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—— .• ■ —— - > _ -^.'^WICTetM— BY N. S. .MOUSE iUi. Cjjttmitle & Sentinel TERMS. . THE WEEKLY CHRONIOLK SENTINEL 4s Published Every TUESDAY AT FOOK DOLLAKB PKSi ANNUM ALWAYH IN AUVANCK. WEEKLY ADVERTISING RATES. Übdinakv Ai.veaTiaiMßNTH published Hi the Weakly will be charged twenty-live cents a line each Insertion. r HesoiAL Notices will be charged thirty cenU a nefor each insertion. Marriaobb, Deaths and Funeral Notices one dollar each. Obitoaby Notices forty cents per line for one nsertion in either Daily or Weekly. Where bttnary Notiooa uru. published in both Daily and Weekly-sixty cents per line. IV scat our Enemies say of u. Ir a late number of the New York World we have the following candid t dmission : “i'he rebels, early in the history of this •vur.ly a I oo.s-nhfa, meant, attempted to inaugurate a nys tt r which should mitigate the horrors of the war; t r r u rulers refused their sanction to any plau ccli : driven into it by the common sense r,t ihe p ;0( b they rule.” This Hi. lenient does but render u.i an act o( simple justice. Peace has been so obviofn ly the wissrl policy for tho Confederate Staten from th beginning, thut we have ou every auit bin oc casion professed oar desire to preserve umimb'e relutioi.s with our formor fellow oitizens and will uil the world. Even alter Lincoln had Rent his tirir.v ! veeseis to Charleston and cal'ed out bis rot thru to “suppress the rebellion,” rpir PrcH dent protested solemnly in the face of the civil ized world that wo wished to live in peaco. Mouth Carolina and, after her, tho Confederate Govern n.ent sent Commissioners \o Washington wii almost humbled themßolvjs by tlie earnestm i with which they begged for the preservation cl irlenily relations. After tho blow was struck and Ihe l.irtunes of war threw_into onr bauds a large excess cf prisoners, the Federal Govern ment steedi'y re used— until, as the World says public opinion compelled them to the measure— uli propositions from our government to make on exchange oi prisoners. From that time down to the rocont supercilious repudiation of thobumar.e ovrrlures made through Mr. Stephens, every etloil which we have made to relieve this cruel wor o( its unuecsssary asperities hes been mot— with very rare exceptions—by coldness and dis dam. _ )l visa' of the bloody net with which we are COW threatened in the terrible tragedy in pre gies-\ we rejoice that our Govcrumisut ; -••>we>itn suoli n recoril—lmmune even in the jiuigiu. ot ttui very toe whole striking us. if retaliation must come; .t the execution of the two uubuppy men who hare bean appointed to iLuth in Rich mond be loUrwnd, ue our < uemies tiuvu foruinlly signiled to ui that it will be, by the murder nt the ions ot our esteemed Generals, Lee am! vVin-ier; if ibis murder be avenged an it segue edly will be, most nmply and sternly; end it he work ot slaughter thus fully inruguiatrd on both sides he proßeouted un'il the shocking scores ol the French Revolution are re-enaoted with t n- Icld horror i. nd magnitude on this comment, let it br rememlered to the lateHt generations of men that the Confederates would moat glndly nave uveilei ltd* awlnl elfasion of human blood; ll. at they and cj ly deplored the necessity which was im posed upon them of executing innocent men in retaliation it r the murder of tboir own citizens; that ih? Ah iition Government struck the first blow i ud tt at they spurned from thorn oar utn bassud ir who was humbling hiuiselt in his cHurts to stay the l.loody tide. The lute accounts trom Richmond mdicste that the el change ol prisoners, soitmuly agreed upon by < > iimifianinira u[ pointed to act for the two dim i linen's, has been suspended. In view of tbo hutacedsnte of our toe, we are hardly sur plus! til this. Whilst the balance of prisoners was lnr ely against them, the provisions of the oat lei i ?re observed with some degree ol justice. Rut so soon as the sunender of Vicksburg, Port iiudsou, uud tbe other accidents ol war, turn the ttosle into equipoise or in their favor, the slipola tious c the past are conveniently ignored.- Wo i ded men ere thrown upon our hands, hut j Ojj torts and camps are crowded with thousands ot our brave soldiers, who, had our enemies acted in good iuitb, would h ng slues have beeu return ed. Their present policy may be understood, it H e suppose that they are preparing tor the work A (retaliation. Possibly they have made up their minds !o force upon our Government the execu tion ot e prisoners i . our hands, that they may > rally *ir thirst for blood by the butchery of tar I-a? soldiers. We look anxiously to ace what ior uthorities will do in this momentous Xfiris MißronvcNßs.sßO<n.D Strengthen Us.— During the Kevoluticnary War the British bad possession ot nearly all of cur prominent cities. They hud under their bated rule North Carolina, South Carolina, and a good portion of unary other States. They captured Philadelphia, which was then the capital ot the nation, and dispersed the Continental Congress. Our armies retreated, “nd tell back ngaiu and again. Yet the patriots of that day were not dispirited. No 1 misfortune only mads them the more united and determined lo gam the freedom and.independence for which they were fighting. Why then, we ask, should we feel in the least ands, irited or disheartened by our late disasters ? We have no reason for Su doing. On the con trary, our courage should rise with the pressure ot calamities. We shonid show the world by o U r acta that the pubjugati;n of the South is irn posaible. To bn sure, the horizon at presen l is overcast with dark oloods Nearly everything waars a gloomy aspect recollect, he wever, that we must either gain our rights or lake the fate ot conquered nations—chains and slavery. Our submission will iasten Federal despotism on us and our children for all time. If wd are ones disarmed and our armies disband ed, all hope of independence is lost foiever. Thenceforward we shall Ik serfs of Yankee lask asters. Misfortune always serves the arms of patriots It should awaken oe to greater exertions, it should redouble our spirits and energies. It should incite u» to make every preparation pos sible to sucessfully accomplish the great work we have commenced—to free the South from Northern bondage. War is It ?—lt is stated by some of our ex changes that the confiscation act agaiist the property of alien enemies, iu various sections Os tbe Confederacy, has been suspended. We trust that our cotemporaries hare been misinformed. If what they report is true, we would hero take ocoasion to enquire, "Why is it V' YYhy should our authorities be timid in doing their duly - Why shield the property of a Lincolnite Liu. coin is daily taking the property that Southern men have in the North. There is no ressou why our officers should not sequestrate every dollar of alien property they can find Do not tiicch lrom doing your duly, gentlemen If you do, we not only hope that your office will be taken from you, but what property you have also. A nation at war hts no greater enemy than sn officer who jails to do what the laws calls on him to do. I Yv is i Lies tlie Itlsme I i N.-, w Y.liev., since this .Suite bad an ei | <■ i a beneficent Providence crowned the i 0.U0i.: i the haetoadman with more abundant | r YU i a I tbe articles cl consumption, than luring >l.e present season. The wheat o op, a hr-sbed not, will prove Incomparably the or, t x\i ch bus et i beta garnered in Georgia. Ti e corn crop, in by far toe largest portion of the Bin - already n,.’<ie, and though a protracted drougiit might abrYgs the yield in the moun t -'ir e.dn-s of the State,yet it must be large u. >i r y cir. utest ,nces. Many of our river ard creek both ms have been damaged by the unprec<-d n'lni quantity of rain wh chhas fallen ; bnt the reuse which has operated disastrously here, has been more than compensated by the u i.i u,l productiveness of the bigtfr lands. In a lition to the great staples of life—wheat, rye, and corn- the gardens and the orchards have c ■’ i . j ’.oiiflc in their healthy and lus cious products. And yei, in tue midst of all this plenty, provisions, except in th3 hands cf the immidate p oducers, are scarce—positively scarce. If we should judge from the price which is tl mended lor every article necessary to the support oi a an or beast, we would suppose that nui ::e hud reduced the supply to such limited dimensions that starvation was imminent. In ma y piacesseventv dollars a barrel is demanded for flour ; corn ruins from two dollars and a half to three and a half per bushel ; and even the venders of fruits and mu it have for a scant quart a price at which in ether years, not mm <r abundant, they would gladly part with pecks and bushe ls. This is surely u vary unnatural slate ot things. It in-nu es a grievous fault somewhere. One trouble rio doubt ar sis from defective transpor tation On many or the roads—ail the principal thoroeonfur s- Government agents nave taken the control of tbe freight cars. Many of those gyulfi'eu aro novices in this kind ol business, and the consequi-.,. ■ is that vast amounts of pro dice cannot b , distributed. Ma~y hundreds of thonsHii-!.! i.i bushels of corn are now lurn>Bhing f'O-i to ilia we- vil, which, under more judicious management of the carrying department, might t-av. bco.T cnnAiiaj;-d by onr sold.era and citlztns. In like n. -ncor ui.toli quantities o! wLeat and ".hrti p. vi, oiuij i'Rc destim-d to deterioration and lost fri -ii ihe san,; cause. Could more energy, jadi--:,: and mdustiy—we will not say honesty ’tr.d pat, iotism—be infused into the men to whom ti.; i .-iportant bu. ii-su of transportation is con fid.- ! , or.o v ‘t> i d-.fle source of the evil now u. ii ixuily com,, led oi would be removed. Bu «,-1 have no doaht that tbe exorbitant prices now low ' - ~i al.io to be, traced to the im moi;,ra - c'.a> .i sos conscueis. “I must pay,” •jt« the farmer, “< ight to ten times as much as for-.., ri., lor cloib, sugar, leather—every artiei e in a <ut “,'hicb I purchase, and 1 must therefore have a corresponding advance for the products of my fields.” Tbia is a plausible, bnt it is not a p .ri dir ■ .iron. Many of the goods now held at high t.Uca are absolutely, an well as relatively, •ioji -, tn h thshould Dot be made a standard by which to ;t p ilt-tt; (ha prices o’ those articles of prim, i Ci-. ity, which a e really more abuu- Oant than it in niftuy instances large holders of giait- s.re not nllowiap it to come into the market. Tho uliog rates, high an they ore, do not satisfy them, and they are striving to hide their pro; i , tVa*i ti.; sera tiny of Government oliici ds in the hop- < t yei ! arger receipts. With tin • . un ion of causes, tho consnm ere, wnoa, n, .. ’ll present t.rne, there is no ac ce;s to the predicts of other nations, must sutler. Our a. ides mt - iff,-; ; tho country must sutler] and the cause i iusi be imperilled. Alter the loss of Vickebut 1.-y famine a famine which wrs wlifdiy uu. , j ry—an intelligent friend rgmatk f-d it. u i “lli ; > what will destroy our cause’ and pro cur- u i übjugafion, ahentd each be our unhappy I -i, .ol of bread for tbe army.”— fid every producer dtsponeof hie surplus prompt ly . ioh pric. 11 as will afford hmi fair tompen - f heu ; fat provipii ns bo everywhere ottered with,or. - nut; and let, the men to whom iseonfid eu i. ■ uip 1...;:’, n ;k of transportation diatrib bul- '-hose prot huons with an energetic hand, and the punlio Wd! be relieved ot nn evil more to be dr adt dth .n tl, swrrating hosts of tbe enemy tin it anii False Rumors.— The Charleston Mer cmy i p,- very pointed re marks about the persons m shat city who ore cootinuaily origina ting uud ciitula’ing false rumors. The sugges tions n. id ere ;i od, and tin rebuks is not only timely, but vt ry applicable to false rumor cirou latore in cvi r; R-ciion Wo commend the article to that eel of obroxit-ii i busy bodies everywhere Lit them read, profit, and hereafter pursue a different course. A man whose chicl business it ii In g iUiei u, e. ! eireulaie the many idle and tal * rumors efio. now a days in nearly every com-- unity, is nc'-hiiig rnoreot less than u public nuisance. Ue.-. is b.> article reteired'to above: ■Vlilie the officers end soldiers of the Confed erate States m et.-rtieg their energies and risk ing t.i . ir ini.-, o inure the independence ot their coui rs, there nr persons, not in the ranks, who r:..,'toy theuv>..!/ea io fi her petting up or indus triously cneul.ti-g ujiuicua minors, which have n > reality, exe.;.he perverted imaginations ■ w o suit* them, and in the weak credult ty of ihosc who hear, b -lieve, and retail all evil Bte J. This disposition to epre.>•: mjur.ous .-ton. s tins bean -igually mani fest- and in the city and state, within the last three e i'lia. Hi tendency is disheartening, detnoral iz i ■ it on only prm.uce barm. It is unjust to tli i ol .i if :i..i damaging to the cause. We, ■tl tri !.u. , ; i..ii.' s ... call upon every ciliz n who bus a son. iu hi . nbs to discountenance these f:i!s", li'oii: Ii .isd iiit-i. malicious reports. Ttte Oni t i’ouk-.e—There are many, too many, v.e tear, n out n ; ", who would, had they the power, i .ike some arrangements with the Lincoln gover ’dent to stop the war, if they could only secure to themselves the peaceful possession of their property. Roar, pitiful, degraded beings. Your schemes can never be realized; your pro jects never fulfilled. The freemen of the Souti have taken up the sword to defend their liberties—the liberties pur chr-sed by she sucred bleed of their fathers. They will cot even talk of peace, until their enemy breathes that sacred word in accents which will en able them to accept it without rntn and dishonor. Peace sung in any other voice, though its notes be ever go syren, means death to liberty, confis cation, emancipation and occupation by the oppressor of this land of ours. For these ends, ouv foe is waging war with brand and steel. There is no peace that freemen and men of honor car. endure savo that which is wrung from the enemy by force of arms. War must be onr theme, and war our exeroise and practice, if we would avoid chains and slavery. Who would purchase peace tt the price of these’ None but the traitor aud the coward. '•-'BGiui an Woes.. —The Provost Marshal’s guard i> Richmond are demanding passports of ctfir rr : 3 weit as privates. There is now no -dLStia- non tn&de. Unless they can produce the documents necessary to explain the nature of their ; r;; see in that city, they are ordered to ra pe, tat .... .quartos immediately, on paiu of ar rest. T-is istho right coarse'to pursue. Offi cers wh<? break military rules and regulations arc :. fa mote gui.ty than the rar.k and file They c-itqV to be dealt with accordingly. No psrti; ‘ity e'aon.d be ah own them on account of the.: i ei ion. They have no right to presume upon their rank. A person who does that is not lit lobe soifficer. He has ect the slight est qii t!-Station for ary place, no matter how low. A- o tod faithful soldier will rigidly c-bey those laws which he expects those under him to cbey. A private will never respects superior who has one ret of rules for them tud another for himself. This making “ fish of one aod dealt cf another,’’ is net exactly the right thing. A large number of the substitutes that hare lately entered the Northern army are found to be deserters. AUGUSTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 26, 1863. Tlie Status ot tlte Negro, Go!. Thomas Jordan Chief of Gen. Beauregard’s .Stall, informs the Mercury that the negroes cap tured ou the Islands, have been turned over to Governor Bonham, in accordance wiih the Presi dent’s order. The Governor, however, has re quested that Gen. Beauregard take care of them until he can complete bis arrangements for dis posing of them. The atati'.sof the negro and ot the white sol dier of the institutions ot the South and the con duct oi this wer, ore all involved in this buriaess. The President’s proclamation of Dec. 24th, 1662, distinctly statee what disposition shall be made of negroes captured in arms. Lincoln has threaten ed retaliation if this order is eDfirced. He seeks to place all his parti-colo ed troops on an equali ty. end claims that they are entitled alike to tbe protection of the Federal Gov. foment. The sen timent cf the South, its easterns, and its laws, ate dinctly antagonistic, and we have no doubt will be sustained despite the Yankee threats. D fficuiiy has arisen in the minds of some in de termining the exact status of the negro in time of war, or rather, of the negro slave who may have escaped to or been captured by the enemy. If we are willing to Uok abroad for ao opinion on this subject, we may fiud in the London Saturday Re view, of Jane 27th, an exposition oi English law bearing upcH tbe case in band. The pointß are well taken, and we think cover the whole ground. The Review says . The co’ored auxiliaries whom (he Abolitionists r tally hope to enlist in the war, are the fugitive or emancipated slaves ot Southern masters. The victims ut Port Hudson were uad.»nbtodly,re cru ted in Louisiana or Mississippi, from a class which is by no means indisputably entitled to the immunities of regular military service The blacks must either be slaves or citizens the titat in which they inhabit; and on either assump tion they owe legal i liegianca to the Confederate Government. Ii they take service in an invading army they incur all the liabilitios which universal cußiorn end law h ive attached to rebels and de serters. English law stiii regards as traitors ali native born subjects who engage in hostilities against tbeir original ouutry; aud although the claim would not be enforced when a change of domicil had been effected before the war, every r, B,dent in the country who assisted a foreign in vader would undoubtedly do exeeuied without mercy. T’ e alliance ol Southern negroes with North ern enemies, although it is more excusi ble, would be far more dangerous and irritating than any < xceptional and individual treason 'which could endanger the safety of Englana. If colored armies are really rained by the invaders, it will prove that the social condition of the South was peculiar. Philanthropists who wish to throw on the negro the burden o' the war ought to remember that, according to the laws t i civilized nations, the b ack or white resident of the South, who bears arms against I is country, is a traitor, and not a legitimate combatant. The President may well be puzzled by the con fiding embarrassments which beset the evgro question. The difficulty was not to be solved ay his original project of wholesale deportuticn, and it will assuredly not find an issue ia thu scheme of an insurrectionary colored army. Gold and Silver —The Richmond Examiner makes the following sensible observations on the absurd and harmful j raetice ot making gold and silver the standards of value in the South. The people would be benefitted and greatly gratified ware th3 suggestions of that paper concerning brokers a capted and noted upon by our Govern ment : It is tastdbccoimng a general thing to count tho price in bunfererate notes ot every urtiofa by the simple rule of the price in gold before the war. While this was done only in tee cuae oi articles of luxury, whioh were y urchased abroad for gold, an J sold hero by smugglers, little complaint wa.t justified. But lately there is a disposition io ex tend this rule of articles ot necessity, raised in tbe country, for tne production of which goid was never, ei her directly or iud’rectly required. For instance, ono farmer denounces tne scale of prices fixed by tbe Commissioner of Impress meet, because bay ia paid ior only at three dol lars a hundred. Three dollars, says he, is thirty cents in go and. This view of the mutter is clearly unsupported by reason ol justice. Gold and s.lver are not standards of value in the affairs of tbe South, bnt simply scarce articles in a nefarious traffic. If they were really standards, a mau who received a salary of a thousnd no liars before the war s muld now get ten thousand dollars. None of the transactions ot our life are based on that ratio of payment, except the sales of'some articles in the Richmond market. To permit its extension will bs ruinoas lo tho cause, and the most strin gent tusasurrs are justifiable to prevent that ex tension. Thers is u measure which will at ones cure the disease. It is the abolition of the iofamoug tra de in gold. The trade of brokers has uoue more injury to the finances of this Confederacy than all other causes combined. If gold and silver were not subject to their manipulation, and if it were not di-iiuctly their interest to depreciate Qoafed erate mouey to the lowest point, that they may obtain tbe greatest number of those notes for the least quantity of tbe precious meta'g, the financial condition of the South would be very different trom what it now is. It may even now be re dressed by breaking up the occupation hire, as in the United States; by rendering the traffic in gold a penal offense, or by impressing ail of these articles found in their hatnrs. Gold is not a circulating medium iff this coun try ; if U should cease to be an article ot com meree, it would at once loss the disproportionate value which it now possesses. If it could not bs,; circulated, and could not be bought or sold, it would not be desired. The French currency was redeemed by the decisive measure of demanding all the gold and silver in the country for the use of the Government daring its hour of necessity. The Federal currency was lately rescued from ruin by putting an end to the sale uud purchase ot g Id at the money market. It the Ccmfedera cy does not spee lily apply the latter temody, it will Boon fiud is sole hope of salvaiion in a re sort to the expediency of revolutionary France. The suggestions ct tbe Examiner are ex ietient. The truth, m cold and Biiver, as it is now carried 00, should be stopped. If public opinion cannot prevent it, the strong arm of the law ought to. Let a tax be 'aid upon all sales. Let that tax be so laid, that when the premium is over three hundred, that it will take not only tiiß premium, but the principal to pay it. Let the penalty for evading tho iatv be capital puishment. If a statute of this kind was passed and strictly en forced throughout the Confederacy, our financial condition would be at once improved. We would hear no more traitorous talk about “depreciated currency.’’ Men who are now. doing their best to bring it into disrepute, would at once become patriotic and “sing another song.” A stringent law on the currency question is what the country needs, is what the exigencies of the times de mands. We trust Congress or our Siate Legis latures will pass one, and adopt measures to hare it promptly and thoroughly enforced. Abe Conscript Offickbs doiso ihsis Ecty?— It is very evident from the reports from some sections, that our Conscript officers are not doing their duty. They are not promptly and efficient ly enlisting and sending to camp all who come under the last call of the President, instead of making ever; person between the ages of eighteen and forty-five show why ho is not in the service, as they ought to, they publish little advertise ments calling upon conscripts to enroll themselves at such places, and then quietly set down in their large arm chairs, and “ wait for the wagon.” If there was aay money in the matter people might go aud enroll themselves without asking, but as there is none, but few of them are going to do bo, nniess compelled. It is the duty of ail conscript officers in every section to get the name of all persons liable to Confederate duty in their dis tricts. Then call on svery one, rich and poor, high aud law, weak and strong—and if any can not show satisfactorily that he is exempted ac cording to law, put him inwamp at once. There is only one right way to do this business, and tbat is to do it effectually and thoroughly. When it is once done thoroughly, it will be finished. But if it is done S3 many officers are doing it, it wiil never be done as it ought to be. The Raleigh Journal of the 15th, learns from a Yankee deserter that the Yankees have been receiving large reinforcements of cavalry and infantry at Newbern, and that the whole force haa moved oat to Deep Gully, twelve miles from Newbern. H« further states that they were making preparations for a raid on Raleigh. Disposition' op Captured Negroes on the South Carolina Coast. —Ths aunexed letter from Col. Jordan, Uen. Beiurepard’s Chief of S off, is published in the Charleston Alet-ury of August 13. It folly explains the intention of t>. Con federate authorities in the matter of the c pture of negroes ia arms. The letter is dated August 12, and is i-ddrdsseJ to Col. Rhett, editc-r .1 the Mercury : Ip. the Mercury oi this date you appear to nave written under a misapprehension of the lacts connected * ith tbe present tJtt'us of the negroes captured iu arms on Morris and James Islands, wmch permit me to state at follows : “Tn« Proclamation of the President, dated December 24, 1862, directed that all negroe slaves ciptured in arms, should be at once de livered over to the Executive authorities of the respective Stales to which they belong, to be dealt with aecordu g to the laws of s tid States.” Ac informal application was made by the State authorities tor tne negroes captured in this vi cinity, but as nor-o -! them, it ppeared had been slaves Os citizens ol Sooth Carolina, they were not turned over to ihe civil authority, for at iht mo uent there was no official irdoimation at those Headquarters of the Act ot Congress by which “ all negro sand mulattoes, who shall bs engag ed in war, or be taken in arms against tie Con federate B'ates, or shall give aid or comfort to the enemies of the Contederate States,” were di - reeled to be turned over “to th 6 authorities of the Stale or States in which they shall be cap tured, to ba dealt with accirding to the present or future laws of each State or States.” On the 21st cf Ju'y, ho * ever, the Command ing Genera! telegraphed ti tho Secretary of War lor instructions as to the disposition to be made of the negroes captured on Morris and James Islands, ard on ihe 22d received a reply that they most be turned over to the State authorities, by virtu-, of the joint resolution of Congress in question. Accordingly, on the 29th July, as soon as a copy of the isolation or Act was received, his Excellency, Gov. Bonham,.was informed that the negroes captured were held snbjeot to his orders, to be dealt with according to the laws oi South Carolina. On the same d-.-.y—£9ih July—Gov. Bonham re quested that they should be retained in military custody nntii he Cuuld make arrangements to dispose of them ; and in Lbat custody they still remain ayaiting the orders of the State authori ties. A l Hie iHßouaa Mis iHeirpi—Observations of an Editor —The Editor of the Mobile Register has taken a trip through Mississippi as far aa Cos - lumbus and Okalena, and reports ; Wc' aw a gnat deal on tbe road of which we could write with plc-ature, .were it not contra band. If Lincoln could hare seen some of these s'ghts, wo think S-e would admit that the starva tion method of e reing subjugation was one ot his exploded ds. ons Nor must wc speak of the military things that passed under our eyea.— Suffice it (o say that at every st.tton and aloDg nearly every mile oi road we traveled was visible the grim and wrinkled visage of war. The means of wiii fare, ep and the preparations for warfare were on every side, YVar, indeed, seems to be the business off very body and everything. It did not look at all, earif, as the Federal papers say, “ Mississippi ha3 virtually given up.” Instead thereof, the most active efioi-ris-rire being made to defend Mississippi. Me are glad to report that the despondent con dition of the public mind since the fall of Vick - burg has bean >o cit exaggerated; We kept our ears aud eyes open to caich and note al! the signs cf popular feeling on thin subject. We found crock rs ;u i grumblers, but iu most instances they w- rr double fisted and broad sheuldered ycunu fallows, who ought to have been in the army fighting io guard tho country against fresh lisasiers, instead ol fretting over tua past. In towns and villages whero wa had heard there wer6 leiitroi) pa. ties forming and reennalruotion meet ings b id we found the people knew nothing aud had heard nothing about thena. Ths result of our observation is that while the fall of Vicksburg was, at first, a tremendous shook, it wes by no meats peraianen’ iu its r (facts. The reaction has left tho conviction that the Nation demands the aid and support of every man, and that past disasters should iu retrieved and pres ent dangers confronted hy a courage anddetsrm ination : quit to ths renewed call upon the pat riotism oi tltc people. Honor to U koroia Soldiers.— From Genera orders, No ill, issued by Gen Beauregard, and published iu the Charleston papers, we extract the following compliment paid to Georgia sol diers for tlic-jr bravery : G pt W JvHagood, 4th regiment Georgia vol unteer cavalry, as an outpost commander, has' 1 shown such activity and energy, and has so intel ligently employed (ila resources, that it becomes proper to commend iiia exam: la lo the emulation of officers on outpost duty iu this Department. Liaut, H F. Grent, Sergeants Taylor and Bur ney, and i ore orals Foreman, Lamb and Hszzari 1 , of company B, of the eamis regimsnt, on the oc casion of a recent raid of the enemy in the vi emity of Brunswick, Georgia, are reported to havs behaved with conspicuous gallantry and in telligence, under a heavy fire at short range. By suo i conduct officers and men at outposts may render incalculable service at this time. The Commanding General is also pleased to commend both the conception and manner of exe cution which characterised a rcconnoisance on Ossabaw Island, on the 8d ultimo, by a detach meat under command of Major E. C. Anderson, 4th battalion Georgia volunteers, and resulting in the surprise and capture ot a hostile picket and runaway negroes. A A. G. Burgeon Rundell, and Privates A. W. Dixon and Cosby, o! company C, of tbe 241 h Georgia battalion, ot tho party, are specially mentioned by Major Anderson, tor reso lution and signal exertions for the success o! the expedition. Disloyal Psrsons. —The following.card appears iu tho Atlanta papers of Monday, addressed to alj loyal cit uns of Fulton county : Wlureaj, it has come to public knowledge that some of lb., inhabitants of the city of Atlanta aud other eitus of this State, who ba?e realized for tunes ar. on,; us, ore i i.th s, the hour of danger, converting their property into coin—thereby de preciatiog unr currency—and making arrango«, meats to Lava th e country ; and whereas, ii is the practice of o-r enemies before allowing any citizen of this Confederacy to pi. s over iheir lines, to deptive them of ail property, except a very sm.ill sum, you are hereby requested to meet at the City H all, iu Atlanta, on Monday, the 17th instant, ot 3 o’clock in the morning, to form a v giluUas o immitte • for the purpose of invastiga ting ali cases of suspected disloyalty, and dealing witjL|pam os they see nt. Let every one who has thtlltltereats of our country at heart, be present. The movement made in Atlanta is a movement made in the right direction, There is a large number of persons in every community who are at heart disloyal to the South. Although they dare not talk openly as they feel, yet at times their acts plainly show that they are not with us. The sooner such men are ferreted out and sent North, the better. The quicker the movement is com menced, the quicker will the prattle about -‘depre ciated currency” be hushed. Official Report of ms late Fight on James Biyeb.—Lieut Davidßoc, the officer in command of the defences near Yariuna, on James River, Va., has made the annexed'officisl report of the late action which occurred near that place, to Hon. S. R. Mallory, Secretary of the Navy; The enemy’s squadron, consisting of une “moni tor iron-clad” and two wooden gunboats, pro ceeded on the afternoon of August 5, rapidly up this river, shelling both banes indiscriminately on their way, and attempted to pass our lower sub marine battery, near Cox’s wharf; but as the leading ganbeat came over tho position, one of our tanks was exploded near ner with effect, ripping oil her heavy timbers, careening the boat so as to throw nearly everything overboard from her spar deck ; and from the qaaatity of gun gesr picked rp, I think her pivot gun also, which so doubt, enabled her to right herself, as she was seen to disappear for a moment or so in the com motion cf the waters. This explosion panic-struck the enemy, as their shrieks and cries could be heard a long distance, and effectually arrested their progress up the river, and one of their vessels pass ng our posi tion at any time. The gunboat, with her engine disabled and in a shattered condition, was taken in tow by the oth er vessels of the squadron, and they retreated aa hasty as they ccula down the river, anchoring at lower “Dutch Gap,” where they ware heard to be hammering ana repairing all nigh*, At daylight August 6, they continued iaeir retreat. The Wat tkst Console Themselves.— The Yankee Abolitionists are consoling themselves tbat “Gen. Lae’s escape was doubtless providen tial.” The Tribune says: Providence does not perhaps intend this war to close until ail the Confederate States have been practically freed from slavery by the inroad of onr armies. The two Carolines, Georgia, and Southwestern Virginia, are yet to a great extent intact, and the rescally institution flourishes there as of old. Upon proposals of peace, politi cal rogues might endeavor to render void the President’s Proclamation in regard to localities where slavery still exists. By practically de moralising it, all ohance of sncceas with such efforts will be destroyed. Action h the Citizens or Griffin, Ga., and Vicisiir - -The eitizsns of Gridin and vicinity have deteiu med no more disloyal parsoas shall reside in that community, bat shall be sent where they belong- to the North. A man named Johtson—wbo has long been in the habit of abußing the Government of the Confederate States, and advocating a reconstruction or the Onion with cur enemies, decrying the currency of the cour try, As , wae arrested a few days ago, for treasonable sentiments. At flist, it was de termined to eourt martial him. But the fellow knowing that he would stand a poor chance of getting out f the bands ot the justly indignant citizens aliv , asked leave to go to Liuoolcdom. His petition, upon consultation, was granted; and ten days a! owed him to arrange his business.— The annexe t resolution has been aiopted at a meeting oi t e cit zrns of the p'ac? referred to; Bessivs-J,' That as advocacy of the doctrine of reconstruction has been pronounced by this moat ing ns traitorous, all persons entertaining such sentiments are hereby requested to remove wlih out the limit? of the Confederate States ; and if they do not choose to remove, they are hereby not fi and that if they are known to express such sentiments to the detriment of their country, Aey will be required to do so. A committee was also appointed to notify al persons who are known to enterlain disloyal sen timents, that this resolution will be strictly car ried out. Wo ore glad to see that lcyal persons in some sections of our State have at length awoke to their duty In our opinion the residents of Grif fla are pursuing the right course. It men had ratber live under Lincoln than u ;der the Confed erate government, send them to him. We do not certainly want them here. It would be well if the example just set woe'followed in every commu nity. Let ua clear ourselves of traitors. They are our worst enemies. More lobs feared than our vindictive open foes. We can prepare to re pel the assau is of the latter. Hot the secret, un' derhanded attack of the former cannot be guard ed against. Again we say—send them North. ‘l he Old Battle Grounds—a carret.pondent of the Savannah Republican has iatsiy traversed the old battle fields of Chancsliorsville and Fred ericksburg. Os the former he writes The enemy's works are still plainly visible, facing iu every direction, a plam exhibition oi the trepidation which se'zed "him when Jackson’s cannon begau to thunder behind his right flank. Tho works look north, south, cast, west, in fact, to every point of the ccmpa s, rs though the op-’ preach of the terrible Rebel. General was expected to he übiquitous. Private holes in banks by the wayside and other steep places seemed destined to bold the carcasses of some precious Yankee coward whose heart erupts him when Rebel shells began to fill the air with their awful screams. The knapsacks of tbe dead, fragments o! cast ott clothes, broken rammers of some murderous can non, pieces of shells, whcls Shrapnel shot aud other indications of the once terrific battle-field still strew the wayside of the old plank road. The carcasses of dead horses have not ceased to emit ofleußive odors, and the forest tress are marked where the cannon shot raged, by the dead branch es, torn, shattered, and withered to an autumn bite by tbe summer’s son. Here is a pioture of Fredericksburg as it stands today: » Pass on to the town, through tin lanes aud utrecU half covered with weeds ua t grnEa. A few pigeoas are seen fluttering tffifoio you, or sailing about the housetops, quite solitaiy. In the city, now and then, you see, may be, a group of citizens, may be soldiers ou duty, sitting lef snrel/ under some sh idea discussing common topics. Up aud down the dusty ways is the ab sence of every sign of animation or bustle-—trade, commerce, industry, all gone, it was a grateful relief Id passing out to hear the tinkling of the only blacksmith’s salitary hammer itr the city just < n the suburbs. Closed doors look you blaudiy and sorrowfully in tbe face wherever yon turn. The old church steeples still hear the marks of vandalism aud Yankee meaanes3. Gannon balls have pierced them through and through in many places. On the banks of the river the crumbled houses show the signs of the li tres bombardment that was opened on the place before the famous crossing in December. Oar pickets sit among the weeds and in the old deserted walls there now, wale! ing across the water. Col. Scott’s Kentucky Expedition —The Knox ville Register gives the annexed account oj, the late expedition of Coi. Soott into Kentucky : He penetrated as far as Winchester, in Clarke county, after winning a brilliant and complete viofory over tbe raider Sunders, at Richmond, compellidg him and bis Du ch to retreat helt'r skelter to Lexingicn. At Klohmcndhe killed 15 or 20, captured 150 prisoners, besides a large number of horser, wagons, muhs and supplies. On reaching Winchester he detaohed Col. Mc- Kenzie, with the eighth Tennessee cavalry, to Pa ris, with instructions to burn the railroad bridge at that place if possible. The Yankees in the meantime sent a large force from Lexington to attack him, and he tell baek, fighting all the way to Irvine. Being thus separated trom Col. Mc- Kenzie, who encountering a superior force failed to burn the bridge, but by effecting a diversion iu Col, Scott’s favor, enabled him to accomplish his object in visiting Irvine, viz: to whip and dis pel 3e the 14th Kentucky mounted infantry,which he and and in u very short time, cept icing two hund red of the hirol nga ; and appropri ting or de s roying as Immense amount ot stores and full equipment ft r twelve hundred cvyairy, besides two pieces of artillery. F’rotn Irvine he proceeded to L ncaster, whip ping the enemy wherever he dared to show him self. At the he was almost surround ed, but after a spirited engagement of hclf an hour he repulsed toe Yankees and took up the line of march to Stanford, where he iound a iorce equal to his own awaiting his ariival, which he quickly disposed of, capturing u number of pri oyners, a.large wagon tiain loaded with supplies, and all the mules and horseß belonging to the train. After this neat affair he turned his course towards the Cumberland river, which ho crossed without lees, after almost constant fighting for nearly a week. Col Srott’s lose will not be more then 200, all told. Ia this number were a rather i-rge propor tion of offioeds, including Lt. Col. N xon, of the lbt Louisiana cavalry, who, after pi: .'ratingpro digi.s of valor, was out off whilst n tempting to cross Dix River by a superior lore , and atter a stubborn resistance forced to yiel-' The Brigade is now in good eon .- .tion ana again ready for the field, where i. is suia to win new honors; How Gin. Mofqak Looks.- ffce editor of the Whee mg, Va., Intelligencer rives the annexed description of Gen. Morgan : He is thirty-three year sold thoeghhis persona l appearance would indicate forty. Hie care-worn countenance at this time is not a proper index of his ag3. Bis stature is six feet ; weighs about cne hundred and ninety pounds; shoulders square and broad; body straight; head common size; small feet for a man of bis size; small grayish eyes, with rather deep and numerous wrinkles at the corner ot each in the skin with an expression of nsirthfa>negs. Whiskers and mous tache black; soft, dark auburn hair,slightly curl ed at tho end; fair complected ; red lace, good looking ; soft, pleasant, musical voice; agreeable manners, etc.; In short, a ladies’ man. He was dressed, when oaptu, ed, with black soft, slouch, broed brimmed bat, gray round about,gray pants, fine kip-skin boots. pants inside his boot legs He was not dressed oifferent from private sol diers. Sick Geobqians vrJTbsdebick, Maryland.— We find the foil wing names of Georgians, inmates of the united States General Hos pital, Frederick, Maryland, on the 2»th of July, 1868, in lte Wilmington Journal,— They are all onl / sightly wounded, and are get ting along well; G H Miller, Cos 1, 61st Georgia i T J Rutledge, Oo C, 6th Geo; A h McNair, Cos G, 81st Ge 6; J Knowles, Cos G, 6: :h Geo; J S Leath, Cos G, 18th Geo; S 0 Gidden, Oo H, 26th Geo; Sorgt H L Paul, Cos F, lith Geo; J A liioks, Cos G, Ist Geo Cavalry; D L B.ccton, Cos E, 86kh Geo; John Langford, Cos E, 6 ith Geo. Dibo.—Capt J T Lane, Cos G, Ith Geo, July B#4h, 1868; Private A Bcyd, Cos C, SBih Geo, July 28th, 1868. Faoa Font Funia, N. C.—A correspondent writing us from Catnp Jackson, near Fort Fisher, N. G., speaks of the situation of affairs in that section thus: All quiet now. Defences are being erected at the Fort whicb, when completed, will position very strong. We apprehend no dang trom an attack by water. Gen. Whiting wul* t* the passes by land well;guarded. The citize _ Wilmington sustained quite a loss by the of the steamer Merrimai by the Federal flee • T ie Richmond papers think that the meat ought to prohibit all apwralaUons p Yimous, and advocate the adoption of such a policy. VOL. LXXVII. —NEW SERIES ;L. XXYiT. NO. 34, Army Correspondence. Letter from Otir Army ot flte Fotomse, SPECIAL OORCEBBPNDLNOI OP THE CHRONICLE & SENTINEL. Ptoitibi t of MeLaus' Biritwn—Ao exi-itb j A'tics c urrent—Health c f our Army—Prevailing Spirit of our Troops —.'i he Ca use cf our late H -verses — Afore Troops n, led—'The President's Appeal, &e., Ac , See. Nbar SuMMBRvn.Li Lord.,.VA., August 10,*1863. We arrived at ;Ys camp on the 6th of this month. We do sic' i.now for what purpose we were ordered lime, w long we will remain, nor when or where we l .i; neither do we care. Our confidence in our lev . :vs assume us thut “ all ia right.” The encampment of McLaws’ t’ivision is situated about elev <i miles Irom Orange Court House, and about iwtr, y two miles from Freder ickstoxg. There is a perfect r. „■■■ a famine in the army.— No inc der.t worthy o ; vote- h treired since v/e took up the line oi march from Culpeper, on ihe morning of the 3d. o;ve the repulse of the enemy at Brandy Station, on the 7th, by a por tion of Stuart’s cavalry, in which we sustained, a very trifling loss. Tho health of the army is excellent. Many disabled by disease ana wcands during our cam paign into Maryland and Pennsylvania hove re covered, and returned to duty.' Tho Army of Northern Virginia isalmost numerically ass :ong, and its spirits quite us buoyant and confident as before that campaign begun. Our reverse at Gettyshurp, or more porperly speaking, our failure to ao., /o iruoii s complete and decided v etory as has heretofore ; Ponded our arms, has in no wise depr sued our hopes, nor abated one jot our confidence n our chief tain; nor created a doubt as to our futon suc cess, and the final triumph oi onr cause. If that spirit of deter urination which pervaded this army to endure any. hardship and privation, to do all and dare all for our country’s goo!, characterized in a corresponding degree the feelicgs and actions of the people at homo, peace would soon overlay our land, cs the “ morning spread,, upon the mountains.” But we (ini in almost every paper that reaches* us, and they are few, murmuring mid complaints against the President or some department of the government, or against someone of our Generals. Croakers of this charao-er really appear to he almost ns numerous asthelrogsot'Egvpf. These evidences ot il.sall'ection and distrust rre well calculated to depress our hones, and t o mar our anticipatinno of future success; but fo'.trnately for tho cause in which we arc engaged, V'.- v have no influence upon tho army, lurther than*to ex cite ouadorisioa and even scorn for those who wanting cither in pairioiißm cr couvagi to defend their own rights and prate", their own liberties, withhold counsel and enco; ementfrom those who stand iu the breach. To those who have watcl ;i the progress of events, it ia apparent that o’, cry revers'd yrh ; ch we have sustained from the commencement of this war, was owing to tbe wont of men This want is now felt to a greater extent than at any pre vious period of onr history. The enemy is mar shaling his host ot minions ngamst rs. Every ettort has been put forth to increaso bis army. Conscious of onr superior courage and tkiil upon the battle field, anil of our capacity to endure the hardships of the but vice, he will never agaia fight us upon equal terms, bnt vainly hope* by over powering numbers to consummate the work of our subjugation. But our ranks still remain depleted. Some regiments have been reduced by actual casual ties in battle to not more than two hundred effec tive men. In vatu have they"called tot help. It seems that ever/ effort that a man’s in enuity can invent has been resorted to by some to keep out of the service. BabstHutes are obtained at most extravagant t ctcs. Government contract?, however insignilican < the profits, attii appoint meats in commissar, and Quartermaster's de partments are eagerly ■ ought attar. Every con temptible artifice and a t ce is invoked' to keep away from the bat Hi fio W'aeu we consider what we are fighting far, is amazing thut any lukewarmness should be unites ed; that any man with a spark of pairio sm in his soul or couragO in his heart can r m , >j an idle spectator wHUst battles are being fought involving such mifhty issues. Baso hankerings after money se : m to have engrossed the minus and hearts of very many of rffir people, even while!, the < ountry is bleeding at every pore. How many uner. have became shoemakers, tan ners, blacksmiths, wheelwrights, Ac., who possess no skill in those trades, and tvbo havo assumed to follow them simply to evade the op:r:;t;on of the conscript law ? How many men long residing in our Stain, have sworn that it was act their residence and that they did not intend to remain in it i Avery large proportion of our foreign population h.-ivs the credentials of some European consulate in their pockets. Their liability to service seems to be a question free from ail difficulty. Havirg resided amongst us for a lcifa term ol years, ftjtying the benefits and protection of the govat ornent, and ap pealing to its courts whenever their rights of per son or property have been ms silt hey in tarn are clearly subject to serve that gov. .tent when ever the vindication of its rights or its honor de mand their services, iiis not neces;; .7 to referto vague and rather undefined principle of interna tional law to determine tho liability 1 tills class of our cit!Z3H3to military service. The convention of the sovereign people of Georgia which adopted the ordinance of Secession, also passed an ordi nance declaring that all persons not born in that State would be held to be citizens, who did not within ninety days from the passage cf the same, file an affidavit in a court of record tnat they did not intend to be citizens. This ordinance is as much a part of the organic iatv of our State as its Constitution. The power that mods the one ordained tbe other. All persunu, tberoioie, oi foreign birth who resided in Georgia at that time and vrho failed to avail themselves oi tin excep tion contained m the crdinance referred to, are to allintents and purposes citizens as though they were to tbe manor born. They can vo;e or do any other act that any other citizen may do. The simple omission to file tbe required affidavit makes them citizens as perfectly and completely, as if they had been naturalized tn conformity with laws heretofore existin;-. Why then arc not these men enrolled for the service V Will tho patriotic ard urgent appeal of the President g;. unheeded? M.iu wa wav., and men we must have. Fill no cur regimen -, and the sun cf our indepor dc.i-.-e will.soon sltrie upon a redeemed end liberated people. I have thus hastily alluded (o these grave subjects with the hope of directing attention to them. My apology is the want of something else to write ' bout. to ii.-ORAL, How a Tree Soldier Talks anb Fkklh.—The following is an extract i. cm a letter wi llfien ry a soldier in Northern Viryima so his mother. !■: is dated Orange Court Ilor-se, Va., August Gih.‘ We make the annexed c-ztracf, and hops all croakers will read it: I reflect with pride upon the part cur women are bearing in the straggle, and especially now, when the storm raves fiercest, how, ;*Lb true womanhood, they nae big ,or and hsgocr, giving encouragement to l—e fai..: l eorted, di; : -.:.g!h ening the hands oi the feeble. With how much more pride do I read in your letiors yau.-uuwa vering devotion to the Bout , and your at flinch ing determination to persevere to iho end, Some will despond, but who are they ? Most ot tnem never ra'sed a musket or tor:tribu v.d a dollar to the country. Some few, a pitiful few, of v hipprd men—not men either, but p-.-reons of the miik and water sort—in the a.my who giro up. But the women and the army iu vhg field—the soldiers —the hone and sia. -7 of th. country, still know and do their duty. O r army nev.M- was n ore ready to meet the enemy. Ii is now iaspir eu with a most determined spir.t. You spunk the entimentg of my heart in the manner which reci irtruetion ia referred to. Who would bo base ea- ugh to give place one moment t > the thought? Why do some people always no readily pounce upon submission end recono ruction whenever we fall short ot iu .cess ? ea a two ar mies ever were or can be manialed again--*, each other without one or the otiitr at times ruffering reverses. We nave been marvelously mc.-nis ul. At present the tide with us is at its low-..' ■ iug lt will ere long begin to flow, and it uu-.y rire higher than ever before. For ought wy may be our Spring tide ; flfi ring gently, rising higher, it may not cease until, peace suua«» y breaks upon us. Our Heavenly Father e::- knaws what is in store for us. Atdiction i«y_* - low affliction until we shall are our load es sorrow, but he ia kuiulu . j> frfim but believing, He " lil u wifl m well in the fire, ia-a persuaded that all wn the end. „ Th. SWAT* or the Vanl-ruilt.-I'O siory Os the sinkin of the YBDk %“*id t /bfi tbo by a Coufeds He vessel oi ea Georgia, be;.: sto assume an of prooab . Tee Mobile Tribune of Saturday says • We ha* ■ late a^ a J ro^3^f° a ' whVn shelel, Havana, tbit (.apt. Hemaws . A nad an o-g- se with the Yankee s«a; fier Vonuere,^ sank her, with a large ioeac-i-u.c. -’- c - <.,i-w.d has been for a long time m search of the “rebel pirate,” as tho Yankees designate Semmes. An account of the engagement bus been published in La Habana, a Havana paper, and was received both fr.vn Key West end Nas sau, and was belie Ted by Ye kco and o'.ner s up pers. It is, we think, quite probable, frac tion is reported to have occurred oil i e Bauu i mas. Journal of a Soldier, The following narrative was written by ;. t. her of Company B, Richmond Hussars, r.U to Cobb's Legion, Hampton’s brigade. Ii cY briefly the principal events in the cimpav. • the first fight at Brandy Station, Jane 9tb, c: last engagement at that point, August Ist, though not intended for the public eye, wo '■••• considered it of sufficient interest to rtoiu r , copy for publication: After tbe light ut Brandy Station, (June we crossed the Rappahannock, and went n Warrcnton. Thera we remained f:-r on.- • , : had a little skirmish with ths e emv, and . them back. Nothing more of interest t: un about that valiage. Leaving Warrer.ton, we. , ceeddd in the dicectiou of Upperville, but b<". > we reached that place wc were somewhat rl< ud, that is, w« cuuiD ia contact with a laeg ■ of she Yankee cavalry, together with a or two of Infantry. Wc remained about lh two or three days ; had a fight v:;',h < tia o ' • 21st June, (an aocouct of whiohjou huvo ; print ere this.) They drove us bftek about 4 to Ashby’s Gap, Wdid not lall back ve. yi. as it took us all day to go lour miles. A port of the day our squadron was dismounted, fi .. their iofartry. It was a very wann and r. n having to run up aa.l down steep hills, over ,»i lies, ditches, fenc s Ac., was very fatiguing,.. ' several of eur came uigh giving up, i re among the number. Bnt wc bcid out nntfl v reached our horses. As soon as we vjfrv mounted, (a portion of two or throe corps f been dismounted.) our regiment was brought . to support a battery that was used iaccvnl the retreat, aud we were sabjeoted io the n; j galling fire I ever witnessed. At one position v occupied, there some twenty five or tU. y shells that did not miss Our regiment mor;; th | twenty feet at the furthest, some of then bur - ; ing over ns, throwing the fragments nil it us—fortunately, however, neither man D; r-h "• c ; was injured, whilo we occupied that not vciy v I sir„b!e position. We remained iu this j;: more than an hour, and when wo were rviim Y wes from “ bad to worse.” It was thought that a regiment of Ya-.Y-.f; - v- 1 airy were advancing down the pike for iti ■ pose of charging our batteries, and wo were forward to meet them. We advanced sum y ' j or four hundred ynrds and halted; thispY in full view ot the Yank, e battery, for wo !;uJ i: [ sooner baited than their lire was directed up us,and thattoo with remarkable precision. L or six shells burgled in our ranks, kilim. ! man, wounding several others, and killing ; I j wounding a number of horses. Capt. Yonm; w | slightly wounded by a piece of shell which r killed his horso. Lieut. Pugh also had hui , killed. Wt: remained under this terrific j three-quarters oi nil hour, when we f.;-U , : slowly with the bclunce of the brigade until oama to a broad plain about a mile in width, •• r : which we retreated at a brisk pace, for the par pose of drawing th:.ir cavalry out from the ;■ port of their infantry, which we nnceeedod m' a ing. After wc had crossed this broad fieli ( i mirably adapted lor oav Iry figb ing.l t:.c t-ri halted and formed. The Yanks sent, one or i -on after un, bat hoih of them v • stopped—the Ist N. C. Regiment charged oi the advancing regiments, whilo our i charged the otuer. la this charge vre lost t > • m n taken prisoners—Bassford and Day- . hod aeveral horses killed and wound:- i. A ono of our company wounded, Jno. A. WiUI slightly in the side. Ho was “ color beer lie fins 3iuce recovered and is aeain ,wi . , rggimeut. Our legiment in this char some thirty or forty pnsouero. The by; then fell buck into Ashby’s Gup, where we t ed for th 6 night. We had a very short stay] iu this place, for as soon as tho e i was given for us to saddle up ;we did •. : ieit; sconted around in front ol tho Gap -. l camped about fi.-e miles from it that night • morning our brigade, together with the : bri ades started ia the direction of V- - again leaving Gens. Jonea and Uobinso artea to watch tho enemy during our a ! - We camped at Salem on the 24th J -. ne, - 1 < i the 251 Uwe left camp at 2 o'clock in Uv i rr.TY- , : aud arrived at Thoroughfare Gap about. Oar regiment was sent forward, and v/i-. Delony at its head we charged the Gap, ('J -' I Young having been assigned some oil cr ■ ; ' hind with the brigade.) 'The enemy hud p. r , ron on picket at the opposite entrance r I ; ■ Gap, and fired upon us from behind a c.-one : which gave them such a strong pos:‘:i:» t wa3 impossible to dislodge them by c ■ tLem. No timo was lost, for in a.«.i,i.!- company was dismounted; supported b? > two companies of the Phillips’ Leg ou, an ;, - movement oy Lieut. Pugh, we noon ro-: - put them to (light, leaving a number ol s.■; and all cf their camp equipage, The Gap thug being clear, oar column r- : through and went in pursuit of a Yanh'.-e • train whioh was passing down the pike lei Alexandria; and succeeded in getting in Y it. Our regiment was again sent forward I v ■ purpose of attacking it, supported by l> fill S. 0. Regiment. Wo succeeded in g.-itin<; • ■- Y in tliree or four hundred yards of. the ire, and, ' finding it protected by a division of inl-.n-- . w r a3 deemed, 1 suppose, too hazardous an u - , inking, and after watching them awhile wt > ordered back, when our battery opened on i, c a j They replied, and a brisk artillery duet took i • with but little damage to either side. We <. ■ ud that night at Buckland. The next morniDg (261 h) we proceeded ii direction of Dumfries and Ocooqaan, o'; J ' Bcouting ground last winter. Nothing of > terest transpired dining the day, and tit psgit- : Y camped near Dumfries. 27th.—At daylight we resumed our joe- v, crossing Occoquan Creek, and passing th - ■ the enamy’s forftUeations which were tree , -t , • ‘ both sides of the ford. They were vor? ?’oi ble, evincuig great fear of being attacked. B ' tween the ford and Faitfax Court House v < . countered a picket po3t. A squadron of ti ■ i : . N. C. Regiment charged them, taking twe ’y-:'-vn I or thirty prisoners, aud k-lling one or two. IV. r loss was but one—Maj. Whitaker. Ho wr.r. ; in the breast and died in a few minutes. Do . n gailanl v.ffioor; and his ions fell heavily o-i regiment. Arriving at Fairfax Court Hoh . baited for an hour or two. We captured supply of cate bias—butter, cheese,‘crackers, r lasses, wbitkey, &c.—which were very acs -v-r. indeed, for eur rations had given out tin; r fore. Alter appeasing our somewhat i: - tiws with the above delicacies, wo ft • I (•-,• selves, after three or four hours mcrco, <:>- Dank of the Potomac at W offord’o ford. 1 1 fur an hour, the march was again resume-' 1 . •: tho course of half an hour our regimen w mors in Maryland. Crosniog the cam runs parallel with the river, (on the north : .-■) I we camped for tLe night. During the rp: . • eral can; 1 boats came down from Point ot i: , where Hooker’s army were crossing, hear . - ed with officers and soldiers, and one o>-1-. ; >: Washington loaded with commissaries- . which were captured and the boats and u locks destroyed. 2S»h.—At daylight we movedoa in the oir.-'--: -■> of Washnigt-ju/eiasning through Dqwr-eto’v.-! Rockvil-o. Tb 9 latter place ia about twelve trom Washington. Between thin pRc -u -u -fi corporation we captured about 200 w - ' embulances ; tha wagor.a and teams »<-- ••>* -.u beat stuA(;ty, loaded with corn,oatsacd '.-ry lomaiacd at Rockville about tour hour ;, iz us sp-poaro i delighted at our su-:- i" i getting Ue oaptured wagons property . fi ve let a aud C;.mpsd near Gaytonville. 29th —Left camp about 8 o’clock and pro in the direction ot Westminster, pi- ■ Unity, and then crossing the BaR mur- .i < R. oi Hood’s Milts, camped near Wash :• COth. —We leit t-cd waul to Hanover,!’a . we mot tho advance guard of Hoox’-fi aad a skirmish with them; our captured wagons out of the way. .< r - 1 wo went to Jefferson, Pa , anil camp--. , Nothing of any interest tie nap redd march from th- 30Lh until we arr • town, Pa., on Hie 2d July—passing “‘-a -' Salem, Dover, Dillsbury aad Fe-ffßu Hunterstowu wc had some bnr.i regiment was engaged; mad? ® »** j.' fi... it fuffered very heavily, as will no s-a list of aasuaitics. ( r Un theSd cf July we bad « 1 regiment dismounted ood fi - • ■ h i-y cu.l cam-ed at •• went to Funkstown ; bau a bruk ;•- ramped near there. Oaths tith w town and passedl through Greene. • leaving the Old Keystone State, we o; vicinity of Williamsport, cutback to a rsmwn and was placed on the : j: our bno. While pasting through Hag- 1 met the Yanks ia the main street i ; : ; wc were ordered to charge, ;;ud w coargirg through the town our ro. ir- - at from the windows oi the pnv.fi- : Yonng and Lt. Roberts ol the (!.«'.>. narrowly escaped. From the 7th to ihe 14th tve rern Hagerstown and Williamspcn, skirmishing every day. On tbo ! ; - sent t> cover the retreat of G- • ’. corps, and on the 14th we recro.-. While in Maryland and Ream every day, aad 1 think it war tho inclement weather we have had ning oi tbe war. We fared very eatables : the citizans were exceed . \j us, prompts J, no doubt, b 7 fsrr. IWe left Williamsport and went ; : Va., and pickoLd there two or li on picket near the lat’.er plsco fiy ny were captured, July 17th. L.c cut &a picket and waa ordered picket post which waa vacated the n-ght - , 1 port ha found that . .-i i.ud were in btroiq • 1 Si If 1,-, ;iit Cod) and Private,* 1 -f* L'ugru i . ;.id to s-o what the!.- -■■ v l\ r •■',“!’ ; were captured. At tin the Yankees were in he uhd c.i: cut cfl, by shrewd manage• a Igit them otl safely wit*- | n- :••• jot tbivi mcd. Privates Gliotol .: Y , ;re cop.-..fed rshile they were gettiuy i . r I :■ he;.' s. i 'Li- t-ri;;- e cornu; -o.'d failing back on tt* I- ! rrl arching bothered ut -I- > ■ < ' i-.- 4 -ei riived onaeaore a - . ;j- r.'-dy Siai'.o •• o;t t *• ;;l.d. Bran-. U-i 11 on, Aug. 2,1868. v.\y our i. .. -i was ngagod. The cm* ' i • i . . ..y *8 Fi.rd ia stron . r ' i.i • i -dry nr.d artillery, * *-A-i;ig no o*b*M ■ u.d, • .v> ca back until abo«- • • " “ * i intorcfmentß, M 4 *'--*> i tastur, thin , y : ■ i/ sev ar.', ern - ,- m i v. i rgnr,ed. Col. -I cur i , Coloßvfi -u. ti. Li - f'lgustier, tort ok ! ■ rr- ; 'ii;: ... rid S. C., was also ■■■•■ C t'i V- n . i.iuaud ot l»o brig filojor tYright, of our i' i. I. Oai ompaay look i-- i Kaycouis. 11a was a !> -' interest of thefigbt th. 1. On : y 1.E3 lost ooe ot’tta >•:••• re ■■?.! *i- -;y ayioputhiza withhiy : ■ --ifi -i: ncieavemcnt. At pro. • Y • • laiaiaodofouriegiinent. J/eii l ervide, CM. Youug way '.fating . - iMinilod the bnr t- e wilt* •le it akid liiiii tljidi ri ne follow mg i. <- .Y tl e ca3B(t!ties in our regiment Iron the vii ol Jauu to the Ist o- August: 'Field cud i-'Yfi A 1 fi! I! Yotsnj wounded; Lt Col \V G L> -i • wounded ; Major U Wright, wounded. Compac ();Po I.' Ho se, killed; I,iSmith, and ; fit lir i :.Jo ; I i'oi’h woundsd ; iAi. Pee#. 1 oiongli, tic; Ltfcal r, at>; Li Siaquefiiiii da, Li UiuuloD, ao, if e. Lti-.i.. 'ii ;• hi 21, wounded 51, inUd< izg 47, (oi YII9. W. tn v-e i.-.;t i! a.-SiaPou eur r? monk r.utubui » olfaa', 223, r • wih ha seen ts -t our fat’s has !> hi: A -r.-.-. B, —t [CORRESPOND! .-ok Oi' ' UtONICtB & SENUFEL,] j A£«"i- •■■'lx tn bu Vonaty, It r< •• s cdl, a lrrge portion ■ cc'.iuty assembled at tiio Cau;t i- • :u tiu town oi Eatcuton, ou Y discass suttab'e choc ur.is lor i-he purpo-e -. i nasi alfling the curreccy oi tbe.Coalr -r..iKY -s. oi gun z?d by caiUns R. t . i Chair, and rppointiag A. O. Mosu .. ■ end J. T. i)..! .irnetts. ,S*c etaria . ')n situ . i.iii .'fils;;- , ;q.oiatei. the following " ' u> prepare mailer lor tne action or i -i - Rf', to .y i : ,1.1. iron Adams, A ii. Hat. -i. J..L. f’oti-jh-i K, - iV.-ra ,a, X. j; Nis ; •> 4 • Idle, i-’. K. Auama, I- mittce, alter .i fe«v - ir report, which, * b .’ and poir.ttd u j irea-t a few slight hum. jls, uWnimbu3 7 adopted, at toilews : ;-i «f ro’.iiHing Confederate into ilt-.hta, obluius ti. • is, the rulusal lo tax a t i duDis or for aiit -0 t aa cvii ut the greatest magnitude, • v.Y i •' iu its CoDsrqueticrß ot ■ • -ri to tt> C' vtr I’jiont; anu wherea-, Itl > r - ato bi deeply deplored he / • , should Dot bS Si • i- to !>•-.. u .--ha .:a a-vd uucondt-mnaJ. « I- : T-iat ail prrsous who, in the pTes.-ni c M i r• nont and country, rela x ii ... ■ .I--! -i-. ■ Cos ’ .ret'Treasury Not'd ‘it I- 1 ' dor t-r articles purahastu, -id !:• - ! an l i? f-.rded as enemies, iu u . i n- io f crujLdf the Sou b, aad, au , 1 iumph or oar arm*. s who so refuse Oon f ur? .' -ts are to hs considered ai i . : in t i ‘.Nile of patriotism, aad ut* , . >t :• • . n ; lh. Jove of country to‘im :■ the ii piesentotive float thta r j v •» •• > L-' '-.'.ire be’nstruit-id, onu ■ Bonn oria! district Ue re q . on l'.. ido-niton c-f the : <g:sia i :• U aa os', »f within tboir const!- ii-.-:. - »:>! co •.•.-..11‘8c.r. :*»kiag the refusal to take !‘:-d Treasury Notes iu ; ; O' i—in:: f-r t< -1 .lie es purchased, a-Hat fi. c tj i ihjuth, an 1 upon c i• : f <s\ refill imposing busy poms ;> -dona of the LegisKtaru w. ;■ -u c-!.'-- s’.cp *.» tn-j evtL , uat tho Krp-..oentutive from IU» i -fie- in:':’-> cur noxt Congrovd to liter to Congress. - procure he passage of an ac-’* eo . ■ • o:i i.'-o'i .-ir.-uiits into tbe nr-i'>tsr? o fi Ft des, without lagori to ;nii ;• • i •■ . pr.-.ids of exsmptioo, ant • . lontti privi get id benefit ot suust’.n'iou. Rrsolve iu i-.U-ii;ioa to these measured, i • i jqu-,:.t oar said Rcpreseutative*' . and rs- i -c v.fi.y, to use their inti netted adaption .ts a ich a system i tuxaiiur. 3 Nfifi. i uni persons ns will control th-.-m 5-; ':■■■■', ' . .. i or 1 mischievous proo t famishing moral aid aad CO!.*’ ’- ' > o‘ii ‘■ ■ n , .;. r \- Ku-o.vai, ! it . l : ! u >r,'n of this meeting appoint !■ •••« (l t-Vr; y-f. ur citizens ot i c-ri'-y, ;io :• • i.’.cp t cord of the narne-i <•: :r .. • •o r. fi: '. onfederate Treasu ry not.i-.x e-huU :.,tn j to vii-u.r knowledge, aud p: i'.mi ■* or tire i-usae to the next sabacqueui i.ir ml J- j <. In. ; c nr-ty, for such uctiou ou f.-! ' :• G rve the publ o weu . a in, ::.- - y :.i i c hi may bo tekea b' ■ H.-.i.A fi-ry c . t N.-.ifiy as will give pub j to : <-. ’.fin i who, by their con*. fi t r, it iit becmia cbnoxiouy - N-v ; r:-.1 that tie Grand Jar/ • . n j'.-i % a roil be kept, to bo called tin “is ask it oa w.jich the natres ot ell sccti j» n ■ : ras an everlasting record o •air • -.. .fi -on to to ,r country iu the hour of i- rent. i ot vote fur any wr. - Li-. -.- or C ?nprs3B who does i . r--nd' :o: to t’.is-ie rtsoiutioa#, ; .- 'iSc.. -y i t tffi meeting barcqneef ■d to ou ,'. i umber of copies o. r i-v ii . s-i -.be srno to all who .ii <-nr suff.vges, and is - lion ot u, preval or e .. ,i:o. ■ t t.wwu to tue citiseuj ii ?.-/as sat! Secretary any . v;0, TANARUS! request.?, ,• of our country uc 1 of all onatios ehttv . .ibu, a pa’.notie con • . ~j , , . . ; . ,H. l!-i i tho aioj-tiuu :J. !', . . ... o«*M lookin:; to tlu sam» T.an a? fliiu r.tneltn.T ' : MS o! this meeting, I ■ •. • X tho a .turn uoct. tb« * .’, tj ua-isretood *o be. 1 ' -i and only so, ot/d 1. . ; •:. j. : -. of public. Turn. ; ; c-. - tiee recent jieuJ f» : , , to do a: tc meet , .... cousidoialion ai. ... i.o -.try, aa » * o' 13 Os GU,-cause, . . meeting cppoia ... such mutters u, : of that meeting -. o / find proper. •■■■-dings of thii trym’-n, Mecca Tela ■: a:!, with the request t - : -«*••• ■ • •• y - r.dj.l in the exproi , ;i 11 sastuin, by sit . . >.! . , ' e u.-try in this her hair j-; i : rDjoiatioiiß adoptsd, swing Ciimmittee t > b'.- .c dpisrucd mie.ing, t.• wit: i; i * ’ i • , J I’ll Dawson, W K -..1K sudric , C N llarns, Kd 4 J ii: >.j .v i : . following Commitiie t ; li sos nil tho 33 who shi.. re’a - . . tj note?, to wit: it t .i a r..3518y, J Boi'val, ’*/ o:d, it F Herbert, W L Wii . >" .1 D Biyiey, if <V . . .) y.. Oautt, J i’ Be* • : li .i Vt.. :;..r, *5 A Iforu . . , . , , lU ry 11.-id, It »' J _ i’ ui , v. II Spivey aid W k * ' tt . 0. Jenkins, Ch’a. ■’ ” i Sicrri tries. J. i. 1). : - 1 . _ . -io-ii tu i.iarth sto- ' Hotel in Pctsrsb’ir , end n ■ , , a' jtiM bodily injurisi, - itu. :.I y.-ry -. ’: :;ul. -’»i3 eu ’i i t li’chmoa ! ~i i.viag in tout* ii »-■ j T.o denomination of $1 ciinMobie. Theyi - t bearing notec, J. i , , vtr ot dita Ja 1 ; i. t - • a up, but the sign-- *' all ■ i bo uuutly, howsv-., ' tr- ' .-tci- can only be <1 - <« o' q o ragged natare oft t |li- ;i- ri tin i . J. j \ 1 1 . .’1 chi..! r; - lint Richmocd, \ t,* iw -t b«;“u op. ‘ ' ’-uontb.