, 1862-05-31

;hree sick men from company 4, Chicago light
artillery. They are very feeble. They 60 on
% Cincinnati Their names are pEiyate5 Hen
, D'Kay. Samuel Butterfe1d and John Lord.
his I company, has been heard from, prisoner
Gen. Pope's lines are to-day to be advanced
one mile, which brings them within striking |
distance Of Eor1nth.- sinee his auavA~he has |
been reinforced by at least GOO men and fonr |
stand In wholesome dread thereof F..
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QUE WASHINGTON LETTER.,
4 Big Scare on a susa1 apttal--.Banks and Ae-
Do4oel l:Flore6odings Of lForetgn Eateruention--
Fote O. The Emancipation BA--Maesuehusetzs
Il Ne,u York Lo65y " ssoopeF' 6v Phtiadel-
Fhia SsG'pers-Dog eat Dcg..~ -s.-,
[From Our Own Co7espondent.1
WASHINGTON, Mayss, 1872.
Yesterday We had emphaticalty tsbig
scare" and one which grew bigger sthe hours
rolled BY, TIL, shout ten O'Clock, the. hotels
we're fairly quiTering with fright, and ha1r the
citizens went to bed feeling all the Terror of
tie dark days Of Apru'' over agnin. The Sc
cessionists, encouraged By the public alarm,
md yetnot knowing exactly why, ali came
ont Of their holes, showing their teeth and
to calculate the hours ere the vic
torious rebels should sWoop down from Har-
per'e Ferry, while their allies In Baltimore
should turn Maryland wrong side up, and ems
Bile them to bag Congress, the President, and
the Cabinet all together. It was, unquestiona-
blg, the cfaziest panic gotten up OF small
capital, that ever disgraced an adult popula-
ton The fact that it all eEnanated from the
Var Department, where the principal tunc-
honaries Of the Government were convened to
see that the republic received no detriment,
surely does not1nake it any the less ridiculous
It was known at Williard's hotel early in the
evening that dispatches had been sent to New
York to bring On the 7th regiment, and to
Boston to mobilize the Massachusetts
militia. This news came Simultaneous
ly with the rumor that the main rebel
army was moving northward upon "a
from Richmond. Stories of riotlng in Balt1-
more came in about the same time, adding to
the alarm, (nobody stopping to inquire wheth
er It Was Union or secession roW-de-doW,)
and the aggregate result #as aeity half frantic
with terror. To-day 1t is impossible to find
anybody willing to admit that he was at all
alarmed, and numbers OF people are pretend
ing to aneer at Gov. Andrews proclamation.
The President has assumed the responsible
ity Of the b1under by which Gen. Banks' army
WIS reduced to less than {, 900 men, and these
Well-nigh destroyed. Gen. Mcdowell, who
has been holding magnificent dressparade
on the Rappahannock for SIX mortal weeks,
begged 10000 effective troops (Gen- Shields
division) away from Banks-an equal number
having been taken away from Mcdowell BY
Mcclellan. Where the enemy HIS, or what
he Was doing meanwhile, nobody in Washing
ton knew. This Important secret came out
all at once, and defeat aud humiliation in the
most aggravated form, are the consequence.
Our disaster ought to wake up the authorities
to the fact, long ignored, that war can always
be carried On successfully bv fighting,
killing, pursuing and Destroying The enemy. The
campaign On the Potomac has been travelling
in circle ten months, and has now boxed the
the fording place, where Patterson crossed a
year ago. All this time ne have been sssaVing
the ef1nsion Of blood" Our public policy
has been to conciliate rather than conquer.
Our field operations have consisted in pushing
the enemy instead OF striking him. Strategy
has had its perfect work, and here are its
fruits In the form OF defeated army, threat-
ened capital, o terrified cabinet and q disgraced
people. It is hoped that this sad and most
shameful reverse may be speedily retrieved.
There are soldiers enough: to do it If they
were only in the right place, but no success
can wholly remove the stain. No blame car
be attached to Gen. Banks In the premises
for it is not to be expected that every General
will successfully Withstand odds Of three to
| one. The only surprising thing is that Banks
| got ont Of Virginia with his command at all
Thia contretemps, taken In connection with
the vote Of the House Debating the emaneipa
| ton bill has .occasioned gloomy forebodingf
| On the subject Of foreign Intervention, aud
have heard loyal Senators speak, for the first
| time, Of the possibility Of recognition Of tbs
Southern ConfedeIacy. Naught but prompt
! and crushing blows, directed straight at the
| head Of the monster, can save Us. from this
CALLING, Tn1nous conclusion Of all OUT efforts
Massachusetts is being cursed from the house
| tops, for her vote on the emancipation Of the
| slaves Of rebels. Being equally divided In hel
delegation, her vote counts for nothing. 8hs
has no opinion. Mr. Dawes Is especially dis
| graced, for he has been reckoned heretofore
as one of the most radical, as he is one Of th<
ablest, members from New England. Their
| ia fair prospect that the vote may yet bt
reconsidered and reversed BY the lid Of ab
eeDtees-among whom are Messrs. Conway
were detained BY the military possession
OF the railroads. The Vermont delegation
| have made an unfortunate exhibition OF them
selves. They went of, under the lead o
| Judge Collamer, and impeded the progress o
the bill With substitutes and amendments, bu
WHEN these were all killed of, and they wer'
brought to the sticking point they dared no
vote as their chief desired to have them. =.
Amid the doleful events Of the past two O
1 three days, there has been one decidedly p1eas
ant and mirthful circumstance. A New I orl
horse railroad lobby has been working here al
for road from Georgetown through Penn
sy1vania avenue to the Navy Yard d-al
immensely profitable route II secured on til
desired terms. Propositions for street rail
roads here have been before Congress at ever
session for six or eight years, but have Away
zens Of the District and outside spectators
as to which class should build and own th
road. The New Workers did assuredly trump
this ti1ne-that is, they got bill passed whic
suited them, after five months Of unceasin
labor, baiVtag here aud 611zling Gterc,' a Nj
came off in the Senate the day the bill finall
passed. The bin had been kicked from on
house to the other and back again, and at las
come up in the shape OF report from = cor
ference committee, consisting ofMessrs. MOI
rill, Grimes and Davis, on the part OF the Ser
ale, and Stevens, Ashley and Steele {of N, 7.
on the part Of the House. The report en-
bFaced 3 provision authorizing subscription
I Of stock to any amount for the space
two days after the books were opened, PROV
J ded the persons subscribing should pay twe1
ty-flvc per cent of the amount down, in none
, or certified checks sson some good solvent ban
0r banks." The original bill has limited sui
'scnptiors to one hundred shares {of $50 eacl
:. to any individual, to prevent it from becon
ing g. monopoly. Mr. Grimes refused to Sly
: change in the character Of the bill, and sui
, | stGut ntly spoke against it in the Senate. Tt
} New York gang crowded the gallery the d.
the bill passed, and were in great glee Whe
: the a1es and nays we're announced.
The seven cprporatDr5 met at the Nation
; | hotel and opened the books. Citizens OF Il
: District were generally afraid OF the thin
: t The charter provided that after the b0o1
7 were closed at tho end Of the second day, tt
Z corpoIators should proceed to divide the Rtoe
9 | 0,000) amongthe subscribers pro Fatd, III
d they the Wash1ngtonians) feared that short
/ before sundown Of the second day the No
G ! million dollars and gobble the small fish {
up. And so they did. About thirty minut
before the closiDg-one hundred and efgh
thousand dollars having been subscribed
= New York party made the modest: suaserl
ton Of o7s 111ltion eight hundred thousand d
Fl lars; At the Bame time putting down hiR Ger
fled check for $45Q,O0O. st.And here il Whe