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About The Columbus weekly times. (Columbus, Ga.) 1858-1865 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1861)
COLIMBI*. THI IlkiAT. ACfIIMI ‘ . JHL jarTmU count/ is nobly doing her duty in thi our boar of aeed. During already tent two companies to the war and a third baa been or ganised under the following competent and re liable gentlemen,a# offieers William C, Thornton, Captain J. A. Huff, lit Lieutenant, O. W Jobaaton, 2d do. R. fi. Fletcher, .id do. They will form a portion ot Col. L. A. Thorn ton’# regiment, for li* Wbo Legion, and will leara in a few dew for Western Virginia, bar ing received marching order*. Railroad Accidert.— The Opelika train ran off the track near the cemetery Yesterday ‘eva ning. The Stewart County Company were on board and were of coor?e detnioed No one was hurt. Aaoraßß.*—The down train on the Mu two gee railroad yeaterday evening, while patting over a culvert, 17 miles from Columbus, fell through making a total wreck of the engine aud throe cart, killing Mr. Moore, of the Colnmbua Volun teers, aad a negro belonging to Mr. Croft, and severely wounding another belonging to Mr. Threats. Tbeenginoer was slightly burl in his leg. There was three military companies and a number of passengers, all of whom except the above mentioned,escaped unhurt. Fii* taeta. We are indebted to Mr. J. Ennis,ot this city, for nirasket of English peaches', of Urge else, and excellent flavor. For preserving and pick ling purposes they cannot be eacelfod, and, *• Mr Ennis has a <]uantity for solo, we advise house-keepers, who must now depend upon themselves for such luxuries, to lose no time in procuring a supply The season for attend ing to such mailers will soon be gone. The Bt Yet Ws learn from a gentleman who knows, that Taylor county in this Slate ban tho honor ol raising the finest company which has been ten dered to the War Department of tho Confeder ate States. The name of the oonijiuiy wo have not learned, but it is commanded )>y (.'apt. Griffin,and our informant tells ns that its roll numbers 110 men 80 of which measure over six feet high. No wonder that tho forest growth of Taylor is so low. Tho subxtanco of tho mil is needed to sustain its crop of stalwart men. Ran* Liberality.—ln the county of Madi son, Mias., the subscriptions to the Confede rate loan are 8801 bales of cotton, and s.*tf,4oo in money-total, about #500,000. The list of subscriptions is still open. fttr Arkansas has raised fourteen regiments of infantry, two of cavalry, and kevcii compa nies of artillery, and transferred them to tho Confederate service. Tills in exclusive ofthe regiments raised by Colonels Churchill, Hind mao, Fagan and Rust. ®B*Severul fine specimens of corn—-thi? year's growth—ha/e been presented for our insfftetion, within tho last few days, a couple of ears from the farm of General Bethune, near this city, deserve particular mention. They are certainly luscious specimens, and remind us very forcibly that the “roign of famine” lias ended. Ppeeial Correspondence of Columbus Times. RICHMOIfD CORUSMMEMt. Conjede-ntt Osyrer -Ali jurther wunements vet rcp'tttd toward, ft 'atkmfton, Afcwjnnt ,\cus and }‘arktut--i - Tkt Wurth- M'ot—lOfA Louun ■* {French)— A Georgia Captain /fleo/y to du—A'o new fry Ulegraph to-day-Cut,. Tkomat H li. and Jlnrill C>M O. Braun and Stale Arm*. Richmond, Aug. b. Again to-day Congress went into secret sua sion, after prayer and tho roading of the minutes. Mr. President Cobb presided, having returned from a short visit to Manassas. Uen. Beauregard has wade no decisive move ment yet upon the Arlington batten*. Ills Engineers, however, are dally taking obsvrva tiona on their left, under cover of heavy column* of cavalry, and he himself has reeonnniiercd within three miles of tho fortification?. McClellan allows no communication hot ween his troops in Washington and across the l’oto mao. The reason is supposed to be tho thorough demoralisation of the Washington urmy and tho general stampede homewards of all whoso peri ode of service have expired. Should wo take any ultra Potomac prisoner*, th y might disclose to us the defenceless condition of Washington. Oen. Butler has been recalled from Fortress Monroe to Washington, and will, it is supposed, be honorably discharged in a few days ahr mod* Patterson and Cadwallader. Gen. Wool j succeeds him at Fortress Monroe. Last evoning an officer arrived here from Yorktown, who reported heavy cannonading either at Hawaii's Point or Newport News. It is generally behoved that sorno important move ment occurred in that direction Saturday or yesterday. Nothing from North-Western Virginia, but the suspense and anxiety wo ail felt lust week for tho gallant Wise, are diaper ed. The next important intelligence from that section will give us the agreeable information that, uuder the directi n of Gen. Lee, a movement will again bo made upon Charleston, and tho Uessians driven beyond our North-Western borders. This will he tho ha-.- hoe of aggressive operations. A splendid regiment, tho 1 Otb I, (Frenoh) passed through tho city about 0 o'clock last night, for their quarters at the eatup ground. It is really a dashing, well-disciplined h .dy of soldier*, and promises no holiday sport for the Dutoh or Yankees wherever they meet this Arne rieanised offspring of “la hello Franco.'’ Captain Davit, of the 2d Georgia Regiment, who waa brutally taken from bis guard, and ihot and slashed with bowte knit. - by certain persons as yet unknown, a few evening* aim •- ilia thought to-day will not recover. Mortiii cation has set in, and hia physician* have now but little hope of saving hi* lift I have just returned from my daily tint i the editorial sanctums of Richmond Nothing by telegraph of any importance. Col. T. R. Cobb waa in hi* neat to-day in Congress, but, it n understood, will, in a few days, lake command of his Regiment. The most industrious man m the whole Confedera ey daring the past six week* is Hon. Howell Cobb, President of Congress. In the acquiai sition of usciol or necessary knowledge, he re minds one of Tho* H. Benton who commenced the atudy of 3 anuh when nearly b'i years of age. dismissed hn teacher because be we not in hia clast room at & o'clock A. M. in mid wmter, the luckless Professor not coming in until In addition to bis public dm from which he is scarcely ever absent, he ha* had a distinguished military preceptor, who - he baa attended with ail the ardor of s y ung aspiring cadet. Mr. Cobb hi- devoted luiumGi closely to practical and theoretic study in the art or war. and with h<s intrepidity of courage, and the knowledge he has acqu .red in these long, continual, private 1-ssona, he will, u> doubt, add largely to the laurel* which already deck the brow of his native G , By the way, I hear, in and dcrent quarters, much complaint against Govern, r Brown on the subject of regimental organisation. The substance of tbe complaint i* that !,• will n t arm auy Georgia regiments union* it* officers, high and low, accept commission* from him, instead of from the President of the t nftclcra cy. I have not been able to get at the bottom of these complaints, but they exist and free’) made, and much censure lavished on the G v ernor. CoL Gartrell's regiment waa forced to accept State commissions in this way under tho alternative of coming to Richmond un armed brijtits. Ai Mt Respectifg Aliei Eaauw. fiec. 1. The Conyrteepf ‘* Confederate Slate, r,/ America do ***', That whenever there ■ hall U declared war between tbe Confederate States and any foreign nation or government, or any Invasion or predatory incuri-ioo shall be pre petrated, attempted or threatened aginst the Con federate £talm by any foreign nation or govern ment, end the president of the Confederate States ■hall ruako public proclamation of tbe event, or tbe same be proclaimed by au act of Cun giSss, ail natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of the hostile nation or government, being males of fourteen years and upward wbo shall be with in tbe Confederate Btales, and not citizens there be liable tube apprehended, restrained, or ntreured, and removed us alien enemies: Provide ed, That during the existing war citizens of the United State* residing within the Confederate State* with intent to become citizen* thereof, and who shall make a declaration of such inten tion in due form, and acknowledging the authori ty of the government of the same, shall not ho come liable us us •resaid, nor shall tbe act extend to tbe citizens of the States of Delaware, Mary hind, Kentucky, Missouri, and of tbe District of Columbia, and the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico, and thejludian Territories south of Ksnsas, who shall not be chargeable with actual hostility, or other crimes against th* public safe ty, aud who shall acknowledge tho authority of the Government of tbo Confederate States. Fee. 2. Tho President ofthe Confederate States shall be, end is hereby authorized by hi* procla mation or other pubiie act, in case of existing declared war, a* aforesaid, to provide for the removal of those who, not being jHirinitted lo reside within tho Confederate States, shall refuse or neglect to depart therefrom ; and to establish such regulations in the promises as the public safety may require. Hec. 8. Immediately after, tho passage of this a#t, tbe President of the Confederate States shall, by proclamation, require all citizens ofthe Uni ted States, being males of fourteen years aud upwards, within the Confederate States, and acknowledging tho authority of the same, and not being citizen* of the Confederate States, nor within the proviso of the tint section of this net, to depart from the Confederate State* within for ty days from the date of such proclamation ; and such persons remaining within tho Confed erate States after that tiuio shall become liable to l> tranted as alien enemies; and in all cases of declared war, a* aforesaid, alien residents within the Confederate Ktutes, who shall become liable as anomies aforesaid, and who shall not he charge able with actual hostility or other crime against the public safety, shall be allowed the time for the disposition of their effects and for departure which may he stipulated by any treaty with such hostile nation or government; and when no such treaty may exist, the President shall prescribe such time a* may be consistent with the public Nufoty, and accord with the dictate* of humunily and mitioiiul hospitality. Bee. 4. After any declared war, or proclama tion a* aforesaid, it, shall be the duty of the *ev oral Court* of the Confederate States, and of eaob Bute having criminal jurisdiction and ol the several Judges and Justices of tbe Courts of tho Confederate States, and they are hereby au thorized, upon complaint against any alien or alien enemy, as aforesaid, or person coming with in the purview of this act, who shall bo resident, or remaining in tho Confederate States, or at large within the jurisdiction of such Judge or , Court, as atom aid, contrary to the intent of this act, and of the proclamation of tho President of the Confederate States, or tbe regulations pro scribed by him in pursuance to this act, to cause such alien or aliens, person or persons, as atore , said, to he duly apprehended and conveyed before such Court, Judge or Justice, for examination and hearing ou such complaint; and sufficient i cause therefor uppeuriug, shall or may order , such alien or alioux, person or persons, lo he re moved out of the territory of the Confederate Hiatus, or to ho otherwise dealt with or restrained conformably to tho intent of this aot and the pr< clamation or regulations which may bo pro scribed as aforesaid, and may, in prison or other wise, secure such alien person until the order which shall be made shall be performed. Sue. 5. It shall bo tho duly of tho Marshal of tbe District in which any alien enemy, or person ’ offending ugoirist tho provisions of thi* act, shall I be apprehended by tho President of the Confed erate States, or by order of any Court, Judge or i Justice, as aforesaid, and shall he required to de part and to bo removed, as aforesaid, SB execute order by himself or deputy, or other discreet per son, and for such oxccotion tho Marshal shall have tho warrant of tho President, or tho Court, or Judge, ns the case may bo. Hpccial to tbe Charleston Mercury. Richmond, Aug. 12. I have reliable information that Lieut. Col. R. 8. Ripley, now <’omuiunding Forts Sumter and Moultrie, will soon receive the commission of Brigadier General in the Provisional Army of tho Confederate States, and that he will be pla i ced In command of tho seacoant defence!* of the State of South Carolina. Tho movement of Gen. Magrudor, predicted , in my loiters, occurred on Wednesday. He ad vanced with a strong force on Hampton. The i United State* pickets were surprised and driv [ en in. Ftvo of tho enemy were killed, while only ono of our men was wounded* The Nort h, ern troops immediately abandoned Hampton.— Tho place was then burned by tho Virginians, t tho Hnmptotiinris themselves being the first to i apply the torch to their own dwellings. Tho con flagration was complete, not even tho Colonial i Church, the oldest on thi*continent, having boen , spared. Since then Gou. Magruder’* army has been i encamped before tho fortlfioation* at Newport New*. The enemy, however, shows no sign of u desiro to come out. Thus matters stand, and we know not what will be the next move. While tho enemy's vessels command Newport Nows, it j would bo useless to attack tho entrenchments, for wo could not hold them after they were ta | ken. J There is no doubt thut Priuce N'apoleou paid ! a visit to our camp at Manassas. He was cour tsously received by Gen. Beauregard, and after spending a day there pleasantly, lie rtturned to Washington. Congress transacted no business of importance in open session to-day. Tnx Last Prize or this Jjtrr. Davis. —The Charleston Mercury of tho 18th says tho prise . master of tho bark which was captured by the privateer Jell Davis aud ran ashore on Amelia It Lind, touched that city on’ the 12th. Ho in form!* us that the versel was the Alvarado, Capt. Whiting, of and for Boston from the Capo of Good Hope, having a cargo of wool, old copper, heep and goat i:. •*, Ac. Kon Monday, the i Mh Inst., when nearing Amelia Island, made a sail in chaso of the Alvarado, which is suppos ied to have been tho sloop-of-war Vincennes. In I consequence of tho wind being unfavorable and the sloop-of-war outcailing tho bark, lhy were c impelled to beach her, in order to prevent Lor i falling into tbo hands of the enemy. The prize crew and tho former officers and crew wont ashore on A mall A Island, when the sloop-of-war tint her armed boats along side the bark aud set tiro to tbe vessel. It is supposed that part of the cargo ami ttiaferia! will be saved. I'lmh of Sill. From recent developments, there is likely to be plenty of Salt within tho limits of the Cenfod oracy, for all the uses of our }<eopie. Arkausas lias salt springs, and in the rear of Corpus Christs, Texas, in the Laguna MiJre, some thousands of millions of bushels are deposited, being the process us natural evaporation, and equal in quality to Turk's Island salt. Auy quantity can be delivered in Corpus Bay, at the rate of ten ceuts per bushel. From Corpus there is inland navigation t > Within twenty miles of tbe Brazes River, so that no blockade f Lincoln could interrupt the supply from this Mow tax Yarkbciurt their Mix.—Lincoln * row compelled io pay largely to got his hirel- j ing followers. They light for mottey and bread, and not f.*r “glory.” Head the following “bait’ from the llearld of theTth instant - Inducement* In K .lie! fur Har.— Bv an act of Congress, recently paved, the soldiers psv is increased from eU-ven to fifteen dollar* per month, and the pay of non-eommissicned officer? is increased in proportion. To the late three month* troops a bounty of thirty dollars per man is offered if they re-eolist for the wr indivldully; forty tit liars if they ro-enlist by e inpanies, mi l fiftr dollars if they re-euiist by Regiment. i This liberality will be attended atb good effect, and in these bard times the government will probably obtain all th* men it wsius. The Board of Trustees of Mercer (Ga.) I'niver i sity have resol rad, by an unanimous vote, to I invest $600,000 in the Confe left** Loan. < oLiMBro, frida i, Atom Ift I to# rrsirr-acwr* Lfttrr from Gbt, Broun. The Atlanta intelligencer of the 14th contains a correspondence between Gov. Brown and Jared J. Whitaker., in which the former do/ lares his willingness U serve in the Executive office ofthe State a third term if it shall be th* will ofthe people. In bis letter we ere informed by the Oovernor that a controversy has been going on for some time between himself and his friends in re*pect lo this matter —the latter in favor of and the former opposed to his candidacy. His friends won the day, it seems, but we think the Governor had the\e*t of the argumont, and would have dona better to have displayed s me of that adhesiveness to his own opiniona which has mad a his administration, in tho main, so useful and popular. The “usage” of which he speaks, and to depart from which he so long hesitated to consent, we think should have controlled hi* choice. Oi’K Aoai.v.- -The Columbus Volunteers the Georgia and Harris Guards re B uioed their jour ney to Macon at 6 o'clock this morning. They re mained alt night at tho sceno of the lat deplor able disaster and were conveyed to Macon by the train which left that city last night and came as far as tho broken culvert. They, doubtless, ar rived in Macon in time to take tbe Atlanta train at noon, and will reach the Litter city at 7 I*. M. to-day. The Empire State Guards also got off about 10 o’clock this morning on the Opelika Road. We take tbo following items from tho CUarh*- ton Courier of the 18th • Ileportcd \aval Engagement.- - A gentleman who reached this city yesterday from tho coast reports that on Wednesday afternoon last, near Murray’s Inlet, with the aid of it glass, he wit nassed a naval engagement, several rnilos dis tant, he twee u a full rigged brig and a steamer. The engagement lasted about two hours, when the brig finally hero away about Ki t and tho steamer about South west. firing among the iJlockader,.- The s'cam frigate Roanoke, now at anchor off here, was shooting both shot aud shell yederday, from her Dahlgrceu gun-. mum CORRF.SWNDKNn:. Manama*, Aug. y. I believe it is the fashion for someone in eac h company to writo to some paper nt home, and by givjng publicity to his letter make it answer tho purpose of an hundred inform each one in terested In any individual member of tbe com pany, of tbe safety and well being or otherwise fate of his friends. For sorno unaccountable reason or whim no one.in the 1. L. I. 1 1. L. 1 when wo left Columbu , but now Cos. A. Artillery Battalion of Camp PickeOS) h * volunteered to do the correspondence of tho whole. No doubt modesty or a bashful fear that our letters would 1 be too severely criticised by tho mnny who read your paper, end whoso experion'-o and there fore tuato in epistolary writing for exceeds our own, has been the cause of our neglect in this rrspeot, for with the- exception of our Captain, whose duties ns commander us the battalion, and as engineer on the field fortificatfous yf tho on trenched camp, prevent him from carrying on any correspondence. Wo are ait young, and my let ter will be but the feeble effort of a more strip ling, just from College, whose chin does not yet boar tbe K?aw insignia of manhood. It is presumed yl ire by this time well posted in regard to the battles of Che 18th and 21st ult., for wo have been very tardy, and have slhowvd others to receive the thanks of our frieuds for information tom bing these great events. But n report was gotten up pretty soon after tha 21st, to tbn offset that in the engage ment at Bull Run, tho Confederate.- captured sixty-five pieces of the enemy’s artillery, and I believe the report is still credited Now, I only wish it was true, for onr government would then be by thirty-seven guns richer than it really is. But I don’t see why you should be thus deceived. Why the people should be kept In ignorance <d 1 thetrulh. Capt. Hardaway wo intrusted with tho superintendence of tho artillery, and in short all tho oaptured property, and having my tent within one hundred yards of the park, 1 Lave had the moans of ascertaining tho true number. I have counted tbe pieces in the park, and they amount to twenty-eight in number, aud this is the number on the official report of captured 1 property. Tho only way in which the number could have boon mado to approximate sixty-five ’ wns by counting the caissons :* piece* of artillery, and must probably this wa- done It is also stated that we had but little artillery ’ in tho field in comparison with that of the* m ’ my. The enemy took back only three pieces, and these, with tho number captured, made thir- I ty-ono. Now to my certain knowledge, we had thirty-six pieces, aud I don’t know how many more. After wo had taken the long 30-pounder rifled scigo gun-—Scott's pocket pistol tho question aroso what would we do with it ‘ use it ngaintd tho enemy ‘ Os course, but how ? We had no am munitiun, and'uo ono knew auy thing about tho kind of ammunition to be used with it. Heaure gard sunt out several parties in search of ummu nition for it, but they all returned from tho field without accomplishing anything. At last Capt. Hardaway, whom, if you know him, you know to he always at ieisuro or rather never in a hur ry, hut at tho tamo time able to accomplish any thing he desires in tho shortest space of time, 1 mounted u horse branded V. S. A., and with two days’ provisions in his haversack, went iu search of the missing ammunition, and after riding a whole day and a good part of another, ho found eight hundred (800) rounds woil packed in one of Abe’s fine wagons, lie rep rted it imtnedi ately to Gen. Beauregard, who had it shipped tho suir.e day to nano place, (can’t think of the name) where the enemy was firing into one of our posts from a distance, which rendered n re sponse from us impracticable. While he was on tho aforesaid expedition, Capt. Hardaway had occasion to make enqui ries of the negroes in the country concerning the aforesaid pocket pistol. No, they had’ot seen any gun of that description. ‘Well did you see anything like a mill carrying with something on tho hind part liken big black log- big at one end uinl little at the other”” Oh yes, saw that, and he gained tho desired information. While I am writing in this counoctfon, 1 may state that tho only dvpcudouco tho army bad for bandages to hind up tho wounds received on tho 21st was Capt. Hardaway. Bandages were net received from Richmond until tho ?stb, and most of tho wounds received on the 21st were bound by bandages prepared by Mrs. Robt. A Hardaway and her sister. Fortunately the Captain brought enough to supply the whole army after even a greater battle. At present Manassas is tho dullest place iu the world, so far as my knowledge of the latter ex tends. Formerly we could hear and see some body, but now we can do neither. Within tho limits of the cntrcuched camp there are only two regiments beside our battalion. Geu. Beaure gard has forbidden citiiens to visit tlo army at a.l, and sentinels are pouft to sco this order c\* ccuird It any manor woman is seen in camp who does not belong to on* of tho regiments or this battalion, stationed hero, and who cannot produce a pass with Beauregard’s signature, he i* arrested and sent to the general guard tent in ciT.floptatnr. I notice to-day two women with their husbands iu confinement. Wo can’t go to our owu batteries without being halted long enough for th#sentinel there to ascertain who we are. Beauregard himself has to carry a pass signed by himself wherever he goes Our boys are kept on duty pretty well all tbe time. Tbe first demand made on i was for 36 privates, two ourporals, one sargeant, ono lieu tenant to do general guard duty; then about 10 o'clock iu comes Col. Pendleton’s orderly, with an order for a detail of 16 or 20 men for ord nance fatigue duty: and then another for police fatigue and every other sort of duty you ever thought of. The moat disagreeable duty our boy* hare to iwrform is standing guard on the batteries in the open sun, and where there i n't a tree or anything efo to 4op tbe passage of rays of heat within tw > hundred yards. We have no objection to Manassas on the score of sickness. Truo tho sun shines down on our uncovered encampments pretty warmly, but the heat is v.nJucted away by a constant sea breeze. Tho water, although not abundant, is very cool, an l boaidos gives u* >n unusual rel ish for our fare, with which we are perfectly sat isfied. In sh'.rt wo have nothing to cause us to regret that wo enlisted for the war. Both Capt*. J >nes and Strother are in camp within 300 yards of our own. We are expecting and anxiously waiting the arrival of Col. Semines’ regiment as most of u? have in hi-* regiment some very warm friend*. There is no news hero except that from op pearance, B* auregard and Johnstou are doing almcfttiety nothing. Respectfully, BARLfiW. . Til Till PUBLIC. Tin* undersigned Committee, appointed by the Planters Convention, assembled in Macon, and uow adjourned over to meet at the same place -on tho lbth of October next, beg leave to endorse* tbo noble sentiments contained in the subjoined address of the President of the Convention and to commend them and their suggestions to the consideration and adoption of every community In the Confederate States, to all whom we extend u cordial inyitation to unite with us nt tho adjourned meeting.— With the request thut all tho papers of the Confederate States publish the address or call special attention to It, wo submit it with great pleasure for publication. I. ft. JL WASHINGTON, T. O. HOLT, HI). D. IIUGL'ENIN, A. E. COCHRAN. To Ik Ylutm of Ik CtilfeJcritt Slitu. On the 4lhday ol July last, a Convention oi Cotton Planter* was held iri the oily of Macon, Georgia. The States of Georgia ami Florida were pretty well represented. Alabama and South Carolina to a vrry limited extent only. As the President of that Convention, i adopt this method of presenting to the public the claim ofthe enterprise iu win ft i( is engaged The representation being confined to a tew .States, it was not deemed advisable, nor in deed did we feel that we were authorized bv so small a delegation to uudertake a great deal, but from such u stand point, wo wire able to survey the vastness of the field before us, and to appreciate something ofthe benefits which might result to the cause of our country worn an assemblage of wise and experienced men, brought into conference from every portion <*f the Southern Confederacy. Wo could not, at any rate, consent to aban don an enterprise which had been o wtae!\ conceived, and which to our miuds, seemed ra pabie of accomplishing so mm h good, merely because, ill Its inception, it hid not met with universal favor. Jt was det*riuiued, therefore, to adjourn to meet again iu the city of Macon, Georgia,on the 15th day of October next, and in tho mean time, by presenting the subject to 1 the public, to endeavor to enlist in the move ment the great body of the planters of the Smith. 1 come now to ask of tins who hold in their hands tbe vast productive wealth ol tho South a duo consideration of this question, and a full representation in the next * inven tion from erery Hiatt; in tbe Confederacy. I know that the history of popular Conventions may discredit their efficiency for usefulness, the want of caracal co-operation, and their sub serviency to personal schemes, too often con verting their deliberations into farces,and their actions ending in fruitless resolutions. Yet after all, they afford the moat practical mode of ascertaining and consolidating the opinions of the people. In this Convention there will be no indirid iial schemes to foster; no ulterior designs to no complisb, but an honest, undivided effort to provide tho ways and means of supporting the Government in its present extraordinary emer gency. It may, if the people wish it, be_a Mass Convention. I would that it could he, and i therefore invite all whocaudo so, to meet with us. But the questions to be considered will ho grave, deep, broad; involving on the one hand the wnnts of the government, and on the other tho wisest mode of applying to those wauls the material aid within the control ofthe peo ple. Impulse and enthusiasm arc good in their place, but they must be directed by wisdom in planning, and sustained by uncompromising purpose in executing the scheme* which may be devised. To this end, we hope to see a chosen d*l i gal ion fr->m each b'ongrrsai’ nil District, us well a* from each Slate at large. Let tbe delegates j he men who have the confidence us their conitit ! ueoey, os well as tbs ability to devise a plan of i aid to the Government, that will be acceptable and adopted, and let them com* up prepared to make the largest pledges of support and to re commend the Imt plans of making our iu*an , 1 available. Wo do not propose any n.'sumption of power* which shall conflict In the least, with the con stituted authorities of the rouutry, uor shall we arrogate to uumlves wisdom equal to theirs, ii* managing the greatest interests committed to , their hands The President and Congress havo no assurance of tbo unanimity with which the people, all over the Mates, are prepared to sus tain and co-operato with them, yet, in the mui titudo of counsel there is safety: and in a large and intelligent assemblage, representing, and voluntarily emanating from the agricultural in terest ol the land, there will be found much to oncourago tbo hearts, and strengthen tho hands of those who aro directly charged with the ad ministration of the Government. I’lantors of tbo South’ Your country i? en gaged in a struggle .which involves everything worthy of living for. Let its come together,and if need be, lay our all upon its alters. If we fail in the contest all is lost; if we succeed, the sacrifice will ho small compared with the ruin which awaits us iu defeat. -But there Is no such word as “fail” in tho lexicon of a people united and determined, and fighting for such a cause as ours. There is a spirit among our people . against which tbe waves of Northern Vandal ism will boat iu ‘.vain, livery dollar of our property, ami every man and hoy from sixteen to seventy, shall he pledged to ihe support of tho government. When the muskets, and rifles and shot guns nro exhausted, we will, in guerilla bands meet the foe with club axes and butcher knives, and even if driven from our homes,when our pursuers come to gather the fruits of “subju gation,” they will find naught but the graves and the bleaching bon cm <t a people, who had chosen death rather thin yield to their domin ion. There is no hope for us but in victory,and God being our helper, we will achieve ih.it. The shortest and tu.>4economical way through this war is a full consecration of everything to its prosecution. Let the proclamation go out to the world, from this ( invention, that the tender has been mado to tho Government, and let tho assurance be ‘repeated to onr President, that none of his drafts t-hall be dishonored while there is a man or a dollar left. JAMES M. CHAMBERS Columbus, Aug. 8, ISfll. ktliili Skes for Ik kulb. W# mentioned some weeks since that Edward Daly, of Charleston, S. C , fofl for Liverpool in tho steamer from Quebec, intending to buy sheer? for the Southern aren aud the people at large. A gentleman who went over in the same steamer informs us that Mr. Daly has a contract to fur nish 30,000 pairs of shoes for the Southern troops at $2 23 per pair, and that he has placed it in England at rates which insure him a profit of ahoat 80 cents per pair. Our informant slates that huciuoss there is re ceiving an impetus, from the largo orders for dry goods, boots and shoes, trunks, dc., Ac , which aro betng given by Southern inerchar te, several of whom aro in England purchasing goods lor cash. Mr. Dalv buys men’s russet brogan* for 75 cents . men's Congress boots, oak leather and sewed, $2 ladies’ Congress boots at 90 cents to $1 12, and other goods iu this line in proportion. They aro paid for by drafts on Fraser, Trenholm A Cos., of Liverpool. Theprioes.it will be seen are remarkably low, especially for sewed russet brogans, but the gentleman from whom we get our information says he was present, and in sev-> oral instances saw the goods purchased. A line of steamers, intended to run between Liverpool and Charleston, S. C , is nearly ready: tho first vessel is advertised in the Liverpool pa pers to leave August 1 >th t tho time has since been extended, w# believe to September 15tb,) and when our informant left it wa actually load ing with these goods, llow they are to elude the blockade is not stated: but it is probable that the Southerners who have been unsparing in their promise of direct trade, and have depicted its advantages to Englishmen in glowing colors, expect aid from thence to insure the afe carriage aid delivery of their purchases. Whether these anticipations arc well grounded or not, they correspond with the very sanguine expectation of Southern men in other respects At any rate, goods to tbe amount of a million aud a half of dollars have been purchased there by Southern merchants for cash, aud a portion of them are loading in swift sailing steamers, by whish means they may perhaps expect to tud the blockade, if the privilege is denied them of going in under British gun*.— X. Y. Shoe and Leather Reporter. Localities in Missouri —Springfield, the most flourishing sown, or rather city, in South western Mitsourl is 235 miles west southwest of St. Louis. It U the county seat of Greene. It is forty-five miles from the Arkansas line and •about sixty from the western boundary of Mis souri. Putoxi is seventy wiles south southwest of Bt. louis and an equal distance from Capo Gi rardeau. It is the county seat of Washington, and is some thirty'miles from the Mississippi river. It is near two hundred miles from Spring’ field. New Madrid, the comity soul of New Madrid, is on tho Missouri side of tbe Mississippi and is located just opposite tho northern boundary line of Icnnesieo. Cape GirarJeau is a village landing in ‘ ape Girardeau county, Mo., and is probably a little more than fifty miles by water above Cairo. A direct march across th 6 country from Now Ma drid to Cape Girardeau wuuld be an ‘advance of between fifty an>l sixty miles—about one third of the distance from Oen. Pillow’s base of oper ations in St. Louis.— Mobile Adrcrtiter. The Army of I taii.— Tbe exigencies < f the service in the east have cauvedthe Lincoln Gov ernment to utterly abandon the military occupa tion of tbe territory of their obdurate citizens, the sabtiof Utah. It has orderol the withdrawal of its whole military forco there, and tho Salt Lake City correspondence of tho New York Times announces that nil United l.tate* proper ties there are advertized fur peremptory sale, in cluding everything in the way of fort materials, extra munitions, provisions, Ac. The Mormons will probably assert their independence at once j and become a thorn in tbe side of their abolition nod free-love brethren of LincoluJoin. —Mobile Ad eertiter. Fight o* Btarvr.— Tbe j.oor foreigner- iu Yankee service, n*>w acting as hireling soldiers in the invasion of the Houth, have but one alter native to put before thc;n “Fight or Starve !’* Ho they pardon their penitentiary convicts on condition that they ••hall fight the South. What heart can these poor people have in thin business? We should discriminate m our treatment of foreigners thus subsidized Ry starvation, and the full blood native of the North. To tho former, we may accord mercy; to the latter, none * If we hang for retaliation, it should always be a native Yankee. That we mart hang is, perhaps, unavoidable ; and as we have but twelve millions against eighteen, we should hang about three of the enemy for every one of ours that may suf fer. One of our people ia worth to u, fully three of theirs to them. Charleston Mercury. A Gallant Sot jhkhn Bor. A corresponded sends to the Kichtuond Dispatch the subjoined extract ot a Utter from an Ohio captain to the editor *f the Toledo (Oftio) Blade, published in that paper on the 26th of July. Such testimony from an enemy, of tho bravery of our troops, oiid us au act of gallantry ou tbe part of some un known Virginia boy, (which ins few parallels in our army of broe*.)eannot foil to command the Atttnticn (>i every reader “About 1 o’clock there was a short cessation of bosLiliiiitv the firing wa only heard iu the distance, uur brigade had been wrestling for several hours with oppouag forces, principally Virgin ions, and were ensconced in thickets on each aide of a field of no great dimensions Wo occupied the Northern slope us a hill of considera ble elevation, ami abu the fop of the hilt whilst tho enemy held the Southern slope. Suddenly we observed to emerge from the opposing ranks a boy, apparently D or IT years of age, armed With mu-kol and pistols. He double-quicked to the top of the hill, within f;9 or 80 yards of i our place us concealment,, saw an officer on horae bark, look'd* libera to aim at him, tired, and the officer fell mortally wooded. About the same i time my company of 80 men fired at him/ and be fell, I supposed pierced by many balls. What was my surprise to see this proud and over brave boy rise from the ground only slightly wounded, i seize hismnsket, wave his rap in triumph in our faces, and rejoin his comrades, one of whom bad followed him, I suppose to bring him hack. Hurh fearlessness I never saw before.” Brave Both We leArn through a private let frotu uno of tbo members of the Confederate Guards of Greene co., that when it was thought I’attersoa was going to attack our forces at Winchester, where they were stationed, that sov i era! out of that Company w*ro placed with others to guard the baggage wagons, but so eager wero they to get into the tight that they plead with their comrades in arms to exchange positions with them -offering to give from S2O to any men that would do so, aud out of a company number ing wore thanjloo, out one would do it—much preferring to engage in tbe battle. Talk afoot whipping such men as these’ Enin, ]Vh, < t nd Obeorter. Not Ready to Vote.—On the fith in*t. the Federal Sonuto, by a vote of 20 ayes to 26 nay*, refused to take up the joint resolution* approv ing of all tho acta of the President, frern his inauguration to the opening of tbe extra session us congres.% aud the dispatches to tho Western papers give the following meager abstract of the remarks made after the vote : Mr. Breckinridge said that at the early part us this action Senators were very anxious to vote for this resolution, approving of all the acts of tho Prcfidcnt now there soemc-i to be a recoil. He thought it was a good sign. Mr. Fcssender said that he had always been ready to vote. The argument seemed to Lo made that tho Senate was a:raid to vote. Tbo gentle man <*ould have all the benefit of such an urgu ment. Mr. Trumbull said he was not ready ta vote for thi resolution until after further considera tion. R lik it Ball Uun. The Ctui innati Enquirer of Aiu o-t ‘.‘.l, has the following . “A good ofic is told of our distmgv|iihc<i Senator, Benjamin Wade,who, when the panic first broke out, sought in vain lor bis convey ance, until the gleam of the rebel sabres, rising upon the brow ofthe hill dazzled his bewilder od gaze, when oil’ he dashed at a pace that would have dis mayed even the oelebratod •American Deer.’’ It chanced, at this time, and near the same spot, a drove of cattle belonging to our army, broke loose, when an old bull, who, like Sen ator Benjamin, had neverbelbre witnessed tbe tumult of a batt/e field, made a break down the backtrack, and in the same direction with the illustrious Senator. Reader, were you ever chased by one of those bovine monsters f We have, across a four aero field, and but for the timely interposition of a fence, over which we turned a somerset, we should have received an inglorious charge in the rear. Well, there is no doubt of the running capacity of a soared bull, and as a fair start was had between him and the Senator, those who were not too fright ened to enjoy the race were enabled to report progress. It was for the first half mile a dead beat, the pace rather upon the increase, and so continued until at double that distance a short turn in tho road hid the three pair of legs from vlew, when the Senator, J inside track,took the lead.’ Itbns from the North. -From the New York Tribune, of the 7th August, we get the following items : An unlucky private in one of the New York regiment* was wounded in the late battle, and hia father arrived at tho hospital just as the sur ge* u was removing the ball from the back of hi* shoulder. The boy lay with his face downward ou the pallet. Ah. my poor son 1 ” said the father mournfully, “I’m very sorry for you. But irs a bad place tube hit- thus ii the bod The sufferer turned over, barvl his broasr, and pointing to the opening above his arm-pit, ex claimed. “Father, there’s where tbo bail went in !” One of the Fire Zouave*, who had been in the battle of Bull Run and vamosed very soon there after, was recognized near Washington Market, in this city, a day or two ago. “What the devil aro you doing here ‘” asked tho acquaintance when he recognized him. “Got leave of ab sence':'’ “No!” thundered the Zouave, “I got the word to “fall back” at Bull Ruu, and nobody bus told uac to halt! so l have kept on retreatin’ ever since, and got away here !” Who says that Fire Zouave is not under thorough discipline ? “Tail Holts Better than None.”—One of the civilians whr> passed th# retreating forces this side of Centerville, says he saw a number of non combatants holding on to horses tads to ac celerate their speed—certainly a novel and orig inal mode of making good their retreat, and highly creditable to their presence of mind and admirable stragetic qualities. They served to illustrate iu anew light th* force and beauty of op# of Johnston’s lines, viz : “To point * moral and adorn a tail.” ( OLl'Mßl'fl. SATURDAY* ACGStV 1. ISM. Col. A. 11. Colquitt.— lt will be gratifying to the many friends of this gentleman through out tho State to learn that be ia winning quite * reputation in tbo Old Dominion.#* a military leader. Hi* command is stationed at \ orktown under the gallant Magruder, and we learn from gentlemen who have recently visited the Penin sula, that in respect of military drill and effici ency, it is not surpassed by any regiment in the service. By hia characteristic affability and un remitting kindness and attention to hi# men, who have suffer* 1 much from sickness, we learn that Col. Colquitt possesses in a high degree, the esteem of his whole command, whilshis soi lierly deportment and rigid regard tor military order snd discipline, have won the confidence of tho o namanding General, This latter fact is abundantly evidenced by information which we Lave received from a private source, that, in his reeent advances from York town to Young's Mill and ‘.hence to Newport News and Hampton, Gen. Magruder gave the command of the expedition to Col. Colquitt. _ _ ('amp us Inilntrtio*. The Atlanta Intelligencer ofthe loth publish er tkenamo* of forty Companies, which Gov. Brown has ordered, to rtndtzvous, twenty at Camp Stephen •, near Griffin, and twenty at Camp McDonald, for drill and instruction, un der the control and at the expense cf the Con federate Government. This order is given in compliance with a requisition from the Secreta ry of War, calling on the Governor for a reser ved army corpa of 3000 volunteers from Georgia. Tbe companies are ordered to be in their respee- I tive camps on the 27th iost. “Cfireii fnfUn.” This is the unique title of a company organ ized in Macon county, in this State, comman ded by Capt. McMullin. It is armed with the double-barrel shot gun, aud we learn it will enter Col. Thornton's regiment. This is the fourth company that has been raised in that county, whiA, for a voting population of about six hundred, speaks well for their earnest and practical patriotism. ?ttU (targia Rfgimrit it Aqiia Creek. Fruui a dispatch from Hatch Cook lo Mr. Ilul- Lihan us this city, dated Richmond, Aug, fotb, wo learn that Col. Sernmeb’ entire regiment left ! Richmond fr Aquia Creek yesterday morn- Ni’fs nut taip of the Diy. ‘1 he Charleston Mercury ofthe 14th inst., says, Our “merchants and politicians were all agog yesterday < n the subject# of the war, the block ade and (he foreign relations of the Confederate State!*. There was plenty ot news afloat, Lu l whence or ou what autberity it came, seemed t<> be a mystery. That tbe faces of the knowing ones were not brightened by causeless rumors, w< übl euiu to be proved by the fact that many of them were ready to back their convictions us affairs by pretty heavy wagers. On# gentleman offered to bet upon tho recognition of the South by France and England within forty days; while another, still more sanguine, was anxions to wa . gertbat within twenty days a British vessel, laden r with merchandise, would find her way, blockade ’ or no blockade, info the port of Charleston ‘ The talk, also, wsi that the C'-uft-lcraie States have succeeded in purchasing in Europe two first 1 clots iron-clod war steamer?,and that arms, shoes [ and otter needful articles, in untold quantities, I weic being cleverly spirited into Dixie Land, 1 somewhere between tho Potomac and the Kio f Grande. We do not vouch for the?e very grali * Tying rumor*, but merely relate them as we heard ; them a Notwithstanding the orracuiar intimation in a 1 city paper, which v&s “confidently of the opio- I in that no change or proposed change in mari r lime laws and in ernauohai compacts has been l | adopted by Congress,” the impression was very ’ , general, among well informed men, that such a ] change had been adapted by Congress and that j ft was a change of no small signifiiconce. We ) j shall, doubtless, ero many days have passed, 1 know more about the motives which led to the adoption of this important measure m War Matter 1 ’ - There is nothing t * report i from the several division- of our army. We have heard not even a “rumor” for two days past The Norfolk Day Book is informed of a skirmish on the Peninsula a week since, in wbioh fifty of the enemy were killed ; but advices received here, dated as late as Friday last, make no mention of the circumstances. Richmond Pi,patch, , 1 vh. _ fnl Tho<. R. R. Cobb. This gentleman left yesterday morning for ‘ Virginia, for the purpose of taking the field at 1 the head of his Legion. God protect him and ‘ those uuder him, say we. and every heart in 1 this community nay ® Amen !—Southern /tanner IVb. 1 So.nieicant -A Pans letter “sty? the refusal 1 us the Paris Mouiteur to print the sentence in Mr Lincoln’s Message which speaks us tbe rights of the I sited States being everywhere respected by foreigu powers, cause- considerable comment here, as the act is believed to poscss a significance of deep import.” The N. O. Della learns though a gentleman from Texas that Frank R. Lubbock, formerly Lieut. Governor, has been elected Govenor, of the State, and Capt. S. Crosby Commissioner of the General Land office. j Si i' ply os* Cotton at Livkrpxiol. A recent investigation into the stock of cotton at Liver pool shows that there aro now on hand 1,063,710 bales, while last year at the same date (July 10) there were 1,287,520, or 233,100 bales more than now. During the sixteen weeks just ended the increafo has been 111,380 bales, while during the same period of 1860 there was an increaseof 371,480 hairs. A New State in California. News receiv ed at Washington on the 26th ult, lr<>m California asserts that the Southern Right’ men ip that State “aro about to proclaim !.♦• ><>uthern pur tion of it, below 36 30, a separate State, and to ally themselves with the Southern Confederacy.” It is said that a strong party in New Mexico Arizona and Nevada Territory is in favor of the project, and ready tu second it LMttCT NS HIM. l>i. A. hlattdell, a Yankee Dentist, who, fur several months past, had been suspicioned as an abolitionist, and enemy to the South, was apprehended by the Carswell Guards, for ut tering disrespectful language at the public speaking during their encampment, and after a decent ride upon a large pine rail was drum med out of the camp, and ordered to leave the Southern Confederacy. The said Dr. A. Blarsdell left Wilkinson Cos., Georgia, on the 3d of August, with his wife and one child, and if he is stiff lurking m any ofthe Confederate States, he may be recogni zed by the following description —He is very tall, large and bony, beiug over 0 fitel high, with large square shoulders, long nose, large mouth angular features, blue or light gray eyes, au burn hair, tolerably thin beard, and a quick and pleasant address. CITIZENS OF WILKINSON. SfDd bo fottoi to t it Seaboard. The cotton factors of Mobile publish a card to their customers in the interior, requesting them not to ship a bale of cotton to that port or remove it from their plantations, until the blockade is eutirely abandoned, and our inde pendence recognized. The planting commu nity are thus recommended to the same effect by the merchants in every principal port in the Confederate States, and if any planter shall act in contravention of this advice and send his cotton to the Atlantic or the Gulf, by will de serve to have it stolen by the Yankees, or burnt. •Special Correspondence of tbe Times. RICHXOM CORRESPONDENCE. Sunday Goeeip in Richmond — Newt of the Week in a nut,hell —The Wounded and Sick —-Vef- ton’e capture,confinement and cont ortion — Rote he like, Richmond—The tide of Treaeon Hill pouring in from Wuthington— Eterna* Vigi lance the price of Liberty. Richmond, Aug. 11. To day, the gossip in doors and out doors— about the holers and even around the churches, turned upon war, politics and the future of the Confederacy. The groups in which these topics are discussed seem much more excited than is usual even on a week day. Being a mere “look er-on in Venice,” I devoted the morning hoars to the careful gathering up of the information thus promiscuously scattered about the stroets, and I now proceed to spread th# contents of my budget before your readers. The no vs of the week formed the principal topic of conversation. First, the battle between General Lee and General Rosencrantz, in Poca hontas county, not far from Lewisburg. In the locality of the battle there is a pass called Big Spring, which commands tbe Central Railroad and tbe turnpike leading from Randolph to Lew iiburg. It seems both Generals were aware of the importance of occupying this pass as a van tage ground, and that both selected the same day for its occupation, namely, Thursday last. — Gen. Lee reached there first with some 1800 men and immediately commenced throwing up fortifications. In about two hours afterward? Ro-enoranU came puffing and sweating along, and finding it occupied, ordered about face, al though be bad four regiments in his command. Gen. Lee’s movements quickly made the Dutch General reverse tys backward nyovement, and fall into line of battle. The fight lasted nearly an hour when a retreat was sounded, the Dutch buaster leaving some forty-odd on the field of battle. Our loss not exceeding two ur three. This topic seemed to awaken much enthusiasm in the crowd, and a general confidence was felt that Gens. Wise and Floyd, under the direction of the invincible Lee, will soon drive the Hos sians over the borders, and perhaps, use them an guilei in a pleasure trip to the land of fat hog? and hurley Dutchmen. [I have just con versed with an officer direct from Staunton who informs me that Gen. Lee has occupied the Pass but there was no fight ] Anolhct ‘opic was the destruction of Hamp ton, which a telegram receeived in Richmond last evening, presents in a totally different light from that in which it was first received. This telegram states that it was burned by older us M#gru ler. to break up acoauvenient rendezvous ofthe Hessians, who, he expected would return there in a few days with heavy reinforcements. Tbe General offered them battle for throe nuc cessivedays, but could not advance, as he wuuld thus unnecessarily expose his command to the deadly fire of tbe enemy’ fleet. They sbruuk from the contest, and could not be coaxed into battle. Tbe burning of Hampton by our forces was discredited by a majority of the gossippers- Ii was, in tbe estimation of Virginians, a racred da sic and v enerable spot, which nunc but Bul ler’rf Hessians would dare destroy. They had spent their recreation hours iu desecrating the grave yard, in breaking up tombstones and in drawing obscene and blasphemous devices and picture >m ihe pulpits, communion table and*walls us the chur. he- Who so fit a-< they lo complete the work of d< elation’ Btill? here is the telegram from Norfolk, Hating that Gen Magruder ordered tbe burning of the village, ’ and tbe order was executed by Virginia Soldier . If there be ou mistake, ibeu we may ba assured that it was demanded by an obvious military t exigency aud is tbe first of a series of aggres sive movements which will on give your Georgia boys another chance tu win imperisha ble glory. Ftill I must admit that 1 left the gr >up incredulous as to the telegram. The uexi group I encountered, discussed the wounded and sick, and many an instance of ten dor devotion to tbe wounded soldier by the la dies of Richmond, iu their own dwellings, was recited by different persons, whose relatives and friends or companions in battle they had occa , sion to Visit. One incident of this kind wa? pe culiarly touching. A North Carolina soldier was brought to the house of one of our very first citizens. He was badly wounded, but bis pbysi i cun thought be might recover. After some week*, however, mortification *at in, and the t noble spirit soon passed to immortal glory.— , While in the hospitable dwelling of bis host, he was tenderly nursed by the whole family in turns: { but one, beautiful, blue eyed girl of some sixteen summers, was constantly at his bed-side, read for him when it was thought he was convales cent, and when sleep overcame his exhausted and wounded body, still she was there, fanniug r his fevered brow and guarding his fitful slum i hers. When tbe corpse was removed from the I chamber of death and taken to its last resting i place, this lovely girl, unabashed by those around her, and lifted up as it were from earth to Hea ven, poured a copious shower of tears upon the soldier’s bier, and mourned bis death as if he were of her own household, it was an angel’s tribute to the martyred patriot. Thi* incident softened every eye, and I turned away to hide tbe emotions of my own heart. The reverie into which I had fallen was soon dis pelled on hearing the name of Nelson, tbe Ten nessee traitor pronounced in a load voice. On , raising my eyes, I found myself in anew group composed mostly us officers, and believing that 1 was in the right quarter for authentic news I soon became an attentive listener. The scrap? I gathered you may rely upon, that’s enough.— Nelson reached Richmond yesterday evening from Abingdon. He was low spirrted aud un communicative. He exprussed a wish in Abiog i don to have a private conversation with a chief i officer Hi? wishes were gratified. He said ha i recognized the hand of destiny in his capture— i lhat he was prepared to yield to the wishes of the majority, and would no louger withhold his f -upport from tbe army of Southern iadpeudeu< e. Gen. Polk advises the President to accept his loyalty, let him lake the oath of allegiance to the Southern Confederacy, and release him on parol. Tbe General gives it as his opiuiou that he is sincere, and, if be be, that such is hia influence in Eastern Tennessee, lhat we may consider trea | son and uuionism completely crushed <>ut iu that section. No decision has yet been arrived at in his case. But he will, most probably, be releas ed on parol, and thus verify for the thousandth time the couplet “While the lamp holds out to burn, The v ilest sinner may return.” Much uneasiness is felt at tbe swarms of Wash ingtonians wbo are pouring into Ricbin ud from every poiut along the Potomac. Last week, a man named Kirby, r une her* from Washington, and yesterday he disappeared from the city. He went off, I have learned, in tbe Fredericksburg cars. This morning while standing at the depot awaiting the arrival us the Fredericksburg cars, when should I see coming out among th* very first, after th* cars arrived, bat a Lincoln Magi? trate from Washington, named Myers. This man has done all the dirty work of the Know Nothing corporation of Washington, whenever they chanced to have power, and so notorious a sym pathizer with the Black Republicans and Know Nothings was be known to be, that Buchanan would uot recoinr3t??i n him.* Lincoln did, how ever, and now, he is in th# midst of our camp in Richmond. 1 took care of him. We murt be watchful or we cannot be free. BRETT'S. The New York Tribune, of the 2d inst., says “From trustworthy source we learn that Col. Cameron was shot by Col. Wade Hampton, who took rifles from his men, aud directed his fir* chiefly to the officer# of th# National fore*. It furthermore appears that th# Rebels had 40,000 in the battle, and that the whole number of their troops in Virginia is now 70,000.” Charge or Nans—-Tbe Postmaster General of the Confederate States hf# changed th# name of “Spier’s Turn Out” Post-office, on th* Cen * *r#l Railroad, to “Bartow.” Col. Crittenden Aeainitjnrading Tennessee. The Nashville Union of the l-ith instant say?: Hon. John J. Crittenden has gone to the cutup of the Lincolnitee, above Cumberland Gap, for tho purpose of advhing them to disperse. We think the Colonel is de posed to give them good advice. They had better burst up their camp. They will never be able to move it into Tennessee. Any attempt to do it will only result in transferring the battle field to Kentucky. And this has never been bar gained for by these followers of Lincoln. Every true friend of Kentucky should frown down this unholy and unncighborly effort to embroil her in war with Tennessee. Gen. Hientzleman, in bis official report to the War Department, states that early in the battle of Manassas the New York Fire Zouaves were broken by a bayonet charge from the Eighth Alabama Regiment, and they were n:. re-organized, nor did they and i efficient service during tbe remainder of tho Jay. Tub “Grand Army.” The New York Hu raid ?avs: “A cautious aud wise policy appear.- to go\ ern the action of Gen. McClellan, and it i? likely that any attack upon the rebel position * Manassas will be renewed until the army under his command is thoroughly organized and put upon a proper war footing, a consummation <>! which ia being rapidly and effectively arrived at. The same paper says : There ha? been considerable discussion military men in Washington within the past few days as to tho propriety of attacking Charles ton by sea, with a view to divert the forces „i the rebels from their position in Virginia, whom they have manifestly concentrated their large-: urmy. It wa* thought that such a movement would be an excellent piece of strategy in the present condition of affairs, yet it is not very probable that it will be adopted. The Next Movement. —A recent letter fn-ui Washington says: From the frequent exchange us dispatches be tween that citj and Harper’s Ferry and Fortre.-i Monroe, it is to be supposed that the uext move ment will be aconcerted and combined one . f the three armies, McClellan’s, Banks’ and Butler’ . No forward movement can be made from thi department with the slightest idea of suoces?, within two months. When another attempt i* made it will be one in which all tbe energy of the North will be concentrated. New regiments ol cavalry and artillery are being constantly pre pared. The Government lias made provision so have tho enormous supply of Dot addition ol cannon, aud the orders for tbe purchase of a large number of horses have already gone forth Col. Watlr Hampton on the Field. The Northern papers generally give Col. 11 amp tun the credit of having killed the Yankee Colo nel, Cameron of the New York 71st Regiment. Tbe following is from the Washington correspou dunce of tho Baltimore Exchange : The Lieutenant Colonel of Gen. Hampton's Legion iS. C.) was killed, by a shot in the head from tbe battery covering the 71st New York Regiment. Tears immediately came in the eye of General Hampton, who was a near neighbor and friend. He vowed revenge, and immediate ly dismounted, and, procuring a Maynard rifle in the use of which ho is said to be extremely efficient he stationed himself on an eminence in advance of his legion, and fired, and in return waa fired at repeatedly; six balls passed through his clothing, yet he was uninjured. one of the first victims of Hampton’s deadly aim was Col. Cameron, of the 71st New York Regiment; another, who tell from bis tire, was 1 Lieut. Col. Farnhatu, of the Fire Zouaves. Out who stood by the side of the South Carolina Gen. states that he never saw a man so frenzied, informant says that every time the deadly rifle crack was beard a Federal officer or soldier wa * ; seen to fall. Trouble in the Polish Brigade--We learn that on Friday, August 2, the Polish Brigade from New Orleans, having arrived at Grand Junction en rout for Richmond, an Irish com pany among them called F’rancois, having too ! much liquor aboard, got to fighting They were somewhat quieted, when oue of them tried to force bis way into a doggery, over which a guard bad been placed. The officer of the guard repelled him cutting him with his sword, ‘ti< said, when his comrades rushed on the officer and he sought refuge in the Percy Hotel. They fol lowed und threatened to pull down ur burn the hotel, if he was not delivered up. This demand was not complied with, and they pruceded to demolish tbe hotel, and set tire to a bed with a match, but it was thrown out. Col..Soulukaw? ki, commanding the brigade, came to tbe door and twice ordered them to retire -they refused and continued their depredation. He then fired at them shot after shot from his repeater, untii he shot seventeen eight died on tbe spot, and three or four have since died. Several ot the eventeen were innocent and accidentally ! i hit. On Saturday the gTater parti of the brig a<ie reached here, some sullen and bellicose, and he made a bold and defiant speech to them. At LarkinsviUe, we understand he shot another id the sbculder for rebellious conduct. Hablic Sfntimmt iu \n Hampshire. The Baltimore exchange publishes the so! , lowing extracts from a private letter from New Hampshire : “Men are not so anxious to eulist uow as they were previous to the fight. A friend oi ours assured us lasi Friday, that the recruit mg sergeant had been ten days enlisting ten men in Concord, aud a young man in Concord told me he had been offered f .0 Ixmniy The writer adds . “There is a great change here in public sen timent within a month. There are 10,000 men in New Hampshire opposed to the war, ax at present carried on, to subjugate the South. < >ur first regime*! will come home next w eek. Most of them, I learn, have got enough of the war. They complain greatly of the treatment they have received, and sny that they have been used very meanly.” The Coneord, New Hampshire, Standard, says: “It it very doubtful whether another volun teer regiment can be raised in this State. The people begin to feel that the war is unjust and cruel, and that all who engage in it will be looked upon as fighting for pay and not for jus tice; and lhat, however much they may need employment to get a living, they are uot going to robbing and murderingtheir Southern broth era. They feel that if poverty should drive them tu commit such crimes, it would be far better to commit them among the Abolitionisi of tlie North, who have caused their poverty and lhat is, doubtless, their firm reaoive.’ And again, the same paper remark*: Door men—you who depend on your daily labor for your support, God help you ! We feel for you, because we are one of you. Where do we find one dollar a day now, unless we en list as officers for this plundering war t Where shall we find one fthiUiog a day, if it continues six months longer, when the frosts and snows of another winter fail around us and our fami lies * KacoGßinoM #y European Powers. -The Richmond correspondence us the Memphis A p peal, in his letter of the Ist inst., says Mr. W. F. Ritchie, formerly ofthe Richmond Enquirer, returned to town a few days ago from a hurried vied to Europe, having 1 t Virginia immediately after the ordinance of secession. He came by steamer to Quebec, and across ft,* country to Detroit, Louisville and Nashville. Mr. Ritchie reports favorably ofthe chances for a speedy recognition of the independence of th Southern Confederacy by the great European power? He bore a message to tbe President from Mr. aoccy, to the effect that a great battle in which the Southern forces should maintain their gr-ur. i, would pr< 1 ably -so- more t r . or cause a> court than anything else, and upon the delivery of this message the President quietly remarked that in his opinion the victory of Manassas ought so he sufficient. Mr. Ritchie said the sole reason why the Emperor and the French people, as well as tbe Government and people of Eng land, had not long since become convinced of tbe utter hopelessness of Lincoln's subjugating the Southern States, waste be found in tbe fact that their only knowle ige of what was happening in America was gathered from the New York newspapers. All they bad heard on the other side of the waters ol th# struggle, was unfavor able to tha secession caue, with tbe single ex ceptiou of tbe tidings of Bethel, sod this engage ment wa. represented to have beco|a most insig nificant affair. ‘Hr Tbe Confederate privateers >Mi*m to have interfered somewhat with the Northern freight fog business. Tbe New York Advertiser says Fifteen ships, thirty-nine barks, forty brigs, and thirty three schooners are in this port, hav ing been chartered to carry freight, which, were it not for the danger? of the seas from the pirates ol Jeff Davis, would be carried in American bottoms. _ _ Rifle Stocks —Twenty-five thousand walnut rifle stocks ore wanted, says th* Charleston Cou rier, at tho Fayetteville Armory, in North Caro lina.
