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(foi id bus Ormwiirrr. assigned lo duty ' i f liuiffc. , r.Mrn* t.. ml 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.