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VOLUME XXXVI.
A H1KICT CONSTRUCTION OP THE CONSTITUTION—A N HONEST ANI) ECONOMICAL ADMINISTRATION OP THE GOV Ell N.M M
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA TUESDAY: MORNUNG, SEITEMBKR 8. 1863.'
-RANDOLPH STREET.
NUMBER 36,
the weekly enquirer
« pniiltihed every Tnf»«l*y MomlHg.
'EUMfv-Of pur annum, ravibl* HHttria*
Thursday, September 3. 1863.
The War.
The rhmora from East Tennesson lead
to expect tnost important news from
[h:it region soon. If Burnsidenas indeed
mde bit apponrance in largo force in the
icinlty or Knoxville, bis enmiug has
mo the most expeditious und l«n*t hor-
jjed of any advance of a large army
that lma occurred during tbo war. Pro*
m l,ly only tbo advance or reconnoitaring
ulry f« ree of his army had penetrated
ir into East Tennessee. But every
ication tells Ub that the contest for that
k*rUmt region is at band, add wo aro
1 to hoar reports that reinforcement*
hurrying forward to aid in driving
back the foe. Stirring tiowj from that
uartor may be expected dully.
The Yankee success in advancing their
ll„ pits to within two hundred yards of
Littery Waguer exposes that fortification,
retofore so heroically dofendod, to an -
•.li,.r very severe tent. No doubt lho
,u, of the enemy is to pick off our gun-
eri whenever they sliow themselves at
.mbrasuros, and thu* prevent tho
. rving of their guns. It was by gaining
dudtar proximity to our defonocs at
r.ckibttrg that they were enabled to
H. 'i.ce many of our guns.
It i* unnecessary to partloiMnrizo the
nany udvantngos which tho gaining of
his proximity for their sharpshooters
fill give to tho Yankees in their opera*
i,,n* for the reduction of Wagner.—
'no gaining of this point by tho enemy
wm* to have been nttributnMu to iiis
uperior fWclliticb for quickly cOimeutni-
ing and supporting a large force there,
•itticr than to any remisunoss, lack of
. antion, or bad conduct on our part,
fl. rifle pits wnrb hold chiefly by the
;iu North Carolina rogirnont, who were
*,-«rwhelmed by throe regiments of tho
momy, and some r%ty <»f them taken
iriwner*. The Courier say*: —“It is up-
iP ( ,rs from those who participated that
mr advanced picket force of eighty men
xcupying tbo riflo pits woro flunked and
urriiuudud by an overwhelming force of
I, ,, enemy, who hud been massing ull
lav for the purposo. About twenty only
na Je thoir escape. The Yankees udvan-
•d with three rogiments unexpectedly,
lur men Tought gallantly, but were
overpowered by superior numbers. Tho
•notny, however, suffered severely.—
IJur howitzers kept up a steady flro, ru
ling the onomy’s columns with grape
(hot and doing much execution. A
icvere musketry lire also occurred. One
jf our men who eacnpod after being
taken prisoner reporlod tbo enemy 1m*
mediately on taking possession of the
rifle pits commenced to throw up more
»and, &«., for strengtliening their posl-
vff Fort Groarg, often mentioned In
the account* from Charleston, is the work
which wi»> known at tho capture of Fort
Sumter two years ago, ns the Cummings’
Point Baf.nry, or is upon the samo silo.
Brig. Gen. A. U. CoLQUlTT b
>w in command of our forces on Mor-
« ldand.
l.lhcral und Timely.
Tho Charleston Courier acknowledge*
thn receipt of the iiandsome sum of $3,-
fiOO from tho Eagle Manufacturing
Company of this city, whicli it was au
thorized to appropriate in such manner
m it might think best for Lho benefit of
tli' -nl.liers defending Charleston. One
tlioumnd dollars of tho amount wus ap
propriated for (he enmfort of the Georgia
troops, and the balancu distributed in
accordance with thk object of tho donn-
Wc also observe in n Kiehmond paper
mi advertisement by Mr. C. B. Kouss,
proposing L» sell to the families or sul-
diers and the poor 4,700yard* ot cotton
cloths, donated for this purpose by tho
Augusta Factory, at 75 com* per yard :
the selling price of such goods in Rich
mond being 3*2.per yard.
? & The Southern fUconler place* at
tho head of it* editorial columns tho
name of Maj«»rT. M. Furlow, of Sumter
■ ■ h> it* candidate for Governor,
and truly recommends Major Furlow ns
one of the most liberul, patriotic und safe
men in the State. Rut it does not suy
whether lie U willing to bo announced ub
a candidate.
M ktality in N*w York.—We
copy the following paragraph from the
York Tima ot tho Wh inst .
The fearful number of nine humic rd
yul seventy deaths wero reported yestor-
day by tho City Inspector as having
occurred during the past week. This i-
i*n inen* »*,) over last week of two hundred
and fort y-eujht., and over tho same period
The
. ~. j..~, hundred atul
oca’bs caused by tho excessive beat
reach the startling pumber of o
I'HIrr from “J. T. G.**
Shumakkk's Ford. T*n»., )
Aug. 27, 1863. }
Editor Enquirer; Foe the last five
days, wc have been marching and shift
ing camps, for tho purpose of foiling the
attempts of the onomy to cross the river.
Our division is picketing tho river from
tho confluence of Chicknmunga creek, to
Harrison's Ford. Wo have u merry
time skirmishing with tho enotuy's pick-
•n the opposite side Yesterday tho
57th Ala. Regiment, formerly tho 9th
Ala. Battalion, was under flro from day
light until dark. Col. Rush Jones posi
tively forbade his men exposing them-
-•* unnecessarily to tho flro of the
enemy, but somo of tho men in thoir
ugornexs to get a good shot und to dis
play their intrepidity paid dearly for
their rockloisnesB by being sovoroly
woundod. Six of tho onemy’s sharp
shooters during tho day woro seen to
tumble over tho bluffs into the blue wa
ters of tho Tennessee. To-day nl! is quiet
along our linos. At Harrison’* Ford and
Chattanooga heavy cannonading is going
m at tliis hour, particularly at the form
er plaoo.
Rosecrans is evidently upon us with
Id* hole available force, with \ fixed
iel-riuluaUon to cross this riror and to
give Gen. Bmgg buttle at all hazards,
it is probably not nocessury for me to
huy that our army numerically is inferior
to that of Hoscoraus; yet I firmly believe
that Gon. Bragg will light him, notwith
standing the great Disparity in numbers.
Your readers must pardon a short let
ter. Mo man can write in a happy vein
or stylo while ininnie balls aro flying
uncomfortably close to bis bead.
J. T. O.
ltuui,.r.s irum the Front,
During the past three days, according
to the sago sayings of Madam ltumor,
tho enemy have crossed tbo Tennessee
river throe or four times in force from
20.000 to -10,000, at Bridgeport, Shell
Mound and two or throe other places,
have advanced various distances this
way, and might bo expected at any un
expected time, almost Riiy where most
Inconvenient for our comfort and safety.
The lust wo heard they were in tho
“State of Dade,’’ “looking three ways
for Sunday ' toward* Wills Valley,
Chattanooga and Rome.
Now wo are not disposed tomnknlight
of any reasonable apprehension*!)! dan
ger, hut would caution our good people
against becoming Irightonod on account
of vague, uncertain, and a* it getieraiiy
turn* out, false rumor. There is uo
doubt but that very important military
movements urn going on in the vicinity
of Chattanooga. Taut place has been
evacuated by non-combatants, arid a
groat portion ol the goods and cbalteks
have been removed No passing up tho
Stale road beyond Dalton is allowed, ex
cept for tr rjr. Telegraphic communi
cation to the*press from Chattanooga is
prohibited. Bragg has been largely re
inforced in tho last few ''ays. General
Johnston is m-w on the ground, and
Rbscurann i* likely to get a good thrash
ing whenever ho makes tbs
Rome (huricr, JIOM.
attack.-
From I.ce’s Ariuy.
Tho correspondent of the Richmond
Knquirrr, writing from tlio Army of
' T *•'’-gialu,
It is, 1 hiunCly Nubmit, tho most agn
tie new* tiitit I can communicate to t
homo folks, that the Army of Northe
the
Virginia in l»eing supplied eap-n t >ir with
new outfit*; and I hazard nothing in
saying, that in look* and in snirit, our
troop* are to-day in nothing behind tbo
condition ol the army when it entered
Pennsylvania; and yet so silently hn*
thi- motainorphoaing process been con
ducted, «fi I to quietly i - each department
discharging it* duty, that you cun scarce
ly realize Iwwso groat a change hu» boon
wrought ir> to short a period.
I heard it from ncourtoous member ol
(Jen. heii’s stuff, who ha* recently in
spected tlm army, that it* fighting condi
tion never was belter, and that
fort is duly cared lor and its health all
that could ho doairod. 1, inygolf, con
bear witness to the truthfulness of all
that can bo tnitl of tho moral* and spirit
oi lid* army just now.
G«n. Roger A. l*ryor box resigned bis
a Brig. General, and is now
apiivuto in Lite 13th Virginia
Cavalry, in this army, I am told that
tbo General given as a reason for this that
ha applied repeatedly for orders a* an
officer, but receiven none, and that, be
ing determined to sue active service, be
resigned and took the true post of honor,
the private station.
•Maj. Gun. Wilcox, recently promoted
a* such, has been assigned to tho CODI-
iml of Pender's old division, cotr.poHcd
of Ir'i.e’g and Seales' North Carolina
brigudux, | McGown'e South Carolina
biigudc, und Thomas’ Georgia brigade.
Wilcox's Division will doubtless achieve
as great a fame a* hus been made by tbo
gallant brigade of Alubnmiam; which
i Ids i:
Brig. Gen. Ifunmhrie*, recently pr
such, will have commanu of
Barksdale's old brigade. Ho i* a West
Foint man, having bean there with the
President. He i* a most capital officer,
and a fit successor to the worthy anu
u men ted Barksdale.
The
The Approach to ( hai l
It.ittlc ol Die Engineers.
The Bo-ton Journal thinks that the
itost now going on at Charleston be
v going
ortho best, if not absolutely
the two best engineer* in their respective
armies, ia extremely interesting in every
point of view, besides that which
her, AiS v
itself with the national bearings of
the result. It says: .
It is universally admitted that if Beau
regard is good for anything In tho way
of generalship, ii is us an engineer. And
bo probably )•> very accomplished and
ingenious in that branch ot service.—
Uinuctual exploits thus far are not proofs
of gr.-at originality, pcrhrps tho oc-
ontions did n-»t call for it. hut they show
no defect* in liia claim to be a first class
engineer. But General Gilmore in his
reduction of Fort Pulaski, demonstrated
highly original and brilliant qualities.—
What he accomplished in that caso is
well known, but the following statement
Pylhe Philadelphia North American of
barfler* of routine opinion
DzsrgRATIoN .ir TIIK ilKBKL LkaD-
KRh *“That reliable sheet, the Now York
H'-rald of tho 224 i.ist, has thn follow
ing interesting news:
Itefugees from Richmond, who arrived
* Nnrf..|k t h f ew d H y» ago. report that
u»e tonfederatc (iovernment is sadly
FijJivr;,.d about the possible fate of
tharle-ton, tlao capture of which they
f' ghrd as the winding up of tho rehej-
{‘vn. J hey also state that a guard is
shout the residence of Jell. Davi*,
night and day, to prevent him running
I which lie hud the boldno-s to nlfnek and
‘ demolish ”t th«* same time, best shows
what stuff the man is made of:
11 is stated that General Wright, for
throe years, chief of the Engineer bureau
at Washington, alter a c.ireful survey
pronounced positively against the prac
ticability of an attack on Pulaski, stating
that there was not iron enough in Amer
ica to capture that fort. General Totton,
long the bend of the Engineer corps, is
reported to have »ai_d, that
Pavmzxt of Taxes in Advance.—
^*H;reUry Momminger of the Treasury
B«part»neMt, has given the following
public notice in regard to the payment of
l-'>e fade rate taxes in advance ;
^ n > i*x payor may pay int * the hands
01 til,J Treasurer or any Assistant Trea
surer or depository, any sum of money,
less than -one hundred dollar*, in
nuvanccofhU taxo*. and lho officer *o
r, *i:.-:ving tho money shall give to tho
Party paying the same a certificate that
'* entitled to credit for the amount on
recount of his taxes paid witli iixterost
tnoreob ju fi.?o per opnt
> - .. ight
well undertake to bombard the ltocky
mountain- from Tybeo, a* Fort Pulaski.
Gen. Robert K J. -a gave rebel testimony
to tho rame point: “ The enemy may
fill your fort with shot and shell, but
they nan not h 1 " U “‘ * L -
incredulo
which no proposed to plant them for a
breaching baitery, and by some strange
malice ho was permitted to do so. Tho
world kuow* its effect on f ort Pulaski,
and are now informed that its oonse-
jueneu with the branch of the service to
which he was attached wa* to make Gen
| oral Gilmore “ thu be*t hated officer in
j tlm engineers.''
; Iu the present struggle Gillmore has
displayed decided superiority over Bfiau-
I regard in one re*peot— that i*, In gutting
or grade than belong* to thn strict depart
ment of engineering. As to what is to
come, tho experience of Pulasui oni. only
give us confidence^ without determining
specific result*, the condition being s..
different. Sumter is farther off from
Gillmor-vs batteries than wns Pulaski ;
it is stone instead of brick, and is addi
tionally protected by tiers of cotton bales.
On tho other hand, General Gillmore
has much heavier and better ordnance
than ho had at Pulaski, anil more batto-
rios, beside* having the aid of tho iron
clads. The onlanco of tbo conditions is
believed not to bo against the present
undertaking, but exporienco alone can
settle tho question.
But General Gillmore and his gallant
troops, a* well as the whole loyal public,
are sanguine iu tho conviction that hi*
success is only a question of time. It is
a military axiom that evory fortified
place can be taken if only tuo proper
(mans arc expended. Tho Government
mean* that there shall bo no failure \f
in tli acuta. Men, ordnance, and there-
quiaite materia) of all kind* will hosup-
plied in abundance. i.ui tho people,
therefore, be in no liusto to hoc the cra
dle of rebellion brought low. The work
must g) on scientifically to bo successful,
and *hould not be hurried. It was re
ported that the grain! attack was to be
opened last Thursday, hilt wo are assu
red on irood authority that Gen. Gill-
more will not bu ready to give tbo word
for action before to-day or to-morrow.—
Perhaps a day or two's additional delay
may bu neces-my • But the third contest
lit Charleston, this time too buttle of tho
engineers, will soon begin, and will, wo
nro confident, march .steadily on to thn
complete «ati»faclion of all loyal men,
and tlm confusion of traitors.
Knoxville Evacuated.
A gonUomcn just from Loudon Informs
us that Knoxville was ovacuatnd on
Thursday last. All tho store* were
brought away, and all the Confederate
troops, Uooiic's Battalion of Cavalry
excepted, are on this side of the Tennessee.
Hu report* that tbo panic among tho
people i* said to be great, every body i*
removing from Knoxville and vicinity,
and crossing tbo
Tho last train from Knoxville arriv
ed yesterday. When it left Goode'*
Cavalry was reported to bo skirmishing
with thu enemy.
necessary uftor the evacuation
of Knoxville, Cumbuiland Gap has ah
been evacuated.
It is believed lliut our forces will bo able
to defeat Hasenoranz whenever ho gives
An Abolitionist Hadly Treated.
Considering that the Hon. John Bell,
of Tennessee, is un abolitionist!
think ho has boon treated meaner by bu
party than any abolitionist wus over treat-
edbrfoio. They have pursued him liko
blood-hounds, driven him from his h<
separated him from Lis family arul have
tn.um his property. For hourly twelve
months lie has been in this ptuco a pil
grim. an outcast and an oxilo.
Wlieu we supported him for tho Pres
idency, in lbtK). wo were ropoatadly as
sured, by our Democratic friend*, that
ho whs a* much of un abolitionist a*
William II. iSdWuid, and 'many of our
cotuiuporario* published long extracts
from bis letters and speeches to prove it.
We can't understand why it is that lho
abolitionists have inflicted so many inju
ries and insults upon him, while Howard,
Lovejoy, Beecher and others of tho party
It appears, from the United State*
Naval Jiugistur, ihut tlm vessel* captur
by the gallant Lieut. Wood wero ruteu
as follows: llolianoo, kotow steamer, of
90 ton*, and one gun, (she had two guns
when captured;) Satellite, sido-wimol
steamer, *217 toi.*. and two guns; Curri
tuck, screw sloainor, 191 tons, and live
gun*. They uii belonged to the Polo-
nine, flotilla.
Lieut. .Wood, who commanded tho
pudilion which hus proved so success
r ; i ... •/
Fatal Akkra y—Killing of Dr. James
of Kentucky, by Mr. George
urred on Wednesday
Mr. Thornton's, about one mile from this
city, between Dr. Jus. C. Currie, a clerk
hi the War Department, from Kentucky,
and Air. Uoorgo Basttford, clork in the
First Auditor's Office, from Georgia,
whicli resulted in lho death of tho former
by a slab with a knife. A coroner'
quest wa* held yosterday — *'
¥ „ the body.
id u verdict of* wilful murder rendered
i the case.—Jtichm. Sentinel, 28f/t.
English Tavkhn Skins.—The Lon
don oorroapondont of the Boston Com
monwealth, in his walk* about that
grout city, notices u great many curious
tilings, llosuy*-. . . . , .
Here am anaohronisms in brick and
Htone which aro quaint and striking.—
Here are old name* and word* which
are droll and historical. The old inn*
••specially are of this character. Over
the door of ono of these wo see a large
ino uoor oi ono oi uiuiu «’c » '"‘K’
bull carved, and below it a la riry in out I
Htrotohed from ear to our. Till* is thu
sign of tho “Bull and Mouth" tavern;
who would beliove that under that i*
hidden, almost lust, it* original name of
till. “Boulogne Mouth f” Another bu*
tho*ign of a large has of nail* which
is a corruption "I the Bacchanal*—who,
in thoir day, doubtless, were as corrupt
u* tho present version of their title. And
is the picture of a goal, wjili i. pair
.......... .. _i * 11.,1 t.h I Li- is I he
of compto '<•* undorneath. This
Gout and Compasses - which orii/i'nilly
was h religion- Inver
phrase “Gi d cue mpe
known
u,.ut Walker, of Morgan’* c.inman.t,
»»» ' Ww *bot by George Bachelder on
1 b, L r , A r*y n » ht, as noticed in our Isst
edition, has since died —A Go.
OV-er-iry,
hi* foothold on Morns Island. If be had
i been kept out of that—and ho might
' Iinvo been—he could huvo niudo no pro-
gr«-» ; but that bavins been secured and
L held, he has a fair field and need ask no
favors. At tho very starling point, Gon
i Gilmore evinced a geaert-lihip ofaaigb-
Dkdbktkk* Rkturnko.—Some thirty
deserter* arrested in Cherokee Co. Ala.,
re brought up on the hunt from Gad*
i last Thursday, und
don last Thursday, und wore sont lor-
ward, under guard, that evomng, to their
regiments, mostly in Bragg’s army.
They weroarrestoa by Whartob’s cavul-
' \Ve are crodibly informed that there
arc from 30 to 60 deserters and conscripts
in tho vicinity *of Terrapin Creole near
the lino. Cannot an adequato force be
sent out, that will com pel I them to cornu
in and act more like patriotic men?—
Hi dug Courier.
A Sujihtitutk.—A young lad^y was
engaged to be married to a soldier in the
army. The soldier suddenly returned
home. “Why have you loft thn army?”
*hc inquired J of him. “I have found
substitute.” ho replied. “VVell, sir, 1
can foil* w your example, a ml find a sub-
sli.ute, too Good morning." And she
lef. him m >ho rniddlo of thy room a dis-
graced soldier.
M issiohippi —When Gen. Johnson fell
back from J ickson, it will be remember
ed that there were alarming reports of
wholesale desertions from the Mississippi
rogimentv A General officer belonging
to that 'array, and to whose commanu
most of the Mississippi regiments belong
(id, told tho writer three days ago that
' *entoe* were all buck ulthei
strong-
Ihate absentee* ....
post*, and that hi* command -
cr now than it was when he joiriod Gon.
Johnston to aid in th relief of Vicksburg.
It i* gratifying to know that this is the
rule of action throughout our armies.
Men are returning to their color* at thoir
country’s call. Litany wonder, with
honor and partioffsm before them, and
disgrace, and perhaps the death of a ues-
ert’r behind them?—Mobile Adv. and
Rrij. _ _
From VickaBURO. -A Northern dis
patch *ays: , ,
Sickness in Vicksburg it greatly on tho
increase. Tho disease i* the malignant
congestive fever, of the typhoid type.
The surgeon* In tho F- deral army find it
u very difficult fever to manage. Cases
of the chronic ditrrhoia ure not 60 fre
quent. Al»j. Huzelton, late in charge of
the pay department at Vicksburg, died
at Memphis on the Hd inst.. from disease
contrutnd in the service. At is said that
seven out of sixteeo paymasters aro sick
at Vlckaburg.
Fr .in (ho Atlanta Appeal, of thu Lfthli.
From Fast TfUiiesaec.
Wo have notlrlng additional frr - Ghat-
tanoog.i. The train tool luft .jmre vPs-
terday motmng, duo herein the evonlng,
did not arrive until morning, and tho
truin duo to-day has not yet arrived.
From Knoxvillo we bear stirring nows.
On Thursday ir. became kuown that
Burmidu was advancing on tho city in
such force that it wa* deemed prudent to
make somo removal* of stores, etc. The
report was that hi* advance wa* only
eight mile* distant. The telegraph ana
post offices wero closed and moved to
ward Dalton, and tho express company
moved ita office eastward. A light, was
oxpeclttd without much dolay. Wo can
learn nothing of the probable force of tho
onomy, or by which route his advance
was made.
To meet the movemonts of the Federal
commanders wo are aware .somo move
ment* aro going on, and we earnestly
hope they will bo pushed expeditiously,
no that we Khali not bo called upon to
record tho Hitnounooiuent—too late-tAc
mountain fast nance are lost.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE EDITORIAL
OF THK SAVANNHI REPUBLICAN. : 01’ TUK ; AV
The Prospect of a Yankee War with
f s> England.
The Philadelphia Inquirer ha* tho fol
lowing paragraph about tbo rumor ‘
Englu
flic extraordinary article from tbo
Washington Republican, antloipaling a
war with England, to whie^w.* made
brief reference ynstorduy,
baled upon a private lotter from
London, dated the 21st of July. The let
ter in question state* that "a preiiminury
notice hud been served upon tho Govern
ment of Great Britain, bv the proper
officers of tho American Governuu nt,"
ding there
for the rebel* to bo turned
enemies to depredate on American com
merce, flic Government of ilie United
State* wil! accept tbo act as a declaration
of war. This ir certainly very impor-
tantand startling, if true, and of the truth
of the allegation the editor uf thu Repub
lican not only cxprosKe* no doubt, but
enforce* it by stating that tho “prelimina-
iticu” ha* been followed by a po-
and fur'her aasur'
romp to ry notice, and fur'her assort* that
the latter foot will bo officially promul
gated at a very early day. If tlm Re
publican i* accented a*' authority our
relations with England are certainly
threatening,
the moat re (i sources that the Yankee
riptauro deserting very last, and
that the drafted men declare they will
not light, and that tho present rimy in
Virginia i* tbo lest one Lincoln will get.
To ritic Editor ok tiib Hkkald.—
Tho death of Gotland Holme*, of Arkan
sas iih reported in tbo Iloruld, by drink
ing intoxicating liquors, i* fulso. 1 watt
present at his death. It was cuused by
pneumonia.
Your obedient servant.
ROBERT RAINEY,
of Napoleon, Arkansas.
The Legislature Adjourned.
Tho extra session of tho Alabama Leg
islature wa* adjourned last night nflc
sossion of two wook*. Before ndjoui
ment several bill* of im portance were i
opted; among them a bill for the rnorg-
of the iiiititu, which oinbrac
<*\ i lybody between sixteen and sixty;
-iiofie from sixtoen to seventeen and Iron
forty five to sixty, to 1m* includod in om
class as county rosorvos uml iho.*u fieri
seventeen to forty-live, to coinposa an
other das*, for the defence ofan.y pail o
the stale. Three districts in North Al
aimiiiu were exempted from tho operatien
of lho law us to the tlrot clns*. State i
Confederate officer* and other c
doomed necessary tothocominulty c
eluded In tho first class.—*Montgin
Ado. HO th.
Exc.hfeiige ol FrlsonerH.
Wo ldaru that tho Commissioner* for
exchange of prisonorH came tonouonclus-
iou'in thoconl'ercnco held yesterday. Sov
ral propositions were submitted by Gi
inisHionor Ould; but tho United State*
Guiiimisiiunor asked for time to apply for
iiiHtruciioiiH from his Government.—
Rich. Sent. Nth.
From tlic Army Sklrmtahlng In King
George.
Wolourn from u gentiomnn who wa*
at Fort Royal yesterday, that on Tuesday
infantry had a *kir inisli with a larg
force oftho’.oieiny'fc cavalry between Fort
Coiiwuy and King George II., which
lUlled III the repulse of the Federal
troop* with a lo** ol FJ killed
her wounded. Our loss w
badly wounded, and four or five missing.
e...T..r .
Our informant state!* that ho' r nrard the
repftrt of urtillery in the direction of
Poit Royal, as lie loll Bowling Green
yesterday. Fort Royal i« 15 mile* trom
Bowling Green.
All was reported quiet at Fredericks
burg yesterday when tho train loft.
Tiioro whs nothing now by tho Oontraj
train. The naino of the gentleman killed
yesterday by the cars running off tho
trunk, wah Cnrjuifilor, of South ( uroiinu.
-Jiichm. Sentinel, Nth.
According to Haller, women can boar
hunger hotter titan men; according to
Plutarch, they can resist lho o I frets of
wine better; according to linger, they
grow old and never bald; according to
Pliny, they arc never nttaok-*d by lions;
ii, aiicr a session oi two
t important act* punned
Militia r*“
Tho
The Militia Bill
Tho Kxoinption Bill
Tho bill appropriating an additional
million of dollar* for tlio relief of in
digent families of all soldiers from this
Htate, except substitutes.
i id pres* provisions for thd benefit
gent families of soldiers, woere provis-
r thorn (.
Bulis-
The bill to provide salt for the indigent
families of soldier*.
Tho bill to punish those who food or
harbor straggler* or deserter*.
The Exemption Bill includes minister*
oftho Gospel who are in regulur discharge
of their duties, doctor* of seven year*
standing, teachers of three years standing
and who have twonly five scholar*, over
seer* who an exempt by the law o/Con
gress, one blacksmith iu cuch beat, where
there i* lu negro folucksmith, rail road
employees, such a* engineers, conductors,
. &e.
The deliberations of thoGenerul Assem
bly were characterized by ability, har
mony and patriotism.—Monti;. Mail, HOtA.
T. Robert* and J. Dale, of Manchester,
England, have received a patont for
muking gunpowder with citrate of soda
in*toad oi i)uta*h.
The dolinquc*cing tendency of the
citrate of soda, are corrected oy uuly-
curaiu oi *oua, »i« •
drous sulphate of soda or niaguosm.
flour or Starch, boiled with nitric auiu
It has boon referred at Vienna to Sehon-
boin, of gun cotton tame to be examined
with reference to its introduction in the
Austrian army.
M YHTZKIOtM DlHAIMMiARANCK —Tho
Augusta Chronicle mentions thu tact that
two or throe "last ditch" patriot* of that
city, who wore large eockudo* in 18*50,
On a rlsrton. August 27,1863. i 1
After a stormy hu t bloody night, •' 1 ' IM
o*t unbroken silence ha* reigned j Ba4« '>
throughout tho day. So quiet has it last,' and
, that one could almost imagino that j require a
ir’»n arum*” had passed aWuy, nqd | an a litit'n
v, sweet peace, once more spread der)f.*<-1.
golden wings over these devoted onth.
shore* Heaven vouchsafe its return, jdiice ...
for to it alone we can now look. Man'* | y«u: .• .
angry passions ruin the day, and from ri • i. oft
him wo have nothing to hope. Nor i*
this a mere idle desire. Throughout the
dark night that has so long brooded
■our unhappy und struggling coun-
l havu ever fell a consoling faith
that the Dispenser of Events, altar eha*-
t'*ing both tide* to lho iiiea«uro of their
desert- for the part each ha- borne in th* 1
that led to tho bloody strife- Un will
ii*owr\ good time, and in a way wc
dream not of, miso tun veil, and open
up tho way to a long und glorious peace.
Perhaps we may have to tread thn thorny
path of war lor months, if not year* to
come ; it no bn it, let u* not bo discour
aged, but by nerving our arms and pu
rifying our heart*, suck to stay Hi*
wrath, and hasten on thenuspioiou* day.
From some reason not explained, \vn
aro yet without particulars of last night’*
fight. AM that lias been ascertained is,
that, our riflo pit*, which are Home four
hundred yard- in front of Fort Wagner,
woro -up urod by an ovorwht lmim» torce,
•«')•!'»(*♦ ip i.n dju*k thl* evouhi , wo bad
Prlaoucra from Fort Det
aw a vc.
ter noon five <\m fwlornto
ithin two hundred yard
works, thus showing a degree of on
that is worthy of Imitation. Why ...
wore unable to retake tho rifle nits alter
tho arrival of the reinforcement*
for, nobody can explain, but all are con
fident that a good reason exists, and ihut
all )\a* done by our gallant cominandur
that was practicable under tho circum
stance*. Hi* instructions urn, to assault
to-night, should 1, bo
1 advisable, but up t-i a Into hour
thorn arc no indication* of a movement.
Firing at long interval* Im* boon guin
■lock, but it i* under«*oo5
to proceed from our dame* Inland but-
lories to annoy the onomy while they arc
•aid 'that
from twenty to twenty-five kil-
ounded, and somo forty taken
night
led and
priouuei
It is conceded by many *agucious per
sons that tho whole I land must ovomtt
ally fall into the band* of the em my.
From their great superiority in all tlio
appliance* of war—guns, ammunition,
working utensils. trun»porluuuu, jhlp*.
and men to v.tste. ll i hcliaved Hint
wh cannot permanently Imld the position
without a ‘■acrifice of troops we arc un»-
ble to spare, ali i for whose be *, with I
item* of cost, the retention oj tho
» adequato conipensa-
i«lnnd would be
i ■ . • n LI.- I ■* upil
that the .1 an- which have brought tii
of all
coinpetnni t<» sucuro to them the remain
ing grou l immeUiatcly ill dtaputo.
their bands, and Fort
Hunilor a wreck - tor under tho firing of
a new three hundred pmmdur Parrott
gun her custom «u .*ea wall Im* heun se-
liill ? Such a
cossarv ; imleo«l. I firmly bellev
she wfll he standing proudly UcIIhii! I
six month* to come, though an oid. nl
lire may have passed over her. fSun.i
though lost to u*. can never be occupir
by tite enemy ho long a* Moultrie an
Battery Bee Khali stand; thU has bee
satisfactorily proven al rea dy
i Mo
their present
they do
strength, can never
>f I'h.irlohton and
the publm will I.
idtompt bn n
ity from M
sheerest delusion, at least a* mi id." nn
for red .icing it. A six month* bombard
mont at tliaL distance would not ofl'et
one-fourth the damage «*f tho late fir
much I"** reduce it to the abolitii
yoke. Whence then Is thoir hopaof
narrowed down in our judg
ment at least, to a nun < -sful landing
upon, and occupation of James Island.
Hero i* their task, and 1 am greatly mis
taken il they do not find
match for tliolr wita
1 have spent tho whole afternoon in u
round among the hospitals—all of which
have been removed far up town—more
OMpcciully for the purpose of ascertaining
the condition of tlio-e Gcorgini** who
were wounded in tho late battles on .Mor
ris’ Island. I jolted down tlm following
note* for the Information of their distant
friends:
Iht uKolloi a uospitai..
(Japt A. H. Roberts of tho 54th
gin, who wa* frightfully wuutided
engi.gomont of Tuesday night, died at an
early hour this morning. His remains
will be forwarded to hi* friends in Hcriv-
on county by to-morrow’* truin for Ba-
Wiiey Carte
both eyes shn , .
tho bull entering the loll eye from the
hide, pu»*cd under the nose, through tlm
right eye, and out <>f the temple. Sight
is, of course, exliiici, though tlm brain is
believed t«» lie uninjured and his
ory considered probable
Tliomus j. Mo(.re, < o. • , iltll lieo.glM.
lull fog crushed by a ►hell ubd amputated
above tho knee' ■ ■ -
J. It Lamb,
tbigb broken
well
Win. Greiner, (Jo. I), 54th
flesh wound lhf"Ugh thu right
ing well.
W. Oglesby Co. C, 61th Oj
lul wound in right should
J. T. E i - ii. Co. it, 54
flesh wound b(
return to duty,
D. Akins, N
badly cut by g
CITADKI.
S. A. Winkler,
ft arm nmputat
operation and sulforinj
J. G. Elli*, C<\ O,
•rely wounded in rl
"'IK " “
There
orally of IntermittenJ^bor of 8 tk,
but all are doing^aP”,‘« v or and/ie • ll "‘ l
cover. and tb.v
I have 0qfiiM lo gtato
(Ktor* that the eabturud na/rrJf**. who
wore tnaied over to tnu *uto »*y
military a-choriiios n few wof*ks ago,
were brought u;> for trial under the luws
of.South Carolina on Monday. Gu ino-
. of counsel
wero postponed until next
Able counsel have been
prisoners, and other* cpi. taken to Mocur •
them a fair and impurtial trial. Public
Kcntimont hero i* against a rigid vxocu-
tion of the law, and 1 shall not bo sur
prised if a plea in dofenco that they weip
„jting not of thoir free will, but under
compulsion, should avail in securing u
verdict of acquittal. o.
Fort Huinter to be Held.
Wo leurn from a croditablo source that
since the damage sustained by Fort .Sum
ter, General Beauregard sonl a Commis
sion emnpoKod of Engineers, to examine
its condition and report whether ii was
capable of defence. They proceeded t>
tbo Fort, and after a thorough examinu- j '''
lion, (tbo Fort being under fire at the I
time,) reported that it
defence for an indefin
rnl Beauregard than called for volunte
to defend tnut fortification. To this call
tliore was un immediate response trom
than was neoCKsary. It is iinpossi-
and held tbemsclve* in ruadinos* to insult
whomsoever darod to tall: of co-opera
tion or refused to "spill," «s they have
»» r
the hut drop,” recently convert-
«h1 their all into specie and sterling ex
change, and have disappeared with their
families. They have gone no ono know*
whither—porhaps to plant a colony of
“cavaliers' 1 somewhere in New Provi
dence.— Eufaula Sjtirit of the South.
ble to estimate too highly, and to attach
too warm a panegyric to this offer of vol
untary service for * duty so perilous. It
will be a shining mark among the numer
ous transactions of galfontry emblazoned
by this war.—Atl4ntu Confederacy.
The Yankees are going to have ..
“National Cemetery” ut Gettysburg, in
whicli will be interred the bodies of all
who foil in that battlo. Fourtcon acre*
of land have already boon purchased for
lho purposo.