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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-17
McCocks Expc..iiion-Tbe Great pss,rRe-
sion IL Wrought.
From our Special Cor esiondeni.
BrsogE ATLANTA, kIoHr WIG or TIE AEGY,

BEYuRE ATLANTA, 1tIoHT WING or TIE AEkY,
August 3. 1864.
All that was known from EcC.ok up to Jester
day morning which were the gying reports
brought by Colonel Hrognlow, and repeated with
moro or less Of misunderstanding or cxagseraton,
/ forwarded 10 The TIBUyg through Captain and
4. Q. 81. Stewart, wi, IN passed on the road
going direct 10 Marietta. Time has added little 10
tho details or to the satisfactory character os these
frst reports. The ruth may prove bad enough,
but reports made up thus hui'icdly, and upon such
unsatisfactory data must necessarily contain many
mistakes.
The cavalry sent by General Sherman, week
ago, 10 destroy the Macon Railroad, and carry out
other plans, vas under The command Of General
Sloueman-aJoui half OF tho force, however, being
under the eha-ge OF Co!onol McCock. They were
to take different directions, one goine TO hlcDon-
ough ana tie Other TO FGyei;ey.lic- places about
oquidistant from tho rsiiToad. IcCook was sent
to McDonough, and took wide sweep IL tho South
AL East crossing the Chat,4hoOCLgc, and crossing
il again al Campbelltown in order to mislcad the
enemy. Striking of to tie east, they pushed on
towards the objective point, McDonough, and
finally came out neal the railroad ct Fos,eivillc
and Loyejoys. They fell in with large supply
train going to Hood, consisting OF four TO five hn-
bred wagons, among them train for General
Loring, which, descrter s0ys, was destroyed.
Gle, the dcscrter, also says that Kirby Smith
has arrived at Atlanta, and that the
enemy las recently received considerable
reinforcomcnts Bnt to return. Browulow
says the wagons were headquarters teams of Hood,
Cheaihem ard Stewart that they destroyed about
three hundred wagons They destroyed also about
ten miles of the Macon Railroad, meeting with no
opposition. They then crossed the track north
ward, 20 90 to Fayetteville, intending to return TO
their former position near Atlanta. Hero they fell
in with u large body OF the enemys cavalry, and a
fight ensuei-a running fight, In which more or less
OF McCoos's command got mixed up and were cap
tured or killed and wounded. Colonel Thomas j..
Harrison, most excellent officer and nephew of
tie late William Henry Harrison, is reported
among other officers killed. IL may or may not be
true. Colonel Brownlow, commanding tho First
Tennessee Cavalry succeeded ia getting out of the
scrimmage and made good his escape. He reached
the Chattahootcheo and, closely followed by the
rebels, began crossing over his command and sue
ceedod in getting some ono bundled ard fifty over
the river, when he discovered that the enemy had
crossed below him ard were coming up on tho OPP
posite side. He, Brownlos, then stripped, and.
leaving his horse on the bank, swan the river.
Several Of Las men were drowned. lie found q
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-17
IRON, the Right wtng-Acsivc mevem
-Great News Coming.

From Our Special Correspondents.
Two l,mD North OF ATLANTA GA, !
August 5-e4 p. N.
There ia nothing Of particular interest to
write at the present time. Activity prevails,
but SO lar, since the brilliant litto fight for the
rebel nAe-pits Oh the Sd by General Logsn's
troops Of the Fifteenth corps, tho operations
have been confined strictly to important changes
in tie position of our lines. Heavy skirmishing
is continued along our lines day and night, and
our noble volunteers arc suffering f-om the
intense heat while confined in the long lines
of u.renchments. 1t is useless to deny that
the extraordinary length Of this campaign fas
exhausted our men, Human nature las been
tasked 10 It's utmost, and nothing but that lofty
patriotism, that unfinclsAg determination to
conGuer or perish in the attempt, has sustained
our men in this terrible strain upon their physi-
cal endurance.
General Sherman is not content to capture
Atlanta, but is bent upon destroying Hoods
army. He is reported to have remarked, ia
recent conversation with some general officers,
that if Hood succeeded in eludlng him, and
should evacuate Atlanta, the capture OF that
city would be Int Che beginning of she cant
pn.gn. When asked how soon this campaign
would be over he replied, "When the war Is
ended" Fifty thousand men to reinforce THIS
grand army would give General Sherman SUI
f.oient strength to aanihilaie forever Rebellion
in the States of Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama,
Louisiana and Florida.
Iaclosed Is q complete list Of the casualties in
the Fifteenth Corps on the Sd ult., the partlcu-
las of which have Forwarded in previous
letter. Great news may confidently be expected
within ten days. j. Z. Ii.
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ufort, s. c., July 18th, 1864.
Trestmen, Of sei1kcrs in Newark.

To the Editor Of IL. Tribune:
SIR: Having observed in recent issue Of tho
TRIBUNE a communication headed "Copperhesd'
Violence In Newark, the initials "V. t., i.
which the writer states he had learned q recens
visit TO Newark the almost incredible fact "thao'
wounded soldiers at the hospital there ere subeoa
not only 20 all manner OF insults and annoyalccs,
but to violent personal assault from the citizens
and 70 such pitch have they brought matters, i,s
is not safe for soldier to allow himself TO DO QUO
after dark"
The statement thus made is without foundation
in fact, and had the author of it been citizen q
the place he would have known that the treatment
Of our soldiers by the citizens generally, Is the op-
posite of what be describes. The writer of THE
though not an officer of the hospital or in anywiss
connected with it's management, has bad an init
mate kno Wedge of it's operations from the first day
of its establishment some three years ago. TO the
present time and he does not hesitate TO state ha,
better hospital in oil It's appointments, or bette2
Offered hospital does not exist in the country; and
although there may have been few instances wheS
"Conperheads" have had the meanness 20 insulto uS
brave soldiers who have returned wounded ron
tho battle feld--for we have here as in your ow.
city. some miserable specimens OF humanity VINO
answer to that character and whose cowardly soulS
would not hesitate 70 DO even meaner thing than
THE, If it were possbebut such instances, If they
have occurred, ore scarce. The citizens OF NewAI
have always manifested an interest in these brave
men sccondto no othor community. And any OBJ
server who will take the trouble TO note, VII know
that the soldiers in their walks through the parAr
and avenues Of the city, and in their intercourse
with citizens, are treated with the respect and con.
sidcraton to which they 80 Justly entitled; wht
the ladies Of the city have been constant III their at-
tontons 10 them, ministering to their comfort and
necessities.
" towards all who in any way endeavortoput down
the rebellion carried on by their master, Jeif Dsyisi
but they are too prudent 20 manifest by word o,
deed the conduct attributed 10 them towards the
gallant men who have proved their heroism on sc
many battle-iieds. Nh"ARS'
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horse, which he mounted naked and rode nearly to
Marietta, sans exiotte, etc. From here he tele-
graphed Gen. Shenandoah, who knowsl A
descrter Just come in-and this consider the most
reliable information yet reccivedstates that Hood
published special order to the rebel soldiers that
they the rebels, had captured about fire hundred Of
McCook's ecralry and dspersed The remainder.
So the disaster is not great after all. According
to Brovnlow, the whole command was surrendered.
"Some boys Ind girls went out to skate,
Upon a snmmers day;
The ice grew thin they all fell In,
The rcst-they ran away"
illustrates the case.
Major Shasmback, Of the Sixteenth Illinois cav
airy, was killed carly this morning by sharp
shooter On the line of the Second division Twenty
third corps
Las: evening, while going into position, two were
killed and several others wounded. xa
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-17

MAJoR.GESERAL SANFORD AND THE OFF
csls OF THE ELEVENTH n. y. 5. Mt VII % ree0'
lcctcd thar short time since General SANFORD feee'eS
letcr from ths officers Of the Eleventh y. \. D. Ma
relative 20 the arrest OF Colonel Modhof, and request
Ing the General TO resign This act OF insuoordnatos
on their cart has been for some time duly consderes
by General SANFORD and on Saturday and Monday
Biealier.G Even placed such Of the once" o.
tho Eleventh rs had signed the letter under affe'@
preparatory 20 their being tried by court marital
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-17

CAPTAIN Cram, an able officer in General
Uayss Department. who held command in the si1tn
Regular Cavalry, has been appointed Colonel Of tho
Twenty second regiment Of Volunteer Cavalry T"~
tAIs btsta
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LAYING A CORNER STONE The corner stone
for a new German Lutheran church. was i." oh Gun
day in the afternoon. on iz3d street, near 'no sen'A
avenue The Rev. II. Held. DIR. kupernAiner' new Ar.
Behnens, and others participated 10 the ana
there was respectable audience lii attendance Ahs
service was in the German language
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-06-29
Exult.tion over Federal Defea.s.

The indianapolis Ind) Journal is in
favor of Lincoln only as the Republican
candidate fer President, and sees in the de.
feat Of leading generals not disgrace to tha
Federal arms, and death to our brave SOL
diers, but leading Presidential aspirants
summarily disposed Of. Hear this paper
on the defeat of Banks:
''Banks has failed in Louisiana, but achat
Of it, beyound the happy quietus 1t puts on
his Presidential schemee Nothing has
been lost that was worth while to hold |;
nothing that we ever intended to hold.
We hoped to disperse Kirby Smiths army,
but we only defeated it, and have had to
come back to get something to eat"
The loss of Plymouth, N. C., evokes the
following:
"Plymoth has been sto,med, and twenty
five hundred men captured, with many
guns and much stores, but beyound the
sad fate Of men, the loss is as tritling to US,
with the vast preparation We have made.
as cutting the little finger of giant would
be to him. IF the fault be Gen. Buffers.
it will put his Presidential aspirations out
of the way, ana the country can easily Gf-
ford to lose them, and great many more,
both better and worse"
What Copperhead journal ever had the
effrontery to thus boldly gloat over disas.
ters to our arms? Yet a 'loyar' Journal
can do it with impunity and in perfect SAFE
ty, because, forsooth, it is animated by an
''intense love of Union" Is this not the
very climax Of humbuggery
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Our NATIONAL DEsT.-The Americans
at the close Of this war, will be the most
indebted people, nationally, and the dearest
governed also, on the face Of the earth.
Great Britain hitherto has held that un'
envable distinction. Alas, the honor Is
now ours. Englishmen pay yearly thir.
teen dollars and three. quarters per head for
being governed. Swiss ten dollars aud
three, quarters. Frenchmen little over
ten dollars. Hollanders twelve dollars and
a quarter.
The debt of England divided up among
the entire people, men, women and chill
dren shows lien of $l4O upon each indi-
vidual France shows $65 per head of her
population. Russia $22 per head. Swift
zerlanI nothing; she has no debt. What
do we show? In 1865 We shall owe
o$4, 900 600, 900, or two hundred dollars for
each man, woman and child in the North !;
and to support our Government for the
future, every man, woman and child will
be taxed $40 per head yearly.
We are now the most Indebted, the dear
est governed and heaviest taxed nation
upon the Hodges Bank Nets Re
porter.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-06-29

The OLDEST REPUBLIC ON EAH1u.-
The American Quarterly Rtrieu contains
a letter from G. W. Irving. Esq. giving .
sketch of his visit to San Marion . small
Republic in Italy, between the Apprentices.
the Po. and the Adriatic. The territory Of
this State is only forty miles in circumfer.
ence, and its population about 1000. The
Republic was founded more than 1.40O
years ago. ON moral principles, industry,
and equality. and has preserved it's liberty
and independence amidst all the wars and
discords which have ragged around it. Bona.
parte respected it. and sent an embassy to
express his sentiments Of friendship and
fraternity. It is governed by Captain
Regent, chosen every six months BY the
representatives Of the people, sixty-six in
number, who are chosen every ak months.
The taxes are light. the farm houses arc
neat, the fields well cultivated, and on all
sides are seen comfort and peace. the hap.
py effect Of morality, simplicity. liberty,
and Justice. +7+ 8'a=ts
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Business INTEREST The Folly of trusting
to the capacity and fidelity Of the federal ad.
ministration is being painfully illustrated by the
fortunes OF many OF our best business men
throughout the country. Those among them
who have been deceived as to the actual con-
ditiOn of public affairs aud a. to the effect OF
the presidents policy, have seriously suffered
for it and not few have encountered misfor'
tunes that will darken the entire future OF their
lives. And this evil in ito full reality has not
vet begun to be apparent It is fearful to re-.
feet upon the wreck Of human hopes which
must eventually occur in financial circles. A
vast majority Of the golden projects Of the day
will soon be remembered only as the illusions
of bitter dream.
It were better for all that tho officers of the
cabinet should realize and confess the whole
truth as to the dangers and calamities they
have brought upon the nation, and proceed to
treat the case as it is, or abandon their posts
to honest and intelligent statesmen. Business
men, espe cially, should begin to realize the
iull extent Of the popular delusion which has
prevailed, and prepare for all probable reyer'
| ses in the wheel Of fortune.-Mil. Ne,os,
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A Mistake.

a MlSt0Aes
We believe with Pope:
For forms of Faith let graceless bgots fight,
His cant be wrong whose life is in the right;
And thus believing we are pleased with
the good action here recorded We do not
publish it to concilate or particularly ~ticsle
masonic friends we are not Of Mens-nev-
er having entered secret society of any
kind, unless the nonsense Of the /. o. 5.
NJ is considered secret. Our days Of Curl
osity were passed at time when Seward,
Writ & Co., had Masonry under ban,
and We have lived to this hour without
seeking acloser identity with society than
that which results from a desire to be as
kind to all as is consistent with the selfish
ness, which in spite of all our training, aciH
mix itself up with the actions Of frail hu-
Danity. Just here We will say that We have
known, in a tolerably active life, some OF the
noblest specimens of men who were Masons
and we have also known the ratiest chaps
in the world to slide into the Order, SER
pent like, for biting purposes only. The
Church also has its scalliwags; even the
Saviour, Alwise as represented, did not
pick dozen followers without finding a
wretch whose name is the synonym OF
baseness. But we are not defending or
ders of secresy and our acquaintances well
know it. Here is the incident let those
who know of trouble be on hand to relieve
it, no matter what the belief of the sufferer
may be-. Misery, even in the lever order
of animals, appeals to all who wear the
human form:
MAsoNRy.-A brother who is noted for
his acts Of charity, aud who is man OF
good presence and favorite with the ladies
so much SO as to cause jealousy on the
part Of his spouse,-one evening, received
a bundle at the house, labelled Private. -
| This was sufficient for female curiosity, and
she INDUCED in an inspection. Blankets,
baby's linen, &C., greeted her astonished
vision, and dreams Of too families passed
through her brain. The husband soon
came in, and after tea, when the wife had
discovered in his eye the treachery Of his
conduct-as she supposed--he took the
bundle and went out, but not alone, for the
Jealous wife was on his track. The faith
less husband little imagined that she who
supposed herself so fouIly wronged, was
after him. He halted before small tene.
ment, which he entered. Here she paused
to hold council Of war. What tactics tC
follow she was in doubt, but determined
to storm the citadel, she knocked and has
tily brushing past the little child who an.
| swered her summons, she stood in an in
slant before her astonished husband, the
embodiment Of injured innocence. Hel
feelings were about 10 find expression wher
the scene before her caused her to pause
A pale and careworn man, shivering Ovel
the expiring emhers Of scanty fire, pool
woman on sick bed, babe not old enough
for christening, and two little girls snugly
slowed away upon some straw, met hel
gaze. She read the story at glance, ane
returned home with her husband, q better
and wiser woman, satisfied that she hat
discovered the great Secret of Masonry.
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ADMoNlsHED.-The editor Of the Union
was. on Friday, admonished by the mill
tary authorities that some Of his recent
articles contained little too much pepper
for the digestive organs Of the government,
and unless he simr cred down, he would
find himself looking through the bars OF
Gratiot Street prison.
The above admonisher is clipped from
the st. Louis Democrat. The Union We
suppose to be Fremontish. This style o.
supprcssing a paper because it does moi
suit "the digestive organs Of the Govern
ment' is decidedly Frenchy. Louis Ma
poleon or Francis Joseph can't beat thu
auietness Of it's despotic tone.
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For the North Iowa Times.
TO ELWYN.

sitting, lonely sitting by my window--it is night,
Pale Luna shines upon me with her soft and silver
light
I am thinking, sadly thinking Of the days fors'er
gone by,
When We were so very happy. dearest Elwyn, you
and l.
an thinking Of our chill dhood, when time passed so
light and free,
Ere we had thought that sorrow e'er would come
to you and mel
But there . cruel shadow, dark and dismal did
1t seem,
And Oh! would to Him in Heaven this shadow we're q
have wondered, youths companion, II you ever
think of me, .
Ifyou feel the same strong friendship that away.
had for thee; -, O..
Dearest Elwyn, 1 shall ever when I kneel me down
TO pray,
Ask our kind and Heavenly Father to protect you
every day.
will pray that God may bless you, that he'll bless
you moro,
That He'll bind the chain Of Frien dshp round
in days Of yore;
Dearest Elwyn, I would ask thee, wheresoever thou
might be,
Whether sad OF II rejoicing, ~in you sometimes think
ofmeI
June Sth, AooA. -.s.a ..r
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MY HERBARIUM.
By l.. HATTIE 8. ALpRICH.
The while my tears fall thick, and fast,
Aud all the sky seems overcast
Fond memory calls me to the past.
mid pictures, poems, rings of hair,
Mid dear mementos, old, and rare,
find these blossoms placed with care.
And as turn the pages DER
The faces that loved Of yore
With tender smiles, come back once more.
And sunny hours, and olden days,
And woody dells, and fowery ways,
Glide by me in . dreamy maze.
The incense mipgles with the dew,
The blossoms take their olden hue,-
Purple and crimson, gold and blue.
And they who roamed with me the woods,
The meadow lands, and soltudes,
Still sing their rhymes, in dreamy woods.
And young white brows no burrows wear,
No shadows rest on sunny hair,
In happy eyes no looks Of care.
As slow I turn the oral leaves,
And memory all her st ory weaves,
garner fruits and golden shsaves.
And SO the brightness Of our past,
Though all too beautiful to last,
May make our present rich, and vast.
FAYETTE, May 14th, 1864.
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SAYS the Louisville Journal, the Repub-
lcan papers are discussing 1.-THE one term
principle" pro. and con. The quarrel is
very pretty one as it stands, and we have
no wish to intermeddle, but nature has
shown that great evils, scourges, and an
noy ances, such as measles, small pox. scar
let fever. mumps, etc, are all directed by
her on this one. term principle, and we live
in hopes, therefore. that the pestilence OF
black republicanism will pass over US after
its first infiction, without the possibility
Of recurrence.
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REAL PoL1IENEss.- . year ago,
when the upper part of the Astor House
was on fire. one Of the servant girls was
directed to awaken two gentlemen who
were asleep in an up stairs room. She
knocked at the door. and with the greatest
simplicity said: ~ beg pardon, gentlemen,
for disturbing you, but the house is on fire. F"
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Ornheus G. Kerr saws: "Patriotisr

Orpheus G. Kerr says: patriotism,
nv boy, is a very beautiful thing The
surgeon Of Western regiment has analyzed
very nice case of it, and says it is peculiar
to the hemisphere. He says that It iirst
breaks out in the mouth causing the heart
to swell. He says it goes on raging until
it reaches the pocket, when it suddenly dis
appears"
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On whistle, daughter, whistle, and you
shall have COW. Iuever whis'led in my
life, and can't whistle nov. Oh whistis,
daughter, whistle, and you shall have .
man. never whistled in my life, but III
whistle if can.
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National Expenses Eight Years Ago.

The following is clipped from the New
York Ledger of July 18th, 1856, which is
curious, when contrasted with the expense
account of the present day. Mr.. Bonner
expressed alarm when he footed up the ex-
penses Of the government under Mr..
Pierce, and emphasized his alarm with
platoons OF exclamation points, as is seen
in the extract referred to:
"LlBERA. ExPENDlTUREs.-The expenses
of the Government Of the United States,
under the administration, are as follows,
viz:
$75, ,7S0, 400 year!
6,3U7, 200 a month
1852 ,62O week !!
2O7, $50 day!!!!
$500 an hour!!!!!
144 minute !!!l!
2,40 second !!!!!!!
1.-TWO dollars and forty cents at every
tick of the clock That will do for Young
America. But where does the money go p!
For what is it applied? Under Mr.. Polk's
administration during the Mexican war,
when we had hundred thousand men un.
der arms, and large armies and numerous
garisons IN Mexico, the annual expenses OF
the government were only little over forty
four millions a year."
Look on this picture. The expenses OF
the government Of the United States, under
Linceln's administration, are as follows
$1,000, ,OOO. 600 year!
S3,333,333 month";!
2O,S33, 1888 a week!! II
100000 q day!!!!
5000 an hour |! III! ...
2,OS5 minute !!!!!!
35 q second ~! ~!
Thirty-five dollars at every tick of the
clock There is no use Of asking where
the money goes to, OF for what it is applied
Some Of it is used for making war.like i'm.
plements, vessels and missiles millions Of
it to enrich contractors and Office holders
all of it worse than wasted. Mr.. Bonne,
offered to take the government and carry II
on for fifty million dollars year, and also
to furnish each man, woman and child with
copy of his paper as free gift. Woule
he like to renew his offer now?
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-06-29

A genius out west was invited to take
game Of poker, but refused saying: "No,
/ thankee; played poker once, and
had to wear nankeen pants all the next
winter,
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For the North Iowa Times
MY HERBARIUM.

June sth, 1864.