The national Republican., 1862-07-18

We make The following extracts from letter
of he spscisl correspondent Of The Chioago
.7SiJ,lns, dated
EI'N NEAR CoRISru, Miss July 10, 1869.
Much has been said In regard 70 the situation
before Corlntb, while little has been said 10 re.
gard 70 The situation behind Corinth. When
before Corinth, 0coeral Halleck had only tbe
ben ncoops within hls ovn lines 70 look after.
Nov that Beaure sard hAs tsndersd him those Of
The rebels, bis seeA d wonderfully enlarged,
and b ands su Increased amount q kusioea on
his banda His army 10 taking NJ suunsr ussvts,
having apparently llttls 70 do but 70 guard
defenceless women and childfen, whoee hus-:
bands. fathers, and brothsn afs now before
Richmond. giving battle 70 Gsnenl cClsilsn,
and TO Gee that the negroes on ths plAhtauous
ere orderly and quiet giving food 70 ~ poor
and Furnishing any soldier whose sooRhuho sp-
petite impels him 10 take handful Of onions
from the garden Of biz protssss. .r.
fHs nn0R0ns CARnY on fa1 PLANTATIONS.
The negroes are carrying ou plantation work
q faithfully under the control Of the mistress
q though the master was present, and . but
little cotton has been planted, the breadth Of
other crops are corrrrpondlngly lsrge. and The
idea OF starving tbs rebels 10 simply ridiculous.
lines, and sell pies and other products at fabu.
lous prices. ...
We ueed laborsrs 10 The camp, cooks, team
,ters, and nurses In the hospitals, and here at
our hands. anxiously waiting 70 assIst 70 are
thousands Of industrious and hardy blacls who
would faithfully perform those dades, and upon
whose loyalty We Gao depend. II they are 20
rusty and valuable 70 their rebel masters with
mt wages, how much more % would they be
when stimulated with The hope Of freedom and
Of receiving pay for their labor! II the lines
Of our army were opened 70 them, thousands
upon thousands would leave their plantations
and give us their valuable services, and thus
draw from the e'ources Of The enemy, whose
women and children would be in such real
danger Of starving that their husbands and
sons would be compelled 10 lay down their
arms aud return home 10 protect them.
There is no other way Of closing this war.
Il should be 80 prosecuted - 10 produce stArv-
alton throughout the rural districts, unless the
men lay down their arms and return TO their
loyalty.
Until the negro is set free and allowed u
pour out IL blood aud treasure for no practical
result. Set The slaves free. and they will pro.
ducs more cotton 10 the next ten years than
under the slave system.
DIsLoYAL WOMEN.
Occasionally an aged rebel will visit the
samp TO gain information and to sell bis truck.
but the women folks stand on their dignity.
have visited plantations over . space Of 6fteen
miles, have convesed freely with the people,
have not met loyal Soman, as yet, and among
the men but one reasonable rebel, who 70 strict
ly neutral. The Union vote ON the secession
Of the State was only , conditional Uoion vote
and not loyal one. NJ one here pretsuds 10
disguise the fact, and only submit from sheer
necessity. Scarcely oDe IL 70 be found who
will take the oath for the sake OF selling bis
cotton, still hoping that The South will yet WIN
This 10 The class Of persons whom the army Of
The Mississippi Is using il giant power to pro.
Esct.
BURNING AND HIDING COTTON.
But little cpttOn hsA been burned in this mart
of the State Of Mississippi The farmers 10 some
instances driving of the cotton burners, but 10
most cases II 10 carefully hid, and all il needs
10 10 hire the negroes for any purposs, and
hey would soon show the army behind Co
rinth It's secret hiding plsces o. an avsragp
here must be = ton Of cotton 10 each farm
worth some four hundred dolisrs. The cbsap
at way 10 protect this 10 to ship II North, and
permit the army TO move forward. STRIP tht
,ouniry Of iis slaves. Its cotton and it, grow.
ng crops, and It would need no large army 10
,old II In subsection.
GENERAL HALlxX.
Enough Of blood and Treasure Of the North
Vest has already been spent 10 the silly attempt
o carry out that most Infamous and unwise
Order No. 8, 10 have stop put to lis fa,ther
mischief.
General lIalleck, with dogged stupidity,
will adhere TO bis pet, for he belongs To = class
y old foRy politicians whose boast 10 that they
,over change With Il we are losing valuable
ims, more valuable lives, wasting The resources
u the country, and making little progress.
When We begin TO mass our army for battle,
ny waste Tho country, and subsist our troops
ipOn The enemy, we shall have Isaoted The
Of the end but so long a. rebel
wives are assured that they will not be dts.
urbsd, 10 long will they advise their husbands
md sons to wage the contest but take from
hem their last farm hands, their cotton, and
heir teams allow soldiers 70 cook their meals
with farm rails, instead Of picking up half rot.
sn wood 10 the forest, and they would begin