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Aviicicx itol itt'e pi-rsouai, oi not of general public la- irr- ■ i rrid lie clnirefl lor at AdVerllxiiaenl*. i>i iiuiiui will be di.-.rgvd 2£> cenu per Hue for efc<*).‘ nsci lion. Daily P.io ir at ti:e counter, per copy, 2v) ceut*. LWI.4 I* AUVKUTISE IKWS. 8V.om of Louil and Negroes, by AJtnlr.'itiaiort Eicu- loirs »i (iuirdLuis, are required by Uw to be hold oc the Art- i e lay In liiemontti, tetween tiie hours of ten iu (lie. f* renooh uu<l three )ri Die afternoon, »t Ok (Joint 11. u.:< in Uw (v auly in wblcu the property L> situated, :lo*>e;» of tli -ae n-ust be given in u pumlc guftito *■.• it*,* ;>>ev’.wus luilie day of sate. N >;1 ■. A tm t.'.e s.de of frei«oi:a> properly mail be giv- oj In like inaiiio.’i lit iftyg nrevioiu U> safe day. f i r-s t,„ ifeblora and creilUors i.f an estate roust *t-o We I’ur'isiiLil IV ilaye. that uppIfcation will he made to tiie Court of .■ :.;?y r».r leave lo cell Laud or Negroes, west be puolWtr.ii fur Ian r.idlKl.s. i 1 (•r.-’Vi fo. letter, of AdaluUlriUon, Ooa«-d<aa- ehtp, A;' , H vi” tic pm'I. .bed 6i> ip-ys—for jiiurissliri freou Al.r.ir.isli in iMhljf Kia nu>nth ulamit- siuii from Ouariilaasiiip, 4<J days. i.-. i lor I -rei liijaxb of Mortgage moil be puolhhsd •n. •;bt.,r /oi:/' —for caiahiiuhing lost papers, * t * ‘o , ' , ‘piles of Lhfe.t ri.o/tiAs—fur couipeI!lr.£ title* ki. i.d irn nr Adiaiiilelratc. i, where bo*.<l lias been vi ii i:. lie do' e.jLul, the full spa?e of three months, fubhrsiIon* trill ulrv;iys b« conttnui d seecrdiop u> • *e, i t t..j4- .t reijolieineula, units* oihr.-wkr ordored i '• foiloarisg n a <r a: s x .•.’■ ts of AdrJiiutraUon, Ac i>0 “ dliudssory freru Adiainisttr-iioi a (Hi “ “ CtUr.riliau lilp.. co .•nd or Nef,roe* S lift ms u.iJ creuiMirs li lo till properly, ion .fuyo, 1 square .. t 00 ueyrie-.-' by Kieeutors, «., pr. fqr.tu 00 ■Vee(u» H (10 tor u man advcr^iEing his ”.1Te (In s/tvanctij fo oo i. fct. —Ti*ln sehcdule ■iiaii .lot in any w*y conElcl *'i.h osistihg r.iiilru.-U. All ooutrsc'.i for lie: year or a. / nfic’- spii ified Urae, shall only cease wiiii'the ex- ri’ » 'to tf the p'-riod for wliirit f.hcy wt-re mad*. .-i' t I persona writing to this Odice will ple&io ad- d> ■ i:. ir IcM.-.rs or dnmmnuloatious to larKLi.iuk'Ho«H, ai *.it.i. 'ieoryia. • KRKGR OI5Ab£6 TO OX DaNGABOUS WHSU RICABON 18 LEF7 TO COMBAT IT.” jgLi.iL’yjag! JfffdTSCSe VOL. X. ATLANTA, GEO., NOVEMBER 22. 1863. NO. 16. fr, (fiatl’.i.it. f.e:ve lit »« ! Mollci: t<i il t; fi*...» oi pt*ni>i: k., i* of Ixii-J cr ' • »/s, two blLN'DAY MORNING, NOV 22. ARMY FURL00GH3 i'AJtll* OK n.'tTH Ar.\. JiKOT.HIt^T, RttT'OHW ClfATTANOOM.1, TltX.N., t NuYcmbcr 5Ui, 1S63. ^ fiditvr A ?'.until luldti'jtiicer : M a On ak Hin : it is ;i raiiiy, gioomy day, \vt.:l ralculaltd i t ^ive n soldier, who, in cnjij*, has so low opportunities of mental .•imusetm-ul, tho blues. Here n oewspripcr^ a pen, iuk, und paper, are our all in till.— Iiookoiit l>:t'icry is shelling slowly, but a soldier suoa learns to care little lor shells. The comjtanics are M!!r;j up slowly, acd if ih* »’6!- lals and eiti/.eus would do their du- iv, theaggregai* of the army would soon bo almost doubled. Deserters, and those wit > are sent to hospitals,and overs,lay their i to loughs, are occasionally lound returning. '* he spirit ol ih” army ii good, und tiie cn* uurmg, fan complaining detorminpltioti of the soliiiers, cnghUio cUl dbw#stpoti us the ad- rnbidijii ot oven the s’cek, sc'Jhh ffiitjlixh mi i. of. Tin- i. f .. at abuse of General Bragg has j 't' s(-d away, ami the confidence of the pri vate in 11.c ranks fully established. Of the removal oi Genoa’s Polk and Ilindmau, 1 have t othing to say. All admire the purity ol ihe life of the former, and in personal p.'pnl irity, no man in the army is his supe rior. Ol ih : latter, all admit him to be a gallant, kind - , lighting officer. The officers in their juices are considered fully equal to iln ii positions. There is not. that amount t»l‘discipline in the army t at there should lie, and notliiiig but the most.summary puu- i-hmoQl fin cure the evils that exist. Yet, if the punishment adequate to many netsof uulawin!boss should 1m*. meted out, a howl would be heard from malcontents aod croak- imh, and Gen. Bragg would bo stigmatised as a second uro. 1 refer to the term press- n.p, which means anything you want is yours. Before the war, the little word ( y . i-oiff described the offense. Most of this, we are proud to say, is the work of the loi- hmets of the army, that is, teamsters, strag- glws, ami servants. Bragg stock has liseu. lie was abused because he retreated, lie tin ned hack and won a battle that cannot now be appreoiiiled, because the formidable breast works have been destroyed by fire, and (he ilw’ft of defense c m be shown only by those, engaged. 1 hen he was censured j because he did follow up the success. It we hud possessed a division oi fro h men, composed of those who ovyhi (o be Jmc, the c '.H'trcsi ntight have been followed up, and now wo might he in the heart of Kentucky We pioii-iS to despise the Yankees. This i" ieorrect, ibr ihry aro so despicable that con- itempt and hatred aro soft words towards Itheiu. ^ <•! from them we can learn an im- p'O tant lesson. Only abuse your leaders af- irv ion ih-post'tiit'ui. Gen. Bragg has been accused of a category of sins military, lie tr'io ,r ( \;the confidence of the to!Jit"r in well can not stand this; they have not the moral force of cfuivacler. Establish a Inr- lough system upon »writ, and you cease Ihh: evil.-? that impair the power ol any array-l3t, strnqtjliiV] ; 21, being candidjdes jor hospi tals ; 3 J, want of punctuality ia returning. 1 promise Gen. Bragg that for every man Lc will allow* me seiit him upon merit,'to put tw * tifles in his place, and that they shall be w ell r.scd. I have consulted officers equal to any. for discipline in camp, and intrepidity in the fight; and ihey assure me that they would sooner risk their reputation in a fight with a regiment ol 750 men ; with lilty men at home upon furlough (of merit) j enemy, than to have all present, and no furlough ' Ihat system ihe difibrenco between a soldier returning j from his home, and one from camp? In a i company to which I was attached, number ing 85, in North Carolina, it was, in army parlance, a “hard squeeze” to get out Gfiy rifles. Under a furlough system ol merit,in one month from the establishment, und ef fect of the order, seventy were regularly on duly, and the zeal and’alacrity of all were apparent. Now let me give a little sched ule oi my views, Begin now with written forms, but have neat ones printed as soon as possible. Let me dispose of once, for a!!,au objection; that many of our soldiers can’t visit their homes; and to allow others to do so would be detrimental .to the service.— l'he other blockade-running steamers are believed to have been taken by theeneuiv. The blockading squadron off the port has been much increased. The Yankees express ihe determination to make the blockade complete. It is believed that hereafter It will be next to impossible for any stenmer to run in. i'roic ih * Setf.ud There was a eavalrj fight on Saturday at Liberty Mills, in which liio oaeiuy were re pulsed. Wc have not been able, however, to gather any reliable particulars.'? Passengers irom Federioksburg reported heavy cannonading on the Upper liappa- iiammek yesterday. It is said to l ave baeu a part of Ewell’s cro ps skirmishing with the T . , „ , , 1 north of Fredericksburg i U-t me ask you, cm you not Uhl, cl( , ar ol - , ne Yankees. portion of Stafford opposite and reported to be There arc but few men in the army who We learn from the Rockingham Register that Capt. \Y. O. Enright, with sixteen men, attacked the United State? mail, with an es cort of thirteen men, on the Patterson creek road, near Burlington, Hampshire county, Ya., capturing and bringing out two piiion ers, with their hbrses, equipments, cte , and killing one and wounding tour others, lie also captured a number of revolvers, sabres, etc. None ot Capt. E’s men were hurt.— \Y ith six men, the others being left in charge of the prisoners and property captured, he fell in with tweuty:two Yankees. He killed one, and the Yankees wounded throe of our men. Among the mail matter captured was a sum her of dispatches to Colonel J. A. Mulligan. * There has been no news of any impor tance received from the army of U- n. Lee since our last issue. THE CONSCRIPT. The Creissey Yew is a little tale fall <d freshness and interest. We will let. oar iea- dcis judge of it by nn analysis, and some extracts. “I will tell you, sir, why I conic every •veuing to smoke my pii>e mulcr the Crois- scy Yew.” So begins the tale. Ia 1812, the narrator, who had escaped the conscription, by entering the college, which he had siuce left, did not know what to uo with himself. Meantime, he amushd himself by climbing up into a huge yew tree, and casting his eyes over the surrounding country. One moonlight evening, when at his pojt, Ue overheard ti conscript, who was bidding adieu to his sisters and his betrothed. The latter wept. The nu ns resolute sister said: “ Have you not got a colonel, him who enlisted you ? Well, go and find your colo nel, throw yourself on yovr knee?, and say, “My lord, 1 don’t want to ga away—1 don’t want to be killed. There is my sister and my wife, who cannot live without me, and woo arc going to throw themselves into the river. Beat me colonel, put me in prison, but don’t make me go away! Long live the emperor! He’s a* noble fellow I Let him leave me in peace, and go about his bu&iness ’ Colonel, I am a man, and a free one, and I have no right to leave my sister Christ in?,'who-wont have me to quit her, and who will hate you, Colonel, it you make me go off!’’ The brother smiled at his sister’s eager ness, and told her he must have a substitute and money to pay hii* with.” “Well,” said Christine, “I will give every thing I’ve got—my gold cross, my earrings, have ud relations in the country. Let them visit them, or, if they prefer, give ihein com mutation instead. Let the applie.itio i contain the following facts: 1st, Number of furloughs and length. 3.1, Length and character of son ic j. 3 i, Whether he overstayed h‘s leave, ;uid why. 4th, N umber of men present f#r duty. 5th, That none are absent without b are (kb, Number of men absent noon furlough, of indulgence. 7th, One mau for every ti Been for duty is entitled to leave. 8th, That no application for same 15 men is pending. 9th, That the application does injustice to no man'in the company. 10.h, That a copy of application shall be read upon dress parade. * Hth, That thejjojcer of "ivantim; tea vain* vested iu a Major-General, and a statement tie forwarded to headquarters. 12th, That overstaying leave without legal excuse he punished by striking his name from the list of those worthy. 13th, That any officer abusing this power of recommending leaves of absence be pun ished severely. I4tl», Suppress, as furas is consistent with humanity, all Lorn hospitals. In conclusion, 1 ask the hearty ’ co operation of all who are interested ia Ike soldier.. A. A G, The passengers by the Central train last silk neckerchiefs, my collarettes— in a night Sta'e that firing was heard in the di j word,all my trinkets—to him who will coa- rcction of Racoon Ford yesterday morning, sent to go.” but the cause of it was not known. “All that docs not amount to the price of From Staunton we have a report that a man,” replied Eugene, some oppreheusiona were eutertainud that a I Christine reflected awhile, and said,catch- portion of Averilt’s forces were coming inw i ffiff her brother’s arm; the Valley from Pendleton county, through “WcN» la* well worth a mau—worth Dry River gap, to Harrisonburg. Trepan- i more thiie? a mau—oh, certainly l am ! I lions have been made to give them a warm \ will give myself, then. I will tell sotnebo reception in the event they should venture j dy or oilier, “Go ia u»y brother’s place aud I across the mountains. ' i will be your wife. You seel am pretty, a ...rf,.... . little spyileA but what mattors that? I will „ . , - I lore you so, if you will save my brother: . As stated m this paper bataruay, the \ au j ygj \ i awenr by the golden cross, in »'• / .v, and jursous at Lome. Now, if you tvntst a ••heme, let uie give you one, and up- <*n it spend all your energies. It is a liberal furlough system. L?i Goueral Bragg d-> this, jud hi army is invincible, and his hold upon the hjf.v.tiou and confidence of his uien, for ever mtshuken. At present, none are iur- EiiOM VIRGINIA We clip the following items born the Richmond papers ol thelfi h: [From the Whig ! 'riterc is little of additional Interest from the two armies in Nor them Virginia. Meade’s di signs are yet uuonveloped, unless Gen. Lee has already penetrated them. Some firing was heard yesterday morning iu the direc tion ol Morton’s Ford on the Kapidan — Some are ot opinion it was caused by an at tempt of the enemy to force a passage, but it was probibly an exchange of cannon shots only. The Yankees that came to Liberty mill?, uboye Oranere Court House, and Rapidah Station, on Friday, and were diiveu back, was a foraging party. The Abingdon Virginian. lays the nearest poiat heard ot the Yankees ou the East Veniessee and Virginia railroad, is Boll’s Gap, beyond OrecLsville. It is probable Gen. Jones has persuaded them to travel Jjeforc this. A small lx>dv of Yankees came up to JouesviUc on Friday tho Oih, from the gap, and committed all sorts ot depredations.— They burned the academy and Masonic ball, set lire to a chun k, and stole all the horses, cattle, grain and nugroes they could find. There aw abundant supplies in that conn try. The trains run to ZollicoilVr on the East Tennessee railroad. They have been run ning through to Bristol for nearly t wo weeks past. The body of raiders that recently came up the Peninsula, consisted ot a regiment of cavalry aud two ry. When thev dressed in the Confederate uniform. Tncy you. , . ,. I -i At evening, as thev were seated at their rode m very leisurely, whistling unconcern- humb i e meaS without being able to touch it, euly, s) as to excite no alarm. They drew } an( i looking tearfully at each other, some one up in trout ot Nebb s hotel, and fired several j knocked at the door, pistol shots into a part> ot gentlemen sitting at the door, wounding in the jaw Mr. John Morris, of Winchester, a negro trader. They “Come in,” said the young man, hastily drying his eyes. An old sergeant «*de his 1.appearance carried off Dr.;Krebs, John Morris, (whom sayin^- * they had slightly wounded,) one el Dr. Ma- ‘‘Health! lathe conscript Eugene Leven here V ” gruder’s sons, aud a sou of Mr. Hanison Qtt. Ivrcba. Maj7LLUier .and (ilL. worn the only citizens ot Woodstock taken on. They si ole about forty boxes ot tobacco, a box of adamantine candies, (which they strewed, iu the streets of Woodstock) silver spoon, knives and forks, and some clothing from Col* Albert; took ten horses from Mr. Nebb’s §table; broke into Mr. B. Smith’s drug store, took what they wanted, aud stole :ili his bacon; broke into Fravel «£ Coffman’s store, carried off some cotton cloth, destroy ed nearly everythiag in the store, aud strewed a sack of salt in the street, and wound uptheir magnificent effort to make the people of Woodstock deeply regret their re tirement from the late “glorious Union" with them by taking a uutnbar ot overcoats from Nebb’s hotel. They returned down the valley on the same, night. On Friday night week, the Yankees came to Bouc-sville, Leo county, Ya, from the gap, und committed all sorts of depredations.— They burnt the Academy and Masonic Hall, set lire to a church, aud stole all the* horses, cattle, grain and negroes they could find. From the Tennessee Valley.—We pleased this morning to shake the hand of Surgeon John M. Driver, appointed by Gen. Piliow to establish Examining Boards for conscripts throughout the State of Alabama. He left Tuseumbia lust Saturday, and briDgs the latest news from the Tennessee Valloy. He brings tiie gratifying information that Col. Jeff. Forrest is not dead, as reported, but is doing well, and Dr. Driver thinks he will certainly recover. He left him six days ago, in the vicinity of Tuseumbia. Oater- hans visited him m prison^ treated him kindly and paroled him. He was shot iu the left hip, the bail passing through both Lips. Dr. Diivtr tells us that when the enemy came up to Tuseumbia, while Gen. S. D. Lee was confronting them with the larger pari of his force, Gen. Reddy made a detour to fetiike ibtin in the rear, which caused their precipitate retreat. *8ix divisions, av eraging about 2500 men, under Sherman, crossed the Tennessee at Eastport and came up to Florence, where a heavy detachment was posted, and the balance passed on, hall of them proposing to go through Pulaski, the other half through Athens. Piisoners said that their intention was tto occupy the country north of the Tennessee pcnnaccol ly. If this be Hue, they will probably leave l. \ ml, glee* aid and.com fort to the enemy.* H ie * v be expeole 1 hAck again ia a short • - * time, tmu lt ot tho desertion m this army can be juiced to the open complaints of officers, ed- to regiments of negfo Sant. ^tachmcuteat sundry important pomts,and cv left they gave notice that 1 remainder wfil go to rumorce llu.mas at Chattanooga. D; - . Driver represents the devastation off he Valley to be very greafaand that twenty-five' or thirty families have left ihe country and gone to Tuseumbia to obtain subsistence, and some of them were reduced to sweet po t a toes as their only food. General Lee’s headquarters were at Tmcumbia, and Gon Ro ddy’s a few miles higher up the valley.— lou^h-1, except from hospitals and in ex it, me cae-e?. Now*, this is but a bid to a in m, to be either sick or play u talse part —- Ymi that are at home know nothing ot our ht-.-ii t yearuiug tor home; our loved ones die, aud aieiort withtlieir fathers;our.child-. ivn are bora und kuow uot their parents.— j u many io tanees, hope isvlead also. Often \ iu fit ii the remar k, “Ialmost w ish I was as t ick us ihai man.” What the inference 1 The hospital, aud (h* u sickfuilough. This is not c titiiied to privati s. but exist among officers who are human. ft is simply this: a man may be at every roll'&tUieUh mat clothes,'and bright gun; may b,: punctual mall his duties, atuljiylgallant !u, m.'l nceer see home, while uie drone in camp, and the abomination of the surgeon returns, fat and sleek two or three times a year from iris homo. Muuy men who fight Since the Yankees got the impression that torpodoes aw suuk in tee York river, they have not ventured up with a gunboat. They have been constantly dragging for the iuft r- nal machines, and used many threats and oUier moans to extort the secret from the citizens residing oil the river. One they ar- I ^ portion ot the lptter’s lokce was down rested, who, refusing to give them any satis- j ubuu t . bcar creek, 18 or 20 miles btlow Tus faction, was placed m n drag boat and puli-1 c ., m » 0 j a ed up end down the river for several horns j Ua hi3 , v . iy h{sVQ l} . j> i eAra eI that there by tue laakee?, who kept a respectful dts- ^ n o Yankee trvinps at II nUsvilie, nut i.anee m another, to which it was attached . j, i(J impressiou is, tha - there were som c at by a long rope. j Browmsboro stiiL iiow ihe lx .ruiai r. j The Yankee papers represent the loss ol There is uo news of importance iVom cur i Oslerhaua in tne tight with L^e s force at armies on the Rapidaju. On Thursday a { 1 wo hundred iu killed and wounded, body of some three or four hundred of the j ntsxrJe Gonfci. ruemy’s cavalry came down from Madison i * Court liousoto Lib^vtj Mill?,soBi6Six S Rkpjhtei\ t ight at >a»>. A west of the Rapidan station, cua foraging) gentleman from Slaantpn brought intelli- e\p edit ion, and were encountered by our] geace last night, that a rep art was current iiitautry and driven bick. Yesterday m•ruing at niae o’clock persons at Orange Court House heard a brisk cau- nouadc iu the direction ot Morton’s lord, on the Rapidan, east of the railroad, but when the Richmond train left the Court House no explanation of the firing had transpired. \Ye have from Wilmington reports of an t . tmpieasanl character. It is said there is no j —Lynchburg ft j puousa?i longer any doubt but that the government | 7“ ^ blockade ruuningsteaauer/miL Lee has been i , A tei-driukicg 'match took pi ace at captured by the enemy. Ono of the Yankee 1 Bcaeoraee lately, and ihe woman who won war steamers chased thr veasel out to sea M^ e prize dispo ed ul no fewer than nine- Irom the Carolina coast and captured it.— 11 660 ceps. iu the town when he left yesterday morning, t-hat Gen. Imboden had a fight Wednesday moruing, with the Yankees under A verb), at a place called “old MillboroY’ iu Bath, aboat 35 miies -West of Staunton, ia which our forces were worsted and compelled to tail back. Gen. Imboden is reported woun tied. No other particulars had been received ■t. “There,” said the soldier throwing a letter on the table. Eugene read slewly at first, but aftui wards devoured the paper. If was his discharge in due form. He looked at the old soldier with astoBishment. “That means that your place is taken con script. It is a pity, though; tor you r mous tache would have sprouted with a little gun powder. But enough, you are happy,-now —fhrcwell. And he was going away, j As he returned, he said, “Christiuc L jven i —is that your sister? Where is your.sia- jtor?” “Here,” said Esgenc, poiuliug to Christine who was pale with joy and emotion. “This one is for you, miss ; and he threw u second letter on the table, but stopped short as Uc aaw Christine trembling with agitation, crumpling the letter in her hands and gazing fixedly on the table. “What is the matter, what is the mallei gaid Eugene. “Dear Chiistine, let us see that letter. rielfisU being that I am, I never thought of if. Lit mo see who dares to write to you? What docs all this mean?” And Ue ran over the letter hastily. “Oh, read il aloud,” said Christine, “it’s the same to me! Good heavens! this is but just!” Eugene, read aloud. M'Si—1 ask nothing—1 go away without making any terms—1 take your brother’s place; you need him, and no one needs me. But 1 am honest, and love you, ever since 1 saw you weep. 1 send you a ring of my mother’s. If you have pity upon me, you wili take the golden cross, iu which is some ot your mother’s gray hair, and which glit ters ou your neck; in the moonlight this evening you will place u in tiie crev'ca of the large 5 ew tree near the branches. I will get it to-morrow morning; then you will wait two years, and If 1 am uot dead I will bring it back. Wili you remember what you swore on that crosr? Farewell.” “What does this mean?” said Eugene, slowly. “How could any one know ? Ser geant^ do you understand thu?” “Some fellow on the lookout near yen,” “Why, then, did he not come to us frank ly?” answered the youug man. What a way , of obliging is this!” “Ah,” said the soldier, “there’s the thing ! One’s afraid of being treated as a spy; aud then when one is young anil timid, and all full of romantic sentiments, one knows how to write, en 1 is afraid to talk, for wall! of praet id; that’s it.” . Eugene shook his heed. “Soldier!” cried he, “your lwiud ! — I will nut have this substitute—my sister shali dW be sacrificed— L will go widi you. See ! ’ ami he took up his discharge and p'epared to tear it to pieces. Christine stopped him. “But xvhat if i want to have him ?” said she. “After all, it’s a fine ac ion on his part. And then he goes without making any terms—and then he ii unhappy—ami then I hare no other means of keeping you—and then I want to be in love with him. He did well, however, in uot showing himself—one aiigut have regreiteff him too much, twill take the ejroaa—but I should like to know- sergeant, have you seen him i" ‘ Yes, now asd then. ’ “Welt, he is not hump-flacked -or bandy legged, is he ?” “A good joke 1 Is the French army re cruited with such sort ot stuff under the L : t- tie corporal ? Is it not com poseu of iudi vidaals irreproachable as to their person, aud no fools as to morality ” * “Is he a man of worth r’ asked Eugene. “Very much so,” I answer tor it. “Weil, sir soldier,” said-Christine, remov ing from her neck the goM eross with the ribbon that supported him that he has done well, and place the cross iu ihe hollqw of the great yew; and then say no thing more to him, but do uot quit him, do you hear; and try to come back with him, 10 tell me, “There he is; it is himself; he is worthy of you.” Eugene and Louise looked on without being able t<> speak. The grenadier rose, took off his cap, wiped away a tear, aud said, “ Enough.” Christine turned to her brother and future sister, blio was no longer the same person. Her character bad assumed a mere serious hue. She told Louise, “ I, too, am betrothed —the pledge of my faith is ia the hands ol a soldier of the guards.” A year afterwards Eugene bad to leave his home. The enemy xvas in Fniuce, and he would not have accepted^ a substitute if he could have lound one. At Montereau, his life was saved by a iicutenaut'of carbin eers. As this officer informed him that he had no family, Eugene invited him home to his own. Charles, such xya3 his name, soon won Christine’s favor; bat she hud plighted her troth to her brotuers substitute and she was faithful to him. Then Charles handed her tin golden cross, and told her it was he, who a poor collegian, ashamed of the noble ac lion he was about to perform, went away without seeiug her, and finally rose to the rank of lieutenant. “At present, sir,” continued the narrator, “we are married. The sergeant died at Waterloo. Eugene and myself have pros pered in the world; we live in that little red aud white house you see yonder, and I go every evening to smoke my pipe under the Crois$ey Yew.” EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE—SOME PSIVATE HISTORY. SPERCS OF MK._J.iA.ILvD IN EXULAND. Mr. John Laird, M-. P., has recently made au important speech at Birkenhead, upon the natural defences of England, the Ala bama case, Ac. After referring at some length to the Armstrong gun aud tho capac ity Qf iron plated ships, he said : I will take two ships built La this neigh borhood—the Alabama ami the Florida— (loud and protracted cheering.) I am uot at all ashamed, ladies and gentlemen, to own that my sous designed aud built tne Ala bama. (Renewed cheering.) Nor, I am surey is the builder of the Fi >mia ashamed to say that he duSigacd a.ad bnilttEat ship ; but the testimony born» 10 those vessels is not the testimony of Riikeuhcad or of Liverpool, or indeed ot this country; bar the testimony comes from America. They are two ves sels that 1 have been afloat for some consid erable length of time, and they have defied the power"of 400 fhips. _ [Cheering.] They have never- been caught. [Renewed cheer ing.] They were designed acd built by pri vate individuals; but in this country it is the nmiorlune ot the managers of our marine to imagine that one man, and oae man only, is to carry in his head the brains of all the de signing talent of the country for building shihsL If they had.sj&t.. a tittle-life iu .the aft • inirally, then they might have improved oa the Alabama.anil the Florida, and perhaps oa some other ships. [Laughter.] We have been accustomed to hear of the Americana boasting about their shipbuilding, and that they built ships to rim twenty milts an hour, Ladies and gentlemen, the Alabama goes thirteen, but the Americans have never been able to touch her. HOW TUE ALA naM a LEFf ENOL VN D. I do Lot know t hat I ought to occupy your time any longer, but various statements have beta made about a vessel that has attained to some degree of lame. I refer to a vessel well known throughout this country as iho Alabama. (Loud and repeated cheering ] I am not ashamed to acknowledge that some of my family have had to do with that ship. Still some statements ime been made about her which should he controverted. I .should not have mu Je any remark now, but for the fact that the government of this country hud made certain statements, and have given cer tain legal opinions about her. anil they have talked about the vessel having escaped. I see my friond, Mr, Hind, and other gentle men who are somewhat of sporting men, and well they know what I mean when I say—wheu hounds approach a fox cover tho fox scents the houads, aud when the lma's- meii come up to the cover the fox ia gone. It is nonsense to talk about the fox escaping or about the Alabama eseapidg. Tha Ala bama was iu dock when she was inspected by very many curious people, ana in deck 9be took on hr a d hftr canTs and her Stores.— There was no secrecy whatever observed about, the ship. She went cut of dock at night, and I ask you, as men of common sense, if she wanted to escape, surely the- night was a time when she could have escapo ed? But what was the fact? They were so vainglorious about their iitile craft that they anchored her off the landing stage, and ire sue remained until half past ten or Lhei eleven the following morning, when she left for her Uestiuaii m. They i:limit that she was not fitted out ns a man-ef war. and that they had 00 legal mi hor.ty to detain that ship until a man was engaged to serve On board her-as- a railin'. Does any ship-own er pro-sent be:i-w\ or any man connected with si , ih :! the eaplbia tf- -t ve\* i world, and 1 can assure you that a few a p lings per month extra did all the busing* They did not care where they went’30 long as they got a little extra pay (laughter! And, therefore, the statement regarding the I captain of the Alabama having told usail- or all about the ship—who elm was- and where she was lor—bear.- lire i-apreas oi falsehood upon the very face of it. Y never saw the Captain cf the Alabama but once, and that was after having taken the ship out | ami I don’t think he was the man to make such a statement as that tinea which ih*: [ ship might have been stopped. Let rao road I you a lew words from a speech of the Soii- j citor General, v who made another great ; speech Iho other day at Richmond. He 1 said some months ago : It was got till Um Alabama readied tiie Azores that she re ceived her 8'oves, her eoutaio, or her papers, and that she hoisted th^ tonfederaie flag. It is not true that site departed from tho shores of this country as a ship armed fi r war (hear, hear, and great applause). Amt then went on to say: “But I wish tho house to understand that in those depositions there was a great n»ft9s of heresav evidence, which taken by itself, could not tftrm tho Insis oi any action. Of the six dapodtions ’ransunt- ted on the 22.1 of July, only one was good for anything at all, Viz: the evidence of a person named Passmore, which Wav utli cient to prove the Material Deis. Two more were sent corroborating Passmore, on the 24th, and were received by Ear! Hassell on tlic20tb.” (Hear, hear.) Passmore was the mau who made the af fidavit that he was told by the captain wh ic the ship was to go. i don’t believe him, and lie mast have got up (he evidence Ur the occasion. Lord Palmers’un, whom \\i- all respect (Applause), said on the 2, T th of March last: “I have myself great donb's whether, if we had sdml the Alabama, we should aot have been liable tu considerable damages. It is generally kntfW-n tkar *he sailed from this country unarmed, ami uot propeily fi; ted out for war, and that ehe received her armament, equipment aud crow in a loroegu port. Therefore, whatever suspicions we ihay have had—and they were well found ed, aa it afterwards turned out—ns to 1 In- intended destination of the vessel, her con dition at that time would not have jnsufled a seizure.” (Cheers.) Now, here is Lord Palmer-ton, an old and experienced mau,who s.iys, in ids opin ion, tho government would have been liable to considerable damages had they stopped that ship,--. I think,after what lias been said, considering my conniction with this p ace. aud alter tne noise this vessel has made in the world,(laughter and applause) tliemcc-l- iug will excuse my having brought forward thVsc questions. (Applause.) But fine whole question of tiie defences of this country u..) be, I think, very safely brought botoru tin-* meeting, because they are all iuUraatt.iy connected with tho volunteer movtment*; and I therefore feel tliat I have been juffi lied in going somewhat at length Into t3ie rarious questions as to the character oi‘ our ship3 ot‘ war, the quality ol guns they are to carry, and other incidental main ;i. Interesting News From the v.'g.vsi.— Tae Charleston ^lercury oi Ilia 7>ii c >u- tiins some iutercsting and important news from the enenay’s lines. Last week James, a very. inLchigedt {.ud observant negro, who runaway nbuit hycar ago from Mr. Woo. R. Haber.sffaLa’s planta tion, on tho Ogeechee river, Georgia, r.-ad who has since beeu livingamo-ugai tho'Yan • - A aaa.w-3? nmt F, m tiir. fthuHo through the enemy’s lines aud returned to seek his master, ills account of ths condi tion of affairs in Beaufort is interesting, and iu some respects important. During the greater portion ui bis absence James has beeu used as a seivauton lUe plantfttiou of Mr. Edward Walker, '>iv miles from Beaufort, oy a Yankee named Thoino- sou, the “Superintendent” of Negroe--.— Thompson has his two sisters liviug wi‘h him, and acting as school marms. JUe says that a regiment of white troop v is Stationed at Mr. Tom Iiaynard’s and auo bar white’ regiment at Barn well’s brick house. These regiments are relieved every week, ai.d from these two points, as ceutricsjhc enemy throw out their pickets. From July S to. the middle of October there Were about ilOOO troops on Beaufort und Paris Islands, aud in the neighborhood. But, during ;ho hot three weeks, heavy reinforcements had ai- rlved—some from Morris Island, but. the bulk of them from the North. Ot ihe-ieiast, many came handeoffed. A new general and several colonels were’amongst tim fresh ar rival?. The Yankees say that they cannot lake Charleston from tne {rent, but hope to ro tktfo it ii om tho rear. From ihe state meat?, that he heart!, James gathered that they in tended to open a heavy fire from the front on Ohm leston, ou Savannah, and ou some point near Ashepoo—this'last fo be the maid attack. They do not expect to tukethg Charleston and Savannah railroad at ouce, bat while the demons.rations u-t Charleston and Sa- yaniiaii oc. uny onr attention, ihey hope to he able to waste Ashcpoo, cut the Charles ton aud Savannah n:i;road,.and fortify toothold on the main, h'hey have ihe gnus lor this attack on Aahepoo now ready tit But.m ilead, having received two ship loads of ariillf-ry from (lieNorth. Jaintsteiiez.s that this movement against Ashepoo is ccr Uiitily resolved upon, and wili soon take piaoe The Yankees nave oidertd a. conscript io:) of all negro men between the ages of 18 and 4-">. This conscription was to have taken yeaterday (Monday.) and it was to avoid this ; ’compulsory display ot lliartial ardor that i .James forsook the enemy. He says, the ne- I crocs who Jed the assault oa Battery Wag- tiome. fill the ins auJ oa s of hb inf ehtitms, rcgaidimr ilia! vliift?. [II mi, hear, anti ap- plaUfe.] Ccrmlniv nut. Now, L know- i> is uot tree ,hal th it man was told anything of the D»rt by the C'.piftin. Ithavet eim itrorm u and-T believe the in formal io; to i»c on the b st antUoriv. But Jet to • mil you ii s not! accessory, :n engaging mtn u> gj .pacy-i and Com bailee rivers,'uvaifabie 1 part of the world to u«« t« «•-* men w^.cu-. 0 p fc hostile force, wonld br Beaufort, ware put into ihe army. Whatever portion ot the above ihised upon hearsay, were obtained by dames from Lis-Yankee taskmaster Thompaoii, and from ike white seidieis whom he happened to rntef. ia regard to the threatened attack on the Main, ia Gen. VYaiker’a District, vve may re mark that the lowest po’iutsou the Asher 00 ifabie for the lam.V C’h'apuifti":’i> th.ey are going, btenue } on ku h>,'"Tu;# j nJJ f;,(» A.iftiepod, and Fit-Ms’ Point on ai old hiud myselfm Uttiog *ju* secret ex the Combahce. B*tk these places are ?.i- pedftiOi'S. (Ltugnt* 1 arsd pppiruisaA J ready slrenglhcued by foriiGeations, aaft we * j Inst ihat these works uny not. fill, eilii.r ltw rears ago it was •Eou^fLVdt-siruble by t'ut Gore.rhment ot tlmo mairy to send vessels ; through the deticieacy of 111 ea or guns of to Chtflft, an 1 fo vat o.jf parts of IngK.se-j ft. - -■ • . sufficient catibre to rope! any advance the crctly. A Chinese war wn* «.*tiC4j«itcft ; tm- | eueHlV way m% tce ia that direction.—Mcrcii the iii£3iana were ex preleu lo tmne down • r . ihe head of the Indus ktjd ihe Euphrates;) ' v ' and it was desirable t ) place fa;in in some body. Har Majesty’s U. veranKiu were pleased to jikcc faith In ihc, and I buiit ftu the British Government about a dozen ves sel?; but the government said to me—“What we wait you to do, Mr. Laird; is this—we want you to build, and to arm and equip t esey cr e?fi; and trsemi lurm out; they must beyoncs, and nobody must know any thing about If,” Well, being a prudent sort of a ship 1 .iii dc-r, [ said, “I will take yuir order on those coadiUons.” I built the ship:: they were armed; I engaged men; 1 did everytfiing. [Hear, hear, cheers and Diu h cr.} I had to engage uot only saiiora, but enuiir. rsand b tier makers, ship car- paniers, and- men oi a* variety oi trades. I haj ‘0 send them to various parts of the PnojdOlions —The promotions above ihs rauk of Colonel hi the Confederate army h ive not been numerous of late. Tk^ most recent are the following : Col. M. B. Young, o! Georgia, to beB.ig adier General, Sept. 2S. Col. Thos. Kosaer, of Texas,- to be Briga dier General, Sept. 23.h. Col. Edward Hig®ins, of Lenisiana, lo be Brigadier General, Vet. 2(LLl A man named.TorteYoixjDiag Hie It placed on his ttial at Tbura.for robbery, a witness agaicat hj^proted that ho had l urchased part-^ffthe slolpn 'property, bet sard he had taken c ua to pay lor it in conn- terieit coin,- “not to encourage dishonesty.’