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v OL. TERMS: Daily Paper, $8; Tri-Weekly, $5; Weekly, §2 IN ADVANCE. The Paper is always stopped, unless a remittance be made to continue it. Timely notice is given, so that payment can be made before the expiration oi a sun scription. SATAKNAE- 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.