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DAILY REGISTER.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
TI'K'DW KVEM' li. CCTOBER 4. ISfil.
TitritK has (>• en during tlic past two o r
three <1 %vRn important consultation between
certain of our leading men bold e.t the I’lnn
ter-’ Hotel in our cilv. President DavN, (Jen
cruls Beauiegard, Hardee and Cobb, not to
ruciition leaser lights, wire tho parties to this
consult i ion. Tiie interviews wen* long nnd
close, nnd evidently concerning important
matters of public inti rest. Except nt inter
vals it was lm;*o?<ihle to c itch » glimpse o’
the great tin n nJmitud ns mombr'rs to this
privy council, ntel th" p"j in" crowds who
Stool :ib >ut ii hopes off ting the President
c>f:cn hud tudiipcrse ungrntiiiod.
However much we rnipht have liked to be
present, there was n shutmfiil disregard on
this occasion of‘the world- nt kno wle and ged
ripht of editors to see nnd know everything
going on. Still, us some of the results nre
manifesting tbemse.lves already, we shall pre
fuine to give our opinion in regard to mattir
discussed aid (he lelioti had.
We Judge the most important nutter up for
t> usiuiratiou was the necessity of petting the
enemy out of Georgia. The conclusion evi*
(It fitly arrive and at'was, that Gen. Beauregard
should b.* placed in command of the nrtny
v iticb was to perform tliwt important work.
Indec !, it seeius that the President h is gone'
a step beyond' this, and placed that gallant
chieftain in command pt two departments,
with perfect fret- lotu to commatt i personally
in the one t r the other. Well done say we.
nnd the entire nation will heartily respond
nnien. Were every nun in the Confederacy
consulted, the unanimous opinion would hi
the right mail is In the right place. It is
vscl"sg for us to state here wlmt G n licaure
par 1 Innd.'n *,that the country can now repose
such implicit conlidcnct* iu him. The tr th
is, th*» question rises when and where di 1 it"
ever fail. Our people have been greatly en
couraged and aroused by the patriotic ad*
dresses and calm confidence > f our Pre-id'm
They hailed with j >y his advent union. st ns,
and ho has gone from our State only after in
fusing into them, ns it were, the same spirit ot
u.uconquvrunlo devotion to our cause and un
yielding hopefulness in our ultimate su cess.
Jiut this net of his has endeared their cotifi
dence nnd allayed their anxieties They foil
that ns far as titan can now do, will .he done;
and they send along with him who fired the
first gun tor our country’s honor, their bles
£in_s, and thur prayers that, in his own lan
guage, he may bo spared to bear the last one
• u hich s hall be tin-d in achieving our conn
try's independence.
Gen. Hardeo takes command of the I)»part
im at of Ti .utii Carolina, Georgia nnd Florida
—a most fitting appointment. This gallant
Soldier has and im* great service in th" li -ld.and
wc can’t lnlj> feeding he will be much inis-ed
there. Hut as he was relieved at his own ro
uni-t, ati'l rtili-assigned Ij a most important
duty, tve inu.-t conclu ht tiic. in»v«t will result
iu good to our general catne. Certain it is,
wc who are immediately under him havo no
ri i o.i Sir comphiiut at having such a com.
M inder, and such a soldier to watch over our
inti rests.
Other matter than flto arrangements for
tha three Departments specified no doubt
caum up f»r c nisi deration, such us the adop
tion of inoro vigorous measures, the duties of
full coniuinndcrj and the settlement of future,
c imt uigiis. lint enough is not developed yet
to allow nay comment thereon.
One thing is noticeable—these cons .Itations,
vliil.-t earnest, wero c Tt-fiuly harmonious,
ini I promise the best results to our causo nnd
ourountry. The utmost good feeling must
have prevailed, and tin; good ot tho country
was the thing bought afier. Iu the speeches
m idi* by President D iris, Gens. If utregard,
Hardee and Cobb, there were evM nces of the
most cheering hopefulness, and mutual cor
diality nnd good feeling. Really, front what
the paper, have been saying, .ve wero unpre
pared to'hear President Davis speak of Got.
Beauregard as th:it ••great an I nobio Goner tl
who bad never failed*” and give tha pledge of
his sure success in this new tieul. Where is
the jealousy wo have been told ranktedin
the heart of the Preside!.t nguiust General
If nuregard? The one has never yet played
the hypocrite, nor tho other acted the syco
phant. Nor were we less surprised to witness
the mutual good feeling between the Pi t* i lent
. nnd Genera! Hardee, and.our wonder did not
rense when wo heard the patriotic' Hardee
speak In high terms of Gen. Hood. We have
been told ny certain wise ones that Atlanta
was lost by Hood's poor generalship. Harden
say s this was uot, the case, and surely ho is
a good judg J.
We repeat, this evidence of cor M il good fe-d
--lllg between tlteS" high (ifii-jialn Sour- wall for
our future. Our people miy rent ralii-lhd that
there is- no j irring, btithirtmin? of though!
a.id uu: nimby of action. As President Dav's
i<in irk>d ti h s speech, it mutt lie his eara’st
il -ire tlmt surcc* should attend mtr aiiui in
every part of our Goal* and 'racy. When all are
working bi th<* s 'iu • grand eml and with pert- < t
nuderstan lit g. it tit ist be that good will fol
low. The Dioetini in Augiistv cannot fail ot
pa-»d p-utlls, and this may be tho il iwniiig of a
new ei-Vill the oil Wat and march to our indepen
dence. ' **
M>u It mn-iiuh yet to be done. l),ity c-il a
aloud upon every one, whether at hoitt * of ill
lb' l arinjr. I, -t us alt respond ctieerlully, and
nnd r tin* blessing of that Providence to whom
we h ive appealed to j tdga between ns and our
vile I. * . all will yet be .w 11. lie Ins given in
n L’pi-.d ni who is flrai in duty. ußflutcbing ia
trials, hopeful in adversity, and unyielding -in
principle, lit his rui*<*el ns up General*
whose eijuals hi thrir line the world never
saw, ntul lie has inspired our soldier* wii’h n
eoiir - ••• and an 'cri-luruncn wtiich challenges
the admit iiion of all nationt. Tho In ure in
big with lope. -
•rilK I»llKSlOF.!«T IX A t'Cil’ST v.
The IV Bident arrived in tLi3 city on Sun
day morning on his return front the front,
lie was Accompanied by Generals Ilnrdee and
Cobb, nnd was met in tills city by Ge:e»rnl
R-wurt-g urd, who is on Ids way to the front to
take command of the departments of Tenues—
-C-; nnd Mississippi.
Yesterday it w is Announced that he would
address the citizens of Augusta at the Caro
lina depot, ptevions to !iia departure for Rich
inon 1. Accordingly four o’clockjourid an ini*
mense er >wd, of peoj>l» at the depot, including
.a large number of ladies, all anxiously await
ing the appearance of II■» Excellency and
eager '0 hear what lie had tossy. U-’ making
his App-arnnce he was greeted by cheers
from the crowd and with difficulty forced his
.vny to the stand that had been prepared fer
his address.
D"ing introduced to the audience lie nd
dressed them in his peculiarly forcible sty e;
ielking to them freely and plainly nnd cx
pn sting his decided hopefulness at the pre-_
s« nt state of affairs.
He said when lie passed through tho Suite
a few days since on his way to tho front, ho
went with glootn upon his mind but sinco
he hal visited tho army and bud.consulted
with, its commanding-general bo wits muro
hopeful than h» bad ever been of its ability
to drive back Sherman. It only needed one
thing to accomplish that end, nnd that was
for every man to go to tin- front who ought to
be there.
lie said that tho Confederacy was now en
gngi-4 in demonstrating to the world the
problem of maintaining constitutional liberty.
\Ye were no revolutionists, but when ourfo* s
hud Set abatu to overthrow the free govern
nv'nt that had been bequeathed to us by out
fathers, it remained to us to preserve U in its
intcgrßy. lie was cond lent of our success.
Our cause is a righteous one, and we wero
engaged in 'maintaining it against a nation of
infamous speculators. The North, he said,
had t ver imposed upqn us by class legi daliotu
and by tuxes. Wo had depended upon them
for tho neees.-firns of life. We had even
bought our bread and meat from them. 15 it
tfie War liad brotfgbt out our resources, an 1
to day wo are more able for self sustenance
than wo were nt the beginning of hostilities.
We commenced the wav without arms,
without money, and without credit, but to
day we had arms that only needed men to
use them. But above all, we were loose from
the baled Yankee, and no man was so base as
to be willing to yield to them now. and be the
1 ive of the tyrauical despot who wields, tho
sceptre over a nation that wa loathe.
He alluded ve.rj handsomely to the ladies
and to tho noble part they bad performed in
this revolution, nud reminded them forcibly
of the duties that still tent lined to them.
110 paid the -highest compliments to Gen.
Hardee, and to his valor nud patriotism. Ho
said that Georgia had reason to be proud of
her foil. That be was now going ton new
lie!-!, where lie doubted :n>t he would do good
ser vice, on l win fresh laurels to his brow by
hurling the foa baek/roin our coast.
'»f (.» n. lit iiir-'g.i. ! Jm p i.t t' .» Lighr. I
teims of praise. He said tie bad always
yi-'lded a willing obedience to the orders of
the P csident. That his pitriotism was .such
as would lay aside the rank of General and
lake up-that of the Corporal if by so-doing
he coul l aid the cau-e. 11-3 also informed
the nudunce that Gen Beauregard was on his
way I t take command of tho new depart-,
tn'-nis to which ho had been A«sigueJ, and
that with bis ekiil, united with those who nro
already in cotumanJ, wc might hope for tho
best results.
He also paid a most glowing and appropri
i*a tribute to ttie renowned Forrest, who, be
-aid, *ii« marching into Tennessee, achieving
victory uf.er victory of tho most fruitful re
sults.
•lie was frequently interrupted in his dis
course by loud bur?ts of applause from tha
in-lien e, who seemed to be highly gratified
at the t->no of the President’s rrntarks. On
his le ivr.g the eland G-;n. B>aurcgnrd was
loudly (-..i1.1ed for. lie mounted the Hum! and
indulged th>* nitilience for a few minutes with
one i>f his pleasant conversational speeches.
He thanked the audience for the appreciation
,-liown him, not so much on his own account
us oil the account of the brave men w hom ho
had commanded, lie had, he said, the honor
of tiring the first gun of the war of Fort
Sumter, nnd he hul no higher wish, if it
[lionised God to spire bis life, thnn to fire the
lust otu; at the front. He, too, had implicit
confidence in our ultimate ttucce&a. It only
weeded more unity of purpose and a solid
! f out to ieat back the toe. •
General llardee, looking overy inch the
staunch warrior, that he is, was next forced
to the stand by the loud calls of the nudince.
Although, as lie said, he is no speaker, he
proved bini-olf, for th« short while he h ad tho
stand, to be a splendid talker, and knew the
use of words ns well as swords. He said tlmt
during the whole of the time he had been on
du’y nt the front ho had never boon so hopo*
ful :is at present. He r.lludod to the fall of
Atlanta, so far as the part he bore in it was
involved, hut we do not think t ore.is enough
censure attached t » tho spotless military re
putation of ‘‘Old Reliable” to render it neces
sary to repeat cvcu a synopsis of his remarks
h ere.
lie spoke of our armies having assumed
the offensive. He said that lie had a confer
nice will) Gen. Hood before he left the front,
and tlmt General Hood had said by this
(Tut-day) night ho would have his ‘‘paw.’J
on the State Road, nnd wlieit once lie got his
“paws’’ there be would keep them there.
In his remarks to tho ladies tho General
wua most felicitous. In fact the whole of his
two short discourses was delivered iu inch a
manner as to convinco us that it was not his
maiden »pei ch, the General’s assertion that
ho was no speaker to the contrary.
When he had concluded Gen. Cobb was
called out, and responded in u few happy ro
marks which we will not report, leot it seri
ously Interfere with the General's reputation
for gravity. But in tho Imguago of a prede- j
cessor wo will sny that “wo never knew be
fore how well Cobb could do it.”
Wo think ail of the a ldresres bad the happy
effect of ridding the mind of the audience of
that night-mare of gloom which n Aurally fell
upon it with the fall of Atlanta. More than
one came a way w th cheerful nnd happy faces
who had gone there little hoping for the com
fort received.
The President appeared to be in gnod
health, though It was evident that his ardu»
cits labors for the past three years have given
his hair much of silver that it bad not before.
Generals Beauregard and Hardee appeared
to be iu fine bcultb, nud competent for any
amount of labor.
Dit. JOHN M. JO tin SOX, OF HEX-
Till ICY.
Oqr sanctum has been honored by a visit
from this distinguished Keqtuckian, who is, w*
nre glad to announce, in his usual good health
and hopefulness as to ottr future.
No man iu Kentucky labored more earnestly
for the Southern eatt-c did Dr. Johnson.
For years » member of the State Legislature,
bis talents and patriotism placed bim in the
lead of tho secession party iu that body.
Long and zealou.-ly did he labor to secure a
di.-aol'ition of ties which bound his ijinte to
the old Union; and bad his advice been foL
lowed, Kentucky never would have been de
gra led by neutrality nor humiliated by the
kicks, as she has lately been, of those who
professed to be her friends.
The Heti\e nnd decided stand taken by Dr
Johnson,- compelled hint to leave his State to
avoid imprisonment. After his departure his
house was robbed and subsequently burned ;
but his devotion flagged not, and for three
years with untiring energy, ho labored as
Surgeon in our army. There he was as popu
lar as elsewhere, by his kindness, winning the
hearts of all soldiers who were under his man
agement.
We regret th" distinguished Kentuckian
lias determined to abandon.his residence in
Georgia, which has been so generous in her
gift of a most talented “better half.” To the
good people of S-dmu we commend him as the
very soul of Southern honor a_id Southern
nobiiity of character, as well as one of th.
best physicians in our country. J
# •
' LINCOLN IN KKNTI'CKY.
The I. mmvidrt Jkes.v announces the follow
ing a* the L'aoolu electoral tick-t in the State
ot K -ir.ui.k-/:
F >r I’reaMent.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
of Illinois.
1’ *r Vme President.
ANDREW JOHNSON,
ol Tetlllesa- e.
'UNION ELK STORAL TICKET.
Poll TilK ST.VTK AT LARtIK.
James E. Buckner, ol Christian co.
Cm tin F. Litni'M. ul M .disort co.
MSTIIICT n.KCTOK.a.
First D a riel » Lueieir Anderson.
Second D-ifct J M. Shackelford.
Toird ln-ir ct- J. 11. Imwry.
Fourth Di-iriu U. I. W.... .-smkb.
K ! h f du-H Sgeeil.
Six u I) strict J. I*. J !"ka-> t.
Seventh Daufei, Guinea Kqiuton.
E "fit-i D strict M. L. R co.
Ninth Ds i-ct G'Hitge 11 Ttiont: a.
i n’i n' KXKeirrivi: committpk.
1> .T. S Bell. H S. Cos dior,
W. It II *t vey, Hiram Shaw, • •
J intes Speed. H
Some papers over the Savannah ref- r to the
report that “Mr. Davis had tendered to-Gen
erul Beauregutd the command of the army in
Gcogia.”
\Ytty not Mr. Beauregard, or President Da
vis ? Can it he expected that any President
duly elected and strengthened by .the cotifi-
Uer.co and approval of lii< constituency, nnd
of the noble.-t body of cilijs-n ‘so! licrs ever
n?s. tabled .iu'America, should be tagerlr wil
ling to accept ns utterances and signs of tbo
public voice and wishes, the complaints or
captious carping of a te.v reporter !, who will
not even ■. ivt* liitu the proper title dun to tbo
otlice and to the country, without reference
to the man ?
The Charleston Courier, from which wo
extract the above, will bo eurpris 4 to leartu
that n daily paper in Georgia back
wrote along editorial to prove t hat it was
extremely unrepublican and out of taste
to say J'rtiiilrnt.
No 11->l"sts.—For tho be.ueftl of rslugeos and
others M pursuit ot hoitm-, we will atato tliat
we do not know ul a v icaut house in the city
(I Itiioigb that in fit to live in. Wo suppose
there xv-ll be coti-id'Tatile c! anges about the
1-t of January, but ttiere are now moiigh peo
pie hero to occupy uit the houses.
The nbove little morceau we clip from the
Dally Drogrtts, f.ubltbsed at Raleigh, N. C., for
tlur letn fit of refugees. We were just content
plating striking lor that region, but sinco he in
loniH us.that there are no vacant houses fit to
live in, we “bring up.” Refugees are very
choice In the selection of teneni'-nU, and It 1r
well tor tboir honefli that they have such timely
warning. And then, they have a i o!y horror
at the idea of beitig crowded. Sen-l him a ten
dollar gold piece for b s iudef.itigablo labors
iu ascertaining the facts.
Tiik C.vi*Ti T nif <>r Athens.—The following
1j the official dispatch from Gen. v orrest an
nouncing the enpture of Atlient, Ala. It
will bo seen that the telegraphic report was
not exaggerated:
“Atuxv. Ala., Sop. 21, IBGI.
•• Iff in. Fr Cretan/ of War :
“My forces captured this place Ibis morn
ing, with thirteen hundred officers and men,
fifty wagons and ambulances, fixo hundred
horses, two trains of cars loaded with quar
termoster and commissary stores, with a largo
quantity of email units and two pieces of ur.
tillery. My troops in fiuo spirits. My loss
live killed and twxutv-five wounded.
(Signed) “X. B. FoancsT, Major-General.”
Lm n a Sts RruiaArioN. —An paper
has tho following :
It ia said that in th# town of Boston the girls
h ivo nude an impiov>*iu**nt iu ironing, which
be»'« ihe s **am engino on common roads all
hollow. They spread out all the clothes on a
sinootn platform, and listen hot flit-irons to
their f**ot and skate over them. Ibis is com
bming the recreative with tho psefnl and orna-
DUA'al.”
F.oiu the Oiroulcle and Sont ncl.
VICE PIIKSIDEIf'r STKPHKHt'
VIEWS t'l'JH I'kACEMOYEMAMS.
Tf.e tollowing letter from our Vice
President, lfun. A. 11. ao'ph* ns. givu g his
views upon “Peace M tvem *n's,” will b » read
with great interis'. Ii was written in answer
to a letter udiJr>ss'-d to him by several gentle
men tu the interior of the (state :
CK.iwr. Hiwn.LK. Ga , Sept. 221, 18CI.
Gknti.xmkx : You will please excuse me tor
uot unawetiag vour letter of the li:b instant
sooner. 1 hjjagb'-' n 'ab.-eiH nearly h week on
to Wjyatfli-r tu Fparta, who hia been
quite B»> lit-tlUi/for .soni" t.die. Your iet
i«r I tmjFu<*re un> my return home y»ster
uay. Toe delay ut toy reply thus occ iaioned I
regret.
Without further exp.anation or apology, a’«*
low mo now to say to you Uiatno peiaatt living
Can purs bly feel a ruoie ardent desire lor au
end to b« put to tnis ttnnatuial nnd m*tcilff«
war, upon bouorabie at and just terms, tnun I do.
But I really do tiot see that it is iu my power,
or yours, or that of any number of p<-tsms in
oik poi-iib n. to inaugurate any movement that
will evei» tend to aid in bringing about u ie
suit that we and so nt-.i iv in »re so muc-h desire.
Tne movement by our Legislature at its last
se-v.iou, at the sugg-Hii. u of the Executive, on
tiiis siil-j-c*, was by auUiority properly c >uati
tut—(i t>r sucti u purpose. That mo.emen*, in
uty ju ltni -nt, w >s i -nt -iy, judicious, and m the
right dtrectiou. Nor n.is it been without re
suits. The org-tnzttion ol tlmt | arty ut the
North to which you reier umy justly be claimed
as a part ot th" Imi is of it. these, it is to be
hoped, will be followed by others of » more
matked character, it all tu both sections who
sincerely desire peace upon correct terms wilt
g ve that movement thus inaugurated all the aid
ill iheir power.
Thu resolutions of the Georgia Legislature
at its lust session upon the subject of peace,
in my judgment embodied and set forth very
clearly those principles upon which alone
there can be permanent peace.between the
difTcFent sections of this extensive, once hap
py and prosperous, but now distracted coun
try. The easy and perfect solution to all our
present troubles and those far more grievous
ones which loom up iu prospect and porteu
tously threaten in the coining future, is Doth
ingjuore than tho simple recognition of the
fundamental principle end truth upon which
all American Constitutional liberty is founded,
aud upon the maintenance of w hich alone it
can be preserved ; that is, the sovereignty—
the ultimate absolute sovereignty of the States.
This doctrine our Legislature announced to
the people of the North and to the world. It
is tho only key-note to peace—permanent,
lasting peace—consistent with the security of
public liberty. The old Confederation was
to;tned upon this principle. The old Union
was afterward formed upon this principle; and
no Union or Leage can ever bn formed or
maintained between any States, North or
South, securing public lihcrty upon utty other
principle. The whole frame work of Ameri
can-Institutions, which in so short a time had
won the admiration of the world, and to. which
wo were indebted for such au unparalleled
•career of prosperity and happiness, was form
ed upon this principle. All our present trou
bles spring from a departure from this priu
clple— from a violation of this essential vital
law of o :r political organism.
In 1770 o tr ancestors and the ancestors of
those who are waging this unholy crusade
against as, together proclaimed the great and
etermi' truth tor the maintenance of which
they jointly pledged their lives, their fortunes
and ttieir sacred honor, that “Governments
are instituted amongst meu deriving their just
powers front the conseut of tho governed;”
ami that “whenever upy form of Government
becomes destructive of these euos (those for I
which it was formed) it is the right of the j
people to alter or cboi’.sh i'. aui iostilme j
anew Government 1 ixiug 4* foundations bn '
such principles and organizing its powers I
iu Midi form *m to them shall seem most like
ly to effect tkdt safety and happiness.”
It is needless here to state that by “people”
and “governed” in this auuuociution is meant
communities and bodies of men capable ot
organizing and maintaining Uox O nuieut, not
individual ut uibers of society. The “consent
of the governed” refers to the will of the mass
of the community or SState in its organized
torm and expressed though its legitimate aud
properly -constituted organs.
It was upon this principle the Colonies
stood justified before the world in '■ffecting a ■
separation from the mother country. It was
upon this principio that the original thirteen
co-equal and co-sovereign States termed the
Federal compact of the old Union in 1787. It
is upou the s imu ypiutiple that the present 1
co-equal aud co-soveroigu States of our Con
federacy lorintd their uew compact of Union.
Tits idea tiixt the old Union or any Uuiou be
tween any of their sovereign S’ates consist
ently with this fundamental truth can be ’
maiutuiued by force is. preposterous. This I
war springs from an attempt to do this pre- ’
posterous thing. Superior power may com
p-1 a Union of some sort, but it would not
be the Union of the O.d Constitution or ofour
new—it would be that sort of union that re
mits from despotism. Tbo sutjugation of
the people of the South by tho pe-'ple of tho
North, would necessarily involve the destruc
tion of the Constitution and the overthrow of
their liberties as well as ours. The men or
party at the North to whom you rcf.r, who
favor peace must be brought to a full reali
zation of ibis truth in all its betlrings before
tt.eir efforts will result in much practical good,
for any peace growing out of a U.nioit of
States established by force, will be ns ruin
ous to them as to us. The action of the Chi
cago G. nvention, eo far as its platform of
principles goes, presents, as I have said on
another occasion “a ray of light which under
Providence may prove the dawn nf day t > this
lorgaml cheerless night. Tin* first ray of
light I have seeu from the North since tho
war began. Tiiis cheers tho heart and tow
ards it l could utmost have exclaimed
“Halt. holy light, cfTtprtuK of H-avcn, Ant Imrn,
O' ot tin* < t< mat o<> e.< ruai h-tm,
11 iy I express Lh>« unblunic 1 1 since O•>J is light.’*
Indeoil I could quite so Lave exclaimed but for
the sad reflection tlmt whether it shall bring
healing in its beams or tie lost in dark and
rtuiuoua eclipse ere its good work bo douc,
depends so much upon the action of others,
who may not regard Hand view it as I do So
•t best it ie but a ray—smalt and tremulous
ray—enough only to gladden the heart and
quicken hope.”
Thu prominent art Yluadfng idea of that Con
vention snems to have b*>*n a desire to reach a
peaceful adjustment ot our present ditH mlties
and atrite through the m *d ttm of a convocation
ot the .States. They propose to wt-pend hos
tilities to see what can be done, if anything, by
negotiation of vomu sort. This is one step in
the rlgbl direction. To such a convention o(
th * Ft it' H 1 should have no objection for a
peacetal conterenco and Interchange us views
between equal ands iver**ign Powers-just ns
the convention ol 1787 wraciiled aud
bled. Tim properly constituted authorities at
Washii g’.on «nd Richmond, the duly authorized
Kepr> aontatives ot the two Coiitederacies ot
States, bow ut war with each other, might give
their assent to such a proposition. Good might
result from it. It would bo an appeal «n both
sides trotn. the sword to reason and justice.—
AU wars which do not result in the extinction
or extermination of op« aide oi the other must
be ended, sooner or later, by some sort of ne
gotiation. From the di.-cussiou and interchange
of views in such a convention, the history a*
tv 11 »t# th-* tin- nature of our ioatituttonw. and
Re relation of the Sta’es towards each ot’ er I
and tow trds the Federal Head, would doubt
less be much better understood g Derally than
ih y pow are. But I should tavor snch a pro
position only as a peacelul concurrence as the
Convention of 1757 was. I should be opposed
*0 leiviug the questions at issue to the absolute
decision of encu a body. Delegates might be
c otbed with powers to consult an l a«ree, il
they could, upon some plan of adjustment to
be submitted for s-.ibtequent sitistnciton by the
sovereign States whom it affected, befcie it
should bu obligitory or binding, aad then
binding only on such as shonld so ratify. It
becomes the people of the South ns well as the
t> -ople ol the North to be quite as w itchlul und
j-.dons of their rights as their common ances
tors were. The tua ntananc* ol liberty in all
ages, times and conntrhs, wtten and where it
n.is exi-ted, has required tt >t only constant
vigilance nnd j-alousy, but h»s olten rtqumd
the greatest privations, tind sufferngs, and sac
r flees, that people or States are ever subjected
to. Through such a*i ordeal we ate now pass
ing.’ Through a like and even severer ordeal
ottr ancestots passed iu for the
princ p! *s which it has devolved upon us this
to del-ltd aud maintain. But great as our sut
.ertngs and sacrifices have been and a*e to
w lioti you allude, they are ns yet tar short ot
the like sufferings and sacrifices which onr
luthers bore with patience, courage and forii
tudu in the crisis that “tried men s souls” in
their day. Tb-su are the virtues that sustained
th« min their hour of need. Their illustriou'
and glorious example bids in not to u ider esti
mate the priceless inheritance they uebi-vedlor
ua at such a cost ot treftsme aud blood. Great
as are the odds we are struggling against, they
are nut greater then those agamst which they
successfully straggled.
In point of reverses, our condition is not to
bs compared with theirs. Should Mobile,
Savannah, Charleston, Augusta, Macon, Mont
gomery, and even Petersburg and Richmond ■'
fall, our condition would uot then be worse
or less hopeful than theirs was in the darkest
hour that rested on (heir fort nuts. With
wisdom on the part of those who control oar
destiny iu the,C ibinet and in the field, in bus
binding and properly wielding our resources
at their command, and iu securing the hearts
and affections of the people in the great cause
of Right and Liberty for which we are strug
gling, we could suffer all these losses and
calamities, greater nud, and Mill triumph in'
the end. At present, however, I do r.ot see,
r*s I stated iu the outset, that you, or I. or any
number of persous in our position can do
anything towards inaugurating any tew
movement looking to a peaceful solution of
the present strife.
The war on our part is fairly and entirely
defensive in its character. Ho v long it will
continue to be thus wickedij and mercilessly
waged against us, depends upon the pe >ple
of the North. Georgia, our own Mate, to
whom we owe allegiance, has with great una
uimity proclaimed the principles upon w*bicb
a just and permanent .peace ought to be
sought and obtained. The Congress of the
Conf-derate States has followed with tin en
dorsement of these principles; All you, and
I, and others in our position therefore can do
on that line at this tinio, is to sustain the
Government thus already inaugurated and to
tho utmost of ottr ability to hold up their
principles a*t the surest hope of restoring
soundness to the public mind North, as the
brazen serpent was held up for the healing
of Israel iu the Wilderness.
The chief aid qnd encouragement we can
give the pence* party nt the North is to keep
btfire them these great fundamental prtnei
pi-s and truths which alono will lead them
and us to a permanent and lasting peace with
the possession nnd enjoyment of Constitu
tional Liberty. With th<*#o principles once
recognized the future would, take care of
I itself. There would be no more war so long
|as they should be adhered to. \’l qn-stions
jof boundaries, Confederacies and Union or
j Unions would naturally and easily adjust
themselves according to the interests of the
parties and the exigencies of'the times. Herein
Lies the true law of ihe balance of power
aud the harmony of States.
Yours Respectfully,
Alexander IL Stspuens.
A Rugimkntai. Dl'Uf..— Wt> find in the Puil t
delphia Inquirer of the 13;h wli.it purports to
be a correspondence between Colonel John R.
H irt, comm inding the C;h Georgia cavalry, nnd
Col. J .in s P. lir wnlow, commanding Fir-t
Tenne.*B-*e (Yankee) env ilry, in which the for
mer challenges the latter to » R giinental
da l. Under dattf August 22d, Col. ilart says
to Bp wtlow :
In perusing the columns of the week’y Knox
ville Wuiir of the 28tliuli.. I find the foilowin/
pnragrapb' of a letter written by yotirself to a
Iriend, at which I take exceptions :
‘I era whip twic*> my n.ntnb'T anywherp.—
TANARUS! D m>y look a little like boasting but I um
willing to take the contract.”
J! challenge yon to prove the ns-ortion. bn’
Will not req tire you to bring a greater (les-)
number th.in that of my regonenf, and I wi 1
not select the men. bat flild Ihe whole reg m *t t
and in its present orgamz ition.
You may choose the ground upon which your
assertion is to be proven, so that it may be
free trotn timber, and o*b'-r shelter, and be
t ween or on-ither flank of the two armies.-
VVe will fi.:ht dismount' and with E Bed rill's.
Dayon -ts tivd, and two army or naval pisu is
to the turn.”
Brownlow responds under date Sept. 7.h :
Noth ng, Colon**!, will afford mo more plea
sure tbau to prove wbut I have written.
As for the mode of fighting and the arms to
be us *d, you can use your own pleasure as to
fighting mounted or and amounted, and use snch
aims as yon desire. I prefer figbling mounted,
and shall use the sabre and revulver.
I r*gret to inform you that at present I am
perfectly helpless, aud suffering fr in wounds
received in <>ction at this pUoo on the 22d, and
will not t e able lor the contest before the mid
dle of Nov« tuber.
This correspondence is givpn to the press by
John 11. James, Captain and A. Q M., who says
that he is to be B r ownlow’s chief aid in the
Cor.fl et. and that if Brownlow is not able to
take the field wt the time §p< c'ifl< and, Lieut. C
Dyer will take bis place on the same terms,
that is, “to fight it out.”
Startuso Di'CLOsrits or a Rebel Pirate
Sc it k he. — Xew Fork, Sept. B. A New Loudon,
Coni*., correspondent of the Commercial Ad
vertiser says : Th*) greatest excitement has
prevailed during the past week iu tho steam
boat offices of the lines from Boston to New
York, cousequeut upon the revealing to Col
lector Barney of a plot to destroy ail the
steamers running on tho sound. It was said
that the Electric Spark, recently captured by
the Tallahassee, and now her consort, has
been hovering about our coast, and was to do
the work.
It is asserted as a fact, that the Tallahassee,
about three weeks since, went into Newport
harbor, steamed around the Constitution then
lying there, sod steamed out again ntirliaU
lenged. Four gunboats have been scot into
the sound to look after the affair.
“Sad IntxlliCiXKCZ.—We regret to learn
tbat that gallant soldier and able statesman,
the Tlon. G. N Leiter, who lost his right arm
at Pcrryviile, had the misfortune to fall a few
days since snd broko bis left atm- We trust
amputation may not become necessary.—
Confederate Adioca’e,
A vein of poetry exists in tho hoarts of all
men.
TELEGRAPHIC
Ilrport* of the Pres* Association. .
Entered according to set of Convreee iu the ycnr ISiX t y
J. S- fast (lies, in ItieClerk'evfllcr of the District I’cnrt
of the Confederate State* for the Northern District o
Georgia.
FROM PETERSBURG^
MOVEMENTS OP JORREST.
INVASION OP MISSOURI.
GREAT EXCITEMENT IN ST.
LOUIS.
PRICE APPROACHING THE
CITY.
ROUSSEAU RETREATING TO
NASHVILLE.
CAPTURE OF TRAINS AT BIG
SHANTY.
MEETING OP PRESS ASSOCIA
TION.
Richmond, Oct. 3.—The IVteisburg Express
of to-day rays that information was teceived
yesterday that a train of Yankee artillery was
crosutd on pontoon bridges lrom the north to
the south side ol the James river. It is not
believed that any infantry troops have re
crossed.
The Express also says that our loss during
the last three days fighting will not exceed 50J
from all causes. The Yankee loss, including
prisoners, is estimated at 5.000.
No fighting to-day and no change in tho
position. The Y’ankees were busy running
trains along the lines ull lust night as if rein
forcing. The enemy also cheered a good
deal last night.
The impression prevails thnt the enemy in
tend to move on our right and also an attack
upon our lines.
i Oar troops arc in good spirits and ready
; for the enemy.
It in is failing this evening.
The Washington Chronicle of the 28lh has
! been received.
Nashville telegrams say that Elk River Poi.l
has been evacuated by its garrison. On tbo
2flth Forrest took possession.
Telegrams from St. Louis say that the ad
vance of Price's army reached Farmington
on the 25tn. ■•His main force was at Freder*
icktown.
Price’s plans are not vet known. lie seems
to be massing troops in Arcadia Valley.
General Mower ts still moving North ia
Price’* rear.
HjA special dispatch to the Mobile Register,
dated Senatobia, 3d, says :
The Memphis bulletin of the 30th uit:,.and
St. Louis papers ot the 1-t, state that tbero
:i; great'excitement at St Louis. Price was
- reported within twenty four miles of the city
j with a force estimated at thirty-five thou-
I sand.
Gape Girardeau is reported Captured. A
| largb force surrendered.
At Pilot Knob last Monday there was heas
vy fighting. Up to Tuesday evening the re
sult was unknown.
Bill Anderson bad captured a train on tho
North Missouri railroad. Twenty Yankees
were captured and shot.
ltosecrans issued orders ca'ling out the mi
litia; Twelve thousand were under arm3 in
St. Louis.
A. J. Smith is fifty miles south of St. Louis
watching Price’s movements.
Large numbers of refugees from Southern
Missouri hud reached the city.
Twelve boat loads of troops left Metnpbi3
bound up the river.
Hatch and Anderson with 3,000 men have
gone after Forrest.
Winson’s cavalry crossed into Arkansas in
pursuit of Price.
Nashville dates of the 2Gth say that Forrest
's destroying all bridges on the Railroads.—-
Telegraphic communication is stopped on both
roads There was a.heavy fight at Pulaski,
on the 23tb. Rousseau reports that Forrest
retired during the right with a loss of 200
men.
Passengers who arrived at Memphis on
Saturday evening report that Forrest captured
Pulaski. It will take several weeks to repair
the Railroad.
Nashville dates of the 27th report Rosseau
slowly retiring on Nashville. Forrest is de
stroying bridges and trestles. There is a fight
going on near Pulaski. Cerro Gordo "Wil
liam s is trying to j lin Forest.
The Confederates captured two trains nt
Rig Shanty. * *
The Fcderals admit a loss of 2,000 men at
Winchester on the lOlta and 300 at Fisher's
Uiu.
Guerillas busy firing into boats on Whito
River. '
A portion of the 16th amir corps left
Brownsville, Ark., in pursuit of Sh dby.
All quiet at Mobile.
Molin.it, Oct. 3.—1 loam that the President
of the Press Association has called the next
meeting of Directors at Columbus, Ua., on
Wednesday, the 12th of October..
Go >P. ir Tuck. —The M »il of this morning
refers to a rumor current in military circles of
Intelligence, that anew mill ary district has
been, or is about to he established, to be called
the department of the Tennessee ; that it Is to
embrace nil the territory north of lira Tennessee
river, aud extending through Kentucky to tho'
raoulh of that stream, and into Ri«t Tennessee
on the right as far as Cumberland Gap. And
further a: and better, that Gen. Forrest into bo
mads a Lieutenant General and placed in com*
mand of this new department, with nnthority
to ra's •, equip and organise as large a force as
possible aud to operate against tbe enemy at
discretion.
From what has come to our knowledge, wo
are inclin-d to give more than ordinary crul't
to ihift rumor, and have reason to believe that
some of tbe steps indicated have been taken.—
\V> shall not be surprised to be called np»n to
publish Lieut. Gen. Forrest's order assuming
command of his department, at an early day.—
3f~ivphii App*-tl.