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R Xutim over five line.s are charged R ‘ W ! OT eaclt manuscr ipt line. The money R ‘V if sent with the order. All condolatory B ...m-v>f Companies and Lodges ore “Obitu- 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. m —** - 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. - 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.