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iiY W. S. JONES. TERMS. 'iaJti <* kihKLY 0 »!•; . JL’r> A, HENTITMfcL R jruoii>;.»cd Em*/ TyEmm*, AT il’ r ; ;». ) rtn jLii h M - A¥-> IN ADVANCE. ,r VV> t j> Advertlac meat*. - Wviklr it-so t*' Smtcui. Jfor. •'.«■, fa; per line for the fir*' nlw ctr.s ;.udi- He 5.:. .'</** -> " rvtaits, fs« t ~<« ric.r no. ■ : K in: c.v W*c.ves;>aT.—We have pucr—d '.’. ‘b»e* ft"; ’n-foef Wcd.-ei’ adwr, thetftib. the one •• -v fire . . our line. I | '«, •'••! til- / r<>3 who had ore * t,' -r ,-'•)< to ocr rooties, assembled or f.'r i:r? advanced i- three enwrart lines. • ■ >■: l ■ S. H. A-,.~r • H "'” rho ware Mooted to ■ j i.r. •'•••-. 1 • on to: proTjons night, had ■ • n •;>. <1 r’■ J v ..nn’o and Ewell's <ii w •' • ••• 'to *' Cr aerab Hill «••••• c.4rtr.c:-i '-ntw an the Actietam r- s * • ■ H■ <. rstorra turnp in • ;.*(.» 1 .. sod to-’ ).«,t * , dfoiiilons, where the conflict. ii to onr sntiro left, The enemy -1 to , b-l J:...- to I! • ” ! teen advanc 'd t<> support i • a id centre, as soon a? they had „U i\> on'. >ii in morotug of the 17lh. 1 i .>1 our tii. wi.ii Joroed buck by aupe- I ■ ; . i v-io ; t.'i'V..''force* J i I ■ I - » : • .r ■' r .v- ■<* (Ur ii f;.fc i’-v . ’ .■ U S ♦ ii<4> ut-jot .. t.r vuo row hi nod u« « li: took ioc: u'vd to roiia.v . irai'JS tho burial . .Ju< »lI Leo d«hnm nod to cross tb* r •< ~ ' :.U • nJ Kuqu.r- i\ >k nil Ai<‘a' i r ;ua i utomic.—We oontore i i\ u- to cii-tomm* ho precteo loculi ■4 • if ... ' *k. -.mod t j i bo four Nam ~ ‘ T „V, f .' 4 . t ’ >! to,-'ui .ot derporat'.: •uJ bloody c-f tea who e v .-, ..• },i - . but that little »»tb*tl.-8 o-j .1 :c ;a.;e remained with oar . ■ 'a . .r front mm ligcnt ntid diucre?- ■ " Il I ■. V .• ; * iha fl lay et suing, the Mih i Ac, imTo reports i ” i ,ble of the battle cl y cater av, ud : • ol t:. • \v of affair* u-to 10 • f 11 % *->-«» <f 7 <t< r.iuj •- l <i Otoir'.u \f ” lisy Vl- —t.’.lt lOV.J V. .:■( : Side, i t »q-»tt'ly s> on the part o\ 'oc enc-iiy. The result wu« favorable to u* Toe ».ifc • • At i'.,'*, o.tr c-t'.tre had boon brrk r -ary b.youd tiw bfttic held of yesterday, ■ ,-■, > ;* r- .;i i fc.nore m, w.lkmil replying i ■. ». . dug fighting baa bws near j .j.rv,: twutucoo mile* North of tibepherda ;• v. •*> t>- porpo -of pr. tccibg oar supply ; » in.it of i..\ iaiwt out ou Is thit thooe lari.nn i‘ jJvupbd Harp r *Frrry.' tATKST. * ■ ; -iv ’ r«c. • -vd taw from •• . s rt.ito anrouaca* _ ■ r rof - •» *i • u o»* „ - '-t V< maasp »rv ntor^e £*■*?*”* *•- K'.-.m \ ;a*. chi T.c ioitnwi.tg is ti th? Aaao ■ s \ !» ..ij> iu , - ( f Ita —A. dh.iUdoh ro. ir. b v u«». iai.s fr.to e*U®wrnorWood,of * art . ‘ i «.» .. t:t ,to ~,v, hr 350 moantod ; . : oh . . trteri .r and ermfl, which Tbe’rliel low killed tad fire or] • ihiefei 3», ?i.i j < sn of the b.-ritl# c Suudiy, has 10l- J lown g winch rosy b<> set down *8 mostly !aL» t La o uoibtr -of prteonorß weret-ilten, cineo-al jy • Lr. .-. iot .Jeneral#Howsii tobb and h.>;; . j, v :,,c 0.1818 oo to tbe tieid law. Nearly the fTb,<’j i.. -rig Cobb Legion were taken, with r* sunbed “Oobb Legion— in the B -me ! tao Lo i.” 1 bi? colon of tbo riiit- euth Vir ginia re.iiment aUo taken. Te Cb L u.a, tyuimaud'-d by a brother of tbe owned U 'wellCobb lam ia‘oitc<d by one | n vh-- wi .nded officer-, was most terribly cot I up Bui lep came out of the aoiion alive, fle*- tug c.:- tea a vr.neir g open them up tbs mourn- I t a’ sut.?, the order was given to push down from ! j.-:r porn .-a and repel us. Instead of stopping or a in; f**nc?. tad tubing & vantage of it ! *« s ?rot?c ion against our tj”e, they madly iesp- j ed fence, and vnb a wild ehent rushed close to or• •-ar.os O' a’nu. It was a madness that .ed their. to drath Besides tbe Are of tbs ad vsno' o m: .ey were the victims of an eafi- t V [ . “. J. c<s *i »Bd Lieutenants Lowe, j T '" ''" ’ic nmos Lieutenant Colonel Laraa* Among the - oei priso-i»r« eantured are Cap a.c f''" ; s > ton pen v r, , s<»nh Carolina j Ad U'ar G''-- _ oandtTs, ( bo's L-«.oa, ana Lu-u s. John l E. 5. C ; r rW ) H. C bb‘s U - ;v. ti. U'eeu, Uompanj e, Cobb'e legion ; ohn K. Menaon, Compuuy I. Twelfth V-rgtnUl end h. e. Jrioucnar, Company E, Coco's Legion. C&rtintdf A §mtinfl. 1/ —— - —-— :-2ir. i” I c JXttG.MCATSD.j ■T; © • JL .v/ lnc i»*'lw , * ; ; r.&l and V. id# # T <:-;GL rac.H & riic.t. i.'e _ws *1? ' f 3CT£aiO& C OCTET, ? 3 " b,-r 1 ••.-.ns, IW2 i .-.dcov » , Urcoo. j ' •■■--. : m -I'ii cr.t roTM. the followtag : foc‘< At >.* tn- i • Ftbroery or first cf Vi,, t‘, pui ff eo'.istod ee a eoiucteer r . : r o. •*. Wi.jip, cf tho ii-.h Eegiiaent v Voiuuif.eTir tvr.s exemiued and rrjeetei • - nc .cj ■ ; f»c;. Ciaokley at Augusta. Mt’ri, 1388. Oc the ilthcJ j Vi-j-.. t*. .■* -. -i for edtaisefea ea a rolca t.- - .-i-r. -t into the V.f. Ge -g;& Battaliea at C r.tj -aa Eora, r.sar E, »ozr;.::. Tenaessoe. sad r . .gain ri j icted so L’7 Sargso33 C..'.iic.To7 ecu Be . Oc the Sth of Jun?, 1362, C i 'Trtschr.rdj of this county, Jrtutd ea order pppointing bins fapiya of tae Weih District G H. ot E bfrt county, and the usa: day be accepted nod took t?ia oath cf cIE.-e That ateiy the dafra d -i or rolled hbx *s'« ocwscript, aad on Wed ate • Joy, the id insUtnt." eeentsed end teak control orer hica. by rirtae of bio euthority a3 enrolling oSoer, and ordered hiai off to the c«cnj> of inatruo tion. Trie an ewer c' Bruce admits these :acts to be tru 1 , and h? briege ieto Conn a copy ot the Orrript Ant. and the ngulaticna and orders >r*.o: ;d upon i as his just; a cat! on; producing, also, In ohi.iiieoee *o the rit, tbs body of Loving- r.r.'ntiff’s Cooneei m.likea tl e following points 1 ■ • • ;.'...nt.ff i.». a iawfsllv appointed Com tr\. ; ,j(fo rffi .. .;i ''be G. " Mditia,undthers ! loro * ■,“H ; . tvS bv (he ovnrr tfi theCommaader-in chiefGt this fitate. ! ',? Uc hu; been twice r.j"Ct?d by the Confod w t.!u Gorerninent u-> a no.'iitr, lor unsouiidueas -.ud cannot he coerced .nto o t!:ird expesiment under tho Ooneoript not. S. The Conuoiip', act It udc'ostitutiota;, and j tfov.-ifore the act* itaolf and ail regulations and • ' !;• -ed upon it un likewise void. rb j -'..tstion gjgiroiited'by this record is • ' ' t.iart baa iurisdictum ov.ir tho qu;«- lioua jiresonted and the aubjeol matter, 10 wit, Is to this cn ... t. j c;-ns Can see but tittle ground \CT o and shall treat it briefly, li e Constitution (,• O declares too right cv to? people to ap p.-;. to ".be cou-ts shall never be impaired- rfor .■ right there sh uld be provided *. rou.edy, i.n.i • veiy ■ Sen oa : , r. to .'Ota:a Justice without :r •..r. v, t out di-uisl i witiioat delay, ccu ■ • b y': »,•.« tawaof.tho i-md. Sach lathe len , : "■) ttar. ..itufiat 1 of Georgia rr.u such !: ■ .-.'u ./u conitaihde tc tier conus. ' here 11? on conflict between her Oonatiitition .•rid the t 1.,. nutation of the Confederate States in :v 0 f -I i poiulc iavoiv'id. in this "'. cord. Her • i. . tn.it Jod-es «!i«*t pirmit the people to - : , .i to the courts and forbid them not. tihe.il aj- r uedits to pri tret their righto and efeall g ; v« -m 1 uati . without •, orchase tleum or delay ronliu t': iblv to the laws of the land. W:.' t ci.urts tr< int - idodliorcf fibvloo.-!y the l ■ .. .j ■ . aili..bed by the Conslitatioi’. What I , in hraught to View la thweaae f Obvious I . r/iiU . and C'OrfilUt WtllOli it ifce u.iveraa! out, in O.Jij aLei’M p«r»onal hbeny is rtsu lor tukoa awsj. For th.so rooaotifl I i. u-d boar, di termine, muke judgement, aad uf,„v.< t'lattfudgemaut lij!: |»owor of tho tibonff «iid Lis pofp-'. U the were already a tMii) ier, wh(U.fcr.r by voiuutuy ealtßtment or uraft <• . 1 I’ui- ■ iuirl jjcliU i. and lor A,iAvi.<( corpus it . L,> ....cited ,uid it appearing to the court i j, i. the rctara tout tho military courts hud : ,lic'.-inoriT Sou:, then he must be remanded, r i .j, u>.t)i is n■: “taudanl of Ins lights Jtot here the ' lieifcoa h, ahull Us bvcvma » nol , ,i c { tic, actntioo only the civil courts Miueii-n. is tho true destination, aud it*' .’.dor.- i aud rett. iab red »< uldsave ah c utlust beiw.teu t|o two joritiOiction? . ( » T iOI 1 ,mt. questica ti t pow* exempt bis officers icar: li. irk §* «*&3 'f' •tnnvoidable dmy to and. 1. . r ttic . -.ie'-ii't ■■•>, Cot mender ta ■ ■ % of the Sktte, \ i duty i teoting the ’ ucneaaneilB —to tact tvsth tneexeco i- on) tower t« ... ii tho . litis -nor in it ti na o w been oft •■: ee.id that vb- Uorer-or can . v.~. nr nr.vu over 65 years ,f o-o to be r&T lie 1.-ur t v p-wer to get , iiu , „ .' e . ... f *,vb of it. ? State ”,iuoh bind ti ■, G,■ • * m wrTwj ■ tLor man, th# pec t»l9lmv.ithe ri fe ht t. eicct offioars red the C<pv ,■.. - . . tel-'/ such ' 1 t!u S 1 1 u iwc. ~ oi, military nuttioritf over 1,., o.diua nci.w to.a, Uafp -tow me. was aqu si tor roe m<inr.ry dtaeivu: nt > C .-id ■ fco • g tuctfolf respouaifcio ter rewiu foroe tr,..’.u«h at hoiim for and ait. ’.' i pioteetioii P.nd the -nkr- meut of the laws; but it he had permitted the off, *s to i trwieii, aould have ijttun f-.’. ah diuaticß of his offioe, »•> effect, desert ,1V sevete ions ire end norhupa mifodi’v’* t ftC, rhusex ■H Cot HI htsuiur. tr. opinion <;t ton rightluim » of the Governor’a cider, b.-cuuue l urn oompailed to hold, nndor th“ tecs a this oiso, '.iio plan..id is not sempt unde: m* •.! It is tree that on the >'.h June, ib'id, th, Goioaei taodcd si, order <. la jof the a v id took (be oath of office the same di. -t ~• tdfcrooca to the Its, ( ..bc's M.w D*i pe..,: Toi, ;1 will fcs ? e . a the LV.onei has cr right t- ac «> vr. bch only to non ; th,.i is t > n«':.-i-.v.te tt« CcoiKi-tuder '.a-cbi-t. »h ': cy < cese , utid on si cem u-■ i .ned, the com: » .ac officer, ui*. Ve» ng -v :. net baring b-ea c .lamtsatuned, w not with ►ft ' v i»id 11 Her l r>v..'. ,*U to pli'.i-i.ff' < Pec <d p: lilt tk-tbetas •nen twice ifj-'C- -d l .-tverumanttor cissW,- ■ v id cannoi, bt suejcCi .to a third exuaduatlon, ho of this couit agrees wifa h;ia. Bj the contoitpt oc; ifw.-i -ud orders icaucd unerf it t-e rit ten has 1,;.-> option to a»o,d conscri|.«on hr ruluntesrii .-, th • tfre- rmnantbas shown pur ttcuUr anxioy vc secure ’o hi in .this choice. E.»,re it „ct pus ed ups pi-<ut*ff rclunt9ers and a/’er the «• passed ho Tola-.tuera n. in. Both times bo wu» r j 'ted.ut i ucd. r such cironmatauoi -is forbid ; ope wpold ert-r be r<-cc Tea us a vol c-t r. ."'vt I.' he :s permitted to be :o:c,d into tbe rrcy as a conscript, ecu it be said be had this choice. s..ecied to him by tbs art sod orders 1' rioeh a rule would beep the word of pronnee to the eir and fcraub it to the hope—it would he the l euqs of Esuw but the voice of .tocob. aubor ili’u'. ’■ of the UiuornGii'c; have proclaimed they ml-uded to perpetrate this wrong and injustice, hut l be ray ■- to see tbs evidence which count cts ilia head ct tho uufica with such a pro.veeding, and we can vet hops for tbe honor of the grea ! people h ~ ~uies over that such, evideure tiers not ex’, at. it:la> ..- ; - r. iiaaoverad that the halt, t ie lams and blind, though unfit lor military duty, will do f.-r clerks, Xiasen.ars, narson, waiters. As. Tbe o!s»" srd decided jcdgsmst:! ct this Court sthut e*.-ti naff r «.*•« cjnscr.pt law, the Coo tn ....ter-in Chief nor b;s subordinates, urr ony of uieo hr.vo uc more . cr to impress tbe ires pec ic of t'.'i. cohntrj for such pu* poses, than to sen • theta for grocca for his horse? and scullions his kitchen.' Tbe purpose to do such a thing hr vs 'ignorance of t v c spirit of the people, aotj -i p>.rr'... >d by any instance tc the despotisms • . - !:.e- three hundred years. ex . • :a. ro >1- sympathetic friend l iaooiu. . .or . to witt that the Conscript Act is u :osstituticsr.i, ici. therefore, the Ac. itaolt, -.d oil regie,rr. -at and orders bused upon it are h -n ..<r, v. id. In every govern..: t based on a ; ■ n • a.-inution, c.ißie-in*ng restrictions on tt? 1 < « at ve depanaient, it toikwg necesear.iy that the l idaaary must annul at, acts in violation oJf thel constitution wb-n attempted to be enforced aiiaiost the citis.c or his rights, tint we are cot lei: to this impUoaUon, plain as It is. Tbe 17th olause of the Ist article of the Conetitnlioc of this igtate, declares “Leg".-dative acta in violation of the fundamental r\w are void) and the Jcdict&ry ehait so declare them " If, therefore, upon invest.ga t , n we And this '’onacript Act to be in violation eg the fundamental law it must be declared void. Our Confederate Government like tbe old Fed ex. one, is a government of: rnited and restricted powers. Congress hag ns powers save those deleaved in ti-a Constitution, all others ore with h„idf >'ei:her etfurfe, nor Congress, nor Prealdenu can change it, the plaa and means for iU change are nominated in the bond and necessity is not among them. Tbe inijuiry th.n ia-da the power to c> Cs the Conscript taw delegated to Congress hj-he Constitution I It is oiatnied that snob D , wV is delegated ;n the ISth mause of the »th sect on cf the let article which gtv-s the pow “to rase the jupport am s’* and tc the clause following giving tne power Ho make aJ la vs which shall bo necassary and pr'?ec for earn in* into execution tbe foregoing powers ana a., other powers vested by this Cooatr.c.Kia »n the Government of the Confederate StaiA., cr *fl any and partment or ciSoer thereof’ i flrw if this law be aeceseary and proper for ! oarrying into eiecution '.he 18th clause aforesaid and is not in ocnfiiet with the reserved rights of \ the Biatea. and not in oosfi.ot with any Other por i bon of the Confederate ooapeet ttsaif then it Is AUGUSTA, GA„ TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 30. 1862. 1 oonatilut r.cah These cieuses ere identic*] in i ttori* with the clauses on the aatne gabjtet in the ; r.ij constitution. In the loin clen*? of the same i e-’ctioa nod article arc reserved to the lit ate ‘ the ' tub t c: of training tae nulitie according to the i disc pUae prescribed by Ccogress andof appoint | ieg the officers. Wba, are we to understand by in? Ursa •; ”as used in this c ause f The lacguage used ht such as csfcrihes a thing tireodj ensting and not t.ercauer to he created—auo token ic con a .'ion •’ .tn the fact that each State which wae & p .ity to the tompact idreaity, hod tsutiag e-c-ndy of men tailed Us militia, the conclusion pbic in my judgement that the term wm intended to mean tcese Codies, and not to <V‘afer on Congress the power to create a cvi!)lia of its own. A strict construction gives this result, and strict coo'truc uciu ,3 oar eetiisd and taw. f’hia tnililia by cur law vs at! males between li> end 45 not ex- empt by i&w, &od by 3tats law too i hold. X deuo* not, whan called into service Congress might exempt others, br.t could overrate do exemption male by tho titate. Does this conscript law pro vide for training th3 conscripts by the authority of the States f Dose it not on the contrary take away this authority from tbs States f I; otasts aleo’lbat the Pre idect ettall appoint the officers, a clear and palpable violation of the rights of the Stales reserved ;e said ISth olau e. Ic thisvisrr I am sustained b 7 the President of the Confede rate States himself. The fact ii recorded m his lue written by John Murage contained in a hook entitled *'Ocr living RepresentativeMMeas' f page 172 as follows: “ The term of en.isiment of the h&sdfsi teat re mained of the Mir-aisaippi Regitnsnt, expired in July, 1&47, and Col. Da vis was ordered home. While in Hew Orleans he received from the Presi dent yPdi', the commission of Brigadier General of Volunteers, but declined the honor gn the grouod, that neither Congress nor the President hud s right to make such an appointment. The C navitution reserved tp the 3ta es—respectiviy the appointment of officers of the Militia, and consequently the ot this duty by the Federal Gov>-rum3nt *»..«« violation of the rights of the States.” Th'i Constitution he was then living under was exact in w/ord» V7ith the present one cu these points and he prelerred ‘o retire to private life iiom the uiidat of hia fume and useiuiaesa, to vio lating it. ‘1 his act of devotion to Constitutional right contributed as much perhaps sa any of js? to elevate bun to his present eaaited station. Xu the preamble to our Confederate Constitution care is taken to assert and maintain that the rimfos ore sovereign uad independent. In wbut oease nan this bo mud ot Georgia, if every nan of her militia c-'*n he mice liotn under the control of her son&titutioua! t/cmntaodev-ra chitf without hi ccasesn t Must ha abdicate his most imprrtaat duties by permuting v i..cuself to be disermea of bis forces, and e.'.i this, io<g to vr.cia t ion of hie oath f Cosactlpt Act, with cert*:a e*erupt cos, they can pass ft without exemptions S“ one wiil deny this, if, therefore, they have the power tc pre scribe what shall be miiitie, ai.d to conscriba at pleasure, they may take the Ggvoracr, the Gene ral Assembly, and the whole Judiciary, and thug sauihliato the whole Government. This palpable infraction of the Confederate compact is sometimes indeed principally defended cn the plea of neces sity. What a dangerous fallacy l We have ex pended one hundred thousand iivee and untold millions ol money .0 maintain the Constitution; tad ehs.il v/e now violate it and destroy the State Governments? As reasonably might we commit suicide to avoid personal dahger. <S or is thisplea of nccsssitv true la fact. Tae conscript lew oau only furuish men. We have, aid had before, State laws to reach every man in the State be tween 13 and 45, and to say the cotsscript law was necessary to procure men, Is to maintain the arithmetical absurdity that there are noie men in the couuiry between 18 and 85 than between US and 45. Whereupon and for fasss reasons It Is ordarel uud uejudged by tbs Court thet tho Act of the •JonleUurate Congress known as tbe Cot:script Law, and entitled au act to farther pi ovido for the public defence, te void, and is hereby declared void, and that the plaintiff, dumee 31. Loviuggood, be released aud discharged Irons the custody and control of Sydney P. Bruce, and from the custody and control of the eberiff - of this court, sod be pet i<t liberty to tip wherever ho piaasss. Taos. W. Teokas. J. 8. C. is. a Wassbntoh, Uit, Sept, iflth 1£62. JSdit r Okroniole & fterSinsL Your daily paper of tbe ISth instant cista;c3 ar, editorial article which does grest injostice to coy s,J: os enrolling officer for Warren county, and f.- V .j._r Pun-woody aa earoliicg officer for tbs State l did not say as you represent n:e to have *otd teat Yi.jar Pcnwooky bad. instructed as that I bad authority to suspend the tubes* corpae and declare taartial law j Lor did I ciaitr any such iuthority cn the occasion tc wbiob 70 ur article refers, cor do I claim it now, What i did eay was tbuf Major Panvoody had iastmeted that conscripts we-u subj ct to rrvUitary law, and that in case o cecscript enrolled by 31s should refuse ccrapiifthce with the enrollment, and the ctvll atr if r.rTties should refuse n»o their aid to enforce obedi nee, I wvb authorised to require each air from any other ocnsrripU, or to apply for mdr,ary aid form tbs foroea at Aaeaeta. lu reply to Ibis, Judge Gould did say it was equivalent tc* a Euspensk’n. cl t iuz fialeas Ourpv» and a declaration of martial law, but 1 gave on assent to his construction of ray statement, and A r. speotfui’v submit that his construction is cot warranted\-y my statement. As tbe case which jjare rise to your article ie one of deep interest to ice public, you will mdaigs me ia a single remark upon Judge Gould's decision in it. He discharged the conscript upon’the ground that i could not enroll a 1 esidect cf another county, although 1 had found k.m in my county nmnrotisd. My eb deri taadirg .! the conscription law and of my in etructions under in is that 6 nsscdcoar in cup part (jft.ht Oanft'ieraoy reuders any sound man be ,wse= the ages o? 13 and £5 years, liable tc Oon ecciptton. end that my duty requires me to enroll every such man whom I may nad in my couaty unenrolled. Otherwise, all the .men subject to conscription may escape it by keeping r.wuy fxcm the county of their residence. Only let them occupy themselves, as many are doing, in ptdlieif and (.pcouicting away from home, and they are m sanctuary, because forsooth none but tbe enroll irg officer of their own county can touch toem, aid they will bo sure not to g’>e him tire oppor tunity. Paper? which have copied vour article will please copy this. ‘ P. Gsiks. Bub. Enrobing Officer Warren Cn. f Correspondence the Oolumbve Srftiirer.] From Kaoaviile. Ziear KjsoiViUis, 3epj. ig, i£oi, Bushwhacking is the order of the day from Big Crock Gap to Btrboursviile Rad London, Sj., and many atrcggllng soldiers sad small detachments of oar troops are dally ahot do wn or captured in endeavoring tc reaob Ger.. Smith’s forces. Every day brings with it paroiod prisonars to cur camps who ware oaptured beyond the mountains by renegade East Tannaar-sene. A aqntd c» tea men belonging to Captain Too Nelson'* oommond left hare about two we-eke ago, under Lieut. Hampton, to loin their oomradcs ia Kentucky. After paseing through Big Creek Gap they w.;r-3 Joined by another detachment, making that: force near 100 strong. With this addition to their small ajuad they raoendei Pine Iti ohn tain and baa an to deecend on the opposite side. Here a severe f re was opened upon them iu thsir roar Our men gave their horses the spur and ended tbe descent at a run over ore of the steep est and most rocky roads m T-nn33see. On ar ri'iag at the foot of the mountain they found a-mfrented by seer regiments of reue ii&dee Resistance was useless asainst such a force, therefore they could do nothing but sur render. Icm truly sorry to record the death in it l ? encounter of Dr. Thcaas, son cf Dr. Thomft', ct C.-wiohee, G*-, and brother-in-law of Dr. Jus. Hayes, of O cion darings, and the wounding m the' arm of Lieut. Hampton, cf Albany, G»-, both members of Captain Helson’e command. Dr, Teonas was a young man of high moral worth, fceieved by the whole command j hits ruddea and untimely death will be felt fcy ail who had the pleasure of his society and friendship. Lieut. Hampton will lose hie arm) the bail entered at the wrist and came out at the elbow, bruaktog the bone in two planes ) he was paroled and left with a Qoioa family near the toene of the attack. Jao. W. Crowell had his horse shot under lam, but was not injured himself. The remamder of Alsou’s squad were paroled and to-day arrived at their old camps near ua I am glad to knew that arrangements ere oc foot that will wipe away the last oo« of tneee *t*- lhioous gangs from this highwav to Kentucky.— A force of b.vO men left Clinton this morning, under Cob Julius C. Andrews, formatiy of Coitus but, Gv, to Clear oat the atockeds at Big Creek Gap, (which extends two and snoot or hang every bushwhacker they can capture. The only rtfeotuaJ way that I know of tc pqt a quietug open bctthwhaaking Is tc hang or sheet every one that falls into oar hands, dor author ides have been andfare now fee lenient to this mass cf people ptnd the Colon man—or rather tcriee— downright blackhearted lories. Here, right here under the verr nose of our authorities, treason 1 etalss is,open daylight, feoaaonable aaptimeiits are ! a tered, canresaod and disec. ; ped j tiewnnbla 9 .rreapoasaay ti regularly kept up hy both men and women with their friends at all the various Gape In the mountain*) yet not an* effort is mgfri to jut a stop to such lewises procawfiags. ~ It was only to da; that a young wemaa who hat a brother in Liauolo s service at 81# C*eek Gap. openly boasaad to a fnand of bum mat aka heard from him -egmarly three ttmg* a weeb—and aha openly, plainly says last ha Wga- 96 as average. three of our swr a day—end she, the blood l ira ty eitamocat, bids him God arsed in Us glorious work. That a ivsii crgaafied. system ol eaoicnr.ja is ;u fall vogue and blast m and around K cor rills, is weU known tt maev : ample evidences of that fact have been iid before the loyal portion of this ccminauity long sicos: yst our authorities pass them by as unworthy of their colics. We tsve no newa from Ocmbeiland Gap wor thy Cf ne ts. Oocasional picket fights occur, which relieve the boye somewcut of the tedium of vcmr lift before tae frowning cliffs of the Gap. We hare no reiiable rrws of Gen. Smith’s movertjente in Kentucky. When ieet hea“d from reliably h@ was at Lexington. J T. G. F. i-.—Since writing the abovs, a-dispf.tch bee been ivceived at headquarters, aunouncinr the evacuation a( Ownberhtud Gap, acd that Gentrsl Hleverern wss in pureuit of the sneuiv. i. t. a. its MtlPan Srenipttcn Uilf. The following is a copy of the Exemption Bill, as passed by iho Confederate Senate, cc Saturday. The word* between brackets indicate the vcain tiens, by addition, freer the Exempticrs A«t, now in force, with the exception of the ;t»Uwaai words, which indicate clauses in the existing law omitted from the bill j ust passed: A B:ii to exempt certain persons from military service, end tc repeal the act entitled c ‘,ln act to exempt certain" persons Irom enrollment for service in the army cf the Confederate Stafoe,” approved the 21st of April, IBiS ; i. The Congress of tbs Code.ierate States of A i erica do enact. That ali persons who shall be htld unfit for military service, "by reason of bodily or mental Incapacity or imb/cnity.j under rules to be prescribed "uy the 3ecretary of War, [the v ice President of the Confederate rftstes,] the officers, judicial and executive, ts the Confeder ate and" 3le,te Gcvernmecte, [except postmas- ters not nominated, by the President and cocSrni ed by the Seaaie an- assistants end citrks in any other post office than the Qeuersl Fosi office, and such Slate officers as the several States may have doolared by law to he liable to militia duty, or mi y hereafter be excepted by the several States] the* members of both Houses of the Congress oi the Confederate States, end of the Legislatures oi ths csveral States, and their fcspeouve officers; ail clerks ic tho offices of the Confederate ecu State Governments, allowed by law; all pilots and persons engaged in the [merchant] marine service f«*id in actual #*m« on river and tail road rj'vttm of tronjiportation,] Itbo President, hiupertatendouts, Conductors, Treasurer, Cbiel Clerk, Engineers, Managers, Citation Agerta, Section masters, two export track hands to each section of eight miles, and tcsoh&nice ia the active ?ervice and employment of rail road Qouipcuuee, and act t<- emorace laborers, porters and messengers cf the president, gen era! superintendent aor] oneratore of tele graph companies, [the local suparmtenaent aad operators of said eJuipacieß not to exceed lour in in number at any locality but that at the seat of Government of t*e Confederate States, the presi dent, superintendents, captains, engineers, chief clerk sud mechanics of ail companies engaged cu river and canal navigation, aud r.ll captains of boats, and engine*r-. thereon employed] ail [fore men. pressmen an a] journeymen printers Lactuai lyj employed in prtuting newspapers, [having at least five hundred bona fide subscribers, the pub • lie printer, and those employed to perform the public printing lor the Confederate end State gov ernment ;j every minister of religion [ -.uthonzed to preach according to the rules of his sect and] in the regular discharge of ministerial duties ; full parsons who have beau end now rre members ot the aoriel.v of Friends and the Association of Lunkorr; ail physicians who now are and have boon ia actual practice of their profession for the last five years ; all shoemakers, tanners, harness makers, a tudlsrs, blacksmiths, wagon makers, mil lers and their engluccra, aud uiiiiwrights, skilled and actually employ ud as their regular vocation, io eaid trades, whilst so actually employodj pro vided oiiki persons shall make oath, in writing that they are ao skilled aud actually employed at the time, bs their regular vocation, lu one of the above trades, which affidavit shall only ba p-cima facie evidence of the facts therein staled; j all su - perintendents of public hospitals, lunatic assy lams, and toe regular nurses anil ai»ead«aft» therein, and the teachers employed in the institu tions for the dasf, dumb and blind, ia each apoth ecary store now eatakl aued and doing business oae apothecary ia good steading, who Is a practical apothecary \ dn/gcist;] superintendents and opera tives in wool and colter, faclcriee wire may be extsupted by the Secretary of War; all presidents and [teachers] [p'rfeasore] cf colleges, academies 1 school*, ~'U thsdcgical scsrnai’Us who have beeo regularly engaged as such {or two years pre ceding the passage of this act ; oil artisans, me oUanics, ana employees in the establishment of tho government ior the manufacture of arras, ord nance. ordnance stores, and other munitions of wer who may e certified by the dfficer in charge thereof, as necessary for such establishments; also ail artisans, mechanics, and employees >n the es tablishments o’ tench persons os are or mey be en gaged under contract with the Governcisiif ip furnishing anus, orduance, ordnance s.oree, end other munitionr of war, provided thet the chief o! tbs ordnance bureau, or some ordnance officer aa thtiXised by him for the purpose, shall approve of the number of the operatives required in such eetabiishraeuta; oil pereoas eirvlcyed in thsmaa u acture of arms, or ordnance of toy kfnd by the 83veral States: er by contractors to fura-ah the same to the several State Governments, whom tha Governor or Secretary of State thereof way cer tify to be necessary to the same; all persona ea gagi-d in the construction of ships, gunbcaw, en gines, sails, or otter t.r tides accessary to the pub Pc defence under the direction of the Secretary of the Nary; oil superintendents, managers, mechan ics, and'rniners employed in tbe production and maneiacturc of salt, tc tbs ext--at of twenty bush els per day, and of lead and iron, net to embrace laborers, aiS3SeDger?, wageners and servants, un less employ-d at werks conducted under the au tiiority,*and by the officers or agents ol a State; and one person either as owner or overseer on each plantation on which one white person is requir ed to be kept by the laws and ordinances cf any State, a.nd in which there is no wliite roe.le adult not liable to do military service; and suob other persons as the President shall be satiated on ac count of justice, equity or necessity ought to be exempted,, are hereby exempted irons military service m Ihe armies of the Confederate States; [provided that the exemption? herein above enu mera'ed shall oniy continue whilst the persons ex empted are actually engaged ia their respective pursuits or occupations; provided, iurther, that such numbers of the militia of aay Elate as have been called out and mustered into the service of said State, by'.the Executive thereof, employed and ueoeesary tc repel any actual invasion of said Stats, shall also exempted, provided that whenev er tuch invasion shall have besa repelled, or otherwise shal . have ceased tc exist, the e-xamp lion hereby declared shall expire. 9. That the act entitled “an act tc exempt cer tain persona from enrolment for service in the armies of the Confederate States.” approved the &lst April, LSSB, is hereby repealed.] The following olaosep in the odd hill have been omitted from the present bUl,}B&X*«?ed, •ddi tion to the italiciaod . Icr.sea : “Ail la 'he eorvtie or employ of the Oord«de?R»e States. “AH persons engaged ic carrying tss ratSL ‘‘AH ferrymen on peat route-s, “All teachers having m retry as twenty schoiare. “Ail erg&ied ic wereing iron m:rs3, xrxaaoea and Locucrias. '' Tss resATssx —Monies.—The stem whioc hsa been threatening for two or three davs seemed to be pssjtng bw»7 last evening. The Tunkee 3eet In apprehension of it, it :s slated, took their we.j to Fensacji* for s sets harbor. The concentration cf these vessels aith-ls sad of tbs Gulf has given rise tc the opinion that an al ter.* on Mobile ia meditated. But_th»« netted fact dcee not justify the conclusion, w hat other rea son there.ie we have no means of knowing. Tbe yellow fever at Key W>st, the escellanoe of the harbor where they now lie, and the apprehension cf a land attack on New Orleans, may til have conspired to bring them in this direction. By this time we suppoee there ia a pretty good fore® at Ship Island, ready t 9 he used for Butler's defense of the Oreeceut CitT. But the number of man In the available Joi oSumtve purposes we imagine is very small. The capture of Mobile would require • heavy iaad force for tbs purpose of tohW It Its thousand would not be aufflciaat, eveoin ooanec tteu with the gunboats i and w« not suppose, all told, there is more than half that number at - ooDsideriag the eventualities at New vrleans. 8c are see no reason now for any alarm an toe suhfect. What two or three mouths may bring forth in these days oi great and mehteas yvaais we of afW Flew • ear's tritoeu, lat.A E»UW) Sump W ihosw -Coroner Jdeahei saw r try’: appeerethat Qharlee and another negro man were returning home to the plantation of Mr. Lloyd on Thursday night) upon their approach* I°*..“° Important pSket post, Htadon. tht-y wore chniirvarrf oj ths -rirkirl on dS-Ji sefoMag lo to M Wpe, the moket fired his nfia. ihehaTi eh taring the right tecaidea-biade' tad spina, jmMfiug tasoaghtttehsaPtaad left breaat, reun % his ds«k. The pisket, prior to firing; ordec •dthe negMC to halt, ah«£~.gi n g three with the ah9re.utad of the Savannah ReydiUcan. Proposition for S'eacr. Ivjtia i iar>EsresTovir.-, MaartAKn,, tiepiemher 9th, IBBi. f I have reason to bstieTe ‘.but the Fed-ial gov ercmec. has solicited a abort armistice, which C;r. Lee ksw properly declined to grant,, sines no gcaran-y Oii’ri be gi ren by e f'o3 so false and treacherous that it would not bs abus»d I have \o basieve aiao, thpd an lutimatioo bse bee-! given by Mr. Uitcolii, coTeriDc onr r*cognation by the Federal. Government end u proposition to eifow Tie boiler Stales to dec de for the-nseiveswlisth er they would elect to K o with the North or the Suatb, and that it has been favorably received by G>n. I to. Ic other v/o:ds. lan credihlv inform ed that e prominent citigen of Maryland, know to be .deadly to the Coniedsrate ,States, arrived tt Gen. * ee s headquarters f*'om IS’esbingtoa city wiilii-the la*t twenty-four hours. This ptrsonag the o4k not ft ivhoriisi to oifar tar— .3 or subuntp p cinitious oi veuiement. has. nevertheless,suggestoa in ar. rformal way, that if we would renew our til r for peace (made at an early period last year . upon lie basis of the recognition of cur independ ence C» tbs Federal giverccient coupled r.-sh a propoatl.V'.c to allow Ike border States to determiae tar tipa>i*ta* thee future relations, it wo iid be aggree,.b;.e ic- the goverrmeat of the v/msed States and receive .ktt'r lavdrabie consideraucn. Gen. Lee, it is believed, though distrustful of the forth of the adversely, has acted upon the intimation thus conveyed to hico. and has, prchabW, eve this, submitted propositions of the character just suggested, Should his offer be acc. hied, thsn an armistice wili doubtle s be agreed upon and the terms oi seitlemqpt at once drawn up Until the armistice shall be granted, however, the informal preliminary negotiations, whether undertaken in good faith or net. will not be alio wed to interfere wit • our military movements. There can be no impropriety, therefore, in mak fog such aa cffvr as l have alluded to. We are the conquering party, and any propositions that look tc as adjustment cf existing difficulties should proceed Iron us. Nor can we object u the sug gestion to leave it tc the border ritates to Buy whether they wiil cast their lot with the North or with the South. This right each one of the Ccu tedorate States, exercised lor itself when it severed the bonde that bound it to the old Union. If they don’t desire to go with ue, we certainly cannot want them There can be but little doubt, how ever, that Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri trill unite their fort-auee with ours nv majorities 01 the people. The Territories of New Mexico and Arizona, and the Indian Territory, wo alrea dy buve. The Ohio river belongs eotire’y to Vir ginia and Kentucky, from its mouth tc the ts •reins northern point ol the Panhandle L iatriot cf Virginia. This boundary wee raserved by Vir ginia at the time Kentucky an i the Northwestern Htates were carved oat of her territory and erect ed into Htstvc. We oould vet desire a better boundary oq foe north tbaja a wide, p.ud naviga bis river like the Ohio. The bcundwy tine be tween Missouri and Illinois is the middle of the Mississippi river. It may be that this diplomatic movement of the federal Government :a merely a ruse to gain time. The prtc.ar.ous position cf tbs government is each, however, that one may well excused for gir ing it crtd.tfor sincerity. Tne drajor&l.sed con dition of its army, the lead of debt under which it is now staggering, its inability to enforce tue act authorising a draft, and oar iccict successes in Kentucky, Tesnessse and Virginia, leave Mr. Lincoln t.c altemative but to grant us peace upon onr own terms. Baltimore and Washington are within oc: power, and cnemore victoty will open to our sdvmeiag hosts the gates of Paiiadslphia and New fork. Should it appear, therefore, that i have been correctly informed, Gen. Lee s propositions can do no harm, uvea if it be rejected. A re neai by tho Federal government to accept it, would.only far ther unite ths idoult aud divide the North, end at the saoie time strengths!! ua io the border diatc-a and throughout the world. The New Sfork Her ald, it is said, has already come out in favor oi peace, it considers the thing uii over as far as tbe- North is conoornod. it is reported that Hanks hue moved out from Washington in this direction with a considerable force. It ij understood that he ie at Doraeatowu, a position which was fortified by the Federuls last year with a view to covor the fords and lorries near the Great Falls of the Potomac It is b .liev tHi bixbU -Hi. ttit.eifc&WCU MU IyXTLiIGi ».y it-. . \ x % mcreij ene of obeerve.ticu and precßUtinm We hear else that the Federal force mar Har per’s Ferry, estimated at 2 COO men, has been cap tured, sod with them a large amount of stoics, end all their horses and artillery. We found at this pk.ee a eoc.sidero,b!e a~.cu.at of medical sad hospital stores, slices, ci.•thing, Ac , which have beer, appropriated to the use of the array. Ht ge.sf&v 1, aae north from Harpers t erry, and just below the Peßneyivooia line, is represented to be in our possession Gov- Hicks is afraid tc sail the begis'ature of the Elate together. The members were el-cted, es it were, at the point of tbe baycaet, and no cse was allowed to vote but Unionists ; and yet tha President the Senate is. now a fugitive at Richmond, whilst a majority of t.hs members are understood to desire n anion with tha Confederacy. i rode into-town this oftemoca with Gan. ——. to see K-.i old frisnd of his While passing along ons of tits stress, a beautiful lady beckoned mo to the sicUstvalfc, e.ad asked if the officer vitfc wootr, f wae tiding was iiot Gea. Jackson, Upon ra oeivins a reply in tbs negative, she wrung her handstand esclaimed. “Oa, I shall go rranr, if I don’t gee him t” I repiiad, “ but he fightg like a lion.” “ 1 know it,” she said, “ and that is the reason lam dying tc see him. Wh. n will the army leave V” At day-iigbt to-morrow morning ” ‘‘Oh, lord! I” she said, “whst shall I dr>f Won t you ecus in, and take some wine and cake with cousin and myself 1" t excused raysaii, but tuld hsr an anecdote about old Stonewall, &e follows 1 During his march frees Staunton around to Rich mond, his officers were very anxious to know where he was going, end finally, an inquisitive Colonel rote up tc him, and sad i “ General, we are all desirous to know what our destination is— can’t you tell net” Jackson drew near to him, and inquired in a confidential manner, “ Can you keep a secret, si? t" “Ob ye?,” answered the Colonel. “ Well, po can I,” the chieftan replied, emd rode on The lady laughed heartily at tbe anecdote. I bade her good evening. We saw a great many e.t the windows, with minute Confed erate £a s, which they waved at us as we passed. A citizen has just informed me that Confederate money is already worth ninety cents in the dol lar. and that F-deral money will not pass at all, except at b hesvy discount. P. W. A, CouureAerwte Stairs ’AWOORHKO SKSSfOH.] SENATE. Saturday, Sept. 2C.th. 1852 air. Baker, of i;s., intradoeea a till to emend the sot to provide for auditing: the accounts of the Post Office Department. Referred to tbs Jcdicio ry Committee. Mr. D*rtch, of K. G., presented the petition of officers of toe Navv, relative to rank. Referred to the CormnHt®e on Naval Affairs. Mr. Brown of Mies., in’reduced a bill authoriz ing tbe attribution of prize incnev ($£50,000) to Admiral Buchanan, and the officers and ores sos the Patrick Henry end other vesselr of war en gaged in the battle ia Hampton Bo&ds on the Sth cf March last. Mr, Haynes, of Tona., from tbe Commifae of the Judioxry. reported a hill to peni-h ins-arrec tion end rebellion against tbe Confederate Ht&tsa. Mr. Hill, ol Ga. frem the same Committes, r& ■ ported a bill for tbe relief of the Bible Society o* £e Confederate States. Also a bill for the relief cf doc&e P. L-'Tv. Altc a bill to emend the ICih section of the act amendatory of the sequestration law. The last mentioned bill was roused. Mr. Se nmes, of La., from the Committee cf the Jcdioary, presented a bill for toe suspension of the writ o! habeas corpus. The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill exempting certain persons from enrolment id the army of the Confederate Statee, 7&hou * ar’endmeute were proposed end dis cussed Mr. Yancey, of Alabama, rr.cved a reconaioera tion of the vote by which the amendment to ex empt oa3 editor of each, newspaper from enrol- ment was rejected. _ Mr. Orr. of 3.0., obji-oted to tea motion, and was accordingly ruled out of order. ... .. The bill was Hnally passed, ae maended, by followiog vote i . ti._ Boreett, Oforke, and Porteh ~Ou rnottoß oi Mj. Bsfvm, tee »sne»s eA- Jourued. bdcßM. _ ~ ,1 ,# nr « Bones a oocdmustca .tPftjSJtlL BreMdST, transmitting to live House, rxn-term-.a-r OenereL » rtatsmeut in of the Secretary of oSMeI wgorts of hwtle*i fou^at maoe’the aojurnsnent of Cougreaa—tamely, the iZZLTof Shiloh, Fort Doaeteon, the expedition Effort Pinckney, tee ewaeuetiou thsevuouetioa of Columbus, Sentucty, at Crooked Creek, the operations MS& to »•" Meww. the battle a» BatU. Awsorek uul of p r mo**& ifc&i oaa Umzs&zo txin soph* of the ropijrts be prteted, which question •u! referred to the Committee on Printing. The repori and paper* were leitf 90 the wowmuniretein from the President, tauweidfeteg a staogaeutgf the reaeoue lokthe to carry the maile to the trans- Mjestesippi rMtou. Laid oa the table and ordered te he P Mr*Chsj&hueA us Tm, 96 leav*, altered a roeo- ! lation instructing the Gomaiittes ca ?•* eje and • Means ptc consider the justice one. ; roprirty j ana expediency of fovyVy *. tix on slaves, cr the purpose of mekog a fair and equitable ccoptnsu* tiou lor slaves lost to their owners. by nascc of -tie public enemy and tho present war. and report the result- cf tt.oir deitoeration to this iiunse. Agreed vo. e Air Lliitca, of r.ta ,by uctn.mcus consent,; re s-ateda nsmnmnicatica from the Gov . ro- 1 of'bat ! State, ia re'sties t-> the exportaticr. c; cotiOß end i the ' psraticr.s of speculators, and embodying certeir. recommer.iatioas concernlsg the £•:«.* i’n lion of ihe trade. it was alated iu s pont*cripi to lbs 00 nun in;, a tioc, t .at, some two weeks a.iica, ccttoa bed t<?ca snipped from e Florida port, end, when f t pea, placed cc board the. Bieac:,.ra Bcanoke and Janes town, tad taken Ic New York. •dr. Foots, called attention to the fast that he hod, at the last SvS.ioh oi Congr* »•=., moved c r - taic resolations iu.reference tc tfci very tre.iv r, but they had been Bireaunusiy opposed. The memorial was rc‘®r ~ c t:> the Cokk >'?3 cn Foreign Aiid .-.i Mr. Garlreb, from tae Committee cc She Jc-iic i&ry, reported to tbs liouse aHeaata bill cfcungtug tfca time of meeting cf Congress for the next r'cg mar seeoion, irom. the first Monday in Pecember, lcS£, to the Bscond Monday in . ,'urttrv. Ifci. — Jratwd. j Kr : -^, 4ir * r £tG froa. lac same vonmike, report a bill making treasury notes e. legal tender.— the Committee recommended that the fctil d-' net paae. Placed oc tbs c&ieciar. Mr. Chilton, moved that .... special order be postponed until two o'clock, ia order tc preseed wiih tuo call of Committees ; which was agreed ic.' Mr. Keiskell, of Teen , reported hack certs 3 reaciutions in relation to counterfeitin'/ Treasury notes, audasked that thecornnti.too!:• > d'-übiirv/.d Ifcm toe further cocsideration cf the came, and that the House take up the bill reported last cas sias, entitled l: un act to punish forgery and coun terfeiting.” The House refused tv entertain the notion. Mr. Gray, of Texas, front tbs earns commliiss, to whom was refs?; ed tbs letter cf the tfceretury of tbeTrea ary on the subject ct.deluys attending the adjaatmerii of ciaim3 of decea3tc soldiers, ro ported a bill to ba entit'sd, “An act scpplementa ry to an ac-i concerning Ihe p;y and' allowance due to deceased saidiero, approved February 16, and to provide for the promp t settlement of claims tor arrearages of pay, allowances and bounty due to deceased soldiers, with a recommendation that lfc bUfiiii, The bill was pass.?'.'; with coma ought amend ments. Mr. Orcciiti, of Ky ; from the Cotncittea cu Elections, called up, according to notice, the cor.. tested electioD between Hoc, A. H. Garutnd, sit ting member free, tho State cf Arkansas, end Uc3, J.foco F. Johnson, clr.icfog the corf :r, the House, us the representative frets the third (foo greeai.'n«l district of tha 3ta»e of Arise so?. The majority cf the ceamiitaa report the fo:.- n solution s "Hescived, That A. H. Garland entitled, to the seat cow held fey bins.” The rtiacrity o-r the commutes re; cri; ’'Eegolvtd, That Hon, Jilson F. Jofccoon is idj ti. oted R.'preaentative from fhs third Con greesiotutl district cl the titute of Arkansan, ana as such is entitled to his sent in this Hor.se.” Mr. Crocks*,; (;■'■!: the floor in fo.vcr ot tho cc;> teetact, Mr. Jo'shsoa, aad, at the termination of thirty rtinutes—the time allowed by the rules cf the House—the House edjouroed, HKNATE.. 3- ct. 22i, 1052 Mr. Yancey offered a resolution requea.it g the President to furnish the Senate, the opening of its next cession, withs list cf &ii commissioned officers io the Confederate service, end the Status from which they were appointed. A resolution of Mr. Burnett, fixing the!. ih irs-t. for adjournment, wee laid on the taoie. A bill viab reported from the Military Commit tee requiring all psrat-es hereafter furnishing snb otiiuiea, or who have Ueretolore furnished them, to be held to Servioe ii said sabstitute assert. Mr. Orr opposed tbbt part of the bill eff-otiiig those who hare already furnished substitutes. Meson irparrow, Davis,aud Utli, supported the bill, and Messrs JKreston and Orr opucsed it. The portion of the hill affecting those who have here tefore furnished stthstiriras waathea B sicken out, Mr. Sims, front the Special Committee appoint ed tc inquire into tho condition of the ermy* hos pitals, submitted a report, accompanied by s hi;! providing for the betu- care of the sick aud disa bled soldiers cf the Confederate States. Da doc t.h.-: table end ordered to be printed. The ccmraitteß asked and obtained leave tc- aii again 2 a ncc 11 c 1 H., - Xc. 1,. Cj. —; ..,..0 ~.1 .i .,e the nomiaations end appointment of' Brigadier- Ctecsra's, which had been, referrsd to the C ra mittee on the Judiciary, end cc which said com mittee had reported unfavorably, was ta.koc up 'lbs b;L\ reads as fellows: The Congress cf the Confederate States of j America do enact, Thet hereafter it eh.?!! bs tao j duty of tha President, in making nominations for ! the office ot Brigud:eT-G3Ber?.t, tc ruafcs ciid j ncmiaatiocs wii.b r> £ rence tc tha cumber cf Lr : g- i adier Generals whioh may br.ee beep appointed | from each State and to the number of troops ; which each State mey have in the service lev iae | wax’, 1; 7tng preforesoo to sosfc Stato cs may Lava tbe ’least number of Brigadier Generals in proper- | tion to the troops it has ia oerviee, and to ix3s!gti said Hrigadiar Generals, wben appointed, tc the ] command of brigades of troops wb.ch may be in ] the service from the State from which they have ! been applied. That tha troops which here been or may be ! raised or unrolled in any S'at® shall be divided • and orgaa’sed late brigade.-; and there aboil! be created as many Bngadter-Generals for tha ! tr»x?ps 0! any State os it has troops ia the field; end j t. Brigadier General shall bs appointed for eer.h ; of said brigades, end no one ahull be qualified to i fill or exercise the office of the Brigade r-Gener ala for the troopi cf any State tiuless et the time ot his appointment he shall be a ci. ren ot the Confad.rcte Btates and ot the State ia which the troops of his brigad” shall have been raised. The Committee report that the Constitution provides that the President “shall nominate, tted by and with tbe advice and consent o? the Hecate, snaj.i appoint Atnbi jaadors, other public jiini <ters and Consuls, Judges of tbe Supreme Court, and all other officers of the Confederate States, whose appointee msarenot herein otherwise provided for. &ad which shall be established by taw.” By this clause of the Constitution the right cf nomiaattien in the opinion ot thecowimittee ia given exclusively to the President. The pow--r of appointment is given to the President, controlled by the advice aid consent of the Senate ociv. Ia the matter of appointment?, there'ore the Senate is an advisory Executive body , end in that capaci ty may exercise a regulation and restraining in fluence, power end aiecretion; and me.- appro pr lately take into conaidtratton tha relit ou o. •he officer proposed to tbe troops to be command ed, or to the citizens for whose immediate benefit j his functions are to be employed. But the Ccngrass, e.a a isgislalive body, constat ing of th? Sanate ar.d Koaae cl Sepresactat vaa, have no oonatitutional authenty, in the opinion ol the oommittea, to reguiuto or interfere with execu tive discretion in making nominations cr appoint ments. The control oi the (loegreas over appoint :3 confined to the authority c! vesting, by Uw, ‘‘the appointment of each inferior offiesre ea they may think proper ia the President alone, ic the courts of law, or in the heads of deport create.-'’ For these reasons the ooremities reapostfcily report hack the bill mentioned with a recommen dation that it do not pass- BSsr. H. Hi Li, Chairman. A discussica arose os the qaeation, ia which Messrs. Yancey, Hill, riemmes, and Henry, parii vancey offered a substitute for the bih- A.fter debate between Messrs. Yancey and Orr, the v ote was takes, and the amendment was re jected by the following vote i * Ayes—Messrs. Clark, Haynes, Ooiham, demcea and Yaheey— 6. Mays—Messrs. Baker, Burnett, Oley, Davie, Henry, HiU. Hunter, Lewie. Maxwell, Orr; Pheiau, Preston, Sparrow and WlgfelL-14. Ihe vote' wee then tekeo on the anginal cut, with the following result s . Ayes— Messrs Clark, Lewis end Sanet* Nays—Messes Baktr, Burnett. Clay, Davis, Haynes, Beury. HiU,Hunter, Maxwell, Orr, Phe luu, i'reston, Bounces, Sparrow, md Wigfeii— 16- So the bill was oogadved. * Then, on motion, the Senate a^ottnied. HOUSE. Mr. Bali, of Missouri, introduced & bill tc pro- i vida lot the temporary organAatlon of foreee for the Provisional A/my of the Confederate Skates, lu fftates or pari* ot states occupied by the ene my. Referred to Ire Committee oo Military Af fairs. Mr. Foster, of Aiabents, introduced a resolution requesting the Secretary cf War to send a corps of competent engineers with orders to make a thorough reran nones ace of the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers, and country adjaoent thereto, with erection of permanent fcmfioatons on, or placing obetrucuone, te said rivers Agreed to. Mr. Kenner, of offered a resolution that, inasmuch as Cos agrees has postponed the day of meeting of the next regular session to the faf Monday In January, Ufli, the Preeldent he re quested to direct tee heads of drpanmsuts to send te their estimates ot the appropriations necessary for their several departments for the Sseai year eoo mepeiag te January next. Agreed tc. Mr Kenner gave notice of a motion ic extend the present eeeeion to the Ifeb of October Mr. Chilton, of from the Pogt-offioe Committee, reporteo bank a bill providing for the compensation pf- person* spgjged ip oarryiog the metis C f the Cou ed ■fdrrs; which was ooa- Jure, reJSS^wS• bill tc retcal tk* act cf VOL. LXXV.--NEW SERIES VOL. XXV. No 39. j 1 ‘st see- ion inerrasir;: the rates of postage, with o • report that it is icexpedirct tc legislate thera n, r - t '. • :.•■.,•■ upon the tifo'e Kr.Dc I jarustte, of Virginia, addressed tbs lieu?; in op poe .ion to tne fvport of the committee; after ! which the bill war laid upon the table. fif'. Cr -, ' • Ky., c ilico. rp >h; of the Gomm Utes en Fit ct >•: r.lr r< gat <1 to lbs p v.ltrcu cf J. F. Joheren, coatee . the g ; -at c*. A. {:, Oar -1 rd ; la sittiPd tiiember from.«he tl ird Ccagreits ional D,strict of Aikausss. Mr. Tripp *. of 9a., cT.r. a the f.>l»nr?ir.g«cafcsti tate for be;.; the uu.j -sky end minority repcit? : Rcsclred, That & v an ; 7 fee, mi ia hereby de clared in the repr'E' niatinn s'roor. the Tufou <?<>o gressic.nei Dh rio; of the State cf Arkansas. Resolved, 'i'hi-t tito Cl< rk of (.hie Kcbse do trans mit t certified copy < : the foregoing rosrJnticrg tc the Governor cl Arkansas Mr. Bjyco, cf H- 0., moved that tec floeas pro ceed to vote cn this queetlon ?-t'i o’clock tc mor row. Motion agreed to. After •. e-ms discussion, the Eonas adjourned. ii i TKLli'viHAPii. im FROM THE W£sT. _ ; ,. Price Attacked by Riizeucranz ROSB’SOR&KZ REi ULMIfU CANNON CiAJTFRBD Bf FKiCE EHEHPS LOSS BEAT?. &Sff. LITTLE OF PRICE’S ABH7 KILLED, Ac, do., dc. Hcbie s, A:.e., Rapt. BS. —The follow lag dlepatcfc h»3 been received here 1 Idea, Mtss , Sept. 20.—The riuht wing of the enemy, under Rosecrauz, 8,000 strong, were found to bo tidvaacieg about four o'e'iook yeeter duy afternoon, oa iha Jacinto rond, and driving ia oitr picksts, ‘ Gun. Pi ice iir.medietely ordered Gea. Hebert to move with hia owa cud Gen Martin’s brigades agsinat them, nod want himself upon the field, accompanied by Gen. Little, Tbay met tho 91s - my ftdvunciiig is line of battle about a mlio fiovdh of the town. O irlice woe in raedistaiy [formed and the battle opened. Discovering that tho enemy tves in lores, Ger. Price sent bac.s tor tee other brigades cf Gee-oral Little’s division. They came forward at e- double quick, but did no! reach tbe field until the enemy were drives bock from every position, more Gian GOO yards, withe a leas ci over 50 prisoners, and nine pieces of srtiileiy. Darkness prevented further pursuit, sna Gen. Littles divivsiea bivouacked upon the battie field. Ocr loss in billed, wounded, and missing will reach £SO. Gen. Little was killed Coir, Whitfield, Gilmore, and Mabry were wounded. The enemy having’ received heavy reinforce ments during ihe night, Ueu. Price determined to carry out the orders of the previous morning, and the army left luka, between 7 and 8 o’clock in tha morning, bringing off tbe captured (.tores. The attack which the enemy made upon the rear guard waa also repulsed, with a severe loss to them, whtie our loss was only one man. The 8d Louisiana, Whitfield’s Legion aud the Texas Cavalry behaved with distinguished gal lantry, and were the greatest sn orera in the fi ;tit ot r.--- y ’.>_! 0'.’...... ' . war? fi.lt wound' and. 3xloriou§ News from Virginia I I BTOISYi WAUL JACKS'?tv ftA/iiTG Alf- OTHE.i VICVir RT AVW EECRC3- SB3 aO 11 i « l CA-FTEBK ®r AISSiSS EIvB M T ROtJTi3L>iI GEB. BBAfIG AT WORE Id KEPrUCSY 111 M’OltizZLAN 'XAIX3 A VtCTOHU. BUT BUS AiiMY FALL! BA‘JK ! LATF.B FROM CUMBEULiAND GAP. CorigresaioraaL &-z., <So., kz, &c. Rrcajfwn, Vx., Bept 28,—Ac cfflcini dispatch received here this morning, announces that e but tle took piece cc He.turday oc tho p. toir-ao river near Shf pardstewr., between th® Confederate forces under (fer rai Jackson and a c* - vi ne of the enemy 10,003 strong, resulting in tee root cf the enemy with & heavy Icc ;. Our loss was eiight. Quite a number of arms 179 re taken. Gen. Jaokeon had recrossed into Maryland i FROM CUMBERLAND GAP. Ettesvits, Sept. £2.—A o-mriar brings lstelli gence from Cnmberlacd Gap that Gen. gtev.-nsec ia pressing cn the Federal General Korgan's rear. Firing was heard this morning In the direction of Manchester end it is supposed that be has eoge ged tho caorny. LATE NEWS FROM THE NORTH. Bichkow, Y*., Sept. 23 —Tbe New York SiT &id, of the 80th :n3t , haa been rcoaived here. It oentaius dispatches from Louisville, Xy , annouc clog the carreoder of cix lodLaaa regiments, cf about five thouMnc sneo. at MunfcrdsvUle, Ey. Official dispatches fre m General MoUleiiau datid ou Friday Last, claim e victory in Wednesday’s fight at Bbarpsburg, though it is evident that b e army had fallen buc t, Ha states that tha Bel el ernsy had crossed the Potomac river into Virginia and that he had seat a column under Gen. Alfred Plea's*ntoo lu purnuit. i.Special dispatch to the Chronieie A SeatineLJ 3»-pt lled in the H a Geer gia—Oaptaia Bunaels, Lieut. North, Lieut. Camp 3. TTedwell, J. Miller, W. E. Sunter. Wounded Lieut. Camp, Lieut. Patrick. All of Company F„ were takes priaonerz. Oept. Kcßie, safe. A. W. CbaBBEiTE. THE BATTLE OP IDEA, MISS. Mosilt, Sept. 2C.~The following is a special dispatch to toe Mobile Advertise! & Register i BaLnw:*, Mise., Sept. H —(c the batte ol lake, the 87ib Alabama, Col. Dowdell’s R.-giment which was ic the hottest of tbe fight, lost lg men killed sad 4? wounded, They drove back the enemy and slept upon the ground on whiah the enemy had formed bos line of battle. [Special Diepateh la the Savannah Republican.J Ricaxofo, Sept. SA—ln tne fight at aharpaburg, Col. Marcelius Douglas, of the Thirteenth Geor gia, was ki’led. CoL Avkicsoo, of the Twenty- Sixth Georgia, was wounded and left the field. Lieut. B ce, of the Wire Grass Minute Men, who was left in oemmand of the Twenty-Sixth—no other officer, not wounded, being present—was killed. Oapt Grace and others, who were wounded, -re here, on their way home. The bngadi tLawton’ej was cut to pieces, and reported oaptured while on picket duty last night. Tbe Twenty-Sixth. Georgia was reduced to J 1 men for duty. The Wire Grass Minute Men were aii wounded, aiek cr obese r but private BegmeU. Very few ol them were k’.UecL The report of the capture of the brigade is o° l aatixfacferj, taough appare*L/ whehfe g_ irarvavs rexxavoa ] - DEATH OF LiKtFT. aaLXPRXOBO, Mb mU cb cut up in MoLa-s’ Hwov.) -« a the action of ) •» t * rd */' mjeLf -ere aa mau was kilted. Capt- W injured. f. a. giMBMf (Bigosd> latsr from Virginia, T 1 -a T.-ff-E B&'lTun or AJ3LD&TOWH KNiE'Vilf ALBOSf tafiPi6kaLAAtffK*, Richmond, 3-rpi. sith.-Tbs I ynohbnrg ( : Renubi o;.g o» to- dsy, aja that the Yankee «, i- I uain itcei t'7 routed by btonewnii Jackson, n/-.tg . opt/ vse. ccmmuaued b f Burnsir.'V F,.’v !\:gii,..ra 01 the eae.uy rushed across the ri> cr, wee-a JaekfiCii pr. oipitated his whole torsi open them. The enemy were literally mow. { ,vuvr.. tic many vr -re killed that the stream wr-S fioimea up by tneir bodies. About 1,500 priaoar A w “e taken : and cf the whole force, eettmated ■'s 10,( >, it is thought that not more than S.COC ar. Oi-.p. i The Caen allies cn cur aide were SfO kll * ec, wounded and missieg. LATE IROM TEfiXESaES AfivDSfiSTECKV. CaarffANMGA, Sept, 14—Xue Nashville (Tenc J ■Coioa of the sfcth insti. sajuj that 300 rebel caval ry attacked the Fedemle a: Green river bridge o j tiftturdny l ist, but were repulsed. Tho li.'.shvile Union also reports tfcftt Briar, with 10/(1'.- men at Glasgow Junction, Ky. Geu, Eouseeau u:'.? to meet him. The tfcioa re gsid; the det-at of Frogg’a arasy «s cerutib; ami nay.'; titer? are 200,000 Fe'’?r?.ls uowbetwaea Lou r."_d Nuehviiie. The Jbushvi'le Union rer-orta several ic-di ruiiihen near Nashville 011 the 19th ineti, with a lose cf « Federal tt&in ot 1* wagons and the escort whioti were cij. ureu by Guerrillas. Andy Johnson is ctiii ia Nashville. Tl: "1 GOOD KEWd FROM GEN. BRAGO»H AitViY CONFIRMED. Cv/.Tr'iNocOA, Sept. 28d.— Wc learn from Nasbr villa, Ttiin ~ that Gen. Bragg tics captored Bo»- fcrd.-vilte, Ky., with 5,400 prisoners, 8 laarga uitnubrr cf small arms arid several piece* of artila ry wi-.hoat firing a gun. CONFEDERATE CONGRESS. ■ RrcssiOKv, Va.,Bept. 9.8.—1n the Senate, tevdapy the House b'il authorising the Secretary 01 the Treasury to offer a reward, cot exceeding jW.OOO, for the apprehension sud conviction of persons engaged in oouuterieiting Confederate notee, wax p.'tei'sd. Also, the Senate bills to facilitate th* payment of the ainounie due to soldiers- The Ciicsciipt bill from the House was amended by cnb.stitulicg therefor the bill recently passed by the Senate, with Bums mac.filiations. Tbe sutj'Ct will probably be referred to a committee, c-f conference. 'Tag Stenate bill . iiog the rank and pay of this Quartermaster General wea parsed. ia the House, th® Arkansas contested ejection cate, after the r.j ctioa of 0 motion declaring th® seat vacant, tuts recommitted to the Oosmnutteo On Election. A bill to raise the rovauus was oocsidared in the Commitvco of tho wiurfe until tho fwar ot adjournment. Ricsmoko, Pa , Bopt. £4th.—in the Hanate iir. Oidbau, o( Texas submitted u .tries of roso iutiona declaring that the Provost Mirehai U»v* no authority whatever over oit.zana not belonging to the uni.y. The resolutions were referred to tho Committee cn the Judiciary. Mr. Simniss from the Comniittae on tbe Flag and Beai, jireßanted a dr sign for a Seal of the Confederate States, which, after some debate waa adopted. It represents, ia the foreground, & Confederate soldier ia the position of a charge buyout*, i*» t-Io Neddie, in the distance, to s woman ■vi’.h a child by her side it front of a church, both with band? uplifted in th® attitude of prayer, Ac. The motto is i “ Our Hemes and our Constitution.’ Is the House, f>. bill was passed to piovide for tho temporary organic alloc Os troop® in Htates or parti of iitates invaded or occupied by the enemy Also, tha Senate biß cou'trring th® rank of Brig adiev General ou the Q iarter MaJiter General of tho Canftderate State® army. The Military Exsn ption bid was tfc«s dUcaased until the hour oi adjournmect. Rioav.bxo, ftept 25,1v —1n the Senate to-day, tbe : toast® bill for the relief 0/ the Aestorn Texas Railroad Company was passed j also, the Senate nil dividing itexae into Judicial Districts; and tho Senate bill to provide ior the coinage oi cop er tokar.3 of the demwiiaaiion of 1, 6,10, and 26' cents; also, tb® H'">use bill to provide for tbe payment of turn? use-rteined to bo due for posted servioe rendered under contracts with he United State® before the Cocfedtrate Hiateg took charge of e ul service; also, tto Stnute bJI tc better pro vtea for tb® sick and wounded oi the army in tha Hospitals. Tbs Senate bill to aid in tbe completion of to* Ylokeburg and Shreveport Railroad, was detest ed, The Conscription biii was referred in both Houses, to a committee of conference. Iu the House, th® resolution rescinding tho th® resolution hx.ig the day of adjournment was rejected. The Exemption bill was further diecossed. An amscumeat was adopted exstripling all persons exempted by the laws ot respective Biaias. Tb® captured officers belonging to Borate army, who have bee a confined at Richmond since the lata battles at Mannas s, Ac., and who, under tbe terms of of tbe President s proclamation, were not to be treated a 3 prisoners of war, but kept ia strtet oo„fiii»meat, w® see by the Richmond Dio pntch are to Nsect North with other released prts aoars. We have cad no c£oial iutiuiatiou of tbe cap ture cf the Editor oi the New York Beraid by our frees, but we are reliably informed that a pack age went through our Expreaa rfite* yesterday, (Treated to “ Private Jxmes Goanov Hatmuec, Biohmond, Va.” , m Miguaaam Woxax.—'The ladies of C-otemiMa, Mise., tiVr cnran xjd a society for the perpoee ot raising a fund to build an iron o!ad gcnhoaW— The? have already subscribed several thonsaaff ioliira, and published as appeal to their Mstcre in ether parts of the State to join them in their patriotic effort. Ail honor to th* nobis women of this revolution 1 Axotesb Fust.—An inventory oi another free: for operations on the Western waters is gi van bf the Chicago Tribune. It states that six gunboats era being constructed at tbe Carondeiet navy yard, beow 3t. Louis—the Ceage, Neosho, Winnebago, Milwaukee, Chickasaw, and Htekapco. Two of these, which arc being constructed 06 tha plan of the Monitor, are nearly completed. They h*w* oae turret each, and will mount two eleven-look Dahigrec guns. The others are mooh laxger, and have each two turrets. The boats are of solid iron throughout. Four hundred msn are at wotfc upon them. The first two draw three and • hsM feet of water. Tb; others si* feat. Two thousand six hundred and rela cf molasses were shipped W He* • New Orleans on the 80th of Auga*l - Memphis Argus aa.v* tf°lT haa the river ***”*f£ 9t mcA ** present. l b £? to feel their way asVwff port, SS?M borders of ~» pstion 6 !■ n Tooun Woospitefc -A correspondent <m tJfgtebmono V*AP<Ack *>■?• that General Toon* was sUgh’iy wounded te tbs battle new 8f»l?ar burg oo Wednesday. Tbs writer adds» - Ha ia aald to hare acted gallantly and with two regiments beat back as immense ■>“*• he waa reinforced and routed tec enemy. A private dispatch from Bfehaond baa ba«6 shown us by a friead wbtob aorrobccctsc th# fosf of Gas. Toatus wotutdad. _