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i republican
'‘AvVti; of' t aiflTH.—The Augusta
Conatitutionaiu! ,-v opliises thus; “The de
feat of our array at Corinth is a sudden and
somewhat unexpected change from the repeat
ed victories which have, for some time, been
vouchsafed to our arms. But it should have
nojdepressing effect upon our people. Reverses
must he expected some times; and when they
do come, they should only serve to make our
people more determined in tfeeir resistance, and
more energetic in their preparations. It was,
no doubt, necessary to attack the enemy at
Corinth, in order to prevent them from harass
ing Bragg’s rear in Kentucky, or reinforcing
Buel). This Van Dorn and Price have done,
and will continue to do. The Federal army,
under Rosencranz and Grant, will have to re
main in West Teiinesaee for some time, at least.
In the meantime, our armies ia Kentucky can
strike prompt and effective blows; and it will
not be iong before Van Dor. , tad Price will bo
reinforced or joined by other trot-p -. which wi
enable them to clean out West Tennessee ;s w .
have done East Tennessee.
“The defeat of our army at Corinta, then, is
unpleasant—nay, it is saddening in the less ■■■
many gallant spirits; but tjbe object intended
has, no doubt, been gained, and out of the de
feat brilliant success will yet arise.”
Resistance to the Passpout System.— The
Richmond Whig says the authority exercised
by the Provost Marshal, in requiring passport*
from citizens, will shortly be practically tested
by several members of Congress, who have re
solved to start homeward without passport,
and if detained will bring the matter to the
attention courts, &c.
We regret to see the law makers of the court
try, to whom ali should look ‘or example, en
gaged in any such business. Tt; f ' Provost
Marshal has no more interest in requiring pass
ports than any other citizen ; it is done solely !
for the public safety, and as it imposes but little
inconvenience on honest men, all should cheer
fully acquiesce, and even ai.l hi carrying out
the measure of precaution, whether strictly
legal or not. We thick these obstinate mem
bers of Congress are doing themselves very
little credit as patriots, in their selfish and ob
stinate course. A good citizen will voluntari
ly do what is best lor the country, and not stop
to enquire whether the law compel s him to do it
or not.
More Yankee Tomfoolery.—' The papers
contain an account of a “Democratic meeting”
in New York, some ten days ago, where Lin
coln and bis government were vilified as the
veriest tyrants and destroyers of the liberties of
the people. Several such speeches were made,
all of which wound up with the cowardly ad
mission that “the 6 allot box was the true and
only remedy.” The North has certainly be
come a nation of slaves to utter such nonsense
as this. Better far submit gracefully to tyranny !
than to denounce It and then shrink from the
only mode by which it can be thrown oil'. Wo
should b 8 glad to know what effect a vote at the
ballot box now can have on Lincoln, whose
term of office expires nearly three years to
come. The mord is the only true remedy for
oppression, and a brave people, a people fit to
be free, will not hesitate to use it.
The Battles in the West. —The telegraph
brings ns accounts of two great battles in the
West—at Corinth and Pocahontas—each of
which was attended with immeuso sacrifice of
life. Yv’e regret, too, that we are unable, with
truth, to claim a victory in either. Our troops
appear to have fought with desperate valor, but
ia each case the enemy, who were in much
greater force and admirably handled, drove
them back, until we were finally compelled to
retire and leave both fields to the enemy. The
difficulty seems to be a *aek of troops, and we
cannot see how it can now bo remedied. Our
Generals must, tbcrelore, exercise greater cau
tion and not risk a battle until they are con
vinced they are not to encounter a greatly
superior force. *
“Mekcer Partisans.”—'Tills company of
mounted partisan l , rangers, one hundred and
twenty rank and tile, was raised, organised and
mustered Into service, by Capt. T. 8. Hopkins,
lu twenty days alter he received an order to do
so. It was mustered in for the war, at Waynes
ville, oh the 23d nit., and is the third company
organised and mustered into service by Capt.
H. in the last thirteen months. The following
is a list of the officers :
Captain—T. 8. Hopkins.
Ist Lieutenant —Jno. D. Rumpb.
2d Lieutenant —T. J. Fuller.
Junior 2d Lieutenant—F. W. Hopkins.
Ist Sergeant—R. H. Wyllv.
Public Mccirtis.
At a Citizens’ meeting, held in the Long
..Room of the Exchange, October 6;.h, 1-63, G.
B. Lamar, Esq., was called to the chair, and
Hiram Roberts was appointed Secretary. R. it.
Cuyler offered the following resolutions, which
were taken up teriatim and passed unanimously.
Resolved , That a subscription list be now
opened for the purpose of registering all such
subscriptions in money, clothing, or other arti
cles, for the benefit of that portion ol the Army
of the Confederate States which may be sta
tioned in Virginia during the ensuing winter,
as the citizens and other* present may please to
make.
Resolved, That Committee, to consist of
nine citizens, be appointed by the Cli drman to
take charge ol such subscriptions, and to solicit
further subscriptions or the same purpose, and
that such Committee be authorized to make
purchases of materials to be delivered to the
Ladles of Savauuah, to be made up into suit
able Kartuen ts.
Resolved, That the aforesaid Cvniniitee bo
requested to publish once a week in this uvonth
ail subscriptions which may ba made, and that
they make their formal report on Saturday, jhe
first day oi November next.
On motion of Alexander Fawcett, Esq:
Resolved, That a Committee of three gentle
men from each ward be appointed by the Com
mittee of Niue, in the city, and that they be
requested to visit every house in tho several
wards, and solicit subscription? ter the benefit
and relief of the Army iu Virginia.
T (■ Chairman appointed the following gen
tlemen a Committee of nine: Thomas Purse,
Joseph Lippman, Octavus Cohen, John Stod
dard, Henry Brigham, George L. Cope, Wm. T.
t'hompgon, George A Cuyler.
G. B. Lamar, Chairman.
Hiram Roberts, Secretary.
Webster’s Rem airs.— A Massachusetts pa
per, iu recording the funeral of Fletcher Web
ster, who was buried In tho family vault at
Marshfield, thus speaks of the remains of his
illustrious father:
By request of Peter Harvey, Esq., and others,
the oaken box containing the great statesman’s
coffin was opened, and the metallic cover of the
cias# removed. Itow were the feelings of those
personal friends stirred within them to find
t:n se lineament* aud features, whfbh no man
„. ver looked upon to forg, v, retaining the same
color ami impress—appearing as natural as
when tea sears ago they gave him np to the
grave.
The eves were more sunken, but the heavy
shadow# beneath the brows were always there
in llte. Even in death, „nd for a decode, the
captive of a grave, that kingly presence inspires
the same deep reverence and speechless awe as
mM'hen in the living temple of his matchless
Hind. Sdd one who looked upon bis face
“I forgot *ll else, and cannot tell you
Maything oi the tomb or surrounding objects.”
■he velvet pall, with its -ich einhiaKd rv. wt
■u perfect preservation, though of its
■primitive gloss.
I To Savs Pork.—Mr. John li.Tr’ yior g.v s
I through Use Columbus Enquirer the folctw-
F leg recipe for saving pork in -ae.oi iu and
manner. He says several gentlemen law sue
cessfuliy pracUced it the past year in 11 ir is
county :
“To 5 gallons oi water, add 7 pounds of salt.
1 pint of syrup, and 1 teaspooniul of funded
saltpetre. After Use pork is cooled in the
usual way, pack in barrels and cover with the
above mixture—l.t It remain four or five
weeks, and hang aed tmoke in the usual man
ner.”
Thu# twenty pounds of salt ere made to
| save one thousand pound- of pork.
| Pil* Dkiviko.—“Well, what next," said Mt*.
I Partington, a* she in’, rrapted Ike, who was
I reading the war news—*the pickets were driven
|ju are mile* 1' * Bless my poor soul, but that
twill make a wrong fence. 1 suppose they had
| to be ertven in dep to keep the Bessionadcre
>rom tigging out under them.”
THE S.A,V\AJSntf.AJB: OCTOBER 11, 1862-
COMMITTEE MEETING.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, I
Savannah, Oc- t, 18C2. (
At a meeting of the General Committee, appointed
by the citizens in meeting held on tho 6lh instant, the
following gentlemen wore present t lion. Thomas
Purse, John Stoddard, George L. Cos; e, Joseph Lipp
m&n, Octavus Cohen, George A. Cuy.tr and W. T.
Thompson
On motion, tho f Lowing named gentlemen were
appointed as a Committee on Correspondence: Octavus
Cohen and George A. f'uy.'er
Josehp Lippman, . G r, , . TT. Tckman and Henry
Moinhard wa.e appointed as rn Independent Commit
tee, for the purpose ot p-ocuri;. s ibscri rtiorg for the
benefit and relief o: tho 'rm* in Virginia.
George 1- Cope and Joseph Lippman wore appoint
ed to procar, a-usc euitubi * place for .ho purpose of
rc'diving anbsc i h ub and good .
George A. Cuyfe. was .ppointed to receive subscrip
tions, and par lias desiring to sub.cri'oj vlll -all at tho
Sa'iroad Bank.
Tho followir g resolution was introduced and adopt
ed :
j T. Thompson—
liesolved, Tha' ’hi Committee i vi e the 00-ooera
tv nof citizens f the co .nties in this section oi tiro
iverara in - weans i r 'ho aid of our sol tors m
Vr ;uL, and '-ha w • t.i ■ r wo trvi -s te ta-e
charge o: an i t oward : ■' m ions that may he son.
tror.i other-'rmii:’:'it . o ; y desire to aid in oiis
pa liauUr week
The k i.owin . gentlemen vein appointed to. for-o in
their respective wards;
Anson—W. J. Bulloch, if. t>. •
Berrien—M. J. Do. ver ers.
Brown —H, A. Richm nd, J. ri. Gaud-y.
Calhtnn— A. S’, ennelt, James A. Courvoisio.
Oharit >r * ari g Euescll, J. C. Taj lor.
Chthsm—P. L. Gae, Isaac Brusner.
Columbia—Benjamin Whitehead.
Craw-eid-—TT GHu J. E, Hernandez.
Derby—J. Barter, J. M. Prentiss.
Elbert—J. 0. Ferrlll, Win. : ox.
For yth—James E. t-r.-d .
K-vr Front !v:—j>. R. Dillon, John Ryan.
Cdd f ■ ’ . ~E. Lachlieon, A. Borchert.
F ston— .i. Burt s
G-. eco—J. H. 6 login.
.lacks n—o. But o , James E. Cope.
Jasper—John N. Lewi’, W. H. C. Uilis, W. H.
Heattcotie—John M. Cooper, H. M. Davenport.
T son.
L ifayette—A. Minis, Wallace Cummirg.
hibirty—a. H. Waver, A. Soma
Megozire— McCabe, Pat Ryan, James Monehsn.
Mentere. T .-J. ViUclongs, Samuel Stiles, Goorge
9 Cray.
Ogkthorpe—James Lachlieon, Andrew Ferry.
H. Ogl thorpe—John F. O’Byrne, A. Kent. i
fi. Oglethorpe—W. H. Davis, L. N. Falligant-
PorcivaT—llzrmaduke Hamilton, 0. C. Casey.
Reynolds—Thomas M. Turner—R, W. Adams.
Troup—o. E. Earle.
Warren—James Doyle.
■ 'fcsl.y—J. S. Barnwell.
r.—John Mallory.
"• :-a- Committees appointed are respectfully request
ed l r.ct forthwith, and report to the General Com
mittee, at the Exchange, on Saturday next, at nine
o'clock.
On nrulon, ti c meeting adjourned until Saturday
:ex , the lllh inst, at Lino o’clock a in.
THO3. PUIiiB, Chairman.
Ki-HiiD Cope, Sec.
[From tho Macon Tcle.rrcph.]
List of Casualties of tlte SixtH Georgia
Regiment, In Blie Rattle of Nliarps
bnrg, MG., Sept. 16tli and ITtli, 1862.
Lt Col James M Newton, commanding regi
ment, killed.
Major Phil Tracy, killed.
Lt and Adjutant A M Rowland, wound .-d.
Company A, Sidney Brown Infantry—Killed:
LtandA A Goa RP Jordan, Privates Afrner
McCook, Aisle Chancey. Wounded : Capt W
M Arnold; Privates Sidn: vflftuwis, James Rog
ers, jas Carney, MadisomULioveit, E R Cun
ningham, Elias Roberts. *•
Company B, Lockout Infantry— Killed; Lt
W F Wilkinson ; Privates J VY Hale, J II C!y
mer, W C Morgan and J A Bowman. Wound
ed : Lts J H Basden, W M Tidwell; Serg’t J M
Mathewson ; Privates John Morgan, Geo Ste
vens, Wm Rogers, II H Moreland, John Falls.
Misting: Capt J G Hanna; Privates D Samples,
Jason Rockholt, J B Gwinn, J R Stewart.
Company C, Beauregard Volunteers —Wound-
ed : Lt C D Cowart; Privates A Glozier. Wm
Hartley, R A Kilby, J Lominac, W T Odom, J
J Rumpb, L F Anderson. Missing: Capt C D
Anderson; Corp G W Slappey, S Oorder, J W
Gilts, R W Johnson, W II Lightfoot, W F Mc-
Gehee, and Jesse Gum mage.
Company D, Butt’s Volunteers —Killed : J D
Berry, D J Bailey. Wounded : Capt Cl> Wat
son, Lt T R Holland, George Elder, J B Thom
as. W Hudgins, H A Darden, A F Mills, John
Owens, B A Colli* v, B N Coody, RS Tomlinson,
J G Moore, Wm Edwards, P M Brownlee, F A
Moon, J W Heard, J E Coody, G B Bankston,
J L Slaughter.
Company E, Cruwfotd Greys—Killed : Sergts
J J Rowell, Thos Walker, Corp! N B Newsom,
Privates A J Derisn, W II Harris, A W Martin,
F W McCaliin. Wounded: Sergts R M Baze
more, Ii M Jordau, Privates J W Arnold, A C
Arnold, N B Harris, W H Hortman, .J T Jones,
J T Lucas, L P Lucas, G W Martin, A Nathan,
R B Nicbols, A F Parham, I! 8 crebridge, S E
Weaver, Lt T J Marshall, Capt W C Cleaveiand.
Missing : Lt Z A Fowler, Pm 'c- H N Bowers,
S F Jackson, E Maddin, W R Parker, M Raes
ford, J M Roberts, \v li Rowell, J W Roberts.
Company F, Mitchell Independent’—Miss
ing : Lieut J Hied, Serg’ls 11 M Putnam, J Da
vis, H C Cox, Oorpl N Cooper ; Privates D H
Arline, E Alien, W H Dalton, VV Ellis, J W
Everett, J Grimer, V/ Glover, M Page, 1) A
Royal, II Rackley.
Company G, Butler Van Guard —Killed :
Lieutenants MeCautr, Bartlett,, Serg’t Rucker.
Wounded : W F Peterman, J J Adams. N B
Tune, J F Humphris, BF Brooks. Missing :
J S Davis, A J Duke, 8 L Boddie, L C Poole, J
E Bartlett, G A Wilson, W M Saxon, J D Royal,
G W L Wadkins, F A Gassett.
Company 11, Balter Fire-eaters—Cant W F
Plane, Lieut A C Floyd, Scrg’ts Irby H Harri
son, S Sutton ; Privates J M Adams, 1) Cow
art, A Knight, JNc !m. Wounded : Lieut B J
Russell, Scrgt JII Cook, Uorpi 8 M Cox; Pri
vates C Adams, B Bailey, TII Caskey, B Col
lins, C Collins, E W Dias, W r m JlutT, 11 B Her
rington, G \V J >knson, J J Mc-Mullin, J Mc-
Murry, W C Odom, T J Simpson, L G Tyns.
Missing: J F Adams, li Bailey, AII Brown, A
11 Collier, M Culpepper, G W Grant,R A Perry,
C P Richardson, W L Spuriin, J D Smith, Thos
Vinson, D Wilson, W H Wagoner, G W Willi
ford.
Company I, Twigg’s Guards—Killed : Lt F E
Wimberly. Wounded: Corpl F M Johnson,
Ira Bullard, Thos Arrington; Privates William
Bozeman, V W Edwards, II II Coley, Thomas
Thompson, W A Edmonds. Missing: Bergt 8
1) Lamp, H II Ballard, W F Lamb, W 8 Lee, J
Newby, J T Coombs, W C Evans, D D Davis,
Isaac Norris and W W Glover.
Alex Martin, 49th G*., wounded.
Company K, Gilmer Blues—Killed: J A
Johnson. Wounded: J Brlvl.' f, J Fitzgerald,
J G Ilartfleid, A Hendricks, T J Johnson, W
Tucker, M W Tucker, M G Stowert. Missing:
Capt I T Loften. Lt TJJ Dozier, Sergt Brown ;
Corpl Smith, T D Colquitt, J C Collier, G P
D. z er, li M James, M Keenan, J II Lattimer,
J M Landrum, J C Mathews, J A MUlicau, J L
Norton, F Powers, WII Smith, II 0 Little, Sam
Stevens, V Wynn.
IFowrAtl in Twiggs Volunteers, ith Georgia Regi
ment, at Sharpshurg, J fd., ixpt. 17th.
Corporals Thos Andrews, W N Evans, W J
Harrison; Privates E B Martin, mortally, since
died ; John Epps, mortally ; J D Collins, John
Adkins, Appling Vann, slightly; B F Bird
song, struck by spent bail; W B Aardy,shock
ed by bomb. Wrn Sketoe was also wounded.
Missing: Hezekiah, Webster, Sam’l Alexander.
Sandy.
Caaaalties
IS COMPANY TANARUS, (BELT GUARDS.) BUI. LOG It CJ.,
9TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEERS.
[From t. e Richmond Exan.lner.l
Private Denmark, himself wounded iu the
action, reports that this company was engaged
on Saturday, August SOth. at Manassas, under
Second Lieutenant John Connolly, and Junior
Second Lieutenant Fulcher. Lieut. Connelly,
though wounded, continued through the battle
gallantly to command the company, which bad
two killed and all the rest of Hs members j
wounded except Lieut. Fulcher, two Sergeants
and three privates.
Killed—Privates O. li. P. L.ni-.r it: Kas
tus P. Water!, both of Bu.iocu county, da. ;
Ante, g the wounded severely— P. I> S:_riek- j
iaiv , Louis '..1. o. f. Cahah. J. M. Lewis i
an ? v ; . M.-fv. Won:, 'ed—M. H. D m.t k, C. i
Herd I v Hickenso:’. IVrp’l Jam s Hughe#, J i
B. Barms and J. W. Bash . I
LirulfJ. Ooct.tlly, a : >•* Mi*. Henning j
sen’s, although already tst scsvic:.- lourltcu ■
months, is not yet Mi Many earot age ! The j
Company was named s:a r it> ' run r Captain, .
Dr. Belt,' ci Bulloch -eor-aty, Georgia, Mrs.!
Hennlngseu’s brother, who ra.M.u u, and was
wounded on Warwick ’ vi. “e V i’.i r, !
and who was the fir-t paiu: . and i. '
sister’s hospital. Mu . IK : . - -uh :• -i
maining (half) brother:. M. js. k.vt. . ,w
head, one was wounded ia ute o—u-.- before
Richmond, and the other taken prisoner auer
his horse had been killed.
It is a fact worthy of ccte tba. there were
more men lost at the bailie of Sailoh than in
the seven days battles before Richmond, Vir
ginia, notwithstanding the great disparity of
numbers at Shiloh. The carnage on both
sides, according to the numbers engaged in that
bauie, never has been exceeded by any conflict
n mod rn warfare.
fFrom tho Knoxville Ke-riater.)
Address of lion. T. A. It. Nelson.
To the People ol' East Tennessee.
In all the speeches which I made to you in
the spring and .summer of ISGI, as well as in a
printed address to the people of the State, on
or about the 80th of May, 1861, I declared, in
substance, that if I had believed it was the ob
ject of the North to subjugate the South and to
emancipate our slaves, in violation of the Con
stitution, I would have gone as far as the farthest
in advocating resistance to the utmost extent.
My attention has just been called to a urocla
mation issued by the President of the Unit' and
States on the 22d Sept., 1803, in which i •
declares that “on the first day ol January in tb •
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty three, all persons held as slaves with
in any State, or any designated part of a State,
the people whereof shall then be in rebellion
against the United States shall be thencefor
ward and forever free, and the executive gov
ernment of the United States, including the
military and Eaval authority, will recognize nr-d
maintain the freedom of such persons or any ;
them, in any efforts they may make for their
actual freedom.”
I need scarcely remind you that one of tho
evils which I dreaded and predicted as the re
suits of the efforts which were made to dissolve
the Union was that, in the progress of the war,
they might open the way for servile insurrec
tion and the overthrow of the institution of
slavery. My opinions as to the ii" const Ration
ality and impolicy of secession remain unchang
ed, but in my last speech in Songrcss, and on
various other public occasions, I have vindi
cated and maintained, and still maintain, the
right of revolution. On no occasion, however,
did I ever assert the doctrine that a violation ol
the Constitution by one party would authorize
or justify similar, or other violation s by the
opposing party. The paramount causes which
have controlled and influenced my conduct nnd
opinions were love for the Union and an un
shaken confidence that we had the best consti
tution and government in the world. But, of
all the acts of despotism of which the civil war
in which we are "now engaged has been tin
prolific source, there is not one which, in the
slightest degree, equals the atrocity and bar
barism of Mr. Lincoln’s proclamation. Atone
blow it deprives all the citizens of the slave
States, without distinction, ofthAright to h.
slaves, a right guarranteed fcyAR-cry C 0..: -
tution he pretends to uphold, is 'ru • .
makes an intimation that he will recommend to
Congress to provide just compensation to U aioa
masters in the slave States, but what right has
he, or the government of the United States to
deprive them of this property without their
consent? And what assurance have they that
this vague and general intimation will be ap
plied to them, or that an abolition Congress,
reeking with the blood of the South, and jubi
lant in the possession of usurped power, will
adopt his recommendation. ?
We are in the midst of a sea of difficulties.
Many acts have been done in the South to
which we are bitterly opposed as a people, and
which we who have adhered to the Union in
spite of perils and dangers, could not justify
or palliate. But the Union men of East Ten
nessee are not now and never wore Abolition
ists. The Union men of East Tennessee are
not now and never have been committed to tne
doctrines of incendiarism and murder to which
Mr. Lincoln’s proclamation leads. What, then,
is the path'of duty in the trying circumstances
which surround us ? Is it to belie ail our past
professions and to sustain Mr. Lincoln’s admin
istration, right or wrong? Is It to justify a
man, whom we had no agency in elevating to
power, not only in abandoning the Constitution
of the United States, but in repudiating the
Chicago platform, his inaugural address and'
messages to Congress, in which the absolute
right to slavery where it exists was distinctly
and unequivocally conceded ? Or is it, in view
of his many violations of the Constitution,
and this crowning act of usurpation, to join
that side which at present affords the only
earthly hope of successful resistance ?
I am aware, my countrymen, that you will
find difficulties in bringing your mind3 to the
same conclusion at which my own has arrived.
Many wanton and unauthorised acts of cruelty
and oppression have been perpetrated among
you, which, instead of changing your opinions,
have only been calculated to aggravate and in
tensify a heroic principle of endurance. Many
of these acts have been committed in remote
places, without the knowledge or approbation
of the authorities at Richmond, or of those
who have held the supreme command in East
Tennessee, and under such circumstances that
you have felt it dangerous to complain. Grad
ually and slowly these outrages have at last be
come known, and in the very recant proclama
tion issued by Mr jor General Jones, you have
the assurance that your complaints will bo
heard, and the most energetic measures adopt
ed to remedy the evils to which you have been
subjected. •
Let not, then, a sense of private and present
wrongs blind you against the enormities al
ready perpetrated, and stili more seriously
contemplated by Mr. Lincoln’s administration.
If a majority of the Republican party have
been sincere in their professions of a determin
ation to respect the right of slavery in the
States, and if th s light of freedom is not utter
ly extinguished iu the North, may wo not hope
that a spirit < i resistance will be aroused in
that section, which, combined with the efforts
of the South, will hurl Mr. Lincoln from power,
and even yet restore peace and harmony to our
distracted and divided country ? But, if through
fear, cr any other Cause, Mr. Lincoln’s infa
mous proclamation is sustained, then we have
no Union to hope for, no Constitution to strug
gle for, no magnificent and unbroken heritage
to maintain, lio peace to expect, save such, as
with the blessing of providence, wo may con
quer, The armies which have been sent near
you to tantalize you with hope, have been with
drawn, acd, with cool audacity, Mr. Lincoln vir
tually tells you that yon have no rights. No
alternative remains but to choose the destiny
which an arrogant and unprincipled adminis
tration forces upon us.
It is almost unnecessary to declare to you
that I adhered to the Union amidst good report
and evil report, suffering and danger, while it
was in my power to support it, and that, when
my efforts were paralysed and mv voice silenced
by causes beyond my control. I have cherish
ed the hope that all might yet be well; but
“the laet link is broken” that bound me to a
government for which my ancestors (ought,
and, whatever may be the course of others, I
shall leel it my duty to encourage the. most per
severing and determined resistance against the
tyranta aud usurpers of tho Federal administra
tion who have blasted our hopes and are cruelly
seeking to destroy the last vestige of freedom
among us. If you would save yourselves from
a species of carnage unexampled ia the history
ot North America, but unequivocally invited in
Mr. Lincoln’s proclamation, let every man who
is able to fight buckle on his armor, and, with
out awaiting the slow and tedious process of
conscription,’at once volunteer to aid in tho
struggle against him. The r e- is not always
to the swift nor the battle to the strong,
and it cannot,, in the nature of things, be
possible that a just God will prosper the
efforts of a man or a government which Isas
hypocritically pretended to wage war in be
half of the Constitution, but now throws off the
mask and sets it utterly at deixuuce No despot
iu Europe would dare to exercise the powers
which Mr. Lincoln, iu less than two brief years,
has boldly usurped. He has suspended the
writ of habeas corpus in regard to all persons
who have been or may be imprisoned by mili
tary authority, and thus destroyed a i ight essen
tial to the liberty of the citizens, a l ight which
the mailed barons of England wrested by force
from King John, and inserted in the great char
ter of British freedom ; a right which it caused
centuries of contest to engraft upon the British
constitution ; a right for which our fathers
sternly struggled, and which is incorporated in
every" American constitution. Ho has called
armies into the field, without authority, accord
ing to his own acknowledgment, and has be
come a military Dictator. He now claims the
prerogative to abolish slavery without our con
sent ; and, if he can thus take our negroes, why
may he not take our lands and every thing else
we possess, and reduce us to a state of vassal
age to which no parallel can be found save in
the historv of the Middle Ages.
Thos. A. R. Nelson.
Knoxville, October 3, 1563.
From a letter, dated Port ltoyal, Sept. 26, we
make the subjoined extracts:
Tit a NASHVILLE.
I learn that the Nashsille is at present penned up by
three gunboats at the railroad wharf on the Great
Ogechee river. There is no possible chance for her to
escape, one cf the gunboats being stationed a: Heii
Sate, another at Bazzvrd Island, and moUi'r in the
i centre of the river channel.
’ oarruKa or the chief omens of the sisimm Attn
KATE
j John M. Busson, (ate chief officer of the steamer
Nashvffie, and more recently of the Kate, has been
! o ptured at last on a pilot b at while attempting to
! ruu the blockade. He will i eteal North'to-da> by
; the ileifnsr Keystone B:a:e, which vsss.lwiii also
| tie on: Aarnira: Dupont and Oomcr.oiore ke^p-rs,
: who go and r. ct y to Waihington for sj>ecial isstradott
! n-'at've t > the management of the Beet now gr.at y
! increasing ia our Gulf stations.
i 1 have hid a oenveisation wi.h Su.oin and hs states
■■ tha! he had c 'mmsuid of the Nashville, and ran the
! blockade with her several times. Bue only c,-rrU one
: gun on ter for castle, and genera’ly a crew tr.-ta thir
: ty-flve t.a f>tty men. Captain Goouinn, a m-. reham
seaman, has command ol the N tshvil e. sod Isdi'iy
watching for an opportunity to escap with her. Bus
son, previous to his capture, Jeit on the Geor
| gia c ast, in command ot the Kate, having be>n trar.s
lerred iroai the Nashville on the Y4;h of is: July, said
went toXsssau, N. P. He ran oat at high noon, in
the sight of three blockading vessels. On reaching
Nassau he abandoned the Kate, and taking command
of a pi’otJSoat attempted to run into Charleston, when
he and his party were captured. They were taken to
Port Royal as prisoners ot war.
J- W.HMper, a member of the 20th Louisi
ana regiment, who bad been confined in the
guard-house at ChMtauooga, the “Rebel” says,
was shot by the sentinel on Wednesday night
ior attempting to esope. He died nest day.
j’iui Vlmascipatiou Pi-ociamation,
[From the Chicago Times, 54th.]
Two days ago the President was wonderfully
strong in the confidence of the. country, not be
cause of his military conduct of the war, for,
in the opinion of ali men, that had been disas
trous, but because he had steadily manifested
an apparently inflexible determination to ad
here faithfully to the Constitution iu the politi
cal manorement of the war and in the general
administration of the government. It was the
merit of this adherence that, ia the minds of ail
good and right thinking men, covered his mnl
titnde of cins in the military conenet, of the
war. So lorg as lie seemed to be last authored
to the Constitution, good atid r.ght-thinkmg
men nev* r ceased t.o sa>a■ and believe List ex■
oerience would teach him to correct and over
tjg ■, diary nai takca, and ma.. finally the
wjverti l ■ 'the Constitution would prevail
over rebellion, and that the Union would be
ro-establiehed.
Now ib he b. a ut loose from the Constitu
tion—now i'. ' he u:. • resorted to ti c same
higher law t -'<• the Const''.main • tua pto
fessod pur if suppressii ■/, tne i .relilon by
\hieli lb “ re> -Ition justifies iisojf-gec-d end
right thb king mi '.) know not what to think op.
believe, or wh 'her to turn for anchorage.—
They are. ? ;r.H<. ■■ with a sense of alarm and dis
may. They l'cel that the foundations of the
government are unsettled, if not brbken up—
that, the ship ia adrift without master, compass
or rudder, and that the chances of wreck are
vastly greater than of safety.
if the policy of the proclamation were'any
m r. d-fev Mbie than <he President’* c n tittt
i- -a, ii, up- • naC.ows which it
... s (>jgt ■:! .a, aid : t>e so iinpji'ie
ie. It is an act ot as bad faith to every
c.v i v i-ivo hi an in the North as it is a terrible
blow t Uuiou men of the border slave
Stales. The President himself apprehended
that H might drive fifty thousand Union,sol
die:.., belonging to the border clave State-,
from the Union armies ! We trust and pray
that it will not, but that it will not work a
most"injurious revolution in the sentiment of
those States we dare cot hope; and as to Ken
tucky Mid Tennessee, what a tim.e is this to
hszard such a revolution ! We await ictc'l'-
geuce of Us effect in thos • States with tho
most paiutul anxiety.
It we di.sired more eom-ij-h’; arguments
•-in w the ’ ’ IP' si : a <■". Mo policy
•tha.i r.uy w h ■ . we tud
seek them in the auwer t Pi- .M wf
the a: a:::::- cl O: t : i?a .; ■ - • f ' afe
(■'a; la a .ai::) or’; a, r, yDa-Sa. ‘
good, 1 ' asked he, “wceld'a w !-c lf.
emancipation from me do, especial y r? v-e. W
now situated ? Ido not vrann to ifcsuc daeuaj
merit, that the whole world vii' si-jjhut.t ncees*’
sarily be inoperative, tike the iVie’tV bull
against a comet. Would my w/rd ;;reu iijjm
slaves, when I canr.rt even enforce theOelF
■a in the rebel Sta; ? Is
court or magistrate or individual that wouTS
be influenced by it - re . or:
is there to think it would It a-# uuy greut'cr
effect upon she slaves than the Hto law ol Con
gress, which I approved, and which offers pro
tection and .Uni to tho slavAof reeel m -
(era who e : witirn our lines. Yet I cannot
learn that that law ; as caused a stogie sham to
come over to us. And suppose they cc.uld bo
induced, by a proclamation of secdom from
.me, to throw them:elves upon ns, what rhoald
‘we do whh * hem ? How can we feed and cage
• forsuch a multitude? General But!.;: wrote
me, a few Uujs since, that he was iszub.q tiv
late ne to the slaves who have rushed > him
than to all the white troops under hi3 cm,:v
inand. They eat and that is all.” Before lira
President issued the proclamation he would
have done well to publicly answer these ol jec-
lions to the policy of It.
If utter despet ‘aion Lvd not before seized the
people of the rebel States as a consequence of
the abolition and co: a ca'ion measures of the
Congress at- Wr.:.biit >••■:!! seize them now.
The war hertv.Vv, .u tU • pa , will be a c a*
t<-st for exist ' :e. a •:.: *i ics and b
ua!s. . U
We protest against the proclamation, iu the,
name oi the Constitution, iu behalf of good faith
to conservative ndlifora ot the Northern
and border States, and for the sake of the only
means by which it. has at any time been ttosfii
ble to restore the Union. \Ve protest against it
as a mon trot , • im ;,
aud an act of r.a'.io-s and tmU-'J .
Nevertheb:-'.’, D; tr era:s of other conserva
tive people will not with’raw from the war.
They will fight hi it an.l support it nr, before,
not. to prererve tee "■.veromont, for that Is sub
verted," but to maintain a government. To do
othei -.vise id to itivil etc: n.<l ‘ evolution, anarchy
and confusion, aud to sink into disgrace as a
people in the eyes of Christendom. The South'-
ern rebellion is’not a whit more tolerable be
cause of this untoward prcclamittioa. That
must be resisted, whatever shall "come; and rj
to what shall come, we can Only watch aud
wait.
Our Gallant Bead.
O’ar county is again wre dV.lrg the laurels''.of
our victories with the myrtle f its woes, stec&
the recent wounds of every heart i3 oper fob
afresh with its grid for the ccul
Iu tho prodigal tffusion of South r, bloodf
which has so recently borne tbs •!; rf V.bftW
triumphantly upon the banks cf the Pot; s.tuJ
our immediate cbmtnuni'y has added’art
of He noblest tributes to Hie ..• J/
ladium.' Colonel William' 11. Ilolm- s, cVuJs
Second Geo'- a, while Kr*.i/ ; V-1# i vvlaelW<r
column to the third repeated charge of twenty
times Hs number, has fallen in front of his
iron-hearted com re. dee; and never has a nobler
and a prouder remit yielded it's martyrdom to
his country’s glory. When the fi g ot- our vas
salage was flung to the. fiery breeze by our
ruthless foe, he was of the first to rally under
the banner of Southern allegiance, and with
the flower of our country’'!- manhood formed
the vanguard that stayed the desolating legions.
He was foremost in erecting the first company
(the Burke Sharp Shooters) tfiat marched from
our county, and since his enlistment has refus
ed every indulgence from duty; unyielding to
the repeated solicitations of friends and even to
the tender importunities of idolizing home, for
an absence but for a short visit. From the de
fense of the coast, to tho advance of Manassas;
from Richmond to tho front of Berkley, and
from Manassas again to the Ilohcnlinden of the.
Potomac, his regiment has not once uniurk-d
its battle flag, but in the midst, of the carnage
his clarion voice has Htriiled along the line cf
his devoted brothers,' the cheering shout of
“Onward 1” “Charge!” and “Victory !” Cast
ing aside the luxurious e.t-e of *hotst?, and the
golden chords of that holy otfi etion which are
alone woven from the pride of a mother’s
only hopes, he entered the conflict with no
craven ambition of the ]>.>.: tizan demagogue,
with no menial strategy for pl.-co or position.
But actuated by the pure incentive of an ar
dent patriotism he advanced to the defence of
his country’s honor, and ask and no meed bat to
stain his blade in the blood of h r foe, uo pro
motion but that achieved by his valor. Pro
moted to his command for his high military
accomplishments and his universal gallantry he
has fallen in the heat ol battle, successfully
maintaining the most critical position to the
safety of our army since tho opening of the
campaign on the Potomac.
The pride of his comrades; the boasted admi
ration of his friends, the soul impassioned solace
of a widowed mother ami aunt, he now sleeps
amidst the bravest of the brwe. The present
can but offer this requiem ta his spirit, the fu
ture, with her burning tongue of fame, will
diffuse his name upon the glittering pages c>f
his country’s glory, garlanded with her flowers
of immortality as a gilded tegis of her Indepen
dence, vgiile the heart of every being in this
community is gushing out its tenderest sympa
thies for those whose griefs are flowing from a
dearer and a holier devotion.—[Waynesboro’
South.
Intervention in America.—The Indepen
dence Beige says:
From different quarters and reliable sources
wc receive confirmation of the report that r ;-
gotiations have taken place be;ween France,
Russia and England, with a vU w to the recog
nition of the Southern Confed.: in'Hu and a me
diation between the belligerents on the other
side of the Atlantic. At the close of some
conferences, in which the position of the States
of the South was seriously examined, the
French Government, in harmony with Russia,
proposed tho recognition of those States to
England. Motives of French interest on which
the attention of the Emperor has been particu
larly fled, chiefly determined him to adopt this
step. The importance of the English interests
involved in this question will, it is thought at
Paris, induce England to unite with the other
two powers. The answer of the British Cabi
net to the proposition of France is not yet,
known.
Bat rumors, which -.ra . ■ • fo A, have
brought England uud.-r ifo -.us:: Im ot having
made an unfair use of the propositions, by pro
posing to the Cabinet ot Washington an" inti
mate alliance ia opposition to tho policy pur
sued by France ia favor of the South and in
Mexico. But according to another and more
probable version, Lord I’a? mors ton and E.rl
Russell, ia accordance with the Cabinet at!
Paris, have despatched a special envoy to j
Washington to inform President Lincoln of the i
views o! France, and to urge him to take upon !
himself the initiative of the re-establishment:
of peace with the South, if 1 ■ wishes to avoid !
the offer of a mediation by the principal Euro
pean powers. If such an offer, made oy Ff_.....
Russia and England were rejected, h word 2
have to be imposed by fore.-, which wcr.' ! ’
to the horrors of a civil u_ e e of a nr:.:- ;
war. However short such a war might
Europe that would suffer from it.
New Rice.—l be fir.: arrival of the new c '•
of Rice took place yesterday. Mes rs. K. B
well x Son having receiveUtwo t.. usaml
els in the rough, from the Lowndes paaL.t. ..
on the S tono River.- fChar. Courier, 7 ;.
Prick of Negroes. —Hager, a negro v.-oc v.
45 years old, belonging to the estate of Sea
brook, sold in Jones last Tuesday for S2OOI in
in cash. Hager, however, was a choice k:
vaak—lMacoß TeL
Xh.e "1. v lixeniptioh Act.
Thetoil-Jtw U , -py.ot She Exemption Act*
as fi. i’y paSsed by both Houses of Congress:
A Bill to exempt certain porsor-s from mili
tary service, and to repeal the aet entitled “An
Act to exempt certain persons from enrollment
for service in the. army of the Confederate
Staler,” approved the 3Lst of April, 1862.
INVALIDS, OFFICERS OF GOVERNMENT, CLERKS,
. ETC.
1. The Congress of the Confederate Mates of
America do enact, That all persons who shall be
held unlit for miil.siry set vice in the field, by
rea oti of bodily or mental incapacity or imbe
cility, and* •■■ rui 's to be prescribed 1 y the Sec
retary rf War, tb.- Vi P a sidcnl of i :*•• Confed
e .testate*, t’vt deer# judicial on:: ■ xecutive,
o'? the Cor.fuh . oatfil S•• ■<< ■ •.-.nents, in
cluding v : t'. ..t'.i ■ a; pGintcu y the Preridcni
and C'niiirrx ;hy >•, -cnat.o, and such clerks iu
their effler ii owed by the Postmaster
General, s . tnplriyed, and excluding all
other p ■ . itir :-<a:.:t:; , ! t.a s.cA derk ;
■ . ufii I tm several
Suites r.M., have dce.a.vd, -. s ... .. ■ • after du
• uty; the
members of both Hoatea of i he t.'-nigress of tho
n: St: , dol L ’lures ot
th> m 1 8: . ' their itsa riva ofilcets;
al: cl-;.. -jsi iu ilia .. oc U,u Confederate
andStu’v t •'•va.rt.'.ao!: mi-ueriacd ny lav.q re
ceiving salaries or fees.
. VOLUNTEER TROOP3.
All volunteer troops heretofore raised by any
State since the passage o' the act > ntitlcd “An
act 'tr "(: to pi Vive fur the t .ubiie defence,”
r. r VO-- April 16th, 1863, while such troops
Eh’ \ x m it Rctiv:: service under Suite authority,
provided mat mis exemption shall not apply to
any person who is liable to be called into service
by virtue of said act of April 16th, ISO3.
TRANSPORTATION AND TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.
All pilots and persons engaged in the mer
chant marie:: service ; the president, superin
tend-mV, conductors, treasurer, chief clerk,
, t.:.nagers, station agents, section
i uastcr."., two expert track hands to each section
ei ■' mI.: ■, and mechanics in the active ser
vt-r '(ployment oi railroad companies,
OOtlo *;m '.! rat-• laborers, porters and -'uescn
gers'; : h.e j: n VO . ~ f on : •! superintendent and
Op.ay. a: a" L g jOi e-. L'.pauie.-, tilt: local
f:v&: -intendcst and opuiv.tin&of said companies
LoV-io exceed four ia number in any locality
.‘.a* s.h 'the seat of government of the Con
s; the pi-eridcit, AaperiLaeclents,
fiapfaittiV, erginc- v #, chief clerk and
SjtLbe' sedva service and employ taent of all
(Scl mics engaged in river and canal naviga
flhjK and all captains of boats, and engineers
U employed.
EDITORS, FRINTEUS AND PREACHERS
pmjHahcd, and such employees as the editor or
P' -ybru-iov m v certUy u oath lo lie iadis
twrAib’ie for conducting Mi* publication; the
(public p: inter, and these cmp.li--yed t' perform
the public pi*.’'.ms -r the C nreder ; ' v and
. govern ta' ! tsi>-.; every minister r.f reFglon
aU,th*riZ3d to i :: i-.cc..rt:!Cg to n; • rules of
hlsdßct and in ihv r : v.’ -.r discha'-g- fi- tois
tcrial duties.
RELIGIOUS NON-COMBATANTS.
Ali p r tow are mem
b V. . £■:.•• -• t% •? F .!. i and the Asso
c:, i),c. , N-zir.:, and Mennonists,
:.. re iu their respective de
. : :v. id members of the Sm" r
•cf'F-i. .X: •: rencs, Mennonists, a- ■
Jims, famish eubstilutes, or s . ..w: j
COCO each into the public Trptvary.
PHYSICIANS
All physician? who now a r- and for the last !
five years have ba vn in actual p aeilce 6t their |
proiescion. i
v -SHOEMAKERS, TANNERS, ETC.
; At! fiboemnkn-s, turners, blacksmith#, v. ujon
*i.; iere. miller-. ... . .-ir eng: nett initi
■Wrights, sktl'ed and actually employed as their |
Regular yocglion in the raid trades, habitnail . 1
in Vrorkirg for tire public and wliils
’so actually eo:# ytd; p-.ovWcd said person:- j
eiiall make cadi i- a--• I tiiat they arc st. !
rf i and ai.r.e.y - at th-: time &> |
thou- rigular .v-.-.-.F .i is; mio of tiui above!
trades, which nil! and vit i-: • :! only be primtt fatk ,
evkl.-fitcof F... . i . ' tiled.
A PROVISO ACLUVST EXTORTION
Provided further, T;..-v the : x ei; I :mi hercla-J
granted tapersons by r •.- of their peculiar i
mechanical or other occupation or employment j
not connected with the public serve ball be
subject to the condition that the products of
the labor of such exempts, or of the companies
and eafabliUiraeats with which they are con
nected, shall be sold and disposed of by tho
proprietors at prices not exceeding seventy-five
per contain upon tho cost of production, or
within a maximum to be fixed by the Secretary
of War under such regulations as he may pre
scribe; and it ia further provided that if the
proprietors c.f any such manufacturing estab
lishments shall ha shown upon evidence to be
submitted to and judged ot by the Secretary of
AY. r to have Violated, or in any maanfcv evaded,
q|v tr..-a in tout and spirit of the foregoing pro
yc-o, th . exemptions therein granted shall no
langeg b ftxtcndcd to them, superintend’-” ts or
’operatives iu ehld establishments, hut they, and
efery one of them, shall be iorthwith |
; SSfe-.i oMer provisions of this aet, and j
d'.UcT: 1 Confederate array, aad shall in I
niAe.vi.--:t <-jprifj.jp exempted therefrom by rea- !
■son <••' said inMiufactming establishments or
employments therein.
HOSPITALS, ASYLUMS, ETC.
All superintendents of public hospitals, lu
n tie asylums, and the regular j hysiciaus,
nurses, and attendants therein, ppd tho teach
ers employed iu the institutions for the deaf,
dumb an ; blind. Iu each apothecary store
nr.: established and diflngbn-iuess, c.. ipolh
ccary in good standing, who is a* practical
apothecary.
WOOL, COTTON AND PAPEIi MANUFACTURERS.
Superintendents and operatives in wool and
cottois factories, paper mills, and euperinten
dents and managers of wool carding machines,
who may be exempted by the Secretary of War,
provided the profits of each establishments
shall not exceed seventy five per c; . u: upon
the v st of production, to bo <’. • . ’ and upon
oath nf the parties, subject l : i uni
ties for violation of the prpvitdo , con
tained as are hereinbefore provid'd e; eof
ether manufacturing and mechanic 1
ments.
EDUCATIONAL EXEMPTIONS.
Ail presidents and teachers of colleges,
eraier, schools, and theological sc-mio;/
who have been regularly engaged as such:
two years preceding the p assage of this act.
ARTISANS EMPLOYED ON “GOVERNMENT WOIIX.”
All articans, mechanics, aud employees in the
establishment of fine government for the manu
facture of arms, ordnance, ordnance stores, and
otner munitions of war who may bo certified
by the officer in charge thereof, as necessary
for such establishment; also all artisans, me
chanics, and employees ia the establishments
of such person: as are or may be engaged under
contracts with the government '■■ fo'.-.U’.tltjg
arms, ordnance, ordnance etc: c-1 <.- her
munitions of war, saddle :, t, , n . >d army
supplies, provided that thu c lief . .he ord
nance bureau, or some onK.aeee ofu-vr >nthor
ized by him for the purp , r-ii dl approve of
the number of operatives r= q r iu : -ueh es
tablishment; all persons cm oy .and ia tee man
ufacture of anna, or ord ;: • • e . f any kind by
the evt ni State ?; < trot ton r,o> furnish
. Lite eamc to li;-.-. . li V .MS,
whom the Governor or Secretary o. '. v.
threof may certify to be necessary to the same;
all persons engaged ia the const!action of ships,
gunboats, engine?, rails, or other articles ue
cec-sary to the public defence under the direc
tion of the Secre t .ry of the Navy; sll superin
tendents, nanc'. ' ••, race! aoics, aud miners
employed i.> tho production and mnufacture
of salt* '■ <:. '. x i tvH-uty bushtl- per day,
and oi ' . , ..ad all perion-, engaged
in making t-tuc al i- r making i'.: r.r.d bar iron,
not to m: : j . t .•*, me -eg . - . 'goners,
and seivi: . empiOMd at t*u'ka con
ducted u %:;• : by tk Officers
or ager.ts o: and ••• ia w-rfe* employed in
S ate# ‘ r "
STOCK RAISF.It>.
| One male citizen for < . ■ • . ’ : .
for every SSO head of hor.
shepherd for every 500 head , f h
j persons as are engaged cx-lu ■. - tt tr
stock, provided there is uo white m
j not 11at ia to do military duty eng- _•
I such person ia raising eaid stock.
* OVERSEERS ON PLANTATIONS.
To secure the proper police of the country,
1 one person either as agent, owner, or o' trace’,
; f n each plantation on which one w U.opmmi: U
! require:'' “> be* kept b” He Iws or <i. < e .
! UitU& UuUat iiCti to tio EQ. J .'V.I I t
! in States having no such law one per.
agent, owner, or overseer on each plantation of
‘ twtciy negroes, aud on'.vhich time 1:0 white
; u-le ad;.:. c< t liaMs: to mHiiary servh-e, and,
' i:: them: ,e. for additional police for ev* ry
I twenty -roes on two or more plactattMi.- :
jwi. :u five mt.es of eae’t other,and e.;.h iuvlug
| k-.s!' iu twenty negroes, and on which there is •
! uo while male adult not liable to military duty, j
' one person, being the oldest of the owners or j
i ovi. eats on such plantations.
SPECIAL EXEMPTIONS.
Ah' , a regiment raised nnderandby embori
; y of tho State of Texas • r ’at frontier :
•; I 'ns*., now *n the service ot ; State, while ia ;
i fach service; and such other persona as she j
President shs f b.- ntiafied c. act..ant of jo.s-i
| tice, rquity, n necessity, ought to be Exempted, ‘
i are hart < y Tempted fiom m. -iary s<.•■> vi&. u 1
' the amiea of the Or federate 8 'vs; t#-.
1,., the e' jptioi. - herein a! .-• < i u . : „. ‘.
| ait only continue wui'-t the’M- • s •_ :
'- A arc actually engaged i it:r>_ dm tv pur- I
isub? ' occepatidh-.
-■ is.at the s< : . emitted “ n ret to exempt
, c .nain persons from ecroiintnt for service in
I .he armies oi Confederate States.” aonroved
the 21st April, 1562, is hereby repealed.
J NnrtHern Account cf u, ' of
| inkr-.|fiupon:‘c '! V o v ,
fodoritti-s.
A latter .n u < v k Hcrkld gives an ac
count of the figh at luica,Mission theß3d ult.,
between portions of Brice’s and Koaencranv’p
armies. TiivCorrcspondc.il say, “ti “n t o
capture Brice was admirable, but, unfortunate
ly, wa3 not carried out.” He says:
The fight commenced about half-past four in
the afternoon. Buford’s brigade, under com
n i.-.d ofCciov.'sl John B. Sanborn, was tho first
in the engagement, ani suffered more than any
other of our forcer,. The fighting was almost
hand to hand. Tho rebels charged and took
i t t 11th Ohio battery lour different times, and
it \ is r.3 often retaken by our boys. Every
horse in the battery wo - killed, and there were
o: !y , ight men left m.. bunded end fit for duty.
Every officer was wo* lei and one Lieutenant
It was supported by the 3th
:-3 —their first bi ttlc, too; they
( r-.t-tis every time they enarged and
fou ■ a:, close quarters. Tho despera
t:- - ’mu-ray was astonishing Several of
if.-;-;, (Vorcd to tear ot.r c-.io.s from the
ha . ; amen by mainbtrengtii, and eitner
perkh and ia the attempt or were made
In spot next movalog I eeviuteen
rebels lying dead around one of their Gmonels.
Six : feet squ :. would cover the whole
st •.* h-ie I: -Ued with tit ir commander.
Be vecu tw- • ■ k.se i the llth Ohio battery
By M.'.l-wn'di ii horses, and tho battery lost
ninety three iu tha fight.
i place litjr a rebel and a Union soldier,
tb" j;! aFuiiai through the breast, and in
ft!' -g i,c had pin aged "his bayonet into the
bn . -t ; f the mat! who shot him, aad they fell
togc-i;:t i-, the rebel ciulchit::.- our b.;y by the
throat. They lay in this position on tha field
next morning, and it was with difficulty they
were sop Treed. Wounded aad dead lay in ail
dirm'Fob.# during the whole oi the day succeed*
lug ■ battle, it Ir.-iug iuipcsrihle to remove
the:, sooner. Price left his dead and wounded
on ’he field, paying no :,t.t-ntic*n whatever to
til- y and of course thc-y f ll upor. the bauds of
oiw ntvg’.-ons, who or>. ,h bt;.sy men cau well
be, aid tbe hospitals present sueff seema as I
now again wish to look upon. Every few mo
me- s some poor fellow ‘without a
mu • *ur, apparently hating made up his mind
to. take whatever comes with the best possible
g.“ ■’ nnd the amputation tables soldiers
arr iookiiia on at ora-atlcas with
sap.: - L -'.ii :c •. ■ ' knowb-.g soon
tb-m- --vti lira” :-.:av cr rac to undergo the name
torture.
Gen. Eos xeranz had abc-ut one thousand live
huutiivd rue-i actually engaged in the fight, and
the.rofeels-scmo two thousand five hundred, as
near ycould he ascertatocd. Tho whole force
of neither side was engaged, night coming on
bnf tho battle could become general. The can
no- "g lasted only half an hour, aud was
m: and- tructive, the Eleventh Ohio battery
keo’dr.;.'? up_a perfect storm cf iron hail upon
tk ' they charged, time after UCJS;
do:.: vj-en term. The principal regiments of
tho : ' eh were the Third Texas, Third Louisi
- Mississippi regiment, the number cf
wh:-. I could uot obtain. We took the Colo
nel (Mayberry) of the Third Texas and a Louis
iana Major prisoners. Both were wounded,
and'they both say that such desperate fighting,
for the time it lusted and tho number ot troops
act.: Tv engaged, has not before been seen du
i ring i-ie war. Tho rebel Genera! Little was
kilk 1 on the battle field, and the less among
■ oeu- officers was large. The number ot killed
and wounded on the rebel sifio will reach seven
hundred, aad some three hundred prisoners ta
ker ir g their retreat, which retreat re
■:w ; To stampede of a flock of sheep more
, a- a y of flying soldiers. They eeatter
, ;> the woods in every direction, and
we c-.uld only catch them in small squads.
We <-.-iprure<f the main part of the bag
>:a in and stores, nnd finsVy hailed
; -c'i'.to, where Eosencranz , Price
is F.nyi'.ft-ed to be on the wc. Ripley.
O r if-a will number five bandied in killed
:cvi v * unded, and a good many die in hospital.
T t- tilth lowa went into action with four hun
dred -. ; eighty men, and came out with a less
of t undredand sixteen men. Tho Elev
. .1 Twenty-sixth Missouri, Twenty-eighth
£>• . Fourth Minnesota, and Sixteenth and
P>vh lowa, all had more or less men in
different times, and ail fought like
•.nd soldiers. Roseucranz, Sullivan,
a’oorn stood on the field, with grape
m: whistling round their h ■■ ds in eve
ry c.,: wfi >n, apparently oblivious to danger
and only anxious to watch every phase of the
fight.
As darkness gathered over the rc;:.-.c. tho rebel
army retired into I-u-ka, and at twelve o’clock
at commenced their n Ire at. At about
seven -’clock A. M., their whole force was in
rapid flight, pu-vued closely by Hamilton’s di
vision At ftb wclvo o’clock General Grant
ands .ifTarriv: m Huntsville, an-5 the sec
ond a.- j sixth -I i ions arrived about the same
time, -id were immediately ordered to return.
Gen. Grant remained a short time, and then re
'fame' to Burusville, from whence, next morn
ing, I • ; churn u! to Corinth. Official notice has
b ,,i\: - ived that Rosencraz is a Major Gene
r.-.l—:: ' t ved recognitioa of valuable services
and 1 Military skill.
li: : wry Review in Charleston.—The
Cotivfor of yesterday Faye :
Tv a i . .'lew by the Commanding General of a
small portion of the forces composing the gar
rison . i Charleston, consisting of cavalry,
heavy nx-.i light artillery, inciading the formida
ble ? re train ot tho Palmetto Guard, Capt. G.
L. Bu K,:., and infantry, came off, according to
announcement, Tuesday afternoon at tho Race
Ccur •. Avery largo concourse of citizens
were . n the ground, ,vl the Course lined with
can-h's and vehicles of every description,
fok'j Mostly with ladies and ckiidren, assem
ble : •. * witness r.bs imposing j :gcant aud
cafe: • 1 imps;.. ol the illustr’cn./ mmander,
Gen. Beauregard. '
At an early hour the various regiments
marched on the parade ground headed by bands
of mum-. The famous Forty-r ixih Georgia ap-,
peared on the ground under the command of
Lieutenant Colonel Daniel -; tho Charleston
Battalion under command of Lieu tenant Colon
el Galllard, and the whole under the command
i of Colonel Colquitt, acting Brigadier General.
The line was formed precisely at half past three,
mm -i Ky after the arrival of General Bcaurc
'g' v, ;v. company with Brigadier General Gist,
and •'... brilliant staff of the former, was an
, by a booming salute from the artiilery.
- ..‘ OAg the field officers accompanying Gen
: cr.U Beauregard, we observed Colonel C. H.
; Stevens, Lieutenant Colonel Ellison Capers and
Major Huger, aud others who to names wa did
noil General Beauregard wa3 mounted
on .. . Me l;Uek r-tcudj and ashy rode to the
: u-: .sliesliy received with the
| wax leg '. ’ • till handkeroh' by the &>
I K - M.i iiu.'k-, which the Ger.v--.I politely
.--vdged by twising his ha ~ u.. il he had
t"V..a j'Oi'.tion A i the troops were first
in:., ’. i . ii!!!-, thfc band; pi l ing tho cuj
to:. ..; . Ui-j General aud otto. : viewing
offiv. -de around the littvS.
Uj'uu tin: n to: • ' f the officers to th dr origi
nal po.-itiou, ih ■ r-F ra.-sed in review, first
ia common nn ..'tin qo K time. They
I were then dismi >cd.
• O . d': ti-v, - General wav cgaln
| honored with*-foil- from tho artillery. The
| who'. affifo;' • i off v;.y agreuaidv, the
. Ia; crowds moving off h’gbly delighted with
1 and-. trade and the events of the day.
i From Our Army in Northern Virginia.—
There seems to be a general imprersion that our
own forces and those oi the enemy in the vicin
ity o. the Potomac, are on the t,va of a deter
mined eoiirdcn. This imp." u>reegthen
6Abjr tßie Statement . posseMera
who cam:; down by ’ - ’ train from
Staunton y iterday t.'v. ..... from these we
learn that on Tuesday l. i .he enemy, in con
siderable force, advanced from Harper’s Ferry
as far a# Cuark town, shelling that place from
a point about one mi’.e and a hall east of the
town. Ascertaining that the town was unoccu
| pied by our force-,,’they moved up and took
j posses-ion.
! On - . r:■■ ray ov.'.-rdng our cavalry pickets at
: Mart>- -burg t K ' 'k, and reporte I t:ieadvance
lof ae . rev,y on the "’i'd.amsport
! roai.
Too ,1 ■ iicray i:. tr.d '-round Ilar-
Ferry is raid to bo very heavy. The clj
, viaion mmar .led l v Gen. G; *ry occupies the
: Loudcv't Heights, ft is su; ■■ ed that their
: main to: .1 a cro.- -ed, or ends to cross at
j the Er. witic;; u-ached Charles
| town . L,t..< b .ieved to be the advance of
i their army.
Fr,. 1, rcc' tint's the condition of our army
■ ::c The barefooted have been re
■ : t.y ■d by Urge arrivals of shoes, ard the
'• a!.u ..' 'applied. Toe
.. . .-:f l.cc . . .*1 up, and the
wn*.: iv is ir. buoy ..t.irjis tad confident
ly on’ ;• :o other briiliaiH. triumph.
From Frederick-burg.—', e yesterday re
ccivea i ;• r - . . ti k-bv..- dated the
•layprevious. : t lor several
days rum ms : V . ,t Kv.mn ies, Evans
port, T seki- , , : ’, ,'a. eatan Junc
tion, <ki., la". .jgyhcelcs that they
would renew tl . a.-..rb sojtmrn in Fred
ericksburg. It dm •ai that the cannonading
heard Monday a: : Tuesday was the noise of
two gunboats cu .he Potomac, blowing up the
fortifications left by our forces at Eransport
last spring. They tear that wc may blockade
the Potomac again this winter.
All on this Side.—The Richmond Enquirer
of the Oih says all of McClellan's army is on
this side of the Potomac.
The same paper says:
The seven engines and a number of cars with
which the enemy h3<l stocked the Orange and
Alexander Railroad, and which was lately cap
tured at Warrenton, have not been re-captured,
as stated by a cotemporary. They were brought
across the Rappahannock, and ale safe on this
side.
TELESBAJx
NORTHERN NEWS.
THE YANKEES CLAIM A GREAT VICTORY
AT COKINTU-GEN. lIACKLE&Afc KILL
ED—OGLESBY DANGEROUBDT WOUND
ED-THE HERALD OUT AGAINST LIN
COLN -BRAGG RETREATING FROM
BAIIDSTOWN ON LEXINGTON. ' .
Biobmond, Oct. S.—Tho New York Herald of tboCth
contains despatches from tho West claiming a great
victory at Corinth on Saturday morning, it eays Price
attacked Eoscncranz’a right, • -whilst Van Dorn and
Lovell attacked his loft.
The assault was mado with great determination. Van
Dorn led his column over an abattis on the left, up to
within fifty yards of a ditch, exposed all tbe time to a
scattering tiro of graps and canister. They were
driven back.
Gen. Hackloman (Federal) was killed, and Gen. Og
lesby dangerously wounded.
Despatches from Kentuoky state that Bragg evacua
ted IJardstown on tbe 4th, and Crittenden’* corps was
in pursuit. Bragg was moving towards Lexington.
Tho Herald, editorially, pronounces Lincoln’* ad
ministration a failure, and vehemently oppose* the
election of Wadsworth, the Republican candidate for
Governor. It says that the constitution, once so Bacred
in American eyes, is no longer regarded as better than
the prophesies of an old almanac.
Tfec Yankees Leave Jacksonville.
THEY STEAL TIIE NEGROES, FREE AS
WELL AS SLA YE.
TWO GUNBOATS ©FF TUZZE TOWN,
Baldwin, Oct, V.—Tho Fcderals at Jacksonville
embarked yesterday and went down the river this
morning early. Two large gunboats are still lying off
the town. They have taken ill the negroes, both slave
and free, they could.
Congressional News.,
E:ciimox, Oct. 7.—ln the Senate, to day, the
House bill to provide shoes for the army was passed;
also,tho Houso bill to establish places of rendezvous in
the Congressional districts, for the examination, by
surgeons, of conscripts. Tho residue of the open ses
sion was occupied ia the discussion of constitutional
questions arising from the consideration of a bill pun
ishing insurrection or rebellion against tho Confederate
State”, and on tie bill to extend the provisions of the
Sequestration Act to pe sons within the Confederate
government. The former was indefinitely postponed,
and the latter laid on tho ta'.le.
In the House, the Senate bill was passed authoris
ing the President to receive into the service certain
regiments and battalions heretofore raised.
Mr. Boudinet, delegate from the Cherokee Nation,
was admitted to a seat in the House.
The bill authorising the suppression of the habeas
corpus was discussed until adjournment.
Richmond, Oct. S. —In the Senate, to-day, the bill
relative to Confederate Bible Societies was passed.
Tho resolutions reported some days since by the Judi *
clary Committee, declaring that aay exercise of author
ity over citizens of the Confederate States by the ene
my, was illegal and void, was passed.
. In the Bouse the bill authorizing tha suspension of
the writ of habeas corpus in certain cases, was fur
ther discussed. A recess was then taken until to
night.
Richmond, Oct. 9.—The Senate to-day parsed a bill
to pay officers of tho Confederale Navy who were ar
rested and imprisoned by the Lincoln government for
resigning their commissions ia the U. &. service. At
12 o’clock the Senate went into secret cession, and so
remained until the adjournment.
The Houso passed its bill to provide compensation
for the Collectoia of the War Tax. Elias C. Boudi
not, delegate elect from the Cherokee Nation, was ad
mitted to all tho privileges of a Territorial Represen
tative.
A bill reported from the Committee of Ways and
Means was passed. The first section provides that all
Treasury notes issued after the Ist December next
shall be m&do fundable only in bonds bearing interest
at G par cent per annum, but in all other respects simi
lar to the bonds bearing S per cent interest. The
second section provides that tho Secretary of tho
Treasury shall have authority, by public notice, to re
quire holders of Treasury notes to fund the same In 8
per cent bonds within four months from th3 dalo of
such notice; and all notes which shall not bo presented
for funding shall thereafter be entitled to be fundable
only in 6 por cent bonds.
Tho House also passed a bill empowering the Presi
dent to suspend the Habeas Corpus whenever, in his
judgment, the public safety may require it, such sus
pensions to apply only to arrests made by tbe authori
ties of the Confederate government or for offences
agoinst the same.
Yankee News from the West.
Senatobia, Ogj. B.—A special despatch to the Gren
da Appeal, contains extracts from the Memphis (Fed
eral) Bulletin of the 7th:
A despatch to General Sherman from Gen. Hiliyer,
dated Columbus, sth, says: “Last Saturday the Reb
els under Van Dorn, Price and Lovell, were repulsed
from their attack on Corinth with great slaughter—
They are in fall retreat, leaving their dead and wound
ed on tho floid. Gen Eosencranz telegraphed that tho
loss on our side was severe, par icuiariy in offioere, but
no comparison with that of the enemy. Gen. Hackle
man was killed, and Oglesby wounded. Eosencranz
is in pursuit of the enemy. From seven hundred to
one thousand prisoners had been taken. All their
wounded fell into our hands ”
, Tho following despatch was received at Cairo the
sth: “Jackson, Tenn., 9:30 a. m.—Hurlburt is engag
ed with the enemy at Bolivar tills morning. He was
reinforced last night with five thousand men. The
guerrillas captured a freight train of cars near Be thcl
station, loaded with commissary stores.”
Parties from Memphis say there are only 1500 troops
remaining in that city, the remainder having gone to
Jackson,
Miscellaneous Ifankee Items.
Tho draft in Massachusetts lias again been postpon
ed till Oct. 15tb. Preparations for the draft In Penn
sylvania, New York and several ether States, are ac
tively in progress.
It was understood that Gen. Morgan, with h’s forces
f’om Cumberland Gap, would reach the Ohio on Thurs
day or Friday. His loss in the retreat has been tri
fling. He saved his trains.
The Oregon Legislature has memorahzed Congrers
for arms and munitions for the defence of the (State,
u* and an iron-clad vessel at the mouth of tha Colum
” James Mouson, ol Ohio, has been appointed Consul
at Eio do Janeiro in place of Kiehard G. P?™ 0 **s’' 5 ’'
Tha Eon. Jacob W. Miller, tormerly United btates
Senator from New Jersey, is dead.
Over halt a million dollars of prize-money has been
paid over by United Btates Marshal Milward, of Phila
delphia, about half of which has been sent to Washmg
tJTher yeflow > fever*at Kay West, has killed one-flfthof
of Randolph, Tennesaee, which wis re
cently destroyed by order of Gen. Sherman, contained
ninety-seven buildings, all but ono ol which were re
duced mushes.
The Forty-Sixth Georgia Regiment. On
last Saturday afternoon a very large concourse—
p. eluding many ladies—assembled on the South
Bay Battery, to witness the review of the Forty-
Sixth Georgia Regiment, Col. Colquitt, by Gen.
Beauregard. At five o’clock the General and
Staff appeared upon the ground, and the review
began l Both in the manual and In its evolutions
the regiment displayed great precision of move
ment, and Gen. Beauregard expressed his grati
fication at the evidences of its efficiency and
"The 46th Georgia Regiment, since its arrival
here, has proved itself a model of good ois
eipline and orderly bearing. Its conduct has
baen honorable to our 6lster State, and is high
ly conducive of that mutual respect and regard
which should exist between citizens of the two
States. The .Colonel of the regiment bears a
name endeared to every State Rights man in
the South, and identified with secession as son
of the eloquent and Boa-hearted leader of the
party in its origin in Georgia in 1851. He him
self, long a champion of the cause *n evil re
port and in good report, is now on our soil
with this fine array to defend the right. When
the stern trial of manhood shall come, we
know the noble Forty-sixth will do then
whole duty—both officers and men. We are
happy to have 6uch allies, and only wish we
had‘more of the same sort.—[Char. Mercury.
An Abolition Goveknoe Satisfied. —It is
Hated that Blair, the governor of Michigan, ad
mitted in the convention which re-nominated
him ior governor, that ho had kept back the
troops from that State “before this had been
declared an abolition war;” but now, he aver
red “he had something to work for.” He can
oi course “go in,” because the character of tha
war has been changed, and it is to be hoped he
will call out his abolition legions. The negroes
of the South can whip all that class that will
enter the field.
“An Abolition wae !” We thank Governor
Biair for the honest confession, and will govern
ourselves accordingly.—[Memphis Appeal.
Andrew B, Little, examiner of Patents during
Buchanan’s administration, cut his throat in the
dining room of the National Hotel, Washirg
ton, on the night of the 30th September, in a
fit of temporary insanity.
Federal Prisoneks.—We understand
Gen. Prentiss and the other Federal prisoF^ l ?
now confined in Madison, will pass thresh
i here this evening, on their way to Virginia* W
be exchanged.—[Aug, (jjuon., 7th.
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