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VOL. X2C. TERMS: Daily Paper $8: Tri-Weekly S5; Weekly $2 50 l&r IN ADVANCE. The Paper is always stopped, unless a remittance be made to continue it. Timely notice is given, so that payment can be made before the expiration o! a sub scription. gAYAH^rAH. Saturday Morning, Sept. 27, 1862. New Bbigadikr Generals.—The following recent appointments of Brigadier Generals have been made : Win. Steel and J. F. Fagan, of Ar kansas; Francis A Shcur, cf Florida; Colonel Skurry and Allison Nelson, of Texas. Transfer pf a Georgia Regiment.—The Eighteenth Georgia regiment, Col. Wofford, has been transferred to Hood’s Texas brigade, and is known in the brigade as the “Third Texas,” ■ Domestic Industry.—We had exhibited to us yesterday a specimen of sewing silk, manu factured by Miss L ivinia Frycrmouth, of Effing ham county. It is very even and beautiful, and shows how very independent v.e are if wo would only be convinced of the fact. A Court of Inquiry has been asked for by Major Rhett, to inquire into his conduct and the circumstances attending the death of the the late Col. W.* R. Calhoun. The Court will consist of Col. P. 11. Colquitt, Col. C. 11. Stevens, and C-.,'. Thomas G. Lamar. Judge Advocate, Itoftir V U. Campbell. m Fraud Exposn>.-#he Chattanooga Rebel calls attention to the Irandulcnt and outrageous manner in which beef and pork were put up for the army last year t>y the government egects ip East Tennessee. It says many oi the deaths • in the army were <• used by this unwholesome for and, and promises :o keep a sharp look outlor such criminal remisaness the present winter. The Right grntiT.—A patriotic lady of this city has sent us a large package of bullets, the • history of which is somewhat curious. They were moulded by her husband in the war of 1813 to be used against the British, and have been kept as a relie in the family from that day until now. She freely gives them up to fee used against the Yankees, with the prayer that each one may make the enemies of her country less. Good News from Missouri. —The Richmond Enquirer of the 20th says A letter received by a member of Congress Iraiu Missouri, dated the sth iast., gives the most cneeuiagiug ac count of affairs in that State. The State militia, to the Dumber of fifty thena nd, are said to have dcclan and for tho Confederates, with the Lieut. Governor ol the Saute at their bead. The Confederates are in possession of Springfield, and the Federal Governor lias retired to Bt. Louis. All According to Appointment.— The Richmond Examiner saye, as coming. from a source entitled to some credit, that Gen. Lee, several days previous to the battle of last Sun "day, intercepted a despatch from McClellan to Gen. Miles, the commander at Harper’s Iferry, and made his arrangements accordingly. D. 11. Hill was ordered to engago MeCtelian and retard his advance, until Jackson and A. P. Hill should have disposed of Harper’s Ferry. Up to the latest advices every tiling had worked to the entire satisfaction of our Commanding General. __ Death op General Call —The Tallahassee papers record the death of General Richard* K Call, a distinguished citizen of that State,j which occurred Sunday last. Gen, Call was for very many years identified with the history of Florida. He wa3 an Aid to General Jackson, and was subsequently appointed Governor of that Territory, to which post he was reappoint ed and served, we believe, until its admission as a State into the Union. lie wascfoof the ablest and best crihi IS Start, always enjoyed a warm place in tho affections of the people. Cumberland Gap.— Our special despatch announces the evacuatiou of Cifttfberlaad Gip and tho escaro of the Yankees in the direction of Harlan county, Kentucky. There is gross remissness here on the part of somebody.— Where arc our troops who were poßted on the northern side of the Gap to prevent the of cape of tho enemy t We had them completely hedged in ; yet by nomo strange oversight, or willful abandonment of an important position, thev consume all their provisions and then set outon their unmolested march northward. Ti tie, we are in pursuit; bat when did we evei c itch a Yankee who got the start of us ? A Good Suggestion. —The Macon Telegraph says i “It is no doubt true, as charged, that the exorbitant prices of,food and the r.usoiabl" spirit of speculation rampant in the iacd, are In part duo to the excess of the circulating me dium. There is too much money about; and here we may soy, rn passant, that now Is the time for every body to get out of debt. The unhappy man who negKe'.s this golden oppor tunity to pay hi- debts because he can neglect it, and waits unlit he is compeUed to pay, Is a ntny, and will discover the fact in due time. To pay debts now is liko squaring, up at fifty cents in the dollar. The Legislature ought to repeal tho stay law except in the ease of soldiers lu service." Tub Latm Battles —Some confusion seems to exist with regard to the late battles In Mary- ■ land end on the liue.ar.d a brief statement of dale and facts may be necessary. According to the best authority, Harper’s Ferry was attacked by Jackson on Sunday, tho 14'.h, and capitulated, on Monday. On Sunday, D. H. Hill, was at tacked at Middletown, MJ., fifteen miles north* east, of Harper’s Ferry, and being reinforced by Longstreet, drove tho enemy back in a second engagement on Monday. Tho third great fight is reported to have ’’ken place at Sharpsburg, a town in Maryland, about ten miles due north Of Harper’s Ferry, on WedncsdSy and ihurs day following. A despatch says we -tapin'.ed S.OOO prisoners in this fight. Negro Killed by a I'ickst.— Csroccr Eden hold an inquest Saturday morning last, at Mil ler’s Station, S., A rad 0. railroad, on the body of a negro man named Charles, the property of Thouws E.Xloyd, E>q. From the evidence it appears that Charles and another negro mar, were returning home to the plantation of Mr, ' Lloyd on Thursday night; upon their ap proaching an impo'taut picket post, near Mil ler’s Station, they were challenged by the picket on duty; refusing to' answer, and at tempting to escape, the picket tired his rifle, the ball entering the right shoulder blade and spine, passing through the heart and left breast, causing his death. The picket, prior to tirhrg, ordered the negroes to halt, challenging them three times. Verdict "ui accordance with the above stated facta. Debt or the Confederate States.— The Kichmond Examiner gives rather a cheering account Of our financial condition. It says : “It is roughly estimated that the Confederate debt at this time is less than five hundred millions id dollars. The debt of the Confederate States, Individually, does not reach two hundred and fifty millions of dollars ; estimating all obliga tions, whether inched or cot yet funded. The lrets of the lutiee; could be stated with preci sion ; but are more suitable to elaborate official document than la these vc’tuuns. The aggre gate public debt of the South, SUate and Ccn "Wfedereta, is less than seven hundred and fiflv millions ; or. if wo estimate the debts also of ehif, counties and public corporations, It dare not exceed eUch* hundred and fiity millions. It * the war should ronv.oue a year longer, this in debtedness would 1 * bnt slightly increased. It many oout.aue uiu.i the first of January, 186*, and Vhc debt wonkl no; more than reach a thou sand millions." Indemnity far onr Losses. Our Congress has dearly reached the day of adjournment, and we have been looking, but in vain, for some measure authorizing the indem nification of our citizens for the vast amount of their properly that has been either stolen cr wantonly destroyed by the enemy. It would appear that the citizen who owes allegiance to a government, and is bound to risk his life for its defense and preservation, has some claim upon it lor the protection of his property as well as his person. Indeed, ilie government that ignores such an obligation on its part is unworthy the love and affection of its citizens. We take it for granted then that this important matter has only been passed over for the pres ent, and until the-authorities at Richmond shall have it in their power to enforce a just demand against the enemy. As regards the duty of the government in this particular, it is hardly necessary that we should offeran argument. It is preposterous to sup pose that the heavy losses sustained by our peo ple at the hands of the Yankee invaders are not to bo repaired in some way, provided the government shall find it in its power to exact justice at the hands of the plunderers. It is estimated that from 50.000 to 75,000 negroes have been either taken by force or seduced away from their masters in the States composing the Confederacy, since the beginning of the war— in other words, from fifty to seventy-five millions of property, abstracted from the do mestic, productive industry of the country. And thou, there is the vast amount of property wantonly destroyed by the enemy, not in bat tle and from necessity, but on every march they have made into our territory. From a spirit of mere revenge and vandal mischief, they have razed to the ground private dwellings without number and driven their inhabitants houseless into the world. Exemplary damages should be required for all these depredations, and should ■ oar army reach a portion of the enemy’s coun try where indemnity can be had, our command ing Generals should be authorized to seize and confiscate property to the full amount of our. losses. We have thought our government has over looked a most favorable oportuaity for the re covery of at least a portion of the abducted slave 3 . We never should have agreed to parole a Yan- ! kee soldier, so long as there was a Southern negro to be sent back in exchange, and we heartily approve the suggestion of a writer for t6e Mobile Advertiser, whose article we pub lish elsewhere, that every prisoner of war, be yond the number necessary for the recovery of our own men, should be held in domestic bon dage until a stolen slave is sent back to supply his place. We would require two negroes for every Yankee prisoner, and we would seduce the latter to hard compulsory labor until his government got ready to redeem him in the practical way we have pointed out. But few days of tire present Congress remain, but sufficient for the adoption of some measure that shall look to the protectibh of thi? rights of the citizen. Should it adjourn without doing anything, we hope the President, by virtue of his authority a3 the Commander-in-chief cf the array and navy, will issue such order as may be necessary to accomplish the end in view. It is a matter of too much importance (o be over looked or delayed. On qur own etfast, which perhaps has suffered as little as,any, there are now hundreds of delicate females raised in influ ence, whom Yankee vandalisnf and robbery have reduced to poverty and compelled to labor with their own bauds iu the drudgery of the household. How must sueh sufferers feel to ward a government fbut has the power to avenge their wrongs and relieve their distress, and yet refuses to do it ? This is an urgent matter, and the authorities cannot too early give it their attention. P. B.—Since writing tho foregoing we per ceive that the article referred to, as being copied from the Mobile Advertiser, has been crowded out of this issue, Accompanying the introduction of Mr. Foote's resolutions for Peace Commisloners to jVash ingtou, was a speech from that gentleman. The annexed extract contains the reasons for the proposition : “We are thus far completely victorious-in tho war. In all tho numerous battles which have been fought we have been signally successful, and our victorious standards are now being planted on the terr itory of the foe. They have acknowledged their own defeat. With us alone, then, can a proposition of peace originate with out the deepest dishonor. If tho war is hot to be interminable (and who desires this?) the first movement towards a settlement, must be made. Under present eircutn.ttances, the euc mv cannot be expected to send to us proposi tion for the prevent termination of hostilities. Therefore, the civilized world has a right to look to us for such action as the resolution proposes.’* We dissent iu fotoSfrom this reasoning. It is objectionable in that it ignores the fact that we have already made two Separate, form ri, official propof .it.-> for a peaceful settlement of our diffi- culties with the North. We made them before the war, when weren', Commissioners to Wash, irgton ; and we made them again la a forma; proclamation to the whole world by the Presi dent alter tho victory of Manassas, and in both casewwewere turned‘away with scorn by our insolent foe. They elected to commence the war and to continue it, and upon them rests ail future responsibility. As regards magnanimity, Ej.ioli a thing is utterly’lost upon that people, and to talk about “ dishohor ” i connection with a nation ’which basely truckled in the Trent affair and have covered themselves all over with every species cf dishonor and faith lessness in the present war, Were worse than folly. * The “.world” has no right to look to ire for any such Ihing as an overture of peace. We have divested ourselves of every obligation in the premisesif the enemy should occupy a position when he cannot mike it without humiliation, It is his concern, not ours. It fs abont litpe we had ceased looking after the feeKngs and consciences of the Yankees. They have no shame for themselves, and we cannot see why the Confederates should feci it for them. Let us take care of ourselves, and let the enemy go to perdition if he will. Oar office now Is to send as many of them r. possi ble. Apart from these considerations, Mr. Foote, in the course of Ills spebch, admits that he has no idea that a proposition for peace would be entertained for one moment by the government at Washington. He thinks it would be spurned, and hence shows the utter folly of his proposed commission. Believing this, does he not place his own country in a position to he “humilia ted ?’.’ Wo think he does. As to his imaginary obligation that we are under to the world, it is all gammon; the public opinion of clviiited nations would never held us to any such course of action. The nation that tolerates such base wretches as Butler and Pope and Mitchell at the head of its armies has no claim upon the sympathies of the Just and good anywhere. Yellow Feykk a't Wu.snwroN —Tin* j M*g> nal of tha Kith contain? the foliow.ng note, which gives the facto eonuected with the dist ance of yellow fever ia that city ; lb John Dawson. AY/ , Mayor of Wdmitigton X C Dear Sir :—At your request I herewith fur nish you wiib a-report of such cases of yellow fever as have occurred during this season with in my knowledge. Since Tuesday, the 9th irst., I have seen five cases of the disease. Of these two have died, one is discharged as convalescent, aad two are still under treatment with doubtful prospects No new case has occurred under my cogni r.mce since- the 10th inst. There would seem to be a lull in tha progress of the disease, and I hope that the sanitary measures which you have adopted may be suc cessful in arresting its progress. Yours, very respectfully, "Jas. H. Dickson, M. D. The Journal of the day following says: No new coses ot Yellow Fever have been reported 1 to-day. There seem to be no indication of the disease extending itself, aad there is no ground for tright or panic. All the excitement will l see away in a tew daj a. gAWA -NTKT A TT, S-ATTTIRJD.A.'S: j, SEPTBMBEE 37; 1860- ARMY CORRESPONDENT® Of tub Savannah Uefublican. ) - ' H Ctrl* AIS.TI Y IN JIASaiISI). In front of Fredericktovvn, Md. Sept. Bth, 1803. ) As was intimated in ray letter of yesterday/*) the people of Maryland were not expecting to see m on the east side of the Potomac so soon They would not have been mere surprised if an army had dropped clown from the sky, than they were when they first beheld the head of our dust-covered columns moving out from the river. They had been waiting for ns so long ; they had felt so keenly the truth of the saying, that ** hope deferred maketh the heart sick ; ” and had been so often deceived and bewildered by the mendacious press aud lying authorities of the United States, not only in regard to the achievements of our arms, but a3 to our disposition and ability to render them assistance, that they had almost given up all idea of ever seeing a Confederate army firmly planted on the soil of Maryland The authori ties had exerted themselves to keep them in utter ignorance of our true intentions and ability. Military forces had been posted along the river and quartered throughout the State, to repress ail spirit of inquiry and shut out intelligence ; and where these instrumentali ties did not succeed, the knife, the halter and dungeon were brought into requisition. Men have been taken from the Bide of their wives and the caresses of their little ones at the hour of midßigbt, and hurried off to distant prisons ; whilst others bave been hunted from their homes and compelled to seek refuge in the swamps and thickets, where they were slain like wild beasts and their bodies hung up by the highways. Women have been imprisoned and forced to flee from burning homes, only to fall into the hated embraces of a .brutal sol diery ) and mothers and their children have been stopped ia the streets and ruddy stripped of their bonnets and sashes where they happen, ed to correspond with the colors of the Con federate States. Churches have been defiled and the Ministers of God dragged from the very “horns cf the altar.” The writ of habeas corpus, the freedom of speech, and tße sanctity ol the | domicil, have bean wantonly violated or ruth lessly destroyed. Five days ago Maryland, chained hand and foot, writhed in the arms of the oppressor, like a weeping, trembling virgin who appeals in •gain to the mercy of her ravisher. To morrow she may be free ! We have come to strike the fetters from bet- beautiful limbs and punish her despoiler. We have come to gather iu the last tribes of the South and to set a boundary be twixt our adversary aud ourselves. This done — a; we trust it will be before the snow shall have covered this lovely valley—we shall depart < in peace to our own homes among the sunny hllls of the freo and independent South. But should it be the will of Heaven that the war shall continue yet -another year, then we are resolved, by the blessings of God, to maintain the stijnd we have taken as long as there is a mu-kel left and a hand to wield it. We can never quit Maryland except as conquerors, or a broken, ruined army. A little more than two months ago, the bat tles of Richmond J were fought and the selge of the city was raised. Since that time the Army .of the Potomac has fought three pitched bat tles and seven combats, engaged ia numberless skirmishes, (in’ all of whieh it was successful over a superior force) marched two hundred miles through a comparatively desolated coun try, without tents, and in many instances on bare feet and with insufficient food, crossed one large river and several smaller streams, and to day threatens tho capital of an enemy who, seventy days since, was investing our own. This brilliaut campaign will strike the scales from 'the eyes of the people of the North, as it has already torn off the mack from their infamous government. While the former will bed. zzlcd iiy tha Mjjfel Of troth Upon them from our guns, the falsehood, • treachery, despotism and folly of the other, like the vile features of Mokauna, when stripped of their veil, can but disgust its deluded followers and bring it to open shame before an indignant world. We ransack history In vain for a more bril liant campaign tkau this. Our track from the James river to the Potomac, like the milky way ia the skies, is one of unsurpassed brightness and splendor. The rapidity of our movements, the splendor of our triumphs, the valor of our men and the genius of our leaders,* will strike the world with amazement. The army has not only driven the invader from our capital aud cleared the State of Virginia of his presence, but it is encamped to-day within twenty milei cf the Pennsylvania line, and in striking dis tance of Harrisburg, BslUmore and Washing ton. Such achievements as these, if they do not extort from foreign governments a formal recognition of cur independence, will at least tiemonstrale to ali.thicking incn our right to be tree, and the utter folly of any further attempt at our subjugation. It may be, as we advance forward, that our line of communications to the rear will be in tercepted; nevertheless we expect to be able to maintain ourselves wherever we. go. We now hold the Baltimore and Ohio railroad from L the Mococacy to Harper’s Ferry, and the branch road leading from that place down the valley of the Shenandoah to Winchester. This route will probably be adopted Id our communications with* the south) instead of the more exposed and inconvenient line to Manassito, and thence across the fords of tha Potomac, always subject to be rendered impassable by heawyjaiae. Tha enemy did not have time to destroy the railway bridge at Hyper's Ferry ;-but "succeeded, I am informed, iu removing most of the ears. It is not known what cars were on the Winchester branch at the time of his unpremeditated exit. We have conflicting reports from Baltimore. It was first said that the enemy were removing aH the military store? in the city, aud that cur friends there had risen t 6 prevent it.-Today we hear that a force, estimated at 80,003 men, was marching to the relief of the city from Washington. Both reports may ho true. -Gen. W T ool is the military commandant of the city.— Of course, we do not care how much the enemy divides hjs forces. If he should send them-ali to Baltimore, we can but quietly take posses sion of Washington, and should he concentrate them all iu the latter place, the agreeable alter nat ve will be left us to march leisurely down the great Cumberland turnpike and take Balti more. If he divide them, instead of one, we shali simply take two bites at the cherry ; or if we like it better, we may march North to Har risburg and take np our winter quarters ia the capi tal of Pennsylvania. As wc approach the Pennsylvania border, the people appear to be more equally divided ia their sentiments. Ia this and the more southern counties the sec-ss’onist? are re; re-rated to have a decided rcrJOrity. especially ia the large Sai t I rib g districts. Our friends have nodoabt I that, if left to a fair vote, the State would elect to go with the Confederacy by a large majority. The people at many places received us with shouts and fears, and begged us never to leave tha'State until we shall have released it from the grasp of the tyrant. The young men have already begun to enroll themselves, and we are assured that as soon as the Federal forces scat tered over the State shall have been compelled 1 to retire towards Washington, as they will be soon, thousands more will array themselves under our banner. The greatest excitement prevails from the Potomac to the Delaware, and Washington and Biltimore are represented to I be in a perfect trumor—tne one from fright, the other from joy. It appears that the Federal draft has only been postponed to the 15th inst., not abandon j ed. The people say onr eoming was just in i time to save theya from the dreadful alternative , of either taking up arms against their brethren 1 of the South, cr fleeing from their homes. One | man told ms he devoutly believed the finger of (Sod bad guided our foolstcp - sj id delivered the people through our hands. i Tho army has been resting' l ---day along Bn shady banks of the Mom>(e£tiv<-r, cooking, washing and bathieg. It is TCpoitid that v/o will move to-morrow, but in jrbat direction I am unable to say. Should wejsuccccd in get ting possession of BaJfithoic, jthe army will probably go into winter q partite there anil in Washington; for tlVe occupaUM of the former place would insure, tho fill of,we latter. With .the Baltimore ar.d Ohio Railroad and the Ches peake and Ohio Canal already in our posses sion, and the railway line between Washington, Baltimore ami Annapnhs rendered unavailable by our occupation of Baltimore,, the circa Rons route from New York and •Philadelphia around to the Chesapeake Bay, and Up ilo Potomac, would be the only channel left open bywbich the enemy could receive his supplies-. ! lie lo tomac Is frequently closed to navigation qy ice in the winter; but if it were not,_ ana it we should not obstruct it by batteries planted along its banks, still it would*!®* impossible to procure sufficient supplies by'fits route ior the city, and tho army quartered t’aire Whatever be our destination, however, wehopc to be aom to clothe and shoe the army wherever we may go; but ab this is not absolutely certain, the people at home should stftiuif every nerve to provide for the comfort of tie troops. The sick and wounded in the rear should be tho special objects of their attention, even if we should succeed in furnishing Che army in the field. I , Fredericktowc, near which are bivouac ing, is a place of several thousand inhabitants. All the hats, clothing and she us in the town have been bought up by tho quartermasters or the troops themselves. We-have found less trouble about our currency thin 'was expected. The rarmei**.and merchants prCior Maryland or Virginia money in exchange fo,|' their produce and wares, but still they arUxeiMnaisposed to receive Confederate' notes rtrf serao- ’arscsunt. Those who are unwilling to take them are gen erally Unionists, who close their stores and | barns pgainst us. As we advance away from the Potomac, and the brokers and sharpers come upon the board, the trouble will ooubi less be increased, unless 1 we are speedily and completely successful. It would have been wise, therefore, for Mr. Secretary Memminger to have made some arrangemeni witn the Vir ginia backs to supply a sufficient .amount cn their notes to meet the immediate wants of the army. Tho plan was suggested to him, anct it may be he will yet adopt if. The army is still too much scattered and busy for me to gather up the personal incidents and the galiant parts taken by particular officers m the late battles. I may say. however, that Jackson. Longstreet. A. P. Hill and Ewell, among the Major-Generals, and Toombs, Law tors, Hood, Wright, Wilcox, Pryor, Jenkins, Feathorstone, Gregg and others, among the Brigadier-General 3 , and Col. Anderson, com manding a brigade, were conspicuous lor ga laEtrv and good conduct. Wi’h rare excep tions' ali the, officers and men behaved with great coolness aiad 'intrepidity. The battle of Saturday, next to the first day’s fight at Shiloh, was the best conducted battle of the war. P. IV. A. * Tho letter reforrelfo has not come to hand —Kn. Destruction ol* Salt Worm at St, An drews aad St. Josephs. Cuthbekt, Ga., Sept. 19,1862. Editor Republican: Dear Sir —I write you to say that the Yankees have broken up the Salt Woiks at St. Andrews Bay and St. Josephs. This is reliable, ’ As three companies from this town are sufferers, and I have conversed with them, yho Yankees first erme u?hore at St. Andrews unddr a flag of truce, to afk if any armed forces were there to protect them, and being told there were' none, they ceiurr.ee! to their vessels and got axe?, battering rare?, &c,, and came on shore and broke every kettle, furnace, &c.,.:uk' told our n;er. If they attempt ed to rrmko salt there any more they would shell them. Ought wc to respect pgjvate prop erty in Ohio, Pennsylvania, &c.? Cannot Gem. Mcn-ccr send some forces to pro tect the Salt Works ca the. Baye ia coun ty, Florida ? Onr furnaces rtre making three to four hundred bushels a day there. Salt is very much needed, and these works can be easily defended, as no vessel drawing more than five feet water can enter B y, where most of tho salt is made, and it is too far from the channel to be shelled by blockading vessein. It would not require a large, force to defend these works, but if the Yankee? find they can land and break up the work?, they will do’so. Two Yau'wevd apsa pany to make salt, to St. \wurhltT, went ever to tho Yankee blockading vess*! and did not come back, and it is supposed fully posted the Yan kees as to the number and condition of our Seat Works at St. Andrews. If we had some troops at Bay, oV near (he Bay, the Yan kees would soon knew it, and keep near their •vessels. Respectfully, „ • J. McK. Gunn. ’Address of General Lee to tlte People of Maryland. The following admirable address of Gen. Lee to the people of Maryland, has been issued from his headquarters at Frederick : Headquarters Army of Northern Va., ) tfoar Frederick town, fiept. 8,1862. j t To the Dople of Maryland: It is right that know ihq purpose that has brought the army undqyjoy command within the limits of your State, so for as that purpose concerns yourselves. The people of the Confederate States have long watched, with the deepest sympathy, the wrongs and out rages that have been inflicted upon the citizeDSjof a Commonwealth allied to the Slates of the South by the strongest social, political and commercial tics. They have seen, with profound indignation, their s s'er State deprived of every right, and to tho condition cf a conquered pro vince. Under the pretence of supporting the Consti tution, but iu violation of it? most valuable provisions, your citizens h ive been arrested and itnprisoiMid upon no charge,Hind contrary to all forms of lew. Tlfe falthtul and manly protest against this outrage, made by the venerable and illustrious Marylanders, to whom, in bettor days, no citizen appealed for right in vain, was treafod with scorn aud contempt. The govern ment of your chief city has been usurped*by Araed strangers ; your'Legislaturehas beendis sc lveff by the unlawful arrest of its members ; freedom of the pre.-s and of speech have been suppressed ; words h \p been declared offences by an arbitrary decree oi the Federal Executive, and citizens ordered to betrioffby a military commission for what they r,ny 'dare to speak Bqlkvir g that the people of Maryland posses sed a £ptnt too 1 -fty to submit to such a Government, the people cf the South have long wished 'to aid you in throwing off this foreign ■yoke, to enable you again to enjoy the inalien able rights ol freemen, • and restore indepen dence and sovereignty to your State. In obedience to this wish our army has come among you, and is prepared to assist you with the power ot its arms in regaining tin rights of which you have been despoiled. This" citizens of Maryland, is cur mission, so far as you arc concerned. No constraint upon your free will is intended —no iutisnidatien will be allowed. Within the limits of this army, at least, Mary landers shall once more enjoy their ancient freedom of thought and speech. We know no enemies among you, and will protect all, ol every opinion. It is for you to decide your destiny, freely and without constraint. This army will respect your choice, whatever it may be, and while the Southern people will rejoice to welcome you to your natural position among them, they will only welcome you when you come of your own free will. R. E. Lee, General Commanding. From the St. Johns River. THE TANKER GUNBOATS RENEW THEIR ATTACK UPON OUR BATTERIES, AND ARE AGAIN RE PCI SED. l.< . crnc -r ..1 litre yesterday, by i-te griph iropa Baldwin, ( which was confirmed on the arrival of the train from Jacksonville,) that fivu of the Yankee gunboats engaged our bat teries on Bi. Johns Bluff at an early hour yes terday morning. The engagement lasted some four or five hours, when the gunboats drew off —one and! them running into a creek beyond the range of our gups, and the others falling down the river. This is the second time that our boys have repulsed the “invulnerable” and “invincible” gunboats, and it goes to prove what we have always contended—that the St. Johns river is defensible, and never ought to have been aban doned to the inroads of the enemy. We have heard no particular* as to the extent of the damage done to the enemy’s gunboats. Our batteries are uninjured. The casualties on our Side are two killed and two wounded. The Yankee loss of course cannot be ascertained ; We hope to obuvn full particulars to-day. [Lake City Columbian, IS.h. Down Goes Sugar and Coffee.—Private ac i counts from Virgin:i eay that there is a panic : in the Coffee and Sugar Market, and prices going down rapidly. Many other articles are i expected to follo w the same direction. . [Augusts Constitutionalist. Special Correspondence Of tin- Savannah Eo[-uhHcaß, - Leesburg and Us Tnfi'iSitauts—General litjuicing i— Orossbig the Potomac—A Novel Sight—The Country and People Confront,—Rumors—Prc s-1 cut Probable Destination—The Ravages of the Feelerals—Oen Let's Orders respecting Private Property—Mistered Alt' Darning Trains — Success of our Arms. Near Frederick, Md , Sept. 7,15G3 Mr. Peltier : .< t 8 p. m. Frith y, we resumed our march towards Leesburg, rfarLcgh a most beautiful country. Either side of the verdant valley through which our hosts moved slowly along like a huge anaconda, was lined by blue hills ar.d lefty peaks. The extensive torn fields, and vast plains of waving clover and grass be speak the opulence and industry of the people. It is emphatically as pretty a country as I ever saw in the vfild West; where “Nature’s beauty, unmarred by human industry, shines resplen dant; or even among the hills and valleys and winding streams of Tennessee. Our approach was welcomed by the fair daughters of these beautiful hills and dales, with waving haudkerejnefs and every demon stration by which they could ihow their grati tude add joy on being freed from the tyranny of a military despotism they Late.. Leesburg is an ancient and pretty town of considerable size, numbering, perhaps* five thousand souls. Many of the buildings arc stone, and comparatively few are wood. Every TSSieony on tbh main street, as we passed through, was crowded with beautiful women, smiling upon their deliverers and waving their white handkerchiefs, cheering us on. I have rarely seen more beautiful women. The sotn- j bre weeds of mourning wore laid Sside, and all j appeared gay and joyous. Here all our sick and barefooted men were left. When they were marched in they looked gs large as a brigade. Many of them tvUl,doubt less join their companies vary soon. Yesterday morning wo crossed the Potomac. I imagine that to the gncler.t Israelite, the cross-, ing of the river Jordan was not fraught wish more interest than was the crossing of the Po-'j tomac to the conquering Southron. The first j sight of its broad surface was hailed by a shout j from the whole column that made the hills echo for miles around, and told bow tjt-joicvd were their hearts. Hera I witnessed a mao-! right. Preparatory to wading the stream, (at ibis ford about four hundred yards wide anil two and a half feet deep,) the army, officers aud all, bared their legs aad waded over! While every variety, color and style of coot could bs seen, there j was perfect uniformity iu the lower dress ! At a distance it was an amusing sight. (I woW I advise my lady friends t,o shut tlieir eyes-wbiie j they read this paragraph!), Many persons on the Maryland side ha ’ -,i j our approach with demonstrations ofunfeigu. . joy. The young men say they had already been [ enrolled by Lincoln’s officers, and were to h . - e ! been drafted on the ldvh of .this month. All; the people, however, are rot Southern. So, le ; in the little village f '•'Buck- ttown,” (f belli :e ; this is the name,) refu td mirk-. Confeder„, v | money. Many 1 H< , botvev r, give ns a chepr-) ing welcome. Tnere are nv .wed Licoplaites in the neighborhood, ■•.!;.ns; sfe leave to the qni.: enjoyment of their opiffiedb. *Wc crc dcU, mined to show cur superiority eve - the Feder- i als in every rcspcck by not iSaßating their no- | farious example. Their property, by a very j strict order recently ksued by Gen. _ Lee, is to be scrupulously respected. We are-uot allowed to burn a rail or pull a rosling ear. How dif ferent was the conduct of the vandals towards our people ! How different, in fact, wa3 the conduct cf our own soldiers! Between the two armies, the country from Gordonsviile or Orange C. 11. to within a few utiles cf Leesburg, is a barren waste, t-n Arabian desolation. Scarcely a fence remains to mark the bouttda tiaa-cf .pace splendid estates—and .- ia msnvln,- _ stances TTio" mansions oLtho wealthy sympa thize. - with the “rebellion” arc stripped of everything valuable, aud then laid in luins* The clover and corn fields are worn smooth by being encamped upon. St ch is not the case with Maryland. The Fedcra’s, to win over all of doubtful loyalty, have scrupulously respect ed private property—iu this section, at least.— and for the same reason.G.en. Lee has issued stricter orders; • The country so far, is nusurpas ed in beauty. Tae distant mountains, tire • blue fringed hills, ar.d the vast green fields, stretching out like an ocean on either side, presenting a prospect, in my notion, unparalleled in beauty. It is a modern Eden, favored by Nature iu every ma. terial respect. Rumors are .afloat in camp to the effect that Jackson met U*e Yankees near Frick, yes terday, and captured several Hi and 1 nr: oners.. This noed3 esaftrsaatian, and I >■, v v rmr \ received it. 1 heard heavy firhu. ;• i. i -.ion of Harper’s Ferry late j esterday* e . a . r.i. mor says it was a battle between G.; L and the Federal?. Nothing definite if - We will march from this point to Fn.--i.o ck, four miles distant. We will perhaps rest io . o a day or so, cook rations and -prepare for some important onward movement. I do not under stand the programme determined upon by Gen. Lee, but guess we will first clear Maryland o" pur haired tyrants, and then “carry the war into Africa.” The Yankees'should be made to taste some of the “bitter sweets” of their cherished s eheme cf hostile invasion. I believe we can disorganize their present demoralized anny. If we press them hard, they cannot before*cold weather organize another fore--. Everything points to a speedy and'honorable peace. We hear that our forces7sovc Uopn vie riwious in the West—that Tennessee ap-i h prr.ioa of Ken tucky ate now ia our j-. 0- ' on. God grant it may be true ! • , t Crossing those eir-eata* yc-len.-.y, made mtr feet extremely aore, in consequence r ’ many, very maty, gavi out. I suff ' i keenest agonies from my swoileh aud b'itursd feet; but my pride kept me from fail'.r ? out. I did not want to set ruv b:p such a f ’ ex ample. My townsman, Lieu;. Ivcr al3 at , ;,.vcas pome interesting details of the b'atUu of Bristow Station, an ’ the burning of he tr has .at Manas sas-Juncrion. At the Sv. L.: enemy were held in cheek ! - ri-v .1 rp.. Vy u very small force. J.'.ck.-o": caffiu, <;d two cr three long trains loaded > P.h for Pope’s army. After filling their h '-f everyth!: g thry i wanted, the trains v... . and. There was enough . f cKi-.n. Jack...:.’a army three months,tu* he destroyed all. Li. Bu. <".na as one of peculiar grander, i;,o fi-_ „. lit up the country for many miles around, ami excited a good deal of apprehension in Washington. You may expect to hear of wonders perform ed by the consolidated veteran armies of Long street and Jackson. . V. A. S. P. I Arkansas. — v ‘o had an interview yes y! C . *}y~ \F. 1 le * : H : “ .eg h irfc L r uns tcrcisi . he rear ■ la baggeu an entire regiment of Can's’ army, amounting to some five or six hundred men. They were decoyed by cavalry scouts into an infantry ambuscade aad captured. , There, was also some skirmishing the dev he left, he having seen some ten or fifteen wound ' cJ J! oldl £f s or ou?ht in before leaving. snit>‘i ( Lw Ce v S w t elena i he says, are becoming somewhat shakey at the present prospect of af they are pretty well assured that their ? f ““P 6 He!ena i3 hy way of i- “°)'tment npen LitUe Rock at present, i not talked 01. waste the°cou3try El They iD of Helln?£ By wav of re-^H-w Pp ltS f [ o!a u i the river.- soon be foraging in Qhio an^PennJvlvanb. WiU [Memphis Appeal, 16;h. £aw a wa ffou on terda J- a quantity of crude cop -7 coamy, Ala. It waSTepre be cea riy?ure, and was selling for 50 P"? 2 ?' did oat learn what was the ex-eat of the supply in Henry county. [Columbus Entsuirer. ! ’ri Tweaty-siiflf oor/-.Ja ‘a t: to a<j -.la cf (fee 2Slit A MIDDLEBUKO. Va Bvp.. '■■ •}, 180.3. ; Editor Sr.vann h JltqiuWean': —'Vsilo jthe op j port unity I'ie:. . • if, I ca'ttiot <refrain from 1 writing you a few L- t.-ina.-;atitoof the ! gallantry of tie £(>•.’• 'ic.liccnt upon | the bloody and weo i.te.M.ed titld->'f Manassas, j on Thursday, the SSJi ol August, 1503. j Again bas Geo - ; been illustrated by the | bravery of her &cu , ...djagain . ."it her lot to | clothe herself in the mourning garb, in mqaiQry lof the gallant dead As v,; :tLtd -past'the grates of the lamented Bart, v and ol the mem bers of the Oglethorpe Light InfauLy, o! Bi vamiah, little did we*ihh. k thau o many of us through whose veins the warm blood was so freely coursing, would, before the dawn of day, like them, be lying in thn cold embrace o 1 death. Jus: Le‘. : •/' !■:, cr : 1:c • Grp cf the 23th, General A. 3!. : .-.on’s Lv'gtffic, to which the 2(5Li belong 3 , up Snliuo.-.f battle in a skill of woods near the battlefield, and at dark was ordered to ; ist General Trimbull’s brigade. . The 20. h entered the field under the command of Lieut. CM. E. S. Griffin, Major James 8. Sirin and Adjutant A. J. Liles. We marched steadily across au open field for four or five hundred yards,through which the bails were flying by thousands, without firing a ricgleshot Men v.erc constantly filling from file ranks) but our brave Georgi-ma wav..rtd not: as a man frill ;; i place was aamediately filled by aa ofLer, mu lire rtt.lmeci moved .steadily to the 1 ' ’ • cer-eary commands given Vfcffias,- nearvu i cmy, General Jackson redenp b-. n.m. .i.i ' i.e &nc ro.vtdui by the memory of our . Share < ■■. bold stroke, and the ef>y wt-r.io curs ; . gcrlsstly (!.d the brave men to ho was ; obey his orders. Vo-1- y ;• -.u v - ley was poured into the ranks of the <' .my wi h teriibie effect; still they held their gsonnfi cud cur Kirks kept getting thinner and thin aw. During the heavy fire, Lieut. Go! Gr fiin, of the 20 b. was wounded, and-tloi ccmmm-l devolved upon Major-J. g.. Blain. A (ter firing several rounds, Gen. Law ‘■oz -'-'o • ' ' i'3r the brigade to fix bayonets, and c!.;,: ,•• the enemy. At the command every man bounded over a fence which separated them from the enemy, and with't-he true Geor gia yell rushed upon them. Then it was that the 3)th suffered so terribly. Men fell 'from the ranks’by doztns still they wavered -not. The color Sergeant fell mortally wounded ; but the colors had hardly touched tho ground before they were raised by Lieut. R-, ...rs of'the color company, and again waved in tho advance.— Then “ was Grata well directed volley from the .hrigfith*. at a eistanco of thirty yards, sent the canny fiyipg in confusion c-ver the-hills to the rtoUfin. The night being very dark no pursuit was attempted; we had accomplished cur ob ject and was content to hold tire battle -fidd. L was sf heart sickening - V omeas I wz -! upon the regiment ... ~ rmed after Ti.u 23th Georgia entered the field with eigh teen commissioned officers and one hundred .‘-mi seventy-three non-comhiissioned joffic-i-rs privates j aud lost twelve commissioned of . 0 - one hundred and twenty-five non -■ icued.officers and privates. 1 --1 you a list of the •killed and wounded ■ ■ -.h Georgia regiment, which I hope you -I-- i&h,-with the request tt.at the Macon Telegr-i h and Augusta Oor.ut'.trrilcnalist copy. Very respect; uliy, Your obedient serv’t, One of 7113 2Gth. ' LIST OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED OF TIIE 20TH OA. REO’T IN THE li.'.TTL!’ OS' MANASSAS, AU GUST 28th, 1803. , FIELD AND STAFF. Killed: &foo. V7ounded: Lieut. Col. E. 8. Griffin, neck and shoulder; Adjutant A. J. Liles, neck and shoulder; Serg’t. Major E. 11. Crawley, arm and hip. CO. A—IMV VSWICK RIFLES, LT. n. DIXON, cOji shoal.: ; Orderly Sergeant- Urbauus Dart, fore-mm; Serg’t John J. Spears, abdomen; Corp’l .John Facety, in right breast; Privates Patric k Burney, hand ; J-rs. Barrelt, arm ; Jus. G. W. Harris, thigh ; George Holmes, both legs; Jos,. MeLemore, hand; Daniel Cronan, arm and shoulder; Jno. NSbk>. abdomen; Thos. Camming, heel; Felix F. McDermott, hand. CO. B— M’IKTOSH GUARDS, T.T’ CT. E, BLOUNT, com’dg. Killed f None. tVoululvl: L.;ty;eant Wm. Flank, right breast; B-u-g’,. Win: JB. White, arm; Private Jas. D-.nvergsu - , shoulder. Mis sing: Privates Gfio. Jtowe, J. 3. Townson. CO. C—PIcCOLA VpLUNTEERS, LT. J. H. HUNTER, COJI’EG. Killed: Color Sergeant The?. J. Durham, Orderly Sergeant W. S. Hines; Privates John Aldcrrran, Virgil A H Edwards, John P. Hun ter, Mathew Smith, Eli C. Mitchell, Robert A Jackson. Wounded: Lieut. J. ii. Hunter, . abdomen ; Privates Jr-im South'.:-:'-, abdomen ; Jas. E Southern, both thighs and Lip; John ?J. Burch, knee; Zach {lcLc-od, hand ; Clayton Ileriiiig, thigh; 8. Brannon, head and eye. CO. D—SEABOARD GUARDS, LT. E. L. FEATiCE OF THE WIRE QRAI-S MINUTE MEN, COM’DG. " Killed: Privates Vv. L. Davis, A. J. MeClei i !;• 13, C. B. Giay. Wounded: Corporal J. T. r, haul; Privates Wesley Rowfand, knee; I;e\vißPardon, thigh; A. J. I-Icrrir,head. Mis sing : Private David Koen. CO. B-WIRE GRASS .MINUTEUIEX, CAIT. .JOHN LEE, XiOM’DG. Kiri : ' v Jap. Riggins; Privates J. B. Rig gin-, T. 8. 'fiiewell, Jos. E. Trowel). Wound ed : Cu t.- John Lee, hand; JSt. B L. Pearce, arm-broken ; Swg’t. J. A. Hogan, head ; Corp’l. Wa. i. . . on, leg; *Priv ttes Ji hE. I£ar-er, 1;:.- r; >. m. J- Morris, arm, lenee and body; E. A. Eillhtt, shoulder, i-roast, leg and baud ; It.'J. Joiner, arln; A. Me&w.vtu, shoul der; Mitcliril Sweat, foot; Vi. J. Murray, hips and legs. . CO. F —WAKE CU.ARFS, C4PT. T C. LOTT, COM’ilO. Killed: (rip.. . C. Lott, Cori-’i. Jefferson* Gcettce.lriir - .is Wiili:u,:u. Wouaded;Xt. J. T. P • •:*, r.rm and hrca.ri; Serg’t. R. Sweat. . te: Pri - r-u Daniel Patterson, leg; j Henry Gu - . lan-. ; ■ ■ et Coleman, thigh; i A. Goetfee, left b'n a tri.r.l iriae; John Sellers, '.hip; it. B- Puijiipr, vrt-uud unknown. co. —okepenokee iuflzß, cirr. john ARNETT, COM‘I;G. Killed : Oovji’l A. J. M lie , Win. Water :, Private J .. .. t iru onuded : Capt. J. Arnett, side a: a ; fc- McD. M. Boothe, ana. E. igh; H. Robm -160,1 ind; ■ ; Benj. Roach, she uiu : . . aiOBS Ht Carter, ffbdo mc-n ; David ator.e, abdoiosn ; D. Dougherty, head : Wi-LP jl-P —rson, lacs ; Eaton Taylor, arm; Peter Spiker, wound: and and iuTbe hands cf tho enemy. CO. n—BARTOW LIGHT INFANTRY, LIEUT. H. H. * SMITH, COM’DG. K : P. i Jennings JohuroH, Langdcn i Turali ri . L ;•< tie Dee.-, Wlllet Yarborrough, Madison vVaiker, Irwin Moore. Wounded: Lieut. H. H. Smith, arm. Privates John H. Dasher, hip ari abdomen; Richard Moore, ieg broken; '.Vm.' C. Wilkinson, through the shoulder and arm brok*. o ; fi.' Cunningham, hand ; Lr.wrc: ee. Lawson, leg ; Toby Hewett, heel; James Alien, body ; George Carter, arm; Jesse More, head ; Jesse Adapts ear; Martin Knight, should:-”; Gus. Strickland, hand ; W. Hunt, arm. CO. I—FAULK rNVINC BLES, LIEUT. D. N. NEL SON, com’dg. K:,-. . : ri. i . B- j lie Corffii Jopn - m - ... i.a •,. i m mas fiuaaders. ••. --a and: Private* Wm. Lvrqb, arm and thigu ; K. “rltConnell, knee ; Benj. Vincent, hand ; Patrick Nolan, kg ; Wm. Crawford, hip ; Noel! Hills, lower pan of abdo men ; J. P. Rickferson, tb'.gh and arm ; H. A. Pruett-, leg ; H. li. Manning, shoulder. CO. K—FORREST RANGERS, LIEUT. VINCENT A. HODGES, COM’DG. Killed : Lif-at. V. A. Hodges, Sergt. Mark C. Chauneey. Privates Joel Spikes, John Griffins, John Summerlin, Thomas M. BSnnetl. . Wounded : Sergt. L. T. Morgan; felt breast; Corp’l Wm. Smith, lei: brea=t. Privates Becj. Smith, in the leg; Wm. B. Booth, thigh ; J. B. Mills, neck ; C. H. Hall, thigh ; Wtj. S. Ginn, right breast; Thompson Harris, head ; J N. McQnalg, arm and abdomen; V,m. Agu, hand; Je.-s: G. Booth, hand; D. H. Smith, hip ; John Sweat, feet. Our sultrier - ;u Maryland have supplied tb'-in selvt-3 wiria many auicies necessary lor their comfort, at very low prices ; asd a letter tays Confederate money and corporation notes of Richmond aad Lynchburg were giadly taken in payment for all articles purchased.—[Richmond Dispatch. tsto. <ti. TELZiaBAPHio STOHT IN MARYLAND '-a he Confederates Victorious. THE EAEMY DRIVEN BACK. Biohmdnd, SepS. I T—Tha report of tha at Harpst’a Ferry, aad captu-e of B,COO prisoners, is confirmed. Oa Sunday, Gen. D. H. Hill was attacked in Mary land with 80,000 mon. The fl*ht continued all day with heavy loss on both sides. On Monday, Goa. Dill, reiafoicod by Longstroat, renewed the battle and drovo tho enemy bask three miles. • . Gon. Garland, of Virginia, was 'killed on Suuday. His body arrived hero this afternoon. Late from Vicksburg. Despatch from Capt. V. W. Sims, O. L, I. THE PULASKI PRISONERS COMING HOME. TSpecial deepatch to the Savannah Republfcafe] Viokseuko, Sept. IT —About 8,000 exchanged pris oners arrived here last night. All those from Fort Pulaski are hortS and will bs homo soon. F. Tf. Eisis. LATEST PROM THE WEST.- CAPTCRK OS' IUKA, SHtsJSiasat■Bcscw4---feqat. DegMtc-tawLP 1 Mobile, Se-t. 18.—A sj e rial despatch to the Adver tissr and Register, from luka, 16th, says: This place was captured on Monday morning last. The enemy evacuated during the night. But for the premature attack we should have captured tho whole garrison. VVe captured- over a million dollars in valuo. The enemy was strongly fortiHed. Our loss was five; the enemy’s thirty, of whom ten were left dead on the field, Our forces arrived in time to save the town from destruction. The citizens were found with their household goods out of doors, awaiting! he application of the torch by the vandals. . The enemy carried off two hundred nagroes,: of whom thirty wore re-captured by our scouts. Twelvo houses aud three mills were destroyed on tho line of march from Marietta to I aka They retreated in the direction of Corinth. 1 Last night a demon ttralion on our li tea was made by the enemy. It is believed, this was done as a feint to cover their retreat. It is also believed they ara creas ing the Tennessee river at Harrisburg. Evacuation of Cmufeeriand Gap! K Cur Forces Farsuiag flic Yankees! ANDY JOHNSON’S FAMILY. [Special despatch to tire Savannah Republican.] Knoxville, Sept. 19.—Tho enemy evacuated Cum berland Gap Wednesday night last. They blew up their magazines, destroyed all their stores and other property, and blasted the rocks in order to block up the roads and render pursuit difficult. They retreated by the Parian road to Kentucky. Our forces are pursuing them from Cumberland Ford and Baptist Gap. * Andy Johnson’s family are at Greenville, Tennessee within our lines. They aro permitted by order of the Secretary of Wa r to return to the enemy’s lines. Further from Harper’s Ferry and Maryland. McClellan at Sliarpsburg and a Fight Imminent. JACKSON’S OFFICIAL KEFOBT, DEAIH OF GENERAL RENO. Goedoksville, Sopt. 19.—We paroled at Harper’s Ferry eleven thousand and ninoty privates, and four hundred and twenty-five officers. Wo took two thousand negroes, 6ftecn-rtho-uau;..,; stand of small arms, aad forty-six pieces of cannon. Colored Watkins’ battery took five hundred horses themselve.’. Our loss was three killed and forty wounded. Tho enemy’s dead were covered in ditches. We cannot tell how many were engagod in tho fight at Sharpsburg We took three thoucand prisoners. General Garland and Colonel Strange were killed. General D. H. Hill was 1 roughly handled, but man aged to hold the enemy in check. Richmond, Sept. 20 —Col. Lindsay Walker arrived here to-day from Harper’s Ferry, which place he left Wednosday afiemoon. Ho says tho cannon and stores captured in the late engagement had all been removed, and there had been no fighting since Monday, when the Yankees at the Ferry capitulated. Our army was in the highest spirits. McClellan, with his army, was ia our front, and oc cupied a position near Sharpsburg. A general battle was expected in a very few days. Gen. Reno, who succeeded McDowell after tho Ma | nassas defeats, was killed in ‘be battle near Boons boro’, in Maryland. Stonewall Jackson’s official report of the battle cf Harper’s Ferry, dated 16th, says: “Yesterday God crowned our arms with another brilliant success, in tha surrender at Harper’s Ferry of Brig. Gen. White and eleven thousand troops, on equal number of small arms, seventy-three -pieces of artillery, aad about two hundred wsgons. In addition to other stores, there is a large amount of camp and garrison cquiphge. Our loss is very small.” Further from Harper’s Ferry. JACKSON CAPTURES 10,000 YANKEES AND 50 PIECES OF ARTILLERY. S.CCO YANKEES KILLED AND WOUNDED IN THE MARYLAND FIGHT. Richmond, Sept. 19.—Governor Letcher received a letter to-day, dated 16th, at Winchester, which con firms the report of the unconditional surrender of tea thousand Yankees at Harper’s Ferry, on Monday, without the loss of a single man on cur side. * General Jackson also captured fifty pieces orarlil le y, with ammunition, stores, Ac, in abundance. Tse letter also reports an engagement in Maryland between Boonsborough and Middletown, in which the enemy were repulsed with a reported loss of five thousand kil’ed and wounded. Tho Confederate loss was also heavy. No particulars given, THE YANKEES IN TREPIDATION. Grov. Cuftin calls for 20,000 Philadel phians for the Defence of the City. The Chicago Times of the 13th says Stonewall Jack son left Baltimore and Washington to the right, and is marching on Harrisburg. Jackson's cavalry advance is on every road, creating consternation, it not being known at what point h3 wiU make a demohsttation. Gov. Curtft called on tho'May -r of Philadelphia',to ft&nish 2-1,030 men in twelve hours for the defense of the city. The hour of retaliation has come. Congressional News. Eioimond, Sept. 19.—1n the Senate, today, tho House bill to provide for the payment of troops raised in Missouri by General Price, wa3 taken upindpass ed. The exemption bill was further considered. In the House a bill was passed fixing t!l ® , ral t, pay of Adjutants of independent batiahons. ne also adopted a resolution of thanks to **< aj ,r ‘ _ gruder arid his command- Mr. F^ oo e, *“* - mittee on Foreign Affairs, report" uac ' ' m relation to the conduct of the war, i ‘ L<l n , w ' lion of tie western rivers, with modifications. Mr. Barksdale, ofilire., presented a mirror.ty report. Both reports were ordered to be primed. Later from the Cotton Hill Fight. Mobile. Sept. 19.—A special despatch to the Adver tiser and Register, iron* Knoxville, ISih, stys: An express messenger from Lynchburg reports that in the battle at Cotton Hilt, Fayette county, between General Bering and the Yankees, the 1 >ea of the enemy was six hundred; ours only'-wenty five. Among the killed was Lieut. Cox, of the orSt > ff ginia Regiment. The enemy was totally routed. . V__. The Yankees at Ponehatoula.' 'Camp Mooee, Bept. 17.-Tbe Yr.nkees, 200 strong, came up tha Railroad to Ponctatoffa on Id nday, and burnt seven cr eight cars. The Federal* lost five or six killed, about the same number wounded, and a few prisoners. Our locs was one killed and a few wounded-