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iC.a AFFAIRS.
gro Impressment*.
Merc er to receive contributions of negro
” . for the works at Savannah, or failing in
’ , im press negroes for that purpose. His
“, „ (iOU extends over the counties ot Mus-
H irri:-. Talbot and Chattuhoochee. See
; adverfeement.
§l3O ileward!
roant! ®°an, whose name is unknown, was
Itliii- evening on the river bank, brutally
. ,reJ’ 1 will ve ,lle a,;>ove sum for such
■-mat’on as will detect the guilty parties
■IAS. F. BOZEMAN,
, i tlin bns, Ag-'“ 3t Mayor.
|t)SO Kexvard.
~ iisve a .subscription paper,
’ Yw flmber of our responsible
‘ j B finch the signers pledge them
<K'”X j 10 a oS re g ate the above re
'elv”a.-oofsufficient to convict the person
waT r Afho may have been guilty of the
‘ r Ffjc/the unknown man found dead near
n %l,znk, in the lower part of the city, on
last. The list may be seen at the
‘of A. C. McGehee, 59 Broad Street.
tie were happy the other day to meet in our
mm our friend Mr. Yarington, late of the
,-nibus Sun, though deeply sympathising
.... him in the mournful occasion of his visit
ur town, i. e : To attend the funeral of hi
,v child-an interesting and highly promis
:;g boy of three summers. Alas! how quickly
!de brightest spark is extinguished forever
ipan Banner, Ith.
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17th Georgia Regiment.
He learn that an officer of this regiment ■
through Columbus Friday, who lias j
est Hie regiment since the enemy’s attack on j
r forces at Malvern Hill. From what weeau
rum, it seems that Col. Benmng’.s regiment, j
ra portion of it, was on picket duty at the !
ime, and the enemy making a sudden and !
’Uick movement cut otf some of the extreme •
fiance pickets. Among those reported cap
lured are nine members of the Columbus Vol
unteers, and six of the Georgia Guards, botli !
rom this city. We have been unable to learn ,
he names of but four, and those members ot j
the Columbus Volunteers, viz: Orderly Her- I
giants. R. Jaques, Privates Win. Jack, Moses j
and Berry Bently.
Enterprise ! Enterprise !
We learn that Messrs. Ilaiman & Bro., actu
ated by that enterprising and patriotic spirit,
which induced them to embark in the enter
prise of sword manufacturing, are about to en
ae in the manufacture of Colt’s Pistols in
.ini city, and for this purpose they have se
cured ample ground adjoining their present
location. We are glad to observe these con
tinued additions to the working strength of
our city, and we earnestly trust that the most
complete success may result to the ener
getic firm.
Columbus iron Works.
If ever a man could be made ashamed of
being lazy, even of a hot sultry attemoon af
ter enjoying a luxurious dinner, he would cer
tainly be so situated by visiting the above
named place. Everything there is industry
and activity—a perfect bee-hive. A place for
every man, and every man in his place, which
naught disturbs but Capt. Quinn's monthly
musters, when tor the tiie being labor
ceases and tbe stout athletic artisan proceeds
to refreshments for a season. These works
compriso Brown’s Foundry, Golden’s Machine
Shops, Gray’s Gun Manufactory, Love’s Va
riety Shop, Churchill’s Rolling Mill, “Fell's
Cannon Foundry, and Stanford’s Boiler Manu
factory. With ail these various departments
closely engaged, there is no room or place for
vagabondizing loafers. Such Institutions are
.111 honor to any community, and a strong pil
lar in supporting its growing wealth and im
portance. Quite recently they iiave bought
out an old rookery which was the habitation
of a nest of Cyprians, who were very annoy
ing to many passers by. Jt would boa relief
to that part of the city if this concern would
purchase the remainder of this block, and the
bugle Manufacturing Company the remainder
of the block adjoining their premises.
Militia Duty.
We have been permitted to publish the fol
lowing copy of a letter from Gov. Brown, in re
gard to exemptions from Militia service, as it
is a matter of much public interest, we deem
it not improper to lay it before our readers,
more especially as it will settle a question
which had become exceedingly troublesome
in our community where so many over the Con
seriptage are engaged in work for the govern
ment, and who should not be delayed for an
hour more than is absolutely necessary. The
list of exemptions from Confederate service
are easily obtained and it hoped the Captains
of our city beats will obtain copies and release
all parties who are therein specified:
Marietta, July 31, 1562.
Dear General ßy reference to the Statute,
Cobb’s Digest, page 751, you will see that all per
sons who now (at the time the act was passed)
or may hereafter be exempt by the laws of the
Cnited States shall he exempt from Militia du
ty. We now substitute Confederate States for
Cnited States. It seems, therefore, that all
persons who are exempt from military service
by the laws of the Confederate States, are also
exempt by the laws of Georgia. I should think
it improper, therefore, to make an issue by at
tempting to compel persons exempt by Con
federate law, to do military duty.
I am very truly, Ac.,
[Signed] ‘ JOS. E. BROWN.
To Adjt. Gen. Wayne.
From tlie 3d Georgia Battalion.
We have received a graphic account of the
part our forces took in the affair at Coggin’s
Point, from our esteemed correspondent “Fur
niture,” dated Petersburg, Aug. 4. Having al
ready published an interesting description
from another of our correspondents, “G. J. P.”
tis unnecessary to publish “Furniture’s.” He
pives as a reason for not writing earlier, that
he has been sick, tired and worn out, from the
fatigues of the labor they have had to undergo.
He says “our Battalion (2d Georgia) during the
month has done some pretty tall walking
working, and are pretty welll used; up.—
Wehave walked every step of 400 miles dur
able month of July.”
He make the following closing extract from
his letter:
I’he Yankees, 1 learn, have landed down the
river, below where we were, and are eommit
ung all sorts of depredations. There is an ex
pedition on hand and partly on the way down
•here that will “wake snakes.” 1 will let you
snow further when I hear from there, but
probably our Battalion will have to go down, as
we generally take the lead in all dangerous en
terprises of the kind.
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Hurder.
W e learn that a body was found in the river.
neal s °uth commons,yesterday afternoon,
i>) some boys who were in swimming at the
tune. The story of the boys is that he was
murdered, as they found a hole in the bank
near the body around which there was traces
of blood. Coroner Hicks will hold an inquest
over the body, when we may probably get
s °me light upon the matter.
- nee the above was in type we have learned
onit further particulars. There is no doubt.
® appearance of the body, but that it
’ ulu l murder. The body contains no j
D t ‘flro, lWl lrom twen( y thirty cuts, by ap- ‘
From !il 9 ' r ' aae b - v lare kn te °r knives, i
i * a PPsarance of ihe cuts, it is suppos
.... * lust ;me been attacked by more than
( , and that lie made a determined
’ llso f ss He was dressed in
■7..’ ll ° ;t °rtn. and is supposed to be a soldier.
• e only articles found in his pockets were i
o or three pistol balls. He seems to be i
■‘Pout -3or 24years old, and would weigh about ]
pounds; has black hair, closely trimmed. !
and no beard.
-t is thought that he must have been murder
’ > .or his money, as a young man resembling ‘
■urn in appearance was seen with a considera- !
amount > m the lower part of thecitv. a day |
wtwo since.— Daily Sun of iVidag.
The Prince of Wai ei Coming out a.
a Mediator.
A Scotch letter, published in the Cana
dian papers, gives the following intelli
gence : ‘ ‘Should mediation be called for
after he has assumed the toga viriiit, his
royal highness will be appointed to act
thus inaugurating his public career as a
friend of peace, and reconciler of men
in which he will be assisted by older and
more experienced heads than his own.”
The Land Approach to Charleston,
The correspondent of the New York
t-xpress announces that, by the evacua
tion of James Island, all chance of ap
proaching Charleston by any feasible
land route has been abandoned. The
federal troops have also retired from
Edisto Island, and now only hold Hilton
Head, Beaufort, Pulaski, and their im
mediate dependencies.— Chat. Her. Oth.
Country Vs. City.
] l‘ car much complaint among our citizens
about the price of country produce. In turn
our country friends complain bitterly of the
prices demanded for groceries and dry goods,
i l-a'h is accused by the other of merciless ex
tortion. Wo have a remedy to suggest for
i which we'charge nothing. Here it is: Much
“1 the fruit brought into the city market in
i unwholesome, because it is frequently in the
. first stages.of decay, L~en peaches and ap
■ pies, for instance, that have been taken from
j the tree three or four days, heaped up iu box
j us, or hauled in wagons in our -streets iu the
j broiling sun, are in the first stages of decom
| position and consequently unhealthy. The
i same is eminently true of watermelons. When
| thoroughly ripe, and fresh from the vme, noth
ing is more luxurious or healthy; but when
pulled three or four days before marketing (as
is usually the case) nothing is ;more unhealthy
than a water or muskmelon. But when mel
ons and other fruits are sold to shopkeepers
on speculation,(who keep them perhaps whole
weeks waiting for profit,) they are frequently
in an advanced stage of decomposition, al
though not perceptible to the naked eye, and
are liable either to produce fevers or violent
dysentery. Our better plan would be, there
fore, to quit grumbling at prices and discon
tinue their use, except in cases where we know
fhey are direct from the garden or orchard. —
On the other hand, at least two thirds of the
dry goods offered in market are old Yankee
remnants, the refuse of large assortments
which we would not have accepted two years
ago as presents. They are now brushed up,
brought forward, and an advance of three hun
dred per cent asked upon them. Let the ven
der keep them. Tlie blockade will be raised
sometime during the ensuing Fall or Winter,
and then we can buy new English good at liv
ing lates. AJeantime buy cotton cards, spin
ning wheels, and looms; let every private
dwelling be turned into a sort of manufactory
of cotton fabrics, uur grand parents did this;
why should we not emulate their industry and
economy as well as their patriotism ? We need
less of sofas and pianos and more of looms and
spinning wheels. Industry is a Christian du
ty, and in the present instance almost a neces- I
sity. Let it become fashionable and respecta- |
ble
From i lie 2d Ga, Battalion—Tlie
Engitgeineiii at Coggln’t Point.
Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va., 1
August 2, 18C2. /
Eds. San: As many of your readers
are doubtless pleased to hear from the
21 Ga. Battalion and the “City Light
Guards,” I propose to seport briefly some
of our recent experience. The camp at
this place is pleasant and healthful, near
the cemetery, upon the top of a high hill
commanding a delightful view of Peters
burg, which is picturesquely situated
upon the Appomattox river. On Tues- j
: day, 29th nit., while we were engaged at
I work upon entrenchments between this
and the James river, we were ordered to
; repair to camps for orders Now “or
! ders,’ though of frequent occurrence in
I camp, are always regarded by the soldier
with peculiar interest. Each one is at
teatively heard, as it may be a call to a
long march and a fierce engagement with
the enemy. Upon this occasion our
j whole Brigade (Gen. V/alker’s) Col. Man
tling, of 3d Arkansas Regt., command
ing Daniel’s Brigade, and a Brigade of
artillery under Geu. Pendletou, were
ordered to Coggiu’s Point, on James
River, about five miles below City Point
| and nearly opposite McClellan’s camp,
: to fire upon the enemy at night and re
tire. Our artillery amounted in all to
about ninety pieces, among them “Long
Tom” and “Laughing Charlie.”
The whole expedition was in charge of
Acting Major Gen. French. Wednesday
morning, 30th, we took up the lino of
| inarch for the place designated. By night i
we were near it. Thursday the artillery j
was stealthily planted upon the banks of
the river, and sighted so as to sweep the
enemy’s shipping and the camps upon
the opposite shore. The iniantry, under
cover of Iho woods, took position in the
rear in supporting distance. About
dark our Battalion was detached and or
dered forward to the artillery, to lie
disposed of in such manner as emergen
cies might require. As we passed to the (
artillery we had a grand view of the
enemy’s ships and camps, lighted up
beautifully though it was twelve o’clock
at night, there, in fancied security,
were the ships quietly lying upon the
bosom of tho placid waters, covering the
river for two miles or more. Little did
they dream of the gathering storm of
leaden hail destined soon to arouse them.
About ouo o’clock “Long Tom” opened
fire, which was the signal for all to begin.
For two mites up and down the river the
banks looked liko one solid sheet of
flame. Great consternation of the enemy
was signified by the quick extinguish
ment of lights, and their rapid and vig
orous “long rolls.” Wc continued the
firing nearly an hour and retired. Three
gunboats replied to us feebly, killing
private Dalton, at Dabney’s battery aud
wounding two or three others. At Page’s
battery the explosion of one of our own
shells near a gun from which it was fired
wounded three others, This was the
extent of casualties upon cur side. The
damage to the enemy must have been
considerable, though of course we can
not tell the extent.
Our Battalion co-operated with the
artillerymen in removing several of the
large pieces which the rain, mud, and
darkness made it difficult to get away.
I had intended to say something of the
thirst, hunger, and fatigue we encoun
tered this trip, but as wo are all again
safe in camp, and as my letter is already
longer than intended, I shall close for
the present. G. J. P.
ITom the Macon Telegraph, 7th inst.
Tile Slave Impressment.
Some days ago, the citizens of Lee
county held a public meeting in refer
ence to the negro impressment, at which
they appointed Mr. C. M. Irvin to cor
respond with the War Department by tel
egraph, and ascertain if the impressment
had been authorized and required by the
Secretary of War. If it had, they re
solved like good citizens, to acquiesce in
the requisition ; if not, they determined
not to surrender their negroes. In pur
suance of his mission, Mr. Irvin came to
Macon, and the correspondence ensued
which is published below ;
To the Secretary of War. Richmond, Va :
Brig. Gen. Mercer ha3 issued an order
impressing twenty per cent, of the male
slaves throughout tho State. Is that or
der authorized by the Department ? If
so, we acquiesce. Otherwise we resist.
C. M. Irvin,
For the citizens of Lee county.
Richmond, sth.—Mr. C. M. Irvine:
Gen. Mercer has not communicated with
this Department with reference to im
pressment, nor has aDy authority to make
impressment been asked for or granted.
G. W. Randolph,
Secretary of War.
Horrible Murder.
We. Icarn ..hat a Miss Vaughn, of De
soto county, was outraged a few days
since by a negro, and afterwards murder
ed and thrown into Coldwater creek.
I After her body wa9 found, tho negro was
I traced to Memphis, when he was de
manded of the Federal authorities. In
j credible as it may seem, they refused to
deliver him up. In reply, they coolly
j said the negro came to them seeking pro
i tection, and he should have it. Thus is
a crime of the most horrible character
i permitted to go unpunished, and other
i criminals in the same position assured
i they can outrage with impunity.— Appeal.
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Southern Enterprise.
A correspondent of the Mobile Adver
tiser, in speaking of a young lady whom
he met on the cars, says : “She had on a
pretty neat striped cotton dress, which
she said she wove with her own hands,
and which became her beautiful rounded
form as well as any brocade silk.
“Another Alabama lady, onboard, had
’ on a pretty Btraw bonnet es her own man
| ufacture 1 So much for the developmehts
of home manufacture in the South which
this war has produced, and which is bet
i ter than all the time our young ladies
have ever spent at fashionable boarding
schools to learn a smattering of French
and Italian, which they abandon on grad
uating.”
The New Orleans Delta suggests to
Gen. Butler that the females who “flaunt
secession badges in the faces of the de
fenders of New Orleans,” be sent to the
cotton factory at the Baton Rouge Peni
tentiary.
Baptist Historical Society.
Tho Baptist Historical Society of the
Confederate States met .in Atlanta a few
days since according to previous notice.
Dr. N. M. Crawford acted as President;
H. C. Ilornaday as Secretary. The fol
lowing resolutions were adopted :
Resolved, J hat the contributions to
the Historical Library, of bocks, pamph
lets, pictures, curiosities, &c., be respect
fully solicited. And that Ministers of
our denomination, and others, whose
portraits would be intrinsically valuable,
be requested to forward to the Librarian
their framed photographs or portraits,
to be preserved among our collections.
On motion it was resolved that the
Corresponding Secretary request breth
ren throughout the Confederacy to pre
pare suitable sketches of deceased Min
isters and members of U ur Churches, to
be presented at the next annual meeting
of the Society.
The following officers we r e elected:
Recording Secretary—H C. Hornady.
Corresponding “ —W. T. Brantly.
Treasurer—James Clark.
Librarian—-S. Root.
Board of Managers—Dr. Gwathmy, of
Va.; J. J. James, N. C : P. G. Edwards,
S. C.; E. B. Teague, Ga.: J. E. Broome,
Fla ; H. T. Watts, Ala.; I. 11. Harrison,
Miss.; J. 11. Lowe, La.; R. E. B. Baylor,
Texas; F. N. Wiley, Ark.; A. W. Cham
bliss, Term.; A. T. Holmes, J. I. Whita
ker, G. IV. Cook, and J. M. Wood, of
Georgia.
On motion of brother Dyer, appointed
brother 11. 11. Tucker to deliver the anni
versary address at the next meeting.
Brother Teague submitted the follow
ing resolution, which was adopted :
Resolved, That we request through the
press, tho churches throughout the Sou
thern Confederacy to furnish sketches of
their history to the Librarian of the
Southern Baptist Historical Society.
Resolved, That the thanks of the So
ciety be presented to those individuals
who have made donations to its Library.
Resolved, That the Society adjourn to
meet with the Second Baptist Church in
this city, on Friday before the first Sab
bath in August, 1863, at 10.1 o’clock,
A. M.
Skirmish at Orange Court House.
On Saturday morning last a portion
| of the 7th Virginia Cavalry, Robertson’s
; brigade, under Col. W.E. Jones, engaged
j the Ist Michigan, sth New York, and Ist
Vermont Cavalry, at Orange Court House.
Our men fought with desperation, not
having more than 100 at aDy one time in
the fight, while the enemy’s force was
between 1,200 and 1,500. Ten of the
enemy, including a Major, and eleven
horses, were killed, the dead bodies of
the latter remaining in the streets of
JOrange Court House after the fight was
I over. Four carriages were pressed by
| the Yankees to carry off their wounded,
j Several prisoners were captured, six of
whom (Sergeat J. S. Trowbridge and two
| privates of the Ist Vermont;) were
! brought to Richmond by the Central
j train last evening and committed to the
Military Prison. Some few of our men
were captured in the skirmish, but none
killed. Major Berry, of the 4th Georgia
battalion, who was near the scene of ac
tion, informs us that the enemy retreated
by way of Terrill’s Ford across the Rapi
dan river. Our troops occupied the town
on Saturday night.
Conflicting reports of this affair were
in circulation yesterday, but the forego
ing statement is derived from a source
entitled to full confidence, and may be
relied on as correct. It has been con
jectured that this advance of the enemy’s
cavalry was made with a design to de
stroy a train of cars which had been run
ning from Gordonsville to Orange Court
House, but in this they met with a signal
failure. We understand that our pickets
were driven in previous to the fight, and
that one man was killed. This may have
given rise to the report that our men
were forced to retire before overwhelm
ing numbers, and that the enemy took
possession of Orange Court House. The
impression prevails that a general en
gagement cannot be long delayed.— Rich.
Dispatch, 4 th.
Yankee Telegraphic Dispatches.
The following dispatches appear in the
News Sheet:
ARREST OF VALLANDIGHAM.
New York, July 28.—The Tribune has
a special dispatch from Columbus, Ohio,
stating that Rev. Dr. Brooks, of St.
Louis, and Rev. D. Hoyt, of Louisville,
were arrested on Friday night, at the
house of a notorious Rebel, Judpe Clark,
of Ohio.
It was reported that important papers
were found ou them, implicating Hon.
C. L. Vallandigham, who will bo taken
with them to Cincinnati.
The Governor has issued orders to as
sessors to have an enrolment of all able
bodied men ready by the 18th of August.
If there shall not be’volunteers enough
by that time, drafting will commence.
THE POSITION OF SECRETARY SEWARD.
A definition of the position of Secre
tary Seward, evidently authoritative, is
published iu Saturday’s National Intel
ligencer, from which it appears he is
content, as he hitherto has been, to re
main where he is, so long as the chosen
Chief Magistrate of the country requires
it, though his advice should be over
ruled, which happens very rarely, and
then in cases which his own judgment
better informed approves. At the same
time he would not, if he could, for any
reason prolong his stay in the place he
now holds one hour beyond the time
when the President shall think it wise
to relieve him, and when he shall retire
from it, it will be with the determination
he has more than once heretofore ex
pressed, under no circumstances what
ever to be a place-holder in the service
of his country, even although, as he most
confidently expects, it shall emerge in
its full strength and greatness from its
present troubles.
Affair# oil James River.
We have received hut little additional
intelligence relating to the artillery en
gagement at Coggin’s Point on Thursday
night. It is, however, confidently as
serted that tho enemy’s fleet suffered
considerable damage. A report reached
us from Petersburg last evening that the
Federals had landed a force on the south
side of the river, near CoggiD’s Point,
probably with a view to prevent any fur
ther demonstration against their fleet
from that quarter.
Heavy and rnpid artillery firing down
the river was distinctly heard in the city
yesterday afternoon, continuing till 8
o’clock. The cause of this firing, and
the point at which it occurred, were not
ascertained. — Richnond Dispatch, 4th. .
Yankee Brutality In Culpeper.
The Lynchburg “Republican” states
that a few days since Miss Elia Slaugh
ter, a young and lovely lady and one of
the most accomplished in Culpeper, was
grossly and brutally insulted by a Yan
kee soldier. With'that spirit of proud
Southern feeling which animates all our
women, she drew a revolver and threat
ened to shoot the scoundrel dead unless
he should leave her presence. He did
leave, but soon afterwards returned with
an officer and file of men, and Miss
Slaughter was arrested, and put in the
jail at the Courthouse, where she remain
ed on Wednesday evening, not being al
lowed any communication with her friends
and being fed on the coarsest prison
fare.— Richmond Enquirer.
Affair# on the Coast.
Capt. John Mickler returned to camp
on Sunday last, from a general tour of
inspectiou among the Sea Islands and
Y'ankee oamps near Hilton Head and
Broad river. After posting himself about
“the situation,” he retired unobserved,
bringing with him seven negroes—one of
whom is a member of one of Gen. Hun
ter’s new regiments. The fellow will, of
course, be hung. Capt. Mickler was ab
sent nearly a week.— Chas. Mercury, 6th.
‘•Skedaddling.”
The Calias (Me.) Advertiser says that
more than fifty persons wearing the ap
parel of men, have already bounded over
the line, from Penobscot to Canada, to
escape a draft.
From the Augusta Constitutionalist.
1 An Irluli \ lew of the War iu Amer
ica—Getter from William Smith
O’Brien.
The press of Europe has shown a very
correct knowledge of affairs in this coun
try, and of the principles for which the
South is contending. They have, gene
rally, sustained the South in the cause
in which she is engaged, and told the
North many wholesome truths of which
she is either ignorant or to which she is
totally blind. It is, perhaps, the com
ments of the European press which have
opened the eyes of many people across
the ocean to the exact state of affairs,
and induced the publication of the fol
lowing letter from Mr. William Smith
| O’Brien. It is, perhaps, of no great im
j portance to us, what European papers or
i Earopean statesmen say or think of us ;
still, we appreciate the world’s good
opinion, and only ask for justice in that
opinion.
Mr. O’Brien says he does not approve
of our peculiar institution, and would
gladly have seen the Union restored; but
it is now too late, as he believes that se
cession iB tl un fait accompli,” and the ha
tred between the two sections is increas
ing daily, thus rendering a reconstruc
tion of the Union an impossibility.
Mr. O’Brien’s sentiments are doubtless
the sentiments of a majority of the re
flecting minds of his country; and, as
such, are of interest to oar readers.
Here is his letter. It is addressed to Mr.
Richard O’Gorman, and is published in
the Dublin Nation, of June 21st:
LETTER OF WM. BMITH O’BRIEN.
Killinet, County Dublin, June IS, ’62.
My Dear O'Gorman: In common with all true
friends of the American people, I continue to
regard with horrOr the internecine war which
is desolating the States of America. The bru
tal and disgusting proclamation which has re
cently been promulgated by General Butler, at
New Orleans, realizes to our imaginations the
worst features of this struggle. Have you and
your friends at New York calmly asked your
selves when and how this contention is to. end.
1 implore you, in the name of humanity to east
aside the illusions with which an occasional
triumph fills the mindS of the Northerns, and
to consider whether it is possible that you can
subjugate the South, ana whether, if it were
possible, such subjugation ought to be desired
by the lovers of lree institutions. You know
that I am not an advocate of slavery—you
know that 1 deeply deplored the secession and
condemn those who provoked it. I may add
also, that 1 would have rejoiced if the seces
sion could have been put down at the com
mencement by the authorities of the Republic
—in case they had been supported and assist
ed by a majority of the inhabitants of the
Southern States ; but ever since the battle of
Bull Run, 1 have lelt that, for good or for evil,
the secession has been an accomplished fact
(un/ait accompli), and that an attempt to bring
together again by force the dissevered mem
bers of the Republic, would only produce dis
asters greater than those which would result
from breaking up the Union into several sec
tions. The progress of tlie war lias confirmed
these convictions.
Triumphs have indeed been won by the Fe
derals as well as by the Confederates; but what
evidence can be brought forward to prove that
any impression lias been made in support of
the Union upon the minds of the Southerns
by these triumphs? I will not call them con
quests, because the Federal armies have con
quered no ground except that upon which
tney stand. The war has brought to all par
ties the most costly sacrifices, but it appears to
have left the nunds of the contending sections
of the population in a state of more intense
exasperation against each other than existed
at the commencement of the last struggle.
Nor ought you to forget that many of°our
countrymen in America are, at this moment,
violating those rights of self-government which
they wish to apply in Europe, not only to Ire
land, but also to Boland, to Hungary, to Vene
tia, aud even to the lonian Isles. The states
men of England say that the government of
those istanus by .England is infinitely better
than any government could be whicn would
depend upon Greece. Yet the lonian Island
ers continue to declare, year after year, that
they desire to be incorporated with the king
dom of Greece rather than to be “protected’’
by England, and all the friends of freedom
tnink tnat they ought to be allowed to choose
for themselves in regard to suoh a question.—
In like manner, the inhabitants of the South
ern States of America may or may not act
very unwisely in desiring to re-establish for
themselves an independent Confederacy; but
no one can now doubt that such is their delib
erate choice, and, this being the case, to at
tempt to coerce them against their will
into connection with the Northern States
is a violation of the right of self-government
—is, in lact, tyranny, lias not the time arrived
when calmly judging men, such as yOUj can
exercise a mediatorial influence ? The author
ities at Washington are compelled to follow
rather than to lead public opinion upon this
as upon all other occasions. You, individual
ly, could render no greater service to human
ity than that which you would confer by first
convening a mediatorial committee at New
York, and by subsequently inviting a mass
meeting to proclaim its opinion in favor of an
amicable adjustment, of differences on terms
which shall be consistent with tlie honor and
security of all sections of the American peo
ple. Above and beyond all other considera
tions, beware of ‘foreign intervention.” Os
course, you will understand that I mean by
this term armed intervention, not friendly me
diation. h roni the day on which foreign arms
shall be brought to compel a pacification, the
prestige and dignity of both the Confederate
and Federal States will be loet forever.
Believe me, my dear friend, yours most sin
cerely. ‘ Wm. S. O’Brien.
Richard O’Gorman, Esq., New York.
Postage.
The Atlanta Confederacy, in the course
of some remarks about what Congress
ought to do at the approaching session,
delivers the following opinion :
We hope the present rates of postage
will be reduced. The rates were in
creased, no doubt, with a view to increas
ing the income and making the Depart
ment self-sustaining. We have no doubt
the revenue has been lessened instead of
increased, without reducing the expenses
a cent. We know of no safer rule to
judge of others than by ourselves. We
know that we don’t write half as many
letters now as we did when postage was
five cents; and we did not then write
half as many as we did when postage
was only three cents. We feel sure the
same may be truthfully said of a great
majority of the people. If this be so,
the increase of the rates is not only un
wise but suicidal—calculated to aggra
vate the remedy it was intended to rem
edy.
♦ .
Skirmish in Virginia—Yankee News.
Special to the Savannah Republican.
Richmond, August s. —Heavy skir
mishing is reported to have occurred this
morning, in which Cobb’s Georgia Les
gion drove the enemy back to their en
trenchments. The enemy was moving
up the river bank towards Drury’s Buff,
when the fight occurred.
There has been a great public meeting
in Cincinnati. Resolutions were adopt
ed to support the government, for grant
ing bounties, and against foreign inter
vention.
Gov. Curtain is stumping Rennsylvonia
to raise recruits. A draft is to be resort
ed to after the 15th, if Lincoln’s requisi
tion is not filled.
Gold and Exchange in New York are
declining.
Nothing is said in the Northern papers
about Seward’s resigning. P. W. A.
Tlie £uimy Take Malvern Hill—
Return of Confederate Prisoner.—
Tlie North llopele*., l>ut Full of
Revenge.
Special Dispatch to the Savannah Republican.
Richmond, Aug. 6. —The enemy wres
ted Malvern Hill from us on yesterday,
owing to the smallness of our picket
force. This brings them ten miles up
the river.
The Confederate'prisoners confined in
the East, including Buckner and Tilgh
maa, have returned South, and are now
in Richmond. The political prisoners
at Fort Warren still remain as prisoners.
The prisoners state that the North has
given up all hope of success, and prose
cute the war only from pride and re
venge.
Recruiting, they say, is a dead failure
at the North. A draft is the only rem
edy, and the government is afraid of
that. There are many sympathizers
with the South who begin to oppose any
further prosecution of the war.
Thurlow Weed considers the prospect
hopeless. P. W. A.
[SF.COND DISPATCH.]
Richmond, Aug. 6.—Among the pris
oners returned are those taken at Fort
Pulaski, and Captain Harlow’s Company,
captured in the valley: also, Lieut. Col.
Towers, of the Eighth Georgia.
P. W. A.
From Buell’. Army.
Chattanooga, Aug. G.— Three desert
ers from Buell’s army to-day, say he has
under his command, McCook’s Critten
den’s, Wood’s and Rousseau’s Divisions —
about 35,000 men in all, at Stevenson
and Bridgeport. He has plenty of pro
visions at Stevenson, but are on half ra
tions at Bridgeport. They say Buell
himself is either at Huntsville or Wash
ington City. The Federals are fortifying
Stevenson, and tearing down all the
houses.
Ortt Cormpb’idtnf't
Cam? Jackson, Fla., 1
July 31st, 1862. j
FJj Sun : Jbe Yankees, it is under
stood, have but few men at Pensacola.
This regiment, seven tenths of which has
been in the field twelve months, feels
that it has a fight to a place in the
picture, iu the exciting drama which we
suppose will be enacted, at some point
North of this, before long. Why native
Floridians, on whose health tho climate
has no deleterious effect, should be sent
to points above this, while uuacciimated
luotiutaiu sprouts, on whose health the
miasma of the country falls with a dead
ly effect that is calculated to appal the
strongest hearts, surpasses common com
prehension, though it may ail be plain
enough to “scientific ideas” of the fit
ness of things. Although there is no
such thing among us, as “gathering our
brows like gathering storm,” as was the
wont of Tom O’iShantee’s good dame,
there certainly are some of us “nursing
our wrath to keep it warm.”
General Van Dorn has fallen into the
strange hallucination, that blundering
incompctency should not be lashed by the
press. IVkat a delusion i The press
has done much to suppress official druu
kenness—that bane of the army. It
would not be surprising if a distinguish
ed ex Senator of your own State, could
wish that the press was a little less dis
posed to point out delinquents. Lit the
press continue true to the interest of
the country, as it has heretofore—regard
less of would-be-dictators—the people
will sustaiu it. Yours,
Iter.
The Notorious Rucker.
Rucker, who was lately captured in St.
Nicholas county, Va., is thus sketched by
a correspondent of the Lynchburg Re
publican :
Our cavalry cameacro3s and captured,
a few days ago, some sixty-five Yankees
in Nicholas county, at Somerville, and
arrived at Gen. Loring’s headquarters
with them this morning. Among them
is the notorious Dr. Wrn. 11. Rucker, who
figured so conspicuously iu Alleghany
county last Spring He is now Lieut.
Col. of Yankee cavalry, and is said to be
the most dangerous, as well as the most
blood-thirsty devil among them. Gen.
Loriug had him hand culled upon his ar
rival at Salt Sulphur this morning, and
immediately sent off to Jackson’s River
for evidence to sit on his trial, which is
to take place Wednesday 31st inst, and
it is thought will boos snch a nature as
to leave no doubt that he will receive his
just deserts, which will be dangling at,
the end of a rope between heaven and
earth.
He has, on several occasions, ordered
our prisoners to be shot down in cold
blood, which will be proved upon him.
He also burned a bridge near Covington,
which alone will convict him I have
known him from boyhood, and he was
alwas considered a consummate scound
rel and it was prophesied by his friends
that he would be hung. 1 understand
that when the hand cuffs were put ou
him, he assumed a most, defiant and inso
lent demeanor. If he is convicted and
hung here, I will write you again.
♦_ ——
A Touching lueixtent.
The Tuskegee Baptist clips the follow
ing from a Norfolk correspondent of the
Petersburg Express relative to another
of our brave soldieis, Mr. A 8. Kieser,
son of Mr. B. H. Iviescr, who were pub
lishing a paper called the Confederate
States, in Tuskegee, Ala., at the time
tho war commenced. They suspended
their paper, and took up arms in de
fense of their country, and at the battle
of “Seven Pines” they fought, side by
side, wore both wounded and ieii into the
hands of the enemy ; the son rec; iviug a
mortal wound, from which he soon bid
adieu to earthly scenes, and at bis own
request, he was brought over to Norfolk
and interred:
A touching incident occurred on Sunday
last. I will record. A Confederate prisoner
named A. S. Reiser, of the 3d Alabama Regi
ment died at Fortress Monroe, and ere he
breated his last, requested that his remains
might bo conveyed to Norfolk for sepulture.
His request was granted; and on the day above
mentioned, his manly form was brought up in
a very plain coffin, and carried to Old St. Paul’s
which was filled to its utmost capacity to wel
come his sacred dust. For him were the choi
cest flowers wreathed by fair one’s hands to
decorate his bier; and hundreds, nay, thou
sands followed him to his last sad home.—
When the melancholy words were pronounced,
“Ashes to ashes, dust to dust,” the sod that
lumbered in his grave was accompanied by a
Secession flag and a large magnolia flower—
tossed there by a lady. Soon the friendly
spade hid them from sigh* and they now re
pose with him who lost his life in battling for
the cause of which the first is the emblem.—
There was not an eye that refused its tribute
of a tear. Although this was an impromptu
burial it was the most impressive one we ever
witnessed. Could notice have been given, the
whole of Norfolk would have assembled to pay
respect to the honored dead. The respect
shown this poor soldier, so surprised our Yan
kee occupiers that they will never permit an
other body to be brought up for burial.
Tkc I.iucs Below Richmond
A number of conflicting reports were
yesterday in circulation with reference
to an engagement which occurred at Mal
vern Hill early in the morning. It is
stated that at 2 o’clock a. m., the enemy
attempted to advance a force into Curl’s
Neck, which was driveu back with eon
siderable loss by our forces, comprising
a portion of Gen. Longstreei’s division.
Later in the morning, having been
strongly teinforced, they attacked our
forcc-s at Malvern Hill, and succeeded,
after a severe engagement, ia obtaining
possession of that point. Our forces at
that place is represented to have em
braced one regiment of infantry, one of
cavalry, and a field battery. Early in
the engagement the ammunition of the
battery was exhausted, to which is main
ly attributed the loss of the field. A
courier, who arrived in the city late in
the afternoon, states that we lost three
pieces of artillery, and had some six or
eight men captured. Our loss in killed
and wounded was not ascertained.—
Richmond Dispatch, 6th.
Fredericksburg.
News from Fredericksburg as late as
to the 81st ult., states that the citizens
of that town have to a man nobly re
solved not to take Lincoln’s oath of alle
glance, as required by Pope’s order,
but to submit to compulsory exile, as
the alternative of refusal. All honor to
so proud an example ! Among them is the
venerable Judge Lomax, one of the pur
est men that ever lived, and now iu ex
treme age. The venerable patriot and
good man, has with many others, his
trunk already packed, prepared to sub
mit to tho tyranny which can drive him
from his home, but cannot put a stain
upon Lis honor. May age deal very
gently with the noble old maD, and may
thousands of strong arms and brave
hearts avenge his foul wrongs ! — Rich.
Enq. oth.
Another Outrage,
Friday evening last, the Y'aukees in
testing the watersof James River landed
at “Maycocks,” the elegant residence of
Mrs. Dr. Wm. Cole, and set fire to the
dwelling and all the out houses which
were completely destroyed;
Mrs. Cole and her children were absent
at the house of a neighbor, but her com
fortable home, and all the furniture it
contained, has fallen a prey to Yankee
meanness and malignity.
The dwelling at Maycocks was one of
the handsomest specimens of cottage
architecture on James River, nearly new,
and cost some $15,000. — Rich. Enq , oth.
Retaliation.
The Richmond correspondent of the
Savannah Republican, writing Aug. 3d,
says:
“There is reason to believe, however,
that the President will resort to the most
stringent measures in a short time, un
less the Federal authorities retrace their
steps. It is said that there are special
reasons for not resorting to these meas
ures yet awhile. Itisfnrther stated that
he had already opened a correspondence
with the Federal government iu regard
to Butler the beast.”
IVlts 1 Grs *
Brigadier Steinwehr is, as hi? name
implies, says the Richmond Examiner a
German, and hails from the little prin
cipality of Saxo Gotha. His family have
been respectable ; and an undo of his
isnow a general of that picayune gov
ernment. Sieuiwehr, the Yankee gen
eral. first made his appearance in the
old Vailed States in the character of a
draughtsman, m (he Hydrographical
Buieau, uuder Professor Baohe, and, at
a salary of three dollars a day, worked
iu Mobile, under direction of Captain
Maliitt, of the United States navy, who
then was engaged in the survey of the
coasu An intimacy soon sprung up be
tween Steinwehr aud Mrs. Maliitt, aud
their conduct gave rise to a great deal of
scandal. As the details would bo olleu
sive to ears polite, we pass them over in
silence, contenting ourselves with men
tioning the result of the intimacy.—
Madam lett Mobile the divorced wife of
a dishonoured husband, Steinwehr bear
ing her company, marked, for life, with
the gash of a bowie-knife extending
across his face from the eye to the chin.
Madam had a good deal of personal
property, jewelry, &c., and our Yankee
general, then unfledged, nexi turned up
iu New York at a fashionable boarding
house, under the title of the Baron
Adolph Von Steinwehr, and the cast-off
wife of Maliitt as Madam le Countesse
De Von Steinwehr. The baron made a
desperate plunge into society, but, des
pite all his efforts, could never reach the
enchanted ground, the inner circle of the
elite. German barons were a drug in
market; a Japaness Tommy was worth
a dozen barons at that time. Our Yan
kee fledgeling general left the metropolis
in disgusi, aud turued up iu Albany, N.
Y. Here barons were scarce, and as the
Baron Steinwehr had felt (he knife and
boo(s of Americans, and others, ho drop
ped a peg or two, and tried the scientific
and injured innocence caper. Iu Al
bany, he represented himself to the Van
Ransellars, Ten Eycks, Townsends, Bay
ards, and others, as a German noble,
who, suffering from his love of liberty,
his contempt of rank, &c., and being an
outcast from the land of his fathers, de
prived of his vast possessions, was
forced to fall back upon his acquirements
for a living. He met with a great deal
of sympathy and encouragement. Ha
made a great noise; he was to write a
book; teach drawing; make a physical
geography, etc; in short, he “got into
society,” and all went swimmingly with
him for a time. But it was not long be
fore he displayed qualities which did
notincrease his popularity. He obtained
endorsations on bills which he forgot
honour ; borrowed books and other ar
ticles of value, and pawned them; bor
rowed small change which he never re
paid, and at last—“breathe it not iu
Gath,”- —he was suspected of stealing
what he could not borrow. lie cheated
at cards and was tabooed in Albany.—
For this same trick ho had been kicked
by the less refined inhabitants of New
York city. Albany refused him, and he
was obliged to leave his drawing pupils
untaught and his projected physical
geography unfinished.
A penniless rowdy, lie returned to New York
city, about the time “-Honest Abe” made the
discovery that seventy-five thousand Yankee
volunteers could not squelch ‘-the rebellion.”
lie saw in the disorders and necessities of the
times an opportunity lor a position; and a
brewer named Speyer, upon whom he had
been sponging, saw an opportunity of getting
rid of a heavy encumbrance. Speyer who
ruled a large portion of the lager-selling and
drinking community, set himself to work and
raised a regiment lor Steinwehr, and the latter
having lived in Albany, knew the modes of
doing business there, and had little difficulty
in obtaining the commission of colonel. How
he rose to his present position can be brieily
told. Not deficient in pluck or impudence, lie
stood while others ran; he worked while oth
ers loafed, and is now a brigadier-general.—
The styling himself A. Steinwehr is an attempt
to Anglicize his name—the ‘“Baron Adolph
Von Steinwehr” being played out. Should he
at any time fall into the hands of our troops,
the following description will serve to identify
him: In height he is about five feet four inch
es, compactly made, but rather short-legged,
broad shoulders, quick in his manner—in af
fectation of the French style; bald head—
what hair there is left being sandy; blueish
gray eyes; nose aqueline,and slightly flatten
ed by a blow ; mouth large, but well formed;
chin prominent ; moustache sandy, sprinkled
with gray, and a frightful gash on the left
cheek, from the eye to the goatee—a souvenir
of Mobile.
Seward—a Canard.
That startling dispatch from Staunton
concerning the resignation of Seward
turns out to be a tremendous canard. —
Such things are now and then imposed
upon the public by the “reliable gentle
man” who seems to be on good terms with
some of our nows agents. It is true, that
lying sheet., the New York Herald, with
its usual loyc for sensation, had circulat
ed some vague reports about changes in
the Cabinet, but the following from the
National Intelligencer, which was given
for the authority of the statements of the
dispatch sent us a few days since, shows
how utterly worthless they were:
In order to meet tiro insatiate demand
for excitiug news which prevails among
all classes of people in dense communities,
the leading journals of our principal cities
keep correspondents at Washington to
transmit by telegraph or letter the
many coloured rumors, tko offspring gen
erally of surmise, which are hourly dying
about the halls of the hotels and of the ex
ecutive departments; and when these
flag or fail, the journals themselves sup
ply the deficiency from their own fertile
imaginations.
Iu general, these creations are harmless,
and, having served their purpose, are for
gotten in the exciting dispatch of the fol
lowing day. Sometimes, however, a bold
er stroke at sensation deals in matters too
grave for sport and calculated to work evil
abroad, innocent as they may bo at
home, where they are better understood.
Such is the character of some specula
tions and imaginary probabilities put
forth with much emphasis by a Now'York
journal a day or two ago.
Oa the authority of its “telegraphic
dispatches” from Washington, that jour
nal informs the public that, from the con
flicting views of the members, “the Cabi
net ha3 been oa the verge of a complete
dissolution that. Mr Seward made up
his mind to resign his position, if his
counsels were not acceded to ; that hi3
retirement would have led to an entire
recoustructioa of the Cabinet; that to
avoid such embarassments at this crisis,
aud especially desirous to retain the in
valuable services of Mr. Seward, the
President has resolved to harmonize the
execution of the confiscation and militia
acts, &c., iic. Furthermore, that anew
movement on the political chessboard is
a move of the conservative Democrats
and Republicans to make Gen. Dix gover
nor of New York and Mr. Seward senator
in Congress.
It appearing to us lhat statements of
dissensions in the public councils at this
critical juncture might receive some cre
dence abroad, if none at home and prove
prejudicial to the public interest in the
European world, we thought it our duty
to ascertain whether any foundation real
ly existed for revelations of so serious a
character.
The Cincinnati Gazette publishes let
ters of the loth and lGth, from Hunts
ville, Alabama. There has been a ter
rific storm, which did a great amount of
damage to the camps. In consequence
of the operations of a few squads of
guerrillas, between Huntsville and Nash
ville, Gen. Buell’s grand array had been
reduced to half rations. Gen. Rosseau
had taken command of the third division,
lately commanded by General Mitcfae!
<>
Yankee Outrages iu Rappahannock
The Yankee vassals in Rappahannock
county, released from the rules of army
decorum by the lata order of General
Pope, have been indulging their cruelty
and wantonnees with a high hana.
Amidst other villainies recently perpe
trated by them is an act which must
stigmatize them forever. They first de
prived a highly respectable citizen (Mr.
Charles Green) who is sixty-five years of
age, of all bis negroes, and then horse
whipped him for proclaiming Southern
sentiments. — Rich. EngGth.
Riuta for our Generals.
Crops are reported very fine and prom
ising in Missouri, and in fact all the bor
der States.
Shoe pegs are being manufactured in
great quantities at Ringgold, in this
State.
Vrotn the York T.'ti’e?
War Feeling in the north.
It is a month since President. Lincoln
issued his proclamation calling for a if esh
muster of three hundred thousand men.
What proportion of that force is now un- i
der arms? Is there a half of if 1
there a single hundred thousand In
there fifty thousand tho wV 1? 0 rv ;
over ? What proportion of it h.v V \
pent, forward to reinforce the army oi -
General McGlellau ? 11..3 there been
twenty-five thousand men ? Has there
been ten thousand? We do not doubt
that since the battles of last month Gen
eral McClellan has been strengthened by
more than ten thousand new soldiers;
for a great part of our forces in both the
Carolina?, under Generals Burnside and
Hunter, has left those States and come
forward to reinforce him; and detach
ments havo also been sent him from other
columns of our army. But of the new
levy of volunteers we fear that he ha? not
not yet seen, nor is likely for some time
to see, the faces of a half dozen regiments.
To come at once close home, we would
ask, what has this great State of New
York, with a free population of close up
on four millions of souls, yet done ? Have
we, after the lapse of a month, sent for
ward our first regiment? When, at the
present rate of recruiting, shall wo have
twenty thousand mjn, not to speak of
our quota of sixty thousand, in iae field ?
What has this metropolis of New York,
with it's population bordering upon a
million, yet done in tho matter? Will
the muster-rolls exhibit one quarter of
its quota? We know that some of the
newspaper reporters, judging from locals
and exceptional facts, have represented
recruiting as quito brisk—as indeed on
some days aud at some offices it has been.
But there can bo no need of denying that,
ou a general survey of the field, and an
accurate estimate of the results, recruit
ing is dull enough, and does not give
prospect of reaching such activity as to
furnish our quota of the new levy in any
reasonable time. We, of this city, have
not one regiment near ready to go for
ward, and we have not yet sent a single
man to fill up tho thinned ranks of the
regiments now in the field.
Sale of Kcgroes and Real r.tsjiife.
On Tuesday last, it being Sheriff’s-sale
day, and a large number of negroes a.id
other property being advertised for sale
by our city auctioneers, and sequestrated
Property, by the Confederate Receiver
for this district, there was a large attend
ance at the Court House of our citizens,
and persons from a distance, when the
sales commenced; consequently proper
ty sold high, the bidders being nurner
ous.
One negro girl about 1G years old
brought $1,240.
A negro man, about 23 years old, a
negro woman, 2G years old ; and a ne
gro girl 7 years old ; were sold together,
and brought $3,400.
A negro man about 33 years old with
4 little boys, sold for SIOOO. I’iiy prop
erty sold high.
A number of shares, sequestrated by
the Confederate Receiver as property of
an alien enemy, iu the “Atlanta Gas
Company,” originally rated at $23 per
share, sold, ou an average, at $35 .p -r
share.
c-tock ij tuc ■‘Atlanta and (test foiot
Railroad ’’.also sold under she ssqu<. ■
tion aci, originally ralec at SIOO per
share, sold at an average of.about $132.
These sales Were allfor Cash ~ Atlanta
fntdliaenC’T, l(h.
From. NeNiniivlHr.
V/e learned yesterday, that ■ v i’,,„
koea occupied McMinnville, with i rcc
estimated at between 6,000 and f.OOO
troops, last Saturday about 1!$ o-’Clock.
V/e are oi opinion that this is the Div.
ion of Gen. Nelson, who had left Na-h
ville for Murfreesboro’ on the 17th July,
with the avowed intention of capturing
Gen Forrest aud his command.
The gentleman who furnishes us the
information of their arrival at McMinn
ville, states that he left the place after
they had taken it, but before establish* g
pickets around,it, and that he heard such
heart-rending shrieks from the female
inhabitants as made bis blood curdle and
harrowed his very soul. This gentleman
is of opinion that the Yankees bad been
turned looso indiscriminately, and were
pursuing their hellish instincts at will,
maddeued as they were at their fail are
to capture General Forrest whom they
heard was at McMinnvilie.
But for tho sake oi humanity we are
not prepared to give fall credence to (his j
part of the information. It may have
been caused through fear of the arrest,
or capture of the husbands and brothers
of the ladies by the p crols who were
searching for Confederate soldier-, but
in God’s name don’t make us believe the
human race has so fallen os to be guilty
of the barbarism our informant is dis
posed to charge them with.- Chattanooga,
(Jewt.,) Rebel, Auj. 5.
Small Pox In Mons pfom - ry.
The Advertiser of yesterday bn -• sb
followijpg:
Montgomkiii, Aug. 7, 18G2.
Eds. Advertiser: No case of small pox
reported to-day.
To-morrow Bth, is the regular meeting
of the Board of Health.
J. F. JOHNSON,
President Board of Health.
———— - -
A.u Incident.
A box of hats, shipped by Oapt. Bo
roar, Quartermaster at Calhoun, Ga., to
Chattanooga, about a mouth ago, was
opened iu the office of Major C. F. Janes,
Chief Quartermaster at Chattanooga, on
the 4th inst. The box contained a live
cat and several dead kittens The oat
had demolished several ha's, and wns
“very thin in order,”
Thpre is no humbug iu this —mis
take—every word is strictly true. So
says a correspondent whom we know io
be every way reliable, and we unhesita
tingly vouch for what hr- — At'onta
Confederacy
.
Mew Orleans and tVaj-liington Tel
egraph Company.
At a meeting of the South Carolina
Stockholders of this company was held
iu Charleston on Monday feet. lion. W.
L>. Porter, Henry Gourdin and L. D
Mowry, Esqre., were appointed a Com
mittee to represent the interests of the
Stockholders of the State in the New Or
leans and Washington Telegraph Compa
ny, at a general meeting of the Company,
to be held in the City of Augusts on !b
Bth inst — Aug. Chron , 7 th.
—
Movements of McClellan,
The demonstrations of the enemy on
the south bank of the river, on Friday
last, is not thought to look to perm an* nt
occupation. It was, doubtless, oniy .re
signed to scour the county of Priuce
George as a precaution against another
midnight attack by our ami’eri-’
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the sth Geer; ia Uegt; wa-. a-: -.- • ■- j
to camp a*eh: the 801 b Ja-y last. WbeVm -i 1
Columbus he us.uie liia escape from ;; e g -ard a‘
Station No. 1 or 2 Mnecogee Roil Pond. S .J
Brown may oxh lit a furlough 01 -.h □
ment to p; cud At his arret wl:i V _; j u be
regarded.
Desckipmox—Heijh l6 feet 4 or I iu- lies, black
hair, tair c< mplectioa, v..y light blue eye a,
weight about 120 lbs. K. WBBTON,
Oapt. Cos. H., eth Ga. Regt.
aiivs-(l6t?w2t. on deteched service. ■
tfcr Richmond E-saltcr, ifc.
‘llHfnry Mwementi n Virginia
information from sources deemed trust
worthy have been received in Petersburg
that the enemy meditate an attack upon
that city in two columns—ono to ap
prOneb !>y the river road; the other fir
<}arysville. The enemy’s force is nai'i $>
be fifteen thou it -i, irn thousand of whom
were landed at Maycock’s Sn*iay and
Monday last, and five thousand at Cog
gin’s Point on Tuesday.
Oh the ndvanco of the enemy on Tues
day morning our forces evacuated Mal
vern Heights. There was all yesterday
a prevalent disposition to regard this
evacuation ns a disaster. Int that the
movements was not only strategic, but
pro arraugod, wa think a little reflection
will convince every one. Malvern Hill
is, it ,3 true, by nature, a strong position,
commanding, as it doss, tho surrounding
country for miles. During the recent
battle, it was well for ns to expel the en
emy from it just as it was well for us to m
drive him wherever we could and punish *
him in every way that laid in our power.
But those battle being ended, anew dis
position of forces was to be made by both
armies, and these heights being within
easy range of the enemy’s gunboat3 it
was clearly, for us, au undesirable, and
indeed an almost untenable, position.
We will statu the facts of the affair of
Tuesday morning, as wo have received
them it am what we consider good author
ity-
At art early hour Tuesday morning a
division of the euemy advanced on Mal
vern Hill, which, at the lime, was occu
pied only by i’oomb’s brigade. As the
euemy came within range, ono of our
batieiics opened upon tnem, and u sharp
artillery skirmish at long range ensued,
and lasted a few minutes, when the brig
ade fell back and the enemy occupied the
hill. Our men retired in good order,
bringing oil ah their guns. Two of our
artillerists were killed and three wounded.
This was the sam el casualties.
By some it is thought that this demonstra
tion in force is designed Dy tho euemy to cover
his evacuation of his James river ease; but
taken in connection with the reported landing
of fifteen thousand men on the south side, anil
the arrival ot Bolter's mortar tleet in Hamp
ton Roads, we think this movement points <n
■reetlv to an advance ou Richmond by land ana
water.
The news, lrom General Stuart’s force on the
lino of tiio Central railroad is unsatisfactory
and *by fib menus encouraging. When the
down train reached Frederick’s lfail yester
day, citizens ot ilie neighborhood announced
thai tiio enemy were only throe miles distant.
At Hanover Gourthouso a man who just ar
rived there before the train brought the re
port licit Smart had yesterday morning a fight
with, the euemy, o.uou strong, wined had re
sulted in the loss of two of las cavalry regi
ments. This is an improbable, but not an im
possible, story. From a careful examination
of ad the uuormruon wiinm our reach, we
believe that the facts of the movements in
that quarter within the past forty-eight-hoars
are briefly ns follows: On Monday the enemy
made ins appearance at Jerrolu mills, ten
miles northeast of Anderson’s (Verdun; bul
lion. On Tuesday Gen. Stuait made a reeou
noissance in force, with the design of feeling
his strepgth, when a sharp skirmish ensueu,
in which we killed several of the enemy and
took four prisoner-. Having ascertained the
enemy’s force to consist of four regiments of
infantry, six hundred cavalry, and ten pieces
of cannon, Stuart fell back ton aids the rail
road. During this skirmish some of ouf cav
alry made the entire circuit of the enemy’s
lines. A .serious tight was expected to take
place yesterday between, the opposing forces,
out nothing has been heard on the subject, ex
cept the announcement made by the badiy
tiighu nod men at Hanover Courthouse.
Wie bayu lieaid nothing of moment from the
region above Gordohsvilio. It is said that, on
last ruonduy, a body oi our cavalry fell into a
fatal ambuscade near Madison Courthouse, a
scouting parly of three n 1 tidi ed had approach
ed within three miles of the couft-house, when
they discovered they had Ittfen ambuscaded
and sunouudedby upwards of three thousand
of the enemy. Our men, with great gallantry,
int i heir way through the ranks of thoenemy
mid escaped with a loss of thirty men either
killed or taken prisoners.
A rumor reached this city last evening that
Malvern Hill had been re-taken by our troops.
For reasons given above we are unwilling to
credit the opinion that itnattempt to re-occupy
it has been made or is contemplated.
From the London Morning'Toat.
Pi Giutl Confederate Vlc.eiiy .
The dtsuiita with wcicli we tiro now
furnished oi thy bailies at llichmor.d
confirm to the min t our previous im
pressions it was a great Confederate
victory. During close ou an entire week
did me rival armies aontemi; nml at ils
close ijia Federal forces hod refresited
seventeen miles, with the loss, according
to Southern accounts, of Twelve thousand
pmouers, ail their siegutrain, and suffi
cient supplies to last the Confederate ar
my for some months. Tata is not in
terms corroborated by Gen’i McClellan ;
bul a:, fie oooced-.s Ural on iho 27th of
June Lewdo ‘-overwhelmed,” and obliged
to abandon twenty five pieces of artillery,
it is probable that the account published
by the Confederates is (making allow
ance for passible exaggeration) substan
tially correct At all events, if theGon*
ferates were not victorious, they must
be allowed the; merit of bearing their
re-corses with cheerful philosophy, a’
immediately after the engagement they
proceeded to illuminate their capital;
whilst the gloom which pervaded New
York and Washington evinces, on the
part oi their inhabitants, a very singu
lar mode of appreciating one of the most
remarkable “slraufgic movements” onre
c ord.
Decidedly, General McClellan dees not
: deserve tire praiae which Napoleon bo
j feto'.vcd on one of kia marshals, whan bo
i said that ho suipassed all others iu or
ganizing and conducting master retreats.
: Ilejrever, whether predetermined or not,
Ike recent movement has left General
McClellan and his many miles farther
distant from llichmoud, on tiie banks of
j the James mer, with a friendly flotilla
of gunboats iu his rear raady to shell
the Confederates should they attempt to
force bjm o more to put in practice
! hi:; novel principles of strategy .
Sotlce, Conseripla.
j 1 wilt be in Hamilton on Thursday th • Uih
. inst., for the purpose of re-enrol!ing C,,u
<:rijt in said county. All who have lx>?a ex
empted on army Surgeon’s- or Physician’s cer
i tilicates are required u report.’ The orders of
Maj. Jno. Duuwoody to E. G. Dawson, Captain,
| Ac., dated Headquarters Camp Randolph. Ga ,
July 25th, 1562, will be rigidly enforced.
I WM. J. DAVID,
Assistant Sub-Enrolling Officer for the eontr
! ty of Harris.
Harris County, Gst., Aug. 3, ’S2.-ags lwpd.
OBITUARY.
Killed in the battle near Richmond, June
27,1802. Joscrn H. Holt, son of Joseph and
’ Diana Holt, of Russell count'/, Ala aged 2!
years, 1 month and 3 da vs.
Yeung Holt was a member of the Cmtey Hi
flatty loth Ala. Regiment, lie was an affeeiion
’ ate jftfc and devored companion. H” M“ been
transferred from the armies of earth to God’s
! angel b nti in heaven. Truly may we say of
; him. “he I- not dead but slecpeth,/ ihe soul
! ha;- left its prison house and fiowh to that far
ott sh< re tvt re ti e weaiy a/*’ at r* 4 t. and
sorrow is unknown.'• Amoeg'the nr -t of the
g diant spirits to respond ><rahe call 5 troops,
he was ever found at tlig post of duty; the
hardships of the marehe* cbnld nev- ('dampen
, his ardor, ttie thundenp)J hostile gttne coub *
never shake his spirit. Amiable,
modest, generous, *nd :ut, bravely did hi
fi Hit until struck Ay the enemy’s balls, and
litenlell nd difcjl'ou the i•• c neH of battle,
in defence ofl;>country
Gently, ne K sleeping: h has breathed hi
metf
’ gently, vthiie yo a'e .v■ • ping; ne to heaven
i . has past.
Yes. tender and ‘aut.ftU Joseph E. Holt,
■ thy rosy chocks and gentle fame bath faded
an’d white red him a Power, and ail thj hejjuties
1 os f > death,
y - cMKau - -rn-nnm—
IHBD ,
At the residence of hi.J Grandmother, Clay
ton, Alabama, on the Uiat uA., Cli; fobd, soil
and only child oi It. J. apei H. Yarington.
a. i-i 2 ytais. Tmonths and 21 days.
Os Typhoid fever, at the Home” iu
the city o! Columbus, Gu., on the cist of July
last, VVilli. m Wiley Thomas, aged**evi-ntet-;.
years and eight days. He was a memberof the
-County Line Guards” from Chattahoochee
county, and was on his return home, when he
was placed at the “Soldiers’ Home.” The la
dies there bestoved every attention upon him j
and,could theirkiudness —their attentive nur
sing—have prolonged his life, he woittd hate
seen his parental roof once more, a u aias
Wiley is now gone! He fills a Soldier s-a pa
triot s grave! No more shall we see hm> on
earth I Peace be to him
“But the night deW (1 - ‘ ave
Shall brighten with verdure the grave where
And the tear that we shed, though in secret it
rolls.
Shall long keep his memory green m our
’ SOUIS.” OSE WHO ESEW HIM WELL,
Cuss-eta, Ga, Aug. 5,1*52.
NOTICE.
WO months after cate aprlievti a wi t be
x infcde to the Coi: tis Ordimry of jfiorcogee
•ear ty, 6a., for leav to tcli the rvaVjgtato be
longing to th; or Dr. William. ?/!..:■*. lato
Os e&id c~,u: ty, deceased.
CIIARJJ© WISK. fir.
Cokmiltr, Attg. 5, IStit, Wdat