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COLUMBUS;
Win. It. SGKI’GGS ®<lltOr,
Largest Country Circulation.
Tuesday Aug. U, lS6i4.
TirE WBBIUiY SUN.
Our terms are $2.00 per annum, $1.25 for six
months, or 75 cents for three months. To
clubs—all sent at the same time and to the
-ame office—o copies SB,IO copies ffe, invaris
i,iV in advance. Address, •
THUS. GILBERT & CO.
Columbus, Ga.
♦ .
Yankee Tax Bill,
The first of September is determined
upon as the day on which the above bill
shall go into practical operation.
Prices in Louisville, Ky
The Louisville Express quotes bacon,
clear sides, at 3£ cents per pound; cof
fee, beat Rio, 22£c.; beef cattle $3.00 to
$3.75 per hundred pounds ; hogs, fat,
$2.60 per hundred; and old Bourbon
Whisky at 25 cents per gallon.
From Knoxville.
Late advices from Knoxville represent
that the Federals made a dash into Clin
ton, eighteen miles north of Knoxville,
on the 25th inst., rifled the postoffice
and arrested the postmaster.
Morgan’!! 11/liclal it*oort.
We lay before our readers this morn
ing, Morgan’s official report, from which
it will bo oen that he captured seventeen
towns, 2,700 prisoners, destroyed an im
mense amount of Federal property, took
numerous stands of arms, together with a
large number of mules and horses.
Cotton Seed Soap.
Put cotton seed into a large and strong
iron pot, in small quantities at a time,
mash them well with a wooden pestle,
and then pour in a certain quantity of
common ley, and boil thoroughly; strain
in an ordinary seive, and proceed in the
usual way, in drying and cutting into
cakes.
From Huntsville.
The guard who brought down the Fed
eral prisoners from Tennessee yesterday,
sayß the Macon Telegraph, report that
at Chattanooga, a telegram was received
stating that Gen. Hardee had captured
Huntsville, Alabama, and taken a thous
and prisoners. We tell the tale as it was
t old us. It may be true—we rather think
it is, and if so the curtain is dropping
fast and thick around Buell.
Jackson’s Men.
The Rockingham (Harrisonburg, Va.)
Register learns from the Provost Mar
shal of that place that within the last
few days fifty soldiers of Stonewall Jack
son’s army, who were cut off on his last
retroat up the valley, and who were sup
posed to be prisoners in the hands of the
enemy, have passed through that place
on route for the army.
——■ ■.
Van Buren,
It is said that Martin Van Buren, the
“Northern man with Southern princi
ples,” one of the first and ablest cham
pions of the Black Republican party, an
Ex-President of the once United States,
and a man notorious for his insincerity
and duplicity as a politician, is certainly •
dead. It is extremely doubtful whether
the world has ever been, or ever will be
benefittod by his having lived in it;
whilst it is certain that he has done a
great deal of harm.
Texas.
Since the Federal occupation of N. 0.
and lower Louisiana we get but meagre
accounts from Texas. The latest intelli
gence is to the 4th inst. At that date-’
there were seven Yankee vessels of w,e
off the bar at Galveston, but no den?M6£
strations of a serious character had been
made. Food was reported plentiful
throughout the State. Beef, mutton,
corn, wheat, &c., were in abundance and
cheap. The Houston Telegraph, says
that the State has organized the equiva
lent of fifty rogiments, or fully 45,000
men.
i -v
The Wilmington Journal of the 29th,
says that Burnside has returned to this
State with part of his force appears to
bo likely, but what his force may be is
more than wo can even surmise. Wo
hardly look for any advance in the direc
tion of Goldsboro’ at this time. Some
raids may be made with the view of de
taining a certain number of our forces
to watch the enemy and hold him in
oheck.
[FOR THE SOX.]
Conscription.
In article 5, in the order of “Exempts
and Substitutes, issued by the Secretary
of War,” this clause occurs; “Other
certificates of exemption will be granted
by the enrolling officers only, who will
receive full instructions in regard to the
co-ndition and mode of exemption Now,
Major Dunwoody, after acting under full
instructions , utters a circular revoking all
exemptions granted under his own hand.
And all those who have in obedience to
the first summons repaired to the camp
of instruction, many paying their own
transportation, have now to undergo
again the fatigue, exposure and annoy
ance of another journey, however remote
they may live—otherwise lobe confined
in jail and to be forwarded under guard
and in irons.
He says in his circular “that the au
thorities in Richmond have noted the
fact of how few conscripts have been re
ceived.” The Major conveys a censure
on our State that it does not deserve,
and I hope he has protected her fair fame
by informing the surprised authorities
how many men liable to the act, since
its passage, have volunteered ; how many
corps of Partisan Hangers have been
raised : how many men detailed in work
shops; how many militia officers regis
tered, not to mention that she has filled
all the requisitions made on her with
men between the ages of IS and 35.
Every one forms an estimate of the
government he lives under by the acts
of its Executive officers ; and if mistak
ing instructions as wide as the Major
confesses to, does not weaken our confi
dence in the government, it at least de
creases our respect for the officer who is
culpable of such criminal ignorance, and
should be marie amenable to a court mar
tial.
The exempt (if he can’t stand it but
three months,) must obey. An appeal to
the civil tribunals may avail him, but
public opinion will not justify him ; and
if the 18 and 35 year old men don’t re
spond, why those over 35 must— and that
would be too bad. Consceibe.
Patriotism among the Colored Pop
ulation,
We learn that a negro woman, wishing
to go “in for the war,” dressed bfrself
in the uniform of a soldier and vs off
with the Macon Light ArtilleryT She
was arrested in Augusta and lodged in
• jail. —Macon Telegraph.
Capt 9^lorse.
The following dispatch explains itself.
We publish it, hoping it may meet the
eye of Mr. Hanson :
l Richmond, July SI, 1862.
■l Hill n to A ‘ Hanson, of Pleasant
ill Vvnl ’ A?” trough the Daily Sun, Colum
’"P”- Mon*. *
** tk* B place, and needß
immediate assistance.
A. C. Ray.
“ Revolutionary Times.”
The times appear to be revolutionary
in more senses than one. In its ordinary
acceptation, the word is used to desig
nate a general change in public opinion
relative to political matters, and the con
sequent change In the form of civil gov.
eminent. Butin the present instance,
tho term is vastly more comprehensive.
Not only is our government assuming a
new form consequent to a revolution in
public sentient, but the morals, social
dispositions, and habits of men seem to
t.s in a singular process of revision. In
ordinary times, man is a religious ani
mal; he loves morality and right for its
own sake; he naturally pays obesience
to something which he conceives supe
rior to himself. In a civilized commu
nity, such as we once claimed to be, men
pay this obesience, in some form or oth
er, to the great First Cause, the Supreme
Ruler of the Universe. In such a com
munity, the Ten Commandments are gen
erally recognized as the proper rule of
conduct. But, how is it now? Asa
general rule, reverse their meaning by
substituting a negation in lieu of each
affirmati on and vice versa, and you have
the moral precepts by which we appear
to be governed. For instance: “Thou
shalt make no molten gods” ; per contra
“Thou shalt speculate, defraud, and
swindle, and do aught else for money ”
‘ Six days shalt thou labor, but on the
seventh thou shalt rest,” &c. ; on the
contrary, our armies rest all week and
invariably fight on Sunday. “Thou
shalt not bear false witness,” says the
ancient precept. “Thou shalt lie like
all fury,” says military “strategy.”—
Again, “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as
thyself,” says the Book. “Thou shalt
hate thy neighbor like the demon,” says
the modern philosopher, “and swindle
him if you can.” “Thou shalt not
steal,” says the ancient Code ; “Thou
shalt steal and counterfeit too, if thereby
thou canst get money,” says our moral
ist. “Thou shalt not covet thy neigh
bor’s ass,” says the same authority;
“Thou shalt covet, not only thy neigh
bor’s ass, but his purse likewise, and
steal both if practicable,” says modern
authority. So of all tho rest. The code
of morals adopted in the Jewish ffheoc
raoy does not seem applicable to the peo
ple of the 19th century. In other words,
the times are revolutionary —laws, mor
als, habits of thought, commerce, every
thing pertaining to mankind, appears to
be revolving, shifting and changing
sides.
—• -—-*■
Tlie Atlanta Press.
Some of our friends in Atlanta appear
to be deeply interested in the welfare of
Columbus. We thank them for their
kind, and doubtless well intended solici
tude ; but are sorry that it is so illy timed
and so wholly gratuitous in its object, as
well as mistaken in its source. The citi
zens of Columbus were not aware that
our Vigilance Committee was a “self con
stituted concern.” On the contrary,
they were under the impression that
each member had been chosen regularly,
and in accordance with the well known
and generally acknowledged principles
of self-government—such as is guaran
teed to every incorporated city in Geor
gia. They wero not aware, until very
recently, that the Press of Atlanta knew
more about their municipal regulations
and domestic affairs than they did them
selves. Our people had given the “Con
federacy” due credit for “enterprise,”
but had really failed to understand why
It should attempt to lead off, iu advance
of our city press, on the local affairs in
Columbus.
Our city press, and especially the
Son, feel no less under obligations
to the same paper for a little well
intended, but wholly misdirected advice
relative to our Telegraph difficulties.—
. We were under the impression until now,
that it was a part of the legitimate prov
ince of the Press, especially when un
trammeled, to investigate all subjects
pertaining to the public good, even admit
ting that a few individuals, in some incor
porated companies, might not relish thel
proceeding. The Sun gave place to onof.
or two communications making enquiry
relative to matters in which the public
ought to have been interested. Others,
of a controversial nature, impugning the
motives of certain parties in the Tele
graph Company, was admitted as adver
tisements and paid for as such. We were
under tho impression that this was a le
gitimate business, and we acted in ac
cordance with our own judgment, never
thinking it necessary to take council on
the matter! Perhaps we shall avail our
selves of council next time, since it has
been so generously tendered.
In conclusion, we may remark that it
is no part nor parcel of our ethics to
criminate a friend merely because, in his
zeal for what he conceives to be his duty,
he makes us a present of a little harm
less advice, which we may accept or not,
aocording as circumstances may dictate
We, therefore, acknowledge the kindness
intended, but doubt whether the occasion
demanded such demonstrations.
Southern Children.
The little children in New Orleans an
noy Butler extremely, says the Mobile
Register, by singing the Bonnie Blue Flag,
and by other like demonstrations. Simi
lar trouble is experienced by the other
Lincoln satraps in their temporary pos
sessions, and they charge the fault upon
tho mothers. Their mothers have just
this much to do with it, that they gave
birth to these indomitable little Southrons;
but as to their instigating such acts—
will a duck swim ? The distinguished
Arab Chief, Abd el Kader, in his remarks
upon the management of the horse, says
that there is one thing which a horse can
not be taught; that is to run. So to
hate a Yankee, and to manifest their
contempt for him by all possible means,
is what Southern .fathers and mothers
cau never teach their children. Indeed
it is very difficult to make a Southern
boy believe that he is too young to kill a
Yankee.
—
Negroes and Yankee*.
W bite men found in arms with negroes
by the laws of the Southern States are
regarded as insurrectionists, and should
be hung just as old Ossawatomie Brown
was huag in Virginia. Suppose the law
was now executed, as it should be,
against the Yankee imps who were taken
prisoners at Murfreesboro’, and who had
negroes in their regiments in full uni
form with muskets in their hands fight
ing by their sides ? Would it not have a
salutory effect upon this Federal prac
tice of arming negroes against their mas
ters. N*y, ought to carry the point
farther: For every negro stolen by the
vandals, we ought to retain one stalwart
5 ankee prisoner, and put him to work
either in our shops or on our plantations,
and exchange him only for Cuffee whom
his comrades have stolen.
Small Pox Iu Montgomery.
The Advertiser of yesterday, contains
the following announcement by the Board
of Health:
Editors Advertiser other case of small
pox reported. J. F. Johnson,
August ?, 1562. Pres’t Board of Health.
Waking Up.
The ex-Unitcd States, “the best gov
ernment the world ever saw,” with its
thousand other superfluous, Fourth of-
July prefixes end adjuncts, owes a large
foreign debt. This debt wa3 contracted
previous to the outbreak of the ‘'rebel
lion,” and upon the belief, no doubt,
that “the tloutheru States could not bo
kicked out of the Union.” The time is
now approaching for its payment, and
the question is beginning to elicit discus
sion at the North.
it will be remembered that previous
to the battle of Fort Sumter, the Provi
sional Government of the Confederate
States sent Commissioners to Washing
ton for the purpose of effecting a peace
able separation, and with instructions to
assume their pro rata of the foreign debt,
divide the publio property, and each
section follow its own inclination in
peace. This proposition was haughtily
rejected, and subjugation was resorted
to. Now what does the North say about
the foreign debt ? Here is what the New
York Herald says, in which it claims to
represent the great “conservative” Union
party : “The late events near Richmond
indicate another year’s war, and an ad- |
ditional debt of five hundred millions of
dollars, to our calculations, to say noth
ing of our old national debt and the
chances of foreign intervention.” The
Herald goes on to suggest, that the best
plan to keep Europe from interfering in
their “domestic atlalrs,” would be to give
John Bull a check on Jeff. Davis for one
half the amount of the old national debt!
Bennett’s ideas are evidently con
fused. The Northern politicians and
journalists are acting very much like men
do when suddenly aroused from a deep
and profound slumber. They are begin
ning to rub their perceptive faculties,
look round in confusion, and enquire
“how I came here.” They are beginning
to realize that this is no sixty days’
“rebellion”—that it is not a little insur
rection to be quelled by a posa comitatus
—but that it is a war for independence
by ten millions of people. What next?
Bennett begins to feel the Northern pulse
by indirectly proposing to accept the re*
jected proposition of our Commissioners.
It won’t do. In the first place, the prop
osition oomes too late; in the next, the
Yankee government is not prepared for
it. The leading members of the Yankee
Congress, the Yankee generals, Y r ankee
army contractors, and Yankee paymas
ters, are all interested in protracting this
war. Yankee like, they keep the names
of dead soldiers, killed in battle, on the
pay rolls so as to draw their pay and di
vide it among themselves. This is no
doubt the true reason of the false ac
counts of losses on the Y T ankee side, aud
the industry with which the Yankee au
thorities use to prevent the circulation
at the North of Southern newspapers.
But this game will in time play out; the
people will eventually make themselves
heard, and then woe is Abraham and the
corrupt, profligate party whioh has placed
him in power.
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Gun Boats.
But for these formidable engines of
destruction in tho hands of the enemy,
and the failure of our government to
prepare an inland Navy sufficient to meet
them, the war would doubtless have been
over six months ago. With but one sin
gle exception, we have never failed to
whip the enemy in a fair, open, dry laud
fight, and our disaster at that time was
brought about by the immediate influ
ence of whiskey. In most cases, we have
routed the enemy with shame and con
fusion, and, in one or two instances, set
the whole North to quaking with appre
hension. Had our rivers been supplied
with gunboats, such as the enemy have,
our armies would now have been disband
od and our soldiers following the peace
ful avocatiuns of citizan -life, or they
would be marching triumphantly through
the enemy’s own country.
As it is, the war has only commenced.
Perhaps no people on earth labor under
so many disadvantages as we do. Uur
rivers are all sealed up with Yankee
.Igunboats. and our resources cut off. By
the aid of gunboats, the foe still meances
our capital. By the aid of gunboats, lie
holds many of our most important cities,
and in nearly every battle, by the aid of
gunboats be has saved his army from ut
ter annihilation. At Pittsburg landing,
we whipped hitn badly, but what did we
gain by it ? He fell back under cover of
his gunboats, and defied our approach.
The late series of battles before Rich
mond resulted in the complete rout of
McClellan and his myriads ; his strength
was completely broken, and his army
demoralized. What is the result? He
merely falls back a few miles under cov
er of his gunboats, and there, with the
fragment of a broken and demoralized
army, dispirited aud worn out by defeat
and disappointment, ho bids defiance to
the approach of our victorious legion.
Should these things continue, what is to
be the result ? The North numbers live
to our one in population. They can,
therefore, afford to loose two to oui- one
in every battle, and thus exhaust us.
This advantage is doubled by the effectu
al bar which they have made to all our
foreign and internal commerce. Their
object seems not to be to whip us, or to
conquer us by hard and well fought bat
tles, but to subdne us by au exhausting
process. They have a foreign credit, we
have none. They have a splendid navy .
we have none. They have a heavy sur
plus population to draw upon ; we have
not. What then would seem to be our
proper course? Does not roasou sug
gest active aggressive movements in dis
tricts not exposed to gunboats? Now is
the time to strike in the border Slates.
Why not doit? If for no other purpose,
it should be done for that of clearing our
interior of the invaders, aud giving op
portunities to fortify the mouths of our
rivers and re lieve our internal com
merce.
Personal.
We had the pleasure yesterday of a
call from Capt. Mark Blanford of Buena
Vista. His company was with the glo
rious 12th Georgia in the terrible battle
of McDowell, where our gallant friend
lost his right arm. He has nearly recov
ered from the effects of his wound, and
declares his intention, maimed as he is,
of returning to his command. We trust
that he may escape further harm from
Y'ankee bullets, and that he may live to
see how Georgia will regard her sons
who have hazarded their lives and suf
fered mutilation in the effort to win her
independence.— Times.
An accident occurred in Tennessee, a
few days ago, to a train of cars loaded
with Federal soldier-. The down train
from Huntsville was thrown from the
track 12 miles from Reynolds’ station.
The train contained about 1,000 Ohio and
Kentucky troops of Nelson’s command.
Capt. Tatum, of Ohio,and several others,
were killed and 40 were wounded. Gen.
Mitchell’s family were on the train, but
escaped, and arrived at Columbia.
General Edward Johnson.
A private letter from Staunton informs
us that this gallant officer has greatly
improved, and was able to go out on Sun
day last.
Comcrlptlon.
From tho Circular of Major Dunwoody.
which will be found in this evening’s edi
tion, it will be Been that many of out
young men who have.- been so industri
ously [procuring certificates of disability,
are subject to re-etiroUment. Many ot
them have proeuied certificates from
physicians aud surgeons not connected
with the army, thinking that this would
keep them out of the tented field. They
will now have to resort to some other
subterfuge, or report themselves to the
camps of instruction at once, as they
should have done weeks ago.
The terms of the Conscription Act are
plain, and its import is easily understood.
The instructions of Secretary Randolph,
and of the chief enrolling officers are
specific —there is no room for doubt or
quibbling—and we have been astonished
at the leniency whioh has been shown in
making arrests of delinquent parties.
Persons laboring ander no palpable disa
bility, such as lameness, deformity, or
maimed hands or feet —defects which tho
commonest judgment cannot fail to re
cognize as being sufficient to exempt ihe
party—are liable to imprisonment should
they fail to report themselves for exam
ination gt the camps of instruction. Let
the law be enforced strictlg. The country
is full of able bodied young men who
should be in the army. If our brave
volunteers, whose term of enlistment
expired months'ago, are to be kept in
tho field by virtue of the Conscription
Act, why, iu all conscieuce, should such
clemency be Bhown the sluggish and
cowardiy who resort to allmauner of lit
tle, unworthy tricks, rather than act like
men. Let them be hunted up, and the
law put iu force against them. This is
no time for a timid, temporizing policy.
Our armies need recruiting, and no false
tenderness toward the cowardly and sel
fish creatures, who wait to he forced into
service, should prevent it. If we have
laws, they should be enforced ; if this
cannot be done, let them be repealed at
once.
We have reason to believe that Capt.
Dawson, the enrolling officer for this dis
trict, will do his whole duty, and it is
likewise the duty of every good citizen
to aid him, as far as they may be able,
in hunting up those who are skulking
tCboU't in obscure corners to avoid the
law. In our jndgment, we have just ar
rived at an important crisis in our strug
gle for independence, and greater vigi
lance and activity is demanded at this
time, than at any time previous. The
enemy is not dallying away time as we
have been doing. He is recruiting and
reorganizing his armies for another des
perate onolough. The whole North is in
a fit of desperation. They are prepared
to make almost any sacrifices, and risk
everything to insure our subjugation.
There is a general desire among our peo
ple for a bold, aggressive movement. We
are assured that the government favors
this policy, but it cannot be done for the
want of men—our armies are uot strong
enough for such a movement. But we
have the means of strengthening them
at once, aud let them be employed.
Impressment of Slaves.
The order of General Mercer authoriz
ing the impressment of slaves to work
on the fortifications at Savannah, seems
to have created some dissatisfaction
among the planters in some portions of
the State. Some of the objections urged
appear to be extremely frivolous. The
first is, that the climate of Savannah is
not congenial to negroes of tho Northern
aud interior portions of the State : Sec
ond, that Savannah should take care of
her own fortifications, and let the bal
ance of the State do the same: A third,
and the only rational objection urged, is
in behalf of the fodder crop.
The first amounts to nothing, and
scarcely deserves notice. The army at
Savannah is composed of regiments from
Tennessee, North Georgia, and, if we
mistake not, from Virginia also. If
white men, from the mountain districts
of the border States can make efficient
soldiers in the climate of Savannah, why
cannot our negroes from the interior of
Georgia do available service as laborers ?
The objection is extreme nonsense.
The next objection is nearly or quite
as absurd. Is not Savannah, like Chat
tanooga, an important military post, and
should it not be held at whatever cost?
Then no more of such frivolous objec
tions.
The fodder crop is a more serious mat
ter. We admit the importance of saving
every blade of fodder and hay in our
power. It is a matter of great impor
tance, both to gorernment and people.
But suppose we retain our hands on the
farm to save provender, and next au
tumn Savannah should fall into the hands
of the enemy for want of proper defens
es. We would then verify the old maxim
of being penny wise and pound foolish.
We are happy to know, however, that
the objections are uot numerous, and it
is hoped that no unnecessary trouble will
be incurred to enforce the order.
Yankee Bitching.
A correspondent of the Chicago Times
says the “Canal” which the Yankees
have been engaged in cutting at Vicks
burg, with the view of changing the
channel of tho Mississippi river, is a
failure. They first dug down as they
supposed, to the level of the water
in the river before cutting the levee.—
But when the levee was cut, they
found to their mortification that they
had uot dug deep enough, and that
water would not run up bill! Whereup
on, they brought up a large stern wheel
boat, turned the wheel to the mouth of
the “Canal,” let on the steam, and at
tempted to force the water iu tho chan
nel ! That was no go. So they Bet to
digging again aud opened the levee the
secoud time. Three or four barrels of
water run into the ditch, but they found
to their utter astonishment that the
“Father of waters’ would n..< mb mge
his base of operations.
A Screw Loose.
The Greenville (Tcnn.) Banner learns
that certain bad and dangerous men, ar
rested last fall for complicity in burning
the railroad bridges, have been released,
and are now at home. Among them it
mentions “black Andrew Johnson, neph
ew to the arch-traitor who has been lord
ing it over the citizens of Nashville,”
and whom (the nephew) it represents as
a malignant and dangerous character.
The Banner does not know who is re*
sponsible for this piece of mistaken len
iency, but thinks there is “something
rotten in Denmark.”
Evacuation of Berkcly.
Among the many reports which are
afloat to day, says the Washington cor
respondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer,
is one that our troops will receive orders
in the course of a few days, to evacuate
the present encampment on the James
river. The position is a very unhealthy
one, and the troops are suffering terribly
for the want of pure and wholesome wa
ter. Diarrhoea and dysentery are very
prevalent.
TELEQH HIC
Moi: (LB, July 20,—-A Special dispatch
to the Advertiser, dated Tupelo, 29th,
says the enemy made a demonstration on
om front to day, with a cavalry force.
It is supposed the movement was made
with the Intention of destroying the rail
road track at some point above ; it go,
the movement had been anticipated and
the designs of the Yankees frustrated.
Our forces extend north to Guntown.
Mobile, July JO.—A special dkjatch
to the. Advertiser, dated Tupelo, 20th,
says the Chicago Tribune of the 251 h
contains Lincoln’s order, appointing Hal
leck Commander-in-Chief.
The act making postag< s‘. - nips a legal
tender is causing trouble >etween the
Treasury and Postoffice Depai t meats.
Louisville and Nashville uains have
stopped ruuning.
Morgan’s whereabouts is unknown;
he is said to be near Frankfort, and also
reported to have retreated across the
Cumberland river.
Boats are stopped by the rebels at
Ilendersou, and the river is blockaJed.
Cincinnati and Louisville are still tremb
ling. The situation of both is consider
ed precarious.
At Cairo, on the 23J the excitement
surpassed that of Louisville, and citizens
were on patrol. Both sides of the river
were occupied by guerrilla?, the gun
boats engaging them.
Gamble the Bogus Governor of Mis-,
souri has called out the militia of the
State to suppress guerrilla warfare in
Wayne co., Mo. The guerrillas attack
ed a Federal force, killing and wounding
75.
The raid upon lowa has been success
ful.
The finest horses and arms were cap
tured at Newburg. The citizens of In
diana did not resist the raid.
At Chicago oue company has been rais
ed for the nino new regiments called for.
The demand for the exchange of General
Buckner is under consideration.
Jackson, July 29.—-Persons from the
opposite side of the river report having
seen 600 new Yankee graves. The Fed
erate have carried off 2,000 slaves.
The 5 aukees have taken Madisonville,
in Louisiana.
A special dispatch to the Tribune, da
ted Grenada, 29th, says our guerrillas
have re-occupied Brownsville, Tenn., and
burned 3,000 bales of cotton, which had
been purchased by the Yankees.
Mobile, July 30.—A special dispatch
to the Advertiser and Register, dated
Chattanooga 29th, says Morgan’s whole
command has returned safely to Tenues
see. Part of them arrived at Knoxville
yesterday, having taken in aggregate
1,000 prisoners.
Gen. Humphrey Marshall is'marching
upon North Eastern Kentucky. Buell’s
forces are marching up Sequatchie Val
ley towards Pikeville.
Mobile, July 31.—A special dispatch
to the Advertiser, from Tupelo, 30th,
says information received at hoadquar
ters, states Col. Armstrong, commanding
the cavalry of the Army of the West, has
taken Courtland, capturing 159 prison
ers and six cars.
Our loss was two killed and eight
wounded.
The Citizens of Courtland were frantic
with joy.
We have reliable information that 15,-
000 Federate during the last week passed
Tuscumbia, eastward, destined for Chat
tanooga.
A special dispatch to the Tribune, da
ted Grenada, 30th, says passengers from
Memphis report that our guerillas have
burned several Federal transports on the
Tennessee river near Eastport.
Northern dates of the 2Gth, state that
Jim Lane has gone to Kansas for th e pur
pose of raising a brigade of Negroes.
Stonewall Jackson is reported to be at
Louisa with 24,000 troops, and Ewell at
Gordonsville, with 6000, proposing, it is
feared, an advance on Washington.
Halleck had left Washington for the
Peninsula. Fremont is assigned anew
command.
Mobile, July 31.—A special dispatch
to the Advertiser, dated Tupelo, 30th,
says three Federal captains and two lieu
tenants captured at Courtland, arrived
to-night.
Gen. Armstrong’s official report states
that, on the 25th he attacked the enemy
at Courtland, on the Memphis & Charles
ton Railroad, and took 133 prisoners,
including eight commissioned officers.
The non-commissioned officers and men
were paroled. Enemy’s loss, three kill
ed and seven wounded ; ours less. He
also captured twelve wagons, with hor
ses attached, together with equipments
a large number of arms, the camp and
garrison equippage of four companies,
and plenty of supplies, including 500
bushete of corn in sacks.
The depot, telegraph line, bridge, and
trestle work were destroyed.
Armstrong defeated the enemy at Town
Creek on the same day, taking fourteen
prisoners.
Rosencranz’s division is at Tuscumbia.
Lynchburg, July 30.—A special dis
patch to the Republican, dated Narrows
of New River, 28th, via Dublin, 29th,
states that the gallant Mojor Bailey,
commanding four companies of cavalry,
in all about 150 men, was sent to the
rear of the enemy by Col. McCausland,
and stormed Summervilk-, the county
seat of Nicholas, Friday morning, at
daylight, and killed and captured the
entire garrison, including the Lieutenant
commanding, named Starr, three other
commissioned officers, and sixty-two
non-commissioned officers and privates,
killing a large number, A few of the
prisoners were paroled. Not being able
to bring away the large quantities of
commissary, quartermaster and ordnance
stores found in the place, Maj. Bailey
burnt them. He, however, brought to
this place a large number of Enfield
rifles, horses and mules. The prisoners
arrived this morning at Salt Sulphur
Springs. The notorious renegade and
spy, Dr. Wm. Rucker, is among the pris
oners. The telegraph office was destroy
ed, and the government operater cap
tured. This affair is regarded ns the
most brilliant of the war in this section.
Its success spread the wildest consterna
tion and dismay throughout the Yankee
army in this neighborhood.
Richmond, July 31 —Northern dates
to the 26th have been received.
Charles A. Gordan and others, cheer
ing for Jeff Davis in Boston on the 3d of
July, when rumors of a defeat of the
Union Army reached that city, have been
discharged.
The New \ ork Post says that the most
devoted friends of McClellan pronounce
him a failure, and even the sagacity and
wisdom of Lincoln is questioned.
Nine members of the second branch of
the Baltimore City Council have resigned.
Gen. Wool officially approves of their re
signation.
A correspondent of the New York Her
ald says four divisions of the Confeder
ate Army have concentrated at Gordons
ville, constituting an army of 60,000
men.
Mobile, Aug. I.—A special dispatch
to the Advertiser dated Jackson, 31st,
says passengers report that Gen. Yilli
pigue had advanced and occupied La-
Grange, ’lenn., but subsequently retreat
ed back to Abbeville. The Federate were ■
advancing on Holly Springs, and were
expected to occupy that place to-day.
Ueu. Ruggle3 addressed a atriogent
lemonstianee to Butler relative to two
Fartisau Rangers who, it was said But
ler threatened to hang. Butler replied
that one had been paroled and the other
would be.
Mobile, Aug. 2. —Special dispatch to
the Advertiser, dated Tupelo, Ist, says
the Cincinnati Commercial of tho 26th
has Washington dispatches of the 25th,
Official information from Rappahannock
county confirms the report of Jackson
being at Louisa Courthouse, near Gor<>
donsville, with 24,000 troops, and Ewell
at Gordousville with 30,000. It is their
evident intention to break the Federal
li,.es, threaten Washington, and then
draw off Federal forces from Richmond.
Stor.ewall’s full force is estimated at 60,s
000, and advancing. Pope is occupying
Maryland. Country raids are to bo in
stituted by the Yankees.
The renegades on the Rappahannock 1
are alarmed, am! sleep in boats topre- !
vent surprise.
Liucoln has commissioned Jim Lane,
of Kansas, to rateo a brigade of negroes.
Pope issues an order refusing to pro
tect private property. No soldier here
after to be allowed to guard it.
The Governor of Pennsylvania accepts
nine months’ volunteers.
ft is understood that the Confederates
will hang Maj Gen. McCall, unless But
ler is given up.
Louisville dates to 25th, says Yankee
Colonels and Lieutenants have been kill
ed by the guerrillas in Webster County,
Ky. A Yankee expedition has been sent
to defeat the guerrillas, who were threat
ening Paris County instead of Bourbon.
Rebel guerrillas are organizing in all the
Kentucky border counties.
St. Louis dates to the 24th, say hun
dreds of foreigners, mostly Irish, had
claimed the British Consul’s protection
from the expected draft. Great excite
ment occasioned in consequence. The
Yankees mobbed them. Provost Guard
were called upon to suppress the riot.
Col. Clarkson, and 70 privates have
been captured iu Missouri.
Gen. Armstrong offictally reports an
other successful skirmish. 120 of his
command, under Lieut. Col. Kelly, at
tacked four companies of Federal cavalry
near Jonesboro’, Ala., on tho 2Gth, and
routed them. The enemy left 9 dead on
the field, 5 wounded, and 16 prisoners.
Our loss was only one wounded.
The enemy on the north side of the
Tennessee river are reported retreating
towards Nashville.
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Engagement on James Rives 8 !
AN ORDER FOR RETALIATION!
Petersburg, August I. —A large force
of artillery, including heavy guns, hav
ing been placed in position at and below
Coggins’ Point yesterday, and sighted,
opened on McClellan’s fleet and camp
this morning at one o’clock. The tiring
continued fiercely for two hours. The
enemy’s gunboats replied very feebly,
doing no damage. At the first round
from our guns every light in the fleet
was extinguished. Heavy damage is
supposed to have been done, great crash
ing having been heard in tho river:
whether from cur balls or vessete collid
ing, is unknown. The enemy evidently
was greatly alarmed. The entire fleet
had disappeared this morning at daylight,
and such of McClellan’s camp as is visi
ble, is seemingly in great commotion.
One man was killed on our side, and six
wounded—two belonging to Page’s bat
tery, badly. All caused by accident to
one of our guns.
All quiet to-day.
Richmond, August 2. — lmportant Gen
eral Orders No. 54, from the Adjutant
and Inspector General’s office, will be
published on Monday.
The first Article states that the follow
ing orders are published for the informa
tion and observance of all concerned.
The next five Articles are in form of a
preamble, as follows:
The second recites the order issued by
the Secretary of War of the United
States, directing military commanders of
that government to seize and use the
property, real or personal, belonging to
the inhabitants of this Confederacy ; and
states that no provision is made for any
compensation to the owners of private
property thus seized.
The third Article quotes Gen. Pope’s
recent order for the arrest of all disloyal
male citizens, who are to be required to
take the oath of allegiance, or be con
ducted beyond the lines, &c.
The fourth Article recites the order of
of Brig. Gen. Steinwhr, for the arrest of
five cf the most prominent citizens of
Page county, Va., to be held as hostages
aud suffer death in the event of any of
the soldiers of said Steinwhr being shot
by bushwhackers ; by which term are
meant the citizens of this Confederacy
who have taken up arms to defend their
homos and families.
The other three Articles are as fol
lows :
5. And whereas, it results from the
above orders that some of the military
authorities of the United States, not con
tent wtth the unjust and aggressive war
fare waged with savage cruelty against
an unoffending people, and exasperated
by the failure of their effort to subjugate
them, have now determined to violate ail
rules and usages of war, and to convert
hostilities hitherto waged against armed
forces, into a campaign of jobbery and
murder against unarmed citizens and
peaceful tillers of the soil,
6. And whereas, this Government,
bound by the highest obligations of duty,
to its citizens, is thus driven to the ne
cessity of adopting such just measures
of retribution and retaliation as shall
seem adequate to repress and punish
these barbarities, and whereas, the or
ders above recited have only been pub
lished and made known to this Govern
ment since the signature of the cartel
for the exchange of prisoners of war,
which cartel, in so far as it provides for
an exchange of prisoners hereafter cap
tured, would never have been signed or
agreed to by this Government, if the in
tention to change the war into a system
of indiscriminate murder and robbery
had been made known to it, and whereas,
a just regard to humanity forbids that
the repression of crime, which this Gov
ernment is thus compelled to enforce,
should be unnecessarily extended to re
taliation on enlisted men in the army of
the United States, who may be unwilling
instruments of savage cruelty of their
commanders, se long as there is hope
that the excesses of the enemy may be
checked or prevented by retribution on
commissioned officers, who have the
power to avoid these guilty actions
by refusing service under a Gov
ernment which seeks their aid in perpe
tration of such infamous barbarities,
7. Therefore, it is ordered that Major
Geueral Pope, Brigadier Gen. Steinwhr,
and all commissioned officers serving
under their respective commands, be,
and ihey are hereby expressly and spe
cially declared to be, not emitted to be. \
considered as Soldeers, and therefore not
entitled to tho betufi! of the cartel for
the parole of future prisoners of war.
Ordered further, that in the event of
the capture of Major General Pope or
Brigadier General Steinwhr, or of any i
commissioned officer serving under them,
the so taken shall be held iu
close confinement so long as the orders
aforesaid shall coutinue in lone, and 1
uurepealed by the competent military
authorities of the United States, and
that in the event of the murder of any
unarmed citizen or inhabitant of this
Confederacy, by virtue or under pretext
of any of the orders hereinbefore recited,
whether with or without trial, whether
under pretense of such citizen being a
spy, or hostage, or any other pretense,
it shall be the duty of the commanding
General of the forces of this Confedera
cy, to cause immediately to bo hung, out
of the commissioned officers, prisoners
as aforesaid, a number equal to the
number of our own citizens thus mur
dered by the enemy. By order of
(Signed,) S. Cooter,’
Adj’t and Ins. Gen’l.
Charleston, Aug 2.—News from Nas
sau to July 30th has been received. The
steamships Kate and Herald had arrived
at Nassau from the Confederate Coast.—
The Herald was attacked off Nassau by
a Yankee war steamer, which tired a
whole broadside into her, but the aim of
the Yankees being too high, the Herald
escaped into port with only one shot
through her hull.
Mobile, Aug. 3.—Special dispatch to
the Advertiser, dated Tupelo, 2d, says
the enemy in our front are repairing the
roads and bridges, and extending their
pickets. It is believed they intend a de
monstration.
Official information has been received
that Curtis has been reinforced, and is
advancing on Hindman, who has a large
force.
Tlie Yankee GuuboMi lie I lie Oil rut
OgecHee.
Rumors were current in the city yes
terday, that a number of Yankee gun
boats had entered the Great Ogechee aud
attacked our batteries at Genesis Point.
We heard very positive statements in re
gard to the affair, some of them to the
effect that a battle had been raging all
the morniDg, and that large reinforce
ments had been sent to oar troops. On
investigation we could learn nothing re
liable, further than that some four or
five of the enemy’s gunboats, who have
been lurking around Osßabaw Sound for
several days past, like the negro preach
er’s roaring lion, “gwine up and down,
seeking whom they may catch some
body,” had come into the mouth of the
river and passed up some distance, shell
ing the shores as they went, feding no
doubt for masked batteries. They kept,
however, at a respectful distance from
the points where they were a warm re
ception awaited them, and at last ac
counts received during the afternoon,
had ceased their fire and dropped down
to their former positions.
Since writing the above, we learn from
a reliable source that one of the enemy’s
gunboats came up yesterday morning as
far as Genesis Point, and opened fire on
Fort McAllister at that point. The bat
tery, which is manned by the DeKalb
Riflemen, Capt. Hartridge, of this city,
returned tho fire, and after the inter
change of several shots tho gunboat re
tired. Shortly after she returned and
resumed the attack. The battery re
turned the fire deliberately, and it is
thought with effect, as the gunboat again
withdrew from the contest at about half
past twelve o’clock,’ when the balance of
the fleet, some five or six in number, also
dropped down the river.
The damage to the enemy is unknown,
but a gentleman who, attracted by the
firing, had gone out in a small boat to
get a view of the actioD, is very confi
dent that the gun boat was hit by some
of the last shots from our battery.
The enemy evidently aim to capture a
vessel now lying in the river above Gen
sis Point, and it may be possible that
the movement yesterday was only for the
purpose of obtaining the range of our
guns, with a view to future operations.
There will, we are confident, be no lack
of vigilance or preparations to meet and
repel them.
Still Later.—We learn from passen
gers who arrived by the Gulf Railroad
Train at 7 o’clock last evening, that no
casualties occurred on our side, and that
our batteries sustained no injury from
the fire of tho gunboats. Tho buildings
oecupiod by the troops as quarters,
were somewhat damaged by the enemy’s
shot and shell.— Savannah Newts, 30 th.
Prom Vicksburg-.
Correspondence of the Mobile Register. -
July 21st.—Last evening the Puritans
treated us to a few dozen shells, design
ing it, we presume, to supply the place
of a prayer-meeting of the Praise-God-
Barbones school. As no damage was
done, except to the already well batter
ed town, we derived only amusement
frem the pyrotechnic display. A shell
ip ti vi-ry pretty thing rising, ctirvingand
I gyrui ioV? in the air and then exploding
j like some gigantic meteor. Notsoagree
i able, though, are the huge fragments
[ which we know (and knew before the
’ liscovery of the Newtonian theory,) must
| come to earth—come, too, as though
; kicked on end by some fiend of upper
: air. I have practical demonstration in
I the shape of a forty pound chunk of jag
! ged iron (now harmlessly reposing on
j the “dirt”-floor of my tent,)whish came
j acar doing the business of the writer
i hereof. N. B.—lt being necessary to
prepay postage, I will not send you this
precious “relic” in the present letter.
To-day (in honor, we suppose, of tho
Bull Run races,) our riverine friends
have entertained us with a brisk little
bombardment of an hour’s duration. I
can hear of no particular damage ex
cept that which befell an unfortunate
! gentleman of the African persuasion,
I who, being l iken a terga by a fragment
I somewhat similar to tnat above describ
! ed, wasknocked into smithereens. Tnus
! Massa Linkurn has lost one of the Allies
upon whom he counts to aid in bringing
“this unnecessary and injurious war” to
a close. By the way, when it comes to
that Bort of business can’t we employ the
colored population militarily quite as
effectively as the enemy ? Nay, cannot
trusty and shrewd family servants be
even trained to enter their camps as con
traband recruits and bring us not only
information, but euch heads as we may
entertain a particular fancy for ?
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The Price or Passage to Europe
A New York letter says: In view of
the advance in gold and the depreciation
in the currency, tho various steamship
| companies have resolved to raise their
; fares for the outward trips. The agents
of the Great Eastern announce that on
and after the 9th of September the fare
will be raised fifteen per cent. The
Ounard line has raised its rate from
$l3O to $l5O for the first cabin, and
’ from $75 to S9O for second class. This
i ia to take effect on the first of August.
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The statistics of the United States
army shows that it is now composed of
j 75 cavalry regiments, of 71,536 men; 17
! artillery regimentß of 19,477 men ; 604
! infantry regiments of 508,745 men ; also
some batteries and detached companies
numboring 17,896 men; making a total
!of 617,474 men. With the new levy of
300,000 the army will number 917,000
men.
Some three hundred bags of coffee
were sold at auction ia Charleston on
Thursday last, at $1.26 per pound; a
fine lot of black pepper, 86 cents per
pound; and the chickory 11 cents per
pound.
Better from ‘'Confederal,”
Losa loLa.ni>, Jacks*,n c 0 \,
Jill vIT 1 i
Eds Sun: 1 have but litffp nev? tv
will interest your leaders at this i
“All quiet along the lines,” and
“situation” about as it was at Hip ■ .
of inv U-t Though tL
j - vuwre at r-’
here is ia high hopes of an aetiv ■ <
ward movement soon. It docs seem m
the policy of cur Generals at this tin,
should be blows, thick and heavy
least iu Tennessee and Kentucky, Ti *
the sigusof the times seem so ; ‘
, for such a cour o.
1 received information yesterJa •
a gentletuau high in official position i
and whose sources of information
not be surpassed, that he had aseerti
| the enemy’s force under Gen. Buel; T
j tween Battle Creek, (opposite ua ,
1 Stevenson, fifteen or twenty miles t,-
! to be thirty thousand, with sixtv •
pieces of artillery. The same gentlerT!
’ gave it as his opinion, that no real
| w ill ever bo made by the enemy
i near this place; but if he attack'-
tempts to cross at all, it will be ai
between Lookout Mountain and ('T
nooga, or at Caperton s Ferrv
I this place and Btcvcnson. ,
| cross the river here successfully’
I only roui to Chattanooga w . u ,\
| greater part of the wsy bet ..
ranges of high hills or moan’:,’- .
their whole army could be eabi!v • ‘ e
1 pieces by a greatly inferior !' ar > “
; well satisfied after seeing t\,T’ n !’ “
: between here and Chattanoe.i, ,v. ;
I whicii the enemy would have t . ‘ 1
j reach that place, that any att,,s
! them to go there by this route y,
prove a disastrous failure.
If they should cross at ,
Ferry, and attempt to reach Dalian
which intention they are suspected
our General) they would have a i
road across Sand Mountain, and a rou
not so easily defensible by the Couiedr
ates, but they must have more than thir
thousand men to travel that rout succc
j fully. 1 should consider Buell s arm
I under all the present circumstance-,
rather a critical position, for it does _
[ as if it would ho impossible for Buell;
get out of his present position aucce.-
fully, if our Generate are as active 5.
they should be.
A signal officer and three privates v rl
captured by our scouts on Sunday Ur
on the top of a mountain opposite our
camp. They had a pood view of
camps auJ railroad trains from their >
vated position. The officer had a\ .1
superior glass to assist him in his of *t
vations. Major Gnuter brought in
prisoners yesterday.
Major B. F. Jones, A. Q M., of t'hi
tanooga, is rapidly furnishiug this Givi,
ion of the army with wagou transport .
tion. lhope this may prove a true in
dicaticn that a move is to be made s. n
Col. Morgan’s Appeal to litenrii.;
inns.
The following eloquent appeal
made to the people of his native St-.v,
by Col. Morgan, upon the oce tsion 01 i>r
late appearance among them.
I‘KOCLAMATIGN.
Glasgow, July 1. —Kentuckians, 1
once more among you. Confiding
your patriotism and strong attar.';. ~:
to our Southern cause, 1 have a; t!,
head of my gallant band raised
more our Confederate tlag, so long tutu
pled upou by the Northern tyrants, bu
never yet disgraced. Let every true pal
riot respond to my appeal. Rise an
arm yourselves. Fight against the d*
poilers! Fight for your families 1 you
homes! for those you love best! f,
your conscience 1 and for the free > ai .
else of your political rights, never u ; > <1
to be placed iu jeopardy by the H .• in
invader. Let the stirring scenes 0! ...
late Richmond fight constantly be I.‘ba
you. Our brave army there and every
where is victorious. McClellan and In
foreign hordes are groveling in the dus
Our independence is an achieved fa<
We have bought it with privation at
and sealed the contract nit:
the seal of blood. Be not timorous, 1 1
rise, one and all, for the good came, t
clear our Kentucky’s soil of the det• -
ed invaders.
Kentuckians ! fellow countryuu n 1
know you can rely upon me.
JOHN MORGAN,
Acting Brigadier General, C. 8 A—
M Igcellaneous,
Three hundred conscripts have
etlrolled in Lynchburg, Va.
Among the arrests in Louteville, l
on Tuesday, was that of J. Birney AU
shall, a brother of Humphrey Marsha
General Nelson has arrived at N’ai.
ville with heavy reinforcements, wbi
placed that city beyond immediate tla;,,
of capture.
The Yankee Treasury Department
issuing notes of small denomination: -
ones, twos and threes. They will In
ready on or before the first of August
The Assistant Quartermaster Genera
in Boston has been authorized by tee Gov
ernment to sell at public auction the ’ *■-
which were seized in New Orleans R
Gen. Butler, and sent to that port. Th
range in weight from 800 to 1,450 pou:
and many of them, it is said, are
toned and suitable for churches and
! er public buildings.
t 40- • -
Col. E. M. Butt passsed through 5
j place, a few days ago, en route for - -
home in Marion county. Col. ib:
j while gallantly leading his regib
was stricken down by the exploding
shell almost directly in his f: • -
j which he has been totally -*
j was also wounded in the ankle. The es
cape of Col. Butt seems most nuracu- vi ’
his clothes were literally “riddltl -'-
shot, and his cap blown to atoms
supposition is, that it was a “Spher.
Case Shot,” that exploded in k iK
j We learn with much pleasure, as ?
j the numerous friends and acquaiutau
! of the Colonel, that there are k •
! indications of the restoration
! sight; already there is perceptibly
Bitiveness to light, which it is hopt
j increase until the paralysis 1h
! overcome. The gallant 2d Georgia •
dcr Col. Butt, has won for its?!:’ f*’
as imperishable as the granite 0
Long may it wave. —Amer us A
-5100,000 Reward,
The undersigned will pay the -
! reward to any person or persons wh
j arrest a notorious freebooter ant
pirate named John H. Morgan. H- “
for months been making raids upo- -
towns of Tennessee and Kentucky, r -’
even now threatening as, of the Je;i
----j city of Louisville with a visit from
! land of marauders. This Morpa -
: sent me divers messages by te;egA- ,
j and otherwise, that he intended t
-1 his respects to me at Lotiisvu.e, a-;
; am not so sura but he wm surpt =
in my office befm the days o.
1 / , 1 ,W.j lie hM if
numbered witn me •.ea.a. IJC
; Kentuckians to rebellion, find n^
i are flocking every day to h ‘; f ,
I traitorous flag. Whoever wn
said Morgan before he arret
get the above reward an 1 ’
be asked. GE> * R. /j-
Louisville, Ky., July 1 *-
— —-
39t1 Alanama.
Having just returned from Tiff-
I can sav for the graMiea.i -■
| having friends in the ■ .Ttj-A
that it is in fine condition m.u
good or better health th
tho Army of tho West, i-- ■ -
was complimented very • \, 4r .
Gen. Withers for it’? soLte’t .-
ance, discipline, and num yiiufc
some eight or ten days og°- so j
ell is in fine health and a.-• 1• 1 ~. eC .
pleasant as ever; Col. Ec
joying fine health. ■ friend^
Before this reaches the eyec _ .
and relatives, they mfiJ 1
ure of seeing those spoken