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V \ KEPUBLIOAN l a#:are by a Blockader. Sai.ui Jy uigbt last the steamer Lodona, Cap tain Luckie, from Nassau, 31st ult., attempted to enter Tybee, and succeeded in passing the Martello Tower after being fired into. She came within a short distance of Fort Pulaski, but the Captain, having lost confidence in his ability to pas* the fort, and contrary to the ad vice of Mr. Geo. Mirshail and two p'lots who were passengers on board, turned, about and on passing the Tower a second time, some fifteen or twenty shots were fired at her, one of which struck the bulkhead and passed through her cabin, doing considerable damage. Without further it jury she succeeded in get ting into O-sabaw about 9 o’clock Monday morning. When abreast of Heligate a block ading t-teamcr was discovered in B ar river making for her. The Captain was again nrgtd to continue his course, and if necessary to run down the enemy, but his heart failed birn again, and turning his vessel, ehe grounded in eleven and a half feet water. She then feli an easy prey to the enemy. Mr. Marshall and two pi lots took to the small boat and succeeded in reaching Beulah, where they were detained as prisoners by our forces in that neighborhood until released by order of Gen. Mercer. The Lodona is about 1,000 tons burthen, and has a very valuable assorted cargo, consisting principally, of drugs, medicines, chemicals, arms, and other articles of value to the Confed eracy. She was taken in charge by the blockading steamer and Monday night towed to se.i in the direction of Port Royal. We learn from the passengers that thegreatest i excitement prevailed at Nassau in consequence j of the large number of Federal vessels of war j lying < fit that port intercepting its commerce, .• mong which were the Huntsville, Adirondack, Quaker City, and Si. Jago de Cuba. The schooner Agnes was taken on the 16th nit., 2}4 miles off Abaco light, and carried to Key West. We learn that her owner has gone to K'-y West to claim her, and that there i3 a probability of her being recovered, as she was a British wrecker. Enterprise of Southern Laoies.—We have before us an admirably made sun bonnet or • Shaker,” made from the palmetto, by Mrs. M. E Rossetter, of Bellville, Florida It compares favorably with any thing of the kind we have ever seen from the land oi wooden nutmegs, and Is by far superior in po’mt of durability Yankee Doodle may now ‘‘go to grass”, while the Sotithern matrons cling to cur own “Pal metto.” SavHnnt.lt IftarUci. Mr. Editor —There are some facts connected with the Savannah market to which I desire lo call the attention of the people of Georgia and South Carolina, who live convenient to this city : Sweet potatoes are iel v ’ g here at 25 cents a quart, or $3 per bushel; green corn at 5 cents an ear, or six ears for 25 cents; peaches, for from 15 to 40 cents a qu’.rt,; watermelons of ordinary size at 50 to 75 cents, and the largest, weighing from twenty to thirty pounds, at $1 and $1 25 each ; chickens, (half-grown) at §1 a pair; butter at 70 and 75 cents a pound; lard at 40 cent3 a pound ; eggs at from 40 to 00 cents a dozen. Again : Pine wood sells for $7 a cord, and oak wood $9 a cord. I have enumerated some of the leading arti cles, with their prices, in order to show the people around Savannah what profits they are allowing to slip through their fingers for want of a little energy. I am informed that peaches sell in Macon and Augusta at SI per bushel. I also lea-n that thousands of bushels in and around Aiken, S. 0., are rotting for want of a market. This fruit coaid bo picked in the afternoon and sold in this market the foliowinir morning. Why do not the good people of these and other points turn their attention in this direction and torn a penny both to their own and our advantage V They have the fruit, and we have the money, as D shown by the ready sales of fruit hero at such extortionate prices. Why wilt cot the producer engage some reliable agent here and supply the market f Equally astonishing is the fact that the prices of wood should rule so high where two rail roads tnd ono river leading into tho city are lin and with millions ot cords, which coußi be sold here for more than a hundred per cent profit. A little energy would put money in the purses of many whose produce and wood are now selling for but little and rotting on their land. Buyeh. Pop* Carrying Out Itls Brutal Order. From the following, which we copy from the Richmond Ei qulrer of Saturday, it will be seen that the infamous Pope and his band of robbers are busily engaged in working out their ! programme upon the unoffending citiz ns of Virginia. Instead of confining such u a retch j as a hostage, the President should have ordered ! him, when taken, to be hanged lo tho nearest ■ tree: A gentleman of Culpepper county, who suc ceeded iu making his escape on Monday last, reached Lvnchburg ou Thursday and furnishes the Lynchburg Republican with come interest ing items: The Yankees are ruling with a rod of iron, end are already carrying into pnufiic.il operation Pope’s infamous Older directing that they sub sist upon the people of the country they may occupy. Large numbers of cattle, seep, hogs, I horses, &e., have been taken and appropriated to their use, and the stock of corn, wheat and other provisions, constituting the only means ot living tho people had, have been conveyed away to feed tho invaders In many instances wh'de families have been left without a peck of meal, or u pound of flour, or bacon, and are consequently upon the verge of starvation. The destruction to the land and growing crops is immense, amounting almost to devastation. Scenes of the most beastly and infamous character aro reported to have been enacted upon the slave women of the county, while the whites were compelled to look on as these somudrels accomplished their hellish work. Instances are reported too of deeds of violence perpetrated upon respectable ladies theniselves, which are without a parallel, save in the annals of the infamous Yankee race. Citizens ot the county are constantly being arrested and sent to Washington, there to he immured iu a dun geon. Among others, the Rev. John Cole, an a'od and grey-haired minister of the Episcopal Church, wns arrested o* Sunday from lr< pulpit and carried to Washington, Ids only offence being a prater tor the welfare of the Southern Confederacy and the success of its arms. The thiev ng enemy stote trom Captain J ’hn Taylor, air i.ffi..er iu the Confederate ser vice, twenty-r ight negroes, burnt his house and all the. outhuildiugs, carried off his stock, and everything else ot value, and laid waste bis en tire farm, one of the fi nst n the county. Every person that cun Is escaping, leaving all they hare to the merev ot the merciless marau ders. The force ot tho enemy it is said does not exceed 'ony theu-uiv'. SutHMtsu at Oka nos Court House —On Siiiiuiaj morn I • * la*t a portion of the 7:u Vo gima Cavalry. Robertsou's B gid*\ under Col. W K. Jones, engaged the Ist Michigan, 5 h New York, and l-t Vermont Cavalry, at Orange Court House. Our uun (ought with tle'tim li <n, not haviT g more than 100 at any oue time In the iight v while the enemy’s forces was be tw eo 1,200 and 1,500. Ten of the enemy, in clndii'g a M;*j t, aid eieven horses, were killed, the dead homes of the latter remaining in the streets of O angu Court li ruse after the fight was over. Four carriages were pressed by the Yankees to carry off their wounded. Several prisoner* were captured, six ol whom (Serg’t J. S. Trowbridge and two privates of the 5 h 1 New York, and two privates of the Ist V* r- Ni ut,) w* re bn ught to K chmotrd by the Cen tal) train last evening and committed to the M ltan P. i on. S une lew of our men were Csfytured tn the skirmish, but none killed. M j llartOti of the 4 h Getwgia Battalion, who was nearuhe wane of action, informs us that ib enemy retreated bv wav of Tertill’s Ford a -raws Vhe Kapidan river. Our troops occupied tin tow* on Saturday night. IRchmord Dispatch, Aug. 4. Dr.tt* Tanszis —The sirkieg and blowing up t toe Y-*ok a gunboa sby the Arkansas on , her passage down Item Yazoo river, tilled be muddy waters ol the Mi issi- pi wi.h the l. *nr' of haudio tot drowned Yaoke- s. One of their gs tiboen with a crew of A0 b ii g run into by U e A k*i <**, c tumcaeed 'inking imined! :6ely, when the Yankee* u *.,i , bue flvg, bu’ 'he iii-Uttil ei*n r-uuk so quick that no assistance c >td tv render,d. even by- her own friends. Numbers of the detd bodies are being warned ashore, and are fouud every day by our pick.as atoeg the river. rHE s WEEKLY E-EPUBLIGALT, S AYTTP^ID-AW, -ATT O-TXiST 9, 1862. ARMY CORRESPONDENCE Of the Savannah Republican. Richmond, July 31st, 1563. Nothing further has transpired in regard to McClellan’s position and probable Intentions. The belief exists in certain quarters, that he is slowly withdrawing l.is army from the James river and transferring it to the north side of the Rappahannock ; whilst others arc of the opinion that, having rendered his present position, which was strong by nature, next to impreg nable, ho has sent sufficient reinforcements to Pope to enable him tc hold us in check, should we attempt to march on Washington, until he could throw the whole of bis army into the Federal capital, by means of the James and Po. tomac rivers. It is well known that he keeps a very large number of tiausports near liis army many more than are necessary to convey the supplies required by. his troops. The loss of stores, clothing, &c., during the late batties, and the precarious condition ol his army since, rendered it necessary for bis government to send him fresh supplies and such reinforce ments as could be had. This may accouut in ( part, though not altogether, for the presence ; of so many vessels in the liver. The transports remain quiet during the day, . and change their positions only at night. I Scouts on the south side of the river report that j the number of vessels, as weil as of tents, has 1 grown less for ihe last few days ; and yet they ! never see any teuts struck or vessels pass down j the river during the day. It is ail done at j night. McClellan would not observe such se- | cresy if he were merely engaged in provision- j ing his army. Ba ali this as it may, it is evident that Gen. j Pope, whose headquarters are at Warrcnton or j Culpepper Court House, some thirty miles this sideoi M. aassas, has received considerable rc nforcements within the past two weeks. Northern letter writers estimate his force at 60,000 which is probably too much by one- j third. He occupies a strong position along the j north bank of the Rappahannock—his left j being protected by the Potomac and his right j t>y the Blue Ridge. Fortunately for us, there j are seveiat iruud fords by which the river can ; be easily ana ifely crossed at this period of the year, especially since his lines are too long to j be very strong at any one point F ortunately’, j also, the B.ue Ridge is penetrated by a number j of gaps, by which his po.-ition may be turned, j Nothing is known of General Lee’s plans, I and if there were, it would be improper to make it public. Whether ho will attempt to carry McClellan’s position by assault, or cut off his supplies by batteries planted on the river below, or will go in pursuit of Pope beyond the Rap pahannock, it were impossible yet to say. You will hear,however, in good time, and probably, as intimated in my last letter, at an early day. Your readers must possess their souls in pa tience. It requires time, to rest and reorganize even a victorious a; my after such a battle as that recently fought in front of this city. Even the soldier who emerges from the conflict un injured requires time, to breathe and look about him—to gather up his tattered garments and j relieve himself of the grirao and dust of battle, j Much more is this true of companies, regiments ! and brigades, whose ranks have been decimated, and many of whose officers have been slain or wounded. I will only add, that Gen. Lee has not been idle. Judging from what I see, it is no part oi his plan to remain quiet and allow the enemy time to prtparo for another ad vance upon Richmond. All accounts from the North authorize the conclusion that Mr. Lincoln will find great dif ficulty in raising the 300.000 men called for, without resorting to the draft. The men of means and position are very anxious to avoid the necessity of a draft, which would include themselves as well as the poor creatures whom they are seeking to bribe into the service by means of large voluntary bounties ; but it is doubtful whether they will succeed. The men whose necessities compel them to enter the army ’or a support, argue that still larger sums will be given them to go as substitutes in the place oi the wealthy than have yet been offered in the way of bounties. It is believed, however, that the new levy will be forthcoming—if not in one way, then in another. Such being the eas*. it becomes the impera tive duty of the Confederate government to make ample and timely preparation to meet this fresh emergency. Ilow is it to be done? Clearly by extending the Conscription Act so as to include all able-bodied men between the ages of eighteen and forty five. This will be a painful expedient, since it will interfere mate rially with the industrial interests of the coun try ; yet every thing must be ventured where eveiy thing is at stake. The tide turned on the oth of Apr 1 at Shiloh, and since then it has been setting steadily iu our favor. We have forced the enemy out of Arkansas and the greater part of Missouri. Wo have closed the Mississippi at Vicksburg, cut liis lines of com munication in Tennessee and Kentucky, whip ped him at James Island, compelled<him to send the greater part of his forces from tha South Atlantic to Virginia, won a series ot brilliant victories iu the valley ot the Shenandoah, and capped the climax by raising the eeige of Rich mond and defeating the Digest aud test army he has been able to bring against us. Not con tent wi'.h these advantages, wo are now pre paying to follow them up in Tennessee and Vir ginia, and to force the hated invader back into bis own country. Shall our army be stopped midway iu this glorious career for the want of men? Now that the silver lining begins to illumine the dark cloud that has hung over us so long; now that day b* gins to break, and we are able, for the first time, to see our way to peace and indepen dence, shall the people of the South, who have never yet failed to do their part, falter in the very hour and article of success ? Should the North fail to get the men now called for, it will not become necessary for the Confederate Congress to extend the Conscrip tion Act; but let us, at least, prepare ourselves for this additional sacrifice, should it be re quired of us. F. W. A. Richmond, August 2d, 1862. You will te glad to hear that the government has at last made up its mind to “fight the devil with tire.” It is reported that the papers of this city will publish, in a day or t wo, a pro ciamation of a most important character from President Davis, in regard to the brutal policy recently announced for the government of his armies by Mr. Lincoln and bis officers. It will embrace, it is said, Butler, the “beast,” and his infamous proceedings in New Orleans, Pope and his atrocious orders iu Eastern Virginia, and Hunter and his African brigade. Butler will be proclaimed to be an outlaw, an enemy of all mankind, and us such, a mon ster to be hunted down aud sialu wherever and by whomsoever found. Pope and the uncitii iz and warfare he has inaugurated will be de nounced >n terras of just indignation, and he aud his troops will be specially excluded from the cartel recently agreed to by the two govern ments for an exchange of prisoners. Hunter, who is reported to have organized one or more regiments of runaway blacks on the Carolina and Georgia coast, and his troops are to be treated as barbarians wholly unfit to receive quarter in •battle. In other words, the black Bag wili be raised as against all officers and their forces composed, iu whole or in part, of negro regiments. Butler has already been stigmatized as au outlaw by the judgment of all civilized nations, and the proclamation of the President onlv proposes to affix to his monstrous crimes against humanity the penalty due to outlawry. That such a beast shouid be permitted to live, is conclusive evidence of the infinite mercy of G’fri. Yon have doubtless seen and published art th ! s the orders issued by President Lineola anu General Pope. The first authorises the em ployment of blacks in the naval and military service of the United B.ales, and the seizure !<>f ali property belonging to “rebels” which ;n:y be found necessary to the comfort and : -übsistenee of hi- armies. The second requires I all male citiz ns residing within the Federal 1 Sines i o go forward and take the oath of allegi ance to his hated government, and failing to do ; so, they are to be escorted beyond the lines, 1 not to return agatu under penalty of death. — 1 Should they decide to remain and take, the j oath, they are to receive the same punishment, if in the judgment of a bigoted and fanatical en emy they should In any manner depart from it. The conduct of Pope and his ruffians since the. promulagation of these orders has been most atrocious. They have violated servant girls in the prese-ee of their mistresses, stolen all the horses, beef cattle and sheep, they could find, | emptied smoke houses and barn-,, enticed away | negroes by the hundred, burnt bouses, and ! wantonly destroyed what they coul 1 not carry j a vvay. What they will do when the men have j been driven from their homes and the women I and children left to their cruelty, may be itn ; agined but not described. Is the President not 1 right to exclude from the privilege of an ex change of prisoners, so cruel and merciless a foe. Let the people hold up his tends, as Aaron and Hur held up the hands of Moses, and pray God to destroy from the face of the earth the worse than Amclekites who make war upon women and old age, who force the chos?n min isters of Heaven from the very horns of the altar, whose weapons are rape, rapine and ruin, who to the horrors of a civil war now seek to add the atrocities of a servile insurrection, and who charge their ammunition with poison, and cover their craven breasts with plates of steel An enemy so vile and despicable deserves neither mercy on earth nor forgiveness hereafter- You have already been informed by telegraph of the bold and successful midnight attack upon McClellan’s fleet of transports and gunboats. Gen. Pendleton received orders two days ago to proceed to Point, a narrow pass in James river, some distance below Berkeley, and destroy such transports as might be found going down the river at night. For some reason not yet ascertained he changed his course, and pro ceeded to a point on the south side of the river just opposite to the Federal anchorage and near McClellan’s encampment. He took with him forty two pieces of artillery, including a few guns of heavy calibre. Having got into posi tion, and charged and sighted his guns, he re mained quiet until midnight, at which hour he turned his batteries loose upon the F dural shipping, estimated at one hundred and fifty sail. We have no means of knowing what damage was done, but from the noise made by our shot as they crashed through the wooden fleet, the disappearance of the vessels :;ex t morning, and the commotion in ‘.he camps on the opposite side of the river, there is reason to believe it was considerable. At all events, the enemy was badly frightened, and probably ex pected a general attack next morning by land and water. P. W. A. ltetallailcn on the Enemy. Richmond, Aug 3d, 1862. It appears from the subjoined letter and or der, that it is not as full as I had been led to expect from reports in circles supposed to be well informed. There is reason to believe, however, that the President will resort to the most stringent measures in a short time, unless the Federal authorities retrace their steps. It is said that there are special reasons for not re sorting to these measures yet awhile. It is further stated that he bad already opened a cor respondence with the Federal government in regard to Butler, the beast. P. W. A. FROM THE PRESIDENT TO GEN. LEE. Richmond, Va , July 31,1862. Sut: —On the 22d of this month a cartel tor a general exchange ot prisoners of war was signed between Major General D. H Hill, in behalf of the Confederate States, and Mwj >r General John A Dix, in behalf of the United States. By the terms of that carte! it is stipulated that all prisoners of war hereafter taken shall be discharged on parole till exchanged. Scarcely had that cartel been signed when the military authorities of the United S ates commenced a practice changing the character of the war from sut li as becomes civilized na tions into a campaign of indiscriminate robbery and murder. The general order issued by the Secretary of War ot the United States, in the city of Wash ington, on the very day tuat the cartel was sigued in Virginia, directs the Military Com manders of the United States to take the pri vate property ol our people for the convenience and use of their ai tri es without compensation. The general order issued by Major General Pope on tne 23J of July, the day after the sign ing of the cartel, directs the murder of our peaceful inhabitants as spies if found quietly tilling the farms in his rear, even outside of hiti lines, and one of his Brigadier Generals, Stein wehr, has seized upon innocent and peaceful inhabitants to be held as hostages, to the end that they may be murdered in cold blood if am of his soldiers are killed by some unknoivu persons whom he designates as “bnsh#hack ors.” Under this state of facts this government has issued the enclosed general order recognizing General Pope atid his commissioned officers to be in the position which they have chosen for themselves, that of robbers and of murderers, and not that of public enemies, entitled, it captured, to be considered as prisoners of w ;r. We tied ourselves driven by our enemies by steady progress towards a practice which iv abhor and which we are vainly struggling to avoid. Some of the military authoiities of the United Stales seem to suppose that better sec cess will attend a savage war, in which no quirter is to be given aud no age or s ix spared, than has hitherto been secured by such hostili ties as are alone r. cognized to ba lawful by civilized man in modern times. For the present, we renounce our right of re taliation on the innocent, aud shall continue to treat the private enlisted soldiers of General Pope’s army as prisoners of war; but it, after notice to the government at Washington of our confining repressive measures to the punish- inent only of commissioned officers who are willing participants in these crimes, these savage practices are continued’, we shall re luetautly be forced to the last resort of accept ing the war on the terms chosen by our foes, until the outraged voice of a common humani ty forces a respect for the recognized rules of war. While these facts would justify cur refusal to execute the gene rous cartel by which we consented to liberate au excess ot thousands f prisoners held by us beyond the number held by the enemy, a sacred regard to plighted faith shrinkmg from the mere semblance of braking a promise, prevents our resort to this extremi ty. Nor do we desire t extend to any other forces of the enemy the punishment merited abrne by General Pope and such commisioned officers "as choose to participate ia the execu tion ot his infamous orders. You are therefore instructed to commuuicate to the Commander in-Chief of the armies of the United Slates the contents of this letter and a copy ot the enclosed general order, to tin; end that be may be notified of ouriuteution not to consider any officers hereafter captured Irom General pope’s army as prisoners of war. Very respectfully, yours, etc , (Signed) Jepfbksom Davis. Gcu. li E. Lee, Commanding, etc. Adjutant and Issr'it Gknehjl’s Ounce, i Richmond, August 1, lsdi. C General Orders, No 54. I. The iollowing Orders are published for the information and ooservauee of all concerned. 11. Whereas, by a General Order, dated the 25.1 July, 1562, issued by the Secretary of War of the United Slat-s, under the order of the President of the United States, the Military Commanders of that Government within the States of Virginia, South Carolina, Georg a, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, TrXiS aud Ar kansas, are directed to seizi and use any prop erty, real or personal, belonging to the inhabi tants ot this Confederacy, which may be neces sary or convenient for their several commands, and ntj provision is made for any compema ion to the owners of private property thus seized aud appropriated by the Military Commandets of the enemy ; 111. And teUrt'M. by General Order Number Eleven, issued on the 231 July, 1562, by M: i r General Pope, commanding "the forces of the enemy iu Northern Vtrgia'ta, it is ordered that ail “commanders of any Aroiv corps, divisions brigades, and detached commands, will proceed immediately to arre-t all disloyal male cit zeus within their fines or within their reach in rear of their respective commands. Such as are witling to take the oath of allegiance to the l otted States and will tu nish-suttiek-nt securi ty tor its ob ervanee, shall be permitted to re main at their homes aud pursue in good faith their accustomed avoc.v ious Those who re fuse shall be conducted South beyoh ! the < ; ire me pickets of this army, and be notified that if touud agate anywhere within our fines or at any point tn rear, they will be considered st ics, : and subjected to the extreme rigor ot mil', tar j law. It any person having taken the oath o: sj - legiance as above speeiaed be found to have ; violated tt, he shall be shot, and h:s property ' seized and applied to the public u>e” ; IV. And whereas, by an order issued on the | Wh July. l'Mig, by Brigadier General A S t-in , wihr, M ior Wm. Steadman, a cavalry officer j ol k*s brigade, has been ordered to arrest five j the most pronfineut citizens of Page count v, j \ trgin a, to be held as hostages and to si,ff r death in the event ol any of the soldiers ot raid Stein wchr being shot by “bushwhackers,” by which term are meant the citizens of this Con federacy who have taken up arms to defend their honn sand famil es ; V. And whereas, it, results from the above or ders that Borne of the military authorities of the United States, not content with the unjust and aggressive warfare hitherto waged with savage cruelty against an unoffending people, and. exasperated by the failure of their effort to sul jugate them, have now determined to violate all the rules and usages of war ; and to convert the hostilities hitherto waged against armed forces into n campaign of robbery and murder against unarmed citizens and peaceful tillers of the soil; . VI. And whereas, this government, bound by the highest, obligations of rtntv to its citizens, is thus driven to the necessity of adopting such just measures of retribution and reta latioo as shall seem adequate to repress and punish t hese barbarities ; aud whereas, the orders above re cited have only been published and made known to this government since the signature of a cartel for exchange of prisoners of war, which cartel, in so far as it. provides for an ex change of prisoners hereafter captured, wonld never have been signed or agree., to by this government, if the intention to change the war into a system of indiscriminate murder and robbery had been made known to it; and where as, a j ist regard to humanity forbids that Vue repression ot crime which this government is thus compelled to enforce should be unneces sarily extended to retflii'-tiou on the enlisted men in the army of the Uaited States, who may be unwilling iustrumen s of the savage cruelty of their commanders, so long as there is hope that the excesses of the enemy may be checked or prevented by retribution on the commis sioned officers who have the power to avoid guil y action by refusiug service under a gov ernment which seeks their aid in the perpetra tion ot such infamous barbarities; VIL Therefore it is ordered, that Major Gen eral Pope, Br gtdier General tsieinwehr, and all commissioned officers serving udner their re spective commands, be, and they are hereby expressly and specially declared to be, not eu tiiied to be considered as soldiers, and there fore not entitled to the benefit of the cartel for the parole of future prisoners of war. Old’red further, that in the event of the cap ture of M: j >r General Pope, < r Brigadier Gen era! Steinwi hr, or of any commissioned officer serving under them, the captive so taken sha 1 be hell in close confinement, so long as the orders aforesaid snail continue in force and uu repcaled by the comp tent military authorities of the United States ; and that in the event of the murder of anv unarmed citizen or inhabi tant of this Confederacy, by virtue or und r pretext of any of the orders herein-before re cited, whether with or without trial—whether under pretence of such citizen being a spy or hostage, or any other pretence, it shall be the duty of the Commanding Genera! of the forces of this Confederacy, to cause immediately to be hung, out of the eointnisioned officers prisoners as aforesaid, a number equal to the number of cur own citizens thus murdered by the enemy. By order. (Signed) 8 Cooper. Adj’t and leap. Gen. j List of Casualties ia tlis Thlrty-eigliSli Georgia Regiment, (US’rlgist’s Legion) la lire Battles before Sllclimomt. FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS. Lieut. Col. L. J Parr, wounded in left arm, which was afterwards amputated Acting Maj ir J D Matthews, mortally wound ed ; Adjutant A Shaw, taken prisoner. Company A —Killed : A C Austin. Wounded severely : Privates W J J din-on, J M Thomp son, T II S'ewart; Lieut J J Mai able, Privates J T Austin, W F Austin, slightly. Company B—Kiiied : Coi-p W F Gri(fin, Pri vates IT D Gibbs. G W Vincent J M Martin, vo v-.-ied m rtally : Capt G W McClusky, Lieut. J A Pnlips, severely ; Privates J C Bites, A W u.a , U oe, J C Pu'veU, J Marlin, slightly ; Pri \a es <V J Cook, W Herring, A Justice, M Kiig Abner Land>uni, J IV M rlin, J A M Sims, TH Westbrook, J A W .liter, A Wil liams W B igwelf, S Adams, .T J D il, G B Best wick, P I Edwards, VVilliun Sbatnley. Compan C—Killu t: Privates J A Hearsay, J Bo.d, DH Me Lane, C 8 Corbin Wounded severely: Privates J R Flanders, B E Daniels, J F D x, J D Woods, G W Smith, W T Allen, slightly; Corp Truitt. Privates P Carroll, Junes Boyd, S J Hearsay, J P Chew; A Gregory, mis sing. Company D—Wounded severely : Privates W S Lanier, J A -cUandiess, J M Singleton. Slightly : Serti’t- R O Harabriek !J A Leloy, Privates M II N i=h, W Singh ton. '/, Thomas. Company E K-lled : Privates G W Na-h, J W Jackson, J M Glenn. S Turner, E Pratt, -I D Huff, W G Howard, J Freeman, J Calf,ban. Wounded severely: Serg’i. -J J Callaway, Pri votes ,J W Arnold, J B Webb, N II rris, W B Htrris, G W F us', J Freeman, E M Drake, J VV Coyle, J II Day. Slightly: D Glenn, S Smith, J S Mulh r. Company F.—Killed: Private J M Ilti'chin eou. Wounded severely: Coip’is W II rper and It P Purtain ; Privates B T Hunt, VV M Thornton. Slightiv: BP.iria.in, JA J Brown. Company G. —Killed: Lieut J Gunn, Pri vales George Rogers, W S Guineve'v, J M Smith, M W Pool, VV D Coshea, J W Roger?, J F Perdue, S R Patterson. Wounded slightly : OnrpT Knfu* Bonner, Privates T J Peoples, G Farrar, G C Brown, A A Murphy, W J Ander son. Company II —Kiiied : Corporal G VV Butler, Privates G il Booth, J Row oy, J ,\F And frrOQ, W C Vaughn. Wounded severely : P ivitesA Booth, SS B oth, 4 Cowth, J WMo re Siigbt lv; Privates W VV Bardin, J VV Coivard, C VV Hall, R Sanders Company I —Killed: Capt II J .Tones, Pri vates Irwin Register, C Hicks. Wounded re vereiy :* Privates G W B 'em, U Ohuraney Slightly : S -rg’t Taylor, IV vales C Pitman, R Pitman, J Holmes, W Wolf, J Autlurson, J Nichols. Company K —Killed : Orderly J S Johnson, Priv oes J S Henry, R F Jones, J M Dowss, J tv Phillips, J S Richardson. A J Wilson Wounded severely : Li nit Stebbs, S Tg't VV ll Henry, Privates J H Gasaw.iy, VV A Childers, G' 11 Goodwin, A VVi>et! -r, H il Ilornbockle, B Lil •, J Switiev. Slight.lv: FS Haggins, VV F Goodwin, B McGinn , C S .tone % B N F nr, VV S Owens, A VV Aim nil, B A Seals, B A Smith, VV B Hilderhrand. E VV Wiggins. Company N.—Killed : Win Forbes, T Scog gins, J Ma tiu Wounded severely: Serg’t A lliil. Privates 1) Wallace, O W Thompson. Slightly: Privates K li Day, G B.rnes, V B Martin, P A Scoggins, K Blacks lock. RECAPITULATION : Killed 40 Wounded 122 Total 16S Briliiaat KkismlMliftig In Nortli Ala bama. On the 80th ult., a detachment of the Ist Ky. cavalry, commanded by Capt. J. K Huey, as sisted by Lt. Col. Russell, commanding Partisan Raugers, amounting in the aggregate to sixty, engaged two hundred Federal Cavalry nearly opposite the mouth of Coon Creek, and but a tew miles from Stevenson, Ala. Notwithstand ing ibe great disparity in numbers in tavor of the Federal*, the success was decidedly with the Conledt r.t cs. E ght Yankees were killed aud fifteen wounded Our fuss none. Io addi tion, our friends captured lac horses, guns, pis tols, and sabres of tile killed and wounded of the enemy, and forty beef cattle that the Feds, were driving in. The direction oi the cattle vv. s changed by Capt. Huey, aai cafeiy driven iuto h:s camp Oa the 26 h of the same month, four of Capt. Iliiey’s men cr. ;-ed the Tennessee riv.-rand engaged twenty-five Federal cavalry, wi pin thit-e miles ot Sreveuson, killing three Federal* aud putting to rout the remainder. VV- learn from one oi the company, that Capt. Huey’s command has, within leu days, killed and wounded fifty-one Yankees, with only one m q w. ir ded ai.d uc*te killed.—[GtwHa. Rebel, 2 I. Attack os Guntersville—We learn from a gentleman ju>i from North Alabunut, that on Wednesday itie Federal.-, attacked Guntersvilte, u the sout". side ot Tennesse ■ river, with a thousand tn:.v:!ry and -five piec- s oi artillery. They succeeded in crossing a part of their :o.ca cm to the island for :he purpose of sharpshoot ing Altera tight ot eight flours ibev were re pulsed hv the Confederates under Capt Weston o' 1-t K -mucky cavalry, aud Capt. Coats, of Forrest’s old regiment. Qte lady wa? killed, and two male citizens of Guntersvtlle wou and ei; one dwellingand a warehouse were bur i ed The Federal loss in kiiied aud w .unded, twenty five.— [lb. The HeiLth of Our Army.—lt i* a source of general rej deieg that the health of onr wes tern army was never at any period since the commencement of ibe war, so good as at the present moment. Now that a crisis ot such w meet is at haul, we can not but rx rlt at the robust look ot the men on whose arm rests the fate of our beloved country. They are the pic ture of heal ti, and whit is more, of undaunted spirit, and all else that constitute* the material ot a dashing soldier. L.t the officer equal the private, let there be such di-ctpline, mat at! shall move as one man, and it will be hut a little while tiii w shall wime-s the fulfilment of President DaviV piedg -, tha’ our fiig sbaU be planted beyond the ouairmo.t Verge of our Confedeiacy — f lb A Nobt e Example for a Soules.— Chap ’aiu J is. B Averitt, furnishes the Krckicgham (Va.) Register with some interesting facts in regard to the lamented Gen. Ashby Among oth* " things fie .-ays : "As his tent-mate from the 17;h of June, 1361 to the close ot bis bright and eventful life, I uever saw him lodu’ge in a gtme o chance, or use an oath or iucu'ga in any expression which c aid of! nd tne most polite ear, aai he w entirely iree from ais-i- P 1 ’ 1 nof ail kinds.” Wait a noble tribute to one who his hid no suti-r.nr for gallant daring Since the war eonynenced ! It the same coal J he sa.d of all the otfic-’s in our a-mv, some of saddest scenes of the war would be obliterated trom the minds of onr afflicted people. Oar Virginia Correspondence. Near Richmond. Va.,'l July 81, 18G2. j Mr. Editor ; Great moves are being made on the chess board of war, but the import just is beyond our comprehension. McClellan up pears restive, and every now and then assails onr picket line from his cooped up hole at Harri son’s Landing. lie nutkee appearance cf a de sire to repossess Malvern Hill, which he is well assured is a very strong p’acc, but this is sup posed to be only sham : for it is well known that, he is constantly sending away his troops to Pope, and that the “onward to Richmond,” from this point, i, now considered an utter im possibility—the term a reproach which would gladly be forgotten. It is believed that McClol lan will resign, i t irg unable to endure the chagrin of li • •., 11-llcck pine and above him, in the iacp of the gn a: military U at he just per formed of “changing his base of operations.” Qalleck promises the. nation great things, an actually sets out to convince the Northern dupes of his wonderlul military acquirements by a learned di-sertalion on the science of war. We poor rebels had better look sharp now, Hal leek the Great has succeeded aud superseded the “Young Napoleon.” Woe be unto the re hellions. The Southern monster is now to be “crushed oat before you can say Hatleek the Great, if your mouth was already open. “What shall we do to he saved ” But in reality, the old military ass—the hoary-headed villain— Wingfield Scott, being still an incumbrance, Halieck put iu a, high place, which the veriest little fool of a n< gro in the South would con temn if he knew him, and McClellan, a second ary non-entity, is all a subject for congratula tion iu the South. There is no doubt McClel lan is the ablest man they can pul in the field No one has labored so hard to ortanizDand thoroughly discipline his army, and wbenevei we have fought him it, was no child’s play to defeat his vetefan soldiers. The battle of .. ii liamsbnrg, Seven Pines aud ail the last battles before Richmond are still records before us how .sanguinary every inch of ground was dis puted) In many instances these fights were man for rnan, and always before we found our selves able to cope with the vandals two and even three, to one of our soldiers. Let us re joice that the “Young Napoleon” has found his Waterloo, and hope some let s competent Yan kee fool will take ifis place. It is believed that- Pope is a “soft” chap, and before long a crowd of his hordes will be left to enrich some spot in the “Old Dominion.” However, it is beet | always not to underrate an enemy, and then I every energy will be employed to meet him. j Rather overrate than underrate him. ! It is impossible to tell yon where Jackson is, 1 but the Yankees are terribly exercised abi ut ! him, and have got wind that Hill and othei> j have been sent to swell his ranks. There is a j dream too in the Dictator’s head that ot course j our fore s have been materially weakened here before the capital, aud it would uot surprise n [if a force wes precipitated down this way to make another easy march into Richmond. I believe our government has determined not to he lethai gie tir.y more, and at present it setSlus to be wide awake. We aro whole tooted and I can put just as tr.auy men into the field as Hr , Yankees. This tremendous call for 800 000 mor* men *c ires nobody ; for any one can see lt wi I take at least, three months to get them together, and eight mbntj:3 to discipline and make any thing like soldiers of them Let the fools send that horde of tnllitia d-'.tv . h r t-More they gr through the regular coarse oi nm:i instruct!*!!.', and I tel! you, as you welt know, tin re will te more food for buzzuds tlt.it: those disgastlup butbirds cm and s::*o In a short time aftei they arrive. It will rt quire so much cf this new force to go t.> Kentucky and Tennessee; to much to come to Virginia to take this provoking capital, and when a large amount of sick is deducted, the g:eat bugbear will have dwindled into noth ing scarcely beyond a scarecrow. The work of reeru ling goe3 cu very slowly there, so their papers say, and the whole “ kit and hiliu ” of the Yanks are wearing long, dolorous facts, and stock is falling iu Wall street, amazingly. Tha timorous wrefehes art now looking anxiously towards Europe waiting for an t xpr esion of foreign sentiment on thei r woeful disaster before Richmond. They know or expect-that the huge boasting of the whole North, and the vacant promises of an “onward to Richmond’’'will begin to recoil with won. dr*. :t fores against them whan the news reach es there, and notwithstanding the early advice of some branch of the Press to resist to the utmost ary attempt at intervention from Eu rope. the trembling cowards would quail at the first onset o! European intervention as they.did in their pusillanimous snrrecd r qf Mason and Slidell Vv Steadily the thorough di-cipiine dfVur army goes on, and the < sourgaling of incompetency from the ranks is a mo t valuible and salutary step towards Its perfection. Brave, competent of fleers control men and on the battle field render them solid and staunch before any sort of fire. Without officers who can control and direct litem, no soldiers’are fit to carry on a danger ous field. Almost everything depends upon the efficiency of the officers, aud the first con sith'ration in organizing an army is, he assured of the entire eapabit ty of this post. Every promotion is m :d“ now after a thorough exami nation by a competent board. ’Tis the wisest step yet made la insure the invincibility of our tr’oops. But I close with the fond hope that our Confederacy may not sleep in the darkest nor the brightest periods until onr freedom is proclaimed. Tout le Monde. Tiio Alliance of (lie Cbcrokee Indians ill 1 the Confederate States. The following letter from John Ross, Princi pal Chief of the Cherokee nations, is published in the Northern papers. This settles the ques tion as to the alliance of that nation with the Confederate*: Executive Department, ) Park Hill, C. N , July 8, IStki j To Col. W’m. llffr, U. S A , Commnndivg: Sir:—Your communication of yesterday, dated from headquarters, Indian Expedition, e imp or. Wolfe Creek, under a flat; of truce per 1) c. (tilpatnck, has been duly received and in reply, ! have to etatathat a treaty of under the sanction and authority x>f the whole Cherokee people, was entered into on the 7.h day of October, 1861. between the Confederate States and the Cheri kee nation, and pnbii hed before the world. And you caonot but be too well informed on the su! j cr. to make it ntces ar\ far me to recipitu!a.e the reasons am! cir cumstances under which it was done. Thus the destiny of the people became identified with that of the •'nnihcrti Confederacy. The e is no nation of Indiana, I venture to say, that has ever been more scrupulous in the faithful i 1 ■ • v.itice ol their treaty obligations than the Cheek -os A'i-jiv mo to furl’ or appeal io the history of my- lore j chile ud t rivu "• life to sue ain the ..-seiion thit ray poli y las ever been 'o pre serve peace and good feelings among my people, ai;r! the observance ol law and > rcL-r. The horro s of civil war, with which this beanti ui country is thrcaiencd. are greailj to be deprecated, and I trust that it may be avert ed by the observance of the strict principles of civiliz and and honorable warfare by the army now invading our c mn'rv wider vour com mand I cannot, un ler existing circumstances, entertain the proposition for an official inter view between us at vonr camp. I have, there fore, respectfully to decline to comply with your request. I have the honor to be, sir, your most obedient seivant. John Ross, P-inciral Chief Cherokee Nation. Affairs os the Coast apt. Joo. Mickfer returned to camp on Sunday last, from a gen eral 1 our of inspection sin mg 'be Sea I-iands and Yat kee camps near Hilton Head and Broad river After posting himself ab.-ut‘‘the situa tion,” he retired unobserved, bringing with hint seven negroes—one of whom is a member of one of tieii Hunter'- new regiments. The fellow will, of c urse, be hong. Cant Mickter was absent about a week.—f Chas. Mercury. The correspond, ct of the N w York Express announces that by the evacuitioo of Junes’ Island all e ance- of approaching Cha lest on by any feasible land route h s been a andoed ■he Federal iroops have re ; red fr< m Edisto I-lsnd, a* and now only hold Hilton Head, Beaufort, Pulaski and their immediate depeu deucies, The Season —tVe have had flue showers for the 'ast lour or five days, and the earth is w-il satuie 1 wiih water. AH the late crops have been much bectfhted. and are generally very promising.—[Macon Messenger, sth. 11,1 “T billed and Won ,d,d In the 44 h Kegim cm Georgia .Volunteers, Col. Rubert A. Smith commanding, j Q th e battles beloto Richmond. FIELD OFF!curs. \ Killed—none. Wounded—Col Robert A. Smith, mortally “ —Lt Col. John B. Estes, slightly! “ Adjt. C. M. Wiley, severely. COMPANY A—CAPT. W. H. PEEBLET. Killed —Piivates E B Akins, T D F Johnson, T S Moor, J P Lowell, J P Crudllle, I J Smith, J N S.uneeli, J Weems, R H Htrper. Woun led mortal y—Lieut S J Watkins. Pri vates J E Harris, J II Jenkins, N C Turuipseed, I J Turner, D Puiiiips. Woumti-d severely—Corpl WD D srrick. Pri vates H A Daniel, E E Jaekaou, J M Pendley, J F Wyatt. G W T Dorsey, G W Bunn, W H Trophy. Wounded slightly—Capt W II Pebbles, Lt A D McKenzie, li M Grediile, Serg’t O VV Moore, f J Adams, Privates J L Callaway, R B Rich ardson, J Rolls. N M Stanfield, J T Tarpley, J Upchurch, W J Wilkins, J M Williams, VV J Morris, J VV Weems, J W Adams, S R Moore, H A Turner. COMPANY B —CAPT. ,T. C K2Y. Killed—Serg’t A R Smith. Privates J N Sel ler-, L Cheek, K Tillman. Wounded mortally—Corp’l J B K*;l!y, Pri vates J Splarman, J J t dwards Wounded severely—Corp’is II N Aden, J II Meek*, Privates W TFears, ll '/. Smith, Z Bailv. F M Kiuuard. Wounded slightly—Serg’t BG King, TL D gby. Privates a S Akin, J V. Barr, J G Bear den, J VV Cook, 8 H Edwards, RS Edwards, H .VI B Freeman JA D Grubbs, J Dostm - , A L Johnson, E D L -me,. GAD Lesion, A A Mc viicheal, 'A H Nolle-a, C A Spears, N M Shaw, G W F Watts, Geo Freeman, R Wooten A F Spears, W II Gilimore, GS Garrett, N II Lever ett, ll M L me. COMPANY C —CAPT. SAM. P. LUMPKIN. Kiiied—Lt J W Reaves, Corpl M Mooney, Privates J 11 Davies, H J Doolittle, W T Adams W A Robinson, H M lAdd, J M Bulle-r, J E Roy ester, J Murrougb. Mortally wounded—P M Stewart Severely v. ounded—Sergt D H Malcolm Pri vates I M Ileall, S C Gardner, E 15 Spinks A B Offiorn, L C Cooper, J Glover, G A Nolen W B Jones, W M Elder, J E Thom >,L Beavers. W T Osborn. Slightly wounded—A W Griffith, L L-s U-r, 8 M Smith, John Dugger, WE Elder, -t H C Mai coim, W W Hunt, G R Connally, J R Avcock, GWNunnaly. " ’ COMPANY D—LIEUT. THOS. S. TATAM. Killed—Piivates B F Robarts, G B Adamson, J N Adamson, W E Deas, VV M Long, J a Lyle, J B Murphy, Jas Turner. Mortally wounded—Lt Tiios S Tatam, Pri vates -I S Jones, jr., D T McVicker. Severely wounded—S VV Camp, G W Coker, W M Christian. M Y B Dodson, J L Spradlin, J F MeKibbin, VV M Farmer, J S Mathews, TR Daniel, G VV Hutchinson, It J Kunkle, J W Lewis, J T Mann. Slightly wounded—J Y Nolen. COMPANY E—CAPT. J. W. ADAMS. Killed—A Bay well, E D wis, Il M Daweon, J II Digby, J Lee, Ssrgt N G Andrews. Mortally wounded —Corpls ACC duwcll, T L Hitcher, Privates L 1) Beil, J A Collins, E G Curlon, T F J Weldon, VV G Gipson Severely wounded—Privates P T Bishop, Wm Bay well. J M Davis. N T Gibson, C C Ham mond, VV J caves, VV P Swinnett. Siigb’ly wounded—Capt J W Adr ms. Lt J H Co’ ].. Lt S A Bc*.t l , Lt E L Monily, Corpl II T Mu Privates W 8 Brown, E Curlon, •V ; .1, VV R Jester, J Moat, W J McGee, U Hi Norris, J G Norris, J VV Parkins, VV J Cr.eit.ird, J E Beal!, A Strickland. COMPANY F—ElffiUT. C. TY PEARSON. Killed—J F Martin, O A Garner, II M Lane, . U Pinkerton, R Millirons. Mortally wounded —Sergts VV H Monteith, J H Pearson, Privates V Holliman, C Marchm tn, G F Aehurt, J F Coker, II VV Lee. Severely wounded —Lieut G G Green, Pri vate* F M B iilcy, W H Ciopten, J VV Dennis, ** Vt'drons, J Marcliman, E N Macon, D ti ti etc. ok, jr, P VV Ward, P F Baugh, II C bi'gev. W vV Parohal'. S'L i v wounded—Sergt Robert II Griffin, Bitrhelor, S Cox, VV C Pinkerton, , C R Sanford, J M Cox. J R Reuse. . ■ —*3 R Fo ll *. C IMPART G -CAPT. JOHN Ttt’lE. Killed—Privates J Jones, R A Watson, J V.wls, VV B -bop, J VV Post, R T C Ellington, J R Mitchell, G R Shell. Mortally wounded—Serg’t J N Hightower, Privates R Mitchell, J L Whitlock, I S Pnil lips, Jas Jones. VVonncioft severely—Lieut Tlohort Matthews, Corp’l J J Hundlev, Priva'es Jas J mes J Bti lev, 8 Suddeth, M Jackson, B F News, R N Watsoa, J Quick, J A Reaves, L Bird, W VVil Ittnson. W Mimms, J Lewis, W II Vaugltn, P Bishop, W Miners, T Davis, C C Goefman, II Bowen. Wounded slightly—Cant. J Htlie, Privates G S Btriks, G W Handley, J Goddi y, J N Banks, V H Vess is, T N Farr, J Campbell, M Black, S Harden, J A Henie. COMPANY H—LIEUT. ,T. tV. BUTLER. Killed—W II Htrn. J C Bussy, W F Moct gomerv. J A Jones, L Z Stroud, W N Kieg, N T W.llobv. M I. Batiard, J VV Smith, J tl What ley. R Payne, <J J Bneknlcau, ki H..l.jiea. Mortally wounded—G VV Sullivan, WII Mob ley Severely wounded —Tfient. M R Beckman. Lieut T C Kendrick, M P Butler, C L Pi ts, J M Turner, J M Seoti, H C Kendrick, P T Btl lard, W M Lvneh, J C Rogers, J n Carden, W I Green. P A Puckett, J VV Sloan, J C Brand, Robt Peters, A B Yluxey, W M Singleton, J C Strickland, L E Taylor, II II Whaley, J J Ure mer, G M dlican. Wounded fdi irtlv—D L McClure, J H Story, -H Parker, U Y B -ckni tn. COMPANY I—CAPT. CUAS. W. ALLI3TON, (killed.) Killed—M L Tomlin, D T White, G W Fuller, D H Btiley. Mortally wounded—P M Rvpe, S W McMul lin, J T Morris, T E Wi-frey, A Reaves, F C South. J B ii'ogaii. Severely wounded—G 8 Bryan, J’V Brooks, J C Dublin, Geo A Benvt r, W II Lewis. J L Walker, J J Clack, W II Butler, R C Campbell, Columbus M. Conk. Slightly wounded—W M Cook, JI, Tlarkness. W M Hubbtrd, T II K dly, G B Keen. VV G Mann, J M McClelland, N.VI South, KNMor ris, J G Hooteu, J W Ford. company k—captain j. w. BECK, (slightly wounded.) Kiiied Privates S J Moore, R W Stephens, 8 L Meritt. Wounded mortally—N A Turner, W J Jack son Wounded slightly—A W Wright, A R Boon, W C Luddey, Ii Daniel, C T Leslie, J T Cross ley. EEC triTULATION. Total killed inaction 71 Mortally wounded 44 Severely wounded 113 SlightD wounded 110 Missing 1 Total killed, wounded and missing 339 The regiment went into action at EdisonV Mis with 514 men—one company having been detailed as skirmishers. Oar i <*s wa- 62 killed and 227 wounded It was in the engagement at Gaines’Mill, but being favorably situated sns tained .to lo=s. At Malvern H.ll our ioss was 9 killed and 30 wounded. Addison W. Burnsides, Acting Adj’t 44 it Ga. Reg’t. Ac Artillery Plunge upon the Federal Fleet. | A little past twelve o’eD”k on Thursday night, many of our citiz- n w -e awakened by suiifin, rapid aud long-i Eti aai reportd < f artiilery proceeding fr< m bui.. point east of the city, on ihe James It was generally supposed that the eric- v were making a night attack upon Drewry’s Bluff, ar.d scarcely for a rn"inent | hid one suppose that the battle was pr< j cted jby our own men. The firing became !e>s rapid | in the course of an hour, and by bait pa-t two o’clock it had crated entirely. When morning came the citizens were much excited to ascer tain ihe meaning, circumstances and rts*ult of the demonstration, and at length the truih leak ed out and was followed up y ihe report iu de la:! given >n oar telegraphic column, from Pe tersburg. It seems that General Peaddon, with several batteries of heavy acd light art 1- lery, acting under orders, had secretly availed hiuiv’il of a position at and below (JogginS Point- five miles below City Point, command ing the Federal fleet and their camp on the. op posite (north) -ide of the river, and about the hour above mentioned he let loose upon them, with what result, in losses, it was impossible to ascertain. A large number of transports and several gnr.b its were in the stream at the lime, an l the Federal camp was apparently of considerable dimensions The gunboats re plied feebly and without tff ct. Trie on'y and m age to the Confederate side was occa-i med by an accident to one of the guns. At diybreak all of the vessels had di-app< ar . and, aud Uie Fed eral ramp was in confusion. Tne i.ju-its to the fl.-et, it is presumed, were com ira- veiy slight, jet there is reastm tob-i veto-*- the loss was not inconsiderable. The demonstra tion filled the enemy with con-ternation, clear ed the rivers’ t:.-u point of ucir pr. sence, and ; relieved Ihe inhabitants oi’ the continual dread | and alum to which they .were subjected. We i will, or course, have to awai Federal a -cunt f ir a development A the casualties.—[Richmond j Enquirer, 2*l inst. Shoe Pegs.—Shoe pegs are manufactured af ! Ringgold, Georgia, by Mr. G. VV Kelly, iu large quantities, to suppiy the trade aud ihoe and boot-mak'-rs. To a geu*le.aan, every woman u a lady, in right ot her sex. The Enemy Take lTiil. RETURN OF CONFEDERATE PRISONERS. Ihe North Hopeless, but Full of Kc venge. n-^ va^h Eei ' ui,,ican ' HIU I'r .ni us on y : 9 owCLT Bted our uck t Th . 8 l< * tha smalmoss of riven lhcm lcu '*e tan Tha C nfederate prisoners coaflnt-d in tho Ka’ i, eluding Buckner and 1 i gliman, have re.urned and ars now in Richmond. Iho political prisoners ai Fort Warren still r*main as prisoners. 'J ho prisoners stile that tho Worth has given up at 1 hope ot success, and prosecute the war out y iroin pride and revenge. Reeru ting, they say, is a dead failure at the Nor h. A dralt is the only remedy, an 1 Uio g ,ver meat is afraid of ih.L ’ There ar* many Binypaiii e/s with ite South who begin to oppose any inrther pro.eculiou of the war. Thuriow Weed considers the prospect hopeless. P. w. A; [second and spatco I KrcmiCND, August t> —a mong ihe prisoners return ed a*e those taken at Fort Pidasai, and captain Bar low's Company, captured in taevailty: atsj, Lieut, Col. Towers, of the Eigata Georgia _______ P. W. A. FROM VIRGINIA. ARRIVAL OF EXCHANGED PRISONERS AT RICHMOND—SKIRMISHING IN VIR GINIA—PERFIDY OF THE YANKEES &c. [Special despatch to Savannah Republican,] Richmond, Aug. 7—Ab:ai three thou,and Cocfed era’e prisoners have arrived here. The cffioi r.t ray they were treated kindly at Ft rt Warren, but the mea were forced to work on the f rufica.iuns at Fo.t Beta wart). The crews of the privatee s Petrel, Savar nah, Dixie ! tea regard, Jtff Davis and Sumter, 82 in all, have j been returned. ; Pour hund e ! prisoners, mostly Northern born, were released upon takii g an oath in violation o the cut !• The enemy is active on both sides ■ f the James river, and seemed disposed to advance from Fredericksburg! There was consid rabie skirmishing ye-terd:y,. in which the Confede atts are reported tuece-sful The re.urned prisoners will join their commands, P. W. A. NEWS FROM TENNESSEE, near t'mmbeilaad Gap [Special despatch to the Savannah Republican ] Knoxville, Aug. 6 —Heavy rkirmishing commenc ed on iuesday with a large forco of the enemy, at Tazewell, twelve mi es from Cumberland Gap. Qe - eral btovens n's brigade was eng* ged, and bit move ments designed to gain the enoiny’fi rear, and thus *ut thorn oft irom the Gap. The artillery il i, g was very heavy. A Biittls at Tazewell, Taon. iHE CONFEDERATES VICTORIOUS! Assassination of Bi g. Gca. faswoll l [Special despatch to the Savannah Republican.] Knoxville, Tens., August 6-Several prisoners have been brought in from Tazewell. No particulars received yet of the fight. Goa Ea'ns was maki. g a foroed march to gain the ereony’s roar. Brig flfn W. R Caswell was assassinated bv some uckco an person, this afternoon, near his residence sis miles from Knoxfi'-ks. LATISS, Knoxvillf, August 7 —l do-patch was received this morning from Brig. G;n. Stevenson, which stales that after a gallant engagement of four hours, yesterday, near the town of Tazewell, the enemy were repulsed with g-iat slaughter, end we;e in lull reheat ’I he carrier reports that .he Third Tennessee Ro?i rrent took a battery of tour : une,. after being twice repul3cd, with a loss of one hundred and nine (I(fl) men. Gen. Burton had succeeded in gaining tho enemy’s rear a' Stevensoc, aud was being rti*.forced A man was arrested last night U3 the murderer of Gen Caswell. A letter from Staunton says Washington porers had been r ceived there, staling ihat Seer, taw 8 w rd had resigned in order tiescupa the effect*’ 6l foreign in'er vention, but ad I eeo ind.resMd r. consider Ihe step. The letter also st tea tbt the loellng of Ihe North was greatly depre.soU and anti-war nuui m.etings w .re b tng hold The Fight at Baton Rouge. CiEN. UHECKINKIDBE’S REPORT, Mobile, Aug, G—The Advertiser baa the following despatch: Jackson Miss , Aug G.—l am pe-mltted by General Van Dorn to send you ihe following: 1)4 Mile from Raton Rouge, [ Augu tCth, lrio2 f To General Van Dam : Receiving a despatch that tho ram A knnsas would co-operate, latlac ed Baton Rouge at daylight this morning, with leas than three t lousand. After a strug gle of five boors we droie tho enemy from all point! to tho Arsenal and lower part of tho ci y r od t > the cover of tho gunboats, faking a number of p is >n rs, several fl gs and a considerable q lanl ty of property. My diminished aodixhaueted fO’te eon and not taka the Arsenal ad the troops almost perishing fir water, we have withdrawn one mi e and a half Irom the city, ljut h ipe to resume the attack in a half hour. I think our loss has been as heavy as that of the nemy. General Clarlto is morta !y wounded; Col. Hunt oflhe&th Kentucky, Col. Thompson, of iht; 81 Kentucky, Col. Allen, ol the 4th Louisiana, and others were seven ly wounded. The effective face of the enemy exclusive of gun and mortar boat', is reporel to us to b> S.OPO strong. (Signed) John C. Beki kinrii qic, Mi jor General. It seems the Arkansas did not arr ve in time to take part with our land forces, as was intended, although she pest and Bayou Bara, which is aoout 80 mil“B above Baton Bouge, at twelve o’clock on M'U ay night. There are four gunboats and the r.m E sex at Baton Bouge. Orders have been received here to prepare for three hundred wounded. Gen. Van Dorn has removed his headquarterr to this place. Capture of th Federal Army of East Tennessee. [Special Despatch to the Savannah Bepnbl ean. Knoxville, August 7—A despatch from General Stevenson, at Taz well, says General Burton succeed ed in gaining the rear of the enemy, aft r which Gen ral Stsvensou, being reinforced, flanked General Bowen’s command, and captured the eu!ire Federal army of Ea-t Tennessee. From Tenneesee. Chattanooga, Aug 6—No hing of interest here. Two deserters from Buell’s array, a-rived here to-day, s y that Buell has McCook’s, Cri leaden’s, Wood’s ad Eosseau’s di-isions, about 35,000 in all, at fcte venson and Brid ep >r't. There is p enty of provisions at Stevenson, and the tr > pa are on haf lati .ns at Bridgeport They say that Buell is, in ividually, at Wash rg on or Uuntsvilie. * The Yanked! a e lorlifying Stevenson, and tearing down ail the houses. The vessel referred to In the following statement was, in all probability the Reliance, Capt. tfladdin, which sailed from the Georgia coast not many weeks since: A Chase —Ca-tain Eldridge, of the schooner Spirit of thf Wind, which arrived rom i ondon yesterday, reports having seen early on vjondav morumg the smoke of a steamer under me and of Araco, and at 7 A M. made her out t" be a small tug;oat with two tiers of cotton on deck Be aso saw a age screw steamer givio chase, and continually firing at the lormer. At 750 the small steamer crossed the bows of the •'pirit of the Wind eleeri eg about 8. 8. W. The larger ooat was then aimo-t b if a mile astern. Alter Srmg another <hot, shr kept up the chase, and passed s, n. ar the sch oi er. that Cip aiaE: ri ge distinctly h ari the co'nmand eivcn: •‘When you are reedy then. I torward, fir. •!” The fl ing and pursuit c nttnued till 9 A M.. when the srn .l b at, being apparen y struck, was br night to. Boa s were then obse ved py ng be twe n The two vessel! for about an hour, wneu they bo.h bore away about We-t by B 'U’h. e- rew steamer had the Amer can ensigu flying, the capt red boat showed no flag The toys oi her paddle Boxes were painted yellow, her hub was lead color, and she lud no bulwarks —[Nassau Guardian, July 93. The funeral ol tx President Van Boren was largely attended. Gov. Morgan, ofNt-w York; Hon. Goveneur Kemble, and others were mourners at K nderbook on the occasion. Negko But >aoe —it is earn that there is a brigade of negroes in New York city, already enrolled, wflicii can take the field within a week. 3