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<.iiaii;;ea lu tlie l . S. Tartu—Direct Taxa
tion
The new tariff and direct taxation bill has :
a ed both Houses of the Yankee Congress.
Amo,, tin’ rat i ol duty, as given in the Wash*
ington Sunday Chronicle, are the following :
On raw ‘ uga'e, 2 cents per pound; on unrefined
su ai'a, ii .'cents; r. fined sugars, 4 cents; clayed |
and tii.(H ired rugars.it cents, molasses, 5 cents j
per gal ion; tea., V, cents; aliuouds, 4 cents; shelled
almonds, e cents; crude linricstone, If'; per ton; I
rolled limestone, t 4; coffee, 4 cents per pound; I
cocoa, •: c-*nts; cocoa berries and shells, 2 cents; ;
chocolate, o cents; cassia, 1C cents; cassia buds, |
1., cenis; cinnamon, tfC cents; cyane pepper, and
cell! ; cyan.: pepper, ground, X cents; cloves, S
cents; currants, - cents; tartaric air-1 and Ko j
chellc alts, Id ceutr;; dates, 2 cents; figs, b cents; I
giug-r, root,cents; ginger, ground, cents; lico- I
rice paste .ml j.m .-, .. nents; mace and nutmegs, i
2 > <; nis; nuiy, 2 cents; pepper, <! cents; pimento, I
i. cents; plums, prunes and raismß, 5 cents; Hus* i
sian hemp, *4O per ton. Manilla and other hemps, !
J-'d lß * d > lri P'g, il per cwt.; lead, in sheets,
2", per cwt white and red lead, |2 25 per I
cwt.; salt, in sacks,lh.cents per cwt; salt, in bulk, j
1 - nen ‘.s; soda ash, % cent per pound; bicarbonate j
of soda, 1 cent; sal soda, 1 ; cent per pound; soda, !
1 cent; chloride of lime, ;!n cents per cwt.; crude
saltpetre,! cent; refined saltpetre, 2 cents; turpen
tine, In cents per gallon ; oil of clove., 70 cents |
per pound; brandy, *1 per gallon; spirit* of j
grain, bO cents per gallon: gum copal and similar j
gums, in cents per pound.
The loliewing articles arc also rated at so much
per centum ad valorem:
Arrowroot, go per cent; preserved ginger, .10
P®r cent , n met-., bananas and other tropica! fruits,
2U per cent: Peruvian hark, 15 per cent; quinine,
3J i>tr cent; rug*!, 10 per cent; feather*, 30 per cent; j
hoi. , lo per ceut; hole leather, ho per cent; India
rubber, raw, 10 per cent; ditto, manufactured,
3o per cent; vegetable and uniuuuufactured ivory, j
l'i per cent; all wine*, 50 per cent; gum siik und i
partly manufactured fellk, 30 per cent ; silk and
partly velvet silk:., i per yard, or 35 percent; !
silk ribbons, Ac., 40 per tent. All importation* I
beyond the Cape of Good Hope, 10 per cent.
All goods in dtore, or in bonded warehouse,
will he feubject to these duties if not withdrawn
in three years, to be taken by the government and !
Hold.
DIRECT tax.
The bill also apportions a direct tax of $20,000,-
000 among the States. Mary laud is to furnish
$436,423 33; District of Columbia, $40,437 33;
Virginia, $038,550 66; Delaware, $74,383 33;
Pennsylvania, $1,946,717 ■ ; Tennessee, s66l*,- s
408 ; North Carolina, $376,194 66 ; and South
Carolina, $363,570 i6.
The President will divide the country into col
lection districts und uppoint collectors) und after
the second Tuesday tu February, the Secretary of
the Treasury shall establish regulations to govern
the assessment and collection. Attempts to evade
the act or commit fraud will he punished. The
salaries of the assessors range, from $2 to $3 per
day. In the event of the retinal to pay tlie taxes,
the collectors shall collect by distraint and sale of
the goods, chatties or effects ot the delinquent,
as atortesaid, at public auction. This distraint
does not include tools or luipleineuts of a trade
or profession, beasts of the plow necessary for
tlie cultivation ot improved land, arms, household
furniture and necessary apparel.
Any collector guilty of oppression, injustice or
extortion, .shall he liable to a line of $2,000. Any
persiM!** guilty of perjury shall be liable to a fine
Os $-'.'OU
All incomes over SBOO per annum ureAo be
taxed 3 per cent, on the surplus over $800; when
such income is derived from interest on treasury
note*, the tax shall be 1 1 . z per cent. This tax
goes into effect .Inti, 1, 1861. All taxes not paid
June 30, 1862, shall draw interest at the rate of 6
per cent, per annum. Neglect, or refusal to pay
this tax renders the offender liable to imprison
ment uutii the tax is paid. Should any of the
people be in actual rebellion at t o time the act
goes into effect, the President shall cause its pro
visions to bo executed witluu such limits when
ever the government authority is re-established.
All taxes thus collected shall bear interest.
Th** act authorizes the appointment of a com
missioner ot taxes in connection with the treasury
department, vv o shall be appointed by the Presi
dent on thvi recommendation ot the Secretary,
and receive a salary of s3oou per annum, and shall!
have a number of clei ks, whoso aggregate salaries
do not exceed S6OOO.
Special Dispatch to the Neva York Dost.
Washington, Aug 5. —A dispatch from Rich
mond states that Col. Corcoran told his captors i
in that city fliat lie went into this business with i
his whole soul, and he would not uccept a parole
if it were ottered him.
There is a great scarcity of ice here, caused by
the danger ot navigation to vessels on the Poto
mac.
A bill wh.ch has passed both Houses provided ‘
for the punishment, with fine und imprisonment, j
any one who enlists a person, white or black, to
aid to rebellion, as well as those enlisted.
Another bill debars slave owners from claim to
the recovery of slaves who are employed to aid
the rebellion.
There was uUo a bill passed to pay all volun- j
teers mustered luto service for one to three years,
or fur the war, from that time, without waiting }
until they teach the rendezvous.
The Rebels got only fifteen canuou belonging |
to the l uffed Stale* at the late battle.
The Rebels were thrown into alarm a few nights
ago, fearing an immediate attack oa Fu rtax |
Court House. Strong parties of their cavalry are !
continually scouriug the country on this side ot j
Fairfax.
Beauregard has made preparations to reinforce j
Fairfax. Centreville, and Vienna, when necessary.
Baltimore, Aug. \ Maryland Legislature.
The committee to which was referred the memori
al of the Police Commissioners submitted u long
report, saying that the course of the government
was arbitrary and unconstitutional.
The committee appeal to the whole people to
take warning, a.id come to the rescue of free in
stitutions.
The resolution provides for sending copies
thereof to the Senate and House of Representa
lives, and to the Governors oi the several States,
to be laid before their respective Legislatures.
Tiik Fvcation or Hampton. —This movement j
on the part of Butler’s forces seems to hare taken |
the Northern journalists bv surprise, .fudging j
from their own accounts, the place must have |
been evacuated through fear of an attack from
the Confederates, though (Jen. Magruder is
doubtless fully aware of its purpose, and will
govern himself accordingly. The Hessians, it
appears, had been led to believe that there was
about to be an advance movement ; but, after
everything was ready for a start, they were in
formed that toe troops would be withdrawn from
the post. It appears, from a statement in the
Philadelphia F.uquirer, that the troops became
panic-stricken in consequence of an apprehension
of a “ ttank movement of the enemy,” and made
good time from llamptou to the Fortress. The
writer proceeds :
Tlfo panic which had aeuc.i upon the troops
was quickly noticed by the blacks, throngs of
whom bare been pouring into Hampton, and col
lecting from all parts of the surrounding country.
They believed that the rebel army was coming
upon the village, aud that our soldiers were leav
ing in anticipation of the attack. Their demon
strations and expressions of alarm were of the
most enthusiastic order imaginable. “ 7’ - ■- Fbri
Ti’ .is fort ■’ 1 V ‘>•'•■■ r> .•■canin’ “—was the
erv ihgt, like a wirlwind, filled the colored popu
lation with terror, and passed from one to anoth
er. until th*y grabbed their children, their chick
ens, and thur bundles, and fled iu caravans to
ward the garrison.
It was not long before the little village just out
side the Fortress seemed like one great auction
room and the siretts were with difficulty kept
passable. All the old buildings around were appro
priated and before night the tide was reflected
back toward Hampton, and while I write every
little hut is almost completely tenanted with
blacks.
Friday evening, orders were issued by tsenerai
Butler that, should Hampton be attacked during
the night, our troops should render as formidable
a resistance as possible; but if overpowered bv a
superior force, they should lire the village and re
treat. To this end, inflammables and kindlings
aud explosives were kept ready lor the torch at
a momeut's notice and scattered all through the
Tillage.
The absence during the uight, not ouly of at
tack, but even ularm % from the enemy, probably
preserved the Tillage from laving in ashes to
d*v.
Yhis morning, however, a column ot black, lu
rid. smoke was seen from the fortress, and the re
port soon came by telegraph that the village had
been lired.
Tb-S Akm\ Bill. —Congress continued, on Tues
day, iu st-cret session the consideration of the bl‘
to increase the provisions for the public defenct
as ihe -pecial order tor the d aT . It i s known that n
the course ot the lengthened debate on this meat
on* a considerable and ill timed division of opm
ion bas been mauitested in t'ougress. and has en;
barrassed its action The bill was reported favor
’
for an increase of our military force to the extern
of ■UX-,000 men Beyond a difference of judgment
as to the measure of the i nor else of force, we do
not appreheud that any other leatures of the bti
have been found objectionable. It does not pro
vide for any levy of lorces, but merely authorizes
the President to employ the militia, ic.inth.
terms of the act of loth March, and to accept the
service of auv uuuiber of volunteers not exceed
ing 400 000. The act referred to limited the uun.
ber of Volunteers to loo.ouu, which, besides th.
authorization of the Pre,ideal to receive into th.
service of the Government the forces in the scr
vice of the Stales on the “sth of February, acc
the general act of the cth ot May, “to raise at.
additional militarv force.” constitutes about si;
the support extended bv Congress to the txecu
tire branch of the Government, which cow rnake
a disin.ct demand to be adequately sustained bi
the legislative departments. The issue of the and.
bale in Congress will doubtless be favorable to th
recommendations which have been made to it b\
the Executive.— RithmonJ El ami*cr, sfA.
Scow’s GH>aarßx.—Od the large ap whiol
Gen. Scoit is continually studying are many
pcinta of merest, but the veteran's t liention is
principally directed to Davis’ Straits. —.V. }'.
Jlrmld, 17 th nit.
Wonder ;f ibe old veteran didn’t find {Davis’
iXAtnd on the slat nit f—.V <uh. banner, •
Cfjrflnirlc it Istnlincl.
o
[from tht LnvimHU Courier..]
Southern Prisoner* at \ axliln^ton.
To the attention of a friend at Washington we
are indebted for the following complete list of
Southern volunteers now prisoners at Washing
ton. They have been made comfortable, as far
as possible, by kind hearted ladies of Washing
ton, who have done for them all thev were per
mitted to by Gen. Mansfield. Their fare is hard
bread and water night and morning, and salt junk
or soup for dinner. Their friends are not allowed
to see them. None of them are sick and wound-
I ed :
I Confederate Prisoners atWashinoton, Confined
in the Old Capitol Bcilding.
| Sixth Alabama Regiment—Sergeant T L Bates,
residence Russel county, Ala.; T T Buck, John l!
Cassey, Johu W Davis, residence Au(auga countv
Ala.; .1 T Chambers, P G Allord, Wm Lofim.Heh
: nr county, Ala.; John 11 Howard, W H Prince, K
T Pool, ,J 0 Perkins, residence Russell county
Ala.; all taken at Fairfax Statieu.
; Fifth Alabama Regiment—ltobt Paulding resi-
I dence Uniontown ; taken near Springfield •’ D D
Piquet, residence Tuscaloosa: J S Walker resi
i dence Pickensvitle; taken near Spriuglield. ’
Fourth Alabama Regiment—Thus. Hudson resi
dence Loi on low n ; taken a( Hull Hun.
Kadfod’* W M Mallow, residence AllegbaDy
| county, Ya.; taken at Flint Hill. J T Mays, resi
i ?. e E c ?, liolet ? urt tounl J r , Va - i taker, at Flint Hill,
h N Haycock, residence Fairfax couutv Va ta
ken near Fall Church. G A TbonLs, residence
District of Columbia; taken near Fail Church.—
David Porter, residence District of Columbia •
taken near Full Church.
j Got. Guards-S S Green, residence Richmond,
* a.; taken at Burk Station,
j J'ifth \a. Regiment—Johu A Reynolds, residence
Staunton, Va.; taken at Bull Run.
First Virginia Regiment—W A Wilson, resi-
I deuce Loudon county, Va.; taken at Bull Run.—
| Claiborne Lang, residence Loudoun county, Va. -
: taken at BulJ Run.
Hamilton’s Legion Henry C Ferrell, about 15 j
yearn old, residence Charleston, S. C.; taken at |
Bull Ruu.
Second S. C, Regiment—. James Silks, Abbeville
| District, S. C. ; taken near Centreville.
j Second Regenient, S. C.—Wm James, residence !
j Columbia; taken at Fairfax Court House.
■ Fourth Regiment, S. C.—R O Lewis, residence |
j Anderson ; 1! Borna Maon, residence Greenville ; i
taken at Hull Run.
• Eighth Rgiment, Georgia.—Jno R Payne, resi
dence Rome; Randolph (tray, residence Bibb
county ; F Ward, residence Harris county ; taken
! at Bull Run.
| Second Regiment, Mississippi.—W M T Tbomp
| son, residence Pontotoc ; taken near Centreville ;
Robert M Walker, residence Tipah county ; taken
; at Bull Run.
; Delta Rangers, New Orleans.—Thos Hays resi
dence New Orleans, La.; taken at Bull Run.
Nineteenth Regiment, Virginia.—Jas A Wing
j field, residence Am hert county; taken near Cen
treville.
Second Regiment, Miss.—Lieut Col Ii B Boone,
residence Tishomingo county ; taken at Bull Run.
Twenty-Seventh Regiment, Virginia—Lieut.
II II Durnott, resieence Aleghauy county ; taken
at Bull Run.
Fourth Regiment, S. C.—James M Me Fall, resi
j dence Anderson ; taken at Bull Ruu.
Eigth Regiment,Geo.—Geo Barker, W C Hum
| phreys, T A Hammond, residence Atlanta; J T 0
I Calvin, residence Green county; taken at Bull
Run.
| Sixth North Carolina Regiment—Wesley Bur
row, residence Randolph county; taken at Bull
Run.
| Louisiana Battalion—Wm Johnson; residence
| Vicksburg, Miss.; taken at Bull Run.
t Eighth Georgia Regiment—Jas Kershaw, Lewis
Kieck, G II Gramlmg, residence Alanta, Ga;
Alex T Holmes, .Sanford W Branch, Lewis L
Eastman, r aidence Savannah, Ga.; W A Barron,
I residence Rome, Ga.; Samuel Gavitt, residence
I Atlanta, Ga.; taken at Bull Run.
I Radford Regiment -Joseph E Lead bitter, resi
dence, Hanover, Va. ; taken at Halifax Court
House.
Fourth South Carolina Regiment—Roger Pinck
ney, residence, Pendleton, S. C.; taken at Bull’s
Run.
Eighth Virginia Itegimeut—T F Grayson, resi
dence, Leesburg, Va.; taken at Bull’s Run.
Sixth Alabama Regiment— A J Smith, residence,
Russt.il county, Ala.; taken at Sangster Cross
Roads.
Eighth Georgia Regiment—Jesse O’Bryne, resi
dence, Savannah, Ga.; taken at Bull’s Run.
First Special Battalion Mticluiel Reef, resi
dence, New Orleans; taken at Bull’s Run.
A Ship Load op Arms for the Rebels—Tnp.
Ship Safe at Havana.—The Providence (R. I.)
Journal of the 20th ult.,has the following news :
A great deal has been said of the ship Bamberg,
for which our blockading squadron was looking
out. She was supposed to have arms on board.
It has been said that the Brooklyn ordered her
away, when she ought to have captured her. This
is a mistake. The Bamberg was fortunate enough
to meet a vessel which had been ordered off just
in time to escape, as will he seen by the following
extract from a letter written by one of the pas
sengers, an Irishman, named Janies B. Reilly, to
his father, who resides here. Reilly is a machinist,
and is now at work in Havana. We copy from
his letter, dated July 1 :
“We sailed from Liverpool on the 24th of April
.in the ship Bamberg, of New Orleans. We had a
splendid passage of 35 days till we got within 19
miles of the Balize, where the ship takes the tow
boat and pilot to go up the river to New Orleans.
We were runing before a 12 kuot breeze, when all
of u sudden it became calm. Some English ves
sels were coming out, and the Captain spoke one,
and her captuin told him that the port was block
aded and he could not get in. He did not try
very hard, for he turned right round and made
tracks for Havana That was on the 4th of June.
W e got down to Havana all safe and well on June
13thi Between the Balize and Havana spoke a
Southern prize schooner that the Northern men
oj war had taken and was sending on to New
\ ork. Our captain was in a terrible stew when
Ihe found out what she was. He had reasons for
| it, as I found out afterwards, for we had fifty thou
sand stand of arms, muskets und revolvers, from
! Liverpool for the Southern army, and any amount
of lead, and he is half owner in the vessel him
sett.
“He told us when he got in sight of Moro Castle,
j coming into Havuna, that it was as good as $20,000
j in his pocket, for he wus afraid he would be
! caught by the cruisers iu the Gulf. When he got
J his ship safe in the harbor, the passengers asked
him woat they were going to do. He told them
I that he would find the girls situations ashore un
j til he could get his ship to New Orleans, and the
| men could look for work tor themselves, as he
could do nothing for them.”
j The Capti ke or Ely.—The Montgomery Con.
i federation has the following from a reliable
j At half past three o’clock the stampede became
i fearful, and the gloom among Wilson & Cos., was
I awful. Th*v immediately jumped into their car
j riages and nut tor Washington at a rapid rate.
| The llou. Mr. Ely, with a friend, catching the
| contagion, and believing the enemy to be near ut
I hand, jumped into a buggy and pushed forward
’ to V\ ashington at a “double quick.” Three miles
■ from Centreville, the starting poiut, the buggy
I broke down, and its contents were left a prey to
our forces. Ely heard at this moment the “terri
ble” tramping of the cavalry, and jumped behind
a tree to secrete lnmself, while his friend put to
j the woods and was seeu no more. Presently a
horseman dashed ou, and seeing a man behind a
j tree, loudly called out “Who vre you, sir *” “Mr.
Ely,” answered the man immediately. “Well,
who in the h—ll is Mr. Ely.” said the horseman.
••Mr. Ely, member of Congress from the Roches*
j ter District, New York,” said the man. “The
J h—ll you say ; say that over again old fellow,”
ejaculated the horseman. “1 am, sir, the lion.
Mr. Ely, the member of the Federal Congress
from the Rochester District, New York,” said the
man. “Well,” said the horseman. I’ll be d—d if
l haven’t caught you at last ; 1 have been looking
for you the whole” day. and its d—d strange that 1
havejust found you out.” So, pulling out his pistol
I and pointing it right at the Federal Congressman’s
head, he said : “Mr. Elv, put your foot in mv
stirrup and get up behind me, I am going to take
; you to RichmomL’ Ely did as requested, and
away went the Horseman to the quarters of Gen.
Beauregard, and with a live Yankee Congressman
behind him whom he captured.
Focl Mcbdkr. —Mr. John Terry, a quiet and J
wortbv citizen of PeKalb county, while in this
citv oil Saturday evening last, was attacked, and
killed iu a most brutal manner. Mr. Terry was I
on Decatur street, and while attempting to mount 1
his mule, was accosted by a Mr. Wilson, and !
asked to cross over to where he ( Wilson) was. ‘
As Wilson had previously uttered some threats
toward him, and was now accompanied by three
of his sons, Mr. Terry loosened his stirrup-strap,
and took that with him for his protection. I'pon
approaching the group ho demanded of Wilson
to snow, what he wanted. Without
reply Wilson struck him a staggering blow with j
bis fist, and before Mr. Terry could retaliate, one
of the younger Wilsons struck him ou the side of
the head, just above the ear, with a black junk
bottle, aad felled him to the ground. This blow
crushed in ape rtiou of the skull, and cracked the
base of it nearly all the way round the head. One
portion of the skull overlapped the other, and on
raising it a deposit of arterial was found upon the
brain. The physicians pronounced his case hope
less, and on Sunday morning, at •_ o’clock, he
died. The murderers have been arrested and
confined.— Atlanta Commonceatth, s th.
From Fortress Monroe.— The Cinciunati Ett
ftiirtr publishes the following extract from a pri
vate letter from Fortress Monroe, dated the -7th
ult.:
” All the troops here and around this fort are
ordered to Washington, to take the place of those
regiments whose time is out. There are six com
panies of regulars and one regiment of volunteers
to stay here and defend the fort at all hazards.
The greatest excitement has existed here for two
or three days past.” * * * “I think there
will be some trouble kround here at this fort be
fore many days, as the rebels are within sight of
the fort at one point, and have strong batteries
erected there. They may attack us when they
see all our regiments going away. Let them come;
we will give them a warm reception. Besides,
thev can never take this post; it is too strongly
oriitied.”
The letter does not say whether Gen. Bntler w;ll
-:y at the fort or go to Washington.
The Charleston Courier's correspondent at
Richmond, under date of August id, says ;
Orders came from Gen. Beauregard yesterday
■o the effect that no more passports were to be
•ranted until further orders, consequently no
mveler now can go North or South over the
roads communicating with the army. This is
ominous, and, connected with the news received
Tom Washington of troops crossing the Potomac,
cads us all to feel that any hour may bring us
startling news. , -
Some gentlemen arrived here vesterdav from
Baltimore through Washington City. They said
go questions were asked them nor scrutmv msti
•uted as to who or what thev were until they
reached the Confederate lines, when they were
Drought up all standing, but they soon prov
ed themselves to be V irginians and were suf
ter*jlo P***- They say no tongue nor pen
can do justice to the state of things in Vi ash
iigton ; nothing can better describe it than to
pronounce it a reign of terror. The soldiers art
.'lren np to debauchery, and the people too much
•ernned by them to’ remonstrate ; regiment*-
wholly disorganized and officers killed ; the men
acknowledge the authority of no one, and comma
al manner of outrages and depredations: the
Government dare not interfere lest their comrade>
rise to protect them • thus leagued together il
sin, they,rale the city.
A large number of 32 pound cannon have been
transported from thv Gosport Navv Yard, within
the past few days, for important points, which it
it imprudent to mention.
r From the Sunday Delta.]
Asa la Taken Prisoner, and Sees De*-
p&tehe*.
M ar is a big thing ; and I have a good right to
say it. For haven’t I been in the war? Didn’t I
fight, bleed, and have the narrative of my coat
violently, ruthlessly, and murderously abbreviated
by the sanguinary sword bayonet of a bloody
i New A ork File Zouave ? Wasn’t I taken prisoner
by the same Zouave, at Bull Run, and unceremo
niously ushered into the presence of the McDow
j ell ? War is a big thing, and I desire to stand to
the assertion.
. It matters not how Klubs and I chanced to be
at the battle of Bull Run. We were there, on
j business of my Uncle Davy—and that's sufficient.
V\ bilst Klubs and I were seated in a tree, and
; indulging in loud nuzzabs of general glorification
at the defeat of the Federalists and the triumph of
our arms, we were suprised by the appearauce of
j halt a dozen villainous looking Federal Zouave3, of
i the “ pet lamb” style, who presented their pieces,
and gave us choice of “ cooning it” down the tree,
] or having our descent to terra fitma accelerated ;
j by the additional weight of three ounces of lead.
, We conned H down ;ad it was then 1 lost the !
appendage to my coal, which the Zouave kept as
a trophy.
j Klubs was ferociously and cruelly separated
j from me, and taken—l know not where. In utter
; defiance of all military rule, I, Asa Hartz, was
! forced to step 39 inches at each stride, for a dis
; tance of four miles, until, with my captors, I
I reached the quarters of the puissant McDowell,
i who backed the Federal troops in their attack and
I led themfin their retreat.
The McDowell asked me who I was. Told him I j
j was Asa Hurtz. He dismissed my captors, and told j
j me he would be compelled to send me on to Wash- ;
f ingtou, as he had been instructed to secure me,
j dead or alive, and at the hazard of his entire di- !
j vision. Jn view ot the vast importance of the j
! affair, I kmdlv advised him to rip ahead.
| I was immediately sent to Washington, under a j
; gaard of fourteen Zouave9 and two bottles of j
| brandy, and was ushered into the presence of Gen. \
I Scott, who happened to be taking the oath of al- j
i legiance at the time.
The old General was delighted to see me, (he is
1 a Son of Malta,) and immediately informed the !
Lincolns of my capture. They iost no time in j
coining to Scott’s headquarters—Old Abe, Mrs. j
L., and the veritable Bob, (al) Sons of Malta, i
My status in the order gave me a passport direct j
to their best feelings, and I was not only allowed ;
to go at large, but was invited bv Gen. Scott to
make his home mine. He also assured me that J
the grand army would immediately march on i
Manassas, and that I should be the first rebel, not
iu the Confederate army, to hear of the defeat of
j my countrymen.
i “Bully ! >f said I. And old F. A F. was soft
! enough to think I didn’t know something. With
j the pious ejaculation, “Oh ! my country !” he im
mediately proceeded to take the oath of allegiance
| again.
I I left the General and took a stroll with Bob.
| Bob talked freely about the national troubles, and
i wound up by telliDg me he didn’t care acontinen
j tal bow things went, so long as the old wo-
I man had the run of the old man's rhino; and if
j Jeff’l)axis wanted to take possession of* Washing
| ton, all he asked was that the family be permitted
to leak out before the Confederates got in.
| Thus 1 was allowed to go where I pleased until
I Sunday morning, the 2lst July, when I was sum
! moned to the presence of Gen. Scott.
“Asa,” said he, wiih his foot in a bucket of ice
! water, “look at that dispatch, which I have just
received from our brave Gen. McDowell. Don’t
you think your Jeff Davis, (here a horrible pain
seemed to strike the old man,) and your Beaure
! gard, and your Johnston had better simmer down?
Do vou think they can stand befor6 our brave 60,-
000?”
I didn’t have any better sense than to tell old
F. AF. I thought they could. I read the dispatch,
however, which was as follows:
Just This Side of Stone Bridge, 8 a. m.
To Gen. Scott—We are moving along, slowly
and surely, taking masked batteries wherever wc
can pick ’em up. We expect to reach Richmond—
-160 miles—this afternoon, in time to adjo rn the
Confederate Congress. Fifty members of the U.
S. Congress are with me. fhey pleaded so hard
for permission to see the rebels run, that I have
concluded to let them enjoy that privilege
(Signed) Irvin McDowell.
Gen. Scott had just finished cursing Gen. Wool,
and taking the oath of allegiance, when bis mes
senger brought him the second dispatch, which
was as follows':
Just This Side Stone Bridge, 9 a. m.
To G*n. Scott— Just took another masked bat
tery and captured two wheel-barrows. On this
capture I think a series of events will turn.—
Scouts report to me that there is a large force of
rebels just ahead. If this be true, you may tell
that rebel, Asa Hartz, that he will have the
scalp of his General, Beauregard, in Washington,
at 9 o’clock to-morrow morning.
(Signed) McDowell.
Gen. Scott grinned audibly at this dispatch, and
took the oath again. He had not finished before
the following dispatches were received :
Stone Bridge, 9% A. M.
To Gen. Scott: —Tlie scout’s report is true ; we
have opened fire with our cannon on the rebels.
They have not returned it. I calculate they will
surrender. If you have no objection I shall stip
ulate the terms ot surrender.”
(Signed) McDowell.
P. S.—ln answer to my demand to surrender,
Beauregard says .he will see me d—d (dead ) first.
They have opened fire, too, and would you believe
it, General, the rebels actually put balls in their
guns—a proceeding on their part to which my
men seriously object.
(Signed) McDowell.
Stone Bridge, A. M.
To Gen. Scott: —A drummer belonging to the
Confederate Zouaves has deserted to our side.
He says the rebels have a force now against us of
about 675,000 men. lie is quite an acquisition to
our ranks.
(Signed) McDowell.
Gen. Scott pursed his lips and asked me if our
Zouave drummers had any very general reputa
tion for truth. I told him that not one of them
had ever been known to tell a lie. Where did I
suppose Davis could have mustered up 675,000
men ? I answered that over two million men in
the Confederacy had offered their services to
President Davis, &ho wouldn’t receive them, be
cause they had offered to pay their own expenses,
and only charge the Government 15 cents a scalp
for every Federalist they killed. Scott drank
some sherry and proceeded to take the oath again,
when the messenger arrived with the following
dispatch :
Stone Bridge, 1 P. M.
‘To Gen. Scott —Senator Wilson is fixing up a
big dinner at Centreville, to which I am invited
with my staff’officers. lie has some twenty four
baskets.of champagne on baud to wash down the
savory viands. Shull I send you a “hasty plate
of soup ?” Expecting to take breakfast and din
ner in Richmond to-morrow, I have bad bills of
fare for the meals priuted. The dishes are exclu
sively French, and will be the best to be found in
this rebel State.
(Signed) McDowell.
Gen, Scott shed tears when he came to that part
of the dispatch which spoke of the dinner. But
he stiffed his sobs, took the oath again and receiv
ed the following:
Stone Bridge 3 r. it.
To Gen. Scott :—That Zouave drummer lias
played us a mean trick. The scoundrel had orig
inally deserted from our side. The Confederates
wouldn’t have him, because he was filthy. As he
had the seven years itch. they gave him eighty-five
cents to come on our side again and give the dis
ease to our soldiers. After mixing with my men,
1 and giving the itch to two whole regiments from
Connecticut, he managed to pass our lines, and
I escaped. Asa consequence of this, the regiments
I above named have taken to the woods at full
speed, and arc scratching and rubbing themselves
I against the bushes as they run. Nor is this all.—
I The itch has spread throughout my entire force,
1 and the army is becoming demoralized ; so much
I sc that 1 should not be surprised if my entire
force should be taking to the woods before night.
! T regret also to inform you that the rebels got
j hungry und captured Senator Wilson’s dinner,
| iust as he was about to sendjfor me to help him cat
it.
(Signed,) McDowell.
“Orderly ! bring me another tub of ice water
immediately !” thundered the old General, as he
threw down the dispatch. “Bring me my oath,
too !“ he added, and swore again to support the
Federal Government. Bob Lincoln laughed all
over. Another dispatch came in :
Just Outside Alexandria, 7 p. m.
To Gen. Scott; The enemy is running; but we
are before them. My division is making splendhi
time aud long tracks, with the prints of their heels
towards the rebels. The Zouave drummer has
raised the devil with us. 1 have got that infernal
itch myself.
McDowell.
Words can not give au idea of Gen. Scott’s
wrath as he manifested it on this oecasiou. Reor
dered me from his quarters, and would doubtless
have had me confined if Bob had not taken me
away speedily.
I am still in Washington, and although no one
but Bob will talk to me, I can gather a good deal
that's going on. Jeff. Davis is expected here
| every moment. Lincoln has got Lowe's balloon
all ready, with that Herring Patent Safe fastened
to it. The tirst Confederate bayonet that shows
itself in Alexandria will be the signal to cut the \
ropes aud Old Abe will swing off into space ; Mrs. i
Lincoln has gone to Utah, arid Seward hasn’t been
seen to-day.
I am informed that some Confederate colporteur |
got into the ranks of the Federal army and dis
tributed amongst the soldiers tracts containing ;
the Parable of the Prodigal Son. It must be so, ■
if I mav be allowed to judge by the number of
Yankee soldiers who have suddenly discovered
that they have fathers, and are willing to return !
to their homes. Asa llartz.
The Excitement of Battle. —An officer of the
Croller Guards, of Tennessee, who were with Col. !
Llzev’s Brigade in the gallant charge at the bat- j
lie of Manassas, writes an interesting letter from j
Fairfax Court House, of which the following is an
extract :
The distauce from the Junction to the point we j
occupied in the battle was at least six m les, and !
old officers who were with us say that the same j
time never was made by soldiers before. The ;
dust was very deep m the road, and rendered it j
a perfect impossibility to see the man before you,
so that we had to be guided by the shouts of the
front men alone. The enemy had iust raised their j
shouts of victory, as our cannon began thunder- .
ng on them. Our infantry opening a moment
afterward decided the day ; for a few moments the
enemy stood their ground, and attempted to rally ,
for another fight, but it was impossible, their
men broke and fled iu the wildest confusioo. The
day was won ! Victory perched upon our stan- ;
dard. It wis a proud moment for the command- j
ers. Beauregard came dashing np our lines to :
Col. Elzey, complimenting him, remarked,
Col. Elzey, are the Blucher of the day”—a mo- .
ment after, President Davis came up, and Col.
Elzey was made Brigadier General on the ground.
You will hear many accounts of the carnage on
that battle field, but the scene beggars all descrip
tion. Around us and under out; feet were piles
upon piles of the dead and dying, horse and rider,
carriage and driver, all in a confused mass—
wounded men pulling you by the pants begging
for water. The wails of dying men were unneea
ed, unnoticed by men who’but a day before could
uot have looked upon a dead man without shud
dering. I confess to having very weak nerves in
this respect, and yet I could stumble over dying
or dead men with almost perfect indifference, so
much does the excitement of the battle field
change for the time man’s nature.
Troops Moving. —Capt. Dab gnion's cavalry, of j
Baldwin count}, pas>ed through this city,* this
morning, on its way from “ Big Shanty.” on a
short visit to their homes, prior to their depar- j
lure for Virginia, whither the brigade, lately
stationed near Marietta, is also bound, by regi
ments and battalions. Gen Phillips resigned his
command of the brigade, to make it possible for
President Davis to accept the troo >s for active
service. Col. Semines’ regiment arrived in Rich
mond last weelw ,
A part of of Col. Cantey, of Ala
bama, passe J through this city, on Saturday last.
GUizthy bth.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 14. 186!.
Address to the Army from Gens. Beau
regard and Johnston.
The following eloquent address of our Generals
to the army under their command will excite the
patriotic emotions of every Southern reader :
lleakqu 'arters Army of the Potomac, )
Manassas, July 25,1861. )
■ Soldiers of the Confederate State - :
One week ago a countless host of men organ
ized into an army, with all the appointments
which mordern art and practiced skill could de
vise, invaded the soil of Virginia. Their people
sounded their approach with triumphant displays
of the anticipated victory. Their Generals came
: in almost royal state ; the great Ministers, Sena
tors, and women came to witness the immolation
| of our army, and the subjugation ot our people,
and to celebrate the result with wild revelry.
it is with the profounaest emotions of gratitude
• to an over ruling God, whose hand is manifest in
protecting our homes and our liberties, that we,
vour Generals commanding, are enabled, in the
name of our whole country, to thank you for that
’ patriotic courage, that heroic gallantry, that de
| voted daring exhibited by you in the actions oi
the 1 Sth and 21st, by wh cb the hosts of the ene
! ray were scattered, and a signal and glorious vie- j
j tory obtained.
The two affairs of the 18th and 21st were but
j the sustained and continued effort of your patriot
isrn against the constantly recurring columns of
i an enemy, fully treble your number; and their
j efforts were crowned on the evening of the 21st
j with a Victory so complete that the invaders are
; driven disgracefully from the field, and made to
! ffy in disorderly rout back to their entrenchments,
! a distance of over thirty miles.
! They left upon the field nearly every piece of
| their artillery, baggage, stores, Ac., and almost
j every one of the wouuded aDd dead, amounting,
i together with the prisoners, to many thousands.
| And thus the Northern hosts were driven from
! Virginia.
| Soldiers! we congratulate you on an event which
I ensures the liberty of our country. We congrat
ulate every man of you, whose glorious privilege
it was to participate in this triumph of courage
I and of truth—to fight in the battle of Manassas.—
| Vou have created an epoch in the history oi Lib
| erty, and unborn nations will rise up and call
you “blessed.”
i Continue this noble devotion, looking always to
i the protection of a just God, and before time
I grows much order, we will be‘bailed as the deliv
! ei trs of a nation of teu millions of people.
! Comrades! our brothers who have fallen have
I earned undying renown upon earth, and their
| blood shed in our holv cause is a precious and
acceptable sacrifice to tlie Father of Truth and of
Right.
‘iheir graves are beside the tomb of Washing
ton ; their spirits have joined with his in eternal
communion.
We will hold fast to the soil in which the dust
of Washington is thus mingled with the dust of
our brothers. We will transmit this land free to
our children, or we will fall into tlie fresh graves
of our brothers-in-arms. We drop one tear
on their laurels, and move torwqrd to avenge
them.
Soldiers! we congratulate you on a glorious,
triumphant, and complete victory, and we tliauk
you for doing your whole duty in the service of
your country.
(Signed) J. E. Johnston,
General C. S. A.
(Signed) G. T. Bead regard.
General C. S. A.
From the Richmond Dispatch.
An Admirable Reply.
We are indebted to a gallant officer of the army
for the following correspondence, ensuing ou au
underhanded and miserable attempt of Gen. Cam
eron, U. S. Secretary of War, to obtain tlie body
of his brother, and at the same time ignore the
fact that it is a “belligerent nation” by whom the
North has been defeated. Gen. Beauregard’s re
ply is a model, and confirms our impression, in
reading his letter accepting a sword from the
New Orle ins ladies, that he can write as well as
he can fight. What comprehensiveness, dignity
und patriotism in the briet answer of this glorious
hero and gentleman ! Evidently, here is the right
man in the right place. He wields the sword of
Washington and the pen of Hamilton :
July 22, 1861.
To G bn. Bka i p.e< ; a rd,
Or Commanding Officer Confederate States :
Sir : I send this by a friend and trusty servant,
who is well known to many officers in your army,
lie is sent for the purpose of obtaining from you
a. permit for Mr. 11. S. McGrow and mvself to pass
your lines to obtain the body of Col. Cameron,
who fell in the action of yesterday. My solicitude
in this matter is an impulse of private character.
The rigid rules established iu Washington with
reference to flags of truce prevent me from car
rying out my wishes without proceeding as I am
now doing. 1 believe General B. will recollect me
while a resident in New Orleans ; but if President
Davis, Gen. Lee, Gen. Johnston, Gen. Wigfall,
Colonels Miles, Keitt, or Withers, are present,
they will not hesitate to vouch for mp. General
Bonham, and in fact, nearly all your officers, know
me. in addition to the gratification of perform
ing a sacred duty* I would be highly delighted to
meet in your camp many of my most valued
friends. It is proper for me to add that I have
not been in any manner connected wjth the ac
tion of the Government here, and that I am a
neutral.
Very respectfully, yours, Ac.,
(Signed) Arnold Harris.
Please make the passport for A. Harris, 11. S.
McGraw and two servants. I have not named
my friend or servauts for prudential reasons, but
either of the gentlemen above named can vouch
for them.
Headquarters Army of tug Potomac, \
Manassas Junction, July 23, 1861. j
Sin : I am instructed by General Beauregard,
commanding the First Corps, Army of the Poto
mac, to say that he has received your note of the
22d, and to reply thereto.
The General declii es giving an informal permit
to.any one residing beyond his advanced lines for
any purpose which may be accomplished by those
formal proceedings known to, and practiced by,
civilized belligerent nations. By no act of his will
he lower the dignity ot the Confederate States as
a nation by permitting that to be done indirectly
which the usages of civilized warfare accomplish
directly.
The arbitrary and unusual course adopted in
such cases as you refer to by the United States
Government, will be the guide of the General’s
conduct in return. Any one, therefore, coming
within his lines without the proper flag will be
sent under an escort to the Confederate Govern
ment for examination.
The General deems proper for me to add that
humanity should teach any enemy to cave for its
wounded, and Christianity to bury its dead.
I am, sir, vour obedient servant,
John L. Manning, Aid-de-Camp.
To Arnold Harris.
An Incident of tub Panic—How a Congressman
was fixed.— There is au amusiug story of Con
gressman Gurley, from the second Ohio district,
going the rounds of the lough ler-loving circles of
the otty. Gurley was one of the “fussy congress
men” shat was “anxious to smell gunpowder,’,
and who, if the story is true, (and it is abundant
ly vouched for,) “had enough of it.” A promi
nent citizen of Toledo tells that, being anxious to
see a “rebel rout,” he hired a buggy in Washing
ton, got a pass,and put for the battle field. When
he arrived there he hitched his horse in a ravine
near an eminence, where were collected some
fifty or sixty congressmen and other civilians,
lie had not been in position long before Dr. Mc-
Millan, a surgeon of the Ohio troops, came and
advised the spectators to leave, though unable to
give any satisfactory reason for his advice. Very
soon, however, the eyes of the civilians saw a
sight that was uot iu the bills, and which inspired
them with a sudden desire for leave taking. They
saw, in the distance, men tumbling with great
energy the contents of wagons into the road, and
whipping the horses forward with great fury,
while otliers were cutting the traces, mounting
the horses aud putting Washington ward with all
the speed they could command. But, worse than
all, they beheld further back an immense body of
cavalry, with drawn sabres, approaching, and
which they knew were not Federal troops.
Citizen Toledo put for the ravine after his bug
gy, but could not tiud it, as it had been removed.
When he came across it, he found it occupied by
a Mr. Eggleston, or some other Cincinnatian, and
he was soon in. He had to go up a small acclivi
ty to get into the rood. When he reached it, who
should be there but Congressman Gurley, who
made a desperate grab at the reins near the bug
gy, and succeded i*. clutching them. He then com
menced a most piteous appeal to be allqwed to
get in, and clung with such tenacity to his bold
on the reins as to prevent the buggy’s progress.—
Citizen Toledo, satisfied there was no time to take
aboard passengers, hit Gurley a lick with his fist,
and knocked him back some ten teet. Then com
menced au indescribable scene of Indiau dancing
and boobooiug on the part of the Congressman,
who kept one eye on the approaching cavalry and
the other on the retiring buggy. How he got
away Toledo could not fell, but he had the pleas
ure of meeting him the next morning in Washing
ton, and apologizing for his apparent discourtesy.
Gurley had resorted to shank’s mare, and made a
successful retreat. Braver men than Gurley cut
| worse figures that day thau did he, and we relate
i the iuciueut uot as being discreditable to bim,
| but simply as illustrative^of the profound and
j universal panic that prevailed on the gfound.—
| Cincinnati Enquirer.
Postage on Letters of Soldiers and Members
: of Congress —Cougress has passed, in secret ses
| sion, the following bill, which will be of inter t
; to our readers:
An act relating to the pre-payment of postage in
certain case*.
i Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate
| States or America do enact : That all letters and
other matter authorized by taw to be transmitted
i through the mail, written” or sent by any officer,
; musician or private of the army engaged in the
; actual service of the Confederate State?, may be
? transmitted through the mails to any other place
! in the Confederate States without pre-payment of
1 postage ; but leaving such postage to be collected
■ upou the delivery of said letter or other matters, i
1 Provided, nevertheless, that in all such cases, the •
• letters and other mail matter so sent shall be en
: dorsed with the name, and shall be on account of
j the individual sending the same, and shall con- ,
tain a description of the party who sends the
same, by endorsement of bis military title, if an
j officer, or of the company and regiment to which
i he belongs, if a musician or private.
Sec. 2. That letters aud other mail matter sent
; to anv officer, musician or private in the Confede
rate States army, at any point from which the
said officer, musician or private may have been
lawfully removed, shall be forwarded to the per- 1
• son to whom directed, at the post-office nearest
j which he may have been removed, free of addi-
Inonal postage.
Sec. 3. That on letters transmitted by a mem
ber of Congress, with his official signature en
dorsed on the same, pre-payment of postage shall
; not be required,but the same may be paid on the
delivery of the letters thus transmitted.
Sec. *4. Any person attempting to violate the
| provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misde
| meaner, and shall forfeit and pay the sum of
twentr dollars, to recovered before any Justice of
the Peace having cognizance thereof.
The Firing of the Confederate Artillery.— j
A correspondent ot the New York Tribune, (one
of the 79th regiment. < describing the late battle, j
remarks :
First of all we observed what had been all day
conceded—the deadly accuracy of the Confede
rate artillerv. Scarce a shot tailed to bring down
* its horse, man or gun-carriage. As one regiment
—I think the Brooklyn 14th—was advancing to
the charge, a shot from a rifled cannon brought
down the flag, color guard and all. It was seized
instantly by other bands, and borne rapidly on.
Whenever ou~ men would lie down under the slope
of a hill to screen them from the withering fire of
the batteries, the gunners would get their range
so accurately that balls and shells would come
| skimming over the hill-side, not six inches from
the ground, alighting in the holfow, amid a nest
of crouching soldiers. Many and many a poor
| fellow was killed while lying on his face or m a
\ gully to avoid the.shot.
Georgia Soldiers 9 Hospital Fond.
To the Eihor of the Chronicle *£• Sentinel:
The Hospital Fund Committee ask leave to ac
knowledge the following contributions in money :
By letter—Miss Butler, Richmond county.. $2 00
Master R. Carmichael, do 1 oo
Master W. Carmichael, do 1 <X)
Mr. J. T. Bothwell, do 10 00
Lewis J. Deupree, LexiDgton,Ga. 50 00
Also one box, containing white refined sugar
rice, shirts, drawers, grits, crackers, barley, port
wiue, domestic wine, tamarinds, tea, corn-starch
gelatine, and pickles, from Mrs. A. Martin, Miss
Martin, Mrs. Thomas Coskery, Summerville, Rich
-1 mond county.
One box from Mrs. John T. Carter, Augusta.
One box lime juice and tamarinds.
The Committee are pleased to recognize as aux
: iliary the following committees:
For Columbia county —Geo. Magruder, Robert J.
Hardin, Dr. R. Casey, Judge N. Bailev.
• For Lincoln countv—Henrv J. Lang, B. B. Moore
: Dr. Wilkes.
! For Morgan county—Col. John B. Walker,
1 Stokes, Esq., C. C. Campbell and their asso
ciates.
j For Burke county—Judge Sbewmake, James
Grubs, Esq., Hon. J. J. Jones and their asso
ciates.
; For Baldwin county—Professor C. W. Lane, 11. M.
Orme, Jr., and their associates.
For Oglethorpe county—Lewis J. Deupree, Esq.,
F. J. Robinson, Esq., and their associates. *
By order of the Commmittee:
Henry Moore, Sec’v.
Augusta, Aug. 7, 1861.
To the Editor (Aron. & Sent. /—The Hospital
Fund Committee ask leave to make the following
acknowledgment:
D. R. Adams, Esq.* for L. T. P. Harwell, Eaton
tou, Ga., by letter, 6th July, $lO 00.
Also to acknowledge the following letter :
Lexington, Ga., Aug. 7, 1861.
Henry Moore, Sec’y.- -Dear Sir: With but little
effort on my part, I have obtained the subscrip
tion below, to the Georgia Soldiers’ Hospital Fund.
You can notify the Factors in Augusta and receive
from them the subscription of each when the cot
ton is sold. Yours, very truly, Ac.,
H. A. Hayes.
Dr. W. W. Davenport, 1 bale cottou, Doughty.
Beall A Cos.
Mial Smith, 1 bale cotton. Doughty, Beall A Cos.
C. 11. Smith, 1 bale cotton, Phinizy A Clayton.
John A. Beil, 1 bale cotton, Phinizy A Clayton.
L. G. Young, 1 bale cotton, Phinizy A Clayton.
Dr. W. Willingham, 1 bale cotton, Phinizy A
Clayton.
Kev. J. U. Echols, 1 bale cotton, M. P. Stovall.
E. W. Johnson, 1 bale cotton, M. P. Stovall.
By order of the Committee.
Henry Moore, Sec’y.
Augusta, Aug. 8,1861.
Incidents of Battle.— Speaking of a charge
made by the Federal troops on a battery, tue
correspondent of a Northern paper says :
Numbers of our men went down as the hurri
cane of iron swept by us, and it was with no little
difficulty that we couid close up the line so as to
charge effectively. Soon this terrible gulf was
passed, and our men charged up the hill with
renewed vigor. The Confederates waited until we
appeared above tlie brow of the hill, and then
poured such a volley upon us as decimited the
regiment iu au instant. Scores of men fell for
ward on their faces with a peculiar supiue motion,
as a wave falls forward on a beach. Captain
Brown beiug in advance, and seeing the Confeder
ates running from their guns to the cover of the
trees, rushed forward, waving hi sword, and
shouted “ Now boys, rally.” Scarcely were the
words from his lips when a rifle bullet pierced
him through the neck ; at the same instant a can
non bait entered his side, and he fell to the earth
pinued as it were to the g-ouud.
Some of his men tried to take his watch, by or
der of the Lieutenants, but found it buried in his
vitals. He died bravely and as he had wished,
having often expressed the hope that he might
never survive tlie defeat of his regiment. Capt.
Thillinglaw was shot through both knees, and
immediately after one of his men lifting him up—
for lie was lying on his face—found him dead,
with his beard dabbled with blood from a wound
in the head. At this time the storm of battle re
doubled, the regiment wavered, then fell back and
retreated slowly, still firing at every step, having
lost several of its best officers. A general retreat
then commenced.
Col. Cameron, who had succeeded in rallying
the men twice, seemed paralyzed at this new re
verse—the sword which he j>ad been waving tell’
frow his hand—lie stood a moment looking at the
retreating mass, some of the men still obstinately
firing, and on oue of his Lieutenants coming down
from the battery to ask advice about the wouuded
officers, he turned suddenly towards him, faced
the battery, and the same instant a Minie ball
pierced his breast, lie fell without a groau. Af
ter his fall the rout became complete.
Tiif, Congressional Run Picnic.—A Brit
ish subject who came out as a spectator of the
late battle, and whose identity having been estab
lished, was permitted, a day or tw T o since, to re
turn to the North, gives a graphic account of pro
ceedings at Centreville pending the contest. An
immense picnic party, embraciug most of the
Black Republican big-wigs about Washington,
had gone out to be at a convenient distance irom
the battle field, and get the first intelligence of
the victory. Among these doughty sons of
Mars, lie mentions tlie redoubtable Senators
Wilson, Trumbull, Chandler, Foster and Sum
ner, and Congressmen Grow, Colfax, Ely, Blair,
and other* ot more or less note. Large quan
tities of eatables and drinkables had been
wagoned out to refresh the worthies during their
exciting vigils. The most of the afternoon had
beeu spent in high festival, constant bulletins
coming in announcing successive victories and
numerous toasts were drank of “ Confusion to the
rebels.” A lull of nearly an hour lasping without
a dispatch from the battle field, the party became
nervous for news, and got it in a few minutes from
a boot bulletin, in the shape of a flying soldier,
announcing at the top of his voice —They are com
ing. The confusion and excitement of the Con
gressional pic-nic party at this point can better be
imagined than described. The scene is repre
sented to have been indescribable.
All sorts of, horses w’ere at once brought into
requisition, and probably the most precipitate
retreat ever chronicled was made by the Lincoln
Congressmen ; and soon the meadows and roads
were dotted with flying horsemen on the way to
Washington. —Richmond Examiner.
Delaware Heard From.—The following is from
the Lewes (Del.) correspondence of the Philadel
phia Inquirer, July 26th. We now have the
reason why the Federal Congress made an ap
propriation to arm the “loyal” citizens of Dela
ware :
The Seeessionists are very violent here just
now. A number of excursionists from Dover,
calling themselves the “Peace Party,” came ashore
yesterday, headed by Mr. Kidgely, the Secretary
of State. Early in the day Kidgely cheered lustily
for Jeff. Davis, Beauregard &Cos., entreating oth
ers of our citizens to fall in with his crew.
They remained on shore all day, Kidgely, in the
meantime, becoming beastly intoxicated.
The citizens met and*quelled the traitors for a
tinn, but last night, after being reinforced, they
again assembled on the bank of the creek, and
yelled like savages for the Confederate States.
Gen. McClellan’s Work.— Since Gen. McClel
lan's arrival m Washington, he has had a long
conference and complete understanding with the
President and Gen. Scott. He has made a thorough
examination of the military positions, aud an in
spection of the camps about Washington, lie
has ordered the officers to stay in the camps and
devote themselves to their duties, thus putting a
stop to their loafing at hotels. He has stopped
the sale of intoxicating liquors to the troops. He
has ordered weekly brigade drills. He has or
dered and commenced the construction of fortifi
cations protect ng Washington from the region of
the upper Potomac. He has urged the necessity
ot a great increase in the force of artillery, and is
organizing the artillerists and hurrying up the
batteries. He has restored tbe confidence of the
army in itself, and given the people assurauce
that the great and good cause of the Government
will be vindicated la the fiel a.—Cincinnati Com
mercial.
The Way to Raise hie Blockade. —G. B La
mar, Esq., concludes a letter from Richmond
about our victory, with the following very patri
otic and truthful views:
“I am sure if Congress will cut off all indirect
means of Europe getting cotton ana tobacco from
us, except by raising the blockade, and then offer
free trade and no duties on goods, that the block
ade will be raised by ranee and England by the
Ist of October, or very soon thereafter. I hope
they will levy a tax to the amount of 125,000,000,
pay their troops promptly, and keep up our pro
gress till winter, with its sufferings, compels our
fanatical enemies to let us go in peace.”
Never Give Up.—The Raleigh Standard says :
We have heard it remarked, that Gen. Beaure
gard, ou the battle field at Manassas, called a
council of officers, in which it was resolved, that
they would not, under any circumstances, surren
der or give up the field. Whether true or not, it
is like our stubborn Southerners. The North may
as well understand us, that the South’ will never
give up. Our very women will go to the battle
field if need foe, before the South shall be con
quered.
The Confederate Prisoners. —The Cincinnati
Commercial says :
In order to explain a point concerning which
the public do not seem to have correct informa
tion, we remark that the Government will not
recognize the Southern Confederacy by exchang
ing prisoners; but will release all —excepting-hose
who have been officers in the United States Army
and Navy—who will give parole not to bear arms
against the United States, and who will not give
information to the enemy.
Smoking for Effect. —The following is an ex
tract from a letter written by a U. S. officer who
was in the battle of Bull’s Run :
I did one thing for effect during the heavy fire, j
! which had the best influence on the men, when 1 i
tried them by giving them orders, and that was
: the little trick of quietly smokiDg a cigar. While
the men were falling around me I must confess
my coolness was rather forced, but it had the de
sired effect on the aien, and I was satisfied.
Spare the Lambs.— ln making the following ex ,
cellent suggestion, the Raleigh Register has no j
reference to Ellsworth’s “Pets :”
gfcAs the South will need every pound of wool it j
can get, we respectfully suggest to our country
friends not to kill their iambs, nor dispose of them j
to butchers. We can all get along very well with
other meats. Wool we must have.
A Good Haul.— Col. Claiborne’s Regiment of :
Arkansas, made a profitable haul from tbe enemy
| in Missouri, a few days since. Learning that a j
: Lincolnite named Rive’s, who had been intercept- j
’ ing arms and munitions designed for the patriots j
was in Missouri, about 35 miles from camp, with i
his ill gotten zains, Col. C. selected about 150 men i
and left for Rives’ rendezvous, which he reached
: in a few hours. He succeeded in taking 6 prison
ers, after putting to flight 500 of the enemy ; and ,
captured 00 mules, a lot of choice beef cattle, a
large flock of sheep, a lot of ammunition, a num-
Iber of wagons, Ac.
A Prize Bark Fired bt the Enemy.—A bark
bound from India for Boston, and captured by a .
Confederate privateer, was run ashore on the
: coast of Florida some days ago by the prize crew. |
The crew went ashore in small boats, after which
the bark was boarded by a large number of men
from a blockading vessel in the distance and set
on tire. Her cargo consisted of wool, furs and
medicines, valued at $75 t o*jQ. — Sack. Eepub.
The rear of McDowell’s army fled without ffc*in 2
a gun, or meeting an enemy. The front fouglft
bravely. Reverse flanks, tbe Yankees in front
and the Irish in the rear, and divil the bit will
one of them escape! The Emerald boya would hold
them to their post.
Cannot be Relied upon.— The Washington cor
respondent of the Philadelphia Ledger saya:
There are military men of European experience
:n war, who say that those who have been part
and parcel of the rout from Bull Run, cannot be
j relied upon hereafter for offensive operation.
List of Wounded tu General Hospital,
Charlottesville, Va.
The following is a reliable list of the wounded
in the Seventh and Eighth Georgia and the Fourth
Alabama Regiments, aow iu the general Hospital
in Charlotteville, Va. We copy from the Rich
mond Dispatch :
SEVENTH GEORGIA.
Collins, 11. S, 7th Georgia, 1 thigh broken, verv
severe.
Adcock, J. N. 7th Georgia, C—in shoulder, uot
severe
Curbon. L. J. 7th Georgia, I—hand not severe.
Duke, Thos. F. Ist Serg’t, 7th Georgia, E—leg,
severe.
Mayes, S. F. 3d Sergt., 7th Georgia, I)—head,
slight.
Meek, J*. C. 7tb Georgia, D—thigh, severe.
Muline, Thos. J. 7th Georgia, A—groin, severe.
Patillo, Thos. C. 7th Georgia, I)—calf, sight.
Parks, Bird 7th Georgia, J—face, very severe.
Scott, J. N. 7th Georgia, I)—knee, severe.
Sharp, W. 8. 7th Georgia, A—leg, not very
bad.
EIGHTH GEORGIA.
Baily, Johu W. Sth Ga., ll—tip, not severe.
Bearden, W. M., Sth Ga., C -arm, flesh wound.
Berry, J. M, Sth Ga., H—hand, severe.
Brooks, J. K., Bth Ga , company K—upper part
of calf of right leg, musket ball.
Carolan, Jas. E., Sth Ga., B—thigh, severe.
Davis, E W., Bth Ga., B—shoulder, slight.
Bobbs, G., Bih Ga., I—thigh, flesh wound.
Duunev, , Sth Ga. —head, died shortly after
admission.
Estili, T. H., Sth Ga., B—arm broken.
Floyd, Jas. E., Sth Ga., E—shoulder, severe.
Funderhook, Juo. L., Bth Ga., E—thigh, severe.
Girardeau, Chas. G., Sth Ga., B—face, severe.
Guess, E. W., Bth Ga., F —thigh, severe.
Goff, T. M., Sth Ga., C—shoulder.
Howell, Jno. C., Sth Ga., G—leg.
Hurt, F. A., Sth Ga., K—foot.
King, W. A., Sth Ga., E.—lost arm, severe.
Lester, B. F., Stli Ga., company K—forearm
fractured.
Lang, Frank, Sth Ga., B—thigh, not severe.
Lewis, J. T. Bth Georgia, I—head.
Lippman, Lewis Sth Georgia, B—both legs, se
vere.
Langton, L. C. Sth Georgia, K —left thigh,
through hamstring.
Luusford, H. E. sth Georgia, K —left leg, frac
ture of tibia.
Lilley, John Y. 11th Mississippi, A—spine, very
severe.
Martin, E. T. Sth Georgia, company K—front, of
right leg and right foot.
.McClelland, A. D. Sth Georgia, G—shoulder,
severe.
McLeod, Sth Georgia, C—head, severe.
Peter U. J. Sth Georgia, C—thigh, severe.
Ramsay, J. lv. Sth Georgia, company K—left
thigh, uot very severe.
Saunders, Marion Sth Georgia,G— hip, slight.
Tinsley, Addison Bth Georgia, B—both arms,
not. severe.
Ware, W. W. Bth Georgia, E—thigh, not very
bad.
Wood, J. B. W. Sth Georgia, H—knee, not se
vere.
Woods, W. D. Sth Georgia, C shoulder, not.
severe.
FOURTH ALABAMA.
Bowers, C. C. 4th Alabama, A—arm.
Boyd, W. J. 4th Alabama, C—wounded slight.
Brooke, W. W. Bth Alabama, F—thigh fract’d.
Cosby, J. S.4th Alabama, G—thigh, uot severe.
Crowe, J. li. 4th Alabama, G—arm fractured.
Culver, T. M. 4th Alabama, K—arm, slight.
Daniel, Jno. 4th Alabama, C —head.
Daniel, L. A. -ith Alabama, C—mouth.
Dubbcrley, Homy, 4th Ala. B—chin, severe.
Hanson, tVm. 4th Ala, C—arm.
Harreld, D. F. M. D, 4th Ala—slight.
Hendricks. J. P. 4th -41a. H—foot, slight. *
Johnson, W. 1). 4th Ala, G—side, slight.
Lork, 4th Alabama, D—coulusiou.
Montgomery, J. 11. 4th Alabama, D- -ankle not
severe.
Moss, Wm. 4th Alabama, II lost leg, very se
vere.
Motter, (M. D.) 4th Alabama, C—slight.
Newsome Jasper, Ith Alabama, A—back, not
severe.
Padgett Wesley, Stli Georgia, company II foot,
slight.
Derry Owen, 4th Alabama, E—leg severe.
Richardson, H. G. 4th Alabama, H— shoulder,
severe.
Robbins, Lieut. 4th Alabama—leg, sight.
Scott, W. M. 4th Alabama, ll—arm broke, not
severe.
Segrist, J. W. 4th Alabama, B—internal hurt,
uot severe.
Smith, 4th Alabama, D—foot.
Stevens, G. S. 4th Alabama, G—hip, not severe.
Tarver, B. 4tb Alabama, C—thigh.
Thomas, W. F. Corp’l 4th Alabama, E—calf,
mortification, died July 30.
Taylor, 4th Alabama, C—knee.
Towry, Isaac 4th Alabama, ll—hip, uot severe,
Vinegard, T. B. 4th Alabama, lv—thigh.
Waltz, L. B. 4th Alabama, company ll—hand,
not severe.
Weaver, G. S. 4th Alabama, H—thigh, severe
Weems, Cb. S. 4th Alabama, H—lost left arm
also wouuded in right knee, very severe.
Winn, W. H. 4th Alabama, B—leg, severe.
Whitten, G W. 4th Alabama, ll—thigh not se
vere.
Williams, Thos. A. 4th Alabama, K leg brokeu,
very severe.
Williamson, J. H. 4th Alabama, K—hand.
[Correspondence of the New York Times. J
Washington, July 30.—1 am afraid that the
good people of New York are doing quite as
much to demoralize our troops as did the battle
of Bull Run. Idolizing runaways, makiog heroes
of cowards, is not the way to grow true patriots
and real heroes. The ovation to some of the re
turning troops looks at this distance like a mock
ery of valor. For instance; I read in Saturday’s
Times the following, relating to the reception of
the Eighth Regiment New York State Militia, on
their arrival at New York :
“Capt. Varian, with his troop of bronzed and
hardy looking artillerists, were also on the pier,
with their two guide colors, torn almost to shreds
by the enemy’s balls during the late engagement.”
And, again, I read of
“Capt. Varian’s artillery corps, which was in
the fight.”
Now look at the facts. On the Saturday pre
ceding the battle of Bull Run, Capt. Varian and
his artillerists demanded their discharge—their
time having expired. Gen. McDowell said all that
a commander on the eve of a battle could say, to
induce them to remain, but without producing
any effect. That day Secretary Cameron visited
the camp, and the subject being referred to him,
partly by coaxing, and pa;fly by truly represent
ing the inglorious actiou which they contempla
ted, the artillerists were induced to notify Gen.
McDowell that “with the exception of seventeen,
the company would stay with the division, until
the time of the regiment expired, on the 25th.”—
Alter Secretary Cameron returned to Washing
iugtou, however, the company took a sober second
thought, and late on Saturday evening again de
manded their discharge from Gen. McDowed. Os
course, it had to be grunted ; and in addition to
his other duties, the commander had to provide
for mustering them out of the service and send
ing them to the rear
They wanted to take their batteries with tbeqi,.
but this Gen. McDowell refused—fearing the effect
to be produced upon the moving column, at see
ing a park of artillery withdrawing to the rear as
the infantry marched to the front. This artillery
lay idle all day at Centreville, and was brought off
by the rear guard on -Monday morning—brought
off by stranger hands from another State, and
without even having tired 000" projectile. If the
two guide colors are “torn almost to shreds,” their
artillerists must have halted ou their march to the
war and made their own colors a target, popping
them with the pistols they had never yet fired at
a foe. This statement of facts comes from an au
thentic source, and is literally true.
Those Handcuffs. —The Fredericksburg Re
corder has received the following. It is dated
“State of Maine, Headquarters Adj’t General’s
Office, June 20, 1661 :
Col. Duenell —My Dear Sir: Herewith you
have an announcement to Ijrady, that he will not
be commissioned. My course would be to take
measures to have his full company present, para
ded, without arms, and have the letter read to
him and the c jmpanv by the Adjutant. Have
previously sufficient and reiiab’e guard, with
loaded inus&ts, and if any demonstrations of de
sertion are made, shoot then! as you would pid
geons. Don’t wink at any escapes of the objec
tionable men—they must be got rid of in differ
ent manner.
Inasmuch as you will not receive your ball car
tridges until to-morrow, perhaps you had better
uot acquaint any one with this result respecting
Brady, until Saturday, and then it is not to be
done in a corner. Don’t adopt any course that
implies fear or requires temporizing. A portion
of Brady’s company had better be put into other
companies, and the balance, with Atwood’s con
tingent other requisite acquisitions, will make a
good company.
You wifi require several dozen bardenffs, for
prisoners taken in battle, if not your own folks,
and you had better procure them now.
Yours, in haste,
John L. Uodsden,
Adjutant General.
Attack; at Acquia Cheek.—The Baltimore Sun
of Saturday publishes the following account of an 1
eye witness of the attack on the Confederate bat j
| tery on Potomac creek, on Wednesday last. Po- j
| tomac creek is a small inlet about two miles be
low Acquia creek :
The steamer Live Yankee, commanded by Cap
tain Craven, and a steam-tug, were seen to enter
the creek and fire a gun, when the Confederates
on shore immediately opened a battery and caused
the steamers to put out in great haste, at the same
time blowing their steam whistles, for some sig
nal, it is likely. The guns from shore were fired
with great ability and precision ; and it was not
until the steamers were well over on the Maryland
side that they got beyond their range. Doubtless
some of the balls took effect, as many were seen
j to Ay very near and beyond the boats. There is
believed to be a large number of troops in the
vicinity of Potomac and Acquia creeks, judging
trom the number of tents to be seen, and the con
stant firing of musketry on Monday, while the
troops probably engaged in a sham battle.
A Kentcceun’s Opinion.— The following is 1
an extract from a letter, dated Louisville, July ;
27 th :
Ex Gov. Morehead, speaking of the late triumph j
in irginia, in conversation with my son this !
morning, said: “This battle is decisive of the J
question between the North and the South—that j
the seceded States cannot be subjugated, and that j
the present dynasty in Washington is hopelessly j
and forever ruined.” You doubtless know that :
Ex-Gov. Morehead is one of the most intelligent
and respected men in this State, and. I may add, i
; most popular.
Black Republican Intrigues Against the Cabi- j
1 net. —We find in the Northern papers all sorts o! j
rumors and plans to change the Cabinet. The f
New \ ork Times carefully garners up everything
to damage. One correspondent opens upon Chase, j
the Secretary of the Treasury, in the matter of
procuring the engraving and printing for the new
issues of Treasury notes. Another writer pitches :
into Cameron’s contracts for cannon, ambulances, j
-nd other heavy articles. There are signs of
growing discontent among the leading Black Re
j publicans.
The stock market is heavy aDd prices are gen
erally lower, with an increased disposition on the
part of holders to realize.
j The closing prices at the First Board to-day
compared with the latest previous sales, show the
i following changes :
Advanced. Declined, i
Virginia 6’s % U. S. 6’s of ’Bl, reg.... 1% ;
Georgia 6’s 1 U. S. s’s, of ’74, coup.. X i
SECOND BOARD.
2000 United States 6’s'6l coupon 86^
7000 United States 6’s’66 coupon 88%
00*30 United States s’s ‘74 coupon 70
0000 Tres. 6 per cent, two years 96^
\N. Y. Jour. Commerce, <>.
Georgia Regulars.— Company D, of the Geor-
Igia Regulars, Capt. Read, left yesterday afternoon
for an important point upon the coast.— Savh.
Neict, St A.
From the Richmond Examiner , Sth.
Account* of the Yankee Army In Waali
iuglon—Their Outrage*—-Tlie I*lu
nu*sa* Panic.
VVe have had a very full conversation with a
reliable citizen of Virginia, one of Mayor Berrett’s
police-officers in Washington, who lately escaped
from there into our lines iu Virginia, through
imminent peiA. We have reason to be entirely
assured of th™eliability of this information.
Our informant has a “family in Fairfax county,
and has a personal knowledge of the outrages
committed by the Lincoln troops in the country
along the Potomac within their lines previous to
the fight at Manassas. These outrages are so
dreadful and fiendish as almost to exceed belief
but tor the attestation of evidence that we have
every reason to know to be reliable. The Lin
colu forces, in their advances towards Manassas,
obtained as guides a number of Quakers living in
the neighborhood of Accotinc Mills, about eight
miles from Alexandria. One of these, a man of
the name of Stiles, a New Jersey Quaker, for the
sum of three dollars a day, was engaged to pilot
companies of pillagers to every house where plun
der might be obtained. The house of his own
wife’s grandfather was pillaged among the rest.
There was no place within the reach of the Yan
kee scouts but what wus plundered and robbed.
A Mr. Haley was robbed of all his stock and
nine slaves, a few of the latter, negro children,
who were inconvenient to be run off’, having been
left by the marauders. A Yankee settler, near
Alexandria, by the name of Gorton, piloted six of 1
the New York Fire Zouaves to the house of one |
ot the most respectable married ladies in Fairfax !
county. She was made to prepare dinner for the
party ; and, after that had been dispatched, the
poor woman, who was within one month of her
confinement, was violated by two of the ruffians,
in the dining room, and in the presence of her
own children. The wretched victim of this hell
ish deed was taken care of by the family of our
informant, to whose house she managed to es
cape during the night. Houses were stripped of
everything—fine paintings, wearing apparel, Ac. ;
and, for weeks before the Manassas fight, it was a
common occurrence for the plunder to be trans
ported back to Washington city, and divided
among the houses of ill-fame there. In many of
the brothels of Washington, the finest silk dress
es, pillaged from families in Virginia, were dis
played by their vile wearers as gifts from the
plunderers.
Our informant was in the city of Washington at
the time the news arrived there of the rout of the
Yankee army at Manassas. The first public inti*
mation of the event was early Monday morning,
as the fugitives commenced to arrive in the city.
During Sunday evening, it had been supposed in
the streets that the Federal Army had won a de
cisive and brilliant victory. Tbe elation was ex
treme. At each echo of the peals of the cannon,
rneu were seen on the street leaping up and ex
claiming—“ There goes another hundred of the
d—d rebels.” On the Saturday preceding, u
whole procession of carriages had passed over the
Long Bridge, freighted with politicians and wo
men, who reported that they were going on a
“flag-raising’’ expedition to Manassas. Some of
them protested that they must take leave of “the
Grand Army” at Manassas before it proceeded
onward to Richmond.
On asking our informant of the scenes he wit
nessed on the Mouday and succeeding days when
the news of the Yankee rout reached Washington
he could only reply that it was “a page lost to
history,” as no language could describe them.
The first intimation he had of the Yankee disaster
was about three and a half o’clock in tbe morn
ing, when be was awakeued by tbe lumbering of
Cl. Meigs’ carriage in the neighborhood of his
house aud tbe exclamations of the Irish driver,
that “they were all murthered besides himself.”
As the morning advanced the fugitives commenced
pouring in. One of the boats from Alexandria
came near being sunk by Hie rush of the panic
stricken soldiers upon its decks. Their panic did
not stop with their arrival at Washington. They
rushed to the depot to continue their flight from
Washington. The Government was compelled to
put it under a strong guard to keep off the fugi
tives who struggled to get on the Northern trams.
Others lied wildly into the country.
Not a few escaped in this manner, compelling
the negroes they met to exchange their clothes
with them for their uniforms. For four or five
days, the wild and terror stricken excitement
prevailed. The advance of the Confederate army
on Washington was for a considerable time, hour
ly expected. Our informant is certain in his own
mind that the appearance of a single Confederate
Regiment on Hie hanks of the Potomac, during
the continuation of the Yankee panic, would have
scattered the entire forces in Washington in flight.
Many of the fugitives, with garments nearly torn
from them and covered with the blood of their
wounds, thronged the streets with mutinous de
monstrations. Some clamored to kill Gen. Scott,
others wanted to be led against Greeley, and oth
ers inquired if they had come to fight for “ the
Government property,” as they hud been told, to
have it explained what property it had in “ Bull
Run.”
Some recounted to horror-stricken audiences
the bloody process ot the Confederate troops.
Oue told of a cannon that shot missiles resem
bling in size sticks of wood. Another told of ter
rible Mississippi Bowie-knives thrown with las
soes sixty feet long. Later the
field of battle maguitied the horror. Every con
ceivable Sepoyism and bloody atrocity was told
of “the rebels,” and found trembling listeners.
It was said that our troops had burnt the Y ankee
hospitals and roasted their wounded alive ; that
the mysterious Mississippi Bowie-knives were be
ing employed iu target practice upon the Yankees
who were hound for the spot ; and that torn and
disjected limbs of the dead had been nailed upon
the brunches of trees.
When our informant left Washington a week
ago, the excitement bad abated, but not subsided.
Two pieces only of Sherman’s battery had reached
Washington, tbe others having been captured ;
and two pieces also of the Rhode Islund battery
had been recovered, with which the Government
had patched up the only batterv it has in Wash
ington. The amount of Federal forces in Wash
ington and in the neighbourhood of Alexandria
was put down at 35,000 to 40,000 men. Nine Regi
merits had left Washington at the time of our
informant’s departure from there. Four Regi
ments had arrived from. Hampton and four of
the Pennsylvania reserve, which constituted all
the reinforcements that had reached Washington
eight days ago.
Our prisoners are confined in the old Capitol
building—an old brick house on First street, east.
They are guarded by a detachment of the New
York 12tli Regiment. The building had been ar
ranged for the confinement of prisoners previous
to the fight at Mauassau, and provisons made forthe
accommodation of at leaet 1200. We are assured
that there are not more than nineteen Confede
rate prisoners iu custody at Washington. Most
of them belong to one of the Alabama regiments.
There w’ould seem to he some Secessionist ladies
left in Washington, circumstance of a
large basket of boquets having been sent our pris
oners.
Gen. Scott was not on the field at Manassas. He
is represented as being in the last stage of valetu
dinarianism, and to have not made any exhibition
of his activity on horseback three times in three
months.
The Last Freak of the Rump Congress.—The
embarrassment of the Lincoln congress is amply
evidenced by its fretful and agonizing legislative
contortions. Every enactment it passes, and
every move it makes, advances the cause of the
South, and strikes a deadly blow at its own declin
ing fortunes.
The recent confiscation bill passed by the senate,
with the amendment of the house, on the sth lost.,
is a case in question. Chase first made the sug
gestion iu his report on financial matters, where
he maintained with specious reasoning—to use his
own words—that “the property of those engaged
in insurrection, or in giving aid and comfort to
tbejinsurgents, may properly be made to contribute
to ihe expenditures marie necofsary by their crimi
nal misconduct, as a part of the punishment due
to the guilt of involving the nation in the calami
ties of civil war, and thereby bringing distress
upon so many iunocent persons.” “Congress,”
he added, “may justly provide for the forfeiture
of the whole or p rt of the estate of the offenders
and for the paymeut of its proceeds into the pub
lic treasury.’’ *
And such is the nature of the programme which
the Yankee Congress has followed, in its registry
of Mr. Chase’s decree.
In consideration of this enactment upon the part
1 of the enemy, self preservation requires that we
should retaliate with one of a similar character, i
for there is no safer rule of political conduct in I
warfare than the Itx tahoois. A move, we believe, j
has already beeu made in the Confederate -Con- j
gress, now in session at Richmond, to meet the
exigencies of the case, but as yet we have seen no
definite action reported. Should a law be speedi
ly passed confiscating the vast amount of proper
ty in the Confederate States owned by Northern
men, it would he but a fair set-off to the above act
of the Rump Consress. While under other cir
cumstances the adoption of this rigid policy might
he questionable, no alternative is now left us but
to “ fight the devil with fire.”
[Memphis Appeal . 7th .
A Flag of Truce from General Johnston-
General Beauregard Nearly Caught. —A dis
patch dated Washington, August, 2d, says :
This evening, at eight o’clock, a flag of truce
from Gen. Johnston came within our lines at
Bailey’s Cross bearing dispatches from
Johnston (borne by Lieut. Hanger, of the Sixth
1 Georgia Regiment,) addressed to Gen. McDowell,
j The flag bearer waa at once conducted to the tent
! of Acting Brigadier General McGann, who caused
the packages borne to be sent to Gen. McDowell,
keeping the bearer and his attendants in his camp.
Last might (Jen. McDowell sent duplicates of the
dispatches in question to Gen. McClellan, and
this morning they were duly laid before the Presi
dent. Their contents, of which we know nothing,
are, however, said and believed to be of impor
tance.
On yesterday General Beauregard was recon
noitering, in person, within three or four miles of
the Chain Bridge, and had left a party of ten or
fifteen of his troops scouting there, but ten min
utes before the latter were all made prisoners by
Capt. Motto, of New York, and a Union company
that went out for the purpose of capturing them.
: The distance was about six miles from V\ ashing-
ton. , , .
Tbe statement that Gen. Banks has been rein
forced by double the number of three months
men who have left him is without foundation.
According to an officer, who left him yesterday,
the whole force is only from 10,000 to 12,000. #
Gen. Robert Anderson visited the Secretary of
War to-day.
Privateersmen and Prisoners of War.—The
New York Tima comments as follows upon the
letter from President Davis to Abraham Lincoln,
relative to the fate of our privateersmen now in
the hands of the enemy :
Davis, unfortunately, has it in his power to
make this threat effective. He has in his hands a
very large number of our prisoners, and will un
questionably retaliate upon them whatever treat
ment we may extend to these privateers. Presi
dent Lincoln, in his proclamation, has announced
his purpose to treat all who may accept letters of
marque and reprisal from the Confederate Gov
ernment as pirates, and the general sentiment of
the public would unquestionably sustain him in
! so doing. It cannot be concealed, however, that
i the current of events may render it necessary to
act with caution in this matter, and Dot take a
position which may augment greatly the horrors—
great enough at best—of this civil war.
By taking and holding prisoners at all, it would
seem to be recognizing the Southern States as bel
ligerents.
We do not, therefore, concede to them any civil
rights, nor in the slightest degree commit our
, selves to a recognition of their political existence.
But we do concede that they are entitled to
the benefit of those usages which obtain among
! all civilized nations in a state of war. We ex
-1 change prisoners with them ; we treat their men
taken in armß as prisoners of war, and not as
rebels, and we recognize tbe sacredness of flags of
truce.* We are by no means sure that we do not
thus put ourselves in a position which will render
it necessary to recognize their issue of letters of
marque, so far, at leapt, as to distinguish it from
piracy. We shall, undoubtedly, soon have
a proposition, from one side or the other, for an
exchange of prisoners, and then this matter must
j be finally settled.
VOL. LXXV. —NEW SERIES VOL. XXV. NO.:i3.
Grkenrboro’, August 8,1861.
j To the Editor of the Chronicle if* Sentinel:
Hopewell Presbytery, at a pro re nata meeting
in Athens, on the 6th inst., adopted, unanimously,
the following paper. Please give it a place in
your columns* and greatly oblige the Presbytery.
R. A. Hocston,
Temporary Clerk.
Whereas the General Assembly of the Presby
terian Church in the United Staies of America,
which met in Philadelphia, in the State of Penn
sylvania, in may last, adopted the following reso
lution :
“Resolved, That this General Assembly, in the
spirit of that chriptian patriotism which the Scrip
tures enjoin, and which has always characterized
this Church, do hereby acknowledge and declare
our obligations to promote and perpetuate, so far
as in us lies, the integrity of these United States,
aud to strengthen, upnold aud encourage the Fed
eral Government in the exercise of all its func
tions under our noble Constitution, and to this
Constitution, iu all its provisions, requirements
and principles we profess our unabated loyalty.
And,"to avoid all misconception, the Assembly
declare that the term Federal Government as here
used is not meant for any particular Administra
tion, or the peculiar opinions of any political par”
ty, but that central Administration which, being
at any time appointed aDd inaugurated accoVding
1 to the terms prescribed in the Constitution of the
United States, is the visible representative of our
national existence.”
And whereas we regard the adoption of this
resolution as unscriptural, unconstitutional aud
tyrannical, demanding of us treason against our
own Government, and the endorsement and sup
port of a wicked war of aggression against our
persons and our homes—
Resolved, That this Presbytery do now, in the
fear of God, and with full knowledge of the re
sponsibility of the act, withdraw from all connex
ion with the said General Assembly, and that we
do hereby absolve the Churches and people under
our care from all obligation to submit to its au
thority, without, however, impairing the couuex
ion of our Churches with the Synod of Georgia.
Resolved, That this Presbytery will cordially
unite with other Presbyteries of the Confederate
States in forming “the General Assembly of the
Confederate States of America” upon the basis of
our existing Constitution aud form of Govern
ment.
And to this end, Resolved, That we now elect
one minister and one elder with alternates, beiug
the number allowed us in the ratio of representa
tion in the General Assembly of our Church a.-.
heretofore constituted, to represent this Presbytt
ly, in any Convention or Conventions, composed
of delegates similarly elected aud which may be
held between this lime and the sass meeting ot
this Presbytery.
Resolved, That we concur in Atlanta as the
place, uud August 15th as the time, for the proposed
Convention of Presbyterian delegates.
Resolved, That this Presbytery cordially sup
ports the Government of the Confederate States,
invokes upon i tthe blessings of God lorever more,
and earnestly commends it to the prayers of our
people.
Resolved, That this Presbytery expiess its cor
dial approbation of the action of the brethren at
Columbia in selecting Rev. Dr. J. J . ghton Wil
son to take charge temporarily of foreign missions
iu connection with our Churches und
the contributions therefor.
In accordance witu tlie 3d resolution, Rev. G.
11. Cartledge, und elder W. L. Mitchell, principal,
and Rev. Dr. S. K. Talmage, and elder J. J. Gres
ham, alternate delegates to the Convention, were
elected.
From the New York ‘Times , 3 Oth ult.
Tlie Heal Strength ol the Hebei*.
There is no doubt that, from the most obvious
necessity, the active force which the rebels can
bring into the field is now concentrated in Vir
ginia. It is the battle ground of their own selec
tion, and upon which they have staked their all.
We have it from the best authority that within
that State they have now at least 175,000 men,
most of them well armed, aud led by skillful and
desperate officers, who see in defeat their own
destruction and disgrace. Their Army is com
posed of the very elite of the South. Once de
stroyed it can never be replaced, either in men or
material. Only a small portion of it has been
drafted from the class cf poor whites y who are too
listless aud degraded to be of any reliance if
brought into the fi Id. To fit out this immense
host, the finances of the rebels have beeu com
pletely exhausted. Seizures of arms from our
Government, forced loans, and a feeling of hatred
to the North, have supplied the means for sending
into the field an army which can neither be paid,
nor fed, nor clothed, so as to muintain its efficien
cy, for any length of time, unless a decided suc
cess be achieved. This Army never was, nor will
it ever be, so tit for action as at the present mo
ment. Its leaders thoroughly understand their
position—that inaction is ruin, and that imme
diate success is an imperative necessity. That
they are acting upon this conviction and necessi
ty there cannot be a doubt. Indeed, our dispatches
from all quarters confirm this. Gen. Banks’ com
mand have retreated into Maryland before Gen.
Johnston, who has again appeared in great force
upon his old ground. Newport’s News is threat
ened with an immediate attack. We have not
had time to learn the movemeut of the rebels
westward, to attack Gens. liosencranz and Cox,
but we are confident such movements have been
made. In other words, the 175,000 rebels, re
leased from all fear of an immediate attack on
their main position, are hurling this vast force
against our isolated and unsupported columns,
aud it will be good iortune or good generalship if
we do not sustain another disuster.
Our recent reverse, and the information which
it has supplied show the magnitude of the task
before us, which is first successfully to receive its
attack, and then drive this vast body of 175,000
desperate and well equipped men out of Virginia.
Are our immediate preparations at all adequate to
such a task? Does uot the enemy at present
overmuster us in numbers, and perhaps in ap
pointment, in addition to occupying positions
which are themselves fortresses ? Congress, we
know,has voted 500,000 men forthe war with ample
provision for their equipment aud commissariat,
but the greater portion of these are yet to be
called out, and when they are, must go through
months of training aud experience of camp life to
tit them for their duties. Not a moment should be
lost by Government in uvailing itself of the means
placed in its hands. We ought to be strongest when
the enemy is strongest, which is at the present
instant. If we are not now his match on his bat
tle ground, not a moment is to be lost in making
up our deficiency.
But, if we can, for the present, hold our own in
Virginia, we can elsewhere present ourselves in
overwhelming force where the enemy is the
weakest. To sustain the fight in that State, the
Southern States have completely denuded them
selves of available men as well as of arms.—
Travelers recently from the South report the
collections of soldiers ou their routes us mere
scarecrows of the moat miserable material ; some
of them unarmed and the remainder having no
thing better than old flintlock muskets. A person
of some military experience, who has just come
from Georgia, by way of Atlanta, Chattanooga
aud Nashville, reports that on the entire route he
saw but two companies with percussion muskets.
It is also well known that there is not a Southern
city, not even Charleston, that might not be cap
tured by a small naval and military force. In
fact, New Orleans, Mobile and Savannah lie al
most entirely at our mercy. We might readily lit
out expeditions directed against these cities that
would instantly call southward no inconsiderable
portion of the hostile forces now in Virginia, even
if we went no further than to threaten attacks.
Up to this time our most important arm, the
Navy, has been lying almost entirely idle. The
policy we have steadily pursued has relieved the
rebels from all fear of molestation or attack ex
cept upon the very spot where they are relatively
the stronger and we the weaker. Let our Gov
ernment lose no time in coming to the support of
our erms in Virginia by attacks upon the South
ern Atlantic and Gulf ports. Such an attack
would carry an influence equal to 150.000 men ra
the field. While this course is taken, let no 4 ime
be lost in bringing a force into the field in Virginia
which shall not onlv relieve us from apprehension
of attack, but enable us to drive the rebels from
the Stute, and by so doing to end the war.
Flags of Truce.—A Washington dispatch, of
tbe 4th inst., says :
Messrs. Gorman, Applegate, and Sterling, ieft
Washington on Thursday, with a flag of truce,
bearing a communication from the Secretary of
VVar, having for its object the recovery of tbe
body of his brother, Col. Cameron. They yester
day returned without success, owing, it appears,
to the communication having been addressed,
“To whom it may concern,” and not to some par
ticular officer in the Confederate army. This ob
jection removed, there is no doubt that the body
can be recovered, as the place of interment is
marked and every facility promised to accom
plish that purpose.
The gentlemen carrying the flag speak in high
terms of the courteous and kind manner in which
they were treated tf y Col. Stewart, commanding
the First Virginia Regiment, and other officers
within the field of his operations. They, however,
were uot permitted to approach directly to Fair
fax Court House. Whatever they may have seen
of interst in the neighborhood, they have the pru
dence to conceal, having gone thither on an er
rand of mercy, and not for reconnoitering pur
poses.
One of the communications recently sent hither
under a flag of truce from General Johnston, was,
it is understood, in relation to a report which had
reached the Confederates, that some of their pris
oners had been hung by order of our military
authorities. As no such executions have taken
place, it may certainly be inferred that General
McDowell replied in accordance with this tact.
Another Cry fboj the North. —Poor Ben
nett !heis in a peck trouble. We pity him.
He sees everything going to ruin before him,
even to his immaculate Herald. His last cry is of
the desertion of tbe watering places, where South
ern wealth and Northern profits have .been so
leng the rage. He says :
Jeff". Davis has played havoc with the fashiona
ble watering places. Poverty and destitution are
described aa reigning there supreme. At Sharon,
which was last year so crowded that numbers
could not get accommodation, there are not as
many visitors as would pay the servants’ wages.
Even the old gouty and rheumatic habitues , who
have never before been known to miss a season,
are absent. Newport, Saratoga, Cape May and
Nahant present the same vacuous and dreary as
pect. Tbe huge barracks of hotels which fash
ionable caprice has helped to build up are full
onl? of the echoes made bv a few unemployed
waiters. It has been stated that the cottages at
Newport are almost all occupied ; but the fact °\
their being so does not help the hotels. They
are occupied by families that either own them or
that find an economy in hiring them for tne sea
son, thus reducing the expenses of their cost y
town
Credit or tu Federal Govibnmint.— The N.
Y. Heraid of the 31st ultimo Bays:
We learn that there is an extraordinary move
ment now going forward in Wall street, m refer
ence to the Bull Run fight and tbe general mis
management of the war. There have been several
secret meetings, at which the doings of the Gov
ernment and its agents have been freely discussed,
aud if members of the Cabinet only heard half of
it, they would be far from pleased with them
selves. The loan asked for by Mr. Chase was, of
course, the principal point in the discussion, and
it was agreed that, unless there is some guarantee
for the better management of the war in tbe fu
ture than in the oast, tne specie in the vaults of
Wall street should not be invested in the Federal
war ; and a committee, with instructions to that
effect was sent on to Washington to have a plain
talk with Old Abe and his Cabinet There is one
thing that will be insisted on, and that is the re
moval of Gideon Welles as Secretary of tbe Navy,
whose incompetence has baen demonstrated in bo
many ways. Commodore Stockton is spoken of
as his successor, a man who would bring great
energy to bear upon this important department.
Tbe Government will do well, therefore, to keep
a bright lookout, else it may find itself very soon
crippled for lack of the sinews of war.
BY TELEGRAPH.
ANOTHER NAVAL ENGAGEMENT.
Mobile, Aug. 5.—A naval engagement occurred
on Friday last between a Federal steamer and the
privateer Nixon, on the Mississippi sound.
The steamer opened fire first. After exchang
ing shots for about twenty minutes the steamer
withdrew. She was hulled three times, while the
privateer was uninjured.
NEWPORT NEWS EVACUATED.
Richmond, Aug. 6.—Passengers from \ orktown
report that Newport News was evacuated last
uight by the Lincolnites. The impression is that
the troops have beet} sent to Washington or for
tress Monroe.
A dispatch from Norfolk says it is thought there
that the Federals commenced evacuating Newport
News yesterday afternoon. A large lire was ob
served there, supposed to huve been the hospital
buildings. The Federalists removed their horses
on Sunday night last in vessels.
SOUTHERN CONGRESS.
Richmond, Aug. 7.—ln Congress to day resolu
tions of thanks were adopted to Gens. Joseph E.
Johnston and Gen. Gustave T. Beauregard, aud
the officers and troops under their command for
their gallant conduct and bravery at the battle of
Manassas, hhe resolution was approved by the
President.
SUICIDE OF LIEUT. EARLE, OF SO. CA.
Richmond, Aug. 7. —Lieut. Earle of the South
Carolina troops threw himself, head foremost,
from the fifth story of the Ballard House this af
ternoon, aud was instantly killed.
UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
Washington, Aug. fi.—ln the Senate, Mr. Sauls
bury moved certain amendments the Constitution,
and lookiug to an adjournment, which was voted
down—yeas 11, nays 24.
The Confiscation bill, as amended by the House,
was passed.
Washington, Aug. 7.—ln the Senate, to day all
the principal army nominations were confirmed.
Secretary Dickens receives pay as Secretary of
the Senate for one year from date.
The bill to punish certain crimes agriust the
Government was passed.
The Senate refused to vote ou the hill legalizing
Lincolns acts, and then adjourned, siue die.
Iu the House, the Senates bill increasing the
pay of the army was passed.
The House then adjourned sine die.
President Lincoln approves of all the acts of
Congress.
The increased pay bill, us fiualiy passed, allows
au increased pay of £2 to eacu soldier.
BUTLER S PLANS FRUSTRATED.
Washington Aug. fi.— Gen. Butler in his letter
to the Secretary of War, says that the withdrawal
of his lorces from Fortress Monroe interferes with
schemes for capturing a large number of slaves!
AFFAIRS IN MISSOURI.
Jefferson City, Mo., Aug. The tory Gov.
Gamble has issued a proclamation in all respects
sustaining Senator Polk’s programme. Iu addi
t;on to t which he has also issued a proclamation
ordering the Confederate forces to leave the State
of Missouri!
LIEUT.-COL. MONTGOMERY GARDNER.
Richmond, Aug. 7.—Montgomery Gardner is
rapidly improving—no dauger now apprehended
now either of life or limb. He is comfortably sit
uated in camp near Manassas.
AFFAIRS ON THE MISSISSIPPI.
Cairo, 111., Aug. s.—Two llliuois Reg’ts have
been thrown out six miles south aud west of Bird’s
Point as a scouting party.
Gen. Thompson is within sixteen miles of this
place and advancing towards it.
Gen. Fremont is enforcing the strictest disci
pline.
PLENTY OF ARTILLERY.
New Yory, Aug. 7.—A Washington dispatch
to thi Tribune says that there is much more Fed
eral artillery there now than before the advance.
1 Retreat ?]
“CARRYING THE WAR INTO AFRICA.”
Washington, Aug. 7.—Representative Hamlin
has received a dispatch from lor a statiug that *
the Southerners had captured Irontou, a small
town ou the Des Moines river, near Keokuk.
AFFAIRS ABOUT WASHINGTON.
Washington, Aug. 7.—Prince Napoleon Buona
parte, Secretary Sewurd and the French Minister
will visit Mount Vernou together.
Gen. Butler has returned to Fort Monroe. It is
said no immediate change will be made in that
quarter.
Since the suppression of publication of army in
telligence the city swarms with spies.
MR. KENNEDY, OF THE SELMA (ALA.) IS
SUE.
Richmond, Aug. 7.—The Richmond Enquirier,
of this inoruing says that Mr. Kennedy, of the
Selma (Ala.) Issue, was not killed at the battle of
Muuassus. He was not in that engagement. He
was injured by a fall from his horse, and is now
at Culpepper, C. 11., convalescent.
BATTLE NEAR SPRINGFIELD.
St. Louis, Aug. 7.—A fight has occurred at
Dug Spring near Springfield, The Southerners
evacuated the field during the night aud Gen Ly
on taking possession in the morning.
Another battle is momentarily expected.
IflThe Hessians lost eight killed and thirty wound
ed, and the Southerners forty killed and forty
wounded.
Five Regular Dragoons and the Colonel com
manding were killed.
Dug Spring is eighteen miles south-west of
Springfield.
It is stated that 5,001) Confederate troops arc
advancing on Springfield from the West.
ABOUT PRIZES.
New York, Aug. 7. —Three of tbe Confederate
steamers, Sumter’s prizes have beeu released by
the Spauish Government, and have arrived here.
HOT WEATHER IN ST. LOUIS.
St. Louis, Aug. 6.— The thermometer was at
105 degrees to day. Fifteen deaths occurred from
the great heat.
AMMUNITION AND RIFLES.
Sr. Louis, Aug. o.—Twenty car loads of shot
and shell have reached here since Sunday, as also
a large number of Enfield Rifles.
Washington, Aug. 6.—ln the House the Senate’s
hill legalizing Lincoln’s war debt was passed.
THE PRESS IN CONSULTATION.
Washington, Aug. 6.—The members of the
press have held a consultation with Gen. McClel
lan, at the latter’s suggestion. A committee was
appointed to transact to the editorial fraternity
iu the loyal States the following :
“To tha editors of the loyal States : First, re
frain from publishing news of any move, or any
matter, that may give aid and comfort to the enemy.
Second, signify to correspondents, even where ob
served, these restrictions.
KENTUCKY’ STATE ELECTION.
Louisville, Ky., Aug. Gth.—The returns of tbe
State election, so far, show large Union losses
since the late Congressional election j but the
Unionists will, undoubtedly, have a majority in
the Legislature.
MOKE FUSS IN LOUISVILLE.
Louisville, Ky.j Aug. 6. —Four of Rousseau’s
men attacked a citizen of Jeffersonville yesterday,
firing four shots, and wounding in the leg a
Dutchman who was standing by. The citizen’s
brother came to the rescue, when, with bricks,
they beat two of the soldiers dreadfully. The
others fled to their camp. One of them shot his
hand off.
FIRE IN BALTIMORE.
Baltimore, Aug. 7.—Poole & Hunt’s Foundry
was destroyed by fire to-day.
New York, Aug. 7.—Sales of cotton to-day 1317
hales.
AFFAIRS IN THE GULF.
W ashinoton, Aug. 7.—Official advices state that
the Federal steamer South Carolina oS Galveston
captured the following vessels: The Shark, Vinis,
Anne, Ryan, McCaulfield, Louisa, Dart, Cavalier
Falcon, Geo. Baker, and Sam Houston. Among
the stuff captured were thirteeen mail bags, con
taining a lot of express matter.
Off St. Marks, Fla., the Mohawk, had captu- and
the Geo. B. Stout, which was attempting to run
the blockade.
Among her passengers were the wife and three
children of Adjutant Gen. Holland, of Florida.
Mrs. Holland claims the Confederate flag as pri
vate property.
ELECTION FRACAS IN LOUISVILLE.
Louisville, August 6.—A couple of Gen. Ros
seau’e men were straggling among their former
companions on the levee. One of them got into
a fight, when his captain drew a pistol on him.
: This dispatch is rather mixed up, and we can
ynly infer that there was a “muss” generally.]
And a small bystander knocked a couple of some
body’s teeth down somebody’s throat, aud that
the only injury which caused any regret was a
severe one which Mr. Ed. Critchfield received.
Mr. C. is a welt known and ‘estimable man, and
much respected in his county, where the election
contest was very animated. He hurrahed “sotto
voce” for Jeff Davis, but not sufficiently “sotto
voce” to prevent the Black Republican bystand
ers from hearing him. He was therefore insulted
and threatened, whereupon he hurrahed for Jeff
Davis again, when pistols were dfawu, but his
friends interfered and prevented any personal in
jury. Mr. Critchfield subsequently came to towD,
and was alone in tbe reception room of the Gait
House, when a party of five men, led by Tom
Salvage, well known in political circles here en
tered and assailed him. Mr. Critchfield fired
once, wounding Salvage in the heart and proba
bly fired twice. Six shots were fired altogether,
four or five by Salvage’s friends. One of these
shots took effect in Salvage’s arm and one in hi.
groin. The latter will probably prove fatal. Mr.
Critchfield received a blow from a pistol butt,
which put out his left eye. Ue was not otherwise
seriously injured.
Ihe election i.- altogether one-sided the South
erners not generally ro tiD^f
An effort is said to be on foot to raise a legion
in Cherokee Georgia, for immediate service.