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Newspaper Page Text— Columbus OBuquircr. • 'Oil> II. MAlim ...... liiillior. COLUMBUS: Tueiday Morning, Sept. 1. 1863. A flutter View of the » iltfcrt. Wo are Rind to #ee in the Tiov-s of yo*tcrday morning fin udmissi on of tin iin|»olicy and mischievous tendency of nn editorial art cl© which appeared tho di.y befirru, on the subject of dissatisfaction in the army, end a *(;»'< ntent that the prhi- c • piti editor of the Times was not probOnt nnd know^Milling of tin* urii :*■. i Mir MUMli D on Monday, and it wn suggested to u tlint its misuiken ftsfunipllofi* and mi«clii«jvoii* character ought to bo point* <d out. Hut we did not lino to , oven in t< ,*r' bation of the *UUiment* i\n< sentiment# of tli© Times, the subject in- volrud ; fiiid wo felt perfectly convinced ihnl tho principal editor of that p»por neither wrote nor,gave hi* tancMun to ti,o Article. Therefor© wo declined to notice it, and tvu are now glad to learn that wo wore correct in our conclusion. It it sufficient that tho Times now repu diate* the article. Interesting from Charleston. Mr. Sncd write" to the Savannah Jlrpublicnn nn interesting editorial lettoi from Charleston, dated Auk. 22d. II. any# that it it now conceded that Fori Humtcr ha/ hern put hot lu coinin' b\ the heavy I’arrot butters if the ericm,, except some, powerful gun on the . fact of the work; that the enemy, think in nil the guns silenced, advanced In., 1 ono dny last week, to take up a near'-; position, when tho heavy guilt of th. fort wore opened on thorn and compelled them ’o make un inglorious retreat. Sumter, ho think*, will have to bo ovum a tod, hut not until it it loft such a perfect wreck that tho cnomy cannot po*srs* it. Of the prospect of defending the Hij after tiie fall of Sumter, ho write : "Sinco my arrival, hut a few bourn ago, I have been encouraged in the be lief, heretofore expressed, that the fall of Sumter hy no meaiiB seals the fate ot Charleston. At Ioast, we shall ho aide MiccoH*fiilly to keen the onerny »it bu> for'i-vi.ml weeks to oomo, if not 1..r i< tone, and 1 am more than lulf in> i.ru .ll Idly to mniel <in tho hitler propo in 'l'h • it alent i eoiitriihand, and the reader mu- tent to await result*.” Mr. Sneed gives a report, pr< tho city, that (lm, Bo.'Ciregard infoim d the Federal commander timt .-houo! shell tho city without pro|>er notice, .md before the outpost* ahmild have fal len, he fOen. 11.) would put to ilentli every Yankee prisoner that might 1. I Into hi* bunds. If. wnanl-o Mated timt tho English, French and Spanish consuls went down on tho'AM, on tho flag uf truce boat, to protest against tho cliulling of the city, but that nil official communi cation with them was refused hy tho Yankee commander. Wo copy from thi* letter the following suggestive paragraph: Tho old maxim that an ordinary fort cannot he broached at a greater disl.an. 0 than eight hundred .turds, belonged to an age when mechanical ingenuity nnd pended itself in the construction inch Columbia-! Tin ... pop ; u -rd upon • notice of M poMlibal nnt dental to tho groat fitf are engaged, before w for Governor. If, a« Atlanta Intelligencer *■ “mum," we shall no tion. Direct from Gettysburg. U FAT 11 OK ROME OK Til H MT.MItP.B: CO. l\ 17th OKOltOIA. We are mdehled to Mr. M. M. M "•'.ive- th:ir. it 1 \ Mistaken Notion* Hill fur Ins Many of our people ore Attaching too 1‘tion of hi* ' much importance to the fall o( one after ' another of our seaport and river town* "•ruction a* a j before the combined attack* of the land aply bdcau'c • and naval forces of the enemy. They • dono, and have undergone panic* on the occasions of the mis* of the fall, • ,ucc<*4vcly, of Sow Orleans, •tice, that is : Nashville, Memphis nnd Vicksburg, and entaiion* of j should Charleston fall, they will no doubt reference to j bo stricken with another paroxysm of are engaged, j despondency and feel as if tho CJonfed* v against any , trncy bad fallen with it’, o: this, to he : finch men have n very fallacious idea <- duty, nnd . of tho vitality of revolutions in which a it fro in incor- united people are engaged. Hud our iimptions as forofuther* of tho revolution been intim* | idated Vy disasters such as these, they ir flr-t j would quite iiiy hove beon subdued by li'incy. Hi* tho British pow*r. Tiiore was no city the time of | H cce*sible to the British navy that did us, and We j no t fall beforo it, and there wm hardly il “I hi'a in a j an intoii«*r town in tho thirteon colonies talents and ; that could not have boon reached and iv/ <om-tbi. g 1 taken hy the armies of tho King. Our l Oongre## was literally ft travelling assetn- i bly, that had periodically to seek new j places of security. But all thi* was not subjugation. To subdue the people It was necessary timt British armies should bo able to inarch victoriously through tho whole territory tr d occupy positions commanding every locality—to intercept all tho communications nnd control all tho resources of th»> people. This they were unable to do. It was or. a march of i f letter from I this kind that Cornwallis was so crippled , IV'li (lu. Mr. J by conflicts with the colonists—generally bytbaYan- with the unorganized militia of the col- ; tho fight nt | onies -that ho had to seek a defensive 1 flVjnsivo position, 11 question* jnci- cun support him 10 Union and the urge, ho remains advocate his eleo- ii* body i A. L. ey died . At . luting tho ail tliel will gel Hugh so inform the families d I). D. Munit that I lm' ", J. do not know when Henry I Simmons, ■in. This fact mint* already n of the Vnli- f the H ft-l!! h H-d uiiioQg 1 he im>ignifl«:iint inventions of the past. J1 was i--ervud for th-' A n.ur- lean people to develop now anginas <>l war, ami a now era in tho i«tvuggla - Uv- Iweon man and mull. 'J’his war of indop.n- denre i-. ile-tmed t<» nmka nil other mil Itnry hbtory "Hut, stale, ami utiprotliu- h|...” Oiiu of the pHrtii * to the strife--- the North- has proved that a strong I'.mi- ro%* of brick nm ' he brcuelm l and but tered down at a di-t-iii-M uf “ft mil ovuc-l.i 1 mllrAkon, t he will sopn 1 bo otl’eQtodl Sii'irajte'SI j.• t Yankee turret t that a bri-ivc fr!y double the In I that a cnitm.i rough the sir hut afloat! T southern face of tho fort A pile of rubbish-** bricl e, limber nnd guns—-risi teel 1 t.» tl a original heig'ul. Main rx*i !0 are still ing over llio wt its well a tho «• with land ling-, withstanding tl 1 r of tills. •d do , the. but little (liminu'io » far 1 of tho work. i«tance to the 1 north < of tho eiteruv than lii is capable of, ami bonce lmt little morn damage cun bu inflicted from the Morris Island butteries. The on * hot that now tell are those which pa .over nod strike tho interiornl tho northern all, or ruku has annoyed the little l\H Hi till 1 mnV< “Up I o. ks pxiravagiii! more-o limn the in hievement.s agai.i 1 Homier would hi" .-.outided if re: m ed in Hiiticipation two years uge; an.I best dev, 1 have /nets !>>r my tl»va They will ho history to he read and o*.n- ceded by all mm,, before this war is brought to a close, 'i'llin is a much a- pru'l -uoe will allow mo to say. Tiik Hi ki.tion of (Joi.onf.L.—"W0 un derstand tliut rettirns Hourly full show a very close vote between Col. Wtlkim- and MaJ. Salisbury, and that tho r»-sult ii yet in doubt. CapL Hargett. Isolooled Liout. Colonol, and Cupt. Curley Mnjor. I*. S.--A1I tho vole in, except Hint of the CnDipAiiy in Mnrion, gives a majority for Salisbury of about JIC», and It is re ported that Marion gives a vote of Ai tor Wilkm*. lion. Jeatiua IIilI*m •‘Antecedents.” Tim MUlodgivi.lo Oii\fc<ierule Union, in an srtiolo opposing the election uf Mr. ilill h* Governor, says: The Columbus Kii|tiirer say* ^lr. .1 Hill's "un(•<’<•<!r,it,'' are acceptable to that paper so fur e- they relate to h p i\»Uc life up <0 the link, of *cce “Up to tin* time of secession." when al of his colleegiif» had left Washing! o t’ey in d-tguat, if we are not mist > <■„ (and if wo are, we desire to b<- v - r- t .1 >1 r .1 lliii remained, and M>-iieialei| and \ ed with such men as Winter the \bfditionlst, and would not oomo homo until oontpolled ti' do so by a public opinion ho da ml not If Mr. d liitl is not now us friend ot Winter Davis ns ho v tune bo was in Washington. * public, Imvo been informed l« trary. The Union is mistaken, and the curroction which it desire the lime of SotHM»wih" tho Hcpresonta- t ve- f Georgia in the Federal Oongrc* had not withdrawn, nor di 1 they even do >o when informed by tole-jrapli of the passage of tho aol of secession—they waited tor a corliticd copy of the net. Moreover, the linn. Jodma iiill resigned ins seat in Congress on the sum# «f<iy with tho oilier Kepmsonlativei t'rmn is no rg in, but adopted only a ditfereut mode of resignation. Tim ordinance of . eoesei-n wu< paio-il by tbo Georgia Convention on the hith of January 1801, nnd the Georgia llapresonUttivra in OoDgre- withdrew on the ITt.l of tho same month, Mr. Hill a» well ns the other*. In proof of this assertion, wo copy from our flics the following paragraph of u dispatch from Washington, dated Jan. l&d, 1801, giving the proceedings of Congress on that day : “The Speaker laid beforo the Home the letter of withdrawal of the Itepre* aentatives from Georgia, which "-*s signed l*v allnf thedeh-gition except Mr lliltj.who n tigioii in person, saving that be wav sene-imd tba - a majority of the Convention of Georgia uoiire that Gm Stat-^flittll no longer be repre*cnu*d in Congress, lie ;lier«*A»«i withdiu« m obedience to their wlshe.s.” The above dispatch was published in our paper of Jan. “d, 1801, and wo doubi not that the Union will find it In its own files of near the same date. Senator Toombs, we believe, had pre viously withdrawn, dud go Iverson if rep cried in another dispatch as having withdrawn on the‘JS’h of January, 18t'd. and. according to this record, was th. lai-t Georgia member of Congress who witlpirew. N > doubt lw had good and patriotic reason* for bolding on several days longer than hi* colleague*, aud we tr i*i that, even if lie should at any time bo n candidate ; m opposition to Gov. Browit, the will be rnoro ch*nU* daylight other tj.mrler. 'I dercover of a t distance of the Urn upon the ho ter proved her vigorously, ant •Several tho fort, bin “Ironsidtw" i* nwbUo nl IftiM. fvn Th.mgli, f them, ‘ill ing. tho daily casualties are From his lctlur of tli tin* following extract, relative to tho lo cation of the enemy's Imltcry shelling tho city and tho range of hi. shell; 1 ka'-o studiously avoided any reference '»jr the finally to capitulate to the arrny of I Wri-hington. And *o it will be witl; the j Yankee enemy whenever ho undertakes [ to march armic* through our territory— 1 hold the cmntry const!* tart <»f the Confederacy, thin ho has nt present the prudence o undertake—he has learnt by costly e I experience that it is not within his 1 I power. Ho has hold Nashville fifteen or e eighteen month*, but has not yet been 1 able to cr.o - the Tennessee river in any I force; ho has hud possession of Now Or* ieans about h.< long, but his progress from I that “base'’ has not been beyond tho rover of his gun boa's; nnd from Vicks burg ha ha* not. even with the immense ly superior army of Grant, boon able to penetrate tho Interior of Mississippi and hold a position within it Just so it will l»« if tho enemy succeed* in taking Charleston. It will be only n potllioti on our national suburbs, and Gil more will be as impotent to udvanco a subjugating and occupying army inland from that lm«e n » Hoseorans, Batiks and Grant have been from their respective base*. The progress of subjugatio i will not even have been commenced, nnd it in doubtful whether it will he undertaken In the only way that con promise succor,*. But should either of those, or any other Yankee loader, attempt to march through our territory, ho will hardly progress as far as Cora walII* did bofore experiencing the fate of lh< invader, Alabuuiu i<egiHlaturr. Wednesday, 2'*//i. A number of bill*, mostly of a private character, were in troduced in both branches, and referred In the House, adverse reports wore mpdato the hills to reponl sections 1 and 3 of "mi net to prevent extortion;" to amend section 102-J of tho Cod'i; nnd to amend un act to regulate judicial pro ceedings Report* concurred in Both Houses had the Militia bill under consideration most of the day. Friilii}/, 28/A. -The Senate passed tho House hill to increase the pay of mom- hern and officers of tho General Assent bly .Viper cent, Tho military committee of Lhu .'iciinte reported a bill declaring, who shall ho oxornpt from military duly in that Stale, which wm tho subject un der coiodderation nt the lime of adjourn The II m<i* nmeii l id and p-i.sod the Senate bill to provide salt for the Indi gent families of Vd-lier ; also passed Senate bill* to prevent tho distillation of pea* and potatoes, aud to authorize ox- oimlor#, administrators, &o., in Russell • .nnty, to advertise in some newspaper iu Columbus, <»n. The Houso amended and paused the the bomba 1 l bf • nng i ihe di< ould quu< • *■ range; but ivith minute* g papers,and lie duiutit from movement^ i and tliut it is i the vl.lt I range will account f. r :!io tiro and ius I• ri• battery whh expected I eight; but lu\N not do hour, A and “ liv^miloH ' MOO say t*"it li re l by the lido, during the dn\ ion and aomoon m > I land Imttm- id if true will m- thunight fnrthoir •i yet but two hu'tvry, and the Mil thill. Gkkat G respondent « rays under il —Tli add to tlie dotVmo.' pound", have am WiJiuiiigion, - i 1 and will throw th« pounder I'atTo'U i a cocked hat." Wo should have “contraband" In'el bo no harm in our Battalion Foi and delegates fore*. Sumter, ‘xihley, un mot in Cuthbort, orgitnizoJ a bAltai n ed from Knglaiul at anemy'.H two hundred i ttic shade, if not into Speech of Mr. Juinison. Tho election of lion. Kou’t. Juinison ns a Con federate States Senator from Ala bama given intoro-t to hi- opinions in ref- erauen to Hie future conduct of the war Wo thoroforo copy from tho Moutyconiury Adn-ftinnr that portion of hi* farewell nd- dn* - to the Senate of Alabarno (of whicii he was tho presiding ottlcor) which ro- lutusloihe war. It lireatlms tlio truo spirit, and will find a responsive senti ment, in llu* brou*t of every patriot who is roiolv. d to carry on to a xucocsKftil issue llio great struggle in which is in volved all that wo hold dear. Air. Jorni- Kileeted to till the vacancy occasioned by the death of th© lamented Yancey, whono eloquence and perseverance in the southern rights, contributed Jy than the efforts of any other g about our separation from »* :• ia its political ' ic iiiiipproprlai as to whut c llm nroM ut tryir should piir-u ral I n k! of - )i'*n of sece-oion itself, it i* hat 1 was opposed in my c-, it may not be deemed . to briefly state my views ui-o (lie Government and t tin' Confederacy, in tho C cm irgenoionof tho country on of secession is of the uro past, it lias become r country’s history Future her men and other limes, unit to tlie lowest or in tho 11 fed© opt i llm Who would, for tho sake of peace, bo willing to sec the Southern people consigned n> political degradation aiul doomed to a social equality with our slaves? Wo are told hy our oppressors f poaoo will bo accepted Alabama Jj-glslaturr. ay, 2othTim Senate passed a bill, introduce 1 by Mr. Garrett, to pre vent tho distillation cf peas and potatoes; also tho joint resolution* from the House instructing tho representative* of the State in Congress tr support n law paying for horie* tost in the war. The Senate rejected the House bill providing for the redemption of detached halve* of the State change bills. Tho House bill* to contribute to the support of indigent families of soldiers from the State of Alabama, and to repeal “an act to r.igu- luto tho sale nnd exportation of corn,” were amended and passed by the Senate. The Militia bill was under oo*'«i Jcration when tho Senate adjourned. Tim I louse piflsed tho bill to increase tho foes of curtain public officers (county officer#), and a substitute for the bill “in relation to tax payers in certain cases” ; also the bill to amend section 1734 of tho (.’ode. Tho Militia bill occupied tho re mainder of the session of tho House. Thursday, 27fA.—In tho Semite, the bill to authorize the further issue of Treasury notes was amended and pissed; also llm bill to protect the estates of de cedents, ur.d other"; also the House bill in relation to working on public road*. The Senate udopied r.nd j nased a substi tute for the bill to provide suit for the indigent families of soldier*. The Mili tia bill " as passed by the Senate. The House passed a hilt to amend the act for the ro organiz ition of the Peni tentiary; concurred in tho Senate’* nduaent to the House amendment of the Senate's joint resolution iu relation to leiiH. Pemberton and Holmes; disagreed > the amend merit of the Senate to the I /use b II to repeal an act to regulate the ale and exportation >>f corn ; and dis- u*»ed tho Military bill until the hour of adjournment. «»ur Seaports. rhoro in every reason to believe that the enemy lm* “set hi* heart" upon the capture of tho few seaport town* in tho Confederacy into whose port* blockade running is *ucconfutly carried on to any extent. These are Charleston, Wil mington nnd Mobile. Wiihavo nodoubl that Gilmore’- naval force, if it succeed* Jucing Charleston, will next be sent to Wilmington to capture that port; and ry development strengthen* the con viction that a powerful fleet, perhaps to bo assisted by a great land force, i» or ganizing for the attack on the defences of .Mobile Wo doubt whether Savan nah will he attacked, at least until aflor tho attempts on Wilmington nnd Charles ton, for the reason that tho enemy's occupation of Fort Pulaski eff-ctmdly the port ot Savannah. Tho have evidently the impression that blockade running is of immense advantage to us in tho prosecution of the war, and that they will seriously cripple the Confederacy hy closing against us tho three ,>ort# above named. In view of those anticipated attacks, wo ure glad to receive encouraging ac count* of the great strength of the de fences of botli Wilmington nnd Mobile. A curr<!-pnndntil of tbo Fayetteville Observer, win* suy# tl.ut lie has had an opportunity of exam in ing the worksofdo- fence for the proiiM»ti<»n of Wilmington & the ()»)»©Fear, expresses Ills surprise and exceeding gratification at their strength, Ho think* lent the position is safe against any force which the enemy is likely to bring against it by land or water; (but. a year ago the Yankee* might have cap lured Wilmington |»y land or water, but that within the ln*t eight or fen months, under the comprehensive and skillful direction of Oon. Whiting, work* of great power havo sprung upas if by mng- c—works of extraordinary extent and trengtb, which are confidently believed 0 bo impregnable against any naval ore® that the enemy can bring » gainst hem. As this letter was written befme the late manifestation of ike power of tho enemy'* large gun* upon Fort Sumter, it ii likely tha'. tho writer underrated th* force that the works at. Wilmington would have t.» withstand ; but his assur ance* nro nevertheless highly encourag ing and gratifying. Fort Morgan, commandingUmentmuco to the harbor of Mobile, is, wo are a-sur- od, a stronger fort than Sumter, and we trust that tho enemy cannot establish a land battery as near to it as they did to Ruin ter. At all event*, our authorities will bo keenly vigilant to prevent their getting such a foothold as will unable thorn to place their large gun* iu position. Gen. Johnston, or the officers entrusted with the defence* • of tlm harbor, will avail tlm 111 selves of the experience affor ded by the attack on Charleston, and will give tho Yankees proof oft heir skill and resources. But, in view of tho possibility of the success of tho Yankee* in their attack# nt all these point*, it is gratifying to know that they largely over-estimate the value of block ado running to u*. Romo of us have long boon convinced that commercial hloukado running was a pos itive disadvantage to our people, n * il encouraged practices demoralizing to a Urge class, hurtful to our currency and credit, and obstructive of that Mf-reli- unco and enterprise' which is the surest foundation of independence. Such is now the general sentiment of our people, who are clamoring for tin* prohibition ot blockade running. We havo now, more, over, official confirmation of report* that have prevailed for several days, that the Government ha* abundantly furnished 1 Golf with ammunition and bus all tho mean* to prosecute the war with vigor for an indefinite period. Rl<K.\-K.ss A mono FkdkBAI. Trooks — \\ o havo a report, pretty well authenti cated, that the ca.up fever is prevailing t-» an alarming extent among tho Yan kee soldier* iu the neighborhood of A orktown, and that they am dying at the .ato ot from twenty to twenty-five per day. A few days ago thee removed Dvo thousand of their sick to Newport's From the same source we have a state ment that the yellow fever ha* broken out Hiuong the Yankee-at Norfolk and Portsmouth, and that tUev are suffering terribly from its effects.—Itieh. Pi*j>. From the Army. Tho A ankoe* are picketing opposite Fredericksburg, and communicate with Aquia Creek. The only electioneering In the Army. The pernicious effect of this practice must be apparent to every reflecting man. It tend* to produce contentions and to form parties in the camp*, where every thing fnv« ring harmony and undivided attention to the duties of the soldier should ba encouraged. In our opinion, the candidate for civil office who goes to the army on nn electioneering expedi tion should bo ordered without the lines by the Generals in command. He is, for selfish purpvises, tampering with the dis cipline and the good order of the camps, and should not be allowed to introduce any such distracting element. Our sul- diers, 1 W>#ugi| retaining their right of suf frage. Should be permitted to exerci«e it without any of the appliances calculated to enlist their pa«sion* In the contest for office or make thorn partisans in a can- v«-< for political station. Il would be a most deplorab’e s ate of affairs, should the soldier* of any State be zealously cn'isted in the support of any one man or policy, while the people ut homo were a* flr.nly committed to another candidate or measure. Here would bo a disagreement that might lead to the serious detriment of the service and of the cause of the country. We all see and feel tho propriety of discouraging canvassing for office here at homo. Wo regard it as the entering wedge of divisions that might he serious ly om burr ssing, and a* a diversion of the attention of the people from the great struggle that should engage, as nearly as possiblo, all their feelings and exertions. How much more essential is it that such di#ttactions and divisions should be kept out of tho arrny I Tho Lincoln Govern ment has found it noces*ary to forbid even tht! dioousftion of politics hy tho offi cer* and soldier* themselves in their camps, and though such an order would be justly obnoxious and repudiated as tyrannical here, the condition of tilings that led t<* its enforcement in tho Yankee army ought to admonish us that candid- airs should not he allowed to excite and divide tho Confederate soldiers into par- tie* or clans. Wo do not wish to bo understood u» referring to any particular instance of electioneering in camps, in these crude stricture*. We only know that it is re ported that office-seekers have found their way into the lines of our armies, und lake this occasion to warn the people of tho evil tendency ot tho practice. Letter from “J. T. G.” Tvnkk h Station, East Trnn., ) August 28, 1803. ( Editor Er.ynirrr: A good deal of stir and fun ha* been created in our corps for the punt two days, occasioned by the appearance of tho enemy along our front from Bridgeport up to Harrison's Ford. On tho 2i-t (Fast day), while tho citizons and soldier* in Chattanooga wore in at tendance upon divino worship, the enemy v« ry eaUtioUftly planted two pieces of cannon upon the mountain* on tho oppo site side of the river, and commenced a sharp cannonading. The various congre gations dispersed instuutcr—tho citizona and sutler* to look after their plunder, while the soldior double-quicked to the camp* for hi* trusty riflo. Tho firing of the enemy wu* by r.o mean* terrific, yet enough shell* wore thrown to couvince the boldest that prudonce was tho bettor part of valor, and that it would be well enough to keep tho body in a secure place. 1 lc rn from one who was there during the day, ttial several live* were lost—one a lady, two children, nnd sev eral men. Late in tho evening of the 21st the » noniy appeared in considerable force at Uanisun * Ford, about five miles from our camp* nnd ten mile* above Ghattn- noogn Gen. ('layton’s Alabama Brigade wa-< -••nt '.lmt night to dispute their pass age, if they attempted to cross. Yester day heavy cannonading at that place was hoard all day, with whut result 1 could not ascertain. Doubtless warm work was nn: la paled to-day, a* Brown’s Tennessee Brigade, of our division, was ordered ot!’ to that place In very short order. To-day (Sunday) everything appears quiet—wo can hear no cannon. Tho presumption is they ure perfecting their arrangements to force a crossing either to-night morrow. Our Brigade is ready to march at a moment's warning, and is momenta rily expecting orders to move to tho front. I have never soen men in hotter fight ing • rim than those that composo this army. I:: point of manhood, and all tho qualities that constitute the soldier, thoy have no superiors. At a division review of ou division by Lieut. Gen. Hill, ho pronounced it better drilled nnd bettor disciplined than any division thut he had over scon. We will endeavor not to dis appoint. him or the public when it comes to lighting. A M>rfus of religious meetings have been going on for some time in our Bri gade, with much success. Dr. Palmer, one Among the most eminent divines in tho t'loifedoracy, officiates to-day. J. T. G. The tmericau Iliad In « Nutfdiell, Th.* ■••Mowing is the entire article of Mr. Th.•mo* t’arlvlo—“Tho American in JSuUholl"—as itapoenrs in the numberofMaimilian'b (London) Telegraphic. lteports of the P.e*a Association. Affairs at Chattanooga. Wc arr bewildered with rum or* from the line of the Tennessee, und they are contrary (hat it i* impossible to give any- tiling positive ns to the situation About ; re ,/ according to Act of ( '-onoe*ss, „ all that can be sU.ed understands gly. '* 1- b ; , .1 .v l m. .smfr. i* the Clerk ‘ Offlet of that an increased activity is visible in; th-Pj* ,r ' rt " f .jf* State, S° r both armies within the past few days; . ' rn '* r,f — J .1 - ' -- — — m“H 0 indtot'ih," Jirnc I Ki. nMu.vn, 2Uh.-The stuck ..f an active campaign »t once; ami that j nition in the Confederacy is represented Bragg i* di«po«ing of hi* tore*-* to nicer, j fo ^ ( , u ^ un( j an r t and in any contingency the scheme.' of tlm enemy n- last a* they , . , , th w «ji i,, are developed. The surprise of Friday ] now deem- I possible the supplies wi.l he lmt will, it is hoped, put our leader* on ample. A more cheerful view of the ?it- tbeir guard, and induce them t" wat< h j nation <>f affair* i* taken hy persons here vigilantly tb>- movement# »>t the wuy vr }, (> flr o in a position to form correct opin- D Ko r damage done on Friday, has al-! ion*. The efforts of the Yankees to increase ■ady b<" n stat'd, so far as personal ca*- ( theirarmies and extend the occupation of unities and injuries to the town are con-| Confederate territory are regarded as ; -v; :-.. <• •'—..ion. r..^h».Iowi„, I hauling j Ke*t of tbo Big Black engaged i I cotton ti* Yick'l.urg, j Knttxoiin, 21 Krop..,n a-lvicoa r, ceived in Now York up to tholdth. (jeen Victoria lmd embarked for Ger many. Nothing oonOrmaUjry of the rumor to which the Timex g ;vucurrency, tlint ad- ditional troop., were to b« .out to B,iu,h North America. J-o 1 crops say# i ho Emperor of An will HUtiiorize the A earned. A gentleman who came down yesterday gives u* a report that before , reaching the front of tho town the enemy ; tho eventual abandonment of the attempt succeeded in gobbling up a small aco^ui- J aut-jugatethe South, if tho people of presence liar, to a. vidrd t h- tho prop Ma trm pt the crown of Mexico, pru- cw Empire be placed under ion of the Powers. I be not**? of tho three powers wero exp; i.-t.*.! to bo band -d to Prince Goreba- koll about the 17th inst. Lh France say t shnnld Russia refuse to 3o juttic** to tl,.. Inims of tli^ powers, peace nogoti guceo'ded in got.nung up a smaii acoui- i to aut-jugate tbo fiouth, it tno people or claim- of tli* power- y t. - nc • . , . the «•-•-><••• t*"" «'»!>" J -•»“•»>• b n.iJer.'.J a.„n w.d, T,„, R us . valley wm brought to Chattanooga by u aggrc.-ion* of the enemy with a spirit .ff sin s nr gentleman, Hoeing with bis family, on I p riitunee heretofore exhibited. ; nod th Saturday. There were also report* Conhkn, 27th, via fitannton.—The fr Yankee# have fallen back to attack Jones Jack at Lewisburg, wbilo another detachment | here fn yesterday, which’evinces u purpose to act j j s w b >ut attacking him in front. I Jackson, during the last few day# j fighting, behaved gallantly. After hav-j Ciiakmmton, ing been flanked several time* ho heroic- i only un occasio ally cut hi# way r out. A detachment of Montgomery M,.j. Lady'i battalion got in tho cn “' iilaturn adjourn and destroyed part.of hi# wag- 1 »pj |e a(>t ^ t Dor loss, oil told, from 60 to n ,i| ilin , ,,rovi.I.- crossing between Bridgeport and Chattanooga. The Yankees opposite tie 1 rn were cn| * *“ ’ *“ M iterday, wh . . the onurisive from that quarto t is also rumored that a large force of J _ derals wu* crossing the Tennessee ut i point* between Decatur and Knoxville, Saturday. Wo believe a movement | this direction ha* been regarded ms j highly probable in military circle*, and j presume preparations have been made ray’s accordingly.— Atlanta Appeal, 2ith. j ( , n tr 100. concentrating troops nt Iwnuv Pmtc had demanded oxplanu- om * cross the Mississippi report er strictly patrolled by gunboats. [ioriant new# in front. [ii.kston, 20.—All quiet to-night. iLeg- O ran ok C. IT.. 27th.—No ehnngo in ■ position“of it flairs. Both armi*-# are rc- ! limiting and getting ready to move the I first cool weather. ! Richmond, Aug. 28.—Information was received at - Gen. Elzy’s headquarters, j last night, of the advance of the Yun- 1 kce- up tlio peninsula. Cxrliange of Prltumera. (To tbu Assoeia'ed Frc*^. North.] ISHINOTOK, Auguit 17.—It WHS RS- ccTtained to-day. <>n inquiry at the bu reau of the Curnrni»i*ary General of pris oners, that it ir proposed to exchange eighteen thouomd of the parolod prison 's for the equal number the Sou'.h hu- iti p.*s«e*sioii belonging to our armies. , is not known yet whether the arrango- ArVoMfra.'* .liipotch to the lhraU ! uaJ «cout» Kl'econflictlntf ™- iv*: port* of their force, but the most reliable The statement in tho afternoon paper i .tatenu-nti indicate about eight regiments. of lb„ cirt to day, that •rran^menUare ] of eavahy, with »r- boHig m.tde for u general exchange of , officer* ami soldiers, i* without four da- j tulery. Our picket* at Bottom » Bridge lion. While we have been ready nt any J over tho Chickahaminy, were driven in time to carry out taitulullv^tlie cartvl^ot • & l>out du-'k by Yankee skirmishers, further advance of the enemy tin* xchange of enlisted men a* well as ^ flooring of the bridge. It is reported a te^. pi o v r"rir M io; I * ^ «... *, xclmngo, the rebels have peraisteoly i fused to do so. There i* more prubnbiti- ; ,nu ai ty of an entire suspension both of parole has be quonce of the difficulties sing from tli i refusal of ihe rebel nu- thoritTes to treat colored soldiers und their officers cuplurn.I u* prisoner*. From the Gettysburg t*ri oners. Richm.ni>, Aug. 24.-—To Rev. W. H. Potter, General Superintendent Geortri:i Relief and Hospital Association.--The l ist flag of mien l*outbrought forty Onor- f ;ia paroled pnsoner-j, with the following I terns "f new.'. lji*-ut. VV A Wright, r Gapt Doughty, lH.li Georgia, Capt Cor ker, HJ Georgia, Lieut Ellis 2d Georgia Battalion, are at Johnston'* Island, Luke , 1 Erie, do ng well. Lieut J Gumming i- nt tho hospital in Baltimore, wounded in , the arm, but doing well. Lieut F M K**lly I* nt Gettysburg doing well. Rev. : J O A ('ook, Liiapluiti of the 2*1 Bultul- 1 ion, und Rev. Mr Stokes, Chaplain "t • the Jl'i (Georgia regiment are, urisoner# of ^ ' SAULSBUBY. I Richm .nt>. Aug. 27.—A flag of truce which has arrived at City I’oint, brought ! New Y ork papers of toe 22d. , The Pari» eorrespondenl of tho Times J complains that the government paper* ' refuse to admit that tho rebellion in i < America has commenced to crumble.-- j , They adopt, with enthusiasm, tho decla ration -if a Routueru paper to the effect that the war on tho part of tho Eoutb is I 1 ju*t commencing. The London correspondent of the same , i journal *My# it n not believed that the war is done with, 't here is still great faith > in Oon. Loo, in snito of hu failure ut i ■ Gettysburg, and the belief still prevail* ! timt, though the South may bo overrun with great armies und desolated by raid It cannot bo reduced to subjection. hundred strong, nnd the Yankees, but no official confirmation. Report* that Gen. Klzy received a dis patch this morning that the Yankees havu fallen back to the Cross Roads, live miles below Bottom'# Bridge. organization of tiir tho enrollment oi o sixty, ar d divides The first clft-s e.n- No oxcit'Miiei.t is nmnifexted here. The itixen* und soldiers have responded iromptly t*» tin* summon* to meet nt their tMpeclive reiidfzvous ; and, apart from mer.ts nilitary movements, tliero is nothing to i n, ®|R b ndicAte Urn proximity of the enemy. j C'u.vui.r ' i * * >. Aug. 28.—The tiring to m>utia ; lay lias been quite slow. Our fire again." j blocka. he enemy t**-duy has been very effuc- ( ive. Tho enemy i# strengthening hi* p '^,. ( } •osition nt "ur rifle pits, 8,000 yard* di.#- I l>v Pre am, in fr*>nt of Wagner. Evory tiling * heir t >erfectly quiet, except an occasional militia from sixtcoi them into two class braces from eixtoi forty-five to *ixty. county reserves. The socon I class coi prisi s a 1 from seventeen to forty-five. Three district-* from North AIhIihii were exempted from the operation of ti law ns regulates the first class on necou of the jireser.ee of tho enemy. Ti State and Confederate officer# er# doomed noce#*ary to the < regardle.s* of age. are includ<^^^H Ciiahlkbtojj. 80.—The enemy’# firet day ha* been much heavier than anyd during the pa it week. It was chiefly ( rcct«*d at Sumter during tho mornin but seemingly was direct* 1 ngnin#t \\ « but slight It i# expected that the M. tor* niav any night attempt to run t gr.nntl«tt of the batteries in tho barb A Reminder to I'.uglaud and Fraiir The Charleston Courier H*bln*>#<s \ following «t«r.envnt t-ilh.* British pubb In July, 18»5I, tho Brltiah (Mr. llunc nnd French (Mr. Belli..Cmi-u., ... and tho of the No ro.v, Aug. 28th.—The enemy's - riflo pita on Wedneaduy indc about 7 o'clock, in over men. On Thursday tho firing wn* very slow and delibo- i> unusual incident#. r«*f*, Aug. 2o.—The bombard- mt'T und Wagner proceeds The enemy is working bard be# in front ol Battery Wag- rthcr attempt hu* been made TilO stinulation* <*; Article No. 1 l*> Wo 1, Adjt. and In that in i espt<n> bv the Presid HOtXl troops lu t this time 28b gate of about !•> : ’*6U Rich.mono, Aug. 2b —Senator Hunter gives n very encouraging basis of the stale of our finances, lie say# that tho funding hnsb*en eminently successful; and tho amount of outstanding Troas* c.eurgla’M Patriotic Reaponse* 0"'bl.. I..I .rin.Bon^rum llio j ury IUilM Blill w jthin tha mfu llm.o cull made recently j which ho reported to Congress ut its last n Gov. Brown for j session, and tho aggregato amount with- ••red into ( oniedti- \ drawn from circulation, •« three hundred • I. ti*nc’u, thut up to i • i . h,„ u boon «... “ d c, K ht «« n raiHl""*- Hiking > uggre- A fl.i lude several informal tondors of panics w 1. .-c paper# have been bent back * 1 for correction. j t* 1 ' These it will bo borne in mind, 1 arrive are made up of volunteer# not subjc . Iasi i boat was signalled ut ght. Nothing received j (X30 pa 1 No to conscription; und while we have b* somewhat humiliated to sec a draft cisary in some counties to till up tin* lt '•* p. auota, the volunteer reputation of the The Y State I* fully redeemed in tho aggregiu being included in tbo aggregate abi stated. The officer* of all those companies all commissioned, but in nianv tho blank ! partial dost the 21st, dn brig Bui ill voyage froi and all on 1 mono, 28th.— Flag of truce boat this moming at City Point, with tied prisoners, mostly sick. York paper* of the 26th, received rn , contain nothing important, jiupnrs are jubilant at tho union of Fort Sumter. On ing a violent gale, lhu IT. 8. id go foundered while on a New York to Port Royal, Article N- enemy’# got -The neutral flag en enemy. The parties then remained mutually bound to observennd enforce th** second, Article, must menu thut the condition thus explained should hu interpreted in the strictest muituor both "a. to the letter and to the spirit—or else the word means nothing at all. Something Hatching. Washington, a IT Govcnbr Tod. of Ohio, Senatur Hurri.-, of N, . York, and several other* ot large influ ence, hud an interview with President Lincoln tlin morning. Several gentle men were nho present and took part in the conversation. Tho pnrposo of the interview relate# to an importani. mi: tary demon-tration. It i- und*r : od that other Governor# of Northern M i ■ have had the prop* #<-d movement under oonsideration, and have written (■> 11 * *; Department, urging tout it shou : d Tho Cabinet will mol r >w w 1 e 11# have not boon all returned. < vrro, Smilii, who was picked up in a small so that tho troops could be turned over boat. The City of Madison, an arnmu- by ll..O..»orn..r u. tl.., eoornurj of Wur, j Was blown un ut Vick.- t it is expected they will hu complete . ' , a shun time. - Atlanta Infill. ! ’ ur ff through tho enrol diale abo ,d and imm«- . and oonfisca- If there i> any aid accept peace rves a traitor’s with beneficial t'Mtioners and 1 uf their oiionne m*u»t of a Ref thL city by Q( cumo# highly Though a more able and eloquent ad- 'ocatu of Southern independence, niy >n deue##or, if living, would not give to he eausu of our bleeding country a more ealou- and unwaveringiug support than uyself. Russian geologist* are making prepar- tioii- to promote tno discovery of con- i'.i!ed remain* of muminoth animal* iu "(••■ria. Il is sUi« l that during the lust 20,000 uiaiiiinulh*, nnd probably thric that number, have been washaa **ut of the ice and soil in which they were imbedded, by the acliou of tin* *piing floods The tu#ks only lime men pr« utrved for their commercial value m ivory. An ettort is now to be mude for the discovery and preservation of one of these carcasses as perfect and entire n»p<»»itdu, as it is considered that uiiuruscopic investigation of thu oontcnU of iu stomach might throw a powerful light on a bo-t of geological and phy ologicai problems. gunboats seen i* cavalry, though, it . liuved, they have intantry at Bet Church, four tuile# above Falm< Sunday night a small party f>orn Fits brigade crossed the Rappahannock, and made a raid upon about a hundred Yankees at Lucy house, opposite Freder icksburg. The Yankees ran; but we rap tured three, without any loss on our side. The Central train bad not i rrived at tbo usual hour last evening. A tele graphic dispatch front Oordonsville says the train passed there at 4,15 I*. M, A gentleman who left Staunton yester day, *ays a raiding party of Yankucs wero threatening that place by way of Monterey und Jackson river; that lmbo- den wu* in throe miles of Staunton, and Jackson was moving t-» got in their rear, it i* reported that there i* great demor alization in Monde’# army and that many lives have been lost in suppressing insub ordination. Wo uiuiilion the rumor be cause it is current on tho street#, but we have no confirmation of it# truth. Me--rs. Duflf Green, Monroe Kcllev ami other * itizens, arrested in Falmoutu about ten day# ago, have been r<dea#ud. It is said General Patrick has given or ders not arrest citizens, except they are known to be aiding tho Confederate | cause.—Richmond Sent 2WA. An . Was (Americana) in A’ncr. lVp-r of the North (to Paul of the South.) “Paul, you uuaccountHh.o scoundrel, 1 find you hire your servants for life, not by the month or yearn* I do I You are going straight to hell, you 1” Paul.—‘‘Good words, Peter! Tho risk i* my own; I ain willing to take the risk. Hire your seryenta hy the month or day, id get straight to lleavon; leave r *tm*d.’ to . own metnod." Peter.—“No, I won’t; I will beat your brains out first!" (A nil is trying dread fully rrer since, but cannot yet manage it!) T. G. Gkafting — An interesting discovery ha;-- mtuly been in ado with rugurd to grafting truit trues. Instead of the usual method M slip is taken from tho tree, which it is desired to propagate anew, nnd planted in a potato, #o that a couple • d'inches of the blip remain visible. It o. ii takes root, duveiopes itself, and finally becomes a handsome t**ec, bearing tin iiuit. Tho method was discovered A progressive little boy was sitting on thetbior, siielling everything around nim hu spelt his hat, his cap and liis ball and liia dog nnd hi* coat, and getting low er down he spelt his socks with thioo letter^ tr-o-x. A listener said to him "Kddy that oint the way to sjioll sock*. ’ He looked up with indignant surprise, nnd said, “well if s-o-x dont spoil sock#, what do it spell?' 1 The lighting of Paris by ulectrioitv, it is staled, is to be entrusted to M. J. Van Maid* hran, who has invented an electric light which i-i equal to 2,210 jets of go*. hi* wit in any emergency. At a country house, where ho whs once on a visit, an elderly maiden lady desired to bo bis companion in a walk. Uu excusod himself at first on account of the badness of tho weather. She soon afterwards, however, intercepted him in an attempt to escape without her. “Well," she said, "l see it has cleared up.” “Why, yes." he answered, "it has cleared lip enough for one, but not enough for two.’» Special to the Mobile Advertiser. Estkrprisk, Aug. 20.—Advices from Demopolis represent tho troops concen trating in larger uuinbers than wa* an ticipated. All but tho sick, with tew options, are coining up. 8. • Int ell. Absenteeism Startling liar.to. Thu Richmond Whig, speaking of the ovils of ahsuriteebm from thu army, present* tlm following fact* . I». i» M-'-*-i-d tli it nt th*' battles around Richmond, la-: June twelvo month#, tin* number oi M.idier- on Geu. Leu’* toll was one hundred und twenty thousand. The largest number present at those but tles wm forty-eight thousand ! At tbo battle of Sbnrpsburg, the number on the General's roll was one hundred and forty thousand. Tho number actually present and in the engagement was only thirty- live thousand ! ! We Ii «ve, add* the Whig, no ostimate of Hi'- number engaged on our side at Gettysburg, nor what tho absenteeism amounted t.> But wn take it that the rati" -topped not fur short of that exhi bited at (lie nuttic# of Richmond and Shurpsburg. Gan imy one contemplate thi# slate of thing# without feeling# of horror, nut untnixwl with thankfulness that Providence in his mercy saved our little army from utter annihilation? Who can estimate, at it* proper valuo, the genius and intrepidity of the gallan The No market continues Reports from the Peninsula last night were greatly exaggerated. It i* now be lieved the force of tho enemy did not exoeod b or 800. Lieut. W* >d bus captured off tho Rap- schooners, one loaded ih other with anchor with c llioi y«*tv mond % 28th.—The following was 1 ut tho War Department this «'• .Sulphur .Springs, Aug. 27th.— . Cooper:—Wo met tho enemy ;»y morning, about a mile and a ns pt* i tho r idini; The “Union Keeling” famiiiuri/.' d them with ( area truly intrepid j»e< candidly and fearlessly ponritical pretences or do hear tho roost enw denunoiations of nrigii This city, by tbo way nger, and thev le. They talk I hoar no hy- f Mi -N- against the pure Socessinn ticket prior tho n-somblini? uf thu ('uiiveni' passed the ordinance <*f Secui now consider# itself subjugated. phrn«e “J told you so" appropriately, or was utte: ittod nnd fired tho ■ the war. lull hero i Kentucky, with .yhon the i’witl'^greatcr day the man VV. hi# in Thee fought from 0 h. in. to 7 p. m. Evory attack made by tho enemy wh# repulsed. At night ouch side occupied tbo tamo position th«y bad in the morning. This morning tho enemy made two other attacks, which we hand- lomely repulsoJ, when ho abandoned his position and retreated towards Warm Springs, pursued by our cavalry and artillery. The troops engaged were thu 1st Brigade of thi* army, Col. George S. Patton commanding. Tho enemy were Andrew Jo about 3,000 strung, with #ix pieces of| have left th u'niTa' Vtateirnun^i#! j “riiRory, under Brig. Gen. Averill. Our j Khsi't *6 about 200 killed und wounded—the i they will h lemy*s loss not known. Wo havo taken | ngiijn, It •out 150 prisoner tlllerv. leader who, in the face of such immense odd* and fearful peril, bore tho terrible shock? And who can fathom the sor rowful emotions of hi# #oul as he con templated the splendid opportunities lust to him by the faithless desertions from tho posts of duty of so many thou sand*? The opinion of one of the most dis tinguished men-in I bis Confederacy, both as a military man and a states that we would have conquered a peace twelve mouth* ago if our army could have been maintained at anything like the strength which it- r.»lIs exhibited. In a Scrap*.—The Yankees are look ing fora fight hi Western Arkansas un der unfavorable circumstances—the r - u’.t of u blunder by one of their ruffian general#. A correspondent of the Phil adelphia Inquirer, writing from Lua.- • n worth, Kansu*, on the 10th lust., tays that General Blount, with 4,600 men whites, negroes and Indians, Wild twelve fourteen gun#, expected to move the Distinguished Visitor# F.xpertcd. A gentleman who cumn through tin of the Aug. M’L JoKEfl, Major General. —Gen. Grant hf der* for govern Stoole. Thu reason’ aligned for the movement Is that if he remains within his works at Fort Gibson, “the enemy can cut off hi# trains, impede Ins com munication, and ultimately cause hint to fight disastrously nr surrender ignomiui- ously.” Rkmoykd.—-We leurn that the records of tho State of Tennessee, and the pvsl- office and telegraph offices, haveb.-un re moved lrom (jtittttanooga. From this we may inter that something seri. us is an ticipated at that point — M-ntg. Adv. i with Rosecrans' urtny ! H fnr.-e has been left be! ! Nashville, that thuj* ur* j themselves to tlic gum ; wdl find that : H qulttin J es*u*t they have jtitnp*x i ing pan into the tire. 'J i warm recaption from The meeting i f the Educntiunnl .('nr vention of the Confederate States, which was to have been hold in At v:U.v*»n the first Wednesday in Scptemb-r, h« h. « n m tit negrue*, bearing date Aug. 10th First, Camp# will bo established fo; such free negroo* us are out of employ rnent; 2d, Officers of tho army will hu— Confederate soldier porintend thu camps and rations drawn from tho subsistence department; 3d, All negroes will bn employed in every practicable way to avoid becoming a bur den to the government. Planters and others may hire them, after giving their assurance to the government that they will net be rut. out of the lines ; 4th,Th«i Hoksr-tilities Provost Marshal to foo that they are em- I «r»nneut impress* ployed by some white person, or to be sent to the camps; 6th, Citizens may niHke contracts with n eg roe# for labor by tha month or year, finding clothing, sup porting the infirm, and giving not less Pennsylvania Kucction.—A Wash- I **»*»» om-tw ntieth uf the commercial ington curteepondout of thu N. Y. Ex- part of their crop# in p#vment fur such pri*s*#ay-: i ,.,i *n . . , . Agoutlemanof the first intelligence. ® T ! C ’ rh ^ negroes to be employed nil old whig und formerly a member i | « n «-r authority of the Provost Marshal Gongre*#, ha.- recently returned lrom » and local comraandur of the Post; s-'cu- iSifil.™ Uo r -P? r “ th " r"' rit >- f'I'-in'J that O.e no K ro« 5 will not b« fiaenceof the Democrats ot l'eim-vlva- , .. . ... . ... x . . nia of success ut the October election a# I teKtooutol the line* .lh, Nothing in otic husband# ' still live. sand. Ohio and Peunsyl vania always vote to gether. They always go the same way. this order shall embarrass the employing of negroes by the Government. Jackson, 28.—No further news about the Yankee advance towards Raymond. The report is suppo-od to have origina ted (rum seeing Yankee wagon trains of which \ stirring The road# leading t but ns there were fe sidetho coroporatior by that motion. 1'< ever, wero overhaul their equine n.i#si* runny borsu# taken -Tho Gov- flu# h wero •iterdny,— mutter of i d a good To W ash, Conors. - Fot washing fine and elegant col *rs, tho Scientific Ameri can advises ladies to boil some bran in rain watur, and u»o the liquor coid.— Nothing can equal il for euno upon coloy aud for cleaning cloth.

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Weekly Columbus enquirer. (Columbus, Ga.) 1861-1873, September 01, 1863, Image 2