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The Fiag or Peace.—We copy this mornf
!d" a bold and significant article from the New
ark (N. J.) Journal.' As remarked by a contem
porary, it is the first clear and distinct note of
■—in— peace we have heard from the North. More
follow it. This war is so palpably ruinous
and utterly unproductive of good to the North,
that every sensible man is bound to deprecate
its continuance. All that has been needed
heretofore is a man of- influence who is bold
enough to make the declaration. He has rea
sons for it that no logic can overthrow, and
r . * | i,: which are obliged,to.control the judgment and
•- ^r jnove the heart. We mention the prediction,
and here put it on record, that if the Lincoln
IS government dees not consent to peace with the
Confederates before the close of the year, it
will be utterly overthrown by a revolution"';at
the North.
* The mistake committed, though, by all the
opponents of the war at the North, the Jo:;r-
* fSgpBS nnl among lhcn», is to suppose that au old and
- broken down jjnrty organic!Ion can be used as
the instrument fer putting it down. They
X must organize an a higher basis, and appeal to
. • .1 •something stronger than party tics—especially
-X.X of a party that has become odious and almost
V* - • extinct in every State of the North—before they
will be able to accomplish anything for the
country. Their true policy is to organize a
Peace party, a party of Truth, Justice and Polit
ick Redemption, wholly disconnected with past
political struggles and prejudices, and call it
by what new name they will, it is bound to sne-
. cced in the end. All patriotic axd sensible
4 meft will come to It in the end, whether they be
Democrats or Republicans. It were madness
e52*-;~ to drive them avfr.y from tho truth, by Lhrow-
t ang odious names in their faces, and reviving
A Associations foil of bitterness and rancor. Is
vtlicre hd statesmen at the North that will lead
for r-ucl^an organizatidn ?
e 9 u:i Despatches will be found unu-ually
interesting this morning. The Yankees pre-
^-sent us with quite a catalogue of Confederate
• ’ achievements, which we 3-ad not heard ot be
fore. The news from 13 e Tennessee river is ex
cellent, Willi all their quartermaster and com
missary' stores destroyed, a heavy Confederate
5 .force at Tuscumbia, and the railroads into Ken
tucky broken up, it is difileult to see how
'•-Buell will manage to subsist much longer, ex
cept at cur expense.
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V V ' Evacuation of Yo'kktown.—The Petersburg
“Express” states it j^s. the opinion of persons
residing in tho vicinity of Yorktown, that that
* place has been evacuated by the enemy'. There
are no Yankee troops now in Gloucester coun
ty, and it is thought tho lower Peuinsula will
- y be, if it has not been already abandoned.
•j£, Personal.—Lieutenant Catesby Jones, the
L > Z > . 'gallant second officer on board tho Virginia, in
['■•I’V" her glorious cruiza in Hampton .'loads, anther
: »• "Njommander during a good portion of the figh^-
^A-^kJWfe§4feCapti Buchanan w^s founded, bag h^~ cj
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the "Vyest.
• The Nassau papers announce the death in
that port of Capt. James McBurnie, of the ship
j i j t y lloscoe, on the 18th ult., and Capt. James
f ? j- / Hastey, of the L. S. Stanley on the 2fld ult.
. Letter from itoo Firtlctli Georgia —
meat.
’■'*$£ V •'CamP' seven miles below Rjcumoi
-CAliP"SEVEN MILES BELOW KICHMOND, )
\*T _ .. July 80.-1SG3. }
' Mr. Editor:—Sir: I write you to urge upon
the people of the up-co-iinJry', through your
papor the necessity of entering at ouce up
on the distillation of their peach and ap-
^Ic crop.' The immediate use of spirits in
some .instances have done an’injury to the
service <no doubt, but the great want, the
• absolute" necessity for stimulants, with llie
common- fare that we have in camps, is no
i longer *a question. The soldiers cannot do
without it. lain connected with the medical
departmeat of the service, atul know what Isay.
We must have some life imparting principle
otheV thau what we have, or scores upou scores
will go down that might otherwise stand the
^service.' My whole life has been devoted to
habits of temperance. In fact, it never entered
- - my mind* up 1° the last few months, that I
wouMever pen a line to any one upon a subject
of this sort. The medical department should
control the use of spirits in the camps alone.
The use of it would not then be likely to so
many abuses. Some of our bountiful corn crops
should be made into whisky also.
^ -r Richmond is one vast hospital. All is being
*• done that can be for the relief of the suffering.
A large force left here a day or two since—18,-
000 or 20,000—to reinforce Jackson, it is said.
Jackson i&.the man of tqe war. It is said here
that when hoewas about to leave for the valley,
. he^wrote to the^ditor3 and told them that if his
$ j. Jiange, was mentioned during his absence, he
‘ i . .would hang the manslbat <Rd it on his return.
jh£ ]. .This may or maymtflftie true. . At any rate, the
jjj ’■ j * '^editors say nothing of-him.
'i .A ivyrgoo# strong articles on the whisky qries-
i j :tioni anit'ypu will do a God’s service to suffer-
[ ! ling; humanity, IJutve ho doubt, I have been
a oyer a week; my confidence in our
m. 'ability-to defend cur beloved South is stronger
V ever before. The troops are generally^in
g'( "good spirits. Respectfully yours; &c.,
\ D. W. Brandon,
f - ’ Surgeon 50th Rcgt. Ga. Vol.
AATUnky^Indians.—Information having
eat'to this pity that the Federal army,
while' operating on the Chickahominy, was
oted and aided by the Papaunky Indians, de-
itive officer George W- Thomas was : dispatch-
last week to Kiug William county, with a
?jsquad of men, for the purpose of arrcsting.such
of’the mongrel tribe as were engaged in the
business.- The party entered the village on
4 Friday night, and captured eleven, ohe of whom
■A- escaped on the way back, and three more were
'discharged after an, examination at King Wil
liam Court House,' while the remaining six
5 - were brought on to Richmond* where they are
j. v are now held as prisoner?. We understand
■ l * that they acknowledge the charge alleged
"against them, but urge as..an excuse that they
; were forced into the Federal service. Twp citi-
s zens of King William, named Lipscomb, charg-
[ ed with holding intercourse with the enemy,
\ were arrested and brought up at the same time.
: ' 1 Rich. Dispatch.
Sad Story.—The JRome tGa.)if3ontherner on
the 20th ot June published the marriage of A.
Bl Ross to Miss Lizzie McConnico. the
: lSth-of July ft published the death of thebrider
grobm, and on thb 22d ot July the death of the
bride. A brief and sad story.
bly of Georgia.
The right of the people tol&lect their public
servants—men to fill high places of honor and
trust—i3 a privilege of no ordinary character,
and, if properly and wisely exercised, a great
blessing. This exalted privilege, however, is
sometimes used without due reflection and
sufficient consideration, and, instead of a bles
sing, proves a curse. It is, therefore, hoped
you will pardon the writer for calling your at
tention to a matter of importance net only to
you and those you represent, but of great in
terest to the entire confederacy.
At the meeting of the next session of the.
General Assembly ot Georgia j’oa wiil have, in
discharging your duties as ihe immediate repre
sentatives of the people, to perform the high
obligation of electing a Senator to represent,
in part, the Slate of Georgia in the Confederate
Slates Senate ; and the liDerty is now taken of-
directing your attention to that subject, that
you may go to Millcdgeville, after having, each
member for himself, lul.y and maturely re
flected upon this matter, prepared to act in a
way that will redound to the best interest of
the whole people. Aud to this end, allow an
humble citizen of the SLate respectfully to
make a few suggestions for your cousiaerniion.
A Senator in Congress should posse ss certain
qualifications not mentioned in the Coasiitu-
ii--n, aud widen, unfortunately, are not always
enjoyc- by those who occupy that high posi
tion. He 6hould be a sober man. No one
shou’d be allowed to have a scat in the Senate
who is liable to have his mind beclouded aud
his step made unsteady by the use of intoxicat
ing drinks. V^no would employ a man to at
tend to aay great aud important private busi
ness who wa. in the habit of becoming drunk
in his own house, in bar rooms, or arouud a
table with “jolly companions.” A Senator’s
life should snow him to be in no tiaeger of
this.
He shr-rid be a man of good character in
private life, of moral integrity and uprightness—
a man on whose word great reliance can be
placed, and whose whole life shows him to be in
capable of defrauding the government himself or
allowing it .in others—a man, morally honest,
with the nerve to do right and to condemn that
which is wrong—one too pure lor the unprin
cipled and vicious to dare approach with an
overture to countenance, -«vcn by sliencn, p.
corrupt or wicked measure—-one v. ho has tco
high and exalted a sense of honor aud justice to
be induced to bend the kuee, “ that thrift may
follow fawning.”
A Senator should be a man of intelligence, c-f
general information, well acquainted with the
history of his own country, as well as the his
tories of all the mor-t important countries of
Europe—a man of thought and re-earcli, of
towering and gijJShtia ability, of splendid intel
lect, with a well cultivated mi:id ; with a capa
city lor any position—surpassed by none,
equalled by few.
A Senator should be a man with ability to
put his thoughts in chaste, beautiful aud forci
ble language in writing, when neccssaiy, aud
the power to express them with f uea and elo
quence orally on the floor of t
chamber.
. A Senator sh aid be a man who brlongs to
no cue—who has no master, v.'hty; thinks lor
himself, and has the fearless independence to
give expression to his opiuions when occasion
requires. A man who Ins never made politics
a trade, nor sought oiliee as a livelihood.
And as wo now have In the Senate from Geor
gia, Mr. Hill, who was a Bell man and was not
a S ccssiooist, tho other Senator should be one
who supported Brcckinrldgb, and who openly
declared-liimselt in favor of secession in the
event of Lincoln’s election. One who has
proved his laiili by his works—who has left
home and easo aud gone into the service ol his
country, and has done all in his power to aid
Lhe government to drive back the invader aud
establish our independence.
A Senator should be a man of v. hviR.*cyo*.y
1J V * J. I * V ...i.i- wlli’in-
idUOT, mTeiligcnce, intellect, eloquence,
•/'powers of argument, capacity lor repar-
and invective would place him so high that
Impressment of slaves.
Mr. Editor :—That there is considerable dis
satisfaction in the middle counties of this State
in regard to Gen. Mercer’s requisition upon the
planters for twenty per cent, of their .working
negroes, with a threat of-impressment if not
furnished voluntarily, is undeniable. But this
dissatisfaction may, in a greht • degree, be re
moved, if a conciliatory course should be pur
sued by the Commanding General from whom
the order emanates.
One ground of complaint is, that the call is
made upon planters at a Ume.w*ien they need
all the labor they can command to save their
fodder. Aud this has been made the subject of
ridicule and the occasion of much sarcasm,
What! talk about saving fodder, when our
commercial emporium is threatened, aud needs
all the labor which can be had to complete i®
defences immediately ? What is fodder in com
parison with the safety of Savannah ?
That the safety of Savannah is of infinitely
mere importance thau ail the forage which can
be saved by all the slaves in Georgia, is readily
co"ceded; but still the ground of complaint
on the part of the planters js deserving of con
sideration,* and, if that can be satisfactorily
removed, they will doubtless yield a ready
compliance with the requisition ol the order
cahing tor a portion of.ihcir slaves to labor on
the defenses of 3avannah.
The people have been urged time and again
to save all the fodder and hay' aud forage of
every kind iq their power. It is known that in
compliance with another request, made upon
them, they have planted almost all their ground
in corn, and very little in cotton. They have
near a double corn crop on baud, and this
greatlv increases the quantity of fodder to be
saved,’all of which will be needed if this un
holy war shall continue. And now, when the
time for saving fodder is upon them, they have
a double quantity to ba saved, and in fact need
an increase qf force to do it, they are called
upon to diminish that force 20 per cent. Have
they not some reason to complain ?
Again: They are u ••■•d to dry peaches and
other fruit to be fund . •! to our soldiers in
the field for the preser\:* : . om of their health.
Their peaches arc at this lime ripe and ripen
ing—fodder and peaches will not wait to be
saved—they must be saved at the proper time,
or not at all.
As it is essential for tho large number of
[Front'd!® Newark (N. J.) Journal, (Democrat),j
Shall tills War ever Cease ?
Napoleon once said—“America is a fortunate
country* for she thrives by the follies of
our European countries.’’ But, alas! now
she has reversed her policy, and instead of
thriving by avoiding these follies, she has not
only adopted them, war, taxes, oppressions,
but she has gone a step farther, and is endeav
oring to destroy her own liberties, the libeities
of white men, in order to strengthen or secure
those of the black race. The history of man
kind presents us .with many insane follies of
nations;, but none equal in insanity to this
stapondous folly of Republican America, in
this noon of the nineteenth century'. A vear
and a half f go, the American Republic, with*
the motto “E Plaribus Hnum” flaming in her
beak, was developing her resources of mind
and body, with an external force, and an inter
nal freedom, that had never a parallel in the
world’stiistory. “A continent and two oceans,”
said the London Times, “are in the bauds of
this people.” With a most heroic past, we had
the promise of a most glorious future. At
peace with all the world, aud with ourselves—
the terror of the nations—a career of national
prosperity was opening before us unlimited in
extent, rivalling in happiuess the fabled Uto
pias of the pools. Out of the ones unknown
wilderness,'- in less thau three centuries, a
mighty empire had arisen. Upon the scarcely
rotted reofs of the primitive forest, } proud,
cities ^tDO^-tqamiaat-with^asjPrllfes
ing like tbe pfairie grass In the springs The
boldest and rrrost enthusiastic speculator could
have scarcely .ventured to, prodict the destiny
of this country, if integrity had continued to
govern'her deliberations, and wisdom had pre
vailed in her councils. Her Worst enemy, as
hp looked out upon the vaft inheritance ol this
people,,stretching from the Atlantic seaboard
to the Pacific, from its inlaul seas aC the North
to the Floridiau reefs, with all its teemUg mil
lions, and all its evidences of prosperity every
where, must have been compelled to exclaim,
with Ball, the eon of Poor, as ho looked out
upon the tent9 of Israel, whitening all the j
plains of Moab, “who. can count the dust ot |
Jacob, or the number of the fourth part ol
TBMSO-HAPHIC.
11 > 31 pT'.
Skirmishing with Pope's Forces.
A Great Battle Imminent.
The rpesirtent determined to lletaliate.
[Special despatch to the Savannah itopnblican.]
Richmond, Aug. 8.—The kail h about to be opened
between Stonewall Jackson aud Pope. Heavy sk rm_
phiiig la now going on between the two forces at
Orange Co art House. The Confoder-tas are getting
the advantage and a general engagement is thought to
be imminent.
The President ba3 dii'ccted General 3Leo to transmit
liis order regarding Po.:e and 3teinwcr to the Federal
authorities, and says titer the receipt of the order, if
they do not reverse their policy, Uo will be forced to ro-
Uliul-x P. W. A.
Important from Virginia and the North.
Release of Casfcdcraie Prisoners,
Negotiations,about Butler.
, [Special des. alcli to tho Savannah Republican.
Richmond, Aug. 4.—Tho Confederate prisoners at
Balii aero and "Washington have been released, and
arc now cn route lor home. They left thoso places in
tue midst of great r« joic.ng. Federal prisoners are
sent from Richmond daily. .
Tno Confederate Government opened a correspon
dence w ;h the au.horities at Washington, enquiring
whef.xr Bu.lei's conduct is sanctioned. No answer
Imi g teen receive j, another let.er was sent, in which
U.e President laid that farther silence would be con
strued as an end >r3ement ot Butler’s conduct.
braef As the valleys are they spread forth, as i :K P wsU »»« lo IiV WMUf . burn ' !rf!ro *
a -ohms by the river side, as trees of li-n aljcs , '» Jr - V ‘’ rfr ">»'» cit:»n»from Ih-.lr homos,
which the Lord hath planted, as cedar trees) Lincoln has issued an r-thcr proclamation warning
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none would ever lear his being overshadowed
by lha most gigantic mind, or all the intellects
iu the Senate combined. Fill up the picture,
the outlines of which I have so briefly and im
perfectly drawn, ar.d say whether such a u.au
will-suit you for a Confederate Slates. Senator.
And have we the nr-n V We have, and that man
is Dr. H. Y. M. Mh.er.
The writer has been acquainted v.i-h Dr. Sill
ier, for over a quarter of a century. -He studied
medicine in the county of Trdup with Dr. Thos.
Hamilton, aud g.-aduated at ihe Medie-1 Col
lege in -Charleston, in a class of thirty-nine,
with distinguished honor—receiving a beautiful
silver cup for the best English Dissertation.
And being unwilling to be merely a jihyslcian,
he went to Paris, where he spent seme time iu
prosecuting the studies of his profession. And
ho baa been .placed in uo position-—whether by
the side of his patient, in the use of t’.io sur
geon’s knife, in the lecture room us a Medical
Professor, on the it.imp before ihu^people, or
in the pulpit—wIkre ho has failed to display
learning and- dwlngaizhrd ability. Early in
the year 1881he was invited by the lamented
Bartow to cheep’- tho position of. Surgeon of
tlie gallant Slh Georgia Regiment, and being
lame lrom an injury received in chddhooJ, he
was j’ct unwilling to shrink from any duty his
country might require iu the hour of her sever
est trial. He accepted the position, but cne of
his mind could not long be kept in a place like
that. Those In authority had but to com
contact with him to see that iie wa-3 qualified
for a more enlarged sphere of usefulness, and
he has risen rapidly, until he now occupies one
of the highest positions in the Medical Depart
ment of the Confederate States Army.
Dr. Miller has never been au dike seeker,
was brought before the people ot the theu
Wth Congressional District of this State, for a
seat in Cohgrcss ia the year 1811, without his
solicitation, and the people of the district well
remember with what ability he conducted the
canvassr. He was the first to advocate, so far as
the writer knows or believes, the annexation of
Texas by Congress, instead of by treaty, which
required the concurrence of two-thirds of the
Senate. Since 1S14, he has never been be
fore the people as a candidate for office. He
has no taste for office seeking, while be hold in
condemnation the practice of it in others He
is incapable of resorting to the tricks of the
political demagogue to obtain place aud power.
No one who is well acquainted with Dr. Mil
ler, and who has capacity to form a correct
opinion, can fail to perceive that he posseses, iu
an cmineut degree, ability to fill, with credit to
himself and honor to his country, any position
within the gilt ot the people of this State or oi
the Confederate Slates.* lie has no superior, if
any equal, in the Slate; hut few, if any, peers in
the Confederacy. If such a man would not
most worthily represent lhe •great Slate of
Georgia irnthe Senate, we can-have no suitable
representative there. Think, reflect, consider
and act from judgment, aud all will be satisfied
with yonr decision.
In conclusion, the writer thinks *it proper to
b V 5 cT oea Dr * Miller but once in a
I? 1 * 65 r v< f then only for a few minutes, and
Js. entirely ignorant of his wishes^espeetuic
orscs used in the army to Lave a3
timouut of forage saved as possible, and as the
health of our soldiers requires as much fruit as
the planters will be aWe to have dried, thy
labor necessary lor these purposes ought not
to be interfered with, if it can be possibly avoid
ed. The)' arc crops which are soon gathered
and saved, if saved at ail—two weeks time will
near about suffice for both.
If, then, Gen. Mercer v/ouhi so modify his
order ns to permit the planters to retain their
negroes at home until their crops of fodder and
peaches arc saved, all ground of complaint
would be effectually removed, and !I.e planters
theu would respond readily and cheerfully to
his order. Then, having no cotton to be pick
ed, their slaves would be comparatively idle,
uc and the planters would glaelv .embrace the op
portunity to hire them where good wages can
be made, with a prospect of having them re
turned in time to gather their corn.
It is not believed that Gen. Mercer will un
necessarily harass tho people. He is an honor
able man, and is, doubtless, acting from a sense
of duty. No blame should l>e attached to him
for what he is attempting to do—but he will not
violate his duty, nor will he neglect putting
Savannah in a state of defence, il he will allow
the planters about two weeks before he calls
for their negroes. His order will then be readi
ly responded to by Middle Georgia.
Iasi of Casualties Sn llio 31st Georgia
Ecgliacnt.
COL. b. A. EVANS, COMMANDING. ON TIIE 2?m CT
JUNE, IN THE BATTLE AT COLD HARBOR..
Slightly wounded—Col Evans, in heel; Lieut
J A Byrne, under the chin.
COMPANY A—CAPT. FORRESTEli’s CO.
Killed—Henry Ellis.
Mortally wounded—F Overstreet aud John
Stone.
Severely wounded—Henry Thomas, John
Smith, II Mmeil, Timothy Smith, Gorpl F B
Wilkerson.
Slightly wounded—Graham Smith, Scrgt V
Stewart, John N Colo and Wallace Corbett,
co. b—capt. tride’s CO.
Mortally wounded—E A Seott.
Severely wounded—Lieut F P Johnson, W T
Pride, W J Bartlett, H T Hood, J F Parker, W
II Riddle.
Slightly wounded—Lieut J C Gian, W W
Broughton. T -J Harrell, M T Edge, J M Par
ker, W Stringfellow and \y I Wynn.
CO. C—CAPT, SANDERS’ CO.
Killed— Sergt M G Peters, Andrew Borland,
Abraham Hinson and J D Newton.
Severely wounded—Sergt A R Powell, Corp’l
J T Richardson, R H Newton and J P Powell.
Slightly wounded—Serges' R G McAllister,
W F Perry'; Corporal J'R Keitey, A Carmich
ael, W H Smith, William Thornton aud Wa
White.
CO. D—CAPT. SETTLES’ CO.
Killed—W W Sikes.
Severely wounded—W W Harrison, J J Hick
man, G L Hickman, J W Moran. Vv S O’Neal,
A J Sntton, W H Pringle. W M.Underwood, J
C Watkins, W W Wheeler, B F Wiles.
Slightly wounded—J F Evans, C E Under-
wooxl, W P Watts, J Wilder, Geo D Willett, J
L Wilson, J E Hanson.
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beside the waters. 1
n All this prosperity ard premise for th-2 full!
was the natural result of the constitution
poziey of ihe democratic party which had rub
lathe bar I .co Jong. Tout paryhcld as' 1 .}
pdl.cy C; Us creed a r.-.ric: const :uci 5 .~u of l!
Constitution; equal and exact ju-tiee t > a
who are ehtiLcd to its privileges; anlrgr.-l-
to all forms oi seelio-.nh-m based upon necLiii- | ' ;r 10 ein "- 11
ty to instituii <r.3 whose privileges were guara;:- i N uiu raus :
Lec.l by VieConbtiUnio.a. Had snHi policy been ' ot.
adhered to, this nation to day would have re- | the Feierd
m-jiaed a. united and a happy people. But *r.J <t;
sectional org-raiz-trion, professing lor the basis pw^j y n > {0
Oi its creed denial hostility to slavery, revolu- • ti’roi'tho IL'
tioniry iti its origin and Uosinicuvo in its l,
policy, proposed to govern this country by ' r,:n r ’*
Usurpation;-to overthrow aua set at nang t
every guarantee of the Constitution in refer
ence to fifteen Btatcs ol the Uuh>n ; to shut
them out cl the magnificent territories acquired
by tho common blood a:M treasure of the
Uaion ; to maintain this Union just as the
Union between England and Ireland is ma : r.-
tained ; just as Great Britain attempted to main
tain the Union between the mother country
and the American colonies. When the danger
of a disrupted Union Was upon us, and ali,-the
horrors of civil war menaced,, th- v ’persistently
refused all attempts at coucili .ti .n and com
promise, and pro'orred the :u bk:auient of war
to that of peace and c onciliation, 'i'hoy rcfu v.'d
conciliation and compromise,and when tiny did
so they knew that war would result from-the
refusal. j
The war they invited—nay, longed for—is J
now upon us, aud has brought ia ns train all
tho ruin that has waited u;> its blood-stained
footsteps. Every 1 undr.mountl principle of con
stitutional libesty has b,-eu se.t:t:red to tho
winds—enormous cxpcnuitn.es, the result of
.cnIatid4.auJ^raud. domai d
tho rebels to retura to tteir allegiance in sixty daua
■(»! or a’.I their property will be on fisc ted an i.r the Glh
>.l ' section of tho Confiscation Act.
J | Recruiting is exceedingly dull r.t tho North, and V c
- i new papers *>.ro in despair at lha gloo i y prospect of
1 ; The Journal of C-i-ntneroe
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ifiile’ t’:o right of Oo*-
dof any circuats’.ar.jes.
eg at the Nor li for cx-
!•’, an 1 d'.f-'Cr'i-'itre fiom
occurring. Conius'.or*,
;ghonl the-I^orth.
; l'o*lcral fioct l ad c >n-
105 and the Confederate
Ian* they aving run
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IISUT.
Xapnbon Hraolros to Intervene.
Richmond, Aug. t —Northern
European new? by the Aus ra
pro! on the 39:h ult.
An i rportar! d sins -on to. !; ;
Lindsej’s m-'dioa to . g r ir.r
Southern Conic- l. r. cy. Attar a
S0j ’a motion was w.'ih-Jr.i * n.
Lord Palmerston ma ’ •. r« nn
occasion, appealing to th
date? of the 31st brif q
a, vridch left Llver-
5 a.- in Parliament o
an-1 ^-eoanize 11.«
’ gt'.y d. 'at a Lit. I
,f ’ch on tht
5j-ecu fatten suajfraud. xl-mia. d o i o-ecr-iuvc and , J
-‘KfXtuibii^nssSi—
leave beeu olferSM up, and there :•? hardly a j
louse to leave tho holt
in the hands of tho Government.
The Paris correspondent of ihe London Herald again
oris that Napoleon is about to offer tho mediation of
France in American affairs aedeavs the drift of pub-
*
THE E5EMY CROSS THE .IIIHES ~
ssmunsH on mm C ri,. e -
, . Cavalry skirmish at Orange C. H.
E ™», ing. 3. Tho enemy landed a ] Iri _ , ar , a
a*, two points on tho south side of James
day night, which is variously estimated at from C 000
to 10,030, corni rising infantry, artillery and eaval.
ry-
A brisk skirmish took place to-day, at Oax’s, on ML T i
Creek, Prince George county, between fifty of the 18ttJ
Virginia cavalry, and eighty Federal cavalry. Our lota
one killed, three wounded, and t*o aliasing.
A number of Federal cavalry were at Garrlsville at
1 o’clock to-day.
Eichmo.yd, August 4.—Eight hundred Yankee cav
alry attacked two hundred of Gen. Robertson’s caval
ry yesterday morning, one mil* this aide of Orange
C. H.
The Confederates charged the enemy and drove
.them back to the village, where a brisk skirmish took
place.
Another party of Yankees appearing on their flank,
tho Coulederates fell back towards Gordonsville,
bringing off nine prisoners. Yankee loss ten killed,
and a number wounded. Five Confederates were
wounded and several missing.
Late Noithera and southern News.
CAPTURE OP TaE STEAMER RELIANCE—
A BRITISH PAPER MOBBED FOR ADVO
CATING the union—Johnson sends
THE PREACHERS TO THE PENITENTI
ARY—CONFEDERATE DASH ON GLOU
CESTER point—two-thousand run
aways GOING TO M’CLELLAN—POPE’S
O RD E R EXECUTED—IMMENSE DE
STRUCTION OF FEDERAL,:
TgNITS33aT?teS |j CUlj
.BEL RAID ON THEJtfEMPHISIS: CHAR
LESTON ROAD—FORREST" AT CAR-
TH AGE-THE MORTAR FLEET AT HAMP
TON ROADS—FEDERAL LOSSES IN THE
WEST. * .
IUcii.uo.XD, Aug. .l.--Ner hern dates of the o'Jihhavo
been received.
The fcteam.r Reliance, from Georgia, bound for Nas
sau, n ilh a cargo ci cotton, was captured by tho Yan
kees.
The office of tuo Si. Croix Herald, at St. Stephors,
New Brunswick, lia3 been destroyed by a mob for sup
porting the Union cause.
Andy Johnson has sent Rev. Klliott, Ford anil Bald*
win to the Indiana penitentiary.
Gold is quoted in .New York at 116.
Tho Petersburg Express of the 3d has New York ami
Philadelphia dates of tho iSih and 29th.
The Fortress Monroe correspondent of the Philadel
phia Inquirer is credibly informed that the rebel forces
are now concMiirating rn tho lino of the James river
a'oovo tin* junction of tho Appomattox and James, and
are sappo33d lo numbe r between 50,000 ar.d 15,003
men, with Stonewall Jackson in command.
The n ght of tho 21th a company of rebel cavalry
dashed down on Gloucester Point opposite Yorktown
and carried c ff a large lot of contraband?, forced Into
the rebel army all tbo mala inhabitants, aud then set
fire to 1 t of ship timber. Taking with them their
trophies, t’n y th. n departed. iTfl*
Hm'l • depredations wore commTltrd in Hie vicinity
of Willi'.- :bnr> tho night of the 25th. Tho Rebelp
j niu.w' m mrsion into tho lines of McClellan and
' evi j rn'a large number of army beeves,
j Tw.o thousand contraband. 0 , on their way to Mo.Cle’-
lan’s headquarters, passed Old Point on the 2«!tb.
J«-iT Davii’ rr.aU carrier to Norfolk was canght Frl-
’ay. with two thousand letters.
Fifteen or twenty Robe’s, captured near Suffolk,
have reached Fortrcra Monroo.
Gen. Popo took tho field last Monday, A large
number of deserters, including bet ween 4C and 50 of
the 105lh New Y >rk Reg'ment, left Pope’s army
‘.i v ! - - lire last week. .
On u.e 25th four gnerilias fired upon and wounded
t-' r. Fo-’ rals noar ‘Wurrenton. Capt. Williams, of the'
Mid? v- 1 cavalry, went out'and brought in eight tuw
i ? V irginians, who are to to held responsible. ’
' . i • ireo days past Gen Hatch crossedBwitt Run
Gap t .j _ Jahaytown. Tho people or Culpepper, Or
ange, and Madison counties wore* thunderstruck at tho
recent sudden appearance «of ’JJtyoq,- J&xaps under
' m
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1
. -m
u ottefW up, and mere :•? itaraiy a i ^rr.sT :rn-v yohtc oixeicets,
house, ast.q ancient. Egypt, “in which-thece is The st^ck market In New York was strong on the
not one dead ”~a largo proportion of the pro- I Gold lower, silling at 111;a. London Exchange
ductive industry; is being turned from the peace- i 123. Money fcry abundant at 4 per cent,
ful pursuits of agriculture, to where the reap
ers descend to the harvest of death—every
where individual and national bankruptcy are
staring n? in the face.
Iu the legislative councils of tbo nation, every
hour makes manifest that the objoet of the war
is not to uphold the government, the eonr-H'iti-
tion. or the Union, “bat to lilt the artificial
weights from all men’s shoulders,” in the lan
guage of President Lincoln—to v.aga “an irre
pressible coufiiet ” against the im-ritutiou of
slavery—lo rob the white man of his liberty,
that the slave may erjoy it. Nine-tenths of tee
legislation of Congress has been this session
•directed towards the condition ol the slave, and
how to alleviate.that condition, while the a’.-, ful
situation of this government, intended lor
white men, is entirely lost sight of. In the
meantime the nation “r.-cls and siagjerS to auiji
fro like a drunken man.”
Democrats of*Nc\v J-.r.-cv! the.hour vrh. n
you are to meet in council is not far distant.
Upon you,* together with your coufserca in
other Slates, r.rest ihe hope of the
Letter from the President to (Jen. Leo.
It:.-iimonn, A’jg 4.—The following letter is publish
ed ibis morning, from the President to Gen. Lee:
Richmond, July 31.
Sn::—On the 22 ! of lb’s month a cartel for the gen-
ir.il exchange of pr'.sonors-of war was signed between
Major Gene ral I). II. 1I1I1, in behalf of tho Confederate
Slates, and Iu cjor General John A. Dix, in behalf of
the United Sta'es. By ternu of tho cartel, it was
stipulated that all prisoners-of war hereafter taken
shall bo discharged on parole until exchanged. Scarce
ly had that carted been signed, when the military au
thorises of tho United States o^mmenccd a practice
tf changing Hie character of the war, from such as
becomes cUii’zcd nations, into a campaign of indis-
ciiminato robbery.
The General Order issued by tho Secretary of "War
of tbo United Slates, in tho city of Washington, to
lake the private property of ear people for the convert-
Hatch.
q• - v. y* »**auee>-iCSpeCtillg Iho
oeuatorsnip. This ia written without intima
tion or suggestion from any one, aud with the
View alone to subserve the best interest of the
country at a time so momentous to. all.
~ Owe of. the Flople.
Dea.d Yaxkezs. The sinkiDg and blowing
up of the lankcc gunboats by the Arkansas on
her passage down from Yazoo jiv^r, filled the
muddy waters of Vh'cf Mississippi with the
bones of hundreds of drowned Yankees. One
of their gunboats^ with a crew of 200,* being
run into by the Arkansas, commenced sinking
immediately, when the Yankees raised a white
flag, but the ill-fated'cralt sunk so quick that
no"assistance could possibly be rendered, even
by her own friends. Numbers of the dead
bodies are being washed ashore, and are found
every day by our pickets along the river.
Archbishop Hughes was to leave on the 14th
of-June for Paris, and intended to return to
this country in August.
CO. T2—CAPT. L. Ii. Br.DOING S COj,
Killed—J D E la mar, T W Perkin?, T it Dan
away.
Severely wounded—J. L Ludney, J T7 Pierce.
Slightly wounded—Lieut VV H Hanson, Sergt
Patterson, C Simpson, VV B Simpsod; J N Fore
man, E McKeethen. G Rhoads, T Spencer, L J
Averett. T J Averett, M L Thornton, D B Ad
ams, E W Jones, V/ Dougherty, A Metcalf, S
Everett, R Persons, L W Pope, W B Jones; ,
CO. F—CAPT. wood’s CO. \
Killed—"VV H Belflower, J VV Conner, Jno.M
Keen, W W Watson. t **
Severely wounded—Lieut Bozeman, ’L’.eut
Brunson, Sergt Gamble, Sergt Harrcli, Corpl
JuoHendlev. CS Bradshaw, T B Bailer, WL
Keen, R L Kennedy, W J Miller, W H Nobles,
Jos Dunn, Wm Shira.
Slightly wounded—Sergt J Miller, Corpl Laid-
ler, J ^ Pugh, J L Smith, D E Smith, and J M
Jackson. ^ '
CO. G—CAPT. A. 15. REDDING’S CO. -
Killed-Geo W Sill, S 2) Waddell, W B Clark,
James Robinson. 1
- Severely wounded—Corpl Jus Fackler, R J
Thompson, Corpl J J Carpenter, E McGovern,
G W O’Neal, W E Wright.
Slightly woundad-r-Sergt Adams, Sergt J W
Green, J S Brewer, W H Kvan.
co. ir—capt. murphet’s co.
Killed—Gorpl Thos Moore, J W Ammons, W
H Harrell. * TT _
Severely wounded—T J Askew, T J Hender-
sonVS Suggs, S J Webster.
Slightly wounded—M Davidson, Sami Hart,
J H Traett, W J Ward.
CO. I—CAPT. LEWIS’ CO.
Killed—Corpl S A Arnett. . _
Severely wounded—Corpl AT Arlioe, Corpl
Compton,*8 W Arnett, LCDraffin, G B Moore,
James Pope, JnoPope, S A Waters, J A Wind
sor. •*. •
Slightly wounded—A Cone, R H Green, MM
Thomas, W J Whitaker.
. CO. K—CAPT. FLETCnER’8 CO. '
Killed—B W Thornton, J W Wiseman, J M
Kilpatrick, J L Ethridge, J T Glaze, H H Me-
Lenden. -
, Severely wounded—Jas W Glaze, Sergt A P
Snnegs, F’M Bridges, 8 J Pennington.
Slightly wounded—F J Baird, Jno Chamblesfr,
Gorpl W W Hay, A J Bridges.
RECAPITULATION.
Killed, 28 ; mortally wounded, 13 ; severely
wounded, 53-; slightly wounded, 68.
J. T. Johnson,
Adj’t 31st Ga. Reg.
j ioaco ami uso of th<,ir armies wilhout com^cneaiion;
With a bold,^Vigorous and determined i flirt! a General Order iesned bj Mtjar General Pope, on the
you can help tp fave it; but it will not bo ;;y j July, the Jay after tha signing of tie cartel, directs
hail-way temporizing uioasuies. Y nil cannot ^ murder of our pecc?fnl inhabitants as spies if found
save it by endorsing anrl approving the acts of
the present" Administration ; by endoriing at
tacks upon thecor.stnuLiounl lioerty of t!ie a ob
ject ; by applying oi a war oi subjugation and
exterminations. The cunning, unprincipled
promoters, oMiiis war, who are spicularing
upon the blood and trea-ure of this nation,
have noHeslrS that It shall c a. Under the
specious"and'®!r«r i ve cry t r; G v rn men* is i n
danger, and tie Constituti-.u i.:t be upheld,
they are uprooting the foil Dilations of the one
and tendering 'nugatory ev.;ry provision oi the
other. Read history of the past year, read
the daily Jegialatioa of the mvii inCongieas
who are honflWlng on tiiis strife, and then tell
us honestly—do you believe this to be a war for
the Uniogtor till preservatiou of the Consiitn-
'tioa ? If you do niyt, it is high lime you should
cry aloud and spare not.
It is timeout yon should arouse from tbe
lethargy that enervates, aud the false security
‘that deludes you. If you believe that the fur
ther continuaejce of thl3 war will only entail
untold miseqtes upon yourselves and your
posterity, yol have a right to demand that it
shall cease.' ftoa have the right by all constitu
tional meanawithin your po wer to endeavor to
make it ajirmhy. If not, you acknowledge a
right andJ^Su'er in this Administration which
Duly bclto^frcd despotic governments, that are
founded rh£p:ye, and not in the consent of the
governed?; . 'y * ^
Let this wp.r go on in the spirit it is now being
waged, and you will dig au impas-able gulf be
tween North' miSoutb. Reraember what Sena
tor Douglas Said in the Senate before disease
had dinivied.l^s'eye and jiaralyzed his mind :
Whqlhcr the'war that these Republicans now
clamor for, Rats one ylar, seven years, or thirty
years, the ret ult must be tho same—a cessation
of hostilities when the parties become exhaust
ed. and a tresty OLpeace recognizing the sepa
rate independence of each section. Extermina
tion, subjugation or separation, oncol the throe,
must be the rfesult of the war between North
ern and Southern States ”
NoWj^tlie. question is, will you wait until a
war of years has prostrated every interest, des
troyeda sl^h' part of your population, aud
made a waste and - desolation of the North, or
wTllyou d^tu» ilid .peace no w ? Is the freedom
of the negr-o’ of mor« importance than that of
the whiter man ? If so^elainor lor war. Are the
groans of IJjd wounded more musical to your
ears thanlixe'whtr of the shuttle and the ring cf
the hammerlf i.Then clamor for war. Do you
desire a'u incubus :of taxation, that shall make
you and yom? - remotest posperity “hewers of
wood^pi^drawers of water” to the Federal
Government ? Then clamor for war. Do you
desire to see; this Confederated Government
transformed into a vast centralized military
despotism ? Th6n clamor for war. Do you want
to witness thetlnal wreck of all the glories of
our past, and our hopes for the future ? Then
clamor for thie war.
qu jelly tilling '.he farms iu his rear, even outride of his
lints; aud one of Ids Brigadier Generals, Steinwer,
has seizrd upon innocent and peaceful inhabitants, to
be held as liOitages, lo the end, that they may be mur-
dered in cold b oo , if any of his soldiers are killed by
some unknown, persons, whom be designates as
“ bushwhac leers.” Under tlii3 slate of feet?, the gov
ernment has issued the enclosed General Order, re
cognizing Gen. Pope and his commissioned officers to
be in h position which they have chosen for themselves
—that of robbers and murderers, and not that of pub
lic enemies, entitled, if captured, to be considered as
prisoners of war. Wo find ourselves driven by our
enemies, by steady progress, towards a practice which
we abhor, and which wo are vainly striving to avoid.
Some of the military authorities of the United States
seem to suppose that better success will attend this
savage warfare, in which no quarter is to be given,
and no ago or ssx ar9 to be spared, than has hitherto
been excised byjiuch hostilities cs are alone recog
nized to be lawful by civilized man in modem times.
For the present, we renounce our right of reta'i-tioa
on the innocent, and shall commas to treat private
enlisted sofdif rs of Gen. Tope’s army as prisoners of
war; but if, after uotica to the government at Washing
ton of our confining repressive measures to puni hment
only of commissioned officers, who are willing partici
pants in these crimes, these savage practices are con
tinued, we shall rriuciant : y ’■ e forced to the list resort
of accepting the war on the firms tlf:>3en by our
foe?, until the outraged voice of a common humanity
forces a respect 'or recognizid :u?es of warfaru.
While these facts woulJ justify our refusal to cxe-
cult, llro -encroua cartel by which wo have consented
to liberate rn cicora of thoncanda ol prisoners held by
ns beyond the number held by tho enemy, a sacred rc-
-ard to nli-htcd faith springing from the remembrance
o'l b-eatbi- it, prevents onr resort to this extremity.
Nor co wo de ire to estend to any other forces of the
enemy* the punMm.nt alone merited by Gen. Pope
and such commissioned officers as choose to partici-
pate in the execution of Iris iefamous orders.
You arc therefore instructed to communicate to the
Comm andcr-ia-Chief of the armieB of the United
Stales the contents of thl3 letter, anjl a copy of the
enclosed General OTdcra, to the end that ho may be
notified of our intentions not to consider any officer
hereafter captured, from Gen. Pope’s army, as prison
ers of war*. Very respectfully, yours, &c.,
(Signed) JEFFERSON DAYI3.
To Gen. E. E. Lxe, Com’dg, «fce.
iHseb river, brings' news of a
Kcbol raid at Florence, Ala., on Tuesday. They en
tered the ci y, burn edwar chouses filled with Yankee
commissary and quartermaster stores, and all the cot•
ten in the vicinity. They seized the Yankee steamer
Colona, u-:ed for conveying army supplies over the
shoal, took all the money belonging^lo the boat and
passengers,and then bumttho boat The property de
stroyed is reported to have been Immensely valuable.
A small detachment cf Mitchcl’s army was also cap
tured.
The rebels then proceeded down tho Tennessee to
Chickasaw, Wale-loo, and the vicinity of Eastport,
and burned a l tho warehouses containing cotton.
Another band of forJy rebels attacked a wagon train
rear Pillcburg landing, and* captured elity wagons
filled with government stores.
A New Albany despatch of the 27Ui says: Tho
rebels congregated in considerable numbers at Halves-
xiUc, Ky, and boldly and defiantly inmlled tho Union
citizens.
Fasaeng-irs from Henderson say .ho guerrillas have
appeared in Etrong force opposite Mound City, and it
was feared they would attempt lo bum the Union
guitbeala building thero.
A Nath*;file despatch of iha27*lx says: The Tenth
Ohio Iicgimc-nt, guarding the Memphis & Charleston
road, betweon.Decatur and Courtland, were attacked
yesterday by a Icrge force of gicrril/aa. Thirty or forty
of the regiment were killed, and tho road considerably
damaged,
A largo rebel forco is reported near Tuscumbia.
Forrest is reported to bo at Cartilage, with the In
tention of cf making a descent on Louisville and the
State Eoad.
A NoW York despatch of the 26lh says; News from
Fortress Monroo to-day states that tho nbiqnitou s
rebel, Stonewall Jackson, is demonstrating down the
left bank of the James river, made some stir, and ren"
dered nervous people greatly uneasy.
Late telegrams announce the arrival of Porter’s
mortar fleet, intended for Fort Darling, which made
all right again.
Cotton dull, with trifling sales at 43s.a44 for Mid
dling Uplands. Exchange on London, 129#; Gold
lower, and opening at 117 l-6a!7#, and closingat 16#
alG?£. Government stocks lower.
The Federal losses of troops in the Western Depart
ment, since the war begun, is given in the New York
Tribune sixty-three thousand five hundred (63,500.)
Yankee Gunboat Aground.
Bicniioim, Aug. 3 —A Yankee gunboat got aground
at the mouth of the Appomatox, near City Point, Sun
day last. The Confederate battcrieB wore firing at her
yesterday afternoon. ‘ The result has not yet been’as-
coriained* „
1 From the Macon Telegraph. J
Gen. Ulsrcer and tlie Negroes.
Mr. Editor : I have read the articles of “Pias
ter,” “Another Planter,” and your own editorial
endorsements* ot those jeremiads. As a slave
holder, subject to the operation of Gen. Mer
cer’s order, I desire for myself and in behalf of
the enlightened of ray planter friends in these
parts, to repudiate any such feelings as those
exhibited by yonr correspondents. We at least
are too well aware that this war is fought by
these people for oar property, to refuse or
grumble at the first contribution which wehavo
been directly called on to make. Were the plan
ters, as a class, to perpetrate many such blun
ders as your correspondents, peace would soon
be made .and independence acknowledged at
their expense.
It is strange, Mr. Editor, no man raised a
murmur against the Conscription act, and hus
bands, fathers, and sons unable to buy substi
tutes, were torn away from helpless families,
to fight, to work, to starve, to die ; aye, and be
buried like dogs in a ditch, leaving, in many
cases, their little crops to be tended by delicate
women and tender girls—not a whisper is heards.
The o-overnmeut puts forth its hand and touches.
the slave of the rich, and they, some of them,
curse it to its face. .
I only wished the order bad passed a year ago,
and the manv noble soldiers who have died, or
been disabled by wore they were not used to,
were now alive to fight the foe. We had better
save our soldiers, Mr. Ed.sor. We have none
too many and they cannot be replaced.
Baker.
*Note.—Our correspondent is in error here.
The Telegraph never editorially endorsed a
single communication upon this subject—nor
notice one of them except to differ with.it.
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