, 1863-09-30
TFrom Our Regular CoE1espondent.1


WAsHNaToN, Sept. ~, 1868.
The gloom and depression Of spirits caused
by the first accounts from the great battle
rear Chattanooga, is rapidly passing of, and
10y al men hare begun to take cheerful aud
hopeful view Of affairs. The desperate effort
made by tie rebels, in the concentration Of
their forces for the destruction Of Rosecrans,
has failed, ard that failure is received By
them as equivalent to great defeat, On our
eide, It is felt that By concentration Of force,
We ought to have exterminated the rebels in.
the Southwest, snd instead Of this, the gal.
liant Rosecrans has met with SERIOUS check.
But apart from the dep1orable loss Of life, we
msy felicltate ourselves that our position is
as strong as ever, and that the enemy has sui.
tered far more than our forces. II their loss
Of men Is proportioned to that Of officers,
the havoc muht hare been terrible.
The surprise caused by this concentration
Of rebel forces viii bring about the very
thing, on our side, that ought to have been
dcue at first, viz; the reinforcement Of Rose
crans; ard as consequence, the rebels will
rot dare to withdraw the reinforcements
which have been sent to Bragg, from Lees
army, by which the defences Of Richmond
hare been to that extent weakened. The
rebe1s are initiating the policy Of the Indian,
who cut eff the end Of his blanket which
covered his feet, In order to lengthen that
which covered his head; but with no better
SUCCESS. Their resources are nearly exhaust
ed, and they will In vain attempt to eke ont
their detcie Mt Plumbers In one quarter, by
drawing from those at the opposite extreme.
The scheme may ee1Te to prolong the con
test Int every loss they sustain Is 1rreparab1e,
and the erent must inevitably come.
The enforcement of the conflscaion net In
this city has, to say The least, been commit
ted 10 feeble bands, and the complaint Is made
some enc volunteers to bring a case to his at-
tent1ou., Bob Ould. who has for two years
rttided at Rlchmo1 d, and acted Us JEFF. Davis
commissioner for the exchange of prisoners
Of war, ran away from this city about the time
that hosti1iues commenced. He is 4 lawyer
by profession, and was the predecessor Of the
FreEent incumbent Of the District Attorney
ship. His case is therefore m obscure one,
ard yet, am informed, that no steps hare
been taken to confiscate his properly. His
case Is not q singular one. There are scores,
and eyen hundreds more, which might be
known, It they are net already known to the
District Attorney.
, I alIo hear It, On reliable authority, Tint
whele property has been conflscated. 1t has
been done on mere Eeargay, without taking
testimony as to the dlsloyal acts ct the own
er. This loose, not to say illegal procedure,
will undoubtedly cause many tf the proceed
iDgs 10 be reversed; or ut any rate, the effect
viii be to nnscttle titles, In other cases-two
at least-whele dwelling houses have been
cor hscated, tie loyal tenant has been forbid
den to remove his furniture, when there MAS
lo doubt as to Its identity and ownership.
It is said that John II. Bolts Is now within
The Union lines. He has been called upon BY
Union facers, who represent him as still
firm in tie tai ill., He has fine taTm Ia Cul-
he has suffered from the rebels, including m
imprisonment Of about three months, he has
been, on the whole, fortunate. nm assured
by oCc Of his old friends, that Bolts has been
successful In an immense tobacco specula-
ton, By which he has made a handsome for.
tune. He is now under bonds, or the obllga-
tions Of an oath, extorted while 4 prisoner,
to remain neutral, aud this was the condition
upon which he WIS permitted to retire to his
newly purchaeed farm IN Cn1pepper.
Emerson Etheridge, the Clerk Of the House
Of Representatives, who, during the long and
lion, was most liberal WhIg, and who ut
length, indeed, became q sort OF emanclpa-
tIohist, has, In spite Of the patronage he has
received, taken quite different course from
Bolts. Persecution las only served to
strengthen the convictions Of the sturdy Vir-
ginisn, while Republican patronage seems to
cause It has fallen short of his OWE
| tie ytfowest hue, and iails 1t the
| Government from morning to "dew5
| eve" for every really vigorous war measure:
His personal friends who are not in politica!
sympathy With him, ascribe his eccentric aud
very Inconsistent conduct to mental abbera
| t1on; while Parson Brown1ow, with probably
/ better knowledge of the man, attributes 1t *
q mistake Of President Lincoln, who vas st
thort-sighted as not to place Ethcrdge at tht
head Of the Cabinet, send him to a1l th'
rnry, and at the same time make him Militar,
Governor Of Tennessee. 1n this way, Brown
low thinks his fidelity might have been sc
cured: but it Is noW tco late to repair th
fault, and the result Is, that the Coppe1head
will haye the advantage IN the organization
tbiea Of the incumbent Of the clerkship
which would be worth good deal In o clos
contest. Luckily, however, Il believe the Ad
miniktration majority will be decisive, an
Iii. Ethe11dge's good will can do no more f1
timeelt or his new friends than secure th
probably get, while every man who voted 70
| him two years ago will now be aga1nst him.
The eyideneek Of re: ur ingloy atty in Mort
Carolina thicken erery day. Scarcely H.
oftruce crosses the lines which falls to br1n
accounts Of new demonstrations Of loyalty
lon. But It is too late. JET. Davis has to
much need Of troops to fend off the heay
blows which fall upon his dominions on ever
side, to detach any considerable number I
them for police purposes over territol
larger than that Ct New York. For the defe
H. $mA II. T1A T. -.4&
one locality. The Union meetings are bel
in ercry part Of the State, north, south, cas-
and west; except, perhaps, the extreme soutl
east. From Buncombe, on the borders
| East Tennessee, to Chatham, Orange, Gui
ford, Randolph. Moore, and Wake In the cel
. t1e, and Granville, bordering On the Roaaol
: and Virginia, the wall OF horror at the des
lations Of the war comes up, and the demar
for peace and reunion salutes the cars Of Il
guilty conspirators ut Richmond. The "a
Is well known that not more than one four
: Of the people Of North Carolina we're ever
hvor of secession,- while the three.fourt
acquiesced In the scheme for time from
real or supposed necessity. I have ney
!. doubted that North Carolina was at heart t
most loyal Of all the slayeholding State
AID that che had smaller proportion
secession virus in her than eV
IL Isl North Carolina owed It's y sitality to to lis BE-
l. corgruity Of the people Of that State, vi
d tboie Of South Carolina and East Virgin
y But Wing leaders, the country oyer, have be
Characterized as much by tInid conseryatis
+ as by respectfully, and they have often {,
q | tered Themselves to be defeated By the imE
!. dence Of Democratic demagognes, who
> Ways raised the CRY that slavery was in d.
c ger, and denounced al1 those who oppos
il Them as Abolitionlsts. Imet an intelljge
n North Ca1o11n1an here few days ago, VI
resides In the portion Of the State now Will
= cur 1lneE. He declares that six men. who
d he named, conld have prevented the convt
d tion from passing the secession ordinance
!, they had had the courage to act upon th
colrictions. But 1t happened there, as
: the French Revolution, that the bold and /
n monH ealih was in danger, frightened the I
:, mense majority in:o elayish obed edlencet to th
J willie.
d In this connection, will remark that th|
|. | is slight oversight made among those ri
declare that the South will never consent
;, come back into the Union. When these pt
u PIE speak Of "the South" they refer to t
# fraitorous leaders Of the South, and not
!. the people. No one desires that Davis a
erer be restored to the Union. They MI
e either hang or run away, and they know
d They swear eternal hostility to reunion,
cause they are aware that no proclamation
amnesty will ever reach them. But this
: not the feeling Of the people, 90 the Uni
= meetings prove. SPECTATOR
81 THE CAMPAIGN IN MARYLAND,
J Unconditional Union Men in t
Field;