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Kcgnnanfioiu the Richmond
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by. J notice that •*>« l 4lunotd that the con-
jV Folsom ii ftnded by fifty thousand people,
|Ould beo I^.Vtions corresponding with the
• that 's ^Vwn by Gov. Wickliffe. If
or an ything like that num-
l| ’£> that number, really attended
idiate'’. .ifinating convention at Indianapo-
|*i convention composed of delegates—it
a spectacle such as has never before
l^ nt witnessed on this continent. It is evi-
7l.. i .1 tremendous . round-swell among
L ityjeople, and must l.e regarded as portentous
auble to the Lincolnites. As the first
llic demonstration in a formidable character,
|n anti-Lincoln party in the North, it is
. at least a few words of particular notice,
■♦iti Lincoln party, although it might be
' ’ dated back for its origin to the move-
■t certain opposition Congressmen in a
>y .<is some months ago in the rapilol, over
.j.- .'Ir. Crittenden pre-ided, is nevertheless
n- tb last and final development to the events
^he past four weeks. In that time Lincoln,
ering in his election, whether to seek the
filiation of the more conservative elements
lylkmi opinion, or to throw himself un-
;’.y over to the guidance and su|iport of
Fmoutlied republicans and abolitii nists
k party. made bis last and final trial with
|der States. He summoned their nyn
• e.- before liim at the Presidential inan-
Je'iit ld t * lem a long lecture from a rnanu
|r uirore him, and demanded a final answer
by 'they would fall in with his plan of
[’’.emancipation or not. They answered
■ s ^ 8,an f' a lly. nL ‘ ■ and from that moment
,’se was fixed. The next day he told
he was ready to go as far as the far-
Pare the Reds, and from henceforward they
kf '^have no cause to distrust or find fault
byes put
about oediately'tLereafter follows the Red Re-
upon ian address to the people of the United
^°^Aes, in the which the very men who had,
iring all the-session, been constantly assailing
a _incoln directly or indirectly, compliment him
Vto the fullest possible extent as the embodiment
of all that as patriotic, sagacious and trust
worthy, and develope his policy and their own
in the form of an unsparing and relentless war
upon Southern property and Southern society.
But strange to say this, address—so impor
tant in its character and embodying a formal
and authoritative pronunciamcnto of Red Re
publican war policy—the policy of the Presi
dent and of the administration party—receives
not a fourth of the signatures of the party lea
ders in Congress! And why ? They had ta
ken the alarm. There were subterranean mut
teririgs which frightened them. They foresaw
the cards which were to be played by the oppo
sition in the pending canvass, and as most of
them wi-re going home before their constituents
on a question of re-election, they did not care
to be pinned by their own signatures to the
declarations and positions of the address.
Meanwhile, the opposition prepare their is
sues and arrange for the campaign. The de
cision of Lincoln has developed the points upon
wh'ch the battle is to be fought. The .Northern
mind, not yet brought to the point of peace
with the sacrifice of the South and the L’nion,
is btill weary and disgusted with the war—
titrated at its expense—shocked at its sacrifice
of life inflamed at the fanatics who have
brought it on—distrustful of the ends they pro
pose, and satiated to disgust with their rabid
negrophilism. The doctrine of negro equality
is becoming extremoly odious to the masses, and
the proposition to put the African on the foot
ing of a citizen in camp and court is breeding
mobs in all the Northern cities.
I he first grand occasion to throw the oppo
sition banner to the breeze is presented by the
Democratic State Convention at Indianapolis,
and here we see it displayed with altogether
unrivalled prestige. The masses were there in
numbers to drown the politicians. They de
nounce the war for its presents objects—they
denounce the administration- they call for a
revolution of men and measures. Somo of our
papers say that the resolutions arc illogical—
nonsensical—that a war must be for coercion
or cease to bo a war. That may be all very
true; but we presume the Convention was not
so anxious for their logic, as to get up a series
of propositions likely to embody the most votes
and conciliate the greatest favor.
The important point to us, if there be any
thing important in the business, is that they
bavo arrayed a formidable opposition party,
for all practical purposes, against the admin
istration and against the war, at a time
when the public mind at the North begins to
be wearied of both—when enlistments are flag
ging and when the draft is coining to tear men
from their families and send them to disease
and death in the camps, just when the “,-iff-raff”
i . running low, and men are wanted at home.
An exciting canvass now follows which will
bring in every question respecting the causes
and conduct of the war, and the outrages of
the Government upon the Constitution ind pri
vate rights, at the mom ant that the Lincoln
Government is called upon to put forward its
highest exertions to prosecute the war. These
are the embarrassing concomitants, and we
shall look with interest to see the progress of
events.
uive.ee Aieinselves from us; that they are
determined to resist #ur efforts to conquer them
the bitter end. We have learned that they
nrc as wary as they arc unscrupulous, that they
are as cunning as they are depraved, that they
are as quick to take advantage of our weakness,
our blunders, and our indecision. Wc have
learned that they are fully our peers in milita
ry capacity, and that, as soldiers, they make
up ir. dash what they lack in solid manhood.
Wc have learned that the very despotism that
exists among them gives them a compactness
and unit}’ which we do not and cannot possess.
We have learned how little active co-opera
tion we are to expect from the “Union element’’
of the extreme South. We have learned that
the element, even where most prevalent, is
timid, torpid, doubtful, negative ; that it “needs
watchers” to sit by and nurse it; that it is of
ten treacherous and counterfeit; that in many
instances it is rather a stumbling block in our
way than a prop and auxiliary. 'We have
learned that, little by little, the poison of se
cession has spread among the people—that lit
tle by little it has possessed and crazed them,
until public sentiment has in many sections be
come almost a unit
We have learned the folly of expecting sym
pathy Ireru foreign Governments and foreign
peoples. We have learned that we are hated
most eordi&lly where wc had reason to look for
moral support ; that we stand to-day apaitand
isolated, without a friend or backer in any pow
er on earth. We have learned that we must
not only fight the good tight unassisted, b
under the shadow of the frowns of Euro[
We have learned that slavery, instead of
ing an element of weakness, is an element ^
stiength to the rebels. We have learned thy
it is one of their chief props and staffs of spfl
port; that the four millions of blacks heK'*ni
bondage are used as effective weapons.with
which to tight and oppose us. We h^itf learn
ed that we cannot successfully fight the enemy
and protect "the institution” at the same time ;
and that if we ever hope to succeed we must
leave the latter to its fate.
We have learned that th*'" TST ?«t between us
and the Confederates is rt* atJ V to a question
of our brute force. VWe o] earned that the
arm that can strike fn^ lle J, and the foot that
can stand the firmest, :A£i the brain that can
plot surest, will win the day. We have learn
ed that it will tio longerdo to “play war;’’ that
it will no longer do to administer emollients ;
that the disease is of that virulent nature that
it demands the most active remedies. We have
learned that there is no middle ground—no half
way house—between absolute triumph and ab
solute vassalage.
The above is from a paper conducted by
Thurlow Weed, who has the reputation of be
ing the shrewdest politician in the Black Re
publican ranks. He is moreover lately from
a semi-official mission to England, and speaks
intelligently about the feeling in the old world.
Now if the reader will run over the list of
Northern blunders which the Journal
A Bestipeat from the Northwest
rr c , , ... „ ,, We find thj following article in a late num-
binds md r’ u ,SSU,D * ) l0ns 0 tTen * .. | ber of the Indianapolis Sentinel, the central
fati -ups oi t; • 11 18 won d pr fi J ’ should not strike or g >n 0 j t j, e ] nt jiana Democracy:
have in -uind of the Albany Journal. He 0 ,>v. Norton’s fledge.
! ._aks of the “compactness and un : ty of the Gov. Morton, on his recent visit to Wash-
douthern detect inn /” Does he indeed believe 1 ington, pledged “Honest Old Abe” 16,000 more
that the unitv of the South is the result of civil volunteers from Indian^ if he would adopt a
, .... , , .. . ,U„ I coercive police toward the Confederate States
and military despotism, and that it is not the Thjg p|e / ge ^ maJe for the purpose ofsliff
fruit of a lively sense of common peril of com- , en j n g the limber back of the President, and to
mon interests, feelings and aspirations ? Ait' induce him to abandon the pacific policy an-
the “impatient, irritable and turbulent peojjw nounced by Mr. Seward. The Governor will
of the South,” who an- so hard to be r^ced I flnd jtjnore easy to promise than to redeem
to submission to the “constitution and the en
forcement of the laws” fit subjects for such a
“despotism t" Have they all at once fallen in
such love with “despotism” that they hug their
chains, and are in such “terrible earnest" to
rivet them, and are so “desperate in their i
solve to divorce themselves” from the liberty
of Lincoln—the stars and strips, and the glori
ous Union ?
How happens it that astute men write such
folly, and fail to see its self-stultification ? Why
cannot men like Weed see in the unbroken
unity of the South the calm determination of a
people who are resolved, come weal or woe, to
stand together to the last extremity for the
maintenance of the fundamental rights of free
men ? Why does he fail to see that as the ex
ercise of “brute force" upon us by the Noith
has inspired this unity and determination, so
the proposed increase of the brute force will in
crease the power and determination to resist it,
and his final test of who will “strike the hard
est and plot the safest,” amounts simply to a
proposition for a war of mutual extermination.
Probably he does see it. If not, one more must
added to his list of fatal blunders.
Black Republican party seems to be go
b-eyed and cold blooded into a final test
tend- "t ; D g force. It will end like the others,
lb ii i e ieve more fatally to its projectors.—
“j* 1 "i.. J will mourn and be drenched in blood;
but the blood of the invader will flow more free
ly than our own, and the hell-born passions
aroused by such a warfare will turn at last
upon the men who have provoked the contest
The Black Republicans will one day wind up
their catalogue of blunders by a felo de se.
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says
The Leadership or the Army or Richmond.
We copy from the Savannah Republican a let
ter from “P. W. A.,” which discusses with ap-
If-rent candor and force the question as to what
iWid dictated the late military movements at
Richmond, and also explains a good deal that
was mysterious and unsatisfactory in legard to
the fights of May last We commend it to the
attention of the reader.
have been corrected by the experience of the
war, he will see that it embraces each and every !
one of the positions which led the North into
the war, and upon which she predicated suc
cess. There is not one omitted, which we can
call to mind, and we presume there is scarcely
one of them which, if detected in time, would
have not restrained them from embarking in
the war. It is a list of capital blunders
throughout, and it is a perfect wonder how the
Black Republican party of the North g -mg j
before the people with such a confession, should |
expect anything hereafter from them more
than contemptuous distru-t.
Let us glance again at some of these blun
ders. The war was undertaken in the belief
that it was to be with a people of inferior valor,
hardihood and endurance. The Tribune in its
first essay at a war article, said the South
would be shown the diflerence between a race
of white tnen inured to toil and the “pampered
minions of slavery.’ - It i; now confessed that
wc are "equaF' to themselves in personal prow
ess.
It was undertaken in the belief that wide
spread and incurable divisions and dissentions
existed in the South. Now it is confessed the
South is united, and it is the North which is
divided.
The war was undertaken, more than all
things else,under the encouraging uclusion that
our social organization was but a powder mag
azine which would explode and bury the whole
Confederate fabric in ruins, upon the first ap
plication of the Lincoln torch. Now this same
organization is discovered to l*e a main element.
of military strength.
It was undertaken in the confident expecta- I
tion that the active sympathies of the civilized
world would be with the North. All will re-1
collect how confidently the Black Republicans >
predicted that the South would Hot be able to !
withstand the moral power of the frowns of all ]
Christendom, and in lact it was only the pro
tection and countenance theretofore afforded by
the North herself, which bad saved our social
system from downfall in universal execration.
Now it is confessed that the North has “not a
friend in any power on earth,” and must “fight
under the shadow of the frowns of Europe."—
Ihurlow Weed, who has recently been travel
ing and intriguing around Europe, ought to
know.
Now here are the four cardinal positions up
on w hich the war was undertaken by the Lin
colnites, and all of them now acknowledged to j
be blunders, so gross, that the converse of each j
one <<f them is true. Did ever an administra- j
tion party come before a country with such a j
confession of blunders 1 vital blunders! fatal
blunders! blunders which underlay a col loss* 11
system of measures which must forever settle j
the destiny of the country. The tabric of a
vast war for subjugation—in which hours count
thousands to the public debt—minutes hun
dreds of thousands in private losses—in which
blood flows in rivers and human life wastes
like snow in summer—ail bu.lt upon four
grand as.-uroptions, each one of" which, is ac-
knowledgeif tn lie so ntterlv imfoiiwfwf that
the contrary has been proven true. For such
blunders as these, there is no ure. They are
of the class described by Talleyrand as “worse
than crimes,” in which the mischiefs entailed
on a people are neither foreseen nor mitigated
by even the selfish malignity ol the men who
commit them.
But with this pitiable record of confessed
blunders, the party bring forward their new
recommendations and plans for the war. Sure
ly the people are demented who can repose fur
ther confidence in the counsels of men who
A .VilliM KicbIm in Ike Field !
Tli? AfvemenLs of the Lincoln government,
in their natural course, promise us such a win
ter’s campaign as we have not seen yet A
million troops would give them four operative
armies in the field of 200,000 each—leaving
200,000 for occupation and for the maintenance
of their lines of communication 1 Theri
been nothing yet on earth like the cam
they promise, unless it was that of Xerx
to Greece; and it has got to be tret in
thing iike the sime spirit or the South will be
overall infallibly.
By further extending the area of conscrip
tion, we might perhaps increase our own army
to six or seven hundred thousand men ; which
would leave the enemy still nearly two to our
one, but then, again, where the arms are to
come from to equip this force is a mystery, un
less we take them from the enemy.
The only possible chance we see to avoid an
entire overrunning of the country, is to strike
note with a vigor and rapidity approaching
desperation. Theie are times when even des
peration becomes prudence. There are times
when a neck or nothing venture offers the best
chance for life. Theru are times when the risk
nothing and the slow and sure policy is the
plain road to disaster; and here is one of them.
We must put the Federal army now in the
field, as far as possible, hors du combat! We
must defeat and disorganize it at all hazards
and drive it from Tennessee and Kentucky.
To do this, there will be hardly six weeks to
operate in before the Federal ranks will begin
his pledges. The people of Indiana do not intend
to engage in a crusade against the South for
party purposes—to advance the schemes of the
abolitionists and protectionists of New England
and Pennsylvania. The Southern States have
not trespassed upon the rights of the people of
Indiana, nor di they propose to do so. The
legislation of the Confederate States is not in
imical to the interests of the Northwest, but in
harmony therewith, while that of the Black
Republican Congress discriminates against
them. Gov. Morton’s sympathies are not with
the people of Indiana, but with the sectional
party in the Eastern States, who propose to
make the labor of the people of the West trib
utary to the advancement of its interests—
mere hewers of wood and drawers of water for
the cotton nabobs of New England and the iron
masters of Pennsylvania.
But to Gov. Morton’s pledge. How soon
does he expect to open his recruiting office ?—
Will he head the 16,000 volunteers he has
pledged from Indiana to engage in the butche
ry ot the men, women and children of the
South—of the people of the States who fought
our battles and defended our hearthstones when
unable alone tc resist the foe?
The foregoing is significant. “The people of In
diana,” says the Sentinel, “do not intend toen-
gage in a crusade against the South for party
purposes—to advance the schemes of the aboli~
Uonitls and protectionists of New England and
Pennsylvania. The Southern States have Dot
trespassed upon the rights of the People of Indi
ana, nor do tney propose to do so. The legisla
tion of the Confederate Slates is not inimical to
the interests of the Northwest, but in harmony
therewith, while that of the Black Republican
Congress discriminates against them." These
are very bold and pregnant words from the
State organ of the Indiana democracy and
should be carefully noted. The West is the
starting point of opposition to the war and to
the hellish designs of the Northern fanatics, and
the position of the West ought to be careful
ly studied by our statesmen and newspapers.
Both have been, so far, culpably remiss in this
particular, but it is to be hoped that recent de
velopments will direct attention to that quar
ter.
Some months ago, in an article designed to
be suggestive to these classes, we pointed out
the precise ideas and facts now hinted at by
the Sentinel—that the West had been cunningly
victimized to Eastern greed and fanaticism, and
is now in an utterly helpless condition, unless
she makes h»r peace with the South. Western
prosperity had been the growth of trade inter-,
course with the South. The two sections were
natural allies—mutual dependents. The trad e
and productions of each were necessary to the
other, and there was no antagonism of interest
at all. Moreover, emigration from the South
had tied the two sections together by affinity of
blood. A.s an inevitable sequence, they sym
pathized with each other politically. Both
were democratic and sailed together under the
broad ban ler of State rights, free trade, oppo
sition to monopolies and a liberal and tolerant
administration of the Federal Government
This alliance was death to the political pow
er of the East, and with it to all her schemes
by protective tariffs, Ac., to plunder the people
through -he agency of the government Death
so to alk her still dearer, intermeddling, fa-
.tical projects to compel the South to square
r policy and morals by the isms of New Eng"
land. So long a.s the alliance held, the East
THE SLAV1 IMPRESSMENT,
i We are surprised to see the following in the
i Savannah Republican of yesterday :
State Defences.—We stated, some days ago,
' that a sufficient number of slaves had either
! arrived or were on the way, to complete the
, defensive works now in process of erection on
i our roast. Such was the prospect at the time,
but the publication of the Secretary of War’s
I despatch to the Lee county planters, was con
| strued into a license for everv man to act as
he was pleased in the premises, and conse
quently the sending of force from the interior
has been entirely suspended.
Undor this state of tacts, General .Mercer,
being intrusted with the military defence of
the department of Georgia, has resolved to use
all the force at his command, should it become
necessary, to secure respect to his order. Ac
cordingly, it will be seen from the notice to en
rolling officers by the Agent of the Govern
ment, to be found on this page, that they are
required to proceed with the enrollment, and,
if resisted, to obey the instructions hitherto is
sued.
This order will be carried out, and we hope
the planters, upon whom so reasonable a call
has been made, lor the security of their own
State, will, on a second reflection, lay aside all
opposition and give a cheerful co operation to
the government.
The following is the notice to the Enrolling
Officers, alluded to:
C. S. ENGINEER’S OFFICE,)
Savannah, Aug, 12th, lb*t2. f
Dr. T. A. Parsons, Agent, Ac.:
Sir—As some misconception appears to exist
among the planters of some counties in refer
ence to a telegram said fo have been received
from the Secretary oi War by the planters of
Lee county, and which has been erroneously
construed to release the planters from contrib
uting labor to the fortifications of Savannah,
the Brigadier General commanding instructs
me to state that he has received no order from
the Department to desist from the impressment
ordered.
Thst impressment was begun under the
stress of a military necessity, and only after
other means of procuring labor had failed. It
will be continued so long as the military ne
cessity exists.
You are hereby instructed to carry out,
strictly and promptly, your orders in refer
ence to the impressment of labor, and to report
progress, as heretofore, to this office.
John McCradv,
Capt. C. S. Eng’rs in charge.
By order Brig. Gen. Mercer, Comd’g.
ENGINEER’S DEPARTMENT, ^
t
hit
U- he formidably swelled by the immense new m jght rant and swear, intrigue and lobby in
le. ies. If these are brought in and incorpora- Congress, now and then with some measure of
t .d with the old force still unbroken and in un- succesSt mastery and empire were out of
disturbed morale—still in possession of the ad- ^ question.
vance posts in Alabama and Tennessee, we TT . . . , „ , , ..... ,
, v , . , . Unfortunately, as years rolled by, the tide of
can t sec what is to ward oft the ruinous etlecp; , ■'* . v, . , , ,,
, . , 1 emmrat on from the Last anu from Europe to
of a thorough invasion of the countrv—the 6 r
Superintendent’s Office,
Savannah, Aug. 10.
To My Assistant Agents;
I hereby direct you to enforce the above or
der at once. Should there be any violators, re
port them immediately to thiso“ice.
T. A. Parsons, Ger.. Sup’t.
The telegraphic correspondence between the
citizens ot Lee county and the Confederate De
partment, has created the impression that the
slave impressment is actually disapproved by
! that Department. What ground for that im.
pression is afforded by the correspondence will
be seen on reading it again, as follows:
To the Secretary of War, Richmond Va.:
Brig. Gen. Mercer has issued an order impress
ing twenty per cent of the male slaves through
out the State. Is that order recognized by the
Department. If so. we acquiesce. Otherwise,
we resist. C. M. Irvin,
For the citizens of Lee county.
Richmond, Aug. 6th.—Mr. C. M. Irvin :—
Gen. Mercer has not communicated with this
Department in reference to impressment, nor
has any authority to make impressment been
asked for or granted.
Geo. W. Randolph, Sec’y of War.
An answer of this character on the back of
! the aiternatives suggested by the Lee county
' despatch has been construed as tantamount to
j a positive disapproval of the order. Under
I such circumstances, to avoid misunderstand-
1 ing, ill feeling and trouble, it would perhaps be
1 well for the parties interested to consult the
War Department again, for advice as to the
course proper to be pursued. The slaveholders
of Middle Georgia, we are well assured, will
cheerfully acquiesce in any sacrifice necessary
in their opinion for the defence of the State.
Water Mf.lon Syrup.—We arc indebted to' confess themselves so devoid of sagacity.
Mr. Amos Opry, of Houston County, C,a.,for a , Blind guides who propose still further to lead
bottle of syrup made from water mellon juice.
He finds the juice of the melon is a Ii’ tie more
saccharine than the sugar cane itself, and the
^The^pedme^befor^us is very fair indplea-1 and confessed themselves to have been in the
’ the Ust —more so to our’s than the cane past, so will they be in the future. Every one
" Mr Opry has made a considerable of their vaticinations has proved false prophe-
the blind, when all are tumbled together in the
ditch. But that is their concern, not ours.—
The people of the South may well hope that as
these Black Republican leaders have proved
.yrtip.
quantity of this syrup the present J«*r but
next year he intends to go largely into the busi
ness, believing the water melon is abotterplant
for sugar and syrup, in this lstituds, tLsp cane.
sy—every assumption groundless—every plan
futile, and wc will judge of the future by the
past “The counsels of the wicked shall not
stand.”
occupation of all our important towns, and the
breaking up of cohesion and communication.
On the other hand, if, by a resolute aggres
sive warfare, we can now strike blows in rapid
succession and witli stunning effect—defeat,
capture, disperse and drive the enemy’s inva
ding force before us at all points, the new levies
wilt be deprived,to a great extent, of the foun
dation and support of a disciplined force—the ,
new recruits will find demoralization and hope
lessness in the army, and the army itself will
need months of time for discipline and drill
before they can be relied upon, while a good
part of the advances made last winter must be
repeated, before the enemy can be again in po
sition to assail the heart of the South. All this
would consume time, till the recurrence of
warm weather might bring again to our aid
the climatic difficulties ol the country.
But to accomplish these objects we have not
another day to lose. Our Generals must make
up their minds to encounter risks—to venture
the possibilities of defeat—to attack at odds
aod in strong positions, »nJ, in a word, to ven
ture upon what might be imprudent policy in
other contingencies.
In other words, we must anticipate the haz
ards of an unequal combat, instead of waiting
to have them forced upon us, in greater extent
as they will probably be, next winter. There
is no storm of calamity which ever threatened
a gallant people which does not impend in the
gathering clouds of Black Republican fury that
now darken the Northern horizon. It is true,
something may turn up to avert the storm.—
We think there w.ll be foreign interference be
fore it comes; but that is problematical, and
will not do to count upon in the least. We
must marshal our clans to the last man—we
must arm to the las; weapon—we must prepare
for the fierce and final struggle with all the en
ergy of men that knew that liberty, life, Ac.,
hang upon the doubtful encounter. If we can
once more beat off l.ho invader or foil his pur
poses, the game is up with him. He is ex
hausted and prostrate, and will bury his teeth
in his own vitals. No man need wish the
Nortn a more wretched fate than will befall
her when her defeated legions turn homeward
to wreak their die appointed vengeance upon
the wretches who have turned a smiling, happy
and free country into a bloody despotism, and
a slaughter house.
On the other har -i, if we are overrun, though
we may still be pn.ctically and ultimately un
conquered, who can sum up the miseries we
must endure, under the tyrannic license of
these foul invaders ? The fate of Scio in the
hands of Turks might almost as well be ours.
Fire, violence and plunder are o«r portion.—
The land will be desolate and waste. The fate
of the fair valley of the Shenandoah gives us
our experience in advance. Awake, then, to
the final grapple with the Northern incendia-
the West began to affect the drift of Western
feelirg and opinion, and, at the same time, the
opening of European markets, from fortuitous
causes, to the western producers, at high prices,
diminished and interrupted the commercial in
tercourse with the South, or at least put it up
on a secondary footing. Meanwhile, the con
test upon slavery in the Territories broke out
with violence, and was sedulously misrepresent
ed as a design upon the South to force the in-
stitutiin upon unwilling people even in the
States. The East seized the opportunity and
plied all her arts and influence to effect a po
litical revolution. Money and Missionaries
flooded the West, and at last with the aid of
the “National Convention” at Chicago, and the
nomination of a western candidate in the per
son of Lincoln, the fell purpose was accom
plished. The west was sold to her enemies,
and placed in position of deadly hostility to her
old traditional friends.
But now she begins to awake to the ruin
ous 'consequences ol fier own folly. Her mar
ket is gone—her produce, without the South,
is worthless—her land, at present prices of
produce, is not worth a bawbee. To add to
these miseries, she secs the East, which has
betiayed her into this folly, now fastening up
on her vitals like a vampyre. Scarcely a year
has passed, and yets high protective tariff has
been twice raised. The East howls for war
and blood, and takes good care to monopolize
all the army and navy contracts, while she calls
upon the West to raise the men ; and finally,
next month comes the war tax upon the West,
without money, and tho draft upon the West
when the drains of war have already raised
labor to a price at which it is perhaps cheaper
to let tho wheat ami corn rot in tho field, than
to gather it for market.
Now, this is the condition of things, and
these are the views which prompt the Indiana
Sentinel; and when it points out the commu
nity of interests between the South and West,
and the natural hostility between the West and
the Black Republicans, it indicates distinctly
tae conviction that there is no real hope or
remedy until the old status is restored as far as
possible. This conviction must grow in the
West, and as the hopelessness of opening a
Southern market by arms becomes apparent,
so will also grow the impatience of the war—
the exasperation against those who have pro
duced it—and the anxiety for peace on any
terms. Is there no way to meet and respond
to these Western idkas?
The prowess of John Morgan, the guerilla
leader in Kentucky, seems to be appreciated by
the widows of that State. When he entered
Versailles, having put to flight a Federal force,
be was met by a gay young widow, who hug
ged and kissed the bandit chief in presence o
the citizens.
The Fight at Southwest Alountain.—Our
first edition goes to press without an addition
al word from Stonewall Jackson. But wo know
there has been a fight and a victory. A pri
vate despatch from Col. Conner, of the 15th,
speaks ef it as a glorious victory. Be patient
and we shall hear by and by—we hope in time
for our first edition.
NEWS ITEMS.
The “Federal Victory” at Malcern Hill.—
According to the Richmond papers the Con
federate retieat from Malvern Hill was a mere
ruse to draw to draw the enemy out from un
der their gunboats, but it proved unsuccessful.
The Enquirer says:—
On Thursday morning a squadron of the 1st
N. C. cavalry advanced upon the hill, having
in reserve the rest of their command and the
10th Virginia infantry. They expected a brisk
fight, but saw, at first, only one man—a Yan
kee vidette, who was standing on the top of a
house belonging to Mr. Crew, whose estate lay
upon the hill. He was ordered to come down,
which he did with considerable speed, but with
hopes of escape; running, as he gained the
ground, into on* of the negro quarters, where
he was taken. His companions, it seems,
were also on the premises, and made an effort
to escape, but a negro woman, belonging to
the estate, fooled them with the idea that they
were going the wrong way, and pointed them
to the direction of our men, amongst whom they
very soon found themselves mixed up, and con
sequontly were captured. Not a gun was fired
in the capture of Malvern Hill. The enemy,
stationed in force, in tho vicinity, fled precipi
tately. Thirty-six prisoners in all were taken.
Sixteen were brought into the city on Thurs
day, and the remainder arrived on yesterday.
Health of the Yanks on the. James River.—
The prisoners taken at Malvern Hill represent
the health of the army at Berkeley and West-
over as terribly bad, and the disposition to de
sert universal. They say, that notwithstand
ing a strong guard is posted to keep the men
from the river banks, scarcely a steamer or
schooner leaves for the North without carrying
half a dozen or more deserters.
Old Stonewalls Coolness.—Hermes of the
Mercury says:—
Unlike the President, Gen. Lee has a high
opinion of Jackson. When asked, the other
day, if he was going to take command on the
Rapidan, he replied it would be a most ungra
cious task to displace a man who had been so
uniformly successful as Jackson. At Cold
Harbor, Jackson’s perfect coolness struck eve
rybody. He sat with his leg over the pommel
of the saddle, eating sugar cakes. When told
that the Yankees were fighting with extraor
dinary obstinacy, he said, “they do fight well."
“But, General, I am afraid they will whip us,”
said some one. “I have not the slightest doubt
of our success,” was his calm reply.
The Paris Press on the Richmond News.—
The Paris Press generally concedes to the Con
federates a signal victory at Richmond, but is
silent upon tho political aspects of the affair.—
The correspondent of the New York Herald
says:—
It is probable, also, that the Parisian journ
als have been “requested” to say nothing fur
ther about “intervention” and mediation” at
present, as, since the arrival of the l«te news,
which would naturally have a tendency to re
vive their projects, not a word has been said in
favor of them even by the Patrie and Coristitu-
tionnel, their godfathers. Tue journals have
thus far confined themselves to a mere recital
of the news, with hut vorv little comment.
The Indiana State Convention.—A despatch
to the Chicago Times during the sitting of the
Indianapolis Convention, says lrom three to
four thousand delegates were present, and eve
ry county in the State was largely represented.
The outside attendance wu 1)0,000.
THE STEAMER GEN. LEE.
Augusta, Aug. 13.—The Savannah News of
this morning, says the steamer Gen. Lee re
turned from Fort Pulaski on Monday night
last. She was detained at the Fort on the
ground that the Federals thought she was gos
ing to return without their permission. Her
officers were sent to Hilton Head, but subse
quently allowed to return with the boat. A
great many articles were stolen from the boat
by the Yankess, but the Federal officers prom-
lied to punish the theft.
By Electric Telegraph
Editor Telegraph :—Please publish the fol
lowing despatches sent to our care. They evi
dently allude to the recent fight of Stonewall
Jackson with Pope. B. A A.
GoaDONsviLLE, Va., Aug. 11.
To F. S. Johnson, Clinton:
Win. M. II. Morton, of the Gray Infantry,
wounded in shoulder. None others hurt I
am well. Frank.
Gordonsville, Va., Aug. 11.
Mrs. L, M. Manning, Hatckinsville;
Don’t be uneasy. Will stay with the Colo
nel. He is doing well. L. B. Stone.
Charlottesville, Aug. 12.
Mrs. L. M Manning, Hatckinsville :
I shall bring, the Colonel here to-morrow.—
Arm doing well—not suffering much.
L. B. Stone.
[Note.—The above despatches are not very
clear, but Col. Manning is evidently wounded
in arm.]
Gordonsville, Va., Aug. 11.
Mrs. L. M. Manning, for Mrs. Pate, Hawkins-
ville :
Loss in Pulaski company: Killed, J. II.
Baker. Wounded, VV. R. Sapp, arm, left arm
off; J N. Fann, in shoulder ; T. E. Lee, slight
ly ; — Fleming, slightly. J. H. Pate.
NORTHERN AND WESTERN NEW’S.
Loss of the Steamer Golden Gate with Im
mense Treasure.
Richmond, 11th.—The Petersburg Express
of to day has New York dates of the 8th inst
The Golden Gate left San Francisco, July 21st,
for Panama, with two hundred and thirty pas
sengers, one million, one hundred and fourteen
thousand dollars for New York, and two hun
dred and seventy thousand dollars for England.
She was burnt at sea, July 27th. One hundred
and eighty passengers were lost, and all the
treasure. The disaster caused a sensation in
W'all street
McCook Shot.—Gen. Robert McCook of Bu
ell’s army, was shot on the 5tli instant, near
Salem, Alabama, by a party of guerrillas, and
instantly killed. Ilis remains have reached
Nashville. Capt. Brooks was captured.
Nicholson Arrested.—Hon. A. O. P. Nichoh
son has been arrested at Columbia, Tennessee,
and placed in close confinement, on soldiers’
fare, by order of Gen. Nagley, for sympathy
with the rebellion.
Guerrilla Exploits.—A telegram from St.
Josephs, dated August 5th, says that the Guer
rilla leader, Quantrcll, seized a descending
steamer Sunday evening and crossed 150 men
to this side of the river. The military autho
rities of Fort Leavenworth, hearing of the cap
ture, not knowing Quantrell’s strength, sent a
hundred men to intercept him, all of whom
Quantrell captured, and marched on, capturing
Liberty. Col. Peneick had previously evacua-
ed Liberty, escaping with his command into
Kentucky. Quantrell expresses the determina
tion to march to the banks of the Ohio.
Skirmish at Point Pleasant.-*-Cairo, Aug.
7th.—The skirmish yesterday near Point Plea
sant was between citizens and State troops.—
Several were killed on both sides. The citizens
had bound themselves together to resist the en
rollment act. The troops were sent from New
Madrid to enforce the law.
Arrival of the Arabia.—The Cunard steam
ship Arabia, with Liverpool dates to the 27th,
one week later, had arrived. Nothing new.
Butou
From New Orleans and
Rouge.
Mobile, Aug. 12, 1862.—A special despatch
to the Mobile Advertiser A Register, dated
the lltli, at Jackson, Miss., says that the New
Orleans Delta of the 7th has been received.—
Butler levies a tax on the corporation of New
Orleans and individuals, amounting to $312,-
716 25 to support the poor of New Orleans.
Also a tax of §29,200 on the cotton brokers
for the same object. The distinguished atten
tion paid this class of the business community
is caused from their having aided the Confede
rate Government and advised the planters to
ship no cotton to New Orleans.
A large amount of property is advertised to
be sold for taxes.
The Delta claims a splendid victory at Baton
Rouge. Says the Confederates were from five
to filteen thousand thousand strong—has Gen.
Lovell killed—Gen. Breckenridge with an arm
shot off—claims to have capture three cannon,
and boasts of bayonet charges. They admit a
loss of 250 killed, ar.d they say nothing about
wr.unded.
Reinforcements have been sent up to Baton
Rouge and stirring times are expected. The
Yankees intend to bag the whole Confederate
army. James Beggs has been sent to Ship Is
land. ,
A batch of Yankee prisoners arrived here
(Jackson) this morning. Our pickets extend
to within a mile and a half of Baton Rouge.
Official Despatch from Stonewall
Jackson.
Richmond, Aug. 12th.—The following offi
cial despatch was i eceived at the War Depart
ment to-day :
Headquarters Valley District, )
Aug. 11th, 1862. S
Colonel.—On the evening of the 9th inst.,
God blessed our arms with another victory.
The battle was near Cedar Run, about six
miles from Culpepper Court House. The ene
my, according to the statements of prisoners,
consisted of Banks’ McDowell’s and Seigel’s
commands.
We have over 400 prisoners, including Brig.
Gen. Prince.
Whilst our loss of killed is less than that of
the enemy, we have to mourn the loss of some
of our best officers and men.
Brig. Gen..Charles S. Winder was mortally
wounded whilst ably discharging his duty at
the head of his command, which was the ad
vance of the left wing of the army.
We have collected about 1,500 small arms
and other ordnance stores.
I am, Colonel,
Your obedient servant,
T. J. Jackson,
Major General Comanding.
To Col. R. H. Chilton, A. A. G.
12TH REGIMENT.
Tho following despatch has been received
from Capt. Rogers, of the 12th :
Gordonsville, Aug. 12.—Heavy fighting on
Saturday. Forty killed and wounded in this
regiment. Newson and Allen are severely
wounded. Phillips slightly wounded. Tho rest
safe.
[The last part of tho despatch refers to the
Central City Blues, a company from this coun
ty, of which Capt. Rogers is commander.]
We are kindly permitted to use the follow
ing private despatch:
Gordonsville, Aug. 12th.—D. E. B’ount:
i the fight on Saturday, the 12th Ga. Reg t
had eight killed and twenty-seven wounded’—
Lieut. Chambliss and Serg’t McKaskill were
killed. None killed in the Jones Volnnteers.
W. R. Christian, arm broken, and four others
slightly wounded. The Regiment was highly
complimented by Gen. Early. M. Morton se-
riouzly wounded. Isaac Hardeman.
MORE LINCOLN' TYRANNY.
Recognition again on the lapis—Ridiculous
Alarm at Hilton Head.
Richmond, 12th August.— Northern dates of
the 9th have been received. The War Depart
ment has issued an order vesting the United
States Marshals and Chiefs of Police with full
power to arrest and imprison any person who
by act, speech or writing, discourages volunteer
enlistments, or gives aid and comfort to the
enemy.
Also an order that every citizen liable to be
drafted who shall attempt to leave the country
shall be arrested.
Since the order calling for a draft in the mi
litia, volunteering is reported to have rapidly
improved.
A telegram from Harrisburg says the quota
from Pennsylvania is nearly made up.
Gold in New York opened higher, influenced
by the loss of treasure on board the Golden
Gate, and sales were made at 114t, but after
wards there were sales at 114*.
The London Herald’s Paris correspondent
says an article in the Constitutionnel advocat
ing a recognition of the South has created a
great sensation. It is looked upon as confirm
ing the report that Lord Palmerston having de
clined to join France in tendering mediation
between the belligerents, the step has been ta
ken jointly by France and Russia.
The Paris correspondent of the Independence
Beige, says the Emperor of Russia has propo
sed to make a personal appeal to President Lin
coln in order to induce him to accept on prdo__
ciple the negotiation of Compromise between
the North and the South.
Richmond, 13th.—New York papers of the
9th, contain letters from Port Royal express
ing great apprehension of an attack upon the
fleet at Hilton Head by the rebel Ram Georgia
The correspondent of the Times says many of
the most intelligent army officers at Hilton
Head agree in regarding as hazardous in the
extreme their position at that point and Beau
fort, should the Yankee Navy once lose its
present absolute supremacy over the waters of
the three Islands. Great preparations are ma
xing to resist the expected attack. At the last
accounts the excitement had somewhat abated,
three contrabands having reported that the
floating battery is a complete failure.
Porter has raised over 2G0d men, ami they
are hourly increasing as he moves from place
to place.
The London Tigris anticipates a general up
rising in the Bo»t«- States since McClellan’s
defeat, and says a«e Yankees are daily receiv
ing the conviction that the Confederates can
never be subjugated. The Times attacks the
New York press for echoing the mendacious
builetins of their Government and McClellan’s
address.
A special to the Mobile Advertiser and Reg 1
ister dated Jackson, Mississippi, the 12th, says
the Federal troops have taken possession of
Bayou Sara.
Breckinridge has issued a congratulatory
Address to his army. He claims to have gain -
ed a complete victory by land at Baton Rouge,
the most essential fruits of which, however,
were lost by the failure of the Arkansas to co
operate. All accounts agree in saying that the
Yankees were beaten to and into the water.—
Our wounded are doing well. Federal prison
ers continue to arrive here.
GUERRILLA EXPLOITS !
Fe'leral Gloom over Missouri—Breckinridges'
Address.
Mobile, Aug. 13.—A special despatch to the
Tribune, dated Grenada, the 12th, says Capt.
Maxwell with forty guerrillas attacked a hund
red Federals near friar’s Point yesterday, kill
ing seventeen and capturing six. Our loss one
killed. Maxwell was wounded.
A correspondent of the N. Y. Tribune, sa} s
that the number of McClellan’s army who cross
ed James River is about 15,000.
Alexandria, Missouri, five miles from Keo
kuk, was taken by our guerrillas on the 3d ins
stank
Lincoln is reported to have declared to re
ceive armed negroes.
A letter from Cameron to the Missouri (St.
Louis) Republican, says Northern Missouri i-
literally full of organised bands of rebels, and
citizens are flocking to these bands by hund
reds daily. They will soon have the whole-
country in their hands. lie says all is dark
and obscure, and every move of the Federal
Government makes matters still worse. With
out a military Governor, he adds, we shall he
completely overwhelmed by rebellion in two
months.
Telegraphic Nows Items from all Parts.
Mobile, Aug. 14.—A special despatch to the
Advertiser and Register, dated Knoxville, 13th.
says that a prisoner from Nashville, via Hunts
ville and Stevenson, reports the roads lined
with Federal troops, and all villages strongly
guarded. Our guerrillas are a constant source
of annoyance. A train en route from Steven
son to Huntsville was tired into and three Yan
kees killed.
On Wednesday last, Col. McCook, brotlu r
of Gen. McCook, en route for Decatur, in an
ambulance, attended by a body guard, was at -
tacked by our guerrillas and killed.
Everything outside of Huntsville is a scene
of desolation—houses destroyed and sacked
and fields laid waste.
Gen. Buell has twenty thousand men in the
vicinity of Huntsville. Five hundred negroes
are entrenching the North side of Huntsville.
Four hundred negroes and a large force of sol
diers are fortifying Stevenson. The Yankees
have rebuilt the bridges and restored the broken;
track on the railroads from Nashville to Hunts
ville and Bridgeport
A special despatch to the Tribune, dated Gre
nada, 13th, says the St Louis Reamblican, ol
the 7th inst., has been received. -i?
It states that the guerrillas continue a vigor
ous warfare in Missouri, lhey seem to be
crossing to the north side of the Missouri riv
er. On the 4th instant they attacked and dis
persed a body of Federal troops at Taylorsville.
Col. Poindexter is reported near Hudson, with
1200 partisans, threatening to capture that
place. A despatch from Shelbean reports Por
ter with 2400 men encamped near Newark.—
He had bagged two companies of militia there,
after a sharp resistance, with a large number
of horses and guns and a considerable amount
of ammunition.
Up to the 8th instani, 22,000 men were en
rolled under the Lincoln call for volunteers, in
the State of New York.
Important army movements are anticipated
at Washington. No one is allowed to pass Me
Clellan’s lines.
A large number of negroes are being stolen)
by Pope, near Stannardsville, Virginia. Eleven
political arrests have been made at Fairfax Court
House under Pope’s late orders.
The New York Commercial Advertiser atatas
that an important secret expedition, consisting
of one steamer with picked men, had left a Fed-
erat port and would soon be heard of.
Curtis and Commodore Davis were at Cairo
on the 6th instant Burnsides had arrived at
his field of operations.
It is announced that the Federal Government
has contracted for another iron clad monitor
which will cost a million and a quarter of dol
lars.