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PRESIDENTIAL (IIKSTIO.V AT TME SOUTH In view of the fact that the Fremont whig of the Republican party in the United States has cut loose and is running a candidate on its own account, and that the Baltimore Convention ba- nominated the man in opposition to whose administration (his movement was begun, a history of the Cleveland Convention is deci dedly interesting. The grounds upon which Lincoln’s: past administration, and by inference h '- future also, are to be attacked, are so clear ly shadowed forth in the speech of John Coch rane, of New York, to the Cleveland Conven tion,’ that we republish a large portion of it Ac tho nominee oi that body for theoffiteoi Vice President, his utterances may be taken as the official exposition of the tactics to be used in this scramble for the government of a loosely jointed confederation of Yankee States. The following are some extracts : INVASION OF INDIVIDUAL KIGUTB. The timid voice of the citizen, asserting that liis rights have been invaded, seems to be over time by the terrific conflict that is raging nbout uc Hut yet, fellow citizens, terrible and .Vv i-tating as war is, there is a more serious ill 4111. Jt is when citizen's rights, in the j'rc ] light of day, bu-with impressive and el ,, uent rilence, perish before the gaze of a free people. While our soldiers are engaged in conflict with the foe, whose deadly ia pointed at the vitals of the Republic, there arc repeated blows aimed elsewhere at our rights, our franchises, at our liberties, and at our institutions. It is because of this you lu-i mbled here this evening. Not that you ; v... criticisms to urge upon the conduct of out champions in the field; .not that you doubt (h. i, ability to sustain the shock of war; not that you are at all in suspense at the result: but that the constitutional period had arrived lieu citizens throughout this land must speak frt cly, determinedly and resolutely upon the ' i.{ hot of the rights of man. Not, fellowcitl .3. r ' that I should advise any of you fora m 0,,, ~, n't to impair the power of the Government, •j j 1 (. (;, v rnment is ours. It is we who are as- K-iabled here, who are participating in yonder < ntlic-t, and we would in no degree exhort to rapidity or retain t» slowness the pace of those v. 1.0 occupy the lines in the face of the rebel foe. ~ y/t; have no criticisms to bestow in di rection. We are content with that porrion of (b 0 operations of the Government, and nothing that lan bo directed toward them must be im pute,l to us as to unworthy motives, or to that lukewarm doubt which insinuates a question of patriotism. With the full limit and extent of that, most worthy patriotism it is now at ibis time— while criticising the measures as we may. a constitutional period, of the ru lers constitutionally placed over us, we urge them forward and onward in the great conflict in wbicn they are engaged, to which we, the people have impelled them, and which they are bound with the people to support nnd main t. 'n. Rut, fellow cittefna, allow me for a few moments to attract your attention to those grievances in civil life, which, if permitted to remain unredressed, and continue in the direc tion in which they have, their diverging linos will soon open a vast field of <k+:erLed.interests, rights, and liberties, which will pall the eye of the most steadfast. THE WAR A QUESTION OF FINANCE. There is a time when in my opinion, the question of is absorbed in the question of finance. 'i’llere n ver has been ami never can he n war, conducted as all wars have been and will lie, in which, at eume one period thereof, the question of the continuation of the war does not become absolutely a question of finance. Tot instance, we are destroying our enemy at the front; are wo creating a more formidable enemy at home t Vv'e have annihila ted him; are "’e annihilated T If then; bo dan ger of tie 1 lath r, that danger must be avoided, tier.ee, at such a period of tho war, when it becomes a question of finance, no people can pretend to ary degree of wisdom if. in their spirit of fell revenge, they are willing to des troy their enemy at their own expense. The object ot war is not rove ago. It may be tiie weapon of outiogc; hut with nations the crea tion and continuance of the body politic is the prime object, and any attempts upon the ene my that would destroy the life of a nation certainly are suicidal, we must be careful of the state of our finances, and seo that white w e are crushing tho enemy on the ono side, wo are not injuring tho people on the other. For instance, if ve are expending, as 1 believe wo are, over four millions a day, and if we are in receipt at this time of no more than one million a day, it becomes the people to con sider tho magnitude of tho debt wo arc rolling up, and to demand at all points such a rigid, exact, and scrupulous economy,'that there siiaii not one dollar issue from the Treasury tlmt does not go for the absolute wants of tho country. • SHODDY. I do not mean to criticise the honesty of our -rulers, but 1 do mean to allude to that bevy of depredators, that fell band of plunderers, that miserable set of public peculators placing their hands in the coffers of the country, and draw ing them out reeking with the blood of our ,ti ns and < tying “patriotism”and “loyalty;" laim’my remarks at “shoddy ; I bid you be ware of shoddy; exorciso shoddy from tire body public like a miserable fungus pi eying at the vitals of the nation, absorbing the taxes which men are depleting their hard earned savings to pay, in order that they may sustain this Gov ernment. 1 toll you cutoff these shoddy men, and let the people know that every dollar con tributed is a dollar for their dear native land. ABOUT SLAVERY. There is another subject to which T would di rect your attention. America lias been called the land oi the free. We intend that it shall ini the land of the tree. Ton know that while the South rested under the salubrious shade of that sacred Constitution, my brethren, tho De mocrats were unwilling to disturb them in their repose. It was wo who stood at the very last moment with our bauds raised in protestation against the injurious advance, as we supposed, o( the North against our brethren of the South. While we were in this position it was that the bloodthirsty rebel, the fire eating flllibuster of the South, aimed his deadly weapon and tired his missile at the flag which was the emblem of our nationality. In another moment the clouds a wept away, and the North sprang to its feet without exception, and declared that as we were not willing that any portion of the Nbrtli should attempt the coercion of the South, the South should never coerce the North. And tho war began and has raged, and I heard, through the atmosphere here and there, in tho lawless fierce storm that prevailed, tin; clanking of fetters shattered aud rivets broke?: and I have seen min start from the ground with hands east out, not weaponless, rushing into the midst of the fray; and have discovered that these were the men whom they invoked Northern Democrats in tiro proceeding period to protect. 13« t bceatr.-e of then disre gard of the principle* of Democracy this fell war, which they invoked, advanced upon them, struck off the fetters, kfid let the slave go free. That is the effect of war. Now I quarrel not with any one who is here from St. Louis be cause be approached not from the direction of New York. 1 have never been the Abolitionist that many of you have; notwithstanding my method of ratiocination which has brought nie to the conclusion, is different from that which has brought you, we occupy this common ground. By the practical effect of war the ne gro is free, and being free, remove from the Constitution the record of his slavery, and you have a free America with a free soil and a free atmosphere. rrug Riiurr of asylum—the arguelles case. In another sense America is the asylum of the oppressed. But what meins that arrest in yonder street; why is it that lie who flees from a foreign soil and reaches our short’s, even though under charges ol guilt, is arrested with out process of law, and remanded to the place from whence lie came' Is it a question of guilt ? No, it is a question of the privilege and the right of the citizen. Were Arguelles reeking with crime, the man who imprisons him before proving that he is guilty, when he is presumed to be innocent, is an offender not only against the man charged with guilt, but against the body of the laws, and the liberties oi' the p*opie. and I arraign yonder administra tion upon tin. point, agid demand that they hold up before the jury of the sountrv their bauds that we may see whether they ore polluted or cleansed, g.nd as they stand there in the .pris oner's attitude before then- judges, tire people, we demand an answer to be made—‘’Did you not. without process or law, *tnd upon your simple commnud, order thismd n 1J be wrested, and without tried or any opportunity* of defence, bo remanded abroad to be submitted to .others laws thau ours?’’ I will pause till next ixO’ t ember for the reply of the people. NEWSFAFEK BUITISISSION —REVOLUTIONS PREDICT ED ON SUCH OUTRAGES. . These are important considerations, fellow citizens, and I might still continue in illustra ting to other points of equal importance, but ■will do so only briefly. I have heard that the varied machinery that operates for the eon- 1 veying of intelligence throughout the laud was suddenly arrested in its action. Luckily, perhaps, as our rulers supposed, neither cue of these establishments thus arrested was denomi nated a free press, perhaps because it did not bear tbat cognomen, but was called The Worl!, or the Journal of Commerce, therefore, the Ad ministration may have felt empowered to em barrass and oppress it. Why gentlemen, when at the bare instigation of aiuler that this great servitor of the rights arid franemses of a free people can be arrested in its action, closed and suspended, one of tbs great bulwarks of freedom igone. A free pro,-:- lost and your liberties are !ost;For your liberties are founded upon the under stratum of intelligence which proceeds in a great measure from the press, and which is reproduced in the shape of the ballot, thus making the circle of knowledge complete. Thefore, to suppress those imple ments of knowledge or curtail them, or even to establish a censorship over them, is every where pronounced by a free people to be an outrage, and upon such outrage and wrong in flicted, revolution is predicted and revolu tion accomplished. TIIE AEBTTUABT ARREST OUTRAGES. And wherever in this broad land, under the processes of this Administration, a man is seized under any plea, although it be that of necessity, which is the tyrant’s plea, your po litical, civil, and social rights are subverted. To be sure, there is a necessity of war. The spy, the uncertain friend, the doubtful foe— all are under the surveillance of a warlike po- ■ lice. But where martial law is not claimed, and the civil law exists in its plenitude, tip-re to arrest a citizen, to imprison him without recourse to the civil and judicial tribunals, is an outrage which if permitted, will ultimately lead the Government into the very slough of destruction. THE MONROE DOCTRINE. Jt is many years ago that a solitary band found their way through the wilderness, under an inclement sky, all uncertain of their future fate, and yet resolute and determined to carve out in this God’s land, and that Lord’s wilderness, a homo for free men; and they im printed tffi-ir footsteps there, anil raised their notes of thanksgiving and prai 0, and the tones of the one have not yet ceased reverberating from crag to crag, until distant Nevada has heard the sound, and the impress of the other is not, yet obliterated. We their descendants have received their arms, and stood up under the panoply of their strength and their wisdom, and have endeavored to commit to memory and heart the reasons they left, and teach our childreu to repeat them afterward. Amongst these lessons, if my memory serves mo right, was this: tiiat America is the land of its peo ple. Upon her soil grow none but popular rights; from her streams can bo reflected nore but representative laws; and around the cir cumambient air which surrounds that happy land, we declare that the' matin trumpet and the evening tattoo shall mingle with nouo but the songs which proceed from tho children of the American republic. (Applause.) But what is that which arrests your attention to yonder pacific city? I see the Gallic standard advanced and unfurled to the breeze, and he who holds it is of the recreant German stock; and he who would plant his foot there, in tile shape of a despot’s track, is ho whom our free Germans hero have to contend against, and his princi ples, abroad and at home; and the institutions he would establish upon the laud they have sworn, and we have sworn, to resist. The Monree doctrine shall receive no violation. We have justified to the world the ability of free rule to preserve inviolate tiie honor and integrity of a free country, and that work once completed, as it will be completed, and even now is completing at the hands of your Geno- rais in the field. When that work is accom plished we have yet, we would teach the despots of the othor world, vigor enough to pre serve our homes and our country free from the tread of the myriads of a foreign power. Gen tlemen, your arc assembled here with a purpose; that purpose will be best announced in your proceedings. It is time for you—for us all—to establish the principles and announce them which guide us. Onfle proclaim ed to the world, you will command its respect, nay, you will demand its applause and receive it. Your prime object therefore, lu:r«, is the assertion of principle. Its support and its en couragement, and opposition and hostility to whatever may wound or lacerate it. last ya;»:u:e iiaid on jacksow, miss. A week ago this morning the enemy were re ported as having crossed Big Black, and were marching direct for Jackson. At the time, General Adams had no troops available—Gen. Gholson not having arrived from above nor Colonels Scott and Powers from below. The way appearing clear for tho enemy, the evac uation of Jackson was ordered, and the pon toon bridge at Pearl river removed at daylight Monday morning. Gen. Adams then proceed ed toward Clinton, for the purpose of making a reconnoi ssnee, and found that Col. Scott had just arrived. Orders were at once given to hold the enemy in check, and if possible arrest Ids progress until Gholson could be heard from. But after the most gallant resistance, in which the enemy were repeatedly charged, Scott was forced to give way, and tho enemy proceeded to Jackson. When within a few miles of the town, they were met by a commit tee of citiz ns with a flag of truce. Generals Slocum and Dennis were found to bo in com mand of the expedition; and they assured the truce party that private property of every de scription should not be disturbed. The enemy took possession oi Jackson about two o’clock Tuesday. Colonels Scott and Powers camped that night five miles north of the city, and Gen. Gholson arrived during tho night. On Wednesday morn ing pickets were sent forward, and the enemy were fouud occupying the north lino of breast works at J abk3on. Affairs remained in that sit uation until about four o’clock, P. M., when the enemy were discovered rnoying on the Clin ton road. Gen. Adams then ordered his coirr mad to advance by the country road west of tho main Clinton road with tire view of intercepting the enemy before he reached Clinton. This he did at the Barrett place, about five o’clock. Cob Ham’s regiment was the first to meet the enemy, and charging him promptly, in flicted a loss of about twenty killed and wound ed. By the time this charge was completed, Ratcliff's battery had turned to the right through a cornfield, and taking position on a hill, opened on the enemy. It was replied to at once by two guns. Lieut. Prank Johnston’s section moved subsequently to the right, taking a position near tho Steam Mill, thus securing an enfilading, fire. Ono of our regiments dis mounted, and advanced between the two sec tions ; but Scott’s skirmishers having pressed the enemy back, and it being now about sun down, the contcstjwas not renewed till the next morning at sunrise. The lines of battle, which, on the previous evening obliqued in a southwesterly direction to the Clinton road, now became parallel.— Suffice it to ray that the enemy succeeded in passing bis trains, the protection of which on ids part, and the possessiod on ours, seemed to be the object of the tight. The enemy .lost on the field about twenty killed and seventy-five wounded, and wo captured about thirty pris oners. o’-'.’- less was not to great, not exceed ing four killed and twenty wounded. Our forces followed the enemy toward Clin ton, overtaking them about two miles this side; several bold but ineffectual attempts made to capture a section of artillery, iu which Col. Lowry's icgiment suffered severely. Geu. Gholson was struck twice by minuio balls in tho left shoulder and arm Gen. Gholson’s men were so much exhausted from forced marches and short rations, that Gen. Adams ordered them to give up the pursuit. Colonels Scott an.l Powers still hovered on their front and flanks. Gen. Gholson was moviug in another direc tion under superior orders, and did not receive the dispatch to join Gen. Adams until the night of the fid. He came down to Canton with a force of not exceeding nine hundred and fifty effective men. and a hundred of these .were t e tailed to take charge of the wagop tiain and disabled horses. This left him eight hundred and fifty men, deducting from which every fourth man was horse holder, when dismounted, and his total fighting force did not exceed six hundred aud forty. All told, General Adams did not have ex ceeding one thousand fighting men under his command, whilst the force of the enemy con sisted of two brigades of infantry, six hundred cavalry, and eight pieces of artillery, in all numbering two thousand one hundred. The eiv my sn>tair.e<i a iss ot about two hundred and fifty killed, wounded and prisoners, and was forced to leave without accomplishing the objects of his mission. Our loss does not ex ceed one hundred, but among the l.di-n we re caguiz.’noble names, either of whomvvas worth a lesion of Federals. Had Gen. Adams five hundred additional troops, the whole party would have been cap tured. fob \\ ood. Lieut. Col. Mooruion, and Haj. Gen-Toy ton, had been ordered up. but were detained at Coleman's Cross lioads. in Jefferson county, where thev encountered and (h-g.'ted a gna-ly snperior ioreo of the enuny. Take it su\*o£ether, the result is as satis;. miy as the circumstoT-'-'vs v.mviuicu us to expect. Colonels Scott and Powers sustained their reputation for dash add daring, and Lave r.d-. ded bright laurels to their alrr-my fair Tliev pursued the enemy to Edwards Depot, ■ ,? y . J ■.■ hi 10. A gentleman direct from Alexandria, \ a., reports that gold was selling at five for one in that pla.e, .aid a’, the same prices iu, Wash ington. TilE MARYLAND EXPEDITION. The Richmond Examiner gives the annexed particulars of the laid'gf our army into Mary land : An official despatch - received at the IVar Office Monday morning announces that iue Confederate forces that mpearyfl.. in iront of Washington on U-T T r • e I’otcmac on Thursday the 14th instant, bring ing off everything safely and in good order. The despatch also states that cur loss, during the expedition, was slight. the battle at monocacy—bout of tiie enemy. Brigadier-Gen oral C. A. Evans, Lieutenant E.C. Gordon, bis aid-de-camp, and Captain E L. I’earce of the Twenty-sixth Georgia rpgi ment, wounded in the bat tle at the Monocaoy brigade on the 9th, reached Richmond, Mon day evening. They are all severely, but, we are glad to say, not dangerously wounded. Greneral Evans has a flesh wound through the right arm, the ball also inflicting a superficial wound across the abdomen. Captain Pearce has a iso a flesh wound through the right arm and side. Lieutenant Gordon received a mus ket bullet through thexight arm near the elbow which grazed the bone. Erom Captain I’earce, who commanded the Twenty-sixth Georgia in the fight, we received some particulars of the battle a! Monocacy bridge. The bridge is four miles from Frede rick city. The river runs due north and south. Ihe railroad and national road cross the river at very nearly the same point. As our troops advanced towards the river from Fiedoriek it became apparent that some forces efthe eaeiuf, supposed at the time to be cavalry, were hold ing the east bank. A coupple ot our batteries opened on them from the front, while our cav alry were ordered to go up the stream and cress above the bridge. At the same time a consid erable force of our infantry moved down the stream and crossing south of the bridge, formed in a piece of woods on the high ground. It was still beiieved that the enemy had nothing but cavalry on the ground, but our infantry being ordered forward, emerged into an open field and discovered the enemy’s infantry drawn up in line of battle along the railroad at the farther end of the field. The railroad being several feet lower than the field, the ene my had all the advantages of an entrench-. -.1 position. Evans’ brigade charged across this field under a heavy fire of musketry. _ IV hen within fifty yards of the enemy’s posi tion another body of the enemy emerged from the woods on our right and attacked the bri gade m flank and rendered its position critical, but other of our forces coming up the enemy’s flank movement was countered. A simulta neous charge was then made by our whole line, when the enemy broke and fled, leaving between a thousand and twelve hundred dead and wounded and seven hundeed prisoners in cur hands. The enemy left the ra.ilroa.ci and National pike and fled north in the direction of Gettysburg. In this action, which lasted about two hours from tho time of firing the first shot, wo lost in killed and wounded between five and six hun dred men and some valuable officers. Moss of our casualties occurred during the flank attack of tho enemy. The following named officers were killed in this action : Colonel Lamar and Lieutenant Colonel Van Volkenburg, both of the Sixty-first Georgia; Major Humphrey, of twelfth Georgia" Battalion; and Capt. Lowther, oi the Twenty-Sixth Georgia. WHAT OUR TROOPS ACCOMPLISHED. Our forces did not follow the enemy, but pro ceeded directly towards ’Washington and Balti more, malting rapid inarches, but collecting cattle and horses along tho route. It is not be lieved to be expedient at this time to speak with particularity of our operations before Baltimore and Washington. On Thursday night our forces, which had been much scattered driving cattle, having been got together, we began our retrograde movement toward Virgina. This was the most quiet and leisurely march of the expedition. Our troops moved slowly, driving tire cattle and horses in front. The enemy’s cavalry followed ir. our track, but at a very safe distance behind. If any of our men were picked up by tho enemy it was because, in violation of orders, they had wandered off from tlic main column hr search of plunder. This day morning our infantry, baggage and spoils got safely over the river; our cavalry, which had, been covering the retreat, were still at Poolesville, Maryland, Thursday morn ing. when tne enemy attacked them; a sharp fight ensued; our cavalry routed the cr.rmy and chased them six miios towards Washing ton. « Our army brought south of the Potomac five thousand horses and twenty live hundred sph i did beef cattle; beside our cavalry and artille ry are ail supplied with new aud valuable hor ses. Our men are ad in great spirits, and charmed with the success oi their expedition. They represent tho time they spent in Mary land’ as “glorious.” The only regret connected with the expedi tion is the necessity we were under of leaving at Monocacy bridge such of our wounded as could not sit on their horses! Escape of Major Gen. Franklin.— Wo re gret to hear of tiro escepo of Major General Franklin, as his capture would have enabled our Government to exchange him for some ono of our generals now in the bands of the enemy. We understand he was placed in charge,sf an officer and two men, who laid down and slept while Franklin deliberately walked off. Too much whiskey was probably tho .cause of this, negligence. Brigadier General Tyler aucl staff escaped to Baltimore. The Internal Revenue Bill. — The following are a few of The principal features of the Inter nal Revenue Bill, a3 passed by both Houses of the Yankee Congress: In addition to the duties payable for licenses there is to be paid on ail spirits that may be distilled aud sold, or distilled and removed for consumption or sale, of first proof, on oiul af ter the first of July next, and prior to the first of February, 1805.51,50 per gallon, and on and after tho first of February, $2. Ail spirits which may bcin the possession of the distiller, or in public store or bonded warehouse, on either the first of July or February aforesaid, no duty having been paid thereon, shall be held and treated as if distilled on these clays respectively. Brandy distilled from grapes is to pay a tax of 25 cents per gallon. Oil illuminating gas, when the product shall not be above 200,000 cubic feet, the duty is 10 cents per 1000 cubic feet : when above 200,- 000, and not exceeding 500,000, 15 cents; when above 500,000, and not above 5,000,000, 20 cents ; and when above 5,000,000, 25 corns per 1000 cubic feet. The general average of the monthly product for the year preceding tho return by this act is to regulate the rate of duty imposed on the hulls, as launched, of all ships, barks, brigs, schooners, sloops, sailboats,steam boats, cflntil, and all other vessels or water craft, not including engines or rigging hereafter built, tirade, constructed or finished, a duly of 2 per centum ad valorem, is imposed. On cavendish plug, twist and other kinds of manufactured tobacco, from which flu stem has beeu taken out. in whole or in part, cr which is sweetened, 35 cents per pound; on smoking tobacco, different kinds, 15 to 25 cents; cn fine cut, 35 cents; cigarettes, inclosed in paper wrappers, valued at not over 85 per hundred packages, each containing not more than 25 c'garettes, $1 per 100 packages; those valued at over $5 are to pay the same duties as are provided for cigars of like value. On cigarettes made wholly of tobacco, and also on cigars known as cheroots or short sixes, valued at not over $5 per thousand, $3 per thousand; on c'gars valued at over So and not over sls per thousand, SS per thousand; over Sls and not over S3O per thousand, sls per thousand: valued at over S3O and not over sls per thousand, S4O. The valuation will in all cases be the value of the cigars, exclusive of the Tax. Oa bullion in lump, in gold bar or other wise, a duty of half of one per cent, ad valo rem. All exportation of gold or silver assayed at any mint or by any private aasayer, unless stfynped as prescribed by General Regula tions. is declared unlawful. A duty of one twenty-fourth of one per cent, each month is required to be paid upon the average amount of the deposits of money subject to payment by check or draft with any person, bank, associa tion. or corporation engaged in the business of banking and a similar amount upon the average capital stock invested in such business beyond the amount invested in United States bonds, and a duty of one-sixth each mouth upon the average amount of such circulation issued be yond the amount of ninety per cent, of the cap ital beyond the average amount of the circula tion from the six months preceding the Ist of July next Incomes in excess over SOOO not exceeding SSOOO pay a duty of 5 per centum in excess, not exceeding SIO,OOO 7.], and over SIO,OOO, 10 per centum. The points settled by the - Committee of Conference were many, perhaps three hundred ia number, and each House concurred in the report after a brief explanation of several of tue promment leading features only. Among the changes in the bill 'as originally reported are blooms, slops or loops, to ode di rectly from the ore, $o pier ton. which is the ■lame ns on railroad iron. Iron castings, used lor bu lges or other permanent structures, and stoves and hollow ware, and castings of iron, exceeding tea pounds in weight, for each cast ing sll per ton: cut naiis, spikes and ~ rivets of certain sm- =, $1 per ton. TIIE KEAUSAGK AND ALABAMA CORUE&- rOADEXCE. LETTER FROM CAPT. WINSLOW, fcir: liiere have been so many nonsensical publications on tho engagement which took place between tee Alabama and the Kearsage, that it is my wish that a correction should be made. In the fi'-t place no challenge was sent by Capt. Winslow; to have done so would have been to tare violated the order of the Navy Department. On the contrary, Capt. Win slow received a request from Capt. Semmes not to leave, as he would fszht the Kearsage, aad would only occupy a day or two in his preparations. Five flays however, elapsed be fore they were completed. The Kearsage’s battery consists of seven guns, two 11-inch Dahlgrens, four ,32 poun der;, one light rifle .8 poundfer. .The battery cf the Alabama consisted of one 100 pounder rifle, one heavy G: do.,six 3d pounders—that is, one more gun than the Kearsage. In the waice of the engines, on the outside, the Kear ssgo had stopped up and down her sheet Chains. These were stopped by marline to eve -bolts, which extended some 20 feet, and was done bv the hand*, of the Kearsagej- the whole was covered by light plauk, to prevent dirt collecting. If was for the purpose cf protect !£g the engines, when there was no coal in tho upper part of the bunkers, as was the case when the action, took pi-ac-e. ilia Alabama had her bunkers full, and was equally protected. The Kearsage wimtinto ac tion with n crow of 102 officers and men. The Alabama, by a report of the Deerhound's offi cers, had 150. The Kearsage steamed to sea in order that no questions of neutrality juris fiction should be raised : when far enough she turned short round and steered immediately for the Alabama for close acri'in. The Alabama fired as slie was coming down on lu r, two broadsides sml a part of another ; not cate' shot, came on board; tho Kearsage then sheared and opened on the Ala bama,, tiyipg to get nearer. * , The action lasted one hour and-two minutes from tho first to toe lay*; shot. The K-.-Hrsage received twenty eight shuts above and below, thirteen about her hull; the best shots were abaft the mainmast; two shots which cut the chain stops, the shell of which broke the cas ing of wood covering. They were too high to ■have tkmwgel the boilers, had they penetra ted. The. Ke.y age was only slightly damaged, . and I supposed the action for hot work had just commenced when it ended. Such stuff as tire Alabama firing when she was going down, and all such talk, is twaddle. The Alabama toward the last hoisted sail to get away, when the Kearsage was laid across her boys, ;u;d would have raked hi r hail slie not surrendered, which she had done, and was try ing to get her tings down, and showing a white flag over the stern. The officers of the Ala bama on board the Kearsage say that she was a complete slaughter house, and was com pletely torn to pieces. This is all I know of the Alabama. Yours, &c., John A. Winslow, Captain. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN CAPT. WINSLOW AND MR. BONFILS. The following correspondence between the Captain of the Kearsage and Mr. Boniils, the commercial agent of the defunct Alabama, has been published at Cherbourg: Cherbourg, July 21. ? . U. 8. S. S. Kearsage. J To Monsieur Bor.fiis: Kir: Certain pilot boats which I, from feel ings of b’.-.inauity allowed to save several pri soners wh-.-ii the Alabama laid gone down, took them into Cherbourg. These, officers'and sailors are not the less subject to the laws cf war, they us e my prisoners?, and I demand that they come on bourd the Kearsage to surrender as such. If tney should endeavor to free themselves from this obligation under cover of the means which have been used for f hiir escape, they must expect to meet with no mercy another tirno. John A. Winslow, Caplain. To Capt. John A, Winslow: Sir: J have reeeivc-d your letter of June 21. Your demand is one which J have no power whatever to entertain, and etnmid have been add tossed to tho French Government, with whom - unfortunate.-, have found a refuge. • 1 . v of«.»law f wev to prevent h soldier from csj-v-.V-j from tiie field of battle after a r.-v.r:;-;, ev-.' i :'.flic :: h lie had bjen made a j prisoner, and Ido hot see why a sailor who ! saves himself by c-whotuiug, Should be in a | t.vtr;3 e ' ir.u.-u, therefore, refuse to act as 1 yciir <;• -bctw.-.-n I.> vei certain individuals, who* 1 you do no- c . n name, but whom yon claim as prisoners. 1 cannot, moreover, uu«l- r s eufl how the .authorities of (be United States can pretend to hold prisoners in the territory of the French Empire. I am, &c,, Bontti.s .- COKRESr&NLEXCE RE I VILEN MR. MASON AND MR. LANCASTER. No. 2d, Upprr Seymour St. ) Porfman Square, London, June 21. j Dear Sir: I’received from Captain Serames at Southampton, where 1 had the pleasure to see you yesterday, a full report of the efficient service rendered under your orders, by the of ficer? and crowcf your yatcht, the Deerhound, in rescuing him; with 12 cf his officers and 27 of his crow, from their impending fate, after the loss of Ids ship. Capt. Femmes reports that, finding the Ala bama actually sinking, lie had barely time to dispatch Ids wounded in his own boats to the enemy’s chip when tho Alabama went down, and that nothing was left to those who remain ed on board but to throw themselves into the sea. Their own boats absent there seemed no prospect of relief, when your yacht arrived in their midst, and your boats were launched ; and ’he impressively told me that to this timely and generous succor he r with most of his officers and a portion of his crew, were indebted for their’ safety. lie further toM me that on their arri val o:i bo'-rd the yacht every care and kindness were extended to them which their exhausted condition required, even to supplying ail with dry clothing. J a fully aware of the noble and disinteres ed spirit which prompted you to go to the ).. ,i, of fj,o gallant c: wof tho Alabama, and that I can add ' nothing to (he recompense al ifndy u.-cived'by you ar.d those acting under you, in the consciousness of having done as you would bn done by* yet you will permit mo to thank you, ah;!, through you, tho Captain, c-ffiaets si:id crew of the Deerhound for this sign and service, afid t:> say that, in doing so, I but anticipate tho .grateful sentiments of my country and of the Government of tho Con federate States. I have the hon r to be, dear sir, Most respectfully and truly, Your obedient servant, J. M. Mason. John Lancaster, Esq., llindlev Hall, Wigan. Handley Hall, near Wigan, | Juno 24, IBG4. f Dear Ptr. : I am in due receipt of your es teemed favor of the 21st inst., and am gratified to tied that’the timely aid we rendered with the yacl t, Deerhound to Ibo -g-tliant captain aud officers and crew of the Alabama lias met with your approval. I shall always look back to that event with satisfaction, however much we may regret the result which necessitated my inierferenee. Yours, very respectfully, John Lancaster. The Hon. J. M. Mason. Mr. Lancaster also publishes a long letter justifying I;;., rescue of Summes, and denying that Lis yacht was a tender to the Alabama. COLPUMESmV LETTER TO TIIE iCTII * UiICH&IA FKOJI UUX. GIST, Brigade Headquarters, ) June 30th, 1864. ')" Captain E. Taylor, Commanding 40th Georgia Regiment: Captain :—li afforda me pleasure to trans mit through you to your splendid regiment the accompanying complimentary letter from Mij. Gen. \Vatker, and to add my testimony to the gallant cohduct of the officer, red Dieii of the «Cth Georgia Volunteers. From the repu tation ot this regiment much was expected; it lias more thau fulfilled anticipations, a-d I feel assured before the campaign is over will add fresh laurels to those already won and modestly worn. I sorrow with you for the loss of gallant officers and brave men. Let us em- node their examples, and revenge their deaths. The occasion wilt soon be presented, let each man again do his whole duty. Tour charge upon the enemy was dashing and effective, accomplishing all that was de sired. As the enemy was in your own front, to you was a- the duty of driving them back. You have my thanks for the manner in which-it was done. ‘South Carolina mingled her berf blood with yours when the gallant Major C. c- O’Keal. of me ICtfi South Carolina Volunteers, fell by your side. Officers and men engaged all con ducted themselves with credit, but I feel con strained especially to mention the distinguish ing gal i autry of Capt. W. A. Davie, of your regiment, v.-ho succeeded to the command when the lamented O Neal fell, freedom awaits us —let each man bit..ate .on anew his armor and all will yet be weli with our suffer country. - Very Respectfully, - Your obedient servant, (Signed) S B, Gist, Brigadier General. FROM CHARLESTON. Ihe enemy Sunday nizht ’erected another small wooden house about fifty yards in frost of Battery Gregg. • bombardment of Fort Sumter by Batte ries Gregg and Wagner continues about tho same. A iorceoftwo hundred men wero observed a. work upon Wagner Monday, repairing dam ages caused by recent high tides. Another house was erected in’ the rear cf Wagner on Monday night. An examination of the position recently oc cupied by the enemy near Gervais’. on John’s Island, reveals the fact that the enfilade shell ing from Battery Tynes was very accurate. During Friday night the enemy erected a small wooden house between Batteries Gregg and Wagner, directly in the rear of Vincent's Creek, for what purpose is as yet unknown.— It is supposed by many to be intedod as quar ters for tho prisoners sent to Morris' Island by me Lincoln Government to be placed under our lire. Another house, of the same size, was erected and placed alongside of tho first on Sunday forenoon. As showing the force in the late de monstration on and order of movements, we give below an interesting docu meat. issued by Gen, Foster, a copy of which has been kindly furnished us for publication. •It win be seen that three brigades and their Commanders are mentioned: [confidential circular.] Headq’rs Department of the South, ) Hilton Head, S. C., June 29, 1804. j The following instructions will govern com manding officers in the conduct of their troops on board transports, and in disembarking the same : I. The men composing each company will be kept together at a'l times. Upon approach ing iand, or going up a narrow river, the Company Commander will give the command “Attention,” when the company will immedi ately form, facing outward, and stand under arms, the "men being fuliy equipped, and ready to disembark without breaking ranks. -Com pany Commanders must rcmp.in at all times with their companies, except when out of sight of land, when they may retire to the cabins. 11. Proper means of exit on each transport must be prepared, to facilitate the disembarka tion; strong stairs must be ready to be placed at each gangway, forward and alt, at a mo ment's warning. 111. Two non-commissioned officers must be placed at-each gangway, to. assist in disem barking the troops, and to pass to them their muskets anil knapsacks. Strong gang planks must be prepared and placed near each gang way ready for immediate use. IF. The signal for starting will be the Ame rican flag, under Union J ick, at the fore, on the steam transport. “Sylph,” the flag ship of Brig. Gen. John i’. Hatch. Each brigade Headquarters will repeat the signal for sailing immediately after being hoist ed on the flag ship. Tfib transports will sail in tho following Oldest "■* Brig. Gen. JohhP, Hatch, on transport ••Sylph,” followed by transports contain# the Hilton Head troops. Brig. Gen. Y/. Birney, on transport -‘N. P. Banks,” followed by transports containing the Florida troops, with, the 34th U.S. C. T. Brig. Gen. R. Saxton, on transport “Flora,” followed by transports containing the Beaufort troops. The several brigade's must keep together as much as possibfe, also the vessels comprising each brigade, in order that they might be dis tinguished. . The, speed of the vessels to correspond with the slowest sailing transport of each brig ade. 4 f- V. Tiie thole-pina -of the small boats must be secured by lanyards underneath; trail-lines fitted to secure the oais when dropped over— painters new aad strong. , YI. The flag of the Major General command ing will be blue, with white castle in the centre. By command of Major General J. G. Foster. Official. V/. L. M. Bf.ro-eb, Assistant Adj’t Gen’l. A LETTISH FROM GOV. RROWIV The Macon Telegraph has been banded the following letter of instructions to Col. Hamil ton, for public)vtion. As will be seen, all per sons claiming exemption from militia duty will have to bo examined by. the hoard of Sur geons appointed for that purpose, before ho can bo discharged. The Governor’s instrnc tiovs are explicit and decided, and we would advise ail persons to conform with them : ! Headquarters Atlanta, Ga., ) July 20th, 1864. j B. ]> Hamilton, Col. and Aid-do-Camp: Colonel.— ln reply to your inquiry I state that sdl persons having certificates of disability from Distri ct-Surgeons arc liable t© ro-exami natron; unless the certificate oxpressess neon its lace that the discharge is permanent, for permanent disability. The Statute of the rffate requires in ad other cases that ro-exam iiiat'oifs be had. at least once a year. This a,Lows re-examinations whenever ordered, but requires that at least one re-examination shall be made each year. Aii persons holding certificates that do not express upon their lace that tho discharge is permanent rvill report immediately to Dr. Raines at Atlanta, for re-examination, unless it wilt boa oaso of loss of limb, occurring siiiee the certificate—or some other case where tire Aid-de-Camp sees that it is a case where the physical defeat 'is so patent to every one that there can be no question about it. All who hoi.l such certificates, and are able to attend to business at homo, wili be required to report immediately, and if they refuse you and each Aid-tle-Cam.p cf the State, and each officer sent home to aid. in bringing up the troops will ar rest and send forward ail suca. All examinations for discharge from this ser vice will bo made by Dr. Raines or the Board appointed by him. You wiii press forward tho work of sending troops to the front as -fast as possible. The officers sent to-your county by Gen. Smith wili cooperate with you, audit'need be, you will or ganize a band of men well mounted and armedjto pass around, through.tho county for ten days, and arrest aud bring up all delinquents with them to Atlanta. Every dictate of patriotism requires that every man able to bear arms shall come to tiro front wit jont unlay. Those who refuse to do so do not surely think of the consequences which may follow. Jos. E Brown. rt . Confederate Officers off Charleston.— rho New ) ork Tribune gives the annexed list or the naisses of tho Confederate officers who have been placed under fire off Charleston : Major Generals.—Edward Johnston, Frank Gardner. Brigadier Generals.—J J Archer, George H Stewart and J off Thompson. Colonels.—Wesley It. Carter, M Cobb, Basil Duke, M J Ferguson, J M Hanks, Richard C Morgan, Jas Fed, W H Peebles, A S Vander veufer, W WWard,Wm M Barber, J N Brown, J A Jaques, R K Bandill and W H Forney. Lieutenant Colonels.—James F Bremer P E Durant, 0 P Swingley, Joseph T Tucker, D II L Manta, A BBpre’e, T G Jackson, 51 J Smith and W L Davidson. Majors.—J T Groce, II A Ilffiley, G Henry, 13 A Nash,-D W Anderson, J H Caldwelj, J T Corson, W Emmett. L J Perkins, Geo II Smith, E J Saunders, T Steele, Thos B Weber J M Wilson, W II Manning, T E Upson and F F Waring. _ Militia Exemptions.— For general informa tion wo publish the following supplemental Act, passed at the last session of tho Legisla. ture : An Act, to excr.pt certain persons from'Cmica in the Mlitia cf the State of Georgia. Section I. He it enacted, That the following !iam»d person#, in addition to those already declared exempt, shall be exempted from mili tia duty under the Act of the General Assem bly, approved 14th December, 1863 : All State Tax Receivers, one editor of each Newspaper published oil the 14ih of December, 18C3, and as many persons employed in printing and publishing the same, as the editor may on oath dee ! are to bo absolutely essential to its publication ; and all ministers of religion, duly authorized to preach according to the rules of their sect, iu the regular discharge of ministerial duties. See 11. All conflicting laws are hereby re pealed. Assented to March ID, 1864. Point Lookout.—A gentleman lately confin ed at Point Lookout, and who arrived in Rich mond, says that the prisoners are now guarded by three regiments of one hundred days’ men— the negroesliaving been sent off to Grant. There are also four gunboats guarding the Point. The number of Confederates confined there at pres ent is about fourteen thousand, three hundred of whom are citizens. Ssme of these citizens have been imprisoned for-fifteen months, with no charge against them. Since May the rations have been reduced, *od the poor fellows suffer, for want, of food. Por several days the author ities have endeavored so keep the newspapers out of Hie hands of both prisoners and guards. They were afraid they would get too much news from Washington.— Richmond Sentinel. Mr. Chase will not, it is Bald, leave Washing ton for gome time yet. Col. G. C. Gibbe has been appointed com mander of the post at Macon in place of Col, Aiken, removed at his own request, Tliii JUJijkT OK CBS. BIX. IMPORTANT rr tCiii-iDJNGS IN COURT. •[From’the Ns* York Esprit?-’. July C.] City Jcdqe’s 0::i 2—Before Jc'pgb Krssiffif. Pursuant to adoiiniriient, lire parlies came before Lis honor a. 4 o'clock. Judge Piortn iw said that.as inasmuch ns he was fresh in the tsa he would like to know the nature of Jhecasc. Mr. Hall repito* the warrant, which charged General Dix and Hays, and others, with kid napping end iiL-Iting to a riot, nnd directed their arrest for au.-h offences against the statute. In this case a complaint had been made, wit ness :ess heard, valiant issued, and the parties were now in coitf. The farther proceeding in the case would hive to be initiated at this stage by tiie other side. Judge Pierpoi it said that he desired to bring up certain questions cu demurrer or in such form as might lw suggested. In his opinion the present quest on was one orbital impor tance to the nation. The question-involved was whether a gmoral m comin'aud of a de partment in times of civil war could be arres ted and deprive:, of his liberty for obeying the orders of the President of the United Stales. This question was one that affected the peace of the enfi-.o community. General Dix had obeyed a definite and specific order from tho President qf feeTTni|pd States. The Governor of this State directed tile matter-before the Grand Jury, who declined to go into mi in vestigation. Counsel the-n cited tiie subse quent proceedings of Governor Seymour, and in this mode the warrant came to be issued. The question they desired to raise was, whether in times,of civil war Generals could be arrested by a civil magistrate for carrying out the orders of the Chief Executive. lie did not wish to argue the case, but merely to submit Lhe question. Last night General Dix had received orders from the President not to allow himself to be deprived of his liberty nor to submit to any process ’for carrying out the orders of the Executive. General Dix was therefore placed in a dilemma either to carry out tho orders of the President or refuse to re cognize the process of the civil magistrate.— Thus the main issue was presented, and it was their duty to see where the law is and what are rights of tiie military and civil power. District Attorney Hall said, before the gen tleman could go on, lie must submit legal evi dence, Produce Die President’s order; then they might object to it as unconstitutional, or that the order could not justify the arrest. It would be the duty of the defence to shew that they had a right to make the euiry complain ed’ then the prosecution must fr.il.* The State intended to bo magnanimous—it courted in vestigation and would not spring any traps up on the General Government. It did -not in tend to be technical. It would not shut up opponents in forts, but would court a full and fair examination. It was a momentous ques tion, that when a State had performed her duty so nobly as New York had doso; it could and ought to ho treated with dignity, audits State laws carried out without its legal rights being infringed. United States District Attorney E. Delafield Smith remarked that the attitude which the General Govnrnment assumed was regarded us one of the necessary obligations due to the Constitution. They did not regard this State an entirely at peace ; it Was one cf a great n :- tiou tom to pieces, and racked with a great re bellion. The question wu3 whether the-Gov ernment should be shorn of its power to sup press the rebellion by Ike.arrest of tho agents who were carrying out its behests ? The facts in this case are easily obtainable, they could come in the form of an examination, and very little time -need bo spent iu making them a matter of redord, and then the only thing to be done was to name a day on which the argument on the great legal question could be heard. Judge llussell suggested that the orders bad better bo made a part of the record, and thus come up in proper form.* Attorney* General Cochrane coincided with the views taken by District Attorney Ilali, in relation to the aspect taken by the State on this subject. After some-further discussion the matter was adjourned to some day next week, when tho great legal point will be Qiscusaed. Geu. Dix aud his officers are in the mean time held on their verbal recognizances. GEOGp.irnrJAL Portion of Atlanta. —There *aro four raihviffi, terminating i;i Atlanta, ’i he Georgia lailroads, the TYo-ffir-j and Allimik-. tho Mtu.-mi 011,1 \v,«iorn, m.u o , -j West Point. The first one bf.tbeae the Georgia, was completed : bout 1228, aud then terminate i at “YVbiti-tuda small country tavern near the centre of Fulton county. Commencing at Augusta it ran in a northwest direction to that point. Then the Macon and Western tow con-' structed from this city to Whitehall, and soon after the then village of Whitehall was named the town of-Atlanta. The West Point road was the next constructed, running to the Chatta hoochee river on the western i oundary of ihe State. The Western and Atlantic, running northwest to Chattanooga, Tenn., followed. The county of Fulton, of which Atlanta is the center, is bounded on its entire northwest face by the Chattahoochee river. This stream rises in the Black Mountains, spurs of the Blue Ridge, iii Habersham county, and not far from where, in .the same county, by Dio junction of the Tallulah and Chat tooga creeks, ibe Savan nah is formed. Flowing southwest,’ for a dis tance of one hundred and fifty miles, it strikes the Alabama line south of the thirty-third paral lel, and from thence runs almost due south, dividing the States of Alabama arid' Georgia, and finally into Apalachicola river and the G nlf of Mexico. Seven miles north of Atlanta is tho Chatta hoochee bridge, where the Western and Atlan tic Railroad crosses the. river. This bridge has been destroyed by the Ctmfederales, and is again being constructed by the Panin es. A few hunutv 1 yards above this bridge, Peach tire ere, k comes into the Chattahoochee from the cast. A little creek called Nance’s runs in to Peachtree just above the mouth of the lat ter. • ' Farther up the Chattahoochee, and sixteen miles northeast of Atlanta, on its northern bank and in Cobb county, is the little town of Ros well, which at*present is the base of the left wing of Sherman’s army. This town is due east of Marietta. Decatur is si town,'-.or rather tho first depot on tho Georgia- Railroad, four miles from At lanta, and sixteen from Roswell. Stone Mountain is an isolated, barren peak, several hundred feet, in bight, and perhaps two miles around the base,abruptly rising from the plain like one of the Pyramids ot Egypt, ten miles from Decatur and sixteen from Atliftta. It can be seen from a -long distance off’, and from its summit a grand view of the country can be obtained. There is not a tree or shrub upon it, but presents nothing to view but rocks and rocky cliffs, It is supposed that Bogan’s corps,of Sherman’s army has now possession of the mountain and the railroad near it. It is the only elevation of the siighest importance any where about Atlanta. It Is ono hundred and thirty-eight miles from Atlanta to Chattanooga; one hundred and seventy-one from Atlafita to Augusta; eighty four to West Point; ono hundred and sixty eight to Montgomery; and cne hundred and ten from Atlanta to Macon. East Point is six miles west on the West Point read.' The Ma con & Western and the Atlanta & West Point railroad’; form a junction at East Pojnt, but trains of either company run into tho heart of the city. Atone place, Peachtree creek runs . within five miles of the city. At the last ac counts the enemy wero ali" along this insignifi cant, little branch. Fulton couhty is bounded oh the east by Delialb, on the South by Fayette, on the west by Campbell, and on the North by Cobb coun ties. It is oddly shaped, for whilst its extreme length from north to south is thirty mites, its width from east to west is only ten. It is drained try tiie Chattahoochee and Peachtree creek at the north, and another little creek in thu,southwesfc, the name of which we hav%for gotteii. The laud is of the poorest red clay and very unproductive. Tho suifa.ee of the country is generally flat, v/ith here and there small ridges, and wholly uninviting to the tillers of the soil,— Macon Confederate. FROM FLORIDA. We learn from the Marrianna West Florida News, Juiy JA'i, that a few days ago, Capt. Win. Amos, of iho 15 th Confederate Cavalry, while on a scout near (he coast, discovered three small_ vessels anchored in the Bay. flaring but 15 men wi'h him, be determined to take and destroy them. Securing the first, they proceeded to the second, which they captured without the least difficulty, and concealing his men, he started with one of toe boats—leaving a detachment in charge of the other-to capture the third, which was a larger vessel, with ten ar med men aboard. Ranging alongside, the order was given and Lis men boarded the vessel, which was manned by deserters, who levelled their guns at /.mos party. The order was given to fire, when two deserters were killed and one jumped overboard end was drowned. The re maining seven wwc captured. A dispatch from Hilton Head acknowledges a Yankee repuißcat Fort Johnson, with a loss of 150 men, including Col. Hoyt, and Lt. Col. Cunningham. , ’The blockade running steamers Bostva and Little Adt have been captured, FORKSUN NEWS. GREAT BRITAIN NOT RESPONSIBLE. . [From ihe London Post. (Government organ.' June 21.] o c- Now that the great Confederate cruiser is among tiie things of the pact, wo are*aware that very different judgments will b-c pronounced upon the character of her ca reer. By some she will be denounced as a lawless pirate, whose sole object was to de stroy ail property which she had any reason to Uvnk belonged to the citizens of the Northern republic ; by others she will be regarded as an effective craft, manned by a resolute crew, sailing under a recognized flag, and doing as much damage as possible to an opponent by whom she was vastly overmatched. Built in an English dock, and equipped in neutral, though not English waters, put in commission while on the high seas, and never moored in a Confederate port, there are those who will main tain that, she never acquired that national char acter which qualified her to war, in filename of the on tho Republic of the United States, ami that she w»s in truth a privateer without a legitimate commission. These are questions which have already been hotly canvassed, and which will, now that tho Alabama’s race is run, again be eagerly venti lated. Either as the Alabama’s origin or her subsequent career, there is, however, but one opinion which unbiased and impaitial inquirers can ever entertain. That this coun try is not responsible for her departure from our ports is evidenced by the fact that in the similar case of the Alcxuu.ua the Government failed to establish their right to detain the ves sel, and. therefore, the seizure of the Alabama, had it taken place, would have been an illegal act. ARREST OF A BRITISH SUBJECT IN BOSTON. In the House of Lords, on the 21st of Jiine, the lfarl of Derby paid that he wished to put a question to flu Secretary of Foreign Affairs, of which he hail git on him privatenc.tice.— He was informed that a gentleman named Le vey, a BtilWi subject, and a merchant of Mon treal, bad arrived a short time since in a British packet, the Asia at tho port of Boston, and that upon his arrival there, be was brought before the United States authorities, who immediately took him into custody. That ccoured cn the 1 20th of last month, and bo was brought before the Commissary Genoral for the purpose of being examined, but without being told what the charges were which were brought against him. His yapcis were taken from him, and lie remained iu prison ten days, at the cad of which time his papers were restored without explanation, and he was told that he might - leave prison. Earl Russell said that in latest dispatches from Lord Lyons there was no reference to the ease of Mr. Levey. It was very probable that •by tho next dispatches some account of it might l)c received. When such cases- as the imprisonment of British subjects did cccur, as they unfortunately did very'frequentiy, Lord Lyons always called tho attention of tho Amer ican Government to them and required an ex planation. In case it appeared that L- r l Ly ons’ attention bad not been directed to the case, he would write to him and bring it under his notice. The Earl of Derby regreted to hear that these • cases were of lrequent occurrence, for they cer tainly had not been communicated to Bailia 'ment. lie trusted tire noble lord wan Id not lose fight of the subject. Earl Russell said that when he had described these case's cf imprisonment as being common, he did not mean imprisonment without reason: for whet} explanations came to be given, it generally appeared that the United Stales Gov ernment had some reason to induce them to believe that the persons imprisoned had been engaged in affording assistance to their ene mies. - recognition. [From the London Illustrated News.] “The very decided victories achieved by the Southern Confederacy, the news of which ar rives just as we aro putting their shipowners on trial as pirates ; the facts that they denom inate the Mississippi, have crushed Banks, keep Gfat-.t in cbeik, and have retaken and hold at least six important forts, the possession of which relieves their chief city, and makes it safer than Washington itself ; these facts have ht forward Mr. YV. 8. Lindsay, who pro poses that now the time has arrived for an open recognition of the Southern States as .an independent nation. Why not? It is useless to conceal the fact that their conquest, is utter ly hopeless, ’ibo Northern States, taxed to their almost, are staggering in a fool’s para dise, believing, probably, that their debts will never.bn i-rid, their repudiation will bo vary. or that tho ‘ns/.antes' •■•r a. ; l.v enormous that she .will quickly recover.” IUJ* The Negro Under Yankee Rule. —The Lon don Index in referuing to the (undid speech made lately by Wendell I'hillip’s remark-; . The negro has nothing to expect from North ern conquerors but a slavery’infinitely harder than anything that exists in Cuba or did exLt in .J amaica. Wherever the Yankee has come the negro has perished. He has been torn from tho homo where he was well clothed and well lodged, abundantly fed and carefully provid ed. He has been sold at a few dollars a head to Yankee speculators, who have worked him to death in a few weeks; ho has been doomed to prowl about the purlieus of the camp, liv ing cn foul offal and dying of strange diseases; and, in his helpless misery, he has vainly imp! ored lijs captors to rid him of this liberty —liberty to starve and suffer—and restore bim to the master whom he loved, and who cared and provided for him. Since this war broko out tho Yankees may have captured some 200,000 negroes. We have reason to be lieve that one half of these arc dead. In the worst days of Rome, in tire palmiest days of the slave trade, slaves were never treated so ill and never died half so fast as under tho protection of Northern- Abolitionists. Well may Mr. Phillips say that if lie were a negro, “he would dread every victory on the part of tho North.” It is not by Northern victories that, iu his opinion, ibo slaves arc to be deliv ered. The war ia to set them free by a slower, auler, and more terrible process. “It* is per forming exactly the work which war did in -Bouth America; it is taking lire rivets out of society; ii is crumbling up tho whole social and civil life into its original elements, * and when that work is completely done, no matter what the form of Government lie that comes on, the negro is always free. It ia to the dis solution oi society, not to the reconstruction of the Union, that Abolitionists are bidden to look for the accomplishment of their darling object. The States are to sink into the con dition oi Tdexico or Nicaragua, to bo the prey of continual anarchy and chronic civil war, to bo -without order, without government, v/ithout the security for life and properly, in order that out of this chaos may arise the in dependence of the negro. Such is the pros pect to which Mr. Wendell Phillips deliberate ly directs the hopes of his _ friends: lie depre cates peace, he even, deprecates victory, least they should aveit that total, all subverting ru in by which tlic slave is to be set free. Per ish the Union, so that the negro be emanci pated: exterminate the Southern people, level their cities to the ground, ravage their lands, c’o3o up their ports, make of their rich coun try a howling wilderness, in order to' provide r fit home for four millions of freedmen.— What matter if for this end we ever ything that has made Americans proud of their country and has attracted to her shores the poor and the discontented from all qua:: tprs of the world—liberty, wealth, security for life and property everything that makes a nation great and happy? All this is a lesser evil Chan to acknowledge the independence of the South—a trifling price to pay fur the final abolition of negro slavery. So speaks Mr. Wendell Phillips in his char acter of uncompromising Abolitionist. Y/iiat it Costs tiif, Noiith to Keep the Re publican Partv in Power. —A writer in the In dianapolis Sentinel sums up dismally ike results realized by the wonderful four years’ fren zy of its nation—“ More than a million oil men lost by death or permanent disability"—more than a million of right hands lost to the indus try of the countiy for evermore—“A debt of ever three thousand millions of dollars”—a debt, be it remembered, which will never be paid : being so much, in short, of the whole wealth of the land wasted and destroyed, whiie she industry which alone could create wealth iu the future is crippled or fhrown away “The whole country one vast penthouse”— “Demoralization spreading like a leprous sore,” ■‘Dissolution of the frame work of society” “Rascality and public plunder regarded and rewarded as special virtue in officials”—and finally, ‘‘Two Republican papers discussing the question, whether in Washington there are fifteen thousand lewd'women.” That there is no one item of this dreadful catalogue in the least exaggerated, we may be well assured; be cause ail parties concur in making the same representation. Testaments ! — There are still many inquiries of ns, as to where Scriptures may bo had for soldiers. Vve are glad to be able to say, thpj, the Bible Society of the Confederate £ 'Ares has received lately several cases England, and its officers will be hapj,y to meet the de mand so long as the <?up;dy continu#3. Ad dress G. M. ThTrv, Esq., Treas., Augusta, Ga. —Christian Advocate. The streets of Baltimore were barricaded with carts, wagons, and lumber, during the “siege,” ° COKKESI’CA 1) i A('BKTtVKi’i-.t:ieIUMVE ll.lV!s.iiii) tSSCUETARY JISIiMUiGEB. i in,. 'By Department, '*’■ liicnnoxn, June IS, 1801. His Excellency the Fivsident—Sir : You have been aw -.re, for several months pa-tt, of my desire to withdraw from my present official position, and of ti e mumas which restrained me from so doing. With an earnest purpose •vice of my country during perils which surround her whatever fa cilities I may possess, i had, nevertheless, per ceived that the enormous burdens imposed on the Treasury by a war cn eo vast a scale, and the difficulty cf, astaining them, bad giv en rise to discontent and to distrust in the a Imini . :Y: v financial department. To ibesc elements of dissatisfac tion ivas added ano.'.koe, arising (from essential differences in the plana submitted by the head cf the department and those adopted hy Con gress. Iu riiis coocktion cf tilings, it would seem to he -’ c been p r ;•• vto have resigned iny c-fiioe as seen ns G.: g:c's Red ivpse.l its judgment against the plans whkh I had submitted. Two consider..'.: however, prevented. The hrst was a rep : .: to any act which could be luLoonstruou into an abandonment of a post ot duty nssif-iii i! to n:o during a struggle in which I felt that every cit:z?n owed to his country whatever acriiiro or service was de manded Oi him. Ihe financial plan which was finally adopted by the last Congress had Mid umvimin uatn i. r. e;ul r tho se.-sion. ltv.as not matured until the iv;o hours n had restrict ed rise matter to commit toes <4' conference, and it became « 1 -w oniy on the lasi day of tho session. The nuieisiucry v'. and. v.required for its opcraiiiiu vras complex and extensive, anil by is- i: : ■ the law just forty days wore ailowed to carry it into complete' effect. No nvw bead of the department, however com petent, would have boon able to secure suffi cient knowledge of office details in time to have carried out the provisions of the Act. The pul die good,'there; we, demanded tiiat I should, not leave my post dnrivg this period. The s • road ocu: iihre.iiun which prevented, wivi the uiiv.liiiiignors to leave you, in opposi tion u> > file.you honor bdthe with sui.ii c r.lid '.nee r.s j 5 l.uve manifested, and while ye w wehD m . fles were still taxed bj; tiie great and vark and re spadsibUitijA attendant upon the office in which Providence has placed you. J ' ’' * These considerations now no longer govern. The first is at an cud. The funding of the cur rency has been in rly completed, and tho entire mfthinery required by the plans of Congress for taxes and finance Is now in full operation. No public iu' io. tVi 1 1-u, rby my now giving vciß-idcratiou must yield to G ■■ c ; iv’u don that justice to my self and the public requires me to insist on your acrt.-pt.-u- • of the m..ignation which 1 now tender, in •. j • ih.v \.-u will lie suceecfut : ing BUdct esor \ hose jriews will Har monize with tin fee of Oongi is, an . who may, cn Hurt accm.ifl • fie V-i n.r a ; : c (none can be more earnestly < •. IVe m I have been to do val ua le servile to cur count: y. , 1 confess, sir. that I cannot without deep omotion separate 8. :; you ami my colleagues in the Cabinet. Neither can Ido so without bearing my testimony tii-d never in the ut ie.!.::u t.YCuvin o’. G.mffdeniMl intercourse have L heard one word oi m• ; siion indicating; am.lit Imt a .;... and disinterested desire to do w hat v -.)!•> b:..;) for our country.— It had bfl; a ei. hope that *r ■ our official con nection t • ••:•!< and, cur ecu;...ry would boilt lull 1 in;•. ioi ihe pence and independence for V. to; .e b.s paid so tv« dy a price, anil that you. sir, would have jyd in the spec tacle ol her iy :i-1 pro uUy, the only reward you ... - the ecusoiess cates and iub'ji.i devoted to her sen ice. Though this may not now be, I shall not case iu private life to give my wsrm co-oiH iaticn in whatever may conduce to the consummation so ardent ly desired. I need scarcely odd, Mr President, that whilo be relieved n as early a period us may bopi; cticable, n.; serv’ccs remain freely at your disposal until you shall have selected my succoKor in tJ ir?. With heartfelt ..-kcs for your health, liappt* ness and prosperity. 1 nr. with the highest respi if and esteem, y-.-ur o' ;• l out servant, (Signed) G. G. Mejimixger. BxuusKixn, Yv, June 21, 1804. Dear Sie : I t . and ycur letter of tho 15til iqitont, gi.iiin-; bo pr oi.i, Von which you deem ti;:.!. jus; Ire toycun-t-i. nod to the public require:' you to uigo my acceptance oi your resignation. ; -e;o med .s tT; - you expressed a desire to r«tiv<>, for r. . ii yimr belief, l ;! ’i- wo; ! bo promoted by the appointment, ci aso . rr, whore views of financial policy n< cyrued better than your own adopted.* 1 < : ding tho frciiMiry J.k> ;g the pending ibT.y,l v.u.: iv.v , ‘,.\i any officer, how evoce oo'mj'cfeat, must probably fail to escape ihe amnla-nvc - tons <■; ih •' who uro read) to attribute to ;u illicit i.t, o’ministration the ern barrui-sineiito due to <’. T.-iency of resources ami the want c: logi; I ;on best adapted to the existing circumitar.v; ?. The expeli :ip,< acquired by you in the or gai:iz-fic:i; :■ drg tit of the department could no: i;.j I;.-.in: ; . udy m lueed, and for these ila . ! - ..ih and that tho general we! faro would be ;..j )y affected by your withdrawal that time. You have now, at lea ’:c cun: ijlatK-u aa a fv.tisfeclion to know thr.v you.- pc::: > ;al v .; were surrendered to iff c<. ill event do not warrant mo in refusing your renewed request that I should accept your resignation. Tho i .ret you express at the ;-I our official separation is sin cerely shared by we. I-ronr your ciilranee on tlic duties of your’* ofiic.-. I have ob.-v.ved : rd appreciated the cheerful an-! unremitting devotion of all your ; 08 1 > Ibe service, and do not fail to reicenffier ti;,.t it was at the sacrifice of pri- V'lto i.’ir.!::;.",'Jors t!;at you continued to fulfil tiro a; duties of your post. The offer you nre. your services until your cncccssor con au -u-me o. ">«, U ; ;i ' L ; 10 . patriotic spir ;;y . :S V"' I '-' and * tbaukfiiily as it is gene* rom.y tern.. iT-.1. < At ub » wly a period as prac licu Iv:!, esiuaavor to c^ o| ,; y wi(h your request to oe relieved. V/ith my _ grateful acknowlcdgmfc«Jq f o r your par! ;> si- tance, nrd ; or y our very kt«,i (‘xpreesiers of personal regard, be assured of tho cordial erlccm with which lam your friend, (Signed) Je;terson Davis. lion. G. G. Memvingxr, Secretary Confed erate States Treasury, Richmond, Va. Running the Churcjjr; in Natchez. —The fol lowing is an extract from a special order is sue/! at Natchez a few days ago: The Colonel commanding this District, hav ing been officially notified that the Pas tors of many Churches in this city neglect to make any public recognition of allegiance to ike Government u idcr which they live, and to y/!dch they are indebted for protection; and ■' -to' , ; i;, i V( <'[<]'.. ■ foiTii of prayer for “The President <4 ihe United States and all others is authority,” prescribed by tiie ritual in some churches, and by established custom nr others, has been omitted in the stated serv ices of church's of all denominations; it is here by ordered that hereafter, the ministers of : uch ehoMJhcsJwm.’iy have the prescribed form ot prayer for the President of the United States shall reed the same at each and every service hi whi< h it. is required by the rubrics, and ihal those ci oihei which have HO such form, shall on like occasions pro nounce a prayer appropriate to the limes, and expressive of a proper spirit toward the Chief Magistrate oH-he United States. Any minister failing to comply with these orders will be immediately prohibited from exercising tho functions of his office in this city, and render himself'liable to be sent be- ' yond the lines of the United Slates forces, at tho discretion o f tho Colonel Commanding. The Provost Marshal is charged with the execution of this order. A Strong-Minded Woman with Lincoln.— Miss Ann E. Dickinson, one of the strong mind ed women of Yankecdom, lectured in Boston recently. She was very Severn on the Ad mlmstiatior, and especially on the President. She caricatured his person and dress, and gave this account of her interview with him, as the Boston Courier reports her : He said-to her : “They tell me yon are on. my side. I want to know how is it?” She told him what was in her thoughts and pj ta( j for jti.dice for the negro. The President an _ swered her with, “That reminds of a ’.otic ctr, ry.” ‘‘X did', erne to bear stor^ 3| ” „p]i& the manlen fair, but into. “I c . aa read b ' etter ones m the papers any day ‘ <nan vou can te]l me.” This shut the tail okfir „ ' He showed her his correspondent , vith B J k and b , Vv vrrum ' akH ; of the te r ! V- , tasked her what j -.ought*of the p’an of reconstruction in —oukiana. She replied, “sir, I think it all wrong; p.3 radically bad as can be.” The ITcs iee;it then palavered her—“sugar plummed • ‘‘-r’.’ —Loup. Miss Dkkkiaon’s own phrase, tmitr.g nor t .0 could talk better then he, and so forth; and he remarked, in concluding this conversation, “All I can say is, if the radicals wrtnt n j to lead, let them get out \of the way" and let me lead.” “When lie said that, said Miss Dickinen, “Icame out and remarked ta a friend—“l have spoken my last word to President Lincoln.”