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“" 1 ' ~ ,T c Tem- orton has been as
siSto the command of Mississippi, and that
pi“ of Louisiana east of the nver Mississippi.
Thfi at Old Point islo be pulled
downthis week, notwithstanding “Represen
tive” Seear’s protest.
General Jeff. Thompson was in Augusta
Tuesday last, but the papers do not say whitke r
bound. I—
pope’s first despatch from the Indian country
announces a victory with the savages in fall
rout. The inevitable conclusion ,s that Pope
2
has been whipped.
and wili
pass through that city in a ,ew days.
Called Bession of the Alabama Legisla
ture —Gov. Shorter, of Alabama, has issued a
proclamation directing that the two houses of
the General Assembly of that State convene on
the 27th inst.
Hon. John Toytoc Lomax, a distinguished
citizen of Virginia, who was Professor of Law
in the University and for twenty-five years
Judge of the Circuit Court, died at his resi
dence in Fredericks; burg, on the lEt met.
Thirty-Second Georgia. —Our aimy cor
respondent speaks of this regiment as being m
Virginia. If correct, He ; are two regimen.s
bearing that number, as a Thirty second Geor
gia is encamped near Savaofealn
A Bucket Facto; y 1 is caihi ~~ced opcrattois
in gaundersvilic, V T A.hizg.on county, Wjicu
the Editor of the Ceorgkn Gays will soon turn
out from one hundred to two hr.t ;r a good
cypress buckets per day. They a:o now engag
ed on a government contract.
A Good Measure —Congress bat passed a
law to hang all soldiers and camp foilo'vers c
the Yankee army who shah be 1 urd ctrcu.av
ing counterflet Confederate n . s • l,l “
tory. The offenders to bo tried by cour..
martial.
Departure of Prisoners— Tin;
prisoners confined at Savannah ami hat ‘
all left for Richmond., where they wnl be- ei.iio
paroled or exchanged. They number aoout
I#3oo.1 # 300. A few Biel; remain, who w Aba h>r-■
warded as soon as they shall bea'-dc i Uavu,.
Capture of~John Forsyth.— The Mobile
Avertiser & Register is reliably informed that
Capt. John Forsyth, owe of the editors oi GuU
paper and Volunteer Aid to Gen. Bragg, was
recently taken prison r, with nine other s near
Murfreesboro’, Teen. Capt. Forsyth was cn
route for Gen. Bragg’.- headquarters at the l me
of his captnre.
Yankee Prisoners —IVu are glad to ecr,
from the Richmond Dir; itch, that the Faderals
who are now captured by the Confederates are,
since the employment o( the Harper’s Ferry
prisoners in fighting the Indians, compelled to
take a different parole, excluding them from
serving the United States government in any
capacity whatever until exchanged.
Mclntosh OotjNTY Guards.— The following
are the casualties in the Mclntosh County
Guards, in the battle at Sharpsburg, on the 17ih
nit. The company had been reduced by previ
ous battles and disease t.o ten men :
Capt. B. F. Grace, wounded iu the shoulder;
Sergeant John Brown, in the arm; F. D. L.
Durant, mortally w ’ and J; W. 11. Cowart,
eliglitly; IV. J. Donelly, slightly; J. M. Cow
art, slightly; John Ingraham, iu arm.
Foreign News.—“L* Franco” ;■ t ; that
a majority of the Cabinet of Juarez hi and deci
ded ou proposing terms cf capitulation to Gen.
Foroy on the basis ot the turreuder o: ti e ci.y
of Mexico and Puebla to the French.
Canton dates of August 10. h represent that
Canton and Macon had been visited by a vio
lent typhoon. Immense darcego was caused
to property, aid forty thousand bv's were
lost. _____
Wish Guard; —This fine company, formerly
attached to the V -rt Pturuki pan bon, haws re
organized for t! War, end Will report to the
26th Georgia Regiment, Colon el C C. Wilson.
The lollowlng are the officers:
Captain—M. J. McMullen.
Ist Lieutenant— B. A. Smith.
2d “ John n. Blow.
3d “ James W. Holt.
Orderly Sergeant—Titos. B._AsitttßßY.
Tm: Confederate Flag.—Oongre?? has at
las t adopted ft design 'or th • Nation ;1 11ft;.'. Its
peculiarity consists ?. ria l -of white hr Its in
ai mo ground. The TU* are ihut-nlv. s cir
cle.-', and interlocked t - ito So tin ft 1 \rw cir
cle. Their number equal to that of the
States. Each link In-.r.g in iisgf comj lete, is
symbolic ot State roven guly, h tUelr
Union represents the <■' -■■■>! f-l-t Mo;i.
A despatch to the Northern pn-s dated
Louisville, midnight, SepteinU'r 25 h, r-aja :
'•The armies ot Bik-H : • ' i’-a ■ L" 1 L 1 -iron,
Teun., and Carthago • .•■ ,v< tv *v> !;•>• 2lst ot
August, Buell fe.ilo". Ml;.- •.•-e, •> and B ■ ft’-bo
chord of a circle. (the Fedc i ) army
traveled three hundred ■ 1 our r.t.ics and
Brass’s three hundred 1 . i Buell
got iuto Northern K utuefcj ore day ahead of
Bragg, notwithstanding th j icun ■ e excess of
our transportation ot r ' ■>fit’ ■ -;aiuy.’
Cautukei) Geosoian —TI • \.;ukce p-ipcre
report among the wout '. ui-'u avd su;goons .
captured at Sharpsburg, the following from tins
State :
Lieut. Jas. McNeil, tVr.sj*try 4ft- Ga.
Lieut. Col. Thos. G • tu, -T iG a
Capt. J. W. Flint, y (1, lt> h G-v
Assistant Surgeon C S UUt Ga.
Assistant Surgeon R. N -tt, MU Gs.
Surgeon Chas. Gnr ry, Ander- ' ii 'g .dr.
Assistant Surgeon, W. P. Y n.ft. 4th G-.u
CoKNftsitATK Officers —i a.' Now 1 ork
Herald publishes a list n-.cmlcrs o: the Con*
federate Congress, and . 'so a !r t of the General
officers of the Crnife 1 army, .giving IST
Generals, of whom SI >n> 1 rf West
Point. This list is divided nr.; , • tbe several
States as follows: Virg' ia, ill; ft a l ’.; Carolina,
14; Georgia, 14 ; Kentucky, 11; “ e, 11;
Louisiana, 9; North Car V" ; Alabama, 7;
Mississippi, 5; Missouri. 5; Arkansas, ft; Tex
as, 4; Maryland, S; I>. trie; of Oohimi'D, 2;
Florida, 1; Unknown, C.
iiESKUAi. Gkorc.b \V. Gordon, ; native of
Georgia, but for some y< ar* a residt tof Maury
county, Tenn., died at Yschsiu., . •' .u time
,-lnce. He bold the ih's ot' Ce th v.ife Con
federate army, was cap r D , B ,
and died on his return
General Gordon will be rcr.: .■ by av
who have shared his 1 -I'U' • > ; fuGe
mauly and polite preyrh : -. of the Gordon ,
spriegs, some years ’ • ■ w ' - G"
l,cH ot men—a true pat. : and Christian
g. uileiuan. He left a Wow, wto, we believe;
n sw resides in Washington, Wilkes county.
Fbom Buaoo’s Ahmt.—We have, at b>t, di
rect and reliable information from the rmy ot
General li-the first since he eroded tie
borders of Kentucky, except hi-* rrr-er.cest
Glasgow and the taking oi Mr.forv:ho. Iho
letter copied elsewhere, from the correspon
dent of the Augusta ConsfituitocaLC., ecu:airs
tamv irtcrsatlrg tacts ccnccnsim: the fo egress
of our army, which will be IBd with i t.rrJt.
Am it;other things, it would s.<m to coutra
dl t the Federal report the death of Colonel
K r v ,‘a! and, tueo***., yk* letter was probably
written by the n*nUnu fom-e.’.:, though we
have co authority the belief beyond the
C’rcumsUncetk
■PIEHEH g-A ~V~i -InT-A-H
Postal I*llll cullies.
Mr. Reagan has not only failed to furnish the
country with the mails, but has fouud out that
the imperfect service vouchsafed is costing
more than the receipts of the Department will
pay, and hence, according to v a very wise (!)
provision of the Confederate constitution, the
country must suffer still more unless some ex
pedient can be found to get around the consti
tutional difficulty. The Judiciary Committee
of the Senate has had this knotty point under
consideration, and they have solvt and it in true
lawyer’s fashion. They have an? to ihe con
elusion that if the Department should pay out
borrowed money , instead of using an honest con
gressional appropriation, the constitutional
provision requiring that the disbursements of
the Department shall not exceed its receipts,
will be satisfactorily met!
We quote from the report:
If the expenses of the post office department
he paid out of it's own revenues, the constitu
tion is complied with. The committee think
that the interest on a loan made to the post
office department, for the payment of which,
its revenues should be pledged, is an expense
within the purview of the constitution. It new
er would have been intended by the framers of
that instrument to deprive the department, of
the power of anticipating its revenues. It is
very common among the nations of Europe in
stead of borrowing money on the faith and
general credit of the government, to pledge
specific revenues by the way cf mortgage for
the reimbursement of a loan. So long as the
revenues of the department suffice to pay the
interest on the loan and create a proper sinking
ftlnd to meet the principal, the general treasury
is not to be charged with the expense of tne
postal service, and to that extent the commit
tee are of opinion Congress may go, provided
the general credit of the government be not
pledged for the reimbursement of the man. it
the post office department may thus borrow
from third parties, the committee see no rea
son why the government may not make a loan
to that department cn the same terms, and ap
propriate money for that purpose out of the
general treasury. Such a loan would be a very
proper investment for fill trust lunu3 m the
hands of the government.
This i3 modern logic and statesman ip.—
Heaven save the constitution if the w hole of it
is to be subjected to sueli violent Cun ,t: u .u v.i!
It is not rtatesmanebip, legerde
main.
The Convention committed a great folly when
it eugrafted such a provision on llic fundamen -
tal law. We said eo at the time, and predicted
this very state cf things that exists to era bar
rass the government, and to overcome which
Congress is forced to resort to a disreputable
and expedient. Bat in spite of
all protests the constitution so reads, and it is
the duty of all to observe it. religiously. True,
you might as well compel the Courts, or the
Navy to pay their own expenses; but this is
no excuse r ow for a violation of what is written
in the compact. It must be submitted to with
a good grace, whatever may be ita hardships,
leaving it to time to work out the change in
the constitution itself, and in the inode appoint ,
ed for it3 amendment. If the constitution was
made for the people and the people not inncn
for the constitution, all defects may be reme
died by due process of law.
In the matter of postages, one of three thing -
will be found to be true: The constitutional
restriction will have to be abolished, we shall
be deprived of postal facilities altogether, or
the entire business must be divorced from the
government and left to private enterprise. V>
arc not sure but that ibis last expedient would
be best alter all, for with the perpetual tinker
ing cf politicians, we arc likely to be always
heavily taxed without any corresponding ben.
efit. .
Supposing that ibo matter will be retained,
at least for a time, i:; U.e hands of the govern -
ment, there is otic suggestion which Congress
would do well to take into consideration. If
they are determined to pursue th a ignis fatuus
of making the Department pay its own ex
penses, they should at once change the rate of
postage to a lower figure, and not keep it at a
point that makes it oppressive to the business
men of the country, and absolutely prohibitory
to a very large proportion of the private cor
respondence. Wc are convinced that a single
postage of five cents, for distances under five
hundred miles, would being from a fourth to
a third more revenue than the present law, were
it but fairly tried. Let the experiment be
made.
(Fite Scußfomlilp.
We have said rfbthing on this subject, and for
the reason that we are perfectly willing to leave!
the whole matter to the Legislature, unbiassed
by public discussion. It is best, too, in times
like these, to avoid political contests if we
can consistently with ibo duly we owe to our
country. Wc have a common enemy who de
mands the devotion of all our aggressive
powers, and to light whom successfully we
should be at harmony among ourselves.
We shall not enter into an advocacy ot any
man’s claims to the high position to be filled by
the Legislature at its coming session. We have
no personal wishes to gratify in the matter, and
we know the body of electors well enough to
believe that they will set aside the pretensldhs
of all small beer politicians, and give us a man
worthy to represent the Empire Slate of the
Confederacy in the highest legislative body
known to our constitution. We regret that
there are tome whose ambition seems devoted
to a degradation of the State by the election of
third and fourth rate men to posts of distinc
tion, and feel assured the Legislature will avoid
their pernicious example.
As before stated, we have t o personal predi
lections in the matter of the Senatorsbip, but
It appears to tt 5 , under all the circumstances,
•that it would be but a graceful act of public
justice to tender again the position to Mr.
Toombs, lie. is so thoroughly identified with
our new government from the beginning of the
revolution til! now, and his great intellect and
enlarged experience arc so valuable in the suc
cessful administration of our public affairs,
that it appears to us the Stale would overlook
a duty to herself, did she fail to avail herself oi
his service.'. lie declined the appointment a
year ago under circumstances that would have
influenced any proud and sensitive mind to such
a course, but an -tender through a handsome
vote of the Legislature, would doubtless e m
rattid itself So his acceptance.
Should the Legislature <'•' r from ns iti this
m i.h r, iteie are other great intellects in our
SMto, well worthy of tbe post, and whose elec
tion to the Senate would confer honor upon us
as a people.
Florida —Another Lincoln Device —The
Memphis Appeal says that another proclama
tion is shortly to issue Lorn Lincoln inviting a
general emigration la Florida—white and
black—to settle there and cultivate cotton un
d r the protection of the army and navy of the
United States. The State is to be remanded
back to the comlUten ol a Territory.
Our Florida friends, t o doubt, will rather
like the plan. The State is not overstocked
with negroes, and a supply Item the Yankees
would bo quite acceptable. There v- Hi be so
difficulty in dtsp v irg of all the Yankees who
eon e with them.
Another aecou. t says the noted abolitionist,
F.’i Thayer, is at the head of the Florida emi
gration scheme, and that over one thousand
applications have already been made by pt rs ns
to accompany him.
Death of Elwood Fisher.—The Atlanta
Confederacy of Sunday says: IVa are pained to
announce .he demise of this distinguished gen
I tU iu.m, in this city yesterday at one o’clock.
Bel been extensively known and a promi
lu al 11 ■’ ' ■•ore the pablid for the last thirty
Jyoars. f hat long ago be advocated the seces
| Aon of the Southern f m the Northern States,
les ; that from the
f natuie ol the two races, they could not long
live in peace. He was, in ltsSO-l, the editor of
the Southern Press in Washington, which ad
yn-v ad with great ability the separation of the
: Nort ; and South. lie was one o! the best iu
-
wiiu: -ofth ■ 9ge. H- w • yesterday 54 years
old—dying on Lis birth da - We shall give a|
further notice of his life a: character hereaf
ter. He has .n iu this < os a refugee s i.ee .
the a'l of Nashville.
The Jiwise eititens of Vi'Finington, now in
Fiyeiis viUe t have
> their suffering city.
AEMY COP ’ ■ ‘OW!iOP3E
Of the Bavan u Rkfublican
The Cicorgl&un iu Maryland.
Winchester, Va., Sept. 30.
You cannot regret more than Ido that any
thing should have occurred to vent me from
furnishing yc u with a lie .of the casualties in
the Georgia r< giments in the late battles iu
Maryland, and some account of the part they
leek in the bloody conflicts at Boonsboro’ Gap
and Shaipsburg. It basso happened, however,
that I have had t<> take my share of the sick
ness with the r. st,; ami had it come a few days
sooner, your correspondent would have been
numbered among the prisoners who fell into
the hinds of the enemy. My arrangements had
ail been made lo procure correct and early lists
oi our killed and wound; and the rest ’dh.ch
the army has enjoyed sim-e its return to Vir
ginia would have facilitated the work very
much, had i b-ei) aWe u> mount my horse.
But whilst I am not able to enter into par
ticulars, I regret to have it in my power to say
that many of the Georgia regiments suffered
very heavily ia the late battles, and that all of
th'm o far as my inhumation extends, with
or,,- finghi ex.ep-i 'i), were conspicuous for
V ■( g-.'laut behavior. It was stated in a for
mer letter, that Col. Jones, of the 23d Georgia,
did not demean himself properly at the battle
of Manassas. A similar complaint was made
against him by his brigade commander at Rich
mond. At Sharpshurg,however, he completely
redeemed himself, and both he and his regiment
displayed the utmost steadiuess and resolution.
After the fall of Gen. Wright, Col. Jones took
charge of the brigade, and commanded it until
he too was wounded ; when Col. Gibson, of
the 44th, took the command.
I have found no person who could give me a
correct list of the Georgia regiments now in
Virginia. Those who are in possession of the
information will not communicate it to others,
and I have been left to find in out as best I
could. The regiments are not distributed unde r
B '■>: Generals from our own State, but are
scattered throughout the army ; eo that there
is not a division, and but few brigades,in which
there is not one or more regiments from Geor
gia You may form some idea, therefore, of the
difficulty one encounters in finding out, by his
own unaided efforts, the corps, divisions and
brigades in which they have been placed, es
pecially under the rigid rules adopted by those
in authority. It is not unusual to fiud one of
our regiments, a3 in the case of the 18th, Col.
Wofford, stuck off in a btigade made up other
wise wholly from some other State. There is
another regiment, the 19:b, in a brigade com
manded by one Gen. Archer, but to what corps
or civisiou he belongs, or from what State he
bails, I have been unable to ascertain. This
distribution of the regiments from Georgia is
rendered necessary by the large number of
troops we have i- the field, and the small num
ber of brigade commanders .who have been ap
pointed from the State.
| Add to.all these difficulties the further fact,
that the army seldom occupies in its encamp
ments a space less than ten miles square, and
that in passing from one portion ot it to an
other, yon have to exhibit your pass and render
an account of yourself, and you may form some
conception of the trouble one meets with in
his perigrinatious about the camps.
.The following regiments are all believed to
bo now in Virginia, viz : The Second, Third,
Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth,
Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth,
Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth,
Nineteenth, Twentieth, Twenty first. Twenty
second, Twenty-third, Twenty-fourth, Twenty
sixth, Twenty-seventh, Twenty-eighth, Thirty
first, Thirty-second, Thirty-fifth, Thirty-eighth,
Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth, Forty eighth. Forty
ninth, Fititieth, Fifty-first, Fifty-third, Sixtieth,
and Sixty-first; the Second Georgia Battalion,
the Tom Cobb Legion, and Phillips’ Legion;
the Georgia Hussars (Savannah,) and Gcvern
oite Horse Guard (Miiledgeville,) Cutts’ Bat
talion of artillery, and several other detached
bodies of infantry, cavalry ar.d artillery. The
location of the other regiments I cannot give
you; some of themtaay be, and doubtless are,
in Virginia. The Filth, Forty first and Forty
second are in Tennessee, with Stovall’s and
Smith’s battalions, and Lawton’s regiment ot
cavalry, and tho Forty-sixth regiment, is near
Charleston.
As already intimated, the regiments in Vir
ginia are distributed throughout the army and
in a number of divisions and brigades. The
classification of some of the brigades I :un able
to give, to wit:
Toombs’ brigade—Second; Fifteenth, Seven
teenth, and Twentieth regiments.
Wright’s brigade—The Third, Twenty-second
and Forty-eighth Georgia, and Forty-fourth
Alabama.
Lawton’s brigade—The Thirteenth, Twenty
sixth, Thirty-first, Thirty-eighth, Sixtieth and
Sixty-first.
Colquitt’s brigade—Tho Sixth, Twenty-third,
Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth G.v, and
Thirteenth Alabama.
Colonel Anderson’s brigade—The Seventh,
Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh arid F ; .r;t Georgia
Regulars.
Colonel Thomas’ brigade—The Fourteenth,
Thirty-fifth, Forty-fifth and Forty-ninth.
General Semmes’ brigade—Tenth and Fifty
third Georgia, and Fifteenth and Thirty second
Tennessee.
Colonel Wofford’s brigade—The Eighteenth
Georgia, and First, Second and Fourth Texas.
T his was the old brigade of General Hood, who
now commands a division. The Eighteenth
Georgia is known as the “Third Texas. ’
! Drayton’s brigade—Phillips’ Legion, Fiftieth
j aid Fifty-first Georgia, James’ (S O.) Battal
ion, and Col. Dessussure’s (S. C.) regimeut.
I am not informed of the exact composition
of Genera! Cobb’s brigade. The Fourth Geor
gia is attached to Ripley’s brigade. Cults’ bat
tallion o! artillery, formerly constituting a part
of General Pendleton’s artillery reserves, was
transferred to D. H. Hill’s division. I now
hear that it has been put into the r erves
again, much to the regret of Colonel Cults and
his command, who prefer more active service
The casualties in the Fourth Georgia, Colonel
Doles, (now commanding Ripley’s brigade,)wili
enable yon to form some idea of the character
of the battle and the losses sustained by other
regiments. Dr. Philpot, the Surgeon of the
regiment, was good enough to call to see me
to-day, and he informs me that the regiment
went into action at Sharpaburg with only 27S
men. Of this number, 33 were killed and 134
wounded. A loss of 173 out of 37S ! Among
the wounded, the Doctor performed as m my as
fourteen amputations. 1 saw a pile of legs and
arms at his hospital the day after the fight, and
can certify to his industry and activity. He iu
forihs me also of the death of Lieutenant Colo
nel Betts, of the Twenty eighth Georgia, who
was killed at Shorpsburg.
The body of Col. L. B. Smith, of the Twen
ty-seventh, was not recovered, nor was Colonel
tioimes’ of the Second. Those of Colonel
Douglas-, Colonel Newton and Colonel Milli
gan were brought off. Colonel Holmes was
often heard to say he would be slain iu battle,
am! if so, that he did not cara what became ot
his body. II is the last male member of his
house—his mother and aunt alone remaining,
lie requested that his charger, a beautful bicod
bay, siiould be sent home to his aunt—a re- !
quest that has been complied with. None of
the field officers were mounted during the bat
tle; and .vat the enemy's sharp-shooters seem
to have, fund but little difficulty iu singling
them out. Major Tracy, of the Sixth, was
brought across the river to Shepherdstown,
wh. e i: ot and. Ho had just arrived the eve
nrg i . ... Die battle, and was in the best pos
>br . • .t the prospect of meeting the cnc
v; g tin. lie told me that he had not quite
• ..<.•><••! lis strength, which had suffered a
gv<> l de-.l j.-ojh the wound, received at Rich
in. ud; but he was well enough, ho said, to
strike another blow for liberty. ” It is reported !
Him the cat my got possession of his body at I
Shepherdstown and biped it, but I cannot
vouch for the truth oWEe rumor. His was a
brave and gallant sjdrit.
Alas! many a ehfvalrlc son cf the South now
reposes from his labors in an undistinguished
grave along the banks of the Antietam. There
is neither m..rb!c nor head-board to point the
irqnirii g trjud to their last resting place.
The- sb'i-pjf .-'tu the shadow of the majestic
oin ■ UAEjPL: and up u a field made forever
glori. -.i: by*' ..cir bloeu and gallant deeds. Let
the bleeding Lcirts at home remember this,
and that the soldier never falls too soon who
dies in defense of his country. His precious
dnst will be gathered up in the last day; the
gorges of the'overhanging mountain and the
Valley of the Antietam will give up their dead;
and friend and foe, rising from the same grave,
will be gathered each to himself—the brave who
perish tor their country to everlasting happi
ness ; the wrong-doer and oppressor to eternal
condemnation.
If 1 were to say that the Georgians, officers
and men, did their whole duty at Manassas,
Boonsboro’ Gap, Crumpton Gap, and Sharps
burtr, I should Live but public egression* to
U.c truth. HL ; aid that the Fiftletu regiment,
V; Manning, did not maintain their ground as
t„ y aarpsburg as they might have done;
! , Bus.exception our troops conducted
! a and heroism which
daricc war. Law
ton ina ci hui uuo the th'ck
fighk and bore themseives as the true warrio?
loves to do in presence of a hated foe un-il
they were stricken down. Toombs, cool in the
hoar of danger, but impetuous in the charge
■ seemed to court death by Use exposure of hs
-ren?n=>TT~RT rm..A3sl . fcrUi™ Ojßv. ).ivx, CCTOJdEE; IS63a
person and the intrepid manner in whb n
rushed at tho head of hi- comma, r.ppa; "p i
into the very jawr of death. Bd. , *
Semmes, Colquy t, A-- .
ford, Doles,Dousrisit, N<‘.v< n, P-; i
Mulligan, Tracy, Betts, 'Vu on, N ■ -t, *
Plane, Mclntosh/ Ojov/itir, a-i.o a “
others, among deal us wed-. \
fresh laurels , wruitti w,.J wimt -
brow of Geer ucs t"""i t*" ■ *
valor,- courage a), daring ot
Th'- gloHe-U;: . Twelfth. •
more hardships, soft-ml lire- ; n
gaged in more o Ut-.’s thin ,
the service, o* r ; iP- as
not pass thr. ” T'„. bcin-- fed
that at Sharps^
p°" , •< ■ - • heard mt it
small but ga11.... u . .. (
escaped with si.;;- / 1 ;;
has reached nn- th t 1 .
ing the regimen', > ,;‘ o _
leaves but two ' r ‘ ,'T
hiud-Capt. Mailt Blaafur ' ...
McDowell, and Capt. Se U
painful wound in the iu _ 4 ti-m 0..;.. ,k :
Brown, the fourth survivor, --a> iur ■ er,
Manassas. , , ,
How true it is, that tho paths Oi glory rad
but to the grave. ,
Generals L’W V
gone to the rear on tutor
>ur Virginia Soldiers
Thom as ville, Thomas Cos.. < 1
October .4th, 1862 1
Str. Maxtor:
respondent, “1\ . A.,” flu ’ imtao;: re
sponse in the hearts of u ••usantis f. ; 'me
time past the earnest enquiry has fccc , 'Tow
can wc reach and r ii -vc our suffering :" ' Tiers
in Virginia? Men have proffered mi, ;/ and
supplies ; women lave long stood ready, sit
ing for ah opportunity to act in the r- r;
anxious hearts and hands are lon ; :ng to ag:
in this work—but how can v:e reach :’-m?
Thousands- of dollars worth of ar ‘d- :-, .' on
hwetofore, have n'ev r re:
tioc ; it is almo t an impossibility to ton'
one box with safety, under present t'.,: ;m
--ttancee. The arrangement mu t m ' , nui
some means of direct commuuie.vTc-i ' cned
from Savannah to Richmond, ar’ >'nr , ;le
will even take from their ov. u 'i- , >td
ly. to furnish relief to there brave rat-, who
have won everlasting glory by their .'
heroism and patient endu; —-.- ■
them! Have not our hearts hied i r
while their very feet bled for us? ii we
not shuddered for them iu our conuor -bl
homes as we thought
exposed fo the merciless elements ?
how to reach them ; open the way , am] s- otv
quickly all will avail themselves of if.
Already earnest attempts 1 avc bee: n
induce the government to appr-.v ••!. ;c c -- - -!a!
train for this purpose, or r-.;t. ip;-: •
month, and let agents from < ; c.c!. county < u
to Richmond with their tupp'd- s, e. ;d fo
tho proper distribution of them.
So far we have failed ; ■ l
thorities have control o' f! is r.ntter,” -. n-r
reply from headquarters. Then let ther.-t ‘.‘mil
itary authorities” bo an pile l.;, at:-'. , t • m
understand clearly lio# much®)!, is to thek- in
terest that these steps should be taken, and
have a time appointed so that cl! can act j ■ on
cert,’ and have the opportunity afforded.
Meanwhile let government t.npply u■ at . u:o,
through the proper offleer;:, with cotton •; d.-',
and warp (No 0), and our 1...1ies wi 1 ! -ly
furnish an excellent article of cotton Kan ? ;
and warp of finer texture, for clothing, r.sd our
people will exchange, and give i-'-.ih ady
in their looms, rather than kc pour
clothed while weaving more. G • ~
forters, too, mu
our people cannot get it, but they will : • lie
cotton and make the quilts. The pc. • -re
ready , only let the government officers st. ■
them, and furnish what they cannot- obi.
the mca'.s of transport Uion, and G • c-r 1 and
Florida will both proudly avid promptly •• rue
to the rescue. We are e mfidnnt this
accomplished, with proper effort, and : all
begin the work, as you euggest, Mr. Ed ! *.. ' at
ONCE. • J. M. .
&atCßt from New Orleans——?for-_" ; n
Accounts of tlie Taltlos tlte C.' of
Allegiance.
The New York papers have advices frew
Orleans to the 23d ult. General Sbern;l ad
command of all the Federal troops at C.r . a,
six miles from the city. The gunboat:, • o
also lying there. A letter says:
The groat excitement now in oar city—wo i. I
ways have a great excitement, you know, i:; .-o
times—ia that which is incident to die near i ' ,<■
of President Lincoln’s sixt days lor “la!;i: : the < ”
It came hard, and was postponed by tliou n.uli .Jt.til
the last moment; but c unci tors are m-v Ing , s,,r
lost time. I can assure you. The Provost Marsi.-- i;-.s
boon obliged to open a largo number of eabor.fi -.-. to
offices, at whichthofo who. at lenetli, have re. up
their minds that it is belter to come into tlie -. > go
meat, can be accommodated; and, to- av, too ’ .■ at
day of grace save one, lias witnessed a sc-uo iT--1 ■ n
pen can adequately de-oribe. Tho O.ty Ila”, t <;
Custom House, the headquarters ol all the i: 1
authorities, have been li.orally besioved v. . i
the day, and will continue to t-i be duiiaq
of to-morrow, by perso male and femat •. v Id',- : 1
black, high and low, rich andpoor, native and : .' -,
naturalized and unnaturaliz 'd, and sir-us -' . t .
guagoof that inevitable “sixth recti -n” <fTi r g
to their allegiance.” As the Delta this tCienr-on '
eays, “the bench and the bar, physicians, : >.
of property and I- iiUre, and !a . <;s of the log , ,
cles of respectability, have freely subscribe 1 , t-j ■
important document,”
Gan. Butler has caused it to bn distinctly i:nd ' i
that the law Is to b ■ carried into exec l "nv to t'.
last letter. There is a great deal of property in ! . s
that glands in danger ot the stringent reqaisiii and
the’ act, and as it now begins to look, even in 1 ■■. -
of the most e edu!,,us and hope ul, as if Urn out'.
braids of tho guerrillas will not! o able to r ta ; -.-
Orleans before to-morrow nigh% the pro;,::' -
have come to the sagacious conclusion th:-., ii i'm
tho whole tho safest plan to suciumb lo t:,e in . i;
they cannot easily or indeed at a-il evado.
Nearly two full regiments have been r .- and ■'
the Creoles and the regiments brought then' I . • -i
recruited; and this is proot that v - have Li,
notwithstanding the denial of Union m .-n;
would be more of them if the govemme .t c Id
their rights more secure.
The lo.'scs m prospeity and the snif.-ri: g; : .e
moos. For example, die soul-, l--i-r; • • .-.
bad nn income of $40,000 a year, and ti.i.- now !
to a mere living on plain pork and flour.
TTho i'amltee Cabinet ami site Euia - i
pinion Proclumatio .
The speejal Washington corn, pioadeis: cf
Cincinnati Gsz.-ttc, uud< ; and A soi Septeiu’ ''
gives tho following as an acouvato -i
the position of the various members cf ' e
Cabinet on the President’s cmaacipatl >a 3 •
during the time in which it -ra.s the c-u!j f
Cabinet discussion :
Secretary Chase, from the c : . 1.-as :>• •■ ■
cognized leader in ergiog emancipaton. a
the matter was at various times Uu-Acr discu ..
was always its leadhig advoca e. S’crvM; .
tavored em ncipa'ion, but was not t e.-ij.iy -rj
in urgin;, ns he rarely is ia ur;~ fit, au ; i.i..: ii , .
policy outside hisowa depart ..er.t ■' r..
was always out-spofeen m deriarms nis r*-
strikin' slavery under the wa- pow slu v and
whenever slavery could he reacted. P. .a-u-i ■ -
oral Blair was, througiioai, the most determine i ■ and
bitter opponent of iho emnucipaiion p ji.ey. ;i. ■ ■ u
the sabstanco ot the pr eiamation w..s made Iv
to the Cabinet, he was perhaps more out-spokea.
any of tiia members m protrs.ing its a
Not less determined, though caat:
his protests, wa • Secretary Seward It may o sate;;
aaMthftt be was the gnat leader tu ;he e‘ i ...
sitinn to cny policy of enwr.cij.ation resem:.
waieb tbo President fin illy ad jpt--d. Sc.-. :.ty ;•
and Attorney General Bates occapied i.00.-.t t. *■
ground on the subjec:.
lift: Fever. —Fifty-seven new <■ •
ported as having occurred vcstc. J-.r, .
physician to hear fro’ . "fe i ■ :
were only five interments yi • t .. O.rkf ;
Cemetery, which would if: .. .
mirtrlily.
Wo think wo have noticed r. ! ct' ov .
would invite the attention of F-. • ;
fessicn, as it might he worth v.;• ■ . v ;
It has stuck us that cases t.p t n “the .'
that is, the higher par; cf tot —. ay 1. .
Fourth sttcu, arc much more apt r •• •• !
than those in the low, r > art. Tk ~ > i t
we have bet a told by o’.; ci - z ’ >
! curing the former visit of . •>. •!
or ’23. \Ye think we 1- v. : •
the lamented \ktints of the c ' <••'- •; *, .
who passed fa: .v thr-.u tI.V. •C. ,• -
tenconrt, Esq. C‘iz r..-vho a: taken, fL '\ ’
at the very firs', it il.-y can secure a p'c
an elevated r-i.urMan, g> or be cirric.l t
Of course th : iiOLiy practicable s, w.ev.;
outset of th.. >" vase.
P S. Sisc-' writing t!;t ‘ ■ , . ..
ii'Oiii ilio i liysielans iiavc : v ? % . ,
iiumbcr of i?cw cases on -'. :
being the largest number yet repo; ud. . -
proper to state that this includes caws repor- c
by one physician who has not before iar.de?">
report—Dr. Cutler.-—[Wilmington Joumai, : ". '
New Conscription Orders.—Colonel J ‘ .
R. V, terns, the successor of Major Dan ' :
publishes a notice in the Atlanta paper-,
pending the third paragraph of G.•
No. 53, of the lS'-ii August.
The parr.graph reads as follows :
•‘A Conscripts not t-qnal to all r.dd -y ,
mav be valuable in tl" lio j : .Is. tj
tor’s and other Staff Departments, end '.t >•",
will be received.”
Brown low says he would etart a ' ; r
N"-h, but he Lars that “he tn ■■ ::
one- ” since be might, by accident. ■" ?"
time “tell the trntl as to th co a Ci;
N- hern Govt n-nieuiand nr a", ' -
the i ,pid strid. sof the rebel army” t- <-y tu g .
again -crash ont my paper.” He conelu..
finally, that he had “as soon die in pn ol
elsewhere.” What a philosopher he has .
come!
rsoTiusM mews.
A ULtAI'Tj:!! (>• ‘J'IIE PRKDOM OP SPEECH
The Mel Iloourd, the Roiu , r i C t!y>
bo organ oi :k„ Yutk, has au article protest
tuc < -urae of the Government in
‘ locking up” tho .i! who do not agree with it
In everything it does. It say.?:
It is an easy vay of get! tog rid of an argument that
one cannot answer: it is far easier than convincing an
opponent; in fact, it is “a easy us lying ” But ii a
man a Secessionist b'cause ho desires peace, or de
precates subjugation-, or intim .tea a wish that personal
liberty was lees restricted. Is ho a Secessionist because
he is not blind to the discrepancies in official reports,
or tho shortcomings of government, the ineompotnney
of a General or tho id-o.drrs fa statesman V Is he a
Secessionist because lie abhors tho idea oi conquerors
and conquered taking the places oi foiiow-citizens iu
this r public, because he wishes 10. uo such Uoioo as
that of Ireland with B gland, i r Poland with Rti si ,
on this broad continent ? Is he ai : . -oessioniat bocitttu -
he is alive to tho wickedness and abaurditv of enslav
ing white meu iu order to set negroes ir.c ? Is a pian
* I-eer-ssioaisi who does not t>?‘icve our Government
our ar ttt i o bie, sn 1 our rest urces
illimitable.
IsU tcxsslonioa ohi tthat our southern breth
ren are human being j r td , that they have rights which
it would be dan ft regard, and feelings t
would be wise to take i.ut > acc. -u. Is it secession
ism to admit that the . eb-avoand wary, or to doubt
thatthey mo so destitu.;- and deoponding as it is the
fashion to re re-cut ibetny - it secescionism to shriek
from taxation, t> v. h that our Government was more
•rank in deaiiog r.i h ho people, more des'rons of re
lieving tacm fro b t horrors el’ su.p ne, more chary
ol interfering vvi'ii tl-.e libc ty of th .- . ;o-.s end Te-edoru
of speech, more economical Oi public mo ey? Isii
secjcsioid mto r wit > a ■ ; ol which those
pOople have no eo eptiou fv nr- . .; truc'.ion o| tho
Union on the b sof the ConsUtuUon.SStm lheg:od
old guarantee that satisfied the men of “TG ”
What b t • baa they, or what better is th*
negro now than u tin ir day, that he should Lo
n-ado - boi!.:- o, . . between the sections, a
wedge to split . : ‘ iiepubiicV Our rcvolat oniry
fathers new. r thou til of !a;i-hUn*r negro: s into equal
ity with white men: iheir 'senst of tight was no more
shocked by their exclusion from political privileges
than it was by th? exciusi n of the idiotic, and they
w ere right, for if In th: case of the latter, inferiority or
intellect is judged t dflciont to place the individeal
below the levd of the race, why is not foe same cause
sufficient to place an interior race bet >w the loved ot a
superior .
Is belief iu th;-, sr.; oai r.? NYc think rot, but
wo have hoard mm aernuc-.l of Ei'-.ic.-tiordsm for less.
It would be >vft'. r.'.r- love, to k ow .hat cons'.iiut-s
eeceßsiouisn* It woul ibe well t- . now if men are to
be dubbed sr ; cotr "-*>■ because tl- y cannot think as
Government tlii> i:o, or as every individual office.-of
i' -.t Govcnnucnt. fi-- d.o Beerakary of State down to
the l-wcr pa'.rcd in ft i-d’es diuric . iainks. For ibis
is what we are oßmiug to. U sts, or (as
th-y prefer tob; cfiiu-d jut, no-) emancipationist?,
v i .-1 ,a y. -i >•; . ume to jour light to
think far yourset;'. 1o a ti-1 a wilii yor tips what y u
c-- i_c-.. awn you: * : ;. ‘ *..d the assr.o ption
that your i-jyt-.i f- ■- .’ -o from thoui is as e'ear
tbcirnght is to eii.'.r ftoa you; -'.fuso to accopi
their say-so as an article of yout political creed, and
they discern at once that you era a secessionist.
in our opinion i-i. not wise ‘o 1:. dy about I;
charges recklessly; uu'.oyaity lo tir: Government
shout'. never be : ... n and, for ia a land lik > ours, matter
a Cf-vcrnmcat Oieel'-! iiico ours, to say that the pe. p o
a: ■ di-do; ai is to say .t tlio Govemme.it is unworthy.
AN OPINION FRO -'. : CAfI'ACHUSET I ' ABOUT Li a
nd j’ROCLAMATIc
The Newbury;:. ,* (Mr;-:.) ti.-.-.tld (Fa . übil
cart) br.s art artiri;, v, ritten bvf-ivo litc- .riu t-i
Lincoln’s procl kj, on th props
irr-u'.nsr such a c- .. tmciit f.uJ : prebr. ef
fect. It says:
The first objection v such a policy iiiat it wrouM
bo at'-soliitriy inot> -ratiiv Jlotv ii; r s|h; •to r. :.c i
thn nqpuUtio., .'.e.iva. cH tiled by ii? A pro
clar,-.alien ; * “imple pi-co of paper, at and in our opin
ion it w U ' ?smo purpose if it was a black
paper ea t upon h 1 winds, as it would with any words
that might be writ; rt upon and thus sent to tho world,
. . it m . .v v, • e.Kice.'nel. it it would pro
d :e ; a.i tinny t it. work, give turns for them tv
tig’-,; v. i It, aud bit-u: 1 i-- and them, it v. jt;l i amount to
soiuetiting. For lb: n-.'ilont and hi--’Jabi-iet to re
so’.vo that uegyoos al ait bo free, would be like eight
boysresolving tha- v r tan n lli9 m >on who has been
chain'd to h ; ? po-itlcn -mcc Vine 1> . tli.dl be free,
orUiatthes; itoiiUieeun shall be wiped off. First,
boys, invent a w.v t > reach the m• m and tho o’d man
tiioreto—to reaeh ii: -v, an t Lav • big mop play
e-r i ■ pi
and everybody 1 w . ch t eonntry w3
hold to control its iustitulions. Who;ever wo do hold
we have c: at.ciy- 't vitiiout a p.-oci:.mat;on to the
fame extent we qouJd with one. A proclamation! a
proclamation i refit r.eipalion! is the cry. Mr. Lin
coln tried one proclamation on bis first caning into
power, lie proclaimed that all tho rebels thouid d.s
perse within twenty days! What did tcey say f “Let
him come and dij -v.i.. Now, i: ho declares that
all slaves shad 1 .a twenty davr. v.aat will they
cay, but—“ Lot Lira come and free them'.” It would
amount t> tbat- i.l. that—Just that, aud uo more.
Mr. Lite Inwoald . he in Washington, snd Mr.
Davis would slid . in Kichmond, aud white men
would bo free, and fate it men slaves as before.
THE HERALD UN THE I'ItOC.'.AMATION.
After deaotin • tho blood and thend r
policy of the Ahc-'t.ioni-jts, the. Herald prizes
Old Abe out oi tlie ; ,me mire as follows:
From this pemi fiats p.rogr;rmmo of our abolition de
structives we turn ti; ;wire, conservative, end be
nignant aims and purposes ot President Lincoln. The
object of his ialeprec'auation is net to destroy, but to
save the South; not t- abo! if ii Southern slavery by the
sword, but to indue? our revolted States to preserve
their domestic ini; i-i-s by a timely return to the
a k of tho Union. , V, o v. el entirely in sured that Pres
- . rorous prosecution o the war,
anticipates wilhlu 1 r-.-xt ninety day? tuch deeitive
work with the arjuU;- ' I this 'rebelltoa that there will
be no necessity for the snforceracnt of this emancipa
ttan decrco. This '• •, is so ntanifestiy the fear of our
a olitirm faction th re can bo no lifficultyto gen
uino Union moil in ivhendmg tli.it their policy is
the most energetic or- .v cation of t'-e war, and with
tho least p 'ssible delay in any quarter.
REV. HENRY WARD SIECHER ON Y.'S i’iiOCLA -
a itio v .
The New Y . .‘tot:’.'. ’ay tf'.VC3
Rev. Mr. Bsedtcr ccimplimvii': y notice, aa
follows:
TliCnio-jnteb.it.'..: t.-Lobr.-- ft and 'lisehuroh
in Brook'yn into a : re, win ,c :i*w.*u U given lo
bis points by the audlsne -, just us ,i is ; > Forrest, rr
Mi • Vail matt, or .-’l.v .rr the ati 1a- a i.ril
on thoboards at Plymouth church enSuudayeveni g,
skin parchment,” <d no ec mnt, ai S sal i “we are go
ing to bavo Hie l.'n . never wa -. but r.s it was
mean', to be. Tho i'ufoa as it was meant to be, anii
not as it was, is to t • ir doctrine, became the Union
ac .1 was, wat an -.. A • i outrage on \our rights and
mine.” In . red himself to be thumouih
piecc ef mai’ouf, li c toy a short time ago, cud
applause usou.'i.;- ■.'■>.u oil parts 11 th. b-uve. After
■. i
sa'i, thi g! Idif:: ' .r.o and. 'lie cx i.. .; tho Divine
Being in tuo light oi .. gatiii r r, who “ij out now
and wiil hwo a goo t time.” l.ei us q-mth tho whole
paEsage: “The c.'-uto. t t. was sufferm; to an extent
to which .-be inis w:i. and at slavery i-.r tho sake ol
comu-.er---'. When the North bud paid two thousand
t.-iiliions of ta.. 3 ('o-d oi ty justhiguo) ha .bought that
lio Lord would •: i baric pr- tty n:ui li :ut tlie North
i:\ uatherer.
He li ou at and Ho will 1 avo a good lima,” (Great
laughter.) Tho i':. '.. rof the and. uce may ho
1 '.... i r . r at such tn- rid proliiulty.
Union mate : :.c<wi. . • ■:> such a she co.d
TUB GUn.tT “i'.IL'N i.AU” riiSPAKVi ioX.: IN TUB
V o tl STATUS.
: m -....1t v,-b:e i*t \ cry cty of the
H.,uth whi.-lj h.-..- a < . r approach i* ie !.-• d.slroycd
There arc .’./.ait m .. •. v.-.k ia t:. ::. 0.-.d cn equal
numb' r cuguged hi io-indrir-s an i intli. ia the
ticiniiy on work iiu • ! lor the;n.
TE\o Luteal from tlie -irt?>.
At a late hour !■ v.e ived Now
York and Balliinor- • .tpeis of the hi (Tvu.v
--t. ty.) The follow 1- ,r dJ.-.pa'.ch 1 Goal McClel
-1.!:.. adqnarterr. <1 Get
“Gcmuiti idem;ir-:• l ■ r vsc-4 ihs l‘< ■ ::•? this m rn
p herds , withal roe < airy and ar
t. cry, ;<,r :iie ]>irp • ■ making an<: ■ u iiiance m
the enemy’drear, if, ..Mien iiaviug Kvn rocti , •!
that tl-..- r a:my lahvii back IVom i lino of the
river
“ :e e.v ( ii:> v> r . . : r S:i.".br i Viialmvn, a'd
drove t!m to Slanie i.arg, from v.i.: ii piece 'they
v.tf. toons: :!eJ out 1 > a■: art.!;, r .
“His 103 :• w*9 two in- mw< •ended. : r.-htls had oil a
i and two v
‘-ft, jv* oi ..i n-. oft. : •! two meal st-:rc- Utk* r: pris
oner- . and a in,!,. ,- !• -. an led were paroh-d, '
[ “V ry . rebel a•. are beHeved ; >
;!>-!- •; , • , a'l ■r- ran e.l lh.-m L ' ' lie::.i
botwe, a | '.a. -■ £i,.t 5*- rtinsbur-j
| liar; --.-'s Ferry is rtpidly and will be
| c . t -,i t.-:anrr •-.
“B ucra a ' et leib u r. - l Marry, ; . ! their aU iTa,
paid a vUlt ;.) Harj.vt , Ferry, Bolivar and Bandy:
Ti e . ft- ft-: ft •-! ' ft ale ray.-*:
a.!-.: .. . ,:•! ). -.. ■ .-low- l-.arr. at General !
Em ... wi . deprive ! of ins command j
..... .
i. . and a.,- j rein*: it* •: : ■ r qo: *’en. Thomas i
’ ims. . ana s't the ft:.., r Generate .n tSo ft,/my of the I
Ohio, Goa. M >rge.u .; . ji.e.: ;r rapid .> '/wards Hie :
Obi river, ton Imn - < .a. Buell.
*•>':' .a our eerrt-3[..,r,.Jecco from Hilton Ilea! ivj '
Icrra that sa me ituporD. t naval movements aro en !
foot in that Jirvtiib"., i'r- .ftdv towards bavaacah and :
hi e. i.nder Com. DuponL With r, ard to tha ,
- , ton and Sat ...
fr. . ‘ ;!iu theFingiti .* n-.-a.ly c'.n.j-..f an-1 -hat ,
Com. Dnpom is on t*-.- ! < out for to r u ft.b theaWa :
b..-h, whieh is o -ntaot . /• sdy lor actio ~ '
Tilt: •* , a r ;o)rt of • ,- Federal kiia ; : r.d -.oaud- :
c i ... fcbarptbu-g ia ti..' '!.
.. e i- :-ft ■ , I naval k ettd by ;
the Fcdtrah at If-/.*. '. ..
A a; aaith frigato hatarrivt :!a II :• to
Tft .re aro run - - .ot'mded re i a a-. 1 ms in Lie- ;
co n’a Ca ae*.
‘ifte i'.'d: r:..-, ftav •.: ' red then V. ■ ,;-ii:cs r- .
'" S "” ' ‘ rtich’-ondWi :!), t.a. j
YALL YftDIGiIAM O I THE STOMP.—I ft .ft gentle* ;
m-a .. ft 'yti ft ftftiitf in canvas .a g the old
district,; rcpurft.iory * > the election to be held
• day iif::t. The Middletown (O.) Jour-
L.ft. c.-y tnat, in - ; Fct-i Town, he de
cU:>:d ‘.ft- -ft-- ft •: • a disnn.oatftt, said the
“suf,,n a: 1: ‘tl turn tft> gore before
North coni r the South,' -•ud spoke
a i... J _ ... :
- ila exhibited.. li"• .:;r gold pie;o, r.r<l said
ti.: - . '< • a Hemc-Cfj:: v.-.-re in power that wa?
the cur;--:ey; but: • this is the kind (held
irg, it-. .. oil chi C- i.tineitLftl ,-1..., and five
hnnered : them will i buy a loaf of bread,
an* in y... : ’.he who has a pocket full
- ricks . ;.
.
beast’.: : - ‘ • '•• c bt.t the baclu *<f
the rc • ! kwestern d-.-partmeat,
that r* G- : '. . n was a Democrat, the !
him.
Two soldi,.:?, • . _ ; :.g to Virgh.t i rrgi- i
meats, were desertion, -at Rich
mond, Saturday last. 1
(Army Correspondeico of tho Aug. Constitutionalist.]
Letter from Cites* oral Bragg’s Army*
> town, Ky., Sept. 27,1802.
I .witt you ia; li --'.st letter from the headqnar
ui'a o; Up; A- my of tlio Mississippi. A glance
i-. the nmp will ehow you that Bardstown is
; r ioi tlie centre of Kentucky. ■ With Gen.
Kirby Smith at Lexington, Geu. Marshall at
P. ids, and Gan. SLsvcnuon, just arrived, at Dan
ville, from tit * Gap, we occupy all oi Kentucky,
except LouieviUe and Covington and their sub
ir '■■>.. Wo av If r , thirty nine miles from
L .*. .•fiPe, ”• 'V, uccordlDß to our best informa
tion, t: c::v if> c urs whenever Gen. Brsgg
ebr is t ,otou ■ divis; of the army in mo
t ’ i : srqis Ve;y great;
heavy artiilcy and g v ': -' have been moved to
the Ji-ei.'.na ;id , " ' lvv...ry Strides have
se ,i, to . L ’• * * • 5 •=- ii iii:y miles
into Lie inu of India safety. It ic no
part oi Go;i. Bosgii’s pre.-m.t plans to occupy
Lauisvillo. II tor. goes ; e empty gl ry of
that conquest, p? pursu :'a it;oro con.prehamlve
plan.
The march of this army from Chattanooga
has been an extraordinary one. In a little over,
two weeks Gen. Bragg has transported hi v.
train of ordnance and supplies over two m m.
tains and two rivers, aud matched 800 mil
At every move lie Kas deceived, out gcneraii.. ,
and out-flanked Buell, who is now making his
way to Louisville. Ot t march he compelled
the surrender of Mui:-. I .ill with 4,500
prisoner3 anti valuabi.'6: .'i utulicines and
food. Ho has freed No?:'.: A- aniif Gsn.
Price has done hi ; dn'y ■ - nb-d his part
of the programme, flic v. :> v ,f Tennessee
should now be liberated. Thou ,-ny ucc-tples
but a • mall part of Kentucky, i . ' witen Price
.ffiiU Lave secured our rear bv . aid ing Nash
ville, v.: ruo .i : "g or:eng t, i. Kentucky does
ht r only, to .: and tir-iu .Kentucky, and thus de
fen 1 the more ScmUiTn States of the Confed
eracy on afrontier thiLC hundred miles removed
North from (he fighting ground of the last
campaign. We are in an “abundant country.
The Quartermasters buy corn at 30 cents, and
beef mid bacon at from sto 7 cents. So you
will perceive our army is cheaply subsisted.
The c-'-untry ia lull of provisions, and wo bear
that Kirby Smith. has already collected largo
Gen. Stevenson, us I have sai>‘, has reached
Danville, 40 miles hence, and beiwetia us and
Kirby Smith, with from 7 to 10,000 men lor the
G:p. He vas in pursuit of Gen. Morgan and
i hi.- tv::..:;; cs. The latter took a more north-rly
route, and Kirby Smith i3 after him wl - fatr
prospects of bagging* hint. Thb efraguKrtt oi
liiv • ”, 1 l:.-c-ii the t- A- ini-morfo , ; l in
ing ir: numbers to Danville. *lbv i.-reat
lof I l, to Wit; what K-.:;-
: ..... row . iihi't a ion, is yet
; to bo solve 1. It is painful to acknowledge that
the marks o ; Federal yokea to< x . leiu
the temr-cr cl the men. But tho.spirit of the
| women is irrepressible. Oar troops eve every
! where met with the smiles and tears of the
l worn.r.ud they display the Southern 11 tg and
| wave their handkerchiefs wherever we go. I
I have no doubt of the .Southern sympathies ot
| the men, but time and iv large exhibition cf
| Southern ability to defend them are accessary
; to arouse them.
i Wo should nut he surprised at t!';. The
! Federal hoof has pressed heavily upon them,
i and liberty, life and property arc ut slake.
| Meantime, some Kemueki.ns are joining
i Smith and Marsha!!—how many, we know not
| with certainty. It Bragg e u hold Kentucky
during tho winter, I am inclined to ti.t- k we
shall have the t>id of 20,000 or 30,000 K<. : icki
| :-.i .in a; me. It they knv.tv their troe inU;rt-s!3
i . . 'alp'v :at once 50,000 m-.n, which
liberation would b,
•cut fo ■. Wi b thi sri in fore sment t! an.
! Bragg can whip anything the enemy can bring
ftgnilrtt him. The spirit and fertitud's ol this
l its long march i ; beyond all prafise.
• 'i he r.rmy feels i's strength aud believes that it
! can go anywhere and v. id;; anything.
Ol future plans and movements, it ia not
prudent to speak. All c r lane gees by
couriers, and ia liable c.i.-my’a
' hands.
I Cel. John Forsy th, of Alabama, Vohptccr Aid
ito (-b .-. B: -j. H’fks of Goner; 1 . Hardee’s
I ;.taff, 8 r.-geous Blunders and Mix, and several
other officers, have lately come in. having left
Chaticnobga to j liti the army st m: ten days
after ir, march. Thera uartiemen were made
prisoners by a econ'.i: , cor.ipany of the Seventh
I’enni-ylvaiji-i cavalry, and carried into Buell’s
camp -av Cave City. After some pretty hard
experience, and being stripped of horses, arms
and tats, they were paroled, turned loose
on foot, anu sent'to the first Confederate pick
ets. Their troubles did not end there, for they
had hardly been left by the ii ig of truce before
fighting began between car cavalry iu the rear
and a pretty strong force of the enemy’s foot,
horse, and .artillery. The skirmish ended in a
prc-tiy ihiht at ’funfordsville, in which
CoL lit ':.au’. Third Alabama cavalry, Colonel
Crawford’s Georgia, and a part ol Forrest’s
men vs ro eng . : . Our men fought well, got
tho in ef and accomplished their object of
prole. Gen. Bragg’s rear-—his army being
then i motion for this ph.ee. Buell then \ ash
ed in : . : idler pike to Louievdic. Ifis
frit : •••.-peued his march by burn
ing idgea in his front to keep Bragg
buck.
t -i ier from Gen. Bra .Col. Forsyth
is i- m sn s ;■• j übli h an army
I j r,l a tatertai:;: tut. and information
(•; ... - , 1-1 for the ou light ament of
K -u. ki .s • bo have b ,:i -ping in Yankee
e h -. i-ir the last year or mom
SiFtcsi from Europe,
The Europa -as arrived with Liverpool dates
to the 21st ult.
THS PRESS ON AMERICAN AFFAIR. - .
Tito !.•'it n Times exrnas ty dccoeaces tho pulley of
tho aiK.d ionUts o’ ih N..;Hi iu seeking to raise tho
negroes or t: o Sotiili agaimt th- ir masters. Its.jatlr-t
tho idea ot tho nbnliUoni-A-. is to oreaniza a i cries of
Oawnporo mastacrcs cs legitimate devices of warfare,
bat it ti: : k: they wiil .-.ot i.e Bircosifui in the attempt.
It adds: ' liid. (■ I, it is difficult toseo how a proclama
tion by a t’Keiged fir fugitive President cau have any
ho and >ct / ii i sued by snoh Gen
crak t h a.i rr.iHl l’hnlpj, inciting the negroes to
revolt” . t President Lincoln wii! refrain
from an set which will at o.iee boa crime ani a blun
der, whieh wiltiti bo way adv nee tho Federal cause,
but only d.-wp-n ar.d matt.- eternal tho hatred between
tho two sect'.:i:s.
Thu J’oo:;".'i-.t. the banker’s organ, is opposed to
it in iota, white th:: B iturday Review, the leading lit
erary a !. >r: y, c; -mt fin I tv :ds strong enough to
exprcai Its ivsa ol the atrocity of suddenly treeing the
w >s iicro may be, it says, a entail anti-slavory
ftot.on Tih ::i tl ii ;>r ilamatfon wilt please, but they
are bletoute oc tan of BngUsh public opinion.
Ti r Fork c -r.e-pendent of t o Lon-’on Times
is of .he i • inion that Europe coed cot foar that tho
i; . v...i u. ho to repel foreign intervention Its
courage is gone. Tho game ii lost. Washington
knows, if T w Y rk •! :■> M,t, that the Abolitionists
are <t. -yi : tho Uiion by their Irantio efforts to
eavo it.
The C: ' be: of O mmerce (Livorpo 1 or foauchc;-
ter?) 1.:.. . 1 an r.dJrois to Mr. Lcir.g, who
Diedo a :t: hy aidress on Indian aflai;?, in wLich ho
said wj . -i r.oi expect more than r. million and a
q-t irtor !•'. os of cotton from India during the next
iwe vet., a hr. If, therefore, it th ul l bo impossible
to get U • i )tton raised in t' e Southern States, tlie
p-esati er' as ir.ii.-a go r.nwi h augmenting evils for tho
sicx-iil l's .:'!;'. But ho believed many months
w iit.A . c b fo ethe termination ol tho slrng
: 1 and tho
of the outheri Confederacy.
MAESKTS.
It : • Londonderry.—Liverpool, Sept 19.
The i.r :’ < r-’ilar rei> >. ta the sales of Ike we;k
si, CIA) ! :.!;•, ;,- j,..g 12,0(0 to speculators and-4,000
II cxr,’ a-'. TANARUS, market has been irregular, and
jr.c .nr .-c-r. Tho decline is caked H<i. on Ameri
- -a:::., £d. f'Q other descriptions. The
; l .-. (.. . . ) are estiuiated at 2,000 bales, and
tlie mart; tc; r. qiictat t e decline above noted
The atftfa' ri-.ed qu . u’.i ms .are:
fir. Midilir,?.
1 ■■ ii 29>f ill'"
h.::-::.; 29 20
: f re' ft: ia poit i> estimated at 91.009 baas, of
|w ic’a 10. 00 are American.
Brea-.; .a;'-: are q let and irregular. F cur has a
|t! ii .irg to idency.
arofirm a ; u hang* ••!.
Lo:ul‘ji., ft: /ft. - J —C.i, “is cl-.ai-d at for
n: ft c-y, ft, aterican secn*ities arq q let, buts e :<tyl
Tft.- a i . in a of England has dtcrea ed
: £.217,0:0. j
. . -. .
..•a;.—'.. . Richsuon'l Ex-utlaer of Sxturday
gays: P. i ;ers by tire CentrS'cars, last even*
:if ior.il information ia regard
tot if our army, and those oftbl
a ;; y. . Lad nearly all returned
to . ' , s id the r.rmy is
lent < ndition and spirits.
T ... -, force, v.-as at Martissbarg, with
ft . r/.'.r.g to Harper’s Ferry. General
L '. r-rocw force, was rapidly moving
t 0..-. .I. ,;r ; .i, - r , and there vevery
p. ft • ; ft- • and :-ft - : Ale V,:. . about to
ns o VVin
cutftlc: at: ..; tLut McGicfibn Cannot avoid an
engac- -t, unless he withdraws his army
i which it ia next to im
v eft Able i ;- b'ftfi to make, as its was evidently
Lelcg nr;:-.-tl forward by tbe Yankee Administra
tion and-be clamora of tbe abolitionists. For
: ’-.ft. to r t :ft-ft, in th face cf an enemy,
vh. o 1: ; ft.vn down the gauntlet to him,
TiCU i ■ ■ ft.;. . ', as ouch to demoralize his
army a: v.. Ad a defeat.
I,b - ev - de-ftea of McClellan to land
a j , j r h y raw recruits —at Frcd
•’a . v b . .. v.cx of retarding or oper
cf General Lee in
8 open be road for him
' ft’ theV '. Vi'e are confi
r, t: . am;ft.. p:-ft oration has been
T.b' v r him even in that quarter.
1' ■: L-s already given too many as
,,,'bb" ; .ft 3 ability, aided by his gallant
: ..11 onr homes, on
bb- '.' •; : ; ift Id, far ns to entertain fears or
,7, a;.,: we therefore feel warranted xn
j-.-.L ; .... when be strike-, Mc-C’ellan and his
“grand army” w.U again be beaten back into
titter discomfiture and confusion.
The Last of Unionism In TenneSee^
Patriotic ' -Llrcss from lion. Mr. Nelson
1,8 J ‘‘AIS£S A RKGIMENI fOR THE VAR.
Chattanooga, Oet. G.-The Hon. Thomas A. R.
Nelson, of this State, has come ont in a long address
to the people of East Tennessee, condemning the recent
. proclamation of Lincoln and declaring it the most out
‘r.sgeousactof usurpation ever comtemplated inEu
r ;o or America. He says:
“I f”*-' 1 * n, y (| ot> to encourage the most perse
vering and determined resistance against it, the tv
raur umt usurpers of the Fed-ral Administration, who
have blasted our hopes and are seeking to destroy the
last ve. f age of freedom among us. Let every man
who is able to fight buckle on his armor, and, without
wailing for the s’ow process of conscription, atoree
Vo’iin'ti . to ui lin the strugg'o against the usurper
Gad will not prosper a man • rg . eminent which here'
t >fo:cyp<3cri!icaily rretend.id towage war for tho
Constitution, b.-. i.ow throws off the mask and sets it
at dcSance ”
The address will havo great tff.c; in East Tenncs
-620.
Mr. SVlsoa h ’-3 deteimined to raise a regiment and
go into tho war at once.
FROSI ill* NORTH AND EUROPE.
B .TTLE FP.OGREBSING NEAR LOUIS
VILLE GAitABALDI TO HELP THE
YANKEES.
IticnjiOND, Oct. 6,—The New York Herald of tho
4th. received here, cor,tains nothing new from the
army of the Potomac.
A despatch from Louisviito mentions a report that a
battle was progressing at Mt. Washington; reports of
musketry had been hoard in that direction. Buell’s
immense wagon train (28 miles in length) bad arrived
at Louisville.
There war no matciial change in gold or exchange
11 Hew York. The Hcrakl says there wes not the
ie ist abatement iu the speculative fever that prevails
in Wall strait.
A s'.e:n%ar at Capo Itace brings four days’ later news
from Europe. Garabaldi has written to the Yankee
Consul at Vienna that as soon as his wound has healed
he will satisfy his desire to ee;va the American Re
public [Aiid v guarantee that it will ba fully “sat
.ud; and” when we gst through with the bandit.—Edb,]
GREAT BATTLES IIS' THE WEST.
LirriMON'D, Oct. G. —An official despatch from Gen,
Van Dorn, dated headquarters, near Corinth, Oct. Sd,
. M., F.a;, a :
“We have driven the enemy from every position,
and are now within three-quarter: of a mile of Corinth.
The enemy are huddled together about the tewn, and
some on the extreme left are trying to hold their posi
tion. So far everything has progressed gloriously, and
oar mon have behaved nobly. Our loss lan afraid is
heavy. Lovell’s an . "rice’s troops have our thanks?
It is nearly night.
Jloeile, Oct. 6.—Passengers by this morning’s train
report that General Price’s command attacked the
Federsls on the 3d, near Corinth, driving them from
every position. lots heavy on both sides. No par
ticulars.
Tupelo, Ort. G, 9 p. m.—(Special to the Adver
tiser and Register.) Nothing reliable has been recelv
ed from Corinth s nea the arrival of Gen. Van Dorn’ B
dcsptch. A courier who arrived to day says, on tho
4th our troops drove tho enemy from and occupied
their entrenchment.?, but were afterwards forced to fall
back from the town.
Heavy cannonading was heard yesterday from points
above here Tho fight must have bsen most bloody.
A courier is ho ;r!y expected from the sceno of the
conflict.
Gen. Edward Price, an exchanged prisoner, and son
of General Steiling Price, arrived to-day from Mem
phis, which place he left on Ihe Ist. He represents the
en?my 40,009 strong, with seventy pieces of artillery,
strongly posted at Corinth They were fully posted ss
regards our movements, and anticipated an attack,
from Van Dorn and Price. Sherman at Memphis
knew their exact whereabouts, -
Mobile, Oct. 7. —A special despatch to tho Advor
tiser and Register, dated Tupelo 7ih, says:
Thebatt'.e of Corinth wss most bloody. Our forces
gained a repeated succ:.63 on Friday and Saturday, oc
cupying a portion of the enemy’s breastworks; and
also gained the town. Tho enemy held out stubbornly
on his left until reinforcements arrived, when on Sun
day they fell upon Van Dorn with overwhelming
forces, forcing us tj relinquish our positions and re
treat The fight continued nlmost uninterrupted dur
ing Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The slaughter on
both sides is described as unparalleled.
One of our Generals writes that Maury’s dividon,
composed of Phifpr’s, Cabell’s, and perhaps Moore’s
brigades, will not muster more than one brigade. Ca
boll’s brigade has not more than 450 left.
General Martin, of tho 4th Brigade, (chiefly Missis
sippians,) was killed, al so Col Rogers, of Texas, and
Col. Wirt Adams, of Mississippi. Genoral Mooro is
also reported killed. Gen. Cabell was irjured-by a
fall from his horso.
Ten thoii’a-ayresh Fodera’s, from Eolivar, harassed
Maury’s division, which was ia advance in retragado •
movement
The army ir understood to bo in tho vicinity cf Rip
!y and perfectly safe.
It is rumored that but one General was sanguine of
faccors btfare the attack, which is duo to him.
No officirs have yot arrived hero, nor any of tho
wounded.
Mobile, Oct. B. —A special despatch to the Mobile
Advertiser A Register, dated Tupelo, 7lh, contains tbo
following:
Having driven in the enemy’s skirmishers, the com
bined forces of Generals Van Dorn and Price attacked
them in their entrenchments, at 9 A. M., Monday,
driving them out and captaring nine pieces of artillery.
We continued to repuiso them, slowly driving them
back, until Right. , Our loss was heavy during the day,
Phifer’s and Green’s brigades suffering the most.
Gen. Martin was killed. Cols McFarar.d ami
Irwin, of Missouri, were seriously wounded.
At 4 o'clock Satei 'ay morning the enemy opened
upon us with heavy a til lory, r; suiting, however, with
•but small loss. At S o’clock our forses advanced, cap
turing several siege guns, Green’s brigade sgiin suf
foring heavily, and being the fir t to enter the town.-
Cabell’s brigade charged tbo foit on College Hill. The
enemy reserved their (ire until they were within thirty
yards of them, when they opened a murderous fire, re
pulsing them with great loss.
Information having been received that tho army at
Bolivar, 29,050 strong,was marching via Pocahontas oa
our rear, a retreat was ordered at 10 A. M., being
somewhat disorganised, but we succeeded in bringing
off part of the captured arthlcry, and our wounded and
baggage. Wo fell back ten miles, to Cypres3 Creek.
At eight o’clock Hur-day morning Colonel Adams
commenced skirmishing with the Yankee Bolivar
forco at Pocahontas, and fell back one miie, when he
was reinforced by Whitfield’s Legion and a section of
artillery, and afterwards by some of Mannie’s division,
v. hich was also reinforced; but the whole of this force
proved insufficient, and were driven back, tho enemy
burning tho bridge and t. ft.ppirg Moore’s brigade and
four pi-.ee-3 of artillery. Van Dorn and Viliipiguo
coming up, th c y re-captured Eloore’s brigade, with a
brigade of their captors and thirteen pieces of artille
ry. The enemy wera than driven back to Matamora,
and our army continued their retreat to Eipley over
tho read our bagg-.-ge train had passed. Our loss in
all the engagements i3 estimated at 5,030. and t!:a of
tho enemy as much heavier. Tho loss at Pocahontas
was equal to that at Corinth. Onr loss may be over
estimated, a3 stragglers wero numbered by the thou
sand, and the retreat not being very orderly. We lost
four pieces of artillery- * f Corinth we captured eoD
piisoncrs, which wc-re * off safely. The enemy
made r.o attempt to f wus from Corinth, nor dU
the Bolivar feres aft-. * Jefeat at Davis’ Bridge.
G: n. Van Dorn v. _ -icuous for his daring, and
Gen. Price, as usu.-t 1 , n " in the leaden shower,
each escapin'; unhurt
Price’s command v. - in the entrenchments,
Maury’s dDidc-nsuffA heaviest loss. Genera]
tCa mil acted most gallantly, uni sustained severe loss.
' The enemy fought detsrminediy, and were mantea
vred splendidly. lioeencranz commanding.
Our army is perfectly safe, and no fears are enter
tained of being followed by the crippled Yankees. We
will fca qulskiy organized and ready for another com-
bat .
The killing of Cola Ecgers, A<lem3 and Gen luosre
is contradicted.
Litut, Sam. Farrington, of Capt. Wade's battery of
St. Louis, is among the killed. He fell in the heat of
the battle nobly discharging a soldier’s duty.
Cob Wirt Adams, of ilia., is sate.
if CHILE, Oct. 6.-A special despatch to the'Adver
ti-r and Eeguter, dated Tupelo, 7th, says that the
Federal prisoners taken at Focahontas report that fltty
thousand reinforcements, new levies, are now in West
Tennessee, mostly along the line of railroad from
Cormth to Coiumbas, K).
, lOBUE Oct 9.— (Special to the Advertiser and Iteg
uit Tueie’o, Sth.) —All oar sick and wounded are be.
‘• n „ ; cnt over the Mississippi Central Eailroad. It will
become daje bi'ore the list of the killed and wounded
can be obtained.
Fears are entertained that the enemy may make a
dem netratlon on the Mobile and Ohio Eaiiroad, but
it is doubtful#