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Vdniirlt,! Atlmah'. \ ' V*“ ip "AV , ; >Vi /W' • ■■■- -;■- ■- ... - _2_.J •-- ~ - -- ~ ■^z"rz'._zz~z_"_—| 1 ''lov»i.Tiiik’s *2l. The Way nt t’.ic North. The Xe-v York Nev- stv«: ‘‘An attempt was mi le in the Hoard of Aldermen on , Thursday night to direct the stoppage of all ( eitvstrc.t 'pvidngs avowedly for the pur- 1 v >.* o! turning nut of employment the work-| ingri '■'. and lib rers now engaged in work ! r tile city, in order that these may be driv- 1 on bv w nt t' enlist in the war.’’ il nv It Works. Th ■ Cincinnati Correspondent of the t’-mrleston Mercury writes, that ‘’lt is esti mate 1 . that there are Twenty Millions of ; i I- .. f B ic in and I'o.k in that city alone. р, . j. -elling at five to seven cents. Corn seven t > ten cents per bushel, and Butter. J. 1 at: 1 Choose five to ten cuts per pound. \ man fr : 1. diatia t.l 1 me, in the prairies w. •• 1 aas scare ', they were actually , i. . ■-.■ tael! V str. ng delegation ■ |, '• i W.i.-hiag’on City, to represent of things, and if they are not ’ ; • iy l.i >k out for an uprising in V; xehange says the blockade between 1 .....'. -iti t Lniisville on eggsand butter has i.-'en suspended—the hoosiers could not st in ;i, a v longer. New eggs were bee >m- •: r tir.savmw, and their butter rancid for the ; want o‘ niaiket. and there war a danger of 1 a general insu rection among the old women . f 11. os;e. ■ ;•> u. tier. Joseph Lane. — An Oregon paper -ays that this gallant soldier accidentally s’i t himself. near his residence, in Douglas .'..u ity. The ball entered the lower part of i.is breast and e.line out of the .'houlder. 'lke w .;..i is not considered mortal. Th-> M vntred Advertiser says that the s- .:-?ment about the British Regiment of New Y. •rk,*’wh >ha 1 offered their services to Lin < ..n. was a falsehood. The whole thing was a m Ci'trous lie and fraud, not eighty men having offered lor it. ——• Cotton, os: Revolution.— We publish the f i -wi: g extract fn-tn a letter from a house i■: Lu; Jon. received by a mercantile firm in , X v York : London. May 10, I'6l. ?V. . : We are fully alive to t r.'.'n'oas civil war into which your un- ■ . ,yc >u itry has been precipitated If C.. ever was a people whose true ni’ssmn was nene-'. it wu.s the inhabitants of the Unit e t .State*. " I’hc iir t que-tion with us is self-interest a;. 1 ::f-prose: vat'mn. We must have sup : ’ ■ . :t >n r a revoluti- n. There is no Y:.g the qiK»ti..n. Five miiti ns of people will not consent • • irvo. in respect io Exeter Hall’s mock i:-tr»r!,r -pay. nor in obedience to Mr. Lin- с. paper blockade. When they are re . to starvation, or cotton supplies, they I par no more regard to Lincoln's blockade t . : tii v would t■. a Newfoundland mist.’’ _M»- _i>. Tl on Par -on Br.owni.ow. Mr. Jas. I T. 1. vr?.c3 a scorching letter to the Pur- I • th.- the Brandon (M's-.) R ‘publican, ! i;. -vl.i •!> Le says : “Y ,i pr .Yss to be a Christian, ami sav n w ;’J not hesitate to choose between ( II :> <1 recession. Ymi nee I not trouble I .. •if make the choice, for both will be j : ■1 up .it you. Tennessee will secede i y i I: .-, and the devil will get you ■ y - i .lie.” T first pr.-diet'on has already come to : I. • i'enne-s ><•, .-de'l last Saturday, by ... . ■.v.-r Cicdming majority. • -- - <M »t. !»♦ ;; Mr. T-i> "o’! in his letter of Miy 21st, to t .<* 1. a , i Time 7 , tuns speaks of Genera! I ar. w i- no ziaid nt the door; officers ami r riva’i s were pa slug to ami fro in the h ‘ 7 :: f v’ll. h was; ent <lf by canvass . ■ t > 1 .rm rooms or departments ’.'.••1l ... G i irds of y .nth Carolina. Into ■ . ■ : th vo- turi.ej, and found the desks ed By >tii era in uuifbriu, writing dis . ami .pvin r I -it nents with all the .< .i ': : ■! I’ooii-hes the true soldier • : . • .f ,'.t j riiite i forms an 1 Gov- • • o ■ ■ 7 I. I'l :mo:h'-r moment we ..••<•! i it-. .. -a; li.’er room, and were • - . I '■: ti, •• i -neral, v. ho v. a- al« > seated . ■ ' i- ■. one :i';<:u.;tom' dto sol liers ■ t the •’ i-.-al arti'h:" from the’ - ’ . .i’i! when General Beauregard • • . . . to w.-m .m • us it w.is patent that be in capahm ~f gr.'at-w thir g< than u > r.: -. lie a- pi.ir dy built, lean - : ... at i i ’ Tears of ago, with broad f 1,-g., -• ;1( i p- t , fi.’’ a her e ol a.. . ig'o, and hi-Im id i.t covered with ' t . n.r er ippe Icl .so, an 1 sh >wing the , i o h a: ■ rvllcctive and combative, ■ ' .• < ■ .i..-dr nt tim ba -k i f the aku!': ‘ : • . i-i id ;mi “ ..-Il devcl iped, pr .- ; ■ ... A.lit ov the koan, eager dark I ' tie bo.-e i . ■. ■rv thin, with very high ■ '. ’’ . a w.-li -liapo I nose, slightly mpii- ; . i'Hi- , r' ,1, sharpiy cut mouth, set .. ■ :■ f id, f .s'itiii.- chin. ' ' r T.u ; i.. fiioea.s ji,f the Tropic ; 1 in ’. a ’ ■ -i !>. ■•'./.■.! as :i priza: By : i. - I .h! ekali:>o i pi.,.lron, at Newport ■' •• •' ■. ' . . ii i x I >i'ii v iolatitig tbg block • : ‘lmf i * t m (L S. District 'V» eiiimgi. in. J u Star says .- !' - v. - -o in qttmtioTi i. a British vessel, ' ■- i arg-.t.,!.a<.<.0 T allied at over o, ’ i,1,,- | .it It -liiu mi,\ a. SliO W'.i' , '• ■ : , 1! ilif.ix. bis intended by the i '' • •t •• t;to pmoj . that the Prm.i- | ' no am i r ty un.br the Coiisiitutiun * <nHe-| th“ic'm to declare a bl ickadc : ports in iptestimi; ami further, that: rmm'-tu oj the I nitej States not re-j no-. ■■ ■ t‘ie S iiitherii Cimfi-deraey as be!- ; ' 'but sim,.;y as r. b' Is, a blockade of t>..! the South enuno’, according to; >• i.itei ii i; ;■> ml la w, uff‘ct iem 1 ; n 1 ■ 1 hi■.’ e th<-m tlm siib joets of cap iUi .t ’■ ii l.i o mtimu. L are are s >iue tii. e I >]uestiinis inv dved, aside fr.mi the merits of ( the vise, and will, in all probability, occupy the court a day or two. hlccfiitn /'•)' inii. rs oj Congress, President : awl \'iee-I’i''siilenf.— The ad providing for I the. permanent, organization of the Govern ment, requites that in all those States in which no provision has been made for the election of mcmb, rs of Congress un ler the now Constitution, an election shall be held on the first Wednesday in November next, at which time the election of ole t’.its f r Presi dent and Vice President shall also beheld.— I’hc electors are required t i meet in their re spective States on the first Welnesday in Deci tuber thereafter,and proceed to cast the.r . votes for I’iesident ami Vico President. The members who may boelectcl, an 1 the . Senators to !>e ch 'Sen by the States, shall ns , semble at the seat of Government of the Conte derate States on the 18th day of Feb. 18 >2, an 1 proeee 1 respectively to the election of Speak T f the II msc and President of the Senate. On the l.bh day of February, the I’res deat of the Senate shall open the eerti . tieates, the votes shall then be c tinted, and the President inaugurated on the 22 1 day of February. IS’>2. feir* We clip the t.blowing from the l a-al cdunns of the Ilichinoml Dispatch of Fri day. The Ogleth itpes seem to have made a very strong impression on our Richmond j friends: Tim Oglethorpe Ilifle Battalion, from Sa vanna I ’. Georgia,arrived v.a Petersburg Hi 1- toad List ivght. They tire fully armed an I equipped. We should judge there «ere about 5 >0 of them in line. The Petersburg Express, thus mt ices the passage of the corps through that city: Tao ‘ Oglethorpe L'ght I-ifantry,” Captain Francis S. Bartow, from Savannah, Georgia. I'his is one of die finest companies the Em- I pire State of the South can boast of, ami ' truly, the members are all in perfect trim, and 1 H k as if they can well sustain the hon orable renown of the r galluit State. An , amusing addition to tae company was a M n i k'\i/ in full unif- rm, who, we hear, willingly 1 volunteered in the ranks to act as scout on all proper occasions, and especially for the pur- ■ pose of catching his near kinsman, the ba boon in Washington City, known to the pub- l lie as Old Abe. i Cu.m‘.crr.ttisTic Anecdote of Wilson's ' Zouaves. —A corrcsp indent tells this rather : adamantine story : The other day a Clergyman went to ex ' hort them. Billy Wilson drew his men up ' uni called “attention 1” The parson then 7 gave them a very edifying and appropriate i discourse, to which, in obedience to the (.'■ lo i eel's command, tney listened attentively.— | When the p-irson had finished, Billy gave ti e i “boys’’ a short talk, somewhat in this wise: “Boys, I want you to remember wlmt the i minister has told y. u. It is till for your good; , take his advice, and follow it; for there is no knowing bi: wli.it in 1 os than six months ’ every d—l one of you will be in h—11!” ■ Here a voice from the ranks Called out. — i •'Three cheers fir h—11!” and they were giv en with a will. The pastor, astonidied, atid ; angry, asked what it meant. “Oh,” say I B.lly, “the b >ys don’t know much about j Scripture. They think h—ll is somewhen between Montgomery and New Orleans, and they are d—l anxious to get down io that neighborh iod !’’ j Aiilrew Jalisisoii’s Trcsmon Discovered. Wo have just seen a letter from Amos A. , Lawrence of B >ston, well known to tbecoun ! try as one of I e.' men of capital, and a lead ing Black Republican, in the full conflict! e I of President Lincoln and his government ,n Washington. It is addressed to Andrew i J dins m of Tennessee, and enclo es a drafi i ir one th ms in I dollars, «.? <i p irl of the pop I iatende 1 f>r his servicei in betraviiio- th--i '.• . - o ' confiding portions of the people of Tennes e I who have stood by him in support ol tin ' maintenance of the Federal Union. We givi ; this letter to the publ'n*. It was intcreepte ! ■ in its passage to Johnson, ami is now in the ! possession of a reliable gentleman of thii i city—one well known to the c mntry. There is no doubt of the genuineness of the letter. Let the people of Tennessee ponder ovei ' this letter, and ask themselves if so base n ; traitor should longer exist in her midst i Note the remark of Lawrence, that if tin I information given by this infamous wretci vva< printed in the Nortliern newspapers, ih ’ i "it would he good for ten thousand dolltrs i ■ : fhr.e digs tint'’. Th s thousand, liowev r. is given him in order that lie "he ( Johu-on. I ntfnj h: sure of something at once.” Nevi i. i pcrhnps, have we been brought to winess -o ; much perfidy and corruption on the part o. , one who has hi 1 I so high an office i i the Gov . eminent of our enniitry. So Blasting ti crime i cannot be visited with too dire a vo geaiu-e by the pe >ple of i'cimesree. He ought to In ! arres e l at once. Bo ton, May 18,1861. , Deir Sir.— ls your t ote to me were pr n tel in our newspapers, it would be good o ten thoiivind d dlars in three days time.— But of c iur-e 1 m Ist o dy us? it as a priva'i letter. In order that yon shall he sure of something at once. I write below this, a Draft, which of your Union Bankers or Merehant , may Be willing to Cash at the u-ual premium ■ for East Exchange. Probably Gardner <t Co. Evans A Co,. Douglas & Co. of Nashville, will know it. The Government will soon exhibit a power ' which will a-tonir,!) even you. The Nullifieis - have been playing into Scotts bonds fir 3 i weeks, and now they have lost the game. Y >'irs, with reg-ird, AMOS A. LAWRENCE. ; L’ yon cannot u>o the draft return it and tell me what to send. Boston, May 18, 18G1. \t sight, without grace, pay to Andrew doh,iiau, or order, O ie Thousand Dollars, for j value received, and charge tn my nccount. AMOS A. LAWRENCE. • Ti Mason, Lawrence <t Co., Boston. Across the face of the Draft is the accept , iti'e of Mason, Lawrence & ». The original of this letter is now in the | bands of Gov. Harris of Tennessee. Several 1 previ'.im letters Lave also been intercepteU [ J?('cAmon<7 Enquirer. i. ~ ” I The Cincinnati Commercial preach's the I gospel thus ; “ Let u« have no minc'og matter. The ' I nion is not diesoved ; coercion iv now the ’ policy of the Administration; the rebels are I to be wbippe I into s-ab.nis.ii » a ; the Union is i to be !■<? minted in blo.id.” /•' i> lie IS h non I l)i-pot:'i. Yotixr.iw< Ju ie It ISal. —A-i engage ment l is ing four hours, took place yesterday, (M mday) between live regiments of the tr.> >ps fr an Old Point, and 1 l it) G.i ife lerate Ironps, con-isting of Virgini.un and N irth Carolinians, tinier General Mail'll lor, at Bethel Charcli, Yuk County. Before tell ing y in of the B utl •, I vv 11 g’ vj you san ) cireu astanccs preen ling it. Anoiit two weeks ag i, i p irry of' 3t) > Y mkees c imu up from 111 up: in ai I o :cu|ne 1 Bethel Church, wiiicli poution they hell si day or tvv ■, an I then retired, leaving written on the wails of ttie t'a irc'i several inscriptions, sueli as “ Death t > the Traitors!” “Down with the Ri byls!'' i,-. To nearly a'l of them the names of ihovvri t u's were d • i litely s gue I, and c l the pens m hi signed tneunolve-i as fr.nu New York ex cept ono.vvh > was fr >.n “But >a. Ma-s.. U. 5.,” To these ex mrsi nis into the interior, of whicli this w.nt'i'? ho! lest. General Mi'ru ler de termine! t > put a s’o >, svi I a irdi igly filled the, place after the Y i ikoes hll 101 l with a few cornua lies of his own tro ips. la a l li tioa to this, he l-ter.niiie I to carry the war into the eti ony's eo.i.itry, sin I o s We Ines I ty 1 ist Sta iI ir I’s l> i■ t >.-y i»! th 1 II t -Vi-’z -r Bit t.alion vv is or lero I down 11 th ? ’ ihiireli where it wiss > m joined bv a p triio i of B • two’s bittery. of the sisi ■ c is-:> s. Tie X irt'.i Ciro lina R l dm 1 i’, it i Im-C »i tail il.ll, w.n also there, m t ting in all n't mt 111)0 m ?.i, an 1 sev en howitzer gttn-s. On Saturd iy last the first excur.-i, n of c >i.- siileiab e i-np >rt:iu :o w.is mil -. A d :’a sh m ’-t of 20.) inf i itry aid a h t vitz'-r gun under Ma jor R oi.l ilph, anil oac ■•!’7 > in'an try an 1a t it'i -r it iw-itz -r utl ler Mi; >r L i t•, of the X'o rii Cai' 1 mi regiment,left Hampton. Taepirty t;l. s■ ta i I lire I at t.y Mi, >r Rin I >lp t'.s do'.ic'.t it -nr. b it mil.- s icll fast tim • t i.it they css.- ip •I. I’.m troops under Mt jor L ine pts-ed within sight of II impton, a 1 ! ias t:i‘?y tame 1 up the road to return to B’the!, tney enc'Unt.erc.l ’he Yankees, n'.i.nbe.ri.ig sibou: 9J, wit > were entrenched b thin.l a fem-e in the field, protected by st high bank. Oar advance guard fired o them, an 1 i i anotaer moment the N <rth Car olinians were lashing over trie fence in regu lar Fren:!i (n it New Y »’-k) Z mave style, fir ing at th'n i t regular squirrel hunt ing style. The Yankees fie 1 for their lives sifter firing for ab tut three minutes without effect, leaving be tin 1 them th.ee dead and a prisoner. Tne fellow was a s-out, Ugly fel low f.-om T;o_v, New Y ak, lit sai l that he ha 1 n itiiiug against the 8 tilth, b it soaieb >dy must besoldis?rs,an«l he though;: he had us well enlist. None of our men wort? hurt. T.ie Bo! I excursion, umh'r the very gui.s o: the e ii'my, determined the atith rit es al ■ Oi l Point to put a st >p to it sin 1 clear us mi; I fru.ii Bethel. I’his d’termimition w .i< cm voyed to us bv persons who came from th neighborhood of the enemv. O : M mday m rnlng, ;tl out 6-0 Jnlullt>y mid two guns, ii iLr Gun. M;g ult r, I it. the ramp tin I pro ee 1 towards llaiipto:*, but. after a ivaii n ig st m !;? or two, re :eiveil inlor m.iti m t:ia: the Y inkoos verne vin ug m large force. We thci retired, tin.l after reaehing rs.mp. (be guns were place ! in Lat tery, an ! tii;- I i a ;t y t .ok tiie.r pl.ices 10.- liin I their bn asi works. Everybody was cool, and all were a .xi ms to give the in.ti lers ;t goo i re.-eptloll. Auo -t 9 o'clock th.; glittering Ba voiiets of th • e ti’iiiv .i.qiea I'd ■ tlio hill opposite, ami ii'iive them waved the Star Spangle;! Banner. I':.e nio.nerit to- in-.-d ol die column advaue . 1 fir <‘o > im s inw-oite or two companies, she I’i;-r->t xuu of :ne Howitzer Battery open ed on t.iem. tin- vvitsg st sued right into thefir mi Ist. T.teir r inks br >ke in confusion, su.il tiie c I’.umn, or as m i h of it as we e mid see, i-etreated behind tvo small farm houses.— From their position a fire was opened on us, which was r»-plle 1 to by onr battery, which ; itnm inde 1 the route of theii- approach.— O.tr tiring was excellent, and the shells scat tered in all directi.ms when they burst.— I'iiey could baldly approach the guns which •hey were fb ing for the shells which came i- nt Htr buttery. Within our encampment tell a perfect had .-form ot canister shot, ind icts and balls. R markable to say, not me .four men was killed inside of our encamp ment. Several Ivn-ses were slain by the shells and Indie’s. Finding that bmn ardment would not an swer, the etifiTiv, ab ’ut 11 o'clock, tried to a irv tit" positimi by as-:i:ilt, But meta terri n repulse al the ha dsof the infantry as he • ■i dtos. al - the br 'as vv irks. Tin.' men dis- gar 1 “ I s mi 'times the defen.-es erected for iciu. an I 1 up ;;g on the i-mlia'okmont, stood m I (i. •> 1 i r the V ink ?cs, cutting them d 'vvn ■ s they'came Un. O e company of the New Y rk Si' e ith R-gmi “ir. u tder Csipt. Wai- Ir-qt. rWi tlnop. att- mpte 1 to take the re d fiibt on the I'ir. The marsh they crossed w.is strewn wi n toe r li t.'ies. T.teir Cap ta it, a Ii o- 1- 'king min rea It- d the fence, nt.l ie; pngnt si I waved liis svv it-d, cry i ig. “ Gimio o ■.. h-v s ; one charge and the ■v is u<tr h- w o-.is were les las', fm- a ’’aoll a i jfi ■ .I" I hit Ife ti'i* mxt mom mt, and hi-mm 11 ■ I i; i "-rroi-ba-k. At the ro il mot fm the rig it a company of about 301) New York Z niavi-s charged one of our guns, but could not stand the fire of the infantry and retrqatei precipitatelv. Diiriog these charges the main body on the enemy on the lull, were attempting to con centrate for a general assault, but the shell trosn the Howitzer Battery prevented them As one regiment would give up the effort another would be marched to the position, but with no better success for a shell would scatter them like ilisifl. The m ti did not seem able to stand lire at all. Ab iilt one o’el iek tlieir guns were silence'’, and si few moments idler tlieir infantry 1 e trea’ed precipitately down the, road to 11 imp ton. () ir o.iv.il -y. un nbering three cmnnaries vvt-iit ill pursui and Ii irr t.sse l tlemi down to the edge of lLi.upt>n. At timy ret rente I many of the wounde I fell along liie road and die ’, and the whole roa I to Hampton was strewn with li.ivei'tii-ks, o eremits, canteens, muekeis, A - ., which the men bail thrown off in their i< treat. After the battle I v’s'te 1 the p ration they held. The gay 1 inking unif rms of the New Y'irk Z-uavi H contrast' d great’y with the pale, fixed faces of their dead ow crs. G > in» t> the sw inp t'iroU;h wljieli they attempte I to pass to assault "itr lines, present ed another I.Lindy .-cime. Bodies (lotto I the black m irass frail one cud io the other. I -aw one bivisi, deli'-ute looking fellow lying on the mud. with a Bullet hole through his breast,. 11 sha ol was pressed on the wound, from which bis life blood had poured. and the other was clen.hed in the grass that grew no.ir him. Lying on the ground was a Testament which had fallen from his pocket, dabbled with blood. On ope ling the cover I foiin 1 the printed inscription, “ Presented to the D fenders of their Umintry, by the New York Bible S iciety.” An U. S. Hag was also stamped on the tide page. Among the haversacks picked up along the route were tunny letters from the Nortliern States, asking if they liked the S mtherli fiirtns if the Southern barbarians hud been whipped out yet. The force ; f the enemy brought against us was 4000 according to the statement of six prisoners we took. Oars was IP')'.). Their loss in killed and wounded must be nearly 2UO. Our loss ii on.? kill) 1 an I wounded. The fatal case was that of a North Carolinian, who volunteered to lire one of the houses be. hind which they were stationed. He started from the breastwork to accomplish it but was shut in the head. lie died th s morning at the hospital. The won ded are Harry Shook, of Richmond, of Brown's Battery, sh it in the wrist ; John Werth, of Richmond, id the same battery, sh it in the leg, and Lieut. Ilu imiH, of the same battery,shot in the 1 not.. None of the wounds are seii uis. The Louisiana '’egiment arrived about one hour after the fight was over. They tire a line looking set of fellows. C.vrr.viN Wesc ra’s iNTitEt’in uencounter with TIIE I.NEVIV. From a reliable source wo derive the fol lowing account of the interesting in ervicvv between Capt. \\ m. H. \\ erth, of the Clint ham Grays, of P.ttsylva. ia coun'y, and a scouting party ofthe Hessians in the neigh b t hoo lef Hampton on Friday last. It, dis fers some .vh it fr-m our yesterday’s state ment. Capt. Werth and another officer be ing together, an I iniaceompanied on a recon’ noitering expedition some dis.ance in advance of the main body, separated at the forks of the roa-l, each going mi his own hook. After (’apt. W. had proeeedo 1 a short distance, he found himself sud let.ly in the presence of live of the enemy. H iving no idea of sur rendering, be imuantiy drew his revolver, and without parley each party commenced fi ing—Capt W. killing two •I'rhe party, the remainder retreated. The mule ridden by one of the party, however, was killed by Capt. W.’s last shot, the rider having slipped offat the instant a:;d taken to the bushes. Capt. \V. S'eins much chagrined that the bad ground on which the reencounter occurred prevented his bagging all five. When this affair is reported for the Nortliern press, it will of course be state ! that their scouts were attacked by a win le troop of dragoons. Capt. W. was; in truth alone, Until joined, imm"dlately as er the firing. By his eomoan i -a, !: • m w ~o.ii he had parte I on.y a icvv minutes before. The two men killed are sa dto be officers. Their arms were taken By Capta'ii W. as I’airlv won spoils. There was a little affair near the Halfway IL use, Below Williamsburg, on Saturday morning, I etivi cn ;i detachment ol Howitzer-', under Major Rind i'p!i, and a c miptniy ot the ei ? uy. It app? ir-t taey woe about to met in the. roa l, when Maj >r Randolph uulimlar •• 1 one of his nie-.’ -s and let fire, knocking over ten or twenty of the enemy, who imme diately Be.it a retreat. They met a gentle man on their way, in a sulkey, and took it away fro n liimto acc-mi u■■ cite one ol their wounded The same gentleman saw a wago i .o ile I with vv >rile I in 'ti. Tiiev were mak ing avert rapi I march of it towards Hamp ton, as they pas-ed by.—ZZ>. Trophies of Victory—The officer belong ing to th-' New York Seventh Regiment kided at the battle of Bethel Church, was named Waldrop (in-dead "f 'Yd. Duryea.) He was tn the act of mounting a fence to cheer on his men, when a bullet through the breast, from a North Carolina sol lier, fm-evor put an end to his exertion’in behalf of Lincoln. Three men aproached his b >dy at the same instant. On it was found $35 in money, a valualife watch, sidearms and a fine dress sword, which was divided between them. We saw the sword in Richmond yesterday evening From an inscription thereon it appeared to have been presented to Capt. David W. W:d drop, by Joel G. Jared, July 10.1850. If mi’ men keep on encountering t lie enemy, we will get. after awhile, a sufficiency of the most tip proved arms nt but little cost, experience having shown tint after making a s'mvv their e lemies are glad enough to abaud m tin m and run for their fives.— Richmond L ispatch. The Coi.t Mii’ s B ys at Ff.vvf.t.i.'s Point Several acts of individual daring by members of the City L : ght Guards, in their lights tit SeweL’s 1’ lint, have been reported to us.— Rev. T. H .Jordan, chaplain of the Com pany, writes Io a friend in this city: “I 1 will only say that the City Light Guards from the captain lovvu to the very last man jin the rai ks acted nobly. But Dr. Talia ferro and privates Freeman and Mayo, de -1 serve fm- their acts of bravery in the engage i irr’iits on Sui.ihy and’Tlini'sd.iy, to be rank- I ed among heroes.'' The brave conduct of Private Mayo has already been reported. We .ire informed 7 that Private Freeman left (by permission obtained by entreatv) a place of securitv at which he had been stationed, ril-he I into the fight, mounted an old cannon that the captain bad deemod unsafe, aimed it by the end of his thumb as a sight, and fired it by striking the cap with a piece of iron; i and that it was his shot that knocked down the smoko stacks of the Monticello, and appeared to do the most execution. [ Columbus Enquirer. Cherokee Georgia can Bread the Army. i F.ovd couii'y w ill make a surplus of 200.- 000 bushels of vvhea*. Cass, Gordon, Whit field and Murray vv ill average a like amount making 1.200,000 bushels. Ono bushel o| wheat will m ike 40 pounds ol Hour, which will feed 1 soldier J m nth, twelve I,ti-hi Is wdl feed him twelve ni mths, at.d by the rule of three 1,200.000 bushels will feed 11)0,000 tt- 'ops for one year. If six counties in Cherokee Georgia, can from her surplus grain supply our army with bread, we inquire cun we not find six eonuti- s of Tennessee that, wiil sup ply the pork ? We have no d m't of it We etui light, mid feed, and with the Fpiiit of Iter Floy I count}’ farmers it makes no difference whether their wheat i bring 50 cents or SSO a Innhet, it is all for the boys anyhow.— Rome Southerner. Attention is culled to notice of meet ing of Kennesaw Lodge, on Monday evening next. I American Affairs tn Europe. Foreigon files by the Australasian, at New Yoik, show that the question of the American war continued to engage at tention. The letter of Cassius M. Clay in the L mdon Times, had been followed by ■.mother from Mr. Motley, the historian, who had at great length s.L forth his 1 view of the American struggle, attributing | till the trouble to the Eoi. th. Mr. Clay had j found an antagonist in the person of Mr. Do Leoti formerly American Consul ! in Egypt. Mr. DeLeon writes to the Tiim s ■ controverting the points set out by the , Kenntuckian. The tone <f the Palmerston organs is | decidedly favorable 11 the letter of mar j <pte pin i cf the S itichern C lufedei-acy. In i deed it is now held by right commercial j ami legal authority in Englund, that ils j commissioned privateers may take prizes into any neutral port and kop them there until their condemnation is pronounced by i its Admiralty Courts sitting in Charleston, ' New Orleans, Mobile or Savannah. This juigment ii equitably renlerel, vv 11, | lit is alleged, be binding on British Mar. I itime Courts. ( The p- >ple of England are said to ibe av -iS'sto the privateering business, but Mr. Lindsay, M. P., who recently visi ted this cmii’rj, in a speech to l.is constitu ents at Sunderland, advised France and Eog lan I to step forward and proclaim the inde pendence ol the Southern Confederacy as the I only moans of allaying the thirst for blood I which he savs, prevails at the North. The ! Landon Morning Po-t, Lord Palmerston's or gan, asserts that the Southern States were <le. Jac o independent at the moment. Lord Pa'inei stoii say-, through his Lon I n organ, thel’.Jst that Cana la will soon become I the centre of c. nirneri e and emigration for the Americiin Continent, and that a do mestic army is ab mt to spring from the ground in’ Canada, not only able to pro tect the neutrality of the province, but to maintain that balance of power which the fully of Republican America has transferred ; to British North America. The Shclvtoii* [Fifty years agi the London “Morning Chronicle” published a poem, entitled "Lines on a Skeleton,” vvaich excited much attention. Every effort, even to the offering a reward of fifty guineas, was vainly made to discover the author. All that ever transpired was, that the p io.li, in a lair, clerkey hand, was found near a skeleton of rem irkable beu ity of form and color, in the Museum of tiie Royal Col lege ol'Surgeons, Lincoln’s Inn, London, and that the Curator ci t.ie Museum La l sent them to Mr. Perry, editor aid proprietor of the “Morning Chroi.i?!e.”] LINE- ON A •SKELETON. Behold this it;in ! ’Twas a .‘•kull, Once us ethcriul spirit full, This narrow cell was Lite's re rent, This space was Thought’s mysterious scat. . What beauteous visions filled tnis spot! \V h it dreams of pleasure long lot got! Nor 11 q>e, nor Love, nor Joy, m.r Fear, Ilav’c left one trace ol record here. B -ncatii tins motd ieriug canopy, o. ice shone tiie Bright and busy eye; j But start not at tiie di'inal void: It social Love tiiat eye employed ; It with no i.nv less tire it gleamed, But through the dew of kindness beamed, That eye shall be iorever blight When s.ars and suns are stli.k in Night. Within this hollow cavt r.i hung The ready, switt and tuneful tongue, If Falsehood’s honey it disdained. And where it c -uid not praise, was eliaiued; If boll i;i V.rt i ;'s came it spoke, Yet gentle Concord never broke 1 This silent tongue shall plead for thee When Time unveils Eternity. Say, did these lingers delve the mine? Or with its envied rubies shine? To he the rock, or wear the gem, Can l.ttle now avail to them. But if the page < f truth they sought, Or comfort to tiie mourner brought, These hands a richer meed shall claim, Then all tiiat wait on Wialth or Fame. Ava Is it, whether bare or shod, 'lhesc le l tiie paths ol duty trod ? Il tiom ti.e bowets of Ease they tied, To seex alii ctioii’s humble shed : If gra..dem's guilty bribe they spurned, And home to \ irtuc's cot returiied, I'liese feet vv ith angels’ wings snail vie, And tread the palate of the sky. \\ e have bee i visited oy a friend who has lately letu hi d Chat lesion by a roundabout wav through tin- West, and in ten or twelve ■ lays from the p inc;, al citiet of the North. He rep u-;s alm > ,1 a ■ oai 'l. te singlin' ion of all business, exc’pt in the d-q> irt ucuti stim ulated by the war, and he reports also increas ing cases and instances oi’i.idiv dual distress and suffering. lie? testdi 's al-o, what was well known la- ! fore, thai very few papers of the North pe ; mit the truth to reach their readers.— Ch Courier. The Fate of N. Y. New York city is i r more. A gilded corpse lies on the shone •>! Manhattan. She lias sung her own “ Fail Illium!” Foreign trade will hereafter come direct tn the Southern pm ts of America, and pass from those ports to t e West and North w est. — Rich mo nd Exa m i tier. The S mth has taken the sta-n which be long to her and pl ice 1 them on the azure of her own unsullied flag—the stripes she Las left to the enslaved North. To Our M vciiixi ts. —We dohope that on machinists and mechanics will get at nice to woi-k, and manufuct-’i-e such muehine*; and imp'eimmts ns w-e havo been supplied with By Yankee pa’entecs for years past. The:e are pl ughs, <• rn shelh-rs, straw < u ters, and , oilier at tides of daily u<e among us, that ma v i now be ma le ut rates which, w hile e< nipani ; lively m-'derate to the purchii'ei-. would yield ; a good profit to the manufactur ■>•. We cannot sec why tire v ari us printing | presses in use among us might not be built ■ by our machinists. The A lains’ pi ess. Hoi ’s cylinder, mil those of other Nortliern makers, al " now in almost univer-al use at the South, and, all Being patented, have made f irtunes for the Northern mamifu-iureis. Colmnhht Gwtrdian. - i Y’r.i.i.ow St'i.riiEß.—Get good living on the top of a hill, where you can’t see anything whatever. Dominoes, draughts and back gammon. Alleghany.—Sit down in a hard chair in a deep, hot hole, and drink citrate of magne sia and epseui salts. Gamble Bmiewiili dys peptics. TELEGRAPHIC. Sr. Louts, June 5. —Gov. Jackson has is sued a proclamation, in which he says that ; outrages of an unlooked for an unparileled i nature have been inflicted against the peace ' and dignity of this Commonwealth, and the j I rights and liberties of its people, by wicked I and unprinciples men professing to act under ■ the authority of the Federal Government. 1 S ilcinti enactments of your Legislature have i been nullified; your commerce with sister ; States has b;en suppressed, mid trade with ' ymir own fellow-citizens has been subject to ! the harrassi ng control of armed soldieisipeucc- | fid citizens have been imprisoned without, j warrant; unofl'ending and defeiiccltss men! | women and chiidrcn, ha'- c been ruthlessly ! ■ shot down and murdered, and other unendii- I ruble indignities bav-j been heaped upon your | State and your.selves. To this you have sub- | niitted vv’itli a patriotic forbearance, which I has i nly encouraged more during ui.isuipa-! t'mns. : My object has been to preserve peace and i ' avert war fr-tin our horde, s, and with th,nt : viewUei . I’rie-i arranged with Gen. llarncy. I T 'c State Government, faithfully udhered to | the ng:cement. The Federal Gov(.'l'uinnioiit i manifested its disapprobation by the cit-inis ! sid of Gen. H rtiev alt 1 connncced proceeding I utterly hostile to the agiccment, at.d wa’.v --! ing the dignitty us Missouri I solicited an in j ii.t'-rv’ievv w ith Gon. Lyons, and ma le | Top | (sitiot.s, im re hoi.orai le to the Federal Gov i eminent than to Missi uri ; that it the FeJer alis's Would withdraw, 1 would pledge my ; self t > disband the militia mid all citiezns, le- ■ gardlcss of their pi,bin al opinion; ’.o repri ss insurrections, and maintain strict neutrality I and, if necessary to ca' ry out the pledges, | would cad tor Federal assi-tanse. Notbii.g j 1. ut the des rc to avert the harrors ot civil ! war could have induced these humiliating pro] o -itions weie rejected. G v. Jackson prooceeds to call out 50,000 militic to repel the invaders. Augusta, Junu 11.—The Richmond Enquir. er of this morning says that the bills us Bank i of Wheeling, old D miinion. Bank of Fair ! mount, Berkley and Pnillipi were refused <m deposit in some of the banks us that city on yesterday. The Virginia State Conventi n meets to morrow. Recent letters from our Cotninis s'oners in Europe announced the favorable condition of Confederate affairs in Europe. The Government at Wushiiigt.m keep the people in profound ignorance us the move t m-iits of the C nfe ferate troops. I: is only i merely rum >red in Wasliingt m that the Con ! federate Governm<?> t islociifcd at Richmond. ■ Oo Si urduy a small prnty oi Coiifedera cs ! near Haul] t<m encountered sc nting [ artiis |of Fe lclaßsts, numln ring about 200. Ti.e ■ Federalis s misto k the Confederates, ami ! said they belong" 1 to the 2 1 New York ; Regiment, when tiie Cimfc lerate-i (r ed kil • ling ten, the fe ler.dlsts returned the fire and i k ; lied 12 or 1.5, tak tig one prisoner, tiiiti.- [jiired, w.uen b uii sides wiilidrevv. I Ou Monday the federalist j , about fnr thousand strong attacked tiie ciitrencuCd Coiife-lerate troops an.mt 1000 strong at Bethel Church, vvlie.i the Con.ederates rcjmlsvl Federalists three ti , e-, li-.Ji-r.iLsts returned, but the Co.dede.-ates hel l their p •- sition uutd morning, when they withdrew; federal loss about three hundred, w.i 1c the Confederates had one killed and live] or six wounded. Ent:enchments at the church are favorable towards the Confed erates. Nashville, June lltli.—The election pas sed off quietly in this city with the following result: Three thousand and thirty three for sepa ration against two hundred ami forty-: ine for representation. Eleven other precincts in this county 2, ;00 against, 88. 0 >c precinct in R iberts mi c iiiuty f>r sep aration 400, against one vote for representa tion. In Memphis the vote is 5,608 for separa tion against five Io;- lepie.-eotati' n. From the interior as far as heard from, the vote is ii: auimou.s for separation, Special Dispatch to the. Chiu lesion Ctatri-.r. t-l’isit cl the uTtlictii Prt-Hs, <&c. Richmond, Jun? 16. A batch of New Y -rkpapeis has been just rcceiveil. Tuc;, are very angry over the defeat al Bedie). The L'imes says Butler has no j.-ru lence; Pierce has no courage: mid tne soo er these Mas-m-liusett barristers are dism ssed to toi-ir p eadmgs the lieltC l '. And ad I-, that the lives of the s-I l ers are to > valuable to Be squandered to convert these poliiical hack into her es. Tiie 7', ibitnc says, that the war must le stopped, and the Font hern Conb-deiaey r<- c'guise.l if the Lincoln Tioops cannot do Letter, and calls for two Lu..died tl.ousulid nl'n to push through tn Texas, ttie.-. it iie feate 1, it advises the Administration to sue for peace. Tne II raid condemns the grand mistake by I ■viiicliti.e Felcial troops fired into each ! other, mid insists that tne officers ought to i Be cashiered. The Herald, with die uma! sensati, n flour- I isli, publishes under tint startling hcauiiigs, a 1 fictiiiu is i.: :mi it if ti? c ip -ire of " Rso d ’ I b vtteries by Ge:i. Bader. It sty< that one t t uiU-and prisoners were taken, and that the C mtederate troops had six Latteries ot rille i cannon and 68 twelve pounders, With en tienchments of a splendid character, ditches , sixteen feet deep, etc. . Tiie New Y nkpiper-. however, generally tell pretty n"ar this iruih mid acknowledge , their defeat. , The effect on tliu N irt'a is cvidontL a bad ( one, and tin* pe qdeare tu-giuuing t i find out , their mi-take. Tne ai d -les in tiie iievv-pa;iers arc full of ( cntieaties urg tig the Lincoln G veromciii tog t beticr otii ers a id more men. When ti e result of the light ai Bethel Was made known to Butler, he de.-hue I liis into - tion to vvliin the reLels in iwen’y-lour In urs Parries who Lave arrived here state that tin? reports of die evacuation of Harrier’s Ferry may be considered reliable. It is said that the Provisional G iveri.ment approve the ev aeuati. n. Special to the Chnrlisto i Mercury. 1 Rk iimond, June 1". — 1 learn from the J 1 highe-t olliciiil source that additioi :d par , 1 ticul.irs of the a'.iaml nment of Harper’s : I'erry set forth the desti-itction ol the public i buildings and works, and the failing back «.f 1 our forces. 1 Six members of the Garibaldi Guard have 1 deseitcd from Washington ai d arrived here. I Harper’s Ferry was evacuated because the ! line of communication between our forces was threatened with interruption. Richmond, June 18.—Reports of battles are numerous bore, but the only reliable account is the statement of passengers. They ■ report a skirmish between the Federal and i Confederate troops at Vienna, on the Loudon ' and Hampshire railr< ad, this morning. Se ven Federals were killed. In the Confeder ate troops “ nobody butt.’ Louisville, June 18 —A largo quantity of meat, which was smuggled into Ibis place from Madison, I.idnina, has been returned to the latter place. Ths movement compelling 1 its return , was headed by the Southern Rights monos the city, on the ground that the I Ni'i'tlieriiers having '■stablisliecl the blockade i they should not dishonestly nvnil tliernselves lof any benefits by evading it Any idea of j local sclfislilics “ii ihe part of the Soutliern j ers, is removed by the fact tiiat there in no j bac >n here wilii which it could compete. ! Fortress Monroe. June 18.—A company | of Virginia Light llor.-e fired upon three 1 companies of Federal tr< op-, who hud gone ' out horn llicii p' st on a cattle stealing rXpe- I ditioti. Three Fedeialists were wounded in the attack. The Southerners are concentrating in force ab ut seven m'les above Newport News; and I an attack from that quarter is feme I. fc?i. Louis. June 18.— A party of Federal tro.qis, a i at the Recorders court room ( in this eitj . filed killing four cinzciiß, ami w uiid tij tw •. Ii appears that a soldier in the ranks accidental!} dischtvgctl his gun, i win reiipon the whole cimiptmy bee. me firighteiicd and filed imii.-ciimiiiately. i The Federal forces in the interior of tliirt i State immlivr about 10.060 men. They nro located n- I'oUovvh : 3,500 nt Hernnan and .less.-is n Cit.v ; 3,200 at Kuta ; 2,500 at St. ■ .In-epli’s ami :i ong the Hannibal and St. . i Joseph roud ; 1000 "11 the North Missouri railroad, and 1000 Bud’s Point, in addition to i 3,500 at St. Louis. ' i N..thing is known here of the movements , of Gov. Jackson. - , Tiie Federalists are at Vienna, nine hun ' ; dred string. Gen. Scott has received a repent 5 ' which says, that in turning curve, within a ■ quarter of a mile from Vienna, the Federalists ’ were fired upon by masked batteries, with shell, shot and g.’ap?, killingand wounding a number of men who were on the platform us c the train. The train hud to stop on account . of the injuries received, and which could not , be repaired. The train was abandoned, when ] ! those on the train took to the woods. Finding ■ the Batteries supported by fifteen hundred l South CuroliaiiK, they fell back, throwing out ' | skirmishers on both flanks, and retired, leav- ■ ! ing five killed, five wounded, and five miss ; ing. The men ahaondoned their haversackF, blankets, and a lew muskets. This report is signed, Robt. Shenck, Brig. General Ist 1 Onio Regiment. Among the killed was the editor us the Cleveland Herald. It is positively asserted here that Wigfall | visited Washington City, in disguise as a cat- ■ I tie dealer. I Tim department is accepting men by bat i ! tulions. Richmond,Juno 19.—The Virginia State I Conventi rnadopted t.ie Permanent Uonstitu- I tion of tne Confederate States, reserving the I r, gilt to m cede. Pa-seiigers who arrived here at three-nnd i n-iialf o’clock, tins evening, from Mantissas | Ju:ictio:i, leport that n tiie giif unusual in :t-re-. was trati-p.riiig, although hvily times were expected boon. Ti.eie arc ntiuieroiis reports litre, one that tin: Federal,Sts Lad evticatcd Nc vport News, wiiicli is ge. e aliy credited. Public opinion u du-utes that a great battle will soon i.eeur. Lou.svii.le. June 19.— A gentleman just from at. Louis, reports, at.d the report is uune..tly Leteievd, that the Missourians, by miiitat-}'feint deco} ed Gen. Lyons and his command ir. m their boats. ’I he boats were -•unk by masked batteries after a terrific fight. Gen. Lyon's entire force succumbed. Two thousand three months volunteers at (.’amp Denison, determined to go home. Reports from various s mries render it cer tain tiiat a large i.unifier of Virginians ure nioviii" westward under Gov. Wise. Lexington, Ky.. June 19.—Andy Johnson is here, enroute t r Washington lie spoke lor three hours. Washington, Juim 19.—Telegraphic coin munieatioii t ■ lieu I qii.rrters, state that the movements at Fulls’ Church indicate action in that vicinity. Leesburg had not been cecupieJ up to yesterday morning. A battle oe ;urred in that vicinity day be fore yesterday, lasting ton hours bitt with what logs to tiie >S mtherners is unknown.— The particulars with regard to the result and Federal 1 iss is suppressed. Gen. Johi.snn is moving to surprise Col. Ca lw.dia ler, at Martiustiui'g. i-stead of g<>- ngto Wioches'e:-. ncCutiutlaii, the coxurrioN under which wt: are to hout THIS W.VR. Theji dicittl murder oi tliecit'zea Latimer, if Le tiad a trial at all, iiiuiigiiiutes the n.o-t horrid necessity of civil war—retaliation. When, in tin-war of the Revolution, Col. ILi} ' e via. executed By the British under the sentence of an incompetent military tri bunal, the i i’i ei-s of the Southern American army unaaim utsiy called,in writing,upon Gen. ■ G-.oene tu re aliate upon the British officer* who v.ere captive. Greene toiified the ■ British General that Le would tend.nte. nut ' up' ii mil.tin. but iq on British regular uffieeis; am! he tu once clttpt up several of them in I close confhiemci I with a view to iLeir execu ti-m. This i nied the m sell es. Unless our g .veriiiiie.it adopts this plan, not simply f.»r ihe piotection "four s.l iery, but our citi zens, we shail hear of the nu-st brutal out rages and murders every day. And no army, officers or nun, will be willing to light, Unless the conditions of war are equal and reciprocal on both .-ides. Further, the murder us Jack sou, defending h'iH own Louse against the marauder—the execution . f La'imcr. for the simple disci.a:gc oi bis duty—the liurrid CX coswh which litiv been penetrated at Alexan dria and elsewhere upon life, honor and nil that is precious to civil zation, puts tiie ng gre-.-or totally out < f the pale and protection ol war. law an 1 humanity. The Z .naves di K.'rve no hettei fa c than to be shot d"Wn unspari in ll.eir truck—no quarter al lowed ihrm—and if taken, hung outright— mu a- -o di'-rs. bit' as i inlaws, murderers and p'tin leers. TI c w'ld justice of retrifiu ■ive veticea: C ', i" nil such cases, must wupcr s' de rdit ary forms, and technical pleadii gs and commo': juris l : ctioii; and every pr soi.er now m our hands should be held in close diiri's-e. a- ti life I’oial-mar, pledged to d< (ru of executi H-, at tin? tidings ot one S uithcrn soldier or citizen i'Ui g"T butchered by flie renters.'fes- cm my. Nothing le-s than this will Britig these land pirates to tlieir senses. This jusln e, promptly administered, unspar in dv ami -liai-My as the offence, will cine the evil, and clieck the snngtt’iuiry thirst of these maraud ng dean ns for tin- bio d of our p.'onle. Lot it be done, an I quickly.— Ctar luston Mcviurj.