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duty '
i f liuiffc.
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K renin ». K ill)
vRi>X
fi»*LT *>f
it '-f thi - Brigade,
•Jcr M.*Jor Ballard
r next inovenmnt I <rann<*t divine
' i. [' , is ' | 1 anything fMiiOMtory. Tho weather i*
, 7 ; j fl )«ie vrr y ** rm and clear, ami wo suffer
’ . I perceive a short
; *pi< i from your paper, . . . M „ wo
il,.• II ,„„ ru l,le lllMKK I not - hlJ - w,n b “ ' ,, " n 1'mounood «, (olo- .hon. th,i
^ j ft ol ofthe J»lh Oeortria. j fan really need* thorn,
Lee>© fall.
I Lxehmffliig,
The Richmond Enquirer usye *bo pw-
. change ot prftonert—officers and
m> proud nf hi* { privates —i® retained
contrary, ho bold , .
“poor ragamuffin-, ' and so confident of] .Some time agi>—*tV>r the fallo* Viek*-
thetr ability to accomplish whatever hu- j burg—llie balance wu said to be against
much from the excessive boat. Lieut, man nafure can achieve, that he would I uu, and we suppose wut. The Yankee
Col. Waddell is in command and hU j**l*tt« trust loo mucti to hi® army, (Government suddenly costed to imroie
............. r\o~ I h°w»vtr weakened it may he. W« m M y i and vend back to us Confederate jnison-
he call* for meti, ! ern iu they roh-mnly agreed b> tvfum the
needs t bom [ exchange was established. This they did
• "I"' K, r-1C,k.n«l III,.rid, ««K - ‘ “T 0 "* Sf .Vc.f..lk, VirgioU. „
•*f noble old (ie< rjti«, my native State. 1 bool J » J,,l K nc ^ to duty in this regi- ( r »,j>,g.,i v „ Tw|r i in p ri t, m „neo.
Till K lilor of ihe (hn/nlrrntr takes oo- 1 ,,K * nt '. conies with a fame of his j men* than tlint. IIi'"fffpi/i
ah Utica preceding him. Wo welcome : of f he St*t * “
him to our quarters end our friendship, j fo ,jrnr
n jvi that ho has become one of us.
J. T.
following parHRraph to speak
i wouu-lcd son nrul him- ;
an t», in the immvtinfr i
ii furlough for the bravo
! forth t
! the meaning of thi
i Lea weighs every v<
j We arc to ttndersfa
| reason®, not for bei
cction, and probably by <
u».': whidming triumph* *
Let ion Con oat* in thi coi
cd, fro
■i i • 11 l-d and -ick braves of
•of h with u cordial
: greet! ig, and prof-
■ a and every one, ail his aid n
‘taring to our wants or needs. In
• 1 *un-l h friend nnd benefactor, as
i the country u wise uiid energetic
■il« this note only to prove to the
shouli lie have any opposition
: office, that ho i* not only the
, tin..
Aug. 8. j npdn him in treinurvlmi*
FAxtar Enquirer: For the past week ■ greatly superior to his
fell,** friiMed to i,ur 'mart, conts.it | 'P 1 !"
. ,, I acting on lh-defensive, h
ipcem ly veg- • to (rail for reinforceinert*.
1 eh led to our ; Virginians, (his is your noble old
trinity. Yes- i mother'® nm®t illustrious oon, who thus
I appeal* In yon 1 Sou thorn era, this ia von r
•d.ldes
all kinds,
.liable*. For this we are
friends in Columbus and
prrday {the Stbbalh)
ind
: bes* and most successful a any that needs
.!»> for old Comimny K., receiving four, to b» .u«i*in«i I Will r<m f»lt.r? Ti, .
bo,„, ti 11 ml tnthebrim, with tliecrflRturo t i. no timi. fordftl.y. With bis fuciliti,
comforts of life. Chief n.nong tbo boxes j r °' tr»n.| ? ort.tion, the enemy
, sent month, is fiver an army of 2UO.OOI) of
fitula, Ala., U» Li'Uit. J*. II. Alston and 1 his best fighting troops, A.ready wo
inoss. Upon Ilia invitation of Lieut A., I hear that McPherson'* m»rp» of Urant'
I ,lln.-J will, him ye.ter.Iny, end can bear ! ?r my :
bout giving any notice of their having
•join their come to the determination to et- p ex
ile do- changing. They came up to City Point
>t' ithree times with their flag of truce boat
r ma, -i 1 - and brought w ith it no Confederate pri*-
re i» • ■ nii-tnk '.g oners, hut carried beck Yankee prteor.-
lanuung., f r (»i c. • ors. Thi* dishonest swindle—so eiiu-ac
rd heUirc Using I tenstic of the habi s, sufttrs unil ptopeo
1 that ho has go.-d i sities of iho Yankee race—is not «u .
i’ing, hut for Afc.fr • j surprising. Mogovernment, having uiiy
-viii -omu advance I vonse of honor, or whose people were
generous, hone.*: «.r brave, would ever i.c,
guilty of sue* a hasp, treacherous ami
cowardly act.
AtfUjpi tho third cheat, Commissioner
Ou«d datnanded an exp.amnion, and w.ts
i ii for o iod that ito more exchange* would
be allowed till the Cortederato (fovern-
iiimt agreed u> exchunge negro prisoners
and their officers.
Wh* n the exchange was again resum
ed, the cheating, treacherous Yankees
tried another cheat. Their flag of truce
boat brought up some 77d Contcdeiute
prisoners, and had information to this
effect conveyed to Ckd. OuM. That wu-
Cel. Srotl^s Command in hr:iti>.r '».;
P'i^ht at Richmond.
From Wm H-aaloy an I At• .
gull Minith. who have ju*t reached thi
city fr..m Col. S^oU'6 command,
learn the fdlowing par^ioamrs hi
rerent ■•airipaign 1 In Kentucky :
Col. S.-oi: met tlnr-ennfty’s picket* a
Kelson - Cn»s Roada, mermi mires b-
y<*n«l London, but encountered no
siderahle tin rest until bo got wiihi* - tv,‘
miles of Richmond, at which place h
was attacked bv n large force • • • i.nf»
infantry.
'TFl,EC5UPH!C DISPATCHE?.!W.
■ crnilubiuiit 80I ; i:,ir,y
•:ti of the Presa Ar^oclation.
Aug.
, f. ; i /l Vr i l M 'e l!l v .. n f.mv.«1 thr..n t *«k
....
x*i»- evihe Colurrtfbuo t,, “ '*P| "rfuuity of pres.-m,,,,’
— | ,M l * l " Morgan ; M „ | v
Rii'MMonjj, oth.—The Medical Depart- tr, ' ln convey- d the latter to .
he i
«d the
| turing IfiO
that ;n |
'»no«i,
.. , ,, ... ■ (iraiit at it* head, i* on its way Co Virgin-
testimony to thn excellencey of the va- J j M .Should th« »*neinv s » outnumber
ried contend of the aforesaid box. I ' him »s t*» mrk« the chances uf battle vnrv
doObt whether any toldier in tho service ! dangere*^ *-—• 1 ,u ''” '*
ever sat down to such a dinner in camps ' J , (k ^ ^ ^
, we bad yesterday. In behalf of Lt. ; H position wher**' r>*i
J Alston nnd meM, I liyro return their j plies may reanli h
, to Mr». Ott, (of Iter very ""•J'T 1 !?.'",'
. rather than
' which lhe main bnig
id devoted grateful thank*
udder
cceptabl
i dor
very
“Pick- |
many obligations !
bountiful supply
r«pitnl t
Tl.r
d<m
of Ri
• the
'.r vlrk.b,
• roe*, vill c
iieimin look the trouble to look into the
matter for himself, and found every one
of them to be wounded, Uisnbl—I. sick,
Ac. lie thou Mint down to be returned
Ttaj Yankees from the hospitals in Rich
mond, each one in like condition—sick,
wounded, disabled, Ac. Hineo then u
seems exchanging Inis been ngulhrly
resumed.
'J lie Kuqulrer, which makes this
dr- I inent, does not *ay whether the Govern-
the ment has agreed to exchange negroes or
il.
there found a regiment of infun >
der Col. II. C. Ldiv . which he
persed, capturing two piecen of nin>
Rec'OJsing Iho Kvntucky river et 1;
he jirnceodt'il o the tup i f Big 11 •, i
lind'iig the Yankees hud a su|*rinr
in front nfhiln. he turned buck upo
Lancaster road. About ten mile-
Big Hill the enemy again attacked
and /ollowed him through l.uae i •
Stanford "» Hail’s Oap, fighting <•.
ually, our boys dispudug every in
When our informant left Col. Ft?<.
had safely reerowed til©Cmn land
the enemy were not to be seen. If,.:
Vunkre Otm.-u
n.y have their want* supplied
i*, Aug. oth.—The flag <«f truce
•1 at City Point to-day. The
>rk Times of the fid has been re-
Lincoln has issued nn order rte-
Ll.at the law of retaliation is to
| j gone; had Won c»
erales into the intc
late Hr© in Havana
t.V °f other goods ili
, | J-’rort in In,I
ather belli
r.g til
hi.I i
, r . ,, ,rl. d till!'. \V U W Cubb
en in the old Fedora' (.’engross)
, Mr. Rail*, ibosiitlngmumbar.
in .me of the upper Ub riots.
We have no dt<*Ulvc returns from the
other Districts.
The Proposed Keglm ut for I-nral »er-
at thi
m , di.
Front
cavalry
mountains,
trains from
icing our u
*o vlitVw. lit g«p« »ml fords, it fell chiefly
e>i a lo dear these gap* and drive from
the fords tin* enemy, who were actively
hnrn*Mrig our transportation. Indications
"I their presence wero vi»tble all along
mir mule. At Manassas (Jap our train*
were harassed by the 2d U H. Cavalry,
who had several pieces of artillery, and
I t« MisiHaMio II. for
, .f peaches, vegetable
! her of that old and rnen .irablo body,
j they have commissioned me to thank the
i .V“«ing, handsome and patriotic donor for
her eonsiderato attention to their wants,
and she may rent ussured that so long as n
‘•Picknickixn" is lull «bl.p lo mnrvli, ho j people ,rf Ilia Confodnpscjt7 Hh*ll
-ill bo found in tho r,,nk bo,Ui„ K | ^b.Tk?
lor Mil that I* near and dear to freemen, j Capital is biwigcd or nbnr.d<»neu ' Vlmt
A report reached us last evening, that do you sav, Confederate a*itb<>ritiei
id of
Into a r**tri-,it Hh will <b*fcnd Richmond
lit u di-U'.i if pu**il>le. .Strengthen him,
and tie will adininivter a Chickahominy
<]«•*« t<* Meade nr Grant, or any body
else, who happens to ou” mend the “li
arm^* on thn planet." What do you nay,
Will \ ^,...
keop I0,(*>» t»1 ug
ors Idling in Klc
on for the In
you give u- t
time*, and m
* pine
Lee, but the
Hid and their
w’comiiiMndcd
d,it i, -| ed, then foie, that ll '
a regiment fl ouln u.;t at •mv. U w- .ib»
1.. liri.ier f.*r thorn to tiLLoud tho nmctiiui
ut ]] uY;. ' ' a hi on Ti.uvMiay, than l«-
voto In their re pe tive countic* and lor
I Onrnrnm.’lit, Tbcy
I r>v fieii. Bufoid. We compelled them to
h ave fhn iimiiediaio vicinity n(our train.
on Saturday night the Yankee* succeed
ed in throwing a pontoon bridgo half
way across tho river nt Bridgeport )a»t
nignt. I cannot vouch for tho truth of
this report, hut it is evident that Ro*i>-
cranu in beginning to movot but in what j J,'f
■ liroetion I cannot Hay. T know that a ! mutter.—Hic/n
movement oi our troops is going on in a —-
direction that can bo mudn known with-| A Hiirrnaf.il
in n few 4 iv*. It i* not at nil improbn- ! ft Ya«Kw
hie lhat a bloody battle will bo fought in j ,,M Tue-diiy
Last 'i'vnnoAce during tins month. — Wu J j.""v ' "'v,.!!!',
ill trust tin t it may span lily come. Tho
• ildtor* In this army ure Impatient, and
. iro eager to lock bayonets with tho
• y mi ii hint, wiio have despoiled and ravaged
their homes, and who have heaped in
dignities, mountains high, upon their
ngud pun tits and helpless sister*.
J. T. O.
duty.
non to
bier* and aurrot-
Wiml <!• i von
lot the war (frag
eltlciiiont of this
President I»avU* Private Library
Helxed.
A correspondent of the New York
Herald, writes from near Jackson, Miss.,
July VI, as follows;
Yesterday a company of cavalry es
corting n imaging train learned from u
fjpgro' where the extensive library of Jeff.
Davis was secreted. They proceedoi to
the house, and there found thousands of
volumes of book*, several bushels of pri
vate and political jaipers of the arch trai-
i by Frank-
as the in-
ii Soldier’s
nted the 0"nf.
Florida end <}
Empire, at F"i
of tho I*r
'M-lurod Kentucky under j ’' '
! e onma’nded t>»•• >n 4- I '
lid tho authority of the '
Mej. Wu
f thj Id To
•< wound
H Hegimant,
i the thigh.
. with scout-
some thiri v m«*n of the Twenty-Anii H.
\ . I-'- ll^ri..,«»i.) uml.r C«|,t.
S>Her*, and detachment* from gunboats
Che r* ami Palmetto State, under com
mand of Cant Worley, started on an
expedition f.»r the eupti.re ot soma Yan
kee pickets, stationed on n little Island
at the mouth of Schooner Creek, near
Morris' Island. The Yanknes were in
the habit of passing by thi* Creek in
barges 41 very evening, taking position
TO COMPANIICH OI** Il A It It IH, T VI,.
IKir, VII AT T A 1100(111*11*1. MA.
KION, lAVI.Olt ANI) NTIilVAKT.
CoLUMuua, Aug. 7, 1803.
At ii meeting of officers and member*
mpanics organized ill th}a oity for i
behind tho v, reek of tho old steami
igault, and signalling any pereeptildu
movements on our part, u> il -i land
deb
« following resolution*
i:
.pte,
tlm
oral
a dote
otnpnmo*
i ti e cotin-
battei lee.
Tho delHehinent of the Kutaw Regi
ment left I'nrt Johnson about half im®t
eight o'clock in small boat-, and rowed
round to Scboomir (Jrcuk. Lea vinit their
deployed e- skinniahers,
.ding through tile marsh knee deep in
They erieoui.toied the Yankee® in
barge*, and a apirited engiiffement
I listing of ( apt. J<
loot, Cloiltnh
l Stewart bn
panics of thi* city R'-gimcnt. sum;
It. ialimlo
. , ih - i n!’i«ht«-neil liuinai
l t,ii i s h cl< the tide of progre*
i nnd true religion, and
imtii nnd b'in I leap baekwitru
.*• dark gull « I ancient cavug «n.
i o'k|it.v. It i- m oppo-iti«*n «*• id
,i*,d priigress "f lire world and al
vancfiuent mmlo by education and
unityand v e do not hesllate t
s the opinion that it is the dnt>/ "t
il./.-d power* t(* interpose t" at"*
. SN relieved tv. thi-
• •Hit by Wright'- lirigtolc.
W. • ,i the City Light
• imuL fon. I Ip'tigb nuinoricttlly few,
'(•• li y« hie*med t * be in flue spirits, and
•vt* were pleased to grasp U-«pt. Mollhtt’s
land, who was tbeti commanding the.
•Satiation.
L*.
:i.g
A P Hill'*
. oi ,
:• img (
ckets at
n till
Mur
, tlic
■ ■ or Harris, 'I
Marion, Taylor a
oi unite with the
on Thursday next the llRh in*t.,
organixation of a regiment and Iho eioc-
Lon of tho officers thereof; suid com pa
nics to moot rn mu»Hi: in Columbus on
that day. or, if unable to meet hern < n
iiwjw, that they voto tor regimental offi-
cors in their respective counties and send
the votes to this city by that day.
Jtcxnfaed. that in the - vent of tho fail
ure of said companies from other coun
ties, or n number of them sufficient to
form a regiment, to meet and unite with
that day. the companies present
* C. Pi
then pri
He*
orgutiiac a hattalio
Ivetl, that the «-aptuilis of the se 1
mpiui.es in thoiihoVe named coui
requested to (oimnunieateatone
tin* preposition, to Kenh
>i this city.
vi K*
uridi-d, one mortaliv
seriously, end tw slightly. CapU* Paine
being on» of tho lattar.
Tho other Imat made her e*e«pc, but
us n continuous volley wm poured into
her, and the ours were seen t*» drop, it is
supposed very few got back safe. The
only caaunlltv on our '14.* whh Private
B. Furtick, of (’aplain .>aller«' company,
killed. One man hud the sleeve of his
coal torn badly by a minnio hall.
Tho het captured is a very beautiful
barge, and capab'.eof holdiu,? from (
ty-llt
. thirty
to ticn."(J’illinore
tho l»ont. The pi
taken h.v J urpri«e,
tomarv boat, wit
behind. Had thi
, heh
S " n (s
take
and ?
* tho ii'nhg
ns a- is lie
| ' ill th.*.* have given US, It
spoil-lie-r \ ~ -.-,11* to US too fearful f*
III Ml wild are Veil emus • t UCI ountlildlit
to Heaven and to the j idginont of mm
kind. A war -f retaliation, f follow
up. mest soon become a wur or extm tn
iniiion. Wu !i ivo c-mtld.incc lint , wlm
f i a.- • i. * . •me iltrcn hri-
■ ■ • • ■• m . era I piece* ol
lb. yesterday. We
ouln-,*d by Gen. 11111,
• i • eorp- we overtook at Flint Hill, to
e* • vc in a fin ii k ing march towards U»e
aunts where tin* enemy worepostod, nnd
•ust them Irom their strongholds. Our
Jrigado— still iiltcndod by the galluntdlh
ind 15th A abiunn —under lien. Helming,
•imducled h.v a loyal guide, Wnu.nl once
•.o varii* the 1'.*., iue,u* n4i *l by artillery
mil tidying solely on <eir bnymi* t ■ and
; .fl" Guv. Shorter, of Alabama, has
•vtended tho time for volunteering In
iluit State, to uiake tip tho quotas for
-Lata defence, to tho HtU lust, if tin*
men draft'd in tho several counties do
not volunteer by that day, they will then
bo sent to camp*.
Another Yankee Haid In Florida De
struction ut Property.
On Sunday, the 2»UU ulL, t\v > Yankee
•teamorsan'i two sailing vessels made
their appearance otr Smyrna rivor, nnd
comnitfiicod "helling tin* surrounding
ncighb*>rho"d. About twelvo o’o ock a
steamer and sailing v •--el asccndwl the
(I within 500 yards of
the Imtol t
W*
fide of tin
• Hill’s eurp*
piece®, and also do*lr<-
• i*otno short di-lance
ig to Mr. ('arpnn
idludii
rlieU tin* Yankees
v.-ie cninpeljed tn
Id the
tlm
nt i ■ til- t^u
stn*
Hospital. Tbev are all GernmiH, and
appear to know little ouUido of thoir
own regiments.
'i’hoy exhibit a very confident and a*-
fmmingnir, however, and nay they will
yet accomplish their design- tho capture
of the city. The affair having proved
wuccossful, we trust will lend t«» other
ansi Htill more daring enterprises.
[CVn/j. Com-., IIth.
Meeting of the Untieiial Ceniinlttees
of tho Douglas Mid Href k lurid go
Demurrurj — A Mar I'ollry »**err-
Nkw "
eonimitto
ridg-
>itli.T
, Milw. .
I)e:
»it, b-
ontli,
k. e l.
kept
I
... i- l,,* i lv ps .*mn*r* h.v th
Wl. >r,* rctnliati*'.l involves ;h«
• ii• ii,i e inly well be held in
-, orlefw t • Hun wh-.-c JudgmenL
r though slow.”
ow th-st M*m»* aino's- «* arc loud
•lam**r L i bloody ruLalintion up
!(•; they insist li • <I it. even
,uu*olu may \i*sVh th**“ ower u*
• l 1 * i and V nvate
4’ libel! B ,i,**V 1*1 ' - li, I I I, Gm., and
"•to F-1.4.1m r-M.nti, were killed in
.In* *u rn.iih on viutcrdav- Tho latter,
-ve livrn, was a goal and true soldier
and died a martyr t,» the cause of South
urn Independence Banco to hi* ashes I
Of Frivftte J.u.ios Hodges, of my immu-
dlnt© company, I can not forbear express
ing my opinion con, erning him ASi.|good
moral young ni.m, niol one of vlio most
c.mrjgm.us and uu* omplaini.ig spirits
that I, i* m*-v *1 m • r oiuso. II,* was
e Yank - ' were pv.-eeived.l M
llii\w<**-4, win—*• noii.-r, the Onward,
a:*-, lying at the wharf, b.hdeil with
,i. my *cVCh hales of Upland Cotton,
.a ve orders to llr« his vessel, which wm®
done, and in ii short time she wu® in a
sheet of flumes, and burnt to tlm water'®
edge. Another schooner belonging to
tho Waldo Company, not load ml, lying
near by, was also burnt, to prevent her,
from falling into the hands of tlm enemy. | ,ct,, ' n *, 1 •{*' , "’> rro |1
Mr. Hay wood's rchoonor, with l.er cargo , ' v 'V!' u *l l ' r *'''
,rfootu.n, «»» vnluod ut *27,000. 1"'
Tlm Yankees continued to shell the •
d* all Sunday afternoon and niglit.-
Bresi.leiiiiai campaign. it U alrc'ld'.v
(••'reel to bury tlm hatchet, and place the
Dauiocrtitic putty tbu* upon a wur plat
form. * kippe. hcadi--.it u t<* he denoUl.i'
ed, and vesolution* in tavor of the integ
rity of the Union to bo adopted. Tin*
responsibility of the recent riots in resist
ance to the (Iratt i* lo ha placed where it
rightfully belong*. The present admin-
Tho inhabitants sought shelter in the j n, D’ '
wood-, where they built tents. In nno f, 11
of these a number of ladies and children . r "
had tak**n refugo, Gut a shell pn*»ud ,
The negro qunslioti is aL>* to be
rata who will take
t are non vi need that
ay offer will have
co with the present
written by traitors North and traHh
South. Home of i1i«»m papers were brought
into camp Hnd served as novo! literature
for our officers and men.
In addition to these several valuable
gold headed Wfclking Canes were found,
one of thorn pre-ented to Davi
1 in Pioreot ‘»n another one v
MTiptUm, ‘‘From a Soldier t*
Friend.”
In many of Iho loiters the subject of *o-
eessiori was warmly d’senseod. 8omn of
tl.o*o letters date buck as far an 1852.—
Many of the more prominent writers
accept 11.o separation of tho North and
the South a«. a foregone conclusion, but
only disagree an how and when it should
bo done. Davis is alluded to it* tho po'it-
ical Moves in this meu-ure, and the aiiu-
Hion to him * would bcchi ah If he wu*
looked upon in tho light of a demi-god.
I send to the Herald such of these let
ters a* I hove been able to got possesion | whi i, jt
of. If tho collection of letters could be ,
arranged and puUishi-dit would bring to through
light tho secret history of secession, and
hold up to *.l»o world the deepest laid ! ,r ,
■teenson ever known on tho Ike© of Mn.* ! ,.... *,Ji M "•
j* • m I .V°unp,
How I.lnroln Recruits Uls Army.
A v ntleman recently from Norfolk
gives the following account of a proceed
ing which was doubtless regarded by tlm
enemy us a “cute Yank on trick
There are in tho city of Norfolk four
churches known as African churches,
which ure lined exclusively by the col
ored people for public worship. One of
the*© hits a bell and is known as thn
•Bell Church.” A notice was recently
circulated among tlm colored population
by order of the Provost Marshal, that or.
the following M.ihbu'h something would
l*v •••.•mmui.ivrtiuu in the Bell Church in
which they wer© interentud. Their curi
osity being thus appealed to, tho ringing
of the boll drew an immense crowd. Tin*
houso was tilled. Many who could nut
get tn stood around the doors And win
dow:) with listening cars. At nn appoint
ed signal, a military i.mmuuvre was exe
cuted, they found thorn*"!vo* surrounded
by thnm hundred soldiers with fixed
bayonet*. Ron is lance was useless. K
(••>p- impossible. A.l who wore neither
loo young nor too obi for military ecr-
vice were hurri.nl away. No time wu*
given fur farewells or for making any
Wtjstflnfaiioph. In thoir .Sunday clothe**
’.J Six - * ru marched on board the vessels
H*et L. -e in ruB'liness to curry them to
th.) Xortli to -well »h« armies designed
f*• r tie* *uhj(igati(»i of tho .South.
\Yc (]»• .i.t not that Mr. Lincoln finds
oh easier way of recruiting hi®
And i
»id or
will i*
t *o Confederate Li
i. - -Consols opened a
in open market. T
! ptgtic distinguished
ulaco of Now Y’ork. — Christian Observer.
Major Gbn. Gahdnbk.—Gen Bank*
to,(used to parole the Confederate officer*
taken ut i*ort Hudson. Uu made an ex
caption in favor of Gen. Gardner, but
that gallant officer refused it, unless tho
seme favor woro extended to bis subor-
dinates in command.
Wo have seen several of tbo men from
tin garrison, and, without exception, they
ex pres* the highest admiration of their
cominundor. They had all through that
long nnddroary *i«)ge tho must unbound
cd (•"iiAdeuce In him—not only in respect
to ills courage, bqt his skill, w'atohfulnosfl
mm kindness.
God. Pemberton did not leave Vicks
burg with the same reputation; although
l*y tli** v»y, ho did not possess it when
tlic siege ln*gan there.—Mobil* Trib.
Tub Knui.hu Rxiikl Flxet.—It is un-
dcific .d ti.at the Government has tuken
tlucidcvi ground m tho matter of tho rebel
Ac t now being fitted out in Knglixh ports,
und ha-, notified her Majesty’s Govern
ment that the sailing of these vessels will
bu considered an unfriendly act on the
part ol Great Britain.
.So says a telegram from Washington.
Wnart* pleased to learn that the Gov
ernment of Abraham Hakcka has taken
led position. England has also
N — OhtiS.
Wl.c
thi
■*uppli
» bo ritii'i
tlm
. cording to
valuation of the countv commute.**
loss tbut valuation i®, in the opinion
tlm Government ofii ( *r, to very c\
si vo us to require refcrciuc to the
praisor* by way of appeal.
'J'l.H county i •mmittoes worn inter,
a* a temporary agency, wlm- * fund,
ceased when too A ppraiaors entered n
K«ve* them a buoy-
-'•d for «nnip time.
-Aqothnr cavulry
•dy Station ok the
illery, and thm,’
ading last night between the enemy
battories and our-*, .but without i.npor
Unt result*. A Franch and English war
example, not to
of themselves t.
ship, ami "vine
spiritual weltar
ders all Iho aid
ha* Again be
f "f the Conieri
his headquart<
Fort. Drury. Two tor-
led prematurely on the
unhoat*. Tho flotilla
Monitors, a floating
through it, with.
Suing any injury
t io suck more distan
lleiinott and Mrs. Slu Ito.
ck of tho hotel with tin
id u s
f tho old Dnno-
.-oninletcly uiiiled
•ng Ind made for ti>e support of
UpPI
id to rein
t wore final *
A
im will
i Private Henry Burfnrd.oflheWhitcs-
! vitlo Guard*. Co. F. 2tkh Gn. Hcgiment,
j .vas slightly wounded in tho head by h
piece of » fcfent sln-ll. I hear of one
[other man h.-h, - wounded in tbo 17th
I Hiej-der, ol Tailnhftsoce, is sup-
posed to have been killed, as ho has been
•oiaslng ever *'nco. During the fire o»
the nmny Captain Martin wont to the
hotel and cuoceoded in bringing away a
munhor of article*.
two oC the enemy'* VfsselV, a slonmor
and u sailing vessel, remained outside,
-viiilu those which approached ti.nvrtm
done their woik or dostructlon. It is
Hupposad that the enemv's force waa
i.hout «ix hundred men. They sent four
Larget up tho river, each containing
j the conservative* of other p.irtio* through
out the loyal State*. Thi* movement i?
; of groat political iinporfance. Tho meet-
j ing i* nut int.-nde i to he public, but r
agreed upon.
Imut flrtv
they had not landed.
A few day* since a sailing
Up to Monday night
1 from
up Indian river. Since tin
Yankee steamer has h
mouth of it. Il ha* rn
... the vicinity of S:n
hn.Vgto
the Don
settle nil difference* ami
• up«m a war platform all
* uf tho loyal State*.
• d f.
ird.
kuding tho from tt
live weok* ) stenmer
>. nnd the low ! one of o'
it i flic tilt to pass j ing tori
i Yankee ve®- I over to
a oon t, and it Thi* is
ling the block- i looking
N,.' AV.rx, 1th. ; Whiles
i tlm
Mill) >
g)opr in hi* (ntercuur*© wi
cilia* c**uld bn desired.
Our new S.afi'O rt -or» »*• i
greatest satitfsetion
cn th
”P ‘
(»Ule
Anothbh Ship ro.t tub Hkukt.k,--
ie»-v i \ voung. Mr. J. Robm-mt lennchni
;.'*m tho shipbuildingy ird, Duke'*dock,
! finely proportioned wooden vessel on a
h w principle, for which ho ha* taken
"Ut a patent. The peculiarity of this
vo®*cl'* build i* in the formation of the
bottom, which ia nearly flat, the keel and
*id<s of the vowel taking the ground to
gether. Thi* mode uf building \* eon-
-idureil by *oinonaul c*l men superior to
ho old mode. Tlm Richmond, launched
.few week* ago from the same slocks
uaving performed a voyage to Gibraltar
• n a very abort ipaeu ut time, and carry
ing a very large cargo, scorns to have
given her owner* entire satisfaction. The
Virginia is the pioneer v»***vl of the new
inr-ne-i “Dixie' i no of trader*, and, in
♦dditiun to her immense carrying capnei-
Yankxr Naval Nnwi.-bV find the
following in the Now York Tribune, of
Saturday, June 25:
Preparation* are being made at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard to receive the iron
clad bnttory Lohlgh, which has been
order* d hero by the Navy Department.
She wili he retained hero until her bottom
i* H.-anjail, nnd rt new 15-inch gun
substituted for the one which hurst dur-
ing the tight .... Jnine* River. April Vast,"ho h
vv pcpnrtmeut I ns purcha ®ad j in Texas, l. um
• I nr..* Court tlm iron piix©
s.'ptune, which was'raptured h.v
r wooden vessels while attempt-
i the blockade Sho was turned
Admiral Paulding yesterday,
he of the most extraordinary
raft over brought to this port,
e meuiures no In,* than 240 feet
17 feet wide, or
4th—the average j
nronortlon uf oven fast steamer* being
l-Hih. Her flhapo is, of course, very
novel, a person looking along her dock,
7 oxaggerated
'••ruled that Mr
.Mr. Hicks had corrected
tlx* negro on Saturday last, and on Mon
day morning the negro man went to
Mr li.' - room and struck him in tho Kidn
of the head with thn bladool' an axe-leav
ing tho axe in tho hoad a* it was cut.—
Tho citizens in tho neighborhood assem
bled and hung the negto without delay.
Mr Hicks loaves a widowed mother
nnd hor children, who were dependent
on him for support Such are the facts
as tkey are detail© *
Report«
detailed to us.—La (Jrange
I be >
tho J.-ff Da-
ediately, and
launching
Tub Crop© ok thi Country, <fec.—
Yesterday in a conversation with our
toilow-eitizen P. J. May, who has
just returned home from a most exten
sive travel over nearly the wbolo extent
of the Confederate State*, we were greatly
cheered at tho thvorable report ho wu*
us of tlie fine rropa everywhere’ rmes
travelled ext* nsivyly
•uuiaivA. MitfMii;i{>i and Al-
utmrna. Hi* travels hive not been oun-
fined to tho railroads, but much of it has
been n n horseback through the country.
Everywhere the corn crops were the
finest ever seen; and the yield of wheat
in the West is unprecedented. Such a
yield of wheat ha* never boon witnessed.
I a all hi* travel* he saw but lew cottou
field'.—Atlanta (\infedcracy.
Lord Palmsr»tok’* Opinjom ot Yan-
kkk Gknkralm.—J^ord Palmerston re
cently, in replying to some stricture* by
Mr. t'obdon, said that a General, although
„ a good ama'eur diplomatist, was not
i-of-war at onea. likely tosucueed a* an amateur General.
Amateur Generals has been tried in
America. To wear uniforms ami cock
ades in tbo hat were sufficient, qualifica
tion* fur tli© command of an army ; nut
the result wu* that instead of Richmond
being taken in ninety day*; they were
now ox peeling tho rebol* at Washington
Tho drafting proceeded quietly in
Philadelphia on the21st, and 2,000* men
w**ro draft'd. It wu* denuKxi that a
negro ftubxLilute may go m for a drafted
The iron clad Comanche, recently built ‘ '^’K'ro, but not lor a wnite man.
at Jersey City, has been shipped in see-j [ Yankee paper.
tinnstvi CaiiforniK. Fearing that iom« i The Yankee government in**isi tiiat
‘‘■ L Confederate cruise:* might over- their negro widiom mall bu put on the
rying the embryo J same tooting with whites by us; why,
faithfully
best result®
that none I
eagle eye a
I rich servant pr!- w ill
ims reminded tin Mohi
story of the Irishman i
put in the
had his face
Being culf
into tho stai
twenty or t
to the bter
litionist* ii
1 they area
up Bridge
ffleial letter from the U. *S.
steamer Ladonna, now on the South
Atlantic (loot, state* that “this ve*,.4,
b“ing all iron, is unable to mnko three
mile* an hour, owing U» the foulness of
h»*r bottom.'' Admiral Dahlgren is said
t«s have determined on ordering nil the
iron v<M.-iels homo, a* they are perfectly
worthies* tor chasing vessel*, numl»er* of
which ©scraped through thair inability to
catch them.
ing an account of tho i
foe Copperhead, an
always in the front o;
tionally we would n.
Sou ti> ro n —gen ora i ly
from the border Slat -
reoruit w** obtain, d, n
who came n> an order)
w»s bountifully fed,
MOple of Indiana and
For peac
urge belonged j movement hi® men doserted in largo
The Yankee flotilla ; Alub
i the river. Several ! *bf
haul tli
rnat of monitor, a portion
wa* tent overland.
her
■ disiinc-
abiiuy
of, they W.
recogmtio.
Not a
lo the Tho
Esq., aecli
On the Oth of July th
Golden Circlu i*roke •*
Huntington, Ind., open
guns and ammunition,
among ihomselve*.
.—Returns from
ZVCnoTZ
i All quiet along the Tenne®-eo. .The
I main position of Rosucrans’ army i» Ht
l,w - t Wtncnestor and Dccliard, with brigade*
In I stationed at sovoral other points.