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The evacuation of Knoxville. | the dial conies it will be verified.
There can no longer remain any j Gov. Shorter lost his election mainly
doubt as to the evacuation of Knox-j by his patriotic efforts to supply the
ville by our forces, though up to or r, labor to w ork on Mobile defenses,
latest accounts thd enemy bad not | First and last, he sent to our engineer
made liis appearanqe in the place, j from s to 10,000 hands. What do
There is some doubt as to whether or * the doubters suppose these hands have
not he will do so, until he ©tin see his been about under the direction of the
way more clearly. Its evacuation is i best engineering talent in the Con
federacy’/ Let them come and see;
and change their opiuioris.
regarded i>y many as analogous to the
invitation extended by the spider to
the fly, the acceptance of which might
prove fatal.
From all we can learn, such judi
cious disposition is being made ot our
forces as will foil the efforts and pur- .
poses of the enemy to lay his clutches f ei " ,e enemies land
upon the Switzerland of the Confed- | 1 ^S2 fl'ots were
* racy, East 'rennessee. Neither Cum
berland nor Wheeler’s gap, as we un
derstand, have been evacuated, and it
may be the policy of our generals to
draw the Federals into the country
in order the more effectually to con
quer and overcome them. We can
not persuade ourselves that Knoxville
would he so readily given up unless
some ulterior purpose of this sort w as
had in view.
[From Ihe Charleston Mercury, 3J ,|
Bombardment of Sumter—Might En
gagement with Monitors—Casualties.
In the slow bombardment of Sum-
1 batteries on
tired at the
fort, ICO of which struck outside, 1)5
inside, and I it 1 fell short or went
over.
At I I. 40 P. M., on Tuesday night
six monitors steamed up the bay, and
opened a heavy fire on Sumter, at a
distance of eight hundred yards. The
Ironsides also advanced about an hour
afterwards, and added all the weight
of her niefal to the.terrible bombard
ment.
Fort Moultrie, the batteries on Sul-
" 11 ".’ jU ".‘' j. j "" ' | livan’s Island, and Battery Gregg re-
liien, we have the satisfaction ot know- ...... , . .. °°
i,.s that aii8 hope »„.l cotifideueeaa P'l" 1 'I," 1 ',? lrat 8 1"" t b "™ ,cl rt "
to the result whenever the pendintt '7 vod tl ' c '!“ I", ttleticc—
i.. .1...11 .„i i..„„ /».... „„i | Ihe contest lasted for five long hours,
during which the harbor was filled
with one grand diapason ot artil-
rrom the Valley-Rumors 49f the En-1 merit of prisoners. They met with
emy adv'anc.nj-Great Excitement 1 great kindness from citizens of Heaths-
in the Valley. j ville, who contributed $L20 to aid
Greet excitement was caused in j them on their route. They soon met
Staunton on Friday last by T a despatch j our pickets, and cameto this city
seat by Colonel Jackson to the Com- °' } Liver
inaridant of the Post at Staunton, sta
ting that there was a considerable force
of the enemy in Highland county, and
that it was impossible for him to get
his forces between ihe enemy
lion. It. H. T. Hunter, Lloyds, Va.:
S«R : la reply to your inquiries about
the finances, I send you a condensed state
ment of the issue of Treasury notes, and
<>t ilie binding operations of tt.<*. treasury.
\ ou will see from this statement that tlie
m to get J There was no difficulty experienced in i ll,I ' (lin S' has been eminently successful;
and that J either State in findinu generous people *r K ...?" u ’ oaru ’ alh °> ‘hat the amount
Bail road. These
escaped prisoners express in the liveli
est terms their gratitude to the people
of Maryland and Delaware, who did
everything they could to aid them.
(.'•Ur, of (hr KccrrtR. j of Ihe TK»»“ r r '* T *
Hunter.
Treasury Department C. &• ^ * i
Richmond, August 24,1S63. S
. seven days. He states that he Lad suc-
| ceeded in establishing batteries within ef-
i fective range of the heart of the city, an 1
: has oj ened on the city v.iih them, after
| giving Beauregard due notice of his in- j General Assembly admonishes the peool
! tention. From other sources we, learn I 1 „— .. * A ®
that the shells thrown into Charleston
i or the Coiifedsiate Union.
POLITICAL DEFINITIONS—POLITIC at
TRICKS.—DUTY OF THE HOUR.
The manifest incompelency of the ] a6t
Couriers were sent immediately to help them on their journey.
General Imboden, apprising him ut the { These gentlemen state that a h
id aee. The Sneetn tor thus deseriWes I r c* ,. J? r* , ' * u i "foulstanding 1 reasury notes is still wiihin
t, , I V L LUi 1 iot southern sympathies, who would ! ,i „ i- - t , , - . . ... i r ~.
the steps and excitement that therein)- i (r ; VH *i lpl hnt T, * _„ v .....i ..]., t |.; IMr ,,V depreciation «hidi
<m ensued • gDetliem both money and clotting, ported to Congress at the last session. My
' 'and put themselves to any trouble to j report then estimated the amnunt of circu
lation on w Inch the country could probably
large hear, at $150,000,000.
1 lie statement now male, shows that
the outstanding Treasury notes used as
general currency amount exactly to three
times this amount. But, when it is con
sidered that a very large, portion of these
notes are across the Mississippi, it w ill be
apparent, that in the Atlantic States the
struggle shall take place. Our sol
diers will go into the battle with the
determination to win the victory, and
if possible, to make it decisive. They
are tired of victories half won, and
drawn battles, and will make a clean
job of it4iext time, if they are given
a chance. With such a spirit and any
thing like equal advantages they will
prove invincible.
The importance of this contest for
the mastery and possession of East
Tennessee cannot be overestimated,
and we most ardently hope to see tin
whole energies of the Government, ar
my and people put forth, in order
that we may secure a signal tri
umph.
To a very great extent, the fate of
the whole country depends upon it.
Deep despondency and gloom, if not
despair, will follow failure, whereas,
in the event of success, the people
everywhere w ill take new heart and
courage, a fresh impulse w ill lie given
to our cause, and the whole country
will be revivified and and re-animated
We cat mot, must not he defeated in
this great struggle for East Tennessee.
The stakes played for are of too great
value, and, besides, we are notin a posi
tion at this time to sustain another se
rious reverse. It would almost, if not
quite, prove the last feather that could
break the camel’s back.
Atlanta AIjtpi al.
An Anecdote of Cfen. Ewell-
In the course of the address bv Gov
ernor Smith on Saturday night last,
l.e told the following anecdote of Gen.
Ewell:
During the hero Jackson’s lifetime,
General Ewell was wont fo remark
that Jackson could do the praying and |
he could do (lie swearing, and that j
the two together could whip the dev- )
ii. After General Ewell lost a leg,
ihe light of the gospel sited its benign
influence over his spirit, and itebecame
a christain. Under the influence of
this new feeling, he found the enemy
heavily entrenched at Winchester.
He said that he felt averse to exposing
his “poor boys” to the deadly slaugh
ter certain to result from an attack ou
the works. He retired to his tent,
and there spent a time in prayer to the
throne of Grace. It seemed then,
said he afterwards to General Smith,
as if a sudden fear got hold of the en
emy, and he abandoned his works with
out alight. The hand of God is visi
ble in this
The Governor then remarked to his
audience we have in Ewell a lit sucess-
or to the lamented Jackson, a praying I
and a fighting man.—Lynchburg Be- J
jntblican.
The Defences of Mouii.e.—We
think, if the Federals imagine the ta
king of Mobile, which they now seem
inclined to attempt, is going to be an
easy job, the will find themselves wo-
fill 1 v mistaken. The Mobilians have
not been idle all this wF.ib*. In refer
ence to this subject we have the fol
lowing hopeful words from the Regis
ter and Advertiser:
All accounts front New Orleans state
that the Federals are coming over here
very soon, to “gobble up” Mobile.
They affect fo be quite sure of an easy
job of it. Vicksburg has made them
vain again and turned their heads.
Well, Mobile lias been taking lessons
too, and her studies do not dale from
the fall, of Vicksburg, but from the
sacrifice of New Orleans. We have
here prosecuted branches of practical
ctigetieering similar to those described
at Savannah. We have hemmed our
selves in and the Yankees out with
Chinese walls above ground, of hos
pitable preparations to receive the
promised visits under and on top of
earth which afford us the perfect as
surance that “our house is in ordet
for all the eventualities of war. Many
people in the interior take it for gran-
bank bctwoi n
Vagner. Its
are as vet mi -
lerv.
The monitors, it is stated, were
struck possibly one hundred times.
The impingement of the shot against
their mailed sides produced sounds
like the deep riiml of distant cannon
through a heavy atmosphere. Sparks
of fire, visible even in the city, were
elided by every blow which they re-
I eeived.
i At 1.40 A. M. the fleet withdrew,
with perhaps one of their number
crippled.
The damage fo Sumter was consid
erable, the Monitors having fired w ith
good accuracy, OT their shots, 11(5
struck the exterior of the fort
struck inside, and 34 passed over.
hi spite of the battered condition of
Sumter, there were hut three casual
ties at that post, the men being well
cared for, under strict orders against
exposure. These were Sergeant Fos-
hce, Company 15, orderly Sergeant of
Col. Bhelt; Private Brown, Company
C, l>t S. ('. A. and Private Alexander
Companv II. .’7th Georgia; all slight-
, ly wounded.
Battery Gregg and Sullivan's Island
i did not fail, also, to receive their share
j of attention front the Monitors. There
I were however, no casualties at Moul-
I trie or at Cumming’s Point, and no
damage was done to the works at
j those places. Two men of the ,Gist
i North Carolina were killed, in the
i rear of the Moultrie House, by the ex
plosion of a shell.
Seven monitors were reported in
side the liar on Wednesday morning.
A long, low, dark object which has
been st vied a Yankee Devil, was also
descried over a sain
Sumter and Battery
character and purpose
know u.
Thirty-eight vessels, including the,
monitors and Ironsides, were reported
inside the bar.—In the course of the
morning the enemy was observed to
be busy in arranging sand bags upon
the decks of the Monitors. Outside
the bar there were thirteen vessels,
among them a French \essel of war.
The quiet of the harbor during the
day was disturbed only by the occa
sional action of the contending batte
ries, the chief participants being Bat
teries Haskell, Cheves, Sim kins, and
the Yankee batteries Nos. 1 and 3,
w ith their battery at Gadberry’s llill.
There Were but a few desultory shots
directed at Sumter.
T;|ie SVXississippi Wegroes.
Cecibiait, the Mississippi correspon
dent of' the Atlanta Appeal, says:
Mailt negro women and children
are coining out of the Yankee lines.
No inducements are offered fo them
to rein, in, nor objections made to their
departi re. The authorities are care
less as o how they dispose of them
selves < r w hat becomes of them. Able
bodied negro men are retained for ser
vice in the army.—These negro women
give most deplorable accounts of their
sufferings and hardships while with
the Yankees. They are robbed of
what money they have and then al
lowed to shift for themselves. Food
is given them, hut they have no means
of cooking it. No places of shelter
no medicine or attention when sick,
no coffins, sometimes even no holes in
the ground when they die. Their
husbands, w ho induced them to follow
the Yankees, and on whom they de
pended to carry them safely through
their foolish expedition, are stolen
from them by the Yankees, and the
poor things are totally abandoned. It
is pitiful!
Joint committee of the Alabama
Legislature, just adjourned, reported
a resolution in favor of the preposi
tion to employ slaves in the military
service of the Confederate States
which proposition, we perceive, is fa-
intelligence, and he very promptly j number of our prisoners at Fort Dela-
moved his command from Linsville ! ware have taken the oath and enlisted
creek, in Rockingham county, to the in the Yankee service. The Yankees
neighborhood ot this place. By the ; have already, from prisoners who have
middle of the afternoon of Saturday his taken the oath, enlisted 2 70 men in the
troops were within three miles of Staun- 3d Maryland cavalry, 160 men in a bat-
ton. It seems from Inter intelligence talion of heavy artillery, and 150 in an ! estimate of three to one is rnther over than
that the enemy, 2,500 cavalry, appear- infantry regiment. To effect these en- j under the mark. Two absorbents are
ed, quite unexpectedly to the citizens, listnients they circulate all sorts of lies j nf>w ' a( bled, which will keep down theex-
at Montery, the county seat of High- among the prisoners. The chief lies ! cess * roIn nu " * ssucs namely : the taxes
land, on Thursday last, and, the Court are to the effect that Gen. Lee has re
being in session, captured the Court signed—that North Carolina has with-
and all who were attending, and about drawn from the Confederacy and sent
100 horses. We understand that all commissioners from the State on to
were afterwards released except Mr. D. Washington to make terms for re-ett-
M. Anvil, a I awyer, who was, ah the tering the Union, and that Virginia is
I beginning of the war, Commonwealth’s only waiting for Lee’s army to be driv-
1 Attorney for Barbour county, Captain en from In? borders, to resume her con-
William Myers, and several others, nection with the Yankee nation.
Mr. Anvil has been once before cap! ur- They tell the men if they w T i 11 enlist
; ed by the enemy, and imprisoned for a they will be sent out West to fight the
j long lime at Camp Chase. From Mon- Indians, and will never be sent South
| tery, it seems, the enemy, instead ol where there would he any danger of
; coming in this direction,went to Hunts- their capture. When a prisoner agrees 'ly the law of demand and supply. As I
. ville, the county seat of Pocahontas, to enlist his name is put down ir. a h» v c already shown in the repmt re'ericd
and the sale of cotton bonds—and when
the lax in kind begins to contribute its
portion to the support of the army, there
is every reason to believe that the curren
cy can he well sustained.
It is obvious- from this statement, that
t ho. popular notion of estimating the value
of the currency by a comparison with
gold, is altogether fallacious ; for, while lie
actual volume of currency has only been
increased three fold, its proportion to gold
rates at more than double that amount.—
'fhc fact is, as you well know, that situa
ted !>s we are. gold is as much a commodity
as platina or tin, and its price is governed
w here the force
were stationed.
put dowi
of Colonel Jackson hook, and lie is marched from the main
to, wheat and corn afford much more re-
, , i , , , - , . , liable standards of value, when their price
We understand that body of he prisoners to another part ; 8not confr „,| e d by some local obstruction :
there had been some skirmishing be- ot the island to join Ins companions I ;int j < by referring to these, it will be seen
in shame, who live ill tents there. He that the currency has maintained itself at
never comes back among his old com- ; the ratio which the outstanding issues iti-
rades, for fear, as one of our informants dicate. You will perceive, by the state-
remarked, “ we should cut his d—<1 j "lent, that uniting all the various appli-
throat.” They are jeered and hooted ;u,ces f,,r Ending, there has been funded
, • j . J i in bonds $242,404,670 ; to which, acconl-
by Xhetr late companions as they pass !. . ’ . . , , , , -
U 1 rill J 1 , i mg to estimate, there is yet to be added
out. lipm them. I hey ate teimei j ahoiit 670,000.000, more, which are yet m
“galvanized Yankees. . the hands of the Treasury officers tube
Our prisoners are dying in Fort Del- funded, making ill all, about $302,000,000
aware at the rate of twelve a day. —add to this $15,442,000 deposited in the
tween ihe forces of Colonel Jackson and
the enemy, and that the former fell
back in the direction of the Warm
Springs, the county seat of Bath.
P. S. Since the above was written,
the excitement here was greatly in
creased and intensified on yesterday
morning by the report of some of our
scouts that the enemy were crossing
the mountain at Buffalo Gap, about
ten miles W r est of this place. As soon Their rations are six crackers a day and five percent, call loan, and we have an
as this report was received prompt and spoilt beef. aggregate ot nearly $513,000,000 with-
active preparations were made to “wel
come them with bloody hands to hos
pitable graves.” The forces of Gener
al Imbodeti, and the convalescent sol
diers in the hospitals here, were soon
in ifad.iiiPKN^ for (lie march, to meet
them. The* members or the company
which was organized on Saturday last,
were soon in their saddles with guns
slung to their sides. The hands in the
work shops and other citizens respon
spoilt beef. „ -
_ m ■ drawn from the currency.
('ori*e*po:iiii-urc of (tin | This result is ceitaiiily very favorable,
,, ,, T , , and shows that the measures adopted by
Mb C..ISBV :-I enclose you an extract Co „ liave Wen f . llitc a , successful as
w.th the request to publish, hoping its * fua ] t is somewhat
sensible reasons may lnHuencc tor the bet- - ... ,, , v ■ /•
, J . , , . . remarkable that ihe 1 annee Uoverninent
every mans nund who rearls it.— , ... , , ■ ,, r
J - should have adopted exactly the same
'measures for withdrawing their circulation,
and, according to a statement published
Hum’s Merchants’ Magazine, for July,
ter every man’s mind who reads it.—
This ‘-Word to Farmers” has suggested to
us a few thoughts, which we indite you for
publication in somewhat of an arithmetical
shape, which, upon the principle that , , , , ■ > , ,
.... 1 , ,. ,-v ' . , they have funded, in call loans and bonds,
“figures don t be, may edify our farmers - c ..... nnn
, . . .'. J , . , .... ; not more than $200,000,000.
and arouse their patriotism, wlucfi of late ,,,, ,. ,
i i . . . i 1 liese figures show that there is no
tied w ith uldCilty and piomptltude to ias lecune sue a a en pnncip e. reason lor distrust as to our curreiicy ; aud
drive back the invaders. In a marvel- } ? r Tf n ? ‘ * C Confederacy consume , if> wLen Gongress Incet?> you wi i| J aU ad -
lously short time there w; 18 a large force dMIy about yoot^ barrels of Hour, costing, : d ; ess vollrse f ves vigorously to measures
further increase,
dare
tsly short time there was a large force daily about 3000 barrels of flour, costing, ! y0l|r J ves vig01 , n ’ lb j y (
readiness to meet the foe, if lie should non a,l . c ’ , n s .J ,ni 0 "j ’j. which will restrain its furth
re to come to Itiia |>lace. Tractive « *•»« ■» '?» •»«•? ”
finai-at nn continued till the nntlmri- J. ..... cause. 1 would suggest toy
preparation continued till the authori
ties became satisfied that it was a false
alarm.
Elicit a scene has not been exhibited
here since the brave ancestors of this
people rallied from the hiil and dale
aud mountain glen to meet the enemy
in the First Revolution, when it was
thought that Tarletoii. was marching
to cioss the Blue Ridge at ltockfish
Gap.
Escaping of Prisoners from Fort Del
aware.
Yesterday afternoon five Confederate
prisoners, A. L. Brooks and C. J. Ful
ler; company G, ‘Jth Georgia; J. Mar
tin, company D, nth Ga.; Win. E.
50,000 pounds of beef, at 40 cents per
pound, or $100,000. There are about 40,-
000 horses in the Confederate army,
which, if averaging only six barrels of
corn daily, would consume 1000 bushels,
at 62 50, would cost $10,000. Hence the
daily aggregate expense of our army
for ihe single articles of Hour, corn, bacon
and beef is $325,000, or 610,000,000 pci-
month.
Now, suppose the farmers alone would
determine to supply these necessities at
lower figures, say $15 per barrel for Hour,
$1. 50 for corn, 25 cents per pound for
bacon and 15 cents for beef.(and we contend
these prices would be “just compensation,”
lawyers and loggerheads to the contrary,
notwithstanding,) you perceive the coin
would only cost $6000, the bacon $31,-
250, the Hour $37,500 and the beef $37,-
- 500. which makes a daily expenditure of
Glassev, company B, J''rii Miss., and $112,2o0, or about $3 500,000 monthly,
John Dorsey, co. A. Stuart’s Horse ,,r a diminution in the monthly expendi-
Artiilery, arrived here from Fort Dela- tore for subsistence alone of quite $6,500,- 1
ware, having made their escape from 000.
Fort Delaware on the night of the 12th Now, if the issue of $50,000,000 a month An(1 p ro bably beyond the.,
inst. The narrative of their escape is Un depreciated our currency twelvefold—
• ** tt * r „ u n.n . 1 , gold being our standard—how much will
interesting. Having formed the plan r,
0 0 • 1 t u 1 it be appreciated by withholding an issue
to escape, they improvised life pro- 0 f $6,500,000 monthly ?
servers by tying font canteens, well The same reasoning bolds good with re-
corked, around the body of each mail, gard to the. sale of horses. Every man
and on the night ol the 12th inst.. pro- thinks his horse the best in the $tate, and
ceeded to leave the island. The night worth at least one thousand dollars, and
maintain our
ou two mat
ters for consideration. One is, the export
duly which I proposed ; and the omr, is
a renewal of the call loan for all Treasury
notes, upon the same principle with the
six percent, call loan, which was reported
at the last session.
It is worth the experiment to try, w heth
er by allowing a deposit in the Treasury,
on interest, we may not he able to attract
and retain there all the Treasury notes
not actually required for circulation.
Yefy truly, yours,
C. G. Mkm.mini.uk,
Secretary of the Treasury.
Statement of Outstanding Treasury notes,
August S, 1S63.
Total of all kinds of General Currency.
Notes $523,114,406
Estimated on hand for cancel
lation, 70,134,600
Mississippi
152,970,806
150,600,000
$302,970,806
being dark they got. into thewateraud
swam off” from the hank of the island
for tho shore. Three of them swam
four miles, and landed about two miles
why? Simply because of the depreciation
of the currency, the owner not dreamin;
Statement <>J Bonds into wli>eh Cut mney las
Lien funded, •ncluding avails of the pro
duce loan.
Total of 100 million loan ... $100,000,000
1S61
*,318,370
8,0S6,300
o me cuuency, me owner noi ureaimng , F „ nded since February ....
that the -people demanding high prices from j-m-
Government necessitates the issuing Ly I Funded of notes May" Di‘. " '
i Government of more pa] er currency to
below Delaware City ; the other two, p ay these juices, and creates a consequent
being swept down the river, floated greater depreciation. Let every man that
down sixteen miles, and landed at can contribute his mi?c to assist Govern-
' Christine Creek. Anothersoldier (Phil- j ment, thereby avoiding tbc necessity of
adelphian) started with them, but was s ?Le necessary issue of paper money, and
drowned a shortdistance from the shore, j ‘ n a ^ cw we ‘-‘k s prices will fall j nd money , Total fund 302,401,670
He said he was not coming back to the -v- Five per cent, call, partly...
$232,404,670
On hand, to be funded by es
timate :... 70,000,000
Yuly,
P. R. X.
15,442,000
funded
Total $317,846,670
Lille From liar Fiiitrd SlatfCM.
Richmond, Aug. 31.—Baltimore papers
of the 29th were received on Tuesday
ten that Mobile must knock under to I voted by many of the [nesses of Mis
sissippi aud Alabama. After discus
sion fn the Alabama House, the reso
lution v as adopted by a vote of 6>>
half as well defended ns Charleston yeas to 12 nays, after striking out the
the Yankees as soon as they knock at
our doors. They are as much mista
ken as the Yankees are. If Mobile is
has been, the gridiron flag will never
fly over it. Vicksburg was supposed
to be impregnable by these people,
and when it fell the bottom of the
tub of defensive engineering fell out
with them, and nothing could he held
against the Yankees. Yet a samljjat-
tery on Morris Island has for forty
days resisted a fire to which that of
Sebastopol was but play. Our unbe
lieving friends in the interior will per
haps be surprised to bear the opinion
that Mobile is stronger than Vicksburg
both in the means of offense and de-
lense. That is our opinion, and when
Confederacy, but was going to Phila
delphia. He had eight canteens around ~ ~
his body., but was not an expert swim- Lieut, fl ood Again at Work liver
" : Sailing Tesse/s Captured.—Another bril-
rp’, iiii hi liant exploit took place fast Thursday, in
1 fie three who landed near Delaware , 'a-., C, c .1 i> \
!. ........ . tlie. hay off the month ot the nnppahan-
; Cif\ laid 111 a eoinheld all night, and „„ c j £f which resulted in the capture of
the next evening, about dark, started ; three Yankee sailing vessels—the Co-
j on their way South, alter first having quette, Golden RodandTwin Brothers.— night.
j made known their condition to a farm-j One of the ships was laden with coal, and Mosby, with S00 men, attacked a train
jer, who
j They truv
; I broil
|next 1
i barn
(county Md., where tlie citizens gave |-eived at the Libby prison. Lieut. Wood j with a large number of Government hor-
them new clot lies and money. After i has thus secured five prizes and make about ses, and other property belonging to the
this their detection was less probable, 00 prisoners. The last expedition was ; Government. Private individuals lost a
as they had been wearing their uniforms attended with no loss on our side. ! very heavy amount.
the two days previous. They took the No official information has yet been j An order has been issued from head-
cars on the Philadelphia and Baltimore r « c * ,ved 1,1 re S ar J to . the reported capture j quarters. Kansas1 G.ty, which, it earned
r» • 1 1 f m , / j 1 1 1 ix ot the steameis Louisiana and Gurrnuck. j out, will depopulate neaity 'vhole ot
Kali road at lownsuml and lodt to Do- f lUcJnnond Enq2\)t/i. tiie three counties in Missouri lying closest
ver, the capital of Delaware. Sitting j to the Kansas line. It directs all persons
nvn men conuition to a nirm- 1 uiie or me snips was jacien wnu coat, ara , »»wBu y , ••■m uw men, uu«i>b.cu a n«m
gave them a good supper, i the other too with anchors and chains— ot forty four sutler wagons near Centrc-
velcd that nbriit twelve miles The Golden Rod diawing two much water ville. I he guard ran without making
__ ^ : ... .L n r.A«n.l 1.» il.A innAli racictaiion A ltlwmrrli tlin train ur a c
were charged with Greek fire. The only
g in of sufficient mngc to throw a shell
into- Charleston was a three hundred poun
der Parrott rifle, but this enormous piece
of ordnance, after a few dischatges, acci
dentally burst, breaking ofl’ about a foot
from the muzzle. This mishap not only
destroyed the accuracy of the fire, but
reduced tbe lange by a mile and a half,
so that until another gun of equal calibre
can be mounted, no more shells can be
thrown into Charleston.
'flie steamship Hibernia brings Euro
pean advices to the 10th. The news is
uniinpoitaut. •Garribaldi has published a
letter addressed to Abraham Lincoln, the
liberator of tbe slavt s of the Republic of
America, in which he compares him to the
$50ii of God and John Brown.
Liverpool, Aug. 19.—Sales of Colton to
day ten thousand bales ; market closing
buoyant, with an upward tendency.—
Breadstuff's closed with a downward ten
dency.
—
The Big Blakely Guns.—Since these
guns have been described by t fie Charleston
letter writers, there can be no impropriety
in our publishing the following from tlie
correspondent of the Augusta Constitution
alist. \Ye were in possession of the dimen
sions of these guns more than a weak ago:
We had the pleasure of seeing one of
the big guns brought over by the. Gibral
tar this morning, on King street, between
Broad and Tradd streets, en route for the
Battery, where it will be placed in posi
tion in a few days. It is so weighty that
tlie only way by which it could be carried
to the place for which it is destined, was
by laying a temporary track from tlie north
eastern Railroad to While Point Garden,
through King street. It is a terrible look
ing monster, and an idea of its huge propor
tions can be formed from tlie following di
mensions; weight 22 tons; circumference of ; in their estimation is the man for the office,
the breach, 13 feet; length 16 feet; calibre. My countrymen, whenever you hear a man
13 inch, rified. The weight ot the gun car- preaching up unity in matters of ejection,
riage is 3G tons. The chasses is 36 feet; mark him well, for he has a favorite for
and the height of the carriages is 8 feet. | y 0/ , to unite on with him.
'Tlie solid shot weighs 800 pounds, and | The records of our history as a State
the empty shell weighs 450 pounds. \\ e furnish no page more full of partisan bit-
to a closer scrutiny as to men who seek t 0
compose the next. The welfare of tbe
people in its widest sense will be cenfided
to them. In the last election the people
were duped under the delusive cvy of “\ 0
Party.” This term as practically constru
ed by tlie political backs whom ihe people
had again and again repudiated, signified
to the voter that lie must unmurmuriug] y
support tlie candidate whom the clique of
“No Party” men offered to him. The if.
lustrious patriots who succeeded, by tb“
w bine and cant of “No Party” to suitin',
gle into the last legislature the most vio
lent and bigoted patty men, who had re
peatedly been rejected by the people, now
hypocritically denounce “dissension” in
this hour of our country’s peril. ii u t wh a t
do they mean by “dissension.” Their
practice explains it. Dissension in their
poliiical ^ctionary moans “an unwilling,
ness on the part of others to sustain a man
for office whom they in their modesty and
wisdom dictate !o the people.” These ex
hort ers of unity doubtless feel that the
hearts of the people should overflow with
gratitude to them for relieving the people
of all trouble iu tbe small matter rf se
lecting their rulers.' These amiable friends
of the people do somewhat more to ingra
tiate themselves in the confidence of the
people. 'They, a small portion of the cit
izens, will meet at the Court House or
sometimes in a private caucus, nominate
some one of the clique and proclaim him
the choice of the county. In this way,
unless the independent voters of ihe coun
ty counteract it, a few men virtually choose
our members of the legislature. I warn
the people against these tricks by which
they are virtually disfranchised. Distrust,
watch and oppose the men who cry “no
party” and yet invariably stick to their
party prejudices. Such men cat? find no
man out of their old party associations who
understand that sixty tons of ammunition
have arrived in company with the gun.
When in position it will command the en
tire bay, and tlie weight of metal is suf
ficient to send an iron clad to the bottom
of the harbor.
Shelled Oct.—Tlie oilier
terness and hatred than the journal and
speeches of the last House of Represen
tatives of Georgia. A majority of that
body gave full vent to partisan prejudices
aud hate they had conceived and fostered
against our most excellent chief magistrate
before the secession of 1 lie State. Every
( |., v j intelligent citizen well knows that Gov.
, -| i , f.i , , ..." Brown has managed the affairs of state with
while the shots of the enemy were: , ,5- , ,., .
„ ... , , • • " , consummate ability, unsurpassed hue itv
falling about the city promiscuously aI1 j nutiring in(!l mtry. In the practical
a party of “hard cases ucic hiululeu j ass ; s tance he has afforded President Davis
together in a corner of a brick build- the prosecution of the war for tbemain-
ing, and were “bugging the wall” with ! tainance of our independence, lie has no
a flagon df double distilled, and anon equal. Under liis guidance Georgia has
pouring tlie spirits down to keep their
spirits up. Every time a shell* came
screaming over tbe building there was
a general squatting, and tlie eyes of
each individual stuck out far enough
to hang his hat on. The excitement
over the first shell had scarcely sub
sided before another came, apparently
in much closer range, and down they
all come again to tlie floor.* This
system of “dodging the risue” had
been practiced several times, and the
quartette were becoming as wild as
buck*, Suddenly some fellow acci
dently dropped u heavy hammer on
the floor, and the deserted halls fairly
resounded with the detonation iu j
an instant room the was cleared. One j
went out of the window, another
through the door, a third endeavored
to climb the stove pipe, aud the Fourth
leaped over the table, out, out ot the
door, an'd went flying for dear life
down the street. We have not seen
any of the party since. We are of
opinion, however, that that last shell in
continently demoralized them.
Chattanooga Be!n /.]
I>rn. Pirrcf and Pnlsnrr.
w e are now sending out the Discourses
of these Divines to subscribers. Persons
who desire to prenre them will observe the
following rates.
Single copy 5<> cents. Three copies
for $1 00. $30 per hundred.
(Governor Brown nnd (hr Penitentiary Ar
mory .
Messrs. Editors:—Prompted alone by
the love of truth and justice, I desire pre
senting to your readers, the results of a
lair aud impartial investigation of com
plaints against Governor Brown, iu rela
tion to ihe operatives in the 1’cnitentiary
Armory'. It has been said that able
bodied men without any mechanical ex
perience whatever, have been admitted
into tbe Armory by tlie Governor, to se
cure them from conscription.
Now as I have no connection with this
institution, but have every facility for as
certaining the truth or falsity of such re
ports, I feel that I can speak with unques
tionable authority in regard to them. Al
low me therefore, to say, that Governor
Brown has had nothing more to do with
the employment of A, B or C, to work in
the Armory, than you or I have, only that
lie has instructed Maj. Jones, the Super
intendent of the ivoiks, to employ none
but first class Mechanics, (who are exempt
responded superabundantly to every re
quisition of the Confederate Executive.
Aud it is worthy of remark that in tlie
counties where he is Best known and pos
sesses the greatest influence the patriotism
of tlie people is the most signally demon
strated. And yet, notwithstanding he is
undeniably an able, good, prompt, indus
trious, untiring and faithful officer tlie no
party men denounce him most bitterly and
mercilessly. 'J'lie men who arc apparently
horrified at “dissension” strive unremit
tingly to stir up “dissention” against him.
I couelude that the old grudge against the
people’s favorite is still alive. His adver-
-ari<*s have not recovered from the heart
burnings conceived in past party' conflicts.
The remembrance of their defeats still
chafe them. They desire to sully the civ
ic wreaths which the citizens ol Georgia
have placed 011 him, by inducing the peo
ple to withdraw their confidence from him
at the last.
In the gigantic war in which the Con
federacy is now engaged, every man who
is a man is expected to do his duty to the
country, either in the lented held or at
home. The dissemination of knowledge
among the people by the press, the educa
tion of the young, the exercises of the
pulpit, the medical profession, the prepar
ation and production of things for the sup
port aud equipment of the army are most
useful, and fields in which a patriot may
at home effectually 6erve his country.—
A man within the military age, who is
able bodied and not employed in one of
the foregoing occupations can alone man
ifest bis patriotism by enlisting in the army.
It is contrary' to tlie uniform custom and
laws of civilized nations for tbe young to
expect the old to be as a class the soldiers of
the country. And yet there are ymung men
who remain at home,-not employed in any
occupation useful to the country, who pro
duce nothing for the support of the army,
or the widows and orphans of the soldiers,
who aided and brought oat by’ the “no-party
men” and anti-dissenters” use every ef
fort to shield themselves from military
duty-, by filling legislative offices, to which
men of enlarged experience and mature
judgment, in this critical juncture, should
only be chosen. In this trying time no
one should be elevated to office who has
not by r his acts illustrated liis devotion to
tire cause of liberty’. The people should
certainly disregard the pretensions of a
candidate who is M illing to wear the hon
ors of office M'ithont deserving them, or it
may be willing to go into the milita’*y ser
vice, provided lie gets a commission, and
that tailing unwilling to go as a private.
Such candidates should be defeated and
be compelled to do military duty in behalf
of an imperilled country whose legislative
offices, involving no danger and to he held
in quietness and security, they are so will
ing to occupy. It is a good rule worthy
of the adoption of the people to vote alone
for men not subject to conscription.
At
nnyhow)-and fo admit no man to screen a „ events , et not J the le maI1 in
liivn t rnm pfinnorinlimi I . . , . . * . * .
slinking military duty in these limes ‘ n 11
f-,- ......>o ” PUTNAM.
words “military” before service, and
“soldiers” at the end of the resolution.
The resolution was amended and reads
as follows:
r J hat is tlie duty of Congress to pro
vide by law for the employment in
the service of the Confederate States
of America, in such situations and in
number* ns may be found absolutely
necesaty, tlie able bodied slaves of
the country, whether as pioneers;
sappers and miners, cooks, nurses and
teamsters.
In this form we can see no objection
to the resolution.
near them in (lie ears were a Yankee i\r«« from nil quarter*. living within th9 limits specified, with cer-
Colonel and Captain, and the provost The news to-<t«r is interesting if not very start- ■ tain exceptions, to remove from their pre
guard passed through frequently. They lfng. Maxitniliam accepts the throne of Mexico: j se, D place of residence within fifteen
were not discovered, however, though The Southern Cofederacy is to be acknowledged day s, unless in the meantime they prove
their loyalty to the satisfaction of the com
manding officer. On this proof being giv
en, they may remove to any military
station within that military district, or to
any part in Kansas, except the
counties on the Eastern border of
the Stale. Those who do not so prove
their loyalty to depart further into the in
terior of Missouri, or elsewhere. All tlie
tu escape detection seemed almost lilt- \ llie M0licau Government immediately. War
possible. They cot off' tlie-1 r .in .at I with Fra,,ce i antk ' i P a i t “ ! ^‘ be N ; Y ; ( j r e ' 1
D , , ' *— , ,■ >, Price has whipped tbe Yankees in Arkansas. The
I lelsiiniip nun went liv wav ol Mirren . • 11
Delatltar and went by way ol Larietl i t wo Opposing armies are engaged in hanging de
Creek Springs and Qliantico, Md., to . serlers. One of our Mac-Oil officers lias been cash-
r ;.. ai . oi.il <rr.t iut.. .... icied and reduced to the ranks Six. Confederate
the Nauticoke met, and got into .1 ci- irou elnds areon Uie way , lom Europe, to raise
FJcll* the Charleston Blockade, and thirteen others are
Here they parted company with five j iu a “'ate of completion Nothing important from
,, , i 1 1 j- 4. i \ 1 i East Tennessee or from Charleston, ihe steamer i
others who had escaped Jrom Bolt Del- j Flondacff the coast of Ireland, Great fire in East |
aware same days previous, as the canoe
would uot hold ten of them. In the
canoe they went to Tangier’s Sound,
aud, crossing the Chesapeake, landed
in Northumberland county,below Point
Lookout, a point at which the Yan
kees are building a fort for the confinc-
I3ost<,u.— Coijuluute Utli.
Joe Brown.—Brown is the proper man
to be elected Governor of Georgia. He is
the best Governor in the Confederate
States.
f Gui ns ville ( Fla). Cotton States.
grain and hay of loyal persons must, after
the lapse of fifteen days from the date of
tlie order, be takeu to the nearest military
station,and turned over to the commanding
officer. All other goods to be destroyed.
An offi rial dispatch from Gillmore, dated
24th. announces tho practical demolition
of Fort Wagner, after a bombardment of
him from conscription.
A sufficient number of first class me
chanics, as Maj. Jones will tell you, could
not be bad, and that these works so impor
tant to tlie public at this time, might go
on, lie was compelled to take in such men
as he could get. Consequently, a few
able bodied men subject to conscription,
liave been admitted. Maj. Jones informs
me that, he has no more bands than arc ab
solutely’ necessary for the successful prose
cution of this work—this work of making
300 pair cards per week, and distributing
them over Georgia for the exclusive bene
fit of poor widows of soldiers, &e. Also
they’ turn out about 25 rides per week,
which, for mechanical neatness, for force
and efficiency in every respect, will equal,
if not surpass the Enfield Rifle.
These statements in so far as tho Gov
ernor is concerned, are doubtless satisfac
tory to every candid and unbiased mind—
aud while he, like a true patriot, and hero,
is absent from the Capital iu upper Geor
gia, busily at work to prevent the vandal
hordes, from spreading desolation and
run over our land, 1 feel that it is but
sheer justice to him that I should rnako
them. JUSTICE.
try men’s souls.
[ COMMUNICATED.]
Meksks Editous : I am glad to learn
that my proposition meets with favor
able consideration among the Farmers,
and that some of tlie wheat is forth
coming. That is right my friends,send
on your wheat, and when I get a suf
ficient number 1 will publish your
names, Ac., aud let our brave defenders
know who at home are the friends of
their families. If you can’t spare but
two bushels, don’t matter, send that,
and I will give you the credit for the
balance you have done. Old Baldwin
promised to take care of the widows
aud orphans, of her noble sons
army, and I trust she will do it.
Yours Ac, F. L. Bbaxtcy.
Milledgeville Ga.
the