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A FREE COUNTRY.
We fancy when we see Ihe Northern Editors
talk so glibly about lha despotism in the South,
and the civil liberty of the North, they must,
•f they ever laugh, bi*e their lips to keep a se-
ite countenance. The fetter de catehel which
iereiofore has been the special prerogative of
Lincoln and his ministry is now vested broad
ast in all United States Marshals and Chiefs
of Police ! Each and all are empowered to ar
rest w itliout warrant or form of law and incar-
cerate in a Lincoln bastile, w hoever they please
to punish in that way—or in other words—to
the auic practical effect—whoever they find to
be di.-couraging volunteering, speaking against
the war, or taking a journey which may remove
them from the operation of a craft. Such is
liberty ' a tyranny as much more frightful and
degrading than absolutism, as five thousand
tyrants each armed with such irresponsible pow
ers over liberty and reputation are more to be
dreaded than one autocrat. It may reasonably
he supposed, indeed, as the telegram assured
us, that such illimitable, delegated and whole-
ale tyranny as this had created a strong anti
war reaction. A people must indeed be void
or common sense, who fail to perceive that the
elfort to enslave us, which has led to such con-
sequences as these, has lost them all the rights
lor which a freeman is entitled to hold himself
above self-contempt. But what avails their
anti-war reaction now ? It is too late. It will
not save them from the draft or stop the wheels
ol the w ti. It can reach the fountain head of
d- potism only by the slow course ol the ballot
box, and by very gradual approaches, and
even then, when it has turned out one tyrant,
what security have they against the next?—
The precedent of an utter disregard of Law
and the Constitution has now been established
and deliberately sanctioned by the people of
the North. They in fact cried out for it before
the election, and long defended and sustained
it afterwards, never dreaming (hat the tiger
they unchained would bound at their own
throats. But he has got them by the throat
and never will he unloose the grasp. The
fundamental limitations qf a government once
trampled upon with impunity, can never he re-
storsd by Constitutional processes! We never
saw that proposition laid down before, but are
teady to stand to and abide by it as a political
axiom. A rebellion which should seize Lincoln
and hang him for trampling on the Constitu
tion, might, if the people settled quietly back
under it,
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^^E^^RbSr^F ISfTMFORD.'” T Army Correspondence of ihe Savannah Kepnhlicau. J tjUery hardly took any part in the seven days’7 Kews from Price—Som
It will be seen that at Lincoln's war meet- „ . Richmond, An* 4tb,18«L fight; and yet our troops drove the enemy , gesiions about tlie t
ing, iu Washington, Shipley was cheered for
the act of hanging Wm. B. Mumford, but mod-
llsving sent you this morning a telegraphic ■ from one position after another, not withstand- :
synopsis of such items of news as have been ing he had more and better artillery than any :
received, I turn aside from current events to
eestly disclaimed the honor, and said it belong- gather up some leading facts connected with
ed to Butler. There is something extraordina- - the late battles before Richmond,
ry (is it characteristic?) in these Northern 1 The question has been frequently asked
3 . ' • ,. 1 whether Jackson s brilliant demonstration in
glorifications over the mere exercise of undis- t ^ c y a i| e y 0 f the Shenandoah formed any part
puted power, which call for and illustrate nei-j 0 fthe masterly strategy which resulted in the
ther nanhood nor chivalry. For a general, at' defeat of McClellan’s army, and whether the
the head of his array, to bang a poor, defence- j country is indebted to General Lee or General _ _ „„„ ......
less man is an act which one would think a Johnson for the admirable combinations ar.d bore the brunt of the battle. AH the tre Ts kees (or every southern soldier under Ins 0rderS .
’ superb plan of battle which enabled the Con- | did well, and those from one State fought as I You mav rest assured of one fact. Gen Price
brave and manly heart would regret, whatever | e( ] era tes to inscribe upon their banners one of j bravely as those from another ; but such were j can n0 more be kept still than Stonewall Jack-
might he, in his judgment, the necessity for the most glorious victories of modern times.— 1 the numbers and position of the regiments from ] son j£ e lnoves too without tents or wagons and
army ever had before. | dent of the Savannah Republican gr
Another fact may be said to have been illus- news from Gen. Price and some sensible 7
trated by the battle : The men in the ranks j gestions about the west in the following :
have never failed to perform their parts in the ■ \y e heard that Price’s army was moving
hour of traaL Blunders may be committed by j nor tj, but of this I cannot say with certainty,
muddled or incompetent officers, hut the pri- , w ith his command, gladly meet the
vate soldier has always done his part well. whole Federal force now scattered from Tus-
It la but the simplest justice to add, that the cum bia to Memphis. He would not fight un-
regunents from North Carolina and (xeorgia [ | egg beknew that there were at least two Yan-
A Macon, Mississippi, August 5th
doing it; and an act which all brave and manly
hearts would regret, and see nothing in it to
rejoice or triumph over. But still, a Lincoln
crowd find in it much matter lor laudation and
joy. Take another case. The stoppage of the
Trent upon the high seas and the arrest of
Mason and Slidell, were also acts involving no
more personal peril than eating a breakfast.—
It was a mere irresisted and irresistible display
of brute force, as if an armed officer of police
should arrest a child four years old. Bnt,
nevertheless, for such a display of spirit as
that, the North went into ccstacies over Com
modore W ilkes—voted him swords gave him j j e y through the winter and spring, and until
public dinners, and the Lincoln House of Rep-
The public will be glad to know what is the the States m med, that they were called upon ' hence wiU march’twenty five miles each day.
truth in regard to these matters ; and though I j to bear “the heat and burthen of the day.’ No vr; t hin a week you will begin to receive start-
Georgian or North Carolinian has intimated ij D g news from the now exclusive domains of
anything of the kina to me; but I hear it on - - — -
cannot speak with absolute authority, I have
been led to believe, from all tho information I
can collect, that the following statement will
be lound to be substantially correct:
General Jackson, with his command, was or
dered to the Valley of the Shenandoah last tall,
and after it was pretty well ascertained that
McClellan would not come out to fight us at
Centreville. The enemy had shown a disposi
tion to gain a foothold on the south side of the
the cars, in Ihe streets, at the corners, and in
the hotels—indeed, wherever I go—and not
from acquaintances merely, but from strangers,
and those who witnessed the conflict If this
fact has not been made to appear before, it has
been because the troops from those States had
no one here to sound the trumpet of their
praises, even if they had not modestly prefer-
upper Potomac at Leesburg, and the object of red to let their deeds speak for themselves.
Jackson’s movement was to checkmate any ef
fort that might he made to reach our flank by
way of the Valley. He remained in the Vai-
vindicate that instrument and restore
its binding force. But no im^ chment could
do it, for the reason that the impcaching tribu
tial is on record as purticeps criminis. The
United States is therefore beyond remedy of
law. Civil liberty is dead forever there, and
should they even at last subjugate the South,
wo shall lie involved only in a common slavery.
resentatives capped the climax with a vote of
thanks.
We are at loss to account for this Northern
love of mere triumphant force over unresisting
victims. It seems to be cowardly, and yet in
one in-unce, at least, their men have displayed
sublime gallantry—on the Frigate Cumber
land, where, after being struck by the Ram
Virginia, every man of the gallant crew went
down at the guns and were drowned! That
heroic act has never yet excited remark in
Northern newspapers or in Northern public
meetings so far as we have seen—but mere bru
tal displays of violence over the defenceless,
such as the Trent affair, the hanging of Mum-
alter the abandonment of Manassas and York-
town.
Upon his arrival at the Peninsula McClellan
found the Confederates in greater strength than
he had previously supposed, and he immediate
ly called upon the War Department for rein-
P. W. A.
GEN. T. J. JACKSON.
A correspondent of the Savannah News
writes from Mechanicsburg, Va., on the 5th
instant:
On last Sabbath we listened to a very elo
quent and impres-ive sermon by the Rev. Dr.
Styles, of Savannah, from the words, “Quit ye
like men.” It was a peculiarly happy effort,
and the bloody battle at the Seven Pines, rude
ly struck the scales from the eyes of the Fede
ral commander, and disclosed to him the mel
ancholy fact that his efforts to capture Rich
mond were bound to end in disaster, unless he
were very largely reinforoed. Hence his con-
ford and all of Butler’s tyranny over the New <?” ued “ lls U P°" the War ^rtment for ad-
-men and women-seem to oc- d,t ‘ on i‘ 1 “«>•
forccmenLs. According to Mr. Lincoln, he and many of us were rejoiced to hear the a.i-
brought with him about 130,000 troops, and nouncement from the Doctor that he expected
subsequently received reinforcements sufficient : to remain with our brigade. Gens. Jackson
to swell his numbers to 158,000 men ; and yet ! and Lawton were both present. The lormer is
he was awaiting further aid at the time we a Presbyterian. Have you ever seen Gen.
forced him to battle. The sanguinary affair at ' Jackson ? Many of your readers, at least, have
Williamsburg, on our retreat lrom Yorktown, not I am not; much at pen and ink portraits,
Orleans peoplc-
caaion delight We can’t understand it.
Salt Resources of the Confederacy.
Reading the Field and Fireside of last Satur
day, we find in an editorial talk of Dr. Lee,
Seeing the plight he was in, Gen. Johnson
determined to offer him battle, notwithstanding
but 1 cannot resist tho temptation to give you
a short and rough sketcli ol the hero of the
Valley. Imagine, then, a man about five feet
ten inches high, rather thick set, full chest,
broad stalwart shoulders, and indeed the whole
physique indicating what is commonly called a
“well made’’ man. He is the picture of health,
yet there appears no redundancy of flesh. His
lace is slightly bronzed from the constant ex
posure of his campaigns. It was said of Csesar
adm.
has, by.
to style i.
inies which
VJ>V
defeatr
supplied by a population'
merous than its own. Crippled V
war,-Ah
iv arrived at I.ouisv”
rillas have been
Houses have been bu?
Old Price.
The late order issued by the Yankee General
in Memphis, requiring every citizen between 18
and 45 years of age, to “take the oath” or leave
the city, has filled this region with fugitives
from their homes—most of them seek West
Tennessee Regiments in which to enlist. The
cruelty of our foes does not operate disastrous
ly upon our army. One Murphey, a Memphis
Irishman, went before “Yer Honor” and de
manded a “pass” for “mcself and one hundred
and twenty-five illiersj” “and why do you ask
for a permit for so many quoth the Post
Commandant. “An’ if it plaze yer Honor, we
beezo goin to ’list under Jift'Davis, to be shure.”
This was too much for Lincoln’s satrap. He
held the case under advisement at our last ad
vices.
The refugees from Memphis state that the
Western men in the Yankee army complain
bitterly that none but Abolitionists are assign
ed to office, while Western Conservatives fill
tho ranks. They say that if they could have
the Mississippi open, they would “let the Union
slide.” They are already discussing their fu
ture prospects under improved Morrill Tariff
systems, and denounce bitterly the injusticeJ.*Vio time lor giving practical effect to it It is
thus inflicted on the West. They only love Ufluj-Vw during the past fortnight that the South
Andria J
tween a srf
smuggle from abroad munitions of war,-^lre { a similar fon)
South has, notwithstanding all these disadvan- I rhe utter rilr , .
tages, not only successfully defended its own j in frilled, wouna ar °''
frontiers, but now, at the close of the second ! prisoners were
year’s campaign, seems in a fair way to dictate j some twenty-ninHr^p ~
terms in their own capital to its invaders. Has the privates captu.
such a State satisfied the world of its title to dred and thirty. InWlfder ' r0,n
be esteemed independent? Ought the great j ville, on Sunday, informs tried an order si
community of nations to receive it as a new I commenced in earnest above -.111 be afford'
member? According to our judgment, the j early hour, and that Jackson reported
Southern Confederacy has established its claim, attack, advancing upon the en< , ,
The question of slavery, which has so frequent- j different bases. The arrang- oh ‘
ly been imported into discussions on the pro- | conflict were considered admira*Aill continui
priety of recognizing the independence ol the , ing us with entire confidenee'fts’iir’i e^portr
Southern Confederacy, is entirely foreign to [ of the Confederate arms. V.V
them. If a nation chooses to establish slavery ; —■ ~* m ~; ~ ~ „ „ ,
within its dominions, or, as is tlia case with the
Southern Confederacy, toretain what was there ,
established by another nation—the English—it at McMinnville, to General Buell, have been
is not on that account disqualified from claim- captured by our forces, and the despatch i. >•
ing recognition as an independent State. But,
regarded as a'piestion between tne North and
the South, slavery has as little to do with the
issue of the present contest as it would have
to do with a war between England and France.
If the Union were re-established to-morrow,
slavery would still remain a recognized institu
tion in the Southern States. But although the
title of the Confederacy to recognition as an
independent power might even now be conce
ded, still the point would remain open for con
sideration whether the present was an oppor-
his own numbers were inferior to those of his that if he had not been a conqueror, he would
opponent. The Federal lines crossed the Chick
Union to the extent that it was advantagt^> Ui ,j an j
to them, and it was only advantageous t^ n b a ttle,
extent that it gave them free trade aij s battery!
best market in the world for their produt b < j own
the Southern Mississippi.
Why should not our next Congress declare
for absolute free trade, :o takg effect with Illi
nois, Indiana and Iowa, at the very moment
the troops ol these Siates are withdrawn from
Until the Mississip
ahominy, not perpendicularly, hut at an acute
angle, somewhat like the tw>> lines of the letter
the following about a salt mine, at Saltville, j y Gen. Johnson’s plan of battle was, if I am
Virginia—a statement which, if true, would correctly informed, to force the enemy’s centre
seem to leave the Southern Confederacy with
out excuse if the people suffer for salt Here
is enough, ready made, in one mine, fora dozen
such countries, if they would only dig it up:
Our people at this time lack salt, not because
they have not good salt mines, for they have
the richest in the world, but because they will
not work and raise dry salt from 200 feet under
the surface oi ground at this place. The stra
tum of salt is known to be over one hundred
and jifly feet in thickrum ; and there is an open
well to it but not a bushel raised.
The whole blame of the scarcity of salt rests
The veil of Northern triumph will he followed with the people; for there are unknown mil-
by the wail of Northern repentance, as lasting lions of hushtjs here on a good railroad, within
as the despotism they have established in the
•(fort to enslave the South.
two hundred feet of the surface of the ground
to be had for a little manual labor. It seems
where his lines crossed the Chickahominy, to
isolate the forces on this side, and to defeat
them, before they could be reintorced. Having
done this, he would then proceed to attack the
troops still remaining on the north side, unless,
in the meantime, they should abandon their po
sition and fall back upon York river. Unfor
tunately, Gen. Johnsion was wounded in the
engagement, and what is equally deplorable,
, . - ■ the army of our enemies?
have excel ed all his contemporaries as a boxer . . , J , ... . j
, . , , , ,, r t.. pi is dammed up, the Middle States will trade
oi athlete; and so I should sav of Jackson, he i * ... , ,, , ... r , , ,
, , , ’ , . •'•».« with each other; and with a perfect knowledge
would be a dangerous antagonist atfisUcuff- , f ^ f we ^ ht even „‘ w act with ref &!
IDs appearance at first .mpresses you with the ; ence the ’ inevila ij, e future. We can neither
idea ol irreat powers of endurance, strength and . . - ..
elasticity of frame. The expression of his face da,u ^ the M,SS,SS, PP' nor creCt a Ch.nesq.wall
adds to, rather than diminishes, the general
effect.
There you see self-command, perseverance,
indomitable will, that seems neither to know
nor think of auy earthly obstacle ; and all this
between the Northern and Southern States.—
There should be, however, an imaginary line,
to cross which would be death to an Eastern
Yankee. Any man should be hanged who
would live or be born in the same State with
Butler. Still, should a famine occur in Keiv
without the least admixture of vanity, assu- . , ’ ... . ., , *
tucky, J-ennessee or Missouri, the day will not
inacy, pride, fool-hardiness, or anything ol the:, . f when the Missourian
kind. There seems no disposition to assert its 1 ,. /■', r P,. . , T „.
. . r 'will no*- J juy from his neighbor of Illinois or
battle of Cedar Run, but finding it ticklish hu-
-iuess hacked out in a hurry. This shows a
good deal of pluck. It is a rare circumstance
in lat'le. We have somewhere read that bay
onets were crossed with the French Infantry . ter.
only once during all tho campaigns of Napo
leon, but whether it be true or nor, cannot say.
At all events, the circumstance alluded to in
dicates that the battle of Cedar Run was a well
contested fight on the part of the enemy, and
it will be extremely hazardous to meet him two
to one. We ought to take them now, while
they are in smaller disproportion. Il we can’t
run them out of Tennessee in double quick in
the space of the next three weeks, the chances
will he hard against us next winter. O that
we had good news from Tennessee. Send it on,
Gen. Bragg. The people look to you as a man
•f action and not of eternal preparation.
Major General Huger failed to get his'division j pretensions, but from the quiet sense of con j ^iciana and mfr'present hates and
into position in time; and consequently, there- vict.on of his relative position which sets the ; 1 . - s - , h ’ aTe jt olfae ' rw j se> L man’s
suit, though highly creditable to our arms, fell vexen question of self-importance at rest; a pe- r J l, e> , ’ , ,
far below the confident expectations of the Con- I culiar.ty, I would remark, of great minds. It | are ^aeral, h.s wants and xnlereeU
federate commander is only the little, and the frivolous, who are! tl ,.. ' . , ,
Meanwhile, to prevent the government from [™ er [ £'1 Jes^'cou^ 1 NorthwestVffif d Jlarati 0 nT?fh^ Chicago
sending reinforcements to Gen. McClellan, Gen. the world. His face, also, expresses courage — 1 . 6
Johnston ordered Gen. Jackson to move down j in the highest e.egree, and his phrenological de
velopmerits indicate vast amount of energy and
activity. His forehead is broad and prominent,
the occipital and sincipital regions are both
Urge and well balanced; eyes expressing a
singular union of mildness, energy and concen-
ond the efforts of those who have labored for; of the campaign. First, the original order tration; cheek and nose both long and well
years through good report and evil report, to j sending Jackson to the Valley ; then the evac- I formed. His cress is a common grey suit, of
produce these necessaries in the Confederate uation of Manassas, the stand behind the Rapi- | faded cassimer.', coat, pants and hat, tlie coat
’onfederacy may be said to have manifest.-
btiower to prescive its independence. Up
bstime the fate of Richmond was doubt-
In the West and in the South the Feder-
ad been victorious. It is evident, there-
’‘«at Her Majesty’s Government have ex-
iseUJJuKound discretion in declining hitherto
recogH.^the independence of the Southern
fore,
ercUei
to recog'
States. ___
At the present moment it is needless to say
that it would he most inexpedient to interfere.
A few more weeks, if not days, may decide
whether the South can establish its indepen- _
dence. The posifltTt of its recognition i be exhibited the high seiue ol duty, the no'
■ ■ ■ a » h .1 , * I, . . r. . t it - C V tl 4 ’I’
livered to the military authorities.
Gen. Nelson complains that his pickets aixj
habitually deserting in order to be paroled^ ’
the Confederates. He otherwise represents 1 ?^
lairs in his department as in a deplorable co>
dition.
©bitnarg.
In Riciimoud, Va., on the 31st ult., Lieut. James A -*
Jordan, ol Co. A, 14th Ga. Regiment, in the 20ih year*
of his age. J
The subject of this memoir fell, mortally
on the evening of the i7tn ol Jane, gallantly leadii>ts to
company in a charge at the memorable engagtme*
Gains ville, and lingered near five weeks, bearing \
Christian resignation, the suffering incident to a ».
painful wound, while relatives and friends watch.*
with alternations of hope and despondency, the pur
noble lile that was gradually approaching dissoluti$W
At the cull of his country he entered the drat compa*
that was organized in Monroe county, after the con
mencement o? hostilities. Though reared in affluence 1
he scorned the ease and pleasure ot a luxurious home,
and endured the perils and privations of a soldier's
life, with a patience and fo,titude that encouraged anal
cheered the hearts ol his fellow soldiers. ^Though
among the youngest ot his company his shining qui
ties as a gentleman and soldier was appreciated
shown by his frequent promotions, and the writer 1
express the opinion of the whole Regiment whei
says that
opinion of the whole Regiment wher
more gallant and efficient yonng officei. a il
can in no way prcJvW
of*
the new State. The
acknowledgement ot v «^ ^dependence would be
no breach of neutrality us, since our rela
tions to both belligerents jvould remain unal
tered.
the Shenandoah, to clear the Valley of the en-
to us that the people do not care to be inde- etny, if possible, and to threaten Washington
0 , pendent of the North for hay, salt, leather, itself.
n CK\. A prn au- (leapttch in the . avannah ^ 8 j loes an j fi 00 t s an j other articles. If they do Thus far Gen. Johnston, it is believed, is en
Republican says that one of the Federal Rcgi- wan t to be independent why do they not sec- titled to all the credit of the successful conduct
incuts crossed bayonets with one of ours at the
Times, there is even now a strong anti war
sentiment and party being developed. When
ever such a party is organized it at once be
comes antagonistic to tho Lincoln Administra
tion, and two parties thus formed will suon
drive each other to extremes. The Northeast
will go over to Beecher k Garrison, and the
Northwest will become pro-slavery and thor
oughly “Democratic.’’ Then we shall have a
further disintegration of the old Union, and
States ? If European powers do not raise the dan, the transfer of his army to Yorktown, the slightly braided on the sleeve, just enough to . j ,, h ° , , looked
MArL'ailA for ns vp shall not hxVA onfi-fourtll alinmlnnmpnt rtf that nlns*f» irwlisnpnsnhlp in ho noroontihlo tho f*nll.‘lT disnl.Tvinff tho mark * ‘ * .
blockade for us we shall not have one-fourth abandonment of that place as indispensable, in
salt enough to save our meat this fall and win- consequence of the enemy’s gunboats, the oc-
Lei. no man he deceived in this matter, cupation of a strong position behind the Chick
THE NORTH CAROLINA ELECTION.
As we supposed, Col. Zeb. Vance and Hvlden
:iavc it all their own way in the Old North
State. ’1 hey have beaten the Johnson men
somewhere between twenty-five and fifty thou-
aud, and carried the Legislature all to pieces.
What they are going to do more or differently
from what the others did, is a mystery to us;
hut it is a famous political victory. We are
glad, at lea.-t, that the fight ia over, and as soon
as lli ■ glorification on tl.cone side and the mor
tification on the other subsides, hope the par
ties will shake hands and he surprised at them-
d ives for making so big a fuss about nothing.
Iu future, until we can settle the question
whether the Lincoln I’haroahs, the Butlers, the
Stanleys, the Andy Johnsons, the Mitchells
and the Bull Nelsons arc to he our task-masters,
we recommend the Southern people to settle
all contested canvasses which threaten to di
vide us, hv the old expedient of tossing up a
000,000 .Urn railed for by l-iarala.
I*. W. A., states that the order from the I.in-
■oln War Department 1 or a draft of 300,000
men is independent of tlie call for that number
of volunteers which also will he made up by
draft, if necessary. The term of service for
the men embraced in the last call (nine months)
looks like iL The clamor of the Northern press
tor an additional force of half a million, sus
tains the idea. The universal desperation in
the Black Republican party justifies this sus
picion that it may be true. If so, the Lincoln
army of next fall will amount to upwards of a
million of men, hut the bulk of them will be
undisciplined troops. On our side an exten
sion of tlie Conscript act tc embrace all under
forty-live may raise our force to 000,000, which
ought to match for tho enemy in a defen
sive war.Ye must learn to meet odds or it
will go hard with us. The despatch says the
rder has created consternation in the North
and strong anti-war reaction.
Since the foregoing we see that Stanton's or
der clearly contemplates calling six hundred
thousand more into service.
be perceptible, the collar displaying the mark
of a Major General. Of his gait it is sufficient
to say that he just goes along, not a particle of
fur speculators rule the land, and are likely to ahominy, and the diversion by Jackson down ' the strut, the military swagger, turkey gobbler
crush out all opposition. Vampires fatten while | the Shenandoah. It was he that penetrated the parade, so co nmon among officers of small
out country bleeds at every pore. No one will \ design ofthe enemy to tiirow his immense ar- rank, and stnader minds.
aid us it checking this insane thirst to make ! my into the Peninsula, where bis gunboats It would be a profitable study for some of
money out ol the public calamities. All we could be made available, and to move on Rich- our military swells to devote one hour each
can do is to point to the monster evils of tho mond from Fortress Monroe ; and it was he day to the contemplation of tlie magnificent
day. j that initiated the series of movements tfiat con-] plainness of Stonewall. To military fame
ducted Jackson to the banks of tlie Potomac which they can never hope to attain, he ur.pes
anC McClellan to the malarious swamps of the the simplicity of a child, the straight forward-
Chickahominy—movements which left the Eed-
eral government in doubt a liether to reinforce
McClellan or Banks, or to recall one or both of a horse as one could find in a summer day.—
them for tlie defense of its capital—and who, There may be those who would be less struck
taking advantage ot the confusion, prepared to with his appearance as thus accoutred, than if
strike a blow at the Seven Pines, which, but bedizened with lace, and holding the reins of a
for an unfortunate wound and the incapacity of magnificent barb, caparisoned and iiarnessed
a division commander, would probably have for glorious war. But to one who had seen him
resulted in a decisive victory.
POPES ORDER OF EXPATRIATION.
The army correspondent of the New Yoik
Herald, writing on the 1st instant from War-
renton, Virginia, explains and exults over the
enforcement of Pope’s recent order, as follows :
The publication of his order banishing into
Dixie all males who refuse to take the oath, has
wrought them to a perfect pitch of phrenzy.
Dr. Bispham, of the village, waited upon
Gen. Pope yesterday, and asked if he would
with infinitely more confidence for a diversion
in our favor to the Northwest than to England.
In very truth, the intervention of a foreign
power would consolidate Northern sentiment,
and impel the whole people to desperate exer
tior.s. 1 would prefer to fight through this
war without such assistance, and if you will
think about the matter as constant!}’ as 1 have
amid the idleness of life in camp, you will soon
become a convert to my opinions.
I have just learned that Old Price has made
f ..lie i i. one day’s march from Tupelo, where Bragg
ness of a Western farmer On last Sunday he , eft He h , s alrea j f ^ un q the en ^
was dressed as above and bestrode as common pickeL>J an(J hence we u j ay have hot work \ t
any time.
. . It is proper to remark, howevtr, that the I the rain of shells and the blaze of the death
enforce the order. He painted, at the same ^ j lonor winch properly attaches to the manner I lights of the battle field, when nothing less than
time, the agony ofthe women and children, j n w fi; c h Gen. Jackson executed his iastruc- : a mountain would serve as a breastwork against
and stated that the effect would he to place six j t j on8> a jj belongs to himself and the noble the thirty six inch shells which howled and
ice. "ne cant S pj n (_ s whom he led. The programme was shrieked through the sickly air, Gen. Jackson
Special despatch to the Savannah Republican.
Richmond, Aug. 12.—We have at last some
thing satisfactory regarding the battle between
the lorces of Jackson and Pope. It occurred
as I had at Gold Harbor and Malvern Hill in J a bout six miles this side of Culpepper Court
- ‘ * ‘ House. Jackson made the attack, and after a
spirited engagement drove the enemy back to
his works at Culpepper. There were only ten
new regiments in the rebel service,
take the oath of allegiance,” said the Doctor,
“and we won’t—man, weman or child—but wc
will give parole to attend to our own business,
afford no communication, and quietly stay up
on our properties.”
“I shall enforce the order to the letter,” said
Gen. Pope. “I did not make it without delib
eration, and if you don’t take tlie oath, you
shall go out of my lines.”
The villagers now intend to appoint a com
mittee of ladies to wait upon the General with
a petition. Failing in this, they had intended
to select a committee to proceed to Washington
marked out by the master spirit of Johnston,
but iiis was the arm that did the work.
Gen. Lee was no# placed in command of the
Confederate army. Jackson having accom
plished his mission in the Valley, the new com
mander-in-chief determined to avail himself of
the consternation produced in the Federal
councils to strike a decisive blow. Still further
to deceive the enemy, it was given out that
large reinforcements would be sent to Jackson
preparatory to a movement into Maryland;
and accoidingly, even troupe on the Chickahom
iny, and others arriving at Petersburg from
in tatters would be the same Jackson in gilded
uniform. In mv simple view he is a nonpareil,
thousand men engaged on our side, while the
Federals are reported to have fought with fif
teen thousand.
Gen. A. P. Hill came up at dark and assisted
City and intercede with President Lincoln, hut, the wero sellt by railway around by-
Gen. Pope issued a stringent order that none, L> . nchbllrg to Suunton and Gordonsvill
« .'million ol itie Ki'iaran: Pri»«nrr>.
A letter from Mr. Elijah Taylor, a volunteer
frem this place, now near Richmond, says:—
Vel. Brown has just returned from town. He
has seen a great many ofthe Confederate pris
oners, who came up yesterday, and ta'ked with
some few of them. They give a horrible ac
count of the way they were fed while North.
Sometimes they were thirty hours without a
mouthful to eai, and very seldom got more than
two meals in twenty-four hours. Vel. Brown
ays they are the most emaciated of any set of
men he ever saw. You can see all the leaders
in their faces, necks and hands. They are no
thing but skin and bones. They swear they
w ill never be taken alive again, and they will
never take a Yankee prisoner. They will cut
their throats as they lay hands upon them. 1
think, from what Brown says, it will he six
months before they will be able to do duty.
——— —
Gf.n. Popk’s Plan.—A gentleman lately in
Washington reports to us what he heard Gen.
Pope say a few days ago, in regard to one of
tlie questions now before tho public: “I want
of them should have leave to go down in the
trains, nor would he pass them through our
guards on the common roads. He is a man of
his word, and the soldiers think, with him,
that tlie larce of avowed disloyalty should be
dropped from the bills. What shall we think
of a community that pleads to Federal protec
tion and yet declares itself rebel to the last and
to a man ? Indeed, the order ought also to in
clude the women, all ol whom are blatant and
undisguised traitoresses. They can be heard
nightly, on every piazza, sneering at our fail
ures and applauding rebel successes. One
would think that we were prisoners here, rath
er than the garrison of the village.
It is the current belief here that we are on
the best road to the rebel capital, and that we
will be the first of the two armies to enter that
stronghold.
The Point Pleasant Skirmish.—It will be
seen that the enrollment for a Lincoln draft in
where they united with Jackson’s command,
and thence marched hack to the vicinity of the
Chickahominy—thus having gone a circuit of
nearly three hundred miles and returned al
most to the same point whence they had star
ted ! In the meantime, Gen. Stuart was or
dered to pass entirely around the Federal en
campment, to reconnoitre the position of the
enemy, observe his works, and to gather all
information that could be of service in the ap
proaching battle. The country, which was
electrified by the bold and gallant manner in
which this unparalleled exploit was accom
plished, need not be reminded of the impor
tance of the knowledge thus acquired.
Having reconnoitred the position ol tlie
enemy, and sent the desired '■einforcements to
Jackson, it anly remained to order the head of
the Shonandoah to march with all possible
speed to the flank and rear of the enemy. The
order was promptly obeyed. All the troops the
, trains could carry, were put on the trains and
Missouri, has already occasioned a serious sen t forward fifteen or twenty miles, when the
he is without a peer. He has enough energy j n t | ie pursuit.
to supply a vrnole manufacturing district—j We captured four hundred prisoners, fifteen
enough military genius to stock two or three | hundred muskets, four flags, and two cannon,
military schools of theorize of IV est Point. j General Winder was killed early in the ac-
INTERESTING PRLVATE TELEGRAMS, i tio ? ** a she ' 1 ; CoL 9, un , n i?? ham ’ La , ne
1IT . . . . ox- anil Captain Morgan, all of V jrginia, wero also
\\ e are indebted to the politeness of a Ken- j billed
tucky friend in this city for the usj of the fol- Q ur | 0S8> j n hilled and wounded, is estimated
at eight hundred ; the Federate are reported to
have suffered more severely.
emeutc in that State. Point Pleasant is in New
Madrid county.
More Onslawjhls upon the Xegroes—The
private despatch of P. W. A., says there has
been a bloody riot between the negroes and the
Irish at Brooklyn, and another is threatened in
Washington. The “irrepressible conflict” will
fra brought to the North’s own doors, we have
no donbt There will be high times in the
Yankee camps when these belligerent elements
get together.
Nine Months Men.—The same authority says
Lincoln has ordered his 300,000 additional
troops to be drafted for nine months only. He
means to take two chances of closing the war
within that time—first by conquest, but if that
won’t come, next by submission. The short
war party will hereafter be in the ascendant.
A Northern Alarm Telegram.—In a des
patch containing a summary of Northern news,
received a few days ago, it was stated that the
account of the arrival of tho Southern fleet at
Mobile was discredited. What that account
was may be seen in two paragraphs of a Met
phis despatch to the Chi Nigo Times. The re
troops would get out and march on, while the
trains were sent back for others. In this way
the men were rested and the time occupied in
the inarch considerably diminished. After ar
riving in the neighborhood of the enemy, Jack-
son rested his men two days, and then com
menced the great battle.
The plan of the battle has been frequently
explained, and need not be repeated here. Suf
fice it to say, it was faultless ; and but for the
imperfect manner in which a part of it was ex
ecuted, the result would have been one of the
greatest and most decisive victories of which
history furnishes any record. But two mis
takes of any magnitude were made in the whole
seven days’ fight. The first was in not waiting
for Jackson to make the attack in the rear—
which would have rendered the victory as blood
less as it was complete—and the second arose
from the confused and inperfect manner in
which Magruder fought bis division, and the
failure of the illsstarred Hugar to “come to
time.” But for the blunders and incapacity of
these two last named officers, McClellan’s army
would now be prisoners of war or scattered
through the swamps of the Peninsula. As it
is, the victory is one ot the grandest of modern
times—glorious alike to the men who won it
and the country that produced them.
The army of Richmond is already historical.
mainder of the despatch is,taken up with de- ' It stands before the nations of the earth, con
tails of the armament and manning of the ; spicuous alike for the genius of its leaders and
. , . . , . , . the valor of its men. In the forefront loom up
fleet. It is unfortunate for the Confederates^ historic form8 o( John8ton)Lee and JackKor T
that it is all a fabrication : | Hut if these forms occupy the fornt of the pic-
Ten iron clad gunboats, built in England, and | ture, in the back ground appears a swelling host
fully equipped, have arrived off Mobile harbor, of heroes, capable not only of winning a great
and signaled Fort Morgan.
lowing despatches •
FROM BATON ROUGE.
Mobii.c, August 8.—Breckinridge says we
burned nearly all of their (the enemy’s) camp
at Baton Rouge, a large amount of stores, and
cut them up badly.
Gen. Williams and other prominent officers
were killed.
The Arkansas permanently unserviceable.—
(Since destroyed.)
Tangipobo, Aug. 8.—Breckinridge is safe,
Gen. Helm is dangerously wounded. Capt.
Todd (brother-in-law of Lincoln) is killed.—
(He was a gallant Confederate officer, and a
true Southern man.) Col. Hunt, of Louisville,
is severely wounded in the hip. Charlie Sem
ple is wounded in the leg. The “Arkansas” is
blown up. Our loss is 800 killed. The Federal
loss is 1,000, including one General and two
Colonels.
Tanoipoho, Aug. 8.—L. P. Smith is mortal
ly wounded. Charlie Semple is wounded in
the calf of the leg. Col. Hunt is severely wound
ed in the hip.—Atlanta Intelligencer.
Maj. Gen. Himphrev Marshall.—We cop
ied a canard from the Louisville Journal, the
other day, to tho effect that Gen. Marshall was
marching on Eastern Kentucky with a large
force—the object of the Journal being no doubt
to arouse the Union men in that portion of Ken
tucky.
Gen. Marshall, however, turned up here yes
terday, looking as fat and as jolly as ever. His
forces are covering the important Salt works
and lead mines at Saltville and Wytheville in
Virginia,and the General is not anxious to break
his neck to get nto Kentucky among people
who will not make an effort to free themselves.
This only shows that Prentice is bound to tell
a lie, even when the truth would answer the
purpose better.—Knorville Register.
American Bankers in London.—Mr. Bates
(of the firm of Baring Brothers) and Mr. Pea
body, the American Bankers in London, arc
Americans by birth, but seem to have become
aliens and enemies of this country by educa
tion. They have both accumulated large for
tunes from their dealings with this country,
and now, in the lime of our trial, they de
nounce our government, applaud the Confede
rates, discredit our stocks, send them here for
sale, and attempt to drain our market of spe
cie. Mr. Thurlow Weed asserts that Mr. Pea
body is a loyal man; but Mr. Weed was fresh
from Mr. Peabody’s dinner table when he made
that assertion, and facts are very much strong
er than even Mr. M eed’s word. Loyal Ameri
cans in Europe will do well to make a note of
the course of Messrs. Baring and Peabody, and
act accordingly.—N. Y. Herald.
Rumors of Recognition. — Rumors were
afloat in Washington that a member of the
British legation had received a letter from Lord
A Confederate and a Federal regiment lock
ed bayonets during the tight. After a long and
desperate hand-to hand struggle, the Federate
gave way and took to their heels. P. W. A.
[Special to the Savannah Republican,]
Richmond, August 12.—Nothing further has
I been received from Jackson’s army.
It seems that Lincoln has called for 600,000
additional troops—300,000 drafted militia, and
the same number of volunteers. Il the requi
site number of volunteers should not be forth
coming, the deficiency is to be made up by
draft
These measures have created great conster
nation and feeling in the North. Foreigners
are seeking aid of their Consuls, and citizens
are leaving for Canada and Europe, which has
produced a great reaction in the war feeling.
One hundred and forty Federal officers, in
cluding McCall, taken in the battles before
Richmond, leave here to-day to be exchanged, j
Brigadier General Prince and his fellow . i
fleers are subject to close confinement.
P. W. A.
•-*-•
Federal Movements near Mem puis.— Pas
sengers who left Memphis early on Monday
morning, the 4th instant, bring intelligence of
Federal movements in the vicinity of Memphis
of a somewhat important character. On one
of the roads a force of from three to five thou
sand infantry, cavalry and artillery, was pass
ed at a point some thirteen miles South of the
city. The same party was informed that strong
supporting columns were also advancing on
Execution of Uebel Prisoners In
CHINA—HORRIBLE ATROCITIES— E NOLAND
RESPONSIBLE THEREFOR
The following account of the brutalities com
mitted on the Taipings by the Imperialists is
from the pen of an Englishman who was pres
ent, in company with both English and French
officers and soldiers, at the execution by dis
emboweling of Tieping prisoners:
I wer.t with the crowd to see the execution
of the Taeping prisoners that had been given
up for execution into the hands of the manda
rins by the English and French authorities ; or,
what is the same thing, they took no m^sUres
to prevent the ruthless butchery of those they
lent their aid to capture, when, horror of hor
rors, how am I to describe the dreadful scene,
or will it ever leave my memory ? Among
these wretches were young and old of both
sexes, and of all ages and sizes; from the infant
recently born, to the man of eighty, tottering
on his staff; from the enciente woman to the
young maiden from ten to eighteen. Tho lat
ter were pushed out by the guards among the
crowds of ruffians assembled, and were taken
into the sheds and debauched, and again drag
ged back by the hair ofthe head to the Chinese
bearing, tue lolly courage that go to rnaSe up t
true manhood. Uentle and kind in dirpo-iti
the t
tiaa,
voted iu bn attachments, unwavering in hie uurpoe-
generous to a fault, and gifted by naturo with a &
and vigorous intellect, lie was a favored object-'.^ f
whom the hopes of friends fondly and confidingly . i
tered. o liberty, how hallowed thy precincts. 1
how unsparing thy demands, when such victims in a
thy altars. In the closing drama ol a life so fitt. ,
promise, shone out the qualities of a pure Chris.,'
character. His li:ble had been his delight, and the ®
rity of his moral and religious course was unsullici an err
the Vices ol camp life. To a devoted brother who
isiered to his wants, he gave repeated assurances- rLeu
he had “fought the good fight," and that heshoulo we I
the “reward of the unally taithful " Thus has paaf Maiiaml
away lrom earth a spirit— gentle, pure and noble in ‘ '
its attributes—gone to illustrate the honor andpatr
ism of bis native Georgia—gone to swell the list c<
gallant dean, whose memories will ever liva il’ e “ 1 "
hearts ol a gralelul countryman. iddleTen-
“Never more, alas : shall sabre ta-miit-
Glcam around his crest; 1
Fought his fight, fnifiucd his labor, orgian,
Stilled his manly breast: q t -r of
All g,. 1 heard sweet nature's cadtuce, .
Trump ol lame, and voice of maidens ; lost,
Now he takes his rest."* J. It. R. sh-
Chr.stian Advocate and Forsyth Journal will
please copy.
■oof
Notice to Shippers-
OFFICE OF MONTGOMERY Jt W. P. K. R., #
Montgomery, Ala., April 8, 1862. j
O N and after tho 10th of April this Company will not
pay charges on Freight received ISonth ol this
Roan.
Large quantities of Sugar and Molasses have been
detained on the route from New Orleans for months,
and most of it is, from necessity, much damaged from
exposure.
The boats and Rail Roads South of this point ^ ill
not respond to any claim for damage resulting from de
lay aud exposure—and to save this Company and the
connecting lines from much trouble aud loss,
ffiiarda to await their turn for execution connecting lines from much trouble ana loss, aud to
guara., il a ail ineir turn loi execution. give the owners the opportunity of locating the dam
Some of them had fainted, and were pulled age, it has been deemed advisable to adopt this course,
along the ground to the executions, who threw ! , Ia acx>rdanco therewith, it will become necessary
for consii
lSlgU
Agent at Montgomery.
to consign theii
s to their own
’L H. CRAM,
Kng’r & ISupX
fcOUTH WESTERN R. R. CO. <
« ‘ffiqe, Macon, May 8th, 1863. f
PUIS Company ill not respond to claims for damage
A caused by dei. .> or exposure as per above notice oi
D. H. Cram. Ksq . g. & Sap’t.
ViRGIL PC
may ft—<ti f
7TRGIL POWERS. Eng. * Sup!
aY
them on their backs, tore off their clothes, and
ripped them from the lower part of the abdo
men to their breasts, which were cut off and
dashed with a curse in their faces. The bow
els, as a matter of course, gushed out, hut the
cut was made in such a way, and so skillfully,
and with such expertness, that the intestines
were seldom injured. After a long time in this
state of excessive torture, the executioner
thrust his hand into the chest and tore out the
reeking heart, his victim looking him in the
face all the while. A young female, apparent
ly about eight months pregnant, who never ut
tered a groan or sigh at all the previous cruel
ties she had endured from the surrounding
mob, had her infant out out of her womb, and
held up in sight by one of its little hands, j
bleeding and quivering ; when at the sight she j
gave one heartrending, piercing screech, that
would have awakened pity in a tiger, and, af
ter it had been in that state dashed on her !
breast, she, with a last superhuman effort, re
leased her arms from those holding her down,
and clasped her infant to hc-r bleeding heart :
and died, holding it there with such force that
they could not be separated, and were thus
thrown together on a pile of other carcasses.
Another young woman among the prisoners
awaiting her turn to be disemboweled, with a
fine boy of ten months old, crowing and jump-,
r . ii- .lj Old Hoopakirta renovated at one third of their pres
ing in her arms, had him snatched suddenly price.
away from her, and flung to the executioner. Gentlemen's Shixta, Collars, Cravats aud Uaudker-
v„ihl.>J . i chiefs, Plain and Embroidered ; Artificial Hair Work ol
» no plunged t.it rullllc. - knife into her tender . very dc-scriiition, as Necklaces, Breastpins, Earrings
breast before the mothers eyes. Infants but Bracelets, Finger-rings, Gents’ Vest Chains, Studs
recently born were torn from their mother’s i ^^w^s.'FronfS’. PUttea. Scalps, Toupees
breast and disemboweled before their Dices.— ; Rands. Carls, etc., etc.
Young, strong men were disemboweled, muti- | July 3—d3m
lated and the parts cut otf tbrust into their own Ad% r ertisiu^ ol i nsi>n
mouths, or Hung among theadmiring and laugh OTICE ie hereby given that the Jegal publication*
RTERS, MILITARY POST, (
Macon, July 14, 1862. \
OTICE ia bere’jv . eu that the office hours of the
Commander of \e Po?t will be lrom 10 o’clock,
A. M., to 2 P. M. Office next door South of the Lanier
House. JACK BROWN,
july 15—dtf Col. Command Poet.
From Package Sales at Charleston.
2 AAA YDS. Red Flannel,
ivvU SOU doz. Coatee’ Spool Cotton,
100 yard* 3 4 wide Bobbinet,
42 Springe Ladies’Skirts,
15 “ Mieses “
Chenille Nets,
Frencn Cambric Handkerchiefs,
Black Silk,
Just received and for sale at Mre. F. DESSAU’S.
Jut.e 10—tf.
Ladies’ Depository!
MULBERRY STREET,
Iflncon Oeorgia.
Airs. AL. Spahr.
H OOPSKIRTS, Corsets and all kinds ol Ladies' and
Children's Apparel made to order at short notice.
ing crowd of Chinamen. But no more, I cm
write no more of these scenes ; I can now only
i egret forever that I looked on the dreadful
sight l am no longer fit to be a soldier. 1
have been in many battles during the last
twenty years, and in the thickest of the fight
the legal
lx Horn the Ordinary’s office o: Wilkinson conn'v
Georgia, will hereafter appear in the Weekly Ge,
Telegraph. ELLIS HAKV1LL,
july :-l—w3t Ordinary of Wilkinson cou
y-
Notice.
A LL persons having demands against the estate ol
Warren W. Keaton, deceased, late of Baker com.
■ ' ,e„ „„ i I ty. will present them duly authenticated, within the
in moat of them, where the rage and thirst for time prescribed by law. All persons indebted to said
carnage is dreadful to reflect cn afterwards,but i estate will make immediate payment to
nothing heretofore that I have seen or read of, i l nDe * ! WM - wL KENDRICK, Adm'r.
could be compared to the dreadful cruelty of
this disemboweling execution. May God for- ,
give England for the part she is taking in this i nr^i’ LTAKEN IN 11 MI.
., . r ... -. .I TTAVINGbeen afflicted with Cancer, trying many
war, Htid may the sin of the enormities she lias yx prescriptions and Cancer Doctors, lor the space
assisted in perpetrating on the defenceless WO- ! often years and found no cure, I heard of the Scotch
..,,,1 ;,, . _„,i ,.„i.■ i i .... remedy, and to satisfy my friends, I was induced to try
man, an 1 innocent and helpless elnld, be re- I leu home In the fall of lt>5ii and was cured sound
moved h. n her door; and after the treatment j in three months. Havingtested the remedy for myselt
English women and children met with from
Cancers Cured.
the hands ol the blacks in the Sepoy mutiny, !
it is truly wonderful that Englishmen* should
join in or countenance similar atrocities here, j
It is now ascertained to a certainty that B I
and Ins companions, after having been tortur
ed in every way that Chinese ingenuity and
cruelty could devise, wereaf ei wards mutilated
and disemboweled by the Imp- ii>ilists ; and
ysei
{mv
1 refer
parallel roads and within supporting distance. | for that reason the Chinese authorities would
No intimation of the probable destination of j not produce their dead bodies. Poor F ,
these forces was given out by any of these offi- who came with me to seethe execution, fell
cers or soldiery, but the general supposition 1 down in a fainting lit, and was i
was that it was only a foraging expedition. carried away, and i- now a raving
Chas. Courier. j the effects the dreadful -iglu had on him.”
Strange and St uprising. Last night we Yankkr Deserters Branded.—A correspon-
heard it repeatedly stated in the streets that a j en [ 0 f the Philadelphia Inquirer, writing from
full boat s crew had deserted from r ort Morgan, VVaterloo, July 30th, gives the following ac-
with a \ ankee at their head, and ma J e good coun t 0 | the branding of Yankee deserters :
their escape_to the fleet outside. Can this be Yesterday and day before I witnessed the un-
:1V B
lo a few of their names.
Mrs. W. Blackmon, Untonville, Ga.
Mrs. Frank Wadsworth, Barnsvilie, Ga.
Davis Maddox, Gridin, Ga.
Maj. A. Nall, Griffin, Ga.
Mrs. Dr. K. P. Tyson, Griffin, Ga.
Mrs. Green R. Duke, Liberty Hill, Ga.
Mr. Robert Dorton, Locust Grove,'Ga,
Mrs. E. Torbet, Cork, Ga.
TO THE AFFLICTED.
After fully satisfying yourself, describe your can
certome, aud I will give you my candid opinion.—
Those that cannot conveniently leave home I will visit
at their bumes, by their paying my traveling exponse?
■ . ■ . . in advance, when circumstances will admit. Commv-
ii it -late | nications strictly private and promptly answered,
rn.acfroui Address J. M. HARDAWAY,
july 30—wly* Liberty Hill, Pike coanty, Ga.
Three more are on ! battle against great odds, but of achieving a na- Lyons, announcing that the British Government
dene
to kill ’era ; they have cot to be killed, and it the way. tion’s independence. j had determined to recognize the Southern Con
is not for me to care what the color of the man These constitute the fleet ordered by the i The battle of Richmond has established two i federacy. The partes from whom this infor-
is who will help me to put an end to them ; so Southern Confederacy to be purchased in Eu- ! important facts : The first is, that volunteers ! mation is derived state they haveseen the letter
bring on your nigpera if they will fight, they i rope. They mount from ten to thirty guns j may be relied upon to storm the most formida- | but it was not credited generally. If true the
shall have a chance !'• ’ Sensible Pope, you pro- 1 each, and are said to be mailed with six inch : ble battery—a fact which West Point has been j belief was that it would vastly stimulate re
pose to make war and vou will win l’ ! iron, being regular war steamers in every sense j slow to recognize. The second, that artillery | cruiting all over the country.
' 1 Boston Trap. * of the word. 1 is of but little real ssrvics in a battle. Our ar- 1 3" Y. Herald, 29th ult.
possible ? That this most importaut point of
all on our coast should be so derelict in duty
as to allow a half dozen or more traitors to es
cape to the enemy with perhaps valuable infor
mation, is truly surprising. We do not know
what to think of so strange an occurrence.—
What is culpable?—Mobile Tribune.
Hamshorns from the Richmond Whig-.
A Simile.—“The fate of our rams,” remark
ed a hen-pecked husband, “reminds me of my
own experience when I go home late at night”
“How is that ?” inquired his listener.
“Because I am invariably blow’d up."
Contumacious.—“Go forth on a career of im
mortality," says the public to the Confederate
rams. "I’ll be blowed (up) if I do,” is the stern
reply of the craft, with a bow.
Nautical.—“A little less blowing, do,” has
become a popular song in the Navy.
The Goveknok or Virginia has called out
4,000 men from counties in the Western part
of that State to protect the Salt Works in Smyth
county.
welcome spectacle of branding deserters. By
the decision of a court martial, of which Lieut
Col. William Leech, of the Nineteenth Regis
ment Pennsylvania Volunteers, of your city,
was President, three members of the Nineteenth
who had deserted and were retaken, were sen
tenced to be branded on the left hip with the
letter D, an inch and a half long, and ten days
thereafter have one halt of their heads shaved,
forfeit all their pay, and be drummed out of the
service. Several others were punished for steal
ing and other minor offences. Several mem
bers of the Twenty-sixth New York and other
regiments were also punished.
Exchanged Prisoners.—The following Con
federate officers are among those released from
Northern prisons by exchange, and have arriv
ed in Richmond:
Lieut A. T. Johnson, 12th Georgia.
Lieut CoL J. R. Towers, 8th Georgia.
Adjutant A. Shaw, 38th Georgia.
Major J. Rivers, 49th Georgia.
Lieut E, E. Waterman, 12th Georgia.
SCHOFIELD & BROTHER,
FOUNDERS & MACHINISTS
•Huron, Georgia.
JOHN S. SCHOFIELD, JOSHUA SCHOFIELD
We are prepared to Manufacture a
STEAM ENGINES7
CIRCULAR SAW MILLS,
MILL AND GIN GEARING,
Sugar Mills,
BRASS AND IRON CASTINGS,
OF EVERT DESCRIPTION.
IRON RAILINGS AND VERANDAHS.
Having the most complete assortment of Iron Rail
inge in the State, which for elegance, neatneee.dura
biiity and design, cannot be surpassed, aud are suit
ableforthe Fronts of
Dwrlliif., Ccnwler; l.ola, 1-nblir Nquarri,
Chinch Fences and Balrouie*.
Persons desirous of purchasing RAILINGS, wil
do well togiveus a cal), as we are determined to u.
fer as good bargains as an j Northern Establishment
®**3peoimens of our Work oan be seen at Rose
Hill Cemetery,and at various private residences i
this city nov 30 ,y