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COLQUITT & WAttBEX, Proprietors. Volume XVI, COLUMBUS.TUESDAY.JUT *2. ISOI. “Tin’ Xei ConstiMion and the Federal Basis.” Tbo objection has boon sprung within the last sow days again, t tho new Constitution that it rejects tho “Federal b:ui*,’’ because it nowhere dilines in express language what is mount hy rep re tentative population. Tho Macn Telegraph of yesterday contains a Card from Messrs. Washington Poe, K. A. Ms bet and John lb Lamar- -all members of tho Conven tion which framed tho Constitution, from which we extract the following clincher in reply. Wo will add lhatJudgo Penning, of our city holds views in agreemeut with the same : Again, the Constitution of the American l’n ton, the permanent Constitution of the Confeder ate States, and the Constitution of (Georgia, recognize in so many words the federal or mixed basis No other basis has ever been recognized at tbo South. And in these constUuth ns the negro element has been lot in, in thoo articles and clauses which define, establish and adjust rq>recn4a/ioa in tbo State and national leg is la tures Representative population h s therefore a settled meaning, which it is thought no legisla ture or court in this country would venture to unsettle Put, yet. further by tho Constitution of Georgia as it stood when the Convention adopted the now Constitution, and now stands, representative population is defined apd there described as “ail free white jver-o'ti? and three fifths ot all persons of color.” The Covention when acting up a amendments to that Constitution, in tha u.o of tbo words “representativepopulation ,’’ is obliged to be con sidered as referring to the m/tNg Constitution and to have meant just what the existing Consti tution provides as the basis of representation. If the people ratify it, it supersedes the old Consti tution, but docs not defeat tho necessary con struction derived from the old Constitnti -u : and if at any futuro day tho Courts should bo culled upon to construe it, they will look to tho pr o ions of tho Constitution as a criterion i judg ment. When, in IXI2, tho Constitution a amended, the Senate was declared to con>i*t of forty-seven members to no chosen by Sonar rial districts, the districts to We composed of two con tiguuus counties, not including tho county wish the largest representative population, A•. Tho same word with those in tho new Con stitution. No one, as far as wo Know, Li-clai med that by the amendments of ISI2, #o far as regards the composition of the Senate, tho basis of representation was changed. Reperseentative population, then, bus l ccn held to mean tho representative p< puluti n , f tbo Constitution--that is all free white p r*<>n<;ir.d three fifths <>f all persons of color. fonfctlfnlf Forces* The following, says tbo Baltimore J*un, arc reported to l>e the numbers-of the aval able ser es of the Confederates for the attack on Wnnh* I ington: FLACKS. TKOoI g. Fairfax lu.t-uU Manama* Juneliou and along Manas ttLS Gap Railroad 20,000 llientiville W arnml-.il ... 8,00” Rappahannock 7,000 Cul| eppeV 10,0m'. Fredericksburg 15,000 Total 00,001) This does not Include Gen. J.din.-t- o’ 20,000 troops which ure probably between Mrinburg, Front Royal and Fulctn, on the Managua Gap Railroad, or else along country roads, which, running North of and parallel with that ro.id, terminates at Fairfax, and which will surely co operato with Gen. l'.ofluregard in case an attack on the Capitol is decided on. Neither dm - it include the following troops, which, too remote to act in immediate conjunction with them, will boa reserve force which maybe I r.m ,-M up in a few Jays: Richmond .0,00 Petersburg t reinforced from Weldon.. .15,0wn Lynchburg ~35,000 I Total re?en o i “0” Making a grand total of I SO,OOO troops. Tub Telegraph:* Diapati tu The V .i.-L ----ington correspondent of the Cincinnati Com mercial says: The New V rk reporter# tell tnc that tho censor who sits in the telegraph office here, and revises all dispatches, r ui.kir‘g aw ful work with tbeir news. It they happen to get the facts about a movement, tho dispatch becomes contraband of war, and is coufi’rated. If the matter Is utterly erroneous, U p iste -very freely, Ceii*qo**cs of TtiK able edito-* rial in the Baltimore Kxcbange, of Monday last, on the respective abilities us the two - cn< o t< carry on tbo war suer onfall/, conclude* as fo*- lows Whichever way wo regard it, tho runsequ* i.ecs are the #ame~partiully injurious to the South; but disastrous to the North. The South loses little; it spend? comparatively little, and i. pil ling its woalth up. Tbo North loses everything, spends enormously, and stores scarcely anything. Every day adds, in fact, to tho strength • f the South, and diminishes that of the North. The war tells alike on the Western farmer, tbo C is tern manufacturer, and tho N. Y. honker. Tbo effect upon the former, however, is only temp > rary ; upon tho two latter ittnust bo more per manent. The eventual result of the war will surely be to unite tbc slave States in one grand a Republic, and the North will then find that its suicidal policy has only served to establishe a nation, which possesses not only van re- nr-t -, in the gruwth of staples peculiar to itself, but which has, in addition, every element of wealth p Hseswid by the free States. The North w!\ at the same time, discover that it has separa'ed it self from a country, upon the productions of which it was actually dependent for the pr> per* Jty of Us largest Interest-, and for tbc meant of affording employment toits operative* and • • u pation tu its mariners. So long as Mary load remains with tbo North, she mud share the fate of the North. Bill for thr Sut of Bovenrtt. Tho City Counoll us Nashville, Tcnu. . oc, at a late meeting, unanimously adopted the folfow ing preamble and resolutions ; Whereas, The State of Tonnesc 1.. . by a popular majority, unprcce*lente<l in the history •*f the State, voted this State a mcujV.tr of ibo Confederate Stales of America , and wc L-'l t on the separation of the slave and non ?! nffodd ing States as inevitable at tin distant d<v in t further, we consider the city of Nashville the must ajipropriate place for the perinincnt luca tion of the Confederate States Capital, owiog to Its central position, health, climate, and the im 1-oHsibtt ity of attack by a foreign enemy, at well u* many other reasons ; therefore, be it Resolved by the City Councilor Nashville, That the sum of five hundred thousand dollur* be and the same is hereby appropriated for tha purpose of baying, building and furnishing a residence for the i*r< - .dent of the Cunfcd’--ate States, together with the further mini .f two hundred anl fifty thousand dollars, which has been already subscribed by the citizens of this city for similar purposes. and that we tender said sum of $760,U0U to the Confederate Con gress, together with the hospitalities of the city and all the pubtyo buildings of the city, as offices for the various department* of our Govern ment. Resolved, That we carti.i-Lly request and in vita the attention of our State Legislature, now in session, to the importance of tendering the use of the public buildings of tbo Htuto to the Con federate Congress, and that they cede to the Confederate Stales the exclusive jurisdiction over territory nokexreding ten m-te** square, includ ing the oity us Nashville, provided th y pan* no laws which shall come in conflict with the fun slitution ot tho ttlateof Tennessee. ©©-We loarn from the Pickens, Booth Caro lina, Courier, that the lion. James L. Orr has been appointed a member of the Confederate Congress in the place of Judge Wither', re signed. The Louisville Courier thinks thatif General Scott don’t horry up his cakc*. b.< tr- j will not take dinner in Richmond and Memphis 1 n the 4th of July as threatened. 0 0 0 ICews from Aorlht ra Sonrccs. f :-p oi l,ii • uf.tho.New York Tinu -. XV A3UIXGTON, Juuu 24, V. A. Aik hi 11 this district, formerly of Ver mont and tho Secretary of tho National Dctuo crat ic Party, bos proposed tu the War Depart uici.t to r:u -e a regiment forthwith, of Northern Democrats for active service during tbo war, and thus testify their appreciation of Mr Lincoln’s vllurta (•> maintain tho Government. Chas. 11. Foster announces himself as an un conditional Fnion man from iho first District of North Carolina. In a hand bill dated at Mur tm-.-h -ro, ho uotifi* ; i o pcoplo of tho district, that by a law of North Carolina, tho first Thurs day in August is tho day fixed for the election of Representatives in Congress, and on that day lie mvitvs tho elector* to give him their suffra ges. and east their ballots, without fuar or intimi dation. Tho rebels have made two proposition? of peace to tho Administration. One contemplates the complete recognition of tho Southern Confederacy with ;i treaty us commerco and a subsidy of s>o,ood for giving us protection against foreign and domestic enemies. The other, which Is Mill undercouridcrat on, consents to a suspen sion of hostilities, a lay ing down of arms, and thoextensten of the Luo of JO deg. ."0 turn, ti the Pacific. William 1). 0 all ah or, *d Kentucky, lately qou tl lentiul dork . f tbo Secretary of the Treasury, has been appointed Collector of the port of New Orleans, and leaves Washington for Cairo to mor row. He will accompany our army in its progro.> down tno Mississippi, and there can bo no doubt that his nppoiiitiacul and departure for this point indicates an advance at tbc earliest pructiublc moment upon Memphis. Tills will not bo for n -mo weeks, but willjnovo Southwardly with tho dig. restoring tho commercial relations of tho Ftiiot, and scaling up all lines of transportation tor tho rebels as ho prwoeds. It may not bo generally known that the collection district of New Orleans embraces tho valleys of tho Missis* Mppi und Ohio, including their tributaries, and reach iu:; us tarns Pittsburgh. Thu so-called Col- Uvt- r of Louisville and other towns within tho district arc only Surveyor’s agents of the New Orleans Collector. A gentleman just arrived having been detained at .Mima.-:asu while, says the troops tbero are in a perfect fren iy ofewiteiuint, and all with w hum ho conversed, spokefroely >f the meditated at tack upon XVasbington, asserting triumphantly that tiiey would be in Washington before Satur day night, lie was told that the rebel force con sisted of 20,000 at Manassas and Fairfax, and 20,000 on the lino of the Potomac. Special to the N. Y. Herald. Offensive movements on tho part of the Gov ert nitni will doubtless bo deterred some time, i i.wing t a ’ohango of programme by ibo rebel 1 duels. The grand :.-.-nult upon XVa.'hiugton, I abuut wlii -h they blustcrt and, uppears to bo ahan- I 4t ted ou iMOUt of its involving their certain defeat. They now propose to apt entirely on tho defensive, but although they are concentrating their turve in tbi neighbi rhood, it is not proba ble that they will hazard a gcnoral engagement anywhere tnis tide of Richmond. D •- u-M rwdtbat Wilson’s Zouaves have gone to F.ti Pickens, but it is quite likely they have gtee to CharU >n. .-.wrul other regiments about leaving (he North will probably go there A rojmri reached Washington to-night that A lex. II Stephens, Vico-l’rem lent oftl.eso call vd Confederate .States, Is dead. The informa thin coiucs through rebel sources, hence cannot he traced beyond this point. It is well known t Uat be has recently b.. u ill. Sj i..l to tho N. Y. Coinmervial. W j. iii.notok, Juno 2.>. Then* i- il” highest authority for contradicting thost.-rii M utiunt tho dTiclk having made peaco prop-‘ itiuiiM to ibo liovomenl, though some prc*?€f and juurnab har pro fen ed to givo some what minuto details. There in no truth in il Mhatevor. On tbo contrary, tho A<luiimstralioii have P-ceiv. 1 arrurance* that the rebels intend pr renting llie war with tbo utmost vigor, and it p> -iMo overthrow tho Governuumt and and -wy tbo JL public, wen though they |>erixh m tlie ruin*. 1l . y sod that the tv-> Guiornmcuts cannot exist in such . b.sc proximity, or even on U-cminon.. No >ffinal account of the Great Rolhid afiuir ha, a, jot IrtK-n i*l. public, ami it i, thought br tb.it uur hMi, juuch larijiir llumliuii liocn mppusid. It js kii-.wn (hat just u the order to retreat was given tho rebels were leaving their outer cotrenehmcnti*, : aring they would ho car ried by ttorsi. Kuiboldeni and by tbo withdrawal ■*f uur 1 r , they ru u:-.n.d tii r p itions and continued their lire. special to the N. Y. I* -ft. i! red h-r tl.at Ler-j. W. ->d. of N.-w York, ami Cietneni X allandiglmtn, of Ohio, will, it at •• irly lay, oiler r- tutions in Congress for tho recognition ot the Bout hern Confederaej. They me the nly Northern lories in Congress. One thousand rebel troops have been posted at “■ >qu in, Yh ,to guard against a Hunk inovu- 1 t 1,,; Federal troop:.. It is under.*! --- I t < be the policy of the Uov ernißent to permit tho rd<dii ol biglilihitt >I .datum ut th- j uiiit of the sword. Washiwotom June 24. Tr*>p3 continue tupur in. Foveral regiments a-rivui u !.y, and u m expicteJ that 10,000 more will arrive before tho end of the week. Wo havo now fifty seven regiments here, numbering i ! ),0OOi*• • a, In’ wemust have more. Wasoingtom, June 21. The ;• t Office Department has declarod that pi- utu*;r iou.it durugard any stamps ou let t*-r.* le.-.ru . the murk • ! txpress companies, where there i- reason to believo they im from disloyal mv” , bit to and liver on payment oi tub p ia A spcviul agent has been instructed to invcfti gato •’ o matter of carrying letters over post routes ny c xpr ** and other companies, in violation of the I ... it n.u ■be stopped. I'Rnnr.iUcK, June 25. A Maryland P” - ionist, direct from Winches ter<iay, reports that the main body of tho Con federate army lutely at Harper’s Forry to the number of 12.000 are stationed on tbo fair grounds near that pin*©. Tho remuindor ure stationed at bunker Hill, lloiuricy, and a point near Charles- At it i.-riry a Guerrilla regiment commanded i-y MeDon.iM it also fti nc-l. On Sunday afternoon tbo troops at Winches ter received orders to march, and at two o'clock I their tenfo were attack and every (.reparation • I oVhick at I.l ght, aud sul-* , <jueutly eountcrui&ud ed, to tho . .•< t-.'-j disapp’ intuieiit of the entire lie*rcpTc- i,nts that tho tu’ it wore well sod and fiercely cagor for battle. Tbeir health Is geuor ally goou. Gtt vFiott, June 25. It is certain that 5,00 u rebels are in I'amj-ti. ;<o milos beyond Phillippa. Tho force melu'lee at least ono Georgia regiment, and one Tennessee Ail aro said to bo uniformed and well armed. I'urterfiold'* troops, and others, numbering J.OUO, ure kept buck ut Huttunviilo. SkirunGiing continues between th# pickets.— The 6tb Indiana and 1 tth Ohio regiments are con eentratiug at I’l dlippa. Tho 10th Ohio is at Cheat river, and <he Mth and 10th Indiana regi- TC-AJb ltim ro <- -rn j undent of the New York Herald, states that tho hou'hern troops at Richmond in labored abount 35,000 men. Another correspondent *:>ys that tlm “rebel” for oiu Virginia is munh larger than that of the Federalists, lie adds : “Woawt them everywhere at disadvantage, an<l i-ur w i*<vt military lenders entertain small h'-j.as and victor/, in care a battle iw precipitated l*;nr- th# I'elernl urmy i- reinfi>r*< and. (fsßtfitl F tt is j ftinfuily awure of this.” Hi t* uK Ai. I‘arai.i.kl.—ft i-’ ov id> nt that the nth t* | rupared t< make a unanimous, bloody aud pr >longed resistance to tho “subjegation” policy of the Republican*. It is reported that Gen. I'iv, was asked, “What if you should be defox’* 1 ut Man ftp* as Junction, <-r wherever else you have v >lved to rnuko a desperate stand against lnva ß i'*n?” and that ho repliod, “There 1 will be ■ few of us loft after such a defeat, that the r>.. t will be a mutter of littlo consequence.” This reply, if ready uttered, has a classical t re ceded, to 1.0 found in the interview between Rrutu* end C.*-uis lefore the battle of Phillip pi. “Either wc shall bo conquerors ourselves,” said Cassius to bis patriot friend, “or we shall have no cause t<* f.\if those who arc to - -V. }', Daily JVeorg. McClellan I'lidaims, Tho following prooiamation was issued at Grafton on tho 25tn ult., by Gun. MoClellnn to the llc.nian Army of the West. The fenr ex pressed at tliecLiae, that they will not find a foo worthy of Uieir steel, is doubtless caused by tho £/*ou\W</ii that they will not keep their faces to the front: ‘•You are here to support the Government of your country, and to protect tho lives und liber ties of your brethren, threatened by a rebellious and traitorous foo. No higher nor nobler duty could devolve upon you, ami I expect to bring to its performance the highest and noblest quali ties of tho soldier—discipline, courage and mer cy. I call upon tho officers of every grade to onforco tho stDriest discipline. I know that all grades, privates und officers, will display in buttle, cool, heroic courage, ami will kn>w how to show mercy to a disarmed ene my. Rear in mind that you aro in the country of triends, not to destroy. Take nothing, destroy nothing, unless yon aro ordered to do so by your general officers. Remember that l pledged my word to tbo peo ple of Western Virginia that their rights in per ron and property shall bo protected. I ask every one of you to makegood this prutu foe in its broadest sense. We came hero to save, not to upturn. Ido not app-al to a tear of pun ishment, hut to your appreciation of the sacrod noss of the Cause in which wo aro engaged.— Garry with you into battle tbo conviction that von aro right. God is on our side, Your cnc niios havo violated every moral l.iw. Neither God nor man can sustain thorn. They have, without cause, rebelled against n mild and paternal Government. They have out raged tho persons of Northern men. moroly be cause they came from tho North, aud of Southern I’uiou men merely boos use they loved the Union. They havo placed themselves beneath con tempt, unless they osn retrieve sumo honor on the field of battle. X -u will ho honest, bravo and merciful. Xou will punish no man for opinion's sake. .Show to tho world that you differ from our enemies on the points of honor, honesty and respect for pri vate opinion* and that wo inaugurate no reign us terror where wo go. Soldier:- ! 1 havo hoard that tbero was danger her.-. 1 have come to place myself at your head, tu share it with you. I four but uno thing —that you will not find focmen worthy of your steel. I know that 1 can rely upon you. GIX>. It. M CLKLLAN, Miij. Gen. Commanding. Tii; Ri.tiikl Fu.ht. — Tbo Nashville Gu/.cGu hus received the following ‘spdolal’ from Wash ington, dated June 10,1801 : A Government messenger has nt last arrived, giv iug tho official account of tho battle at Groat Rothcl. It is now ascertained beyond a doubt that the Federal loss will nut tall short of 1,800, killed and n minded. The report to General Scott says that Gener al Picayune Rutieris not to blnmo for tho terri ble cl (lighter; ho was fully two miles iu the rear. The victory to the Southerners was owing ton great mistake on their part. It is pon ively as sorted l!iut their caution wero charged with ball cartridg , and although unknown to t> use who loaded the guns. Magruder was cognizant of the laet. Tuo North Carolina regiment, it is also l,e lnnou, u.-ed both powder and bull. ‘1 bis conclusion has been arrived at by tho on tiru Engiiieercorps, who stale that shot, shell, minnie bulls, and particularly rillo cannon balls will kill when properly directed, at least fivo times out ol ton. Tho report caused great excitement bore. The ; Department snorted, Gou. Scott wuntod to curse, but was too feeble, mid Abo Lincoln got uiusl gloriously drunk. Tho latter individual wanted tho mutter suppic. td, but owing to his over flowing condition, it leaked out, nod 1 hasten to forward you tho particular*. Fkontimi PnoTßiTiuM. It secual that our frontier vrtli coon have (ho protcctiuu so much needed, and for which so many vain appeals wore made to tho Lincoln Government. Tho following troops havo been mustered into tho Conlodorato service by l.'aj t. huyre, Assistant Adjutant General, Confederate States of America: McCulloch’s regiment, numbering 800 mou; Ford's of IUOO men; Teel’s artillery, 140 men and Figuns: Edgar's artillery, 100 men and 4 guns; Kouqtior's Infantryl mm; and McAllister’# in fantry, 04 nion ; in nil 2DiS woll mounted, well armed, well officered and woll provisioned Tex ians, accustomed to front for lifo, thoroughly familiar with the Indian habits of warfare, spleti ded horsemen, and under such loaders a* Van Dorn, McCulloch, Ford, Ruylor, Waller, Rurleson, liammor, <t id omne yenut, certain to repel any Indian, Mexican, or Abolitionist that may ven ture into our domain. Houston ( Tax.) Teh graph Tub New York Times on the li<ihii. Rut a little while ag >, the bigotted editor us tbo Daily Times proclaimed war against Popery; doclurcd that it was adverse to civilization and the spirit of tho age, and ought t>> be exterminated. Yes t> r ny tu*. turned his veil urn uguinst Catholics themselves, und says of the ancestors of tho Ir ish that they wero “half slave.*, half savages.” Ho endeavors to prove that tho origin of tho South Curolinians .of tho present day in of tho more degrad- I description, consisting of “low bred people,” “persons of low ami iudignut cir cumstances,” people “reduced to misery by pas siun and cxce*s,"and fled from their native land fr->iu “tho rigor of unprincipled creditors,” and miui* up by (uoting ou early authority to show that “none had furuishud thcproviuco of South Carolina with so many inhabitants as Ireland,” who “in those day* worn half slaves, half savng- ; cs.” u sufficient reason, thinks tbo ram- | 1 art Abolitionist writer, for wholesale slaugh ters, hangings, and confiscations of property iu that >f..te now. - .V. .Vei it, 18(5 ult. Limol.n's Hklationh with Mkxico.—Tho New York 7*i miss says: Our Minister, Mr. Corwin, presented bis ere dcntiul*, and was duly receivodby tho Moxioau Governtnenl on thv 21st ult. From all we cau learn, it dues not uppuur that Mr. Curwiu has any imuiedia'e prospect of success in the negoti ation of a treaty. We discover the following in a communication to the Trait dTnion, the French paper publish ed in the City of Mexico, by Mason, who has been sojourning in New Orleans tho past winter, and who may bo considered in the Cuimuonfort interest. “In a treaty, Mr. Lincoln will probably impose conditions hostile to the Southern Confederacy, whose friendship is a precious guarantee and a noccfoiiy to the pcucound prosperity ol theMox ioan Republic. This friendship broken, croven cooled, tbo Kiu Grande ooubi easily be or<>ssed by the tillibuster? and the tire-eater*, and the dis astrous results of a border war are brought upon us.” Wo ore willing to assume that tbo Trait d'Hn ion is partly correct in its surmise that Mr. Cor win’s instructions are hostile to the tiuuthern Confederacy, for if they are of the same character ns those imposed upon our Envoys to other Lowers, our Minister to Mexico lias no au thority to treat with the Government of that country unless it fignifie* tho unequivocal deter mination not to recognize the Southern Confed eracy in any manner whatever. That the Mexi cali Government is prepared to concede this point at the present moment, we do not believe, and therefore delay, if nothing more, in one of the most important of our foreign negotiations must be expected. ■ Rut what measures have we taken to expedite the iuatt< r, further than the dispatching of Mr. Corwau to Mexico ‘( Wo have no postal arrange ments, and no diroct means of communication with that country, it is evident that we have not only the machinations of the Southern Con fedcrtcy to contend with, but wo have the diplo macy of England, Prance %nd Spain to counter act. And yet, at this critical period, we havo not tho means of intercourse by mail with our Amhars idor in l .e neighboring Republic. Tub Fleet --Tho steamer Win. Sea brook, yesterday, took down to the tain frigate Wabash a communication from the Spanish Consul, ro- , questing the commander of tho fleet off this port to order tho Spanish ship I’lus Ultra (now daily expected herefrom Barcelona) to Now York. Tho Wabash and a sailiug Tea see I, supposed to boa sloop-of war, wcr the only war vessels in sight. There was a brig brought to by one of tbo fleet during yesterday, but she was brobably bound North.— Charleston Mercury, June 28. Tho Paris Monitour, tho official paper, in an nouncing Mr. Faulkner's leavo taking, spoke of him as “the Minister of the United States;” but in speaking of bis successor,'calls him “tho Min ister of Mr- Linoolo “ Tll K XIIV KIIKHi NTY 11F TUK STATK X. COLUMBUS, (iEORCIA, MONDAY, JULY 8, 1861, A Patriot in the Pulpit, Tim Main- Regiment vouched New York on the 10th, on their way to Washington, and re ceived a banner from the sons aud daughters of Maine residing in New York. Rev. Dr. Hitch cock, in presenting this banner, out-bellowed ttccchcerand Chuvcr, ns may bo inferred from tho following specimen : “You go to join thousands of gallant men,who havo inarched on before you, In obedience to their ouuntry's call, to bo joined by other thou sands till our grand old chieftain, who is now organizing a nation’s valor, in vindication of a uation’s auiluitity and majesty, shall havo all the troops ho wants. [Cheers.] This serpent's egg was hatched thirty yours ago. Tho hero of New Orleans put liis heel upon it, but only on its tail. [Laughter.] XX’o have only scotched this snake -no* killed It. You go to put your heel upon it* hi nd, and kill it. [Good, good, and up piausc. ] You understand why you go. You go not only us soldiers, to do soldiers’ work, but you carry bayonets that think. You gousciti v.ons. Make thorough work of this, first with tho bayonet and then with hemp, until this l ind ues* is ended, [applause, and cries of good,] and ended forever. [Applause.] Clear out, clear out these serpents so that they shall never hiss again on this continent in our oars and our children's ears, to tho end of time [Good, and applause.] The year 1801 is n diito that will stand side by side with 1770. And now, as tho clocks on our towers havo told the hour of high noon here, wo aro just reaching the high noon of ourtuajosty and power. XVo began to bo in 1770, Wo aro men to day, aud wo mean to vindiouto our manhood. Wo mean to olaim the wholo of this continent as ours, from tho lakes to the Gulf, from tho At lantic to tho Pacific. [Applause.] This is a great and righteous work. It is n work on which God is smiling. These diHistcrs of which we hear are only (ho gentlo discipline of our Hea venly Father, to teach us how to boar disasters, and touch us how to snatch victory on moro im portant field*. [Applause.] There can bo no doubt in regard to this issue. The loyal States are sending down their troops as on tho line of an immense fan ; and we know in whose hands is tho knob of that fan. These troops aro pour ing down from tho East, from tin* North and from tho XVest, and there is one clear brain and “lie vigorous hand which knows bow to wield these troops. The conspirators havo put them selves just where our leading G noral chose them | to be—-into tho trap which ho had set for them, j Flanked on tho left by tbo free mountains of Vir- ! ginia, flanked on the right by the freo waters of tho Chesapeake, and our own bravo troops pour ing in upon thorn until they must either be anni hilated or surrender. Let them lake their choice. [ Applause and cries of good.] They huvo said that wo cannot subjugate them—that we must annihilate them first. Let them take their choice l between subjugation and annihilation |applatise] just which they please, hut ono or the other be fore the 4th of March’s sun beacon in tho heavens. [Ajiplausp.] Anerdoln of tlic liaco. “Our boys” tells a good many anecdotes about the X ankces engaged in the battle at Bethel on Monday lust. A sow of these we propose tu dot down lor tho amusement of our readers. It is related while Old Abe's fellows were in lull flight along the road towards Hampton, and I long after the Houthern troops bad ceased to chase them, several of thoiu overtook un old negro women on the road ; being nearly out of brejitii they looked round, aud finding no enemy immediately behind them, ono of tluui said; - “For God’s sake old woman, do tell us bow many men Colonel Magrudor had in that battle.” “Brcis your soul, houey, 1 do’no wkly, but J tiert do white folks any do Gen’rnl hud a whole heap, at least a thousand.” “Come, Jake, don't lot’s stop yet, then. Ain't it a great wonder them chivalry chaps liad'ut sun- undo.l our army and cut us all to pieces.” And having satisfied themselves thus much, they renewed their race towards Hampton at 240 *; < <<|. \\'o do not vouch f r tho truth of this, und us it. was told by t lie old woman herself, we have no way of prov ing it, ns tho negro's evidence will not ho received in court. Another anecdote, wc under 'land, whs told by some of their own men. It is raid that Gen. Duller was riding i.bout a mile from Hampton, when his troops (Mime dashing down the road at full tilt. Reoguizing a captain among them, Dutlor accosted him and m kod them what (l ey were running so for. Tho captain panting for breath, told him, “There’s n whole lot of South ern yentlemen, chasing us.” —Mur on Cittzen. AnitivAL of Uroroia Ticoops. Tho Ninth Regiment of Georgia S'olunteors, ciuhrueiug nine companies and nine hundred men, arrived yes terday, and were mustered Into theservico of ihc Cenfedorate Flutes on tho Capitol Fquare* Pre vious thereto tho teen were reviewed l.y Governor Letcher. The Regiment is composed ol vi ry line material, lioiucof the men have extraordinary lungitu to. All of them seemed hearty, healthy und strung, und capable of doing their part lt> wards expelling tho invader* ol Southern soil. Tho Regiment is to be joined by another compa ny new ou its way her**, as was understood by inquiries made of some of the men. I'reuident Davis appoints tbo Colonel and other stall’ olll cers, und tho choice being confined to him, no doubt tho “Ninth” will go into tho field under competent leaders. 11 in conceded by Lincoln's soldiers that those of the Confederate Staton are more ab*’ led than they are. The Ninth Geor gia Regiment brought a drum corps with it. Jliehmoml Dispatch, 27. South Carolina Reoimemt.- -The following Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers arc now in Virginiu: Col Gregg's, about 800 strong; Col Kershaw's between 000 and 1000; Col. Cash’s, about 000; Col. Dacon’s, Col. Jenkins; Col. Wil liams', Col. Sloan’s about 1000 each. When Hampton's Lcgon, Col. Orr’s Regiment ami Col li landing’s Regiment, get to the field, Hoitth Ca rolina will huvo between 0 and 10,000 men on tho fighting ground, Rain and Crops.—Tbo Cartersvillo Express of tho 28;h ult,, says: For novuriil works past the weather has been excessively warm und dry, and fours wore enter tained that tho growing crops would seriously miller for the want of ram, but in duo time tho genial shower* have come, und given vegetation new life und vigor. On Monday lust wo wero blessed with a fine *cu> on, und several showers have since fallen. We have just finished reap ing a most bountiful wheat crop, und, if the sea sous continue good, will harvest, one of tho must abundant corn and cotton crops ever before rais ed in this section of tho htuto. 0 Drait,—Mr. Dough, the baker around tho comer, says an exchange, offer* the following ; What is the rea.-on the United States eunuot rise ? # Dor uuho they havo lost the ’levon. Wo must say, under the circumstance*, that Mr. Dough is uolu well-bred man. Halt Pktrk fiiom Cash County. — We have before us a sample of Halt I'vtro ir on a cave in Cu*s county, owned by Mr. M. A. Hardin, from which be is getting nowon© thousand pounds per day, and which is regarded a* inexhaustible.- This Mpecimen appears to he of the first quality, and with is us a component, Mr. Hardin think* he cmii make any required quantity of powder of the best kind,ui a very low figure. XVe have re cently published short notice* of discoveries of nulphur within the limit* of the Confederate State*, and to day we give a news item about lead in Arkansas, aud publish a communication to a North Carolina paper in reference to two lead mines very profitably worked in Virginiu. Wo are informed by my Mr. Frick, of Frick’* Gap, Walker county, Gu., that, there is Salt Retro nt thnt point of the best quantie*, und that should there ho u lufficiont demand for it, he is prepared to supply it.- Atlanta Commonwealth. DanorroiAiPosition. - TheKlfoworth Zouave* have to bo punished to compel them to go on guard at Alexandria. Nine were killed on Fri day night, last, four Monday, and two Wednesday, and every night one or more finds himsclfu dead man. Each tukes leavo of hi* friend when he mount* guard and the first thing ho knows he is dead. They euy we have Indian* about who shoot them with urrows. Jackson’s brother and fried a* have set a good example. A Peace Convention - The Delaware Gazette contains a call fur s Convention at Dover on the 27th inst., which “all citizens of Delawure, with out regard to former party relations, opposod to civil war, and in favor ol a peaceable adjustment of all questions which Lave distracted the coun try and produced its present lamentable condi tion, arc requested to attend.” UU MIMS. WKDMISDVI.JILV J, I Mil. Deal It of lion. James Abercrombie. We regret to learn by telegraph of the death yesterday mointng, near Pensacola,of this woll known and much chloeuiud gentleman. Mr. Abercrombie was n nulive us Hancock county, Ga., aud was ut the time of hi* death 09 years of age. 110 re. ided iu Russell County, Alabama for many years, and twice represented his Dis trict in the U. H. Congress. For his intelligence, patriotism, public spirit, and open-handed f*o uevolencc, lie was greatly beloved und honored. For the last two years he haa resided near Pen snoola. We learn thnt his re maim will be recei ved in this city for interment to-day. More Troops. The Lee Volunteers, Capt. Stokos, arrived hero “ii Saturday evening, and left, yesterday, for tho rendezvous at Atlanta. Tho Houston \ olonteei Capt. Uoodo, came up on j i . let day un rning’s train, and departed for tho same destination. Lust night tho Quitman Grays, Capt. Guorry fp iu Quitman county, arrived, and pa**od on to Atlanta by the night train. These throe com panies will ••'inpose a part of tho 10th Regi ment to be organized to morrow, in the “Gate city.” They aro a tine body of men, ami eviueo ii determination to do all that can bo oxpoctod us Georgian*, in the present coutost against tho rights and honor of the Htuto.— Mo con Ci titan. A Pm: nut Lincoi.nitks to Hmokk.—Tho C'l.ourdin ltilles, who have arrived here, say a the New Orleans Delta, aro commanded by Captain /.ub York, ii man, who it is said, is uldu to buy the Washington administration. Uapß York and Mr. Hoover, of Cos: cordia, raised tho company at their own expense. They pay their moo sls a month, give s'_'o a inmith to tho support of each man', wife in mv iiious cirouinstmioos, and s;> to each soldi'’ ‘ i child. Ifuny individual or cor poration can beat tins, Minn uld like to know it j A: i “ii Mahylanii.—Tlio report of the Ad jutant G. m r.il ofthoStnle of Maryland shows that, riuco the adjournment of the last session of the Legislature, $(>4.416 03 have been expend ed fur the purchase of 2,000 Minnie gun* and ac ooutrenicnt* at sls each, 1,001) army revolver* at sl6 20 each, and 1,000 cavalry Fubresut !|7 each, leaving un um xpcndi and balance of $5,584 85. Ullieial Army CorrespShltiire. On the day of the battle at Bethel, General Rutlcr, tho Yankee commander, sent a flag of trace in Col. Magrudor, proposing an exchange of prisoners and requesting permission to bury hi* dead and remove hi* wounded. XVo give the correspondence bolow : URN. lU'TI.BU TO COL. M A U It COR 11. DiviH"N II KAl>qiiAUii:i;s, Juno 11, 1801. To I . (IjJiccr CuiimiantliHy tin . Fou rs at County Hridije ; Hut: Capt. Davie* and Lieut. Putter, of the lltli regiment Now York Volunteer*, aro about to proceed t” the m i ne of tho Into engagement near County Bridge, l'ur the purpose of bringing away any deader wounded that may have been loft behind. I fruit the esurlcsies us civilized war faro will be exlcmhdt” these gentlemen, as 1 have no doubt they will ho. I have seine prison ers, taken with arm* in their hands, whom you might dobiro, or ho willing t< exchange for any P’ Ihmi s that might have boeu so unfortunate a* tu havo fallen into your hands. If you deem such a course desirable, a Hug of truce, with u proper cartel, might be arranged, through the bearer of this note, (’apt. Davies. I have the liom.r to hr, most respectfully, your obedient servant, Rbnj. 1 . Rutlrii, Maj -r General Commanding. Fill,. MAUltl'liKlt To IIKN. nuti.kii. 11k A Dqi.’ A ItTKRH, YoHKToWN, JllllO 12. Major Hr net al //. /•'. Duller, Comnaiidiioj Fait j Monroe ; Fin : < lur people had orders to bring any com- j muiiicution* intended for the cominunder of the J forces at County Bridge, or Bethel, to tin* pluuo, I and by a particular route—Loneo the delay. ! I understand from Capt. Davies, the bearer of the flag, that you had lour prisoners, to-wit : j one trouper and three citizens, Messrs. Curler, j Whitiug, Lively and Mciriam, tho lu*l being it ■ citizen ol X’irginin, in your possession Ami j < ou state that you aro desirous to exchange them j lor u corresponding number ot Federal troop*, i w-iiu arc priu inora with me, l uepept your oiler, I so far tt-1 the trooper (who is u vidette) is in i quo; lion, and will -<ud to morrow, ut 4 o'clock ! in the afternoon, ii’ it wiil ho convenient, a Fed I oral soldier in exchange for him. With respect tu the wounded, my flint cure ‘ wan to have them utlcndud to. Xlcdicu| advice ; and careful nursing have been provided. X our and ad I had buried on tho hold of battle, , and this w:n dune within bight, of tho oonfingra- j lion- which Were devastating the home* of our : citizen*. Tho citizens in your pos*c**ion aro \ men who doubtlos* defended their home* against ; a foo who tu their certain know lodge, bad, with ! or without tho authority of tho federal govern luent, destroyed the private property of their neighbor*, breaking tip even ibo piano* of the I ladies, and commitiiug doproJution* Numberless ! und of every description. The Federal prisoner, i if it bo agroeublu to you, will bo sent to near i Hampton by a Hergeunt, who will receive tho ! vide' to. Carter, who was captured byyourtroop* ; before the buttle commenced. Ido not think a more formal proceeding necessary. You havo but one prisoner or mine, und he wiut not taken in battle. If my proposition, to deliver one fed eral prisoner at or near Hampton, bv a sergeant, to bo exchanged for private t uner, bo accepted, plea*s inform me, or the officer in command ut Bethel Church, and it shall be done. It is scan e ly necessary for mo to say that the gentlemen who bore your (fog have been received with every courtesy by our citizen*, as well uu by ourselves. I huvo tbo honor to bo very respectfully, etc., J. B. M AOHUDRK, Col. Colli'g. OF..N. Ut'TI.KII TO COL. UAdRI'tIKU. 11 KA liqll A KTKIIH DkIARTUKNT OK Va., I FoKTKKHg Monioik, .Tune 13. j Col. J. U. Magrudor, Commanding tho Force* ut York town. Fin: Your favor us June I2rh, by Capt. I)a ----\i, with a flag of truce, wa* tbi* morning re ceived. I lie. no first tu thank y<u for the cour tesy shown tu tho flag and it* messenger*. I will accept the exchange of private Carter. The two citizens, Whiting and Lively, were taken with arms in tbeir hands, ono of which was dis charged from the house of Whiting upon the col umn of our troop*, when till resistance was use less, und when hi* attack w i* simply assassina tion, and when no offense had been committed against him. The house from which tlm *hut wa* tired, and u building which formed u part of our outposts, are tho only conflagrations caused by the troops under my command, and tho light of these had ceased hours before your n.on ven tured out from under their earthworks and ditches to do us the courtesy of burying our dead -for which act you have rny sincerost thanks After our troops returned from tho field —hours after—u building wa* burned which fur rushed our wounded some shelter, and from which we had removed them, but wa* not burn ed by our men. For your kind treatment of any wounded you may have, please to accept my u* suranoes of deep obligation, and with the cer tainly that a* any and every opporlunty, such courtesy and kindness will ho reciprocated. I am sorry that au officer so distinguished In theservico of the United States as your*ulf, could for u moment, *uppoee that the wanton destruc tion of private property would, in any way, bo authorized or tolerated by the Federal Govern ment and it* officers, in any of whom are your late associates. Even now, while your letter is being answered, und this is on its way to you, u most ignominious and severe punishment, in the presence of all the troop* near this post, is be ing inflicted on men who havo euliMted in the sorvieo of tbo United States (not soldiers) fur plundering private property. All the private property which could not, by the strictest con struetion, be flonnidered contraband of war; or mean* of foeding or aiding the enemy, which has been brought within my line, or in any way, has come into the hands of my troops, and dis covered with the strictest examination, has been taken account of, collected together to be given up to those peAceablo citizens who have come forward to make claim for it. A board of secre cy has been organized, and has already reported indemnity for the property of peaceable citizens, necessarily destroyed. In order tooonvinoeyou that no w rung has been done to private property by any in authority in tho serfioe of tho United States, I do myself tho honor to inclose a copy *f a general order from this department which will sufficiently explain itself; and the moat ac tive measures havo been taken, rigidly to enforce it, and to punish violations thereof. That there have been too many sporadic oases of wrong to privato property, committed by bad men under my command, I admit, und most sincerely re grot, and believe they will, in future, be substan tially prevented, and I mean they shall bo re paid, in favor of all loyal citizens, a* far as lies in my power. You have dono me tbo honor to inform mo that videtto Carter is not a .prisoner taken in battle. That is quite true —ho was asleep on his post, und informs mo that his throe companions loft iti such haste that they forgot to wako him up, and they being mounted, and my men on foot, tho race was a difficult one. If it is not tbo intention f your authorities to treat tho citizens of Virginia, taken in actual confliot with tho Uuitod Flute®, ns soldiers, in what light Giall thoy be considered? Please inform mo in what light you regard them. If not sol diers must they not bo assassins? A sergeant of Capt. Davis’ command will bo charged to meet your sergeant at 4 o’clock, ut the village of Hampton, for tho purposo of tho exchange of private Cartor. 1 noed not call your attention to tho fact that there will bo unauthorized acts of violence com mitted by those who are not sutlieiontly uudor the restraint of their commanding otlioer*. My men c, mplain that au ambulance having the woundod was fired into by your cavulry, mid I am informed that if you have any prisoners thoy wore taken while engaged in tho piou* duty to their wounded comrades, and not in battle. It has never occurred to my mind that cithorfiring into tho ambulance, or capturing person* in charge of the wounded men, was au act autho rized, recognized or sanctioned by any gontlo lueu in coniwuud of the forces iu Virginia. Be fore this unhappy str fc, l hail not been so ac customed to regard tho acts of my Into associate citizens of tho United Stall s, and 1 have soon nothing iu Iho course of this coutest in the acts of those in authority to load mo to a different conclusion. I have the honor tu bo most respectfully, your obedient servant. ItKNJ. F. BUTLER. P. F.--Inclosed certificate, by Lively and Whitting, which will show you that thoy, at least, received no harm from tho federal troops. B. F. B. COL. IIAURI’UKU To URN. SUTLER. Fnt 1 have just received yours of tho 13th nist. With rospept to the firing on the ambu lance by my cavalry,l have simply to reply that the statement of your inforumut is entirely un true. My cavalry was never ahead of your column, whoso retreat was so rapid ns to cause muny of your woundod to be left on tho field, while other* wero carried off in the rear instead of tho front of your oulurnu (as thoy ought to have lmeu) aud over bridges which were imme diately broken down to prevent pursuit. You ;suy tho citizens who defended their homes must be considered cither soldiers or assassins.— I hey aro neither; but men defending their lire *ides against piratical invasion, and are entitled !t u the respect of all good men. Messrs. XVhit* ing and Lively, whoso certificate you havo ob tained white iu duress, were cuplurod before W'liitiug's house was burned. I slated that they knew the depredations which had beeu committed on their neighbors. Those depredations ure acknowledged by you, both in your order and -in your letter tome.— Tho last paragraph of your order guaranteeing protecti"u only to citizens at peace with the U. F. that is, only to persons who thinks as think, destroys whatever merit there may have b. en in the previous clauses. With respect to the vidotto private Darter, I desire respectfully to inform you that when a picket of four is placed out tur twenty-four hours, ns in this orso, at least <no is permitted to sleep. This picket hud order# tu reticut before a large force of tho enemy.— Four mon against 5000 constituted, however, *uch great odd* as to have justified the retreat of the picket even without orders. Had private | Fart* r been awake, perhaps u retreat would not I have been necessary. ! Reciprocating th# Kind expressions contained [ in your fi tter*, 1 huvo the honor to he *ir, very j respect fully, your obedient servant, J. Bank UKAi’ Maonuder, Colonel Commanding. To Major Gen. B. F. Butler, (’"inmanding Fortress Monroe, otc., otc. iliuilroij I’irt. A little after midnight, last night, a firo broke out. in a building, on Cotton Avenue, ocupied as a Grm*ery, lv Mr. X niingbl >od, which soon extended tu tho building* on the cast and down tho Avenue, cummining the store houses of X ounghlooil, XV heeler A. Wilber Bearden A Gaines, .Xl. 'alli-> .1 Jones, and involving the de*truct ioii of the store occupied a* a silicon by Mr. Heath. The fire was arrested at this point—the stun; “t Mr. Cherry,on tho corner of Cherry St. | and Cotton Avenue, being saved. The loss in gui.d* i* < “iiH'lcmhlc, that of Bearden A Gaines being tho hciivicKt, between six and seven thou • and dollars, chiefly in hacmi, pickled pork and j lard. M’ Ciillio A Jones are insured, wo under • iand, but, partially in n northern office. Messrs Wheeler A Will or lost $74)0 or S3OO. Mr. Heath j lose* about I".'” Mr. W vein* incurs somo lots l>y hasty removal The building* were probably worth SIO,OOO. F in some fads reported to us I by a f'-iiMcniHi’ ping near wit rotho firo broke j out there can be no doubt but that it was tho work “I an incendiary. A sow nioincuts before j the alarm was given a muu was seen to run down ! the ulb v leading to 2d street, with a dog iu com ■ puny, cloved pursued by a small d<g that jumped : from tho room occupied by our informant, on his i “penii g tho door to luuk out to see what was tho | cause ol tjuino noise which he heard in the neigh i horhood. The fire breaking out near the roof of I tho building, on the alley where there wa* a ! flight of steps, and where there had been no light I or fire, during Sunday, confirm* the suspicion j that wo have a net of villains amoungst us that ’ should lo forreffed out and made to swing. Srr.-rl Prepariliom in Misuniti...Levying of Funds,.. Hanks offer $3,000,000. j Tho following statement* are made by tho Memphis Argus, it says, which i* on authority reliable in every respect. They were handed in fiy h gentleman who arrived on the Mury Pat terson, and who was direct from Jefferson City: Two hundred thousand keg* of powder ure now in or. near Jefferson City. The 10l owing provision has been made for tho rain'iig of $5,000,000 for tho use of tho Missouri | Flute Guard*: ! First. By the suspension of the State school monies (about $500,000 per year) for two yours, i Socond. The suspensiuirof the Htate Universi ty fund, $30,000. Third. The suspension of the insane asylum fund, $500,000. Forth. Tho suspension of the payment of the Hum annual Ktate bond* due North, (Wall street) $300,000 por year. Filth. Tho HUBponsioii of State bonds to he is sued payable in three instalments, amounting to $1,000,000 in 1802, ‘O3, and ‘Ol. Hixtb. Tbo placing of fifteen per cent, ad va lorem on h!1 taxable property. These, in tho aggregate, bestow upon the Governor of the Statu $3,000,000 applicable to military purposes. Curtain banker* have offered $3,000,000 in ad dition to tho above, at an interest of six pur cent. This looks like active preparation, and, as wo are informed ou the same authority, that almost every true State rights man in Missouri has been quietly armed, and only waits tho word to aid in freeing his State, we cannot help thinking that tho eighty thousand men, whose descent on Memphis wo seriously upprehended some weeks •ig", will be needed by Abo in Missouri. When Abraham undertook it be had little idea <>f the magnitude of tho means needed to subju gate a single Flute. Maryland, Missouri and Virginiu coul I alofie employ all tho mou and money that can ho wrung from the North for year*. Wo gather tho following items from the Rich mond ( Va.) Dispatch, of June27tU: Tho following prisoners of jvar, who were ar rested iu about throe miles of’Alexandria, by our forces, were brought to Richmond yesterday morning, commanded by Lieutenant William English, of the Ist Regiment Virginia Volun teers, viz : Captain H. U. Kelly, 2d Regiment Connecticut Volunteer*; Fergeant Austin G. Monroe, Cos. I’, same Regiment. Corporal Chas. E. Ilau - wort, Cos. D, same Regimout. From the Staunton Spectator. The two Ilminos...Mwßeß keer and M’Uod. The two noble heroines, Misses Abbio Kerr and Mary McLeod, of Fairmont, Marion county, who redo from their homoH tu Phillippa, a dis tance of thirty odd miles, to apprise our force* there of tho approach of tho enemy, arrived in Staunton, by tho XVestorn train, on Wednesday night last, and remained till Friday morning, when tiiey went to Richmond. XVhi Ist here, they wore the “observed of tho observers,” und were received with a cordial wolo into. Groat anxiety was manifested by all to hear n detailed account of their interesting adventure* from their own lips. They left fFairmount at 6 “clock on Sun day morning, and hastened, without escorts, to Phillippa. Thoy had not gono a great distance before they found that a shoo of ono tho horses needed fixing. Thoy stopped at a blacksmith's shop for that purpose, and whilst there a Union man camo up and questioned thorn very closely a* to who they were and on what mission they were going.— Miss McLeod repliod to her interrogatories—tol ling him that their surname wus Fleming, and that thoy wero going to Barbour County to huo their relations. Their interrogator seemed to ho very hard to satisfy, and it taxed tho ingenuity of Miss McLeod to improvise a story which would succeed in imposing upon him. A* soon as tho shoo had boon fixed, thoy again proceeded upon their way, but hud notgouofar before their ovil-genius their interrogator at tho blacksmith shop, dashed by them on horsoback. They per ceived that his suspicion had not boon allayed, and that ho was going on in advunce of them to herald the approach of spies. They allowed him to puss out of sight in ad vance, and thou destroyed tho letter* they had iu possession, that tho search of their persons, to which thoy then anticipated they would bo re quired to submit, might not betray them. When tiiey arrived at tho villago of XVobster, thoy fouudit in commotion, and many persons wore anxiously awaiting their arrival in tho eager hope of capturing the spies. They were there subjected to a rigorous cross-examination. The heroines were calm and self-possessed—answer ing tbeir questions without hesitancy—and ex pressed a purfoct willingness to have tbeir per sons searched by any ludy they might select for that purpose. Thoy wero allowed to pas on. after being detained for some time, though there wore some iu the crowd who wero very much op posed to it. A* soon as they got out of sight of that villago they rode very rapidly for fear that they might still be arrested by some of those who were so much opposed to allowing thoiu to proceed. They arrived ut Phillippa about two o’clock in the af ternoon of the same day, and told Colonel Por terfield that tho eueiny would uttack hi* camp that night or the next morning. These ladies then wont to the house of a Mr. Huff, about a mile und a half from Phillippa, where they stuy ed all night. The next uiuruing they heard the report of the firing at Phillippa, and, iu disguise, accompanied by a countrywoman, returned to Phillippa on foot to sec what hud been the re sult. They moved about udmidrit the enemy without being detected or molested in the least degree. Going iuto ono of the bouse* they found James Withers, of tho Rockbridge Cavalry, who had concealed himself there to prevent tho < nemy from capturing him. These ladies immediately told him that they would effect hi* rescue if lie would trust to them. He very readily cousented whereupon these ladies disguised him a* a com mon countryman by furnishing hiui with some old clothe*. They then gave him a basket of soap, with a recipe for making it, (but he might pa**a* u pedlar of that necessary article. With these old olothc* and hi* basket of soap on hi* arm, and gallantly mounted upon a mule, accom panied by hi* guardian angel*, ho passed safely tbruugh the crowds of the enemy; and wa* brut’ by them safe und sound into tha camp of hi* friends ut Beverly, after a circuitous and hard ride over precipitous mountains, where person* seldom, if over, rude before. lli* fellow-soldiers and friends rejoiced greut ly when ho arrived, for they thought that he wa* either killed or taken prisoner by the enemy— they rejoiced that the supposed “(load wus alive, and the lust wa* found."” Ho is known in our camp hh tho “pedlar of soap.” Tho heroic con duct of these ladies will live in history, and they will become the heroine* of muny a thrilling sto ry of fiotiou in years to ootne. Irrfst us Marshal kanc of llalliiniirr, The Baltimore Exchange of Friday last, con tains tho following iu relation to tho above tran saction:’ Tho crowning outrage of tho military despot ism which now usurp* iho function* of u once freo Republic was perpetrated yesterday. Tho 27th of Juno will henceforth he remembered u* the blackest day in the luinal* of tho history of Maryland In the dead of night an armed band of twelve hundred meu entered our city and ar rested Marshal Kane. At an early hour in the day tho I’olice Board was superceded. Under these circuiustuncc* the Board had but o<ie thing to do. They could nut suffer themselves ortho police force to ho made responsible l'ur Maj. J. B. Kenly's proceedings, nor to bo compromised by any connectiou with the individual* to whom General Dunks had confided tho chief direction of our municipal affair*. Deprived of all autho rity, the Board could not, consistently with it* self-respect or duty, appear to countenance the act* of tho usurping power. It therefore tempo rarily dismissed the police from further duty, and ordered the men to tako off their uniform*. The rule of the clubs of other days will now bo re-eatublished. We give below a more detailed account of the event* of the day: The circumstances of the nr.- *t Were us fol lows : Between 2 und 3 o’clock yesterday morning, about 1200 military, consisting of porliuira of the New York und Puiiii*ylvuuiu Regiments, march udinto the city, and proceeded up Charles street to Mount Vernon Place. Here they divided into two coiuuis, one of which marched directly down to Ft. Paul street, while the other proceeded to Madison street, down which thoy turned. It halted also at Ft. Paul street. Small detachment* were sent out from each column, which took un positions near Culvert street, so that .Marsh” Kano’s house, on tho Fouth sidooi St. Paul *treet, was completely surrounded. The doorbell was then rung. Col. Kane unswored from one of the upper w udow*. Ho uakud the object of the vis it, and wa* informed that it wa* to arrest him. Hu immediately came down *tairs, opened tho door, and delivered hiuiHoif up, remarking to the officer that the Government had put itself to much unnecessary trouble, as a note requiring his presence at the Fort, would have boeu an swered personally. lie wu* placed iu a olose carriage which had been brought for the occasion, aud thus con ducted to Fort McHenry, one half of the dutuch moiit preceding and the other half following him. lie was yu*terduy allowed to couunuui cate with hi* family by letter. On the March from tho Federal llillcamp to tho dwelling of the Coluuel, all police officer* and other person* met on tho street, were placed under arrest, und forced to ucuompany the military. The same caution wa* taken on the return march ; and it wa* only when the militia had got beyond tho the limits of tho city, en route for Fort McHenry that the police and citizens wore released. With the dawn of the morning the news of tho arrest began to cireulato through tho city, aud at a very early hour crowds collected in front of tho offices of the leading newspapers. TIIK POLICE ItOAKO SUPEUHRDED. The excitement on the streeta grew intensor cadi hour, when at nine o’clock it was reported that a proclamation bad been issued by General Bunk*, which dispensed with tho municipal au thorities of tho city, and placed the town under martial law. This announcement added greatly to the prevailing indignation. About 10 o’clock, James Manly, a member of Col. Lewis’ regiment, formerly of this oity, but who wus compelled to fiy to Piiilndelphiu on account of criminal charges against him, made bis appearance In front of tbo Sun building und spoke* jooringly of Kane and tbo city authorities. Tbfc exasperated the crowd who had gathered there, and had it not boon for tho presence of a number of policemen, who protected Manly, ho would havo been severely dealt with. The crowd r hoe red for Col. Kane and Jefferson Davis, and for Homo tiuio it was feared that there would be a serious outbreak.— Through the efforts of the police, the people were, in n great measure, dispersed. Ktill, however, tho sidewalk from Calvert to Uolliduy streets, wero thronged with an exulted multitude, dis cussing the events of the morning. Tho Kxchatigo remarks, editorially— The people ot Maryland have nt last been com pelled to drink its bitter dregs the cup of humil iation which conquerors ever pros* to the lips of a subjugated people. Their Ktate was once the very sanctuary ot freedom—and now her liberties are prostrate in the dust her rights ure over thrown; and her citizens hold property aud life ut tha sufferance of tho Northern legious which have swarmed across her border. The sullen PEYTONH. COLQUITT, ) JAMES W. WARREN, < Editors. Number 27 drums of tho invader* reverberate among their hill*; their bugle* may be heard along the bank* “f tho Susquehanna and Potomac; their frown ing batteries look down defiantly upon her cities. Maryland is overmatched, hut sho is not cowed —ho is overpowered, but— thunk God—sho is unconqucrod. Her high Hpirit is unbroken, her bright honor is unsullied -there is life in tho Old Land yet. A llnroian of *Bl. “So Do Kay,” tho graceful Harper’s Ferry correspondent of the Louisville Courier, relates tho following patriotic incident, in which a lady of Maryland was’tho actor: In the dearth of other news, let tno give you another instance of tho lovely devotion of wo men to our noldcbt and ino*t glorious of all cau .“o*. X’ery recently Mr*. Bradley Johnson, of Frederick, Maryland, wife of n leading lawyer, and daughter of Romnlus M. Saunders, former ly Minister to Spain, hearing thnt the Baltimore Regiment* stationed ut this point wero not ad equately armed and equipped, determined to remedy tho defect. Alone she journeyed to North Carolinn, her native State, and there bo foro a meeting of prominent citizens, explained tho object ot her mission. Bat a few words of hero eloquent und pleading tongue wore nccespa ry. Fivo hundred of the most approved rifieN were instantly supplied, besides clothing and accoutrements of all descriptions. Fho returned hero and wus received with tho honors due a worthy woman, who had nobly accomplished her patriotic mission. But this i* not tbo only feat of Mr*. Johnson worth recording. On hor routo homeward, whilo passing over the Orange and Alexandria Hoad, her suspicion# (womanly and of course more acute) were aroused by the ap pearance of n man on the train. Fbe inveigled tho fellow into conversation, and finally elicited from him such expressions of sympathy for the North, as to justify an officer being culled and an arrest made. Concealed about bis person wero found maps, plans and other documents. Ho proved to be n Mr. MoKenzio of Alexandria und a paid spy in the scrvico of the Lincoln government. The Northern Desire for I’eacc. [From the N. Y. News, June 18.] Everyday render* it more unquestionable that an immense reaction has taken place, w ithin tho last few weeks, iu favor of peace. For a very littlo whilo after tho iniquitous treachery rouaum mated by tho Adiuini*traton nt Fort Kumter, there was an apparent disposition, on the part of the citizens in the Western States, to tolerate the use of coercive anti-secession measures against tho South. But even this was produced by false representation.**, an# it is very doubtful whether the artificial war excitement of the mo ment even reached the real heart of tho people. Be that ns it may, the industrial classes of tho nation have become by tin* time fearfully aware that universal impoverishment und national ruin are staring them iu the face ; and by the grea ter number of our thinking und intelligent mer chants, trades men manufacturers and mechanics —those, in fact, whohuve solid interests at stake, that ure being jeoparded by iho continuance of hostilies—lieartly repudiate the despotic mad ness that has hurried tho Republic to the verge of destriiciuii. Tho panic created by tho afiuir at Big Bethel shows with what anxiety and dread they look forward to the developments of eaeh succeeding duy, and the new phase of charlatan ism and hypocrisy that has peeri assumed hy the Republican journals indicates their perception of tbo necessity of deprecating public wrath and turning iudigatiou away imm themselves into some other channel. Hence day by day, the trick of sacrificing some pet diplomatist like Harvey or General like Butler, is resorted to, in order to direct popular attention from wickodueas of tho Xuuusureio tho inefficiency of the agents appointed to curry them into execution. uch flimsy de vices, however, do not prevent the mask with which the Administration has concealed it* pur puses from being rapidly tom away, end we have no hesitation iu Buying that if a wa** meeting could be convcued in this city to-morrow, of ult who aro really in favor of immediate peace, even nt tho cost of tho acknowledgment ot the indopen danco of tbo Confederate Ftates.it would outnum ber tbo monster Union man ifeutulion of bovou week* ago, and bo characterized by an earnest ness and sincerity that were wanting on that occasion. Iliir Inilian Allies. A letter dated Fort Smith, Ark., Juno 15th, in tho Nuh'hvillo Gazette, says : Gen. Ben McCulloch, “the Bravo Fighter” and favorite of this frontier, arrived here a few day* ago. lie i appointed Brigadier-General, and takes command if tho forces of this West ern frontier. He is also commissioned to raise several regiment* of volunteer* in tho Indian Territory. 1 am fully convinced that he will huvo no trouble at all to accomplish this. The live tribes of our red brethren west of here, have among them a good many bluvch : no country richor and more beautiful west of tho Missis riippi; none bolter adapted to the use of slave labor than tbeir*. They consider themselves Southern men und sympathize with the Fouth.— Their Chiefs and leading men say that they will light for their Southern brethren. They are a bravo race of people, and will make line war rior# The Chickasaw*, Choctaws, Cherokee*, Creeks, Seminole*, and probably some more of tho Indian tribes, as all are invited to attend, will hold a grand council on the 24th in*t., for the purpose of forming a treaty with each other, and also to en ter into with the Hon. Albert i’ike, Com .Mtssioner on the part of the Confederate Ktate.-, who passed through here the other week to visit the different tribes, lie is authorized to pledge lo them the Name privileges, right* aud annuities when linked tu tho Southern Confederacy, a* they enjoyed under the old Confederacy. They say that they will nov r permit this country to he invaded by an Abolition army. They, togeth er with our troop*, will be sufficient to send Jim Lane, with hi* abolition cuhorts “to tho hup py laud of Canaan.” “Sbuukt Order." —Tho correspondence of tho New York Times, dated Ft. Louis, June lfltb, contain* the following : One facility employed by tho Union men, is a secret order, organized to offset the treasonable operations of the “Knights of the Golden Circle” This Bocret society in tho interest of the Union, ha# proved very effective, tho only obligation# being such a* are consistent with loyalty and vir tue, and the only object to arrest tho operation# of treason. Tho name of the order i* unique, at least; it is styled, “Hiving of tha Jtees.” The genuine character of the Unionism of the people of that region is demonstrated by the fact that Col. Phelps has incurred their serious displeas ure, by allowing tho Secessionist# to hoist tho State flag of Missouri. j?*fr*An Ohio correspondentx>f the New York Journal ot Commerce writes : There is un undercurrent of feeling among the masses opposed to the further prosecution of tho war. Although most of the press** and lenders havo been carried away by the furore of the hour, still you will find that tho musses of tho people have not gone with them, and there is u great reaction going on daily. An Incident. — After tho Y r ionn;i battle last week, a South Carolina soldier, who had been out “n a scout, was arrest'd by three of the re troating Yankees, who, after disarming him, set out for the Federal camp, ‘calculatin’” largely, no doubt, on the woloome plaudit* that awaited them for their heroic exploit. But all thing* fair are doomed to fado. Alter murching some dis tance, the party came to u holt—stacked arms, which were topped with the sword bayonet, and two us them went in pursuit of water, leaving tho Cufolina captive in charge of tho Yankee cap tor. Tho former watched hi# time, and when tho watering party was out of sight, seized a bayo net, and ut n single stroke almost severed tho head from the body of hi* companion, after which he quietly took po#so#sion of the uruis, and marched buck to tho camp of bis friend*. Lynchburg Mirror. Irihii Potato#. Au esteemed correspondent write* us from Summerville, June 24: I lust year loft tho Irish potato* L intended for •mod in the ground until I wanted them for plant ing. It was, wo know, a very wot Winter: and when dug, some had rotted but 1 got enough for sued, und now havo very fine potato# for eating. I allowed a quantity of urub grass to grow over the pot*’os after tho tops died off. I think, per haps, had I dug them when 1 did tho sweet tiotatn# in the fell, and banked them, they would iuvo kept better. ■ m XV. 11. IIULUtiRT, why wa# recently arrested in Atlanta us a spy, is held (at Richmond) to await the requisition of the Govnor of South Carolina. The proof of hi# guilt Is said to be ample iu Uharleston.