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10LCMJITT iV WARKEX, Proprietors. Volume XVI. roLUMius.TrKNim. Aiusr mu Hi cbm ami Iteius. ihe Richmond correspondent of the Montgotn* *r y Tost *u hi- lot It-r ..f the HUti, writes : ibe pi i: ••oiT-, ad a gcuural thing, make uo tfuii>Uiui,tiiia wm-.mlkuh,lu, nightly by ho!d *nK Debating 5... icti. . nver which the lion. Mr. Kly has bon elected perum .out PruiJ*i. Sumo ure **lu ky aud il cling with luvrruiHre to the m,.Ur which l boy lute formerly fought ; bl others ar* pen item utbl ready to cangeJ® to the >■ nth i: :rci. !. .u.d f at rev are*.-.-, .n well mu l> admit that they liave -Wiousli emd'ln fighting agaiuxt 114. tt..r.*..ran i • > • u-y uauliuh m.ud.und “* if ’ by the c.. 1C . k.lhal ,j rn. a-,,1. bo will I lake up urtii.s against us tor ~u other time uud M* for ll.e Star .Spangled iLturnr. Wi- Im.v. ~ ~ j-r* iin. i 1 a permit to visit iL® ai. I will I. oat nil .ui l.iG C< nve In tin* city there ire many Alabamians umuy ••I wll.im are a. live >n (lie gloat •• Iru; • le L-tare Our if.end .1 amor N. Arlington. <d Pike. l.a been author, cd hy.lhu Secretary and War to ra a liattali m, and ataru or limn.* tki afternoon to eonsiuuaie bi w-rk. ••.Inn” . i • n.d tallow, ail I Will 111 l!. a lu*■ i Cipitul i lli. or. 1'11..90 wi*L • i lit* jo. n bid Battalion, winch will Colidiat of livo s-iuj. tun- had l.eii.r makn afqdicali *H rtt The II n Kit Sf. rur aiiilJ. T. Iluludaw are litre, and will, doubtU, .be ~Mg4 Mt4 command • ■rer a n-giaifut win. h bar already tieeil orgaßi /M. .In.Jifft \ebrrion will all have uiopr. m iorut y ■ uioiiin tbet • aleJuraty Army. Uret-u \odn* w and .in llutuM, Captain and 21 Lieutenant of the Montgomery True liliws, hare and arc here iuwm to get pur m. n n t., rais® hu artillery Company. Their id. arc plnu-ildo. audit . to bi hoped that tber will moot with the wished for rueerss. ANatu. i:u.w.niMrm- IVht Ruxal.— Tim Chari, t. r. Mc-tiry .f (he 2.! say* it id h dal.ii-J t.. .n - .. 1 . .rn-p .udeut for thef.d ----"II Monday lire l-Jib m.-t., about. It} o'clock, A. VI., while ..U a v*U toe camp of lire Beau hd V oluuteer Ailitlerv, a severe ciißUontding v.u.i In- .rd < H l**Tt Royal Par. The clouds of I'fnoke nri.sing from two point* on (he horizon, di.stant ab< ui .% <(uartcr /i a mi c from each other, led to the *uppoition that a sharp en gagoment whs going on. A fwrfect calm pre vailed at the time. lJy the aid of a telescope were aecu the masu of two Tho tiring was irregular, and from gun* ofdillerrut calibre O.i'etrtatitM’ by the intirval betwixt the tla*h ftnd report, the distance ai estimated ut about, fourteen mil. o\ . :,ty-one shots were exchang ed. The Uric • continued of an h.Hir, when the i. .els seeiucd to dose together, when the firing ceased, and the verse 1<( disap peared. It need scarcely be mentioned that the veteran corps, the lteaufort Volunteer Artillery, wera anxious spectators of the doubtful fence, and eager to participate, should oeeasiuu de mand. The record will prove their undaunted courage and unerring aim. UaiLltßoAli AcrimtriT We learn from one of nur energetic and intelligent newsboys on the Georgia Railroad, that an accident occurred to a Iruight train on that road. He informs us that an o\ wagon stalled .n the road, a short distance bclotv Rutledge, nbila the negro driver wa* attempting to * The look the oxen out and left tho wagon on the road ; and us there is a short curve nt that point, the en gineer of the freight train coming down did not see tho obstruction in time to reverse the engine. The consequence was a collision, which threw the locemotive and tender off the track, and crushed tw -of the bar.-. I oiiunati ly uu per ron ui tin* train was seriously injured, though one of the firemen was somewhat bruised. Avym'i (’ ‘t'-tuf'* tint. Worthy up Not*. The female servant* of Huntsville, Ala., have del oral ined to send a pair of socks to each member of Cupt. li U Matiue’* company, Ike “Huntsville Guard*,” as their of fering to provide fu the comfort of their young masters. The feeling <f affection which prompts this in of far more value than the gifl. h-<. Vicksburg Whig .-ays that nearly every lady, old and young, in Warren county, i# busily engaged knitting socks for the juddicr.- and that the result of their labor will soon be collected together and font on to the ajmy Tho worthy example should be followed m every county, city and town throughout the .S-'Bth. While the Yankees were makiug haste to get away from the Maeass&ji battle field, it is reported that a Mouth Carolina regimental band, stationed cm a hill in full fight. Commenced play ing for the bom Jit of tU dying fugitive, , ‘ Wait for the wagon and you’ll alt get a ride.” A correspondent of the New York Herald writes a letter from on board the *Uiamr Wabash, blockading tho port of Charleston, iu w hich the loyalty of (,‘apt. Mercer, < * muntnding that vessel is called very strongly into que. u tiou. The cor respondent says strange things have happened of late, and ho i lies to know if the officers are patriotic, if they arc true to the star and stripes? The Lincolnites are in aba l way. They and . not know whom to trust. New York Herald is bitterly oppoe- 1 ed to Mr. Lincoln’s Secretary of tLe Navy.- Henson the Secretary refund to give the edi tor’s Hon an appointment. AirtUftALs. Ft is currently reported in naval circles in Portsmouth, says the Richmond I>Ls patcb, that Commander Forrest has been promo- J muted by the Confederate Cong resin? to the rank of Admiral, and that the *umo honor hua been 1 conferred on Commander ltous*au. We giro | these reports from a correspondent, who speaks ofethum a* rep'-rt-', without vouching for their authenticity. Balp. of Southi:u* Stoc ks at the New York Sto k E\i iianoi:.—We lake the following from the Jieraid's account of the sales at the New York Stock Exchange ou the loth: Tennessee Sixes of ’VO, 45 ; Virginia Six** jbl ; Georgia do., 7o; North Carolina do., 450; Mieeouri do., 4t ; Louisiana do., Gl'v From Kart TkmMMSS- —Gentlemen lately from East Tennessee, says the Mocttn Telegraph, give highly favorable reports of the condition of that section. The course of Gen. Zollicofler has been very prudent and conciliatory, as* well as, energetic. I n-ler bis judicious dis affection has hoen paraly-<?<!, and Indifference warmed into a zealous support of thft.Confeder ate cause. Not only was there no fear of revolt, but it was believed that Eai<t Tennessee would rival the other sections of the State in the num ber and efficiency of the volunteers she was send- | iug'und would need, into the Confederate sec idea* j Our informant *ays there wore fourteen fine Cav. j airy companies encamped about Knoxville last week, all of them East Tennessee companies, and attached to Zollicofiier'e command. 11? Mlttitte iiiits. “""""” *” rnmumm .. . Mi. CosselTi Accouux of (lie Retreat. Wo give below the most material and ime. . Ming-portion of Mr. Uu.-sofl> letter to the l.ondou Timed, .leacriUng the retreat of tin* “Grand Army” from Munassn?. The preced n, K l‘ !,, 't of t!i letter refers to the writer’s per Aoual experience, and to rtuidenuwhich trans pired on liis way from Washington to the vt oinity of the baUle-field. lio arrived in tlm latter locality just iu Lime to have .in even start with the lb re most nags in the afternoon races, and the result was by no means disparaging to the KnglisUtnau’s reputation lor speed and bottom. Ihe tact that be was an active and prominent participant iu the retreat doubtless added point and vividness to his description* | I hud met my trieuJa on the road, and mier j a lew words, rode forward at a long trot us vv ell as 1 could pa*t the w agons uud tlir<>ugli Ihe du.-l, when suddenly there arose u ttiiuult oi front of me ut u smull bridge across the road atul (hen I perceived the drivers ot u set pi wagons \vth the horses turned towards me, wild were cnJcavuiuig to force then way Jgailisl the stream oi vclm lea, i ltmg jn the other direction. Iy thu side >t the new sot ot w ngons there were a ausibst oi coiuuussariat men and soldiers whom at hrsts.ghl it.ok u l>e t!,.- biiggugo guard. They looked et. i and and alarmed, uud wer,- runioug by a.de ot tin horses- 111 trout the dust quite obseur. il the At tlm bridge the eUMeoti mn m vv der. • luiu (*iu k nctfcji ! v lu>ut< and the men from tin* trout, “We'ic whipped, were whip. |'c*l They cur cd au.l lugged ut the horses heads, and struggled with tieiuy to get past. • K iinnui- hy me ..u foot w 4, a man with the shoulder strap* oi an otlicer. T'rav, u lot w tin* matter. Sir “It uu an.- we te piuttv’ l*|ti !\ wb lpp.nl, an J that -a la, i,” he blmier.d uni m putts, and continued his career, lubseived that tie curried uo \vo< J. I fie teauiNiers of the adv .lUciu* w agtiui now caught up the ciy. Turn hack -turn your horses, was the shout lip the whole hue, and backing, plunging, jeaiui,;, and kicUmgy the horses w liioli hud been pioccedtug down the road reversed front and went oil toward* I‘cu t'ev tile. ‘I hose beliimi them went iuadl\ rush ing on. the drivers being quite mdiiler. ut whether glory or disgrace led the wa\. piovi ded they could tin J it. fii the midst ot*tln's extraordinary spfelncle, an olliccr, escorted b> sonic dragoons, rode through the ruck with a light call iu oliur|;ii.~- Another orticer on foot with h.s swoed undc-i his arm, ran up against me. What unil ih> about “Why, we’re pu tty !..ull) whipped. W . re all ill retreat. There'sCicu. j ylm there badly wounded.’ And ou he run. There crime yet allot her, who said, Were beaten >*u ail poiuts. The whole ui iu\ is in re treat. * Mdl there ww m> flijilit . i troops, no re(rat and a a army, n>> ru.isou !• >r all till* pru* - 1 pi tat *hi . I rue, there xvujtyj many mull m uniform tlyiuu tuwurJs the u ii, hut it did nut appear *■* a they were 10-yond the proportion-* of a large baggage >c*'it. 1 got my home up Into tUe field uui ul thq riud. and went ou ruptdly to wards the front Soou I met soldiers u iui w psc coming through the corn mustly without aru#*, and preseutix i saw firelock*, cooking tin, huapsaeks uud great coal* on the ground, aud observed that the confusion and *jn?ed yf Hie l-nggoge enrts hecnine greater, and flint many ol them were crowded jxvitli men, or were hd lowed hy otWra xvho clung to liiuiu. “I he umhilirtii, es were crowded Willi eq|diei, Lit a *lil not louk as if there were many xcemi • le.l. Negro servants on led horse* dnslied Iruntu alh vast. men in imifhrm, u horn if Were a disgruev l"tw urofcMWiwn to call “soldier*,’ s\x armed by muii's,purges, und even draught horses, which hud bee* . ul „ ut OJ t . |rll> wf m agon*, and Atefit on x\ iin clinruir to ttietr heel*. ** CrlglrtentHl ns then ri JwM Men literally n renmutl with rage when \ Vjty was blocked up. On X rod*, akmg ail, “What i* ull tins about 1 aud iiow and then, hnliar*.. Iy. receiving the answer. ‘‘We’re whipped,’ or. “AVc're repulsed.’’ As i advanced, tho number ot cart* diumi-. ished, hut tho mounted niuu mcreaxt’d, nud the ctiftinin of fugitiv es hecalne denser. A ic.W buggies and fight wagon* filled with men, whose laces would have made up a “great Le.- I porcllo in tlm ghost ** one, tried to pierce tlie rear ol the muss ot earln, whi< h wero now*oi iditicd utul moving on like a glacier, i crossed a small ditch hy thu roadside?, got out on thu road to escape some Rtiako fences, and, h*>k mg tadurc me, *aw there was •■till a crowd of’ nii'U iu uuifhriu* coumig uloiig. Tin* mad was strewn with uith ie* oi mg firelock*, waist-belts, carlouch linXu*, caps, great coals, nu** tin*, mti*ieaf inefru- , incuts, cartridges, bayonets and sheaths, pistol* and swords—own biscuits, wine bottl>, and piece* ot meat. Fussing a while lu'Uau by thu ruudtuic, 1 -iov, for the first time, a body of infantry with slupod ; arm* inarching regularly ami rapidly toward* (no. i'heir faces were uot blackened by powder, ana it wus evident that they had not bmn engaged. In reply to a question, a nun cuinuiinaiouu<i offi cer told mu in broku-i Knglhh, “AVe full Wk to ; our Bdu*. ‘The attack did not quite succeed.” Tbia w-> a unit,’ to ou*-. aho had ctnuu tbrou h •a<*h a trutie a* I had been witnu**ing. 1 hd ridden, I suppose, about three or thru- .ed a hall mile* from the hilt, though it I* net pUisihle lobe Mire of thu di*tance when having pa*xe<! thu white iioure, 1 ctmt out on an open pioceof ground, hey ond and circulating which wu* I'.ru-'t. Two field piece* were uulimhered and guarding thu road, thu panting und jaJtd horse* in tho rear looked n th oigh they had been hard iv* e\i. ed,.aß<l tin guuner* md driver* lo*bel worn und d*jucicd. Dropping hot* •ounded < !•)' iu l>**ni | through the woods, hut thu gun* ou the lull no j longer maintained their fire. I w&sjust about to ask one of the men fora light, when a iqniftur i ing fire on my right attracted my attention, an I j I <Hit id the ton -t *r along the ro I raithed * uum j I her of men. Thu gunner* i ,rud the trail of thu peal’d t j piece tu wheel it round upon them ; other* made I for the tumbril* and horses a* if f< fiy, when a shout was raised, “Don't t.re: they’er <*ur **wii uien , ’ and iu a Tew uiiiiutus on oauiu pelt meti a wtioia regiment m disorder. 1 ro*lu uerosw *Ha and sWyfrxl Imu “VVe’er pur uo<l by cavalry,” i jhu gtt?pml; “fhoy vo iui us all lo piece* ’’ A* he -poke, u the 11 hurst over tho column ; anotlu-r dropped in thu road, and out .“dreamed another column of men, keeping Ingcdher with thuir arms, and ch*sing up the stragglers of tho first regiment, f turned, and to my ; urprise saw , the artillery ineu had gone off, leaving one gun | is tiding by itself. ‘They had retreated With j their horites. While w<■ were on tho hill 1 had observed ni*J pom tod out to my campanula a cloud ot dust which rose through the trees on our right front. In my present position that place must havo been on the right rear, and it occurred to me that alter all there really might he a body of caval ry iu that direction, hut Murat bun null would not have charged ih u wagon* in that deep, wtll fenevd lane. Il the duel uanie,ns i believe it did, from tho hold arlillery, that Would boa different matter. Any wsy, it was now well eetahimbed that the retreat had ru illy coinmeueed, though I saw hut lew wounded men, and the regiment 1 which were falling hauk had nut buffered much ks. ! There was no further choice for me but to re sign any further researches. Tho mail Irons AW-liington fur the AVednesday steamer at D*>- lon leaves at 2.JU on Monday, and so I put my horse into u trot, kcvjung in the field* alongside thu road as much au 1 could, to avoid the fugi tives, till I eaine one® more <*n tho rear ot thu bagga-'O and store carta, and the pressure of the crowd, who, conscious of tho aid which tho ve hicles would afford them ugaiust a cavalry charge, and fearful, nevertheless, ol their prox imity, clamorod and shouted like madmen a; they ran- Thu road was now literally covered with baggage. It snetned to mu a* if the men inside were throwing the things out purposely.—- “Stop,” cried I to the driver of one of the carts, ‘•everything is falling out.” you,” sboutad a fellow IniWe, “If you * top him I'll blow your brain* out.” My attempt to save • Uncle Ham's projierty were thon and there dis continued. On approaching Centerville a body of German infantry of the reserve came marching down and stemmed the current in room degree; they were followed ly a brigade of guns, and another bat talion of fresh troops. I turned up on the hiU u half mile beyond. Tho vehicles had all left but I two—my buggy was gone. A battery of field I guns was in position where we had been stand ing. The men looked well. As yet there was l nothing to indicate more than a retreat and some j ill-behavior among the wagoners and the riff* • raff of different regimentCenterville was not In bad position properly occupied, and I saw no reason why it should not beheld if it was meant to renew the attack, nor any reason why the at ta*k should not hi* renewed, if there had been I any way why it shoabl hnvo been made. 1 swept the liold oiicu ui.'ic. The clouvls of dust ) wore denser and nearer. That was all. There I vvasm. tiring no mndutrx. ! turned my horse's j head, and rode away through the village, and alter 1 got out upon the road the same oonfu*lon seemed t.. prov ail. the guns on the h II opened, and at the same tinui the thuds of artillery tiom the wood Oil the light rear, flio slani|'e4‘’ Uiou became general. \N ii.it occurred ou the hill 1 cannot say, but all the road frotu Cent rev ille for miles presented -noli a sight aS call only he w itnessed in thu .rack .■I the runaways <1 an utterly demoralized army. Olivers dogged, lavhrd, spurred and beat their horse*, or Imped down and abandoned their teams atnl ran hy the side of the road : mounted men, survm.il* and men in Uniform, vehicles nf all sorts, .-oiuiuis .m it wagons throiigcil the narrow wys At every shot, n convulsion, ns it. ware, seized upon the morbid mas., of btines, sinew, woqd and iron, and thrilled thr. ugh it, giving now energy and action to its desperate etfoHit to get fro* from ttHvh. Again the ery of ‘ Cavalry’’ aroso. “What am yon afraid f v ” said Ito a man who. was running beside me. “I’m tiot afraid of you,” raplnHl Hu* ruttinn, levelling his pieoe ut uio and putting the trb:*r. It was not loaded, or the cup was not i.o, fur the jun did not go otV. 1 was unaimod mol 1 did net j'o off a<s fast an 1 c.mld: I resolved to lvp my own conn el for the second i tine (hat dat. And so thd flight went on. A tone time a whole mass f infantry, with lived bayonets, ran down the hauk o! the ro.nl, and stmie falling as they ran iuiht Imve killed and vmunded tliosentuoiig whuin they tell. As I knew (ho road would soon he. .nue imp tunable orl>lo ked ti]>, 1 put my lio© t :i gallop ami pa e.l . n to ward a t lie front. Hut in .anted men si ill rode lo in , *dmulii.g out, ‘Car airy nr© c .unng.’ Again 1 ventured l> spwik to soma Dicer* whom 1 ov rUoik, and said, *• If rhese ruiuw.ivs are not inpm and the whole ot the posts mid pick ols into Washington will tly also t’ne of thiMii. with- ut s*v mg n w> r.l, spurred his horse aud dulled n\ Irolit. Id > not know vv hot her he ordered the inovenii ‘ t or tint, hut the van ol tho tugitives Was now ~ld*-nly ehoeked. and. press ing eu ibroii ft. the wood at the r< ad ride, I saw a regiment ot inland v blocking up the Way, with llirir front tovvoi ds Centrevillo. A mu ket was levelled at my head n r, l pu lnd •> ilm fis.i.t: *t top or I'll lire.” At the same time the ofliorn vv. re shouting out, “(>on’t let h oul pars.” I inldte •ail owe of them and said to him* •*f-if, l ini a I'.riii ’li ul j.*et • I -1111 not, 1 as •sure you, runi.urg uvv iy. I had done my best to 1 nH'p this dig*Hi'e!ul rmt, (:h I had,) nird have lua;n toll tar them th.-ro to no cavalry with in ilea • l them.’ •• I Wan’l let you puss, sir.” I hy. thought in* ot li.'iirml Scott’s pass. The udju (uni read it. and the word was given along the hue, “bet that wiait pn /’.uni *0 I rode through uaeert a 11 it l eoald now gain the bong Bridge in time in pass over without the counter sign. It was about Uii* time I met a carl hy tliu loii-Li.lo .-tin on ii ud by a group of .soldier*, jojuu of whom, had “fin'* on thuir imp*. ‘I he nynur, a I took him to be, him in grunt dbtref?i, umi ric.t out a* l passed, “can you tell me, *ir. where (he fi'Jlh are nr®7 ‘I husu iu(*n Say, they uru cut lopiet'c.-.’ enn T tot I you.” “I’m m cluirge ol tho mails, sir. und I will deliver them if I dm fur it. Aou arc agoutlcmtin and 1 Ran depend un your vvuid. init *sl for mu to goon.” Not know ing the extant of tint delaole, 1 :.*surmi him it wu*. mn! a ked tho mm of ihe icgimunt how they happened’ to t>o tlu ro, “rhure, the ('obeiiol him *li told i: u> ou oil every man on hi. own hook and l> tty lor our ■live*,” vopliud one of them. Thu mail agent, who told he was aii Kngti-hiuaii, int.Kta.l ( lie . art again I sincurely hope tio had ro*uU lo iiiai.su!t or hi* clinrga followed my ud vice. I ivai'hud Fairfax Court JJou.su; thu poo |dc, black and white, with an xiotift f i'*e, wu u ut iU doors, and the infantry oero under arms. 1 was buMugod. with qtios.niuiH, though handlXtlsof lugilivcr hud (Mishrl through before mu. Atone house I topped t., ask for water for my horse; tho owner seat hi* servant for it cheerfully, tho very house whui-ew had in vuwi asked for souiu liiing to ®iu iu theforeinwm. “ f herc’a a fright ntiiong tfieiu,” I observe il iu reply bjj. .piomhm rc.-peuling thu cummifWiUUt drivers. “Tlmy'r® afraid oi the enemy’s ctivul r>.” * :\fp you un American ?” suhl the man. “No, . ~jM not.” WeJl, the. j, w urihl, “there will he cavalry l>o them fc ‘on uD”i.,|, There’* twenty thousand of thu h*M hurst tuun „ h world in Virginny !” Washington wo* v u eighlMh mßes nwny. 1 hu road wus rough ai.<i uc®rtain, and again my poor stal'd wv under *ay hut il was no uso •'* outstrip •hu runaway*. Grim or twice I itnag med 1 heard ; aim in the rear, bin 1 lM .uld i,..t l-u *urc of it, UK on*, qeon.m of tho rom <d tljc flight bohmd inu. It wa.s irv.nt urpiMng t.. b<>w the loot sold ers had c.arrived to get on in ud vanuc As 1 approached | found tho guard* pwkctfi’ |*Wt*, and l*dividuul sentries Miriiin,’ for acai, anil the wotq uri’d tu pass along, “VVhat dm* that man *ny’ >Yw-k “Bug orna, hn tell* mu wu'r* no* hit all Wq* rutrait ing to thu mild lines for Convenience or fighting to-morrow again. Gh, tlmt'a iligaiit ‘ ’ “k ~,q ting Lo the trie tin pout, l.uwci ui, tbccminti rv, MI of corn e, I had not gut it. But the officer*!_ *ed inu through ®u pr<Mluctimi of Gen. Bcott’^wil e> guani. Tlm light* and the cit v won in sight, and redacted on ttiu water* of lho Potomac ; jut j ghstunud hy the el uded moon, slmne the gay tump.* of th-- Wfiße House, where thu President was prnhahly entertaining some I'riend*. In si lunuu 1 pa* id over the Long Bridge. Hofuo f. w hours It®r it qwheied under the Htepsoftt rabble ol ur* .irined men. At Washington und a rugiumnt with piled am** were waiting to .rwr. into ViigUiia,. iiigtaf? and cheering. !!•;_ | ft.re 111’ inoc’ivng they reeu vod orders, I belii-ve, | tai as*t*i in keening Maryland quiet For the J bumirudlh tint® I repeated thu cautiotjfl aeeeuiif, | whi b tu the lu-st of my knowledge was true, j J bcre were men women b>l wiJkr* to hear iu ; The ebn k bad iud si ruck MF. M. a I pu<- itd AVdlaid'*. ’i !* pavement in front of the hall aa* eri-wi and. I hr. rumor of defeat hud I come iu, hut few of Ihe many who had hue® j fed upon lie* an t tho reports of •omplcta victory whi-di prevailed could credit Ihe iutcltyfenec. .Sutcu ht’iws had not elapiud before Ihe trouU udd ihu story. Tho “Grand Army ofibc North,” as it was railed, had represofttalives in uvory thoroughfare, without a rum, orders or officer,, standing out iii the rain- AVlicti all these must iHiaccouid.djle plieiiouiuna were occurring 1 was last sl®qi, hut 1 could M-itroc credit my inform ant. in the luofrung, when he told uio that thu J udurulmt*, were utterly routed, and fallen hark to Arlington to defend thu Capital, leaving nearly it vo but Kiri* ot artillery, n,WMi muskets, im inerisu quantity of stares and baggage, and thuir Wouitdud and prisonor* in the hand* of tlio uti eiuy. Lutth® AuioVicati journal* tett lho story thuir owu way. i hav® told n.mo as 1 know It. It has rained incessantly and heavily shndo early morning, and thu < ountry must be unfit for opera lions; otherwise, if Mr. Davis desired foprox his udvantiiLc, he might how ho Very close to Arlington Heigh’ . Helms nlrvltdy proved thut he has a fair tight to he at lho head of n “but ligereut power.” But thmigh th*) North may roul under the shock, I cat not think it will umku her desist from th® struggle, un.es* It ho speedi ly followed by blows more deadly even than the repulse from an. There i* much talk now (of “masked batteries,'’ of cour*e; of outflank ing, and cavalry, and sueh matters. The truth seems to he that tho men were over work"!, kept out f>r twelve or fourt> ®n hours in thu sun, exposed to long range lire, badly officer cd, and of dcliclenf regimental organization. Then curno a m- -t diflicull operation—to with draw this army, so constituted, out of action in fue® of an energetic nuuiy who had repulsed it. Tho retirement of tlio baggage, which was with out adequate guards, and was in the hands of ig nor ant drivers, was mi* understood and created alarm, and that alarm became * panic, which bu fame frantic on the appearance of thu enemy und on the opening of thuir gun* on the ruuu way*. But the North will be ull tho more eager to retrieve this disaster: although it may divert her from the fcheuie, which hua been suggested to her, of pun tolling England, a little while lon •.. . . . The exultation of the .’ uth cm only he un derstood by those who may .-'to it, and if the Federal Government persevere* in il design to make Union by force, it may prepare for a strug gle the result of which will leave the Union very little to fight for. More of the “battle” In my next, r pity the public across tho water; but they must be the victims of hallucinations and myths it in out of my power to dispel or rectify just now. Having told so long a story, F scarcely ex , port yur readers to have patience, and go hack upon the usual diary of events; hut the records, such us they are, of this extraordinary repulse, must command attention. Tt is impossible to exaggerate their importance. No man can pre dict the results or pretend to guess at them. TUK SIIV KKIBNTV II VT H K S TAT KS. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1801. Outurtl to Washington!” The Now York llerul.l hm suhititutud the 1 above for theory of “ou to Richmond !” Wo j s'opy from that papui us Tuesday last: i Morn troop* *ro ordered to the capital. Move ! meuta of the rebels iudieato an attack im Wash There, are our national buildings, our arebievs, our govoruuieui.our labor tor seventy ‘• Ilie.o Ul UM hI protected. Theques liou tor couiideration. therefore, is, what meas ures ought to he taken to avert so fearful 11 ou taakrophe us the full of the capital f Siiioe lien dal Mcv'lelhni has heou placed in command of the Army ol the Potomac, great vigor has been ml used into the conduct of military matters. I roops ure being forwarded in great numbers by ivory conveyance, uu,l by Saturday, next about seventy-live thousand men, in addition to those already there, will ho iu the capital from (he ten States just called upon by the Secretary of War. All . lliccrs ou turlough, whether holding com maud ul regiments or companies, all soldiers, iu lad, not ou duty, ought to report at once to their commanders, and “Ouwurd to Washington ’ should bo (lie cry aud the answering movement. itb prompt and decisive action, aa overwhelm ing military force can beoucempcd on (he lower I‘utomac and Chesapeake, prepared to prwout • he rebels from crossing over from Virginia, and a well appointed nod nuiuotou* anuy can be on trenched on (ho upper Botouiao, ready not only t” dyter thu rebels ti.*Bi making any attempt on (hocapitao, but place us in a position to roauuio Dial advance movement which was temporarily . becked at Stono Bridge. Ouward! Ouwaid to Washington 1 WAitLi a k We looked into and Hub mson sshop yesterday ami found eight bouuti •ul 1.1 h ‘ caniiuii ready for the cairiages, and twelve more in various stales of forwardness. I here wtvo also three or four iron cunnou on hand, one of them of the peculiar kind kuown as •he I’iii rott gnu, a long slender piece which (brows a shot of tan inches in length uud two and three quarter* in diameter. The same uian iilactaorory are making a boring machine for the Confederate Stata* arsenal by which twelve I; lies will he bored ut once they are also put ling up iiui.hmory lor ritliug camiou. Minuihm Tlie North f cut iud West. Till* Ivieliliioiul Ihsputch oft ho 21 at huillie I'ollovvillg : Tlio couJllion of ullaiis in the North-West remains with ii material ullcrulion since our bist. tieneral* Lee uud Loring are within eight miles of a divlsiou of the enemy, which lias been withdrawing till within u lew utiles of Him Misvillc. The other jiurt of (he lorc*s tin j der Gen. Lou is somewhere beyond Monterey W'e suppose, from the state ol the moves on the chess board ul last dales, we shall hear m a short tune of some decisive action iu that part ul the Slate Retreats and disasters are no longer liir ua, w-e imugine, ill that quarter. It is the eueuiy’* turn now. From the Kanawha Valley we learn that Gen. Floyd, xvho leads in the advance movement, wa* on Holiday on Big Sewell mountain, Home thirty miles beyond Lewislmrg, and tliut Geno iil AV ise was close behind him. Th® scouts of the enemy hud ventured us tar us the loot of Newell, and a Jeluchiueut of cavalry, under • ‘ol. Davis, had a brush with them on Friday, hi which some of thu Ohio swine, supposed to l>u mm: m number, were killed. After this ruiicoutro, the enemy lied rapidly. It was sup posed that he would retreat a cross lho Grulvy, •"id probably attempt to hold some of the most defensible position* beyond it. Gen. Ileiiiliugseii passed by the White Sul phur on Sunday morning, und proceeded with ““I delay to join the Wise legion, where lie takes ( oiuiMutid of the regiment iierelotore un der ( -’ol. X rank Anderson, a gallant officer, who was with Walker nnd General 11. iu Nicara gua. < ‘olouel A. resigned his eumuiissiou in favor <>l (lie (iuneral, and accepted the office of Lieutenunt-Coloiiel under him. General 11. i* an important ncquisioti to them uiy ol the Khii awlitt, and will, lio doubt, acquit himself iu a manner xvorthy of his high aeputaLou. The reader will see thut we have not been ‘cry explicit, but quite enough to show thut the enemy to nowon the defeusive in the West and North west, and thut we may iugoodtimo hear of stirring events. Affair, aruuaff Almmlria. The Richmond Lxamtner of the gives the lollowiug interesting intelligence: ‘I hu news we have from Ihe theatre of the war adjoining Alexandria, is us particular iu tereat. There were only about ten regiments in the vicinity ot the city, and several of them not full. Tin* three years men who had been enlisted before the meeting of Congress, were resolved to claim exemption after three mouths service, oil tlm ground that their enlistment lor three years wus done without the authority of (-oiigreas, and cannot hold them. One regi merit, enlisted for three years on the ‘J&th June lust, were reported hy its officers us intending to disband ns soon ns it should complete thuir three months of aerviee. The army in Virgin ia was positively demoralized. Desertions .'mi melons, and were nssisted in a quiet way -v the Alexandria people. As an instance of ihv frequency of resignations among cunimis • officers, we are informed thut a Captain 1,1 l *"‘ v iltb Maine Regiment confessed to Inu e b. eu that had resigned in his regi ment Min'Oy ieir rol ,| M i Manukas. <*n the I'Via* Court House road the ene my * Imu* cabout four miles from 1 l: ' 1 ” ‘ 1,1 ‘V,., .111. . lII,IM about v .Ml Mir forces had •“*"V -dvuneed beyond Fairfax < ourt ib'iise, line* •“ K, ket* oiily having been thrown out iu advance. jq 1M ro ,. c(tl iHegroph report of tiiu falling hauk i* forces is ex plained by the eireiiinslaii. xq , goll „. detach munts ol our lr es on the r-)Ah. 0 Virginia hud been withdrawn, on account of „ u |„.„||| n . lies* Os Ihe low grounds and th® ajrknes* among the limn, t* another position. T here was no evidence of advance *w )Vl . muni* in our line*. It was reported in Ab*v„. dn.i tb.it McLleßan refused to consider himr®M ou the delimsivc amt contemplated an advan- iu the direction ol Fairfax Gourt House Tlie luiliiu. \iliviu. AVu learn from tho Fort Smith Times of tho loth instant, (hat all thu principal men and chief* ami warriors of th® L'boctawx, Chickasaw*, Creeks and SuOiinoles us the recurves aru urithu- Hi.itie ally for lb® South. A full regiment and Hx companion more composed of men of ihusu nations will hu ready in u few days to take up the lino of march Major Keutor, with cotuum • ioiier Albert G. Pike and other agent* are about to meet tlm Cumanche* and other wild tribes in a grand council. It is supposed thut at least five thousand Cawancho warriors will gather to that council. i'roiu 11 o Memphis Appeal we take tb® luliuw ing description of the standard of the Confeder ate (.'oinintosiouer: The standard of the commissioner isaaigmli ant one. in its blue held are the eleven white stars, iu a circle, and iuside that circle the com missioner has placed four small red stars, form ing the four extremities of a passion cross lor the four nations, the Choctaws, Chickasaw*, Crocks and Heminolcs, iu token that these Chris tian trites of red men are encircled by our pro tection, and with us and of us. When, if ever, we deem it lit to treat with the Cheorokees, a fifth red star will form the centre of the cross. - Tho commissioner will not again treat with Mr floss, nor the Chi rokees, while ha remains in bow er ; but the government will not desert, or leave unprotected the friends of the South, among the Cherekeos. tS/nmith in the Kanawha*—! The Ohio Stale .Journal of Monday says: JJy a special dispatch from General Cox to ( iov. Denison, from Oauley Bridge via Galli poli*, dated the 17th, we leant that our advan ced guard, the lltli Regiment, hud u skirmish with the enemy’s outposts near Big Sewell mountain,23 miles iii advance of Uauley bridge the day before, ill which live of'the rebels Were killed and several wounded. Our men had three slightly wounded. m • i Don't Wart to Km.iiT.--We copy the follow, iug paragraph from the Pittsburg Dispatch of the Fifth inst. Loth tho Wheeling papers speak of dilator!* noss among the Union men in Western Virginia in enlisting, and suggests, as a stimulant to vol unteers, that Governor Pier pout is determined to call f<>r a draft, unless the regiments are more rapidly filled of v< lunteers. We have all along thought that the Unioo men in portions of Wes tern Virginia were two willing to let us do the lighting for them while they uo the talking. COLIiMBIIM. WhlOhNM U , AUAM IS. (Mil. I’wptd ,1 > Visbl in North U rslrr.i lirt.nii. We learn from a Idlerreceived at this office from a member of the Muscogee Rifles, dated August iNth, that warm work was expected in a day or two between our forces and iho lies sians in the mountains of Virginia At the date ot the letter our Iroops, about six thouiuud strong, were encamped near Green Rrier river, about -i\ miles front the Federal camp, which was on Client Mountains. The writer says that on the night ol the 17th our picket guard was tired upon, and two of our men (both Yn gihiWin) xveru wounded. The letter further stales, that while it whs being written the men oi the whole command xveio engaged in cook, mg two day’s provision, and wore under order* to inarch upon the enemy hclbru day tticcnsil mg mo ruing We ure looking every moment lor news ol a battle aud u Confederate victory iu that quarter. Ilrahli of tlie lM lu-urnu ItatUliou. Iu the Macon Telegraph of yesterday We bud the lollowiug communication : Snwjkm.'i i*oiwr, I August *JI, Isbl. f Kdito, Ihi ii// j'rfty ,ijiii He an Sir After consultation with the otll t'ers ot our Rattanou, we deem it proper tostate to mu Irieuds, that vv Idle,thuro arc over a him dred cases m sickness iq the lUitlaluui, they •ire all ol 11 liglil for in of billions fever, and yield readily to medical treatment. The Sur £ p °n authorizes us to slate that that is not Vow (tint h.i* tiot ‘ht e/i within the lust sceji. a s "'Th ttan-:erint c.iseof sicim-s* in the Uutt { i! h>>i. AA e have deemed it necessary to make this communication to relieve any appreheii sions which limy he left by the l.unilics aud friends of the nu n cmiipoaiiig the LaUulioii. 11. A. SMITH, G. AV LOSS. Auulhcr Krt’iinrkl. In hl.oiu ten day* a regiment of Georgia Volunteer* will rendezvous at this place. The lollowiug am the held oiiiccrs : L. L. TbOimis. ol AVliiltield, t olonel. \V. t’. I lodges, of ('olumbiis, tiiefttnnkiil- Coloiiei. ti. A. Hull, ofT,a(irange, Major. J- I*. Hainhleton, of Atlanta, Rurgeo’h. This regiment will he armed hy the Confed erate Government. Southern (Atlanta) Con federacy. W’ congratulate Lieut. Ilodjgrs upon Ids promotion. lie will worthily (ill that nr oven a higher office. CuufeJfrjle Treasury Xole au-l liar id. Gar rendermust hucoulont with tliu I Bowing outliuo of this great mua-iiru. Thu act iu full would occupy liiruu mortal t'-duuiu* of our pa per : ‘riieyi/M auction providealor the isauu ot slOll,-. 000,000 ill Tiouaury Notes. I ho smuH'l provides for 41 u of slUO,o(io r OUO ul w ith iwuiity year* to run, ands per cunt, iuturusl.to ho ii <od for the pur|>osu of fund ing the Treasury Note*, ul making exebaugu for fhu proceed* of thu *uiu id raw produce and man ufactured articles, i-r tor tho |>urchHa) ot specie or military stores. By lho third suctiyii, holders of Treasury Motor may, ut any lime, demand iu exchange for I hern bunds of thu ( unfedujato .Statu*. ’ Tb*/r(/i SMclion lays a war lux of Ulty cunt* uu every Imudrud dollars in valuu of roul estate, sluvus, mun.liandizc, hunk and uihor stocks, mo uuy at iutcru.-d, uxcupting houdn <d Ihu Confodo rtiu .Stale*. Ainu taxes hi ihu huuiu iulu-mi cash on hand, cattlu, gold watches, gold and silver plato, pianos, pleasure oai‘l lugus, etc. Any fam ily whoo property i* less than livo hundred d<<l lar* is uxuiupt from laxatiuii. Colleges, sohoolf, and chant ihlu iuslillilious uro ulso uxuiupt. Thu ji/tk provides tor iho appointment of a Chief Collector over each Stale, uu-di Mlato con stiluling a “lax divisit*u” and for sub Collectors and As-..’ -sors. Tlm salary of Chief S2,UUU pur annum. Thu tub Collector* uro appointed by him, amt ‘buy appoint ilto A*s<*ors, Thu remaining auction* ]iruhcnhu tlm modo of levying aud paying, over Lho tax, Ihu dutir-) <d oilieur*, tile “blig’ilion.. of fax-pa> or*, Au. To f-rge or c-muUrf- it a T'ruasury uoto isnw.l uu-luj tins ai Lisa lojuu), ari l tlm poualtp n death l o lorgu or uuiiniuriuit any coupoii or bond issued under thu u-'t i* dt.-clurud felony, pun Diablo wiib impiisoniuunt Ivin! Uar-l labor lor a term and uot less ihau fivu nor moiu Ihau tun yuars, and a bin, nl uxuoediug live thousuud dollai. Coir p'ii-lun- 00l the M.ic ,u Tuhgiaph. The. (illi hcop’ia Ue^uoetit. Youi. town, Aug. Ith, ftfil. Wu have just relumed to Yorkiown altar en ahiunuu of two week.-, lu Ibis limo wo liavu buuu upon every road bet vv cun this point Mini Newport News and Hampton. In our first march upou the puuitiKul* our muu would tire and hu K'fi to tall by thu way aid® iu iivu or six miles ; , “w,*bey are like veterans, alli on their return to AhU 4U| at the eloiie us ihu last uxpudifioii, they marh L | t Wt .| vo milea r with out stopping a moment We did all \, UU| . |, owor U j,i| e „ (| ie euuiny liom hi* strongli* , Within a uui® and a hall'uf N,w|.url K*.M U r N,„ u „, woru lUr „ wll ‘’U* 1 * ““W rn Sii,e.l lb.ru lor „ boor. W, Ibor, itmri bo.l oo.r to ud our lore® iu sight of thuir w# i u .r,,ui.Ud wiib Ibo b..|, 11,,.- V BUCUIr .„ uU uouie. Thu hoys felt that thuy cov,j j (UI ,| ir j M thuir numbers to flight. Thu was great wlieu wu were urdured to rttliltv oul having accomplished morolhau the of Hampton. Gun. Magruder wa* keen lor encounter, and • bared iu the disappointment of of the troops. Our own Colonel (Colquitt), who wan acting as Brig. Ueneral, iu immediate com mand, was restless and unhappy, because he could not uiar.ihal his force.-; iu front of the 4ne my. Ft is rumored that the Colonel will be |a Brigadier, lie hud the direction of tho detuiln in our lust march, and satisfied all that bo is well qualified for the responsibilities of such a posi tion. All tho troops spoke of him in terms of encomium Our regiment stands well in charm ter and dis cipline. Perhaps no regiment in this department is ae distinguished for upright and ftraightfor ward demeanor. Instances of rudeness to indi viduals and disregard of private rights and prop erty, have been complained against other regi ments, but as yet we are free of any offence in these respects. We hope still to add to our rep utation in this rognrd. Should we have tho op portunity, we will have still greater Haims to public favor in the valor, which we are assured our men will evince upon the field. We huve had a severe time with the measles and the diseases which follow it. From nine bundled men our effective force has boon dimin ished to five hundred. There has been about twenty deaths. Thu worst we think is now over. Our men are rallying in health and strength, and we shall soon regain our full num bers. The prospect of a fight seems remote, and it is quite itmuragiug. Still we hope liiaLUeu. Wool, who, it is said, bus superseded Gen. Butler in command, will make some forward movement. READY. Tin’ kißjarou's Vast. “Abraham Lincoln bus appointed the last day xis September as a day of fasting, h u I**l ia - lion unJ prayer, to be observed by the people nf the Lulled States.” There cat) he no use ni this observance lor three reasons : Ist. “I'uitiHg” ha* already been extonsively obaervetl utul practiced among llie Northern paupers thrown out of employment, ns evi denced by the armies u|Women in their cities begging for bread. ‘dd. Their “huuii/mtion” was rendered com pletc on the 2UI ult., ou the plains of*‘7V£m/*- ao.v,” unless the seomidnU are dead to shame. 3d. Thuir “proper*” are forbidden by the U'ovU liovh, which says “the prayers of the wMeti nvailelh npi;” and in this view, there cn be no propriety iu the rogues, thieves, hars uinl smu/iUifU, of Yuukcedom invoking a just UoU to luvor their rnv<uion oi l lie South, for pur - poses oi plunJer, robbery, arson, murder, rape confiscation, and the overthrow of true (lovern went on earth, I'.l FA I LA. LomoF’JHe Jaer, Davis Cunfikmkh. AA’o louru from sumo of the crew of Iho Jefl’ Davis, and who arrived Saturday last, that the Jeff Da vis was lost on St Augustinu Bur ou the I7ih inst. The voNsol is u total loss, having gone to pieces soon after she struck , the crow nro nil safe. AVo also loam that the Jell Davis, oil the 11th lust., captured a largo ship called tho John Carver, loaded with proviaionr, bound to Key AA'osl. Tho ship was burned, and sumo twenty person- taken prisoners, and carried into St. Au gu&one.~-A<ta. A7mt JUi/i. Cl. Kiltack. AVo leant through Oipt. Baker, that private Bullock of the Kulaula Killes, now at Densaeo- In, has heou appointed hy the i*resident to thu Colonelcy ol an Alabama Kcgiuiuiil which is about to ho organized at Auburn AA’o sincerely rejoice ut tho appointment, not only because it is a well merited compliment tu one ol Alalia ilia’s iiobiosl sous, hut heeuu.'o wo thiuk the pub lic serv ice is promoted by it. AVe share the gratification of our contempo rary nf the above appointment. Though edu cated in the arts (if peace Col. Bullock possesses qualities which eminently lit him lor u lender and will: bine us rusplondently in (he cauip und on thu field, as in the forum or the Semite Chamber. Col. l-'itr nhu lit, who succeeded tlllsworth ill com in and of the Now York Fin* 7.outm*s, und who died a few days ago at Washington from injuries received nt MnnuHsas, wa* coinoitly known n* “Pony Farnliain,” beinglnif four fed four inches iu height. He was, of course, one •‘Short Boyn.’* I'i.oUKNt K, (lx., Aug. 2tiih, 1 St! J . A cc i ding lo pr*v ious itoliuo, a portion of (he cili/.cn* of Muwarl County being called together to consult tliu propriety tu rucuuirnuud tho Infe rior Court, of suivl uuuiity, lo levy a special tax for thu support of thu families of the absent sol diers now ill the service of tliu Confederate Statu*. Jamo* Hilliard was vuiiod to thu Chair and J. AV. Orr, requested to act as Secretary. On motion u uoiumilleo was appoiutud lo prepare bu Mueas for lho meeting F. Cowan, Win. Carter, Ambrose Fowoll, W. C. llill uud VV. C. Bryun, C<-iu miltuu. The lollowiug rusolutiuiis wu* read and utiaui mously adopted : AVhurca*, war is now uxistiug between tliu Btute* composing thu Southern Confederacy, and tliu Northern or old Liiitud Statu*, and it he hoove* u-, it we would maintain bar liberties and ludepeudutieu to use all tliu means ut our eomiuund in furthering the eau.su of Southern independence; and Whereas, icry many ol the Volunteers win-are now ha'tlmg lor the rights of tho Smith, uru men in indigent cucumstuncut', aud have lull fumdius iu great destitution, whose want* must be provided lor ny tliu property hold urs of the country, and a* thu most equitable mode of equipping our Yoluutuurn for active imr viep, and providing tor ihu want* ot thuir desti tute families, is by direct, taxation. Be it there fore Resolved, That wu recommend tho Justices of thu interior Court id’ Ibis county to usse** sueh an amount upon the tax payers of this county us Will hu stillieiuut to raise tliu riiiii of $L r ),00tl for the use of such Volunteer* n* aru now in thu military hufvicu of ihi* Stale, of of thu Southern Confu-lwru-'y, or who may hereafter enter uid rur vice, and for ili > ii*h nt I heir f*mi!ius a* may b© in uucessiioiis i.r destitute eircuiiHtgiices, uud while many *>• - oi eiii/.ens b.iv't*eotiirihutud large Iy to Ihu Oeppoi ( of our loavc Volautture and iheir-lestiiiiiwtTtmilio*, we nro pifldud to tiekuowl edge Dial lloiv are olfiir* wlio tiuvn dou® com paratively iillM r i.ulbii g lor (i,u ud vanocmuut of our glorion - < uiw, auu iu mdei ilmt ul! iu iy bu on a|i c-quai pur in “iu Mipp .il-'l ;<-.utlo ru I’rghls hud Aon i, i unlepondui i-.. Kesolvrd, ‘Jl.at.ull who fin V o ItUf I ofofj* im .|i - tribuied citliur to equipping <>i lumi hmg volun leer* with ihu moan, ol unienng ihu m-rviu® of ihu country, or who hav u uni-ol tli-.ir dustitiUu f unlit with money, pro vision-. rid liar ucctw *ar>es hu allowed to run<U-r the came, under oath, to the eollwfl or <d Ihu tuxes aforesaid, aud hale the XHlflu dudllCtut) fioiu ilia amount of tux ur *da-ud agMuWt Hhiii, Ac. Resolved, That a copy ut Ihusu rusolulious be lurni>hud the Ju/Imes of thu inferior Court <•( said County, uud ulso a copy hu sunt to thu Co lumbus daily papuis for publu-ali >u. The incut mg adjourned .mm da. jAM KS U ILLIA UD, Chuii uiou. J. VV. ttaß, .‘•e. rutary. A Lr.* k oi Jfcir. Davis’ llaik A friend turn handed us, says Ihu Natalie/ Loiiriur, thu original of thu following letter, forwarded by fhu Tho*. FoWcll, of fhu Natchez I'Yucihtt-s, ur ouu of ihu trophies secure.! by him after thu hat tlo of MauatMa* Flam. It is peculiarly rich, particularly that purl which hus reli rencu to Frusi.luut Davis, it was evidently written be furo tliu battle, when thu pio.i deluded wr.iteh wa* in good heart, uud saw a bright hope iu tho fu ture before him : W ASIIINUToX.VIuIy, I KOI. My Dear Wife.. I write you a few line*, to inform you, thut perchance this may tig the Inst time tbal 1 id ay have Ihe cbaucu ul doing mi for souiu limo. Wu are on our march tu Richmond, by the wsy of Mauasras. The lew rebel* thin *re there will be no obstacle* to us. We will ”'nletely demolish them ; and once in Richmond Nude South will be subjugated. as we are in the city, my and your brothers ,m y, e home, to give you hu account of the greut ttC hi vid over the rebels. I will *nd piece ot Jell j (> hy brother,, and a few little meuiori*k ihat I limy take from the fuc-h a. rillgt ur A. KM* u, tllnu I. , which wm u Hi— 22,1, 1 willliuhoinu.il , , 1( ( „ j. „„ furtbur ■uovuiMDt ot i.n|iorUm=. u hl „„ buttßd ... th. ui.rrhthrough. 1 lui,Ko [iu(( to „ close. My love to ull the family y oUr a fl„ 0 . Donate husband. J. A. Ist. Regiment Maine Volunteers,y (K j>, ~~~ mm Tint Virtues ok Fiona x. — The washer w^ t . p of Holland and Itelgium, so proverbially and who gut up their linen so beautifully white, use relnied borax us washing powder, instead of sods, iu the proportion of a large haudful of bo rax powder to about ten gallons of boiling water; they save in soap nearly hull’. All the large washing establishments adopt the same mode. For laces, cambric*, etc., mi extra quantity of of the powder is used, and for crinolines, (requir ed to be made stiff,) a strong solution is uooessa ry. Borax being a neutral salt, docs not iu the slightest degree injure the texture of tho linen ; its effect is to soften the hardest water ami there fore it should be kept on toilet table. To the taste it is rather sweet, is used for cleuuing the hair, is an excellent dentifrice, and in hot countries is used in combination with tartaric acid and bicarbonate of soda as a cooling bever age Good tea cannot lie made wiih hard water; all water may be mnda soft by adding a tea spoonful of borax powder to an ordinary sixod kettle of water, in which it should boil. The sav iug in the quantity of tea used will be at least one-fifth. More of tin* W Triilors. AViiEßLimi, Aug. 20. The Western \ irginfaktlake Convention udopt ed to day un ordiuace creMmg n new State Gall ed “Ivan ii who.” The ordumuiv® provide* that Mm matter he rhfened lo the jieopl* at an unfelec tion tojho held on the|24tb ofDotoker for eppro vel nr rejection, l'he adjginiug eoutlee aro to bo admitted U'a majority ol the voters tlicruin do siro it A letter from Mr. Bates (Aho Lincoln’s At torney (Jen.) to Mr. A. I'. Hitchio, vs Marlon county, was read in tho Convention on Thun.lay last. It was iu answer to an inquiry a.** to the propriety of forming a now Statu in the part of Virginia, Bates say* : The Inruiuliou ot anew Statu out of \V\*l cru A’iiginia is an original, Independent act i revoJiilion. Ido not deny the power of revo lution, (I <l<) not call it right I*r it is never prescribed, it exists in three only, and hn* and eon have no law hut the will of the revolution ists.) Any attempt to curry it oul iuvolves u plain breach ol both the Constitutions—-of Vir ginia nnd the nation. And hence il is plum that you cannot take that course without wea kening, if Uot destroying your claims upon the sympathy uud support of the General Govern ment , and without disconcerting thu plan al ready adopted both by A'irginia nnd the Gene ral t ioveriiinent, for tlm reorganization of the revolted States, and the restoration of the in legrity ol tlie Union. Your convention annulled the revolutionary proceedings at Richmond, both in the Conven tion und General Assembly, uud your new Gov ernment formally demanded of the President the fulfillment ut’ tho constitutional guarantee in favor of Virginia- Virginia, n.i known to our lather* and to us. The iVestdtotu admitted the obligation and promised his host effort• to ful fill it; nnd the Senate admitted your Senators not us representing anew and nameless State, now for the first tune heard of in history, but ns representing “the good old Common wealth.” il l had time l think i could give persuasive reasons lor declining the attempt to create n new- State at this perilous time ; l might he willing to go fully into the question, but now I cuu say no more. Nomthkun FrxANer.s. The N T ew York Tri bune of the 20th rays: The Banks held another meeting yesterday, but tho J'hiladelphia Bunk not being quite ready to a-t in coucurt, nothing wtU ed. The I’hiladelphia Banks, it is thought, will take their portiou of thu five millions deficient ol tho Boston Huboriptlcn. If not, the Now York Banks will take it up. Thu managing Commit too have not yeL I,cun appoiuled ; our Banka paid yesterday into the Sub treasury s',:oo,otn) on account of the loiin, being tho Ift pur cent, stipu lated tube paid im mediately. I'lidortbe disagreeable communis of the Klig lish press on thu ISull Bun hattlo, and rather dis quieting rumors from Washington, tlie stock mar ket Opened With a heavy fueling on Monday morning, and prices weio half to one pur uoui. lower all r<>und. At tho secoud hoard transac tions were mainly in Federal ami State stocks, without much variation in prices. The weekly statement of tho New A’nrk City Banks shows a lurthur contraction iu the Imuis and discount*, with an increase of a million and more in specie. The deposits aro ulmut the same as the previous Week. Tho New York Herald, of Tuesday morning, says; Thu stock market 101 l oil yesterday on tho strength of the foreign news and tho call nf the Secretary of AA’ar for tnnru troops, ‘l'he bears made thu most ot the latter event, und uffiroiud a robust belief iu an early attack on Wutdiing tou by Beauregard’s forces. m*r “n* John Clark, ot CnmhorlMud county, iu this State, look it into his head to raise and organize a company of volunteers to tight for •ho Lincoln Government. This movement, in a Statu acknowledging lid fealty to that Govern ment, induced a mini her of rittaens of AY hi to county, to arrest John Clark, and ho wus brought to this city yesterday, and taken huloro thu lion. West IL ilimiphroys, .ludgo id’ thu Conludurate Status District Court, by whom he was couitnil todtojail for examination ou a charge of trea son. Clarke will probably have a hearing at tho October term of thu <'mi federate Si ulus District Court It is supposed that ho is a Northern man. Wo understand that ho thought hu would bo treated as Mr. Nolsou has born, but the Judgo informed him thut lie had no power to releusu him, that it was his duty to try him upon tho charge, and if found guilty, his nock eoald only bo saved by the interposition of I'residout Davis. ‘Jliis took the lodoiibtablo Captain aback— •'if/e Union <f Avici icon. Aw/. 21. I'miu the At.aula Daily Intelligencer. bt u Tylrr of llif “Grautl Ana)” of Juvasiou. Meet s. J.ditinui —Such in the impudence and ‘ingratitude of thu Aunkeu raeu, that a singlu local illustration is sufliciuut to stump ilium us the most trcachorou.s and unreliable ui all human being*. Brigadier General Tyler, of Connecti cut, commanded thu center ol McDowell's army at tho great bull In of Matiaseus FI a ins, on the 21 ut ull. This identical Brigadier General Tyler, a few years ago, was the Superintendent of tlm Macon A Western Bail road. And we have re cently heard that hu is yet a largo stockholder in that Hoad. llm son ft Brigudier Gunuial Tyler, ot the “Grand Army’’ of invasion, is at present the .'-u'perintbMlatil of the MilOon Jt AVestulfi Railroad. U hen ho shall havo amassed a hand some iortuim by (Im supervision oi Southern Radio ids, the < ‘■ ample ol ),i* lather may b fol io wed, ho will return to his native Oonneuiicu', aud in all probability will ho a Brigadn r Gtlicr ul iu the next “Grand Anny ’• t in...-mo. f Will the .'southern pu"jdo *vur arrive at that pei i.,i *i tb’ ir bi-ii'-ry win u they will manage tlie,i own inti iiiat dll.iir: and legislation, without the aid and su(*ui vision oi A ankeos ’’ Now is tho time to cut Im, o in cv.-ry icqu;ct, and uiaUe a clean Kii'ei p It wo mil (and m i upon this princi ple, we had as vvoll submit ut once, for gradually subjugation will certainly follow. Sotrrn. The New Vork 7!hh. Tim pcrial correppondci.t oi tlm I’alt-uior* Kxihawjr, willing from AV,. I.iugton, -Aug. Ifith, say that tho following ii lcrwu ; read to the 7'Jth Ucgkiunt ou AVedn:-du> ■ “The Gmmial a Coli)iuiihdiog has beard with thu deepest pam of tlm net of insubordiuutiun ou the part of the 7'Jlh Kcgimunt. IVithoutaUcitipt ing to enter into a ill cussio# -d the causes, il is suillcirmi to ••iy that they iro frivolous and groundless. “ that l huso act* have thrown rfisgfucu upon the regtamut and thu and taking place at this time they give rise to tho strougoat suspicion* of the most abject cowardice. Tho regiment, has forced upon tho Commanding Gunurul un issue which ho is prepared to moot. “Tho men arc ordered to lay down (heir urui* und return to duty. All Uimm refusing to doso will be fired upon immediately. If they comply with the order, Iho ringleader.; only will hu pun ished. “The colors of tho regiment are takcu from them, and will b returned only when their con duct In camp shall have proven that they under stand the first duty of a soldier obedience; and when, on the field of battle they shall have pro ved iheir bravery. Tho names of tho loaders in this revolt will be sent to tho Governor, of Now Aork, to he placed in iho archive* of the .State. A Oourt uiaiMinl will bo held forthwith.” jp-fy Tlm Cincinnati Commercial shoots tin* fol'owirtg popor ballot at thu New York volun teer co iu pa nic : “Tlicri) (He forty eight so called regiment, in Now York City. H ill of them never will ho organized. They consist of humbug ollicors, ouch with a few rucmiH und an enormous stock of impudence. It js said that (hero are fifteen thou numl mon unlislnj. Tho object of (he order just issued from the \Vur Department is lu lieu Ihusu *ccrolts from thuirliicMpablu officer*. If 10,000 * w 'd troops can ho turned out in New York iu 0,1 * v t „k, und twenty or thirty of tlm paper rcgl wientj' * M 1( p 0 anruliilaiud, a good Work will bo d-itie. [rrvi Eon Soi.imku Nithnkh A corrcspon dnt request. I|H , (l 9uy lu lhe nuriMJl) tho -IJ,*;, i|„ it lho cMcr l,"Hh,rmin.! ih. v,lh of a. i,r. r. untktlnUi 11,. i v . |, ~ „ n . nll< , with 111.. Injury ol lho • ,i„ ii„ m i„l..n. H..11.H l.i.imy uinl rum uro lino f-iS. i.lin old uud in tUmud sore*. Thuprcparatlo,, junA* by mix ing an equal qiiaulity of ei.-h ingredient. Iliohrnontl hie patch. Ilftavv PtmcHAsie or Frovimiom*. -An agent of tho C'onfuderalu States recently purchased }'lfio,ooo worth of provioioufl for the Army, in Atlanta, to bo paid for id troasury notes. PEYTON H-COLaUITT,/ JAMES W. WARREN, s’ Edltor * Number 85 Thf Arrest of lire Stpposeil Anit of He Confalernle . Sfafps at New York. Mr. T. 8. Serrcll, of Now Orleans, arrested nt Now York on Friday, on charge of treason, be ing suspected of buing au ngnnrof the Confedor ato Btutoß, is a uiun of about fifty or fifty-fivo yoars ol ago. Ho was l*orh near Darby, Dela ware county, Pennsylvania, and for a number ot years was in business a* a onitun broker in Phil adelphia. Uo purchased the groat Southern sta ple for a number of prominont firms in that city, hut govern! years ago ho removed to New Orleans, wboro ho married and continued in tho ootton brukering business. JJo on mo over from Liver pool iu iho steamship Persia, and during tho trip frequently alleged that ho had negotiated a loan in Furopu lor the Confederate States, and was quilo violont in ex pressing hit .Secession sen timent*, so much so that scicral of his fellow i'tirt*cigt*rs became offendud, and, on reaching •Vw York, reported his case to tho Government olVftalr, who had him arrenlod. The Times says- was carefully scar.’hed, und result ud in ludmg x 10,0110 in Bank of L’ngland notes, together sih u largo number id letters and mi porunt papxr, ihecontetils of which, (whatever may he their legal vuluo ns evideiicu,) Juuvo no doubt that •be accused party is a {airman of Jell. Davis, und agent ot tho Southern Con federacy. Burvey<n Andrews coiuinuntaatod tho tacts to Secretary Ohsu, at that time stopping in the city, who approved of thu proceedings, and advised the nrreat. Thu moiiuy, S2tUi,UU() in,mi,nuil, with tho let - ters ami papers, wire detailed ut the aurvuyor’s office, aud ah informal invest <a tii ii was rnadu into the case. Auiong other nKjters cnihraced iu the Jetters in lita possession, vn\> the sugges tion of plan* lor breaking up thu Dyukadu and supplying iho Liverpool luuikot wtq, o.ittou. From the tone of the papers, thu moiiuy’.xik* be liovuil, is the frocced* of a loan to the HowJmhu “Conte.lerate States,” Several passengers Nol unturily made ulliduvilM as tu tlm declaration f Sorrell while on board the bteumer. Mr. 8. wax committed to the Tombs to await an examina tion. lulrual Übmittamle—AVe have expressed tho opinion, and wo repeat il, that a Southern merchant paying or sondiug money to the United Status, in violation of the law* of war, and the Act ot’ the Confederacy, is a traitor of tho deep est dye. All meichaiil* aud tradunnen of this spirit uro essentially Northerners, und should >-o Nmth. Sonic have l.oi u continuing this traitor ous intercourse under the belief that (hero would he a reconstruction of the Luion, and they would socuie superior advantages \Vo can usHuie all such that they aro grossly mistaken, ami if they are nut prepared to share the duty and detliuy of lho State aud the South, tho sooner they remove tho better for themselves. AVe are engaged in a war not of etiquette <>r pic tenoe, but u war for life, honor and independence, and to this war tliuro is uo possible issue hut vic tory for thu S mtii, or extermination. AVi* are induced to these remark* by u letter that has lately been received in this city from a New York House. Thu recipients are Meeting street mere limit* of ihurnctur und integrity merchant* who do uot r.cuk or desiru extension or indulgence, hat who do regard aud re| ect the laws of their country and the requirements of patriotism. Ti.ey aro icady and willing !>> pay all demand* iu bouor unJ truth, hut they will not hold cl an lies I inu and irua*>. liable enrrespon dunce with public ©neiuiis, or with citizen* of a Government waging mi unholy war against u-. VYe suhjoiu the Utter, oiaiinng name*, und commund it to the aUentiuii id’ the Magistracy und Vigilance Committee : New York, AuguatlS; lUCI. JJeur *Sin .•—When your note became due on the 20th oblast month, wu had uo mean* of send ing it forward for collection : hut, having heard within thu lust day or two that Nome “('harlot ton” house* Lavo made nmitinnce* to New York and Boaum hy buying Kxehangu on Lon don and Paris, we havo no doubt, ii you inquiry, that you will find that you will he ena bled to transmit us in firs way, which will hu quite sati?factory to us, and at thu rarnelime will hu duly appr eluted, Ua we wunl the mom y badly. Expecting to hear from you, iu icply to this, hy “Adam*’ ”, wo are, dear sirs, x ourn, Very respectfully, * Charleston Courier Ccu. Albert Sidney Johnson. —We eopy Hit* following from a New York puper ; By way of Lo* Angelos, later new* ofylu party of rebels, including Gen. Johnson, is re ceived. They were last heard nf in Tuseon, in Arizona, numbering about fifty. Several had joined the party utter leaving Los Angelos, among whom were Major Armstead, Lienten ant Harddafllitf,’ of Ifi Sixth Infantry, United States army, and Mr. Armstead, a brother of the Major. The Act Condcmnig Aliens —The Richmond Kxuminer says : The first section of the late Act of the Con gress of the Confederate States “respecting alien enemies,” provides, among other things, “that during the existing war. citizens ul the United .States residing within the Confederate •States with intent to become citizen* thereof, uud who shall make <i declaration ot inch in tent ion iu due form, uud ackunwludgiiig the authority of the Government id the same,’’ shull not become liable to the pains and penalties of the Hfoiesaid Act. As much doubt exist* respecting the proper judicial tribunal hefoiu which this •declaration’ must Ihj made, we uru authorized to ay that it must he made in some court of record wilhiu iurty day of the date of President Davis’ pro clamation of the 11th of Aitaiisl. _ JJLiBr Thu j\. Y. inbunu thus serves up thu doings id’ thu biickinrnlgu w.ug us iho New Y'ork Dumoerucy : The Jirucdiiundge gfafe Central Committee of this Mate uiet yesterday ut Albany, they adoj. tad a series of resulutiojis ag..in*t thu course of the Adiuiiiisiratiou : in favor <•( an aimi-iicu with thu rebels, and of u Convention for the ad justmuut oi thu naiionul diJiuulties; compli menluig the Dean Richmond wing of thu party for refusing to unite with thu Republican.-, and declining to call a .-upurato Convention of tho Breckiuridge wing, hut advocating a union of thu whole Duiuoi.ratio party. Thu Fort Smith Times, us the I ‘.th, report.! iha unothor invincible regiment of Texas volun Users, under command of Col. B. AYahhkn Stovks, aro marching up tu Springfield to join Gun. MoC'tamvau’i army. A Nwhihriin Fheiuction.— Bel .re thu uows of our lute brilliant victory iu Missouri hud been ruueived, und when a haltlu inu imminent, lou, the well-known Washington correspondent ot thu Baltimore Bun, and an intelligent observer of the politlc.il wojM, wrote : L pou the impending hattlu at Bpvingfield.ui .Mirtsouil, will depend ihu lutllru MUtUN ot 1 hut Mata uud übo ot thu Jnciuu Territory. lr Uco Lyou and Gen. Suigel but unruly duleatud, it r probable I hat General* McGuilough aid Fidow will form ttjuiiuiiujj uud lake M. Louis; from which, ulier obtaining of it, thuy uunhl uot bu easily dislodged. SU Loui* i* thu vital pint ol Mu*ouri. it i* in laot, lor thu purposuo of the present crisis, thu Siutu. TuAVKI.KII.H M('*r • RTAIR PahHEoKT*.—Thu Liucolu State Department has juot issuod tho following notice, adututisud To all whom it may concern : Until fuilhur noliue, no pwrson will b* ■allowed to go abroad from a post of tho United BihU>* without a psmport, either trom (hi* dcpartiiient or coiinU rsigmd by the (iimikry •d’Slaiu. Nor will any pur*oii be- allowed to land iu thu Unite*l State* without a passport from a Mil.icier or Consul of thu United btatfv; nr, ll a'fiiruigner, from hi* own Government, mmnteisigned, by some Minister or Con Mil. Gu**miator!4L CailVRNTiiHOwWe see a cull iu the Southerner, higned hy a numbir of our citizens, tor a meeting in tbi* place, ou thu find Tuesday in .September, f* r thu purpose of op pointing delegates t* the Guh.-rnu'orial Convcn (ion, to uiuuttu Milledgevdle, ou tho llth ol Sop lumber. Although there is a great dual of well founded objection to the Couvei.tiuu plau, oj putting n caudidato buforu the people, yet we’ do n>i at pre**ot ecu a better plan, hy which to concen trate public opinion upou ouu man—which, if it i* not done, Gov Brown will, in aJI probability, be again elected -irom which wu most earnestly pray to be delivered. Let Anneal delegate* ho selected, ami the groat objoctiou totbeCouvcu “<>n will bo obviated.- -Koine Courier, T2d.