The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-21

"Oc., M 1e6l.-To y. A. sEDpoE, Secretary or
Bain.aere aud ohio Railroad at DuHie d. Destroying
apnitcd satcs mail tram, consisting OF a locono-
J live aud ten carsi twenty prisonors and 6iten
| horses were captured. Among the prisoners were
| two peYmastcrs, with sizes 900 In 9oyornm mt
| "fhe aarottruce steamer Wm. Ahson win Ca.ry
| 20 Narua tlis morning bciwccu tOut and five hun
drcd stck aud wounded pArolod p pisoners, -
| North. Among them Is Lieutenant CGonoi BuRS.
| HhM, who has been twice pr soner IN our hands.
| "lhe prisoners az Castle thunder have becn 10
puvod OF the rich viaLds from outside parties by u
cant order, and are now limited absolutely 90 enc
/ TurOu fahous,
| 11.e Eya~aer says;-
| have good authcf,ty tor saying mat the car
bas Teen 10 a certsin oxteat resumed. Arriu O.
| ments hsvc boon mauD 10 exchange imngd otey'
| tea thousand Yankee prson,rs, AZ sa's9nnh Toor-
gtn, nnh Cuptpu uArCu VIII cave ih A'W uy' -
| "Owine to tie rcduct on OF the Pumbor OF clerks
IN ff,p Eiebwoud post OHicl because of tupir duties
in iTCpt thi JeIiysry viii opon at 10 81 tiI NJ n
| sud ouen FROM 10 ga NJ. on' three details arc
.'rhe SS-,fner OF the 10Th iusb,ni, says two hun.
drcd ard scycnty-eight Yankee desortoIs. who came
INTO our HutH under the ailprcmspls Of order l,pc-
call No. CO. were sal cd, yostcrday, Tor point in
| their own lines, through which thcy can pass and
| tread Yankee soil again Upwards oi i've hundred
dcserteis have teen disposed Oi IN conformity with
the snpS atons Of ths order and atoyctlor it has
inc uCseIuoLs rom the ranks ot the enemy.
Ocl. l3ih, l@4 . 10 lion, JAMS \, SEDp'N,
SocrCtary O Mur;--At O'Clock, tins A. NJ "a enc
my endcavored TO advance between The Darbytown
and tharos 'lty roEds. but were ropul,ed Is, every
autnpt.- ! ho most sncnuous effort was mAln al
L. n aftor which he withdrew, lea, ing many dead.
Csigpcdl "R. L I-sgt General
Alleged spy.
From Ne Richmond EranlEer.
l.. KoIuN was committed to tho Gas lo on Sgtur-
day, having uUon sont from " inuU gtou, Norm taro-
Ina, bY General WHITING, in command th,JC, uDOn
the gaaargo OF being Yankee Spy. me elagros and
specifications against HIM llavo not yet been evulgea.
Using tho slaves.
From t41 EFqiHrtr Of ne lS.b.
Tho proposition to extend the Conscrrt Law to
the s'ayce OF the States was first formerly ad-
yanced by the ERquror IN tho issue OF the 9Th
instant. Since that tiEne, we have receivedmany
assurances of It's popular favor, and none what
ever Of opposition 70 it. We learn that the
pUaterB IN the extreme Southern States favor the
proposition, and sOme have simiied their readi-
meas 20 free five, ten or fifteen of their slaves, il
they will enter the army. The near approach of
the time when the Congress meets a-;giu requires
that preston be givon 10 he sentiments OF the
county upon this important measure. We there
fore earnestly invite it's discussion, and open our
columns to opponents as well as friends of the
proposition.
The result Of the late elections is still in doubt
and whether lincoln or Mcclellan Will be elected
il is yet impossible TO determine; but there is no
uncertainty as to the question OF carrying on the
war. Whether lincoln or Mcclellan be the next
President, the Rojce, ana the almost unanimous
voice, of that people j. for vigorous prosecution
| of the war. The duty of preparing to meet that
issue will be before the approaching session of
the Confederate Congress; that body will have
before H. for consideration, the way and means,
as wei Of men as OF money, for carrying ON the
war on our part.
The war.cry of the enemy-"NO parley with
rebellion in the field; no compromise with
slavery in the readjustmenT- -fuly informs our
people that, in plain vernaculdr, the whites of
these States are to be suhiuga'ed TO slavery, and
their slaves reduced 10 the miserable condition OF
Yankee free negroes. This is the view of the
people among our enemies and this will be the
| result of the war, whether ended by Lincoln or
| Mcclellan, if thc people of these States permit
| themselves 10 be conquered.
The couscIiptiOn OF negroes should be accom-
panied with freedom and the privilege Of remain
ing in the States; this is no part OF abolitionism,
| it is the exercise by the master of the
| unguestilnable right Of manumission; II IS
| r,muneratiDg those who defend our cagsc with
| the privilege of freedom. Nor should this import
| ant subject be prejudced with questions about
putting the negro on an equality with our friends,
| bTOiheTs, and fathers. Many of the soldiers in
their childhood were fondled and nurscd by faith
ful negro nurses, and yet no question of equality
| was ever raised. Many man has manumittcd
| slaves without ever being subjected to the suspi-
| CiOn of being an abolitiOnist.
The Issues involved in this war are too exalted
in their importance and characterize us 10 permit
them to be compromised by being degraded to a
| question Of property. Tho liberty and freedom OF
| ourselves and of oar children, the nationality Oi
our country, the right Of enjoying any kind o.
property, the houses over our heads, and The very
graves OF our children and iIieuds, are involved
in this struggle Failure makes slaves OF all
| white and black; rOrs all Of property, real auC
| ptrsOral; divides our lands among our con
l
our dead as iertllizcd ground for making Mooney
| We have in our midst half million VI lgh'in-
material which is property-shall we use tha
! properly for the common cause!
Justice and sound policy demand that w
| make ireemon Of those who fight for freedom
| We COusCript the master and wc Impress HI
horses, cattle, wheat, alu every o.h,f properly
| except slaves This very exception Is an impufa
ton that this war is for slavery and not for free
dom. By cOusCTptlng the negroes We show Il
the world the earnestness that is in our people
fnA raaVRff
| our supposed exhaustion, in the nth year of tn
| war, We shall meet them with larger armies tha
/ we have before raised; and we explode the falls
, | accusation that we are lighting Tor slavery, or
: shareholders Coniederacy.
There are those who doubt whether SCUM
I | policy would trust negroes with arms. We a.
o | not OF those who entertain any fears upon tn
!. | subject. Drill and discipline make valuab
soldiers of Russian serts, and no negroes IN the
= States 20 ignorant and brutal as those seri
+ Between service with the Confedelacy and wi
- | the Yankees between living among as with
A their strong local attachments, and going amor
% strangers, who arc now openly buying and sclliI
os them 10 recruiting officers, our laycs will find
= | difficulty in choosing. And, when once II is u
us deistoCd that freedom and home In the Sou
w are lie privileges offered by the COnfcdcra
m authorities, while the enemy extend the beggar
Di, | hospita tiles of Yankee philanthropy not on
cd will dc. eition from our ranks bo uu'equent, b
,nt the drafted negroes Of the Yankee armies wi
ro- exchange services.
80, This subject addresses itself to the consider
Nv ton Of cur people, al this particular time, wi
great force. The prospect OF iOur more years
war are before our people; the enemy will n
al even "lMlCy" with us without uncOndiiOn
The surrender, the fruits Of which would he the co
ing iscatiun If all property the deportation of who
-ns communities, the degradation OF the people, a
the domination and tyranny of Yankee master
There can be no reConsTuctiOn which does '
embrace a surrender first, which will not perm
bat cOntisCaHOn afterwards, which does not inst
ue. ensaylng the whi'o, without freeing the blAcl
'ter II there are any weak kneed people W
EN- imagine ihey can save their property by rec
seh stTuCtOn, let them study the ShibbOeth OF
~ parties in the United States-"No parley "
V"pi rebellion in the field; no compromise "
,sr slavery in the adjustment" Unconditional 81
no render Is irst demanded before even q par
eft We are TO lay down our arms and submit 20
ME Kindness Of The Buffers, Grants, Shcrmans, q
ON SheridHns 20 the fate ot New Orleans the q
"' dillon OF he Valley, the misery Of Atlanta al
inc after oil that degradation, 10 give up all d
,ed slaves in the adjustment. Ii there ere a
tle reasons against extending the c0nscription
nd slaves, We should like TO have them stated I
be, We are decidedly of opinion that the VIII
OF country will agree to the proposition and that
tiJ an early day the next Congress will DE call
he upon 10 provide for It by Law.
so from Georgia.
~. The flank movement Of General Hood up