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rs mess;
The Prudent is
mnoi«l. L«t the reader, if
ns, take any single sentence and
it Let him find, it lie ran, a
1 of words or attempt to express
a in fewer or more forcible. fiveQ- one
I chosen—not a single one redundant; —
<1 though the document ia itself a record of deration in favor of peace by the New York
ny intelligent persons
y on the Rappahannock
this winter. The opinion
obtains among some that Mr. Davis partici
pates in this belief, as otherwise that portion of
his late message in regal d to an increase of our
forces is not sureptiblc of any reasonable inter
pretation. The article taken from the Newark
Journal, winch you published some days ago,
is now followed up by a bold and emphatic de
rs at GordonsviUe.
gs from all quarters create the 1111-
that our army near the Rappahan
pushing the enemy with vigor. The
following is from the Lynchburg Republican
of the 23d:
FROM VIRGINIA.
The intelligence frow the army in Virginia,,
IWikM-
POPE EX PLAIN 1 NO.
The Washington Star of the 18lh publishes
- it deeds—strong thoughts—high and un
ridding purposes ; though it describes in clear
and strong language the unparalleled atrocities
„f this war, yet it is throughout in perfect Ml
]und propriety, simple, straightforward and
strong. It tells of the achievements of the paat
without boasting ; it speaks confidently of (be
future without presumption or bravado. It
rebukes with manliness and threatens with
' dignity. To epitomize its contents would be
to reproduce the message itself, for no man
can tell what it says in clearer words or in less
space. Let the reader, thcrcfoie, give it a
careful perusal.
.Military and Martial Law.—Gen. Wayne j
[contributes to the present number of the Tele
Freeman's Journal. Other agencies are known
to be at work in the same direction. That these
journals express the sentiments of a large and
increasing section, if not of a majority of the
people in the United States, is no longer doubt
ful. The reluctance w ith which volunteers en
rolled their names under the late call, the un
popularity o! the draft just ordered, and the
numberless shifts to which the people have
resorted to escape from the country and evade
the draft, demonstrate conclusively that a wide
spread reaction has taken place in the popular
mind. This fact, however, instead of being
regarded as 'a cause for relaxing our efforts,
should rather stimulate us to still greater ex
ertions. A few rapid and well directed blows
in Virginia and the West, willLring us peace,
il anything will. Let the (iOTernment then,
; and the people gird up their loins, and strike
i home to the heart of the enemy with all their
graph a valuable and interesting paper upon ! power.
Military and Martial law and their relations to These ideas of speedy peace springing from
civil jurisprudence, which we commend to pub-| any reactionary feeling among the Northern
lie attention. It is a very intelligent, clear, people, we fear will prove quite delusive. The
satisfactory and timely exposition of a subject people cannot reach any of the authors of the
upon which a great deal of interest is felt at j mischief until a year from next December.—
this moment. They may, and perhaps will, supplant some of
the present red-mouthed war and abolitioi
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^^w \S e don t know whether McClellan’s unin- rcsentatives by better men ; but the:
terrupted retreat from the Peninsula, over a elected representatives do not take t
B pontoon bridge three miles long, “stamps” him, in Congress until December, 1863, u
V in the words of the New York Herald, “as a ! extra session
W great General,” so satisfactorily, as it stamps
■ somebody on our side with great negilgence. It
W seems to us that the “uninterrupted retreat”
k should never have been permitted ; and that it
a afforded our army at Richmond a fine chance
to annoy their enemy with disastrous effect—
■ l!ut lie is gone. Not a hostile foot is now on
the Peninsula, and this retreat is an indispu-
table confession by McClellan of the final and
hould be called after tf
next March -consequently, whatever
the state of feeling in the North now, nr what
ever it may get to be during that time, it can
not find direct expression in Congress for more
than a year.
We may say and say truly, that the moral
effect of popular opposition will he felt upon
Congress and upon i^fphninistration. That
ojmlar
might help, if the pop
opposition should
fatal frustration of his great on to Richmond become so consentaneous, strong and clauior-
inovement by the Peninsula. It is the most i 3Uti as to threaten violence ! If the people were
significant confession he could make that the I all one way, the administration could not sus-
congratulatory address to his army was a lie i tain itself in opposition ; but no such unanim-
|fom beginning to end, and will afford ample
eld for more homilies by the English papers
kw hM insincerity. They will all admit
That il the retreat dm-s not “.-tamp McClellan
asa great (. n. iil, it at least stamps him a
rat liar.
•
Excot racing.—The capture of the Rappa-
hanimek briil -e and the rear guard of Pope’s
army, who were left behind to blow it up and
escape in a railway train, all fired op to carry
them away, shows a most encouraging activity
on the part of our army of the Shenandoah.—
11 was a mo\cment of great promptitude, and
shows that our army ia haril upon Pope’s heels.
It was also a very important capture.
Jackson and Lee.—The regular army cor
respondent of the Savannah Republican says,
Richmond 19th:
General Lee went up some days ago and as
sumed command of the army in person. This
ity of feeling can be hoped for. We are in
clined to believe that if it were possible to sub
mit the naked question to tliu North now, a
majority would declare for peace, but this is
: very doubtful, and on the other hand, it is cer
tain that the war, in its most unsparing aspect,
| i- backed up by a large and powerful party,
I who alone have the ear of the Government or • or to-morrow.
From Gohdonsvili.e.—Intelligence by the
Orange train last night confirmed the report
published yesterday, of the retreat of the Yan
kees in Culpepper before the advance of our
army. They are now said to have recrossed
the Rappahannock river, and, at the latest re
ports from our scouts, were near Warrenton
in Fauquier.
A guard of 100 men, left to blow up the
bridge acrosk the Rappahannock after the Yan
kees had crossed, were surprised by our men
on Thursday, and every one of them taken
prisoners betore they succeeded in doing any
material damage to the bridge. There were
taken at the same time two splendid new en
gines and tenders and some five or six ears,
which were to have been used by the guard in
making their retreat after their work was fin
ished. Our troops were too quick for them. —
The prisoners were brought to GordonsviUe yes
terday, and thence taken to Richmond.
The situation of affairs along our lines on
the Rappahannock is most encouraging to the
Confederate cause, and if we can only succeed
in overtaking the dying enemy all will be well.
It was reported that wo bad succeeded in cut
ting off Burnside or McClellan, whichever may
be in command in the neighborhood of Fred
cricksburg, from effecting a junction with Pope
by land from that place. But if the enemy are
determined to tight, it will he an easy matter
for them to return to Fredeiicksburg and, em
barking in their transports and landing at Al
exandra, join him. This they will doubtless
do, if our Generals give them time.
Evidences of haste and disorganization are
visible along the entire route of the Yankee
army as far as their retreat has been followed.
Broken vehicles of all descriptions, abandoned
ores, commissary and ordnance, knapsacks,
nkeLs and other articles, useful to an army,
id to be scattered about in the greatest
sion. Persons who live on the line of
rch, report that the men seemed completely
dispirited and disheartened, and many expres
sions of murmuring were heard. They express
the opinion that Pope's “change of base” was
forced upon biui by the discontented condition
of liis men.
The above presents a most gratifying picture
of the state of affairs. If it be true Pope is rath
er flying than retreating.
The following, probably about two or three
days earlier from the Confederate catnp shows
that there was a general and confident antici
pation of an immediate fight, before Pope was
“taken with a leaving:”
Gokdo.nsvii.lk, Va., Aug. 18, 1862.
My Dear Constitutionalist: Ere^ns letter
reaches you, you will, perhaps, hav^ftard by
the telegraph of the most decisive biBe of the
war. Longstreet, and our brave a J gallant
Georgians, leads the centre column, jpi ig on
the right, and the ever honored Stonewall, on
the left. General Lee is in command of the
^jinle. Our Brigade being in the reserve, has
^ot yet moved up, but will leave this evening
which we copy from the Richmond papers I the following explanatory order from Pope, in
(telegraphic news.being cut off), is not late, j which, like Butler about his order 28, the ruf-
but exceedingly interesting. It is reliable up fian attempts to give an impioved construction
to last Monday, at which time Gen. Jackson, to his order for universal pillage and plunder.
are allowed to address themselves to the peo
ple. All who feel differently, can utter their
thoughts only in extreme peril of the Bastile.
Ohio is, at this moment, in the midst of a warm
Congressional canvass, turning upon the war
policy of Lincoln ; and yet we see the war party
is strong enough to arrest and impilson Olds,
who spoke in opposition to the war—to threat
en Yallandigham, who admits that he speaks
in peril of life and liberty, and to mob anti-war
newspapers with impunity. These things dis
play great consciousness of strength. Ten
, said to be altogether agreeable to General i years ago a movement ol'an administration par-1
Jackson, who reposes the greatest confidence ty to crush out an opposition party in this way,
in Lee s ability and judgment. It is reported j ur j r ,g a canvass would itself have brought on
it the hold chieltain of the bhenaHdoah once ,
that i
remarked, that he was willing to fight under
any officer that might he placed over him, but
as for J.ee, he was ready to follow him blind
folded.
Good Suggestion.—A planter writes the Sa
vannah Republican, stating that there arc now
with the Confederate army at lca»t sixty tliou-
und able bodied white men employed as wagon
and ambulance drivers and nurses, and sug
gests that they be substituted by negroes, and
the whites put to regular service in the army.
The idea stems to our very limited ability to
jndge a very good one.
Fighting Force of the Confederate States.
According to calculation, based upon the
United States eensus tables of 1849-’50, and
upon the assumption that the rate of increase
from 1850 to 1800 is as great as that from 1S4g
to 1850, there- are now in the fourteen Southern
States upwards of one million oi white males
between the ages of 18 and 40; and such a
force can be kept up without intc-rcring with
our producing or agricultural population. The
North cannot put anything like her military
strength in the field without weakening the
power to feed her people.
The foregoing from the Richmond Dispatch
of the 21st is a highly satisfactory exhibit, and
shows that we have nothing to (ear from the
immense levies of the North, except from lack
of arms. We have men enough, if weapons
can be iound, and herein, we suppose, lies the
secret of the President’s recommendation to
pass a law authorizing the conscription of cit
izens between the ag of thirty five and forty-
five, whenever a necessity arises. It is proba
ble that consciipts and volunteers are now
(touring in faster than they can he armed, and
will continue to do so for some time to come
under the present conscription.
When this begins to run low, the War De>«
partment will perhaps extend the conscription
three or five years more, and so on till it reach
es lorty-tive—thus avoiding a useless accumu
lation of unarmed men in camps of instruction,
which would take so many away from the class
of producers both of food and clothing, at a
time when there is great scarcity of both, and
when, in particular, the army commissariat is
ill provided to meet such new and extraordina
ry demands upon it It is the fashion of pa
pers, particularly in the cotton States, to speak
very lightly of the whites as a producing clasti
and to represent the crops as the sole product
of slave labor. The Dispatch intimates a simi
lar view in the extract quoted above; but it is
very erroneous. Take the t'onfederate States
through, and a very large portion of their pro
ductive power is in white labor. This is par
ticularly true of Virginia, North Carolina, Up
per South Carolina, Tennessee, and Upper
Georgia all important grain-raising sections.
It is perhaps needless to add that these ideas
of what the Government will probably do un
der the new conscription, are merely conjectu
ral on our part.
open revolt.
While, therefore, Lincoln has a party to back
him (and when will he lack that?) he can carry
on the war until liis supplies are stopped by the
House of Representatives ; and we even doubt
whether now, under the system of unlimited
and unquestioned issues of Treasury Notes,
vote of the House is at all necessary in the
raising of money supplies.
Admitting, then, that the duration of the war
for at least sixteen or twenty months hence is
a question within the conirol of the Lincoln
administration, (as it .. n-tinly is; what will
they do? We say they Lave but one interest,
and that is to prosecute the war. Peace and
recognition are the realization of all their worst
enemies ever said of the Black Republican
party. Its record will then be made up for all
time, and stamped with the total ruin of their
country in the first month il was ever entrust
ed in their hands. No politicians, since the
world began, ever had such a withering verdict
of folly and villainy written against them.—
Their own hands will have inscribed "parri
cide” on every forehead, from President down.
To this they will never consent. They will
rather push on the war indefinitely in the vain
hope that something will turn up to avert the
catastrophe of dissolution, or failing in that,
they would rather shield themselves, if possi
ble, in the chaos of utter anarchy and ruin.—
They will never, if they can help it, go back to
answer for their crimes and follies to a people
still in possession of the lorms for consolida
ting and expressing public opinion. They will
destroy the tribunal before they will suffer
themselves to be arraigned before iL There is
no villainy too devilish for these men to be guil
ty of, and none too comprehensive, except in so
far as they may lack the mental capacity to set
it on fooL
To sum up the matter, there is no hope of
speedy peace, except what may arise from for
eign intervention. If that should fail, nothing
is left but w ar to the point ol utter exhaustion.
A Northern opposition party cannot touch the
springs of the war effectively during Lincoln’s
administration no matter what the popular
opposition uiay he, short ot revolt and civil
convulsion.
£ l EDKRAL STAMPEDE.
The in * - from Virginia and Tennessee n-
dicates an active stampede of the enemy in both
those States. In \ irginia, Pnpe was falling
back in such haste and so boll f (tressed by our
lorces that our pickets could see his army
strike their tents, and abandoned stores ami
equipments were found .scattered ail along his
route. In Tenm-s-ee, last Sunday, Bull Neb
son shuffles out of McMinnville in three horn’s
notice in mere panic. Buell is rapidly falling
back probably to effect a junction with itozen-
crautx, and perhaps the joint forces may make
a stand somewhere below Nashville ; but it is
d mtiled in the army whether a gcneial battle
Will be offered. We are inlormed that the
i lea now ia that both Tennessee and Kentucky
will be abandoned by the enemy without a
.blow. Time will soon tell.
Oiled Silk and Enamelled Cloth.—Among
the many things wc did not expect to see man
ulactured in Macon was a handsome and dura-,
hie article of black enamelled cloth. We are
quite aware that attempts to make this article
are very numerous, and result in a coarsely
daubed cotton canvass, which softens in the
sun and rubs off with every abrasion ; but the
highly polished, soft and durable enamelled
cloth, as good as was ever imported, is made in
this place by Mr. 8. J. Gustin in large quanti
ties. lie is fabricating it into various articles
for the army, and it is needless to say the de
mand is greater than the supply. So ol oiled
>ilk ' he produces as heautilul an article as was
ever seen, and though behind orders, has fur
nished (lie medical department of the aimy
with ten thousand yards, and they certify it is
equaj or superior to the foreign article. Oiled
silk is used for protecting wounds from the at
mosphere, and represented to be almost indis-
sable in the army hospitals.
The Habeas Corpus Cask.—Upon a final
hearing of ihis case, alter an argument by coun
sel consuming two days, Judge Lochrane de
livered an able opinion, yesterday, deciding
that the (irisoner, McKinney, had been tried by
a court of competent jurisdiction, dismissing
the writ, and remanding the prisoner back to J
military custody. Rutherford for plaintiff. Lt. j
Colonel George K. Hunter for the Confederate I
States.
All things to-day are quiet, but the storm,
we all feel, is coming. We must meet it; we
must drive hack the toe, for upon the result ol
this battle depends the fate of the capitals ! We
conquer, and Washington may tremble; they
succeed, and Richmond is in peril. You will
have learned the issue ere this reaches you,and
I feel confident it will gladden your heart, for
sure I am it will be a victory.
The weather is fine weather for a tight. The
nights are very cool and the days pleasant.—
The trains are crowded with sick who are being
hurried to their hospitals, and laden with those
who are returning to duty.
To which we add the subjoined from the
Charleston Cornier of the 26tb, which reports
from the camps as late as Friday, the 23d, and
is our latest information :
The Coming Mattie.—Captain T. J. Mackay,
Chief Engineer ol the Indian Department, ar
rived in this city Saturday from Richmond, m
route on his return to the scene ot his opera -
tions in the Southwest, having accomplished
the object of bis mission aod visit to the seat
of Government.
From Captain Mackay we learn that at the
time of his departure, on Friday, the ticadq jar
ters of General Lee were about nineteen utiles
beyond GordonsviUe, and General Jackson six
miles in advance. Of the position and move
ments of our troops, it would not now he pru
dent to speak. The enemy was steadily mak
ing his retrogade movement. l)ur pickets
could see his advance forces striking their tents,
while our lorces were as steadily advancing.—
The probability is that Pope will make a stand
at Manassas, his left resting on the Occoquan
river, which is not, however, navigable for gun
boats. Should we attack the eneuiv at Manas
sas, we will have the advantage of being fa
miliar with the topography of the country,
and with all the resources of the position for
defence.
President Davis was expected to leave Rich
mond Saturday for the headquarters of Gen.
Lee. The President’s health was excellent
All the South Carolina troops are now with
Stonewall Jackson, are expected to take a pro
minent part in the next battle. The last brig
ade of South Carolinians under Gen. Kershaw
moved from Richmond last Thuisday.
Large numbers of deserters from Pope’s ar
my aie continually coming into our lines.—
Marylanders are also crossing the Potomac in
squads from two to twenty in number, and are
now organizing in Richmond with the title of
the “New Maryland Line.”
Captain Mackay informs us that the most
extensive and perfect arrangements had been
made at Richmond for the reception and care
of the wounded from the battle field. Churches,
public halls and elegant private residences,
given up by the citizens of Richmond, have
been altered and fitted up into commodious
and complete hospitals, with everything neces
sary to contribute to the relief, and soothe the
pain and wants of our brave soldiers. The la
dies, too, of Richmond are, with their now
proverbial kindness and generosity, daily in
creasing their corps of nurses to assist and do
their part for the next demand (or their servi
ces.
in command of our left, had taken possession
of Warrenton Springs as his headquarters, and
waa pushing on a column towards Manassas,
with a view to intercept and cut off' the ene
my’s retreat to that place. It ia further stated,
on more doubtful authority of passengers, that
the town ol Warrenton itself, some six or sev
en miles beyond the springs, had been taken
possession of by our forces, with a large
amount of stores, which the enemy had no
time to destroy. It was also stated, on the
same doubtful authority, that a railroad bridge
between Warrenton Junction and Manassas
had been burned by our cavalry, and a large
body of Confederate infantry and artillery had
moved forward and occupied a position be
tween the enemy and the bridge.
The Dispatch thinks this statement not im
probable though scarcely worthy to be consid
ered positively correct. We think the story
was merely a forerunning rumor of General
Stuart’s achievement at Catlett’s Station, on
Friday last, the 22d. This station is about
midway between Warrenton and Manassas
Junction, and not more than ten miles by the
railroad from the latter. As it is probable that
Stuart struck the tear of the retreating Yan
kee army at that place, it was out of the ques
tion to intercept them. From Catlett’s Station
to Alexandria, is not more ttian thirty miles,
and we may as well take it for granted that the
main body of Pope’s army is safe in Alexan
dria and the fortifications of Arlington Heights,
by this time.
What has become of his other wing, that
which occupied Fredericksburg, we are not ad
vised. The right of our army is no doubt be
tween them and Manassas, but it is to be re
collected that a way of safe and uninterrupted
retreat is open to them in their transports dow n
the Rappahannock river. We think they have
had a worrisome and losing time of iL Thus
ends the first essay of the immortal Pope, who
boasted in his first address to his army of the
Potomac, that he always saw the backs of his
foe, and instead of seeking a strong place for
his own protection, his headquarters would he
in his saddle and his business to seek the ene
my wherever he is strongest. That rooster’s
comb is cut before he is two months old. He
has not even been a sixty day hero; and if the
Federals have not got through their list of
young Napoleons, it is an interesting question
who they will start next. Pope is the worst
failure yet
What then is the summing up of the matter
Un the 26th day of June last, we suppose the
Federals had little short of two hundred thou
sand men in Yirginia, all counted, and they
held more than a third of the.State. Since then
they have put in reinforcements amounting to
near fifty thousand more. On the 26th of Au
gust, sixty days after, McClellan has evacuated
the Peninsula with thirty five thousand diseas
ed and worn out men—the sad relics of an ar
my of 158,000 besides reinforcements. Pope,
too, with an army of 50,000, besides the rein
forcements he received from McClellan, is rout
ed and driven headloug from the Valley with
immense losses, and at this moment, with the
exception of Norfolk, Portsmouth and Suffolk,
the A anks stand in respect to Virginia w here
they did before the battle of Bull Run. It is
not improbable, in the meantime, that they
have lost two hundred thousand lives—spent
on \ irgmia alone more than five hundred niil-
It affords, at least, some satisfactory evidence
that the measures of retaliation adopted by our
government are not without beneficial fruits,
when this man who had, in his previous order,
formally announced that the property of citi
zens w ithin his lines would be left without pro
tection, thus inviting his soldiers to spoliation
and violence—now thinks it expedient to
threaten severe punishment for the molestation
of private property:
Headquarters Army of Virginia, 1
Near Cedar Mountain, Va., •
August 14, 1862. )
GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 19.
The Major General commanding discovers
with great dissatisfaction that General Order
No. 5, requiring that the troops in this com
mand to subsist on the country in which their
operations are conducted, has either been en
tirely misinterpreted or grossly abused by
many of the officers and soldiers of this com
mand. It is to be distinctly understood that
neither officer or soldier has any right what
ever, under the provisions of that order, to
enter the house, molest the persons, or disturb
the pioperty of any citizen whatsoever.
Whenever it is necessary or convenient for
the subsistence ot the troops, provisions, for
age and such other articles as may be required,
will be taken possession of and used; but ev
ery seizure-must be made solely by the order
of the commanding officer of the troops then
present, and by the officer of the department
through which the issues are maJe. Any offi
cer or soldier who shall be found to have en
tered the house or molested the. property of
any citizen Will be severely punished. Such
acts of pillage and outrage are disgraceful to
the army, and have neither been contemplated
nor authorized by any orders whatsoever.—
The perpetrators of them, whether officers or
soldiers, will he visited with a punishment
which they will have reason to remember; and
any officer or soldier absent from the limits of
bis camp, found in any house whatever, with
out a written pass from his division or brigade
commander, will be considered a pillager, and
treated accordingly.
Army corps commanders will immediately
establish mounted patrols, under charge of
commissioned officers, which shall scour the
whole country for five miles around their camps
at least once a day, and at different hours, to
bring into their respective commands all per
sons absent without proper authority, or who
are engaged in any interruption of citizens liv
ing in the country, and commanding officers of
regiments or smaller separate commands will
be held responsible that neither officers nor
men shall be absent from cauip without proper
authority.
By command of Maj. Gen. Pope.
R. O. Selfkidob, A. A. G.
A FEDERAL ALARM IN TENNESSEE.
The Memphis Union Appeal of the 21st in
stant, sounds a dreadful note of alarm about the
condition ot Federal operations in Tennessee, as
follows :
The long-contemplated invasion ofKentucky,
in force, by the rebels, with the intention of cut
ting oil' General Buell’s army and carrying the
war across the Ohio river, is now being made.
The news is absolutely alarming. The rebels
are in the front and rear of Gen. G. W. Morgan,
commanding the Union troops at Cuiutierland
(iap. He has retreated to Barboursville, and
the rebels are already at London in his rear,
and pressing hard in IronL This is not rumor
and exaggeration, but the truth of history.—
General Buell is also reported to be in a bad lix.
It is certain that rebel marauders have cut off
rail road communications between Louisville
and Nashville, the line over which Buell drew
such supplies as the country he occupies could
not afford. It may be essential to the subsis
tence and therefore safety of the army of the
Ohio, that that road be immediately possessed
by our troops and efficiently guarded through
lions of money, and lo t and destroyed army °ut. In the meantime if there are any means
Remedy for Hog Cholera—Pass it Along
—The Hog Cholera, we regret to learn, is now
making great ravages in some portions of Geor
gia, and it is of vast importance to find a rem
edy. A friend tells us the following has keen
thoroughly tested in the region of the Altama-
ha River, and found to be an infallable specific
for, as well as a preventive against, the disease.
IVet some shelled corn in a basket with spirits
of turpentine, and throw a handful of the corn
j to each hog every two or three days, for two
i or three times. Do not soak the corn in the
spirits simply wet it, and it will immediately
dry again, but leave the corn impregnated with
the turpentine.
CROPS IN GREAT BRITAIN.
The speculation of the English press, as to
the extent of their crops, was much more fa
vorable as late as the 2d insL, and strong hopes
were expressed that there would be an abun
dant supply. At that date the weather had
undergone a favorable change, and the cutting
of the cereal crops had commenced in various
parts of England. In France the crops are said
to be excellent—much beyond an average, and
it is added that France this year, instead o( be
ing under the necessity of importing corn, will
have plenty to spare, after satisfying her own
wants lor the necessities ofher neighbors. The
English harvest, from appearances, was likely
to prove an average one. In Ireland the pros-
peels arc also good, and, though there is some
talk of blight in the potatoes, it is not serious.
We cut the foregoing from the Grenada Ap
peal, of the 22d, and hope it will hold good—
but it occurs to us that the last accounts from
the European grain crops w ere very discourag
ing. It is vastly important to us that those
crops this year should be good.
tores enough to feed the Confederates a year.
And so ends this grand campaign of 1861-62
in Virginia. In Tennessee, we hope the termi
nation will be equally unfavorable. We do
hope and believe that in thirty days they will
be cleared out ol Tennessee and Kentucky ;—
but it is not improbable now that Dope is in a
place of safety, unless the enterprise of our
Generals shall call him from behind his ram
parts to defend Maryland or Pennsylvania, that
Buell may be largely reinforced from Washing
ton.
What effect this “grand" skedaddle of the
“Grand Army” of the Potouiac will have
abroad and on the North herself is also an in
teresting question. That it will profoundly
mortify ar.d perhaps seriously alarm the Fede
rals is beyond a question; but they will con
sole themselves with the hope of speedily
mending their fortunes with the new levies.—
In Europe it will be regarded asa full and final
demonstration of the egregious folly of this
attempt at Southern subjugation.
!TA Maine editor thus distinguishes be
tween the different sorts of patriotism :
"Some esteem it sweet and decorous to die
for one’s country ; others regard it sweeter to
live for one’s country ; and yet others hold it
to be sweeter still to live upon one’s country !”
This reminds us ol a paragraph in Picayune
Butler's late heroic and grandiloquent address
to his army upon the recent Federal victory at
Baton Rouge—a victory which,like McClellan’s
near Richmond, has been followed by that ex
pressive and active commentary, the abandon
ment of the place ! Picayune says:
While we all honor the loss of many brave
comrades, we who were absent envy them the
privilege of dying upon the battle field for our
country, under the starry folds of her victori-
ous (lag.
Now we should like to know whether Butler
means to put that forth as a sober statement of
fact, or a mere figure of speech—a post pran-
d : al effervescence of patriotism and old Rye.—
We would simply suggest, if Butler really wish
es to enjoy a pri ilege of this kind, there is no
man in the whole Federal army upon whom
the Confederates are so anxious to confer it—
He has but to come out from the (.-over of his
gunboats and snug places of retreat, and every
man in the Confederate army will compete for
the chance of conferring immortality upon him.
But in spite of his earnest longing for death
upon the battle field,” we feel a reasonable
degree of certainty that Butler wril never be
found where balls tty thickest He will still
labor to preserve and support the burden of
life and safety in places as remote as possible
from such scenes of danger. His address is in
tended only to give the world assurance of a
degree of patriotism beyond all that was ever
before beard or read of, except it might lie such
an extreme case as that of Leonidas and bis
700 Spartans—who went to the battle field for
that especial purpose. Even then it might be
well doubted whether death on the battle field
was by them considered in itself a privilege.—
They only paid their lives as a dear price for
tlie security of their fellow citizens.
of living off the enemy, General Buell mustein
ploy them. So soon after harvest and in the
season of roasting ears, it is unlikely that his
army will starve for a time, though unable to
get supplies Ire in the North. The rebels are
also heard Irom in Eastern Kentucky and Wes
tern Virginia. The Kanawha Valley again
swarms with guerrillas, and Humphrey Map.
shall, with his horde, is expected on the Big
Sandy.
r«‘«lt'ral Fright anil Stampede iii
Tennessee.
Chattanooga, Aug. 27th.—Gen. Maxey’s
brigade crossed the Tennessee river last night
and occupied Bridgeport, without firing a gun.
On Sunday morning the Yanks got frights
ened at McMinnville and evacuated the town,
burring numerous stores, munitions, Ac. In
three hours after the panic commenced, not a
Yankee was in McMinnville.
A gentleman says that the Nashville Union
states Morgan and Forrest had a battle near
Hartsvillc, with the Yankees, in which tho Fed
erals were whipped.
The Nashville Union says the Federal forces
at Clarksville had surrendered to a smaller
force of guerrillas.
By Electric Telegraph
BUTLER ON CONTRABAND RE(TimTnTs"
Richmond, 25.—A correspondence between
Butler and Phelps is published in the North*
ern papers. The latter made, a requisition on
Butler for arms, accoutrements, clothing, etc.,
for three regiments of Africans. Butler replied
that he desired Phelps to employ contrabands
in cutting down trees, and had ordered the
Quartermaster to furnish axes and tents.—
Phelps replied he was not willing to become a
mere slave driver, having no qualifications in
that way. lie therefore resigned Ins commis
sion and asked leave of absence until it was
accepted. Butler's rejoinder asks if negroes
are any better than soldiers of the army of the
Potomac ? and informs Phelps that his resig
nation will not be accepted by him, and that
he must see that his orders are faithfully exe
cuted. The matter has been submitted to the
Lincoln War Department.
Mobile, 25th—A special despatch to the Ad
vertiser and Register dated Jackson, 25th,
says: Authentic intelligence has been receiv
ed here that Bayou Sara had been destroyed
by the Federals.
Baton Rouge was to have been occupied yes
terday by the Conlederate forces under Gen.
Ruggles. Much damage was done to the lower
part of the city by the Federals, before evacu
ating.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Richmond, Aug. 25th.—In the Senate, Mr.
Yancey’s resolutions relative to retaliation and
the right of citizens to attack the invader, was
laid upon the table for the present.
Mr. Yancey has been detained from his seat
by indisposition.
Mr. Orr submitted a resolution relative to
the medical examining board in Richmond,
which elicited an animated discussion of abuses
in the Medical department of the army. The
resolution was adopted. It requires the Press
ident to inform Congress who constitute said
Board, and what necessity there is for it.
Mr. Senunes, of La., submitted aiesolution,
which was adopted, directing the Committee
on the Judiciary to inquire into the necessity
for further legislation to restrain within the con
stitutional limits the exercise of power by mil
itary officers, assumed under tho color of the
act suspending the privilege of the writ of ha
beas corpus. ,
Mr. Semuies criticised the order recently issu
ed by Gen. Van Dorn, but gave him credit for
patriotic motives.
(n the House a bill was introduced provi
ding for granting bounty to conscripts. Also,
a bill to amend the law prescribing rates of
postage.
Mr. Foote submitted resolutions declaring
that the movements of our armies should be
active and aggressive, as far as consistent with
enlightened discretion ; that when the enemy
was driven back to their own country, if the
deluded Government at Washington still refuse
us peace, our policy will be to invade the ter
ritory of the toe; that at the same moment an
terior to this invasion the President should
proclaim to the inhabitants of the Northwes
tern States the unanimous willingness of the
people of the Confederate States to guarantee
to them the free use of the Mississippi and
Ohio rivers, provided they will desi^from fur
ther participation in this cruel an
war. The resolutions were ref
debate to the committee on milita
House resolved itself into seci
It is stated that two regiments have been en
listed in Chicago, and three regiments per day
pass through Philadelphia from the eastward.
The St. Louis Democrat has intelligence coni
firming the defeat of the Lincolnite State mili"
tia of Missouri, by Quantrel), the Southern
partisan leader, lt is confessed the militia lost
two pieces of artillery and two hundred men
in the tight. The battle occurred at Love Jack,
in Jackson couuty, ou the Kansas border, and
not far from the Missouri river.
The correspondent or the Chicago Times es
timates the forces under Buell’s command at
35,000 men.
Jackson, Miss., 26th.—Gen. Tilghman was
serenaded to night. In response he denounced
Gov. Magoffin, of Ky. as a childish traitor to
the South, and allud:-d to his imprisonment
and defence of Fort Henry.
The Federals when they decamped from Ba
ton Rouge liberated and carried .away 300 con
victs confined in the Louisiana Penitentiary at
that place.
Two Yankee gunboats are anchored above
the mouth of Yazoo river.
rtain
down
Battle
BUELL ABSQUATUL
Chattanooga, Aug. 26.—I
that Buell’s army is falling bacl
the Tennessee river, having evaci
Creek, Bridgeport and Stevenson—leaving but
a picket guard at each place.
PROCLAMATION BY MORGAN.
Chattanooga, Aug. 26.—Morgan issued a
proclamation at Cartersville, August 18th. In
it he declares liis intention to put the law of
retaliation in force, since the Yankees will not
permit his paroles to be recognized ; and says
lie will, in future, imitate them in their exac
tions, and retaliate upon them and theirs the
cruelties and oppression with which my friends
are visited ; and continue this course until our
enemies consent to make war according to the
laws of nations.
IMPORTANT IF TRUE.
Mobile, 26th.—A special despatch to the
Mobile Advertiser and Register, dated Jackson,
25th, says that Gen. Ruggles occupies Baton
.Rouge.
A despatch from Baton Bouge states that
(From the North and Europe.
CLARKSVILLE OCCUPIED.
TORT DONELSON ABANDONED!
1MPRUOXMKNT OF VIMU/.VJA LA 01 MS
A laoutl Speech from Tlr. Roebuck.
Richmond, Aug. 27.—Northern papers of the
22nd have been received here.
The most interesting news is the occupation
of Clarksville, Tenn., by the Confederate troops.
The Yanks have abandoned Fort Donelson,
Tenn.
Indiana Regiments, besides cavalry and ar
tillery, have been sent into Kentucky.
Col. Corcoran arrived in Philadelphia on the
21st, and met with a gratifying reception. He
has disposed of his Diary, which is soon to
make its appearance in print.
Several ladies have been arrested at Parkers
burg, Va., and imprisoned until they shall take
the oath of allegiance to Lincoln.
In Mr. Roebuck’s speech at Sheffield (Eng
land) he said he “would entreat the noble Lord
(Lord Palmerston) to weigh well the consc
quences of what he called perfect neutrality !.
There has not yet been perfect neutrality. We
are at present supporting the North with every
means of offeii‘;^^iJ injury to the South. I
therefore beg tjjrooble Lord deeply to consid
er whether the time has not come for him to
be first in Europe to recognize the Southern
Confederacy, j No! no! and cheers!]
Six months will not pass over before this
will be done. The Northerners will never be
our friends. Of the Southerners we can make
friends. They are not the scam and refuse of
Europe, but Englishmen /”
In New York the stock market was feveri h,
in consequence of disquieting rumors from
Washington. Gold advanced to a hundred and
fifteen and three quarters. Exchange dull at
127).
[private despatch.]
Charlottesville, Aug. 26th.— N. McDuffie,
CapL Wilcox died here on Saturday las'.—
Your brother was with him.
S. W. Manning.
A GALLANT DASH.
Richmond, 27lh.—Major Gen. Stuart, with a
force of cavalry, surprised and ruiited about
five thousand Yankees at Cattlett's Station, on
the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, on last
Friday. His command destroyed an immense
amount of stores, raptured three hundred and
sixty-seven prisoners, including a Colonel,
three Captains, and fifteen otiier commissioned
officers; also Gen. Pope's two horses, saddle,
uniform coat, and servant; also sixty thousand
dollars in specie and treasury notes, and offi
cial letters of the highest importance from
Gen. Pope. The command returned the next
day with only two killed and five wounded —
The enemy are in full retreat towards Alexan-
dria.
Liabilities or the Confederate States.—
Tlie present liabilities of the Southern Confed
eracy are said to approximate to the following
figures:
Borrowed from Banks, $ 50,000,000
State aid, to be reimbursed,.... 45,000,000
Due bills for property seized, 65,000/100
Due bills for property destroyed,. 40,000,000
Warloans, 64,000,000
Treasury notes, 100,000,000
Due soldiers,. . . 46,000,000
LATEST FROM EUROPE:
The Europa lias arrived, with London and
Liverpool dates to the Uth inst. Mr. Slidell had
au interview with M. Thouvenel subsequent to
his audience with the Emperor, and M. Thou*
vencl is asserted to have alleged that the un
willingness of England was the principal reason
why France did not act at once in American
matters. The recognition of the independence
of the South was regarded as pretty certain.
A grand banquet was given at Shefiiield to
Lord Palmerston, who in his speech regretted
the prevailing distress in the manufacturing
districts ; but he thought ail would admit the
wisdom of the government in not attempting
to relieve that distress by interference in the
American war. He considered that interference
would only make matters worse, and the Gov
ernment would, therefore, maintain strict neu
trality. He hoped that the evils now existing
would soon have an end, that a charitable feel
ing would yet prevail on the other side of the
Atlantic, and that another year would not see
a continuance ol the present deluge of blood.
Mr. Roebuck made a long speech. He said
tie had no doubt America would be divided in
two, and he thought ultimately into five parts,
and forever cease to be the United States. He
denounced the conduct of the North as an im
moral proceeding, totally incapable of success.
Charleston Courier, 27th.
Some of Mr. Roebuck’s declarations were
published in the telegrams of yesterday ; but
we did not comprehend the occasion upon which
they were uttered, and which imparts a new
significance to them. The speech of Mr. Roe
buck, it seems, followed a speech by Lord Pal
merston at a Grand Banqnet given in his hon
or, in a manufacturing district, and probably
designed to intimate a popular sanction among
the manufacturers to the “strictly neutral" po
licy of the British ministry. Accordingly tlie
speech of Lord Palmerston is directed to a vin
dication of that policy, and an avowal that it
would be resolutely maintained. It is, then, af
ter a speech declaring these positions, and at a
dinner projected in support of them and in
honor of their author, that Mr. Roebuck con
fronts them with the charge that the ministerial
“strict neutrality’’ is all one sided in its opera
tion—favoring the North at tho expense of the
South, and called upon the noble Lord to be
the first in recognizing Southern independence
—a recognition which could not be postponed
six months.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Richmond, 27.—In the Senate, a resolution
was adopted requesting the President to com
municate by what authority Provost Marshals
are appointed, and their pay and allowance fix
ed.
The remainder of the session was occupied
in the discussion of the bill to amend tlie Con-
stitution and Law so as to provide that persons
Commodore Raphael J. Semmes (late of the , ,, , ,, ; ,
... . , ..... • i liable to military duty shall be enrolled w her-
Sumter) is off the mouth of the Mississippi with i J J
a sieel clad liect intended to operate against the
Yanks. No particulars given.
It is reported that the Confederate forces un
der GeiL Ruggles secured at Baton Rouge 306 !
horses, abandoned by the enemy.
All quiet nt Vicksburg.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Richmond, 26th.—In the Senate, Mr. Simms,
of Ky., submitted a resolution, which was adop
ted, for the appointment of a select committee
to investigate complaints of inattention and
neglect on the 'part of the medical officers,
whose duty it is to provide for the comfort of
the sick and wounded soldiers.
Mr. Semmes, of La., introduced a bill to au
thorize the President to appropriate for public
use the Salt mines and springs, and to work
the same.
Davis, of N. C., introduced the bill of last
session to make provision for the coins of the
Confederacy.
Several other bills were presented, and reso
lutions of enquiry adopted.
In the House, Foster, of Alabama, introduced
a resolution of inquiry into the expediency of
drafting negroes, to be employed as teamsters,
cooks, and hospital nurses.
ilartridge, of Georgia, submitted a similar
resolution in reference to the recalling of our
Commissioners from Foreign countries. Both
were adopted.
Barksdale, of Mississippi, introduced a bill
to repeal the second section of the Act limiting
the Act authorizing the suspension of the writ
of habeas corpus.
Foote, of Tennessee, advocated the passage of
the bill, and commented at some length upon
the procluiaation of Gen. Van Dorn. The bill
was finally referred to the Committee on Mili
tary Affairs.
Total, $410,000,000
A Rumor, —There is a rumor at Paris that
England is secretly negotiating with the United
Stales to counteract a possible establishment of
the great empire of Mexico and the Southern
States under French patronage.
FROM THE WEST.
Reported Federal Victory in Arkansas.
Mobile, 27th.—A special despatch to the Mo
bile Advertiser and Register dated at Tupelo,
the 26th, says that Memphis papers of the 23d
have been received.
They publish an intercepted letter from Gen,
Hindman to Gen. Bragg, in which the former
states lie has thirty thousand men—Arkansians,
Texans and Missourians, and only three thous
and stand of arms.
The Yankee papers report a Battle to have
been fought at Clarendon, on White river, in
Eastern Arkansas, between six Regiments of
Yankee Infantry, and eight Regiments of Con
federate Cavalry, under Gen. Hindman. They
claim to have wou a victory and announce a
heavy loss on both sides. [Two segars to one
that the Federals were badly whippet^]
ever found. The bill was amended, butbefoie
disposed of the Senate adjourned.
In the House, Yillere, of La, offered a reso
lution, which was adopted, requesting the Pre
sident to furnish the reports of Gens. Lovell
and Duncan, and Lieut. Col. Higgins, concern
ing the evacuation of New Orleans and Fcrts
Jackson and St. Phillip.
West, of Mo., offered a resolution o' thanks
to Commodore Jiontgomory and command for
meritorious and gallant services rendered on
the Mississippi in the Cotton boat tieeL Adopt
ed.
Foote offered a resolution declaring that S.
R. Mallory, as Secretary of the Navy, does not
possess the confidence of Congress or the coun
try. The resolution was laid on the table.
Barksdale offered a resolution, which w as
adopted, for the appointment of a joint Com
mittee to investigate the cause of complaint
against the Secretary of the Navy.
Foote offered a resolution supplementary to
the resolution submitted by him on Monday,
recommending the President to embody in his
proclamation to the people of the North wes
tern States the assurance that if ndy desist
from further participation in the (lending war,
the Confederate States will enter into a recip
rocity and commercial treaty with them of the
most liberal and equitable terms. The series
of resolutions were referred to the Committee
on Foreign Affairs.
MORGAN’S BATTLE AT GALLATIN.
Chattanooga, Aug. 27th.—Col. Morgan’s
Brigade encountered General Dick Johnson’s
Kentucky Federal Cavalry on Thursday, the
21st instant near Gallatin, in a hard fought
battle. The enemy numbered eight hundred
and Morgan had about twelve hundred. The
enemy were cut all to pieces, and the remnant
captured—among them Gen. Johnson and fif
teen commissioned officers. Our loss is esti
mated variously from twenty-live to 120 the
former probably correct. Johnson’s Cavalry
were raised for the express purpose of captur
ing Morgan. Gen. Forrest arrived after the
fighting was over. Over 300 prisoners were
captured.
FIGHT AT BRIDGEPORT.
Chattanooga, 28th.—Maxey yesterday had
a cavalry and infantry brush with the enemy
at Bridgeport, who tried to “repossess” the
place. Col. McIntyre’s thirty-second Alabama
and Rice’s cavalry were all that were engaged
on our side. The enemy were gallantly re
pulsed, and were annoyed all last night in their
entrenchments there and at Battle Creek.— \
This morning they had entirely disappeared, f'
Eight or ten wounded on our side—none killed.