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tOMUITT A IV UlllEV Proprietors.
Volume \\ I,
roLi uniH.ri KHtui.smiiMiMn 10. imi.
(iergi Hospital ai.il llelicf Association.
At * public mooting held in thi** city at Ttn
peraura 11 ilt in th evening of the 7th Inst. to
orgeili f t a Relief an.l Hospital .ciatlon lo
cated Mi A ignsta, U.i., hi-i honor, the Mayor, l>r.
J K. H< roman, was criled to pre.-ide, and the !
Kev. Anuctiiurt Wright requested to not asSfcre- j
(ary. The foUuwiug preamble aid re.iolutiußS
Were offered I*v the Rev. 1 >r. Wilson ami adopted. !
Whereas, it is iuip m.-dble for the General Gv- i
eminent ol the Contederate Stairs to furuUh the j
wounded and sick among our citizen soldiery at |
the at of war with ail the comfort* aud mers- ]
•anes essential to their speedy convalescence, !
aed it, therefore, hen onus all good .wizens to use !
their utmost efforts to supply, l.y voluntary as- i
sac is t ions, thi most important lack iu the Coin.
j leter.es- and efficiency of ..ur n.dile atlf-sacri
tioiug nruiv ; Mud, vthervas an organization i
kin.Rn a j the “Georgia Heiiet and 11 spital As- |
lucietioß,” with a Ceutral Committee located in *
the city of Augusta, is a', ready in existence, and j
ia operation. Therefore,
Resolved, Thet we, the citizen-’ ( Columbus i
and vicioity. will immediately oigau.Va socie
ty, auxiliary to this General .elation
Under the above r* Intion the meeting j.r
reeded lo orgaaire m Annotation wdh the j
In mug officer*
President- Cd. James M. Chambers,
lit \'ic© President lion. 11. R. Thomas,
2d *• Wui. 1! Young. E.-.j
S<cralary Jouu .1. Mauley, K*q.
Ireii-iirer David Adams, Hsq.
Kev. M Hawks, U. It. ltowsoe,
A it Redd, Rev. C 0 U illie,
CC Cody, Kev. Benj. Clark.
John U Dozier. K W Moists, j
I‘. t Jidji.sf.n
ibi tocretary. • udn ‘t all the oorrMpoUtUnce j
.net utay L* neeaesary for fulfilling the objects of j
the Society, i receive all package* and moneys
intended lor then* :'the .-.-. kun i wounded at
the seat < f war and ■• nr ward .hew to Hentv ;
Moore, E*q . Secretary . the Central IW<*. at j
Angus; h
Resolved, That .i shall he the duty of all the
dicers,and panicularly of the Executive Com :
uuittee, to iin their utmost diligence in solicit
ing and collecting subscriptions for the cause in j
unney, cotton or wheat, and in obtaining dona. J
tions ol Hospital Stores and supplies, from their j
fellow citizens in Muscogee and adiMning conn- j
ties
Her Dr Wilson and the I'c\ Mr V oiler,
then delivered eloquent and impr **••%'• adder’* ’
et on the general object nf their ml as ion
Although the night aa* unfit rnb!e and the
number of citizen* to attendance smalt, yet a lib
eral collection was taken.
The Executive i'?mmii*e upp ..out l.f tin
meeting will immediately wait -n •ur fell • *
citizen*, and we donht n t r#s|..>n*e will he
made fully sustaining the repute'ii<n .i our i r lty
tor liberality.
ARMFNiI'S WRIGHT,
Seeretarv, Hr” Tern.
INT KKk'Af LRU mou WaUUM tv” 1 L**
ax's Link or Fortification**.- We have inter
esting information of the detail see of Washing
ton that has reached here through prif ate hun •
uels, and whjoh, in connection with the present ;
movements of our faeces, tn;v have -mc irapor- j
tant bearings.
Since the Maintains buttle, all the Allergies and j
resources of the Government have beu directed
to fortifying Washington, while attention has •
been ingeniously turned from this ciicoiudwice
by reports of advance uioveiuents i*n the part of j
McClellan, and by other divers wings of the
prass.
We learn that the lines of fortification huvefiecii j
very quietly and efficiently completed around J
Washington, especially in the Northern and i
Eastern directions
On the Virginia side then* i a cowptefn virile j
of fortifications, commencing at the point of the
bayou or ceeek just above Alexandria and ex
tending to Arliugton Heights and beyond them
to the Chain Bridge on a line opposite ‘iet*rge- |
town. The enemy's enircochuieuis ex ion J, it is j
said, about two and a half miles from the Cha’n
Bridge There were th-rteeu field batter.u plan
ted in the neighborhood ol the bridge.
Every aecersible point North and (Cast of the .
citv is said to be strongly fortified, lines of en ,
trenebments being thrown out Home three miles !
t.eyond the Colombia College, and about the
same distance fr*-m tho hr.nndary lines > n Cspl- !
to! Hi!’
The batteries uu Arlington Heights number, ;
it i* raid, nearly iidO gun:, mobm f iht-tn *f large
range. Munv.n’s Hill, which MIT tr‘oj>* l..)te
occupied with field cannon, is within range f
“Cnien Works,” on 4be heighl*. hut at an angle j
ol elevation that protects the southerly face of the
bill, where oar forces ere said t.. have already
erected a battery of rifled cannon. J!*c!un<mJ
f'ramiMr, ith. __
Ht'MRLL RoMAwnun. A correspondent of
the Chicago Tribune declarer positively that bo
was with the London Time:. - correspondent, and
accompanied him several miles <>u bic way to
Washington. The incidents of the rout wbieh
Kuasell relates so graphically are pronoanced by
this mere They, both of.
them, left Centrex lie and Fairfev iiefore the re
treat was fairly commenced, and therefore he
could not bare seen any of those scenes of terror.
-ar- Capt. Thomas Franck Meagher, of the
Now York C9tb, who was said, soon altar ihe
battlo of Manassas, to have declared for tb*
iouth, baa bean making a flaming war speeehto ;
h'a brethren in Jonaa’ Park. New York, dec ar
ing the war for the Union “them at sacred, jn
aod urgent ever waged,” and promising t s - ‘bed J
bia last drop of blood for the Union.
The New York Tribune, in alluding to the nets
of the Confederate government to authorize the
Praaident to grant commission* to raiaa volun
teer regiments in Delaware, ale., sayi “The
Southern Confederacy has many mr.re partisan?
to-day in New York or Pennsylvania than Delo- |
ware, and tbay are far more active and efficient/’ ■
£#* The Cincinnatians are becoming alarmed
about the defenaeaof their city. They lately sent i
committee to Dot. Dennison at Columbus, and I
sucooedod in inducing him to forward a battery of
•it pio**e, without horses, and anotbdf battery
with horses to Camp Denn.- >n Thrae other
battariea and five ragimenta f infantry are aDo
to be nent
Ifeltptti for Ib* (Kill INitrirt.
The citizen* of the 921st District met at the
District Court. Ground on Saturday last and se
lected the following delegate* i the Convention
nhich will meet in thia city on the 21 at inat., to
uominate candidate* to represent Muscogee coun
ty in the next Legislature
Isaac T. Brooka, James G. Cook,
William Williamson, Aaron Ddom,
M. W. Tbwaatt, Richard Gray.
file (Ptttnmte llcchlti fimcs.
From tho Uumo True Flag.
('ol. James M. ( haittbet**, of Colambns.
i Tho name of tho above gentleman has been
, proposed for the next Governor of tleorgis.
lie :n eminently worthy, indeed is one of na-
I lure's noblemen—“the highest style of man “
i An intelligent farmer, be was fi r veers the editor
iol the “Soil of ihe South.” He is ripe in years
i and a man of great business capacity, a large
| farmer, a capitalist, familiar with every interest
J of the State.
Ilis personal appearuac* would hnvo done hon
[ or to the Senate, when dignity and virtuous wis
j Join occupied seats in the early days of the Re
public.
I Col. C. in not a professional politician, nor a
! partisan, but ha ever been of the State Rights
j school in his creed, since the beginning of our
! national troubles on the slavery question. If
age, wisdom, evjterience and virtue, qualify for
..tti,*e, he is pro eminently fitted for Governor.
lie is “without a •j>ot, or wrinkle, or any such
; thing'’ a Christian, a patriot, willing to devote
nil his energies to the salvation of bis imperiled
1 country.
Let n, ii these times of reform, place a ojo
’ in office, and uch is Col. C., physically, mental
j ly, nd morally OAIJTOTN
The Alien Ad,
A correspondent of the MobQe Tribune, i*lr
---i ring to the meaning of tho recent act j av and by
the Confederate Congress, say -
1 urn an Alabamian, but -till if (Lera is a doubt
; let nil take the oath. Tut as soon is the books
are open I intend to take it, und then 1 can have
my own opinions of th.-o who and > n<>t take it.
miJ act accordingly.
I pon which tlia Nashville Gazette comments
as follows :
“Alabama,” talk tosc. We sliull imitate Ui
wholesale example in voluntarily taking ihe
oath to -u|.port tbo Constitution of |bc Confed
erate States, an l btiould be glad to see every trne
outheru iiiaa dp the aauic. Fucfi a cour e will
be a! Ivi-t •ua of ihe means ui aftpnrating the
wheat fr.vu thechatf. We are not willing to wait
U* be reporttil, thus ifitNbg rot m for maple ion
oi to our loyalty to the cause of Southern Inde
pendence.
f Mrvionia • The Richmond Kxatuiiier
say 9 tew men have lived more beloved or did
more lamented than the la{e Col. Bartow. I'v
erv man n !iis regiment seemed t>- regard him mj
a per-i nai friend, und his attentions to the com
forts ..f his men, both private* and cflicers, gave
him a strong hold upon their regard and grati
tude. We were, reminded 'f thi? n few days
since, upon .• xg in ihe yard of John W. La-
Tie, nfthla city, a neatly executed column about
sit t>ct high, and a so t in d.ameter, which h j
been erected 6’ u iwnutapb on th<* field < i
Manassas, on the -p i where the hero fell 111
hear’ inq.lv lit* name and dying word?
they have killed me. hoys..
Rut never give up tba fight
W. c-.k not surprised to learn, upon inquiry,
that it *< t Aw-utvd and necied ‘I the ospense >
oi iuc Furhlfi Re,.•mam of Georgia \ .duntoers.
Ike Visfiapcr Ur.
The *..veminent nt WushtWgton is still waging
its war against tbv peace pajwrs of the North.
Those tht have not been suppressed have been
fora*-.) to modify ilteir char .-ter in order to se
cure their irftn-m*ion through the mail*. I *f
thi letter class we see mentioned the ell and
well known New York Journal of Commerce.
The Tribune notes this snbmtesion to Lincoln in
the following fashion :
“The Journal of Commerce will probably an
acmnee this morning the retirement of Mr. Hal
lock, his hail’ of the paper having been pur
chased by Mr. I. M. Ft<ne, the commercial di
t-r, and Mr. Win. V. Prime, the ‘W ’ correspond
ent of the Journal. The other halt is Kill own
ed by the bcira ot Mr. Hdvid llulo Hereafter
thu Journal will be iudependeut iu politics, pat
riotic in sentiment, and a first class medium of
ihe commercial community. Its circulation
through the utails. under the new regime, will be
! uutmj'cded, and many ot its old Iriends and pat
■ rons have already returned and j*rotnised it their
support
“A Cam. run thk m i i' -tost <? An<*thm
J JorKuan. A large number of French citizens
; have signed petition, addressed lo the t oited
! States District Attorney, asking for the snppres
; Hi-.n ol the Courier des Fiat I nis newspaper, on
the ground* that tbs journal rr*|eHts daily everv
I possible L-atumny against the North, and instills
! Uloe ideas inspecting the I'nion. The Fnited
State* grand jury will be in session next wek. j
! and will undoubtedly have the matter under can
aideration.”
“The circulation of the Baltimore Exchange
has been supjmj't-ed in certain portions of Mary
j land, ’he po-tiuastors having been forbidden, by
order of the Government, from distributing it in
j their office*.
Affaris iu Miv.oaii.
\Y a t*fic the lolloWiug from tba cot recpondeio a
I (>l lb* New \ oik Tunes Ol the <Hb uIL, which
! rapreatnla our prospect in that quarter to M
j rather cheering
i . Lot i-*, Aug. 2i, IW*L I
.. iruddy ihe rei.eL are udvanctug upon the in- ‘
t.iu.r ..tour unhappy .State, and already one-hull
; oi Missouri hoc fatten into the hands of the ene
my, whose reckles* hordes are plundering und
ravaging whatever falls in tbeir way. While the
* >o U th western army, under MoCulloob and Price,
n.w reinforced so as lo count 35,000, huveoccu
i,id Lebanon, in Laclede County, with 7,000
| men, and Bolivar, in Polk county, with mo equal
I number, their advance guard, tinder (ten. Rams,
1 occupying Kedah* with *OO, aodtke.r rear guard,
! under McCulloch, scattered over the rich and
productive Valleys of the whole South weal, their
lilire- on ‘he <tea>re River line have taken advan
tage of the general ronlueiou consequent upon
the buttle at £pringliebl, and, without materiel
resilt an oe from the Home Guards, tuken posses
• ion of the important town* of Warsaw, Linn
Creek and Tuecttmbia. A similar movement in
favor of the rebel* hus taken place on the sec
ond military line formed by the Missouri River;
and owing to the Fifth lowa Regiment having
beQ retained at Jefferson City, while on the way
1 to occupy Lexington, which bad been left defence
1 less by the withdrawal of Cob Btifele Fifth B-8*
R.fle Regitncot, whose term of ecrvtce ha t ex
pired two weeks before their withdrawal, this
! importxnt place b* fallen into the enemy's bends
end is at present occupied by n considerable mii-
itary force of the rebels. lJoonrille, also an >m
-1 portant place on the Missouri, is completely at
1 the mercy of the Secessionists, and unless rein
forcement* reach it in time, will be lost like Lex
ington. From K*n*a* City, we are each day e*-
pecting .milar disastrous new*. The city ha?
been lull of rumor* in regard to the advance of
the enemy within the pa at three or four days,
and indeed, the future begins to look wy threat
-1 erilog. .
In Kentucky, muUtrs are in a most critical
’ condition, and if an uprising should take place
in that State, it might result in a tremenduous
blow td our cause. Tennessee has been relieved
I of the immense army which exhausted her re
sources, and which is now growing fat on the
l rich districts west and south of Cape Girardeau.
Our army at ill bold* its own on the military lines
defending St. Louis and Jefferson City, vir :
fronton, Capa Girardeau and Rolls, hut whether
it will withstand a serious attack of such im
mense numbers as now compose the invading
army, can only be ascertained by the progre*
of events. The cavalry forces of the enemy, or
ai least 1,800 of them, are reported to have
-rosed from the we*t to the east, in search of
i Gen. Pillow’s |uart*rs, wb now occupies” the
| vicinity “f New Madrid with a force of 22,000
men, who are being employed in improving the
i read to Charleston and other place*, and dig
giiig well* along the roadside, water being very
! ,C{ ien. Hardee is still at Greenville with fWoO
men, and Jeff. Thompson occupies Sikeaton, with
i 7000. Commerce on the Mississippi has again
1 fallen into the bands of the rebels, and batteries
have been erected oo the shore, and used with
effect upon our gun boats.
Moif Heston Outran.
The Rwumey (Y.) Intelligencer says:
lr. Saugstor, of Moutelield. recently had stolen
from his pastures live horses by (lie Northern
vandals, who are prowling about in the Western
•action of Hardy oounty,
Tho residence ot Mr. Isitac V. luskeep, on
the North Branch >t the Potomac, in thiacouu-
O’, wo undorstnud, was visited a tew days ago
by a port too of Lincoln’s vunduis. The scoun
drels took what property they desired, ntpl iu
jured the house very seriously.
t.V\. William Welch,ot this county, was sr
re-iod us a prisoner at his residence, on yester
day week, by a party of Northern invaders and
taken t their headquarters at New Greek Si a
lion. After detaining Mr. W. a day or sc, he
wm* released.
N our ii krx Pack ns. We received this morn
ing, through the ol Mr. Dix, the New
Yotk Herald ol iiurday, the 31st August.
In addition to the statement already made
public, that Butler had gene to Washington to
arrange plans for obtaining u >re troops and cur
ry ingout more extended operations against North
Carolina, the Herald intimate- that “the ships
ol war took with them in tow, several hulks for
the purpose of -inking them in the entrancer to
the inlet* on the North Carol inn coast. * ‘
Beyond this at present, we are not permitted to
bo more specific in onr -tutcuicnts as to the ob
locts of the oxj*editi<>n. We may, however, say
that the sinking of the hulks is not the only ob
•eet, and that our render* will probably soon
lean that a series -f naval all along
the Atlantic o<>u f, for which the public have to
anxiously looked, will have been thi* week in
augnrated.” It • Iso *ays that “if the expedition
should be very uccessfui, the iulantrv troops
sent out will not return with the squadrfth.” -
I Ytl’triiufiim Journal, tih intt.
A K.uai.i. A : .ah:.---W’.ntld it pot be uoith
while lor the Government lu give u littlentten
t ton to thciwo privuleers, Julf 1 >u v is V,Ku inter
W c arc tired ot chroiwcling lit fir niovomrtit*
a>id exploit a. They have been cruising now
t >r two oi tin we tnonilo -capt tiring every few
duya some prize.r orther unuouncing)iltcir ar
rival and departure ul the various ports they
-ec tit to visit, it till giving our commerce more
trouble, and our country more concern, than a
lespecinl'le sued navy ought to do m time of
war. 1* there no w .tyof checking their depre
dations Is ouf whole Navy absolutely unu
i bit* lo cope with ihq*t a j etched tittle pirates 1
Have we no st com tars that can sail as lust-—no
cQimnaoderaas good at pcumnnshtp—no naval
officers energetic enough to hunt up und hunt
clown these pestilent prowlers of the sea f If
not, we had L etter u.st and the Navy, aud lure
out the job of capturing this brace of priva*
teciPerhaps it would be expecting too
much ot Air. Welles to ask him to give the mai
ler Ins attention but Mr. Cameron, we pre
sume, could easily contract with some Penn
sylvania poliiu Mti to undertake a lorn con*
Hulcraiu>n.-~.V. I, Ttmes,3>Qtk nit,
R. vnußniMo Private m. We learn
•rotn the sea cast that the Federal fleet are “car
rytog the vrr Africa,“ with n vengcanoe,”
by Muiiog along the coast and wherever they can
I'et close enough into land bombarding the pri
vate residences of persona who live on tho coast.
They vtKerday paid a visit to Knott’s Island,
Currituck County, N 0.. and fired at that place
\\ e have been nnal.lc to lenrn the extent of the
injurv ir.flieted. -A ’orMl- pa-/ Boot-,4th.
‘■••i ntr Wit unu Smith. A turn) recently re*
• cited itvciiry lash. , well laid on, at Ihe whip
ping post ia an Frq<H*h town. The culprit, in
stead of bellowing when the <*on'-table applied
the bi.-h. laughed immoderately, which made the
angry officer lay on with harder force. Uu giving
the iwentieth blow, the enraged yUlcer could
-iar.l it no longer. “YVell, here mister,” said
the offer.iled officer, ‘ I’ve done my duty, and l
■■an lick ye no more; hut I'd just like Vo know
w httl it i~ Hint*- ..I funny ‘ “Funny ronrod
the other, “why. its excellent. Y ou've gut the
wrong Smith. I ain't the uiau thnl was to he
whipped it's the other on.*. You’ll have it all to
to do over again, Ha ’Hu I”
Amotnkr Arrbst tor Trkason. A voting
man named llarrall, belonging to Gelena, Ga.,
is detained at Police Headquarters, and will prob
ably be r.cnt to Fort Lafayette to-day. He was
arrested on Wednesday evening, at the Krio Rail
road depot Jersey t-ity, when on the point of
departing with his two sisters for Ihe Kotith.
The young ladies had for some time attended a
boarding ehool at Glen Cove, and their brother,
iu view >1 the National troubles, bad come here
to escort them home, on his way to the city,
from Glen Cove, he engaged in oonveisation with
some of the passengers, and making use of trea-
Honahlo expression, information was given to
the Police, who arrested him. Five large trunks
containing the ladies’ wardrobe, were brought to
Headquarters and overhauled, but nothing was
found supporting the allegation made against
the young man, who wu- yesterday discharged
tr<>iu custody. It was afterwards ascertained
that tho <‘..iiipluiul against him was based upon
good widen, e, aud, indeed, it is said that concln
j sive proof ot bin sc ession sentiments has been
-btuined. Coder these circumstances he was re
| *trested test evening.—JV. F. Time* Airy
APi ka that wot t.H not avaii. U hen Mr.
William Patrick was in the bn perl ten deni’s
otiice on Wedocsday, shortly after hi* arrest on
* charge of treason, preferred by the Secretary
of War, and prior to hi removal to the Fort, he
was informed of a fact which Hurtled him be
yend in**asurc. Mr. Kennedy was asking him
question’ witb a v.ew of finding util Iho hiding
plnce of a sutpected person, knowt. to bo an
qnaiotflvice of the j*ri.soner. Finally, the latter
became tlurri.-d und unwilling to t.ay unylhing
more on the subject, and at tho same time, putting
himself upon hit. dignity, he remarked . “I was
born In Nova Moot it, and am n British subject,
I . ousequeiitly I demand my discharge. You have
j no antbority over me whatever. *’
■ Not si fast,” quietly responded Ihe F'i per in
tend exit. “Let me gi e you a little hiitorleal in
formation. Uen. Jackson hanged two English
men onco for meddling w ith our affairs, and his
example will surely be followed if the occasion
demand* it.”
Mr. Patrick, who really whs under the Lelief
thut his British nativity shielded him from the
consequences of “assisting the enemy,” wax over
whelmed at bung n pointedly undeceived.
.V. >\ TVwiee, Any. ”0.
Chahi.k ton Bank!. --The following patriotic
resolutions were passed at a meeting of Directors
from the several Brinks In Charleatoii, held on
the fith inst, oil the Banka being represented ;
J. Resolved, That the severe) Bunks in Charles
ton will continue to receive Treasury Notes in
j aytnent of all dues t , themselves, aud also on
deposits, and will receive payment in the same
medium, for all paper sent tothem for collection;
and they hereby de> ime all collections for which
payment in Treasury Notes is not satisfactory.
Resolved, That in conformity witb the
spirit and purpose of the foregoing resolution, all
credits will be given and bo payable in currency,
in which term Treasury Notes are included.
1 Gikkl thing in air nf star.
The Angus a Chronicle and Sentinel of Fun
day, contains the following
We are indebted to Col. J. J. Byrd for the lale
New York, Cincinnati, Pittsburg, Baltimore and
Louisville papers, including Harper's Monthly
and Harpers's Weekly. These were brought out
by Col. H’a son, Mr. Wm. II Byrd, who arrived
in Augusta, Thursday night, and left on Friday
morning lor Richmond. fn order to serve the
Confederate .States be had secured a position in
the Auditor's office of the Lincoln War Depart
ment at Washington, when- lie remained until a
short time since, and made good use of bis op
portunities to find out ill the secret? of the Lin
coln dynasty. IVe learn that be carries to Rich
mond full and correct information about all mat
ter* at Washington, the number of the forces,
their disposition, and the whole surrounding
work on both sides of the Potomac, which will
prove of groat value to our Government, end to
General Beau regard.
Ocam.v Dismast. The people <.i Belfast,
Maine, are greatly agitated by the arrival of a
number of bores in that city from Boston, con
taining inuketa, cartridges, and other munitions
of war, which have gone into the-bands of about
209 men, who have openly proclaimed their dis
loyalty to the government, and organised them
selves into a company, without any authority
from tha State, declaring it their object to resist
any attempt made to draft any member in their
ranks into military service and the payment of
war taxes.
THK XIIYKH Kill\TY OFTHK STATUS.
COMJMBUB, GKORGIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1861.
Correspondence of the Richmond THspntch.
0r Array on the Potomac.
Fairi ax, C. ll.,Sept. 2, 1801.
“Thus ter our good fortune keeps an onward
course.”
Iho invader ha.* been almost driven from this
portion of the State, and now ihe proud banners
of our army float iu the very face of thu Gov
ernment at Washington. On last Tuesday wo
drove the ouerny from three of his chosen posi
tions, iu plain view of his own Capitol, bclute
tho close of the day. The most formidable of
these we uo occupy iu heavy uumber*, and havo
securely fortified against attack. It is called
Muasou’s Height* , is mtouted about midway be
tween Alexandria and Falla Church, the distance
to the former place not exceeding 3‘/, miles, and
overlooks Alexandria and Washington. Theen
enty must either attack aud retake it, or evacu
iite the whole country and retire behind his fur
tMioation? Ts its ns ault shall be attempted, a
tiloodv buttle will be precipitated between Urge
portion:'of the two armies tho distance being
short enough to enable the main bodies of each
(•■be rapidly concentrated and prepaved for Hie
engagement.
The fortification of Munson’.* Heights com
menced oil Wedue-*day taut, by tho erection ol
breastworks, which were soon occupied by a heu
vy force of infantry (including the 7th Virginia
Regiment, under the gallant 001. Kemper, and
the Ist under Col. Fry, assisted by Major Fred
erick G. Skinner, whose coolness und valor are
the constant iheum of his men,) aud two batter
ies of artillery. An attack was anxiously expec
ted and hoped for throughout tho day. Tho
Federal scouts aud pickets to the number ot 30U,
had been driven from ail their posts on the pro
ceding day. Ample titne had .‘lapsed for the
arrival of whatever reinforcements they had do
mauded, and our tieuoruls were confident in the
belief that u position so important and command
ing would not bo abandoned without a despot
ate struggle. At early dawn several skirmish
ing parties of tho enemy opened a fire upon our
nearest pickets, which was regarded us a sure
precursor of uu attack. Au hour was passed iti
this desuit my warfare ; but as the promise ot
battle grew no stronger, it was detenuued to I
drive In li'anfrftmMivr* and j.rovokt*, if possible 1
an engagetueui Two cannons of the terrible
Washington Artillery utoved from the secretcov ‘
er, and unobserved by the enemy, took a posi
tion on hi* rtfht, in uu orchard ..f thick tn*es. A
flesh of lire. four, and the frightful whirring
ot canister follow ml; and soon u was seen that
a number bud been swept down by the deadly
bin*!. Those who escaped the uiurderoiu dis
charge run rapidly bark, and were soon sheltered ]
fr< mibe a fleer of our guns Another hour pa- |
ed. when suddenly another company of skirmish- j
ers wtre thrown uut at the distant* of a thousand j
yards from the heightii.q und engaged a suihll
body of our pieketsnear their position. At the
htcls .if our artillery horses came thundering
again the tierce cannon, tho very sight of which
put the enemy to rajiiu flight. Abody of houses,
behind which Were supposed to be concealed *ev
eral batteries, within x/hose range t hey were am
ious to draw ns, afforded the cowards a hiding
place. Our infantry did not purrue them, and
ihe artillery, after battering down the .-mallei
houses and again scattering tho strategists, retir
ed to their encampment.
Rt.oljtion in Piblic Smlimft! in Knlockv.
From m gentleman who has ju t come through
from the Ohio river, and traveled on the Louis
villa and Neshvi'le Railroad, we learn that du
ring the past two weeks a remarkable revolution
.n the political sentiments of the po.
pie, along tho r..utoot the road, has taken place.
<>ur informant has been < .instantly traveling
I.ver lb* rowd during the laat three or four
mouths, ami is thereloru well qualified to meas
ure the chuugc. I nl l l withiu * few weeks the
I ’uion flag was to tie aeon displayed ub ne ul al
most every point, but now the stars and stripes
have given way to the stars and bars, and we can
not belter describe the extent ol the revolution
than bv quoting tho wotda of the gentleman him
-elf “T hardly saw a -ingle I'oiled States Hug
from the time t left rillo nrr.il I rem lied ttlO
Tennessee line. The Confederate Hag was flying
everywhere, except at Rowling Green, where the
people are divided , but the Seceß.-iouis’s are
gaining strength every day.” This ia cheering
iijws, and from a dual worthy source .V. u
r*i/ a .
Tlip tirlinj; in Murylsnd.
A* an evidence of the “strong I utun IVeling
In Marylni” we take the following from tlio
Baltimore Republican, <.( the *J‘th nit., hy which
it will he .'•ecu that not hall h regiment of I.in
coin troops fun hi he enlisted out of the “over
whelming mams of the Union uien in tho Butli
utore district
K\ Governor I tank Thom*', the Abolition
leader of Frederick, the endorser of Hick* end
Lincoln, wah commissioned by tho latter to re
rruit four regiment* for the Federal Army out
of the “overwhelming mas* of Union men in his
district.” The Ri-Uovernor and wur shrieker
went to work with sll hia heart, traversed the
three large counties of his district, assisted by all
the Mrength of the warleaders, and afror neurljr
two months’ hard lah or, the Abolition organ fth-
Examiner of Fredericki admit* that the effort
ha* been ia dtudjailure about ha/j a tey\ment
has probably been enlisted, gathered from the
very lowest grade* of society, and about hh
worthless, it soldiers, as they were mcleer a* cit
izen*.
The simple truth is, the people of Maryland,
however well they may love tpe (Inion. are not
so stupid as to be duped Into the belief that a
warol subjugation or extermination against the
Mouth can ever restore the Union, or bring back
prosperity to themselves.
At last account* there were about t wen -
ty prisoners in Fort Lafayette, neur New York,
the principal of whom ale Charles Howard Win.
(Jin-bell, t'harles Hines and dobn Uavia the
Baltimore Police Commissioners; Mayor Barrett,
of Washington del. Tyler. Pierce, But,let,
Robert Muir, T. fc>. Merrill, Charles Kofleran,
1,, de Uebian, Samuel Aiken, and Messrs Alcey,
Lyon and Smith
T‘-i3” The Washington correspondent of ibw
New York World, the organ of the Lincoln (Jov
ernment, seva that a “complete system of es
pionage haa been established at the Capitol,.male
and female, patrician and plebiun, equal to any
that was ever inslituteil by the dynasties of Bour
bon or Hapshtirg,” for the detection of He*'**,
lionists. He adds that “the policy of despotism
must be adopted to preserve the liberty of the
country.”
]t is seldom that wi have so candid, or so in
advertant an admission as this.
Now sup pone in due time the .Sou h were con
quered, how long would It be necessary to keep
up this Bourbon and Hapiborg systau after
ward* Why, until every vcsiige of Southern
discontent had disappeared —Every citizen that
complained, every newspaper that censured any
act of the Northern Government, would furnish
a reason Lr continuing it. The South would
not only be prostrate, but voiceless. Her condi
tion would be more horrible than that of Italy
under Austria, or of Poland under Russia. For
the South has more freedom, pride, and spirit
tbsn they. A thousand years of oppression
/•ould not extinguish her sentiments, her feelings,
and her memories. Mbs would be in continual
revolt, and, if not successful, in continual suffer
ing and humiliation.
Better, far better than such a fate as this, that
the sons of the Routh should dye every battle
field deep with their blood, and if compelled, to
return to their own hoiucH at last, to apply them
selves the torch and perish, man, woman, and
child Lftttfanith Court*t 4th
From IMero Yirgiiii.
Passengers by the Danville Road yesterday
report that intelligence reached Nawhern depot,
on the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, at
eleven o’clock night before last, that an engage
ment. had occurred in the vicinity Os (ileuley rtv
er, on Tuesday last, between (Jen. Cox’s com
mand and the combined forces of (Jen’s. Floyd
and Wise, resulting in the complete destruction
of Cox’s Army. The Confederate loss is set
down at eight hundred, killed and wounded. -
The authority for this statement is a Mr. Hans
hurger. who came from He 1 Sulphur Springs
over to Newbern depot Thursday night, and re
ported that information of the battle had been
brought t” the Springs by parties who had par
ticipated In the engagement.
It ia proper to add that the news is discredited
here by the officers in this city, connected with
<>en. Floyd's command, who very recently left
camp, in charge of the prisoners captured at
Cross Lancs One of bis regimental commissa
ries also left camp on Monday, and reports all
quiet at that time, and no immediate action an
ticipated.—/ficA. Examiner.
BULb'Mßtfi. WKD.MCHDAY'KKPTK.MRFR 11, |MI|.
Bath, Sept. (*., 1861.
Hon. G. K.Tuo.mas,
Kir : Your letter of 2d of tho Kept. Inwr Iteau r
cei\c,l, allow tue to thank you again for the in.
terest that you have taken in the cause. 1 in
close a communication written for the Augusta
and Savannah papers. Have it published in the
Columbus Times if you see lit to do *... I have
heard nothing as vet from 001. Gre ham or Mr.
Markham
1 remain, Mr,
.Moat respectfully,
SALT,I K AVIITTRUF.AH.
Mr. Editor. Iu answer to communication.!
addressed to tue through the Columns of the Con- ,
stitutionali.st and the Savannah News, I beg
leave to say a few words in defense of the causo, j
(he glorioua cause of the erection of the “Bar
tow Monument.” I use the wyrd “defense” for
the roast.n that were the publie to be guided by
the advice ul “Melanie,” of Ihe Savannah News,
und of the respected Editor of thu Augusta Con
stltuti. luliet, 1 fear the name and deeds of the
heroic Bartow would be engraven ou mm/. Far j
be it from me to bring up tho claims of the dead
to the notice of the public In preference to those
of the liviug, who, Heaven bless them, are at a
uoblr work. \tat the same tune why not at
tend to loth ‘( more especially a* -o small a con
tribution is solicited from each person, for tho
mouuinant. Why not allow those who favor the
cause, to maintain it ‘
As for those generous correspondents who ho
waiinlv sustain Hie question iu their replies to
ui) Coiiuuuuicatiuu, 1 return my siucue thanks.
LtICILF.
bronqu Hospital and Relief Asinmliou
\Vc rtrt* truly gratified to learn the Huece-s
which has attended the mission of Messrs Wil
son and Hotter in this city. The meeting on
Saturday night was .sparsely attended, in eon
sequence of the threatening aspect of the
weather, yet the sum of $2300 was contributed
to tiie fund of the Georgia Hospital and Relief
Association, and it whs thought that, up to last
night, this sum had been increased to SI,OOO.
By the reported proceedings of the meeting
juiblishvd elsewhere in this paper, it will be seen
that an efficient or. nniratlon, for the purpose us
aiding in ibis good work, lias been effected in tbia
county, under whose auspices the energies of
Muscogee will be properly stimulated and di
rected,
Fi orioa Mack krai. The blockade i* devel
eping tho resources of sand laud South. \Ye
noticed ut the family gro. ery store ot Mr. Jos.
H. Farrell, the other day, u strange 11-h to us,
about the sire of mucker.il, put up in the *ume
sort and kits iu which ma.'ke-idl caine from the
North, Un enquiry we found them to be Flori
da pickled mullet, Hie first we believe, ever
brought to thi Market. We tried them, and
found them not exactly up to No. I muckeral,
but a ip ry good tiibstitute during the blockade,
uutil wo cun get our supplies >f muckeral from
lie British I’roviec.s -Saiutnnnh Brfiuhlirau.
From Miamii m. We are pleased to see in
town, says the Mobile Register, of tie sth, ou
tuil..u M b our former follow ritineu, Air. U,,.^.
I’.. Redwood, Jr., fresh from cuiiij-aigning cxjrc
riences with Gen Billow'* army in Kouthenstern
Missouri, lie estimates the number of Confede
rate soldiers from other Rates now in Missouri ut
26,f1f1f1. There are considerably more limn that
number of Missoni inns under nrru \ and their
number would be indclinltely inerouned could
arm* l.e supplied.
A BaTTI.S. AMU CoMI'KIYKRATr N’lfTOltV NKAK
at Hani. A few weeks ago, B uys the Louisville
Courier, the Administration telegraph announced
the death of the Vice President ot the < ontede
rat® StMte,-■ the announcement was noon follow
ed by the report .-f the battle .f Manansni
Plains.
Now they have heralded u report ot the de.ah
of the President of the t'ontederute Ktate we
may soon look for news yet more startling and
gratifying than tho rout of the invading artnv
on the 21st o| July.
Vui.rNTCKRiNU Hi Onto. The recruiting hi - ‘
iness in Mht * is h very heavy business, or we
might ay u very to i. Imsiness, a* newn out <i
eight ol the now reeniits are not np to live feet
four inches, aud are an awful, half starved mg
god set. Tu Brown county, a great picnic, I .ur
Lectio, and muster was culled last week, and
thouHonds ..Itended, ami uftei Iho ie.i-t was over
just eleven poor, stunted wretches enlisted toi the
war Uu. t'oun*r.
!JM’ Ben malt H after Runseil, L L. I, agau.
with forociou* bitterness. lie think.*, tliut the (
letters L. L. U. should be li .itrp .acd to read “1. j
D. L.” auil be interpreted to signify “Liai Itemn i
l.iar ” This is all sheer envy on Bennett'* part, 1
lie does nor like to de “out lied” by anybody
Col-Jones’ Kr.oiMRNT This regiment, wear®
informed, says the Fufuiila Bpirit of the South, is
now complete, and is encamped at I’nion springs.
Col. Jones is well known to the citizen* of Bar
bour, as an intelligent and high toned gentle
man, und we venture to ay, that do braver offi
cer will be found in our army. Hut ut the same
time Lein not a man of wealth, and lies sacri
ficed much in the cause of the South, sod it is
the duty of all to come forward aud aid him with
means to put his regiment into active service
Jfigf’ Gov. Morgan, of New York, ts said to
be extensively interested in property la New Or
leans, and perhaps elsewhere South. It w. 11 all
be taken good care of now, under our sequestra
tion act, for tho benefit of Southerners who shrill
have their negroes stolen by Ben Butler H Cos.,
or looaeany proper'y by the action of the North.
Thk Blockamrs.—-For the firel lime during
the existence of the to-called blockade, both the
entrances of this harbor are under the urrci7-
anre of Lincoln’s hirelings. The steamer Mont
gomery, on Friday last, the 30th ult., left the
Fast Pass bar and took her position off the
West Pass, where she now lies. The steamer R.
R. Cuyler is yet at the Fast Pass. Apalachicola
Time * 4th.
Liri t. C'oi.. Gardniih.—We regret to learn
that dispatches have # beeu received from Rich
mond, nt Augusta, within a day or two, announc
ing the serious illness of this gallant officer from
the wound received at the battle of Manassas
From whut we loam it appears that the worst
apprehensions are feit for the result of his case.
Nokfoi.k.- The Hay Book fays, large quanti
ties of excellent salt is heiog manufactured at
that place and will soon bo thrown on the mar
ket.
Gin Bakrklh; Mr. Paper lias already turned
out a few rough barrels at the State Road Shop.
His arrangements for turning oat 40 per day will
not however, be completed in less than two weeks.
We learn that plenty of gunsmiths are making
application to finish up the guns ut the rates
fixed upon by the Convention of Gunsmiths
lately held in this city.
The work will be pushed wdb all speed.—
$. Oon/td.
A Kfatlion in Ihe 110 l IM of Linrolnism.
Tho New Bedford (Mass.) Mercury, hitherto
one of the most rabid war journals, has changed
| its tone since tho battle of Manassas Plains,
| That paper *>ays
‘ It cannot be denied that we are disappointed
j nt tho formidable aspects Ihe rebellion has as-
J surned. We thought to have snppre sed it in a
| few weeks, and supposed the South would yield
| at once before the enthusiastic rush of the Union
’ men to arms in support of the Government. We
[ have iun,do a <nistahe in our ettinate of the
■ rtren>,l': / the rebels have we made another in
the confidence we havo placod in our owu 7 Is it
true that the Hi nth carries with her the souroes
I of certain failure, or ahull we not rather be com
-I‘elled to yield to her demands, not as a matter
, merely of policy and / elf interest, but of sheor
j necessity
Is not the -truggle a*’noting new features, and
I instead of being a contest for the preservation of
the Constitution, is it not growing into a tear of
| subjugation, in which the courso first marked out
by tho Government vrill he abandoned by the
necessity of events N there any longer a rea
sonable hope, after the bitter strife of States and
the shedding of fraternal blood, the Unleu can
ever bo restored to its former positiou ?
A correspondent of the Boston .Courier, writ
ing from Worcester county, Mass , says
The war is not popular, even in Worcester ooun
i ly, and T find the people ready to bring it to an
end by any means consistent with honor and pat
riotistn
The trouble* with tho leader* has been that
they were not far seeing men. They neither
knew the temper of the South, nor foresaw the
eonioquonce of their policy.
This change in soutiinent if it b a change
is the result of an examination of the questions
iu dispute, and tho discovery that the controver
sy could have been settled without a resort to
arms.
This bulk of opinion seems to be that tho Un
ion is dissolved tor a time; that the Gulf States
(subjugation being admitted to be out of the
question) will not come back for the present.
Men who voted for Lincoln say this; and It Is
painful to hear gentlemen confess their willing
ness to “let them slide.” Among those who are
in tho sliding mood, are many who own the great
taatories which loom up all through the towns of
[bin country, conspicuous ns the churches, and
just now quite us rilent ns on days not given to
labor. The owners of these factories found their
chief market at the Mouth. I find everywhere a
distrust of the future, and a fear of poverty and
long suffering.
Ati.anta, September 4, l k *t>l.
To the Pm/4r of Georgia
We now hfre in the Hfrvire of the Confed
erate* States twenty-five Regiments and three
Battulions, who have gone under State author
ity,and nix or seven Independent or Confederate
Regiments, who have gone under direct tender
to, and orders from, the Secretary of War, ma
king together about 30,000 ga Innt Georgia
troops. Over 20,000 of this number are now in
Virginia.
They are our fellow citizens, our neighbors,
our friends, our relatives. They are enduring
all the hardships and toils of a soldier's life, in
defence of our wires, onr children and our
common country. Winter will soon be upon
us: and it will be impossible for them to get,
especially in Virginia, with the money allowed
them lor that purpose, by the Confederate Gov
eminent, such supplies of clothing, shoes and
blanket*, ns arc absolutely necessary, in that
severe climate, to their health and comfort.—
Khali we permit them to sutler lor the necessa
ries ot 11/e. while we have plenty at home 7
Never* To prevent tins, I propose, at public
expense, to purchase for them such supplies ns
can be bad in Georgia, of such articles us are
most essential.
Kotne of our manufacturers arc making a
good article of plaiu wolleu cloth ; others are
making leather und shoes, while our Indies,
who have acted so noble a part, are, in differ
ent parts of the Male, making quantities of
wolien jeans cloth. I lie soldiers need alt we
can spare. J wish to purchase for them 110,000
pairs of good, plain, serviceable shoes; and
wolien cloth, including country jeans, enough
to make 30,000 suits of clothing: together with
all the good blankets that can be found in the
market.
I therefore invite nil manufacturer* of shoes,
or woollen cloth, who can iixniat in supplying the
demo ml, arid all person* having good blankets
for Pale, to inform iu® of the supply which each
can famish, and tho price at which each article
can be afforded. I also request tho Clerk of tho
Superior Court in each county to act as agent,
for the purchase of woollen Jean* from the la
die*, and to inform ine ut an early day of the
price of that article in his county It is hoped
that the Indies will use every reasonable exertion
to make a -apply of this very desirable and use
ful article, nnd will furnteb, delivered ut the offi
ces of the Clerk* of the Superior Courts, at rea
sonable .-ricej, all they can spare Prompt ac
tion i* respectfully solicited.
The Mij.plie above mentioned are intended
alike for ..*! Georgians in the uervice, wherever
they may be, u.hruaing as well those who be
long to Independent Confederate Regiments, as
those who b**loTjj r 1., regularly organised State
Regiments A •.siv.ince t*> be nff-irded first to
Hiose found to be unit r eedy. Copies of this
addres • will be forwarded to the ‘‘cretary of
War with request that ho .•eroltheru t< the Colo
nels cominnr, ling regiment.- from Georgia, who
are ropcctful. • -equated to report to me at the
earliest day j ’bio, ‘•n -h necessities of those
under their n i ■ .*.a coinmnndd as cannot be
supplied with (to* i Jans at their disposal.
1 am inform, t n.at large number* us aoldiers,
from this Kuite, are now sick in \ irginia, far
Hway from their homes and friends. They must
have prompt attention. A patriotic and humane
itsHociution of Georgians at Richmond have ta
ken atepp to establish u Hospital there, for our
. sick h’ 1 woanded. They have informed me of
’ ii. ‘ tan, arid •(•penled to me f.r anistance, and I
I bate promptly ordered tho fund* which nrene
j cary t<* establish*the Jlospituj to be placed at
their disposal. They will need supplies of sheets
i blankets, coverlets and such other articles as
| uiny he necessary to alleviate the an tie tinge and
| add to the comfort ofthe sick and wounded. 1
j appeal to ihetedies of Georgia to take from their
. own h /iisehold supply, and send enough, at once,
■to rel eve the wick mid wonnde I. Let the dona
tiuns lroin each locality be boxed und sent, with
the names ot the dojiors, and the u*o for which
! they ero contributed, to Quartermaster General
1 Ira K Foster, ut Atlanta, who will forward them
to Virginia u’ public expense together witb any
contributions which may be mode to the soldier*
by their friends.
Citizens of'Georgia, our cause is the cause of
religion aud hnmaaity. The struggle in which
we are engaged, is the struggle ot a great and
tree people, to maintain the heritage of Liberty
nod Independence, trunsrni'ted to us by our
Revolutionary fathers of 177f1. The effort ofthe
Lincoln Government i* an effort to subjugate ua
to tyranny an<L oppression. The cause of the
Confederate States is the cause of every patriotic
citizen of the South. Wo believe God is with
j us, and preside* in our councils. Let us try to
live near to Him und imjilorn Hl* continued fa
vor. We have at the helm of Stale, the distin
-1 gnitbed s'.atesman and Invincible warrior. Jeffer
son Davis. By his side we have Georgia's own
| great statesman, Alexander H. Stephens. They
are worthy of our fullest confidence. Let us all
with one heart and mind, by universal acclama
tion, continue them in the proud position they
I now occupy. Their success is otir success, their
( defeat would be our defeat. At the call of the
* President, our troops have milled to their coun-
I try’s standard, and ero ready to shed their blood
if need l.e, in their country’s cause. They now
, < all upon u* for necessary supplies. The sick
and wounded appeal to us for assistance. Shall
1 the appeal l.e made in vain 7 I know it will not.
I um very respectfully,
JOSEPH.B. BROWN.
| (ir.s. Mr CLn.i.AN-—There can lie no longer
doubt that Gen. McClellan lemvoMed with the
supreme command ofthe Northern Army. It
i* understood that he refused to accept hie po
sition at Washington, if any one else—even
the .Secretary of War—were above him. In
effect lie is a military Dictator. He mighteven
nend Fuss und Feathers to Fort LaFayctte, if it
pleased him; nnd we wish he would.— Rich.
Dispatch.
9#-The South—the fifteen Southern State*
contain now almost precisely aa much popu
lation ua the whole I'nion contained by the
census of 1830.
The South, therefore, is only about one gen
eration behind all the United State* by the
-cnsuii of 1860.
There are only aboirt three ofthe civilized
nations that exceed it in territory, probably ix
in population, and about one in wealth—and
none so free.
The feeling in WuliinKton.
The subjoined letter to the Cincinnati Gavotte
indicate* undoubtedly the general feeling in
Washington City, on both side*. It is apparent
that tho friend* of Despotism are quite uneasy,
and notwithstanding their dwperate effort* to
conceal it, tho fact ia apparent in thoir most in
geniously written denials of their danger
Correspondence of the Cincinnati Gazette.
Baltimohe. Aug. 2V, P. M.
Gur city is alive with all sorts ot rumors, ridic
ulous a* they are absurd The existing statu of
affairs, however, at Washington, the menuce by
Confederates against Gen. McClellan’s army,
their evident approach toward it, with frequeut
skirmishes at the outposts beyond Arlington
lfights, the firing heard along the Potomac, west
ward, and the frequent reports of cannon below
Alexandria, all tend to give an impression that
something serious may be approaching.
Those well versed in military science are still
of the opinion that Beauregard does not contem
plate a serious attack upon Washington. Tho
belief is his present skirmishing is a feint to hold
the grand Federal army where it now ia under
McDowell, whilst Johnston, with his forces, at
tempts to cross the Potomac near Leesburg, en
gage Bauk \ defeat him if possible, and march
on to Washington in the rear.
A rumor is now circulating that Johnston had
.’rossed, attacked Banks’ command, was defeated
and taken prisoner It is, however, too vague
for c reden <•.
The National Intelligencer and Republican of
to-day both speak as it a serious contest on the
Virginia side was rapidly approaching. This is
ray own impression. The Government feels com
petent not only to cope with but to drive back
and defeat any power nt present wielded by tho
Confederates.
The people of Washington, as is natural
some of them -are beginning to feel uneasy, end
a good many are leaving the oity. We at Balti
more, do not apprehend danger We are well
guarded and troops from the North are passing
through toe streets continually.
An affrighted old darkie, an hour ago, asked
me’ with eyes wide open and white as poached
eggs: “Massa, dein folks tell me Gin’i Bogard
has tuck Washington ! Am It so ?” At the pres
ent moment of writing; Secessionists are in high
glee at the ridiculous rumor of Generals Becn
erantz and Tyler being prisoners in Richmond ’
They are willing to bet on its truth, blaming the
Government aud telegraph for keeping such uu
portent news from them. If, however, such a
report should prove true, it must have a delete
rious effect.
The same precipitators assert that Johnston
has positively crossed the Potomac and is now
in Maryland, invading our soil. I do not be
lieve it, and have the liest reasons for expressing
such a belie!. Notwithstanding. I fear, looking
at the whole subject in a cool, deliberate manner,
we are rapidly approaching times more trouble
some than aDy that have yet come upon us. It
is useless to disguise the fact. Our country
must put forth its whole loyal strength, and that
quickly. FATAPSCO.
From the Lexington Statesman.
Cwrnpoßdnrc brlwfpi Cm. Satollio ami President
Lincoln.
The President ‘’ays the “Camps” were establish
ed at the “urgent solicitation” of the i’nion
men of Kentucky.
(No. I ]
ComUo.XWEALTH of Kkntitkv, |
Exkcutivp Department, j
Frankfort, Aug. iff, IH6I. }
To Ilis Excellency, Abraham Lincoln. President
of the United States ;
I have the honor hereby to accredit to you
Messrs. W. A. Dudley, and F. K. Hunt, as Com
missioners on behalf of the Stale of Kentucky.
The mission of these gentlemen is explained in a
communication transmitted through their hands.
1 take pleasure in commending Iheui to your con
sideration as gentlemen who welt understand the
coudniou or jiubihj a&tirs In this ware, amt wtti
present to you fully tho urgent necessities of the
ntep I have urged.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
B. MAGOFFIN
[No. 2.)
Commonwealth of Kentockv, I
Executive Department, !•
Frankfurt, Aug. 10, 1861. J
To his Excellency Abraham Lincoln, President
of the United Slates
Kir From the commencement ofthe unhappy
hostilities now pending in this country, the peo
ple of Kentucky havo indicated un earnest desire
ami purpose, as far us lay in their power, while
maintaining their original political srntu-', to do
nothing by wbieh to involve them in the war; up
to this time they have tucceuted Iu Lccuring to
themselves and to the K<ate peace und tranquil
ity as the fruits of the policy they adopted. My
single object now is to promote the cuntinu
unco of these blensiega to the people of this
State.
Until within a brief period the peple of Ken
tucky were quiet and tranquil, free from domes
tic strife, and undisturbed by internal commotion
They have resisted uo law, rebelled against no
authority, engaged in no revolution, but con
stantly proclaimed their firm determination to
pursue thnr peaceful avocations, earnestly hop
ing that their own soil would be spared iho pres
ence of armed troops, and that the <ceue of con
flict would be kept removed beyond the border
of tbeir Btatu. By thus avoiding nil oern.-ious
tor tbe introduction of bodies .and .uuied soldiers,
and ottering no provocation for the presence oil
military fr*e, tbe people of Kentucky have sin
cerely striven to preserve in their ft tat# domestic
peace and avert the calamities of sanguinary en
gagements.
Recently a large body of soldiers have been
enlisted in the United States army and collec
ted in military camps in the central portion ot
Kentucky. ’1 his movement was preceded by
the active organization ofcompanies, regiments
tec., consisting of men sworn into the United
States service, under officers holding commis
sions from yourself. Ordnance, arms, muni
tion*, and supplies of war are being transport
ed into ihefttateand pieced in large quantities
in these camps In n word, an army is now
being organized and quartered withiq the State,
supplied with ail the appliances of war, with
out the consent or advice of the authorities of
the State, and without consultation with those
prominently known and recognized as loyal
citizens. This movement now imperils that
peace and tranquility which, from ilia begin
ning of our pending difficulties, have been the
paramount desire of this people, and which, up
to this time, they have so secured to the
State
Within Kentucky there has been, und is
likely to be, no occasion for the presence of
military force. The people are quiet and tran
quil, feeling no apprehension of any occasion
arising to invoke protection from the Federal
arm. They have asked that their territory be
left free from military occupation, and the pres
ent tranquility of their communication left un
invnded by soldiers. They do not desire that
Kentucky shall bejrequired t®supply tbe battle
field for the contending armies, or become the
iheater of the war.
Now, therefore, as Governor of the State of
Kentucky, and in the name ofthe people I have
the honor to represent, and with the single and
earnest desire to aveit from their peaceful
borne* the horrors of war, I urge the removal
from the limits of Kentucky the military force
now organized and in camp within the Statu.
If such n* i* hereby urged be promptly taken,
I firmly believe the peace of the people of Ken
tucky will be preserved, and the horror* of a
bloody war will lie averted from ft peoplt now
peaceful nnd tranquil.
1 am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
IJ. MAGOFFIN.
[No. J.]
Wamiiinuton, D. C-, Aug. 24, 18(11.
To Hl* Excellency, B. Magoffin, Governor of the
State of Kentucky :
Bik Your Utter of the Itfth instant, in which
your “urge the removal from the limits of Ken
tucky of the military force now organized und in
camp within said State,” is received.
I may not possess full and precisely accurate
knowledge open this subject; but I believe It is
true that there is a military force in camp within
Kentucky, acting by authority of the United
States, whioh force is not very large, and is not
■ow being augmented.
I also believe that some arms have been fur
Dished to this fores by the United State*.
I also believe this foroe consists exclusively of
Kentuckians, having their camp In tbe Immedi
ate vicinity of their own homes, and not assail
ing or menacing any of the good people of Ken
tucky.
PEYTON H.COLQ.UITT, I r 7..
JAMES W. WARREN, ( Editor*
Number 36
In nil I havo done In thopremUos, I have ac
ted upon tho urgent solicitations of many Ken
tuckians, and in accordance with what I believ
ed and still believe, to be the wish of a majority
of all the Union-loving people of Kentucky.
While I lmvo conversed on this subject with
many eminent men of Kentucky, including s
largo majority of her membeos of Congress, I do
not remember ‘hut any one of them, (M* any oth
or person, except your Lioollomy and tbe bear
ers of your Excellency’.-* lcttor, )ms urged me io
remove tho uiilitfcry for o from Kentucky, or to
disband it. One other very worthy citizen of
Kentucky did solicit mo to have the nugiqentiag
of tho force suspsndod fur a time.
Taking all the moans within my reach to form
a judgment, I do m.t believo it is tho popular
wish of Kentucky that this forco shall be remov
ed beyond ht-r limits; and, with this impression
I must rcßpei*tfuUy decline *-> to remove it.
I most c .rdially sympathize with your Excel
lency in tho wish to preserro tho peace of my
own native State, Kentucky , but it is with re
gret tbot I search and cannot find, in your not
very short letter, any deolarnti. n or intimation,
that you entertain any des!..* for tho preservo
tlon of tho Federal Union,
Your obedient “errant
A. LINCOLN
iNTKßDiiiiuii of Cos tin r s von deuce —Subjoin
ed is the order of Lincoln's Postmaster General
forbidding correspond cnee between tho people of
tho North and those of Ihe fjouth
Post Office Department, (
August 24tb, 1861. j
The President of the United States directs that
his proclamation ofthe 10th iust, interdicting
commercial intercourse with the so caljed Con
federate States, shall be applied to correspon
dence with those States and has devolved upon
tbi* deparment tho enforcement of so much of
its interdict as relates to such correspondence.—
The officers and agents of flu's department will,
therefore, without further instructions, lose no
time in putting an end to written intercourse
with these States, by causing tho arrest of any
express agent nr other person who shall, after tho
promulgation ofthe ordo-, receive letters to be
carried to or fr> m those f lutes, and will seize all
such letters end forward them to this depart
inent ,M. BLAIR, F. M. General.
Mobbing Feac. M.ftinp.
The New York Tribune <>f tbe 30th uit., has
tbe following account of a mob in New Jersey
Tho White Feather Movement does not scorn
to flourish in New Jersey. The attempt to bold
a meeting for compromise and peace, was frustra
ted by the uprising of the indignant communi
ties of Middiet- wu, Koyport, Rod Bank, tod the
region round about, who a large.maßs
meeting nt Middletown, and pursed a series of
patriotic resolution*. Mr Sites B. Dutoher, of
this city, wa. present by invitation, r.nd deliv
ered a speech which was received with wonderful
enthusiasm. Mr. Thomas Dunn English, who
had purposed suidressing tbq White-Feather fra
ternity, was roughly handk l by the orowj, and
had to be locked up by tho United titales Mar
shal Deacon to save hiru from lynching. Not
less than 2,000 ot the moat re rccteble citizens
of Monmouth were present, lull one-half of
whom were of the Deiuocr .Go party. It is not
likely that Compromise nr.d Peace with traitors
will soon again he sagger-tad to tho grandsons of
the patriot who fought at M r.mottth und Tree
ton
Mimiiiwts of v-n, Kilo*.
A correspondent of tho Mobile Register and
Advertiser writes from M mphte under a iuto date
as follows:
The finest battery in the West h . juet been
erected on the head of Island No. 10, twelve
miles above New Madrid. Iu low water, boats
are compelled to pass within two hundred yard.-,
of tho guns, and in high water, not over eight
hundred yard a from them. 32 and 04 pounders
are mounted there. The garrison is compered of
picked me a, aud I assure .voii, if ic T. star's hi*
licet down the river thre tort, will leave very Ht
tic, if any, unfinished business for llie fortifiea
tions below.
Gen. Pillow’ force?- 13,000 strong—have ad -
vanced as tar uc Benton, Missouri, 4y miles from
New Madrid, where he will await reinforcements,
Gen. .Jeff’ Thompson, with 0,000 more men, is be
tween Benton and Commerce, nnd bus erected one
or two masked batteiu ’, commanding tho Mis
sissippi river above Cairo, und has already fright
ened the Lincoln guuboate into safer quarters,
and effectually .suspended further reoonnoitering
expeditions. Gon. McCulloch’s forces—l7,ooo —
Hardee's 8,000 :.ro slowly advancing to form
a junction wuh Pillowt and Thompson. The
whereabouts and . irength f G*v. Juc.kson and
Gen. Brice are not pr.-itively known, but it i*
under food they art- r.qndiy gaining 1 rength and
may soon be expected to n blow where the
liettsiuns lean expect them, .fill* entire Cnnfcd
erate forces now in .Mr ,-ouri :.!■ .ut :';o,fiO(, ahd
is rapidly reinforcing.
‘1 he river is now rising at tho rate of one foot
iu twenty four hour#, nnd troops *ro coming in
and being dispatched by hundred*. ‘J’h® 11. It
W. Hill carried np last nu ht # x hundred inthn
try and two hundred cavalr). with all their horses
and equipments, bound for Pillow's aimy. The
steamer Cheney has been busy since her capture
and is the flagship of the fleet. Hhe is quite the
fleetest, bout, and tuk's tho lead both wavs. Tbe
Confederate gun-boat Jack.: n left this city jester
day, bound up. A large number of heavy guns
have arrived bore from Richmond, and been dis
.Ju'ed among the fortifications above. Some
two hundred men, boys nnd girls, are daily en
gsgod in the city, in the manufacture of cart
ridges and fixed ammunition for all descriptions
of firearms and cannon. Mix hundred thousand
cartridges for r.flo, musket nnd Minio musket,
were put up and shipped up tho river during last
week, und still the work goes.
Gen. Rocbkcrak.'h Army.—The force under
Gen. Rosencrun/ in Western Virginia, is about
tweuty thousand moo. The force is well orgoaiz
edin brigades under Bonham, Cox and Reynolds,
and though necessarily i.’attured in order to pro
tect every point around Cuout River Paa?, tele
graph communication with Clarksville is so ex
cellent thut a strong army ecu bo couocntrated st
any g ven place in a short time. While our
army number twenty thousand, tnuoncray coder
Gen. Lee, are at least twbou* numerous, and
tbeir force is also distributed iu detachments, ev
erywhere stronger than our own, ready for an
attack at any moment. Lee’s headquarters are at
Huntsville, under tho rsino condition as ours at
Clarksville.
Two companies us the Forth U. F. Artillery—
Company 0. Capt. Howe, eighty-four men. and
Company E. Cap.t Howard, one hundred and
txsenty f.rw m*a hnvo hwn vent ft rwatd to Geo
Roseucranz from the Newport (Ky.) Barracks.
They have full batteries, equipments and every
thing complete. Chitnyo 7/ ibun <■.
frir-General McClellan is a greater man
than we took him to be. After his success in
Western Virginia be addrcsccd Ins army thus
“Soldiers: In si* week* you have annihila
ted two armies, kil'ed 2!W) men, und taken COO
or 700 prisoners, nnd driven Hie enemy, that is
the two annihilated armies, from Western Vir
ginia,” tec.
We thought this was borrowed from Napo
leon’s address to his army after thu capture of
thn Austrian nrmy nt Ulm and tho defeat ofthe
Russians nt Austerlitz. Hut wo have exam
ined, and fined it ain't. It is original with Gen.
McClellan. He had about thirty thousand men
agninst eight thousand Southerners.—Louis
rt/lr Courier.
JOT On Monday last a sharp skirmish occur
red at Harper's Ferry, between u party of the
enemy, about Irlty in number, who hud crossed
into Virginia, and a body of Cos). Ashby's caval
ry, under hi* own lead. Cyl Ashby managed by
his address, to get bstweep the enemy and tho
river. In the conflict, from three to live of the
enemy were riain, and a larger number wounded.
On our side, Scott Jones, a private of Cspt. Win.
F. Turner’s company, was wounded by a ball in
bis shoulder. Uo was thought to bo doing well,
when lust heard from.
Tho enemy succeeded, finally in gaining the
•dielter of a mill, from which Col Ashby was not
in sufficient foroe to attempt to dislodge them.
Hichmoml t'xtunwtr.
A Lincoln Captain Kecrlitinu in Mor
gan County —We have information from one
of the oldest and most reliablo gentlemen of Mor
gau county, Cspt. Melton, who some weeks since
led a Linooln company into Kentucky, returned
to Morgan a few days since, and after procuring
twelve recruits, returned again to tho Linooln
camp near the Crab Orchard.— Knoxville Regis
ter 8 th.