The Portland daily press., 1862-09-15
Correspondence of the Press.
Letter from Maryland.

tlOn OF our surgeons, senJ OUT mere ny our
worthy Governor. DIS. Dana, Robinson, and
Foote, are stationed at Armory Hospitals; Drs.
Fogg and Chadwick are on field service, at
tached to the 9th Maine regiment, now at
Drainesville, about II miles from this town.
Gen. McClellan's headquarters are at this
place, and this day he moves eight miles above,
sending the army forward in advance. l stop
ped with Gen. Howard, at his headquarters,
long enough to wish him God-speed. He is in
good spirits, and ready to lay down his life for
his country. His brother, attached to his
staff as lieutenant, has just returned from
Maine, and to-day took his post with the gen.
cral, although yet suffering from his wound at
Fair Oaks.
While | am writing this the order to move
is being obeyed. Regiments, brigades and di-
visions are in motion, and should tell you
that the force here at this point will not fall
far short of 100000 men, it will not be esti-
mating the number too low. The material is
what would be called the best fighting mater-
al of the army of the Potomac. With the po-
sition taken by Burnside and his forces, can
safely say that when this blow is struck, which
will be in few days, our arms will be success
full.
At this place l found the 10th Maine, al
though in advance some two miles, mastering
only about 200 muskets; yet ] was informed
they were ready with their small numbers to
do their duty. This regiment has seen great
deal of hard service. They consider the SER
vice of the Railroad Brigade, at the present
time, a luxury well worth receiving from the
hands of the government. Their Brigader is
not very popular man, nor a very efficient
man, being considered paper Brigadier rather
than fighting one.
The Maine batteries, together with the 9TH.
9th and 9TH regiments, of Franklin's Division,
are at this point, having come from the vicinity
| of Alexandria since Sunday.
The Maine cavalry have seen great deal
of hard service, as is well shown by their
horses. They informed me that for weeks, the
forage for their horses had been very light, and
the duty very hard.
All the Maine regiments had received more
or less recruits from Maine, to fill them up,yet,
still more are wanted.
The ambulance train from Centreville and
Bull Run, daily brings our wounded in. On
Monday morning, between four and five hun
dred were brought TO Washington, having left
Bull Run Sunday noon at IL o'clock. These
men had laid on the battlefield since the battle
on Friday and Saturday-eight and nine days
exposed to the weather, with all the suflerings
around. This great crime can be credited to
Gen. Pope, he having refused to allow this
train TO pass on the battlefield under flag of
truce. 1t is fortunate that this man was re-
lieved of his command. ID.
rE@ Parson Brownlow has written and
published a Characteristic letter TO the Gov
errors of the loyal States, advising them to
meet together and urge upon the civil and
military authorities certain considerations,
few of which we copy:
First. Urge the government TO draft with
out delay, a half a million of men, in addition
to the force already in the field and in camps
of instruction. And, upon the score of econo-
my. apprise the government of the fact that il
will require less money to furnish, equip and
sustain million of men for one year than it
will half million for two years.
Second. Enter your protest against every
other Brigadier and Major General in our ar
my being candidate for the Presidency dur
ing the existence of this war, and as a conse-
quence. shaping his course in that direction.
Third. Enter your most solemn protest
against onehalf of the members of the Cab-
net looking TO the Presidency. and shaping
their conduct of the war accordingly
Fourth Call upon the President, whose
honesty and patriotism | do not question. to
reorganize his Cabinet and the army, and to
place men at the heads of both who will not
study how TO kill off leading rebels without
hurting them.
Fifth. Advise the civil and military authori-
ties of the country, and the politicians, to
cease this war upon the everlasting "nigger'
until we conquer their white masters, and ar
rest the onward march of their desperate and
arrogant masters. Meanwhile let the negroes
be seized upon, and used in every possible way
to crush out this Internal rebellion
THE INDIAN REBELLION ANOTHER DEVIL
IsH Work OF SECEssIoNIsTs.-The Bangor
Wing says there appears to be strong belief
that the savage atrocities of the Indians in
Minnesota, and the threatened Indian war. are
the work of human white devils in the shape
of rebel emissares. A friend has sent us a
copy of the ST. Paul Press of Aug. 24th from
which we extract the following:
"A careful consideration of the evidence
which has accumulated so far, in connection
with the Indian massacres, forces upon us the
conviction that tchite men are at Tie bottom
of il.
The evidence taken before the coroner's in
quest held at Acton, in Meeker county, shows,
upon the testimony of one of the women who
escaped, that shortly after the Indians left,
echite man came along, following in the track
of the Indians. The woman called him in,
and showed him the five dead bodies--men
and women-lyng upon the floor. lie laughed,
and said, "hey hare got he nose bleed" He
followed on after the Indians.
Agan-we are informed that Nelson Rob
erts, well known to many of our readers has
stated that for weeks past tohite meR-Missou-
rians-haye been among the Indians. With
out doubt they were einissaries, sent among
them. to stir them up.
Moreover it seems to us that the whole
character of the present outbreak indicates the
presence OF some directing intelligence of a
higher order than that OF the Indian.
The fact that remote tribes, like the Yank-
tonnais and the Cut Heads are moving in con-
cert, indicates this
SB|A correspondent of the Advertiser
complains OF the federal oilice-holders in this
city, because they did not make more stir to
secure a different result in the Congressional
vote Of the district. If they had made them
selves conspicuous in that direction, the same
writer, or some other in the same paper, would
doubtless have accused them of prostituting
their official influence. and of aftemptinp IN