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Gov. Brown,
His Excellency Gov. Brown returned
to the seat of government within the last
few days, in greatly improved health,
after an absence of two months, or there
about, says the Millcdgeville Recorder.
General Toombs.
Tho Times learns from parties just
from Richmond, that Gen. Toombs has
resigned his command with tho view of
retiring from the army.
In all probability this will not be a
very serious loss in our army. The Gen
eral can now have ample time to see after
his cotton crop.
The Mobile Tribune learns that on the
17th inst., the Yankees sent a gunboat
up to Pascagoula to shell the town, and
also sent several small boats up the Pas*
cagoula River loaded with about 125
men. These wore attacked by a company
of Confederates, and driven back with a
loss of twelve or fifteen killed.
Ilaileck.
It is reported by some of the Northern
papers that Ilalleck is to be made Secre
tary of War, by others that ho is placed
in ohief command of the Federal army,
and by others still, that he is to be dis
missed for lying. The Yankee papers
appear to bo in a steiv about it.
Col. Cantey.
We learn that this gallant and compe
tent officer has been reeommended for
promotion to a Brigadier Generalship by
a number of the most distinguished high
er officers in the service. He is, howev
er, in feeble health art present, and may
have to withdraw from camp for a brief
period to recruit.— Enq.
Foreign Aid.
The Richmond Dispatch says a gentle
man who rode over the battlefield near
Gen. Magruder’s headquarters, on tho
18th of July, informs us that ho counted
in the field, prior to reaching the woods,
237 dead Yankees, and there was but
one of the number that was not born in
Europe. The only native Yankee was
Col. Woodbury, of a Michigan regiment,
who fell shot through the head. An at*,
tempt had been made to carry off the
body, but the pursuit on our part bes
coming too hot, the custodians of the
body dropped it and fled. Woodbury
was a lawyer, and a man of considerable
note in his section prior to the war.
The Richmond Examiner announces
on the authority of farmers from the
upper country, that the wheat crop of
that portion of Virginia is the heaviest
harvested in many years. It was in no
case affected by the rust, on account of
which so much apprehension was felt. —
The oat and grass crops are also very
heavy, and the corn is of fine promise.
This news is of vast importance just
now.
T lie 3il Georgia Battalion —Tlie Lula
Guards.
The Enqnirer learns by a private let
ter from Bean’s Station Tenn., that on
tho 17th inst., this battalion—which in
cludes tho “Lula Guards,” Capt. Phelps,
of this city—wore ordered to Blain’s
Cross Roads, about 25 miles distant from
Bean’s Station. A part of Captain Yer
ger’s Artillery also went with them. At
last accounts they were expecting a brush
from the enemy.
Geo. L. Wright, of the Lula Guards,
had been transferred, at his own solici
tation, to the Eufaula Light Artillery,
instead of tho Terrell Artillery, as re
ported a few days since.
General Crittenden.
The Atlanta (Ga.) Intelligencer, of !
July 23d, says that the Gen. Tom. Crit
tenden, who was captured by Gen. For
rest, at Murfreesboro’, is >not Gen. Crit
tenden, of Kentucky, but is from Indi
ana, and is a relative of John Crittenden,
of Kentucky.— Aug. Constitutionalist.
This may be correct, but our informa
tion is that Gen. Tom. Crittenden is a
son of Hon. J. J. Crittenden, and half
brother of Maj. Gen. George B. Critten
den of Mill Spring notoriety. His place
of residences in Indiana. —[Eds. Sun.
Con tide nee in Confederate Bondi*
In the darkest hours of our struggle
for Southern independence, there has
been no indication of despondency on
the part of the loyal citizens of Maryland.
Under all circumstances they have main
tained their devotion to the interests of
the South, and illustrated their confi
dence in our ultimate success in the most j
unmistakable manner. A few days ago
a gentleman arrived in this city from [
Baltimore with $75,000 in Maryland ‘
funds, which he brought over to invest |
in Confederate bonds. We have heard |
of other instances where smaller amounts
have been similarly invested. This is
one of the truest indications of the senti
ment of the people, as well as the confi
dence they feel of final recognition and
independence of the Confederacy.—Ms
patch.
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The Enemy’s Movements.
A part of the enemy’s cavalry, on Mon
day last, made a visit to New Kent
Court-House, twenty-eight miles below
Richmond. The object was probably to
reconnoitre the country, as we have not
learned that they committed any further,
depredations upon a people whom they
had previously robbed of a vast amount
of property. While McClellan continues
his preparations on James river for
another advance towards Richmond, his
cavalry will scour the Peninsula iu the
direction of Williamsburg for informs- :
tion respecting any apprehended move
ment of the Confederate forces.— Rich.
Dispatch, 2 itfL
Morgan’* Doings.
• The Macon Telegraph says: Cynthi
ana is almost due South of Covington
and Cincinnati, and not more than sixty
miles from those places. Is it possible
that Morgan is contemplating a visit to
Porkopolis or only threatening the place
to create an agreeable sensation if he
has taken Cynthiana, securities about
this time in Cincinnati are unsettled
pork is dull and heavy—flour drooping—
lard slippery—whiskey on the rise and
quotations unsteady all round.
Tat State of “We*t Virginia.”
In the Yankee Senate, on Monday, the
* or admission of the State of
‘‘West Virginia” was passed after a pros
tracted debate-yeas 23, nays 17.
A Ilumlmg,
What a stupendous humbug is that of
foreign intervention! It has coul us
thousands of livcß and millions of treas
ure, and yet like Prometheus of old!, we
j seem unable to tare loose from the iter-,
j mcnting monster. It has comrroxiised
j our x-elf-respect, brought our rulers into
ridicuie, and at one time threatened our
| destruction. Wo havs survived tho first
blunder ol _ wailing for recognition and
intervention ; are we prepared for anoth
er Upon what do we build our hopes
of intervention? Is there anything to
justify such expectations ? None under
heaven. It is even doubtful whether,
after we have won our independence, for
eign powers will be willing to recognize
us. Europe is full of fanaticism —igno-
rant, stupid, arbitrary fanaticism. She
hates our domestic institutions. The
British government has spent thousands
in its attempts at negro emancipation in
the West Indies. Her statesmen care
but very little for the suffering opera
tives of Manchester, provided there is a
nigger at the bottom of the difficulty.
Like the blind fanatics of New England,
they care but little for the liberty and
happiness of white operatives, so that
the nigger is liberated. Negro equality is
the prime object in view.
England chdrishes as much pride in
making herself independent of our com
merce as we possibly can, in making our
selves independent of her arms. She is
taking advantage of our troubles to en
courage the cultivation of our staple pro
duction in her own provinces. Her
manufacturers are encouraged to adopt
their machinery to it. Thus, whilst the
North is attempting to rob us of our
liberty ,England is trying to rob us of our
commerce. Are we stupid enough, there
: fore, to believe that she will interfere in
this war, assist in the establishment of a
slave republic, and seek to restore king
cotton to his ancient dominion ? If we
are in earnest in our struggle for inde
pendence, are fully determined to ac
cept nothing but liberty or death, and
have learned the important lesson of self*
. reliance, wa shall succeed; nothing can
be more certain; it is merely a question
of time. If, on the contrary, we have
not had enough of foreign humbug, if
we are still ready to give attentive ear to
idle stories of recognition and interven
tion, and still persist in exhibiting an
unmanly want of self-respect and self
confidence, wc had well to lay down
our arms and quit fighting, for our strug
gles will avail nothing.
Tlie Fight at Murfrce*loxo’.
We find the following interesting ac
count of the Murfreesboro’ light in the
Atlanta Intelligencer:
Gen. Forrest left Chattanooga about
the Oth es July with the Texas Rangers,
under Col. Wharton, and the 2J Georgia
Cavalry, under Col. Lawton, lie made
forced marches to McMinnville, Tennes
see, where he was joined by the Ist Geor
gia Cavalry under Col. Morrison, a part
of Col. Spiller’s Cavalry undfer Major
Smith, and two companies of the Ken
tucky, Ist under Captains Vatham and
Taylor.
With his usual celerity Gen. Forrest
left immediately and rode nearly 50 miles
to Murfreesboro’ without stopping, ex
cept to feed ; he reached there about
daylight with about 1,400 meu and hors
es. Fortunately he captured the pickets
of the enemy without tiring a gun or
giving any alarm. The pickets reported
their force about 1,500 men with 4 pieces
of artillery, embracing 2 Michigan regi
ments, Capt. Ilewett’s artillery, and 200
Pennsylvania cavalry, all under com
mand of Gen. Thomas Crittenden, of In
diana, and that they were posted in two
different camps, one in Murfreesboro’
and the other a mil 6 or so out of its
limits.
Gen. Forrest felt for a moment that
success was scarcely possible. Ho had
only about 13 or 1,400 wearied meu with
no artillery, and how to storm a town
and capture artillery with these men was
almost impossible to solve ; but his brave
heart swelled with the prospect: his
troops were bravo and eager for the figfht;
his genius rose with the difficulties and
he decided to conquer or die.
There were many of the soldiers of
the enemy in the court house and private
hoimes outside of their camp, and it was
necessary to storm them and the camp
in town at tho same time, while the ar
tillery and other camp was held in check.
Col. Wharton and his Rangers claimed
the advance and storming of the camp in
town, and bravely did they do their work.
Under a heavy fire they entered the
tents, and, although reduced by detach
ments for other points to one hundred
meu, they still fought on. Coi. Wharton
was severely wounded, and nearly half
of the men down, but they still held on
until reinforced.
Col. Morrison was ordered to storm
the Court House, but all his men were
sent to fight the second camp, and he
had to command a portion of the 2d
Georgia. He went bravely in at the
head, and after two or three efforts un
der a murderous fire from doors and win
dows, he gained the building and the en
emy then surrendered.
Lieut. Col. Hood, under a galling fire,
assaulted the jail, and carried it, reo
leasing nearly seventy prisoners for po
litical offences.
Col. Saunders, of Alabama, while
coolly fighting on the public square, was
severely wounded and fell, to the uni
versal regret of the Brigade, lie was
acting at the time as aid to Gen. Forrest.
The private houses were all at length
taken, and amongst ihe prisoners were
Gen. Crittenden and his entire staff.
Col. “Lawton, with the Kentuckians
and Tennesseeans and a portion of* the
Georgians, engaged the second camp,
and had the brunt of the artillery fire
and long range guns so bear. The balls
and shells rained amongst them, but
they stood bravely up.
The two Kentucky companies, under
their gallant captains, Taylor and Wat
liam, stood as steady as if on parade.
‘Major Smith and the Tennesseeans stood
shoulder with them, and Capt. Dunlap,
of the 2d Georgia, and Major Harper,
charged almost alone to the mouth, of the
cannon.
Gen. Forrest, after two or three hours’
fighting, wheeled a portion of his brig
ade to the rear, and charged at the head
of them into the camp of the enemy. He
was shot at twice by a negro, and the
last fire knocked his hat off bis head.
The enemy soon retreated and left all
their tents and stores.
Gen. Forrest after this summoned both
camps to surrender, and prepared to
storm the first camp and artillery if re
fused. The enemy being thoroughly
disheartened soon surrendered, and we
thus captured about 1,400 men and offi
cers, four pieces of artillery, an immense
quantity of stores, arms, ammunition,
,&c. ; also 50 or GO fine road wagons,
ambulances, &c., with all their horses
and mules.
We burnt four car loads of stores, the
depot house, which was also full, two
bridges on the Chattanooga road, and
carried of all the artillery, wagons, hor
ses, mules, and arms, with about 1,300
prisoners.
Our loss was 2 o killed, and about sixty
wounded; and that of the enemy was
somewhat greater.
Lieut. Col. Lather led the Texans
after the wound ,of Col. Wharton and
there is no braver man. It is generally
conceded that the Xexans were the fore
most in the fight and sustained their old
renown.
Capt. Arlege, of Winchester, and Lieut.
Davis, of Lincoln, had a squad in the
fight, including Capts. Turney, Shook,
Northcutt, any many others who made
their mark on the enemy. Col. Law
rence Watkins, of Alabama, and Dun
nington, of Columbia, gallantly won their
spurs on the public square.
Foreign Exchange.
The Enquirer of Wednesday, in an edi
torial article relative to the irredeemable
character of cur currency and the recent
advances on cotton, says
“ This, in the present condition of our
currency, is an unavoidable occurrence.
An irredeemable paper currency will not
answer tho purposes of foreign exchange,
and our government, (State and Confed
erate) have been at fault in not providing
a currency that would.
When the war is over the lack ol such a
currency will be more keenly felt, and
will for a long time subject our people
to the payment of very high prices for
ail foreign goods.”
The question which naturally sug
gests itself upon reading the above, is,
what has been the basis of our foreign
exchange heretofore? The answer is
familiar, and can be satisfactorially giv
en by almost any business man—it was
cotton, not our local currency. Our paper
currency is intended merely to subserve
the purposes of internal trade. The
Confederate treasury notes were not in
tended to circulate in Europe, nor yet to
form a basis of foreign exchange. They
were intended merely as a domestic cur
rency, and cannot affect our commerce
with foreign nations. When peace is
made, our merchants will establish com
mercial relations with foreign markets—
they will have their brokers in Liverpool,
London, Paris, an l other European cities
to whom they will ship their cotton. In
return, foreign merchants will have their
brokers in Charleston, Richmond, and
New Orleans, to whom they will ship
their goods. The Charleston merchant
who is made the consignee of an English
cargo, will, in payment, draw a bill of
exchange upon his broker in Liverpool,
the bill being based upon the cotton or
its equivalent in the hands of the drawee;
thus the whole transaction is complete,
•without the intervention of local curren
cy on either side.
Again : The annual exports of cotton
from this oouutry within the last ten
years, average not less than three mil
lions (3,000,000) bales, amounting, at
ordinary prices, to one hundred and
fifty million dollars in gold or its equiva
lent,
Now, the people of the South cannot
consume one hundred and fifty millions
dollars worth of foreign goods in one
year ; two-thirds of that amount would
perhaps be a largo estimate. Then it is
clear that fifty millions (50,000,00) of
foreign gold or its equivalent, must come
into circulation —thus furnishing an im
mediate basis for domestic credit. True,
if we buy less than the amount received
for our cotton, foreign exchange will be
at a discount; if .wo buy more, it will be
at a premium, of course. But how is
our domestic currency going to effect for
eign markets when it is not the basis of
foreign exchange ? On the contrary,
when the war is over, and commerce
with Europe is fully established, all man
ufactured goods (with the exception of
cotton fabrics) will be lower than they
have ever been known before, because
the demand will not be equal to the sup
ply.
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Wliat tlie ♦‘Union” Cost Us.
Tho statistics of the United States
show that the South has paid tributo to
the North within the last ten years
an averago of fifty million dollars per
annum. This for the space of ten years,
makes the handsome little sum of five
hundred millions—all in hard money.
The aggregate white population of the
Southern States, including Maryland
and Missouri, does not exceed ten mil
lions, thus making the tribute money
equivalent to fifty dollars for every man,
woman, and child in the Confederate
States. Now, suppose we iftd this sum
returned to us, and that the average
number of every family in the South is
five persons, we should have $250 for
overy family in the Confederacy. This
would be considered a pretty heavy war
tax, should our struggles last, ten years ;
and yet we have paid it, in most cases,
without murmuring, for the blessed priv
ilege of living in the “glorious Union”
—nothing more. If we had that money
back, and now in circulation in our
midst, it would give us a safe basis for
five hundred million dollars in paper cur
rency, making in all a circulating me
dium of one billion ($1,000,000,000)
dollars, none of which, if properly man
aged, would be below par.
In view of these facts, is it wonderful
that the Northern government should
make great efforts to force us into fel
lowship with them ? They want our rev
enue, just as England wanted the reve
nue of the colonies in ’7O, but without
being able to show any color of title.—
Then, there is the Puritan, negro equal
ity party, at the head of which is Mr.
Lincoln himself. That party being now
in power, it seeks to overthrow our Re
publican institutions and enslave ten
millions of white people for the purpose
of liberating three millions of negroes,
and placing them upon a political equul
ity with themselves. It is natural, there
fore, that we should resist this high
handed and arbitrary measure, and strike
for political independence. Every true
Southerner is prepared to die in defence
of our cause, but to tamely surrender—
never.
From the New York Herald, 15th.
“She SllnplatcrCurietußlew York.
The resort to ehinsplasters is causing
considerable excitement among cur citi
zens. The people desire something as
change more tangible than the mere sub
scription of men who to day keep a res
taurant and to morrow may be out of bus
iness. Hence it is that the suggestion of
using postage stamps, made in the Tri
bune several days ago, nppers to be in
favor. Baker & Godwin have published
agaeat show card, bearing this announce
ment :
“Postage Stamps arc Received for Goods,
and Given as Change for Current Bills.”
Judging from the salewhich these cards
have had already, postage stamps may
be expocted to be in circulation very ex
tensively before many days.
Ia Philadelphia and Boston, as well as
other large cities and towns, the same
troubles exists, and the importance of
having some uniform token of “small
change,” and'especially a Federal token,
such as the postage stamp, must com
mend itself. The copper coinage at the
Philadelphia Mint per day is $2,500,
which is far from being adequate to the
demand for change. From every section
of the country is an urgent call for “pen
nies”—a short time since only to be got
rid of at ’ discount—in small and large
sums. In the present emergency, post
age stamps are always worth the money
they cost, and shinplaster dealers who
refuse to take Uncie Sam’s image and
superscription should be discounten
anced.
Indian Trouble*.
Salt Lake, June 30, via. Pacific
Springs, July I.—On Saturday afternoon
the Indians attacked Lieut. Gleen’s party
of 18 men, near Rocky Ridge, in which
two whites and one Indian were killed.
It is supposed they cut the line. The
same afternoon the Indians were seen
along the road from Pacific Springs to
Sweet Water. Col. Collins says they are
Sioux and Cheyennes, and number about
400. He could not cross Sweet Water
to follow. The stage has stopped for the
present. The Indians are seen lurking
in the hills about Pacific Springs.
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Northern accounts report the comple
tionof a Virginia No. 2 for the Confed
erates on James river.
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Federal Mail Steamer Destroyed!
FrderaN attempt to Doaril the Arkansas!
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A MISERABLE FAILURE I
—i.
I Hallwk Ooiuiuaudfr-iuChief L. S. Forces!
&e. &c. &e.
Richmond, July 22.— The Baltimore
papers of the 19th report that Col. John
Morgan has captured Cynthiana, Ken
tucky. The excitement at Newport and
Covington is high and increasing.
Gen. Ilalleck ha3 resigned the com
mand of the army of the Southwest, and
it is said will repair to Washington.
The steamer City of Washington has
arrived from Liverpool, with dates to the
Oth.
Lord Russell stated in Parliament that
France had declined entering into a treaty
against the slave trade.
A resolution prohibiting English inter
ference in Ghina, had been rejected in
the House of Commons.
The cotton manufacturers of ltowen
and Lisle have sent a deputation to the
Emperor Napoleon to represent their dif
ficulties.
The Italian Ministry repudiates any
interference ia the affairs of Mexico.
It is rumored that Russia will join
France in a mediation in American af
fairs.
| In Liverpool, tho sales of cotton f6r
’ two days, including the 9:h, amounted to
27,000 bales. The market is firm, at an
advance of j of a penny.
Breadstuff’s are quiet, with a decline
of six pence on flour, and from one to
two pence on wheat.
The latest cotton market clo-ed flat
and unsettled under the effects of the
news per steamer Etna; breadstuff’s
closed firm.
Richmond, July 23.—Baltimore papers
of the 23d says the Asia has arrived,
with Liverpool advices to the 13th. The
result of the fighting before Richmond is
treated as a severe reverse for the Union
ists by the English press. Lord Palmer
ston had stated in Parliament that the
British troops in Canada would not be
withdrawn.
The Liverpool Post says that the new
American tariff’ will bo looked upon in
Great Britain as a measure amounting
almost to a declaration of war. The
cotton market closed with an upward
tendency.
SECOND DISPATCH.
Richmond, July 23.—A telegram, da
ted Cincinnati, 18th, says Indianapolis
dispatches to the Executive Department
say that Henderson, Ky., and Newburg,
Ind., have been taken by the rebels. At
the latter place 250 sick soldiers wero ta
ken prisoners. The rebels also took 250
Htand of arms.
The excitement caused by Morgan’s
movements in central Kentucky contin
ues. He destroyed an immense quantity
of Government stores at Lebanon.
THIRD DISPATCH.
Charleston, July 23. — The French
war steamer Renandine, Captain Leear
dinal, from Port Royal, steamed past
Fort Bumter into the harbor to-day.—
Sho is now anchored off the battery. The
object of her visit is unknown.
Mobile, July 24. — There has been
unusual activity at Tupelo within the
past few days. The grand army under
Gen. Bragg is on the move. The loyal
peoplo of Memphis may soon have oc
casion to rejoice. One or more divisions
will pass through here in a day or two
cn route east.
Mobile, July 25. — A special dispatch
to the Advertiser, dated Jackson, 20th,
says Lieutenant Colonel Ferguson, of
Starke’s cavalry, with two companies
and afield battery, captured and destroy
ed the Federal mail steamer at Skipwith’s
landing, eighty miles above Vicksburg.
Col. Ferguson succeeded in obtaining
possession.of the mail bag from the ship
Richmond, en route for Washington. The
comments are highly interesting of the
Yankee letters, which admit the impossi
bility of capturing Vicksburg without
an immense land force, and admit that
the Arkansas whipped them.
They evince great terror of the Ar
kansas, her appearance round the bend
this morning, was a signal for a general
skedaddle. Bombarding continued slow
ly to-day.
Vicksburg, July 22.—About 44 o’clock
this morning two iron rams attacked the
Arkansas, and attempted to board her
by the Essex. It resulted in a miserable
failure. Their shot through one of the
port holes of the Arkansas, killed and
wounded Gor 7 on board. The second
ram, supposed to be the Monarch, turned
back, badly crippled.
The weather is dreadfully hot.
Mobile, July 25.—A special dispatch
to the Tribune from Grenada, 23d, says
Northern dates to the 19th say Ilalleck
has been ordered to Washington to take
chief command of the armies of the
United States. lie issued his farewell’
address to the troops at Corinth on the
17th.
Sherman has evacuated Germnmo'wn,
LaGrange ami Moscow, and is moving
his whole force to Memphis, burning
those towns in his flight
Our Guerrillas took Henderson. K y.,
on the 18tb, and crossed the Ohio river
into Indiana. They captured Newberg
with 250 Federal prisoners.
Great consternation prevailed at Ev
ansville, Indiana. Gov. Morion had
called out the Militia.
A portion of Curtis’ army have left
Helena for some point below, probably
Vicksburg.
Mobile, July 25 —The steamer Cuba
arrived at the wharf this morning from
Havana with dates to the 20th, after an
exciting chase by the hlockndera Rhp
brings a cargo of arms, munitions of
war, medicines, blankets, &c.
A special dispatch to the Advertiser,
dated Jackson, 25th, says it is reported
that the lower Federal fleet, with trans
ports, went below last night. Great
commotion observed in the fleet above,
this morning. It is also reported thaf
a large Federal force are embarking at
Memphis. It is supposed they are de
signed for a land attack on Vicksburg.
Charleston, July 25.—Nassau dates
to the lGth, say that the case of the
steamship Ovieto, generally supposed
intended for the Confederate service, had
been brought before the British Vice-
Admiralty Court. Judge Betts of the
U. S. District Court of New York, had
released the British steamer Lebuan,
captured with cotton at the mouth of the
Rio Grande, as a neutral party not in
formed of tho blockade. It was suppos
ed he would also release the steamer
Bermuda and Circassian’on the same
grounds.
Richmond, July 24.— The General
Court Marshal convened to try Captain
Josiah Tatnall, on charges growing out
of the destruction of the steamer Vir
ginia, justify the abandonment and burn*
ing of the ship under the circumstances,
and award an honorable acquittal of tho
accused.
Mobile, July 24.—A special dispatch
to the Advertiser & Register from Chat
tanooga, July 23d, says Col. Forres t en
tered Lebanon, twenty-live miles east of
Nashvillcs, on Saturday, the 19th inst.,
capturing all the pickets of the enemy.
Several State prisoners were captured.
Mobile, July 20.—A special dispatch
to the Advertiser from Chattanooga,
25th, says the enemy are evincing great
activity, and evidently are preparing for
some movement.
Trains of cars arrived at Bridgeport
to-day with shell and ammnni ion.
Some rumors, which havt 1. ’o circu
lating respecting the retreat of the ene
my, is ascertained to be false.
A special dispatch to the Tribune,
from Grenada, 25th, says Memphis reful
- report that a portion of Sherman’s
army left on Tuesday last for the Lower
Mississippi. It is supposed they wore
bound for Vicksburg.
Two disabled Yankee gunboats, towed
by steamers, passed Helena on Monday,
upward bound.
Six Federal Colonels, it is said, have
resigned in Curtis’army, owing to Lin
coln’s late policy on the negro question.
Many officers have resigned at Memphis
and gone North.
Information deemed reliable, has been
received here that Gen. Curl's hung
three of our guerillas at Helena. He
has moved his force to the other side of
the river.
Richmond, July 20.--The following
promotions have been made in the C. S.
army: Brigadier General J. E. B. Smart,
to be Major General of Cavalry ; Colonel
Fitzhugh Lee, of the Ist Virginia Caval
ry, to be Brigadier General of Cavalry ;
Col. Hays, of the 11th Louisiana, to be
Brigadier General ; Brigadier General
Wade Hampton assigned to the command
of a cavalry brigade.
The cartel for a general exchange of
prisoners was signed on tho 22d instant,
by Major General Jno A Dix and D. 11.
Hill.
Mobile, July 20.—A special diepatch
to the Tribune, dated Grenada, 25th,
says the ehemy yesterday advanced to
Cold Water, river is 20 miles west
of Senajobia, with artillery, cavalry and
infantry, estimated at from 500 to 1,000
strong. A skirmish ensued with small
loss, onr pickets falling back and burning
the bridge to stop their advance
Numbers of refugees are arriving here
from Memphis.
Mobile, July 20.—A special dispatch
to the Advertiser and Register, dated
Chattanooga, 20th says :
Col. Lawton of the Georgia Cavalry
arrived to-day with three Vankec Lieut
enants, prisoners captured near Nash
ville.
Gen. Forrest burned three bridges
over Mill Creek ou tho Nashville road,
and had on engagement with a party of
Federals, killing 10, wounding 15, and
capturing 8. He was in 3 miles of Nash
ville. Great excitement prevailed wheis
ever he appeared. The patriotic ladies
made his progress a grand ovation along
tho entire route.
Jackson, July 20 Both 11 eets have
abandoned Vicksburg, the lower fleet
passing Natchez yesterday eveuing.—
This ends the two months seige, during
which all casualties among the Confed
erate forces, both naval and railitarj’,
sum up 24. The damage done the city
amounts to from 30,000 to SIO,OOO, to ac
complish which the Federals have thrown
50,000 shells.
The contents of the captured lot (or bag
admit their thrashing by the Arkansas
and inability to capture Vicksburg.
The Federals are threatening camp
Moore, 80 miles this side of New Orleans.
A special dispatch to the Tribune da
ted Grenada, 2Gt.h, states that the Louis
ville Journal says if the Federal govern
ment don’t take speedy action, 30,000
men cant hold Kentucky.
Brownlow writes to Wrshington that
he fears Kentucky will soon be occupied
by the rebels.
Washington dispatches to the 20th, to
the Chicago Tribune, ssys McClellan is
greatly dissatisfied at Ilalleck being put
over him. No good feelings exists be
tween him and Pope.
Confirmation of Colonel Morgan's
Triumphs.
Richmond, July 25.—The following
official dispatch was received this morn
ing, dated
Knoxville, July 24.
To General S. Cooper:
Col. Morgan sends a dispatch, dated
Georgetown, Ky., 10th, stating that he
has taken eleven cities and town, with
very heavy army stores and that he has
force sufficient to hold all the country
outside of Lexington and Frankfort,
which places are chiefly garrisoned by
Home Guards. The bridges between
Lexington and Cincinnati have been de
stroyed. [Signed] E. Kiebt Smith.
From the Richmond Dispatch.
From tire Valley.
From tho most direct information we
have from the Valley, we infer that mat
ters m e bright for the Confederate cause.
We published a few days ago some shto
meniH based upon intelligence received
from a gentleman who came through from
Winchester last week. Wo have since
been permitted to extract from a letter
received by a gentleman iu this city from
a member of the cavalry corps now com
manded by Gen. B. 11. Robertson. This
lotter coniirms all that has previously
been stated with reference to the fre
quent desertions from the Federal army
of the Valley, and the disinclination of
the Yankee troops there to engage our
forces. The statements of the writer
may be regarded as reliable, as he sus
tains the character of a man of integrity
and intelligence. He says:
‘■The Yankees are leaving the Valley
rapidly. They have a considerable
amount of supplies at Winchester yet,
and wc will either capture or destroy
some of them. Our presence, too, in
duces many to desert, and they flock to
us rapidly. Fifteen in one gang came
up to Powell’s Fort day before yester
day, and live in another. Four hundred
deserted from one regiment at Front
Royal the past week, leaving nothing
hut officers. There is great dissatisfac
tion and demoralization in the Yankee
army here, and if their men at home
have no greater inclination to fight this
war through than their hirelings here,
old Abe will have a sorry time of it in
getting his 300,000 additional troops. —
Gen. Robertson paroles all who volunta
rily come into into our lines.
“The army of the valley were turned
from their march through Manassas Gap
by a few guerrillas. They then went up
the Page valley. There was great panic
in the whole army. Thirty men turned
the course of more than 2,500.
Seizures of concealed government arms
were made in some of the palatial resi
dences of rebel sympathizers in Balti
more last week. In one house were
found fifty-Beven Harper’s Ferry mus
kets, loaded, witli accoutrements com
plete. The arma were taken, and the
sympathizers will be brought before
General Wool for investigation.
Co*t of the War—Motive for Con
tinuing,
The New York Herald says the civil
war has cost tho United States : kGOO,-
000,000, and the “bones of its dead sol
diers would make a Golgotha monument
higher than that of Bunker Ilill.” It
says:
“In return for this immense outlay of
blood and treasure what have we gained?
Are the rebels subdued ? On the contrary,
they seem stronger than ever. Is the
rebellion at its last gasp ? It has to day
more soldiers in the field than the Union
Have we succeeded iu reviving the Union
feeling at the South? Why, every day
the two sections drift farther and farther
apart; every day we become more and
more ignorant of the sentiments of the
Southern people: every day that this
accursed rebellion is permitted to con
tinue, the number of Southern Union
men becomes less as tho old Union seems
more powerless and remote, and the new
Confederacy more powerful and success
ful What, then, have we gained ?In
spue of our brilliant victories, ouruaval
superiority, our numerous but isolated
triumphs, we have practically and in re
sults gained very little and lost very
much.
“What, then, shall we do next? Shall
we give up the war, disband our army
and navy, and let the rebels go in peace ?
Never It is too late to think of such a
course. Tho recognition of the Southern
Confederacy by our own government is
no longer among the contingencies of
this war. The rebels may’ defeat onr
armies and capture our capita!—these
are possibilities—but the rebels can never
conquer their independence, ‘[’he con
flict has assumed anew and asuhlimer
aspect. We have lo decide now, not
whether the rebels can be subdued, but
whether the country is io be saved. Tho
question is no longer the puttiug down of
the rebellion, but the salvation of the
nation. We are in cul de sac, from which
our only escape is the suppression of tho
rebellion by force.”
Tire I,ate Gen. Davlit E. Tnlggs.
The telegraph has announced the death
of Gen. David E. Twiggs, G. S. A. lie
was born in Richmond county, Georgia,
about the year ITS!). In 1812 he enter
ed the army of the United States, aud
on the 12th of March of that year re
ceived the appointment of Captain in
the Bth Infantry. On the 30th of June,
184 G, ho was appointed
ral, and on the 23d of September of the
same year was breveted Major General.
He served with distinction iu the Indian
wars in Alabama, and also in the war
with Mexico, his gallantry being most
conspicuous in the battle of Cerro Gor
do ; and, when the latter war was closed,
tho happy compliment was paid him of
being “the hero of all the battles and of
none of the letters.”
As an instance of his devotion to his
State, it is mentioned that during the
difficulties between Georgia and tho Fed
eral Government, under the administra
tion of l'resident Adams, Gen. Twiggs,
fearing that he might be called upon to
act against his native State, tendered his
resignation to the Government as an offi
cer of the U. S. Army. So high was the
esteem in which he was held, however,
his resignation wa3 not accepted, but he
was transferred to another department.
Again, in 18(10, when Georgia seceded
from the Union, he resolved to give his
services to the South, and surrendered
his command in Texas to the Confederate
authorities. For this act he was, of
course, denounced by the Federal Gov
ernment and people ; but it was approved
by the Confederate Government, and the
old hero was placed in command of (lie
military department of Now Orleans;
but age and feeble health soon compelled
him to resign ; and very recently he came
to this city to reside with his relatives.
Here, amid friends and relatives, his
spirit departed, and he was “gathered
to his fathers.”— Richmond Dispatch.
Kx.Uov. Seymour, of Conn., Op
liosed (o u War of Subjugation.
Ex-Gov. Seymour, of Connecticut, has
written a remarkable letter to the Hart
ford Times condemning the use of bis
name as a Vice President of the late War
Meeting in that city. He goes ou to say
that
“If if is necessary to be more explicit,
1 beg leave to state that, knowing what
the meeting would be beforehand, I
could not have been induced to attend it,
or take a part in its doings—and that,
having glanced at the speeches and the
proceedings generally of that meeting, I
particularly desire to clear myself from
any participation, directly or indirectly,
in what took place there.
The meeting, if I have not misunder
stood its general bearing, is one which
ignores peaceful remedies of any sort as
means of restoring the Union, and calls
loudly lor men and means to aid iu the
subjugation aud consequent degradation
and overthrow of the Boutb. I follow,
gentlemen, iu no such crusade, neither
will I contribute, iu any way, to tho ac
complishment of such bloody purposes.
The monstrous fallacy of the present
day, that the Union can be reestablished
by destroying any part of the South, is
one which will burst with the shells that
are (brown into its defenceless cities, and
leave the condition of this country, after
its treasures are exhausted, and its brave
men ou both sides consigned to hospitals
and graves, a spectacle for reproach or
commisseration of the civilized world.
From California.
The Northern papers give some inter
esting items of lato adviceßfrom Califor
nia :
There was a grand torchlight proces
sion in San Francisco in honor of the
passage of the Pacific railroad bill.
Many houses were illuminated.
The whole business portion of the town
of St. Louis, in Sierra county, was de
stroyed by fire on the Bth.
The steamer from the northern coast
brought two hundred and sixty thousand
dollars in gold from Oregon.
British Columbia accounts on the whole
are encouraging to believers in the exis
tence of extensive mining regies. The
souson is not sufficiently advanoed to
permit of much development of the Carn
boo mines of British Columbia.
Letters received from Tucson, up to
the seventh June, report that Captain
Fritz, of the California volunteers, had
arrived at Tucson on the sixteenth with
twenty rebels, whom he had captured at
the Patagonia silver mines. Among
them is Lieutenant Morrisey, who is
charged with furnishing ammunition aud
supplies to tho enemy. He was sur
rounded by quite a number of despera
does, aud intended to make a desperate
defence, but they were completely sur
rounded and taken by Capt. Fritz.
The prisoners will tie brought to Fort
Zuma. Gen. Carleton was returning to
Fort Zuma. A part of his command
have moved toward Mesilla. The army
is still in good health.
♦-
U. S. Treasury Note*.
We saw, yesterday, in tho hands of a
soldier who was engaged in the battles
below Richmond, one hundred dollars of
the recent issue of United States Treas
ury notes, of the denomination of s’s and
10’s. The holder of these notes says
that he picked them up on the field, aud
was not aware that they were of any val-’
ue. On being offered Confederate money
for them by a gentleman who desired to
procure it for the use of prisoners iu the
North, he seemed astonished that any
one should regard such a currency of
any value. He had*only kept it because
it resembled money.— Rich. Dispatch.
A juvenile patriot of Knoxville, hear
ing Major Jordan [Morgan’s prisoner
brought from Tompkinsville, Ky.,) say
that he and his command were looking
for Morgan, very archly aud mischiev
ously enquired—“Did you find Morgan
“.Yes,” said the Major, with a forced
smile; “but not exactly under the cir
cumstances I wanted to find him.”—
Knox. Reg.
The Loudon Bridge,
That report about the Loudon Bridge
having been burnt by the Yankees,
proves to be without any foundation.—
Atlanta Confederacy.
From JHevv Or lean*.
Through a trustworthy source wo have :
news from Net* Orleans as late ns Mon
day last.
The mortar fleet hadcotne down from 1
Vicksburg. That valorous little city
was considered too hard a nut for it to i
crack? What its destination is wa3 not j
known. Some of its officers, however,
declared that it was Mobile; others
thought Galveston, and still others James
river. It must be doing something, but
we can hardly see what use it can he in
James river.
A lew days ago there was great fear
of au uprising of the people. Double
sentries we pul pn duty, aud some of iho
heaviest of the war vessels were moored
in front of the city. The purpose w‘as to
destroy if, if the movement should be
made. It was this fear that prompted
the order of the Provost Marshal, declar
ing that three persons found together on
the streets were equivalent to a rioi ;
and several citizens wore arrested and
fined for violating it. On the 13th in
stant the fear of the riot was so great,
that signal flags from St. Patrick’s Cath
edral were used nearly all day. The
same day a lady was arrested for dis
playing a Confederate banner in honor of
the victory in Virginia, and the move
ment among tha citizens was so marked
and defiant that the Provost Marshal ex
hibited considerable apprehension cl iho
result.
Gen. Van Dorn is rebuilding the Man
chac bridge, about 36 miles from New
Orleans, and tho Confederate pickets
■•had driven in those of the enemy at Ken
ner, which is distant only 12 miles.
Some two weeks ago tijerewasa battle
between some Texas guerrillas near Ope
lousas and a portion of Butler’s forces
How it resulted is not. exactly known,
j but oars returned to New Orleans laden
: with wounded Yankee soldiers. Butler
I sent reinforcements, and a portion of
them had come back, making their way
through swamrs and getting to their
quarters in a very forlorn condition.
Communication with the city, it was
supposed, would be entirely cut off. —
Sailing vessels accustomed to run to
Madisonville, on the opposite side of the
Lake, are all retained there ; and on the
14th inst., several persons were arrested
for running this blockade and impris
oned.
Trade wasas dull as before. On Tues
day there were no clearances, and only
two arrivals of small coasters. .Several
vessels in the employment of the Lincoln
Government hatD|ome in from sea.
There is a grejleal of sickness among
the invaders : btfF they conceal this by
burying their dead at night, unless in
the case of conspicuous officers.
TUe Eutmy at Corinili.
A correspondent, of the Atlanta Con
federacy writing from Grenada, Miss.,
July 15th, says:
Indications from above lead strongly
to the supposition that the evacuation of
Corintli by the Federal forces is gradu
ally, and as secretly as possible, trans
piring A Confederate Surgeon belong
ing to one of the Alabama regiments, who
was captured at Shiloh, and released
under the recent agreement between the
two governments to regard Surgeons as
non-combatants, arrived here from Mem
phis last night, bringing the intelligence, j
lie came from Louisville via Nashville to ;
Corinth, a week ago, expecting to pass I
the enemy’s lines at that point, but was j
refused passage by Halleck, and ordered 1
to go back to Louistille, and proceed
thence to Memphis, coming from there
South. lie says while at Corinth he saw
large numbers of transportation wagons
and troops, moving towards North A!a
bama, with the view he thought, of going
either to East Tennessee or Nashville
and thence to Virginia to reinforce Mc-
Clellan. Other accounts represent that
the Federal force at Corinth has certain
ly been reduced from fifteen thousand to
about ten thousand men in Ihe last two
weeks.
# Counterfeit a.
We have been shown a counterfeit $lO Con
federate note, dated 2d September, ISOI, No.
0312, signed T. Kllet and 11. H. Goodloe. All
these—the date, number and signature—are
engraved—not written; and any man of com
mon observation can at once detect the differ
ence between an engraved and a written sig
nature. The name of Ellett on the counter
feit is much heavier than on the genuine; and
the name of Goodloe is so badly executed that
no one could ever read it who did not know
what it was intended for. The paper of this
counterfeit is very inferior to the genuine in
texture aud finish, and the whole cugravnig’is
very rough and destitute of any finish cr ele
gance, while tile engraving of the genuine is
very good. The coloring of the counterfeit is
also bad. The medallions of the genuine bills
containing the tigures “10” are of a deep yel
lowish tint, approaching to red ; and just below
(tie words, “Confederate States of America”
there is a “band” extending nearly the whole
length of the bill, which contains the word !
“T—E—N” in very large letters, and is closely ;
tilled with the same word ‘-ten” in small caps.
—this word appearing perhaps 200 times.—
These small words, “ten” do no appear in the
counterfeit: and tiie color is more of a lake,
or approaching a bright red, instead of the
deep yellow tint of the genuine.
Counterfeit ss’s have been rejected at onr
banks within the last few days. We have seen
none of them. #They too are on inferior paper,
and the engraving is bungling. Pool: out for
them. —Atlanta Confederacy, 23d.
Later from Hew Mexico,
EVACUATION OF THE TERRtTOEV BV TUE
CONFEDERATE TROOPS.
The Houston (Texas) Telegraph of the \
25th ult., brings uj the intelligence (hat,
after an arduous and brilliant campaign, j
our gallant little army in New Mexico
had, after repeated and h&rd-wcrn suc
cesses, been compelled, from scarcity of
provisions and forage in the territory, to
fall back to Arizona, whero they had ar
rived iu safety. The Telegraph has a
long review on the operations of this ex
pedilion under the command of General
Sibley, in which Cols. Green and Scur
ry, and Majors Byron and Jordan, par
ticularly distinguished themselves in the
battles of Valvcrde, on the 20th Feb.,
and of Glorietta, on tho 28th March, in
both of which signal victories over tho
Federals were aohieved. Accounts of
these battles have been published in our
columns, and need not be repeated.
The Yankees anl tic Negroes.
It appears from statements in the j
Northern newspapers that McClellan j
proposes to employ negroes to perform j
the hard labor of his fortifications, vrith j
a view to save his troops from the perils !
of sunstroke. Thi3is the sort of freedom |
the deluded slaves enjoy when they get
into the-clutches of the aboiitiouists. j
They are worked to death, in order to
save the lives of a proportionate number j
of miserable Yankees, not one-half of
whom can lay as much claim to respect
ability as the blackest corn field negro
in Virginia. We hope onr authoritirsy ;
in negotiating for an exchange of pris- -
oners, will make the invaders account
for at least a portion of the “contra
bands” they have stolen, though in mak
ing up their relative value it should aps
pear that one nigger was equal to two
Yankees.— Richmond Dispatch.
Good for the 2d Georgia UattaJLloii, ;
In an editorial notice of the recent, at- :
tack on the Federal transports iu James j
River, tho Petersburg Express says:
“In addition to the fire from our pie- !
ces, we had some two hundred and fifty :
sharpshooters lining the bank of the
river, who poured repeated volleys on
those occupying the decks of the steam- 1
era. MaDy must havo been killed, the
range being short and the sharpshooters
comprising several of our most expert
marksmen.”
We understand that the sbarshooters
thus alluded to, were taken from the 2d
Georgia Battalion. They are said to
have acquitted themselves handsomely,
eliciting the praise of all their comrades.
—Macon Telegraph.
,—, :
Correspondence of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Important Rumors.
New York, July IC.—The city has been
agitated again to day, by another batch
of alarming rumors. One is, that “Stone
wall” Jackson is again on tho tramp to
wards Winchester, and that our troops
are falling back on Harper’s Ferry : an
other is that the President has determin
ed to remove Gen. McClellan, and that
the Army of the Potomac is to be recall
ed from the Peninsula. The former is
thought to be probable but the latter is
not credited.
Letter from Gen. Gutter s n . i
nallon Os hi. Order!
Ladle, of New OrJ*an&. E *•
Tha Boston papers publish h,
ing letter, written home by Lu 1 ..
plaining his reasons f v r i- au ; D( , l;*’
; mous order regarding the lad;,. ‘]
| Orleans. Fhe Scoundrel assun.i
lis a gentleman-—his soldiers “
! every man of them G?atletntu s
pass by ‘ common women”
I except to call a watchman if ;Ulr j
: No other wy of treating them wim ‘
j heard of nmomg troops. pher. !
| orders meant more than ;
| upon Lis Soldiers t!><■ privilep,-
j the females of New Orleans hi chat
| a watchman at. discretion. p ur ,‘,
ler, innocent Butter, ignorant Ik
j Transpara in hypocrite and unMus-”
! l> ar , Will as beast. That hehs ‘
j to iudito this precious epistle, is Cer ‘
I marvel:
Heath/rs Dkiwr’nt nftiieGil
New Orleans, July 2, 18G1
My Dear Sir—l am as jealous ■
! g°od opinion of my friends as l a , ‘
less of the slanders of my eaemi.
j your kiud expressions in regard V
; No. 2t> leads me to say a word t,,
i the subject. ‘ •’
That it ever could have bci-a
conceived, as it has been by S(in ,
I tions of the Northern press is i Vf)l , i ‘
aui would lead one to exekij m
I Jew, “O ! Father Abraham w >,. , “
. Chu.-rians are, whose owa b: j
* teach them to suspect the m . ‘
I of others.”
What was the state of thin •
the women order applied ‘ “
Wo ‘Vt-*ro two lifo j.,1. i .
| a city seven miles long by v.m, 1 1 01(111
| a hundred aud fifty thousand
hostile, bitter, defiant,exp,osiv. ,i, l ‘ ll ’ *’ ‘
! orally on a magazine; a spark ouV?! 1 ” 1 ‘
destruction. The devil hailent,.ii.,p,~ 1
; ol Hie women otllus town O'.uki,
them chose Mary Magdalen th j . “
stir lip suite in ew-ry way p . >,;. ,
1 problious e L>l ill it, every itlsultiue
made by- these bejeweled, Ik-, m, ‘
laced creatures, culling them.sclw
wards my soldiers and officers;, from i
-lows ol houses and in (lie streets, ip,
do you suppose, our flesh and bi0.,.1
s-to and this without retort? That v\, . : ~
i disturbances and riot, from which tt .
clear the ttreels w itii artillery—and ff k . u
| that we had murdered the-• fine wun j
had arrested the men who had liurrn:
I Beauregard. Could 1 arrest the \u,m,
What was to be done? No order c0u1,!,.
| save one Unit would execute itself. \Y
! toils, careful thought, I hit upon this-r.
. who insult uiy soldiers are'to be regar
treated as common women pJynnj Uir.:
I tiou.”
J Pray, how do yon iroat a common v,
plying tier vocation in the streets Y<...
her by unheeded. She cannot insuh \
a geuileinie., you can and w ill take no
oilier. If she speaks, her words arc i
probrious, it is only when she becen
continuous aud pos-iuvo uui ance that \
a watchman and give her in charge m i,
But some of the Northern editors ,
think that whenever one meets such a wen
one must stop her, talk with her. it, ult ;
hold dalliance with her: and so,fr,,m Hui
eonduqt, tlicv construed uiy order
The editoi of the Boston Courier m.n
deal with common women, and out ~i*t
abundance of the heart lus m,,nth liny so,
but so do not I. Why : These /„•
New Orleans themselves were at once -iron,-
into propriety of conduct bv the order! :i;
from that day no Woman had either iti.-ui , I
annoyed any live .soldier or officer, and .
certainty no soldier has insulted any u■■
VI lien 1 passed'i Ii rough Baltimore, on ,
of February last, members of my ■i.
insulted by the wsturvs of the hoik
Not so in Now Ui tonus.
Gne of the vrofsC possible of all tin
showed disrespect to the remain • oft •
lantyoung DoKay, aud you w ilt see i,-r
’ ishment; a copy of tho order,which ler,
ia at Olivo a vindication and a con.-tii.’
my order
i can only sav that Ir'otdditsueita/a;v,\\•■■ ■■
Idee cn emiisiatiefs. Again tliankm \
ybtir kill” interest. T am, truly, your friend
I'.KNJAMiN F. PUTLKI.
Major-rUe ii oral Command! t,
A <1 tilt I J3uci.
OuTltursJay nuirning, two young men,
a citizen and a soldier, having do.vied i„
arrange a little difficulty cr.cordmgin flu
code of honor, repaired with at-c tnl-, t,
the hill to the left of Victor’s mill ;m;i,
and proceeded to argue ihe matter with
rifles, in tho usual way. Tin h'o
about twenty live yards apart, and !
words one—two —three—lire were v
Both pulled trigger about, the same tin,
but tho soldier’s rifle failed to fir,-, v,hie
he received lqs adversary’s bail in i
hand He is said to he , member cl ■„
Purcell Battery. The affair wa-.e ;
ted very quietly.
We have since learned that the prir
pals iu the above affair were Miciu,
Glarkc, a member of the Purcell Putt
ry, and Nicholas Menelly, both iil'uge
from Baltimore. The cause of the “m
act” has not transpired. —Rich
■
Liilicoha A u nJ j'nrtJ
The Chicago Tribune expre rei u
opinion that it may he regarded tn
McClellan will remain in command ; i
army, and Stanton retain iris pin- ■ i ,
Cabinet, and that Lincoln is iudfl.
I to make any changes lor the jm ent
| It also adds: “The fact is well kn v:.
that all the late war on Mr Shu,! •>
missed its mark. The man respotiriilt
for every act for which the Met •
party accused Mr. Stanton, was Pn
dent Lincoln, and the chain of evidi :::
rxoncrating Mr. Stanton is ct-mjl ■’ -
Among other facts in the c,ise
! that days before the beginning eflite
battles McDowell was uuder m -;o
i march to Richmond to reinforce 1J
lan’s right wing, and that the IV. -,: • i
countermanded tho order. Tin-.- !< v- !-
i opments change the relation f par:<
! somewhat, Mr. Elantou i s’biu kw,;“ -
I ened by the accueatic-u which the Pt.
dent knows to La unjust. Both B:si. •*
and McClellan are to he retained,
is the belief atleast of the best iuforrm
Alflcn's Typt-tettlng MaeUln
This invention, regarding which -
j graphs have beeu floating around in
newspapers for several years, has at .
reached completion, and is now in r -
tical operation. Alden was a nativ-. •
Massachusetts, but lived in this t'f
engaged as a printer, and devi-is:’ !!j: -
machine, which cost him twent/ , r - [!i
of labor and forty thousand
money while the inventor ; * j 1
reaping the benefit of his jnven n
means of this mechanical type-'=efl* r ’
! *7P e (both letters and punctaW ’
j marks) is picked up, property p& ce;
th£ composing stick, and disiri!
1 ter use, the operator producin:
! effects by manipulation of the Y ; -
I person thus doing the work and V
j eight compositors. The price o*. ”
remarkable machine is only ?■ 3
already a number have been ordered
j some of the leading printiLg an - -
I paper establishments in the cit;
I specimen will be sent to th- Lon icn
i hihidou.— KtW York World
—
Chief Collector of t!ie War
Judge Abram Martin of Moatgtt- ‘-
! has bean appointed Chief Collect:
I the War Tax for the State of AHI”
vice Gen Bradley resigned, be e
that Gen. Bradley was expelled JAP-’
home at Huntsville by the Yankees, ~ 3
king his situation in the mounts;:-:
precarious that he found it imposs:’
J discharge the duties of the office -
i appointment of Judge Martin w -
| generally acceptable. He is one o. -
j moßt energetic and patriotic citik
| The appointments of General Ln-
I for Sub Collectors will stand. Tke
i lectors having been relieved of the
! of collecting the tax by the last Leu_-
• ture, it will only be necessary L r:
j to assess, in order that the ainoinfl ■
by the State may be definitely sc , ‘ !
Sub-Collectors will now report toy-
Martin. —Montgomery Advertiser, -
♦ —-—
Corn,
The price of Corn is steaJiiy ueehn* y .-
In a few weeks the man who g- ~
cents per bushel for old corn, w.
lucky. The fine rains of late,
the couutry, insure such a crop a
was heard of before in a-- 1 i:i ,
From Texas, late accounts repreaen
corn, and other grain crops, as iW,
cent. A time is coming when we
all, rich aud poor, have corn tre LQtjl
abundance, and at living pinns. ,
the war is over, corn bread
enough for anybody ; snd if tbtTt
would substitute meal for in tbe
would not be one-half the *t
Army we now see. Corn was f
a dollar in Macon ten days ago. - 1
can be had at that price. - u ‘-
French papers say France has ’ “ p K-
Russia to unite for mediation m
American war.