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TTCRMB: - ‘per, SIS ; Trl-'Weelily, #5; Weflftly, &S.OO. V'n advance;. The Pap* it alwajt stopped, unless a remittance it made to continue it Timely notice it given, so that payment can te made before the respiration of a subscription. VOL •WTnTTKTTnS'P A."2~ t OGQ?OJ3IEljIR> 1. lS6i3. 2ffO. 228; SAVANNAH. G4- Wedne*«ai^ aiornliiK, Oct. 1« 1862. The Northern Circuit-anti the -Ware We have xead carefully the decision of-Judge Thomas setting aside the Conscript law as un constitutional and void. Without agreeing with his arguments, or concedinghis jurisdic tion, -at least beyond the main question raised before him, In wlych he was probably right, his Judgment on the last point stated has an im portant practical bearing upon the asd Georgia Is to render in the prosecution of. the war for . oflr common liberties. To that effect of the decision we desire to address a few considera tions. The conscription is the only system of re cruiting now in operation with the sanction of the government, volunteering excepted. As that system lies been repudiated by the North- , era Circuit, what do the people of that portion cf the State intend to do ? Will they be con tent to remain quietly at their homes and see others fl ght for their liberties without raising a hand in the glorious and patriotic work? It would fcs a slander upon them to entertain sich an idea for a moment. Wc know them well— the Inhabitants of the old “ Whig Hornet’s Neat’ of the first Revolution—and feel assured they arc incapable of taking, advantage of a judicial decision or other form of license to avoid a sacred duty to their country, their children, and their own honor. What, then, do they intend to do in the nnomalous position in which they find them selves wiffi regard to their struggling country ? Will not &U the men in the circuit between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, and capa ble of performing military dut-y, volunteer at once and tender their organizations to the Gov ernor for the Confederate service? .We hope they will, and that public meetings will forth with be called in every county of the circuit, and the patriotic work set in motion. In the event of a failure .in this, wc cannot see how that portion of^hc State is to bear Its just share in the war for our independence. The. Gover nor might call them into the Slate service, did the public necessities justify the step, but we are not aware of any authority for his raising troops for the Confederate service, without a requisition formally made upon him by the h^ftd of that government. In any event, we hope to sec no more State armies in thej»recent revolution, to eat up our substance and -gener ate discord and strife. T*e Constitution points out the Confederacy ns the war-making power, .audto its hands should be left the exclusive management of the army and the revolution. army COBRESPONDEN0E Or thu Savannah Republican. The Wau.—Everything appears extremely quiet along the line of the Potomac. Not even a rumor oi war has reached us from that quar ter for a week past. It is probable that our half-starved and exhausted army, after untold hardships and two whole weeks of fighting, have quietly settled down for a time in some secluded spot, to recuperate thtiir overtaxed energies, and await the arrival of reinforce ments. This is all very well, and we shall probably hear from them again in the course of a few days at farthest. _ la Kentucky, ct- loav norv-inntn. was ready for a great and decisive engagement. Reports, apparently later, though r.o dates are given, represent Bragg and Smith as having united their forces, • and thrown themselves across the palli of.Buell in his march for the relief of Louisville. This contradicts the for mer Yankee report, on which we animadverted to some extent a day or two since, and we hope it may be true. Something serious has doubtless occijfrcd before this, both at Louis ville and Cincinnati, and we shali probably re ceive the tidings during the week. With regard to these two cities and their probable capture wc would make a 6icgle re- mark : Our army i3 reported as naked, half-fed, and in a suffering condition generally. Let us not win these victories without providing for their wants, especially from the resources of Cincinnati. The enemy have plundered us wherever they have been, even without the pica of necessity—let ns force them to return a part of what they have taken, in the form of necessaries and comforts for our army. Flour Declining.—We are glad to see indi cations that Hour has reached its highest figure, and is now cn the declining scale. May its fall be so rapid as to catch the heartless speculators and engrossers of the “staff of life” before they can bland from under ! The Atlanta Confed eracy of the 27th says : “Flour has culminated. Yesterday extra family, (best quality) was freely offerd at 634,'without finding purchasers. This jsowingito a determination of the people to eat corn bread, rather than give enormous prices for flour.” Lincoln’s Proclamation.—The Richmond Enquirer very truthfully remarks ■‘that Lincoln proposes iti his late proclamation simply to do what he has already been doing wherever his arms have extended; and as if he could do it any v/here else! His proclamation.is only a useless declaration of his malignant intentions, so £ai*as we are concerned. It will not benefit him here, and will hurt him at home. Butler Mailed.—The beast Butler tore his clothes In a fall at New Orleans, some days ago, while assisting his wife on board a steamer, and the rent disclosed a complete coat of mail from the neck to the thighs. Confederate men and women must therefore shoot at the villain’s head, and not at his body. God speed the op portunity and crown it with complete success Cobb’s Legion.—An officer in Cobb’s brig ade, says the. Columbus Sun, represents that SCO of Cobb’s Legion were taken prison ers at the battle of Sharpsburg on Wednesday. Among these prisoners is Capt. T. U. Caraak, who was supposed to have been killed. General Cobb.—The Richmond Enquirer of Monday says: The Yankee papers have pub lished^© report that Gen. Howell Cobb was wounded and taken prisoner in one of the Ma ryland battles. - He was neither; bnt Is nnhurt, and well, and ready for the enemy again. The Yellow Fever and Dysentery have car* ried off seventy-five percent, of the crews of the French vessels in the Gulf of Mexico. The Amazone, whose complement is C75, has now bnt 40! Gen. Houston.—The Houston (Texas) Tele Shithfield, Va., Sept. 19lb, 1802. The Confederate army has returned to Vir ginia. Whether Gen. Lee took this Btep from a miiltaiy.necessity, or for some strategic pur pose, or because he had accomplished the ob ject of his movement into Maryland—the cap ture of Harper’s Ferry—I am unable to say- The order was issued late last evening, and by the time it was quite dark r the wagons, artillery and troops begau to move. All the wounded that were in a condition to be moved, had been taken across the river. Those whose wounds were very severe » r mortal,‘unfortunately, liad to be left behind, and fell into the hands of the enemy. Some of the wounded had never been removed from the field, having fallen on a part of the ground still held by the enemy. Many of the dead were buried yesterday, and some were transferred to this bank of tee river. It was net quite .three miles to the Potomac, and our wagon trains extended from Sharp3burg over to the Virginia side. There were only two roads by which we could proceed, one of which was taken by the troops and the other by the artillery and wagons. Ourline3 came up within a short distance of the enemy’s, yet so silently and adroitly was the movement conducted, that McClellan was not aware of it until next morn ing. It had rained in the afternoon, and the roads were* muddy below, while the heavens were covered with a light fog above, both of which facilitated the enterprise. We had crossed into Maryland by the bright and early morning sun-; wc returned in silence and at tko dead hour of night. The columns wound their way over the hills and along the valleys iike some huge, indistinct monster. The trees and overhanging cliffs, and the ma jestic Blue Ridge loomed np in dim but en larged and fantastic proportions, and made one feel as if he were in some strange and wc-ird land of grotesque forms*, visible only in the hour of dreams. Whatever was the motive to the movement, it must be regarded as one of the most success ful ar.d extraordinary exploits in the history of any country, and stamps the man that ordered and executed it as one of tho greatest military leaders in our time and generation. ' With the exception , of the wounded and a few wagons that got turned ever in the darkness, not a man or wagon, nor a sinsls pit-cc of artillery was lost. Longstrcet's corps, being nearest the ford, led the way, followed by_D. H. Hill’s and Jackson’s in the order of their names. The crossing wa3 accomplished by half-past six this until he had received the fifth wound, which disabled one of his hands, so that he could not load his piece. He is doing very well; as soon as he is well enough, ho says he shall be after the Yankees again. Moj. Phillip Tracy of thefith Georgia, wound ed In the leg, has since died. He was wounded at Richmond, and only rejoined his regiment the evening before the battle. He had not quit? recovered his strength, and the amputation to which his limb was necessarily subjected proved fatal. P. W. A. C ORRESPO'NDENC^ Of Ihe Savannah Republics. A Forced March—Battle of Sharpsburg—ToOmb's Brigade Engaged—Desperate Fight of the Second and Twentieth Georgia Regiments—Death of Col. Holmes—A Yieio of the Battle-field—Display of the Federal hosts—Their Cowardice —Kemper's Brigade lost the Field—2he Seventeenth, Fifteenth and Eleventh retale U—Incidenis of the Battle- Death of Col. Williams, of Col. MarctZlus Doug las, of Capt. Arnold and Capt. Waller—The Fif tieth and Fifty-first Regiments in the Battle of Boonesboro'—Retreat across the Potomac. Bivouac in the Field, Virginia, } September 20th, 1S63. j Mr. Editor : If I had paper and time I could occupy one Bide of your journal in detailing exciting incidents of this most extraordinary campaign, battles, marches, &e., but must content myself with giving your readers the most prominent and interesting facts connect ed with my brigade. Other correspondents must take thought for their respective regi ments. A3 we passed thrduah the beautiful city g* Hagerstown on Monday night, the clock told the hotzr of twelve. Daj’Ugkt found us near Sharpsburg, the scene of the last bloody battle between the Federais and Confederates We were assigned a position on a creek a mile east of the town, and were proceeding thither when the Fifteenth and Seventeenth were ordered back several miles to lake the Williamsport road, to protect wagon trains. Thirty or forty wagons were captured early in the morning by Yankee cavalry. Oar Quartermaster, Captain Mathis, and several of his teamsters, were cap tured, but the Captain and one or two of the men made their escape. Joe SA-ain, of my company, is still In their hands. We reached Williamsport and crossed the river by sunset, without incident, though wc were once drawn up in line of battle to repulse an attack of cavalry, which proved to be a por« lion ot Gen. Stuart’s. Tuesday wo marched good order, then to. run. We charged and f Stove them about ci^hundred yards. Here they j •rallied behind a sterns!* fence, and we stopped * * . . bathhouses 0 f Congress • the pursuit. Our rifles .were ordered forward u - a ‘ Sea 00111U0T1SC3 01 uon “ re ^ * The Conscript Act, The following Is the new act for recruiting momiuK, and soon thereafter the enemy’s ar- dow „ the ' ri ' vcr to shepardstown, which we tillery opened a harmless fire from the opposite * heights. The bird had flown, however, and nis rage was impotent. There was formerly a splendid stone bridge at Sheperdstown where the army crossed, but the enemy destroyed it last year. The ford was three-fourths of a mile below the bridge, and this made it necessary to pass down the river bank that distance, and then up it on the other side by a narrow road blasted out of the rocky precipice. The troops managed to work their way out from the river along some of the gorges that broke through tho cliff, and a few wagons and artillery escaped in the same way. Thus, you perceive, the character of liie Vir ginia side was almost as unfavorable as it could be to the salety of the movement. It is an exceedingly difficult undertaking at any time to transfer an army across a wide stream, but it is especially so under, circumstances such as enr % Tuuirtki.ii CT"' 11. LCW. T —i - . . I am frank to say I was in favor of the move ment into Maryland. I am equally ready to admit that, under the circumstances, I now think it was a mistake. This conviction gradu ally forced Itself upon my mind after I came up .with the army and saw the miserable condition in which it was. A fifth of the troops are bare footed ; half of them are in rags, and the whole of them insufficiently supplied with food. Men in this condition cannot be relied on to the same extent as when they are properly clothed and subsisted. The best soldiers,under such cir cumstances, will straggle both on the march and in battle. Since we crossed into Maryland, and even before, they frequently had to march all day, and far into the night for three or four days together, without food of any kind, except such apples and green corn as they could obtain along the way. Our supply of food was limit ed at best, aud the base of our operations so distant, the intervening country so barren by reason of the spoliation perpetrated by Pope and his myrmidons, and our transportation so limited, that it was quite impossible to subsist the army as it should be. The difficulty of passing Confederate money in Maryland was another fruitful source of trouble. The political effect upon Maryland of our retrogade movment must be highly injurious. We shall doubtless lose ground among the people, and it may he we shall, have to make up our minds to lopse the State itself. It should be the direst necessity, however, that would compel us to abandon Maryland. The waters of the Chesapeake are indispensable to the Con federate States as a naval power, as well as for onr security and defense. Gen. Toombs received a painful, though not serious, wound in the hand la*fr night, just as the army was about to move. He was mounted and at the head of his division, with his aids around him, when six or eight mounted men apnroached slowly along his line to where his horse was standing. They were asked who they were, and remaining silent, Capt. Troup com menced to draw upon them; whereupon they said, “don’tshoot; we are Massachusetts men.” Gen. Toombs was about drawing his pistol from the holsters, when Capt. T. fired upon them. They immediately returned the fire, and then wheeling their horses, disappeared in the dark ness. Lieut. Robt. Grant received a slight flesh wound in the arm also. The men were doubt less lost, and the affair may have contributed somewhat to the deception practised upon Mc Clellan by Gen. Lee in withdrawing his army across the river. ■Winchester, Va., Sept. 20th. I came on to this place for medical treatment, being quite unwell, and to be where there are some mail facilities forgetting offletters. Intelligence has just been received that Jack- son engaged a brigade of the enemy last even ing at the Shepherdstown ford. Concealing his own forces, he permitted the enemy’s artillery to get into the river aud many cf his troops to reach the Virginia side, when he set his men pponthem and had another Leesburg affair of it. He killed a large number of them and cap tured a good many, and one report says several pieces ot artillery. Those who escaped our fire fled in dismay back to Maryland. There is a report in circulation that we have rc-crossed the river at Williamsport, but it is probably untrue. After Jackson’s affair at the ford, he took np his position four miles this Bide the river. Thus a large number of onr wounded who had been transferred to Shep herdstown, have fallen into the hands of the enemy. We hear they have been paroled. The enemy has also thrown forward scouting parties as far as Middleburg, Upperville and Paris on the eastern side of the Blue Ride. Nothing further has transpired in regard to the proposition reported to have been made by Gen. Lee to the Federal government, and allud ed to in a former letter of mine. I am credibly informed that Buch a proposition a3 that de scribed was certainly made, and under circum stances that encouraged the hope of its accept- j oftoe 3d iinjiant Bays: “The question a?eu. Recent «V have nKotha* ?a «»o-5♦ ftt.ititr t.hrriven a different turn to the affair. whether 8am Houston is alive is agitating the pressofboth the United States ana the Con federate States. W K e answer iL He is alive and comparatively well, residing at his place on Cedar Point, a lew miles from this city.” Kossuth has published a letter denouncing the Call of Garibald or Hungary to rise, and re pudiating the nee othis name in connection with the calk given a different turn to the affair. I have just heard of an instance of gallantry in the late battle that deserves to be put on record. The Floridians always fight well, but the Fifth Florida behaved with distinguished courage and intrepidity at Sharpsburg. The hero in this case was a private—Ben Flowers— of that regiment. He was wounded five differ ent times and In as many different places; yet he continued to shoot away as fearlessly as ever, found full of our wounded and sick. The ladies greeted us by every demonstration of welcome, which showed them to be the best Secessionists. By 9 a. m. Wednesday we were once more in Maryland and within sound ol battle, to which we hurried as fas\ as our sore feet and worn out condition would allow us. Wo soon evidences of the bloody work of death pro gressing, for the road was lined by the wound ed in ambulances, on litters, and limping along, some supported by friends, and others leaning on sticks. By eleven we entered the field. As we filed through an open place, the enemy hurled his terrible shells at us, one of them bursting in a neighboring barn, which was soon in flames. While wo lay concealed in a corn field, waitlkgw .for Gen. Toomb&iO give ua a p^&eo, -a. a'aall <>k-, ploded In tho Fifteenth Georgia, killing the color-bearer, tearing the colors to pieces, and wounding three or four. Gen. Toombs posted us—the Seventeenth, Fifteenth and Eleventh regiments—behind a stone wall, upon a hill, with high ground in our rear, where the Washington Artillery, (Cap tain Rosser’s old company,) took position. Upon our right and left were large corn fields, and ground much higher than that which we occupied, while all was open in front. About four hundred yards in front was a creek, and on our right (in front) was a considerable body of timber lining deep ravines. Here I will leave the regiment for a time, while I tell vou what the Second—the glorious “Little Second”—and the Twentieth did, under the leadership of our heroic Colonel Early in the morning, Col. Benniug was ordered to hold a bridge, which he did against fearful odds, for five hours. The enemy advanced in heavy col umns against this little force, not numbering more than two hundred, or two fifty. The steady courage and accurate firing of the men successfully repulsed every onset, until their ammunition was expended. Impatiently they waited for reinforcements, but none came. Col. Holmes, who had showed conspicuous courage throughout the affair, mounted his horse to go for reinforcements, when he was killed. Col. Benning then determined to retire, which he did in good order, with slight loss. The ene my seemed satisfied with gaining the bridge, for which they had so long contended, and did not pursue. Benning retired to a good position, further back than ours, then took command where Gen. Toombs’ placed ns. I have not obtained any further particulars as to loss, &c. About Ip. m., we 5 discovered three large columns advancing beyond the creek—one into the com-flPa on our left, one against our po sition, and one on oar right. They made a very handsome display. For some time there was some apprehension for our right and Jeft flanks, which we feared were not sufficient ly strong. On they came in solid phalanxes, threatening to carry Everything before them by the weight and discipline of their columns.— When the first column had reached the right place, a battery upon onr left having the range accurately, and the “Washington Artillery” on the hills to our rear, let them have a few dis charges of grape and shell, which broke their solid body, and caused a panic. I never wit nessed such a sight. The centre first gave way, then fled, communicating the panic to the whole column. The hills for hundreds of yards were black with the flying Federais, not in platoons, companies or regiments, bnt in a con fused mass. Those on our right were in a like manner broken and repulsed. Those in our immediate front, who had driven iu our skir mishers, also retired, and everything on the vast fields overlooked by our position, became as quiet as a Quaker village on a Sabbath day. Occasionally, however, this reign of qniet was broken by artillery practice across the hills. At 4 o’clock Gen. Gregg’s 8. C. Brigade re lieved ns, and we were ordered to the rear to rest. At this juncture, I witnessed even a grander sight than the one I have just attempt ed to describe. The hills east of the town, on both sides of the creek, are in cultivation. The west side of the creek _was occupied by Kemper’s Brigade (of Virginians). The ground was high, and mostly level east of the town for several hundred yard3, where it makes a rapid or steep descent into a beautiful valley of the creek. Towards this position four large solid columns ot the enemy advanced in most splen did style. Shells from our batteries bursted in their lines, broke them, leaving dead and wounded on the ground, and covering the line in dust and smoke; bnt still, on they came. They attacked and drove Kemper’s Brigade from the 1 field, with a slight loss, however, to the Virginians. We were ordered forward aca double-quick, and reached the point occupied by a battery before the enemy had gained the road; What a sight! A large, splendily equip ped brigade of Yankees in undisputed possession of the field, and onr battery deserted ! Colonel Benning posted ns in tho road behind a plank fence facing the enemy, and the ball opened. The 15th and a portion of the 50th, met a large force a little to our right, advancing through a corn field. The first few shots were too low, hut very soon the boys got the exact range, when they did a fearful work with the Yanks. Their colors fell three times, and their lines melted away alarmingly fast. They stood our fire about ten minutes, when they began to retire in a pretty .to a good position aud picked off those that ex posed themselves, until the enemy were finally routed. Our force numbered not" more tban 300 or 400. Y Col. William T. Millican led on ihe Fifteenth Jq a manner which will make his name live in the hearts and memories of onr people. With sw«rd drawn, he advanced ten paces before the colors, and told his men to follow. Without histe or confusion, he led them to a stone fence Within two. hundred yards of the enemy, and contributed very largely to the final route of the enemy. Ho was shot through the breast, and died in a short lime after. For coolness and daring, ho had not a superior in our army. Few Colonels has fully possessed the love and confi- !ence of their men. - mttstTemark the perfect indifference of every man to danger. While tho battle raged, the boys were seen to pick up canteens, blanklcts, 8wprds, pistols, etc. ; while those who were b£n>footed, supplied themselves willi boots tijd shoes. Iam wearing the best boots I have ‘ seeb, which I bought frqm one of the boys .If hefrir after he had palled them off a dead This looks wrong, to allow the dead boots or shoes ; but, my good don’t sudder at such a barbar- __ Lr noble'bbyA were baro-looted, •ccky countyr; and the dead had no-use for sS&oea, It would be a waste to allow good ^oes, so much needed, to be buried with the Jbad-—even if they are Confederates. ! Yesterday I passed the grave of Col. Marcel las Dotsglass, of the 13th Georgia, acting Briga dier when killed. He received the fatal wound iri the'sat,tic of Sharpsburg, Wednesday, Sept. 17th, while gallantly and skillfully managing Lawton^ Brigade. Col. Douglass was gaining •an enviable position in the army, and had for some tinte been accounted a superior toilitary man. Intis death - Georgia has lost one of her bright military representatives. He is properly called onr “second Bartow.” I am toll that Capt. Arnold, of whom I have frequently spoken, was mortally wounded ia the same great battle. I have been unable to find the 6th Georgia, or any one belonging to it, to ascertain the truth of it. One of hi3 men told me, before we reached the battle field, that he saw Capt. Arnold fall, and briieved him mortal ly wounded. I yet hoped he was mistaken, and that one so truly gallant and skillful—one so talented and beloved by his command and all. who know him, yet lives to bless aad/hocor the old Sale for whom .Vo has fought so brave ly. If Arnold was killed. II* acock county will be snrouded ia mourning for years to corue—in the hearts of her- citizens will a trio of the noblest of ycuag men hold a place : ■ and proud monu ments will be erected to perpetuate their names to future generations. Nay, a fourth will be added. It* will be their pride to recount the deeds of bravery and patriotism ; and cite the - names of Oupt. Arnold, Lieuts. Reid and Jor dan, and of Geo. F. Lewis,as worthy of imitation. Capt. Robert A. Waller, commanding the Ssh Florida Regiment, was killed. Capt. Waller is a citizen of Decatur county. He led the regi ment into the fight in a brave and skillful man ner. Pryor’s brigade fought well. In fact most of our troops fought well, while the, Yankees, as a general iking, were easily repulsed. Daring the engagement Gen. Toombs was iu the hottest part of the field, and displayed, be sides courage, consavamate skill iu choosing positions for hiAdivision. Colonel B.mning’s heroic bgdring throughout cannot be excelled. Gn Thursday night Gen. Les fell back across tho river. The movement was effected ia per fect order, and with trifling loss. The enemy had been engaged ail day in changing his posi tion, which rendered a similar movement ne cessary on our part. 1 hear some firing this morning but cannot give any idea, of what is next en docket. V. A. S. P. Ff* An Act to amend an act onlltled “ an act to provide further for ike public defense;” ap proved IGth of April, 1802. . The Congress of the Confederate Sltdes of Amer- ca do enact. That the President be and he is here by authorized to call out and place in the mili tary service Gf the Confederate States, for three years, unless the war shall have been sooner ended, all white men who are residents of the Confederate Slates, between the ages of thirty- five and forty-five years, at the time the call or. calls may be made, and whVare not, at such time or times, legally exempted from military service; cr such parts thereof, as in his judg ment maw be necessary to tho public defense; such call-or calls-to be made, under the provi- { eione and according to the terms of the act to j which this is an amendment, and such authority J shall exist iu the President during the present ■ r, as to all persons who now are, or may hereafter become eighteen years of age; and, when once enrolled, all persons between the ages of eighteen and forty five shall serve their fall time; Provided, That if the President in calling out troops into the service of the Confederate States shall first call for only a part of the persons witu- In the ages hereinbefore slated, ho shall call for those between the age of “thirty-five and any Other age le33 than forty-five years ; provided, that nothing herein contained shali be onder- jallng or modifying any part of the* act to which this is amendaiory,‘except ay here "* * * c ' ‘ iu expressly stated ; an*Y provided,. further, Those called out-under this act, and the act to •which this is an amendment, shall be first and immediately ordered to fiiltn the maximum cumber, the companies, battalions, squadrons and regimenfo from the respective States, at the time the act to provide for the pnblic defence, approved 16th of April, 1SG2, was organizations formed from each State since the passage of that act, or placed in new organizations to be officered by the State having such residue, ac cording to the laws thereof, 6r disposed of as now provided by law; Provided, That the President is now authorized to suspend the execution of this, or the act to which this (s an amendment, in any locality where he may find it impracticable to execute the same ; and, that in such localities, anil during such suspension, tho President is authorized to receive trobps into the Confederate service under any cf the acts passed by the Confederate Congress, prior to the pa«snge of tho act to further provide for the public defence ; approved IGth of April, J ’ 36 " BepU to ■ , MgagtfMr ana Begtiter.y-D* of . tto 2Slh says nothing important has been recced l ffOT), tho Horlh. All was qniet along tho lines of tho j Potcmnc. j Private despatches received in Washington repre- i sent matters dull at McOleUaa’a headquarters On tho I 21th.- , . It says louiavilte is no. longer threatened. BneU’a advance had arrived via Balt Jiiver, Bragg was con- centrating hia forces at Bloomfield. The New York Tribune’s correspondent says it waa Barnes’ brigade that etoised Uio Potomac at Sharps- king Saturday, and confirms former accounts of their Gissttrous overthrow, on land and in the water. Thb Chicago Time3 says the Federal troops on the upper Poloinas had made no forward movement, though active operations would not long be delayed. Gen. Lei’s headquarters were at Falling Waters, and the Rebels are concentrating at Winchester, which place was being fortified. The Yankee loss iu the ba'.t.e of Antietam is officially stated at -9,220, while our a is said to [have ex' ceeded 10,0.0 ■ j- A special Je.patuli Isom Woiljinglon to tho Chicago 1x0103 eaya that the iurnor that a draft ii about to be .nude, has its foundation m the fact that the President has determined, in case the country does not rally at wane under the pohey indicated In hi3 emancipation proclamation, ho wi i enforce ihc draft until the army ranches ona mi’iion. oi the :-j3 3 s d 3ST T>E1 PIT O lavunnah Erpublicaa. JLSst of Casualties in Sixty-first Regi ment Georgia Volunteers, In tfie late RSatiles at and near Itlanassas, Company A, Capt G J Mathews— Killed: None. Wounded: None. Company B, Capt D It A Johnson—Killed: None. Wounded : Serg’t \V E Mattox, slight ly in hand ; E W Hammock, Miverely iu knee; WaiT Gray, slightly. Company C. Capt D McDonald— Killed :.Wm Alderman. Wounded: N A lloan, slightly; Hiilery Smith, slightly; Guilford Keal, slight ly: T R Nesmith, 6ligbtly. Company D. Capt H Tillman—Killed : Lieut J C Brannen, Privates J L B N-jvllh J E Tur ner, Stephen Kennedy. Wounded : Lieut S H Kennedy, slightly; Serg’t J Mincy, slightly; J L Jarrell, severely in arm ; L B Collins, G F Hendrix, D Parish, T Waters, J Eliis, Wm II Collins. Company E, Capt. C W McArthur—Killed : None. Wounded: N A J Adams, severely; J Giliis, slightly; T G Callahan, slightly; J Pur vis, slightly. Company F, Capt Peter Eranncr-*—Killed : None. Wounded: Capt Peter Branner, 6lightly in hand. Company F—Wounded : Corporal G W Cook severely ; private M E Broun, slightly. Company G, Lieut . Killed: None. Wounded: Geo Guillat, slightly ; J A Dinkins, slightly; J A Poss, slightly; John Short; Au gustus Wellmaker, slightly. Company H, Capt J W Dasher—Killed : Lieut M B Brewtow; privates Dan! B Colson, Ephraim O’Neal, Peter Burkhalter, John D McBride. Wounded: Sergt M G Tootle, privates Wm Ganey, Wm Clifton, Thos McKay, Salem Baze- more, Sami B Regers, Willohv Strickland, Horatio Collins, Jas M Rewis. Company I, Capt J D Ganvalkingburg—Killed: L’ent E P Lewis, private Newel!, H Miller. Wounded : Sergt G W Simms, severely; pri vate M T Herndon, Wm Ford, Chas G Jone3, slightly. Company K, Capt E F 5 jarp ; >— Killed ; Wm H Waters, Jr. Wounded: Wm Wilkinson, John Jarrell, Hampton Sikes, J A Blocker, J Stafford, slightly. A. P. MacRae, Major, Com’g Gist Regiment Geo. Vol. Camp near Harper’s Ferry, SepC. 10, 1S62. Working Wrong both Wat3.—Whilst we get aRichmond mail semi-occasionally, it willbe seen from- the annexed paragraph from the Examiner, that Mr. Reagan’s rule of irregulari ty works beautifully both ways. Will Mr. Reagau resign ? : The mail from the South failed again last night, We should not mention this but it has become so common, so flagrant, and so intole rable that human pfttiehee gives way under it. Why are these 'repeated 'failures on the great link ol communication with the South ? We bear of no railroad bridges or railroad tracks being washed away, yet if we get two mails in regular succession from the South, we regard it as an astonishing circumstance. The truth is the mails have been left to take care of them selves, and pnblic patience has been abused be yond endurance. Is there no remedy ? Can Congress do nothing ? •TIio Nerlli on a Volcano, he following letter from the Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazstte, under in of tho 10.h ult., is significant of lively aca ahead in Lincoln’s dominions. It must be a terrible rebellion if they cannot get along with it without war among themselves: If, by any combination of misfortunes, there should ever arise tho necessity lor a Military Dictator, it will bo because Mr. Lincoln has failed to make the full and proper use of the Military Dictator’s power, which ’ e already-claim3 and exercises. It wiii be another man not more power, which will appear t^o necessity that shall prompt ths change. * Ani now, having said this much, by way, as a Ken tucky politician would yay, of clearing myrccori., '*• me add that the moat rignificant as well as tho ni ul dangerous «*igu of the times is the nnier-curre t o! ominous whispsring on this very subject. The New York Tribune was right when, a few da*s a^o, it declare l that our profoandest peril lay in the possibility that tho people, iu tho anguish of thcifc ix- i°ty to. era--It the rebellion, miriit consent tocv.'co their gratitude t » tho savior of our nationality by n d- ing hun a present of .-.ur lioerty. In o:her wordf, 3-> exhausted are we becoming with the dlstracriv. 1 ) of our civil war, that too many ra’ght be willing te ac cept a Dictator who should end it. 1 cannot adequately tell you how unsettled tho v.-r- I foundations of ail tilings s>:m becoming The ve air it electric with tho eparka ol revolution, and t..-j vrhc>e community hao become bo infUmable that a fin - g’o spirk might 68t it in a blaze. Wo seem treading the thinnest of crusts that can cover a crater. An7 moment there is too mush danger It may give way and engulf us. What, for example, must bo the condition ol public affairs when a prominent United States Bonator can publicly declare that if the Capital were In any large city v/o should have a provisional government in thirty days? I do not know that it would bo right to give hi3 name, though tho remark was publicly made, but a dia'.inguished Senator (not a Western one either), said precisely that, iu so many word's, to half a dozen of ua, the otner day, on the Avenue. Nor is there wanting military men who have for months been looking forward to a Dictatorship as the end of all this distraction. I know one prominent Gen eral who, six months or more ago, wrote to a friend that a Dictatorship would be the upshot of this busi ness, and that he wanted him to enter the army at once, “because when the time cornea, our friend must have a hand in tho matter.?*' And that General’s con duct since has convinced those who were behind the curtain that his eye has never lost eight of the glitter ing prize. isaid one of onr most distinguished public men, bat a day or two ago, in a conversation at which I had the fortune to be a listener: ‘*1 have been spending the afternoon talking with one of onr leading Generals on this very subject of a possible coup d'etat. He has given me an inside view of military machinations, and 1 tell you we have more than one General who ha9 been trying to shape events so as to make himself Dictator.” And that public man knew whereof he affirmed. From the outset the3e machinations have been con fined almost exclusively to Generals of the pro-slavery school. Never heartily in favor of republican institu tions, it was not unnatural that they should look for opportunities of personal aggrandizement in the wreck of those institutions which they believed the convul sions of the war were snre to bring. The old secret organization among certain of onr regular army offi cers, which looked to the establishment of a great military empire, the inception of which ehould bo found in the conquest of Cuba, bora Northern as well a3 Southern names upon its lists; and £hog>n Bolivar Buckner coaid point to more than one fellow-member- among our National Generals. That organization, of coarse, has died out; the idea has not. But of Jato these revolutionary ideas begin ti be whispered in other quarters. Within a fortnight I have heard the words “Provisional Government'' on lips that a year ago could not have Le:?n tempted to syllable it. I do not say that with any class of our loyal men, Administration or anti-Administration, such a contingency has come to be regarded as necessary or probable; but I do think it a fact of marked signifi cance that the idea begins to be tolerated as a possi bility. The times are’revolutionary; tho sooner the powers that t e recognize the fact the better for us all. Ecatercstias Konhem'Itemi^ 5 - 7,^' •_ : * Surg. Gen. Hammond repprts at Washington , -hat o,000 dead Confederates have been buried on the field at Sharpsburg by the Federais, and ihat 600 remains .unburied. Attorney Gen. Bates made a speech in Washington.-Thursday night, .did not say one word about Lincolffia. email-- c'palion proclamation. It Is 6aid he ^hrgentJy- opposed it. The Republicans of New York^ * have nominated Brig. Gen. Jas, 8. Wadsworth' lorGovei nor of that State. He is now Military w - * vtovenfor of Washington City. Gen. Milroy * v eas been appointed to tho command ol Western Virginia. The militia recently called out fo Pennsylvania during theVpanic are returning their arms to the State anffthemselvcs to their homes. M’CLELLAN CROSSING INTO VIRGINIA. A despatch, dated Harrisburg, * the 23d, says i McClellan is rapidly marching into* Virginia by - w\y of Williamsport. Itadda; - F - Gen. Kenly’s brigade in advance went over >>:i Sunday night. It is composed of the follow ing regiments ; 1st M*nytencT, Col. Dushane ; 4th, Lieut. Col Bowerman ; 6th,-CoL Howard; 7;?j, Col. Webster, and 8th Lieut,Col. Johannes; ~ Gen. Comb’s division also crossed the Poto- rnac at Williamsport, on Monday. Gen. Frank- iiu’s corps was to follow immediately. Gcd? McClellan and staff were at Williamsport activ« - Jv engaged in superintending the crossing ot t’ oops. An impression prevailed iu the army that Heinzelman and Sigel were now in Vir- ir-ali .*md their mission was to stop the rebel retreat* A Is* ter ia the Philadelphia Inquirer, dated - a jv Hook, the 24th, Says every road and far e there .Is filled with baggage wagoc3 and artil lery. It says: The shrill whistle of the lnaomotive is again Supplies ofiall kind- now being • rareported over the railroad lo ims point. The telegraph is being repaired, and large gang3 of .v >rlcinen have commenced removing the rnt- !>; :h of the railroad bridge, which was destroy ed by the rebels. A temporary bridge, similar • -> :.i,e one at the Monocacy, is to be thrown •• tho Potomac. It will be ready for trains ’(• over la about a week. • . boats of the pontoon bridge have al- arrived. They will immediately be .. f 1 position. Immense numbers of sol- • forded tho Potomac, there being nqi •- .-3^: *>f conveyance across the river afoprec- <Tit. They EWeaf vengeance and retauaticit- upon the rebels for their vandalism. BUELL’S INEFFICIENCY* The Tribune says: There is reason to hope that the pfovernment has under consideration the question of ap pointing a eueccssor to Gen. Buell, if not also that, of assigning one General to the command cf all the West. • THE SURRENDER OF HARPER’S FERRY. General White and Cols. Ford, Trimble and D’Ulassey, who were acting Brigadiers at Har per’s Ferry, have been carried to Washington URuer arrest, to await an investigation of all ei ream stances attending the surrender. INDIGNANT YANKEES. The 4 Tribune” says : The indignation among small army officeis of a certain class on account of the President’s proclamation, is very great. Instead of find ing vent iu resignation, as was threatened, it takes the direction cf obuse of the colored people. Many, without the slightest provoca tion, have been knocked down and beaten. RELEASE or PRISONERS. The persons who have been imprisoned in the old Capital building, as hostages for the Yan-. Izee citizens of Fredericksburg, were released • on the 24th inst. Among them are Mayor Slaughter and Rev. Wm. F. Broaddus. REPUBLICANCONVENTION. The “Republican Union Convention” of New York, have nominated General J. S. Wadsworth for Governor, and Lyman Tremain for Lieuten ant Governor, of the State of New York. LOUISVILLE, KY. The Yankees are seizing all unenrolled per- ous ia Louisville and putting them to work on the entrenchments around the city. The New York “Tribune” states that by the surrender of Harper’s Ferry, the Confederates Look 14,500 men, rations lor- 14,000 men for twenty days. Due hundred tons of ammunition, fifty-seven guns, (some of which were the best jPa - rot’s) 14,000 stand of anus, and four bat- mi -i IP f *4. i \] ?. -v m teries. Last of Dr. Rossvally.—According to the Richmond Dispatch of the 27th, the career of this man lias been brought to a close. That paper says: .w5 TTKO i‘""^k? nt tw£> weeks since, the Southern pa- pers contained an account of tho arrest, in Mobile mea > who. trom indications apparent, had f to embark in a boat for New Orleans. Let- ters from Buspected Unionists in Mobile were found addressed to Butler and other Federal offl- ? f 7ji Hew, jP rleanB > ma P 3 of Mobile and plans of its uetenceg^flies of tho city newspapers, lots of gold, ana an assortment of both Federal and Confederate ***“also, several flags, one of which rep- CmfwufrlS 6 ™ aited statea flag on onaeide and the on 010 reverBO * Other evidences of thinil^ 17 were found, ahd.the whole party, tIle * Protested they were only’ oh a flBhing ex cursion, were conveyed to Mobile, and safely locked up a® spies. Among tho men on board tho boat was TWL>m«tL 1Q9l ' on * a well known In this city, j-meuitteneo waa received yesterday at Gen. Winder’s ^?«f\,„^ gen ! leinan direct from Mobile, thatBoas- Jrhv, ™n.. becnlmi JJ lbero a fow days ago: butwkeih- authority or the populace acting as a vigilance committee, wo did not learn. . Exchange of Prisoners. We find the following officii notice in i Richmond papers. It contains welcome neyrs to many cf our returned volunteers : EXCHANGED PRISONERS. v - Kjchmond, Sept, 22,1862. No. 2. The following officers and men of the Confed erate service, are duly exchanged : 1. AH officers and men who were delivered at Aiken’s on the 1st September, 1862. 2. All officers and men who were delivered at Aiken’s on the 7th September, 1862. 3. All officers and men who were delivered at Aiken’s off the 13th September, 1802.* 4. All officers who have been delivered ai Vicksburg, Miss., up to thi3 date. 5. Ten thousand three hundred aud sixty- eight men of the first deliveries at Vicksburg. As ali the deliveries made at Aiken’s are em braced in this and the previous notice, it U therefore- announced that all the officers asd men. who have been delivered at Aiken’s up to this date are exchanged. J Robert Ould, Agent for Exchange. Gunboat 290.—The following is a correct list of officers of the Confederate gunboat 290: Captain—B. Semmes. Lieutenants—Kell, Hamilton, Armstrong. Masters—Low, A. Sinclair. Doctor—Gait. Marine Officer—Ilowell _ aT -i* Midshipmen—W. Sinclair, Bulloch,-E. fciafut, E. C; Anderson. ... tn Lieuts. Chapman aud Evuus were too lute jofii the gunboat. Habhvillh.—-The condition of .Ec^ted^ea^truly ville, both soldiora and citizens, B . arvat lon. deplorable. 'They are Nortfa, the Nothing can be ^^vSSads Si torn np. The river being low an ^., ^vate sappUea that can be soldiers are-taking all thej>rivaae g operaL tlon. found, no matter who teeystarv^y^ Fo rr08t , The place Is c 0 ™*?!? 1 Woodwtwd, and everything is and Anderson and GoL WPgJJJJJni* The Yankees SSI OSS■SSttBS*-* 0 * Sebel, The Federals Capturing our Wounded.— fTLe Richmond Enquirer of Monday sayB : On Friday last, a body of 1,000 Yankee cav alry visited Manassas Junction and proceeded towards Warrenton, which place they have doubtless entered ere now. A paroled prisoner ,Who arrived yesterday, states that they had advanced to within three miles ol Warrenton, and were cantnrlng and paroling all the sick aud wounded* in the hospitals along the route. They had already taken about seventy. There are a large number of onr sick and wounded-at Warrenton. The telegraph station at that place has been closed. Brig.jGcn. Chalmers, we understand, is under arrest for making the attack on Munfordsville, or Green River bridge, prematurely and against orders. The place was to have been entirely surrounded before a demand for its surrender should be made—this was eventually done, but not till Chalmers’ brigade had been repulsed tho day previous.—[Chattanooga Rebel. I ‘ NOTICE. b! ^ ffiS.* Ttwcnty-nve (2S.0C0) barrels o* W Tho C artideto te proof, pare com whiskey, sattaWe The army, put op to good, merchantsble barrel^ ; It', delivered at suitable depots on railroads and riv- !r“ iinio the Stale of Seorgia, connecting with the r a . „ reat thoroughfares of the Confederate States^ P Bids * or proposals will be received up to the 1st of October. No proposal or b!d will be received for less than five thousand (5,000) barrels, and eech contractor required to furn'eh, as above, one-fifth of the amount contracted for, monthly. Good and sufficient bonds will be required for the faithful and prompt execution of contracts, in accord ance with the regulation of the Confederate Statea. » *A. M. ALLEN, Capt. and A. CL & Colnmbns, Sa., Sept 18, IBM. JJ- jcplt