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I igtehlri .Sun. ■H V O n|AS GILBERT & C 0.., B | PROPRIETORS. S TERMS OK TIIK SUN : B for til* Daily, twelve months $5 ; for D 50 rents per month, in advance. Wf -■ t l **” ‘ | Arl ,e sheet.) s'2 for twelve months-, f,ri* uiotitlis: •! 75 rents f,r three 9 ,ve offer the following rates : IB I’ll 1 ‘iv .oU 1 V) to same office $5 00 ■ ‘ 15 00 ■ . jn sJvanco, and no deduction. B “ mcnM of flv ® lineH or Inserted at 60 B ‘ ‘Tr the firet insertion, ami 25 cents for each B S - : ' 1 ” \ cW djnot exceeding six linos, not re- M , ,riU 1® inserted threo months for $5, * nrwatle- n d twelve months for sl2. m -1 relJ e#able, will he inserted three -K ;,b ‘it**'’,,. fS, sit months for twelve, eight IB nientM nd twelve months for S2O. X Tnuh .often lines, renewable at pleasure, 9 Uterti^^iayear. B inset*® ..- s j[ candidates the charge is $5, lnva- X y ,r in advance. m riat'ly- wr tiienients exceeding ten lines to he 1 Cor.t.”* es , the rate of $lO for each additional B ■ ttt-'JJy Notices over five lines are charged m ,i for each manuscript line.. The money ■ Ase sent with the order. All condolatory m -m> of Companies and Lodges are U obitu- B ■ rB( ,dy Aug. 19,1 sea. ■ fie Guerrilla Movements west of the I ■■ -ii?-ippi> both in Arkansas and Mia -1 iT \’ are assuming, from Federal re- I I . : t, a Iruly formidable character, and S .list boos vast service to the Coufeder- B cause. S ;iie steamer Kate has arrived at a m cfeJerato port with a cargo of just SI ,|,gtwo want She had been absent on- II .|wo weeks, and has carried full car -91 j. lfl both ways. This is, we believe, |l 10th or 1-th voyage the Kate has H -iJo, running the blockade successfully ■ ,, c ry time. i McMinnville, the scene of lato Federal (I ullages, is the county seat of Warren fl county Tennessee, seventy five miles I south east from Nashville. B McMinn County , bordering on the ■ lliwaeeee river in the same state has I Athens as its county seat. Baton Kouge, the Capitol of Louisiana, is on the East bank of the Mississippi fiver, and about one hundred and ten miles above New Orleans by water. ■ Returned Prlaoners. It is said that the returned Confederate prisoners, just from the Northern jails, have been ordered directly to join their regiments. This will go to show that our army needs recruiting, and should be a modest hint to enrolling officers, let them do their duty. This is no time for trifling. The Nashvillo Union states that Gen eral Nelson has ordered five hundred iu>groeß, belonging to rebel masters, to bo sent to him for the purpose of put ting them to work for the benefit of the army. The Union is not informed as to the work they will be required to do, but supposes they will be made to aid in rebuilding bridges and to construot fortifications. Gen. Nelson has given strict orders that no Union raau’s slaves shall be taken. Loom Manufactory. We paid a flying visit to the Hand Loom Man ufactory of Messrs. Nelson & Cos., first door north of Dr. DoGraffanreid’s residence on Ogle thorpe Street, on Saturday. We witnessed | the operation of one, but without the warps and filling to show what sort of cloth could be wove. We never had seen a loom on the pow er plan for hand use before, and were some what surprised at its simplicity of construc tion and the exactness with which it operated. These looms is as much superior to the old fashioned country loom as a gold eagle is to a ten dollar “wild cat” bank note. The loom is small, compact, portable and handsomely got ; ten up. It can be moved by two women from : one position*® another. It will occupy not six square feet of any room, and can be worked ! with as little noise as a sewing machine. In ! these times when dress goods for men and wo j men are held at such exorbitant rates, we think it would bo wise policy for our ladies each to purchase and set to work, one of these looms. S Spinning wheels can be had by the thousand. Keels ditto, and cotton cards sufficient, though | tt high rates, we trust soon to bo much lower. And it strikes ;us in addition, that our ladies | *ith a little experience could weave goods of 1 very fine texture on these hand looms, ow ns to the ease and accuracy with which they ire operated. Wo would advise our lady read ersof the city and country to visit this manu taetory and see them operate for themselves. Messrs. Nelson & Cos., will doubtless take pleas ure in attending to such calls, as well as tak, ii;’ your order for a loom. Yankee Breast Plate. We have been shown ouo of the above l&ukeo devices to save dear life. It was from the body of a dead Yaukoe wmewhero in tho vicinity of McClellan’s to “strategic movement.’’ It is made if sheet iron so as to fit the chest and ; pper abdomen with great precision. Hen covered with cloth, a partial ob server could not distinguish it from an ordinary vest. The oue we saw had no marks of bullets upon it, and the wearer ‘•as evidently shot iu the head or back— Vuter most probable. An impor l4Ul improvement might be made upon tu ' s we imagine. There should ° e & bullet proof plate covering tho lack ffe ‘i a s the breast, to mako it servica '‘e to* \aukee soldier. A label on each * J e of the plates reads as follows: Pith’s Patent Bullet-Proof Vest, made / &lb Cook & Cos., New Ilaven, tonn,— silo 2.” 41 *-* l S*t for IHuieogce County. \W> have been favored by Jordan L. Howell, r ir fhi’ IS °*‘ C * ieceiver and Collector of Taxes £££■£,*“* “ ,e “*" ■ -Number polls ~0 „ i I’rofessions . | Dentists *45 I Usguerreaa artists..-. i? me negroes “S Siunw A; l 1 !'" 1 "! .in counn.l.."i3nsU Other urafn 6 and T laDteci m corn 31,882*4 feofi r In&Ud 1 n &Ud ) alue of sbL P Open * 2,428,175 Average Value o'rr Money 01 slaves 535 | JJerchamifz^™ 1 dobts -V.3,404,222 I -fouey invested ‘in"aV,'""V 620,961 ft ‘ f °oey in res tod * hl PP'ng 2,902 ■ turing ’ d la st ocks and manufac- I ; Cv esteJ k '-ue of an n d F nuure 143,300 f -Teg lie L. ,ler ,P ro Pcrty 396.180 4i He afra* i j® of whole pr0perty...13.131,656 a er deducting S2OO. ........-....12,828,511 Flo ur—Prices Going Up, Ist 7“ ctlon sales ° n yesterday, Rice sold Tnh“ ‘\ toCcta - b y rheeask. i [?r j brQUght nom :: Gts - to ? 10 <5 cts. | Plom, $29.75 to per bbl . Save the Poda, r . 1^ 3 our ,r cl : oQ ha*bi -4 w ffi delightful weather for pulhng and cur -8 fodder, and we learn that our planting • -iflds are making use of it. Let every effort ’ made to harvest an abundant crop 0 f fod *r and hay, otherwise the stock of the land 11 Ilave a hard winter. A full fodder harvest * i materially save the corn. Cow Peas. e presume the planters and farmers efthe country will not neglect to gather all the cow peas possible this year. The milch cows of f !ie mhes require an abundance of this kind of a °d> and it must be had trom some source.— ‘ JQe hundred bushels of dry cow peas is al wa ys good for one hundred dollars cash. Save the Cow Peas. Confiscation. Ihe entire property of Wm. Norfleet, 9 T of N&nsemond oounty, Va., valued 5100,000, has been confiscated by the ? aokee Dynasty. Other prominent citi hs of the same oounty are hourly ex acting to be rebbed in a similar manner. VOLUME VI.I War and Its Uses. War is not without its blessings and ultimate advantages as well as its hor rors and privations. It is not by any means the worst condition to which a nation may be reduced. It is preferable to a state of uncertainty, suspension and vague apprehension. It is preferable to national dishonor, and is especially pre ferable to absolute tyranny, or a forced “Union” with a people we abhor. Society and political institutions need severe purging occasionally. The body politic sometimes becomes grossly bil lious—the poisonous fluids of radicalism and agrarianism, no less than jaundiced usurpation, sometimes prostrates the whole system—the whole machinery be comes deranged and spasmodio. War is but the spasms of a nation throwing off accumulated corruption. It is alto gether a natural process—as much so as a man vomiting the malaria from an over charged and deranged stomach. Asa people we had become remarkably prosperous. Our wealth had far out stripped our mental development. We had more worldly substance than we had the brains to manage judiciously. We became surfeited and given over to mere animal enjoyments. We were becoming pre-eminently selfish and stupid. We were by no means prepared to eDjoy such au abuudauco of worldly prosperity. I‘ublio opiuiou had become bloated and supercileous. We were rapidly drifting iuto materialism and national infidelity. Perhaps for tho last eight years of our existence in the old government, we had eclipsed all ancient or modern history in political corruption. Our political at mosphere had becomo intolerably humid, and the fierce lightnings of the war cloud had becomo necessary to consume the poisonous vapor. We are just now en tering the crisis of our political malady. Wc should bear tho shock with patience, and look hopefully for the future. Tho very Devil seems to have entered in and taken undisputed possession of that august personage, the “United States,” years ago. Tho body politic had regular spasms, of a fearful charac ter, every four years ; while someone of its thirty-one members was kept in a j constant twitching in the interim by the same unclean spirit. We do not speak irreverently, but we no where read in the Book of a “devil”being “cast out” with out incurring much agonizing pain to the patient. In some instances, the demo niac was thrown violently against the ground, tore his flesh with stones or sought self-destruction by drowning. In many instances, his body would lay ap parently lifeless for days, after tho “devil’- had departed, so great had been the exhaustion. Ours is a parallel case. The operation is a severe one, yet the demon of radicalism should bo cast out, though our commerce and industrial re sources should lie prostrate for years to come. Let the imps of abolitionism, of atheism, puritanism, agrarianism, free soilism, and the thousand other isms of Yankee land which had been tormen ting us for years, be exterminated, and tho land purged of that miserable hum bug, universal aud indiscriminate suf .rage. . Llncolniani, Something over twelve months since, tho “Louisville Courier” was suppressed by an edict of King Abraham, when the publishers removed to Nashville and kept up its regular publication until the fall ot Fort Donelson. The “Louisville Ex press” was started in the old Courier office as a sort of neutral newspaper, with strong Lincoln proclivities. All things went on harmoniously until the last lew months, when the Yankee army began to get whipped at every point, and when Louisville became panic stricken by tho invasion of Kentueky by the “guerillar Morgan.” In anticipation of an early visit from tho last named indi vidual, the “Express” began to grow weak-kneed iu tho Federal cause, and gave publicity to sorno very unpallatable statements, relative to the probable evac uation of Nashville, and the future oc cupation of Kentucky by tho “Confeder ates” (it used to call them “rebels”;, when Lincoln’s military officials in Lou isville ordered its discontinuance a week or two sinco. Religion Gone to the Doge. The Boston Journal contains a story of a religious dog which is illustrative of the maxim so long believed to be true in this country, that religion had become “dogmatical” in Yankee land. The dog is said to be a strict observer of the Sab bath, and a regular attendant at churoh. It does uot say whether he is an aboli tionist, or whether he is a patrou of spirituulism, but we take it for granted that he is both, as it is maintained that be is a consistant Christian according to the usages of Boston ethics. The dog it is said, belongs to a Presbyterian family, but being a dog of his own head, he has uuited himself with the Methodists. He starts to church every Sunday morning, and goes with the family as far as the church which they attend, and then walks on, alone, and takes his plaoein the Meth odist church a little beyond. Mticellaneoui. The New Orleans Commercial Bulletin announces the death of Richard Dalton Williams, an Irish exile and “patriot of 1848 Captain Porter, of the Y’aukee mortar fleet, has gone North for his health. Among the latest expedients for stim ulating meetings at the North, is a report (newly made) of the evacuation of Rich mond. The latest advices from New Orleans, in New York papers of the Ist inst., re port the city suffering severely under the “blockade of he rebels” at Vicks burg. Chat. Anderson. It is stated by the N. Y. Journal of Commerce that Chartes Anderson, lately of Texas, a brother of Fort Sumter An derson, has been appointed Colonel of the New York 79th regiment. He has just returned from Europe, where he endeavored to take the stump against the South, but was deterred and discour aged by the intense feeling against the North. The Memphis. This ship, recently captured off Char leston bar, has on board a valuable cargo, consisting of about 1,200 bales upland cotton, 360 bales sea island cotton, and about 500 barrels rosin. She will prove a rich prize to the Yankees. THE WEEKLY SUN. Feeling Iu the North Wait. Some of th 6 miserable “Union” dupes in Kentucky and Tennessee as well as those in the north west, are beginning to get their eyes opened. They have had a long, deep slumber of it, not however without an occasional fitful wakening In a late Democratic Convention, at which Jno. M. Carlile, of Virginia, and other bogus Representatives from the border States were present. Gov. Wick liflfe, of Indiana made a speech in which he said he was in favor of the Union, provided the rights of the South and sla very were not interfered with ! Before doing anything more, he would pause to see what we were fighting for, whether it was to “restore the Union,” or to free the negroes and overthrow the Conatitu tution. If the latter, let not another drop of blood be shed. He would hang the leading “rebels” and balance tho rope with abolitionists. The abolitionists con trolled every department of the Govern ment and were worse than the “rebels.” In a speech of Hon. Wm. A. Richard son, of 111., before the same Convention he said. If the Republican party is retain ed in power the government is goue forever. Only in conservative men is there any safety. He denounced the President’s emancipation scheme as cal culated to enslave the white while freeing the black and insisting that New England was making all the money, holding all the contracts, and escaping with fewer soldiers in the field, and lighter burdens of taxation than the West. “We are made tholr hewers of wood and drawers of wa ter, while they run the nigger exclusive ly for money. Recruiting. It is now getting quite evident that the Yankee army will not be recruited by volunteers. Not one twentieth of the number called for has been made up. Tho Northern President and Governors are beginniug to realize the faot, and a draft will be resorted to. This will bring into the field a large army—larger than any we have yet had to oontend with— and it is time we were making up our minds to moet the emergencies. Nearly every town and city in the South has a surplus of men— able bodied men—who ought to be in tho field. Congress will, we have no doubt, extend the limit of the the Conscription Aot to 45, instead of 35 years. This done, it only remains for enrolling officers to manifest a little en ergy and determination. More depends upon the manner in whioh this law is enforced for the next thirty days, than aDy thing else. Whenever an enrolling officer is found dodging, or shirking his duty through mere favoritism, let him be put under arrest just as a field officer would be, should he attempt to shirk an important duty. Laws are a mockery unless they can be enforced, and in the present instance, public necessity coincides with, and is in fact paramount to it. Again we say, let the law be enforced. An Incident of the War. Two deserters from the Federal army, members of the Ist Massachusetts regi ment, whilst on their way homeward, recently visited the house of a gentleman in Calvert county, Maryland, and beg ged for some food, which he readily gave them. Whilst they were eating, he re called to mind the fact, that on a previ ous occasion, his dwelling had been plun dered, and many valuable articles, in cluding his wife’s watch, stolen by the Yankees ; and he now recognized iu his guests two of the party who were enga gaged iu that nefarious transaction. He mentioned the circumstance, but they stoutly denied all knowledge of it; they had never been in that neighborhood be fore. The gentleman then called his Irish overseer and asked him if he had ever seen these individuals, and could remember any incident connected with them. Patrick gazed at them for a mo ment and exclaimed—“ Faith, they are the same bloody thaves that stole me unly pair uv shirts.” Two negro men were quickly sent for, and the hapless Yankees, having been stripped and tied, were subject to an indefinite number of stripes, well laid ou by the willing hands of the “contrabands.” “Now” said the gentleman when ho turned them loose, “go and tell your master, Lincoln, that two negroes have flogged you from your head to your heels.” The Alliance of the Cherokee In diana with the Confederate Statca. The following letter from John Ross, Principal Chief of the Cherokee nation, is published in tho Northern papers.— This settles tho question as to the alli ance of that nation to the Confederates: Executive Department, I Park Hill, C. N., July 8, 1862./ To Col. Wm. Weer, U. S. A., Commanding: Sir: Your communication of yesterday, da ted from headquarters, Indian Expedition, camp on Wolfe Creek, under a flag of truce per Doc. Gilpatrick, has been duly received, and in reply, I have to state that a treaty of al liance, under the sanction and authority of the whole Cherokee people, was entered into on the 7th of October, 1561, between the Confede rate States and the Cherokee nation, and pub lished before the world. And you cannot be too well informed on the subject to make it neccessary for me to recapitulate the reasons and circumstances under which it was done. Thus the destiny of the people became identi fied with that ol the Southern Confederacy.— There is no nation of Indians, I venture to say, that has ever been more scrupulous in the faithful observance of their treaty obligations than the Cherokees. Allow me to further appeal to the history of my long public and private life to sustain the assertion that my policy has ever been to pre serve peace and good feelings among my peo ple and the observance of law and order. The horrors of civil war, with which this beautiful country is threatened, are greatly to be deprecated, and I trust that it may be avert ed by the observance of the strict principles of civilized and honorable warfare by the army now invading our country, under your com mand. I cannot, under the existing circum stances, entertain the proposition lor an offl cial interview between us at your camp. I have, therefore, respectfully to decline to com ply with your request. I have the honor to be, sir, vour most obedient servant, John Ross, Principal Chief Cherokee Nation. How Canada Behavest The New York Express says, a large number of our countrymen are travelling in Canada, and under circumstances, we should suppose, most mortifying to some of them, from what we see and read. At Clifton, Niagara Falls, they are re galed with secession musio, discussions and combinations intended purposely, we are assured, as an insult to the Union travelers. Further on, as at Montreal and Quebec, the taunts grow louder, and the combinations more marked. Some of the travelers, and letters we have seen, report these jeers and insulting re marks to be both common and unbeara bie. t Reported Capture of the “MemphU.” We learn that a dispatoh waa reoeived in this city last evening announcing the capture of the British steamer “Mem phis,” with a cargo of seventeen hundred bales of ootton, jast outside of Charleston, by the blockading fleet. She waa taken to Boston and is the most valuable prize yet fallen into the hands of the enemy.— Sav. Rep. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, AUGUST 10, ISti-2. Our Cause In Euglaml. The recent debates in the English Par liament, relative to the affairs in this country, should teach us the value of self reliance and the folly of looking abroad for succor. It is astonishing how easily we fell into the fatal delusion, at the beginning of this war, that England would, in some way, become our ally; that France would cheer us on to victory, and that our cotton, not our arms, would achieve our independence. We doubt se riously whether the history of the world, from the middle ages down to the presb ent time, can produce a parallel case of stupidity. We seemed to have beoome entirely oblivious of English politics; many speeches of our leading men, de livered during the last days of the Buch anan dynasty, really appear more like the effusions of some Utopian dreamer, or a revision of Eastern legend, than the councils of practioal men or mature statesmeu. We seemed to have forgotteu that, although the institution of slavery was planted on this continent by English patronage, it was with her that Aboli tionism had its origin, and that she had spent millions upon millions of treasure in fruitless efforts at emancipation in the West Indies. We say fruitless efforts, because she has never realized, nor never will realize, her ultimate object. She abolished “slavery” iu the popular sense by liberating those held to perpetual bondage, and, in lieu of that, introduced what she is pleased to term tho “Cooly System,” which in everything except the name is a system of slavery more cruel, more abject, more averse to the instincts of humanity, and more discordant with tho teachings of Christianity, than any other system which has had an existence since the days of the Phariohs. Y'et in ail this, as in everything else done by that government, there was a policy deep laid and well conducted, the workings of which we are now beginning to see.— Having failed to conquer three millions of people by the sword, she has hoped to find it a less Herculean task to over come thirty millions by a subtile policy. But in this she will likewise fail The Southern people have decreed, as well as England, that the North and South shall never be united; but are beginning to un derstand the motives which prompt all those high-flown eulogies upon Southern valor and Southern patriotism, when she refuses to recognize us as a member of the great family of nations after admit ting that we have established “eternal separation” from tho North. We are be ginning to see what the commonest com prehension ought to have recognized months ago, that we are already looked upon as a rival power—that she wishes to disenthrall herself from the meshes of our commerce—that our staplo produc tion will eclipse her West India enter prise unless we are greatly weakened by a long, devastating war for independence. The popular opinion in this country, until very recently, has been that this war is greatly detrimental to the commerce of England, and so it has been in many particulars. But it is an injury that is not without its ultimate advantages. Whilst we aro fighting, she is encourag ing the cultivation of ootton—she has no rival so long as the contest continues and she hopes that the war may so de range our institutions as will require years for us to regain our ancient pres tige as producers. Iu other words, she wants slavery abolished iu the South as the most effectual means of destroying our cotton monopoly. In proof of this, we need only refer to the tone of the En glish press two years ago, as well as to many able speeches in the British Par liament delivered many years previous. A brief extract from a leading English journal will serve to explain the pro gramme of her abolition leaders. Speak ing of slavery in this ooantry and the ef forts made by the fanatics of tho North to abolish it, the London Times says: 11 We have the greatest interest in the decay of this mighty evil. The reputation of this country for wisdom is at stake, for the negroes of the West India Colonies were emancipated not only on the ground of humanity, but in the calculation that free labor teas more productive than that of slaves. These Islands still lie at the threshold of the American Republic, and if the stars and stripes shall ever float over the walls of Mexioo and Havana, the British Antilles will be exposed to all the influences of a pro-slavery propa ganda. How important then it is for ns that before these great territorial acces sions, which seem inevitable, actually take place, the system of slavery shall have been modified /” The influential journal from whioh the above extract is taken, is aliked distin guished for its ability and remarkable versatility. It does not represent the opinions of one man, nor of a political party, nor a class. It never “makes war for au idea.” Its chief ambition is to present itself always to the world as a reflection —a daguerreotype of public opinion It claims to represent public opinion among the ruling classes, and its unexampled prosperity and public pa tronage shows how well founded is its assumption. It is time we were fully aware of our true position before the ruling classes in Europe. A little pleasant delusion may very well become a people differently sit uated, but at present we are in no condi tion to eDjoy such pleasant vagueries. Watermelons have been declared “con traband” articles of trade by Gen. Bragg and Governor Brown. The former has prohibited their sale to his soldiers, be cause six penny speculators had been de tected in selling some green and sickly specimens to his men, causing, as he al leged, sickness in camps. Gov. Brown, it is said, has prohibited their transpor tation over the State Road. This cuts our dealers off from foreign markets, and as the country is full of melons they will now decrease in price. The Gover nor, it seems, does not intend to be out done in patriotic enterprises! ♦ Something Needing Explanation. A New Y'ork paper contains the follow ing significant statement: The British sohooner Mary Harris, from Nassau, N. P., entered at this port this week, bringing as part cargo 74 bales cotton, 100 barrels spirits turpen* tine, and the British schooner Blanche, from same port, 209 bales cotton. It would appear, from the peculiar cargos continually arriving here from that port, that the regular liners between that port and Charleston still continue to make their trips regularly.” Personal. Vice-President A. H. Stephens passed through Augusta, on Monday, en route for Richmond, to attend the session of Con gress whioh meets there on the 18th inst> TELEQRA IP HIO Mobile, Aug. 11.—A special dispatch to the Advertiser, dated Knoxville, 9th, says the enemy’s loss in the battle at Tazewell, is estimated at 3G killed, 120 wounded, and 50 prisoners. Our loss 8 killed, and 30 wounded, which fell most ly upon Vaughn’s 3d Tennessee regiment, who behaved heroically. On Wednssday 200 of the Federal 2d Kentucky regiment left Rock Island, Tenn., and came over to our line. De sertions from the Federal army are con tinually taking place. The Federals have no confidence in their troops in Middle Tennessee. Bull Nelson’s forces are at McMinn ville. All turnpikes between Murfreesboro’ and McMinnville are strongly barricaded. Jackson, Aug. 10.—Twenty-seven Fed eral prisoners arrived here from Baton Rouge this evening. The Federals are visiting plantations on tho Mississippi river and plundering generally. Several of their thieves have been captured. The Confederate guerrillas are very aotivo and successful in Arkansas. Savannau, Aug. 11.—Pickets on Wil mington Island, report that the steamer General Lee, of Savannah, with a flag of truce, was fired on from Fort Pulaski, and captured yesterday. Capt. Stuart, of General Mercer’s staff, and Capt. H. B. Fraser, of Augusta, are among the captives. Richmond, Aug. 11.—Northern dates to the 7th have been received. An im mense war meeting was held in Wash ington last Wednesday. Old Abe was present and made a speech. He referred to the quarrel between McClellan and the Secretary of War, and said the dis pute waßnot so serious as was supposed, and arose simply from the question of how many men McClellan had. Many supposed the Secretary of War had not reinforcod him to tho extent he might have done. This wa3 not so. The Sec retary of War had never withheld any one thing in his power to give, and was not to blame for not giving when he Lad none to give. la conclusion, he referred to McClellan in complimentary terms, and said he believed him to be a brave and able man; and took upon himself what had been charged upon the Secre tary of War—the withholding of men from him. Speeches were also made by General Shields, lion. Robt. J. Walker, Senator Ilarland, Ex Governor Boutwell, of Mas sachusetts, General Shipley, Military Governor of Louisiana, aud a number of others. On the conclusion of Shipley’s speech, it being announced that he was the man who hung Mumford in New Or. leans, for hauling down tho Yankee flag, the meeting gave three cheers for him. Shipley disclaimed the credit of the act, and said the honor belonged to Butler. The Northern papers have accounts of the skirmish at Malvern Hill. They rep resent it as a great victory, and say that the rebels were put to flight and pursued to within 10 miles of Richmond. They claim to have taken 100 prisoners. Their loss is put down as 3 killed and 11 wounds ed. The editors of the Harrisburg Patriot have been arrested for the publication of seditious articles, and sent to Fort Mc- Henry. Petersburg, Aug. 11.—The Express has New York dates to the Bth. Tho Golden Gate, which left San Fran cisco July 21st, for Panama, with 230 passengers, $1,114,000 for New York, §270,000 for England, was burnt at sea July 27th. One hundred and eighty pas sengers and the treasure were lost. The disaster caused great sensation iu Wall street. Gen. Robt. McCook, of Buell’s army, was shot on tho sth, while riding in an ambulance noar Salem, by a party of guerrillas, and instantly killed. His re mains have reached Nashville. Captain Brooks was captured. Hon. A. O P. Nicholson has been arrested at Colum bia, Tenn., and placed iu close confine ment, on soldier’s fare, by order of Gen. Negley,for sympathizing with the rebel lion. A telegram from St. Joseph, Mo., Aug. sth, says the guerrilla leader, Quantrell, seized a descending steamer on Sunday evening, and crossed 1,509 men to this side of the river. Tho military authori ties of Fort Leavenworth hearing of the capture, and not knowing Quantrell’s strength, sent 100 men to intercept him, all of whom Quantrell captured, aud marched on, capturing Liberty. Col. Penrick had previously evacuated Liber ty, escaping with his command into Kan sas. Quantrell expresses his determina tion to march to tho banks of the Ohio. A dispatch to Cairo, 7th, gives an ac count of a skirmish yesterday near Pt, Pleasant, Mo., between the citizens and State troops. Several were killed on both sides. The citizens had bound themselves together to resist the enroll ment act. Troops were sent from New Madrid to enforce the law. The Arabia, with Liverpool dates to the 27th, one week later, has arrived. She brings nothing new. Mobile, Aug. 12.—A special dispatch to the Advertiser, dated Jackson, 11th, says the New Orleans Delta of the 7th has been received. Butler levies a tax on the corporation and individuals, amounting to §312,710 25, to support the poor of New Orleans; also a tax of $29,000 on Cotton Brokers for the same object. The distinguished attention paid this class of the business community ie caused from their having aided the Con federate Government, and advised plan ters to ship no cotton to New Orleans. A large amount of property is advertised to be sold for taxes. The Delta claims a splendid victory at Baton Rouge. It says the Confederates were from 5,000 to 15,000 strong. The Delta has Gen. Lovell killed, Gen. Breck inridge with an arm shot off; claims to have captured three cannon, and boasts of bayonet charges. They admit a loss of 250 killed, and they say nothing about wounded. Reinforcements had been sent up to Baton Rouge, and stirring times were expected. The Yankees say they intend to bag the whole Confederate army. James Boggs has been sent to Ship Island. A batch of Yankee prisoners arrived here this morning. Oar pickets extend to within a mile and a half of Baton Rouge. Richmond, Aug. 12.—The following ! official dispatch was received to-day : Headquarters Valley District, August 11, A. m. j Colonel : —On tho evening of the 9th inst., God blessed our arms with anoth er victory ! The battle was near Cedar Run, about six miles from Culpepper Court House. The enemy, according to the statements of prisoners, consisted of Bank’s, McDowell’s and Seigles’ com mands. W T e have over 400 prisoners, including Brig. Gen. Prince. Whilst our list of killed is less than that of the enemy, yet we have to mourn the loss of some of our best officers and men. Brig. Gen. Charles S. Winder wa9 mortally wounded whilst ably discharging his duty at the head of his command, which was the advance of the left wing of the army. We have collected about 1,500 small arma and other ordnance stores. I am, Colonel, your ob’t eerv’t, T. J. JACKSON, Maj. Gen. Command’g. To Col. P. H. Hilton, A. A. G. Richmond, Aug. 12.—Northern dates to the 9ih, have been received The War Department has issued an order vesting United States Marshals and Chiefs of Police, with full power to arrest and imprison any person who, by act, speech, or writing, is found discouraging volunteering, enlisting, or in giving aid aud comfort to tho enemy ; also, an order that every citizen liable to be drafted, who shall attempt to leave the country, shall be arrested. Sinoe the order calling for a draft arnoug the militia, volunteering is re ported to have rapidly improved. A telegram from Harrisonburg, says the quota from Pennsylvania is nearly made up. Gold iu New York opened higher, in fluenced by the loss of the treasure on board of the Golden Gate, and sales were made at 114£, but afterwards there were sales at 114 g The London Herald’s Paris correspon dent says, an article iu the Constitutional, advocating the recognition of tho South, has created great sensation. It is looked upon as confirming the report of Lord Palmerston having declined to join France in tendering mediation between the belligerents, and that the step has been taken jointly by France and Russia. The Paris correspondent of the Indepcu dente Beige says tho Emperor of Russia has proposed to make a personal appeal to President Lincoln, in order to induce him to accept, on principle, tho negotia tion of compromise between the North and South. Richmond, Aug. 13.—New York pa pers of the 9th contain letters from Port Royal, expressing great apprehensions of an attack upon tho fleet at Hilton Head by the rebel ram Georgia. The correspondent of the Times says many of the most intelligent army officers at Hil ton Head agree in regarding as hazard ous in the extreme, their positions at that point and Beaufort, should the Yan kee Navy once lose its present absolute supremacy over the waters of those Is lands. Great, preparations are making to resist tho expected attack. At last accounts the excitement had somewhat abated, throe contrabands having report ed that the Floating Battery is a com plete failure. Augusta, Aug. 13.—The Savannah News of this morning says the steamer Gen. Lee returned from Fort Pulaski on Monday night last. She was detained at tho Fort on the ground that the Fed erals thought that she was going to re turn without thoir permission. Her of ficers were sent to Hilton Head, but subsequently allowed to return with the boat. A great many articles were sto len from the boat by the Yankees, but the Federal officers promised to punish the theft. Mobile, Aug. 13.— A special dispatch to the Tribune, dated Grenada, 12th, says Capt. Maxwell with 40 guerrillas attacked 100 Fcdcials near Friar’s Point yesterday, killing 17 and capturing 6. Our loss was 1 killed. Maxwell was wounded. The correspondent of the New York Tribune says the number of McClellan’s army which have crossed James river is about 15,000. Alexandria, Mo., five miles from Keo kuk, was taken by our guerrillas on the 3d inst. Lincoln is reported to have declined to receive armed negroes into service. A letter from Cameron to the Missouri Re publican, Bays Northern Missouri is lite rally full of organized bands of rebels, and that the citizens are flocking to these bands by hundreds daily, and they will soon have the whole country in their hands. He says all is dark and obscure, and every move of the Federal govern ment makes matters still worse. With out a military Governor, he adds, we will be completely overwhelmed by the rebels in two months. Porter has raised over 2,000 men, and they are hourly in creasing as he moves from place to place. The London Times anticipates a gene ral uprising in the Border States since McClellan’s defeat, and says the Yankees are daily receiving the conviction that the Confederates can never bo subjuga ted. The Times attacks the New York press for echoing the mendacious bulle tins of the government and McClellan’s address. A special dispatch to the Advertiser, dated Jackson, 12th, says the Federal troops have taken possession of Bayou Sara. Breckinridge has issued a congratula tory address to his army. He claims to have gained a complete victory by land at Baton Rouge, the most essential fruits of which, however, were lost by the fail ure of the Arkansas to co operate. All accounts agree in saying that the Yan kees were beaten into the river. Our wounded are doing well. Federal pris- - oners continue to arrive here. Wliat Was It $ A Savannah paper of Tuesday, says, several heavy guns were heard yesterday, the sounds coming from the direction of Fort Pulaski, and a rocket was seen to j go up on the Carolina side of the river about 8 o’clock last night. Perhaps the pirates have been stirred up by this hot weather. ♦ A Mr. Falconer, living near Petersburg, Va., has been arrested for selling milk, supposed to be poisoned, to a member of the Irvin Artillery from Georgia, by which the soldier and five others who partook of the milk were made very sick. At the laßt accounts two of the men had died : from tho effects of the poißon. Harvest hands throughout the State of New York are receiving $2 to $3 a day. In Ontario county $2.50 is paid, and on Long Island the price is $3. INUMBER 17. More “Skedadllng ‘ A Knoxville correspondent writing to • the Enquirer under date of August 15th, repeats the old story of “skcdadling” by Borne of our East Tennessee Cav alry. The infantry regiments in that section have always proved true; not a single instance has ever occurred that would reflect the least dishonor upon them ; on the contrary, they have always demeaned themselves with great credit. But the cavalry, to say the least, have uniformly been exceedingly unfortunate. Os course, we make all honorable excep tions ; there are a few companies, offi cered by sober minded and efficient men, whioh have made their mark on one or two occasions. But this is the excep tion, not the rule. The most of them manage to lounge around dirty little vil lages, drink whiskey, steal chickens, keep good citizens in constant apprehen sion, and when driven out to meet the enemy, invariably manage to get up a stampede. East Tennessee is a country admirably adapted to the cavalry service, and a few regiments of well selected ma terial, aud officered by energetic men, who would enforce discipline, might do us more real service in that division than all tho artillery in the Confederate States, were it all crowded into that mountain district. Col. Crawford's Regimen!. This rogimeut, wo learn by a recent letter in the Times, has been fully organ ised, and is still at Camp Randolph in this State. Adjt. J. P. S. Winder has as sumed the duties of his offico and is giv ing entire satisfaction. Harry DcLau* nay, of this city, has received the ap pointment of Sergt. Major of the regi ment, and Rev. J. 11. Hinton, of Rome, has been appointed Chaplain. The wri ter says : The last act of the formation of the regiment was the organization of the 10th company. This was accom plished on the 2Gth ultimo, much to the gratification of all concerned. The company ranks as company K, 3d Regi ment Georgia Cavalry, Col. M. J. Craw ford commanding, and is fully and finely officered by the following gentlemen, viz: Captain—A T Hughes, Macon county, Ala. 1. Lieutenant—LL Stanford, Harris co.,Ga. 2- ‘‘ W A McDougald, Columbus, o. “ J W Dennis, “ 1. Sergeant K K Smith, Talbot. 2. “ Win Hamilton, Rome, b. “ A1) Dougherty, Flovd. 4. “ J K Hamilton, “ 5. “ J M Thurmond, Macon co., 1. Corporal, W D Thomas, Floyd oo , (ia. 2. - G W Talbert, “ 3. “ W Holstead, Columbus. 4. “ John Foran, There is still much sickuess in camp, but little of a fatal character. 4. Self Respect. It is gratifying to observe that our people are growing less anxious every day about foreign recognition and inter vention. We have had enough specula tion upon the chances of “intervention,” in all conscience. It is getting time the subject should be allowed to rest. Un less we are willing to win our cause by any sacrifices, however great, or by a tedious war, however loDg and devasta ting, wo are wholly unworthy of the po sition to which we aspire, and would only disgrace it, were it in our posecssion. We are fightingjfor independence, for the right to exist as a member of tho great family of nations. To enjoy such apo sition, we must keep clear of all entang ling alliances, and be independent in facl, as well as in name. Otherwise, our titles will not be worn with honor. We shall appear before the world very much in tho same sight as a pcnnyless Baronet appears in European society—an object of pity and derision. • _____ Roll of the Muscogee Volunteers, CAPTAIN A. H. COOPER, Company “ I,” 46th Regiment Georgia Vol unteers, stationed nt White Point Garden, Charleston, S. C. CAPTAIN. PRIVATES. A A Cooper, Levingston, A J lieutenants. Lockhart, J 1. F C Tillman, Lockhart, Wm 2. W R Bedell, Long, Henry 3. Jas T Daniel, Long, Julius sergeants. Lokey, W H 1. A J Floyd, Lynn, M T 2. J W Huff, Lowe, Jenkins 3. Jno S Acee, McGehee, J R 4. Chas A Shivers, McGehee, L J 5. T W Schoonmaker, McGuirt, Jno corporals. McGuirt, Silas 1. John L Duffee, McCrary, B F 2. T J Willis, Massey, J W 3. G G Cartledge, Miller, N E 4. J R Brooks, M iller, O H privates. Morrell, N B Allen, W M Motley, Robt Anthony, J L Motley, Spencer Anthony, G W Moye, J L Banks, T H MorrisoD, A C Barden, J W Morrison, J II Bartlett, J Myers, J C Bartlett, W R Parker, J A Bize, C Parker, G E Bize, D R Parker, Wm Boles, Thos Parkman, H P Brooks, J I Peddy, Wm Brooks, R C Phillips, Elisha Riggers, PJ Phillips, EP Brown, Wm Phillips, J P Bussey, Wm Profumo,F X Champion, W Robinson, W H Cooley, C W Rogers, G W Cryan,Dormick Russell, W 11 Eekley, J W Scott, F P Edwards, M R Shippy, J H B Edwards, W D Shores, John Ely, G W Simmons, H T English, A J Simpson, R N Fleming, Henry Skinner, D A Fleming, John Skinner, L J Fletcher, .1 F Spence, W G Fletcher, J M Sperlin, Geo Ford, J B Thompson, J M Gallaway, J II Thompson, Jno Gammel, F M Thompson, J W Hasting, Jos Thompson, W R Harrison, Thos Tooke, J J Harvey, L J Treadaway, R C Haynes, J Waters, W A Henderson, W C Watkins, J M Horne, II J Weldin, Simeon Jones, E D Watson, J Kenny, Thos Willis, B T King, Jere Willis, N C Land, O K Williams. J L Lawrence, J D Wrage, Wm Lewis, B L Wynn, J A American Hankers In bomloii Mr. Batc3 (of the firm of Earing Broth ers) and Mr. Peabody, the American bankers in London, are Americans by birth, but seem to have become aliens and enemies of this country by educa- > tion. They have both accumulated large 1 fortunes from their dealings with this country, and now, in the time of our ! trial, they denounce our Government, j applaud the Confederates, discredit our stocks, send them here for sale, and at- j tempt to drain our market of specie.— j Mr. Thurlow Weed asserts that Mr. Pea body is a ioyal man; but Mr. Weed was | fresh from Peabody’s dinner table when ‘ he made that assertion, and facts are very much stronger than even Mr. Weed’s word. Loyal Americans in Europe will j do weli to take a note of the course of ’ Messrs. Bates and Peabody, and act ac i cordingly.— New York Herald. Preparing to Run. It is said that Porkopolis has become sorely apprehensions of the “guerrillas.” The late raid of Johnson into Indiana, and the alarming movements of Morgan, j in Kentucky, a few weeks since, have created a feverish excitement among the bankers and property holders. The for mer are rapidly sending their funds to Chicago. Over $2,500,000 have already been forwarded. ijjf- Subscribers receiving the papa with this notice linked, are in formed their time <s about out, and that they must make a remittance if they wish the paper con t i nued See terms in first column. Latest from Rew Orleans. Wo have received a file of Now Orleans papers down to Wednesday last, from which we select, for the present, such items of interest as catch our eye. The United States flagship Hartford, Commodore Farragut, in company with the frigates Richmond and Urooklyu, and several gunboats, arrived Tuesday after noon, from Vicksburg, and anchored in front of the city. Tho United States gunboats New Lon don and Grey Cloud have just returned from Mauchac, Madisonville, and Cov ington. They report that everything remained at Manchac as it was when Col. Kimball left. No attempt whatever has been made to rebuild the bridge or con struct another.— Delta, July 29 th. On the 22d the steamboat Ceres, in * ederal Government employ, after land ing some negroes who were to be returned to their owners, was returning to Vicks bnrg when she was fired upon by three pieces of artillery stationed along the shore, thirty-two shots being fired in quick succession, consisting of grape, G lb. balls and shells. Eight shots passed through the boat, one charge of grape landed in the hull, one 6 lb. round shot went through the hull six inches below the water line, six shots passing through her upper and lower decks, and through her cabin, killing Captain Brooks of the Seventh Vermont Regiment.— Advocate 3 (PA. Flour iu New Orleans was SIG a barrel and the assize weight of the dime loaf was 18 ounces. In the Provost Court, Judge Bell yes terday ruled that the Bank of America should pay J. F. Pepin, in current funds, the amount of a check drawn in his favor by the President of the Commercial Water Works Company, for dividends duo him as a stockholder, although it appoarod on tho trial of the case that tho Company lmd only deposited Confederate Treasury Notes with the Bank to meet the demand for past dividends. And in tho case of John D. McCreary vs. The New Orleans Savings Institution, in the same Court, where tho plaiutiff refused currency and claimed specie for an old balance due to him, a decision was rendered in favor of the Bank.— Bulletin, 29/A. For years past a club has existed in this city called the “Metropolitan.” It ß headquarters havo always been at the head of Claiborne and Gasquet streets. The venerable sachems who used to meet there every evening to discuss politics, philosophy, &c., it seems, havo turned their attention lately to the discussion, or rather to tho promulgation, of views’ not exactly in accordance with the ideas of “the powers that be.” The result has been that a squad of Federal soldiers, Friday evening last, bagged tho whole club.— Delta 29/A. We learned from Vicksburg, yester day, that the celebrated Arkansas ram had been destroyed—that the U. S. iron clad boat Essex ran into and smashed her all to pieces, the crew seeking safety on shore. This is so different from the ac count iu the Jackson Mississippian of the 23d, that wo await further information before wo adopt the details of either as fully reliable.— Ado. 28/A. Iu the Provost Court, Riehard Burke was fined $lO for asking a policeman how many times ho had taken the oath. John Buckley was fined $25 for getting excited wilh liquor and proposing and drinking a toast to tho Southern Confed eracy. A negro made complaint against four men for using seditious language, but as he entirely broke down in his evidence on the third man, all tho other prisoners were discharged, as the darkey was not considered reliable.— Bulletin, 29/A. The Bee of Monday morning says: “Officer Elliott, of the Fourth District, reported at midnight on Saturday, that at the continuation of Washington street, near the woods, a gun was discharged near him, and that twelve men came out of the swamp in rank and file, aud disap peared again. The officer supposed them to be guerrillas. May they not have been Federal pickets?” About two o clock, on Sunday morning, officer Thorn arrested the driver of cab No. 7, for not having his lamps lighted, and took him to the First District Station, where be was discharged upon a written certificate of Lieut. Finnegas, stating that the lamps were extinguished by his or der, as a part of his programme for test ing the efficiency of the police. Death of Gen. Sam. Houston. Sam. Houston, Ex-Gov. of Texas, has been reported dead, and the report has been contradicted. It has been renewed, however, in the most positive manner, by Rev. C. H. Clark, a Baptist minister, formerly of Houston, who is a son in law of Gen. Houston. On the 24th inst., Mr. Clark spoke at a war meeting in Boston Common. Mr. Clark said he had been surprised since coming North to hear that it had been reported and believed that Gov. Houston had given his adherence to secession. As his son in law, and the one who bad closed his eyes in death, he stigmatized them as false. The old man was loyal to the day of his death. lie took a violent cold at a meeting held by the Union men to devise means to protect themselves, which finally settled into pneumonia. To the Editors of the Enquirer : Richmond, August 2, 1802. Gentlemen: Having been frequently called upon by persons wishing to employ substitutes for the army, and my opin ion asked as to whether the Captain of companies or the Colonels of regiments possessed the power to reject all substi tutes, and not wishing to give opinions upon subjects with which I am not famil iar, I submitted the question to the Sec retary of War, and received from him the following, whioh, he having consented thereto, I desire you to publish. It gives the general rule on the subject: R. L. Montaque. “One substitute per month is allowed in each company. The substitute must not be liable to conscription, and must be physically and morally fit to be a sol dier. In deciding the question of fitness the Colonel has the right to overrule the Captain, but in such case, if he rejects the substitute, should report his reasons to the Department, in order that tbeir sufficiency may be determined. He should confine himself to objections to the substitute, and not, as some do, state objections to the policy of substitution.” Geo W. Randolph, Secretary of War. Snlillltute for llnlnlne. A writer in the Jackson Mississippian says that (he following is a certain and thoroughly tried cure for ague and fe ver: One pint of cotton seed, two pints of water boiled down to one of tea—taken warm one hour before the expected at tack. Many persons will doubtless laugh at this simple remedy, but I have tried it effectually, and unhesitatingly say it is better than quinine, and could I obtain the latter article at a dime a bottle, I would infinitely prefer the cotton seed tea. It will not only cure, invariably, but permanently, and is not at all un pleasant to the taste. * HlGimoud Gossip, The Richmond correspondent of the Charleston Mercury, speaking of return ed Confederate prisoners, says “the ofii cers say that the newspapers give no ad equate idea of the disaffection and trouble brewing at the North. The in disposition to enlist, iu spite of bounties —the hostility to the draft—the mistrust of the Government and the hatred of the abolitionists, are seething elements of future dissensions The more we fight, the stronger these elements become. Heretofore our military inaction has par alyzed them ” Capt. C. S. Ktglaml Killed. Tazewell, 7th, via. Knoxville, 10th. — Editors Macon Telegraph Capt. C. S. Ragland fell mortally wounded yesterday, in battle, gallantly charging the enemy’s battery and leading everything until stricken down. S. E. Ball, 48th Ga.