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SAYAri-NAI 1, <IA.
Saturday B*orXn*. _ Ai>' -”** a3 18oa y
c t . Henry T. Dortfc, of tic Augusta “Geor*
ia Light Guards,” died in Richmond, Monday
lst, of typhoid fever.
Hung. —W. H. Spence, the wealthy banker of
Murfreesboro’, Term., who betrayed the move
ments cf Morgan and Forrest, has been hung
by the citizens of Murfreesboro’.
Rumored Resignations.— A despatch from
Frankfort to the Nashville Union of the 17th )
rays that Governor Magoffin and Lt. Governor ;
Fisk of Kentucky, had resigned.
Gen. Smith.—The lriends of this gentleman
will rejoice to learn, from the special despatch
which we publish this morning, of a decided
improvement in his condition, warranting a
hope of his eventual recovery.
The Dalton Times contradicts the statement
that Dr. McAfee was engaged in the desperate
renconter with a man named Shncox. It was
McAffee belonging to Capt. Avery’s Company
of Georgia Dragoons.
Battue of Cedar Run. —The fullest and
most satisfactory account of the late battle be
tween the Confederates and Pope’s forces, is
contained in the letter of “C. W. A.,” which
we publish to day. lie is an officer in the
Twelfth Georgia Regiment, which bore a con
spicuous part in the fight.
The Jacksonville “Southern Rights.”—
We are gratified to see that the good people of
Jacksonville, Fla., have so far rid themselves of
the Yankees as to !.••; a’lt to start a thorough
going Confederate paper in their beautiful little
city. It is named above, and wo wish the pro
prietor, Mr. J. C. Andrew, success with his un
dertaking.
Yankee.—A correspondent of a Northern
paper says the soldiers of the sth New Hamp
shire Regiment, in McClellan’s army, buy out
the sutler at wholesale, and then retail their
wares to the members of the other regiments
at a large profit. Recently, too, they o’ug a well,
and obtaining 'excellent water, they sell it at five
cents a Canteen to the. soldiers of other camps.
The New Orleans Delta publishes a list ol
ninety-five firms and houses, Cotton Brokers,
who last Oitolf r advised planters not to gtnd
Cotton to Netv Orleans, with the amount of tax
assessed upon each establishment by Butler, the
Beast, “to relieve the starving poor.” The
amounts extorted from each ranges from SIOO to
SSOO, giving a total of $20,200.
Yankee Outrages under Pope’s Order.—
We hope no one will tail to read the army cor
respondence of ii;c New York World,, which
we publish in another column. The writer
honestly conferees to every species of vandal
ism and robhorv ivii'h-r the order of Pope, and
says it is eonvr;ting the Federal array into “a
den of thieves,” to be -turned loose upon the
people at home at the tlose of the war.
What a precious opinion these Yankees have
of the possession of arms !
Tits Richmond Mail aoai>;.— For some rea
eon, the edition of Richmond papers which
reached Charleston early Wednesday mornthg,
have not yet arrived in Savannah. The reason
is, when arrived at Florence au ignorant route
agent sends the packages for Savannah by one
route and the paekges for Charleston by
another. Will nobody t- 11 tire ign yamus that
via Charleston is ttfh shortest route to Savan
nah ? We hope our worthy Postmaster, who
lias a happy faculty for straightening crooked
things, will look into and correct this intolera
ble grievance.
Yankee Countkkfbits.— The i ichmond Dis
patch lias been, favored l>y au officer with a
number of counterfeit bills on various Confed
erate institutions, which were thrown away by
a Yankee prisoner-captured at Cedar Run. One
of them it describes as “a fifty cent note on the
‘ Meclfanies’^Savin g aiid Loan Association,’ of
Savannah, Ga. This counterfeit is said, by those
* who hayo seen the original note, to he well
executed and difficult of detection. 'Xlic one
before us certifies that I J. Ross ’l as deposited
fifty cents with iho Association and is numbered
155—Douglas, eng. N. O.”
Rattle of Cram: Run—Pope’s Official
Repost.—The Richmond Examiner of Monday
says :
"Late Northern papers received in this city
yesterday contained Pope’s official report of the
; battle of Cedar Creek, lie says : Gen. Bank?,
with thousand turn, was attacked by the
C nfedcratcs with twenty thousand ; a brigade
of two thousand men lout fifteen hundred in a
charge on the rub A batteries: an Ohio regi
ment was anoHilM and, and a Wisconsin regi
ment, rati. He calls ,t a drawn battle, but ac
knowledges a loss of throe thousand men killed
and wounded.”
Sri>t>EN Check to Yankee Roguehy.— The.
Yankee steamer,- Commodore Perry, collapsed
a tiue. and took tire at Louisville, Kentucky, on
Y e lid indent. The i r.ssi tigers were all at the
supper*table. Maty jumped overboard and
were drowned. Others were blown into the
river, killed by the concussi' n, A:'. The. de
struction of life end propeity is described as
t rtllic. ’i l Peny had just returned from a
trip down the Cum 1 , i ri iid River into Temiei
sec, ami was heavily laden with 500 hales of
cotton aid a large ctuouul of tobacco stolen
on the trip. *
McClellan at Futusitu KSnoue —The Rich*
inotnl Dispatch, a)s :
Oar latest a ivied it rve no doubt of the fact
that tin.* Yrui l N t>d t’ti of the Federal army
hn - :i"-dn “eliar-trod bis base,’’ mid is now pre
pared vith his •■i n-* ■- ny u> co-operate with
the forces of Pep e -l -rr tt c Lae of the Rappa
hannock.. Tilt t; port.-that have been indus
triously eirenk.: 1 that lie was evacuating the
Peninsula, are at lev gtb. confirmed, ug l there
seems to be no l.'tig r any doubt that he has
swung round to Fredericksburg, to act in con
junction with t! t Federal forces in that locality
for the decent e < f Washington. Intelligence
from FredericHshurg states that he arrived
th+re o.r Fiith v, whetlu r to assume command
of the it re. or to play second to his
livel Pope, is rot known.
Important from the North.—The Macon
Tchijv,-ph of yesterday says :
‘‘Two ladies of high respectability, known in
Elite vicinity, arrived here from the North day
before yesterday. 'They wore nearly three
wet ks on tho passage, but got through with
- molestation. They report tho people of
the North under strong discouragement about
the war, and one of them brings assurance Trent
a Federal officer, in a not unimportant position,
that If the South holds out faithfully a little
while longer the North will break down. They
say th * tncbuT r and Morgan at Gallatin, and
his utn fim-tir :, ' i e.r train. Morgan con
versed a long :'•■■■- with the gentleman who
aeted as their** c :• ar.d got tli > latest North
ern news. Tbt rat they learned in Tout ssee
that a mail bag from B-.tU had fallen into our
V vsseasion, and a dc*] atc-h from l.im to the
I.incolu YVar De; amuent, found in it, f iyk-g
that unless he w. a reinforced heavily v Sirin a
abort time, his army would inevitably u- rut
oil and destroyed.
The papers say that g- ■ v L.eii f. und in
the brick clay which him, i .. >■ t ay of Phila
delphia, to such an exon! warrant the
belief that in the ten tiyiatv miles area occn
pl. dbv the city, there s : • *!> .< moie gold
in.th- city than Ras te.n o e Ca . ornia.
Tb.- .-i oar fluent with tie t ! ■ 1 = been made
j a..- .Urcfcifon of r.w < <?kvt ef :he U. A
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tv at -i an anreHffFwe and scoTery for Phila-
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'S’Ue SHnatloii.
Out eventual triun'l ll and 'JldcpcndcudO are
certa n. It would be a moral and political
phenomenon in the world’s ltielory were it
otherwise. A nation of freemen, situated as we
iuo ever a vast extent of territory, with re
sources for subsistence inexhaustible, and a
will to light, was never yet conquered and
brought under the yoke ol a tyraut. But time
will be required to work out our destiny, and
two.occasions now offer which, properly im
proved, will bring us to the. eoncumroation-at
an early day. The Federal strength is now
concentrated at two points —the line of the
Tennessee and the line of the Rappahannock.
These two armies defeated, the aggressive pow
er of the enemy is at an end.
With regard to Buell’s column, from all ap
pearances, its fate must be scaled. With Bragg
in front,’a heavy force from the army of the
West in his tear, and the communication for re.
inforeements*anand supplies through Kentucky
cut off, he is obliged to yield, and, perhaps, wiil
do it without a fight, if the batLle be delayed
tiiUch longer. It is but a question cf time, and,
i if reports be true, lie is fully aware of it, and
i has so informed his government. We confess,
| however, to a preference for a fight. Imprison
ment and parole would be an easy fate for the
vile invaders of our soil, who have murdered
our people and desolated our homes. We
would like to see at least twenty thousand of
the infamous band of robbers and ent-throats
bite the dust in atonement for their crimes.
BuUlie great line of the Rappahanock is the
point to which all cyc-s are fixed with most’anx
ious expectation. Here the mighty hosts of the
two nations are congregated for deadly strife.
It will be a terrible struggle, but we have no
fears for the result. We are thfe enemy’s equal
in numbers and his superior in heroism and the
ability of onr leaders. These advantages, with
a just God on our side, will secure us the vic
tory. Yet, the enemy will fight desperately, and
we must prepare fer even- a bloodi r field than
that before Richmond. He is fighting Jqt ex
istence as well as we, for the Yankees confess
that without the South they must tumble into
chads and ruin. V/e should recollect this in
all our movements, it is evident that the fight
is not to be'given up until one nation or the
other is thoroughly cor.queicd% This time will
prove.
It will not do simply io defeat the enemy
and drive him from our borders. Wo may re
peat this experiment for five years to come,
and with the mighty interests at stake be will
rally his armies and come against us as long as
a man and a dollar can be raised. Tile North
must be whipped, whipped at home, and uileriy
crushed down iu her every energy, before she
will consent to abandon the strife and sue for
peace. It is short-sighted statesmanship and
unmitigated folly to talk about, “arousing the
North” and “concentrating the people of all
classes” by an invasion. Tie y are aroused and
dbiicenttatcd now, and have been aii along, tor
the North has hesitated to furnish no number
of men and no amount of money that have been
called for to prosecute this Abolition war. She
has done it heretofore, and wiil continue to do
it for years to come, if we consent loDger to be
-deluded by the ir/via fatuns of a. divided senti
ment amongst onr enemies. The only road to
peace, to so cripple the enemy that he will be
unable to fight, and this should bo the grand
goal of all our efforts for the future. He will
then do from necessity what he never will do
from choice—abandon the war and acknowl
edge our independence.
And. again, a war of invasion is now ab
solutely necessary for the protection of
our own citizens in their rights of property.
They have been robbed of millions upon mil
lions, and what earthly chance have we for
refunding those losses except by an equal ap
propriation of the property of. the enemy?
Every house and crop burned, every slave and
silver spoon stolen should be accounted for to
the uttermost farthing, and when our army
crosses the Potomac we hope that Congress
will authorize it to make the necessary levies
from the wealth of the enemy.
Probnbtc Conflict between the ftalc
siml Confederate Authorities.
*On yesterday a serious conflict between the
State and Confederate authorities was agitated
at the Court House—Judge Loehrane presiding.
The facts, we learn, ate as follows: Some time
since a private named MeKenny, of Capt. Ellis’
Artillery company, inflicted serious wounds on
Lieut. Greer, of Major Rylander’s battalion.
MeKenny was tried and imprisoned by order
of a Court Martha!, under the supposed authori
ty of the miUta-y commandant ot this post. The
counsel of MeKenny sued out a writ of habeas
carpus. The commandant of the post under his
construction of an order from General Mercer,
stationed a military company at the jail, with
directions not to surrender the prisoner in ac
cordance with the mandate of the writ. The
Judge, very properly, we think, adjourned the
case over until Monday next, in order to give
time to the parties interested to receive farther
instructions, and thereby prevent a soriou9 con
flict between the State and Confederate au
thorities.”
We copy the foregoing extract from the Ma
cau Telt-giy i*h of the 15th inst.
We hops there is no probability of a cot flict
between the civil and military authorities on a
point which, to our mind, seems so piain and
clear.
The taio of the land is that whenever any per
son is confined or imprisoned in any way so as
to be deprived of his personal liberty, he may
of ri<jht apply for, and is entitled to have the
writ of habeas corpus issued, not for his dis
charge*, but that it may be inquired of whether
hw is legally imprisoned, or detained. It mat
ters not by what authority, civil or military, he
maybe confined, this writ must issue on pro
par application, unless it be suspended by the
establishment of martial law over the district
where he is confined, and that must he done by
oue having authority.
It seems that martial law i.s not of lorce in
Macon, and th re is no other alienin'ive, ac
cording to law, titan for tic officer now detain
ing the applicant for the writ of habeas corpus,
to obey its command.
But it does not follow that the applicant
must be discharged. Far from it. This pro
ceeding is only toT. quire hello-.- *he is hold
according to law, not c r.l Saw, but any law of
i force in the fctml. If he is ia the military ser
> vice, and it should appear that he is confined
.
lution of any fit the rules or articles of war, the
Judge granting the writ of "habeas corpus will
’be bound to remand him to the custody of the
officer now holding l.im, and there would be an
end to the whole matter. The Judge cannot
inquire into the guilt or innocence of the appli
; cant. 11c can only Inquire whether the detention
!is legal. And should he find by the returanof
! the officer, that tho applicant is held by him
| under of a General Coart Martial, the
1 Judge would find the detention legal W y
■ then shap'd there be any conflict between the
I civ-1 suit? in Vi ■"y authorities? The latter is
! bound to show the tyi'.so of the detention tr
1 imprisonment, and the former is equally bound
not to interfere with the military coutrol, if tbe
prisoner is confined according to military hr
We are pained to ste iu the Telegraph of
Saturday, au Snflamatory auuoyiuous article on
1 this suljcct, calling ou the soldiers to resist the
j aathoiuy of Gen Mere r. This is shameful.—
It w 1! be lime cm ugh a:;or Gen. Mercer and
| the civil authorities have conferred together
ant fad a toll understanding on this subject,
and a ixmjlict is it. -dab'. , to make such appeals
in support of tho liberty of the citizen. We
aoprebend no such conflict when the case is
gfirly understood by tbe authorities that be.
F --on erfimry, we find that tbe commantiaut
at Macon has received orders from headquar
ters to produce the body of the prisouer iu re
sponse t*> the writ, but under no cii cams lances
to dlscbarg’ him from custody.
\ desßtich from General Pillow to a friend
in liraudeu states li at Curtis' army bave driveu
vff i-v us..', ne-a v four hundred negroes be
v:: g t him, and one of his overseers and
goi'tw- Others in j ail, and literally laid waste
h lwta t.ceft ;>’iU lions. He is thus nearly
reduced. • t'overt) que fell swoop of the
enemy, ior d's devo oh to Southern rights.
H ■:. Titos. F. i>, ~ ,: Maryland, arrested
soeos aiaftsoiyg ta> wj ilw-we of. disloyally.
“ Should a Favotatle Opportunity
Occur.”
Such is the renUhgeucy in which Earl Russell
has more than once declared the British gov
ernment would cheerfully offer her mediation,
with the view of bringing about peace in
America.
Pray, what does Earl Rat-sell mean by the
terms ‘•favorable opportunity ?” They arc an
enigma to all the world when construed by the
light of British policy. Under what conceiva
ble circumstances are we to understand that, in
his opinion, such a contingency has happened.
How many more victories are the Confederates
to gain, and what stronger evidences are they to
give of their ability to win and maintain inde
pendence, than they have already given ? ilow
many more inglorious defeats must the North
suffer, and what more palpable evidence is she
to give of her utter incompetency for the task
of subjugation which she has undertaken. From
the beginning of the war till now every assur
ance given by the South has been rigidly ful
filled and verified; whilst every promise and
pledge of her enemies have been broken. What
more can England want ? What new phase can
the question assume that would appeal success
fully for her interposition in behalf of peace?
England speaks of “mediation”: what pre
vents a neutral power from offering to mediate
between belligerents at any stage of the quar
rel ? There is certainly nothing in it incon
sistent with her friendly relations to either of
the hostile parties. On the other hand, sup
pose she intends to accompany her offer of a
peaceful settlement with the evidences of her
intention to enforce it if refused—suppose she
designs offering the olive branch with one.Land
and the sword with the other, at peace with
all the world, is she not as competent to the.
undertaking now as she will be six months oria.
year to come ? Why then not stay the effusion
ol blood, if it is iu her power to do it, as she
seems to suppose. Has she any special delight
in the horrors of the ensanguined field that she
cannot yet afford to give up the spectacle, even
when her own blood desceudents are the vic
tims ! If there be any obligation upon her to
interfere at all, it must exist to-day in as great
strength as it is possible for it to assume at a
future period. Stic has looked on and profes
sedly mourned the unhappy contest month
after month, and her own millions of laborers
are starving for bread on account of the war,
and yet she erics: “Wait a little longer; a
fovorable opportunity for me to carry peace to
the Americans and bring bread to my own suf
fering people, has not yet occurred ’ !•
What miserable hypocrisy and nonsense is
all this ! What sensible man can look upon the
conduct of Russell and his coadjutors 01 tne
British government and not set them down as
either arrant knaves or contemptible drivellers ?
They are the one or the other, and in either
case a displace to the common honesty and
the civilization of the age. The truth is, Rus
sell is to England what Seward is to the United
States: a smart trickster and a cowardly knave.
The policy of England with regard to tfie
American revolution is evident. She suffers
and delays with the hope that the South may
yet be subjugated. Seward has so assured her,
and she believes him. She bates slavery, and
looks to the ’Union to destroy it, and with a
full consciousness that an independent South
and a perpetuation of the institution are in
separable propositions. And again ■: she knows
that two nations on this side, emulous to each
1 other, will be far stronger than one, and to that
extent will present in tne future a far more
formidable opposition to her schemes of trans
atlantic aggrandizement. The asperities of war
‘ may last for a generation—a very brief period
in the history of a nation —but they do not last
always. Existing separately, yet in many re
spects necessarily identified, their interest will
be mutual to arrest European encroachments.
England looks to the future, and ambition and
fanaticism form the main-spring of her con
-1 duct. Yet, far seeing and provident, and sel
fish as she is, she is doomed to disappointment.
The Confederate States will he free, in spite of
her hopes and Yankee bayonets combined. *
Tjys much on the hypothesis that England
could really servo us a good turn in our struggle
for independence, which we deny. The day
was when she might have done it, but it has
passed. She might, even how, shorten the war,
but there is uo telling what it would cost us.
We fear the Grecian Horse, and prefer to work
out our own political salvation, unaided apd
alone. No, not alone. We have already the
recognition of a higher Power than the Kings
and Emperors of earth—the “ King of KlDgs,”
who builds up and overthrows governments,
and holds all nations in the hollow of His hand.
That Power ha3 beeu with us, our friend and
ally, throughout the unequal struggle thus far,
and wc feel assured that rectitude of intention
and reverence for His laws will secure to us
His all-powerful uid even to the consummation
of all our hopes. With Him ou our side we
may fearlessly enter the battle scorning the aid
of the Imperial Heads of earth.
We cannot close this hasty review of the mo
tives of England in the present war and the
avowed policy of her rulers, without a passing
remark upon another characteristic statement
of the crafty Russell. In the recent debate in
Parliament, he is represented to have said, it?
behalf of his government, that "no communica
tion had been received from any foreign Power'
relative to a recognition of the Southern Stales. ’
Tho impression here sought to be made en the
public mind is that no negotiations of any kind,
written or oral, had passed between the British
government and other Powers, with reference
to our recognition. This is a falsehood, though
the language used by Earl Russell, strictly in
terpreted, contains no such asseveration.
So much lor the candor and dignity of a Bri
tish statesman! Are not he and Seward twin
brothers and lit to lie yoked together V
The Killing ol (leu. McCook.
A lying account of this affair having beeu
sent to the Northern Press from Nashville, a
citizen of Franklin county, Tennessee, iias fur
nished the Augusta Constitutionalist with the
following as a correct version of the manner
of McCook’s death:
Gen. McCook was marching his brigade of
six rogimcciS of infantry and one battalion of
cavalry from Ifuntsvllle, Ala., to Tallabomo,
Ter.n. A part of the cavalry was in front and
the other part in ‘the rear of the column which
was scattered for six miles along the road.
Captains GrtrJy and Emmons, with M)guerrillas,
were ambushed behind some rocks on a spnr oi
the mountains, sixty yards from the road, six
utiles above New Market, Ala. Gen. McCook
was riding, with his body guard, in the centre
of the column. He was riding erect, and ap
parently in line health, in a carriage stolen
iron) a citizen of Norih Alabama. Five of the
best shots among the guerrillas were ordered to
shoo' at McCook with shot guns. On the first
• ri.v, he and thirty others fell. Aboutforty were
captured, including a Major.
Tbc column in front and reap of McCook re
treated in confusion iu opposite directions.
The guerrillas having retired a short distance,
discovered, from the smoke, that the enemy
were burning the bouses of citizens, they then
paroled the captured Major, and assured him
that if the burning was not stopped linmeuiale
i ly, and he back in thtee hours, the whole forty
j prisoners would be promptly hung. The burn
ing ceased and the Major returned accoiuinglv.
It is said that McCook’s last words were that
“the Southern mn are certainly the bravest in
the world !”
Skikmish os the Rai'idas—Mokb Phisox
ebs. — The Richmond Examiner gives the fol
lowing account of an affair which took place
Saturday last:
The enemy, it seems, sent down on recon
noissance a heavy body of cavalry and artillery,
which, advancing to the Rapid an without meel
[ ing even with ohr videttes, were emboldened
to attempt to cross to the south bank of that
stream, at the ford above mention. All we
could ascertain definitely relative to the skir
mish was that whilst the'Yankees were crossing
the ford they were opened on by our artillery
and driven back On regaining the. norih bank
their batteries woe put into position, and re
turned our fire. The duel lasted for more than
an hour, when the enemy retreated. We hear
of none who were killed on our side, and our
informants saw bnt one man who had been
wounded in the engagement. He informed
them that the enemy had been badly cut up.
Between tweajy-ftve and thirty Yankee i
prisoners, among whom were six commission
ed otlicers, supposed to have been captured in
this skirmish, were brought in by the Central
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AVe are wftln ut f..other particulars of ’.life
late battle at ( • ir Run. according to !•.<
Richmond Enq’. r, the on’y troops eiu T -■
in the battle, < xe- it the Pony-eighth a:
Regiment, wen Virginians. !>- 1 1- • H-'ies
Holt of Georgia, who has just leiun ed from
Gordoiisville, and whoso rou (Mr.i >' Holt) com
manded the Thirty- fifth Georgia Regiment du
ring the tight, stale, op 1 1. j eoi-irary, that
Georgia and Alabama were w -'I n presented on
the field, and that their tu--ps lHiavcd with
their usual gallantry. It is said that Colonel
Canty’s Alabama command wu< actively and
conspicuously engaged, and Hat a Georgia
Brigade, commanded by Colon. IE. L. Thomas,
was one of the first on the field and the !art to
leave it. Among other regiments from the
latter State engaged iu the fight, he mentioned
Fourteenth, Thiity-fifth aud For
ty-ninth.
-It is reported that the Twelfth Georgia ren
dered mt H important service at <jne point in
the battl--. Our piau of battle was simple, and
as follows : Having ascertained that the enemy
occupied a large body of woods, with their
artillery it. front, General Jackson ordered his
own artillery to advance and engage the ene
my's, and thus occupy their attention while he
sent by a circuitous route an infantry force to
attack them on the right and left flanks. The
movement was eminently successful, and the
defeat of the enemy complete. They discover
ed our advance ou the left, and undertook to
outflank the forces sent in that direction, and
partly succeeded. Indeed, their unexpected
‘boarder-movement created considerable con
fusion in our lines, and brat for the firmness
and valor cf the veteran Twelfth, it is said the
day might not have gone so well with us on
that part cf the field as it did.
I am told that aster the fight wa3 over, a
shout was heard to go up from the whole bat
tle-field, “Iluzzih for the Twelfth Georgia, that
stood its ground and saved the day!” I need
not tell you that it is regarded as one of the
very best regiments in the whole set vice. It is
reported that whenever Georgia troops arc
sent to Jackson, he tells them that ail he re
quires of them is to do as well as the Twelfth.
I have heard that Hampton’s (S. C.) Legion
participated in the fight. Other States, doubt-
I„'s, were well represented on the field, though
I ha e’seen nothing in the Richmond papers
that would lead me to this conclusion.
You will, probably, receive important news,
by telegraph, from the lines of the Rapp,-,ban
nock, before this reaches you. A regard for
the success ol our arms will not allow me to be
more explicit. From all the information at
hand, however, I fee! authorized to assure you
and your readers that our prospects, in that
quarter, under the favor of Divine Providence,
are all that can be desired.
There seems to be no doubt that McClellan
bus sent a portion of his forces to the Rappa
hannock. Their places will, probably, be sup
plied by the new regiments raised under the
recent call of Mr. Lincoln. McClellan is a
good drill master, and, possibly, las govern
ment intends to pay him the compliment of es
tablishing a camp of instruction at Berkeley,
and placing him in command of it. It is not
believed that he had more than 55,000 .effective
men when he reached the James river after his
late disastrous defeat. He entered the battles
before Richmond with about 90,000 men. Of
these, 25,000 (some say SO.OOO) were killed,
wounded and taken prisoners, and about 10,000
straggled off, a portion of whom were deserters,
whilst others perished in the swamps of the
Peninsula. • Burnside's and Shields’divisions,
6ent to his relief, have since been ordered to
the Rappahannock, and now constitute a part
of Pope’s command. It is not known what
other forces have been taken Irom him and sent
to Pope; but put them at 15,000, and n al
low 10,000 for his sick. This reduces his pres
ent effective lorce to about 50,000 men ; asd it
may become necessary to send these to “Wash
ington by the first of September, •
Pope’s command consists of five divisions,
viz: McDowell’s, Banks’, Siegel’s, (late Fre
mont’s) Burnside’s and Shields’, It is possible
that a few regiments have been sent to him
from Washington and Baltimore; though in
the present excited state of feeling in Maryland,
it might not bo considered safe to withdraw
any part of the forces no w stationed there. It
is not believed that any portion of the Western
army followed Pope to Virginia. It would be
safe, therefore, to estimate his present force on
the Rappahannock, alter deducting his losses
in the late battle at Cedar Run, at 15,000 men.
It cannot exceed 50,000, and is hardly less than
40,000. Jackson is fully able to meet and dis
pose of this army.
The Confederate Congress will reassemble in
this city to-morrow. The President’s massage is
already in the hands of the printer. It is not
known whether he will recommend an extension
of the Conscription Aet or not. If he does, tho
act will probably be extended so as to include all
able-bodied men between the ages of eighteen
and •forty-five. It may be that he will await 1
the developments of the next two weeks. But
have we any time —even two weeks—to lose ?
I notice the names of several members of
Congress from your State upon the hotel regis
ters. Mr. Vice President Stephens arrived yes
terday, and is looking as well as I have seen
him for several years. P. W. A.
To the People of Florida.
Executive Department, I
TalLlia’see August 12th, IS6‘2. (
Felfow-cititens : The highest number of votes east
at any election iu the State wa9 twelve thousand nine
hundred and eighty-eight In response to requisitions
made for troops, a sufficient number who were liable to
Militia duty vo'untcered, to tbrm thirteen regiments to
a, rve during the war, and have been mustered into the
Confederate eervice as regimei-ts, battalions or inde
pendent companies.
Nearly ail who held o mmissiors a? mit tia cfileers,
So! era’s, Co'onels, Captains and Lieutenants, voian
teered as private soldier-. The conseqijenca is there
is wo Militia organization in the State, u r can the Mi
litia be reorganized agrat ably to thd requirements of
the statutes in force.
The inquiry has been made “are the few left n the
State holding commissions as militia officers an 1 be
tween the ages of IS and 36 subject to be enrolled as
conscripts?” I know no good reason why (hey should
not volunteer to aid iu Ailing up the gallant regiments
whose ranks have been attenuated upon tbfj battle
field, or, be placed shoulder to shoulder with such in
the State as are su'jectto be made co scripts. Tft
maintain the Confedera'e Government in tire existmg
war in support of constitutional liberty, in support o r
the right of freemen to govern themselves Tor tho rrn
tection of life, freedom and properly, is a sacred duty,
wh.ch brave and honorable men should cordially and
prondlv perform Let no man who < Isims to be a
Floridian hesitate to offer his 6et vie a as a volunteer
unt ! l liable to bo ma lea conscript
By the vicissitudes .f war, the First Florida regi
ment, which was honorably known at Pensacola, was
reduced to a battalion, and as the First Florida r.-g -
meut distirguished itself in the battle at Shiloh and
Farmingloa. The Second Florida regiment, in tne
many hard fought battles near Kiehmond, by soldierly
endurance aud noble daring, immortalized itself
The battalion and regiment command admiration
among the bravest of the brave, and refl et honor upon
the State. Their invincible valor is appreciated by
the brave men who, in regiments, have since loft the
State to become their com: anion* in arms and to com
pete with them iu honor* bl? service.
1 Many of tie noble soldiers w h formed the battalion
sn l regimgnt have died no n fields <>' battle. G'ori
onsiv and nob! they fell vtadi a ing with their hearts’
blood the rights of f.-eeme r. The ranks should be fl'l
ed and their organizations presetv. and. v\b will vol
unteer to enpt-iy the places of the rob e dead upon fu
turo battle-fieldsV It teapreud privilege.
such as are wriliing and ready, report to St.
George Bogers, A. Adjutant General, now m Tallahas
see and transportation and subsistence will be furnish
ed to enable them to join the Firit or Second B -gi
menu
If m th a State there shall be be neging to rrgl
menti, which iu obedience lo orders havr- eft the State,
thev should immediately join the respective regiments
to which they being. If they hes.tate or fail t> do so,
it is the duty of oi all State officers, civil ss well as
militarv. and of every patriotic citizen, to aid in tbeir
a-res'-, to be sent to their respective regiments.
Feliow-citizens: It is probable as the winter shall
approach, if the tn-my shiil not in the meantime ba
conquered, raids Will be made a: various points in this
State for the destruction of our iberty, lives and prop
erty. Let us be prepared to meet the enemy ia defence
of the womeu and children in the State-
In the several counties through ut the State, al
capable of bearing arms under the age of IS and over
the age of 35 years, should immediately form them
selves into veluntser companies, not • • consist of less
than 64. rank and file, in pepu oas counties. and not
lets than 44, rank and file, in counties sparsely settled.
Elect company officers—to each company a Captain,
First Lieutenant, and two Second lieutenants, and
send the election returns, certified to Col. Hugh Ar
cher, Adjutant and Inspector General, at this place:
whereupon commissions wi.l be issued, agreeably to the
elections, companies formed into battalions and regi
ments, and supplied with ammunH.on Each man
should bring into service his own fire arms, until the
State can supply better arms.
It is possible that the act of Congress will be amend
ed so as to embraer as conscrp.s men upwards of:
thirty-five years old, in which event, doubtless, all who ;
shah have been enrolled and orsaezed a he-ein re
g pr.m.-ndod- will be retained in ifce glat? fi r lxtal d
feusi' although they nssvp sadthowklbo mustered.imoij
&WA.-. .u‘Wc<weWnfi 'W ii-UU l
Yery respec daliy, your teLow citizen,
Onr Army anti tSio Gkl of Battles.*
The following let! r from “ Persoune,” the
admirable may correspondent of the Charleston
Courier, is worth far .more than the space it
occupies in cur columns: •
Richmond, Mun i, K), 1862,
Sunday In camp! Onooltboao quiet, ho y. JNden
clasps wh'oh binds the volume of (lie woek together
For the moment the business of war is bulled. Re
lieved from all nnnecoa.ary labors, the men arc dis
tributed in various ways and places, Some Lava gone
to the city, sorno are lounjjins? in their tents or under
the trees, and feme are attending divineworship a few
rods distant. Yourpcrro-pondoat should ba among
the latter c!as a , ut lie Is .just now in that rendition
when by himee f, lie
“ Beads sermons in stones, talcs in llio trees,
86njtS in the rm nirig brooks, and
Good in everything.”
A silence almost fauctiCod rriges over tlwscene,
ard it requires but little effort of mine to ehr.n re these
lealy temples of nature into the grotesque labyrinths
of soma vast cathodrai, and ’listen to the pealing of a
grand old anthem.
Probably at no period of the war lias tho religious
element in life army been more predominant than it
ia at present. In many instances chrpi&ins, artuy
missionaries, coipdrteurß and tracts have accomplished
great benefits, but by far the most cogent influences
that have operated upon and subdued the reckless
spirit of the sold:try, are those wtiich are bOrn in tho
heart itself, upon the field of bi’.t'c There is come
thing irresistible in the appeal which tho Almighty
makes when ho strikes from your side, in the twinkling
of an eyo, your fried and comrade, and few natures
are so utterly depraved as to entirely disregard the
whisperings nf the ‘‘still rmril voice” which make
themselves sTVSvidly hoard at sueh a moment,. Every
man unoonsci msly asi:3 himself, “whoso turn wilt
como next?” and v/irn, at the termination of the
conflict, he finis him-e f exempted irom the awful fiat
that has brought drv.„li to his ve*y side and aii around
him, his gratitude to his Creator is alloyed, though it
may be but dimly, with a holier emotion, which, for
tho time, renders him a wiser and a better man. In
this aspect the recent battic-s have done more to make
religious converts than all the hoinilie3 and e~horta
tions ever uttered from the pulpit. A man who has
stood upon tho threshold of otereity while in tho din
and carnage of a fight, ba3 listened lo e’oqueneo more
fiery and impressive thin ever came from mortal lips.
It is not strange, therefore, as you go tbromh vari
ous camps, even ou a week day, that your f ars are
hero, aud (hero sp.latsd with the melody of a choir of
voices, rich, round and full, sung with all the serious
ness and earnestness of true devotion; oy tfint before’
llio lichts areoutintho eveni: g, manly tonesrUb heard
in thanksgiving for llio blessings of tho day; or that
the Bible and Prayer Book are common books upon
tho moss table; or that when Sunday arrive* the little
stand from which the Chaplain is wont to di'course,
is tho centre of a cluster of interested ar.d pious lis
teners.
In mary of the regiments much of this kindly ir tlu
enco is due to tbo pure and elevated character of tho
officers. Wherever t.iesc r.ro found, you invariably
also find a neat, well disciplined, orderly, quiet com
mand, as prompt in the camp as they nr o bravo upon
the field. • Sow and then you may hear a taunt about
“our praying Captain” or “Colonel,” but. even these
thoughtless expressions come from men who venerato
their officers and would fo low them to the death. A.s
you know, some of our ablest Generals Sro men who
have dropped tho gown of tho Christian for the apparel
of the soldier. P. tic wm a bishop, Pendleton a cler
gymen, D. 11. Hill ’a rcl'gious a itlior, .TVckson a dig
nitary of the church, white scores of others occupying,
subordinate positions, aro equally well known for their
devotion at tho shrine of Christianity All of these
gentlemen have been eminently successful in what
ever they have undertaken, have passed unharmed
through the dangers by which they have been fre
quently environed, and are living illustrations r.f t’.-e
mull that a fightiug Christian is as terrible to his cne
mios, as he is gentle to his lriends.
Ocn- dackson never enters a fight wr’thaat first i.i
vokieg God’s blessing ar.d protection.'The deyc-idenco
of this strange man upon the Daily seams never to l o
absent from his m’nd, and whatever ho dos-i, cr rays,
it is a’ways prefaced “by God’s Westing.”
In one of his official despatches, he commences—
“By God’s blessing, wo have to dav do'eale l tho e ic
my " Sr id or.o cl his officers to him the ether day—
“ Afel! Genera), another candidate (referring to Pope)
is waiting your attentions.” ‘-3c I observe,” was the
quiet reply, “and ‘by God’s blessing’ ho shall receive
them to his full satisfaction.”
After a battle has been fought the sa.r.o rigid remain
b'auce of Divine Power is observed ,ho army i3
drawn upin line, the General dismounts from his horse,
and there in the presence of his r -ugh*bronzed fitoe
troors, with hoeds uncovered and bent awe-stricken
to the groun’d, the voice of the go and man which but a
few hours before was ringing out in quick and fiery in
tonations, is now heard subdued and calm, as if over
came by the presence of tho Sapromo Being, in holy
appeal to “tbo sapphire throne.” Few such spectacle;
have been witnessed in modern times, and it is need
less to add that few ouch examples have ever told with
more wondrous cower upon the hearts of men. Are
you surprised, after t ir, recital, that Stonewall Jack
sou is invincible, and that he cad lead bis army to cer
tain victory, whenever “God’s blessing” precedes tho
act? . PitneonNa.
[From the Macon Telegraph,]
Battle (l'Cedav Rna-Tbn 43th Geor
gia So Use FfglsE.
A letter from Captain M. It. Rogers, of the
Gresham Rifles, 45th Georgia, to his wife in
Macon, dated at Gordoutviilc, Virginia, tho
13th, says:
We left this place a few days since, and when
twelve miles above hero and two miles above
Orange C. 11., drove in the enemy’s pickets and
pursued them eight or nine miles, until on Sat
urday, the 9ih, in the evening, we came upon
him in force, five miles thib tide of Culpeper
Court House. Here a moct desperate fight en
sued , which resulted iu a complete victor, in
which we drove him several miles beyond (’•
battle field and clept one mile beyond it.. We
retained the field all day Sunday and Monday,
until evening, when, by agreement, the Yanks
were permitted to take care of their-dead and
such of their wounded as wc had not removed.
We then retired a shopt distance to take up a*
sironger position.
Matters remained in that r. till Monday
night, when Gen. Jackson i•• n-i out that He
enemy was changing their policy, ond ordered
his army to fall back in order t<> get !••.• cn
the enemy and Richmond. At. l<a-t sn hms
my supposition, as we fill back to H ; ; lace,
and I am satisfied the movement *va ; dictated
by no fear of the enemy.
The day we fought, we marched ten milt s
under the hottest cun you ever saw; and, after
the fight commenced, double-quicked it over
the old fields more than a mile, and when wc
arrived on the ground had to march half a mile
under a terrible fire of large and small arms.—
The field we pissed through was an extensive
one, and presented lo our sight, as we entered
it, almost innumerable bodies of troops fight
ing. with nothing to protect them save the hand
of God. Friend and foe wart? in the open field,
and such lighting 13 seldom witnessed. ''Troops
of all descriptions—horsca in every direction,
with empty saddles—wounded and dead in all
quarters. But lam pround to ray that with all
this before us, ths 45th Georgia went into it
with as much spirit and* determination as old
soldiers, and fought like veterans.
It was the first "open field fighting they had
seen, and vheu they jook a position, it was an
exposed one. When they left it, it was to ad
vance upon tho enemy’s field. We were under
severe lire for over two hours, and as unreason
able as it may appear, most of our men shot
from twenty-five to forty rounds. Many of
them exchanged flfbir gu:;? for those of the
dead and wounded—their own had become so
heated, and ethers were f reed to cool their
guns with water. Col. Thomas, acting Bria.
General; and Major Grice, our acting Colonel,
deserve much praise for their coolness and bra
very. Our regiment went into the fight with
150 men, and had seven killed and forty one
wounded. I had one wounded—B. J. Kent, iu
the thigh—a flesh wound. T. C Richards
struck by a spent bill—uot hurt Hightower
and Wright—bails through their clothes. We
had only twelve men in the action, ail doim:
well,,but much fatigued. I am proud to say
my twelve men all acted like heroes. They
were ; Sergeants Kinder, Tompkins and Rich
ardson ; Corporals Coiljns, K*. tit and Mpneh ;
Privates Wright, Evans, il ghtower, Swarcn
gan, Jeffers and Woo ley.
j Yastbb Ttranxy at Nobfolk.—Under ft c
! caption, “The Proper Energy,* the New Y.„k
I Evening Post has the following remarks c-.i..-
j mandatory of the tyraany of Gen. Vid , the
present Military Governor oi Tf or foil; :
Wc made some remarks yesterday common-,
datory ot the zeal end energy of Gen. Ronu,
of Kentucky; and Gen* Ilovcy, of Tennessee.—
But the same stern spirit is beginning to ‘how
itself throughout our commands, tlen. Vide,
of Norfolk, for instance, who has been accused,
unjustly, however, of too much lenity, under
stands the matter. A correspondent of the
j New York Express soys :
“General Vide is rundown with worn; n
pleading for their runaway negroes. One deli
cate lady showed him her hands, burnt wish
work to which they were uoscenstoaied, as* dl
her negroes had leH her, with no other vt ;, ) i u.
He kindly and courteously tells them if 1 :
South has abnegated the civil laws, and Military
law knows no difference of color. This ? “and ■
the question. It is the simple;*, solution I have
yet seen. Jeff. Davis is re ; pon i .1-for the eou
| sequence to them as individuals.
I “Eyery day there are dozens of Uppliear.U '
the Governor’s efiiat the Cu tom H ,u= '■ ‘ L
I get passes tago to Ktebmor.d, by udYs w.io;e
I husbands and brothers lie wounded a:;u <:;> it g
I there. It has been found necessary to gye
j positive refusals to all these requests, ana in
many cases the applicants are carried OL faint
ing with sotrow and disappointment a* tacir
want of succi lhesc fcencs form but an
item of the sufferings drawn on their heads by
this wicked rebellion.”
A Spectacle fob Europe —la less tka a
OKfetU we thail Lave over a million of soldicts'
in the field end an immense iron clad navy
?jjoat We shall then show Europe how to
out a rebellion in a style Oi u.iprecedetit
ed quickness and completeness, without blow
ing tiie reb s from the mouths of our cannon,
I as'the English did tlfe Sep ys in India. Wc
: invite attention to this spectacle of a free re
; public in arms, and think that we can teach
Europe a thing cr two in the way of war which
may do her good to know before attempt
ing any intervention schemes. We beiieve mat
we coii.d crash cut a foreign fee a3 easily as we
? ha . rush tut a rebellion ; for, as Sam Patch
i observ. <3-vabout to jump down the Gec
nessee Fail -, “some things c-*n be done as well
1 a~tM“efs ; !l - awi boon*taaiircuoe3;.baiter,thata
SW<iSsJprhSve only one thing to
Ido : for all schemes of intervention go down
tiolibg-bafhig
‘vs n. Grant Offering Facilities for
Cotton.
GEi-T. AlOOffU HKLT) AS A HOSTAGE- •
Jackson, Aug. 16.—Advices irora Memphis slate
that, on Ihe authority of orders from Washington, Gen
Grant lias issuod an order sta’irg that every p i l l] c
facility shall he off .idol 1 .-r gttting cotton to mark; t.
It is reported that Gen. Alcorn bus been seized- as a
hostage for tho traitor Towed.
The cneriiy continue their course of dovestation
wb -.eve- mi opportunity r .
I'Yom Richmond—A Brilliant Dash.
Richmond, Avgurt 15.—A detachment of Captain
Baylor’s naval ry, 23 in Lumber, made a dash into Front
Royal, Vc., on Tuesday last, and captured the Pro
vost Marshal, ten of tho Provost Guard, and eleven
horses A large force of Taukees were in tho vici ity
at the time.
Late.from tho West.
.Mohils, August 16.—Tho following is a sped. 1 and. s
r.ateh to the Mobile Tribun :■:
Geenada, Miss., August 15.—Lagan’s command,
(Federal) about 5,000 strong, has fallen back to Hatchia
River, on the other side of Bolivar, Tenn. 3,000 Fod
erals have been sens from Brownsville, Tenn , to Fort
Pillow. ICO Ya nkees cc.upy Hickman, Ky., and 1,2(0
m ro Columbus, Ky. Their c* mmand at Memphis has
certainly bcc-n weakened by sending reinforcements up
the river, probably for Buell.
Affairs o r the Mississippi
Capture of a Federal Gunboat.
Mobilb, .Aug.S.—A special-dorps trh to the Adv.r
tij£r aad ffegisto’, dated Jackson, ISlb, say- :
•On ;he*l?.th instant the Federal gunboat Sumter, in
attempting to effect a lauding r.t Bayou 3: ra ran
aground. A demand for her surrender was made by
the Mayor of the town, in behalf of tho military of the
Parish of West' Feliciana, and tho volnn’eers from
WilUmoa county, Mi-:s. Cap*. Irwin, the c mmand
cr of the Sumter, ar-ked -rn hoar to cons de -, which
wa3 granto I.
Meanwhile, tbo Federal transport C-’.-ei arrived, and
the Confederates having no artillery to keopher off; she
ran along side the Sumier, when tho cfSc. rs and crow
of tho laitor lias'/iy abandoned and escap. and on the
transport
Numerous small arms ar.d a largo amount of sires
wore found aboard the fiu uler. tbo was f.re.l and
deetroyed. fi lie flames unfortunately destroyed the
depot of the Y,’c?t* Fe’iciana railroad, which stands
’near the bank, with ouo -lrandnod and fifty hogsheads
of sugar. Part of the sugar bad been seized and left
there under claim.
Next morning tho Foeeral gunboat Esses, gunboat
No. 7, and a transport, arrived at Bayou Earn, and
lauded a s.sall force, which was- allowed to march half
a mila inlaad,*whu they were attacked by the Confed
erates, who mortally wounded raid cnptareu one of tho
.fnvadeis, bad'y woun led three, and ran tho remalndtr
back to their boat;. Our loss was neno.
Tho gunboats then throw four shells into tho town,
but without damag.-, and then retired with tbo irr.-.a
gort, threatening to return ar.d destroy the towu.
Among the spcd'.s captured from the Sapiter wore two
U. S. flags, ono pennant, r.v.d one chest of signal flags.
Tho following despatch, irqaddition, has boon re
ceived:
Bayou Saka, A“g. 17.—The iroa-c’ad gunboat Es
sex is now lying opposite our (own. She will be re
served.
1 Heavy and continuous flri'g was h:n 1 last night at
Port Budron.
THE CAPTURE OF GALLATIN.
nxt?::;gan3 official kepoht.
[Special despatch to ; ha Savannah Ecpaidic.-n ]
Chattanooga, Aug. IS.—Gen. Morgan's official re
port of tho c?.ptsre of Gailatia further states thst Lieut,
Col. Bohua* lw-9 Captains and six Lieutenant’, wore
taken prisoners, and one officer killed. Cur loss wss
two Irillad and two taken prisoners.
Tho railroad trestle work between Gallatin and
Bowling Green was totally destroyed, and the bridgo
between G diatin and Nashville blown up, and forty
cars were burnt. Among tho captured p operty wt ro
two hundred Improved Springfield rifles, a largo quan
tity of medical stores, and considerable ammunition.
Twelve hundred Federate entered Gallatin four hours
alter Morgan had left.
Tide Federate Routed iu Scott -Co.,
Tennessee.
[Special despatch to tho Savannah Republican.]
Knoxville, Ang. IS.—Persons from the vicinity of
(Cumberland Gap report that heavy firing wa3 heard
earty Sunday rooming, which continued until near
noon. No positive Information has yet teen received
in reference to the matter.
The expedition to break up a camp of eight hundred
•renegade Tennesseeans, under Col. Cl IT, ct Huntsville,
Scott co., Tenn , prov. and Entirely successful. Tho at
tack was made on Friday last, by five hundred cavalty,
under Capt. Nelson.. The enemy was complete'y rout
ed.and ail their camp cquippago, stores, Ac , captured.
McClellan Evacuates Berkeley.
Richmond, Aug. IS —Tho Petersburg Express of
to-day says there is not a Yankee soldier left on the
south Eidc of James River, r.or is there if vorsol of any
kind to bo seen at Berkeley.
If this be so, McClellan has certainly evacuat'd
Jadics river and gone to uaito with Pot e or Burnside
on tho Rappahannock.
Martial Law is Suspended.
imperial despatch to tho Savannah Republican.]
Charleston, An/. 18—The President h: s suspend
ed Martial Law ia thte State on and after to-morrow
excepting the adjacent islands and Military camps
without tho city. *
Gen. Win. Duncan Smith.
[Special despatch to tho Savannah Republican.
Charleston, Au; 1 . I'.-O-n. Smith is somewhat
easier this aftcinc-on, though fTrs conditions still criti
c.l
Charleston, Aug. 19.—General 7,'m Duncan Smith
is better this mornirg, and hopes arc now entertained
of hb recovery.
FROM RICHMOND.
/.. ft *ti. g f orre w ill the
I* ■ Eflcrey.
j 5.11 F O'. iT’.PiT 2I!OCEEIN;S d'CON-
CiK’i'S' -iriHST DAY.
j [ -'pc j'a! ‘-patch to ths iiapairah Republican.]
! KiruiaoND, August IS,—The Confederate Congress
; reassembled in tiio-capi:ol of Virginia this day, accord
| ing to niijour; men . A quorum was present ia both
houses. _ *
| Among the papers subm tied to Congress r v the
President, ia a highly interesting correspondence Ire
tween G: nera! Lee and General llal'cck, touchl; £-: the
question of retaliation for Federal wrongs.
Ha'letk says that h i has no official knowledge of the
exi cuiion of f-lumfort and Owens, :n New Orleans, by
General Butler, but that ho will enqu’ro Into the mat
ter and communicsto the result. In* expresses the
the war wii! be conducted according to
clvi’ized usage.
IdaJleck declines to receive Lee's letter regarding
Pope’s atrocious army orders and the enlistment oi
nt-wo regiments, on t e ground that it is insulting to
bis government; he, therefore, returns it without fur
ther answer.
C< NGi;LESIONAL.
In- Tirr. House —Mr. Gartrell, of Gcorgi:, introduced
a hili to make-treasury notes a legal tender.
Mr Miles, of ri. C., at.ill to extend tho .’dilitary Con
scription ! ct, so as to include 'persons between ths
ag s of thirty-five and forty five.
A iso, a bill lo turn over all slaves taken with arms in
( hur luinds to the State nuth-title?, and to hang the
whites who command or incite them, or t * torn them
over also.
Mr. F-otf, of Tennessee, a bill providing retaliatory
measures on the principle of “life for life.”
Also, a bilido punish Federals falling ii.tr our banda
that have been guilty of murdering peaceable citizens
now imprisoned by tho enemy.
Al o, a bill to punish with instant death all white
pereo: s who have aaything to do wi h African regi
m-.ais.
At- a res Irfion Instract.ne the Finance Commit
tee to etqzire into t'.e expediency of ievytr-g an ex
port duty of fit een p.r c nt, on cotton aul tobacco,
to cover the lota os of citizens by Ft: era', depreda
tions.
Mr. Lyons, of Ala., a resolution concerning tho ad
ministration of oaths fcy the Federate to Confederate
prisoners, and Glowing them to remain, in violation
of the cartel of exchange.
Mr. Chambliss, of Ya , a resolution of enquiry con
cerning the impressment of slaves by Uio military au
thonU: of the Confederate States.
All these measures were appropriately referred.
t TBf ItKiAgt—K t._ Yancey itlroducod a re'.oln
t ion to of Congress, except whq^
ordered by twc-Iforelf mftthcr House. lMerre and.
president’s message
[From tho Associated Press.)
The Presiuent’s Message was received and read to
both houses. Tho followir gis a synopsis of its con
tents:
lie c ....tho troops for their gallantry and
conduct idus.rated on hard fought field?, and marked <
to exhibitions of individual prowess which can find
but faw parallels in ancient or modern history. The
z nl and unanimity cf the great body of tho peop’e,
give assurance to tho .friends of Constitutional Lib
erty of our final triumph.
Tho vast array width threatened the capital of the
< lonfoderacy has boon defeated, .-ml tho enemy are now
seeking to raise nev armies, on a scale such as modern
history docs mot rec .rd, to effect that subjugation of
tne Som.i so often proclaimed as on the evo of ar.com
pMshment.
Our cr-emes me becoming daily Ices regardful
llio usages of civilized war and the dictates of
inanity. Wanton destruction ol private property, the
murder of captives, orders of banishment against
peaceful families, art some of the means used by our
ruthless invaders to enforce the submission of a free
people to a foreign sway. The President refers, in
this connection, to the Confiscation bills, ’the forgery
of monied obligations of the Confederate States by
tho citizens of Ilia United States, and the apparent
complicity of the Government in the crime. ,
Two at least, of 4 tho General; of the United States
aro engaged, unchecked by that government, ifl
inching insurrection and arming slaves..
has been found of instincts so brutal as to incite thS
violence ol his soldier-: against the women of acspfll
tured city. Yel, the rebuke of’civilized man, has
failed to evoke from the authorities of the United
States ono mark Gf disapprobation cf hi3 acts, nor is
lliero any reason to suppose that ’he conduct of Benj,
F. Butler has failed to secure from his government the
canc-tion and arplause with which it is known to have
baen greeted by public meeting; and portions of the
Press of the United States.
To enquiries made of the Commander in-chief of the
armies of tho United States, whether the atrocious
cond :ct of some of their military commanders met the
sanction of that government, answer ha3 been evaded,
on tho pretext that Iho enquiry was insulting. t
Ho method remains for the repression of these
rultio tut such rulribu’.ivo justice as it may
11. <• . esc- ulo. Vcntcar.co will not be
u: and, on wt men, or on children ; but stern
exemplary punishment can and must bo meted outS
the murderers aud felons who, disgracing the profesu
sion of arms, seek to make a puhlic war an occasion
for the commissi n of the most monstrous crimes.
Tiio Pres dent refers to the reports from the heads of
the several departments. He approves the recommen
dation of the Secretary of tho Treasury, for an incrcas.
ed ifsue of Treasury motes convertible into eight icr
cent, bonds. He invites favorable consideration to the
recommendation of the Secretary cf War, relative to
tho Conscript law. He expresses the opinion that it
may be necessary, hereafter, to embrace persons be
tween tbo ages of thirty-five and forty-five.
The vjgor and efficiency of onr present forces inspire
tho belief that no further enrollment will be nqcesay|A
but a w:-:e fores ght requires that means should
for cal'tog such additional force into tho field, witl^^,
awaiting the assembling of Congress.
Tho President states that, in spite both of
*1 iflir.i'r:ts : threats used in profusion b> rgc^H
! li e !'■ •er ir.ru’ ' f the Unit >d t-tries, the Indian
ti ns within i- ■ federacy bare retrained
their io; ally, and adfast in tho observance of
It: iy ci gngsments with this governmert.
Tho President concludes as fellows: We have a
: ever ceasing cause to ba grateful for the favor with
which Gee! has protected our inlant Confederacy. In
this, it becomes us reverently to return cur thanks and
humbly a k of His bountcousnoss that wisdom which
is needful for \he performance of the high trust
which wo aro charged. U
Eviigiuttioii of James llivcrand
Virginia.
’ll I. : *: I.l—Thrrr is no fi’i gcr mK
< gr l L .
river to Rappahannock.
A iv. Letcher, from Hew Dublin,
Wo have v. .1!' intolli"<nee that the enemy
Bock’s Ferry, Meadow Bluff, and Flat Top,
ti.eya/c evacuating Western Virginia.
LITER FROM EUROPE.
Tho Queen on American Affai]
ANOTHER IiKQjTSSION IN PARLIAMENT
Etciivr-xn, August. 10th.—'The steamer
arrived at Now York with four days later
Europe.
UOI.ITIOAL NEWS
The Queen ol England, in a speech proroguing
liament, says : The civil war, which has for sdinfl
•'a v'aging in Amor'. % lias, unfortunately, c^H
ed in iunabated intensity; nid the evils with
hr,3 been attended, have not boon confined IH
American continent. But Her Jfrjesty, having*
the cub e:, determined to take no part in tho cot
hm seen no reason to depart from llio ncutra'i
which she has steadily adhered.
in the Ilou/e of Lords, Eail Stra'hp’edon mi
for the cc lrrspondenco of Mr. Mason relative V
acknowledgment of tho in dependence of the Sout
States. ’
Karl Russell said it was not expedient to publisl
papers. Tho agent of the Confederate States was
recognized, and all communications were unoffleia
correspondence had taken place between Mot
Adams and Seward, but the British govcrnmenl
plied as before. Ho also stated that no commudl
tion h .and been received from any foreign Power r<J
to the recognition of tho. Southern States.
La-1 Jlalirsbary suggested that tho
th add communicate, with the view of offering 1H
fion, should a favorable opportunity arise,tn vvlvicH
Luc-sell agreed, and said if mediation ia offered
Powors should join in it, 9
The was finally withdrawn. ■
Tko London Times editorially argues that if ■
land wishes to give the Federate anew impulse®
has but to take one step which can bo represents™
interference,and Lincoln will soon get his 300,000 ia
and chances of peace be indefinitely postponed; fl
The Journal de St. Petersburg denies the rumor ■
Russia Joins Fraace iu a proposition lrom Englaixß
a recogniti n of the Confederates. I
COMMERCIAL NEWS. I
1, l. •■ t rjiool, cotton lnd advanced a J AL 9
pi- • adv L-cs, bat the maiket elored
Tdi
f. r moil- y. OVA a 93?;.
Lrca.jC.Lff' and i’tovisi ins uncliai •, 9H
- Up - CaptJM “
Clift's Command.
Aug 19.—A sp and ipatch lo
s itiitioiiaiist, ilu'cd Knoxville, 9.1i, says:
t l„ i, Vc::ln Georgia B.f.t-i or, n portion
i'o. ty-tl ir! l.tre-air; cut, under Lt. CM. 'wH
and t'.e Ge 'git. Cavalri. < 1 ;pt Nelson, after a
march < tv.-. -. ty-lbar nt.io , aitac cd Gt-n. Clift’s
near II rd-villc, Teii:i , the 15th instant,
ri ! it at the f ini the bayonet. The colors
I-*;, tii <Fi <! ra!) r< niit.cat v/a3 cap^H
mi a l.t q'lan sty ..f i- .it inMiry an! qnsrtc^H
l' ■ .
Capers’ battalion.
.'I ttir.r. A tig. 13. A special despatch
bn . , <!.U and Grenada, IStli, say ’.: sSjjHj
II cr.i paper.'. ia h .ve been rect-iv^^^
.’ l*.*p • *'ii beatily ruriferc^HH
v,.;- ic::dy P.r n reeve;,.cut on O rd 1 die.
B. laid in lie co-'q ! rating with Pop?. H
Tho guerriilas are repotted to be active on
Bivcr, Ky.
A serious riot occurred at Buffalo, N. Y., on til
b , a: (icrit.s::?, Irish and negroes, bccaus^H
negroes undc.-i.i the tormer in labor. Two
,t i>. . e e shut by tlie police. The Mayor callo^B
illmi ia, ' xpeeling a re ni wal of the
The Yankea a c tunl of tho battle of
fcnot-l-dges tie - * "i three killed, fifteen
and fify p:i.: • they and > not, however,
victry. - wJf
A despot I, i xington, ifo., says: The city nf
Independent tacked by fifteen hundred Bebgk,
under lluz' * ; sanlreU, and after four hoan’
sev B i.l n Federal garrison Eurrtndc*.
ei, v,..!; a lo- y killed and a large tinmbtf
wont led. The. nuch excitement at Lexiipton
in c< is: quence. •
Federal Outrages—Order for Retaliate*
'TiciiMotin, Atig. 19 —An order from the Adjlitait
General will be published to-morrewr, direcliag tie
general efiicers commanding the Confederate trocipe It
a iccrtain and report if peaceable citizens have be*i
;>ut to death in Arkansas by order of Geneural FittA,
the Federal commando-, on the ground that om* i'-fit
invading army imd been shot Ly some unknowa pet.
ton, ami upon being certified thereof they sha i -fjpa.
wits be set apart bv lot from any prisoners taken f,io
tha army under General Fitch, a number of cfflcey
< qua! to the number of perrons put to death as ffari
Bail, at and plate them io close confinement for.
tion at such time as siisi! be rrdered by the PiwiddH
It 1; also ordered that General Fitch if
shall be r.-gard'H as a felon and placed in
until further orders.
Congressional.
i. ■ A■:g. '.- In th • h-r.ate to-day
• a r I'
pre.pria'.e committees. VH
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