From the North.
interesting details of News.
the evacuation of the ‘"White House"’--the Imprisonment of Ministers at Nashville — Smothering up the News — Miscellaneous items. Our Northern files furnish some interesting matter in addition to the full details up to the 3d inst., which we published yesterday:
The evacuation of White House — the conflagration.
The correspondent of the New York Times furnishes the following additional particulars of the evacuation of White House: ‘ Dr. Dunsters, medical director of transportation at the White House, began the removal of the sick and wounded soldiers from the hospital tents on board of the steamers C. Vanderbilt, State of Maine, Kennebec, John Brooks, and Louisiana, at 10 o'clock on Friday morning. At 6 P. M. not an invalid remained at the White House depot. There were 1,630 sick and 170 wounded in all. ’Preparations for leaving.
The Pamunkey river had become crowded with vessels of all classes and sizes, principally chartered by the Government for transporting stores, forage, ammunition, &c., &c. On Thursday Colonel Ingalls issued an order for them to prepare to depart for West Point and Yorktown. Tugs were sent to two them down the river as fast as possible. The store-houses and piles of commissary stores at the landing were covered with hay and saturated with whiskey, with bomb shells placed under each pile, ready to be fired at a moment's notice. All the valuable effects belonging to the Government, in the different offices, had been removed on board of steamers. The large water-tank, newly built, at the railroad bridge, and the bridge also, were prepared for destruction. Bags of oats and corn were placed on board of barges, used as temporary docks, to be towed away by steamers.The sutlers.
Teams belonging to the sutlers were loaded up and dispatched to Yorktown by the Williamsburg road. Only a few of them possessed teams at the White House, the majority being engaged in transporting their stores to the regiments at the front. On Friday morning, sutlers made a rush to Captain Sautelle for passes to Fortress Monroe, leaving their tents and stock behind; a few chartered small vessels, and succeeded in saving something from the wreck. On Saturday morning the excitement became more intense. The enemy were reported as being within four miles of the White House. Sutlers' Row, by 2 P. M., was entirely abandoned, together with those lining the shore of the Pamunkey, and their owners went on board of the steamers. The soldiers brought away boxes of tobacco, tea, cheese, and cigars, in large quantities, and then set fire to the tents with the rest of their contents. The loss of the sutlers must have been $100,000 at least, some having large stocks on hand. The rebels took possession of the telegraph at Dispatch Station and received some of our messages, telegraphing answers back to the White House. The trick was discovered before they had obtained any important information.The stores fired.
At about 3 P. M. on Saturday, Col. Ingalls ordered the tank and bridge to be fired first; after that the cars, engines, depot houses, tents, forage, hulks, stores, hospital tents, etc., extending from the bridge to the edge of the woods. Everything was destroyed systematically and in order. While the destruction was going on Gen. Casey had his troops, together with the Hamlin cavalry, formed in line of battle to receive the rebels if they should come to offer battle. It was a grand and imposing sight to witness the conflagration, the bombs bursting scattering the fire in all directions. Mr. John Farrell, army agent, had his place fired before he knew anything about it himself, and Capt. Keil and Mr. Ames, of Baltimore, tried to save his store, which was the very finest at White House, but their efforts did not avail. Mr. Farrell a few days before sent $500 worth of goods to our sick and wounded. His loss alone is over $10,000.Destruction of the White House.
At 4 P. M., a dense volume of smoke was seen to arise from the southwest corner of the roof of the White House. At a first glance it appeared as if proceeding from a pile of commissary stores, burning about two hundred feet from it toward the railroad. In a few moments, however, flames ascended instead of smoke, and we were no longer in doubt as to the locality of the fire. ‘"The White House is burning,"’ exclaimed almost every one on board of the steamers lying at the canal boat docks. Some expressed extreme satisfaction at the sight, while not a few regarded the destruction as want on and unnecessary, calculated to inflame the rebels to add additional cruelties to our men whom the fortunes of war made their prisoners. The fire was the work of some incendiary, care having been taken to prevent the flames from the stores reaching its enclosure. The main house was reverenced for its early associations, as being the identical house where Washington first saw and courted the widow Custis, and where he spent a small portion of his married life. Latterly, it had become the theme of discussion in Congress relative to its disposal, and a degree of censure was attempted to be thrown upon General McClellan for protecting it from being converted into a depot for sutlers' stores, and a rendezvous for idle civilians and soldiers to congregate. It had been assigned to the Sisters of Charity. They had removed their baggage only an hour before the fire was discovered. Whatever it contained in the shape of furniture, paintings, books — and, no doubt, there were many relies endeared to its owners by a thousand ties — fell a prey to the fury of the flames. In two hours after the smoke was seen, nothing remained of the White House save the burning embers and smoking ashes at its base, and two old fashioned chimneys, which stood on each side of the gable ends. They looked, through the openings of the trees, like two grim giants reviewing the scene of desolation.Embarking the last troops.
Skirting the woods North of the railroad, Stoneman's infantry came marching in at 5 P. M. The Vanderbilt, Knickerbocker, and the John Brooks were lying at the sanitary dock to receive them on board. In their rear was the cavalry. A courier came down to Gen. Casey from Stoneman, desiring him to be off immediately, as the rebel videttes were then in sight. The 18th Massachusetts, 17th New York, and a part of the 6th Pennsylvania, composed the force. No time was lost in their embarkation, Stoneman, with his cavalry, then wended their way slowly along the edge of the woods to the road, and followed the rear of our wagons sent to Yorktown. Two ambulances and several wagons were hurled over the embankment into the river breaking into pieces by the fall. Some five mules and horses were left running around loose; with this exception there was no property of any consequence remaining behind. At 7½ o'clock P. M. the Vanderbilt blew the whistle and cut the ropes by which she was fastened, and with her consorts steamed down the river, leaving the gunboats in our rear, with decks cleared, ready for action. The rebels, however, did not venture to occupy the evacuated site of the White House. The line of defence before Richmond covered a circuit of thirty miles; to defend it required a force three times greater than McClellan possessed. In abandoning that line for a front of but nine miles, with only one flank to guard, and even that protected by an almost impassable barrier — the Chickahominy — proves that McClellan has now advantages of position impossible for the rebels to regain.Our loss on Thursday and Friday.
Our loss in the two days fight — killed, wounded, and missing — will approximate to near four thousand. Ambulances were carrying the wounded to Savage's Station, and but one train containing wounded from this fight reached the White House. This was on Friday evening. They were sent on board of the Louisiana. The capture of the railroad, which so much facilitated the speedy removal of our sick and wounded, is a sad blow to our suffering soldiers. They will now have to be removed to City Point, on the James river, where transports have been sent.The New York Press on the News.
The New York Herald, of the 2d instant, gives the following editorial comments on the news from McClellan, as far as it had been received: ‘ In the absence of any later definite intelligence, we can only give our own conclusions of the most probable condition of things near Richmond since Saturday morning. At the close of the hard fighting on Friday evening, the forces of Gen. McClellan on the north side of the Chickahominy were withdrawn to the south side leaving that stream impassable to the enemy, and its difficult bordering swamps as the protection of the right flank of our army. On that side, therefore, we conclude the fighting was terminated on Friday. But the cannonading of Saturday seemed to be on the left. If the enemy, however, made an attack on that flank, it was by an inferior force from the city — a very hazardous experiment. At all events, we are confident that the change of front secured by General McClellan on Friday placed him in a strong position, well protected on both flanks, and that, with 30,000 of the enemy 25 miles in his rear, at White House Landing, and 30,000 or 40,000 more on the North side of the Chickahominy on Friday night, our army was secure against another attack for at least two days. At the end of these two days Gen. McClellan was first probably reinforced to the extent of ,000 miles exclusive of Gen. Burnside's army which, perhaps, may have reached him, or was within supporting distance, as early as Sunday evening. In the absence of any positive information since Saturday, such are our views and opinions from a dispassionate consideration of the events before Richmond at Thursday and Friday. We may be the extent advantages events. General McClellan may have land and seized the opportunity for dashing into Richmond. We are waiting for four days later news than our last advices direct from the army, and we are anticipating the most glorious tidings of success. The N. Y. Tribune does not say one word editorially, but, in its news summary thinks that. The latest rumors are very conflicting, but most of them seem to be unfavorable. Dispatches to Flag Officer Goldsborough, on Monday, are said to state that the rebel attack on our right was a desperate affair, in which the rebels lost 5,000 men; our loss was heavy. Gen. Stoneman, being cut off from the right, had retreated to Yorktown, and arrived at Fortress Monroe. It is further stated that on his left, McClellan, with severe fighting, had passed through White Oak Swamp, with 40,000 men and 100 pieces of artillery, to a secure and advantageous position, and had subsequently cut through a line of communication with the James river. It is reported that, during the two days fighting, McClellan's loss was 10,000. On this head we have no particulars what ever. Col. Alexander had come through to James river to select the new base, and Turkey Bend had been decided on. This is about thirty miles from Richmond, and ten miles above City Point. Telegraphic communication beyond Yorktown is cut off, and the officials permit nothing outside the official dispatches to go upon the wire. ’ The N. Y. Times thinks ‘"the work which General McClellan has in hand is progressing to a favorable conclusion."’ It goes on: ‘ The heavy operations of the battle field, last week, practically ended with Friday, by which time the change of position which was desired, had been effected, and further offensive action on the part of the enemy was impossible. Our left wing rested upon the James river, our right upon the Chickahominy, and the whole national line was less than nine miles in length. Communication with the gunboats had been opened up; perhaps other forces to the southward had been spoken with; and the now compact mass of the Union army was ready for the next word of its commander. Of the rebel army we hear actually nothing. Whether that section of it which pushed to the railroad and the York river still remains there; or, finding that in their occupation they had achieved a barren conquest, and that it were altogether useless to attempt to hold or use it, whether they have drawn back again to the main line of defences, hear the rebel capital, there to await the onset of McClellan, we are quite in the dark. We should judge that the latter would be their policy, and that they would have carried it out just as rapidly as possible.--They cannot cross the Chickahominy; they cannot operate on the York river, or anywhere north or east of it; and so, perhaps, leaving a small force for the sake of show, and to give themselves assurance of a victory won, Jackson at once hastened in the direction of the beleaguered capital. Jackson's name and army would be a tower of strength there at present, crowned as he is with the laurels of the Shenandoah, and followed by fifty thousand of the best troops in Jeff. Davis's service. All these rebel masses, however, cannot avail for the defence of Richmond when once our gunboats shall have passed Fort Darling and the rebel obstructions in the river. When they reach the town, its surrender is certain; the most feasible line of retreat of the rebel army is cut off, if indeed the iron-clads be not capable of rendering a successful retreat altogether impracticable. At present we judge that the national and rebel armies are now again confronting each other, with the former in an incalculably better position than it formerly occupied, and consequently far stronger, and with a line not one third the length of its former line to defend. What Gen. McClellan's programme of action now may be will very soon develop itself. Army correspondents are busy predicting that he will be in the rebel capital by the 4th of July, and some papers have published the news that he is already there. He is, doubtless, as anxious to get there as anybody can be, knowing what a destructive effect such a movement would have upon the rebellion and the rebel army. Things are evidently in that peculiar condition at present, when an hour may flash over the wires the news that he is there, and that the rebel army is in a worse place. In the meantime, he needs that every soldier that can possibly be spared be pushed on to reinforce him that so when he does strike, he may make of his stroke a sure thing. ’ The New York Express sums up the ‘"two things gained"’ in the following brief paragraph: ‘ One, that Abolition M. C.'s can no longer ‘"rail"’ at General McClellan on ‘ "the White House;"’ the other, that his headquarters are now beyond their reach, unless they go through the fire of the enemy. ’ The World is of opinion ‘"that General McClellan's great victory — if it proves to be one--will come upon our English cousins like a clap of thunder in a clear sky."’ But after summing up the several reverses to the Federal arms, it says: ‘ "Should General McClellan meet with a great disaster, there can scarcely be a question but that it will lead to the recognition of the Southern Confederacy." ’ This journal is not pleased with the ‘"military situation in the West,"’ and says: ‘ Gen. Curtis is retreating, with a prospect that he will lose his army and leave Missouri undefended. Gen. Mitchell is retiring before the rebels in Tennessee, and Gen. Morgan is marching in opposite direction from Knoxville. Rebel armies are turning up in every direction, and our forces are nowhere as strong as they should be. ’ The Times, in fact all the papers, cry aloud for reinforcements, which the ‘"great victories"’ have rendered necessary in order to speedily crush out the rebellion. The Express wants a million of men, and if they wont volunteer, it advocates drafting. It declares the war, as thus far prosecuted, to be not a war, but a species of ‘"gambling"’ in which so many thousands of lives have been sacrificed, only because there were not more men in the field. The Times is also much distressed about the evacuation of James Island by Gen. Hunter. Under the caption of a ‘"Step Backward,"’ it observes that nothing the Northern people will so much regret as the news brought from Port Royal by the steamer Blackstone last night. --that Gen. Hunter had ordered James Island to be evacuated,--because, if there was one spot more than another, in all the South, where there ought to have been ‘"no step backward,"’ that spot was on that very James Island, near — nay, almost in front, or rather on the flank of Charleston.The call for more troops.
The New York Tribune, of the 2d inst., says: ‘ We publish this morning a call from the President for 300,000 more men, as an additional force to the armies of the Union. The President hopes that they ‘"will be enrolled without delay, so as to bring this unnecessary and injurious civil war to a speedy and satisfactory conclusion."’ This wish will be responded to by every loyal heart in the land. The call is made at the urgent request of the Governors of all the loyal States, with two exceptions. Whether these omissions are accidental, or because for some personal reason the signatures are withheld, we do not know; but the two States which have sent as large, if not larger, number of their sons to war, in proportion to their population, will not, we are sure, be backward in responding to the President's call. The signers to the letter, in urging this appeal to the country, very truly represent, we have no doubt, the feeling of the people whom they represent. A ‘"speedy conclusion"’ of the war is what the nation demands. ’ The following is the correspondence alluded to:To the President of the United States:
Sir
--The undersigned, Governors of States of the Union, impressed with the belief that the citizens of the States which they respectively represent are, of one accord, in the hearty desire that the recent successes of the Federal arms may be followed up by measures which must ensure the speedy restoration of the Union; and believing that, in view of the present state of the important military movements now in progress, and the reduced condition of our effective forces in the field, resulting from the usual and unavoidable casualties of the service, that the time has arrived for prompt and vigorous measures to be adopted by the people in support of the great interests committed to your charge, we respectfully request — if it meets with your entire approval — that you at once call upon the several States for such number of men as may be required to fill up all the military organizations now in the field, and to add to the armies heretofore organized such additional number of men as may, in your judgment, be necessary to garrison and hold possession of the numerous cities and military positions that have been captured by our armies, and to speedily crush out the rebellion that exists in several of the Southern States, thus practically restoring to the civilized world our great and good Government.
We all believe that the decisive moment is near at hand, and to that end the people of the United States are desirous to aid promptly in furnishing all reinforcements that you may deem needful to sustain our Government. Israel Washburne, jr., Governor of Maine;
N. S. Berry, Governor of New Hampshire;
Frederick Holbrook, Governor of Vermont;
William A. Buckingham, Governor of Connecticut;
E. D. Morgan, Governor of New York;
Chas. S. Olden, Governor of New Jersey;
A. C. Curtin, Governor of Pennsylvania;
A. W. Bradford, Governor of Maryland;
F. H. Pierpoint, Governor of Virginia;
Austin Blair, Governor of Michigan;
J. B. Temple, President Military Beard of Kentucky;
Andrew Johnson, Governor of Tennessee;
H. R. Gumble, Governor of Missouri;
O. P. Morton, Governor of Indiana;
David Tod, Governor of Ohio;
Alex, Rumsay, Governor of Minnesota;
Richard-Yates, Governor of Illinois;
Edward Salemba, Governor of Wisconsin.
N. S. Berry, Governor of New Hampshire;
Frederick Holbrook, Governor of Vermont;
William A. Buckingham, Governor of Connecticut;
E. D. Morgan, Governor of New York;
Chas. S. Olden, Governor of New Jersey;
A. C. Curtin, Governor of Pennsylvania;
A. W. Bradford, Governor of Maryland;
F. H. Pierpoint, Governor of Virginia;
Austin Blair, Governor of Michigan;
J. B. Temple, President Military Beard of Kentucky;
Andrew Johnson, Governor of Tennessee;
H. R. Gumble, Governor of Missouri;
O. P. Morton, Governor of Indiana;
David Tod, Governor of Ohio;
Alex, Rumsay, Governor of Minnesota;
Richard-Yates, Governor of Illinois;
Edward Salemba, Governor of Wisconsin.
Reply of the Presidents.
Executive Mansion. Washington, July 1, 1862.
Gentlemen Fully concurring in the wisdom of the views expressed to me in a patriotic's manner in the communication of the of These difficult to call service an force of three hundred thousand countrymen.
I suggest and recommend that the troops should be principally of infantry.
The quota of
your State would be.--. I trust that they may be enrolled without delay so as to bring this unnecessary and injurious civil war to a speedy and satisfactory conclusion.
An order fusing the quota of the several States will be issued by the War Department to-morrow.
The way the News is Smothered up.
C. C. Fulton, of the Baltimore American, is still in Fort McHenry on account of ‘"that telegram"’ about McClellan. The American, of the 2d inst., says that previous to leaving the city for the fort' Mr. Fulton addressed the following dispatch to President Lincoln: --I find myself under arrest and on my way to Fort McHenry. I appeal to you for a hearing and prompt release in behalf of my family, who will be in great distress at the execution of this inexplicable order. The Secretary of War authorized me to publish my statement. I am authorized to say to you that your arrest was not made for publishing the statement, but upon your statement that you were preparing a detailed account, including facts obtained from Washington, having been sent for by special train to communicate with the President. This is regarded by the President and the War Department as a flagrant and outrageous violation of the confidence with which you were treated. The publication of facts obtained from Washington under such circumstances is a high military crime. Respectfully,
E. S. Sanford.
Military Superintendent.
To the dispatch from Col. Sanford Mr. Fulton replied as follows:
E. S. Sanford.
Military Superintendent.
To the dispatch from Col. Sanford Mr. Fulton replied as follows:
Colonel Sanford:
Sir
--The dispatch I sent to New York was a private one, addressed to Mr. Craig for his information as to whether he desired to receive the report I was preparing for the press.
It was not intended for publication, and would not have been published if my report had been permitted to go through by telegraph.
I never dreamed of its being published.
To find myself in Fort McHenry, the depot for traitors, is a mortification I cannot express.
Having risked both life and property in defending the Union cause when our city was in the possession of traitors, and rendered services, as editor and proprietor of the Baltimore American, to the Government in sustaining the laws which no one has excelled, I ask, in common justice, that I should at least be released on my parole.
A Rich article.
The following article is from the New York Times. It has its wish. Richmond is occupied (though not by the ‘"Young Napoleon"’), and its army is in the most extraordinary state of ‘"vigilant repose"’ ever witnessed. Richmond — And Then.--The rapid completion of the tremendous preparations which McClellan has made for the discomfiture and confusion of the rebels before Richmond, authorizes a belief that hardly a week will pass before a great battle shall have decided the event of the war. Of the reinforcements received and dispositions made by the Union General, it is improper to speak. It is enough to know he heads an army numerically and physically the strongest in the New World, that in point of artillery and munitions he has vastly the advantage of the enemy; and that there is to be no such thing as a ‘"siege of Richmond,"’ and especially is there to be no such thing as defeat. Gen. McClellan will attack the rebels in their encampments, drive them back with artillery and the bayonet, and enter the rebel Capital close on the heels of their broken and flying columns. To effect this our gallant General conceives himself abundantly competent--a faith, we have reason to know, shared to the fullest extent by his offices and men. Assuming, therefore, the acquisition of Richmond, it becomes a question of the profoundest interest to foregather, as far as practicable, the subsequent course of the war. We may have a decided policy marked out; but the movements of a victorious army are vexatiously dependent upon those of the vanquished, and until we know definitely the plans of the insurgent leaders, it is in vain we fabricate the most elaborate strategical projects, and determine upon the most complex and apparently indefeasible combinations. The shrewdest player at chess is often baffled by the very folly and inconsequence of his adversary. The rebels, however, are not wholly destitute of method in their lunacy; and if we may confide in a revelation made through a Nassau paper, and since very generally circulated in the South, they have a very clear and well defined plan for maintaining the war at least through the months of summer and early fall. Richmond taken, they propose a retirement to the mountains. Scattered while the hot weather prevails among the Alleghenies and the elevated grounds in the neighborhood, they propose to recruit and remodel their army for a winter campaign, leaving the Union forces to perish along the unwholesome seaboard. With the aid of innumerable guerrilla parties, they expect to keep enough of the open country clear of the enemy to leave them abundant supplies, and not wholly without means of communication with the coast, where, from time to time, the British vessels, bearing arms and munitions, will land those always necessary stores. The Union forces, it is calculated, may object to this arbitrary partition of the Southern territory, and will insist upon fighting their way into the hills, and exposing themselves to the ruinous odds of a contest with a foe entrenched in every advantage of position. In this ill-advised warfare, the gain will be steadily in favor of the rebels. They will destroy, discourage, and demoralize their antagonists, at the same time they secure the prestige of success to themselves, without exposure or loss. And if when winter arrives the National Government is not weary of a contest so ruinous the rebels will be in a capital condition to resume an offensive policy in the lowlands. While such is, in all likelihood, the matured programme of the rebel managers, we are not aware that any counter-policy has been fixed upon by our Government. What that policy should be can hardly be a topic of question. The idea of prosecuting an active campaign in the Gulf States during the heats of midsummer is, of course, impracticable. The climate and disease would mow down our ranks with far more terrible certainty than would the guns of an enemy; while, used to climate and country, the rebels would not only evade disease, but make such admirable improvement of their topographical knowledge as to defy the pursuit of a perishing and disheartened soldiery. All the odds of such a contest would be adverse. The nation, watching the profitless and fatal mistake of our rulers, would grow weary of the war, and respond to the calculations of the rebels by clamoring for peace. The alternative of this mistaken course is obviously a pause in active field operations during the summer. Let the enemy be surrounded by an impenetrable cordon by land as well as by sea. Perfect the blockade. Strengthen every position thus far gained on land, so as to hold it securely.--Sever all railroad connections within reach, so that reinforcements and supplies can only reach the enemy with the almost difficulty. Draw in as narrowly as possible the circuit of the Union army. Let vigilance while the summer lasts, take the place of energy. When the rebel Capital shall be ours, delay will be the ally of the North. Every hour the rebels suffer under the opprobrium of that loss, will weaken and disorganize them; while the moral gain to the Union cause can only be endangered by persistence in active warfare sure to be attended with disaster and constant failure. Whatever may be the plans of the rebels, the path of our duty is plainly set forth. It is to place the army for the summer in a posture of vigilant repose, at once refreshing its strength and refilling its ranks, while the enemy is left to the decomposition sure to result from his compulsory inaction. When autumn comes, a result of this wise policy will be that there will, in all human probability, be no enemy to contend against.Clergymen of Nashville sent to the penitentiary.
Governor Johnson, of Tennessee, at the request of a large number of the Nashville clergy, had a conference with them the other day, in reference to an ‘"order"’ from the former requiring them all to take the oath of allegiance. On entering the room the Governor shook hands familiarly with two or three. Others did not seem inclined to shake hands with him, nor he with them. Among the number of the latter was the Rev. Mr. Elliott. Although of a religious turn of mind, and a respecter of the doctrines of Christianity, it was the first time Governor Johnson had had the opportunity of mingling in so influential a class meeting--one representing such rivers sectarian tenets. Perfectly composed, he entered into the midst of them and said, ‘"Well gentlemen, what is your desire."’ Rev. Mr. Sehon.--I speak but for myself, Governor; I do not know what the other gentlemen wish. My request is, that I may have a few days to consider the subject of signing the paper. I wish to gather my family together, and talk over the subject. Gov. Johnson.--How long a time will you require? Rev. Mr. Sehon.--My wife is at some distance, and my family having recently labored under a severe domestic affliction, I would, if you have no objection Governor, have fourteen days allowed me for the purpose of gathering any family together. Rev. Mr. Ford.--That is not to be understood to be the request of all of us. Rev. Mr. Sehon.--Oh, no Governor. We have been conversing on the subject and I did not know but that it would be desirable to have a mutual consultation before we again met. Rev. Mr. Howell.--I did not understand the brother. Rev. Mr. Kendrick.--Nor. F. We can come as well as together. Rev. Mr. Sahon.--I did not understand the proposition. Rev. Mr. Sehon.--It was a fare suggestion, and the object might have been misapprehended by the brethren. Gov. Johnson.--It seems to me that there should be but little hesitation among you, gentlemen, about this matter. All that is required of you is to sign the oath of allegiance. If you are loyal citizens you can have no reason to refuse to do so. If you are disloyal, and working to obstruct the operations of the Government. It is my duty as the representative of this Government, to see that you are placed in a position to that the least possible harm can result from your proceedings. You certainly cannot reasonably refuse to renew your allegiance to the Government that is now protecting you and your families and property. Rev. Mr. Eliott.--As a non-combatant, Governor, I considered that under the stipulations of the surrender of this city I should be no further annoyed. As a non-combatant, I do not know that I have committed any act, since the Federal occupied the city, that would require time to take the oath required. Gov. Johnson.--I believe, Mr. Elliott, you have two brothers in Ohio? Mr. Elliott.--Yes, Governor, I have two noble brothers there, I have seen them button occasional visits for thirty four years. They have been good friends to me. They did not agree with me in the course I pursued in regard to secession. But I have lived in Tennessee so many years that I have considered the State my home, and am willing to follow her fortunes. Tennessee is a good State. Gov. Johnson.--I know Tennessee is a good State, and I believe the best way to improve her fortunes is to remove those from her borders who prove disloyal and traitors to her interests, as they are traitors to the Government that has fostered and protected them. I think, Mr. Elliott, that a visit to your brothers in Ohio will prove of service to you. Rev. Mr. Elliott.--I do not know whether I have been proven disloyal, I am no politician, and never attended but one political meeting, and never but once perpetrated a political joke. Gov. Johnson.--Perhaps not, sir. But by your inflammatory remarks and conversation, and by your disloyal behavior in weaning the young under your charge from their allegiance to the Government established by their fathers, you have won a name that will never be placed on the roll of patriots. A visit to the North, I repeat, may be of benefit to you. [Sensation.] Rev. Mr. Kendrick, (after reading the oath.)--I would like a few days' time before I sign this paper, Governor. Gov. Johnson.--How long do you require? Rev. Mr. Kendrick.--Just as you please, Governor. One, two or three days, or a week. Gov. Johnson.--A week from to-day? Rev. Mr. Kendrick.--Yes, Governor, say a week. The other clergymen were inquired of in regard to the time they required to make up their minds, and it was generally agreed that they, within a week, would be prepared to either renew their allegiance, or make preparations for their departure.--This was the understanding with all the clergymen, with the exception of Rev. Mr. Elliott, with whom a time for a private interview was assigned by Gov. Johnson.The Sequel.
Nashville June 28th.
--At the special second Conference of Clergymen before Governor Johnson, all declined to take the oath of allegiance.
Most of them were sent to the penitentiary, prior to their removal to General Halleck, for the purpose of being exchanged for Tennessee prisoners.
One hundred of the Maryland home guard captured.
The Wheeling (Va.) Intelligencer, of Tuesday. says: ‘ A report, which was generally believed, was in circulation along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, near Piedmont, yesterday, to the effect that on Sunday last, Lieut. Col. Downey, of the 3d Maryland regiment, and 200 soldiers were captured by the rebels at Moorefield. Lieut. Col. Downey and two companies of his regiment were commanding the post at Moorefield, when a portion of Gen. Ewell's rebel army came down upon him, surprising and capturing the whole force. ’ The following, in relation to the same affair, is from the Associated Press: Martinsburg, July 1.--Colonel Harness, formerly of Ashby's Cavalry, captured Moorefield on Sunday afternoon, and one hundred of the Maryland Home Guard, who held the place, were all taken prisoners. They were subsequently paroled by Harness, and sent to Cumberland with accoutrements, but without guns. The Marylanders were deceived about the number of rebels. They were reported four thousand strong. Harness has got himself in a bad box, as he cannot escape capture. Captain Carter, of the Jessie Scouts, was shot in the leg by a rebel female, at Cumberland, last night. The wound is not dangerous. [Moorefield is a post-village, in Hardy county, Va., on the south branch of the Potomac, 178 miles northwest of Richmond. It contains several stores and mills, and about fifty dwellings.]From Washington.
[special Dispatches to the New York Herald.]
reported intervention of Foreign powers in American affairs.
It is understood that the Government has been notified by the Ministers of two leading European powers that the war must immediately be brought to an end. A fact of this sort demonstrates the hypocrisy of the powers in question, which have heretofore put forth the idea that there would be no intervention if there was a reasonable prospect of crushing out the rebellion.
It seems however, that the advice of a British quarterly has been followed — that intervention should only take place when it should only become apparent that the rebellion was about to prove a failure.
It will be gratifying to the Union men of the country to know that the Administration is a unit against the world in arms for the preservation of our whole country.
General Sigel appointed to the command of Fremont's Ports.
General Rufus King has declined the command of the corps d' armee recently commanded by Gen. Fremont, preferring to remain at the head of the brigade which he has so carefully disciplined and brought to a high state of efficiency. Gen. Sigel has been assigned to the corps lately under Fremont's command.The call for more troops.
Boston July 2.
--Governor Andrew has issued a call to the people of Massachusetts to fill up to the maximum number all her regiments now in the field, and for ten or fifteen new regiments, in response to the call of the War Department.
The Governor closes his call as follows: ‘ "Massachusetts, which has never slumbered nor slept, must now arise to higher efforts, and pledge to all the duties of patriotism with renewed devotion the individual efforts, the united hearts, heads and hands of all her people."’
