New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-19

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The ragged gray feed on milk and houev: The lovsf
blue wait for the railroad ares,~s that tao tan NoSt
a Thousand miles "a. Not a woman Isnds an "a n
kmdpess or q word Of y npsthy 10 any Of our proS.
trate heroes, except Miss Cara B. hrton, and some
o'her blessed pioneers' who have ventured here
from Washington. Mrs. Senator Harlan and Nm.
Fades will rrr We to-day. r 80 -
Col. Donnelly-brave scldierl--diel lsst Mint a
his wounds and was sent 10 New-York. His cornsS
retained its life-like expression, and even 10 ID
coffin, with Q wreath of evergreen on his ua.lV
breast, he looked every inch q hero :"
A Rebel surgeon down at the village assured M
most positively to-day that be saw jackson on the
field, wounded in the arm. His past invuinerabihy
leads me to doubt the story. ~
| A Mr.. Major, Rebel who owns the southwest
side OF Slaug hters Mountain, and wh0se house 80
Gen. Branchs IN. C. headquarters, informed me-
yesterday of q Rev. Dr. 6tiIcs formerly Of COM,
moro recently Of New.York City" who 10 o chap.
lain In the Seceeh army, and who complains bitterly
Of the tyrdom be suffered in the North, becauso
he was, while there, 80 friend of the South" Mr..
Major, m scolloquisl debate quoted il with IN aie
Of triumph a. proof Of Yankee persecution
There was no close infantry fighting in the battle
OF SATURDAY, except In Wlliams's division, on tho
rlght wlng aud the hottest was in Crswford's bhgs
ade: The trees at the Of where this brigsds-s
led BY one Of the Sumter defenders-made its awful
charge, and where Gordon brigade sfterwsrd camo
to the fight on run, are Scared and shattered in
marvellous manner Almost every tree l. struck-iu
thick woods-,mall ones cut down, large ones bic
many times, as in one case counted nine of these
scars on single upright trunk! How anybody ss1
csped is q wonder. Here in the edge of theso
woods, Col. Donnely fell, aud here the grave Of
AGjutant Smith Of the 9Th Connecticut was idsnti>
fed to-day, and we marked sbingle and PLACID Is
at the head Of tho mound. lie was q NOBLE fellow,
and shot down upon refusing surrender " tho
Rebels.
The pillage of the successful Rebels upon tho
bodies Of onr dead il represented ~ having been
horrible and repusive. The next day scores Of one
dead were found naked in the wheat fed by partiaa
Of our men who went out under q asx of truce 70
bury them; and ia money the enemy must have
reapcd harvest. Every body had been sacked Of
something. Shoes were taken almost invarlablys
The battlefield looked ss II the vicrors had held high
carnival over il. The excuse was hardly brood
enough 10 cover the desolation-the apo ogy which
the Rebel Gen. Stewart made 10 Gen. Crawford,
when the latter, pointing to the pluDdefed and
naked bodice, asked What does thu meauf'
A" Sir" replied Gen. s.. with an air Of offended In.
nocence, " there are pirates in our ranks whom vi
had much rather We're your prisoners; men who NOS
only rob you. but rob u.s.
may remark, en- PEASANT, that the Seceeh General
then, with easy garrulousness, began 70 tell me
Union men present Whist very, extremely, painfully
p:oas men S,onewall jackson aud JET. Davis weret
II is hoped they may not exhaust tue fund.
SOLDIERS do good deal more foraging for theme
selves than before Gen. Pope's or,ers issued-esch
one seeming ~ consider himself Provost Marshall
Court and Jury, TO seize and couhscate anything no
wants. This 10 not encouraged by our officers, bue
frowued upon, and punished frequ- unity, although
there be 10 loyal people within hfty miles. saw 9
horse returned from our cavalry to = well-dressed
man to-day by the Provost ~ arsbal here and not
question asked about liz Loyalty. In cO1versa<
lion afterward this man admitted that be was .
Soutberner; aud with tue South in this ightr So
it goes. But what better night have our oflcers "a
protect Rebels in the ownership Of horses and cora
Than they have in the ownership Of Sam and Dinah1
We sIuggards have yet to learn, Id ow Lessons cay
thingW Our wilful ignorance on that point has
cost US men, money, battles, campaigns; will it cost
us the war land TIE Republci
As we advance, Thousands OF Southerners sit
are biscker than you aud l. perhaps, and they creep
timidly, al If in doubt whether safer 1t the muzze
or the breecn Of Union muskets; bat they ooase
sincerely s,tsag to Oe our friend: if we will let them;
Many OF these stalwsrt fellows, with Wuscled
aching for something 10 do; the nation aches for de-
Tenders. Why may not that ind these, here and
now, make bargain Why coddIe an i,saue whias
any longer when three hundred lives day is the
pricei The negroes bore have the muscle and can
stand this exposure; their lives are very vala@
able to the world; they densely, fearfuy ignore
ant-ss ignorant a. the white citizens here slmostt
except perhaps in political matters; why not leo
them fight for their native land snd oblige them
TO- If it comes to thati Pennsylvanla father, y0us
son here has been hktnlnB year. anu 10 tlfeO-do
wants TO come home and rect; have You any objec.
ton to bis accepting sable substitute THE only
one accessibls-or will you insist that he shall stlb
wear out his life as q substitute for Sambo1
Michigan mother, your son will DO drafted next
week; have you any objection to negro taking the
musk ct and leaving him with you II We were
drow ming, or our house was burning, none OF Nc
would decline anybody assistance. We may noe
be drowning, or we may be; at least, we are in
fearfuly deep water. Snail we punctiIiousy retusa
to grasp tie prosred rope till make sure that the
band that holds the other end ID OF orthodox com"
pexioni Sbame on our national coxc0Obry Must
we be- Mrashed into common sense When snail
we learn the two simple lessons FIRST that tolerance
Of treason any where is treason 70 loyalty everys
where; and second, IN the language Of The TRIBs
uKE to treat henceforward all Unionists II they
were white men aud oil Rebels ~ if they were ngA
gersf' WAC.
Vandalism Of the Bcbels-Major Andrcws-
Draws tsame-Rebel Picty. %.
FROM Our Special Correspondent.
HEADQUARTERS GEN. SiGRr, I
Two miles rem the kspdsn, Aug ID, 1851,
Cedar Mountain has been adopted % the name fol
he late battle. It Is known among tive country peo+