Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-06-07
LOSslyG,s HISTORY OF TIE
LATE WAR.
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tnet-Blr. LincOin's own AC-
count Of Uis Flight-Valuabie
Documents Discovered.

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count of His FIight-valuabie
Documents Discovered.
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George w. Childs, of philadelphia, has
Just published the first volume of Benson j.;
Lossings Pictorial History OF the Clvi,
War in America" 1t is a finely printed
and thoroughly illustrated volume OF slx
hundred and eight pages. 1t begins with
the Presidential Convention of 1850, and
ends with the battle Of Bull Run.
For the present work Mr.. Losing began
to collect his materials in the yerr 1860; and
he has not only gathered himself, whatever
came to bis hands, but as it was taken Tor
granted that he would write q history OF the
war, friends in the army and in az parts OF
the country have zealousy helped him, =
He has also had access, to sources OF ON
cial information; and the determination to
do nothing hastily, but wait for the fullest
information, while it has kept his work back
longer than others, has given him the ad.
vantage not only of greater correctness aAd
greater minuteness of detail, but OF con-
siderable mass of information, documentary
and narrative, never before made public -
For instance in treating of the plot or cen.
spiracy of the Southern politicians which led
to the war, the captures Of papers and docu'
ments made by Sherman and other Ge9er-
ais in the last year of the war. to which Mr..
Losing has had access, enables him fe e1-
pose, more thoroughly than has been done
before, the extent and duration Of this plot
against the Union.
The work is to be completed in three vol
umes of about six hundred pages each, and
will contain at least two thousand illustra-
tons.
We extract below few passages OF in
trest from Mr.. Lossing's pages:
THE TREASON IN BUCHANANs CABINET.
Howell Cobb, of Georgia, Buchapan's
Secretary of the Treasury, seems to have
been in the plot against the Union even be-
fore Mr.. Lincoln was elected. SO early as
the first of November. 1860, Prescott, the
Assistant Secretary of State. wrote to the
editor of the Charleston Mercury rs toll
lows
"WAsH1NaToN, Nov. l, 1860.
DEAR RHETT: | received your letter
this morning. As to my views or opinions
of the Administration, | can OF course say
nothing. As TO Mr.. Cebb's views, he Is
willing that should communicate them to
you in order that they may aid you in form
ing your Judgment; but you will understand
that this is confidential is, neither MIR.
Cobb nor myself must be quoted as the
source of your information. ! will not
dwell on this, as you will, on moments s
reflection, see the embarrassment which
might be produced by any authoglzed state
ment Of his opinions. will only add, by
| way of preface, that after the very fullest
| and freest conversations with him, ! feel
sure of his earnestness, singleness OF pur
| ! 81 ho xpI ola for
"Mr Cobb believes that the time is come
for resistance: that upon the election of
Lincoln, Georgia ought to secede frem the
Union, and that she will do so. That Geor.
ga and g, ery other State should, as far as
secession, act for herself, resuming her dele
gated powers, and thus put herself in posi-
ton to consult with other sovereign States
who take the some ground After tho se-
cession is effected then will he the time to
consult. But he is Of opinion, most strongly.
that whatever action il resolved on, should
! be consummated on the 4th of March. not
before. That while the actien determined
en- should be decisive and irrevocable, its
| initial pojnt should be the 4th of March. -
he is opposed to any Southern Convention,
| merely for the purpose of consultation. 1t
Southern Convention is held, 1T must be
! of delegates empowered to act, whose action
| is at once biuding on She States they repre-
sent.
"But he desires ma to impress upon you
| his conviction, that sny attempt to precipi-
tate the actual issue upon this administra.
| ton will be most mischieveus-calcuiated
to produce differences Of opinion and destroy
unanimity. He thinks it of great impor-
tsnce that the cotton crop should 60 for;
ward at once, and that the money should
be in the hands Of the people. that the cry
of popular distress shall not be heard at the
outset of this move.
StMy own opinien is, that it would be
we'll to have a discreet man, one who knows
the value of silence, who can listen wisely,
nre,ent in Milledeeville at the meeting OF
The State Legislature, as there will be there
an outside gathering Of the very abest men
of that State. =,
"And the next point, that you should at
the earliest possible day of the session OF our
own Legislature elect a man as Governor
whose name and character will conclllate ss
we'll as give confdence to all the men OF the
State. five do act, l really think this
half the battles man upon whose temper
the State can rely.
"I say. nothing about convention, as j
understand on all hands that is liked fact,
and | have confined myself to answering
your question. will be much obliged te
you if you will write me soon and fully from
4 Columbia. 1t is impossible to write to you
with the constant interruption of the office
and as you want Cobb's opinions, not mine
I send this to YOU. Yours, w. ID. T.
"The original of the above letter." write
Mr., Lossing, sis in my possession"
BUCHANAN APOLOGIES FOR WASHING
TONS BIRTHDAY.
Tyler seems to have gene so far as Il
have given President Buchanan to under
stand that the appearance ofnational troop
as particpators 10 the celebration OF Wash
iprton's birthday would be offensive to tn
Virginians, and unfavorable to the Peac
Convention. They did participate in tn
festivities of the occasion, for which efiens
the Presi lent, not unaccustomed to kind
Welding to the wishes of the slave interest
: wrote an apoloeetic letter to Tyler.
When, in 1852. the national troops wen
up the Virginia Peninsula, they took POI
session of 'Sherwood Forest" the residenc
:. of Tyler, near Charles City Court Heust
which the owner, one OF the leaders anon
the enemies of his country, had abandoned
There Assistant Adjutsnt General w. a
Long found the letter alluded to. The 10
- lowing is q copy.