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The national Republican., 1862-08-14
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
WASHINGTON, August l2, 1862.

WASHINGTON, August IL, l66Z.
To DE Assistant Secretary Of State, and other
persons IN the serpice Of the Department Of
SLATE:
There are thrty.two of US now employed n
this Department, of whom fifteen are between
the ages of eighteen and forty five. think we
should furnish At least that number OF volun
tsers for the military service, either personally
or by volunteers enrolled through our exer.
iions respectively. propose To furnish three
such volunteers, and invite your immediate
others. The places of those who personally
volunteer will be retained for them until the
expiration oi their time Of service.
(Sgned) WILLIAM II. SEWARD.
The clerks responded to the proposition
with enthusiasm, and Wa understand that
twelve Of them have already been enrolled,
and that the others will be promptly forth
coming.
A little incident, which occurred yesterday,
still further illustrates Secretary Stewards
patriotism. During the morning, hs sent u
note TO Capt Narrower, (who is engaged in re-
cruiting District soldiers )requesting him to send
to his Office eight recruits. They were Gent, and
as soon Us they appeared before the Secretary
he handed one Of them neat little package,
upon which they retired and opsned the mys
terious envelope, when, to their surprise they
discovered fifty dollar Treasury note tor each
one Of them.
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Maine POlitics,

PORTLAND, NE, Aug. ll.-John N. Goodwin,
OF South Berwick, was re nominated for Con-
gress Tor the irSt District by the Republican
Conyenijon IN day
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ENOR SALE.-rwo handsome dark bay COACH
Il HORSES, kind and gentle-work single OF
double; sold for no fault the owner having no fur
ther use for them. Apply TO WIN. y. HOPKINS
corner Of Sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue.
Au I1-3teo
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HEADQUARTRs ARMY OF THE q. s.,
Near Richmond, Virginia,
August 2, 1862.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE q. s.,
Near Richmond, Virginia,
August 2, 1862.
To the General Commanding Army Of the U. S.,
Washington:
General: On the 29th of June last, | was in.
structed by the Secretary Of War to inquire Of
Major General Mcclellan as 10 the truth Of
alleged murders committed on our citizens by
officers Of the United States army.
The case Of VIM. B. Munford, reported to
have been murdered at New Orleans by order
John Orleans, reported 10 have been murdered
in Missouri by order Of Major General Pope,
were those referred to. had the honor 10 be
informed by Gajor General Mcclellan that he
had reierree these inquiries TO bis Government
for reyly. No answer has as yet been re-
ceived.
The President OF the Confederate States has
since been credibly informed that numerous
other officers Of the army Of the United States
within the Confederacy have been guilty Of
felonies and capital offences which are punish.
able by oil laws, human and divine.
! am directed by him to bring TO your notice
q lew OF those best authenticated Newspa.
pers received from the United States announce
as fact that Major General Hunter has armed
slaves for the murder Of their masters, and has
thus done oil In his power to inaugurate ser
vile war, which Is worse than that Of the saw
ages, inasmuch as 1t superadds other horrors
to the indiscriminate slaughter of all ages,
sexes, and conditions
Brigadier General Phelps is reported 10 have
initiated at New Orleans the example set BY
Major General Hunter on the coast Of South
Carolina.
Brigadier General G. N. Fitch is stated, in
the same journals, 10 have murdered In cold
blood two peaceful citizens, because one OF
his men, while invading our country, was killed
by some unknown person while defending bis
home.
am instructed by The President of the Con-
federate States to repeat the inquiry relative to
the cases Of Mumford and Owens, and to ask
whether the statements In relation to the action
Of Generals Hunter, Phelps and Fitch are ad-
mit,ed to be true, and whether the conduct Of
these generals is sanctioned by their Govern
ment.
am further directed by his Excellency, the
President, to give notice that in the event Of
not receiving reply to these Inquiries within
fifteen days from the delivery Of this letter. that
II will be assumed that the alleged facts are
true and are sanctioned by the Government Of
the United States.
In such an event, on that Government will rest
the responsibility OF the retribution or retalia-
tory measures which shall be adopted 10 put an
end to the mercilsss atrocities which now char
acterize the war against the Confederate States.
am, most respectfully,
Your Obedient servant,
K. +. LEE,
General Commanding,
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HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
Waahinpinn. Anp. @ lSG2

GEN. R. E. LEE, Commanding, &c:
General: Your two communications of the
I'd instant, with enclosures, are received. As
these papers are couched in language exceed
ingly Insulting to the Government of the United
States, ! most respectfully decline to receive
them. They ore returned herewith.
Very respectfully, your ob't serv't,
H. W. HALLECK,
General. in Chief U. s. Army
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GEN. AuGER.-This distinguished officer lett,
yesterday, for hs home, in Western New York
His wound is doing we'll.
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NATIONAL REPUBLICAN.
Published Daily, sundays EIssp!o,
ny w. }. MURTAGH n Cor
5,oaot N WESTON. EoITos

~ The publication ofice of the NATIONAL
REPUBLICAN is at the northeast corner OF D and
seventh streets, second floor, over W. d. shep'
herds book store. Entrance on Seventh street.
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HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
Washington, Aug. Z, 1862.

Washington, Aug. Z, 1862.
GEN. X. E. LEE, Commanding, &C.:
General: Your letter Of July 6 was received
at the Adjutant Generals office, on the l4th !;
but, supposing from tho endorsement that It
required no further reply, II was filed without
being shown 10 the President or Secretary Of
War. learned to-day, for the first time, that
such letter had been received, and hasten to
reply. ,
No authentic information has been received
in relation TO the execution of either John
Owens or - Mumford; but measures will be
Immediately taken to ascertain the facts Of
these alleged executions, Of which you will be
duly infol med.
l need hardly assure you, General, that 90
far as the United States authorities are con.
cerned, this contest will be carried on In strict
accordance with the laws and usages Of mod
ern warfare, and that oil excesses will be duly
punished.
In regard to the burning of bridges, &C.,
within our lines by persons in disguise as
peaceful citizens, refer you to my letter Of the
22d Of January last to General Price. think
you will find the views there expressed a. most
materially differing from those stated in your
letter.
In regard to retaliation by taking the lives
Of innocent persons, l know Of no modern au.
thority which justi6es It, except in the extreme
case Of O war with any unciviliZed foe which
has himself first established such barbarous
rule.
The United States will never countenance
such proceeding, unless forced to do SO by
the barbarous conduct Of an enemy who first
applies such rule to our own citizens.
Very respectfully, your obedlent servant,
H. W. HALLEcK,
Generalin Chief U. s. A.
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rSr Tx President Roberts, Of Liberia, ar
igrd in this city on Tuesday last
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Patriotism Of Secretary Sew ard-Enlist-
ing Recruits In the state Department..

day or two since, the Secretary of State
addressed to the various persons holding po.
sitions in the Department oi State the following
circular:
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INTERESTING CORRESPONDENTS
BETWEEN
THE REBEL GEN. LEE AND GIN. HALLECK,
SUBJECT OF RETALIATION.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA,
July q, 1862.
GENERAL: It has come TO my knowledge
that many Of our citizens engaged In peaceful
because they refused 10 take the oath Of ALE
glance to the United States, while others, by
hard and harsh treatment, have been compelled
to take an oath not TO bear arms against that
Government
have learned that about one hundred Of
the latter class have been released from Fort
ress Monroe. This Government refuses to ad-
NIT the right Of the authorities Of the United
States to arrest our citizens and extort from
them their parole not to render military ser
vice TO their country. under the penalty Of
mourning punirhment In case they fall into the
hands Of your forces.
l am directed by the Secretary Of War to
inform you that such oaths will not be regarded
as obligatory, and persons who take them will
be required TO render military service.
Should your Government treat the rendition
Of such service by these persons as breach Of
parole, and punish II accordingly, this Govern.
ment will resort to retaliatory measures as the
only means of compelling the Observance Of
the rules Of civilized warfare.
l have the honor to be, very respectfully,
your obedient servant, X. U. LEE,
General Commanding.
Major General q. b. MCCLELLAN,
Commanding Army Of the Potomac.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE Army,
Washington, August IL, 1862.
Ma. Gen. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN,
Commanding Army Of the Potomac,
GENERAL: I>have just received from the Ad
inelosng letter from Gen. R. f. Lee, Of July
2lst
The letters Of General Dix and Major Wool
will furnish you with the proper information
for reply to General Lees complaints In re
gard 10 the treatment Of prisoners at Fortress
Monroe.
The Government Of the United States ha
never authorized any extortion Of oaths Of al
legiance or military paroles, and has forbidden
any measures to be resorted to tending to tha
end. Instead of extorting oaths Of allegianc
and paroles Il has refused the applications q
several thousand pi isoners 10 be permitted +
take them and return 10 their homes In th
rebel States
| At the same time this Government claim.
and will exercise the right to arrest, imprison
or place beyond its military lines, any person
suspected OF giving aid and information to II
enemies, or OF any other reasonable act An
If persons 80 arrested voluntarily take the oat
of allegiance, or give their military parol,
and afterwards violate their plighted faith, the
will be. pushed according to the laws an
usages Of war!
| You will assure Gen. Lee that no unseeml
threats Of retaliation on bis part will deter thi
Government from exercising It's lawful right
over both persons and property, Of whatsoeve
name or character.
Very respectfully, your obt servant,
| II. w, HALLEcK,
| General.in. Chief u. s. Army.
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GEoRGEIowa, D. g., August II, 1862,
Ru l2-Wed&Sat
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path HOUSE, LONG ISLAND IS NOW OPEN FOR
- the ton 0! Doarlcrs and Transient guests 9ood
fishing, boating and ssng J. n. GARY, super
New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-06

being fred on, the guns Of the enemy nearly all re-
main =. spiked and dismouuted. BY the side OF the
river battery were large piles Of ammunition, pow
der. balls, and shells Eighty guns were in York.
town, which is surrounded by n semicirclc. The
earthworks were all Constructed to another,
in very position but they must have eventually
yielded could we have got round them. The gun
we dsmounied the other day killed and wounded IA
Rebels.
The fort has been occupied by the First Battalion
New-Orlean. Artillery, the 9Th and 3oth Alabama
regiments the 10th and lith Louisiana regiments
and the 18th and 18th Georgia regiments. These
troops were ordered to report at Howard's Grove,
four miles from Richmond, and LEFT the fort at mid
night. A rear-guarl was left, who waited for our
appearance and then retired in the greatest haste
Two deserers, who left their regiment in Williams
burg at daylight, say the whole rebel army WAS in
panic.
Prof loves balloon reconnaissance discovered
their rear guard at a. m. TO be- four miles out.
Gen. Mcclellan Immediately ordered out the artil-
lery tnd cavalry, and is pushing aiier them at full
speed. All our gunboats came up at 9 o'clock, aud
Landed some marines at Gloucester, who raised the
United States flag amid cheering that coud be heard
acros. the river The boats all then left, and are
now running up York River, Smelling the banks on
both SIDES.
4 number Of mines Lad been prepared for our
troops bv placing percussion shells under ground in
the roadways AID entrances to the f)n No whites
were 10 be found; only few negro women and
bebes The town WAS most slualid and filthy.
few davs of warm weather would have bred Il pesii-
lence. An abundance Of -four, aud large quantity
II meat silt and fresh, was left. All the tents were
lcft. bni no horses or wagons. The reports concur
thsi the Rebels consist of mob OF about lOO,OOO
men, i'll f,d, dirty, aud disheartened.
The road from Yorktown to Hampton, on which
we were encamped was guarded by Fort Magruder,
mounting large number of guns, part of which
were taken away, and the rest spiked Some of their
works we're well built and laid out, while others were
wreicbed oontryauces. The work upon them was
finished Oh Friday night and the slaves sent 70 the
rear under guard. The Rebels have nothing behind
on which they can make a stand. Last night their
eamp-frcs all along were tho as usual
The dense woods along the Peninsula enabled
them 10 leave without being seen by the balloon.
The large guns Of the Rebels were mostly coiumbi-
ads taken from the Norfolk Navy-Yard. Some Of
them had been recently mounted The fortiIcations,
although of the roughes, character, were very for
mlablo. being surrounded by deep gorges, almost
impossible 10 pass.
New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-06
Shells Among our Tents-Negroes As
Work in YoristOwn-O Our Soldiers De.
n,and Commemorative Army Demands
the Emp;oynert CT the slaves.
the Employment

Correspondence Of The y. Y. Tribune
BEPoRs YoRK1owS, May ,, 1867.
Night before last shell, OF great number
thrown among ourricke,s in a wood and in trenches,
crushed the leg Of Frank Dell, Co. f, let Excelsior
Brigade, so as to render anputaton necessary, and
tore "a some of the toes of the right foot of William
Elliott. Company l. same Brigade. The same sur
prsing gunnery threw 69.pound she'll within four
feet OF the telegraph tent attached to Gen. Hentze.
mans quarters.
The enormous proectie plugged deep into tho
solid clay and there exploded throwing dirt and
iron all over the camp. Had it killed any of the
officers around, ready-made grave was open in tho
astonishiugly large hole torn out Of the earth.
Another she'll interrupted the pastoral use OF team
of oxen nelr the sawuil, and spherical case shos
ohtn, in the camp Of the ID Excelsior, rcochetted
upon the roof Of shelter tent, in which three so-
ders were, making q lively exchange Of parallelo-
grams Of dirty pasteboard
What is the moral impression made by the burst
ing of Il 69-pound shell within sixty feet of novcel
While studying this problem and knocking the dirt
off my hannel-shirt bosom into the yet smoking hole
near the telegraph tent, an Irishmen settled the
question: and wrapped humor around my idea of this
particular projecte. "Be jabers but that's the Eel.
low TO soften the wax in mans ear" Sixty-Dine-
pounlers vol may kill me, but shall always smile
at you!
From orr right yesterday, could be seen with the
naked eye, large black steamer, loaded with troops,
coming down from the southern end Of the Rlchnlohd
Rairoad. With the glass, could be discerned
swarms Of laborers at work upon the yorktown in-
and among them very many saves
Tie emphasis with which drove the joints OF my
telescope together, after this sight, attracted the
notice Of a c;nnonier.
"pretty hard, Sir that President Lincoln Won't
LET IA use negroes against them, while they use ne.
groes against us
"yery hard, my friend. But be patient You
will beqn to die here rapidly in about four weeks,
and the further south you get the thicker you will
crowd tho hospitals and the thicker you will plant
your head-boards along $jrg Eae Of your march.
There is an order out for feSiboard for every so.
lier in this army, is there not 7"
81 have heard there is Sir"
every well-you win plant them fast, soon. And
when the fathers, mothers, brothers, and sisters, OF
,our soldiers--when the people Of the North ana
heir representatives in Congress, shall zee this army
If Freedom diving of diseases contracted in dong
sre Twelfth raSe.
New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-06
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

The following is copy of dispatch to the Presi-
dent Of the Chamber OF Commerce, from Col. Asor,
aid to Gen. Mcclellan;
YORKTOWN, Va, May 4, 1862.
pKt,rtAn PpniT esq, Pre.iJeat Ch,mber9 fommeree;
s,r. TIE Rebels evacuated this place AT 4 o'clock
a,niue keeping up brisk caunonade 10 the last mo-
,l U.s. I.vig s their heavy guns eighty in humber, with
~ ,unton; also large amount of insteal Of war Of
- I'D abandoned burnt, or sunk.
coy Iabn,ion ard Lee wero pre,,nt and united IL ne
hat BcCleians dposhon u his forces and arnhe'g
~ ,u,r,I, fLe yacs VafcAQLis
nLs maei tony and publicly urged fight Fortihcaions
and Formidable their force very large An
nom them before bomhtrling would have cost us
, .g. and might have failed Our suubor hotls has
sd nm t,e river followed by largo bodies ot troops IN
o,t. sso several columns moving rapidly along
s pi,e, We hope TO up with them before they es
, Wes, Point. Our army Is in the hne condition anu
, ,irts The Rebel army Is much 6ebonl zed You c-n
y "a III. as you think proper 80 lcpfsuu - ,
New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-06
DISPATCH TRoM GEN. MCCLELLAN
uLADQCAKTLRs AEyY or THx Porox,c ,
Mnudnv- Mnv IL % -, (

Monday, May Sill 3OsIn{
Io ne Hon. Z. M. sTsSToN, SECRETARY II Var.
An Inspection just made shows that the Rebels
asndoned in ther works at Yorktown two 3-iuch
raed cannon, two inch ri1ed cannon, sixteen 30.
pandes, six i2-pounders, nineteen s-inch colum.
'ads four 9-nch Dahlgrens, one lO.inoh coluInJiad
% lO-inch mortar, and one S-inch siege hcwiizer
'Sb carriages and implements complete, each piece
elpEed with 76 rounds OF ammunition On the
Nsfar:s there are also four magazines, which have
~ yet been examined. This does not include the
e1 left At Gloucester Point and their other works
"'rsh. &. b. MCCLELLAN, Maj. Gen.
New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-06
a p. ,bo Rebels Evncaatimg the Penimsulaf
-Drnkc dc Kny's Fight with the Tenscr.

Vnonl
MAR YoRKrowN, May ], 1852.
acknowledgements Parro't-gun practice COP !
New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-06
LATER.

NINDAl .IOIlNIN0 MY ., I'Fl'
II commenced raining about o'clock tlis morn
my, 'id has continued heavily up TO this time.
H. C was 10 news from Willia,usb,ro IA II IL vet
to- eMly iu the mor1i,g 10 hear.
We vii! occupy Williamsburg early tlis morn
Ing
From there oaI eonte viii depend upon that
taken by the enemy.
New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-06

DETAILS OF THE EVACUATION.
~ RALrIsosK Monday, May 8, 1862.
'@spwn was efa.ga!sd entirely by the Rste,S
New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-06

fence of Lees honse, close at hand tore of six Of
ts pickets, armed bis crew, and drew them up on
the edge of the bank, with their deadly arms at tho
present. The Teasers boat paused-snd turned.
The Cumberlands launch was saved, and the pleas
ans laugh Of Gen. Manefeds Aid-de-Camp went far
over the James River.
New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-06

sce Twelfth rage.
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THE HOUSEKE EEPER.

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