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BY W. 8. JONES. TERMS. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE Sc SENTINEL IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY, AT TWO DOLLARS PLK ANUIM ALWAYS Iff ADVANCE# KATES TOCLI’HS. H!X COPIES FOR TEN’ DOLLARS. The pa per will be Rent to Clubs of SIX PERSONS, one year, for TEN’ DOLLARS. ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. Hale* lor Weekly A.ivertlaeineiita. OBMxasr Advertisement!*, published once a week, in Daily, or Weekly, stern and. a half cents per line, for each insertion. Spk ial Nori’ ri, ten emit per line for the first insertion, and ci'jht cents per line for each subse quent insertion. Displatid Anvp.BTiseMKNT.l, Un cents per line t or each insertion. M< *iaoks, Dhths and Fcxrbal Nom as, ft fly fnt < each. OsiTr* hies, ten cents per line. The War In nissdurl. Missouri is, just now, the point‘to which public interest is directed. We have *[iven the iatest re ceived by telegraph, but the following condensa tion from the St. Louts papers of Saturday last will he found interesting from the Hulletin. (>ov. .lack tton, with three columns, is now ! marching from the border northward to drive j out the minions of the convention. One column, under Gem. McCulloch, Price, Pierce, Rains Par aorjß and Kelly, is near Springfield with thirty thousand men, composed of a due proportion of in fantrr, artillery and cavalry. The report of a j light Between a portion of that column and the j forces of Gen. Lyon, at or near Springfield, may ) reach here at any moment. The middle column of twelre thousand men, under Gen. Hardee, has already moved from Po cahontas into Missouri. Tbs eastern column, whose bass of operations is at New Madrid, will consist of about twenty thousand men, under the cornmund of Gens. Cheatham, Pillow, Rowan and Thompson, and may move northward in two divisions. Notwith standing reports t*> the contrary, we state that we are informed tbat all these columns are well drilled and that they have an abundance of ar tillery, served by the best officers, and a plenty of There will undoubtedly be some hard fighting, but when it is recoliecUd that the country is al most a unit against the convention and against the invaders—that it is friendly to the advancing army and unfriendly to the federal*—tbat thou- j sands of men will join the State troops us they! march northward -we cannot doubt that Gov. 1 Jackson will slioitly sit down m the executive j mansion at Jefferson City and exercise in peace! the duties of the office to which the people elected i him. We have been furnii-died the following letter, written by a gentleman at Athens, giving an en tirely different account of the battle at that place. The gentleman who funmbes the letter indorses the reliability of the writer: Col. Martin Green (brother of ex-senator Green,) at the 1 ead of 450 men, who had been organized under the military bill, attacked Col. Moore, who.se force numbered 650, and drove them across the Res Moines river, where Moore was reinforc ed from Keosauquu and other towns above.— Green attacked them a second time, and drove them before him, until Col. Moore wan reiuforc- 1 ed again, when, after a hard fight, Green retreat ed, carrying off their two pieces of artillery, wounded, etc. Green had to fight from two to three thousand men, yet his hoys fought with all the coolness of veterans, and drove them back in every hand to hand light. Among the State troops who were killed, eight ! in all, were some of our best men. The following ! ■names are all I have obtained : Jos. Ewalt, Eli I Barber, Mr. Moore, Mr. Williams, and Y . Boyles, j all living in this neighborhood. There is no doubt but the Federal* lost from | 200 to 3(H) men in killed and wounded. The country is thoroughly aroused, and the masses are very indignant at the intermeddling with their rights by the people of Illinois and lowa, who, ut the instance and information of every intermeddling, cowaidly Black Republican, send their armed hordes to 10b aud murder our best citizens. . * A. B. O. We have also been permitted to make the fol lowing extracts from a letter dated Shelbyville, August sth : The State troops gathered one day last week in Knox county, and look Edina, having first seen the Home Guards scattered from the place before they could get a chauce at them. The Home Guards are said to have left, in their haste, some fifty muskets, with etc. The cause of State rights is continually strength ening here, 1 believe. Porter is said to have some 52,000 State Guards under him in Kuox. J. P. N. No authentic news roaches us as yet from Springfield. The A ‘-publican of this morning has evidently received an intimation of the expected defeat of Gen. Lyon, and is striving to break its force. Rumors on the street are plentiful, but it is impossible to trace them back to their source. AH we can say is “wait patiently. Time will tell.” The St. Louis Hr publican of Sunday morning has the following : Our latest advices from Springfield are to 7 o’clock Thursday morning. There had been uo fighting un to that time. Jackson sand McCulloch’s forces were then en camped along Wilson creek for a distance of eight or ten miles and about as many miles from Springfield. It was reported that they were await ing the arrival of arms. Gen. Lyon was confident of success. A t ain had just arrived from Kolia bringing hiui plenty of provisions and ammunition. The Missourian of Saturday evening has the following version of the reported killing of Gen. Lyon : A somewhat plausible rumor was circulated on the street yesterday, to the effect that Gen. Lyon had been killed in the late skirmish near Spring field, by one of his own troops. The story goes that Gen. Lyon had been for some time in had odor with his men, resulting from harsh and inhu man treatment. It is said that he accused a ser geant of his regiment, known among his comrades as an honest and respectable man, of having sto len a pair of boots, notwithstanding the latter de uied the charge, declaring most emphatically tbat he bought aud paid for them. Gen. Lyon is said i to have made use of the language, “ You are a ! d—d liar, you stole them,” at the same time j bringing iho boots iuto cjose contact with his face. \Ve learn from a soldier belonging to company 1), of Col. Stifle’s regiment of home guards, sta tioned at Lexington, that affairs in that region are in a rather delicate and dangerous condition. The term of CSpl. Stifle’s men expires on the 11th instant, and the entire force will, in a few days, return to this city, leaving Lexington in a defenceless condition, aud exposed to the mercy of a force of organized secessionists, fifteen hun dred strong, eueamped at various places in La fayette amt the adjoining counties. The secessionists have n buttery of three guns between Lexington and Waverly, conynanuihg the river, with which they could repel auv small force ascending the stream. Col. Stifle’s command is said to be practically besieged at Lexington, and in constant apprehen sion of an attack, llis force consists of about seven hundred men. It is thought if he attempts to come down the river on a bout he will be at tacked by the stcessionists’ batteries, and that these batteries will be vigorously used against any expedition sent up to take Col. Stifle’s place. From the. Memphis Appeal. I'lio Victor} t Sprilijillrld, Misaoiirt. Kolia, Missouri, Aug* 13.—The following is f urnishra by an eye-witness, who left Springfield on Sunday night The fight raged from ti a. m. till 2p. m. The Southerners charged Totteu’s battery three times. , Gen. Lyon fell eariv in the action. Siegel had a ; severe struggle, ami left three of his four guns on j the field, spiked them. The Southern cantp took fire, and was destroy ed. In the Federal loss Capt. tiratz was killed. Gen. i Sweeny, wounded in the leg ; Col. Mitchell, seri- i sously wounded; Maj Shepherd, slightly. Arnotig ; the regulars, Capt. Plummer was seriously wound ed ; Capts. Miller, Cavender, Ruck, Col. Dietzler, Capt. McFarland, ail seriously. Five Lieutenants were killed. lieu. Price was not killed. There was a rumor on the field that Gen. Mc- Culloch was killed, but it was denied. On Saturday night, Or. Mencber, left Spring field with ambulances, to see about the wounded. , Lyou’s body w as treated with great respect. Indianapolis, Aug. H.-4-Fremout has telegraph- | ed Gov. Morton that Lyons has oeen k'lled, and \ Seigel is in full retreat, pursued by the enemy. ! He urges the Governor to send forward evert available man to defend the llag of the Union. J Locistilli, Aug 14.—Gentlemen from St. Louis sav that Fremont, in order to check the dangerous eutbusiasm of the people, compelled the papers to consent to the publication of falsehoods regard ing afiairs iu Southwestern Missouri. There the rout is regarded as a total annihilation. After blowing up the powder magazine and de stroying other property Siegel retreated, and on i Sunday night encamped thirty nnles this side of : Springfield. Martial law has been proclaimed in the citv and county of St. Louis, aud Maj. J. MaKinnev has been appointed Provost. John A. Browulee, president of the board of police, has been arrested, and Basil Duke has beeu appointed in his stead. ft is reported that Gen. Hardee with 12,000 men is marching on Pilot Knob, where a force of five thousand Federate, with five oanuon, is enoamped. From Cairo. —We copy the following from a j letter to the Cincinnati Commercial, dated Cairo, i the 10th : The collector of the port yesterday detained at < this point a lot of 372 hides, shipped from St. : Louis for Robert Howsal, Paducah, by the Ryland. The rebels in Stoddard and Mississippi coun ties, Missouri, have levied oil 400 head of horses , and wagons, belonging to the farmers. They \ claim to be authorized to make the levy ty Gov. j Jackson. Turchin's 19th Illinois regiment, stationed at Norfolk, Missouri, the extreme Southern ad vance guard of Fremont's division, numbers 002 men. Thursday night I telegraphed vou the rebel force, viz : At Camp Fro. c. three miles this side of Clarksville, TOO Missourians, 2,500 Teunessee ans. At New Madrid, 13.000 men, with twentv seven guns, part rifled. The first movement of the enemy will be after the lead mines. Warsaw and Potosi. At Cnion City there is 2,800 enemv, who are not to move. No troops have yet gone from Grand Junction, Tenn. This is ’Southern information furnished by au old Cincinnatian sympathizing with the South, and who has just arrived from Columbus, Ky., where his velauyes reside. He states further, that the South may possibly attack Bird’s Point, but it is Dot probable. They have no idea of touching Cairo or marching off’ of their own soil. They have a rifiiculousldea ot marching on St. Louis. The Mississippi, Alaba ma and Tennessee regiments that have gone over to Mtasouri are all well armed and equipped. Nothing definite relative to Fremont’s move ment*, but knowing ones predict he will be at Cairo shortly, making this his headquarters. Sow Tcrnips. —Those who haTe not sown tun nip seed should do so at once, aud sow wrh the view of raising enough to feed to your milk cows. They are excellent feed and pay well. The oniy trouble is in preparing the ground and sowing the seed. Cbrunicle & Sentinel. Meeting in Henry County. i A large meeting of the citizens of Ilenry county was held this 6th day of August, in the court house, for the purpose of taking in|o consider;* tion the produce loan to the Confederate States Ou motion, Hon. E. B. Arnold was called to the j chair, and A. J. Cloud requested to act as Secre j tary. On motion, a committee of one from each mili tia district was appointed to canvass their respect- I districts to solicit subscriptions to said loan— i said committee consisting of Messrs. Tye, ri. Fears, j W. H. Spear, S. Maddox, John Hail, G. W. Mc- Mullin, L. H. Turner, R. M. Love, McKnight, E. | B. Arnold, Merritt, J. Johnson, and T. Barnett, i The meeting was then addressed by J. H. Low | and George M. Nolan, Esqs., who, in conclusion, I submitted the following resolution, which was ! unanimously adopted: Resolved, by the citizens of Heiny county here assembled, That while we heartily approve of the action of Congress in the propositions made and meas'ires adopted at Montgomery in reference to the Confederate loan, yet we believe it to be the policy of the Government of the Confederate i States for Government to become the | of the produce sought to be contributed, thereby securing the same end proposed to be accorn- | plished by the loan, and also the power attending ! the control of our great staple, as well as giving ; to our people, by the issuing o! treasury notes, a ! uniform circulating medium. On motion, the proceeings of the meeting were I ordered to be sent to the Chronicle A Sentinel, j with request for publication, and also a copy to our immediate Representative iu Congress, Mr. Hill. j E. B. Arnold, Chairman, j A. J. Cloud, Secretary. A Gallant Southern Boy.—A correspondent I sends to the .Richmond Dispatch the subjoined i extract of a letter from an Ohio captain to the edi ! tor of the Toledo (Ohio; Blade, published in that paper on the 26th of July. Such testimony, from an enemy, of the bravery of our troops, and of an act of gallantry on the part of some uuknown Virginia boy, (which has few parallelseven in our army of heroes,) cannot fail to command the at tention of every reader : “ About 1 o’clock there was a short cessation of hostilities—the firing was only heard m the distance. Our brigade had been wrestling for several hours, with opposing forces, principally Virginians, and were ensconced in thickets- on each Aide of a field of no great dimensions. We occupied the Northern slope of a hill of considera rable elevation, and also the top of the hill, whilst the enemy held the Southern slope. Suddenly we observed to emerge from the opposing ranks a boy, apparently 16 or 17 years of age, armed with a musket and pistols. He double-quicked to the top of the hill, within 00 or 80 yards of our place of concealment; saw an officer on horseback, took deliberate aim at him, tired, and the officer fell mortally wounded. About the same time my company of &o men tired at him, and he fell, I supposed pierced by many balls. What wasmy sur prise to see this proud and over-brave boy rise from the ground only slightly wounded, seize his musket, wave his cap in triumph in our faces, and rejoin his comrades, one of whom had followed him, I suppose to bring him back. Such fearless ness I never saw before.” Manassa, or Manassas.—The Richmond papers have, of late, been considerably exercised over the name of the great conflict which *Geu. Beau regard has, at last, very appropriately named “ The Battle of Manassas Plains.” The following, from the Richmond Enquirer, in reference to the name itself, will be read with iuterest : As to the correct spelling, we believe that Ma nassas aud Manassa are both corruptions. We remember when the Manassas Railroad wasunder discussion, an enthusiastic friend of that enter prise took up this verv ouestion. He said that the mountain pass had taken its name from a catererers for the traveling public, we believe a Jew, who, for a long time had his house of enter tainment there. He was widely known, aud much esteemed for his kind heart and good cheer, and the horseman would often add many miles to his day’s journey, that he might spend the night with “Old Ma nasseh,” as they familiarly styled him. Iu short, he was as well known as iiis gap, and fron.i him the latter caught its name of Manasseh’-s Gap. lhe writer referred to closed his narrative, which established the scripture orthography for the pass, by appealing to the friends of the railroad to spell it often and spell it ever “ NanassthN His zeal and his learning availed not, however. The rail road has gone into the legislation of the State as Manas'* Gap Railroad, and so we must take it. Salt in Texas.— The Housto - '—'lielegraph calls attention to the supply of salt in the rear of Cor pus Ohristi, which, it seem, is sufficient for the supply of the whole Confederacy. The salt is found iu the Laguna Madre, once a long narrow buy, but whi,ch has been cut off from the sea by the formation of a bar. During nine mouths of the yeai there -is no rain, and the watei* which flows in from the sea is rapidly evaporated, leav ing a deposite of salt from one to two feet, deep, of a quality equal to Turk’s Island. The Tele graph estimates that there are not less than a thousand millions of bushels of salt, in the lagoon within reach of the rudest appliances for gather- mode of gathering this salt, says the Tele graph, is, by having Mexican cartmen, to deliver it in Corpus Christi bay. There are times, we are informed, when the salt may be scraped into flatboats and taken to deep water. But the cart men can, it is believed, be obtained to deliver a hundred thousand bushels in Corpus bay at a cost of not over ten cents per bushel. From Corpus there is inlaml navigation for flat-bottom scows to within twenty miles of the Brazos river. As we have before stated, this salt is far supe rior to Liverpool salt; and if Old Abe’s blockade forces us to open a business of supplying our selves with our own salt, it will not be the least of the benefits it will confer upcu us. WebeLieve it will be possible to deliver salt in Houston at from a cent to a cent and half per pound, it is now worth two and a half. More Goon News. —C.S, Steamer Sumter Rais es the Blockade I— The Tampa (\?\*.)Peninsnfa of the 3d inst., has the followiug : We have been placed in possession of information which, if true, will produce a thrill of gratitude throughout the South equal to that caused by the news of the great battle of Manassas. Messrs. 1). Archer and H. McLeod, who arrived at this place—the former on Sunday, aud the latter on Wednesday—both bring intelligence that the C. S. steamer Sumter has, besides capturing seven prizes, t an account of which we publish elsewhere in to-day’s paper) sunk the Federal war steamers Crusader, Mohawk and Wyandotte, and that among the prisoners taken is the infamous Capt. Craven, of the Crusader. From the above it appears that that little C. S. steamer is creating quite a sensation among the Liucolnites on the Gulf. If she meets with the same success, during the ensuing six weeks, that she has since the time of departure from the Mis sissippi, John Bull will have been sparedthe trouble and responsibility of opening the avenue to our cotton depots. “Now, by St. Paul, the work goes bravely on.” Expectations at Washington.— The Washing ton correspondent of the N. V. Journal of Com merce writes on the Ist instant : The President has not relinquished his idea of an advance upon Richmond. It is believed that he and some of the Cabinet still tliiuk it possible, though Gen. Scott does no*. It will be time enough, however, to take Richmond after Ma nassas Junction shall have been takeu, with its network of batteries and its army of a hundred ami twenty thousand men. It is not at all probable that offensive operations will be renewed by the army of the Potomac till after the first of October. Gen. Banks, it is said, is also to be enabled to take the offensive. Gen. Butler Is not required to do anything more than to defend Fortress Monroe. It is hoped that lie will be able to retain his position at N'ewport News. The Confederates will, after a while, be enabled to plant batteries of rifled cannon upon the banks of the Potomac, at points commanding the chan nel, greatly to the inconvenieuce of the Govern ment. They are, no doubt, engaged in this measure, flow it can be prevented is the ques tion. Between Alexandria and the Potomac landing, the Potomac is to be well guarded by a naval force, so as to prevent the Confederates from crossing the river to the Maryland side, and at- city on the east/or trom marching thence to Baltimore. The city is, on the whole, safe for the present, and Gen. McClellan will keep it so, at least until after another unfortunate reverse. Lieut. Baily, of the United States Second Dra goons, reports that yesterday he saw Gen. Beau regard aud his staff around here, reconnoitering, one mile from the Chain Bridge; that he charged upon a cavalry scout there anil took five prisoners. Did he see Beauregard ? He saw a scouting par ty, aud he, no doubt, saw officers making a recon noisance. This is rather ominous. Col. Kiplky—Affairs at Hampton, Ac.—The Charleston Mercury has the following : Richmond, August 12.—1 have reliable infor mation that Lieut. Col. R. S. RipleT, now com manding Forts Sumter and Moultrie, will soon receive the commission of Brigadier-General in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States, | and that he will be placed in command of the seacoast defences of the State of South Carolina. The movement ot Gen. Magruder, predicted in my letters, occurred on Wednesday. He advanced with a strong force on Hampton. The United States pickets were surprised and driven in. Five ot the enemy were killed, while onlv one of our men was wounded. The Northern troops im mediately abandoned Hampton. The place was then burned by the Virginians, the Hamptoniaue themselves being the first to appiv the torch to their own dwellings The conflagration was corn , plete, not even the Colonial Church, the oldest on this continent, having been spared. Since then Gen. Magruder’s army has been en ; camped before the fortifications at Newport News 1 The enemy, however, shows no sign of a desire to ! come out. Thus matters stand, and we know not S what will be the next move. While the enem’s vessels command yewsort News, it would be use leaa to attack me entrenchments, for we could not hold them after they were taken. [ There is no doubt that Prince Napoleon paip a j visit to oar camp at Manassas. He was courte ! ouslv received by Gen. Beauregard, and after spending a day there pleasantly, he returned to Washington. ! Congress transacted no business of importance ■ in open session to-day. The Trilnne of August Ist, in an article oncrops says that New York will make a full average of wheat as compared with last year, and then pro ceeds— The nearest to a failure will be the corn crop. Iu no event can we make more than half a crop, and we must have a warm August and September to do even that. The wet cola spring prevented planting until late, and the weather since has not been favorable for a rapid growth, so it is begin ning to tasel out at not more than a foot bigh- Indeed, many fields which begin to show the tas sets will not average that height. The result will be a much larger breadth sown to fall wheat- than usual. The hay crop will be hut a fair average, nokhiug more. Oats are looking Well, and upon the whole we shall make forage enough to winter our stock I in good condition, axi.l be able to spare about our usual amount of coarse grains. We shall be l nearly able to supply’breaano our cton people, r Our Soldiers. Jo the Editor of Ou Chronicle tf* Sentinel: Id times like these, when the whole Confed eracy is animated by bat one feeling—when war is the sole business of our nation, and the hearts and hands of all who are not actually in service battling for our liberties are thoroughly engaged in planning and working for our soldiers, who have gone forth, at the call of their country, to do and to suffer on the battle field —I would like to call your attention, and through you the attention of the rightful authorities, to a matter which con cerns deeply the comfort and well-being of the soldier. In the wide spread desolation and sorrow brought on us by this horrible civil war—a sor row which even our glorious victories cannot overcome—there are but few hearts among us which have not been softened to the soldier by a personal sorrow—few who do not feel by the memory of their own gallant loved and lost, anxious to do everything which can in any way comfort and alleviate the condition of our noble, hard-worked, exposed army, especially of that part of it oxpo.xed on the battle field, our wounded soldiery. 1 I am, therefore, persuaded that there is no need | of an ap|*eal to the mercy or the justice of any in ; the;r behalf; but rather that the suggestion has ouly to be made to be promptly attended to. This, then, is tbfe subject to which I would call your attention : Cannot soDie arrangement be made by which our soldiers, who have been in camp, especially those who hare been in battle and wounded, may be permitted to return home to recruit, or to die, free of chargi ■ on ftur railroads ? * They go, I know, at hail p rice, but that is not enough, they should go free. Their pay is but eleven dollars a month, not emMigb to do more tbau to furnish men with the scantiest comforts, aud yet, if sick in camp from the unaccustomed hardships to which they are subjected ; from wet clothing aud coarse food, night watchings aud guard duty, they must deny themselves even those comforts, so necessary in sicAness, tc save up a pittance with which, if they can obtain a furlough, to travel home. This matter w. is brought feelingly home to me a lew days ago ; I was travelling iu a car with a good many soldiers, several of whom had been in camp for some mo otbs at Sewell’s Point and Nor folk. They bad been very sick from change of climate and water, and exposure, and on a fur lough of ten days were travelling to their homes, in the interior of our owri State. It took them three days to go and three to return. They had then but four drys at Lome, iu which to gather strength to begin again the life of danger and of suffering, and for these lour days at home, they paid almost their entire three months wages, even at half prices. In the same car was a wounded soidier troni Manassas going home Lo die, he had not a dollar with which to pay even his half fare, and his brother soldiers, who were attending to him with a womanly cart- and gentleness, made up the amount from their own scant purses. Now, this is not right. Can it not be altered? A certifi cate from the Captain of each Company or from the Colonel of each Regiment would prevent im position, and cannot Railroads remit the fare for each soldier with such certificate, to their own loss, directing ,the conductors of each train, to pass every soldier with such certificate/’rf*?. Mr. Editor, we cannot do too much for the sol dier ; they give up every thing for us—their time, their business, their ease and comfort, their homes, their lives for us, who are sitting at home in the enjoyment of all that they have parted with, readiug of their privations and struggles. In this wronged Southern country, there is now, on these questions, but one heart and mind, and lam sure there is not one Stockholder in the Southern Confederacy who would not cheerfully agree to the proposed arrangement. Georgia should take the lead in this matter and others will cheerfully follow her example. Georgia should take the lead, whose citizens-soldiers have poured forth their blood like water to make her name a praise and a glory, whose sons have bound her brow with unfading laurels. T. F. I.tattle in Mixsouri—Kederalm Defeated— Lyon Surrender* d— Frljrlitfnl Slaugh ter—Their Troops Disaffected. Mr. A. M. Evans, a well known and highly re spectable citizen of this city, returned from a place ten miles this side of Springfield, Mo., this morning, and gives us the following information : On the morning of last Saturday, we heard the most terrible discharge of cannon towards Spring field. The earth fairly shook with .incessant re port. He became very much alarmed, not know ing what it meant, aud commenced making prepa ration to escape home. In the course of the morning, the firing having continued nearly all rnght, messengers com menced arrfving and giving information. They said that the 4>tate forces had attacked Gen. Lyon, and after a most terrfiic battle, in which there was great slaughter on both sides—that Gen. Lyon and Gen. Siegel had been defeated and sur rendered. The forces on the side of the State troops num bered about 15,000, and the Federal forces num bered about 7,000. The State troops had some twenty pieces of artillery, aud the Federal forces had twenty-seven pieces of heavy artillery. Gen. Lyon has been sending dispatches for aid several days, but Gen. Fremont has failed to fur nish him with a sufficient force to meet the State forces.— St. Louis Herald , 6 th. Additional List op thk Woonded at the Char lotlesville (Va.) Hospital: Brooke, J R, Bth Georgia, Oglethorpe Infantry—in leg. Berry, Kandell, 4th Alabama, Governor’s Guard — in hand. Bearden, W M, Bth Georgia, C —flesh wound in arm. Brooke, W r W, Bth Alabama, F—fractured thigh. Crail, A W, 4th Alabama, Governor’s Guard—in knee. Conant, Win, 7th Georgia, I)—slight. Dobbs, G, Bth Georgia, I—flesh wound in thigh. .Elliot, George, Bth Georgia, F—iu hip. Goff, JM, Bth Georgia, C—in shoulder. Johnson, Elisha,'4th Alabama, Governor’s Guard— in head. Lester, B F, Stli Georgia, K. Longton, L C, Sth Georgia, K. Lunsford, H E, Sth Georgia, K. Martin, E TANARUS, Sth Georgia, K. Mason, I) 11, Sth Georgia, G—in arm. Owens, Andrew, 7th Georgia, B—iu arm. Stevens, G S, 4th Alabama, G —liip. Tank, N C, 7th Georgia, K—thigh. Wilkinson, G D, 4th Alabama, F. Walker, Andrew, 4th Alabama, I)—arm. Walker, Anderson, 4th Alabama, D—thigh. Manassas Junction, Aug. 4,1861. To the Editor of the Chronicle <t- Sentinel: Oapt. G. O. Dawson, of the Stephens Light Guard, (3th Regiment) requests that you will pub lish the following statement of the toss in kitted, wounded and missing of this Company, in the battle of Sunday, July 21st, 1861 : Killed—Thaddeus Howell, Geo. Heard, Augus tus llowell, Jas. Palmore, John Calvin, T. W. Collins, J. R. Price. Wounded —J. Christopher, J. Caoe, Hailey I): Moore, A. W. Broom, W. R. Copeland, G. Dobbs, J. B. Wood, Lewis, W. Daniel, F. Merit, S. Brewer. Missing—Jerry O’Brien. The Company carried into the battle 64 rank and file, aud lost more in proportion to their num ber than any Company in the Regiment. Yours, respectfully, J. G. Georgia Soldiers’ Hospital Fund; To the Editor of the Chronicle & Sentinel : The Hospital Fund Committee, beg leave to make the following acknowledgments : ! From R. T. Jones, Esq., Burke .co., by factor, Jas. 11. Dye 1 bag cotton. | From John C. Whittier, Esq., West Point, for “ Ladies Soldiers’ Relief Society—who, although working particularly for the West Point Guards, stand ready to assist any Company, or soldier, when needing assistance, 1 box Quilts, Blankets, Pillows, Cases, Sheets, Socks, Cor dials and Crackers. From Ladies’ Volunteer Association, Augusta : 1 box—SO Shirts, 21 Drawers, 9 Sheets, 19 Pillow Cases, 33 Towels, 8 Handkerchiefs, 2 pair Pants, 7 Napkins and 19 bales Bandages. From W. P., Augusta, “Contribution to Georgia Soldiers’ Hospital Fund, $lO 00 From Mrs. J. J. Byrd, “ whose only 1 regret is not being able to afford i more relief to the wounded patriots who have so nobly defended our j cause from the usurper Lincoln.... S2O 00 j From Middleton Sego, Richmond county: Mr. J. M. Newby—Dear Sir : As one of the Committee having the Hospital Fund in charge, for the Soldiers of Georgia wounded in \ irginia, I beg leave to band you a check for twenty-five dollars, which 1 wish you to have applied to that I purpose. Middleton Sego. j The following collections by the Rev. H. D. , Murphy, Richmoud county : Jeremiah Winter $lO 00 N. Weeks 5 00 Jesse Tinsley 5 00 William Malone 5 50 L. Bell 2 50 W. E. Johnston 5 . H. D. Murphy p Sebastian Brown 2 00 From A. Frederick, Augusta, 1 box containing -J bottles each of Brandy, Port and Sherry, 4 bottles Leinou Syrup, three lbs. Mustard, Jellies, Prunes, Ac. From James Miller, Augusta, 4 pair of Blankets, to complete Bedding for Hospital Cots sent forward. By order of the Committee. Henry Moork, Sec’y. * Augusta, August 13, IS6I. Missouri. —The Little Rock True Democrat, in an editorial on the position of Missouri, says : Missouri, south of the Missouri river, is almost a unit for secession; the Union men in that part of the State are not so from fear of the influence • and power of Gen. Lyons, who is ruling the State i with a rod of iron. Gov. Jackson is expected to ? return s>oon, and Southwestern Missouri will be < disenthralled in a few weeks. There are certain movements in actual opera- j tion or contemplated, that we do not deem it ad j visable to notice now ; but we feel assured that there will be sharp work there soon. Gen. Me* j CuUoch has had a severe task and has acted with his accustomed energy. In this he has been ably seconded by his officers, and especiallv bv Quar termaster General Clarke. With volunteers, all eager to fight, but undrilled; with but little specie and a vast outlay to make, McCulloch has had to word nard. lie has overcome these obstacles, and when he once takes the field will keep the enemy ! busy. Gen. Hardee is at his post and will soon commence operations. With such officers and I such men as they command, we need have no fears of the result. i Office Southern Express Company, Augusta Ga., Aagust 10, 1361.— Editor! of the Confedera i tion .—The pretended correspondence published in your paper of the 3th instant, as between the , President of the Adams’ Empress Company in I New York aad myself is a forgery, and your cor -1 respondent a forger and calumoiator. The Southern Express Company of Georgia is ! comprised solely of the Southern'stockholders of I the Adams’ Express Company, who have pur chased aud are the sole owners of the property ] and interests lately owned by the Adams’ Express (Company in the South. Respectfully, H. B. Plant. Montgomery, Angutt 12,1361. AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 21. 1801. Organise for the Coast. jTo the Editor the Chronicle if- Sentinel: 1 Because there are many places where the j en emy might commit raids and do us damage be \ fore we could organise.aod drive them off. Beau ! f orl District, opposite to Savannah, has several fine ports and inlets, navigable for large vessels, ! wholly unprotected. See C. S. Coast Survey. This District has five black to one white inhabi tant. Several inlets on our coast, which our ene- I m jes know like a book, fsom surveys in their pos ! session, are equally unprotected, j 2 . In two months more they will not fear our j „|jmate. By tbat time they might be ready to i make a sudden descent and find us unprepared, j s A small force might eject them, if ready to go'at once; when, if we have to wait, a much I larger one will become necessary. 4 Uv organizing and drilling infantry aud 1 guerillas at home, ‘there will be no need to call i upon the President for troops, and a feint from | the enemy would not injure our \ lrgima opera- I There are many, who are so situated that they I cannot enlist for the war, who would willingly or ganize to go for a few months, if necessary, to oe lend the coast. . ... We earnestly hope tbat the Governor will soon have companies organized for this purpose all over the State. Capt. Cain has a company drill ing for this purpose, in this county, and we un derstand that Gov. Brown has accepted them as State troops to defend the coast, and is much pleased with the plan. Capt. Harris has also a company of mounted rangers, with double-barrel shot guns, for heme defence. If every county will ‘imitate the example of Did Hancock, we would have 15,000 drilled troops iu the field at the ( command of the Governor, ready to operate at any point on a brief warning. AY ill not the Edi tors throughout the State urge this thing on the people ? P. Sparta, Ga. Hart County, Ga., Aug. 2th, 1861. To the Editor of the Chronicle Sentinel: We had a splendid time yesterday at old Iled wine’s Church, it being drill day of the Home Guards, and an appointment to organize a Sol dier’s Aid Society in our District. There was a good turnout. The business of the day was commenced by the parade of the Guards, with a neat flag which has been presented by some of the ladies in this vicinity. Then the notice in your paper of Miss Ezzol, of Hancock, was read to the ladies, after which James E. Skelton, Esq.* of Hartwell, addressed the audience, with good effect. Next, Mr. It. Hill, of our county, made an excellent speech, at the close oi which the ladies gave the Volunteers a picnic dinner, which did credit to the ladies of this neighbor hood. Capt. Devant formed his men aud march ed to the table. TJiey urea noble looking set. Hart has two Companies in the field, and (’apt. Devant’s will leave on the 26th inst. 1 hey are a part of Col. McMillan’s Regiment. After dinner, the ladies organized, and I think we will have some equal to Miss Ezzol. W e have eight Dis tricts iu our county, aud an Aid Society in every District. They don’t intend our soldiers to lack tor clothes. We intend trying to make arrange ments to supply our soldiers with shoes. We want them well provided for. The ladies will give the bovs a dinner on the 26th* at Eagle Grove, as they pass there. One that was Present. To the Editor of the Chronicle dfr Sentinel: I see it stated that the tax collector of Coweta county, and M*r. Morrow, of Heard, propose to give their commission on county tax to the volun teers of said counties, if elected for the ensuing year. I propose to give my commissions on county tax to the volunteers of Walker county for this and the next ensuing year, if 1 am elected for tte next year, or so long as the war lasts. M. E. Rhodes, * Tax Collector Walker County. | Constitutionalist please copy.] To flic Public. The undersigned Committee appointed by the Planters Convention, lately assembled in Alacon, and now adjourned over to meet at the same place, ou the 15th of October next, beg leave to endorse the noble sentiments contained in the subjoined address ol the President of the Convention and to commend them and their suggestions to the con sideration and adoption of every community in the Confederate States, to all whom we extend a cordial invitation to unite with us at the adjourn ed meeting. With the request that all the papers of the Confederate States publish the address or call special at ention to it, we submit it wiib great pleasure for publication. J. H. R. WASHINGTON, O. G. HOLT, HR. D. HUGCENIN, A. E. COCHRAN. TO THE PLANTERS OF TUB CONFEDERATE STATES. On the 4th day of July last, a Convention of Cotton Planters was held iu the city of Macon, Georgia. The States of Georgia and Florida were pretty well represented.—Alabama aud South Carolina to a very limited extent only. As the President of thariConvention, I adopt this method of presenting to the public the claims of the enter prize in which it is engaged. The representation being confined to a few States, it was not deemed advisable, nor indeed did we feel that wo were authorized by so small a delegation t<> undertake a great deal, but from such a stand point, we were able to survey the vastness of the field before us, ami to appreciate something of the benefits which might result to the cause of pur country, from an assemblage ot wise and experienced men, brought into conference from every portion of the South ern Confederacy. We could not, at any rate, consent to abandon an enterprise mhich had been so wisely conceived, and which to our minds, seemed capable of ac complishing so much good, merely because, in its inception, it had not met with universal favor. It was determined, therefore, to adjourn to meet iu the city of Macon, Georgia, on the 15th day of October next, and in the mean time, by present ing the subject te the public, to endeavor to enlist in the movement the great body of the planters of the South. I come now to ask of this class, who hold in their hands the vast productive wealth of the South, a due consideration of this question, aud a full representation in the next Convention from every State in the Confederacy. I know that the history of popular Conventions may discredit their efficiency for usefulness; the want ot earnest co-operation,” and their subserviency to personal schemes, too often converting their deliberations into farces, and their actions ending in fruitless resolutions. Yet, after all, they afford the most practicable mode of ascertaining and consolida ting the opiuions of the peopl . In this Convention there will be no individual schemes to foster, no ulterior designs to accom plish, but an honest, undivided effort, to provide the ways and means of supporting the Govern ment in its present extraordinary emergency. It may, if the people wish it, be a Mass Convention. I would that it could be, and I therefore invite all who can do so to meet with us. But the ques tions to be considered will be grave, deep, broad; involving on the one hand, the wants of the gov ernment, and on the other, the wisest mode of applying to those wants the material aid within the control of the people. Impulse and enthusi asm are good in their place, but they must be di rected by wisdom in planning, and sustained by uncompromising purpose in executing the schemes which may be devised. To this end, wo hope to see a chosen delegation from each Congressional District, as well as from each State at large. Let the delegates be men who have the confidence of their constituency, as well as well as the ability to devise a plan of aid to the Government, that will be acceptable and adopted, and let them come up prepared to make the largest pledges of support, and to recommend the best plans of making our means available. We do not propose any assumption of powers which shall conflict iu the least, with the consti tuted authorities of the country, nor shall we ar rogate to ourselves wisdom equal to theirs, iu managing the great interests committed to their hands. The President aDd Congress have no as surance of the unanimity with which the people, all over the Slates, are prepared to sustain and co-operate with them, yet in multitude of counsel there is safety; and in a large and intelligent as semblage, representing, and voluntarily emana ting from the agricultural interests of the land, there will be found much to encourage the hearts, and strengthen the hands of those who are direct ly charged with the administration of the Govern ment. Planters of the South ! Your country is engaged in a struggle which involves everything worth living for. Let us come together, and if need be, lay our all upon its altars. If wo fail in this con test all is lost; if we succeed, the sacrifice will be small compaired with the ruin which awaits us in defeat. But there is uo such word as “ fail” in the lexicon of a people united and determined, and fighting for such a cause as ours. There is a spirit among our people against which the wares of Northern vandalism will beat in yon. Every dollar of our property, and every man and boy from sixteen to seventeen, shall be pledged to the support of the government. When the muskets and rifles and shot guns are exhausted, we will, in guerilla bands, meet the foe with club axes and Butcher knives, and even if driven from our homes, when our pursuers come to gather the fruits of “subjugation,” they will find nought but the graves and the bleaching bones of a people, who had chosen death rather than yield to their do minion. There is uo hope for us but in victory, aud God being our helper, we shall achieve that! The shortest and most economical way through this war is in a full consecration of everything to its prosecution. Let the proclamation “go out to the world, from this Convention, that the tender has been made to the Government, and let the as surance be repeated to our President, that none of his drafts shall be dishonored while there is a man or a dollar left. Jas. M. Chambers. Columbus, Ga., August 6,1561. We notice a statement telegraphed to a Charles ton journal to the effect that the resolution touch ing points of maritime law, decided by the Con gress of Paris of 1856, which we have referred to for seme time as under the consideration of the Confederate Congress, had been finally adopted. On the contrary, the resolution is still a subject of consideration iu secret session. It is to the effect that Congress declines to as sent to the Ist clause of the declaration of the Paris treaty, but that it accepts the 2d, 3d and | 4th clauses as establishing a uniform doctrine as : to the rights of neutrals. The Ist clause, which 1 is rejected on the part of the Confederate States, I is “ that privateering is and remains abolished.” i The other points of maritime law accepted by the | resolution referred to, as established by the Pleni : notentiaries of Great Britain, France, Austria, | Prussia, Sardinia and Russia, are as tollows : ■ 1. That the neutral flag covers the enemy's coods, with the exception of goods contraband of \ ■. That neutral goods, with the exception of j contraband of war, are not liable to capture under the enemy’s flag. 3. That blockades r in order to be binding, must I be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient reallv to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.— Richmond Eramir.tr, loth. The Enemy in St. Mary Parish.— The Attaka pas , Franklin) Register of the Sth, has the sub joined paragraph : A letter from New Iberia, under date of the 6th inst., to a young man of ours, states that the ene my effected a landing on Sunday night lasi, at Grand Cbeniere, on our coast, and earned awav a number of beef cattle, a quantity of potatoes, and various other commodities. We must keep a sharp lookout for the invaders iu the future, and prevent them, if possible, from obtaining any more fresh supplies. It behooves us to be on the alert. We are in'the midst of revolution. Atta kapasians!. see tcyour arms, and keep your pow | der dry, feu you know not the hour we may be called upon to drive back‘a mercenary foe! Attempt *o Bombard Gal vest on—The Federal Vowels Beaten OH.—One Citi- Killed and Several Wounded. B J the Galveston News, we learn that in conse quence of the approach of the schooner Dart, of the enemy’s musquito fleet, within two miles of the batteries of Galveston, on the 3d instant, the blockaders having been warned they would be fired upon if they came within range, two batte ries, one at the foot of Tremont street and the other at the foot of Twentieth street, were promptly manned by Capt. Schneider’s Turner Rifles and opened fire, and after five shots from the schooner and six from the batteries, the can nonade ceased, without injury on either side, and I the schooner moved out of range. According to the News, there was a difference of opinion among the citizens as to the wisdom of this challenge to the enemy—the older people considering it a useless demonstration, calculated to expose the 4 city to retaliation ; while, by the younger and more ardent, the morning’s proceed ings were enthusiastically approved—the close approach ot the Dart, after warning, being con sidered justification enough for commencing the engagement. What followed in the afternoon is thus related by the News : The South Carolina, with oue of her armed prizes in tow, and followed by the:, Dart, deft her usual station oil Bolivar Peninsula, eust of the city, between 3 and 4 o’clock, aud came down the island, some four or lir j miles offshore, to a point opposite the extreme east end of the city. There she turned, dropping the vessel in tow, which re mained there; and the propeller ran up towards the bar, to nearly opposite the two beach bat teries in charge of Capt. Schneider’s Turner Rifles, from Houston. Iu the meantime, our steamer, the Gen. Rusk, Capt. Leon Smith, being armed aud maimed, got up steam and moved towards the bar—perhaps to ruu out and catch oue or two of the “mosquito” fleet, should the steamer give her a chance, or perhaps simply to keep a sharp lookout. This move attracted the propeller’s notice, and for a while she seemed disposed to wait for the Rusk; but presently she wheeled to the west, moved down a short distance, turned her prow eastward, and coming in to about two miles from the shore, moved slowly and steadily towards our batteries. Our attention was first called to her from the second story of a residence about a mile from the beach, aud half a mile west of Tremwnt street. Her sides gleamed in the evening sun; she seemed to be almost within rifle shot, so distinctly was she visible; and she stole along so quietly and noiselessly as almost to seem not to move at all. I.poking out, we could see the housetops aud gal leries in every direction occupied by absorbed lookers-on; and glancing towards the city, there, too, the lookouts and tall roofs presented groups of observers. Col.,Moore had speedily repaired to the batteries He was accompanied by several volunteers, Capt. Andrew Neill, of Galveston Guards, Company B ; Lieut. Mason, of the Galveston Rifles; Mr. Ham ilton, and Mr. Cave, o( the Civiliau, who promptly offered his services as aid-de camp, aud they were at once accepted. Col. Moore, while superintending both batteries took personal charge oi gun No. 1 in the Tremont street battery, and Messrs Neill, Mason and Ham ilton assisted in working it. The second piece in this battery was in charge of Orduance Sergeant G. H. Scbnoeder, Lieut. Wiflrich iu command of the men. In the second battery, which is about 400 yards to the east of the other, Lieut. Rotten stein and Sergeant Brunovv had charge of the two big black 32-pounders. Capt. Schneidar, who was an officer in the Prussian service, and is a strict disciplinarian as well as a cool and active commander, assisted Col. Moore in his general duties. His men were even more anxious for a fight than in the morning skirmish, arid the cour age, skill, activity and ardor they displayed in working their guns and executing all orders giv en them, are deserving of especial notice. The Dart came sailing down in front of the bat teries, doubtless to draw their fire, but this was of no avail. The steamer had now c6me almost to a standstill. She was within range, and seem ed to dare attack. She had not long to wait. Col Moore sighted No. 1 at her. and in a moment af ter the white smoke rose above the breastworks, and the thundering report that shook the earth and tilled the air, announced that the contest had begun. All eyes were now turned to the steamer. In a minute a puff of white smoke issued from her prow, as she still continued to move slowly on. The report rang out, and then the sharp hum of a .shell was distinctly heard. Again, again and again this slow interchange of shots Took place, the intervals pretty regularly between each. Our first shots were delivered steadily, and evidently with care; they were in line, and went nearer the propeller each time, and one went so near her amidships that from various parts of the city, far distant from each other, as we since learned, the remark was simultaneous, “that hit her.” Capt. Alden now began, however—much to our mingled astonishment and indignation—to fire shells over the city. He had endeavored to enfi lade the guns in the batteries, but his gunners failed to hit either the sand bags or„>he men around aud fljar them. He doubtless then be thought him that, as he had succeeded so well in opening ladies’ letters, he would be as triumphant in frightening or injuring some of our women and children. May his name be infamous for the das tardly deed. Several large shells exploded high in the air, the pieces flyiug in all directions, far and near.— One piece traversed the roof of Mr. Tankersley’s house, one square in the rear of Mr. Brown’s aad Gen. Nichola’s residence, ou Broadway. It went through the outer plank wall iuto the yard f . We heard a piece of it falling at the south side of the Public Square, penetrating the roof and floor of Mr. J. Dikeman’s portico; and an entire bomb at Mr. Close’s foundry, a piece going to the First Ward Market, and one shell burying itself near Smyth’s Garden, but none, fortunately, hitting any one, though some narrow escapes were had.— We were shown a 32-pound ball that was said to to have been picked up in the street, near Broad way and Tremont. We have been informed, also, that some of the shells were found unexploded ; but we can not hear tbat any of the gallant Al deu’s missiles came nearer than the further part of Mr. League’ new hotel lot, on Tremont street, south of the Bayou, or about half a mile from the gulf. This is conaidered by many as tko range of the propeller’s guns, from her nearest approach to the sbure, opposite the beach batteries. The British Consul’s residence is near Mr. League’s and his flag was flynag, as it has been for a month, at an elevation that it can easily be seen at a great distance. Another consular flag was up, further in the city, northeast of Mr. Lea gue’s ; but the hostile shell paid no attention to them. Os course, a man who would fire at wo men and childreu would care but little for other observances of civilized warfare. A large number of people having collected on and near the sand hills, a little to the eastward of the batteries, to gratify their curiosity, a shell fell among them, apparently directed tor that pur pose, cutting one man in two, and carrying away most of his body between the shoulders and hips, and exploding about the same time. Some two or three others were slightly wounded with the pieces, one of whom was a son of Mr. Menard, our worthy Deputy Collector. The name of the man . killed was Frank Sylva, Intalian or Por tuguese, whose occupation, we understand, was selling fruits, Ac. The remainder of his body was buried the same evening. This, we believe, was all the harm that was done b.v this first attempt to bombard our city.-- The firing continuedjibout half an hour. Some of the shells measured ten inches in diameter, and must have been thrown by a 68 pounder, said to be the steamer’s pivot gun. During this cannon duello the houses of our city were crowded with peop,e looking at the spectacle, which was in full view from most of our larger buildings, and from many of the upper balconies. Many who could not there get- a view went to the beach or near there, their curiosity overpowering their sense of the dunger. During the firing the city rang with the shouts of the people from the roofs and balconies at every discharge from the batteries, and even the ladies participated in the enthusiasm of the ex citement, manifesting the utmost anxiety to see our shot strike the steamer and sink her. The general indignation at the outrageous attempt to bombard the city without giving notice, and with out just provocation, equally endangering the lives of women, children and servants, was so great that it seemed to everpSwer the sense of danger even among our females. Some twelve or fourteen shots were exchanged between the shore and the steamer. She then moved out to sea, firing a last shell, and our guns replied. A uumber of careful lookers-on report that, with their glasses, they distinctly saw a boat, or something like it, lowered over her side, as she turned away, and this, as it is thought, to plug or examine a shot hole in her side. It is also thought that her pivot gun was capsized, from being raised at too great an angle, as a large number of tnen and officers were seen bending over it, as they were on Sunday. , The Dart bad soon got out of range and follow-’ ed the steamer, which speedily resumed her old position, east of the bar and off’ Bolivar Peninsu la. There she has remained up to the time of writing—Monday afternoon. Good judges think that Capt. Alden made his best effort, on this occasion, to show his power to injure our city. There are many of an opposite opinion, however. Special to the Savannah A ties. FIGHT AT LEESBURG CONFIRMED. Richmond, Aug. 15. —The report ot the fight at 1 Leesburg on Wednesday is confirmed. Our forces killed three hundred ot the enemy, and took the balance prisoners, numbering probably fifteen hundred, capturing all their baggage, guns and ammunition. . The loss on our side was six killed and nine wounded. PROCLAMATION OP THE PRESIDENT. Richmond, Aug. 15. —President Davis has issued a proclamation requiring all citizens of Northern States, excepting those who declare their inten tion in due form to become citizens of the border States aud Territories, to depart from within the jurisdiction or the Confederate States within forty days, under penalty of being treated as alien enemies'. GEN. EVANS IN PURSUIT OP THE HESSIAN MARAUDERS. Richmond, Aug. 15. —Gen. Evans, with the 7th and Bth Mississippi Regiments, Bth V irginia Regi ment, and Richmond Howitzers, passed through Leesburg on Tuesday, in pursuit of a body of 1,700 of Banks’ Division, who are committing depredations on this side of the Potomac. The enemy will probably be captured, the river having swollen so as to prevent their escape to the Maryland side. __ Vigorous Measures. —The special correspon dent of the Baltimore Exchange writes from Washington, Aug. 12 : The preparations for the defence of the Capital are vigorously prosecuted by Gen. McClellan. A large body of troops, probably fifteen thousand, have been sent down into the lower counties of Maryland. Two regiments will be quartered at Port Tobacco; a considerable force will also be placed at Upper Marlboro’. In addition to these points, troops are being thrown out all the way down the Potomac on the Maryland side, out of sight of the Virginia shore, so as to conceal the operations of the Federal army. The Federal pickets will extend to Leouardtowu, St. Mary’s county. The stationing of pickets so far down in Mary land is intended as much for the interception “of communication between the Virginia and Mary land shore, as for the purpose of securing the earliest information of the movements of the Con federates. General McClellan has asserted that he will intercept this illicit intercourse at all haz ards. Fort Washington has been reinforced to its utmost capacity, aud additional means of de fence are being erected outside the fort. The Governmentpappears to be alarmed at the ba’teries which have been erected by the Con federates aloDg the Potomac, and it is probable that counter-werks will be commenced at once. There is but little doubt that an attack upon Washington is confidently expected by the Ad ministration. Terrible Kail Road Disaster! The train that left this city yesterday afternoon, ! for Macon, when sixteen miles ou its way, was precipitated into a broken culvert about one-half ; or three fourths of a mile beyond Randall’s Creek. The engine, baggage car and tender are a total ; wreck. The passenger next to the baggage car, was badly injured, and literally running over aud ’ through {he baggage car and the wreck. 1 Mr. Douglas C. Moore of the Colcmbus Volun teers, aud lately engaged as a clerk ut the book | store of J. W. Fease, and a negro boy named Joe. the property of Edward Croft, of this city, were i instantly killed. Another boy, the servant of Pri vate Thweatt, of the Volunteers, was so badly in jured that his recovery is despaired of. Charles J. Williams, of the Harris Guards, had an arm slightly sprained, but not eneough to render his raturn necessary. Mr. Meslur, a passenger from Mobile aud bearer ot dispatches to Richmond, was slightly cut in the fact} and injured in the back. The engineer, Jacob Burrus, and a fireman and wood hander, perceiving the danger in time, jumped from the train and escaped injury. Mr. Landou, of this city, and several citizens of the neighborhood, having discovered aud ap prehended the danger to the train, repaired to a point some di&tauce this side of the break, and by shaking of handkerchiefs and other demonstra tions endeavored to give warning to the engineer; but he mistaking them for signals of encourage ment to the military companieson board the train, moved on makiug a curve in the road and the break was not perceived until within a few car lengths of it. Mr. Moore and the negro who were killed and the negro badly injured were in the forward bag gage car which contained The baggage, provisions aud arms of the Volunteers. Had they been in the car provided for them, they probably would have escaped. The baggage of the Columbus Volunteers was completely wrecked, and we learn that all or many of their muskets are so badly injured as to render them useless. We understand the companies have determined to proceed to Atlanta so soon as conveyance can be provided, they being encamped near by. As soon as the news of the disaster reached the city, most or all of the physicians aud a large number of citizens, went out to the scene on a special train, to render all necessary assistance. The break in the culvert was caused by the late excessive rains. That of yesterday, is pro nouuced the heaviest that has fallen in this coun try for years. The ravine is usually dry, the culvert having been erected to drain off’ the water during wet weather. The body of Mr. Moore was brought to the city ast night.—* Columbus Sun, 1 5th. War News ri?om the Western Frontier.—The Fort Smith (Ark.) Times of the 6th inst. contains the following dispatch : Fayetteville, August s.—Reliable information from Missouri says that Gen. McCulloch aud his forces camped twelve miles south of Springfield on Saturday night. Capt. Rielf's company, of this place, had a skir mish on Friday last—killed two of the enemy. Our loss none; a few slightly wounded. Lyon is marching on us with ten thousand men. There will be a big tight to-day. Our picket guard has been driven in. It is reported that Gens. Hardee and Hindman were at Holla, the terminus of the Pacific rail road, on the march to Springfield with six thou sand men. The Texas reginipnt overtook McCulloch on Saturday night. Tney travel night and day. McCulloch’s forces, numbering about 40,000 strong, were stationed, Saturday, 25 miles south of Springfield. The MissouriHrodps have been turned over to ■ McCulloch. Friday morniug last Gen. McCulloch put six hundred men under Gen. Raines. His orders to Raines’ were to skirmish with the enemy, which wag some eight miles from McCulloch’s cftnipp and then retreat. He disobeyed orders. He got in sight of the enemy and ordered to dismount and charge. They ran about a mile. Heavy firing was kept up by the enemy ; but very little injury was done. Several of our men fell from exhaus tion. The number of the Federalists was suppos ed to be 2,000; number killed not known. The Southerners captured several swords, pistols, etc. Henry Fullbright, of this place, one of Capt. Rieff’s Company, died from exhaustion in lhe charge. • * Raines’ command has been turned over to Capt. Rietf. From the Richmond Examiner, 15t h. Interesting from U’ainliington—Lßt of Our prisoners, Ac. We have been enabled to obtain interesting in- , telligence from Washington through private ac counts that have reached us directly from there. The commands in Washington and Virginia have both been merged in McClellan. A portion of Banks’ column is in the neighborhood of Cum berland. The column is twenty thousand strong/ The Government was busy fortifying Arlington Heights, aud had already erected four batteries thereon. There was no intention of abandoning Alexandria. Sickles’ Brigade had been moved across the Navy Yard Bridge into Maryland. It was contemplated by the Government to oecupy Baltimore and the Department of Annapolis with 60,000 men, as soon as fresh levies might enable it to do so. Recruiting in the North was positively dead. It was estimated, however, that 75,000 three years’ men had been enlisted before the battle at Ma nassas, and that the Government would be ena bled to draw upon its reserve forces iu the Nprth. Gov. Sprague, of Rhode Island, had gone£home to attempt to raise three Regiments and another battery. All the District volunteers, to the number of four or five thousand, have been disbanded. The Government was makiug strenuous efforts to re enlist them, with very poor success. The streets of vVashington had beeudrummed daily for recruits bat no more than two or three companies had’ been raised since the battle at Manassas. Col- C&rrington, Lincoln’s District Attorney, has been detected in a systematic robbery of his soldiers by appropriating contributions for their clothing, Ac.—which discovery had led to much excitement among the District soldiery. The condition of our prisoners in Washington is represented as most afflicting. All communica tions with their families had been cut-off', and their diet restricted to bread and water by an or der of Gen. Mansfield. Through the kind con tributions of ladies in Washington and Baltimore, our prisoners had been supplied with many com forts and delicacies until the recent order of Gen. Mansfield. A gentlemen who was an eye-witness of their treatment when first brought into Wash ington, positively asserts that they were suffered io"be stoned by the free negroes on the streets, and that muny of them were injured by the mis siles of the negro mob. Through the considerate kindness of a lady, ar rived from Washington, we have been enabied to obtain a full list of all our prisoners confined there, which information will doubtless be of deep interest to many families in the South. The list is in manuscript, and having been obtained through a private Southern source, may be con sidered reliable : Henry C. Ferrell, Charleston, S. C. James Silks, Abbeville District, S. C. Wm James, Columbia, S. C. R O Lewis, Anderson, S. C. H Bornamden, Greenville, S. C. John II Paine, Floyd c it., Ga. Randoplb Gay, Bibb eo., Ga. F Ward, Harris co., Ga. H 1! Bulkley, Bibb co., Ga. W M T Thompson, Pontotoc, Miss. Robert Walker, Sipah co., Miss. Thomas Hays, New Orleans. James Wingfield, Amhert co., Va. Lt. Col. B B Borne, Tishmingo, Miss. Lt. H. H. Durmott, Alleghany co., Va. James M McFall, Anderson S. C. George Parker, Atlanta, Ga. W C Humphreys, T H Hammond, —— .1 T C Calvin, Green co., Ga. YVesloy Barron, Randolph co., X. C. William Johnson, Vicksburg, Miss. Horg’t T J Bates. Russeil co., Ala. ‘ T T Buck, Chatauga co., Ala. John L Coffy, , Ala. Jno W Davis, ——, Alts. “ T J Chnmbers, Henrv co., Ala. B G Alford, —— Wm. Jollier, . Jno 1J Howard, Russel] co., Ala. W A Prince, “ •* R T Pool, —. .1 0 Perkins, —. Ro. l'aulding, Uniontown, Aia. Thos. Hudson, . J) D Fignet, Tnscaloosa, Aia. J S Walker, Piekensville, Ala. N M Mallon, Alleghany co., Va’ J T Marp, Botetourt co., Va. E N Haycock, Fairfax co., Va. A C Landstreet, Geo H for A) Thomas, District of Columbia. David Porter, D. C. S S Green, Richmond, Va. John A Reynolds, Staunton, Va. Wm A Wilson, Loudoun co., Va. Claiborne Lang, —‘ —. James Kershaw, Atlanta, Ga. Samuel Gavit, . Lewis Birch, . G H Gramling, . W T Holmes, Savannah, Ga. Sanford VV. Nanch, . Lewis L. Eastmead, . W A Barron, Rome, Ga. John Leadbetter, Hanover co., Va. Roger Finckney, Pendleton, S. O'. T F Greyson, Leesburg, Va. A J Smith, Russell co., Ala. Jerry O’Brien, Savanhah. Michael Keef, New Orleans. A Gloomy Pictcbe.—We are permitted to make the following extract from a private lettei* to a gentleman in this city by an intelligent English man residing in New York. The letter is dated August 6,1861. “Our prospects are gloomy enough. The vin dictive animus of the Lincoln government opens a future of heavy taxes and no business. Want even now stares the poor in the face, and when, added to this, the rigors of winter the misery, God ODly knows where it will end. Near ly all our finest stores are now to let. Claflin & Miller’s great bouse is ruined, and one after the other of our richest firms are bursting. The papers try to hush up these facts, and tell the tallest kind of lies about the successes of the Fed eral troops; but murder will out, and before loDg they will have to acknowledge the corn and own up that a gallant people struggling for their inde pendence never can be conquered.” Why Beauregard Didn’t Take Washington.— A distinguished ofiicerin the Southern army, who has been at Manassas, communicates this : You are now ready to ask why we did not ad vance on Alexandria and Washington, when we had the enemy in confusion and fleeing from our forces. I do” not know what was the reason. Johnston, Beauregard and President Davis held a consultation. Beauregard was in favor of ad vancing immediately, but Davis and Johnston both opposed the movement. H hether it was right or wrong, I shall not pretend to say. If we had advanced we might now have Washington in our possession. But then what would Washing ton be worth to ns atter we had taken it, and how difficult would it have been to hold it V I think we ought to have advanced on Alexandria, and i driven the enemy from the soil of Virginia, but ! President Davis said not, and I am willing to risk : him in everything. Tennessee Election.— The returns from the election in Tennessee, as far as received, foot np as follows : „ _ Const. Against. Hams. Folk. East Tennessee. ...15,429 26,282 14,991 26,508 Middle Tennessee. .42,773 2,105 28,098 8,119 West Tennessee.. .80,745 1,758 19,242 6,956 Military Camps 3,818 8 176 00 82,165 30,098 72,505 41,586 30,098 41,585 Majorities 52,067 30,912 VOL. LXXV. —NEW SERIES VOL. XXV. NO. 33. BY TELEGRAPH. THE LEESBURG BATTLE CONFIRMED. Richmond, Va., Aug. 16th.—The reported cap ture of an entire Federal force near Leesburg is confirmed. 1400 were taken prisoners, and 300 killed ar.d wounded. It is understood that this brilliant achievement was effected by the 17th and 18th Mississippi regiments, the Sth A irginia reg intent and the Richmond Howtzer battery. SOUTHERN CONGRESS. Richmond, Aug. 16.— Congress to-day passed an act declaring that the provisions of the act pro hibiting the exportation of cotton from the Con -1 ode rate States, except through the sea ports, shall go into effect immediately. No other public business was done. NORTHERN PAPERS. Richmond, Va., Aug. 16th.—The Baltimore pa pers oi Thursday, aud tke New York papers of ednesday, have been received. The former Journals contain full reports of the battle in Mis souri and the death of Gen. Lyon aud also the contradiction of the death of Gens. McCulloch and 1 rice. They state also that martial law has been declared in St. Louis. THE NORTHERN BANKS AND THE FEDERAL LOAN. New York, Aug. 15.—The banks of Philadel phia, New \ ork, and Boston have agreed to take $00,000,000 of the Government Loan, on condi tion that they are to be the sole recipients of the Treasury notes. ADDITIONAL BY THE STEAMSHIP PERSIA. New A ork, Aug. 15.—The following additiona foreign news is brought by the steamship Persia. The weather iu England was unfavorable for the crops. The London Times says that it is not supposed that influential houses there will consent to act as agents for the American Loan. Every element of clanger, it says, surrounds the subscribers to that. Loan. Knowing owes profess to have advices to the effect that the blockade of the Southern ports will soon be abandoned, and the tarriff revenue collected at sea. ARREST OF ROBERT MURE, ESQ., OF CHARLESTON. New York, Aug. 15.—Mr. Robert Mure, of Charleston, courier of the British Consul at New Orleans, was arrested here, as the steamship Africa was about to sail for Liverpool. Several papers were found on his person which indicated that he was also a bearer of dispatches for the Confederate ftovernment. LINCOLN ON PAROLES. Washington, Aug. 15.—The Government re gards the paroles of prisoners arrested here as of no effect. AFFAIRS ABOUT LOUISVILLE. * Louisville, Ivy., Aug. 15.—A fall Battalion of the State Guards paraded to-day, for regimental drill, in honor of Col. Morton Norris. The Bat talion had no flag whatever. The water in the canal is six feet and rising rapidly. THE BATTLE OF LEESBURG IN DOUBT. Richmond, Aqg. 16.—Passengers by the rail way from Manassas both confirm and refute the truth about the Leesburg fight. A PATHETIC APPEAL TO THE ZOUAVES TO SAVE THE COUNTRY. Indianapolis, Aug. 15th.—The following calls has been published here ; Attention, Zouaves! A battle has beeu fought iu Missouri, Gen. Lyon has been slain and our enemy is in full retreat. Gen. Fremont telegraphed for all the available force now in Indiana. Now or never? Zouaves, return to camp. I will give you back you rifles, your old officers, aud your flag. The eleventh Indiana awaits you ! your country calls you louder than ever Give her once more your experience and and your strong arm ! Let us make anew re nown on the banks of the Mississippi. Fill up the camp, Zouaves, and I will march yon to-morrow (Signed) Lewis YY all ace, Colonel. ANOTHER BATTLE—THE CONFEDERATES VICTORIOUS. Memphis, Tjbnn., Aug. 15.—A telegram from Hickman to-day says a battle has been fought at Charleston .Missouri, between Gen Jeff’Thompson and a portion of Fremont’s troops. The latter were driven back with severe loss. Two Gun boats are now chasing the steamer Equality, cap tured to-day by Capt. Jas. Erwin, from Cairo. MISSOURI AFFAIRS. Cairo, August 14. The Federal scouts report two thousand Confederate troops at Charleston, Missouri. Rolla, August 14.—Seigel is reported to be en camped on the Gasconade, fifty miles west of this place. Twenty wagons, with fugitives have ar rived here. The stage line to Springfield has been abandoned and the stock brought here. SUPPRESSION OF NEWSPAPERS. St. Louis, August 14.—The Evening Missourian and Bulletin, secession papers, have been sup pressed. The houses of two prominent secession ists were searched to day by the Federalists. INTERESTING FROM WASHINGTON. Washington, August 14.—The Government has beeu officially advised that Gen. Van Dorn, with 1,300 Confederates, is between El Paso and San Antonio, with the supposed object of the subjuga tion of Lower California. Sandy Hook, Aug. 14. —The Confederate pickets at Berlin to-day. An attack was expected at Point of Rocks. Col. Farnham, of the Fire Zouaves, is dead. The 79th New York Regiment, which mustered 400 strong, refused to strike their tents. The regiment was surrounded and the ring leaders arrested. Gen. McClellan took their regimental colors from them. His orders are to shoot down all disobedient soldiers. Camps of instruction will be established at New York, Harrisburg, Pittsburg, and Cincinnati.— The volunteers are to be mustered in as soon as enrolled, and forwarded to either one of these points, the Government paying expenses of trans portation. The Government reserves to itself the right to attach soldiers to other companies and other regiments thap those for which they enlist. Ex-Governor Denver has been appointed Briga dier General. OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE BATTLE OF SPRINGFIELD. Louisville, Ivy., August 14.—The following is the official report of the buttle near Springfield, fought on Saturday last. The report was brought to St. Louis by one of Lyons’ Aids to General Fremont, and is as follows : “ Gen. Lyon’s troops in three columns, uuder himself, Gen. Seigel, and Maj. Sturgis, attacked Hie enemy at 6 o’clock on the morniogof the 10th of August, nine uiiles southeast of Springfield. The engagement wus severe. Our loss is about BUO killed and wounded. Gen. Lyon was killed in a charge at the head of his column. Our force was 8,000, including 2,000 of the Home Guard. Thu enemy’s loss is reported heavy, in cluding Gens. McCulloch and Price. “ This statement is corroborated by a prisoner. Gen. Seigel retreated to Springfield at t o’clock on the 11th. and continued his retreat on to Rolla, bringing off his baggage trains and $25,000 in specie from the Springfield Bunk.” MORE OF THE BATTLE OF SPRLNGIELD. Louisville, Kv., Aug. 14th.—Dispatches from Rolla, Mo., of the 18th, say that the following ad ditional particulars of the battle of Springfield were furnished by au eye-witness who lett Spring field on Saturday morning last: The buttle raged from 6 o’clock in she morning until 2in the afternoon. The Southerners charg ed Totten’s battery three times. Gen. Lyon fell early in the actiou. Geu. Zicgel bad as vere struggle, and left three of his four guns on the field, after spiking them. The Southern camp took fire and was destroyed. The Federalists lost the following: Captain Grantz, killed ; Gen. Sweeny, wounded in the leg; Col Mitchell, seriously wounded; Muj. Sheppard, slight I \ wounded ; Capt. Plummer, of the Uegu- I levs, seriously wounded; Capt. Miller, Gapt. Cav ! ender, Capt. Burke, Col. Ritzier, and Capt. Me j FarlanJ, all seriously wounded, and life Lieutea i ants killed. Gen. Price, of the Missorians, was not killed.— There was a rumor on the field that Gen. McCul loch was killed, but this was denied. On Saturday night, Dr. Mincher left Springfield with ambulances to see about the wounded. Gen. Lyon’s body had been treated with great respect by the Southerners. ST. LOUIS UNDER MARTIAL LAW. St. Louis, Aug. 14.—The Federalists have taken possession of the police offices, and the Home Guards are under arms. It is understood that Gen. Fremont will declare the city under martial law. Gen. Fremont has borrowed $250,000 from the St: Louis banks Heavy seige guns are being mounted, comman ding the approaches to the city: AFFAIRS IN MISSOURI. Indianapolis, Aug. 14.—Gen. Fremont has tele graphed to the Government, saying that Gen. Lyon wa3 killed, and that Seigel wason the retreat, followed by the enemy. Fremont urges the Gov ernment to send forward every available man to defend the fiag of the country. The City and county of St. Louis are under mar tial law. J. W. McKenney has been appointed Provost Marshal. John A. Brumlee, President of 1 the Board of Police, ha3 been arrested, and Basil Duke appointed in his stead. It is reported that Gen. Hardee, with 12,000 Confederates, is marching on Pilot Knob where 5,000 Federalists are encamped with 5 pieces of cannon. A gentleman from St. Louie, says that Gen. Fremont, is ordered to check any dangerous en thusiasm on the part of the people and was com pelled to coosent to the publicationfof falsehoods regarding affairs in South-Western Missouri. The route there is regarded as a total annihilation of Federal army. After blowing up the powder mag azine, and destroying other property, Seigel left and on Sunday night camped 30 miles this side of Springfield. DEFEAT AND DEATH OF LYON CONFIRMED. Washington, August U.—The War Department here has official advices of the battle Bear Spring field, and the death of Gen. Lyon. LATER FROM NEW MEXICO. Independence, Mo., Aug. IS.—The Santa Fe, N. M., mail of the 25th of July has arrived. Lieut. Smith of the Federal army, went into Chihuahua to recover some Government trains that had been captured, when he was also captur ed by the Texans, who were in force on their way to attack Fort Staunton, and were seizing Government property wherever found. If the Governments orders to remove the Fede ral troops East are carried out, it will amount to an abandonment of the Territory to the Confede rates. CONGRESSMAN ELY LOOKING AFTER NUM BER ONE. Washington, Aug. 14.—Congressman Ely, who is a prisoner in lUchmoud, seuds a letter to Pres ident Lincoln, in which, it is understood, he is de cidedly in favor of the recognition of the Southern Confederacy, so far at least, as an exchange] of prisoners is concerned. DRAFTING COMMENCED IN THE NORTH. Louisville, Aug. 14.—A letter received here from a reliable person in Chicago, 111., to his friend here, says that he is drafted, and must go to the war. AFFAIRS ABOUT WASHINGTON. Washington, Aug, 14.—C01. Hunter has beeu made a Major General. Capt. Craven of the Potomac flotilla, reports that not one in twenty of the people on the shores o.f the Potomac river are loyal to the Federal Gov ernment. He says that he sometimes thinks from the manner in which they annoy the Federal ists, that they are organized into Companies, and perhaps into regiments. THE STEAM TUG YANKEE REPORTED SUNK. Washington, Aug. 14th.—It is reported that the Federal steam tug Yankee has been sunk by the Confederate steamer Page, ut the mouth of Acquia Creek. IION. ROGER HANSON FOR SECESSION. Louisville Ky., Aug. 14th, —llou. Roger llun sou who has heretofore been classed as a quiet submissionist, spoke at Lexington to-day, de nouncing the war, and saying that the Southerners would free their slaves, fire their cotton and sink their plantations, but would never yield. WELLES PURCHASING VESSELS. Navy, Mr. Welles, reports that he has eogag and 100 vessels to assist iu the enforcement of the revenue laws. SUMTER ANDERSON IN THE FIELD. Louisville Ky., Aug. 14.—Gen. “Sumter” Auderson has determined to take the field. He says that the Uuiou men of Kentucky are calliug upou him to do so. COL. BURK SUSTAINED. Washington, August 14th.—Col. Burk, com manding Fort LaFayette, New York, is sustained by the Government in his disobeying the writ of habeas corpus served on him. Orders were scut to him to-day to defend himself if an attempt is made to arrest him. REFUSING CLEARANCES. * Nfctfr York, August 14.—Three vessels under British colors were refused clearances here to day. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. Louisville, Aug. 13.—Crittenden, Davis, and others, have left for Crab Orchard, to persuade the Union men to break up their camps. Passengers by California steamer, who came part of the way with Albert Sidney Johnson, state that his suite consists of thirty officers, with ser vants; he would arrive in New Orleans between the Ist and. 10th of September. The flag ship Lancer was at Panama on the 3d inst. The St. Marys had been ordered to relieve the Cyanne on the coast of Mexico. REPORTED ENGAGEMENTS-THREE HUN DRED FEDERALISTS KILLED AND FOURTEEN HUNDRED PRISONERS. Richmond, Aug 15. —In the absence of real bat tles, the public mind is considerably excited about troubles or fights at Acquia Creek, and a battle said to have cojne off near Leesburg on Wednes day morning, in which 300 Federalists were killed and wounded, and 1,400 taken prisoners. Neither report has been confirmed, but they afford abun dant food for gossip. Congress is still in secret session. SECOND DISPATCH. Richmo&d, Aug. 15.—The reported battle near Leesburg, gradually assumes an air of plausibili ty. It appears that 1700 Federalists forded the Potomac near or opposite Leesburg, but during the night the river rose and the Confederate forces surrounded them. The Federals lost in killed and wounded 300 men, and 1400 were taken pris oners, not one escaping. The Confederates’ loss was small. Several passengers from Manassas this after noon, report this news current there, and gener ally credited. Some say a large number of wag ons were sent up to convey down the property which wus captured. DEATH OF A. J. BOGGESS. Richmond, Aug. 15. —A. J. Bogges, Surveyor- General of the State of Gdorgia, died here this morning of Typhoid Fever. STILL MORE.VICTORIES! Memphis, Aug. 14.—Sixteen miles back of New Madrid, 60 Missourians routed 200 Federalists, killing and capturing many of them. Another skirmish in the same vicinity with Pillow’s scouts resulted similarly. AFFAIRS IN MISSOURI. Springfield, Aug. B.—Much alarm is felt here n consequence of reports tbat the Southerners are flanking the city. The stores are closed, and the citizens are gathering up their valuables. The State Bank has placed its specie under the special protection ot Gen. Lyon. Potosi, Mo., Aug. B.—A party of 100 Secession ists dashed through here to-day, killing several persons. The Home Guard lost two of their num ber. 1100 Southerners are 30 miles below here. St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 11.—It is reliably stated that Jeff’ Thompson is hovering in the immediate vicinity of Cape Girardeau. PRIZE VESSEL RE-CAPTURED. Fortress Monroe, August 12th.—The Quaker City has brought in the Geo: H. Baker, with the crew in irons. She was captured ofl'Galveston and re-captured off Hatteras by.the York. Four Confederates were placed on board the York, which was afterwards chased by guuboats. The York was beached and burned, the crew escaping. Apprehensions are eDtertuined for the safety of Lieut. Crosby, with a scouting expedition. They have been absent feur dayt. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. New Yobk, Aug 11.—Garibaldi has tendered , his services to the Federal Government Seward accepts, making Garibaldi Major General. John Biglow of the Post has been appointed Consul to Paris. Wool has certainly been ordered to command of Fortress Monroe. The brig Laura has arrived from San Domingo, with dates to the 25th ult. The Mar between Hayti and Sptin has been ended and difficulties adjusted. The Spanish authorities have issued a decree abolishing slavery forever. The correspondent of the New Y ork W orid says, market people from Virginia are forbidden to enter Washington City. The Mary Alice, which was recaptured from the Dixie’s prize crew, has arrived. Washington, Aug. 12.—Prince Napoleon has departed fdr New \ork. The New York delegation, whose ostensible business was to urge Wool’s employment, was really the advancement of the interests of the New York merchants. Louisville, August 12.—The following has been derived from a reliable source : “ The Postmaster General declines to deliver domestic letters addressed to persons in the se ceded States from the Dead Letter office. The letters are opened as fast as received, and gene rally returned to the writers. “ Foreign letters will be delivered on the pre sentation of an order from the parties to whom addressed.” A Kentucky Congressman in Chase’s confidence says the system of permits will he abandoned. Articles only contraband of war will be blockaded at this point. Bagging, rope, fabrics, provisions and small stores will pass exempt. It is urged that drugs also be allowed to pass free. APPOINTMENTS AND CONFIRMATIONS. Richmond, Aug. 13. —Robert Tyler, Esq., has been appointed and confirmed as Register of the Treasury, vice Hon. A. B. Clitherall, resigned. A large number of Commanders, Lieutenants, and Surgeons in the Navy have been appointed and confirmed. AFFAIRS IN MISSOURI. Louisville, Ky„ Aug. IS.-Bt. Louis is bemg fortified. „ There are a thousand rumors from Missouri among which is one stating that a chsagree-ment had taken plaA between Gens. Lyons and Se.gel, in which Lyon cut Seigel over the head, and Seigel shot Lyon dead. A despatch from Lyon to headquarters, reports that a skirmish took place on Sunday morning, probably at Springfield. On the bth Se.gei’s regiment was at Springfield, coming home, leav ing that city defenceless. The secessionists there have three guns which will expedite their move ments as they desired. The river Dutch are all becoming weary of bush-whacking fighting ; and there have been no accessions to the Home Guards reported in a few days, and the Missouri war is now confined to her Abolition invaders and the Missourians. CONGRESSIONAL. Ridamond, August 14.—Congress passed the President’s approved act providing for the ap pointment of surgeons and assistant surgeons at the various hospitals in the Confederate States. It is reported that Congress has passed a reso lution to adjourn on Wednesday next, the 18th inst. I'ATEU FROM EOaOl’E. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMKR NOVA scon A. Quebec, The steamship Nova Scatia has arrived with Liverpool dates to tfu/od. Liverpool Cotton Market. —The sales of cot ton for three days were ‘28,000 bales. The market was tirm and prices full. The*sales of the week were 60,000 bales, of which speculators took 12,000 bales, and exporters 0,000 bales. The market wus firm. Liverpool, Friday.—Sales of cotton to-day i,OOO bales—the market closing quiet, at the following quotations: Fair Orleans, Middling Or leans, B]<d. LATEST. Liverpool, Saturday.—Sales of cotton to day, -‘>,ooo bales. The market was dull, and prices un changed. General Market. are steady. Provisions inactive. London Money Market. -Consols were quoted at The bullion in the Bank of Fngland has increased £476,000. The bank rate was re duced to per cent. GENERAL NEWS. Ten Broeck’s horse Starke won the Goodwood cup, and Optimist was third in the race. The steamships Edinburgh and North Britou had arrived out. The political news is generally unimportant. McDowell offers his excesses. Washington, Aug. lE.—McDowell, in his otli cial report, says that, notwithstanding the Her culean efforts of the Quarter Master General, the ammunition, subsistence, and horses tor the artil lery wagons did not arrive within a week of the appointed time ; Sunday’s attack, he says, should have been made on Saturday, lie concludes by saying : “l could not push on faster, nor could I delay long ; the best portion of the troops were tbreo months men, whose term of service was about to expire. On the eve of the battle, the Fourth Pennsylvania Keginunt and a battery ot New York Artillery whose ti ne was up insisted on being discharged. I wrote, urging them to stay at least live days. Those troops marched rearmed, to the sound of the enemy’s cannon. In the next teu days, day by day, i should have at least 10,000 best armed, best drilled, best officered, and best disciplined troops in the army. In other words, every day added strength to the enemy, and made us weaker.” DES I ROVING THE PRESS. Louisville, Aug. IS— Dispatches to the Eastern papers announce the destruction of the Demo cratic Standard, published at Concord, N. IL, by Edmund Burke, Esq This was done by the re turned three months volunteers, who were re sisted by the proprietors of the journal, and two of the assailants wounded. lhvuoit, Me., Aug. 13.—The Democrat, oi this city, was gutted to day during an alarm of lire. FROM FORTRESS MONROE. Cincinnati, Aug. 13.—A letter to the Cincinnati Commercial, from Fortress Monroe, spates that a party of bathers there had discovered a subma rine telegraph cable, which was supposed to lead from the interior of the fortress to the enemy’s camp. FEDERAL APPOINTMENTS. Washington, Aug. 13—J. Lath rope Mosley has been appointed Minister to Austria. NEW YORK COTTON MARKET. New York, Aug. 13. —Middling Uplands cotton 183*c. GEN. TYLER ORDERED TO NEW YORK. Washington, Aug. 13.— Gen. Tyler has been ordered from Cincinnati to Fort LaFnyette, New York. AFFAIRS IN RICHMOND. Richmond, August 14.—The following are the names of the Confederate soldiers buried here sirce the 9th instant, as stated in this morning’s papers : John Gladden, 2d Florida regiment, Ber nard Thacker, 10th Louisiana regiment, Henry Fleming, Tiger Ritics, Louisiana, Albert J. East man, 11th Alabama regiment, J. C. Favors, 12th Alabama regiment, Mr. Goodman, 4th Alabama regiment, S. Cannon, Fayette Guards, Georgia, F. Weeks, sth South Carolina regiment, and Wil liam Hampton, 7th South Carolina regiment. From extreme heat the weather has changed to quite cool, and the soldiers now need flannels and warm clothing. REPORTED DEFEAT OF THE ABOLITION ISTS IN MISSOURI. St. Lotis, Aug. 13. —A rumor is current on the streets, in which some reliance is placed, that Gen. Lyons’ command in thesouthwset has bsen totally routed by the rebels, and Gen. Lyons himself kil led, and Sigel in full retreat with the remnant of the Federal forces. This information is said to have been received here by the secessionists last evenino, the messen ger who brought the news having killed four hors es between Springfield and Rolla, in a race with the Federal messenger. It is also reported that Gen. Fremont received despatches about midnight, corryborating the above, but their contents were not divulged. Great anxiety is ,elt by the Union men here, and most serious apprehensions are ibdulged for the safety of our arms. We will probably get something reliable by the traia tonight Louisville, Aug. 13. —The above is from the correspondent of the New York Associated Press, that the Federalists have at length suffered defeat, and may be considered reliable, as the dispatch would not have been allowed without official sanc tion. FURTHER BY THE NOVA SCOTIA. New Yo*k, August 13. —By the Nova Scotia we learn that Starke won the Goodwood cup. Opti mist was third. The Loudon Times’ city article says it will be dangerous for England to touch the American loan. Lord Elgin has been appointed Governor Gene ral of India. The Paris correspondent of the London Post says the British and French Governments are corresponding relative to American affairs. Tney will probably unite in policy in all respects. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. New York, August 13. —An attachment has been issued against Col. Bark to show cause fr his disobedience of the hubcap corpus writs for the Baltimoreans confined at Fort LaFayette. The Herald strongly deprecates investment in the loan, recently authorized by the Federal Congress. The Champion, with California dates to 21st of July, has been signalled. The Champion brings SOOO,OOO in specie. The brig Sea Foam, from Curacoa, re t orts the Confederate steamcl* Suu. _r Was allowed to coal up and visit there, against the protest ot tha Federal Consul. She left on the 24th of July. Washington, August 13.—The President made overtures to Garibaldi, on the statement of the Consuls that, that he would come over. Gari baldi has made no direct proffer of his services. A. W. Flowers, an ex-Goverument clerk has been arrested as a spy. The Southerners have eaptured two, and probably four, ice boats. Minister Faulkner has been arrested, and is not permitted to converse with his friends. The following is an extract of a private letter from Copper Mines, Hast Tennessee: “ To show what kind of feelings are actuating men in this section, I will mention as an instance that Birch Cook and Chancellor Van Dyke, both were, on the bth of June, strong Union men ; now, Cook is raising a company, and Judge Van Dyke joined his company us a private. You remember him—he is an bid man—his long locks are as white as a sheet. When men of his situation and venerable .old age step into the ranks as a pri vate, surely the cause which actuates them must be a powerful one. The Union feeling is dimin ishing daily, and when such examples as those are set, it will be but a short time before •that discon tent which now prevails, will be gone. Give time an dall will be right in East Tennessee. That diner* ence, 1 am confident, would uow be ended had the leaders shown more moderation. The ns* ot intemperate language had done more, I am ct.h dent, to keep up the division than any real c! i ;r ----ence in feeling. ’ We see by a notice in the Abingdon Virginian that the Hon. John A. Campbell, late associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, is now colonel of a regiment in Virginia. It is said by Judge Campbell’s friends that he has al ways had a fancy for a military life, and has de voted much attention, even in ( times of peace to military tactics. John P. Atkinson, Jr’., of the F.chols Guards, Bth Georgia Regiment, died at the residence of N. E. Wildman, in Richmond, on the 9th inst., of wounds received in the battle of Manassas. His remains were taken to Brunswick for interment. Gov. Brown has written a letter, in which he states that he thinks it “impolitic and unwise to attempt to hold either Gubernatorial or Congres sional conventions while our people remain uni ted and party spirit is drowned,” and in which he consents also to serve the people a third term, ii they will elect him. We shall publish the letter entire soon, as it will serve for future reference. A Suggestion to Volunteers. —The New Y ork Examiner says that a medical fQend, whose Eu ropean experience gives value to his testimony, and whose heart hasheen pained at the number of deaths which have already taken place in our anny from the loss of blood from wounds, suggests that'the perchloride of iron, an article to be ob tained from all our larger druggests, will check hemorrhage even .rom large blood vessels promptly and effectually. Four or five drops are sufficient to check completely the flood from any thing except the largest arteries, and half a tea spoonful will arrest bleeding even from these.— lie advises that each non-commissioned officer should be provided with a small flat tin bottle of this containing say a couple of ounces, which he can wear in bis breast pocket, and that the bottle should have wound around it a little butt cotton on which the liquid could be dropped or poured to apply it.