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Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-09-20
the RETURN.

We are compelled to omit the ksprsss gfsptlo &C.
count of the fight With GnggS cavalry at Beloher's
Mil. Our readers lready know tina. the enemy we're
ANONYMOUSLY defeated by our intrepid caValry TIE
Express rays that three hundred ls horses were cap
tutcd by thsm as Werss 2 500 cst.le.
The VIC reached their camp safely wi.h the spoia
sA,urdsy morning al O'clock. Three hundred Chees
for Hamp Ga acd hs command
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Siege <sf Charleston.

lHEEE HUNDRED AND FIFTY -EIGnTn DAY.
Ih'lty-ti'rcc shells have been fired at the CITY
since last report. Some ten or fifteen shots
were fired from Inc cncmy's Lighthouse Inlet
'iAtcry at LegglrcvilIc and ScccssonviIlc. rs
usual, doing no damage.
One OF the cnc,ny's steamers wit!.troops on
board left the harbor yesterday and sailed
North.
Another steamer with troops passed. tho bar,
sailing Sontl.
Ehe following arc the casualties from the
firing Of the enemy at Castle Pinkncy on We'd
nesday: Privatcs J. Johnson, MORALLY; Do.
Hart, severely; Litteficld, painfully McKin:.
ney, sI'ghtly-a Of Campany +, First South
Carolina Artillery. A neg gro was also slightly
wounded. No damage was done to the CAS-
tle.. 0'''
The fleet remains unchanged
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Good News.

Wo lcarn says the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel
from gentleman just from tho 'front.' that it is stated
that General PILLOW, with about fivo thousand caval
ry has succeeded i'll getting into the rear of SuER.
MANS army, and'is operating successfully. This NAV
account lor tho reckless charge Of SHERMAN on orr
lines on Monday IF The statement is correct SuER-
MANS iat9a,aAea'ed
Late private ntclscssec received by the Ca,o,i.,u,,
from NiREY SMITHS army, report every thing working
well The enemy have 5cca quiet since their recent
oeica' anu our army arc Incorporating, an oljovrr
'Ac Sr"s OF victory Our .ncrrills s,ii! continue lo
harS;; the Federal transports ,li: ,tvcr Two or
'":ee nave been h'o''n:"!? and Others destroyed or
capturu'.
S'pcc Gen. 1-orin= ;,sunue., colrr,. of the Ar
my OF mississippi" with Cen Johnston, Brio
Gen. tcal'crsult nc" commended Iorr..s Iiyis;on
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The Mritistl ForcfGss Office and GIec
Richmond Governments.

We havc to chronicle 4 second abortivc at
tempt on the part ofthc Foreign Office to COM
municatc with the Confederate Government
1t will be remembered that The Petrol, having
on board the dispatch with which Mr. Craw-
ford, llcl MAJ jcsiy's Consul-Gcncral in IIavanna,
WAS charged, was pcrcmptorily refused almis-
sion into the port Of Charleston by the com
.inaldcr Of the Federal B:ocka,ling Squadron.
She thcrcupon returned to Bermuda, and re-
ported her failure to the Admiral ofthc station,
who Immediately transmitted the dispatches to
Lord Lyons The latter made formal request
for permission to forward them through the
lines which was refused ; and Lord Lyons was
moreover informed by Mr.. Seward that "it
would not l'c agreeable to the Government Of
the United States for Her Majcstv's Govern
mcnt "to hold any inte, course whatever" with
tho Conlcdcratcs. After this Yebuff, which
Lord Lyons appears to have received with his
usual intckncss, there remained nothing for him
to do but to return the dispatches to the For
cign Office, where they will hcnccRorth remain
us the record ofthe most ridiculous diplomatic,
failure of even Earl Russelps Administrations
SO little, however, did the Foreign Secretary
anticipate te'suc|, result, that, late as the I'd
Of April, additional instructions were sent out
to MIR. Crawford relative TO his mission TO Rich
nond. 441csc arJtio,l- -itiat+ee etia,se, it ma y
he supposed, were rendered necessary by the
discovery that the "Malory Report" was for:
gerry. We arc now npaticntIy waiting to sec
whether the farce is to have I. third act-Lo,a-
ton Indrr, cd inst.
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.@ILO.R GOLOSUNHD

GoLDsnoHo, July l-ThG State journal has
private despatch, dated Weldon June 80.
which says the raiders struck the Petersburg,
aud Weldon Road
~ later dispatch dated Befcld, says that
most OF the cncmy's rticry, together with
their wagon trains, were captured, and the
other part Of the raiders would be.
y light is reported 10 day, progressing near
CAMS Station.
The raiders have letrcatcd from Nlorgamo,r
through Naulauga County, and burnt the dc
pot aud one train. Oar forces arc pcrsuino
them.
lRlso NERs OF WNR NoixTu AnD, Souru-lt
ia question now, not easily. decided, which Of
Tic SECTIONS ut war holds the greatest number
"t the prisoners Giant has yivc, lis not a few ::
III tho East, while Banks and Steele in tho
lral's ~ Hsssipi have added manv thousands.
lhe latest reports from the prison }osts give
the iuIlowings exhibit OF prisoners actaalv ir1,l
III the ConrcdcracvS VIZ AT Antlersonyl,.
Ccorgla; twenty-five thousand; at Macon
twelve hundred officers at I,vnchburr, tiftcc.,
hundrcd; at-Danvillc, one thousand: ut Eich-
Inond, one trons;lnd at other points cast Of
the Mississippi, one thousand III the Trans
Mississippi eight thousand This, gives about
thirty eight thousand priso...!e OF war.
The enemy do not actually hold over twenty
five thousand: Of our soldiers, though wlnn
those .parolcd and sent southwark come TO bc
counted 1t wilh approximate near thirty thou
sand. So far the War ledger balances or tho
Confederate side, and tic scale of numbers
have turned IN our Observation-Disclosures
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t1GHT NEAR SALEM.-Informato believed
to DC reliable was received last evening, stating
that General Early defeated IIuAtcr and his
ra'dlng party, near Salem, day or two ago
capturing fourteen pieces of artillery and tax.
ing seven hundred prisoners. The enemy
burned one hundred and fifty wagons to keen
them from falling into Early's hands.
Donvule Appeal, 25th.
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Ihc Northern papers say the latest Confederate
guerilla dodge for dccoyiug boat: to land is the pla-
cling OF ga'iy dressed colored women tho river bauls
who hail the officers Of tho steamer and ask to be
taken On Board.
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Ono Q. the most heroic acts OF bravery con-
nectsd witt, the histery of the bophar,lmcnt of
Fort Sumter occurred on the goth nit. The
second shell fired by the cromy on that day,
al half past one p. m, carried away the flag
sail; but before the flag had touched the
ground, IL was seized by Lieut. c. II. CIaibornc
who ltshcL with it to tho parapct, through the
smoke OF the bursting shell, and, before the
enemy could discover thu effect Of their shot,
lis defiant cross was again Haunting in the air.
The bravo Lieutenant was Immediately fol-
lowed TO the parapct by Mcss,s. n. i. Deva-
rcauI and +. Brannon, Of the Engineer De-
parlmcnt, who during the considerable space
Of time occupied in rcadusting the staff, afford
c,l most conspicuous target Too cowardly
TO appreciate, and too mean to honor gallant
act in 4 foe, the Yankees at once poured into
The gallant trio, a close and rapid fire; but
they coollv finished their work, salutcd the
enemy with cheer and wave of their hats,
and left their pcrilors post, without haste, and
thank God without scaith.-Mercury ::
OTTAWA INDIANS CApruRED-Thc Yankees
have drawn upon all the nationaltics Of the
world for soldiers to fight their battles. We
havc captured from their armies, not only the
genuine Yankee, but the unatlultcratcd Afri-
:an, the Englishinan, the Frcnchman, the
focotchlnall, the lllslllnan, Tic Dutchnan, the
italian, the Swiss and these in no small num-
pcrs as all who have seen or convcrscd with
the prisoners can testify to. And VIC have
reason to believe that there is 4 considerable
sprinkIing Of the Chinese clement in the North
crn army, as well as Of other nationalitics not
mentioned above. But they have q new
source Of fstrcnSth, thc Indians Of the Northwest
On Saturday morning batch Of sixteen of
these warriors Of the forrest, belonging to a
Michigan regiment, were captured while ma
King charge upon our lines They belong to
tho Ottawa Tribe, and arc real gingerbread
chaps. Their long, straight black hair, their
dusky counte"ancc and staw"r FORMS attract
ed no little attention from our citizens. They
speak English rs we'll AS most Of the soldiers in
the Yankee army, and say they are fighting
tic battles Of the North because they believe
tho North 70 be riyht.-Peteysdury Express.
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GEocnArrIcAL.--AIissouu, Arkansas, Lou.
'S'a"" Texas and the newspaper correspond
cnts, all tie beyond the Ali@sssippi. Some Of
the correspondents, as well as parts of Lohis-
lana, lie also on this side Of tho great river.
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Lord Russell has BECOME so unpopular 4bat.
ne was actually hissed at the annual dinner .. !.
the Royal Literary Fund. :S- o'"
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Lieutenant Colonel DECl1ANAL, Of the Fl encll ar
tillery, has been sent to Washington by tho Emperor
to study and report or military affairs
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CAMDEN DAILY JOURNAL:
SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 2,

Adviccs from New Orleans 70 the 18th report CAN
BY and FARRAGUT of Mobile
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a private despatch from Charlotte to !: gentleman
in Columbia, states that the rary party III Morgan
ton have rctrcatcA to The mountains, pursued by our
forces. They were under the command of Col KIRK,
and numbered atput four hundred men, principally
tories and desertcrs.
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IN the Baltimore Nominal u- Convention there,
were three or four negroes representing South Caro-
lnE' Among them VIC observe The name OF Robot
Small. who. IL VII hcrca,cored cal c.l 6 :i:au,-
boat to The Yank; cs two years ego.
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A voluntcor rcsimcEt con Istin5 Of cxcmpss md
detailed men, has been raised in Columbia for loca
defence. An election for field officers held on MONDAY
last resulted rs follows:
Col. J. B. T. SLOAN; Lieut.. COL 7. ". RADCLIFFE
Major T. r. SHARP:
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REroRrED DEFEAT OF CANDy.--Thc Nissis-
SiJY'ion Ariro of the 22d, published at Jackson,
has the iolIowipg
We learn from young gentleman inst from
Port Gibson, that before he left that place the
report had reached there that Gen, Dick Tay-
lor had battle with the enemy under Gen
Candy, III which o'r forces were completely
victorious. The cncmys loss is stated ut 1900
killed and wounded, 5000 prisoners, II pieces
artillery, vast numbers Of small arms, II largo
quantity OF stores, and that when Gen. Taylor
was last heard from he had completely routed
and driven the enemy over sixteen miles Our
loss is estimated at GOO killed and wounded.
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-01-29

tax upon spirits was fixed at 60 cents. An
amendment that whiskCy or any other rits
on being mixed with other spirits and sold as
whiskey, brandy, rum, wine, &c., shall pay
an additional tax, was adopted Without
any final action upon the bill the House ad-
'jonrned.
In the U. S. Senate, on Thursday, Mr..
Sherman presented a report from -Cymmis-
sioner Newton, of the Agricultural Depart
ment, adverse to the proposed tax Of twenty
per cent. on leaf tobacco. The resolution re-
4quiring Senators to take an additional oath
was then taken up and discussed at length.
Mr.. Salisbury obtained the floor, and the
Senate adjourned until Monday.
The House of Representatives authorized
the appointment of anew standing committee
Of FIVE members, to be entitled the Committee
on a Uniform System of Weights, Measures
and Coinage. The consideration Of the joint
resolution amendatory of the confscation act
was resumed, but no final action was taken.
The House went into Committee of the Whole
on the bill to amend the internal revenue act
An amendment that all cotton in the hands
Of manufacturers, heretofore exempted, shall
be taxed two cents per pound, was adopted.
An amendment that all spirits imported prior
to the passage Of the act, shall pay an addi-
tional duty of 40 cents, was also passed.
The bill was reported to the House, and was
ordered to be printed, as was also substitute
intended to be offered by Mr.. Stevens.
The U. S. Senate was not in session on Fri
day, having adjourned until Monday.
The House Of Representatives had under
consideration the bill to increase the internal
revenue, as reported fr,m the Committee OF
the Whole. The amendments taxing spirits
60 cents; authorizations sold as brandy, whis-
key, &c., an additional sum of 20 cents; cot
ton in the hands of manufacturers on the first
of October, 1862, and prior thereto two cents
per pound, and spirits imported prior to the
passage Of this act an additional sum of AZ
cents, were passed. The substitute of Mr.
Stevens, which was nearly the same bill as
reported by the Committee on Ways ant
Means, was rejected, and the amended bill
was finally passed. The consideration Of tn,
joint resolution amendatOry of the ConGsca
ton act was then resumed, but no final acton
was taken. Mr.. Ward, of New York, intro
duced a bill providing that soldiers honorabl,
discharged within two years from the date .
their term Of service, in consequence Vi dis
case contracted in the service, OF other cause
shall he entitled to the same bounty as liz
same class OF persons who are discharged al
ter a service Of two years. Referred to tai
Committee On Military Affairs. The IlOus
then adjourned until Monday.
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exigencies of this war offered them mus
ket and freedom. They made their choice
between slavery on the one hand and the
perils of the battle field on the other. Is
there anything to be wondered at in this2
Grant, if you please, that al their masters
we're kind, yet they were masters and the
negro was SLAVE. Nature has given to
every human being, whatever his color or
whatever his condition, an irrepressible
longing after freedom. No man loves to
be a slave or hugs with affection the
shackles that bind him to his seryi-
tude. Even the very men who in Sussex
county pretend yet to advocate slavery,
will tell you if urged to the reply, that
they can not blame the slave negro for
eulisting, and will stoutly asseverate that ii
they themselves were bopdsmen in order
to secure their freedom they would dc
likewise.
Many bloody battles of this rebellion
are yet to be fought, and if the slave shall
rise above the prejudice of the hour, and
with noble impulse an5 daring hero
ism rescue his rsce from the charge o.
cowardice, ID striking for the triumph o
Tree government over slave aristocracy
we say God speed him on his mission anC
make him the ayenging hand that viii
crush out this unprovoked and damnabl
| raholl;o,
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Correspondence Of The Union.1 .s.f.-t
LETTER FROM MILFORD.
MILFORD. DEL. Jan. 18th, 1SG

Mn. EDITOR, AGAR l1lg III - zsz
= In your journal of the 18th inst, see
an editorial also communication, in regard
to the Junction and Breakwater Railroad,
which is calculated to mislead or give a
wrong impression as TO the sentiments Of the
citizens of Milford and especially as to che
present Board of Directors, in regard to the
extension of the junction and Breakwater
Railroad. You speak of theparticular inter
est which was manifested in the election Of
the present Board. ! will agree with you as
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-01-29
SIGHTS IN GEORGETOWN.

On Wednesday, of this week, we saw
twenty-five negroes who had been slaves
marching through the streets of this place
under our Gag and keeping step to the tap
Of the drum,
They had been bondsmen, they were
then free; they had been chattsIs they
we're then men; they had been slaves, they
are now soldiers
These negroes have been in our midst
FOR several days as recruits, and notwith.
standing the sudden change Of their con.
dition and sudden removal Of a lifetime
restraint from their conduct and action
they have not, that we are aware of, beer
guilty of any excuses. We trsst that 8
new manhood has been infused into them
and that these bondsmen ofeld SUSSEX may
yet 60 conduct themselves as 10 max,
even their late masters proud Of them.
They have left their bondage the ours.
and the blow behind them, and with ar
enthusiasm which even the JEFF. Davis
Democracy Of Sussex must admire, they
we're looking forward to future which t
them was more glorious than month sgt
they ever dreamed Of. ya.a.y -.aeg Il,
From infancy they had been trained h
receive, without murmur, the white man
scourge and to move with implicit obed
ence to the white mans command Thei
whole life had been one of degradation
No hope of elevation was ever ofere
them, no prospect of an improved cond
ton ever gladdened their hearts, until tn
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Bayard' Last speech.

We notice by Weduprd.y spxpers that Mr..
bayard has made his final effort in the U. S.
Senate. and declares therein his determine
ton to resign We consider this the best
speech he ever made. Bravoi say we, Cor
Mr.. Boyardi Farewell, a long farewell to
his greatness. He reminds us Of large bank
ofsnow melting away under the rays Of a
summers sun; for as the rays Of the Consti-
tuition continue to fall on him. in all their
brilliancy, he finds he cant stand ths pres.
sure and therefore win retire. Ielnl
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LATEST NEWS.
From Washington.

WASHINGTON, Jan. %, lS64.-We have
had week of old-iashioned Legislation, with
some good speeches, some constitutional ar
guments, some spicy debates, and some votes
which have rather astonished the politicians.
Judging from present appearances, the ses-
sion will be closed in June, although much.
depends npon the early spring campaign in
Virginia. .. gi4 .s. fi Le' 81 t sr Z
-4s.eeae THE-TEsT OATH. a I....sr
d The Senate has discussed, day after day,
the ''tcst OATH" which Mr.. Bayard hesitates
to take. Now, is Of very Little consequence
to the country whether that gentleman does
ia that oath, or whether he refuses to take
it, and forteits his seat. But the oath, as it
now graces the statute book, is a strong bar
rier against the return here of those now in
rebellion, to play their game over again. As
the oath now stands, every Congressman, be-
FIRE lie takes his seat must swear that he has
never, by any act OF mis-, committed an act If
hostility to the Union, thus furnishing addi-
tional security that he will never violate his
oath by acting falsely to his country or to his
Government,
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LOSS OF SLAVE LABOR.

The recruiting of slaves that ia now 90
ing on in this County viii, il is alleged,
seriously injure the farming interests of
Sussex. We can not believe that such
viii be the case. That few may suffer
inconvenience, it is rue, hut when these
few are compared with the great body Of
farmers in our section Of the State their
number and their injury will become re.
latively very small, and When I: is taken
into consideration that slave labor is daily
becoming less valuable and more insecure
the damage "grows smaller and smaller,
and beautifully less"
That any loss should occur we deplore.
and hope that little as il may be the fu-
ture will speedily remedy it. We do most
confidently believe that the advantages to
be gained by the industrial classes Of. our
people, by the removal Of slaves from our
midst, will largely preponderate over any
temporary evil that may for the time be-
ing incommode us,
The master who Losses his slave will
complainingly insist that because he has
to hire white man to work for him in
place of his negro that here is double
loss. He sees in this new system of labor
bug-bear, which if he may not curse as
abolitionism he will condemn as an limo.
Walton on the old time method, which he
Considers good enough for himself, if it
was good enough for his father and grand.
father. This opinion of the matter ia
the result of prejudice. In the first place,
the profit that arises from slave labor is
greatly exa ggerated; the constant watch.
fitness which the master ia compelled To
exercise over his his slaves ma kes him con,
tinually uneasy and unhappy, while the
petty lsrcenies which the sla7e makes
upon his masters property, largely dimin
ish his gain; in the second place, the ad
vantage of free compensated labor can not
when compared with the other, be tot
greatly estimated He who works foi
money strikes harder blow than the ne
gro who works by compulsion the farm
band who at the end Of every month re,
ceives his wages, is more attentive 10 hi,
employers interest than the slave who
only receives "hog and hominy," savored
occasionally with curses and blows, Will.
the satisfaction and contentment that set
ties around the farmers home without hi
slaves, will more than compensate him 70
any apparent temporary inconvenience
Besides why can not our farmers in Dels
ware work their farms without slave labo
as well as the farmers of the free State
They can and will. Let this clog Of slay,
ry be removed, the influx of free labt
follow its exit as speedily, it must; |,
this prejudice against white mans worl
ing for his living be removed, and in LEI
than five years our farming intereets wi
be advanced to higher grade, the amour
and number of products will be increased
and some ofour farmers, instead of wastin
their time in complaining and cursing th
sbohtionists, will rejoice that their slay,
are gone, and bless the republicans of tn
State for the stand they tosk in favor
making Delaware free State.
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goeal Attairs,
General Agent for "lhs Uaiun.r

Mr.. ISAAC T. DuSsING has this day been an
pointed GENERAL ADVERTISING and SUB
SCRIPTIoN AGENT for "rHE UNIsN." He will
also collect all money due this Office
Georgetown, Del J. p MGUIGAN,
Jan. 20, 81. Editor "Unicn."
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H6@We call attention to the letter of "Jus-
tice" from Milford, which relates to the con-
tinuation Of the railroad to Georgetowu.