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2 WEEKLY By IF 'W. ii t y aiitii' w u i* j ' *- *' ’ "*• t;::i58 B. Ss®lN ~ . a-syfavu: 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 I I— ■ - < tv at -i an anreHffFwe and scoTery for Phila- A "PT *W“IE3IEjIC‘EjY RffIPXJ3BX.iXOA Sf* u, ...A.U cS* D *33, '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 a.’u ihl -V) t.-.i.,,- l.-.1.. ; iwmiww juMßUfAiipiTOtt west -ailA at auction- hv Mr. LoSIS D. Da-j ARMY E OP THE SAVANN II lvl ITH’.I.I-. AN. Richmond, Aug. WUi, lhfiT 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. 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