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r „fiday /Vug. 5, 1862.
I ihe Viinkee Congress adjourned on (he
I ;;di instant.
I ;ilt at Turk’s Island is in abundant
R .jppi/- and can be had at seven cents
R bushel.
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General Toombs.
I Ite Augusta Constitutionalist says it
|| .jathorized to Btate that the reported
I of General Toombs is prema-
Personal
| The Times learns that Dr. E. F. Col
■ of this city has received the appoint-
I mat of surgeon to Col. Crawford’s regi- j
I aeot. Good selection, we take it.
The Central Iload.
I This road, says the Richmond Enquir
er of the 25th inst., is still open to Staun
ton. The trains passed up and down
yesterday, without interruption. The
regular train will leave this morning.
Confederate Bondi.
lie understand that there is a great
demand in this market for Confederate
bonds, and that heavy investments are
being made nearly every day. Over
5-10.000 was invosted in these bonds in
ibis city last week.
The Telegraph Difficulty.
Ao are happy to announce that the
went difficulties in the Telegraph Office
it this plaoe, have been adjusted.
Hoopes will retain possession of tVe
office, and dispatches will now pass
through, aud to and from the office as
heretofore.
—
Nt\v Orleans,
Mrs Phillips and Mr. Andrews have
lew released from their imprisonment
tt Ship Island. Whether Butler became
ashamed of his cowardly war upon a
veiiiau, or feared the reaction of the
public opinion of the world, we do not
know, but ho has certainly released the
prisoners.
Our Vigilance Committee
Seems to be in a fair way to evaporate.
Nine of Us members have sent in their
resignation to tho Chairman, lion. Alfred
Iverson. In turn, Judge Iverson resigns
his position as Chairman. Some misun
derstanding growing out of the relation
which the committee sustains towards
the Counterfeiters of this place, wo pre
sume, is at the bottom of the difficulty.
Confederate Victories.
The Richmond Enquirer says, since the
Ist of May, Providence has blessed our
arms with a series of most decided victo- !
ries, at Drury’e Bluff, Williamsburg,
Carhamsville, McDowell, Strasburg,
front Royal, Winchester, Cross Keys,
Port Republic, Seven Pines, James Island,
Mechanicsville, Gaines’ Mill, Savage
Station, Frazier’s Farm, Malvern Hill,
Vicksburg, The Naval Victory of the Ar
kansas, and Murfreesboro’. Nineteen
victories in twelve woeks—very good.
The Policy of Lying.
In a late debate in the Yankee Senate,
Mr. Fessenden, of Maine, warmly de
nounced the habit practised by his gov
ernment, of “trying to deceive tho peo-
K by calling a defeat a great strategic t
movement, and by giving false names to
‘kings.”
Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts in the
:iine debate relieved his conscience by ,
confession, and by an ap- j
propriato animadversion. “It seems,” I
•id he, “as if we hud organized a sys
tom of lying in this country.”
These Senators urge the observance of
l mh, not for truth’s own sake, but for
‘he truelankea reason that the contrary ;
- ourse l 'do ei j DO t pay”
The Honored Dead.
, n ’°rtal remains of Lieut. Edward W.
-If. oi the Georgia Light Infantry, and pri
■ m!i keas< Nos the City Light Guards,
‘ “’ a here yesterday morning, and after ap
funeral services, were deposited in I
\ni c *metery. Os Lieut. Clapp we have
. “ neßr '> expressed the opinion that he was
tHfin ) Ut .°"‘r er Rud ft noble and generous
R'* companions in arms and |
is i.„ i. w 1 m °urn his death and cherish
“ ; h 's memory. Mr. l’ease had not
I -lit f°L'l th , e Berv i ce > having joined the
i ; o, S F a Ti Rt - or their organization.
“Oul.fnroh o um C i? Usn L Utl()n 80 delu 'ate that he
aJS dF,u- b vet th J n been e . xern pted from mil
iSpFC him to d? n t ornpl K ngs 01 ’ Patriotism
‘pouea n.in to devote what strength he had
to the service of his country. It ™
ff M ofthor to fall upon'tlie tield ot battle
S e Z Ve ; , o fo l^1 bo, '^ , ,n( ' et in tife
iormnt i d ’ 40 ,‘he soldier, more repulsive
win oi disease, hut thev deserve and in T
McClellau's Army,
v a T r tV my correspondent of the New
1 Post s&ys ; !
a are trying to make !
ft “straiegy “* m °? r retreat ’ and cail !
The onlij ii i “ e k aow better here. •
I ‘tie iuvitfeiH Jee ‘! 11Dg . leature about * l is j
■ iffh . e Ta *or with which our troops
fJ A_ l a^aiU9t great odds, whipping the
: u mat Ue t VCry eDgftgement- oy eritas
tti,i i 11 Was a disastrous necessity,
cihil D ,- WaS V / ry near resulting in the an- j
Bible loa ° Ur arn> y- “bo is respon
se same writer continues:
Can!*? /°. U lhiß &rm y is exhausted, and
that 1 - from the P h ? 9ical effects i
I r ,re ‘ “r month! It is dis- !
J ’ &a t “V confi J e nee in some
ody although it does not know whom.
, “ a dvauce now, without heavy rein
torcements, would be inevitable defeat.
The Lincoln government still persists
la its unmanly and contemptible crusade
Against the Southern ladies. Two young
iadtes, daughters of John Gilpin, Esq.,
II Tilkton, Maryland, were recently ar
rested in the streets of Baltimore by
a blackguard police for wearing ro
settes of a contraband nature. One
them, had by accident exhibited a
handkerchief resembling the “rebel
“g They were dragged before a sort
°T military police, subjected to a trial
char&oterized more for its coarseness and
want of respect for female delicacy than
anything better, and were finally turned
• ‘Ose upon giving bond and seonrity not
lj give a like offence again to the Lincoln
authorities. This is sanctioned by “the
heat government the world ever saw.”
VOLUME VT.i
A Skirmish with the Tories. B
Late intelligence from East Tennessee,
I represents the tory element in that sec
tion as being greatly elated by the threat,
ening attitude of the Federal forces, in
and about Tazewell, in Claiborne county.
In Greene county, they are represented
as being especially rampant. They hadi
it seems, an organized military camp in
the Northern section of that county, and
had become a source of terror to the ad
joining citizens. A Capt. Phelps of the
Confederate army was recently dispatch
ed with a company of three hundred
troopers to break up their rendezvous,
aßd drive the outlaws out of the country.
He did this in admirable style, and most
i of the vagabonds who escaped, made
their way in the direction of Laurel,
i North Carolina.
The Greenville, Tennessee Banner,
learns that twelve Gs these miserable
vagabonds became separated in the chase
from their comrades, and were seen
skulking round the plantation of Colonel
Davis, late next eveaing. The Colonel
collected some four or five of his neigh
bors and set out in search of them. He
soon overhauled them at the houso of a
well known I.incolnite in the neighbor
hood The lories fled for a thicket close
by, being closely pursued by Col. Davis
and his men. They partially surrounded
the fugitives and ordered them to surren
der. One of them swore he would not,
and was shot down immediately; the
others fled and made their escape.
Letter from the Army of the Weil,
Camp 89th Ada. Reoiment, I
Near Saltillo, Miss.
My Dear Friend: On the 2d day of
July our brigade was ordered to rein
force Gen. Withers, who had proceeded ■
with part of his division a few days be
fore to meet the enemy making incursion
into the adjacent counties of Mississippi.
After a forced march of 50 miles in a
little over two days, we joined them at
Ripley, the county seat of Skipper ooun
ty. To the disappointment of our brave
boys, we found that the enemy, “snuf
fing the battle from afar,” had retraced
his steps but a short time previous, not
having time to commit much depreda- ;
tion. The signs of hia oamp were fresh
and unmistakable. Recruiting from the
fatigues of the trip, we again took up
the line of march, a9 supposed from the
course taken, for Tupelo, but were
brought to this place, the next station
on tho railroad 10 miles above, where
wo have remained up to date. When or
ders for a march are issued the number
of rations to bo prepared are specified,
leaving direction and destination to con
jecture. Why this reticence is incog., it
boing a professional rule among generals,
obviously dictated in wisdom. Such or
deals are tests of one’s powers of endu
rance, and woe be to him who happens
to wear new Bhoes. In this instance
barefooted patriots formed a long list.—
Many unaccustomed to privations were
made sick by the violent exercise.
A portion of the army are hero, and
the remainder at Tupelo. Hardee is In
immediate command. Bragg, upon the
withdrawal of Beauregard, assumed con
trol of the “Army of the West,” com
prising Department No. 2, of which this
forms part.
Braxton Bragg is undoubtealy a great
man. To superior generalship, he com
bines the accomplishments of the educa
ted gentleman. His manners are free
and easy, and his countenance always
wears a smile. With him the fortiler in
re. aud the suaviter in modo are happily
blended.
Everything is quiet hero, and no fight
ing seems to be imminent. The general
impression is that much of the force will
soon be moved Into Tennessee, and I am
informed that it has already begun.
Much sickness is prevalent among the
soldiers. Invalids are sent to hospitals
on the M. &. O. Railroad. An insuffi
cient commissariat aud the meagre facil
ities for preparing food is one cause;
sleeping on the damp earth is another.
Some are provident enough to construct
pole beds, done simply by driving four
forks in the ground, with cross pieoes, on
which poles are placed. Although a
novel wav of welcoming “quiet nature,”
’tis better than none. Still another, and
perhaps the greatest cause of all is, the
failure to keep the person and clothes
cleanly—an indispensable requisite to
good health. Many times it is difficult
to obtain water, and the most industrious
under the ennui of camp life become
careless at times. The want of proper
hygieuic and dietetic rules are prolific
instruments in the death of many. Med
icine is exceedingly scarce. Surgeons
with few exceptions are neglectful, and
not unfrequently incompetent. The Med
ical Board occasionally relieve such of
their responsibilities. When a soldier
dies his remains are placed in a rough
box and lowered into a hole and covered
up, “unwept, unhonored and unsung,”
without even the usual ceremonies due a ‘
deceased soldier. Officers generally re -
ceive honors duo their ranks. How i
apropos those lines of Shakespeare— j
“When beggars die. there are no comets seen:
The Heavens themselves blaze forth the death
of Princes.”
There are many young boys and old
men in the army who ought to be at
home. Youths whose systems are un
dergoing constant changes, are more sus
ceptible of disease than men af maturer
years. Their mental training should be
attended to, for the future hopes of the
Confederacy are with them.
The pay department is poorly con
ducted. Many of the troops have not
received pay since entering the service.
Mismanagement is palpable somewhere.
The wagons are needing repairs and
the teams are in bad order. Some of
them have been sent to the rear foraging.
Several rains have fallen the past week,
giving relief to the dust which under
the continued triburation of the earth
was becoming almost insufferable.
__ T. J. C. ;
A Trophy.
The editor of the Knoxville (Tenn.)
Register has been shown several trophies
taken at Murfreesboro’. Among other
things of less note was the elegant sword
of the Yankee Colonel Parkhurst, pre
sented to him by friends with great cere
mony. On the occasion of its presen
tation, the Colonel made a grandiloquent
speech, which he concluded by drawing
the sword from the scabbard in theatri
cal style and declaring that it should j
never be sheathed until it had pinned a
rebel to the wall, in his heart’s blood
vindicated the supremacy of the Union.
It is needless to say that the handsome
sword is yet unstained by a drop of
rebel blood, and its owner of the Bom
baetes Furioso school has double-quioked
to a prison in Georgia.
Col. A. A. Gaulding, having sold his
interest in the Atlanta Intelligencer to
his partner, J. I. Whitaker, Esq., has
discontinued hia connection with the
paper
THE WEEKLY SUN.
The Militia.
It is doubtful whether such a system
of Militia laws as wc have in this conn
i ty, is net a curse to any community.
Onr whole militia system, as enforced in
many of the States, is a farce; it has
’ become a name without meaning, a shad
ow without substance —in short, an anti.
1
quated humbug. In fact, have our Mi
; litia laws ever beenenforoed in any State,
either under the old government or un
der the new ? If so, where, and under
what circumstances ? North Carolina
and Tennessee have militia laws, and yet
both these States have been invaded for
want of men to defend them. The “Me
lish ’ seems to have been an invieible
body, a mythical something, which gen
erally evaporated upon the approach of
danger. The same is true of Louisiana,
: of Arkansas, of Texas, of Alabama, of
: Virginia, and of every other State which
has been invaded. How is it with Geor
gia; where, and who are our militia?
Have they been organized, and are they
now being disciplined ? We sometimes
hear it rumored on the streets that there
has been an election for militia officers,
or that there is to be a “muster” some
Saturday afternoon ; but no one Beerns i
to know, irhat has been done, and
all seem to rival each other in not
careing to know. We beg pardon; we’
now remember that there had like to
have been a terrible “bust up” between
our esteemable Governor and the Con- |
federate authorities on this very subject. 1
But the people seem to be singularly j
sound asleep on the subject. We doubt, j
seriously, whether a single regimenthas ‘
been organized.
Where are the Governor’s “Militia of
ficers” that have been exempted from
the Conscription act ? We hear it hint
ed that the Conscript and Militia laws
have both proved failures, so far as Geor
gia is concerned, that they have de
stroyed each other by an unhappy and
unnecessary collision. Suppose Chatta
nooga should fall into the hands of the
enemy, how many militia-men could be ;
found to “repel invasion” from that j
quarter ? The fact is, the whole thing
is nonsense; there is nothing efficient
or practical in it: State militia has
played out; it may furnish a fine theme
for hair splitting theories of “State Sov
ereignty,” but it is eminently impracti
cable in time of war and peril, when the
enemy is thundering at our very doore
We need something practical, something
tangible, something that will make onr
power felt by the insolent foe who seeks
to enslave us. We hear it rumored that
the Conscription law is to have anew
hearing in this State, and that it is to be
rigidly enforced. We sincerely hope
this may be true, and that no time will
bo lost in recruiting our army.
Jletaliation.
It is generally believed that our gov
ernment has under consideration the case
of Wm. B. Mumford, with a view to re
taliation. Every body feels the necessi
ty for such a measure, and all are anx
iously awaiting tho result.
It is true, there are somp ugly features
in the law of retaliation, and all attend
ing circumstances should be well consid
ered before it is put into execution. The
war in which we are engaged is a singu
lar one in many respects. It seems to
be almost without a parallel in bitterness
and personal malice—and it is difficult
to see where the practice of retaliation
would end, if once fully inaugurated.
Still the circumstances demand some ac
tive and efficient measure by our govern
ment to cheok the cruelties and barbari
ties of our foe, otherwise no one can see
to wbat length he may carry his in
human and diabolical outrages. There ;
seems to be but one remedy for this, and
that is the swift and rigid enforcement
of the lex talionis.
There Is another feature connected !
with the law of retaliation which seems
not to be generally recognized. If we
permit? the Yankee authorities to hang
op our citizens like dogs upon the slight
est pretext, and suffer them to banish,
imprison, or otherwise outrage the fe
male population of our fallen cities,
merely because they may refuse to make
demonstrations of “respect” towards
Yankee officials, we will appear before
the world as the guilty party, and as
though we expect nothing better. If we
olaim to be equals with our enemy, fight
ing for the right of self-government, it is
time we were laying aside all rosewater
diplomacy and taking hold of this matter
as the circumstanoes demand.
The “Countryman.
We welcome to our exchange list this
sterling little paper. It fills a hiatus
in journalism which has long existed
in this country, and should be hailed as
an indication of better times in our borne
literature.
The “Countryman” does not claim to !
be a /frjpaper ; it is intended more for
the admirers of literature than for poli- ,
ticiaus and news mongers. Asa family j
paper, it will be highly esteemed. The
selections are good, the editorials are
concise, chaste and simple; and whilst
they are instructive to all olasses of
readers, they are peculiarly so to the
young. Those who admire the style of
the “Spectator,” should subeoribe for
the “Countryman.” Address J. A. Tur
ner, Turnwold, Putnam county, Ga.
Jarhaou anil Pope.
Late Northern papers represent tbat
Gen. Pope is in search of Stonewall Jack- j
son, and that all the available Federal .
force along the Rappahannock line has
been ordered to the Valley for the pur
pose of reinforcing Pope. The Richmond
Whig says tbat Jackson has agaia dis- j
appeared from that piece, and that no j
one seems to know where he is. Intelli- i
geuoe, however, of a private nature
reached this place yesterday, which rep
resent Old Stonewall as having crossed
the mountains, and that he is now in !
search of Pope. It is not improbable,
therefore, that these two distinguished
individuals will be able to renew their
acquaintance before long.
“Rebel’’ Demonstrations (it Norfolk.
A private letter now before us from
Norfolk, Va., July 16th, says: “One of
the 3d Alabama died at Old Point Com
fort and was brought her* to be buried a
few days sinoe. A large concourse of
people followed his remains to the burial
place, and the attendance would have
been much larger had the burial been
generally known. At the grave a young
lady throw a seoesh flag in upon the
coffin, saying that since he was not
allowed to die under hia country’s flag he
should be buried under one. The name
of the deceased soldier was Keiser.”
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, AUGUST 5, 1862.
Lincoln and tbo Tories.
The abolition policy of the Linooln
administration is daily becoming more
and more palpable, and Lincoln has well
i nigh admitted, in his late conference
with the Border State Representatives,
what the Southern people have known all
the time—that this is a war for the abo
| lition of slavery. He tells them in sub
stance, that they must choose between his
“gradual system” of emancipation and
forcible emancipation; that if they will
go home and prepare their constituents
for his “gradual system,” his proposition
| to partially compensate slave-owners,
will be kept in good faith; but in case
they refuse, he will not be responsible for
the consequences. The large majority
of the representatives told him, it will
be remembered, that they could not en
dorse bis policy; that they considered it
a violation of the Constitution and a
dangerous usurpation of power by him,
and his abolition advisers. Only seven
of tho Border State Representatives could
be found sufficiently depraved to make
loving responses to Lincoln’s infamous
policy. Three of these men claim to ‘
represent the interests of Virginia in the
Lincoln Congress, but one of them actu
ally lives in Ohio, and never had a citis
zenship in the Old Dominion. The oth
ers are, Noel of Missouri, Casey of Ken
tucky, Clements of Tennessee, and Fish
er of Delaware. It is said, also, that :
Horace Maynard, a Massachusetts Yan- |
kee, claiming to represent the 2d Con- :
gressional district of East Tennessee, is !
favorably inclined to the abolition meas- j
ure of Lincoln. The following is the i
closing sentenoe of their report:
“We are, the more emboldened to as
sume this position from the faot, which
has now become history, that the lead
ers of the Southern rebellion have offered
to abolish slavery amongst them as a
condition to foreign intervention in favor
of their independence as a nation. If
they oan give up slavery to destroy the
Union, we can surely ask our people to
oonßider the question of emancipation to
save the Union.”
This is signed by representatives Noel
of Missouri, Clements of Tennessee,
Brown, Blair and Whaley of Virginia,
Casey of Kentuoky, and Fisher of Dela
ware. It is said that representative
Maynard and Senator Henderson express
views equally, if not more favorable.
Wliat a Yanlcea Woman Say a.
The following is an extraot from a let
ter written by a Yankee woman in Michi
gan to her son in the Abolition army.—
It was found in the enemy’s camps at
Murfreesboro’, and is pubiißhed in the
Knoxville Register:
You are indeed a long way South of us,
and I hope you have a fine timo, if there
is such a thing to be bad in war and a sol
dier’s life. I hope, as you are in it, you
will aoquit yourself as a soldier, and an
American soldier at that. But Ido think
that the powerß that be in Washington
are very imbeoile. Oh for a Jaokson,
Clay or Webster at the helm now, instead
of the grovelling, sneaking Abolition gang
that is there. Only think of the Seoretary
of War wishing to arm the blacks to put
down the whites—virtually acknowledg- j
ing that the Northerners are not able to
compete with the rebels, although three
to their one. Oh, Ido wish that Sumner,
Wade, Chandler and Cameron, and all
the Abolition gang had to go and do the
fighting themselves. If Gen. MoClellan
would turn his army on Washington and
drive the Abolition horde from there, and
let Old Abe alone, I think he would con
duct the war to an honorable and victo
rious termination ; but God only knows
how things will go. If we could stop the
braying of Zao Chandler and others, we
would get along better. Such a repre
sentative as Zac makes me blush for
Michigan. And now we seem to have
another trouble about Slidell aud Mason.
I hope that will be settled, and not bring
on a war with England at this time, for
if so we will have blaokß to fight North of
us, for they are drilling negroes iu Can
ada to fight us. But enough of this. I
hope things will be settled soon, and you
will be able to return to your family all
right.
From Chattanooga.
A Chattanooga correspondent of the
Montgomery Advertiser, writing July
25th, says : “Scattered in various por
tions of the department of East Tennes
see are the following Alabama regi
ments : Colonels, Hundly, Beck, Garret,
Oliver, Sheffield, Woods and fire battal
ions of Hilliard’s Legion. Capt. Clarke
of Eufaula, and Capt. Waddell of Opeli
ka, each have splendid artillery compa
nies, besides several Alabama companies
of Partisan Rangers.
“Troops are constantly arriving and
passing, and it is difficult to tell the nam
ber of troops that could be concentrated
here in cose of an emergency. Bragg’s
army is said to be olose in the rear of
Buell and groat hopes are entertained of
his capture.”
What the President Said.
“Agate” the Western correspondent
of the Cincinnati Gazette, has found his
way to Washington, whence he writes
under date of July 13 :
On the single matter of the President’s
belief as to the amount of our losses,
we already have three or four contradic
tory versions; while I happen to know
that every one Os them conflicts with the
statements the President himself made
to a certain party of four, only last Fri
day evening.
Said tbe President, with marked em
phasis, “I cSkii't tell where tbe men have
gone in that army. I have sent there,
at one time and another, one hundred
and—” (perhaps prudence requires that
I should leave the next two places for
figures blank,) “one hundred and—
thousand men, and I can only find just
half tbat many now. Where can they
have gone? Burnside accounts to me
for every man he has taken—so many
killed tu battle, so many wounded; so
many sick in the hospital; so many ab
sent on furlough. So does Mitchell. So
does Buell, and others ; but I can't tell
what has become of half the army I’ve
seat down to the Peninsula.”
Intereetlns Correspondence.
We find the following in tbe Ithaca
(New York) Citizen:
From Secretary Seward.
Depaetment or State, “I
Washington, July 6, 1862. /
My r>ear Cook :—You must help Diven
and Van Valkenburg raise men. All is
well if we instantly show our strength.
I Bend him (Diven) home for that pur
pose. Faithfully your 9,
WM. H. SEWARD.
Hon. Chaedes Cook.
From the Hon. Mr. Diven , M. C.
Dear Sir : —I shall be with you in a
day or two. don’t say can’t. Don’t say
we must resort to drafting. We have not
time to draft. We must end this war
soon or fight the world. We oan end it
now. We can’t fight the world succes*
fully; you know we can’t. Bat as lam
to see you soon, no more now.
In haste, yoors, A. 8. DIVEN.
Hon. Charles Cook.
-♦
The Jaokßon Misaissippian announces
the death of Hon. Madison MoAfee, of
Uiit State.
TELEGRAPHIC
LATE NORTHERN NEWS!
Halkk Certainly Appointed Commander ia Chief!
i
Groat DlMatlefaotlou Somewhere I
“Rebels” Broke Loose in Kentucky,
Indiana and Iowa!
cfcc., C*tO„ (fee,
Richmond, July 27.—Northern papers
the 24th state General Halleck has been
appointed Commander-in-Chief of the
whole land foroes of the United Stateß.
General Pope has issued an order re
quiring the arrest of all male citizens
within reach of the army of Virginia,
and requires them to take the oath of
allegiance or be removed beyond the Fed
eral lines.
This order has produoed much excite
ment in Fredericksburg, and numbers of
citizens are leaving.
Richmond, July 28.—The New York
Herald of the 24th, says that Seward
has threatened to retire from the Cabinet.
He objects to the radical policy partial
ly forced upon Lincoln by the confiscation
and military bills of the late Congress.
The Times says, the report is unfounded.
Ex-President Van Buren died at Liu
denwold on the 24th inst.
General Halleok has gone to Fortress
Monroe to have personal consultation
with McClellan.
In New York on the 24th, gold declin
ed 2 per cent, and closed at 117; For
eign exchanges were much unsettled in
the afternoon; Exchange on London was
128£ to 129 ; Flour declined 10 @ 20 cts. j
per barrel.
The arrival of $878,000 in gold from
California and $2,000,000 by express i
from Kentucky and Ohio, had their in- I
fluence on the market. |
SECOND DISPATCH.
Richmond, July 28. —The steamer Et
na has arrived off Cape Race, with dates 1
to the 17th. The fighting before Rich
mond was being largely canvassed. The
Times is particularly bitter and sarcastic, i
and treats tbe matter as a decided Con- j
federate viotory. It thinks there are
good evidences in the North that the be
ginning of the end is not far off. In
another article it denounces the in
solence of Butler in his reoent inter- ;
course with Foreign Consuls. The morn- 1
ing Post says, affairs approach a crisis.
Neutrals cannot much longer remain
passive spectators. It points to the past
policy of England in recognizing success- !
ful opposition, aud says if the North
would take the initiative,and sail with the
current which it eannot slew, the ueutral
States might be saved the disagreeable |
necessity of discharging this most disu- ;
greeable duty.
Palmerston, in a speeoh before the vol
unteers, Bpoke impressively, and some
say significantly, of the importance of 1
maintaining the efficiency of movements.
The cotton market closed buoyant—
prioes j to Ad. higher.
Advioes from Manchester favorable.
cotton goods and yarns being firmer, with
an advancing tendency in prices. Con
sols closed 93£ for money.
Richmond, July 29.—The opinion
gains ground that McClellan is gradual
ly evacuating Berkeley and reinforcing
Pope.
No news here to-day.
Charleston, July 29.— -Four of the
crew of the British steamer Tubal Cain,
arrived here to-day. The steamer left
Nassau on Sunday evening, and was
chased on Thursday by a fast Yankee
Cruizer, which was rapidly gaining on
her, when these four men, inoluding the
Pilot, left her in an open boat, to escape
capture. While they were still in sight,
the Yankee Cruizer had got within gun
shot of tbe Cain, and they have no doubt
she was captnred. The Cain was an
iron screw steamer of 500 tons burthen,
with a cargo of general merchandize, in
cluding a few oases of arms.
Mobile, July 30.—A special dispatch
to the Advertiser, from Tupelo, 28th,
says the St. Louis Republican of the 22d,
contains a Washington dispatch of the
21st, announoing Ilalleck in command
in Virginia, over McClellau and Pope,
with the title of “Military adviser to the
President.” Tope and McClellan are
unable to co operate satisfactorily.
Rumors of McClellan’s resignation,
and of publio dissatisfaction with tbe
latter, increasing. Halleok was en route
for Washington on the 16th.
In the House of Representatives Chaud
ler furiously denounced MoClellan. Fears
are entertained at the War Department,
that the silence of the rebels at Rich
mond portends an onslaught upon Pope’s
advance.
It is believed that the rebels have an
other Merrimac and fleet at Richmond
ready to aot in concert with their land
force against McClellan.
The Missouri rebels invaded lowa on
the 19tb, capturing arms and horses.—
There is a great stir in Northern Missouri.
The invasions iu Kentucky, Indiana and
lowa are creating consternation, and the
belief is beginning to prevail that the
war is at length being biought to the
doors of the Yankees.
Bteamboating on the Ohio considered
unsafe.
Heavy fortifications are being con
structed at Memphis by a force of ne
groes who drilt every evening.
Col. Fitz hung two hostages, citizens
of St. Charles, Ark., as an act of retali
ation upon guerrillas.
It is rumored at Memphis that Nash
ville is captured.
Great activity at this point (Tupelo.)
Movements indicate an early and deci
sive campaign.
Jackson, July 28.—N0 attack is ap
prehended at Vicksburg. The Federals
have thrown a column of 4,000 up the
Amite. Gen. Williams (Federal) report
ed at Baton Rouge. Gen. Breckinridge
arrived here this morning.
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Gunboat Attack on Geneela Point—
Tltejr Meet wltb a Rqpnlee.
Adqcsta, July 30.—The Savannah pa
pers of this morning state that four or
five Federal gunboats attacked our bat
tery, at Genesis’ Point, on the Great
Ogeechee river, yesterday morning. The
gunboats were repulsed. No loss on our
side. The quarters in the battery were
damaged by the shot and shell.
Charleston, July 29.—The French
steamer Renaudin left thia harbor to-day,
carrying off the French Consul, M. D.
Saint Andre and lady, who go on a visit
of a few months to the North.
Richmond Gossip.
The Riohmond correspondent of the
Charleston Mercury, under date of the
24th inst, says :
Magruder’s case is a bard out, and not
very clear. Common report says be was
i oertainly under the influence of alcohol
or opium when he ordered his men to the
mad and murderous ebarges at Malvern
; Hill. His friends say that Gen. Lee was
on the field, commanding in person—he
might have been a mile'off, at the time the
charges were made—that Magruder’s
subordinate officers may have been to
| blame; that at any rate he was acting
under orders; tbat Malvern Hill was a
powerful position, which the enemy in
tended to occupy as a base, aud from
which it was all important to drive him;
and that, had he been to blame it was the
the duty of the commanding General to
have taken notice of his conduct during
the twelve days he remained in the city,
instead of recalling him after he had got
half way to the new department to which
he had been assaigned.
But this is not all, according to the
Magruder party. Price came here to
solioit for himself the command of the
Trans-Mississippi department. The
President positively refused, although it
had been agreed that he (Price) should
return to Missouri after the battle at
Corinth. Price determined to resign and
return to his native State as simple Hter- j
ling Price, to begin again just where he j
had started. In this dilemma, Magrud
er called on him, and the result of the
interviews was such that Price went
away not only satisfied hut pleased.—
This is the Magruder side of tbe ques
tion ; the other, I have not heard fully.
It is said Magruder objects to a Court
Martial, but will make a report of the
part he took in the late battles, aud let
tbe President take what course he
pleases.
A private telegram, received day be
fore yesterday, brings the grateful in
telligence that a powerful column (not
in this State), is at last in motion.
July 25 th —I can give you all the news
in two brief items—viz : A cavalry skir
mish yesterday at Malvern Hill, in which
we lost seven men, aud drove the enemy
off; and Morgan telegraphs General
Cooper that he has taken eleven towns
and cities in Kentucky, and thinks he
can hold them. As Kit North said of
Dryden, so ought we to say of our great
partizan—“Glorious John!” What a
pity he can’t iron plate his horses. Im
agine tbe Arkansas on four thorough
bred legs, with a mane and tail accord
ing, and Jaok Morgan astraddle of it.
Whew! How the pigs in Cincinnati
would squeal 1
Jackson is hardly strong enough to as
sume the offensive ; but Bragg is. The
latter has a large, compact, thoroughly
disciplined and mobilized army of vete
rans. He is a fighting man, with more
capacity, it is said, as a Geueral, than
Beauregard ; a perfect bull dog in te
nacity of purpose, aud has tho entire
confidence of his men He will hurt
somebody before long, if somebody don’t
take care.
Somewhere I
Here in Virginia, we have never had
a disciplinarian, except Jackson. Lee
does his best; but how is it possible for
a General to do his duty where the mis
taken clemency of the Executive almost
sets a premium upon desertion, and the
War Department relies on the moral sua
sion of publio opinion to cure straggling,
instead of holding offioers of all grades
to the sternest accountability. If this
system is to be pursued, the folly of
Manassas must needs be re-enacted.—
That Gen. Jackson fears something of
this sort, is evident from tbe excitement
he exhibited not many days after the
late battles, when, in speaking of the
delay of the government, he Baid, hold
ing out his wrists, “If this folly is to be
repeated, then let them manacle us at
once.”
While this inaotion is telling upon the
spirit of the troops, and exciting uneasi.
ness in the people, the President appears
smiling and cheerful to a degree unknown
before. Up to the late battles, he was
very grum, but since then he has been
almost gay. He wears abroad brimmed
straw hat and a suit of brown clothes,
cut very full, in the modern style, and
often takes General Lee to dine with him
at six o’clock, p. m. The latter appears
to have fattened, and has turned out a
tremendous pair of grey whiskers. He
is a fine looking old fellow, even in jeans
sack coat. Hebmes.
Forrest.
According to the Atlanta Confederacy,
General Bedford Forrest, the hero of
Murfreesboro, ’.iß about 45 years of age, is
six feet two inches in height, weighs 175
pounds, has no surplus flesh, is erect,
well proportioned and moves with ease.
He is a native of Tennessee. His fath
er was a Kentuckian, and the son of an
emigrant from Holland, who accompa
nied Daniel Boone to the wilderness of
Kentucky.
He began the world poor and amassed
a large fortune. He now owns a large
body of land in Boliver county, Missis
sippi, and has his plantations well stock
ed with negroes. Asa business man, he
is said to have few superiors. He has a
place for everything and keeps every
thing in its place. The Confederacy
Bays:
He was at F.)ri Donelsoo ; is one of the men
who refaied to lie enrrendeied; and ii the man
who eat hii way through the enemy's line* with
hU command eultalning tut little lon. At Shi
loh be was in the of the figir, rendering
tba molt important service!, wheie hi received
a irvere wound ; but think Heaven ‘ he i again
bimielf and in hii ittrrnpi.
Hii late daihlng exploit! about Chait&nocga,
and especially hii brilliant achievement at Mor
freeibo o’, and the capture of Lebanon, are fresh
in the mindi (fall onr readers Gen Forrest Is
not an educated man; but he reads men correct
ly at a glance. He seems to know everything
about him by intuition. We have spent months
with him and partaken of hie elegtnt hospitali
ties, and unhesitatingly pronounce him the most
gift<d man by nature we ever met with. He has
line conversational powers, manner*,
and wins tbe confidence and respect of every
body arou- and him. One sure sign of a kind heart
is, the ladies and little children take to him
wh nr ever he voes.
To his fellow men he is dignified and affable;
bnt cross bins, and ht. will-wake things up gen
erally.
One crowning glory of his elrr-llence and se
cret of his great suet css is, that he is not a drunk
ard.
Federal Barbarity.
We published a few days ago an order
issued by Lient. Col. Parkhust, one of the
Federal effioers captured by Forrest, when
in command of Murfreesboro’, prohibit
ing all business and professional meu in
that plaoe from pursuing their callings,
unless they should take the oath of alle
giance to the United States. This order
embraced ministers of the Gospel. We
learn that Gen. Caswell, who resides a
few miles from this oity, recently received
a letter giving an account of the death of
hia aged mother at Murfreesboro’. She
woe a member of the Presbyterian Church
in thaqtown, of which Dr. Egleton was
pastor, and had been amemberfor perhaps
50 years. In consequence of the above bar
barons edict, her remains were interred
without any funeral services. Not even a
prayer was offered at the grave. The
United States has thus become not only ty
rannical and barbarous, bnt a persecuting
power, on a par with Popery in its pal
miest days.— Knoxville Register, 26 th.
♦
“Sewing Machine Reedies, to be deed
for the c<>hf | * dcrate Soldiers, Sent
toy the Ladlee ot Baltimore.”
The officers of the Soldiers’ Relief As
sociation return their heartfelt thanks to
the noble, warm-hearted, patriotic ladies
of Baltimore for their valuable and timely
present. Baoh Southern sitters we must
ever be proad to olaim. We feel yon are
with ns, heart and hand; and well do
onr noble, oonrageons Marylanders de
serve snob fair onee.— Charlestonpaper.
UN UMBER 15.
For the Daily Sun.
The Confederate Prisoner.
or MARY A. M'cMMHOS.
Tis twilight in the month of Juno.
Ami from hm prison bars
A youth looks out upon the moon
And counts the coming stars;
He thinks, perchance, his mother's eves.
With sorrows blight grown dim,
Are lifted to the selfsame skies,
The while she thinks of him.
The thought is gladness, for it seems
A link—a feeble tie—
To bind him to his youthful dream-
And joys of days gone by;
And with it comes the soothing power.
Which nature’s charms impart,
On such an eve, on such an hour,
To one of loving heart.
Gay voices ling upon the air,
Os merry childhood’s glee.—
Os happy lovers young and lair,
Beside the moonlit sea;
And with them, wafted from afar,
A dear familiar strain ;
Sung to the tinkling soft guitar,
t urns all his joy to pain.
Oh, heaven! he cries, ’tis agonv
Why comes it to my cell,
a he song my Nora sang to me.
When last I breathed farewell;
When, with a tearful lie art and eye,
She spoke of days to come;
When, crowned with victor’s laurels. I
Should once again come home ?
“Again come home!” Ah! nevermore
My ear shall drink those words.
From voice like thine, my own Lenore,—
Voice like the trilling birds—
But in these gloomy dungeon wall*
My weary head must lie—
Lie, while my bleeding country • •911“.
And here alone must vile.
For oh ! to pine in sluggish re ..
My spirits cords will break
The useless cobtlict in my breasi-
The eagerness to take
Mv place upon the field of strife
Is more destructive far
Unto the little thread of life,
Than all the tolls of war.
But though I sink alone and die.
From all my heart holds dear ;
Oh God! my suffering country’s erv,
In tender mercy hear;—
Proud may she lift tier gallant head,
Above the beating storm;
And from the ashes of her dead,
Spring freedom’s glorious form.
; The Destruction of the “Virginia”
—Com. Tatmall Acquitted.
The case of Captain Josiah Tatnall,
late commander of the steamer Virginia,
which has occupied the attention of the
Naval Court of Inquiry in this city for
some time past, has at length been dis
posed of in a manner gratifying to that
officer and his friends, whatever may be
the difference of public opinion concern
ing the matter. The charge was the
“Culpable destruction of an armed stea
mer of the Confederate Slates Navy;”
the second, “Negligence,” and the third
“Improvident Conduct.” The Court,
having maturely considered the evidence
adduced, came to the conclusion that ihe
several specifications were not proved,
and found that the accused was “not
guilty” of either charge. We append an
extract from the proceedings in the case :
The Court do further find that the ac
cused had, while in command of the Vir
ginia, and previous to the evacuation of
Norfolk, thrown down the gage of bat
tle to the enemy's fleet in Hampton Roads,
and that the enemy had declined to take
it up—that the day before Norfolk was
evacuated a consultation, at the instanoe
of the Secretary of the Navy, was held
by a joint commission of Navy and Army
officers, as to the best disposition to be
made of the ship—that the accused was
in favor of passing Fortress Monroe, and
taking the ship into York river, or of
running down before Savannah with her
—that iD this he was overruled by the
oouncil, who advised that she should re
main on this side of Fortress Monroe for
the protection of Norfolk and Richmond,
and that, in accordance with this advice,
he proceeded to regulate her movements
—that after the evacuation of Norfolk, ‘
Westover, on James river, became the
most suitable position for her to occupy
—that while in the act of lightening her 1
for the purpose of taking her up to that
point, the pilots for the first time de
clared their inability to take her up, even
though her draft should be reduced to
its minimum of eighteen feet—that by
the evacuation of Norfolk and the aban
donment of our forts below Westover, :
both banks of the James river below
that point were virtually given up to the
enemy—that the ship being thus cut off
from Norfolk and Richmond, was de
prived of all outward sources of supply,
save those of the most precarious and
uncertain character—that her store of
provisions would not last for more than
three weeks—that when lightened she
was made vulnerable to the attacks of
the enemy, and that after having been
lightened there were no available means
of bringing her down to her proper draft
and fighting trim, and that she had but i
two small boats, each capable of lauding j
not more th&u fifteen or eighteen men at
a time, even in smooth water. Buch be
ing the facts and circumstances under
the influence of which the Virginia found
herself after the evaoualion of Norfolk,
it was, in the opinion of the Court, only
necessary for the enemy to continue to
refuse battle, as he had done since it was
first offered by Captain Tatnall early in
April, and thenceforward to keep a strict
watch about the Virginia, in order, when
her provisions were exhausted, to make
her bis prize and the crew his prisoners.
Being thus situated, the only alterna
tive, in the opinion of the Court, was to
abandon and burn the ship, then and
there, which, in the judgment of the
Court, was deliberately and wisely done
by order of the accused.
Wherefore, the Court do award to the j
said Captain Josiah Tatnall an honorable
acquittal.— Richmond Dispatch.
Col. Tennent Lomax.
The remains of the lamented Col. Lo
max of the Third Alabama Regiment, ars
rived in this city on Sunday, and were
received at the depot by a squad of the
Montgomery True Blues, a company
which the deceased formerly commanded.
Col. Lomax was killed at the battle of
Seven Pines, on the 31st of May last,
and hie body had been buried near where
he fell. A short time since his resting
place was discovered by his friends, his
remains were diSinlered, and sent to
Alabama for interment. Funeral services
were held at the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and just at dark on Sunday
evening the remains were deposited in
their final resting place in the city ceme
tery. The large audience at the church
and the large conoourse of people which
followed to the grave, attested the strong
feeling of affection for the deceased
among the people of Montgomery. A
kind husband and father, and a noble
man, and a gallant soldier has gone to
rest. —Montgomery Advertiser , 29 th.
Water Drinking,
Improper drinking of water has killed
thousands. There have been instances
where thirsty armies, after long marches,
have come to some river, when the men
would be down on their faces anti quaff
an inordinate quantity of water with
these results: some die almost instantly,
others become crazy and stagger like
drunken men. Avoid drinking water a3
much as possible while marching. When
you feel dry rinse the mouth with water,
but do not swallow it. Drink only when
resting, or before the word is given to
march. Men when heated should not
drink anything cold. In a state of sper
epiration, ice water only aggravates
thirst. Drink slowly ; half a tumbler of
water will suffice the thirstieth man in
the world, if he drinks by sips. Take
from twenty-five to one hundred sips,
and swallow each time—it will quenoh
thirst better than a quart drunk in the
usual manner. In fact, it is almost im
possible to get down a full glass of water i
taken in this way.
Manager W. H. Crisp, with a dramatic (
company, commenced a season at the
Columbia Varieties on Monday evening
last.
ny Stibtenbert
recfivinj the pope”
i.'ilh thin notice
marked, are in
formed their time
>s about out, and
Oult they m utt outlet
a rcmitto.nc- if they
•oiih the p-.'.fir con
tinued ss€(-;n>ts ■>.
err! colufltn.*®#
ihe War ta Virginia.
From the Richmond Examiner, 28th ind
1 The Enemy at the White House.
j On Saturday evening the enemy landed
i from barges a considerable force of in
fantry at West Point and the White
House Our pickets, stationed at the
latte* place, wets driven in, and
hands at work on York Eire* real rrs*
forced to step operation? end letmn it*
‘ U>e direction of Richmond- Iho object
of this visit of the \ ankees is tupposed
. to have been to interrupt the removal by
j our men of the plunder left by their bae
-1 ty evacuation of the twenty-seventh ulti
®°. if this was their object they post
poned their visit to too late a day.
Everything of value that was moveable
Las already been brought to this city.
, It is possible they may have had other
designs, which are as yet unknown.
Movements of the Enemy Below
Richmond, lor two days past an opin
i ion b3 been gaining ground here,
strengthened by vague rumors from
| Charles City and James City counties,
I that McClellan, having strongly fortified
| himself at Wcstover and Berkely, is
sending a large portion of his army
across the country to York river, whence
they will hasten by transports to roin
force General Pope. W’e have no means
at hand of verifying this opinion, and
merely give it for what it may be worth,
j We will, however, add that the plan
provided McClellan can spare the men
presents few difficulties. FromWeßtover
to Ferry Point, on the York river, the
distance by the county roads crossing the
Chickahominy at Cole’s Ferry, just be
j low the mouth of Diamond creek, is lit
tle over twenty-five miles. The country
is level and the roads are usually good.
From Charlottesville. —The Lynch
, burg Republican has a letter datod Char
lottsville, July L’Oth. It was reported in
j that town that the Yankees, four tbou
’ sand strong, were marching on Staunton
The hospital iu the University build
i ings, on account of the extraordinary
j mortality in them, had been broken up
i by order of the Secretary of War and
the sick and wounded sent to other hos
pitals.
The regular session of the University
will commence on the 11th of October
next.
From Fredericksburg.— Through pri
vate sources we have advices from Fred
ericksburg to the 2oth inst.:
Gen. Pope has issued au order estab
lishing his headquarters at Fredericks
burg, and requiring every citizen to take
the oath of allegiance to the United
i States Government or leave the town.—
The oath is to be administered to-day.
All refusiug to take it must leave iustant
■ ly and not return under pain of death.
In ordinary times the population of
| Fredericksburg was, negroes included,
between 5 and G,OOO souls. Many fam
ilies have removed elsewhere since the
war : the young men have all entered the
Confederate service, and a week ago there
were not supposed to be more than three
j hundred resident citizens. Os these,
■ upwards of twenty have been arrested,
and many more have run off to avoid ar
rest within the past four days. There
will not, therefore, remain to-day more
1 than two hundred citizens to whom the
; oath will be offered. As to the number
i who will probably consent to take it
j there are two opinions. We await the
! result of the test with much interest.
■ It must not be presumed, because Pope
has made Fredericksburg his headquar
j ters, that he will mass his troops in or
near the town. For months it has been
the headquarters of first one and then
| another general, but they have kept the
main body of their forces on the north
bank of the Rappahannock. Pope will,
doubtless, do the same. He will there
by be in easy communication with Wash
ington by the Aquia creek railway, and
with Fortress Monroe and the North by
the Rappahannock river, while the latter
stream will protect him from a surprise
in front.
Incidents of tbe Bottle of Murfrees
boro’— Captain Haney.
As Col. Forrest’s command were
marching through Cannon county, on
i their way to Murfreesboro’, the citizens
i crowded the thoroughfares cheering our
gallant men with every demonstration of
joy. The ladies everywhere were par-
I ticularly enthusiastic. Some of the citi
i zens of Cannon had been arrested and
weiTe confined in prison at Murfreesboro’.
TANARUS! t\ ladies besought our men with tears
itHfueir* eyes to rescue their husbands
! and fathers from the hands of the tyrant.
; Oue little girl ran up to that old patriot
; and soldier, Capt. Haney, of the Ist
! Georgia Cavalry, and wringing her hands
implored him to bring her father back to
her again. The old man turned to her
with his whole soul beaming in his face,
and exclaimed while the manly tear
| started to his eye—“l will my daughter,
I will!” The result proved the truth of
his words. The Captain was the first to
enter the Court House where the prison
ers were confined—and that child’s heart
has been made glad by the safe return of
the father to the household roof.
As our little army went dashing into
Murfreesboro’ awaking the echoes by the
j rattling of their horses’ hoofs “o’er the
| stony streets,” the whole population was
aroused from their slumbers, and rushed
j to their windows, balconies and veran
das, with every demonstration of delight.
Ladies could be seen kneeling in postures
of thankfulness to heaven for the day of
I their deliverance. As the morning ad
vanced, and as the fight thickened, the
same fair ones were in the streets, in
spite of the whistling of balls, and the
| rain of lead, administering to the wants
i of our soldiers, filling tbeir canteens with
water, and their haversacks with an
abundance of provisions. Unheeding the
shots from the enemy’s guns, they
thought only of the conduct of their gal
lant champions. One lady received a
■ ball through her dress, whilst, another
had her parasol shot from her hand, the
j ball passiug within two inches of her
! jeweled fingers. Such heroism has never
t>een known in the annals of war; and
will illuminate to the remotest genera
tion the history of our glorious land.
A company of Federals were in pos
session of the Court House, and were
shooting our 30tdiers in all directions
j from the windows above. Col. Morris
| son, (Ist Georgia) dismounted three of
: his companies and ordered thtm to
charge Ine building, which they did in
gallant sijb., rushing through the pub
lic squ'i..; tn the doors of the edifice,
under * most galling lire of musketry
’ Cousciou ■ that the ioss of life to our men
I would be terribie by aiiempitug to pass
up the stairway, the building was intme
’ diateiy set on tire, when the Yankees
above bawled out lustily tor quarter.—
■ The fire was extinguished, toe whole
company surrendered, and our imprison
ed fellow-citizens were bapiiy released.
j Old Capt Haney was the first roan to eu
| ter the Court House to receive in his
j arms tbe liberated captives,
i Late in the day Col. Morrison was
■ surprised to see the old hero rushing
! towards him frantic with joy; and ex
claiming, “Colonel, I’ll be d—d if I hav
en’t taken General Crittenden and all his
, staff!” “You don’t say so. Captain.”
answered the Colonei “If I haven’t
there’s no hell!” exclaimed the old man.
and passed on to new deeds of heroism
and of glory.
Capt. Haney is near sixty years of
age, and commands a company from
Floyd and Polk counties in Georgia.—
His men love him aB a father. He is &
great favorite with his entire regiment,
and wherever he goes with his genial and
benignant face, and hi3 paternal fond
ness for the boy3, he is greeted with en
thusiasm, and blessed with the heart of
fering of those to whom he is so dear.—
Register.
Mr. A. H. Dawson, of Mobile, announ
ced his intention to dedicate to the peo
ple of Alabama a volume of memoirs,
which shall embrace the history of every
Alabamian who has fallen or may fall in
this war, either in action, or from dis
ease contracted while in the servioe of
the Confederacy. He requests the rela*
tives and friends of the fallen to assist
him in the work by furnishing him with
all the information in their power.