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£ Smthd.l ?ieutr>Ani .Nort#>rci Sourc*** From UAumort paper# of Tuesday, we take . 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. \J _ ________ AUGUSTA, GA.. WEDNESDAY MOIIMVU, AVG. SS, IS6I. —-w i ... “ .-1"~ 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.”