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GEO. W. ADAIR J- HENLY SMITH,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA:
TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1861.
Our Special Army Correspondence.
PEACE SPECULATIONS THE WEALTH OF
THE NORTH A HUMBUG NO MONEY TO
BE HAD AT HOME OR ABROAD THEIR
ROTTENNESS DESTRUCTION IMPENDING
BUT FEW MEN TO BE HAD THE UNI
VERSAL YANKEE FRIGHT THE HAND
WRITING ON THE WALL RUIN AND DIS
TRESS IN NEW YORK THE WAR SOON TO
CLOSE IF WE DO OUR PART PROMPTLY
GEN. TOOMBS ; DIFFICULTY OF SENDING
TROOPS ; SOME OF THE REGIMENTS IN
HIS BRIGADE TROOPS ORDERED TO AC
QUIA CREEK THE PHILLIPS LEGION AR
RIVING GEN. TOOMBS’ STAFF, AC., AC.
Richmond, Aug. 15th.
Since the battle of Manassas, the public has
been favored with a good deal of speculation
in regard to the prospect of peace. One can
hardly pick up a newspaper, or encounter a
friend on the streets, that this does not fur
nish the prevailing topic of the day. Shall
we have peace soon ? What effect is the great
victory of the 21st July likely to have upon
the further progress of the war? Will there
be more fighting? and if so, will it consist of
mere skirmishes, to be followed by an early
restoration of peace, or must we prepare for
another great battle, and for a protracted war?
These are interesting questions, and full of
importance to the Southern people. I ven
tured the opinion, some weeks previous to the
late battle, that with energy and promptness
on our side, the war might be virtually ended
by Christmas. I have seen no reason, since
the battle, to change that opinion, but many
to strengthen it. I stated, also, that the Fed
eral Congress would vote all the men and mo
ney that Mr. Lincoln might call for, but that
the people themselves would never furnish
the money, nor would the Government ever
be able to borrow it. I see no cause to change
this opinion. On the contrary, every day’s
revelations demonstrate the utter bankruptcy
of the Northern Government. The wealth of
the North is a sham and a humbug. It con
sists chiefly of railways, ships, machine shops,
manufacturing establishments and brick and
mortar, which of themselves produce nothing,
or but little. All this vast machinery, impo
sing enough upon paper, create.? nothing, and
is useful only in moving and manipulating
what others produce. Just now, this kind of
property is of but little value in providing the
means of carrying on the war. Where, then,
is the North to get its money to pay its army?
The people have it not; and if they had, re
cent developments show that they would be
slow to lend it to a rickety concern as the Fed
eral Government. Can it be borrowed abroad ?
The very last arrival from Liverpool brings
the intelligence that it cannot. The London
TiUJta* LUamoat ;» w „ P i,i,
and which is almost always a true reflex of
the British mind, says : “ It would be danger
ous for England to have anything to do with
the American loan;” and the London Herald,
the organ of Lord Derby, discountenances all
efforts to negotiate it. If the English will not
touch the loan, will the capitalists on the con
tinent do it? They will not.
The truth is, the whole fabric of Northern
finance and commerce rests upon sand; and
now that tho winds of revolution have com
menced to blow and the rains to fall upon it,
the structure is about to topple in the dust.
This is equally true of its social fabric, and of
its present disgraced aud corrupt government.
The earth is trembling beneath them, and the
whole rotten concern is threatened, politically,
financially and socially, with the fate of Sod
om and Gomorrah.
(
A great war cannot be prosecuted without
credit or money. The North has neither. But
will the men who are to fight their battles and (
subjugate us bo forthcoming? I do not be
lieve they will. Not 5,000 out of the 75,000
throe months’ volunteers have reeulisted, since
tho expiration of their term. The recruiting
for the regular army has absolutely ceased,
and hut very few fresh volunteers are offer
ing. But for the regiments that had tendered
their services previous to tho disastrous battle
of Manassas, and which are therefore com
mitted and cannot retreat, the Government at I
this time would bo without force enough, oth- 1
er than tho regulars, to do garrison duty. The *
men who fled from Manassas will never fight '
us again, aud the accounts which they will '
disseminate throughout the abolition States
will deter others from taking their places.—
Tho prisoners we took say that the Confede- 1
rates fought like devils, and you may be sure '
that those who escaped, and some of whom
never slopped until they got to New York,
will represent us to be “half horse and half
alligator”— monstrous centaurs—huge beasts,
with seven heads aud seven horns—who would I
think nothing, any morning at breakfast, of 1
drinking a gallon of blood, and devouring the
shank of a Yankee, with a few coals of fire
thrown in byway of pepper to season it. The <
most reliable accounts from Washington in- <
form us that the number ot recruits returning
Lome far exceed those who are arriving, and
that great uneasiness prevails in the city, not
only among the people, but in the highest offi
cial circles. If they do not see the hand wri
ting upon the wall, it is only because their
hearts have been hardened and their eyes
blinded, that they may be damned.
An intelligent friend who has just arrived
here from New York, where he has been so
journing for some months, says the distress in
that city is without a parallel. Goods can be
bought at your own price, aud many of the
merchants were getting ready to close up their
stores. Seoreaof their clerks have already been
discharged, and it is no unusual thing to meet
with well dressed young men who will thank
yon for a loaf of bread. The opera has ceased :
all the places of public amusement have been
cl»eod except the New Bowery Theatre ; ship
ping M »dla at the wharves; no goods
a-e being imported, and but few sold; the ho
tels that formerly had to turn away customers,
SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY.
are not paying expenses; while every kind of
business is languishing, and the entire city
wears an aspect that is almost funereal in its
gloom and cheerlessness. Many of the owners
of real estate, and especially the proprietors
of hotels and boarding houses, had found it
necessary to release to their tenants three
months rent, to prevent them from being clos
ed. The press was silent upon these things,
every effort was made to hide the skeleton in
the closet. But it could not be done, and the
people felt as if a great and crushing calamity
was impending over them and their Govern
ment.
This was before the battle of Manassas.
What the present condition of the city is,
may be imagined—not described And what
is true of New York, is equally true of the
whole North, except that New York, being the
creature of Southern trade and patronage, has
been the first to suffer. This friend informs me
also, that the North is not so well provided
with arms as we had supposed, and that he
was personally cognizant of the fact that a reg
iment had to remain two or three weeks in
New York before it could get arms. They are
able to manufacture arms faster than the South,
but that is all.
The question recurs then, will the war be a
long one or a short one? For myself I believe
that the contest was decided upon the Plains of
Manassas, though the war may be protracted
for some months longer, and we may have to
fight one or more great battles, before the ene
my will consent to make peace The disgrace
ful rout of the federal army, the consternation
throughout the North, the reluctance with
which new volunteers come forward, the im
position of enormous taxes, the impending
bankruptcy of the manufacturing and com
mercial classes, and the destruction of all kinds
of business, coupled with the early recognition
of our independence by England and France,
and the raising of the blockade, all point con
clusively to the fact that if we do our own du
ty promptly and faithfully, the war will be of
short duration. Everything depends, how
ever, upon the zeal and energy with which we
act; for the gods help those only who help
themselves. A great peace movement has al
ready been started in the North, and it is
growing in volume and strength every day,
the ultimate result of which will be, with pru
dence and firmness on our part, to transfer
the Government from the hands of the wretches
who are now using it as an engine of oppres
sion, to those of more conservative sentiments
and more national views. There may be much
blood shed before all this is accomplished, not
only between the North and the South, but
between the northern people themselves; but
that such will be the final denouement, there
can be but little room for doubt.
Gen. Toombs has not yet gone to Manassas,
owing to the difficulty in sending forward the
regiments that will compose his brigade. The
first regiment Georgia Regulars, Col. Williams,
and the fifteenth regiment, Col. Thomas, will
form a part of the brigade, and it is believed
that the second regiment, Col. Semmes, and
the regiment, Col. Win. Duncan Smith,
and possibly the Tom Cobb Legion and Col.
Howell Cobb’s regiment, will be a part of the
brigade. The orders to Col. Semmes' and
Smith’s regments to proceed to wore
unexpectedly countermanded last night, and
the former left this morning for Acquit Creek,
where it was thought the enemy was disposed
to make an early demonstration. It is not
probable that the regiment will be kept there
long. The Tom Cobb Legion, the regiments of
Cols. Howell Cobb, Wofford, and Ector are now
here, with some trifling exceptions. The Phil
lips Legion has arrived, in part, at Lynchburg,
and a part is still on the road.
Gen Toombs’ staff has been organized, as
follows: Aid de-Camp, Capt. W. Dußose;
Brigade Commissary, Maj. R. J. Moses; Bri
gade Quartermaster, Maj. W. F. Alexander;
Adjutant, Hill. He has accepted the
services also of one or more volunteer aids.
It is thought that the Seventh and Eighth
Georgia regiments, and Cols. Goulding's and
Anderson’s regiments, will bo placed under
Gen. Walker, though this is not certain.
A. |
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Our Special Correspondence from Col.
Brumby’s Regiment.
i
THE MARCH FROM LYNCHBURG TO HUNTERS I
VILLE, ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS—MAGNIF- (
KENT SCENERY—FATIGUES AND HARD- (
SHIPS—CRACKING JOKES—A GOOD ONE ON
A LIEUTENANT—FAR, FAR AWAY, &C., etc. '
Huntersville, Va., August 9, 1861. :
Editors Confederacy: We arrived at this
place on the fifth instant, drenched with rain, (
and worn down with our long fatiguing march t
of eighty six miles over one of the roughest <
countries in creation. Scarcely had we start- <
ed from Lynchburg before we began to climb j
a mountain, dragging our weary feet up its (
rugged side, anticipating an enchanting view <
of the beautiful valley which we supposed to be
on the other side, as soon as we should reach its
summit. You may, however, judgeof our dis
appointment, as well as our surprise, when we
beheld before us another, and yet another, (
mountain rising up toward Heaven in lofty (
grandeur. The first mountain seemed but the
stepping stone to that which lay immediately
before us.
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The further we ascended, the gi eater were <
our toils. Imagine a body of soldiers pressing ]
on in tho muddy path which wound in every ]
imaginable direction around the precipitous <
side of the mountain ; now sweltering beneath |
the scorching rays of the sun —now chilled by ,
furious driving rains—here a poor way worn i
soldier seated on the cold damp ground, his
feet worn out, his limbs almost useless with
racking pains, and his spirits depressed; there
a group gathered around a little muddy rill
that trickles down the mountain side, each j
striving to get the first drink. Imagine these,
and other circumstances which the mind will i
readily suggest, and you can form some con- '
ceptiou of the hardships through which we
have passed.
All this, however, was borne cheerfully by
most of the men. Occasionally some poor fel
low would slip and fall in the mud, which '
would raise a whoop of merriment throughout i 1
the whole regiment. Jokes were cracked at
every man who seemed to be “under the wealh- ; 1
er.” '
I must tell you a good one which we had on ■ ,
Lieut. - While at Lynchburg, hav- j ]
ing some business in town, he went over, and,
as usual, called on the ladies. When he start
ed back, with natural gallantry, he invited
them to visit the camp with him. In the mean
time, the hour f>r battalion drill came on. The
gallant Lieutenant was just coming in view
with “two on ’em”—one at either side. He
quickened his step, in order to arrive in time;
but just as he and his “squad” came upon the
ground, it began to rain. The ladies proposed
to go home. The brave Lieutenant was em
phatically in ayf.r. He thought on this wise:
“ I ought not to be absent from drill, and it
will not do to let the ladies go home alone in this
rain. It will be too ungallant—unworthy of
a soldier , and a disgrace to a commissioned offi
cer, and I'll risk the consequences.” So off he
went.
The opportunity for a little fun was too good
to be lost. As soon as the drill was over, the
Captain summoned his staff of fun-makers.—
The Lieutenant had just returned, coming up
in “quick time.” He was met with very grave
faces by the Captain and “staff,” and he “smelt
a mice.” After salutations had passed, and all
were seated, the Captain, with the greatest
gravity imaginable, said : “Lieut. ,
I am very sorry to inform you that a court
martial has been ordered to try you for being
absent from drill without leave, and that you
are under arrest.”
With a very long breath, he replied; “ I—l
—I knew I was doing wrong; but I could not
help it. I could not invite the ladies into our
dirty tents, and I would not allow them to go
home without an escort, after I had invited them
out.”
This reply was received with a perfect yell
from the crowd ; and the Lieutenant, though
badly teased, was greatly relieved.
I must go out on guard duty in a few mo
ments, and have not time to write longer.
We get no letters or newspapers in this mud
hole of a place. I feel like I am almost out
of the reach of civilization.
Yours, Jtc. L V.
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Our Montgomery Correspondence.
THE RAIN AND THE COTTON CROP —THE CORN
MADE—AN OATH OF ALLEGIANCE—THE
RIVER —THE BLOCKADE—BATTERIES ON
SHIP ISLAND, AND TRADE BETWEEN MO
BILE AND NEW ORLEANS—THE GOVERN
OR’S ELECTION —MR. SHORTER AND MR.
WATTS, &C., &C.
Montgomery, August 16, 1861.
“Everything hath an end,” said Oliver
Cromwell, “ and that which we call a pudding
hath two,” and so it would seem from the
bright and clear appearance of the heavens
this morning. The spell of wet weather which
we have endured for the last two weeks, or
thereabouts, has lasted long enough to “ pluck
from the parent stem ” many of the blooms,
squares, and even half-grown bolls from the
cotton, and threaten seriously to diminish the
crop hereabouts. If it be true, however, that
the rain is “done "for the present, and no
other misfortune overtakes it, the cotton erop
will bo largely over the average—for certainly
never was the prospect for an over crop better
than on the first of this month.
The corn crop is made, and, in that respect,
we are perfectly safe against the horrors of
thut starvation which our ’• deir brethren ” of
the North so confidently predicted as one of
the consequences of our separation from that
mixture of corru; tion and mock sanctity, pec
ulation, Puritanism, and Abolitionism, known
as the “ old wreck.”
On the 29th ultimo, our City Council'in
structed their Clerk to procure anfl keep in hia
office a register, in which all our citizens were
requested to inscribe their names, under the
following pledge;
“We, citizens cf the city of Montgomery,
Alabama, whose names appear signed below,
do solemnly affirm, in the presence of God,
that we will uphold, maintain and support the
Constitution ot the Confederate States of Amer
ica and hereby pledge our lives and fortunes,
and most sacred honor in the defence of the
rights of the citizens thereof.”
To this request, a large number of our citi
zens have already responded, and signatures
are still being made daily. I have no doubt
but, ultimately, the register will contain the
signature of every citizen.
The river is in fine boating order. Since the
engagement between the Confederate forces,
under Capt. Thun, and the Blockading steam
er, and the suhstquent erection of batteries
on Ship Island, the steamers have resumed
their regular trips between New Orleans and
Mobile ; and shipments of sugar, molasses etc.,
are being made as usual.
His “ mighty apeship” will hardly be able
again to interrupt the communication between
these two cities; and it is probable that the
“ considerable injury” which his steamer sus
tained, aud the increased facilities of “ the re
bels’’ for inflicting still greater injuries on her
successor, will deter him from making anoth
er attempt.
The election returns come in slowly, and we
are not able ret to determine with, certainty
what was the result of the election ; though it
is generally conceded that Hon. John Gill Shor
ter is the Governor elect. Had Mr. Watts de
clared himself a candidate, it is probable the
result would have been different, but this he
declined to do, acting on the principle that the
office should seek the man and not the man the
office. Probably no man in thia section regrets
less the result of the election than Mr. Watts
himself; and while his friends very much de
sired his election and regret his defeat, yet
they are contented with the Governor elect, in
whose ability and honesty they have full con
fidence, and whom they opposed, not
That they loved Shorter less.
But Watts more.
J. H.
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Stiff* A member of the Ist Maine Regiment
writes to the Portland “Argus ” that the reg
iment will return home when its time expiree,
on the 2d of August. The writer adds: “It
is well for the men that the time is no longer,
for if it was, most of them would come home
in their shirt sleeves, and with a day of truce
flying in the rear, at that."
—« ♦ •
teff-A Washington letter to a Northern ex
change, says that Montgomery Blair, Post
master-General, called to see Gen. McClellan
on Saturday, and began to give him his views.
“ Gen. Scott and myself will be responsible
for the campaign,” he replied, “and we aball
conduct it as we think best.” Mr. Blair took
his hat and departed.
, I [Communicated.]
Our Worthy Dead.
IN MEMORY OF CAPT. C. W. HOWARD.
1 The remains of the late Capt. Columbus W.
Howard, of Meriwether county, Georgia, who
1 fell upon the battlefield Sunday, July 21st,
now rest at Manassas Junction. It was a sol
emn, quiet and melancholy burial. There was
no pomp, brilliant display nor glitter of vain
glory; not a drum was heard, nor a funeral
note, as the last sad tribute of respect was paid
' to the lamented dead. He died one of Geor
gia’s heroes, and his corpse was followed to the
grave by a large concourse of weeping friends
and kind associates, away from his own dear
1 native State, with a simple stone, and the
words “Columbus W. Howard, Captain Echols
Guards, Bth Georgia Regiment,” rudely carved
thereon, to mark his lonely resting place.
The death of one so young, whose future bid
' so fair to be one of much usefulness to his
1 country, brings with it a train of melancholy,
• aud a host of very sad reflections. Stretched
out in the distance before him lay fields of
■ promise; the glittering star of glory and re
nown was lighting his pathway to honor, dis
tinction and illustrious fame—so early in the
: onset of the troubles of our country, and just
achieving perhaps the greatest victory the
world ever knew, with laurels waiting to deck
hta noble brow, he was felled to the earth by a
1 leaden messenger of death. We are more than
ever convinced that “all is vanity and vexa
’ tion of spirit,” and the “ paths of glory lead
but to the grave.”
Capt. Howard was of one of the first families
of Georgia. Endowed with a superior intellect,
splendid military talents, familiar with all the
arts of war, possessing a resistless and firey
spirit, added to which was a temperament so
becoming to a soldier and a fondness for the
profession, he thought it his duty to offer his
1 services to his country.
During his connection with the Mexican war,
he was in several desperate engagements with
the enemy, and acted upon every occasion
with all that coolness and bravery so charac
teristic of the true Southerner. Linking his
fortunes with that of our infant Republic, and
by his self sacrificing devotion to a cause in
which was enlisted his all, by his eagerness
and determination upon the battlefield, and by
his dauntless daring and gallantry, he lost his
life. Willingly did he lay it upon the altar of
his country in defence of Southern Rightsand
Southern liberty. It was in the most desperate
and dangerous hours of the day, and when the
battle was raging, he won his death. And to
die thus at his post, is to die like a hero, and
die the death of the brave. He made his coun
try’s cause his cause, and poured out his life’s
blood in defence of her liberty.
The subject of this feeble tribute was great
ly possessed with those social qualities of head
and heart that always attrack a large circle of
admiring friends. He at once became popular
as an officer of the first rank, and respected by
his brother soldiers. Columbus, as such he was
more familiarly known, was cut down in the
flower of his manhood.
He was married to one of Georgia’s most es
timable and accomplished young ladies, and
by his untimely death he leaves a fond and an
affectionate wife to mourn her melancholy
loss; society is deprived of a brilliant orna
ment, and our army sustains the loss of an ef
ficient and gallant soldier.
He was a pure Christian, an humble advo
cate of the cause of God, and a shining light
to his fellow-man. This consolation survives.
He fought bravely, and died becoming a sol
dier. He is one of our heroes, and his memory
will be enshrined and live forever in the hearts
of all true Georgians. D. C. J.
From the New York Post.
The Baltimore Police Commissioners.
ANOTHER HABEAS CORPUS CASE.
Lieutenant-Colonel Burke Beelines to Obey
Another tl'rit.
For tho fourth time a habeas corpus has been
issued for some of the political prisoners con
fined at Fort Lafayette. The last was return
ed this morning, before Judge Garrison, Coun
ty Judge in Brooklyn, acting as a Supreme
Judge in Chambers.
The following is a copy of the writ of habeas
corpus :
The People of the State of New York to Colonel
Martin Burke, Commandant at Fort La Fay
ete, and to all subordinate officers under his
command, Greeting :
We command that you have the body of
Charles Howard, William H. Gatchell, John
G. Davis and C. D. Hinds, by you imprisoned
and detained, as it is said, together with the
time and cause of such imprisonment and de
tention, by whatsoever name they shall be
called cr charged, before James Garrison,
County Judge of King’s county, at his Cham
bers at the City Hall, in the city of Brooklyn,
on the 9th day of August, 1861, at 11 o’clock,
to do aud receive what shall then be consider
ed concerning them, and have you then and
there this writ.
' Witness Wm. H. Scrugham, Justice of Su
preme Court, the 6th day of August, 1861.
C. W. THOMAS, Clerk.
A. W. Wood, Attorney.
The writ came into court with the following
return :
“Headquarters, Ft. Hamilton, N. Y., 1
August 9, 1861. J
“ I deeply regret that, pending the exist
ing political troubles, I cannot comply with
the requisition of the honorable Judge. By
order of Lieutenant General Winfield Scott.
“MARTIN BURKE,
“ Lt. Col. U. S. Army, Commanding ”
Mr A. R. Wood appeared for the persons
named in the writ, and cited the statute to
show that the return by Lieutenant Colonel
Burke was an improper one.
Judge Garrison said that Lieutenant-Colo
nel Burke ought to comply with the statute,
and state in bis return, 1. Whether the pris
oners were in his custody. 2. The authority
by which he bolds them set out at large. 3.
A copy of such authority if written, must be
annexed to the return.
Mr. Slewart L. Woodford, Assistant United
States District Attorney, appeared for Lieut
enant-Colonel Burke.
The Court then adjourned the bearing til! i
next Monday, for the purpose of allowing 1
Lieutenant-Colonel Burke to amend bis re- j
turn.
geff“ Col. Brown, in command of Fort Pick
ens, has offered a reward of $3,000 for every
one of Capt. Clanton’s Montgomery Mounted
Riflemen, dead or alive. The Rifles must have
j hit the Colonel in a tender spot.
Arrest of Hon. Charles J. Faulkner of
Virginia, at Washington.
Washington, Aug. 12.—Charles J. Faulk
ner, Ex-Minister to France, was arrested to
day, by order of the Government. His ar
rest was effected by a detachment of the Pro
vost Guard, who for that purpose, repaired to
his hotel. He was conveyed to jail under or
ders from the military authorities through the
War Department. He is not permitted to hold
correspondence or conversation with any of
his friends at present. As to the specific
charges under which he is held they are, so
far as the public is concerned, mere matters
of speculation, but something has been said
about his having a commission as a Brigadier-
General in the Confederate Army.
A formal examination into the case will,
however soon take place. Shortly after bis
arrest he remarked that he was not aware of
having done anything to justify these proceed
ings, and but for them he would have had his
accounts settled to-day at the State Depart
ment, which he had visited the day after his
arrival in Washington on that business, as well
as to call on Sectetary Seward, in accordance
with the courtesy governing ministers return
ing from abroad.
The Washington ‘Star’ says :
Shortly before noon to-day, we hear, the
Hon. Charles James Faulkner, of Virginia,
ex-United States Minister to Paris, was taken
into custody by Colonel Porter, U. S. A., Pro
vost Marshal, in person, at his (Mr. F.’s)
quarters, Brown’s Hotel, and conveyed to the
city prison, where he is now held.
We apprehend that the charges against him
are for having aided and abetted the agents of
the Revolutionists to obtain arms and muni
tions of war in Europe, while himself holding
the commission of an U. S, Minister and En
voy Extraordinary. And, further, on the
charge of being about to take the command
of a disunion regiment alleged to be now
awaiting his arrival, at Winchester Va.
Such rumors have for some time past been
afloat here, we know not on what authority,
however.
The Washington correspondent of the Bal
timore Sun writes :
The startling event of to-day has been the
arrest of the Hon. Charles James Faulkner,
ex-Minister to France. He was at once carried
from his lodging’s at Brown’s Hotel, to the
jail, and up to the time of this writing he has
had no examination or trial. His baggage,
&c., is under close military surveillance. It
is supposed that he was arrested upon a charge
of treason, but in what precise way he has giv
en aid to the enemies of the Republic has not
transpired. On Saturdayhe stated publicly that
he had called upon the Government for a pass
into Virginia, but as that State is held to be out
of the United States, and as he might be loy
al to the Federal Government when he should
reach his home, it is supposed that somtbing
besides the mere asking for a pass is at the
bottom of accusation against him.
The correspondent of the Exchange writes:
The climax of the atrocities of the Admin
istration committed on private individuals oc
curred to-day, in the arrest of Hon. Charles
James Faulkner, ex-Minister to the Court of
France, on the charge of treason. The arrest
was made by the Provost Marshal in person,
at Brown’s Hotel, and under the following or
der from the Secretary of State :
Department of State, 1
Washington, Aug. 12, 1861. J
To Col. Porter, U. S. A.. Provost Marshal, Ci
iy of W-aohinfftnn •
You will proceed to arrest and detain Char’s
James Faulkner, ex-Minister of the United
States to Paris, and hold him under arrest to
await further orders from this Department.
WM. H. SEWARD.
If the Senate had not adjourned it might
have been supposed that that body had im
peached him on a charge made at or before
the time he was recalled ; but as it is, the ar
rest was one of the most despotic actions that
could have been perpetrated by the most ar
bitrary Government on the face of the earth.
A Washington Lady Presents a Sword to
Gen. Beauregard.—The Washington corre
spondent of the New York Herald, of the 30th
ult., has the following:
A few days since a lady in this city, the wife
of a prominent official under the last adminis
tration, forwarded to Gen. Beauregard, through
her son, a magnificent sword, as a present
from a number of ladies residing in the sec
ond Ward, who desired thus to express their
esteem and sympathy for him in his present
fiosition. A day or two afterward, this same
ady herself went as far as Maryland Point,
with one hundred letters in her possession for
the rebels, which she had conveyed to them
in the following manner: On reaching Mary
land Point, she shot off a rocket as a signal
for the boat on the opposite shore, which im
mediately came over with muffled oars, took
the package, and then left, after which the
lady returned to this city. On Thursday last,
she repeated the experiment, this time at
tempting herself to pass over in the boat, but
was compelled to return when within about
three hundred yards of the Virginia shore by
a shot from the steamer Resolute. The lady
is now in Washington, probably awaiting an
other opportunity to advance the cause of the
rebels in this clandestine mode. We refrain
from mentioning names, as by so doing we
might prevent the successful prosecution of a
plan which has been adopted for the capture
of the whole party. Free and constant com
munication with the rebels is said to be kept
up by means of boats from Alexandria to Oc
coquan, the enemy’s pickets extending that
far.
Brigadier General E. Kirby Smith, of
Florida.—This officer, whose distinguished
bearing and generalship on the field of Man
assas, has brought him prominently before
the country, is a graduate of the W.PointAcad
emy in the class of 1845, in which he was com
missioned as Second Lieutenant Fifth Infan
try. In tho battles of Palo Alto and La Pal
ma he bore a distinguished part; was brevet
ted First Lieutenant Seventh Infantry in Au
gust, 1846, for gallant and meritorious con'
duct at battle the of CerroGordo.was soon after
brevetted Captain for gallant and meritorious
conduct in the battle of Contreras. After the
close of the war Captain Smith was detailed
for duty at West Point as Professor of Math
ematics. After some service at West Point,
Captain Smith was on the frontier in com
mand of a company of cavalry, and distin
guished himself in Van Dorn’s action with the
Comanches on the 13th May, ’59. We trust
he will soon be in the saddle at the head of his
brigade.— Charleston Mercury, Aug 27.
John Mitchell and his Sons.—John
Mitchell, the Irish Patriot, has two sons in
the Confederate army, and they are bis only
sons who are able to bear arms. John Mitchell
Jr., is Captain of a South Carolina company.
James Mitchell is a private in the company of
Captain Dooley, of the city of Richmond.—
The father of these gallant young gentlemen
is in Paris, and is himself as true as ever to
Southern cause.— Richmond Enquirer,Aug.
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