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Fully approving and adopting the views *o. ably expressed by the editor of the Regis ter on this important circular, we give them prominence in the hope that they may be im: reused on the minds, especially, of our commercial readers Taken in all its bearings, remarks the edi tor, this is perhaps the most important State paper which Las yet emanated from the De partment for Foreign Affairs, and has, we i 'iderstand, been duly communicated to the diplomatic corps hi Washington, and ere* this is fully known in Europe. W T e propose tu outline the more important features of this decision of our Cabinet, as they involve the political, commercial and financial in ter- sts of the Confederate Government and the Southern people. The position of Mr Benjamin is in exact accordance with the spirit of the Paris trea ty of 185 G, so far as the commercial right* of neutrals are concerned. Mr. Cobden, in his late communication to the Cht.mber of Commerce of Manchester, England, has, ovr leaders are aware, fully elaborated this subject. Mr. Benjamin's letter commits the Confederate Government to the great princi ple of commercial freedom and civilization laid down at Paris, and thus takes the South- ern question out of the narrow and limited position which it has heretofore occupied in ! Europe. By doing so, our Secretary ol State has vei*y wisely given the great pow its a basis of intervention, which enables l them to act, not upon an American issue, bat in the interest of all nations. That the action will be speedy and decisive, we do n jt for a moment doubt. The question of recognition and armed intervention is no longer an American ques j tom. As the foremost champion of thei commercial rights of neutrals during the | war, we make allies of England, France, i ' pain, Prussia, Belgium and Holland, and the other manufacturing commercial States, as against the blind hate and inordinate greed of the mobocratic North. Butler has most i opportunely raised the issue for us in a man- < rn-r very offensive to foreign nations, and i th • protest of the British, French and Greek j Consuls at New Orleans will servo to accele- j raic the action of the great Powers. The cotton question has reached its crisis abroad Reward's illy boast that lie would furnish a oU u nupply by conquest, has been dissi ] ed by the action -of our people in the valley. The South now atands before th<* world with her capacity for political independence agaiu gloriously virdicated on the bloody held before Rieh uiond, and antagonizes the commercial bar barism of the North with open ports, free trad •, and the commercial right*of neutrals. Commercially, Mr. Benjamin’s letter is of the lirst consequence to our people. The position of our Government is practically an insurance of the crop against war risk, an 1 secures thereby the immediate conver tibility ol the staple. Indeed, large quan tities of cotton have already changed hands on this basis, and prices are rapidly advan cing- With the sale of the crop for future ' delivery, the life-blood of prosperity is again poured along the various channels of domes tic vado aud industry. The sale of the cot ton crop enables all parties to meet, their ob ligations, strengthens public aud private credit and stimulates enterprise. Nor are the financial consequences the least impor tant part of the conversion of the crop. — The cotton must be paid for, aud no man ai all acquainted with the necessities of Eu g and and France, but must realize the sig n deant fact that Loudon and Paris cannot p -iaibly pay for our cotton crop in specie.— It must be paid for, therefore, to an enor mous amount in goods. The necessity in volves open ports as a consequence ; because, without unrestricted import and export, the heavy debit of Europe cannot be cancelled. The exchange transactions involved in this transfer of the cotton crop for neutral ao com t, will as a matter of course, be made independently of New Yotk. In fact, anew financial channel, deep and broad, is cut as it were at one blow. The basis oi* the finan cial and commercial independence of the Confederate States is securely laid if our merchants will do their duty. Direct im portation aud exportation should follow the flow and channel of direct exchanges. We would say a few words, therefore, to the merchants of the Fouth. lu this great revolution, there is a place for every man, aud every man should be iu his place. In stead of shaping their transactions with the view of speculative gains out of the neces sities of the people, oar merchants should beud their energies to the establishment oi diroot trade with Europe, now, before pv.ace is proclaimed. Ihe commercial indepen dence of the South can only be achieved bv the 'ombined efforts and timely preparation of r mercantile class. \\ bile our brave ti "s are enduring the hardships of camp liti and pouring out their Mood for the ack „\wOient, of our political independence, let not be said that our merchants, wiih a er . ; ty inherited from the Yankees, re n • i at home doing nothing for the ae eom -ament of that grand work which is part ularly their mission, employing their ei*- . and skill only in the ..f spec -- > M or ion. Ihe opening of our ports ud t u uni.. ttering of our commerce is now in 11 nuuiau probability, close at han A«e cur merchants ready to utilize in- i-um.uts of prosperity and commercial power brought into life by the foreign policy of our government ? Are the merchants and cat u. Fsta of Mobile prepared to give to this cii. h trade natural to us? It may be said ' thai ui the presence of danger we should not! tb*uk of for» ga trade. We need only re pl}. that if the bombardment of our seacoast tr fl, e .enemy hue no other effect than to gw.* ow up all our commercial enterprise in a c onion panic, one half, at least, it not all the objects of the Yankees will have been utr '-tied. The North is fightiug for our mutkets. It is in fact one of the leading is-:.lea and objects of the war, and we must see to it, that the substantial fruits of our strug 3 I* or nationality, won by the dearest blc .and f the South, shall never agaiu be eu-1 joyt. iy those who are now striving by tire an ord to reduce us to a state of com mercial vassalage Congress. —The Confederate Congress will re assemble in Richmond pursuant to adjournment, VU the* Third Monday iu August—tb 18tb proi. Gen. Butler’* Order iu the British Parliament. Iu the House of Lords, on the 13th of June, Earl Caernarvon called attention to General Butler’s proclamation relative to the ladies of New Orleans He condemned it in severe terms as without precedent in the annals of war, and asked if the govern ment had inlortnation as to its authenticity, and if u had protested again at it. He also asked if there was any truth in the rumor : of the mediation of France aud England.— The success of such mediation would depend j ! greatly upon the manner in which, and the time at which, it was offered ; but he trusted the government was in a position to give the subject favorable consideration Earl Russell -aid that, from Lord Lyons despatches, the government believed the proclamation authentic; but with respect to any action of the United States government :u the way of approval or disapproval they had no information. Lord Lyons had made no representations to the American govern ment on the subject and did not appear to I have any official information concerning the ! proclamation upon which he could do so For his owu part, he (Karl Russellj Loped , the American government would, for its iwn sake, refuse its sanction to it, aud disa vow it. The proclamation was iiuportaut to the whole world. The usages of war should not be aggravated by proclamations of this character. He thought that such a procla mation, addressed tu u force that had just captured a hostile city, was likely to lead to (front. brutality. Ho thought there vruh 110 ' defence for this proclamation, and he sin j corely hoped the American government ■ would disavow it. J In the House of Commons, Sir J. Walnh ! made enquiry as to the authenticity of Lien. ! Butler’s proclamation, which he denounced as repugnant to the feelings of the nine teenth century, and moved for any corres pondence on the subject. The London Fost, of June 11, denounces, j in the strongest terms, the proclamation ot i Gen. Butler relative to the ladies of New i Orleans. It regards it as the greatest insult j that could be offered to the Federal army, ; and thiuk.s the government is bound to re ' < all Gen. Butler aud have him court mar lialed. Such an act as that of Butler’s, nys the Post, if not promptly disavowed, ould noon turn the scale, finally aud decis ively, in favor of the Confederate cause. Lord Palmerston thought that in* man could read the proclamation without feelings of the deepest indignation. [Cheers.] It was a proclamation to which he did not scru ple to attach the epithet of injamous. — [Cheers.] An Englishman must blush to think that such an act had been committed by a man belonging to the Anglo-Saxon race. If it had sprung from some barbar ous people not within the pale of civiliza tion, one might have regretted it, but would not have been surprised. But that such an order should have been issued by a soldier —by a man who had raised himself to the rank of a General —was a subject not less of astonishment than pain. lie could not bring himself to believe that the govern ment of the United Htates would not. as soon as they had notice of the order, have s tarn pod it with their censure nr condemna tion. Her Majesty’s government received a despatch yesterday from Lord Lyons, en closing a copy of the proclamation of Gen. Beauregard, in which allusion was made to the order of Gen. Butler. There was no objection to lay the despatch on the table. \\ ith regard to the course that the govern ment might think fit to take, that was a matter for their discussion; but lie was persuaded that there was uo man iu Eng land who would not show the feeling so well expressed by Sir James Walsh and Mr. Gregory. From the Jackson Missiasippian, of July fith. PicuyuiH* Dullerat Baton Uoii^e. Last Saturday morning Picayune Butler visited the city of Baton Rouge, on board the McClellan. He left again Sunday. He immediately went to work, upon his arrival, arresting the citizens of that place. Hon. B. F. Bryan, the Mayor of the city, was called before him, and required to take the oath of allegiance or be consigned to Fort Jackson. Mr. Bryan very properly viewed the oath as not worth more than the paper it was written on, took it, and is now in our city on his way to Chattanooga to join Scott's cavalry regiment. Mr. l> has kindly furnished us a state ment of the conversation which he had with the Picayune, whose whole spite seemed to •o be directed against the guerillas of Lou isianna. He boasted that he would put down the guerilla system of warfare—that be could do it in fifteen minutes, and this is the manner in which he proposes to crush the guerillas: “\V hat do you say, sir,” says he, u to my issuing a proclamation offering freedom and i thousand dollars to any negro who will briug me in the head of a guerilla. It is tri e mistakes will happen, but what of tha ? Mistakes of that sort will occur. As, toi instance, my men have wrongfully des troyed the property of one mau, (George K oiler's) but 1 mean to pay for that. As lor Captain Build’s property, he was an offi cer in the Confederate army, and left his property where the guerillas could get hold f it, and for that reason his men were Der i cfcly justifiable in destroying it.” He stated that the only ohance for the Confederate cause was for foreign interven tion. ‘‘.But supposing France and England, should interfere, we have already whipped ' England, and as for little Johnytreapeau, he eau't whip the little Mexicans. But be- i tore these States should belong to anv other 1 Government than the United States, we can and will make them a second Sau Domiugo. lie took an old Methodist preacher, named Cravens, with him to be consigned to Fort Jackson, because he prayed too often and too loud in secret. Prof. Magruder was also arrested for hav ing remarked to a gentleman in Baton Korge who had been very eonspicious in hunting up cotton for the Yankees, that he ougnt to be hum?. Soldiers Postage. —The change effect- i ed in the rates of postage which went into ! effect on the first Instant, does not -apply to ; our troops. The privilege given them re mains the same as when the postal on sin gle letters was five cents- ' „ A Peep Behind the Scene*. The Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot, without fear before its eyes, gives tlie following peep behind the scenes . into the management of the Yankee army We can scarcely think from this that the war is as popular in the North as the organs of Mr Lincoln would make it appear The patriot says : Afany of our Pennsylvania volunteer* have been dir-abied by wounds and debilitating fevers Not being any longer efficient in the ranks, they receive an honorable di* charge and transportation to the capital of i Pennsylvania. They arrive in our midst , Without a cent in their pocket*. l imy ask j for their pay—they iearo there is no officer ! here authorized to pay them. They ask tbi rations to protect them from from starvation —they are answered that there is uo authori ty to issue rations to them ! They a»k for transportation to their home** —they are in formed the United Sua-s f. i master cannot give them tran-purialiwii ! They beg their bread of our citizens; they beg tiheir j transportation of rail road companies. The j patriots of Pennsylvania who volunteered to fight the battlps of the Constitution and the ■ Union against rebellion, who have.been mu tilated, or who have lost their health in the service of the government, return to their i homes as paupers, depending upon public charity to save them from pinching want, while the prompt payment of their dearly earned wages would help them onward to cherished homes and the cousoliug care of j sympathising friend* : Whois to blame for this heartless doser ; ricn of our brave invalid volunteers ? Has our Republican Congress done its duty iu this important matter ? While it authorized the discharge of sick and wouuded soldiers by army Surgeons, did it make provision for their immediate pay, for* transportation to their homes, for pensions, in reward of their patriotic services ? Alas, no ! they uh ! fortunately are white men ! Now mark the contrast. All the runaway negroes that find their way into the District of Columbia arc fed at the expense of the white tax-pay ors of the North, all the runaway negroes that hang about our armies in the field are furnished rations and live at the cost of the tax-payers of the North. At least one hun | dred thousand dollars per day of the people’s ; money is thus expended to feed thousands of the idle negroes, while the sick and wounded white volunteers of Pennsylvania are left to beg their way back to their deso late home ! We have in uo wise exagerated here the forlorn condition of our returning discharged volunteers, whose sufferings are daily wit nessed and alleviated by our citizens, and whose numerous and frequent applications for relief to the Governor of Pennsylvania and to the Mayor of the city are ns notori ous as they are disgraceful to the authorities who neglect to fulfill the most, imperative obligations of the country to her brave de fenders. lTlc€lcllanN Defeat and the Pub lic Credit. McClellan’s repulse had caused stocks and government securities to tumbledown in the North. The shock was very great to the capitalists, who had loaned their money in a confident hope of the capture of Rich - mond. The Herald* ays: The financial credit of the country has received a shock from the disasters to Mc- Clellan’s army from which it will uot easily recover. Previous to his being driven back from his position before Richmond govern ment stocks were at an unexampled pre mium, and the credit of the country never stood so high. Within a week all this has been changed, and now government stocks exhibit more unsteadiness than any other class of public securities. Who is responsible for this state of things? Not McClellan, who, in his misfortunes as in his successes, has displayed all the qualities of an able geueral, but the radicals, who weakened his command by taking Banks’ and McDowell’s divisions from him, and then prevented his being re inforced, although they knew he was in a position of the most pressing danger.— Tl \ese are the traitors who would destroy the integrity of the republic, ruin the fair edifice of our financial credit, and plunge the country into hopeless embarrassments, to place the negro in a position iu which lie I would be of no earthly use to himself or others. Thus far they have been successful in their intrigues. Let them look out, how ever, for the retribution that is to follow them. The country is losing patience, and it will not be long before they feel the full i effects of the wrath which they have so in dustriously provoked. BOLD TALK FCR A CONNECTICUT PAPER. Ihe Hartford Times, in alluding to the removal of Gen. Fremont, gives him this parting salute:— * It is indeed fortunate if the administration has got rid of this office seeking abolitionist.. It is fortunate for the country, for his ignorance of mi litary operations would certainly have brought fur ther and greater disasters upon the army in that department. Let him be commander-in-chief of the abolitionists, with “ no subordinate,” since he has resigned his military commission, for being placed in a subordinate position. He is fit only for Garrison’s army of detectives, who desire to live under an “ unwritten Constitution,” so that they may, to use the beautiful and impressive lan guage of our esteemed neighbor of the ‘Courant,’ ‘loose the bonds of every slave upon this contin ent, and make the whole Southern region a live hell for one generation at least.’ All true friends of the country will rejoice at the recent act of the President in getting rid of this political abolition aspirant for the Presidency.” The ankee journals are complaining lustily about the influx of “contrabands” in that section. The Hartford [Conn.l “Times” says that they are costing the Government SIOO,OOO per nay—that is, released slaves; and thinks that perhaps a hundred thousand or so will go to Connecticut, while Penn sylvania’s quota will be, at least, five times as many ! In Payton, Ohio, they are filling the pla ces of white men ; while in Pennsylvania they are hired at the rate of five cents per day 1 and in some parts of Ohio at twelve and a half c nts per day. Thus are the poor negroes enticed away by the Abolitionists and made to work vengeance upon the people who countenance the theft of Southern property. Gen. Roaencrauz is to he placed permanently in command of Gen. Pope's army in the West. A special dispatch to the New York Tribune, dated at Washington, June *23th, says that there is reason to believe that Secretary Seward has re ceived a note from Earl Russell relative to Pica yune Butler’a women order, and that it will prob ably be treated in the same way as was the note from the same quarter protesting against the stone blockade, [From Uie Richmond Enquirer of the Ttb.) Views of the Deserted ft*nttlc*i'!eid. The roost interesting localities of the late battles before Richmond are probably rhe twice-fought field of the Seven Pines, and the ground near Me chanicsTille, upon which the Federal army receiv ed the coup da grace from the closing combinations of Jackson, the Hills and Longrtreet Tne defen ce- of the latter were rendered almost impregna ble by the advantages of natural position, con sisting of Lill, ravine and swamp, commanded by ponderous batteries and breastworks, trom which nn incessant tire was poured on our advancing and VictorioHi forces _ci the Seven Pines* after the battle to which the name is given, the Federal *rmy, having regained the held without a nght, threw up a senes of fortifications within the space u! ten days, so ticriie.nl and tiiensive, ifis., tl it tacked in front, half a million of men would have been insufficient for tLe task of reducing them. It was only by the 140vemeu: made by General Jackson in the resr, in concert with ila gruffer iu trout, that rendered theta valueless to , the enemy. The position of the enemy 00 this field w?,s a hoiiy artificial. Their batteries extended lrera the Vora Kiver Ran road, tux ana a hall miles be low the city m a south east direction, across the plain, for a distance of some two miles. Upon visaing the locality, one will te struck with the admirable character of the Jo:lificationa. Their enure from, ia pioleoiod by moats twelve feet la width, and live lhet deep, along the outer edges 01 which are placed continuous abattis of felled trees, neatly trimmed, and every bough and twig sharpened at the end, defying the pa-sago of any mortal loroe that might be sent against them, be i fore the fire from their batteries and rifle pits. It was evident that these fortifications were intended as a permanent base line, tro:u which the enemy ! uevcj expected to be driven, but moving slowly i lot ward, to throw up similar works before them, | and, thus systematically and literally, to ditch the ! Confederate army out of Richmond. The skill dis -1 played in their arrangement and style surpasses ; tkose of any fortifications that the enemy have j yet thrown up during the successive campaigns in ■ Virginia. In the rear of this wonderful line of earth-works, stands the shattered remains of the Federal en campment. Hundreds of tents of every descrip tion, with every width of canvas ripped, from two Ito three feet ia leugth, stand dapping in the breeze. Around upon the field and within the works, thousands of blankets, overcoats, jackets, and other clothing, (much of which being unin* ijured, has been gathered up by pillagers from the . city,) lie strewed. Boxes of meat, ground coffee, beans, dried fruit, cases of lemons and orange?, lemon syrup, Edinburgh ale, porter, champagne, ; pickles, chow chow, preserves, sardines, prunes, and many other niceties, mav be seen lying about loose in every direction, all, however, more or less knocked into stuiiheiecna and reudered vn ! lueless. Every wagon left on the field by the frightened , fugitives was either upset or broken. Some new and splendidly made ambulances were relhiquish -1 ed, with a spoke or two knocked out and the : shulta hacked half off. Sundry drum shells, in perfectly good order, and of admirable stvle, are to be seen perched up on stumps, or lying in the trenches. Here and there may be observed bro ken muskets, some driven into the earth up to the lock, bayonets, broken swords, scabbards, epau lettes, trappings and harness, variously mutilated. Heaps of tninie cartridges, many of which are made of a peculiar paper, requiring no “ biting,” but which, upon being rammed down, burst, ami, being itself combustible, obviates any danger from choking the tube, and saves many u valuable mo ment in battle—these and ar. v quantity of other deserted military plunder, contribute to render the field picturesque witii the relics of our invaders. The burial grounds of the Yankees, which lie on j the outskirts of the encampments, in miscellane ous spots, tell a melancholy story of the mortality in their army. The shells and bullets of our gal lant troops, and the unwholesome air of the swamps, did a fearful work among them. They lie buried in heaps of six and eight, some honored with shingle monuments and epitaphs in pencil. On the roadsides, where numbers fell before our troops, they jie half buried iu wagon ruts, and Hwump liol.ia, wit it heaps of dirt piled upon thoir bodies, from eithe-r end of which protrude their decaying heads and feet. These graves are ail Yankee made. Some of the buildings in the vicinity are riddled with ball, shell and bullet. Beautiful country seats, ; located amidst the advanced linos of the Federate, are utterly ruined, the trees torn by artillery, the j fences burned, fiowei gardens trampled under ; foot, the houses themselves sacked, and the walla mutilated with vile scribbliuga and sketches. One handsome edifice, located under the shadows of a grove of magnificent oaks, was perforated six or eight times by the Federal batteries, and in one instance, a shell being thrown into it, and burst ing in the passage, ripped off the ceiling in fifty places, played havoc with the partitions, and scat tered the laths and plastering of the adjoining par lor about in a medley of trash and confusion. Among the many useful articles now lying about , the -held are hundreds of unused sand bags, while the fortifications eontaiu thousands of them, which with some labor, could be emptied of their con tents and rendered equally serviceable. There are quantifies of other valuable things which the pil lagers have not, collected, that would be available to our army. Many of the tents could be repaired, the wagons overhauled, and the camp utensils, such as are not badly injured, collected. Innumerable letters may yet be gathered toge*- t'ner from the scene. For the most part, tbo->e that have been found, were written by illiterate and indecent persons, giving a good idea of the moral stamina of the Yankee army and those who are sustaining them at home. All things here indicate that the fleeing army, impelled by commingled fright and chagrin, be cause foiled while yet luxuriating in the conscious ness of invincibility in front, were mad. Their insanity at the moment was doubtless magnified too, by copious supplies of whisky, the liquid cou rage which has become so highly popular in the Federal army. They destroyed every thing they could, and mutilated every thing they could not destroy. auu uiuuuueu every uuug iney COUIQ not lestroy. From the Jackton Ml&utsgippian, July 2. 'rite siege of Vicksburg. We arrived at the two mile bridge on Sunday ‘vc-ning last, at about three o'clock, amid the looming of heavy mortars and the bursting of hell from the 15 inch ordnance of the Yankee leet, which is anchored close in under the shore leiow the point on the Mississippi side, and almost orapletely protected from our batteries below the itv, and too far from the upper batteries for them o reach their adversaries. j The fire of the enemy on Sunday, at mid-day, was drawn by a salute of thirteen guns which were ordered by the Confederate Commander in honor of the great victory over McClellan in Virginia. It was thought that the enemy mistook this salute lor an attack, as we learn some of our guns were shotted, and opened iunouslv on the citv, contin uing, with an intermission of about one hour, until about 12 o’clock at night. After night the heavy mortars were ranged to throw the shell in the vi cinity of the Catholic Church, w here we were told they had been directed during the afternoon. The effect of these shell as they exploded, which usually took place just as they reached the ground, was terrific. We entered the city as fortune would have it, on Crawford street, and as we passed the residence of Dr. Ballour, Methodist, Baptist and f atboli’ Churches, shells exploded in our immedi ate vicinity, rendering our position so uncomfort able that we suggested to a friend a precipitate retreat in order to get out of the range of the j mortars. | This suggestion was promptly acceded to by ’ our friend, not, however, until we had soiled our garments thoroughly by falling to the earth at the explosion of each successive shell. Our retreat, thougn rapid, like Banks’ before Stonewall, was accomplished in good order, and instead of enjoy ing a comfortable b.ed in the city with my friend, gladly accepted a soldier’s blanket with friend Holcomb oi Rankin, on the green sward in tbs suburbs of the city. The next morning we entered the* city—every thing being quiet except the bustle of the citizens who were eudettvoriog to get what little furniture remained to a place of safety. During the morn ing we rode through nearly every street, witness ing the effect of the shell in the brick and wood structures, and were impressed with the compara tively slight damage done to either of build ings, when the number of show (probably 16,000) were taken into account. In some instances, as in the case of the iafe Mrs. Gamble's bouse, a shell would pass through & column of houses, leaving a hoie scarcely iarger than itself, and pass on till it reached a hill where it would enter and explode. lhe iu inch shell when it strikes tbo bills of Vicksburg, enters the earth at a depth of from five to ten feet, but when it strikes in the streets its explode? much nearer the surface. No fires have yet originated from the explosion ol shell, and it is evident that the enemy do not desire to burn the city immediately, or tbev would have thrown incet.diary shell instead of tbe misseia already sent in. On Monday, at 2 o’clock p ru , the cnemv re opened their mortars and kept up a constant fire with the exception of an hour or two (apparently to take their meals) during the whole night, and did not cease nil Tuesday evening at a o’clock. All was quiet thi° t,Wednesday) morning at lo o’clock, We have not heard of any injury being sustained by our batteries up to this morning The fleet which passed by the city on the me mcratde morning ot Saturday wa- severely cut to piece* by our baltcrie. o , and a gentleman who was in the vieiciity of the upper batteries reports to Geuerai Van Dorn that one ol the boats sunk atTer it went around the tend Nothing is now to be seen of this fleet above the city except the constant cloud of black smoke, whioh ascends above the torest around the bend. COLLISION ON IHE STATE ROAD A serious collision occurred on the State Road last week, in which several lives were lost aud much damage done to railroad property. Maj J. S. Roland, the able Superintendent, has published the following Card, by which it will appear that the Railroad employees caunot bo charged with the causes which led to the disaster, and frees them from any blame in the matter. The military having taken the control of their time from them, must be amenable for it: A CARD.—As soon as I heard of the collision on the Western and Atlantic Ruilioad, near John son, I went by the first train to the scene of dis aster. After getting up all the testimony, I am wol! satisfied the down train whs ou its proper time at Johnson. The up train, with soldiers, had got behind its time before getting to Dalton, on account of its being ordered to stop by the mili tary. When the train left Dalton it was fitly five minutes behind the regular leaving time. The en gineer and conductor were both anxious to get awt.y, and blew the whistle, but wore ordered by the military uot to blow till they ordered it. After thi» the delay was five to ten minutes Ut’ore they started. Two of our most valuable engines were destroy ed, and ten or fifteen cars stove into fragments and other* more or less injured. The engineer and gretnan, both valuable men, were inscantlv killed, with seven soldiers, seven negroes, and fourteen negroes. J. S. ROWLAND, Superintendent. M«j. Rowland produces testimony to this effect: At Adairsville, sonic of the soldiers on the cars were very unruly, and that the cars were detained at Cartersville by them some fifteen niiuutes, aud were at other points detained also. At Dalton the Conductor of the train to Chattanooga was or dered by the officer in command of the troops not to move his train until his men got water, snd that when he got ready he would sound his bugle for a start. Here another detention took place. When the train arriwd at Dalton, it was thirty minutes behind time—he heard officers of the command on board tell their men to get oil’ and get water, that they had plenty of time—the Conductor had one car loaded for Knoxville to switch off’ at Dal ton, and when he moved the enginp to switch off this ear, ihe officers assailed him tor moving the car until their men were on board—and that thro’ such interferences, the traiu was detained, leaving Dalton fifty-five minutes behind time. The certi fier asked thw Conductor why he was kept behind time:—the reply was—he could do do better , that the officers would not let them move the engine until they got ready. The successful shelling of the Yankee transports on James river, below’ Charles City Court-House, on Monday last, under cover of their gunboats* roust have a marked effect upon McClellan’s army. W T e learn that in this scout, conducted bv General Stuart, in rear of the enemy’s lines' Captain Squires, of the Washington Artillery, and Captain Rogers, of the Loudon Battery, succeeded in shelling a fleet of transports containing reinforce ments and supplies for the army at Westover. Although fiercely assailed by the Yankee gun boats, our artillerists sunk one of their transports and disabled eight others, showing that we have nothing to fear from a contest with those infernal machines, which are such “bugaboos” in the eyes ot our peopie. hen they are attacked by our rifled guns, skillfully manueuvered, our light land batteries, by taking proper positions within too close range tor these gunboats, can always disable any crew they may support; and we hope that proper attention will be given at once to the im portanee of the furtiier use of our artillery in this new field of service. Our enemies appreciate the dangers resulting to them from this mode of warfarp, as shown by the army correspondent to the New York Tribune, who, in a late letter, says that the arrangement ol batteries so as to intercept the navigation of the river would be laying direct siege to McClellan’s position, and would place his army in a critical situation. —Richmond Examiner, 12/A. LINCOLN’S VISIT TO WEST POINT. The following are the surmises or speculat'oie of the Savannah Republican on Lincoln’s visit North. But it is a matter of little consequence to U3 as to his object: ‘ l On the 24th June, Lincoln suddenly appeared at West Point, New York. The visit has provoked i the usual amount of wise surmises among the New } ork Preps. The Herald announces tne object of the visit ‘ was to consult General Scott relative to the conduct of the war.* Another paper hints that probably Genera! Scott may be called to euc ' ceed Secretary Stanton. Another imagines that General Pope, who did not capture the ten thou sand prisoners of Beauregard’s retreating army, is to be assigned to some important command. The fact is— that Lincoln’s visit was chiefly in tended to restore friendly relations between the discarded commanding General and the President by buying bun with anew post and a salary. McClellan was about to enter Richmond in tri umph the Illustrated Press were already engrav mg pictures to exhibit his triumphal entry into Richmond—the grand cavalry charge down Main street was just receiving the last touches of the engraver’s tool—and Lincoln was looking for a Military Governor of conquered Virginia, with his headquarters at Richmond. Scott was the man ! The visit was to arrange the terras.” The Loyalty of New Orleans. — A la day in New Orleans, writing to a relative in Mobile, thus alludes to the “Union’’ feel ing in the former city. The letter is dated June 26th “There is less Union feeling here than ever before. I have not even heard of one person of respectability who has taken the oath. You see a Union committee adver tized. Fernandez, the auctioneer, is presi dent; and the teacher, Dulan, secretary; but they have not succeded yet in finding tint ty -t wo members, which they were anxious to do, to represent the States at the raising of the Yankee flag on the City Hall last week. “There is no yellow fever yet. I can’t say whether I am glad or sorry, because I am afraid it is wicked —but the Yankees die fast nought * MACON, GEojSfi _ ii-.1i.. ,l,r J,|, lfi K t i Cotton.—Sales in tbi- mtrkct • ; cents. gc ‘ er *% r ; Corn SI,OO per bushel— Fodde r $ iJT We owe an apology to ivir , ; appearance of our paper lan w PNc . J.' r * 1 the isferior quality of the Ir.k *j e j * tided 4 sopplj for several tootnh, s '- * jto our readers, and the appearance c S | w# can me no more of it. *" The Savannah Republican nsTTTLo - the right wing ot our army when repeating down James river? R 1 144 N ■ stood that this wing of our army - § ‘* I his retreat t*om his gar.bor.ts and t ; . ° C;> ? I up ir. time to effect that purpose *v ; ,- ’ doubt have resuited in »be capture o' army. The re«ult is a protraction ot •- ? this section, with an untold loan cf l c . 'I sure. The Republican hints at the ~ ,?/ non fulfilment of the programme 0 f if and says the delinquent should bed j • the service in disgrace. Responsible people just from Richn;. . 1 the above sentiments, and say that G>- was the commander of the r.ght wi. lf > Lincoln calls for 3iK),o<»o more troop; jup a third “Grand Army for F.ichr&o-j ; presumed that he wiil have to make . , , " for the meu, and still a louder call tor ;b* c enable them to travel that rough road The road to Richmond, like that ov*- * has proved a very hard road for Yankee* - 0 • ~ jand although more than a year has heen oc . ; in the effort, they have hardly made a daC. ney in a “ Pilgrim’s Progress,” and beeo .->« . the “ Wilderness of Sin” all the time, Q ac c landed in the “Slough of Despond"—low • old Virginia. LOSS IN THE LATE BATTLE? According to the best estimates, the entire ~ of the Confederates was about 12,00 u, of *• - 0.000 were killed. The lowe-u estimates of McClellan’s loot* - r the New York Tribune, which is 26,000. G*t Marcy, chief of McClellan’.-* Staff, estimate* 30,000— others 40 to 50,000. The number at y soners lost, lu to 11,000—and about sixty ca;a. ; and 36,0**0 muskets and rittes. THE OLD MACON A WESTERN DEPOT Is now about being converted Into a Confedeu.* Armory, and has been leased by James H Burt*. Esq. The erection of extensive new building lu been commenced, and we understand that a p- Uori of the necessary machinery is now in mi ness to be put into operation whenever they »•* completed. This will be quite an improvement r ; the reoeut use to which these premises have Uri appropriated. COME OUT, EVERYBODY! We learn that J M. Clarks, Esq., a hnrru)( eminence, of Atlanta, will address the citiica o{ Macon, ou Monday night next, at the new Cv.) Hall, upon a subject that is vital and ur porUnt to every man and woman in the Confederate Stat , A full attendance is desired. The l adies are re spectfully invited to be present. A Jmiasion fr*j VICKSBURG This most rebellious locality has stood seres Federal b.-mbardraenfs and is but slightly Inure.l at last accounts, and is determined to hold oat u its entire demolition, should that possibly happen It is said that it is to be attacked by a Urge a-my in the rear, but it ij probably able to meet mj force that can he sent against it The feden. organ at Memphis says that Gen Butler has cot Gseated 3,000 slaves, and put them at work 001 canal, opposite \ icksburg, by which that place cl. he passed without coming within leach of id for tifications. The bombardment has been continued with #ox» intervals since the 22d of Mav, during which tia# it is supposed that 20,000 abot and sheiil Lav# been thrown at the town. Six men etad 000 *0 man only have been killed. COUNTERFEITS AGAIN Last week we mentioned the arrest of two jou:£ men in this city, by the names of Rhode« ui Bui gay, charged with counterfeiting Jiffy oar; change biiiaon the Western aud AtlaonV JGJrGaJ, together with their apparatus for such opetx’-iOM Ihese were found on premises of bad rep'iUt.oo Since that time, the materials for the One Dollar bills of the City Council 01 A.i-•* were found in that vicinity by a servant, they appeared to have been concealed ; and lt>J have been left, at this office. There seem* to be» number of these counterfeits in circulation, ui they are very easy of detection. They vary cot siderabiy in the type from the genuine, and the viguette, on the left hand end of the bill, seats two female figures, instead of the face 0: one. They bear strong evidence ot being fro the same factory as the other counterfeit*. WHAT IS OUR ARMY DOING IN VIRGINIA' Is a question often asked, ami to which the »-•# ones can only reply by surmises. For several d»f» we have had no information of any particular movements, either in advance or otherwise. The."# has been no fighting on the cast ol James river, for the reason, that McClellan has retreated to* point of land where he could only be attacked front, and that protected on both eide-e by hi gun-boats. To attack him in this position wo-J be madness and cost an immense sacrifice of ■*> yet its result would be little leas doubtful many which our troops have made J within the last two weeks. McClellan, it is said, has been largely reinforced since he was driven to his present retreat, and army is said to be about 100,000 men. Be th»- as it may, it would be quite as dangerous sor v 2 to venture front the protection of his gunboa’- -* it would be for us to attack him in hi3 den. may hazard the opinion, that his men hav -1 tns-' their best fight, which will tell ia any future re counter—having been driven day after day ir 3 ° field to field, their strongest fortified post* c 4 ** * by storm, and their batteries, munitions and stor«» captured with an immense loss of killed, woun:=- and prisoners. On the other hand, our army is fluslfcd * •-* their successes of the past, when they lough'* 4,3 ply with a determination not to be conquer* which will be redoubled in anv future con- I*-- 1 *-- What operations our armv may have cu hard, other than facing the enemy before them, i» 0L - 7 left to surmise, but it is quite probable that #>&•* thiog will shortly turn up to change the monotony in the news line of a few days past. Jackson a- Stuart will be found too restless to reojaitt $$ 00 g.