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fng of our Army inlo Mr.ryland—occu pation of Fredricksburg. The Washington Star published the following account of the crossing of our army into Maryland : On friday a large force of rebel cav alry made its appearance on the Vir gin 1 a side of the Potomac river, oppo site Edwards’ Ferry, having reached this point bv the road leading from Leesburg, and endeavered to effect a crossing. So soon as the design of the enemy was perceived by our troops stationed on the Maryland side of the river, a battery was immediately post ed upon the river bank, and a heavy and effective shelling of the rebel force commenced. The firing was continued for some time, when the enemy, per ceiving that all further attemps to cross the river would prove futile, hastily withdrew. At half past two o’clock next morn ing a second attempt to cross the river by the fords of Edward’s, Conrade’s, Poland’s and Smith’s ferries, was made and under the cover of darkness proved successful. These ferries are all situa ted east of Point of Hocks, and the former ferry (Edwards’,) is five miles south west of Poolesville, and some lorty miles distant from Washington. The rebel force upon this occasion consisted of between two and three regiments of cavalryes, and as soon as Poolsville was invited our pickets hastily communicated with our troops in the rear, whose numbers being numerically small, thought it best to beat a retreat. Some fifteen to twen ty soldiers?belonging to the first Mary-* ■land (Home Guard) regiment are a- niong the missing, and are supposed to have been captured. Our force at Poolsville, at the time, consisted of the infantry regiment already named, the first Massachusetts cavalry and a detachment of the twelfth Pennsylvania cavalry. From this point the rebel cavalry proceeded to Uarnestown, a little town situated on Seneca creek, nine miles distant from Poolesville, in a southeastly direction, and communica ting in a direct route with the ditrict of Georgetown, Washington, D. C. This point was reached at about half-past lour o’clock Saturday morning, and the cavalry entered the town pellmell almost before our pickets were aware of their approach. From private sources we learn that when the rebels advanced upon Poolsville they took prisoners the cav alry which were there upon picket and parolledall the privates. Captain Chamberlain, of the first Massachusetts cavalry in command, refused to accept anything but an unconditional release, and was accordingly sent to Lees burg-; It is stated that while a row was going on between the Secessionists and some Union men at Fredrick, the word came in that the rebel cavalry were advancing. Soon an order was given to retreat, and we at once evacu ated the place. The next morning about eight o’clock the rebel infantry were seen coming, and soon a loDg column reaching the town from the Monocacy, under General A. P. Hill, as the advance of Jackson. The troops did not destroy any pri vate property, and stationed guards out to prevent any disorder. They kept remarkably quiet. They are nearly all bare-footed and ragged.— They have no extra baggage, and are sunburnt. They are from the extreme Southern States, and say they do not want to injure private property. They went out to the Monocacy brigade, at the junction of Baltimore and Ohio railroad to Frederick. Thg correspondent of the Philadel phia Inquirer writes. Longstreet, with abontforty’ thous and men, crossed on Friday night and Saturday morning. Their artillery crossed upon the pontoon bridge cap tured on the Peninsula. Longstreet’s artillery numbered a- bout fifty pieces. Jackson crossed on the same bridge on Thursday night and Friday morn ing. The most important statement deri ved from the enemy’s lines is, that General Hill, Jr., passed through Leesburg ou Thursday, in the direction of Harper’s Ferry, with a column of thirty thousand men. He estimates the rebel forces over at or near Pooles ville, at eighty thousand men over one hundred and fifty guns, and eight thous and cavalry. He confirms the stories already told of the barefooted butternuts, and but few of the cavalry had any shoes or coverings on their feet. Many’ w r ere without caps, and hut few of the wag ons carried tents. Our own troops burnt the bridge over the canal at Nolan's ferry, and the rebels at once dug down the canal and let the water out, and passed through it. recently organized in that overrun, friend, to fasten on the weather-board- region, for tbe Confederate service, ring of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” and will shortly 1 make their way to { Note.—Maj. N., by his wit, pleas- join our victorious armies. Knoxville an ^ r y an( j originality relaxes the rigid | facial muscles of many of his neigh- i bora, in these sad and sober times. Register. Excitement in Baltimore—Outbreak Anticipa ted A Yankee correspondent states tliat •‘the excitement in Baltimore has in creased in integrity and there is every indication that we are ou the eve of a popular outbreak. It is a singular fact that the character of this excite ment is different from that which has ever prevailed here before. It is now the Unionists who manifest alarm and uneasiness. The Secessionists are confident and calm. The Unionists complain bitterly that the Govern ment has provided ample means for the destruction of the city, but none for its defence. The appearance in the basin (in the heart of the city) of five of the vessels of Commodore Poter’s mortar fleet has greatly in creased this feeling. The Baltimore American gives expression to this feel ing by saying that the rebels, in strong force, are marching on Baltimore, and asking ‘What are our chances of res cue ? While Baltimore has abundant materials provided for its swift de struction it lias but little for its de fence.” “Those who ought to know best, however, believe that the rebels do not mean to march on Baltimore at Eos. Confederate Union. Baltic of ffluauiia Plain*. The Great Disaster to the Yankee Arms— Dope anti McDoicell severely denounced. The special correspondent of the New York ‘Tribune,’ writing from camp near Chain Bridge, thus speaks of the ‘imbe cility’ of the Yankee Generals, to which he alone attributes the recent ‘great dis aster Slowly and sullenly the two armies pf the Republic, out-generalled and defeated, have fallen back from the battle field to Centreville, from Centreville to Fairfax, from Fairfax to the Potomac. The latest experiment in Generalship is the most im mediate and disastrous failure. Once more tbe national army gather about tbe national capital, and the defense of Wash ington is the stragetic sequel of the Penin sula advance upon Richmond. The retreat from Centreville to Fairfax was complete on Monday night. Sumner, Sigel and Porter held the bill during the | day. Heintzelman, McDowell and the rest were already gone. All Monday I night the rearward corps struggled along the crowded road to Fairfax, Porter cov ering the retreat. On Tuesday morning the rebels once more held the sweeping line of forts that pointed to the East all winter long, and defied our advance. Last night the whole army retreated, 1 and this morning: the western bank of the present. They-think that their object I p 0 t 0 mac is the only Virginian camp of is rather to isolate Baltimore from the North, and from Washington, by cut ting the rail roads all around the city. They regard Baltimore as a Southern city. They wish to save it and not to destroy it. Therefore they will do nothing to imperil the safety of the city. Bradley T. Johnson, the rebel Provost Marshal, has sent word to his j ed if the details of an accomplished retreat friends in this city to rejoice, for the ! are given to the world. 1 record, tbere- tfay of their deliverance is at hand.— He says that a few days more will see General Lee in Baltimore, Washington eut off from the Norh, Norfolk in pos session of the rebels, and a fleet ofj rams and iron clad steamers sailing up the Potomac to take part in the attack on Washington. “General Wool, with the engineer corps, made a tour of the hills around Baltimore yesterday, and spots were selected for throwing up entrench ments. In accordance with Governor ed as enraged—willing to fight, but not willing to be sacrificed—denouncing, with a unanimity that had no exception, the incapacity which bad cause their defeat. No one believed that the combined force of the rebels were in front; and as for the battle of Saturday, the men, the officers, the Generals who fought it confess with shame and anger that they were beaten" by half their number. Tbe anny was not defeated, its commander was out-general- ed- He neither knew where his enemy was, nor would suffer himself to be inform ed. He was warned that the enemy was massing on his left—every soldier knew it, but be disbelieved aud denied it.; batteries and troops to the right, to the centre, to the rear—everywhere but where they were wanted—then, in a moment, found himself surrounded, enveloped, crushed, and defeated. McDowell was censured not less severe ly than Pope. With the latter his advice was said to have had undue controlling in fluence. ‘The only order Pope gave was the order to retreat.’ McDowell fought the battle. Pope leaned only ou bis ad vice; yielded him command throughout. It was a blunder from the beginning. ‘It is useless,’ said an officer, ‘to fight under McDowell. I shall do my. duty as an of ficer, but we shall lose every battle where lie commands.’ I do not know whether I have heard treachery or imbecility most, frequently imputed to McDowell. Per haps oftenest lie is given the benefit of his alternative. I did-not hear one sug gestion in his favor; ns excuse, no pallia tion. No order of battle was communicated to Generals of any rank. Generals of corps were not told who supported them, who was on their right or left, what movements concerned their own commands or posi tions, or oo what plan the battle was fought. I asked a question about the plan. Sir, there was no plan. We knew noth ing but what we discovered "for ourselves. I do not know to this hour who was on iny right. I asked, ‘Is it not usual to inform Generals of corps or divisions on such pointsV ‘Usual! the General who neg lects to do it is an imbecile.’ A commanding hill in our possession was threatened by a hostile movement in force. Gen. Pope was informed, was ask ed to send another batter}' to hold it. ‘If you do not, in fifteen minutes the enemy will he in possession of the hill.’ He re fused to send'it. In ten minutes, rebel ar tillery was playing from the hill on our troops. Generals who fought with the most he roic courage anrl the most soldierly abil ity, whose praises are in every ones mouth, speak of the battles in which they have had been defeated and driven hack to j just won honest fame with chagrin and re- Centrevillc, none, or very few, supposed j morse. Their own efforts became futile that he was to abandon tliat position, fa-j from the incompetence of their Command- the national troops. Heintzleman’ and Franklin went back on the Alexandria road, McDowell by Fall’s Church, Sum ner, Sigel and Porter by Vienna and Lew- insville. We may bitterly announce once more that the army of the Potomac and tbe army of Virginia, crouching beneath the thirty forts tliat girdle the Capitol, are believed to be safe. I suppose nR future hope can be hazard- fore, very briefly and incompletely, what I have seen and heard in tiie three nights and two days just past—nights and days of sleepless activity which can scarcely have brought to any one who shared their gloomy experience a single cheerful j thought or a moment of repose. When I left Washington on Sunday ! night, although it was known that Pope mous for its strength, without a light. A battle was expected next day at the fur- r i thest, aud no one certainly knew whether Bradford’s proclamation, the citizens j there had not already been another during of Baltimore will be formed iuto com panies to-day for the defence of the city. This, however, is contrary to Gen. Wool’s wishes. The General assues the .citizens that he has taken all needful measures for the defence of the city; and they need not leave their ordinary occupations. “If you have any troops at the the day. I passed through Alexandria and out on the Fairfax road at seven in the evening. Not half a mile beyond the town 1 met a train of heavily loaded wag ons, and hailed the driver, ‘Where are you from V ‘Centreville.’ The whole story was told in a word. The army was re treating. For the next ten miles the road was fill ed with the trains of every corps in the North let them be sent on to Washing- ! army, everywhere crowded, and frequent- ton at once.” ly halting. Mingled with tbe wagons were great numbers of ambulances and carriages, filled with wounded and dying men. They had been all day on the road —a day of confinement, privation, discom- I fort and torture. Many must have re Good Things. Maj. N. of Georgia is the richest humorist I have ever known, and has j rnained all night on the road—many also said more smart things than any man who ever lived. If all his wit and humor could be collected into a volume, it would present a treat of rich and rare things compared with which the volume of “Prenticeiana” would be dull and common-place. Since the breaking out of the war, in the wagons, which, as conveyances for wounded men, arc only one degree worse than ambulances. Near Alexandria, and at intervals for some miles beyond, the bivouac fires of many camps blazed along the road and glimmered in distant fields. . Guards for the trains, straggliug cowards from the front, sections of batteries, squadrons of the Major has made several war spech- ! cavalry, and further on towards Fairfax, Brilliaat Exploit in Middle Tennessee. Lieut. Wagoner, of Captain Manly’s Artillery company, captured at Fort Donelson, arrived here yesterday from Middle Tennessee. He reports that Capt. T. A. Napier, a few days ago, with 18 men, swam the Tennessee river at Rockport, and captured two Yan kee steamboats, with their cargoes; consisting of an immense amount of Commissary stores- The prisoners taken were nearly one hundred. Ninety-six privates were paroled, and the commissioned officer retreated. Capt. Napier carried the boats to Trotter’s landing, four milles below Rockport, and near his own residence, where he burned them. This feat is among the most brilliant of the war, and ranks Capt. Napier among the partisan heroes, who are winning deathless fame by their daring services in the cause of .Southern Indepen dence. Lieut. Wagoner also reports that four volunteer companies have been es of no ordinary merit. In one of these, speaking of the different characters in the North who brought on the war, lie presented the following pictures of two notorious aboitionists, male and female: [Countryman. Henrt Ward Beecher.—“I will now pay my respects to the great moral dissembler of the age, the right reverend, honorable Henry Ward Beecher, envoy extraordinary, and minister plenipotentiary from the infernal regions to Lincoln’s court. See him attired in his sacerdotal robes; as he enters the temple of the Living God. I don’t think it is improper to designate- him hv the appellation of huckster, for he is nothing more nor less than one, vending his quasi relig- on and abolition doctrines to a hell hound, fanatical, and deluded auditory. Witness him as he throws up his impious hands, and outstretched arms, and turns his brazen face towards the sun of heaven, endeavoring to pass his counterfeit religion upon the Most High God. I do not profess to be an engineer of much celebrity on the route, but my honest convictions are, that he has not religion enough to last him to the first water station toward heaven. Sometime since, he made a discourse in which he endeavored to instruct his hearers in the beauties of death. Well, I have seen a good many people die, and I have never seen one die pretty yet. If he had said it is noble, daring, chivalric, and brave, for a man to die on the battle field, in defence of his country, or rights, he wonld have told the truth. But when he saysitis noble, daring, chivalric, or brave, to die upon the battle field, or elsewhere, in endeav oring to conquer and subjugate a peo ple that have never done anything otherwise than sustain, support, and maintain their enemies, all the days of their live-long lives, he perpetrates an audacious falsehood: and if lie does not regiments and shattered brigades moving to the rear, and finally the last division of reinforcements marching for the front, streamed along the road and wound in and out of the endless trains. It was impossi ble to ride faster than a walk. I reached Fairf'ax at 11. The town was quiet—only a guard at the further end, none of whose officers knew where headquarters were, whether at Centreville or to the rear.— So I spent what was left of the night at Fairfax, and rode on next morning to Centreville. It is needless now to explain the con stantly changing disposition of forces dur ing the days which followed the defeat of Saturday. Three corps at least remained at Cen treville on Monday, and were scattered over the broad slopes of the bill on either side of the road in unmilitary disorder.— They had never been in order—no more had the rest of the army since the retreat. There was no head to put them in order. There was no order in any department of the service. There was not ammunition in the batteries or in the cartridge boxes of the infantry enough for another battle, yet not one knew where the ammunition trains were to be found. In the first five minutes 1 met three ordnance officers ri ding in seach of these trains. No fault of theirs that the trains could not be found. They are able officers, but no control was in their hands—no means of doing their duty. Orderlies had just been in all di rections in search of the wagons—and it was already 10 o’clock, and a battle hour ly expected since daylight. The camps were inextricably entangled; not to my eye or judgment only, though I have seen enough to know something about it, but I heard a General command ing a corps d’armce say he did not know and could not ascertain, the relative posi tion of other corps. Another General, a regular officer of engineers, and famous for topographical clearness and skill, said to me that one glance of the hill-side was enough to show that there was no General at the head of the army encamp ed there. It was no better with the supplies of The troops were half fed, or fed ir regularly. Regimental wagons were un loaded, and ordered to Alexandria for food . and forage. Then the orderwascounter- ultimately land in the place where there imaujed, and they were reloaded and or- isn’t any ice water, the principal keeper j dered to the rear: Brigades witl had as well close the institution forth with.” Harriets Beecher Stowe.—“And now I come to another delectable piece of mortality—the amiable and accomplished, sweet-scented ex-virgin, Mrs. Harriette Beecher Stowe, who makes great professions of Christiani ty herself. But my opinion is, she has just religion enough in her composi tion to induce her, for the sake of the recompense notoriety brings, to draw the last nail from the coffin of her best without sup plies were sent out on the flanks and in front, and left there without wagons to shift for themselves—I suppose to subsist on the country; and from the country they might have gathered scanty grass, and, if in the woods, leaves for their horses; for the men, nothing. But if a General on the eve of a battle cannot supply his troops with powder, it is useless to expect they shall be fed. I need not multiply instan ces. There was mismanagement every where, because at headquarters there was incompetence, confusion, no settled plans, no head. The army was not so ranch dishearten- General. .Said one to me, ‘I must ask to be re lieved, unless General Pope is removed. I cannot see my men murdered.’ i met a General who had led bis divi sion in the hottest of the fight with heroic courage aud veteran skill. He said, ‘I have lost a thousand men; I dare not go into the hospital and look in the faces of those wounded men, who, I know, have shed their blood bravely and in vain.’ It was Carl Shurz. The successful movement of the rebels upon the flank and rear of General Pope must be traced, not to bis want of proper means of information, but to his refusal to re gard the intelligence that was sent him. He was officially informed of it, but would not believe it, would not even take the reason able precaution against its possibility. He actually withdrew Sigel’s corps from his •exposed flank while the enemy were turn ing that point. Officers stationed in front, on the Rappahannock line, saw, for three days, the constant clouds of dust which announced the moving columns of the en emy, hut to the eye of the General they gave no sign. He persisted in regarding their success at Catlett’s as a mere caval ry dash, and was hardly convinced by Manassas that the enemy had gained his rear iu force. From that hour his move ments have been followed by nothing but disaster. But it is needless, and I have no time to accumulate evidence on such points. Half the strength of an army is confidence in its commander. That confidence is not given to General Pope. The opinion of his troops is unanimously against him. I saw numerous officers of all ranks in almost ev ery corps of the army. There is no dis sent or disagreement. They will not, cannot fight again under Pope with confi dence. The army of Virginia demands a General. I state these facts as I find them, ex pressing no other opinion than what molds itself out of the facts. Heretofore I have praised General Pope—some friends of mine thought it too liberally. 1 do not think so. It is still my opinion that down to the time when he arrived on the Rappa hannock his campaign was pursued with ability, and was deservedly successful. But from the moment he set his foot this side the river there have been only delay, disasters and retreat. That his army has lost confidence in him is a fact 1 am bound to record- If I state it strongly it is be cause tbe impressioa suddenly received was equally strong. Chnrlr*l«ii . Vsi., Tabcu. Richmond, Sept 17.—An official des patch from Gen. Boring, dated Charleston, Kanawha county, says, that after inces sant skirmishing, we took this place at S P.M. in tlie evening. With six regiments strong, the enemy made a strong resistaneg burning their stores, and most of the town in their retreat. Our loss slight. The enemy’s loss is very heavy, and he is in full retreat. Jenkins is in his rear. CUriens News from KcaMcky* Kirby Smith still moving forward—‘the Kentuckians rising cn masse—Smith calls for 20,000 arms— Ten regiments raising —Capture of Lexington and Glorifica tion among the people—Arrival of Mor gan—Scott's Cavalry capture Frankfort Confederate flag floating over the Ken tucky Capitol—the enemy evacuate and are overtaken—Affairs at Cumberland Gap. [Special despatch to the Savannah Republican.] Knoxville, Sept. 14.—A courier from sent i ® en - Kirby Smith arrived this morning from LexiDgton, Ky. He left on the 6th inst., and brings the following interesting intelligence: The Confederate army had not reached Covington, as was announced some days ago ou the authority of a Cario extra. It is now moving forward in that direction, and the people of that State are rising cn masss and joining the Confederate cause. Three thousand men wqre recruited in the short space of twenty-four hours, and Gen. eral Smith has made a requisition for twenty thousand additional stand of arms. Ten regiments of Kentuckians are be ing raised under Gen. A. Bufoid. General Smith entered Lexington in tri umph on tbe 1st instant. The surround ing country rushed spontaneously to re ceive him. They poured into town throughout tbe day, and manifested the tbe greatest demonstrations of delight at their deliverance from the yoke of an Ab olition oppressor. The ladies wept for joy and in gratitude to their deliverers. Col John Morgau arrived at Lexing ton on the 4th instant and was received with bounding enthusiasm.. Col. Scott’s Louisiana cavalry captured Frankfort the Seat of government of Ken tucky, on the 3d inst., and planted his battle flag on the dome of the State House. The streets were thronged with men and women from the country, and a grand ova tion was kept up throughout the day. The enemy took him by the forelock and evacuated the place on the night of the 2d. Our troops went in pursuit of (hem next morning, and sent back a num ber of prisoners and three hundred mules. It was reported that Scott had overtaken their rear, and would capture the entire train together with a vast amount of prop- erty. The Lexington, Ky., Statesman of the 6th instant contains a sterling address from Gen. Smith. Gen. Buford and Humphrey Marshall were to have reached Baris on the night of the 6th, aud camp on Marshall’s own farm. De Coussi’s brigade, of Federals left the north side of Cumberland Gap on tbe 11th, with a large number of wagons on a foraging expedition. A skirmish occurred with the enemy on the 12th, at Baptist Gap; three miles from Cumberland Gap. No particulars are given except that the enemy were driv en back. • copy of the Huntsville Democrat, giving all tbe particulars of the evacuation, an$ the devastation committed, as well as the gladsome, yet sad scenes, of families re turning to their pillaged homes, and find ing ruin and wreck, instead of the com forts which they left behind them. It is understood that the Huntsville Ad vocate will also shortly reappear. We wish the North Alabamians, all, a degree of prosperity hereafter commensurate with their recent severe losses. : Counterfeit Confederate Note*. The discovery that some of the denom inations of our Confederate currency had been counterfeited and that a considera ble amount of the spurious notes was in circulation, naturally caused a good deal of excitement throughout tbe Confederacy. So soon as the alarm was sounded, the Banks commenced refusing to receive any issues of the date and plate counterfeited, and signs of a first class financial panic | rh « t'*nftdcr*l* War Nirn Mrr The following is from the correspondent of the Yankee Associated Press ■ Havanna, Aug. 2!).—On the m of the 20th instant I received a from Cardenas, saying that ti e ni*hf J® fore a Confederate vessel of war had chored in the entrance to the hath 11 English built, of iron, and mountingej/ guns. She came from Nassau, and report! that she has a crew of 150 men, and that her name is the Florida, and that she » commanded by Capt. Maffit. This vessel is none other than the Ovieto,' lately re leased by the Admiralty Court a t Nassau as an illegal prize. I had news of Lei before and was expecting her arrival A letter from Nassau told me that she had seventy men, and that she hop^ to complete her crew in Cuba. Also, that Captain Semmes, who was to have com. mand of her, sailed for Europe, and that Captain Maffit, who formerly commanded abundant. The Confederate cur- the Crusader, was to command her instead Operation** of our Army in Virginia aad Kentucky. Requisition for arms for the Kentuckians. A battle expected in Maryland. Richmond, Sept. 15.—Official dispatch es received here state that Gen. Loring has defeated the enemy in the Kanawha Valley of Virginia, and that General Jen kins had made a successful raid into Ohio. Gen. McCown has made application for a large number of arms for the Kentuckians who are joining the Confederate army. Nothing later has been received from Maryland. The Northern papers of the 11th represent that McClellan’s army had marched beyond Rockville in quest of the rebels, and a battle was expected in a few days between that place and Frederick. Riirll Fortifying Nauhvillr. Chattanooga; Sept. 15.—Intelligence received by the Daily Rebel, says Buell lias returned in force to Nashville, and that lie has stolen between ten and twelve thousand negroes and is working them on the fortifications around Nashville- The negroes are starving, and many of them have escaped to their owners. Large meetings are being held by the Tennesseeans in Middle Tennessee. The country is aroused and resolved never to allow the enemy again to control their State. From Richmond. Richmond, 17th.—The Secretary of war received a dispatch to-day frc^i Major Brown, commanding the post at Dublin, stating that Gen. Loring’s command enter ed Kanawha Salines, on last Saturday morning, aud took possession of the Salt Works, closely pursuing the t enemy en route for Charleston. The Salt works are not much injured. A very large quantity of salt on hand, selling at 3£« cents per bushel. An order has been issued urging the farmers to send forward their wagons load ed with forage, See., and return with salt. Richmond 17th.—An official dispatch from Chattanooga, confirms the occupation of Inka, by Gen. Price’s army, and the capture of several hundred thousand dol lars worth of artillery and stores. A private dispatch from Staunton to day, says that the force at H arper’s Ferry taken by Jackson on the 15th, was 8,000 Yankees; and 1,000 negroes were cap tured. Cheap.—A correspondent of the Rich mond Dispatch says: “Small negroes are offering for sale in Norfolk at $5 per head and children at $1. CONG KF MSI ON A I,. Richmond, 17th,—In the Senate the exemption bill was further considered The clause exempting tanners, shoe ma kers, millers, etc., was agreed to. Also the clause exempting Quakers and Dun- kers; and another exempting Physicians The cause exempting Theological students was stricken out. An amendment to exempt overseers of plantations pending. In the House a resolution was adopted instructing the Judiciary committee tore- port a bill establishing a Supreme Court of the Confederate States. Substitutes were offered for the Con script bill, by Davis of Mississippi, and Bonham, of South Carolina; both were re jected. The original House bill passed, yeas, 49—nays, 39. Both Houses adjourned until Friday. In the House yesterday, Foote intro duced a resolution, proposing to send Commissioner or Commissioners to Wash ington, empowered to propose terms of a just and honorable peace. Holt of Georgia, submitted a substi tute, declaring that tlie people of the Con federate States have ardently desired peace from the beginning; and whenever the United States shall have manifested a like anxiety, it shall be the duty of the President to appoint Commissioners to treat and negotiate with said Government. The resolution and substitute were, laid upon the table. Yeas, 59—nays, 26. “Ora,” the Knoxville correspondent of the Mobile Advertiser and Register, says: It is said fourteen companies of Tenn esseans voluntarily joined Gen. Bragg between Sparta tfnd Pikeville, without waiting to be conscripted. This is the true spirit! Let our citizens in every State follow this noble example. Let. history record that our people needed no conscript law to avenge their wrongs and rescue tbeir country. Let us rally, then, and hasten to put in the field our army of five hundred thousand. Kentucky to-day is in arms, and her people are rallying around the flag of the Confederacy. Hundreds of refugees are flocking to their homes since it is known that Hunts ville has been evacuated by the Abolition vandals. Mr. J. Withers Clay, formerly editor of the Huntsville Democrat, which the Abolitionists turned into the Reveille, has gone post haste, carpet sack in # hand, to “view once more those scenes so charm ing,” and take a peep at his old sanctum. Mr. Clay being a gentleman of fine tal ents and great energy of character, will, no doubt, soon furnish ns with a fresh rency has gradually absorbed the entire circalation of tbe country, hence a blow aimed at its, credit is in effect a blow di rected at every man, woman and child in the Confederacy. It is more important to our successes an independent people, that the Confederate Treasury notes main tain unimpaired credit, than that our armies win victories in the field. The head of the Treasury Department, recognizing this truth, promptly issued a circular an nouncing the determination of that De partment to issue no more notes of the plates counterfeited and proposing to ab sorb all the genuine notes (of these plates) now in circulation. This action is well so far as it goes, but it does not come up the full measure of the exigency. The Gov ernment does not propose to give curreut Treasury notes for the condemned issues, but interest-bearing notes or call certifi cates; these to be replaced by other notes, at some indefinite period when they can be furnished without inconveience to the Treasury Department. If the holders of these notes were not required, as many of them are, by the pressure of the times, to make use of their value, the plan would work well enough, but it is to be feared that the withdrawal from circulation of tbe large amount of currency contempla ted by this proposition will cause serious inconvenience to the public. Mr. Memminger, in addition to the measure referred to, has made an earnest appeal to the banks to continue to receive those issues, a6 heretofore, and we are glad to know that the appeal is having its effect. We notice that the banks of Sa vannah, Montgomery and Mobile—the Southern Bank of this city excepted— after refusing these notes for a time are again receiving them on deposit. We must say, however, that tbe banks are more obliging to the Secretary than lie is to them. Without furnishing them with any test for which he is willing to become responsible, he asks them to take these issues, of course at their own risk. It is said and believed that the amount of counterfeit notes in circulation is compar atively small; would it not then have been policy in the Government to absorb them quietly through the banks, and thus maintain fully the credit of its issues] Besides this, as the notes were created and made the currency by the government, does it not owe it to the public to protect them from positive loss? It seems to us that a plan might be devised by which the people could have the benefit of the circulation of the genuine notes, the banks be relieved from embarrassment, and the Treasury saved from appreciable loss. The banks have experts who can now readily detect the genuine from the counterfeit, but they cannot be expected to receive as money notes that cannot be paid out by them. The general public arc unskilled in detecting counterfeits, and hence must look with anxiety and suspicion upon all notes of the denomina tions which they know are counterfeited. Now suppose the Treasury Department were to furnish the banks with the beat tests they can, that the banks receive all notes approved genuine by these tests, stamp them and pay them out. This would at once give confidence to every body, the genuine bills would circulate freely, and tlie country would be relieved from the worst evils to be apprehended from the counterfeits. Of course the banks should be protected from loss should the tests furnished at any time prove in adequate.—Mobile Evening News. meeting of German Jew*. Savannah, Sept. 13th, 1S62. At a meeting of the German J&ws of this city held this evening. Mr. M. Loe- wenthal w* called to the Chair, and Mr. A. L. Grabfelder requested to act as Sec retary. The Chairman stated the object of the meeting, when on motion of Mr. Joseph Rosenthal, i Committee of five \jere ap pointed to draft suitable resolutions for the consideration of the meeting. The Committee consisted of Messrs. J. Ros enthal, S. Gardner, M. Selig, II. Mein- hard and M. Brown. The Committee retired, and returning, reported the following preamble and reso lutions, which were unanimously adop ted : Whereas, we have read with amaze ment aud contempt the proceedings of a meeting at Thomasville, held on the 30th August last, in which German Jews are denounced in unmeasured terms—are pro hibited from visiting that village, and banishing all those now resident in that place. This wholesale slander, persecution and denunciation of a people, many of whom are pouring out their blood on the battle fields of their country, in defence of civil and religious liberty, is afc war with the spirit of the age—the letter of the con stitution—and the principles of religion— and can find no parallel except in the bar barities of tbe inquisition and the persecu tion of the dark ages. We feel that we have no remedy but in an appeal to an enlightened public opinion, and to that we do appeal. Be if therefore resolved, That whilst we do not indiscriminately eulogise our people, yet we boldly aver that as a class, they are as honest, as true and as faithful as their persecutors and slanderers, and to this end refer to the criminal courts of the country. Resolved, That we hold all concerned in that meeting, as enemies of human lib erty and freedom of conscience. Resolved,- That all newspapers giving currency to this slander and intolerance, are participators in the foal wrong, and we recommend every Jew to withhold from tbe same his patronage and support. Resolved, That tbe Savannah Republi can, and all other papers which support civil and religions liberty and are opposed to persecution, be requested to publish the above- On motion, the meeting adjourned. M. LOEWENTHAL, Cbm’n. A. L. Giabfkli>br, Sec’ty. The first officer of the Florida formerly held the. same position on board the Sum ter. The Florida is lined with iron, and is calculated to resist any ordinary shot The news of her arrival was immediately sent from Cardenas, Matanzas and Hava na to our squadron at Key West, and there are now three Federal vessels of war waiting for her to make her exit from Cardenas. The Captain General was much annov- ed at her appearance at Cardenas, and or dered her to leave at once for sea, but Capt. Maffit urged that he was in distress, and continued to remain there. Two of the Florida’:; officers came to Havana the day before yesterday. There were onlv six hundred tons of coal in Cardenas, yet the Florida has been able.to get some, though I am told the Captain had to pay S22 50 a ton for it to the Gas Company, and the latter will replace it from this citv ' at $9. The Florida claims to. have destroyed several American merchantmen on her way to pardenas. Important Derision. An interesting case caifie up for decision before Judge Gould this morning upon a writ of habeas corpus, sued out by F. H. Miller, Esq., in behalf of Isadore Rosenfeldt, a citizen of Augusta. The facts of the case were substanti ally these : Mr. Rosenfeldt was arres ted in Warren county, when on a visit, by Mr. Walter P. Greer, sub-enroll- iug officer, who claimed him as a con script.' He was tied by the officer, (hut the rope was cut from his hands by the citizens of Warrenton,) was committed to confinement, in which he has remained since Monday, in jail or uuder surveillance. Upon being brought to Augusta aad placed in jail, a writ of habeas corpus was obtained from his honor, Judge Gould, who upon a hearing, discharg ed the prisoner, upon the ground.that the enrolling officer of Warren county had no right to arrest a citizen of Rich mond county. Snch are the naked facts of the case. We are informed, further, that the enrolling officer assured, in his evi dence, that he had the power to de clare martial law and suspended the writ of habeas corpus, and he was so instructed by Major Dunwdody. It is high time that the powers of the military authorities and the rights of the people were distinctly defined. It is indeed high time that military assumptions of power should be put down, and popular rights distinctly defined, when subordinate officers can declare martial law and suspend the writ of habeas corpus, at will, while the President himself cannot do these things without permission of Congress. We sincerely hope for the peace and quiet of our State, and the good, of the cause, that the Government will take steps forthwith to restrain such assumptions of military power tvs have been exercised in this State. [Augusta Constitutionalist. Maj. Dunwoody denies that any of his officers have been given power to declare Martial Law or suspend the writ of Habeas Corpus. Letter from Mnrfreesboro'—The Federal:, Leave Nashville and Return. * Murfreesboro’, Tenn., ) Sept. 11,’ G2. )' Editor Chattanooga Rebel: I have just time to write you a line. Buell, after evacuating Nashville attempted to retreat across the river and into Kentucky, but finding lie was cut off by the army under Gen. Bragg, which had crossed the river above previously, his retreating foroe turned and came back to Nash ville. There is some doubt here as to their future movements, but one thing certain, they have 10,000 or 12, 000 stolen negroes at work on the fortifications at Nashville. These negroes are literally starving to death, and many of them are running away and endeavering to get back to their masters. I have attended two public meetings —one at Winchester and one atShel- bvville. The latter was a rousing meeting, and everywhere the cry is, “let the last man die, rather than see the Vandals enter our country a- gain. Tennessee is fully aroused, wherev er I have been, and, I have no doubt, will, almost to a man, sustain General Bragg in the business of crushing this vast army of thieves and rob bers. •Let everybody come on and we will- first invest and then wipe out this army of outlaws. Georgia, Mitchell county. TITHEREAS, Henry Smith applies to me for » » letters of' administration on therestate w Henry Jones, deceased. ^ . „ These are therefore to cite and admonish *> and singular the kindred a*d creditors of said de ceased, to file their objections, if any they have, in lny office at Camilla, said county, in terms o the law. Given nnder my hand and official signa ture. Sept. 1st,ISO. __ 16 St. JOS. J .{BRADFORD, Ord y.