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10LQUTT & WARREN, Proprietors. Volume XVI. CQL&MBOB. TUESDAY, OCTOBER I. 1801. Tb FirtitU if ibc .New fork News. It has already been announced that the pub lication of thin able and fearless journal lias been suspended. The following announce ment of the suspension and the causes which rendered it necessary, appears in the issue of the 14th inst: to tus ri BLic. To-duy the unpleasant but imperative duty devolves upon us of bidding our readers and subscribers a temporary, but, we trust, a short farewell. After this morning’s issue, the pub lication of the Daily and the Weekly News will be suspended for a time. We make this announcement with a feeling deeper than re gret, for it is n consequence of events that should have beep impossible of occurence in the Republic where we claim the rights and immunities of citizenship. We hare stood manfully at our post while the slightest hope remained of weathering the storm , but as our area of action has been narrowed until eWen the possibility of our rendering serrice to our countrymen hns vanished, we lay down our pen in the bitterness of despair, and await, for its resumption, the propitous hour when per secution shall no longer strike the instrument of labor out of the hand of industry. The causes that have led to the suspension are so palpable as scarcely to need a recapitu lation. We have been denied the enjoyment of msit facilities, which, in itself, in virtually tx suspension by Government decree. We have been shut out from express transporta tion, and attempts have been made to prohibit the sale of our issues in pnblic vehicles of travel. Our property, an J the property of our subscribers, has been confiscated by Govern ment official*, acting without warrant or pro* cess of law. Our advertising patrons have been threatened through anonymous commu nications, and some of those who have been in the habit of contributing to our editorial columns, for no other known l ausc, have been arrested and consigned to the dungeons of a fortress. Policemen in their official capacity, have interfered with our circulation by prac ticing intimidation upon news venders. Our leaders have been subject u> insult and indig nity, and it had actually become dangerous for a citiren to be seen perusing a copy oflhe Dai ly News m public places. Rival cotempora nei have paraded us in their columns as tit subjects for popular fury and administrative severity, and have been “as unceasing mud un relenting in their persecution as were the prae tors of Caligula against the early Christians. The fanatics in private life and the fanatics in high plaees have leagued to crush us, and we had ourselves at this day so completely shack led and shorn of all essential privileges of jour nalism, that further publication becomes a mockery and a mere waste of lime and sub stance We wish the public to understand that w hile we withdraw, for a time, from the arenaof our labors, we do not yield or retractor iu any - ay admit as reprehensible, erroneous or trea sonable, one thought, sentiment or doctrine that we have hitherto advanced. The course of the paper, under its present proprietorship, was shaped after mature and deliberate con sideration. Its policy was based neither upon selfishness, nor avarice, nor ambition, but up on a solemn sen*e of duty, in an hour of great national danger. It were useless for us to re hearse now those opinions which, without de viation, we have abundantly advanced from the beginning; but, in the face of all the im putations against our loyalty that have been liung at us by thoughtless enthusiast* and railiog fanatics, in the face of the bitter hate ol rivals und the more effectual hostility of official power, we affirm that those opinions were born of honwsty and matured by convic tion—conviction that argument and event# have not changed, and that reflection has but strengthened Our paramount desire has been the country’s welfare, and we have knowingly published to the world no word or .sentiment that had not in view that sacred object. We may hare erred incur estimate of the means by which a nation's prosperity can be secured, but we can admit no arbitrary dictation to our heart and brain by any mortal being. In taking present leave of our friends and patrons, we will now make a pleasant useot the occasion, in extending to them the assu rance of our lively gratitude for their past fa vors. When the laws by which, till now. we have been accustomed to be guided, shall re sume their sway, when authority shall be strip ped ot its extraneous attributes, and afcora of its usurpations, when the free thought ol free men shall be permitted to radiate throughout the land, and American citizenship shall have become once more a reality and not a shadow, then we will aak our friends to welcome us back to the duties arid responsibilities of jour nalism. Meanwhile, let them be reminded that the News “sleepeth, but is not dead.” BENJAMIN WOOD. We clip the following paragraphs from tha Charleston Courier, of Sept. 28lh Eqi .wom-ial. —On Thursday night a strong gale commenced blowing here, tbe wind being from Southeast to South, arcompanied by heavy rain squall*. It continued until Friday morn te, when tbe wind changed to Southwest, and tSderated. The shipping in port has escaped without Injury, so far as we could learn. Tha weatbar ofi tha coast has no doubt beau boister ous, and our blockading friends have probably tied a good tins# of it. We wish them many ■ueh specimen* during tbe year, only a little more so. We leoTu that Gao. K. Kirby health, whose arrival iu our city was noticed in Friday's Cou rier, ha# been detained on recount of the storm, But leaves this morning for St. Augustine, Fla., s a visit to his mother and tbs placa of bis birth. He is on a short leave of absence from Msnassus, where ht expects be again in twenty days. Tbe General and his lovely bride (late Miss Balden, of Lynchburg, Virginia,) have been tbe guests of Dr. Reter Rorcher while in this <*Uy. m *dr VVs clip the following frutu tbe camp tiauley correspondence of the Lynchburg Re publican : “A few days ago, I r -Je past the ireshly made graves of some of tbe Yankees, and at tbe bead of one of them I discovered, written by some weg upon a piece of white paper, the following significant lines : The Yankees came in serried bands. To take pot session of our lands, Alas ! this small, contracted spot, Shows all the land tfuee Yankee ■ got.” Wrat N “Ci.ru an Bats. —The Richmond Whig says’ “A surgeon, of great responsibility, who was among the prisoner* taken after the Rich Moun tain and was for some days in the camp aud tents of McClellan and Rostneranta, with whom he converted freely, repeated to as the emphatic declaration of both these Generals, that they would “much rather be fighting Messaebu setts than Virginia.” They bare a funny wey of working gains ( their will tt?' ’ Cmlitilis ®intss 4 —t-— —-—£ • b From tli Ira j if Ibt kmnbi < The position of affair* in Western Virginia is > full of iutereot. We have date* from Meadow [ Bluff to the 26th inat., (Wednesday Inst.) In J an order to Major Dunn, brigade Quartermaster Gsnsral Floyd’s Adjutant Win* the following lan* | gusge, which we extract : j “lIEAngIAKTKhH Ahm VOK IHK KANAWHA, ) .Meadow Blurt. Sept. 26, 1801. ) “The enemy hare concentrated their entire available force in Western and North-western Virginia on thU road, and it is absolutely neces sary to the command of Gen. Floyd and to the cause that he should have reinforcements. The enemy have already appeared before Gen. Wise in large force. Gen. Lee went to his succor with four of Gen. Floyd's regiment?, which leaves the latter with a very small force. Hence yoa see the necessity of rapid reinforcements. Oen. Lee, had brought with him from Hun tersville no troops, and was attended only by an escort of twenty men and three baggage wagons. Meadow Blutf is a strong position, command ing the approach to Lewlsburg, whether by the main turnpike road frnm Gauley bridge, or the Wilderness road from Summeraville, or the road from Bower* Ferry on New River. At this point General Floyd Is stationed with what Os his command is left after the four regiments ta ken forward by General Let, and is very strong ly fortified. Gen Wise is W*( of .Mead, tv Blurt, fifteen miles, on Sewell Mountain, in a very streng po sition The four regiments takeu up to him by Gen Lee will increase uur force there to about 6OoUmen. This number was Joiibtlcsr attacked by Ruseneranti on Wednesday last, *Mfe head of 14,000. It was hoped that Gens. Lee aud Wise would be able to hold the position and oheck theeaeuiy, if not, they would withdraw to Meadow Blurt, where, no doubt is entertained, but that the united forces of tbeMfrro Commands could repel the enemy. The public will look with intense interest for the result of these attacks of RoteucrauU. A fine Mississippi regiment, under 00l Russell, and 400 of Col Phillips’ Legion, of Georgia, reached Gen Floyd, respectively, Mon day and Wednesday. —Kichtnond Vitputch 27. [From the New York Herald, September 18.] tbs Wit Seuirn of Ynmli ml Soßtheru hifuiy. united states mstrict attornet’s orncK. The following list will show the number of ves sels seized and tbe amount of property libelled by the authorities here, The amount is upwards of $600,000 : Bept. It, 1861.—A package marked A. II , in the Bark Sank, containing certificates of de posit for $42,406,82, belonging to the oitiaens of the Confederate States. Sept. 3.—Eight thousand nmo hundred and fifty seven dollars and twenty-one cents iu Amer ican Exchange Bank, belonging to citizen# in tbe Confederate Stales. Sept 6. Trotting mar* Flora Temple, be ionging to Wm li. MoDoualJ, of Baltimore. Mare bonded in twice her value, auJ discharged September 7. Sept. 7. Seven hundred and seven casks of ‘ime, enemy j property, in store No. 4. Wash ington street. Sept. $11,04)0 belonging to the New Turk and New Orleans Steam Ship Company, und iu tbe hands of Crocheron, Livingston and Cos. Sept ft.—Trunk and conteuts belonging to Leroy M Wiley, iu the Bank of tbe State of New York. # Sept. 6.- 6000 bags of Coflee, enemy's prop erty, imported in ship Anna Bowen, and stored at 20ft South-street. Sept. 7.—Bonds, stocks, do., tu the control ol the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, be longing to citizen* o( the seceded or Confederate States. Kept. .'IOO casks of wine, enemy's prop erty. Sept. 7.- Honda, stock, scrip in the control ol the Bank of tbe Republic, belonging to cithern of the seceded or Confederate State*. Sept. 7 Bonds Ac., Ac., In Chemical Wank belonging to citizens of Confederate States. Sept. 7.- Bonds, stock, Ac., belonging to A - It. Taft, J. Filor, t W. 11. Wall, and other citi zens of Confederate Statos, in hands of It. L. Maitland k Cos., No. 63 Beaver-street. ■— • Thk Fkfncu Cobvrtt*.—The rumor wbieh was current on Monday night in relation to the arrival of a man of war at the Head of the Pass es turns out to be true, for a wonder, an given, of late, has been Dame Rumor to lying. The vessel is tha French corvette Lavoisier, commanded by Capt Ribout, and comes from Havana, it is said, with letters and dispatches for French residents here Capt. Kibout and two of bis lieutenant.- rame up to tha city yesterday iu a tug boat sent down after them by Com. llollißs of Confederate Navy. They took carriage and immediately pro ceeded to tbe bouse of Count Mejao, the Preaeb Consul. There was a large rtimber of people on the levee when they arrived, but no demon stration of any sort was made. Tbe French corvette lies at anchor below tbe forts, her offi cers, not wishing, we suppose, to salute the flag at Fort Jackson, for fear of compromising their government.— JY. (). bulletin, I'lst. Thk Enfield Riflr.—On Saturday last, says tha Savannah News of tbe 30th ult., Col. C. A. L. Lamar’s regiment, encamped at the Parade Ground, were armed and equipped with the Eng lish Enfield rifle. Great curiosity was evinced by our people to see this new weapon, and a large concourse of people visited the camp ground yesterday to inspect it. Tbe regiment comprise a fine body of men, and we bare no doubt when an opportunity presents they will distinguish theroselve*. The St.ln Traiirj Nut<. The New Orleans C'raaeent bee beau favored with a copy o; the following letter from the Bee rotary of the Treasury, written in reply to one suggesting e different form of engraving and pa per in the Confederate Treasury notea. CoWBDBBarc Btatii, Tskaascby | Richmond, Bept, 6, 1861 J •Sir Your letter of the 2d lnat., ia juat receiv ed. Accept my thanka for the kindly and pa triotic spirit it evince*, f am fully impressed with the difficulties of which you apeak. We have until to-day beau unable to procure bank note paper, and In order to gat the beat work wo aent aa far aa your city to have it done. The un fortunate counterfeit! referred to in the alip which you enclosed, werecauaed by the careleas neaa of the New Orleans engrever. He remitted the abeeta by express in paper covert, wbieh chafed through, and one of the express ageota atole from it aome of the abeeta, which be signed with fictitious name* and put in circulation. 1 have succeeded in arraatlng all the parties en gaged and they are now In Jail here awaiting trial. 1 have alio, I hope, ell the stolen Impres sions, with the counterfaita. They are ell tivea and tana None of the fives are yet lu circula tion, and if, upon careful counting, 1 fimJ that all the impreesiono are not recovered, 1 will sup press the Issue; eo that the benka need be under no apprehension. In the course of this week I hope to put out a plate with two colors, and hope soon to have a better issue. In the meantime, the necessities of the country require that you should submit to the preeent difficulties. He pleased to make known these particular* to the other banks. With much respect, Your obedient servant, C. O. MEMMIN'OER, Secretary of the Treeeury. Hiatt Water, — The storm of Thursday night and Friday, says the Macon Telegraph of the 30ih, raised the Gcmulgee to a height unprece dented in the last twenty years, aud up to with in two feel and eight inches ol the top of the cele brated Harrison Freshet in 1840. The flat on the Baal Mauon Ride is eovered.wlth water, and the houses are flooded in the first floors to the height of the window sills. We are told that about seven miles of the track of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad Hre submerged, with what amount of damage to the embankments remains to be seen after the a ater recedes. The planters on the banks of th? Ocmulgee will, we fear, suf fer very materially by the innundatien of their corn crops iu the field, and the drowningof stock. The fresh was thought to bo at its highest point last Saturday at noon. On the South Western Rulroad, a bad wash occurred near Station No. 2, which interrupted travel on Friday and Saturday. Fno* Missouri. The Fort Smith Time-, of the 18th say* A traveler from Missouri reports that there are 36,000 Federal troops at Uolla. Our people will have to be on the alert, or they will be upon us •eon. And in the saute paper of the 10th, wo find the following paragraph* “It is reported intowu thut the Federal troops arc marching from Rolla to Springfield. We cannot vouch for the truth of it. “A couple ofiueu from Missouri passed through town to-day with about thirty negroes, bound lor Texas They said thay wore running them from the day hawker*. We learn from Henry Mmehart, bearer of dis patches from Gen McCulloch's camp, who arriv ed here last uight, that the Jay-hawkers, under Jiin Lane and Montgomery, are becoming very troublesome. They have several thousand men. Gen Price was marching on Lexington, and thousands of Missourians were flocking to his standard, lie had about 18,000 or 20.1MH’ men, and it was thought would make a descent on Jefferson City soon. Union men were joining Ins standard, being driven to it from Fremont's proclamation. The latest uew* front Lexington, Mo., received through the t>t. Louis papers ol the 20th, states that Col Mulligan, of the Chicago Irish Brigade, u command of the l uiou forces at that point, had been attacked by a rebel force of some 14,000 under Price. On Tuesday last, Price sout a summons to Col M to surrender, to which the lacoulc answer was roturned—“Go to h 11!” Price then commence! an attack which lasted the whole day, ending in a repulse of the rebels. It was support'd that Price would recommence the attack next day. Later rumors are to tboefleci that Col Mulli gan had surrendered, in consequence of liis am munition giving out. These are, however, con tradicted and at present every thing is in the dark as to the true state of affairs. Reinforce ments were on the way, and it is hoped that they reached Lexington in time to save Col Mulligan and his gallant little band. Paducah | Federal] Piekit Guard. From Ckvi'RAl. Kentucky.— lntelligence was received iu this city last evening from Bowling Green, Ky., that the pickets of the opposing forces on the hue oflhe Louisville and Nash ville Railroad had occupied positions within three miles of each other. Both armies were udvancing cautiously, but we have no advice* us to the strength of either. If this informa tion is correct, of which there seems to bo no doubt—u collision may be momentarily antici pated. Jl is to be regretted that our forces did not promptly occupy Muhlrough's Hill, ns we believe they could have done without opposi tion, had their first advance been diligeuily prosecuted.— Mtmphts (Tran.) Appeal., 78th. Thic Governor’ Kmctio.v. —Having twice voted for Governor llrown, the following few i reasons determine me to vote against him this tune : Ist. Because he bus been at war with the Confederate authorities at Richmond all the time, and as they declare, hasgiven them more trouble than all other .aiisrs. i >nthe contrary, Judge Niabet has their confidence in a high degree. Second. Because Gov. Brown has already been at war with the Legislature, and in the present crisis it is all important there should be the utmost harmony between all depart ments of our Government. Third. Becuuse the small Slates of Louis* anu and Arkansas have nearly as many troop* m the field as Georgia, owing to the obstacles thrown iu the wny of volunteers by Governor Brown Many companies have disbanded by getting tired of waiting for orders, or having anus withheld. The 7th and Blh Georgia reg iments left good arms ut his bidding, and had to go into the battle of MunuKsa* with iuierior arms. Now, go, Georgian*, to the lumented Bartow * grave, and invoke his spirit to an swer, shall Brown be elected t PIKE. A‘laeon Telegraph. Hr. I.?ii and tbe Side Kwit. The Atlanta “Confederacy” learns (hat Dr. John W. Lewi#, superin ten dent of tbe State Road, has resigned that office to take effect at an oarly day/*-— Exchange. We pre-mi.e by an “early day” is meant, wfien the voters of Georgia will return Gov. Brown lo but borne in Cherokee. When Judge fiiabet will honor the position which honored Gov. Brown, theu, of course, at “an early day,” the resignation ol Dr. Lewi* will take effec t. No one, we presume, who has travelled or rather who has been jolted over the btate ltoad of late has failed to observe that it ia in a wretch ed condition. In order to secure the re election of Governor Brown, haa not Dr. Lewis “moved heaven and earth” to pay every dollar, bogut and all tbe Road has made, into tbe Ktate Treasury, to be berelded to tbe people of Georgia by proclama tion ‘ Ha# not thin been done at the expense of tbe btate and to the great damage of the Read'/ Whet will it cost to heve the road putiu a# good condition as it ws; when Dr l<ewiu was appoint ed Superintendent ‘ Let the voter# answer these questions at the ballot bos. Muoh bog u capitol has been manufactured by payments Into tbe Btate Treasury on tbe eve of an election. Dr. Lewis has uever reached tbe fguret and rstimatee of income#, from the Iloed made by his predecessor iu his last report. Par baps no people have ever been so ham bugged a# the people of Georgia have been by Gov. Brown in his financiering exploits. Notwithstanding tbe ecrap iron economy of Dr- Lwl#, we are of tbe opinion that tbe inter ests of tbe Road require tbst bis resignation •bould toko effect at an early day.” “If it were dona, when ‘tie done, ’twerewell It were quickly done.” tiwoßP Presentation to Jeff. Tompson.— Several citizens of Memphis lately had a sword and pair of pistols made for and prevented to Gen. Jeff. Thompson. Subjoined is tbe letter of tbe General, acknowledging tbe gift : lIEADqitATEOS, IST. MIL. DIST., K. M. U. f Comp Bellmont, Bept. 20, 1661. J A feic Mem phi Patriot l ; Gentlemen Your kind and appropriate pres ent of a sword and a pair ol revolver#, by tbe bands of my old schoolmate, Charley Htephsn son, 1# received, and I sincerely thank you for tbe gift end compliment. I have heretofore had to fight tbe enemy with mv pen end tongue, but with borrowed eword anil pistol. I can now let in on them in the good old fashioned way, and bops that in tbe next ten days 1 can prove tbe metel of the sword aud range of tbe pistols on the Northern Vandal#, or more despicable Union men of this Btate. Whenever I shall draw the sword or aim tba pistols, I will think of the un known donors and strike for tbe “few Memphis Patriots” Your#, M JEFF. THOMPSON. TIIK XIIVK 11 KHIIN T V UK THI ST ATK X. (XHjUMBUS, (IEOKGIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1861. COLUMBI A. WKDNKBIUY, IM fOBKB 2, IHBI. From Tint First Georgia Ksuiurnt.—A cor respondent of the Savannah Republican, at the conclusion of a letter dated at Camp Bar tow, Sept. 18th, says: 1 do uot know what our next move will be— there are many rumors afloat, but nous thut can be re!ied on. Capt. Crump has been iu Richmond some Line trying to get us transfer red to some other part of tho State, or to the coast of Georgia, and, it is said, is now on his way here with sealed orders for the regiment. I do hope he has succeeded, as we have nil find quite enough of the mountains of North - western Virginia Mflr We are awaiting with auxiety to lenrn says the Richmond Knquirer, where the Lincoln Naval Expedition is to strike. Suppositious vary considerably, but they point moat generally to Brunswick, in Georgia; Fernamlina, in Flori da . the Gulf Coast between Mobile and New Orleans, or to the vicinity of Wilmiugton in North Carolina. The enemy have It in their power to annoy us very considerably by tho.-o piratical dcaoente, but without doing us any se rious injury orgalulng to themselves any sub stantlal advantage. They pay largely for the whistle. Nxws and Rumors.—The most eager anxiety is now manifested by the pubile to bear from our army in the West, but tbc fact that there was no railway connection beyond Staunton yesterday, prevented the receipt of any new* by the Csn tral route. The engageaient on Tuesday was doubtlc** an outpost skirmish, and ons report nays thut the enemy was driven back. Heavy firing was hoard on Wednesday at Jackson’s river in the direction of Gauley, and tt is not improbable that a battle took place on that day. We have information that eight regimeuts are ordered forwurd from different points to reinforce the Western army. There were uo passenger* from Manassas yes terday, the tra : us having failed to connect in consequence of the breaking down of a small beidge at Kapahannook station by u passing freight train,on Wednesday night. No person was injured by the accident, but the cars were oousiderably smashed up. We learn from a gen tleiuan who arrived from Fairfax 11 o’clock on Thursday night, that Gen Beauregard was at Fairfax Court Home, and Gens. Johnston and Smith were a mile or twu below. The health of the troops was rapidly Improving, and systematic measures had been adopted to prevent disease iu tho camps. Lowe's balloon was seen from Mason’s Hill on Thursday afternoon. The picketi continued to fire upon each othtr at interval* A painful ruuior prevailed at Winchester on Wednesduy that the gallaot Capt Turner Ashby was killed the night before between llaUltown aud Harper’s Ferry. I The York river train yesterday brought up an individual under arrest, supposed to be a spy. Richmond Ditpah 28. If’ hi the Richmond Dispatch of Sept. 2ft. He Crest Quctiua of the Poluiu,. The Marylanders in Richtue>ud wore yesterday in a state of the deepest despondency from some information which they received, and believed to he authentic, that the Government were not in olii td to order a forward movement of our ar my into their State At no time since the com mencement ot the war, have the unfortunate peo ple of that State, in Richmond, been the WctitUH of *uch deep despair as they were laboriug un der yesterday. Overrun a* Maryland ha* been by the forces of tbe North for six months, cajoled and abused, courted and oppressed In turn, neither force or blandishment has over been able to extort from that State a singlo regiment for tho service of Lincoln Ou the contrary, every day of her bon dago has but served to ‘nrrease the intensity of her loyalty to the South, and it is now coufi dently predicted that the appearance of a South era arin> ou the left bank of tbe Potomac would produce a popular uprising such as has rarely been aeon in the history us popular revolutions. When the whole State was thus on tiptoe ol hope and expectation, the depression which the news of a determination on tha part of our Govern merit not to cross the Potomac produces, is, of course, overwhelming. The statement in, that a portion of the Cabi net ure opposed to any demonstration upon Maryland nntil the lutenlionfl of foreign powers in regard to recognition become known. Such a postponement is equivslontto no movement upon Maryland at all; and the news mud of course produce the saddest despondency, not only among the Marylanders here, but among the thousands of Maryland soldiers now doing eer. vice In Abe army. Notwithstanding, however, the imposing form in which this report of the policy of the Gov ernment presents itself, and the authenticity re luctantly ascribed to it by those who are so deeply interested iu knowing it# truth, we are very much inclined to discredit it. There Is at least the authority of one Cabinet officer in con Urination of it; and we believe tbe events of tbe next fortnight will totally overthrow it, We do not hesitate, however, to express the opinion that a belief iu it# correctness would stir tbe popular leeling in the South to a depth to which it has never beu moved before. It might in deed prove so strong as to revolutionise tbe Gov ern merit. Coi.. W- M. Gardsbr. — We are exceedingly gratified to learn, says the Home Boutherner, that thia distinguished officer has beea appointed Colonel of the ‘gallant Bth Georgia Regiment, and that “by the appointment, the commisalou takes rank the 21st July, the date of the memo rable battle of Manassas Plains, where the for mer Golonel, the gallant Harlow, eo nobly fell. We iearn these facts from a latter we received a tew daye ago from James Gardner, Ksq., which we publish to- day. We presume a belter appoiatmeot could not have been made, and that it was the earnest wish of every member of that Regiment. Larran moa a Baltimors Boy.—We have perused n letter written by u lad of thirteen year*, in Baltimore, to a relative in this city, which, though not of ao late a dote as ourlast udvices, ie interesting as showing the spirit which animates the youth of the Monumental City. He isjfi: “We are being cruelly ground under the iron heel of Yankee oppression.— We have no police, und as soon aa the Legis lature passes the Ordinance of Secession, the members have no other hope but to be sent to ilastile Lafayette, when the oath of allegiance to the Lincoln Government will be administer ed to the citizens of the State, unless they are speedily relieved, or rather rescued, by the Confederate troope.” “When Maryland is called on, she will be up to time, and I sup pose we cau furnish thirty or forty more regi ments, when the army croseee the Potomac.” There is much more in the letter, but it re lates chiefly to incidents of Federal tyranny with which our readers are familiar. If all the men of Baltimore had the p uck o( that boy, the guns of Fort Molienry would not long frown them into submission.— Richmond Dup., 36. m The Washington “Plsr” ol tlm “nth supphns the following item*: llßtNlt AT PICKY AS, nv. llßAfqi AUTKRS AItMY OF TUB POTOMAC, Washington. Sept. 111, I Nil. General Order ji, JYo. 13. I. All person* not connected with the out. post and picket guard, except general officer*, commanders of brigades, ami officer* of thoir statl*, are prohibited from passing beyond the main guards on the Virginia side of the Poto mno. Commanders will define the line* and instruct their guards accordingly. 11. The practice, which lias to some extent prevailed, ot tiring upon the enemy's pickets, is COBtrary to the usage* of civilized warfare, and does not contribute to auy good result. It is, therefore, directed that, in futifro, the pick et and outpost guards are not to lire upon the encmy’ii pickets unless it becomes necoatary to resist their advance or to return a fire com nicnced by thorn. All commanding officers and guards are required to enforce tnis order, and to arrest every person violating it. By command of Major General McClellau. 3. Williams, Assistant Adjutant General. Offiriul Ru.m'h B. Irwin, Aid de-Camp. ARRIVAI. OF CONTRABAND*. Yesterday the steamer l.nckworn! went down the river on a rvconnoisanoe, returning early this morning, with thirteen contrabands, sent up from the flagship Yankee. They are from tho vicinity of Matthias Point, and report that there are about threo hundred of the rebels on climped near at hand, who post sentries at the Point,aud watch the movements of the flotilla Lieut. McGaw, of the Pocahontas, accompanied the Lockwood and lan Jed at the White House, where he was piloted around by a colored man who had escaped uot long since from that neigh borhood, and who was well pouted with regard to the topography of the country. No batteries were found, nor any sign* of the Confederate*, all being quiet and deserted. Since the arrest ot t'aptaiu Dove, the command of tho Pocahontas has devolved upon Ideut. McGaw, under whom It is expected the steamer will join tho flotilla again soon. TRYING TUI RANGE, While Gen. McClellan was present yesterday afternoon, alter reviewing the brigade of Guu Blanker, an experiment wa* made with the rill ed guns recently mounted on Fort Taylor—a new fortification, situated about 2’ u miles from Chestnut Hill, (Murray Mason’s place,) where the Disuuionists have constructed their most ad viiuced works. It was found that solid shot or shell muy oasily be tbrowo from Fort Taylor well beyond tho Disunion fort. While our troop* were thus tiring, a body of about 200 Disuiouist* deployed from under cover to the right, when a single shot thrown among them sen* them scat tering in different directions. HA VINO HAT. This afternoon Oen Smith employed a regi ment of his brigade in securing the hay and other stores of the farmers residing between tho Kni fed States lines aud those of the Disuniouists in the vicinity of tho Chain Bridge. On S3UI6 other parts of the line, the Disuniouists have soized on and Carried oft everything eatable for manor horse within their reach. The work of tho regi ment mentioned above wasto-day commenced on the farm of Dr Mackall, in Fairfax county, Vir ginia .Ha FIRING HEARD TO DAV. ihe report.* of artillery heard so frequently this afternoon were from battery practice over the river. The burning of brush raised the smoke la that direction that was so generally mistaken oq this side for the :moke of burnt powder. A ('ill for Hrl|i! /'Ac ) u/i keea Advancing ’ .Mr. Bickley, from Wise county, reached this place on Wednesday, bringing information of an assemblage of Liucolu troops at Louisa, Law reuce county, Ky., on Kandy river. A letter wa< received at Wise 0. 11. on Tuesday evening, from a citiien of Kentucky—(whose name we with hold) -a gentleman every way reliublo, who rtutea that there are 2,600 federal troops at Loui tia; and that it is thought they contemplate In vading Southwestern Virginia by way of the Round Gap.- That point in one of great impor tance ; and might, if occupied, be held by that | force against one much greutcrin fact, it could soon be rendered almost impregnable. ! The people of Wise want immediate help, in men, arms, and ammunition, to enable them to bold that pass I'nfortunately, woof this sec tion have neither arms nor urnrniinitiou, und there is no uuthority here to send them the deir ed assistance in the way of men. The Confed erate authorities should see to themu’ter at once ] -as the Railroad, Saltworks, and tne Lend j Mines are all in danger. A messenger was dispatched to Gen Zollicof j fer'at Cumberland Gap, but wo doubt whether | he is there at this time. - Abingdon ( Vti.) /Vmo crat. From Raw oaii Thk Picket Guard We have received through the kindnesr of a fri rid, No. 3 of the Union Picket Hoard, published at Raducah, Ky., by the Abolition invader* nt that place, Camp jokes are the principal contents of the number before us, and consequently we Und but little worth of notice. One item of news Is a confirmation of the re ported accident noticed by us Tuesday morning as having ecu red on the Ohio and Mi*shaip|J Railroad. The (Junrd suys that the train wm conveying the 19th I.linoi* iegiuu nt to Wu h ng ton, and while crossing Beaver Creek, one bun dred miles West of Cincinnati, the bridge gave way. Four cars were precipitated into tbe creek, and crushed into a promiscuous ruin. The latest and most reliable accounts represent that from forty to fifty wore killed, und neur’y one bun dred wounded, by this terrible disaster. Mem phie (Ten/i.) Appeal, Sept. 26. ■— - • Ibe Until? it leiilgtan, The St. Louis Nous of tbe 20th instant con tains a purtiul report of the fight at Lexington, wbiiji, so fur an it goes, confirms the previous report which reached u* recently by telegraph. Its report is up to ten o’clock Wednesday the 18th instant The Confederates under Gen. Price, num bering from 16,000 to 20,000, opened fire on the federal garrison there early on Wednesday morning. The garrison responded, and the cannonade was kept up till 10 o’clock at night, when the man who brought the news, und was a resident of tbe opposite side of tb* river, left. The Confederates hud seized three stesni boats, laden with ammunition and stores for the federal#, which had l*en sent up from Jef ferson city. Thu federnl’s garrison was on the south vide at the outskirts of the city, iu their en trenchments around the Mononio College. The Confederates made the.r attack on that side, and had also taken possession of the city, so the federuls were between two fires. The federuls were commanded by Col. Mul ligan, of Chicago. News has reached Padu cah that he had surrendered—his ammunition having given out. Thia wus published in a Lincoln sheet, which Iho scoundrels under Grant hare started there #ince they took pos session of the place. Southern Confederacy. Nasiivills, Sept. 28. Gen Robert Anderson (Sumter; assumed com mand in Kentucky, anil has issued the follow ing proclamation K'RSTi raiANsl Called by the Legislature of Kentucky, my native State; I hereby assume command of this department. I oome to enforce not to make laws, and, God willing, to proteot your property and your lives. The enemies of onr country have dared to invade our soil; Ken tucky is in danger, she has vainly striven to keep peace with her neighbors. Our State is uow Invaded by those who profess to be ber friends, but who uow seek to conquer ber. No true son of Keotucky can longer hesitate as to bis duty, to his State and country. The Inva ders must, and, God willing, will be repelled.— The leader of the hostile forces, who now ap proaches, is, I regret to say, a Kentuckian ma king war on Kentucky and Kentuckians. Let all past differences of opinion be overlooked in every one who rallies to the support of our Union and of our Rtate. Rally, theo, my countrymen, around the flag our fathers loved, and which ha shielded us so Ion,;. I cull you to urmxfor seifs defense tor the protection ot all that is dear to Freenieu. Let it* trust in God and do our duty, a* did our father*. iSigned) It'UT. ANDKRSON, Brig. Gen. U. 8. A. lie Im* also issued another proclamation, in which he says, that understanding there is some apprehension entertained by the cUisens of the State who have been hitherto opposed to tho policy now adopted in the Stare, ho give* notice that no Kentuckian? will be arrested who remain at home and attend to their own business aud do not take part by action or spocoh, against the United States, or the State government, or hold correspondence with, or give aid to tho enemy. The Louisville Journal of tho 25th ult., reports eight prisoners arrested by Gen BhciAun, on a charge of treason. It is reportad that Breckinridge pH*aed Mount Sterliug, Montgomery county, Kentucky, at 4 o’clock 1‘ M, on his way to Virginia, Quincy, 111., Kept. 23. Ihe siege of Col Mulligan and his foroes was commenced on Thursday, the 12th of September, and continued till last Friday at 6 I* M, when the Union flag was hauled down. His men fought 50 hours without water, and bad only three barrels of vinegar to quench their thirst.- The supply ot water from the river wa* cut off after a desperate fight. On Wedaesday, (leu Brent is* uj auuied com mand north of the Missouri River. Restarted West from here yesterday. Ho is now West of Brookfield and out off by the rebels—supposed to be part of Price's forces. Great tears are on tu turned lest he will be captured. (ini. UucUt; to Mr. Cuthrif. Headquarters Central Div. of Ky., ) Bowi.ingukkkn, Ky., Bcpt. 14, 1881. j lion. Jamtt Guthrie, Pretidenl of Louitvxlle and Nat hr Hit Railroad Company. Bu< It is my purpose to reopen the traffic which liuh been recently suspended by direction of the l'ro.sidont of tho United btates, on such portions of the Louisville and Nashville Rail road as may be under tho control of tho forces under my command, eud also to re-establish the running of the regular passenger trains. The countios through which this railway passes are largely interested in its stock, nnd are charged with heavy burdens to pay the intere*t on die debt, which they have contracted in the con struction of the road. The cession of this traf fle, under the orders of the President, was on act of injustice to the people, who wore already sufficiently taxed; for it deprived tho citizens of these counties of the very means relied upon to pay the largely increased taxation demanded by the policy of tho Government. A* fur as rests in my power, 1 propose to secure to the people of these counties their just rights in this reaped by permitting the truffle on the road to continue a* it existed before the i.legal interference of the President. With this view I have possessed myself of a considerable portion of the rolling stock of tho road, aud now propose to you that as President of the company,you continue the management of the portion ot the road withiu the limits of the influenee of the forces under niy command and conduct it, as before the existence of the war, in the iuterest of the people who uro interested in its stcok. I propose that you will continue your agent* and employees, with the single re striction that they shall bo men who are not in imical to the interests of the people of theese counties, and that the stockholder* shall enj y all the benefits to which their railroad charter entitles them. Iu older to secure the rights of the stockholder*. I have direeted an account to he kept of the earnings and expense* of the road, including the amount to which the company will be entitled for transporting troops under my or ders. This account will be rendered to you apd the balance paid over on condition that it shall he applied to the purposes contemplated by the charter. If the proposition should be deolined , I propose transferring the rolling stock to suoh agents as may be appointed by the oounties through which the road passes. This will insure an equitable distribution yf the property of the road in the interest of the stockholders. I utu tdr, very respectfully, Yourobe-iient servant. S. It. BUCKNER, Brig.-Gen. Confederate .State* Army. from the Aew-York Hmlil. The New York Herald, of tho 18th ult., ha the usual amount of sensation items. We con denso a few It is the current impression in diplomatic cir cles in Washington, and said to boa well-found ed one, tliut tin) English Government bus refused tbe proposition of the Fuderni Government to accede to tbe terms of the J’aris Conference, or have in some way hfiulll-d out of io--cpting it. Generu! Wool is to be ruiuforo and by 76,000. Tbe Secession members of the Maryland Legislature *eta arreted because it was discov ered tliut an Tort w mid be made to pass the Ordinance if -ecessb n. Among tbe papers found on them Secession anti .er papers, which prove, beyond a doubt, that h auregurd w.ts going to attack Washington ou Sunday, tlie I6oi in*t., wiih tbe main body of the tebels, while JobustoD, with 00,000 men, would cross into Mary la tidal Corn’s Kurd, and either advance ou Wusbinginn or Bal timore, ns cirßumatuixes require; and signal rocket# of blue and red were to have been sent up tho night previous, so that tbe rebel Mary- Linders could flock t<* Kinkvillc, und join tbs Conledvra'ti standard. The writer adds: “The evidence which these seized papers furnish of the extent of Secessionist* ready to rise iu Mary land is truly u| palling ” “It will be seen that tbe arrests have not heeu made a moment too soou.” “There is good reason to believe that tbe Cap tain General of Cuba baa not indued any procla mation relative to favoring the Confederate flag. No document of the kind ha# been received by tbe Federal Government, or by tho Kpaniah Le gation at Washington. A mutiny occurred iu uneof (lie Maine regi ments at Washington 011 the 10th inst.; 87 men refused to serve oil the grr und that they had eulisted but for three months. They posi tively refused to obey the orders of tfieir offi cers. A detachment of the 88th New York Regiment, with loaded muskets, and com manded by Coptain Allison, settled the diffi culty. A I.’nion meeting was held at Hartford, Conn., cn the 17th inst., to which Thoinus Fraucis Meagher sent this dispntch: “I can not go to Hartford to-day. I go to the wnr. Talking is over w th me ; fight is the word.” Somebody ought “to tread on his coat tails.” The Naval correspondent of the Herald, writing from the vicinity of Newport News, and alluding to the great naval expedition, has as one of the heads of hi* letter : “About the Savannah expedition.” [ls that a mere specu lation, or is it “letting the catout of the bag 7 ” The anniversary of the Cdli#tilit(on, Sept. 17th, was celebrated at Philadelphia, by a mili tary display, and u speech by IMn. Geo. M. Dollars. [Any day and every dsy they <an celebrate the universsry of the violation of the same Constitution.] Affairs in Mexico are represented to be in u deplorable condition. The defeat of the reac tionary party is confirmed. IJ. n. Minister Crosby had arrived at the capital of tbe Gautemala, and raised the stars and stripes, to the infinite delight of all the Yankees there The revolution in New Grenada still pro gresses. The Conservative Government had been overthrown, and un attack on the town of Panama was hourly expected. HujtoEO'v Orxkrai.'s Orri. a, ) Richmond, Va., Bept. 27,1861. j Army Medical Boards, for the examination of Burgeons and Assistant Burgeons, have been or dered to convene at Norfolk, Richmond, York town and Manases*. Candidates for the appointments of burgeons and Assistant Burgeons will bo examined by these Hoards, on presenting an invitation to ap pear before them from o>e Secretary of War, which may be obtained by forwarding their ap plication, with testimonials of moral character to the War Department. Examining Hoards will be held at other points further South at a convenient time. OOLUMBDfI.THUKiIDAY. OCTOBER 3,1881# Arm i Sum.ms. Tho Richmond Dispatch *ays, tho amount of supplies now coming In for the army is enormous. The Danville and Peters* burg Railroads are daily forwarding to Richmond an immense number of casks, tierces, and bar. role, containing sugar, mohissos, rice, and other stores, which areas constantly sent off to points where they arc nooded. The amount of food consumed by it large army is almost beyond com putation . yet, if proaeut appearances indloate to anything, the troops aro in no danger of suffer ing in this respect. Thirty Thousand Tsnnkssbk Tnoors rot Immediate Service.—' The Government oflhe Confederate States, through Gen. Albert Sid ney Johnson, has called upon the Governorof Tennessee for tho additional force of thirty thousand troops, for immediate active service. The Governor has accordingly issued a Proc lamation, lo which it is stated that ‘Volunteers for the wnr aro greatly preferred, but will bo accepted for tho term of twelve mouths.” Hioh Water.—The Savannah has been up ai high ns 28 feet, from the recent heavy rains. This morning it had gone back to 19 feet, and receding. The consequences oftheflood have been rather sorious The lowlands along the river have been overflowed, and crops of corn have suffered greatly. The high wind which preceded the rains, prostrated the corn, and the flood coming upon it in that condition has doubtless leveled ii beyond recovery. We hope the damage is not so great as many apprcheoil- We are informed that Mr. Wm. Eve's planta tion, below this city, is submerged lo tho depth ot several feel. The Augusta caual also overflowed its banks, but no injury was thereby sustained.— Chron. f Sent., Ut. Comp ant eh Wanted. —Wo invite attention to tlie oard of Col. W. 11. Stiles, in another Col umn. He baa received orders to repair to Sa vannah with his regiment, and is anxious to have it filled at once. Here is a good opportu nity fur distinction in a good cause and in a good regiment. Companies now orgnnUed and anxious for api Roe in tho picture, will do well to report themsslvos immediately to Cel. Styles, either ot Camp Davis. ner Dalton, oral Savan nah. Railroad Accident. —Wo learn, say a tha Charleston Courier of the 30th, from a gentle man who arrived in that city on Sunday morn ing, by the Northeastern Railroad, that the non arrival at Florence on Friday afternoon of the train of oars duo from W'ilmington, was owing to an accident. A large, dead cyprovs tree, stand ing a little outside of the cleared margin of sixty five feet from the centre of the track, fell during tbe storm of that day across the track, about a mile distant from Marion Court House. Tbe engineer saw the tree fall, but it was so little in advnnco of the train that he wus unable to di minish materially the speed the train had acquir ed. The engine, upon striking the tree, it is said> jumped forward at leust 100 feet, and was over turned and preoipitatod into tho swump on the side of the track. The tender and two baggage cars were stripped of their wheels and under car riages so that the bodies of those vehicles were carried forward by the unwar l impetus of the train, until it was expended, and thereby tho after cars, which the passengers occupied, sus tained no injury. At the spot where the wheels accumulated, (iu all fourteen pair) the trestle work that the train wai iu tbe act of crossing gave way, and tho forward part of the third car remained supported by a confused heap of iron wheals. Wonderful to say, “nobody was hurt.” Tbe engineer and firemen were thrown from the engine and in advance of it, and yet sustained no serious injury. The conductor was slightly bruised, but no uge else was hurt. ♦ —— Arrival or an Iron-clad Vessel with Munitions for the South.—A few days slnoe, says the Richmond Dispatch, we received private intelligence of an important fact, in ail respects similar to the following, (which we copy from the Forsyth, Ga. Journal, but for prudential rea sons, we declined to publish it at tbe time. As the matter lias leaked out ut last, however, no further harm ran come of its repuhlication “Several day# since, an iron-clad steamer from Liverpool, with ft.ftUt) rifles and 18 cannon, blank ets, and clothing tor soldiers, funded sale at Sa vannah. Tbe blockading vessels were not in eight. 1 bis is anew e'eauiei, me.is mi with sheet iron an inch thick, and m now tbe proper'/ us tho Confederate Mates. Our informant saw t . vessel himself, went no deck, t ilkvd who On captaiu, who toid him that tuerc were three or four more vtasels of the same sort on the wiry ; and ms noon ns iho steamers could be manned under the Confederate Government tbe bluckadu of Abraham 1, would be blown to the ‘four wind#.’ “lie Maid that the arrival of this vessel bud caused considerable activity among the iner chants in sending oil’ the coffee, tea, salt, Ac., to country merchant-, while these articles are at a very high figure. IJe beard the opinion ex pressed by some “knowing ones” that in less than forty days Rio online could be bought in .Savannah at I2.Vm <-‘i>t- Large quantities are stored iu Cuba, awaiting tbe removal of the blockade.” From tbe N*w Urleaus Ricayuue. Infoktant Movement.—Hl# Excellency Gov. Moore ituu(i an order jvsterday, to seize all the pork lu tbe oily held by pcruluior, who had advanced it, we b urn, to the t normous price of fifty dollars por buml. We tool assured (bat tbe Governor will be unanimously supported by our oitixeus in this movuoiont. We see no good reason why merchants should taka advantage of tbe scarcity of provisions in time of war to speo* ulate upou our government, any more than that our gallant volunteer# should demand higher pay for tbeir services. Thcno speculators are tbe last men in our community to oouie forward in aid of tbe government ami in import of the holy causa for which other citizen# are sacrificing their all. It is certaiu tliut such sot# do not show a great amount of patriotism. We are willing, ut all times that men #bouid make a fair profit ou their good#, waros and tuorcbandue, but iu a crisi# like the presaut, to speculate at #ucb rule#, (Specially in proviaions, which are to feed and support our soldiers,shows a far greater preponderance for the love of the ul mighty dollar, than lor the love of country. We are therefore gratified Ht the courxe the Governor has pursued, us the#e men will now only receive a fair valuation for their property which has been seized, instead of tlie iuunenso profits that they had thus hoped to reaiir.c by imposing upou our government in such an emergency. The speculator* seems to be having a hard time in all directions, which is a very righteous retribution—"the way of the trans gressor is bard.” We hope they will every where be served ax they have been in New Orleans, Rulcigh, Iliclinioml aud Montgomery. Those of the fraternity in Columbus, who in cline to make extortionate profits by the ne cessity of government or people, should take warning in season. We find the following in the Montgomery Advertiser: Strvtd Right —We heard yesterday of a lit tle business transaction, in this oily, the result of which may serve as a warning to those who are fattening on the needs of the people. An agent of the Government from Gen. Bragg's PKYTOW H.COLatJITT. I JAMES W. WARREH, { E<ut °r. Number 39 •rray, wo undent.nd, ~,r ao l 0 , hj , „„ for the purpose of purohMtug wme huok.hot, .ml proceeded lo the .tore of one of our meroh.nts who had the required article to sell. A pa triot would have been willing to sell to the Government at a fair profit, but this man, we are informed, demauded a price just double that usually paid for the same article. The npnt demurred, nnd was told he might be ti J? Kel . *k°t at that price. The agent told him that he must have them, but that he would not pay the price demanded, at the same tune oflimng him a pnoe which would give the merchant a large profit; telling him that if he refused to accept the offer he could easily get a company of men and take the shot. Step ping to the door, he called a dray, and order ed the shot to be taken out of the store and conveyed to the depot. The merchant con stdering discretion the better part of valor, offered no resistance, concluding that it was best for him to accept the offered terms. — lhere are more men in Montgomery who are demanding raoq unreasonable prices for their goods,.and it may yet be necessary to apply the rule t > them ana bring them down to a decent level. Glorious Confederate Victory tt Lexington, Missouri. Federal Lott 3.60 ■*— hnmtnte Quantity of Artil leey, Eqmppage, &c., in the Hand* of tho Vxetutt—Col. Mul/igan Surrondtrt, Etc., Etc. From the N. Y. Herald, 94th. Official information of ifce capture of Lex ington, Mo., end th surrender ol the gallaot Col Mulligan to the rebel forces of General Prtoe, reached the War Dep rtment yesterday, .nd as no contradiction of tho report comes from any other quarter, we ar* unwillingly c -nipelhd to reoeive uas autluniic General Prentiss hns and spatebed to M Louis a state ment of the surrender, which reduced the loss on boih aides oon*idrably below the first re ports Col Mulligan held out t rarely for four days aguiQsl immense dds; and u la said only sut render and for want of water, without which his uien had to maintain themselves fur two days; but there seems to be something in this statement notqiite consistent with the posi tion he occupied m close proximity to tho Mis souri river. Acoording to our advices, his fortifications wero erected betweeu the old and new towns, and extended down to the river bluffs, at wbioh polut, as far as ou> intelligence extends, the do fences wero uot availed. How, then, his water supply oould have boon cut off, we are at a loss to determine. The latest accounts from Lexington, previous to the announcement of the surrender, report tha movements of reinforcements to sustain Col. Mulligan, both by land and water The steam ers W bite Cloud and Des Moines wont up the river on Suturdajr with three regiments to assist the garrison at Lexington, and a force of 3,500 men, infantry, cavalry and artillery, had left St. Joseph and Chillicothe, on the 15th inst., for the same point; but it appears none of their rein forcements have arrived in time to save the gar rison, which undoubtedly was compelled to yield to the immensely superior force of the rebels. It is said that the Cabinet expressed consider able surprise, nnd some indignation, that Gen. Fremont did not reinforce Gen. Mulligan, as hs has plenty of men at his command. Gen. Fre moot is reported now as about to take the field in person against Gea, Price. Arrests aid Discharges Some twenty-four citisens of this county were arrested last week, tuken to Knoxville, arraigned before the Confederate Court and released—near ly ull of them taking the oath of allegiance, and the balance on tbeii own recognicance to deport themselves as loyal oitirens. We know nothing of the charges on which the arrests wero made. The following order appears in the Knoxville papers : SI’EC-IAL ORDER. Headquarters, K. T Brigade. Camp Ciixminoh, Sept. 23, 1801. j No oitlxen will hereafter be arrested by the foroes of this Brigade, without especial orders from those headquarters, unless incases of ac tual or impending violence tttrong assurances have been given by the Union men, from all sec tions of Unit Tunnessoe that they will acquiesce iu and abide by the Constitution and la#s of the fttate and of the Confederate States. W. K. CASWELL, Brig.-Gen’!, By D. M. Key. Ass't Adjut't Gen’l. [Athene ( 7 ton.) Post. Lovisvillb Frightened.— The intelligence that the Confederate troops wera advancing on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, oaus ed considerable excitement in Louisville, and the following proclamation from the militia general commanding was the result of the scare : Fellow Citizen*: I call you to arm* for the defense of your city The engine bells will be tapped at five o’clock to call the peoplo of each **rd to the engine house thereof, where it is earnes'ly asked that you will enroll yourselves into companies for the dtfense of our oity. Aftei doing so, you are requested to report to me at my ■ dice, aud also, to report the number of guns, public or private, of each com pany. My office is on Fifth at<eet,opposite the court house. Hamilton pope, Brig Gea H uie Guard —Memphe Appeal , 2b. Extract kkomonk or Bennett’s Editorials —Speaking on the uubject of Lincoln # procla mation aboui F/em >lll, the Herald uya : Guu. Fremont ought to have aided ibe Pres ident in Mis-oun. Insteadof that, he became a source of weakness end embarrassment 10 him. When be n tered upon his duties in Ihn .Scute the rebels hud b en swept as chaff before the wind but now more thau half the State hus been rucouquered by tbe Confederate arraa. Disaster alter disaster h.i# befallen our arms there. The deuth of Lyon, end the re treat from Springfield, caused frem want of those reinforcements which Gen. Fremont ought to have sent are now followed up by the still more disavtiou# capture of Lexington from tne some cause, including the lss of 3,500 of the best troops, who were sacrificed bv neglect, the gain of #ll their small arms, artillery, ammunition, and equipage, together with tbiee thousand horsua to the cause of tho rebels, to say nothing of tbe moral effect of such a mtffoitune. It is ve y evident that there must have been terrible mismanagement at St. Louis; other wise the brave Mulligan sod his devoted lit tle band would not thus have bt>eu left to their fate Fluty ot Troops bit no Ami... Shy it it? We extorted tome days ago,from tho Mil itary Storekeeper, at Milledgeville, an acknowl edgement that there is now a considerable supply of arms in the State Arsenal, notwith standing Gov. Brewn’s repeated declarations to applicants that there were no arms left.— The Military Storekeeper, by way of apology, stated that the Governor intended to place the reserved supply in the hands of such troops as go to defend the coaat, and yet the Governor i< now sending down hundreds of unarmed men, to drive ofl’ doily expected invaders’ Why is this 7 We have no arms here lo give them, and what is the use of such folly as sending men to fight the battles of the coun try without them f Why doea the Governor refuse to open the Arsenal doors and distribute its contents at a time like tbe present 7 Far better keep the men at home and let us of tbe low country do the best we can with tlie means at our command: Were ever the affairs of a State so criminal ly managed ?—sav. Republican. Thk Y'AEKer Prisoner# Should Wore.— We think, says tba Montgomery vtail, that the Yankees which have fallen into tbe hands of our Government should be put to work and made to earn Ibeir living. Why not put them in the ehaln gang, and put them to building Southern Rail roads T By this means they could ba forced to do the South sumo serriea. A Railroad friend, in this State, says be will take tham, put them to work on an Alabama road, and give bond for their safety and forthcoming when called for by President Davis. This Is a good Idea. Let the Yankee prisoners be put at onoe in a ohain gang, and placed on the line of some of our Rallroeds.