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journal £ ffless? ngtf. j KNOWLES and S. ROSE, ‘editors and proprietors. 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.