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Richmond Correspondence of lh Savannah aepaU.on.
rtM . KHroM rH • Drrrpatlon
<i Il:r|M* ** Ferry.
Rich mono, Va., June ife. ImJI.
The time has come t<* lay befoye the pub
lic the reasons which impelled <ieu J*.lin
to withdraw his forces temporarily from
H irper’s Ferrv : a movement which seems
te hare been as little understood at the
South 3- at the North. It turns ont that
the confidence of your correspondent in the
sagacity and judgement nf that officer, was
I
The wisdom of the movement will be ap
parent to the most casual observer, if he will
but open bis map and follow me for a mo- ,
went In doing this, let him remember
that in the game of war, as in that of chess
cne sometimes takes a position which he
know* is untenable and which he does not
intend or desire to hold. This was true in
regard to the occupation of Harper's Ferry.
Military men know, and no one better than
Gen Johnston, that thi= point, in itself, was
untenable, owing to the case with which it
can be turned. The mistake that Gen. Scott
made was in acting upon presumption that we
intended to make a stand there. In his
vanity he forgot that the Confederate officers
were as astute as himself—a mistake as you
will soon see, which came near costing him
a disastrous defeat.
It is well know that Gen. Patterson, at
the head of a heavy column, was moving
down upon Harper’s Ferry from the north,
by way of Williamsport aud Mcrtiusburg,
and that Gen. McClellau was moving from
the west by way of Romney, with the view
of uuitiug their forces at Winchester, and
at the same time prevent the co-oiieration of
the forces under Johnston and Beauregard.
This piau lias leen completely check-ma
ted, and the enemy foiled at his own game,
as you will perceive by the following extract
taken from the proof-sheet of an article
which will appear in to-morrows issue of the
Jtichinoud Enquirer, and which I have
reason to believe from a high military source:
*• On or shout Thursday, the ICth inst.,
Gen. Johnston having waited at Harper’s
Ferry long enough to make the enemy be
lieve that he intended to contest that position
to the last, and learning that they were ad
vaueing on Williamsport and iiomuey, sent
a portion of his force to Winchester by rail.
On Friday he continued this movement, sent
back his tent equipage and other heavy bag
g ige, sick, Ac., Ac., set tire to, and burned
the railroad bridge, aud such of the public
buildings as could bo burned without en
dangering private property, spiked such of the
heavy guns at Harper’s Ferry as could not
bo moved, ami on Saturday moved with his
whole army, marching uu foot, iu the dircc
tion of Winchester, encamped about 3$
miles south-west of Charlestown. The ene
my, taking this movement, as it was inten
ded they should take it as a retreat, crossed
a brigade of tLeir advance division, com
manded by Geu. Cadwalder, (who joined their
forces on Saturday or Sunday morning,,)
which was forward towards Martias-
burg.
“ Uu Sunday morning, however, Gen.
Johnston changed his liue ?f march, right
angles, and moved square towards Martins
burg, encamping at Banker Ilill, on the
Winchester and Martinsburg turnpike, twelve
miles from Martinsburg, to offer battle there,
or advance and attack if necessary. This
movement placed the cnera v in a “ predica
ment.” He had not crossed his whole force, j
and if the oppoMUg forces hat) closed he j
must have beeeu beaten in detail. He there
fore “-acknowledged the eon*,” turned tail
and retreated, recrossed the river aud evacu
ated the Valley, retiring beyond Hagerstown.
“ A day or two nJt- this, Col. Hill, IStli
Virginia Regiment iu cotjimaud of a part of
the forces who had “ retreated from Harp
er's Ferry, and who had been pushed towards
New Creek, on the Potomac river, eighteen
miles west of (’umberland, four companies of
Tennessee and Virginia troops, under Col.
Vaughn, of Tennessee, who found the Yan
kees posted on the Maryland side of the
Potomac. Our brave fellows, in the face of
the enemy, forded the stream waist deep,
drove them off in the utmost confusion, cap
tured two pieces of loaded artillery and a
stand of colors, destroyed the railroad bridge
at that point, and returned to Romney, ma
king a march of thirty six inile* and gaining
a brilliant victory, within twenty hour*.
Our readers will thus see what (Jen.
John‘ton’s ‘retreat from Harper’s Ferry*
ha., done. It has thoroughly broken through
Gen. Scott’s paper programme, destroying
his whole western combination, aud com
pelled him to remodel his whole plan. If
our ‘retreats’ uo thus much, we wait with
confidence to see what o*l s4vances will do.’’
ijaving disarranged the pimc of the ene
hiy, <*Vu. Johnston proceeded to occupy
Winchester in force, and from that noint bt ,
now denominates the whole valley of \ irgin
ia. A sufficient force has been thrown into
Harper’s Ferry to complete the destruction
of such property as could he of any use to
the enemy, while all cMMawdwtioa with
the West by the Baltimore and fslijo i£ail
Road been cut off. A railway officer
has just informed me that sixty locomotives
aud a largo number of cars have been seized
by the Confederates, aud that he is charged,
in part, with the duty of removing them to
a place of security.
The only mistake that Gen. J-hnKoi
in vie was in supposing be could overtake the
enemy in the open country. The Southern
b>>ys can stand their band when you conic
to a regular stand-up fight; but in the mat
ter of running, the wooden nutmeg fellows
can beat them all hollow. Indeed, there is
eueb thing as catchiug a well-scared Yan
kee, when he once takes to his heels.
P. \V. A.
Sending t Men to Battle.—
The policy which La*, been unfortunately ad
opted by the ‘‘powers tL*t be” in this State
of sending unarmed m-n to Law tie, is attrac
ting attention i n V irginia sail eLcwLx-re,
and is sever ly c-ommanted upou. One of
the evil effect* of the policy pursued here *a
driving our bwwr# mu to stm -k the public
service elsewhere —iu other States. A com
pany now forming iu tbi* pin**, j ias
accepted by the Governor of North Candi
da. They have no difficulty there, about
run*.-* or anything else. It is a shame,
thougti, that our brave men are compelled
to tender /heir services to the Governor* nf
other .State*, Jo avoid petty annoyance at
home.— Souihtr* Watchman.
Akuivai.oi I’uin< eAjfred at QIeUEC.
-iONiatAL, June If. JY£l. —Prince Al
lred arrived at Quebec \\ • dgCadjv evening.
He was received by the civic aud tyiiitary
authorities. He proceeded at once to the
residence of the Governor General. He was
ftcariilj cheered by & large concourse of
-pectators. lie visited the citadel yesterday
runl rode through the upper part of tl|e city.
There were no formal demonstrations, but
he was every where received with the warmest
tokens of loyalty and respect.
Beeepiiou of (he Deserter*.
The
mg aooouutof the reeejtfoji at Fortress Mou.
roe, of Kimball ami Heuipsted, thy two de.
sorters from Sewall’s Point:
On Thursday, at an early hour, two men
Uic-v-cd iu uniform utadc their appeai'aucc
:ir th> wharf and repnanied tli ni-<‘l\< - a
ha ving deserted the Goufederate forces at
Sewall’s Point. They st*H*d that they had
been forced to join the Houthnru artnymnch
against their wishes, as they were New
Yorkers, but had been living in the South
for seine time, aud they determined to de
sert at the first opportunity. On the previ
ous night they took possession of the yawl
boat off the shore, and by hard rowing reach
ed Old Point. They were taken to Gen.
Butler, who eouverced with them freely,
ami they gave him much information, but
the General doubted their story, and regar-
ding them as spies, locked them up in the
gnard house. Duriug the afternoon, how
ever, he concluded to let them go, aud they
were discharged. They declared they would
return forthwith to New York, and at once
went aboard the Baltimore steamer and reach
ed here safely this morning. They stated
that the Confederate forces were much grea
tei that was generally supposed, and that
they had erected large numbers of batteries
When the Sawyer gun was worked lrom
i Fort Calhoun, Howell Cobb and other promi
nent men were there and amused themselves
by watching the shells and cursing the
“Yankees,” as they contemptuously called
them.
i A Nut for A Lincoln.—ln the Rev.
Mr. Nollcy’s congregation, (colored,) on Sun
day afternoon last, a colored man walked
into the church, clad in military costume. —
After a few moments of secret devotion lie
sent to the minister a paper, which proved
to be a certificate from the Rev. Mr. Keen
er, Presiding Elder of the New Orleans Dis
trict, stating that the bearer was an accepta
ble member of the M. E. Church South, in
the city of New Orleans—“a pious and relia
ble mau.” At the close of his discourse,
Mr. Nolley invited him to say a few words
to the congregration. He readily consented.
Among other things, he stated that he was
connected with the Washington Artillery,
from the city of New Orleans, who had come
here to resist the enemies of their country. —
He begged an interest in the prayers of the
congregation in his own behalf of his com
pany ; that if they should be called into the
field of battle, they’ might be “protected, and
gain the victory over their enemies.” At
the close of his remarks, he offered up a
prayer iu the same strain. He prayed fer
vently for his master and mistress in flic
city of New Orleans, lie prayed for hi*
company of soldiers—that they might “get
the victory.” I need not say that the minis
ter aud whole congregation responded hearty
“arnens” to these petitions. This man is a
fvpe of the vast majority of the colored peo
ple in all the Southern States. They will
be true to their masters and true to their
country. Let A Lincolu and his horde of
Abolitionists arm themselves well against
the prayers and other efforts even of the
colored population of the South.— Richmond
Dispatch.
Great Influx of Mormons. —The ship
Monarch of the Sea arrived at New York
on Wednsday from Liverpool, having on
board nine hundred and forty-five Mormons
as passengers. The company is made up of
nine different nationalities, viz : Welsh, (with
a few Scotch and a very few Irish,) French,
German, Swiss, Italian, Danes, Swedes and
Norwegians. The Post says :
There are no less than fifteen elders with
this company. They are generally plain,
but somewhat “preacher-like” looking men.
Mr. 11. O. Hanson, a Norwegian, who
been seven years at &alt Lake, went over to
England last fall on .Mormon business and
returned in this ship. He is an intelligent
man and speaks English fluently. He goes
on with the company to I tah. They will
proceed directly by railroad to St. Joseph’s,
Mo. • thence they go up the river to Flor
ence, which is Mormon settlement, fifty
four miles from JeEerson Gity, and then
commence the long journey by ox-team?
across the plains, 1,130 miles, to Salt Lake
city.
The Whitworth Gun.— A description
of this gun has been published. We notice
souad difference of opinion among English
writers renpc-c upg its merits. A writer in
the New Montply s*aga**ne says that al
though it has caused a great sepsaUon, ji is
mw hardly spoken of. He claims also that
it is too complicated for field practice, al
though he that both Whit
worth’s gup and WbitjpQftt* a rifle Ul ? ke
splendid practice in target shooting. His
objection to them to* the field js that they
are too “excellently fmibionod” for the ordi
nary use of troops, and require great case
lest they should get out of order.
The rifle won the prize offered by the
of England for the best shots among
volunteers, frit it has not lceu adopted for
the troops by ti*e ifojtjab Government. Tt
is objected by this write*- with each
round fired with the Whitworth gun, a dim
inution of range is perceptible, which be
attributes to the augmented fraeticu of the
sharp edged projectile. The small size of
the prpjcjetijo is also objected to.
widow of tfoe lafc James W.
Jackson, the Alexandria hero, has apf.oi/i.
ted Henry W. Thomas, E*,., who married
a sister of her husband, as agent to receive
atirt oj-inago, in behalf of herself and her
children, u.e spontaneous testimonials of
sympathy and hherality which have been
or may be made up for by the
Southern people. For the information of
those outsidui of our State wc will add, that
Mr. TbouiJtf is a m<wh&T of our State Sen
ate. a gendomofi of high a °d ca
pacity, sod will faithfully and jjjdicioaJy
exceutb his trust.
W e are rejucstcd to state that contribu
tions will lie aatisfaetorily delivered, if de
posited in the Exchauge liauk of this city
to the credit of Mr. Ibonias. Letters do
ai.-'jJed for him should be addressed to Ma
-3 , • -I
nassas *uu*Lpon, \ a.
Ru hmoud Enquirer.
An Important Matter.—The i'ottofi
fMauten*’ Convention which met in Macon,
fit., on the lltb, recouimended the assem
bling of another, to uieoi on the 4tl of July
next, ‘j'he importance of such 4 meeting
can he see at 3 glance. J*ut little time i
now given, and our otaatesrs all tliroxgh the
jcountry fthouid hold meeting* appoint
* delegates.
ii i* in the power of the cottoa planters
fO do a great deal for tlieir country. They
have responded liberally, and will
continue to respsnd to any demand made up
op them. Let them then meet in council
fropi uyery county in every State, uud we
doubt not natriotie action will be a fit
celebration of that Uy7 which heretofore xe
have all delighted to nohor. their con
duct make the 4th of July, l?dl, cele
brated oe tjie yth of July, 1770.— Mont.
(A/a.) Mail, June jib,
DiIstkBHENT CO Ma.l. M iNTHRoi*
correspondent of the Richmond Dvj*tfcfi
irriti** : , , ,
An incident occurred one day last week
of the most touching kind. The remains of
Maj. Winthrop, of the Federal forces, who
was slain in the jnemoiablc battle, had been
eonmutted to the earth. Ili3 brother,nnder
a flag of truce, came after the b. dy fr"in
New \ oik. It was disinterred by order <tf
t'ol. Marudt*r, ami *ent on to the lines un
der escort id the ( buries City Cavalry, Cap
tain Douthat, and a detachment of the How
itzers. In silence this guard of honor moved
onward, till they reached their destination,
and met the heart-broken, brother, who had
brought on a metallic coffin to receive the
mouldering form of hint who should have
fallen in a better cause. When he saw bow
‘Southern men could feel and act, and must
have contrasted their high-toned courtesy
with the brutal and fiendish conduct of such
men as Butler, it is feaid by those who were
present that he bowed his head, overcome
with emotion, and said in choking tones to
Capt. Douthat, “1 did not expect this.’’—
Will this simple incident find its way into a
Northern paper? 1 doubt it.
Lowe Getting High Again.—Prof. T.
,S. Caulineourt Lowe, of balloon notoriety,
is well known to many of our readers. He
made an ascent from this city, and did not
make several others which had been prom
ised, and fur which ho had drawn on the
pockets of several gentlemen.
He is uow trying to raise the wind by
selling himself and what science he has to
Lincoln, as may be seen in the following
report from a correspondent of the New
York Keen in;/ Rmf.
The afternoon of the 17th the long prom
ised balloon ascension for military purposes
took place. The elevation attained was not
verv great, though it was perfectly satisfac
tory as an experiment. The mronauts were
Fros. Lowe, < lon. Burns, of the Telegraph
Company, aud 11. C. Robinson, operator. —
The balloon was connected with the War
Department by telegraph. The first mes
sage ever telegraphed from a balloon was
tiieu seut to the President of the I'nited
States by Prof. Lowe. It was as follows :
Balloon Kntekmuse, )
Washington, dune 17. )
To the Dcaudtttt a/the t nittd Staten:
Sir :— This point of observation com
mands an area nearly fifty miles in diameter.
The city with its girdle of encampments,
presents a superb scene. I take pleasure iu
sending you the first dispatch over telegraph
ed from an serial station, and in acknowl
edging my indebtedness to your encourage
ment for the opportunity of deuioustratiug
the avilibility off the science of aeronautics in
the military service of the country.
Yours respectfully,
T. 8. C. LOWE.
From the Oincinoatf OarSlc.
Grafton, Juno *2o.—it is considered cer
tain that S,(MM* rebels arc in camp thirteen
miles beyond Phillippa. The force includes
at least one Georgia Regiment and one
Tennessee. All arc said to be uniformed
and well armed.
The Porterfield’s troops and others, num
bering 3,000 are kept back at Huttonvillc.
Skirmishing continues b tween the pick
ets. The 6th Indiana, and 14th Ohio Regi
ments are concentrating at Phillippa. The
10th Ohio is at (’beat river, and the Nth and
10th Indiana Regiments are at Clarksburg
It is rumored that all the .Secession forces
excepting 10c* cavalry, have left Romney.
About twenty prisoners were discharged
to-day, most of them voluntarily taking the
oath of allegiance.
Ools. Key and Dunn, detailed to examine
prisoners, decided that they will hold trai
tors with the intention of turning them over
to the civil authorities for trial for treason,
except in case of guerilla, who will he shot.
Arrival of Georgia Troops.—The
Ninth Reg uiont of Georgia \ ulunteers, em- :
bracing nine companies and nine hundred
men, arrived yesterday, and were mustered j
into the service of the Confederate .States
on the Capitol square. Previous thereto
the men were received by Gov. Letcher—
The Regiment is composed of very lino ina
tefiaL Jnme of the uien have extraordinary
longitude. 4-i* o> ihgip .veemed hearty,
healthy and strong, and capable of doing
their part towards egpeljing tljc invaders of
Southern soil. The Regiment is to be join
ed by another company now on its way here,
as was understood by inquiries made of
some of the men. President Davis appoints
the Colonel and other staff officers, and the
!>r bo’.?e being confided to him, no doubt the
“Ninth’’ wilt j*o into the field under compe
tent leaders. Jt is conceded by fJpcobV:
soldiers that those of the Confederate States
are more ably led than they are. The
!£ir:th Georgia Regiment brought a drum
gorps t \,ilh it.-— Richmond Dispatch , *27 th.
The jKrNiucKy Election.— Ohicaga,
June *l*2, The Tina s says that Mr. Burnett,
the Secession eaudidsto in (f*e First Con
gressional District of Kentucky, is elected
hy about 4,000 majority. The Inion can
didates are elected in the other nine districts
hy about 50,000 majority.
Good Temper.—Good temper is the phil
osophy of 4)c heart -a gem of the treasury
within whose rays aye rejected on a!’ onward
objects; u perpetual sunshine, impru tb.g
warmth, light, and life, to all within t|:g
sphere of ils vast influence.
Wlit cliiif; Convention.
jyTu'EMXG, June 24.—The Convention to day
n.y business of importance, their work,
for the present, being an.qat gobbed.
Mr. Carlisle, from the Committee Os *je,reuteea,
reported that the Convention had concluded to
adopt the present militia iaw of the £titc.
A resolution was reported and referred setting
forth the oppression of the Richmond usurpers,
and appealing to the General Government.
TJus Committee of Seventeen repotted a lengthy
address to tire of the State, explaining the
action of the Convention in tt, tyGiinf immediate
steps to divide the State.
A resolution was adopted that when the Con
vention aii'ourns to-morrow, St adjourns to the
tirst Tuefidiy in A**KBib
A Coßrs os Liars.—Amongst the never organi
sation* which this beasijv war has Jed to et the
North, says Petersburg fixpiess, is that of a regu
lar corps of Liars, which are ntatioptd in detach
ments at vdriou* points deemed eligible ep*4jb tp
be occupied, and in every case at a very safe dis
tance from Confederate gone. lIiCV are armed,
not with Mioie rifles and Col'.’a revolvers, but with
lire sharpest and and fiercest sort of utecl pens,
wiw vt)i-’h Htey achieve herculean feats hi the
field of mendacity, J better drilled mid more
Invincible gang of Liafs fhp u o> 4 d jia never seen,
and the acrvle* isl a hinh they are fjift-d, and omy (
fitted.
We think that some of these can be found .Sou fl>
as wet* a* of Mason A Dixon’s line.
Wiiat thk Fast ans iktemi to ih>. —
Brow alow says the Greenville l mon Conv.mrion
\m# g'jjinposed o.f delegates Iroiu out of the 80 1
untie? of j*aat Tennessee, anil he thus sets torth
their progi. rouble for tim fnture :
They intend, first, rver (ogo ffiba the .Southern j
Confederacy -next Urey bitoud (P or- aiu/.e a
State of their own, under the St#rs and otrrpe.a of
their country, peuceatily It* they (pay. forcibly * J
forcibly if they must. For if resisted, tiCf Jf*‘l
call ttyiin the Federal Government to aid them,
and it to bout ri la /D ~0 . *>7 every consideration
that can be named, tim tju/iUkJ Fjon volets ol
F.ast Tennessee, have no idea of being controlled
pj the 14,000 Secessionists, drummed and fifed in
rt6 the rank.', of Secession, and urged forward by
the oJhCe-hunliiig leaders of that rebellion.
The Length of the War.
| The press of the Northern cities has ii.sisteJ
from ti e beginning that thi- must be a “short,
Sharp wat. The necessities of Northern commerce
required that it should not be protracted, and Gen.
f%colt has accordingly premised to ‘‘hand over the
Union, safe and sound, to Mr. Lincoln about the
4th of March next.”
U have no doubt that * hen the war commenced
the conviction as universal in the North th.tt it
would l.e of loiet duration. Many thought that
it Would he ended before the K.dl trade, so that
ufi.-r the 6Ve. m/i ooiotil, and other regiment
of Boston, New York and PhiTidelphia nieuTanTS,
storekeepers, clerks and agents had Hogged us
thoroughly with the bayonet, they would be jusi
io lime to tuitdieuib the y:ii'd--lick and H us
goods, which, with the docility ot well whipped
spaniels, we should be eager to purchase. It stem
e.l to be the general impression that the South qn
a nation of braggarts, greatly given to instilling
and hectoring supposed non combatants, and, like
all such cow aids, running at the approach ot dan
gvr. Having formed their estimate of Southern
character by exceptional cases, they went to woik
with great readiness and unanimity, the press es
peciafly leading the way in the “short and sharp
war,” each individual Greeley tie leading two col
uin ns upon the enemy every day. The most of
the lighting that has yet been done has been done
bv the leaded columns of the editorial Generals ol
the North, who being remote fioin danger and
complete!r inaccessible to an enemy, have poured
hot shot into our camp from Maryland to the Bio
Grande, hung Jkvf. Davis, I.eb and Bmaukegard,
several times; denounced as cowards the whole
male population of the South, and abused the
women—a fining climax of newspaper dcrr.onian
ism; for, it must be admitted that no matter w hat
the provocation, the man who, safely ensconced in
an editorial sanctum, can use his columns in any
wav to bring into contempt or ridicule the other
sex, has readied the tie pin* ulten of human de
pravity and cowardice.
But beyond this newspaper assault upon our
whole population, and the capture ot sonic unde
fended points in our widely extended border, the
“short and sharp war” has not, as yet, made much
progress. At tne outbreak of their patriotism,
they reckoned upon intimidation. They expected
that their immense military demonstration would
scare us from our propriety. They indulged in
terrible threats of confiscating the property and
taking possession of the women. But the mista
ken idea of Southern character on which ad this
was based, soon began to become manifest. Their
fierce demonstrations were met by a stern aud
composed aspect of determined resistance. Their
gasconading threats did not disturb the calm mol
dignified deportment of a w ronged and insulted j
people. The forces of the South mustered as ra- j
pidiy as their own, and an aptitude for war wfts.
displayed by her people as great as that of the
North for commerce. It was no nation ol brag
garts which the North soon found confronting her,
it was a nation represented by such calm and selt
poised iniiuls, such higU-sculed and courteous gen
tlemen as Davis, Ijkk, Bkalreuaro. It wa a
nation which rose up—men, women and children
—with one heart and one arm, to defend its liber
ties against oppression, and its soil against inva
sion. Such a nation, occupying such an extent of
territory, cannot be conquered by a “short, sharp
war.” It will be a war much longer than the De
volution. If they overrun us they cannot hold us
except by an immense standing army. Maryland,
one small border State, without arms, and under
the very shadow of the central despotism, requires
an immense force to be held in her present posi
tion, and though, by no means a homogeneous
people, and having a large alien population, Mary
land is unconqueied in spirit, and can only be held
by forge of arms. How, then, can they expect
that more Southern States of larger territory,
more homogeneous, whose interests are the same,
and, moreover, w hose population is rural, so that,
if their cities were burnt up or occupied by the
enemy it would not a licet much the general
strength and prosperity,—how do they expect
such Statcp, if overrun, to be held and retained,
except by a standing army which our enemies will
not be able to maintain?
A short and sharp war, indeed! The men who
talked thus have no conception of Southern char
acter, or else we ate altogether mistaken in our
estimate of It. We believe that there are r.o peo
ple on the face of the earth more patriotic, more
jealous oi their political i iglits mot e ready to make
sacrifices for the preservation of - their right a, than
the people of the South. There are few among
them who do not consider death a smaller evil
than dishonor; and how could they, as a people,
be expected to lie down in quiet under the feet of
a detested foe? We imagine that the Russians
can scarcely be supposed to surpass the Southern
people in iove of country and determination of
character, and if they could devote their dwellings
to destruction, we shall do more, if we are wor
thy to have a country, we shall burn up every
town, destroy every bale of cotton, make the
w hole land a wiulerne;y, before tiieae greedy and
ferocious boasts of the North shall appropriate the
fruits of the land. A “short, sharp wart” it may
be “sharp” enough tor ail parties, but it will be a
much longer war than those who began it imagine,
and task the best energies of every human being
within our limits before it is ended. — Il'ichwond
l)\fpatch.
Important for Reference.
The distances of some of the most important
places from Washington, we specify below, so that
our readers may cut out the slip, and keep for
reference:
The great Fortress Monroe, at the outlet of
river and Chesapeake Bay, distance from
Washington, by the Potomac and Bay 22f> miles.
Front Washington to Richmond, via PotQtpap
and railway from Acquia creek, 180 miles.
From Washington to Acquia creek, down the
Potomac, 5. r > miles.
Front Washington to Alexandria, below Wash
ington, 7 miles.
From Washington to Arlington Heights, across
the Potomac from the President’s House, as the
bird flies, 21 miles.
From Washington to IJarper’s Ferry, by rail,
80^iTtiles. ’ By canal aiong'the potomac, >.O miles
From Havre de Grace, down’ Chesapeake Bay,
and thence (via Annapolis Railroad) to Washing
ton, 8f miles.
Do. via Baltimore to Washington, C 4 miles.
i'ront Few York to Havre de Grace, IC9 ntiics.
From N. York to Washington by rail 293 miles.
prom Ixew York to Waphingtpn by sea, ami by
Chesapeake Hay and Potomac ijyer d>* - ecij
miles.
Via the sea, the bay, and Annapolis Railroad,
about the same,
Pensacola, whose harbor is defended by Fort
Pickens, which may become the basis of operations
for carrying the war into [new] Africa, is t>o miles
l orn Mobile, and 225 nnles from Montgomery,
Railroad aj tte way rev:. Jt is 1080 miles liom
Washington • ■
Montgomery, is Bi}9 miics from Washington.
Richmond, Capitol of the Southern Confederacy,
on James River, is 150 miles from its mouth, and
140 by common road and 185 miles by rail from
Washington. Population about 30,000.
Culpepper, is a little over 70 miles by rail from
.yVasffi.ig.on Put there is another place of the
sani.e name pd.Xrer \a asbingtqn, which may be
meant,
byr.obburg, whore Southern troops are concen
trating, is about miles from Washington.
Panfries, also, iu Virginia, !* 55 miles from
Washington.
Acquia, down the Potomac, is 55 miles from
Vaa;,i::;ton.
Frederick City, wi.e.c the Maryland Legislature
lias been fitting, is CD miles from Baltimore, <1
from Washington, and 23 from Harper’s Ferry.
Point of Rocks, where, it is said, the Virginians
have a heavy battery of artillery posted to com
mand the a;y.Qaeh to Harper’s jerry, ‘s 11 miles
yyest of Frederick and Y:< milt, eagt of Harper’s
perry,
Harper’s Ferry, til niilcs by rail from Baltimore,
80 by rail W#i Washington, and f}o by canal.
Calro*^rthe junction ol the Ohio and Mississip
pi rivers, BC7 miles from Washington.
Tlit* Wnxliiiiiilon >ru.
item from Washington, will be
perused w iiti irfiUvsi:
Washington, June ’23. — To marrow theta wid
be an eitiaordinSiy meeting of llic Cabinet. v. hcn
Cell. Scott aud bis Stuff, the vaiioua General* and
Colonels of regiments now in ami about \\ aelung
ton will be present. It is understood that Major
Generals Muller, o4l; f ?nd l, ix l "* v0 all b * cu
summoned. ‘ . ,
Scott will submit his programme for jprosecuUng
the war. That ‘the rebels haVe changed theirs
cannot bp doubted, ljenc's it is believed that Gen.
Scott has ioine new project to submit at tlus great
council of war.
Andrew JohoMo ami Kherson hare
been assured by Uw W AT QfHvfi W# f H e b"l ou
men of Hast Tenuessce and whOoVUf tbuJ BU)y
need assistance, shall be sustained by the strong
arm of ti.i Government, and an order has been
issued including Tennessee In tlie distiict under
command of Gen. Anderson.
Secret Preparations iu Miwouil-Li'V)*
a*i of k uaiU-Baiilii offer i3)000)000. ;
The and following? statements are made by us on
authority whioti is reliable in every respect. They
were liamied to us by a gentlem in who arrived
here on the Mary Patterson this morning, and who
came direct from Jcflerson city :
l\vo bundled thousand kegs of powder are now
in or near Jeffersou City.
The following provision has been made for the
raising of $3,01X1,000 lor the use of the Missouri
State Guards:
First, By the suspension of the State school
monies (about ?f>ot*,<KW+ per year) for two years.
Second. The suspension of the Slate Univer
sity luud, SBO,OOO.
Third. The suspension of the Insane Asylum
fund, $50O,Ou().
Fourth. The suspension of the payment of the
sum annual State bonds due North, (Wall Street)
$500,000 per year.
Fifth. The suspension of State bonds to be is
sued payable in three instalments, amounting to
SI,QUO,OOO in 1802, ’6B and ’ill.
Sixth. The placing of fifteen per cent, ad val
orem on all taxable property.
These, in the aggregate, bestow upon the Gov
ernor of the State $5,000,000 applicable to military
purposes.
Certain bankers have offered $3,000,000 in addi
tion to the above, at an interest ol six pet cent.
This looks like active preparation, and, as we
are informed on the same authority, that almost
every true State rights man in Missouri has been
quietly armed, and only waits the word to aid in
freeing his State, we cannot help thinking tHut the
eighty thousand men, whose descent on Memphis
we seriously apprehended some weeks ago, will be
needed by Abe in Missouri.
When Abraham undertook it he had httie idea
of the magnitude of the means needed to subju
gate a single State. Maryland, Missouri and Vir
ginia could alone employ all the men and money
that can be w rong from the North lor years.—
Memphis Argus.
Cotton Rolls. —We saw’ on the plantation ol
Col. O. C. Pope, last week, many nearly fully ma
tured cotton bolls. The plant appears to be in tine
condition, and the prospect for a good crop at
present, is quite flattering.— Sander sellle Geor
gian, June 20.
The First. —Our very clever friend and fellow
citizen, Air. Jared iiudnall, has laid upon our ta
ble a cotton boll fully matured. We believe this
is the first of the season, and if any one is ahead
of Air. 11., we have not heard of it. —Fort Gaines
Advertiser, 2 allt.
War Coffe*.—A very good coffee can be made,
costing only 12J cents, bv mixing one spoonful ol
coffee with one spoonful of toasted corn meal;
boil well and dear in the usual way. I have used
it for two weeks, and several friends visiting iiiv
house say they could not discover anything pecul
iar iu the taste of my colfi-e, but pronounced it.
very good. Try it, and see if we cant get along
comfortably even while our ports are blockaded
i by rhe would-be king. I can assure you it is very
’ pleasant, though not strong enough to make ns
| drunk.
Foreign Letters for the South. —Seventeen
j thousand foreign letters, addressed to persons in
the seceded States, were received from New York
i at the Dead Letter Office this morning. Thirty
four hundred have boon previously sent thither
from Boston, New York ami Chicago. Foreign
! letters will be delivered to agencies of Southern
| Houses, if properly identified, upon payment of
postage under our postal treaties. They will not
I be opened at the Dead Letter Office.
j Prepare to Sate llay by the Balk. —The hay
! crop of the Confederate States must not be lost
l sight of. Let the tail grass of our fields be gath
ered and packed into bales next fall. Our Govern
ment will buy it, and may not be able to get it
elsewhere. llay is almost indispensable to any
i army, and should be neatly baled.
How the Blockade Works. —ln looking over
the account of the New York Produce Market, in
the Tin.it of the 20th inst., we find butter is quot
ed from Bc. (it 12c. Under the influence of the
Southern trade it sold from 13c ( 25c. Cheese,
formerly from be. () l ie., now brings Loin 2c. (£
7c. North liiver hay 45 (a) 5n cents.
Missourians are rapidly finding their wav into i
our city. Jt ls said that live or six hundred have j
reached here within the last forty-eight hours, and I
more are on the way. It is probable that they ;
will return to their homes with the “Grand Army j
of the West” now preparing for the extermina
tion of the Abolition horde, whose tread pollutes
the soil of their native State. —Memphis Bulletin.
Masonry in France. —The Paris correspondent
of the London Post says : “ During the 1 -si few
u a vs, the Freemasons of France have been in a
great state of excitement, growing out of the elec
tion of Prince Napoleon as Grand Master iu the
place of Prince Murat.”
Ilotr they crt cur Cotton. — The I Ivor pool pa
pers by the last steamer reja.rt the clearance o. a
vessel at that port with a cargo ol cotton destined
for Boston. This is one of the beauties of the
blockade.
Miss Augusta Evans, of Mobile, the author of
Beulah, is now in the Southern camp, at Norfolk,
administering to the comfort ol her friends.
Preparing to Evacuate Washington. —The
Baltimore Clipper has a most significant paragraph.
It declares that a number of sealed cars passed
through that city from Washington a few days
since, which were filled with the Government tir
chives, removed to Philadelphia by order of tiie
Administration.
■ Verily, this looks like Ol.i Abe was “sm-diing c
rat.”
Will of Senator Douglas. —The will of the
late Senator Douglas has been published, lie di
rects first the payment of his debts, and the sur
plus to be divided between bis wife and his two
sons; the wife taking one half and the children
each a quarter, liis wife is appointed guardian
of the children, and she and I). I\ Rhodes, of
Cleveland, are appointed executors. A codicil
provides tor a portion for any child that may be
born to him by Ilfs then w ile, ant) changes, ipe par
tition above mentioned. The wiii is dated Sep
tember 4th, 1857 ; the codicil July 30th, 1852, -and
both are in the Senitor’s handwriting.
Prompt Action. —The banks of this city were
called upon this morning by the agent ot the
Confederate States Govern mewl to know how
niuoji of tjie j-ionfedefaoy treasury notes they
would tqke. They pron;it!y answered To ‘per cer,f.
of their capital.
A a the sum total of bank capital in the city
amounts to $3,015,000, the amount thus taken and
placed to the credit of President Darla is ifi-jii 1,250,
This speaks well for the patriotism and liberality
of the banking interest of our city. —Augusta
Constitutional Ist.
The Virginia Artillery. —We learn that an
j. c; r of the I'nited States regular army, who had
kjp intgrtyew jjnder-tiit* ..ag o. ti e with Co’. Mu
gruder, after the battle v of BBthot, tcifia.kej
the manuer in which our artillery was served eli
cited the greatest admiration among the enemy,
lie must have been much surprised to learn that
the hi ave fellows who exerted such admiration
were volunteer soldiers. The enemy’s artillery
was composed of regulars. —Richmond J)i*patch.
Several o; car weekly exchanges in the interior
qf Georgia have, wifniii a few days vUCC.nnad to
to the pressure of the times, Among them the
Pulaski Time*, the (JamUtan Advocate, the J'htn-
Ur s’ Weekly and the ‘J'hom*nn Jhr aid- These are,
indeed, severe times on the newspapers, and they
should he generously sustained. —Augusta Citron.
<£■ Sentinel.
T i’ Stop Bleeding —Asa Kemper, Ross comity*
Ohio, Wiitea the American Agriculturists that
bleeding frctii a wound oh man or beaot, may be
stopped by a mixture of wheat hour and common
salt, in equal purls, bound on with a doth, ii me
bleedim; bo profuse, use a large quantity, say liom
pise ip three pints. It may he hqt on for hours,
or even days, if necessary, fn this manner ho
saved a lioise which was bleeding Iron) a wounded
artery j the bleeding ceased in Ip.e minutes alter
the application. It was left on three days, when
it worked loose, was easily removed, and the
wound soon healed.
Scarcity ok Cotton and the Blockade. — The
manufacturers at the North are becoming cinbar
. aseed in their opera'ions I>v the scarcity of eof
ion. and we qQtjce t!,uf the ‘ . York Post, a great
advocate of the war, is pgt ai iuj ajguutcnt in fa
vor of miring the blockade, on the ground that
its e-outiinkiiice will greatly i.M'Ji’C the North and
correspondingly benefit the Month. Tlie Harris
burg (Pa.) Telegraph, another war journal, an
| uuu!!CCS that work in tue cotton mills at that place
is Id be tsd)> orarily suspended, owing to an ad ‘
Vance ill (lit pric'd Pf coctpu and ojhicujty in pio
curing soflicUot of the aftiwP. The Con
estoga Mills, at Lancaster, ?*., Uva * U3 ’
pended for similar reasons. These suspensions
Rfri V 8 presume, what a Boston clergyman a few
Uttj‘B ago ejf£ltingly cHed the “blessings of war.’
Tne Southern Watchman says the Lumplftii Law
School, at Athens has been discontinued while the
w&r lasts,
MACON. GEORGIA :
Wednesday, July 3, 1861.
Tlie Georgia Journal & Messenger.
In order to meet the wants of those who are not
favored with a daily mail, and who wish a reliable
weekly epitome of the News, we propose to send
the Journal and Messenger to six months subscrib
ers, or until January next, for One Dollar, in ad
vance. Let our friends make up lists and lor ward
at once.
In selecting tho matter for our paper with re
gard in the grant exciting topic of the day, we
shall endeavor only to cull and sift out the facts,
from the abundance of trash and chaff which is
published in Dailies and tHeir extras. We know
that the public by this time are weil satisfied that
it is only intended to keep up such an excitement
as will enable them to pocket tho pence, without
regard to the facts contained in the publications.
Were we to call iu witnesses w e w ould take the
Richmond Dispatch and Examiner, which know
nothing of these matters till they hear of them
from Georgia and other parts—and treat them w ith
contempt and ridicule. Wc might also refer to
the Charleston papers.
Greedy newsmongers are met every day with
. mixed and muddled up and contradictory para
graph-! of a “great victory”—such as 3bO Hessians
killed—l,ooo killed- —2,000 killed—2,soo missing—
two to three thousand captured—Gen. Lyon cap
tured—terrible slaughter—boats riddled —“4,000
secessionists jubelant” iD consequence—great tight
going on at Manassas Gap— ou a side —
terrible fighting at Newport News - great battle no
doubt—battle at Leesburg—lasted ten hours—
-80,000 Scalping Knives ordered from Birmingham
and hundreds of such absurdities are daily dealt out
to the community, to be contradicted the next
day, or never heard of afterwards.
An Indian, once gave as his character for ver
racity, that he told two truths to one lie, which lie
thought was doing very well for an Indian. But if
the magnetic Telegraph gives out such reports as
these w e have alluded to, it would be responsi
ble for reversing the Indian’s standard lor the
truth, ten times over.
I'ZT Look out for
SENSATION DISPATCHES
about the fourth and fifth of July.
VOTE ON THE NEW CONSTITUTION.
When our paper was put to press, the vote polled
at our Court House was very small, in comparison
with that of ordinary elections. From what we
could discover of the prevailing sentiments ot the
voters, we should suppose that there would be a
majority in this county against its adoption. The
main objections are, it3 want of definiteness with
regard to the basis of representation, and the un
necessary number of Representatives in the Legis
lature.
COTTON PLANTERS CONVENTION.
A Convention of the Cotton Planters of the Con
federate States of America assembles iu this city
to-morrow. A number of delegates have already j
arrived. We are requested to say, that it will
meet at the Court House to morrow morning at 10
o’clock. The public will look wiili much interest
to the result of its deliberations.
WESLEYAN FEMALE COLLEGE.
Attention is directed to the advertisement of
the Commencement Exeicises of this oid and va
Ruble institution, which promise to bo unusually
intere.-ting. We tmst they will be wc-ll attended.
Especially let our citizens show a liberal apprecia
tion of the patriotic spirit of the young ladies by
a generous patronage of the Concert, which takes
place on Friday evening next —the proceeds of
which go to the Soldiers’ Relief Society.
GOOD NEWS.
In our news column will be found some gratify
Lng intelligence in regard to the capture of a Mail
Steamer and other vessels with valuable cargoes.
It bca:a the impress of authenticity, and we trust
will prove more reliable than some other sensation
dispatches which have-so frequently puzzled and
annoyed iho public. We think Geu. Beauregard
wili -be able to give Gen. Scott not only a “ lustv
plate of soup,” but an excellent cup of coffee by
the 20th of July, should he visit Richmond.
An article of some interest and weight wiil
be found in our paper to-day, from the Richmond
Examiner, upon the subject of taxation and reve
nue. The views of the writer are, in the main, in
cordance with our own; especially iu regard to
export duties. As the payment of interest upon
the first government loan, however, depends upon
a revenue raised by an export duty upon cotton,
! good faith to the bond lsoideie requires that this
| arrangement be carried ORt to the letter. The
| Convention of Cotton Planters now in session in
this city will doubtless have under consideration
this and other kindred subjects. Opposed, from
the first, to all temporary expedients to meet the
necessary disbursements of the new government,
we favored direct taxation as the only certain and
equitable mode of raising revenue adequate to all
its exigencies. To this it must come at last, and
the sooner our Congress adopt it the better w ill it
be for all concerned. All temporary devices will
but postpone the evil day and make it more dark
and forbidding.
THE FEDERAL CONGRESS
})ects to-mpiraw. atm t.ii eyy a.e turned to
Washington with deepest solicitude. There are
some who entertain hopes that reason wijl resume
her sway and peace be speedily restored to our
borders. We wish we couid believe such expecta
tions well founded. There are so many and com
plicated questions to adjust, preliminary to our
recognition as an independent government by the
United States, that even a temporary armistice
and cessation of hostilities would afford no sure
guarantee oi a permanent sat.ofajtpry peace.
Questions of boundary, public domain, rights of
navigation, return of fugitives, division of public
property, payment of public debts—all these, and
many more, readily perceived by the reader, in
the present excited and acerbated state of the
public mind, are embarrassing obstacles to early
j eaep. Vc qo not be'ieve that art attempt will be
now made to ‘icrush oat the South 1 '” before frost.
The enemy has walked around our army, surveyed
its dimensions ad tasted its power, and will not
likely risk a general engagement, unless forced up
on him at his very doors. We think the policy of
General Scott looks to a grand winter campaign:
ia the mean time keepiug in the field a force suffi
cient for the defence of Washington, and to hold
in subjection such border elates, as i.a re not al
ready'seceded;’ Keeping tip such a system of mil
itary strategy as .’ ill, he trusts, annoy and cripple j
i)s, t pur resources, and rgnflpr restive and 1
valueless our agrvjle population, especially in tb@
border States. AH these plans may be knocked
in the head by President Davis and his Generals,
at such an hour as he thinks not. Our Govern
ment will hardly keep an immense army in the
field, awaiting the convenience o( Lincoln and his
satellites to give them either war or peace. It is
our opinion fwhich may P*3 for what it Is worth’
that we shall haye no permanent pearp 411 til it is
conquered by a sanguinary apd ep
hausting war. We hope we may be mistaken, but
wisdom dictates that we shall prepare, in every
possible i cay, for the worst.
Harder's i err-i.—According iQ t}’:P Baltimore 1..,<
..,< tMifiiwnr of Fetters? ??]* oppristing sf j
U ‘ J . ; * •
no less than tlrirty thousand men, were marching .
upon Harper’s Ferry ; and it was reported that a j
fifth colu:,ur would advance noon the rdaoe from !
■ r ' r ‘ ‘. 4. . • • T , t
fielav House. YVe are sure that our commander a
in Virginia acted wisely in evacuating the place, J
GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION.
Our contemporaries and their correspondents
are agitating this question. Should Gov. Brown
gracefully decline a third term—as be will doubt
less do—there will be no difficulty in selecting
someone who will be acceptable to the great mass
of the people, even if several candidates should
run. Gov. Brown, however, could not be run
without introducing into the contest elements
which we should m uch deplore. We have not
published the unhappy controversy between him.
self and other parties in the military ervfre of
the country, nor even ulluded to it iu our column
We have dejdored it, a-s alike embarrassing tn
the service and discreditable to the State.
We much desire to sec good feeling perf” ,J P
the approaching canvass for State and Federal
office?. We are determined not to Ire drawn into
an excited contest ourselves, and ttut the pcot G
will exercise their own unbiased judgment in -
lectinu candidates. For Governor Brown persoi
ally, we have the most kindly feelings, and heart.iv
approve of many of bis official acts. But we be
lieve it is due himself and the best interests of the
State, that he should refuse tLe use of bis name
for a third term. Whilst there are several genti
men, whose names have been urged that we worn)
very cheerfully support, wo will add one or two to
the list. No better or worthier man, or more
competent, withal, couid be selected than the Hon.
E. G. Cabaniss of Montoe. Iu his hands evert,
terer.t of the State would be safe, and its honor b e
equally secure. He has seen some set vice in camp
as well as in civil life.
Pcihapsjthe Hon. John E. Ward, of Savannah,
I w ould combine as much strength, til things con
, sidered, as any other man in the State, — from ti e
fact of his absence during the exciting politic; j
struggles of the last year or two.
j Whoever may be selected, or whether half-a
dozeu candidates shall run, let good feciing charac
terize all our political contests.
FIRE OH COTTON AVENUE-
On Sunday night last, about 12 o’clock, afire
broke out on the South side of Colton Avenue,
near Cherry Street, in the second Story of a tene
ment occupied by Mr. Yonngblood. In its po
gress down the Avenue, it destroyed the Provision
and Grocery stores of Wheeler & Wilbur, Bearden
A Gains, end McCalKo k Jones —also a ci.e story
wooden tenement, occupied by W. B. Ilcath as a
Bar-room was crushed by the falling of a brick
wall. The one story brick stove on the corner,
occupied by the Messrs Cherry escaped, The
buildings consumed were two story buck ten oh ms,
built manv rears since, and of moderate value.—
They were owned by G. J. Blake, Mr. Wilbur (as
trustee) J. B. Ross, and one by a non resident.—
The Goods in the buildings consumed, were mostly
removed. Wheeler &\V ilhnr’-’ loss from five to
eight hundred dollars. Bearden A; Gains, about
$7,000. McCallie k Jones lost a considerable
amount of goods, but were covered by the insu
rance. Mr. Ilosr and Biake suffered considerable
loss on the buildings. The goods consumed wei a
thirty-five to forty hogsheads of Bacon, a lie try
!ot of pickled Pork, Lard, Molasses, Spirits, A:g.
The goods of the Messrs Cherry and T. T. Wyche
were all very hastly removed, and suffered some
damage, The fire is believed to be the work of
an incendiary.
Cur Fire companies did their duty manfully, as
usual and prevented the spreading of the fin out
side of the block in which it originated. They ac
knowledge their gratitude to Mrs. Desseau for - ;p
----plying them with Coffee during their labour.
AFFAIRS IN CINCINNATI.
A letter from that city to Cbaißstcn, of its
12th June, gives the following account of Pro
vision Market in Cincinnati A few weeks since.
an Ohio editor remarked, that when our porti
were blockaded, and our supplies of prorisiots
were eut off, we “would be set to thinking, ami
we would soon sue for peace.” We are more iu
cliiied to think that we can better do without
these provisions, ihan the people of Ohio can
the money we should pay for them. Let theta
think on this subject for a while :
“The effects of the war and the blockade :t
the Mississippi and Ohio rivers are bast making the
whole West bankrupt. Bacon and provisioi - lire
going to destruction for the want of purchasers.
It is estimated that theie are twenty millions o!
pounds of bacon and pork in this city alone -
Bacon L selling at five to seven gents, corn seven
to ten cents per bushel, and butter, lard and cheesa
five to ten cents per pound, A man from InuL; x
told me, in the prairies where wood was scarce,
they were actually using corn for fuel! A strong
delegation lias gone to Washington to represent
the true state of things, and if they are no‘ beard,
you may look out for an uprising in the West.—
The currency of the Western Stales is beeonneg
worthless, as the State stocks and bonds v. rdch
were deposited M security for the redemption oi
the bank notes, are being sold in New i oik at
@4oc. on the Joflar, leaving very little to indem
nify the holder of bank biltg.”
Tiie Right Rev. Leonidas Pc-lk, Episcopal Bish
op of Louisiana, has been appointed Major G t. f
ral in the Provisional Army of the Colft 1 c-ra
States, with command of the Military Departure
of the Lower Mississippi. Bishop Polk is aho
Carolinian, and was educated at Wert Point
he graduated iu ipkq. For a short time he
the position of Brevet Second Lieutenant iu t
Artillery, U. B. A. lie resigned, however, iti P
cumber, 1827, to enter the ministry. For uis .
years he was Bishop of Arkansas and the India:
Territory, until, in 1844, he was made Bishop oi
LouLiapa
Virginia Delegates.— The Virginia State Con
vention has appointed the following Delegates to
represent that State in the Confederate Congress.
FOR THE STATE AT LARGE,
James A. Seddon, William B. rreston.
FOR THE DISTRICTS.
1. John Trier, 7. Chas. W. Rnsseil,
2. Win. H. McFarland, 8. James L. Mason,
3. Roger A. Pryor, 9. Titos. S. Bocock,
4. Robert Johnson, 10. William C. Rive?.
5. Walter Pref.ton 11. J. \Y. Brcckeiijwe
6. Robert JJ. . 0
13. R. M. T. Hunter.
North Carolina Delegates.—The State Con
vention has appointed the following delegates to
represent that State ia the Confederate Congress:
FOR THE STATE AT LARGE.
W. \V. Avery George Cavi-
FOR THE DtSTRfCTd
J. Win. X. H. Smith, 5. John M. MoreLeau,
2. Thomas Kuttin, 6. R. C. Put year,
3. L. D. McDowell, 7. Burton Craige,
4. A. W. Venable, 8. A. D. Davison.
Col. Bartow Promoted. — The editor of
Rome Courier, writing under date of the i' ll
instant, from the camp of General Johnson - com*
maud; three miles from Win-he ter says
j “A Brigade was organised yesterday, eon.poeu ,
j of the 7lfi and Bth Georgia Regiments, acil “-
i flh Alabama liegiment, and two Batts nous •
I Kentucky truopa, and Col. F. A. Bartow appmb J
i Brevet Brigadier General. Lieutenant Col. Mvie
gomcry Gardner, of Augusta, Ga., now has cot 11-
maud of our (the Sth Georgia) Regiment, s’ ■
TLios, L. Cooper i- our Major.
Granoei.lor LirscoMß announces that, in conse
quence of the state of the country, the Presiden
tial Committee of the Trustees of the State 1 “ l *
veraity, hive §uthorfsed the close of th? r :
gesston wiihoat the Vjsttai f;o;ninen’omo2t’ e-ob
pises,,
Virginia litate Convention*
The Virginia Convention on Friday passed j l
ordinance authorizing a loan of four millin' 01
| which two millions will be issued in Trear-’
| notes. The report of tue Committee on Fh' ll
I the expulsion from the Convention
Messrs. Brown, Carlisle, Burley, Wii, *• y
others, pending the discussion of . t |ie
vention adjourned for want ol a qu...
| session tv-tiay tyejvc memhera from the t :i “
| die district were expelled.