Year: 1862

Of relative, Secretary Stanton is said {,


have issued the order which divided tn,


army into three divisions, each actin indie


pendently, and, as far Is McDoveirs diyis


ion was concerned, apparently inharmo


niously. What the result of this was, al


know. After lettering for months at Fred


ericksburg, with the ostensi6le purpose o.


protecting Washington, which the rebel.


we're powerless to menace, the abandonment


of the Peninsula campaign, for which he j:
thought partially accountable, necessitated


the abandonment of that post, and hi:
course subjected him to the distrust and
censure of his own men, some of whom
accuse him of worse than carelessness. Fol
some time the removal of Stanton wa:
demanded. and rumor.had appointed sue
cessor, but that step has not yet been ia.
ken. That there is something distrustful,
the following incident, communicated to
me BY person of the same political opinion
as our Secretary of War, and which I have
not the slightest reason to doubt, will show
A gentleman in this city, now Captain
of one Of the Home Guard organizations,
wished to organize an infantry regiment,
aud obtained the signatures of many prom.
inent persons both in this State and Wash
ington to support his claims. Among these
signatures was that of our worthy Presi-
dent. MIR. Lincoln. Armed with these
recommendations, he presented them to the
Secretary Of War, who refused positively
his assistance in the matter. Adj. General
buckingham was visited, but as soon as he
saw the memorial he said that nothing was
to be expected from the Secretary of War,
as Abraham Lincoln's name was signed to
it. So our Captain had to return home
unsuccessful, and this, too, after having
offered to place the regiment in the field,
armed and equipped, without expense to
the Government


Let US hope. however, that under the
new leaders, Burnside in the East, and
RosecraDs In the West, the cause of Liberty
and human advancement may make rapid
strides to success; and that in their en-
larged spheres the vigorous measures which
characterized the one on the North Carolina
coast, and the other in Western Virginia
and Northern Mississippi, may soon restore
peace to our distracted country. Just at
the time when the electric wire has united
the Atlantic and the Pacific, and California
greets New York and her sister States with
messages transmitted in the course of thirty
minutes, it is proper that those efforts which
are being made to unite the North and
South once more in the bonds Of peace,
should be crowned with success.


Your readers will pardon me for taking
up so much Of your time and space upon
National affairs; but with me they are all
and there are few local topics
which could be as interesting to them, how
ever dull these remarks may have grown.
Though disappointed sorely in the result of
the late elections in the East, allow me to
you upon the success of the
Union ticket in Kansas-one of the bright
spots in the darkened political atmosphere.
Long may she wave.


Hoping that the new year upon which
your paper IS just entering may be one
fraught with prosperity, and that each suc-
ceeding year will but enhance its success
and that with this success you may enjoy
that serenity which belongs only to those
who labor in good cause, l remain yours,
geographically, PHILos.