THE BATTLES IN VIRGINIA.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 302, 8 December 1862, Page 6

THE BATTLES IN VIRGINIA.

on, « , v (From the. Times.")',."^ v ; m- GENERAL' POPE'S REPORT- A^ , ne The following official report of General Pbpt £? has been published at Washington■:-— ■■■' / : ps>. , «Head-quarters'' Army o£ Virginia^ Sept. :3. , in* "General,—l have the honor to^ubmit the fol; ° lowing brief sketch of ; the operations of this armj **?'. since the 9thof i August.'l moved from ■ Sperry !, oi villeiliittle Washington, and Warrentoh with th« -:n6 corpsCbf Banks and Sigel,'and one i divisiono lir- M'Dowell's corps, numbei-ing in all 32,000 men pra to meet the enemy, who had 'crossed the Ilapldaf og- and was advancing dn Culpepper/', The/ mby^ tod' merit towards; Gordpnayille had Ico'mpletbly sue he. ceed^d in drawing oft 7 a Wrge fbrce froift^ liidh'mont ong ,and. Jin-r^eving;;^h6:Arffijr'.,of the Potomac frpq ; - mucli^6f:the : jdanger that threatened its'withdmwa 'y. : \ from,theJ&riinsula,. The actionofji^ugust 9,; a f W -Ge<lai? iMpuntain, MJith?.theiforces under JacWsbii 19ft; Avhick tconipelledhitf retreat across the.f Rapidkri Br®> made necessaryfttill further ?relntbrc%ients of tB $? enemy;f?om ;• v thiß■M^ei;; l^l; !l'i^)felo{ ur- apparent that»«the- Army ■ of the Potomac wjy ora • evacaatin^ the Peninsula,, the Avhole^fericejOf urn but enemy^^ concentrated: around. Richmb^d was'pusnej forward with^great roipidity?to cr«ißl^theLMi.TO^-a frfe ■■' Yirginia-befdrie the |prcesi eMcda^g^tne^l^niii. i^y suhycouldWu^ ir Mbuniairifiand; s^U^^eh^to'cro^^gllrtit fij dan, until thd"ntli'^i"' Augvist^'b^ whwh^iiini J- General Roberferlieet'had-assembled in my fron| 'f c*'. efght mil^S}i nearly|ttiej.wj]iple rebi ?wt ; ' iirmy;' As iootf va^ r this faTqfr, one md knevy that ttib / iArmy' rof thej Potoi^i^ was |tv stic longer'in dftjyr bkek v^olo :ftfc« ►rm^ tbot iEtfippahahnocki pjaulhei nig^lpf tn^s 17tl grey iand^ay^oftthe;lß|H^itHoJi^ipb no o^e in advance bfLbe^ nu e against me. The ene1 my immediately'appear^ >r 1J my front at'Ba{»ahannock Station', atn^'attempWc j lH' • to^adjsTilio,iriver at that bridge, nnd^thjj n'amcrpui < 'fords above ap<t below, but without 1 success,; JTh'i "l^ line^ ,Qk' the M,ppeir- Rappahannock, whac^i * l* t Ijad been' "brdereUi'to, hold,.that -the enQmy^i^Hl fak , be* delayed,: Jowg^ enough M JW» -advance-tupot iith. iWaiilungtoii.tp enable the forces from the £en,i£ stilft to land and effect a janctloh with me,:wa, j

* verjrweak, aa ifr couldjie cuossea -afejilmpjfc * any * joint above the railroad bridge byjgood s .fords J3y' constant vigilance and* activity", and mucfi severe fighting Ibrthreo day?, the'enemy wai gradually forced jsronndfrom the railroad ;cross ins; to Wateriao4>ridge, west pf Warrenton Meantime my force'had beeri'mucft I'diminished b] actual loss la battle, and by fatigue "and exposure so that, although I had been joined by, a, detach tnent under Gener.il Reno and another divisioi of M'Djwell's corps, my force barely numbaret 40,000 On'the —th a heavy rain fell, whicl rendered the fords impassible for 24 hours. A soon as I discovered this I concentrated my forces and marched rapidly upon Sulphur Springs am Waterloo-bridge to drive'back the forces of th enemy, which had succeeded in crossing at thes points. This was J successfully done1, and th bridges destroyed. I passed one day, or rathe part of one, at 'Warrenton and. beyond. Th enemy- still continued to move slowly aroun r along the river, masking every ford with artiller and heavy forces of artillery and heavy forces c infantry, so that it was impossible for me to attac him, .even with the greatly interior forces uude my command,, without passing the rive over fords strongly guarded in the fa'c of superior numbers. The movement of Jackso toward White Plains,and in the direction < Thoroughfare Gap, while the maia body < the enemy confronted riit- at Sulp'u Springs and Waterloo bridge, was we > known to me, but I relied confidenil upon the force** which I had been assured wonl b«j sent from Alexandria, and one stray divisio , of which I had ordered to take post on the wort t at Manassas Junction ; I was entirely under tr belief that these would be there, and it was m until I found my communication intercepted thi - I was undeceived., I knew, that this: movemei " was no raid; and that it was iniade by not less tha • 25,000 men under Jackson; .By,: this time tl ■ army coip3 of Ileintzelman, about 710,000 stroh 2 had reached Warrehtori 'Junctiofn £■ dhe ctivisic 3 of iti I think, on the very day of the raid ; bi . they came without artillery, with only for! f rounds of ammunition tp the :man, /withoi 3 wagons, and even the field arid general office " withbjathbrses. Fuz-Johri Porter also arrived ; t Bristow station, near Rappaharinbc^ with one' 3. the divisions 4,soostrong, while his other div r sion was still atßanneLt's and Kelly's Ford. V ?_ directed that, corps, about 8,500 strong, to cgi 'i centrate immediately at Warrenton Junctio i.' ' where Heintzelinan already was. This was a - complislied on the evening of ttie —th. 'As sot is as it became known to me that 'Jackson was c c the railroad it became apparent that'the uppi ,f. Rappahannockwas no longer tenable. I cou >g not detach sufficient' force tc- meet Jackson, at at the same time attempt to confront the ma , body of the enemy. I accordingly at'once evac< I 1" atett Wam-nfcon and Warrenton Junction, direc ••-■ ing M'Dowell, with his own corpj and SigeV >t and ,the division of Reynolds', to march rapid a by the turnpike upon Gains ville, so, asto'inte it cept any reinforcements '.' coming; to Jacks( is through Thoroughfare Gap, ,aud instructing Rei ;r - with his command, and Kearney,* with one div •Q. sion of Hdatzelman's, to triarch on Greenwich, ts as to, support; M'DoweliViri case of neeessit • I moved back along the railroad upon Manass Junction. Near Kettle Run Hooker came,upi Le the advance of Eweli's division ori the' afternoon a the 27th. A severe action took place, which tc 11 ; initiated at dark", Ewcll being driven from t f, field with the loss of his camp and 300 killed ai st wounded. The unfortunate oversight of n :>f bringing more than forty rounds of arnmuniti ir became -at once, alarming. At nightfall Hook X l had about five rounds to the man left. As .so st as I learnt tins I sent back Fitz-John Porter 0^ .march with his corps at one o'clock that night, "as to be with Hooker at daylightin the mornin " The distance was; only nine'miles, and he recoiv 3^ the despatch 'at-fifty minutes' past nine ,6'cl6( l. a but did not reach the ground until after tail 6'clo is next" morning, -He can probably 'explain b'eti n, ,tlmu T.Ciin the reaspn.of this delay. Porfcuriate ry, Hooker had handled the army so severely t \r- evening before, and the" movement of M'J)o\v ve f frad begun to be so1 apparent, .that the en err m feurfuLof being surrbunuerl, had retreated pre ;ie - .'pitately ifrom Manassas Junction, directiag 1 c .retreat through ? Centreville, as -M^Dowellj Rei i i and Kearney had made i^the road through Gaii ' yille impracticable. I immediately pushed ft n" ward to ' Manassas, aad thence 1 to CentreVil ? a which was! occupied by K/arney that- night tot !11l aiew hours after the enemy had left fit. 'Re be had. reached Mauassas Junction, and Fitz-Jo ia- Porter was immediately ordered up from Bro )St Run, where lie had stoppad. McDowell's mpi lot ment, conducted with vigor arid speed, h he- beenl completely successful, the eher y e > being intercepted at Gainsviile, 'and part of 1 p» forces driven back through. Thoroughfare Gi Late in the evening of the —th M'Dowell's.s ' yadce (Gibbon's Brigade) met the force of Jacks retiring from Qeutreville, and A about six mi e'^ from that place.' A very sharp skirmish to P place, ended by "the darkness, in which the briga ild. of Gibbon behaved very handsomely and suffer is. heavy loss; Sigei was close at hand with 1 Lt- corps, but did not join in the.action/ linst^uct iis Kearney to move forward at early day^iawn^ ward Gainsviile, closely followed by Hooker 4 0( j Reno, and engage the enemy thus jjlaced'betwe ny , M'Dowell arid Sigel on the west, and/Fitz-Jb Porter, on the south. I also instructed Eitz-J^O • • •' Porter with his own corps, and King's division r, e M'Dowell'a cprps, which liad from some reas T' tallen back frqiri tiie Warrenton Turnpike tovvar <m Manassas Junction, to move^ at. daylight in, t 288 morning upon GaiusviSle, along the Manassas G he .Railroad, until' they communicated closelyr wi i'r-; the forces under Heintzelman and'Sigel, cautio ib-1 ing them riot to go further than was riocessar^ ,ye effecfc this jurictiori, as we might be obliged to'i [id, that' tiight for subsisteri* : a j. if nothing eisK Heintzelman^mdrchefi ear ' - 3 iromCentreyiUq towards Gainsvilie, closely fc • lowed by lieno." Meantime, shortly afcer da e! r light,Sigei^andßeyaolds'sdivisioniof M-Dowel ? • corps had become engaged \yith the eri°my, who w >r * brought to a stand, and was soon joined by Heii of zelrnan aud Reuo, whoa the whole line becat he actively engaged. Porter marched as directc ily folio *c Iby King's division, which was by tl to time joined by Rickett's division, which had he* >n- forced back from Thoroughfare Gap by the heal rs t forces of the enemy advancing to suppjrt Jac v son. A soon as I found that the enemy had bei i" brought to a halt, and was being vigorously r tacked along the Warrenton Turnpike. I se \ re orders to M'Dowell to advance rapidJy on the \< riy and attack the enemy on his flank, extending 1 as right to meet Reynold's left, and to Fitz-John Pc er ter to keep his right well closed on M'Dowel left, and to attack the enemy in flank and ret while he was pushed in front. This would ha made the line of M'Dowell and Porter at rig angles~to that of the other forces engaged, Tl action raged furiously all i day, M'Dowe although previously iv rear of Porter, bringing h whole corps on the field in the afternoon/ ai taking a conspicuous part itf that aay's operatioi 3PB To my surprise and disappointment, I rcceiv late in the afternoon from Porter a note sayii that his advance had met the enemy on the-flai fol- in some force, and that he was retiring u;»( my Manassas Junction without engaging or comii ry- to the assistance of our other forces, al though tin the "were enguged in a furious action'only two mil iof distant and iv full hearing oF him. A portion ien, his force fell back towards Manassas, and he r Jan maincd, as he afterwards informed me, where 1 ye- was, looking at the enemy during the whole of tl .uc- afternoon of Friday, and part 'of Friday'nigr >nd passing over in plain v»ew to reinforce the troo] ■om. 'under Jackson u withput an effort to prevent it wal aßsißtus. One at least of his brigades uud at Generil Griffin got round to Centreville, and i ipri, mained there during the whole of the next'day lan, battle, without coming on the field, though in fu the view of the battle which was raging, while G ins neral Griffin himself spent the day1 in making i! tvas ftatured strictures upon the, general commandii ihe *tfie action, in the presence of a promiscuous a hed Bemblage. Darkness closed the action on F, rsda Prof thoenemy being diivenback from his positioi lin- by >Heintzelman's corps,and, Reno concluded by, dar furious attack along the turnpike by King's div ipW sion of M'DowcH's corp3, leaving his dead ai iuie wounded- on'-the field.' *J do*not *hositate to sa >ht, that if the corps of Porter'had attacked the enere $bal iii tlie flank on the afternoon uf F.-iday, aa "he ho and my written or.le,r t to t do. T we should -utterly*na' J,no ,crushcd r Jc^cksbn 1 before the forces under L >l?ce could have reached, him, v *Why ,he ,did nj 7th do' so I understand. Our/ me and much f woyh, down by service at icnt cpntinubus l figh|ing f for many previous days, nt lin verj^"Short of provisions, rbsted on their gun iteft' Oar horses Jmdtto ''fo*ug<rfor li\vp daya.'^l. l»fi 'ou¥ "telegra^Jiedanu'^yntten, urgently for Vat Sons au The fbfag^t'obe'seftfc/us^ufc on Saturday,, mprnlnj t '^bfcfgr^ the a&fon-waa resumed^! receiyed-ft lettt |E% .froui^enoral J'r»nkUn,'wr£ttea.t|te / day. l fadfQr.e \ pom {Alexandria}? stating to me that he had^oem a 2*ected'by Generur«M tClella'n'i to,informp?meltim waf s for mylicoramaad'would" I

f knqfc, n^(^ri<Wie^fa^ c hwere;coul&no fcibe spiredftfroni t^e:-frontveyeii if \ Ujhejr^ljad;^^ j^\^riaun«l await tlie loading 6f trittn^ Jthe iJ tiiiie^thisi letter was wrifcten .■'•Jkiexandrla^was E. L swappinghWitlij ; frqops^audj > ( my army inM i^i^|^rbetw|^a>that pla<^(aa(l. tlie;ei^^. ;lat 11 bfeKiad -JBull-Buu. if we'^isHjed^ *ariel ?■• aninmterfroin B^i^afci6n;'?iOAEriday; night tseat H a^^p^^fo^der.ta General;Pd^te^tftbriag^his .qonttondjoh thefeld,^ 31 withiatKr^ 1 6iitV aVT bibfb^st&edftmt { ofMsbrigades^eiiiiiiii^dtKe wli^le^dar*iat Centref p?yille and was uotiatlieerigageineatS Theeriemy?£ c jhea^reinfo^ r:I af^rh,bpnandijight^he'-.began to lriassdnhipriglit r- for the-purppse of crushing our'lef fc and"occupying t■.• -a'ssatt^ wMnMde about 5 o'clockinthfe afternoon i?:t when; after oyehyhelniirig I?itz : John Porter, ?ani L^Rdriyiagiiis.forces ■ back on thetcentre and ;?left fi/m^sUite^niass of h^ Ji. four lefi^iAL-terrific contest witlvgreat?slaughter V V was Carried, on for SeVvrai hours;- bui* .-niori' -behaV i<bin^j\Tith;firnaaes3 and nutiei: ihe-initne ti 1 diate command, of ' Al-DpwcU, Whei 8 mght^clpsed/ but left tmd been 'ft^eed back: abpii c' haif-a^hiiieV but still i'emained'fiVm and urishaket i w>hilei quriright heldiits^grQund;; uGeneral Erank 11 linY w;ith hif cprps, :arriyed after dark at Centre tt,L ville, six" miles'• v in;\quc'Teaj>/^whUe\fSjamner!, \vh n j loiir niiiea^behindFi-anMih? J:lc-iuldhavebroug'h c; ,^ ?,jiiyuewed .the action,; bi.it star ration; {stared ; bot n tnen and- horses .in the;face; and and^ea it 1 hausted as they were, they were in no conditio y to >biiaT hanger, also;- B accordingly, retired t it ;GentreyiUe.tUat night ill perfect, order. , Jtfeithe •s ,on Sunday nor on Monday..did, the enemy mak it I auy advauce npoh:usV, On Mon<iay I scut to tli >f I army '■ "corps" cbtngaanfliers' for their effictiv i- strengtlj^ which/ all told; including -SunVm I h and Kranklin, "fell short of 60,000 mehV *'Inste;i i- lof bringing tip 3p ; 000 man,-l?ra,nklin. andßiuuru i, [united Ml short of 20,003 ; and these, added'l > the force I had; already wearied out and much ci n up, did.not give me the nieans tojdo anythifl n else th-in.. stand ; on - the defence. , The .■ enera sr j during Monday' again began to work slow] xl airourid to bill 5 right, for the purpose of pbssessiii d I Fiiiriax Court-house, j and thus turning ourrea n j Co'uch's division'-and 6nebrigade ofSumner's ha i- |I)eeu-lefc thcre, i and;l sent down Hooker on Moi t- j day. afternoon to take command and post .himse s, at. or in front, of G-erniantown, at the same tin [y rdiredttng M' Dbwell to take passessioh along tl :- turnpike from^ Centreville to i'airiaxCourt-hous in habout two miles' west of tlie latter place. Hem 10 zdinan was, directed to post liirasc;lf in rear ar i- I support of Reno; whq.was p,U;shedno,rth of tl 50 road, at a point about two and a half miles east y.. Centreville,, aijd to .coyer- that; Toad,, it^being m is purpose, iv the course r of tho night, to xnass.ii >n cjuimand oil the right," in"thb'-diiieutiou of Ge of uUiiito'wii, wliere I felt ■' convinced the next attai r- of the enemy would be made. Late in the atta Tie noouof.MonUay the enemy made his demonstr id tion upoaG^ririantow.Uj but,was met by Hookerot that place,,and by lieuq, reiuturcud ..by ICearne mi. further vrest. The battle was very severe,thous er short, tlie enemy being driven back a mile wi >n; heavy loss, leaving his dead and wounded;: . to Ithis short action we lost two of our? most valuab so. and distinguished officers, Generals Kearney ai g... tSteveas. By moving, the whole of-my. comma) ad \/as massed" behind a difficult creek, betwei :k,*^ Flitithill arid "the Warreuton Janctioh, with t! t;k advaiice, under Hooker, in front of Germanto'w ;cr iVVittx1 the; exception of :Buinner;. the commande ly of; the army corp3. of ,the;iirmy of the JPotom lie Jiad,continued to informine that their com man ell- were and had been demoralised ever since thi iyy ;:ieft. Harrison's-Landing; that th6y had nospii si-! and no disposition to fight. This latter-statemc us their conduct in the various aciious;fully conti ib,^ dieted, butthestraggiiug in thosßicqrps was d is- tressing. ; Tiie full facts having been report >r- ..• . . on Tuesday afternoon, to retire tq t le,.- intrenchmpnts near W'ashington > .whicli was s ly.< eordingly done "on "that day "and tlie next, in go no order and 'without the' slightest loss. Ban! an' who had been left with the railroad trains c rid- otEi;iat Bristol by the-burning of the bridge; « }&' ordered ; to: join mo ; oil Monday at Cent! ad. yiUe, ; which, tie^ did on. the afternoon of that da ny Tliis brief summary "will expiairi sufficiently ii^ detail the'whole of the operations of the fore ip. under my cbmniand, during 16 days of cohti ,d- uous fighting-by day and marching«by night. ~r. on .confront a powerful 'enemy with : greatly, inferi lea " forces, and fight him day by day without Ipsi; L)k your aruiy; to delay and embarrass his mov de. ments, and to force hini by persistent res'isten ed- 'tj adopt lo.ng and circuitous routes to his destir iis tiou, arethe duties which have been imposed up ed me. Tliey' are qf all military operations, t o- mosbdifficult and the most harrassiug both to t ad commander and to his tioops. How fa;* we ha en' beeii successful, "I leave to the judgment of n !in countrymen. The armies of Virginia and t ■in Potomac have been united in the preseace.ai of .against the. eiforts of a wary anlvigorous enen on in greatly superior force to either, with .no" lc Us for which they did not exact full retributio he Among the officers whom I feel bound to mentii ap with especial gratitude fox their most heardy, cc t!i ; dial, and untiring_zcai and energy, ; are ;Generi h- M'i3owell, Banks, Eend, Hem tzelrnan, Hook< to and Kearney, and many others of inferior ran ■c- whom I shall take grea^t satisfaction in bringii ;e, to the notice of the Goverriment. The troo ly have exhibited wonderful patience and couraj; >l- andl cannot say too much for them." y,' '■■:■ ■> - .-•■ ,-' .^ """ .."','. ?, ~' :. ■'-.-■• ■-■ ...=, , :;'.'■ TICKEf'OE LEATE:, ; . •/.' lt -- > (Fromthe ;A.ugusb2S.) ■ The nofcjce^wiiich. we took of the.quastion of ssco ,c dary punishments a few diiys agd has clearly' shov '.. V how deeply seated is the sense a:rio'n?: those best n 'IS- quaiated; with'-.the subject of the yervi unsatlsfactn 2" , state into wHicli this dupartment of the liw has fall' r?\ \N6 d6ubt;.tW Object is full of Uifficulbie3: To de k-. with'a";hardened criminfil so-as neither td'ineiirt jti; cliarge of tougi'eat/liai^linqss.nor ;too great lenienc tp.prevent puiushuieotfi-pin degenerating on the o; nt f .side intd useless'and blijectli3s torture'; and to preve itf it-from becomitig 6n, tUe ; >btli'er": side;- f<»stering ai i; s ipamp^vms^an^'thereby.hoidiogb^ufeai^mostdaagero ' „ premium to crime, is a.taong the bigS.iest...dutiea,«>f. tl Jv le'gislator'aiidthe"miigistrate.r' Ttie;Tyli6lesubject i t s quires careful revision, unless tlie interest* of thtjii r» npcetitare; (to^.be sacrifided: to the guilty,,and tb ye - security which is the foundation of fcivU' societY wqu lit"-, be lost tor fear- of beai'ihg too hai-dly upon it's wilful ar ie remorsele^siyiolator?.: 4t is we/thiuk^a geerit^evil th 11-; sjioUjld npj;really; undergo thS: punishraei Jig yrbiXO.n'ucedupon'him'b'y the; Judge* B.Vceptin. Atlio i^' reweaseswhere"^! murder^ bf'extraofdihary atroci :•. 'ss punis|ve(l: wttli. death,ithis.;i3:not hardly: everjtl ?*• cise. V A pruu'na^ ,sentenced ,to -psrial. s^ryUut 3(1 "for life, or for twenty yeara'f'ratify if. he "only 'co: 'o iforms with, 'o^yitiary care to :tua prison reKut^ation l^: ;ie>ic6ttrage>at reasonable ;hibpe that 'lie'-willfshbrt ig' soci|ty^ ■■"TJSI-rSecretai's; "bf Stat^ ii^s ; \s^cn amp iyJ tenilssion^ahd those 1 powers iuVso'liberal es applied, that the period; ofjpuui<h.in.ent itteatipned i op -the r sente%e r-is/::a^;most.\fallftcl3us^guidc;Sas/to;tl c ." amounf *'ot "pii'nishment■■:tnat > jyiij" actually'"''jbe^tfnde | "b^au*e the"ttrirtiihal * tiirwidilgiose ttpon it aniearlier periodf£haa^he-ne< xf,i -liav'e!bfeD.^ ■':"■%{'■s":<■,.'-.{, <;.>'■ ■■:. ; ;v Y ■■.-. ■. j; '-i> ':•/<'\"•: -1 ;; *;£«.;•'■":.■ lt» V'Sinc^- utansportatipn ; ha9 been abolished foy .tl ?k mmmals^lwe^Ki^ev-indeed; Ib^t" tl urJ miearis^#hich ■ ;^e.'bn^^o^ietl" of getting rid eti ||lje^fal^^^er^^\^eN^u^haye»ihen^ c ; us^o?ner;or^;latcr, bufe; eyerybekiy w<»uld-jagte V > •£ s^^Uai^t^|lrt^ thikt !ic better lat-r tiw ill "■ i^bati^hWe^er^d^'?^^ seem;^to be tl i^ie^xi?t^R^ ij;■:; inini^eriit^i^hej^eti^epry^^uni^ i?V;tbj i^^ouijTpunfetfai^dbfe^^^i^r^r^tiphlpi^ '"' *&; Iprimary oVjeot^ ButM^th^srefbrntation.Jta^kbefiS^ &, tliepr.iacip9,limntter»sMdrthe^^^ a^: 'Wa^tr^rid^^^B^-^Ol^lipp^ a the criminals-What" a ■i-: vw;pbt regufat^d^byr hi^preyiousi! crirao^butr^iy: b if pfi^ieili^ tyfi i;:t»«fei to^ttti^^iso ,t :i|»r^osie/^^h^^ *|i !#" 4» W?-#cees^l^^#ltMfeT^^^^w:ft pi ?^ilg^^^Mp|^|i^blp^isf n^t^n^frfnt j&. .:<&lle«r^ *«oixl ?• ctess^nud* itr^ps^tff {hat^rdfe^sion.to.be^ei !^ " vewod JinilidarrdX decwvlWiK* phaD^» apd rank v<! ifigaTarbaraWfirfittpre^bttt&n^'tTfte-»ovarnor6f V H SpilsonJsi^li^imiaia^resuU 41|ftfi» galoed' Wettiv menilooseiOn, society*beww M^tl i >c' comiui^loa Of a"ccrtaia number of offbßoa.wljic;

a, M£tNbij^6&ly3ol:shs«^^ made;a >great,deal toi pleasant. •;■ TheVgaTiper swoulc often, and the-soldier wr• hslieve. alway^,"-gairt^b; exchaivg^n^ftheir^diet* and acpommoiatidii for,; tUi i)f \ a^pnsoher* t condom ned "for ~" three j!and up j wardsCtb ipenal Iservitude& >^Each> man" is" 7 aecbm !~mbdaii^?|?wifcb. ''$ f.s®PaF^ e. rp'jiii^^flnd.is.a^p^rp •vfdedJAvitli aluhtaud aUoWd Vea4 of aiV^yeniiis : It ls'jjal^^ ■."ii?e!f'<ii» rbjr no^raeinsuncomfbrtaWe^Th^utmOs .cjeaiJliaes^is enfovQ^U H|s day Is spent out ofdopi'f in tlxe|y"ery,b;ealtHiest sibuatioa and the, finest air, v *wIM judges' calT ';. hardiabouif," but what is'"reall. onlyijusi;. enoughsreritle exercise to give;him?a com •>fqr.tiible.j.appetite for the 'excellent ( and i abundaTj ,raealvtb:a^ cahsider the diet, thess man—every on <of^whoni has- 'committed some" heinous £rime—subsist Hl2 ounee^jijf bteid/a pxnfpf coeoa^wifch vsuiijable pr? ''io^milkj\a : hd.;^Qlassra^:f,>r;, > breakf^tw--'.F£ s dinner*^tb^e-quartprs( of apint of soup .mode fror ''shins''of■;"))S(jt7 Vjwittf carrots,• onions,' 'an-l^"barlbj jsixifln,nces>;oiUDiread;::six .ounces!:; of ;beef free froi r bo^e, ; ajid one ptoundpf .potatoes ; three days .in, ''we^k'^five.^pun'ce3'''*"?^- Supper,: a f pint < ;rgruel and iiuie'ouhcS3 of bread/ 'If any one doubi ; t theabnndance^of»tihis dietary, let-him make e> 'periment himself. ; ,,W^hen we consider howjthe laboi Ing classes. *of' /this'TjounStry live, \ve may Well'belie y the'^risoher^whb'salij ''Tfit Was 'Knot forioss -i liberty,?! should-be better off in prison than at large; and the other, who remarked that" there is not mqi than one 'in- a thousind prisoners who was ever ~j well off in his life before;" No wonder that life aii property are becoming every day more unsafe wh< the: man who asldicts himself t^the. commissioncrime.' has before liim the aareeable alternative ci th of;e3eipih^ detectionaltogether; or—if that fortui which does -notal ways; favor ■ the • bold should pro fifiklg ,-ofbeing, placed in a situation of ease and cot '. ifpr^''yell;*fQd,.^iQu§.e,l,;''and cared foi. with- the pro pact of retutninsr speedily with W" little' nioney in t pocket totstart him afresh-in the exercise of a' ■ s'a and lucrative profession. > . v ~ . : -'■■■;■■ ■".-.- IJut nQt,6nly r haye,wa to complain that the prison is pampered while in" pi'ison^ and, let out ot it wi the' mo§b!alarming futility V we have further t"o i ? mark upon -the, practical-absence^of; all survettlan "> by the police, over the holders of all tickets-of-lea^ ? ■ SYh'jn it mati" is allowed his ticket-of-leave he is, I theory"at -least/ under the operatioriiof the penal-la t If he leads ;an irregular orithmonil life, he may ; sent back to ciufiuement, ev;n without the commi «on of dny strictly ,'egal' ofF;ncel ' But this clai ; seems-to be adead letter. The tipket-of-leave m T i* from the moment he leaves prison practically » liberty. So much is this the case that, while he f still in theory under the; operation of one sentence, [ is often imprisoned under a new one, his ticket s I remaining in force, so as tg exempt Mm fn '. ; punishment; under, thetlie old ime, althou?li' it no 1 : liave beenl forfeited by the grossest miscondu i The ticket.-of-leave holder, jwho is only ,fre^.. ', long as he codaucts hibiself properly, is permit! g to go where he will and do what he will; tlie f c mer sentence is practically at an end; at a' mi earlier periodithan that, for which it is pronounc ■? It is of course futile to, say that the mere issuing '" tickets-of-leave is the principal cause of the incrc J of crime. ■■- The cause lies deeper; and the tickete leave, a^atprcsent, worked, can only be regarded i >f. heedless and impolitic aggravation. The cause y! the^ increase of crime we b«Hev6 to be the sh y period durin? which men-guilty of the most serl .. offences are. held to penal servitude,, the irapoli i. leniency of their treatment', the 'unnecessary ahi dance-of their diet, and the mutual contaminat T necessarily .engendered by bringing, into contact w l" each other many hundred men hardened in cv Lt species •of crime,*and lacking neither leisure nor >", clination to communicate their, dreadful-experiei h to each .other.. li '' It is the liahife ot philanthropists to regard crime (j a sort of iudiviflual aberration of mindj to be coi ig. teracte'tby care and rnov.il treatment. We beli jj that the sou'ider view is that C'iins is regarded ; tliosa Arha practise it a?, having ; Ihe nnture of a p t fession, wliich will be adopted or nob just accord ') as the agreeable or disagreeable incidents of the p 10 • suit predominatp. v. ' '■• ' ;• ■ .■■;■' '