, 1862-09-27


New York Times, describing Ii, c,pttyity /,
: Richmond and giving some yezy tatexsstfn
: inside Views Of rebellion. The folio win
from bis second letter, lifts the veil finn th
!. condition Of the South after the battle of Bu]
Run:
7 could not but see that before the t3ec,s,r
a2d 1a3a1 day Of Manassas, the Ur.naraffons n
r t:1 sne national army At Washington began to In
south vague and passionate anxiety. Tarr
. "as the widest talk Of desperafe defgns,
ana s1bte1Ianc2n warfare. The roads lradins
( rom Aauaseas to Richmond were all TO b
a:o-eseEy toHh Was to become aoothe
sa1a!osea-in short, all the puerilities Of fra,
!, a7d fury abounded In the talk Of men md II
| t1e articles Of the press- Then came the 2ls
of Jn't, Viii It's aHsztng catastrophe. scarcfI
) eHet "a at first. and ~hen credited, traasuprt
lng lAe Nnolc Southern people from the m,d
Ole air ct doubt Up to the seventh heaven ~
1r1Rmphsnt confidence "
Ne1thtr our GoveToment nor our neoo1s
nave ever understood the enormous obnnrfr
,h. hries *hleh the Southern victory Of Mailassas
snle" a1EtcsJy IN our Way. By nine men In
In at the SOUTH, I belieyy that victory NV vas ~
nalled as he substantial end OF the vi r
lo11fled all their expectations Of foreIen inter.
vtntlon; It suspended their or,,anizlt; Of
ecntEtfc deftuee "
4 The essential di1ersities of character and IF
interests which separate. the slave states ~ ~
one another, hAmtd up In the faucicd secnr;tv
" 11elr cause, and became fragrant. Eonti
G1afonna claimed the glorS Of the day as hers.
Virginia and Nor:h Earo}1na refnr,sd ~ .A.!e -
claring that the troops Ut the Palmetto s..ta
had endangered the common hone bv fheir
|. misconduct under fire. President D1yis Vim
reached the battlefield by fccldeut. hsv,rv
oniy heard Of the action while on the train fo7
9sna1 ~o,nonsvahe, excited the Indignation Of the
| lng othen to claim for him, the 1ioal honor.
ot the day; and Gen. B=auregstd. in his nff;.
| ga nport, put doEn the pretensions Of the
aSGaave, - IN WITH gracefully sarcastic allusion
| ield vas Hon- From the end Of July. 1s(;1
to the end Of January, 1862, the sou.i vac ~, i,
condition to have been overwhelmed hv a
sucden and colnbined attack Of ne scs 3cd
@ 1s.a 'ofcss or s Of Tue Union. The civil govern
deeptr contempt. Ar. Toombs lad bcan 11.e ~.
moved from the STATE department to MIA
waf ior Mr. Hunter, whose appointment 1ras
fni 20 70 n;, eonGlate and satisfy Virginia Il
+ hlnself, wDo had scarcely cnrerad unon ~
Ge11ents ot office before be began to intr;rus
LOT an escape from tie iieiguiHcance 1T = ~
oltet munster into the imI Iortance Of a V,rri,
g. n.a senator, Ihc election Of Mr. Davis ana
~ phers to the permanent presidency snd ann
y:ce presidency cf the confede!a,ioa w h,,e aua
RED upen the south, and IT had scarcely hecn
accomplished before the holder states in nsr-
.,euLn otSan TO murmur at the results.
cS,lp's,n,. - p5,s 9! preconcertea programme f1r
,ne ~. mlll'aEy department. Of the government.
Mf. Walker OF Alabama, rcspeetshIe no7ar
!ly, las made way for Mr. B ri .1oin Of T,nnis.
aans, , %hose hopes OF surrors from his oTn |
Sae S.., naa already begun t. droop TO ward tha.
overwhelming defeat in tie candidacy for ti,s |
senate, ard who consequently clung With des-
pelsle ttr atity to the personal tlyor Of Pr1s- |
1oent DaS,s Entering upon his otf1c. as the |
5s,ar'1 :. lieutenant, Mr. Benjamin admin
u u pls empower as soon brought upon the
WET department the mingled raye md cna.
Tempt allke Of soldiers aud civilians. Nc. ~.
VI, Wnh many qualities o. 10 mean order.
pI.ee;n ] rs 11s;t IS Fel kn:o~n one deadly and de-
personal prtjudices, who hcks alike The mar.
naIIinlIy really to forgive, and the sagacitT.
setmng,y, to forget The petticst person i y,
34r'ts. I, During the fall of 1861 hs cstrlngsd
e.t g. III 1nf1hcr the already alienated sympathies
Ilon OF one Of 1hfir faxorlte officers. Cal R,n.
lty, tttir hero Of Fort Moul,rie. = and te
gave MAJ 'ked otfense to Georgia by his inean.
s1pDlty TO the CLAIMS Of ore Of her most con-
H}nieo Jaoos 81 snns: t ven: "; z. y. Walker. Gil
attack az secretary Of var Of tue United S!atts.
bpon General Scott, had eided with th. ,ren,
eta', ara Written an article renec.ing seyt2str
"Ton tec c"nrse OF tue Ct tcratsry. Fur this Old
san,haa smese mf. DAVIS, become president Of the
Gol. A;p!ey, who was accordingly Hoyer.
s'angbtd six times in the promotions to +ha
I:srk ol oflszadttr general, nor werc his cIafus
aeHho s't "Hessd In Kicac,ond till, upon ramor
o.- =. ns inteaoed resignation, the Charleston
nes !a spaEers began to mut,cr omiuously ayainst
fnc confederate goycrr.ncat, In ths 80 ~
Kir'eS, Dir: Davis obstinary lad yzry 7S ser;- =.
gus :ons+ an:nces. Instead IT iptrastj1,- the
es;sst s;s; oe1Gus' $ Of s.u!h Carolina to Ridley
49, .n nat lanK propoItoned to the Importance Of
lhc Saro:tnlan dcfenscs to Gen, Gnnzalrz ,
~ 49, -. hno"n cuban adreuturer, VITO cane on
11.;m I1H Charl ,ston 10 Richmond. and rrnnr,ed
nml,9I ~ on Mtad "imprcgnable," just about lii
''a's, "Tsne oelSfe u Was captured. The offense
rsslgnation q that el1iccr 7ron tlls Confederate
army, and his appointment 10 The ranl- NJ
naler u general In The army Of Georgia, seems
~ ~ 1ase ~ 'olowGd IRON systematic atsempt
~ pitt OF the rsoc1 president to Great. d
rs ~ 9no:p naeaa .1'usa nf A.at aaas, Is
msans Of counterrailing the growing pnnu-
= The West. Be,uregard in tbe Sonth. and :
johnston IN VlEginia- With this object ie WIS
4'at Gnktarus W. Smith, MausG Id Lowell and :
utnsy netb, we're raised to high rank. and de- | =
s'sa ,f sbp 10 important commands over the he .ds
service and lu ahtity. The fiual results Of the
presidential policy belorg to my next letter.
su1ncc u nnw to say. that before IT. ms first s
,',son III. had obtained amplc evidence to show I
,un! Tue conlederate government was sfnktug !
!" ople, and that In Consequence of i,s m.
,olnlar1ty and incapacity, the military coudi j
1on Of the Sonth was bc,omiuc far from =
stis1acto1y to the best informed sou,h- I
=, !n ~, men. Early in October heard from i
.'l15,slpgulshed officer at Mapassas, who wroc:
aee men msn are dying like dogs, and are buried I
so's9.haa dogs The arnyis dispir;t.d. d. +
no1ai,zed, disappointed. We ar. robhad at +
sc1y turn ~ conu,lss sries aud quartermas- Il
81 eaano ST IN N INC neXtoat,e it is my belief TINT
prcc af General Johnston had t1sn taiLs. htl.o 81
V,ooo stn. Disease has Invaded The c1mos :,
&C constant futile alarms harrassed the 1ntn =
ic| oistn the signal of TWO, three or tiy. h
pehe.s e ioosed The mca from their rest ia =
Nose weary months, southern officers writing E
ne history OF that strange season will one day.
tfoaps, have the candor to tell. AtN.w0- n
'are MajHr General Lowell found b ,lf armed
'fce o. lo,oU men ,and half completed steam z
~ tas contractors 1or which, northern men 2
lGaalnE away with ten hours day Of work as z
a!mly us 1t no distant 1'ati>alsl thuuders were. =
sInc1lrg below the omfuous silence Of tbs 4
o1lzoo. 6encrai Albert Johnston, in IL. 81
olunbus and Bowling Green, to keen Tenn. e
'stc and to control Kentucky with bi,z little
'ofe than q division of men. Over the whole |. tt
No nfooded the spfri: Ut the new war Sac. H
;taf5 S openly ayowcd hetef that the ,y,f
hlch ought to haze cade1 in September
utt tnfa1Hbly end in January. WHAT our
"n government was doiug during all these =,
ohths OF golden opportunity. you, sir, know ~
Ffser than L But while the southern s,v. Iii
nment was thus disstpa,iug itselfin dre1mv it
II ors roraclse," the people of the South .
c1e preparing the means fur that stern and u
tcpg uprising which has as,ounded us ali .c
lf1rg the present year. They. we're plansinr ~
IN IN the stead of cotton fhey 5prt. tirvrl. - -
'1rE industries which notniug but the war ~ ~
al1d ever have called into being upon their =,
NJ; they we're driyinl, brisk trans-biocEade - -
'mmerce With the West Iudfrs and si;h En- =. 49,
pc; tht ; were 1earnipg lesson of ind.pend- =. =.
'ce ard self confidence which 1t will be no :, us
III TASK TOR us to torce them to ,1nlcarn. -,
Jute ak q Substitute fureCotton. ~
lhe city article Of the London Times Of Sep- en-
mber l., says: Ii
excitement continues to increase In the IN
nhet !cf tue Various products to which A.
a'!un mas bern turned owing to the carcity IN
eottob, ana aaS, hemp and jute have all ey-
1'eaceo 1u1ther advance tu-lay. In lutte / "a
: improvement has recently been extra ,rdi- y!
=. lie present quotation showing rise OF
out 70 per ton, or more than tWentr.f1y. "a
T cent upon that current week hark Ttr 20
oscmtnt arpears$ to have been greatly ,cc j. n.
aleu Today by ska*em~ut That M-ssrs
omson = Co., OF SleaHs1d works. D1ndsr
ve introduced methpd tor lis trea.mrnr
l1c4 Will enable 1t to be eY,.,r m o,+,.-~1 ! f.,