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OSEPII 0LT8BY.
THE SKIES NORTHWARD.
The extracts we print from day to day from
Northern papers, show that the gloom is deep
ening there with a reasonable degree of rapidi
ty. 1'iic article from the New York Times, of
tin-23th, makes it pretty clear that volunteer-
“p.ayed out,” and the draft is inevitable,
alibi- .jIi mui'h dreaded, and every resource
. ; yed to avoid it. Tlie Times says that in
. tlte towns in Connecticut more thou-
of dollars are raised for bounty than vol-
i.i.n, rs to apply for the money.
All the Northern papers complain of a public
, ■ torsi* to the progress of volunteering
.. ..i t o face of threatened drafts, must be
r ■ .rded a more ominousof danger to the war
i .rty than e'en the slow enlistments. It shows
.ns . the war spit it is going or gone, and hence-
. .1 the government and its devoted Black
il. . at. adherents must carry the burden
, . ■ . Do what they may, it is too heavy a
load for a lung journey.
\Y. A., in his special despatch to the Re-
uun, in, rays that the returned prisoners re-
>i n volunteering a dead failure, and the North
ha.- : i. en up all hope of success and is now
1 uting the war to gratify pride and ven-
u. . ft'such be the feeling, tie think we
ho . . ..oil:; i of the North to believe she will
not 1,. pay the price for the commodity.—
i iu \ . o state that Thurlow Weed declares
the war hope lest. If Weed makes any such de-
claialion, either orally or in his paper, it por
tends a collapse. The fussing of Seward, too,
about icsignutton and retirement must be sig-
nil: tnt of events to oome. His formal definit-
i.m of his position in the National Intelligencer
shows him opening the door for retreat, and
that do. s not mean the explosion shad catch
him ant where in the neighborholi'of the boiler.
Seward apparently declares an intention not
to m ign t but it is quite unusual for Cabinet
::i:;..-:ors to appear before the public in this
wat. He is evidently in deep meditation upon
the : ubject, and is anxious to ‘‘keep it before
the people,” until such time as he can slip out
without too ruticly shocking the Lincolnian
system.
On the u hole, things North are in an encou
raging way lor us, and if NOW we could strike
• itiit' telling blows at Pope and Buell, it is evi-
i. nt thlA the public mind North of the Poto-
iii u* ;a iii a .'.uidition to receive, if not kindly,
> wit! profit. Now is the accepted time for
u Smith to push on the war, and yet thccha-
ri .1 uli.s Is linger and tarry at a fearful rate.
Ym on, pimt one of the young ones, but the
. M l.utier of them all liimself,) would have
, d up a kingdom or two in the time which
h up I since the battle of Richmond; but
w the prizein getting ready to grasp it—
li . ion, energy and daring are no wllie grand
. ■ luiii.o .s i f a -hort war and future immuni-
THE FORERUNNER AGAIN.
Gen. Stuart has given us notice that he is
again up and about, and his little achievement
near Fredericksburg is a savor of good things
to come. Stuart is a forerunner, and we hope
he don’t run so far before in this case, as he did
in that of the battles of Richmond. It is a re
markable circumstance that 110 Yankee pris
oners were captured and not a commissioned
officer among them ! It can be accounted for
only upon the supposition that, being well ad
vised of the consequences of capture, the offi
cers in Pope’s army will seek to evade these
consequences by stripping off all the insignia
of rank and passing theinsalves off as privates,
in case of capture. Will that dodge be suffer
ed to meet the case ?
WARNING TO THE FRENCH.
We hardly think the Western telegram i
which states that Seward has called upon the
Flench government to explain why it floats so
large an armament in American waters, has
any other or better foundation than the state
ment “on good authority” of the Washington
correspondent of the New York Herald. The
paragraph will be found in the paper of to-day-
It is doubtful if Seward has undertaken to play
saucy inquisitor to Emperor Napoleon, but per-
adventure he may wish to redeem bis foreign
diplomacy with a dash of pluck and daring be
fore he retires forever to private life. Who can
tell?
MACON, FRIDAY, 3 O’CLOCK, P. M., AUGUST 15, 18(52.
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Volume XX
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•ty of small bill:
I . iu ! h lied by impunity, ihe sbinplaster
iki ■ an- '.mi pouring out a perfect fresh of
, tv. , threes and fours of all colors, shapes
Insurance Companies, Loan Asso-
ti , rivate bunkes, brokers, grocers, gin
, A and so on throughout Geor-
i and South Carolina, are busy in
ountry, and all are taken, owing
tli. . difficulty of obtaining small bills,
i • • tii I- s amount of sbinplaster circu-
iti. i, big and little, Heaven only knows.—
i i n’t believe the utterers themselves know
. many c iscs. The only questions are to get the
ii . to print the things—and how many can
pi :. 1 an<l signed. The amount is stupen-
i .1 ; row ing inconceivably fast. Itthrcat-
t.i . an enormous evil; for besides the
., i.ict ol flooding the country with such
a it . to -well the currency already re-
.nidant—it pre-occupics the ground which it
try should be held and maintained by
1 • ry Notes of the Government, and in
i far chisels the Government out of the means
lining the war. Is this thing to be per-
inti I to go on ? If so, untold mischief will
•u- ;t. We bog the editors in these States,
\v that the time for Legislative sessions is
reaching, to bring this subject to tho atten-
ii the pe -pie. Tho Confederate Govern)
ent is now emitting small bills, and within a
.ort t me will be able to meet the wants of
p pie Shall their bills be pushed out of
or be compelled to dispute the field
sbinplaster trash ? Shall the shin
i in lufacturers be allowed, in this way
ate and increase the redundancy of
irrenry, and draw immense profits out of
quentdepreciation of all;? These are
. .I -, and they should be met at
Urn Legislative prohibitions against
uttering of shinplasters of tho denomina-
v i'tit dollar and upwards. Will notour
vnporarit-s take some notice of this matter ?
/uilnlo from l.iurola (oagrrMiura.
/ document entitled “Address of the Re
f.it-.-.n members of Congress to the People
lie United States,” appears in the Northern
ms, of the 26th ultimo, but the address is
cd 15th JV.'. It is intended, as the signers
u\ to “instruct and arouse the people” of
North in regard to tho war, which, they
in, presents the single issue, “Shall the Re-
■lie live or perish.” The document defends
neatly the confiscation and emancipation
ey of Lincoln and his party, and attempts
ra m ii over their outrageous assaults upon
onstituttoo. The rascals actually quote
a llliority of Washington and Madison in
port ol what they have done ! The notice-
.'baton .i the address, however, is that it
tars tlie griatures of only eight Senators—
ide, Wilki.ison, Jim Lane, Harlan, Hale,
ueroy and Chandler, and twenty four mem-
- -'I le llousul W hat is tlie meaning of
It is an address sustaining Lincoln
ouglu ii expressing the highest confidence
mi ...id an Address of tire Republican
ui' . an 1 ,..i signed by but thirty two of
irolu’a partisans iu Congress.
I mu i'.ti ra.i. -It is said that the returned
u 'ed< ate pri nitrs, just from the Northern
. ha e been uidered directly to join their
unent;. This is tight, but we suppose the
iiiic service demunds it.
A ■ 1 hi m.—According to tlie N. Y.
ii Li growing so fast in Maryland
* ini * In can’t even trust his toad-eating
ature which was elected by voters sworn
support him. What will he do ? Will he
I them, too, to the Hostile ? Verily tlie times
r getting in a bad way for the Lincolnites.
Thk Ram Arkansas.—It is as we feared, it
seems. The Ram Arkansas is no more. We
could cry if it would float her again, but un
fortunately that expedient would be unavail
ing. She was a gallant Ram—a Ram that was
wont to push with his horn—a Ram of terror
to the Yankees.
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I3g r ' Harvest hands thoughout the State of
New York arc receiving $2 to #3 a day. In
Ontario county $2 50 is paid, and on Long Is
land the price is $8.
The above is a very significant paragraph,
and goes to show that the North has already
enrolled in her immense armes as many labor
ing men as she can well spare. Already her
enlistments must materially increase the price
of food and army supplies. The writer spent a
portion ot the summer of 1855 in Ontario coun
ty, New York, where $2 50 per day is said to
lie the present price of iiarvest hands. At that
time, the price was seventy-five cents per day.
The difference must ruin the fanner or vastly
increase the price of wheat It will probably
do both in time. Wheat, in the absence of a
market is now very low. The farmer cannot
afford to raise it and pay these wages. He
must abandon the business, and this will be
followed by scarcity and high prices, which in
turn will cripple the government Wo see from
the foregoing the value of the laboring popula
tion of the South in w-r
Thk Glekkili.a Movements west ol the Mis
sissippi, both in Arkansas and Missouri, are
assuming, from Federal reports, a truly formid
able character, and must be of vast service to
the Confederate cause.
FROM EAST TENNESSEE.
A foggy despatch in our last, seemed to jus
tify the opinion that a great success has been
achieved in East Tennessee in the capture of
Bowen’s whole army. Up to this moment we
have no confirmation of the news, but trust we
may get something more upon the subject be
fore going to press.
The Ram Arkansas.—The last news left the
Ram Arkansas unaccounted for. She was with
in thirty miles of Baton Rouge at 12 M., the
night of the 4th, but did not get there in time
to participate in the tight early in the morning
of the 5th ; although heavy firing on the river
had been heard. We trust said Ram is still
afloat and alive, and in the hands of his friends;
but we should like to hear from him.
War Meetings in the North have been play
ed out also. The telegrams, some of them, say
that anti war meetings have been held, but we
doubt it—at least prefer to wait and see the
regular proceedings. We are, however, satis
fied that all the late war meetings in the North
which have been blazoned with such a show of
banners, tire works, bonfires and big staring
capitals, have been in truth dead failures—
mere Black Republican assemblages, and gen
erally thin ones, at that, and embodying not
the slightest evidence or manifestation of
enthusiasm among the masses. We venture
to say the last one of them have been seen.—
Even in Boston the grand war demonstration
was so pitiable a failure as to elicit sarcasms
from the speakers as well as from the press.—
One of the orators taunted the crowd with the
remark that more would have turned out to a
balloon ascension or an exhibition of fire
works, than did to save tin ir country. The
appeals to the people, at these meetings, to vol
unteer, were everywhere almost entirely inef
fectual.
FROM RICHMOND.
The developments noted in the late Rich
mond papers seem to us to justify the suspi
cion that the enemy’s movements about Rich
mond are mere feints to attract our attention
and keep us busy while he pushes the bulk of
his forces northward to reinforce Pope. Burn
side and his army are reported to tiave arrived
at Fredericksburg last Tuesday.
Atfrav.—An affray took place on Saturday
between Mr. John Malsby and Mr. — Dudley,
in which the former was shot through the body
and the latter badly stabbed—both, it is feared,
mortally wounded.
P. S.— Since writing the above, we learn
that Mr. Malsby died yesterday afternoon about
six o’clock.
Wholesale Desertion.—The telegrams say
that two hundred and seven of one Kentucky
Regiment in the Federal service deserted the
Lincolnites in Tennessee, in a body, and came
over to our lines on Wednesday last. We irn-
agiue not many of that regiment were left be
hind, and as the advance is made by our lorces,
such facts will frequently occur. Let us hope
soon to hear of that advance.
Effort at Reconciliation.—There is a very
serious difference between the City clock and
the regular time, which ought to be reconciled
at once. We suggest the appointment of a com
mittee of mutual friends of the parties to look
into the matter. The conflict, we trust is not
irreprssible.”
Lord Palmerston's Specrli
The Richmond papers copy from Northern
prints an abstract of the debate in the British
House of Commons upon Lindsay’s motion.—
It will not particularly interest our readers to
print the skeleton reports of the speeches in
general, but they may desire to see the remarks
of the British Premier. These remarks declare
very explicitly (or a policy of non intervention,
while they hold out the idea of mediation at
some favorable period, and of recognition, when,
at some remote point of time, the Confederate
States have demonstrated that they can defend
their national existence. The whole speech
will be joyfully hailed by the majority of the
people of the Confederate States, as affording
incontestable evidence that the British Govern
ment mean to allow them to fight out this
quarrel without the slightest interference, one
way or the other. But let no man delude him
self with any such idea. England never yet
kept her hand long out of a quarrel in which
she had so vital an interest, and will not do it
now. As for “intervention.,’’ eo nomine,
matters not how often she speaks or votes
against it—that fact will not in the least tie
her hands. There are, at this moment, a half
dozen good grounds of exception she can take
with the North at any moment, and among
these are the recent firings upon her flag by
the Federal Cruisers about Nassau. We never
had any other idea than this war will be hush
ed up by John Bull and France, whenever
they think their own interests dictate inter
ference, and this we shall all see, Deo rolante,
in due time.
Meanwhile, we append first the precise mo
tion of Mr. Lindsay, and next the speech of
Lord Palmerston:
“That in the opinion of this House the States
which have seceded from the Union of the Re
public of the United States have so long main
tained themselves under a separate and estab-
lishei Government, and have given such proof
of their determination and ability to support
their independence, that the propriety of offer
ing mediation, with a view of terminating hos
tilities between the contending parties, is wor
thy of the serious and immediate attention of
her Majesty’s Government.”
SPEECn OF LORD PALMERSTON AGAINST THE MO
TION.
Lo:d Palmerston said:—I hope the House
will come to a decision to night. The question
is one of such importance and delicacy that I
cannot think a postponement will beat all ben
eficial, and I confess that 1 regret very much
that my honorable friend has thought it to be
his duty to bring it under the notice of the
House in the present state of things. There
can be but one wish on the part of every man
in the country with respect to this war, and
that is, that it should end ; but I very much
doubt whether the only end which can be sat
isfactorily looked for, namely, an amicable sep
aration is likely to be accelerated by any angry
discussion in this House, where the war has
been enacted by the champions o:i either side.
It is true that many things have been said grat
ifying to the feelings oi Dum paatics, au.i, ....
the other hand, in the warmth of debate likely
to be offensive, and it is more of human nature
to think of that which is offensive rather than
that which is gratifying. (Hear.)
I regret that this debate has been brought
on, and I earnestly hope the House will leave
the future in the hands of the Government,
content, as I believe the country is, with the
past. I do not ask this as a matter of confidence
in the Government cif the day, because 1 think
that whatever party be in office a question of
such delicacy and immense importance should
be left in the hands of the Executive to deal
with. For it is not one which the House by a
resolution pointing out a specific case can take
upon itself a responsibility which properly be
longs to the Government- The motion points
to two things—the mediation and acknowledg
ment. The right honorable gentleman has laid
it down, and I do not dispute, that we should
be perfectly justifiable if we saw fit to ac
knowledge the independence of tho Southern
States, provided only that that independence
had been, in the words which he used, firmly
and permanently established.
I quite concur that the fact of our acknowl
edging that independence would give to the
Northern States no cause of offence towards
this country ; but the case of the Soutti Ame
rica republics was very different to this. These
were not acknowledged until the lapse of fif
teen years, although they had practically
achieved their independence, and it was quite
clear Spain could nq) re-establish her douiin-
over them ; but is this the case now ? Only a
fortnight ago it was doubtful whether the Fcd-
erals or Confederates had possession of Rich
mond. It was but a few days ago that the
whole course of the Mississippi was believed
to be in the hands of the Federals.
I know that New Orleans was, and that
Charleston possibly might be captured; and I
contend that whatever opinion we may have of
the recent battles, and of the determination of
the South to fight the last for its independence,
that practically the contest has not yet assum
ed a character to justify this country in assu
ming that the independence of the South is ful
ly established. Some imagine that the ac
knowledgment of the South would establish a
different position between it and this country.
It would do no such thing, unless followed up
by active interference, although neutrality is
perfectly compatible with acknowledment.
The right honorable gentlemen opposite said
that the concession of belligerent rights was a
step towards acknowledgment I cannot ad
mit that No one can be insensible fora mo
ment to the vast importance to this country of
a speedy termination of the war. W e all know
the privations and sufferings which a large por
tion of the people now are undergoing in con
sequence of this unfortunate war ; but, on the
other hand, it hai been well said by the honor
able member for Bradford that any atempt to
put an end to the war by active and violent in
terference would only produce still greater pri
vations. There is no instance in history of a
contest of such magnitude as that now going
on between two nations of the same people.—
There is said to be nearly a million men in arms
on one side and the other, and their mutual ir
ritation and exasperation is admitted by all ;
and is this a moment at which a successful of
fer of mediation is likely to be made to either
party ?
I wish to guard myself against any expres
sion of opinion as to the future. This war has
been so contrary to every experience, that he
would be a bold man who would venture to
prophesy the state of affairs a month in advance.
The country, 1 believe, is ol opinion that the
conduct of Government lias been wise and pru
dent We shall be happy at any time, if an
opportunity presents a reasonable prospect of
doing so with success, to assist in putting an
end to this desolating war. I think it had better
be left in the bands of Government to judge of
the occasion as it arises. It is on this account
that I do not enter into the discussion as to the
right of either side ; for if at any time we shall
be able to offer our good offices, it can only be
as impartial parties committed to no opinion in
favor ol either side, but only anxious to pro
mote a settlement as consistent as possible with
the interest and feelings of both parties. lie
therefore hoped that the motion would be with
drawn.
S. Fitzgerald said that Mr. Lindsay had in-
curred great responsibility in bringing on the
motion, and if it was persevered with he should
support it. The Government were, however,
incurring the most .icrious responsibility from
the manner in which they were dealing with
this question.
After a few words from Mr. Hopewood, the
motion for the adjournment was withdrawn,
and Mr. Lindsay withdrew the resolution.
Tho London Times on the Feeling in Great
Britain.
The Times of the 18th, in opposing Lindsay’s
resolution, makes some very out spoken decla
rations in regard to the sympathies of the Brit
ish people in this war. That paper, after say
ing what might be done to shield the English
people from loss and damage while maintaining
a hard, selfish and unsympathizing policy,
adds:
So far from any such policy as this being de
bated among us, the feeling is universal that
if by mediation we can dc any good to both
parties, we ought, at any risk of possible in
sult, to doit. Failing in this, there is a feeling,
which is now becoming very general, that if we
cannot stop the effusion of blood by mediation,
we ought to give our whole moral weight to
our own English kith and kin, who have so
gallantly striven so long for their liberties
against a mongrel race of plunderers and op
pressors. This is how our public put it. This
is what is said, not only in London, but in Man
chester and Liverpool, in Yorkshire, and in
Leicester and Sussex.
What was the sentiment of sorrow at the
madness of a great nation is now rapidly chang
ing its character into admiration at the gallant
defence which brave men are making for their
liberties, and into indignation at the robbery
and oppression they are suffering from alien
hirelings and from irfamous men like General
Butler. This is, as we believe, the general
feeling of this country ; not a calculating or a
selfish policy, hut a generous instinct to stay
this waste of life for the sake of both parties,
if we can, or, failing that, to save the weaker
party from annihilation.
* * * Xhe p e „pi(. of the North are at
once so arrogant and so ignorant that they are
not incapable even ot throwing down the guage
to Europe combined, and thus rendering a step
taken in the interests of peace an occasion of
extending the war. If baulked of their prey,
the F'ederal States would almost certainly
threaten to do this. We confess that we have
no very great hope from mere mediation, and
we should be sorry to see this country go into
any such enterprise, unless in the company of
the great European powers An insulting an
swer given to Europe thus combined might be
fitly passed over with disdain; but, if we are
Quixotically to go alone into such a matter,
mediation would be even more dangerous than
intervention.
LO THE POOR AFRICAN!
The affection ot the Black Republicans for
the negro is receiving some practical and horri
ble illustrations. At Norfolk, a short time ago,
a drunken New York Regiment run a muck
through the town, shooting and stabbing every
negro they met, until soma hundred or more
of the unfortunate blacks were writhing in ag
ony and weltering in gore. On Roanoke Is
land worn out hv hard laoor, bad food and
cruel exactions of labor n ttie trench me
blacks revolted, and were massacred like dogs.
At Memphis, last week, the same thing took
place. Unable longer to stand the hard labor
in the trenches and the rough treatment, the
negroes became “insubordinate," as the Yan
kees term it, and eighteen of them were shot
in cold blood. At Newben and Washington
North Carolina, numbers Lave been murdered
in the same way. In all the Yankee camps the
negroes are, from unanimous testimony of the
Yankees themselves, kept at hard work on the
fortifications, and are shot if the)’ attempt to
pass the lines.
So it is in the camps. But a state of feeling
is arising throughout the whole North which
threatens the extermination of the blacks in
that section. Fierce mohs, attended with
much violence and bloodshed, have already
broken out in three of the Northern cities, and
the envenomed state of feeling which prompted
these outrages is daily increasing in strength.
Meanwhile tlie leaders among these boasted
friends of the blacks do not hesitate to declare
their devilish purpose to sacrifice them for
their own safety. That arch-abolitionist, Thad
Stevens, of Pennsylvania, avowed, in a speech
to the Lincoln House of Representatives last
month, that he wished the b acks placed in the
Northern armies to servo as living breastworks
to the Yankee soldiers from the Southern bul
lets, so that tho Northern white troops could
only be reached through the bodies of the
blacks.
It may be questioned, indeed, whether ihe
miseries of this war will not, after all, be most
heavily visited by these Nor hern incendiaries
upon the misguided and deluded blacks, who
run to them or are unfortunately captured by
them. It is part of the dut) p of masters in ex
posed localities to explain these matters to their
servants, and warn them against suffering
themselves to fall into the hands of these hu
man fiends. Let them know that to fall into
the hands of tho Federals is not only to be
subjected to severe labor, bi d treatment and
unwholesome food, but to run into great peril
of their lives.
Near Sundown Monday night, and not a
word from Stonewall Jackson or his contest
with Pope. The wording of the meagre des
patch of yesterday leads us to suppose that the
fight was probably between advance posts of
the two armies, and probably no great number
of troops engaged on either s de. But we hope
to get further news before going to press with
the main edition of the paper.
Indigenous Medical Plants—We call atten
tion to the advertisement of tho Medical Pur
veyor's Department, for roots, Ac., of medical
plants indigenous to our soil- The blockade
has compelled this department of the army to
resort to domestic substitutes for foreign medi
cines, which are now being collected through
out the country. Every person, with a little
pains in collecting and drying the barks and
leaves advertised for, may do a good work for
their country and themselves, too. See the
advertisements.
Machine Anvelopes.—Burke has on sale
some fine envelopes made by machinery con
structed by T. S. Reynolds, Esq., of Atlanta.
They are much better made than those manu
factured by hand. These we presume are the
first machine made envelopes which have been
produced in the Confederate States. The pa
per is also very fair.
Federal Faith.—The Hessians, it seems,
have given us another illustration of Federal
faith, in firing upon and capturing a Confede
rate steamer under a flag of truce. They in
tend to play themselves out fully before they
get through with this war.
NEWS FROM THE WEST.
Mobile, Aug. 7.—A special despatch to the
Advertiser and Register front Knoxville the
6th, says, heavy skirmishiug commenced on
Tuesday with a large portion of the enemy at
Tazewell, seven miles from Cumberland Gap.
One Brigade of Gen. Stevenson’s force was
engaged on our side; the design was to gain
the enemy’s rear, and cut them off from the
Gap. Artillery firing was very heavy; several
prisoners have been brought in from Tazewell.
No particulars of the fight. Gen. Rains at the
latest accounts, was making forced marches for
the purpose of gaining the enemy’s rear.
Brig. Gen. AY. R. Carswell was assasinated
this afternoon by some unknown person, near
his residonco, six uiiies from Knoxville.
.dvices i
irder from
F orms ned an order
tjibovc -qi he afford
Irson reported
KV hostage to!
' "till continui
The Federal government demands an cxpla- : Telegraph Comp;
nation from France regarding the presence of, majority' of the
a formidable French fleet in American waters. States was represei
New York will draft after the 18th and Ohio ' adopted continuing tho
after the 15th, if their quota of troops is not! management, at least undone 'tka.
filled. Maine has filled its quota. I ry. The Directors are to receive mom.„
An immense war meeting was held in Mil- mentsof profits, and the Managers
waukie, AVisconsin, on the 13th July. Fifty to the Directors the nett proceeds whe^. en
thousand were in attendance. Tho railroads manded. Also asking the President to f ) 1 .
in the State passed all free on the occasion.— to the Managers that portion of the lino no’
All business was suspended. Resolutions were
passed recommending the drafting of a million
of men.
Numbers are leaving St. Louis for the South- next,
ern army, to avoid being drafted into the Nor
thern army. Frequent arrests are made there
on the charge of disloyalty.
Back of Cape Girardeau, the Confeilerates
have a Wisconsin regiment surrounded. The
under military control.
The meeting then adjourned to meet in
gustaon the second Wednesday in
Mobile, 7th.—A special to the Advertiser A
Register, from Knoxville, 7th, says that Br
Gen. Stevenson states that, after a gallant^ 'battle,
tion of four hours, on yesterday, neat') battery,
well, tlie enemy were repulsed with £own.
slaughter and are in full retreat. A courier 1
reports that a battery of four guns was taken
after being twico repulsed, with the loss of one
hundred and nine men. Gen Burton has suc
ceeded in gaining the rear of the enemy. Gen.
Stevenson being reinforced, flanked Bowen’s
command and captured the F’ederal army of
East Tennessee.
The murderer of Gen. Carswell was arrested
last night
Letters from Staunton, Va., say that^iate
Washington papers state that Seward had re
signed, to escape the effects of an intervention,
but was induced to reconsider his action.
The feeling at the North is entirely depress
ed, and anti-war meetings are being held.
CAPTURE OF THE STEAMER MEMPHIS
Charleston, 10th.—Private intelligence re
ceived here announces the capture by a Yan
kee cruiser of the large and splendid iron screw
... , , steamship Memphis, which left here a fortqinf.
fighting at Bloomfield, Missouri, had continued ag0) heavily i aden with cotton.
uays. and an additional for^e had been ——-
FROM VIRGINIA.
aa y s i
I from Cairo to the assistance of the Yan-
be.,
.^phis dispatches of July 30th, state that
l^al Bragg has a force of 80,000 in mo-
nd Memphis is threatened. It is expect-
bstructions to navigation will be es-
RiCH'w t ND, Aug. 7th.—One hundred and ten
prisonelk/rom Pope's army, taken by Stuart’s
Cavalnfrtnear Gordonsville, arrived here to
night Lr ’’ipecial train. No officers among them.
No particulars of their capture received.
Richmond, 7th.—Gen. Stuan left Hanover
Court House on Monday, with Lee’s Cavalry;
and proceeded to within eight miles of Fred
ericxsburg, were he learned that two brigades
of the enemy had gone in the direction of Han
over Junction. He started in pursuit of them
and overtook their rear guard at Massapomax.
A sharp skirmish took place in which he cap
tured sixty prisoners. The enemy having been
reinforced and holding a strong position on
rising ground, Stuart then fell back. The en
emy did not pursue. In the meantime a de
tachment, sent by Gen. Stuart for the purpose,
captured a train of twelve wagons and fifty
soldiers on the Fredericksburg road. Stuart
returned to Hanover Court House last night.
NORTHERN NEWS.
Mobile, Aug. 8.—A special despatch to the
Tribune states, that persons from Memphis say
that iwenty transports arrived there Tuesday
. below anu lorty from above. It is be-
ie \ ed-that the city is to be evacuated and most
of the troops there sent to other points—
leaving merely a garrison behind.
The Chicago Times says, that not three hun-
red recruits have been raised in that city yet.
The Democratic Convention met at Indian
apolis on the 30th ulL Fifty thousand in at
tendance ; it was the largest ever held iu the
State. Gov. Hendricks presided. AYickliffe, of
Kentucky, Richardson, of Illinois, Boorhees,
Carlisle, and others were present Resolutions
were passed advocating the prosecution of the
wai—opposing subjugation or coercion—de
nouncing emancipation in every form, and call
ing for an entire change in the administration.
AYickliffe said he was for the Union, if tho
South and slavery were not interfered with ;
but if the war was waged to free slaves, not
another drop of blood should be spilt.
Mobile, 8th.—A special despatch to the Ad
vertiser A Register, from Jackson, 8th, says
Gen. A'an Dorn permits me to copy the follow
ing despatches:
Amite River, 6th.—About one o’clock this
morning the Federal gunboats attacked the
Confederate Ram Arkansas ; a messenger in
forms me she fought them well for some time,
inflicting great damage. She was then blown
up by her crew. Messenger thinks they all
escaped. J. C. Breckinridge.
Ten Miles from Baton Rouge, Aug. 6th. —
AYe occupied part of the town and tho battle
field until evening, but no decisive result was
gained after my last despatch, there being no
water between here and the Mississippi river,
compelled me to come here. I moved at my
own time and in order. The Arkansas laid
with her machinery injured, five miles above
the town all day yesterday. Her commander
sent me word last evening that he wuiji
to get up the river, and asks, if petiole, to
send a boat to aid him. From reports, she is
permanently unserviceable. AVc burned nearly
all of their camp and a large amount of stores
and cut them up badly. Gen. AVilliams and
other prominent officers are killed.
[Signed] J. C. Brecninridge.
Prisoners say that General Clark is a prison
er. Parties from the field say our land victo
ry was comp etc—that the ground w as strew
ed with the dead and wounded of the enemy.
RAiTtHE BLOCKADE.
Morile, 8th.—A schooner from Havana ran
the blockade yesterday morning. Her cargo
consists ot powder, lead, caps, salt, coffee, cav
alry sabres and soap.
Richmond, 8th.—A despatch from Gen. A'an
Dorn to Secretary Mallory, states that the Con
federate Ram Arkansas, Lieutenant Stevens,
commandiug, has been destroyed. She left
Vicksburg on Monday to co-operate in the at
tack on Baton Rouge. After passing Bayou
Sava her machinery became deranged, and
while attempting to adjust it, several gunboats
attacked her. After a gallant resistance she
was abandoned and blown up. The officers
and crew reached the shore in safety.
FROM THE AYEST AND NORTH.
Mobile, 9tb.—A special despatch to the Ad
vertiser A Register, dated Tupelo, the 8th, says
that the Chicago papers contain AA'ashington
dates to the 1st instant.
The reported arrival of a Confederate gunboat
fleet at Mobile, was discredited by the Lincoln
Navy Department
An attack upon Pope or McClellan was mo
mentarily expected from Stonewall Jackson.
McClellan had issued orders to be ready at a
moment’s notice. Pope’s army advanced from
AYarrenton on the 1st.
Richmond, 10th.—A despatch from Go:
ville, 10th, says a battle at South \
Mountain was fought yesterday, and
complete victory over the enemy. Stenewal
Jackson repulsed Pope and drove him severa
lablish&^ove Memphis, and a gunboat fleet j miles from his position. Three hundred pris
will patroTfSw river t^ keep navigation open. ' oners h -* ve arrived, including Brigadier Gene,
Curtis refuses to go to Vllksburg without J ral Prince and twenty nine officers.
General Chas. S. AVinder was killed.
Battle of Taaiewell—Desertion'*
from Hie Federals.
Mobile, Aug. 11, 1862.—A special desp?
to the Mobile Advertiser & Register, 3.
Knoxville, East Tenn., 9th inst., says Iha.^
enemy’s loss at the battle of Tazewell is - m
mated at thirty-six killed, 120 wounded,^
fifty prisoners. Our loss eight killed andc
ty wounded, which fell mostly upon Vaugh> an ^
Regiment, 3d Tennessee, who behaved t wo mu> .
l -f Madam
On AY
a direct order fromjgAJdiresiilenL
The Confederaftjj^jgY beeh defeated at
Mount Ster^^^tf*""S^
Gen. Arnlgjf today (to Tupelo)
bringing a numl^gTj0^i|i)V/-.id a quantity of
Yankee stores, comprisitvq&L .vagon loads.
A special despatch to iHW Mobile Tribune, da
ted Grenada, the 8th, says that Northern dates
of the Bd have been received.
Gen. Boyle announces his determination to
disregard all paroles enforced by guerillas, m
Kentucky.
Gen. Curtis and Commodore Davis passed
Memphis on Siturday night (2d) for Cairo. A
rumor prevailed that Curtis’ whole army was
about to start on an important expedition
against some unarmed point.
Over 600 stores and private dwellings in
Memphis had been taken possession of by-
Yankee authorities—the owners, in some cases,
being expelled.
Lyschburo, Va., 9th Aug.—Nothing tele-
gaphic from Knoxville and no papers from that
place later than the 6th. Heavy Skirmishing
reported at Tazewell on Monday and Tuesday.
Passengers by the western train last night con
firm the report of a fight and victory at Taze
well, but say nothing of the reported capture
of the Federal army, and do not credit the re
port.
A skirmish took place on AYednesday at Hack
Ferry between Gen. Loring’s command and the
enemy, in which it is reported that a number
of the Federals were killed and wounded, with
out any Il,s ufi our uidt*. Thi- fig.^t was alto
gether with artillery.
The enemy evacuated their position after
burning their boats and destroying their stores.
Loring crossed the river tn pursuit,and a fight
was anticipated on Thursday or Friday.
A special despatch to the Lynchburg Repub
lican from the Narrows, New River, dated the
8th, contradicts the reported escape of Dr.
Rucker. He is still in custody, and so heavily
ironed as to render escape impossible.
FROM MISSOURI.
Mobile, Aug. 9.—A special despatch to the
Tribune, from Grenada, 9th, states that the
St. Louis Republican of ihe 4th, says the rebel
guerrillas have taken complete possession of
Missouri, and are daily growing into a vast
army. Nearly 30,000 of them have crossed the
Miss niri river, under Porter and Joe Thomp
son, cleaning the home guards and militia out
as they progress. They arc raising numberless
recruits for the Confederate army. Six hund
red men have turned up at Bird’s Point, threat
ening' Cairo, where there is hut a small garri
son. Gamble finds it impossible, under the
circumstancos, to get the militia to respond to
his call, and has issued another important ap
peal to them to rally—complaining of their
apathy in the Federal cause.
FROM ARKANSAS AND TENNESSEE.
Mobile, Aug. 10.—A special despatch to the
Mobile Tribune, dated Grenada, 9th, say that
the Memphis Bulletin, of the i th, states that ’ a s a great victory, and 6ay that the rebels were
the Confederates havo inaugurated Guerrilla put to flight, and pursued within ten miles of
lost,
Mi-
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cally.
Gen. Forrest arrived here to-day.
nesday last, 207 of a Kentucky regiment e are in-
the Federal camp at Reck Island, Tenn/'ddle Ten-
camc over to our lines. Desertions from i twodis-
Federal army are coutinually taking place.— 0l JF 1 ^j-
The Fed-aFtiS have no confidence in their own
troops in Middle Tennessee.
Bull Nelson’s forces are at McMinnville. All
the turnpikes between Murfieesboro’ and Mo-
Minnville are strongly barricaded.
Jackson, Miss., Aug. 10th.—Twenty-seven
Federal prisoners arrived here to-day from Ba
ton Rouge. This evening the Federals are vis
iting the plantations on the Mississippi river,
and plundering generally. Several of them
have been captured. The Confederate guer
rillas are very active and successful in Arkan
sas.
IV’ontiei'ii News—War Meeting at
Wa-lifiiKloii—A Speech ironi Lin
coln—Another Federal Victory,
Ac., Ac.
fUcniiOML, 11th.—Northern dates of the 7th
have been received here. They report an im
mense war l,ci ting at AYashington, lost AYed
nesday. Obi Abo was present and made a
speech. Hen Tad to the quarrel between Mc
Clellan : id tfiv iretary of War, and said the
dispute was not -o serious as was at first sup
posed, and arose simply from questions of how
many men AlcClellan had. Many supposed the
Secretary of War had not reinforced him to the
extent he might have done. This was not so.
The Secretary of AYar had never withheld any
one thing in his power to give, and was not
to blame for not giving when he had none to
give. In conclusion, he referred to McClellan
in complimentarg terms, believing him to be a
brave and able Arum, and took upon himself
what had been charged, to? the Secretary of
AYar—the withholding of men from him.
Speeches were also made by Gen. Shields,
Hon. Robert J. AYalker, Senator Harlan and
Ex-Gov. Boutwell, of Massachusetts, General
Shipley, Military Governor of Louisiana, and
a number of others.
On the conclusion of Shipley’s speech, it be
ing announced that he was the man who hung
AYilliam B. Mumford, in New Orleans, for haul
ing down the Yankee flag, the meeting gave
three cheers for him. Shipley disclaimed the
credit of the act and said the honor belonged to
Gen. Butler.
The Northern papers have accounts o r
skirmish at Malvern Hill. They represent it
warfare in Arkansas upon an extensive scale,
and mentions several brilliant exploits.
GUERRILLA EXPLOITS IN ARKANSAS.
On Sunday last (the 2J) they attacked two
Yankee regiments, dispersing them completely,
captured sixty wagons loaded with provisions
and over three hundred stolen negroes. Twen
ty-seven of the latter escaped the same day.— |
They uNo bagged another party of Federals 1
mar Jaeksonport, killing seventeen of them,
and capturing twenty wagons loaded with pro
visions. Ninety more wore attacked near He
lena, ami nearly annihilated, only two escap
ing.
CURTIS’ REFUSAL TO MOVE UPON
VICKSBURG.
The Memphis correspondent of the Chicago
Times, sa.ys that Gen. Curtis refused to obey
Grants' order to go to Vicksburg, unlessorder-
ed direct from AYashington. Curtis says that
four weeks’ campaign befove Vicksburg would
reduce his force one-half, as it did DaviB' fleet
Before summer was over, he would’nt hare a
man left.
DRAFTING IN NEYV YORK.
Gov. Morgan, of New York, officially an
nounces his determination to draft
REBELLION IN UTAH.
A serious rebellion is reported to have bro
ken out among the Mormons, which, it is fear
ed, will result in war with the Federal govern
ment.
BATTLE OF TAZEAYELL.
A special despatch to the Mobile Advertiser
& Register, dated Knoxville, 8th, says: No
official report of the particulars of the battle
of Tazewell has yet been received. It is ascer
tained, however, that the enemy occupied a
strong position on a high ridge, which wascar-
ried by assault of the Confederates. The ene
my’s force engaged composed three brigades,
amounting to six thousand men. Our loss
turns out to be not so heavy as was apprehend
ed. Other movements are shortly expected.
BCe«ting of the Stockholders of the W. fit
N. O. Telegraph Company-
Augusta, Aug. 9.—A meeting of the Stock
holders of the Washington and New Orleans
.
Richmond. They claim to have taken one
hundred prisoners. Their own loss is put down
at threo killed and eleven wounded.
The editors of the Harrisburg (Penn.) Patri
ot have been arrested for the publication of
seditious articles, and sent to Fort McHenry.
Flag of Truco fired upon and a Confeder
ate Steamer Captured.
Savannah, August 11th.—The Confederate
pickets on AYilmington Island report that the
steamer Gen. Lee, off Savannah, with a flag of
truce, was fired on from Fort Pulaski and cap
tured yesterday. CapL Stuart, of Gen. Mer
cer’s staff, and Capt. H. B. Fraser, of Augusta,
were among the captives.
CAPT. C. S. RAGLAND KILLED.
Tazewell, 7th via Knoxville, 10th.—Edit
ors Macon Telegraph:—Capt. C. S. Ragland
fell mdrtally wounded yesterday, ia battle, gal
lantly charging the enemy’s battery and lead
ing everything until stricken down.
S. E. Ball, 48th Ga.
How Canada Behaves.—The New York
Express says;
A large number of our countrymen are tra
velling in Canada, and under circumstances,
we should suppose, most mortifying to some
of them, from what we soe and read. At Clif
ton, Niagara Falls, they are regaled with se-^o,
cession music, discussions and combinations',
intended purposely, we are assured, as an in
sult to L nion travellers. Further on, as at
Montreal and Quebec, the taunts grow louder,
and the combinations more marked. Some of
the travellers, and letters we have seen, report
these jeers and insulting remarks to be both
common and unbearable.
Corn Crop in Tennessee.—All accounts from
East Tennessee represent the corn crop in that
section as being immense. It is ordinarily a
oorn growing and stock raising country, but
the crops this year are said to exceed any with
in the last ten years. The Pigeon, French,
Broad, Hiwassee and Holston valleys are said
to be extensively planted, and the crops more
promising than ever known before. AYe learn,
! also, that there is a great deal of young stock
I in the country, especially hogs, and that ba
con will probably be cheaper next year, pro
vided the vandals can be kept out of that sec
tion.
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