About Weekly Columbus enquirer. (Columbus, Ga.) 1861-1873 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1863)
€nl mbits Cfaqukn:. COUNTY. COLUMBUS: g; Tuesday Mcxnia?, August 18,18(33. The Approaching Kltctlons^u G<*or- «U. If itbelruo, ns charged, that mon wuro secretly brought out at a lute hour .in the recent canvassln Alabama, wlioaooplft ion* in rcferehcc to tho *up}i war uhtl the measures iieco*" n w ro unkn- vi, and thnt Ss,itw: Mil'll: IM ish “.vr" 1 .) 'T.t-o* ttlijf 81: ; WfttU : horter ^Clopton Tlic^ Kentucky .Election. Though v. hft/Gieriom doubt* -wheth er the people f Kentucky would to-day, it left to their free choice, decide to cast their dertiny with tho youth, we regard tho Into ro-enllr<l election in that State ii-a mockery tbu» haft not ev_en the flim siest disguise to conceal its true charac ter. Not only wuro all persona d'eloynl to Lincoln refused the privilege of vot ing (lor that has become a privilege in stead of a constitutional right in States under Yankeo military rule), but the judges at the polls wore informed thnt Lriter from “J. T. come to soldiers returning to duty from rn’ft Station. Tbxv Am? 10. the hospitals, and those gentlemen who Editor Enquire, I have just returned have been so long absent without leave from a abort posing your render, would like to . kn what is transpiring in t hat romantic re gion, 1 will in a briet manner review the trip. The trave'or does not become in terested until he pusses Cleveland, Tenn. Fields of waving corn begin t eye, upon either aide of the the farther von advance the mere us and ••'•.tensive a*e the fields «. growing • orn ; hut not until you rtriRj Knoxville. Hup- under the recent amnesty proclamation ol President Davis. Of tho future programme of thn army I profeM neither to know or will sur- Tbe Baltimore American of the 8th has been received. Tho following is a sum mary ol tho news: FROM TUB SOUTHWKST. The steamer Ruth was burnt on Hie night of tho 4th at Island No. 1 . • , . , topetlier aiami iniriy uvoa were ioav. i .mnouer ihe -.pin the quantity issued, and tne j car>?ll om hra :i 1 four h.indred tons < f i t .„ p ,j,. r j v . . ■egularity of issua To the ,.. m , m U« a ry and sutler- *rores, awl about -phe glorh tt.A a«*v>tin<r men more atten- t one hundred toi. j of private freight. ‘ he j . ■ a Ji |S I sSyi> R-* KL te- »«J --a- |f KU,sai imlm ties because ofi V: obscufi{y*of Uirir m*u- ti inert* and purposes, this domoostratt**# in our sister Stato should edition’ h ut to li.» more careful herein Georgia in ascer taining for whom and for what wo nrO voting. This precaution is particularly necessary In reference to candidates for Oingrca**. If we moan to prosecute the >.»r vigorously and anccottftily, we must elect to Congress men who nro known to b- favorable to sorno practicable system jiir carrying U op. If a candidate Is opposed to conscription or to the revenue mcHsuro adopted, lot tho poop> satisfy ( thomtelvcs that ho has some boiler and le»s objectionable plan that will answor r - the purpose, and that bo is not merely running in opposition lo those measures became they nro unpopular with tunny. "Wr. cannot afford, at this time, to over look the great end and him of our (drug gie in jour blokt-rings about tho meant, of sustaining II In an .emergency like tbi*, men nro required ly-tbelr patriotism and loyally toucquiesce in tho Judgment of ■ •’ majority and the wisdom of those to whtuu they have corqmittod tho man agement of the war. if thoir opposition is mi:burr.• *fng to lU prbKOCUtion orndvim- tflguous to the enemy. It is therefore tho duty of tlm popple—A duly to themselves mid to their own interests and honor—to boo to it that no umti is sent to Congress a* n mere uncompromising opponent of wbafhns been done, without bettor mea sure* a* a substitute, or a policy so clearly preferable to the one adopted nsto make its substitution Indubitably safe and ud- vantAgfoM,. In the elections of mombersof the leg islature, wo desire to boo tost* applied | upon two questions that have heretofore engaged much attention, but have not ,vet been settled. Wo nlludo to the sup pression »f fpeculation in nrtlolos of prirno nocossity for food or raiment, and tho extinction of our worthless shinplts- tor circulation. "Weadhere to tho opin ion whlcii wo have ofton expressed here tofore, that the good old ttandard of "supply and demand" can never again ho restored ns a regulator of prioos until the practical that accumulate and hoard commodities for gum aro prohibited; and we believe that this cun only bo nreoni- plishod-by the total suppression of all speculation In auoh commodities. Such speculation is always a privileged and licensed business, and ought to be forbid* don when its continuance or its perver sion is highly detrimental to the public Lift ' That it U mo at preftont is uni- vei ally admitted, but legiulntor' hesitate to "iay the axe at tho reoi ,,f the • ... and jv- "it to all Boris of quack i ••♦rum ■ for matin,png adiuonBothnt. can roiy be cured by ,■iurminniion. i no ; ■ uiMtiog interest is mo influential that it will re quit'd plodg.es to or instructions from the people to make legislator* deni with it a* the occasion requires, and we hopo that '■andidnlr-ft fur the LegUh turo will ho made to "deilrjo their pu*itlon ,f on this If i* true that existing laws already I’i'oJj^Uho fthinpltwlors Uiuf infost tho lamV1>ut it In also (mo that tln> exiitting laws do not effect thoir obJocL Tho fact that way rtrn already forbidden by l U Jl makes it tho iner t Decenary that they should bo retired. Luwjrvwi uxtorniinato them, lor the Alabama law has pretty nearly rid that Quito of them. Lot tho jtcoplo of Georgia domrndjthat they, too, 1)0 reiiovod ol thin nuisance, and they Will do much to appreciate tho Coufode* rate uml Htato curroncy, to l.^sn the In- flat'on of pricGs, and t«> > pecu lating riot that catUtoa to much fluctua tion and instability. Waddell Artillery. Wo direct tho attention of this corps to thn order of Major Wuddoll, published in this paper. It will ho scon Unit holms procured the extension of the furloughs of tho mon of his command until thu 20th inf*t., hut that It is imperatively required or them, each and all, tomoottheir officers At Uptlika ou that day. Georgia** Might Thoueaud* Wo are glad f loam, from a source j which wo regard as p ■foetly reliable, i that there is no doubt whatever thnt the i eight thousand raon for local aort ic ?, j'-.j j whom tho I'rosidcat called in hit line ) < .fUisition upon Georgia, will bo railed. Indeed, about ono hundred and fifty com panies had reported thotfiso.voa several days 'inco, and it, was not doubted that at least forty or fifty mftre would bo ten dered, Kotimating those companies to number titty mon each, wo have soven thousand five hundred mon tendered pre vious to this week. Georgia, wc do not doubt, will, by the pr unptuora with which she has responded to *hi* call, ful ly eustnin her reputation eathe Toromosi HUto to raise her levi '- for thu war.— And it ij a fact redounding to their cred it, that nearly e> :ry county in the sec* tiou of the .Stale m ••* threaten id i>v tho , would bo hold strictly responsible | Sweetwater Valiey. do th- ripened and that no disloyal person he allowed to j ripeni jg crops of wheat, corn, poas, pn- vote." Of course, under such a rcgulu- -T ^Itt? r^. j p ^ ;r. jg -, Hubbard ^ yt; Holland* SoJSfeliHVlw -it J.'i-'KsQerd HgS-,ik^Y:^2y:uiU S5fi*Sj8SSfS®:^5»I n **» ,n lt , JK g, Thom £3!Sr “£ £11«£ I 4 . Kat»om fl%\ ll 5"ceopor Caail&t Icm of tile 31st fia. Keglme«t at the battle of C»ot4y#bUrg. Ja*> 1^* IHUU. Field and Staff-*L‘ol f A J’.vm slightly bruised by a grape d-'d. Com puny A—Killed, J Forgaseon, (I Litlnby. Korgt .1 (idggins, Oorp : Byrd, W Dent, A L J ... .7 JoworH, I> Pctefior..' Company B—Woucdcd. Company C—Killed, W ■Wounded, f-jergt fcl Roach. .1 L NcNalr, Charles Nowsomb, Vf G Thornton, W H Gouglaos, .J Ridges. Co. D—Wounded, T J Wilder. Co. P- Killed, J^ioti' Geqrgu Gamble, Thomas Lupo, Bami Jackson. Wound ed, Corp.lnol Dorsey, J C Baskins, -Ino MnClond, Geo Graham, M G King, I) B Tlios J Wounded, ,r. W B Borland. Bradley, W .1 Swcarlngon, li Coleman, W Wright, 0 L L«-<ter. Co. t i— Wounded, Cnpt D 0 Cody. Co. Ji-Wounded, T HtttUh. Co, I - - Wounded. .1- : ; Pope- Co. K-Killed, D C Bivins, S Ph-ur- n*iy. Wounded—'J' I Bel flower, 1* Hut to, Bergt Havngn, W O Pry. Co. K—Killod, Lieut W B Patterson. Wounded, 1) It Adams, \> J Averott, W T Evorott. Jt*CAi*tTUhATfoic—Killed 0. Wound ed 3C. Total 46. JNO. T. JOHNSON, Adjutant The Propound Rctfimeut for Kerr Ire. Tho mooting.CHiltd t«» elect ol* 0,,, ' s 03 H regiment or battalion for MtpcoK 00 Rn( ^ other counties foiled, on yuitordny, to ofl’ect an organjaation. TAe city compa nies v ere rapre-cuted by tl*e " era! that Gov. gor time I it was rpwdvyd t w«ro present ropreseptati companies of •" thc -e raprosentutiv wcr.s not instructed to bind their com panic> to any organiza tion, and tho most they could do wa. t«> assturo tho mooting tiiat tboy dorlrod t<> unito with tho Columbus companies r»nd would take action on thu aubjoct at their next company mootings, tinder those J with some assurances vouhl allow n llltlo lou- lertlon of field officers, postpone further action urftll Tuesday tiexi, when thooumpanios from thn sever jit couotiei of Harris, Till hot, Taylor, Marion, (.Imltahooehcu and Stu.y^r* p*'*' invl'j-djo and unite in the or<anlttftti()n of *i regi incut; it they tnttnot. come cm-ma&st that they nl that day votont their respoc live muster grounds for rogimctiUl olll- cor* and solid (lo ir votes to thl city. It wad rrsolvod that lb tho event ol tho fail- ii,••of tho coin; '•!' olh'-r .. . - to . • ■ and ; ■ that the Columh j <■ 'tnpanies will then proceed to tho organic ilion of a battalion without further delay. —— The ABBOclatcd Proa* Report Wo silently qornpHod with Mr. Hupor- Intendont Thraithot^i lato instructions in reference to the copyrighted heading ol tho Telegraphic Reports, of tho Pros* Association. Tho copyrighting was t stop for which wo had not seen tho tiecc& sity, and wo still think it cbtubli l es i statu of excluftlvonoF.i which neither tin IntemUi of tho Association nor tho con v* nidus* of tho public JcmundeO. I'or hupp if tho ptohibition of tho Weekly pru*s to copy tho ditpaieho* w« •ilfind us to sell thorn tho ; moderate sum, tho sy.-td hotter and bo r.toro liberal least, bring in money onough to ptt cost of publiihingtho monthly pn-tpblot copy of tho dispatches, which is toot sau ry to protect tho copyright—p*8*ibly it would also repay tho other muling of tho Association,’ of which tlpro seems to ho a good deal, constituting^ "fat take, no Joubt, to one of the dtlanla papet hut not very profitable to tho other member* of tho Associfti' tho subjoined remarks might wo li might * nf the topic wauuah H\ t i tion a» this, there was no chance fur the expreukiou of any othur than submission Sentiment, and tho Democratic candidate wtu deprived of tho votes of any mem bers of his old party except those who (like himself) were willing to make a record of their loyalty to the Union as it is. We suy that we distrust Kentucky, even if left to a ‘free vote to-dny. If the war wit* over, and sho was ' ailed upon to decide which of tho two •recognised Confederacies she would join, her chuieo would doubtloss he the* South, But tho phliey of "strict neutrality" which she adopted at an early stage of tho war, and the increasing fear of Yan kee vengeance, would restrain her at present from tho expression of m prefer* 4uii!ij for an ussosiation congenial both to ktr »ut«Te*G and her institutions. Apologetic. Wo have several times recently failed to put our Evening Edition to pros* In time for tho Eastern Mail, which closes about 12 o’clock id., and tho con*«<jyflnoe has been the di°appointrnont of our sub- scrlburs vuppliod by that mall. This has boon attributable to derangements in our office which, wo think wo can now prom ise our readers, hnvo been surmounted. Wo hopo that they will boreaftor receivo their papors a*, regularly as tho arrival of the mails. Theeicknoss of our pressman, during the whole of this week, is tho main cause of tho WdpriuAvhioh has tried tho e.yoK d tho patience of our subscribers. This being gradually overcome, and we ink that tha paper will present us fair i impression «fl usual in a day or two. In Richmond, a meeting of tho citizens has been called to lake action on (lour speculator." Unless thoso in that ! Wc ould i The Mufaula Dlttiirt, We have aeon unofficial returns from all but two of th» oouht os in tin* Oou* gresfeional District of Alabama, ,\tid Mr. Pugh’s chances of rvdeo'iun appear rulher better from these returns than previous reports had led ua to believe All the counties but Ooflbo and OoVlng- t n have been heard from, and thu vote stands; l’ugh 1”27, Jones' 1000, Wlic; 018. A plurality for Jones ovor cither of his competitors is regarded us nearly certain in Coffee, and it is believed that | th he will boat Pugh, if not Wiley also, in 1 Covington. But it is still considered | doubtful whether Jono*’ pluralities in Coffee ami Covington will bo •uffieient | that had wo be should have opposed th muasurivto t,\>o uitl, v • a*, least so fur m tlio t idaeod on the Weekly Oern.xl. W’.nl,.-' . |».. ■ and pays l*»r thou’iegrtp for one, aro uuwilling to them by our wcohlv , bhould they this •l?ur r ffi^ now . . receive* n-pmU, wo, f thn use or otnporarios, port* grasses burst upon tho vision in nil their richness and un*urj)n-<r^1 abundance. This volley alone wiil pro duce corn enough to feral the army ol East Tenneftseo. Upon every farm I saw qua lities of 9Ugar cane of the Chinese variety Enough sugar and syrup v.i, be made not onlyti supply the re«iuent popula tion, but a considcrahio amount for the use of the soldiers. Last year K>i-t Teu- nes>soo scarcely raised grain onough to feed its population, support Tenn 'tome’coinpiaint is always being made *h” not »o much about the quality of the 1. and rations, r ” nu seeming irregularity ‘‘t sU>machs of the fighting men more atten ^ ^ tii»n must be paid by those who are ex- j f ampt from fighting and walking, and i havk good pay. There are plenty of pro ; ^ i-mj‘ f<>r tho army—immense tran**- > ll{ j too, and the fighting men should j i have in regularly and in full quota, then j '•“■J all complaints would cease, and the .tisfied—well fed with beef, flour i bound for Helena, and hud onquered peo- jght pKvrtiH*t(" - and $2U0.(XK)in "green- ! We should be already a c-oi . pb-. and \i-lmr would bo worse in its hu mi! Mtion. wo should deserve that wretch ed Mu*, thank God 1 we feel that life -pit ir which animates our own l>o- «nni <>ri this subject, is common to the land, the blood, and thn race thnt nur tured it in us. Wo feel that wo were not born to be the Vassal and serf of » t&*k- nm-ter, and so feel our countrymen, we have ?aid. there in the conun unity. The publi, intentaly agitated nt th" poet of affairs, audit the , ■ r .,,- t monced again, in violation of protest, revolution is inevituhl. There is nothing of importer, the army of the "Potomac , of a chi of bn augh frotu abroad, ■s • nough at home ; of tho people. Fro ur firt*i and unfalter!t T KLEGKAPH1C.; ‘ the its stock. One of the results of this short crop was a tneagru sujuily of bnc of thoi with thu Bros*, shall sustain l! j ( tent—no fbrUier by ttie Wc to overcome Pugh’s proaum 32T over him. The elec tic u oily nib: one. Atlanta Paper Thu Atlanta tynftdtra<y to Messrs. Janie j Oc 1Wu hereafter conduct it, with : Bmlth, J. N. t ard lily their connection with i > alediotory. 'J'ilQ CoN%iflonU'.'ilt\ and proprietor*, Moiki and 11. B. Mill huving meat to Mr. M. W. llut ribw name is tho Atlanta C Putorsoa remains its editor. W» wish thi outgoing edit prictcrs u more pieasftut ar a and A R. WaU Adair & Smith <?U: h the paper in a m * the that portion of th • I’r Contodorui Tho Baltimore .t?« lis: of the Oontederat at Gettysburg, who Chester Hospital. In tho li*t ft names of the following Go f l; * A. W. Farrar, Ml.. .’ • Vrlvato J. F. Walt r >’ l G G. \Y. Nutt,^kh t-. . “ . U. V. Jonh: irtth Bbiq. lies Gaol v <’ Sru • StVong, who wiu i usily vv.-uu. attack on Fort Wjtgner, July satne Individual \» U*-* acted m tli of Adjutant Gi i. riil tor the bru it y who deal ,,n urtiolos necessary to ain life, cN*ngo their programme wil- itigly, th-y will probably bo compeilod t<> ; tht*J iB, if the feelings now expressed about the matter by tho people indicate Utivniing. -Atlanta Appeal. ia it not hotter to regulate this mutter by /atu, than to temporize with it until outraged pooplo toko tho remody into their own hands, ob suggested above? i toll tbo extent or the excess of a remedy adopted by a mob ? 11 is to prevent such a resort that wo have ndvo- nted, and still Advocate, a loyal prohibi tion of all speculation in articles of prime necessity. —-.... —«♦« ♦*•*» tkorc WAR MEMKNT0K8. Mashlei ble l.am Winter’ll Hat. Editor Enquirer. I called on h friond a few days ago, and was admiring both her economy and ingenuity as displayed in renovating' Homo old style apparel. "But,” said she, "this is nothing com pared tmny last winter’s hat." Of course 1 wanted to soo tho hat. "This bonnet,” said she, holding it up, "was bought three wintors ago—straw, trimmed with blue velvet. I took tho straw capo .id made a ‘sky scraper’ of it by putting it in front. I made tho blue velvet oape out of tho bow that, was on tho side trimmings at first, f then took a blue volvut hut my mpthcr'JjnugJit. fijluqn years ago for b bahio, and uftorwards gave to my l,rhl habio, and worn by several othe**t hut which hud boon laid away ten *ears ns a family relic—and ripping it ‘M*. hound the front of rny bonnet wi*- 1 Iho brim ; (tho crown of tho hat I g* vo m y s '"t«r to make a collar to a "“hie cloak- tho trimmings I put on in/ daughtor lannio’a hat.) I next took ft" former blue trim mings and Uni* ,0, I tbo outside. The lining inside wri abslractod from on old silk capo, lao^tbe bluok silk luce twisted round lhese Rr ^ < l mIs PRinc ,rom another Cape. I*a* of those flowers wuro hero buforo, » fl d this largo heartsoaMe came from ii» old remnant of flowers loft whon jyj r __ closed his store twelve years A g 0 ‘. thoso blue and black silk flowers •\v'fc made from two sots of sleeve lin- and R»is white blondo lace going round the front ctuno from tho neck of a pink 'Portion dross worn by my niece to ft ortjeert several yoars ago. Tho beads to •tiling tho centre of tlu silk flowers .•utno from a nockUco sent North beforo tho war for my daughtor to wear to a wedding, and tho black velvet and laco twisted in thi* outside blue bow came from an old blnok lace mantillu, and that little chenille drop tamo from an ancient head-dress of mine. Thoso«nside invisi ble string* for tying under the chin came from the aforesaid sleeve linings, and these handsome Huo and black plaid strings came from a fall hut inv sister gavo mo four year* ago, and which wore saved because *hoy were too beautiful to throw away ’ I assure you, Mr. Editor, such was the tastn displayed in putting together those hclor'gcneous materials thnt you would h:iv J supposed the bonnet came direct j (ynu Z'arU it you bad soon it, and like | mo, have thought it worthy of handing down to.po»torUy. r.xtrnct Horn a Soldier*!* I.ettcr. • • • None mourn or foul the death of Stonewall Jackson like tho Army Potomac. "Wo hav* lost u friend—a brother. It must b»vo boon because wo roliod upon him **» a shield, and looked upon him as * “present help in tiino of trouble,” t*ut he was taken from us. Even as ‘ho God of the Israelites was known among tho nations as their dullv- Mer Vom the Egyptians, so doubtloss our Go* Intends to bo known as our deliverer Com a bondftgo tlmt would in time have equalled theirs; for every General that <r> tt 1 * 0 j mv ,v uttcmjfted to rely on or idoligu vorv j bviu stricken down or displaced. I p any believe that God never would permit such ■ mi - j awful fratricidal war, except for the c °r'* Y purpose of more fully manifesting liitn- .1 ’ 1 self and his glory among the nations of the earth, a- a deliverer of his people from tho oppressor In the times of their great trouble. pn,i>ui>'*, taken i board a gentleman md a clergyman di«l in the yesterday in tho street speak of Stono- rindth.' WH ^» d death. Said lbs former, "When Ja- kson enters heav*n *il the warriors and generals there will rise up and do him reverence.’’ “Bitter than that, said tho preacher—’VigoU will meet him as ho outers the *pi ,L land, and conduct him tp God hU H h « r and Christ his Saviour, to receive from them heaven’: highest honor, *\VN done, thou good and faithful servant of the will get fat bacon and p this region. A short halt at Louder portunity to obtain a baa 1 fortifications. They aro kind. No raiding party can injure Loudon bridge, if our men will only be on the alert, and do their duty. At L‘- noir’8 Station, I wa* agreeably -urprised to find that the factory belonging to Win. Lenoir & Bro. wa* not burned by the Yankee* during their recent raid in o East SYhaespee*' Why it w;i« Spar".; ! could not divine, nor could I find a mao about there who could give a re >n fV.r their forbearance. Upon arriving at Knoxville J - i- mediately taken in charge by my old friond, Surgeon M. 1*. Meadow*, of the Asylum Hospital, and whn feint led to my heart’s eontent'upon the fat» f the land during my short stay. Of military luaUorft going or: in thig department, 1 could write you ’> great tioal that would interest your readers. 1 do not wish to sp nk of thin/* transpir- inghoro just at this time, lest they might by name possibility prove *J**trii.> t»c• I t<» tho public 1 a ter t. (i* wide awake to tho nppr cic* in Ida department, and i* making tensive preparation* to <!• if possible, when ho ventures tld-* -id* tho mountain^. Those with >n conversed repose thn utnuut confide in Gen. Buikner’s skill, ability arid togrity, and WlifUma ny him in keoping the department «l< onotny. I am proud to say Tonnesseo is responding pn Fresldunt Davis’ lust call for tr will in a few days have her qt lleld and aid in defending th" r. way to Georgia. Mark tin-, y Georgians ? hern i« East ‘j en portion of n niftier State, whoJ imve linen reviled, taunted and atni salt. j enclose you a list of the casualties of Co. II, in thi* Regiment, at Gettysburg and "milted in the Iwt sent. </... H, Taylor Volunteers, Capt. John A. (>)ffee, Commanding—Killed, Lieut. . J fatten j- >1 cGrimmon, Privato Geo. R. Reaves, Charles II. Ashley. "Wounded—Privates Joshua Smith, mortally, (since died,) Murion Anderson, : dangeroualv, It. L. Browning, severely, ; W. W. Pittman, dangerously, D. P. Watson, flush wound in thigh, Joshua . C’olfoe, neck slightly, T. L. Vnmador*, shoulder, severe, J. B. Furgerson slight ly in knee. Mi«sing—Private*D.'J. Johnson, sup posed killed, B T. Hunter and D. J. Dyal. . iting nil men who are in fu- j • term tion .of the calamities * oppri -- ti: • unhappy land to i :ty; declaring that - the which unite with th , ., Uni n catif • ho p. rved without i..n; denouncing the ad ministrati 1 tbo Pres* Association. j 7 ■ In ••/ Oongrtet. in the vear A -t- :n •.:-i! sk. in the Clerk"f Offia • rt of the ('-.nf&Urate Stale* fu itlrict of O’eorgttu tempting !<» rui tr.ington, ha? n that the w abolition Richmond, 18th.—Tho N. Y. Herald i ii:t* (».T»n d-fttiuctlvo to the j ot the 10,h, assert^ that Meade has twic" j I i ':•• GoveruoiKiil; asserting ir can n t be carried on f*r the id’ >!avery; that if the Rebel 1 . w »di«tK>*ition D» return, I b. welcome I with sit thc-ir juality and righ'J unimpaired, g die system of arbitrary »r- iimtizing the conscription n*- J oppressive, but counseling to it until its constitutionality ndbury, of Eaetport, was nrnn- Governor with greatunonim- Wate letter from him to a niem- j presented im resignation. Tiiesarne pu- , per editorially maintains that fticro is | • irropressible conflict in the Cabinet on j th - question of restoration of tho Union, j Seward is in favor of n liberal amnesty to j the rebels, and Chose is making tho abo lition of slavery an indispensable condi- i tion to the restoration of Hie Union'. | Tho President Col. C. -•nvalry, * In a In' J. T. 8. .Mexican Affairs, u tho Francisco Evening Bulletin. On tit# 1st of June a meeting of the h«* “t.rnitr>r«’ ’ nr > is the first duty j the t ' at the Pit xu do Arrao*. After ! . ■ miu consultation, they appointed G»*n. ' \ ! s dr-ft in command of the district. On ( i Mu Id <»f June they sent a commission to . 1 tion. Eorey, stating that the city wan ut , ‘ i his diftpoMtl, nml that they would »>»• . • proud to become the subjects of his Mu- ! ! jotv th" Emperor Napoleon. 1 AVo given translation from a private | the Confiscatioi of tho citizen. Bri • -pi fir.* v.. r: made and the Con- | ention adjourned. KENTUCKY XI.ECTIOV. Returns from twenty-one counties in t" tucky give a "Union” majority of to be halting bo il plans of notion, ith tho Russian Kingdom. : of "£\ counties in Kentucky, j :g oil'ol 10,000 compared with j of 186 Yesterday the Y’unkeo cavalry sur prised our pickets near Falmouth, kill ing one and capLuring four. Pur contra, our side the Name day captured two Yan kees and killed and wounded several. Prisoners report but u small force of Yankees at Stafford. Monde is fearful of an attack from Leu. During -Let’s tiip in Maryland and Ponnsylvunii, all archives in Washingtt lottc which A Don Diego Alvnrc •ofthe State of Gum •spulco is the seaport, r of La Vox <U Mfjicp, a al pul lished ' od is much lower. Mkhimax, j fioitit to a projo thu .f j Tho political M exit ico. Thi* | the evening of tho 18th . . Ca "lily Dear t'riaxd: As I told you in my previous letter, the church party Imve tlirown off'its mask, as you will see hy •! • nu \-piper El Cronieta dt Mexico, of Ih- "ith insL, which wa« transmitted to me hy a friend of mine. Regular com munication with the capital has been in- tmrupted m:o o tho 81st of May, at which d.'it" the -uprome Constitutional Govern - Jence ! inent lmd been removed to Ban Luis ! -'Bv an article which you will see in "“t .»«/»*copied from La Monarqui-t. f the j y, ii will comprehend how far the ahort- i- ... i in"-- of this bind of traitors ox- . <•. , j it-ipl lloro is an extract: "This (the I 1‘i ‘ v "i:cupalion of the city of Mexico by the mi ■ h" i . . with absolute certainty <| i i„ t| 10 ! „i tai- time tha* it is neces-ury to oxtir- j , . , by the ro.itthe democratic olemenf. | “8 1 I mid not continue dreaming of popular i •: lui vi-reignty, but to Imn.Rh forever such , ' ! >'*•, ni vain and useless theories.” The tone in 6l ' . .... , wtiii h these traitor ‘InterventlonlfttH’ | J* M , , * -peak already (aft you will «ey hy tho hH nroewding* which followed after tl.e b"- ’*•» Con fede that on t ligenco I •t from our strict neutral- Timoft souks to palliate the verses, but acknowledges • ", it i* seldom that intel- n received so gloiny for '» cu iso. It regards tlie - .M litilo short of an in- i— tion continues without 'ontinues dopreesed, and i iritiesshow continued pan- I derate loan bad rallied to 1 ft count. Cotton had nil- ! Liverpool. Breadbtufl* j easier. Kirby Smith has just arrived, lie *ay* four trampOrl- laden with troops passed Rodney going up on Friday. The troops aont down ny Grant were to replace the troops v, "term of service had expir- { od in Banks' army. Gen. Price : - at Prairie Bluff, Ark. Gen. Dick laylor'a army is at Ber wick- Bay. II.- sunk two transports near Donaldson vijla last Tuosday. (*"n. Kirby Smith's headquarters are j nt Shreveport. hk'‘. has called on the } Governors of Tii.ns-Missis-dppi to moot j hint at Marshall, Texas, on the loth iiwt. j Tho Governor of Texas has taken the 1 fluid with 10,OO'i State troops. General Magruder’s headquarter* are j I Washington uorrespoi | nmtion has been rocei j Confederate Governnif | ploy lOU.tKlO negro," that maq’s ingenuity could itiv, have denounce 1 them a • w . traitors; yet in the dark and try i of our cuuro, these mon exhit courage and true patriotism than you. i Whore is all your l.i-asted honor, patri otism and courage ' Your statu pride Shame upon you, tlmt you wiil let at tion of country that you have regar us a nest of traitors, flr.t throw thi selves into tho broach to shieid v country from tho brand of dishonor! J. T. f Mu Padre Miranda, tlu ly m.l it ary reactionists and priests, do-| v* " mon-Mates perfocllv well that they are ” more j unanimously in opinion with Forey, and j * ne " Of the* l0 . lUh p. Those ro;j* eir gf ueral oloju )a,] v \V. lOy liidi- Lu received instructions I believeihatit is indispensable that j i.e .vftpaper articles should bo pub* j I t.> tin- world, in order that they j he the voice of alarm for tho Anieri- j •ontinunt. In view of their puplica- the doubts and vacillations of the t l ament at Washington will no Ion ! ontlnue; but tho United States will | n to co-operate in favor of a sister j I die, tor it in not alone Mexico which | i>" duft troy fid, hut the very source of [ h mooratic elemaiit. Undoubtely • -i v will deny but tho aource exists in ! ('nlifornia, Vlr. McDougull, i leur.'d fro in f.iverpool for \ on * Iter ojfii;. i.- report that five i terduy, ■< nru loading 1 »r MnUmora*. to Gu- i i»••« 1 Uu* I'm itch antieioated ■uid g-i into Mexican hands, j u, f ' i . 1 l ‘’ , ° n M (aCRLI-ANKOUS, dated Warrenton, 5th Inst., cavalry • j sti Eiu,:iifth N'-ho tier in low, which - j ^ Mortok, 13th.—The 4th and 0th Texas ! i ■uh'i.iner "lt*nr. d t: ni Liverpool for j on the other si in ol the Big Black, yes- br oigiit them all safely off u They belong to Steele’e the oth army corps, y’s pickets have been with drawn on this side of tho Big Black. Dick Taylor has captured thirty-live Buford’s is guarding thu I Xow York planters, who were planting *u‘“ totribuKd“alonK collon r ‘ ,r 11,0 Lincolnfownme-.t. They ’ * ‘ ' 1 were sent to Texas lor safe keoping. Cuaklkston, Aug. 14.—The bombard ment for tho two lust nights hu* been in cessant and spirited. Two Monitors and Ex- I cne of tho Yankee batteries on Morris *n Fl i were firing ut Fort Sumter ynatar- r * | day at 4,0ty yards distance. These aro railroad. It i» ngo and Alexandria "in-ht we Khali nil soon | <• Fulmouth. Ivif • - to tho 1st httvo bardtnent ha- licon inti during tho last two ni- tho enemy ■* long rang* Hijoiiing Fort Mimter, h material damug" lilCOMONI), AtlgU<*t dated OrangeO. H.rlCtl, prisoners, captured n passed through tlm ed 8 * idem Id i Culpe holding at th 1.3 time u aerie- of exhihi tions for tho benefit uf our soldier*. V, . correspondent had the pleasure of being present on ono occasion, and whilu tho performance* were executed in moil ex quisite Stylo, tho music wa* indeed sweet and delightful. While newspaper room is too scarce to purtioularir.o, suffice it to sny that the who’o porformnt • would haTo done oredit to older end more a- perionced head The attendance wa- large, and in thi* way a considerublo contribution was procured I't '.he benefit ! I’tlio Uu yl State. tho < of some neighboring whether tiny vi Georgia could j Interesting and these fair young unable these all bullets enemy. il. I doubt outh western mplete. Thus, while o sbouldyr nighty doll thrown in •20 nr G Kk 'Tnu views of NnpoUonTi pntion of Mexico are, that it wjll enable film to ptucu hi* foot on China, and ox- tract from there its accumulated treas on ■Thebe nru only thu means to reach t • nno! her end, and that end is the ostab- lishmunt of universal monarchy, extir- paiit.g all the Amori-an republics, in order - enablehimto cement his dynasty. Lie m <y mistake in tho means for the oon- -ci'111" ii ion of this colossal project, which I thin i, impossible in tho present ago w« live i d but he who sees not his tliought in all itfc forms, which, to this day, na* been marked out during hi* reign, is a*- sur"dly blind. "I urge you still to continue to stimu late Urn Mexican patriots in California to help i i every way they cun the mother r.«’i ,t r\, and for them to hasten home to take a part in thu horrible contest thnt is about to bo opened ; and as the present war does not only concern Mexicans, but all American icpublics who wi*h to pr,-- fti-rv" 'heir nationalities, you will do well to invite Americans to take a part in our affairs, as the present wt.r affects thu iu- d«|H l'cnii-\ 1 viinin. A French v - itner is anchored off "..ill w». 1|I ...' I .in Now York, on : Sumter. v ‘* 1X “ l63;N AU quiet 1M. Horning. M,»ou»v. - —w- -*• ■ — MoIito.v, Mi-h , Aug. 14.—Several pri soners who have just arrived from Vicks burg, state positively that Grant was in . . , . , . • -Tr- . , that city last Sunday. No troops excopt and the uniioputul, upon the fall of Vieks-| . ,,,, _ • , in no..,. V....KI. Uam -k«l Mcl lior.-on a corps and five regiments, \ j who wont to take the place of tho trooj: A Hearth'll. The pall of depression and desp which overspread the mind* of the timid j that city last Sunday burg, ih lifting. Fceblo pulses ginning to throb with firmer tone, a palpitating heart* aru being animated a higher fortitude and courage. How could it be otherwise amid tho outpour ings id indignant patriotism forced from tho heart and lit'- "f true men, by the spectacle of unmanly cowering in the presence of gru.it public dang * tha id »oif-d«x of Banks’ army, whose term of service had expired, have been left at Vicksburg. They assert positively that tho disease which hn-> boon sweeping off the Yankees is Yellow Jack. Orange (J. II., Aug. IT— A gentleman I tluit pi lay, Nq twith of theTen ville, Frimi the I- standing tlx* < »f Uoaocnriis 'e.*»oe river L loam from bound to respeot a» at movements uml di»po> of Rosecrnns’s Army ar ly t In* belief that I..- p last Summer, but wide I Near Fukdkhk August 7, lSO-’I. Dear Enquirer . - Wo arrived at point yesterday noon, having boo the iiottost march on record. SVc came ' ' down freffn near Raccoon Ford. Yu . by (k . route which was directly through the i alt Wildernc«ft,':»tthep«»int whore thu blondj battlo of Chanccllorsville was 1‘mght. You may have beard peopl, talk of .i•• poor land in Georgia or Carolina, but tin that, tract was the poorest I over laid my eyes on. Not*«von a bird, boast or drop ! r J of wator were to bo found or soon, and 1 tbo scrubby scant black-jack wa* all that j Covered tho ground. Wo omorgod from f the AVilderness with tlio thankfulness of j vi< heart of a traveller bus ju.-l gotten '| !l out of the desert ol" Sahara. Tbo evidences of tho battle fresh, and the gravos aru not yu< graced j Tul Herald ago and great > power o wu lot lie mil viva! ■ A correspondent of tho Memphis Ap peal, writing from Morton, Mias., savs that tin' accounts from west of the M)s- fti-ftipi i are very favorable. Kirby 8mKh u r<*.' ii ded a* a very proper man /or the conn- and. They have confidence over that they can carry on this fight nud nro determined to do so if Extemmie arrangements are I i . i-lu to supply lhom»elvus with r ,, HC | - and munitions of war to any i ull( | t* nt, either by homo tuanutuc- . , ul p, i -giiimate importation through l f 1()U ..•< . or by smugjrling through tuo ] Mexican linos. The crops are reu- | j otli ited hh being unprecedented in yield jj ", nu bottom lands promising eighty mati -1* to the aero. Slock hogs areplen- nJ nd well taken earo of by tho farm- who are food ing carefully and with a I of uvoiding hog cholera. Tlie I bo- j pier tho inspiration of a cmimi. .ir" now asserting their >ver tho public mind, and ns was ■ after 11." depression following -•'Tft at I : 1 ).m Ison and Henry, . for . (»r.-Ht reaction in the pub- d, culminating in a glorious ro- ! thu iv ar ft pi rit. God grant itl It to insure victory. Once > tho breach—«me morn bravo, md steady pull all together, ami vanquished and the haven I. We believe this religiously, - beu-iuto wo aro so powerful^ ug. 15.-The New York d tlio )i»t of members of C«>ngre-9 elected, showing a majority of lix ad verso to the Administration. Says in con tequenre the opposition wiil elect a speaker, and committees appointed by him will in-. • the conduct of the Administration, nice the accession to office, on all questions relating to tho war. Tho Herald Pays tho majority fa vor it vigorous prosecution for the sup- pr' -Mun «.f the rebellion. The Herald pionoum-cs the draft inexpedient, un- nccctft'iry ami unpopular, and urges L n- Articlu 1. Uncom to tlu Government o Att. 2. To deliver tho arch traitors to be \rt. fl. To put on all others who have the * iovernmunt, win mou* ami disfranebis nils been id ha • poast ked to tho best ad vantage. JBecf cattle nru abundant and in good condition.— all, the Trans-Miasissippi the carcass.'* of the half buried j Department can take care of itself, and horses yot decayed.. Strange emotions will j -Gen. iblv swoop the Abolitionists , , i «» jn»..uri beforo we of tho Middle Do- tillc l i.ui breast ol . . , lor Kentucky. riot as wo passed by tho point who: great and good and brave Stonewall Jackson fell. It was n battle of the most extraordinary kind. Lengthy breast works, formed by either party, look frcih and hurriedly thrown up. Thu fortifi- the Yankee*, wore most on, isbed by our troops, as they and successively oharged o them. Thousands of monte great battle aro yet scatter road pursued by us. Tbo tbo mostflerce artillery mu.! '■d by bullet fight ing on record. Thoso writois alter tl.e battlo discribing tho condition of the trees—and stating that hardly u bush or tree was untouched bj* either uriillery charges or balls, spoke the truth. Death and ying t» knew that there arq r.o pubrnisftionists there. Like Tenni^sseeans, <e«tfie of them have tasted tho sweets of Yankee rule, and will have no moroof it, N * many month* tiro, says the Rich- m -f 1 Examiner, when Federal green- hm-.- wuro selling as low as a hundred iii.d ft- i .-nty and eighty cents tor tho dol lar. aod all expected them to run down to two hundred and lower, the New York ic i-hit nro adopted a measure, whitff), more, than all other expedient* combin ed, pu‘. a stop to tho depreciation, and brought them gradually back to a hun dred and fifty cents and lesi That meas ure was u simple law forbidding gold from being nutfe a subject of speculation Tho Confederate Congress has it in it* power to restore thu currency by one \ ig.wous measure, just as effectually as confidence in tho public c ted it was ru- ored by 1U6 Now York Jjegislature. visible on «v..rv lu\,» h..t ! Tm.t measure would bo q law clbbing Msihio on OT«r, »lae, but |..nk in thoConrwlvnoy. nud nwk- ‘ ■*' ing it a hanging off’ence, accompanied by ; the 'ontiseutiJn of all properly, to carrj' on tho business of brokerage. »to our 1 Jud 1 Allan Lo s v*et glad to learn that a ...."j larged edition of bis liuorcTa * Sc-V s will shortly appear. A n.cimr ot b^vorkSs “Master William Mp.U'ii, a Bodl Brilliant Talents, who * “ w -** T ” U also in the a : utnod Y Luck, ’ I press, and t *Ppe»r§oon tho gloriou arms makesJthu hav army, and the loss to dear who fell, more patiently endured, Wo aro only about five miles fro eity of Fredericksburg, having pas sight of and west of it. Our pick: said to be beyond the river. Some Yan- 1 Hampton will keo scouts are reported to have been in and about Fredericksburg a day or iw„ since, but we know of no Yankee force nearer than about the vicinities of War- ronton, Brandy Station and Culpeper. The extreme bout of the woathor will in my opinion for a while chock the opera tions of either army, aod the interim will be passed in passing and changing cam;; the roil, put in th CSS of this in them lik traction, thu who! half, or t Ask ur Lae. or Bragg, a 000 men that bef- Ho under tl To-day to drive Virginif and tho In truth where w that the — 1 pen,— > between us ntid our freo- oops of the enemy now in ir number is largely ftoti- id scatter m to detu in our service—ask or Beauregard, or •it you that if 100,- uldcnly added of Carter’; ville on il State Pris. Norther in the Ohii ooa. Utli.—Colonel Dibbrel. j ; Starnes’ old Brigade, of j is ion, was attacked by 4,000 j lends at Sparta. Tho enemy | back to McMinnville, badly m Weft and Middle Tonnes- j xtemive recruiting fur the service. Crop* fine and tho j ii.itory. Cupt Frank Buttle, | captured near Nuh- "■t!i inst., is confined in the li*patches state that Morgan, • ir cuhunanda, nru confined Penitentiary and sentenced Statu* P> l»e held unt Statu* territory. The above is thob people will accept, • 'S5! d / U v?„ n S to l “ 1)or ’ with lhelr IichJs sli 20,000 more i of couimunicati igtcn and Bull im aved f s, 15th.— Indications noirt t cavalry rai l by tho Yankoi ■* Valley. The yellow Km malignant s Th IMt;, Li i pi'ointmknt.—Thu Potorsburg Ex- -s states that Gen. Hood, of Texas, b-en appointed Commandor-in-GUiet .11 thu cavalry in the army of Northern j Virginia, and that Gen*. Stuart and VVade Hampton will as Majur-GenuraU under A eorre».poiidentassures i Republican that 6uwdu*t i aubbtitule for torn*. Leavenworth paper* say tho steam lo- ; for navigating pla" 1 called fc nd graap disti iot* the class of the u to the end of tbo Bad news i* m than to others—it ry dept c-?i<m. it i*t tho prolongati ild become u certainty *< arrived ut a point iiost reach and grasp * victory and freedom. . g ono more iiaarty and , , another effort, coin- mid the thing is done, tin won. \Vo belong to iwuvering in faith as { t more agreeable to u* produces its momenta- I :aiiftr' *edness to think ‘ >n «.f thu war, with it* ! draft. the i • > th-m greater boldncs* lo cite* the fact that in nine iutricts ff’,000 conscripts aro j 1 in nineteen Republican dfl.OOOare called for. Under . rcumstunce?, Seymour remarks, i in not and will not full to right I ' wrong?." lie speaks of the u ..bsnie, tVaduluntiy designed to : portion of the community into J Uiy servico by a dishonest per- of u portion of the law. In replies that a drawing will be [>on tfiu quota as now fixed in the in which the enrollment is com- i The Yankee Flotilla i The Petersburg Expr formed by an individu- Monrnu that the lute expedition up James ri much in damage vt cruf of inun. The wooden b* pel loci by four euginos, of ton horso pow- j spirit which has bixn Ft. iy i ur ouch, and guided by u steering wheel some of them, it v r. i six feet in diameter. It will d-aw .eight whilo to risk an-'Iier bt i , , H»us of freight up a grade of six hundred causa, and it would be usdei from week to week, and lidding wel-; feet to the mile. | the ink and pap.' . i the great i to expend now using The Daily ‘ edict created .... . ; non Johnson, a g.>oa union .vs 'sys that Linooln * Vicksburg, ha* been apu )itit- d nost inteuM excitcmeMt ter of that place by th* Vartk^e.
