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J. KNOWLES nsd S. HOSE,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
( ' PMINTEHB.
Tlii* <>£ Sub»liintefi.
The prospect that the conscription is to
be extended to include men up to the age of
f< rty five and perhaps fifty, and the order
by when mutilated and diseased men are to
bo enrolled la Conscripts notwithstanding
their infirmities, renders still more necessary
that, the government should assume to itself
the buriuess of providing substitutes. Ma
ny of the first class, the men over thirty five
arc the only men left to guard home inter
ests, to fill the civil offices of the country,
to maintain order aud the semblance of law,
many f them have sent sons to the war and
upon themselves as the sole protectors, de
pends the safety and the future prospects of
young families. As to the last, the inv*»
lids, the government would be better . j
i souu * substitute than with a-* u . wlt . i
"ho could render no service * olc { c *'ld’ r
lc a burden. - uut wouW oul >
Our Government . . . ~ . I
conscription la- -“P>. ID g the ' rcnc, ‘
the improv' *'» Co P led lL wlthout adopting
i ■; . cine in cuts which have been made
in late years. In France formerly,
t. > here now, the only mode in which a con
H ipt could avoid service, was by providing
a substitute. The same disgraceful trade
Pj-fui g up there as we have seen here—the
trade in substitutes by intermediate agents.
To put a stop to the scandal, the French
Government took the business of providing
M ibstitutes into ita own hands, and for a cer
tain sum of money exempted the conscript.
The Government appropriated the money
r lempted the conscript. The Government
appropriated the money thus paid to boun
tie for volo.nteers, generally making some
thing by the operation, for the volunteer
could be, obtained for less money than the
conscr.pt paid.
& one such plan ought to be adopted here,
*».* well as the other exemptions of the
i'reneh law, by which those having families
riependent on them for support were exempt.
Thus the poor man and family vreie protec
ted from the operation of the law by his
vmdition, as the man in best circumstances
was by his ability to pay the commutation
ftnoncy.
\\ e hope our govern aient will not under
take the business to madee money out of it,
sis the French government did, and by so
doing pmt itself in the place of and ought to
h ve been subject to the same disgrace with
Hh' * aders in substitutes it supplented. —
liul f our government will not undertake
to provide substitutes, we must expect to
wee the disgraceful business in the hands of
mmti without patriotism and with no eousei
«evirions gcru, le. ’I he conscript will be rob
bed and the government not benelitted. ■—
Sui litotes must be had by some of those
who will be enrolled, it will he a matter of
lfe i death to some even if they never see
tin < n mv, to such, any sum of money paid
f. v cx mptmn will he cheap, ami it io betut
<ii if die government, the guardian of its
«-itiz • uO’ old see that these people are
• u o n Jed and a nece-ary law is not made!
~, !, •• unlit c'e. arily loud upon them. Let
;i ; . *•. nnimtion money he so much that a
.■ul>s;i u o can easily be had h r tin bounty
•Wik the government would thus be en
.ii, 1 c<l 1° olb-r, ami the men e< uld he luni
, wui he more likely to perform their
«]u:.. s as volunteers in the ( oi,federate ser
%v- • ban as aim 1 nuhs'riiutes for cuuscripts.
Ciuouuie o' bt titiixl.
L«* f oniiieri'ed f’ouledcratc
The disclosure of the fact that a large |
amount of count wfeit Confederate notes]
Have been introduced into our calculation j
|,v the Yankees, aided by knaves residing]
Mry.t us, has caused much anxiety among i
hid uolders, and a very general suspicion in ,
the p iblic mind in regard to the genuine
ness o/much of the Confederate money in
e";re d.at ion. Yankee ingenuity has beeu so
successful in imitating our bills, ovou good
judges are sometimes at a loss to distinguish
tlie°genuiut.' from the spurious notes. The
fidl wmg description of the different deuotn
matious of com forfeits, will enable oui lea
ders to guard against, receiving their.
The SIOO Bill.—The sailor in the left
ban 1 corner leans on the anchor. Across
the yignettein genuine there is a hair line
very distinct, as if the stone from which the
impression was taken had been broken or
cracked. in
In the counterfeit there is no such blue
or hair line. Jn the centre vignette, right
side near the weiL is a mule. In the genu
ine it is very indistinctly-executed and the
vmule looks as if he were walking from you,
preser ting only a tail Lu the coun
terfeit it is much plainer ana the mule pre
sents a broadside view.
The SSO Bill. — la genuine the sailor on
the left hand end that is leauing forward is
partly bald; in the counterfeit, a more full
head of hair. The genuiue has knob or
handle on iron chest. 'Have seen none sign
ed except on left by C. M. Biggs —letter A
-.small, letter I> to the right of the A.
The S2O Bill. —The sailor's hat is very
much broader than in the counterfeit. The
hading lines on his jacket, in the genuine,
un square across the body. In the coun
terfeit they run diagonally across the body.
The paper of the counterfeit is whiter,
stifler and better than the genuine.
Fatal Affairs. —At an hospital in
lijnchhurg, V a., ou Monday, C. McDaniel,
of the 14th Tenn., was killed in an affray
■with .J. Holmes, of the loth Ga , who stab
bed him in the heart. James Bead was ac
cidently killed on the same day. On enter
ing his house he in a playful manner snap
ped a pistol t hia sister two or three times,
and upon her remonstrating with him to show
her it was not loaded, put it first to his mouth
and then to his breast when the loaded bar
rel exploded, the ball passed entirely through
his body, lie fell into his brother’s anus,
.-exclaiming, “ 1 am killed and died in a few
moments. — Raleigh Register.'
The Pursuit of Pope.
The accounts frortf the Rappahannock;
and beyond, are most cheering. General
Lee has the blusterer Pope iu full flight, is
killing oft and capturing his rear, and the
indications are that ail his property will fall
into our hands, it not the invaders them
selves. \\ e copy from the Richmond En
quirer of Tuesday.
Further from the Upper Rappa
hannock.—The intelligence brought down
by the train from Gordoosville, on yester
day, adds to the information already receiv
ed of the operations of Generals Jackson
and Lougstreet against the enemy, on the
lines of the upper Rappahannock. "he
enemy’s retreat was being conducted under
the cover of a strong rear'guard of infantry
aud artillery. On Saturday morning the j
enemy crossed the river, Vbe rear guard
giving battlfe, after cro— Dg) t 0 our f orce s,
under Gen.
sub. lhe fb^jtiugcontinued nearly all day,
our trocw succeef i m g in crossing over about;
OIJ °. o'clock, at which time the result of the 1
day’s battle was decidedly in our favor. ,
During the retreat of the enemy, Gen. Stu
art’s cavalry made a successful tour against
the enemy’s provision train, and is reported
to have captured one hundred wagons, a
quartermaster, and other prisoners, and
about 505,000 iu specie. The railroad
bridge over the Rappahannock was destroy
ed by the enemy’s shell, but the turnpike
bridge was uninjured, and was of course of
vast service iu admitting of a speedy pur
suit by Jackson’s forces. General Long
street crossed on Sunday.
About four hundred prisoners were taken
in Saturday’s fight, and the losses on both
sides were severe, the enemy suffering a very
disastrous reverse, and portions of our army
in the beginning of the fight, being subjected
to a galling ftre. It is reported that the
4th Georgia brigade commenced a charge
upon the enemy’s principal battery, halt a
mile off, and after advancing with heroic gal-:
lantry iu the face of the fire, to within a few
hundred yards of it, discovered that it was
on the opposite side of the river. They were
compelled to retreat, there being no means
of crossing the river, aud suffered severely.
One company of the Washington Artil
lery is reported to have been seriously cut up.
Large numbers of the enemy’s woun
ded, with many arms, fell into our hands.
The unhurt prisoners were started down ou
Sunday for Richmond.
The enemy is endeavoring to reach the
l’ototnac; but the pursuit by our army is
being conducted with the determination to
cut him off at Manassas. General Jackson’s
headquarters were nu - yesterday at Warren
ton Springs, aud his division was advancing
towards Manassas. At present the indica
tions are that Pope will be forced back up
on Fredericksburg, if not cut off entirely.
Thus it will be seeu that within the space
of barely more than a week, Pope’s grand
army, w iih its all reinforcement from Mc-
Clellan. lias been forced to retreat more than
fifty miles, suffering, two successive defeats,
and losing immensely in men, arms, stores
and ammunition.
Heeling «>fc' I3»*> Bauks.
At a meeting of Presidents of the Banks
in the eifv of Savannah, held at the Bank of
P mm ice, it was.
lirsc/rcd, That the Banks of this city de
cline to receive in payim to or on deposit any
Confederate Trea.-mv Notes of tin* dein mi
nations if SlOO’s 6oo’saudkO’s, of fnojdate
of ifnyer A Ludwig, of denominations
the counieifeits are numerous and alarming.
This action of ihu Banks has been deter
mined on to curry out the views <»f the Sec
retary of the 'lieauuiy, who. has advertised
that all gamine nbt f *s es the Assistant
Treasurers, aid it is the design of the Gov
ernment to issue no more notes from the
plates above mentioned, and to call iu for
cancellation and those now circulating.
AVso lrrd, T .at the exact tests by which
the counterfeits can he distinguished from
the genuine notes, be published fur the bene
fit of the public.
M e take the following paragraphs
from the Knoxville (Tenn.) Rea inter, of
the 29th.
From Kentucky. —Reliable information
has been received here last night, that Gen.
Smith’s troops had captured JOG wagons,
about 1,200 horses and mules, and part of
a regiment of Federals.
It is stated that the telegraph was opera
ted by our men to the Feds at Cumberland
Gap, and it was ascertained that there were
at the Gap between 9,000 and 10,000 men,
with three days’ rations, aud that our forces
are in a position to bag the whole garrison
in a short time.
One man, a soldier ou our side, was kill
ed day before yesterday by a bushwhacker,
close to Jacksboro’.
Jlr. KoetiiieK on our stei o^tidicu.
In Mr. Roebuck’s speech at Sheffield
(England! he said he would entreat the no
ble Lord (Palmerston) to weigh well the
consequences of what he called perfect neu
trality. We were at present supporting the
North with every means of offence and iu
jury to the South, lie therefore begged
j the noble Lord deeply to consider whether
the time had not come for him to be the
first in Europe to Becognize the Southern
Confederacy.- [Cries of No, aal" and
cheers.] Six months would not pass over,
he said, before that was done. The North
erners will never be our friends, but of the
Southerners we can make Luanda. They
are not the scum and refuse of Europe, but
Englishmen.
Substitutes. —Among the provisions of
I a new bill before Congress respecting substi
tut.es, are the following.
Senate bill concerning substitutes and de
tai s for plantations, passed first reading
First Section restricts the privilege of fur
nishing substitutes to skilful mechanics who
shall guarantee the fidelity of the sulsti
tutes. Second provides for detail to any
farm or plantation W( iked by slaves, when
the owner is a feme sole, minor or person in
service of the Confederacy, one enrolled pri
vate for police duty and to act as overseer.
Kngliftti Opinion of the War.
The details of the foreign news by the last ar
rival are of interest. The London Times com
pares the United Slates to a dying dolphin, und
thinks the fish lay quite fiat at the great war meet
ing in Union Square, ic says:
Invaders as the Northerners arc, nqxed as most
be the leelings of ridicule at.d indignation with
whieh the world reads the acts of such men as
Buffer and the arts of such men as Fremont, still
pity must be the predoauQatiug sentiment to every
one who opens a budget of American news. A
great empire lies Lite a crystal under the hammer;
the first blow 'uas smote it in twain, and every oue
Can see that, if the strikes are not stayed, slighter
bio* B repeated will pound it into fragments. New
oik is already at us wit's end. A few days ago
we reported a meeting cal.ed to inculcate in a cov
ert way the propriety of peace. To-<jiy we re
port another meeting called ty urge on the war.
It seems to have beeu confess!!d a failure. The
Mavor of New York came forward unwillingly to
express a charge iu the spirit of his countrymen.
He was obliged to admit that it was necessary “to
stimulate the President and Others charged with
the duty of suppressing the infamous rebellion.”
He was obliged lursher to admit that the meeting
was necessarv to “rekindle the half slumbering
patriotism of his countrymen,” and what was still
more important, that it was necessary “to urge his
country men to respond with alacrity to the call ol
the Government for additional volunteers.”
The failure of the American Government to ex
cite enthusiasm in the city of New York in favor
of the war indicates a very important change in
the public opinion of the Atlantic cities. It may
be that this change is as yet confined to tue great
commercial ports. It may be thaw it Las not yet
permeated, or even penetrated, the Western States.
So soou, however, as it becomes evident that the
South cannot be retained as a slaveholding portion
ol the Union, New York must naturally be against
any further prosecution of the war, and so also
will be Massachusetts iftid Pennsylvania. Neither
of these States would care to incur greater debt
aud to submit to conscriptions in order to make
the South a wilderness —which would be the only
consequence of arming the negroes and exciting
a servile war—and all these States would prefer
an independent civilized neighbor to trade with
lather than a wilderness to garrison. Throughout
this war we have seen this motive of self-interest
active. It is not respect for the Constitution or
fear of the consequences to civilization in the
South which have created the constant protests ;
against abolitionist sympathies in Europe, and ,
against enrolling, emancipating, or arming the ne
groes tu Ainenoa; it is that the men of business
at the North felt any violent aud revolutionary
abolition of slavery would make the South useless
to them for business purposes, and only a burden
to them financially.
It. is the turn of v the tide. If Mr. Lincoln can
not fill Union Square, we may be sure he will nev
er be able to fill the roll call of new levies.. Such
is the levity and caprice of the American populace
that it is impossible to foresee irotu hour to hour
what may happen. If, however, Lite mass is real'y
tired of the war, they will not be long in letting
us know the fact. The first courageous voice
which strikes the popular key will call forth a iuli
chorus. It is not, however, Confederate victories,
nor is it, as we think at this moment, foreign in
tervention which will hasten this consummation.—
It is the constantly arriving .ship loads of wasted
and death-stricken victims from the swampS of the
South, and it is the wounded and too loquacious
volunteers who have escaped from before Rich
mond who will most certainly spread anv newly
born feeling old sgust for the war, and destroy
the hopes of recruiting officers. It may be some
time yet; we will not prophesy prophecies of thir
ty or ninety days; but every mail n-ow adds to
our hopes that tnissuummer will be the end of the
Ameticun civil war.
The Morning Lost (Lord Palmerston’s organ)
comments upon General Pope's proclamation that
his army fe henceforth to subsist on the country
in which it happens to be carrying on military op
erations. The Post says this means that the war
is henceforth to be u-ed in rapine, and that in fact
it presents the obvious resource ol a Government
whose credit is fat iug. The same journal reviews
i>. .loiuville.s own account of the departure
of the Orleans Princes from America, and says it
is really the most unfortunate and deplorable ae
count of the departure which has yet been given,
and quite explains the alleged refusal of President
Lincoln to receive the Princes in a farewell audi
ence.
Archbishop Hughes’ speech in Ireland is review
ed by the London Time* in a very severe article.
It savs:
The Representative of a nation which disclaims
So indignantly any interference in their domestic
concerns, alter paying a compliment to the Irish
in gere-ial, who are ‘’ever low.l if vou gi\e‘ them
the opt. on unity ,”p % ocueded in the following strain :
“ The Irish have in many instances, as I have the
strongest iea?t*ns for Knowing, entered into this
war partly to make themselves apprentices, stu
dents, -as it were, finishing their education in this
the first oppot trinity oil -red them of becoming
thoroughly acquaint! and with the implements of
war.” . j
To any one who knows tint composition of our
regiments, or the proportion of all military and
naval commands at present held bv Irishmen, such
an assertion is nothing more nor less than an un
blushing ami impudent falsehood. To the thous
antis of Irishmen, who are happily desirous of
“becoming thoroughly acquainted with the imple
ments of war, ’ the services «f their sovereign
has always been open, ai.4 has always been eager
ly embraced by them.
But what can Archbishop Hughes mean by his
knowledge of the motives which have actuated 1
Irishmen to take service under the Stars and
Stripes? Why was such a sentiment applauded
to the echo by the little seditious coterie whom '
he happened to be accidently addressing? The i
audience evidently needed no interpreter of words
in themselves somewhat enigmatical. We are
forced to believe that the Archbishop has suddenly
divested himself of his character as the emissary j
aud "friend ol peace,” and that he was hinting, !
not obscurely, at certain treasonable designs which j
have always been notoriously based upon the ex- j
| pectatious of American sympathizers. How ut- '
terly futile would be any such attempts, we are
happily ail aware.
But we would ask whether it is consistent with
common decency of behavior that a prelate dis- i
patched to Europe for the sole purpose of concil- i
to Ids employers the good will and moral
support of the European Powers, should the
first opportunity to avow in public his expectation
of a coming rupture with England. We have that
opinion of the discretion of the Envoy himself,
that his prognostication, whether for good or evil,
me to us a matter of consummate of indifference
But we put it those who have sent him across the
Atlantic, whether the cause which they have at
heart is lively to he furthered by the indulgence
ou the part of their chosen emissary of fanfaronades
which, if they mean anything at all, mean gross
impertinence on the part of the speaker, and rank
seditiou. upon the part of his hearers. Were Arch
bishop Hughes the mouthpiece of his own senti
ments stone, we should have deemed him unwor
thy ot notice; but he is here confessedly in a semi
official capacity, and is either acting according to
bis instructions or should be promptly visited with
censure and disavowal.
For Saving Bacon.— Make a solution of salt iu
hot water (heat raised as high as the fire will make
it), put the pork in (he hot brine, with as much
animal heat as possible. Let the hams and shotil
: ders be kept ili three minutes and a half, and then
, bang them up immediately and smoke them, and
you have a choice article of bacon in a very short
time to what you will by the usual process, as wel
as saving four fifths of your salt. Chas. Courier
Arrests are continually being made in
Kentucky and Ci cinnati. Forty-four per
sons were put in the county jail of Hamil
ton, Ohio, during one week, suspected of be
ing disloyal, thirty-six of whom were males,
und females.
TlcUellan’* Departure.
Dr. Minge, who has been at Westover nearly
ever siuce the arrival of McClellan's army there,
has-strived in this city. He reports that the last
of the Yaukee army has left, leaving behind a
u muiber of stragglers anti deserters. The grouud
where ttoey last camped is strewn with castoff
uniforms, broken aud injured muskets, crackers,
Ac. The doctor saw nineteen Yankees throw their
muskets in the water and swim a creek in desert
ing. With the exception of testrictiou upon his
liberty, I)r. Miuge was well treated by the general
officers with whom he caine in contact. Nearly all
of them, particularly Gens. Kearney and Fitzjohn
Pqrtcr, behaved as gentlemen. Tue loriuer re'
marked one day that the Confederates bad one
advantage over the Federal?, and that was, if one
ot tneir Generals was killed they had abundance
| of good ones to till his place, which was not the
ease with their enemies. He also remarked when
he ai rived at Westover, alter the seven days
lighting, that by all the rules of war there would
be a battle there in six hours, and offered to .'end
Dr. M.’s wife away irom there for safety. All
seemed supiised that the Confederates did not
pursue the Federal armv.
When our artillery shelled the camp at West
over, at night, all in Mrs. Selder/s house retreated
into the cellar ; but, upon a Yaukee officer declar
ing that if a candle, left burning up stairs, was
not put out, he would “blow the d—d house up,”
Dr. M. had to go up stairs, through the iron raiu,
and extinguish the light. Everything In the vicin
ity of the late camping ground is utterly destroyed.
Dr. M. was sent tor by one of the Geuerals to esti
mate and receive compensation tor his property
which was seized for the u-e of the army ; but
learning that the oath of allegiance was oue of the
conditions, promptly told the officer that he gave
up all, and, more than that, would give up his hie,
before he would take it.
Desertions were numerous, and one Yankee
soldier paid as high as S4O in gold for an old suit
of citizens’ clothes, in which to pass the picket.
On the first of the lour very hot days during the
stay of the army, the sick list was '665, and by the
1 fourth day it ran up to 1,068. The country is
! literally dotted with Yankee graves, many ot them
1 hardly covering the bodies. From one he saw the
uose ol a corpse protruding, and from another a
i pair of legs encased in boots. -
Some of the gunboats are still lying off West
over, and on one of them was a son of Mrs. James
i Selden, who is in the U. S. Navy. The commander
1 of the lieet sent word ashore a day or two since
that it he saw parties of more than three or four
persons on land, that he would shell the mansion
! (Mrs. Selden’s) at Westover.— Richmond Dispatch,
Aug. 26th.
Important Jrrovt-An Old Traitor.
Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.
Columbus, August 13th.—The arrest of Dr. Ed
son B. Olds, of Lancaster, last night, became
known here this morning. The warrant was
signed by C. P. Wolcott, Assistant Secretary of
War, and stated the cause to be disloyalty, using
treasonable language and interfering with enlist
ments. It was placed in the hands of W. I’. Scott,
of the national detective police, and assistant, who
reported here at noon yesterday. They left here
at 2 P. M., accompanied by Col. Bliss, and were
driven thirty miles to Lancaster, making but one
change of horses on the road.
The arrest was made at 10 P. M., Dr. Olds being
in bed at the time. Resistance was ottered, and
the chamber door had to be broken open. A
crowd was raised by the cry of “fire,” and some
threats were made of rescue, but none attempted.
Olds attempted to throttle the assistant detective,
but was compelled to desist by the presentation of
a pistol by Scott.
The only other parties in the house were his
daughter and son in law, who were bitter in de
nunciation.
The crowd collected by the cry of fire were
aboat equally divided for and against the arrest.
One man, as the party left the house, asked Olds
if they should rescue. His name was taken, and
Scott threatened to shoot the first man who made
the attempt.
In making the arrest Scott was struck by Olds
or his son in law, with a tongs. The firmness of
the officers subdued Olds and his friends, and the
party drove oft’ without further obstructions. The
with their prisoner arrived here at 4 P.
M., and were immediately transterreu to the oicrc
land train en route for Fort Lafayette.
[All this parade made over the arrest of a harm
less old gentleman for exercising the freedom of
speech guaranteed to him bv the Constitution !]
Counterfeit Treasury Notes.
For teii days past there has been a pain
ful panic in the money circles of this city,
caused by a lh>w upon the town of counter
feit twenty, fifty and hundred dollar Confed
erate Treasury Notes, of Superior design
and finish. These notes found their way in
to the brokers’ offices, tfie banks, and even
into the Confederate Treasury itself. So
serious bus the evil become, that the Treasu
ry has found it necessary, with a view to the
purging of our currency, to call in all the
notes of the manufacture of Hoyer & Lud
wig, of the denominations mentioned. The
Treasurer’s advertisement will be found in
auother column. The spurious notes have
been traced to Atlanta, Ga., from which
town, or its neighborhood, they are believed
to have issued.
The counterfeit notes are unlike the gen
uine in many respects, but chiefly in that
they are of much superior workmanship.—
In every point of difference they have the
advantage of Hoyer k Lubwig’s commodity.
The figures of animals are distinct, and the
etchings elegant, and it is matter of wonder
that men who dould execute work so superi
or to that for which the Confederacy is pay
ing fortunes, should have betaken theui
; selves to the precarious and dangerous busi
ness of counterfeiting. —Richmond Exam
iner.
A Daring Spy Hung.—A man named
Mason a resident of Fairfax county, Ya.,
I but a native of Pennsylvania, was hung near
Gordonsville a few days since. The division
commanded by Gen Dong Street was pushing
for a point which it was known the enemy
desired to reach and occupy. As the col
umn was presssing forward, a courier, pre
tending to have orders from Gen. Lee, halt
ed each brigade until be reached the last,
when Lougstreet, observing the movement,
' desired to know what it meant. He was
told that General Lee had ordered the halt,
and upon demanding to know the authority
for the order from General Lee, was pointed
| to the courier, who had not had time to make
j bis escape. The man was immediately ar
| rested by Lougstreet, who frustrated his de
signs. He was examined and condemned
on the spot. Forged orders to both Jackson
and Hill were found on his person, those for
Lougstreet having been delivered, and be
acknowledged that he had been acting as a
Confederate scout for eleven months, and
; all that time was a traitor and a spy. He
was then condemned and executed in about
fit teen minutes. —R icu mond Dispatch, 27 th:
Blacking.—A correspondent sends one
of our contemporaries the following :
Fill a snuff bottle nearly full of soot, from
a common chimney, put in a good driuk ot
whiskey and the same quantity of vinegar,
shake it well and you have a first-rate bot
tle of glossy blacking.— Exchange.
MACON, GEORGIA:
Wednesday, September 3. 1S(!2.
rNfPfQjrtng to an accident t> our presa, a por
eiomof our edition has beea delayed several boms,
and may not be received by subscribers at the
usual time.
BLANKS•
For Magistrates, Attorneys, Ordinaries, and for
all other purposes, for sale at this office—probably
the most complete assortment in the State.
Al o, CHECKS on the Banks and Agencies
of this city.
JOB PRINTING of every description, on
paper suited to the present and better times will
be done promptly, in InJ: of every color in use.
would direct the attention of our rcade
ers to the card of the Rev. C. W. Howard, to be
found in our columns to-day.
pT We wound refer such Plauters as have fur
nished Negroes to work, on the defences about
Savauuah, to the advertisement of Dr. T. A. Par
sons, in our paper to-day, with regard the mode
pointed out for receiving their hire.
DEATH OF PHILIP X. SJHLEY, ESQ.
He died in Savannah, on the 81st. ult. aged 6 4
years. He was a well known citizen, and distin
guished as an Attoruy, and as a prominent and
zealous member of the Masonic l raiernitv ; having
held high positions in its i. i ks for many ytar>. —
Among them, he was Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge o." Georgia .'even years and the piesiding
officer of the Grand Council, and Grand H'gh
Priest of the Grand Chapter of the state at the
lime of his death.
Another Victory in Virginia.
We have an important dispatch from our ar
mies in Virginia, announcing, what we are led to
believe, is a great victory, obtained by Generals
Jackson and Lorigstreet, over Pope and McClel
lan. The extreme modesty with which all such
accounts have been announced, from these Gene
rals induce us to believe this. Any thing that
Jackson has permitted to be given to the public
of hrs successes has never grown less, by receiv
ing further accounts, and the particulars. There
can be no doubt, hut an important victory has
been achieved, and we can confidently wait for
fuller accounts. The following is the only one
yet • received, and is from highest authority:
Richmond, Sept. I.— The following dispatch was
received by the President this morning about 6
o’clock :
Headquarters Army Northern A'a., )
Groveton, Aug. SOth, 10 o’clock, p. m., -
Via Rapidau, Sept. Ist. )
To President Davis —This army achieved, on
the Plain-! of Manassas, a signal victory over the
combined forces ot Gens. McClellan and Pope on
the 2Sth and 29th. Each w ing under Gen. Long
street and Jackson repulsed with valor the attacks
made on them separately. We mourn the loss ol
our gallant dead in every conflict, yet our grati
tude to Almighty God lor His mercies rises higher
each day. To Him, and to the valor of our troops
a nation’s gratitude is due.
[Signed] 11. E. Lee.
P. S.—A dispatch received yesterday announces
a complete victory.
GOOD PAYING SUBSCRIBERS
Thc*B.irnwell, S. 0. Sentinel boasts of a subscri
ber that has paid his subscription to May 24, 1864.
This is very well, but we can beat that with one
Ol' our aubriorilAore. P. 11. Ilo'.vo, ,of Dublin,
Laurens county, has paid his subscription to S-p
timber 16th, 186.4—thus, placing himself at the
head of our list, is a good insurance of his life
lor that period.
While we have t© give up to the Savannah Repub
lican with regard to a “two hundred dollar pay
ment in advance from a single subscriber,” we
must be permitted to entertain a doubt if there be
not a fly in the case, and that it might be made
less questionable by further explanation.
The Republican publishes the following :
“Mr. John Foreman, who re-ides aL SJverton, in
this District, has paid us lor the Sentiuel up to die
24th of May, 1864. We doubt if there is a news- I
paper published in the Confederacy that can noayt i
of-anything to equal the example set by Mr. Fore
man.”—JJarnicell (.S'. C.) Sentinel.
We can remove your doubts with a word : We
vetterday received from a single subscriber, at
Chattanooga, two hundred dollars, payment in ad
vance lor the Daily Republican.
Every subscriber who reads this and owes
us live dollars or more, we hope will send it to us *
immediately, and someone come in competition
with Mr* Rowe, or even with the Savannah Re
publican.
COUNTERFEITERS IN ATLANTA.
The Confederacy has the following notice of the
individuals arrested in that city, on the charge of
circulating counterfeit Confederate bills.
They ate quite numerous —something over a
dozen persons having been taken into eu-tody.—
We hear that the ievelopeuients are quite start
ling in their character. We consider it our duty
in the present stage of the investigations to give
no particulars of what we hear. We will also say
tlrat we do not*offi dally or certainly know the na
ture of the charges or what has been developed.
A board of officers are making the investigation,
and everything connected with the affair is very
properly withheld from the public.
The following items are from the Chatta
nooga Rebel, of the 28tb instant;
\\ e understand that a dispatch from Gen
eral Kirby Smith was received here an
nouncing the capture of a train of four hun
dred wagons and a. thousand mules, by his
forces in the rear of Cumberland Gap. The
wagons were laden with stores and muni
tions for General Morgan. Morgan will
soon have to capitulate, if this be so.
There is a rumor that Butil is concentra
ting a large force {estimated at 15,000 or
20,000 noops) at Pelham, on the other side
of the mountain, and about fourteen miles
from the Nashville Railroad. A gentleman,
who left that neighborhood at 10 o’clock
yesterday morning, saw the entire force
that was at Battle creek going there, and
four brigades were already in that place.
From the Northwest. —Advices from Staunton
furnish us the intelligence that some five hundred
refugees from Northwestern Virginia have ariived
in that town within the past week. They are
principally from Harbour and Randolph counties,
and representatives of the loyal portion of the
copulation of fh'at region. Thev state that those
w ho have heretofore been loud in their professions
of devotion to the old Union are now availing
themselves of every opportune v to dodge the dialt
which has beer, oidered in the Pierpuint realm*.
Many of them would gladly become converts to
>outhernism bu r that they 'ear their guilt is too
‘••ell known to admit of an easy pardon.— Rich.
Dispatch.
UI( Ifi nON D < «Kl|
Hr
Rich mono, Ya a,,..
m, ‘H Ik
there are many rureots on the s*
It is Paid that MUp.Tcltan, with *r> \ HR
inen is at Fredericksburg, an j a ■■
which has offered bv Lontrur .
at or near fhvderi k -burg is q;fit* ~ , ‘
the mighty has fallen! Oj,lv a - » Bft
and this, 100, "- : «hout a battle k- h|
pula with mi army of
was never surpassed in ,i.i *
war. Now behold him drf u. > ;
disorganized. His loss on the p t . _ H
himself was luOJmO men. M• » , sV Hflj
.over that region since his tight, , gaga
rally a city of the dead. * HH
It is further said that Jack- , n
tie with Pope, a lew Jiy > .-1: ... , ....... BB|
of the enemy ; this, howev ■*., , VHHj
The brilliant exploit of G >• . HI
lust, is the theme ofc much pr.iG, t Se
Station on the Alexandria A ' .• H|
completely surrounded about H
putting ttieni to llight, ..nh mat.;. HB
about 4UO piisoners, among thru, H
missioned officers, >in 1 1 < |B|
United States and specie, Hz
Commissary stores, the servant, Ur-. , mm
coat, Ac , of Gen. l’ope, and wh.u .< , . H
more importance, their mail bug, c BK
important papers. The coat m p,.p e H
this city ;it was sent by Gen. Soar, a, A _ H
to Gov. Letcher. The loss on our side H
trifling—two men, l believe. B
Whilst it is difficult to get accurate B
concerning the movements of the u- ; , B
uiies, it may be relied on as certain tn: ~ B
making a precipitate retreat, hotly H
Jackson, that he will, if possible, avoid a be.B
he is reinforced by Lincoln's new lcvi r ,. ( B
thought by many that Jackson will force hm ; . to ■
an engagement before he can be reinforced. ; B
believe that if mortal man can do it Ja« fl
The great difficulty in operating iu the B
where they now are, and which is a raoit „•:« I
subject for consideration in connection « I
future movements, is the want ot supplies. R, I
the vandalism of the enemy the whole section <: I
country has been made desolate—luardcr E
rapine mark his footsteps. B
Congress is engaged on several impott.u.t • H
ures —nothing has yet been aceonqdi'ht .. : Bj
seem, however, from its action thus far, that ;U B
President will be authorised, whenever he ::,jt Bj
deem it necessary to increase our nrun by o ,n; Bj
out perhaps 200,000 men, to be taken from urn B
class between tlu* ages ol 3J and 10. Aston.. I
these men w ill be conscripted or called out thro -js I
State agencies,'there seems to be a ditTeionce of ■
opinion. lam inclined to the opinion that . ; I
conscription act will be extended to this cii --
True the constitutionality of the act is doubt'd br
some, I'Ut the more practical, and by far t a
jority, 1 think, arc not inclined to disc .-n ,
questions of constitutional law or State soven-icatj
till these privileges bhiill have been m liiercd.
It is thought Congress will adojd the resolution
of Gen. Foote, which requests tin: Trteidci if he
should think it compatible with t:,c poll t re-t
to i"ue a Proclamation to the peoj •tl N .nh
west, promising that if they will de.-ist irom the
war now being waged against us, the Cotibdm v
will enter into the most favorable couimereial un
ties with them, and securing to them, for all lime,
the free and uninterrupted uav’gatiou of the .Vi ••
pi;-sip pi river.
Tliat there is a reaction in the North, . r
in the Northwest in favor of peace, I in. s-j
doubt. It is, or ouglit to be plain to every v
that we can not be subjugated, that our oro- u
of success arc brighter to-day than ever U
th it the enemy, from a formidable, advancngiti
high spirited army have been greatly rod;, c. n.d
are retreating with di-may and di-content he'or*
i tlie most courageous army the world have tier ]
| seen.
I A young man, of good family, from Moi.q 1 tin 1 *
i ry, Ala., belonging to the Washington Arii; rr,
j was permitted by one of the Clerk.- in the I’o*t
I Office of this city, to go within the envlt'sure,
j which is prohibited from ail persons, except '■■ ■’-
connected with the office, and several letters hav
ing been abstracted, suspicion at hist re.-' and on ihe
young Alabamian, and w as watched and uncover
ed iii his room opening the letters that h> had
j-tolen, doubtless hoping to find me. 7- h wa3
at once arrested and is now in jail. H * loiA.tsh
#it is in any man to allow the express regulxlioia*of
an establ shment to be violated by any oi
sure to lead to evil. h.
IVison <!*■*.
Two hundred and twelve prisoners, a! ut
one hundred of whom were from Pop* - at*
my, the balance being from Western Virgin
ia , were brought down by the Central trail
Saturday evening. There were iu tLe. ’»
three of Pope’s commissioned ofii< r-.
of whom, a lieutenant, had received a severe
sabre cut across the head.
The prisoners state that much ill f
exists between the officers and pnvat *•
growing out of (he difference of to a ;
meted out to ttie two classes when capture!
by us. The officers insisting that th y were
excusable for running, and the men .-wear
ing that if the officers ran they wo mu rua
too.
As the ptrisonoers got out of the cars a
citizen enquired of a private, where his 1 M"
tain was. * The fellow replied that h*. <i- 1 a
know, but thought it very likely, it : U L
tain had continued to run as he wad -G
when he saw him last, that he wa- ! . v y
time somewhere in the neighborhood otlLy
ton Common. — Rich. Examiner, A :*”
Counterfeiter II ung.--Richard, on a J n
I Louis Napoleon, the counterfeiter c n>
some months ago of uttering forged G
crate notes, was publicly hung in
on Friday last. Previous to bis exec a * •-»
be bad made a full confession ot hi- g
lie is the first utterer of counterfeit
who has ever suffered the extreme
law in the Confederate States, and tu " •* •
ness with which the jury brought in a Y
diet of guilty in bis case, furnished grat.yG
evidences of the fact that the Lw a y ‘“”_
counterfeiting Treasury notes will be
forth rigorously enforced.
The Talladega Reporter says that L - D *
John Bell, of Tennessee, who has been c &
polled to leave his home in consequent
the occupancy of the Yankees, is at L’'
sojourning at Talladega. The .
have robbed him of about 40 negrot's au
SBO,OOO of other property.