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Thee .Three Things.”
BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
Ill poisonous dens, where traitors hide
Like bats that fear the day,
While all the land our charters claim
ls sweating blood and breathing fialne,
Dead to their country’s woe and shame.
The rccreants whisper STAYl
In peaceful homes, where patriot files
011 Love’s own altars glow,
The mother hides her trembling fear,
4 The wife, the sister checks a tear.
To breathe the parting word of cheer,
Soldier of Freedom, Go!
In halls where Luxury lies at case.
And Mammon keeps his state,
Where flatterers fawn alld nlcnials crouch,
The dreamer, startled from his coach,
Wrings a few counters from his pouch,
And murmurs faintly \VAITI
1n weary camps, on trampled plains
That ring with fife and drum
The battling host, whose harness gleanls
Along the crimson-flowing streams
: Calls, like a warning voice ill dreams,
We want you, Brother! Conn!
Choose yc whose bidding ye will do,
To go, to wait, to stay! '
Sons of the Freédom-loving town,
Heirs of the Fathers’ old renown,
The servilc yoke, the civic crown
Await your choice To-nar!
The stake is laid! 0 gallant youth
With yet unsilvered brow,
If Heaven should lose and Hell should win,
011 whom shall lie the mortal sin,
Whose record is, it might have been!
God calls you—answer NOW.
;August 28, 1862.
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335“” The following beautiful poem, which we
copy from the Springfield Republican, is from the
pen of Miss Priest,""the authorcss of “Over the
River. " It is a perfect gem.
“Kiss Me, Mother, and lot Me
Go. ”
Have you heard the news that I heard to day?
The news that tl'embles 011 every lip?
’ The sky is darker again, they say,
And breakers threaten the good old ship.
: Our country calls on her sons again,
To strike, in her name, at a dastard foe;
She asks for six hundred thousand men,
And I wouldbe one, mother. Let me go.
‘ The love of'country was born With me;
I remember how my young heart would thrill
' When I used to sit on my grandma’s knee
And list to the story of Bunker Hill.
’ Life gushed out there in a rich red flood ;
My grandsirc fell in that fight you know ;—
Would yoll have me shame the brave old blood?
Nay, kiss me, mother, and let me go.
: Our flag, the flag of our hope and pride,
With its stars and stripes, and its field of blue,
.’ Is mocked, insulted, torn down, defied,
And trampled upon by the rebel crow.
And England and France look 011 alld sneer,
“ Ha, queen of the earth, thou art fallen low,”
Earth’s downtrodden millions weep and fear,
So kiss me, mother, and let me go.
Under the burning southern skies,
Our brothers languish in heartsick pain,
They turn to us with their pleading eyes ;
0h, mother, say, shall they turn in vain?
Their ranks are thinning from sun to sun,
Yet bravely they hold at bay the foe ;
Shall we let'them die there, one by one?
Nay, kiss, the mother, and let me go.
Can you selfishly cling td your household joys,
' Refusing this smallest tithe to yield,
‘ While thousands of mothers are sending boys
Beloved, as yours, to the battle field ?
Can you see my country call in vain,
And restrain my arm from the needful blow?
Not so; though your heart should break with pain,
You will kiss me, bless me, and bid me go.
Winchendon, Mass. ’ N. A. w. P.
Woman’s Beauty.
It takes most women two-thirds of
their lifetime to discover what men may
be amused by without respecting them;
and every woman may make up her
mind that to be really respected, she
must have accomplishments of mind and
heart, and there can be no real beauty
without these.
If thesoul is without cultivation, with-
out, refinement, without taste, without
the sweetness of affection, not all the
mysteries 'of art can make the face beau-
tiful; and, on the other hand, it ls impos-
sible to dim the brightness 'of an elegant
and polished mind; its radiance strikes
through the encasement of deformity, and
asserts its sway over the world of tlle
affections.
It has been my privilege to see the
most celebrated beauties that shine in
the gilded courts of fashion throughout
the walld, from St. James’ to St. Peters-
burg, from Paris to India, and yet I
know of no art which can atone for the
defect of an nnpolishcd mind and unlove-
ly heart. That charming activity of soul,
that spiritual energy which gives anima-
tion, grace and living light to the animal
frame, is, after all, the real source of
woman’ 8 beauty. It is that which gives
eloquence to the language of her eyes,
which gives the expressions to her face
and lights her whole personnel as if her
body thought.
_dv‘.‘
38‘. The num er of marriages cele-
brated in the S ate of Connecticut in
’ 1860, exceeded those which came oil" In
1861 by 2’19; of course 558 more per-
sons were made happy in 1860 than In
1861. Probably the returns of the Reg-
istrar next Spring will show that there
has been a severe falling 011" la the num-
ber of marriages consummated in 1862,
even as compared with the year 1861. —
This ls war’s work, and the consequences
of this war will be felt in our social sta-
tistics for many years to come, even if
the war should come to at. old this Fall.
The number of marriages s/reported in
each year since the system of registration
commenced' 1n 1848, has been as follows.
In 1848, 2 816; ill 1849, 2, 920 , in
1850, 2,884; in 1’851,2995, in 1853,
3136; in1854, 3,;202’10185’5 4,2862
5.1356, 4,089;’ 1a 115': 3, 747; la 1858
3, 737; in 1859, 3 ,778; in 8160, 4,036;
in 1861, 3, 757. The laws of our State as
to the registration of births, marriages,
and deaths, if vigorously enforced, will
give us in time a mass of vital statistics
of the greatest value ; and enable some
philosophical Buckle that may arise, by
running his eye over what is to the
uninitiated a. (11 y mass of“ .lgurcs, to deci-
pher and expound the actual social con-
ditiou of our people, and the internal
economy of the humblest cottage on the
hillsides of Connecticut.
...-8 o—
36‘ The “ Passaic,” an iron-clad steam
gun-boat, was launched at Gl'cenpoint on
Saturday Week. She Is 200 feet long, of
1000 tons burden, drums 9 feet of water
and cost $400, 000. The " Montaak”
and “ Cattskill, ” of the same cllarater as
the “Female, ” are now building at. Green-
point, and will be launched soon.
From the New York World.
THE SECOND BULL RUN
CENTREVILLE, V11”
“FIGHT.
Aug. 31,-5 A. M. f
The battles of yesterday and the day
before on the already classic ground of
Bull Run will rank with Napoleon’s
bloodiest. And more than one general
fought in them to whom, ere tllis'hour,
118 would have given a marshal’s baton,
gion of Honor. _
Let me first detail the movementsby
which the two days’ struggle was brought
011.
While at YVarrenton early on Wed-
nesday I learned that Jackson was in our
rear, and that we should once more try to
trap him. Sigel and McDowell marched
that morning up the turnpike from War'
l'euton toward Centreville, where the
enemy was supposed to be. This road
passes through Bull Run battle field,
five miles w‘cst of Centrcville. Hooker,
Porter, and Reno moved from our left
(now, aswc faced about toward Wash-
ington, becomes Olll‘ right) toward the
same point, via Manassas Junction. Si-
gel, 11! advance of McDowell, reached
Gainsvllle, four miles from the Bull Run
field, that night, and came upon the
enemy’s cavalry and stragglers. Resting
afew hours, by three o’clock he was
moving. The enemy did notappear in
front, and leaving McDowell to take
care of the road, Sigel turned to the
right to connect with Hooker at Manas~
sas J unctiou. ’ Hooker had fought near,
there on Wednesday, (of which I will
speak in a moment,) alld it was possible
he needed help.
When within two miles of the June-
sion, Sigel learned that the enemy was 011
the Warl'cnton road, and turning short
to “the left he marched to the south side
of the B1111 Bun field. It was then 6 P,
M. McDowell, who, as before stated,
had remained on that road between the
enemy and -Wal'l'ent0n, had been throw-
ing shell some hours, and now we could
hear musketry. Gaining the heights
where Hunter fought a year ago, and
appoaching the turnpike, we could locate
of musketl'y flashes It was King’s di-
vision repelling the enemy in his attempt
fair lasted two hours, and King held the
field. We had come upon the can
left flank. Schenck’s division became
partially engaged, gave the enemy’s cav-
alry a few shell, the he whole corps
rested for the night. t the very time
road, Rickets was engaged fighting rebel
reinforcements coming up through Thor-
oughfare Gap, five miles further west. —
He was compelled, having sufi‘ered a loss
of 250. to withdraw and' join King, after
the latter had finished his day’s work. -—
Rcyllold’s division, (Pa. Reserves,) then
temporarily with-McDowell’s corps, was
in the same vicinity.
.The situation then, Friday morning,
was this: ‘Sigel’s corps (divisions of
Schurz. Milroy, Steinwehl', andScllenck)
on the BullRun field, fronting to the
west, was Close against the enemy. Mc-
Dowell’s corps nearly connected with Si-
gel on the latter’s left, but was not with-
in fightiag distance of the enemy. Heint-
zelman’s corps (divisions of Hooker and
Kearney, and Reno’s corps,) w;
Centreville, moving down the turnpike,
which would lead them upon Sigel’s right.
Porter was far back—seven or eight
miles—in Sigcl’s rear. . These corps—
Sigel’s, Reno’s, Heintzelmau’s, McDow-
ell’s, and Porter’s—were all that were
engagedat any time during the two days,
Friday and Saturday. 4 They came into
action in the order I have named them.
Fortunately I had been with Sigel dur-
ing his tWC days’march to find the enemy, ,
and was withhim now that it fell to him
to open the main struggle._ His corps
had held the advance under heavy-artil-
lery fire'on the Rappahannock the four?
previous days, had now marched two
days, a part of the time in line of battle,
and taking but four hours rest moved
into a battle—not a skirmish, not all of.
fair, not an action, not an engagement,
but a great battle, for such are the names
given to fights in the order of their mag-
nitude.
, Long before daylight Sigel had visited
every position of his line, had seen to the
placing of every battery, and with the
daylight his artillery » sounded: The
“Jessie Scouts” (transferred by FM-
mont to Sigel,) reported the enemy as
massed in and beyond a stretch of woods.
a mile long,w_est of and running nearly
parallel with the road. Their line, how-
ever, cxtended on their right to the road,
where they had guns on commanding
heights on their left to the Bull'Run
stream, with a battery or two across
upon the north side. Sigel’s line was 0;)
posite, on the south side of the road.
.The first hour it was all artillery.—
Sigcl was advancing battery after but:
tery to this and! that eminence, support-
ing'each with a brigade, hearing the re
port-of scouts, sending cavalry now far.
to the right, now far to the'left, gradually:
advancing his division in cover of hills
upon which he had placed guns—in a
word, feeling for the enemy, rapidly ad-
vancing, but cautiously, every step. The
\
"while he would have made proud an hunt
dred privates with the ribbon of the Le-
’ received larger ones.
King was fighting on the Warreaton cessfnlly Six hours.
’left .
not long. His artillery was compelled
to answer ours, and, pressing on, we on-
earthed his infantry. There was a light
rattle, then a roar of 'musketry. Milroy,
in the advance, had come square upon
rebels in masses. 0111' line of battle was
formed, Scllurz'llaving the right, Schenck
the left Milroy the advance centre, Steiué
welll' the reserved centre.
Just at the opouinrr of 11!! 11111116 I
saw, from the hill lloln which Schurz was
going into action, a column bearing down
upon our right, and at first supposed
them to be rebels. Unaccountably, they
carried high over their heads sundry white
flags, and appeared to march stragglingly
and it was soon seen they were an-
armed
They proved to be 634 prisoners taken
by Jackson when he appeared at Manas-
8118 three days before, now released on
parole. The enemy could not feed them,
and would themselves starve unless rein-
forcements should push to them with sup-
plies.
A little after, Milroy and Schurz be-
came engaged. They drove the enemy
a mile or more. During this time,
Schellcll had been engaged on the left,
but not heavily. Tough old Heintzel-
man arrived at this juncture from Centre-
ville with his whole cor.ps Schurz was
withdrawn for Kearney and Hooker to
take his place.
from the same direction. Stevens’s divi-
sion of his (corps marchcd‘ to the left 'to
support Schenck, and the attack was
once more along the ’whole line.
have stated that sometimelbeforc the ces-
sation, Milroy, after two hours of mus-
ketry in tornadoes was driven back, much
out to pieces, and replaced by Steiawehr,
who was assisted by Schenck at his left.
It was now 1 o’clock. Sigel’s corps
only had been engaged, and we had on
the whole gained ground—at the right
nearly a mile. It was reasonable to sup-
pose that- with the assistance of Reno
and Heintzelman, and most of the day
‘ before us,1ve should' utterly demolish the
enemy. It has since appeared that sim-
ultaneously with our reinforcements he
,Longstreet’s whole
command, whose passage through Thor-
oughfare Gap Ricketts had disputed the
the Scene of the engagement by the line .day before, had now joined Jackson and
Ewell, whom we had been fighting.—
Hitherto Longstréet would naturally' join
to escape toward Warreuton. The af-' Jackson at his right; it was upon our
left and occasionally Our centre that we
were most severely pressed the remain-
dcl' of the day.
Up to this time Sigel had command of
the field. He had made the dispositions
before the fight, and conducted it sucl»
Pope arrived from
Celltl'eville about noon and assumed comf-
mand, but wisely and generously deferred
to Sigel therest .of the day, as being best
acquainted with the position.
At 2 o’ k the fight was raging along
the whole line terrifically, musketry like
Gaines’ Hill, and artillery like Malvel'n
Hill. There was not ten minutes cessa-
tion, at any one time for the next three
hours. We advanced not a step; we-
retired not a step. The enginel'y of war ’
—mell, guns, and “villainous saltpeter”
-—seemed equal each side to the other. —
At 5 o’clock Schenck was 'ordcled back
from the left and the artillery of that
wing fell back to the next eminence.
During the three hours, scarcely a regi-
ment of the three corps on the field that
at “8351 not been into the thickest. Promptly
and skillfully, as a command would be-
come exhausted, it would be replaced by
another, but only for a brief rest, then to‘
up and at it. These splendid “passages
of lines,” as such movements are tech-
nically called, seem to me a feature that
ought not to pass uucommended.
The withdrawal of the left was not a
giving up of the battle. Troops were.
rushed to the right, and a redoubled on-.
‘set made there. Again the enemy Wasl
forced. His left was swept upon his
centre—we took him “cudways, "' lu flank.
While the infantry fought those, our ar-
tillery, eleven batteries in line, played
stunningly, each gun pointed well to the»
left, that no unlucky shell might harm a
friend.
We could move the rebels no further
than their centre. Musketl'yin rolls, in
crashes, sounded out of the spot of woods
wheroour advance was stayed ; how 118'
naclously the enemy held their ground I'
cannot hope to adequately cxpress.—’
How Schurz fought—ask any eye-wit-'
ness of the conduct of his men, ledvby,
the orator fighter.
It was 6 o’clock The enemy not only
held his centre, but advanced upon car:
It was critical.
Opportunely McDowell’s corps ap-
peared coming to our relief. Two brig-
ades (Hatche’s and Doubleday’ 8,) im-
mediately met the enemy’s advance upon
our left and although' suffering terribly,
stayed him until dark.
The day’s work was ended. We held
more ground than in the morning, but
not so much as at noon. "
[The following account of the fighting on
Saturday' 18 the clearest and most compre-
hensive which we have seen. It' 15 from the
Tribune. ]
Waking in my fence-corner sleeping
apartment at daylight Saturday morning,
I first walked to the summit of the hill-
to ascertain the position of afihirs.’ Every
thing indicated a renewal of the battle-’
iso terribly has it shrunk by battle and
Reno arrived soon after 4
, Heintzelman commanded the right, Por-
ter the Centre, McDowell the left, and
I should "
'where I knew men were struggling. I
‘doubt not they piled the ground with
direction, men at the left being brought
to the right, and vice verso, being brought
from front to rear and from rear to front,
generals _ with staffs and body guards
riding over the held, each, of course,
with a purpose; _ but to all eye-witness
seeming, with the other movements, like
"confusion worse confounded.” Every
few minutes a shell from our battery fur.
tllest to the left, replied to as often by
guns. whose smoke clouded in thefar
western horizon, made me question who-
ther the enemy had not retreated.
The day were away until noon, with a
continuance of some desaltory ’shellillg ;
("bumi’a,” , the butternut prisoners call
it.) Gen. Pope on horse the whole time,
giving orders, rapid and imperative, each
carried instantly by agallopiag aid, re-
ceivingreports from all parts 'of the field,
and never detaining the messenger long
for his reply, from each eminence sweep-
ing the position with’his glass—he was
evidently ascertaining the position of the
enemy, and determined to fight if he
stood Cr if he ran.
Porter’ 8 corps had arrived on the
ground at 9 o’clock from Mallassas, mak-
ing five corps ready for action. The
number of men comprised in these, I
should estimate at 60,000. HCoker’s
division had but 2, 441 men in the ranks,"
disease.
In the order of battle for the day,
Siegpl, whose corps had home the brunt
the day‘before, the reserve; At ; 10
Heiatzelman advanced skirmishers into
the wood On the right of the battle-field
of-the. day, before, and found it only held
by a‘ few troublesome bllsh‘wllackersi
Driving them back, large numbers ’of
wounded were got 011‘, and passed to the
rear.
At 2 o’clock, by the movements of
troops from the right to the left, I in-
ferred that the positions of the enemy
had been found in that direction. By
this time our line was different from that
of the day before. Our right was fol"-
thcr advanced, our left withdrawn, so
that we fronted almost to the south. ’At
Bull Run, a year ago, we faced exactly
south.
At 3 o’clock Gen. Stevens attacked at
the right, and soon after Gen. Batter-
field; at the left. The enemy’s shells
seemed equally distributed. along the
whole line, "and ‘eaCh point of attackv’ he
met as with musketry.
I was at Goa. Sigel’s headquarters.
That general was certain the enemy-in-
tended to turn one or the other of Car
flanks, and said me must ascertain which,
or the result was at the best doubtful;
for his sc‘out‘s had just reported that Lee,
with the entire remainder of the rebel
army, had come up and assumed com-
mand. The scouts were correct. On
Saturday we fought the whole rebel
army. 4
Posting myself in the centre, within
view of both portions of the field where
infantry were engaged, I could not de-
termine which had the best of it. Evi-
dently but few troops were engaged, and
I surmised 'that we were fighting merely
to learn where lay the enemy’s main
force. At length 0111' force at the right
was driven book“ and I thought Gen.
Pope had been outgenéraled when he
moved men at an earlier part of the day .
from right to left .
A quarter of an hour later, I-wished
he,had moved a. still greater proportion
to the left. I have heard the musketry
of the best Contested battles fought in
Virginia, and I say: unhesitatingly that
the fire which broke out at the left and
up the centre, was by far the heaviest
of any. Talk of volleys, and rolls, and
crashcsl It was all these continually
accumulating, piling upon each other in
mighty swelling volume—the wrestle~ of
rushing tornadoes such as chaos may
have known. From my position .it seemed
that artillery played from each of the
cardinal points upon the devoted centre
could not see them struggling. The
smoke of gunpowder prevented that, but
I knew they were there, and I trem-
bled for the result. A few minutes later
Schurz, who was in reserve, was ordered
to the left. .4 Before he could get fairly,
into position, MCDowell and Porter were
‘il'retl'ievably ~ broken. ’ Theil' soldiers
fought like brave men; if moments be
reckoned by their intensity, they fought
long, as they surely did fight well. I
rebel slain, as Hallcck sings of Mosleln
slaiu’by Bozzal'i’s band. I believe there
cannot be a man who heard or partici-
pated' in that awful tragedy, but counts
the hour between half- -past four and half-
past five o ’clock the severest fighting he
ever knew. ' It was all at one point.
Along the right half of the'line the com-
batants seemed to desist in amazement at
the struggle there. By half after five it
was a parent that we Were beaten—out-
flanked. a. concentration .on the left
I do? 1.1111111. there was: a brigade
that could not,'as it came from the field,
show its distinct regiments, or rather a
'n'néleus. of each regiment to whose stand-
ard ere it had marched a mile its scat-
tel-ed men gathered. Still there were
several thousands hurrying pell-mell in
advance of them toward Centreville,
crowding the atolls bridge and wading
.voring to hold the centre, but his nlovc-’
'Sigel were enveloped by the rebels on tho‘
1 Harrisburg.
the White House.
'Gen. Stahl, killed; .Gen. Hatch, wound-
din, of the First Massachusetts, wounded
' slightly; -.Gen Ritts, wounded; Lieut.
All this time the right was firm, and
duly at the calm disoretioll of its generals
Unaccountably to me at this time, so
soon as We fell back from the left the
musketry almost entirely ceased. We
were pursued by shellsohly. It .18 prob-
ably that the enemy dal'cd not advance
lest Heintzelmau and5~Sigel~should fall
upon his flank'as he should pass by
them. Sigel had not had, his fight 0111;,
nor had 'HcintZelnlan, 'and the2 enemy
was hardly in Condition for another bat-
tle immediately. It ls possible, also, that
Banks’ corps was nearing the field—he
was known to be at Mauassas early; ill
the day—and they may have seen his
advance and been afraid. It was all
kin two hours. Another corps upon the
field would have frustrated that rush of
overpowering numbers on one point.
Those numbers were so ' over-powering
that they succeeded before men could be
moved‘again‘st them from any other part
of the field. Franklin lay at Centre-
ville, Sumner at Arlington _Heights,,Why
had they not been sent to Pope five days
before, as they. were ordered, and as he
expedted?
Riding on toward Céntreville, which
.is six miles from the field, about midway,
I met’ Franklin’s corps, which, having
learned the position of affairs, that the
whole army .was retiring to Centreville—-
was on the point of retracing its steps—I
marched with'it' to Centreville.‘ Rich-
ardson’s‘ division and 'Kimball’s brigade
of I Summer’s corps arrived here during
the night from Alexandria, and this
morning Sedgwick’s . division, being the
balance of the same corps, is coming ill
from Arlington Heights. ”
A gentleman just in from Washington
reports that it is rumored there that a
large rebel force is marching up the val-
ley with the design of penetrating Mary-
land. There need be no fears of any
thing of the sort. We have their whole
force in front of us, and fought Jackson,
Ewell, and A. P. Hill, Friday forenoon;
the same, with the addition of Long-
stl'eet, Friday afternoon; and all these
with Lee and the rebel horde Saturday.
They still need everyr man they can mus-
ter to opposePope, who is not the man
to be held on the defensive by a portion
of their army. I repeat, Pope will resume
theofi'ensive’ before they have time. for
any such manoeuvres.
Saturday’s Fight.
On Saturday the battle Was more gen-
oral, 4 Hein‘tzelman, Porter, McDowell
and Banks engaged, Sigel’s forcc being
kept as a reserve. Heintzclmau com-
menced all attack at. 10, withPortel' in
the centre.
Theadvance of the latter was checked
by immense masses of rcbel- infantry, and ‘
his troops stood up With unparalleled
heroism for over an hour, exposed to fire
of grape and canister—the ground strew-
ed With the fallen ranks of the dying and ’
dead. Finally theybroke, falling back
in great disorder—causing a panic in the
reserves, large numbers joining in it.
The rebels rapidly advanced their batte-
ries, pattingf 1a a storm of shot and shell.
The right wing was completely beaten
McDowell came to their support, endc 1
mentswcre’anticipated, and both he and;
left, and outnumbered at all points
: Then Sigel shone out, bringing up his?
brigades Successivcly. to their position,
holding them“ 111 front while the fugitives
poured by. Large bodies of McDowell’ s
troops retreated in- great disorder across
Bull Run. At five o’clock the battle’
was going against us. The last reserves
were ordered up to relieve the day,‘but
along Centreville road, artillery, infantry
wagons and cavalry were coufuscdly fall-
ing to the rear. Our right wing remain-'
ing firm, preventing the enemy from fol-
lowing up'his'advantage, and at eight
o’cloék Bull 'Run' stream was crossed,
the rebels troubling us only by a few
shells. .
Franklin’s corps was between Stone
Bridge and Centreville, with Sumner’s
corps between Centreville and Fail-fax
Court House, pressing on with great
speed to the assistance of Pope. It is
believed that the whole rebel army under
Lee has joined Jackson by way of The-
roughfare Gap or by Aldie Gap.
The above account was gleaned by the
Tribune correspondent from Capt. Fish.
A later account says: Judging from
reports of ofi‘lccrs the panic in McDow-
ell’s left wing was not very serious. A
line of soldiers was drawn up at 7 o’clock
Sunday mornin to st0p stragglcl's, but
none had up red.' 0111' camps were
then seen on the bill this side of Centre-
ville.
‘Another correspondent says, McClel-
lan, Burnside and Pope are now in fall
cooperation, and success is looked for.
Every confidence is felt at the War De-
partment, Halleck’s headquarters and
The Tribune gives the following names:
ed; Gen. Schenck, wounded; Col. Pratt,
of the 20th New York, severely wound-
ed; Lieut. Dwight, of Slckles’ staff pris-
oner; Lieut. Hadley, of the First New
Hampshire, wounded; Col. Robert Cow-
Miller, of the 11th Massachusetts, killed;
enemy disdained to make any sign—but
Already columns were marching in every]
1 the stream.
VOLUML XLV--N UMBER 36.
sctts, wounded; Licut. Harris of the
——th Massachusetts, killed; Captains
Roberts and Henry, of the 181; Massa-
chusetts, killed; S. A. Keys, of the 16th
Massachusetts, wounded.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1.——~A corres-
pondent of Forncy’s press, dated near
Centl'cvillc last evening, says:
Last evening about 5 o’clock, McDow-
ell’s loft flank was tllljncd' by a body of
l'ebcl cavalry, 5,000 strong. McDowell’s
corps being on the left of our army, and
the rebel cavalry being supported by ill-
fantl'y, McDowell’s entire corps was al~
most instantly swept away. The charge
was fearful. The enemy, according to
the reports of prisoners who have been
taken, and who seem to be intelligent,
has been reinforced enormously, and now
includes the entire rebel army in Virgi-
ginia. We have heard that the rebel
army numbers about 250,000 men.
The rebels occupy the outer extremity
of the old Bull Run battle-field at pre-
sent, their front being at the farthcrcst
point of the old field. They hold their
old rifle pits, and they are bold and im-
pudent.
Our army was reinforced at noon to-
day by at least 60,000 of the most cfi'cc:
tivc men we have in the field, including
Ewell’s, Franklin’s, Sllmnel"s,' Porter’s,-
Richardson’s, Sedgwick’s, and Coxe’s
division of Ohio veterans from Western
Virginia, tugether with Gen. Sturges’
new division of the following Pennsylva-
nia regiments of the new Icvecs:—-The
12 36, 12415, 12511, 126th, 127111, and
129“]. ’
The latter marched from the various
camps near Washington this morning,
where they have been lately located, and
where they have drilled. Eight hundred
prisoners were sent forward from this
point this morning to Alexandria. This
makes 1500 that have been forwarded to
Washington. The total number of pris-
oners captured by us was very heavy.
A very intelligent prisoner, acommis-
sloned officer, told me that Stonewall
Jackson made an address to his army
day before yesterday, urging his men to
stand firm and fight to the last, for if
they were beaten then and there all
hopes for the Southern Confederacy
would be lost.
This man also reports that in Friday’s
battle, Jackson had a very narrow escape
from capture
-——-—o.‘.>.
:16}... The following timely-article appears »
as a lcadel' in the Philadelphia Pl'css :—
Tllat there is an effort being made to
create trouble, by al'l'ayillg the Irish
people against the llcgl'oos, we are con-
vinced. It is more extensive and wide--
spread than many will be willing to be.
lieve. It has been long ill preparation.
Months ago, when a few coulrabands
arrived from North Carolina, the effort
was made, but it failed by reason of the
prompt denial of a leading colored man.
The Bl'cckilll'idgc papers throughout the '
State, and, indeed, ill every part of .the‘
country, prlntcd'tllc most absorb and.
malicious stories, and the prospects of a}
riot between the llcgl'ccs and laboring.
men was anxiously canvassed. The feel-
ing is greater now.
“"0 have seen it cx-
hibited ill Brooklyn—we have seen the
infamous attempt of Democratic politi-
cians to excite the same disturbance in
We know that great efforts
have been made to excite the same feel-
ing ill Philadelphia. \Ve have heard1
Fernando Wood llippalltly recommend
the scattering of Congress by the bayo-
not; every day we heal' violence rccom-g
mended and suggested, as the surest way;
of advancing a. certain political sentiment f
or repressing an opposite political 'opin-j
ion. This familiarity with crime and ty-1
many, and treason, is in itself a fearfuli
thing. It is the most efficient, and at the
same time the most terrible way of stim-z
ulating popular excitement, and directing
it against the country. It may bring:
anarchy, and street warfare, blood, death,
and arson; but these are second'u y mat- '
tcl's compared with the ambition and
desperation of the disloyalists ill the
North
The Irish citizen should read our local
history before listening to the counsels of,
the men who are cndcavol'ing to incite;
him to deeds of violence. 110 has reason;
to know what 1110b l'ulc is. He has been,
time and again the victim of a prcjlldlcc§
as llllgrollllded and heartless as that:
which is felt towards the negro. Not,
many years. ago the streets of Philadel-
phia were crowded with an angry and
"infuliated mob, breathing
death and
violence upon the ll'isllmall; mobbing,
llilu ill the street; mlll'llcl'illg him on the’
highway; blll'nillg his churches; desecra-
tillg his convents; and committing to the
flames tllc emblems and al'cllivcsof his.
religion. “1080 are things for the Irish-
man to remember—and we speak of them
boldly and frankly, because we stood by
the oppressed for'eigncl when the op-"
pl'cssors were Amcl'lcall citizens, and,
have defended lllnl consistently (11111th
our whole career. Let the Irishman do;
nothing to rouse tllc feeling of 1844.’
He is in no peril. No one monaccs his
labor; no negro has taken a place which}
a white man held; there are few, if any;
negl'ocs arriving from the slave Statcsf
whenever they iti‘e‘l‘cqucslcd, but few
'fllllOullt of license fee :
General llllntcl' informs us that, although! ,-
’ he offers tllc .lll'gl‘O passes to goyNorthi'
continue 111 the State of his birth, amid
the associations of his childhood, with
the friends he has made among the acres
his 11'11101 llas tilled
It is, therefore, criminal to do any-
thing towards elllblttcring. the feeling be—
tween the negro and the foreigner. Any
attempt to bl'l'llgtllc pike into our cities
will be terribly punished. xIThis country
is large onollgllfor all] man now inhabit-
ing it. We have upon these shores,
tllrcc races—the 1'cd,’w1_lite, and black.
They must live here“ and humanity
would demand that they be permitted to
live as happily as possible. The fields of
labor are wide enough for all. The
honest white man will have an abundant
opportunity to earn his dollars and buy
his bread. No negro will interfere with
his prerogatives; In his humbler posi-
tion, the negro has the some advantages;
his dollar may be more slowly and more
wearily earned; his bread may be harder
and not so white, but the right to earn it
is as indisputable as the right of any
man 011 the earth. Those who proclaim
massacres as a rewal'd’for honest ambi-
tion and a desire to live, are murderers
in thought and deed, while those who go
about the community endeavoring to an-
tagonize 01' discourage men from enlist-
ing, deserve the severest punishment in
the hands of the law.
van.»-
The N ew Tax Law.
The Direct Tax went. into operation
Sept. lst. The stamp tax is postponed
till October’ls’t'; the income tax will not
be collected till the first of June, ’63; and
real estate is exempt from direct tax, till
1865. 'So the matter of imnlcdiatcinter-
est is the excise-tax. On and after Sept.
lat, the trades, occupations, and persons
carrying 011 business, mentioned. below,
(and in section 64 of the law,)al'c required
to obtain a license, as" will be seen by the
following sections from an official copy of
the law:
SEC. 53. 1191/1 be itfln'l/ler enacted, That
every person, association of persons, part:
ncl'sllip or corporation, desiring to obtain
a license to engage in any of the trades 01'
occupations named ill the sixty-fourth
section of this act, shall register with the
assistant assessor of the assessment dis—
trict ill Which he shall design to carry on
such tl‘ftdC' 01' occupation—first, his or
their name or style; and in case of all as:
sedation or partnership,- tlle names of the
several persons chstituting such associa-
tion or partnership and their places of
residence ;sccolld, tllc tradeor occupation
for which a license is desired ; third, the
place where. such trade, 01' occupation is
to be carried on ; fourth, if a rectifier, the
llanlbcrof barrels 110 designs to rectify ;
if a pcddler, whether-11c designs to travel
on foot, 01' with one, two 01' more horses ;
if all lnxrkccpol‘, the yearly rental of the
house and property to be occupied for
said purpose ; 01', if not rented, the assist-
ant assessor shall value the same. All
of which facts shall be returned duly cor-
tlflcd by such assistant assessor, both to
ti. o as so 5801' am 1 collectol of the district;
and lllcleupon, upon payment to the col-
lector or deputy collector of. the district
the amount as hereinafter provided, such
collector or deputy collector shall make
out and 119111 or a license for such trade 01'
occupation, which license shall continue
1!! force one year, at the place 01' premises
described therein. .
SEC. 59. 1111/1118 {tfm't/lcr enacted, That
if any person 01' persons shall exercise or
carry on any trade 01' business hereinafter
mentioned for the exercising 01' carrying
on of which trade or business a license is
required by this act, without taking out
such license as in that behalf required, he,
she, or they shall, for every such ofi‘ence re:
spectively, forfeit a penalty equal to three
times the amount of the duty or sum of
money imposed for such license, one moie-
ty thereof to the use of the United States,
the other moiety to the use of the person
who, if a collector, shall first discover,
and if other than a collector, shall first
give information of the fact whereby said
forfeiture was incurred.
The following are the trades and occu-
potions nlclltioncd ill Soc. 64. and the
Bankers, $100 ;
auclioucCls $20; wholesale dealers in liq-
1101',$100; lctoildcalclsnl liquor, $20;
lctail dealers 111 other merchandise, $50;
pawnbl'okcrs, 50 ; rcctifiers of liquors
$25 for each five hundred blll'l'cls ; distil-
lcl's, $50 ; brewers, $50 ; hotels, $5 to
$200, according to class; steamers and
passenger vessels, $25 ;cating houses, $10
brokers, $50; commercial brokers, $50 ;
land and 11' all'allt brokers, $25 ; tobaccOé
nist, $10 , tllcatlcs, $100- , circuscs, $50;
jugglcrs, $20; bowling alloys 01' billiard
tables,$5 pcl' alley or table; confectioners,
horse dealers, livery stable keepers, cattk:
brokers, tallow cllandlcl's and soap mav
kcrs, $10 each ; coal oil distillers, $50 ;
pedlcrs, $5 'to $20, according to claw;
wholesale pcdlcl's, $50 ; podium of jaw:
elry, $25; apotllccal'lcs, maaaltacturcl's,
lawyers, physicians, snl'; sons, lntlsts,
l‘clailn and patent agents, 10 one ;pllo-
'togl'aphel's, $10 to $25. ""
‘ Apothécarics, Confectioners, Eating
Houses, 'l‘obllcconists, or Retail Dealers,
whose receipts are less than $1,000, are
exempt from a license. '
M.<.>..¢——~
mChns '1‘. Congdou, 11 110 was afew
.months ago .oac ol the editors of the New
York Tribune, and who ls well known' in
literary circles ,has' enlisted as a. private
Lieut. Zulleth, of the 13th Massachu-
ifipl’lyl the “08"0 ““lmny ”Glenn‘s to 111 in 111 Massachusetts regiment.
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