The New York herald., 1863-09-15

OF the battle n all 500 buried by the victorious
army. Many thousand Insurgents. wounded ana cip
ives lei into the hands Of General Meade IL ~ ~.
doubted that this secoud invasion cost the
insurgents ~, goo Our kss was severe io' 'he
strife was obstinate aud deadly General seaue cusod
the Potomac Lee retired again TO Gorsonsy ie "hefe
he IS now understood to be in front OF our iorces
occurring 10 the Ess. and ia the West General Rosecrans
advanced upon Bragg, who with iittie nenuoe nsstv
| homa in southern tennessee General Rosecrans took
and he yet holds them while Bragg WIN severe loss III
that his army had been already much weak
ened by sent from to reinforce johnston
with view 10 raising OF the s,ego OF Vicksburg
mtst not overlook the operations OF cavalry General
Stoneman, connection with the movement upon Chan
ceiorsve madea rapid and elective passage through the
nsurgent country from the Rappahannock 10 the York
river, which will be remembered among the striking
achievements OF the While our forces we're operat.
against Vcksburg and Port Hudson Col Grerson with
force Of Thousand Ave hundred lett Cornth.
the northern border of the State OF Mississippi and made
expedition. In which he broke military communica-
length and breadth Of the state and finally without seri
Gus loss joined the army OF General Banks then engaged
Ia the siege or Port Hudson.
John Morgan hitherto the successful Of the insur
gent partisans recently passed around the lines OF Gen.
Burnside crossed the States Of Tennessee and Kentuck
meving nothward and avoiding all large bodies Of
troops he reached the Ohio Brandenburg below
crossed into Indiana Thence proceeding rapidly cast
ward subsistng the country and mpressing horses
and nearly the whole breadth Of Ohio destroying railroad
stations and bridges and pundering tho defenceless vii
Governors Some OF them occupied the most important
points, while others barrcatcd the roads or hung upon
the rear o. toe insraaers Morgan found no dsaeGed
the OHIO bis force prevented from crossing by the
gunboats and driven backward with great slaughter.
His force was between two thousand five hundred and
four thousand horse with pieces OF artillery Only
some three hundred succeeded ecrossng the Ohio and
escaping into the wds OF Western Virginia Many pershed
in battles and skirmishes. and the remainder including
Morgan himmse his principal ocors, and all hts artl
lery, finally captured by the national forces An
attempt just made by the insurgents TO
Eastern Kentucky, which probably was begun with
but the forces after penetrating a. far as Lexington
have been routed by dctachments from General Burn
sides army and pursued with the capture Of many pri
soners and OF all their artillery.
This review OF tho campaign shows that great pro
gross has boon made by our arms In the Fast The
allow great advantages TO either party, while
tho necessity OF covering the national capital in all
forbidden such bold and dangerous movements usually
conduct 70 brilliant military In the West,
thousand square miles have been reclaimed from the
POI session OF the nsurgenB On referring to the annexed
map It will be seen that since the breaking out o. the
sway over and through region OF two hundred thousand
square milesan area as large as Austria or France or
the peninsula Of Spain and Portugal The insurgents lost
In the various field and siege operations Of the month OF
July, which have described, ono third OF their whole
forces
Jefferson Davis, the leader Of the scdtion has since
proclaimed levy Of all the able bodied men within his
military lines This II carried into etfec will exhaust
the whole material OF which soldiers be made The
insurgents estimate the total number OF conscrpts thus
to be gained at from seventy thousand to ninety fve
thousand Our armies now confront the insurgents at all
points with superior numbers draft for three hundred
thousand more IN progress to replace those whose
ranks Of veteran regiments and the people, just
fast the evidence Of the necessity for that is
received and dgesed submit with cheerfulness TO the
asccrtained demands. Our armies everywhere we'll
equipped, abundantIy fed and supplied with all the meaDs
Of transportation The soldiers Of two years service
bear themselves veterans aud show greater teadness
in every conflict. The men, accustomed to the camp
and hardened by exercise and experience make marches
which would been impossible In the beginning
the contest The nation is becoming familiar with arms,
and easily takes tho habits of Large voluntary
enlstments continually augment our military force. All
supplies abundantly and cheapy purchased within
our lines Tho country shows no signs OF exhaustion OF
cney, material or men. requiston for six thousand
hundred remount horses filed ana the animals
despatched from Washington all in four days Our loan
is purchased at by citizens at the average
OF 200 600 daily Gold sells in mrkct at 1913
| 12S. while in the insurrectionary region 1t commands
| 200 per cent premium.
Every lnsurgent port is either bockaded beseged or
occupied BY the national forces The field Of the projected
confederacy is divided by the Mississippi All the forti
fcatiors its banks in hands, and its food is
/ patrolled by the national ieet.
i Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware, Maryand-al slave
States-support the federal government Missouri
already in convention ordained the gradual abolition of
slavery TO take effect at the expiration Of seven years
Four hs Of Tennessee two thirds OF Virginia. the COASTS
and sounds OF North Carolina, half Of Mississippi and halt
Of Louisiana, with oil their large cities part Of Alabama
and tho whole searoast Georgia and south Carolina AID
nconsderabe part Of the coast Of Florida held by
the United States The insurgents, with the slaves whom
tney YET IN ueianvo OF inc
crowded the central and southern portions
Of Virginia. North Carolns South Carolina, Georgia and
Alabama, while the pioneer slaveholdng insurgents
boyord the Mississippi cut OIL from the mair
| force. On the other hand, although u is eat
| than six months since the laws or customs OF
| the United States would allow q Of African
defence Of his country there
in tho field - 900 regularly enlisted armed and
equipped soldiers Of that class while nty regiments OF
1000 each process Of organization and 81 800
OF the class employed teamstcs, labor
and camp followers. These facts show that ms the
insrrrccton continues the unfortunate scrvile popua
ton, which at the beginning element OF its
strength being transferred to the support the Union
You win the facts presented in this paper in such
way may be most effective TO convince those who seek
renewal Of commercial prosperity through the resora.
ton peace America that the quickest and shortest
10 gam that desirable end Is to withdraw support
amt favor from the insurgents, and TO leave the adjust
mert or our domestic controversies exclusively with the
people OF the United States. am, sir, your obedent
servant, WILLIAM ii. SEWARD.