Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-10-16

Confrmed--The Army OF the Poto
mac Sick of Inactivity-Terrlb!
Taxation in the South. frs
NEW YoRK, Oct. e.-The Times
dispatch has the following:
President Lincoln's emancipation
proclamation has inspired most livel.
terror throughout the South. The reb
els do not laugh at the Decree, bu
quake with apprehension. They ez
press fears that il will be the means o
producing counter revolution 10 th'
Slave States, snd the soldiers desire Il
return to their homes to protect thei
families.
They believe the negroes to be or
ganized 10 secret associations, and onl,
to be waiting an suspicious opportunitI
to rise in insurrection en- masse. The
have heard already of the proclamation
and are becoming. very restiYe unde
their yoke. ,.-.E-.
The women and children Of the ru
raj districts are removing to the cities
for safety, and CONSERVATION seems tC
be universal.
Advices of the Government from
Europe show no change in the purposes
of England or France. and these Gov
ernments continued to indicate settled
purpose to adhere to the oft. declared
purpose of non-intervention.
The statement that Lees army is
falling back on Staunton is confirmed,
and it is expected, in case he shall be
pressed by the Union forces, he will
retreat to Gordonsville.
The condition Of the rebel army is
one Of great destitution. In addition
to their want of clothing, they are now
living on half rstions. Charles ].
Faulkner is visiting the camps and
making speeches to sustain their cour-
age.
NEW YORK, October 9.-The intel
iigent and reliable correspondent Of the
Times, under date of Antietam, Octo-
Der 6, says there is nothing the soldiers
desire so much as to have the war
brought to a close; with them time is
eyerything-they are tired of the bus
iness, and want to go home. This is
as true of the rebel soldiers as of our
own, and with certain class, not I
hope by any means the largest. they
care not how it ends SO that it ends.
Remove the legal restraint which
holds the army together, and half OF
them would go home to morrow; the
other half would vote to send Commits
sioners to Richmond. or welcome prop
ositions from the rebels for winding up
the struggle, rather than drag through
another winter campaign in the swamps
of the Chickahominy or in any other
part Of Virginia. but give them the
word forward" and with the need
full leaders and re-enforcements, they
will not stop until they have chased the
rebels into the Gulf.
There is nothing the soldiers so much
dread as this eternal delay, and the
prospect of an indefinite prolongation
Of the war. "Let US whip or get
whipped, and have an end Of it," is
the language OF every man meet and
talk with on the subject. The officers
who are worth copper would say the
same thing, if they possessed the in
dependence of those in the ranks, and
would speak their minds.
mention these things not willingly,
but for the purpose of showing the tenn
per Of the army and the absolute neces-
sity of keeping their energies employed
and their minds easy.
The best information that can be re-
ceived from Virginis confirms the idea
that the body Of the rebel army which
fingered for a time on the south bank
of the Potomac, retreated up the val
ley, in the direction of Martinsburg. a
week ago.
They succeeded, however, in keep
ing up the semblance of a force along
the Potomac for their own purposes.
FoRrREss MONROE, October 7.-The
steamer brought down none Of our pris-
oners in exchange for State prisoners
sent up. -F.f- -E
The Commissioner Of the Confede-
rate Government refused TO exchange
the prisoners Of State belonging to Vir-
ginia, on the ground that they were ta-
ken on territory belonging to the Con-
federacy.
The Examiner says Congress has Sc
rious business on its hands at present.
The subject Of revenue and finance is
new before Congress.
The bill provides that every citizen
gives TO the Government one-6fth oi
his gross income, and receives in ac'
knowledgment eight per cent. bonds
Of all loans eight per cept is the worst
of all taxes, twenty per cent. on gross
income is the most oppressive.
By this project Congress strikes q
heavier blow at our credit than the
public enemy. The Government has
committed financial blunders enough tc
ruin its credit, if the confidence of the
public was not so well supported.
BRUTAL OUTRAeE-THRRE UEIos
LADIES VIoLATED.--TheN Nashville I'm.
ion has been informed, on unimpeacha'
ble authority, of one Of the most hor.