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MACON. G-A.
FRIDAY MORNING, SEPT. IV, 1882.
REVISING THEIR OPINIONS.
It is no very sweet or light, experience which
has reduced the North to a confession of inferi
ority to the South. It we were »« ««de
* - •-> - — - ••.»)« (ith with£he Times of
sixteen months ago, we shcuiu ...
ziug change of opinion. In the begining of this
war the North held us in almost utter contempt.
They pronounced us tnereLlusterers, to be sub*
dued quite as easily as we were provoked, and
but for this fatal undervaluation of Southern
character there would have been no difficulty.
Nay, if after their mad project of reducing us
under sectional domination by the election of
Lincoln, they had even talked kindly and con-
ciliatingly, it is doubtful, whether the progress
of secession would not have been arrested.—
But so contemptuously did they regard us,
that not a wonl of conciliation, not a pledge to
respect for a single right of the South would
they utter. What an miserable disappoint*
meat, then, after a year and a half’s struggle
in arms to be brought to the confession that
they are beaten at all points by inferior num
bers of an enemy they despised f
“NORTHERN SUBJUGATION.”
Since the eutrance of our forces into Wary-
land, the northern papers sound aloud with
new vigor the alarm that the South is attempt
ing the subjugation 01 the North. It is true,
this is the old story. The demagogues of that
section foi ten years past, have played upon the
sectional jealousies of the North with repre
sentations of a settled purpose upon the part
of the South to force our institutions upon
the non-slaveholding States. This was the
burden of “the irrepressible conflict” and the
oft-repeated assurances given by Seward and
Lincoln upon the hustings, that the country
must inevitably become “all free or all slave.”
When war broke out the alarm was raised
for the safety of Washington, as the first point
threatened by the southern “invasion,” but
when our forces halted upon the bank of the
Potomac, the failure to cross was credited not
to any reluctance upon th» part of the Con-
federate Government to devote their armies to
the work of Northern subjugation, but simply
to timidity or inability. V(e got no credit at
all for the failure to secure the Federal
Capital.
Hut now when we have actually crossed
the Potomac and our forces are threatening
Pennsylvania, every northern paper is busy in
presenting, as the sole ana iistinct alternative
them on their’s; and when we bring the
redations and miseries of war to their owflT
doors, we but madden some of the masses who
can have but little control of the great question
of war or peace, while we also bring them to
reflection by a realizing sense of the bitter
evils of war.
A second reflection is, that it "is of no impor
tance to a«surc the North that we want no sub-
Lr* TEST FROM THE NORTH.
Wc hat e received New York, Boston, Phila
delphia, and Baltimore papers of the 11th inst.
Among tl e items gleaned from them is a report
in the Ni w York Herald, of the 11th, that
Secretary Seward is about to resign and take a
mission t > Europe. This news is given the
benefit cf a very large type heading in the
telegram: of that paper. After the nomination
of lion, lloratic Seymour for Democratic Gov
ernor of f.ew York, he made "a stirring speech
jugation, but only peace and independence. I denmmei -a »K“ legislation ol Con-
.mnuir i.ewisol tnis state nas brougnt torward I Congrtss. ,
resolutions of‘Uch assurance—not worded with I The Seat of Bur in Maryland—“ Capture” of
much felicity or constructed by the stiict rules I a a,ld " m , at * r< ^ er '
. w , . , , . I uk—The Confederates at lldoerstown.
>1 Murray; hut any such resolutions are super-1 ... .. . ..
, ... ,, , , | The National Intelligencer says that the
tluous. lhe North would much more cheer-1 » rebels ” |, ave “fallen back” from in front of
fully give us their whole territory than give us I McClellan, who had advanced to within six
independence—political division.* That is the [ miles of Poolesville. A dispatch^says tkat the
sum ol all material evils to her,and nothing but I K 1 ederal caTal, 7 had B»n.t*ville
° 1 about seven miles from Frederick. A force of
the direct nereraitr ran hrin<* her to mnvnt m I ? WUI ’ ** trate men. $omo ot them were crushed under
the direst necessity can bru.g hr r to consent to | fron , 5 000 to of),(WO Confederal w ere repor- their str hor9es . Capt Chamberlain,
ted to be at New Market, on the Baltimore and * - -
A third is, we see the difficulties in tho way
of peace. Could we assure the North that she
could subsist as an independent power, we
think she would be ready to treat for peace to-
Ohio Railroad, about nine miles from Freder
ick. They are said to be under the command
of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. The Confederates were
entrenching themselves at Monocacy, and had
blown up the bridge there. They had en
day. But she has no such assurance. We can I tered York county, Pa The report from there
give her none. On the contiary, every reason-1 says they are in “a state of great destitution,
able consideration is aeainst it.
and shoeless.” Their intentions are thus de
,, ... ,7- , . , . , scribed in a letter from Baltimore, September
fourthly, in spite of vtie higher wisdom of I .
of the Richmond Enquirer and of Congress^ wel They were to invade Pennsylvania with a
lo see in these considerations a good reason I force so strong as to make resistance on the
why the West might be addressed with special I P art of the Pennsylvania troops unavailing; to
neentives to ueace. If she could he in.mmteed P rocead to Harrisburg and capture that city;
ncentives t0 peace - 11 hlle C0U|J ^ S l ' ara “ teed ^ destroy, if possible, the Pennsylvania Cen-
•i* an y w: *y tlie benefits of her geographical ]>o- tral Kailroad ; to strike for the town of York,
sition.we think she would he anxious to secure I Pennsylvania, and to destroy the railroad lead-
them, rather than prosecute in the dark, a >»g from Harrisburg to Baltimore, and to de
hopeless war, at the risk of forfeiting them l 1 ™? also a P°r_ tion °f the railroad between
r I Kaltunnre ai
finally and altogether. If we mistake not there
matter for much reflection in the views we
The Fight at Poolesville—Handsome Aid from
« our Frienih in Maryland.
Tie only resistance our troops encountered
in crossing the Potomac wag from the 1st Mas
sachusetts cavalry, who had been appointed to
that duty. They were fired into by the Con
federates, and scampered at a rapid rate. A
letter to the New York Tribune says :
The road had been clear in the morning, and
was counted on for unobstructed retreat, but
vffiile the manoeuvring in front had consumed
ttaday some Maryland traitor had piled stones
worst place on the road in such quantity
that the horses at a ga/lpp could not fail to go
down. Envt^jped in clouds of dust, the head
of the retrying column came down the road
at speed, aril plunging into the rocks, men and
horses together fell in confusion, piled over one
another in leaps.
The rebels were close upon them, and those
who were dtwn Jcould only surrender. The
rebels begartfiring into and sabering the pros
have hastily expressed.
REDUNDANCY OK THE GUI®.”
M l
It is no doubt true, as charged, f*it
*TY.
Baltimore and Havre de Grace, so as to cut off
all communication by railroad between Balti
more and the North.
The Baltimore American, of the luth, says
that “devastation and destruction” will mark
the route taken by the Confederates. It says:
The latest intelligence from Frederick City
and the region occupied by the rebels is
orbiaut prices of food and the miserable spirit brought by General Columbus O’Donnell, who
of speculation rampant in the land, are in part I readied Baltimore yesterday afternoon from
due to the excess of the circulating medium. I his country seat, near Weaver ton, not far from
There is too much money about; and hen-1 Harper’s Kerry. He bad beer, up there some
' days prior to the rebels crossing the river, and
whose horseliad fallen upon him, shouted to
the rebel 1 elder that his men were helpless,
and the firiik wa^ ordered to cease. Captain
Motley and Capb, Wells, with most of their
men, escapel. (.'apt. Chamberlain, with about
twenty men was captured. All were liberated
next day on parole.
Before tin-men were sent off Gen. Lee made
them a speeth, advised them never to take up
arms again to subjugate the South, declared
that there ale and must be two Confederacies
on this conjncnt, and discoursed at length on
ethics and jolitics in general, by all of which
the men wife duly edified. Capt. Chamberlain
had a long conversation with Fitzhugh Lee and
Stuart, am. reports tlfat their cavalry force is
very larg». Poolesville citizens tired from
houses along the streets on the retreating cav
alry. At Darnestown the rebels Hung stones
and bottles and all sorts of missiles from the
windows.
The letter indignantly adds that the first
duty performed by the 1st regiment Maryland
volunteers, called out for the defence of the
State, was to pour a volley in the retreating
Federal cavalry. The correspondent, from
that, thinks that the Maryland troops cannot
be relied on.
from Washington, only sixteen were present.
Rumors were afioat that a number had been
engaged by the clerks of the departments and
volunteer assistants to carry them back to the
city. The horses had given out in some places,
and the hacks in others. The battle field was
in possession of the enemy ; and, in fact, there
was nothing for the volunteers to do but walk
back—a pleasant prospect, which a number of
them at once proceeded to realize. A tew went
forward at all risks toward the field, to carry
out the purpose which led them there. These
got captured by the rebels.
The following letter was received at Varina
by flag of truce from three of the sufferers who
“got captured:’’
Lihuv Prison, Sept 7, 1862
Arrived here yesterday after ten days’ hard
march, and were immediately placed in the to
bacco prison, together with several hundred
other unfortunates. We sincerely -hope that
Mr. Willard, of Washington, and the rest of
our many friends, will use their utmost infill
ence to have us exchanged in place of the rebel
prisoners taken at Fairfax, and now at Wash
ington. To our families we can only say we
are well, and living in hopes of soon being ex
changed. We can write but little. Remember
us to all our friends. We shall write to you as
often as possible. There are 13^ citizen pri
soners here from all parts of the country.
James S. Smith,
Nathan Brice,
Talmadge Thorn.
The Panic in Pennsylvania—The Stampede.
The “very latev^” intelligence published in
the Northern papers is dated Wednesday night
W..- may -ay, en passant, that now ,s the time I ^dlnly‘found^hTr^lf^withi^ “the‘enemy’s j < 10th ) n *| dni K h ‘- lt «“ f ™ ma State mess
tor every body to get out of debt. The un- llnes i, avin „ important business to attend to * senger who was sent by the Governor of Penn-
happy man n ho neglects this golden opportu-1 in Baltimore, he saddled up a pair of plough sylvanta to ascertain the stated attairs. It
nity to pay hisbecause he can neglect it, I horses, beingthe only team left on his place, sa ^.f - , , ... . •
' v J w - B ” I I’;*- He reached a position on the mountains
and Mai hi until he is compelled to pay, is a niny, I an J^ *^ rri ^ r j n g wit fi^ n s mileJ’ of Frederick overlooking Frederick, and, by means of a
d will discover the tact m due time. 1 b pay he was stopp £j by the rebel pickeUf an(1 , ob _ glass, saw all that was going on in town. He
lebts now is like squaring up at fifty cents in j mined permission to pass on to'tlie quarters of
the dollar. The Legislature ought to repeal 1 the Provost Marshal, Bradley l’ JJohnson, with
the stay law except in tile case of soldiers in I " horn he had at one tune some acquaintance,
service. But to return from this digression. reaching the city he was jnducted to the
. . . . , , .1 Marshal s othce, and was w* ly greeted by
One remedy proposed for this redundancy in j obnsor)) who ^ssureMl him tit it was out of
the circulation, as we see by the Constitution-1 fijg power to grant him a pass to Baltimore, as
alist, is a sort of compulsory retirement ofa part I no one but General Lee had that power, to
whom he referred him, giving him
of it in Confederate Bonds. That would b« I whom he referred Inm, giving him a pass to
. . tl i.i, . r | the General’s headquarters, four miles from
a good idea, il practicable, but how to enforce] ,
. * ’ 1 f redenck, on the Georgetown road,
it equally is a problem we cannot solve.-’Wei This occurred on Monday afternoon, and Gen.
of the war, a conquest of .be North by the I call it a yood idea—not because we do not I O’Donnell immediately started out tor the rebel
South, or of the South by the North. The idea | know that it conflicts with the fundamental | camp, where he found* Gen. Lee’s headquarters
arrived there about eleven o’clock in the morn-
Riot in a New York Regiment.
The 53d New York regiment, at Harlem, N.
Y., in which is included a company of Indians,
mutinied on the 10th, after their tents were
struck and knapsacks packed to go to Wash
ington. The 8th regiment was sent for to re
duce them to subjection. The Tribune says:
The tents were nearly all struck, knapsacks
packed, and nearly everything in readiness for
departure, when, it is stated, the men became
clamorous for their back pay, and expressed
their determination not to leave until they had
received it In anticipation cf difficulty,appli
cation was made to the police authorities and
a strong force was sent there from the twelfth
and Nineteenth Wards. This ncreased the dis
affection of the soldiers among whom ware ma
ny more or less intoxioated, and seizing their
guns, they made a bayonet charge upon the
Metropolitans, who were forced to make a has
ty retreat, some of the soldiers following them
to the Third avenue.
The arrival of the members of the 8th soon
after added still further to the ill feeling, and
was used as a pretext by the most disorderly
ones to incite an outbreak. Altercations occur
red between the guards and members of the 53d
but were quelled without bloodshed. There is
a company of Indiana attached to this regiment,
ing, and says there was evidently a movement and one of them a monstrous powerful fellow,
that we wish nothing at all to do with them right of property, but because, as a measure of
in any shape—that our only demand is that
they shall keep the peace—keep off our soil
and leave us in quiet to our own government
and our own institutions, is never suffered
to get before the reader of a northern print.
That there is a meaning in all this beyond
the mere purpose of stirring up the spirit of
sectional hatred and war among the Northern
people, is no doubt true. If she cannot get her
own terms, we have no doubt the Northern
people would be willing to preserve the Union
on almost any that might be imposed. They
cannot bring their minds to accept the pecuni
ary loss—the loss of a trade involved in the
separation. It is horrible to think of; and there
are, no doubt, many minds of a nobler cast
to whom the loss of prestige and dignity as the
leading section of a united continent, is a still
more unwelcome thought. Hence when they
present the war as a question between the Uni
ted States Constitution or the Confederate Con
stitution—between Abe Lincoln or Jeff Davis—
when Archbishop Hughes, in Ireland, a few
weeks ago declared that the government must
still be one and if the Federals could not main
tain their ascendancy, he was in lavor of merg
ing all under the Confederate Constitution—
they indicate the choice of the Northern peo
ple. They would maintain Union on any terms,
and even accept subjugation as preferable to
the barren isolation to which a separation con
signs them !
The cry of “Northern subjugation” has
then a double purpose. It is now not alone a
sectional humbug got up to arouse the war
spirit and stimulate resistance—it is really
meant to exclude the idea of separation by the
presentation of what is considered a more ac
ceptable alternative. Any thing before disun
ion. If they do not love the South, they do
love Southern trade—Southern cotton, tobacco,
sugar and rice, and they have learned with
much more accuracy, by this time, the true
value of that trade. They cannot bear to see
the grand Northern Emporiums sink into mere
entrepots of corn and r^rk and Yankee notions
—to see their magniticcut territory reduced to
a narrow riband, stretching across the conti
nent and embracing only the frozen region
and its products—and they very justly fear the
ability to maintain cohesion among the various
parts of such an awkward configuration of ter
ritory.
In fact, (and here is the rut) not an intelli
gent man among them expects that Union can
be maintained in such an awkwardly shaped
residuum—with no natural connection between
its various extremities, and all the natural con
nection between tlie Great Wesl with the South.
The idea, they all see, is hopeless. Railroads
may do much to coinbat the aws of nature,
but they cannot overcome them. The trade
intercourse of the West inclinis to the South
as inevitably as water runs down hill, and the
attempt by great railways to make tlie Western
market in Europe and her source of Southern
supplies in New York, must always be a strug
gle with the inevitable laws of nature.
lienee we see that when the final repulse at
Richmond for the first time opened the eyes of
the North to the real impossibility of reducing
this section to their yoke, the Northern papers
and public meetings raised the universal cry
that the issue was entirely changed. It was
not so much now a question cf subduing the
rebels as of the utter ruin of/he North. And
this we must confess, seems to us an intelli
gent view of the matter. We have no idea
they can long maintain a republic of States
reaching from the Atlantic to the Pacific, after
they have recognized the existence of the Con
federacy. They must go to pieces. Such a
strip of country cannot long be kept together,
and .’t is probable it would eventually be de
rided into four independent political communi
ties-—say New England for one—the Middle
States for another—the Western States for a
third and the Pacific States for a fourth.
Now this view of the case has some practical
bearings upon the conduct of the war. Wesee
that separation—disunion is the monster evil
fear*l— that subjugation is after all considered
a lessar evil, and accepting this *fl a fact, it is
oot wise to attach, as some do, so maddening
an effect to invasion of the North. The ^reat
political reasons which prompt the North to
this tcmbW war exist in as full force when
they fight u* upon our s®* 1 “ wl *en we flight
self defence, it is necessary and would work for
the benefit all, the hill holders themselves in-1
eluded.
But another idea WS do insrit upon in this I
connection is intPlpWshk—and that is the |
on one side of the road and Gen. Jackson’s on
the other side. There was quite a large force
of infantry without tents, and most of the men
without knapsacks, presenting a most deplora
ble appearance, so far as dress was concerned,
though they were well armed and seemed to be
in good spirits.
,. .On reaching the camp Gen. O'Donnell ap-
suppression, in great part, of the shinplasters I proacbe j the tent of Gen. Lee, when he was
which are now flooding the country and multi- I me t by Charles Marshall, formerly a lawyer of
plying like the frogs of Egypt Every day I Baltimore, with whom he was also personally
persons and corporations, in defiance ol law, I acquainted. Marshall was acting as an aid of
, .... ,, , , | Gen. Lee, and on Gen. O Donnell making
are making new issues ol tins miserable Irasb I , . . . , . • ,
b ' I known to him that his business was to secure
—banking upon the Confederate currency, I a pass to Baltimore, he told him that Gen. Lee
and usurping (he field of circulation which is I was very busy and could not be seen, but that
due to it Individual shinplasters are now I he would make known his request to him —
running up as high as five dollars, and will Marshall entered the tent, ami soon returned
I with pass required, and informed Gen. O Don-
soon be at ten. I ne jj (ba ^ (j en> Lee requested him to say that it
One-third of the whole circulating medium I afforded him great pleasure to grant his re-
ol Georgia is made up of this stuff, and we I quest
believe it circulates in the other Confederate
States to an equal extent; and in nearly all Of
them in defiance of law. Wipe out this cur
rency and it would at once relieve the redun-
The pass was granted to Gen. O'Donnell with
out any restrictions, nor was he required to
give any pledges not to disclose anything that
he had seen within the lines.
We have not had the pleasure of seeing Gen
danev. We call upon the Legislature to put I O'Donnell, but learn that it is his opinion, from
nd to this business. Let them authorise | what he saw, that the enemy has no intention
of advancing either on Baltimore or Washing-
. ton. The impression on his mind was that
for the purpose of -mall change, and (hen set | they were preparing to retire before McClel
a time, say three or four months ahead, I Ian's army, and would soon recross the river at
so as to permit this illegal circulation to be I some of the upper fords. Scouting parties were
withdrawn, provided that, after the expiration I out f ' co,1 ring the eountry for horses and cattle,
, , . ,• I and would probably enter the border counties
M that time, every emission shall incur a line, of PennsvI * ama this purpose if 8ufficient
one-hall of which shall go to the informer.— I [jme was given them to accomplish their pur
Meanwhile citizens of lhe State could supply I pose,
themselves with necessary small change at The presence of both Gens. Lee and Jackson
the Treasury Department, and the increased • near Freder,ck would eilher indicate that the
expedition is a most hazardous one, or that the
mass of the arm}’ has really accompanied them,
and that the invasion is a reality and not a for
aging raid. Even if it is merely a raid for sub-
If this shinplaster business is suffered to go I sistence stores, its success is undoubtedly most
unchecked, immense losses to the people t0 the r , e ^ ls ’ a " d the P r «* nce ° f
\ these two prominent Generals may be account-
are bound to occur, beside the constant daily | e j f(jr on tbat „ roU nd.
amount of small Treasuary notes getting into
circulation would obviate all serious incon
veniences.
loss resulting from the diminished value of the
currency from surplussage.
Seward.—The revival ol the talk ofScwards
resignation is ominous. We think the set time
lor him to back out is coming fast
The news from Kentucky is highly encourag
ing.
Biki.l’s Return to Nashville.—We much
doubt the Chattanooga Rebels report that Buell
has returned to Nashville with a determination
to make a stand. If it is true, he is alarmed by
Our intelligence from Washington is that the
rebels have fallen back from Gen. McClellan’s
front, and that he has advanced six miles be
yond Poolesville, from which a rebel picket
guard was driven out, after some fighting on
Monday afternoon.
Force of the Rebels.
The statements we have received from cor
respondents ol the New York [tapers as to the
force in which the rebels have crossed into Ma
ryland, entirely disagree with any accounts
lhat have been received here from fugilivesfrom
Frederick county. No one who has yet arris
ved here speaks of having seen more than fif
teen thousand men, while some of the Northern
thedevelopements in Kentucky and sees no. ,, ,,
lowing note, received last night from a respect-
ihat State. If it is true,Buell’s army is ours.
SPIRIT OF GEORGIA WOMEN.
Mrs. Lurana Jeans, of Wilkinson county,
ives a lew miles from Milledgeville. She is a
lelicatr, weakly young woman, nursing her
first child. Her husband is a soldier, a volun
teer, at Cumberland Gap. They refuse to accept
of public bounty, and support themselves.—
Besides many other noble labors, this noble
woman has, with her own hands, made about
150 bushels of corn.—Charleston Courier.
A friend told us yesterday that he had just
seen a middle-aged woman at work in the
woods near town making shingles. Convers
ing with her about her occupation, she told
him she had fourteen children in all. Three
of her sons who were old enough were in the
Confederate army, and last of all, the “old man,
he took the fevci, and went off to the army
too, and now I feed the balance of the children
by drawing shingles.”
A SCOUT TO HUNTSVILLE.
From the Chattanooga Rebel of the 14th.
Col. James R. Howard, with a light force
from his splendid regiment of cavalry, has
just returned from a scout as far as Hunts
ville, and reports that there is no enemy in
he country, and the road entirely clear to
Murfreesborough. The Colonel captured any
quantity of commissary stores, and picked up
numerous horses and mules, which the enemy
had left in their flight While be was scout
ing through the country, the enemy were
flying in all directions to Nashville, as il the
old Harry was after them. He succeeded in
capturing a few hand cars on the Nashville
and Chattanooga Kailroad, and came very
near getting a locomotive, but the Yankees
were so badly heightened at his approach to
the place where it was that they jumped on
and run it off a few moments before his ar
rival. Wherever our soldiers appeared, they
were met by the people, particularly the ladies,
with demonstration of the wildest joy. At
Winchester, the ladies turned out en masse
to welcome the Col. and his brave troops.
The whole country through which the Yan
kees passed is laid waste.
—Mrs. Partington baa bought a horse to spirit
ous tbat he always goes off in a decanter.
ab|e gentleman of Washington county, places
the number still lower :
“As the movement and number of rebel
troops now in Maryland are greatly exaggera
ted, I beg leave—being, perhaps, the*)ast per
son from that locality—to make a fair state
ment of what 1 conceive their numbers and de
signs. They do not exceed live thousand, but,
being mostly cavalry, move very quickly, and,
like most of my neighbors of Frederick and
Washington counties, if 1 had never seen the
military parades around Washington, I should
fix their number at frem fifty thousand to sev
enty five thousand. They’ are moving (if it
possesses a military strategy) to draw from the
defence of Washington as many troops as pos
sible, so as to fall on that city with a great
force; for they are prepared to rccross the Po
tomac at any time in a few hours.”
Exciting Rumors.
The rumors in Baltimore last evening among
the Secession sympathizers were of the most
portentous character, and the beaming and
joyous countenance was again visible in various
well-known localities. Gen. McClellan was
reported to have been defeated in a great bat
tle at Poolesville, and driven back in confusion
to Washington. This bad scarcely got well
afloat before another was started to the effect
that Gen. Burnside had been driven back from
Frederick with great slaughter. Whilst these
reports were l>eing digested, a messenger from
a point eight miles out on the Liberty road ar
rived with the announcement that a battle was
progressing in that vicinity, and that a cannon
ball bad cut the limb from a tree in front of his
house. This alarm was soon discovered to have
been an alarm occasioned by one of the new
regiments having gone out in that vicinity to
drill and practice, firing by columns and plat-
toons. Of course there was no enemy will in
forty miles of the spot, and those who expec
ted to be “redeemed” before morning conclu
ded to postpone the performance for at least
twentv-four hours.
In the meantime the Washington cars arri
ved with the announcement that General Mc
Clellan was pushing forward, and could find
no enemy in front of him. A rumor was also
soon afterwards started that General Burnside’s
pickets were yesterday morning within sight
of Frederick, and the enemy traveling west
ward.
of troops ; n the direction of Middletown and
Boonsboro’ going or.. Farmers informed him
that a foi ward movement began at three this
morning—supposed to be about twenty thou
sand.
The messenger then crossed the mountain to
within two miles of Marysville, and reached a
position overlooking Boonsboro’. He saw
three regiments of infantry, one of cavalry,
eight cannon and a large number of wagons.
The soldiers looked raggzd, shoeless and hat-
less.
It is now certain that no rebels had entered
Hagerstown at six P. M., Jackson undoubt
edly moved from Boonsboro’ towards Hagers
town ; but there is nothing reliable as to his
near approach to IlagerstowiL He may be
moving to Williamsport to cut off Gen. White,
now at Martinsburg and Harper’s Ferry, or
direct upon Waynesboro’, in this State. The
former is most probable. The Northern Cen
tral Kailroad and telegraph are still untouched.
The people of Pennsylvania are now thorough
ly aroused, and one thousand men from Berks
county and one thousand from Chester will
probably be here by morning, in anticipation
of the Governor’s call, and within twenty-four
hours 20,u00 men will be in the Cumberland
Valley, and before Jackson can reach Cham
bershurg, he will be required to meet and < ver-
coiue 5o,tM)0 of Pennsylvania’s yeomanry.
General Wool has been assigned to the com
mand of all the troops north of the Susque-
hannah.
A mail carrier was taken prisoner and' held
five hours. He says great numbers threw
themselves down in the middle of the road,
attacked with bilious cholic, caused by eating
green corn.
A skirmish took place between the Michi
gan cavalry and Virginia cavalry leading the
rebel advance at Barnesville. A rebel Lieu
tenant was killed and two privates were cap
tured. They say Jackson leads the column.
The rebel pickets weic within a mile and
half of Hagerstown at eight this morning.
The main body appears to be going between
Barnesville and Sharpsburg, eight miles below
Hagerstown.
The rebel pickets uniformly told the farmers
that Jackson leads the rebel army, and the
Cumberland Valley is their destination.
Much excitement pi evaded in Greencastle,
Pa., about thirty-two miles from Frederick,
Wednesday night about the “rebels.” A des
patch from there says:
They are said to be advancing towards that
place by way of Cavetown, so as to get in the
rear and cut off the retreat of those who might
attempt to get away. Up to live’P. M., no signs
of the enemy appeared at that point, although
some two hours previous a negro among others
reported them within three miles of the town,
The people there were very much excited,
and numbers were leaving with their families
while owners of horses were sending them out
of town so that the rebels shall not seize them
A horse or wagon could not be hired at any
price.
;ot into a melee, and getting knocked down,
became enraged and attempted to practice the
bayonet exercise upon officer and others, who
had considerable difficulty in wrenching the
musket from his hand. He turned away with
a smile on his face, and in a minute after he was
seen with another muskel just in the act of at
tempting to drive the bayonet through the bo
dy of the soldier who had struck him, but he
was again seized, disarmed, and taken in charge
by his brother Indians.
Thus matters continued throughout the af
ternoon, until about 5 P. M., when the regiment
received assurances from a Government officer
that they should certainly receive their money
this ("Wednesday) morning, which was all the
meu desired, and the annoucament was receiv
ed with applause.
Subsequently,the money for paying the men
was brought into camp, and they were to re
ceive it without delay.
Glorious News from Kentucky.
Airby Smith Still Moving Forward— lie
Kentuckians Rising en masse—Smith calls
for 20,000 Arms—Ten Regimemls Raising
— Capture of Lexington and Glorification
Among the People—Scott's Cavalry Cap
ture Frankfort—Confederate Flag Floating
from the hty. Capitol—The Enemy Evacu
ate and are Overtaken—Affairs at Cumber
land Gap.
(Special dispatch _to the Savannah Republican.J
Knoxville, Sept. 14.—A courier from Gen.
Kirby bmith arrived this morning from Lex
ington, Ky. He left on the 6th inst, and
brings the following interesting intelligence:
The Confederate army had not reached Oov-
ington, as was announced some days ago on
the authority of a Cairo extra. It is’now mov
ing forward in that direction, and the people of
Kentucky are rising en masse and joining the
Confederate cause. Three thousand men were
recruited in the short space of twenty-four
hours, and General Smith has made a requisi
tion for twenty thousand additional stands of
arms.
Teu regiments of Kentuckians were being
raised under Gen. A. Buford.
General Smith entered Lexington in triumph
on the 1st instant. The people from the sur
rounding country rushed spontaneously to re
ceive him. They poured into town throughout
the day, and manifested the greatest demon
strations of delight at their deliverance from
the yoke of an Abolition oppressor. The la
dies wept for joy and in gratitude to their de
liverers.
Col. John Morgan arrived at Lexington on
the 4th instant, and was received with bound
less enthusiasm.
Colonel Scott’s Louisiana cavalry captured
Frankfort, the seat of Government of Ken
tucky, on the 3d inst., and planted his battle
flag on the dome of the State House. The
streets were thronged with men and women
from the country, and a grand ovation was
kept up throughout the day.
The enemy took him by the forelock and
evacuated the place on the night of the 2d.—
Our troops went in pursuit of them next morn
ing, and sent back a number of prisoners and
three hundred mules. It was reported that
Scott had overtaken their rear and would cap
ture the entire train together with a vast
amount of property.
The Lexington, Ky., Statesman of the 6th
instant contains a sterling address from Gen.
Smith.
Generals Buford and Humphrey Marshall
were to have reached Paris on the night of the
6th, and camp on Marshall,s own farm.
De Caussi’s brigade of Federals left the north
side of Cumberland Gap on the 11th, with a
large number ot wagons, on a foraging expe
dition.
A skirmish occurred with the enemy on the
12th, at Baptist Gap, three miles from Cumber
land Gap. No particulars are given except that
the enemy were driven back.
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NORTHERN ITEMS.
On the ltd inst., the steamer W. B. Terry, with
two Dahlgreu howitzers on board, while aground
in the Tennessee river, at Duck Shoals, 100 miles
above the river’s mouth, was captured by guer
rillas.
Important front the West—The Confederates
within five miles of Covington.
The news from the West is important. The
Confederates, numbering about 3,000 infantry
and 1.000 cavalry, arrived in sight of Coving
ton, Ky., on the 10th. Business was again sus
pended in Cincinnati, and military companies
were ordered to report for duty at 8 o’clock on
the morning of the 11th. Three thousand la
borers were ordered to commence work on the
trenches. A despatch from Cincinnati Wed
nesday night, at 10 o’clock, says :
A train of thirty ambulances, with a flag of
truce, left here yesterday afternoon, for the use
of our wounded at Richmond. When they were
twelve miles distant they were ordered to halt
by the pickets of Gen. Ewing. Tlyjy did so,
and the officer in command of the ambulances
was taken before Jen. lleatli, who informed
him that he could not pass tlie train, as he was
not receiving flags of truce at present. An ap
peal was then made to Gen. Kirby Smith, who
promptly allowed our ambulances to proceed.
Our scouts report that the rebels are moving
in, two division, numbering 16,000 men. Early
this morning a large rebel cavalry force attack
ed our pickets on Licking river, driving them
back a mile, several of whom were wounded.
Our whole force over the river was drawn up
in line ol battle at noon to-day. One of our
men was killed in the picket skirmish.
Louisville, Sept 10.—Hon. Richard Apper-
son, from Mount Sterling, reports Humphrey
Marshall there, with 4,000 troops, including
cavalry and artillery, arresting citizens, search
ing houses, Ac. It is reported that a force of
rebel cavalry took possession of Eminence, Ky.,
last night John H. Morgan occupies the Ob
server and Reporter office as headquarters.—
Hon. Joshua F. Bell, recently unconditionally
released by the rebels, arrived at the Galt
House to day. It is rumored that about 4,000
rebels from Lexington last Sunday took posses
sion of Lebanon to-day.
The Citizen Prisoners at Richmond.
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Tribune, noticing the capture of the citi
zens of Washington who went out to the battle
field to take care of the wounded, says some
were volunteer citizens and some were depart
ment clerks, who had before constituted an in
fantry battalion for borne defence. Of the cap
ture he says:
As the hacks toiled up the heights of Cen-
treville, passing through the slfatteredcolumns
of Hope's army, it became evident that the vic
tory was not a great one. There was no jubi
lation in the appearance of these men; and in
alter -conversation with them, men and officers
all expressed the opinion that no victories could
be won under McDowell and Pope. As for our
hacks out of about two hundred which started
There is a report in Massach j setts that Charles
Fraueis Adams, Minister to England, has signified
his williigness to change places with Charles Sum
ner, United States Senator.
The Indian hostilities continue. The Governor
of Dakota had called out '-’,000 men to suppress
them. Judge Amidon and his son had been killed
by them.
Gen. Jim Lane’s recruiting operations in Kansas
have been most successful. He has raised five
white regiments and organized 1,200 negroes.
Col. Fletcher Webster, son ol Daniel Webster,
w ho n as killed at Manassas, n an buried at Boston
with great ceremony on the 8th.
The State Democratic Convention of New York
has .nominated Hon. Horatio Sey moiir for Govern
or by acclamation.
Clement L. Vifilandigham has been nominated
by the Democracy of the 3d district of Ohio for re-
election to Congress.
Five thousand one hundred acd sixteen soldiers
from the North passed through Baltimore on Mon
day for the seat of war.
The draft in New Jersey has been indefinitely
postponed. Recruiting continues to be brisk.
A “Home Guard” is being raised in Boston.—
Every able-bodied man is required to do duty.
AI Tight on St. Johns River, Florida—
Yankee Gunboats Repulsed.
(Correspondence of the Savannah Republican.]
Lack City, Fla., Sept. 12, 1862.
Mr. Rditor:—Y’esterday morning, about day
light, a Yankee gunboat which was lying quietly
at anchor off St. Johns Bluff, m ar the mouth of
St. Johns river, was surprised by the opening of
fire upon it from a Confederate battery, which had
sprung into existence during tbn previous night.
So quietly and cautiously had General Finegan
conducted his movements that tl e Yankees were
without the slightest intimation that anything of
the sort was in process of constru :tion. The gun
boat returned our fire for a while and steamed
down the river, but soon returuei, bringing with
her a companion in the shape of a still larger and
more formidable appearing craft. Bo*h boats then
opened fire on our battery, throwing shells with
great rapidity—the battery and field artillery sta
tinned near by replying vigorously and with effect,
The contest lasted about four hours, when the ter
rible gunboats retired from the contest badly rid
dled aud crippled, and made their way without the
reach of our guns.
We are without information as to the extent of
the enemy’s loss in killed and woun ded, but it must
have been considerable. Our Ions was one man
killed—a member of Capt. Stewart’s company, of
Major Brevard’s Battalion of Partisan Rangers—
and four slightly wounded, Capt. McRory, of the
Engineer Corps, being one of the number.
The Yankee gunboats have lia l free and unre
stricted navigation of tbs St. Johns river during
the past six months, and have perpetrated number
less outrages, such as the murder ot peaceful pri
vate citizens along the river, and indulging in their
favorite diversion of negro stealing. But as all
things must have an end, so especially have these
amusements of the Yankees been Middenly and ef
fectually brought to a conclusion.
Should the miserable wretches make further at-
tenpts to navigate the waters of the noble St. Johns,
they wli! meet with a yet warmer reception, and
ill find their progress yet more extensively im
peded.
Gen. E'innegan is certainly the “right man in
the right place.” His conduct of this Department
meets with universal approval. He has a sufficient
force at his disposal to do all necessary work, and
you may rely upon it that he will be occasionally
heard from in the future progress of the war in
this locality. He orders no retreats, but takes the
lead towards the enemy, and his brave troops are
eager to follow him. Columbia.
THE YANKEES’ NATIONAL HYMN.
Among the recent publications in Y'ankee-
doui, is a satirical book entitled the “Orpheus
C. Kerr Papers,” (office seeker ?) He indulges
in a fling at the prize cQmraittee on a National
Hymn, and presents the following specimens of
the rejected anthems,which had not before been
brought to the notice ol the public :
NATIONAL ANTilKM.
BY RALPH WALDO E .
Source immortal of material naught,
Focus of light infinitessimal,
Sum of all things by sleepless Nature wrought.
FROM RICHMOND.
Richmond, Sept. 15.—Official despatches re
ceived here, state that Gen. Loring has (cfeated
the enemy in the Kanawha Valley, Vc, and
that Gen. Jenkins had made a successlil raid
into Ohio.
Gen. McCown has made applicatioa for a
large number of arms for the Kentnckiar.s who
are joining the Confederate army.
Nothing late from Maryland. Northern pa
pers of the litb, represent that McClellan’s ar
my had marched beyond Rockville, in quest of
the rebels, and a battle was expected in a few
days between that place and Frederick.
VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
Richmond, Sept. 15.—The Legislature as
sembled to-day in extra session. Gov. Lether’s
message urges prompt action to increase the
supply of salt for the people ol the State. He
advocates aggressive war against the enemy,
and reemnmends that an amnesty be granted
to loyal citizens in portions of the State that is
overrun by the enemy, who have taken oaths
binding them to abstain from active partic.ps-
tion in the war; and also expresses the confi
dent opinion that the usurped Government un
der Fierpoint will soon be overthrown, and
denounces extortion and extortioners, and con
dudes with congratulations at the bright and
glorious prospect before the country.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Richmond, 15th.—In the Senate the military
exemption bill was discussed all day.
A communication from the President inform
ing the Senate, in reply to tliei" resolut on,
that he has no authentic information of the
execution of soldiers in the Confederate army,
by any general officer.
In the House resolutions of inquiry relative
to the establishment of Asylums lor indigent,
invalid soldiers, and bounty lands, were
adopted.
The Conscript Bill was further disenssed,
an amendment was adopted exempting a regi-
ment of State troops organized in Texas for the
protection of the frontier of that State.
Of which abnormal man is decimal.
Retract, in prism immortal, from thy stats
To the stars blent incipient on our flag.
The beam translucent neutrifylng death;
And raise to immortality the rag.
This “authem” was greatly praised by a cel
ebrated German scholar; but the committee
felt obliged to reject it on account of its too
childish simplicity.
Here we have a
NATIONAL ANTHEM.
BY WILLIAM CULLEN B .
The sun sinks slowly to her evening post.
The sun swells grandly to his morning crown;
Y et not a star oar flac of Heav’n has lost,
And not a sunset stripe with him goes down.
So thrones may tall; ami from the dust of those
New thrones may rise, to totter like the last;
But still our country’s nobler planet glows
While the eternal stars of Heaven are fast
Upon Mnding that this did not go well to the
air of “Yankee Doodle,” the committee felt jus
tified in declining it; being furthermore pre
judiced against it by a suspicion that the poet
has crowded an advertisement of a paper which
he edits into the first line.
Next we quote from a
NATIONAL ANTHEM.
BY GEN. OKOUOE P. M .
FROM THE WEST.
Chattanooga, 15th.—Intelligence received
by the Daily Rebel, says lhat Buell has re
turned in force to Nashville, and that he has
stolen between ten and twelve thousand ne-
6 roes - HGMLworking them on the fortifica
tions aroiCn«a.-hvillc. The negroes are starv
ing. MsM,!jL them have escaped to their
owners. * “
Large meetings have been held by Tennes
seeans in Middle Tennessee; the country is
aroused and they have resolved never to allow
the enemy again to control their State.
In tbe days tbat tired our fatbers
Many years ago.
Our fair land achieved her freedom.
Blood-bought, you know.
Shall we not defend her ever
As we d defend
Tliat fair maiden, kind aud tender,
Calling us friend ?
Yes 1 Let other nations, hearing,
Joy in the tale.
Out Columbia is a lady,
High born and lair;
We have sworn allegiance to her—
Touch her who dare.
The tone of this “anthem” not beiDg devo
tional enough to suit the committee, it should
be printed on an edition of linen cambric hand
kerchiefs, for ladies especially.
Observe this,
NATIONAL ANTHEM.
BT N. P. W .
One hue of oar flag is taken
From the cheeks of my blushing Pet,
Its bine is the ocean shadow
That hides in her dreamy eyes,
It conquers all men like her,
And still for a Union flies.
Several members of the committee bein M)pi.
ous. it is not strange that this “anthem” of the
Anacreon spice to suit them. .
From the Daily Times.
NKEDADDLE.
’Tis a transitive verb of the active sort,
Applied to those critical cases
Where there's “no more defeats,” and the swiftest “re
treats”
Rnn into a changing of bases;
And a very good word, for it pictures in one
The posture, the pace and tne straddle;
While a Doodle recites what u Doodle has done.
Let “Webster ' make way for "skedaddle."
FROM RICHMOND.
Richmond, Sept. 16th.—Northern dates to
the 14th has been received by the Examiner
The Herald says the rebel camp at Frederick
was broken up on Friday, and the armv
marched to Hagerstown, preparing to inarch
into Pennsylvania to Chambershurg.
The Herald also says the rebels have retreat
ed from their position in Kentucky before Cin
cinnati. A
Kirby Smith made a speech to his artin'w
Wednesday, assuring them that in a few days
they would quarter in Cincinnati.
The YY Ashington Chronicle of the 14th, says
that Gen. Loring made an attack on Harper’s
Ferry on Friday, and was repulsed with great
slaughter, and that the attack was renewed the
next day with the same result.
The excitement at Harrisburg and Philadel
phia is increasing.
lhe Chronicle also reports tbat forty thous
and rebels under Beauregard left Richmond on
Tuesday to re-inforce Lee, and that New Or
leans is threatened oy a considerable army un
der Breckenridge and Van I)orn.
In New York on Fridjy’stocks declined one*
quarter to one per cent. U. S. sixes is quoted
at ninety-nine and three-quarters. Gold IK*}.
Exchange 130 to 135.
Liverpool dates to the 4th have been receiv
ed. News unimportant Breadstufi'g declined.
Cotton advanced two to three pence since 1 r.-
day.
With Longstreet and Lee in a figure of “V,”
And the Doodle* locked up In the angle,
Tis the term, and no less, which can fully express
The total rwsult of the tangle.
The rebels in front, the rebels in flank,
The rebels in rear with a paddle,
Haifa million of heels In a Hamper, oh Yank
You ve a reason and aright to "skedaddle."
A friend has handed us the following
squib:
The braggart Pope one day did boast,
He ne er had seen a Rebel's face—
Old Stonewall heard it—swift he went.
And soundly kicked the fellow’s “base.”
—Spirit of the South.
The Milledgeville (Ga.) Recorder says that
dogskins properly trimmed and tanned, make
excellent shoe leather, equal to calfskin. We
don’t want to kill the dogs, but we want their
skins, and if they can live without it, they are
welcome.
Perhaps a further saving might be made,
says the Wilmington Journal, ifiKe bark of the
dog could be used to tan his hide.
THE DAS11 INTO WILLIAMSBURG.
An eye witness of the dash into YYilliams-
burg—a gentlemen who was a prisoner there—
says that the charge was led by Major
Belcher, and was unexpected by the citizens,
who rushed out to see the fun. Tho ladies
even refused to go out of their porches while
the firing in the street was progressing, so re
joiced were they to see the “gray jackets” once
again in the town. The firing was chiefly
done in a corn field below the town. The same
gentleman, who was, when first captured,
carried to Fortress Monroe, there saw the
negroes most brutally treated by the soldiers,
knocking them down with bricks, and beating
them frightfully for the most trivial direliction
in the hard duty imposed on them.
Our informant, while at the Fort, bought a
pair of shoes, lor $4, in Confederate money.
The price for them in Federal money was
only $2.—Rich. Dispatch, 12’th.
FROM NASHVILLE.
The Chattanooga Rebel of the 14th says:
We learn from a gentleman from Davidson
county, that on Monday last, Gen. Buell was
gaged in having all his stores carried across
the river, and was evacuating Nashville. Our
cavalry were within a few miles of the city. It
was understood that Andrew Joh ison and Gen.
Buell had a personal difficulty, growing out of
the desire on the part ol Johnson to have ten
thousand troops left at Nashville. Andrew
Johnson is reported to have said that he inten
dt-d to make a breastwork of tb e women and
children of Nashville, to prevent that city from
falling into our hands. Buell ill reported to
have only 25,000 men.
They Want Moke Sailors.—A Northern
paper states that an application has been made
to one of the German States for sailors to serve
in the United States Navy. One thousand
were asked fer, and the reply was thAt 10,000
could be furnished at $45 per head, to include
passage money.
REPORTED EVACUATION OF SUFFOLK.
It is reported from the neighborhood of Suf
folk that the enemy are supposed to be evacua
ting that place. Since the recent battles on
the Potomac several hundred of the enemy’s
troops are known to have left that point; but
as their force there amounted to several thou
sand, it is probable that an immediate evacua
tion is not designed.—Richmond Dispatch,
12 th.
FROM THE WEST.
Mobile, 16th —A special despatch to the
Evening News, dated Tupelo 15th, says lhat
Gen’l Price’s army moved from Boldwyn, Miss.
Friday last on a forced march.
A messenger has just arrived and reports that
on Saturday afternoon the advanced guard un
der Gen’l Armstrong surprised and attacked
the Yankees six thousand strong at Iuka tin
ving them out of town, taking two hundred
prisoners.
Gen’l Price, with the main body, came up
on Sunday morning. The enemy fled in the
direction of EAst Port, leaving in our hands a
hundred thousand dollars’ worth of stores,
principally flour and salt Gen’l Price gave
chase. YYhen last heard from was seven ni les
behind the enemy.
Chattanooga, 16th.—Telegraphic commu
nication is established at Huntsville, Ala.
The Yankees destroyed all the works nd
engines of the Memphis and Charleston Road
before leaving that place.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Richmond, Sept. 16th.—In the Senate Hill of
Georgia, from the Committee on Judiciary, rv
ported a bill to declare certain persons alien
enemies. The bill provides that the President
shall issue a proclamation requiring all persons
in the Confederate States, who refuse to sup
port this Government, to depart within forty-
days beyond the territory and jurisdiction of
the Confederate States, provided that if any ot
said persons shall during th$^ortv days aband
on the government of the United States ami
renounce the oath of allegiance thereto, etc.,
they shall be relieved of the penalty against
alien enemies.
The military exemption bill was further con
sidered, and the Constitutional question has
been discussed for several days. It was dis
posed of by the adoption of an amendment ex
empting such State Officers as the several States
may have declared by law to be liable to mili
tia duty.
An amendment to exempt one editor of each
newspaper was rejected—ayes 8, nays 14.
A motion to strike out ministers of the Gos
pel was negatived—yeas 5, nays 17.
The Senate then adjourned.
In the House a resolution from the Senate
fixing 30th of September as the day for the
adjournment of Congress. The resolution was
agreed to.
lhe Conscript bill was further discussed
EXCITEMENT IN KENTUCKY.
r. r
A despatch of the same date from Louis*
ville, Ky., says:
The city was thrown into considerable ex
citement this afternoon by rumors that the
Union forces, under General Gilbert, wer -at
tacked at noon to-day, by the rebels, mar
Shelbyville, about thirty miles east of Louix
ville. The result was unknown. Large na
tional reinforcements are rapidly- approaching
Gen Gilbert. Several arrests of prominent
secessionists were made here to-day. They,
together with all the political prisouors hith-
erto confined here, were sent north ol the
Ohio River.
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