, 1862-01-14

Lockwood had done ao-hc meant that no
slaycs had been returned under his own com.
nand, and none eyer should be. The case Of
tic Elk negroes sent back from Baltimore to
Pungoteague be considered peculiar, because
there was evidence that they had
bsen ent1fea awny By he NeW York
to the wharf where they were first taken on
board. They were here put ashore, without
being giyen back to anybody in particular.
From this point the General proceeded to IA
yor me with his idcas, as an individual, Of the
thought that slavery had richly earned dcstruc-
sion, and he lad no doubt it would get what
II had earned; and he hoped it would. He
would not intcrpose straw in the way Of its
attalning fclon's and traitors doom. He
believed that the slaves would ere long over
power the whites in some portions of the
South, where the presence OF our army was
gradually touching them knowledge Of their
own strength, and it WIS not for him to shield
tile rebel masters from the Logical eonse-
quences Of thcfr hlg1l-handcd crimes. Hur-
rah, then, for Gen. DIX: His doctrine is first
rate, so Elr as it goes. But twould not an acesec
use Of the Tremendous power ready to be en-
listed on the side Of the Union accord better
with common seDsc, on the part Of ! nation
already bankrupt and staggering with the
costs Of war Which Las 10 results, than
passive usc :.
Recurring for a moment to the Aecouac ex-
pedition, Gen. Dix asserts that the rebels dis
pcrsed and returned to their homes upon tue
readiug Of Ajs proclamation, and IN conse-
quencc thereof Ny informants, who were
in the expedition, assert that they dispersed
solely in pursuance Of their tcrrors, and to
save their prccarious SKINS The difference
between the two theories is radical. General
Die assures nle tlat since the return Of the
Michigan. Wisconsin, New York and Indiana
troops ffom the peninsula. all the
in Aecomac and Northampton except
one, have taken the oath Of allegiance,
and that one is in Fort McHenry This au1
bound to believe, because it is within the per-
sonaI knowledge Of the General; aud surely
all must rejoice to learn that the growth Of
loyalty has FceomlneNcc1 even in tue WORTH
less corner known us the Eastern Shore Of
fHg7b1a, where according to Tom Corwin's
story, the Lord does NOT notice tue lapse Of
ti1uc.', Tom had been ioked BY Governor,
tlcn Senator, Wise about the barrrnness Of
some portion Of Ohio, and in reply he told 8
story Of an aged witness, who iad been sub
I''rnled to testify in court and who, in answer
to the question how cid l,e was, answered
4sthirty-fye.''
"What's that e. asked thc Judge: no tri-
fling here, sir. What is your age:''
s'ThHty-fye," replied the witness, with im-
rcrtnrbablc gravity.
"Oncc more, y 'thun1ercd the Judge, 81 wish
| to know what your ag- is, and If you give the
court aEy more OF your nonsense you will be
| fined for contempt
"Why, sir, answered the witness, ~ have
lived forty-threc years on the eastern shore o1
I Virginia, but you don't suppose the Lord Will
charge that against me, do you:'
! I bayc seen a letter from an officer at Por'
! ROYAL, intinating that there arc unmistakabls
| signs Of revolution among the negroes. Ths
| shooting. Of those loyal blacks who would no!
| follow their masters into the interior, viii
shortly bear its fruit. The slaves 1T ant
I around Beaufoft are coming every day to bu,
| or beg arms from the soldiers, and the writer
to whom have referred, SAW dozen or NOR.
Of them on North Edisto Island drilling, awk
wardly enough 1t is true, il, infantry tactics.
The Senate is discussing the conduct 0
Secretary Welles III pouring s95 900 into tn
pocket Of his brother in -l;,*, George D. Nor
gan, Senators Dixon and Doolittle lafendin!
the Secretary, and Hale, Sherman and WIKI
inEon condemning his transaction. Tho cas-
may be summed up in q few words. Ii Nr
We]les thinks more of so, 900 for lis brother
in-law than he does Of his good name, h
must expect to be written down knayr. ]
not, 1ethian cauxeA TIE money to be 7rfH,dlt Thi
is the touchstonc Of the whole case,