The national Republican., 1862-10-13
THE POsITlON.

THE POsITlON.
II IL now stated that our loes In killed and
wounded, st the battle Of last Wednesday, a. |
Perryville, Kentucky, was 1900, instead o.
1000, as fret reported. TIE battle was not
renewed the next day--the first accounts TO
that effect proving incorrect. The rebels re-
treated towards Harrodsburg on Wednesday
evening, according to one version, and %
Thursday morsiss, according 10 another. l,
is reiterated that they are surrounded by our
force., and cannot escape; but the public have
heard 60 much about bsgging rebel srmies
without ever seeing the thing done, that they
must be excused for being little incredu,ous
ucx upon such sutjscts. They are the more
increduious in this particular case, from the
fact that tho pstiopal forces are under The com.
mand Of Gen. Buell., who has 90 far, 10 this war,
exhibited no enterprise or vigor. He has now
an opportunity TO redeem his reputation, and
1t is to be hoped that he will improve it, But
whether he does 80 or not, 1t seems to be agreed
that the rebel invasion OF Kentucky Is about
over. The prepor dsrance Of the national forces
in that State is so enormous that no conceive
bla amount Of blundsring on the part Of Our
generals will render 1t possible for the rebels
20 remain there much longer. Independently
Of his reserves in Poland, Napoleon's great
army Of invasion, which entered Rutsis, did moi
exceed that which has been gotten together 10
rescus Kentucky from the lew thousand reso-
Lutte ragamufhns woo rushod over its south
ern border for the spoils and the chances
With everything to win, and literally nothing
! to lose, they have naturally enough played a
bold game, and it is but just to them TO admit
that they have played II we'll. While really
scattering themselves over the State for ths
purposes Of plurder, Of which they were greatly
in Decd, they contrived to make it believ. d
that they were massed, fret for an attack upon
Cincinnati, and next for All attack upon Louis
vile, throwing those cities successfully into .
perfect panic, add compelling the retreat
Gems. Buell. and Morgan from Tennessee.
Acoouu,s of the rebel raid upon Chambers-
burg, will bs found in our tslegraphic columa
The specie Of the bank at that place, which
had been sent OF to New York o few weeks
ago, when the rebel. first invaded Maryland.
had not been brought back, It seems, and has
therefore, escaped the clutches Of the enemy
These bankers were more pr,idenS than our
army managers in that quarter, whoever they
may be, who left at Chambersbarg large quau
titles Of clothing which the rebels seized.
The telsgraphic accounts are apparently in
Consistent, in saying that private property was
respected, while saying also tina, the people
were largely despoied Of horses. We once
knew judge 10 decide that courts would no,
take cosoizsnce Of q charge Of cheating 10
horse trade, that sort Of cheating having beer
made lawful by loug established aud universal
custom. 1t may be that, in some localities,
upon the same principle, the ing of horses
is not regarded ss stealing.
Seriously, however, we do not object to suy
thing which the reoels may have done in the
way Of appropriatlur private properly, as
being 10 violation OF the laws Of war. War
subjects all property, public and private, to ih=
will OF the victor aud nothing is spared except
from clemency, or policy. No respec table
writer upon public law has ever laid down any
different rule.
This raid upon Chsubersburg does not ex.
actly. tally with the reports OF the retreat of
Gen. Lees army.
The following ia "a ac,oua: OF the localities
Of this raid
MeroersbIrg is 1ourishng town IN Frauk
rtsburg. II Is next 10 population To Chambers
burg, and Is an active business town Marshall
college, under tho direction Of the German
'i"'ormed Church, is located at this place. h
''s,TS1 aspss,~sot being connected WITH
II twelve miles from Hancock, Mary land.
"Chamoersburg Is the capital Of Franklin
county, and 10 situated on the Conecocheague
creek, st the JUNCTION Of ths Cumberland Val
ley Railroad with the Franklin Railroad, forty.
i've miles f.om Harrisburg. (southwsst,) aud
one hundred and fifty miles from PHILADELPHIA.
1t Is connected with Philadelphia, Baltimore
and Pittsburgh by turnpike roads, and by rail-
road with Harrisburg, Phi adelphia and Hagsrs
loWn. 1t has manufacloriss Of cotton, wool,
hour, paper and iron, aud population of i've
thousand.
Franklin county has population Of forty
thousand.
"st. Thomas is A post village in Franklin
county, nity'two miles southwest from Harris.
burg, and ten miles IRON Chambersburg."
An arrival from Europe. telegraphsd from
Cape Race on Saturday, has! the following
Item:
1.-THE frigate Lo uis left Lisbon in search, il
IS presumed, OF u pirate, which is reported as
destroying American whaling ships of the
Azores"
The steamer Psrksrsburg arrived ut New
Yoik, und which lett New Orleans on the lst
instant, reports the health Of the city MS con-
tinuing good, which is important, as disease lie
the principal enemy We b We to fear there.
The New Orleans PicQyuns Of the let inst
has the following suggestive little paragraph {:
"The rumored Rising of three hundred ne.
groes on plantations below tho city, was not
attended by all the anticipated Ciroum ,ances
of atrOoity. A few white men were attack ed
and beaten, but We did not learn that any OF
them were killed. Most OF the runaways got
up to the CITY,"
We hope that these ruuaYays will iaro better
than those who, q short time ago, were set upon
iu the streets Of New Orleans by our soldiers
many Of them wounded and some OF them mur.
dered. They are free by the act Of Congress
if their masters are rebels, which may be pre-
sumed TO be the fact. As soon az the Presi
dents proclamation, directing obedience Il