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Newspaper Page Textc ^> T '~' ! ‘ l ' ,1PTI !ggg^ l, ^ ~ 1 , |n, niiiiiiiMigji.i WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 17, 1868. No. 1036. Coirespondeuce of the Telegraph Gordon, June 13th, 18G3. iln Clitl’ff I Mtxe tho present moment to in form yon that tho probability is that wo shall sue crt-dinthe county of Jones, in raising a company for the defence of tho Slate. I am sorry, however, totay that too many of Our people do not seem to take that deep interest in this important movement tilt they should, aud that the interest of the coun- uj requires- 1 do hope that thay may yet bo more thoroughly aroused upon this subject. Tf,ere is another subject of equal moment con earning jrhicb their delinquency seems to have e«ea more apparent, I allude to the provision ques tlon. I cannot bring myscirto believe that the cite teas of this county liava given this subject that and dispassionate investigation that its im psrtance demands, and 1 do hope that some action sill lie had in direct reference to this matter. If you know ot any Agent of the Government authorized to purchase supplies, will yon bo so kiad as to send them to my house, as I have some Com, Bacon and Hama that 1 will most cheerfully I Ornish the brave men that are so gallantly fighting tor battles and delending our common country. itj sacrifice too great to be made in such a cause, tad forsucb a soldiery. May the God of Hatties be with them, to cheer their, hearts mid nerve their «fi. Pi net Woods. FROM KENAN. Ox the Front Link, June 16,1863. A movement lia.K boon making in this army • for upwards of faro weeks, and as yef no de cisive fnt tire lias been developed! On Thurs- dsy the 4tl*o this brigade received orders to join the rest of tlie division, which was done in , few hours and we encamped-close to Hamil ton's Grossing that night. The next evening we were suddenly aroused by heavy cannon afijng below Fredericksburg. To iall in and march was but the work of a moment. We pa-dud forward and soon-reached the place as signed os in line of battle and behind entrench- oenls, which will prove a difficult road to trav el, Since then, live days and nighls, wo have been in constant expectation of the enemy, hut thus lar he hah hot ventured beyond the cover of bis heavy batteries on Um Stafford tile. Skit wishing is kept up more or less frequent all the Jitue Tho Yankees have got their picket line established, and if our boys did uot advance, they seem inclined to let well enough alone. * 1 he ‘ City Light Guards” were out on asktr wish a few mornings ago and got pretty severe- - ly handled' The skirmishers were ordered to advancu and that company was not properly Mippurted. They drove the enemy but only i» secure a position which subjected them to tin iking fires as well as front, For the benotit- id tiic lighting men at home, I can certify that i-.c Yankees shoot sufficiently accurate to make a -kirinish interesting even for their valor, taut! of us are ot the opinion that the bail shots IriVi- ill gone home to get up peace meetings, >t ail events they are not on the skirmish line in uur trout. • ' Yesterday evening two or three of our guns | lifcue-l on tho crii'iuy’s position, and caused considerable activity ,m that portion of their | imes seen Irom this side. » Tin y are not supposed to have a heavy forco I eilier on ibis or the other side of tho river, out )«in attack them in position would bo attond- "iaiilt heavy less. A lew days or perhaps I Ipiur-, will unravel the 'mystery,; at'prcsent all I is strategy. .Somebody is bound to he fooled. t K. A CALL FORTH B MILITIA. The President having'made a requisition on I the Governor of 'Virginia for8,0t>t> militia, to iw mustered into service on toe 1st August ffxi, me Governor has through his Adjutant I Uctuul issued a guicial order for the enroll- iiuuii and organization of tho militia of the Mile, wi w are ordered to hold weekly musters n-’i to be drilled not exceeding two hour, each I liny. The militia law of Virginia “include-i all I *iiitc male inhabitants between sixteen and I '-jlitcen, and between tony-five and.fifty-five I Jens of age, ana all of those ages who may be | » j turning in those cities who may by rcasoti |oi the war be re ugccs.” We make the loilowing extract from the | buvernor’s general order: Tnis is a preliminary measure of urgent ne- Ice-sity, amt to meet a requieition of tho Pcesi- I drat tor 8,000 militia, to be musjered into ser- j’^etin the 1st'of August next* "Hut as the' |Prcsiu« nt js authorized by acts of Congress of lAuguMt 21st, 1861, and October 18,1888, to the service of volunteer companies lor IfKal d.dence, the Governor recommends Co Jthose who are subject to duty under the mili- I h» laws of the State, and tp a'l others who are IWqiiicill} able to. bear arms,-to organize such pxapanie* without delay, in conformity to the I Pensions of tho act of Congress, and. to such |regnl«tli>i.s as may be prescribed by the Secre- |hry u( War, which will be sent to the am- a i nu * m °l ca cli regiment Tim requisition of 8,000 militia will we reduced o proportion to the aggregate of volunteer com- which may organize as before stated. I boticiog this call, which we think it highly proba- “* l»a been made by the President on all the *k«of the Confederacy, the Sentinel says: Tixte is not a man worthy the name who will P obdly hail the summons. We trust tho eight Hsand asked for by the’ President will be forth- I'omiogut volunteer companies, long before the t-rili null drag them. Let tire home stayers take of Federal raiding ptrlios, and lcavo tho rc-g- ‘ * r »»tuy i n - mjgg f 0T large operation. Savannah News. I Salt-Mis x. —It appears from scientific ^Sr^uqnthal the .salt deposits at New P>uist5n»» is of the most extensive and andwtul description. According to iccent Fahkeeoccuunls, fitr vastness alul purity it is quailed on'the globe. One penny-a-liner fjs: I “ltwgiue if’you cau, the granite quarry of 1 Uvuthuieiis, or the marble quarry of Ver- e n Lh> be solid deposits 1 ot pure rich salt, Sktjtml transparent os .-o much clear white ** one solid, inexhaustible mass, under- dng the.etrth, and you then acquire an im- Brfect idea of the vastuess of this salt forma- on." A CALL FOR THE MILITIA. We learn from a North Carolina paper, the Ral eigh Progress, that the President has made a call upon the Governors of the different States for troops for local defence. It seems, says the Progress, that the Government is beginning to realize the folly of scattering the troops in its service, for the protec- tion of any and every place supposed to possess a little neighborhood importance, and that, hereafter, the forces are to be massed for active operations against the enemy. In order, therefore, to enable the Government to maintain and increase tho strength of its main armies, and to concentrate troops at importaut points without leaving the coun try entirely exposed to the marauding.parties of tho enemy, each State is called upon to organize a force ft - ® 11 * ihe mil.tiafor its own defence. The force so called for by the President will be raised from those persons subject to military duty, who do not corns within the operations of the Conscript Act. No one will escape from the service save those n;lr ned by tho Legislature as not being subject to militia duty. MiKtia and other State officers, and those having substitutes will now have a chance to defend their own homes and protect tlieir own prop erty, and I o serve the country without leaving their own State, and it is expected that such will not only cheerfully submit to tho call made upon their patri otism, but'that they will gladly embrace the oppor tunity to defeud their own firesides, Persons here- tofore exempt from the service on account of the ownership ot twenty negroes will not ba received into this service, as the exemption bill of the last Congress claims them as conscripts; bnt suoh of them as have or may furnish sunstitutes will he subject to'a draft, should one he found necessary to raise the force now called for. It will be remembered that this paper has advoca ted some thorough organization of all citizens able to bear arms and notliable to conscription as the best means of protecting our homes and property against theplundering raids of the enemy, while our troops are defending the important frontier posts of the Confederacy. The Richmond. Whig says it has not seen the call of the President, nor any other al lusion tolt than this of the Progress, though the edi tor takes it for granted that his cotemporary is cor rectly informed We believe such a measure would meet the enthusiastic approval of the people, while it would give security to our homes, and relieve thousands of soldiers from local duty to swell the ranks of our great armies.—Savannah Abar*. - BUZZARDS. ' 'We saw a solitary buzzayd yesterday,'the first.for a long time; and he was steering northwest! A gentleman informs us that he saw one a few- days since alight upon one oi the chimneys of the Gattlo House and after resting awhile (he seemed to bo very much fa tigued,) resume his flight in-tho same direc tion 1'hcso are the only ones wo have seen or heard of fora considerable time, though wo have mado. particular inquiries, our curiosity being suggested by their total disappearance, so far as our observation extended. What has become of them we do not know, But wo ra ther think they have gone to a big dinner party in Mississippi, given by Gen Grant; the deliejes of the feast consisting of raw Yankees and roast Yankees.—Mobile Adv. & Reg. The habits of buzzards has recently become an interesting subject ofbnquiry, in connection with tbo war. There are hundreds' of dead horses and Yankees more or loss exposed on tho field of Chancellorsville, and yet up to this time not a buzzard has been seen anywhere in tho neighborhood. Indeed, in a recent tour up the Rappahannock, wo do not recollect to have seen one of those birds, whilst besides the of- (cl of tho cauips, almost every foot of tho way furnishes attractive food for their appetites.— Perhaps there isso much of a (to. them) good thing that they havo been disgusted and taken flight to distant, parts, or more probable, as some think, the roar of battle-and offensive gasses expelled in the explosion of so much gun powder, may havo driven them off. Wo are also told that no buzzards appeared on the field of Manassas after either of tho great bat tles that occurred on that theatre. Per contra, we are iuformed by a gentleman recently from the West, that buzzards, in im mense quantities, have made their -appearance in the country around Vicksburg and as far west as Jackson, having gdno there probably, as suggested by the Adverster, to enjoy the feast prepared for them by Grant. This, how ever, explodes tho gunpowder thoory set forth above, and leaves us still in the dark regarding the habits and proclivities -of the buzzard. Sao. Republican. A WORD TO THE GRUMBLERS. rH The papers in other parts of the Confederacy arc generally crumbling at the indefinite character and frequent inaccuracy of the telegraph dispatch es from Jackson, via Mobile. This is not slraugc. People in Mobifb grumble also; and no doubt will keep grumbling until they get rational. Perhaps it is throwing oue’a labor-away to give a reason to this estimable class of our population; but wc will, nevertheless, say that unless we pub lish rumors, wc shall be obliged to publish nothing from V-cksburg. There is no communication with that city. The telegraph wirc3 do not extend to it. There are no stages, or omnibusscs, or railroad cats running into it. General Johnston, himself, we imagine, gets his information thence by rumor, or carrier pigeons, or underground railroad,or Some other channel which is not at the command of ev ery one who chooses to use it. Beyond question, it would please him if it wero *®therivise— if he were in daily counsel with Pemberton; but the orafty enemy does not allow this; and, therefore lie himself, we suspect, is often obliged to pick out Ms grain of probable truth from two or-three bushels o&probable chaff Our correspondent denotes wha| is rumor; and if the qaidnunc? like to endow th»t^ wi'.li all tlie forms of fact, it is thefr fvTt, no our* In short, aud lastly, the gu»ips who do not like this condition of things will ieml in their plans nud specifications of a better. Until they do, wc shall bo obliged to furnish the best that can bo found, or nothing. The alternative would no doubt wound their feelings and their -intense patriotism. "As that great philosopher A. Lincoln has laid down so clearly,something is more than nothing—a little is greater than a smaller quantity—and one had better take what it is possible to get than to poke his fiDgcra in his eye and cry because ho chooses to object to tho whole loaf rather than accept half of it. We leave this profound sea of moral and logical wisdom for the newspapers and grumblers to swim through.—Mobile Tribune. Fi-.om VicEauDua.—jjhe "Yankee news from Vicksburg is very meagre. The papers- have nothing beyond tho following dispatch: Cincinnati, Juno 6.—Advices from Vicks burg to Juno 2d contains no particular news. General Grant is able to press the "siege and take cite of Johnston,‘Who is posted still at Jackson. His reported march on Memphis is not confirmed. Our siege guns are close up to the enemy’s works, and playing vigorously on them and the town. * , On tho 1st inst the rebels shot three hun dred horses on the river bank, being unable to Peed than. Gen. Blair is up the Yazoo. Important news is expected of him. , From tho Providenoo Pres*. ■STATEMENT OF A RELIABLE LADY. ' A lady was in this city last week who has been in South Carolina for more than two years, a greater portion of which has been passed in Charleston.— She went out there from a city in Massachusetts, under the patronage of Mr. Memminger, now a mem ber of the rebel Cabinet, as a teacher in one of tho public schools which that gentleman Was instrumen tal in inaugurating in South Carolina. On tlie breaking out or hostilities and the attack by the rebels on Fort Sumter, she was desirous of returning to the North; the people, however, would not permitt it, and she has remained there pursuing her avocation as a teacher, until a dato which wo shall not name. Just previous to the recent attack upon Fort Sum ter by the Feder&l fleet, she had obtained permission to return North, and was about making her arrange ments to leave, when being down at Sumter she ns certairiod that an attack was being daily expected, and consequently returned to the city. While there she dined with the officers, and overheard a conver sation in which one of them “wished to God that the Union flag might at that moment bo floating over the fort; lie wa3 getting tired and sick of the wa-." Others of the party expressed themselves in n similar strain Before slio left Charleston sho receivod a portion of her stipul ated salary in gold, and the balance was invested in cotton for her benefit, to bo seat throngli the blockade to Na*sau. The day nftor the bom bardment of the Fort by tho Federal fleet, tbo steamer having obtained a pass, irom Sumter, put to sea, passing the entire blockading fleet without elic iting a shot, or seemingly attracting attention, and arrived at Nassau in safety. She was a passenger on board the steamer. Sho savs that before leaving Charleston harbor, the Captain put all his boats on shoro without giving any.reason therefor, and after they had got a short distance at sea, she noticed him detaching a torpedo from the steamer, when be told hor that it had been his determination, in case they were attacked with a certainty of being taken, to have blown up the steamer with all on board, rather than she should fall into the hands of the Federals. She says there is little, if any, suffering there; la bor *4 to 88 per day, and there is a free market for the poor, so that the wants of all are tolerably well supplied. She says further there was little if any real alarm in Charleston, in consequence of the re cent attack uponthe Fort, as all felt confident of the ability of the Fort, aided by the Obstructions in tho river, to resist the fleet. Hundreds were attracted by curiosity to the most sightly places to witness the bombardment. The lady in question is of the first respectability, and of rate intelligence, and speaks from personal knowledge. v The Charleston Courier says i The “reliable lady,” whose statement our readers will find above, is a Miss Millar, who was daring her stay in Charleston connected with the school on Bt. Philip street, under the superintendence of Mr. Geddings. She went from this port to Nassau on board the Margaret and Jessie. • . It will be seen phe has perpetrated a grievous slander on some of tho officers connected with Fort Sumter. That is the way sho repaid the hospitality of those gentlemen; that is the return this iacly from Massachusetts made for the many kindnesses she received while sojourning in our city. Miss Millar must, however, belong to tho better sort of Yankees, for she is guilty of only one false hood in tho whole statement. It is true that is a huge one. But then it is only one, aud in consideration of that fact we should blame her softly. MISSISSIPPI. - Thero.is a perceptible uneasiness about affairs in Mississippi. The public mind wodld be stolid, in deed, not to feel intense anxiety under tbo painful suspenso. The crisis of the war faces us. We are at the turning point which is to decide whether it be the will of tho Almighty that all this sacrifice ana heroism, all this blood and all these tears, have been made, and shown and shed in vain. If the enemy take Vicksburg, it docs not end, but only opens a new chapter of bloody war, and prolong* it indefi nitely. If they fail—if Grant’s great army is cap tured or destroyed, and all their vast expenditures and labors by land and sea come to naught—there is, at least, room to hope that a popular reaction- at tlie Noith may give to the Peace party the power to put a stop to the war. Ilut in neither event is tlie South conquered. Tho Yankees will be greatly dis appointed at the results of their conquest. The Northwest will he especially disappointed, far the fiossessiqn of Vicksburg does not give the Mississip pi to Northwestern commerce-it gives it only to the navigation of gunboats and armed vessels. Cavalry and horse artillery on the banks of tho great river can always keep it too hot and too unsafe for the peaceful pursuits of commerce. The Yankees, prone to deceive themselves, think otherwise. They be lieve that Vicksburg is the nest that holds all the eggs of the viperous brood of rebellion, and that crushed, we shall give up. They believe what they liko to believe. We rebols knew better. But the practical point is that tlie euemy is acting with characteristic energy and per severance' on this idea, and is literally “ moving earth’’ and all of “heaven” that he can control, to gain his point. Will he succeed 1 We feel and believe that he will not, and the feeling aud belief are founded upon the conviction that he ought not; and if the Government acta with an energy equal to the stake, he cannot. We do not propose to specu late on' the chances pro and con. We oertainly have great elements of success in the armies and the Generals that lead them. Loot at the array: Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, Gen. J. C. Pemberton, Gen. Kirby Smith, Gen. Sterling Price, Gen. Frank Gardner, and the telegraph suggests the. addition of tho name of Gen. John H. Magruder. Each namo is a tower of strength and patri^ism, aud each is, for the time, at the head of a separate army. What inay-nut be hoped from the oonoerted action and concentrated energies of six such armies, command ed by six such Generals ? Hor wo take it as a pos tulate, that the efforts of all of them will converge at tho great point of interest and danger. If Kirby Smith is not at Milliken's Bend, he surely has bis eyes on the absorbing field of struggle, aud is pre paring to play his part. The veteran Price thinks of Vicksburg when he knocks at the gates of Hel ena, and away down in Texas that old war-horse, Magruder, must prick hiB eara and^reparo for ac-. tion, as the scent of battle salutes his nostrils. Sum up the figures, and our prediction, some lime back. that one hundred thousand Confederates would stand in harness to dispute the mastery of the.groat val ley, will be more than realized. VickBburg will not . fall, and must not fall.—Mobile Register, llM/i. „ JACKSON PRESS REPORTS. * The Richmond Examiner is fierce upon the Jackson telegrams of the “Assoc ated Press,” arid pronounces them “an unintelligible com pound of gas, Braggadocio, blunders, absurdi ty and impossibility.” It thinks the heavy loss attributed by tho Press agent to Grant is ‘pure fable,” but that his casualties may reach 12,000. The Examiner takes Homo comfort from the Yankco accounts oi afliitrs in tho Southwest, and is inclined to credit one report of tlie Associated “ blatherskite telegram,” which turns but to be in fact a fable—to wit: the appearance of Kirby Smith at Pott Hud son. f It is not our business to defend tho Associa ted Press, but our Richmond cotemporaiy should remember to p Jt to the.credit of these “blatherskite telegram?," that telegraph re porters at Jackson are seekers after knowledge Under great difficulties. Vicksburg is cut oil from regular communication with Juckson, and Gen. Johnston’s reticence curtails, in a wonder ful way, reportorial knowledge of his. pUus and movements. We rather think tho reporters are doing tbo best under their circumstances. Mobile Advertiser. Gxor.otANS in tux Wkkt.—The Atlanta Intelli gencer says that the following Georgia regiments are in and around Vicksburg: The UBtk, Colonel Gienn; 89tli, Col. McConnel; 40th, Col. Curtis; 42d, Col. Henderson ; 4Sd, CoL Harris, killed; 4Gth, Col. Colquitt; 54th, Col. J. A. W Johnson ; 60th, Col. Watkins; 67tb, CoLBarkaloo. GEN. BRECKINRIDGE’S DIVISION BROKEN nr—ms riunuRiir with ms soldixrs. The correspondent of the Rebel, writing from the front, says: Gen. Breckinridge’s division lias been broken up, and tho pieces scattered. Ho and his staff, with one of the fragments,have been sent to anoth er field of labor. Tho disruption of the division, and parting with tho General, filled every heart with sadness. The greater portion of the division has been associated with him since the lamented affair at Fort Bonelson, and tho abandonment of Tennes see, and were with him at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Ba ton Rouge and Murfreesboro’. Tho ahariog of so many dangers and distresses, his native Knight liko gallantry on the field, and his generous sym pathy for his wounded and sick companions in camp, havegivon birth to a mutual attachment as tender and devoted as a woman’s Iovo In tho first gush of womanly feeling. Ho was familiarly known to his soldiers as n messmate. When riding through tho camps, a3 ho often did, to see what was lacking to make them - com fortable and contented, instead of his approach be ing with cry “fall in guards l” and a formal parade of sentinels, ns is customary when r gilt fledgling of tho staff gallops up and announces tho corniug of a general officer, tho shout was raised, “Breck- inridgo is coming 1” and down would go books, cards, newspapers and everything, and a crowd of boys' would meet him at the guard lino. It was rumored that ho would lcavo us, but no ono was willing to believe it, until last Friday morning, when ho carno around to tell us good bye. It was like leaving homo again, breaking up its sweet, sa cred associations. Silently nud sadly he shook hands with us and left us."- Thoro is a poignancy of sadness in tearing these old ties of friendship, woven and hallowed by oommon dangers and suf ferings. But alt these will bo broken and tho bright links scattered. - DISPATCH TO MR. MASON. We publish, by official consent, the follow ing dispatch of the Secretary of Slato of tho Confederate States to Mr. Mason, our Com missionor fo England. It makes known tjie causes of tho late revo cation of tho exequatur of the British Consul at this port, and in doing so, takes occasion to explain tho gcnoral grounds of tho President’s action, and tho views which govern tho policy which he is firmly and steadily pursuing. It will bo seen that the Confederate Govern ment is held by tho President to bo tho agent of tho States for certain purposes; that it is the successor of a similar agent whose acts, while its authority existed, wero valid: and that succeeding to tho trust, tho Confederate authorities are bound to respect alL constitu - tional acts performed by tho former agent, with the consent of tho State concerned. Hence, argues the Secretary, “when Virginia seceded, withdrew tho power delegated to tho Govern ment of the United States, and conlorred them on this Government, tho exequatur granted to Consul Moore was not thereby invalidated.” Being the act of Virginia, through hor agont,* fn the first instance, it remained her act though hor agent had been charged. This is manifestly tho true State Rights doc trine. It would bo monstrous if when a Stato selects a now agent to attend thenceforth to certain interests, this new servant should be gin by treating as null and void whatever sho might havo done through her former one.— This would be to assumo that the sovereign authority lies in tho temporary agent rather than in tho abiding State. Tho view of the President will - commend itself to tho hearty, appiobation of the peoplo, who will see in it another proof of tho scrupulous respect vshich he pays to tho rights ofthe’States, and tho cs tablished principles of our Government. The letter to Mr. Mason shows also that tho President has acted in good faith on his opin ion os to tho validity of existing exequaturs. He has not sought difficulties with the Con sul?, or revoked their exequaturs, with any idle and mistaken view of extorting recognition from European powers. JEIe has conceded to foreigners all thoir international rights, and has cultivated tho spirit of amity with other nations so far as consistent with our own honor and dignity. England is no exception to this remark. We are fully persuaded that tho foreign pol icy of the President, as exhibited in the letter of Mr. Mason, will receive tho warm approval and support of tho Confederate people. Some thcro may bo who would prefer rash and vio lent counsels; but tho great mass Of our citi zens will approve the stoady coyrso which, unmoved by thoughtless clamor, tho President has pursued. They will be discerning enough to see, that it is much better and far more creditablo to us for our international affairs thus to be conducted with dignity and in de cent temper; and that it would but expose us to ridicuic to dismiss a few -foreign Consuls from our beleaguered ports, and withdraw the agents whom, tor our own interest and conve nience, 8a havo sent to Europe, in tho childish expectation that- wc should thereby intimidate and coerce Europe to recognize our indepen dence.' Thb day for such fancies has past.— What tho great need for our cotton tannot do for us, the dismissal of a few petty Consuls will hardly accomplish. No. 24. - Confederate Stases of America, T Department of Stato, J- Richmond, 6th Juno, 18G3. ) Sir—Herewith yon. will receive copies of the following papers: Ifj A Letter of George Moore, Esq, H. B. M.’s Consul in Richmond, to this Department, da ted 16th February, 1803. B. Letter from the Secretary of Stale to Consul Moore, 20th February, 1863. C. Letters patent by tbo President, revoking the exequatur of OonsalMooro,5th June,18G3. . D. Letter enclosing to Consul Moore a copy of the letters patent revoking his- exequatur. It is desmed proper to inform you that this action of tho President was influenced in no small degree by tho communication to him of an unofficial letter of Consul Moore, to which I Bhall presently refer. It appears that two persons, named Molony and Farrell, who were enrolled as conscripts In our service, claimed exemption on the ground •that they were British subjects, and Consul Moore*, in order to avoid tho difficult)’ which prevented his corresponding with this Depart ment as set -forth in the paper B, addressed himself directly to the Secretary of \V ar, who was ignorant of tho request jnade by this De partment for tho production of the Consul’s commission.' The Secretary of War ordered an investigation Of tho facts, when it became apparent that the two men had exercised tho right of suffrage in this State, thus debarring themselves oi all pretext for denying their cit izenship ; that both had resided hero for eight years, and had settled on and were cultivating farms owned by themselves. You will find an • hexed the report of Lt. Col. Edgar, marked E., and it is difficult to conceive a case pre senting stronger proofs of tho renunciation of native allegiauce, and ol the acquisition of de facto citizenship, than aro found in that report. It is in relation to such a case that it has seem ed proper to Consul Moore to denounce tho Government of tho Confederate States to ono of its own citizens as being indifferent “to cases of tho most atrocious cruolty.” A copy of his letter to the counsel of tho two men is annexed, marked F. Tho earnest desire of this Government is to entertain amicable relations with all nations, and with none do its interests invito tho forma- tion of closer ties than with Great Britain. Although feeling aggrieved that the Govern ment of Her Msjosty has pursued a policy, which, according to the confessions ot Earl Russell himself, has increased tho disparity of strength which he considers to exist between the belligerents, and has conferred signal ad vantage on our enemies in a war iff'which Great Britain announces .herself to be really and not nominally neutral, iho President has not deemed it necessary to interpose any oh- stacle to tho continued residence of British Consuls within the Confederacy, by virtue of exequaturs granted by tho former Govern ment. His course has been consistently guid ed by tho principles which underlie the whole structure of our government. Tho Stato of Virginia having delegated to tho Gov ernment of thu United States by tho Consti tution of 1787 tho power of controlling its foreign relations, became bound by the action of that government in its-grant of an exequas tur to Consul Moore. When Virginia seceded, withdrew tho power delegated to tho Govern ment of tho United Stales, and conforrod litem uq this Government, tho exequatur granted to Consul Moore was not thereby invalidated. An act done by an agent while duly authorized continues to bind tho principal after the. revo cation of tho agent’s authority. On theso grounds tho Picsident has hitherto steadily resisted all influences which have been exerted to induce him to exact of foreign con suls that they should ask for an exequatur from - this Gevernmont as a condition of the continued exerciso of their functions. It whs not deemed, compatible with the dignity of the Government to extort, by onforciug tho with drawal of national protection from’ neutral ro> sidents, such inferential recognition of its in dependence as might bo supposed to be impli ed in tho request for an exequatur. The con suls of foreign nations, therefore, established within tho Confederacy, who were in posses sion of an exequatur issued by tho Govern ment of the United States prior to tho forma-, tion of the Confcderncy, havo been maintained and respected in tbo exerciso of tucir legiti mate functions, and tho same protection and respect will bo accorded to them in future, so long as they confine themselves to the sphcio of their duties, and seek neither to 07ado nor defy the legitimate authority of this Govern ment within its own jurisdiction. There has grown up an abuse, however, the re sult of this tolerance on tho part of the President, which is too serious to be longer allowed. Great Britain has deemed it for hor interest to refuso ac knowledging tho patent fact of the existence of this Confederacy as an independent nation. It can scarcely be expected that wo should, by our own conduct imply assent to the justico or propriety of that refusal, now that the British Minister accredi ted to the Gov’m’t of our enemies assumes tho pow er to issue instructions and exercise anthority over tho Consuls of Great Britain residiqg within this country; nay, oven of appointing agents to super vise British interests in the Confederate States.— This course of couduct plainly ignores tho existence of this Government, and implios tho -continuance of tho relations between that Minister and the Con suls of Her Majesty resident .within the Confeder acy which existed prior to the withdrawal of these States from tho Union. It is further tho assertion of a right, on tho part of Lord Lyons, by virtue of his credentials as Her Majesty’s Minister "at Wash ington, to exercise the power and authority of a Minister accredited to Richmond, aud officially re ceived as-such by the President. Under theso cir cumstances, and becauso of similar action by oth- or Ministers, tho President ba3 felt it his duty to order that no direct communication be permitted between the Consuls of neutral nations in tho Con federacy and the functionaries of those nations re siding with the enemy’s country. All communica- tipn, therefore, between Her Majesty’s Consuls, or Consular agents in the Confederacy and foreign countries, whether neutral or hostile, will hereaf ter bo restricted to vessels arriving from or dis patched for neutral ports. Tho President has tho less reluctance in imposing this restriction because of the ample facilities for the correspondence which aro now afforded by tho fleets of Confederate in tral steamships engaged in regular trade between neutral countries and the Confederate ports. This trade is daily increasing in epite of tho) .aper block ade, whiclua upheld by Her Majesty’s Government, in disregard, as tho President conceives, of tho rights of this Confederacy, of the dictates of pub lic law, and of the duties of impartial neutrality. You are instructed by tho President to lurnish a copy of this dispatch, with a copy of tho papers appended, to Rer Majesty’s Secretary' of Stato for Foreign A flairs. . I am very respectfully, • Your obedient servant, J. P. Bkxjamin, Secretary of Stato. Hon. James M. Mason, Commissioner, &c., Ac., Loudon. Just Received. LADIES’ .assorted colors, Extra superfine silk Parasols, Ncipolmau^Bonnets, newest shapol Bonnet French Flowers’, bonnet and eash Ribbons. Lace, aod for sale at tha JwSvi*• *'• DKSS AU. AUCTION SALE. ^ORElt & BOISSEAU, Auctioneers, itlnlu Street, Dnuvilie, Va, W L'wiU sen at our Auction Room, on Main street Danville. Va., on )\ edncmlav, the 15th of July IM-J, commer.C'Bgat 9 o’clock A. M.— ’ 3747 buses manufactured Tobacco, 500 kegs JUccaboy Snuff. 2JJ cases Excelsior; motlnuTobacco, *» addles, n ml so bbb. Smoking Tobacco, SCO) lbs. Torpcutlno Soap, S3 bbts. Apple Brandy, i detlrlngio avail the: _ Parti e* fieri ring to avail themselves af our sale will please send In their Goods or rumples by 12 o'clock ■rh,.~a— SORK1’ <fe BOlJsKAU, . Auctioneers. Thursday, JunoIG—dtUUSjoly LAND FOR SALE. T HE subscriber offers for tale S30 Acres of fcrtllo Land, lylu ; on Cooa Creek, In Schley county— snout SO acres irethly eloarod. Tho land lfcseonven lent to Churches aud Schools, and 1» well provided With comfortable cabins. Kor terms apply to 4 Juno to—U3’.»J. tt. ,MIDLER, duller, Ga. Fleur from new Wheat —AT— BACON FLOUR MILLS. Juno 15-dSl* For Sale. 1)000 fW?bagaclround Pots, 300 bags Cow Fred, 1(0 bbls. tlmt-raiu Fluor, S Gores,Tobacco. *u grades, SO bbls. f oreh and Grapo Brandy, JO « Cora Whisky, dno article, !»50 Gross Matches, ’ V lOObags Salt, . 300 tags Cow Peas, cheap to elora. out Consignment. ■ June 13—dlw* ROBERTS ,t DUNLAP. NOTICE. T AM authorized to raise a Cavalry Company for Gen. Cobb s Brigade. Persona subject io Conscription requested to Join. Military accoutrements win bo lenod by tho Government. Furloughs will bo granted to all volunteers until tho 1st 61 July. no 18—dlO.* J. W. SOLO HONS, Capt. STOLEN, aashud face. A liberal reward will be paid for her re covery, and any intonation lUankmlly received. Juno IS—dst* ROB’S? COLLIER, Foiyyth, Oa. NOTICE, td TRAY ED, from E. C. Butler’s residence In Forsyth, a medium sized Dog. whitowHh taisobrindle spoil, short tall and ears cropped. A liberal reward will bo paid for said dog—any inlormatlon thanklnily received. Juno 18—det* • LOST - A small b'ack- porket book, containing about *43— eight $5 bills, and tbu balance In shtujilaetere. Tbo llnutr wifi he literally rewarded by leaving U at thl* office,. . Jane is-tf. Wanted to Hire, T wenty Negro Laborer a. Apply to Mr. J. Fuss, acting Mas.er Armorer, C. s. Armory. Macon, Ua., Juno 13,1868—dtt OLD ROPE, &G., WANTED. W ANTED,.at the C. S. Cuntral Laboratory, old Rope, Cordage, Twine, or iirgglu —old ilemp or. Jute, tn any roim. For anch a fair price wilt bo paid, according to quality ltd condition. Apply at (heottcaon.3i street. . J. W. MALLET, Capt. Jtuieia—dtt ,Sup’t C 8. Lahoratowea. Kotico to tho Stockholders of The Central G-a*. Insurance Co. A meeting of tho stockholders of tha Central Geor gia. insurance Company is called at the offlee ot the Company, on Wednesday noxt, tho 17th In t., at 10 o’clock, A. 31., to consider the propriety ol an In crease of iho capital stock of said Company. By order of the Board ot Directors, alunc U—<15V»B. g. BOSS, Fread't. GEORGIA SALT MANUFACTURING COMPANY. DIVIDEND NO. 4. The President and Directors of the Georgia Salt Manufacturing Company have declared a dividend of eighty-five (35) pounds per share at 10 cents per pound. Sacks if retained to be charged 87,00. Distribution to take place from date. H. H. Tucker, President. A; J. Plumb, Secretary and Treasurer, Augusta. Phillips, General Distributing and Collecting Agent, Atlanta.jaw 9-1 o 3t wlOt. Estray Cow. . E STRAYED trout my lJt, on la't Wednesday night, the 3rd instant, a red no horned Cow and Calf, one teat .poile-t. A liberal rewaid will to p*iu lot her re turn, or for information to X can get bur. GRENVILLE WOOD. Macon, June Uth,ISO’). • dlw* Wool-Carding Factory- M RS. MAltV BKYCB Win Curd Wool at her Factory, five miles sooth of Knoxville, ati5 cents per pound. Owners of wool will fornish their own oil or grtiftB?. judo lli-twUtt GUNNY BAGGING. 1 J% Uunay Bagging for eaio by J. W. FK.VRS. J UUQ ltt—dtf NOTICE. A LI. persons haring bought goods at the suction sale in my arore, are requested to call for them.— I Intend closing out my stock of China, Giaaa, Crock ery, URraps, Jtc., at private sale, as heretofore. Now is the time to bny. T. £1.130LSUAW. Macon, June IS, 1868—dlw* T)K> COFFEE, Flour and Osnaburgs for sale by ■ L *' J. W. FKAItR. Juno 16—dSt L ETTER PAPER $35 ream, tale by juno 16—d3t Choice,Baker County Laud at Public Sale. tliajet Tue&d&yln July next will be sold, before ^ the Court LIoiibo doorot Dougherty count*, at Al- !a.-iy,Oa , as the proporty of Major Johu H. Gallic, de- • oured, Hi-co Dots oi l*and, in tho 19th Di-tricr. o! Bi ker coeuiy. No's. 145,140 aud If 9. Theso lota aro well located tyLux in the most icrtllo portiobi or Biker couoty, «udl> f ng together make & body of 750 sores.— Parlies dcsiriL.; an investment: should Du: let ibis cuance escape -tillcagood. • LiLNivS Jb BOBBS, Attorneys for J AS. McBKNKY, fix. or* JOHN B. GALL I a, ooc'd. Albany, Ga., J one l.\ ISC 3—dtlll - Ac iiimstrator’s-Sale. B Y an oilier oft the Court of Ordinary o: Dougherty Coasuy, wiJl be sold before the Court Bouse door, of the County cf Dougjieriy, on the lirst Tuesday iu July next, between the legal hours of sale no the pro perty ol the estate of A.C. Hanson, late ot taid Coun ty, deceased, Iho Plantation known as tho Hansen place, consisting of the ioilo w*ug lands, to-wit, Number (2i) twenty-one and (60) sixty, in the (9) Second district of Dougherty County; and Join num ber (rt) twenty two, (60) alsvy aud tbo eutst half Of (23) twemy-thne In the (o) third district of sa d County, the whole containing eleven hundred and twenty-five acres. Parties desiring to porch we a good cak and hickory plantation would do well to attend, Y. U. BUSY, Administrator of A. C. Bauson. Albany, Ga., Apiil 30th. 13o3. Judo 6—odw PLANTATION FOR SALE IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA, C ONTAINING 1,850 acre®, altnMed on Lake Single lary, 14 miles irom Bainbridge, well Improved, 3 to 4 hundred acres cleared, and every improvement nec«.e- Yiiry upon a J*rm; besides it is located in a gopd neigh borhood, near a Church, and unsurpassed lor Ashing privileges ill tho fetate. Tho tiact can be divided into two farms, if desired, as there aro two setU of buildings on it, and no waste laud on cither. Tho price ia #12 mj per aero, cash. For further particulars address— JSSSH RHYNOL08. juneS—dlOL* Bain bridge, Ga. HERE’S T0DR CHANGE. T HE tnbscriber otters for sale, on rcasocaolo terms, a lot ol MUch Cows aud young Calves, and siablu (ud Beeves. Wiil deliver tbo beet read; for market at Smithville, on S. W. K. M. , junc 5-dim* THOMAS T. ELLISON.