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GEORGIA TELEGRAPH
; dell, is now in this city', having hem .driven the Gth instant, did me the honor to place me finitessimally small! When reflection succeeds
i front Macon, oil twenty-four hours’ notice, for in nomination for the office of Governor of the [ to passion the Federalists will see and he ashara-
no reason except that he was of Northern birth, ! State of Georgia, at the approaching election, (odoftihe ridiculous position they have taken.
l ’..m ■ he Lou.fv ... • .mm-:. Sews from flu- Itehel Stales.
M c commend the .. c front the New interesting New* from Georgia and Vir-
York Journal of I’omn wee, a conservative- pinim-
paper, to the earnest atteatwn of our readers. : [F it>m ll)U cinclm.aH Gnzuue, Augu.-.AJ v 1
Tlte Louisville Journal never gives' place to A physician from Macon, Georgia, Dr. Blais J
anything favoring peue: * * - l —" ”• -
- : wwonoire.
Having soino months since, in writing, fores
warned my countrymen of the calamities they
wero bringing upon themselves, by' the “no
compromise” policy, but with no good effect
and haring with sorrow since belteld the ful
Ailment ©f all my predictions, I venture now
further to record the results which I foresee are
to follow from a continued prosecution of this
ruinous, unnatural, and unnecessary war,
hope (though almost againflt hope,) that pro
dent counsels ntay yet induce our people to
estimate the insurmountable difficulties in the
task they have too hastily undertaken^ and to
pause, If but for a brief space, to oonsider the
remote, as well as the immediate.results of Us
farther prosecution. % .
1. Wheh started, this was to be finished in
s^x weeks ; then in six months.' But
predict that the South will not be subju
gated within six yeqrs. Indeed) be done?.
Some- suppose it can be done through why
bhpd our eyes to the fact, that it will ■
the agency of. start dt ion.' Don’t let us
ourselves with such idle talk. Having s:
ed supplying »/*, they will hare a la:
of food: .however long the war may Task
S. trie incendiary efforts of tpe extreme
wing, or ultra war party, to excite the slaves
'.ouavrreetlon, will, soon arrest the attention
and excite the abhorrendo of the majority in
the North, and throughout Christendom ; and
frill far succeed. The attempt to do so -will
create a revulsion ; will be>denounced by the
moderate Republicans themselves; and willj
within six mouths, cause it wide split inthe
war party.
3. Tliat portion of the war party eomprismg
the moderate Republicans, ana the misled Dem
ocrats, who thought they wero fighting for the
Union, and not for the abolition of slavery-
will, before thiaycar closes, abandon tltat party
to join die peace party-r-which will be inainlv
composed of Democrats and Old line Whigs, as
the nucleus around which patriots of every
shade witf gather.
4. Those Democrats, who piisapprchondin u
the edtertor objects «f Urn war, suddenly left
• Froip t he A ugu v a Con* ti In t ion a H.-1.
letter from Hon. Charles J■ Jenkins,
Atlanta, Ga., 17(li Aug 1801.
I perceive by a ccuimunicaiioit in the Const i-
that a public meeting ol the citi
zens of Ncwtcn county, held at Covington on
NORTHERN INCONSISTENCY.
[From the AberJe.n (Scotland- People’* Journal,
June 22.1 \M t' W
The risk of any collision witli the North on
account of our recognition of the belligerent
character of the embattled Southerners is in-
abandou the Tribune jinUaj- will sec their mis
take, and whither they arc drifting, and return
to thcir-alle^iancc. to the Constitution, Many
of them within three, and all within six months.
5. The great Democratic party of the North,
aided by alo old-line Wfiigs and the Bell-Ever-
ett garrt-—ever friends to .oijr.Coniticution,
laws and’fiag—will control tlie Legislatures of
New YStk, Pennsylvania isrd New Jersey, be
fore die close of next year. The elections of
180^ in those Statevwih result iif the success
of the Constitutionalist pnrjy of Peace. Direct 4
Tm4, the duty on and incieased price of tea,
coffee and sugar, and the huge National Delt
in pipspodt, will contribute to this result.—
The Peace party will then rc*unite-4hc3tates-»-
unlcse,-whfeh is more' probable, the ultra way
party have meanwhile made t« union knpossi
Ue. . .
0. Cotton will.be shipped from Kcw Orleans
to Liverpool before the- cfose -of next winter,
blockade or no blpckade. We shall, have our
hands full at home; and no war with’England
or France will be prosecuted, or them threat
ened, Canada will be further reinforced this
year. The, Lion of Albion will shake the dew
from his mane. England and France will treat
and was known to be familiar with Southern
defences, troops, arms, Ac. 'Dr. Biaisdell has
resided for many years in Georgia, and all his
interests were identified with the South. He
owned a plantation, with some fort}- slaves, all
of which, with a large amount of other proper
ty, was declared confiscated te the State, and-
men to whom lie had loaned considerable sums
of money but a few days before, absolutely re
fused to pay back to hint enough to defray his
traveling expenses. Ue had just returned from
a two weeks’ visit to Richmond and Manassas,
when he was ordered to leave, and some of his
statements concerning the battle are of special
interest
lie pronounces the whole story of Jcffi Davis
having takcn-command in person in the after
noon, or having been with the troops at all da
ring the light, a pure -fiction. St> of the other
story about the undermining around Manassas,
ncter which he says the rebels would not dare to do,
Don’t let us deceive. *be simple reason that-they have too many.
— - - ^ iljsafiecUd in their own ranks, frhff wbnTdbe
only too glad of the opportunities that would
thus be afforded. A more important fact, and
ono-which we comm'emi to the attention of the
military authorities having control of the move
ments in Western Virginia, is that as Dr. B.
was coming through Atlanta, Ga., last Sunday,
On his way Noryi, five thousand volunteers
were leaving there for Staunton and W-estom
Virginia, to wipe out (he disgrace of Colonel
Ramsey’s ora-k Georgia troops, incurred at
Cheat river. They were without arms, but
Davis had telegraphed to send- them on, ns he
hid taken a Urge lot of Northern arms, and
could supply them on their arrival in Virginia.
■ Dr. B,. saya that the Southern supplies of'
tsl
Painful Occurrence.—With pain we record .
I have occasionally .seen, within two or three They are in reality decrying their own princi-
months past, in the gazettes of the State, anony- ' pies, and are abusing us for measuring their
mous articles suggesting the same thing, but corn in their own bushel. They are enraged
regarding them only as the expressed prefer- at the truth of the text which says, “With 1
once of a few partial friends, not likely to in- whatsoever measureyo mete it shall be mtfasur-
duce concerted action, I did not feel called on to cd to you again.” Their whole history is one
reply. continual protest against the doctrines they
But now, that a public meeting of my fd* now lay down. Their nation began in seces-
low-citizens, assuming to speak for one of the slon, and Franklin, Washington, Jefferson,
most respectable, influential counties of Middle were only illustrious as secedcrs. To the re
Georgia, have formally nominated me, andask- cognition of their belligerent character by
ed thr me the suffrages of the whole people, France, and to t!:e aid they derived from the
' fleets and land forces of the French nation, they
i.cn
■continuedsllcr.ee on my part will probably be
construed into acquiescence in-a candidacy.—
Fully appreciating the distinguished honor
with which that office'invests its incumbent,
and profoundly grateful to those who have ad
judged me worthy of it, I must, nevertheless,
retire from the position in which they have
placed ma - . :•
. It is due Jo those valued friends that I should
not thus thwart their purpose, without assigning
a feason for so doing. To say thSt5Fdo ndtdc>iro
the office, and that there are • probably others
ia more worthily
I*
who would less reluctantly am
fill it would, I think, entitle me to their jndu
gencc. . N ' - »
But I stop not there. The names of many
distii;gi.:died Georgians have been proposed by
five thousand volunteers their friends; fer the same office—so many that >
''"Hi Cm I ■**—|— 1 the public mind is really embarrassed, distract- 1 ’
ed. It is very desirable, in the'prcsent condi-'
tion of public affairs, that there should be no
heated contest, for office—aS little division-
among our people as possible.
were indebted for that independence of whit
they boast so loud. Wo, on the contrary, pro
pose to bring the South neither aid nor sym
pathy. We desire to observe scrupulous
neutrality. But we recollect 'That when
Greece revolted, the United States were among
among the first to recognize the belligerent
rights of the revolted Greeks. Last year,
when the King of Naples, attempted to block
ade his ports, the United States took sides
with the Revolutionists and rendered thoSece-
ders then threatening Naples no small aid by
their remonstranoesT We take no side; we
ate no partisans.' The sympathy we have
shown has been for the Union, and for this for
bearance diametrically opposed to> our trading,
interests, and as directly inimical to our com
mercial friendsin America as to our manufac
turers at home—we are coarsely.calupiniated
and rudely menaced. Our Federalist friends
are out of temper, and well they may be. The
certain man who “ digged a pit” and fell into
a casualty ofthe most distressing nature, which
occurred at Sullivan’s Island, between twelve
and on# o’clock on Saturday last Four ladies
went into the water to bathe in front and with
in a stone’s throw .of their residence on the
beach. Two of them having ventured beyond
their depth, a cry of alarm was raised by their
companions. One was soon rescued by a stal
wart negro. Mr. Tlios. F. Porcher, of St
John’s, who was related to three of the ladies
as husband, brother or" uncle, having heard the
cry of alarm, immediately ran to the beach,
and plunged into the water to save his youth
ful niece, Miss Lizzie White, who was far out
among the breakers, and where the current was
strongest. The noble and self-sacrificiDg man
succeeded in reaching the young lady, when
the unci# and the niece sank together to rise no
more.
Though every effort "was made to recover
the bodies, we regret to say Ibe.v have been un
successful; Miss White was the daughter of
Mr. John S. White, and was in her fourteenth
year.
TELEGRAPHIC.
Richmond, August 2L—The President ap
proved to-day an act empowering the President
to appoint two other Commissioners to Europe.
The act empowers the President to determine
to what nations the Commissioners now in
Europe shall be accredited,and to prescribe their
duties.
The two additional commissioners gill re
ceive the same pay as those now in Europe.—
The President is also authorized io tot in giv
ing aid to the State of Missouri .in repelling in
vasion, and to authorize her admission into the
Confederate States.
The preamble to the act sets forth that the
people of Missouri have been prevented by the
■Unconstitutional interference of the Consoli
date Government from expressing their will in
regard to a union with the Confederates, and
ARMY HYGIENE.
Correspondent of the
la the .afflicted friends of the deceased, wc Misso'urians are now engaged in-repelling
offer our sincere condolence m their grief. - . . . .- .
•** • ‘ ■ Charleston Mercury, 19th.
The great struggle,. for independence, in i himself, was probably not in an amiable
which wo arc now engaged, should compose all humor when caught and kept in the trap of his
arms are almost.exhausted—a statement which
proclai
fished
strifes, unite all hearts, concentrate in one
focus all minds. But how are we to escape from
the proclifraation of the Governor of Georgia, : the dilemma in this election ? A Convention,
published in*our columns a fejr days ago, am- } without a distinction of old parties, is proposed,
ply confirms. There .were tan thousand sol-j But it-is apparent'that many afe opposed.To
cIierB.hr Virginia two weeks ago, entirely with- J this measure, and there Is a doubt whether it
out arms. Very few of the soldiers hava im- j will give "general satisfaction. I sincerely hope
roved weapons. There are not more than that in this, or some Other way, public opinion
j>,000 Millie rifles in the Whcle Southern array, ] may be coaeentcatod upon sosko worthy dri
ly, but will not submit to wanton insultfc.
rhe present Union men.in Missouri, Kerf- Hi
us fair!
7. Thcprgsent
tuaky and Maryland, finding that the “ War for
the un ion” has, through -New England pres
surcs and Tribune dictation, been diverted'to a
•tmr td abolish tin eery, will be in Open rebel
lion, so soon as (he-grand column of our-arnjy
penotrgted tfce interior, south oT Virginia.—
The. fire, in the < rear wiH soon commence.—
Anarch)’and confusion will follow.- The spe
do in «ur*Banks will be dratvndown . U. S.
Sixes will fall below 8ft
eminent, and especially dissatisfied a\ having station, and that a naval forco is to be stationed on
no chance to vote for members of Congress or-j the lakes. Does this look like neutrality ? We
any of their other officers. Davis was far from further learn that fbc English Government has
8, No Union men at* hearty will (hen be popular, and tire continued drunkenness- .of sent out reinforcements to her already immense
found in the Receded States; though our. arms -Toombs, Cobb and others'did uot diminish the. fleet upon rfur coast, numbering some thirty ships
iqako itever. so safe for sbeh to avow their real dissatisfaction with the self-elocted'officcrs. "* j—two of them ships of the line, 90 guns; several
sentiments. The scarcely disguised aims of The heavy taxes, in Some cases six times I of tbe» fng»tea, and rapst of »h#m araaqd with the
the Tribuno pajty, will have converted all fo»- those of last year, Were also •producing great I powerful Armstrong cannon. The whole number
mcr Unionists into Secessionists. The “pro
visional Governments” in Western Virginia 018 F erc constantly Traversing the State, en-
and-Missouri will be abandoned, from the same dcaygring by their speeches tokefpup’tlie ex-
- citement against The North b and thereby to di
cause.
9. Cfeeley .willicon. be. ia open rebellion
against the Governmertt He will again resume,
and for some months bold,.full away as Dicta
tor. * 11 is-turbulent spirit will not res{ quietly
without creating divisions, and- having a hand
. - liiil-brtMiM"
in krhtrtcvcr mischief Is browing. He will soon
ras General Soott, and to'rtvolutionizethis Gov
ernment ; aud'wiH finally openly avow the Ab
olition ofSlavery, at the main object ofthe war.
Consequently our army will be distracted, di
vided In opini
moh
never
torod, Greeley’s real .objects will be -aceom;
plished. His mask wiH be dropped. And fi
nally, tho Independence of the Southern Con
federacy will, with hi6 concurrence, bo .recog
nized by England itnd Franee. The Democra
cy will then vainly seek to reunite tho States;
and will then, as heretofore, be' sneered at as
“ Union savors.” * -
10.' After all this waste of iredsure and blood,
the ultra war party will be quite satisfied; will
sen tli'cir error; will listen ta us “Union sa
vers," and will advocate a treaty of separation
and peace. Shorn of our liberties, the Con
stitution overthrown ot, emasculated, wc shall
have no longer any “ League with. Hell,”—but
a Northern central Government;' ignoring the
sovereignty of the States; consolidated and
supported by military power. A Republic in
name, hut in its essential attributes a monarchy.
The Hartford Conventionalists, Ihe Beechers,
Phillipses and Grceloys, of the war party, will
be satisfied -and gratified with this result; as
it will they supp ise, give them a long lease
of power and dominion over the Northern De
mocracy. „ ,
11. Tno most ferocious oi the present war par
ty will then compel ut- Democrats, not to hoist
tho flag of war, but'to illuminate our houses
for Joy, at the return of peace;—just as they
now threaten te hang us because wo seek now,
what wc foresee they seek by and-by.
12. All ‘business exoept in mourning goods,
opened for changing the country Tifffo-taa tmi- [ disaffected- voter. I verily
form bore, end for fixing bayonets to them | best-servfcx T can render in the premises, is the
t ~
were
ernpr’s proclamation.
brought in Tor the rise of th. _ - i —«■ -
planters’were afraid tpgivo them tip for fear of | ifiy follow-citizens, thefe 18 little hope that I
the negroes. ®* -. . j cotdd inake-them SO fn'the higher one just al-'
Hjaestimates thc.number qj troops now in J.loded-to. • If. thcy-have bcen so,-Irespectiullj
Virginia at about 178,000. Some are. finely j submit that frequent changes on thebench'of
drilled, But most of them .arc disposed te -be the Supretnc Court oughf, as a matter qf-Statc
insubordinate. But a short -firae siuce (here I policy, to be avoided. There ought to be a
had been an actual rebellion in the third Gcor-1 more pressing necessity than can exist in this
rbgiment, stationed at Gosport Navy Yard, l ease, Jto justify the transferofa Judge, against
sed by dissatisfaction with the Nations Turn- his will, tea higher position. All will be charjft
ished, and the troops had bees on" the point Of able and just enough to understand me, not
returning home. - Disaffection lor thiser other as assuming that tho people desire thus to
reasons is general in the army in Virginia, find transfer trie but as addressing those, who pro-
troubles like That at the Gosport Navy y*rq | peseta attempt the transfer.
are constantly occurring. j ' The term for which I was elected has nearly
Before the battle at Bull. Hun- the people in [ expired. If at be the pleasure of the appoint-
*" ' ’ ’ ' J ’ *“* let it be.'
le retlre-
atiir hope far tha resforation ofthe Union.— i ment whenoe Fcamc to the bench. I have
Theudealh of Garpettlmd been, severely felt, but frankly. Stated my opinions and my wishes, and*
they lamented tho lo& of Colonel Bartow (td am certain I shall not in vain, ask py worthy
whom they attributed their-'recent victory,) [frioudB ,oT NewtoU* county, and others clse-
own making.
J* No rogoo o’er felt the halter (law.
With "oud opinion or the law.”
Because one day our cousins say one thing and
another day another, and because wo do not
follow them throngh-the mazes of their mad
dance of inconsistency, we arc charged with
the meanest of motives. -It - is the same-with
respect to the liberty of privateering. The
liberty of privateering is the handiwork of the
United States. Last year the statesmen at
Washington pointed to it with pride-and exult
ation, as a thing preserved by them for their
own advantage. Glowing pictures were drawn
more than any of their other officers.
'Beaur
rs' Nexf to I where, to let iny name diswSpear-entirely from
and Lee, they -now looked upon the compotidn for nomination and for election
,. uuv . with the most confidence. . . . to The executive Chairi Uoas. J. Jenkins.
eorgia has 25,000 men now in-the field. Of' T. ■**.—— ' •
these the regiments from .the First k> the Ninth J. Menacing I/ostUUy of eke Knglish Government
arc enlisted for twelve months, the rest for tba ptates.^ffhe New
war ■ - - York Herald, ot Friday last,‘has an editorial with
Throughout Georgia and some of the other ^. b n 0TB * whiolr -‘ he To,lowi, S' is * con -
Soufficro States the people were very much d«s-1 We ,' cftn £ ^ atriwI tbat *fog 8 t m ; in Can-
couraged with fhe operations of their newgor- ia (0 be ^de a naval as well fs a military
discontent 'Alexander H. Stephens _and _ oti*-1 “ now abont SOO-a.force, considering the
. ty of the ships and armament, more than suffi
cient to Break the blockade iu every pact, and sink
our Whole fleet Thanks to iheTmbecjjity of Ihe
Navy Department at Washington Then there Is
the powerful French squadron ber#, wrhich we are
assured will co opefette with* the'Eagiieh, because-,
the exports of Franco in wine and other articles
vert their attention from their,own
' The statement in the Southern papers about
the excellency of the crops were sheer talscs.
hoods. In Georgia the corn crpp was very bad, I have fallen off more than one-half; in consequence
and the yield of cotton was not an average.—J of the interruption of the American trade by 1 the
They all hoped that the blockade would soon*] war, add because, without the 'tobacco which
sccjc openly—what he how-dws coveftiy—to. bc 80 far at kmst * s CWtmvVas con- French agents are now buying up in Virgfoi«;^e
b,toV 4^
court being derived from the ‘duty on that article,
informer * ‘ "
STAGGERING UNDER THE BLOWS. I We are informed by Lard Palmerston’s organ that
•The great victory of McCulloch atWihoa’* * perfect understtoding on tho subject has been
creek near Springfield, the total rout and prob- “ T1Ted at “ 3 *° A * combined action of the two
able capture of SvigeTs army, and the evident S,v Crn “ e ^ w,rd f ft? 05 A “ ,er ' c ‘’ a , n l that
three weeks upon the destruction the grand t be French wilt take any step hostile or Injurious
army at Manassn Plains, is a terrible blow to . t0 at, unless the Ecgl -h Oorerument leads the
tno Usurpers cause under which he is stagger- way. Should England enter upon tuck a danger*
ing like a drunken man. It is . doubtful if the ous career, site wiH nit the day that her rulers have
enemy will xver yccovcr from these .terrible- committed her to a deadly straggle with this young
chastisements. . Perhaps no^pcople over suffer-1 giant Republic,
ed a severer revulsion of feeling than the Yan«* |
kees did at the disgraceful rout of their army WwkHUMkhw to the Savannah MorniagNewa]
in Virginia. The entire Yankee nation looked FROM RICHMOND. *
with perfect ccrtaiphy for an ayy triumphqf[ ^ Ricumond, Aug. l7.-Strong effbrts.are ma.
ldy, proclaiming a _
waiting'until all their cohfldcnt miftions werol Generalship
flushed with the a^urance of success, before y 0 u need not look for stirring news from
they dashed upon them the terrible news of j this quarter until after the affloutnment of
their total discomfiture. Never were Govern* Congress.
ment Bulletins wor*c managed for the effect Wo wcrcaildeceivedhercabout the Leesburg
upon their cause. A good iflustration of This affair. There ia*no troth m the report that an
effect is given in a fetter to a Confederate offi- en"a«cment has taken place there.-
cer, in Richmond, from bis brother in Balti I Tim New* York Herald of the
inor#, dated 2d inst Thi^ extract will repay
perusal:
of this J8th inst says
the Missouri and Bull Run defeats should teach
the'North a salutary lesson—that five to one
“I was m Boston when the news of the rout must.be brought against tho South,
at Manassas was received. Never, in my life, it [3 believed here that the English Govcyn-
havc I witnessed such a scene as State .street merit has sent -Instructions to'its. Minister at
presented; the people wept, cureed and howl- j Washington looking towards an early recogni-
wiU bo prostratefor years. Real estate will be
unsaleable; roots, debts-aad.dwi^ te ajuge
extent,uncollectable: fathers, mothers, sisters,
widows and orphans, will be in mourning
throughout both North and South. And long,
loud and deep, will be the imprecations heap-
od upon those who, by refusing just concessions
in time, Instigated this war, and in prosecuting
it, will have cut off the flower of the present
C cration, involved us in national bankruptcy,
troyed constitutional Government, desola
ted Northern as well as Southern.hearths, and
engrafted upon our republican Institutions the
rising splendors of monarchy.
MANHASSET.
jn uoviuvu f tue
ed. Administration papers .had led them- to be
lieve tbd rebels would, as usual, beat a prccipi
tite retreat on the at-pearanee, oi Uncle Sam’s
“Grand Army.” Indeed, they really wore
aslidmcd of the South, believing them a mass
of cowardly scoundrels. They could scarcely
credit tha news; but, when evary succeeding
dispatch only confirmed the previous ones, an
nouncing the total rou(.,of the “Federals,”
their countenances expressed tho deep emotions
prevading their breasts, and utterance was giv
en to their feeling in the manner above written.
Tspent three weeks in the Eastern States,’and
frotn actual observation do not believe it possi
ble -for (fen. Scott to raise the 400,000 men.
The $400,000,000, I know, is'not to be raised.
I tell you nine tenths pf those enlisting do so
only to save themselves from starvation. You
may rely on this, for I have been among and
tion of the independence - of -tlie.«Confederate
States. . - . .-, -
A large number of schooners, loaded with
stones, have been bought.by Lincoln to sink in
the inlets of the Atlantic coast. [These schoon
ers arc no doubt intended for the obstruction of
our inland navigation and the ruin of our South
ern harbors. The Yankee scunners that were
formerly occupied in-our coasting trade, can
now be well spared for that, purpose.—Ed.
NkwsjJ-
S. Preston, of South Carolina has Been ap
pointed Assistant Adjutant General, arid has
resigned his position in General Beauregard’s'
stall'. • .. V ' - —
A Baltimorean of intelligence and reliability
has arrived here, having left that city on Tues
day. Ho says that notwithstanding the Banks
- „ .of Boston. New York and Philadelphia have
talked with the people ot seven States,-and J taken $150,000,000 of the $500,000,000 loan, it
know whereof I write. Bud s Run was a glo- ; jg only p&yaole in three months’ installments,
the peace feeling North. The peo-
’orth are beginning strongly to fa-
and the Government cannot raise
To day this golden applq of .American diplo
macy turns out to. be an apple of Sodom,
mocking the palates of Washington statesmen
with dust and ashes, instead of pleasant juices;
and so, because their own apples^ of their-own
^‘preserving,” is bitter, they turn round and fu
riously abuse us! We, who, against our own
interest—we, who could put a hundred steam
privateers fo sea. tor every one the United
States could send—pressed" the American Pre
sident to agree to a general giving up of the
right to pruratew. The President refused—
American interest, it is said, would suffer b;
such an arrangement Privateers, we were told.
were not pirates, but the legitamatc defenders
•>f States which, like tho Republic, looked less
to their regular, navy than to the volunteer navy
'which they could, in time of war, jmprovkc
and get to sea in the form of a great fleet of
privateers. Now, the politicians of Washing
ton are on the horns of a dilemma. When the
last mail left, no less than sixty ships of the
North were‘lying as prizes at New Orleans.—
This unexpected application of American doc
trine has created quite an explosion of opinion,
to the effect that President Davis’ lettcr-of-
marque men are just so many pirates and mal
efactors, who ought to dangle at the yard-arm,
and that Johh Ball must bo as John Ketcb, to
hang them, and must decline at his peril. John
smiles at the “ peril,” and does decline. We
wonder what would satisfy .the North. If tVe^
at the bidding of Mr. Cassius Clay, shut our
eyes to plain truths, and decide that the Ame
rican war is no war at all, but a riot, aqd that
tfiS belligerents arenot belligerents, but simply
an insurgent crowd, ‘why, then, wc must, in
accordance with iftternatioqpHaw, refuse to
acknowledge any right pf blockade—a refusal
which, we fear, would suit Mr. Clay and his
masters worse than our present position. But
can our Government take such ground ? Can
we say that .where the clergy,, magistrates,
Senators, and all classes of the people, are Of
one mind for-sepqration, and where ap army of
100,800 men, an actiro aggressive nary, qnd a
President and a* Senate, are- ready to enforce
tho general wish,-that time is, notwithstand
ing such farts, no secession, no separation, and
no recognisable belligerent? We see a nc.w
Government organized; we soe a vast army oc
cupying strong posts, diply increasing in num
bers, and so strong tliat President Lincoln is
in hot haste to attack it; wc see the ships of
the North carried captive into the ports of tho
South; wo see a strong fort besieged in military
form and captured" by tho South; we see a
Confederation Of-States, in which the people
are as one man in support of the new Govern*
ment and we arc told, forsooth, to leave out of
mina all these facts, and say that there are no
such facts, and no such belligerents. We do
not cbooso to say themauifest untruth dictated
tows, and because we will not say it, we ore
assailed with-a tempest Of uncomplimentary
epithets. * *’ I
WAR MATTERS.
It waS" stated yesterday that the r.uinor ofa
cjjiturc of Pedcrals tioops near the Leesburg,
by Gen. Evans, of tho Confeder ite army, had
been, confirmed by d$ipatches received at the
War Department A report was brought down
by the Central cars that a. long train of bag
gage wagons had started for the soene of action,
to bring in the captured stores. We have en
deavored to ascertain the truth of tho matter,
and the result has not confirmed any previous
report or rumor." ’’ 5* ' ~ ;
Mathias Point, or. the Rotomac, is now
watched with tho utmost vigilance by the Fed*
cralists. The propeller Resolute has been hov
ering about there, and, as we learn from the
Yankee papers has succeeded in carrying off a
number of negroes, from plantations along the
river.—^Richmond Dispatch, 17th.
Interesting and Suggestive Items
The Portsmouth (Vt^2hrnseript of the 15th
instant, says:
A friend, writing us from the vicinity of
Carolina City,- N. C., on the 12th, says Jhat a
large French steam man-of-war passed there a
few days since and when opposite thp fort sa
luted the Confcderate*flag.
For fine mouldings J. W. Winter, (Dentist,)
of California, has recommended the following:
“Take equal parts of. Soapstone and Bristol
Brick, pulverize finely and mix. It will be
found superior to any other moulding sand^as!
it requires but little mixture to pack firmly, and
you can get a finer impression and can pour in
metal at any stago of heat without spoiling tbc
AeJ’ _ . . .
The Cincinnati tradesmen give notice through
the papers that ibey will net receive Treasury
notes at par. ■*. -•
Gen. Fremont is said to have shown himself
at Cairo in a carriage drawn by the four black
horses belonging to ahearse ita St. Louis. The
exhibition is suggestive.
While one of the chaplains ofthe Northern
army was repeating this line-of the Lord’s
Prayer—“Give us this day our daily bread’’—
a soldier added, in a loud voice, “Fresh.”
The war has bursted the lottery-company of
the-State of Delaware, it having been unable
to meet the semi-annual payment’ to the State
of $18,000,.by which delinquency its Charter-
is forfaited.
A fetter from the Vatican, dated July 13th,
states that the Pope’s health is now perfectly
restored,.arid that he either drives out or takes
a long walk almost everyday. ’
All Ihe-actOrs arc going abroad, despairing
of any chance at home during the war. Miss
Cushman, Joseph Jeffers,’ Clarke the comedi
atr r the Florences, Sam Cowell, Miss Sara
Stevens, and Mr. Sothom are announced as
having already left for Europe, or as being on
the point of departure.
Capturo of a Federal Steamer at Cairo
Pursuit of tho Grun-Hoats!
From a special dispatch.received by Colonel
James Coleman, from the telegraphic operator
at Hickman, "Mr. Harris, we learn that Captain
James M. Irwin, late captain of the' New Uncle
Sam, yesterday captured at Cairothe gun-boat
Equality, while lying at the wharf at Cairo.
We presume that she was tire -only craft there
that had steani up, and that the bold movement
was not discovered until the boat was fctyond
the reach of the batteries. Two of the other
gun boats, wjien the fact was discovered, itri-v
mediately got up steam, arid started in pursuit
But Captain Irwin was too much for them. Ac
cording to Mr. Harris, tho gunboats passed
Hickman*an hour and a half behind the Equali
ty, and as tliat point is ohly about. thirty-flVc
miles from New Madrid*, all the hopes of catch
ing her might as well be given up. Weonly
•hope that the Lincoln boats will venture near
enough to New Madrid to pertpit our boys to
pepper them "well, and probably instead of one
we may be enabled to announce the capture of
three of tfce enemy’s boats. The dispatch from
Hickman was dated “5 p. m,**.
The. Equality Is a stern-wheel boat, and pre
vious to her metamorphosis for war purpose
was not considered of much account She is
understood to have several guns orf Board, with
tho necessary ammunition. Tho boys at Ful
ton and Randolph it is said, arc ..preparing to
give her a royal welcome.
Memphis Avalanche, 4tig, 16,
the lawless invasion of their territory by armed
"forces!
The Confederate Government consider it not
only their right btit solemn duty to aid the
Government and people of Missouri in rsist-*
ing invasion and securing the indans and op
portunity Of expressing their will upon all ques
tions affecting their rights and liberties. And
the President is authorized to co-operate
through th# military powers of their Govern
ment -with the authorities of Missouri in defend
ing that State against lawless invasion by the
Consolidate Government, and maintaining the
liberty and independence of Missouri, with
power to accept the services of troops sufficient
to suit the purpose.
The act provides for the admission of Mis
souri into the Confederate States on equal foot
ing with die other States. When the Provisional
Constitution shall bo ratified by the legally
constituted authorities of Missouri, and an au
thentic copy of the same communicated -to .the
President, the President is directed by proc
lamation to announce the admission of. Missou
ri into the Confederate States. The act recog:
nises the gavemm#nb lit Missouri, of whioh
Claibom F. Jaekson is Chief Magistrate. •
.Gen. Ochiltree of Texas introduced a resolu
tion, which was unanimously adopted, compli
menting the splendid victory obtained by "Gen.
McCulloch and his brave army at the battle oi.
Qak Hill near Springfield, Missouri. Nothing
new from the camp.
•NEWS FROM EUROPE.
Couier writing from Richmond^'^' 0 ' 1
u hereisgreat dealofsicknr>c«!n
It is saidtSt atChartoutZ^S
er there- are over,three thousand unift*
care of phv«mans. A .great
been brought sick to this citv and o. s-
folk and Yorktow,, there^
according to the numbers, even £
us. The measles have swept andU^ b ° Ul
mg through every division ofthearnJT**^
the exposure to which the , lle n
yected in their tent life raa k e c - 8r ® Sa ^‘
quences a formidable disease Th^
is our fall season, and the diseases
to the Climate at this period prevail #7 “*
extent, but, in my judgment th« lo * orae
of all this sickness lies further
this; it is to be found in a defective
I perfect system of hygiene Ample 2
wholesom rations are served to the m7.
but the food is in many instances, m my
personal knowledge, so- badly mamwM
an<J coo 1 ed that it impairs the digest-/
organs and undermines the health° V'
tions are served out to the soldiers’evere
Hire/*" or four’days; generally meat and
flour./ The meat is frequently fresh beef
sometimes very nice. They cook from it
one day, then, from want of proper care it
is.spoiled and thrown away. This brite
them to their flour alone. This thev m ft
up with water and put it to bake. If well
baked it is perfectly unpalatable aod indi
gestible, but three times outoffiveit is raw
or burned; still they must eat it, it is ,11
they have. Is it any wonder that they til
the time ailing ? J “
In Yorktown the soldiera trade away
their rations of flour to the bakers for bread
pqund for pound, so that the sickness there
cannot be so much attributed to this cause;
but then these towns on the coast are
always sickly at this time bf the year. If
our men could have bread instead of flour
I have no doubt it would very much pro*
mote their health- or, what woud be better
still, let them have cooks. One man could
cook*for fifty With the greatest ense, such
simple food as it is given to them. Deduct
from the -soldier’s pay t if need be, the cook’s
wagps^ let each member'bear his shqre pro
rata; it would pot amount-to more than
twenty-five cents a month each.
Our soldiers are very different nom the
Yankee soldiers.-- All through New Etx*,
land and the Western States a man’s kitch
en is J part pf his house* and Visa very
O-J .-On, ol Zt 4 ' :iy f ” r " ,e * >Ulh - ,i0d
s bevn in the- battle. The intelligence oftherictory ofMcCnllouch, v 0 r peace ar
*ed very soon there- „ ro , * , hv tl . e .- r olrn AZ rt , nnrts h ’ ! W?
A Fire Zouave Obeying
tho Fire Zouaves, who has l
after was rccoen : /cd' new Was’ ineVon Market ® ven as £° lor ed by their own false reports, lias ; tl ic men necessary to enable it vigorously to
auci, was rccogn./cti near iYasiiin fe to. itanvct, j stunning effort than the first 1 nroseeuto tho w ir
in New York, » day or two ago. “What the b , 0W) becausc it h tho ^ m0 (1 j shoarte ning sto* j proSe<:ilU tho war ’
cm ure \ ou <.o.ng Iwre. as..,J tktt acquam-, , f rom another source. Perhaps the *** . . . „
tar.ee, when he recognized him. “Got leave of but forcible language of the Xew York A Co.snc.-sios.-One of the New lorkFireZou-
absenco I Nor thundered Zouave, ‘I | fferttli upon the result of this battle, is more avc P«- C ° ncr3 n <>"' in Richmond, made the follow-
got the word to TaH back at iiut b Uun, and L- j fiant ofthe effect it has produced in the , >ng confession to the reporter for the Richmond
no >ot \ n.;s t'.J me toha.t. »o I hare kept on p U ^j| c , Q j n( ] North, than whole volumes of 1 Examiner on the 1J th instant;
3SWB"»***■ '•
discipline': - * *
- —s—i » , by all the members
very clearly that the "hope deferred" of over- of my regiment ami all the gentlemen who nude
running the South, and the fear, now growing | us speeches in Washington, that the Southern
stronger every day, of being themselves OTer- force consisted ofa rabble of some four or five
run, "male the heart siel." The Herald says: thousand men. We understood that they had no
BEAtntEOAXD's Address to VnE' Troop?.—It
is related of Gen. Beauregard, that, when dis
mounted from his horse, he addressed the
troops; in.a few words, before leading them Jo-
the charge:./“Remember, soldiers, we are
fighting for our Government, our liberty, our
homes! We cannot afford to-be defeated!
Sooner than yield, you-must die: and I have
come to die with you, right here 1 " Forward to
the charge!”" . - . i.
• . . ^ V" m
Wuat i9 to be Dose XYitu rax Prisoners ?
—Under; the head of what -is to be donewith
tho Pirates, tho Washingtion correspondent of
the Philadelphia Inquirer, has tho following:
This question is now seriously discussed m
the Cabinet, without any definite answer being
arrived at . * * < * * * * . *
I stated at-the same time that the Adminis
tration had decided not to hang any of the sai
lors taken onboard of. Son them privateers.
The decision-was made not from any feeling of
clemency towards the captured sailors, but
from motives ofpoUcy.
The result ofthe inauguration ofstich a poli
cy would be the indiscriminate murder of hun
dreds of prisoners in.the hands of the Rebels,
including many valuable citizens, and the en
actment of scenes of horror unequalled by those
of the French Revolution. The Administration,
therefore, decided, as I have said, not to hang
any of the pirates. But within a day or two
the question has been again raised in the Cabi
net. At least one member of that body is in
favor, as he expresses jt,..of discarding all squea
mish nonsense, and of hanging every rebel
found in arms against the Government, wheth
er taken on the sea or landl This is undoubt
edly the course that ought to be taken, if the
Government regards this matter, as simply an
insurrection. This is tho view taken of it by
President Lincoln; and he, too, although he de
plores tho necessity of such dreadful measures,
is in favor of snch a course as will show tO'the
world that we are in earnest in this matter, and
that traitors found in arms against the Govern
ment must expect and receive a traitor’s
doom.
Mr. Bates and Mr. Blair both go for extreme
measures, regardless of consequences; and Mr.
Smith also entertains the same views.
Maryland--Signs; at tho North
Wc liave conversed with a highly intelligent
and reliable gentleman who left Baltimore on
Thursday last. How he gofhere we do not in
tend to say. He says Maryland is like a train
of powder just waiting to be touched off—that
tho Confederate army" is hourly expected .with
ill-repressed impatience. Gur ipformant says
he heard soldiers of'the Northern army who
had been in the battle of Manassas, make state
ments" respecting the South and Beauregard’s
army such as he dared nqt utter. To their
credit be it said, they arc telling the truth and
exercising a . salutary influence. Statements
were madtf in public places in Baltimore by re
turned. soldiers such as the following: “The
Southerners are better armed, better equipped,
better officered, and animated with better sen
timents than we are—they are unconqucrable.”
We learn from the same source Lincoln has
succeeded in getting, one hundred and'fifty mil
lions of his loan taken, or rather proposals have
■been made to that extent, by the Banks of Bos
ton, Philadelphia, and New York, the same be*
ing payable in quarterly instalments—say fifty
millions every three "months, in tho currency of
the Banks, they taking Treasury notes as secu
rity at the rate of seven and three tenths.
The Banks expect to.have the first payment
returned to them in deposits before the second
is Hue, and this arrangement is an indication
that they look upon peace as more I ban proba
ble before three months are ended. All the
passengers who have lately arrived from that
section conour in, the belief, that tho process of
disintegration in the North has begun and is
going on hopefully; that the Northern people
are demoralized.by the defeats at Manassas and
in Missouri: that there arc decided indication
loon has Determined to Recognize the
Southern Confederacy.
New York, 18th August—The Bohemian is
at Farther Point -The City ,af Washington
and Hibernia had arrived out
Liverpool Cbtton-'Market.—“Safes -of the
week were 63,000 bales with an advance of jin
eighth. The market closed easier, and the ad
vance was barely maintained. Speculators took
19,000 and exporters 10,000 bales. Quotations
unchanged. Fair Orleans 9J; Middlings 8f.
Consuls 90J to 90f.
The Bohemian’ brings the first European re
sponse to the Bull Run fight The London
Times is bitterly sarcastic on the.NoKb, and
declares the nut of Southern rebellion a very
hard on# to crack. It fears that the question
of the blockade will involve England in very
difficult complications.
Lord Palmerston says that the entrance of
any duty paying vessfil’to any blockaded "port
wipes.out the blockade. Belligerents inay seal
all ports, but when they iet in. a single vessel,
the right of blockade is gone.
The London Herald says that on the ceceipt
First Response to the Manassas Fight- C0 "' thing,’ particularly- IQ. winter, for
| Timas Bittor—Lord Palmerston on tho peop* tftBnt .in Una* kitcbensand-sitia
Blockade—London Horald_ says Napo- them, tvith their foood prepared immediate-
~ ly under their own .eyes. There are few
of them but .what are competent, when
aiifi mergency arises, to prepare their own.
Qur cooking is done by negros. and in
buildings entirely distinct from-our houses.
Our sons never see their food till they sit
down to eat iu It is folly to suppose tliat 1
they can commence learning to prepare it
after they become" men, and ever attain any
proficiency in it. Now and then we see
one .who succeeds fn gaining some insight
into; science of cookery. There are some
few people who clame to have a universal
-genius, but such are rare.
. Gen. Scott’s army was for ahead of ours
in the provisions made for the comfort ofthe
men.. They had oook-stove» arranged on
rollers that could be wheeled about, aad
cooking uteinsls ofthe most approved pat
terns. I do not say it.complainiagly. Our
nation must not make Herself bankrupt ia
the beginning of the contest by indulging
iir all manner of extravagancies.
Them is snot bar pwpf’ in tjw, oreanizaifoa
of tiie army which ought to receive-***
attention than it does; it is tlie appoint*
ments of surgeons. There are some most
Ten Brqeck won the Brighton stakes.
St. Lows.—A train loaded with soldiers,
near Palmyra, was fired into, and one killed
and several wounded.
Gen. Pope orders alevy on themules, horses
and previsions, and $10,000jroai the*county,
and $5,000 from Palmyra. A sufficient num
ber of soldiers to control the county are to be
quartered on the citizens. - .
Major Sturgis, .who assumed the command
of the army thirty miles east of Springfield,
arrived, and camped eight miles South oFRolla.
No news qf Seigel’s whereabouts..
The members of the first Iowa Regiment
are being paid oft’ and discharged. Their loss
at the battle near Springfield was, thirteen kill
ed, one hundred and thirty*four. wounded, and,
five missing. The First Missonri Regiment
lost seventy-seven killed, two hundred and
eighteen wounded, and seventeen missing.
Tho Texans Victorious in Arizona—Battle
at Fort Fillmore—Five Hundred Feder
alists Captured.
We received yesterday- afternoon, through
Adams’ Express, an ex’tra from the Houston
Telegraph, of. the 10th inst.,. from which we
gather tbo following glad tidings:
Wo take the following from the San Antonio
Ledger of the 5thTnsfc The news is not-to "be
doubted:
.El Fatso, July 28, .1861.—-Messrs. Street k
Lacoste .-—Gentlemen—A fight occurred at Mc-
silla on the 25th inst., between Col. Baylor’s
command and the .Federal troops stationed at
Fort Fillmore, in « hich the Federalists are re-
portdQ to have lost two' lieutenants killed, and
thirty privates killed and wounded; loss on
our side none, and none wounded. They aban
doned Fillmore in.the night, and fled towards
Fort Stanton. Our troops arc in pursuit, and
we expect to-night to bear of their capture.—
The Lincoln force almost double our own. An
other. mail party has been killed, consisting of
seven men, sixty, miles west of MesillaY The
troops are now all withdrawn from Arizona,
leaving your mines very much exposed.
Yours trulj’,
McKnigut & Ricilakdson-.
P. S.—An express has just arrived, reporting
of the news, the Emperor Napoleon -resoled to fnentso! surgeons.^ I-hero are some mosl
recognize tho Southern Confederacy. 'inefficient ones iTi office. Some of the sold
iers complain that they cannot get medicine
when they know that they need it; that they
apply for it some imes two or three succes
sive days and are put off with the answer
that it will be attended to after awhile. If
there was a drug store accessible this would
not be so. bad, but under the circumstances
it is unpardonable. • Delinquencies in this
department are of all others most reprehen
sible. Men’s lives are precious; precious
to themselves and their families, and just
now very precious to their country. Ail
possible care should be taken of them, and
i SurgeoB, negligent of his duty shoul
become an abomination in thecamp, and be
disgracefully expelled from it.
Success of the Cotton Loan.-
Confederate Government, it is believed,
have fn its posession by the first of Sep
ber certificates of transfer to tlie ait
of 1,000,000 of bales-of cotton of the g|
_ ing crops, for which Confederate
the capture of most, if not all, the United States are t0 be exchange !. Tho price
troops, fleeing from Fillmore-they surrendered til the exc h ange is t0 be the minit
without resistance. The killed and wounded at i r .. 1° • _ t i*, \ ntr s A ril *. i
the fight at Manilla was only three privates-no of cotto " dunn S lhre f c .-P
officers killed. ' these certificates of transfer it i :
Extract of a letter received froni the agent of ^ offers have been made by British capi',
the S. A. and -S. D. Mail Line, at El Paso,
The Firing of the Confederate Aktil
lkry.—A correspondent ofthe New Toi l I
Tribune (one ofthe (Jlflth regiment,) descril
ing the late-battle, remarks:
First of all we observed what had
all day conceded.—the deadly accuracy^
the Confederate artillery. Scarce a
failed' to bring down its horse,'man or p
carriage- As one regiment—I think 1
Brooklyn . 14th—was advancing to
.charge, a shot from a rifled cannon brou
down the flag, color guard and all- It!
seized instantly byotfae' hands, and
rapidly on. Whenever q>en would
down under the slopes of a hill to screl
them from the withering fireof the batterif
the gunners wouldget their range so ac
rately that bells ami shells would cO
skimming over the hill-side, not six
from th? ground, alighting in the holfe
amid a nest of crouching soldiers. M?
and many o poor fellow was killed
lying on his face or in a gully to avoid I
shot.
Texas
El Faso, Texas, July 29.—Our troops fought
500 Federals on Thursday;'loss.on our side
r j i i i i none; loss by the Federals, Lieut. McNcally
^>f peace,-and that it is utterly hopeless to raise d ’ rouslv funded, and Lieut. Brooks
flnnthfr nrrnv fnr mr» invasion and snmiiorntmn p J > .
slightly, three killed and five or six wounded
to advance 80 per cent in sterling exchl
taking as a basis of the purchas
average price of cotton during the pa
years.—[Charleston Mercury.]
another army for the invasion and subjugation
qf the South, and very doilbtful if they can
even defend Washington.
[Richmond Dispatch.
Recruiting in Philadei.i’uia. — Itsccins that
^ ^ but little progress is making in recruiting at
Jf to l(Co such reverses (Manassas and Spring- S uns ! had, perhaps, a few shot guns, scythe blades 1 hiladelptua at present. 1 he Inquirer, of yes-
field,) a third should be added, the cause ofthe and othcr d< ? ,1,< ' ?ti< : fostrumeats. BeBeviug those j tenky, remarks:
— - -- - ( ]r {statements, I vru induced to join the army and The whole system of
Union would be damaged nln.ost beyond
poicer of recovery. The covntrinrilt not toler
ate it long war."
Hash riile l n ioit and A rntrican.
______ | [ recruiting volunteers is
invade Virginia. We reached the plains of Man- j bad. Many thousand enlisted men are wan-
assas on the morning of the ‘21st. Our regiment dering about this city, and cannot be mustered
was abort eleven o’clock deployed out into an open ; because “tho regiment is not full;” mean
A Poutb Man.—The Duke of Ormond, who
was a true pattern of politeness, was visited a
few months before his death, by a German
boron, who was also one of tlie politMt men of
hi ; country. TheDuko feeling himself dying,
desired to "be conveyed to his arm chair, when,
turning toward the baron, he said, “excuse
me, sir, if I should make .--ome grimaces In your
that I am SACRED GROUND. -
“Alt. “J duke," replied the baron, “I bog! It is stated that the 8th Georgia Gegimcnt pi^il^ 0 of abouM“^e^f 1 .'fi“Vot^e rt
that you will not put yourself under the least ■ while near t\ inchester, \ irginm, encamped at cor d w<! oU had been fired from this gun. Twelve - ...
restraint on my account.” This may be ern- ' the very spring where Gen. (then Lieut. Col.) j orfiftem of our men fell at the discharge and the ' regiments which seem inoro likely to fill up,
phatically called “running politeness into the Washington, was encamped one hundred and i balance of us sought safety where we could in the and the Colonel perhaps fails at last, after spen-
ground. I three years before. • neighboring thicket.” ' ' ding time, labor, and money.
: old field, and the first thing we saw or knew, these they get no pay, have no work, are not
d-d Secessionists ran out a gun from a piece of , dr illed, and arc learning habits of idleness and
pmea, some eighteen feet long, and fired. It then intoxic ’ 4tion . When tho unhappy Colonels in
| Peace Paters.—The Journal of Commerce
says that the Day Book’s list of Peace papers,
with his own additions, makes no less than one
hundred and fifty-two journals in the North
opposed to the war. It is all folly for the Re
publican papers to insist that this is not evi
dence of public opinion. These journals have
readers and subscribers that approve of their
sentiments, and their number in the aggregate
would make a larger army than Lincoln will
ever get together.—New York Day Look.
A Si’lkxdii.' Legion from Nor'
privates. Saturday, the Federals evacuated OUNA. lbc‘ people o! M.f d.
Fillmore and fled on the way to Stanton; yes- States are moving to raise a monster
terday they were pursued, and the whole com
mand taken prisoners of war. Our mail to
Tucson was cleaned out by Apaches, and all
hands killed. Thomas, part}- seven in number
—nine mules killed and the coach entirely de
stroyed. ‘ It occurred at Cook’s Springs.- ■
TnE Case of Mr. Ei.v.--Thc correspondent
of the Philadelphia Inquirer says :
I am able to state that the story of Mr. Be
having been employed in ditching, or in any
other menial employment, is entirely untrue.
He has been uniformly well treated, and has
fared sumptuously every day. Surgeon Nor-
79th," brought a letter from
TheWestlfehe Post, a leading German pa
per of St. Louis, does not have
opinion of the way the Administration
ington manages public affairs. Though a warm sonal acquaintance with the Southern people
Republican it does not withhold its honest opin- has greatly modified his views in regard to
ion. It says: them; and he suggests, in view of the thirteen
for the war, in addition to the 30,000
North Carolina .troops already, in thj
The Legion is to-niimbrfr 5000 men.f
following proportions: 30 companies
fantry; 10 companies of Riflemen; 1
pantos of Cavalry, and.2 companies’
tillery. The companies to consist
less than 75 men, rank and file,
pany will be received fo" a less ti:
the war.- The fi Id officers, comm >
and non*coinmissioned stall will bc-i
ted by President Davis, also the
of Artillery. They will be mei>
very high vat, of tho N. Y. 7-Jin uruugm, a lend mini , - 1 . . -
n at Wash- him to President Lincoln. He says that a per-1 highest stan^ ing in tho m a y
22?” The law works curiously somrt
An old fellow in Hampshire county, Ml
Long before the battle of Bull Run we pro- hundred and fifty - prisoners confined at Rich- j prosecuted for some small .offense, tnj
pounded the question in this journal, whether i mond, the propriety of adopting, in the future jail two weeks; his children being thel
uestructive I fmbr .- 0 are hunting for more men to make up they were idiots or traitors who represent the i progress of the war, the usual rules of belliger- es against him, -end they minors, lie ffj
foot piece of ! the fu)1 nura bor, the others fall off, join other highest interests of the country. At this stage ent nations, particularly with regard to flags of ! entire witness fees, amounting to $24,'
un. we — --- of the proceedings, we do net shrink from as- truco, treatment and exchange of prisoners of j eted tlr, money as proceed; to v.hic'
sorting, with impunity, that traitors and idiots ' war, burial of the dead, &c. Being personally | entitled under th# law. He is anxi', ■
have thus far managed our affairs. interested, he speaks feelingly. I tried again.