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2 WEEKLY By FW. Sims, ’ City aII and Coa t j P s i s* tj r. ' - Ift.'S K. SM* ?'ir, - - SAVANNAH. GA. Saturday ISoruliig, August 9, 1864. Tfie Riehmoad Dispatch say - the high handed deeds of Butler in New Orleans will hardly beat comparison With the atrocities of Pope and hu men in Northern Virginia The steamer Theodore, which - in beingstolei by th* Lincoln pirates was called Nassau. sold in New York on the ’26.b July > or ■*•' > —1,300 barrels of rosin, par- of the <aw >, brought ISO,COO. nod the tnr g3O r-<-r barrel. Yellw Fkvkk on -hik >U3si.-9ipri.—The M eUslppian is informed by g‘ ntlcman wo■> c-on versed with the Yankee prisoners taken from the transport at Wand 82, nat the yellow feve. is prevailing on the fleet, or its equivalent. th black vomit- Col. Bishop, ot the Seventh Mississippi regi ment, publishes in the Montgomery Advertise a list of two killed and thirty nine wounded o his command, by the late railroad collision ai Garland, on the Montgomery and Pensacola railroad. - Morgan's R^id.—This clear and unpretend ing narrative of one of the most remarkabi* and successful adventures on record, will h* found in our columns. The reader will Andi 1 interesting, as he proceeds, to take a map and trace out the route of the guerrilla chief. Coming Home. — L'ne irieuds ot our brave men who have so long been in captivity, will be rejoiced to hear ot their release, and tha 1 they are now en-ruutc fur their homes in th. g>u h. We hope there will *be many joyful reunions in fb“ Cdir. o' <h<- tiex’ en days. Plenty of i.aiN. — l'ne M .leogevilie federal Union of Tuesday, fays : “We have hi dspoi • did rains' the past week. They have been general, we learn. Corn was needing rain. These rains insure the greatest corn crop thi country ever saw ”, Important to Paroled Prisoners. Order? have been issued for nil paroled prisoners taken at Roanoke Island and elsewhere to report theii names, that they may be included in the ex change lately agreed on between the Confed erate and L nrnln Governments _ Prices of Negroes.—lt is a remarkable fad that nrgroes have gone up at least 75 per cent um within the last two months, their vaiu* seeming to lluciuate with the price of cotton, though we do not refer to the two as bearing the relation of cause aud t fleet. A small negr. girl, about thirteen or iourtcen years of age. not particularly likely or remarkable lor he qualifications of any sort, brought $1025 at nut Court Ilou-'e, Tu mlftv la t. Mexico. —We publish some sensible remark on th .• condition of alltirs in this unfortunate couatry, taken from the Mobile Advertiser. Wi approve the views of our contemporary, and Intended preparing seme remarks of our owi On the future policy of tie- Confederate Govern ment regardmg MaNiC-, hut the perfect 11 *od oi telegraphic news that came down upon us it the afternoon of yesterday, 101 l us neither time to write nor room to print. Teleorapuic Industry ! —The Petersburg Express, containing a lull account of the attack on VTcClellanV camp and fleet from CogginV Point, was’received a day in advance ot the te’cgraphic despatch of its contents from Rich mond. We have several time r, of late, received despatches in brief of Virginia news at the same time with Richmond papers containing it In .detail. We hope we can say this much with Impunity. The Charleston Courier, with good cause, calls upon the agent at Richmond to “read the papers.” Salt Works—A Suggestion —We would re spectfu'ly suggest to correspondents and othei writers for the papers, the propriety of abstain ing from descriptions of salt walks and their locality on the Cotiftderate coast. We havt before us an article addressed to one ol the in terior papers, which contains the very informa tion the Yankees would desire iu order to break up the wo. w*orf .I to. toy get our papers, those from the inti rior as well as from the cou.-t, mid if suit inauu'aciurera should be visited some night by -t marauding party o' Y*ni.O' #, r.ud have their works destroyed, they will have to thank their leaky friends for their m -fortunes. Another Invitation to “Disperse ’’—Farce will always have its place iu serious history. When the Yankee armies are whipped in every direction, a large portion rotting in their graves, another still larger languishing in hospitals for the wounded, and the remnant flying to their gunboats or homes for protection, there is something supremely ridiculous and laughable j In the proclamation just issued by Liucoln or- j during the “Rebels” to lay down their arms j and return to their allegiance—to him. Such n document, at a time like the present, will excite j a broad grin throughout the civilized world, j Just “sixty days” are graciously allowed ns by ! the man with the Scotch cap and military clonk! If not pitiful, haw funny it Would be j Filly-nine, days, the Rebels a*e to be allowed to ] do as they please, select their own King, but Abraham must be worshipped on the sixtie'h, or woe lo the infidels Pray, whit would the creature give U? for a lease of the same duration on the White 11 nisei Putting tub Cart before tub House.— Greeley and many other crazy fools at the North a-e urging ii| on their government the abolition * of slavery tu the Southern States, and declare the .repel!'.en will not be put down until t hi- j thing is accomplish' The Mind f.oatie- do j not atop foV a unnre nt i > them-* ice* how j slavery can be pu- down mud the South is tir-i conquered or sul jug *t* h II >w is a law ol the Federal Congress t > arm a hostile conn try where Use power cnaciing it lias no civil or even military authority i Hunter went thr, ugh the ridioalous lavce iK prm launicg shivery ex tinet iu South Carolina aid Georgia, but how many slaves did tv edict set fre* * Just as many as !u could rial, and oat another con traband; afi-5 even •' , v a ein .. mere and. plorahl*- bondage than ever ire are Wh u the Yankees i rhip us, liny may beg’u t>> lalk of legislating for us aud destroying the rights of property. Ti.at day will never come, it is not set down in the cab nrir Another Fanatic Turned Er—The K v Dc. Wm S. Planter, formerly of Virginia, and once famous as a j ulpit orator ol the tiret class, now a resident ol Pittsbutg, Pa, is out in a le'ter sustaining the Lincoln government.— Thousands will be pained to in ar it, but the reason he gives lor his allegiance v.MI satisfy all that ho is a monomania ■ „n the sa! j at oi relit; on. He says the powers ol ti e eaith “are ordained of God,” and therefore the revolution is wrong. On the same principle he must ion- j demn the revolution of 1770, tor George II! was as much ordainel of God as Abraham Lin , colu. and more, for he was bom a K i:g Snip ' lures shows us numerous Instances iu which ! governments wore overthrown and two o ereeled in their stead with the approval of th A'mighty and under his direct iuterj o?Tion.— Righteous government is ordained of God am. should be held sacred by the people; tyranny is odious in the sight of boih God and tnan, and It is the religious duty of u Ulcn to #id in Us overthrow In a spe eh . m eu.u >, CJ a , j H. An k t>ou ol v j n-sv. ii,.\,rr.i r ol ' TeXi i am h w.swnh (Jen. 11 * ia ,j l*t -in- -.id he dim h b il.c 'j' i flag" a ut hTu. 1. bss no bit. o UeuMs and that he w as dead. At -T. 5? *p ■ St Li u swtek, the HeraiJ ; the on y pia|Hr published tu iiai province tba favored the rTaua! cause, was mobbed cu iht i 23th, aud the type thrown into the river. THE "WEEKLY , Si TUESDAY, AIJGTJST 9, 1862. Mexico. With nations, as with individuals, the wisest policy is to attend to our own affairs and leave others to the exclusive erjaymeut of tbe same privilege. It promotes prosperity at homo and peace with all the world. With ti.o Confed erate States it will be for some years to come a matter of necessity as well as a virtue. Once out of this revolution, we shall have enough iO lo to look after onr internal affairs, build up ihe breaches made in our industrial interests, md arrange for commercial relations w.th those ’whom we care to regard as friends and cus tomers. The time, though, wii! c .me when either in self defense cr from motives of humanity, ,ve shall be called upon to observe the political Qovements of others, and, perhaps, take tome .teps to forward or check them. Especially •vil! ibis be the case as regards Mexico, a ccun ry coterminous with our own, and more nearly ■•issimilat.il g in P* soil and productions to the Con'ederate States than any other nation. Wfat is to be the ultimate destiny of Mexico -a \-xed problem, to be solved in the future. •I r history has been a most unhappy one for he lasi forty year?. Indeed, from die moment he ventured on free government uutil the •jresent day, she has been the theatre of in estine war and bloodshed. Revolution has succeeded revolution, as moon succeeds the noon; the land has been rent with s.rife, and ier government seems to have been set up nly as a mark for -some ambitious chieftain, who, marshalling his followers, made war and verthrew it, only to erect a worse and qnally precarious one in its stead. This lamentable state of affairs, besides involving he country in debt, has turned to it the eyes >t other nations, some viewing her mie fortunes with pity and a generous desire to letter her condition, while cupidity has moved the desires of others. At the present time we dnd France actively interfering in her political wars, and throwing a considerable toc’y of t-oops into her borders, with the v'rw, as..-he a'leges, of j titling down faction, and securing a suitable and permanent government to a dis trajiedand well nigu exhausted people. The only foreign opposition France is likely to meet with in the course of her project will probably come from the United States, who look with extreme jealousy on eveiyt.king that bears the color of foreign encroachment on the American continent. For this, though, she is now but little prepare 1, having spent her strength in a vain attempt to subjugate the free people of tbe South. At some future day, though, it may, and pro bably will, become the duty of the Confederate Stales to contemplate such an issue, and to act upon it. In a contest between the Yankees md Frebeh lor supremacy anywhere, we have no hesitation in leaning toward the latter. We believe France will give Mexico a far better government than the Yankees would or could— i government adapted to the t; mper, capacity, and necessities of the people. Such a form of institutions is best for every people, while nothing is clearer than that Mix'eo is incapable of KP.lf-gove n nent -and mu*t be ruled by a strong arm to be ruled peacefully and perma nently. Republican as we arc, we confess to a decided liking for the vrews of Napoleon with egard t- our unfortunate neighbors, and be lieve he has the sagacity and the will to do far better for them than they can do for themselves, and infinitely better than the Yankees would lo f r them, for their system would either be a vile despotism or the popular mobocracy from which it is hoped they are about to emerge. For the present, at least, even had we the power to interfere, we would prefer to le Na poleon alone uutil his plans shall have been fully matured and his machinery of govern ment put in operation. We can then deter mine whether or not it is working favorably for the Mexicans and without injury to our elves. Seward, Up to this writing we have received no con firmation of tbe report that this arch-fiend has resigned his place in the Cabinet of Lincoln.— We have very little question, however, of its truth. It has been foreshadowed for some time in the Yankee Press, -and even reported prematurely as a fact. The event is in perfect keeping with the whole character and history of Seward. He never yet, knowingly, put himself in a position to bo sacrificed. The “head-devil” of this anti-slavery war, ho inaugurated it at the be ginning, engineered it forward by his mighty | talents and chicanery, eventually succeeded in | giving bis (action h fnei!cSt administration ot affairs, and, being defeated in party caucus for the Presidency, be accepted the highest, post of honor under his successful competitor. Here he has lad lull sway. His ambition was it lust gratified, and the lime had come for bringing to a practical test and working out the principles so dear to his heart. With a President and Congress to his liking, he soon I’ut in operation th<j Black Republican michine ry. Thu result is before the world. He lu.a brought revolution and bloodshed to a whole continent, destroyed bis government, and ruined his people. He sees this, and makes bi3 escape from the breakers ahead. His blood—if he has blood—runs cold at the terrible drama tb it is passing before him. His government has failed in everything except the utter de struction of those who were betrayed into con fiding the trust. He sees his mighty legions flying back from the land they invaded, with the enemy in hot pursuit, and threatening to carry fire and sword into his own borders, lie hears the murmurs of discontent, and the dis tant but angry war of an outraged people. He kuows the day ot retribution is at hand, and that Lincoln and his fellow conspirators will soon be swept away before a tempest of popu lar iuuignation. It is under such circumstances that this am- I bilious and bad man retires from the post of ! State, which he has stained with crime and dis- i honored by every species of duplicity and vil- j lamy that the Prince of Darkness could invent, lie se> s that the people of the North have been i betrayed, and that they are about to find it out. ! 11“ scents the danger from afar, aud like the man iu the proverb, • hideth himself.” He knows that btads must f ill, aud his first care is to Save his own. lie will not do it, tinles he should cause the Atlantic to roll between him tud danger. With a few -uoh patriotic spirits of Yallandigfcnm to stir up his countrymen to a sense of their wrongs—and many will tollow in his footsteps—the arch-fiend of Abolition, even in bis distant retrea', w ill not escape the fiery indignation of an outraged people that is destined to sweep like a tempest over the min ed Ninth ami bring to a speedy and summary judgment upon the authors of their troubles P. S—Our later despatches seem to throw seme doubt on the resignation of Seward. Per haps we shall hear the truth about in a day or two. But one Ikon Clad.— The Petersburg Ex press has it from authority entirely reliable that the Federals now hive but oue effective iron clad vessel in James river, and that is the Moni tor. The Galena is kept iu sight for appear ances only, she bating been rendered totally unfit for service iu the tight at Drewry’s Bluff. She. has not fired a gun since. The Naugatuck md Stevens’ battery are both at the North, un dergoing epairs. With an effective iron clad j vessel, we night go down James river and | cU an out the entire Yankee fleet, shoul l it dare ! to return after the general stampede caused by i onr batteries yesterday morning. Loi.an, or Illinois. ibis descendant of a savage, who now commands au Illinois rtgi-’ ment in Tennessee, has proved himselt worthy of his ancestry. 11. , brutal murder of Mr. Whipple, a prominent citizen of Tennessee, for 1 no other cause than aiding his countrymen iu their struggle for freedom, should place a price upon his own 1 ead, and we hope our govern ment will forthwith issne the authority to bring him to cordlgn punishment. Logan is >oe of the Northern uu n with Southern prin ciples whom some people have taught us to c Irtish as friend*. Dr. Luk P. B.ack"-u:n, o: l, uisville, Ky., has prc.-i-nitd Gen. Price w.ih a magnificent &Ged. He is called "Rivt nger.” Dr. B. ; i* * member of Gtn. Price's sulL 'jl lie retaliation O dor. There is considerable < omplaint from the Press of the recent order of the President au thorizing retaliation for the barbarities and cruelties proclaimed by General Pope and others of the Yanke army. It is thought, by some, to lack decision and vigor ; others complain tha t it gives license to the brutal soldier whilst it holds officers to a strict account, thereby de feating the very end for which it was designed ; while still a third party object that neither the order nor carl el for the exchange of prisoners affords the slightest protection to unuffindiDg Confederate cil’zsns living within the enemy’s lines, and subject daily to every species of an noyance and persecution. To take up the last objection first, we have been rather surprised that the government, has not adopted some steps for the protection ol its citizens and their property, embraced within the Federal lines. If it be possible, there is clearly an obligation on the government to do it, and do it promptly. It would seem that whilst we had a large excess of prisoners in our hands, we might have made them available f< r that purpose, by demanding certain guaranties of the enemy before signing the articles of ex change, and, if refused, by holding a goodly number of prisoners as hostages for the good conduct of the FederaU in the course ot the war. It is a great oversight that something ol this kind was not insisted on during the pro gress of negotiations. It mieht have secured peaceably that which may now cost a series of crnelties.at the very thought of which humanity must shudder. But these people must be pro tected at whatever cost. They owe our gov ernment allegiance, and have a right to insist that the correlative duty on shall be religiously performed. To abandon them to the mercies of a remorseless foe, when we could prevent it, would be a forfeiture of all claim upon them, as well as an act of inhu manity. To the objections that the policy of our gov in meat lacks vigor, and exempts the private soldier from its penalties, we have this to say : No doubt the feelings of every Southern m£| sympathize with that view of the case; yet we apprehend that the moderation of the Presi dent, when weighed in the balance of true wis dom and discretion, will be found to contain much to merit the public approval. A war ot retaliation, especially under the circumstances of bitterness and revenge that characterize the prestnt contest, is a fearful thing, and the ex tremes! caution is lo be observed lest a state of things be inaugurated that will shock tbe world with horror. Let us pause long and deliberate well before we consent deliberately to take partin such a strife. We had rather favor tbe guilty enemy with our magnanimity thau to have it said of ns even that we took up the gauntlet when thrown down in such a strife, until every oii-ci resort had been tried in vain. We think, therefore, <bat the President has acted wisely in not going as far as he would have been justified in the opinion of mankind. Nor does the exemption of private soldiers by the order prevent a proper punishment of that class of our enemies whenever it may be called for‘by the circumstances ot the case. Although a criminal part maybe required of them by their officers, it will be very easy to determine whether they exceeded in their se verity tbe instructions of their superiors. Each case can be made to stac.d on its own merits, and punishment meted out according as it 6ball bo deserved. There is hardly any degree of rigor which the world would not justify us in visiting, when we have the power, upon our unprincipled foe. But the latitude granted by public opinion is not the true measure for a nation’s conduct. It must act in such a way as will be best' lor its own people, and at the same time elevate us most in the estimation of others and ourselves. Tbe North has conducted this war without the slightert regard to the usages of nations or the claims of humanity. Setting out wiih the principle that we are rebel?, and not ene mies, they outlaw us completely, and claim the right to deal with U3 as they please, without the slightest responsibility to public opinion or the common law of na tions. They do worse than this : they hold us as belligerents and enemies for all purposes where they have an interest so to regard us—to get back their prisoners when we have twice as many as they, for instance—and deny us tbe character when it stands in the way of their schemes of cruelty and plunder. Thus they show their hypocricy, inconsistency and injustice—their total abandonment of ail principle, and disregard of public opinion. hold; that as regirds rights in this war, ! we stand on an equai footing in every respect ! wiih the enemy. We can do jast anything and everything towards the Yankees Jthat they can lawfully do towards us, aud yet what would be thought ot tiie leader of our armies if be went through Pennsylvania cramming the oath o allegiance to the Confederate government down the throats of the people of that Coinmon- I wealth, and driving them and their wives and children from their homos iu the event they re fused to take it ? What would be thought of a Confederate commander if he should arrest aufi hang a prominent and valuable citizen of the same State tor no other crime than pointing out to his Yankee brethren in arras a convenient way of escape from the enemy ? Aud yet these are rights claimed over our own people by our Yankee invaders, shamefully and iu Uefiauee of all enlightened public opinion. These things are not to be borne, and if the remedy now sought to be applied should prove unavailing, we shall stand justified in resorting to measures of still greater severity. The Ferooitt of Unionism —The world stands aghast at the ferocious, vindictive, cruel spirit of the Northern people towards the South, j Boiling over with malignant and furious pas ! sions, they violate all the rules both of morality | and civilization in their expressions of hatred | and vengeance, and threats and vows of pun | ishment again-t the rebels. A late number of '< Andy Johnson’s organ, the Nashville Union, j speaks as follows : ! Loyalty will ueve • consent to hold a divided i empire with tre son and rebellion. It is a fear ful vow which 'ho American people have taktn: either to subdue or exteem nate the whole r ce el rebels. Rebel leader- of Nashviite and Ten nessee, take warning bt f ire it is too late. Jus tice bolds her naked sword above your heads in do idle menace. If it becomes necessary by your wicked and Insane ob-tinacy, the last traitor who woks uponlhe soil of the repnb ic shall be out off from the fice of the earth Mercy will not much longer plead with you, and rest a.-sured that patriotism, now as resist less in its might as a rushing avalanche, will ace i t nothing 6ave unconditional submission, and v ■ , cMish to atoms every opposing ofi st .He. Will somebody hold Andy and his Editors until one Kirby t'niilh can get a rope ready ' Kidnapping Negroes —The Yankee authori ties have engaged laigely in this business re cently at Memphis. We learn that on several occasions boat loads of contrabands, men, women and children, have been dispatched up the river to Cairo, and that the work is' still going on. Our informant witnessed the depar ture of a portion of this new commercial com modity, and assures ns that the fact can be at ! tested by hundreds of witnesses. The negroes were gathered from plantations j in the vicinity of the enemy’s lines at Memphis : aud on the river—principally the latter. Near i some g>f the landings most of the plantations I have been entirely stripped of servants. The i robbery has been a wholesale one, so far as ihey could safely accomplish it. A lew negroes I were enticed away by the promises bt the I thieves, but most of them were carried off for- I eibly, against their own will as well as the re monstrances of their masters. For what pur pose they are to be used at the North, it was not stated ; but some of the unguarded of the ' Federal soldiery intimated that they were to be cattered among the farming community ol I Southern Illinois, Indiana ana Ohio. [Grenaca Appeal. Lieutenant Grinnell —This gallact Con federate officer, now a prisoner at Washington, is uot asi u of Moses Grinnell, of New York, as we inadverieutlv slated the other day; but of Henry Grinnell, who, we learn, possesses cone ot the iaratical tra.ts of his brother. Mr. Henry Grinnell was the projector of the Arctic ixpedilion. His sun. the Lieuienaut, was <or some years at tue head ot a house in London whi-re he married an E- g i?h lady, and subse q(lenity removed t> New Orleans. He wa among the earliest to enlist in the cause of th South, and has proved his devotion on several hard-fought fields.—[Richmond Dispatch, Letter from glnaa The following extract of a letter and a I “near Hanover C IL, Va , Ju y 23 b,” and >■’ L-as and to a friend in this city by a Savannah soldier in the Jeff. Davis L< Ron of Cavalry, will be found interesting: “I am in hop ’ou will begin to hear from Jackson again f n. Ho has rebuilt ibo budge (railroad) over ihe Rapidac, ai 2 v ’’ no doubt give Pope a dance to brag soon Fresh troops have been arriving lu Richmond for a week past, aud this morning some time before day light four trains, heavily loaded, (I suppose with soldiers.) went up the railroad. Without these, reinforcements, Jackson hs probably forty thousand men, among them Lawton’s Brigade. It shows how different service is in Virginia from playing soldier around Savannah. Lawton and his men thought themselves vote ran soldiers The Brigade arrived in Virginia with six tlion-and men. They went on the cars to Staunton, thence on cars to Gordonsville. tbencc on cars to Braver Dun, and then march ed about twenty miles to tbe btitle field. The rest of Jackson’s men took it turn about, half marched and half rode to Gordonsvillc, and so to Beaver Dim. In the five days fighting Law ton’s Brigade lost certainly not one hundred in killed, wounded and missing on the battle field, and after the battles, Frank Reid, the Brigade Commissary, told me there were barely twenty five hundred men left, all the rest broken down with fatigue, hunger, and want of sleep. How ever, Jackson will make soldiers of them in a month or two. “Our Legion—that is, the well pa>t of it—is bunting Yankees towards Fredericksburg. Col Martin will hurt somebody if he gets half a chance. “The house in which I am staying was used by the Yankees as a hospital after their fight here with Branch. The floors cf this room and tbe beadstead on which I sleep are stained all over with Yankee blood. They camped in a field completely surrounding this house, and remained.three days. They left but one room for Mr. Winston and bis wife, the rest the offl pcers and wounded occupied. In the three days they torh up ail Mrs. W.’s sheets to make ban dages for the wounded, they killed fifteen milk cows and forty odd head of sheep, all that Mr. W bad ; broke into Lis cellar and drank up or carried iff five birrels of fine old whiskey and' apple brandy, and all bis wine; broke into his meat house and carried off eight hundred pounds of bacon, including fifty choice bams, for his own family use ; they took eight hun dred bushels of his corn, two of iris mules (luckily he had sent his horses aivay to take his children to their grandmother's,) and eight of his most likely negro boys ; they loaded their wagons from his ice house and hauled 1 o their camps until they exhausted his supply; they killed all of his poultry, even to the eettiug hens and those with chickens just hatched; they carried off or cut to pieces ail the harness; all the leather, all the saddles and bridles they could lay hands on, and in a word they tick what they wanted and wantonly destroyed everything else. When they left ihe officers took the music of Mr. W.’s daughters from off ihe piano, aud all the books and kuick knacks and ornaments from the tables aud stands in the parlors, and said, by way of apology, they wanted them to send to'their friends in ihe North as “Secesh trophies.” Of course they burned all IPs fames and trampled and mined his crops. During all this time they kept Mr. W. a prisoner in bis house yard, and told him Uncle Sam wcnld pay ihe damages at the endot the war—d Mr. W. proved a loyal citi zen. Such is Yankee respect for Southern non combatants and thui- property ’> News ami Opinion!* from Yaakec s*a pers. TOE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE ON THE CONFISCA TION HILL. The New York Journal of Commerce ha3 a long article on the Confiscation bill recently pas-ed by the U. S. Congress. It utterly de nies any right, of the United States to emanei pa e a slave under any circumstances, and -uds: The Confiscation Act proceeds upon the as sumption that for offences against the United States, Congress can act on the legal condition of other persons within a State, aad change that coud tiu against the State law. * * If those who are in the condition of slavery under the 'aw ot aStatecau be declared free by Congress for the crime ot the master or owner, then it is only necessary for a single offence to be committed in any State ngiinst the United States, to enable Congress to exer cise control over the legal condition of any or all of the inhabitants of that State. If this act had undertaken to forfeit the prop erty right of the master to tlie Doited States, to be sold like any other right of pr iperty, then it would at least have been a practical law. But when it undertakes to say that certain per sons who are slaves under ihe law of a State shall have their legal condition changed, al though they commit no offence, and do not act against the United Slates, it is clearly a usurpa tion which furnishes a direct motive to the slave St ites for continuing theii resistance. • The attitude now assumed, therefore, by the Federal government is this: For an offence against the United States the legal condition of certain persons iu a Siaie, under the State-law, who have not committed any offence, is chang ed, against the will of the State, aud they aie to he taken out of the Slate, also against its will, and transported b-yond its limits and-to a foreign country. If Mr. Jiffirson Davis, or Mr. Benjamin, or any other leader of the re bellion, could have devised h gisiation better adapted to consolidate tiiat rebellion, they are more canning than we had supposed them. TUE FIGHT WITH TIIE ARKANSAS. A despatch from Memphis to the Chicago Times says that Captain Gwin, of the gunboat Tyler, reports 8 killed and 10 wounded on his boat during the late engagement with the Ar kansas. It adds: He accuses Li'ut. Hunter, commanding the Queen of the West, with behaving in a most cowardly manner, having made no effort what ever to bring his vessel into act'on. The off! cers of the Lancaster say the Queen of the West was the first boat that discovered the Arkansas, and ran for protection to the fleet without firing a gun, and in disobedience to signals to come to the aid of the Carondelet, while the latter was engaged at close quarters j with the Arkansas. THE NEWS FROM ALABAMA. Tiie Washington correspondent of the New York Post says the news from Northern Ala bama “does not put the Department in good humor.” He adds: It is calculated that the enemy has destroyed fifteen millions of dollars’ worth of property within the last thirty days, or half a million per day. These successful raids will comps 1 Gen. H illeck to change his plans id the West. No Government can long endure such 10-ses as have been entailed .upon us by scattering our army over a line ot a thousand miles. The system was adopted under the supposition that Beauregard’s fine army was entirely destroyed It turns out that the bulk of that army is still in the 8 .u'hwest, and the re t i- at Charleston and Richmond. The national troops will be forced to concentrate upon two or three very important points, and give up the attempt to run long line* of railway Movement in Fav,jk i.f the Jews in Rus sia.—A late movement ot ihe Russian Govern ment in favor ot the Jews of that country is an nounced. It is well known that the Emperor Alexandria, in ISIS gran'ed to the Jews, in the government if Cm* won, on the Black 8 a, a tract of tour hundred thousand acres of laud to induce them io tyrn their attention to agricul ture, for which it is to be r-ranked, they have no particular taste. Four thousand ot them re moved there and tonodi-d a colony, but what success attended their ifforfs is not known. The prestnt Emperor is i quailv anxious wi h ihe formed one to ameliorate their condition arid we learn that ‘ a committee, comp sed of j Rabbin’s, has been for some time convoked by the Government, and the members are now as- j sembled in order to consider what measures ran be adopted to ex'end the blessings ol oiviiizi tiou among the Israeiilish population.'’ ihe C inmissioners have recommended : 1. The foundation of one I-raetilisfi Consis tory for the entire Russian empire. - The in— • struction of the Jewish youth by the impr ve ment of the seboop; now in existence, a the establ shment of new ones. 3 Instruction as j to the historical origin and significance n an cient Jewish rite . 4 The ad lption of fixed rules as to the rel'gious practices and praters required by the Jewish worship, as wel! as a control over the expenses of the svnago ues, md of other charitable establishments. 5. In quiry into practices wh ch are m J to have a pernicious n fiuence on the position of the Jews employed iu agriruiiu-at pursuits—-nch as the numerous holy days aud aolera'ut.es during the season most favorable for field w orks—preco cious marriages a-.d divorces, and an inquiry into the best mode of conciliating economical r-quirements with religious ex geccies. ( An inuication ot the principles which ought to gc'de the choice ot religious books. * Tie preparation of a particular form of oath to be akeu by the JeWu wh- n they offer themselves is candidate- lor public ■•tfiee. The Ist 3i aud 8 h regiments United S ates re -u* irs piroied in Texas, but *'eeee o gua- i •og Confederate prisoners on G ivcrnor’.- Island, y’ Y. e thrown down their arms rad refu.- ed to do duty, on the ground that they were violating their parole. 1 THUS Kill) INTO KhiV iUI kt . Official iteport cl'Col. Jfoltu 77. Morgan, ' [From the Atlanta Conf.jde ncy.j Headquarters Morgan’s Command, ) Knoxville, Tenn , Jaiy 30, 1802. f To Major General E. Kirby Smith, Command ing Department of East Tennessee : General—l have tbe honor to report that upon the day ot the engagement at Tompkins viile, a lull report ot whica I have already sent you, I moved my command, consisting of rny own regiment, the Georgia regiment ot P ini zan Rangers, commanded bv Col. A. A. Hunt aud Ms*j. Gano’s Texas Squadron, to which w s attached two companies of Tennessee cavalry, in the direction of Glasgow, which place I reached at 12 o’clock that night. There were but feV troops in the town, who fled at onr approach. The commissary stores, clothing, &c , together with a large supply of medical stores, found in Glasgow, were burned, and the guns were distributed among my com mand —abont two hundred of which were un armed when I left Knoxville. From Glasgow I proceeded along the main Lexington road to Barren river, halting tor a time near Cave Cfty—mv object being to induce the belief that I intended destroying the rail road bridge between Bowling Green and Wood soonville. I caused wires connecting with a portable battery that I carried with me, to be attached testhe telegraph line near Horse Cave, and intercepted a number of despatches. At Barren river I detached three companies under Jack Alien, to move forward rapidly and destroy the Salt river bridge, that the troops along the line of railroad might be prevented from returning to Lou'sviiie. Oa the following morning I moved on to wards Lebanon, distant thirty-five miles from Barren river. At 11 o’clock at night I reached the bridge at Rolling Fork, six miles fiom Le banon. The enemy had received information of my approach from their spies, and my ad vance guard was fired upon at the bridge. After a short fight the force at the bridge was dis persed, and the planks which had been torn up, having been replaced, the command moved forward to Lebanon, About two miles from the town a skirmish commenced between two companies that I caused to dismount aud de ploy, and a force of the enemy posted upon the road, which was soon ended by As di. persion and capture. Lieut. Col. A. Y. Jolinsou, com mand the troops in the town, surrender!, and I antered the place. The prisoners taken, in number about sixty five, were paroled. I took immediate possession of the telegraph aud lot rcepted a despatch to Coi. J;-h son, informing him that Col. Owens, with the 60th Indiana regiment, had been sent to his assist ance ; so I at once despatched a company of Texan Rangers, under Major Gaud, to destroy the railroad bridge on the Lebanon Branch, which he success!ully accomplished. in time to prevent the arrival of the troops. 1 burned two long buildings full of commissary stotts, con sisting of upwards of five hundred sacks ot coflic, and a large amount ot all other sup plies, marked for the array at Cumberland Gap. I also destroyed a very targe amount of el th ing, boots, Ac. I burned the hospital build ings, wh'oh appeared to have been recently erected and lilted up, together with about thirty five wagons a’d fifty-three new ambu lances. I found in the place a large store of medicines, five thousand stand of arms with accoutrements, about two thousand sabres, and an immense quantity of ammunition, shell, &e. I distributed the best arms among my com mand, and loaded one wagon with them to be given to the recruits that. 1 expected to j >in trie. I also loaded one wagon with ammunition. The remainder ol the arms, s'mmuutti n, and ti.e hospital and medical stores, I destroy,ai. While at Lebanon I ascertained from tele graph despatches hat. I intercepted, that the force which had been started from Lebanon Junction to reinforce Lieut. C l. Johnson, had tnet and drive n back the forces under Cap aiu Jack Allen, killing one ot his men, and pre venting him from accomplishing the purpose for which he bad been detailed I proceeded from Lebanon on the following day through Springfield to Macksvdle, at which point I was attacked by Home Guards.— Two oi my men were taken prisoners, and one severely wounded. I remained at Macksville that night to recover the orisoners. which f did the next morning. I then ltd for II irrod-burtr, capturing a Federal captain and lieutenant on the road ; reached llarrodsburg at. o’clock, and found that the Home Guard ot” ail that portion of country had fled to L ’Xington. A iorce was also station, and on ihe bridge where the Lexington rad crossed the Kentucky tiver. My reception at lb’s place was very ,n couraging. The whole population appeared to turn out amT vie with e tea other us to who shou'd -mow us most, attention. I leit Harrodsburg at fi o’clock .he same even ing, and moved to Lrevre:.cebur!g twenty miles distant, threatening Frankum in order to draw off tho troops irom Georgetown. R mained tli*-re until the return of ruy courier from Frankfort, who brought tbe information that there: was a iorce iu Frankfort of two or three thousand men, consisting of Home Guards collected irom the adjacent counties anil a few regular troyps. From Lawrenceburg I proceeded to Shrylies’ Ferry on the Ke ducky river, iais:d the boat, which had been sunken, and er ss-.-i that even ing, reaching Versailles at 7 o’clock. I found this place abandoned by its defender*. .* hud tied to*-Lexington; remained th re that right, and on the next morning marched towards Georgetown. While at Versailles I took about three hundred government horses and mules. I passed through Midway on the r ad to Ge rgetown, and was informed ju t before reaching the place that a train from Franklon was nearly due, with two regiments o: Federal. I tore up the track aud posted ihe howi zsrs to command it, and formed my command along the line of the road, hat the train was warned nt i*nr presence aud returned ( * Frankfort. H iving taken possession of the telegraph ( ffice, I intercepted a dsepa ch asifing ii the rad was clear, and if it would be sar&to start the train from Lexington. I replied to send the train, and mate preparations to receive it; but it was al.-o turned back and escaped. I reached Georgetown, twelve miles from Lexington, that evening. Just before entering the town I was informed that a small force of Home Guards had mustered to oppose us. I sent them word to surrender their arms, and i hey should not be molested, but they lieu. The people of Georgetown also welcomed us with gladness, and provided uiy troops with everything that they needed. I remained at Georgetown two days, during which time 1 sent out a company under Capt. McMillan to destroy the track between Midway and Lexing ton, and Midway and Frankfort, and to blow up the stone bridge on that road, which he successfully accomplished. IJearina: that a i company of* Home Guards were encamped at I “Stamping Ground,” thirteen miles distant, I j despatched a company under Captain Hamilton j to break up the encampment, tiurn the tents j and stores, and destroy the .guns. This was I also accomplished, Captain Hamilton taking j fifteen prisoners and all their guns, and de [ s roying a large amount of medical and com , missary supplies. I ari-o, while at Georgetown, j sent Crpt. Castlemau with his company to des- , troy the two railroad bridges between Paris ■ and Lexington, aad report tp use at Winches- j ; ter. This was done. D .termining to move on Paris, with a view lot returning, and hearing that, the [dace was ■ being rapidly reinforced from Cynthiana, 1 i deemed it of great importance to tut. off the communication from that plat \ whit •. I drew off the troops that were already there, by a ; feint on l.t xinglon. I therefore despatched a portion of two companies towards Lexington, with instructions lo drive the pickets to the very entrance of the city, while l moved the command toward *'ynlliiana. IVlin I arrived within tiirec miles of the place I learned that it was defended bv a considerable force o> infant ry, cavalry arid artillery I despatched the Texas squadron, under M j ir tiano, to enter the town on the right, and the Georgia regi nurr to cross the ruer and get into the rear, while I moved ...y own regiment, with the ar tillery under the command of L<e a tenant J E. Harris, down the Georgetown P ke. A severe e gagement to. k place, which lasted nbont an Dour and a half, before tbs euemv were driven Into the town and compelled to surrender. I took tour hundred and twenty prisoner?, inc.tiding about seventy ilome Guards. I re gret to ;ave io mention the loss of. ight of my mm in killed and 29 wounded. The enemy’s l i's was ninety lour killed and wounded, ac cording to their own account. Their excess in killed and wounded is remarkable, as they fought u from behind stone f m-es and tired at us from buddings as we c*ha*gd through the t wn. We captured a very line Id pounder hr s piece ot artillery, together with a large number of sma I arms, and about .f.ree hundre I government horses, ihe arms and governor nt stores were burned, and as many of the horses a* we could bring with us were kept. I found a very large supply ot c> imniesary and medical stores, lent?, guns, and ammunition, at this place, which I destroyed. The paroled prison ers were sent under an escort to Falmouth, where they took the train for Cincinnati. I roceeded next morning towards Paris, and was m t on tee roid by a bearer of a flag of truce, < ffeii-g the unconditional surrender of the place. I reached Paris at 4 o’clock, remain ed there that night, and started towards Win- { Chester next morning. As my command was filing out * f Paris, on the Winchester Pike, I oi-corertd a large force of Federal* coming to wards the town, from the direction of Lex in g t.n Tney in mediately countermarched, sup posing, no doubt, that my. intention was to get into their rear. This enabled me to bring off my et "ire command without mplestati u, with she exe-pi on of two o* my pckets who were probably eurprls and. Ir, acb id Winohet>ter tiiat and V . t.-. Iv- lock, mid re mained uadi 4 • •’clock, wii-n I proceeded towards R chmot.d. A Winchester! munJ a cumber of areas, waith were de~ir y- and. la. tivud" at Ri- hmend at 12 o’clock that night, and remained until the next afternoon, ■viien 1 proceeded to Crab Orchard. I had de erminecl to make a stand at Richmond, and await leinforcements, a* ihe whole people ap iwared ready to rise aim j tin tne, but I received 'Uiorination that large bodies of cavalry under G n. Clay Smith, and Cols. Weolford, Metcalf, iV3.ui.dy and Wynkoop, were endeavoring to surround me at this price. Sol moved on to Crab Orchard, There I attached my portable battery to the telegraph leading from Stanford to L luisville, and learned the exact position of the enemy’s forces, and directed my move in nls accordingly. Leaving Crab Orchard at 11 o’clock, I ar rived at Somerset, distant twenty-eight miles, it sun down. I took possession ot the tele graph, and countermanded all the previous or ders that had been given by Gen. B iyle to in tercept me and remained in perfect security all me - ,:UIJd , a Vcry 1 urge supply of com ? „7ii t ? reß, i cllllh '"'- , ( blankets, shoes, hats, i 9 u p ac,% vvhich were destroyed. I i 7 MM Ht a l !,ad t,een lf >ken from ft r, together with large quantities < l fiht.l ud ammunition, all of whfih were destroyed. I also burned at this place, and Crab Orchard, about one hui.cired and thin v government wagons. 3 From I Somerset proceeded to Monticello, and from thence to between Livingston and Sparta, where my command is now encamped. I left Knoxville on the 4th day of this month with about nine hundred men, and returned to Livingston on the 23th inst. with nearly twelve hundred, having been absent just twenty-four days, during which time I travelled over a thousand miles, captured seventeen towns, de stroyed all the government supplies and arms in them, dispersed about fifteen hundred Home Guards, and paroled nearly twelve hundred regular troop3. I lost in killed, wounded and missing, of the number that I carried into Ken tucky, about ninety. I take great pleasure in testifying to Ihe gal lant bravery and efficiency of my whole com mand. There were individual instances of dar ing so conspicuous that I must beg the privilege of referring to them. Private Moore, of L uie iana, a member of Company A, of my regiment, particularly distinguished himself in leading a a charge at Cynthiana, which had an important effect in winning the battle. The reports of tbe regimental commanders, which are in inclosed, are respertfuiiy referred to for further instances of individual bravery aud efficiency. I feel in dsbted to all my aids for the promptness with which my orders were executed, and particu larly to Col St. Lcgcr Grenfsl, for tbe insistence which his experience afforded tne. All of which is respectfully submitted. Joun 11. Morgan, Acting Brig. Gen. C. 8. A. R. A. Alston, A. A. G. Northern Designs iu Mexico. A sharp trade has the cunning Tom Corwin been trying to drive with the necessities of dis tressed Mexico. Among the first cssayfl of Yankee diplomacy, it is noticeable as evidenc ing that the keen’ac-quisitiveness of that people is no Iss selfishly alive in large matters*of in ternational negotiation, than in the small mat ters of “ swap ” and “ barter ” in private life. Never did one nation propose to another a harder and more mercenary bargain thau that contemplated iu Mr. Thomas Corwm’s draft of a loan proposal, which has made some steps towards consummation. It is proposed that the mufal States, compassionating the strug gles and trials of a sister republic, and desiring to exclude European power and influence from the American Continent, shall generously I an to Mexico the sum of eleven millions of dollars j —two millions down and the balance in annual installments of halt a niilii n. To secure re payment of the magnanimous accommodation it is modestly required that Mexico shall pledge to the United States her whole public domain and all 'he Church property, a low estimate ol which latter places in value at SIOO 000 000. Good anil sufficient security, all will allow. Never was there a grander illustration of the wickedness of thp “rich grinding the face of the poor. Never were herder conditions im posed at ndvun age of urgent need. Threatened with ru' jugation by an European enemy, Mexi co, it is thought, will feel obliged to accede to any terms that will give her theca ß h in hand to discharge the indebtedness which is the pretext of Ear >peaa aggression. • But does not Yankee shiewdncss over’eap it sell in this negotiation ? Are not its ulterior de signs -,00 transparent? Will th jealous powers of Europe consent to the consummation of a bargain which, though it secures them their does, will assure the further aggrandizement of the Unit* and States, a power whose temp rand whose policy have already more than sufiici)nt ly convinced them that her progress in a wrong lo the great commonwealth of modern nations? We think not. They cannot hut understand that the North could have no better foothold in the tropics than that contemplated in this bar gain wi h Wes ca. Am regage in the whole public domain will make her the owner of Mcx ico for the tim<—and as she intends, for all time, for she will contrive that the debt, shall not fce paid. The mortgage on the chuich -properties is an especially shrewd condition, lor through this he will be enabled to foreclose at some convenient time. The church property is in dispute between rise hierarchy and the popular power of the Slate. In this are the mainsprings of domestic politics and the found ation can es < f the bloody intestinal commo tion - which have of' ' a occurred, and will occur again. When (he North sees lit, for if it does, not happen otherwise she will contrive that it shall, by tampering with-the revolutionary spirit, a quarrel involving the interests of church properties will occur. Tbe North can then tep in as a claimant, and by her aid en able the faction she espouses to triumph and become the and unimint party, with power to convey to her the unconditional protectorate, or the possession by annexation of Mexico.— Thus for eleven millions ot dollars, and with out, rendering herself liable to the obnoxious charge of direct aggression aud conquest, the North will acquire the broad domain oi Mexico, and become an overshadowing rival otbe trop ical empire of Spain, France and England in America. Fortunately Loui? Napoleon has a Mexican “idea,” which, like all mho s Napoleonic, must be carried out, and as the Yankee idea would clash with it the North m-gutt.s we!) keep Tom Corwin at home or prepare to fight the tough est customer in Christendom. Will she do the latter, or quietly preier to let the Monroe doe trine “slide” now and henceforth ? Xuns verrem s. Prentice’s Proclamation against IDloi gan. Asa specimen of the wrathful visitation to be inflicted on the true men of Kentucky, the following h'ghiy blood -colored proclamation of the poet Prentice appeared in his iLihy sheet of the 17th of July : To John Mtngan, Gent., and to all whom it may concern; We have ju t a few candid most signifi cant and salutary words, “Acting B ig Uier General C. 8 A.” as you style yourself, “John Morgan,” fo address to you and the misguided i band of outlaws, marauders, bushwhackers and tniscreanis whom you control. And tbesff' words although stern and plain, will, in the j end, prove paternally kind and Iriendlv, If you I heed i hem. The first are— Leave this State—im-\ i/ied lately , unconditionally —Go ! Ami the re-a-on why we thu* command yin is th i' your living body cannot stay wdhin the Hunts of this i lominomcealtli Thu second re : Hiving let. lira 8* at-t stay on' of it permanent ly uncond Uonn'ly —out <f it There >s but oue o her alternative, that Is ; The t'ornmonwalih mud and will have your body, dead or ut - ve. tt* member it, and let your feaelierou* sym pathizers and secret accomplices throughout i lie Stale re member it ario Y<>u were born in Kentucky, but are unworthy of >our illu-irious nativity. Y u have utterly and forever f .rfeil ed your eitizen.-h'p and ail right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happin- s* under this juris diction. You have expatriated yourself to b - •ray yonr native State and the high and lo;al regard of your ancestors. You have j fined the service of a “ g ivernment ” (so called by its j supporter*) claiming to be entirely independent and f r< ign ; and under the shade of its brick, accursed, cross-barred flag, y„ n are desecrating and devastating the laud and soil which hold th- consecrated relics ol your fathers. Y>u a iu t, capture, plunder, maltreat, and ; either with your own baud or through you- in i human coneju'.ors and agents, sometiui-s as— | sassiu3te yonr f Uow-cit’z ;nB--i*urn their homes I —destroy their property —an frighten, irnpov- I errih, and distress their wives and children i This i- what you are doing, whether you know ! it or not, “A ring Brigadier Genera! O. S A.,” John Morgan ! Ag in, we say to you, misguided y neg m tn, as much for >oor g >od as lor* urs, and more: in oietcy than in anger—prodigal, profligate, apostate, traitor, ingrate, and brig and—G i ; Just in Timk VVLiie G.-n. Forrest was mak ing his forced cavalry march upon Murfrees boro’, the enemy at that place, all unconscious of their approaching ooorn, w s holding a drum head court for the trial of numerous citizens of the vicinity accu-ed ot shooting the Yankee pickets. Th y had condemned qu ; te a number to t,e bung—among them ma-ter Charley Kid lev, a youth of s ;c e-n, entirely indent ot the ..If .-nee charged, but a most acceptable victim, inasmuch as he was the son of Broomfield L. Ridley, one of the Judges of the Chancery Court ot Tennessee, whose brother, D. Churls L Kidiey, a citiz not J .-per county in this B>a’e, i well known to many of our feeders. While these summary trials and convictions were go ing on. the distant thunder of the l amp of cav alry t'racti and the attention of the *‘u notable Court, and in a lew miou es the sharp report of mo-ketry and t e terrified cry of ‘ the re els —the rebel-,” a- j mm-d th.l tribunal w th more and * patch than cerimony*. The p.-cv iat m iratial. w :o, n a U*w m ir. u f=, v.-outiJ have been tre -.tins bis prisoners To eh rt ehri 4 t arid a cord, took t > hi- uo.J ?r ,e happy escaped :c-t up abh u *f deliveraDce th i naide the wel kin nag. Whit a lucky a rvu lor them ! [Macon Telegraph. TBLEQRAPHIQ Great Coamwllon in Yunkeedom. RESIGNATION OF 8E VARDu-NORTHERN GOVERNORS REFUSE TO SEND MORE men—VALLA iDIGHAVI STUMPING OHIO AG.-lINST THE WAR—THE YAN KEES AND NEGROES FIGHTING AT< VIEviPEUS-A MUSS IN THE “HAPPY F,\vlILY ’ GENERALLY. j Lynoiibueo, Aug 4—The following spec! Id -spitch was recetv <1 by tbe Republican trig mnrnhig: CHABLiiTrsviLLE, Aug. 4. The Na rinal Intelligen cer and Baltinr re Sun of a late date were received in. taunt n t i-day, and contain the lollowlng important iulonnaiion: Secretar Sewaid hag resigned the Premiership In Lincoln's adminritr-tion. The Governors of Pennsylvania, Ohio an 1 Connect!- ' cat have refus and io send mote men into the He'd j The National Ints'ligen er accuses Seward o‘ having beenengiged, for the last iix y da s, in an attempt, Ihrouah England, to bring about an armis tee. Vullardigham is slumping Onto against the sdm'n strs.tion und he war, addressing immense audi i css with grea? iavorand app a see. M"Bi .e Aug, 4.—A speci-l despatch to the Adver tiser and ter, and .tea Jackson 3d, 6-- ys : Passa gars irntn Memphis r> port that an emeute had broken out hetw en the Yankees and negroes work ing on'ho fortilicatious. Tile Yankees shot a number of the negioes. NEWS I''ROM THE WEST. ENEMY MARCHING ON SENATOBTA CURTIS’ CAVALRY ATTACK A WAGON TRAIN AND GET WHIPPED-SUU( EsS FUL FORAYS IN KENTUCKY KEN TUCKIANS Tu MEET IN COUNCIL LOG YN MURDERS A TENNESSEEAN AND BURNS THE MOUSES OF OTHERS— BRECKINRIDGE TAKES BA ON ROUGE. Gbenada, Miss, Aug 4.-The enemy are reported to be rdvar.e'mg on Sanatoria, In three columns, from | Memphis. They are estimated at from 1510 to 5000 j 9‘rong Reinforcements are being sent from this 1 place to Co’. -Taeksoa. Out!?' cavalry attacked a provision train en route to General Parsous, near Ausfin, Miss., fifteen days ago and were repulsed with considereb’e l i-s. A Cairo despatch ot ihe 28th ult savs: The Ref-els mado a dash at Uumbol tt yesterday. Oilr cavalry fled with iut Bring a gun. The Rebel cavalry attacked our infantry, killed fifteen, took tbo town and a number of prisoners. Governor Magoffin has called a meeting of the Ken tucky Legislature on the 14th August topiovide for the ptace of the commonwealth aud the safety of the State institutions against the action of the Federal Congress, Col. Loga-!,of ihe— Illinois Regiment hung Mr. Whip) le, a we Ith and ii fluential citizeu of Jackson, Tennessee, on the 29th ult , for piloting Confederate panisans t> abridge, which Ibev burned. Logan also burnt tho houses of several fyuipathissrs. Dr. Seftwich, a Yankee cottou buyer, who was cap- Ufred by onr gnerrii ai near Brown.vi le, last week, with $25,000 in spool . has ar ived hero. Prisoners taken jet rdav report from below that the Yanke* 8 had evacuated Baton Rouge, and that Gen Breckiuri Igo is in possession of ihe city. A despatch Ir >m Jae .ton, 5 h, lo the Mobile Adver tiser (t Regis er, says: Gen. Br ckin-idje attacked Baton Rouge ill's morning and drove the Fede als from their position. For one pour the musk* t*y fi ring was very beavv; heavy firing was also h a*d frorn the direcii n of 'he river, which m \> have bem the g ns of tne ram Arkau as. as it was understood s ie was to have co oy. rat din tin attack. The Fedcra'.s were •driven through the cily lo the r ver hank. McMinnville OccbjHed by ihe Enemy. MBE FEDERAL BIRIIAR Ciiatt.vnoog.v, Aug. 4. ihe town of McMinnville was occupied by about five thousand Federal troops Sat irday last, probably Nelson’s division of Buell’s ar.ny. Ad taeament ol Gen. Forrest’s cavalry was in the p ace ir if a , but weie prudent enough io evade a c p ure. A man who ran the enemy’s lino? from McMinnville s ates that he heard the shrieks of women Irom almost, every house in the pi ce. lie thinks he Yankee oi l diery must have been turned loose at will to pillage aud outrage the citizens. The shrieks were agoniz.ng. Skirmish in Virginia Yankee News. [Sp eial desoatch to thu Sa annah Republican.] ' Riuu.uond, Au.s—Uaavy skirmishing isrepoitsd to liava oacuned this morn nr, iu which Cos b’s Geor gia Legian drove the enemy back to tee r euaenen meuts. -Tbe en my was movi g up tbe river nank to *aid Drury’s Bluff w en ih tir t occurred. There iiaj uteri a grea! public meeting in Cincinnati. R-.solution wuro adopted to support the government, •org anti; g tiou.li s, aad against foreign intervention. Uvv. Curtain is stum ing feun ylvauia to raise re cr i.s. A dra t is to be resorted to alter the 15th, if Linao i.’s r. qii i'lo is n tfl lad. Gold and hxc'aange in New Yak are declining. Nothing is said in the Noreh.ru ,apers a: ut Seward's re.igniag. p. W. A. JiicuMOjrn, August 5.—A sharp skirmish took place this morning b-low Malvern trill. The report is that a body of Yankees attempted to occupy a position near Curl’s Neek on the James rivtr, but were at tacked by a portion qf Cojb’s Legion and driven back to their entrenchments. Litsr tVom the jCtfortk. Richmond, Aug. s.—New Ymk dales of the 2d have been r. cuived. A despatch from headquarters, Army of the Poto mac, dat and Augustflst, says : “At 12 o’clock last night tbe rebel i opened fi.e from the opposite sideol the river wth two bJ eries of light artillery. The fire was pr ucipally direiue at the mail boats lauding at | 111 ; headquarter* ot Col Ingaii, and the shipping aud encampment at West j ver. Tne rebel pieceß w-re bandied well and fired with great rapidity. Four men were> killed, fi.e or six weie wound-d, tnd several horECs ki.ied. The red Is bad it a I their own way lor some time, "s our troops did not antic pate an attack : but the thirty two pounders s aiiontd > t Col Ingal ’ headquart rs, soon cileuced tlrtir guns a ter ti ey open ed. A few of our ve so s we e struck, but no teriuus dlimag.i sustained by any. “ With ibis exception nothing received worthy of mention.” i Seven of Porter s mortar friit reiclied Fortress j Mon o on the m irning of Ihe Ist, aid five more were : hourly ex ii cted. The • ffle rs and crews ol at! the I vessel - think tjjey are to reduce F rt Dar ing, and ia j timate a gr< at willingness lo undertake the jo Fiery I lim s, says the Yank*e corre pendent, may b: looked j lor in that direction S ion. A I rg: number of fonfe lerate prisoners from Fort Deiawa-e are at Old Point A dtspitch from Washington, Ist says: We are in expect, t o i here of important news from sever-1 quar- tern Vicksbu g is to be taken. * fight is soon to t ke place in Nortt ern Georgia or East enoes- e.— Pope’s army will soon usage the enemv, t ow that the mortar boats have arrived. Stirr ng work Is 10.- ktd loi Ir >m fames ri rer Cincinnati dales Aug. lrt says: A war meeting wag held h re las: night. It was an immense nflTair. Speeking from three etunds, cru-ic, drew irks, be t ringing, Ac, enlivened the oc:asi n. Resolutions to s stain t e gov rnment in t e pros cu’iou i)f Die war and c nfisca ion of thep-operty ol tra tors every where, were uuanimo'isly adopted. The New York World says, editoria'iy, “It is now certiiniha an ord r will be is u and for a draft in such States, or Mictions of r ta'es, as w II not supply their quotas o men before I he u iddle of August ” G *d in Ni w Y , the Ist was quoted .115% ; St* rln g Kxehang eD at t24]4 a 125. There is not a s in tho papi rs about Bewsrn’s resigns in. nor . of Ohio, Penn-y'vaniu and C ihntcticut re-fish ffd soldiers On the con trary, tho m etii matt th >wa they are for war. Gov. Curt'*, ~ is Mumping the State tnd private tuT-cripllo..- . bounty in Philaje'phia am*.utit ;) sl7 .000 Connrclicut is ss certain for her quotaas she is for h**- n!i"l oni *" ***r>n. Return of Confederate Prisoners. Richmond. duly 6—Generals Tilgl.min and Mackali, C. mmodore Barron, Lieat. Bev. Ken nnn and other officers, and a large nnmbe' of privates, exchanged prison, re, have arrived in this cl y Gen Fe ttgrew has also arrived within our lines, and will reach this ci y to-day Phenomena—bwottu is tub Heavens!—are informed by a g-ntemari *h se veracity canno be q e-tioried, that n the 23 I ins aul, nearGro .vernv Ile, | Geo , a phenomena or rmrrka.e sig.flttcance. was I witness, and1 1 the Heavens, at abou 4 o’e ock in th \ evening It s. a per ect opr -enia .on ot a sword , —handle. Hade a. and p fnt a! viai Se. The b’a le was |re t k' d the ban i'e silver color. The Made pointed to j the north- asi ad the hu and et * the south west. It 1 a ■ big .un in the heavens, ab nt twenty feet long i and wo feet broad roon af.er it was witnessed, a ! w i id vpinaing uphea.y loads appeared end screened i it rorn view We are not oneofthoe who entertain a pe-til’ar ; rig ifl aoee lor r. marka’de dreams, believe in witcb cralt, ur vi ■ -• ’<tr > e neriai peeanmena as an omen of C'.o or .v I B.tnori ni a. (fbesi meiia to the one n i q ie-ttnn, has tee . wit i-s-e.i f>- many gene-a ions, a.id we are l ere, hereto" 1 * owing o the p-c.rlia e.r ciirii tanc. s snrrouo.il g u , nch ed ' * view it with signillca .ee.—[Mont celco ft’ *.) F .ntily F 'end. Mrs W. H. Crisp is playing to good houses l in Columbia, 8. C.