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BY N. S. MORSE & CO. T*® Wg.aiiLr (HROXICLK A BGTTISEL n i-e\tu3»/T> y.vz:it wtbdnzsdat TBRIH >IO«Tn< S lo ° MXIIOHI’M fc»«® ALWAYS IK ADTAI"!*. WERHI.Y ADTKRTHHAO RATE® rMMtUT A*TW*®IJMIM»*T» JIUWA’H in Ui&We**lr w9 jkurg* nlir*<» *%r.h\i***€'Jom. ft# »4T ax. K(mm w!llht''Jiar i 'e4Uiirlycift*® * iTieforefetb M Fwi»*«‘fc ‘* r#w o®irwA»r !f *«!•«!* fftityetnti pftr 11d« f»r ♦»»<? tr »®r lon <*th«D'®Uror Wwkly. W>ir»9V"JMy eia.u'- !• *4 to ff-ljao'l ferine. ■■■ -■■■ .' ■ppiirr«*« —■—■■■ «m ' (.'SKIS!' THE UTHCUULK live so«th is now tng'if'rd in a death Btruj'- **• willi th© enemy. Foiled, ropahxd, and 4®f®*'.ed at all points, In the past three months’ •ompalgn, he is driven to deiperatiort. Seeing tile gigantic scheme of Southern subjugation ©boat {o eud In disastrous and faii «r®, he I* Inspired with the energy of despair, aad la employing every artifice whieh hU in gasalty and raneor can euggtat to obtain nora* advaatage, whieh may bolster up h!s waning ferteeeo and poatpune the la»7ilabie ruin waii a awaits bis eaase . We may oxpect the war to b« prowwttd With an activity and rreUeae daring, not , heretofore rgnalled. We «eay ®*ipeit every , Vilnerable point In tL# Confederacy to Ho a*- I ■ailed ; eveiy effort made to surprise ex; and ! •very device employed, whiah holds oat the awneteet hope of sueeoee. The,crisis of the war is now' Hpon tut. Tke last desperate struggle toaeoonsplish oar over fcr»w end subjugation. Is now i» progio; # Vhe time has eotne for the South to put forth her almost strength and returnees fer lho emhlveiuent of Independence. Uur entire male pepaletiua should be armed, If nocoosary, to neeWt the invader. The sablime spectacle should be presented to the world of a whole people ta arms, for the defence of their libeity and their hoiaua. (Jar people should not hesitate he adopt any tnaa ure,or to maka any sacrifice, which will oeuduce to the defeat of tbo foe. •very agency of destruction should be adopted, ssi ha should find in every man aud ia eiery wemvs an unyielding opponent. ■vary motive which can sue the sooi, or ■erve the arm of the patriot, now invqk<M jm he action. All that la dear, ail that ia scored to the heart of anil, Is staked upon tho issne es this ooatest. Property, liberty, lifo ilsolf; • * honor of woman ami the hclple sow© of •hlldhood, tho sanctity of our hearths and our altars, are all threatened by an enemy, deaf to the voice of justice and humanity, and a stran ger to the amenities of clrllimd wmfaro. Wo Khreggle te avert ft ruin more eorapVete and wtter, then has ovarlakcp. any people, since tho day* es Pagan barbarity. \V« eontcad* with aa enemy who repudiate* every m urium which ia modern limns, has ameliorated tho hoaers, end restrained the casernei of war. The bloinl of onr heroic martyrs, who have fe!l®n In the strife, cries to heaven for ven geanse. The devastated Helds, and smouldsr feag raias of thousands of once happy lionise, vhtsh everywhere mark the track of the in t*4«r, worn us to determine and prepero to MSgUt hint whereveb he may approach, Hanvvn laid Mirth, the obligations of duly, of patriot ism a»d honor, invoke every lulu to do his whele (iaty In this crisis of hie country's L.te. FROM TDMLXrruii' OLH J.JSK4 On Friday, Schofield's corps, consisting of about three regiments of cavalry, and ten thonsand infantry, ndvance.l on our left, with ielentlon probably of driving it back, and flanking our mam army, and at tire same tim« getting possession of the Turner l'Vrry r«i|. Tti.*r, however, waro defeated its their plans. The State Troops, assisted by several thousand regular infantry and cavalry, sun •ceded In keeping theta in cheeky Our loss «u ebeut quo haulrsl killed amt wounded, lht suomy's loss was quire heavy. On Saturday morning our troops withdrew übent tbreo Miles in good older to • high range »f kills about two milos beyond the Chattahoo eke«. Those hills have beer wdl-iorUil and by Wmnst werks aud rifle pits. can only bo attacked by the main rottd, which is veiy nar rew, aa nearly the whole country is liner’*l - The trees on tbo hill sides hate all been cut down, and lie In ouo tangled mat/, making it impossible for the enemy to make a eharge exeept by the narrow passage way spoken of above. On Saturday afternoon the Yankees burned the Sweet Water Cotton Hills and Ferguson's Crist and Flouring Mills, iu Campbell county, beside* the dwellings along the road by which they ndvanood in that section. Thci'- pro gram could he distinguished by the columns •f rising smoke as the happy home of some family was distroyed by the dames. Oar troops nppoar to be in the boh of spir its, and have evjry confidence in their cuia maaders. Th* State militia—the much abused portion •f oar defender*— it 1* said * ood (Ire well ou Frtfley and fought m bravely aad coql as the aegaUri. £}«• G. W. Smith, the commander of tlio State troops, has some eight thousand Confed eral# troop# put under him. Hu is considered by Gen. Johnston, as well by Other promineut •dears in the army of Tenuerseo, as one ot tho •blast aad most efficient officers in the Con federacy. Tho compliment paid Gen. Smith, by firing him command of our entire left is • high one and at the samo time is a severe r«- >a»e to those who hare endeavors ! to bring lata disrepute with the people so brave "and gallant aa officer. Sam Day.—The following sales war* made at the Lower Market Tuesday: By A. Wilson: Negro woman 45 rears old, ! • 11S4: girl 15 years old. $3500: woman So years eld, $3900: man 19 years old 33500; hsb 19 years old. $3400; w«mn 50 years old fjflfffi; boy 18 years old, aaseund, I2B50; girl IT yean old, SIS 99; man, woman pad eklld, •TWO. By Muxs hr, Ksb» A Cos : Negro boy IT years •I*. MISS. eld woman aad hey, $1009; old man aad wife, infirm, $2200; man, shoemaker. $•909. man 39 years old. kneehueod. staoo. Tract of 880 acres of land in Burke eeuaty, 4 i mile* from Augusta, $8 50 per aero. By W. A. Raviby h Cos.: Mulatto girl LS yean old $2400; negro girilS years old s*4 00; girl 17 yean eld, ss4so; hoy 14 years eld, •s33* Heusa and lot on Fonwiok street, 58,- 4*o; two unimproved lets on tie Iterge Sur rey, $S00«. *7 K- ' ■ Kb*. A Cos.: Negro woman Si yean old, $1200; woman ti y sari old, S3MO ®T ALUts, & Ce.: Negrumaa 23 years cH, $4$W; Melinda, 16 y «*» p; j ajQo, l.'iDY J’jHX'GX* SPEHCIt. The following speech of Andy Johnson,s the b jiTd&ee of tho Black Republican* for Vice Pi*-.-,i en , is Lem the 11 mphis ffulloiia effuse j ioth: A Union mass meeting was held at Nashville loa Friday night, at which Gov. Johnson w*i the principal speaker. We Bad tho following report in the Nashville Times : inn appearance of Gov. Johnson on the s'ej.* of the St. Cloud hotel, was greeted by tke vast crowd with loud applause. All were anxious to he ir and s-e tho next Vice Presi dent of the United btates. Alter tharikiug the a-eembly for the compli ment they had bestowed on hun. and a few other pieiiminary remarks, Gov. Johnson pro ceeded to say that we aro , engaged iu » groat struggle for free government in the proper ac ceptation of the ter m. So f .r tu the head of the ticket is concerned tl.“ Baltimore convention has said, not only ! t ■ the United 'oates, but to all Ihe norion-i of life eartn, that we are determined to maintain nd carry cut the principles of free govern ; oh’-i .at ((invention announced nnd con ;anre ! a principle not to be disregarded. It i was that the right of secession, and the power of a Mate to pit.cn Hself.oat of the Union, are r.ot recognised. The convention had declared I his principle by its action Tennessee La i beea in rebellion against the Government, and waged a treasonable war agamst its authority just as other Southern Sta'w had done. She nnd seceded just as much as other States had, and left the Union as far as aho had power to do so. Nevertheless, the national convention bad declared that cannot put itself from Hin der the nglionai authority. It said by its nomination, ti.&t tto present President, take h : m altogether, was the man to steer tho ship <>f Bt tie for the next four years. Next it baid—if 1 may be permitted to speak of my sell, not in the way of vanity, but to ilius’rMe • principle —“We will go into one of the re bellious ritfit.es and choose a Vice Presidency ” Thus the Union party declared its bel’et that Luo rebellious States are stiil in tbe Union, and that their loyal citixeus are still citisens of the Ui ;t .and States. And.now there is but one great work lor us to do, that, is to put dawn the re bellion. Our duty is to sustain the Govern ment and help it with all our might to crush out a tebeilion which ia iu violation of ail that is tight and sacred. Guv. Johnson said ha bad no impassioned appeal to make to the people iu his own behalf, lie had not sought tlio position assigned him by the national convention. Not a man in all the Wild can truthfully say th it I havo asked him to n.'o his influence in my behalf in that body, for the position allotted to me, or for any other. Oil Ine contiary I have avoided the candidacy. But while I have not sou s bt it, still being conferred upon me unsought, I ap preciate it the more highly. Being conferred on mo without solicitation, I shall notdeoline it. [Applause ] Come weal or woo, success or defeat, sink or swim, survive er porisb, I accept Die nominal ion, on principle, l*e the conso guonc » what they may. I will do what I be lieve to be my duty. 1 kuow there are those lure who profess to feel a contempt forme, anil, on tno other hand, feel my superiority to them. 1 have always understood that there ia a sort of exclusive aristocracy about Nash ville which affects to contemn all wiio arc not within its litklo circle Let thorn enjoy their opinions. I have heard it said that “ VYt rtj cwkcMii. in.:u anti r/ant of It the foilovr.” This aristocracy has been the bane of the slave fcitates, nor has the North been wholly free from it* curse. It is a class which I have always forced to respect me, for I have cvey s.-t i! and. ti iuco. '1 lie iespec>of thohonest, fa iciiigeftl and iiKiustricus olass I have eu.ieav ored :o win by my conciuct as a man. Ono of the chief ehraeuts of this rebellion is the op position of the ,<!avo arietoraoy to being ruled !>-. • ur who hive risen iron) tbo ranks of the people. This aristocracy hated air. Lincolu because its vyas of humble origin, a rail-split ter iu early life. One of them the private se cretary of Howell Cobb, said to mo ono day, after r. long conversation, ‘’We people will not submit to he governed by a man who has come up front tlie tank* of the common people, as Abe Lincoln has.’’ lie uttered the essential feeling and spirit of the Southern rebellion. Now it has just oc cuired to me. if aristocracy is so violently opposed to being governed by Mr. Lincoln, u it in the mure oi conscience will it do with Lincoln aid Johnson t I reject with scorn this whole idea »>f an arrogant aristocracy. 1 be lieve that ia-.il is capable of soli government, ,i-i-r-siHictivo of his outward circumstances, and win i ■ i ue be a laburei«a shoemaker, a tail or, or a grocer. The question is whether man is capable of self-government. I hold with Jcfier on that government was.made lor tbe convenience cl man, and not man lor the government. That laws and Constitutions were designed as mere instruments to promote his welfare. And hence from this principle, i eoncltule that governments can and ought to be changed and amended to conform to tbo wants, to the requiiemeuts and progress of the people, and enlightened spirit of the age.— Now il ary of your secessionists have lost lifllit in mans capability of self and feel unfit for (be exercise of this great right, go straight to robelduin, take Jr if. Davis, lteau re gard and Itrirgg for your masters,aud pat their collnitf ou your necks. And hete let me .-ny, that now is the time to recur to these fundamental principle*, while tbe and is rent with anarchy, and upheaves with the throes of ain ghty revolution. While sae tty is in this disoideied state, and we are •o-eMng security, lot us tlx the foundation* ot the Government on principles of eternal jus tice wticlt will endure for alt time. Thcr* in l v.a element in our midst who ate for perpetua ting tiio institution of slavery. .Let me say to you, Tennesseeans, end men from the North ern Status, that slavery is dead. It was no) murdered by me. I told you long ago what ill* result would be if you endeavored to go out ot-tire Union to save slavery, aud the result would be bloodshed, rapine, devastated fields, plundsied village's *nd cities; aud therefore I urged you to remain in the Union. In trying to save slavery you killed it, aud lost your own lreodom. Your slavery is dead, but but I did not minder it. As Macbeth said to ; Basquo’s bloody ghost: Novitr il'.ak* thy % rs c% Thou c»u*i no* SA/ I tiid It. Slavery is dead, and you must pardon me if I do cot mourn over its dead body ; you o*n bury it out of sight. In restoring" tho State, leave ou' (bat disturbing and dangerous ele ment, and use only those parts of the maohm ry wtdeh will move in harmony. • Now lit regard to emancipation, I want to say to the blacks that liberty moans liberty to work and er.jov tho fruits of your la’oer. Idle ness is not freedom. I desire that all men sbs'.i have a fair start and equal chance in the race of life, and let him succeed who has the moat merit. This, I think, is a principle of heaven. lam for emancipation for two rea sons : First, because it is right in itself, and second, because in the emancipation of the slaves, we break down an odious and dangerous aristocracy ; I think we arc freeing more whites than blacks iu Tennessee. I want to see slavery broken np, and when its barriers are thrown down. I want to in dustrious, thrif.y emigrants pouring in irom all parts of the country. Come on; we need your labor, your skill, yonr capital. We want your enterprise and invention, so that here after Tennessee may rink with New Fngland In the arts and mechanics, and when we visit the patent office at Washington, where the in genious mechanics of the free States have pat their medals, we need not blush that Tennessee can show nothing but a mousetrap, or some thing of about as much importance. Com* I on ! we greet you with a hearty welcome to the soil oi Tennessee. Here s soil the most fertile | in every agricultural product; a delightful and healthy climate, forests, waterpowers and mines j of inexhaustible richness; come and help us re- J deem Tennessee, and make her a flourishing j and powerful Stats. But in calling a convention to restore the | State, who shall restore and re-establish it?— j Shall the roan who gave his influence and his j meins to destroy the Government? Is he to ; participate in the great work of reorganimtiea? ! Ska i he who brought this misery upon the j St-Ve be pel mi tied to control Its destinies? If ! this be so. toen ail this precious blood of our 1 drive soldi* *s -d officers so freely ponred out, j will have been waotouly spilled. All the glori ’ ous victories won by onr noble annies will go t r W>r naught, and all the battle fields which have j been sowft wiflt dM heroes dwinp this rebui AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. JULY 13, 1861. lion will have been made -memorable in vain. Why all this cimijc and devastation? It was that treasen might be put do.»n and traitors punished. Therefore I say that traitors should take a back seat in tbe work of restoration. If there be but five thousand men in Tennee see, loyal to the constitution, loyal to freedom, loyal to justice, theae true and faituful men should control the work of reorganisation and reformation absolutely. I say that the trai tor ha* ceaecd to be a citizen, and in joining the rebellion boa become a public enemy. Ha forleiied his right to veto with loyal mun when he renounced his citiz-oship, and sought to des troy our govemmoit. We say to tna most honest and industrious foreigner who oomoa from Ungland or Germany to dwell among us, and to »dd to tho wealth of the country, ’ Be fore you can bs a citinen you must stay here for five years.'’ It we are so cautious about foreigners who voluntarily renounoe their homes to live with us, what should we gar to the traitor, who, although born and reared among us, ha* raised a parricidal hand auaiust tho government which always protected him? My judgment is that ho should be subject to a severe ordeal before he is restored to citizenship. A fellow wf o takes the oath merely to save bis proper ty, and dentes the validity of tbe oath, is a perjured man and not to be trusted. Before these repenting rebels can bo tiusted, let them bring forth the fruits of repentance. H j who helped to make all these widows and orphans who drape the streets es Nashville U meuruing, should suffer for his great crime. The work is in our hands. Ws can destroy this rebellion. With Grant thundering on the Potomac, before liichmond, and Sherman ami Themaa on their march towa.d Atlanta, the day will ere long be ours. Will any madly persist in rebellion? Suppose that an equal number be slain in evory battle, it is plain that the losult must be the utter extermina tion es tbe reliels. Ab, these rebel leaders have a strong personal reason for holding out to :avo their necks ftom the halter. And these leedera must feel the power of the Govern ment. Treason must be made odious, and traite,3 mudt be punished and iwpoverish*!. fholr great plantations must be seized and <!! ride-1 into small farms, and sold to honest, ißdusrriom men. • Th« clay for protecting th® lands ard n®gro®s of these author* of rebellion is past. It is high tiin« it *u. I have been most deeply pained at soma things which hav® com® uuder my .observation. W® get men in command wlra. under tho influence of flattery, fawning and caressing, grant protection to the rich traitor, whii® th® poor Union man stands out in the cold, often unable to get a receipt or a voucher lor his losses. The traitor can get lucrative contracts, while th® loyal man is pushed aside, uuable to obtain a recognition of hts just claims. lam telling the truth. I oar® nothing for strip®* and shoulder straps. I want them ail to hear what 1 say. > I have been on a gridiron for two years at the sight cf tksse abuses. I blame not th« Government for tin**® wrongs which are the work ol weak or faithless subordinates. Wrongs will bo committed under every form of govern merit and every administration. For myself, I mean to stand by toe Government until the Union flag shall wavo over every torrn, hill top and cross roads, iu its full mejesty. The natleas of Europe ar® anxious for our over throw. .Fiance takes advantage of our inter nal affairs and semis Maximilian off to Mexico to net up a monarchy ou our border*. The day of reckoning is approaching. The time is not far distant when tne rebellion wiil be put down, ttud then w® will attend to this Mexican r.ffair, aud ray to Louis Napoleon, “You can set up no monarchy on this continent.’’ An expedition into Mexico would be a sort of not cation to the bravo soldiers who arc now fighting tho battles of tho Union, end ihe French concern would be quickly wiped out. Let us he united. 1 know that there are but two parties now, one for the country and the ether against it, and I am for the country. I *tn a Democrat in the strictest meaning of the term. lam for this Government because it is Democratic—a Go+erninent of the people. I am for putting down this rebellion, because it is war against Democracy. He who stand* off stirring up discontent in this Btat® and hig gling about negroes, is practically in the rebel camp and anconrages treason. He who, in In diana or Ohio, "makes war upon the Gorern meat out of regard to slavery is just as bad. Tfie salvation of th® country is now the only business which concerns the patriot. fn conclnsion, let us giv® our thanks, not foimal, bat heartfelt thanks, to those gallant officers ami soldiers, who fcava come to our rescue, and delivered us froai the rebellion. AnJ though monoy be expended, though it bo lost, though farms and cities bo desecrated, let the w»r for tbe Union go ou, and the stars and strip’-e b* batboil, if need b*, iu a nation’s blood, till law be restored and freedom firmly established. Gov. Jobuson retired amid lend and con tinued cheering, and th® large crowd dispersed to thoir homes. Axothsr Lsaf from llutokt. — At this par ticular time, when the enemy in immense force is striving with all hi* energies to con summate the work es ou; subjugation, aud when we are ou the'eve of great battles, pregnant with conscqasures of the utmost importauoe, the press cannot exert its influsnce in a more prdlliabi# way than by encouraging eur army with recitals frern history, showing how, under similar circumstance* to ours, the soldiers of 'Liberty have contended agaiuat prediglons odd* anfi achieved success. Due of the most re markable instances of this kind of achieve-, ments is related by Col. Schaller- in a net* ap pended to a chapter of that excellent work of Marshal Marmout’s oujth* Spirit of Military In stitutions, translated by himself, and greatly iuaproved by tke notes he has addod to it. The passage we have-selected is a striking illustra tion of the ineihcacy of overwhelming numbers in a conflict with a vastly interior force of brave men fighting on their own soil in defenoe of their rights, thoir homes, and all that endears existence. The struggle of the Pole* in 1831 to throw off the Russian yoke was signalled by acts of extraordinary valor. They repeatedly de feated their invaders, inflicting upon them heavy lossee. Os the many battles which were fougut, that of the Grociiow, iu the immediate vicinity Os their capital, (Warsaw,) which it was the great object of the Kuseiau oomman dcr to capture, aud to which he was pressing with ail his might, is eminently worthy to be referred to iu connectiou with the events uow uan.phing around Richmond. We wish that sj had room lor the whole of Col. Schaller's nanative of this battle, but as it coreri seven olose ly printed pages, we oan only give a brief sjn jpsis. lt was fought on th# 25th day es February, 1831. Th# aggregate Russian force was 196,- 000 infantry and cavalry, with 313 piece* of artillery. The roles had not more than 43,400 infantry and cavalry,,with •$ gans. The en gagements begna soon after daybreak with a tnnoaß attack by tho right wing of ths Rus sians upon th# Polish rignt, with a similar re sult. After a brief mil the Russian# renewed the conflict by hurling 100,000 men with 120 pieces of artillery against the Polish centra.— Alter a sanguinary struggle of four hoars, in watch the Poles displayed prodigies of valor, their Genera;* determined to withdraw their threw a little to the rear for the purpose es ob taining a more favorable position, which har ing b*en done, tir# Russians, supposing the movement to b* a retreat, again advanced up on them flushed with the expectation of certain victory; bat the Pole# received them with a murderous lire and in the end inflicted upon them a total defeat. The Russians were rout ed, but for the want of a sufficient cavalry force, the Poles could not pnrsue them. It was many months belore the Russians again as sumed the offi nsive. The carnage in such a batile was of eonrsa dreadful. The Russian* left 80.000 men upon toe field. The Poles loss 12,000 in killed and wounded or one-third of their army. Stfch wae the battle of Groehow, in wh ! «h was displayed the superiority of valor over num bers. And now we vk. are the T ankces any bet ter than the Russians. Or are the Confederates any worse than the Poles, as soldiers battling on their own soil against a foe seeking by din* of mere brute force to reduce them to an igno minious vassalage? —Petersburg Meprtss. A. family of some six white persons were poisosad it; Qharlsatos a few j lTg s «nce lrom partaking by mistake, of a prepared dish from the plant kuown as stramotJ'um, or James town wepd. By prompt medioaj attendance, fetal metrics war* prevented. Havana. The Havana correspondent of tke Mobile Advertiser gives ihe following interesting ae eomt of what he >aw in tks.l city : i Havana, m one of our principal foreign de- J pots of munitions a«d arms, undoubtedly po*- | rsese an in terse t for the Southern people that it never did before.. It is in many respocts, a great city, with its 300,000 inhabitants, its flue harbor, ailed with the shipping of all nations, its graad oid castle at the entrance—giant warder of th® channel, holding his torch aloft at night to guide the wandering mariner—its rock-built rampart* crowned with cannon, whose muaaies are turned upon the city and harbor, as it there they looked for the first deiuonstiatien against Spanish rule—its in numerable churches—all Catholic—and its an c-isat walls, now being torn down, because mse iess, and because the largest and fair st por tion of the eity has grown up Outside of them. These speciflo items and curtain sundries, with the vast wealth coucc#rated hur«, are about all that recur te me as constituting tbe great ness of the eity of Havana. The Government seesm to be conducted on the narrowest and most petty ideas p issible. The main object of its organization meels you on every hand, via: , to extort money from eveiy body for every-’ thing. You can do nothing here without xvay igg for it. When you eome upon the . Is land you must get a “landing permit’’ from ti e Captain of the Port, for whiok you pay; this authorizes you to remain upon the Island •ne month, when you get another permit from an ither official, graatisg you a further- resi dence for three months, for which you pay a stiil higher price; xl the end of this period, if you wish to lemain longer, you must apply for a grant of psrmaueut resideace, which will not be accorded unices you are an orthodox Catholic or declare your Intention of embrac ing that faith ; for this privilege you must pay roundly. Tke litii* schooner] upon which I ORme over here from Mobile remained on© week in tho harbor ol Matxnaas, and her Cus tom House and other Government fss3 amount ed to over sixty dollars. Spain must and will have her revonuo from the Gem of the An tillee. The stretos es Havana are exeeedingly nar row and tbe sidewalks infinitesimal in width. T hey are rarely wide cneugh to permit two per sons to walk abreast, and as the voiantee, are ■utaarous and driven rapidly without regard passengers, for wk'XQ the drivers seem to emtertain a decided hostility, winked at by tho authorities, the pedestrian is in constant peril of life and limb, and must be continually hopping on and off the sidewalk. The volants is nothing more than a finely finished cart with an Immoderately long pair of shafts, between which is harnessed a mule, ridden by the driv er as yon picas*. Sometimes another mule is hitched on entside the left shaft, almost far. enough ahead t* make a tandem team of it.— The tails of the quadrupeds are braided so tightly as te greatly impede the uaudal circu lation, and then brought around in an elegant eurve to tho left side end fastened to the har ness. The volante seems to’mo the eium*.»st and most awkward of all vehicles, but the true Spaniard will not adopt a more reasonable one, because his great grandfather knew no other. Families that are wealthy and aristocratic eaeugh to have a carriage or volante of their own, stab!® the horse somewhere alongside of the kitchen and keep th® vehicle in one end of the front parlor. We lixve actually ustm large finely furnished parlors adorned in this singu lar way, ths horse, iiftorth# drive, being led through one end or side of it to Ms stable, or bed-room. Isonsatinrcs thr-ra is a partition of round, upright txcra between, but cron this makes it appear that the volante U aa object of pride, which the Bpanish family lore* to bars always insight. It is alia matter of taste, but to th* unaccustomed eye, such a par lor as w® saw jar!, night—ample in siea, with ri«fc fomi'-.u*, •*.»lui*.d floor, walls adorned with paintings, and at one tide a spiandidrasc aad a marble stains *toi”lin’g within a few feet of the family carriage—e*r,m! odd and incon gruous enough. But then their ho res are ■ugnifiosnt creatures, clear, eleuk and plump as a well fed oat, and tke cxiiiaget are might with polish and burnished metcl. There is oil® eastern which finds no favor with Indies irom other countries The H»v»ncx-' lady seldom goss out in (he daytime, until just before duok, an. 1 all more raiely is she seen in the (treesto a pi. i. Tho sidewalks am so nar row that am ample skirt would in some'places erowd her off, tad then a volante miitijt >uu over her. Spaniard, too, with oil bis gal lantry, is mot inclin-M to give the sidewalk, to tha tender sex if he hare the wall on his right, perhaps, becanza ha deems the fact of a female promenading the streets sufficient evidence of Ia r nepectability This seems a rocious, but we have seen it proved over a:.d over All day the Spanish beauty *it« behind her grated window—which an Irishman would des cribe as having no glass except ir.m bars—part ly screened by a curtain which she oaa pull s-dde for a view of tbe street. Frequently you will see her puffing volumes of smoke from a clgarrito, and sosketiunre her ruby lips, whose outline should describe the perfect bow of Cu pid, are packered around the small end of a long, brewu cigar ! Some of thes® caged birds ar# very charming, but their style of beauty Is that es the tropics— more of the olive than toe roe*. A few of them punish the piano, and oc- OMloually they sing. When a lady sings, xud a gentleman present stops his cars, that action is no concluaive proof of politeness and good breeding o« .his part, but then what is one to do? Their voices are invariably pitched iu th# same key as the notes of the bag-pipe or hurdy-gurdy, and iu fact their singing remind* me of that vroaderfcl oriental canialrice whom the immortal Dau Rice exhibited In his “Mu seum’’ a few yeais ago, and whom he styled the “Chinese Princsees.” The voyage of the steamer Boston from Mo bile to this port forma the most extraordinary episode in blockade running that I am cognizant of. During the last two months before I left Mo. ostentatious preparations were going on to fit bile, out the Boston for a cruise against Yankee commerce. She was cut in twain and length ened, and a great deal of fuxs was made about arming her. A fine gun was put aboard of her and -a certain number of ootton. bales. She steamed out from Nary Gove one night, passed Fort Morgan, and when fairly outside the block ading squadron, threw her gun overboard Pourquei ? Beeausa, she had no use for it, did net expeet fc> hare any «so fos.it, anti, if cap tured by a Yankee crulssr, It might be looked upon as a character that roelly aid not belong to the vessel—that of a privateer. Bhe then stood for the coast of Cuba, and if she had beon ordered to that mythical harbor, known as Da vy Jonae’ locker, the result of her voyage could’ hardly have disappointed the consigaees. Bat feted by wind and wave, she wandered over the vast waters of the Gulf for nearly two weeks, her Captain having lost his longitude in con sequence of an "error in his chronometer, in the mointime every particle of coal on boaru wa* consumed, and everything elsa that could be spsred to make steam ; and wh>*n these were Anally exhausted, the Boston Coated as Idly ft* “a painted ship upon a painted ocean. Hamburg.—The portal to the Danish king dom for visitors from Western Europe (stiii by land) is Hamburg, a city unique after Its kina —a Babel without its tower, a Babylon with out Its fall. Other towns and other_ provinces have bowed their heads to monarchic seepirof; -Hamburg retains its Constitution and privi leges as a free city. Its burgomaster still bears the title of Magnificent, and its senators hare a right to be addressed as Their wisdoms. Amidst the confusion of tongues which stuns the ear, the language of trade is universally under stood ; '* money’ ’ is the password from one end of the town to another. The Hamburgian babies learn to lisp it soon after they come in to th* world, the old men mutter it ii (heir dream* before lying down to take ths:r final sleep. They are prudent, and would give offence to no man. Gnote upon a time a journal ist had the boldness to state that French gun powder was better than Prussian. The censor of the press struck out the sentence, see.np that Prussia cannot be supposed to be, in any respect, inferior to France. Another writer tr instated a speech of the King of Sweden, in which he mentioned Asiatic cboiera. Ike work “Asiatic"’ had to be suppressed, because Russia might lake umbrage at It. Despite all which, the tarn of Hamburg are honorable, amiable, hospitable, and will honor a letter of introduction as r« adlly as a bl.l of exchasge. [DDi> -:*' ml the Te*r Jt-Tjnd. A tarpaulin ssd oilcloth manufactory I# Co ©shift 8, C.| was destroyed by fire JaneSOtb. loo' BAr ,aOM : - STORT —la » very iutcresing wntteu by one of tbe leading statesmen of ine Confederacy som® time since, the writer re.arrfcd to the memorable seven years war, . r '-denek the Second, commomy cali tri,*Qr ** t ” successfully resisted the Aus *n«ns. Russians. French and Swedes, combined from , h,s lit:le kingdom of Prussia *vi?Y| he u ' w ! bat t ’* L ‘ rned at o:ie time To be in i' Zl v hU:h dwpafity of forces had scarcely ever been arrayed against each other,-if v-e ! lbe celebrated expedition of X«rx.*s ( "£“ rt ri Gre “!’ whera au Mmy numbering it C 1 10 l SW u collected by the Per to to O! T 0b ’~ but Frederick determined to Th« ! hls . c . oUlitr y or Perish ia the attempt, ihe same spun animated his'peopie, momnt- S to olo t 0 lhase li ™ ds of heroism, that, token together, constitute gome cf the most brilliant chapters fouud iu human history. . At the commencement of the great stmes'e in 1707 Frederick bad, Including iris Hanove nan allies, but 260,000 men for field service whilst his enemies had on foot, preparing to march against him, not less than 700.000 men im, r. C l‘ C ° UUter of Frederick’s troops was witu the Austrians at Reichenbjerg, which ihe latter were defeated A more decisive and in ant engagement took place soon after onn p !* BU * en t Austrians and 68.000 1 russiuus, iu which tha latter wore suc cessful, killing and wounding, together, 8 000 Prussians, capturfhg 9,000 prisoners, sixty can nons, and eleven standards. This victoiy lucked only one essential to make it perfect and complete. Various minor successes attended the Prus sian arms, until at Kolin, with i»2,000 men Frederick attacked the Austrians under Count Daun, wall posted, at the head of 60.000 men. Victory at one time seemed to be within the grasp of Frederick, wjioso troops lmd defeated the left wing of the Austrians and cut to pieces the cavalry that attempted to defend’ it; but an accident changed the fortunes of ihe day and converted what had promised to be a vic tory. into a stunning defeat. Frederick lost in this disastrous battle, 11,000 men,-13 cannons, tad 22 standards. But he wus not greater in victory than in defeat, and that wonderful equanimity which sustained him amidst the darkest hours of the arduous struggle bade him take a cheerful view even of seeming misfor tune. Ye t the defeat of Frederick at Kolia had th® effect of arousing and- stimulating the leagu# agSfest him. The French took posses sion of Westphalia ; the Russians invaded Prussia ; the Prince of Soubise, at tho bead of another French army united with the German troops for the purpose of entering Saxony ; and the Swedes passed the Baltic with a view of attacking Pomerania. Tbe armies of Frede rick had been so much weakened by the sword, by disease, by desertion, and by the necessity of leaving garrisons in the fortified towns, that he had but 80,000 men left to resist more than 400,000 ol the allies. To add to this extremity, misfortun# follow ed misfortune. His brother, the Prince of Prus sia, suffered tbe loss ot the town of Gabel, which cut communication with ZiUan, where were magazines for provisioning his army.— ’Then succeeded the reverses atHastenbeck and that series of disasters to the Duke of Cumber land, who commanded the Hauorerian allies, which ended in tha disgraceful capitulation of his whole army to the French, under th© Duke ol Richslieu. The anuihililation of th'is army was a terrible blow to Frederick,as it devolved upon his own troops, who were few in num ber, the defence ol the western portion of his territories. liis troops bad to be moved with great celerity, from point to point, to meet and resist th© masses that poured in from thaiquar ttr. Ibis devolved great hardships upon his men, and was as exhausting a3 the arms of the enemy, Such was the extremity of Frederick at ltd t;ra- that, to meet a fore© of 120,000 Hus siiips which had colloted on the eastern frontier of liis dominion®, he could only despatch 22,000 mou uudwr ihu heroic Lshwald. The disparity of numbers was fully appreci ate i by the King, but the necessity of checking rhu Russians, who were advancing and laying waste the whole country, was so .great, that he encouraged Lehwuld to hazard a battle, whilst ht> I-eife him free to act as his judgment would dictate, xit-hwald did attack the enemv, and notwithstanding the extraordinary odds sgaiust him, the battle was a drawn one : the Russians losing G. 500 men, and the Prussians 5,700. Lehwatld retreated unpursued, whilst the eno my who had been so roughly handled evacua ted Prussia, with tha ex'vpiion of the fortress of Meuael. Lehw&ld then turned his attention to the £>w.*:le* r whom ho drove . .ut of Btialsend. But the enemies of Frederick were legion, and whilst he was driving them from one point,"a fresh horde invaded his territory at another. The Austrians and Russians were making ir ruptions at thi3 very time. Wiih varying for tune* ou both si ies, the unequal conflict was kept up until, at tho celebrated battle of Li.-sa, 50,00(1 Prussians defeated 90,000 Austrians. Tne loss of the Prussians in this memorable engagement w»s 5,000 killed and wounded, whilst that of their enemy was 28,703, of whom 7,400 were killed aud wounded, and 21-.309, including three Generals, were taken prisoners. 117 cannons qmd 51 standards also fell into the hands of the Prussians. We have not space to bring up this outline farther than the second year of the war, which after seven longyeaiß of terrible carnage, and heroic endurance on the part of Frederick and his people, resulted iu his conquering a peace, with the rigats and liberties of Prussia secured. Let those who are inolined to despair of our success, against far less odds than Frederick had to encounter, be encouraged by this narra tive. The armies of Frederick, under fheir great leader, showed what men could do when con tendiDg for their homes; and the remembrance of such high uclrevemeuts should make heroes of all who feel that the priceless heritage of freedom is staked upon tbe issue of battle. Libbt. Gen. Polk's Sucsessor. — The tele graph b«s already announced Mejor General A. p. Stewart’s promotion to the vaeunt Lieut enant Generalship iu the army of the Tennes see. The appointment of so modest, retiring and junior an officer to tho -place of tha la mented Polk, will take some of our readers by surprise. Gen. Stewart —says a correspondent of the Mobile ’ Register—wa* born iu Winchester, Tenn., and is now about forty-threa years old. At an eariy ag-s he went to West Point, where tie graduated with honor, after which he re mained in the institution two years as Profes sor of Mathematics. lie married Miss Chase, of Albany. N. Y.—a most beautiful tmd accom plished lady—from which place he removed to Lebanon, Term , and took .tie position as Pro fessor of Mathematics in Cumberland Univer sity. He filled, for a numoor of yearj, the same chair in the Nashviije University, and then returned to Lebanon as Pie-idem of tho Female Academy. At the commencement of the war he received a commission as Major of artillery, and was at Columbus, Ky., as chief of 'lh&t departmeut, under the lamented Polk, to whose late position he has succeeded. Juit before the battle of bhiloh ha was appointed Brigadier General, and commanded a brigade ofiufantry on that memorable field with sur passing gallantry, having two horses killed under him. Lie was at Murfreesboro’ just after which battle he was promoted to Major Gene ral, and has served in that capacity at Perry villo and Cliickamauga, and in this battle, which may now' be termed the “Engage ments of May and June." He has great firm ness of character—is quiet in demeanor, cool in battle, handles his troops with great caution, but has always been up to time. His promo tion, we trust, will redound to the discipline of his corps and good of the cause. Ths Palmerston Ministry in Daxsbr.—A telegram announces that on the Ist of June in a full house of ■Parliament, the Government was defeated on a motion by a majority of ten. As this note preceded the Lindsay motion but two days, it is mors than likely that plaraerston may rerign ere tbat be put to vote in the House. It will be borne in iniud tbat Mr. Lindsay demands that the Queen shall take out of the hands of her ministry the recognition of the Davis Govern ment. Lindsay's motion will be supported by all the Derbyites, and the blockade running in terests represented in Parliament, and as Pal merston must anticipate a defeat in thiß, it raay be that he will resign as a result of the vote mentioned above. We await with anxiety the upshot of this affair, fraught as it is. with deep interest So this country —Northern Paper. Capt. Ben Lare Posey was wounded on Ken nctaw Mountain a few days ago by the explosion gi & shell iron the enemy's battery, VOL. LXXVIII.-—NEW SERIES VOL. XXVIIL NO. 28. I Tub Fttiuty of Conquest.—Once and » ! while a Northern journal speaks out against j endeavoring to whip the South into eubmis i sion, ands .ows up the utter uselessness of such :an undertaking. The Milwaukie News thinks j Lincoln has undeitaken a bad job and com i meats thus on theri’futilitv of conquest Two veers ago we drove the Confederates out of the entire countiy surrounding Paducah.— That section s now «li occupied by the Con federate Gen. Forrest. Immediately after Gea Grant advanced into We»t Tennessee, and du ring the summer of 1862, conquered the whole of that region; it is now .almost entirely in Confederate hands. The same summer, des perate battles were fought at Corinth, lukaand ll.itchie, and in every struggle victory crown ed our armS; but every one of these points is in undisputed possession of the enemy. In the fall of’the year, Gen. Grant occupied LaGmnge I in Tennessee, Hcily Springs and Oxford, in Mississippi, and the crossing of Yoconny river, so ne twelve miles soulh ot Oxford, while his cavalry was thrown forward nearly to Grenada; the whole of this territory is now abandoned. At the same time our lorccs held possession of all the country eastward to the liue of the Mo bile and Ohio railroad which is alr;u of course in undisputed po.sses-ion of the enemy, A year ago this winter and sprii g our army took possession of tbe jcouutjy back of Lake Providence, also of nearly all the region be tween the Mississippi and Yntoo river; after wards occupied -Jackson and Canton, Mississip pi in «>o summer we a;ranged tor the perma - nent oecupaliou of the territory east of Vicks burg and between the Bfg» Black and Yazoo rivers about the samr- time our troops were pushed weatw ird frow Vicksburg and Louis iam>, routing the enemy from the “entire vicini ty, a distance of from seventy to one hundred miles Every square toot of the territory des cribed is now surrendered. In short, from Cairo to New Oilcans, in the Mississippi valley proper, the Federal flag, as we are informed, does not float over a single inch of territory out ol the range of gunboats on the river, and no loyal man is known to live in any portion of the territory mentioned as conquered but now surrendered. Referring to the above article the Albany Argus speaks thus In regard to the matter dis cussed ; ‘•We can add to the News’ summary the ac counts from the Red river, from which our ar my has just been driven, and tbe reports that the occupation of Texas is to be abandoned.*- So much for the West. How is it elsewhere ? Florida has returned to the possession of the Confederates, as has the greater part of North Carolina. We have made no impression upon South Carolina ; and the siege of Charleston is virtually abandoned, while that of Mobile has not commenced. Mere force, directed at States and at populations, instead of being wielded at the Confederate srrnies, lias been unavailing for good. ‘‘Military power must disperse tho Confede rates in the field, but it cannot subjugate a peo ple like those of the Southern States, or Isold in subjugation so vast and divided a territory. “To restore tbe empire of tbe Union over those people, we must, in I,be language ol Gov ernor Seymour, “superadd to force the policy of conciliation.’’ A kindred folly to that which relies upon armed men for the subjugation of a territory nearly as large os till of Europe, *is that which speaks ol hemming in so vast an empire, and ol starving its people by cutting off tiiier sup plies. Upon this point Ictus cite the evidence oi the New Era, the Fremont organ at Wash ington which says: On the face of it, it would seem to boa tolly too transparent to impose upon anybody, that the Confederates occupying an almost boundless extent of fertile territory, anil.al ways nearly exclusively agricultural ia their {iiarmlito. uui.lil j.u.-.ii Oij on 111 ll.Ulge . Ul SUll Va tion. Capacity to produce food is precisely that which they jioasess in a degree which cannot bp exaggerated, and if their agriculture lias not in some quarters taken that direction here tofore, it is because cotton, ‘tobacco, rice and sugar have beep more profitable, or have been thought to bo so. ’The coasts and rivers oi the South abound'with fish, and the domestic ani mals for food and labor multiply w,tiout care or cost in almost every part, ot it. There is no Confederate .Slate which is not naturally an Egypt in abundance, and remark ably enough, if there is au exception, it is Tex as, the isolation of •riiicii has been said to threa t«u ihe Confederacy with starvation That grem State is favorable to stock raising, but the frequency of drouths renders the raising of cereals precarious. Geographers who imagined the south to bo dependent upon Texas for food, have only piled one absurdity upon another. A Letter to the Point.-— Tire New York News publishes a letter from Rev. R. L. Dab ney, Professor lu the Theological Seminary at Hampden Sidney, (Va.,) to a gentleman iu New York. From it we extract the following, which embodies some interesting information as well as some truths which, as they have got before the people of lire North, may be of some value : 1 send you live epecimenis of the ladies woar, manufactured at home by my wife and neigh bors. They will interest the ladies ol your family. They will see that our women - the most obstinate-of all rebels—do not intend to be sujugated by having ‘’nothing to wear.” They are now generally clad in these fabrics at home and at rjiurch, and covered with home made bonnets of braided straw, trimmed with flowers made and colored at home, aud with bands and rosettes made of corn shucks. Let not the New Y’ork ladies, with their luxurious Paris finery, sneer; they have no idea how uice the corn shuck rosettes are, dyed with native dyes, any color, embtoidered with silk raveled from old scarfs or .stocking*, and as glossy as Lyons satin. They may be assured that in these -home manufactures our Confederate belles look fine enough to win the hearts of our gallant men. Our blockaded condition is not so bad as our enemies would tike to believe. Just 'in this part of Virg nia the crops wero very short last year, on account of excessive rains, drowning the vfc'.'eys, so much re ied on hero for In dian corn; but iu Upper Virginia and all south of us nature poured out a prodigal abundance of our great ample. ’ Our swine were much decimated by hog cholera Jast year, hence a scarcity of baoou; but we have the syrup of the Cnineso catio, maple sugai», etc,, and m-ike out pretty well. The inclosed newspaper article will inform you very justly concerning the great and benc ncial financial revolution through which we have just passed. Never wan such taxation seen, as our people mfiv stand, and almo t universally without a murmur, The tax and currency laws I send von- diffused more gener al joy among our people than if someone ha 1 brought them a rich present. Our enemies may rely upon it that we are juat stripping in good earnest lor the conflict. The war is just beginning with ns. One point I should greatly desire to see urg ed at the North, the utter fallaciousness of the hope of lightening their war debt by the pro ceeds of conii-cation. What are the lessons of history on this point ? Wae there ever a gov ernment tbat realized any important revenue form confiscations of conquered lands? Did the British crown from Ireland, or any other crown ? The reasons are obvious, a war o! subjugation leaves society so disordered and impoverished the conquered, region, and the malcontent conquered population at once so inactive from despair and so embittered that lands are worth very little among them. Res idence is dangerous and irksome. If the con queror can get his retainers to take them for nothing, on condition of residence, he is for tunate. If any are sold for a small sum, pe culations eat up the larger part ot this ; tor what subject at such times hesitates to (-teal from a government which has just set it the example by a wholes* e robbery I All tbese reasons would exist in peculiar froce in a conquered South. Ve mean to spend everything, except the land fighting the Yan kees, Wncu that ix left, infested with eight million laay, free negroes, and beset with ssv en million scowling, levengeful conquered men, hating the Yankee worse than the evil one, it will be worth nothing to them. The Government of the United States, if it conquer ed the Noam, would never raise enough money to pay one tenth the eost of one year’s military occupation, which wilbbe necessary to keep the Southerners from issssacreing eve:y land robber in one night. No Brother Jonathan, the goose can’t lay golden eggs for vea after you have gutted her. You’ll have to "pay your own score. Flhk Fedekax. Prisoners at Charleston.— The annexed correspodeuce between General Jones and Geu. Foster in regard to the Yan kee p isoner nt Charleston, has been published in Washington : r letter from gen. zones to gen. foster. | Hlad’qrs D;-.p’t South Carolina, Georgia | -to'o Florida, Charleston, June 18, 1864 General • Five General and forty-five field offi cers of the United States army -all of them prisoners of war—have been seat to this city for safe keeping. They have been turned over to Brig. Gen Ripley, commanding the first mil itary district of this department, who will see that they are provided with commodious quar tets in a part of the city occupied by non-com batants, tha majority of whom are weinen and children It is proper, however, that I should inform you that it is a part of the city which has for many months been exposed, day and night, to tbe fire of your guns. Very respeot luliy your obedient servant, Sam. Jones, Major Gen. Commanding. Mejor-Gen. J. G. Foster, commanding tJni tod Slates forces on the coast of South Caro lina, Confederate States. GEN FOSTERS’B REPLY. Headquarters Department of the South, ) Hilton Head, S. C., June 16, 1864. j Major Gen. Sam Jones, commanding Confede rate Forces, Department of South Caro lina, Georgia and Florida: General: I have to acknowledge the receipt this day of your communication of the 13th inst.. informing mo that five generals and forty five field officers of the United States army, piisopers of war, have boon turned over to yon oy Brig Gen. Ripl«y, with instructions to see that they are provided with quartets in a part of tho city occupied by non-combatauts,-the majority of which latter you state are women and children. You add that you deem it pro per to inform me that it is a part of the city which has been for many months exposed to tbe fire of our guns. Many months since Maj. Gen. Gilmore, United States army, notified General Beauregard, then commanding in Charleston, that the eity would be bombard ed Tills notice was given that non-combat ants might be removed, and thus woman and children spaied from harm. Gen. Beauregard, in a communication to Gen. Gilmore, dated Aug 22, 1862, informed him that the non eom l-pbant population of Charleston would bo re moved with all possible celerity. That women and children have been since retained by you in a part of tbe city which lias been for many 'months exposed to fire is a matter decided by your own sense of humanity. I must, however, protest against your action in thus placing defenseless prisoners of war in a position to constant bombardment. It is an indefensible act of cruelty, and can bo de signed only to prevent a continuance of our fire upon Charit ston. That city is a depot, for military supplies. It contains not merely arse nals, but also foundries and factories for the manufacture of munitions of war. Iu its ship yards several armed iron clads have already been completed, while others are still upon the stocks in course of construction. Its wharves and the banks of the river on both sides of the city arc lined with batteries. To destroy those means of continuing tbe war is, therefore, our object and duty. You seek to defeat this effort and by means not known to honorable warfare, but by placing unarmed and helpless prisoners under tire. I have forwarded your communication to the President, with a request that he place in my custody an equal number of prisoners ol like grade to be kept by me in positions exposed to ihe lire oi your guns, so long as you continue the course stated in your communication. 1 hjive Ui.; honor to bo, very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. Foster, D. G. Wager, A. A G. Movements of Maximilian. —The Atlanta Confederacy, in noticing the movements of Maximilian, speaks thus of tho appointments made by him: Two little things that Maximilian has done look well for us. He has made Santa Anna a Ki la Marshal, and recalled him home; aud he has created Dr Gwinn Duke of Sonora, with the office of Governor General of that bloom ing Province. Both of these dignitaries are truly and loyally inclined to us and our *tause. As far back us 18C1. Santa Anna was betting high on Southern v.Uor, at Havana, and did win. it was said, several thousand pisloles up on tlie result of the first battle of Manassas.— He wrote a letter to his agent in New Orleans just before its fall, offering a large sum to be applied to tbo Confederate Hospital Fund, aud subscribed io $50,000 worth of Government slock. Ilis partisans in Mexico a-e anti Lin coln to tho core; mid his interest will be thrown in our favor whercvoi he can find a chance: He is to be made Piince ot , Mai amor is, it is said, and placed in charge of the military de partment ol the ltio Graude. In this event he will have many occasions to show ids kindly disposition, and we do not doubt that he witi redeem iiis expressions of sympathy. If he had no other motive, tho interest invested iu our-success would by a sufficient indue-, merit Dr. Gwinn is a Confederate by birth. He was born m Tennessee, raised in Mississippi, and schooled in an extreme school of Southern politics. A Democratic member of Congress from the btute of his adoption, he emigrated to Calilornia ill the beginning of the gold fev er, and flourished there. He made*a fortune, married, and became an American Senator. At Washington City he held tho position of a bold, unscrupulous leaier, a dashing financier and a lucky adventurer. When the Yankee element in California deprived him of his place iu the Senate he went to Paris. He has been there until recently, and dire result of hig inlssion is as above stated. 4 , It is not hard to decipher out of the situa tion ot Maximilian, and these two appoint ments, where his interests and sympathies in cline, and tl« day is almost in sight when a close bond of fellowship will exist between his floral imp ire and the Sunny South, a union which we heartily approve as natural expedient and right. Gkn. Foerkst's Thanksgiving Order.— Gen. Forrest has issued tho annexed thanks giving order over his late victory : Headq’rs Forrkst’s Cavalry Dep't, ) Tupelo, June 14, 1861. ) General Orders No. 44. The Major General Commanding, devoutly grateful to the Providence of Almighty God so signally vouchsafed to his command during the recent campaign in West Tennessee, and deeply penetrated with a sense of dependence on the mercy of God in the present crisis ol our beloved country, requests that military duty ba so far suspended that Divine service may be attended at 10 o’clock, a. in., to-mor row,. by the whole command. Divine service will be held at these head quarter, at which all soldiers who are dis posed to do so are kindly inviled to attend."— Coine one, come all. Chaplains in the minis trations of the Gospel are requested to remem ber -our personal preservation with thanks ‘giving, and especially to beseech the Throne of Grace for aid in this our country 's need. By command of . Maj. Gen. Forrest. Gbn. Pillow's Fight at Lapay«ti* C. H. Georgia. —The following is the version of the fight at Lafeyetto, Ga., as we learn from aa of fieer of General Pillow's staff: Gen. Pillow attacked Lafayette on Jane 24, surrounded the town, and demanded its sur render; that being refused, he charged theen rr*y who fled and took refuge in the Court House, placed heavy olistnictions against the dbore and windows. Gen. Pillow demanded a surrender of those In the Court House. The Federal commander refused to surrender, when Pillows’* command charged the doors and win dow? with rails, rocks &c., and fought them about five hours, when they were about to sur rftider, a large Yankee re-ißforcement ar rived in overwheming numbers. Gea. Piilow retreated a short distance, formed in line ot bat tle, and drove tho enemy b. ck, and then re tired in the engagement on the square some of our gallant ofiicere and mxn fell; amom the officers was Major Tho? H. Lewis, of Lewis’ Squadron and Mr.jor Dick Redwood, of Hatch’s command. They were gallant officers and clave: men. In killed and wounded and miss ing, our loss supposed to be about 158, the en emy about 300. j • FKOM CHAKLSSTON. ' On Friday night a eousiderai.ie force cf the inetny. uiiih r the command el Col. Heiuer, of the ij.i i New Yotk regiment, crossed over from Dixon's Island n> tne South eud or I euiusula onion of Jam s' Island, tuLegare's batin. Abr-.lt four o’clock. Saturday morning, they attacked'our picket guard, composed o: Biake's Battery. Ist S. C. Artillery, and a de tachment of the Palmetto Siege I rain, stationed at Rivers Ciiu»evfay. Our men were* posted behind a small infantry breastwork. A harp flight with musketry and artillery ensued ; lasting about an hour and a half; the enemy first advance being repulsed with cousideiauio loss. Prisoners taken since the engagement report a loss of übiety six men kriled and weundeilrom the fire of B ake’s g«na. Out of three huudred and fifty'men.of ihe 1021 N’W York, only two hundred and fifty answer ed to their names ait r the action. After the repulse of ihe enemy, their officers, with great labor, cursing aud th, eatening, in' duced the men to renew the at uck t hey were again bansomely received by Stake's Battery, end allowed to approach wnnin tniity steps of our men. before hilling back. Two ot our guns and some teu or fifteen men in front, fell into the hands of the eu my. We brought off some three or tour priseuois. Our loss was blight. Two wounded men wore brought in, one strucK in the hip and the other iu the chest, the ball pas-ing through the body General Talliafero, who commands our force* on James Island, speaks iu high praise of the gallantry of our men, a,id the firmness with which they stood by their guns until overpow ered by superior numbers. The enemy, on getting possession of the post, immediately commenced intrenching. They were also reputed to be receiving reinforce ments. Prisoners say that Foster has about four thousand troops on Folly Island. The enemy's flank and tear are protected by a monitor and two gunboats in Siono river. ■ A dispatch dated Salu,day, 5 o’clock, P. M. says : “The enemy are at a stand, extending irom Grim ball’s along the causeway, and num ber, say JOoO. No fighting since this morning. “A column is advancing up ihe Stouo on John’s Island, where General Robertson com mands.” About daylight, Sunday morning, another expedition of the enemy in barges, commanded by Col. Hoge, made an attack on Fort John sou, and were brilliantly repulsed by the gar rison, under the command of Lieutenant Col onel Joseph A. Yates, Ist S. C. Artillery. The following official dispatches were receiv ed ; ’ Sunday, July 3, 1864.. . The enemy assaulted Fort Johnstca in barges at dawn, but were handsomely repulsed by the garrison under Lieutenant Colonet Joseph A. Yates. Several Yankees were kill ed and wounded. Over 100 prisoners were taken. 11. W. Fielden, Assistant Adjutant General. Kotal’s House, • | James' Island, A. M. July 3, 1861. f Catt. Fielding, A. A. G.—ln the absence of Col. Black 1 have the honor, to forward tho following report of Col. Yates : o « «> e The commander of tho expedition, Col. noge, 63d Pennsylvania Regiment, says the expedition was ab .ait 500 or 600 strong, hut the Adjutant, who is mortally wounded says they were 1000 strong, liis statement is q.ed ited by most of the prisoners 1 have t.', 10 fl on _ or to report the capture of 140 prisoners, in cluding five commissioned officers, and some wounded, also five barges, 11.4 stand of small arms,. with accoutrements. Enemy’s loss in killed and wounded cannot be estimated, as most of the wounded were taken off; We will be able to tell belter at low tide. Our less colnpostu? 'of ineuof in two columns of barges, about twenty-eight in number—one column around Gregg and one down Schooner Creek. As tar as ascer tained they numbered ono (1000) thous nd strong The expedition was formed at South end Morris’ Island. Tbo prisoners have left for Charleston. The enemy brought implements for intrenching and also rations. (Signed) J. Princlb, Lieut, and Asssistant Inspector General. Official: Chau. STRiNry ELLO w, A. A. G. The pris ners arrived in the city at 11 o.c'ock Snnd iv morning, and were loaned in jail. They ail, with the exception of Col Hog”, the com inander o! the expedition anti one private, be long to the Fifty second Pennsylvania. Among them were the following officer.® : Cot Henry M. Hoyt, Capt T B. Camp, Ist Lt T. E Evails, Ist Lt. James, G. Stevens, Ist L r Johu tb Cunningham, wounded iu face; Ist Lt. S. A Buuyous, Aetitig Adjutant., mortally wounded; Serg’t Geo. Scott, mortally wound ed. The following were received at tho Yan kee hospital : Privates T. Lits, wounded in thigh; H. Neefl lay, hand and breast; T. J. Jenkins, mentally; John F. Miller, back; S. Reid, knee; J3 C Petit ankle and leg. Our own loss was one killed and five woun ded, two supposed mortally. The following is the official list of casualties : Fort Johnston, July 3, 1864. _ List of killed aud wouuded in the attaok on i'ort Johnston Sunday morning : Field and Staff—Lieut Col Jos A Yates, slight in hand. Surgeon Jos McC >u ] e y hurt in the ankle by a fall from fl jg horse iu the marsh near Battery Sirr’Ams. Private Woodward ; ut S O Aartillery, Com pany E, killed’ Sergeant R Stubblefield,Com pany L,’ist H C Artiliy, wounded in the alk’.oMen, dangerously; Private Brown, woun ded iu the abdomen, mortally; Private A L Kensaw, wounded in the thigh, bone shattered dangerously. ,• L. Glover. Acting Assistant Surgeon Post. Some twenty dead bodies of the enemy 'are reported to have been found in the marsh near Fort Johnson. About nine o’clock Sunday mornihg aloofly of the enemy landed at-White Point, John’s Is land, and made a feeble' demonstration on General Roberleon’s lines. They 'were easily driven off. During Sunday tire enemy : s gunboats and two Monitors in Stono, kepi up a heavy fire on Battery Pringle and Secession villa. We have not learned the result, A vigorous fire has also been kept up on the city. Sixty-three shots were frted from Friday evening up to six o’clock Sunday afternoon. One Monitor left the fleet inside the bar and steamed round to Stono. It was reported Sunday evening that the enemy had retreated from Legare’s farm, and that our former picket line had been re-estab lished. -No such iuformp.tion had been recived at Headquarters up to last night. A Yankee Account of Forrest's ’victory A Federal officer who accompH',j e j G en , gtuj gis in his late advance Memphis speaks thus of the victory by Forrest over him: We have h a terrible time—have been cut all to r,c-ceg. Out of five regiments of in.- ' a G-.ry and one battery but about three hun - dred an 1 eighty have been saved, all the rest beiag killed, wounded or taken prisoners. Colonel Humphreys, of the 9oih Illinois, and Colonel McKcag, of the 120th Illinois, were kilird. I saw Colonel Humpherya when ho was shot, snd afterwards saw his body \\*. Ripley. 001. McKcag was shot dnring our retreat. It is impossible to tell who are xillea and wounded now, and will be for > «jme time to come. The 113lh Regiment Je/rt here with about three hundred men—the balance being on duty at this place cs a guard to Irving Block—only eighty eight kave retnmed. It has teen a great disaster. We have lost not less than 3,000 men, including 1200 wag ons, 16 pieces of artillery and a large quantity of supplies and ammunition, and 5,000 stand of small arms. The fight took place about two miles west of Baldwin, a town on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, forty miles south of Corinth, If was a cherished opinion of the late lament id Lieut. Gen. Polk, that we would not Ot<\„ succeed in achieving our independence, bu*-. he North would bee >me involved in, a " war unor.g themselves, and we would be called up nas the conservative element npc n the Aruer : continent to go over and quell the dlstui.