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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.