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VOLUMN XVIII
ROME GA., FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST' 21, 1868.
NUMBER 41
iniut.lsitEti eVSry^riIday'moriug
£y ML DWINELL^
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
TERMS OP^SUBSORlPTlON.
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Advertising rateSi
H EREAFTER tUo rates of advertising
In tlio Romo SoUthorner and Courier,
will be an follows i
Transient Advertisements per sqUaro-Pf teh
$1.50 < Thursday evening at 4 o’clook,
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Attention .Forrest Artillery.
An eleetion will beheld at the Court
House, on Thursday evening, 19th ist.,
at 6 o’clock, P. M.> for twoeommissien-
ed oBiocl*s to fill vneanoies in this cotm
paliy* The members are earnestly re.
quested to attend promptly. The
Prills of this company will hereafter
be as follows—at Cooper’s Ware House;
The 1st Section, composed of 1st and
2nd Detachments, Will meet for drill
every Monday morning, 10 o’clook.
.The 2nd Section, composed of 3rd
and 4th Detachment, Will drill every
.4.00
6.00
VT.OO-
6.00
4.00
2.00
5.00
First insertion
Kach subsequent insertion
Legal Advertisements.
. iters of Administration
Dismission from Administration
Dismission from Guardianship
bravo to soil land dr negroes
yotico to Dobtors and Creditors
Sale of porsonal properly, per square
gale of land or negroes « «
Kach Shorifl’s Levy of ton Unco or less 8.00
Of moro than ton linos at the rates per
si|tiaro of 3.00
Each Mortgage Bale por square 0.00
Communications recommending eandh
dates for offloe, ditsa.promoto their olectlon,
will bo insertod as' 'advertisements, payable
in advance, at the rates .of ono dollar for
(cvciity-flvo words. The money and the
name of tho writer must evcompnny the
communication to insure its publication.
Announcing candidates $10, in advaneo.
All military orders, communications, no*
ticcs, Ac., will bo chargod as transient adver
tisements.
Tributes of respect, obituaries, Ac. Ac., (of
more than five linos) aro charged ns adver-
iccmonts. II. A. QARTItELL,
Proprietor South erner,
M. DWINELL,
July 30, 1803. Proprietor Courier.
Notices of Marriages nml Deaths, not cr-
oeding Fivo Lines In length; aro published
gratuitously in tho Courier. Tho friends of
the parties are requested to sond in these
notices accompanied with a responsible name
and they will bo published with pleasure.
forces beyond (.ho Mississippi, are table
to whip the vandal foe in that' depart
ment, at any time. Provisions are
abundant and cheap there.
The Hamburg la Columbia Railroad
company lias been organised by elect
ing Wm. Johnston, of South Carolina,
President, Henry Moore, of Georgia,
Secretary, and James Gibbs, of South
Carolina, Chief Engineer.
Horse Steam no, Ac.— We have never
heard of as much stealing anywhere,
von in these war times, as there has
bent) in litis community during tho
past twenty days. Nearly ovory morn*
ing it is roported that from ono to a
half dozen horsos and mules have been
stolen the night bnfoie, and beoves,
igs, sheep, as well as turkeys and
chickens seem to bo token with no
sort of reservation. The fact is this
state of ullhirs is becoming ultogetker
unbearable, and the oitizens are begin
ning to boil with rage nml indignation
on account of theso nppumntly unre
st i ai tie 1 1 d eprcdiitiotm.
At first these. larcenies Were all
rmu’ged to the nceount of the troops
neaniped in this A'icittity, but it now
probable that there is a regularly or
ganized “Pony'club,” com posed proba
bly in part ol hangers-on to the urmy,
and that they are doing a systematic
business of stealing and running off
stock. Cannot the officers in command
of the troops here, co-operate with the
cjvil authorities and put a stop to these
shameful proceedings.
The Weather has been exceedingly
hot during tho past two weeks atftl
min is now very much needed; yet all
but lato corn will make a very fair
yield even without any moro rain.
Madam RunL’s Concerts.—Those are
the most delightful publia entertain
ments that baa favored in our city
for a long time. pant. Although not
sufficiently versed to judge of Madam
R’s. singing critically, wo doubt not
but that slio lully deserves ’the high
encomiums bestowed ’ upon her by
connoisseurs and the Press elsewhere.
Prof. Burrnge’s Tableaux were very
bonutiful, consisting of representations
of historic chaiaeters. They aro . well
worth a visit. Last conoert and, ex
hibition to-night;
New Advertisements.
Stay The Stockholders in tho Floyd
County Salt Man'ufuottiring Co.,-willsee
Notice of a Dividend of salt in another
column. . .
©•Mrs. Reeves will resume her
school on the last day ef(hi« month.
ter $3,01)0 of 6 per cent. State Treas
ury Notes for sale,-
Seizure of Horses.—On yesterday, by
authority of the Government, tho ■ car
riago hovses and other fine horses of
the oity wore seized and pressed into
military service. Early in the day
before the seizure, the city was picket-
ed.in every direction,, to prevent the.
irunningofFof any; df these fine ani-
enals of which the Government want-
•ad.
Pair compensation, we presume, will
bo-nllowed in,every caso of. seizure.—
Atlanta Intelligencer 14(4. 1 : ; .
teFThe records kept in tho Confcde-
rate Adjutant General’s offloe show
that there aro sixty thousand substi
tutes in ouranqy.
A Battery Drill will take place next
Wednesday, 19tli inst. at 9 A. M. Per.
sous who hove promised horses will
please sewl.them in by B A. M. prompt.
iy.
Battery Drills will take place every
alternate Wednesday thereafter, say,
Kept. 2—Sopt. 16th—Sept, 30th, and so
on—all tho members will bear this in
mind, Rnd theso who send horses will
please mako a note, and hove them
here promptly on tho day.
To promote moro prompt attendance
at Drills I now give notice that all
members who fail to attend promptly
will be orderod into camp for two weeks,
and drilled 4 hours each day.
v . G. O. STILLWELL,
Capt. Com’d’g.
The Dotacliiuent Rolls will appear, in
next issue.
Camp near Morton, Miss.,-
August 10th, 1863.
Dear Courier :—Sir.co my last letter,
Borne two or threo brigades have been
sont to Savannah and Charleston, and
I understand Loring's division will go
in a few days. The troops have been
camped near Forest Station,, two or
three stations above this. We will
havo to leave here soon, for the army
has eat out everything for miles around.
The siek list is increasing, but fortu
nately there is no deaths.
There is a company drill from- six to
seven o’clock, A. M., and battalion drill
Irom fivo to six, F. M.-
D. Wimpee nml M. J. Richardson,
have returned from the hospital. Jno.
Henry has been sent to the general
hospital. 1 received a letter from Jno.
Payne and Sam'l Andrews, yesterday,
they are in the hospital at Sbubata,
Miss. Payne is improving, Andrews no
better..
Cameron is still sick, though on duty.
Blako Iihs been troubled with the din<
rneu, but is better. He has been ap
pointed forage muster for the regiment.
Capt. Turner, Sergts. Green, Smith,
Bruitm,’ Privates Cox, Oouey, Davis,
Green Stroud and Wood, are on the sick
list, also myself*for several dajs with
dinrhea.
Tito surgeon prescribed vinegar and.
tail'far it. Lieut. Camp is in command
of the company. .1 am not able to
write any moro now. Floyd.
Latest News, Gleamed from the Asso
ciated Press and other Sources.
From Richmond.—Tho Richmond
papers of the 11th, announced that
the Secretary of War has issued and
order, prohibiting tho passage . of. Mer
chandise, through our lines. Hereafter
all goods, so introduced, will be conns
ciited.
• ,Gov. Letcher has orderod the 'Legis
lature of Virginia, to meet on tho 7th
of September, to devise measures to
promote the public defence' nnd give
confidence to the peoplo in the stabili.
ty of our momentary nffiurs.-
The Light Eousd on Smith’s Island,
Chesapeake Bay, wus recently destroy'
ed by a party of ten Confederates, arm
ed with revolvers. They brought off
all the lamps and threo hundred gal.
Ions of. oil.
A .flag of truce boat was at City Point
on the 12 th.
Tlicro has becu no further negotia
tions in regard to the exehango of pris
oners.
' It was yory dull at Richmond at tho
last .accounts.
A very large and daily increasing
number of farms are offered for sale in
Virginia.
• FROJi MoqiLE.— rho lulest- dotes are
to the lltli. Thoro were then sixteeii
Federal’vessols in; the harbor, ten of
wHioh are war vessels, and six trans
ports. The Federate are building three
largo hospitals, and eaoh three hun'dred
feet long and three stories high.*
All negroes ore being sent to New
Orleans, and pul in the abolition army.
News Summary.
A bearer of dispatches from Gen
Taylor to tho Government at Richmond
has arrived in Mobile. Ho reports
that a battle had token place at Don-
aldsanville, on the 18th ulh. between a
portion of ibo forces of Taylor And
Banks—tho former with savon hun- „„„
dred and the latter with one-thdlisand.'forward to engage tho encmv : but
man ill i I'/Tni-rinD ipaii a . uinlnn,, nn.l- W-i.. _ • *.. , “ ’ .. .
Army Correspondence of the Savunuah
Republican.
Culpeper C. H., V&„ August 2,1863,
I have not written you for the lost
few days, for tho reason that wo seemed
to be on the evo of important events.
A movement of no little consequence
had commenced, when intelligence woe'
received yesterday morning that the
enemv lmd crossed the Rappahannock
at Kelly’s ford, and was moving on
Culpeper with a heavy force of artillery
infantry and cavalry. It was subse
quently ascertained, however, to bo
only a considerable force of cavalry,
wh'ioh turned off' in the direction of
Brandy Station, nnd thence advanced
to within two miles of this' place.
Only Hampton’s brigade, commanded
in the absence of Geii. Hampton, by
Col. Baker, of South Crrolinn, was sent
men. Our-forces wou a victory, and'
captured five hundrod prisoner's. No
battle to the extent that lias been ru.
morpd has occurred within his knowl
edge.
The total number of prisaUers dis.
charged in Riohmond under tho reoont
amnesty to deserters amounts to 1,000.
Nowburyport, in Massachusetts, is to
be fortified against the possible attacks
of Confederate cruisers.
Judge Betts has rendered decrees of
condemnation in tho United States
Court, against five British steamers and
their cargoes, of tho aggregate value
over a million and a half of dollars.
A foreign legion, composed of British
residents chiefly, has been organised
for tho defence of Riohmond, under
the command of Captnin Buxton, and
drills regularly three times a woek.
A pledge of thorough loyalty to the
Confederate cause is demanded of oach
person who seeks to onrel himself in
this patriotio corps, but as gll are pos.
ses'ieq of consular papers, attesting
their British citizenship, they cannot
take the oath of aliegiauco.
Ico is selling in Richmond at sixteen
dollars per bushel.
The-Federals have a groat number
of negroes penned up near Vicksburg.
Tho poor victims are dying off by the
hundreds.
The thermometer stood at 88 deg.
in the shade at Richmond on Sunday
•last. •
The War Department have received
information of the death, from wounds
received at the battle of Gettysburg, of
Brig. General Armistead and Oolonal
Samuel Mathews of tho Second Cav.
airy.
Rev. A. L. P. Green, D. D., of Ten.
nesseo, has been appointed a general
missionary to Lieut. Will’s corps of
General Lee’s urmy; Rev. Jas. E.
Evans, of Georgia, to Lieut. Gen. Long,
street's corps; ut.d Rev. John C. Gran,
harry, of Virginia, to Lieut. General
Ewell’s corps.
Convalescents and stragglers aro com,
ing into 'Brandon, Mi=s., by hundreds
daily.
Ttio health lit camp is improving.
The army is in condition to strike
wheroyer .developments moke it necos-
sary, but wliile be in gibe Id well in hand,
expeditions and enterprises to annoy
and cripple the enemy depart daily.
'W‘
The Exemption Money at the North
—Tiie Draft will not -fill up the
Ranks.—Tho New York Times looks
upon the draft as not likely to fill up
tho ranks of the Northern army, though
it will put money in tho publio purse at
Washington. That paper says:
It is very evident that tho conscrip'
tion, if it does littlo else, will yield a
very large sum to tho National Treas
ury. From tho interior towns of this
State, as well os from the Now England
States, we hoar that, although the draft
meets no opposition, yet more than
half those drafted pay the exemption
fee of $300. In the principal cities of
the Slate, beginning with Now Yovk,
the legislative authorities havo under
taken to pay for all who may * be draft
ed, and who arc uuablo to pay for
themselves. This is, beyond all .com
parison, the most flagrant violation of
ovory sound principle of justico nnd
patriotism, which our ree.ords . of mis-
governmi'iit can show. But -if it is car
ried into execution: it. will largely swill
the receipts of tho Treasury, although
it will correspondingly diminish the
accession to die ranks of the army,
which tho draft was expected to yield.
The m hole number of men called for
under tho draft is .450,000. Judging
from the results thus far experienced,
at lcast-oue-tbird of this whole num
ber, and probably more, will secure
exemption by peymont .of $300 enoh.
This will yield F.ot far from fifty'mil’,
lions of dollars,
being fur interior in numbers. Col.
Baker found it necessary *10 retire,
though not without stubbornly contest
ing tho ground. An infantry force
from Hill’s corps was dispatched to tho
support of tho cavalry late in the after
noon, when the enemy withdrew to the
hills around Brandy Station, Where he
is reported to be to.day in considerable
force. Col. Baker lostnn arm, and Col.
Pierce Young cf the Cobb (cavalry)
Logion, whosuooeeded to the command
of tho brigade, vyus wounded in the
side,.though not dangerously. Lieut.
Col. Rich, of tho Phillip’s (cavalry)
Legion, had his hurso shot in two
pluces. Other casualties occurred, but
a report of them (ms not been received,
Gen. Stuart wtis present, but did not
order any other brigade into the fight.
At two o’clock this afternoon all was
quiet in front.
This demonstration of tho enemy was
a reconnoissanoo, undertaken for the
purpose of ascertaining pur strength
and position, os^a feint to cover a move
ment in the direction of FrederioKs-
bure. It, is reported that pontoon
bridges have been laid aei’OBs the Rap-,
paliannock, and that bridge, timber 1ms
been brought to the point where the
Orange and Alexandria Railway crosses
tho river. Wo hear, also, that tho rail:
road has been put in running order to
Catlett’s Station, li few miles beyond
the river. ’ It may be that these move
ments are prolominary to a general
advance. If so, then Gen. Meade is a
yiotim to tho delusion 'which seems to
havfetaken possession of tho nortKern
mind in regard to tiie conditroli'bf this
army, v or.he lias adopted tlio policy
elHfft it is hotter to fight us, even though
ho sliould be beaten, than to remain
idlo, since our supply of men is limited
and cannot be. replaced. He surely
cannot hope to whip Gen. Lee upon
Virginia soil, und on his own chosen
ground. *~
Tho rest here has boen of muoh ser
vice to men and animals. Wo eamo
out of Maryland with nearly ton thou
sand barefooted men, and all had suf-
iored more or less in the wear and tear
of clothing. These wants have been prot-'
ty well supplied by the quartermasters,,
who have displayed commendable zeal
in tho matter, and by some of the
Stato authorities. The German shoes
furnished the men just before they
started to Pennsylvania wore of a
very inferior description, They wore
low quartered russets, light and thin,
and the leather very poor. Such shoes
would never answer the purpose of a
vinedresser, agardner or an artisan,
who had but littlo walking to do, but
aro totally unfit for a soldier; whose
marches are long and frequently over
rough roads and through . drenching
— L ft
ition, as is well known to General
Meade, is nil thnt eau bo desned.
The affairs at Manassas Gap, in which
a portion of Ewell’s forces nnd Gen.
Benning’s brigade aro said to have been
engaged, were less important than Was
at first supposed.—Wright’s brigade, on
tho contrary, was hotly engaged for
some hours.nud lost about 200 killed
and wounded. Tho badly wounded
had to be loft behind. Gen. Wright
baying been plnoed under arrest by
Gen. Anderson, for some alleged offence
connected with a wagon, his brigade
was commanded on tho occasion by
Col. Walker, of tho 3d Georgia, who
was Wounded, when tho command
devolved upon the noxt in rank, Cap
tnin Andrews, of tho same regiment.
All the field officers havo been killed,
wounded or captuved since the brigade
crossed into Pennsylvania, and only a
handful of bravo veterans survive.
The brigade nmu uvu -r *i, Q
enemy in check until night, when it,
together with Ewell’s corps, counter
marched and crossed at Luray.
., P.W. A.
Sr 1 "-<••• • »
Substitutes.—The Riohmond corres
pondent of- a Southern paper says
Substitutes aro beginning to coin*
mand. a largo prison This morning a
man offers to sell himself for $5,000,
and auother $4500 for a man to take his
place in an artillery company. This
substituto system ought to bo stopped,
as it has already done muoh mischiof in
our army. . Fronv records kept iu tho
Adjutant General’s offloo, we learn thnt
there have been received thoro ikrty-
thousand substitutes, in tho place of an
equal number of able-bodied men, on
pablo of bearing arms. Had those six
ty thousand men been with Leo at Got
tysburg, wo should havo had a treaty of
peace in progress before this, I am
confidant Congress, When It meets
again, will take the mattor in hand, aud
will put ip tlio ranks all men able to do
military duty whether they have pro
’oured exemption by substitute or oth
erwise. The necessities of tlio oountry
require overy man to give not only his
property but his person to the rescue.
The Enolish Steamer Peterhoff.—
Judge Betts, of the United States Dis
trict Court, in Now York, has ontered
a deoroo of condemnation and forfei
ture of tho'British steamer Peterhoff.—
This steamer sailed from Falmouth,
England, on tho 27th of January, for
St. Thomas and Matnmoras, (neutral
orts) with passengers and mails for
oth ports, and while flying tho Engli.ih
ensign was boarded-by a boat’s crow'
from tho Yankee oruiscr Vanderbilt and
taken possession of, on the 25th Febru
ary, in Danish waders, shortly afto*
leaving tho harbor of St. Thomas, toy
order of Com. Wilkos,
Tho decision is ono of moro than or
dinary importance. The British journ
als'have all along aseumod that ns tho
Peterhoff was not bound to any Ameri
can port under blockade, but to. Mata
moras, a neutral port, hor capture
was'wholly without Warrant. Tho Brit
ish Foreign Office, have iilBO’had some
sharp correspondence with Mr. Seward
on tho subject, and it is believed that
‘‘John Bull" has only deferred pressing
his claim because of a bolief that the
American Court would decide in favor
of giving tho vessel up. Judge Betts,
therefore, has pronounced a judgement
which Is certain to make a groat sensa
tion abroad.
Nonhoru News.
OPPRESSIVE ORDER.
CiNrnEviLLE, July 31.—The following
order was road this morning t sL
General Order No. 8.
Head Qt’hs, Kino’s Division,
Contreville, July 30, 1868.
By direction of the General-in-Chief
of the armies of tho United States, and
in pursuance of instructions from the
Qonernl commanding tho department,
tho following order is published by the.
General Commanding this Division.
Every oititen or rebel soldier in dis
guise,‘against whom there is sufficient
evidenoe of his having committed dep
redations upon the'railroads now used
by the United States Government, will
be arreste'd nnd confined for punish
ment, or put beyond the lines.
The people within ten miles of the
Orange la Alexandria Railroad are noti
fied that they will be held responsible
or stations by oitizens, guerillas, or per
sons in disguise, and in caso of any
such injury, tboy will be improstod as
laborers to repair all damages.
If those measures shoulahot prevent
depredations, the entire inhabitants of
tho distriot of country along the rail
road will be put aoross the lines and
their property taken . for Government
uses. • ‘
By command of
BRIG. GEN. RUFUS KING.
It. Chandler, A. A. Gon’l.
just arrived from Arkansas, asserts that
Gou. Sterling Price has not resigned,
but that ho is still in command of di-
visioa on White River.
It iB confidently believed that our
-The R<
Talbot, of Columbus, Ky., relates that
whilo Gon. Polk’s army ocoupied Co’
lumbus, ho, “desiring to improve his
opportunities for usefulness among his
political onomies, consulted the General
ns to the propriety of an application to
the American Bible Society for a box
of Bibles and Testaments, to be dist-rib
uted among the ’Confederate’ soldiers.
The ex-Bishop approved the suggestion'
very cordially, but was'decidedly of tho
opinion that tho application would be
refused. It was, however, made out in
due form, and sent to Cairo under a
* aT 1 Vi srs? pi
A dispatch from Columma, S. C., da
ted on tho 11th-, states that an officer
rains. They last from three days to six
weeks, generally not longer than a
woek or two, especially If the weather
is wot or a river is forded ; for, tho
leather being inferior, tho soles spread
when they get wet, and soon beoome
part of the uppers, as il were, from
which they separate wheu they get dry
again.
We hauled pontoon boats from Fred
ericksburg to tho Shenandoah, and
'theuco to tho Potomac, and back again
to the Shenandoah; and yet the army
forded both rivers as we marched north,
and a considerable portion of it did the
same thing on our return. You are
ready to ask why is this? I can oply
reply that it is owing to tho' wants of
stall'officers educated in their duties,
and especially to the want, of a corps of
practical engineers. It remains to be
ttddod ill this connection, that the
English shoes issued to the men since
our ret.urn to Virginia are well made,
nnd that tho leather is excellent. The
only defect-ill them is tho narrowness
of the bottoms—a defeot which all shoo
dealers have noticed in. boots and shops
ol'English manufacture. It is a little
remarkable that our agon'ts in Europe,
instead of making their selections from
the stock on hand, do not have shoes
made to order—that is, a strong, sub
stantial army shoe,' suited to the gener
al slinpe'and size of the feet of Southern
men. To march well or to fight, well,
a soldier must bo welL shod.—Wide
bottotqpd, roomy shoes, which can be
securely: tied on the feet, and which fit
promptly granted by the society. The
strangest part of the ; story, 'however,
remains to be told. -When the box
reaehed'Cairo, it was, upon oxamina-
t\oa y prono\mccd ‘eonrtaband’ of war, and
stopped. It was not allowed to reach its
destination.”? - - ■
there is still a considerable able number
of men who are barefooted.. /
SuMERVXLLB FORD, RaPIDAN RlVER. I
August 3,1863.. J
I had written’thus muoh'whon orders
eatuo for the army to fall baok some
ten miles to tho lino of. the Rapidan.
Whether Geri. Meade is really advanc
ing, oC-tnorely feeling of our lines with
his cavalry, or whether Gon. Leo, be.
-Keying he jvill advance, prefers to awa.it
his attack at the Rapidan, it is ivnpossi-
blo-yet to say. The qpvalry were left
beliind.to observe nndreport tho movo
.Tub Enforcement of the Draft.-*
Military und oivil authorities in New
York are decided as to the prompt and
thorough enforcement of the draft.
The oxpirotion of tho time of a large
number of men . during the ensuing
months, nnd tho natural waste of arms
will so deplete our forces that the now
recruits are considered necessary. A
large majority of the retiring troop*
belong to tho Army of the Potomao.
fl@“ThoPresident’s address.to the.
soldiers of tho ConfoderateStatetr, gran
ting amnesty to soldiers in confinement
or serving out the sontenbes of oourt
murtial, has oausod groat joy among
the largo number confined in Castle
Thunder, Riohmond, among whom are
ton or fifteen under sentence of death
for desertion.
Grant Reinfobcino Meade.—There
is no longer a doubt but that General
Grant, Immediately after the surrender
of Vicksburg, reinforced General
Meade to the extent of 15)000 to 20,000
ttoops. Tho troops were sent on board
transports at Vioksburg two days after
its fall, and arrived in the Chesapoake
about a fortnight since. Tho Fifth
United States artillery, batteries E and
B, tho 16th Pennsylvania, and the 82d
Massachusetts infantry accompanying
the reinforoing column, which was
under tho command of Generals Smith
and Kelloy.—Pick, Ex>
Trade'on the Mississippi.—The New
Orleans papers of the 3d inst., state
thot Admiral Porter had issued a cir
cular regulating the trade on the Mis
sissippi. According to this, steamboats
will be convoyed from Cairo to Vioks
burg, and from tho latter plaoo ”i
sufficient force will start every Monda;
to escort them to Now' Orleans.” 1
fleet of steamora is, therefore, looked
for at the latter oity every Wednes
day
0@r It should ho known to every
soldier in the field that tho dried leaf
of the corn plant (corn fodder) is suc
cessfully used as a substituto for hops.
Tho infusion is prepared in the same
way. ’ Practice will soon determine
the quantity necessary. In one of the
Government hospitals brand for four
hundrod men is daily prepared in this
way, and it is fully equal to the best
bread prepared with hops.—Ex,
The Cartel Resumed.—The Yankees
sent us seven hundred and thirty
wounded.and sick soldiers on Satur
day, and wo sent them on yesterday a
like number . of sound Yankees. Wo
presume the arrangements for carrying
out the agreement laid down in tho
cartel will be proceeded with as usual,
and that the ten thousand Confederates
now in Fort Delaware will bo at City
Point-within ten days.—Richmond En
quirer, ■'
JSQy-The.Polish insurrection oontin-
ties to spread rapidly. The -Poles are
defeating the Russians in nearly every*
engagement. An engagement has also
occurred between tho Polish and Prus
sian troops.
The Pope lias sent a letter to the
Czar rotating to affairs in Poland. The
reply of .the Russian Government was
received by thp French Government on
the 17th inst; It is stated to bo mark
ed by-a strong spirit of conciliation.
Russia accepts, the six points, but in
stead.of an armistice, proposes an am.
nesty for all.lvho may lay down then-
arms;' '
Tho.organ of the-Polish insurgents
tttSS- Tho President’s addross to the
soldiers of the Confederate States,
granting amnesty to goldiers in confine*
raont, or serving out the sentences of
court-martial, has caused great joy
among tho lnrge number confined in
Castle Thunder, among whom are ton
or fifteen under sentence of death for
desertion.
Several hundred will be release^
from the Castle accordingly, and 1 res
tored to thoir commands, where they
willBerve the Confederacy faithfully,
we have not a doubt.—llichmond En-
quirer
Gen. Loo And tlio President.
Wo are rejoiced to find in the Rioh-
mond SontincI of.tho 7th inst., a posit
tiveand authoritive contrrdiotion of
the statement by. the correspondent of
the Charleston Mercury that there has
been a misunderstanding between the
Presiden t and Gon. Leo. The Sentinel
denies the whole report in the most
empbatio manner, and. properly re
bukes any one who, in. a time like this,
will make an assertion that is calculat
ed to distress and dispirit the. people,
without full authority for the statement.
It says:
“We havo taken the pains to inform
ourselves on tho sutyeot, and wish now
to be understood as .contradicting the
whole story in all its extent, and by the
fullest authority,
“The few brief lines which we have
quoted from die Mercury’s communica
tion are indeed a curious Illustration of
the number of evil and baseless accusa
tions which can be inserted in so short
a space. They are a model at ones of
terse and mischievous language. They
coutoin so less than four, averments,
the truth of every one of which the
facts authorlzo Us to contradict in the
broadest manner.
•’First, then, the country will bo
S leased to learn that there has not
een even the slightest unpleasantness
between the President and Gen. Leo.
No two persons could be in xhore per-,
feet aoc-ord than' jjthese two ! distin
guish patriots.-Thf re-never was Ms
least foundation I'm- the story of a diffi
culty between thoui,. Second-r-Presi-
L'co
never desired the trial of the delinquent';
Brigadiers. Fourth—there were' no”
delinquent Brigadiers; at least Gen.
XoBnflsmade uq.nu'iition of any stioh,
„ but. in hi» rujiqri, ohrapliments bis
at .Warsaw, repudiates the idfta.of. any troops.in die ..highest terms- for thier
negotiation with.Persiar - j gallantry at Getty .-burg.”