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The Feeling at the Morth.
From the N, Y. Post (editorial,) July 24.
It 19 not to be concealed that a fooling
of gloom and despondency pervades the
public mind in reference to our national
affairs. Uuliko the temporary Bo*nbre
ness which followed the battle of Hull
Run, the presort depression seems to
deepen with time. That was a great
reverse, but it did not lessen our confi
dence in our rulers, or in the gallantry
or endurance of our troops. We went
to work immediately to repair the disas
ter with a degree of alacrity and hope
that won us the admiration of foreign
nations. Nothing, remarks Mr. Trollope
in his lato book of travels, could have
been more honorable to the Northerners
than the frankness with which they
owned that they had been whipped, ex
cept the cheerfulness with which they
bore their reverses and the energy with
which they proceeded to repair them.—
Have we lost that spirit of self reliance ?
Are your resources fewer than they were
then ? Is our military condition worse ?
The repulses we have suffered on the
Peninsula, it must be admitted, have
been very serious; our noblest army
composed of the flower of the North, and
led by tho most experienced generals,
has been driven from its position, and is
now cooped up on the James river, un
able to move until it shall be reinforced,
or the observation of tho enemy diverted
by a counter assault in some other
quarter. It is a humiliating fact. The
war has been greatly protracted by it,
and our exhausted finances still further
disturbed. But the worst effect has
been that wo lost much of our reliance in
our military chiefs and in our civic
rulers. Tho most devoted friends of
McClellan pronounce him a failure, and
even the sagacity and wisdom of Mr.
Lincoln is questioned. There has been
such an apparent want of foresight and
energy in the administration, and there
is still such an apparent reluctance to
strike earnest and decisive blows, that
the most buoyant natures begin to des
pair and tremble.
From Knoxville.
A correspandent of the Atlanta Intel
ligencer writing from Knoxville, Aug.
3d, says:
The renegades from East Tennessee
and the \ankces who mostly stay at
Cumberland Gap, occasionally come
down into the valley for something to
eat, and arrest Southern Rights citizens
In retaliation for the arrest of two trait
ors who were holding intercourse with
them and giving them information, I un
derstand they have arrested ten of our
friends and propose an exchange. Wo
do not know how the General in com
mand will receive this proposition, but
hope he will soon adopt such effective
means as will prevent similar occurren
ces in the future.
Our troops and citizens have been
quite restless under the want of activity
and enterprize of commanders in this
section, but wo have assurances and
evidence that the lethargic policy is to
cease. More than one of the enemy’s
regiments during their incursions in the
valley, might and would have been cap
tured, if Colonels of regiments of our
soldicrß had not been restrained by over
cautious commanders of brigades. But
let bye-goncs be bye-gones, and let
us hope for better things in the fu
ture. We shall without doubt have stir
ring times in this section in ten days or
two weeks. Either the two armies must
fight or one of them run. Wo allude to
Buell’s army and not the one at the Gap,
but it will also be taken care of in good
time.
Uuntersville, Ala., Shelled By the
Yankees.
Special Correspondence of the Reporter.
Gurtersville, July 20, 1802.
Mr. Williams— Dear Sir: We had
quite an exciting time here on Monday,
28th inst. The Federals arrived in force
of some 1,006, consisting of cavalry, in
fantry and artillery, on the evening of
the 27th, and commenced, early Monday
morning, shelling the town, which they
continued all day. I regret to say the
wife of Gen. S. K. Rayburn was killed
by a shell. Mrs. R. was a most estima
ble lady. Mr. McNary, a gentleman
from Naßhville, who was accompanying
his mother, an aged and decrepid lady,
was also killed. Mr. B. Mathews was
slightly wounded. Several buildings
were burnt on the bank of the river, and
the shell passed several buildings in town
about three-quarters of a milo from the
river. They commenced shelling the
town without any notice. They left the
river during Monday night, but are still
on the north side of the river not far off.
A ISevT Flail for a ‘Teut.
Lieutenant Etondal, of the 12th Ala
bama regiment, has shown us the draw
ings for a military tent, for the plan of
which he has just obtained a patent.
The chief characteristics of the tent are
that it is designed for but two soldiers,
and that the parts which compose the
tent become soldiers’ capes and knap
sacks when the tent is struck. Tho tent
is thus easily carried by the owners, and
is quickly pitched when the march is
ended. By actual use the tent has been
found an admirable one.
The advantage of having but few in a
tent, will be much appreciated by the
practical soldier. Precautions as to
personal cleanliness can be much better
observed when a soldier may pick his
companion, than where the cleanly and
the careless are huddled together iu large
numbers.
The tent of Lieut. E. is, of course,
small, so that their U3e would not in
crease the preseut size of an encampment.
— Kick. Enquirer.
Capt# Augustas §. Vlunruoy.
This gallant young officer fell iu the battle
of “Seven Pines,” on the 01st of May, ISO 2,
aged twenty years.
Be was one among the first to take up arms
to meet the invader, lie enlisted as a private
with the Opelika Volunteers. When the com
pany was organized, he was elected captain,
out subsequently gateway for Captain James
F. Waddell, an older and more experienced of
ficer, and took the place of first lieutenant,
which office he filled with entire satisfaction to
the company until the Till of February, lsstiZ,
when he was again elected captain without op
position —Capt. Waddell having been transfer
red to an artillery corps—and young as he was
lie discharged the aruuous duties of his office
with “marked ability. When the regiment to
which he belonged, (the Cth Ala.,) was reorgan
ized, he was unanimously re-elected Captain.
He served under the new organization but Ut
ile over one month. He fell dead instantly on
the field, pierced through tiie head by a inin
nie ball; nut he died as the brave ever die, in
me faithful discharge of his duty and nobly
sacrificing himself in the defence of his coun
try’s honor and rights.
But twas not as a soldier and on the field
alone that he was known and appreciated, but
m the every day walks of life were those manly
traits of character which ever make their pos
session an object of love and esteem, more
fully shown forth.
It was Captain Flournoy’s misfortune almost
in infancy to lose both his parents, but their
places were in a great measure supplied to him
by his brother, Capt. Thomas *. Flournoy, and
his estimable lady, of Opelika, Ala.; and on
them his death was a most heavy blow, as he
stood to them in the two-fold relation of son
and brother.
But he is gone. The gallant Captain no more
leads his brave band into the firey conflict, and
we no more see him with us—the agreeable
companion and the ever faithful friend; but
although we will not cease to regret his loss,
and think of him in sorrow, we will seek a so
lace for our grief by endeavoring for the fu
ture to imitate his noble example.
• Use Wno Served With Him.
Tlic Ram Arkansas.
Id correction of an erroneous state’
ment now going the rounds of the news
papers, we give the following dimensions
of the above famous craft. They were
furnished to us by Mr. \\ aguer, her arch
itect, who is now in Savannah: Length
between perpendiculars, IGS feet ;
breadth of moulded beam, 85 feet; depth
of hold, 12 feet. Her motive power con
sists of two high pressure engines, <IOO
horse power each; diameter of screws, 8
feet. She draws nine feet of water. —
Savannah Republican.
The North Carolina Election.
Avery heated and acrimonious State
canvass has just closed in North Carolina.
The elections were held in the camps on
la\ iay last ’ and State on Monday
r * The Gubernatorial candidates were
tw 6Wlon Vance, of the 14th North
i Esq *i. R * lmen t and Wm - Johnston,
I the cam 6 returns > B 0 f* r received from
unanimotts
The intercepted Dispatches.
Tho Atlanta Confederacy publishes the
following dispatches intercepted by Mr.
Elsworih, tho “rebel” operator attached
to Morgan’s command.
On Ihe loth J uly, Geu. Morgan, with
my sell and a body guard of fifteen men,
ai rived at a point one half a mile below
Horse Cave, on the Louisville and Nash
y,3 Railroad, where I took down the
telegraph wire and connected my pocket
instrument for the purpose of taking off
all dispatches as they passed through.
At i .30 an operator signing “Z.’’"com
menced calling “B.” which I had ascer
tained by the books in the office, was
the signal for the Lebanon office : I an
swered the call, when the following con
versation between “Z.” and myself en
sued:
“To Lebanon : What news ; any more
skirmishing after your last message ?
“Z.”
“To “Z.” No. We drove what little
Cavalry there was, away.” “B.”
“To “B Has the train arrived yet ?”
“Z.”
“To “Z:” No. About how many
troops on train ? “B.”
“To “B:” 500 —GOth Indiana com
manded by Col. Owens.” “Z.”
My curiosity being excited as to what
station ‘Z.’ was, and to ascertain without
creating any suspicion, I adopted the
following plan:
“To ‘Z'c’ A gentleman here in the of
fice, bets me cigars, you cannot spell
the name of your Station correctly.”
“B.”
“io ‘B:’ Take the bet: L'-e-b-a-n-o n
J u-a-c 4 i-o-n. Is this not right ? How
did he think I would spell it.” “Z.”
“To ‘Z:’ He gives it up. He thought
you would put two B’s in Lebanon .”
“B.”
“To ‘B:’ Ila! Ha! He is a green one.”
“Z.”
“To‘Z:’ Yeß; that’s so.” “B.”
“To ‘Z What time did tho train with
soldiers pass, ‘Z?” “B.”
“To ‘B:’ 8.30 last night.” “Z.”
“To ‘Z:’ Very singular where the
train is!” “B.”
“To ‘B:’ Yes, it is; let me knowwheD
it arrives.” “Z ”
At 8.20 Lebanon Junction called mo
up and said:
“To ‘B:’ Tho train has returned.
They had a fight with the rebels at New
Hope. The commanding officer awaits
orders here.” “Z.”
“To ‘Z :’ Give us the particulars of the
fight. Col. Johnson is anxious to know
all about it.” “B.”
We arrived at Midway, between Frank
fort and Lexington, on the Louisville &
Lexington Railroad, about 10 a. ra. next
day. At this place I surprised the ope
rator, who was quietly sitting on the
platform of the depot, enjoying himself
hugely. Little did he suspicion that
the much dreaded Morgan was in his
vicinity. I demanded of him to call
Lexington and inquire the time of day,
which he did. This I did for the pur
pose of getting his style of handling
the “ Key ” in writing dispatches.—
My first impressions of his style, from
noticing tho paper in the instrument,
were confirmed. Be was, to use a tele
graphic term, a “Plug” operator. I adopt
ed his style of writing, and commenced
operations. In this office I found a signal
book, which proved to be very useful.
It contained the calls far all the offices.
Dispatch after dispatch was going to and
fro Lexington, Georgetown, Paris and
Franfort, all containing something in
reference to Morgan. In reply to a dis
patch I answered and received the fol
lowing :
“Lexington, July 15.
• I ToJ. W. Woolums, Operator, Midway:
“Will there be any danger in comiDg
to Midway ? Is everything right ?
“TAYLOR, Conductor ?
I inquired of my prisoner (the opera
tor) if he knew a man by the name of
Taylor. He said Taylor was conductor.
I immediately gave Taylor the following
reply *
“Miuyyay, July 15.
II To Taylor, Lexington:
“All right—come on—no signs of any
rebels here. WOOLUMS.”
We arrived at Georgetown about the
setting of the sun. I went to the tele
graph office, found it locked, enquired
for the operator, who was pointed cut to
me on the street. I hailed him and de
manded admission into his office. He
very courteously showed me in. Discov
ering that his instruments had been re
moved, I asked where they were. He
said he had sent them to Lexington. I
asked him what time he had Lexington
last. He said “nine o’clock, and since
that time the line had been down.” I
remarkod that it must be an extraordi
nary line to be in working condition
when it was dozen as I heard him sending
messages to Lexingtdn when I was at
Midway at one o’clock. This was a stun
ner ;he had nothing to say. I immedi
ately tested tho line by applying the
ends of the wires to my tongue, and
found the line “OK.” I said nothing to
him, but called for a guard of two men
to take care of Mr. Smith until I got
ready to leave town. I did not inter
rupt the lines till after tea, when I put
in my own instrument, and after listen
ing au hour or two at the Yankees talk
ing, I opened the conversation as fol
lows, signing myself, “Federal Operator.”
“To Lexington: Keep mum; I am in the
office reading by the sound of my magnet in
the dark, I crawled ill when no one saw me.
Morgan’s men are here, camped on Dr. Gano’s
place. GEORGETOWN.”
“To Georgetown: Keep cool; don’t be dis
covered. About how many rebels are there?
“LEXINGTON.”
“To Lexington: 1 don't know; I did not no
tice. As Morgan’s operator was asking me
about my instruments, I told him I sent them
to Lexington. Ho said d— ll the luck, and
went out. GEORGETOWN.”
“To Georgetown: Be on hand and keep us
posted. LEXINGTON.”
“To Lexington : I will do so. Tell General
Ward I'll stay np all night if he wishes.
“GEORGETOWN.”
“To Georgetown ; Mr. Fulton wishes to
know if the rebels are there.
“CINCINNATI.”
“To Cincinnati: Yes, Morgan's men are
here. “GEORGETOWN.”
“To Georgetown : How can you be in the
office and not be arrested.
“CINCINNATI.”
“To Cincinnati: Oh, lam in the dark, and
am reading by sound of the magnet.
“GEORGETOWN.”
This settled Cincinnati. Question after ques
tion was asked me about the rebels, and I an
swered to suit myself.
The following dispatches were trans
mitted at the request of Col. Morgan.
“Somerset, July 22.
George D. Fren'ke, Louisville:
“Good morning, George I>. I am quietly
watching the complete destruction of all of
Facie Sam's property in this little burg. I re
gret exceedingly that this is the last that comes
under my supervision on this route. I expect
in a short time to pay you a visit, and wish to
know if you will be at home.
AH well in Dixie. Jno. H. Morgan,
„ .„ . Commanding Brigade.”
Gen. J. T. Bogle. Louisville :
“Good morning, Jerry. This telegraph is a
great institution. You should destroy it, a-it
keeps you too well posted. My friend. Ells
worth, has all of vour dispatches since the 10th
of July on file. Do yon wish copies.
“Jno. H. Morgan.
“Commanding Brigade.”
Hon. Geo. W. Dunlap, Washington City:
Just completed my tour through Kentucky
—captured seventeen cities, destroyed mil
lions of dollars worth of U. S. property—pass
ed through your county, but regret not seeing
yen. We paroled fifteen hundred Federal
prisoners. Your old friend,
Jno. H. Morgan,
Commanding Brigade.
The foregoing dispatches were well
calculated to dumbfound the Yankee dig
natries. They no doubt thought it was
some freak of spiritualism. The follow
ing is Mr. Ellsworth's dispatch, which
for concentrated audaoity is hard to beat:
“H'pq'rs Telegraph Dep’t of Kt.,)
“Confederate States of America,
“Georgetown, Ky., July 16,1862-J
“General Order No. 1.
“When an operator is positively informed
that the enemy is marching on his station, he
will immediately proceed to destroy the tele
graph instruments and all material in his
charge. Such instances of carelessness as
were exhibited on the part of the operators at
Lebanon, Midway, and Georgetown, will be
severely dealt with.
“By order of G. A. Elsworth,
“Gen. Mil. Sup't C. S. Tel. Dep t.”
Yve regret to learn by the telegraphic
dispatch which we publish this morning,
that the steamer Reliance from this
port, with 250 bales of Sea Island cotton,
has been captured by the Yankees. Her
cargo was, we understand, valued at
$60,000. Mr. Wm. H. Gladding, Mr.
F. Willet and Mr. T. B. Marshall, of this
city, were among those on board of the
steamer— Sav. A r .
Views of the London Press on the
Battles before Richmond.
From tlio Manchester Guardian
THE BATTLES BEFORE RICHMOND.
At length the blow which tho besieg
ers of Richmond have been so long in
viting has fallen. Goh. McClellan, when
we last heard from him directly, was
congratulating himself with still undis
turbed self-complacency on some little
advantage which he represented to have
been gained at the most advanced part of
his lines. We abstain from speculating
on tho heavy loss certain to have been
incurred in a defeat of such magnitude,
and likely enough to be counterpoised by
an equally heavy damage to the winning
side. Merely on the ground, however, of
the change of position, which is acknow
ledged, we entertain no doubt that this
battle practically involves the raising of
the seige of Richmond. General McClel
lan may indeed be able, by aid of the
undisturbed Federal command of the
navigation of James river, to retain for
an indefinite time the position in which
he has taken refuge. Nothing lies be
tween him and the enemy on one side
except the very ground over which the
Confederates advanced with so much
effect against the Federal General Casey’s
division at the battle of Fair Oaks, or
Seven Pines, and we have nodoubtthey
are as willing to follow up a successful
blow as to strike one.
But even if the struggle were over for the
present at the date of our last advices; and if
it were feasible for the Federal army to hold
its own in accordance with the dictates of a
characteristically false pride, all idea of taking
the Confederate capital must, we feel com
vinced, be abandoned until the advantages so
arduously contended for, and now so quickly
lost, shall have been regained. That is work
not to be done in the present campaign; if at
all. Richmond has a reprieve, and the chan
ces, never very great, of the city's having ulti
mately to yield to a Federal conqnerer, are re
duced te exceedingly small dimensions.
From the London Times.
By this time the battle before Richmond has
been as fully discussed as the meagreness of
the news received by telegraph will allow.—
The impression which this great miiitary event
has made on English society is not to be mis
taken.
If there were before any who thought that
the resistance of the South was likely to be
overcome by the exploits of Gen. McClellan’s
army beiore Richmond, they are now unde
ceived. It cannot be doubted that a battle ol
the highest importance has been fought, and
that tne Federal army has been thrown back a
considerable distance— several mites indeed—
Irom its former position.
But if the Virginia campaign has ended in a
manner which snows that the Confederate) ure
able to carry on- a long war, the fighting at
Charleston snows that, even at isolated points,
they are prepared to receive an enemy. The
ambiguity ot the telegraph prepared us to be
lieve that the battle beiore Charleston ended
in a victory for tiie South. The thing is now
made clear. A Federal General, plainly igno
rant of the enemy fie was to attack, and'the
defences he was likely to meet, advanced with
some 1,200 men to the attack of a battery, and
seems to have been as completely defeated as
the British were at New Orleans, and perhaps
much in the same manner.
‘fhe moral to be deduced from these events
is clear. There is probably at the present mo
ment, in Europe, not a single society where
the defenders ot this hateful and atrocious war
could make themselves heard. The impartial
opinion ot every civilized nation is being more
and more strongly expressed against tue en
terprise in which the Rederals are embarked.
The orators of the .Northern (Stales may in
veigh as much as they please against the in
terierenee oi England, and the mob may shout
scorn of English advice aud ( defiance of En
glish arms; but English opihion is, aft.r all,
the opinion of the world and we may hope
that, in spite of allected indignation and high
flown eloquence, the good sense which nas
uniformly marked our councils in tins attair
may at length prevail.
Yv e must repeat and repeat again our earnest
recommendation to the f-ederais to put an end
to this horrible war. What have they gained by
it if What can they ever gain by it ? Do they
think that these men of tneir own race, whose
exploits they are daily witnessing, can ever be
so subjugated as to submit to the yoke which
a Hunter and a Butler are preparing lor them ?
(Jan they, in fact, wish for such a consumma
tion? ifo they not feel the common pride of
humanity in the exploits of a gallant people,
who are defending tneir homes by a display of
the most transcendant valor and devotion?
There would be no disgrace in desisting from
the hopeless and consequently wicked attempt
to conquer and govern me South. Every one
knows that the iNorthern man is as good as the
•Southern, and if any section of the late Union
were invaded hy tne rest, it would assuredly
give the same proofs of unflinching resolution,
flie whole difference between the two bellig
erents is that the South is thoroughly in earn
est, and fights as for life and death. This
makes up lor want of food, of arms, of medi
cines anu of all that makes war easy. As long
as that resolution lasts, and several millions of
people are in arms to resist subjugation, so
long must the elfortsof the Norm meet with
the failure which has thus far attended the
Virginia campaign of 1802.
List of IHUed ami Wounded
Os the 2U?A llegiment Ga. YuLs. (Gen. liobt. Toombs’
Briyaae,) 6U. John B. Gumming, eommandiny,
on the 27 th June, at Garnett’s Farm and at Mal
vern Jlill, July Ist, 102.
FIELD AND STAFF.
Killed—none. Wounded—Adjutant W S Bal
lard, Ist Lieut Cos. A, (Sparks Guards) Color
b’gt H C Taylor, Cos. A, B’gt Major J F Key, Cos.
C,—Total, 3.
Company A, (Sparks Guards,) Bibb county,
Ga., Capt Albert B Ross, commanding.
Killed—Friv. Asa Vann, June 27th. Wound
ed June 27th—Privs. J J Craig and T C Hayes,
severely; July Ist, JG Askew, slightly, Samuel
Moore, seriously, P C O’Haie, slightly.
Killed, 1; wounded, 5.
Company B, (Border Rangers,) Muscogee
county, Ga., Capt Henry C Mitchell, command
ing.
Killed, June 27th—Sergt R H Hampton.—
Wounded, July Ist—Lieut. Hardy Cornett, in
leg; Corp’l George Nunn, arm broken; Corp’l
J N Robinson, slightly; Private W W Gosnn,
severely in hip and arm; James Grimes, seri
ously tnrough both thighs; H K Slaughter, se
riously ; C P Pouncey, slightly; YV O Scott,
slightly ; T C Burlord, in leg. Un J une 27th—
Private A D Davis, mortally, and since died.
Killed, 1; wounded, 10.
Company C, (Jelferson Guards,) Jefferson
county, Ga., Capt W F Denny, commanding.
Wounded, Juiy Ist—Capt YV F Denny, slight
ly; Lieut Robert Jordan, slightly. On June
27th—Sergt A G Carswell, slightly in breast;
Private A McDermott, in hip. On July Ist, Le
opold Lefkovich, private, mortally wounded
and missing; private E S Brown, in thigh since
died; J R Carson, thigh, arm and laee; B .J
Moxley, in arm ; B F Rollins, slight in hand.
Wounded, 0.
Company D, (Toombs’ Rangers.) Polk coun
tv, Ga., Capt S YV Blanee, Commanding. Kill
ed, July Ist—private J F Scott. Wounded July
Ist— privates and M Carroll, YV Blalock, YV D Dan
iel, Albert Rice, Thomas Garner. Missing—
private D M Thacker.
Killed, 1; wounded, 5; missing, 1.
Company E, (YYhitesvUle Guards.) Harris
county, Ga., Capt R D Little, commanding.
Wounded, July Ist—Privates L Alford, J A
YVyche and D H Zaehrv. Taken prisoner or
deserted to the enemy, private J J Angel.
YVounded, 3; missing, 1.
Company F, (Coniederate Continentals,) At
lanta, Ga., Capt E M Seago, commanding.
Wounded, duly Ist—Privates John H Mallo
ry, A L Morrison, T YV Laz.enby, A W Groover,
YV B Gossett, W YV King, L Lennon.
YVounded, 7.
Company G, (Ivey Guards,) Muscogee comi
ty, Ga., Capt. J. Reid Ivey, commanding.
Killed, July Ist—Corp’l A Gerald.
YVounded, July Ist—Privates James Burrau,
YVm. Moat, Janies McKenzie, L m Anderson,-
John Singen and Wm Clegg, since unheard of
Killed, 1; wounded, 6.
Company H, (Telfair Y r olunteers,) Telfair co.,
Ga, Capt. John A. Coffee, commanding.
Killed—Private W A Ashley.
YVounded—Serg’t D YV McCrimmon, Corp'l
M Swain and Private C H Ashley. Killed, 1;
wouuded. 3.
Company I, (Southern Guards,) Muscogee
county, Ga., Capt. Van A. Leonard, command
ing.
Wounded, June 27th—Private W PClements,
left arm amputated; July Ist, Captain Van A
Leonard, (since died, Juiy 17th.) Serg’ts YVm
Bond, Ransom W Wood and R A Crane; Pri
vates John Brooks, Alex Aides. Henry Burke,
J M King, Hiram Riley, Jas Williams, Hamp
Wilson and Jas Madison. YY’onnded, 13.
Company K, (Montgomery Guards,) Augus
ta, Ga., Capt YVm Craig, commanding.
Wounded—Capt YVm Craig; Privates Patrick
Gahan and J O’Donohoe.
Missing and Supposed Killed—Private Jos
Cavannah. YVounded,3; missing, 1.
RECAPITULATION.
Total killed, 5
YVounded c 7
Missing. 3 7,7 Total.
Os loregoing since dead,
Capt V A Leonard, Cos. 1,....l
Private A D Davis, Cos. 8....1 *
“ E S Brown, Cos. C.... I—3
Add above killed 5
Deducting 3 died from above
wounded c-t
Add above missing. 4—75 Total.
Killed in battle 5, died from
wounds, 3.~ s
Missing 4, wounded 6L.""SJB--7G Total.
Deduct Elisha Marlowe. Cos.
G, missing, come in since. 1
Total casualties 70
C. B. Mims, Lt. and Act. Adj.
Who Escape Drafting in the United
States Lttvi.
The following persons are exempted
from enrolls ”t by the laws of the Uni
ted States : Officers, judicial and execu
tive, of tin Government of the United
States, the members of both Houses of
Congress, and their respective officers,
Custom House officers and their clerks,
inspectors of exports, pilots and marines
employed in the sea service of a citizen
or merchant within the United'States,
postmasters and their clerks, post offi
cers, post-riders, stage drivers, in the
care and conveyance of the mail of the
United States, ferrymen employed at
any ferry on the post-road, and the ar
tificers and workmen in the United States
Armories and Arsenals.
A Rebel Operator Reads Gen. Bai
lee k’s Dispatches for four Days.
A Memphis correspondent of tho New
York Times writes on the 13th, as fol
lows :
The telegraph line between Memphis
and Corinth is exceedingly important.—
Gen. Ilalleck's messages to Com. Davis,
Gen. Curtis and the commandant of this
post have all passed over it. Little of
the line is guarded, but of late, the reb
els have refrained from cutting the
wires. Their unusual amiability is now
explained ; they found a better use for it!
For a week the Memphis operators
have detected something wrong in the
working of the instruments, and sur
mised that some outsider was sharing
their telegraphic secrets. They com
municated this suspicion to the superin
tendent at Corinth, who promised to keep
a sharp lookont.
Yesterday they discovered that their
uninvited confident could talk as well as
listen. The transmission of a message
was suddenly interrupted by the ejacu
lation, “O, pshaw!” A moment after
was again broken with “Hurrah for Jeff.
Davis!” Individuality shows itself as
well in telegraphing as in footstep, or in
handwriting, and Mr. Hall, one of the
Memphis operators, instantly recognized
the performer, not by his tune, but his
time, as a young roan formerly in Buf
falo and other Northern offices, but now
employed by tho Confederates. Mr.
Hall surprised him by replying prompt
ly, “Ed. Saville, if you don’t want to be
hung you had better leave! Our cavalry
is closing in on both sides of you!”
There was a little pause, and then the
reply : “Ilow in tho world did you know
me ? However, I’ve been here four days,
and learned all we want to know. As
this is becoming rather a tight place, I
think I will leave. You’ll see mo again
when you least expect it. Good bye,
boys!”
The rebel operator made good his es
cape. He had cut the wire, inserted a
piece of his own, and by a pocket instru
ment had been reading our official dis
patches. Some of the utmst importance,
giving the very information most desired
by the rebels, were passing, and as they
were not in cipher he must have received
them. One from Gen. Ilovey, command
ant of this post, in reply to a question
from Gen. Halleck, stated the precise
number of our available men in Memphis
aud their exact lecations.
Late Northern Mews Items.
The Atlanta Intelligencer, of August
Ist, has been favored with copies of Nor
thern papers of July 24th, and makes
copious extracts from them :
The Vicksburg correspondent of the
Cincinnati Times Says that the Federal
loss’in the engagement Yvith the Rebel
ram, Arkansas, at Vicksburg, was 18
killed, 52 wounded, aud 23 missing.
Bishop Soule, of the Methodist Epis
copal Church South, arrived at Louis
ville, Ky., on the 23d instant. He was
semisparalyzad on his way thither.
The Black Republicans in Congress
snubbed the President by refusing to
vote for the printing of his veto message.
The Democrats all voted for it.
Gov. Todd, of Ohio, declines to con
vene the Legislature, or to offer bounties
to the new troops until it is ascertained
that the people of the State will not sup
port the families of indigent volunteers.
Mr. J. F. Whipple, a hat manufacturer,
doing business at No. 37 Broadway, N.
Y., testifies, before tho Congressional In
vestigating Committee, that Gen. Butler
is “mixed up in contracts.” Whipple
offered him some caps at sls per dozen,
5 percent, off for cash. Butler said:
“Now the question is this, and we might
as well talk it right out. Can you let us
have 6,000 at your price, giving my
Quartermaster 10 per cent, to divide
around ?” YYhipple became indignant,
declined the offer, and informed against
Butler.
A YVashington dispatch to the Cincin
nati Gazette thinks that the charges
against Mitchell will bo dismissed, and
says that he has not yet lost the public
confidence.
manufacture of Colt’s Revolvers.
We were equally surprised and grati
fied on Saturday last, at the Eight of a
Colt’s Navy Repeater, made at the ma
chine shops of the Messrs. Griswold, at
Griswoldville, on the Central Railroad,
about twelve miles from Macon. The
weapon had just passed the inspection of
tho Confederate Superintendent of Armo
ries at this place, and a contract had been
made for as many as the manufacturers
could produce, which they thought would
be, for the present, about five a day.—
The pistol to our inexperienced eyes, was
as well finished at those made by the
patentee‘himself, and we have no doubt
equally as efficient. These weapons are
designed for the cavalry service.
Tho specimen before us was tho first
fruit of the skill and inventive ingenuity
in elaborating machinery and tools for
the purpose, of men who had never seen
a pistol shop, or a single tool or piece of
machinery for making them. The ma
chines now in uso have all been contrived
and built since last March, and the force
of the establishment diverted from the
manufacture of Cotton Gins to the making
of Colt’s Revolvers. With the well known
resources and enterprise of this concern,
we need not say the business under their
hands will grow to meet any demand like
ly to be made upon them. This is a
strong illustration of the power of the
South to supply her own wants. We cer
tainly had no idea that a manufactory of
Colt’s pistols would spring up uesr Ma
con in 1862.— Macon Tel.
Kegro Regiments Offered for the
War.
Delegation of radicals are here from
various parts of the North importuning
tho administration to accept regiments
of negroes from these States. They
threaten to retard enlistments until their
propositions are accepted. One of them
declare that his Congressional district
will not furnish a man until this shall be
done, but promises a negro regiment in
two weeks. This is anew phase of the
radical warfare upon the administration.
Their course is attributed to two motives
—one to compel the administration to
adopt their policy of arming the blacks,
and the other, the most potent reason, to
get rid of the competition of free colored
laborers and emancipated negroes with
the white workingmen of their districts.
Yankee payer.
The Premium on Gold.
The high premium on gold has stimu
lated shipments of the precious metal
from California. Tho Aspinwall steamer
that arrived at New York on Thursday
brought $873,000, and from San Fran
cisco we learn that the steamer which
left that city on the 11th instant, has on
hoard $950,000, and the steamer of the
21st has $1,114,000— making a total
monthly shipment of nearly three million
dollars. The premium on gold declined
considerably on Friday. At the Balti
more stock board SG2OOO sold at 115 J
to 119 J-, against 119 - on Thursday.
There was also a similar deoline Friday
in New Yorlj, sales of $1,800,000 having
been made at 1141 to 115.
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Alleged Insanity.
The Hustings Court, a few days since,
sent James M. Armour, a soldier of the
20th Georgia regiment to jail, to be tried
by Judge Lyons, for the murder of Ed
ward Dunn, a member of the Whittington
artillery, on Byrd street, ten days since.
On the examination Major Wattles, of
the 20th Georgia, testified and produced
papers to show the fact that for four
years past Armour had been an inmate
of a Georgia Lunatic Asylum. We un
derstood that since his incarceration in
the city jail he has gone raving mad.—
Richmond Dispatch.
Forty-Fonrth Georgia Regiment.
On account of continued illness Major
R. O. Banks, of this regiment, has beeu
compelled to resign. Under the new or
ganization.'J. B. Estes, of Clayton, is
Colonel. Samuel B. Lumpkin, of Clark,
is Lieut. Colonel, and Joseph W. Adams,
of Spalding, is Major.
Engagement on James River-
Heavy Cannonade,
Shortly after 12 o’clock on Thursday
night the citizens of Richmond was start
led by heavy and continuous reports of
cannon, proceeding from the direction of
City Point. The reports were very rapid,
and those who occupied eiigable positions
could distinctly see the flash of the guns.
Thi3 was kept up for nearly two hours,
during which period it is estimated that
there were no less than live hundred dis
charges. From information received
yesterday morning, it appears that our
artillery, including a number of heavy
siege guns, which had been placed in
position at and below (Joggin’s Point on
Thursday, opened a fierce cannonade
during the night upon the Federal fleet
and McClellan’s camp, on tne opposite
side of the river. The emui was evi
dently taken by surprise, n 1 all the
lights of the fleet were imnn ■ rely ex
tinguished, but this did not pi. /ent our
gunners from preserving their range,
which they had taken care to obtain with
accuracy while daylight gave them an
opportunity. A feeble response was
made by the gunboats ; but firing at ran
dom, and comparatively ignorant of our
position, they inflicted little damage.
The fleet, on the contrary, is supposed
to have suffered heavily. A great crash
ing was heard in the river, and it is con
jectured that collisions occurred among
the vessels in their haste to get beyond
the reach of danger. At daylight yes
terday morning the entire fleet had dis
appeared, and great commotion was Vis
ible in McClellan’s camp. The only
casualties reported on our side were
caused by an accident to one of the guns,
by which one man was killed and six
were wounded —two of the number, be
longing to Page’s battery, badly.
Coggin’s Point is in Prince George
county, about forty miles from Richmond
by the river route, but les3 than thirty
in a direct lino. Observations made on
Wednesday revealed about 150 Federal
vessels at Harrison’s Lauding, nearly op
posite, comprising vessels of de
scription, among them some very tine
steamers. On the same day four large
transports, crowded with troops, came
up the river. The fleet was lyiDg quiet
ly at anchor, and no unusual movement
was noticed in the vicinity.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
A member of Danbey’s Artillery, who
participated in the engagement, arrived
in this city last evening with the remains
of Wm. F. Dalton, of the same battery,
who was killed by a shell. Ilis account
of the affair agrees mainly with the fore
going statement, though he says the ene
my’s fire was very heavy, but, owing to
tho darkness of the night, not well di
rected. The scene on the opening of the
cannonade is described as magnificent.
The long line of Federal vessels drawn
up near the shore opposite, with their
glimmering lights, reminded the be
holder of an illumination for some
festive occasion. Our informant could
tell very littio of what occurred after
ward, except in regal'd to the part
sustained by the battery to which he
belongs. “Long Tom’’ fired* fifteen
rounds, some of which he felt confident
took effect upon the enemy’s fleet. The
crashing of timber was heard distinctly
amid the rpar of cannon, yet the dark
ness of the night rendered it impossible
to make any observations. The casual
ties in Danbey’s company were three—
W. F. DaltoD, killed ; Thomas Farqubnr
and Patrick Graham, wounded. In
Page’s battery, H. Thacker and John
Brooks, of Hanover, were severely in
jured by the premature explosion of a
gun, and four others slightly wounded.
If any further casualties occurred along
our extended line, they have not yet
been reported. The orders were, as we
are informed, to fire a certain number of
rounds at the enemy, and when this was
accomplished our force quietly with*
drew, and the engagement terminated.
—Richmond Dispatch , of Saturday.
Preparation* for Murdering South
ern Citizens.
The following is a most atrocious order, is
sued by Gen. Steinwehr, commanding the re
maining Federal forces in the Valley ofVirgin
ia:
Headquarters Second Division, )
Green’s Farm, July 13,1802. j
Special Order, No. G.
Major Wm. Steadman, commanding Gth reg
iment Ohio volunteer cavalry, will cause the ar
rest of five (5) of the most prominent citizens
of Duray, Page county, Va., and send them to
these headquarters (with an escort) as hosta
ges. They will be held as long as we remain
in this vicinity, They will share my table, and
be treated as friends ; but, for every one of our
soldiers who may be shot by “bush-waekers”
one of these hostages will suffer death, unless
the perpetrators of the deed are delivered to
me. It is well known that these so-called
“bush-waekers” are inhabitants of the district,
and encouraged in their cowardly acts by the
prominent citizens here.
You will leave a copy of this order with the
family of each man arrested by you.
A. STEINWEHR,
Brigadier-General Com’g 2d Division.
Horrors of tlie Battle Field.
Gentlemen who have ridden out over
the battlefields of the “Seven Pines, and
the battle fields of subsequent fights,
state that the flies exist in such swarms
that it is with the utmost difficulty that
a horse can be controlled in passing over
them, the insects swarming out of the
trees and ground and lighting upon both
horse and rider. The dead bodies of
both armies, but those of the Yankee ar
my especially, have been buried so slight
ly, that the scent attracts the flies to the
localities. This may account for the
sparse collection of flies in Richmond,
and it is remarked that the troublesome
insects are fewer than for years past.
Immense flocks of crows and buzzards
also hover over the fields at times, at
tracted by the festering wreck of humani
ty beneath. *■
Cauglit at tlieir Tricks.
A man by the name of BordeD, form
erly connected with the Southern Ex
press Company, assisted by many ac
complices, has been engaged in smug
gling in cotton to the Mississippi river,
near Memphis, and selling it to the Yan
kees. A few days ago they were found
with thirty mules and sixty bales of cot
ton, on their way to the Yankees. Bor
den and one Rice, the ringleaders, were
captured by Confederate soldiers, and
carried to Gen. Bragg, and we think it
safe to predict that they will test the
tenacity of hemp. The mules and wag
ons were taken into our lines and tne
cotton destroyed.— Mississippian. •
From Caroline County.
TLe Vaukeea have been committing
the moat beastly acts in that portion of
Caroline County occupied by them. We
are informed by a gentleman of undoub-.
ted veracity that, a short time ago, a
cavalry officer committed a rape upon a
negro servant girl in the presence of her
fellowlaborers. Two others chased some
girls into their mistress’ house, and fail
ing to catch them, went round to all the
doors, and behaved in a manner too dis
gusting to particularize. The ladies of
the house were present. The people of
the Sonth can form no idea of a state of
society that produces brutes so debased.
Richmond Whig.
Prices of Negroes.
At an auction sale of negroes by
Messrs. Wilbur ic Son, at the Brokers’
Exchange, on Thursday, 31st July, the
following high prices were obtained, for
cash, showing what great confidence
there is existing in this species of prop
erty : One family—man 26, woman 24,
and child G years old, brought $3,0G0
years old, brought $1,360; one woman,
20 years old, and infant, brought sl,-
120; one fellow, 27 years old, brought
$980; one girl, 14 years old, brought
$955; six negroes, aged from 20 to 38
years, averaged $740 each .—Charleston
Courier.
Thomas County.
This county, says the Savannah Re
peblican, gives a good account of herself
agriculturally, both as regards her patri
otism and her policy. The Times pub
lishes the following statement of her
growing crops:
No. Acres of Cotton 3,466
“ “ Corn 69,329
“ Potatoes and Cane, 2,577
“ “ Oats and Rye 5,282
“ “ Peas and Pinders, 26,304
From the Augusta Constitutionalist.
Salt for Georgia.—Letter from Ur.
Lee
Saltvillk, Va., July IS, 1802.
Mr. Editor: —The interest which the
citizens of Georgia take in the supply of
salt from this place prompts me to write
you a few lines on the subject. The fur
nace erected under the patronage of Gov
Brown will be boiling brine add turning
out some 250 or 300 bushels of salt in
less than a week. Messrs. Bighain and
Gox are putting up two furnaces for the
La Grange Balt Manufacturing Company,
and pushing forward their works with
equal skill, energy and economy That
Company was fortunate in finding bttsi
ness meu so well adapted to attain satis
factory results. Mr. Bighorn, the Presi
dent of the Company, early secured brine
enough to make 1,000 bushels of salt a
day, and h?-s early arranged to let the
Georgia Company share liberally in the
advantages of his contract. Auother
Georgiau has bought briue which will be
transported to Glade Sgring and there
boiled down, for consumption in our State.
Tt is pleasant to our State pride to hear
Georgia enterprise constantly commend
ed by intelligent citizens from other
States, two of which (North Carolina and
Tennessee,) are following our example.
Recent events and more information on
the subject, havo satisfied me that I
have, through my pen, done some iejus
tice to the gentlemen who, as lessees and
proprietors, control these salt wells.
Since I first came here they have pur
chased the Preston waste at a cost of
$425,000: aud they are making improve
ments that will greatly enlarge the sup
ply ot salt. Public inteicsts of high
moment demand that rou n and confidence
and good will : lull rust between all the
parties here, nod 1 si c nothing lo prevent
the cordial no operation of all in the ex
tensive manufacture of an article of prime
necessity. Our salt, will cost us more
than some expect ; for kettles, brick,
Slone, lumber and pine wood are very
high. All obstacles, however, will be
surmounted, and the Coo fed crate States
supplied with salt.
The weather is an air rnatiou of sun
shine and showers, and not favorable to
hayiDg and harvesting, which arc now in
progress, nor to any out door work. All
the wheat is still in the field, aud I fear
much of it will be sprouted, or otherwise
damaged by rain and heat. Wheat is
the staple crop of all this region, and the
yield has been above an average. I have
met with a citizen of Oglethorpe county
who is buying for consumption in Geor
gia. There is a strong tendency to spec
ulate in wheat; yet a judicious buyer
might now do well near Abbington or
Bristol. Daniel Lee.
Deicvtcrs-fiov, Brown’s Pnoclama
“oll
Gov. Brown baa issued a proclamation,
iu accordance with the wishes of the
Secretary of War, commanding and re
quiring all Sheriff's, Constables, and
Jailors in this Slate to be vigiknt in de
tecting and arresting deserters from our
armies. He also appeals to the patriotic
citizens of Georgia to aid the officers
mentioned in the discharge of this impor
tant duty. The following is tho gist of
the Governor’s proclamation :
The officer arresting a deserter, or an
officer or soldier, absent from his post
without leave, will confine him in the
common jail of the county in which the
arrest is made, if the jail be sufficient,
if not, in the jail of an adjoining county ;
in which case, the jailor of the adjoining
county is hereby directed to receive and
detain such person till further orders ;
and will immediately notify the Secretary
of War, at Backraond, and the Adjutant
and Inspector General of this State, at
Milledgcville, of his action in the prem
ises, with the name aud description of the
person arrested, aud the command or
corps to which he belongs, if that fact is
known to the officer.
St. bonb.
The St. Loui3 Republican of the 17th
ult., says that the rebels in that city are
exulting in all kinds of sly manners,
and that an order had been issued
by the Federal commander that “any
one expressing satisfaction or exultation,
by word or gesture, at the loyal reverses
before Richmond, would be imprisoned
or banished.” Nevertheless, the Repub
lican says “that hundreds of insolent
traitors plainly oxpress on their features
how agreeable to them are the nation’s
trials.” The patriots of Missouri will
have to be careful in future how they
wear their couuteuances immediately af
ter some Yankee General has had his
“base of operations changed” by our
brave troops.
From the New York Tribune, July 23.
The President’s Views,
Col. John W. Forney, Secretary of the
United States Senate, in addressing the
People’s State Convention, at Harrisburg,
last Thursday, is thus reported :
“He announced that President Lincoln
had told him, before leaving Washington,
that hencefortorth his policy should bo
as.stringent as the most enthusiastic could
desire. [Loud applauso.] That hereaf
ter there will be no restriction in the
employment of all men to put dowa this
rebellion. [Loud and long applause.]
No more doubting about the confiscation
of rebel property. [Applause ] No lon
ger need the Northern people bo frighten
ed with the cry of negro equality and
emancipation. [Applause.]”
“He thought it proper to put arms in
their hands to save the lives of the whites.
[Applause.] lie thought we might as
well terminate the war to day if it was
not to be fought with the aid of the col
ored men of the South. [Applause.]—
Gen. Washington, in the Revolutionary
War, used them, and at the battle of Red
Bank, in 1777, near Philadelphia, a
Rhode Island regiment of blacks turned
the fortunes of the day.”
Good* from Europe,
Tuesday evening we had an interview
with a gentleman lately from Europe,
having run the blockade at a Southern
port quite recently. He had with him a
new gun, manufactured in Birmingham,
which appears to us to be far superior
for war purposes to any in use. It has
not a particle of wood in its construction.
The barrel is of steel and the stock of
iron. It is smaller, lighter, and more
convenient than the Enfield, and is said
to have a greater range with equally de
structive power. It is rifled and has a
bayonet fixed on it—the bayonet attach
ment being superior to any now in use.
It can’t be knocked off by an opposing
enemy as the bayonet on the common
musket and Enfield rifle can. The gen
tleman who has this gun says it can be
furnished cheaper than the Enfield rifle.
He also showed us samples of army
shoes, overcoats and blankets, which caa
be furnished at very low prices iu Eng
land. He further explained to us that
the difficulties of getting goods through
the blockade are not half so great as is
commonly supposed.— Atlanta Cons. 31.? L
*
A Cavalry Xleconoiasauce.
On Thursday last a cavalry force of
forty-five men, under the command of
Lieut. Robbins, of the Ninth Virginia
(Gen. Stuart’s cavalry), penetrated into
King & Queen, Caroline, and a portion
of Fairfax counties, on a reconnoissance.
The adventurous band returned last night
bringing with (hem two Yankee soldiers
and upwards of thirty-five Union citizens
and negroes as prisoners. The Union
citizens had made themselves obnoxious
to the cause by their conduct, and hence
their arrest.
A quantity of Yankee stores were de
stroyed and the oavalry returned with
out the loss of & man.
On Saturday lasi a force of eight hun
dred of Stuart’s cavalry went out to pun
ish the Beaver Dan depredators and
pushed within twelve miles of Fredericks
burg, retiring as a large force of Yankee
cavalry, infantry and artillery were sent
against them, it not being their purpose
to engage them, except in skirmishing.
—Richmond Examiner, 31 st ult.
Exrltange of Prisoners.
The following are the condition; ~v . ,.e d
upon by Gen. John A 1) ,i, , j,, VTt
of tho United States, aud Gee ]> j| Hill,
on the part < f the Confedn ,n- ; n,.,,. f f „.
a general e.v bar-ge ‘> r-. ot w a t
Dsmu'3 Lav or >■ <► ■■ hr v. V.i, l
.lulv rd. lMy ,
The u> and * ncd huvif.g 1 cell cn'otiiin
sior.cd hi ‘ ••• out tiui i'ics they respective
ly i.-.’i-i v .. make ariaugemeuts fr a
ftcnct-Hi exefiHuge of prisoners of war,
| hove agreed to the following articles:
Art id* Ist ii is hereby agreed and
stipulated that all prisoners of war held
by cither piny, including those taken
on private armed vessels, known as pri*
vateers, shall be discharged upon the
condition and terms following:
Prisoners to be exchanged man for
man and officer for officer ; privateers to
be placed upon the footing of officers and
men of the Navy.
Men and officers of lower grades may
be exchanged for officers of a higher
grade, and men and officers of different
services may be exchanged according to
the following scale of equivalents :
A General commanding in chief or an
Admiral, shall be exchanged for officers
of equal rank, or forty-six privates or
common seamen.
A Flag Officer or Major General shall
be exchanged for officers of equal rank,
or for forty privates or commou seamen.
A Commodore carrying a broad pen
nant, or a Brigadier General, shall be
exchanged for officers of equal rank or
for twenty privates or common seamen.
A Captain in the Navy, or a Colonel,
shall bo exchanged for officers of equal
rank, or for ten privates, or common
seamen.
A Lieutenant Commander, or a Major,
shall bo exchanged for officers of equal
rank, or fur eight privates or common
seamen.
A Lieutenant or a Master in the Navy,
or a Captain iu the Army or Marines,
shall bo exchanged for officers of equal
rank, or for six privates or common sea
men.
Master’s Mates in the Navy, or Lieu
tenants aud Eusigns iu the Army, shall
be exchanged for officers of equal lank,
or for four privates or common seamen.
Midshipmen, Warrant officers in the Navy,
Masters of merchant vessels, and Comman.'t
ers of privateers, shall be exchanged for offi
cers ot equal rank, or for three'privates or
common seamen. Second Captains, Lieuten
ants, or Mates of merchant vessels or priva
teers, aud all petty officers in the Navy and all
non-commissioned officers in the Army or
Mariner, shall be severally exchanged for per
sons of equal rank, or for two privates or com
mon seamen ; and private soldiesor common
seamen shall be exchanged for each other,
man lor man.
Art. Ed. Local, State, civil and militia rank
held by persons not in actual militarv service,
will not uo recognized, the basis of exchange
being the grade actually hold in the naval and
military service of the respective parties.
Art. 3d. If citizens hold by either party on
charges of disloyalty, or any alleged civil of
fences, are exchanged, it shall only be for citi
zens, captured sutlers, teamsters, and all civil
ians in tne actual service of either party to be
exchanged for persons in similar position.
Art. 4th. Ail prisoners of war to be discharg
ed on parole in ten days after their capture
and the prisoners now held and those hereaf
tei* taken, to be transported to tile points mu
tually agreed upon, at the expense of the cap
turing party. ‘The surplus prisoners not ex
changed snail not be permitted to take up
arms again, nor to serve as military poln e or
constabulary force in any fort, garrison or field
work, held by either of the respective parties,
nor as guards of prisons, depots or stores, nor
to discharge any duty usually performed by
soldiers, until exchanged under the provisions
ot tins cartel. Jhe exchane is not to he con
sidered complete until the officer or soldier
exchanged tor has been actually restored to
the lines to which he belongs.
Art. sth. Each party, upon the discharge of
prisoners of the other party, is authorized to
discharge an equal number es their own offi
cers or men irom parole, furnishing at the
same time to the other party a list of their
prisoners discharged, and of their own officers
and men relieved from parole; thus enabling
each party to relieve from parole such of then
own officers and men as the party may choose
The lists thus mutually furnished will keep
both parties advised of the true condition of
the exchange of prisoners.
Art. Gth. The stipulations and provisions
above mentioned to be of binding obligation
during the continuance of the war, k matters
not which party may have the surplus of pris
oners, the great principles involved being:
Ist. An equitable exchange of prisoners’, man
for man, officer for officer, or officers of higher
grade exchanged for officers of lower grade,
or for privates according to the scale 01 the
equivalents.
Ed. That privates and officers, aud men of
different services, may be exchanged accord
ing to the same rule of equivalents.
3d. ‘that all prisoners, of whatever arm of
service, are to be exchanged or paroled in ten
days lrom the time of their capture, if it be
practicable to transfer them to their own lines
in that time; it not, as soon thereafter as prac
ticable.
4th. That no officer, soldier or employee in
the service of either party, is to be considered
as exchanged and absolved from his parole
until his equivalent has actually reached the
line of his lriends.
sth. That the parole forbids the performance
of field, garrison, police, or guard, or constab
ulary duty.
(Signed) John A. Dix, Maj. Gen.
(Signed) L>. H. Hill, Maj. Gen.C. S. A.
SUPPLEMENTARY ARTICLES.
Ai t. 7th. All prisoners of war now held on
either side, and all prisoners hereafter taken,
shall be sent, with all reasonable dispatch, to
A. H. Aiken’s, below Dutch Gap, on the James
river, in Virginia, or Vicksburg, on tiie Miss
issippi river, in the State of Mississippi, and
there exchanged, or paroled until such ex
change can be effected, notice being previous
ly given by each party of the number of pris
oners it will send, and the time when they will
be delivered at those points respectively: and,
in case the vicissitudes of war shall change the
military relations of the places designated in
this article to.the contending parties, so as to
render the same inconvenient for the delivery
and exchange of prisoners, other places, bear -
mg, as nearly as may be, the present local re
lations of said places to the lines of said par
ties, shall bo, by mutual agreement, substitu
ted. But nothing in this article contained
shall prevent the commander of two opposing
armies from exchanging prisoners or release
irig them on parole at points mutually agreed
on by said commanders.
Art. Sth- For the purpose of carrying into ef
fect the foregoing articles of agreement, each
party will appoint two agents, to be called
agents for the exchange of prisoners of war,
whose duty it shall be to communicate with
each other by correspondence and otherwise,
to prepare the list of prisoners, to attend to the
delivery of the prisoners at the places agreed
on, and to carry out promptly, and effectually,
and in good faith, all the details and provis
ions of the said articles of agreement.
Art. 9th. And in case any misunderstanding
shall arise in regard to any clause or stipula
tion in the foregoing article, it is mutually
agreed that such misunderstanding shall not
interrupt the release of prisoners on parole, as
herein provided, but shall be made the HUbject
of friendly explanations, in order that the ob
ject of this agreement may neither be defeat
ed or postponed.
(Signed,) John A. Dix, Maj. Gen.
(Signed,) D. H. Hill, Maj. Gen. C.S A.
A Dangerous Lady.
Letters to Northern papers from the
Valley contain very little of importance.
One thus describes a very “dangerous”
lady:
Mrs. Charles J. Faulkner is the wiliest
anil most experienced diplomat in the Val
ley of Virginia. She is more dangerous
than Belle Boyd, because she is more
adroit, and has larger social influence
and greater means of accomplishing her
purposes. She is even now almost night
ly inviting coteries of our young ofiicers
to her house. She and her two daugh
ters lavish their most courtly blandish-,
raents upon them, and, ere they know it,
ere they have perceived their purpose,
all the intelligence they desire is extract
ed. Asa matter • f course, our plans,
our movements, the numUi of our
troops, and the direction of their march,
or the number in garrison, are duly trans
mitted to Richmond by the by way post
routes which tho rebels have all through
this Valley.
Ought not these dangerous women,
with their precious freight of intelli
gence, skill and Secession proclivities,
be sent, under honorable escort, through
our lines as far as Gordonsville, and be
kindly permitted to join their relatives
at Richmond ? Many a valuable item of
information which now finds its way to
Stonewall Jackson would never be seDt
in case they were quietly forwarded, per
express, to those with whom they so
deeply sympathise.
Confederate Money.
It is said that after the news of the
victory at Richmond was received in
Memphis, Confederate money sold rap
idly for fifty and sixty cents in specie,
and over seventy-five in Tennessee cur
rency. It has since been in great de
mand, and so tenacious are the holders
of it, that it is gradually becoming
scarce.
The Richmond “Whig” says that the
true spelling of the scene of the morn
ing’s fight beyond Mechanicsville on the
25th of June, is “Elkrson’s Mill,” not
“ElLson’s mill.”
Li from the Sortli—Get, ilaii,
Commauder-ln-Chltf * * ,k
The Met of Ge„ llalleck’s appoint mftll
to the post ofCooimaader-insChief oft),
land forces of the United States is q,,
officially anuo'lnced :
RK'nrrtvK Mansion. .Inly ] 1 jr.
Or lei.-d. That Major Geneial ||...
Wll ailw.k he unsigned to the eonm -l
<•!’ the whole lau l forces of the It,,’
States, as General in Chief, and that t’
repair lo this capital so soon as be
with safety to the positions and r,
tious within the Department now ui.i
his special charge.
Abraham Lisea-
The following is a bketcli of the c
Commander by the New York Herald ‘*
THE NEW FEDERAL COMMANDER is CB[
. Henry Wagner Ilalleck is one o f-i
I fonr Major Generals who were fl rs ,
j pointed in 18G1 to that rank in the I
j States army. Gen. Ilalleck is
| forty-two years of age, and was U r
Western, Oneida county, N. y ‘ lt j
! his grandfather—one hundred year/?
; and hale and hearty—lately , f
General llalleck’a father was ;b,
Joseph Ilalleck, who died about j
years since. General Halleck , ;e
the Military Academy as a Wes!
csidet in 1835, stood third in the
and was brevetted second lieu:-.’
j engineers July 1,183!’ Ho was"!!
j Assistant Professor of Engineers • 1
; Military Academy from J u ; v i'C
| June, 1840. Iu 1841 Le wa s ihoVatV
i of a military work ou “Bitumen an 1
Uses,” &c. In January, 184- ;
appointed first lieutenant, &tul j’ uri ’ “j*
year be was selected by th
of the Lowell Institute, at
liver ouo of the regular course ~t- j *
i tures, the subject being “Military g c - u !^.
j and Art.” These lectures be coar,\p.j
j in a neat volume during the folloV ,
! year, adding thereto a lengthy introd i
tiou on the “Justifiableness of W w
The work contains much valuable e!e
mentary instruction, as well a „h B: .
dance of historical illustration, and
written with ability. In 1847 he c
breveted Cajitain for gallant conduct
affairs with the enemy ou the 10th at ‘
20th days of November, 1847, ands •
meritorious service in California, g,
was Secretary of State of the Territ.n
of California under the military govern
ments of Generals Kearney, Mason, anl
Riley, from 1847 to the end of 184 1 E s
was chief of the staff of Commodore She
brick, in the naval and military opeti.
tions on the Pacific coast in 1817 and
1848, and was a member of the conm
tion in 1849 to form, and of the commit
tee to draft, the Constitution of the 8;a; c
of California. In July, 1853, he r.
appointed Captain of engineers, and n
signed August 1, 1854.
Gen. Ilalleck was appointed a Major-
General in the United States Armv i:
August last, at the instance of Idee
Gen. Scott, then about to retire, fron
active service. His commission beari
j date the 19th of August., *lBOl. At the
i time of his appointment, Gen. Halleck
! was the leading member of a moLtpnuij.
nent law firm in San Francisco.
Major Gen. Ilalleck, iu personal
pcarauce, is below the medium knight,
straight, active, and well formed, and
has a brisk, energetic gait, significant ot
bis firm and decisive character. His
nose is delicate and well formed, his
forehead ample, and his mouth by no
means devoid of humor. His eyes is of
a hazel color, clear as a morning star,
and of intense brilliancy. He bears a
moat striking resemblance to some ole
aginous Methodist parson dressed in
regimentals, with a wide, stiff-rimmed
black felt hat sticking on the back of his
head, at an acute angle with the ground.
His demeanor in front of his tent is very
simple and business like. No pomp, co
unusual ceremony, and no lack of order
When on horseback his Wesleyan char
acter is more and more prominent. He
neither looks like a soldier, rides like
one, nor does he carry the state of a
Major General in the field, but is the
impersonation of the man of peace.
Lincoln as Described by Seward.
Chas Francis Adams was sent by Mr.
Lincoln, as his Minister, to Great Brit
ain. Under date of April 10, 1801, Mi.
Seward, as Secretary of State, addre cl
Mr. Adams a long letter of instructions,
a copy of which we have before us in a
U. S. official publication. The troubles
in this country formed the almost exclu
sive subject of the letter; and President
Lincoln’s views were largely unfolded
for the benefit of Mr. Adams, and through
him of the British Government. From
this letter we take the following extract:
“* * For these reasons [the Pres
ident] would not be disposed to reject a
cardinal doctrine of [the Southern
leaders,] namely, that the Federal Got
ernment could not reduce the seceding Sim 1 ’
to obedience by conquest, even although It
were disposed to question that propor
tion. But, in fact, the President
ingly accepts it <ts true. Only an imped’
or despotic Government could subjugate
thoroughly disaffected and insurrection
ary members of the State. This federal
republican system of ours is, of all forms
of Government, the very one Ninth is
most unfitted for such labor.”
It is hence seen, on this high author
ity, says the Richmond Enquirer, that
Lincoln, in his attempt to conquer u
subjugate the Southern States, is v
only trampling upon the Constitution
his country, in point of fact, but neck
ing to his own understanding of it. He
had thus to blacken his soul with wiite I
perjury, before he could become our pre
sent enemy. Having entered upon s
work which Seward justly says i s Sited
only to an imperial or despotic gorera
ment, he prosecutes it as only imlip
nant despot could.— Chas. C
(Quakers—Tlie CouscrtyGoii
The following correspondence vd>-
plain itself. It will be seen that the V- a-
Department has no objection toassigti-*’
Quakers who are conscript? to such
ties in the service as wiil not rep-
them to shed blood or deprive their
low men of life:
Goldseoro’, N. C , July 21, H -
Dear Sir—A short time since 1
j dressed a note to tho Secretary of
asking if persons belonging to the
ciety of Friends liable to conscii;
could be assigned to duty in kcq
catnps, &e., and received the enc.e
letter in reply, which you will p
j publish for tho benefit of thosa
i esteJ. Yours, &c-,
Wm. T. Dobtce i
W. W. Holden, Esq , Raleigh, N
Confederate States or Amebi
War Dep’t, Richmond, Jmj \
Hon. IE T. Dorth, Goldsboro,’ N- l
Sir — Your letter of the 14tir iust. >
been received. In reply you are resp c
fully informed that the Department ‘■*
no objection to assign men belonging
the Society of Friends enrolled inM r ‘
Carolina, to such duty as is not reftp
nant to their belief; but it cannot
a general order to that effect, inf
partment will have to act on individ- •
cases. Respectfully,
Uf.o. W. Randolph-
Secretary of “ £r
We respectfully propose that the he’
and exemplary defence of
brilliantly contrasting with otber •
and towns that have yielded un
formidable attacks, should be
subject of Confederate epprova., --
permanent form. „.„nriite,
It would be extremely
and we think acceptable to
of the country generally if our jr
should honor the noble city b J ““ t ion
resolution, granting perpetual exei up
from all Confederate
Another Success.
The Federal organ at t he
that on Monday, forty mi „ uer rill 5 ’
city, near Holly Springs, the gu^
captured thirty drays which ha .
out for cotton Only
caped out of their ban -• , turn e<l
were stripped of their harne
loose, and the drays were burne
ado. Appeal, 2btk ult.