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I July aa, i?a. ,1^“ Jackson Avtn^til ■ I3j n#r the killed in the recent battles R is Lieut. Frank, of the ij jj Regular Infantry, well known as I f ;j)>\illrd .Ttckson in Alexandria at I , time the vtilnin Ellsworth met his I He ran given the appointment, B ~p the hew Fork World, by Lincoln for I jjjcoffii’dly deed. hcnersl Beauregard ■ )ie .-ire reliahiy informed by a gentle I gs j li-om Mobile, that Gen. Beaure | jifijand family are at present sojourning [ , Bladon Springs, South Alabama, he i I ,tiDg obuined leave of absence to visit ! I |, s wife, who is inucli indisposed ; and I , ; ;o to recuperate his own health. I We iro inclined to doubt the correct | Jf6 s of Ihe rumor of Mrs. Beauregard’s death a- 1 published by us recently, on the miborily of a Charleston exchange. Our informant, whose opportunities for koowintr were good, did not confirm the report. - . , he Vsskees heavlug C ninltr rlaucl Cl up. Vie learn from the Knoxville Register, of the 11 tii inf.t., that the Yankees have actually evacuated Cumberland Gap, and list they have fallen back into Kentucky again. The Register also learns from a reliable iDurce, that largo bodies of troops have recently passed through Yfi.-Lville towards Chattanooga. An at tick upon the latter place is expected Imjiortain Military Changes. i'ho Charleston Mercury of yesterday ! :iiys ■’ It was currently rumored in mil iary circles last night—and we have reason to believe the report to be cor ject—that Major Gcneraf Pemberton, now in Ci mmaiid of the Department of j !?au(h Carolina and Georgia, has been i trunsferred to another important post, where lie will soon be face to face with ike enemy, and that Major General Gus tavusW. Smith has been assigned to suc ceedhim in the command of this Depart ment The Jackson Mississippian, of July fib, las the following: Goon News.—We are in confidential j possession of a bit of nows, that is (as ! tar as it goes) as good as the thrashing 1 out of McClellan. It will not be long, we hope before, wcwill beat liberty to chronicle another glorious and crushing victoiy over the invaders. We hope chat cur cotemporary is cor rectly informed. If so, something In teresting may ha expected to shortly turn U P- Cap! Kn llardiwa lUfit Bxtury, j In another column will be found a fail and. l r iajhi.‘ account of the part taken by Captain Robert A Ilardf.way’.-j command in the late cattles near Richmond. It will be neon. that, this battery was actively engaged from the commencement until the close of the engage ments around Richmond. It will be recollect ed that Capt, H e.ompauy was*among the •cst made up in this section, having in its ranks many of the best young men from Rus ell, Macon and other counties in Alabama. It wont into service as an infantry company, but, when it arrived at Manassas was changed to a heavy artillery, and on the withdrawal of our tnrer from Manassas was placed iu charge of rifle bakery as a light artillery corps. . Letter from Florida Camp Jackson, Fla., July 10, Y& bis. Sun •—The brilliant success, which has tended me Confederate arms near Richmond, hUs the army here with the most unbounded dmiration. It in no exaggeration to sny that * p !tre chafing for an opportunity to emulate heroic example set us by our brethren in wrginia. We arc all strong in the hope of bo -1 soon ordered to a more active field of op tions. ; wish I could giro yon some nows, but I ■ Our scouts approach within a few miles ■nsacola. They have seen nothing of the ’Ymy lately. The Yanks seldom venture out. ’ iar as Oaltfield. They have not been to Mil m in a long while. Inete isa good deal of intermittent fevers ; W ' U BUf here. It requires a steadier nerve to flwger from tho insidious foe disease, d'-m to encounter it m the fierce conflict.— ,’“ s 18 Krty illnsi rated Jiere. Every one of us ’ ■''t option, would inarch with cheer ■•• aess to tiia most sanguinary field, rather • all rt-niain here inactive It is to be hoped methiug will turn np beneficial to tho 20th :i ’ ama before long. Yours, ITER. ■- Kducatlou. of our talented young men and ■'■■y citizens, have fallen in this disastrous “ ‘I ln ‘* s progress, hundreds more may • -h’ the same fate. Hence, many important ■ ’ es both of State and Church, will be vaca * Now ’ the >ndiry is, who shall refill these nces j—evident!y, your sons But they can be qualified for these profound responsi ;f es wl ‘ nout thorough menial and moral amtng The history of the world deraon ues, that ignorance and cruelty go hand in ■ J. ivon.d you be willing to commit the t.Wf y ° Ur countr y t° the care of cruel aud , IJS ie ii’ our \n , ar ” ;,ls Peaded, until tho war closes.— with ii!'n'tV iStCI: ’ °f moral culture, combined prosper tr! *‘ n:u S< would ort'er the brightest O Pr cent rs ‘.^ e patr * ot ’ s e - ve - Barents, let your ‘ o,!r Patriotism be, to educate \tnr . arm3 captured during the a-:. • Ja ‘ ,}s below Richmond, eays the , lf<fcluu oCl 'nal, were three rifled ~‘ V ; rs 01 (hem, we believe, being ■ oofers, §nd oae 0 f them a oue ‘re. throwing ounce balls ‘ike two thousand yards.— e& V V6iC Counted on a light wagon •.’ Sn * protected from musketry by 4 non acreenes. touiefiption at thc . Mortll _ New Tork Yost expresses the ihfkt Bineoln’s 300,000 additional ’ -ops must be raised by draft or con vril;Uo D . If it comes to that, the Re wiioaa nre-caters will soon ge t t i ie d ure brave fellows to talk, b u t h ave ‘•evtr manifested any peculiar inclination “ ftfiiu. Neither do they feel willing to “• r e substitutes. i ? r B er - a distinguished lawyer v -Rmphis, hos been arrested for the and expression of his uncompromising “ J Hifity to Yankees. They notified him i at . 110 must desist in such a course, !j U 11 p nly made him the more severe in j l3 t * en unclationß, and he was according- V arrested. -he Dahlonega Signal says: . ,*re sorry to learn that one able til!a “a®, of th * B county, mu off f b,mß *L by chopping his fingers It k^ 00 ? ote t 0 a*oid conscription. u Bhcv ‘ld Mail him nothing. VOLUME VI.! Army Sevvi. , All reports from the army of Virginia, are remarkably meagre and unsatisfacto ry. The war might, as well be pmug oa in Patagonia or ihe interior \frica, 1 so far as reliable information of its pro gress and movements is concerned. No reporter is allowed to enter the linee, and hence we must depend entirely upon the statements of ‘reliable gentlemen,” which for the most p;t ns.-ume as many forms, and are liable to s many adverse constructions as Proteus had shapes. About the sum aud substance of all we know relative to ihe present attitude of tho armies, is that nobody knows anything definitely about the movements or inten tions of either. McClellan may have been reinforced, or he may not; he may remove to the Potomac or he may not; he nmy attempt a second “on to Richmond” by marching a column on both sides of | the James liver, under cover of his gun ! boats, or he raay wait for us to attack him in his present position. All : movements have been reported and coflj j tradicted successively, and of course of them are reliable. af Our army is said to be falling back to the vicinity of Richmond, for the pur pose, we presume, of waiting another seige. The Yankees, we have no doubt, will be strongly reenforced, and so com pletely have they been deluded into the belief that their late precipitate retreat ’ was a “grand strategic movement”—ono that had been “contemplated” for wepks: that they will undertake a third attack upon Richmond, thinking, perhaps, that “the third time is the charm.” We h-tve heard it confidently whispered that tome, of our general officers are under arrest for being drunk on the most important day of the several en gagements. It is said that the reason McClellau was not “bagged” was the prevalence of whiskey in a certain quar ter, and that, one or two general officers were too drunk to carry out their in structions; this is mere report, for the | most part, founded upon the statements j of “reliable gentlemen,” and we, tfiere ! fore, decline giving tho names of the ; officers implicated. The “reliable gen tleman” says they arc to be court mar lialcd. It is said that a great many of our officers were drunk, but we are not informed how drunk they are permitted to get without incurring the horrors of a court martial! Everything in East Tenn. remains in the same uncertain condition. It is known to outsiders that (here is a strong Federal force menacing that sec tion at some point, but that is all any body seems to know about it. Buell’s main force is supposed to be some where in the vicinity of Huntsville.— Some reports represent that his pickets are already in Wills Valley; others, that they are in Sequatchie Valley, opposite Shelimound. One account represents Halleck’d forces as going to Washington; another, to East Tennessee, whilst a third represent that ho is reinforcing McClellan. Thus it i3 we are fed up with an infinite variety of contradictory reports, all claiming to be “reliable.” It gives a man—particularly one whose duty it is to furnish the news to others— a fine opportunity to cultivate the virtue of patience. Sensibility. It is singular how circumstances change j the feelings and dispositions of men. A few years ago, the Yankees were noto nous for their want of self respect, and of course seemed to care but little whether they were respected by others. They would put on all the patience of Job, and the Christian forbearance of a Stephen, for the purpose of securing “Southern trade” and patronage. The whole Yankee race, from the commonest peddler up to the gravest Senator, seem ed impervious to public opinion. They acted upon all occasions as though they did not consider themselves worthy of respect and did not expect to receive it. Jiow is it now? Having invaded, and placed the iron heel of despotism upon the great, metropolis of the South, they have become morbidly sensitive. A gen tleman cannot make any illusion to “Yan kee bones,” even in the most jocose and playful manner, without offending a Yan kee Puritan, who happens to be clothed in a little brief authority, and for which grave offence he is confined to hard la bor for the term of two years. A lady cannot indulge in a little lively sport with her children, on her own bal cony, without first enquiring whether there be the carcass of some dead Yan kee passing the street. To laugh at such a time is highly offensive to Yankee sen sibility, and is a crime which must be ex patiated by banishment to a lonely isle, with but one attendant, during the plea sure of some Yankee despot. In all candor, the petty tyranny of Butler in New Orleans is unparalleled in history. The contemptible despotism of j Gesler which would compel a brave ! Switzer, who had fallen into his hands ; as prisoner of war, to imperil the life of j an only sou as the only opportunity of j saving both his own life and that of a ! beloved child, is totally eclipsed by the \ petty tyranny of the infamous Butler. At what time in the history of tho Span ish Inquisition was tyranny more abject and galling than that now suffered by the people of New Orleans ‘! Well may “But ler ! Butler become the ominous war cry of an avenging people, as did tlje Al amo by a kindred race, and under simi lar circumstances. What soldier in the Confederate army has not already sworn vengeance in his heart against a race so hatpful, so contemptible and so tyranni cal ? . T He Memphis Avalanche. We see it going the rounds, that Dr. Jeptha Fowlkes has withdrawn from the editorial management of the Avalanche. I It seems that the Doctor had written an ! article under the caption of “Mischief Makers,” to which Gen. Grant objected, j and requested a complete retraxit, which the Doctor, being a rather obstinate m.in, i refused to make. The paper was there- j fore reduced to the alternative of sus- \ pension, unlees the author of the ob- | noxious article should withdraw from its editorial management. The Doctor’s val edictory concludes with these words: “Self-respect, and the spirit of true journalism, forbid any longer attempt to edit a paper. I approved and endorsed the article in question. Prudence for bids my saying more, and duty less, to the public.” We hope Dr. Fowlkes will disappoint many expectations in refer ence to his “Union” proclivities. His complicity with parties in another por tion of his State rendered hia course for a time a subject of some specnlation. r 1— The Clayton Banner learns of the death of Lieut. T. H. Roberts, of the Barbour Grays. He fell mortally wound ed in one of the late battles near Rich mond- THE WEEKLY SUN. The Army In Tennessee. We see it stated bv some Knoxville correspondent that Gen. Kirby Smith has temporarily withdrawn from the army of Last Tennessee, in consequence ol ill health, and that Gen. Stephenson is now iu command there. It is hoped that the statement is not correct, as it is not cor roborate 1 by any of the East Tennessee or Atlanta paper”. We know colhing | of the merits or demerits of Gen. Ste i phenson : he may make an able and effi cient leader ; but, surely, Fast Tennes see is too important a post in which to experiment upon the skili of obscui e and untried military men. We have able and experienced men in our army who are known and respected by our soldiery everywhere, aud why not put someone | of them in command of a post which is second to none in importance? We have always deprecated a loose and habitual newspaper criticism upon military movements, and are much die (posed to acquiesce in the principle that “whatever is, is right,” as applied to our military authorities ; but it does seem to us that from the beginning, our government has been sadly unfortunate iu the selection of general officers for the military district of East Tennessee.— Gens. Zollicoffer aud Smith were perhaps the only general officers that ever did much good, or gave anything like gene ral satisfaction in that section. The for mer was superseded by an adventurer from Kentucky—a man of superior mili- i tary education, and also had, iu tho Mex- ; ican war, given sure evidences of respec- * table skill as a leader—but whose facul ties had become too much benumbed by ! intemperate nabits to be longer useful j in the field. The Fishing Creek disaster | is, so far as we know, universally ao- ! kaowledged to be owing to Gen. Critten den’s love of spirits more ardent than his own. Gen. Smith had succeeded in organiz ing an efficient army—his skill aud abil ity as a military leader jvas known and acknowledged by all—and by his firm 1 but mild administrrtion, had done much to ; quell discontent and insurrection among a ; population disaffected to the government, ■ and now that he has everything in prime working order, he retires, and an untried man takes his place , at a time, too, when every day is big with future evcnt3. It is hoped that if Gon. Smith’s health has become too feeble for active duty, some : able and experienced general officer will be assigned the command of that impor tant post, since, in all probability, the battle which is to decide the fate of Rich mond and perhaps of the entire Confede racy, will be fought there within the next few weeks. Vicksburg’. This noble little city is daily becoming a point of ao inconsiderable interest. Our reports from that place, are meagre and unsatisfactory, but enough is known to evince a determination upon the part of both citizens and soldiers never to yield until every possible means of de- i sense have been resorted to, On the 3d instant, the cannon and I mortar shots fired at the city during j four honrg, averaged 170 a minute, The j next day, two gunboats were observed j lying close to the bank of the river be low the city, within a short distance of our encampments. Three picked men were detailed from each company in all the regiments to move upon and capture them. The boys ( started off in high glee, and would have no doubt slipped upon them but for an ugly bog through which they had to pass, and in which most of them mired up to the knee in mud. This gave tho boats an opportunity to escape further into the river, which they did not fail to improve. After receiving a severe sprinkle of shell and grape from the boats at anchor further out, the hero ic little band retirod to their encampment with the loss of only one or two men. We have this information by a private letter, dated Vicksburg, July sth. Kothlng Sew. According to the standard of greatness which some of our cotemporaries have erected for the “Young Napoleon,” Billy Bowlegs, the Seminole Chief of Florida, was a great military chieftain. Billy managed a retreat admirably ; and upon one occasion, when he was hard pressed, he retired to tho everglade swamps, and was there with his little band of warriors, able to battle with the whole United States army for years. McClellan has only adopted Billy’s tactics; the only differ ence thuß far seems to be, that Billy had no gunboats under which to take shelter and McClellau had. Billy was idolized in New York and other Northern cities for his superior strategy. McClellan j with the aid of gunboats, has eluded our , Generals in the swamp3 of the Chicba- j hominy and is already beginning to be idolized for it. But it is due Billy’s memory to say, that ho is entitlod to the credit of having inaugarated his particu lar line of military strategy. More Uut.lerim. Mrs. Gallaway, of Memphis, wife of i Cel. M. C. G alia Way, w>-ll known as the founder and editor of the Memphis Ava lanche iu its palmy days, and late Post master at Memphis, has been arrested and banished from her comfortable home by order of Gen. Grant. The ground of the arrest is stated to bo that she was carrying on a “treasonable correspon dence” with the enemy. Tho truth prob ably is, that she had received several letters from her husband and other par ties from the South. Col. Gallaway has a valuable mansion, which with its handsome furniture-and their contents, will of course be confis cated and appropriated to the use of the vandals. The Sixth Georgia. This Regiment carried into action 350 men in the battle of Juno 27th : there were 32 killed, 111 wounded, and 8 miss- j ing. Total loss 171. In the battle of July let there were 5 killed, 28 wounded, and 2 missing; total 35. Making a total in both actions of 206. This report is furnished by A. M. Row land, Acting Adjutant of the Regiment, and may be relied upon as being correct. A Koble Woman The Knoxville Register leains from a gentleman just from Nashville,, that the wife of Rev. S. D. Baldwin advised him to rot in prison rather than take the oath of allegiance at Andy Johnson’s com mand, and said that if he wtore to take the oath, she would never live with him again. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, JULY 22, 1862. W-*T .TV3.-R..A. := T-r - (j -■ . n lUt).,i!e\ft >n tf.t ZW,. Richmond, .July 14 The Luiopa has arrived at Cape Race and brings Liver pool dates to tho 2d. The correspondence in relation to the Emily St. Pierre has been published, from which it appears that Minister Ad ams had not reoeded from the position ; fix at assumed by him. la the House of Lords, Lord Brougham j deplored the continuance of civil strife and its consequences to Europe. He thought it impossible for England to in terfere, but expressed the opinion that the Americans would see .he suicidal character of tho struggle aud come to amicable arrangements before they en tirely lost the respect and affection of ; Europe, as a nation. In the House of Commons Lord Palm i erston said interference in American af fairs now, could only aggravate matters. I But England and France would be de lighted to take mediatory steps. YYljen a fitten opportunity arises, he should look upon it both as a duty and pleasure. English journals are strenuously urging upon the Government the necessity of taking some steps that might tend to put a speedy end to the war. Mobilu, July 14.—A special dispatch to the Tribune, dated Grenada, 14th, says Memphis papers of the 11th inst. contain an order from Gen. Grant ban ishing from the city, after five days’ no tice, the families of all persons connect ed in any manner with the Confederate army or holding office under the Confed erate Government, or holding State, county, or municipal offices, and claim ing to owe allegiance to the Confederate States. The same tyrannical rule is ap plied to the families of those who have come South. This order will expel fully 2,000 families from Memphis. Tho rumor of the capture of Curtis in Arkansas is yet in doubt. Augusta, July 15.—Gen. David E. Twiggs died here this morning after a brief illness. Mobile, July 15.—A special dispatch to the Advertiser, dated Jackson, 14th, says the Memphis Bulletin Extra of Fri day, says McClellan gained victories in tho recent engagements near Richmond. It also states that Gen. Hindman has captured Curtis, with 8000 prisobors. The officers were detained, but the men were paroled. Preparations were being made in Memphis to send Curtis’ men homo. Four gunboats aud one mortar boat are in sight of Vicksburg. Butler has arrested a number of per sons in New Orleans for circulating re ports of McClellan’s defeat. Mobile, July 15. —A special dispatch to the Advertiser, dated Jackson, 1-itb, says the Mississippian published a report this afternoon from Vicksburg, that Com- j modore Farragut has proposed to with- j draw his ileet, and cease offensive oper ations against Y’icksburg, provided the gunboats above are permitted to pass j down the river without molestation. SECOND mSUATCIT. Mobile, July 15.—A special dispatch to the Advertiser, dated Vicksburg 15th, says tho Ram Arkansas came out of Ya zoo river and fought through the enemy’s upper fleet, inflicting groat, damage, and is now safe under our guns, preparing for another dash. Two shots only pene trated her. Our loss is 20 killed and wounded. Captain Brown was wounded slightly. The enemy’s lower fleet are hastily retiring. Jackson, July 15. —A special dispatch to the Mississippian says, the monster Arkansas thi3 morning came down thro’ tho Federal fleet, under a terrific fire, losing five killed and two wounded. The damage done her is trifling—only to her smoke stack. She is now at Vicksburg. The wounded have been sent ashore. Gen’ls Van Dorn, Breckenridg and Smith, visited her. The Federal loss is un known. General Grant has issued an order compelling all Confederate families to leave Memphis. Dr. J. F. Kennedy, of the 14th Missis sippi ; Dr. Thos. B. Elkins, of the 20th Mississippi, and Dr. Caleb Toxey, of the 17th Alabama, have arrived from Camp Douglas, having been released by the Federal Government. They say, on au thority of Jeff Thompson, (hat Curtis has escaped. Hindman got to Helena, Arkansas, and had Curtis surrounded, but having no ammunition, he was com pelled to let him escape, although the Federals announced the capture. Secession Threatened In the North \V est From an editorial article which appears in the Philadelphia Inquirer of the 25th alt., we infer that secession is threatened in of the “glorious Union.” The grievance upon which this threat is based, is the refusal or hesiteney of the Yankee Congress to vote some millions | of dollars to enlarge the Hudson and Erie Canal sufficiently to enable vessels of war to pass for the defense of the lakes. We give the conclusion of the Inquirer’s article : It is hard to treat suefi arguments, j however, with auy degree of patience. South Carolina presumed upon the im portance of her cotton crop, threatened Secession unless her demands were com plied with, and carried out her threats j to the result which now engages the at- ! tention of the world. If New York pre sumes upon her customs revenue, and the Northwest upon her limitless bread stuff, and makes demands under threats of vague eventualities, they are as guilty of treason iu spirit as the South is in fact. The nation is in no temper to lis ten to such mutterinrs of rebellion, or to T)alter with tho duties in which the crisis has involved us. We have learned by sad experience that to yield to such demands is but to invite fresh and mere dangerous, encroachments, and that a j loyalty which is only to be secured by perpetual bribes is not worth having. Grant this to-day, and to-morrow another ; is presented with, the same unanswerable argument. Ouee lairly introduce such a principle into our Government, and our Government at once beecmes worthies —■ shaken by every whim that any unreason able State may put forward, and prsc- j tically converted into an engine of op pression, to Le worked at the pleasure of the most reckless and worthless. In this | aspect the project at once assumes a far wider and graver importance than the mere expenditure of fifty or a hundred thousand millions to enlarge Koai lines of internal improvement at the national expense ; and we are much mistaken, if those who have so unwisely roused the question, are not rebuked by the united and indignant voice of a patriotic people. . Capt. E. Y. Hill, Captain of the “Jeff. Davis Rangers” from Butlercounty, Ala., and son of the Hon. Edward Y. Hill, of Georgia, was killed in the fight before Richmond on the 27th ult. TENNESSEE CORRESPONDENCE OF IMF hUN. Uhattancqa, July 13th, 1862. /ids. /'Hi .* V. addell’s Artillery arrived here Tuesday night without accident. The commaii l in as good health as usual. Major Genera! John F. McCowan, of Tennessee, is io command at this place. r Gen. E. Kirby Smith, who commands this military district, (the District of East Tennessee) is at Knoxville, his head quarters for tue present. We have to day received orders from flitn to report at Graham, to Brigadier General Heath. Graham,l learn, is distant from this place, on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, about 18 or 20 miles, and not far distant from Shell Mound. The enemy have a forco opposite Shell Mound (which is on or near the Tennes see river,) of about 5,000, and report says are advancing in force by way of Bridgeport. The latter is doubted. Col. Morgan is not here, but his wbore ! abouts is well known here. Suffice it to say, he is “on the wing,” accompanied j by General Forrest, with a large Cavalry i force, and will be heard from in due time, at a place little expected by the enemy. lam truly glad to find here very few officers of the gold lace order. They all appear to be solid, determined, work ing men; many of them heroes of Oak j Hill, Elk Horn, and Shiloh, from the i States of Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee. Provisions are very high and scarce. Men and horses cn short rations. No j wagons for transportation. Though our commanding General hopes to remedy j these difficulties soon. Various surmises and opinions are ; afloat here as to the objects and designs j of the enemy. Some incline to the opin ion that they will make a demonstration to-wards Rome, Georgia, though it is i almost impossible to tell what their ob- j ject really is. The Tennessee, from this | place down for miles, is well guarded and watched by our pickets. Major Capers’ Battallion of Artillery is here, besides four or five companies. I think the former will be changed to lu fantry. Capt. Waddell’s is the first Bat- j tery ordered to report for active service, j I think there is a slight prospect for a fight in the vicinity of Shell Mound. Confederate. Bean’s Station, E. Tenn., ) July Bth, 18G2. / Eds. Sun : Since I last wrote you, noth ing of especial interest has occurred in this department. Every thing warlike seems to be quiet. It may be that our enemies stand paralyzed with the grand results before Richmond, a series of un paralleled victories for Southron arms, and unspeakable ehame to the valiant army of vandals, who, for twelve months, have dug dirt and exhausted the tireless ingenuity of the Yankee nation, in their “on to Richmond.” The results of that fight is doubtless felt on every tented field over which the stars and stripes float. Something bus certainly prevented our j enemies from following our retreat from ! Cumberland Gap. We have waited pa- \ j tiently at this place lor their coming, but 1 no forward movement of theirs exhibits j the least inclination on their part to dis ; pute the possession of three valleys. I learn by the papers that Gen. Morgan, commanding the Yankee force, has been reinforced by another brigade , hit forces doubtless amount to fifteen thousand ef fective men. From the etune source I learn (hat Morgan was threatening Knox- ! ville. Now, I think it highly probable : that Gen. Morgan threatens Knoxville j with .vengeance dire, but. keeps at a sale | distance whilst lie does so. Gen. Mor gan is not moving upon Knoxville, or any other place yet. He has ascended Cumberland Mountain, settled himself comfortably in our old quarters, with ihe hope no doubt that we will again evao uate. We shall see. Some changes un important beyond our command have oc curred among our officers. Gen. Steven son is now senior Brigadier, his com maud extending from Bristol to Kingston, including, of course, all the forces lying between the points named, and the line of East Tennessee Railroad and Cumber land Mountain. Col. James E. Raines, of the 11th Tennessee, is in command of this brigade. He has tho reputation of being something more than a bundle of red tape T enclose for publication a let ter written by a negro, the property of Chas. Fisher, Sr., of Chattahoochee City, to his wife. The circumstances are these : He was hired by a mess in our com- ; pany as a cook, and came on with us from Columbus. Being a shrewd fellow, he managed to give our pickets the go at the Gap, and went over to the Yan kees at Cumberland Ford. A day or two since a flag of truce came through and brought this letter, which, I tru9t, will amuse your readers, and afford season able advice to the colorod population. The health of our company and this bat tallion has, I think, improved. The pos sition we held at the Gap was rather too high ; it was rain, rain, fog and heavy dews daily. The truth is, men are not birds, and should not live in the clouds as we did there. Here we are pleasantly situated, the monotony of camp life re lieved by daily drilling in company and battalion movements. Lieut. Colonel Stovall has the esteem and full confidence of every man of the battalion, is a capi tal officer and clever gentleman. His i command would (although sorry to lose his personal supervision, ) have been glad to see him in command of the brigade. But I shall tire the patienceof your read ers and encroach too much upon your columns. Since I commenced writing, indications begin to appear upon the sur face that, a movement of some kind is on 1 foot. Tiumor says Morgan approaches, and at last assumes an attitude of hos tility. Well, we the so'diers in ranks are ready. May kind Providence give our leaders the same feeling: if so, I may yet write to you of fields bathed in patriotic hiood. Yours ! Orderly. Letter. Ccup.ep.t an'd Cap. Jun< Z 7. ISU2. My Dear Sarah : I have requested my mas ter to write to you, and inform you that I am well, and now employed here. 1 am waiting on one of tpe officers of Gen. George Morgan’s staff at this place. While I was employed at the Gap.hv Lieut. George Fisher, I was picked up by the pickets of the Federal army and ta ken to Cumberland Ford. After remaining in the Provost Tri son one day. 1 was employed bv the officer, then acting Provost Marshal, to ait upon hirn. He has treated mo kindly so far, although he iias the reputation of being a =tern and severe man. 1 am doing quite well. lam ver ,r anxious atoutyoa, my little fcoy. and Nancy. T do lmpe you will be able to send me word or write to me how you are all doing, and that I m .y he able to hear that you are ‘.tell and happy. I long to come home and see you. 1 could nut leave here at this time, if 1 should try. as the pickets and guards of this army ex tend for miles in every direction. Yesterdav I took my master’s horse out to pasture, anil had to slip quite near rhe camp, &3 the guards would not let me pass. Ido not expect to be able to come homo until the war is ended.— Every body about here, whim and black, have to get apasstoleavecamp. I would much like to come and see you. 1 love you wore and more every day. I think of you all the tipie, bnt still lam quite unable to come to you. As soon as I can safely come home, I will start at once. Give my respects to old master Charles Fisher, young master Charlie, Charles and Francis. Remember mo kindly to all the boys and girls. Tell them I remember them with much kindness and affection. I forgot to men tion Mrs. Fisher and master George. I intend to get some pretty things to bring home to you. I especially enjoiu you all to stay at home. Do not try to run away and leave home: you are better off where you are than I am here.— Y'ou are all amongst those whom you know, and have a regard for yon, and here you would know nobody and everybody is too busy to at tend to the affairs of the poor black man or woman, and you don’t know the ways of these people. I have been very kindly treated here, but still this is not home. I have seen much i i f the pt-oble and the army here, aud many things J do not understand. When 1 get home I will tell you all about the wonderful things 1 have seen. ] hop-, you will try aud send mo a | letter or word. My master says if a letter was sent to master George, it might be sent here with some of the letters which are permitted to pass with a flag of truce. lam sure master George would do what ho could to send it on | to ine. Remember me always. Your husband, Liams borer: - —— Arming tlie Sicgroes Second only to the infamous Butler is Gen. Hunter, the Yankee Puritan in com mand of the “department of tlio South” lbl Port Royal, b. C. Our readers will remember the report published by us a i few weeks since, the purport of which was that Gen. Hunter had organized a ■ negro brigade, composed of runaways, free negroes aud slaves, which were press ed into service by Federal authority. In reply to the question by Lincoln’s Secre tary of IVar whether there bad been such a brigade raised, Gcu. Hunter replies: “That no regiment of fugitive slaves has been or is being organized in this | department. There is however, a fine i regiment of persons vrhose late masters are “fugitive rebels,” men who every where fly before the appearance of the National flag, leaving their servants be hind them, to shift as best they can, for themselves. So far, indeed, are the loyal persons composing this regiment from ! seeking to avoid the presence of their late owners, that they are now, one and all, working with remarkable industry to place themselves in a position to joiu in full and effective pursuit of (heir fuga ; cious and traitorous proprietors.” j “The instructions given to Brigadier I General T. YY. Sherman by Hon. Simon . Cameron, lato Secretary of War. and ! turned over to we by succession, for my guidance, distinctly authorize me to em ploy all loyal persons offering their aev i vices iu defense of the Union aud for the ! suppression of this rebellion, in any I rnauner 1 might see lit, or that the cir | cumstances might call for. There is no : restriction as to the character or color of the persons to be employed or the name of thc employment, whether civil or mili tary, in which their services shall be | used. I conclude, therefore, that I have j been authorized to enlist fugitive slaves | as soldiers, could aDy such be fouud iu ! this department. No euch characters, however, yet have 1 appeared within view of our most- ad j vanced pickets, the loyal slaves every where remaining on their plantations to welcome us, aid us aud supply us with food, labor and information of the mas ters, who have, in every instance, beeu the fugitives, running away from the loyal slaves as well as from the loyal soldiers, and whom we have only partial ly been able to see, chiefly their heads over ramparts, or, rifle iu hand, dodging behind trees in thc extreme the absence of any fugitive (master,) law, deserted slaves would be wholly without remedy, had not the crime of treason given them the right to pursue, capture and bring back those pereoua of whose protection (hey have been thus suddenly bereft. - —■ Adtlreii of Gen. McClellan to the Army of lire Potomac. The following i3 from the Northern l press. Comment, is unnecessary : YVashington, July C.—Advices from the Army of the I’otomac, up to Satur day night, indicate that all is quiet and the army in good spirits. Headq’kh, Amur or mo Potomac.) Camp, near Harrison’s Landing, r - July, 4, IS6B. i Soldiers of the Army of hie Potomac! Your achievements of the past ten days have illuo i t rated the valor and endurance of the American ’ soldier. Attacked by superior forces, and witli j out hopes of reinforcements, you have aue j needed in changing your base of operations by i a flank movement, always regarded as tho j most hazardous ot military operations. You ! have all your guns except a few lost iu battle, taking in return guns and colors from the on- I emy. Upon your march you have been assailed, day after day, with desperate fury by men of the same race and nation, skillfully massed and led. Under every disadvantage of num ber, and necessarily of position also, you have in every conflict beaten back your foes with enormous slaughter. Your conduct ranks you among the celebra ted armies ot history. None will now question what each of you may always, with pride say, ! “I belong to the army of the Potomac.” You have reached this new base complete in organ ization, and unimpaired in spirit. The enemy may at any time attack you—we are prepared to meet them. I have personally established t our lines. Let them conic, and we will con vert their repulse into a linul defeat. Your Government is strengthening you with the resources of a great people. <ju this our nation’s birthday, wo declare to our foes who are rebels against the best interests of man kind, that this army shall enter tho Capital of the so-called Confederacy; that our national Constitution shall prevail, and the Union, wdiich can alone insure internal peace and ex ternal security to each ytuto, must and shall be preserved, cost what it may in time, treasure, and blood Gto. B. McClellan, Major Geu’l Commanding. —• • Fanaticism. The following letter published iu the Richmond Dispatch, was picked up on the battlefield. It is a fair sample of that insane fanaticism aud vulgar superstition which pervades the whole New England mind. The wriliug, orthography aud punctuation, the Dispatch says, is well done. The.wiiter is evidently a fairly educated woman : New Boston, June 14, 18G2. My Dear lioy: I write to seud you a lock of the medium's hair. The direc tions arc, wear it always about your poi son. It will be a protection to you.— The object is to form a very etrougchain, electric chain of communication between you and the medium, that bhe may come to you more fully, aud have moro power to protect you in time of danger, and impart strength and health. Du be cart ful to observe the directions. We are locking anxiously now every day tor news from Richmond—all eyes are turn ed that way. The balloon operations rather frustrate the plana of the rebels. I am encouraged to think that you will be preserved, and do a great deal of good 1 in the world, for the mediums will still | insist or persist in saying that you are ! to be a powerful lecturer. How does it seem to you ? Are your powers in any way increasing ? Can you see your way more clearly ? Do yoa have toauy beau tiful visions, and impressions of things ‘ to be ? Cousin Laura seems to be devel- j oping rapidly for healing; she is iuiiu enced and shaken a great deal. As for j myself, they teil me 1 am developing fast ! —that I have great powers ; I have, or 1 could not entrance people ; but my health seems to be failing. I have the bead, ache a great deal and at the present time, and am very languid, very week ind ted. I They wish me to visit at Danbury, hut, unless I get stronger, 1 cannot go i could not bear the journey. Well, 1 have nothing new to relate. Take all the com fort, ail the pleasure you can; studv yourself all the wants of you* nature. ! and supply them. Let reason guide you, and whatever your biitheM intuitions are, uccept them as truth Be of a j cheerlul and contented spirit, relying up- l on the arm ot the Almighty, drawing strength and consolatiou from that, great source of all knowledge aDd wisdom. Please write soon as you can, eoc'osing your likeness, which will be a great as sistance to the medium. Your loving mother, Hus. li. M Welles Uaymonil tlie Ilacrr. It turns out that Raymond, of the New i York Times, djd prove a bird of ill omec in McClellan's camp. He came just in time to repeat his fast time experience at Brescia and Bull Run. What a mas ter in the tactics of retreat must lie have become! He has been a spectator of, and aotor in three of the grandest stam pedes of modern times. If “the little villain” escapes capture, we shall look ■with interest for his first leader describ ing the run. {NUMBER 13. ‘l'lie Before Illcliftfond— Comments ot the Yankee Press. j From the New Turk Times, (Editorial) July V. CAUSES Ol THE ItJSCKNT REVERSE. The first necessity of every coinuinui jty after a disaster, is a scapegoat It is i an immense relief to find come one upon whom can be fastened ol! the sins of a whole people and who can then be sent into the wilderness, to be hcaid of no mot e forever. Os course wo have a very active search for such a scapegoat now. The reverso in front of Richmond is a serious affair and until somebody has | been made to suffer for it, the country will not feel safe. When somebody's j head is oil', If matters not much whose, we shall all breathe freer. The Post in state that (len. McClellan shall be the j victim. The World censures the Presi | dent. Thu Herald falls foul of Secretary j Stauuton: cud the Tribune, tirel lor I once ot its own denunciations, oi having j long Biuce exhausted the list, ocuteuts i itself with calling for help on Oen Hun tev and his negro brigades. Wu see little good likeiy to oouio ot all i U hat the country uceuj lscouiage and anew army—notorminalieu or crit icisms of auy kind. Indeed it we had I ; less of these hitherto, wo might have less provocation for them uow. The groat | cause of our weakness has been discus ; sions in Congress, iu the Cabinet, and iu the press concerning the merits ofdif ! ferent Generals, and the wisdom of differ j ent policies. In carrying on a war, the i oue thing needful is confidence iu the Government and its agents. Whatever strengthens this, aid3 theoouiuiun cause; whatever and whoever weakens it, indicts upon that cause a Mow which may be fatal Tilt 811 UATION AND ITS CONSEIiCENI JSB. From tlio N. Y. Herald, (editorial) Julyti. <ieu. McClellan lias failed to take Rii hiuoud, and has suffered serious losses in men, artillery aud warlike materials and stores iu lus strug gle to extricate himself from a position rend ered untenable from the heavy reinforcements sent in to tho army of the Confederates, and from tho very scanty roinforceincuts to his own. With his army thus weakened by battles and disease, he could not hold his White House op erations twenty miles iu his rear and his en trenched lines often miles in front ot Itich mond. His original plan if we are not mistaken, was to move his whole Potomac army of last winter m a graud semi-circle upon Richmond, sweeping tho entire country from the Potomac to tire Valley of Virginia before him, and con tracting his lines as he advanced unon Rich mond, not from tho East, but from tlio No’ th, thus leaving no loop holes for Confederate raids into the Shenandoah valley, nor any chance for the enemy to cut him off’ from the base of hi | supplies, Unfortunately, however, this well con sidered plan was set auide by the disor ganNing about on radicals of Congress, aided and abetted by two or three politi cal Geuoralß of the Cabinet, In the failure of this great and all important enterprise we have lo3t the la bors of acampaigu; and to repair this, and to drive the Confederates out of Vir ginia, will require an additional budget of many million? to our national debt. The President cannot fail now to see where thereaponsibility belongs. Avery significant feeling of indignation is be ginning to develops itself in the public mind upon the subject, and directly against the Cabinet aa at present consti tuted. Let the President look to bis Cabinet, and to its reconstruction as a working unit with himself iu the prose cution of this war for “the integrity of the Union.” and not for the extirpation of slavery, and all yet, may be saved.— Let him neglect this essentia! duty at this momentous crisis and we mav pd on from bad to worse until all i lost” THE STOItll COMIKG. The excitement now is but the mere mutteringo of the storm. Wait until the long lists of killed and wounded in the recent battles before Richmond are pub lished, and the storm will be then at its height. Alieady h 6 people of Philade! pbia hoot Ctanton's name in the streets, and declare that no uiuie men will enlist while he remains iu othee New York city ha3 suffered quite as much as Phil adelphia, and shares these sentiments. — Two New York regiments suffered at Lull Run, ami the excitewenthore was fearful. What will it be when the listp of killed and wounded comes in now. IHE BLOW TO PUBLIC CEB HI I The financial credit of the couniry has received a shock from the disasters to McClellan’s army from which it will not : easily recover. Previous to his being driven back from his position before Richmond, Government stocks were at an unexampled premium, and tho credit of the country never stood so high Within a week all this has been changed, and now government stocks exhibit more unsteadiness than any oth er class of public securities. Who is responsible for this state of things ‘! Not McClellan, who, in his misfortunes as iu bis successes, has displayed all the qual ities ot au able General, but the radicals who weakened his command by taking Banks’ and McDowell’s divisions from bim, and then prevented his beiug rein forced, although they knew (hat he was in a position of the moat pressing danger. These are the traitors who would destroy tho integrity of the republic, turn the fait edifice of-our financial credit, and plunge the country into hopeless embar rassments, to place the negro in a posi tion in which ho would be of no earthly use to himself or othcra. Thus far they have been successful iu their intrigues. Let them look out, however, for the re tributiou that is to follow them The country is losing patience, and it will not be long before they feel the full ef fects of the wrath which they Lave so iu duslrioyoly provoked. UIS-'l AVAGI.JIK-Yl. From tho N.Y..World, (Editorial July 7. Tliare is a time to keep silence aud lime to ! speak. The euiripaign has concluded with out repulse from before Richmond. The campaign to come will require new troops, new plan and new combinations, with, pcrh;ip, now emer gencies of foreign complication-. The time lias conic, therefore, to expose, rehuke and correct the errors and mismanagement ot the past, m order to secure a thorough reto/nia- I tiou for the future. * * * * if. Thg Secretary of War makes no provision for accident or emergency, and issu-- ae .]| ! for three hundred thousand troops, uot just . before a battle, when the people are enthusias tic, but just on tlio heels ot a repul ■ , ,hon the people ire depressed. When Stanton divided McClellan's command, he himself assumed tlio practical direction ol the campaign. The peo ple kuew and the press announced that fed. Davis was massing all his troops at Richmond, j i just as ft good business rua.ii concentrates liib | ! Vvf here ho Uriels the best investment.— . j , . Secretary ol war could not understand i j this. Consequently our forces on James Is- 1 , land retreated from a foe who had gone to j Richmond; our troops in the Shenandoah built entrenchments against Jacks mi, who had gone to Richmond, our troops at the West stood j on the defensive against B luresird, who had ! gone to Richmond; and Burnside sought in i vain for the North Carolina Ccnfcdeiates, who I bad also gone to Richmond. M :C!<T!an th > refer*, overwhelmed. A af Ytakee L!;;. Among the many tick Yankee letters captured m <hs several battle Holds k ooe which hai, been spot ns m ii’en by John Flaherty, of company C, -J*th New York regiment. John seems to h- a good soliiic, 20 fa* 88 following the example of bis Commander in-Cbicf io concerned, and has giveu himself up to lying with a? much earnestness as McClellan iiimoelf. He says iu his letter that ‘‘the battle was fought ou the 25th ol June, and ended iu the total tout of the rebels, with a locs estimated at 12,000 in killed and wound ed.” He says further tha “McClellan entered the Capital of the bogus Confed eracy eaily the nest morning with bis whole force, amidst the greatest entbu bias in, and was bailed by the inhabif&Dts as then deliverer.” The conclusion of j his letter is devoted to the distinguished j part borne by his own regiment iu the conflict, and adds that the regiment “is mostly or all composed of Irishmen,” and he is proud to belong to them.—Rich mond Dispatch. /Ts* Subscribers receiving the paper with th-.s notice, marked, art in formed their time is about out . aria that they must m(tk< a remittance if they ioieh the paper con tinued .See terms in first coUimn.~e£s The late Cavalry Skirmish at Boonvllie. A correspondent of the Montgomery Advertiser, writing from Tupelo, Mies., on the 10th, gives the following interest ing account of the recent Cavalry skirm ish at Boonville: The Cavalry of the army, under com mand of Brig. Gen. Chalmers, has acted as outpost guard, and remained stationed fifteen miles north of Tupelo. Immedi ately after the evacuation of Corinth, the hostile meetings between our outposts and those of the enemy were frequent. — t if late, however, all has been quiet along the lines. So quiet indeed, that Gen. Chalmers determined to feel the Yankees, la command ol his brigade of cavalry, consisting of the regiments of Colonels Adams, Lay, Wade and Slemmer, of Ar kansas : Clanton, of Alabama, and Mur phey’s Alabama Battalion, he marched out on tho 2d instant to give tho enemy battle at Boonville, whore he learned a couaulerable foroo was collected. Our own force was about two thousand men. We met the enemy near Boonville. in a slight ravine, seveu regiments strong, protected by a thick undergrowth. Col! Lay's regiment dismounted and engaged him as skirmishers. The fire was be coming general along the lines when Chalmers called out to kuow which regi iuont would charge an ambuscade from which the enemy was pouring in a hot fire Col Clanton who was acting in reserve, replied that the Ist Alabama would clear it “Give way for Clanton’s Cavalry,” was called, out and down the toad they charged by fours, so narrow was the only practicable road. The first tucu of the column were immediately dis mounted. but over the woundod men and dead horses the column pushed full upou the ambuscade. Iu the very lead was Col. Clanton, waving his sabre : so des perate was his aituatiou that the Colo nel's clothing was perforated four times by bullets, and his scabbard cut half iu two by a minuie ball. Captain llodgsou who was riding near him had a shot through his haversack. But despite the incessant firing the charge cleared the ambuscade and put the enemy to flight. At the same time, sharp fighting occurred between Adams aud Wade and the ene my, who was endeavoring to intercept our rear Major Hogan was in command of Adams’ regiment, and deported himself gallantly. The route of the enemy be came general, and we pursued him through Boonville several miles. Our own loss was cue killed and seven wound ed That of the other regiments was slight. The enemy acknowledge a loss of more t han four hundred killed, wound ed and plisoneru. Cinoe this successful affair the euemj’ has drawn in hia linos, while we are extending aud advancing ours Look out for important aesaunts soon. Seme General* Hew amazingly this war has developed the military talent of our people! Meu who before the battle of Manassas scarce ly’ knew a word of command, now eit back on their dignity, and crificiso the movements of our armies, and Ibo plans of our ablest Generals, And what is stranger still, that wonderful military skill and experience has not been ac quired by the toils of camp life and the dangers of the battle field No, indeed. These prodigies iu the art of war acquire their ability to judge of <he3o matters, over luxurious dinners and fumes of to bacco smoke. To be sevious, this indiscriminate judg ing of military movements is ridiculous and contemptible. Not but that the peo ple have the undisputed right to judge of the conduct of their public servants ; but there is no other branch of service of which they are so poorly qualified to form correct opinions. If Congress be come avaricious and appropriate te them selves a heavy salary at a timo when the country is struggling for life and bleed ing at every pore, the people know this to be wrong, and have a right to express their convictions. But in military mat ters, it is far otherwise. When they are pouring out their criticisms upon some movement of the army which does not strike them as being a proper ono, they aie talking about something of which they are totally ignorant, and it would certainly be good economy to dispense with these effusions. It is injurious to our cause. All meu have a circle in which their opinions are weighty 1 They are frequently men of some wealth, and withal well versed in— emptying cup3, and ato much admired : hy their cateliteo. We would Dot deprive | them of their glory—we only insist that they change their subject. Why not re | veit now and then, to their old theme of i story telling .’ Then there is tho weather ! and the clouds about whose movements they perhaps know 33 much a3 about fighting battles and gaming victories And then this would be do innocent. For, strange aa it might seem to them, there , would be lain, and sunshine, and dew, and drought, as though they had said nothing. Then there are “Foreign af fairs”—“the cotton famine”—“the prob abilities of intervention,” &o. These all might serve as safety valves to their ac cumulating stores of gas, and be as per fectly innocent ns JKsop’s fly settling on the axle of the chariot and exclaiming, “what a dust eue do raise !” Dauius. IVlivt sjiall be Done with the Yan kee Prisoners f A correspondent of the Charleston Mercury makes the following suggestion in reference to the disposal of the pris oners now in our hands : 1. To exchange for Confederate pris oners held by the enemy. 2. To give the foreigners (composing tho larger part, probably, of the late United States troops now held as our cap tives) for the first class to be exchanged. 6. To hold the native Yankee prisoners in our custody, and put them to manual laboi iu cur factories, to make brooms, leather, slme 3 , buckets, thread, cloth, clocks, Ic., until they oball be exchanged for fbe cegvces stolen from the planta tions. 4 That for each negro who has been sold or worked to death by the Yankees, (exchange being impossible, ) a ransom of SBOO shall be substituted. 5 That the iankee prisoners held for ! this pin pose shall be subject to the ne gro law of the Elate in which they are iinprisoce *, ur until exchanged or ran somed The object of this is to recover the ne groes stolen, fernl *o prevent future loss and injury to Southern matters and ser vants. G. That the negroes be returned to fLeif owners and the money be distribu ted among those whose Degrees shall not be recovered Seen. !>lag (jails a sensation has transpired in Geneva, New York, arising from the sup posed elopement of Dr. B , a man with a wife and no children, bis companion de voyaye being Mrs. o , the widow of a cnee prominent politician. She is said ♦o be rich, end a niece of a member of President Lincoln's cabinet, having spent considerable time in Washiagton, where she is w 4! known. Their supposed des ! is TJ irope. Yankee paper. ’ by *s i* ‘bat'juoh scenes as the above seldom occur at the Louth, but have beeu xr almost every day occurrence at the Huffcb, for more than thirty years ‘. S;w* from t*ie Coast Intelligence was received hero Thurs day morning, <hat the enemy, in force, had crossed ovei the river to the main land, atPoit Royal Ferry. Our troops j were prepared to meet them, but after man oc u voting around for a while the I euemj reeroeeed the river and lell. — This movement is thought to be simply a I faint to cover a real attack upon the rail j . oad elsewhere, perhaps, nearer to the j 0 ;tj —Charleston Courier , 11 th. The Montgomery papers record the death of Mrs. Hilliard, wife of Hon. H. W. Hilliard ; and tbedeathof Mi3B Dida Watte, a daughter of Hon. Thomas H. Watts, The latter's death occurred the -Oth and tbo former’s the 2?d ult>