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Saturday IHorning AURHst 9 , 1862.
The sum of $408,970.60 has been realized from
the sale of prize vessels aud cargoes at !\ula
delphia.
The Nassau papers aunouucef tlic death in
that port of Capt. James Mcßurnie, of the ship
Roscoe, on the 18th nit., and • Capt. James
Hastey, of the L. 8. Stanley, on the 23d nit.
Among the Confederate wounded now held
as prisoners at Newport, Rhode Island, we ob
serve the names of John P. Merehi, Cos. G, and
2d Sergeant John W. Merchison, Cos. C, Twen
ty-seventh Georgia Regiment.
Scott’s Partisan Rangers, of Virginia, give
notice in the .icbmond papers that inasmuch
as four of their number, who were captu; ed,
have been hanged by the Yankees, henceforth
they will give no quarter.
Prices in Louisville, Kr.—The Louisville
Express quotes bacon, clear-sides, at 3jri" cents
per pound ; coff.-e, best Rio, beef cat
tle, $3.00 to $3 75per hundred pounds; hogs,
fat, $2 50 per hundred; and old Bourbon Wh;s
key at 25 cents pier gallon.
Gove* or Brown ra fpJasToWthc Sec ►
relary of War, issued his proclamation, requir
ing all sheriffs, constables and jailers in this
State to arrest and commit to jail all officers
and soldiers of the Confederate army v.ho arc
absent from duty w ithout leave.
The “ Rebel.”—This is the title of a spright
ly little daily ju’t started at Chattanooga, by
Franc M. Paul, price $1 per month. Chatta
nooga lia* become an important point for mili
tary news, and v.c have no doubt Mr. Paul will
do well with his enterprize.
Rain.—The heaviest rain we recollect to have
seen the present season, fell about midday,
yesterday, aud the showers continued through
the alternoou. The earth In all this section is
thoroughly saturated. We are glad to.see simi
lar favors have been dispensed in various por
tions of the up-country.
Personal.—L'eutonant Catesby Jones, the
gallant second officer on board the Virginia, in
her glorious cruize in Hampton o. and her
commander dnrteg a good portion of the tight,
after Capt. Buchanan was wounded, has been
spending a day or two in our city, at route for
the West.
Evacuation of Yohktown.—The Petersburg
“Express” states it as the opinion of persons
residing in the vicinity of Yorktown, that that
place has been evacuated by the enemy. There
are no Yankee troops now in Gloucester coun
ty, and it i3 thought the lower Peninsula will
be, if it ha3 not been already abandoned.
Thomas County.—This county gives a good
account of herself agriculturally, both aa re
gards her patriotism and her policy. The
Times publishes the following statement of her
growing crops :
No. Acres of Cotton 8,430
•“ “ Com 63 329
“ “ Potatoes and Cane 2 577
“ “ Oats and Rye 5 282
“ “ Peas and Pindcrs 25,304
Italy and the Bishops.—The Chamber of
Deputies of Italy have unanimously adopted a
very s'rong address to the King, denouncing
the address (written by Bishop Hughes) of Lbc
Bishops assembled at Rome to his Holiness the
Pope; which they describe as insulting tt> the
Italian people, and accuse the ecclesiastics of
lorgeUh-g, their office when they put foitli
wishes for political reaction and Invoke foreign
violence. _
, The Ram Arkansas. —Iu correction of an er
roneous statement now going the rounds of
the newspipers, we give the following dimen
sions of the above famous cralt. They were
furnished to us by Mr. Wagner, her architect,
who id now in Savannah : Length between per
pendiculars, 105 feet; breadth *of moulded
beam, 35 feet; depth of hold, 12 Let. Iler
motive power consists of twi* high-pressure
engines, 400 horse power each; diameter of
screws, 8 feet. She draws nine feet of water.
Capt. Willis.—lt is not often that a Quar
termaster is popular, but we learn that Capt.
Edward Willis, who holds that post in Dray
ton’s brigade, South Carolina, haying been no
tified of an intention to order him to a distant
station, a petition lias been numerously signed
by Lbe men of the brigade for liis retention, if
not in the brigade, t least in some branch oi'
service in the department. This is a flattering
testimonial of their esteem, founded not only
on his interest for the comfort of the living,
but his care for the dead, who breathed their
ast away Irotn home and friends.
Gen. Lee’s Construction of the Conscript
Law.—Gen. Robert E. Lee having been applied
to for his opinion respecting the construction
of the Conscript law, replies that by its express
l< mis it subjects all persons who may bo over
the age of eighteen years at the time of any call
for troops made by the President, to service,
and persons attaining that age, at once become
subject to military duty. Although the law
contains no express provision as to the dis
* charge of persons in service upon their attain
ing the age of thirty-five t ears, General Leo is
of opinion that snch persons will become enii.
tied to their discharge upon reaching that ago,
and their places will be supplied vy others be
tween eighteen and thirty-live years.
iPPRENTtCINO I.IDRKATKI) SLAVES.—The
Danish Charge d’Aflaires, and the Yankee Se
cretary of the Interior have entered into a con
tra;-!, the Government of the former agreeing
to receive from the United States vessels all ne
groes delivered from on board vessels seized in
prosecution ot the slave-trade, by the comman
ders ol the United States vessels, and to provide
them with suitable instruction, clothing and
shelter, and to employ them at wages under
snch regulations as shall be agreed upon for a
period not exceeding five years from the date
of their being landed on the Danish Island of
St U:o:x, in the West Indies.
IMFRBSSMBNT OF Slaves.—We are pleased to
kurn that accounts from officers iu the interior
guarantee a full complement ctf negro labor for
•all the purposes of the government at Savan
nah. The planters, with a very few exceptions,
(and it is reported that large cotton crops have
much to do with their objections,) have re
sponded promptly aud cheerfully to the call.
By the way, we wish those who have furnish
ed auds for our fortifications could come to
Swannah and take a view of the “contrabands”
while they are engaged in their labors. \Ve
never saw" a happier or better cared tor body o!
laborers, and we doubt not two-thirds ot them
would prefer their present location and em
ploy incut to the cotton fields of the up country.
H kkobs or ths Battlh Field —Gentlemen
who h ive ridden out over the battle fields ol
the S von Titles, and the battle fields of subse
quent fights, state that the files exHt in such
swarms that it is with the utmost difficulty tha!
a horse can be controlled tit passing over them,
the Insects swarming out of the trees and
ground aad lighting upon both horse and rider,
i'hb dead of both armies, but those of the Yan
kee srtny especially, have been buried so slight
)r, that the scent attracts the fi.es to the ioeali-
U This may account for the sparse collec
el files in Richmond, and it is remarked
;h it the troublesome insects are fewer than for
years past, Immense flocks of crows and buz
zard.- aKo hover over the fields at times, at
tracted by the icste.-iiig wreck of humanity be-
jilorgan’s Raidi
All arc agreed upon the brilliancy and c ? -~sp
ing of Morgan’s recent expedition into Ken
tucky. With a thousand r.ien he penetrated
two hundred aud fifty miles into the enemy’s
country, seized a dozen to wns and cities, de
stroyed several millions of government stores,
captured a thousand prisoners, and broke up
the enemy’s communication with the South,
and then returned to headquarters with a loss
of some twenty killed and double that number
wounded! It was a wonderful achievement,
and will so be recorded in hi lory.
Many suppose that one hurtful result will
eftme of this expedition, viz : that the enemy',
with such notice of our ability to attack them,
will arouse Irotn their fancied security and
strain every nerve to bo ready for us in the
future. It is suggested, that as Morgan could
cai ry a thousand men through the centre of
Kentucky and to the very banks of the Ohio,
why did he not take with him ten thcu-'ind,
and instead of a mere rajd redeem the State
from Abolition dominion ? There m3y be sev
eral answers to this question, the most satis
factory, of which is that we had not- the men to
spare, without leaving East Tennessee entirely
o en to Buell, and his road to Richmond clear.
Tlse leading object of tha raid wc take to be
this : Buell is entering Tennessee with a large
force, and it was important that all possibility
of his retreat through Kentucky should be cut
off. This Morgan has effectually done, for the
navigation has ceased for the season on the
Tcnnes.' ■ end Cumberland. Should we attack
and whip Laeli where he is, under existing cir
cumstances,there will be no alternative left him
but t-o surrender his entire force or have them
cut to pieces. " " *'
Viewed iu thin light, Morgan”; I~m expadi
tion may be regarded as a most vufoabfo ous to
our cause, and we shall expect to hiMt bogs that
Kirby Smith and the leader ot our detachment
from Tupelo, whoever he is, have take advan
tage of the present posture of affairs.
Lies (just as “Curses”), like Chickens,
come home to Roost. —We have seen nothing
to remind us so forcibly of this proverb as the
present position of the Yankee commander,
McClellan, before the people of the North. In
our judgment, as a General, he is utterly de
stroyed, and not through the agency of any
blunder, or mismanagement of his own in the
coEductof his armies, but from falsehoods and
frauds perpetrated by himself. lie laid down
the premises, and fails countrymen arc drawing
from just and logical conclusions, which are
obliged to demolish him. Thos° premises—to
be found in his letters and despatches giving
accounts of his position, expectations, ability
to accomplish them, results of various engage
meots, &c., &c., —were often, a3 is well known
in the South, utterly false. And yet, it is all
good as against McClellan. lubinds h>m, how
ever destitute of truth it may be.
Wc ltfive before us an elaborate investigation
into the'nnlitary career of Gen. McClellan in
the Peninsula, ft is a speech delivered in the
Federal Senate by Mr. Chandler, of Michigan,
on the last day of the session. His argument
is based almost exclusively on McClellan’s
statements, and the testimony of “reliable”
Yankee officers, and from such premises no
man can resist his conclusion that the Grand
Army of the Potomac has been sacrificed by
imbecility, if not madness. He makes a dead
case against McClellan, and out of his own
mouth condemns him.
Does history record a more just retribution.
Like most of bis countrymen McClellan could
not resist the temptation to brag, aud bluster,
and lie, and he has reaped his reward. It gain
ed him a temporary eclat, but recoils upon him
with terrible and lasting effect. Let all public
men take warning from his example.
Reported Forthcoming Proclamation from
the President. —The Richmond correspondent
of the Charleston Mercury, writing under date
of theßlst ult., says : “ The President issues a
strong proclamation f . morrow. Butler is out
lawed, and to be hung if caught. Hunter and
Pope, with their officers, if taken, are to be ex
cepted from the cartel of exchange, and kept
in prison till the close of the war, and held as
hostages for citizens who have been seized.
Officers and men serving with negro regiments
or brigades are to be treated to the tender mer
cies of the black flag. This is well.”
It would be “well,” were it true, and wc hope
it is; but several days have elapsed and we have
heard nothing further of the proclamation. The
Federal* are waging this war without the slight
est regard to humanity or the usages of civil
ized nations, and that something should be
done to check their outrages, is the common
sentiment of the people throughout the Con
federacy. Retaliation is the only thing that
will bring them to their senses, and the sooner
we begin the plan the bet ter. Let it be prompt
i iu every ease, and terribie.
P. S— Since the foregoing was written, the
telegraph has brought us a synopsis of tlie or
der referred to, which, though it does not go
so far, is a good beginning. Wc should follow
It up whenever occasion requires It is to be
} regretted that the Adjutant General took no
! specific action in the case ol Butler, who should
I be outlawed and a price set upon his head.
; The Federal Congress.—The Federal Con
• gress during the recent session,*has appropriat-
I ed about eight hundred million dollars, includ-
I ing upward of five hundred and sixty millions
! for the army, and somewhat less than one huu-
I dred millions for the navy.
A foot: g the bills postponed by tbe House, or
remaining unacted upon are the following :
Bill providing for the admission of the State of
W esteru Virginia ; for the enlargement of the
Illinois aud Mich'gan canal; fora uniform sys
tem of bankruptcy; for the appointment of a
| commission to ascertain*losses incurred byciti
; zens, from the appropriation of their property
by United States troops-, the bank bill; the
; bill appropriating two hundred million dollars
j ior border slave States emancipation and for
colonizing purposes.
! The Senate look no definite action upon the
| House bills to totally aboli -h thejfranking priv
ilege. and to repeal all laws allowing mileage,
including the present members of Congress.
The House bill pr. t iding for the discharge or
trial of State prisoners failed in the Senate.
Among the last acts signed by Lincoln was
one authorizing the issue of postage and other
i government stamps as currency, and prohibit
ing Uttaks or other corporations frora issuing
| notes below the denomination of one dollar for
circulation.
Fifth Florida Regiment.—This fine regi
ment of infantry, about eleven hundred strong,
: arrived in our city Saturday eveuiug last, and
; immediately departed en route for an important
point. The following is the list of the officers
of the regiment :
Colonel—J. C. Hartley.
Lieutenant-Colonel—T. D. Lamar.
Major—D. F. Davis.
Adjutant—Wm. Scott.
Quartermaster—John 11. Baker.
Commissary Reid.
Surgeon—Dr. J. T. Godfrey.
Quartermaster’s Sergeant—Geo. A. Kuight.
Sergeant-Major—Jerry Anderson,
li e regiment ke ; been organized about four
months, aud its Health is excellent—none on
the sick list.
It was organized by companies from Middle
an.,l West Florida, as follows: Cos. A, Jefferson
county ; Cos, B, C flumbis county; Cos. C, Leon
county ; C\ D, Madison county ; Cos. E, do.;
Cos. F, Hamilton county; Cos. G, Jefferson
county ; Cos. H, Gadsden county; Cos. I, Wa-
K'.Lia county; to. K, Leon county.
.. T ?,* P itui ' ‘l r .MsCfß.v -The manifest of
lae itu, ai> a r;ca one. lbe articles enumc
raUvl it an* copperas, aiuui, epsom salts
gun powder. $ >da t-it, sulphur, cotton cards’
cas'.or e... 1 1; crate o: j.’O.a.-sium, bicarbonate ot
sooa, ... res. quinine, thread, medicines,
oy, *a prune acid, I iaockets, load, chars, soi
“u*kc:s and bayonets, cartridge
Dox.s. belts, bayonet sheaths musket slim-*
, aud percussion caps.—[Mobile Adv. 3
alvijnsrAk,' SALT!TIR-IXA-’Y, A-p-G-TTST 9. IS6S-
Letter from the {Fiftieth Georgia 4Scal
rnent.
Camp seven miles below Richmond, 1
July 30, 1862. j
Mr. Editor g—Sir : I write you to urge upon
the people of the up-country, through your
paper the necessity of entering at once up
on the distillation of their peach and ap
ple crop. The immediate use of spirits in
Eome instances have done an injury to the
service no doubt, but the great want, the
absolute necessity for stimulants, with the
common fare that we have in camps, is no
longer a question. The soldiers cannot do
without it. lam connected with the medical
department of the serviee, and know what Isay.
We must have some life imparting principle
other than what we have, or scores upon scores
Will go down that might otherwise stand the
service. My whole life has baen devoted to
habits of temperance. In fact, it never entered
my mind, up to the last few months, that I
would ever pen a line to any one upon a subject
of this sort. The medical department should
control the use of amnia in the camps alone.
The use of it - then be likely to so
many abuses. Some of our bountiful corn crops
should be made into whisky also.
Richmond is one vast hospital. All is being
done that can bo for the relief of the suffering.
A large force left here a day or two since—lß,-
000 or 20,000—t0 reinforce Jackson, it is ea:d.
Jackson is the man of the war. It is said here
that when he was about to leave for the valley,
he wrote to the editors and told them that if his
name was mentioned during his absence, he
would hang the man that did it on his return.
This may or may not be true. At any rate, the
editor--, sty n@thi.ig; of film.
A few good strong articles on the whisky ques
tion, and yon will do a God’s service to suffer
ing humanity, I have no doubt. I have been
here a little over a weak ; my confidence in our
ability to defend our beloved South is stronger
than ever before. The troops are generally in
good spirits. Respectfully yours, Ac.,
D. W. Brandon,
Surgeon 50th Regt. Ga. Vol.
The Flag of Peace. —We copy this morn
ing 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
peace we.have heard from the North. More
will 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. AH 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
which are obliged to control the judgment and
move the heart. We mention the prediction,
and here put it on record, that if the Lincoln
government docs 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 Jour
nal among them, fs to suppose that an old and
broken down party organization can be used as
the instrument for putting it down.
must organize on a higher basis, and appeal to
something stronger than party ties —especially
of a party that has become odious and almost
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
ical Redemption, wholly disconnected with past
political struggles and prejudices, and call it
by what new name they will, it is bound to suc
ceed in the end. All patriotic aad sensible
men will coma to it iutho end, whether they be
Democrats or Republicans. It were madness
to drive them away from the truth, by throw
ing odious names in their faces, and reviving
associations full of bitterness and rancor. Is
there no statesmen at thq North that will lead
off for snch an organization ?
Rev. Dit. Thornwell.—A despatch in the
Charleston papers of Saturday announces the
death of tho Rev. Dr. James H. Thornwell, life
great Presbyterian divine, at Charlotte, North
Carolina, Friday last. Such an event is a public
calamity. One of the greatest intellectual
lights of the South has been extinguished. It
is the genius and moral power of such men as
Thornwell that constitute the strength and
glory of a nation; hence his death involves a
loss to the entire Confederacy. Peculiarly is
this the case in the event under consideration
The deceased was an active and faithful minis
ter of thd gospel of Afhrist, yet the temporal
welfare of his countrymen was everpresent to
his mind. He frequently wrote on great ques
tions of national concern, not in the spirit of
the partisan, tut as a Christian patriot, and his
great intellect never failed to throw a flood of
light on everything it touched.
We publish in another column a brief sketch
ol the liic aud character oi Dr. TANARUS., for which
we.are indebted to our contemporary of the
Charleston Courier.
Tennessee.—Private advices from this State
are deeply interesting, and ominous of most
important events in that quarter. We have
troops already in the State ample for any pro
bable contingency, and they* are so disposed as
to warrant the conviction that the career of
Lincoln’s best General, the indefatigable Buell,
1 i$ about to bo brought to a close. o has a
force of some thirty thousand in his command ;
they are unable to cope with our superior num
bers, and their sources of supply u;sd retreat
are cut off. The struggle is near at hand, and
we shall be greatly disappointed if his entire
command is not either, cut to pieces or made to
surrender at discretion, provided anoti.tr hang
ing crime is not committed there as it was at
Richmond. We anticipate nothing of the sort.
The leaders in charge of the campaign are all
men ot the first class, whose impress has al
ready been made on the brightest pages of the
revolution.
ISnttnini;' tbe Gauntlet at Vicksburg,
Subaltern, the Vicksburg correspondent of
the Appeal,represents tbe downward passage of
the Federal steamers past the batteries, on the
night of the 15 th, as having been very disastrous,
though the full extent of the mischief was not
! apprehended until five or six days afterwards,
i nor is it yet completely known. He says :
1 Yesterday, several officers of our Regiment
| went to the batik of the river, three miles below
I the ci'y, and immediately opposite the main
| body of the enemy’s boats,’ Right before them,
| and in plain view, lay the remains of a large
| first class frigate. She had drifted, in a hopeless
j condition, from the rnaiu channel, (which turned
to the right one mile above, making a sharp
angle.) down an old channel upon this side of
the island. There she grounded hard and hast,
tier masts were all gone, her gnus taken from
her, and, in a word, the ouee magnificent frigate
was completely dismantled. She was perforated
with holes from stem to stern, and bore plain
evidences of having been raked from end to end
by our guns. As no name is ever lettered upon
men-of-war, it is not known what one this was,
and for farther intormaiion, wo will have to
wait the enemy’s account.
At a distance of one mile and a half above the
dismantled frigate, our officers saw a large gun
boat seriously disabled. She appeared from the
opposite shore to be fully three hundred feet
long, powerfully constructed. Iron-clad and
bearing a heavy armament. She was moored
close to the bank, was careened very much
toward this side, and many holes from cannon
balls plaiuly visible along her side. Oar officers
were there on duty during the day and night,
and all that time her pump were working eon
stantiv, while the carpenter’s hammer could
incessantly bo heard. She bore every indica
tion of being in a condition that required ail the
energies of her crew in keep her afloat. The
three remaining vessels ot the live were not to
be seen anywhere. How theycameoat we will
know at sor.re tranre <Hv.
Retribution. —We learn that the traitor, B.
D. Nabors, was among the sufferers by the out
rages committed by Sherman’s soldiery on their
march to Memphis. His plantation, near G r
mantown, was among those the vandals visited,
ard was net spared—everything being com
pletely destroyed, and the negroes and stock
earned off. The treachery ot tue tool did not
save him, and the last heard of him he was be
seiging the military authorities of Memphis for
restitution.—[Memphis Appeal.
Crops, Ac., West,
Near Warsaw, Ala., July 27,1862.
Mr. Editor:— Since last writing In' relation/to
the crops iu this section, I have wandered RfJC
Mississippi. The crops of grain in the mMK
lands of both Alabama and Mississippi ntc.
much better than those of tlje prairie. While
tiie latter Lave suffered ior rain to fill the cob
with grain, after tha blister forms* the former
have had au abundance to make a very largo
yield. I heard one Alabamaplauteri (prairi') w
ho would make enough to spare, frora Ids
wants, 4 000 bushels. There are many,off; -/-i*
hero Who will be able to furnish eq aal’v as ranou
from their supply. The seasons and soil pi
these two States are much the same, affoifria
needless to note the difference in the crops. .
I made some allusion ,to the industry of the
farm, or rather the independence the faqßgr
was putting on in this latitude. For the betrffM
of our Georgia friends, I will note afo mc.-
dents that may be of importance. _ . ’’V'
Iu gathering corn, the shuck is taken in too.'
With them the stock are fed in the wirier
months. A great many of our planters leeve
the shuck on the stalk. Most of the farm--# j
cut the stalk off at the ear and cure this w;fji
the fodder. When gathering peas they take UjjP'
vine as well as the pod. This, they say, fo b
save forage in a large way. Horses, mu).A
cows, hogs and sheep here, are stall-fed in sum
mer and winter. t -afltei
Almost every one has a tannery ; make Ut. tr i
own leather and shoes on their plantations.-W
Negroes do all the work, and make their ('Wis
dye stuffs from the forest. _ .
Enclosed you have a sample of three km®
of cloth, wove on the plantation of a farmer .gf.,
Alabama, with whom I have spent some tint.®
Even the ink with which I write is made on Ltm
plantation, of oak balls and a .little
Farmers here are digging up their smokfc
bfigsee and making salt. They make boppeJtrf
■
from the quantity of ashes in it, hat they say
it will save bacon,
litre each farrtter has a cistern, some thirty
feet under the earth, in the shape of a common
jug, which rids them of the necessity of ice. I
make mention of these little things to show to
our friends lioflr great they are in the w V of
comforts in these days of blackade.
I would give yon the proceedings, or particu
lars, in the sugar and molasses seizure, but fear
it would take more of your space than you
would be willing to give to the subject, not
withstanding yon have been an advocate of
military seizures, which I consider the greatest
detriment to trade that ever was allowed to ex
ist. Instead of putting an end to speculation,
it does more to foster it. than any step that could
be taken. Yours, F.
Impressment of slaves,
Mr. Editor That there is considerable dis
satisfaction iu the middles counties of this Slate
in regard to Gen. Mercer’s requisition upon the
planters for twenty per cajt. of their working
negroes, with a threat of impressment if not
furnished voluntarily, is undeniable. Bat this
dissatisfaction may, in a great degree, bo re
moved, if a conciliatory course should bo pur
sued by the Commanding General frora whom
the order emanates.
One ground of complaint is, that the call is
made upon planters at a time when they seed
all tho labor they can command to save their
odder. And this has been made the subject qf
ridicule and the occa-ion ol much sarcasm.
What! talk about saving fodder, when our
commercial emporium is threatened, and needs
ail the labor which can be had to complete its
defences immediately ? What is fd ’der iu com
parison with the safety of Savannah ?
That tho safety of Savannah is of infinitely
more importance than all the forage which can
be saved by all the slaves in Georgia, is retdily
conceded ; but stii! the ground of complaint
on tho part of the planters.is deserving of con
sideration, and, if that can be satisfactorily
removed, tli y will doubilo s yield a ready
compliance with the requisition of tho order
calling for a portion of their slaves lo labor on
the defenses of Savannah.
The people have beep urged time and again
to save all tho fodder and hay and forage of
every kind in theii power. If is known that in
compliance with another request made upon
them, they have planted almost ail their ground
in corn, and very little in cotton. They'have
near a double corn crop on baud, and this
greatly increases tha quantity of fodder to be
saved," all of which will be needed it this un
holy war shall continue. And now, wheu the
time for saving fodder is upon them, they have
a double quantity to ba saved, and in fast need
an increase ol force to do it, they are called
upon to diminish that force 20 per cent: Have. I
they not some reason to complain ?
Again: They are urged to dry peaches aad
other fruit to be furnished to our soldiers in j
the field for the preservation of their health.
Their peaches are at this time ripe and ripen
ing—fodder and peaches will not wait to be
saved—tiiey must be saved at the proper time,
or not at all.
As it is essential for the large number of
horses used in the army to have as large an
amount of forage saved as possible, and as the
health of our soldiers requires as much fruitks
the planters will be able to have dried, the
labor necessary lor these purposes ought not
to be interfered with, if it can be possibly avoid
ed. They are crops which are soon gathered
and saved, if saved at ali—two weeks time will
near about suffice for both.
If, then, Gen. Mercer would so modify his
order as to permit the planters to retain their
negroes at home until their crops of fodder and
peaches are saver!, all ground of complaint
would be effectually removed, and the planters
then would respond readily trad cheerfully to
his order. Then, having no cotton to tie pick
ed, their slaves would he comparatively idle,
and tbe planter - would gladly 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 isnot believed that Gen. Mere' '; will un
necessarily harass the people. lie is aa honor
abltyu.iu, and is, doubtle r. -ting from a sense
of duty. No blame should be attached toilm
for what he is attempting lo do—but he will not
violate his duty, uor vail he neglect putting
Savannah in a state of defence, if tie will allow
the planters about two w tks before he calls
for their negroes. Ills order will then be readi
ly responded to by Middle Georgia.
Bukkb County, July 31, 1802.
Mr. Editor ; I have read your editorial of this
morning, discussing the question of Gen. Mer
cer’s impression n of negroes. Your remarks
on the necessity of the measure are perfectly cor
rect. Savannah must, now, be placed in a state
of preparation for the combined aitack, which
will certainly be made again”, that city and
Charleston next autumn. But, whilst -readily
admitting the truth of your arguments, I must
deprecate your sly fling at our planters’ fodder.
You must know that fodder bears Urn same re
lation to corn thstclea iiness does to godliness
—it is next. There is no more salvation for a
dirty man than there Is for our cattle ml mules,
without fodder. However, di-miss we, this
basso, grumbling chord of the planter’s harp,
and proceed to a serious ol j -c.ionic Genera!
Mercer’s order.
No conditions, forms, or manner in which
the levy is to be made were ever published
until the ageut made his demand. Where levies
have been m.ule planters were toid that 20 per
cent, of ail negroes betwixt 18 and 60 years
would be required. Planters yielded obedience
to the call. But they asked, with justice, why
was not this made and rates ot impressment
annouceed to us in general orders.
It is true, that a'er this levy was made the 20
percent, formula was announced iu general
orders Why not before the levy ?
Now, tben, comes another order, through
agents whose authority is not exhibited, that
an additional levy is required of 20 per cent, of
all the women on the plantations. Men, ol
course, are to repre-eut the women. Can you
suppose that a willing obedience would be
rendered to this demand, in toe abscence of a
published order, and of authorized agents? It
this second levy ol women be true, *hy should !
planters be kept in the dark about it ? Where '
is the reason or justice of ibis proceednre ? I
Many planters do not reside on their planta- !
lions in summer—with a sudden and navel de
mand, overseers naturally rera-e to comply,
unless under instructions. The proprietor is
ignorant of what is demanded ami cannot in
struct.
I have then to say, publish a uniform order
lor our intelligence, and the levy will readily be
made. Bat I atu ol opinion that 29 per cent of
men and woman w.ll give Gen. Mercer 4,000
in-tead of one. He may try it. Meanwhile I
shall stand to the rack, fodder or
No F odder.
A note from Sena to bin. dated yesterday, in
forms u< that Capt. Willie Thompson, Aid to
Gen Jtfit Thompson, wa- cut off by the enemy
the day before, a: Cold Water, and Lad not re
turned. It is presumed he has been taken pris
oner.— [ Appeal, 26-b.
Yellow Fever at Norfolk. —A letter re
ceived iu Wastregion from Norfolk, states that !
several cases of yellow fever had appeared
there.
TELEq-BAPHIC
Morgan’s Official Report.
[Special despatch to Savannah Republican.]
. Knoxville, Julj 81.—Morgan’s official report of his
-Sxped tion into Kentucky has Men received. lie states
that ho captured twenty towns, twelve hundred prison
ers, destroyed an Immense amou.d. of Federal proper
ty, took twenty thon-and stand of arms, together with
sit large number of mule an-.l hors r s.
001, George -t "fo r Gretm'elt, of the British
Army, gr-ally di- i. himself in thy expedition
by charging in Iron r a i-.fi occasions. -o wan
slightly wounded.
„ From Yankecdom.
Richmond, July 81.—Northern dates of the 23th
ult. state t! at Charles P. Gordon, and o hers, charged
with cheering far Jeff. Davis, in Boston, on the Sd of
June, when rumors of tbe defeat of tee Union army
reached that city, hai been di charged.
The New York Post sars the most det oted friends
of McClellan pronounce Mm a failure, aud that even
the y and wisdom ef Lincoln is questioned.
Nine m'mbor# of the second branch of the Balfim.ro
City Council have resigned. Gem Wool officiary ap
proves their action.
The correspondent of tha New York Hera'd says
that f -ur divi ions of Confederates have c mcentrated
at Gordonsviiie, crestituting an a-my of 60,000 men.
News from the West.
Mobile, August I.—A special despatch to the Ad
vertiser and Register, dated Jackson, 31st ult., says:
Tafscngr ra,report i hat Gen. Yillipigueliad advanced
tod occupied Lagrange, Tennessee, bat subsequently
returned to Abbeville.
j Tito Federal# wchs advancing on Holly Spring#, aud
t-peeled to occupy the place to-day.
ire Gan. Eiiggles had’addressed a stringent remonstrance
|v wit •fla.-i’ve 10-.tw.-; ; vu Rargew who,.it^raa
ttler Hire atene* tmeaeneii
retaliation. Butler replied that oae of the prisoners
had been paroled aivi that ths other would bo.
Our G-uns epe on McClellan’s
Camp and Fleet.
Richmond, Aug. Ist.—A largo force of artillery, in
cluding many guns, having boon placed in position at
and below Coggiu’s Point yesterday and sighted, open
ed'on McCicdau’s fleet and camp atone o’clock thi
morning. Tho thing continued fie rcely for two hours
Tbe enemy’s gunboats replied very feebly, doing no
damage ,
At the first round from our guns, every light in tho
fleet was extinguished. Heavy damage is supposed to
have been do o. Great crashing w. s heard in the
river, whether from our balls o? tbe vessels colliding i a
unknown.
Tho enemy are evidently greatly alarmed. The en
tire fleet had disappeared this morning at da}light>
an.l such of McClellan s camp as wa3 visible was
seemingly in great, ctmmotion.
One of our men was killed and six wonndrd, all
from an accident to one of our own guns. Two bo.
longing to Rogers’ batter} were badly wounded.
Ail is qaito to day.
The Federate’ Account of" Stonewall”
ANOTiSTK. OSDSR FIIOUT POPE.
A NEGRO BRIGADE AUTHORIZED
Ths Guerrillas i . Lientucky.
RIO L‘ IN ST. JOU 1.1.
General Armstrong VH.fo slifc Enemy
again fn Teuuessiie.
Mobile, Ang.iat 2.—A special despatch to the Ad
vertiser & Eegi.-ter, dated Tupelo, Ist, srys:
The Cincinnati Commercial ol the 26th instant has
been received. It contains Tvashingion despatches of
tha 20 h.
Official information from Rappahannock county,
Ya , confirm? the report that J ckson wa? at Louisa
Court House, rtr Gordonsviiie, with 24,€<0 men, and
that ho has 8% 00 men at Gordonsviiie. It m evi
dently their intention to break the Federal lines and
threaten Washington, and thus draw cfl tho Federal
forces from before hichmond. Stonewaii’s fall force is
estimated bj tho Yankees at 60,08?, and they say ho is
advancing.
G -natal 1* >po is occupying Maryland, and it is raid
eom.L)- :Hda ro about (oh.- instituted by tha Yan
kees.
The renegades on the Rappahannock are alarmed
fir lit ir s.itity, and live iu bears in order to prevent
a curprise.
Lincoln has commissioned Jim Late, cf Kansas, to
rais? a brigade o! negroos.
Gen. Pope hat issued an ordir refusing to protect
the private prop rty of the Confederates. No soldier
will hereafter be allowed to guard it.
The Governor of Pennsylvania advertises that he
will accept nine months volunteers.
It is understood #t Washing.on that the Confeder
ates intend to hang Major General Mc?all, unlcs Gen.
Butler should bo given op.
Louisvilio despatches to the 25i.1i state that ccvcrsl
Yaufceo Colonels and Lieutenants had been killed by
the guerrillas iu Weston county, Kentucky. A Yan
kee expedition was to be sent out to defeat the guor
nl'as, v.ho were threatening Paris comity instead oi
B -ur'-on. The rebel guerr'lias arc organizing in all
the bod r counties of Kentucky.
At. Louis, July 24 -Hundreds of foreigners, mostly
Irish, have claimed the British Consul’s protection
lrom the draft. Great excitement waa occasioned, and
the Y'ankees mobbed them The Provost’s Guards had
to b o called out to suppress the riot.
The Federal Colonel Clarkson and seventy of his
m -n ha i been captured in Missouri,
Tupelo, Aug. I—General Armstrong officially an
nounces another successful skirmish on the Tennessee.
Lieut. Coi. Kelley, with one hundred and twenty of
his command, attacked four companies of Federal
Joncsb r Ala, on the 26th ult.. acd
r >uti I them. The enemy 1 ft nine dead and fifteen
wounded ou the fie!and sixteen were taken prison
ers. Our loss was one wounded.
The‘ nemy are on the north side -f the Tennessee,
an ! it is reported that th y aro retreating towa-d
NashviUo
Federal Vandalism in Alaoama.
HANGING OF A TKAITOB.
We.-tern Men rcfu.se to Fight under the
Emancipation Act.
[Spfciil despatch to tho cavannah Eepubiioan.];
Kfoxville, August ‘2 —A gentleman from North
Alal-uma, wh >arrivel here thi? evening, reports that
the Federate have burned Whitesburg, a town ten
rubles south of Huntsville, an 1 thelied Odctersville
killing t e wife of S K. Kyburn.
. H. Speceo. the banker of Llurlreesboro’, who
betrayed u e movements of Morgan and Forrest has
beon nting by the *it zens of Murfreesboro’.
Deserters from the Federal a my at Cumberland Gap
report that the \ ankee troops there are on quarter ra
tion?, and refuse to fight under the Emancipation Act.
From the West.
[Special despatch to the fcavaunah Republican.]
Tupelo, Aug 2. rhe enemy in 'rent is preparing
the roads and bridges, and extrnding teeir pickets.
It Is believed a demons ration is Intended.
Offieiil inf rm-.Uon states that Curtis Las b:ea re
inforced, aad is advancing on Hindman, who has a
large force. •
The Kute and Herald at Nassau.
Chaeleston, August 3.—Sews ha; been received
here from Nassau to the SO;h ult.
Tbe steamers Kat- and Herald had arrived at Nas
sau from the Coadlederate coast. The Herald was al
ia ked off Nassau by a Yankee war steamer which
fired aw hoc broadside into her; V
Yankees being too hieh, the Herald eteeped into port
with only one shot tarougU her bull.
Skirmisiiißg wiiii Putt's Forces.
A Great Battle Imminent.
The rpesident determined to Retaliate.
[Special despatch to the Savannah Kepubl can.]
Eiciute-KD, Aug- 3.—The bad is about to be opened
between Stonewall Jackson and Pope. Heavy krm
jshiag is now going on between the two forces a
Orange Court House. The Confederates are getting
the advantage and a genera! engagement i* thought to
be imminent.
The Prtsiden* has directed General Lee to transmit
his order regarding Po;e and Steinwer to the Federa
authorities, and says tf ter the receipt of the order, i!
thev do not reverse their policy, he will be forced to re
taliate. P. W. A.
Federal Vandalism,
IMPORTANT CONFEDERATE ORDER.
Bicn.MoxD, August 2 —Au important general order
from tbo Adjutsnt a; and Inspector General’s < filce, will
bo published Monday morning.
Tho first, article states the following orders aro pub
lished for the information in observance of on
cerned.
Tho flvo atPcles aro in the form of a preamble to
the 2d. and recite tho order hum dby tho Secretary of
Warref tho United States, directing tho military com
m*triors of that government to seize and use property,
real or personal, belonging to the inhabitants of this
Confederacy, and state that no provision is mado for
any compensation to tho owners ofpiivato property
thus aeiz and
The 8d Article quotes Gen. Pope’s recent order for
the arrest of all disloyal male ci'izens, who aro to be
required, to take the oath of allegiance, or to be con
ducted beyond tho linos, &c.
The 4th Article recites the order of Brigadier Gen
eral Stfeinwher for tho afreet of the five most promi
neut cit zens in Page c-iunty, Va., lobe held as hos
tages and suffer death ia the even’, that any of the sol
diers of the said Steinwlter, being shot by bushwhack
ers, by which are meant the citizens of this Confedera
cy who have taken up arms to defend their homos and
amilics,
The other three articles are as.follows :
Fifth : and whereas it results from the abo -e ordois
that sent) of the military authorities of the United
States, not content with the uujast and aggressive
warfare hisherto waged with savage cruelty eg a n&t an
unoffending people, and exasperated by failure ia their
effort to subjugate them, have no# determined to vio
late ali rules and usages of war, and to conv. rt hos
tilities hitherto waged against armed forces into cam
paigns of robbey and murder, tgyirst unarmed ci.i
zens aud peaceful tillers of iho soli.
Sixth: And, whereas, t is government; boned by
the .of duty :o its citizens, is. thus
driven 1 o-Uie*i.cce.’Stl/at t-d#Vtoe entry
as sUfli seem adequate lo repress there
barbarities; and", whereas,’the orders re 1 ore recited
have o ly been pat: iisiitd and made known since the
signature of tho cartel for the exchange of prisoners of
war, which cartel, in so far as it provides for an ox
charge of pr isonors hereafter to be captured, would
never have l eon signed'or a treed to by this govern
ment if ths intention to change thi3 war into a system
of indiscriminate murder and robbery had been made
known to it; and, whereas, a just regard to humanity
forbids that tho repression of crime which this govern
ment is thus compelled to enforce, ebon Id wnecs
sarily extended to retaliation on ! he enlisted men in
the United States army v. ho may bo unwilling instru
ments of savage c -ueliy in the hands of their command,
ers, to long as there is hope that the exoesres of the
enemy may be checked or prohibited by ret-i. ution on
commissi ned officers who have the power to avoid
guilty action, by refusing under a government which
seeks their aid in perpetrating such infamous bar bur -
ties Therefore,
Seventh. It is ordered that Major General Tope and
Briga ricr General Stelnwhcr, and a'l commissioned
offic.rs sor, ing under tlioir respective commands, be,
and they at • hereby r xyrcsuy and specially declared
to b> u ,t ei titled to bo considered as soldiers, and
ivfore <i >t entitled to tho benefit of tho cartel for
ilo parole o f future prisoners of war.
Ordered further, that in tho ovent ef tho capture cf
ffrjer O-nercl Fupe, tr Brigadier General Steinwher,
f any comraiFsioned officer serving under them,
the eeptirrs so 'aktu ehall bo held in dote confine,
went so long as the orders a bresaid shall continue
in force and uarcpealed by tho military authorities
of tho United States; and that, in the event of the
murder of any unarmed citizon or inhabitant of this
. i. nv, by vir uo or under pretext of any of the
orders ho: hi before recited, whether with or without
t,-i w:.-- - r under the pretext of such citizen being
a ... y- r .*: : ge, or at y other pretense, it shall be tho
.minanding General of tire forces of this
r:. :o cause immediately to be hung, out o
ins coma.,, oned officers prisoners aforesaid, a num
ber equalto tho number of oar cilizons thus murdered
by tho enemy. By order
[aigue l] B. Cooped,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
THE EHEMY { ROSS THE JAMES.
SKBItiUISII ON ffiflLl. CKZ2EK..
Cavalry skirmish at Orange C. 11.
Richmond, Aug. B.— The enemy landed a large force
at two points on the Boulh side of James river, Satur
day night, which is variously estimated at from 0,000
to 10,0.10, comprising Infantry, artillery and caval
ry-
Abriik skirmish took place to-day, at Cax’s, on Mill
Creek, Trinco Qocirge county, between fifty of tho 13th
Virginia cavalry, and qizht.y Fo toral cavalry. Our loss
one killed, three wounded, and two missing.
A number of Federal cavalry wore at Garrisvillo at
l o’clock to-day.
RtoitMoxD, August 4.—-Eight hundred Y ankeo cav
alry attacked two hundred of Gen. Robertson’s caval
ry yesterday morning, ono mile this side of Orange
C. H.
Tho Confederates charged tho enemy ami drove
them back to the village, where a brisk skirmish took
place.
Anothir party of Yankees appearing on their flack,
tha Confederates fell buck towards Gordonsviiie,
bringing off nine prisoners. Y'ankce loss ten killed,
and a number wounded. Five Confederates were
wounded and several missing.
Important from Virginia anti the North.
Release of Confederate Prisoners.
Negotiations about Butler.
PBOCLAfIiTION FBOJI LINCOLN.
[Special despatch to the Savannah Republican.
Richmond, Aug. 4.—T00 Confederate prisoners at
Balti acre and Washington have been released, and
are now en route for home. They left those places in
tie midst of great njoic:ng. Federal prisoners are
sent from Richmond daily.
Tho Confederate Government opened a correspon
dence w th the authorities at Washington, enquiring
whether l’.n let’s conduct is sanctioned. No answer
havi g keen received, another letter waseent, in which
tne President said that further silence would be con
strued as an end rstment ot Butler’s conduct.
Gen. P pe continues to lav waste, bum and destroy,
and to drive off male citizens from th;ir homes.
Lincoln has i- sued another proclamation warning
the rebsls to return to their allegiance in sixty da-.t>
| or all their properly will be confiscated under the Cth
section of the Confiscation Act.
Recruiting is exceedingly dull at tho North, and tbe
newspapers aro in despair at the gioo y prospect of
peace. Men begin to talk and *how themselves.
Tae Journal of Commerce denies tbe right of Cos: -
gress to emanc pete slaves u ;der any circureslances.
Numerous ar esls are making at the Aiorh for ex
pressions ot disloyal sentiments, and desertions Lom
the Federal army are daily occurring. Confusion,
donbi, and di-may reign throughout the North.
The Yankee papers say the Federal fleet tad cap
tured the British schooner Agnes and the Confederate
steamer Reliance, Lient. Gladding, they raving run
the blockade." P. W. A.
LITER FROM EUROPE.
AMERICA;: ART AIRS IN 3P.ITISH PABLIA
KENT.
Napoleon Resolves to Intervene.
Eiciimond, Aug. 4 —Northern ■ ates of the 31 tt bring
European news by the Australia, which left Liver
pool on the 10th uit.
An important d.scus ion took place in Parliament on
Lindsey’s motion to offer mediation and recognize the
Southern Confederacy. Alter a lengthy debate Lind
sey’s motion was withdrawn.
Lord Palmerston made a remarkable speech on the
occasion, appealing to the House to leave tne whole
matter in the hands of the Government.
The Paris correspondent of the London Herald again
asserts that Ltpuitou is about to offer tbe mediation of
France in Aperican affairs and says tho drill of pub
lic opinion is in favor of such a course.
LATEST NEW YOKE MAEKET3,
The stock market in New York was strong on the
29th. Gold lower, selling at 114;f. London Exchange
125. Honey very abundant at 4 per cent.
Epltapb.
Here lies Fremon , a mighty sworder,
Who never would cb* v aa order :
He killed It s friends on every side,
And then committed suicide:
Let friends and fees both lei him be.
For he’s resigned, and to are we.
[to Y. Sunday Ismen.
The last voyage ol the Great Eastern, out and
home, has Dean proapt roue in a p eunra y point
ot view, and bus established her character as an
excellent sea boat and put the stockholders in
very good humor.
The birthe iu one week in London average
1,769—900 boys and 869 girls. Deaths average
i about 1,116.
TSTO. 34z.
Late No? them and Southern News.
CAPTURE OF THE 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
ORDER EXECUTED—IMMENSE DE
STRUCTION OF FEDERAL PROPERTY
ON THE TENNESSEE—SUCCESSFUL RE
BEL RAID ON IHE MEMPHIS & CHAR
LESTON ROAD-FORREST AT CA R
THAGE-THE MORTAR FLEET AT HAMP
TON ROADS—FEDERAL LOSSES IN THE
WEST.
Richmond, Aug. 4.—Northern dales of the 30th have
been received.
Tbe steamer Reliance, from Georgia, bound for Nas
sau, with a cargo of cotton, was captured by tho Yan
kees.
The office of the St. Croix Herald, at St. Stephens,
New Brunswick, has been destroyed by a mob for sup
porting the Union cause.
Andy Johnson has sent Rev. Elliott, Ford and Bald
win to tho Indiana penitentiary.
Gold is quoted in New York at 11G,
The Petersburg Express of the 3d has New York and
Philadelphia dales of the SSth and 291 h.
The Fortress Monroe correspondent of the Philadel
phia Inquirer is credibly informed that the rebel forces
aro now concentrating on the line of the James river
above the junction of lha Appomattox and James, and
are supposed to number between 50,000 and 15,003
men, with Stonowall Jackson In command.
Tho night of the 24th a company of rebel cavalry
dashed down on Gloucester Point opposite Yorktown
and carried off a large lot of contrabands, forced into
the rebel army all the male inhabitants, and then set
tiro to lot of ship timber. Taking with them their
tjophics,-theyhsn departed.
similar dcptOdatfffha were com®' 1 ,Ur- .He VictpHy
of Williamsburg the night of the 25th'. The Rebels
made an incursion into the lines of Mcl'lellaa and
carried off a large number of army braves.
Two thousand contrabands, on their way to McClel
lan's headquarters, passed Old Point on the 2Gtb.
Jeff. Davis’ mail carrier to Norfolk was caught Fri
day, with two thousand letters.
Fifteen or twenty Rebels, captured near Suffolk,
have reached Fortress Monroe.
Gen. Pope took tho field last Monday. A large
number of deserters, including between 4C and 50 of
the 105th New York Eeg'ment, left Pope’s army
during the last week.
On tho 25th lour guerillas fired upon and wounded
two Federa’s near Warrenton. Capt. Williams, of the
Michigan cavalry, went out and brought in eight un
offending Virginians, who are to bo held rerpotsiblo.
Within threo days past Gen Hatch crossed Swift Run
Gap to McGahaytown. The people of Culpepper, Or
ange, and Madison counties were thunderstruck at the
recent sudden appearance of Union forces under
natch.
Despatches from Cairo, 2Gth, says steamer Scoom,
arrived from the Tennessee river, brings news of a
Rebel raid at Florence, Ala., on Tuesday. They en
tered the city, burn edwur elsouscs filled wilh Yankee
commissary and quartermaster stores, and all the cot
t.in in the vicinity. They seized tho Yankee steamer
Colons, u*ed for oonvoying army supplies over tho
shoal, took all tha money belonging to the boat and
pasaongers,and then burnt tho boat. The property de
stroyed ia reported to have been immensely valuable,
A small detachment of Mitclr l’a army was also cap
tured.
The rebels then proceeded down the Tonnesseo to
Chickasaw, Waterloo, aud the vicinity of Eastport,
and burned a’l tho warehouses containing cotton.
Another band of forty rebels attacked a wagon train
near Pittsburg landing, and captured sixty wagons
filled, with government stores.
A Now Albany deEpatch of tho 2'th says: The
rebels congregated in considerable numbers at K&lves
lille, Ky , and boldly and defiantly hi'ulted the Union
citizons.
FaaiODgors from Henderson say -ho guerrillas have
appeared in strong force opposite Mound City, and it
was feared they would sttempt to bum tho Union
guubQats building there.
A Si’i.ihviUe despatch of (ho 27th says: The Tenth
Ohio Regiment, guarding the Memphis & Charleston
road, between Deealor and Courtland, were attacked
ye3ierday by a large force of guerrillas- Thirty cr forty
of the regiment were killed, and tha road considerably
damaged,
A large rebel force is reported near Tuscnmbia.
Forrest ia reported to be at Carthage, with tho in
tention of cf making a descent on Louisville and the
State Koa-i.
A New York despatch of the 26th says; News from
Fortress Monroo to-day states that the utdquitoug
rebel, Stonewall Jackson, is demonstrating down the
ivu. Liiuk of tho James river, mads some stir, and ren
dered nervous people greatly uneasy.
Late telegrams announce the arrival of Porter's
mortar fleet, intended for Fort Darling, winch made
all right again.
Cotton dull, with trifling sales at 48c.a44 for Mid*
dllng Uplands Exchange on London, 123 U; Gold
lower, and opening at 117 1-0*17.5,[, and closing at 16j£
alGpa. Government etocks lower.
Tire Federal losses of troops in tho Western Depart
ment, since the war begun, is given in the New York
Tribune sixly-lhree thousand five hundred (63,5C0.)
Letter from the President to Gen. Lee.
Richmond, Aug 4.—The following letter is publish
ed this morning, lrom tire: President to Gen. Lee:
Richmond, July 81
Sib :—On the 221 of this month a cartel for the gen
eral exchange of prisoners-of war was signed between
Major General D. 11. Hill, in behalf of the Confederate
States, and Major General John A. Dix, in behalf of
( the United Stales. By terms of tho cariel, it was
stipulated that all prisoncra-of war hereafter taken
shall be dischirged on parole until exchanged. Scarce
ly had that cartel been signed, when the military au
thorities of tho United States cemmeijced a practice
of changing (he character of the war, from such as
becomes civilized nations, into a campaign of indis
criminate robbery.
The Genera) Order issued by the Secretary of War
of the United States, in the city of Washington, to
take the private property of our people for th. conven
ience and use of their armies without com ensation;
a General Order issued by Major General Pope, on the
23d July, tbe day after the sigoingof t ie cartel, directs
the murder of our peae ful inhabitants as spies if found
quietly tilling tho farms in his rear, even outside of his
lints; and one of his Brigadier Generals, Steinwer,
has seized upon innocent and peaceful inhabitant*, to
be held as hostages, to the end. that they may bd mur
dered in cold b ood, if any of his soldiers are killed by
some unknown persona, whom he designates as
“bushwhackers ” Under this state of facts, the gov
ernment has issued the enclosed General Order, re
cogniziog Gen. Pope and his commissioned officers to
be in a position which they have chosen for themselves
—that of robbers and murderers, aud not that of pub
lic enemies, entitled, if captured, to be considered as
prisoners of war. We find ourselves driven by onr
enemies, by steady progress, towards a practice which
we abhor, and which we are vainly striving to avoid.
Some of the military authorities oi the United States
seem to suppose that better success will attend this
savage warfare, in which no quarter is to be giveD,
and no age or sex ara to be spared, than has hitherto
been excused by euch hostilities as are alone recog
nized to be lawful by civilized man in modern times.
For the present, we renounce our right of reta iation
on the innocent, ar.d shall continue to treat private
enlisted soldiers cf Gen. Pope’s army as prisoners of
war; but if, after notice to the government at Washing
ton of our confining repressive measures to puni hment
only of commissioned officers, who are willing partici
pants iu these crimes, these savage practices are con
tinued, we shall reluctantly te forced to the last resort
of accepting the war on the terms chosen by our
foes, until the ou'raged voice of a common humanity
forces a reepeet :or reeogniz -d rules of warfare.
While these fads would justify our refasal to exe
cute the generous carte! by which we have consented
to liberate an excess cf thousands of prisoners held by
us beyond the number held by the enemy, a sacred re
gard to plighted faith springing from the remembrance
ot breaking it, prevents our resort to this extremity.
Nor do wedesire to extend to any other forces of the
enemy the punishm- n*. aloco merited by Gen. Pope
and such commissioned officers as choose to partici
pate in the execution of his infamous orders.
You are therefore instructed to communicate to the
Commander-in-Chief of the armies of the United
Slates the contems cf this letter, and a copy of the
enclosed General C rdera, to tho end that he may be
notified of our intentions not to consider any officer
hereafter captured, lrom Gi-n.-Pope’s army, as prison
ers of war. Very respectfully, yours, &e.,
(Signed) JEFFERSON DAYI3.
To Gen. R. E. Lee, Com’dg, dsc.
Yankee Gunboat Aground.
Richmond, Aug. B.—A Yankee gunboat got aground
at the mouth of the Appomatox, near City Point, Sun
day last. The Confederate batteries were firingat her
yesterday afternoon. The result has not yet been as
certained.
Sad Btort.—Tbe Route (Ga.) Southerner on
the 26th oi June published the marriage of A.
B. R js.- to Miss L zzie MeCo*nico. On the
13th of J uly it published the death ol the brid®-
groom, and on the 22d ot July the death ol the
bride, A brief and. sad story.