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WEEKLY
MPUBUGAi,
By F* W . Si me,
City aa and t’uaiity fr i t r.
JAMES SI. SNEED, - EDII'OH
SAVANNAH, GA,
Saturday Sept. 20, 18CJ.
North Carolina nas in the held a force equal
to sixty-five regiments, and able to whip twice
that number of Yankee regiments.
Cincinnati.— The Cincinnati Tin* s ofthe
Bth says : “Intelligence leaves no dou > * a
the Rebelsare marching on the city, an in a
day or two we may expect to smell gunpowder.
W S Ashe, President of the Wilmington and
Weldon (North Carolina) Lain cad, died on
Sunday evening from the ir juries previously re
ported. He was in his fiftieth year.
Hon. John J. Crittenden, ot Kentucky, it is
said, will decline any nomination for another
public office. It’s about time. He has accept
ed one too many already.
Reports from Harrisburg, September 10;b, P.
M., state that the wires leading to that city had
been tampered with, as the expression “d—d
Yankee” had been repeatedly heard by the
operator there. ■
Exodus of Pbisjnebs. —Yankee prisoners
to the number of 5,913 left Richmond on their
parole, Saturday and Sunday last. Pope’s offi
cers and the Washington right-seers are not in
cluded.
Gen. Lee has issued a proclamation to the
people of Maryland, in which he assures them
that he comes as their protector, that no oath
of allegiance would be required, private prop
erty would be scrupulously respected, and no
rights of the citizen interfered with.
Murdoch a Soldier Araohg tho volun
teers who have tendered '.heir cervices to Gen,
Wallace, for the defense of Cincinnati, is Jas.
E. Murdoch, the actor, reader, and elocutionist,
who arrived armed and equipped lor the fray.
Both of Mr. Murdoch’s eons are in the United
States jinny. x .
Or.i) Buck “SkedadplinCL” —A letter from
Lancaster, Pennsylvania; dated the -9 b, says
the “rebels” have not advanced beyond Han
over, in York county, Pa., a town of about I,ooo'
inhabitants, near the Marylnnd line. It states
that Ex President Buehanan.has 'fled from his
home. •
Col. Fitch, ot the Northern army, has pub
lished a letter, denying the charge that he had
hung-twobf our Arkansas citizens, in retalia
tion for an attack upon his steamers by our
military. It will be remembered that the state
ment originated in the papers of his own coun
try, and that it was published as something
wonderfully creditable to him.
Ignored. —lt seems that Pops considered
nearly every General in his army a coward ex
cept himseif. He preferred ebaorts agun.it
Seigle,Franklin,JleLntzelinan, Fitz John Porter,
and others, but the government, p da. so little
attention to them that all these gentfemen.at
the request ot McClellan, were returned to
their respective commands. Poor Poge !
CuKbing the Military —We are pleased to
see that Adjutant General Cooper lias issued an
order declaring that “military commanders
Lave no authority to suspend the writ dfl habeas
corpus," and that all proclamations of martial
law by general officers apd others assuming a
power vested only in the President, are hereby
annulled.
Sphucing Ur—lt seems that General Lee is
unwilling that tlie Southern boys should go a
vi-itlng in their old and war-worn clothes. Sev
erttl bare-footed soldiers returned from the Poto
mac to Richmond Friday last, who reported that
they had been turned back at the fords ot the
Potomac by orders Iront General Lee; no sol
dier being permitted to cross over into Mary
land except those who were in perfect health
and well shod and clad.
Latest from Cincinnati.—Tho latest north
ern accounts from Cincinnati represent that
Kirby Smith was within five miles ot Covington
on Wednesday, had driven in the Yankee pick
ets, and a battle was expected confidently on
Thursday, Ambulances had beep sent towards
Richmond for the Yankee wounded. General
Heath, (probably H.et!i) had turned them back,
but Smith, on being applied to, promptly per
mitted them to pass.
Tha Cincinnati Sell.— Tho Memphis Bulle
tin of the !)lh explains the origin of the report
of the tyll ofCineinnati. The whole thing wae
manufactured in Memphis by some parties who
■produced n written copy of what was pretended
to have been published in an extra of the Cairo
Gazette, which was shown to certain worthy
gentlemen, and thus then*authority wes appar
ently attached to the statements; and so gen
erally was it credited that the Argus was so far
imposed upon as to publish it.
A Query.— There ia sonneting strange, if cot
alarming, in the ap Uhy that reigns at the North
in view of an invasion. As the Yankees have
foiled to conquer s, may it not be that they are
willing to be conquered? and thus, by a charac
teristic trick, v save the Union ” in spite of us ;
We-ehall dbappwint them in Bbth cases We
mus’t be free, and the Yankees must'be left out
m the cold. A ftcr all, the Dabilu speech of
Archbishop Hughes may not be without its
meaning.
From Mexico.— Very Cruz dates lo the Ist
iustaut have been received. Several skirmishes
had occurred between the Mexicans and the
it reuch. The cause of the Mexican government
seems to be hereW*. Doblado has resigned
hisseaUn Hie Cabinet, and threatets with a
!?£**** A of Mexican troops from
Chihuahua mutinied and dispersed. General
Umge, and several town-, are said- to taveuro
nounced ita favoi of foreign intervention, and
Gen. Coiuonfort in favor of forming tho North
ern States into an independent confederacy,
lhore is sakl to be a £ ner*i (lemorajizifiou and
despondency. Two thousand French troops
had landed at Vvra Crux, aud without delay
been sent to Orizaba
Confbdekatk Nor Es ._T lle -Augusta Übron
tcltfeays: Out of a package of about sjoo : r :
Confederate notes wo yo terd.tv. pick'd out
•wart, of different styles w engraving and print
fog and these by no moans comprised all the
varieties. How cau it b; oxoeeted ecuuterkit
ing, can bo guarded .ualusl, whoa every engra
verts allowed to choose hi oi'vu design and
mode of executing his work. A life time is
liardiy long enough, with constant study to
make a person uu adept in the detection of
cqjiutene.t notes. \ V , :<ro sometime, inclined
to think that the. government itself docs not
know its own issues, and that those notes'
which are it jetted as spurious are iu reality
genuine, especially as ihe trea.-ury.de; artmect
has never yet seen fit to designate aud describe
those whieh it considers spurious.
The Xbw Army Balloon.—it wilt be recol
lected that the only balloon used by our army
was captured by the Federate yn board a steam-
V , l h C T s River, soon after the battles or
,"Y 1 ; Gaptatii cetor, of this city, who
had tt in charge. nA.t. t-. , V
dutch rained Y'Y ! f d
of constructing a E Vw"' iY
completed, aud we ta W Y! h * ha Y Just
stmining it is lew day- - <0 * V“.\“ E f ° cx ~
structure, composed entirety , ' oAU * lfnl
, . . -d -uk ot all
colors, being even more \ ,r ~ v
seph’s cost. It is SO feet hi diameter l- ,° ~
iu heigh; from throttle to v uve h y j*®*
trom car to valve, and will Contain 2 1, Y
of gas, capable ol' raising 888 pounds wc
It con tains 9SO yards ot of the usua! w dtb
and the wotteaaship is of the very best.
The new balloon has been christened "The
Sinbut s" and Mr. Cevor, the a-rocaut. will
leave wilt it for Richmond on Thursday.
THE SJik'V.A.nsritTJkia: 'WEEiKL'r T&iEIFWiBIIia.O'-ti.xN', S-/? TTJE.XDJV.-Y-, BKPTBMBBB 20, ±862.
Getting: Sober, but still Illogical.
There is a thoughtful tameness in all the re
cent effusions' of the Yankee Press touching
the war. The utter route of their grand army
tor the second lime, and the triumphant entry
of our victorious legions into Maryland, have
humiliated the whole pack, and theii baik has
dwindled down to a whine. Occasionally they
summon the courage to growl, but the opera
tion is performed most feebly. At last they
have seen Ibe vanity of all their boasting.
They have become sensible that they are deal
in' in tho work of death with a better people
than themselves. They feel whipped, and see
but little prospect of again “coming to time.”
Yet the crazy fools are not wholly restored
to their senses. They have not arrived at that
stage of convalescence from lunacy when they
wilt be able to philosophize on the fad experi
ence of the past. They confess to a thorough
drubbing on eveiy occasion when we have met
them in an j thing like equal combat, and even
admit, that in the recent battles we whipped
and drove them across the Potomac with an
army inferior in numbers to their own. The
lesson, though, of all tbi6 misfortune is lost
upon them. They ted us all their troubles are
owing to their own bad generalship, and yet
they still cry out for prosecuting the war, after
haviog exhausted the list of Generals. If Scott,
and McClellan, and Halleck, and Pope, and
Bank?, and Shields, and Nelson, and Heintzel
man, and McDowell, have all been whipped,
and t*he Union cause has suffered in their hands,
pray where are they going to get better men ?
Have they ever asked themselves this question ?
It is a very natural and a very sensible one, and
yet it seems never to have occurred to them. It
is not yet too late. They may save much blood
shed, much suffering in the future by pro
pounding it now to their own judgments and
ringing it into the ears of their equally infatu
ated government at Washington.
All these things having happened, a sensible
people would very properly conclude that now
is the time to stop the war and save the blood
and treasure of the nation; but not so with
these deluded wretches whom the Gods seem
to have restlved to destroy and utterly blot out
from tbe family of nations. Their cry is for,
more blood, more treasure, more disaster.
They seem ambitious tiiat their ruin should be
comfflete, and their country placed beyond the
possibility of h resuscitation;
e would ask the question: Is there no
reason left at the Norih ? Is there no common
sense left, that they should ignore what even
the brutes understand—Use principle of self
preservation. Is fhsfe no man among them
who has the courage to raise his voice against
a war that i3 devastating the laud that makes
it ? Is there no humanity left that they should
continue a strife that is abhorrent to all civil
ized mankind?
The North could make peace to-morrow 4
it would. The wrath "of. Heaves will rest
upon the refusal.
A Peace Measure and a Correct Vote.
The country will be mortified to learn that
any member of tlie Confederate Congress should
s'o'far forget thg dignity of hi* 'country as .to
rise in his place and seriously propose to send
a commissioner to Washington as a beggar of
peace at the hands of our would-be Yankee
masters. Pabiic sentiment everywhere will re
volt at such a proposition, under all the cir
cumstances of tbe time. It would be a humil
iation from which the pride of every Confede
rate citizen would shrink back in disgust. The
House of Representatives—to its honor be it
said —by a very large majority, consigned the
whole matter to the table.
No legislative declarations of desire or inten
tion are needed-on cur part. The world under
stands our jiosition exactly—the enemy com
prehend it—for it hits formally and repeatedly
been.announced by President Davis in his mes
sages to Congrefs, and unmistakably approved
by the great body of hia countrymen. It is
universally known—by none better than by the
Yankees themselves—that we have no desire
for conquest, that we would not rule over our
enemies if we could, and that our sole object is
the independence of tho slave-holding States,
and a peaceful enjoyment of the right to gov
ern yureclves. We once scut commissioners
to Washington to demand and stipulate for this
privilege, but the Lincoln government repu
diated us and our proposition and made their
election for war. Since that day, and In the midst
of the triumph of onr arms, the President an
nounced that the South had no desire for war,
that she deprecated the horrible strife that was
desolating the laud and arraying brother against
brother, and that the people, of whom he was
the representative, would gladly stay the shed
ding of blood the very first moment they were
let atone to live the lives of freemen on their
own soil.
All the world understands our position, and
the mendacious Ynnkees kuow they falsify
when they charge us with a desire for conquest.
We sjjwply desire to be let alone, to live in
peace under our own vine and llg tree, and the
moment this is guaranteed to us we are ready
to bury the hatchet and take up the calumet oi
peace. We have whipped the enemy and
driven him from our own soil, but he still
breathes out threatening and slapghter against
us, and hence the necessity of moving into
own territory with the view of disabling him
for war aud inducing a conviction that his true
interests lie in the walks of peace. .
, We made the last proposition for a peaceful
adjustment—it was scorned, and under circutn
stances which proved both the enmity and the
perfidy of our foe-*-let the next come from him,
and let ns fight for a generation should he re
fuse to make it.
Tlio Fight at Poolovfllc-Haiiilsomc
Aid from onr Friends in Maryland.
The only resistance bur troops encountered
in crossing the Potomac was from the tst Mas
sachusetts cavalry, who had been appointed to
that duty. They were tired into by the Con
federates, and scampered at a rapid rate. A let
ter to.thg New York Tribune says:
The road had been clear in the morning, and was
counted on for u-iobstrne'.e 1 retreat; but while the
man wavering -n front had commut'd the day, some
Maryland traitor had piled stone* at the worst plac
pn tiie road in such quantity that the horses at a gal
iop could not fail to go dwn Enveloped in clouds of
dust, the head of tho retreating column came down
the road at ull speed, atd plunging intb the rocks,
men and .horses together all in oniusioo, piled over
one another in heaps.
The rebels were c’ose upon them, and those who
were down contd Only surrender The rebels began
tiring into and stuhtoung the prostrate men. Some
ol them were crushed under their struggling horses.
Capt. ChaaiberUin, whose horse had fallen upon him,
s'touled to tiie r, hoi leader that bis men were helpless,
and the firing was osdt'r.-d to cease. Capt. Motley and
Capt- Welts, with most of the r men, escaped. Capt
Chamberlain, with about twenty meo, were captured.
A!! were 11-. en.ted next day on parole
Be ore the men were sent off Gen. Lee made th-m a
tp e-.:h, advised them never t- take up arms again to
suhi gate the S >uth, d.vlsred that there a-e su -. man
be twoCooiederaoies.on tots continent, and discourse t
at length on ethic- afi l pod l-rs )D general, bv a.I n
wht >h the men were and sly uditle !. ('got. Ch mVrlain
had a long conversation with Fbztugh Lee and
eluarl, ami teraun\hat their esvalrv torce is verv
large Po lsviile cit-.z jus fired f.-om their bouses a’ouc
the Streets on the retreatluf cavalry. At Darnestowh
ihe rebel* Rung stone* and bo iler and a‘l sort* ol
from the windows
The letter iudignantly adds t at the first duty
performed by the 1-t Regiment Maryland Vol
unteers, called out tor the defence of the State,
was to pour’a yoliey into the retreating F de
| ral cavalry. The corespondent, from that,
i thinks that the Maryland troops cannot be re
] lied Ou.
A Goon Me as nut —ln the Congressional
! proceedir:-- o‘ Saturday, It will be seen that
Mr. Kenan, of this State, has introduced "a
bill to create and abolish certain offices, where
by {he effective strength of the army will be
greatly increased.’’ The object of this measure
is, we learn, to remove military men and all
able-bodied your:; men otherwise subject to
conscription, from all offices iu the army whose
dalles moy be as well performed by civilians
not liable to conscription. The effect will be
to bring into the field a very large body of
young men whose energies are now employed
in offices which can.be as well, if not beer,
filled by civilians wh , otherwise, would take
no part in the revoluti r>. It is a great econom
ical measure, and we hope Congress will hesi
tate long before it suffers it to be rejected.
_ -r
vanity Fair’s advice ov brigadiers i- : “Go
?'•>*’ and lose your legs! Think of
f!. l ! s , lhls ' WIII afford yon, when the war
sever, for stumping your respective States 1”
Tiho 26ili Georgia at Maitassa*,
The following extracts from a letter written
by Capt. Blain, of the Brunswick Rifles, 26th
Georgia, to his tiiends in Wayne county, will
be road with interest, especially by those who
have relatives or friends in the regiment:
Loudon Countv, Va , Sept. 4th, 1863.
* * #
I suppose yo before this received news
of the various batiks that have been fought
wilhiu the past (Wee or four weeks, and the
constant success <>? iur arms. Our Brigade has
been engaged and under lire six or seven times,
and has each i.me proven itself Worthy of the
State it came from.
On Tuesday night, the 25th of August, we
captured two of the enemy’s trains at Brislow>
on the Manassas Rord, havitig marched over fif
ty miles in two days, in order to get in rjar of
tho enemy. I look upon this movement of old
“Stonewall” as being the holiest of the war;
with three divisions he marched in rear of
Pope’s Army of 150,000 or 200,000 men. At
Bristow, sixteen of my boys were sent to cap
ture some Yankees who had escaped from the
trains; they captured 14 Yankee soldiers. On
Wednesday, Gen. Ewell’s division was left at
Bristow to cover the retreat of our forces to
Manassas.
In the evening the Yankees advanced in over
whelming force. The 26th Georgia, under the
command of Lieut. Col. Griffin and myself,
were ordered with the 31st Georgia, to support
the Ist Maryland Battery, and nobly did they
perform their duty. We were under fire all the
evenisg, and were the last to leave the field.—
There was a constant shower of shell over and
around ns the whole evening. The 26th lost
two men.
Again has the battle of Manassas been enacted
and in point of destruction to human life, the
battles of Richmond are not to be compared to
this. The fight commenced just before dark on
Thursday, the 27th of Aug. Lawton’s Brigade
was formed in a skirt of woods a short distance
from the field of battle. We were ordered in
just after dark; we marched steadily across an
open field for about four hundred yards, over
which tbe balls were flying by thousands. Oc
casionally a man would drop from the ranks,
yet not one faltered. When we reached the
fence, the men were ordered to lie down and
commence firing; we poured volley after vol
ley into the ranks of the enemy, vjho wore
drawn up in line of .battle in the field beyond.
Lt. Col. Grffia and Adji. Liles were both
wounded at the fence After firingseveral rounds
Gen. Lawton ordered the brigade to charge. I
led the 26th into tbe charge, and I do not think
there has been a bloodier one since the war.
At the command every man went over the
fence; then tSe Yankees did fearful execution,
men fell from the ranks by dozens. Still the
gallant 261 h wavered not. Oar color bearer was
shot down, bnt the colors were immediately
seized by a willing band and borne to the front.
One volley from .the few regiments engaged,
sent the enemy flying over the bills to the
woods. The night was so dark no pursuit was
attempted.
When I formed the regiment after the engage
ment, the scene was heart rending, only about
80 or 40 of the 173 gallant boys that entered the
fight with me were lett. Nearly all were killed
or wou.nded. I have not yet been able to pre
pare a list of the killed and wounded for pub
lication, but will do so as soon as all the wound
ed can be carried to one place. Thirty-two
were killed on the field, and over one hundred
wounded. The Brunswick Rifles went in under
the command of Lieutenant N. Dixon, with 17
meni of these Lieut. Dixon and 12 men were
wonpded. The following is a list:
Lieut. N. Dixon, wounded in the shoulder;
Serg’t W. Dart, in the arm; J. J. Spears, lower
part of abdojnen; John Nibbs, in abdomen;
George Holmes, in both legs; Joseph G. W.
Harris, through the thigh'; J no. Pacetty, in the
breast; D. Cronan, through the arm aud shoul
der; P. Barney, one finger shot off; William
McLemore, in the hand ; Felix McDermotb, in
the hand; James Barrett, in the arm ; Thomas
Camming, in the heel.
Joseph Lassere and Moore Clarke were both
hit but not injured. I was knocked down by a
spent ball, but not injured. You can say to the
relatives of the wounded, that they need not
be at all uneasy. I have seen all the wounded —
none of them are mortal, nor will any of the
hoys loose a limb. None were killed. Nothing
but' the hand of Providence preserved us
through the shower of balls through which we
pqssed.
I have bqen acting as Major for the 20th fer
over a month. J- S. Blain.
The TwentySlxtli Georgia Keglmcnt.
Mr. Editor: Will you allow sufficient space
to correct some errors, &3., relating to this
volunteer-regiment.
In P. W. A.’s letter of the , speaking of
Lawton’s brigade before Richmond, he appoints
Col. Lee to the command of the 26th. Col. Lee
was sick at that time, and, therefore, not at the
head even of his own, the 38th. Col. Atkinson
was in command of the 26tb, aud nobly he dis
charged his important duties on that memorable
occasion.
In youtpaper of the 12th inst., you do not
state wh jsCol. A was not in command. This
I wish to explain, as stated by an eye witness.
In the march, before reaching Manassas, Gen.
Jackson, passing along the line, 6aw some fifty
or more men out of ranks, in a field, plucking
fruit. Soon after, orders came back for Col.
A.’s arrest, the General having been informed
that the men were from the 26th. No reasons,
however, were given for the arrest, but suspect
ing the cause, Col. A., and every officer in his
command, felt very much aggrieved. The fact
W3S, that one man, and one only , of all that
number belonged to Col. Atkinson’s regiment.
Col. A. was restored on Sunday morning to the
command, when this fact Is supposed to have
been ascertained.
You will find, Mr. Editor, that this 'young
but brate and thoroughly disciplined officer is
only determined to merit praise, not ambitious
to receive R; he is, therefore, careless as to
where they plqee him who make theii* record
In the sand. Such mistakes and oversights as
those noted will receive no more attention from
hing whilst thp din of battle is heard, than
would the raven notes of the wilfully malicious,
so much higher are his present thoughts and
aims.
But, sir, when this wicked strife shall end,
he, and those associated with him in the com
mand, wi‘l see to it that ample justice be done
to all in auy way connected with the 26th—so
the writer judges from the knowledge he has
of the character of this young officer and his
staff. AT this without his or their knowledge,
and, therefore, without their consent.
The Saiprlse near Cumberland Gap.
A correspondent of the Knoxville Register,
writing near Cumberland Gap, on the 10th,
says :
On last Monday a small command, number
ing about 100 mounted men, were surrounded
betwetfo the Cumberland, and Pine Mountains
ou the Big Creek Gap road. I guess about 50
regular soldiers, the others consisted of Capt.
Dudley'scompany and some twenty-five men
lately from Kentucky. Capt. Jones, also, who
commanded a company last spring in our army ;
he is lrom Kentucky. Jonathan Thomas, an
agent of Capt. McElralh, his son G. W. Thom
as, Capt. Hawkins, G. M. Cannon and others,
who were going over as Quartermaster’s men
to join Gen. Smith’s command The noted
Col. Menefee was wounded in the fight, but
was able to travel to the Gap. An orderly of
Gen. Smith’s, and four others, were killed.
Several horses were shot. Bath the Thomas’
had their horses shot under them, and General
Smith’s orderly, I do not know his name, but I
think he was a Frenchman. This squad left
Knoxville about one week ago. It was Col.
Cooper’s 4th Tennessee (renegade) regiment
whieh surprised oftr party—they were iying in
ambush. Our nteu did not fire a gun. The
r ederals go; 97 horses and manv fine pistols
aud small arms. Their regiments are being
seut.out from the Gap to pick up our men
passing. I guess the surprising will take a
turn if the enemy is not oa the look out.
ants Funds. The following notice appears
in the late New York papers :
‘'The United States Treasurer at this port
will pay the interest in gold on all temporary
deposits at his office which have remained six
months. Each holder of a certificate as soon
as the six months have expired can call tor the
payment.”
Interesting lc tcr.tcyin tlic Battle
Field.
We are permitted to make ih - lib
eral extract from a let Ur written to a relative
by a most excel! -tit and highly ester med citizen
of Savannah, whose summer residence is in tho
immediate viciai l y of the late battle fields in
Virginia. It b< a’-* date, Sept. oth:—|flTo. Kbf.
“ Jfy ])r, ;
* * * At sunset, 26Ur August,
presented bimscK from llaymarket, where he
had left. Gsn. Jacks.m (he was one of bis body
guards,) with 40,000 mmi marching that night
upon Bristow and M oia.su
On Wednesday, U>> 37-K the Federal* came
down from the Rappahannock upon Bristow,
and I had all tho 1 unify on the hill behind
Riley’s toee the slu-i brig.' Bein'im; them heme
in the carriage, I loitered v.a h until sun
set—and when I reached our gate 1 found 26,000
Federal troops forming: in line of battle in the
rear of the Lawn and Island—the artillery un
limbering on the hill behind our garden, and a
one-armed General (Kearney) riding up and
down in an excited manner. Coming to the
porch where your mother stood, he warned her
to retreat instantly to the cellar, for that the
rebels were coming from the mountains and an
engagement was imminent; and on going into
one of -tba northern attics there, sure enough;
I saw on Macraes’ Hill a dense army forming
into line enface. Putting the children into the
carriage, 1 walked with all the household except
towards Andrews’, intending to return to the
house when I had deposited them in safety,
wkeD, just as we had turned the corner by
Nutts’ woods, an aid came galloping after us to
say there was no enetny after all—it being Gen.
Siegel’s division which had alarmed them. I
believe I would have given the lawn to have
seen them pommel each other.
At one o’clock in the morning following, the
aids knocked me up to give them a guide to
Manassas —telling me he would be well paid if
he d!a his duty, and hanged if he did’nt. As I
could nt help them they went over to Mr.
Hali’s, and went off with him before day, leav
ing our farm and Mr. ’s minus about a
mile of fence.. They finally brought up, above
all places in the world, at their old feeding
ground, Bull Run; and how Jackson and Long
street came up from Sudley Springs, (just as
they, the Federals, came up in ’61,) and how
they got Thrashed, and how the one-armed
General and a hecatomb of others got killed,
and how they finally made a “ masterly re
treat,” the newspapers will long since have
informed you. It was the old light over again,
only this time the enemy had the position and
we were the attacking party. I was all over
the field—commencing on Sunday—atfd it took
me three days to do it,. Tor our front was six
miles long. I carried a bottle of Sherry in my
valise the first day, hoping to fall in with ,
but the parched lips of the dying Yankees (ours
were all in hospitals) which their flag of truce
ambulances were vainly trying to take up, plead
too strongly against ; it was first a wine
glass full, then half, then a quarter, then a sip ;
and when every drop wqs gone, I would have
given a hundred dollars iu gold for another
bottle tall. The groaris and pleadings for “just
one drop, dear, dear Doctor,” (as they thought
me) were too shocking to endure. As for the
dead, the like was never seen; ours were all
buried oat of hand by Sunday night, 31st
gust, and then, the enemy being unable to at
tend to them, our reserve began their endless
toils. By Monday they were so much discour
aged at the little progress they had made, that
I saw tbern carrying body after body to the side
of a railway embankment, where" they were
cross-barred heads and tails, (I counted'thirty
two in one compact pile,) and the earth pushed
down on them from the top of the bank.
“ Yesterday, when I made another visit to
seareh for some wounded Georgians and the
grave of Maxey Boston, whiclr I found, there
really seemed a3 many dead bodies as at first,
arid these will, for the most part, I tear, have
to remain unburied. I came home with nau3ea
aDd headache as it was
“The loss to the Federals and the grin to u
are respectively far trreatcr than on the same
field in 1861. James Carolan was killed, and
Eb. Law wounded. lam trying to find him,
among the thousand and one improvised hospi
tals, and bring him to your mother to nurse. We
had a stream of sick and wounded all day and
eleven stayed with uS last night. On the fffetd
I saw, after the batfle, young Mansfield, from
Mr. Lincoln’s store, Mr. Snider, son of our old
tenant, and Mr. Walsh, son oi the Park keeper,
all of whom were looking in fine health, and
all of whom desired to be mentioned to their
friends. Charles Goulding, deaf from an ex
plosive shell, is at Warrenton, where I must
go to post this letter, if a post 1 can find.
“All the houses from the Delaplanes to War
refcton are full of wounded, and nothing can
exceed the heartiness and kindness of the peo
ple. In the woods, yesterday, near the battle
field we (the boys were with me) stumbled upon
a poor wonuded boy named Fennell, from Lib
erty county, Georgia; we sent a litter for him
and he will doubtless recover.
“We hear to-day that Jackson has passed tho
rubicon into Maryland—a bold stroke, indeed.
If the brave old Slate can, with his aid, throw
off her shackles, then onr gallmt army is safe
for the winter, and the Southern cause will re
ceive new strength of great consequence. But
if this cannot be done, Jackson’s retreat will
be an arduous one, and if he were not Jackson
I should for him.”
Appointment, Duties and Dower of
Drovost Marshal*.
The following communication was presented
to the Senate from the Secretary of War, in re.
ply to a resolution requesting certain informa
tion from the President in relation to the pay
and appointment of Provost Marshals :
Ilia Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President C. .S. A. :
Snt: I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of the enclosed resolution of the Senate,
requesting you to give them information con
cerning the pay and appointment of Provost
Marshals.
The army regulations provide for the employ
ment, by a Commanding General or a General
of Division, of Provoat Marshals, who are
charged with the custody of prisoners and the
performance of police duties. In garrisons,
non-commissioned officers are usually assigned
to these duties; but, with armies of the field,
deprived as they are of the assistance of the
civil authorities, and often encumbered with
large numbers of prisoners, the duties become
more difficult and important, and commission
ed officers are detailed for their discharge.
It will be observed that Provost Marshals are
employed, not appointed; Otherwise, officers of
the army already holding commissions, could
not be assigned to such duty without holding
two distinct appointments from the govern
ment.. • ,
It, having been found that large amounts of
public property at onr principle depots, and the
peace and good order of many of onr towns,
were endangered by the numerous stragglers
from the army, and camp followers hanging
about them, and that desertion from the army
was encouraged by the want of persons at these
points authorized to make arrests, the Depart
ment employed Provost Marshals,'and vested
them with authority over all persons in the ar
my found within their respective limits.
They have no authority ichatever over persons not
in the army, except when martial •iawjs in fotce,
in which localities their police powers are ex -
tended to citizens as well as soldiers.
Whether martial law exist or not they are ex
pressly prohibted bv a general order from exer
cising civil jurisdiction, and the Department has
checked them in all cases in which the exercise
of such jurisdiction has been made the subject
of complaint.
Many of the Provost Marshals of posts where
martial law is not in force have fallen iuto the
error of supposing themselves to be clothed
with general police powers, but the Depart
ment had invariably informed them when such
cases were brought to its attention, that they
could derive the power to arrest citizens from
the civil magistrates only.
Their compensation is usually fixed at that of
a captain of infantry; but in soms few cajes
,hey have been allowed the pay of field officers.
The reference to the army grade is merely for
the purpose of fixing their compensation, and
does not confer on them grade or commission.
The emp oyraent of Provost Marshals and
Provost guards, is essential to the preservation
of public property, to the peace and good order
of our chief towns, and to the very existence
of the army.
They are paid by the Quartermaster’s Depart
ment, because the army regulations require
that deparithert to pay the incidental expenses
of the army, including generally all proper and
authorised’ expenses for the movements and
operations of the army, not expressly assigned
to other departments.
Provost Marshals being essential to the ope
rations of the army and not being chargeable to
any other department, seem properly to be as
signed for their pay and'allowanee to the Quar
termaster General’s Department.
Yerv respectfully,
" Your obedient servant,
Geokge W. Randolph,
Secretary of War.
\x Absent-Minded cripple.—A lew morn
ings ago, jast previous to the starting of a
train for the east on the Montgomery and West
Point Railroad, S young man was observed
standing upon the platform in the depot, lean
ing heavily on a pair of crutches. He was ap
parently badly crippled, and incapable of rapia
locomotion. While, however, his attention
*wa= turned in an opposite direction, the cars
started, and when he looked around he saw
I going out of the depot, leaving him bc
! hiud & In-tantlv comprehending his situation,
j he threw his erntohes away and ran wittt Flora
Pemole speed in the direction of the receding
j lra i a " He soon succeeded in reaching the
| hindmost car and got' aboard, abandoning his
I crutches and his lameness at the same time. It
j j s he was a eomcripi, aud will be no doubt
'•reailv njoiced at his sudden recovery.
1“ [Montgomery Advertiser. |
Thp Financial Condition of (ho Cim- !
idle racy.
[From lha Richmond Examiner of 12tU ]
We are enabled, Irom papers before Congress, !
to preparo a (succinct and interesting statement I
of the financial condition of the country, and to
enlighten the public as to the amount of our
public debt; its class ; and receipts at tho
public Treasury up to the Ist August, and the
probable damands that will be made upon the
resources of the South in view of the cotlnu
anro ol the war and the exigencies of the coun
try arising therefrom. We distribute this in
formation under appropriate beads.
THE PUBLIC DEBT OF THE CONFEDERACY.
It is ascertained from official data, furnished
by the Treasury Department, that the whole
expenditures ot the Government from its com
mencement to tho Ist oi. August last, amount
to $347,272,958 85. It Bfconld be stated, how
ever, that five millions of tbe amount chaiged
as expenditure, has been paid for the redemp
tion of deposit certificates, and the aggregate
above stated is subject to that abatement when
considered in the light of actual expenses
The expenditures up to the Ist of August are
as follows :
War Department $198,376,549 41
Navy Department 14,605,777 86
Civil and Miscellaneous 15,766.503 43
$328,748,830 70
To which must be added outstanding requi
sitions upon the Trea ury, upon which warrants
are not yet issued iotbe amount of $18,524,-
128 15 ; making the aggregate, a3 stated above,
$347,273,958 85.
CLASSES OF THE PUBLIC DEBT.
An examination of our funded debt account
will show that a lamentably small portion of
our public debt exists in this form. The whole
amount Gf bonds and stocks issued is as fol
lows :
Eight per eeDt stock ami bonds s4l 577,250
Six “ “ call certificates 32,784.400
$74,361,650
. This statement indicates an evident indispo
sition ohour* peopl# to make iuvesfimenta in
this form, and furnishes' an explanation of
much-ofthat disturbance of the standard of
value and enchancement of prices in the coun
try, which have been the consequence of the
large and disproportionate issue of Treasury
notes.
The issue already made of Treasury notes
amounts to $183.244 135; leasing authority to
issue $16,755,865.
RECEIPTS AT THE -TREASURY.
The receipts at, the Treasury up to Ist cf An
gust, from all the various sources of income,
are a3 follows:
From Customs $1,437,399 96
From Miscellaneous sources.... 1,974,709 38
From Loan, act of February 2Stb,
1861 •. 15,000 000 00
From Loan, act of August 19. b,
1861.., 22,618,340 61
From call deposits under act of
Dec. 24th, 1801 37.555.20 Q 00
From Treasury Notes, act March
9:h, 1861 3,021,100 00
From Treasury- Notes, act May
16 th, 1881 17,347,935 00
From Treasury Notes, act Aug.
19ih, 1861...... :. 167,704,615 00
From Int. Treasury Notes, act
April 17ib, 1801 23 799 900 00
From $1 and $3 Notes 546.000 00
From Temporary Loan from bks.
—balance .*. ' OfiO 00'
From War Tax.. 10.539,910 70
6302,555,130 CO
This statement of receipts is short of the
whole amount, of the of the Gov
ernment by 144.717 702 ; on account of which
the Government has authority to issue only
balance of Treasury Notes; 810,755,165, leaving
$27,901,897 to be provided for by Congress in a
further extension of the general currency, un
less this balance can be paid by the bonds or
otherwise. - - •
FUNDS TO BE RAISED BY THE FIRST OF JANUARY.
It is supposed that the authority to issu6 gen
eral currency notes must also be extended by
Congress to meet the appropriations already
made by it and not yet paid, and also the fur
ther appropriations to be made.
The appropriations already made ,
by Congress and not drawn on
Ist of Aug., amount to $104,087,389 93
The estimates submitted by the various De
partments of the additional supplies required
to make good the deficiencies and to support
the Government -to Ist January next, are as
follows:
For the War Department $44,373 590 30
“ Civil list 386 007 39
“ Miscellaneous 102,599 38
$44,863,097 13
So that the whole amount of sup
jilies required to Ist of Janu
ary presents a total of ~.5209,550,487 00
Congress is left to determine the best mode
of raising this snm; and as there seems but
little prospect of raising the money by a sale
of bonds or stock, a resort to Treasury notes
seems.to be all that will be left to its discretion.
INTEREST BEARING NOTES.
The experiment of diminishing the quantity
of circulation by interest bearing notes and de
posits on eall is said to have been very r-ud
cesslul, and is likeiy to be encouraged as a re
lief from excess in the quantity of the national
currency, which, as it'exceeds the usual busi
ness wants of the community, must bo produc
tive of high prices without relation to the
actual value of the currency.
It is understood that the interest notes, al
though current to a certain degree, have been
generally withdrawn from eirculatioa, on ac
count of their value as temporary investments.
Most.of'them have been taken under the belief
that the interest would be paid like other in
terest, and the Secretary of tho Treasury has
encouraged this belief by a recommendation to
Congress that the interest should be paid an
nually. „
PROSPECTS’ OF ANOTHER WAR TAX—PAYMENT BY
TIIE STATES, ETC.
Jt is. supposed that Congress will be under
the necessity of providing another war tax.
From the war tax returns, and from estimates
as to eueh States as have not yet made complete
returns, this fund may be set down at seven
hundred millions’.
* The War Tax has been paid by the several
States os follows :
North Carolina $1,400 000 00
Virginia ... 2,125.000 00
Louisiana.' 2 500.000 00
Alabama A , 2,000,000 00
Georgia 434 120.12
Florida 225,374 11
Mississippi. 1,484,407 07
$10,108,967 90
•The State of Georgia has sutislantieily paid
in the balance due by -her, and the State of
South Carolina has paid the whole.amount due
by her into the Treasury, in the form of six
per cent, call certificates. But as the final set
tlement has, not yet taken plaee, the certificates
have not as yet beeu delivered up, and the ac
count is not yet doled. The returns from thd
S ates of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ar
kansas’, and Texas, have not yet been rendered
in complete. The two former States have,
nevertheless, paid tbqir taxes in advance.
•[From the Maccn Telegraph.]
Slcslstance to tiie'Conscript Luw<
We Ibarn that a party of men in Marion county, in
this Btate, have defied tho Enroll n< Cffieer of this
district, ahd are in artnei resistance to tie execution
ol the Conscript law. The parly does not number
more than %bat a bail a doz iu, hut' they are armed
wi:h double-barreled shot guns, and swe r vengeance
against any man who shall endeat or to compel! them
to perform their duty to their country Wq under
stand that some of them were arrested by tbs Sheriff
of the county, but were' 'subsequently rescued, ( apt
Croft knows his duty, and will rerform it, though it
lead to bitterness, or somethin- worse, Tae best ad
vice we can give those misguided men, is to use the
aims, which ttey now threaten to employ tgainjt the
constituted authorities of the land, in figatin; the
common enemy. It is their only means of escaping
ir-tu disgrace and condign puuishmeni.—LTirnes.
Toe above lrom the Columbia Times, reminds us
that we have had on hand for tcv- ral days the evi
dence of a suit worse combination, eaid to be in C‘ file
county. Our c rrespondent is a gallant officer fh tae
Coufcderaie service. We say nothing tecause we
know nothme of th- lustioe of h;s etri* lures upon the
chief Enrolling Officer, who we have always supposed
has been active in tha Clseharg ) of his duty l
Me. Cllsbt: lam not an alarmist, tut in perilous
times like these, is it not the duty ot >.v ry true South
erner to watch closely the actfoas of suspicious c'liir
ac era. that they may be deal with? It seems, Mr
Editor, that there is w rse than had management on
the part of the enrolling iffliers of this State. N->t
2 0 miles from the love 1 )- city of MacoD, open rebellion
to the laws of our gove rimerit is now assuimLg an
unpleasant magnitude. A number of men have banded
themselves together, a-med. equipped, and provisioned
themselves, to <e;ist the enrollment under the con
script act. The band has been in process of organiza
tion for the past several weeks, as it were, immediately
undt r the observation of the chiet enrolling cfficerof the
- tale r his -üb-agenU, and yet no vitiaie tt.pi are be
ing laken by him to pat astop to the rebellious conduct
ofthese unworthy men. Indeed his entire acts in con
nection with the duties of his office, seems to be made
up . i one continued series of blunders, coupled with a
never endi gde-ire to delay as long as possible the
complete enrollment of the State ’
Tne last account-1 had lrom this hand °> outlaws,
(tin days since) they then numberel forty and increas
ing daily in numbers and strength, and corrupting in
fluence, and I was iniorined by aenttemea ol unques
tionable vertcity, that this hi ni h and B-cured ana pro
visioned a boose and a ranged u in the manner ol a
miiita-y castle, with a determination to resist, to the
listextremiiy. Ur- if capture. How ,s it, Mr. CSisoy,
that such things are permitted to continue among us ■
Is it not the uu t of Ms or Dunwoody to remove tnese
grievanc sinsianter? He ceruialy is not ignorant ot
the case m qcesii ,n And if he is informed of the
f&c.s herein mentioned, and and ses not initiate steps to
arrest these outlaws and traitors, he i* uutt.ted for the
duties assigned Unn and should be removed from the
responsible position he occupies, atd a competent
person appointed in his stead.
Aug. 3-dlh, ISIiA _ On;: IXTU
f ate Nortli urn New*.
We continue our selections Irom New York,
Philadelphia and Baltimore pipers of the 11th
inst :
APATHY IS BALTIMORE.
A correspondent of the New York “World,”
writing from Baltimore, says :
As far as Us inhabitants are concerned, I be
lieve the city of Baltimore would be surrender
ed, without a moment’s hesitation, to a cor
poral's guard of the enemy. The spectacle of
th’s supmenEß, lethargy, lack of chivalry, reso
ai,J, 6 P\ rit Rt mgs uie into a feeling of
tV ‘° lo V h , Tl makt ' B me blush and
‘••Kt my lip to own -hat I w-is born hero lam
unutterably ashamed ol Baltimore.
Anil tuc same correspondent, in a subsequent
part of the let ter, says :
. The leniency and lethargy with which this
city is managed by its military head is tbe oc
casion of universal dissatisfaction and caustic
criticism. This is not rashly Or hastily said, it
is the fruit of long, patient and impartial ob
servation, and considerable conversation with
parties whose judgment can find no public ex
pression. The two loyal newspapers, although
stoutly devoted to the public good, are silent
—perhaps judiciously silent. That silence is
not to be construed into acquiescence. I hap
pen to know better than to make any stich
construction. Suffice it to say, that the Balti
more journal abstains almost entirely from crit
icism upon the Government officials, both civil
and military. There are reasons for this.—
’Twere better for us that it were not so, how
ever.
In tho name of heaven why, why are men con
tinued in positions of such exiraordinary re
sponsibility after they have proven themselves
flagrantly incapable In the estimation of a whole
, community.
I appeal to every editor and orator, to every
village, hamlet, and house—thunder on ! Let
it be demanded in tones and tears that will
arouse and move the chief appointing power,
that officials . who fail must leave their posts,
that only efficiency stall be tbe qualification
for office, and that the triumph of.our armies
shall be, the only end to be strived for bv com
mander,'President, politician, or people, in this
appalling hour.
NOXON’S WAR SPEECH. \ •
At the war meeting he’d at Troy, N iw Yotk,
the Hon. B. D. Noxon was chosen cba’rnsan.
In taking tbe chair, he said:
This was the first war meeting he had at
-tended. The object now wa/ not so much to
devise means to carry on the war, but to stop
the war. Blood enough had been shed. Trea
sure enough had been expended. No man
could desire tbe perpetuation of-such a bloody,
remorseless struggle. It was not important
who should be on the State ticket, except in as
mneh that this war could never be ended ex
cept by the election. f entirely different men
to Congress than those composing the last Con
gress. To accomplish this it was' necessary to
form a strong Slate tieftf-t, carrying with it
character and influence, in ortjer to strengthen
the Congressional vote. * t
Keception el iMir Army at Leesburg,
.The Charleston-. Courier baa ,tlie following
from its correspondent, Personae:
Leesburg, Sept. 4.—Arrived here to- day.
Leesburg is •passing through an era m its exist
ence which, predicted one year would have
been thought the idie dream ot a rhapt o Ist.
lis people are witnessing a glorious reality.
After enduring for months the thraldom ol a
hated fee, the yoke has been removed, and they
are to-day once more in the enjoyment of their
rights, protected by the strong arms and brave
hearts of Confederate troops. Three days ago
the staid old burg was awakened from its
lethargy by the sudden appearance of a body of
our cavalry,under Col. Muhford. Federal troops
and horsemen were in -the town, feeding upou
the forced hospitality of the cit zens, and en
joying a fancied security. Their fy-st intimation
oi our presence was ojur appearance Instantly
the whole place was in an uproar. The “home
guards,” consisting of native Virginians and
renegade Marylanders, rallied in the streets and
on the outskirts, aud, aided by the Yankee
cavalry, attempted to make a stand. Munlord,
without ado, dashed at once into their ranks,
shot and sabred those who did not escape, and
the remainder look to flight across the Potomac.
The delight of the people at the arrival of
this unexpected succor knew no bounds. They
ran into the streets, took the cavalry by the
band, kissed the horses, threw open their
houses, fed and clothed, the men and vented
their enthusiasm ink thousand ways.
Since then until the present hour the town
has been in the same wild whirl. The advance
guard of Jackson entered yesterday, aud to day
the main body o: his army have been marching
through. The streets are thronged with ladies.
The doorways and curb stones are like living
boquets of beauty. Everything that wears crin
oline or a pretty face is out, and such shouts
and waving of handkerchiefs, and hurrahs by
the ovfttjoyed gender, never emanated from hu
man lips. Every residence is literally an “open
door,’’.where is obeyed the scriptural injunc
tion, “Comb ye who are weary aud heavy laden
and I will give you rest.” Tables are spread,
soldiers are called in, the ladies stand around
and bring to bear upon the keen appetites
wboie batteries ot bread, butter, honey and
meats. No man who enters there goes "away
hungry or without an eruption of “God speeds”
and •‘Tleavt-u bless you’ that ought to supply
him for a life time.
“What regiment is that?” ‘*Bixth Georgia,
Ewell’s division.” “Hurrah for yon ! Hurrah I
Kill all the Yankees !” screamed a bevy of girls.
“Hurrah for the gals ! Coming back to -marry
the whole lowd,” shout the Confederates. ‘ Got
anytobffcco?” says another. “Got any shoes?
Give us a slice of bacon and bread. Whoop, hi,
hi!” and then tho whole crowd break out into
a series of yells aud screeches that only reqSire
the addition oi an Indian war dance to com
plete the scene. I never heard such tumult or
saw such enthusiasm in my life, ltjs the only
time when, without poetic license, one might
say truly that the people were perfectly wil'd.
Flags-waving, drums beating, dust flying, can
non rumbling, men marching, trains tugging
behind—these are the skeleton frame work of a
fSicture’which I leave the reader to fill up for
himself!
Retaliation on the North.
The Richmond Whig gives its opinion as to
what we can rightfully do towards the Yankees,
as follows: '
The soldier wijl neveridelight hi the dishonor
of defenceless wotjsep, or revel in the screams
of slaughtered children. But we may, both
justly and lawfully, retaliate upon the North
such a regimen as she has visited upon’many of
our cities, and which, while in her case, ft is
entirely inconsistent with her professions and
declared objects, in our case, seems to spring
naturally from the logic of the situation. Oar
object is neither to'get back into a union with
the North, or to catquer her, or to Wrest from'
her any portion of her territory. It is, we
havdsaid* simply to avert from ourselves the
war of conquest which has been urgejl upon us,
and to bring the struggle to an end. We are,
therefore, entirety justified in dottfg anything
consistent with the dictates of humanity to se
cure these ot jects. We have a rigbx T *and ought
to exercise the riflht, to levy contributions upon
■Northern cities, not only by way-of Indemnity
for-our own lpssds, but in order to damage and
cripple cur adversary. We have a.'right to ar
rest and deport Northern citiz ma, and bald
them as hostages for those of rturgpeeple who
have been eei.zcd and immured in Northern
dungeons. We have a right to' appropriate and
impress everything necessary for tbfc supply of
our troops; thus relieving ourselves from a
great burden by transferring it to the shoulders
of the enemy.
When we declare these thiDgs- nat to be ac
cessories to a system of conquest or subjuga
tion, but instrumentalities for procuring a
peaceful settlement, the world will see that,
while they are a just retribution as to the Yan
kees, they are strictly lawful on our part. The
Northern people will (Ji-eovor that
they have something more to dread in continu
ing the war than the mere joss of li./e or .limb
upon the field of battle; and that thjp concomi
tant horrors ot the conflict, its evifs and its
burdens, may visit them at their pwn doors,
and even at their own hearthstones. Iq this
way we shall (fain some real benefit Irena an
invasion of the North, ar.d, even if compelled
to abandon the Northern territory, we shall
leave behind remembrances which trill, ques
tionless, entirely’ destroy our adversary's taste
for the war. ' ~ * ■
35th Georgia Regimbnt, (iVqJpii-ris Le
gion.)—The Atlanta Intelligencer publishes the
. following partial account, from wqunded men
recently arrived in that City :
The regiment went into the Manassas figl}t
on Thursday, the 28th August, commanded by
C3pt. Eberhart, and was iu the thickest of the
fight. Ia Company A, commanded by Lieut.
Jett, none were killed. The wounded were
Lieut. Jett, Serg’t Wallace, S. 11. Brazwell, R.
M. Robins, P. M. Ball, R. L. Eidsdu, and three
others slightly.
In Company D, commanded by Lieut. Wells,
aoue were killed. The wounded are S. W.
Cochran and W. J. Williams.
In Company K, commanded by Lieut. Guss
E. Goodwin, there were killed John Henry
Akers. Frank Gazaway, and Lieut. Clark Mor
ris. The wounded were Lieut. Goodwin, Wm.
Wright, Wm. McGuire, H. Burdett, Wm. Gaza
jvay, Jerry Grogqn and W’m. Richardson.
Lieut. Goodwin lived twelve days after he re
ceived bis fatal wound, and then died at Mid
dleburg Hospital.
Good Work. —Our friend, Thomas Simmons,
Esq., has been doing noble service in behalf of
our sick -oldiers in Virginia, during t.te present
week. lie has collected, in contrrbu’iohs, up
wards of five hundred dollars for the Richmond
Hospital. Mr. 8. is tbe soldier’s friend, and his
d.sinterested labors w.ll long be remembered
by the Florica troops.—LUonticelio (Fla.)
Fsmily Friend.
TELEaBAPHIC
GLORIOIT3 NEWS FROM KENTUCKY.
KIRBY SMIT.i STILLMOViNGFORWARD--'
TUE KENTUCKIANS RISING EN MASSE--
SMITH CALLS FOR 20,000 ARMB—TEN
REGIMENTS RAISING—CAPTURE OF
LEXINGTON AND GLORIFICATION
AMONG THE PEOPLE— ARRIVAL OF
MORGAN—SCOTT’S CAVALRY CAPTURE
FKANKFO-T—CONFEDERATE FLAG
FLOATING FROM THE KTY. CAPITOL—
THE ENEMY EVACUATE AND ARE
OVERTAKEN—AFFAIRS AT CUMBER
LAND GAP.
[Special dispatch to tho Savannah Kcpeblican. ]
Knoxville, Sept. 14.— A c rorler from Gen. Kirby
Smith arrived this morning from Lexington, Ky, He
left on ihe 6.h ins and brings the following interest
ing intelligence; *
Ihe Cc.niederate aroiy had not reached Covington,
as was anuouLCtd some days tgo on the authority of a
Cairo extra. It is now moving forward in that direc
tion, and the people of Kentucky are rising en mass*
and joining the Confederate cause. Three thousand
men were recrui.ed in the short space of twenty-four
hours, and General Smith has made a requisition for
twenty thousand additional stand of arms.
Ten regiments ol,Kentuckians were being raised
under Geu. A. Buford.
Ghneral Smith entered Loxington in triumph on the
Ist insta L The people from the surrounding country
rushed spontaneously to receive him; They poured
into town throughout the day, and manifested the
greatest demons'.ratio is of delight at their deliverance
from the yoke of sn Abolition oppretsor. The ladies
wept for joy and in gratitude to thtif deliverers.
Col. John Morgan arrived at Lexington on the 4th
initio 1 , and was received with boundless enthusiasm.
Col. Scott’s Louisiana cavalry captured Frankfort,
seat of government of Kentucky, on the 8d ln4t ,
and p anted hit battle-flag on the domo of the State
House. Tho streets were thronged with men and wo
men from the country, arid a grand ovation was kept
up throughout thj day.
Tho enemy t ck him by the forelock and evacuated
the place on the night of the 2d. Our troops went in
pursuit of them next morning, and seat back a num
ber of prisoners and three hundred mules. 11 was re
ported hat Scott had overtaken their rear and would
capture the entire train together with a vast amount
of -property.
The LexingtoD, Ky., Statesman of the 6th instant
contains a sterling address from Gen. Smith.
Generals Buford and Humphrey Marshall were to
,have reached Paris on the night of tbe 6th, and camp
en Marshall’s own farm
Be Caussi’s brigade of Federals loft the north side
of Cumberland Gap on tho 11th, with a’largo number
of wagous, on a foraging expedition.
A skirmish occurred with the enemy on the 12tb, at
Baptist Gap, three miles from Cumberland Gap. No
particulars are given except that the enemy were
driven Irek.
LORISO WJIfPS THE ENEMY IN
' WESTERN VIRGINIA.
SUCCESSFUL RAID INTO OHIO.
j-A Babtio Imminent in Maiyland.
Hioiimom), Sept. 15.—Official dispatches received
here state that Gemral Loring has defeated the enemy
in the Kanawha V*.l!ey in Virginia, and that General
Jenkins has made a fcuc?esslul raid into Ohio.
Gerr. McCown has made a requisition for a largo
cumber of arms for tho Kentuckians who are joining
Ihe Confederate army.
Nothirg luter from Maryland. Northern papers o
tho 11th represent that McClellan's army ha3 marched
bcjOLd Rockville in qnest of the Rebels, and a battle
was expected in a few days between that place and
Frederick City.
LATEST FROM TENNESSEE.
BUELL RETURNS AND FORTIFIES NASH
VILLE.
[Popular Excitement iu Tennessee.
Chattanooga, Sept. 15.—Intelligence received hero
by the Daily Ecbel states that Buell has returned In
force to Nashville, and has stolen between 10,000 and
12,000 negroes, whom he is working on the fortifica
tions around the city. The negroes are in a starving
condition, and many of thesi have eecape’d to their
homes. •
Large public meetings are beiDg held by Ibe Ten.
nesteeaus. In Middle Tennessee the whole country is
aroused and determined never again to allow tho ene
my to control their Slate.
Virginia Legislature.
Biciimcnu, Sept. 15—The Legislature of Virginia
assembled to-day in extra session. Governor Letcher’s
message urgos prompt action to increase the supply of
salt for the people of the Stale; advocates aggressive
war against the enemy ; recommends that an amnesty
be granted to loyal citizens in those portions of the
.State overrun by the enemy, who have taken oaths
binding them to abstain from active participation in
the wr.r; expresses tho confident opinion that the
usurped government under Pier punt will soon bo over
thrown ; denounces extortion and extortioners, and
concludes with 'congratulations on the bright and
glorious projects before tho country.
Loring’s Victory in Western Virginia
Virginia Clear of the Yankees,
ISpecial decpaAch to the Savannah Republican.]
Knoxville, Sept, 10. —The Express Messenger from
Lynchburg reports that in the battle of Cotton Hill,
Fayette county, belwcen I.oring al<l tho Federala, the
enemy’s (iss was COO; curs was 25.
Among the killed on our ride was Xieut. Cox, of the
51st Virginia.
Tho enemy Was toial’y routed, and ttds clears Vir
ginia -of the Federals, exe tf t a smell batch of them
in the Pan Handle.
GREAT VICTORY IN THE WEST.
ARMSTRONG DEFEATS THE YANKEES AT
IUKA—TWO THOUSAND PRISONERS
AND SIOO,OOO WORTH OF STORES CAP
TURED—PRICE IN PURSUIT OF TIIE
VANDALS.
Mobile, Sept, 16.—A i pccial despatch to the Even
ing News, dated Tupelo, 15th. says that Gen. Price
moved from Baldwin, Miss , Friday last, on a forced
march. A messenger just arrived reports that on
Saturday afternoon the advance guard of his army,
under Gen Armstrong, surprised and attacked th4fe
Yankees, 6,000 stroDg, at luka, driving them out of
the town and taking two thousand prisoners.
Gen. Price, with the main body of the army came
up on Sunday morning.
The enemy fled in thedirec'.ion of Eastport, on tho
Tennessee, leaving fn our hands SIOO 000 worth of
stores, consisting principally of flour and salt.
Gen. Price gave chase, and when last heard from
was only seven miles behind the enemy.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
Richmond, Sept. 10.— Northern papers contain Euro
pean advices to the 4th. The news ts unimportant.
Breadstaffs had declined; cotton advanced 2d a3i
since Friday*
Yankee Accounts from Maryland and
. Kentucky.
Richmond, fcpi -Northern papers, of the 14th,
have been recrivr. 'he Examiner. ,
The J’cw York , s the rebel camp at Fred
erick he 1 been b - on Friday, and the army
marched to Hagere preparatory to a march into
Pcr.ns'! van id against Chambersburg.
The Herald also says tho rebels have retreated from
their position in Kentucky before Cincinnati. Kirby
Smith had made a speech Vo hts army, on Wednesday)
assuring them that in a few days they would quarter
in Cincinnati.
The Washington of the 14th, says General
Loring made an attack cn Harper’s Ferry, on Frida;*
and was repulsed with great slaughter. The attack
was renewed the next day, and with the same result.
Ti e excitement in Harrisburg and Philadelphia is
increasing.
The Chronic'e also reports that fo ty thousand
reoeis, under Beauregard, left Richmond on ’I uesday
lo reinforce Lee, aim that a considerable army, under
Breckinridge and Van Dorn, is threatening New Or
leans.
In New York, on Friday, stocks declined M to 1 per
cent: U. 8. Sixes quoted at !9X ; Gold at 119Ji; Ster
ling Exchange 130(^135.
From the North.
Rtcimotrr, 6ept. 14 —So news of a reliable charac
ter has bee a receivtd frvm our army ia Maryland for
several days.
The New York Herald of the 11th contains nothing
later from tbe seat of war. -
The Herald mentions a report that Seward will re
sign awl accept a foreign mission.