, 1863-09-12

From Our Special Correspondent
WAsn1sdroa, Sept. 5, 1851
September here Is July or August In It]i.
nois. In dust and heat I am sTclterinc
through second edition Of dog-days Dust
here eeems to fly higher aid stay up longer
uan any Eastern or Western dust that it has
been my misfortune to encounter.
The New York Herald and other semi dis.
loyal sheets aontinue to glro currency to the
fa]eehcod that the Cabinet are divided on the
emancipation policy Of the President, IS con
tafned In bis proclamation, and affirmed In
his recent Springfield letter. There ia not
the slightest foundation, in fact, for these
statements. I have the very best authority
for saying that there is not now-neVer has
beeu, ard not the slightest prospect that
there ever will be any division Of opinion
corceTriDg the members Of the Cabinet In re-
gard to the enforcement Of the proclamation
or 1ts validity. No man, In any official no.
Eftlon, has expressed the least opposftion to
the Presidents policy In this regald. On the
other hand, men are daily coming over to the
great trnth-that Slavery must die, that Lib
cry and Union may 1ive IN this country.
Reyerdy JohnEon recently expressed the
opinion that no man set free by the procla-
nation, or otherwise, By the necessities of
1he war, could be Ie-ens1ared Governor
Andy johnson, Of Tennessee, hns recently
announced Eimi1ar position.
Old hr. Blair, MaJylander and 4 slayc-
holder, eaid In the hearing Of the writer res
terday, that he was s' for destroying slavery,
rooL and btanch;' md in saying this be un-
doubtedly expressed the sentiments Of his
son, the Postmaster General, as well as Of
the whole Blair family. Take to yoa1sclycs
10 CONSOLATION then, sc Copperheads, on &C.
count Of any supposed division in the Cabl-
net. OF among loyal men on this vital que4-
ton There Is no such division and never
viii be. Mr. Seward is most earnestly In "a.
yor Of. Keeping. tbs promise made by the
CeMmander-1n-chlef to our colored fellow
citizens, Who are so gal1nntly taking up aims
Tor the defense Of the Union, and for the
achievement Of their Own liberties" Oger
thirty thousand colored soldiers are now &C.
1ua>lS in the field doing service. Fifty thou
sand more viii wear Uncle SANS uniform
before JaLuary Recently raw Young
celcred mau at the War Office with the eaeig-
nta cf = Major on his coat. This Is as it
| should be. Whatever is wanting to make
The colortd soldier In all respects equal nth
l here and now torewarn Coprerhea1s Of
al degrees. that ore Of the first aud most
Important n.easurts to come before the next
CcIEreas will be all universal Emancipation
Bill. Which will make Slavery III nil parts Of
the Unit.d S;n.e es IN odieus crime, tpreyer
| hereafter, irficting the peualt5 Of death upon
wbomeoeyer shall dare to violate it after 1t
shali hare become law. And moreover
| Assure 1esro hat.r rs and negro o Tners, and
all their hackers Of whatever name, that
sucl bill will pass both branches Of Con-
gress ty a very large majority, sud be hzIIed
9, the people as HE orightts. and b.ss Of Ill
tue g,eut and coed AID constitutional feme-
dies for t1caeon and rebellion which have
been invoked by or ouirg the most glorious
s6n,iristratiVn Of Father Abraham. No nm
who faithfully fights for the Ution shall here
the shackles Of Slavery By lis neglect. Its
benlgnnnt md just projection will 0e extend
eu jnto all the land aud unto all the iuhabft-
ants thereof In The glorioue future Of this
to,be truly free land of ours, '.every Safe
Will te guaranteed a republican form Of gov
crnnt nj ;" and "uo person shall be deprived
Of life, liberty or property without due pro-
cesA Of lAw." Man-etealibg will be foul
cline, aud never more be called ty rcspecta-'
bic naines, fosttrcd and coursed by political
Ia!,ies. or baptized b The Church: sl,veY
God, twill be kept" aud the people rill
I wrote you yesterday, stating current
rumor that Gen Hunter had gone West to
relieve Cen Schoield. / fear This may not
turn out to be the fact, although It Is true
that he has gone West; but his destination
it. not Known
It's understood th.t the President Is care
fully sitting the evidence involved in the
Missouri and Kansas question; and that he
will finally arrive at the truth and act accor-
diIgly, the country Us well as the parties
Immediately Interested nay rest assured.
The President very seldom comes to false
conclusion. or fails to act when he has made
up bis mind what aught to be done. Whether
be will approve Of the depopulatfon order, or
Jim Lanes fire and sword policy, SO far as
the FIVE counties Ct Missouri NTH 55O coo In
1abitaLts arc concerned, remains to be seen.
Eft that etieetiye measures fo1 the protection
OF the clt}zens Of Kansas, will be Immediately
adopted and carried ont there is no doubt.
Secretary Stanton has been absent since the
4th Inst on brief rest, he returned to-day.
A. Eistapt Secretary Watson acted as Secretary
Of War during the absence Of the Secretary.
Hon. Owen Love5oy Is still In town. Goy-
RanEey CT Minnesota, and Conway of Kansas
SIC also hire.
: ispecia1 Correspondence Of The Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON, Sept. s, 1861
There is no part Of the country, If we cx-
cept the dcso1ate towns Of the South, In
which the changes wrought BY the rebellion
and its consequences have been so great as
these to be Witnessed In this city. The first
effect Of the hos!i1itfes mas to paralyz: bust
Less and enterprise Of every kind. Hundreds
OF men Immediately abandoned their homes
md went South, to swell the armies Of the
traitors, or to get into congenial political
atmosphere; hundreds Of families, almost
Invariably Of secession procliyities, were
panic stricken, and ted to the country at the
thought Of The swift destruction which the
insirc chile hosts Of their Southern friends
were about to bring upon the doomed city;
every squire had its half dozen houses to let,
ard the landlords Who had run of we're will
ing to tale any rent they could get. The
stores eeeued to hare no customers, md for
two or thrte months the thopkeepers and
merchants we're glad to sell ont at almost
my price, while many packed up their stocks
of goods aud sent them north. No one
thought It safe to renew his stock, until at
length man could scarcely find decent pair
Of ehoee or othar ready-made article in the
city.
Such was the first effect Of the war; but by
and b5, as the gathering hosts Of volunteers
began to encircle the city, and to surround 1t
with camps and Notifications, 3 new and
rapidly rising trade sprung into existence.
The soldiers and officers soon wore out or
soilcd their holiday parade clothes, aud soon
exhausted the uberal supplies of comf,rfs
~ a.a.~ .,s.a ra,+ 49,. ,v 49,. c.,.N.~
o1 every hino sent .nem " tneu n1enus.
An Immediate demand 1or entlers supplies
1t le6l, every vacant store mas ra occupied
by busy and thrifty men from NeW York and
1ther No!thefh ciues' Nao ato spleAdl1
nnslness IN rnnLttss eaa Mln1sts5 4 70 II aae
com1;II, or E!s.!uy Ine laste u sololer. ms
tnpsllttuu9n ~ ~ ue IeguAl aauoem ol. lne
army Ior tuE o1Fe!etloIm auQ olten gfotesque