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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 183?-1864 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1863)
BY N. S. MORSE & CO. Cjjnmicle £ Sentinel TERMS. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE At SENTINEL Ih Published Every TUESDAY AT POUtt DOLLAKH PKR ANNUM A!■ WAV* IN ADVANCK. WEEKLY ADVERTISING RATES. Obdihakt AbTiKTiAKMiKTB published in the Weekly will be charged twenty-five cent* a line each insertion. “ Hpscial Nonces will be charged thirty cents a ne for each insertion. Makbiaoss, Diaths and Funiral Noticsb one dollar each. Obitoabt Notices forty cents per line for one nsertion in either Daily or Weekly. Wbere bitnary Notices are published in both Daily and Weekly— sixty cents per line. The Recent Detection in i'olninbae• We copied au article, a few days ago, from the Col a mhos Hon, mentioning the detection and ar rest of a Mr, Charles W. Chapman, who, for many years past, has been connected w-th a fe male school in our sister city. It appears that ho ties been throughout the struggle inimical to the Booth ; but the (act has not been developed until oertain letters which lie wrote to his Northern friends were overhauled by oar eutboriiies at Wilmington as they were en route to Nassau. We remember Mr. Cha >man when a teacher in thiscitrjoma twenty yearsugo. fie was a coarse, leather-headed adventurer, who came to these parts in quest of a livelihood. Neither is own msuners nor acquisitions would have com m undid for him any consideration as ua instructor of youth. Bnt being married to a lady of prepos sessing demeanor aud highly cultivated int. 11. c'., he suooeeded through the worth aud accomplish ments of bis wife, whom he associated with him self in the business of tauoh'ng, in establishing a first-class Heminary in Augusta. Alter deriving a handsome income from ths sc 00l for several years, he removed to Columbus where he has Sinoe bsen engaged in ths same a/ocation. Asa reward for tba emoluments which, for a quarter of a century, hs has gathered ou Boulhtrn soil, like the viper in the fable, the lngrale is now seeking totting the bosom iu which he has been cherished. It will be said by suoli persons oh uro ready to give aid aud comfort to our enemy, that we Should not he too hutsh in our condemnation of those persons who, born of Puritan stock, ure unable to extirpute their original inducts. It will also be said that these men are only feeling towards their sections as Southern men, now at the North, feel towards their native States. But we cannot ate pi miy such plea. There is un parallel whatever in the two canes. If the S.mih ware invading the North, and carrying the same lire, sword end terror which the ruthless arm it H of the abolitionists are spreading all over our j land, then it would be reasonable to espuct that { all natives of the North amongst us won and gym- ' patten wiln their scourged friejids and relatives. We do not see how, under those circumstances, i any one who ohenphed any regard to- the land of his birth, oould remain quially um.m u u people who were setking by the mist brutal invasion ever known in the history ot the world, to deso late wbel must be dear to his heart. Bat the case is entirely diflerent. We are the invadt and jiurty. We have solemnly protested that we wish to do no damage to the V'. ustengton Wo vein meal. Our .cruel torn leaves his own home m comfort and end comes with oarnnge and desolation lor as. In such • contest every Noitbern man who has elected the Bbd’.h as his residence may ho true to I.U adopted country without indicting the sligbt ect violence on hit natural sympathies. Wheu an enemy seeks to lay waste my hr in*, iho fact thut he is my brother, father, or son, does not mate him any tbe less my enemy, aud does not give him tae slightest olaim lo my lorbeurancs. And if there be nothing winch can excuse a man of Eortheru b'rth, residing in the South, tor truitir- Ous conimunieatious with tho enemy, still levs cau there be any excuse for those who, though to the manor born, show—as did thoss ladies if whom the Charleston Courier recently couiplaintd in tint city—that their sympathies are largely en listed in favor of the destroyers of all that we oherish as a people. We hope the time has gone by when we shall be compelled to chronicle the extension to enemies ol esurtesies which ure due to friends only. We recommend no harshness and craelty. Let us treat evtu enemies as Chris tianity and civilization demands. Let us do unto them as in like circumstances we might expeot them to do unto us. Let us keep most rig dly within this limit. True Patriotism.— Thomas Stallworth, Esq., of Mobile, hag proved himself to be a true patriot In every senßS of the word. The low aud sordid spirit of Rain, which at the pres ‘tit tuue has pos session of the hearts of so many of oar people, finds no resting place in bis coble seal. Mr. H. held s note for two thoum J dollars, which on its Isoe was made payable iu gold and silver That note came due a ew days since, aud instead of compelling the drawer to comply with the terms expressed—thus putting him at the mercy of the heartless money sharks who infest onr oonntry, and who skin without mercy all those who are so unfortunate as to fall into their c utch as—Mr. 8. took the amount in Confederate money. Truly it ia refreshing to read of acts of this kind. It ia realty enoouraging to-hear that there are still aouie men in onr midst who love their country better than everything else, and would make any saenfae to see her rise triumphantly from her present struggles. Sow if all in every community, who are mak ing great professions for our cause and claim they are willing'to do all in their pow«r to and feat our Northern oppressors from carrying out their infamous designs, would every one he as liberal in their money transactions as Mr. S aliworth of Mobile has been, onr little ship of state would not now be rocking on the shoals and quicksands of oontention and dissatisfaction. In conclusion, we have a word to say to tbog who hold the money bags and oontrol the purse strings. Gentlemen, if you ever wish the South to be successful you must be 1-beral with your funds. Do all the good with them yon can. Bet t rdo it willingly than wait aad bo compelled to do it by the strong arm of the law. The people liave determined to be free; end be free they will, no matter what msesures the emergencies that may arise compel them tc adopt. Lincoln's Tmasksiuyino. —Thursday was the i day set apart by Lincoln as a day for hie subjects to give thanks to the Almighty for the late Fide ral victories. What can be more blasphemous? Jaat think of it! A natiou, the hearts cf whose mier and people are tilted with bate, lus', rapine, murder —ia short, with fiendish pass'ons and de signs of every description—returning thanks for the successes of their arms. We are told in the good Book that the prayers of the wicked do not aaoend very high—and we do not bel eve their praise* do either. Lidooln MM A. sT Meredith as usebange prisoner agent in place ot Col. Ludlow. The Secretary of the Treasury baa decided that the interest on State Bonds and Stocks, and on Confederate Benda are taxable. Aicttbiabop Hughes aud the Dope, % Ihe late announcem nt that the Pope has or deren Archbishop Hughes, of New Yoik, to di rect,! ;* every effort for p-nce.Vwe eerily believe wil do the Confederacy more s*rv ee than the forvgn recognition that we havebeea go long and vainly been pleased''’ tjffcr&i tba late mob. Itya certain that thsy were mainly labor era and mechanics, and it is equally true {bat the laboring classes of the cit.es are for the most part Irishmen and Catholics. Let ns grant, hen, that it was a Catholic mob. That mob has manifested its disposition in a manner too plain to be mista kes. It is opposed to the war, and has poured out | its blocd rather than contribute its aid to continue I it far her, hat the potent influence of the Arch bishop through his persoual appeal, was mffchty, and ior the time prevailed. His Reverence must be obeyed ; h:s counsels must be heeded. Tbe passions of tbe populace were smothered, and the vac. multitude wbo bad united to resist injustice and oppression, respectfully and obediently yield ed to the Holy Father. liat there is a higher ecclesiastical functionary than Archbishop Hnghes. The Pope is infallible. He is sovereign. Kings and princes obey his mandates, and so must tbe warlike Archbishops who has hitherto done so much to prevent foreign interference and to stimulate the war upon the South. Ue is new required to throw ofl Ms en sanguined robes lor the white habiliments of p ’ace. He dare not disobey. The Catho'ic pep ulathm huv-t no longer iho restraints ofhis.ccun tervaihog efforts upon their action. By the ex- pressed desire Pope, oppos'it o£,to thp war b-oOmeS to them a religion* dut\, and this line of duty Is in full accord with their wishes and deciree. The Ca'.hoiic population is a migh*y element at the Ncrth. Even in times of peace the country bus trembl. and before its great fore sbudowiugs It has hitherto been one of the strongest supports of the war. It has swelled the ranks ol the Vankce armies. Take it away, and how much remains? Enlist it in opposition to the Government and it is all-powerful. It cre ates revolution. It demolishes drafts, sylt* en dangers tbe existence of the present Federal Government and Administration. It is hot con fined to New York city and the great centres oj.- trade uni population. It iB espicially strtfng throughout the great West. The Tribune asserts that the drutt in New York will be resumed, and anticipates resistance. Bet it go on. We shall see who is the stronger, Lincoln or the Pope. These instruction# irom the Romish head come to this country most opportunely. It remains to ba so n wha. intluence they will have upon Cath olic France and the Emperor, upon Catholic Spain und the other countries of Europe who) acknowledge the temporal and spiritual power* of his Highness. May we not reasonably enter-* tan high hopes aud anticipations lor the irame-' dinte future ? Again we repeat, the ed ct request ol tbe Pope will, in our opinion, Confederacy more service than foreign recogni tion. Who oan doubt it ? Moms Fsdrual BmiTALrrr.—Lieut. It. J. Tipton, of Jortsho r o, Tenn., was Drntailv murdered, and his brother abducted, a few n'ghts since, by a band of tories and Federate. The vandals called at their fatboi’s louse nb >ut midnight. Think ing them lriends, us they represented themselves to be, the lieutenant aud hit brother arose and w*ut out. They were immediately seized and curried oil. About a mile Irom their father’s house, Lieut. T. was slut through the brain and through the region of the heart. Hiabodywa. sou and by pursuers next morning in the road. Uis brother has not yet been beard from. What fate he has met with, is not yet known. It is feared that be has been murdered iu cold blood also. Theso two young men have long beeu distin guished iu the vicinity where they reside for their courage and bravery, as well as for their devotion to the cause of the Houtn. They have met with a cruel fate. l>3Cjyed from their beds by fraud auil lalsehood, led to death by a bund of lory murderers, undtous c uelly assasinated, w.-iH a destiny Badly unworthy this devoted pair of youthful patriots. Eastern Teuuessec appears to be infested with au inhuman band ol tra tors. Their leaders, by their ex tuples aud speeches, have animated them with a malignant spirit of fierceness, and filled their minds with passions ot the worst kind. Our authorities should make them feel the law of retaliatio . They ought to be taught that they cannot longer commit their heinous crimes with impunity. Nothing but a prompt and bloody veugeauce will pul them down, aiftt make th. m leave unmolested residents who favor the cause of the South. Let the eword be drawn, aud llie order giv-iu. Let East Tennessee be purged of th villains that have loug infested it, aud who have doue immense damage not only to our friends 10 that sect.on, but also to our glorious cause. Brutal Conduct cf Lincoln’s Officials. —lt is not to bo wondered at that a nation which re sorts to savage modes ot warfare, and which is doing all it cau to instigate barbarous slave in surrections, should adopt a course to kill, if pos sible, its sek and wounded toe’s who happen to fall into its clutches. Lincoln officials lately have been selecting from among the Confederate pris oners thore who are the most badly wounded and the most dangerously *ll, packing them ayay on a boat like so much ballast, aud sending them South under ailig of truce. Some of the more humane Federal dootors remonstrated against such a course, but tbe r remonstrance thus far has hud no effect. It appears to be the great aim of Lincoln and his satellites to kill oS' the Con federates la some way. Th*y could not have adopted a surer plan to murder cur helpless sol dier-i. Uistory Las never recorded ;such fiendish transactions. The brutalised Yankee natiou has been the first to commit such unparalleled deeds of atrocity. Tits Position cf th* Fkdsual Secretary of War.—The Northern papers state that two promi nent New Y’ork gentlemen recently called on the Federal Secretary of War, Mr. Staunton, in order to learn his views upon th* war. The con verseUion turning upon re-union with the South, allowing slavery to exist as formerly, the rene gade Secretary remarked: When the negro blood which was shed before Port Hudson and Milliken’s bend shall return from the ground to circulate in the veins of living men, then, bu. never till then, by consent or ac tion o' mine, shall one freed man, etnarclpated by the President’s proclamation, be returned to slavery 1 Mr. Staunton need not trouble hionsel’ about the South wanting to be re atuied with the North | under any cireuxstances. All his bombastic talk about emancipating negroes is therefore thrown : awsy. We want no action or consent of his about regulating onr invitations. We have not asked I his leave about doing as we wished as yet, neither ilo we intend to. Lincoln’ Mixi.-itkr “ Cornered.”— Arong the Very coin; h ’ieo f ary uo.es that nave recently pass ed between Mr Bull's Fore gn Minister ana .he representative ot Abraham 1, we find ibe follow ing. We would be glad to see what Mr. Adams has to s v alter so unceremonious a “ dig under the fifth" tr jnf the facetious Russel : Foreign- Or vies, Apr! 20, 1868. Sir —With regard to me complaints which you h ve made ire-in time to time ol British sa lors who have entered tae Coiiiederate service, I have to remork that no Meps have hitherto been taken 1 by the l cited States authorities to prevent Brit i subjects from entering the military or naval ! service ot the boiled States. Mr. Seward t aß on j the contrary justified the means used, provided ; t ev were not bribery or intimidation, to induce British sai ors to enter the Federal a»rvice Von will readily perceive thejusuci of the re qu s I am about to make, namely : That before j Jon repeat your complaint* hat Bru.eh sailors baTe enured the service of the so-ca.ied Confed ; erate States, you will furnish me with rroofs that all British subjects serving in tbs Federal army have been discharged, and that orders have been given not to enlist sr engage suon per sou a to serve in arms contrary to tne tenor of bar Majes ty’s proclamation. AUGUSTA*miy,WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 19. 1863. r ’ . g Tae Emperor oriHriice, > The Mobile R-gieter in imat s he w Mt xifc iisn Came to bes IT- ed the M xic-iri throne, jh i r having whipped Austria ■ ou dqjat Sou'e teo*. h.. poison Sci ms disposed to Jsfio* is A no . i i.jt iy against that Empite impelled him to laky up th‘q‘ Italjaq quarrel., By this Mexican such relations with Austria are secured as are calculated to counterbalance the advantages acquired by in virtue o f her Prussian aud Danish matrimonii 1 alliances, and the it fl i ence which, through the Danish King ot Greece, she acquires in the Levant. The Petersburg Express has some timely thoughts upon tbe new relations which the Uni ted Elates Government is made to assume to wards Mexico by this red.cal charge in her fotm of government and her rulers. The Unv.el .Stales have a Minister—Tom Corw n—regularly ac credited to the Republic of ’ exico, but with tbe extinction of tbe Republic, his miss ou* is of c urje brought to a close ; and by the substitu tion of a monarchy, L neoisl is compelled to the choice of two alternatives. Either he will be compelled to ncognizt the Imperial successor of President Juarez, whoever he may be, and thus endorse a monarchy cn this continent—a monarchy, too, erected upm the ruins of that favorite Yankee, anti-European plat form—the Monroe doct-ine. Or, by refusing ;o recognize it, incur the displeasure oi France, and lay the foundation of an immediate quarrel wi'h that power, which would qu ck : y result in tbe re cognition of the Houtturn Cocfeieracy, ad, what would ba slilK worse tor the Yankee", P e loss of California, Oregon aud the who'e I'u.jic coast —for, in the tveni of a rup'.ura btiw tu the United Statig and France, < omc when “it will, after the change which Mexico has ucd rponc, one ol the inevitable consequences will be the ri, mn.-x --aticu ot California to Mexico. Aud ns England will pretty certainly be an ally of Loris Napo leon, she will help herself to the -‘ whole of Oregon.” „.;Thiß is the picture of (heir future »htch the .Yankee] cow have tcpcoutemplate. Such is the way that they f to be affected by the -French conquest ol AWiico. Will Lineolu recog .niae tbe Imperial of Maximilian, or 'wtfpever glay be elevated to the Mex’cun throne, JajliCMtherebJr keep im* apis cable relations, or rather IBvbjji hcstUe Francoy or will he refuse recogniiJK, and ‘thus embroil himself with a power that could aqd would indict upon him a r fS£t»isha\pnt little if any short of his total and ir- IretrievuKle destruction V 1 It is indeed a bi ter pill that they have to swal low any/way, whether recognition or non-recog -nation., .« Mat Lays that Nsed *t Kin if vino The Rich/ rfiioua,]Hipers"say that the prices in that are kept speculators,-not by the soarpttyfcl arti dec sold. They the deajprs 'Will allow perishable remain ou lieir shelves and rot, rather tbau take less then the prices they have agreed on among themselves. We have no objection to men tuymg aud selling what they please, and making all the prolii. they cm, as long ai they deal fairly and honorably. But when a hpdy of men j iin to gether and al low articieg necessary to support life to ba do atroy -d rather ttiun take a less price than the one fixed upon, we think it is high time that the strong arm of the law interfered and put a stop to such dUgraceiu! proceedings. If there are do Jaws ou our statute books Unu will reach the cases ot the cormorants, lays ought tu bo “•passed that will. The more severe and stringent they are the beltur. It is a lamentable fact that every community in the South is cuised with just such a class as .the Richmond papers speak of. Not only can they be found among business men, but tuey cau be found in every portion of society. VVe have to day in our midst a great ninny individuate, who, rather than not gain a desired obj cl or a favored scheme, would rather break down our present Government, und would do all in their power to once more put us again under the hated rule o Northern tyrauts. A mark should be }ut upon such traitors, wherever found. Every cae should co jailer it his sacred duly to expose them, amj bring to light their infamous designs. The quick er we put under foct those wbo are sowing seeds of discord and dissention throughout the land, the sooner will our independence be gained Not only, therefore, should tbe heaill-ss and unprincipaled food speculator be dealt harshly with, but tbe heartless and unprincipaled politi cal speculator also. Ot the two, the latter is the most dangerous to our liberties aud the sacred cause in which we are engaged. Let them be un ceremoniously put down, and treated as they de serve. They ure traitors of the worst stamp.— Let them be dealt with accordingly. There should be no hesitation or temporing in their case. Reception of the Confederate Steamer Flori da at Bermuda. —The Bermuda Mirror in speak ing of a recent visit of the Confederate steamer Florida gsys: OnWidnetday last the people of tbe town of St. Georges were sgreeably surprised by the ar rival in Five Fathom Hole, of the world renown ed Confederete States slip Florida, Capt. J. N. Maffit, Irom a cruise, being in want ot coals, and nquiring some trifling repairs to her engines It had scarcely becimekuotn that this vessel was the Florida, be ore several boats, filled, some with Southern gentlemen and iriends, end others wita persons, induced from motives ot curiosity, rowed out to take a look at the craft that has gained so much notoriety in terrifying the dis ciples of Mr. Lincoln. However, on the following .morning all in town were gratified with a sight of this coble It tie ship and her gallant crew. His Excellency the Governor having granted permis sion for bar to come into port, and at about ha. f past 10 o’clock on Thursday she entered the bar bor, gliding smoothly and noiselessly along, with the handsome Confederate ensign at bur peak. The Savannah Republican publishes the follow ing extrecl from one of the officers of the steamer Florida. It shows how that vtsiel was received by the Bermuda authorities : Oar reception here was all that can'd be de sired. To day. for the first time, the Carfeder.-te flag was saluted by a foreign catioa. We heard that the military authorities wished us to salute : onr agent wrote to the Governor, sating that we would salute, if it would be returnsd. The Go vernor answered : “The salnte will be returned, gun for gun.” At 10 a. m we hoisted the Enels. h ensign at the “fore” and tired the national silue of twenty one guns. As soon os we ha > finished, the fort returned, with the same number. The Captain and all the Lieutenants are dining at the English officer’s mess, ; nd 1 am leit iu charge of the vessel. At first the aptsin dec iued the invitation, on the pica that the offictrs were not uniformed. They said they would rica’ve us in our shirt sleeves. We are received with opeu arms wherever we go. Akothir Infamous Urdus. Tne following in tamons order, threutenii g the punishment of helpless women and children, .in revmge for the gallant enterprises ot Major Mosby and others in those portions of Virginia under Lincoln's rule, which the Federal troops are unable to <„ revent, is a foreshadowing of wLat we rr.av expect f-om the Y’anket’s ruie, should they succeed in ever coming t e South. The order is is.-ued by Gsu. Ring, an Abohuoniat of the most d<s icable kind: Every citizen, or rebel soldier disnuse, against whom there is suffic ent evide .c u his having committed d-predaveas upon the rail roads row use ' by the United States Got* rnn.-nl, will be arrested uni cjuhued tor puaunineni or put beyond the line. The people within ten mdes of the Orange end Alexandria railroad are noiiflrd tha. they will oe held responsible in their peisons and pioper ty for any injury done to the road, trains, de pots or stations by citizens, luemlas or per sons in dUgu.se, and in case of uoy su h injury, they will be impressed as laborers to repair aL damages. Ii these measures should not prevent depre dations, the enura inhabitants es th - dis ric. cf country along the railroad w.ll be put ncroes the lines and their properly taken tor government uses. Every kind of crop m Virginia promises an abundant yield. it is said that third ire some twenty-seven easoknf small pox in the neighborhood ot Bal lard a Station, Scrtven county. n/ei ler t ciik hup lAigiiet. 'I -ir ;.e1 ■ g ib* le» <r o lie so efo rch b;-l .'a, : •s. as translated by the New Yoik p *-»r-: Jo so ttnemb'e Brother John, Archbishop of A’tie York : . pop* pics ut. • “Venerable Brotaer, Health and Apostolic Bened ciioo : Among the various and most o -- pres, iv ceres which weigh on us in these turbu lent sod perilous times, ve are greatly afflicted by tbe truly lamentable state in which the Chris tian people of the Uniltd States of America are placed by the destructive civil war oroken out among them. “For, Venerable Brother, we cannot but be overwhelmed with the deepest sorrow wbi 6 we recapitulate, with pa'ernal feelings, the slaughter, rum, oestruction, di-TastaMonjand the innumera ble und ever-io be. d* ploreo/calamities by woicb tbe people themselves are mosjrfffiserably faarss eu a ;d uiiacer&ted. have not ce>istd to r tfjr up, in the bnmilityof'our hearts, oar most fervent prayer to God, that he would deliver them fr. mso many and so great Vila. “ And we are tolly assured that you also. Ven erable Urcihe . pray end mplo e, withon‘ ceJt i t;, i- Lord of mercies to giant solid peec* anti pio'.eritv tot at couatry. But since we, by virtue o' tie office ol our Apostolic ministry, em race, wit the deepest sent ments of charity, all tho nuti ns oi tbeOhustian word, and,t outn unworthy, administi r here ou earth the vicege rent cikot Him who is the Author o' Feme aud tfie Lover ol Oi.crity, we can ot refra n irom ucnlcaurg again and again on the minds ol the eopie themselves, and tneir chief rul rs, mutual charity aad peace. •* vVbere si e, we write you this letter, in which we urge y. u, Ventrabl Brother, with ad th force and earnest; es of our mind, to exhort, w.to yojr e . ment piety and Episco of zaa ! , your c! r y an faithful to offer op their prayers, end a Isa apply a i y ur siudy aad exertion, with the people ;-bd to ir chief rulers, to restore forth wt.ij tho an- vied tranquility and pitce, by which 1 qJ* >PP ueso o b. th the Christ an and the civil r.-pfbJ c is iin ipa iy maintai ied. Wherefore, ...Jilt nothin you can undertake and accomplish by ypur wisdom, authority and exertions, as far as comp t ale with tbe n.tnre of tne holy minis try, to conciliot i the minds if tbe combatants, pac'fy, rucanc -n aud b iag back the desired tran quility and q*eace, by ail those mdbag_that ars * oat con. no ve to the best interests of the peo ple. “Take every pains, besides, to cause the pe i ple aid their chiet rulers seriously to reflect ou the grievous evils with which, they are efli cted, aad which are the result oi civil wa’, the direst, meat destructive end dismtl ot all ihe etils that co 'ld be til a people or uaiion. "Neither ou.it to admunish an 1 exhort the peo ph aap the r tupreme rulers, even in our name, that with conciliated minds they would embrtce peace, and love eaih other with unint rrupted charily, i)or we are confident that they would comply with our paternal admonitiors, aad hearken uufo our words the more willingly, as of themeelves th-y plainly and clearly understand that we %re influenced by no political reason, no earthly considerations, bat impelled solely by pa term! charity to exhort them to charity und ! peace. ,Aud stujfy with your surpassing wisdom, to all hat true prosperity,-even in this IT-, is gjirght for in vita, out of the true religion o : Ctrtsi aad its salutary doctrines. ‘ We have no hesitation, Venerable Brother, but that calling to vour aid tile serv ces and assistance even o‘ # -j*jur aesuciate Bishops, you would abuu dautiy Bitisfy these . ur wishes, and by your wise aad prudent (it.'irtea&ring a matter of such mo menl to a happy fwmination. “ VVe wii.h yuu tooteover, to be informed that we write in a similar manner this very day to oar Venerable Brother John Mary, Archbishop of New Orlcau that, ci.tinseling and conferring with you, he womd direct ail bfs thoughts ana care most earnestly to accomplish the same object. “ May God, rich in mercy, grant that tueso our most ardent desires, be accomplished, and as soou asTio.-sible our heart may exult in the Lord over seuce restored to that ptopie. “ lu line, it is most pleasing to ut to avail our selves of this oppoituuity to again testny the special esteem iu which we hold you. Os which, mb!., receive a most assured pledge, the Apostolio Benediction, ivuicb, coming Irom tae imnost re censes of car heart, we moat lovingly bestow on you, Venerable -Brother, and the flock committed to yocr cha-ga. “ D .ted Rome, at St. Peter’s, Oct. 18, 1862, in the seventeenth y ear of our Pontilicate. “ Pops Pious IX.” The Contrast. — When our soldiers were in l’euubylvnuia they acted and like civil zrd beinge—paying for WB|rthing they used; respecting private propesty; commltticg no out’ag-s on deiencetess women and children; in short, acting as men with human feelings should act, and not like barbarians. According to a Yankee confession, “not a fence rail was hurt.” liy the side of this we place, in striking contrast, tbe following account of the enemy’s raid on the South Carolina coast, as told by a Yankee paper itself : With but two hundred and fifty negro soldiers, on board the gunboat John Adams unu tbe tra is puris Harriet A. Weed aud Sentinel, Uol Mont gomery left Boaulort, S. C., on the evening of the lsi ins'., and at U If paßt two on the follow ing mcrouig aocaored his little fLel tu the Com b-iuoe river, thirty miles distant from the point of his departure, twenty miles from Charleston, and attecn ticrn the vt lage of Ashepoo, on the Chtfb.ettou arid .savannah Railroad. The virago oi Ashepoo is approaohtd rom the Cooiluhee by three dittirent roads, one from fields’ Poiut, where the Oonfedi rates had con structed a battery, but had deserted it—one irom Tar Bluff, two miles above Fieldb’ Point, and one Irom Counbahee Ferty, six miles further up the river. Alter the few Confederate soldiers stationed here had boen driven back the Federal soidieis scattered in every direction, and burned and Qtstro.ved everything ot value they came across. Thirty four large mansions, known to belong to notorious Coniederates, with ail th ir rich iurni - ture and rare works ot art, were burned to the ground. Nothing hut smouldering ruins and parched and cugped skeletons ot once magnificent oak and Palmetto groves now remain ol these Uelightlui country seats. The Federal paper then narrates, with a fiend ish exultation, the particulars of the destruction of a large number ol buildings on several planta tions with their contents ; it also gloats OTer the destruction of several large steam rice mills, three cotton gins, and a fine saw mill together with an immense amount of other property. The value cf private property desiroyed and stolen by the plundering robbers, on this expedition alone ib estimated at about four millions of dollars. What a contrast theie is between tie conduct of our own brave troops, and the inhuman con duct of the vandals of Lino.lndom. Treatment cf Confederate Prisoners W. K. S. Taylor, Second Auditor of the Confederate S ales has just published a circular. Ia it he gives an account of the savage man let in which our brave defenders hare been treated by their Federal captors. 1 1 Ihe circular Mr. T. states he received A series of Y’enkee returns ot our soldiers and cit zens who have been murdered bv cold, s - a - vation, and the most cruel and intentional neglect, in ihe Y’ankee prisons all ever Yankeedom num bering many then anda. A perm al of these lists % s enough, ana ought to tire tha hearts of every Confederate man, woman and child with the deepest Untied, lury, and the desire of speedy vengeance. l'errs 'c f official documents Cf th ; s kind fairly ch 11s the blood in onr veins. If our soldiers re taliate by re'usmg to take prisoners on the bat tle-field, no one is to blame except Lincoln and his officers. Onr troops have maufuPy ard stern ly iri-.d to avoid tu»h a horrid contingency. If they are at last compelled to resort to it, the im par ial historian will record that it was not of their own cboosirg John J. Chittenden.— Late Northern news brings us the information of" the death of poor o'd Mr. Crittenden. Oace he stood prominent arson* tLe first sta'esmen of America. When onr prtseut troubles commenced, however, he iell Irom the high position he formerly attained And became a miserable tool of Lincoln. Losing all s»sl! rep-jet for himself, h ; s former associates ooon lost all repectfor him. He wa* go base as to sell his own noble State for fat Government contracts. His betrayal aad sacrifice of Kentucky, will blacken his m.-mory forever. Crittenden by his acts tarnished his own name and reputation. For tie contempt in wbichhe has long been held by e *ery lover of civil liberty, he has no one to blame but hi ms df. With the South he has long been a dead man. It would bare been far baiter for gaiiant and bleeding Kentucky, if he had been dead in fact years ago. . The eleciion for Governor, memoers of Oon i ,TT £gß and membns of the Legislature in Tennes see taxes place next Thursday the 6th August. Tne t.imp ai K<pnue on ituqi Riv«r Vo.—Fun DairUculara. On Tburidny evining, August 4th, about focr o Cuii k, the three tuuboat3 and the Monitor pass ed \ mica, coming up tbe river. They were all conaected by hoes, and were towing each other, •ue Monitor b. irg second from tbe front Afcnt six o'clock they lurn-d a h-cd, near which a torpedo lay in tbe ch *n»el of the riv>r. The operator on shore exploded llie torpedo. Tbe iXplosun, wmoh was terrific, t *ck place a few too soon, and before the foremost boat fcaa gotten htr bew ov r ltiedeaclyergine, which, hid it been beceath aer, woumhave scattered her into atoms /i hs water was throwu frem the b-sd of iLe nver to a height of sixty stet. !>t ir nr ioo oojr ot a proachiog steamer huh in *** a r, aud tearing from it q« w - t s., -f p’ a ?iing and gsating. In fa.l.ng, .th - great m iss of the wa er ti lion the vescel, tearing op n hr upper works, aad doing further damage. Those who, from the ore, witneetel tcis uaexpected water spaui,de scribe it as a gr-nd spectacle. rhe to ne niter the explosion was one of terrrr on boird tae i dnkee Oa the foremost ves ■ screams and cuds lor help bllad tie air. Oa . 1 • e ateamara the eeam.-n were running abcut .. the wt.des* contusion, and it was some time be (ore oruer enough couid be restored to allow ot ail bciug given their di-uressed coirpanioa. d'be first that went to her u.d was the Monitor which van up ujoug side, and alter that alt hands on the fld-r were engi g and in repairing damages. Fractured p:ec-g .of the bow, chains, sailors’ cape, usd plank.ng floated ashore daring Wednes day. -he vestei which was so badly damaged was nearly squ ire, with the eed sightly pj.m and and our iuiormttit thicks was an iron cted gua b,n ,' of an old ferry-beat sheathed w.ta ron !he fl. hi, after the besidest, sailed further up tbe river, wh re it Ry Wednesnay n ght, aud Thurs day morning, passed Varina again going down tbe Btc-am. At Deep Bottom, a mile below Var na, they wer and stmed to receive another surprise. Tue art-illery and in entry which had been sent toere and pLc din position the night beior , opened upon them brisk’y, to tbe u'ter astonishment rl th se on board. Some eilort was mado to return the hr . Tie Monitor back dup the river a little dist nca to gi t he range, and delivered several shots, but ntling it useless, put on steam and w-nt down.as fast'as she e <nld more. Alfter the fleet par sad-Deep BuMom, tie i rii'iery was lm be ed dp, and, with the infantry, went at double quick duws to lUik yleland. They had arrived h ire about five mi- u es, and tue gnus had jus te •« gotten into pusi-ion wtien the fleet hove* in sight, comir.g slowly down. This time one of the gduboaf-s was being towed, having been so dam aged by tbe fire at D .-ep Bottom that sue was un able to make her way th ough the water. Her engines were not working; u shot hole through her wheel-h use waa visible. As they cam in rii.ign they we e received with a galling tire, which was c'ctihued until they pissed out of the reaca ot our guns. As they ; a sed City Point the Monitor was flaukec by a gunboat on either side, ith auothe wooden cralt loliowing in her wake, tut attached bv a tow-line. Liige holes could be so n in the hindmost ste mer, und grei t pieces of venvass co. Id bo -ecu over the sides of the ore next to the Southern r ora of t!u river, ail indicating preityroug tredimenf. ibcie is 1 tile and mb', that these guaboat raids up ,aides river are inten led for tne purpose of ÜB< trlum.iis t! e location and eff'cting the reaio vi-1 o: the to.'pedqos .’fpectid to be iu the river, and this anxie y to have die course Rear may be deemed «s proc, that the next “on to Richmond” will be made by two rcutfs—one of th m being the Peninsula. . The folio a iag report Las been received from C 1. P. U Page, commanding Wise’s brigade, in regard to the operations against tho monitor and guhooats in James river : . Br (jaok ilnAh-j r.s, Chaffin’s Fabm, I iV Augus.t 0, 1863. ( To Maj. Uen. Elsey : General—l ha* u the honor to report that the artillery sent to De p B tti in were put in position there lasi irght about oi'e (Ij o’clock. The aunbi as ’ passed down abou' five (5) o’clock this morning, an I were completely sur prised when ib y were <pi Bed on. One of tbe gunboats was btdiy c ipp td at that point, and it is suppostd m ny of t.e crew were killed and wounded. ' Alter pa-sing. Deep Bottom, the artillery and infants* r.-hov-a to lurxey island, and. vs. i -j in position there when the boatk passed. They were ti.ed ou as Ion? hs tbiy were in range, and etrsc repeatedly.- Gee of tbe gunboats was so seriunslv damaged that she bad to be towed from Dctp Bottom. P. R. Pas*, Col. Ootnd’g Brigade. Pktbusuobo, Aug. 6, 1863. Mrj. Gea. Elzey : The fleet—one monitor :nd four gunboats—pass'd City Point at elev-n (11) A. M , passing <u>wn the rive r. One gunboat was in tow, and probably disabled. Her engine was notwoilting. A large hole through ber wheel house aud one through her pilot bcuse were plainly visible. J F. Milligan, Major, &3. Formation of Volcntekh Companies fob Local Dbfk -sr.- -Below we give the Act passed by the Conte derate Congress for the formation of Volun teer Companies f-r local defense : Ihe Conyr'SS of the Confederate States of Ameri ca do enact, Tuul lor th. purpose of local defease in any portion ot the Confederate States, any uu riber ol persons not less than twenty, wbo are over he ig3 ol 45 years, or otherwise not liable to mil tarv duty, Buy associate themselves as a mililary company, eicet their own officers, and wstabiish ruies and regulations for their own gov ernment, and iUtil be oonside ed as belonging to the Provisional army ot the Clonkderati Etates. sirvuig with ut pay or al owaners, aud entitled whtn c: ptuie I y the enemy, to all ‘he privileges oi prisontfs of war; provided,that .uch compa ny shall, as soon as practicable, transmit their muster roll, or a list ot the na i es oi the officers ad privates thereof, to *he Governor of the Elate, to the c mntand ng General of ’ he Department, or any Brigadier General in the Etats or Goofed erate net, v c , to be forwarded *o the Secretary of War; nut the PrtS’.d nt or the Commander of the Mili ary D strict m y, at any time, disband such e>a panics; provided, that i » the States ano Districts in which the act entitled “Au Act to furtoer provide for the public d-fence” ap proved April 16,1863 * and the act amendatory tti-reof, 1 a**e been suspended, persons of any age, re‘id:tit su h Eta et cr District , may vol unteer aad iorm part of suob companies so long as such suspension may continue: provided, thut no pets" 0 shah beebme am ruber ol such com penv and! be shall have first teken the oath of 'allegiance to the C>afeder.«t • States of America in wnti: g, a copy of which ehul be fille t wiih the muste- roll of said company as above pre tcribed. (Approved October 15, 1862.) * The Conscript Law. An Act to provide for Local Defence and Special Service. Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate Sta es of Am- ricx do e ;act, Thai the President bo, and he ia hereby eu tiorised to accept ihe ser vices ol Tolua ears of seen sind and. in bpeh pro p, riiou is he m *v deem expedient, io serve lor snob time as he m-.y prescribe, for the defence of expos ;d pi dees or local ties, or such special ser vice us he may diem expedient. Sec 2 And sorb foicea shall be iru-itered into the te, rice ot the Confederate Stales lor the local defence or special service-aioreseid, the muster roll setting forth distinctly the services tc be per foiiaedq and the said volunteers shall not be con sidered in actual service until thereunto specially orderc- oy the President. And they shall be en tiiL dto pay or subsists!,ee only for snch time i a they may be on duty under the orders ol the Pre sident, or by his direction. Sec. 3 Such volunteer force’, when so accept ed snd ordered into seivice, shall ba organ zed in accordonea ari.h snd subject to all the provisions ot toe act entitled ‘ An Act to provide for tte Pub lic Helens*.,-’ approved March 6 h, 1851, and may oa at tooted to . u h divisions, brig ides, regiments or battalions us the President may direct, and when not crguniztd into battalicm or regiments Detore bticg u u.it.red into service, the President saail ajipomt me fi e jd officers of the battalicns when organized as such by him. A proved August 21,1861. 6uiDor 2? the employment o' Cooks , • , ES ;> 0 Ler than eniiited men, or volun teer,-, or the military service. a!' 5 ’J T,is °J the VotifidtroU T.mv -/ AviaeZ, '! hat the better to ot War is Klct ddo woueded, the Secretary wbe** den- u ‘k criZft * to d.itcl the employment, other ?hlnln.i n , eC ; !etßr *» °‘ nn,ee9 a - d coots! sons ft f, n*' I *'* < ‘. nie “» yr ' olunteers, the per tred ands be D e! subject to military con- S “ *; a '- e >0 ’<=C2.ve pay above that al losed to f Dbeied men, or volunteers. of Hie be ! ‘PP ru P«>ated for the pay "bovß < ni* aa!i c °t ks> nrovtded for in tha dollars. E ’ 006 bua<lrt! “ ddo thirty thonsaad Approved August 21,15G1. Lees Army.—The Lynchburg Republican, in spea o. the mproving condition of Le.’s army, remarks ihns: * el*. * etn a ! etter f r hm a very reliable offi ’,a whlc!l 18 Ibe gratifying in dadv fi e l r “ nk3 °* onr forces are being smnt ol ti W , ltb retQrn,n >? voinnteers, that the and ilnL n rOC,p u S 18 fir »‘->'nte, and that shoes ? art bel “g larnished those deficient m art Cies in abundance. He thinks that n t l fc ,‘ in * condition to give us battle, and that w u en he does venture upon that experi ment, Lee wni whip him badly. v%> -MXVHcT-MEW SERIES VOL. XX VII. ]\( „ 33 Jf-<.kjp» S-HtLtil!. . *Y' The jwoidi Lu nrujrtnjfonie, and, extrnda into Suflurd. Tfco Cejulcd.-rsfe maintain tbe pne* ot. the Ka Hdaui it and uru ncck. Thus :h- r.iijjte'.ry si-.u >nrtt oi ure first six. months of die ytar- s rrproftuejjfi. On Saturtte.v tii*Jk'j«A. -s bntebej aud Alexandria tailrodd u. to *c R pesrsannoer, aud curingTcs aiiernqoa tw i bit.vs XSlfTns were run up tb-iqpvs' . was j. 1.. u-y tr.ru re tu ldmg tb-a*bridtefi'ihire, iilJ rPai th.- trains car ried mat;-ri:l arfh’.Jftoiluiien. sere it’s oiny is believed to be unused vlj jg the rdfYoad*7or the C'jeveaieneJtox’su ;)•. lies. Meade is moving slowly aud cautiously, feeling the stability of the ground .".fie: )ru ing his foot down, before a.iempting uno.iuer step. H:s raove ments are much Lk ' those ;i McJiottan oa his Pen.tsu a cumoaign. W’aether Uen. Lae. is now nu u vie illy strong e* tfi.n w en he iavaa-d i-’enusylvauia or m. k tr, i matters net; but one thi. gis cert.in, the d'.lferani urm/ corps were never at auy period in better c.-ud non, or uior-» oe unn o accemp! sir tbeoverthrov of tec enemy ta tho next groat b..ttle. Opinion was divides a. to th piobubih ties of aoi liision of the yao aractes. A rsrjr sew days will decid . cr m the Valley we learn ihat six thousand Yankees hud occnpted W uChester. f our BIO* aud wuuaded had been romuved from Etuuton, except a few hundred who w ie furi.iuga and. The Yankee cavalry, ho hare been scouting Stuftord rturirg the pa.it wet-k have ai rested ail thoss ci z .a-- who ti.ey tot., been informed by the Uuioa me i ihcrec outs nr. be-a active, iu their own defense ot tin Co;.ted<rate o.ibse, th ey turned families cut o; doors, and burnt the dwellings b-j.„ro the r eyes. A few days since, a alias School r, r.-j:d ng near the creek, wheat riding on a r aa to one ot the neighbors was tired upuu >.y a ii.iiacnmsnt ol these cavalry. Fortunately she was nut injured, though her brother’s horue was wounds', im mediately alter filing, the beast iu com naud of the squad rode up, and with an oath ordered her away. The F.derals nre arr sting all citizens iu !is cnminately with n 15 ir lines, aad everywhere announccmg that hencelorm the luuafiituats snail be couipeiied to enous* between tUe oath oi t* ci ihfi iiion Vigoryiic> im >rißoumeot. The, bavannau Kepauiican’s correspondence from Lee’s army says ‘ihe ranks aie rapid iy fill mg with “th- wounded men ru timing to duty. ■ hose who were wounded slightly at oelty«burg and most of those ai Uhanceiiuriifill- are coming in rapidly, an l there ii very intis eifiereUM oe tween the strength pi the army now aad whoa it went into Pennsylvania. Ta-.relord Gen. L~e is reacy.” 0. thefio'h cf July Captain Danea-.*, ol ihe 4ih Kento.ky Cavalry, being smt to e to guard the various ti ps in U mberteuj Moun tnin, came in contact with about 400 reu. : g,.de East Tennesseeans ou tneir way to JC n,u ky, -whtn a squad of 13 of Uupt. Duncan’s co under command oi Lieut. Adoofc, met about ltd ut the enen.y, under the command oi Col. B. J. Lane, near Fulkerson’s Gap, juo. ai ciaik, and immediately engaged them. The fl-ing was very brisk for a tew minates, itsußiag ij tue iiling of Uol. Litue ana 12 cl his men, and the capture ot 27 pris mere. Nu lots on our side. The pris oners report that none o the Yankees id crots ed the mountain. Uol. Ca t r, oi Pegram’s iirig ade, with 4'JOmtn, was suli auer tae,a. Qme a number had 0. ea ki led and captured, ana it was expected that ihe whole force would be captured. Eertralof ibc hew rec.n-i s iiom and bbbave.t with g ear coolueSi aba t idiufitry. t hey were brought out a few di-ys bo ore by Lieut. Emito, oi Compauy L,4 fi Kentucky Cavalry. Tub Dismissal t*’ Bamsa Consul Moose.—An we give the debate winch iook pl.ee n the British Parliament on the sulject ol the Dis missal of the British Consul Mcore of the Confod erato Govevnsntnf: In ill • Enp'ieb ilkupp ofCommons, on the iOth instant, Mr Blake .ad th* 1 , i c ardmg t > the in tormation that bid Info lormshe-i i-l him, Mr. liet»* iiui, als i*ii in ject, went i-.'v-vo tuna ago to reside in Aiabavs, n and in c us»qu -nee of Ins refusal tij -'Cive in the v oitlid -Hie am-y lie in the month cf April Jsut, three or icnr't'.tnes dipped in u ii-k ct v.l.ter, and o\ ciuing to the on .-.-. <,—,!» t ... ill ■•■■■■ -r ; trouni serve or cot. Ueiofused 10 do eo until he was apprehensive thaf h's hie would ba lot tVited, and ihen he cousen'ud to serve under a protest The case wee then reiterrecl by his friends to Her Ma jesty's Minister at Washington, who direct and the Consul at HicWnond to inquire into the subject, lie hud further been informed that Mr Belshsin had b:en sent to Montgomery, in o der to have his case investigated, but that'eiaos that time his friend i had heard nothing of nirn, end he (Mr. Blake) wished to ascertain ii cm the Uu er Ptcrs tary of State what had become of him. His ques tion was, whether the remonstrance addressed by the British Consul at Rich onncl, by direction of Her Majesty’s Minister at Washington, to the Confederate authorities, against the compulsion exercised upon Mr. R. Redmond Brigham, a Bri tish subject, at Montgomery, 8 ate ot Alabumas to force him to serve in Uio Cor-iederate army, bad been attended with effect: and whether there was any objection o state the subsume. 1 of what ever communications had been received from Lord Lyons on tiie snbj ,tt Mr. Layard—The esse of Mr. B?!sharo*has been brought to the no'iee of Her M. j .-sty's Govern meni. The houoreble gantljuian is uodar a uiis apprehension when he s.yi tint t e ease was b r ought before the Cm.ted .rate ant' or.ties under the direction of > erd Lyons. Loid Lyons had no offi -ial rommuoiCßlion whatever wi Ii the author ities of lbs Coated rate Mates i ud, iberefoni, fio action could have b.ia" takan un -er h.s dine ton. Bat Mr. Mocre, the British Consul ut L;r uijnd, did matt ) a representation to the Coined rate Government witn regard to the case. Mr Bel sfcan *a - , as he Hates, cruelly rested, indeed, he was exposed to mors to c.iupel hira to like service in the army. Uu’oriu. at i.v lua oftsa r,ns not the only one. We bad burnt rousTiinilar cases biorght to our notice, bu' tb.y have g ueraliy tak n place at a dia nope Irom Rich mono, and the Confederate autn-ritie-i hi ve express-id their regret that they should ha v e taken place. A bill was bro-’ght bctoio ths sessiou of ihe Uonfede rate Assembly to empower the State to sniist fore’gneis in the army. Tee b.a was rejected and a Committee «iu3 appoin ed 10 inquire into the treatment of British tub)sets who have been irn prisoned, mrs'-'y for refusing to sei ve in lb» Con federate a my. Mr. Moors made numerous re presentations to the Conied.iate Government in respect to those nets of cruelty ar.u iJLiyali y. It is w.elj known that in cm • querne o th. si repre sentations the t oafcoet-at-.- -a-iies Government su.ipenied Mr.Mo re’s exiquatar, ard he was compelled to leave the Coated-rttic ciiatis. Her Mejetty’s Micisl r for Foreign Alt airs instantly sent instructions to iir. r*lu( r ; o make s rong representations to the Oonfrd.-rats Government with respect to the treatment ol British subjects, but these instructions and and not reueli R.cbmona till b< had left. Hut I trait that, tak g iuto ac count the action ot the Coni-d. ra ! c Government in this matter, such C’.aes cvi'l not occur again. I cannot tell where Mr. B Istaai how is, for we have heard no more of him since the statement was received from Mr. Moore Mr. Gregory —l wish 10 ask the Under riecre tary for t'c.ei c Atf'.urs two que.tions. which I think he can on over at once. The .first is, when, he spoke of UHtore being applied to Bntisu sub jeets, did be ilisunotly mem “ tor u e,” and dtd he mtau to imply t+it tnetnr.ure was aoplud on the part of the Confederal*- Govercm-.rr. ? [;i ar.l The ttcoed q es.iou is, whether, inasmuch as tb'S is avnry grave ctt.ir, he wilt lay ail tne pa pers conaecten with tee cast on the table of this House? Mr. Layard —I am airaid thatth-torture, in the strict seus-t ot the work!, hai been illl cted f am bt uud to say that these i>c’.> were commit t-d by persons apparently acting u the au .hority of the Confederate Government, bit at a diet,ince from the .eat ol Goviroment. [Hear, Lear.] Witn regard to 'h» paperr, 1 will answer my honorable friend ou Monday. Thk Question cf I’akoiu —A. dispatch from Frrtrecs Monrce to the New York Times spiaks of the “Parole Qiea.ion,” about which the two Governments have been at vanar.ee for some tiu.e, thus: Arrangements hove been mane by Comm s?ion ers Laulow arul Oiill that cr-piures ot officers uud men shall bs reonc A to pusstfcb.on and delivered at City Point cn James liiver and a convenient point on ihr Mies.s tppi. No more p-roits win a kaowlodged, and if any arr gi*en by either officers or men laey will be nail and vuiJ, and toe part es to wCom they are given ordered to dn y. bicep.ions to -this tale isan only be made by commanders tl oppos ing armies, n ho c»u exchange or release prison era at otoer points mulu.thy agreed on by said commanders, ibis rale will prevent surrenders for the purpose of being paroled. The 'sane between Commissioners Ludlow and Ould has been made upon the subject ot the re cent Ac. of the Confederate Congress which de clares punishment upon our officers und men commanding ceg o or mulatto troop?, and upon such troops ihemselver.. * The Confederate authorities, who have used the servict a of negroes and half-breeds—-Inman and.negroes—have been notified by Col. Ludlow that the jailed S.utes Government will Ih.ow its protection around ell the officer? and men, with oat regard to color, and will promptly rela iate for all violations of the cartel and the laws" and usages of war. Gen. Wadsworth of the Federal army, has ten dered his resignation, but Lincoln it is said will not accept it. » Ueenan, accompanied by Tom Sayers, la ex pected to arrive in New V or* next month. * N«Ab«rn News. Tue Keutficky State-electitfn was to have been on the 3d of August; ‘Gen. Burnside proclaim and martiii lafr so that'nb disloyal person should b« allowed to vote. Tfie military oi.tin) ,i ment,lire order declares, is tfie only ;orce ti.ut can neleat tfie attempt to elect disloyal canm duies. The lagaliy aopoiuted J edges of tfie pods will ijp responsible that no dis.oyai person to vote, and to this ecu toe Military jjuwei.of the Government is oidcr-d to give them itjru most support. The N. \ . world thus commits on tins section : The comiidenoa ol Gen./Mr3side’B demonstration tu Keutnoxy against tire ireedom of oloction, with the extraor dinary discrimination made under tfie dralt m this Elate against the Democratic districts, no u anils attention, and goes alarmingly for towards giving ojior to the charge that toe party iu power are determined to pit the bayonet against the ballot all over the Union. D. H. Craig has retired from tbe positin', of mat'S r oi tue New York Associated Press, which he has held for thirteen years. Eeverni officers have rtoently been dismteoan term tho Federal army ior uttering disloval sen timents. It would seem that the eiemsntof dis loyalty is pretty strong among the soldiers. Xt is now believed at the North that the judg ment ot the Inferior Court of Great Britain, in the case of the Alexandra, in favor of the Ueiena ants, will be reversed by tne tribunal to which it has been appealed. The Federal loss, iu the various skirmishes amt assaults around Jackson, amounted to nine hun dred men. The Yankees claim to have destroyed the fol lowing. propel ty at Lanton, Mississippi. The rail road bridge over the B.g Black, Way’s Bluff sta tion, six miles of railroad track of the Jackson, NewOrle ns and Mississippi Central Riilrouo, fin locomotives, fifty cars, thirteen large manu facturing establishment! and railroad buildings, the Dixie Works and one hundred thousand feet of lumber. They also destroyed two miles of track, burned two locomotives, twenty-five cars in the depo., and a large lot of cotton at Calhoun. Tfioy also turned toe pontoon br dge upon which Jofinatou crossed his division over Pearl river, destroyed the ferry at Grant’s Mills, aad burned several bridges on the railroad. The value of ths property destroyed is nu mouse. The railroad is completely destroyed for forty mites. Two negroes arrested in New Orleans, on the 2d instant, l for using seditiqiii language against the United Hiatus and*lnertlliug Yankee soldiers. Another starved to deatij—falling dead when asking for a drink of water. * ! There was a fearful storajin toe western pan ol New York State the latter part of last month. The damage to r»ilroads, canals, loads, .r.dges and crops, may be counted by hundreds of tnousuuda of dollars. It is said that Emerson Ewieridge has become deranged. s . f Meade has ordered hi# Wouunaiiders .'to ord ir “ the instant death of uhy soldtaf who futis to do his duty in battle.” • t j ' ) There are s gus of tronbij.-in several of the Egyptian counties of Illinois. Open reeiffanco to the conscription law and to the urjost of ■ enyi'- tirs has been proclaimed., and hntftqn -i ifriiredi men have assembled to drill for a eor'inet* with' the authorities. This is the case in Wiltiaainoo, Union and some of the adjoining c ran ties. lorce of cavalry, under the general orders: of lire U. S Marshal, has bc-u sent into toe di.-trtet to keep on er and to protect the enrolling cflljers. A Massachusetts paper records to less than thirty suicides, all oi which or tarred within the tpice of foity-eight hours. Os the thirty, 6igl»t were females. Mrs. Lincoln has gone to the White Mountains, and Abo was expected to follow, ar.fl spend a few days roctuiting his health a;:d strength, Oaaof the conscripts in Portland, Maine, won? to. edentist, after hr wsk drafted, and had four nr his fronvteti extracted in ordar to incapacite him Iroui serving his countcy. Daniel Barry, intox cated, fell iuto the Genesee riyer iu New Voik State. He was t keu out filer ‘xti. half hour, and ttie coroner was sent for, Bo tnr* .4 -.jetvkvA, »a uliook baouu Wtiii tae coroiieiy iuqnirefl a tier bid health, and left without waiting fur-the verdict. The New York Legislature has incorporated a company to insure the limbs of soldiers tu the army. The circular ot the company states that tie war statistics show that amputation of limbs is leas than lour per cent; and with an army of 800,000 men in the field, it is reasonable to sup pose that th_ business will be extremely profita ble. No one but u Yankee would have thought of this plan to make more money. A Washington uespatch says two largo Federal military prisons are to be immediately construct ed ; one at Point I.cokont, Maryland, aud th 6 other at Rock Island, Illinois. The National Committees of the Douglas and anti Doaglas Democracy at the North are to bars a peeling either at Mu waukie or Detroit, betwee i the 17th and 231 of next month, to arrange a pro gramme tor the approaching Presidential cam paign. It is already agreed to bury .lio butahet, and to place the Democratic party, thns united, upon a war platfor.u. Uopperh-adism is to be denounced, and resolutions in favor of the integ rity of the Unicn to oe adopted. The responsibLuy of the recent riots in resistance to the draft is to be placed where it rightfully belongs. The pres ent Administrati >n is t . be ignuied, aasjo co a ...ent whatever is to be made upon its action. The negro question is also to be treatea with utter silence. The meeting is not intended tn be public, bat a plan of oper'itions la to be agreed upon which shall settle ad differences an 1 bring togeth er, upon a wur platform, all the Democrats of the loyal States. Admiral Porter, with two vessels of the up riv er Hast, arrived at New Orleans on t e 2d Inst. Seveial citizens of New Orleans have been ar rested and fined for b ating Fedetal negro soldiers. Rev. Peyton Harrison, formerly of Richiuon.t, has been sent to Fort McHenry, to be tried for corresponding with persons in the Sooth. A steamboat arrived in New York Aug. 1, from New Havea with one bandred aud seventeen conscripts on board. The love ot home and coun try was so strong in the crow ’, that they ‘‘ske dadol.d” as soon as the boat .touched the wh .rs. Forty succeeded in making good their escape. Mayor Opdyks of New York, offers a reward of SSUU foe the apprehension and conviction of any person guilty of murder and arson during the late riot. Judge Betts, of New York, has rendered a decision condemning the Anglo-Rebel steamer P terhoff, f or constructive running of tho bl Ck ade. This decision is one of more than ordinary importance. The British journals have all along assumed that as tbe Petefhofl was nut bound to any American port under blockade—but to Mata moras, a Mexican port—her capture was wholly without warrant. The British Foreign office have aiso had some sharp doriespondouce with Ur. Seward on the subject, and it is believed that “John BnU” has only deferred pressing his claim because ot a belief that tbe American court would decide in favor of giving the vessel np. Judge Betts, therefore, hus procouDoed a judgment which is certain to make a great sensation abroad. The report is current iu Now York that the Philadelphia bark Cos irad has oeen eap'ured by the Confederates and converted iuto a privateer. She was spokeu on tbe QZd of June, nail bud o b: ass cannon mounted on her deck. Infamous CoNDiicr. —The Federate in their laic raid in King William county, V »., were, at> usual, gai ty of committing the most intamous outrage. They striped at the farm of Major Fonlaioe, known-as idntaiubleau, the reaffittice on wbioa was one of the moat splendidly furnished house? in all that aection of the country. Maj. Fontaine waa absent at the time, but hia are and two daughters were there. The family cooked up everything, even all their stock and poult! y, which the Yankees shot until all was gone. The last brigade which came up demanded someth It g to vat. They were informed that there was noth ing left. S .rna of the wretches looking up, saw the young ladies, au<l said they must have the x>retty girls, at all events. The ladies all •'Soaped by a bnek way, and Went to ft neighbor's nous', the Yankees then took axes and chopped dowx the mahogany doors, cut np the sum .u,e. and cut the most splendid oil paintings to pieots. took the library of three hundred volumes and tore the hooka in pieces and piled all iu tbs mid dle of the floors. . They broke all the ornaments on .he ceilings and broke through the floore. They lou'id aboat thirty gallons ot honey, part 01 which they Mot away, and poured the rest over the boors. lUcj next got a barrel of kerosene oil from the cellar and poured it all over the room floors and ih turn fture in the middle or the floor. They barm ed a>l the out-bousea, and left *. ID * iound the held where they hud been shot >» sheer want nnntfis The oeatruction could cot huF© been mere complete, except that they did not burn the dfFeliing houae. a MoNAECHr in M*X. CO.— While a large and respectable portion ol tbe popnmtion, perbae » m fority will favor these changes and thy French programme, there will be a powerfn minority L.plj hostile to them ; aud the Un.ted.Bates maV be expected to aid the latter by armed toroe ... soon as they are free to act. It ie obviPasUl.lt success of the Emperor in bis designs ir Mexico will depend upon the sympathy and gcod will of the Confederate Slate* ; and tma will uru aeon the uaeslion whether he shu I promptly ren der u? i is nee by recognition ot our independence • n acooroance witt hie own convictions, or make Fra“c« tributary to the policy of tbe British nun bv refusing to act without the concurrence OmtM. For<lsu tn ai». poar.id in Ma^nb-wto- 10 Engird* 1 °?" 1 * t*,i were Trawn. Hi* un - W ict u „ :. r ‘ .\. unr jkfeitc. toe ungstre. „* agin *1 uHI '» ton I®nose.-, who msnvc e a..- a , a "’’ ®‘ r ‘ !,mn PramptCE, t . H ,;J teit '.V ldt “f aaMpbi 0i». i . rit \ f / . v ‘ ‘a Z'a-Zf* iMr is Mi'meur The balance sheet of i'm British .r.-. -i-.n for the yes* erffi.g Jj ne 80. a'lvv. 0 > beward* o! iii'VOi'uo «.o. .. duiiur n os L21.u1 OOJ ter tbe r< S r»t iortido' tioo*. Gne o* tile Icaio'v Farrs pi tl - .if-s .. ... orny solution po:sibls Pofisli qusstion uu-st boa.uir.ed by war Anchor jp,u ~ -r ihr ciead.autogoo that won 1> t- ode t. toePclisn cause by the ad.iptic 1 of an aruffi; c. M Djr-t a eca'ptor ;i taiek', »»;• • • tHr l.eu a noble statue oi M’lio K-uhei, or. e* and i- -i s r tentfh Government for the new sa oon of the French Comedy r-.ouiomjte, ieQOM* it appears k;t 11,01« . * 143 officers above the rank of lisutxabat su vt- Vars of the battle of Wa'erloo son hi Ja » 6t forty-eight years ago : XS gen rate, 23 ueoic- at generals 80 major-generaa, 25 0010 sis 46 iien teos •t-c'rteakl , > IS majors a -.d 4 oar.tain-. foe lighting oi Pans by electric.iy, it is sta ted, is to be entrust id to M. J. V-n ft«td..r»n wbu has in*eu!edaa el jctri’light, one let ot whioh is eq ud to 2,240 jets ot gas. There Is s.iii n.nofi disc asdic n iu EugUnd as to Napoleon’s views cn toe ree gcltion ques ma. The iSpan’sb Governnierit denies ctfic-<s.iy that it was in negotiation with Fra .ua to rtco jit# the Ecutb., Xioudon correspimda'-.s «‘at« that tsver Lac-* the H-poy mutiny, has Eaglaad u»en tn uuc. » state of anxiety a# to-day. Debates on the recognition q ustion have bvca smothered in tfie knp’th Pa*! aatect. Xv s tnwught that the ad Lis i.mtf.-a. iteteaud cr Orecoa, will receive very tittle attention ’.oa. that body. In the Aoadytny of Fclsr ceu at Si. P t-rsourg, Raaaio, is 8 watch auont tfie ksi ci nt egg.— Within i« repra.-9'ite i etir Ito 'ec-a-u j tomb, w.Sfi tbe s'on» at ths entranoan.i . dm>. Wh’Ji asp otator ii aut'i ij b ;i» ok tout piece of mtoh*a:s. f :ue Ht ms is a'only rtj. woTnd, tue et-n'. cole ■frop donu, ihe Ip. p* r, tie woinsa enter ho septlobre, nu the same obant u hoard that is perforated ir. eao Greek Uum ofi on Itoui. r Ev *. The K : ng of i‘ortuz;ai ca I o-i’sgrctuls* , ld the French aaipe r or on i.h-*iiitug 0; likj ro. A Liverpool Ist-sr a-usra tba.ona c' L't rx's iron-clad vusssia was J»uac;.cJ . a , , i 1 -jj „ioCj. ilhe is must fc rmldajio;' rli have tea tu.rets, coated with arttut p ates n.iir nud a l.rr to nvc inches thion; will sail *b''rta u ti kadi prr hou and has n rain in tue stern p.'-oj.at.tz ***■"'. ts.ct. Northern papors His sho ia intjuuoU .of tuti Ooa federaice. A su.ions riot occurred r;c;ut;/ ot IrS'- Utatf, tietweeii ifi Getaoiih.y a-J Proisstan s. The G.yrita Uuccrssi do Non, spuakinq <l* Queen Ytctoria’a OuaU.npiitid visit to Go. m*>t;y, toss that it is ru'HorrJ in 1 pio nv.io v.roio > -hut tfi Emperor Ntpo.ean duaj.- j *5 udva nu *mtsr vtea w«tu the Quran or. h-»r u*rv* -mo no. ih O'Angust, a. tfie ÜbaUeaa C‘iß Js;'ou, ties' ’J*. burg. * Too death of t.oiv’tS 0. S£. D<l GaUU in r>- ported at Ly n». iha Gunn' *r.w ..1 ft , utnsiv. fcor’fi yoar, ladwa tlio .u -.c o. bams'.paf’.y, hovmg in 1»23 o ir.vnr ud Hafiiiecia'in i w alio ’ p.-iny. Qoun) Di lGd'di had nr'V-.u *!/ j.„ . « , Nusoolitan conspirator ag . uru Qqy-a ’teredy-:, •(in i?»F) a prisoner, ei'in, pi Dt.-ca.ir of rnetb-rmo t.os, ins tcicrof ths tfiuvnrctty of G. iicbte, a doctor of mdcm" ate fin .tey of «,c » mes; *, and he died a casveaor of sha cr Bono Tbe fiat vest preup mv iv l: < tann 1. is yo.tr. Is repicssfitod as itreuiuu .ny rarore&V lu tne English pbpb.smon. t..nc Cecil b i si: oa ihatUapi.Ai. utiey, the gaktiatfiv... who potc 1 fi lbs Ccafiih.ai’i ntoa ncr i.iiui,... ov;. '. m 0 - t alter, ii iL su-lain-.d a Idas v, h,-;. t!< -taliofi witoaut 0.'.nt.0, (>f iifip.u Jl3j.;- 1 ii also ccs»- tebxined ibat ton Eufi tea ii, /arniLi:- ’ ,;a «. ;,•=» toe nvsiv-" v*-. -mi.... .ui-- i.u.m ... it. Un. - 0; ur „.v - -U- .11 «*./, »«•!. Tfi« Poltsa tuear.uctl.,.' cciu.-.aes 4c spread rir-’d'j. The Paten are donating >h Lns.iucj in nearly every engn. euseair Au exg -5. ia; aiao occuirod bsiwi-su t in Poliifi i t k‘ troops. The Pops bn* peal a iaw»eT *o (he Cs'-'.r to afloirs in P liana. 102 r;; '• >• ■r.r . Government was reos.vf.d t> rite Y, -r. mont on tae 17th inm, 1> u. 1 and b/»( ■TOilg sp in <>i * c. B -ecu the six points, Uu;:. - . ~u »r;cjuiu«. prup-; >ig an auim*Lty i .-r - ..u u i-. , - W wn tne;.- uiteb. The oi’gau Ol tho Polish insn<gents at Warsaw, ropiidiatfs the idea ot rfpy nt‘. otiavion with Persia. Xfie 1 in.inti Advert is? r gay 1 wiea iha t’olisb Qua tion ;s brauyb, boipre tue Xi-'nsu .if 0 01 nuiiß ..gain aquae utiitemcote wit! fin rfijda, ylv.ch will not '.;'y s;r-i do teagis, .<1 but ail eiorop 7. Tito organ of Nap./*: jo ,„b sis ue cec.sa.tj forts aruit3V.no I Poland t*t .ua utimy- » or 1 ... goiiatiens beieg opened iiy tltei v.i.no itewcrii und Russia. Tun policy pursued i-j Ea 'ami towrrda Bra % 1 has even d.,u unoad iu M.jacj or Jo;;;- moos. The Fransh Ccrps L’gisiaiivs is not ripts’-.-i to meet u -sure November dla It is sa.il that Sra b wifi await .3.8 Initiative • England and Fraaob bciyosu ii; 2i-r.n uud tuo Eonth. Bjoibay tategruiea l iju te i:. report an advance in ootion in fia. o-: -,utr». fn . iaicst nows received r.t iioag Koc.: frocu Japtn ctaiod ti .t war with Ft.vao u E - tend ißte'aij. ThsJii uts-: ara as he mg muuh be ter pr.-pacud fat w.-r ti nr. aupp.isai. Affairs in New Zia'uu.dare In a a ao* anar chy. Hume EjgliaT officers and soiAjru have beau ouu (X.IOU es too l iuv s. In a duhu.e in tha Eng.ufi Uou s or Uum'nons un the Polish quusun-;, f. mo o; i ..- nptaAeri tbongut tue Po.«*t ejtitled to usir in . .ps delict Lord f’a'nio'ston told ift* Uoo»a th ;i th-.re w.s no aitn.r.a I*o * at-ve-n Engl ud e nano “.ng p •«- siva or loatating upon tfie VA«-hfit'hai.>u if Po ls and th it* nncieut siaie. lfv.il tt<, i’ywirr-of Europe were pro isre.l to go to war to iO Cj ttui sia *1 reiinqu a ber p astteion loig ißigu'. ta done, hat it was oler.i teat it cojlff a.-, bs ac namplanod by p«r.u-4sijn. ius maßeits. In tbe London money marsel, the funds were dull, and convola .£■! expcri. —jod - tti. rt bt r%j uou, closing on th»l7th a. J3 a for n. may. D.scoonts easy at f••• mar raWo. f- n .i'y statement ot toe fIV-nfr ?f Sv -id ahum 3 ua oreus« in bullion oi £76,‘jVF vh-< iLof-'dt’-tV.i lean, wh-ch bud tco'o'it" >t. , nvl dor t li > * % disojn it. B »r*ng H.j.liurs at -Jo > ■ surer at 6i. 1 j dc in re I>j. 7d ■ o >■- Iu the Liveipoui co-'oo x. ■ k . ls a*us for the two da y* reached .4 000 :»>, sWW ca op. ee lotion and export. Fri-.u i u m »• ;■>. , - .uJ tughoi ——ii«E--ig!i» Lincoln's Last Uolmmn—Atuti 1 w' s the I_nt luHuiic-va war pr n cU-_c_~.oii is.ued b Lino: In l It ie the du yo£ every govern am.. .j •/ »■y , tec >»a t-. its ciVi'Et, - c-a*-.’ ".>r < 1 a., -< jr condition, vftd pesirhy to "ftosv ■- < i «i!y. orgacised n'l'suld.v’.s la M- pa-j at . ~c:. -T * Ir.w cf an" 1 U.o dr .r«s *ui on. 1 i o' war, *e oarnea on "f c.vi ir t > *, .. r,ii> r.> toitsos os to Crfl- 1 ir. tuv -re, a*?! ' pr-» a era of war »a oublio eosiat*s i . fi - •« • any onotured pe-rria on ».o in .if ..... lor no ulf ue* »it tt)« * w • f.w ./ i,«iv into barbftr sm, and it -rr.n* t<: i " it*- (ton ot ihl t" a *. n.i- •mo <— ■ 'j '■ ..-ft Siatos will ;iT6 the earn j p'ovoiios .i i-» • dlciw, and if the envsay ua-t s»• * • - “ .f Coe beOAU-'O us ois n ti(Ji:,M «»l Or- ."•« "■> isjod Uy re al ftvi vu i >oa th; i » . .. .u-s t on l- posaeaeicn I '.l •'• >1 " \/r ev«»y wid.er rma Iftiiv tb -s .j • w> •. r. a ■ oca of tr- l»w j! tt( » *'-b •: *-*•- > u-j .cii-od, uui 'o'* uv.-ry V ' ■ny or soik .i-.o sfevn.-y, * «•■»»* eo-d -/* t t>* at herd iatK*r on 1 r ;•* * t-rwor«s, acd sia* Hour ut u.u labor ur\i;i tu lit'.. ... y: r. iea.ed, and reoa vo the v: j-ti-utit due to - p”.sober ot war. KILATIOSS BSIWSI.N TSv V.iii..o maJSS 4N Bb*su -Jfcws frbx it: < Jiati.c tu . Sr. (>• Jane reports e -J• EGoulty h'>»v*..n 0-- Vfaav, ths American Minister and the lirux iio:i ut I* is said— The Ger-era! Jemanded sa'-i-foe'.ioa fr-'n /t/i . xil tor Bavrag toisretid h J 4 *, AisVetwa, Florida end ‘.- -" l' l * ■" o the Empire, at F«rniinbr.ov Um • <■ *. * i*, siute*. tsot G-n. wr ou h*o « l ■.m i-y for G:e curuius >f ? ' A'E.-'C»o vis, , ; l Ua ex&oted 'h aiAVumei of "hb i ■ "id-it— Wtti «.u --airer to C>ur Gnrer»»rl o; Terr: jrit —.l to* pruVia-se of Bahie an i Psruaiubau, Tvocstrs p-»peis printed st K o oaub’o S’.ate ■u'l n bad presented - pn> -s again< toe *o.r . f wh.ou he coisplaise a•«: tie tx; efpmviit h»d <.wuaeflt.td to o «m:s- •. . y ot lue two prov ecs* . • —r, „■ tiv of the United ri.ate* upprovAd of G* - noursi. Bral.l is enpoOAFtl to b; ' . - My ! Btetes, hat having re o, .. .'> • . W / so I be!l’i;er»uie, she Ot nid j ~3 , y.. >_• •oa*i‘ [ at man vessels »ay mare than w .. .. *.
