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The Case of Mumford.
Tiio Richmond correspondent of the
Charleston Mercury, ea y S , the case of
Mumford was taken in hand some time
ago by the Confederate Government and
is still pending, owing to the delay of the
Lincoln dynasty in replying to communi
cations sent them by our authorities.
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Flour lu Chicago,
The following table shows the amount of
flour, wheat and corn in store in Chicago on
the 21st ult., compared with the amount in
store a week since, and that in store at the
same period in 1861:
July 21. July 14. July 22.
... , , 1862. 1862. 1861.
f. , our > barrels, 14,226 38.900 12,144
Wheat bush’ls, 772,889 906,317 260,259
torn, barrels, 2,938,004 3,242,491 1,302,910
Confederate Prisoners.
Among the exchanged prisoners re
cently arrived in Richmond, we notice
the names of Second Lieut. J. K. Deckro,
12th Ga. Reg.—taken at Front Royal.
Major T. Graybill, 28th Ga. Reg.—
Seven Pines.
Second Lieut. W. 0. Clegg, 14th Ga.
Reg.—Seven Pines.
Maj. H. A. Hervert, Bth Ala. Reg.—
Seven Pines.
First Lieut. W. J. M. Preston, 14th
Ga. Reg.—Seven Pines.
Second Lieut. J. R. R. Miller, 4‘Jth Ga.
Reg.—Seven Pines.
“No Store Ditches.”
After the rout of Manassas, when Mc-
Clellan was called upon to retrieve the
disasters of the Grand Army, says the
Mobile Register, it was reported in Nor
thern papers that he had instituted a
rigid system of bayonet drill, and had
given out that thero were to be “no more
Bull Runs.” We cannot vouch for the
authenticity of the statement which was
made after the battle of Leesburg, but
it was said that ho was teaching his
troops to swim, and had proclaimed that
there were to be “no more Ball Bluffs.”
Now we find, from the New York World,
an article half apologetic for McClellan,
with the title “No more ditches. We
wait with interest to seo what next there
is to be no more of.
Vessel Capture.!,
We ieara from the Savannah papers
that the steamer Lodona, from Nassau,
attempted to enter Tybee, but was finally
captured by a blockader noar Hcllgate,
on Saturday last. From the acoounts
given, we take it that her failure to run
the blockade and enter the port in safety
waß owing more to the incompetency or
timidity of her captain than to any in
herent difficulties attending the adven
ture. The Lodona is said to bo about
1,000 tonß burthen, and contained a very
valuable cargo, consisting principally of
drugs, medioines, chemicals, arms, and
other articles of value to the Confede
racy. She was taken in charge of the
blockading steamer Monday night, and
towed in the direction of Port Iloyal.
The Schoooner Agnes was taken on the
10th ult., two and a half miles off Abaco
light and carried to Key West. Her owns
cr is said to have gone to Key West to
claim her, and that there is a probability
of her being recovered, as she was a
British wrecker.
Letter from a Columbus Volunteer
—The Names of those Captured.
In Camp near Malvern Hill, Va.,\
August 6, ISG2. j
Eds. Sun: On Monday morning at day
break our (17th Ga.) regiment received
orders to prepare and march to Malvern
Hill, on picket duty. The regiment was
formed, aud on we went. We heard and
saw of the enemy at times during the
day, but nothing occurred until Tuesday
morning. When we arose that day we
found that the enemy had been landing
troops for the purpose of attacking us,
(as Malvern Hill is now a great position
for either party holding it.) They formed
and attacked our little regiment, when to
our surprise we found we were complete
ly cut off, but owing to the knowledge
and experience of our Major, wo came
out of it with only a small loss of prison
ers. The enemy now hold Malvern Hill.
The force they led upon us was supposed
to be two brigades. Everything else
is quiet. The following is a list of the
members of our company (the Columbus
Volunteers) that were taken prisoners :
Orderly Sergeant Samuel R. Jaques,
Privates Thomas J. Young, Augustus L
Short, Wm. T. Cousins, George W. Mad
dox, Wm. Bently, Berry Bently, A. J.
Pope, and H. V. Talbot.
The regiment is still on picket.
A Columbus Volunteer,
Overcoats in August.
A Knoxville correspondent of the En
quirer, writing August Ist, says :
“Camp ‘Convalescence’ really resem
bles a live Yankee oamp. You can scarce
turn a corner in Knoxville but what you
meet with a man sporting a fine blue
overcoat with its long cape.”
From the description here given, the
“fine blue overcoat with its long capes”
is evidently icinter apparel. We are there
fore a little curious to know if our boys
are actually wearing these things in Au
gust, when the thermometer ranges from
70 to 90 degrees 1
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From the Kaleigh Journal, of the sth.
Important From Kinston.
Goldsboro’, N. C., August 3.—A spe
cial dispatch from Goldsboro’, dated yes- j
terday (Sunday,) states that dispatches
had been received from Kinston, announ- j
cing that the enemy were advancing their
land forces in two columns by the Trent j
and Dover roads, and their gunboats by
the Neuse river, the latter shelling the
woods as they advance.
The river is quite high from the late -
rains.
The firing of the boats was distinctly
heard at our camps near Kinston.
Col. Solomon Williams, acting Briga
dier General, had moved down to meet ,
the Yankees, and will give them a warm
reception at Kinston.
Small Pox in Montgomery.
We regret to notice that the small pox
is still on the increase in Montgomery.
I; our new cases was reported by the
Board of Health on Tuesesday. All
cases have been removed to the hospital.
It is hoped that prompt and efficient
measures will be taken to arrest the
malady.
Yellow Fever.
The Jackson Mississippian is informed
by a gentleman who conversed with the
Yankee prisoners taken from the trans
port at Island 82, that the Yellow Fever
is prevailing on the fleet, or its equiva
lent, the black vomit.
Run the Blockade.
Mobile, Aug. B.—A schooner from Ha
pana. ran the blockade here yesterday
vercuMT* Her cargo is P owder , lead,
words' 4Mp: COff “’ oaT, “ lry
j Johnson and Browftlovr,
j 111 the summer of 1853, politics ran
high in Tennessee. Andy Johnson, Lin
coln’s present “Military Governor,” was
the nominee of the democracy for Guber
natorial honors. H e wag opposed by a
! man of ordinar y ability, and at that time
! a groat loTer of spirits more ardent than
j * lB oW£J —the regular uomiueo of the
| “American” party-and also the ciiarn
! P lon of lhe “Maine Liquor Law” party!
■ The odds against Johnson was fearful,
and perhaps no Candidate ever labored
under so many apparent difficulties. The
“Know .Nothing ’ party had, in many
j districts, made a clear sweep of every
| thing. The democracy had become awk.
wardly mixed up with it, all over the
State, and especially in the eastern and
middle portions of the State. Many
! leading democrats had taken the stump
for the invisible “Sam,” and there seem- 1
ed to be a falling from grace among !
the apostles of Jefferson, generally.
The contest opened in Murfreesboro’,
1 Johnson rarely ever indulged in a “so
j cial glassbe was then, as now, a cool,
clear headed, unscrupulous demagogue.
His first speech was a signal triumph
over his antagonist. He there inaugura
ted a revolution in public sentiment,
which subsequently sweept over the en
tire border States. The prominent demo
crats who had been stumping it for
“Sam,” were speedily whipped back into
ranks, and many prominent leaders of
the opposition became converted to John
son s iauh; some for the sako of posi
;ion, others because they doubted the
loyalty of the “American” party to the
South. Johnson made Southern Rights
and religious persecution his hobby, and
invariably denounced “Know Nothing
ism,” as anew name for abolitionism.
In turn, Browalow, in behalf of the
Know-Nothing party, denounced John
son regularly, once a week, as an aboli
tionist, and quoted some of his old
speeches to prove it. Each vied with the
other as the exponent of Southern Rightß,
and in denunciations of the North and
the Free-soil party. Each accused the
other of being in league with the free
negro party at the North; the charge of
wilful falsehood was freely passed be
tween them; both seemed to possess the
patience of Job and the forbearance of
Socrates; no hostile meeting was hinted
at; no “personal satisfaction” wag de
manded by either. It was strictly a war
of words, in which each took especial
pains to show up the other as the great
est liar, as well as the greatest hypocrite
and demagogue the world ever saw.
The heated contest passed over. John
son was elected by an overwhelming ma
jority, and a “jubilee” meeting was held
by tho democracy in Knoxville, a few
weeks lollowing, at which Johnson made
a speech. In that speech lie denounced,
among other parties, Wm. B. Campbell
and Neil S. Brown, as being abolitionists
at heart and traitors to the South. We
have now before us a short extract of
that speech in which occur these words:
“Not only has my political character
been assailed, but my private character
has likewise been the subject of shame
ful discussion. Among the fiercest of
my assailants is on q Erownlow, whom you
all know. His reputation for lying is
equalled only by his fame as a common
blackguard. He can slander no one.”
In January following, at the regular
meeting ol tho Legislature, Brownlow
made a speech on tho public square in
Nashville, in which occurs she following
sentence:
“I here denounce, upon his own dung
hill, and I hope within sound of my
voice, Andrew Johnson, the Governor
elect oi Tennessee, as a vile demagogue,
an abolition satrap, an infamous liar, a
libel upon depraved humanity,” &c. &c.
Many persons who heard both speeches,
expressed their convictions at the time,
that both had spoken the truth in refer
ence to each other. Having succeeded
in satisfying e.very body that such was
the case, they now meet in reconciliation,
shed tears, make friends, and console
each other in this their day of tribula
tion !
From East Tennessee.
The Knoxville Register of Friday con
tains some additional particulars of the
late engagement at Tazewell, Tenn.
The conflict commenced early on Wed
nesday morning and lasted several hours,
resulting In the defeat of the enemy,
who were rapidly retreating towards
Cumberland Gap.
The enemy had three brigades engaged
in the fight, besides their artillery, sup
posed to be their whole effective force at
Cumberland Gap. At last accounts, our
forces held Tazewell. During the fight
a Tennessee Regiment captured a battery
of four guns, after being twice repulsed.
The loss of tho Regiment was reported
to be 100 killed and wounded. The en
emy’s loss was supposed to be much
heavier, but had not been ascertained.
Their killed and wounded were strewn
on the ground in every direction.
It was thought that our full force in
that region was engaged in the fight.
A largo force was supposed to be in
the enemy’s lear, with aprospect of cut
ting off their retreat to the Gap. The
Register copies the following dispatch
from Brigadier General Stevenson, com
manding the Division, to the headquar
ters in Knoxville:
Near Tazewell, Aug. C, 1
1 o’clock, p. m. f
Major M. L. Clay, A. A. Q.:
I shall not need the services of Gen
eral Leadbettcr. After a gallant engage
ment of four hours we have routed fho
enemy, and they are in full retreat to
their strongholds.
C. L. Stevnson,
Brig. Gen.
The Register says that no definite or
satisfactory clue had been discovered
that would lead to.tho .detection of the
murderer of Brigadier General Caswell.
Several persons had been arrested- on sus
picion and released. The best evidence
adduced up to Friday, implicated two
negro men; this was the testimony of
two negro boys, who claimed to have
witnessed the deed. The General’s skull
was broken in several places by means of
a heavy bludgen found with him.
When first discovered by his friends,
he could still utter a few distinct words,
which implicated parties in the vicinity
of Knoxville.
It is hoped that no pains or expense
will be spared to detect and punish the
malfactors.
FasliSonabie Sensation.
New York “fashionable society” has
recently been set agog by the elopement
of Mrs. Schorlcraft, of Genevia, a niece
of Secretary Seward, with Dr. Beattie,
her physician and “intimate friend.”
The absconding lady is a widow, and the
Doctor leaves behind him a wife and
family. They took passage in a late
steamer for Europe. The richest part of
the joke is, that Mrs. Beattie gave a
grand entertainment in honor of Mrs.
departure, little thinking that her
Yankee husband had been smitten by
the charms of the gay widow.
Such is 5 ankeedom. -It was so in
“Manhatton Colony” two hundred years
ago, when the Saintly Puritan of the
Praise-God-bear-bones school, indulged
in similar demonstrations of Yankee
morality Their morals in this particu
lar is equalled only by their world wide
fame for lying and deception.
Fr:ii4cnt Davie 5 Letter.
The letter of President Davis to Gen
! oral Lee, relative to measures of retalia
| tion, has not given satisfaction even
j among the most ardent supporters of the
administration. The people everywhere
: feel the urgent necessity for retaliatory
measures of the most rigid and expedi
tious nature. No other government on
earth has ever allowed its private citi-i
zens to be outraged by a hostile foe to the
1 extent our government has, without in
stituting some prompt and efficient meas
’ ures to suppress it.
The distinction made in the President’s
! letter between commissioned officers and
privates, under Pope and Steinwher’s
command, occurs to us as being not only
puerile, but decidedly mischievous. By
assuring the private soldier in the Federal
ranks of his immunity from retaliation
under all circumstances, it offers a direct
premium for his excesses. It but serves
to encourage him to the perpetration of
deeds of the most horrible end revolting
nature. He feels that he is at liberty to
do as he pleases; that his commands
have advocated and encouraged the most
lawless and reckless conduct of which
the human heart is capable of conceiv
ing, or the human hands capable of per
petrating ; that, should he ever fall into
our hands as a prisoner of war, the fact
of his being a private, will screen him
from all retribution, however monstrous
his crimes may have been; and that
should he be lucky enough to escape
capture, his diabolism is the best pass
port he can produce for preferment. It
turns him loose upon the country as a
licensed and unbridled cut throat; and
we sincerely believe that the most seri
ous mischief will be the consequence. It
is hoped for the sake of humanity that
our government will exhibit a little more
nerve. Indeed, we cannot bring our
selves to think that our authorities will
much longer disregard the voice of the
people on this matter. The people are
united on this subject—there seems to be
but one opinion among them—and they
must and will be heard ; if not in one
way, they will in another. If these
thiDgs continue, let there be a general
understanding among our soldiers, that
should they ever meet the minions of
these Yankee satraps in mortal combat,
no prisoners will be taken—but that the
last vandal hireling and monstrous beast
will be put to a merited death.
General Wm. R. Casewell.
The telegraph this morning brings us
the sad intelligence of the death of one
of Tennessee’s noblest sons. General
Casewell, it is stated by our dispatches,
has fallen by the hand of some cowardly
assassin—in all probability, a tory vaga
bond, who committed the diabolical deed
for a pecuniary consideration. This is
tho second instance of the kind which
has occurred in East Tennessee within
the last nine months. Hon. Josiah An
derson, an ex member of Congress, and a
staunch Southerner, was brutally mur
dered last fall by a hired assassin, be
cause he dared to raise his voice in be
half of his native South. Other instan
ces of tory brutality has not been want
ing. Destitute of all generous impulses,
the leaders of that desperate party have
not scrupled at anything. Ia the name
of the “Union” they have plundered,
robbed, murdered, and done what not,
all the while keeping up the hypocritical
cant of “secession intolerance” and op
pression.
General Caswell was a prominent char
acter in East Tennessee. He was a law
yer of decided ability, and stood high in
his profession. For many years he was
the Attorney General for the second dis
trict in his State. As such, he dis
charged his duties faithtully. He served
in the Mexican war as Colonel of a regi
ment trom his own State, and if we mis
take not, was twice brevetted for gallant
and meritorious conduct. Perhaps a
biaver or more gallant man never lived.
He was a finished scholar, and gallant,
chivalrous gentleman—a genuine type of
the English cavalier. His aged moth
er recently died in middle Tennes
neßsee, aud under the petty tyranny of
Andy Johnson, her dying request, to be
buried according to the funeral cere
monies customary in every Christian
land, was denied her. Such is some of
the beauties of “Unionism” in Tennessee
May God speed the day when the last
Yankee hireling and vagabond tory shall
have been driven out of the land !
Our Hospitals.
From various accounts received from
different divisions of our army, wo feel
confident that there is a great deal of
suffering among our sick and disabled
soldiers for want of proper attention.—
They are frequently thrown into crowd
ed and filthy hospitals, under the care
and management of some inflated disci
ple of Esculapius whose chief care is to
draw his pay, drink whiskey, swagger,
smoke cigars, ride fast horses, talk
learnedly on military operations, and
enter into detailed criticisms of the con
duct and management of tho war. In
competency among our army surgeons
has become a subject of general remark.
True there are many educated and effic
ient surgeons in cur army who left a lu
crative practice to serve their country,
but this is the exception, not the rule.
Asa general thing, all the thick headed
stupidity and flippant quackery of the
profession has been turned over to the
army. Men have been appointed who
never saw the interior of a medical col
lege, aud who really knew nothing of the
profession. For all practical purposes,
their places in the army could be as well
filled by an experienced butcher; the
one could cut off arms and legs as well as
the other; perhaps the only practical
difference between the two is, that the
one possess the indispensible accom
plishment cf drunkeness, whilst the oth
er may be a sober practical man.
Every fnrmer who wants to make
money, and serve his country at the same
time, would do well to save a heavy crop
of hay and fodder. It will be in demand
at high prices. The army consumes a
large quantity, and farmers will find sale
for it there; stock raisers and dealers,
will have to either make hay or buy it, as
the corn will be fed to hogs. Remember,
we must raise ail our own bacon the ensu
ing year; this will take corn and a great
deal of it. So, save fodder and hay—
seed it to the horses, mules and cattle,
and let the hogs have the corn—after we
have had our share for bread, of course.
Stonewall Jackson has an old negro
man who acts in the capacity of body
servant. It has become a common re
mark in camps, it is said, that no one ex
cept this negro body servant knows any
thing of the General’s plans. Someone
talking to the old negro asked him how
he came to be so much in the confidence
of his master :
“Lord, sir,” said he, “maesa never
tells me nothing, but the way I knows is
this—Massa says his prayers twice a day,
morning and night—but if he gets out of
bed two or three times in the night to
pray, you see I just commenoes packing
my haversack, for I knows there will be
the devil to pay nezt day.”
i TEtEGBAPHIO
j
I Mobile, Aug. 6. —The Advertiser has
! the following dispatch :
Jackson, Aug. (J.—l a£u permitted
by Gen. Van Dorn to send you the fol
lowing:
MILES FROM BATON RouGL 1
’ .. .. T August 5. j
I O cn. \an Jjoru ;
Having received a dispatch that the
Arkansas would cooperate, 1 attacked
Laton Rouge this morning at daylight
with less than 3,000 men. After a strug
gle of 0 hours, we drove the enemy from
all points to the Arsenal and to the cover
of their guuboats, taking a number of
prisoners, several flags and a considera
ble quantity of property. My diminish
ed and exhausted force could not take
the Arsenal, and the troops were almost
perishing for water. We have withdrawn
one mile and a half from the city, but
hope to resume the attack in half an
hour. I think our loss has been aS heavy
as that of the enemy. Gen. Clarke is
mortally wounded. Col. Hunt, of the
olh Ky., Col. Thompson, of the 3d Ky.,
Col. Allen, of the 4th La., and others se
verely wounded.
The effective force of the enemy, ex
clusive of gun and mortar boats, is re
ported to us 5,000 strong.
[Signed] J. C. Bkeckenridge,
Major General.
It seems the Arkansas did not arrive
in time to take part with our land forces,
as was intended, although she passed
Bayou Sayra, which is about 30 miles
above Baton Rouge, at 12 o’clock Mon
day night.
Four gunboats are at Baton Rouge,
and the ram Essex.
Orders have been received here to pre
pare for 300 wounded.
Gen. \ an Dorn has removed his head
quarters to this place.
Mobile, Aug. 7.—Special dispatch to
to the Advertiser and Register, dated
Knoxville, 6th, says heavy skirmishing
commenced on Tuesday with a large por
tion of the enemy, at Tazewell, 7 miles
from Cumberland Gap. One brigade of
Gen. Stevenson’s force was engagod on
our side. The design was to gain the en
emy’s rear, and cut (hem off from the
Gap. Artillery firing was very heavy.
Several prisoners have been brought in
from Tazewell. No particulars of the
fight are yet known. Gen. Raines, at
latest accounts, was making a forced
march to gain the enemy’s rear.
Brigadier General W. R. Cazewell was
this afternoon assassinated by some un
known person, near his residence, six
miles from Knoxville.
Mobile, Aug. 7.—Special dispatch to
the Advertiser and Register, dated Knox
ville, 7th, says a dispatch this morning
from Brigadier General Stevenson, states
that after a gallant action of four hours
yesterduy, near Tazewell, tho enemy was
repulsed with great slaughter, and is in
full retreat. A courier reports that a
battery of four guns was taken, after
being twice repulsed, with a loss of 109
men. Gen. Burton has succeeded in
gaining the enemy’s rear. Gen. Steven
son being reinforced, flanked Bowen’s
command, capturing the Federal army
of East Tcnnessoe.
Tho murderer of Gen. Cazcwell was
arrested last night.
Letters from Staunton, Va., say that
late Washington papers state that Seward
had resigned to escape the effects of in
tervention, but was induced to reconsid
er his action.
Feeling at the North is entirely de
pressed, and anti-war meetings being
held.
Richmond, Aug. G.— Genl’s. Buckner,
Tilghman, MacKall, Commodore Barron,
Lt. Ben. Kennon, and other officers, and
a large number of privates, exchanged
prisoners, have arrived in this city.
Genl. Pettigrew, has also arrived within
our lines, and will reach the city to-day.
Yankee News—Reported preparations for
the Evacuation of Memphis
Democratic Meeting in Indiana , §c,
Richmond, Aug. 7.—110 prisoners
from Pope’s army, taken by Stuart’s
cavalry, near Gordonsville, arrived here
to-night by a special train. Thero are no
officers among them. No particulars of
the capture have been received.
Geu. Stuart left Hanover C. H. on
Monday, with Lee’s cavalry, proceeded
to within 8 miles of Fredericksburg and
learned that two brigades of the enemy
had gone in the direction of Hanover
J unction. He went in pursuit, and over
took the rear guard at Massaponax. A
sharp skirmish took place and he cap
tured CO prisoners. The enemy was re
inforced, and having a Btrong position on
rising ground, Stuart fell back. The en
emy did not pursue. In the meantime a
detachment sent for the purpose, cap
tured a train of 12 wagons and 50 sol
diers, on the Fredericksburg road.
Stuart returned to Hanover C. H. laßt
night.
Mobile, Aug. B.—A special dispatch
to the Tribune, says: Persons from
Memphis say 20 transports arrived there
ou Tuesday from below, and 40 from
above. It is believed the city is to be
evacuated, and most of the troops there
have been seat to other points, leaving
but a mere garrison behind.
The Chicago Times says not 300 re
cruits have been raised in that city yet.
The Democratic Convention met at In
dianapolis, on the 30th ; 5,000 persons
were in attendance. It was the largest
ever held in the State. Gen. Hendrick
presided. Wyckliffe, of Ky., Richard
son, Voorhies, Carlisle and others were
present, resolutions were passed advo
cating the prosecution of the war, ap
proving subjugation or coercion, denoun
cing emancipation in every form, and
calling for an entire change of adminis
tration. Wyckliffe Baid he was for the
Union if the South and slavery were not
iutered with, but if war was waged to
lree slaves, not another drop of blood
should be spilled.
Mobile, Aug. B.—A special dispatch
to the Advertiser, dated Jackson, Bth, is
as follows:
Gen. Van Dorn permits me to carry
the following dispatches:
Amite River, Aug. G.— About 1 o’clk
this morning the Federal gunboats at
tacked the Confederate ram Arkansas.—
Messengers inform me she fought them
well for sometime, inflicting great dam
age; she was then blown up by her crew.
The messenger thinks they all escaped.
[Signed,]
John C. Breckenridge.
Callit’s River, Ten Miles from
Baton Rouge, Aug. 6.—We occupied
part of the town and the battle field un
til evening, but no decisive result was
gained after my last dispatch. There be
ing no water between here and and the
Mississippi river compelied me to come
here. I moved at my own time and in
order.
The Arkansas laid with her machinery
injured 6 miles above town all day yes
terday. Her commander sent me word
last evening that he would try to get up
the river, and asks, if possible, to send a
b£>f to aid him From reports she is
permanently unserviceable.
We burned nearly all of the enemy’s
camp and a large amount of stores, and
cut them up badly. Gen. Williams aud
other prominent officers are killed.
[Signed,]
Jons C. BRECKBHRIhQ®.
Rumor says Gen. Clark is a prisoner.
Parties from tbo held say our laud vio
tory is complete. The ground was strew
ed with their dead and wounded.
Richmond, Aug. B—A dispatch from
Gen. Van Dorn to Sec’y Mallory, states
that the Confederate ram Arkansas, Lt.
Stevens commanding, has Li en destroy
ed. She left Vicksburg on Monday to
co-operate in the attack on U.*f a Rouge.
After passing Bayou Sayra tL rnachiu
ery became deranged, and whik attempt
ing to adjust it severalgunboats attacked
her, and after a gallant resistance she
was abandoned and blown up. The offi
cers and crew reaohed the shore in
safety.
Mobile, Aug. 9. —A special dispatch to
the Advertiser, dated Tupelo, the Bth,
says Chicago papers contain Washington
dates to the Ist instant.
The reported arrival of the Confederate
Gunboat Fleet at Mobile was discredited
by the Navy Department.
An attack on Pope or McClellan was
momentarily expected from Stonewall
Jackson.
McClellan has issued orders to be ready
at a moment’s notice.
Pope’s army advanced from Warrenton
on the Ist.
Tho Federal Government demands an
explanation from France, regarding the
presence of a formidable French fleet in
the American waters.
New York will draft after the 18th inst.,
and Ohio after the 15th. if their quota of
troops is not filled. Maine has filled its
quota.
An immense war meeting was held at
Milwaukie on the 13th, at which 50,000
persons were in attendance. The rail
roads in the State passed all free for the
occasion. All business was suspended,
and resolutions were passed recommend
ing the drafting of a million of men.
Numbers are leaving St. Louis for the
Southern army, to avoid the Northern
draft. Arrests have been made there on
charge of disloyalty.
Back of Cape Girardeau, the Confed
erate have a Wisconsin regiment sur
rounded.
There has been fighting at Bloomfield,
Missouri, continuing three days. An
additional force has been sent from Cairo,
to the assistance of the Yankees.
Memphis dispatches of July the 30th,
state that Geueral Bragg has a force of
80,000 in motion, and Memphis is threat
ened.
It is expected obstractions to naviga
tion will be established above Memphis.
The gunboat fleet will patrol to keep the
river open.
Curtis refuses to go to Vicksburg with
out direct order from the President. The
Confederates have been defeated at Mt.
Sterling, Ky.
General Armstrong returned to-day,
bringing a number of arms and a quan
tity of Yankee stores, comprising ten wa
gon loads.
A special dispatch to the Tribune, da
ted Grenada, Bth, says Northern dates to
the 3d have been received.
Gen. Boyle announces his determina
tion to disregard all paroles enforced by
guerrillas Jn Kentucky
Geueral Curtis and Commodore Davis
passed Memphis on Saturday night for
Cairo.
A rumor prevails that Curtis’ whole
army was about to start on an important
expedition to some unarmed point.
Over GOO stores and private dwellings
have been taken possession of by the
Yankee authorities, the owners ic some
cases being expelled.
Another Fight in Virginia I
“Stonewall” Turns Up Again!
He “Sees the Backs” of Pope’s Army
And Takes 300 Prisoners!
Including a Brigadier and 20 Commissioned Officers!
Sews from the West, &c., &c.
Richmond, Aug. 10.—A dispatch from
Gordonsville, dated to-day, says a battle
at South-Western Mountain was fought
yesterday, which was a complete petory
over the enemy. “Stonewall” repulsed
Pope and drove him several miles from
his position. Three hundred prisoners
have arrived, including Brigadier Gener
al Prince, and twenty-nine officers.
General Chas. S. Winder was killed.
Charleston, Aug. 10.—Private intel
ligence received here announces the cap
ture, by a Yankee Cruizer, of the large
and splendid iron screw steamship Mem
phis, which left here a fortnight age,
heavily laden with cotton.
Lynchburg, Aug. 9.—Nothing tele
graphic from Knoxville, and no papers
from that place later than the Gth.—
Heavy skirmishing was reported at Taze
well on Monday and Tuesday. Passen
gers by the Western train last night con
firm the report of the fight and victory at
Tazewell, but say nothing of the reported
capture of the Federal army ; the latter
is not credited here.
A skirmish took place on Wednesday at
Pack’s Ferry, between Loring and the
enemy. It is reported that a number of
of Federals were killed and wounded,
without any loss on our side. The fight
was altogether with artillery. The ene
my evacuated their position after burning
their boats and destroying their stores.
Loring crossed the river in pursuit. A
fight is anticipated on Thursday or Fri
day.
A special dispatch to the Republican
from Narrows of New river, dated the Bth,
contradicts the reported escape of Dr.
Rucker. He is still in custody, and so
heavily ironed as to render escape im
possible.
Mobile, Aug. 10.—A special dispatch
to the Tribune, dated the 9th, says the
Memphis Bulletin of the 7th, says the
Confederates have inaugurated guerrilla
warfare in Arkansas on an extensive
scale, and mentions several brillant ex
ploits. On Sunday they attacked two
Yankee regiments, dispersing them com
pletely, and captured sixty wagonß of
provisions, and over 300 stolen negroes,
twenty-seven of the latter escaping the
same day. They bagged another party
near Jacksonport, killing 17 and captur
ing 20 wagons of provisions. Ninety
more were attacked near Helana, and
nearly annihilated—only one or two es
caping.
The Memphis correspondent of the
Chicago Times, says Curtis refused to
obey Grant’s orders to go to Vicksburg,
unless ordered directly from Washington.
Curtis says four weeks campaign before
Vicksburg, would reduce his army one
half, as it did Davis’ fleet; and before
the surrender was over, he would’t have
a man left.
The Governor of New York has official
1 ly annnonneed his determination to draft
A serious rebellion is reported among
; Mormons, which, it is fearod, will
. result in a war with tho Federal Govern
ment.
! A special dispatch to the Advertiser
& Register, dated Knoxville, Bth, says,
| no offic 'al report of the particulars of
; the battle of Tazewell has yet beeu re
i ccived. If. is ascertained, however, ihat
I the enemy occupied a strong position on
I a high ridge, which was carried by as
i sault. The enemy’s force engaged com
prised three brigades, amounting to (1,000
men. Our loss turns out not so heavy
os was apprehended Other movemeuts
shortly expected.
Mobile, Aug 9—A special dispatch
to the Tribune, trom Grenada, dated the
| 9th, stales that the St. Louis Republican
j of the 4t.h says lhat rebel guerillas have
I taken complete possession of Missouri,
and are daily growing into a vast army.
Nearly 30,000 of them have crossed the
Missouri river under Porter and Jeff.
Thompson, oleaning out the home guards
and the militia as they progress. They
are raising numberless recruits for the
Confederate army. Six hundred men
have turned up at Bird’s Point, threaten
ing Cairo, where there is but a small
garrison. Gamble, (the bogus Governor)
finds it impossible under the circumstan
ces, to get the militia io respond to his
call, and has issued another impotent ap
peal to them to rally. He complains of
their apathy in the Federal cause
Aboosta, Aug 9.—A meeting of the
Stockholders of the Washington and New
Orleans Telegraph Company was held
here to day. A majority of the shares
an the Confederate States was represen
ted.
Resolutions were adopted continuing
gbe line under the present management,
at least until January Ist, the directors
to receive monthly statements of the
profits, and managers to pay to directors
net proceeds, when demanded. Also
asking the President to yield to the man
agers that portion of the line now under
military control.
The meeting then adjourned to meet
again in Augusta, on the 2d Tuesday in
January next.
Knoxville, Aug. 9. — The loss of the
46th Ala , in the affair near Tazewell,
was four wounded—James Childs, John
Trewitt, Win. Kelly and Sergeant R. S.
Gray. Vaughan’s 3d Tennessee did most
of the fighting. Loss severe—2G killed
and a number wounded. It behaved
most gallantly, but did not meet Bird’s
renegades, as previously reported. The
enemy’s loss is unknown. It was noth
ing more than a skirmish.
Tlie EiiemyKvacuatti Malvern lit 11
and Fortify Coggln’i Point.
Special dispatch to the Savannah Republican.
Richmond, Aug. B. The Federals have
quit Malvern Hill. Their movement in
that direction was only a feint and re
oonnoisance to cover the transfer of their
troops across the river.
The enemy have also fallen back on
the South side of the river, and are now
entrenching at Coggin’s Point, and below.
Three members of Cobb’s Legion were
taken prisoners at Malvern Hill: Stovall
and Hearing of Augusta, G*., and one
other whose name is not reported.
_ P. W. A.
From the Atlanta Intelligencer.
More Prisoners.
ChaxtanoOga, Aug. — Ed. Intelligen
cer: Capt. C. C. Crew’s Company of Law
ton’s Cavalry Regiment, captured four
teen Yankees at Manchester, Teen., on
the 2Gth ult. No one hurt on our side.
G. B. Heard.
Columbus Minute Hoys.
Knoxville, Aug. 7.— To J. A. Roberts ;
We arrived here yesterday, all well.
Inform the Daily Sun, so that absent
men may know where wo are
B. B. Lockiiart, Capt.
Cos. F, Hilliard’s Legion.
Special Dispatch to the Telegraph.
Atlanta, Aug. 7.—A reliable gentle
man from Knoxville says that Salt Mine
is a humbug, and that the man passing
as agent is supposed to be a spy. Hand
him around. Respectfully, &c.,
Geo. L. F. Berdsong.
Small Pox iu Montgomery.
Montgomery, Aug. 6, 18G2.
Ed. Advertiser: No case of small pax
reported since yesterday. Allow me to
say that there was but two, instead of
four cases reported yesterday. I say
this to prevent unnecessary alarm
amongst the citizens.
J. F. JOHNSON,
Pres’t B. of H.
The London Time* on Federal Lying
The London Times, of the loth ult., is
quite startled at the amount of lyiDg done
by the Federals (at first) about the week’s
battles before Richmond. It feels itself
“obliged to withdraw all confidence in
the highest officers in the Federal service.”
It laughs at McClellan’s “bayonet charg
es on paper.” It says :
Gradually, also, the facts of General
McClellan’s great strategic victories will
ooze out, and gradually the facts of that
victory of the 27th are now oozing out
f or even the American Government
cannot destroy truth forever, and must
be content with the advantages they can
gain by putting out a first false impres
sion. Somebody used to say that a lie had
done its work if it could live for forty-eight
hours. In this instance the falsehood has died
a very gentle death. On the 2d of July, then,
General McClellan was telegraphed by the
American Government to have stated that he
had lost but one gun and one wagon, and even
this admission was eased otf by a false report
put about that General •‘Stonewall” Jackson
had been killed before Richmond. Just, how
ever, to prepare the way for the future, it was
admitted that the Federal army had retreated
seventeen miles. On the oth of July the old
story is still repeated, and it is reasserted with
obstinate persistency, that -‘the Federal forces
were not beaten in any conflict.” It is, howev
er, on this date admitted,as a fact which it was
impossible any longer to conceal, that General
McClellan’s division was at first overwhelmed,
and that twenty-tive pieces of artillery fell into
the hands of the Confederates. Two days later
a little more is permitted to creep into publici
ty in New York, and the newspapers are al
lowed to say, as a Southern version of the
Richmond battles, that the Confederates had
captured 12,000 prisoners, had got possession
of McClellan’s siege guns, and had taken from
him supplies sufficient to last the Confederate
army three moths. If we compare this last re
port with the first, we probable see the full
effect of the official coloring.
This is a good example of the way iu which
a great defeat may be cleverly toned down, and
the tidings so gently broken as not to shock
an impatient people. It is plain now to the
meanest comprehension that McClellan was so
thoroughly beaten on the 27th, with loss of
guns and baggage, that he would have been
driven into the river if his gunboats had not
been there to protect him. The Government
succeeded in falsifying this fact for a short
time, and by so doing hoisted the stupid popu
lace over this difficulty into another fools’
paradise. But it is only with the scum of the
Atlantic cities these tricks can now avail. They
could not avert the panic of the New York
Stock Exchange, or stay the shiploads of dol
lars which took flight lor Europe, or to delay
the departure of the Orleanist Princes, desert
ing a no loDger victorious cause, or prevent
the people who are running together to make
demonstrations against the means by wh ch
the war is Cenducted, or check the increasing
sentiment that there is neither plunder nor
glory to be obtained by the invading army in
the * ederal service, and that all who go South
are doomed to melt away through pestilence
or fall by the sword. Even in Americl-c?ed
ulous and simple as we may there seem to be
when we say so—truth and honesty would we
believe, be the best policy. It is coming mm
idly to this, that the greater the Tictory an
nounced the more terrible will be the defeat
believed in; and the President and his War
Minister may succeed at last in so mystifying
the American public, that if they really should
gain a great viatory, the announcement of it
will put New York into mourning, and ruin all
the speculators for a rise in Government stock.
Dispatches to the office of the Mobile
and Great Northern Railroad give in}
formation that on yesterday morning a
soldier train and an empty train collided
on the Alabama and Florida Railroad,
near Greenville, killing two men and
injuring forty, and wrecking a locoma
tive and a number of oars. The road was
Btill blocked up this morning, and no
trains will be able to pass for & day or
two.— Mobile Register, 2d.
Correspondency rftht Charleston Mercury. .
War Gossip in Richmond.
Richmond, Saturday, August. 2
It is feared that Pendleton’s assault
upon the transports, will pu- !v st „ n t 0
exchange of prisoners Tin- Yankees
will contend that, in nrn'dßing to deliver
the prisoners on a certain day, which
very dayW the morning to croaker, was
selected f r the delivery of ■- ■ i:;o t l > us
ands'f s: cd si,oil into the bulls of
the transports brought up the river t,, ,
carry ill the prisoners, we have been,
guilty of a breach of faith, and the world
will be treated to anew edition of “rebel
atrocity.” Very well. It remains to be
whether'Diy such premise was made,
-and if made, whether any agreement was
i entered into on our part not to disturb
, the Yankee tleet at any point on the river
; while the exchange of prisoners w is tsk
! ing place, or about to take place at an
! otlrnr point.
Very well, in any event. Wcowe these
wretches nothing. At the very moment
j they consent to one of the usages of es
I tablished warfare in exchanging prison
• ers, they compensate themselves for that
j foreed concession by redoubling their
| outrages upon unoffending citizens, upon
women and children Witness the de
moniacal orders of Pope and Steinwehr,
and the accordant acts of their brutal sol
: diery. Thcv aVe laying waste with fire
and sword all the couuties on the Rapidau
and Upper Rappahannock. They are
| driving out the population en masse before
: them, and making a desert behind them,
i They stop at no atrocity, and these atroc
■ ities are done, not in the Inst and rage of
j the moment, but are executed in obedi
i ence to general orders, written in cold
I blood by the commanding officer, approv
ed by the Y ankee Government, and greet
ed with a fiendish joy by the Northern
people. Yet we are td submit to all this,
less, forsooth ! retaliation should pro
voke our Christian enemy to further acts
:of violence. The plea is not less silly
than cowardly.
God knows we have submitted long
’ enough ; yea, too long—far too long.
YVhea wa3 it that a nation refused to
i protect helpless women and children ?
j What nation but the Southern Confedera
; cy ever before turned a deaf ear to the
I cries of oppressed citizens, men of known
i fealty, and to whom protection is as
• much due as to the soldier ? On Monday
: next the President comes forth in a
! Proclamation which the people will ap
plaud with all their hearts. But will he
do anything? YVill he hang a Yankee j
General by the neck each day of the week
until Pope’s infernal orders are rescind
ed ? Will he shoot a Y’ankee Colonel for ]
every known outrage committed upon the
daughters of the Canfederacy ?
The truth is, the cartel should be an
nulled as soon as possible. Gen. Hill
ought never to have signed it without
making ample provision for the protection
of private citizens. There is no fairness
in it without this clause. It is a wretch- i
ed swindle. Man for man we exchange
the gentlemen of the Southern army for
the foulest scum of the most depraved
society on earth, and all the while our
cunning enemy is cramming his prisons
with our farmers and plauters, dragged
from their peaceful pursuits, with or
without pretext, and condemned to rot
in durance vile, unnoticed and uncared
for by the government to whose support
(hey have given all they own on earth— |
their horses, lands, cattle, servants, the
blood of their sons, the happiness, and, ;
alas! too often the honor of their wivos
and daughters. Is this to be longer en
dured ? God forbid ! Hermes.
Alt MY COHREBPONDEKCE
Os the Savannah Republican.
Richmokd, July 31, 18G2.
Nothing further has transpired in re
gard to McClellan's position and probable
intentions. The belief exists in certain
quarters, that he is slowly withdrawing
his army from the James river and trans
ferring it to the north side of the Rappa
hannock ; whilst others are of the opin
ion that, having rendered his present pos
sition, which was strong by nature, next
to impregnable, he has sent sufficient re
inforcements to Pope to enable him to
hold us in check, should we attempt to
march on Washington, until he could
throw the whole of his army into the Fed
eral capital, by means of the James and
Potomac rivers. It is well known that
he keeps a very large number of trans
ports near his army—many more than are
neccesßary to convey the supplies requir
ed by his troops. The loss of stores,
olothing, &0., daring the late battles,
and the precarious condition of his army
since, rendered it neccessary for his gov
ernment to send him fresh supplies and
such reinforcements as could be had
I This may account, in part, though not al
j together, for the presence of so many ves
sels in the river.
The transports remain quiet during
the day, and change their positions only
at night. Scouts on the south side of the
river report that the number of vessels,
as well as of tents, has grown less for the
last few days; and yet they never see
any tents struck or vessels pass down the
j river during the day. It is all done at
night. McClellan would not observe such
j secresy if he were merely engaged in pro
; visioning his army.
Be all this as it may, it is evident that
! Gen. Pope, whose headquarters are at ;
Warenton or Culpepper Court House,
some 30 miles this side of Manassas, has
received considerable reinforcements
within the past two weeks. Northern
letter writers estimate hia force at GO,OOO
—which is probably too much by one third.
Ho occupies a strong position along the
north bank of the Rappahanock—his left
being protected by the Potomac and his
right by the Blue Ridge. Fortunately
for us, there are Beveral good fords by
which the river can be easily and safely
crossed at this period of the year, espe
cially since his lines are too long to be
strong at any one point. Fortunately,
also, the Blue Ridge is penetrated by a
numberfef gaps, by which his position can
be turned.
Nothing is known of General Lee’s
plans, and if there were, it would be im
proper to make it public. Whether he
will attempt to carry McClellan’s position
by assault, or cut off his supplies by bat
teries planted on the river below, or will
go in pursuit of Pope beyond the Rappa
hannock, it were impossible yet to say.
You will hear, however, in good time,
and probably, as intimated in my last
letter, at an early day. Your readers
must possess their souis in patience. It
requires time to rest and recognize even
a victorious army after such a battle as
that recently fought in front of this city.
Even the soldier who emerges from the
conflictuninjured,requires time to breathe
and look about him—to gather up his
tattered garments and relieve himself of
the grime and dust of battle. Much
more is this true of companies, regiments
and brigades, whose ranks have beeu
reduced, and many of whose officers
have been slain or wounded I will only
add, that Geu. Lee has not been idle
Judging from what I see, it is no part of
his plan to remain quiet and allow the
enemy time to prepare for another ad
vance upon Richmond.
P. W. A. i
‘•Rebel” OurtUas,
The Washington correspondent of the
New-York Post says the new3 from North
ern Alabama, “does not put the Depart
ment in good humor.” He adds >
It 13 calculated that the enemy has des
troyed fifteen millions of dollars’ worth
of property within the last thirty days,
or half a million per day. These suc
cessful raids will compel General Halleck
to change his plans in the West. No
Government can long endure such losses
as have been entailed upon us by scatter
ing our army over a line of a thousand
miles. The system was adopted under
the supposition that Beauregard’s fine
army was entirely destroyed. It turns
out that the bulk of that army is still in
the Southwest, and the rest is at Charles
ton and Richmond. The national troops
will be forced to concentrate upon two
or three very important points, and give
up the attempt to run long lines of rail
way.
UaGrange Under Jlatlal Law
The Reporter of yesterday says that
LaGrange has been placed under martial
law by order of Gen. Bragg.
From Vlrktbnvg 1
Correspondence of the Mofc'i- k- ■
VICKSBDEO, July 05 “ 1
It is with genuine t
inform you of the departure of ‘. jf
which have bored aud battered’ ;
mercilowdy for the p aH t tWll 1110 I
Why they have ieft is mo re lh 1 1
say. hut certain it h, .,f r?r ’ 1 B
us a few of their biggest |> 010 ;, 4 B
day afternoon. I>y. way es ■ I
“t, the lower flaet uumur< and at; I M
disappeared from view. ThU Pl( I
the upper, or Davis’ licet did jj^ : ’ Bj
aud have gone up—whither B ‘ f
not. We have still a lurking *■ I
[of a Yankee trick, and shall be 7 1
1 “ f ' n 'y on the alert for a uuinW ? f
: at the least
I The in ail boat between the de I
j Memphis has been captured by f* 1 I
• pie near Princeton, Washington r ’ f
As you may suppose, soma rather ■
ordinary correspondence was ■
I this occasion. I send you eon 5 • I
few of the letters, which you * I
repay a perusal. I regret not uC I
to place more of them at y OUr I
but time will not admit,’ , ts I
lending them wishes to send t t f - :: - I
this mail. It is understood G i I
Dorn has sent to Richmond panp, ii; I
portance. F ? I
It is suggested the rapid f 8
rivers and fear of an attack f ro . ‘ I
pectable Confederate force sur s,
be moving down the road frJm M ‘ I
Louisiana, occasioned the nV ‘
evacuation. Thus the JL Cli ?
scheme, and the attenmr
Vicksburg and destroy “the i r f r! “ !
have all proved decided failures.- I
j .Ttrr,Y 26th, 7a. m.— vy„ . H
| (b‘H morning that tw u ot
| riverine friends are at the'u 1 °
! above. Some heavy g Uns I
: last night in the direction of ih e \\’ V
j It is whispered in camp that nne X l ? °
tiouis on foot. Thearmy doesn’t p f
! to allow the navy to reap all the y
j By the way I erroneously stated v ■
last that tha gallant Arkansas Uj’
| men killed in her last fight, p ;
1 have been “ten men killed and v fl
led.” Yours, PONTOI’ f
[Copy.] I
*** - 1 ■
U. S. Smi> Richmond, Vicksciei, 1
July 17,1802. I
Dear Aunt l think I had betterw- P
to you while I have a chance, for if thin E -1
continue as they are, our ship neverw; I
be fetched home. The day before vester I
day we were above Vicksburg, iucl
with Davis’s fleet when an ironcUdb.il
came down on us and succeeded ia ; I
ing us and getting under the guns cf -1
rebel batteries. We lost over fifty r I
killed and 100 wounded : a good mstr j
the men were killed by hot water yy I
she threw out of her ports, while we*; I
frying to board her. She is now hi
within our sight and we expect to itel
the job of fetching her out every niom I
Our (l’arragu’ts) fleet came down, ps I
the batteries the same evening, and I
had au awful engagement of an Lei
duration. * * * *lf yJ
has gone through as much fighting- as 1
have I’ll bet he is pretty well tired of i/l
too.
* * * * * I
Your affectionate nephew, I
PHILLIP FRIEZ. I
[ c °py] f
U. S. Steamer Richmond, 1 I
Below Vicksburg, July 17,18G2. i |
My J>ear Aunt: —l am almost in ik,|
dark respecting ail'airs at home, it is.|
long since I received any letter. Vi
have heard the most contradictory !
counts respecting McClellan. Some sj,
he was terribly whipped ; others, that |
has been imitating the rebel mameuvre I
falling back to a better position. 1 I
general impression here is that his
cessful evacuation amounted in plain wortl
to a desperate defeat. * Europe mny nowiiß
terfere, and who will dare to blame hr I
***.*■*■ I
A strange incident occurred to cl
fleet on the morning of the 15th of Ju,;l
About eight o’clock in the morning li-l
rebel ram Arkansas w’as discovered s;B
proaebing us. Rut we fancied ourseiJ
so secure that we had laid for wei-B
without fires; and when it was waLitiß
not a single vessel had steam enoueir.B
move. She fired at us and we athß
with but little damage, and shercr-B
under the guns of Vicksburg. I:H
obliged us (0 return to our old pcs 1 I
below the city, which we did (hesit■
night. The Arkansas is thus placed™
tween the two fleets, and the rebel; *■
probably soon destroy her. My loveß
Grandma, Uncle Johnnie and the reaiß
johnnie I
Vankeu Depredations In iSasieul
Korth Carolina. I
A gentleman who left South Mills, H
I C., a few days since, informs us that ■
Sunday, the 20ih inst., a party of
fifty Yankees visited that neigliborto-B
coming from Norfolk, and having val
them a dozen negro men in arms.
| negroes, it was subsequently ascertain I
J Lad run away from that place gome MB
| days previous, and had now come talk ■
! after their wives and children. Tfietß
succeeded in obtaining them, and daritfl
the night about a 100 other negroes join- H
the party, when they marched off in
direction of Norfolk. A few days befcn-P
j this occurrence a considerablenumbtioM
j negroes had made their escape, asl
j young man from Pasquotank couniy
named Job Williams, secreted himself ■
company with several others, near • I
Line House, with a view to intercepts I
At a late hour ot the night, some
j negroes made their appearance, I
with pistols and cudgels, and, disc -
ing Mr. W’s place of concealment, oaf I
tkem tired and shot him through the ft- [
oral artery. Before falling hedisciar? -f
both barrels of his gun, when theneg f - c:
fled. Mr. W. was taken by his ;
to the hotel, where he died b eforezity’ |
sician could reach him. On fhesur
ing day a negro man was tnoght lac* I
by a gentleman who fount bin en u 1
road with a severe, and probably tat ■
gunshot wound through the abdomen-®
The stampede of negroes frem East- |
North Carolina is so great that u:
strong guerrilla parties are imrnedo
formed and sent thither, it ‘ 9 ‘ l
! that the country will be ett:re>y
! of its slave population in a short i
j Rich. Dispatch.
We have an authentic incident
| battles around Richmond, whiii
what infamous deceptions were t I
; to by the Yankee Gen. McClellan
j mate his troops. At Cold liar
the light was over, a wouede;
l called to one of our oilicers ami “
i him to tell him what devils had f
j fighting tbeui, as he had “ae : w
’ such a fight before.” The officer I
! tied bis curiosity, and among ot
mentioned those of Jackson
’ devil here ?” replied the Yankee: !
yesterday, McClellan had an oio
: to the army saying that he had bt#
to pieces iu the Valley. — Uxiuw- 1
According to an official statewet* 1 -
: furnished, the importations oi “ j
and flour into Great Britain io th- l
■ mouths from the Ist of September J - 1
t the let of June amounted to *,"•
| quarters of wheat and 4,230,45(1 c*
j flour. Thirty five per cent, of the 1
! and seventy five per cent, oi I
were obtained from the United * • _ I
The aggregate value of these
was about £17,000,000 or £1 fj
and that of the American portion . |
£8,000,000. In the same penJ If
Britain imported from the Lade J
about £3,000,000 worth of Ind‘ all k *
Lynch Law. . ; . r t j
Some chicken dealers in i
being seized with a fit ot *P I
bought up a heavy lot of botp‘ l>: *
under pretext of buying for the b I
obtaining many as donatio j
they went to the marke , j&- y
poultry, they were detected, . -
publicly cowhlded.
Important i)uco cr | rt ffJ (
The New York Herald h* 9 -^ e i
that the ex-“ United States *
ins war of giganuo
stead of quelling a Ottle