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S85 t olonel Heinlzelman S official Report*j sition a short distance in the rear, I where I hoped to make a stand with a ! section of Arnold’s battery and tLe : United States cavalry, if I could rally , a few regiments of infantry. In this I ! utterly failed, and we continued our Hcadq’tsThird Div'n, Dep’t. N. E. Va. 1 Washington, July 31, 1861. } To Capt. Jas. B. Fry, Assistant Ad jutant General Sir—In obedience to instructions received on the 20th inst., the division | retreat on the road we had advanced under my command was under arms, j on in the morning. I sent forward my in light marching order, with two days’ j staff officers to rally some troops bo- cooked rations in their haversacks, and ■ vond the Run,but not a company would commenced the march at half past two i form. I stopped tack a few moments A. M. on the 21st., the brigade of 1 at the hospital to see what arrange Colonel Franklin leading, followed by those of Colonels Wilcox and Howard. At Centreville we found the road fdled with troops, and were detained three hours to allow the divisions of General Tyler and Colonel Hunter to pass. 1 followed with my division immediately in the rear of the latter. Between two and three miles beyond Centreville we left the Warrenton turnpike, turning into a country road on the right. Capt. Wright accompanied the head of Col. Hunter's column, with directions to stop at a road which turned into the lelt to a ford across Bull Run, about half way between the point where we turned off from the turnpike and Smi ley's Springs, at which latter point Colonel Hunter’s division was to cross. No such road was lound to exist, and about eleven A. M. we found ourse’ves at Smiley’s Springs, about ten miles from Centreville, with one brigade of Colonel Hunter’s division still on our side of the Run. Before reaching this point the battle had commenced. We could see the smoke rising on our left from two points, a mile or more apart. The clouds of dust were seen,showing the advance of troops from the direction of Manassas. At Sudley’s Springs, whilst waiting the passage of the troops of the division in our front, I ordered forward the First brigade, to fill tliei canteens. Before this was aceom plished, the leading regiments of Col. Hunter’s division iccame engaged.— General McDowell, who, accompanied by his staff, haJ passed ns a short time before, sent back Captain Wright, ol the engineers, and Major McDowell, one ot his aids, with orders to send forward two regiments to pievent the enemy from outflanking ihem. Capt. Wright led forward the Minnesota reg iment to the left of the road, whieh crossed the Run at this point. Major McDowell led the Eleventh Massa chusetts up the road. I accompanied this regiment, leaving orders for the remainder ot the division to follow, with rhe exception of Arnold's battery, which, supported by the First Michi gan, was posted a little below the cross ing of the Run as a reserve. At a little more than a mile from the ford we came upon the battle-field. Rickett s battery was posted on a hill to the right of Hunter’s division and to the light of the road. After firing some twenty minutes at a battery of the ene my, placed just beyond the rrest of a hill, on their entrance left, the distance being considered too gieat, it was moved forward to within about 1,000 leet of the enemy’s battery. Here the battery was exposed to a heavy fire ol musketry, which soon disabled it.— Franklin’s brigade was posted on the right of a woods, near the centre of our line and on ground rising towards the enemy’s position. In the meantime 1 sent orders for the Zouaves to move forward to support Rickett’s bittery on its right. As soon as they came up 1 led them forward against the Alabama regiment, partly concealed in a clump of small pines in ar. old field. At tin- fust fire they broke i-nd the greater portion of them fled to the rear, keep ing up a desultory firing over the heads of their comrades in fiont; at the same moment they were charged by a com pany ot secession cavalry on their real, who came by a road through two strips of woods on our extreme right. The fire Zoua es killed four and wounded oi.e, dispersing them. The discomfit ure of this cavalty was completed by a fire from C.iplain Cullom’s company ol United States cavalry, whieh killed and wounded several men. Col. Farnham, with some of his officers and men, be haved gallantly, hut the regiment ol Zouaves, as a regiment, did not appeal again on the field. Many of the men joined oilier regiments and did good service as skirmishers. I then led up the Minnesota regiment, which was also repulsed, but retired in tolerabli good order. It did good service in th* woods on our right flank, and was among the last to retire, moving ofl th< field with the Third United Slates in fantry. Next was letl forward the First Michigan, which was also repulsed, ano retired in considerable confusion. They were rallied and helped to hold tin woods on our right. The Brooklyn Fourteenth then appeared on tin- ground, coming forward in gallant style. I led them forward to the left, where the Alabama regiment had been posted in the early pait of the action, but had now disappeared, but soon came in sight of the line of the enemy drawn up beyond the clump of trees Soon after the firing commenced tin legiment broke and ran. I considered it useless to attempt to rally them — The want of discipline in these regi incuts was so great that the most of the rnen would run from fifty to several hundred yards to the rear, and continue • to fire—fortunately for the braver one.- —very high in the air, and compelling those in front to retreat. During this time Reickell’s battery had been taken and retaken ihree times by us, but was finally lost—most of the horses having been killed —Captain Reickell being wounded, and First Lieut. D. Ramsay killed. Lieut. Ferby behaved very gallantly, and succeeded in carrying ofl one caisson. Before this time heavy reinforcements of the enemy were dis tinctly seen approaching by two roads, extending and outflanking us mi the right. Col. Stewart’s brigade came or. the field at .his time, having be;n tie tained by the General as a reserve ai the point when we leit the turnpike.— It took post on a hill on our rig it and rear, and for some time gallantly held the enemy in check. I had out com pany of cavnlry attacked to my divis ion, which was joined during the en gagement by the cavalry of Colonel Stanton’s division. Major Palmer, • who commanded them, was anxious to engage the enemy. The ground being unfavorable, I ordered them back out of range of fire. Finding it im possible to rally any of the regi nents, we commenced our retrett about half past four P. M. Thtfe was a fine po From the Augusta Constitutionalist. Where Will the End Be! * The Victims of the Despot. In the long list of atrocities perpe and raiment for youi loved ones?— Think seriously about this. Look at the taxes which this damnable war is piling upon your shoulders—count the figures—mark the plunderers who have j of the Black Republican sheets of the j on the liberties, fortunes „i 1 *i ■- .i •- - -i whole North, discloses such a depth of j the Southern 1 *' The following, from the New York ; trated by the Lincoln Government, in Times, one of the most venal and vile the bloody war wlii .h it is waging up of which is only eight feet from the j SOUTHERN R ANNER floor. Our bedsteads are four highly Ilia III! DiVl\ it Liiv. ments could be made to save the wounded. The few ambulances that were there were filled, and started to the rear. The church which was used as a hospital, with the wounded and some of the surgeons, soon after fell into the hands ot the secess ; on cavalry, that followed us closely. A company of cavalry crossed the rear and seized an ambulance lull of wounded. Capt. Arnold gave them a couple of rounds of “canister” from his section of artil lery, which sent them scampering away and kept them at a respectable distance during the r» mainder of our retreat.— At this point most of the stragglers were in advance of us. Having every reason to fear a vigorous pursuit from the enemy’s fresh troops, I was desirous ot terming a strong rear guard, but neither the efforts ol the officers of the regular army, nor the coolness of the regular troops with me, could induce them to form a single company. We relied entirely for our protection on one section of artillery and a few companies of cavalry. Most of the road was fa ta table for inlautry, but unfavorable for cavalry and artillery. About dusk, as we approached the Warrenton turn pike, we heard a firing of rifled cannon on our right, and learned that the en emy had established a battery enfilad ing the load. Captain Arnold, with his section of artillery attempted to run the gauntlet and reached the bridge over Cub run, about two miles from Centreville, but found it obstructed with broken vel icles, and were com pelled to abandon his pieces as they were f under t; e fire of these rifled can non. The cavalry turned to the left, and after passing through a strip of woods and some fields, struck a road which led them to some camps occu pied by our troops in the morning, through which we regained ihe turn pike. At about eight P. M., we reached the camps we had occupied in the morning. Had a brigade from the re serve advanced a short distance beyond Centreville near one-third of the artil lery lost might have been saved, as it was abandoned at or near this crossing. Such a rout I never witnessed before No efforts could induce a single regi ment lo form after the retreat had com menced. Our artillery was served admirably and did much execution. Some of the volunteer regiments behaved veiy well, and much excuse can be made for tho. r e who fled, as few of the enemy could at any time be seen. Raw troops cannot be expected to stand long against an unseen enemy. I havt been unable to obtain any report from the Zouaves, as Col. Farnham is still at hospital. Since the retreat more than three-fourths of the Zouaves have disappeared. I beg leave to express my obliga tions to the officers of my staff, viz: Capt. H. S. Wright, Lieutenant E. S. W. Snyder, Lieutenant F. N. Farquhar, of the Engineers; Capt. Chauncery McKeever, Assistant Adjutant Gener al; Lieutenant J. J. Sweet, of the Second cavalry, and Lieutenant J. D. Fairbanks, of the First Michigan, for ihe able and fearless performance ot heir duties, and to recommend them to your favorable consideration. Very respectfully, S. P. IIEIM'ZELMAN, Colonel of the Seventeenth infantry, commanding the First division. plunged their arms to their pits in the public treasury, while our soldiers starve and go almost naked—count the cost, if you know hotv4o do sums in simple addition—and then answer, how long do you expect to stand it? Wiil it pay ? Poor men—you who depend upon your daily labor for your support, God help you! We feel for you, because we are one of you. Where do we find our dollar a day now, unless we enlist r:s officers for this plundeting war?— Where shall we find our shilling a day if it continues six months longer, when the frosts and snows of another winter fall around us and our families? In this city, not a flay has passed for the last week but what the family of the writer of this article has been called upon to give bread to famishing child ren—on two occasions to honest ap pearing grown men, out of work and without a cent. They would be glad to labor, but they cannot find a chance in the present general stagnation. Where are our charitable associations? Let them arouse themselves—nay, even now at mid summer, when poverty never before asked alms in Concord. I his crying shame—one of the results of this Devi! s wat—has got to be met. The money which has been contributed for tracts which they wiil never read— the liberal contributions which have been made under clothing, for have- locks, for lint which cowardly runaway sugeons didn’t stop to use at Centre ville—all these contributions must soon be made over and over again, ten times and ten times, for the benefit of oui own suffeiing poor. Again, we say, God help them, for our city and town authorities don’t do it. Already the alms houses are not large enough. Suppressing Despatches—Lord Lyons Demands his Passports. W e take the following curious story from the St. Louis Bulletin : We have been permitted to make the following extracts from a letter re ceived in this city a lew days since.— We regard it as entirely reliable : Washington, Aug., 3,1S61. * * Among the ondits circu lated in this city, is one of much im portance as showing the wisdom of our Premier in his conduct of foreign rela tions. It appears that the day of the battle of Manassas was that fixed for the sail ing of the Cunard steamer. The news at first received was so much in favor of the Federalists that certain northern men raised $1,500 to pay the expenses ! dying from starvation, of detaining the boat till Monday, and telegraphed the .. posts, on which are two beds, one over; j UBJe . A . g|cd B e, ~ J 7... - j- S lhe otl,er » which, with two small or sin- j Anderson w. Reese, j Ed,lor *‘ oniMives of 1 K<e bedsteads, tcoommodate the party l of six ; we have straw ticks, and are, This I ile War. give the following from misery as has not been known in the modern histories of “war, pestilence, and famine,” anil requires but one step j furthei to parallel the acts at the siege of Jerusalem. There can be no mistake in this—it | is the bare truth ; for we claim that “he is a good witness who testifies against himself.” Read it, people of the South, and render thanks to that beneficient Being who has filled our land with plenty, to overflowing. We do not war with women and children, and would willingly and gind- ly give from our abundance enough to relieve the wants of those whose cry of misery is borne upwards to the Father of all—aye, even if they were “regis tered as wives and little ones” of those who have met us with the bnt'le cry of, “booty and beauty !” We have armor o courage to defend ourselves against those who call themselves men —but we have no armor to shield us from (he attacks of distress, or the cries of starving and perishing women and children: Death in (he Mayor's Office.—The horrors of the present war and the un told sufferings growing out of it, were fearfully demonstrated yesterday in the Mayor’s office. Among the hundreds of soldiers’ wives and others who daily apply for relief or information at that office, a woman, yesterday, of unusually re spectable appearance, though haggard from evident want, called in relcrence to a refusal on the pait of the Commit tee of her district or ward, to pay the little stipend her ticket called for.— They had for some reason—her hus band’s regiment not having yet left for me oimiuerii people, there is none i — — > , - , ,, - more sickening, none that calls louder i comparatively- speaking, comfortable tor nngeance, dire and sudden, than the wantm and unprovoked barbarities inflicted upon the Baltimore Police Commissioners. These gentlemen, whose only offence consisted in their refusal !o abdicate their office in favor of the Y ankee General Banks, then in military command of Baltimore, were awakened from their beds at midnight, and, amid the tears and remonstrances of their families, were hurried ofl, with out even a show of trial, to the dun geon? of Fort McHenry. Thence, by an act of despotism unparalleled on this continent, they were transferred to an isolated fortress in the harbor of New York. Of their treatment there let the following letters speak : Fort Lafayette, Aug. 6, 1861. My Dear Wife: I wrote to you on the 31st July and the day following, but both letters have been suppressed by the authorities, I suppose, and can not have reached you. We are closely confined in a strong prison, denied all intercourse with any human being outside, are not permitted to write or to receive news papers, and are under strict prison dis cipline, guarded night and day by sol diers, and treated exactly as felons in the penitentiary, except that we are not yet required to woik. Our prison is a massive, gloomy building, forming a hollow square, and covers the whole island on which it is built. Seven of us are confined in one casemate, and sleep upon straw beds without pillows, and with but one blanket. We drink wretched coffee, which" is composed of parched beans, or some other vile in gredient, from tin cups. Four ounces of bread at each meal, and the fattest Washington, as is understood was the j pork, which we cannot touch, and case—turned the cold shoulder upon We give the following from the Concord (N.II.) Standard of the 3d, as 'he article which caused the paper to be mobbed. Men of New England! It is a war waged against your interests, youi pockets, your future prosperity; the welfare of your familes, the future ol your wives and little children. The ad loss of life at Bull Run—nay the liousands of brave hearts which are yet to be sacrificed, if Black Republi can demagogues and treasury plunder its are permitted to carry out theii programme of blood—are but as a feather in the balance when weighei against the demoralization, the prostra 'ion, the crushing destruction, which this internal war will surely bring upon every New England home. Fathers! God protect your dear wives and help less children who will have to suffei most from this infamous, fratricidal war. Rich men—those who arc reputed to he such. Where is your fancied wealth? What is your real estate worth to-day? Where can you find a purchaser for it, .it anything lik cost? YVhe:e can you find one at any price? Will your in comes pay insurance and taxes, if this miserable war continues until next May ? Men of moderate means. Where i> youi income to day? What store keep er in Concord has made enough for the past fortneight to pay his business ex penses, to say nothing of those of his family? Have your profits paid the grocer, the butcher, the baker? If they have, then the deserted streets of this city, for the past fourteen days, have lied, and yet you have only begun to get a peep at the beginning of the end. If this cursed nigger war continues another twelve months, grass will grow in Main Street. Even the government tax gatherers will not be able to tread it down, for by that time, may be, you will have ceased to be able to pay their demands, and their occupation will be gone. You must then repudiate, willing, or unwilling. Mechanics! You like to read about the war, perhaps in the un rehable sensation city press. You would have rejoiced over a different result a Bull Run—exulted at a suc cessful Northern forward march to Richmond. But reflect a moment se riously—reflect/ Would that have done more than gratify your sectional pr’.de,or political animosity? Would it hive tended to revive your crippled business? Would it have ensured to you better wages tor the coming fall and winter, luel for your firesides, food arrangement to this city. When the tide of battle turned, and it became evident that the ‘For ward to Richmond’ meant ‘Back to the Potomac,’ an imperative message was sent by the authorities here, to send the steamer ofl immediately. She sail ed, therefore, without any news. The British Consul at New Y'ork immediately telegraphed this fact to Lord Lyons, who, in turn, despatched to Halifax to detain the steamer at that point until his despatches should arrive there. When he had received correct in formation regaidingthe battle, be took a despatch to the telegraph office, and supposed that it would be sent imme- d stely. Something occuring to arouse his suspicions; he, accompanied by bis Secretary, drove to the telegraph office nd requested that his despatches should be repeated frt ra Halifax.— This forced the operator to acknowledge that they had not been forwarded.— ‘By whose orders are my despatches suppressed?’ ‘By those of Secretary Seward,’ was the reply. The British representative drove immediately to the State Department, and inquired of the Premier if such orders had been given. He replied in the affirmative. ‘My passports!’ was the stern demand of England. Seward hesitated. A Cab- ii et consultation was held. The de spatches were sent, and Lord Lyons reluctantly withdrew his demand, but informed the astonished Cabinet that he would refer the matter to his Gov ernment. H her and refused all relief. She stated her case simply, hut earnestly. Her j landlord was about to eject her for non- i payment of two or three dollars rent ol | a room. She had locked two small children in her apartments and lelt them actually crying for bread—the third and sick one, some two years ot age, she had borne to the residence of the committee man, where she was denied relief, and trom thence to the Mayor’s office. Here, she pleaded in tones ot eloquence which hunger alone could give utterance to. With anxious eyes steadily fixed upon her, evidently, fast sinking child, and while she was yet speaking and inquiring what she could do, the spirit ot the child took its flight to a better world, literally It was a pain fully sad and sickening sight, and could any man of feeling have witnessed the terrible agonies of that mother, and the cold, lifeless foint of that child—fol lowed her trembling steps out ot the hall, with a dead babe in her arms, wending her way to other starving, per haps dying, ones at home—surely they would have offered up urgent and sin cere prayers for peace, instead of the savage cry for war and blood. Jlml this is but one off ten thousand cates with which our city abounds. It is scarce ly necessary to say that the immediate wants of the poor woman referred to were provided for. The italics are our own. some putrid beef, are served up. Our money was all taken from us imme diately on our arrival, and we were ve ry coolly told that tvq could only have it as our jailors choose to allow it to us. We are not permitted to keep pen, ink or paper, for tear our wretched sit uation should be made known to our friends. I had to resort to stratagem to write this, and will endeavor to send it se cretly. We ate in total darkness as regards what we are held for, or how long we will be imprisoned ; but we all conclude that we will not be releas ed until peace is declared, and perhaps not then. I am as wretched as any human being can be, but only on your account. Surely some one will come enough in this particular. The room has three small windows in walls four feet • thick, the ventilation through these being from the sea, is quite fresh, making amends for the lownes3 ot the ceiling, but it is unpleasant to be re minded of our captivity by every pass ing vessel or pleasure boa', glimpses of which we catch through the peep holes. Messrs. Howard, Gatchell, Da vis, Alvy, Lyon and Smith, occupy a room similar to ours, and enjoy pre cisely the same privileges and miseries that we do. They take their meals from a sergeant in the garrison, who supplies them with two each day for $7 a week, which is exorbitant tor what they receive. Ham and eggs for breakfast, and eggs and ham for din ner. They invited me to join them, but I declined because of the inability of my messmates to do so. Their ra tions, however, are dainty when com pared to ours, which are—Breakfast: fat pork, no lean, four ounces of bread, and a tea cup of dark liqued called cof- fee. Dinner: four ounces of bread, one cup of pork soup, three ounces overboiled, lean, indigestible beef, and as much tepid water as we choose.— The above bill of fare is invariable, and I have no doubt you will call it luxu ries. Any little things, which migh^ contribute to our comfort, are denied us. Newspapers of all kinds not .al lowed, ami the rules absolutely pro scribe ail kinds of liquors. A case ot wines brought by the Commissioners was taken away from them. We have kind friends near. Some of them, it 11 appears, sent us a sealed bag of veget ables the other day, and they were not delivered us, contrary to the statement when we arrived, that we could procure food from abroad. This dispels the Itope of getting things from New York, though, indeed, to do so at any rate, would be attended with such difficul ties, that it may as well be denied. 1 know that if cur friends in New Y’ork and Brooklyn had been allowed the privilege of sending, we should have had an abundant supply ol everything before this. Only imagine hmv much more intolerable our life must be here, than in Fort McHenry. On a island, ten miles distant from the city, within our gloomy prison walls, in the centre ot a harbor—friends, rc.atives, acquaintances, and even our counsel not allowed to visit us—not allowed even the privilege of getting or seeing the daily papers in this metropolis of this, our boasted land of free men, free ATHENS, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST -8, 18Cl. Oil J 3©" See General Orders No 13, from the Adjutant General’s Office. Also, Orders No. 2. of Major-General Hammond. Public meeting. The people of Clarke county, irre spective of party, are requested to meet at-the Town Hall in Athens, on THURSDAY, THE 29’1’H INST., for the purpose of sending delegates to the People’s Convention, which assem bles in Milledgeville on the 11th of September, to nominate a suitable man for Governor of Georgia, and Electors for President of the Confederate States. MANY VOTERS. Appoinlmeuts. The Rev. T. B. Ilarben, will address the people at jeffe'son.Jnckson Co. on .Monday Sept. 2d, At Gillsrille,Tuesday “ 3d, At Polksville Wednesday “ 4th. At Homer, Thursday “ 5th, Subject, the war and its necessities. All are invited, and ladies especially. "J j folds Of the flag of the brave and the Brown. It is well known that wo were The New Y’ork Daily News, of a late date, referring to the poorer classes in connection with the present war, intro duces the following remarks: The man who witnesses the winter of 1S61-62 in this and other Northern cities, will have need for a heart of marble and a face of brass to resist the emotions of pity and hotror which must toy our aid. loti have fnends, or , , .. , , - , ■ i , . i . i » l speech and a tree press, and under the those who have prolessed to be so for I _ a f. L _ \ , lL _ many years. Think of me as one th is dead and utterly useless to you, and act accordingly. I have not the slight est hope at present of ever seeing you again. My confinement, and the suffer ing occasioned by a confined recur rence to the hopelessness of toy con dition, together with the wretched diet set before me, must speedily terminate a life which, in the course of Nature, would soon have ceased under better circumstances. I trust, my dear, kind, affectionate wife, you will not become discouraged, but trust to your boys, who are affectionate, and who will, I leel assured, prove a blessing to you nnd your dear little ones. May God bless their endeavors, and make them ornaments to society. O! how 1 long to see you a'l. I dream of you sometimes, and always feel relieved when I can commune with you even in my restless slumbers. I shall never forget the sweet laugh of my dear little boy, when I last saw him at Fort McHenry. What a relief it would be if I could have your likeness- Who Shall be our Next Governor t This question is suggested by a c»lj through the newspapers of a Convention of the people, irrespective of party, for the purpose of nominating a suitable man, and also by a recent letter from Gov. Brown, which we publish this morning. Gov. Brown takes position against a convention, small | arld expresses his willingness to serve a third term. VYo have heretofore retrained from any discussion of the subject, because wo did not desire to contribute anything to aronse party feeling, which some of our cotempo raries have seemed disposed to provoke.— But the question must be met, and there is now but little time left to consider it in. First, in reference to a third te.-m for Gov. The Tankee Blockade We confess at times, at bein» ,a annoyed at hating the question p,’ '* lo us, do you not think England will y - £ j iron, and wood workers. t 0 „ ur f 1 who sew, to all, wo * av blockade may last until th« 70 C( er>W * every dollar earned at tf, e being paid North; until u, e lh " * lo W|j North for machinery of all kind s'*^, pins,biscuit rollers.combs for negroes h.“ and sausage stuffing machines, » rs , „ home to feed, clothe and make ' ^ working men of the Scuth. With a territory six times as J,.., bn E land, Scotland and Ireland com!; ' h a people, climate, soil and rei, unsurpassed, to dream »h«w. „" J' and prosper-away with such del,,;. ' come f ro m the North, our teach,. hay, cheese, butter, brooms ' ?l! i picks and shoe peg.-. Th„ ; "l own people ol an immense « Pr J"" 1 and fed and made rich „ ur ^ only bend of union to » plunder and keep pnnr th , - b *> thousands of our honest, n3l i»e’ l epr ' ri ' and women of employment ^ The despotism of King,’ *«,*»*. n.sts from the.r f allier hnd< aoJ * America W.th tbe best blood ofthc old * (we have no reference to the May FIs, God is a true God, and when a profen, religions people give Him up, He f, r>1| them; and ho overrules the igno;* w , and arrogancy as well as the winb,[' North, not only for His own glory, I,,, good. Yankee into'erar.ce, interned,; and lyrany forced us out oi the l' Yankee blockades will work to uurp-a^ ity. We like the blockade; it has girem- petus and onward march to the So:; has aroused our energy, and re»i» ( - sources of wealth and happiness to * boring classes; it protect, and encoel home interests; and it will keep our J at home, making us independent u ’ the world. What say you ship bo' shall timber go North lo lie convert ships? Manufacturer, will you sends North lo be wove and spun? Jf #c give you a chance, and are you non. furnish doors, sash, blinds, and umui bngraver »nd mason, can you not;- work Yankee land has been supply with! Southern girl oan you not tu J fied to teach, give manners and anti- to our children! Then let us all bt ourselves and irealih and prosper, happiness will be ours. A shoit time since, Gov. Bros; making efforts to buy, and •hipcnmmil the North. AW our own mechanic!a:, ing employment and Richmond, \aih Charleston Koine and New Oitoi siting them - Guns are now made Carolina, swords are free. Y’es, that banner which we are told in song “makes tyranny tremble,” floats over us, while we feel the fond embrace of tyranny and the heel of op pression ; while we are denied the com forts and almost the necessaries of life —for which we arc willing to pay— and are subjected to barbarous priva tions, while our oppressors arc unable to confront us'Avith any charge, more than suspicion of being disloyal. Thus we are denied every process of law and shut out from the world, in this Bastilc. Verily, “in the midst of II e we are in death.” By the scraps on which I write this, you will see what stratagems I have been put to, but I trust by the aid of the numbers affixed, you will be able to decipher them. among his warmest supporters in the two campaigns which resulted in his election ; and we accord to him full credit for the able and faithful manner in which he has dis charge-1 ihe duties of his office. While we entertain these feelings towards him, we do not think he ought to be a candidate for the good and sufficient reason, if there were no other, that he has actively participated in all the recent parly struggles in the State, and could not, therefore, unite all the ele- The Battle in Missouri—Gen. M'Cnl- loch’s Official Dispatch. The following is the official dispatch of Gen. Ben McCulloch, annonneing crowd upon him in beholding the fear- j cs ‘ longer and mote con- will present themselves, i ,ente ^ -X * . lao '* iem by me. You beggared people, strug- cannot imagine, unless you had expe- ruction and exhorbitant f' t ' nc . e ‘ l same restrain., what a so lace it would be in tny wretched, hope- cie; depressed in business; injured 1 j esl; ruled hy a mob; no credit abnw;; j graced in the eyos of the world; forn'w| , , , God, He has given them up, anJ 1 the late brilliant victory gained by the su< ’ c ‘ ssor - Ind « d . if >t should turn out j , in/fer out her lime , r „ , fce j tB that the Convention to meet on the 11th ol - From the Washington Star, Aug. 5th. The Bebcl Prisoners at Washington There are now sixty-five prisoners onftned in the old brick Capitol build ing, corner of A north and First street east, under a guard of soldiers who patioll the side walk around the build ing. The lower windows have been closed with boards nearly to the top, leaving only sufficient space lor light and ventilation, and several smaller buildings in the rear are surrounded by ^ tight board fence twelve feet high, enclosing quite a space of ground for u yard. In this, and the outer build ings, Potomac water has bten intro duced, and every thing rendered as com fortable as and as pleasant as the cir cumstances will permit. The prisoners are cheerful and quiet, though some are extiemely bitter in their denuncia tions of the Yankee government. Oc casionally passing soldiers, who hap pen to be intoxicated, address them in rather uncomplimentary terms, and with expressions which render their seclusion, for the time being, remarka bly agreeable to themselves. Some times soldiers go further, and when the back of the sentry is toward them, toss a brick at the first head which appears at the window. Not long since a Fire Zouave, who had several times invited them out to ‘get licked,’ i:: passing by the dining room, tossed a brick over into the room, with the intention ot ‘spiling’ some of them white at dinner, but they had luckily just lelt the table, and no damage was done. Many have been furnished with civilians’ dress by- friends in the city, together with many of the luxuries of home. Their quar ters are quite spaciou3,and can accom modate a large number. Change oj Regiments.—The 12th Georgia Regiment, Col. Thomas, has been changed to the 15th Georgia Reg iment, by which title it will hereafter be known. Persons having friends in Col. Thomas’ Regiment with whom they wish to correspond, will change their addresses accordingly. ful scones that will present themselves. A ruined and gling with destruction taxation at home, and contending with expensive and bootless war abroad, has been described by history unhappily again and again; but the terrible spec tacle is now apparently to be produced here, with illustrations of unusual poig nancy and effectiveness. The inability to pay rents in summer foreshadows a terrible condition of af fairs when cold wealher shall come upon us. What must be the state of things n November or February if this is what we are to contemplate in Au gust? It would l e easy, doubtless, for landlords, to evict tenants and re- let their premises, but would the next comers be likely to do better? The tact is, the war is ruining New York. It is the North and not the South that is suffering the effects of the present hostilities, as every clear sighted finan cier and statesman predicted, from the beginning, would be the case. It is we who are blockaded—not the Cotton States. There is but little suf fering, comparatively speaking, i n Charleston, Savannah, or New Orleans; but there is a tearful amount ot it in New York, Boston and Philadelphia. The industry of the South is not par alysed. The negro still goes to the cotton and rice or sugar field, as he did before the w ar, and returns to dance before bis cabin at sun down, but out Northern mechanic, business mr.n, or laborer—how does the war effect him? How does the capitalist of whom the New York coirespondcnt of the Phila delphia Journal tells, whose August rental roll in this city has shrunk from three thousand dollars and upwards to a pitiful ninty-six dollars, like the ef fect ot the war? W’e predict he will soon be a peace man,if he be not already- converted; and that he will agree; as the whole continuity—contractors and eppaulette wearers excepted—will, ere long with the peace organ, the New York Daily News, that this war ought to come to an end. less condition, to have them by me.— Although 1 have six others with me, who are nil young men, I feel like one alone. 1 cannot enter into any of their amusements, and we have no books that I can read, except Childe Harold. It will be useless to answer this, as the letter would be examined and not sent to me, and you cannot possibly send one privately. \Yc mett Messrs. Howard and Gatchell, and the ether prisoners, in the yard twice a day, and are permitted to walk together an hour morning and evening. Farewell, my ever dear, dear wife. Kiss my dear little ones fc-r me, and do not forget to speak of their father as often as you can. A Mexican woman named Dolores Orosgo died at the gaming table in Ranchita, near Matainoros, a few weeks since. Site has followed gambling for twenty years, and her ca reer was successful. Many incidents are related of her personal courage in mastering the bullies of ttic card table. —Galveston Civilian. ‘•Can’t we make your lover jea’ous, miss 1 “Oh l ye* air, I think wo cau, if we put onr heads together /” Tub Bastilf. Fort Lafayktt*, \ New York Harbor, Aug. 7, 1661. j My Dear J.: If you have received no ward from me before this,you must have divined the reason. 1 wrote you twice since my arrival here, but I have reason to know the letters did not reach you ; but this will, despite the vigilance of our keepers. On arriving here we were required to surrender all the money and blank- paper on our persons, at the same time being informed, that by applying to the commanding officer, we would be fur nished with writing materials, but that all our letters would b: examined by him, and if found to contain nothii g objectionable, would he forwarde 1 to their destination, and that our money would be subject to our checks, but we must account satisfactorily for its dis position, before we should receive any. So strict is the rule respecting paper, that wc are required to account for ev ery inch, and to deliver it up at night, be it Hank or half written, ar.d it is re turned us in the morning to finish our letters which wc write, in the vain hope of their being despatched. 1 wrote you long enough since to have your answer, therefore I presume this will be the first if not the only one you will receive. This fortification rises within twenty feet of the water on all sides and is about sixty feet in height, lorm- ing a hollow square, in which is a grass plat thiity feet actoss. This we are allowed to trample for two houis each day; at first we found it agreeable, but we tired of its monotony, and the weak ness of our limbs, induced by confine ment and inferior diet, make us turn from the exercise and seek repose.— Our room is eighteen by twenty-four, with a vaulted roof, the highest point | troops under his command in the neigh borhood of Springfield, Mo.: Mi-ri.ngfiei.d. Mo., via I.itti.i I Rock, Ark., August 13, 1861. j Hon. L. P. Walker: The battle of Oakhill has been fought, and we have gained a great victory over the enemy, commanded by General S. Lyon.— The battle was fought ten miles from Springfield. The enemy were nine or ten thousand strong; our force was about the same. The battle lasted six and a half hours. The enemy were repulsed anti driven from the field, with the loss of six pieces of artillery, sever al hundred stands of small arms, eight hundred killed, one thousand wounded, and three hundred prisoners. General Lyon was killed, and many ot their prominent officers. Our loss was two hundred and sixty-five killed, eight hundred wounded, and thirty missing. We have possession of Springfield, and the enemy are in full retreat towards Rolla. Benj. McCulloch, Brigadier-General Commanding. Judge falrou Driven from Nashville. Nashville, August 12,—Judge Cat ron, of the Unite4States .Supreme Court, has been expelled from Nashville by a vigilance coinmitti e for his refusal to resign his office under the U. S. Gov ernment. in iiiurictu-! number of pUces; shoe, hat, cap,;-, cloth and glass factories are goi;; successful operation. Our salt spr.: V’irginia, Arkansas and in the ID Madre, near Corpus Cliristi Terujj cut down the profits of those who 1* buying up salt for speculation. But how is it North? More lln;| thirds of the exports of the old United i; went from the South; the carriage I this and the drippings are gone. VI eioici unue an me eie— .. . . . * inents, and bring about that harmony °f 1 nificrni h'i \ ° l' alnled on 'hem: b I n, ' lcc nl hotels ate empty; mercharJ feeling among our people, which is so es sential to our welfare in the present crisis. It cannot be denied that there is a strong element in Georgia opposed to Gov. Brown’s re-election, and we think it should be respected by those who consider harmo ny the paramount good, especially when there are men in the State who could ad- i ’• ', , "'!!!” V . . ... 1 factories stopping and families brj: minister the government as well, and «ho -rt. v. .t. , . , . , ... .7 , I I he Notlh is fast becoming drained:: would he able to unite all the various ele- 1 ments of the dead and buried political I parties. \Ye have no particular choice as to his failing. Two millions of Soulhf-rM no long find the way to Hartford fad| age work. Na'.ic, Lynn, and Hj wheie all our shoes have been tsujj almost beggared. The sewing miF coffee mill and tin shops of Meriw down lo ‘short time.’ Mills are ei Stoppage off J\'ew England Mills The Fall River Aews says that the Troy, Fall River, Anawan, Metacomet and I.innen Mills, of that city, all of which manufacture print goods, have suspended operations for the present. The Union, Qttequcchan, Whatnpee and Dr. Dttrfee’s Mills h ave been stopped several weeks. The Fall River Print Works and the Nail Mill have also been stopped sev eral weeks. The American Print Works has been running three days in a week, but it is uncertain how long it will continue to do so. The Thread Mills of Oliver Chace, and Davis &; Russel, and the Wicking Factory of Augustus Chace, all in Fall River, R. I., have been stopped from half to three-fourths of the time for the past few weeks. Every department ot business in that city and vicinity shares the same depression.—Boston Journal. September is a one-sided affair, and should present some man who is obnoxious to the same objections as Gov. Brown, we might support the latter. But there are several gentlemen in Geor gia upon whom we think the whole people can unite. \Ye should be perfectly satis fied with the Hon. Martin J. Crawford, Hon. Charles J. Jenkins, or Hon. E. A- Nesbitt. It may be urged that all of these gentlemen have been too recent participants in the late party struggles. If so, there yet remains a man who is not lia' 1e to this ob jection. lie has been far removed from our late local struggles, and his name will sug gest probably as little party animosity as any man in the State. Added to this, he has an enlarged and cultivated intellect, an ex ended experience in governmental af fairs, and is withal a pure patriot. We al lude to Hon. John E. Ward, of Savannah. Recruits for the fcutre-llill Guards. Absence from town last week caused the omission of the following list of recruits from Jackson county, for tho Centre-Hill Guards, Capt. Reynolds. Mr. D. R. Lyle, of Mulberry, received authority for raising the recruits, which he did in a remarkably short time. Mr. Lyle has been very active in raising and aiding to fit nut men for ilia war, and deserves much credit for his ener gy. It was his intention to accompany the recruits to Richmond, but Lieut. R. White having returned for them, Mr. Lyla aban doned his intention of accompanying them. The following is the list: T 11 Arnold Benjamin Kiney I- M Bradley W ilhur I, Lott ’ J K Lyle S B Lowery she has committed the next greatests- the Jevrs. Twelfth Georgia.—A letter to the Savannah Republican, dated Camp Al leghany, August 13tn, says : Our regiment moves this morning to Greenbrier River, ten or twelve miles this side of the enemy’s camp on Cheat Mountain. Whar the object cf the move is I am not advised, but suppose it will transpire in a few days. Joseph H Bone L l) Bowles A H Bowles W N Bates James It Cosby James J Carlisle John A Dalton Wm H Dalton John Furgerson Joseph A Garrett John V S Haysa Robert T Marvell Wm E Hill Joel Johnson W W Jackson Richard S Martin * Elijah Murphy Terrell Murphy James J Melton M J Pentecost W R Randolph M J C Stalham D W Spence John \S Sprowell John (J Strange Wiley J Wright Abner Wills Levi IF Williams Federal Deports. Official reports ot the heads ofDa of the Federal A no; which ml badly whipped at Mannassas, hi»| published. They are very lrngth'1 would not be of special interest ic cr| era. We publish ue repurtofCc! zehnan, of the Third Division, as interesting. He tells with a gon* frankness, says the Richm :nd he was whipped, and how hu * commenced the grand stampede. TaJ bama Regiment,’ of which he wdj what gallant fellows they were! fri man tells how he;led the ZouarcJ iqj them, and ho-v ‘at the first fire, tbe; t and fled, and ‘as a regiment,'hitf been seen since. Next he held Minnesota regiment, ‘which was i»£* pulsed, but retired in tolerably goo:'' 1 * Next was carried up the First Mr •which was also tepulsed, and re- 1 considerable confusion,’ Next ihe?’] lyn Fouiteenth, went forward in ‘f style!’ ‘aoon after the fiti;.g coai.n** they too, ‘broke and ran!' BnR ians! four successive regiment! ttsb**] on you, and were hruken upon you i«' upon a rock! Colonel Heintze’man hi - ig‘ ,lUe: ' ed’ in every attempt to ral'y bis w**l eluded then to make the btsi run lie p Describing this, lie candidtj *'J K a rout I ncter witnessed beiore. N 5 could induce a single regiment 1* after the rclleat had commenced- ^ Col. Ileintzrlinan’s deseriptu' 5 position ol the Alabama Regimen 1 .’jj with what is known to have ben-A 1 sition of the 8th Georgia. L 11C '' bl« that he was mistaken ns to s** 1 ruenlit was that repulsed his tour lef ^ of Hessiahs? Death of ft. J. Miiliean. Esq. We are pained to hear of the death of this gentleman, at Bio Shanty. Mr. Milli- can was a prominent lawyer cf this circuit, and a most useful citizen of Jefferson. He was one of those who declared themselves for secession upon hearing of Lincoln's election; and in order to sustain the State in the important step which she took, vol unteered as a private in the first company that left Jackson county. Mr. Millican was a gentleman of many ■oc.al qualities, and was never happier than when he saw those around him happy. The Gecrgia State Convention meets on 1 the 11 tls of September. Home-Made Liquot- Wc have received the folio''" 1 with the accompanying dueumtn*’- ^ will explain itself. Toe Joeuio'' been pronounced good by contpet* 0 '- If our people will drink liquor, 1 drink a pure arlible : Paoi.i, y James .1. Sledge—Sir:—' sample of my w-biskey and m* 1 ef pi dy. which 1 desire you should compliment. Tbe brandy '* old and doubly distilled, w#r , 5 ,i,ir gallon, i have a small lot 0 A**, tilled whiskey for medicinal PJ $2.00 per gallon, and a qua* »;| por<| distilled at 81-25 per g» llun - w of the best quality—belief ^ than can be found in any o I WILLIAM /. be lound in any ke ,, m am. very respw'^^sTOl WILLIAM 0.0fl 1 jjjfi The Sumter bsJ sola Abby Bradford and d ***