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THOMAS RAGLAND, Proprietor.
VOLUME XXXVI.
A STRICT CONSTRUCTION OP THU CONSTITUTION—AN HONEST AND CCONOMICAI, ADMINISTRATION OP Till; COVERN.MPNT.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 11, 18(53.
OFFICE—RANDOLPH STREET.
NUMBER 32.
THE WEEKLY ENQUIRER
Ia Publlihrit tvcry Tuudsy !*ttuning.
TERMS—•* 00 |ier »unain. payable (fumrtn-
bly in adpanc'*.
ADVERTISEMENTS
Conupicuourly inserted at Oxr. Dollar per
square, for tbo first insertion, am) Fifty Ck.yts
for «T«ry subsequent insertion. A square in the
Enquirer is eleven lines in small type, or one
hundred words.
Obituary notices over eight line* charged is
advertisements.
All Communications ot a personal character,
or intended to promote the private ends of
Corporationr,So«i*tic\Schools or Individualt.
will be ohanred as advertisements.
| county, embracing tho city, show n
jority of 478 votes for Watts; und Selma,
Thursday, August 6.1863.
The Traus-Missfsslppl Department.
It U a matter for especial gratuluMon
and much encourngemont that our
armies west of tho Mississippi river wore
in such a state of efficiency at the timo of
the fall of Vicksburg and Port Hudson.
The surrender of those strong points hud
the effect of cutting the C mfedorney in
two, for it gave the Vankeoa control of
tho river and left us no snfh communi
cation between tho armies oast and west
of it. But, happily, tho resources of the
Stntns west of the Mississippi had been
developed, and the troops organized upon
an efficient war. footing, by Magruder,
Smith and Price, boforo tho loss of our
positions on the river. The two Motions
of the Confederacy wero thus In a condi
tion to prosecute wf
They had, each, able
to head their p-mw
the severest service, and in whom tho
people of their respective department
and tho soldiers of thoir commands hav
tho utmost confidence—and on the wci
independently.—
ml reliublo officers
—officers tried by
i side'
tho
l)irk
Cahuwba and Gainesville, In Dallas
county, givo Watts a majority ot 688.
Messrs. Hives, Ogbornoand Bethea are
doubtless elected Representatives for
Montgomery county.
Wo have at a late hour this
morning received tho full and official
returns for Russell county, which sums
up thus:
For Governor, Watts 025; Shorter 279;
Dowdell 81.
For Congress, Cl opt on 671; Cadon-
head 278.
Representatives, Mitcholl 422; Nis-
bet 820; White 809; Godwin 219 ; Flako
211; Tate 29.
Slintiff’, Hubbard 630; Burch 286;
Holland 121; Stallings 27; Brinson 4.
Collector—Stafford,426; Hill, 608;
McCain, 6.
Tax Assessor—Ingrain, 770; Thom 163.
Treasurer—Ransom, 353; Read, 822;
Johnson, 93; Dawson, 75; Cooper, 75,
Tho fow Alabama papers received
by us yesterday afternoon brought no
further returns of tho election in that
State. Wo heu r verbal reports of a large
majority for Watts at some proeinots in
tho Southeastern counties, and thcao,
with tho reported result in Barbour,
strengthen our impression that WatU
must be olected.
fast clearing thoir territory of the Y
kco invaders. It was a recent boast of
Gen. Magruder tlmt not a Yank
dior trod the soil of Texas; Gen.
Taylor had, by a series of succesi
driven in tho Yankoo forcoa from wt
orn Louisiana to their Mississippi ri
line and the protection of thoir gunboats ;
and Gen. Prico, in Arkansas, was curry
ing on offensive operations, and still keeps
the enemy under shelter of their
fleet.
This efficient condition of our trans-
Miasisfeippl department ought to go far
towards compensating us lor the loss of
Vicksburg and Port Hudson. We are
now assured that tho enemy will find
the work of. “subjugation M 'of Iho region
cut off’from us as difficult u matter as if
ns with it wore still
(•ported successes
of Gen. Taylor bespeak ooninuod energy
and good fortune on tho part of that en
ergetic officer. W o have reason to be
lieve that the reports ot his brilliant vlc-
The Emperor ot .Mexico*
Tim MoxUnilliun chomn Emperor of
Mexico is not the M<'\imillinn descended
from Eugene BcaulmrntiH, ns was con
jectured tlm other day. 11. ia Moximil-
lian of the llup-Wtirg dynasty. It seems,
too, from the telegraph account that lie
was selected by tho notabilities i f Mexi
co, end not imposed by tho French,
although it is stated that the
ide !»
tho lucky j
knowing, no may tie u r
present Austrian lvupero
soph—perhaps a hrothoi
imething of that
Win
hat he has
orld.
Hide
tho old ©?.i"
osiemdbln,
r communicatioi
tory n
i the n
We havo a
ami that w i-
oldest, bought
dynH.tyol Ki
diaua ami Ohio.
(’apt. Eli Marks, of Col. Basil W.
Du Ice 1 a Konluckny regiment, who was
with Morgan in his great raid, has ar
rived ir. Lynchburg and furnished tho
Republican of that city with an account
of the movements of tho raid. It appears
that the expedition started from Sparta.
Tenn.. about the 1st of July, and crossed
the Cumberland river on the 2nd, with
about twenty-five, hundred men. Wo
extract the following from the account:
On the 4th of July tho expedition took
up tho lino of march tor Groan river
bridge. An attack was hero made upon
tho enemy, wlm werufo ind to bn posted
strong position, pro.octet! by well
truoted Stockades.
On account of tho superior strength
of the works our forces failed
carry the position. During this engage
ment wo lost Col. Chonault and Capt.
Tribblo killed, and about 60 mon killed
and wounded. Tho enemy’s loss was
equal to ours in tho charge that was made
upon them.
Front Green river bridge Morgan noxt
miles oftho place on tho night of the 4th.
Tho following morning be reached Leb
anon, ami nt once demanded the lUtrnni
dor of tho place, which was refused by
the Federal officer in command of the
post. A heavy engagement, ensued,
which lasted, with considerable spirit
i charge was ordered, and tho town
aptured, together with tho whole Federal
oroo, consisting of about six hundred
ftbotlvo mon, together with n largo
Repulse of the Yonkers io N.Ca • vr, •
The official dispatches published below
to Gov. Vance, of Noith Caroline, con
firm the report that the Yankee raiders in
that Stato. having been repulsed at two
points, have returned to tho coast:
WrliioN, July 29. Gov. Vance: A
part of Ransom’s brigade met tho enemy
m largo force y eater t1uy p. m., about
this side of Jackson, and utter
, dro
pursuing thorn t
them . ,
day. Five companies of tho 24th alone
engaged thorn. Our reinforcements came
up, hut were not needed. Our loss two
killed, and less tlmn ton wounded, most
of them slightly.
(Signed) Wm J. Ci.ark,
Col. 24th Regt. N.C.T.
Golub nano, July 29.—Gov. Vance:— A
dispatch which has passod this office to
headquarters at Kingston states that
J ah. A. Bhapkoiu
[Fort Branch is at Rainbow Bend,
orth side of Roanoko _ .,
Hamilton. This makes it certain that the
dvanoeon Weldon is being made by
columns.]
Kinhto.v, July 29-rGee. y„ner:- -The
Yankees wore repulsed below \ *':ikm-
ston and rolurnod to Plymouth They
wero also repulsed below Weldor, and
roiroatcd how far I do not know.
J. G. Martin,
Brigadier General.
• trrulam of the North L'amlinlmi*
A letter from an officer of tho .Sixth
North Carolina Regiment, to Governor I After more than
Vance, published in tho Raleigh Pro- | scarcely equalled i
tho Soldiers of the Confederate I-’r
’8 of a warfare
, . - - - , „ ,
gross, thiiR dosoriboa tho part acted by tude. and fearful cat nitgoof its battles—a
that regiment in tho battle of Gettysburg: j warfaro in which your courage and for-
Gf Early’s Division, the L.uisiann and I titudo have illustrated your country and
Hoke’s brigades were advanced tochargn attracted not only gratitude nt homo, but
the enoiuy behind fences. It was rapidly ; admiration nbroud—your onomies con
done (as is
front, tl»e
tho enemy wer
the town to i he
In this charge
Mini fortune, im nocliate- I tinuo a struggle in wG our llmd
fence,) and | umphmustoe inevitable. Unduly elntod
driven bef
lant office
. through
fortified heights behind.
* lo-t a nu'iiber of gal-
men, morn tlmn tho
bulanoo of the brigade, and captured u
battery near tho fence. The battery will
bo credited to Early’s Division, son if it
don't. The Virginia end Georgia brig
ades were held in reserve. Next day
2d,
were orderod (Louisln:
and
W.
N. I
by thoir recent sucoeises, they imugino
that temporary roversos can quail your
spirit or shako your determination, and
they aro now gathering heavy masses
fora genorul invasion in the vain hope
that by a desperate effort success may at
length ho reached.
You know too well, my countrymen,
what they moan by success. Thoir mul-
C. brigade-) to charge tho heights. Now
it is proper to suite that there are a series
of heights there, upon which the enemy
driven from all around. Long-
hid boo
street charged i
repulsed.
th<
In tin
„ . regretted
that we lost some good mon. Among
the number was 1st Lieut, Thus. Morgan,
brother of tlui General, who was shot
through tho heart,
Leaving Lebanon tlioy proceeded to
BariUtowii. There a company oftho onos
my - cavalry was captured. From hence
the expedition advanced upon the Lolls
i vilie and Nashville Railroad, and upon
reaching the road they were not long in
overhauling atrain of oars, which proved
lobe quite worth the effort, as it con-
* hi a- 1 between seventy-five and one
hundred officers belonging to Rosecrans'
rnmund. They next reached Garnetts*
villo, when a feint was made upon
L'ity ot Jiouisvillc. whilst preparations
foot to effect a crossing of tho
) SUppOi
even a better strol
allianee with Uus-i
one of those poo pi
nobody respects, and
always be consulted wliei
•t. Yet
iruilar round and,
ilitr purpose. It is
>!' policy tlmn an
the '
Ohio river,
to the river at Brand.n-bnrg, nt which
point two stuunieri w- re captured, tho
Alice Denn and the .1 I. McGoombs.
Thu former was destroyed. Hero the
mnmnd effected a crossing of the river,
uftei
The
with the
ono hundred
yl'..“...I*
Guards, one ritlo
and successfully u
This occurred on the 7th.
On the the Mil of July, lining safuli
i the Ki:
the
I ndi
In-, line of march for the
on, where he captured
u and some few regular
next point
iVllO
Yankee slateniont that Banks was pro- j, nr
paring a strong expedition to retake I
Brash ear city just after the surrender oi . ^
Vicksburg, and we know that such uti j tin.
expedition as that would bn very apt
bring on a conflict with
who held that portion of L<
Moblc.
l. Johnston
pro phot
Tayl"
rocontl.v in
il began to
I tl'mt he had come io eon-
. Maury about the wavs
Ya
which invited In, att nlion, wile
iinmeiisn uinuum of damage was ihlliclud
upon the enemy by tho destruction of
railroad property, bridges, depots, stores,
cpoditi.m from thi* point visited
ior of th Stult , mid wus enabled
ny quantity «»f work to perfc
inibraced tho destruction of vast
"i pul ' "• property, such us rails
"idg*-, '!■ pots, and Govornm
[on - rally. Tho damugo of t
age of the oxpoditi
is heyoiul compulation
Leaving tho State of Indiana, General
Morgan struck tlm Ohio lino at a place
the annihilation of one of
in wefitorn Louisiana a sh
but tho precise locality is
any statement of the for.
the 1
ders ongaged.
think, real
nssuraneo that cur friend
tho
it of the
hold up
their corner,’’ and that they will con
tinue to give the Yankoo* most con
vincing proofs of their soif-rolianco ami
indomitable resolution.
The Draft.
Tho draft ordered by tho Guvdrnor, in
tho event of the failuro to raise the quot»
of Muscogee county for .State defence
the 4th inst., was held yesterday, unde J
tho superintendence of (
Cols. Mitchell and Qur
that a number
various kinds
»*illi|:
. ’It appoared
rmponios, seeking
i of service, wero
“/formation, but only two or
th-e™ OS,S |^' oto or a lrcH,J Y mustered into
-ervice. Tho companies "f Capt*
Everitt and Chapman had boon already
mustered in. Tho number 'ire-king of;
and received companies to (111 the quota
was 200. These wore drafted, and tho
namos of one-third more of that number
wore also drawn out as alternates.—
Persons whoso names wore drawn were
allowed to attach themselves to the seve
ral companies nearly complete, and thoie
who availed tbftinsclvfr) of this privilege
will go into tho service
We understand that
Cnpls. Everitt, Ohftj:
sell and Thompson h
olunteers.
tho
imu
imbe
and i
; t ( j^ n .y.
•ork.they had
id in>
ds and remove them, with tlmir pre
is persons, from tho scene of duty,
• >r and danger. All true mon will be
•irtod to hour tt.ese words of dntormi*
ion frmn the able and noble cornrnnn-
tho department, and tlioy will
id by bin
The Capitulation ol Port Hudson.
Tho articles of capitulation proposed
etwoen the commissioners <>n the part
fthogarrison and the forces oftho United
Unto* before Vorl Hud-on, July 8th,
. Frt
nine i
i'd in article first
itions, save that
men composing
Hud-
with the call.
Wo regrotto hear report- that tho re
is still an effort b some who wore draf
ted to avoid tho draft by going into or
ganizations to be assigned to more guard
duty for particular establishments or
corporations. Tho privilege allowed
thorn to restrict their servico to such
narrow limit ) was, wo arc satUflod, Im
politic and too partial, and wo are con
fident thut both tho Governor and tho
Dopartmout will prevent its interference
with tlm draft.
Alabama Flection*.
Tho general election in A abama came
off on Monday lft?t. Our returns nro us
yet by precincts only and quite meagre,
but they Indicate a heavy vote f"r Watts
for Governor in tho Southern portion of
tho Stato.
The following aro incomplete returns
from Russell county
Girard.—Watts 103, Shorter 90. For
Representative*—Godwin 118, Mitchell
65, Niabet 68, White60, McCoy 22, Flake
8. Fur Sheriff—Burch 116, Hubbard 53,
Holland 31. For Tax Collector—Stafford
144, Hill 01.
From the following precincts wo have
only the returns for Representatives, and
only tbo votes for the threo highest can
didates aro given:
Mitcholl. Nisbot. White.
Villula 47 34 26
Uchee 43 29 10
Oiwichee 80 19 8
Sandlort 33 29 29
Crawford 61 60 63
Stewart's 12 26 17
These roturns are sufficient to 6how the
•leotion of Mr. Mitchell, and to loavo the
Contest for tho other Legislative seat
between Messrs. White and Nisbet. The
probabilities, we think, are in favor of the
election of Mr. White.
For Sheriff, Messrs. Hubbard and
Burch are tho leading candidates, and
the returns seem to favor the election of
the former.
Clopton, for C'ongres«, appears to have
a considerable majority in tbo county.
Fartial return* from Montgomery
, by the
)d as
officers u« i
Banks, wit
rendition,
bo drawn i
loft extendii
The arms a
veniently, u
j Ulcer
ml its garrison
ar by such general U. S.
• be designated by General
lie ordinary formalities of
ie Confederate troops will
n liri", officers in their po
uf the line resting on the
of the railroad depot, the
towards Furl Hudson.—
I colors wiil ho piled con-
J be received by the U. S.
'orv long bridge nt
The Last Hours of Gen. Semmes.
From tho Savannah Repuhlicun.
Camp nkar Culpkpkk O. H., Va„ 1
July 20, 1863. j
Ai.kxandku, Esq.,
Sir: That distinguished soldier,
Brig. Gen. Paul J. Scmmos, who re
ceived tho fatal shot finally terminating
his 1 if •. while stormingtlm rocky height-
Gettysburg, charged me, upon the
battle Hold, with a duty become sacred by
reason of his death. I propose to make
public, through you, tlm interview bu-
Setnmes and myself on that
occasion. I believe that it was his Jedro
and expectation that 1 would so d>» >n
of his death. As your most excellent
correspondence is everywhere rend in
*»raoy, and with especial Intor-
gin, of which Gen. >c:iimcs
n, 1 have to request that you
incorporate this communication in one
ofyour earliest letters. It will ben mourn
ful pleasure to the friends and family of
this noble spirit to know, when tho green
wounds of sorrow shall bo somewhat
healed, that in the excitement of the
hour, hi* mind turned with undying love
face and was repulsed, and our t\vr>
brigades were, in the evening, order
ed to charge the North front, and after a
struggle, such a* this war has furnished
no parallel. 75 North Carolinians of the
6th regiment, and 12 Louisianians of
Hay’s brigade s--ntl«d (lie walls and plant
ed the colors of tho t’.'li North Carolina
and 9Ji Louisiana on tile guns. It was
now fully dark. The . iipiii.v stood with
tenacity never before d'nplayed by them,
and with hay..nets, clubbed muskets,
sword and pn'ol. Mid j-orAvr, from the
wnll t we. cleared the hn-ihtH and silenced
the. guns.
In vain did we send to tho rr-ar for sup
port. It wu* manifest that wo could not
hold tho place without aid, lorthecnetny
were ma-sing in ail tho ravines and ad
joining hi-ighl*, and we wen- there, fully
halt’ll mile from our lines. Finding tho
enemy were moving up aline, our small
band of heroes was ordered to fallback
from the crest to a stone wall on tho side
oftho hill, where wo awaited their com
ing. Soon they came over the hill in
pursuit, when again we opened tiro on
i them ai. 1 cleared the lull a second time.
I Very we found they wore very nu-
meroos in the fiats in our rear, and now
I nioso the question of surrender, or an of-
liiri to retreat. There was a calm and
determine t resolve, never to surrender,
and under cover of the darkness, wo
were ordered to break and risk the lire.
Wo did Round lost Pot a man in gutting
ignnnt rage aims nt nothing less .than tho
, your wives,
gm 1
>ln-ar ho
nt forth performed tho
trust ci.niinilti-d to him, and how, in his
last charge and in his hot hours, ho il
lustrated tin* fame of his native State.
I was standing at the gun where tho
gallant Frazer had just but'
down, when I .
ring bornu from tlm field in a blanket,
y the number of attend ants I soon per-
livod that it was an officer of rank, and
i a moment alter recognized that officer
Homines. Almost
instant he saw me, and called mo to him.
whither I hud already started. I found
hint weak und exhausted, shot through
illo thigh, the fain >rul artery being nl
lowered into
eve brighten
‘ ’ .. ho said
•d hi
lining position,
oil' to be
ill) a tiro of
id hi
Major Ham'll to
, badly
j. urnnpn, i iiiuv iiui , m
warns me that the chance
cry. Yon
ov or with
tlie expod
those.
id the attention of
particularly directed
damage
tge was thus
iiiflietud upon the enemy. The Mis-dssips
pi and Ohio railrond was greatly injured.
The command approached within eight
miles of tlm city of Cincinnati, and it is
-■ini that some of Morgan’s scouts wore
within the suburbs of the city.
On the march the command born to
the loft of the city, striking tho little
Miami railroad, capturing a valuable
train of cars soon After reaching the road,
together with about 2U0 Federal soldiers.
Tho train wie of courso, destroyed, which
wh- tho usual disposition made of such
captures. Our informant states that
>rth, Morgan’s telegraph operator,
was with tlm expedition,'und that when
ever they wished to destroy a train all
they had to do was tap tho wires, and tho
train was soon sent to them.
After passing Cincinnati, Morgan next
wont in the direction of Camp Denison,
upon which point lie made another fe nt
for the purpose of deceiving the enemy,
who wero at this time harassing him as
ho proceeded. Leaving tho neighbor
hood ot Camp Denison, Im proceeded
through the interior of tho State, operat-
upori an extensive scale in destroying
ckaded, and
xtensiv
the railroadH for which that
prolific.
Upon arriving near tho town of i’omc-
roy another feint was here reaprtod to,
Tho numerous roads in this
generally very effectively b.r
much difficulty was exporior
omiog the»o obstacles. Ne
(»*-n. Morgan encountered a
enemy of about 10,000 men, eonsi- ing of
infantry, cavalry and artillery. Whilst
the skirmisher were engaged at this
point the main nody of the coMiinitr.d
moved around tlm town to the i, It with
the view ol reaming the riv.-r, which
they Mccoiiipluh"U about daylight on the
morning ol the I l h ol - y nl II ifflag
ton Island. Hero the enemy came up
with them, with a strong fureo, assisted
by gunboats in the river, which prevent
ed u crossing at this point.
Tho rear guard of the expedition hold
check, whilst tho main body
6. The sic
risen will be
rmthoritics,
party, by
garrison.
J wounded of the gnr-
.1 lor bv the U. States
istod, if desired by either
officers of tho
N. F. Banks. Maj.Gen.
Frank Gardnku, Major
the "nemv
was enabled to move off from tbo
to a point further up, cullod Belleville.
Here another effort was niudo to cross.—
About 200 of the command had succeeded
nd 1
) hud t
not known that wo
Our reginnuit was
army of Northern
• > in and silcnco the
, and wbat is more,
if tlm support ot a In igad*' bad been sent
up to us, the slauglitai of A. F. Hill’s
corps the day following would have boon
Virgu
puns
Wo stiil number
ry, a gallant office
heights, mortally i
hours afterwards.
you know, und 1 l
due to the noble t |i
ing, that these no
way. I a -uim yoi.
?y picture.
300 i
Col. A vo
rout of the
Hu died 30
I a reputati
harm that (
left, but it
well tho liv-
ih.it i
enemy \
tin. fortifications has
I aside the walls the
: in great heaps, and
almost all .itb bayonet wounds, and
many with skulls broken with the
breeches of our auns.
ing man oil the /tills of
• left not a liv
extermination of yoursc
ami your children. They
what they cannot murder. They propose
as tho spoils of victory that y.«ur lioni---
shullbe partitioned among the vr. .<n.-
whoso alroeious cruellies have "tamped
infamy on their Govi rninent. They »U
sign to incite servile insurrection and
light tho fires of incendiariim whenev.-r
they can reach your home , and they
debauch the inferior race, hitherto docile
and contented, by promising indulgence
of the vile-t passion* nl It.e price ot trcaoh
ions of their inability to ‘.pre
vail by legitimate warfare, not daring to
make poaco lest th rt y should bo hurled
from their eats of power, tho men who
rule in Washington refuse even to confer
tho subject of putting an end to outrage
county by thotrain last evening furnish
es u« an account of a pretty severe cav
alry fight in Culpeper county, in the
imm« dint enoighHornood of tlio old bat
tle Ueld of Brandy Station, on Saturday
nd, 1
last.
mild only obtain confused reports
of this fight, but from theso wc gather
that the enemy, in a foroe consisting ,of
some three brigades of cavalry, advanced
on our lino of pickets in Iho early part of
the day. The pickot foroe was composed
of tho t2lh Virginia regiment, General
Mali on O'« brigade. This force resisted
tho enemy until Hnrtij.ton's cavalry came
up, when the battle was Icined betweo..
our cavalry utid tlmloftlio enemy. Du
ring some portiqua of the ongagoment
tho lighting is represented to have been * 3 the first intimati.
very severo. In the oarly part of tho such a plnTi was o
fight Capt. E. W. Branch, commanding and, taking all thi
the Gra\ from this city, was killed, Ami hocannot-» • how
his body brought to tlie city by tho Con- Uv bo c
tral train last evening. | doubtlosq
Hampton’s Legion ausWinod tbo great
er part of tbo loss inflicted upon us.—
.shot through tho hand
The New .York lion d publishes t.hn
following Intercepted di-pntches from
President Davi- md Gen. Cooper to Gen.
Loo, sent while the Confederate army
whs in Frimsylvania. in referenco to a
proposition for assembling an army at
Culpeper under Gen Beauregard, and
tho late Union operations on tho Penin-
Apjl’tant Gf.' i-.kai.'s Office, )
Richmond, June 28. 1863. J
General: -NYl.ila with tho President
last evening I n- "ived your letter of tlio
23d inst. Afti .' reading it to the Presi
dent ho was embarrassed to understand
that part of it which refers to the plan of
assembling an army at Culpeper Court-
Beau regard. This
, Mil
• ball; Co
Bn
which disgrace
a Huggostio
ikIii
r tlio
cording to tho usage
Fellow citizens, no i.lt- rmtive is lo'i
you but victory or *ubjeetion, slavery,
and utter ruin of yourselves, y.-nr f.m-
ilios and your country. The victory is
within your reach. You need but stretch
forth your hands to grusp it. For this
nd all that is necessary is that those who
recalled to tho field by every motive
that can move tho human heart should
promptly repair to tho post of duty,
should stand by their comrades now in
front of the foe and thus »•> strengthen
ml Col. Young received a
ro wound in tin* brOtlsk The Legion
• •• commanded bv a Lieut. Colonel,
cavalry fouclc tiie.m a distance of
nil. . v tduuily falling hack upon
infantry supports. Tho enomy,
ever, did not afford those supports
pportunity to engage in the fight,
etired ns oon ns they eamo up. Our
wn some fifteen killed and from
t t*> -oventy wounded. Tho loss of
id il I] WM not known by any
not i
the nr:
oftho
cl ora
r ulus
ould if prosont in tho 11-Id-utli •
to nuiuerical > quality b'-tw.'.Mi o
ind Hint oftho invaders and wh
1 approach to such equality ha
Fassengors by tlio Contral train report
that the Vankeo Genoral Slocum’s corps
Inn crossed the Riinpahiiiinock, and
do of that stream.—
vumnnt may ho only a feint to
. real movonmnts of tho main
the direction of Fredorickshurg.
Fredericksburg wo have nothing
everything was reported quiet
/lie.
ch, 8d.
i to I.
few of those ultM'i
willingness to ser-
that many have found it difficultlo resist
the tempt-ition ol n visit to thoir homes
l tliu loved ones from whom they lmve
>n- ’ I boliev
l IlCtUlltCC
prated; that otiic
left for temporary attention to th.-ir aff'aii -
with tlio intention of returning and then
have shrunk from the consequonees of
their violation of duty; that others again
have loft their post for mure resties-mm-
uml d. sire of change, each quieting the
upl>railings of his conscience, by per
suading 111meelf that, his individual indi
vidual services could have no influence
on the general r<'-ult. Those and oth
(although less disgraceful than t
danger, or In o«< npe frt
as faults, and place t
1 tl country,
S T K A M1IO A T K X1* LOHI o V. —T11C
Robert Habersham, in tho einplo
Government, was lying in the ii
Kerry about 11
op-
this morning, wh
boiler and sunk in a l
onliro upper works w
portions of the boiler
through tho hull,
clock
exploded her
minutes. The
torn off, und
st have pnssu.l
cominencod flli-
g immediately after the accident.
\Ve regrotto hear that the accident v
productive of some 1 life and ci
siderablc injury t
that th
that ho has had that
r in contemplation,
s into consideration,
•an by any posaibll-
c fleet. You will
>ro this roaches jou
the l’eninsula, estimated between
id 30,000 mon. from 6.000to 10,000
of whom are reported to be in tho vicini
ty of the White Houso, and tho remain
der id Yorktown. It is impo sfhle to
say whether the a c timatcd nuinhef' is
correct, a ; several account* vary, and aro
not doomed altogether trustworthy; but
the estimate, making duo allowance for
errors, is quite near enough to satisfy tho
most incr.-dulous that he i.- in tho vicinity
in sufficient toroo in cavalry, artillory,
and Infantry to do much harm, whether
his purpose U • to make a demonstration
on Richmond, or to confine him-elf to
raids in br":\king your c unniumentions
and deva-taiir g the country. His efi'orU
• iii'. v prove more success-
ie first, if we may judge by
the last cas
All than in t
what took pb
days ago
) tho
nly two
• I "tit ono thousand or
hundred of his cavalry
•ii i some execution
road and burning a
' ■ . public stores, &c.
at the raid took pluco
nys after Gen. Corse’s
■ for Gordonsville.
.t Hanover Junction it
PP '-•• tlmt most of the
■ uld i. ive boon olther
ured, and the property
the property
effort is lioing
d for tho enomy
u-t, look chiefly
npitnk Induing
to hazard some
i easily estimate
iegro
.sod t
•• Tit
e I |v“
desiro to n
badly
Captain Thomus DanlolU,
■ of tlio vessel, was badly -ealdod
ured in tbo back. Captain Goo.
b. Pilot, was also bad I v scalded.
. lewis !Jli- Flint, M iildi d slight-
tholes
imtiiincnt
ory thing we hold dour,
peril.
1 repeat tlmt men who now owo duty
to their country, who have been called
out and havo not yet reported for duty,
or who have absented themselves from
their posts, are sufficient in number to
secure us victory in the struggle now
The !• lei lda.
Tho following is an extract of a lottor
from ay ung officer, on hoard this whip,
upon you, to hear tcotiinony to Iii
that 1 fell at tho In-ad of m.v brignd
leading them in a charge which up ;
tlmt time was successful. I love in
country ns
Ims or can <
to coniinuo
value they
light
M y l
tho
I Ion
! at
i dated—
Ukrmihia, July 15th, 1803.
“Wo havo captured between twenty
id thirty vi'i> el-, mostly clinper ship
impending.
I call on you, then,
to hasten to your camps.
my
4lie dictate
summnii tnose who havo v
selves without leave, or v
mainc.l absent beyond the
country mi
obedionca
f dutv, a
uckcr (colored) injured
ny iragmenis and scalded badly. Joe.
belonging t> Mrs. Kiei-rwood, scnlled
badly and injured in the head. ()unsh
Tolly (color, d) m.'nl.led badly.
Tlio explosion was observed from tho
miner Georgia, who prompt!’
, . ptiy
forward her boats and rescued all
who wore saved from tlio wreck.
[Snv. Hep. 6th.
Thk Diiaf
took pill'e til
little Vo"!!!,' 1 "
Central Rail
ively by
'HAM. - The draft
lg at thi* parade
idirg. The Knil-
ver. loft him but
nptii
Northe
orvnnt,
Adjutant Gon’l.
iimnmnding Army
the defence o
of raising an
Washiogton,
uncovered by
to affairs i
Rich mon
Southwest,
id tho plan
capture of
d' its being
Rp
General
this evening, n>
point presented
iio\ i), June 2nh, 1863.
r- of the 23d received
d I hasten to reply to tho
tho forces
"linn nndUoor-
"iir opera
tions at the time v
between the disc!
trained troops and tlio substitutio
by otbei- have been disappointed
by tho
sought by warning
reached iho river,
made cntroncbhi"nts.
ninst which i
; to guard. Grant
got reinforcements,
and Gun. Johnston
!br reinforcement*,
t all their old hulks
ft lie
. the Jiri
home is beyond oxpre
dcrsland und appreciate those to Im: the
most sacred and Indiesl emotions of tlio
human heart. But ns much as these
considerations weigh with mo, and make
cling to life, with an assured trust
and relianoo in the goodm
cies of God. I shall (lie with perfect re
signation if it bu known where my dcuih-
wound was received ; tlmt it whs in my
appointed place, where a soldier should,
anil where my .Stale ami country had u
right to expect.”
1 bear willing testimony to nil of ibis
and much more. 1 saw the charge of his
brigade; tho Tenth Goorgin passed over
roii, found u-> "II New York tho oth
day und bravely Hood b.r us. Wo
were in elm I u brig and did not niter
our cour-e until -lie came close aboard,
when Captain M ill’ll brought our broad
side to b-ar on her, boi-ted ( ur colors
and fired. In tlie smoke and fog we lost
Right of her, but when if "lifted” we
again saw the enemy at a distance of
several miles nruler a full bond of steam
Standing to the mirth ward. Gave chase
ourbuttnlion of artillery win
1 hud command, No ordinary ordeal
whs it theirs to meet; a plain swept by
thirty pieces of cannon first to he num>il
—a precipitous mountain, Jagged with
rock-, to be sealed in thp fn<v d brigade
upon brigade of the oneiny -i
for two ln.urs, hut as it was near night
and williin sixt) miles of New York, our
Captain thought il bo«t to givo up the
rims'*, so we hud t" lie contented with
burning in sigh/ of the Yankee, two of
his nation’s ve. -el-. You will rooollcot
that the Ericsson was sent out especially
to capture Confederate States vessels of
war, hut she did md even return our
broadside. You have doubtless hoard
oftho noble deed of Lieut. Read (our 3d
Lieut.) in the Tneuiiy. Ther i havo been
nil change- in our ship
Mobile.
When "flCh
Hiililial.ited
In th*
Law* and Hood, South Carol
there, led by the cool calm intro; d Ker
shaw; Mi.-Hssipj i l»3’ lli" hard fighting
Barksdale, who that day fought his la-l
fight; Alabama by tlm dashing Law—
the renowned Tcxuns side by side. Geor
gia had strong representation there, Tho
ady vigorous Wofford; Henning the
fast fighter, and tho unwavering G. T.
Anderson, all marched with unfaltering
tread t-» the work of death. The most
precious blood of these Southern br oth
ers was poured out in that charge.—
But among nil the brave men wh" there
fought arid there foil, l venture to assert
that no more complete soldier, more
faithful officer, or more heron- spirit
the u received hi- (loom than Paul J.
Soimnes,. At Malvern Hill ho went
nearer to tlio enemy’s guns than uny
other general officer in tlio field. At
Halnrn Church his brigade ami that of
thut gallunt officor, Genoral Wilcox,
boro the brunt of the whole attack of
Sod go wick’ scorns with unflinching
t uf Brazil, At
land, we lost ono
I * * • !••• vned bv
Me- (hi. capsizing of e boat, lino it is Raid,
wai j lost In- life by giving up his oar to an
other. Our Paymaster, J. J. Lynch,
(who you remember was with us on tho
C'»a*t of North Carolina) nephew of
Commodore Lynch, died hero hint night
of consumption. Captain Mufili is well
and hound und sends regards. Fleaso
remember me to my many IrionJa in
Mobile, whose kimiuess will novor be
forgotten.—Mobile Ade J- /teg.
Em ii a i.
of this wi
their appearance, also a force
oi cavalry and infantry, evidently the
same winch opposed them at Buffington-
Only two men were drowned of tho num
ber which attempted to cross the river.
Morgan being tlm R*pr oven tod from cross
ing hi* whole command, those who offbc*
led a crossing succeeded in kocning tlio
^unboat# at bay until ho could remove
ii-. force to a point higher up tho ri
The partv thus cut off from tho
’HiHod i„The”cin'tur.Tf lilo I "° ot - l “ ,r -Itc-r.iativo loft thorn
oautor Loui.villo, which Im. ' I bul l " "
been engaged in the transportation of
rebel troops, provisions und munitions in
tho Trinity and Tensas rivers. She be
longed to James Comb*, is only two years
old, was elegantly furnished, and is one
of the fastest b *ats on the Mississippi.
She is valued at $100,000.—W. O. Era.
The 26th North Ci
went into tho Gettysburg battl;
hundred strong, ana curno out with o
eighty men unhurt. In Company
Regiment
m/d
Hi
An Afkiiay
>uis Deinocru
light occurre<l
in St. Louis.—The St.
,, of the 1- t inst., says a
u front of the Virginia
city, Mo., between
Brown,
Stewart
placed
Hotel, Jeffer.
Governor Stewart und Brig
in which Gen. Brown striu-
with a chair. Gov. Stew. .
in the guard house, when- ho remained
until Monday morning. About 9o'clock
he made his appearance in tho Conven
tion and shortly thereafter was arrested
dajptin marched to the guard h
ike their way, as best they could
to the 1 on federate lines, which they suc
ceeded in doing—passing through the
mountains of Western Virginia to Lew-
isburg, near which place they nro now in
camp.
Our informant, who in evidently an in
telligent ami reliable gentleman, assures
us that Morgan’s losses, during tho en
tire. expedition, wa« comparatively small;
that the damage inflicted upon the enemy
:ulcuUblo, and lie does not entertain
a doubt of bin ability to escape in safety,
although his men uml hoi bus wore much
broken down, his men having beon in
the iiaddle for nearly thirty days, with
very little rest or sloop.
[Special Dispatch to the Knoxville Register.]
From Cumberland Gap,
Ct'MUKKLANi) Gap.—Forty fivo reno-
gadu prisoners and two negroes arrived
The citizens became indignant, and
making preparations for h"ldmg a meet
ing and rebutting tho Governor by forco.
Gen. Brown ordered his release, and ho
is now in the Convention.
»-duy, captured by Col. Carter.—
Jim Lano.fiHH boon killed. His body is in
our possession. Also, Kirk, a notorious
renegade recruiting officer. Tho men aie
ntgg.-d. dirty and lousy. Our inen are in
pursuit of others now, and it is supposed
Tho Confederate steamer Georgia lias
captured the New York ship Geo. Gris
woid, b- ' ’ -m£l- JI/ *’ ••• ’--
ail of them will bo captured.
A Washington dispatch dated tho 27th
denies the press statement that nine hun
dred men of Morgan’s ermnund, who
were lodged in Chuip C’tiaso prison
ged in Camp Chaso prison.
_„. r . .. . kept there in confinement until
Cadiff'. wales, for Cal* the officers of Col, Straight's brigadoaro
luo, and bonded her in *100,UU> j released, and says : No such orders havo
The ship Jabez .Snow and bark Ana- | been given. The enlisted men will bo
gonian have also been r ..ptured and their kept at Camn Chase until arrungeinents
orews sent to Montevideo. I tor their exchange have been completed.
solve. I know Gen. Bommes well. Wo
commenced servico in Georgia together;
cuiiio to Virginia at tlie samu time:
wore in tho Hama brigade—bo as
Colonel of the 2d Georgia, und f .. Capt.
of artillery. Since our promotion woiiavo
survorl in tlm same division. I have
known him in tlio camp, on tho march,
every duty makes the soldier und officer,
then was he one of tbo first.
The tondor afl'oction of those ho loved
so well may rear tlio cypress and the
myrtle around tlie final resting place of
Paul J. Semmes, but tlio laurel which
crowns Outliving Imru will spontaneously
spring from tlio sod covering his inanly
breast—as it could not grace iiis brow, at.
least to shade his grave.
1 remain, very respectfully,
S. F. HAMILTON,
Mujor of Artillery, Longstreot's
Corps, A. N. V.
The I£mperor of Mexico.
Wo aro indebted to a friend fora mem
orandum which gives u» somo informa
tion concerning tho Maxiinilliun who has
been declared Emperor of Mexico, lie
is Ferdinand Muxiinillian. Arc),duke of
Austria, and brother of Francis Joseph,
Urn present Emperor of Austria, who is
two years his senior. Ho was born July
Oth, 1832, and in 1857 marriod Charlotte,
Frincoss of Belgium, who wm born in
1810.—Mobile Tribune, *ld.
The ttneiuy liadly Whipped on the
Illackwater.
At a late hour last night, Brig. Gen.
M. W. Ransom tolographou from Wo]
don thut lie had whipped tlio enomy bad
ly at Franklin, on tho Blackwator river.
They tied iri great confusion, and uu
forces wore pursuing when last beard
from.—Jtichm. Sentinel, 1 st.
Passenger* by tlio Contral train report
the Federal troops as slowly advancing
in the direction of Culpeper C. If. Ills
sufficient to say that our army is in a
position to repot Meade whonover he
mi -Since the bloody battles
■inIm!tiling the dead bus be-
* •" th» ( "nfoJeracy.
i"" wiuc'i will bn gratefully
l !.y : Ii""'' who lu<vo been en-
o inter the bodies of lovod
family graveyard in night of
Ihu old lioino*toads, from which those
bravo spirits went fmth to^ive up tlio'
lives for their country. Too art which
for so long lout ims been latoly revived
Curopo, ami still more recently intro
duced on (his continent. Richmond, wi
believe, is tho only city’ in tho Confod-
whoro tho profession is pruoticod,
delay to th
1 do h'Teb \
ii within tli
.‘tivo c uunmi.i
thut 1 grant a ,
d amnesty to all oilin
ritho
dcla
onfode
io shall, with tho least
elurn to thoir proper
presented filled 1
> oall of the 1 orals I
to. f"
io»ts ot duty ; 1:
oived for any delay beyond twenty days
fter the flr«t publication of this pcoolu-
nmtion in the.State in wliicli the auRontoo
may ho at the date of tho publication.
This amnesty and pardon shall extend to
nil who have been accused of, or who
have been convicted and are undergoing
liiintonco for, nbsnnco without leave or
desertion, excepting only tlioso who have
beon twice convicted of dosertion.
Finally, 1 conjure my countrywomon
tho wives, mothers, sisters, and daugh
ter.- of tho Confederacy—to u*o their ull-
rfitl intlumico
no crowning i-ncrilleeto i
patriotism lias so freely
tantly offered on their country's altar,
and to take care that none who
vice in the field iduil! bo sholturod at
homo from thodiagracc of having desert
ed their duty to thoir families, to their
country anu to thoir God.
(I In faith whereof, l havo hore-
BRAt., unto my hi
(. —J tho Contedora
1 the roiiI of
Status, a' Rich-
lie year of our Lord, one thousand eight
;uml red and sixty-three.
Jkkfkkson Da via.
By the President:
J. 1*. Bknjamin, Sec'y of Stato.
The Sumter.
Confederate steamer Sumter
Tho Government let Urn Sumter nte
out of the Mersey tho otlior day, loaded
To
-Tit
; a i*i
o hog
this City last, week, by Mr. Win. B. Grav,
Mr. R. V. Watkins of Halifax county
in procod anted prices Ono hogshead,
weight 1,284 Ii)* , brought four km.
tired and twenty-five do! lavs per htindr.nl
<5.214 60; tlie other, weighing 1.322 Bis.
, brought *2-: 1 per hundred $3,098 48.
Total amount of th. two hogsheads,
$8,837 98. This tobacco wn- bought by
Mr. John E. White, for Messrs. W. J{
Johnson & Bro., inunufacturors. Peters
burg. -Jlichmond Whig
no troon® havo
enemy from his
p'd to Newborn,
A Case for tlio nupreme Court,
Bob, a .servant in tho employ of Mr.
Aldlhoff. proprietor of tho Atlanta Ho
tel, whs brought up on a charge of fo
liating, in tlm car shod, passengers t(
at tlio Atlanta lioLel-
Judge D. 11 Hammond represented
Bob ; tho City Attorney, the Mayor and
Council,
Mr. Wylie, of tlio Trout Houso, was
tlm only testimony in tho case, alter the
hearing of which and an argument by
ouch - I the • .unr l, his Honor, after ox-
pre-»in • “<>iiio doubt in regard to the
e.)ii.-’itutiounlity f tho ordinance, im
posed on Boh a piitinihinont of ton lashes.
Judge Hammond gave notlco that ho
would curry up t!i«* en*o to tho Supreme
Court. Hi. Honor thereupon suspended
the infliction oftho punitdimo.il until tlio
ciifo could bo taken up.—Atlanta JntcU,
with munitions of war, und tlio
powerful artillory over sent from this
country to tho HouLh. You thought,
perhaps, you had heard the Is«t of the
Bumter. Not a bit of it. Bhe lay disabled
and from licro assistant* aro sent by Dr.
W. Mucluro to tho different points c
r] by our armies The ohiof office
i lllook.-—ltickmond
Tux Aax ok Iron.—Another of tho
innumerable applications of iron, or its
modified form of steel, appears in tho
form of enamelled stool collars. They
have been worn for a year or two in
England, but are just boginning to come
into general use in New York. Seen at
even a xliort dulance, thay look like
highly polished linen, differing from (hat
article only in thoir greater liihtro and
cloanlinchs. The same material L worked
into wristbands, and some of tlie New
York ladies are fettering themselves in
these novelties. A bullet proof shirt
front, which would pass muster equally
well in the hall room or tho battle field,
is tlio next probable development of this
ingenious invention. Tbo starch in this
spociea of fabric is warranted io bo per
manent in all wcuthor und ono wipe of n
sponge does ull tlio washing.—Journal of
Commerce.
It is said, on good authority, that
tho butcher* of Georgia aro under a
pledge to Chief Commissary Locke, nut
to pay more than J8 cents per ib. for beef
it will bo subject to impressment,
the Mucon Market hoof is selling at from
40 tofiQ cents per lu. It strike* us, there
fore, that 100 to 160 per cent, (say nothing
oftho hido ar.d tallow,) is rather u heavy
tariff for tlie" Knights of the cloaver" to
iniposo upon consumers. Is il not, gen
tlemen? Wo only ask for information.
—Mucon Conf.
Yankee officers and privates
were brought down in the cars.—Jtichm,
Sentinel, 1st.
Thk HoHTAutcOKrft.'iciiH.— In response
to tho announcement that Oon. W. II.
F. Leo and ('apt. Winder havo boon
placed in confinement at Old Point ns
hostages for the two Yankee officors,
Flynn and Sawyer, condemned to be
shot by tlie Confederate authorities, our
Commissioner has informed tho Federal
Government that the Confederate Gov
ernment will not be intimidated by any
nt Gibraltar, was sold to a Cnnfodernti
sympathiser, bad li»r name cln.iigeJ to
the Gibraltar, camn to England, has boon
thoroughly overhauled and refitted, und
now is of!' again, loicb •), n- I said, with
materials of war. Mr. Adams did his
utmost to stop her, hut without
leolurod that, she curried her im
mense guns ua freight, so she cleared for
Nassau, nndsteamed off in triumph.
The sumo writer Inn tho following of
Mr. Dayton's tiirouts to France. Wo
hopotho Yankee Minister bus taken this
ground, it is not likely to pacify Na
poleon, or to postpone his recognition of
tho Confederacy :
There is nows of somo spirited action
on the part of Mr. Dayton, tlie Amori-
M in is tor at Paris' When it trans
pired that the Emperor had commission
ed Messrs. Roebuck and Liudsuy l<» de
clare that lie was anxious to unite with
England in puttin : tin end to the war in
America, Mr. Dayton, it i* uicl, informed
the French Government tlmt any move
ment toward recognition would bo looked
upon as a casus belli by the Federal Gov
ernment, and would compel him to
demand bin passport*, it muy bo that
Lord Falinorston’*anxiety to put off’Mr.
Roebuck’s motion muy havo been caused
by a similar bint on the part of Mr,
Adams. This was the ground taken nt
tiin beginning of tho war by Mr. tiewurd,
and 1 do not soe bow the Government,
with a proper respect for its own dignity,
could take any other. There is no doubt
Russia would treat tlio recognition of
Folniid as an act of war; and ho, in u
similar case, would Knglund trout the
recognition of Ireluud.
Tiie Prisoner.** from Gettyuiiurq.—
A letter dutod Winchester, the 10th inst.,
? crossed tlio river yostorjluy, on my
way to report to a hospital in Winchester.
At tlio same time two ferries were occu
pied crossing about 6000 Yankee prison
ers. I pa-Hi'd the officors oil tho road
to-day, (about 200), in charge of a rem
nant (260 men) of Garnett's brigade.—
Our division, ur what is loft of it, (Pick
ett’*) guard tlioso prisoners.
It should bo known by every soldier
in tlie field that the dried leaf oftho corn
plant (corn fodder) is sucnessfuily usod
as a substitute for hops. The infusion is
prepared in tho same way. Praotico will
noon determine the quantity necessary.
In ono of tlio Government hospital* bread
for four hundred men is daily prepared
this way, and it is fully equal to tbo
unless J-
ly roinfo
force, P’i
hero. (-
inington
nominal.
whole force is
• This being in answer to
n t i follow a movement of
■aid to be in tbo West, with
-able fore;, panting him at
ie i" the vital importance "f
M i •-"S'uppi. -ind mm muni
•burg would fail
s strongly and prompt-
Hili has a sumll
he- Oeun brought
•ijr/ule is near Wil-
Ivingston; Martin’s,
"id ut Weldon, and
U. Cool , B'ln-oni's, and Jenkins's
have been brim 'ht here—the two last
temporarily from the defence of Peter -
burg and tho country . hereabout*. Wise’s
brigade is ns you left it engaged in iho
defences of Richmond, and serving into
tho country .to the east of tho efty, Tho
enemy havebnou repulsed in large forco
at tho White House, with indications of an
abvancoon Richmond. Wo aro organiz
ing companies for the homo duties, nnd
the spirit of resistance is increasing,—
Loimq’d brigade, in accordance with your
orders, has been left at ll*«nover Junc
tion. All the artillery, I am informed,
was taken away, und the single regiment
of infantry which constitaed tho guard
for the bridges proved unequal to tho
duty, as you have no doubt learned.
Reinforcement* were ordered to go up,
but somo delay occurred, 'ind they ar
rived too late to save tbo bridge or tho
brave guard |which had unsuccessfully
defended It. The Yankees, reported to
be threo regiments of cavalry, returned
from the (Yntrul road in the direction of
Hanover (old town) and nothing baa
i heard of th
the h.
best broad prepared with hops.
ing "official list of the
cars, prisoners of war, surrendered with
S-v garrison at Fort Hudson, July 8,
18*i3, and sent North nnd South for con
finement, within the Federal linos, till
regularly enchangod”:
J illy 18—Col. Miles and 92 others to
r Orica
July 14 -Col. Shelby and 88 othe
'New Orleans,
July 16—Col. Reed and
New Orb.
July 16- Maj.
j to
93
othorto
I* in. Frank Gardner.
I stiitl't" Now Orleans,
July 16— Col. Edwards and 188others
to North, 1
July 18—Brig. Gen. Beall and staff to
A Rkmkuy for Smali. Fox.—Tho
German Reformed .M cssunger has receiv
ed a letter from n friend in China, in
which it is stated that a great discovery
in reported to have been recently made
% Surgeon of the English army
China, in tlie way of an effectual
sumll pox. The mode of treatment is as
follows: when the preceding fo\ ur is at
it* height, and just before the eruption
appear-, tlie chest is ruhhed with croton
oil ami tartaric ointment. This chu.-cb
the whole of tlio eruption to appear on
that part of the body, to the relio' oftho
rest. It hIho secures a full and complete
eruption, and thus prevents tho disease
ultueking tlio internal organs
Numb- r of men, company officersund
privates paroled, <
N umber of citizens and camp uttuchos
paroled,
Surgeons and Assistant Surgoons re
leased,
but l tru»t it will prove to bo one of tho
many startling rumors which tho news-
nvoiit. Tho advance of your
riny increases our want of cavalry on
■ .»u ....a -‘'•ho city; but. ex-
North Carolina,
gers :n
y in”-re
tho north and east of tho city
copt ono regiment froi
L do not Uu
oxpect
ho available to
• I f any
In
tho brigades tlmt J have left behind for
the protection of Richmond cun, in vour
opinion, bo .-pared, J should like tho
bo sent me.’
It. has been an effort with
answer tho clamor to havo troops
stopped or recalled to protect tho city
r aml tho railroad communicating with
your army. Corse's, brigade ban gone.
nnd Wise's is tbo only other left by j
Cook's whs in North Carolina, and Da
vis’ brigade wu* sont to complete lleth's
division in place of Cook'*, and Rnn-
Rom’b and Jenkins’ constitute tho defen
ces of tho south side as far as Woldon,
c thi-
servico olsowhcro
Richmond,
tivo that tho enemy
r thn
•u' e i i more anxiety for tho
.t an termer time. I do not
Y.» il.ee* bit-«. such force us is
t they have enough to render it
keep some troops within
a
stated, hi
necessary ..
reach, uml some at Petersburg, at least
until Suffolk i~ truly evacuated. Do not
understand me hr balancing accounts in
tho matter of brigades. 1 only repeat
that I lmve not uny to send you, und not
ugh t" form an army to threaten, if
not capture Watblngti ,
uncovered by Hooker’s army. My
pose whs to show you that the ft
it is
Total »tr< nglh of garrison,
and in North Carolina is very small, and
I may add that the brigades are claiified
| us properly of their cumin
6825 formation «•> to tho enew
The Ui.
ity havo a
idea that
ahull I
may bo
j after. I
» you wei
Our
enemy’s intentions
id trustworthy liuro-
teriully greater than
The;
uring the ensuing week we
iled by a fureo of Abolition- |
knew of tl.o approach of the
Very respectfully and truly yours,
Short.—We
Davis.
'eland tlio list of
Tli is Ir said to be now the established
such threats, and 'hut tlm execution of ( inode of treatment in the English army j A gentleman from the coahtinforms
said officers w ilt take place a* soon a* tho in China by general orders, anil is regar- I that the Yankee-, are building rafts
President may see flu 1 dod as a perfect sucoost, 1 Ship Island .—Mobile Trib. 80.
ils when tlioy penotratod tho coun* poffonH *H H b1o to the summons of tho
in- weeks ugo, und now with J°y Governor proved to be one hundred short
tidence, anticipate another incur- requisition tor this county. It may,
uu military authorities are on the • 0 ' vor bo made m> bv more diligent
Imll not oo unprepared ( roau i e uu, n .—Macon Tel.
contemplated by our 4 —» ■
I FroAR.—A commi.* •>••) house in this
city yesterday sold >.oou worth of
su^,ar to ono firm at $1.45 per pound—
sugar in Montgomery and sold hero oa
j contingeuoy contemplated by <
es.—Knoxville Register.
a— Atlanta (jonf.