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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-09-02

osuirase ,hsr troeps ff action. tie
Psesslsnt ard Secretary, Iits ssasla3e
std honorable men. hsvs sesacri'
edged ihcir iasbiY and seni 81
Gen. Hallsck % c1ms sh8 help diem.
Were i nos 50 SERIOUS = maiter, i
would b. amusing 70 look back aad
behold lie Secretary of War IN great
travail attempting with fruifless e.
forts 60 make BIZ tfpors available. and
Mcclellan looking on with solici'ous
concern, Mcdowell Ia mute asiouish-
meus, aud BANKS with calm resigna-
ton. When tie secret ordsr q the
War Department to these Generals
are made public, there pill Be written
a strange chapter 10 DE history q
warfare.
Gen. IlaIlcck hollis The chief com.
mand with greater chance Of success
than did either Scott or Mcclellan
Both the people snd the Government
are prepared TO lee him alone. Had
Scott or Mcclellan been given The un,
embarrassed control Of military affairs
which IIalleek possesses, the war would
have been closed by this time, and the
traitor. hanging By ropes or wander.
ing IN exile. Bat We did not know
this then.
Experience Is lie school where
man learns wisdom Il required
Bull Ran aud the sacrifice Of Scott &c
teach US that the win Of a people mad.
dcned and blinded by It's own yea
should not control the movements Of
armies. Ii required the removal o.
Mcclellan and the Virginia campaign
I Of the civilians, ending in the retreat
of the army from Richmond, simply
because there was not military science
enough at Washington TO bring Me-
Dowell or Burnside TO is aid, TO learn
US tia, great armies must be control.
led by Generals and not by civilian:
by oae mind, and not by wrang.
ling council. With the whole control
Of military movements in the hand.
Of one man, whether that man be Me.
Clellan, IIalleck, Sigel or Pope, We
are sure to win.
We have now arrived at fall com,
prehension Of the gigantic task before
US. After having placed in the field
armies that rival those Of Napoleon
our first army Of 10000 men for three
months looks like rather small be.
ginning. And yet in our hopeful
simplicity we then thought it was suf
ficient to crush the rebellion. Thi,
same inclination TO look upon TIC task
before Us as easy Of accomplishment
has continued throughout. But the
battles Of Richmond have proved ,ha
the rebels can fight and raise mtn Il
fight. Having learned this, we arc
prepared for victory. The raising d
another 100000 men means some.
thing TO the South--to Europe and
the world. II means that if the rcb.
els cannot be conciI,aied they sIal
be conquered, and if they cannot be
kept conquered they shall he subju.
gated, and it they cannot be subjugat.
ed they shall be rooted out from tic
land Rather than acknowledge the
independence of the Southern Confed-
eracy, thus bringing eternal anarchy
upon the American continent, our wal
to the South shall be what Cromwell,
war was to Ireland--a war of exter
minalion. Il takes a Republic some
time to raise the arm of its power, but
when that arm falls. it brushes.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-09-02

A horrible murder WAS committed
10 Burlington one night last week, be-
tween ten and twelve o'clock, By ore
William Barnett, who cut BIS wifes
lhr0ai from ear to ear with a butcher
knife. Il believed that the deed
was committed whi.c Is i state q IT,
ioxicati9n. lie Is nov jail.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-09-02

Ere AXD EAR.-We refer our
readers 10 ibe advertisement Of DR..
Gaertner, Of Troy, occulist and aniisi,
who will visit Saratoga every Thurs.
day, Friday and Saturday Of each
week. Read advertisement in anoth-
or column.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-09-02

T6 ~ Hteyra g ths 1sash alas
q aoasA hsaH tsiee s
ihg cH# aaee. taea a
EF t.ug eatre O. afr
beHlb at tsafe
Na fakr H aw e
WaUn bs
fat thts 81 heioes gItot.
Me aa tsHh nBa r.ra uar svss.
Aud liea as martyrs dies
WAi teaH have w. o. SEED
rs hose aaf nat.te spauaH 4t
Nh6 far iba.f eounifv hlei2
TAef leave al hauaWd name
rs i3es. ioaI mother.
Net use a hjief shatne
Foi tines opf iears fall iasti
lhe t.od 81 battles give thee peace,
Peace that y % ever Asi.
With much sympathy,
| 0maig saur friend,
CLAKissA \. Cepttk.
Manchester, August 4 1854.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-09-02
WAR SUMMARY.
wrpNrspAr.

New York Aug. &c,
Tribune's Rappahannock correspon-
dent states the greatest crisis Of thi,
war occurred between Thursday morn
ing and Saturday night
Pore's artillery is now on the line
Of the Rappahannock and Fitz John
Porter wiIh a very heavy force joined
Pope on Friday evening and a o1
or regiments have joined and ara jom-
ing Lim J way Of AIexandria, mi
low look for the grand msgmca q
tie army within thirty days EHrn
side has massed a large army nj Fred.
erieksbug and Pope is nearly rs
strong as Lce aad Jackson. McCltl-
Ian is cxtricated from the net which
whether self woven or not, held HIM
in its meshes on the peninsula.
Some stir was caused in Washing
ton find, by sudden raid Of 2j0
guerri,las upon Collcts St ton under
cover Of the night. Twenty supply
trims we're destroyed orihir contents
injured hy the res Is. 4 hundred
prisoner and many borscs were iaacH
Al The priya.e papers and letters
Of Gen. Pope, eapi,s Of dispatches
and reports, memoranda relating 10
the campaga and TO the amy, copies
Of kilograms sent, all dispatches from
tie President, Ilalieck, and the War
Department orders issued TO Gener-
ais Of corps and divisions, all maps
and Typographical charts containing
information Of the greatest value in
a word the whole history ard plan Of
the campaign, the number ana dlspo-
sition of troops, all are revealed to the
enemy by this disaster. Ils seri-
BUSINESS can hardly be estimated, Ii
is taking the rebel General into the
confidence Of IIallrck, andmay render
it necessary 10 change the whole cam
paign.
New York, Aug. 2G.
The Washington correspondent Of
the Tribune saws. relative to the inn
portant capture OF Pope's dispatches
and baggage, that the whole might
have been saved and the attack re-
pulsed, if there had been pickets or
even sentries about the camp, but
there has not been a guard mounting
at head quarters since Gen. Pope
took the field, a piece Of carelessness
for which he has paid a heavy penal
ty.
The Washington correspondent Of
the Times states that the main portion
Of MeClellan's army had reached AL
exandria, and will soon join Popes
army.
Kearney's division, which arrived
last week, took part in tie engage
ment At Warrenion yesterday. The
new regiments are being sent forward
to join the army.
The Warrenton Junction CORES
pondent Of the Herald writes as fol.
lows
Military circles profess TO believe
that our forced advances TO the Rap
idan was prematurely made, jackson
disturbed our figures somewhat at
Cedar Mountain and materially de-
ranged our calculations. As a con.
sequence, be and his coadjuiors as
sailed us nov within dirty miles 81
Manassas. and "iih tie largest army
the rebels b re ever ial5ed l or
west. We ao hopefully ot the
saving d Ms aa
B1rnside's troops are here. II tie
new ieyies were ever seeded l. a0e
Gen. Pops /. still bei ~
70 any emergency
agt1pE le hat .aaom asse baas
is sin viii las command, aad Gen
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-09-02

The Boston Traseller ms UP
American dghtin e
battles u tie Il re
war If 1872. l5 H.
ring this rebellion, ~
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-09-02

FigE-Two barns, belonging 10
Mr.. Judson, Of Sunderland, were
struck BY lightning OH Thursday night
last, and destroyed.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-09-02

TuE Ngw SrAMp CURRENCY -
The new stamps for currency will
be delivered to Mr.. J. J. Cisco, ASsis-
tant Treasury at New York, on We'd
nesday the 20th inst The five and
twenty-five cent stamps are printed
on yellow bank note paper, and the
tens and fitlies on white paper The
technical denomination is postal cur
rency.' They are to be issued and
redeemed only by Assistant freasur-
ers aud designated depositaries Of Tie
United States.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-09-02


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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-09-02

PosrroSrp. Tie ReaBiagtoa
County Arricsliarsl Fair L 70 bc
omitted this year. ou account q ihe
pr eai unhappy state 81 The ooantry
Prom the same cause. thc Ruihud
County Fair Is also pos,ponel
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-09-02
The Manchester Journal
STATE TItkET.

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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-09-02

ASott0lf aug 80
a French ship passed Woods Hole
at ! O'Clock last evening for Boston
She 10 prize to the Y. s. ship mo
She cleared from New Orleans "a
Bordeaux with smaa cargo. ap,;
ihirty-three dsys afterwards, vas
captured on the coat Of North Caro-
lima with q foil cargo Of cotton.
Washington Aug. ~
a dispatch received II sic Io,l
Office Department, dated Salt Lake
yeuria Rs
a general aar sab 81 81 !da
frhe a., ga Nsslf RIVER 4
eios aa,l AaiA rggtlyg a ihe
overland mail Is daily expected
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-01-09
To the Patriotic Citizens of Arkansas.

have been appointed by Mai Gen. Polk, who has charge of the Western Division of the Con'e derate army, to purchase guns and raise six com panies of infantry, who, when raised, are to be united with four companies now under Lieut-Coh Terry, at Columbus, Kentucky, and form regi- ment.
 an, just from the seat of war, and let me tell you plainly, am perfectly satisfied that all of us who are subject to military duty will have to fight soon, or submit to Lincon's policy of murder and robbery, and have our property eonfscated pr destroyed, our wives and daughters worse than in suited, and We made hewers of wood and drawers of water and boot blacks for northern soldiers or take our families and leave the country. Z And by the time the companies could be organ ized and armed the winter will be nearly over and fine time to go, as there is great aHd immediate demand for the men and guns l have taken the liberty to appoint the following gentlemen assist ing recruiting officers: R. s. Yerkes Little Rock R. T. Fuller, esq, Princeton; Col. Tyra Hill, Cam den; Jas S. Garden, Monticello; Col. ". $. Thornton, Hampton; Dr. J. 5. Payne, Magnolia; J. K. Young, esq, Washington; F. M. Henry, esq, Reckport; D. A. Woolard, esq., Mt. Ida; Col. Wm. Chandler, Eldorado-not only these gentle men, but any others any where in the State, who feel an interest in our great struggle, must feel themselves invited to take hold, for all we hold sacred and dear is involved in this contest.
 Let number of volunteers sufficient for com pany obtain guns, or have them, such as are fit for immediate use, and notify me of the place and time of mastering and I will attend and muster the men into the confederate service for one year or for the wat-pay them for their guns, or buy guns for them, and if necessary give them one suit of clothes and send them immediately off to Colum. bus, Kentucky-all at tue expense of the govern ment.
 After the men are sworn in they can elect their officers and that organization will not be disturbed.
 must have guns, any size, shot guns or rifles, which is ready for use-a fair price will be paid in cash, When meet the companies to swear and muster them in, then will have the guns valued by good men-a fair price and no will be given.
 Now is chance for all true men to fight and no chance for untrue men to hide >Th3 government gives them clothes, arms and carries them to the battle field and feeds them, all at the public ex pense.
 My headquarters is at Little Rock--in my ab- sence for few days, Mir. Yerkes will represent me.
 JOHN QuILLIN
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-01-09
War Bonds and Coupons.

The Treasurer has commenced paying he semiannual interest on war bonds. A ,ractce has grown up, in various parts f the State, of cutting off the coupons and sing them as acuuency. These detached .oupons will not be paid by the Treasurer tntil the bond frorn which they are cut IS .hown to him to be yet outstanding, CT un- I is paid into the Treasury and the in- lorsement thereon shall show that it was ,ot redeemed before the coupon fell due. The better way is to present the bond to he Treasurer and let him cut of the oupon.
 lis very evident that there is no means # his knowing whether the. bond has not ,een naid to sheriff, collector, bond agent, IT. other officer authorized to receive them. fn that ease, the interest ceases, the moment he bond is paid to the officer and the detacii,, d coupons become worthless after the bond $ surrendered. Suppose, for instance, nan cuts the'coupon from bond, which .onpoa is payable on the first of July, 1862 md tomorrow pays the bond to the col ector or land agent. The bond or prin- ipal, being paid, it follows that the inter est, or coupon ceases to be of value.
 Detached coupons from bonds really outstanding, may be paid in time but the Treasurer must wait until accounting of icers pay in, in order thathe may satisfy himself what bonds are yet outstanding, It was useless to attach coupons to bonds of aless denomination than fifty dollars, but as it is done, holders had better keep the bonds and coupons together and oul readers had better avoid taking detached coupons.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-01-09

TIE WRITE HOUsE.-Jenkins Is iu Wash ington, and is the correspondent of the New York Express. Jenkins was sraciously' per miGed to visit several rooms in the White House and describes the same in court journal style. He says that when Mir. Buchanan left, there was but one room properly furnished, The Rail Splitter has spent immense sums in furniture. One carpet for the east room is hundred feet long ani forty eight feet wide and is in one piece. There are window curtains of rich nee de wrought lace made in Switzerland. The house has been repainted and most of the rooms -repa pered. From the minute description given we learn of the strange taste or ratber the want of it displayed by the Baboon and his family. There is an infnity of gliding, of red and blue. Neutral tints are avoided and everything is on the glaring African style. While his govern ment is going to ruin and k on the verge of bankruptcy, Lincoln spends thousands upon thousands in tawdry decorations and showy fur niture. The Yankees have fit President and the President suitable people. They were made for each other and we are satisfied to be rid of them.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-01-09
----~si7sS K 4 7Els> s--t4 -sa7-------- Letter from Cuachita County.
CA.pEY, ARK, Dec. 24,

CAaDEN, ARK, Lee. 24, ieol.
 MR EoIroa-This communication is called forth on my part to defend the innocent and rebukc the guilty These are string times, and no true man, who loves his country, should be afraid to speak his sentiments or act his part in the passing events of the present crisis. Melit should be promptly rewarded and vice severely rebuled. Party spirit and demagogcal tricks shouldb be considered totally unworthy of a southern man. l have 10 cOmpro mise to make with any character of wickedness, yet am free to confess, that dislike some traits of sin more than others. OAiceseeking jealousy is the most abomnable device of the age and car res with it thousand deformites. This monster, though the foe of our country, has a conspicHoes place among Us, invariably yelling his deforrnity in the most of respectable gentiity My attention has been recently called to notice some of the evils of this hateful species of barbarism mani fested the part of several, so-called gentlemen in opposing the praise-worthy movements of Col. 1 Dawson, in making up the Arkansas regiment, which is now in camp near Paraciitts, 9evier eoun- ty It Is very strange to me, that regiment of volunteers cannot be mace up and equipped for the field of battle, without having to contend with the never ending evils of this oiice-seeking jealousy. And what is more painful still, is to men, who heretofore occupied respectable position in SO eiety, engaged in this low, dirty work of the devil, simply because their council and services are not purchased at very dear rate, their friend pro noted over the heads of everybody else. How strange such contagon should prevail in the South in So grave conflict as the one in which we are all involved
 From what can gather; Col. Dfwson has had to contend with many difficulties, arising from the spirit of this office seeking jealousy in forming his regiment. This good and quiet citizen of Center Point met with no opposition, while content to stay at home, read the papers and occasionally preach the gospel but when the true spirit of petriotisn called hipl forward to an active defence of his country, the burning eye ofjealousy began to scan his movements and the tongue of ytuperation and siang. was turned loose with distraction upon his hitherto spotless reputation But am glad to in form the public that this brave and patriotic man. eager to do something for his country, his enemies and was sooa made colonel of a regiment of volunteers, whose attachment for him is too strong to be weakened by the tongue of slander or severed by the foul hand of demagogue. The able and well.timel speeches, Col Dawson made while engaged in nakn. up ther regiment, will ever
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-01-09

n9- Gen. Ben Mccullough has been trans lered at his request;-o Virginia or Kentucky He speaks in the highest terms of the bravery and good qualities of the Arkansas troops which were under his command. It is a matter ot rs- gret, no doubt, to him as to others, that they were taken from him and obstacles thrown Tn his way.
 It is reported that Sterling Price has been made Major General, and Mcintosh a briga" dier. Both these appointments are excellent. Some opposition may be made by the militia officers in Missouri, who will lose rank by the transfer of the troops to the Confederacy, but we hope 1t vii not amount to much. 1. We see loaded batges going up the river with stores and munitions for Prices command, and we hope every means in the power of the Con- federacy and of the State will be given to him in order to enable him to carry the war into the heart of Missouri. Ss
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-01-09
asr Our terms, from and atler the first

day of February next, Will De: a
 1po dollars and ftty cents, sr' aaoanee. We will take any current paper, including Confederate notes, war bonds and treasury warrants.
 We are forced to this by the great en- ohancement in the price of printing paper Itis necessity with us 10 keep up our paper Our receipts from job work and advertising having long since almost entirely ceased we have to rely solely upon the subscrip- tons to the pspor to keep it going. The public printing, owing to the reduction Ill prices made at the last session of the Gen eral Assembly, and the great increase III tht cost of paper and labor, has becomean ex- pense to us instead of a profit.
 For the samereasons, we shall be com pelled to strike from our books the names of all delinquent subscribers. Even If the paper was not so high priced, we shall be eompelled to economise, because of its scarcity. It is difficult to get "for love ol money," and. we are forced to reduce our issues within paying limits, and strike of only the number of sheets for which we arc paid. In ordinary times we would not adopt rule so rigid but it Is fosced upor
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-01-09

do honor to his memory, His even consistent course, with steady movement since, has inspired the confidence of his soldiers and commanded the respeet of his enemies believe Col. Dawson to be trustworthy and adequate tothe ariuous iabors of his position see no reason why Methodist preacher is not competent to any office in the gift of the people, as l am satisfied that they are just as true to their country as any other class of peo- pie; and asa body, they compare in pointof intel lgcnce and true patriotic courage favorably with the world Why not Col. Dawson be promoted ac- cordins to his merit as well as any one else' 1 hope better policy win be adopted by those in the South. who are accustomed to oppose every move
 nent that does not seem to favor clique or party. L M GOODWIN.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-01-09

OUR CoRREspoNDENTs-W are in receipt %of many letters from our friends in the different camps, which we do not publish for several req. sons. The primary one is a want of space. In many instances, the matter in the letters has already been anticipated by others and 1t would be useless torepublish it. There is great com plaint of want of clothing, and the soldiers say that the State agreed to furnish them clothing, thus cutting them off from obtaining 1t from the Confectionery, or commutation in lieu of 1t. A soldier ill writing to us from Island No. 10, on Christmas eve, says the lth Arkansas regiment has been out nearly six months and has 10 guns yet. The pay-master, he says, came up but he l had bills against the reg iment for clothing and blankets exceeding the amount of pay due, and it is so arranged that the soldiers cannot get communication fer the clothing. He pertinently asks what Arkansas wants with men when she sends regiment eff without providing them | arms. In the course of long letter from Mir. J. N. kellough, of the artillery volunteers oc- CUTS the following:
 "It is a gallant spectacle. The long lines of
 
 hosts; the neighing of horses; the clash and gleam of burnished arms the stalwart soldiers improvis- ing their simple and hardy fare beside the blaze and long, moving shadows stretching back from the fires At the tap of the drum, ail is still, save the call of the sentinel in the distance, publishing the hours of the night or, perchance, the ejaculation of some weary soldier as he dreams of home and the loved enes there. In dreams, they see the sweet face of gentle wife; the soothing voice ofa mother is heard or the prattling of children falls upon the soul and the bold heart of the sleeper be- comes full of tenaerl~ss. Yet let tae trumpet, or the long roll call and this sleeping host will arise as one man, with strong arms and stout hearts to the realitss of the march to victory or death."
 We have Other letters, some of which have been so long in reaching us that the matters of which they treat are stale; others that have been crowded out so long that we are ashamed to publish them. We are glad to receive t-tters from the army, and hope our correspondents will not be offended at the non-appearance of their letters in print, but continue to keep us posted as to camp affairs
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-01-09

/ NEW AKD SHORT PROCESS OF TAYS1sG.-We have seen specimens of leather tanned by the new process advertised by 5. o. Hattox. The leather shown us varied from the finest French calf to the stoutest upper leather. 1t had all the appearance of being the best of eather.- It was tanned in from hbree to eight days. This process we are assured is 50 per cent cheaper than the old. At this juncture, when leather is so high and scarce, this is one of the most bene, fical discoveries and will very soon supply a want that has been 8 very serious detriment to our country.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-01-09
The want of good engravers on steel has been

The want of good engravers on steel has been seriously felt in the South. The Richmond Dis patch says that accomplished steel engraver has located in that city, who has contra cted to supply the Confederacy with postage stamps, oi different denominptons, executed in the best style of art. The same engrayer is preparing
 e"r new confederate notes, to be printed p"ssa s. n.nar and con- 'erseiting will be render sd very difficult. The different staml 1sa ''o'e' will have lkenesses ot different statesmen o' the South and can be readily distinguished