The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1862-08-01
Gbe Wnion &yournal
Gleanings From Mobile, Now Orleans
and st. Augustine Papors.

We have received copies Of papers from
the above Southern cities during tho past
week, and VIC present tho following taken
from them.
The first wo give is from the Mobile Trib-
une. The article is headed "Fourth Of Ju-
ly."
Lot any one read the vile language and
then say he can longer doubt the exceeding
villany of the rebellion. The "valor and
wisdom" of the North not only "holpcd to
make the flag of the country free and po-
tent" but its valor and wisdom will see to
It that It remains 30 to the end. We con-
fess, when reading such articles as the fol.
lowing that we have no patience with the
sympathizers with secession in our own midst.
We commend the article to our neighbor OF
the "Democrat, and after he reads it let us
have one article from his pen-jua one-in
which the necessity Of sustaining the Gov
ernment against such vile, sacrilcgous trait
ors as the editor of the Mobile Tribune is,
shall be enforced. The article in question
il as follows:
"Day after tomorrow will be old Fourth
of July. How is it to be observed? Would
IL not be tceH 10 haze a formal burial Of the
Declaration of independence and The United
States Constiiutionp For these great char.
ters are dead in Yankee land, without the
hope of resurrection. Or, we might declare
the Declaration TO bc restored to life, and
adopted rs true chart for our own ship OF
state. The great men who formed both are
ours. The good work they did We have been
Obliged to do again. Honor to their memo.
nv would not be incompatible with the ele-
vated purposes of this glorious rebellion
The disgraccd flag Of the country which their
valor and wisdom helped to make free and
potent-that might be buried with the Con.
stitution, and tho Confederate flag. draped
in black, be hung over their sepulchrc.-
From their ashes We are creating new en-.
pire, whose glory. we hope, will dim the
pristine lustre which the old flag once rep
resented"
In the Mobile Register and Advertiser OF
tho 10th ult., is letter dated July 4th,
written from the late battlefield. The writer
was in camp II miles from Richmond. From
this letter VIC take the following extracts
Wonder II this rebel thinks 1t would be as
easy to bury the "old Gag" when the trash
ho is fighting is near, as it would be down in
Mobile. The writer belongs to the Wash
ington Light Infantry:
On Tuesday last our regiment went into
battle with 3l7 men in all, under tho hcavi-
est fire, l suppose, in tho annals OF war,
which they were under for about an hour
losing, in killed, wounded and missing, ut
tho present writing, 207 men. Some few Of
the latter may come in, but 1t is exceedingly
doubtful, rs most OF them have already been
accounted for. have TO thank an all-mer
ciful God for my own preservation, having
received ono bullet through my coat sleeve,
near the left shoulder, just drawing blood
and my blanket, which was strapped across
my body, was completely riddlcd with balls.
never wish to see another battlefield rath-
or would charge battery to the cannons
HOutl tIut listcu w HtOoHo ohu "upR'
cations Of the wounded and dying, without
being able to render them any assistance.--
Our regiment, which was once 30 much ad-
mircd, and which left Norfolk with colors
Haunting gaily in the breeze, is now sadly
decimated. Out Of 1000, with which we
marched from Norfolk, the morning after
the fight We only drew rations for IS men.
and do not think tho regiment can now
muster 100 efficient men. Truly, Mobile has
been heavy sufferer in this unnatural war.
Our company went into the fight with Al
men, and lost q in killed and wounded.
1t is reported that an armistico for six
months has been demanded by France, which
hope, the North will refuse to accede TO-
and thereby involve herself in war with some
foreign power. We need some assistance to
draw off their navy. On land we are more
than equal to them, both morally and phys
ically. You would be astonished to see what
trash we are fighting. In looking over the
battle.Gclds you will not find q respectable
looking man among them; and their CORES
pondcncc, which is scattered over tha battle,
fields promiscuously, shows productions oil
very illitcratc minds.
AFFAIRS IN LOUISIANA.
Under the above caption the Mobile Even
ing News has the following article which We
copy entire. 1t will be seen that the people
around New Orleans are guilty Of prcfcring
Northern gold to Confederate paper. Alto
gether the writer draws rather gloomy pros.
pcct for the rebel cause in the neighborhood
Of New Orleans:
If there arc any troops to spare from oper'
ations in the Department OF Mississippi, IL
would seem that two or three regiments OF
them could be put to no better account than
TO be shipped across the Mississippi river, by
the skiff load even, and employed in LOuisi-
ana, where. If all accounts be true, there is
a great deal of guilty intercourse going on
between population Of certain class along
the bayous and rivers, and the captors Of n.
Orleans. The prctext under which the Fed
erals obtained 10 degree the acquiescence
Or. we might say, conniyancc Of the State,
rather than tho Confederate authorities. in
the importation to the city Of supplies from
the interior. was that the citizens were in
great need of provisions. There is no doubt,
however, that the privilege extended is cut
rageously abused, and that tho very provision
supplies for which the Confederate army sui.
fers. are diverted and perverted to the uses Of
our invaders, who are enabled to render the
rations o. their troops moro toothsome and
wholesome, by abundant supplies Of South.
crn beef, mutton and pork. while the subtle