B. MCCLELLAN, -
Major Gen. Comd' 6 near the Guuboats.
P:sS.-Eomitted to state that fortysix
Of the rebel regiments we're from North
Carolina, Ihave. told you before of the
strong Union sentiments. expressed among
the troops from that State. FROM the
eloseness with which they followed me it is
now demonstrated beyond all peradzenture
that they desired to establish intimate rela-
tions with my brave an5noble reserves
Had not the Tar River boys kept shooting
bullets, the sweetest intimacy might have
been established between us.
= !, Sincerely, e. B. MeC.,
g.. - 4 =. Near the Guuboats !