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The men who are searching for excuses
5os the way in which the war has been
car1ied on, hold that no such number of
troops have been furnished By the loyal
States as the public generally believe and
That the present embarrassments Of the
Government grew out Of the scantiness of
the early enlistments. The excuse either
is not valid, or the other parts of the Union
have not done as we'll as the States of the
West. Those enumerated above contain,
according to the census Of 1860, 4 popula-
tion somewhat below six millions, while
The entire population Of the loyal States is,
Including Delaware, Maryland, Missouri,
Kentucky and the District Of Columbia, and
emitting Colorado and Nebraska, from
which we have no census returns,
e2,340,776; and out Of that population
if the Western ratio of enlistments had
been kept up in New York, New England
and Pennsylvania, we ought to have had
fraction more than $4,000 men. It is
probable, however, that the contributions
Of the States last named have not been
equal to those Of the West; but make
large deductions for their deficiencies, and
wesec no way Of counting down the ag-
gregate armies Of the Republic to q point
below 100000 men. At least our generals
must hayc had that lumber when the call
proceeding the one now pending was an-
swcred, and they, the War Department,
Cd4gress and ali hands cried, enough
What they hare done with them NC do
rot undertake to say.
In this connection; 1t is matter of some
consequence to inquire how great q draft
for men the country, if foreign Intervention
should occrr, OF if breckenridge Demo
Gratis still continue to command all our ar
mics, can bear. We Of the West, have, up
to this time, sent one in twenty-five OF our
whole population and it is safe to cay that
with entire unity Of action, among all par.
tics, We can double that number; and
when the question is so explained that all
can see that We must pour out more men
or submit to disunion OF degradation, the
West can send one man to the field fol
every ten persons left at home. This is q
large estimate; but the results have beer
attained elsewhere in extraordinary emer
gencies, and we hereaway can do what has
been done, OF do the next thing, die a-1y
ing.
, 1862-08-04
What tho BLACKS Have uone%. 3.
rFum the Nfdx York Post. I :

The blacks ars, and have constantly proved
themselves our friends. They have EarTn Us
at every turn; Q black man, a. the risk Of bis
life, piloted Gen. Burnside to the only nnde-
Tended 1andmg on Roanoke 1B1hnd; hlack
saved a urge part of Gen: Banka' army from
what would have been . fatal surprise; g
hlnek man zisked horrible death to bring out
to US from the chief nest Of the rebels, one of
their most valuable steamers; IN North Caro-
lima they have travelled hundreds, OF miles;
from the interior, to bring uews they thought
ysluable; On the South Carolina coast, the in
formation our commanders have received
hnru them has been of -thB utmost value, and
has been communicated at the most desperate
hazards; wherever they have been encouraged
] orEzen permitted, they hare served us.i'
, 1862-08-04
GEN. POPEsS ARMrTHE RIGHT
WING,
The Country. the People. the Army
and the Contrabauds.

Correspondence OF the Phf1adelphia 1nqu1re..1
CAMP NEAR MAp1sos COURT House. YA.,}
June 29, 1852
Thus far have we chased the rebel hordes:
truly did Gen. Pope say he had come from tte
West, where they were accustomed to see the
backs Of the enemy.
- We hear Of rebel eayalEy; We see remnants
brings us at day Light, as far from the enemy as
we Mere the Previous day. They must Keep
on their retreat beyond the Virginia Central
railroad, or s and and meet Us aEain. We are
now as far South az any.Of our troops have
been. We are about ten miles east Of Port
Republic, and have an eye On the Shenandoah
valley We have complete possession of the
country north of the Rapfdan River, Here it
Is essily forded In a large number Of places.
The country Is feEtfis, and nearly the whole
section, from Font Royal down, has been
The wheat and hay has been mostly haryest-
ed, and the oats are being gathered. There is
great scarcity Of laborers, 50 u1auv have
gone to the rebel army, but whites enough
are left to act, as 0yeneera OYER the slaves,
who are worked day and night. In most in
stances all the women are {3et to work In the
field Further back, ne inquired and found
that nearly all the best Of the slaves who
were not sent South have run off towards our
army.
One plantation, an old lady told Us, had a
1CV NUIuEA Alu Eu4QEtll, AuQ DUE EleH&n men
fit to work IN the field; most Of them hsa
run away. In another case was eightly-fiYe
women and children oDd seven men. Here,
however, the proportion Is not so great, and
several Thousand able bodied men can ret be
gathered up in Madison, Culpepper, Kappa
hanoek, Fauquier, Rockingham and Page
counties. One OF our trains which has lust
come in from Warrenton, has nearly all the
drivers contrRbands from Prince William
county. One Of them says he, in company
with etheEa, bad como fsso Warrentoa
see the soJe1s.n and the provost gathered
them aud put them into the service; all
seemed pleased at the change
As we were mafehing Sh 44 doEn 1, here one Of the
eeIned darkey blowing; oyer goes = cavalry
man, and koon the dark " was on his mnls,
coming across to the road; his mule now has
hts tail and mane cropped, the badge "U- 81!
upon his shoulder, and the ttdArk'' Was set to
carrying the knapsacks Of some weary and
footsore soldiers.
Last night when We encamped here, ou1
wagons went out to get some forage, and
about mile cut found some thirty men cut
ting and binding oats. The teams commenced
to load it, and IL about half an honr had it all
on. The oVerseer rode over and demanded
pay. He was asked if he would take the oatt
Of allegiance, but refused. He commenced te
utter TRADE against the thiaving Yankees
but Oh one Of the drivers making toward hin
with good sized saplinR, he suddenly recol
1ected that he had business in another direc
tiOu.
, 1862-08-04

The exchange Of priso- -ers Of war is regula-
ted By what Is called cartel That recently
agreed upon BY Gen. Dix for the general e1-
change Of prisoners Is based On the cartel Of
1912. 1t provides for precisely the sane sya-
TEN Of exchange as has been In force In the
Western Department since March last, The
provisions are as follows:
General commanderin. CHIEF, Or adni1al-st1ty
men. S
lieutenant General, or vtee admIral-forty
men.
Major General. or rear sdmiral- thirty men.
tr1gadier General, or commodore. with broad
pen8nt. snd captain under hfn-tWenty men
teen men. -
Lieutenant Colonel, Or captain Of ftisate-*en
T.. Major: q eommandeE OF sloop-otwar, bomb
captain, or lieutenant or nnster-gix men
Ieutenant, or masters Inate-four men.
bnh-leuteuant, OF enelgn or midahipmen. xar-
rent officers. masters Of merchant vessels and can
tAins Of private armed vefsels-thsee men
Non-cnmmttsioned officers, Heutenants and
mates of private armed yessls, masters Of mer-
chant vessels and all petty officers Of shlps Of var
two men.
Private soldiers Or seamen-one man.
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And this loss would be far less serious
were it sl1ty-three and hafregiments en-
+u;ce ,,at nunher The re,;reaats ~ s&as1. as1
4su's -ao " oui
~ @ 4's. ". ueu ''<n' -,
1nele are oa1ee1aes IN Inc Held fully OIL
ccrcd with lcss than tiftv men. Now it is
,.o5,aer n.a en- -
Auaoiieoe o4o 1oily laas conunues TO swell
the list Of these skeleton organizations. We
feel q pride in the noh1a Roo,d ~ Tr.do
battery, but that number Of men would
serve the cofntrr hettor r. +o1-o., =. en A.
o."'7A u 'aAen W LII 70
MAXIMUM the other batteries from this
CITY, Is it not shame that Tav,o,,o hot
-...-. IVA o0'-
- nae 4eSu' neo " tus government one
~ 80 sn9 m., W <'seul " sAoi' noeoera ol
.nsn, ,,,o "ooa = - sealoay oe.sr o. and
Nv eae ea..as easr1 uls .e eonsonaa'eo'n1o a s.n-
E,s o~'e aA.u :, I =. : ~ tuae 90 ot in-
, 1862-08-04
The Postage Stamp Currency.


The postmaster-general and the commis-
Eioner Of internal revenue have approved of
the specimens Of the postage stamp currency,
which Will be for five, ten, twenty, twenty
five and fifty cents. The design embrace the
present five and ten cent postage stamps,
tasteful]g arranged In such waJ that they
cannot be separated and used for postage.
They will bear on their face the following in
sc1iption:
Postage stamps furnished by the assistant
tIeaturers and designated deposIta.tes Of the
United states; receivable fo1 postage stamps at
any post-of1ee.''
Upon the back will be 3 large figure denot-
Ing the denomination, with these words:
"E1chanSeable for United States notes by auy
assistant treasurer or designated United States
depoflt21y, In eumB not less than fve dollars re
cetvable In payment Of all dues to the United
II, 1BG2." -
They will be printed on bank note paper, oi
different sizes, averaging about onc-hith the
size OF United States notes, and be furnished
In sheets during the next two weeks.
, 1862-08-04
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE NORTH
WEST.

Mr. George B. Smith, of this city, who
is compiling a Western Army Register,
soon to be published, kindly furnishes Us
with the contributions which each Of the
Northwestern States has made, in men, to
the present WAT against rebellion. His in
formation is derived from official sources
and may be relied upon as correct:
, 1862-08-04

BThe Territory Of Dacotah promises to
be one Of the richest and most productive
positions Of the country. + Is larger than al
New England, being equal to seYen States Of
the size OF NeH York. =
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H A noble colossal bust Of the poet Schil-
Ter has been placed In the central park New
York, by the 'schi1ler committee" ]" With the
consent Of the park commissioners. It is Of
bronze and stands upon stone pedestal over
twelve feet high. The site Of this work OF
ert is well chosen, near the Rsmble, spot be-
loved Of loungers. The bust will be formally
'inaugurated," or dedicated, by the commit
tee at future day.
, 1862-08-04

FROM THE PLAIss.-The St. Joseph Jour
mai eays gentleman who had arrived at that
city from Platte country, and Who WIS just in
from the plains, reports that the Mormons
and Indians had taken all the trains west Of
Fort Laramie, and that Gen. Craig's forces
were in imminent danger ef being captured
that Gen. Craig had turned all the trains back
going West.
Gen. James Craig, it viii be remembered,
WAS appointed Brigad1er General this spring,
and ordered to the plains to guard the road
West. His force cannot be large-probaoly
not over LOCO men at Laramie.
, 1862-08-04

The Indian Regiments at Grand Sa,
!lne-Gther Forces Falling Back
Eosit1on Of Places In the Iadian
TeFtatory-1he Rebel Indians UQder
EoEEy Depot-No EdenaT in the
Greek or Canadian Countries.
, 1862-08-04

/. ~ The Buffalo and State Lima railroad
company, has reeently so'd two locomotives
and four. passenger cars TO- the government
They tare to be used In tbs Western depart.
ment. It Is said that the euyanmeat is
making quite extensive purchases 'af Iatlrosd
stock. - -:
, 1862-08-04

w Col. Lloyd, of Gan. Pope's. army,
stationed Luray. on Monday sEtes1ed ~ the
male inhabitants. of the toHn,: and lodged
them In the court house preparatory to nd
ministe1ing the: oath Of allegience." This
course was rendered necessary BY their hostile
attitude. ): =.
, 1862-08-04
Something's Up--.A Now Scouting En.
HeFprf8e.
F5nIn the Hannibal HeYa1d7

Major Charles Carpenter, chief Of the
Jessie Scouts" who did such good service
with Fremont IN the Shenandoah Valley WIS
In town yesterday. His business was known
to himsel and to those under whose orders
he was acting. He returned to St. Louis last
evening. - :.
He will probably return with his command
In q few days, as he proposes to hold some pro
an ardent love tor rebels. He never takes xu7
prisoners On hfs scouts.
, 1862-08-04

only remedy is to cease at once from the
present plan, consolidate the men already
enlisted, draft for the entire number re-
quired for the 100000 men Of the call, and
fll up the old regiments. It should be all
accomplished in 8 month. It might dis
appoint some budding officers. Il might
dlsappoint State pride by postponing the
reaching ofthe 999th regiment 10y s.u,5er)
butit would end the war, and save the
f>f1r1rfYp
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L. CORNELL &. Co..
IMP WE'D
SEWING Els,
R3E To 311n.


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STuu; W111coxsH GrHBs Pct y. r.
LOOP STITCH AID SHUTTLE STITCH slnGhHss4 saas
combining In our stock al the pEaen9A Ha15eAS p
use FnrGhasers can better 1ecde which ss1tcn ID b&
for them b testing each Either stfen; % vel sssa
makes rFRrrCTIY KELLABlZ 6eam. G3ta ss1tcn 6fH
Is T1R@ md T1THUa11s11u adTucatea. Our machines
vii Eo1 Eet out of order, they n PeFtestly saa
nots Il Soo stitches per minute tthree tirne8 tha
.neti of any other mAchnes} they are adspte TO Al
Siasses Of woTk-we Will sttc: saddle with cf1daEe
o. WHh 10 lso cotton - A. RED 1ERsoS @ ean e b
nd nem ~ raf!n3 Per{sst nd il xitn 84E 4,5
R1ND can sew ssaaas. tuck. poeo1aa, DC. perfectY
r2e. They are adspted to al maehaes- and aen1 ny
zoal With full directions fDI bo1oHs tucH cOfrccEnxs
sadHorkng na chimes "a: &c On receipt q na1ss q
6nk, Cotton, On. Hemners, Gntdea DC. We e
GHAKaK for and KKF4R ~ ktnde o9 SEWING MaGnine1s
and RENT Machines hY the Weex o. month. La01e4
II attendeaca e Ye I'D to Dc .n fnds g
chioe Embroldery ~ Bead. our Carcu.aM befefe
purchaAs1s B<ndrs1 Staz11 1x aa11p11 md
1873 LAKE 6EHEET. :
/ &6dfeGa i. CQEHKLa, h CO, HQx 81, E1se4xo. II
f. : fNS6l-IT s,.'"; =. T.. :
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FROM THE ARMY IN TEN.
NES&EE.
The Kew Policy. Of the War.
The Federal Call for Black
Labor,

lFxpm Our Own Correspondent
CAMP NBAB Bolivar, TERH,1
July 23, 1859.
There is nothing Of particular interest tzans-
piripg here beyond the usual routine Of camp
life, just now, however, being pleasantly va
ried BY the Introduction Of the new policy of
recognizing that s'persons Of African desc ent''
may after all be useful In war, and 30 may
proftably be employed for the Union cause.
send sou, as matter Of interest, the follow
Ing order issued by the commander OF this
post. The principle works we'll. Enough
negroes have come in to enable the general to
erect fortihcations Of considerable magnitude.
If It was applied more generally it would
cave the soldiers much hard fatigue work.
That It was not applied year ago, has cost
Us thousands Of good men, and the country
millions.
- ATTENTION TO ORDERS.
H1ADquARTERs2D ~ D1y'sH DISTRICT gJAcKsoH,
BOLIVAR, TENR., July 81, 1852. {
GENERAL ORDER No. SIN order to main
tain peace and quiet and protect persons and
property from molestation or injury In this
District, 1t will be necessary to occupy this
place with small force until the close Of
our national difficulties. And In order that
our troops may easily protect themselves
against the guerilla bands ,infestinE the coun-
try 1t is necessary to erect Notifications.
DO, therefore, hereby call upon all owners
Of slaves living within ten miles of this post,
to forward at once to these Head quarters at
least three-fonrths Of their male slaves, fom
the ages Of elxteen to forty-fve years, to aid
In said work. A blanket or guilt will be fur
Iseed s1sht by The owner, possible, to every tHo
Ratione, cooking utensils, and working im-
D}eTneDtR will he furnished hv the HuNrt4r
master. Tt is hoped that there will be no de-
lay in at once responding to this call. And it
is confdently believed that the patriotic citt-
zens Of Hardeman county will gladly co .ope-
rate with cur troops, In putting stop to the
destruction Of life and properly which is dis
gracing our country and race. By order Of
Brig: Gen'l L. F.. Ross.
F. A. DA11AH, A. A g.
Tam requested by the officers Of the 61ss
Illinois, (Col Fry'g,) to give the following
list Of names, which it is desired you would
insert In your paper. These men have been
absent from the regiment for long time.
Under the recent orders issued by General
Hal1eck they may be treated as deserters.
Will you append to the LIST that If they do not
Immediately return they will be treated as
dese1ters:
TIE ABsESTEEs.
6isT REGIMENT LIMOS VOLUNTEERS. Co. I.
Samuel T; Knapp, John s. Lawrence,
Henry Balegoyen, Pa1l J. Lndbury.
George z. Kirby, 7. B. Montgomery,
e. r. Allen, Edward Stransenbach,
James Barker, John Yogle
Jacob Bauman, a. Ellison,
E. 4. Bullock, Phillip Hanenstefn.
AL the above live In Chicago Or its vicinity.
JAHEs LAWRENCE, Capt. Co. I.
, 1862-08-04

E. The correspondence Of the Phi1adel-
phia Eres. from Hazr1son's Landing. Virginia,
says: .. -7,- ~,~ ::
:sWhatever may have been our opinion Of a
retrcgade movement one month ago, the fact
| Is DOW undeniably maderappa4ent tt1At The
| position, IN a military POINT 1of view, wss un-
fensble, and that q Wholesale surrender, Of
come IeT easfa. Of rnilttarF' operations, ~.
| unavoidable. - ":*: -: - :
, 1862-08-04

Intending no otfense to new officers of
regiments so exceedingly new that they
have no existence, we must say that we
are utterly opposed to the plan that has
brought them out. What is wanted are
2acu not officers One loud and earnest
call comes from the army to fill up the old
regiments. There they stand, shattered by
exposure, disease, and battle. Their efec-
tive force is reduced one-half Andyet the
mechanism Of each is complete, and the
whole in working order. 4 new recruit to
an old regiment is half soldier as soon as
he has musket in his hands. The Presi-
dent himself has said that 100 900 men en-
listed in the old regiments would be worth
mere than 300,000 in new organizations,
and lc sent note to this effec: to the War
Department
In letter received by Gov. Washburn,
from Gen. Mcclellan, dated July 18th, the
latter earnestly cnforces the consideration
that new enlistments should be made to
FL up old regiments, rather than to raise
all new ones. Gen. Mcclellan says: " I
would prefer $4,000 recruits for my old rc-
giments TO 100000 men organized in new
regiments Gen. Pope, Gen. Burnside,
Gen. Sickcls, and other officers have re.
ccntly borne the same testimony in most
public manner. Look at the losses in the
Western Department since Belmont, an
official estimate, remember:
Casualties In the battles Of Belmont, NIl
Spring, Fort Donelson, Shiloh. Pea Ridge,
leduct1ng those slightly wounded and re-
turned to duty ....... -----.-. ....- 80 1900
In olter affairs uf minor Importance. .... 5000
~ ciscase {dcad and abseuD- 40 u0
uAsClarEed .-....-..--...--.-.-.. 2. SUI
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s<The Bedford Inquirer, Of last week, has an

e%The Bedford Inquirer, Of last week, has an
editorial on -Abolitionism, as long as Kirby
Smiths wagon train and twice ss full Of STUFF,
expounding the advantages Of Abolitionism and
going 'sthc whole figure generally on the Abo-
lition side of the negro question. We desire
that the fact Of the publications. of this article
be made known to the voters of what once was
known as the ''Republican" party. The Bed
ford Iagmrsr has turned Aboltionist and says
that the next Congress will have to provide
means to transport the already einaheipated ne
groes to some of the new colonies which are e.
ven now in view" What do the s'Rcpublican"
farmers think Of this? Is it not enough that
they have sent their sons and brothers to help
put down the rebellion raised on account of the
Internal Abolition agitation, and that they are
called upon to pay millions and billions Of dol
lars of taxes to pay the expenses OF the war!
Must they be taxed, likewise to ship off the ne
grocs, merely because a set Of fanatics have
determined that these blacks shall no longer have
Southern masters? We know what Democrats
think about these things, but we want to know
whether the hard-fsted farmers of the Repub-
lican party will forever submit to the folly and
devilishncss foisted upon them by their party
leaders. Are they willing to pay the piper,
that knaves and fools, irrespective of color,
may dance and riot upon their substance?
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!" are all in the army?
Mr.. Buchanan's Letter.

We publish, on our first page, the letter of
Ex-President Buchanan, in reply to some state
ments recently made public by Gen. Scott in re-
gard to the breaking out Of the rebellion We
consider this letter full and entirely successful
yindication of the course of the Ex-President,
during the last four months of his administra-
ton. The late elections show that the people
believe noO that Mr.. Bpchanan's policy was
right and Mr.. Lincoln's wrong, and it must be
truly gratifying to the old patriot of Wheat.
land, to know that, at last, those whom he fain
would have turned from sthe error of their
way" have been constrained to acknowledge the
soundness Of his views and the patriotism of
his public acts. The venerable Ex-President is
vindicated by the voice Of the masses, whilst
his accusers and slanderers, the Forneys, the
Webbs and the Knoxes are condemned and re-
pudiated by an outraged and indignant people.
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eSThc Editor being absent, all errors in proof.
and other shortcomings, must be excused.
Soldiers Vote and ALI,

We are indebted to the Somerset Herald d
Wing, the Republican organ in Somerset, for
the subjoined table, which shows the result for
Congress in the district, ata tie army rote coua-
ted n, to be 43majori'y for Coffroth, the Dem
ocratic candidate. The Abolitionists died in
great agony on the Congress question, but they
had to ''peg out" willing, or unwilling. After
looking at the following figures, will the Inq,d-
rerman still attribute the defeat of little Neddy,
to that patent fact of his, that the "Aboli,ion-
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Important to our Subscribers.

The price of printing paper has gone up 25
per cent, since our last issue, and will ere long.
he so per cent. higher than the ordinary cost
We nre, therefore, compelled to give notice to
our subscribers that all who do not, by next
court, pay in advance for the year commenced
on the frat of August last, or since that date,
will be charged the regular rate of 5000 per
annum All who pay during next court week
shall nave the paper for $3.50 for the present
year.
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DEMOCRATIC MEETINGl

The Democracy of Bedford county will as.
semble in Grand Mass Meeting at the Court
House, in Bedford, on MONDAY EVENING
Of Court week, November 18th.
The object of the meeting is to celebrate the
Triumph of the Democracy in the verdict rem.
dered by the people on the political issues pre-
senfed at the late election, as we'll as to push on
the grand column of Democracy, until fanati-
cism, negroism, and all other isms are crushed
and the Union, if possible, restored.
Ihe Democratic council fires are burning
brightly. Need we say, turn out: No! The
masses are right and will be there.
a J.W. LINGENFELTER,
CA'n. Dem. Co. Com
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by 200 majority. Nevertheless, the Democra-
cy will ever feel grateful toward Mr.. Cessna,
for the good work he performed IN aiding to re-
store to the party their rights in Bedford coun-
ty, and in making doubly sure the assurance of
q faithful representation, in the Legislature, Of
the feelings and views Of our people. The di-
vision of the old legislative district, effected by
Mr.. Cessna's '.Separation Bill" rendered GER
tainthe return of Democratic member from
our county, and, as there is but one majority for
us on joint ballot, has secured the election of a
Democratic United States Senator and Demo-
cratic State Treasurer.
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at the same time, hurrah for ssStonewall jack
son." and the siSouthcrn Confedcracy:', They
are void Of patriotism, principle, or any Of the
qualities that should entitle them to any Of the
privileges Of citizens: - As
Papers ars.s,aree here, and they do not arrive
fbr three or four weeks after publication. I
have not yet received any, but am anxiously a.
waiting their arrival. ~
IF the friends Of soldiers could see how eager
they seize letter, they would certainly write
oftener.