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Negro Nololer*.
An infelliaept corn spondAt ol the Mobile llo
gisti-.r writes lo that journal an article of tons a
nd, stable lenplh adyocating the addition of DNUonne
hnoclr and thousand negroes to the organ za I mili
tary force ot the country. He recommends the
distribution oT toe negroes amo"g the white sol
diers in such a way that th«y Will always tie light
ing under the sutreiUabce of whits men. The
able andrl scriinina’ini; K liter of the llegslcr,
whilst giving the ar.mle to the nubl c, rlo-.-s not
dissent from the general idea ot his correspondent,
though he differs a: to the details of the. p'uo.
We do not, we 'oust confess, like the id a ot
negro coadjutors in the war for indepetid. nco in
which we a/e now oogoged. There are vvli te
men r nough, could their united services be com-
iTiaodi-.1, to curry nn triumphantly through *he
struggle. (fur enemies liav6 invoked the nid u!
thu Alncnn race in llioir efforts to redoes uh to
their tiwuy. Shou'd thsy succeed, they iniiht
Hiiure with the negro tho glory of tbo conquest
BbouM they Inil, their alli s will not bo able to
relievo t cin of much of the shnnno of failure.
In the begniDiii ' of thin war, onr enemies
oonnled largely upon the' assistance which '.hey
would i , e from the insubordination of the
hli.Ve» They supposed that the slave aivl the
•bn lb r wore living in Hitch antagonism that the
ftnehin of war would be the signal forag noial
lmiurri clion. In tliis matter, togethei with many
nth< r (sources from which ‘they had anticipated
help, they have been disoppointf.d. Servants, uh
n whole, were never more respectful and luiihful
than they hare been during this war.
It ia true that large combers o{ them, coro
peiled or enticed by Yankee soldiers, have rtt
t!,<u'r homes, Hat in lure instances, comparative'
ly, lirtvo they rub -way of the r own uccotd and
pon i lo tec cnenty. They have left their own is
n. 'er the dee. ptiDnlt practiced upon them by »
uv .H-Invndet I'll ! n igro is line a child. Ila ■«
cr-.'iilouM and fond ot c ur.ge. ‘1 lie rcorny has
uii oil I t operated n, on these ehnracttrist.es of
in, nature und thus nbihicted him Irorn his boo e
t he great mass of servants, where no compulsion
bi.« bo, n employed, have ran nined f.t tl.fsl.
» iiould it become a military necessity, iu the
jmlutnenl ol the I’residynt, we iellevo that moat
ill . urn ad eouid be rendered bv .negroes.
ThoueanOn ol sobbefs are now engaged as (e.tm-
Hteis, nurses, & , a.ol m other branch- h of the
set' ii - tin would ho efficient . h th i ti.dj if re
I. ol pr* sen dn* e.i. Then- pkcra mit.ht be
supplied b-y negro, n to a very coutuderabwi • x
teot. From those rources wo brink that from tit—
-11. nto twi uty thousandmen in phtbo withdrawn
by mgro sui stitiilune and add.at to tiie tip. tillin',
power ol the army.
In tho < Y.iileci rate Btides tl c*e must he a pop
ulation ol ; >50,000 Tree bbiuka. Wo think Unit it
wmiia hot be tt ffictiH *o j ateer irbm this r.ulnb, f
a fi/rco ol h.iy taemsabd team i.th, a, A'■ A» y-m
prsons are caj \yiiip ..II the benefits derived
Irom tronie, nr u m jinn. to call upon them to as
. ist in repi I dig the imeioy who comes to flesoid e
his houm tor su l.ave.not yet heard that llie
nuspanng -i.ivador rer.nims- his soidie.is from
miking wur upda the'lree blacks of ;lie dooblry.
A? slave.i uVe property Wb do not boo how the
UcVetnnrO t could impress them (Or military her
vieiVwt hunt making adegaitj Comp dilution. But
should it be found to aid liUv thou
sand men ot all wort to tae army Irem this e .us
—lunking iu ill an a’3 lum ot ono huo ired
theiisund bu ck.-., we believe that 'an atrangttneot
migtl be iniido satisfactory to ull parties, li the
abolitionists'triumph in Huh war, the calamity
wiillaffiar more heavily bn the slave driven front
ghisVouie üb.t cobipeVKd to compete Tilr his living
witlTthe 'while man, than on the fatter who is
already ecnstouuid to tali l care of hithteit!
Ti kDmv\\ av i «u,— Ihgre is n i.w left.to tbr
poollo 1 1 'U i eiMviltracy only one road to lndi
pemleucc, p. uc. , m il release tri m'Federal bond
age. H may be u lung one oi a abort iUO— that
wexantml teleriumo. There is (Uoelhmg wo do
'ka»w—it will by » CMtik and bloody loud. Not-
WiLbstaiidiu ; u is, we must tiotte ( ursolres to
trityel it. \ta must upon our ovn bra.e
hearts and slrouq arum to cor quel u peace. \Yi>
nnist give onr oppii ssors “us good as they a; ndv’'
Wajuust not quail in this the boor ct our trail,
but louat resist the vu.'dul 100 with uiord stub
boruess ibau ever. trrt am ■eurlure every priva
tioti und gum onr ioaepriuence, than lose our iu
dependrrcs attd beclhr.e again the unwiilti.g sub
jects ol Fudevaidout. Bener by lar lire otr bread
uud water fwiuly years-and tight the North, than
give up ttmb rve perpetually on bread and water
and each privileges as a Yankee master will
afford; - -
Supulaes Am..— Reports (torn alt
senUoiui of our bud bring the cheering news
that Hide has been an abuudaut yield in the crop
thus iar gatliereU. Aluw.t ert i v planter bus a
plenty to dispose cf unit t ur.arn.ies in iho held
are ueix'iur, ul.lbe- piest at Unit-, or will used in
future, .hey—ought no*-to withold from pur
brace troops the supp les they Went.
i Janteis ut fUsSfeuth ! are appeal to'you. -Our
SOl»Uow_n*eu.aud »tU- need-provisKiiis ; and they
must and will have teem. The Goveroment-wrtb
see to this. LeT ~ertTJ~Vti erTTfereTore, "Bring in
the provisions of efery hind Which' he has to
spare, and sell them to the Government, receiving
ia pay t tciefor I>> r full vaTne. In this Way,
and in mis w on v. ' cur attny be kept effi
uient and onr i ■b> kept free from harm.
No'one will lose i .oi. byTtaving the land overrun
by I'ederal vuuu .Is l! an you. Then why, gen
tleman, hesitul ■ or delay in doing yonr duty Id
those who ate defending yon? •
I'niDiTi Undkb .m T*x Acr Viie iichuond
V<. says it shod, twtoonte ia l ..id by those
hofdio-s credits uae before or s ace the war that
IT dp'.e umed that they are willing to receive In
pay in tiC Confederate notes; but, ii the contrary"
is made apparent to th. assessor, either by patent
evldenOe on the lace cl the credil, or from evi
dence that (he holder Vetoes it at a hisber fate,
or has refused paymeut in Confederate notes,"
then l e useesaor is to value it accordingly, unless
the holder mU -Ckda.ue_oo it. his Willingness to
leceive payment in Conlederate notes. If the
holder has relayed to receive payment in such
currency, aud wishes to avoid ihe additional tux,
he can doso by e ndorsipg op the c r edit hi s. wi 1-
lingneas to receive Confederate money in puy
, meat. It is the duty of persons who hare leu
■ dered payment of bonds, Ao., in the present cur
rency, and been refused, to notify the assessor.
-Ur. tooiob*' Letter—l tie Currency
(triMtlan.
The I tter of Mr. Toombs on the currency, points
out two great mistakes we have made in the man
agement of our flounces.
The lirstof these was the omission to impost a
tis at the first session of the present Congress.
That was indeed a moat b&iefal error. Sir. Mem
minger pressed this subject in Congress, not
only in bis regular report, bat by a special letter.
Kut bot' fai'ed. At their next session, Congress
passed a heavy tax bill, and the people bear it
without a murmur, so earnestly are they interest
ed at supporting the war, and thus rebuke Con
gress for their delay in passing the law. Mr*
Toombs is right. This was a great error. It has,
however, been repaired; and the Government
will receive supplies for the soldiers and money
for the Treasury fiom a willing and confiding
people.
i'tie second error, was the attempt to support
the war entirely by the issues es paper money.
This was scarcely on error; it was a necessity.
The people did not subscribe for the Government
bonds, even though they bore eight per cent, in
terest. Thefllorls of th r Treasury to procure
money from the people by the cotton loaa, by t e
r.Her of long eight per cent. bonds, were all ineffi
cient.
The North were more They bor
rowed large amounts, even before the banks sus
pended specie payment ; and, since then, their
capitalists have funded largely in iheir six per
cent bonds. We failed even to get the fifteen
million taken for a long time—the failure being
due mainly to the sma'l amount of capital in the
South.
At present, the cn!y resource of the North as
well as o' the Houth is in the funding of Treasury
notes. Roth governments aro issuing paper
money without limit, but the Northern people
by funding keep down the excess to a moder
ate limit, and our people by taking few of the
Government bonds permit onrs to deprecia a by
its abundance.
After pointing out the errors we have commit
ted, Mr. Toombs proceeds to suggest the remedies
—taxation and loans. The taxation has already
been provided—a tax as wise, a3 large, as equal,
*and asjust us could be devised. Not that the law
is perfect. Considering human weakness and
errors, that is impossible. It reaches all incomes,
all basiness, nil profits, aud all property. Mr
Toombs objects to the lax in kind, but consider
ing the present condition of the currency we
think Hint as wise a tax as any other. We doubt
il any set of imposts hag ever been devised in
lii.ropeau or American legislation more equal and
more efficient than the Confederate tax.
The uext remedy Mr. Toombs suggests are
loans. Our government has tried some of these
First the simple bond; then the bond payable in
cotton; then the bond payable in specie or cot
ton. lint all of theal have yet produced but
little.
Mr. Toombs suggests the appropriation of a
specific tax as the security of a specific loan,
making the tax irrepenlable and levying it at
once lor the whole peiio.l of the loan. This is
an admirable suggestion. U is the principle on
which the fifteen million is based, and the princi
ple is capable of exlenbion and enlargement.
If an export duty of five or ten per cent on
cotton, tobacco, naval etores, lumber and rice,
wor a.;.., for twenty years io oome, and this
made the basis ot a hundred million loan, it
would present an inviilng leature, especially if
the interest was put at eight per cent instead of
SiX.
if sgain a tax of one per cent was laid on land
or on property of every kind, und this tax were
payable only in specie or iu the coupons of a
specific loan, a demand would be created for such
a loan Hint would abaoibu large amount of Con
federate not?s.
The different forms which thiH suggestion ol
Mr. Toombs night take are numerous, and many
of them would be worthy of trial. Certain ii -ia,
that tho resources of the people are not yet ex
haunted, end that many remedies for our exces
sive issues of paper money are yet within the
power of Congress.
Tho schema propos°d by Mr. Memoringer to
dtmonetite jiortious of onr currency, has faded.
The people and the banks have not supported it,
and tie result lias been that few seven per cent
bonds have been called for, and still fewer s'xes
are likely to be taken.
We hops Congress, when it assembles, wdl,
without delay, devise some wise and efficient
s ht-rrie to absorb onr redundant currency and
keep the prices of commodities at a steady and
moderate limit. ***
Patriotic Mbeting at Columbus, Miss. —A re
port havmg been put in oi'culation that the citi
/. 'os ot Colon bus, Miss., were disloyal to our
cause-, a meeting of the res dents of that place and
vicinity was held a few days since to take snch
-action rs would contradict the slanderous irnpu’a
ti. n. An immense crowd ot people were ga hered
together cu the occasion. The meeting was very
i-*huMa-t-c. • The resolutions passed were of the
right-stamp and to tho point. The meeting unani
“mous-y resolved to prosecute the war at every
hsisrd-und cost, until tho independence of the
S uth shall bn achieved ; and not make or accept
any terms of ssttlementor compromise which do
tint secure the ends contemplated at the beginning
of the wary to pnt down Fedetalor Union aympa
th'zerswTrer ever frond ; to aid all in theirpower
to drive from our soil tho-bawless band of Federal
troops who ure murdering our citizen?!, pluoder-
tog our p-op.V, desolating our country, and qut
ti.j'ing our wiv?s a> and daughters.
The mooting also took action on the currency
question. Among .the resolutions pass: don this
subject were the following:' . .
Ue«olved, That it is the doty alike of all credi
to.s and debtors to unite as one tnau in uphold
ing the credit of its i sees, not only by cheerfully
.taking them, but by publicly rebuking all who
refuse to them. ,
It , olved, That a currency In which all oincurs
and emplot ees of both tho Confederate and State
UoTerament, aid the officers aud soldiers ot our
armies are paid, is aud of right ought to be good
enough lor all patriotic people, and that uuv per
son, whatever may be his intentions, who reluses
it, does thereby necessarily give positivo aid and
cemiort to the enemy, and is therefore guilty, at
least, of constructive treason to the cause. And
tinallr, to give sanction and force to the foregoing
we advise debtors to tender to refusing creditors
principal and interest of the debt in Confederate
mouttv, in . rder, i' possible, to lay a foundation
heroafier tor an appeil to the juries of the country
to defeat the collection oi the samo altogether, as
a anct of .retributive justice.
Tub. Auiusa. JLloirl stub*. —The Alabama
Legislature adjonined. Ai/iA dis Saturday night,,
after a session of two weeks. The most, uupor-r
taut acts passed were .. ..... .. j,
i (The Militia Bill. This Bill includes ail between
the ages of sixteen and sixty, not legally exempt
ed. It divides the persons embraced by it into
two classes: The first class leTconfmed to service
in the. county, and consists of all between the
uges of sixteen aud seventeen, and al between
the '. ,'oa of lorijfi-live and sixty. The second
cUse u, the traveling and fighting class, and in
ti des ail between the ages ot seventeen and
'forty-five.
Tne Exemption Bill—This bill includes minis
ters ot the gospel who are in the regular dis
charge of their duties, doctors or seven years
standing; teachers of three years stsndiug, and
who have twenty-five scholars; overseers who
are exempt by the law of Congress; one black
smith in each leat,T?TOrs tbrTeis no negro black
smith; railroad employees, suen as-engineers,
'conductors, machinists, Ac.
The biil appropriating an additional million of
dollars fat the relief of indigent fannhea of all
soid*ers trom *h » State, except substitutes.
The bill authorising Probate Judges to impress
provisions tor ihe beuehl of indigent families of
soldiers. Where provisions Cannot be bought for
them on satisfactory terms.
The bill to provide salt far theindigent families
of soldiers.
Tne bill to ponlsh those who feed or harbor
stragglers or deserters.
l he deliberations of the Assembly were charac
terized by ability, harmony and patriotism.
The negro worshippers have a large majority
in the Kentucky Legislature,
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY' MORNING, SEPTEMBER 0, 1863.
Hope better than Fear.
We have been interested in a debate which
two of our contemporar les have been recently
holding cn the relative merits of and hope.
Cne journal complains that his neighbor, by the
gloomy view which he takes of the situation,
awakens among his readers the most serious de
pt /.ssion and fear. He thinks it would be well to
s ipprrSf, as far as possible, everything unplea
sant, and to dwell only on st'h considerations as
were f-tted to make the come Ay hopeful. Th e
party complained of replies t ,t he aims to pre
sent tilings as they are. and hopes by such an
t-xhib tion of the subject to rpttse the energies of
the people. He farther insists that fear will
stimulate men to action when all other motives
tail.
We have no donbt of the potency of fear under
sens circumstance?; bin we shonl 1 prefer to see
th -. i oople stimulated to action by the expectation
of soccers, rather than alarmed into tflort by
their feat a. Mon will work much better under
the influence of the former emotion th3n of the
latter. Hope is animating ; fear is depressing,
lloj.: is toe very antipodes ot despair ; fear is a
passion which when excessive induces despair ;
ami despair paralyzes every energy. Should a
General addressing his army cn tbs eve of an
engagement say to them, "I have very great ap
prehension as to the result of this buttle ; the
enemy against whom we advance :a in every res
pect strcDge? than w»— more numerous, better
equipped and better pasted; I am so situated
that 1 am compelled to fight, and yet 1 leer that
1 shall be whipped”—could a commander, speak
ing to his men in thi? train, expect them to enter
the fight with any ot at spit it and determina
tion which are essential to success ? Agitated, if
not overcome by their apprehensions, they wouU
he predisposed to panic ; and in the presence ot
an enemy at all resolute, they would be put to an
ignominious route.
How dilferenl the bearing of that army, if the
commander, a man of hope himself, should be
able to inspire his soldiers with his own Con ti
de oce. Should he be able to say to them, ‘‘What
ever the odds against us, our valorous hearts and
trained ranks bid defiance to the enemy. Lot
them coice! We strike for our homes, and by
God’s help wo are determined to conquer.” Men
meeting tire enemy in such a temper as this,
womd fling fear to the winds, would confront like
solid masonry the advancing hosts, and if victoiy
were pos. ible would grasp the prize.
We have been glad, believing as wo do in the
ex Hirating power of a confident spirit, to notice
the reaction which is going on all over the coun-
1 1 y fi out the depression which was Buttered after
our Mississippi disasters and the withdrawal of
out :orcea Irom Pennsylvania. Our people are
rousing themselves to an enthusiasm equal to the
emergency. Many who a few weeks ago were
almost ready to bow down their necks to the Lin
coln yoke, ure once more ereotin their manhood.
The loss of Vicksburg it is ascertained is not an
irretrievable disaster, and the return of Oeneral
Lee to the Rappahannock is not the log) of Rich
mond. We have to-day a fight ng force of five
hundred thousand as effective troops as were ever
marshalled in the field. Look afthe figures, and
let any man ask himself if these be not sufficient
to jnstify his hope. We have—
Now mustered into the service about 400,000
Probable addition of n- w conscripts 70.000
Bevies under the recent call 50,000
625,000
II the emergency demand, this force can be in
creased by several hundred thousand. Notwith
standing our losses by disease and the casualties
ol war, there is to-day in the Confederate service
a larger and certainly more effective body of
troops then any previous period of the war has
known. If we are true to oursolves, we must,
with the blessing of Providence, compel tbo in
vuder to pause.
Reconstruction. —What is it? Submission, of
the most degrading and debased stamp 1 Some
claim il we are oveirun and subjugated we shall
have to submit. To this class we would say that
tiling never will happen. But If there was a pos
sibility of it, there is a wide difference between
sebjngation and submission. In the first case we
fight to the last, ami, if we suffer subj,«.;a*ioo—
take the consequences. In the'first, the conse
quences aro tho same, with the ignoble difference
that we embrace the yoke' of. bondage,, kiss tj»p
band that smites t\s, acknowledge the justice of
the cause against which we have rebelled, and
thank cur persecutors for the puoishmsnt-ftiflicted
becansi it was deserved.* Who is prepared for
this? Who ? Let him stand forth and declare his
sentiments, and then let him be sent to Yankee
"dura- for such a man has no business in the C»n
lederuey.
But if the question pf reconstruction was to be
acted on, who would be the proper persons to do
it? Those who have remained at home? No!
They ought not to bo permitted to have but little
it any thing to say about a matter of such vast
importance. Our-brave troops in tho fi- Id are the
parties to decide, the men who have Suffered
and to-led, who ha’ve fought and bled ; who have
forced the death dealing weapons of their vindie
tivo are the men who ought to say
whether we will return to Northern bondoge or
uot. 1 hese are tbe men who never dreafn of euch
a thing; and who we hope will never permit such
n thing to be consummated. _ •»
Reconstruction is submission, and submission'
is disgrace, dishonor—slavery for tbe ms.les—
piostuuliou aod infamy for the females of the
.South. Who will submit? Any?
Dblbnda Est Cabthaqb.—The Y'ankees have
perhaps a deeper hatred against Charleston, than
any particular portion of the South. Richmond
has baliled them often, and the most disastrous
failure has always attended each attempt to cap
ture that city ; yet they do not hate Richmond,
and perhaps would not destroy it if they had ihe
power. They, however, entertain diflerent feel
ings towards Charleston. The people of that city
—descended from the noble Hnguenots—have
always been olTensive to the plcbians of the May
flower stock. Then that city is a post of no mean
consequence, it will perhaps, one day, if not de
stroyed, divide foreign trade with New York and
Boston; hence the people of those cities first at
tempted to hermetically seal it by stoking a stone
fleet in its ship chnunet. That dastardly work was
a failure, and now they demand that in the event
of capture Charleston must be destroyed by
hre.
For twenty years before the defeat cf Hannibal
and the captors and destruction of Carthage,
Scipio Africanns ended every letter lie wrote,
whether .private, or public— Ddenda Est Car
thags—Carthage mnst be destroyed. The Yan
kees have adopted the same motto with i eference
to Charleston*. YVe trust,. however, that they
will not be as successful in the aceompiishmcnt of
their designs as the RomaSff were.
Th» Bams as they Always Wsrk.—-gome of
onr citixens, Unionists undoubtedly at heart, en
deavor to excusi the inhuman acts oi the Fede
ral by saying that they are exasperated at the
idea of separating from the South. There la no
donbt on that point. They are undoubtedly ex
asperated at the But then the Yankees
have undergone no change whatever from the
war. They are precisely the same people that
they ever were. The *ffect of the war has been
to tear away the veil which concealed their de
formmes and expose them in ail their hideong
ness to the light oi day. Their much professed
friendship for the Sooth was always hypocritical.
As long as our people contisned to be tiths pay
ers to them they were their friends. When they
stopped they became their enemies, and showed
out their real character.
' The trial of the so-called New York "rioters”
is progressing in that city. They probably will
not have any showing. Lincoln's inooenoe
against them will by.veo strong.
Ax iNPORTANZqfasVENTJOX —Girardey s Artil
lbrt Fuss—One ct thu most important inv-n
--tions given the public during the present war is
an ar illary fus» indented by Oapt. Girarday, of
this city. TiiWOrdnance Department has ap
proved of it, aifd'lUis also spoken highly of by all
officers who examined into its great merits.
Col. Rains, commandant of this post, makes the
annexed statement in regard to it;
HytApq’ks Government Work?, ?
, Augusta, Ga. j
Capt. percussion fuse caa been ex
perimented wtpjvja my presence with signal suc
cess, und I can strongly recommend it tor cer
tainty of explcftttii'on striking against almostany
suastance. * * * * The
tuse is so cons.rueljpu that entire safety reruns
in us employment.
W. Ji.Air.-t, Col. Comd’g.
The fuse has- tried on the defences of
Charleston. Thff advantages of n w it are so
great over those of other fuses, that Gen. Beaure
gard’s gives it the annexed strong
commendation :
Hbadq’rs Chief of Artillery, I
'Jhmies island, A ng. ill, 1863. J
Col. Geo. W. Rains,
Comttfaidiag Arsenal, Augu.ita, Ga :
Colonel: Experiments made on this Island
with the Giruultiy' Percussion Fuse have satisfied
me of its advahMiges over other fuses, lor firing
upon earthworks', ihto thickets, woods, or rub
bish, as well sk against craft, however light of
character, its 'Sensitiveness causing it to explode
upon amiost aVjr'Subfttauee offering.
Even gradn< l resistance to th i intact of the
projectile, at the same limjMt does no*, effect ns
safety. From tmr preaent*3peration.s against a
besieging eneifty,* I consider it remarkably well
udapied; und "mV legre* will be, that at the coui
meuctment ofYftS-operations, 1 was not provided
with this fiue, and with the projectiles, where
with to have seriotlsiy interfered with his p; ogress
on Morris la.and." Much may yet be done wuh
guns of all eatifires in the future, by means ot
this fuse. v
' [Signed] "“ J A. J. Gonzales’,
'Cdfc and Chief of Artillery, E. C.
We are pleased to see these testimonials to the
inventive geui*» ofjour follow townsman. Ho
not only mentis them, but is deserving of the
thanks of our'peogle for having produced some
thing that wilLbe of great service and benefit to
us in fighting'bilf vindictive foes. Much labor (
has been spent £|jfCal>t. Girardey in bringing tbo
fuse to hope he will bo abun
dantly rewsrdod by our Government. Investors
of warlike adticlba should bo liberally eucour
aged. y»,
Since Capt. Gvrardey has been iu the service he
has devoted his entire time and cner.'iea to the
duties of his gfliqe sand to the improvement of
our weapons es defence. The compliments pa and
him by Coi. Rffi*»> upd Col. Gonztlca are well
merited. tUSs kind must not only be
exceedingly graining to him, but to tho host of
friends he has ohr midst.
Tho fuses are ffelbg muds ot the Arsenal, near
this city. Thyip great merit lies in economy,
safety, and oer-htinty of explosion—three very
essential and qualifications. The fuses
will undoubtedly *?>e!adopted by the Ordnance Be.
partmeni, as tnsy superior to any in
use.
_—.— ’ * iimi i *
Important to IHUtTKD Mbn.—Governor Bro V n
has issued tha H order in reference to
drafted men imAtlanta.» As the same course will
doubtless be observed toward those drafted in
ether localities', ‘ifiey would do well to “m ilia
note,” and liput-up some mustering offi . . at
once: tea. '
j’*- ’ Atlanta, Aug. Q,• 186S. .
Col. J. M. C. ikedCommanding, dec :
COiOnel —I 4’Jff’luformed that Hiwpersoha draft
ed by you in Bolton county have not‘yet appeared
and been marttMid idto service. You are, there
fore, directed to issit-i an order requiring them to.
appear at an early day and be mub.erud into ser
vice. If any faitl or rettfse to do so, you will call
upon Colonel U. W. Lee, commanding the bat
talion, whose iriffster rolls have not yet been sent
to Ricbmond, wh<r*will detail such armed force as
you. may need lor that purpose, whieff’ wilt pro
ceed to arrest stfoh dratied person or persons ns
refuse to obey the "orders, and yon will at once
send all who hnvV'to be in tins manner' forced into
the service to Grayville, Catoosa county, to re
port for the pre&nfto Colonel Wilson, command
ing the 2d regi’.obat Staid troops, who will take
charge ot theif? employ them in guarding the
budges on tbift pin of Hio State road«earest tbe
Tennessee linf, 'tilf other arrangement* can be
ruude to turn fit cm 3ver to the control of tho pro
per Corifecerafij" officer, who will compel such
person to remain in’fcnni.tant service lor the six
months. AliVho osey tnese orders and are mus
tered iu without-fhei necessity of compulaTon, will
be permitted to ’fofm into companies and elect
officers aud reVAhitr’av home as in case ol volun
teers, till callcfl.ou for temporary service. Those
arrested aud sent off into the service, will hayo
officers oeuigiud to them. Joseph K. Brown,
Price os Gol.q.—jjtold has fallen rapid.. - y io
price during the past few weeks. In some places
it can be bougTfT for nearly half the preir jUlca uu
manded for iTsooie time ago. This auowa that
tbe late rates asked were merely spe cutative—not
owing so muclv'‘tb the scarcity 0 { the article as
to the great degirj? ol the hold' ra to make those
who wish to purchase pay roundly. Those un
patriotic indiytddats who &Pj trying-to injure our
currency by it vith gold, claiming that
it was losing it£.vahia, fast according to that
standard, catr now saft that their infamous lies
were without 'foqfida&ir a. The public can also see
that it is wrong yvoeoca parocur currency with gold.
That article hssnov become merely an article of
commerce, ot which is regulated by a
set n! unprincipled sharpers, according to the
demand. ConYederate, money is -worth ns much
now as ever, When a man is heard decrying it
he ought at once to be silenced. lie is not a
patriot at heart. The true lover of his country
and of his country’s cause, will be found doing
all he can to improve th>j currency. Those who do
otherwise either by talk or acts, will beat watch
ing. Instead ql running down Confederate
money, letuff Jlevige means to improve it. To
injure it i3 trajtorous. To restore confidence in
it, is patrvotie.
Who is to JBi!ams V—The parties who are whol
ly. to blame" loj'lhd high prices demanded for
many tilings, are tho pwebasere themselves.
Whet right T6as a man to complain of the high
price of floaf and pttur necessaries of life if he
is found prices for luxuries he
can do without as well as not. Luxuries are not
necessary. Infect They count nothing. People
are better off. without than with (hem. Wby hot
let them alone raftier than .purchase them at the
present rateS? we acknowledge a high fclan
dard of prices for luxuries; as we do if we pur
chase them now, wy have no right to complain of
the high pricestif art’cles we really need.
If we want ‘times'" better, wo must do without
lwrurieaAOf both in eating, drinking
and clothing*- KooaomiSa in everything. Many
a man is thfOWftfi; ifwuy Yiionev now which he •
will sadly wanT tiiiYeafter. -If is a great mistake
to indulge in expensive "bg'biiSrjnst beeause it'
may be. the present fashion. ' " • • *
Akotuxh Usds* The federal Gen
eral m command at Memphis lias issue,i another
infamous order."‘Here j<[ ia ;
.hfi 1 . pers ? na WBlg.proiicrlT, and belor ifcing to
the class of regtfterej enemies, will be co* npelled
tQ Contribute io the sup; >ort of
the refuges driven within these lines by in. turrec
tionary vmleuce, and for suofT other appropria
tions of properties military uaecessLties ma. Y 0& B
From all we think the Federal G wer
als in command of Southern cities spend me art of
their time t plans and orders that
wiU oppress and rfcb menof Southern procliviv fes.
Yet our auttfphtlCh even permit known Linoo’ in
ites to remain ngjisturbsd :in our midst. Tl iis
ought not to be*-k/They should be sent away.
out-Hseodin(7 • Hxeoo. —The Y'aukees can beat
the world at the game of, falsehood, and not half
try. The following is from a late New .York
iierald;
Refugees from Richmond, who arri-.ied in
Norlolk a few days ago, report that the l Jonfed
eiate Government is sadly frisrhtened al tout the
possible fate of Charleston, the capture of which
they regard as the winding up ot the i ebeliion.
They also state that a guard is kept about the
i essence of Jeff. Davis night and day to prevent
hlm fiom gunning a*ay,”
A on?.- ( op the Catholic Bishop of Buffalo.
—T‘- • annexed Address from the Catholic Bishop
o, Raffatfl, was prominently circulated around
the c’-ty of New I or:c ■ n Aug. 10. According to
t’ue j.iucoln stan .3rd of mutters it may be con
sidered us eminently patriotic. But according to
the vi-ws of it taken in Dixie, it is a decided
Abolition document, and shows that its author
ha i become tnorougnly tinctured with Northern
ni. »erism: .
John, by the Grace of God and the Authority of
ui- Holy See, Bishop ot Buffalo, to the Dearly
Beloved Faithful Saints of the Diocese, Health
an i JJ -lie-diction :
DciP-ly Beloved : In the name o* Gcd, of
ah .- ..., and ihi\,ogn Wat charity which lie who
cai - -s w be your bishop has given us for yeu ;
tot. ■ thus, charity ot Christ in us, however
ol >, through which wo would cheerfully
g! .- life, it necessary, for you and every cne
< - wa b>g of you. 'or Ohri” > nuke and ior
iv of aii tb t you iovo in Heaven end oa
earth, to abstain from ml resistance to s w, from
all riot, trom all tumultuous gathering?, Irom all
violence.'
In New York many misguided men, yet very
fa ■/, we believe, of practical Catholic?, have shed
b!oo J in the riots; “and the voice of their broth
ers blood cried to the Lord from the earth.”—
Some ofti'e rioters have fallen ; many,more will,
tve fear, tarter much ; many will, perhaps, be
ruined, aud will set 1 tne painful aling of a guilty
cooscienca during thu rest o: Ufa, and on tiicir
death be. (if, in oed t rioters woo -id in murder
could die oiherwise than a» it i.; written. “He
that shad kill by vhfwtword mu i be si Bvd by the
sword.” Apoc. xin., 10) they witi either, through
God’# meicy, sincerely repent t.-.r tiicir participa
tion ia the riot, or bo lost lorevar. Dear:/ o> ioved,
listen to the uavice ol a lather who o::.ir!y loves
you; submit to tho laws and God will protect you.
Should there be a drgit, tewer will bo drafted tjfeati
would probably be kilted in an uuhciy struggle
aga.uat law.
Aud ii aay of you be drafied we will try to
proieet you aud aid. God wili protect and aid,
aud bless you m more ways than we know or catj
name.
Withdraw yourselves, then, we beg aud exhort,?
from all who would excite to association against
the Jaw of tae land or to violciice and mob law.
For God's sake ; ior the sake of your dear fami
lies ; or the 3ake of your lathers, and mothers,
who.her still pilgrims on earth or mingling with
the •• bleesco crowd of witnesses” who from
Heaven watch over youi conduct on earth, we
exhort you to trust in God, and not hod your
selves to any exciter to mob or vAlienee, which
mads so otien to murder. If you iodow too ad
vice ot your lather in Gariai, we confidently as
sure you that “ W hosoevtr bhall follow this rule,
peace will be unto him, aad mercy upon Rd the
Israel of God.” —Gul. vt.
We require this letter be read in . every
church o.i Sunday aiter its reception.
Give!) at St. Joseph's Cathedra), Buiialo, on the
Feast of Our Lady ol Mount Carmel, A. D. 1863.
tJouN, Buliiiio.
The *Vat Lincoln’s peaceable Deaft tvvs en
forced in New York City. —The annexed extract
from the Non York Times oi Aug. 21, shows the
manner iu which Lincoln’s “ peaceable” draft w»b
enforced in that city :
Yesterday the Navy Yard wo.s a scene of ex
citement similar to that which occupied it during
the draft riots. Several vessels of th3 fleet lying
in the streum fad ttieir guns bearing on t/\e prem
ises. The eriiivs ol the receiving this North
.Carolina, the school sh p Savannah, and r.everal
other men of war, weie at their guns, ready for
action, and several pieces of artillery were hauled
into the hi ell ways of the yard, tit lor immediate
use. la the loreooon the Army Quartering,ster ia
this city seal over four tugs, which Admiral
.Paulding had armed immediately, eauh of them
receiving several gucu. The steam-tug Vander
bilt, D ipt. Boggs, was also provided vu.ii suita
ble battery in order- to render such service as She
might be ordered for in case ot trouole.
The mariu a ua guard at .he gate, and those
lull at the barraoks of Flushing avenue, wore
supplied with cartridges aud •* told off’’ iti murch.-
iog order. The Arm. ry, the Orduan r. l)-parL
melit, Ui4 Navy t.yccnm, aud ail the oilier sec
tions ot the yard were guarded; Hie u.vuk :ts iu
th- Lyceum were all loaded, ana in readmeas to
ne baadtiil out, if uceded, 'the artillerists, who
had been drilling-fur .-ome weeks were at their
pieces all day, awaiting tnstruc. ions irom the an -
thorities. Alt the officers of ihe station had their
side arms on or by them, aud the civil empii yecs
of the different oUic. r;; ■- re prepnre:. tor fighting
if there should b. -> y —necessity for it. Ail the
approaches to tee jura on every side were strong
ly guarded, either by >„he guns of the fleet fa the
s.reum. or f-y epeci i batteries. The employees
were kept a. work, all day, e incing very ituie in
terest in tbe progress of tho draft—much less, in
deed, than wi,s expected. While the drawing
goes on the jn-eoauiion adopted yesterday will be
maintained..
These Hungs do mt look as il the Ncrlh was
the ni'aeh boasted " land ol the free.” They look
like -the acts of a despot, determine', to ctush cut
freedom. They are the acts of a despot determ
ined to take from his scbjocta the i;i;ie freedom
they hays left.
Tee Eagle Factory, Columbus.— Garing the
present, war the managers oi tbe Eagle Factory, l
of Coiambus,Ga., have been noted lor their j
great hberai ty and thtir praiseworthy patriot
ism. Whenever a deserving obj ei is brought to
their notice, they not only give, but give liber ally.
Acts like these prove t-> onr soldiers that, they
he ifrisnds at tome ; and tend much to ch eer
them in their arduous duties in the field. The
company raferre.. to above have la.* iy doirated
J 2500, to be appropriated in snch manner will
be thought beat for the benefit of tKe
who are defending Charleston. Hr re is tike let
ter from the energetic agent of the company
which accompanied the gift :
, Oppiok op Eaols Maniipac’o C P-, 1
J. Rhodes Brown, Ap-wt, >
* Columbus, Ga., August 24, ISfiS.. {
Dear Sir : We bog to lurid you ene.es J r.; seel, on
Bank t-I Charleston, this date,to order Hay or Mac
beth, it it we cone,utied it best to send to y. :m after
check wa< tilled up Fkaßeobtain h*s signat ure,ami
then apply as you may *-eem best, to a tist and
relieve the wants anil -add to the comfor.t i of the
brave and noble hearts who are engaged in the
defene- of your noble city. Will you be kind
enough to advise us in what way we can best aid
teem V Is it better to send the money, or would
food or clothing (or any other article) be t after ?
It ho, and it is possible to procure the need ea arti
cles, we will take great pleasure in doin g all we
can to support und sustain yonr brave <J menders.
Is ihtro any eadering among the poo’ of your
cily ? You will understand, in that case, that you
are at lull liberty to appiy this m;;ncy as you may
deem best. W e observe that many eootributiona
are sen-, io you, (the writer being a Edbsp'iber io
your paper,) aud hence supposed you would have
lime ana opportunity beyond that, afforded his
tionor the Mayor. We beg to anj, onr most cor
dial sympathies for your people, arid the fervent
wish t‘: at the polluting tread of the vile invudr-r
may never reach yonr good old chy.
Truly yours,
J. Kho/jes Bbcwv Agent.
Messrs. A.S. Willington A Cos., LOwors Courier,
Charleston.'
Tiis Nobthxen Retai.iatioji Albcsb. —The an- j
aexed order, which was issued by Gen. Halieck, I
when the execution of Captains Sawyers and J lyon j
was first threaieied by tho Confederate Govern- I
meat, is now pron-qlgatod ior publication :
Hbadquartsbs or tub Dbtartmsnt or Wasn
inoton, D. C., July 16,1863.— Commanding ofiner
Fort Monroe, Col.Ludlo-v,.agent for the Exchange
of Prisoners of War—The ITesidcut directs that
you "immediately place W. 11. Lee ard another
officer selected by you, not below the rank of
Captain, prisoners ot war, xu close cohtieement
aad under strong guards, and teat you novi.'y Mr.
K. Ohio, Confederate agenvfor exchange, oi pr.s
oaers ot war, that if Capiain li. >l. hawycr, Ist
New Jersey Volunteer Cavalry, aul.Captain John
F-iynn, 51st Indiana \ r oiunteers, or an; other offi
cers or men in the service of the United States,
not guilty of cnmea punishable with death by the
laws of war, shall be executed by the enemy, the
aforementioned prisoners will be immediately
hung in retaliation. It is alao directed that im
mediately on receiving official or other au hectic
information ot the exeoutict! of Captain .-nwyer
and Captain Flynu, you w.li proceed to hang
Qtu. Lee and tho-oUior rebei otbccF ...esign»ited us
herein above directed, and that you uo,i-j Roberi
Gold, Esq., of Bald proceedings, and assure him
that the liovernment ei tie Uaiied States will
proceed to retaliate-for every similar baroarous
violation of the lawa-oLcivilixtid war.
What hypocrisy ! A nation that trom the first
kjs been guilty of acts that would di grace bar
barians, to talk about the laws of civil z and war !
But we are surprised at nothing that ao,v c:. me
tro m Lincoln or his officials, 'i hey esn cutd6 the
evil one fa deceit, treachery and cruelty.
Diichal’gsd.—Mr. ivey, oi Warren county,
Gt a, who was committed to jml.ono day ias
we ek on an order of the Provost Marshal, for
seditious language, was yesterday brought be I ore
Jml ge Gould on a writ ot habeas corpus. Ihe
Jud, -e he»d, that citizens are not liable to Btrm
mar\ arrest by military'authority ; and that as
no at plication was made to nim as Lom miss ion er
for a warrant, the man be discharged. Mi;. Ivey
was t released.
VOL. LXXVII. —NEW SE. !.•> v- > -XNVIL ' <>.3o,
An Important Decision AlTecting Con
scripts nntl Substitute*.
Below we give the decision of Judge A. H.
Handy, of the Supreme Court of Mississippi, in
regard to a hab;as corpus case recently brought
before him. We believe It ia the first one given
on a case of the kind. It is a very important
document:
Oa Habeas Corpus, before tho Hon. A. n. Han
dy, of the High Court of Krrors ond Appeals of
Mississippi, August 15,1863.
G. W. Thompson wag enrolled ns a conscript,
under the present coll for conscripts, to the ago
of foity-fivo, and obtained a writ of habeas corpus
claiming to be dieoherged on tho following
grounds:
lu May, 1882, the ngtilioner being liable ns ft
conscript under the ac.of Congrens of 16th April
1862, employed a substitute, then about tho age
of thirty-seven, who was received ruo the army
in ! is piaco in the spring or summer of 1862, and
continued to pevlorm o,ay a- a soldier until tho
:ali of 1562, when he vras takeu sick and shortly
thereafter died ia hospital, the petitioner having
contracted with said substitute to pay him twen
ty-five dollars per mon .h dori: g tho war, for
undertaking to become his substitute. The pe
titioner claimed not to be liable under tho call
made for conscripta up to the age of forty- 11 vo
under tiho act ot Congress of 27sh September,
1802, on tho ground that ho had furnished a sub
stitute under the provisions of tho 9ih section ol
the act of I6th April, 1862. »
Hits Honor, in deciding tiro caso, held in sub
stance an follows:
1. Ttmt tho employment of tho substitute by
the petitioner created no contract betwe.n tho
Confederate States and tho petitioner, but was
merely a private contrast between the principal
and substitute. Thera was no valuable considera
tionto tae Confederate States, moving her to agree
or binding her by implication, not to exercise
the power given by the Constitution to call into
service nil persons of whatever ago deemed ne
cessary by Congress for the publ c defence, when
over the exigenci- sos the country should require
it, including those ot tits aye ot the substitute in
ting case; and the Confederate States aro not
bound, by the provisions of the fßh section of the
act of 16th April, IS<>2, not to exercise that power
against any substitute who might be furnished
under that act, if it should subsequently be found
necei sary to call for conscripts of tho ago of tho
substitute.
2. T le tHh Section provides, “ that persons no’
li: bio for duty ruay bs received as substitutes for
those who era under such regnl. tious as may bo
proscribed by tho Secretary of War. ’ This is a
mere privilege or dispensation allowed lo tho con
script, for his. individual convenience, but for no
benefit accruing to the Government, and i>j not
absolutely a discharge tr. the conscript, but to be
taken sub modo ; with the tacit condition, that
tho subs-itutiou won to be allowed oi'.iy so long as
tho substitute, continued to be not liable on his
own account as a conscript. When tho privilege
was granted, all persona without regard to age
wore subject to military doty, whenever Uongress
should deem .ii uecegsary to call them into ser
vice. In passing the first act, Congress thought
fit to callonly for persons to the age es thirty
five, allowing wtok f-ersena to furnish substitutes
of persona not liable under that act. But in al
lowing that privilege, for tho personal benefit of
tho conscript, it canuot bo Eaid that Congress in
tended to restrict itself in the subsequent oxerciso
of its power; for that would bo, by implication,
to debar Congress of the power,'which it clearly
possesses, to call for all persons deemed necessa
ry lor military service; and it would dangerous
ly embarrass the war power of the Government.
Nor is there jivrt reason for saying that per
sons not liable under that act, but withiu tho age
prescribed by a subsequent act, would not bo
liable under the subsequent act, because they had
become substitute/* for conscripts under tho first
act; for that wcu'Ut bo—for no consideration ot
benefit to tae Government, but for mere matter
ol indulgence allot red the conscript—to limit, t. y
implication, the power ot Congress to ca'l all
persons into military service. It might material
ly weaken tho war resources of tho Government,
by. enabling pnt sons Rails to military servicj
under one law, to discharge from liability to ser
vice a very large portion of the persons equally
subject to military duty at the discretion of Con
gress. Indeed, under such a rule, one half of
the military force of the country’--and that tho
most efficient lor service in point of age—might
be exempt irom military duty, though tho conn
try might require all her forces for laer defence.
A construction !•' tiding to such a result cannot be
maintained; bet the iust Tiety appeers to be, that
the privilege allowed to tho conscript, under ihe
iRh Section, must be taken to have be u granted
with rclereucs to tho plenary war power of tl.o
Government, and to hr;vs been accepted subject
to tho power ot Congress io evil ali persons into
the mi.iiary service regardless of age and at its
discretion, and cannot no held to debar Congress
of this clear right. ,
When, therefore, tho person furnished as sneua
stitute under a prior act becomes liable on his
own account under a subsequent act, the substw
tution must cease, because tne substitute becomes
liable on Lis own account under the second act,
and uo longer occupies the position of an exempt,
and, of course, ngnnot act as a substitute for the
original conscript. The contract between him
ana his principal ceases, and the principal be
- liable as originally. If tho substitute were
living, ha would ba liable, and the liability of the
origiual conscript would bo restored, and this lie
biii.y is not altered by the death ot the substi
lute.
The petitioner was, therefore, remanded to the
! custody of the enrobing officer.
Views of tub Newly Elected Govssnor of
Virginia on the War.—We haTO uiready men
tioned that tho newly elect Governor Smith ad
dressed the people of Lynchburg a few days since
on tbe state of the country. The following are
some of his remarks cn the subject of the war,
which possesses an unusual interest front hia oIU
cial position, as foreshadowing tho policy he will
pursae after ho shall hare been installed into office
as Governor of V irginia:
The Governor adverted to the inconsistency of
those who are withholding supplies from the
Government, in hopes of extorting an increased
nrice tor what they have to sell. Ho demoustra- ’
'ted that every dollar duo by the Government
.-.-Quit be redeemed, if the debt can be kept with
-a proper compass ; lor, said he, thank God the
count 'T is abundantly able to P a ? every dollar ol
it? uRiM'. hut jf the farmers persisted in haying
double nr « set by the Government for supplies,
‘turn th-y a.'e pursuing a policy that, as sure as
the sun nses sod sets, will lead to an over issue
of raonev and 'to man ecu tell the result whether
ft ever i deemed or not. And then, said
tnoGovernor, u’ ° tho wealth thus un
patriotically acquir-.^ ' which was the sub-
JW TwvTmol " pKbStaV desired to
address the people upon, 6a a MsftVof 3 it he
sense of the importance a S®
was eloquent and emphatic.
tention most cmphatisally, wli «u - :C aysum -
new field of du.y to which beta calieahj the
voice of the people, to fores evet'f la 0 ,
o-r.d to Sftc to it . ha* the system
s ould bs one that Bhouid act as a complete car
to a raid. Beacons should be erected *>n every
prominent point, and when an alarm Whs given,
the sadden bhooting up es a light onthe top ot an
eminence would be rosponded to from or.d and
another, until the whole country was rowcct.
This, f id h®, is in itself sufficient to defer an enc- r
my from entering (urthcr into the country; ‘-ifey j
would feel as if tney were going, into a net,
even an army mybt hsaiiate when they toa.nd
the whole country armed. ,
He adverted io the number cf men, aud tae
crowds upon oar streets ; tvs have net foB 9 ”T"
thing ol the war; wo have not. come to the polo*
of suffering yet. The rich -pere bound to give ot
their snbstar.ee to sustain tho soldiers in toe
field, and them, elves to participate in the ii.gn>>
standing shoulder to shoulder with the poor u.'&n>
who, in his turn, feeling that hi3 liberties uc Te
at slake, could then light with renewed determi -
nation.
Enfobcs the Laws.—Same of the returned
Vicksburg prisoners say that when the Fcderals
entered that city, alter the capitulation, they
brought large quantities of counterfeit Confede
rate notes with them. Nearly every Federal
prisoner captured has bis pockets literally cram
med with the same article of Yankee manufacture.
Our law says, whoever undertakes to pass such
stuff shall suffer death. Tho way to prevent’fhe
circulation of counterfeits is to enforce the law
rigidly. If it can be proved that a man—whether
a professed Southerner ur a Federal prisoner—is
guilty of passing a counterfeit bill knowingly, let
him suffer the penalty' of his crime. It is of
use having laws unless they are put into effect, a.
If ail Saws were carried out as their framers in
tended, society wonld bti rid of many a scounfficl
who now walks the streets, of all our cities. If
laws are not to be put into eveoutioD, do not
make them at all. It ist far better not to threaten
than to threaten-and not perform.
Sxt th* Examtlk bkvcjiie you Complain.— Gen
tlemen who pay five dollars for a pound of
tohnceo, and one dolfer fora drink of "sperits,
ought not te complaitr it ladies will persist in
wearine articles that Sell high. Set tho economi
cal examples "yonrtblves, Yf yon “Wish, otbors to
follow. Always practice .what yoff prescb, 1 e
your teachings will havo rj ore effect. .
From C?st?r:ei: .••»».
Tho Mercury, of Monday, t :yt. -.
Oa Saturday the :>iie;:.y
tion principally to Way ■:f -.
ceiviog at their hands an occ u-onci
wards evening, tne lio .-id. : an i
boats moved up abrea-f. of Baiter. V
in conjunction with tho lar. brnt is ,
heavy fire upon that fort. Oet • w..
Island replied wi'h their ur.'.iil rpirit.
slackened about nine o’clock, btti » ■
at irregular intervale threut-ho'.r .
Early on Sunday morning :’i■: i---.
vigrrous'iy upon Sumter, c A
the fort all flay. Thcf r - -
ter ban received for a •
the first formi-ieble c;iv. ....
tor the last Sevan days. ! hern ; r-r
known how fortunate !«»• > ■ ■
tion of the en;my. lV!:m ■' • '■
I alter their brief itEsanit, in ' hi'': 1 : t -
been cxceeding y accurete, S- •' -
preeorione cond-tion. v>'< •c H ' - ;
od thebOttbardmer' • ■
newed it with determine-ice,
Tal, they would have p- ■ •
and, doubtless, have b;-_ rup t>. • <
polled tbo garrison to surrond r. A*
turned out, the Monitors wit tr. ••
struction was complete, so tli-; i v
elapsed, the powder hs:i been tr ’■ c c .
the defences of the fori sir v :
bags. Nor wa3 Wagoer m ; :h
about nightlali that fort ag,.iu
object of tho Yonkeo battcrie?.
batteries, o! course, joine.l in tho co
The following is the nam o
troops wounded at Wagner
Wi.limns, Cos. E., Seventy-'- . -i
wound in thigh: William Ga k ri
Fourth Georgia, slight wonn . ~
Oa Saturday last, Lina’s.
were proceeding to im-.Vo enr • ■ • •
tbelmibor. The boat, vbich • ■
of nine men, unfortunatoiy part
ings and sank. Five of the crir,-/ii.
Up to o late hour on Sunday, met • •
nor the boat had been recovered. '«'«*
four of the unhappy men wrr-' ns foi.o I’-k
Doyle, John Kelly, Michael C,v
Davis. AU of Hubs belonged to <* -
The name of tho fifth, iviui :■
Palmetto State, wo have no; ; >a . .
A note from the Surgeon at For :
us that tlio men of tho garrison o--'
are beginning to suffer aerico so Ir.-in ■
of vegetables. Wo trust that
brave soldiers, who aro reso'n'. • U
the famous stronghold, will be ?. —c-
During a heavy bembirdmen 1 it .;
ner, about a week since, one ol i - -v - 1
fall in front of an eigiitinch ;r-■ v '>v -r
parapet, ar.d exploding in P • .-•on
ing two and wounding sev-••i m* .
Welsh, of the First IScuth Ca--- , p
had been detailed for a time nr. Or-' ' s
being present, arreneiag the a.n
night, soc'-ng that the awning, w whi
had shaded thomsolvcs, had < •••' i iiv,
tore it down, and disooverad ;-h:. v- h i
sited the ammunition barrel j*m
leather and wood were Jmn»i!?.g feu. W
able proseucc of mind and cool: - A
seized n pot ol collee near by »r..’ •
11 uoo that in a moment move, w-i V-v
ded among the already dccimni v
Such an act of hot oism should it; -i
icied or unappreciated.
The Courier cf Monday says :
About half past four yestord
tery Cheexcs opened on a aids w'v ■
tra'nsport loaded with troops.
landed ot Oyster Point. The v : :
observed lauding heavy guns f" •
• The tiring Sunday afternoon “ v a
larly between tho enemy’a •v-
Moultrie, Batteries Chen- -'O, II
The Yankees are 'rap:-*tc<; v
and cautiously on on advanced b
fle pits, and yeaternay e.ltevr.'oon v ;
tiro from one Parrott gun.
Later in tho day, however, lhr-.v
in getting two more io pcttUlm, or.-’
counts had opened a heavy ti •
tier irom threß i’arrott gun v.
Out of a little over tight i.n:>'
the four Yankeo batteries fit--
yesterday, hardly ono hundr 1
all the rest falling niiort,; •
enemy’s guns arc losing" i-.u-- fu
The enemy, it is report'd,
guns on his batteries Nor. i, 2 :■■■.
Two of these guns are believed io
pounder l’arrols. He !u i-Y 1
heavy gua ia batit ry r-.i. M u b - "
There has been no change ;.i (
Eosition or number of ?(;-(«” ; 1
eavy firing commonced : , tan
and still continued at thahcui' -;- •
port at twelve o’clock.
i’rivateG. W. Tcushstonn, Uwv....
Georgia, has cad loft arrn am . a.:
Goorgia Hospital.
The annexed complimentary or it -•
shed:
riIOAB’QRS Hbp’t OF Ho. t'A., (/ ‘ . V i
Charleston, H. 0., Aumm, ' ,
General The Gomman-iin iu
neKsad with genuine pride any ■
defence made of Fort Sunnt-i
officers, and the men of the 1 -
South Carolina Regular ArtiH ry,
the discipline, application to ih.or •
soldierly bearing cf oilicerii and >■
organization of tho Regiment, In
war no stouter defence was ever
work ever., bciora. onco»’nt»r-pl '
bombardment as that under wine \ -
has been fmccftfi3fully hold.
Respeotfully, your obedient qe-. n
(Signed) Tuoaik 10. ■ , (
The Brig. Goa. Ripley, Uom n v
District, S. C., Charleston,.H. U.,
The Mercury of Sept. 1, soyr.
Early on Sunday evening the "n-;.
vigorous lire on Wagner from ‘-
on Battery Gregg withs o ;r
--dnmage of any constqucnr.e - ■ - :
work, but Reveral ir-en wre “ y
Tho Ure from tho batteries on ;
oocasionelly very effee ive, '
also threw in a few wcii (h.--a;
Four or five men,_ whose
reported, bat who, it n kn - -
C2i Georgia, were wonoo •
bardment M Battery t r?, ~
Sunday ot Wagner wdl he faun-.
yOn tho night of the sue iiy-" (
the Yankees had bioa nrac-.o- ■
operation by tbe fire from
tempted to advance their l p on
tho fort, but were comprileu to 1
work. Heqee, prtbabiy, too ’nu-.-i b
ment oLtho following evening.
About two o’clock Sunday
Sumter was engaecd in tr«u»oc —r l
of the 61st Noith Carolina,; '
South Carolina, from Morr... L - n
part of the harbor. H ir.u . .<■■■■<:
coming in outside of I-(*' " •
unfortunate blunder, it was ii?-. - ■
trie. A shot passed through . r
partially to sink, ktf ing iu- U> ■
men and wounding sev-jra 1
T .aen endeavor dtoci c -.p ;; b ,
tht se twenty, it is said, -
were yenl to me rescue, and •»
saved fr^'*>m tha wn ok.
In speaking of Iho flg» on
curviivsj It cannot b: .-.vj- ' -
Ccptains t* ls ' l ..' l ” '‘ ’
rv. Ia the fort'mot'f sionttor «•
was descried rfn the tin:c., w:.>
leave while the Sigh
man was seen at ihe how c* • .
engaged in casting too te >-• •
ever,'that this bravo i.-o 'V.™
Forty-one vessels, iuctut.
Monitors aud other war «'e •'
yesterday to be insiila tae u
I were soventeeH, and in tie ■ • -
eels of all kiuus, .
Major Blandisg, W.ln 0 . .
ry, Captains Usrleston and
lieved at other posts, hava a-.
si Battery Ramsay. *hcse«s ; -»
i Yifr fine obtnmhnds; tsrs ;
xdy ia fhis etrUggU- vv 2 “ cp
the State foots service. .. - ...
Private- Vann,'of the S7th G
WWnded ‘ OEOBIIIA TBOCI’c ...
CASUALTIBu AUGUST fe U
I tent R £ bswbom, Cern nu;
jnont • lt Jeana cur.:.
tstion of the i . ,jrAnor '..
The Courier, of IVT ‘ ' r
. The firing. -Ifruud 67 S 5 . ’?.
slackenec. ffm: •' *
At nine o clos-v e»- nj .. .
poeition off -' un ? m J',' r g flip is • '
Sumter, finng shot aad .
every Wtoen ’“'fd ’Waft"'??'
teries Gregg »“£. pa, rei
Monitor wnh "P/J* ar oihci
o'clock. At two.v« f- J o ., £i ,
appearance aronnaicr ~
G^gg and commenced
j,umber , the i a ttcr rcp. : ■
MoffitJ mlCammins’
breathing time. , ~.l r .
Shortly before three o clo- t i •
; ir or: rwt:i -ttmi'/'ngs' Point and op
re -. ; Fi.ri iioDtlcr until within throe quartern
. v’ncuthi-- . i iio<l i'i lino of bat'd*, and
on H letter, Moultrio r-nd Battery
. h a enemy, it is believed, attempted to
. . . *.ng ti on tho latter fortification,
tv. -.itvir-. Batteries 800 and Beauregard,
a S . .ii’-; lilar.it, opened briskly with their
, a Uie Monitors ; Battery Gregg also
op a ems-taot and vigorous iire from
In about ha i an hour one of
r le't, t is believed, badly damaged.
* wan continued fcy the o.hera
-n they also hauled off, Bat
-1,. r giving them a parting
O Tan k tho Monitors twenty-eight
.- shot.-: striking plumb on the
i, . . Ihi ret, evidently inflicting
, u'-v cA tho cannon heard in the
■a. br-.-.ue > r >«.;.! - > White Point Battery and
.'■•• i-: a. . .'.‘Oil, to «itneesr. the oon
:, r -in.- the aoiion ilrcd very
kin r.
i . •« . «>• ■ ide are reportei lo be
Wi sxcoptiou of this engagement tbers
-* - -a .i. pi,in by the fleet.
e the bar yeßter
• o. : , • ■ •iud:'- ; the Ironsides and
live! cU.-i.
bv wren the land baHeriea
to the hour of eioeiug our
. ' • : ve o’clo k,
. .-■-■i a .. au : tu tho mall tag of tl’O gun
i " v ;u by ua officer, we
,li gu:i burst in one of the
» . - ..ivs previoos Ac the date of
,i . Httiib.:' of blue jaekrta.
■ !. poui-Acr ParroM riiisd algo
bur ** gcm. -’af Jittboitii'*. - ' guu
iva I uadi Aimes,
be u*ed with w-t c . when
i it .;.p : al, Mr.
’uv 'chase cr j.rJ>cnra a good
ui ; ■ :,. ac>- one
confer a favor by
. r/ij -! i :...r of Kiug and Vau
(i.-r or • -r.A-*.
« ,i' :ii:i ' and j*# of the ’an-,
i- t v,... ’,p .too : New Ivoiieidee,
i :•■.*. ! pt. C 0, “thger j
lit. : -Trkon,
(j. ' Fairfax y
, K i- . inonder
'• •r . aumont.
’■A obday night nndt
■'sheniLg their ad
v ' /u.: in spite of a heavy
l vc them from Battery
f ed their gap any
vi:- • -iv?, but aeg.in to rear
«. • jMfc that bey lucre gain
• » V ivser IB so he: that
found it - ' - to soreeu kj)oir
•. rumrnhsrp aboot
, .It a active-, and it la
” :.t|-v 's 1.,- ,T ;• ovc T.i.j parapet ;
, -7 : • ■ ti;*■ r w-.-sk their guae efll
- , ft S:> - j niaiix the Yhu
nl " • from their mortars
■ it, ' at without del jg any
M onday jriih the aioni
: - av-- ricon ropm ted hoar Fort
■ r . • v. hurt at Gregg.
1.1 Georgia adsunltles at
mi cay last : S rg’t ißham
{•;. ,; ikilled ; F/ivate J. T.
!,: • , G -orgi,i, wonno i.l seriously in
.i. , si r' .- “nn cnemv’s lend bnttc-vieS
i .- i'.rc againtil Fort Sumter. Tha
« - :• Innihnrdinent, r.ud tlu re
' . ■ in she number or position
• t : r-d numobmous tire from the
• ■ . nil coniiou i quiet until a
Nr, v.I ms the Hashes
■ • . in’.Klon front Hie Sulli
i-.f-,.-,- . to tho v.-'.tcher* in
- - - ; is-. *'. port of the
. . • .. ' dispatch waa
qu-wtorg, from OoL
-i •, ;; ;;; that the
fort. By this
;>’v»f t so other oatte
i- ;’-:d bnakiy, and
t b.i; -Jit:' th-ir tremen
.: . .roi engagsment.
IVij t also partloi
■ - .3-hid vessels, tha
.. J’-H-:i:tie State, also
: (• . :i to engage tha
cu the gaunt
n ' Ihe epprr ach to
: G : alono Good grim*
u c... il t.i which ebo was
■ •in: : of her parapet
fiashei of tho
a.-. fa bar eiiattered
ihctseiat firing quickly aroused
ts, a •tbo battery proma
i.. and Vi-.! specla.ors. The
... . be forgotten. Tho moon
. .. almost cloudless»ky, light*
•ty. no of our beautiful harbor,
; and Gregg, with tha
vlftible along the misty
mo.;*• tli : broad flashes of tha
. . n, • tar »way on tbe oxtrema
f inkee land batteries kept
i. E_U(.ty fvagner, now on tha
. t. . litteries near by, and
i u c-t s x minutes, from
.... ,v'.:ich seemed lo be drawn
’-t t i!A-umtsr, but at what
< with any degree
i . - k . fact, however, that
guns ot ; bo moni
' • t ' v wjih a distinctness
irmer engefeement.
. :j, the etiilness of
■•.-.iiaili <1 the tnrreted
.“ -o • -inns of jadgmg. Many
, fjim and r.iat tha enemy
; ia irot fl iet, tbe sc
r.:cl a nert-ss the
. lie.-hattbe attack
. ;. and b-it n ebbffig f(T on
..-! rather itaprobti*
- - r’rj ,-k t is (Wednesday)
•7 r -"p'i'-.ly. The tnoni
■,)» their firs chiefly
the hour ai which
A. M > t'.ev tre still
; ’.4 \rr s ni ti... defiant
-- tiro on Monday ftf
- A iho hstteries oa
i : 0-3B l:filed, and fcneth
d-i Biiiv.iGi fifty aud
. i > ( my from thariffa
ti iard batteries
i nr ur.r.died, of
t;> ,h vary busily
. . ii.ocivideni yes
. , .tiag orders.
. ... t i tuii relief,
r: .a a river steamer
. .
. : , c bar was re
•>.n > the Iroseides,
. i- afe,
!■ htii'J' iaiet
of dot re m<B.
av cfeyen bloc ..ers
» „.3 ; rd a French
r came !u and 00m
...ra Fvlif to Morris*
tthe enemy ob
, ...I the dtssfosurea
", t nlrasdy pub.l'h
•Jiri»;{ worv. Our
: hav" be very
cautrui -.littht*
r o» 1- aday, fihjit
. H3»
, Cos. E, less
K . - • - "i-fi?; jf
. iy e'.united;
. . afioas in the
r we have
j. • most inveriably
q-Vs’./ iiie interior, ei
-1 by or
~ - uoirozpoßcoati—
")u. ;ne“fclggun"
Vuf.cm Ooiambato
.., ; . , >,.r oar Cvlem*
* &a. They arc- nos
. . . • .31 laiorfcre
-nMioiiiy by pander
. iisune »noM stans
_ .a in i evolutionary
- 8 : rx secreted ouder the
.1100 ia sil/cr aad goW
■ , jo Lnwrene?, Ksnscg, bv
nv |2,C00,00b.
L'r.’t army it about
floes of wsr B&inbridgo is
• at mu, ntth the loss
- ..•■ . - "xeep'.ieg oos oolored
" ■ . - j -.1.", «a br \ ; brig South
. ..rr ;■ and. d-iphia. Bho
- u . states rfcvy.
. . ... 7- »loading with
w.. on ccsi
ir® ud u’o boat, with all
-ryr ' u .fired sni
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