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SHERMAN'S EXPEDITION.
CAPTURE OF MILLEN.
Our Forces Near Savannah.
THE NAVAL CO-OPERATIvE
EXPEDITION.
Railroad Between Savannah and
Charleston Probably Cut.

THE SIEGE OF NASHVILLE.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-12-05
The Latest News

ny Telegraph TO the n. ". Sun.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-12-05
EVERYTHING READY FOR THE BATTLE

Sharp and Constant Skirmishing.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-07-14
A War whoop from Tam many.

The Tammany branch Of the New
York City Democracy represents what is
styled the War feature; while Mozart, which
is engineered by Wood, represents the
Peace division of the now inharmonious
party. On the 4th Of July the Tammany
Society had celebration at the close of
which the following patriotic address, NOV.
ed by General Hiram Walbridge, was uan-
imously adopted: -'
Rcsolced, That whoever, under any cir.
cuu,stances, and under any pretext, advo-
Gates the separation OF the United States
and the consequent overthrow Of the Amer
lean Union. is traitor to constitutional lib.
erty, and deserves q traitors doom.
Resolced That any intervention whatev.
err by any foreign power in our domestic
strife should be followed by an immediate
and instant declaration Of war, leaving TIE
issue to Gud and the strength and power o
free people in the vindication OF theirju just
rights.
Resoiued, That the American Democracy
has learned with satisfaction and pride o.
! the heroic efforts now making in Great Bri
tain for still further recognition OF the
rights Of the industrious and luborinR mass
es in that kingdom, we. therefore,, send tC
them our earnest congratulations. and wish
! them a hearty success.
Rcsolvej, Tia the Navy Department
| having, up 10 thus time, failed 10 captur,
/. 'hose rebel cruis r.. the Florida and Aha
b. va, proposals Tor their destruction should
he !. sued ty the Government to private en
terprisc clothing those who are willing t.
engage 70 the perilous enterprise with tn,
authority " The Government, that whel
they meet tD q rebel pirates and the 6erc
and deadly enL 'unter occurs, they shal
have the protection ofthe Government
Tammany is on the war path.-lN. Y
Tribune. .u.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-07-14
UNION COUNTY TICKET.

The Fourth was celebrated at Da-
rien, Conn, in a manner that affords an
example well worthy of imitation by
all patriotic communities. Benz. Fitch,
Esq, Of Darien, having given build
ing tract of land of five acres, and q
donation Of $4,000 for the purpose of
providing n Home for wounded and
disabled soldiers belonging to the State,
the Home was duly inaugurated by ad-
dresses from Horace Greeley, the Rev.
A. H. Gilbert, and others. 1t is pro-
posed to raise for the permanent en-
downment of the Home sum Of $780,
600, and to provide for the support OF
upwards of 80 disabled soldiers, and
the support and education of their chill
drcn.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-07-14
Political Items.

The grand jury Of Coles county, I'LL
nois, taiIsd 10 lind indictments against the
copperheads arrested for an assanlt upon
somo Union soldiers, and writ Of habeas
corpus was obtained to release them, but
before il was served dispatch was received
from Secretary Stanton, ordering the pris.
oners sent 70 Fort Delaware. or course
there is great indignation among the cop
psrheads and radical democrats" at this
new outrage upon the liberty Of traitors .
The Albany Evening Journal, .alluding TO
the hopeful coquettina going on between
the democrats aad the Fremoaters, suggests
that the announcements Tor tho campsisn
meetings may be expected 10 show an anus
ing mixture, with Vallaadigham aud Phil
lips, Gov. Seymour and Parker Pillsbury,
Fernando Wood and Abby Kelly, for spesk.
ers. 1at itu;o-@R AEh l.li
Twenty. .cne radical papers in Missouri
support Lincoln and johnson.
Wendell Phillips says In his letter to
Theodore Tlton i sm myself not voter
and could neither give nor take othce under
the present constitution" Wendell has .
singular conscience. He esnnot honestly
vote for Fremont, bat thinks Il right to in
duce others to do It.
The sixth Tennessee cavalry have passed
a series Of resolutions indersing Lincoln and
JohusoN " q q fvar rfF f-D
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-07-14
THEN AND NOW.

In the Revolutionary War there were
Tories who were friendly to the English
Government, and opposed to the war.
In the War of 1912 there we're FEEDER
alists who, if they were not in favos OF
English success, were at least opposed
to the war, and in favor Of peace. In
the Shareholders Rebellion of 1861 we
have Copperheads who, whilst they are
of us, and amongst us, are the bitter,
vindictive, secret foes of the Govern
ernment, and warm sympathizers with
the Rebellion.
The Tories became reproach and
by.word in the Golden time," and the
children's children of the Copperheads
will not outlive the stigma that will at.
tach to the treason Of their fathers.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-07-14
The Beauties OF slavery.

The Philadelphia Press publishes o
thrilling description of one OF the evils of
slavery, as given by soldier Of the ]oath
Pennsylvania regiment. The scene is i.T
miles North of Panunkey river, at the
plantation of Mr. Anderson Scott, the own
or OF one hundred and fifty slaves:
Around the door were three women and
about hall dozen children, from the wee
baby to the young girl Of fifteen or sixteen.
Two Of the women were about shade
lighter than the quadroon, while oil the
children were whito. The third woman
apparently pure white; her eyes were blue;
her hair brown and straight; her features
we're eatirely American nothing to denote
q particle Of negro blood. In her arms she
had q beautiful little boy. about four years
old. with fair hair and blue eyes. This
woman was crying bitterly when we rode
up. Thinking that she was member Of
the family, we tried to console her by as
suring her that Yankees made war upon
men. and not upon women. Canyon imsg-
inc how shocked we were, when we were
told that this whito woman and child were
slaves, and that the degraded mother was
weeping for shame at her degradation!
! asked one OF the women why she did not
bundle up and como along, now that she
had chance, with the rest. She said she
had an idiotic son in the house, who was
sick, and they could not 90 without him.
asked this woman il she was the daughter
Of the owner Of the plantation. She said
she was! We went into the hut, and upon
q clean bed there sat this poor idiet boy
white as am, with brown hair. About
this time Mr.. Sostt came in, the lord and
owner OF all these phiie people. wliiter than
himself. lie is an old, slriveled up, mig
ofsouthern hivalry-aristocratic as king,
and .Virginian born asked tho mother
Of this boy ifMr. Scott was his father -
You should have seen her blush rs she an,
swered Yes. The inoestuous old beast!-
This IDIOT son the chila ofh oacn daagh-
ter.ifather and grandfather to his opa
children. -
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-07-14
Gold nt $40.

Gov. Chase, the horror Of red.dog bank
ers, is out Of the Treasary. and Mr.. Pessen-
den. whom everybody speaks we'll of, reigns
in bis stcsd. Congress was fairly bullied
and cajoled into repeating the righteous md
wholesome act which prohibited betting on
fiitu.c differences in market vxlue between
Gold ana Srcenhacks; the Alabama is de-
stroyed; and the Military situation is more
hopeful than it has previously been since
Bull Run: yet the premium on Gold rose
yesterday to l70l What have the Mokan-
mas. who attributed the rise of Gold two
weeks since to Mr.. Chase and the Gold BILL
to say for themselves? Where shall they
hide from the prompt and thorough expo
sure Of their ignorance and their. charlatan-
ism? Grsat is laundering at the gates Of
Richmond; Sherman at those of Atlanta;
Cauby has probably struck another heavy
blow at the South. West; the Rebellion is
visibly on it's last legs, and tot,ering at that;
yet Gold gees up like balloon; so that
$4,000 OF il will buy more than $4,000 Of
u. s Six Per Cents. payable, principal and
interest, in coin! The business Of the coun
try is all but fatally degrangsd; all nominal
values are so iBflsted and unsettled that no
one knows what to ash nor how to trade; the
Laboing Glass are stinted in spite Of ample
work and large wages; and there is dsnger
of Social Convulsion from the artful. IN.
hammatory indictments addressed to Igno-
rance by Treason. Our bankers aud oapi-,
talistsjevince neither foresight-nor courage
Avarice and Gambling, engineered by Dis
loyalty, ride the whirlwind and direct the
storm; every necessary of life grows hourly
dearer; and the congregated traitors from
St. Louis, Baltimore. New Orleans, Mem.
phis, Louisville, Nashville, &C., 30, who
burrow in this City. and here scheme and
struggle to paralyse the raised right arm Of
the Nation, in the interest OF the Slave
holders Rebellion, viii soon be whispering
to tho Working Glasses that the inhatioa Of
prices which they have done and dared ev.
erything to produce. is the work Of those
whomit threatens to destroy, and who are.
doing all they know to.resist and repsl il.
Courage, countrymen! This il the dark
mass that precedes the dawnI Yet o little
while, and meu viii hardly realise that it
could ever have been. IN, Y. Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-07-14
The congressional Convention.

The Congressional Convention.
We take the following from an arti-
Gle in last weeks Cadiz Republican, on
the Belmont County Convention, at
which the editor of that paper was
present:
Twenty-Five delegates were appointed to
the Congressional Convention. which meets
ia Cambridge on the 10th Of August. They
20 uuinstructed. Several we were INFORM
ed, are in favor Of Mr.. Binghans nom'na.
ton. A majority. however. Will no DOUBT
| 10 for the nomination Of q Belmont county
man--tbree nj loast. Of whom are spoken OF
AZ candi1ates, vis: Hon. Isaac Welsh, Col.
P,ormap and Capt. DInford; and. it may
be. that the names of other gentlemen in
TINT county will be presented "a candidates.
We think, however, that, If it becomes ap.
parent that no Belmont county man can be
nominated, q large proportion Of the vote
Of the county will be cast for John A.
Bingham. In any event Mr.. Bingham will
receive respectable vote from Belmont |;
aud, therefore, we rega d his nomination by
the Cambridge Convention as beyond a
doubt. ..-..-.
We propose, at this time, 70 say but
few words on the subject of the Con.
gressional Convention and its proba-
BILE nominee, and would prefer to say
nothing, If the above uncorrected was
not calculated to mislcad the people Of
the district, as to the true position and
purpose Of Belmont County. 1t is true,
the names of several gentlemen have
been mentioned as probable candidates
and each one has special friends among
the delegates, but we think we under.
stand the character of those delegates
well enough to know, that they viii
present but single candidate to that
Convention. AS ono of the parties
named, we feel authorized to speak
and from personal knowledge of thu
views and feelings Of the other parties
we know that the candidates will insis
upon such a course, and there is NJ
doubt but what every Belmont Count,
delegate, although uninstructed, will b
governed by the action of the majority
Mr.. Bingham's nomination by the Dis
trict Convention may be "beyond I
doubt" and he may also be the bes
man in the District for the position, bu
the experience of two years ago, and |
knowledge Of the present feeling G
the people upon this subject, makes
very clear to those who best understan
the character of our people, that Nj
Bingham viii not make the most avail
able candidate that could be selecte
nv that coby entiou
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-07-14

other. Yet II seems to us that analogy On.
ables IL TO be answered just assurely. Three
years Of war, as has Just been shown by Mr..
Chase in the table published by us yester.
day, have loaded the Government with
debt OF seventeen hundred and nineteen
millions. 1t is safe TO say tha, three years
more Of war viii not more than double that
debt-making II less than thirty. Eve hun.
dred millions.
Its true that the prices Of the material
OF war have greatly advanced but this is
abundantly Offset by the fact that great
number Of ships and vast amount OF ma.
terial, which will not have to be replaced,
have been provided from our present in,
debtedness, and the other fact that no small
portion of this debt accumulated before the
tax snd tariff systems, now in operation,
could be established to help meet the cur
rent expenses. Could we not stand thirty
i've hundred millions Of debt without break
ing DOWN The answer to this is that
Great Britain, with less than, half of our
heavier debt than that on her shoulders
fifty years ago, ard that so far from break.
log down under it, she has all the while
since been advancing with the strength ol
q giant. i. ~ ti Z
This is decisive point. II we can en-
durs the debt, regularly paying off its in
terest when due, the whole financial sys
tenn Of the Government is secure, and ma
tional currency, based on the national credit
can be maintained to the full extent requif
ed by the business of the people. The enc
Of the next three years would sec us heavil,
hardened, to be sure, but still uncrushcd. :
But where would they find the armies o
the rebellion2 If the last three years hav
put FIVE hundred thousand rebels hors d
combat, and there are but four hundre
, thousand able. bodied men left, it needs n
labored calculation to prove that. with tn
{ same active prosecution of the war, the las
Rebel soldier would be in the same cond
ton before the end of the next three. Th
, fighting of the Confederacy" will b
brought to stand still simply from the lac
, Of men to do the fighting. And when tn
, "Confederacy" ceases to fight it ceases
= exist.
/ We think we have fully answered ii
4 question we started with. II this be so,
n is a weakness To doubt the final issue of tn
!. war. If the Northern people continue
n sustain the Government as they have doI
hitherto, the final breaking down of Il
It Rebellion is as sure-un's's Heaven turr
e against us-as any physical result can be.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-07-14
Political Economy versus Slave
Labor.

John Stuart Mill, in the ablest Of
all books on political economy, thus sums
up the question of the profitsbleness Of
slave labor: so long as slave countries are
undeveloped in proportion to their cultiva-
BILE land, and the labor Of the slaves, under
any tolerable nagement, produces much
more than is sufficient for their support; es-
peciaily AZ the great amount OF superinten.
dence which their labor requires. preventing
the dispersion OF the population, insurss
some of the advantages of cumbined labor.
Hence, in good soil and climate, and with
reasonable care Of his own interests, the
owner Of many slaves has the means of be
ing rich. The influence, however, Of such a
state of society on production is perfectly
we'll understood 1t is truism to assert tina,
labor cxtorted by fear of punishment is in
efficien's1nd unprc ductiye. 1t is true.that, IN
some circumstances, human beings can be
drIusn by the lash to attempt, and even tc
accomplish, things which they would moi
have undertaken for any payment which il
would have been worth while to an employ
er to offer them. And it is likely that pro
ductive operations which require much
combination Of labor, the production o
sugar, for example. would not have tsker
place so soon in the American colonies, i
slavery had not existed to keep masses o
labor together. There are also savage tribc
so averse from regular industry that indus
trial life is scarcely able to introduce itsel
among them until they are either conquered
aud made slaves OF or become conouerer
and make others so. But after allowing
the full value Of these considerations, it re
mains certain that slavery is incompatible
with any high state OF the arts OF life. ant
any great efficiency Of labor. For oil pro
ducts which require much skill, slave conn
tries are usually dependent on Foreigners
Hopeless slavery eifectualy hrutiies the in
tcllect; and intelligence in the slaves, thougl
often encouraged in the ancient world ant
in the East, is, in more advanced state O
society, source of so much danger, and al
object of SO much dread to the masters. tha
in some countries it is highly penal offens
to teach a slave to read. All processes car
ried on by slavc-Iabor are conducted in tn,
rudest and most unimproved manner. AM
even the animal strength Of the slave il, ol
an average, not half exerted. The mildes
form OF slavery is certainly the condition o
the serf, who is attached TO the soil, sup
ports himself from his allotment. and work
certain number Of days in the week 70
his lord. Yet there is but one opinion Of
the extreme iDefficiency Of serf labor"
We will only add, that il can be prove,
from statistics and ihe established princi
pies of political economy, that the Southern
States will be increased in value by IN
emancipation of slavery more than the who'll
cost of this vsr. .tHd
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-07-14
THs New York Times says that the

THE New York Times says that the
British yacht Decrhound, which hap
pened to be so opportunely near the
Alabama during her fight with the
Kearsarge, and which rescued her com.
mander, and at his urgent request took
him into British harbor Of refuge, is
owned by the lrm of Fraser, Trenholm
d Co., of Liverpool, who are the rebel
agents for that port, and that she is
thus almost as really rebel property as
the Alabama herself.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-07-14
To MAJOR General Din..

To MAJOR General Din.
WAsHfSaror, July y9.-An official disps.c
from Maj. General Wallace just received
states that battle took place between the
torces under his command and tho rebels at
Monecacy to-day, commencing u 0 o'clock
A. NJ. aud continuing until s. P. NJ; that
our forces we're at length overpowered BY
the superior numbers OF the eneihy aud were
forced to retreat in disorder. He reports
that Colonel Seward, Of the New York
Heavy Artillery was wounded and taken
prisoner, and that Brigadier-( General Tyler
was alsottaken prisoner; that the eneDy's
forces numbered at least 10000, that our
troops behaved well but suffered seycre'
loss He Is yetreating toward Baltimore.
(Signed, E. NJ. STAHroN
~ Sec,y Of War
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-07-14

now. Hope and desperation alike inspire |
them. They have every available Sighting
man in their armies; you must crush them
by force OF numbers-by dead weight
soueeze the life out Of the monster. Moth.
ing short of that will do it. Ii will take an
effort sush as We have never before made
to break them. For Heavens sake do not
let the People Of the free States befoo them.
selves with dreams Of an easy victory. IL
will be hard victory the severest struggle
OF modern times and of our war. The very
fsrcest Of the contest, l know, is before u.s.
The rebels have means enough, arms enough
and men enough to make q tremendous
fight. and their leaders are desperate men:
whose lives are set upon the issues, and
who will fight with all bitterness and oil the
skill OF which men desperately determined
to succeed are capable We must put forth
all our strength, or be beaten. On the 9TH
er hand, they have now every man who can
bear arms in the field. They have exhaust.
ed their resources in their preparations for
this campaign. Destroy these armies, wipe
them out, and they can raise no more. We
can therefore close the war this summer; ii
the Government is vigorous, and it the peo.
pe act with it, VIC can have peace before
October. There is not q doubt about this.
! Dub gOu mum nUt tOoo upyUNi uoNo sSo oVuhi
you must not relax your efforts to keeI the
armics full and strong; the rebels must be
pressed without ceasing, and our armies
must present constantly a superior force
else we shall lose through our own negli'
gence, the victory which is now fairly with.
in our grasp"
We repeat these words here, because
events have shown their entire truth, and
because we desire to impress upon our read
ers that victory is not easy, nor yet sure, ex
cent upon the condition that for The ,nex'
four or FIVE months the whole strength o
the country is put for to secure it, and un
less. too, every citizen is awake to the dan
gers which menace US from different direc
tions. But, on thel other hand, with vigi
lance and energy on our part, the end is nea
and certain; the rebels cannot maintain tn
unequal struggle more than few months
in the straits to which they arc reduced.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-07-14

WE publish a highly importantletter
from Gen. Sherman to Gen, Burbridge,
in which he shows the necessity in the
failure Of the civil authorities to do SO
for the military authorizes to use de-
cisive measures to check the outrages
of guerrillas. lie also expresses his
opinion on other points with his char.
acteristc plainness and pointedness.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-07-14

A STATE Militia Company having
been called for to garrison Fort M Clary,
at Bangor, Me-, Vice, President Hamlin
appeared In the company armed and
equipped as private soldier. Now,
viii not some Copperhcad hasten to
accuse Mr.. Hamlin of mean motives ?
tits an excellent chance for the Gaz-
cite.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-07-14

GEs. LEES personal property, which
has been condemned by tho United
States District Court, is to be sold at
Alexandria on the 10th inst. Some Of
the households are Of an elegant des-
c.iption. and G. number are rare and
valuable.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-07-14

Gov. SEYMOUR has been officially in
formed by Provost Marshal. General
Fry that the State Of New York Is en-
titled TO a credit of 4,733 mon over all
calls 1t appears that the State has
sent more than three hundred thousand
men to the war.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-07-14

IT Is q striking fact, that every Union
paper 10 the United States, published in
the English language, which has yet de-
clarsd itself on the Presidential question,
10 Tor Linooln and johnson. Every pepsE
which sastsins ths wan isitori Linooln' and
Jphasoa, excspt only su ,emphemersa peri
odioal calling jtsslf the New Nation, which
y owned BY Fremont and edited hy 0as Of
bis sts6.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-07-14
Tho Late George r. morris.

The death Of George p. Morris will
be regretted wherever the English Ian.
guage is spoken, for with ono or two songs
which have been sung over all the world
his name is tehderiy connected. Mr.. Nor
ris' fame will rest solely upon a few beauti
full ballads, and certainly the author of
"Woodman, Spare that Tree, "deservesto be
remembered. For many years Mr.. morris
has been one Of the editors and proprietors
OF the Homo Journal, but. except by his
contributions TO that well.known paper. and
the publication Of new editions ofhis poems,
has taken no active part in the literary
world. His fame properly belongs to the
generation before this--ths tims when Per.
oival. Halleck, and Pinckney, were our Do
eta, aud Morris the Tom Moore of America.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-07-14

Ex Gov. ANDREW IL. REEpER OF
Kansas, died at Easton, Pa, on Tues
day morning. He was the first Gov
ernor of the Territory, by appoint
ment from President Pierce, and was
driven from his position by the South
ern conspirators when they found he
was not prepared to be willing tool
In their hands.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-07-14

GES. BRowS, commanding the Dis
trict OF Central Missouri, has organised,
under Gen. Rosecrans's recent order,
6,0o0 citizens for protection against
guerrillas and prowling bands Of rob-
bers. The same thing win doubtless
be done In other districts.