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H rs ‘ jftlATrfU- V'.:\T. Ti •; li litlfT:’ r
Lx ’ • •J, tb.. ai.u< •# t the affair
at Ma’biaV Point :
Th;* #i*?amer Colombia arri n dat her wharf ’u
bUcuyon ‘aturdav. Bbe will return to M a*b
iuKtoa takiug a car*o of Government
•t- rc*< From parties who arrived on the Colum
mu. a learn that a battery was distinct!? v -;hle
at Ma’u'n s I'otnt. Tb* Federal ffotiila which
▼tatted Creek for tbe purpose of d.scov
<*riog a cd**kd batterv, was very successful in
‘k* mission. W oen witbio a mle of a point *h cb
heretofore waw thoogbl unguarded, a battery
opened Oil the fleet from a gorge, and tbe brat
shot mruck tbe Po?*hon:a in ib* stern, making
a hoi* through her. Tbe test immediately re
treated ap U.e rivnr, and got beyond tbe raage cl *
tbe guns. The rbo’.s 6red irom the battery pair
ed dear across the river, which is three mil*-#
wide, indicating that it i# comooted of nfied
0f large caibre. Toe Boti ia OOB#tlgd of
tb- PocdbOfttae, Pawnee. Mount Vernon, Yankee i
and Live Yankee. Tbe Mt. Vernon returned to |
Wafcbiogton *>l F. iday n ght, and reported that :
the rigg i.g of the Pocahontas bid been slightly
injured from tb** fire of tbe Confederates. She left j
Washington on Saturday to retum to tbe flotilla. ;
from th* Fort hern Associate! Fret*.
Washington, Aug. 17.—We have another arri- i
va from Acquis Creek to day. Ye&terdav anew
battery concealed lathe woods, opened on the
United State# steamer Pocahontas with rifled ,
cannon. Although sbe was nearly four miles off.
tbe oalta went tbroupb tbe rigging, splintered tbe
▼ess I, and ‘ am“ aeor killing an officer. It was ’
ti-cta-M to * p'ura the fire, and the Pocahontas
speedily gt out of l ift way. Her officers were
entirely unaware of the existence of the battery,
which ouai&ea Lo foirtb already discovered at |
that {/ ice.
■ha officers f the P< ;omac flotil a have no !
doubt that the ‘ mfeisra.-* are erectiig a bat- I
terv >la bias’* !M
I’he di-coy boat *bich fed to the sad affair of |
Uai T i-iaday, wa eviOully placed for the pur- !
pc .-e of destroyieg Lieutenant Baud, of tbe Reao- •
ate, wnoui tbe Conicderates are after because
be fcuroed a house near that place some tune \
The Washington Star, of Monday evening, eaysj |
Tbe Baltimore has not yet returned from Old j
Fain - , arid it is bdtaved sue bas b*-eo deluiued at !
Fort rear Monroe. Her capture is hardly probable,
as with her 32-poundeF sue could sink with ease j
toy r s*-el or lOht which tbe Confederate could
command in the Pototnac. besides this, her j
crew u'e ell armed with r pistols, boarding
pikes, cutlasses, etc , aud a hoarding party would j
b %and b*) f work in ta..ug pob#e->Mori of her decks. :
i'. .-..fii.iv morning, aud ou the morning before, I
there were brushes between the pickets of tbe :
Firat M :fre -a Regiment on tbe Union side, ‘
about I*o strong, and as many, apparently of tbe !
duu iioo-u, at Eiwards* Ferry. On each oc-‘
ca-ion the I ttr r retired in an hour or so, in tbe
direction o Leesburg. Nobody hurt.
.1 Skikmisu IK W fcbrt kn Virginia.-— A corres
pondent of the Cincinnati Times gives an account
of n recent skirmish between Federal and Confed
erate troops, toe former consisting of three Ohio j
rv>oapaot**s. It occurred between Bulitotvn and ■
V/e.-itou, Va iae Confederates were concealed
in tbe busbee, ood hr. and upon tbe scouta of the
Ohioans a* the . approacbed. Four of tbe F deral
bcotp* w.ro woonded, but not a riously. Oue ol
them re tired a ball through the flashy part of
tbe breast, and another a shot through the leg,
but without hr- iking tbe bone. Sergeant Mutiny
ofCompauy H, ‘vn-i shot in tbe arm Patrick
HcnJnekcr, of Company H, received a ball in tbe
iirm, ami b .and junt exclaimed “1 m febo*,” when a
hall struck bun uadcrueath the left ear uod pro
duced almost instant death. He was from Cm
cmnu'i. When too tiring commenced, tbe tLen
saythm the b*lis rutf.ied like iiail, aud frotu the
Qun.Oer uiu tapidtyof tbe shots it is supposed
that the c were probably a hundred or more of
tv- at* • .Mg party. Tbe scouts promptly return
ed the lire, discharging their piroe* a ruodom
jui h* buabc •, but vi b *vb at ed> ct it i# impos
wtO.j.) ii. The entire force of tht three ct ui
unies r oo cirue to their aid. but tbe Cons der
ut s bad men fled leaving traces of blood be
Tiil Arrest or tiiz Sunposun Agism of tub
f O r Lit l ‘ - Sl ATKs AT NbW VoRK. Mr. S. V
hcrcll, -i New Orieat.s, of whose arrest at N- v
Yura O’j llic charge of treason, being suspected
o; b >ug au agent of the Confederate
bus already t> en made, is a man of about tifty or
fifty Uve ) ears of age. Hu was born near liurby,
Delaware county )'a., and for a number of years
in businf‘.Hiis a cjtfou broker iu Philadelphia.
He purchased the great Southern staple lor a
number of prominent firms in that city, but
several > ari ago be removed to New Orleans,
win re be married aud continued iu tbe cotton
bn\iog business. He came over from Liverpool
iu the cieaiusfiip Persia, and during tby trip tre
quen*ly alleged that be had negotiai and a loan in
ki .rope for tbe Confederate States, and was quite
vi.d m n e*[r- 1... • and, li> seceasiou seutiiueuls so
much so tli —i several of hi# fellow-paaseugers; bo
ca i o otfe* ded, an i on loactiiog New York report
ed win u> to the (ievernmont odjcials, who baa
iiim arre **d. The New Vrk s iys :
ills j • ‘Oil .va# careiully searched, ana resulted
in tiudin. $40,000 iu P:ir.k of Fugland notes, to
gether w b a large number oi l**:er# aud impor
want pa{ .rc t the conftuts of which - whatever
oiav be l *r
do.iM that ’ll- accuse 1 pa fy is e. pa*'u:iu of J ff.
vnd an ugentof the Sou’uern Cootederacy.
.Survey .<r A. Jitov-, coimnuuicated tbe tacts to
Seer rv C .use, ut that tme stop, ing in tut city,
Woo approved ot the proceedings, and advised the
an < ft of Sen ell.
she money, $200,000 in amount, with tbe letters
and papers, were detained at tbe surveyor’s office
uud an informal investigation wa uiade into Hie
casv. Among other matters embraced ia the let
ters iu h.s possession, were tiie suggestion of
plans for breaking up the blockade aud oupplyiog
tbe Liverpool market with cottou. From oue of
th p.*per, ids money, it is believed, is tbe pro
ce-ds >f a loan to tne Southern “Confederate
several passenger# voluiurily made
atiiduviu as to the declarations ot Serrell while ou
o ard ths eteamar. Mi. S waa couimittod to the
Toombs to aw ait hu .eXatntuation.
The New York Herald says i
Ii appears that T. S. Serrell, a passenger by tbe
Persia ou ber last trip from Liverpool to New
Y ik, was very loquacious, and “.-poke secession
all tn time.” U staled tbut h*3 had seen almost
tv ry bu..k*r in London, aud could obiaiu from
iheiu any uinount ot money that tne Confederate
fctatea may require. He also said be had AJ*JO,wO
sterling to bis possession for tbe use of tbe South
ern army j'.di, here be was searched by
tbt. Cuetom-Hoi.se tticers, wi *□ :hey found ou
ins person ad id ns baggage in Bank of
m
Nawa or ac. Piuvati.e* Jeff. Davis.—The
#chooi>#r Am l.a from with sugar aud
aaolas#vf., to • *V’. Lewi# & Cos., of New York, re
p the arm \•* tbe meDiioi -d port of
tue pr.vaieer J f Davi#, on the JiJih uU. She
w u iu for prov i- r>, , rmis&iou of the* au
tuoriiien, aud #t# a dtaeaty-iour houi>. A sus
picious brig was a forwards reported off the coast,
r u ( <po#ed t • be the Lav:#, and fours were enter
wined tor thi safety o. Hie Electric Light, which
sailed on the night ot the 2tßb. A >punish war
steamer bad buei. sen? *ut to warn the brig away.
The brig Francis Jane, of Baltimore, to i4t. Johus,
was boarded by ths Jeff'. Davis, but permitted to
continue alter e quantity of prov;mou# bad been
token out.
Washington, Aug. IS.—The Sinto Department
ha-. SMicd notice thi until lunh.r uotice uo p r
#o i will he allowed to go abioad from u i ort of
..e United ri.ati# without n passport issued by
the Secretary i*f State, nor be allowed to land in
the U. S without a passport Irom h;s ow n govern
ment counierigued by such Minister or Consul.
Th:# r* .• ’tatioD, however, is not to take effect
in regjud to er.*.un# comiDg from abroad uutil a
reasonable time shall have elaphad for it to be
eome k> own.
Specia ’ !>i9p<itch to the Sew Tori’ Tnoune.
All the talk about direct attacks on Wuehiug
tou ure mere Lint* to cover Davis’ real purpose,
wbicb is the eloping of the lowvr Potomac, and
throwing strong criny across the river into Mary
and Charles counties, both ot which ar c secession
This done, they will march on An spoils, counting
on a fortnidaole rising of Maryland Secessionists
for the in vestment ot Washington.
A h<av\ se.zure ot goods for the reb'te was
iDHue at Junction today The *oods
were bought in Baltimore tor Richmond deal. rs.
A ora't ‘or *4*74 was sent to pay tor them. Tue
teuu.s and wagons weie also seized, and a num
ber of letters to rebel officers.
The steamer Freeboiu to-dav shtlled the woc.ds
near Mathias’ Point, from whence the rebels fired
on the K sol-'le's boat, aud cieaued the woods
out, reodtnrg untenable tor a tune a least.
[ Correspondence of th 4 S*w Tori: 7'imfs ]
Fau k ier's place of Imprisosmeut will be
changed to Port Ha rilton, New York. He will
not be examined uutil the evidence upon which
bo at rested is used to tenure the arrept of others
implicated with hnn.
HrconooiMDOea and close observation indicate
mu’ the :ebd> ure closing in jn our lines.
Tne city is ‘all ot secession rumors to day. We
have venous accounts ot the rap'd and near ap
pi . sc , of 170,0v0 to 200,000 rebels under Beaure
gard, L , Johnston au.l Jeff. Davis, but all agree
thut they are coming immediately down upon
W* f huigton. Our military men do not seem to
bu alarmed.
The startling announcement made recently that
Ecgand aud France bad formed an alliance with
a view to combined iction on American affairs
was uutrue, but the tacts are true that three
weeks ago M. Thouvenal, the French Minister of
Foreign Affairs, trausorited a note to tue Eugliah
Government proposing that tbo t*o Cabinet 6
ouue to a close understanding with regard to the
Uuiud States. To thia rote the English Cabinet
Sent a mcaaage aaktug tor a more explicit state
ment.
The reply received wa a proposition that Eng
land should untj? with France tor the purpose
procuriLg i .ue s-uuq a supply of ootio and
tobaco*. Uora the United Sta'e:.
Tc.c E. ••isb Goverun ect theu responded that
it c"ul e ter into no *uch arrangement.
Wash* ;ton, Aug.lv—Coal and wood in the
c yi L b aL.i scarce if the navigation of the
Potomac is closed, fuel wil. *.sera price neany
double tl a usual rates.
FROM new toes
>’xw Toe a. Aug. 19.—Over ‘OO responded at
the roll call of the 11th Fire Zouaves. Men
are contiaaaily reporting for tho reorganization
if ibe regimant, which will ha effected without
difficult! .
Toe bark Maxwell, of Philadelphia, was cap
tured bv ifco pnvateer Sumter, July 27, off Porto
Oabelie*, sha was taken into Cienfuegot, but
ordered to leave within 24 hours. She was iheu
run ashora near Cienfuegos. and ber cargo taken
to Cienfuegod and sold. The prize cr*w w-re sent
by ti..- uo\eruor to” Hava-a as ship-wrecked tea-
Irß
Saw Tras Aug. 19.—The a'** now 4S reci
mctivs foim;ug in this city. Vu i an* complete
‘em* will doubtless now bi forwarded as
“a ud as pcssiole The city can probably seed
men in a tew days.
Ibe >chooner Hannibal, from St Thomas, re
port.*, tna: the privateer Sumter has been captyr
tz t>y one of our in n-of-war aud taken back to
Cuerco. Doubtful.
KEOM MISSOURI.
Jefferson City, Mo, Aug. IS—While Cojone! !
~ u,ef f* nieut of Missouri reserve corps, and
Colon?* orinu-gion’a J o *va were coming down
t. o river on tru u remotent steamer, thev wee 1
frtq .ently bred upon with caur.on and small arras
by the t-ec-ironists from tb* banks, killing oce,
tou wean ting seven or eight of the trooDa. There
15 great ex-'ite.csnt among the peoole along the
river m co Sequent of greatly exaggerated ac
counts of t e Dai’l*- near Springfield, wfi-oh is
rp esented a grei l v ctory : gr .be secession
lbe rorres r “vlentr the St. Loci, Repubhe.n
ft the tl • * vg : M. P ice h.,-. i ssued a
prociau.alien at ‘u r i :d to the effect that a :
grtat victo-y u*s ht= wou , that the Nortuern ‘
oppressors of Mis ‘uri nave oeen drireu back• i
that everv one belt lffic- to tbe Home Guard or
gt xation will be regarded and treated a an
cm my to tbe Southern Confederacy, but his I
protection wou'd be extended to such as quietly
return to their homes and allow the Southern
fcwav to prevail, and that whoever recoguu**# the
Pttjvisiciial Government of Missouri will be
considered as ac enemy to tbe State aud dealt
wiih accordingly.
Ibonto.n. Mo., Aug. 19. bring in
ibformatio i that Col Hecker, who left here Thurs
day evening witq hiss regirr.ent, a bod?
<>f eyroe 40*. Rr-beiea near Fredencks'owc, early
ydeterday moruing, captured all their camp equip
page. and ate breakfast which the? bad just pre
pared. Twelve prisoners were also taken.
Gen. Prentiss has arrived and taken command
of ail the forces in this section.
Goq Seiftel received bU commiaaiOß as bHgf* ■
General on Satordsy, and Haauajed command j
of tb .• federal forces yet-terday.
Tbe iifj* S**n'a Clara, formerly owned in Eait ,
port, Mai,,., with , of auir od tnolaaw- ,
frnm l! \\ .1 J, di.s, and dow a pnzf of the J. ff
Daeia, ,1 p, r at oar wharves in the rear of ibe
Exchange —Sack K^p -3<f.
Prom Teanrwwe and th** VVe*t.
Favouabli Face East Trisowti.—Col. Wm.
U. Carroll -.rriied on yesterday from East Tec- j
ue’nvr, w,. re he has been sojourning for several
weeks,* raising troop# under a special commission
for the Confederate service. He confirms our
recent representation* of the gr at re action now
transpuTcg among the people, and designates it
a **p-rfect stampede” from Unionism to the
advocacy of the a'wutheru cause. Mr. T. A- R.
Neiton had reached home, and it was und-mslood
ibe-t be would issue an address to tbe people of
East Tennessee through tbe columns of tbe Knox
ville Whig, advising them to desist from further
opposition to the State authorities, and espouse
the cause of the Confederate government.
The Hon Geo. W. Bridges, who has been an
intense Union man, and was a candidate for tbe
United States CongreeS in tbe late -.lection, ad
vised Col. Carroll of bis intention to raise a re
giinent of volunteers from among tbe Unionists
of bio district end enter jato active service of the
Confederate States.
Col, Carrol issued an addrea# to tbe people
calling upon them to rally to the support of tbe:r
section against tbe vulgar despotism of Lincoln, (
and informs us that the Knoxville Whig will
publish it ia a few days, approving of its <
and counselling a patriotic response to it. He
tbiuks that be can raise at least four tnousand j
men among the Unionists of East Tennessee id ;
less than thirty days. , i
We have scarcely ever known of so sudd n and
favorable a ievuision in popular sentiment during j
tbe present revolvt*’ - a.-i bas taken placce in the ;
eastern section of inis fctate in the last ten days. I
Memphis Appeal, 21 u.
One John CUrlc, of GamberUnd county, in Gliis |
rtote, took it into hi* btt4 to rciae 4nd ori;oizr :
a compact ol voiuotcern to
Government. Tnis movement id a State ackaow j
co fealtv to that Oorcrcujent, luUuced a
ouaiber of c tuvna of White county to arrevt John
Clark, and he vss brouKbt to thi city yesterday
and taken before the lion. W'egt il. Uuujphrcya.
Judye of tne Confederate States District Court,
by whom he was committed to jail for cuamma
tion on a charge ot treason. Ciark will probably
have a bearing at the October term of tbe Confed
erate S'ates District Court. It is supposed that
he is a Northern man. We undei stand that he
though: be would De treated as Mr. Nelson had
been, but tbe Judge informed him that he bad no
power to release him upon the charge, and it found
guilty, bis neck could only be paved by the inter
position of President Davis. This took the re
doubtable captain all aback. —Nathvtlle Union,
21 st.
Sinking of a Lincoln Steamer.— ihrough tbe •
courtesy ot <’ol. Jas. Coleman, ot the Memphis j
telegraph office, we have an account of the sink j
ingot the federal transport steamer, Hrunibal 1
City, at Commerce, on Monday by Gen. Jeff ;
Thompson. The news comes from Paducah, via ■
Humboldt, and is confirmed in our regular as- ,
aocialed press dispatches. Ihe account say# :
A passenger from Cairo to Paducah by tbe ;
steamer iScot:, which arrived Monday night, re \
•ports that Gen. Jeff. Thompson has blockaded the ,
river at Commerce, Mo., twenty-five miles abuv*
j Cairo. The.#te&mer Desmoioe# was going up, and J
when she came in sight oi Commerce she saw a i
i ooat lying off from shore. The Desmoines was 1
j hailed Tom tbe Illinois side and told not to pro j
ceed further, that the Hannibal City had been j
captured and sunk by the Confederates with
i aboutfoor hundred raw recru ts for Bird’s Point.
! When the Scott left Cairo a:*B >. rifi, Monday,
i the federals were impressing all the boa*s there
| io carry troops up the river. Heavy firing was
i heard in the direction of Commerce yesterday.
1 The gunboats went up the Mississippi Monday
j u tei uoon, but returned in a hurry.— Memphis Aj>-
j peal, 21st.
1 *1 he Tennessee Mounted Rifles in a Skir
mish—We yesterday fa* a letter from Capt. Me-
Murray, a private in the Tennessee Mounted Ri
-1 ties, to a friend in thin city, which gives au inter
’ esting accouut of a skirmish that company had
: wi th ab< ut thirty of the enemy. The letter states
uiS t on the .3tb, at four o’clock A. M., twenty
t.wo of them started for Charleston, a <LStance of
| l iri v miles from New Madrid, an a scoutini; ex
t;£'lition. Halt an hour before sunrise next morn
-1 ing, within two miles cf Charleston, tbhy came
. uf.ou thirty Lincolnite# and at once charged on
them. Capt. J. H. W’bite cut down oue of them*
i and the remainder, throwing away thei* guns,
i blankets, etc., scurapertd off, the Rifles following
i after-them in hot haste. The Lincoluites went
direct to Chii*leston, our boys in close pursuit and
rapidly gaining upon them. It happened a de
i tacbment of Thompson’s men were there, and the
j Dutch immediately rode to them, crying out that
: they Were friends from New Madrid. The Mis
: aourians immediately permitted them to puss
ihrough their rauks. and hailed Capt. White’s com
mand. The fog and dust were so groat thut it
| took some time to explain the mistake, aud by
| the time it was explained the Dutch were beyond
; the hope of pursuit. Thompson’s men numbered
300, and but for their interference, the last one of
tbe H* hiar.s Kould have beeu taken. Ot course,
our bo., a ..ere exceedingly wroth, but consoled
themselves with some thirty guosand pistols they
bad captured, bi sides one prisoner, six horses,
and a number of blankets, etc,, end tbe body of
ibe Dutchman sabered by Capt. White. —Memphis
Avalanche, Aruj. 19.
j Tte Louisville Democrat, an Organ of the Black
Republican government, has this plain truth iu
I its late Cuiro * orrnppondeuoe s “These gun boats,
j constructed ut an immense expense to*be govern
* ntMit, I am sorry to say, have -beeu built on the
I rott**o hulls of old worn out. passeuger and coal
l tow boats, and any man with a pair of good cow
j hide heavy soled boots could kick out their water
j sides There never was a more wanton waste of
j public money thau in their oonstructiou. A six
j pound ball well aimed, would knock their wheels
| u> pieces, aud a land buttery would, if in range,
{ make them only slaughter pens.”
Tor Advance, Ac.—Tbe New York Herald's
Washington correspondent, under date of the
13ib, says:
The evidence# of an advance of the enemy to
ward our lines are daily multiplied. Yesterday a
residence of Virginia, living near Claremont, five
miles from Alexandria, was’ordered by the rebel
advauce guard to leave imined ately. He made
two trips in removiug bis family and furniture,
and reports the rebel forces ut Bush Hill aud
Claremont the time of his last trip.
The accuracy and minuteuess ot the inf rmation
as to tne movements, not only of the army but of
individuals here, obtained by the rebels, is uston
ishing. A gentleman returned here to-night from
a trip to Richmond after bis wife. _ Before start
ing he made apple, lion to tbe Navy Department
here for a pass to go,by way of Fortress Monroe
and Norfolk, with a firg of truce, which was- re
fused. When he arrived at Richmond by a diffe
rent route, he was informed with uiiuute accura
cy of all tbe details of bis application to the Navy
Department here, and even the very words of the
tins v. rbe received. There ate tremendous leaks
hereab -UT yCt to be stopped.
‘i iic most reliable information concerning the
rebels ir>, that they are slowly rnoviug their force#
to tbe lino of ibe l’otomac, iu prosecution of their
pro .:aiume to enter Maryland and encourage uucl
support tbe revolutionary spirit in that State,
w an ultimate designs on Washington.
The ll ay CTtor.—The Madison Visitor bas a
timely and suggestive article ou the hay crop for
‘he present season. We quote a portion :
The ruins now falling iu such profusion will
doubtless produce au abundant crop of hav all
over the South. The prosperity of the agricul
tural interests of the couutry has hitherto caused
tins valuable crop to be too much ueglected. Bui
tL.e present scarcity of meat, and consequent
uececsity ot sustaining stock of ail kiuJs, during
ibe winter, to furnish food at benie, and for the
large army in the field, imperatively demand that
everything which can be converted into tat aud
mus'Cle, or subserve any other useful purpose,
should be carefully saved.
Under present circumstance#, should the block
ade be sustained, t* e hay crop of the South may
prove more valuable to us, iu sustaining ourselves
and relieving the country of actual waut, than
even the cotton crop, to which so much unpor
lance has been hitherto attached. The hay of
Morgau county, it carefully husbanded, might be
made to reach more thau two thousand tons,
worth, at such times as this, over forty thousand
dollars, au amount sufficient to pay half of the
couuty's proportionate share of the annual ex
pense ot the war.
We tru.-t that every farmer in th# country will
avail htL.se I* ol the favor of Provideoce, in giviog
rain, to produce so abundant a crop of hay. Ii
may be toe purpose of Him, who does all things
well, that the grass which now flourishes in Juxu
••muce unou your fields, shall be tb& food of your ,
sous, iu the tented field, the coming winter.
Tue P-ateh Blocxaoc..—A dispatch dated Bos
ton, Aug. 17th, says *
The ship formerly of Charleston, tra
der the British Hag, sailed from St. John, N. B ,
on Mouday, for Havana, but her real destiuatiou
is kuowu to be Charleston. Tbe captain boasted
that Lie Would run the blockade without difficulty.
His cargo consisted ot pig iron, pig lead, quick
silver, rifles, spool cotton, pins, needles, thread,
nercussiou caps, mackerel, etc., etc. The owner
oi the ehip ana cargo, -Mr. Lutnte, of Charleston,
came from St. John to Portland on the steamer
Eastern Queen yesterday.
The British steamer Eastern, State, from Yar
mouth, N. S., which arrived this morning, brought
lour hogsheads aud niuety-two barrels'ot spirits
of turpeutiue, aud thirty-oDe bales ol North Caro
hua cotton, which is presumed io have escaped
tb6 blockade, and was taken to Yarmouth, N S
It is said the owuer of tho turpeutiue will clear
$17,000 profit.
official lnturuiatiou has been received here that
a vessel trom the Souta with Confederate ship
papers only, had eutered Newport,
under stress of weather, and that on the person of
a French passenger wae iouLd a iotter, author.zrac
him to purobase blaukets, coffee, iron, A?. It is
supposed tr.t hisiutention wa* to ship those arti
cles *o ouiTv’ port in North Carolina,* eitLer in a
Frencu or English vesse!, as it is claimed that
foreigners may r ghuully take advantage of a
- effective bioekaue.
Tne Captain cf the British ship Gladiator naa
sent him a communication pointing out several
localities unblcckaded, a fact as well know n to
commander Lurigston as to Her Majesty's offioer.
Tue Navy Department wiil soon remedy these
deficiencies.
lhe Baltimore Excnauge thus exposes the late
financial operation of Secretary Chase :
The whole scheme is a wicked and wilful at
tempt, on tne part oi Mr. Chase aud the bankers
he has borrowed trom, to dteeive aad defraud the
people of the couutry, who are not versed in the
uevices ot rotten banks or the tricks of penniless
jokers It is u delibeiatei? concerted plan to
entice from tbe mudld aud lower classes ot tbe
country the small sums they have been euabied
to lay by trom their hard eaiueb wages, and is
only g. a par with the gross frauds and deceits
which have m aimo6t every instance been practis
ed upon them by the Government from the be
giuniug. T neraldiLg to the world ot the ne
gotiation of a loan of *isU,ooo,uoo, trom which the
croTernmeut will probably rcal.ze about $5,d00,
oju, i, iu fact, even a grtder fraud than the an
nouucement of the enrollment of full regiments,
maL? ol which were never more tbau skeletons
at br&t, or ot the concentration at Washington ot
ioo.wc soldiers, when there are scarcely 50,u0u
uuuer arms, or of the promises made of bounty
and even daily pay, whica have been so uttetly
disregarded.
A Naval E.vGAGBMhM urF Fobt Royal.— We
are indebted to an esteemed Correspondent for
tbe following facts:
On Monday, 19tb rash, about 10 o clock a. m ,
while on a visit to the camp of the Beaufort Y.>l
- Artillery, a severe cannonading was beard
off Bor* Roya:*t>ar. The cluuas of smoke ansicg
trom two points on the horizon, distant about a
quarter ot a mile from each other, led to the sup
position that a sharp eugagemeat was going ou.
A perfect cairn prevailed at the time. By tb. aid
of telescope were seen the masts of two vessels. —
The finug was irregular, aud irom guns of differ
ent calibre. Calculating by the interval betwixt
the fi.-.sh and report, the and stance was estimated
at uoout lourtecn miles. Seveuty one shots were
exchanged. Tbe firrag continued three quarters
ot an hour, when the* tue vessels seemed to close
to getber, w hen iha firrag ceased, aud tbe ?es
seio disappeared. It need scarcely be mentioned
tont veteran corps, the Beaufort Volunteer Ar
l.Uery, ere ar x.ous spectators of the doubtful
scene, aud eager to part.ctpate, should occasiou
demand. Tue record will prove tneir undaunted
cunragc and unerring aim.— thaneston Mercury ,
Abrival of Truops. —About tour hundred
troops, be ouging io the regiments of Col. Howell
Cobb, trom Georgia, and Col. Maxcv Gregg, frem
t>outh Carolina, arrived ; u Feteraburg last mght.
fbrtcmouth Tranecrtpt, |
OftwTSta ltvi*.*l and llulul Amhh Im#
lion.
To the E-iiVjr of the CKro Adt <t StntioA
Dear Fir: The Board ot Directors asi; leave
o make the following acknowledgments in your
columns:
From Mrs. M. V. P . Auguste*.
From another citizen ot Augusta, £IOO.
From a c;t zen of the 4th Ward, SIOO.
With tbe card of Mrs. G. T. Dortic—“ feather
staffed pillows, and four pillow cases.
The contents of the following note :
Acocsta, Aug. 2", 1861. ]
Mr#. Dane Levy, and Mrs. R. J. Jacobus, beg
leave to present to the Hospital Association the
following articles:
3' long shirts, for the sick.
21 shirts. ,■
1 i Pillow slips—a part of the materials
wbicli vise contributed br merchants of,
lb Fro!,iW I>. Kirkpatrick —1 dozen boule* o:
br ?:om Rev. D. 9. K. Talcawte, Midway, “(ora
venerable planter of Baldwin
For a Udy of Ba!d*in-f H'. j or dan. MiU
fro <1 K-.ee 4 L nton, f ur . l '; r nr( j au w m
e<ftrv:lle; .tb tbe report “that Mr. Jordan wm
give more when needed ’—-{So".’. ,
From Kvutvre Brjce, a colorod man of Augus
ta, “mth, hia'praytra for our wounded eoldters,
and for the success of our arms -
The contents of tbe following note:
Acgcsta. Aug. 21st, 1861.
Henky Moons, Secretary
Dfar Sir . —Enclosed, please find $10.85 con
tributed by the Romon Catholic Sunday School
for the Georgia Hospital Fund.
Respectfully yours,
Joseph D. Katasagb, Sup’t.
The Secretary asks leave to make a correction
—in list of contributions of Rev. H. D. Murphy,
the contribution ot Mrs. S. W. Johnston, was
omitted ; the acknowledgement of S2O to Mrs. J.
G. Byrd should have been to Mrs. J J. Byrd.)
The Board are pleased announce as thtir asso
ciates, for Habersham county, R. C. Ketchuc
Esq , Joo. R. sHaoford, Esq., Robert Campbell,
Esq,, and their associate?.
Also to ruako*the following announcements :
Rev. H. li. Tucker, Penfiefit, has accepted the np
pGiutmetit of General Agent tor the Association,
and S| :\k\ Ageut for the <th Obngressional Dia
trict; (he Re i. J. 0. A. Clarke has accepted tbe
appointment ot Special Agent for the District of
which fie is Presiding Elder ; tbe Rev. Dr v J. R.
Wilson bas accepted the appointment of Visiting
Agent, a: tbe command of the Board ; the Rev.
\V. J. Hard, that of Visiting Ag-tit for the Fourth
Congressional District: and tne Rev J. S La
mar, that of Visiting Agent for the F.ftfi Congre. -
aional District.
By order of the Board.
Hem'.y Moons, Secretary.
Auocsta, Aug. 22, 1861.
BLACK RE PUBLICAN DISPATfIiES.
ITEMS FROM WASHINGTON.
Special to the N. Y. Tribune.
Waß3t:'GT''V, Aug. 19.- Commodore nickley,
of tl-? British ehip G auiutor, bus sent a note to
Commodore Strugham, which bas been forward
ed to the Navy Department, representing that the
blockade i* opeu at tbe entrance of Cape Fear,
Wilmsugton, aud also from the ports of Beaufort
and Ocraco iulet to Pamlico Sound, along the
coast of North Carolina.
Thirteen U. S. vessels, seven of them steamer*,
carrying 2,000 men, arc expected here within 4o
or 50 days, and will be added to the blockading
force. From the Brazil the frigate
Congress aud another is expected daily. From
the African squadron, three vessels, one the
, Mohican, equal to the Iroquois, should be here
i early iu September. The Chiua squadron will
I arrive a month later.
Special to the Nf to York Heratd.
The vessels of the Potomac Flotilla have been
recalled. There are now on duty ia the vicinity
of Acqu’a Creek eight U. • <i . vessels. Three more
have just arrived at the Navy Yard, and will be
added to the fleet.
The Baltimorean brought up from Old Point
twenty launches, capable of carrying twenty men
aud oce 12-pound Lowitzer each, to: oboal water
i set vice, and tocomple the river police.
I The fle-t at Acquia Creek is lying out of range
| of the rebel rifle cannon baitery, but in full view
j of Hie river Irom Acqui t Creek to the Potomac
creek, aud ready to prevent any crossing over iu
small boats.
Washington. Aug 20 —As much is said about
the attitudes of the European powers threatening
the blockade, after special* enquiry at the State
Department, there is authority for saying that
the instance when the Niagara was otT the station
of Charleston harbor for *it hours: Lord Lyons
brought the subject to the notice of the United
States Government with that except.nn which
happened twelve weeks ai?o, uo foreign uoveru
ment has expressed a word of discontent con
cerning the blockade. On the c mtrary, it is uni
versally respected by foreign Governments, ul
though some of their subjects are very active in
endeavoring to evade the blockade and are very
clamorous about it.
Special to the Commercial Advertiser.
Tbe London Globe observes with regard to the
blockade question, that the* blockade is a right of
war; but by what right, whether ot war or pvaqe,
can Congress empower tbe Executive to desilt
from the blockade mid substitute the levying of
fiscal duties on goods about to be landed in terri
torus where that Executive can afford no protec
tion to them.
The Times of the 10th inst., Bays that the Ame
ricans of the North even take pleasure iu the
sensations caused by their recent defeat.
Another letter from Mr. Russell says he, having
acquired further information iu respect to the
figut, has Come to the couclusiou that there was
not U bayonet charge made by tl:e Federal infant
ry during the day, and there was not a charge of
any kind made by the Confederate cavalry upon
any regiment of the enemy until they begau to
retreat.
AFFAIRS IN MISSOURI.
Cairo, Aug. 20.— A battle took place last night
at 12 o’clock at Charleston, between the Federal
forces, about 250 strong, of the 22d Illinois Regi
ment, uuder command of Col Dougherty, and the
rebel forces, estimated at between 600 aud 700,
commanded by Col. Hunter, of Jeff. Thompson’s
army, in which the Federal forces were victorious,
completely routing the enemy, killing 40 aud tak
ing 17 prisoners. The loss on our tide was one
killed.
The M-ounded are doing well. Captain Nole
man, wi Ii titty mounted men, left Bird’s Point at
about G o’clock lust evening for Charleston, to
join the forces under Dougherty. He failed
torm a junction with Dougherty, but met a par.;/
of Rebels about 100 strong, and gave them ba r
tie, killing twelve and takiug three prisoners
and capluriug thirty-five horseß, without the loss
of a man.
St. Louis, Aug. 20. —The town of Commerce,
Missouri, forty miles above Cairo, which was ta
ken Sunday, and a battery planted by the rebels
was retaken mst nijjbt by five bundredtroops sent
down troui Capo Girardeau, by order of Gin.
Prcnfyont. The Rebels made no stand, but re
treaiftd with their battery on the approach of our
troops. Their force was about one hundred and
twenty infantry aud the same number of cavalry.
The following proclamation, issued at Spring
field, lias been received here :
To tub People or Missouri
Fellow* Citizens: The army under my com found
has beeu organized uuder the law of the State for
the protection of your homes and firesides, uud
for ibe maintenance of the rights, dignity and
bouor of Missouri.
It ia kep: iu the field furthest purpose# alone to
aid iu accomplishing them. Jur gallant Southern
brothers have come into our State; with tji-ni
we have achieved a glorious victory over tbe fi
—scattered them tar aud w ide.
The well appointed army which the uaurper at
Washington La# been more thau tnx mouths
fathering for your subjugation aud enslavement.
This victory frees a targe portion of the Statw
from tbe power of tbe invaders, aud restore# it
to the protection of its army.
It consequently becomes my duty to assure you
tba’ it is my firm determination to protect every
peaceable and luw-abidmg citizen in the full eu
jovmcut of all hit rights, whatever uiay have be*u
his sympathies iu the present unhappy struggle,
if he has uot taken at* active part iu the cruel
warfare whica has been waged against the people
of this State by the ruthless enemies whom we
hu% e just defeated.
1 therefore invite all good citizens to return to
their homes und the practice of their ordinary
occupations, with the full assurance that they,
their families, their homes, Mud their property
shall he carefully protected. I, at the same time,
warn evil disposed persons who may support the
usurpations of any one claiming to be provisional
or temporary Governor of Missouri, or who shall
iu any other way give aid or comfort to the ene
my, that they will be held as enemies and treated
accordingly.
[feigned,] Sterling Price,
Mu;oi Gem Commanding Missouri State Guard.
i Information has been reeceived here that War
| saw, Bolivar and Osceola, iu the Southwest, have
| beeu occupied by portions of Price’s army; also
j thut the Secessionist* uuder Coi. Staples have
. gathered iu considerable force :u Pettis aud Johu
| .-ou count’es, und have taken military possession
| of Warrenburg in Johnston county, ami George
j town and Ledalia, in Pettis couuty.
j Squads and companies of men are constantly
ieaviug the Northei u couuties and pushing south
; ward to join the forces. Much excitement
j exists amonif the people west of here and many
. are leaving their homes.
*lt is said Col. Staples can concentrate a force
of 3,01*0 men, aud will co operate in a movement
v n this city.
Should oue be determined upon, we have about
5,500 troops here now, which torce will doubtless
be considerably augmented iu a tew days.
IxDirKNDSxca, Mo., August iio.—The Santa Fe
mail aud Cuuon City express urnved last eveuiug,
three days ahead of time, with Sauta Fe dates to
the sth rast. and Canon City to the 9ib.
A r-.port was current iu Santa Fe, two days be
fore this mail left, that Major Lyud, of the 7th
Infantry, U. S. A , in commaud of 500 Federal
troops, surrendered to the Texas troops, 3,000 in
nuuioer, without tiriug a snot.
Major Lynn abandoned Fort Fillmore on the
26ta uit.,aud msrehed towards Fort
miles fr.-iu Fort Fillmore.
It is b -iieved raSauta Fe that the Texans huve
■ taken l ie sti cK aud coaches belonging to the
i Santa Fe* and El i uso* Mai! Company, as their
j coach taiKd tarrive at Suuta Fe oa the 31st
I icstant.
... engagement took place A Messilla between
a bvhy of the Federal troops and 700 Confede
rates, under command of Capt. Baylor. Capt.
McNealey and Lieuteuaut Brooks or the Federal
army, were wounded. Twelve of the Confede
rates were killed. Night put an end to the en
gagement. Tbe Texaus remalD in Messilla, aud
the Federate were going to Fort Fiilmore, about
10*) miles distant.
Considerable fears were entertained for the
: safety of Fort Union, aDd the commanding officer
was having it fortified and intrenched.
Col. Eormg, formerly of the D. 8. army, is said
to he in command of a body of Texas Rangers.
WBSTEHN* VIRGINIA.
Wheeling, Va., Aug. 20.—The Convention to
i da? passed UD ororaauce creating tbe new State,
reported by the Select C mmittee on the division
ot the State, bv a vote of 5d to 20.
Tue boundary as fixed, iu udes the couuties of
Logan, Wyoming, Raleigb, Fayette, Nicholas,
Webster, Randolph, Tucker, Preston, Mononga
■ia, Morrow, Taylor, bar Dour, Cpsbur, Uawson, ,
Lewi, Braxton, Clay, Kanawha, Boone, Wayne, |
Cabell, Putnam, Mason, Jackson, Ruane, Calhoun, j
Wirt, Gilmer, Ritchie, Wood, Plex-ant, Tyler,
Dodndge, Wetzel, Marshall, Ohio, Brooke, and j
Hancock.
A provision was incorporated permitting ad- j
joining counties to come in if they should desire
by permission of a majority to do so. The ordin
ance also provides for the election of delegates to
a convention to form a constitution. At the same
time the question, **For a uew State, or Against
anew State,’’ shall be submitted to the people,
within the proposed boundaries. The election is
to be held on the 24th of October next. The
name of the new State is to be Kantwha.
The utmost harmony prevailed. The Coven
tiou wiil adjourn to morrow.
Tbe First Virginia Regiment is expected to- j
morrow. Great preparations liar© been made to ;
give them a brilliant reception.
FROM NEW yORK.
New Tore, Aug 2",—Troupe are berag forward j
ed in great numbers by every conveyance, and by
ba-urdnv next about 75,(x) men, in addition to !
these already there, will be in the Capitol from i
tne ten Stalls just called on by tbe wf j
War. Enlistments are now mace rapicly, the Se- I
creuiry’d orders having given it freau aumalu*.
* FROM BOSTON.
Boston, Aug. 20.-Tbr 2) and 4h Ba u’ffins
of B stun Lave voted unan raously to offer their t
services to the Government for turee mra-tua.
Guv Andrews, in a brief proclamation, calls on 1
the citizens of Massachusetts to come lorward
and fill tbe regiment ait eady accepted for the war.
Between three aud four thousand men will be i
forwarded during tha week.
/i w *r. : A y. ,-i it A jli ~VU k . I
flic Battle ii 7lis*ourl.—lhe Uciral
(rum Npriti^ticld.
Mr. Henry Miceh&rt, came in yesterday evening
about six o’clock, direct from the battle ground,
having lt*fi there about four o’clock on Saturday
eveuiHg. after t*-e battle. He brought despatches
to Gen. Clarke, quartermaster, and a large num
ber of letters for ; *izena of ih•? town.
It appears from vvhif, we can learn, that the
enemy made tne atuok daylight, tasing
our troops by surprise:Corcoran's letter will
show, and it is a winder to us that our w .ole
army had r.ot beeD rcmied, instead of the enemy.
But it ‘s owing to the undaunted bravery of our ,
soldiers fighting under sudti a disadvantage, that
a great victory was outamed The Louisiana
regiment, and our infantry, stood the brunt of
the buttle. The Louisianians fought like tigers,
and our troops did full as well. The Texas regi
ment fought bravely, and Mr. Mineh&rt says, when
they and the Louisianians would mase a charge,
the woods wouid ring for miles with their
At oue time a portion of the Louisianians were \
surrounded by three hundred Federals, when they j
clubbed their guns and fought their way out. It
is impossible to particularize those who fought
thebiavest. Col. Carroll’# regiment were surpris
ed in such a manner that a portion of them had ,
uo time to get their arms, and were scattered dur
ing the fight, but did good service. Indeed, no- i
‘bmg ‘ojt nood hard fighting by all our troops ;
ga ned the day. Ail behaved bravely.
Lic it. tValton, ot the Fort Smith'r'fles, fell in
maki .g a charge, being in front of his meo, en
courag ug toeni on tbe enemy. Six of bis brave
soldiers fell close to him. One a little French
man bv the name of Heury Goodebeaux, had his
under jaw shot off, bv h grape shot, still fought
on, loading aud firing three or four times, till he
fell dead.
Mr. Minehart relates a great number of inci
dents tuat we cannot now give.
Col. Armstead, of this county, a contractor for
furnishing our army with beef, was killed in his
camp, whtn at breakfast, by a company of dra
tzouus. Several other among them his sou,
Walter, was witL him, but made their escape.
The Fort Smita ltiles appeared to have suffered
more than any other company, so far as heard
from. Myer Levy, and Goodebeaux were killed
and several others whose names we did uol learn.
Capt. Lewis’ coo;pauy of cavalry suffered con
siderably. Among the killed iu the company, we
j learn that ot Chas. \\ . Thornton, Esq., h lawyer
|or this place, ol Alabama. Wesley Clay, of
j this place, and John Beuge, a Cherokee. Clay
I va- not dead, but wouuded so badly that it was
Im possible tor him to live.
i Mr. Minehart says the surprise of our army
J va< effected by treachery. We will leave this
| matter, however, until further developments.
1 i’he 6t. Louis Republican has been furnished
with the following official report. It will be seen
i that the debris of Lyou’s army bad arrived with
; .n tight miles of Rolla, without GeD. Seigel. By
• some sort of hocus pocus he was superceded, and
I a mere Major took charge of th* retreating army.
It will also be seen that Capt. Totteu, of the ar
tillery, mistook Gen. Seigel for the rebels, and
j poured a destructive volley into his rauks, the
| Germans, ot course doing more fatal injury ihnn
. had been received in the bloody battle. Cci.
| Merritt retreated iu good order :
Rolla, Aug. 17. —T0-day it may be fairly said that
the army which was ia the battle near Springfield 1
has reached the terminus of its loug and tedious
march. The terminus, however, is not Rolla, as ;
was ut first expected, -but a place about eight
miles southwest of he;:, oo toe road to Spring
b id, where there is plenty ot water and other |
uciht;ea for lite. The distance is so short j
as to induce an almost continuous tide of travel |
between the c tmp uud the town, and the road for
miles is seen covered with horsemen, wagons,
buggies, uud pedestrians, making their way in or i
out. All the hotels and taverns in town are
crowded to ovei flowing. Among the guests are;
quite a large number of officers‘of the retreating
army, who have come into town to enjoy more
comfortable quarters than can be affordedrihem in j
camp. They aie not very talkative, but seem
fatigued from their long march and considerably ,
depressed by the unsatisfactory result of their |
heroic labors.
It has beeu generally j-upposed that General
Siegel conducted the whole retreat from Spring
field to Rods. But this is not so. Major Sturgis
is now in command The circumstances, us far
as 1 can ascertain, are as follows: Ou the morn
ing of the commencement'ot the retreat, Gen.
Sa-gei assumed command of the troops, all the
oil:tier# acquiescmg on the supposition that he
had received his commission as Brigadier Geuerai.
Ou the same day, by tue direction of Siegel, the
troops mmc ted some thirty miles. But on the
very next day he caused ti em to relax their puce
so as to march only mx mi:is. It was presumed
from this that it was hia nc ution to institute
another Carthage retreat, inviting the enemy to
come on, and dealing them blow after blow as he
went along It was, moreover, observed that
Siegel would assign the rear guard sen ice almost
exclusively to the regulars, then by causing them
much inconvenience, as they had to march at least
five miles behind the van, and could notg.tiutc
camp at night until twelve o’clock.
‘ihese two circumstances called forth much
complaint, it was agreed among the officers that
the troops could not, iu their present weakened
situation, afford to be drawn into another battle,
and-the practice# <rf Sigel m assigning regulars
to tbe rear guard service to be exclusion of the
volunteers, was construed into an undue pre
sere nee for die latter. The question next arose
whether Sigel h id received bis forma, commission
as Brigadier General, and, it bring found that be
had not. Major Sturgis assumed the command, by
right of his superior title, and conducted the re
treat for the remaining days.
Gen. Seigel had been ordered to take a position
south of Springfield, but instead of that seeing
that he could gain an advantage over the cnemv,
he pushed on further, uud came to a position
southwest. He was there mistaken by Captain
Totten lor the enemy, and received a disastrous
fire from him which, according to Siegel’s own
words, proved to him the most destructive fire he
received shat whole day. Major Sturgis, ns soon
as he saw tbe mistake, ordered Captain Totten to
desist, but the injury had been done, and the ill
feeling which had been created could not be ob
literated.
Nothing later has been heard of the movements
of tbe Confederate army. Capt. McFall, at the
head of a detachment of cavalry, will proceed to
Springfield to-day or to morrow with a flag of
truce, in order to* disinter the body of Gen. Lyon
and bring it to this place. lie will also request
? the Confederates to be allowed to take a list of
the wounded in the Springfic-Id Hospital. There
are now,in all from 9,000 to 10,000 troops in aud
about Rolla, including Major Sturgis consmaud.
Others are expected, aud bo soon us a sufficient
number has arrived, and all preparation for tbe
transput at ion ot baggage and camp stores, you
may expect a grand movement southward—a
movement which, it is hoped, will prove fatal to
the invaders of our soil.
From Cairo. —The Cairo correspondent of tbe
j Cincinnati Commercial, under date of the l&tu
instant-, says :
Cano is again *.!ire with excitement and all
I kinds ol rumors of an immediate attack ou Bird’s
I Point, Early on Monday tuorniDg, Orderly J.
: YV. Carson, of Chicago, with two of Lawler’s
j vaen, crowed over to Bird's Point, laid out ia the
I woods all night, aud went out oeyoud Charleston,
|on the day following, on a scouting ex [.edition,
i and captured three of the mounted enemy—oue
I known as “Black lla-.vk,” noted for driving Union
uieu from Price’s Lauding, Mo. Another proved
i to be a member ol the Mississippi artiHcry corps,
! under Pillow. They reported si scouting party
tbe enemy, oue hundred aud fifty ttrong, not
ver half u mile, perhaps not more than sixty
- ards distant from the spot whore thev were cap
tured. iu a thick piece of woods. The Missisaippi
an i> :u the hospital, aud the other two in the
! guard bouse.
Two scouts sent out by Col. Lawler three weeks
since, dressed iu citizens clothes, were takeu
prisoners ner Columbus, Ky., and sent dawu to
I Union City, uud there kept until Pil ow ad
van cod on ‘New Madrid, and set to work on the
entrenchments. On Saturday last, they were re
leased by order of Gen. Pillow, as they sav on the
ground that nothing could be proved against
them. They arrived here on Monday, and report
ed that Pillow had left New Madrid with his
whole force, on nine steamers. The knowing
ones surmise it was a feint on the part of Pillow
to give false infortnaUon. lutellligence reached
here yesterday that Pillow, after being abseut six
hours, returned to New Madrid with his entire
force.
Fifty cavalry, principally from Centralis, left
B id’s Point ou a scouting expedition Tuesday
night, proceeding towards Charleston, Early yes
; terday morning, beyond the latter point,* they
came upou a large body of rebel cavalry. Find
ing they wn-9 too strong, they retreated on # Char
lesrou, aud in passiog through tbe town, encoun
| tered a large force of rebel infantry, and bad to
c t their w. v through, four or five meu being
missing Lieut. Tutfes was in corarr-rad of the
expe :itidn Jeff. Thompson was reported iu
Charleston last night with 400 meu—l6o cavalry,
aud the balance lnhrairy.
It is the intention of”tbe rebels to fortify the
littie town of Sikestown, beyond Charleston.—
Two days since Pillow sent word to remove all
the women aud children. He has dug wells from
New Madrid to Charleston in order to supply
water for bis troops. His force is estimated at
17,000- A spy, or ratLc-r Umdn man, from Com
merce, came in yesterday, reporting rebel scout
ing parties all aloug from that point to Ptice’s
Landing. Tbe whole county tor twenty or thirty
miles around, is swarming with rebels, who are
getting more defiant daily, and who say Bird’s
Point will be cleared out.
By order of Geu. Fremont, some of the Illinois
regiments embarked this morning, for Hercu
lauearn, landing ou the Mississippi, and Iron
Mountain railroad,‘twenty-five miles below Bt.
Louis, to reinforce Col. Bland who is threatened
at Irouton, and probably also, Gen. Lyon’s com
mand. Gen. Prentiss, wbo was at St.’Louis last
night, will meet and take charge yf the expedi
tion—Col. Oglesby being in command at Cairo
aod Birds Point. Col. Lawler’s regiment
is at Bird’& Poiut. The guu boats Conestoga and
Lexington were ordered and arrived here from
Muuua City last night, aud will be held in readi
ness for actiou.
Another Yankee Steamer CArmiibz*—M lksb
MIaLER IN THj- MENAGERIE BoBINKSS.—Ctti tAID
Marsh Mill* 1 ’, of the steamer Grampus, has made
; another capture, which if Dot so valuable, is stil!
something of . feet. Eying at the Hickman
wharf, a day or two since, was a little show bout,
filled with stufled tigers, Rons, leopards, Luge
uuacoudas, wax figures and the like. On board
it was tbe habit of the proprietor to give select
enteriammeotb, which were termed Bbahpearean,
interspersed with select extracts from the u cork
opera.” The wardrobe ot ibeso ciu-ecant actors,
who “ played many parts,” w iK'on tne boat. It
happened that the Grampus, while out prospect
ing, stopped at Hickman, when the proprietor,
who thought money would accomplish almost
anything, offered to Gaptara Miller sow to
tow bis Tittle craft to Columbus, where he confi
dentially assured him he ahould manage to get
to Cairo. The bargain was concluded, tne money
paid, the showboat attached to tne Grampus aud
the two made for the middle of tbe river, in*
•stead, however, of keeping up the river, the two
were turned down stream. Tbe proprietor di
vined tbe movement, and immediateiv threw him
self overboard, aod swum ashore. The Grampus
and her prize kept on to New Madrid. Previous
to her arrival there, the boys had placed a lion
and a tiger (stuffed) on the
pile*, house Ot the Grampus, while tbe buvs on
noa-d arrayed tnemsolves in the Theatre clothes
and African habiliments found on the prize, pre”
senting to say tbe least of it, a grotesque appear
ance. The ssoo in money aud the prize were
turned over to Geu. Pillow, but reserving the
money, be presented the boat to Capt Miller,
who fastened her iu the rear of the wharfboat aud’ 1
he has gone into the menagerie business. For
one dime all the curiosities may be inspected, and !
the rush is said to be terrific. Ail that the enter- i
ta nment lacks a burdy gurdy, but this want is
in some measure supplied by a young darkey 1
who plays the d— ! on a drum.
Memphis Ataianchs , 2 Olh. j
Th*Confederate the
above Cairo.—TLo Louiavule Courier has the fob j
lowing special dispatch :
Paducah, Aug. 2o.— The Confederates
Major General Pillow, of Tennessee Lave erected I
a battery at Commerce, Mo., on the Mihsibsippi,
some ten miles oelow Cape Girardeau, having
complete command of the river, cutting off all i
communications with Cairo and Bird’s Point. Tee
Steamer Hannibal City, a large Keokuk packet, j
was fired luto and sunk, having between three
ad four hundred troops on boaru for Bird’s Point. ,
i U the people on the boat were captured.
Health of the Troofs at Peniaoola.—Ws ere
glad to learn that the geueral health of General
Bragg’s army is very good, a marked improve
meat in thi respect having occurred within the
past fortnight. The spirits of our brave soldiers
there are excellent. They only await the .Gene
ral’s order for a cbivalnc and, we hope, a success
ful demonstration against Fort Pickens. Two
schooners attached to the blockading fleet, went
aground in tbe late gale.— Montgomery Mail.
tUc ttHtih- a..s** Wfiiw:*ia
The Memphis Appeal ot the : 4th has tbe |bl-.
lowing:
Col. James Mclntosh, who commandpd the :
second Arkansas regiment of Mounted Riflemen !
at the battle or Oak Hill on the loth inst., arrived
iu tbe city on yesterday en route for Richmond,
bearing despatches from Gen. McCulloch to Presi
dent Davis.
The l elonel having left Springfield on the 14th S
inst., furnishes us some reliable information in j
reference to that victory, which corrects man? j
taDe impressions that are prevalent throughout ’
the country.
The force of the enemy engaged in ihe-conflict
he represents at between nine and ten thousand
strong, which we think is quite pr v bnbie, notwith
standing the statement of Gen. Fremont that thev
reached only eight thousand.
Our whole force under both McCulloch uud
x ruse, he positively asserts, was only 13 oo,j 0 ’
w hom 5,30!J were infantry, the remainder cavalry -
and at no time were more than B,oooof our trn.ml •
engaged in the fight oops j
The Missouri intantry fought gailactlr oulv a i
i e „d C iVh e,r v U ? lry tboWlu £ lhe white feather, i
aud, as the \uufcees say, makmg a • massterle r,
treat from tne held of conflict. 14117 re
Col. Mclntosh says that Gea. McCulloch's
command remained iu their position ou Wil
creek three or lour days before the ba'tle with
the view ol ascertaining the force of ttie ,
which was exceedingly difficult, a* the ’
within tbe viciuitv seemed to svtnpathii 9w ,,h°,hp
Hessiaus, and were very chary about givicg m
formation iu regard to army matter*, ofl tbe
same night that the attack was mar]*, by r v
our forces had received orders to march, but hav
iug no suitable cartridge boxes to protect their
ammunition from the rain which unexpectedly
camo upon them, they were forced to postpone
the movement. The impressiou amoug OQr of p.
cers seemed to be that the attack of the enemy
was more fortunate than otherwise, sineo in the
! event they had been ou tbe dt-leusive our loss
would have been obably double what ii was.
Col. Mclntosh thinks that the federal loss is
larger than what their accounts represent, aid
; states that be hiuiselt counted one hundred and
’ filly of their dead on the field the day after the
battle.
From ths detail# stated by him in reference to
this victory, we deem it, if possible, more glori
ous and complete than at first represented.
From the Western {Mo.) Argus.
RELIABLE ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE-r-LETTER FROM
COL. T. J. IH QBES.
On the morning of the ll'th, CK n. Lyon attacked
our encampment at break of day with 14,000 men
and eighteen pieces of artillery, having received
large reinforcements within the last tVw days.
The attack was made simultaneously at four dif
ferent paint#, Gen. Lyon ou the west, Siegel south,
Sturgis north, and Sweeney, i think, on the east. <
Our encampment was taken by surprise, but in
hot haste soon formed for battle. The forces en- \
gag-*d were about equal on each side, the Federals *
haviug the advantage in position aud heavy artil- j
levy The red harvest of death now commenced ‘
The caunouHdiug was most terrible, and the \
slaughter on both sides immense. In qui- k sue i
cessam i;.o ‘us s marshalled for the conflict and
bared their breast.-, t toe storm of battle. The j
Louisiana troops, the Ai kansas, the Texans and |
Missourians rivaled each other ou this great and !
bloody day. For six long hours the palm of vie- 1
tory remained updeciued. Seven times Lyon was
repulsed from the western Veights bv the Missouri ■
and Arkansas forces, and seven times regained
his positiou. He hud a strong fore of regulars j
pot ted w ith Totten’s battery around his person.
The Missouri troops at tht North, Louisiana!
troops at the Southeast and South, and Gen ,
Weightman’s brigade of Missouri forces* at the
Southwest, including his fine batt’ ty of artillery j
—having been victorious at each point—ru'lfed
to the heights on the West, to support Geu
| Slack’s division, which had borne the brunt ot
the light, up to that time, lor ‘ or 6 hours unsup
: ported. Geu# Price and .Slack were both active
ly and gallautly urging forward this column, Wheu
Gen. Slack was severely wounded and taken Irom
| ihe field. Gen. Price was lightly wOuuded also,
• but not disabled, lie continued to lead his wing
on to victory, and most gallantly.
Gen. YV eightuian now tiled Iris column ia on
the right oi my regim nt in Gen. Stuck'# division,
where he foil m *rtally won ; , near Totten’s
battery, covered ail over with w’ouuds. I receiv
ed his .**>'oid to keep it from the enemy. Mean
while, the enemy's batteries were captured by
the State ana Couferate force,,o and rout- it in every
direction, except on the heights West, where
Lyon commanded in person, and made his last
most desperate struggle. Geu. Parsons no v ad
vanced with his tour pieces, and poured a errific
tire into the enemy’s right, while Woodruff’s Ar
| kansa battery mowed down his left.
I At this point ot time Gen. McCulloch came up,
; and directed Slack’s division to charge TottorTs
batter * ir* front, aud the Arkansas troops to charge
|on the right. This was the most terrific storvi of
I grape an > mmketrp tvtr poor foot upon the ranks
| °.t an U American troops. On both tides the men
J were molted do an tik. the ripe harvest belve the
\ tickle. My own regiments was then deciminatcd,
| and Churchill’s aud Mclntosh’s Arkansas tegi
i rnedt’s suffered most severely. Here Goo. Lyon
was killed. Totten'# baucry drireu from the
heights, aud his whole force scattered in flight.—
This en the bloodp strife of that bloody day.
Never has a greater victory crowned the efforts of
I liberty and equal rights.
The best blood of the land hjis been poured out
to water afresh the Tree of Liberty. This is only
afsynopsis of the light—it is impossible to give
i you details It will require volumes to do it. It
i is sufficient to say that all the officer# and men on
i our side behaved most bravely, und fought like
j veterans. It is certain wo have gained a great
victory over the Federal troops The loss on our
side, as nearly as I can ascertain, is 200 killed and
400 wounded—some say,more The whole field
for miles i; literall y covered with the dead. That
of the enemy is 1,500 killed, and from 2,000 to
2,500 wounded. I have lest 142 iu killed and
wounded and missing, troui my command of 060
men.
We captured thirteen of the enemy’s beet can
non and all tbe accompanying carriages and
ammunition. Also, eome 400 prisoners, and sev
eral stand of colors, and a large quantity of good
arms. My regiment fought in that or the field
where Geu. Lyon was slain. This is a just reward
for the 3< r > women and children butchered by him
on the 10th of May, in t. Louis. I will fur
nish you a list of the killed and wounded us
soou as possible.
Respectfully, J. T. UnaKS.
P. 3.—We have lest u great number of our offi
cers. I will name some ot them i
Geu. Slack, severely wounded : Gen. Weight
man, killed ; Lieuteuaut Colonel Austin, killed;
Col. B. J Brown, of Ray, killed; Capt . Blackwood,
oi Carroll, killed; Capt. Euyard, of Rive’s regi
ment, killed; Lieutenant S. S. Hughes, my own
brother Captain Baiubridgo, of Canton, severe
ly wous-dea; Captain Thomas McCarty, of Clay,
reverely wounded, aud a great maiiy more.
About forty others of iny regiment, including
the Clay comity Battalion, have been buried ou
the buttle tieid. Arnos Stout, ot Clay, and R. 1).
Kelly and John Brooking, of Clinton, killed; and
James Porter ut.d Samuel Brooking, wounded,
and a great, many more whom I oauuot now men
tion. No belter men have ever shed their blood
or sacrificed their lives in the cause of liberty und
equal rights, ihau those w ho perished iu this great
contlict.
Geu. Lyon’s dead body was given up to bis
| chief surgeon. We have more prisoners than we
! know whut to do with. We cannot feed them.—
fbey have been treated woll, and all their siok
i aud wounded kindly caied tor;—their surgeons
were invited to come iu after tbeir defeat and at
j tend to the wounded, everywhere Pegging tor
’ help a;.d for water—-I have never before vvituess
cd Mich a heartrending scene—State, Federal, and
| Confederate troops in oue red ruin, blent ou the
| field enemies in life, in death friends, relea* iug
j each other’s sufferings.
J. T. H.
The Bt. Louis Republican has a war correspon-
I dent at Kolia, who, under date of Bund ay, the
I6th, basthe following information. It will bo
t tii >t the Seigie has bis commission ins Gene
-1 ral, but Ins exact whereabouts is not given. Maj.
I Sturgis, Lo*vevrr, the commanding officer, has
! agreed upon an exchange ol prisoners :
| I underhand that, so far as au exchange of
prisoners is concerned, M\ij. Han is has agreed to
| the arrangement’
The latest intelligence we have from Spring
-1 field, is by a gentleman named Mantbe, a resident
of this place, who left Springfield on Thursday
evening, lie reports the Confederates still iu anil
around that city, attending to.their wpunded, of
whom he sajs there is a vary large number. He
compares the city iu point oi’ general appearance
with Rolla, every street and aveuue swarming
with soldiers, and camps representing themselves
to the view on all sides. lie was put in juil, al
though not found with arms against the Confede
racy, and compelled to take the oath. They LOeu
N’t him free.
There is a rumor here (although I do not be
lieve it) that 6,000 of the Springfield Coufederate
army are on their way by forced marenes to Jef
ferson City, and expect to make short work of tbe
garrisons there established. It is likely that this
rumor originated from the fact that a night or
two ago, a uumber of Home Guard# in the coun
try west of here, were surprised by a party or
secessionists aod deprived of their guns.
Among the prisoners who will be exchanged,
are Cul. Jefferson, on the side of the Confeder
ates, end Lieut. Col. Albert, Dr. Haeuasler aud
Capt. Schaeffer, on the side of the United States
troop3. According to other accounts the last
named officer is dead.
The St. Louis Republican , of the 18th, has a
eard from Lieut. Col. Merritt who desires the pub
lic to know that his official report, which appear
ed in that paper, was not intended for the public
eye. The Republican had smuggled it in, and
made uu apology. The retreat was in good or
der,” but tuis brief admission is from the Holla
correspondent of the Dtmocrat :
1 am told by a Springfield geDtloman that tour
tons of grape shot were left in the furnace at that
place.
Owing to the haste in which we left town those
shot wfire left in posaessL uof the Rebels. Men
thought more of saviug their bacon.
Tux Ladies’ Soldier.! Hospital. —We paid a
!isit to this institution, aud found everything
“ueat at, a pin,” as we expected. The building is
h Urge one, and well adapted to the purpjMtos; it
is elegantly furnished, with a pointing alouo
to the comforts.of tbe sick soldier—the physicians
unremitting in their attentions to the oases under
their charge, and especially cl and we notice Dr.
Cbas. li. Green, v\ ho Lus r detached by Colcuel
Jacksou from the sih Georgia Regiment to assist
the principal physician in Lis labor*, and to whom
we are indebted for his kindness in showing us
the different cases, (among which were some
very interesting ones) jrad the conveniences
which were to be found all over the house. Tue
Doctor seems perfectly at home iu this position,
and we think it was a wise and good selection of
Col. Jackson’s.
Besides ail this, is the maternal s ile end earn
est solicitude of wumao, which in itself is a beai
ihg ‘‘balm” for auv disease. And here we may
remark that tne ladies of Pensacola have been as
arduous in their labors, and have accomplished
as much towards the alleviation of the sufferings
of the sick goldier, as any others within our newße
pub ic. Trulvc an the soldiers “worn with disease
look with impiicitc onffdence in her smiles, and
gratefully ao they thank Heaven4or being placed
under her benign care. With au euergy charac
teristic of tha eextthev baveg one to work and
tounded an institution worthy of the name. Too
much praise cauuot be bestowed upou tbe ladies
of this city f ortbeir noble aud patriotic e. w itavors
to provide for the wants of our soldier.-*, iD sickness
as well aa in health, and e predict for them a
britgb pag io future history.— Pensacola Ob’
server, 17 th.
The New York World, of Friday, makes this
mportant admission:
Considerable excitement was occasioned yes
terday among the troops encamped at Fort Ham
ilton in consequence of 150 of them having got
some lawyer to procure a habeas corpus, c j which
thev leave the army, on the plea that
Twiggs’ surrender released them from Govern
ment service. -Theda are two companies of the
Eighth Infantry, two of tbe First and throe of the
Third in camp. They surrendered to Van Dorn,
in Texas and swore not to serve against the
xiouth In answer to a aueatioa, as to their senti
mtots', oskod Why the War D p&nmeut, all but
25 of the 551- petitioned for their and sebargea, which
V f . e promised, but never giveo. Hence the
fMixal torisut. | ,
Mas. Pi&Ti.soios’s List —Ike goes for a so:
dier. Mrs. Partington makes a farewell address ;
[- Ike, my son, stand up while 1 dress you-hold
ir ooLnet and specks.”] “ telluw so!dier-It is
the abandoned duty of all to be patriarchal in
toese times, and to hand down unrepaired the
oloriou.flaa of all seoeding generations.
Ike commenced counting off the new fashioned
cheer, swinging ihe old bonnet up and down as
he went in, one, two, three—tiger ] ‘ March
hesitatingly into tie contented field, and if a rebel
and manes your quarters, xe-1 him you Lad but
three, and tbe last one is spent; then, if he won’t
quit aod leave, ‘quit jourselr like a man,’ and ,
may you have a glorious champaign of it.”
<£bnmuir ft’ Sentinel.
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AUGUSTA, GA..
WEDNESDAY MOIIMVU, AVG. SS, IS6I.
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OTTR TSHMS. —Single copies, $2 per annum;
three copies #5 ; six copies j 10; ten copies #ls. ;
Invariablv in advance. No name will be enter- i
ed on our subscription books unless the money
accompanies the order. The notes of ail specie j
paying banks taken at par. V c employ no
travelling agents.
WE ALW AYS stop the Chronicle A Senti
nel at the eudof the year, or the time for which
it is paid, of which each subscriber will receive j
notice in the paper, so that it you wish to con
tinue it, it would he wellto renew your subscrip
tion at least two w eeks before the tune expires.
Wfl CANNOT change the address of a sub
seriber unless b ‘ires us mer as well as
his present ad.lre.- -.
Sale of New Cotton. —The first bale 01 .-w
Cotton received in this city by J. M. Dte A Cos.
a few days since, was sold yesterday to a manu
factoring; company for 12 cents per pound, ihe
quality was Middling Fair.
We are indebted to a friend for the following
private dispatch from an officer of the Hussars.
PErfcR>BCEO, Aug. 21.
The Richmond Hussars arrived here last night,
all sate ami well. The company will remain in
Petersburg till Monday uext.
Death of a Member of the Oglethorpe Infan
: try.—We are pained to record the death of Wil
i ua:j J. Miller, of this city, au esteemed member
! of the Oglethorpe,lnfantry. He died this (Thurs
! Jay) i nin-„ about 5 o’clock* His disease (ty-
I nh ‘id pneu'nioiiiai was contracted bv the exposures
1 and hardships sod*;, .-ed ui Western Virginia. He
was a good , soldier and a most worthy young
man. Peace to his ashes.
The funeral, as will be seen by the notice else
where, takes place to-morrow (Friday) morning,
at 0 o’clock.
Funeral oi Wm. J. Miller.—The funeral ob
sequies this morning over the remains of William
J. Miller, a member of the Oglethorpe Infantry,
who died yesterday, were solemn and impressive.
Company B. of the Oglethorps formed tho guard
of escort, while a large number of friends of the
deceased, in cun .ages, joined in the procession.
Episcopal R: <ignation.— The I’ight Re v. Dr
Lay, Missionary Bishop of the South-west has
reML, id his jurisdiction, and given official notice
of that tac’- to the Presiding Ilishop of the Protest
taut Episcopal Church iu the United States.
——uSi -
Tins Peaches. — V. press of other engagements
h;-o prevented acknowledging the receipt
of a barrel of tine peaches from our friend M. E
Mclntosh, of West Point, for which he has our
most since , j thanks. They were very fine, the
only difficulty was-that our friend sent too many,
as they were bruised and mashed by their own
weight. Hut those that wore not injured, showed
that hi.-s orchard produces as fine fruit as any we
have seen.
Dn. Joseph Hatton, of this city, we tire pleased
to learn ht.s received tho appointment of Assist
ant Surgeon in T. R. It. Cobb’s Legion, and will
leave for Virginia in a tew days.
Prices of Augusta Factory Goods. —There
has been an advance of %c. in sheetings, shillings
and drills at the Augusta Factory. We now quote
as foHows :
4-4 Brown Sheetings 10
“ Shirtings Sj^
“ “ Drills 10)*
No. 2 (7 oz.) Osnaburgs 11
No. 1 (8 oz.) “ 11V
Detachments for the following companies passed
through here this morning: Echols Guards, Jack,
son Blues, Butler Vanguards, Crawford Grays,
Jackson Avengers, Opelika Volunteers, Whites
ville Guards.
Recruits for that splendid corps, the Baldwin
Blues, passed through last night.
Detachments of tho Sumter Flying Artillery,
Houston Volunteers, Panola Guards, <fco., passed
through Augusta this morning.
Military. —Last night, 21 men for the Gobb
Infantry passed through the city, and this morn
ing,,sß meu for the Seventh Regiment Georgia
Volunteers.
J. W. Hill offers to collect the tax ot Cobb,
county lor 1802, and devote his profits arising
therefrom to the support of the famile9 of soldiers
“Jones Guards.” — A company under this title
is being organized in Burke county, with John J.
Jones as Captuin, Alpueus M. Rodgers Ist Lieu
tenant, Hour. E J. Thompson 2d do., Valentine
Fulcher Ensigu. The “Jones Guards” are in
tended for State defence.
The Macon Citizen says the night passenger
train to Atlanta hrs been diftoontinued. Persons
hereafter wishing to go to that place wi; ’ ‘ )k- ‘he
train at 10 o'clock, A. M.
Worthy of Note. —The female servants of
Huntsville, Al&bamu, have determined to send a
pair of socks to each member of Cupl. G. B. Mas
tine’s company, the Huntsville Guards, as their
offering to provide for the comfort of their young
masters.- The feeling of affection which prompts
this is of far more value than tho gift.
Loss of tub Privateer Jeff. Davis —Safety
or ner Crew \nd Armament.—A letter received
in [Savannah by the Portuguese vice consul, from
Fernandina, dated Aug. 21st, states as follows:
“The crew of the privateer Jeff. Davis, arrived
bore from St. Augustine this afternoon. They
state that on Sunday morning the Jeff. Davis in
trying to get into St. Augustine, struck on the
Bar, and was lost. All the guns with the excep
tion of two small ones were swred.”
The books of the Georgia Railroad show that
from the Ist of July to the 13tb inst., there \vefre
shipped over the Road 1C,294 Watermelons, viz
To Atlanta 15,215
“ A-hens 338
“ Rome 310
“ Crawfordville lift
“ Covmgton 106
“ M arietta SO
“ Stone Mountain 90
“ Madison S6
“ Union Point 8
“ Thomson 5
Total 16,294
•The number of Watermelons shipped to Atlanta
and intermediate points, tor about the same pe
riod last year, was 25,731. Decrease 9,137.
Mr. Jere 13. Clemens, of Alabama, has been ap
pointed to the Confederate States Marshalship of
the District of Tennessee. The States under the
present Provisional Government constitute single
Judicial Districts.
Georgia Institution for she Deaf and Dumb.—
The next session of the Georgia Institution lor
the deaf and dumb, located lit Cave Spring, Floyd
county, will commence on the first Wednesday in
September. It is very desirable that pupils should
be prompt in their attendance at the opening of
the school.
All communications should be addressed to
Wm. D. Cooke,
Principal.
Good for Walton County. —An attentive cor
respondent at Social Circle writes us that the fifth
oompany has just been organized in Walton coun
ty, with the following offiers:
Captain—H. L. Williams.
Ist Lieut.—J. M. Mitchell,
2d “ J. W. Gibßs,
3d “ J. Cox.
Orderly Sarg’t.—M. Simms,
2d “ S. Hester,
gd “ J. F. Williams,
4th “ W. Stewart.
Match Making. —We don’t mean those matches
which are (said to be) made in Lucifer
•matches. The Norfold Day B*x>k says that Capt.
Fitzgerald, of that city, has completed arrange
ments for manufacturing these indispensable arti
cles, aud will furnish them to the trade at reason
able rates.
Salt in the Kanawha Vallet.— The Richmond
Dispatch thinks, and wisely too, that the Kana
wha Valley in Western Virginia is worth a cost
ly military expedition to regain possession of,
from the fact that the deficiency of salt to supply j
the South can be obtained in that region. The j
production of salt from the Kanawha Salines !
heretofore has been about 2,500,000 bushels a
year. With such an amount obtained, ourwauts ;
would at once be relieved. A descent on Rosen- j
crantz for this object alone is worth considering, j
If the Federal General’s water has been cut off, j
as the telegraph informs us, let us include in it
the Saline Springs of the Kanawha, aud then
nothing can save him.
The Vicksburg Whig says that nearly every
lady, old and young, in Wirren oouuty is basily
engaged knittieg fo the soldiers-aud that
the result of their labor will soon be collected to
getber-and sent on to the army. Tne worthy ex
ample should be followed in every oounty, city
sod town throughout the South.
Opening of the Amazon. —The Peruvian Gov
ernment has commenced operations for opening
the navigation of the Amazon, by sending a com
mission to Great Britain, consisting of eleven per
sons. These men are to superintendent the
building of vessels for the expedition. Peru has
also ordered, an iron plated vessel for her navy.
Notable Literary Enterprise.—James N. Ells,
the Literary Editor of the Field d • Fireside , has
in progress & literary scheme which deserves the
warmest encouragement from the Southern peo
ple. It is the compilation of a beautiful volume,
bound in blue and gold, illustrated by one of our
best Southern artists, and will contain Poems,
Essayß, Tales, Sketches, <fcc., by the ablest South
ern writers. Many of the articles for this book
have never yet seen the light, but are acknowl
edged by those capable cf judging, to be of su
perior literay excellence. It is intended to make
this work the first of a senes of annuals,
welcome t every Boutbern home. It is to be
called the “Fireside Offering,” and the proceeds
of this initial volume after paying the expense of
publication, will be donated to tbe Hospital Fund.
The enterprise deserves the highest sucoees.
The Richmond correspondent of th n Southern
Confederacy Bays the Georgia delegation in Con- j
gress has recommended Judge Cabiness of Mon- !
roe county for the office of Chief Collector under I
the War Tax bill.
• &
To o*4. uituti matters wear u uao*' lavorabie ah
p&ct for the Confederate State*, thau they have
ever hitherto. In the first place, we are now as
sured, almost beyond peradventure, ot au abun
dant harvest, not only o r food crops, but ot cotton
and tobacco too. N jxt, we have met the enemy
in two great battles, and have shown our superior- j
itv on the field, in both men and officers, as we i
have always sh'own superiority in the Cabinet and
the Senate- And lastly, tve have every prospect
of an early recognition by the European nations,
as a member of the family of nations, and of the
blockade of our ports being forced by England,
and probably by France Do.
We ought not to be over-sanguine of success, at
least not to such a degree as to put us off our
guard in any respect, or to relax any of cur cf
forts at independence. And we do not believe
there is any dauger that our Government cau be
come so coufideut, as to relax its euergies in the
slightest. On the coutrary, for thirty days past
more work has beeu done, and of the right sort,
tbau in any other thirty days since the war began.
Our army is large in numbers, well-appointed,
well-officered, entburastic in devotion to the
Government, and to tho great Captains at tho ar
mv’s head, aud eager to be led on to victory once
again. As rapidly as possible all tho necessary
appliances for an army of occupation, are being
organized ; and the country and the world stands
expectant of the final great struggle, now not far
ahead,’ which shall determine for all time, the
rights, the character, the capacity and the rank
of these Confederate Stales of America.
Along the Virginia bank of the Potomac is con
gregating Beauregard's and Johnston’s great
army, the conquorots at Manassas, with tens of
thousands more ot brave aud ardent Southerners,
whose only regret is, that they were not present
on the 21st Juiy, aud whose chiel and burning
aspiration is to get at the enemy. Day by day, as
a steady wail cf steel, the army of the Potomac is
pressing forward, slowly forward, towards the
beleagured capital of the enemy. In the far West,
McCulloch has beaten and routed the enetny, and
while he aud Hardee advance their victorious
banner, the enemy, under the explorer of the
Rocky Mountains, crouch and cower iu St. Louis,
the key-city of the vast and fertile empire of Mis
souri. Beyond the Alleghanies, the gallant Lee
and Wise, and their comrades in arms, with an
army of uo small numbers, are moving forward
to retrieve the disaster of Rich Mountain and Car
riers Ford, to avenge tho death of Garnett, and
to drive from Virginia the last vesiage of the in
vaders aud the Tories. And Magrudkr, from the
best accounts, is making ready for hot work and
decisive work on the Peninsula, involving peihaps
the storming of Fortress Monroe. Andwhile these
military matters thus progress, the Government
rests upon the assured confidence and whole af
iections of a united, loyal, determined, unconquer
able people, ready to make any sacrifice, and pro
pared for any and every fate—except submission
to the enemy, or anion with a besotted, despised,
loathsome race.
Thus South—but how North ? A demoralized
army, casting about in the wild night of discom
fiture for a leader, au impotent, usurping and un
faithful Government, a wrangling, discordant
populace, a venal, debased press, houndiug on the
Government, and breathing threatening and
slaughter for us, the lenders ravenous for place
and pelf, the people maddened, but still down
trodden and threatened, commerce almost'at an
end, manufactories stopped, labor without de
mand, capital finding no safe employment, the
finances disordered, a monetary crash in the near
distance, socialism and agrarianism proclaiming
themselves, mobs breeding, winter coming on
apacp, and even starvation, gaunt and grimed,
conjuring pictures in the broad daylight, and
slinking, wet aud draggled in the night dews,
around palace and prison. And still no restored
Union, no rebellion crushed, no Government saved;
but an increased cry for peace among the serious
and thoughful, ami a steady and rapid opening of
•the eyes of all, to a knowledge of the great mis
take of underrating our unity, onr courage, our
strength.
And now the bitter pill, that the battle of Mu
nassas has forced our recognition by foreign na
lions, according to the law which compels all
nations to recognize i an independent govern
ment those who prove.their ability to defend
themselves and to maintain their rightful authority.
We presume there can be no doubt that France
aud England, since the news of Manassas, have
determined to recognize us, and to receive and
treat with our Ambassadors. Tbe rumor of the
London Herald, iu legard to tho Emperor’s deter
mination is doubtless true, and England will not
be behind France, but will rather unite with her.
The declaration of Palmerston that the entrance
of any duty-paying—i. o. commercial—vessel
ioto a blockaded port, wipes out the blockade,
and that when the blockading power lets in a ves
sel the right to blockade is surrendered, r iaj be
construed into a conditional declaration of war
against the United States. For it cau.not be de
nied that vessels carrying cargoes, have, in many
cases, successfully run the blockade, and this is
admitted even by the whole war press of the
North. Os course then this declaration is plainly
that England will not regard the blockade, for the
reason that it is not effectual, and therefore no
blockade in fact, but merely on paper, and that if
the United States attempt force against Euglish
commercial vessels, it will be at its own peril.
Alas, poor, helpless, blind, demented United
States ; how arrogant and yet how impotent. If
there be any reason left among her rulers, the
best thing they can do is to make peace with us
on any terms they can get, and aa speedily as pon
siblc, and thus try to save something from the
awful and inevitable wreck.
Th© Hank* and (he Crisis.
For nearly four years past it has been consider
ed in Georgia, a pretty got>d—almost a sure—oard
to wiu popular favor, to denounce the Banks.
Our present Governor owes much of his popular
ity to his position, before the. people, in opposition
to Bunks, arid whet has been ignorantly, if noj,
vindictively, sneered at as Bunk influences. And
there is even now, we are sorry to say, a slight^
| a very slight teudency in certain quarters, to pan
j der to former popular ieelings on this subject
j But we think that those who incline in this direc
: tioD, must, upon full reflection, übaudon the idea.
! as both wrong in itself, and at the same time as
j bolding out small promise of pay in the way ol
I votes.
All classes and conditions of our people have
vied with each other in tbeir geuerous effoitsto
sustain the new Government in its infancy, and
when it must have been weak, but for tho united
j popular support. From the towns and villages
jand the country, citizens have rushed to oi”er
! their services in camp and field. The women
I have everywhere, not only by words of cheer and
i encouragement, rolled on the ball of indepen
| denoe, but they have given their ineaus, their
I time and their services, to clothe the soldier and
to minister to him when sick or wounded. And
the people generally have been lavish of tbeir
means, so far as available.
But it is well known that the mass of our peo
ple do not have during the spring and summer,
much available means for the support of govern
ment, and less th’n year than usual, because last
year the money crop—ootton —wus short, while
provisions were scarce and high, and still these
must be first provided. The private money-lend
ers, too, were in bad condition to aid Government
largely, (although there are many millions of
money loaned constantly by them,) because tbeir
loans are frequently on long time, and they conld
not have called in their means, if they wished,
during this past spring and the present summer.
And while the rich, great producing cluss have
tendered crops growing, and private money lend
ers have aided by agreeing to take bonds in pay
ment of debts, or to convert their mcucy, when
collected, into bonds, yet tho burden of furnishing
promptly the funds absolutely necessary to Gov
ernment, has fallen almost entirely upon the
Banks, and those with whom they deal largely.
Yes the Banks, those soulless, heartless corpora
tions, as so many are accustomed to consider
them, have mainly furnished the sinews of war,
so far, for our new Government
It may be said that interest, as much as patriot
ism, baa influenced the Banks, but it would be an
unjust aspersion. Os course it is the interest of
| the Banks that the Government should he a suc
cess, and be firmly established upon an impregna
ble basis, because their profits depend upon tho
steady, regular current of prosperous business.—
Bat is it any more the interest of Bafaksand Bank
ers, than of every individual, that we should ac
complish our design ? Sorely not : and therefore
it were just as reasonable to question the patriot
ism of the planter or the soldier, as of the Banks.
We hope therefore that we have heard ;bo last,
at least for years, of attacks on Banks, ‘.by those
who seek only political aggrandizement by sneb
attacks. Not only bave-the Banka done their du
ty folly and nobly by the Confederate Govern
ment, but our Georgia Bank Lave stood up man
fully to our State Government, and furniehed
means to Gov. Brown to prosecute the war.
Cotton Socks for the Armt.—A local corres
pondent of the Nashville Union, who says be has
worn in Winter for five years, a coarse cotton
sock, pronounces it for oomfoit, warmth and econ
omy unequaled by the “yarn” dr the “woolen
sock.” He says it is proven by experiment, that
the best and cheapest sock for our soldie a is the
cottoo, prftv ; ded they are made of coarse, loose
yams, and twisted three ply soft. The supply of
wool is likely to fall short, and if cotton will an
swer all the purposes of the woolen, we can from
the abundance of cotton easily supply our forces.
Substitute for Flannel Shirts.— The Savannah
Republican says “The stocK of flannel having
been pretty well exhausted in the Southern mar
kets, we will be doing the public, and especially
our brave soidieas, a service in pointing to a com
plete and cheap substitute, f not a better article,
for the purposes to which flannel is usually
applied. A physician of high reputation informs
us that under-shirts made of common, coarse
Georgia Osnuburgs afford even greater protection
against exposure than flannel, and are far prefer
able in rheumatic and other similar affections.
Apart from his theory, we know several gentle
men who have been wearing tnem for years, even
in summer, in preference to flannel, aDd they ex
press a perfect satisfaction with the result.
“ Would it not be well to bear this fact in mind
while we are making up clothiDg for the army?
Financial.—The New York stook market was
very heavy on ‘ onday, Dearly all the s.-*curities
offering a decline. Virginia A'* fell off %
Saturday’s prices, selling st 54% ; Mtseouri B,s 1
per c.nt., at 42; Tennesssee 6’ 1, at 42; North
Carolina fl’a 1%, at 64%.
*•* #luuuo4*i iA4 (I**, U i*r’lni
W publish this morning th© itw bill recently
passed, unanimously it is said, by tho Confederate
Congress. The reader will seo that the plan is
that recommouded by a correspondent of ours
some weeks since ; aud such as it is, it is the best
measure which the wisdom of our Congress could
originate. Whether it is the best that might
have been enacted, may well be a question, but
we feel little inclination to discuss it, as the bill is
notv a law, and if it be defective, thd detects cau
not be remedied, not at least till the next session
of Congress ; and while we may all eutertain one
peculiar opinion, it may well be doubted whether
any of us could frame a better law. The Con
j gross had belter means of information as to for
eign feeling, and the probabilities of foreign action,
; than are vouchsafed to the public, aud in its
j wisdom it has arranged its financial policy with
| out any apparent reference to the difficulties
1 which seem to surround the sale of our great
crop?, and without any effort to make use of cot
ton as the grat lever which in the opinion of many
i ot us, was if rightly aud sternly used to remove
’ blockades, to secure our recognition, and finally
j to conquer a peace. The Congreai, perhaps did
well—knowing more than we know—perhaps it
did not.
Tho law under consideration makes provision
for the creatiou of a public debt of rather an in
definite amount. Treasury notes, bearing no in*
teiest, payable six months .-if er peace, may be
issued to an amount not exceeding a hundred
millions, and eight per cent. Bouds also, to the
same amount, the latter being designed for the
purpose of funding these Treasury notes, and also
for the purchase of specie, military aud naval
stores, aud n exchange for the nett proceeds
arising from the produce loan. The Treasury
notes are receivable for all Government dues, e.\-
oqpi the export cotton duty, aud receivable also
as nett proceeds—in place of specie or hank bills
—for the cotton, Ac., subscribed to the loan.
Treasury notea can not come into the hernia of a
pers n who may be supposed desirous of buying
subscribed cotton, until the Government has first
received their par vulue in gold or bilis, aud the
suppositious buyer has parted with suoh gold or
bills—except that tho latter may buy them trom a
suffer at a depreciation, aud will have the goad ot
interest always pushing him to secure such depre
ciation in tho hands of holders. Ana whether he
gets them at par or 1e99, the option of paying for
subscribed cotton in Treasury notes, is a small
inducement to any mau to buy, unless lie has
good prospect of selling again in a foreign mar
ket, except ho can buy the notes at a very great
discount.
Further, this law makes tho hazardous experi
ment of a direct tax for war purposes, or for tbe
purpose of providing for interest on tho public
debt, and for paying the debt, although it looks to
only one year’s operation, The tax imposed is not
very burdensome, being only one-half of one per
cent, or fifty cents on the hundred dollars worth
of assessed value of real estate, slaves, merchan
dise, stocks, money at interest, gold aud silver
watches, {date, pianos aud carriages, excepting
the property of- those who do not own SSOO worth.
The Constitution require, direct taxes vO be ap
portioned according to representative numbers,
and not according to Assessor’s valuations, and
no enumeration of *aid population has yet been
made, as the Constitution* requires to be # dono
within three years. Merchandize is explained to
mean goods, wares, Ac., kept for sale, ea-rept agri
cultural produce, and cotton, mules aud horses
are explained to mean such as are reared for sale
solely 4 whereas section four does not enumerate
any such property as subject to taxation at all.—
In case of a real estate owner failing or refusing
to pay his tax, said real estate ia to be sold by tho
Collector, Marshal, or other authorized person,
but, as the equity of redemption does not ex
pire for two years, no deed can be mode by tho
person effecting the sale, and within that time
the term of office of the Collector or his deputy
will have expired, so that uo deed can be made,
except the sale were effected by a Marshall, and
not a Collector or deputy. But these are mere
slight defects aud in accuracies, of haste pel haps
or misprinting.
We have said tho tax is not very burdensome,
nor ia it, if matters were but iu their usual condi-
and business prosperous. The people uever
were,, aud never will be, more willing to pny
taxes, nor A* able. And that Congress, knowing
their condition, has nevertheless determined to
pass this direct tax act, shows either a great blun- ‘
der, or else that Congress had the most sanguine
expectation, based, we hope, on thorough infor
mation, that, before the paymept falls due in May,
our country will be recognized by the whole
world, peace made, and every branch af business
filled with new life and vigor. We trust tbe
future will disclose their correct discernment, and
we believe it will, and that the war will he ended
before January. But this is only opinion. The
fact is, that comparatively light aa this war tax
is, it will be very hard to bear, if before next May
trade in cotton is not active, and peace not ma e.
We of Georgia have long rejoiced at the ex
ceeding lightness of our State and county tuxes—
not usually more together than ten or twelve
centn on the hundred dollars—though city taxes
are enormous. But Gov. Brown has announced
the State tax this year at ten a ;d a half centß,
instead of six and u half last year, and the coun
ty tuxes will run the sum up to at least tweuty,
as nearly all the counties have rnudo largo appro
priations f.r the benefit of their soldiers and their
families. Aud the people, by private subscrip
tion, bavo taxed themselves voluntarily to quite
a largo amount. But givj us a foreign market
for our cotton, sugar, rice, tobacco, naval stores
and lumber, give us peace, and Georgia can easily
pay her two and a half millions of the war tax, iu
addition to hej million or more for State and
county purposes, and the large bat unknown
amount of patriotic voluntary contributions.
Georgia will produce twenty-five millions of dol
lars’ worth of cotton this year, and enough to
feed her people besides. But if cotton cau’t be
sold, so neither can merchandise, lands nor ne
groes, nor debts collected, and it will be the
hardest sort of work to get two and a half mil
lions of dollars ottt of us in this direct way. But
we entertain.the strongest hope that ere many
months the wheels of commerce will begin to
move in happy accord, and that the wu* tax will
be lighter than a gossamer to our free, great, re
joicing, happy, contented country.
Cavil aud Credit.
Experience is the best teacher, though often
the costliest. We can never, however, learn
everything that should be known, because mau is
continually progressive, aud the knowledge of
this generation may be foolishness to the next.
But surely thi3 generation has learned many
things by which it may profit if it will, and leave
the next to enjoy the good effects of many changes
which experience should teach us to make. We
have begun anew Government, somewhat chang
ed, but not greatly, from the old, and in all re
spects for the better. Prudence and wisdom dic
tate that only the sternest necessity should force
sudden, violent and great changes, in Govern
ment, or in society. The nature of our late Gov
ernment influenced to a great extent the oharac
ter of the people, aud as the character of the peo
ple changed, it had a reactionary effect on Gov
ernment. We need mauy reforms yet, under our
new Government, not so much in Government
as in society, habits and customs.’ We .can and
we ought to change in very many respects for the
better.
There are many reforms which time should
slowly evolve for us, before we reach the highest
type of human excellence and rational happiness.
The people make the Government, wc may say,
and still the Government in a great degree in
fluences the character and habits of the people.—
If the people be just what they should be, so
will the Government be too, and in fact, no Gov
ernment would bo needed in that event. Aud
while no man hopes that the people Will ever be
what they ought, wo ought to use tho moans for
progressive i r.provement, as shown us by the
past. We ought to examine our many defects of
national character and custom, and remedy them
as we cau.
Am ng tbe many reforms needed, and which
the times seeffi ripe for, is tho almost universal
custom of doing business on a credit. This is a
matter that affects a!!, as individuals, and tbe
system has had tbe effect of impressing peculiari
ties on us as a people, which have necessarily in
fluenced to some degree both people and Govern
ment. The nuequalled facilities lor running in
debt, heretofore afforded, constitute a great evil,
and call loudly for a change. America, as a new
country, has lacked capital, and therefore, credit
has been a necessity. And for the future credits
will be necessary in tbe transaction of large
business. That can not bo remedied, nor is it
essential. Many capable men in our country, of
-mall means, have found a great advantage in tbe
credit system, and thus tbeir business qualifica
tions have bad opportunity for development,
which otherwise might have been useless. But
where credit has made the fortune of cue it baa
ruined perhaps fifty.
While it is not expected that large transactions
-an be suAaged ou the strict oaab basis, there
seems to us no good reason why the ordinary,
every-day transactions of every family should not
he for cash only. Within a few months, many
business men Lave adopted tbe cash system, and
we hope they have no reason to desire to abandon
it. It is best for both buyer and seller. The
custom of crediting necessarily supposes bad
debts and losses, aud to guurd against these losses
as far as possible, the seller is compelled to charge
bis prompt customer more than he ought to pay,
in order to Bcreen the unfortunate and the dis
honest. Even then, the seller can not always
uiske the extra profits cover the losses, while to
the paying purchaser, all be pays over what would,
hut for thik system, be a fair price, is a complete
loss.
In addition, it is an injury to the seller, for the
reason that he requires more capital than he
otherwise would, and very frequently induces
such a reckless and loose way of doing business,
and such extravagant living, as must certainly
end iu bankruptcy, for the very reason that he
can not know what be is making, or whuc is his
income. Besides tbe injurious effect, on the seller,
and the injustice * dote tha honest buyer by extra
charges to cover risks, tbe buyer is also injured
by tbe inevitable tendency of the credit L/jtem to
beget extravagance. Among the many infections
we have caught by association with the North, as
seen in their great cities, is the habit of extrava
gance, or fast living, show and vulgar display. Ex
travagaoce comes very easily, and ought‘to be
guarded against. Many families now spend fifty
per cent more annually than they ought, first be
cause, on acoount of oredit tbey arfe charged
more than they ought to pay, and secondly be
cause tuev buy more on a credit than they would
if compelled to pay eaak.
IL'eat* ofvi o l eace fur difference oi
but tend to exasperation 4nJ bjtt(;rDB((B( Bud to
proved l llir, ' Ban animosities when have
mav her Breatest bane to °r country. Force
ripens ‘nT* ”* ce “ r y. but only whose opinion
armed h °pr ° f a treaßona ble character, in
the ma :^ S ’ U ’^ 8 t 0 tbe ® over nment deerted by
known thT’, ,fga " y Rnd institutionally. It is
Fast T enr “ proportion of the voters of
Seals on r, C hBVe * mUII >*. with a
Union w v “ stlon lo l ’ ,e miserable i<Ua, called
that people 6 were*bl"nd b d eHe 7 dthattbC mß '"’ °‘
leaders bv th .5 Qded and m, gviided by their
of opinion L ‘ u, ' n Partisan feelings, by pride
of opinion, aud by an instinctive Jr t of resis
tance,,, every thing which as„„ned the character
u ~0,0 ,7 ; r ‘!; at if Bl,oWed 8 breathing spell
a tune to cool and reflect, and relieved of the
pressure of exasperation induced by taunts and
menaces, they would awake to tbeir of loyal
ty•and fidelity to the Government r.. , ed and
a. opted by an overwhelming major v of the
State aud to tbeir Mrrrtf iu giving a cheerfu
, aud honest übi-dicru'e to tbe Confederate a or ,t
. The question of the Confederate Con- mo
having been fairly aud freely and tullv su ;
to a ballot of tbe wholt p-opU of Tennessee, t.''.
could no longer be any excuse for any portion e
her citizens *o refuse obedience, explicit and ua
conditional, to the Confederate Government, afu v
the ratification of tbe Constitution by a majority
vote, except they hod determined to make tbe
issue ot tore,?, and abide its results. Previous to
; toe election of ibo Ist of August, the people were
j allowed the largest liberty of opinion and of action,
which, degenerating into great acrimony, throat
ened serious consequences. After that election
‘he majority was so large as to justify much mag
nnunuity and forbearance, and these have had a
most salutary effect. Os course there are evil-dts
posed persons on both sides, filled with anger and
| hatred, ready to stir men to bicod, if their own
carcasses could bo made sale; but, generally
speaking, there has been a spirit of tnacnanluiity
on one sido, and of awakened loyalty on the
other, worthy of much praise.
And the recent action of President D.wts, in
regard to the Hon. Taos. A. R. N elsov, tve cau
but consider as un aot calculated to produce the
happiest effect. The President is a just and fear
less man, but at the same time he is a wise, pru
j dent, considerate statesman. lie knows full well
j the feeling of the East Tennesseeans, and what
i has iurgeiy induced this leellng, and what ia the
j surest and safest management that, tno case de’
! mauds. And while he will not. hesitate to em
; ploy tho utmost rigor of puuiehmeut upon those
! who shall; shutting their eyes defiantly to tbeir
duty and their interests, provo themselves de
termined traitors, ho has set au example of for
i bcarauce and of moderation which will doubtless
; bring all who are not hardened malignants, to a
just appreciation of tbe paternal obaracter of the
Government, while he is equally prepared, it
driven to it, to display, iu au unmistakeablo mail
ner, the power of the Government to bring to
justice its avowed and persistent enemies, do
, mestic as well as foreign.
Tennessee is now happily rid of her vilest leud
’ ers and-worst enemies. Andukw .Johnson, Eth
j lunuE and Maynard are now in the housonohl ol
I the enemy, there to remain, we hope, while life
j lasts. It is a good riddance. Nelson is not such
( a man. The dogged obstinacy, which yields so
! gracelessly to throat aud reproach, is conquered
1 by the discreet conduct of the President, mid Mr.
I Nslson yields gracefully to the fairly and legally
j expressed will ot Tennessee. So also, it is re
j ported, with Ramons nud Bbownlow, and their
| example must tend most wonderfully to soften
’ the feelings of their friondß, and to make Tennes
see rapidly a unit in tho cause of the Confederacy.
Force oould havo produced tho same effect,
for the Government undoubtedly has the power
to crush opposition, but it is much wiser, much
easier, much less costly in blood and treasur, to
win bv kiudness, as the President has done, thau
by arms, whose wounds should seam aud sem
both body and soul.
Wo Rre indebted to the publishers, Messrs. Me.
I’mtusoN A Cos., Atlanta, for a neat pamphlet copy
of the Muster Roll of the late Brigade encamped
at Camp McDonald. It is gotten up liy Otto.
Wadsworth, C. E., who has also prepared a litb
ograph of the Camp—tho proceeds of the sale ot
the pamphlet und picture to bo devoted to the
equipment of a voluuteer compauy ; or, if not
needed for that, to toe “ Ludiea’ Soldiers’ Relief
Societies” of the several counties from which the
Brigade was called. We shall, by the aid of this
pamphlet, till ont our list of Georgia Volunteer
Regiments, Battalions and Companies.
Tlie Poor— A. Siiggcstlen.
In the stagnation of trade and business, and
the dearth ot employmint, uecossarily consequent
upon the existence of a state of war, there must
be, not a great many, but still some, who, <ie
priced of the usual source of duily income upon
which depends daily bread, must be left in u most
delicate and gulling condition. Our ladies, with
noble energy, and a zeal and devotion beyond all
praise, are exerting themselves to provide for the
comfort of our thousands aud tens of thousands
of brave soldiers. We never see their work, we
never hear of tneir labors, we never witness their
checringß, and their welcomes, and their waving
of ffags aR tho soldiers are passing on to Virginia,
but we feel that they hwm intfinctineiy that these
gallant men ale fighting, and preparing to light,
thtir battles, that they aro going forward to make,
if need be, a bulwark of their own bodies, t>,
keep back from their homes the bloody tide ol
battle, and ,the borrows worse than death that
follow in the train of Lincoln's vile soldiery, and
that therefore all sacrifices und labors in their
power are but a just return. We honor aud hie
them for it.
But we would suggest that possibly they might
do the same service to the soldier, and still do r.
worthy deed to the poor around them at home
Would it not be better for those who cau afford
it, instead of plying the needle themselves, to
give work to those who would gladly accept it, us
a means of supporting themselves aud cbildreu ‘
It may be said that we can and will take pare of
our poor and needy and unfortunate, and tbut is
true. But there may he some who find it inex
prossibly painful, even to contemplate the possi
bility of being supported by the public, or the
authorities, |nd who would joyfully accept the
chanceoflivmg independently aud honeelly by
tbeir own labor. To sueh us these would it not
be a great kindness, at once gentle, aud not
wounding to the pride or tho self-reliant charac
ter, to give much of the work, now done by those
whom we honor for their conduct, but who need
not do it at all, except just enough to show their
appreciation of tbe great cntiso f
We have a letter from a young friend, in the
Thomson Guards, McLawb* Regiment, dated Wii
liarasburg, Aug. 16th, which states that some of
tho company were sick, though the general health
of the company was better than it hail been.—
Capt. Johnston had been sick, but was improv
ing. The Thomsou Guards and five other com
panics of the Regiment, under command of M>
Weems, were ot the number who were ordered n
tho direction of Newport News, on the 6th. After
marching and counter-marching considerably,
our boys were put io position to receivo the ene
my near New Market Bridge, some five miles
from Newport News, but tbey were not attacked,
though all ready and anxious for a chance at the
Yankees. The Guards remained at Young’s
Mills for several days and returned to tbeir camp
at Williamsburg ou the 16th. Tbey were not a
part of tho force ordered to burn Hampton.
Tho North Georgia Times understands that Col.
Win. H. Stiles’ Regiment Is full. The coaipa
nies are to consist of not loss than 100 men each
In four days after bis return from Virginia, bo
received the tender of no less than twenty-fiva
companies.
Another Prize. —The St. Clair, captured ofl
Alvarado by the Jeff. Davis, has safely arrived
with her prize crew in a Southern port.
From Virginia.—A special despatch from
Lynchburg, dated tire 14th, to the Knoxville Reg
ister says • “ The army of the Northwest, under
Geo. Luring, at last accounts, was at Big Spring,
Pocahontas county. He has uow a large army
under bis command, and it slowly advancing
westward ; but in less than a week, will, without
doubt, reach Phiiiippa, en route for Clarksburg,
where Gen. Rosencraz it encamped.”
Gen. Zollicoffer has issued an order from his
headquarters at Knoxville announcing that be Is
authorized to receive into the service of the pro.
visonal army of the Confederate States, voluntee
infantry companies, to be formed in Lee and Scott
counties, Virginia, for the term of twelve months,
or during the war. The companies will be re
quired to furnish their own rifles, and are to be
employed in guarding tee mountain passes in and
on the borders of these counties and the county
of Wise, in Virginia.
The New York Tribune regards the statement of
Col. Heintzelman, that the Zouaves broke at tbe
first fire and never appeared again “as a regi
ment” as “most unfortunate.” On the contrary, ’
we think unfortunate for the;Lincola
army than the statement, though perhaps quite
fortunate for the Zouaves tbemselvea. The infer
nal rascality of the Lincoln press Is displayed too <
m tbe same article of the Tribune of the 15th, in*
that it clearly indea. rs to encite the Zouaves to
violence against the Times, by classing the Times*!
denunciation of them as cowards, along with a
similar denunciation in the Brooklyn Eagle, a
Democratic peace paper of tbe News, Day Book, and
Freeman's Journal school. But any th ug now
we suppose to keep the wolf —the mob— from it&
own door.
Sale of SouthernTstocks"at tub New York
Stock Exchange.—We take the follow'ng from i
the Herald's account of the sales at the New’ \ ovk l
Stock Exchange on the 15th : Tennessee Sixes ot
‘9O, 46 ; Virginia Sixes 5 b% ; Georgia do., 70;
North Carolina do., 06 ; Missouri do., 44 ; Ijouisi
ana do., 64%. _ _ _
Col. Colquitt, o^^Jeoro a. — An officer at
Yorktown, in a letter to tbe editor of the Rich
mond Dispitch, speaks io high terms of the worth
of Col. Colquitt, of Georgia. He oaya : “Our
recent march to tbe vicinity of Newport News
and Hampton brought us into sooial and official
intercourse with this officer. He was iu immediate
command of the troops that moved from York
towu, and by his courteous manners and manly
beariog oommaoded tbe respect, of all. He is
singularly free from the pretensions aod sell con
sequence of commanding officers, yet he exhibits
decision and fii mnesß. Being second in command
to General Magruder, we felt that if aocident or
misfortune should deprive us ol the bravo and I
gallant General, we should not be left without an I
efficient leader. If the troops have a choice, I
higher honors await him.”