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B itiianged, is now in Atlanta.
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Religious Kerival,
f| RetiTal meetings nro -till in progress
■ the Methodist Church (W.-sley Chapel)
H 3 Atlanta. The attendance is said to be
■ s rge, and the interest manifested most
B*ncouraging. Rev. Hr. Grtcne, of Nash*
■ rille, ia in attendance.
Confederate Cnngrees.
The Examiner of Monday, says, the
I subjects, we understand from members
B of the body, which wil. nrst engage the
muilcationo f Congress, will be the adop-
I lion of measures for the extension of the
I scope of the Conscript Act. and the con
■ilJeration of such a policy of retaliation
■is tie recent treatment of our citizens
I ’ the Yankee Generals has rendered
Imperatively necessary.
A Little Butineii.
I A Yankee prisoner .apLured at the bat
-I,iof Cedar Run Lac. .*. bundle of coun
■rfeit notes on the corporation of Rich
mond and other shinplusior institutions,
from the denomination of .en cents up
to one dollar. There seeios to be noth
ing too mean for a Yankee to do. We
bate no doubt all the privates and many
of the officers in the A: oi iou army are
we\\ supplied with these spurious notes.
A Pleasant Occasion.
Several friends of Col. Cauty, the galiant
leader of the 15th Ala., gave him a complimen
tin’ dinner yesterday at Cook’s Hotel. We had
..e pleasure of being present and shall not
wn forget the agreeable associations connec
t'd with the reunion. This testimony of ap
ireeiation ot the character nud services of a
rue gentleman and chivalric soldier is honor
tile to those who tendered it as it must be
[grateful to the recipient. We are happy to
potto that the health of Col. Canty is rapidly
inproving and that he will soon be able to ap
pear at the head of lus Regiment, or of a Brig
ade, if the Government will assign a proper re
sard to merit.— Times, 19</i.
♦
Yankee “Patriotism,*’
Late Northern papers state that so
great is the exodus ui persons in the
N'arth subject to to the draft, that Secre
tary Stanton has issued >iu order pro
hibiting the issuing of passports to any
person to leave the Uni.e*. States, who
is subject to military dui. y Besides all
lie Foreign Consuls’ offices are daily
crowded with thousands unx < as to obtain
certificates of their betog roreign sub
jects, and others secure exemption from
military duty.
“SUmpedlngr ”
According to late advices from East
Tennessee, the deluded (cries and mise
able “Union” wretches of that unhappy
Kction are still running away to Ken
;-cky. Their preseu. i ipetus is said to
hie been brought about by the prospect
ht the Conscript law would shortly be
uiorced in that section A company of
; ir;es, abont eighty in number, recently
vsed the Ilolston, m-’king for Cumbcr
•tiQap. Our infornmut did not know
hither they succeeded ia passing our
ha or not, but suppose M.ey did.
Harris County Tsi Ktlurna.
Number polls 892
1 r OUBBIOUB 29
thfcuenean artists !!...!.!.! 1
tt*Mp°es 4
Ty ! ! lbetwe en the ages of 0 and 18 yrs.. 1,454
n t o r f ofV r °p ert y ; - 49 ’ 5M
?sa° iTentdebtß
Vs'w'nf ‘n furn ‘ture 10,359
other property 604,270
Number a ,I g u , e of w “<le property ...7,765.097
1 N'amber . es m cotton 3,737
‘tiler iir re * P’ aate d in corn ..46,035
1 r ID y ooy
too r° , stale that the return of the
to n, >t receive the no
returns. ° W ’’ Unt “ T 'ianv hRd mflde
TW T> * , O. IKV liNt
x Kec r aud Col'r of Harris co.
Col. Crawford’* Regi men t,
Hurt nffs et learn that r ’H'tain John W.
°‘ the fhird Regiment Georgia Cavalry,
nedat Camp Randolph, was thrown from
horse recently and slightly hurt by the
tv,. l ®, e S imen t was engaged in practie
, iearn ,w rge and f,rm - Wlth the pistol. We
ses by weie thrown from their hor
•erionsW ;'f Cb& . rge of tllei t pistols, but not
condition and la 11 ’ Tn ® Rc!?i ' llenl >n tine
sre popui sr an i m ‘ rab ‘ y drilled, The officers
mands and ” uic h respected by their com-
Tints. desire a tht a* the enemy.—
, A**rsonal
‘i :vii d V* n °tioe the arrival home for a
Colquitt of the 46th Ga.
Cc; o]l ,. ’® . oned at Charleston, S. C. The
°°* s ‘ a hloomiDg health, and excel
'aiainlr He re P reS| 3nt the health of his
•Ui no exce jl en t, in truth it can be said j
’■itkt* re ® lmen t in service has escaped camp ;
the 46th Ga. This Regi- j
drin S lt \ g 1 , f , 0r discipline, good order
<Uv i,’ cou and not be otherwise under
icltT 1 C r P9WtU aQ instructor as
officer in command.
ciTrflt the arrival home of
<;v rf T< ! J the Coinmbus Flying Artil
■ t-apt. Croft succeeds Cant P u
officer for this district.’ n 0 better
in rw Uld h&Ve 1)8811 selected t 0 succeed Cap-
Poshon 0n ’ Soiml>ortftnt aud re spousible
-'avid Nelson, a sen of Hon. T. A. R.
-.son, was recently arrested in East
-ennessee, whilst auerap-ing to make
’ - w ay beyond the enemies lines. He
&s been sent to Madison, Ga., for safe
*‘ te ping. He has a broth-r in the army
a ton Rouge, who makes a fine Con
, t! Aerate soldier.
Traitor*.
in a list of Confederate prisoners who
°°k the oath of allegianoe to the Y'ankee
Internment at Fori Delaware, we find the
Ai v WiDg fro,a Aiat.am.: D. Coviile, Bth
Alabama; Jos. Casiello, do.; Dun
do - 5 Coix, do.; Frank Mo
do.
VOLUME Vl.}
Consistency.
The little sixty days “rebellion,” upon
which an extension of “ninety days”w9
first had, then six months grace, and
now a renewal of the obligation to crush
it on six months time, seems to have at
tained gigantic proportions of late.
The Y'ankee government affects great
contempt for the handful of “rebels”
who, in their extreme wickedness, are
attempting, inmadness and folly, to break
up “the best government the world ever
saw ;” and yet they never meet us in an
open fight, away from their fleets, with
out suffering a shameful defeat ; and in
their reports, both official and otherwise,
they invariably ascribe their disasters to
the “overwhelming force of the enemy.”
Another interesting feature in the
Yankee government is the facility with
which it can manufacture great military
leaders. Some good n&tured humbug is
taken up from an obscure corner, placed
iu command of some important division
of the army, and without ever having
fought a battle or conducted a campaign,
lie forthwith becomes a “Napoleon ’ —the
great sheet anchor of the “Union” and
the pride of the Yankee nation. So long
as this paragon can confine his brilliant
“bayonet charges” to paper, and keep
his grand strategies in the prospective, he
does not fall short of the Y’ackes ideal of
military greatness. But when the reali
ty comes, and fighting must bo done, his
manner of “changing the base of opera
tions” does not give entire satisfaction ;
and although ho is still thought to be “a
good loyal man,” some other personifica
tion of Yankee ideality—is placed over
him, in tho hope that the next “change
of base” will not entail such serious con
sequences to the cause of the “Union”
♦
Boy* in Iht Army.
We notice that some of our exchanges
are advocating the extension of the Con
script Act so as to embrace boys between
sixteen and eighteen. This, in our opin
ion, is wrong, and if followed up, would
not materially strengthen our army.
Boys of that age, are not, as a general
thing, sufficiently matured for the active
duties aud many hardships of a soldier.
Such a policy would tend more than any
other to fill our hospitals and weaken the
army. Tho addition of one hundred sick
and disabled soldiers in one brigade is
equivalent to the loss of at least one
fourth that number, iu fighting material.
Let the boys Btay at home and prepare
for usefulness hereafter. Their services
will be needed at the proper time, when i
they are more able to discharge the du- I
ties of a soldier. Let the Conscription
Act be extended, however, so as to em
brace the stout and able bodied men, be
tween 35 and 50. Ordinarily, a man at !
45 is just iu the prime of manhood. Our !
oouutry is full of robust, stalwart men, be- j
tween the ages of 35 and 50, who ought I
to be in tho service. Let them go and
defend their country, and let the boys,
who have not yet verged into manhood,
remain at school or in the cornfield.
Naklivllle.
A Writer in the Montgomery Adverti
ser, who had just returned from Nash
ville, says the enemy have no fortifica
tions of any consequence, about Nash
ville. The only cannons he has mount
ed are ia front of the Female Academy,
(Provost Marshal’s office.) Andy John
son boards near tho Capitol, never ven
turing out except with a stong military
escort. They have from six to eight
thousand men in and around the city.
The writer adds:
Let no one doubt that Tennessee is all
right. When our victorious legions shall
enter tho “Old volunteer State,” driving
the vile invaders before them, the heart
less mercenaries will be greeted on every
side, from rock, tree, and bush, by the
keen crack of the country rifle, as they
keep step to the music of the singing
bullets, sent as avenging messengers for
the outrages committed on defenseless
citizens, women and ehildren.
♦
Negro Regiment*.
Late Northern papers contain the fol
lowing “general order” from Governor
“prague, of Rhode Island:
Stats or Rhode Island and Providence)
Plantations, Adj't Genxral’s Oftice, ■-
Providence, August 4.)
General Orders, No. 36;
The 6th regiment, ordered by the Secretary
of War, under date of October 23,1861. and or
ders issued- therefor from this Department,
No. 103, December 28,1861, will consist entirely
of colored citiieus. Enlistments will com
mence immediately. Camps will be establish
ed under direction of Gen. Robbins, who is di
rected to organize the regiment.
The Quartermaster General will furnish ra
tions and equipments on requisition.
Our colored fellow-citizens are reminded
that the regiment from this State will consti
tute a part of the Quota from Rhode Island,
and it is expected they will respond with zeal
and spirit to this call.
The Commander-in-Chief will lead them in
to the field, and will share with them, in com
mon with the patriotic soldiers of the army of
the Republic, their trials and dangers, and “will
participate in the glories of their successes.
By order of GoV. Sprague, Commander-in
Chief.
Edward C. Mauran, Adj’t Gen.
Georgia In tlie Field.
The Southern Recorder says: The
Adjutant General at Richmond aDd the
Inspector General of Georgia have com
pared notes, and it is officially ascertain
ed that Georgia has in the Confederate
service 69 regiments of infantry, 4 regi
ments of cavalry, 2 legions, consisting of
cavalry, infantry and artillery ; 14 inde
pendent battalions of artillery and infan
try ; 5 independent companies, and a
number of partisan corps of which no
account has been stated.
Who Rilled Gen. McCook 1
The Rome Courier says : It was Capt. ‘
Frank Gusley, commanding a company
of Tariizan Rangers in North Alabama, ‘
who killed the infamous Y'ankee General
McCook, a few days ago. of
being on an ambulance, as the telegraph
reports, he was enjoying a ride in a fine
carriage, with a pair of splendid horses,
in magnificent style, when his career was j
suddenly closed.
Arrest* In Baltimore.
The Baltimore Sun, of the Bth instant, :
says, William D. Parker was arrested
yesterday, on the charge of making a
pair of slippers on which was a Confed
erate flag. He was taken before General
Wool, and discharged after taking the
oath. The slippers were confiscated.
William H. Gaultree was arrested on the
charge of cheering for Jeff. Davis, .lie
was released after having taken the oath.
r
The Leavenwarth (Kansas) Conserva
tive of the 29th ult., gives an account of
the “execution of a guerrilla,” one of
Quantrell’s brave Miseourians, whom the
Y'ankees had succeeded in capturing.
The cowardly scoundrels are piling up
the debt of vengeance which the men of
the Border BtatM will some day wreak.
THE WEEKLY SUN.
kngUtlt Mediation
It is really humiliating to a true
Southern man to take a retrospective
view of public sentiment in this country
for more than twelve months past. With
out the least plausible grounds for such
a belief, we have worked ourselves into
the silly delusion that mediation was se
riously contemplated in Europe months
ago. This belief seems to have became
i prevalent in the face of the fact that our
! commissioners had been rejected, orrath
| er that they had never been recoguized
■ as foreign ministers, but on the contrary,
1 were, upon many occasions, treated with
I manifest disrespect and even with rude
i ness.
Our eyes are now beginning to be epen
| ed, however, and the sooner we prepare
! ourselves to look at the chances of for-
I eign mediation in the light of reason, and
! to meet the cold realities before us, the
i better it will be for us. If our dispatch
| es of yesterday noon can be credited,
j the question of mediation has never been
; before the ruling classes of Europe un
j til very recently, and then it was merely
alluded to in an indifferent manner, and
no practical results are likely to grow
out of it. And so far as the “mediation
league” between England and other Eu.
ropean nations is concerned, it is stated
positively “that no communication had
been received from any foreign powers
relative to the recognition of the South
ern States.” The intelligence brought
over by the steamer Glasgow, is to the
effect that the question of mediation had
never been before tho English government
until very recently, and even then, a mo
tion before Parliament recommending a
communication with other powers “with
a view of offering mediation, if a favora
ble opportunity should arise,” was with
drawn. Surely our credulity must have
been unbounded. Forgetting that Eng
land is our ancient enemy—that through
her influence more than any other, this
war was brought about—that she has a
natural antipathy for our institutions,
and that she Las been laboring for more
than a quarter of a century to undermine
and destroy them, we readily flatter our
selves into the belief that she will be the
first to reoognize ourjnstitutions as legiti
mate, and offer mediation between us
and our ostensible enemy! In very truth,
there is not much in cur past history in
reference to this matter that is at all
complimentary of our good sense and pru
dence.
Dlncoln vs. Lincoln.
Lincoln’s whole course since his inau
guration has been, one of continued blun
ders. lie first espouses the cause of the
“conservative” Unionists, then that of
tho ultra Abolitionists, and has been
changing backward and forward in con
stant vibration between the two factions
ever Bince. “Honest old Abe” is having
a hard road to travel, inasmuch as he
finds it impossible to please both parties.
He has managed to lose the confidence
and respect of both, aud in a recent
speech made the startling announcement
that he had discovered that there was a
“broad difference” between the white
and black race, and that he could not
therefore receive negro brigades into ser
vice.
From JSast ‘Tennessee.
A Chattanooga corresponden if the
Atlanta Intelligencer says:
Major General Buckner, lately of Fort
Warren, is expected here pon every
train. Much to the gratification of
everybody, aud especially the soldiers,
he is expected to take command of the
Third Division of the “Army of the Mis
sissippi”—the Division now under com
mand of Brig. Gen. S. A. M. Wood, and
Gen. Hardeo’s original command.
In ten days you may look for some
thing “to turn up” in these mountain
quarters. The enemy are strongly en
trenching themselvas at Stevenson, and
are in force at every railroad bridge.—
Gens. Buell and Nelson, if the signs of
the times are not very deceiving, will
soon hear the whistle of -Southern bul
lets.
Gen. Kirby Smith ia advancing on
Kentucky from Knoxville—the larger
portion of his command, so reported this
morning, having left their old quarters.
*
Hon. C. C. Clay.
The Knoxville correspondent of the
Mobile Register and Advertiser thus no
tices his passage through that place on
the 12th instant:
Hon. Senator C. C. Clay of Alabama,
with his accomplished and talented lady,
arrived here yesterday on his way to
Richmond. Mr. Clay is looking quite ro
bust, his health having been fully restored.
He stops to pay a visit to his brother,
Major Clay, (Adjutant General of Gen.
E. K. Smith,) who lately had his thigh
broken by his horse falling on him. I
am most happy to state to the Major’s
host of friends that he is rapidly mending.
The masterly ability with which Major
Clay had conducted the affairs of this
department since its first establishment,
won him a high military reputation, and
his absence has been greatly felt since
his late misfortune. ORA.
♦
From tlie North.
Two ladies of high respectability, j
known iu this vicinity, arrived here from i
the North day before yesterday. They !
were nearly three weeks on the passage,
but got through without molestation.
They report the people of the North un
der strong discouragement about the war,
and one of them brings assurance from a
Federal officer, in a not unimportant posi
tion, that if the South holds out faithfully
a little while longer the North will break
down. They say they encountered Mor
gan at Gallatin, and his men surrounded
their train. Morgan conversed a long
time with the gentleman who acted as
their escort and got the latest Northern
news. They say they learned in Ten
nessee that a mail bag from Buell had
fallen into onr possession, and a despatch
from him to the Lincoln War Department,
found in it, saying that unless he was
reinforced heavily within a short time,
his army would inevitably be cut off and
destroyed.— Macon Telegraph.
Tho following appointments have been
made on Major General E. Kirby Smith’s
staff: Prince J. C. Polignac, Inspector
General; Col. John Pegram, Chief of
Staff; Col. W. R. Boggs, Chief of Engi
neers; Captain JohnG. Meem. Chief Sig
nal Officer.
Execution Propective.
John Richardson, alias “Louis Napo
leon” recently convicted in Richmond of
counterfeiting Confederate notes is to be
executed on the 22d of the present month.
Enterprise Abandoned.
Northern papers say that since the late
proclamation of “President Lincoln,”
relative to the “draft,” hair dye manu
factories are advertising to sell out.
♦
Turner S. Foster, late circuit judge of
the Nashville (Tenn.) district, was im
prisoned in the penitentiary at Nashville
on Saturday by order of Andy Johnson.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, AUGUST 26, 1562.
TELEGRAPHIC
Chattanooga, Aug. 17.- Morgan turn
ed up at Gallatin, Tenn., twenty miles
from Nashville, last Tuesday. He cap
tured the place and three hundred pris
oners, has blown up the railroad tunnel
and destroyed three trains, and an im
mense amount of commissary stores.
He sent a dispatch to Mayor Smith, at
Nashville, saying that he would call on
him shortly, as he had not seen him since
Smith got beat for office in the Confede
rate army. Morgan camped last night
! in Hartsvilie.
By an arrival from Nashville, Neill
Brown claims to be true to the South,
i and wants to be put right on the record.
Mobile, Aug. 18.—A special dispatch
to the Advertiser, dated Jackson, 18th,
says that on the 16th inst., the Federal
gunboat Sumpter, in attempting to make
a landing at Bayou Sara, ran aground.
A demand for her surrender was made
by the Mayor of Bayou Sara, on behalf
of the military of the parish west of Fe
liciana and volunteers from Wilkinson
county, Miss. Capt. Erwin, command
ing the Sumpter, asked an hour to con
sider, which was granted; meanwhile,
| the Federal transport Ceres arrived, and
| the Confederates having no artillery to
i keep her off, she ran alongside,the Sump**
; ter, when the officers and crew hastily
; abandoned and escaped on transports.
Numerous small arms and a large amount
of stores were found aboard the Sump,
ter. She was then fired and destroyed.
The flames unfortunately destroyed the
depot of West Feliciana Railroad, which
stands near the bank, with 150 hogs
heads of sugar. Part of this sugar had
been seized and left there under claim of
the Federal gunboat Essex. The next
morning gunboat No. 7 and one trans
port arrived at Bayou Sara, and landed
a small force, which was allowed to march
half a mile on the inland, when they
were attacked by Confederates, who mor
tally wounded and captured one of the
invaders, badly wounded three, and ran
the balance back to their boats. Our
loss none. The gunboats then threw
four shells into town, without damage,
and retired with their transports, threats
ening to return and destroy the town
Among the spoils captured from the
Sumpter were two U. S. flags, one pen
nant, and one chest of signal flags.
The following dispatch has been re
ceived here:
Bayou Saba, Aug. 17.—The iron-clad
gunboat Essex is now lying opposite our
town. She will be reserved. Heavy
and continuous firing heard at Port Hud
son last night. •
Chattanooga, Aug. 18.—Dispatches
from Frankfort to tho Nashville Union,
dated 17th, Bay that Gov. Magoffin and
Lieut. Gov. Fisk, of Kentucky, have re
signed.
Richmond, Aug. 18 —The Petersburg
Express of to-day, says there is not a
Y'ankee soldier left on the south side of
James river; nor is there a vessel of any
kind to be seen at Eerkely. If this be
so, McClellan has certainly evacuated
James river, and gone to unite with
Pope or Burnside, on the Rappahan
nock.
Mobile, Aug. 19.—A special dispatch
to -the Tribune, dated Grenada 18th,
says Northern papers of the 13th had
been received.
It is reported that Pope had been
heavily reinfored, and that he is now
ready for a movement on Gordonsville.
Gen. Burnside is said to be co operating
with Pope.
Guerrillas are reported to be active on
Green river, Ky.
A serious riot occurred at Buffalo, N.
Y., on the 12th, between the Germans,
Irish, and Negroes, because the latter
under bid the former in labor. Two riot
ers were shot by the Police. The Mayor
called out the militia expecting a renew
al of disturbances.
The Yankee account of the battle of
Tazewell acknowledges a loss of 3 killed,
15 wounded, and 50 prisoners. They do
not, however, claim the victory.
A dispatch from Lexington, Mo., says
Independence was attacked by 1,500 reb
els, under Hughes and Quantrell. After
four hours severe fighting tho whole Fed
eral garrison had surrendered, with a
loss of 20 killed and a large number
wounded. Much excitement at Lexing
ton in consequence.
Richmond, Aug. 19.—The steamer
Glasgow has arrived at New York, with
four days’ later intelligence from Europe.
The Queen in her speech proroguing
Parliament, says the civil war which for
some time has raging in America,
has unfortunately continued in unabated
intensity, and the evils with which it has
been attended have not been confined to
the American continent; but Her Majes
ty, haviutl from the outset, determined to
take no in the contest, has seen no
reason depart from the. neutrality
which Biihas steadily adhered to.
Ia the House of Lords, Earl Strathple
deu, moved for the correspondence with
Mr. Mason, relative to the acknowledgs
ment of the Southern Stales. Earl Rus
sell said it would not expedite matters to
produce the papers, as the agent of the
Confederate States was not racognized,
and all communications were unoffiial.
A correspondence had taken place be
tween Messrs. Adams and Seward, but
the British government replied as before.
He stated that no communication had
been received from any Foreign power,
relative to the recognition of the South
ern States.
Earl Malmesbury suggested that the
Government should communicate with
other Powers, with the view of offering
mediation if a favorable opportunity
arises; in which Earl Russell agreed
that if mediation is offered, all the Pow
ers should join in it. The motion was
finally withdrawn.
The London Times editorially argues if
England wishes to give the Federals a
new impulse, she has but to take some
step which can be represented as inter
ferance, and Lincoln will soon get bis
300,000 men ; and the chances of peace
will be indefinitely postponed.
The Journal De St. Petersburg denies
the rumors that Russia joined France in
the proposition from England for the
recognition of the Confederates.
In Liverpool cotton had advanced £d
to fd since previous advices, but the
market closed quiet on the 7th inst.
Breadstuffs and provisions were un
changed.
Consols for money 93$ to 93f.
Linooln had been waited upon bj a
deputation of Negroes, asking employ
ment as soldiers in the army, and had
created great sensation by his speech on
Ihe-occasion. In which he proclaimed
that the difference between the black
and white races in the United States
Js so broad that it is impossible the in
ferior race can ever possess political
equality with the superior and dominant
; race.
The Herald announces the disb&ndon
ment of Gen. Hunter’s negro brigade.
The Maryland News Sheet at Baltimore
has been suppressed by Gen. Wool, and
the editors sent to Fort MoHenry.
The editor of the Dubuque Herald has
also been arrested for disoouraging en
listments.
There was a collision on the Potomac
Wednesday night between the steamers
Geo. Peabody and the West Point. The
former was loaded with troops and sunk.
Seventy-six persons were drowned, in
cluding 3 ladies, the wives of offioers in
Burnsides’ command.
War meetings are being held through
out the North.
Richmond, Aug. 19.—There is no lon
ger room for doubt that MoClellan has
changed his bat* from James river to the
Rappahannock.
A dispatch to Governor Letcher from
New Dublin, says: “We have reliable
intelligence that the enemy has left Pack’s
Ferry, Meadow Bluff and Flat Top, and
the impression is that they are evacua
ting Western Virginia.”
In the Senate to-day, various portions
of the President’s message were referred
to appropriate committees.
In the House, a resolution was adopt
ed, changing the rules so as to provide
that it shall not be in order for the House
to resolve itself into secret session except
by vote of a majority of members pres
ent. Yeas 56; Nays 14.
An order from Adjt. General Hill will
be published to-morrow, directing gener
al officers commanding the Confederate
troops, to ascertain and report if peace
ful oitizens have been put to death in
Arkansas by Genl. Fitch, upon the ground
that one of the invading army had been
shot by some unknown person; and upon
being testified thereof, he shall forthwith
set apart by lot, from among the army
under command of Fitch, a number of
offioers equal in numbers to the persons
put to death as aforesaid, and place them
in close confinement for execution at such
time as may be ordered by the Presi
dent, and shall regard Fitch if captured,
as a felon, and place him in confinement
until further orders.
Augusta, Aug. 19.—A spocial dispatch
to the Constitutionalist, dated Knoxville,
19th, says,Capers, of the 12th Georgia
battalion, a portion of the 43d Alabama,
Lieut. Col. Moody, and the Georgia Cav
alry, Capt. Nelson, after a forced march
of 24 miles, attacked Fort Clift near
Huntsville, Tennessee, on the 15th inat.,
and carried it at the point of the bayonet.
A Colonel of the 7th Federal Tennessee
regiment was captured. A large quanti
ty of ordnance, commissary and quarter
master stores were destroyed. None
killed in Capers’ battalion.
Mobile, Aug. 20.—A special dispatch
to the Tribune, dated Grenada, 19th,
states that a dispatch to the St. Louis
Democrat says Gen. Morgan has 4 pieces
of artillery and 1,800 men with him.
A steamboat was burned on Thursday
last by Southern sympathizers opposite
Memphis.
Skirmishing still continues within the
vicinity of Senatobia.
A Washington dispatch reports that
Stonewall Jackson had returned to Or
ange C. H.
A special dispatch to the Advertiser,
dated Jackson, 19th, says a Naval court
martial commences here to-morrow.
The Federate are reported to have land
ed forces at the mouth of the Y'azoo riv
er They have captured the Confederate
transport Fair Play, with 2,000 Enfield
rifles and a large amount of munitions of
war, intended for Gen. Hindman.
(From the Knoxville Register.)
Loudon, Aug. 17.—A messenger from
Morgan’s command arrived at Lenoir’s
this evening.
Morgan captured Gallatin in the early
part of this week—l forgot to learn the
precise day.
He took and destroyed four trains—
contents valued at $400,000, army stores
principally, leaving a guard of 15 men.
He then proceeded to destroy railroad
bridges between Nashville and Bowling
Green.
The bridges destroyed will require two
months to repair.
Returning to Gallatin, he found the
Federals had made a dash and captured
his guard. He pursued, recapturing
nine of his men. His total loss was one
killed, one wounded, and four prisoners.
The enemy’s loss not fully ascertained.
J ’ W> N ‘
Special Dispatch to the Savannah Republican.
Morgan’* Official Report.
Chattanooga, Aug. 18.—Gen. Mor
gan’s official report of the capture of
Gallatin further states that Lieut. Col.
Bohue, two Captains and six Lieutenants,
were taken peisoners, and one officer
killed. Our loss was two killed and two
taken prisoners.
The railroad trestle work between Gal
latin and Bowling Green was totally de
stroyed, and the bridge between Galla>
tin and Nashville blown up, and forty
cars were burnt. Among the captured
property were two hundred improved
Springfield rifles, a large quantity of
medical stores, and considerable ammu
nition. .
1200 Federals entered Gallatin four
hours after Morgan had left.
Fight in lait Teuutnt*.
By the following private dispatches
published in the Angusta Constitutional
ist, it will be seen that the 12th Georgia
(Caper’s battalion) has been engaged in a
tight in East Tennessee :
Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 19.—-The 12th
Georgia battalion has just returned.—
Captured Fort Clifft, Huntsville, Tenn.
Private Buskey, of my company, was
| slightly wounded. Joe Derry and Lind
say taken prisoners. Balance of the
company unhurt. J. Y T . H. Allen.
Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 18.—I arrived
here to-night from Huntsville. We rout
ed the Hessians. Joe Taliaferro captured
the regimental oolors, when the battery
was stormed. Corporal Graham, of my
company, was wounded severely in the
leg. Rest all well. I return to camp in
a day or two. Joe Derry is a prisoner.
8. H. Cbcmp.
! •
! Rapidan River—by some called Rapid
j Ann—rises on the Southeast base of the
Blue Ridge, in Madison County, and
flows between Green and Orange Coun
ties on the right and Culpepper on the
left, until it jpini the North River near
the Eastern side of Culpepper, and about
ten miles from Frederioksburg. With
North River or North Branoh it forme
the main stream of the Rappahannock.
President's Message.
Richmond, Va , August 18.—Congress
j reassembled to day pursuant to adjourn
| ment.
In the Senate, Mr. Y'ancey, of Ala
! bama, gave notice that he would offer
an amendment to the rules so as to pro
: vide that the legislative sessions of the
Senate shall be held with open doors un
less otherwise ordered by two-thirds of
the members.
In the House, Mr. Foote, of Tennessee,
submitted a similar proposition, and
made a speech in support of it.* The
resolution was laid over.
The President’s Message was reoeived
and read in both Houses.
He compliments the troops for their
gallantry and good conduct, as illustrated
iu hard fought battle fields, and marked
: by exhibitions of individual prowess
which oan find but few parallels, either
iu ancient or modern history.
The zeal and unanimity, of the great
body of the people of the Confederacy
gives assurance to the friends of Consti
tutional liberty of our final triumph. The
vast army which lately threatened the
Capital of the Confederacy has been de
feated and the enemy is now seeking to
raise new armies on a scale suoh as mod
ern history does not record, to effeot that
subjugation of the South whioh is so
often proclaimed as being on the eve
of accomplishment. Our enemies are
becoming, daily, less regardful of the
usages of civilized warfare and the dic
tates of humanity. The wanton destruc
tion of private property, the murder of
captives, orders of banishment against
peaceful families, are some of the means
used by our invaders to enforce the sub
jugation of a free people to foreign sway.
The President refers, in this connection, to
the Y'ankee confiscation bills, to the forgery
of the moneyed obligations of the Confede
rate Government by citizens of the United
States, and the apparent complicity of that
Government in the crime. Two at least of the
Generals of the United States are engaged un
checked by their Government, inexciting’ser
vile insurrection, and arming the slaves. Ano
ther has been found of instincts so brutal as
to invite the violence of his soldiery against
the women of a captured city. Yet the rebuke
of civilized man has failed to evoke from the
authorities of the United States one mark of
disapprobation of his acts, nor is there any
reason to suppose that the conduct of Benia
min F. Butler has failed to secure from his
Government the sanction and applause with
which it is known to have been greeted by pub
lic meetings of the people in the United States
Enquiries have been made of the Commander
in-Chief of the United States whether theatro
cious conduct of some of the military com
manders met with the sanction of that Gov
ernment. Answer has been evaded on the 1
pretext that the enquiry was insulting. No i
method remains for the repression of these
enormities but such retributive justice as it
may be found possible to execute. Vengeance
will not be wreaked on unarmed men, on wo
men or on children, but stern and exemplary I
punishment can and must be meted out to
murderers and felons, who, disgracing the pro
fessions of arms, seek to make of public war
an occasion for the commission of tho most
monstrous crimes.
The President refers to the reports from
the heads of the several Departments. He
approves the recommendation of the Secreta
ry of the Treasury for an increased issue of
Treasury notes, convertible into eight per cent
bonds.
He invites favorable consideration to the re
commendation of the Secretary of War rela
tive to the Conscript Law, and expresses the
opinion that it may be necessary hereafter to
extend the provisions of this law so as to em- 1
brace persons between the ages of 35 and 45.
The vigor and efficiency of our present forces
inspires the belief that no further enrollment 1
will be necessary; but wise foresight requires ‘
that means should exist for calling such addi
tional force into the field as may be necessary, ;
without awaiting the re-assembling of Con- J
gress. ]
The President states that, iu spite, both of !
blandishments and threats, used in profusion
by agents of the Government of the United 1
States, the Indian nations within the Confed
eracy have remained firm in their loyalty, and ‘
steadfast in the observance of their treaty en- (
gngements with this Government.
The President concludes: “We have never ‘
ceasing cause to be grateful for the favor with ,
which God has protected our infant Confeder
acy, and it becomes us reasonably to return 1
Him thanks, and humbly to ask of his bounte
ousness that wisdom which is needful for the •
performance of the high trusts with which we <
are charged.”
The Nor<hern Account of the Bat- 1
tie of Cedar Mountain.
We copy entire the following account <
furnished the New York Times, by its 1
special correspondent, of the battle of 1
Cedar Mountain, in which our glorious
Stonewall Jackson gave Pope such a se
vere thrashing: 1
On the Field, Cedak Run, )
Eight Miles South of Culpepper, Va., V
Saturday, Aug. 9,1862. J
This has been an eventful day with the army 1
of Virginia It had been known since yester
day morning that the rebels were in force im- 1
mediately in our front. They had been driv- |
ing back General Bayard’s cavalry for several
hours before the force under Gen. Crawford <
was sent forward to give them battle, and no ,
sooner had we arrived here than our outposts
were fired upon by their pickets. Skirmishing 1
was kept up all the forenoon, and the enemy |
held completely in check. but it was not un
til 3 o’clock, P. M, that the fight assumed the 1
dignity of a battle. At that hour the rebels
opened their artillery upon General Crawford
from the wood to the right of the road about
one mfle. This was done to ascertain the po
sition of our batteries, and if possible bring (
out our force. Gen. C. ordered Knapp’s Penn- ,
sylvania battery to reply, and at the second ,
shell tho enemy’s guns were silenced. Their ‘
long line of cavalry had moved around a high 1
hill on our left towards the Rapidan ford. At 1
once a strong force of cavalry was thrown in
that direction, and soon after the enemy, find
ing he could do nothing countermarched his I
cavalry to our right. Thus matters stood, the 1
large force of the enemy having been held in ■
check by Gen. Crawford’s single brigade of in
fantry, artillery, and cavalry. The cannonad- 1
ing continued on both sides until 4P. M.. when 1
Gen. Banks appeared upon the field with Gen. ‘
Augur’s division and the remainder of Gen. 1
Williams’division. Cen. Crawford’s force, con- 1
sistingof the 28th New York, Col. Donnelly;
46th Pennsylvania, Col. Knipe; 10th Maine,
Col. Beale, and.Oth Connecticut, Col. Chapman,
with a battery of the 4th U. S. Artillery, under 1
Lieut. Maidenburg; Roomer’s New York bat- ,
tery, and Knapp’s Pennyslrania battery, was ,
thrown to the right, with the exception of the ‘
artillery, for the purpose of making a move
ment upon the enemy’s flank—the most im- j
portant movement of the day. The 10th Maine
was then moved forward to the support of the }
centre, and the remainder of the brigade form- i
ed, as stated, on the right, with the addition of 1
the 3d Wisconsin, and an effort was made to
drive the enemy from their cover in the wood. ‘
During all this time the firing on both sides 1
was terrific, and the men were’ failling by the |
score. The lino advanced steadily, with the
exception of the 3d Wisconsin, under a galling
fire, aud drove the rebels back. The Wiscon
sin regiment fled at the first fire, and it was
with great difficulty and at great personal risk
that the General succeeded in getting them
into line again. They had hardly returned to
their position, however, before they broke and
ran fact, proved worse than useless.
The remainder of the infantry charged upon
the enemy’s batteries, several of which could
not be seen until they entered the wood, where
they came suddenly upon a large infantry
force that had lain concealed from the com
mencement of the fight. This force opened
fire upon onr men with frightful effect. The
slaughter at this point was very great, more
than one half the men of the 28th New York
were killed and wounded. Col. Donnelly, com
manding, was mortally wounded; the Lieut.
Colonel, Brown, and the Major, are both woun
ded, and there is not a Captain of a C/ntpany left
to the Regiment The 10th Maine lost aDout 150
in killed and wounded; the sth Connecticut
suffered similarly, besides losing Col. Chap
man, who was taken prisoner. The 461A Penn
sylvania had hardly enough men left to form a full
company. Col. Knipe was wounded in the head
ana in the arm, but not fatally; Lieut. Colonel
Selfridge was sl.ghtly injured, and the Major
was shot through his arm.
From the Yankee* Blear Chatta
nooga.
We have a note from a gentleman near
the enemy beyond Chattanooga, giving
the following information: that the Yan
kees are entrenched at Stevenson and
near Bridgeport; that deserters from
them are very numerous, who report
much dissatisfaction and quarreling in
the Federal army about the cause of the
war; that the army is divided into a
| Union and a John Brown negro freeing
party; that a negro regiment has been
raised in Huntsville, and the Union par- j
ty in the army refuse to fight with the
j negroes, or for the purpose of freeing
them; that Buell has gone to Washing
ton because he don’t like to fight with
negroes, and for the promotion of negro
insurrection and emancipation.— Atlanta
j Confederacy, 19 th.
Confederate Stock.
From a gentleman recently arrived
from abroad, the Richmond Examiner
learns that Confederate stook is worth
80 per eent. in London, and 85 at Nas
sau. The great impending battle soon
to be fought beyond GordonsTille will
doubtless affect this stook more abroad
than at home.
(NUMBER 18.
Exempt* No. 1.
A few months ago, when elections were
j almost an every Jay occurrence, and
when there was suoh scrambling for of*
fice, as universal as it was shameful and
corrupting, very few foreigners could be
found. True, we had a great abundance
of persons of “foreign birth,” but who
were good citizens, entitled to all the priv
i ileges of our elective franchise, neverthe
! less. Now that our country is engaged
’ in a life and death struggle for indepen*
dence and national existence, it i3 aston
ishing to observe the great number of
“foreigners” in our midst, and therefore
exempts from the Conscript act. In many
instances persons of foreign birth who
have made this country their home, and
who wish to act in good faith toward our
government, have acted nobly. Others,
wishing to keep up a show of consistency,
have volunteered their services in de
fence of our cause or hired substitutes,
bnt in most instanoes they have availed
themselves of the convenient plea of
“foreign allegiance.” Nearly every town
and oity in the South is full of this class
of persons—moat of them able-bodied
young men—who voted at our elections
tvto years ago, and who ought now to be
in the tented field in defence of the gov
ernment of their adoption. Instead of
this, however, many of them are engaged
in smuggling, and amassing their private
fortunes at the expense of our cause,
apparently not caring whether they live
under the rule of Lincoln or in “Dixie,”
so that they can but be allowed to peacea
bly follow their own selfish pursuits.
Now, the time has fully arrived when
the political principles of men living
within our lines should be located; if they
are hostile to our government, but remain
here merely for the purpose of making
money, it is fully time the fact were gen
erally known. If, however, they have
become fully identified with us—have
adopted our form of government and in
tend to remain with us, their services
are needed in the field in defence of the
principles they have espoused, and they
should not be allowed to shirk their duty
as citizens.
It is hoped that the Congress now in
session will so amend the Conscription
act as to embrace this class of persons aB
well as others who ought to have been in
the service months ago.
Retaliation,
There are occasional indications of a
general waking up among our govern
ment officials on the subject of retalia
tion, and it is hoped that armed bands of
ruffians and thieves who have invaded
our border districts, will not be allowed
to murder our private citizens with im
punity much longer.
The forthcoming general order of Ad
jutant Gen. Hill, spoken of in our dis
patches this morning, will be hailed as
the harbinger of better times. The con
duct of Gen. Fitch in Arkansas has been
most outrageous indeed, and deserves the
severest retaliation, yet we have reason
to believe that there are hundreds of
worse cases in Tennessee and Virginia,
and of which no notice whatever has as
yet been taken by our government. The
course heretofore pursued by our gov
ernment in reference to this matter, has
been such as to bring it into disfavor and
contempt abroad, and inspire dissatisfac
tion and doubt at home. It is notorious
that no other’ government on earth, hav
ing the same means of enforcing the ob
servation of the rules gcverning civilized
warfare upon an enemy that ours has,
has ever allowed its private citizens out
raged to the extent ours has without
taking some active and efficient measures
to abate the evil. To say nothing of the
duty of a government to protect its pri
vate citrzens, and aside from all pleas of
humanity, our credit abroad demands
that we no longer tamely submit to such
wanton outrages.
From the llapldan.
The oonviction pervades all classes
that a great battle on or beyond the line
of the Rapidan, cannot long be deferred.
It will take place whenever our Generals
are ready, and not before. Culpepper
Court House, (Fairfax) and its vicinity,
will almost certainly be the scene of ac
tion. At that point Pope is now busy
throwing up entrenchments, mounting
heavy guns, and making the usual prepa
rations upon which the Generals of his
nation commonly rely for protection from
the homespun-clad, impetuous legions of
the South.
The sound of cannon was, for a short
time, heard at Gordonsville on Saturday
night. Whether it proceeded from an
artillery skirmish or what other cause, ,
has not yet been ascertained.
Since writing the above, we learned
from gentlemen who reached this city
yesterday evening by the Central train,
in charge of General Charles Winder’s
body, that the cannonade heard at Gor
donsville Saturday evening proceeded
from a sharp artillery skirmish, which
at that time took place at Raooon Ford,
on the Rapidan river, several miles to
the east of the Orange and Alexandria
railroad.
The enemy, it seems, sent down on rec
onnoissance a heavy body of cavalry and
artillery, which, advancing to the Itapi
dan without meeting even with our vi
dettes, were emboldened to attempt to
cress to the south bank of that stream,
at the ford above mentioned. All we i
could ascertain definitely relative to the
skirmish was that whilst the Yankees
were crossing the ford they were opened
on by the artillery and driven back. On 1
regaining the north bank their batteries
were put into position, and returned our
fire. The duel lasted for more than an
hour, when the enemy retreated. We
hear of none who were killed on our side,
and our informants saw but one man who
had been wounded in the engagement.
He informed them that the enemy had
been badly cut up.
Between twenty-five and thirty Yan- j
kee prisoners, among whom were six
commissioned officers, supposed to have
been captured in this skirmish, were
brought in by the Central train.— Rich. 1
Examiner of Monday.
Late Northern Date*.
Chattanooga, August 19.—The Nash
ville Dispatch of the 17th has been re
ceived and contains the following :
Washington, Aug 16.— The President
orders the consolidation of Fremont’s, j
Banks’, McDowell’s and Sturgis’ com
mands into an army under Pope
Gen. Banks has recovered, and will
return to his command in a few days.
McCall has just returned from Rich
mond and says he should demand the
instant submission or extermination of
the Confederates.
Seigle’s Headquarters, August 16.
Scouts from Gordonsville report that
Jackson’s entire army is there.
Kentneky Affair*.
Fbankfokt, Aug. 16.—Jas. Robinson
succeeds Gov. Magoffin, and not Johnson.
Secretary of State, Temple, and the
President of the Military Board have re
signed.
#>T ,'Subscribers
receiving the paper
with this notice
marked, are in
formed their time
is about out. and
that th‘ y must make
a remittance if they
wish the paper con
tinued Sec terms m
first cofoma.-C*
45th Alabama Regiment.
Camp Johnson, Tekn., )
August 16th, 1862. /
Eds Sun: Will you please have the
kindness to givo a soldier a small space
in the columns of your interesting jour
nal, lo return his thanks to the many
fair donors along the Montgomery & W.
P. Railroad, for their many acts of kind
j ness and unsolicited hospitality shown
the 45th Ala. Regiment on its way, on
! the 9th inst., through Alabama to this
point. At many stations along said road
we met warm hearted friends, with pack
ages of almost every size and description,
containing something that was calculated
to strengthen and nourish the weary sol
dier. The first demonstration of this
kind we met with was at ML Meigs Sta
tion. There we found assembled proba
bly forty or fifty of Montgomery county’s
lovely fair, eaoh vicing with the other in
tossing into the oars their nice packages
of dainties. Such kind attentions are
always appreciated by a hungry and way
worn soldier. And here, by your per
mission, I will give the names accompany,
ing many of the packages that were
thrown in the car containing Cos. F., viz :
Mrs. Juliet Murdock, Antoinette Bnrch,
Miss Posie Mitchell, Mrs. J. C. B. Mitch
ell, Miss Florence Burch, Miss Pinkston,
Madame Towy, Annie Barnes. In re
ceiving those little tokens of friendship,
the simple ejaculations of “ladies, thank
you,” and “may God bless and take oare
of you,” seemed but a poor reward for
such patriotic attentions, and yet it was
all we could say.
At Fort Decatur some four or five la
dies had come and brought their servants,
with a wagon load of watermelons, which
were all handed in the different boxes
while the engine was taking wood and
water, and not a cent of pay would be
accepted. May God bless them for this
act of kindness. At Chehaw there were,
I suppose, some five hundred persons as
sembled with provisions, frnits, and mel
ons, amply sufficient to have fed two regi
ments, and thanks to the gentlemanly
conductor and engineer. Ample time was
given us to get out and partake to our
full satisfaction. At Opelika there was
an immense gathering, as two companies
of our regiment, Co.’s F. and 8., were
organized there, and many had come oat
there to take one more look and fond em
brace with friends from whom they had
been separated for a considerable period
of time. Here Dr. Bowen, at Opelika,
made Cos. F. a present of some fifty boxes
of peaches, (some twenty bushels, I sup
pose,) nice ripe fruit; but the scream of
the whistle notified us that the best of
friends must part, and many were the
heaving sighs that escaped the lips of
friends and fond ones dear, as they part
ed. Alas! it may be forever.
Alabama, the State of my adoption,
has become proverbial for her hospitality
to the war worn soldier. I do not de
tract from the other sister States, but I
am proud that I can lay my hand upon
my heart and say, I am an Alabamian.
J. M. Peehv,
Ist Lt. Com’dg Cos. F, 45th Ala.
N. B. Will the Montgomery Mail
please copy ?
Army Correspondence.
We make the following extracts from
the army correspondent of the Savannah
Republican, dated,
Richmond, Aug. 14, 1862.
It would seem that we did not capture
two pieces of artillery in the late battle
on Cedar Run, as was stated to me by a
person who participated in the fight.—
The prisoners taken number 430, includ
ing one Brigadier General, and 31 com
missioned officers. In addition to these,
twenty others were captured on Friday,
the day preceding (he battle. It is be
lieved that we lost some thirty or forty
prisoners on Saturday, as about that
number were still missing at last ac
counts. At one time, during the battle,
an entire brigade was in danger of being
cut off by a flank movement of tha enemy.
Only our left wing was engaged, consist
ing of Winder’s, Garnett’s, and Taliafer
ro’s brigades. The disparity in the
forces was so considerable that but for
the timely arrival on the field of General
A. P. Hill’s division, the day might not
have gone so well with us.
According to the city papers, all the
regiments engaged in the fight were from
Virginia, except one (the 48th) from Ala
bama. One of the papers states that
Colonel Price, of Georgia, (the comman
der, I believe, of the 14th Georgia,) was
wounded, from which it is inferred that
his regiment was also present at the fight.
The measures recently adopted by the
Federal government have produced a
profound impression upon all olasses in
the United States. I refer to the oall
for 300,000 volunteers, and a draft for
300,000 militia, and to the orders forbid
ding any expression of opinion against
the war or the policy of the government,
and directing that all persons seeking to
escape out of the country be arreßted
and forced into the military service. The
order in regard lo persons guilty of ex
pressing their sentiments about the gov
ernment, not only requires their anest,
but suspends, so far as they are concern
ed, the writ of habeas corpus. Under this
order, the editors, proprietors, and type
setters of the Harrisburg Patriot & Union,
one of the most influential democratic
papers in Pennsylvania, have already
been arrested and thrust into prison.
The shibboleth of the Black Republi
can party in times past was—“free men,
free soil and free speech.” Under the
rule of their own chosen leader they
have already been stripped of the freedom
of speech and person. Indeed, there is
scarcely a right held sacred by freemen
which the present Federal administra
tion has not wantonly violated. Will the
people submit to these startling encroach
ments ? They will for the present. Al
ready the leading presses and pnblic men
of the North have shown the white feath
er. There may be and is a strong feel
ing of dissatisfaction and opposition,
and every effort will be made, in a sneak
ing, cowardly way, to escape the provis
ions of the new orders; but the States
and people as a community will basely
submit. Individuals are powerless ; for
the moment they attempt to move, they
are caught up by the authorities and
hurried off to prison. If the people had
arms in their hands, and oouid be brought
together, they might successfully resist
the despotism that now grinds them to
earth, bnt as it is, and for the present,
they can do nothing. P. W. A.
■ <> ■
Sfampedtr*.
For the last two or three days there
has been a perfect stampede of tories
from Greene county. From report, not
far short of a whole regiment have left
for Kentucky. It is thought that they
have so evaded onr troops as to make
their way sure through the lines. We
hope, if they attempt to come back their
way may be obstructed, to prevent such
an unfortunate thing for this section.—
Saveral are missing from our town, and
it is reported taey have gone with the
balance of the stampeders. If it only
proves to be so, we think the citizens
ought to illuminate their houses and cele
brate with joy that we are rid of them.—
Greenville (Term.) Banner.
To be £xch*nged.
We learn, says the Richmond Exami
ner, that Colonel Thomas (“Zarvona”)
has been recognised as a prisoner of war
by the Yankee government and will be
exchanged for an officer of equal rank
held by our government as soon as the
arrangements can be made. Zarvona
had with him when arrested his commis
sion as an officer in the Confederate
army, bat it taken from him and
destroyed so that he could not avail him
self of its protection. At last accounts
he was in close confinement.
Latest from the North.
Late northern papers received in this
city yesterday contained Pope’s official
report of the battle of Cedar Creek. He
says: General Banks, with ten thousand
men, was attacked by the Confederates
with twenty thousand; a brigade of two
thousand men lost fifteen hundred in a
charge on rebel batteries; an Ohio regi
ment was annihilated, and a Wisconsin
regiment ran. He calls it a drawn bat
tle, bat acknowledges a loss of three
thousand men killed and wounded.
Rich. Examiner , 18<A.