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DAILY REGISTER.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. .
TDCtrSDVT EVENING. SEPT. 29. 1564.
MAJOR GICNKRAL R. *• RHODES.
Tbe whole Confederacy, say* the Advertiser,
mourns lb« d-ath of this g*ll»nl officer whow
career ba« been watched with eager Intere-h
But few cdlceni could be compared with him in
all the qualities that go to make the general.—
In no erg-gem l lit in *hicb be participated did
he fail to handle hi* troop* with consummate
skill and gall* ntrv. lie entered the service
early In 18G1 a* Cnlonel-of tha sth Alabama
K- gtn *nt and worked hi* w»y up to Major
General, earning by Use voice or the army and
the country every promotion, lie and ti* C"tn
mand could alw tys be relied on in an eracr*
gettcy. Bu* he hha fallen a* every tue soldier
wi.h a to tall, with hi* back to the 11-Id and hie
f-«t to the foe. lIU ex mple la lelt to stimulate
hi* surviving comr.id'* to, d-ed* of valor and
akllltul g neraUhip. When the Coniederacy
make* up. her jewel*; General Rhode* will be
among the brght-st and m> a* precious.
Yankkk VoLf»T»«aiso —The extravagant
accounts of volunteering in the United States
are satisfactorily accounted for, *nf* the
Telegraph ,j - Confederate in the Instance of a
fellow who within a few weeks part volun
teered seventeen times, receiving in all as an
equivalent for his patriotism between seven
and eight thousand dollars. This enables re
cruiting officer* to make very satisfactory je
turus, at least in figures.
The Macon Telegraph Confederate says
that it is reported that on Monday our forces
bad a fight with the enemy at Viiiing
eleven miles from Atlanta, in which the Yan
kees were badly beaten
We have ns confirmation of this rumor by
telegraph.
FORT DKLAWARIC.
Prisoners who returned by thu last fl iir of
true* boat give the ioujl account of the suffer
|i g« of the Conl« derate Holdiera cm died'at
Fort Unaware, and ‘of their in ease anxiety for
an imuicdicpe exchange. They have expo
lienc-d enough nt pri-ou life* at the North t«*
make them regaid another cap’ure by ihu enemy
us one ot the greatest calamities of war. Toe
whole number of prisoner* tuere at present is
s-ven thou-tind seven huudr-d and twenty two,
including about two thousand Virginians.-
These are a**igued to dir.ainns of several hun
dred each, in wh>ch there is not sufficient space
lor necessity exercise ; and tbeir stiff ifina*. |i
mij be well imagir.e I. are niolerable. Tbrii
breakfast is one fi ih of a loaf ot bread to each
nun ; the r dinner, the same smouut of bread,
with a small piece of m 'it and a plate of poor
soap, wub one potato once a week. They have
nn supper. They are allowed to write only to
father, mother, broihe-, sister, wife or child,
and then only ten lines. A m irriul *s er can
not bn written to it she happens to bear a
dffr.nt n in*. They are not allow.d to re
ceive a»y p«« k ige* except by fl ig ot truce, and
even that method bus he n recently d**on
t n led. package* s-nt Iroui here on the 22d ot
August not h'lVifg yet been reaeive t. Foiiiitlj
uey were allow, and to receive presents from
ti lends o tside of the prison, but ibat has b ten
a opped. The discipline o' the prison if very
strict. The gu ird i* o imposed ot Oh o miliii t -
the reguUts, d.'lo n periorinmg ih»t duty,
h <ving been seut to the Add. Tae winter will
bring a great add ion to the suffer ng- of the
prisoners, as only one b anket is a lowed to a
m to, and Home have n t• v n tha'. TQe h< u-e*
are temporary board s rnchires, neither lathed
nor piun ered and a diri*iou ba* but one fl ,e.
We are gratified to I- urn that tne suniiary
condition ot Fort D- aw ire has muen Improved
since Inst year, and the duly average ol death*
considerably and m n shed.
Tobacco is m icb more deaired by t*ra pri
son-r* than money, as it is a common article o>
trvf3 -, and will purchase anything they n»e t.
We uieution this as a bint to those person* who
desire to send any gift to tbeir Iriends there.
Captain Kchaul E. Frayser, i.| the Sgiai
Cosit s. and Cap a ; n June* R. Christian, of c >m
puny F. Third V.rg'n a c»v»lry, are among the
i Q;-rs sent Iron Fort D-Uware to Morris Is
land to be placed under fire.
Atn»ng the pn* .net* re u-nrd by «h ! * fl >g ol
truce are Captain 11. F. Smith, Will am F. W bite,
A‘run Burins, William 0 Tr mpkins, and—
All-n. ul Uicbmo and, and Dr. Uowlett, ol Che*
terlleld.
1 he. members of the Third Richmond How-
I'xer company at present in Fori D*l *w »re are
weil and pro*! led lor. RicJunond Dispatch.
From the Frost. —The past week has
bern one of comparative quiet # in our
front. Tbe enemy have made no drmon
ttrationson this ride of Greenville A regi
meot came to that place but returned to tbe
Gap tbe same day.
Some chang* has taken place in the forces.
The 10th Michigan has gono to Strawberry
Plains. Tbe 18th Kentucky, cavalry from
Cumberland Gap has taken its pises.
Rut one regiment es negroes and a few
whiles compose tbe garrison at Knoxville.
Tbe ennmy's rule in East Tennessee i« he
roin ing mo e despotic daily. Many of tbe.
most influential Southern men ara being ar
rested and hurried off to Knoxville.
Col A G Watkins and Dr C Harris are re
ported as having keen released and seathome.
Mr O P Rogers and family and Mr* Cap Wal
lace from Maryville were sent nut to our lines
on the 18th last. They represented tbe con
dition of affairs os horrible it tbo extreme.
Taking into consideration the great change
that has apparently come over the troops in
tliis Department, for the better, the e is some
hope that tbeenemy’sdomination willbe some
what limltedin the nrxtfuw days. Wearegrat
ified io know that I*>oo well mounted recruits
from Middle Tennessee together with 1000
regular* under a gallant leader, have come to
our Lues the present wusk which speak* much
for tne devotion of tbe people inside the ene
my’s lines for our cause. We dare say that,
if our urmies could occupy Tennessee and
Kentucky that 60,000 men would fl tek to our
•taudard. Even tbe re-occupation of Tennes
see would be hut en opening for reeruits
from Middle Tenets***, Kentucky end India<*
oa. We flatter ourselves that (ome'step wjlj
soon be taken to redeem this country if fur
no other purpose than above alluded to.'
Our whole army trjoices over the promo
tion of Col Basil Duke to the rank of Briga
dier General. He received the appoinment
last Saturday. He certainly deserved it,—
DHetol Gazette. * ■' *
Romeet and BrasreEMT.-A lady, of Caro
lina couuty, Virginia, lo a iettet t *xb« R cbanai I
Beottn«l. detailing the outrages of tbe en-my to
ber ne-ghborbooJ, says:
* At Mrs. ’■ they found tbe win* nsed for
tbe church. She told them what is woe and
begged them to spare it; but they laughed, and
called for o b< r» to com i and drink tbe blood
ot Cbrisi.** * "*
LINCOLN AMD HI« PRISONER* OP
WAR.
-Resolved, That the shameful disregard
of the Administration to its duty in respect
to our fellow-citieena, who bow, and long
hire been, prisoners of wsr, tn a suffering
condition, deserves tbs severest ret robation
on the score alike ol public and common hu
manity.”
The above is one of the resolutions of the
Chicago platform. It condemns the conduct
of'the Washington authorities in reference to
the exchange of prisoners of wsr, in language
strong and severe, but more than justified by
the occasion We trust that the course pur
sued by Lincoln, through his commissioners
of exchange, will now be fully canvassed be
fore bis people, end their judgment invited
thereon. And, indeed, it is but reasonable to
suppose that those who are arraigning Lin
coln for alleged misdeeds and drfic : encies,
will be sure to visit him with through expo
sure on a point so vulnerable, and so nearly
touching the sympathies and sensibilities of
the people. We know of no more dnmaging
weapon of assault, in the hands of a fearless
orator, than the simple story of the neglect,
abandonment, and immolation, which Lina
colu's soldiers bare experienced at bis bands,
when overtaken by the severities of fortune.
At the verv lime when the sympathies of tneir
rqlcrs should be land exercised, those who
have periled life uud limb in battle, who have
endured toil and exposure in tbectmp and on
tbs march, are cast off, without pity, »ud
abandoned to. the horrors of imprisonment in
crowded quarters and in remote regions. It
is, indeed, ‘'a'shameful disregard” of duty to
his unfortunate soldiers; and well de-erves
“the severest reprobation” of bis owu people
and of the world.
If any proof be needed of the brutal Inhu
manity that marks the course of tbs enemy
in this matter—if any aggravation be poraihte
of «n offense disgraceful in the extreme—they
are foqud in the allegations ot the criiniunl*
themselves. As if not content with the odium
of abandoning their soldiers to an indrfiuiia
captivity, in a climate to which they are un
accustomed, and to them unwholesome, they
they take great pains to declare that these
prisoners endure not only the .horrors inse
parable Torn such a condition, but tbe most
terrible additions thereto. Not o ly the dis
comfort, tbs fiitti, the disease of a crowded
camp, and the intolerable tedium of confine
ment, but starvation is n part of their lot.
This, whirb they falsely bring as a charge
against us is a real condemnation of them
selves; for wo are bound to give thorn credit
for believing what they say..
The'sum is this, therefore : Lincoln leaves
some forty or fifty thousand of bis soldiers in
captivity. They are nndoubtedly very mis
erable, as prisoners roust necessarily be, and
be believes that they are suffering tbe pangs
of starvation ; dying by inches o( the pinch
ings of hunger and destitution. He leaves
them in this condition voluotaiily and delibe
rately ; against bis agreement with us, and
under the severest reprobation alike of pub
lic and private humanity. This vast multi
tude he leaves to pine, and to suffer, and to
die, when in ad ty he coull secure tbeir lib
erty by anv fair and equal exohange. This
be refuses—refuses, because he deliberately
rejects an exchange, refuses, because he pre
fers that bis men remain in such captivity as
be alleges they suffer. We do not believe that
any people on earth can be found who would
sustain their rule* in such a course. We do
not believe that tbe people of the United
States can bs induced, even by their violent
hatred of us, to consent to this wanton, un
necessary. barbarous, diabolical sacrifice of
their own eons and brothers and friends.
Anew feature of wickedaess has been ad
ded «o the record which Mr Lincoln aud bis
agents have' made, concerning the captive
Fe.ieMl*. Occasionally, A few have gained
their liberty on each aid**, by a sort of special
exchange. But Sberro n in some late nego
tiations for such an object, has revealed the
policy that rules at Washington,, touching a
large class of the Federal prisoners. It was
obviout before, but had dot been avowed. Lin
coln specially aband »o* those captives whose
terms of service have expired I lie made
them fight in some cases up to the last day
of tbsir service, exposing them to death and
to capture ; but, when captured, he utterly
forsakes them. They are not to be exchanged,
even when others may.
Tbe effect* of such a coarse on the victims
of this humanity, is such a* might be pre
sumed. Tbe men whose terms of service are
about to expire, cannot be expected hereafter
to expose themselves to capture, hy standing
in the fight. .Among the prisoners of this
class whom we bold, tbo dissatisfaction ia
extreme, and is openly expressed. Many are
anxious to forswear the country tfia* has for
saken them, and are eeeking employment of
us in various ways. Many are even desiron*
to enlist in our armies, and reek satisfaction
for their wrongs. Our authorities have caused
tbe fact*, explaining the position and action
of the Washington Government, to be made
known in our prison boose*; and it would not
be in tiumair nature to endura such treatment
in patience from those wbo, instead, owe eym*
{mthy ami protection.
It should be added, many suppu
rations have gone up front the prison houses
to the throne in Washington, for relief. De
putations bave been permitted by us to utter
tbeir prayers in person. Tbeir petitiens have
heen slighted, and in answer to their prayers,
Lincoln Iras put new bars and bolts on tbeir
prisoti doqrs. If tha McClellan orators cannot
arouse the people by proclaiming this story,
and exposing the conduct of tbe Administra
tion touching, their prisoners, it will be be
cause they have stocks and stones for anditori.
—Kiehmcnd Sentinel.
A Fxxrch paper, in speaking of the fact
that the people of the United State* are call*
id American*, notwithstanding that the/ iln
habit only a portion of the American conti
nent; and also that the people ol the North
are all.called Yankees, although the name
properly telongs to Naw England, says :
"This proves two thing*, first, that it is
the people of the United siat< s who haTe de»
veloped the greatest gtoius and power on the
western continent; and second, that New
England of all the portions of the Union, has
developed the most marked characteristics,
and has esercised over all others a most de
cided indoenco."
This closing assertion is unfortunately true.
The whole North is Yankeeised nndei the
spell of New Ragland. New Kngland keeps
up a war in which no other portion of the
Union has Iba slightest Interest, had forces
others to do the fighting. She is obliging the
entire North to waste vest life and treasure,
simply to carry out one of her fenalieal no
tions, and In order that her capitalists may
nisk* money during its progress. 'We are*
all Yankees, or what is more, wa are willing
servants to Yankee task-matters. The entire
North bows humbly to New England, and
walta meekly for bidding.' She bids as fight,
sod we leave oar plow* and benches to fight;
she calls for a tariff, nod wa rain ourselves to
gratify bar; she bids us exterminate slavery
in sovereign Slates, and wa era
wasting onr fortunes, bankrupting posterity,
and yialdiag ap our lives by tens of thousands,
t > obey her command — Ckicngt Timet.
*** r
Ha that la good will infallibly bee 'me bet
ter, and be that la bad wilt certainly beeo.ee
worse, for vloe, virtue anJ time eie three things
that never stand null.
* From U\r Chrook I* A fentlost.
TUB PALL OP ATLANTA—OKS. HOOD.
To the Editor of the Chronicle £ Sentinel :
The many erroneous statements which have
been published concerning the defraae end
fall of Atlanta, however tboy may have b« en
intended, have misled the public mind both
as to tbe facts aud the conduct of distin •
¥uisbfd actors connected with the argiy of
ennessee. Gen. Johnston, by order of the
President, turned over Ibis army to General
Hood on tbs 18tb of July. It was posted in
and around in close proximity to tbe fortifica
tions of Atlanta, and in tbe presence of the
enemy.’ Both armies bad crossed the Chatta
hoochee river; a considerable portion of tbe
-enemy's forces bad also crossed Peach Tree
creek, and were within four miles of the en
trenchments of tbe city. This change of com
manders at almost ibe very instant of tbe
close of the campaign against the city, was
neither sought for nor desired by Gen. Hood;'
and in connectiou .with the other two Lieut.
Generals commanding corps, be requested that
Gen. Johnston be retained in tbe command,
at least, until that campaign was Tbe
President- thought that tbe public interest
required tbe remoral of Gen. Johnston. He*
declined the request, and Gen. Hood assumed
tbs command This army from the day that
Gen. Bragg took command of it in Mississippi
to the dny that *Oen Hood assumed tbe com
mand at Atlanta, was sorely afflicted with
discord, strifes, hatreds, jealousies, and ani
mosities among the officers, end discontent
among tbe men, aud with the exception of
the battle of Ghickamauga and a few brief
and brilliant bpiiodes In partial combats, bad
known nothing but defeats, disasters and re
treats in-Us three long years of arduous ser
vice
The array and tbe public were led to be
lieve that these evils bad been greatly miti
gated under tbu command of Ucn. Johnston,
and it is probably true, that .tbe removal of
Gen. Bragg and several other general officers,
to other fields of duty, had lessened their
strifes anCT discords and done something for
tbe cause of harroduy and efficiency, but much,
far too much, yet remained for tbe efficiency
of the army. But that great- demoraliser of
all armies, retreat, retreat—still clung to it.
Grn. Johnston opened bis campaign by a re
treat from Dalton, continued it through long
aol weary months to Atlanta, lost about
twenty tbonsand men in killed, wounded, mis
•ing, and by desertion, wi bout fighting a gen
eral action, and necessarily turned over tbe
army to Hood, beaten, disbearted, and demo
ralised. 1 narrate these facts with no view
to the disparagement of General Jobnston.
I have a high opinion of him, both as a mill- ■
tary commander and a gentleman. I state
facts for another purpose and pass no judg
ment on bis policy or conduct. Gen. Hood
accepted the command of tbe army under tbe
fortifications of Atlanta, and in the presence
of tbe enemy, and determined to defend the
ci'y with tbe means placed in bis hands
Therefore on tbe 20ib July, the enemy having
a Urge portion of his forces across tbe Peach
Tree creek, be attacked him, and gained a par
tial eucces.-; the bad execution of his plans
alone prevented, a marked and decided vic
tory.
O i the 221 tbe enemy having extended bis
line around tbe northern ad eastern face ol the
city, southward from the Marie'ta ro> #three
or tour m lea sen h of tbe Geoiga Rtiiroad,'
be attark< and h m aiptin. obtained deciutd *<i
vmt- g s over McPnersnn’a at mv. and was apaiu
ceurived of a decisive victory by tbe imperteci
of hie orders by Gen. Hardee. In
tl ai bailie McPherson .was killed, a large nuin
her ot the enemy were killed and wounded,
about two thousand prisoners wero in’cuti, and
its result* * mpelled Sbeiimn to withdraw bis
forces from the eastern aide of tbe coy. and
fin illy to make important modifications in but
pi,inis ol attack, from his Lit to bis right in tbe
direction ot Eist Point, the junction ot tbe
M icon and WVsteru an i West Point .Railroads.
Here the -enemy advtneed with great caution,
moving toward* E at Point only as fast as be
could prepare bis field wotk fur infantry aud
artiliery. To retuid or prevent his reaching
ihit point, which w■» ttn n tbe key to Atlauta,
Geo. Hood ordered Gen. L-e to attack Ibe eoe
my - 1 tbink on tbe 28 b July. Bv this attack
but little beueticlal result w-u* obt lined. After
the f>attle ot Peachtree Creek, the enemy cou
centraied all of bis eff irts to tbe work of be
se'ging and capturing Atlanta, Uendianoed
bis w,ork< at tome points within a lew hundred
yards of our riflt pits an 1 redoubts made fre
quent attemoU to • arry them by assaults, and
tb-ew shot, shell, r fl- aud tnuokel bails into the
Citv for about one nu>mb.
Being utterly foiled in bis attempts, be
abandoned tbs siege, abandoned all of his
works around the city exceppfttnose near East
Point, and determined to cause the evacua
tion of the city by off tbe supplies of
Gen. Hood’s army. He had already torn up
the track and burned the bridges of tbe
Georgia Railroad for mors than forty miles.
He had approacbod tbe West Point toad so
closely as to render it no longer available as
a channel ot su ply; he had only to get pos
session of tbs 51 neon and Western road and
the work was done. In execution of this
plan Gen.'Suerman pines I the twontielh corps
of his arnrvy above Atlanta near lira railroad
bridge over the Chattahoochee in 'position to
protect his communicatio'tis with Haniiown,
liia new base on the other side of the river,
and at the same tinfe to threaten Atlanta, and
to compel Gen. Ilood to keep yvitbin it forces
for its defense. . *
Hh then established bis line from Sardtown
to his works near East Point, and prctectad
on both of Ais flunks by works well alapied
to that pnrposs. As soon as these disposi
tions were made be moved three of hit corpe
de ankee, consisting of leas than tweonr thou
sand men, down on tbe west side of Flint
river, keeping tbe river between biin and tbe;
railroad, until he arrived at a point about
three tniiee from Jonesboro’, about eighteen,
miles from Atlanta, and some twHve or fifteen
miles from bis main armyop'posils East Point
These disposition sjuf btberman’e army were
known to Us>i Hood’within a few days after
tbeir execut on. Tbe movement on Jonesbo
ro’, and tbe change’ of base, was executed >n
tbe face of onr usvalry.’ The whole object &t
tbe enemy was also apparent. Taking into
tbe account the difference in toppgraphy, it
was in eflect the same movement as that by
which Grant and Sherman took Vicksburg,
and by which Grant ie now seeking to take
Richmond. Gen. Hood adopted tbe only
plan by wbicn it yra«.poßStble to defeat it
and to save Atlanta, and tbe same plan upon
which Gen Lea is struggling to save Rich
mood. He held Stewart's coips aid tbs mill
•ia in tbe city to defend it against the enemy’s
Twentieth corps at .Chattahoochee bridge,
and bi* main body in front of East Point, \
and sent Gen Hardee, the next officer In com
mand, with bis own corps aod Gsn S D Lee’s
corps, numbering together snore than two
thirds of bis army—excluding tbe militia—to
fight the enemy at Jonesooro*. nod to ptevent
bins fret* taking possession of tbe Matoo k
Western Ro*d. Gen. Hardee's command was
certainly equal to, aRI from tbe beat attaina
ble ev’dence was aod is believed to have been
superior to .that of tbe endmy Gen Hardee
went over to Jonesboro' on tbs night of the
30th August. On that day Ibe enemy had
crossed over Flint river but cos rs hie three
corps, consequently bad an other works than
each as any army can improvise in a few
boars. Every thing depended oa euceeee ; all
that could nerve the heart and arm of a true
soldier to duty. Success would not only have
saved Atlanta, but would bave compelled
Sherman to have retreated immediately.
Stewart'* corpe wat ia position to prevent re
inforcement to Sherman's detachment •at
Jonesboro' or to bave joined Hardee as soon
A* tbe enemy could reach, his forces.
Uud<*r this state ot Lets tbo stray lelt entire
confidence in saving Atlanta and driving Saer
man out ol Georgia. General Hardee com
menced tbe attack on the enemy at four o'clock
in the atiemoun ul the Slat August and fought
him -ts fighting it cou'd im called-fur one and
»half or two hour*, and then retreated back to
J nesboro', with bis whole comm tod, Mritb a
loss of lesa than fifteen bunlrrd men killed,
wounded and missing, cut of more than twenty
five thousand, aod allowed tbe enemy to pur
sue him. take p< stesslou of tbe railroad, aod
(bus drive bis whole force between Jonesboro’
and General Hood’s one corps and tbe militia
at Allao'a. By tye and sastrous rl-treat ot thi*
battle. Atlanta was lost -lost by Gen. Hardee
with numbers »qu\l or superior to these of the
en* my, sod left Gen. Hood no other alterna
tive but to begin its evacuation. Tbe work of
evacuation was c<-m neoced itmn-tfliately upon
the reception of tbe disastrous tidings.* Gen.
Hood, with consuramaie skill and generalship,
brought Stewart’s corps and the militia, to
g-lber with all the artillery and stores for
which be had trai.sportation, out- of Atlanta,
and united his army at or near Lovej >y‘s Sta
tion without loss or accident tu tbe Hoops un
der bis immediate coir in md.
General L“e’s corps having been withdrawn
from Gen. Hardee on tbe n'gbt of the 31 «t .to
cover the retreat from Atlanta. Gen. Harden
was attacked in position and behind bis woiks
at Jonesboro’ on the first ot September, and
Is reported with bia single corps to have re
sisted an! repulsed the rqemy—reinforced with
other troops with skill and gtilantry.
This I believe to be true, and it makes hi*
conduct on tbe 31st still more lamentable and
inexplicable. His corps wbo sre thus report*
ed to bave behaved s« gallantly nn the first
day of September, I-know from high authori
ty, ingloriouslj fled tbe field and endangered
an Empire, with tbe loss of less than one
hundred men killed ! This is not fighting I
and the official details of the battle will show
even more discreditable result* tbaa this, to
divisions in llurdee’s corps, which have
hitherto held a high position, certainly in the
newspapers, for heroic conduct.
It is due to these divisions to say that they
are said to have acted under orders. Their
cbnractera heretofore are sufficient vouchers
.f< r the correctness of these reports,«nd placet
the whole case, at present at least, upon Gen.
Hardee. •
Mr.Editor: I have mentioned no man’s,
name in this communication, with a single
feeling of ill-will. I bare spoken the truth
only, solely in behalf of tbe public weal, I
know Gen. Hood well. I owe him nothing bn',
courtesy as a gentleman, and my gratitude
for his services andancrifices for his and my
conntryt I have seen him on many battle
fields, be needs no eulogy from the; but I am
firmly of tbe opinion be can aod will redeem
tbe State aud the country if he is honestly
and firmly sustained by the government and
people.
I am very respectfully your oh’t serv’t
A Militiaman. 4
ALL OR HONK.
At’the beginning of tbe war the Sontb pre
sented a unanimity rarely witnessed. Man
hood grasped the sword. Age unloosed the
purse string. Patriotism swore to shed his
last drop, and Property pledged his last dol
lar, for independence. Quam mutants ab iVo.
Now how changed. Patriotism, if ootslead,
sleepnth, and cannot be awakened. Property
is counting its losses—for with us individual
gain has been pablic loss—and mumbling
that the war has lasted long enough. Half
a loaf, it is beginning to matter, is better than
no bread. War, it is crying will take all end
peace may spare some. With mu- h sentiments
bow ioug before it will clamour openly that
war, regardless of iis object, must coas*, and
peace, regardless of its ten])*, be sought ?
When that ery is raised wbo, fbat knows bow
fully Property rules Peoples, can is
sue 7 As surely as the sun shines we will
find that with U3. as with every other peopii,
Property is strong epough to make peace,
when it wiy.
Let ug suppose then for a moment that Pro
perty bos made peace, that tbe amplest guar*
anties have been given for Its protection, and
that it is complacently, sniggling over tbe
half loaf it has so providentially Saved from
the wreck that has overtaken its former moi
ety. Let us suppose further that the eoetny
have nut sraij given the guaranty—which is
improbable—but honestly intended td observe
it—which is more improbable still—aod see
what reason Property will bave to coogratu*
late itself on tbe justness bf its views or tb e
sagacity of its action.
How long,-to keep to our simile of tbo loaf,
when tbo North is atsyving, wifi it refrain
from the bread of the South! How long,
when taxes are eating Ibe substance of the
conquerors will the conqueror! spare the sub
stance of tbe conquered 7 How long will the
Illinoisan, the Pennsylvania, tbe New En
glander submit to pay the s*mu tax as the
Southerner, when it needs only bis ballot to
lessen his own burden and make that of his
enemy doubly severe?
Let Property ponder these queries. They
are wholesome topic*, and will bear much
rumination. They are highly suggestive too,
and it is oot improbable may teach Property
that human nature is the same now es ever,
end that it is not in hiiman nature to give up
dcrariy bi ught advantage.
Tbe North has lost much blood in this war,
spent mud money, and suffered no little hu
miliation, and if* it conquer in by fraud or
force, wht or peace will most assuiedly in
damnify itself to the utmost of it* power at
our expense. It would not spare us if it could,
and could not If it would. H has already
robbed us in wtr of one-balf our loaf, and in
peace would"'inf*lllbly cheat ns out of tbe
other. Fighting, it is true we have lost some,
but by fighting still may save some. Tbe
game is still open and luck may turn. Sub«
milting, we loose all, and closing tbs tables,
throwing up tbe cards, refusing the die, give
up the game and are ruined without even the
comfort of knowing that' we fought it out t<f
the last like men.— CeinetilutioitfllieU
Hapetoh’e Cai*tcbk.— The Federal com
missaries buy beeves of tbe largest sise for
the use of their armies in Virginia. The ex
pense and trouble of transportation, which
are in proportion to numbers, make this very
expedient. Tbe beeves taken in Hampton’*
late expedition are fudged by a London gra
zier to weigh eight hundred pound* nett.
Twenty-four hundred and sixty-six beeves, At
eight hundred pounds, would make an eggre
gate of 1,888,800 pounds, or within a fraction
of 3,000,000 of pounda. This, distributed in
daily rations of a pound neeb, would feed a
thousand men for nearly two tbonsand days,
tro tbonsand men lor two hundred days, or
fifty tbonsand for forty days, and so forth.
It la a very nice addition to oar commissariat,
for which we are very much obliged to Mr.
Grant, and particularly to Gen. Hampton and
hi* brave*.
The True Delta, lexrns that the ofllod of
Assistant Treasurer of the United Btales for
tbe District of Notches was closed by order
of Gen. Brayman, on the 80tb ult., and Judge
Burnett, (be Treasure*', and the assistants,
were put under arrest.
Ths RxaisttE Ie five dollar* a month.
From the Ns* York H-ra'd, Sth.
SVBHARINIC WARFARE.
The first torpedo boat worthy of any notice
which baa bent planned since the rebellion, was
iNuoofaed yesterday afternoon at balf paat three
o’clock, at Fairbaven. Connecticut. Her bull
was built and modeled by Mr. 8. H Peck, son
of tbe naval contractor of that name. She ia
a wooden vessel, 75 feet in length, 20 leel beam
and 7 feet depth of hold. She is Is built in the
most substantial manner, with heavy beam*
supported by banging knees, securely bolwd
aud fastened. The deck is cr»m<oed about two
Let fore end alt. and about as much athwart*
ship*, and th<s wilt be covered with a thick less
of trou armor suflL-ieotiy strong to make it shot
and shell proof.
The vessel will sit very low In the water no
d**r a-'y circumstances, but when oot ac'lvHy
employed she will fl'iattome twerty odd inebei
above the eurtsoe: bat wden ’ approach'! g a
vtaael to destroy her, or engage in blowing dp
obstructions, only the cram ot ber deck will be
.hove tbe water. There are but three objects
visible above the de< k*. v z: pilot bouse, sur.-ke
stack aud ventilator. These only show a f> w
inct ea at the most. Tht-aa ohj-cts are perfectly
abut proof, and their ot eninga are protected in
th- most secure m tone*.
Tbe novelty ot the affiir is not seen until a
visit is made below the deck. Away alt ia
placed the engine, with a cylinder of eighteen
illobes in dismeier and eighteen inches »tr» ke
ol pisto i. Tb's eop.ne works. a screw of a
h'Z-* capable ot forcing the vessel through tue
water at tpe rate c*f fay twelve miles per hour.
Next comes the boiler, whioh furnishes the
steam, for the main engine as well *a fo> the
which work the subm-rging
p ui,«, and the mechanism by which the' tor
pedo arm pi >ces ibe torpedo beneath the ship.
Everythii g connected with these machines Is ot
•be moat s tuple and durable kind, aud not at
all liable to get out of order. Forward of tbe
bolter is the steerißg wheel,' located beneath
ibe pilot bouse, and then come* tbe torpedo
m .cbme. It must not be expected of ns to ex
plain In detail bow tbjs machine works. We
will, however, give aa illustration as to how the
mschm. opeiatvs. *
'Let us suppose that an enemy’a fleet were
blockading our harbor, and wn ware in pos
session of one of these torpedo vessels.—
Twelve men, including engineer officers, man
the vessel. Tbe steam is raised, and trader
the cover of night sbo steams ont upon her
mission. As she advances towards her vic
tim a torpedo, varying in its charge from
sixty to two hqndred pounds of powder, is
placed in a basket formed contrivances, which
;s secured to a long rod. Toe torpedo is cap.
ped, and tbe hammer which is to explode it is
secured, and, everything being in readiness,
tbe large working box is cl sed t tbe gate at
the bow of the vessel is raised; the water then
rushes in until it is filled. Tbe machine is
now set in motion,.and a long iron arm car
ries the basket containing the torpedo out
from the vessel, and, closing up to the enemy,
by means of a rod within this ann, the tor
pedu is released from its receptacle and is
deposited in tbe water in jnst such a position
as allows it to float ap against tbe bottom of
the vessel intended to be destroyed. The
machinery still keeps on revolving, nnd the
same motion which caused the arm to run out
briogs it back, the vessel tn tbe meantime
backs out of tbe way of tbe- vessel intended
to be sank, and at tbe moment fixed upon the
hammer falls, the esp is exploded, and the
work is done. Tbe arm is withdrawn inside
of the torpedo craft, and tbe basket again
charged..
The torpedo ie also a secret affair, yet very
iimp!e v and with all tbo experiments made
there has never been a failure. It must cer
tainly do its duty. Its cfficts have been very
carefully noted, and it can he made to set just
as tbe operator desires. To e'xpluin how this
control is obtained is notoOr purpose just at
this time. It is a secret of too great valueto
us. Visitors will not be allowed on board
under any circumstances whatever. The ad
vent of this rraft marks anew era ia naval
and submarine wa.fare. Iron-clads are of
no more value than wooden vessels against
one of these new vessels, without guns or any
appearance of destruction.
Tbe history of this invention is somewhat
peculiar, and shonid be-placed on record at
this time. When the iroa clad system which
has been ao extensively in use in this rountry
was in its earliest infancy, the inventive ge
nius of Chief Engineer WWW Wood, U S
N, bestirred itself to produce something
which would enable ns to hold those formi
dable engines of destruction in check, if not
destroy them. Much careful stu *y, with at
times extensive private experimenting, at last'
developed t*ie torpedo machice. The matter
was Kid before the Navy Department, who
either flatly refused to bave anything to do
with it, or, tnsay the least, treated tbe mat
ter very indifferently. At last A commission
was appointed to examine into the merits of
Ihe invention, and afterdnndeliberation, pro
nounced, as all do who bave seen it, and they
are bu r few, that it was one worthy of imme
diate- attention and of the greatest value.
After ail this the department hesitated in
adopting tbe plan* ; tut Hr Wood found par
ties who unhesita’ingiv ajvanced tbe funds
to bnild the vessel, Ac.,. complete. If she
proved a success tbe Department could pur
chase her, or if she tailed it could reject her.
It will not be many days before she is com -
pleted, aiid will be sent to perform important
duties; but before she goes tbe public will
bare another opportunity to see how beauti
fully this little craft can do the work prom
ised by ber inventor. Engineer J J Lay, who
has been tbe assistant of Chief Engineer
Wood bas had the euperioteadenee H tbe
building of the vessel, her machinery and the
torpedoes. I!e is a skillful kegioeer, end bas
experimented to somfe extent on this subject,
and will probably be oho of the first to test
the work practically.
Our trans Atlantic neighbors, a* well aa the
desponding rebe s, may look ont for our new
and destructive engine of war. We have
quite a number of vessels on band which will
be converted into torpedo crafts in a few
weeks. It will not be long before the mud
and water will fly, and Europe as well as the
so-called Confederacy will wonder at the
progress and skill of the Yankee mechanic*.
Tun Piuvatk in tu* Rakko.—Only a private
in tbe rauke. No erare nod bare to deck bis
bomeepun j.iket-an official pun pt aud glitter*
ing parapiiftroaiia to please b s youthful fancy—
none of tbe gorgeous accessaries wlicb gild
-‘‘ibo stern profession,” like jewels on n corps*—
no badge of distinction, nave bia gba*tly death
wound. Tbe teoderiy'nurtured darling of
Southern parents, cheerful in the midst of un
paralleled hardshios, content with meagre ra
tion*, which bis negroes at home would scorn'
fully rrjept, standing drearywatcb in snow and
sleet end rain, witu memories of luxury and
fireside j »ys templing bim from his gloomy,
solitary pi st-sprirgiug to meet tbe columns
of bis toe oa though tbe nation’s fate depended
upon his individual valor, and asking ooly n
grnv* on tbe noli be died defending. Ooly n
private in tha rank-. Ob, to this oons-craled
Ugion. etretobing like a wall of flsab along tbe
borf’eis of onr rand, wbat • menenreleen debt
we ewe! When Independence to obtaiped, end
white-robed peaoe spreads bar etataleee bands
in bleanings over os, let history proclaim, and
let our people reverently remember ibo to tbe
uncomplaining fortitude and sublime devotion
of tbe private soldier of the Confederacy, not
teat then the genius of our generals and tbe
heroism of our subordinate offioers, we are In
debted for freedußL—Jfeconb.
TELEGRAPHIC.
Reports ot thi Press Association.
Eotared secordios to act of Cosmos, la the year 1868,
by J. 8. Tnunali tbe Cli k'l office ot the District
Ctmrt of lb- confederate States lor tbo Northern D-s
--trie! of Oeorgo
CHEERING PROM THE VALLEY
ENEMY REPORTED WHIPPED.
EARLY BTILL IN PURSUIT.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
WINTER DAVIB TAKES THE
STUMP FOR LINCOLN.
Chasl-ttesvillx, Sept 28—It i* difficult
to get at the precise facts in regard to tbe sii.
nation in tbe Valley. .
Both armies are in the Valley, and Early is
following the enemy.
It is reported that be will attack them to
day at Mt. Sidney.
It is reported that we 'whipped the enemy
yesterday at Wire’s Cave.
The enemy’s cavalry are on a raid, but
their whereabouts is not known.
Ricßi<oED,Sept. 28.—European advice* are
to the 12tb inst.
The British press were discussing Yankee
politics^—generally favoring or predicting the
election of McClellan.
Tbe city of Nankin has been taken by the
Chinese imperialists.
Tbe Prince and Prince-B of Wiles were re*
ceiving enthusiastic demonstration* in Den
mark. They will visit Sweden and St. Pe*
tersburg.
The marriage of the banker Erlanger to
Miss Slidell caused a sensation in Paris.
Cotton in Liverpool firmer.
Kichhord, Sept. 28.—New York paper* of
Monday, the 2Gth, have been received.
War news unimportant.
At lost accounts Sheridan was still in pur
suit of Early.
j (Dennison has not yet accepted the position
of Postmaster General.
A Democratic meeting in Lincoln cdunty (
Missouri, was broken up by aoldiers and-one
man killed and three wounded.
Winter Davis, of Maryland, has taken the
stump for Lincoln.
ABBBNTBBB VHOlt THE ARMT.
President Dalis, in his speech in this cite,
disclosed the astonishing fact that two thirds
of our -soldiers are absent from their com
mands on sick lease, or without leave of ab
sence. He did not discriminate between those
who are sick and those who are skulkers from
duty. But it' would be reasonable to calcu
late that, in the absence ot so large a number,
at least one-third, or more, of them are ab
sent as deserters, without the consent or per
mission of their superiors. This is « serious
reflection doi oftly upon the officers of tho
army and-tbe conscript officer* scattered o
the country, but also -upon-the people *.Tn.
selves. It is astonishing to think that, in a
time like this, when the presence of every
man is imperatively demanded at bis post,
when our country is threatened by the direst •
calamities that ever befel any nation or pee- .
pie, that thousands should actually be shirk
ing from duty and dodging and skulking
through the country in order to evade the
service they owe to the Government—a ser
vice that the highest sense and obligation of
honor should induce them to discharge.
The people at home in the Confederacy—
the old men, and especially the women, have
a solemn duty to perform m tbie respect. So
long as one man remains in their midst un- .
driven by the force of public sentiment, who
is in the service and absent without leave, or
who has remained oat of the service without
cause, they have failed to perform a most
serious and binding obligation. Every sol
dier away from his command witbont cause,
should be made au object of their withering
scorn. They should brand hia brow -with a
mark of disgrace as ineffaceable as that in
flicted upon tbe brow of the murderous Cain.
Public sentiment will held every man, in or
oat of the service, to a strict account of-hia
conduct; and it behooves each to see to it that
he is not treasuring up for himself an heir
loom of lastiug infamy.
The fact that two thirds of our soldiera are
absent from their commands is a shame and a _
disgrace that can be effaced by one remedy,
and that a prompt return of every man, fit for
duty, to bis post.— Telegraph and Confedtrate.
Ml'&dbbsd bt Bcsbwhacksks.—On Wed
nesday last Segt. Wm. H. Parker, Chief En
rolling Officer of Johnsoo county, Toon, was
brutally murdered by the Buahwbaqfcera in
that county. lie was waylaid some two mileu
from the county seat and shot—his horse was
also shot. His*body has not yet been found.
His coat baa been seen shot through with
fifteen bullets. Mr. Parker was a meat ex
cellent officer and.bis death is deeply deplored
by onr friends in that county.— Britlol Gazette,
2 3d.
Lincoln and McClklla s.-Richmond, Sept.
22, 1864.-The Herald discredits the sUtem«nt
that Gen. Grant favors Lincoln’s election, bat
McClellan’* New York triends claim the follow
ing letter from Sbetman : I believe that ninety*
nine out of every one hundred of this army
will vote for McClellan, with or without my
consent, and my infliieooe will not be wanting
to make the one hundredth go the same way.—
If true, the Herald savs, it aettlea the question
oi the Presidency.— WdmingUm Journal
aiy
Smack-, on reading an account of the wo
man that bad eight children at a birth, re
marked that if the was a wife of his, ba
would apply for a divorce, on tbs gronnd that
■he was of an overbearing disposition.
A tillaob belle, somewhat straightened in
financial resources, remarked that aha could get
along without stockiug* so long aa ahe bad
fashionable dteesea. but a bosom pin and kid
gloves she must have.
Ax exchange tells ns that a woman reaiding
at Old Warren, Fannin county, Texas, re
cently gave birth to five bouncing boys—mo
ther and family doing wall.
r Tu* Newark (N. J.) Advertiser says the
mechanics’ shops In that city are being liter
ally deserted bj men determined to avoid tha
draft* Fifty in on* shop qoit tha same day.
Trb number of graves in the Yankee Na
tional Ometery, at Chattanooga, alroady num
ber nix thousand.