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SPEECH OF THE Han. John f. Breckinridge. Drltrcrcd iu the CnitrJ States Senate on thr. U'-th Dop of July, l'l'l. K I judicial authoritioa/ No, air. But to Major-Geu- that if African slavery stood in the way it must be j ernl Fremont when IieshoulJ reach St. Louis The civil authorities of the country are par-] abolished. [Mr. Dixon bad the Secretary read what he did *h sed. and practical martial law, is being-estab- say on the subject, as published yesterday ] Washington carried the Thirteen Colonics through the war of the revolution without martial law The President of the United Slates could not con duct the Government three months without resort-' Constitution was to he put aside Mr. Rr.-ckinridp (Don.. Ky..‘ pfe-oded r. nt length in opposition to rite rcso.ution. IF «tl r ordinary circumstance* he might content simply with n vote, hut now he though t it re.|n j»-jv«* <»xpre*wroii to hi* view?*. It wa?* p"‘ 1 fiiutiiHi to dw'laTi* the acts of the 1 The resolutioo on its face seems t «»fthe I’resident wjre not |*?rf« with the Constitution and the law ease, tllfti he; would *^Cougr*'^ to indemnify t*"p^UeJt"rr .. i.rcach of the Constitution. He do n -d that one branch of the Government can rude unity onblic orlic’.p. in another branch of the Government tor violation of th * I '.institution and laws. Tb* powers cou- l on the (i »vernmeiit «»v the ott.ie * tiiria, • till-measure of its authority jj-Vm^trmf«ries j ers, w hich iu every age has been the very evid'enc sp.n.. lid nti- biuiself ,1 to t by rea- ,,'siilent' approved — t,.admit that the acts ned in accordance It that were the * eoine reason lisficd all over the land The likenever happened ; Mr. Breckinridge said it appeared to him that ! lion tor a few minutes, while taking a survey ti this country before, and it would not be tolerated the most violent Republicans n any country in Europe which prr tend* to the i the Government, and referred ■lenient* of civilization and liberty. George j duced by Mr. Pomeroy to suppress the slavehol- I Shortlv afterwards, Generals Beauregard, John-. Gen. Smith heard while on the Manassas Kail- ston and Bonham, accompanied by their aids,! road cars the roar of the battle. He slopped rue ! came galloping tip the hill, and dismounted on the j train and hurried his troops across the nekis to me I summit. The Generals held an earnest conversa-1 point just where he was most needed: they were der's rebellion, and which also contained a pro vision for the abolition of s avery. Ho contended that the very title was enough to show that the n _ at tirst supposed to be the eneriry, their artival had possession of i the field, and watching tho successive challenges at that p"mt of the field being entirely uuex- to tire bill intro- from the enemies batteries, directed against our pected. right and among the woods near Mitchell's Ford. Thu enemy fell back, and a panic seized them. ntiiiilS uent 1M11A.HV11 o * - — - —j - * where a hospital was stationed and the yellow flag Cheer alter cheer from our men went up. aim we flying This was also the point where their tiro of knew the battle had been won ing to it. I presume every Senator has read the opinion of the Chief Justice to which I have re ferred. I shall content mvself with reading a few extracts, to- preseut ntv opinion oil the subject (Mr. B. read front the closing part of Judge Taney's opinion ) Thus the President has assume! the legislative attd judicial powers, and concentrated iu his j any otfers of peace are rule hands the executive, legislative and judicial pow Mr. Bingham (Rep., Mich , tasked if he contend, ed this was not a slaveholders' rebellion. Mr. Breckinridge—I do, sir; 1 do. He then referred to the refusal of last session to make any compromise, though the Southern leaders said they would be satisfied with the Crittenden Com promise. But all efforts were refused, ate' now rut of order in one Thursday was directed, and where the mark ot a cannon ball is to be seen in the kitchen and sta Thus was tite best appointed army that had ever taken the field on this continent beaten, and com- Mtnitiss, Uow the Slewi w»» Received nt Philnatet Forney’s Press of the terrible defeat Manassas was rceeiv The streets were speedily filled with hundreds of neryous, pallid citizens, who spoke in low fitful language of the proba ble effect of the repulse upon the prolonga tion of the war, the coin age of our sol- liery, and the inhuman exluiltation of tl , V •»« unit 1J nr in 111 lUU >*> •* * - • •• * . 1 1 * 1 * V, ble of « house where Gon Beauregard dined on ptlled t<> retreat in hot haste, leaving bemudItneni ] that day at the time tho ball struck the building. | everything that impeded their escape. Guns. , - , , , - r • I Whether the enemy’thought it was again his head-. knapsacks, hats, caps, shoes, canteens and blankets . “ , , i# 1 , .1 ,. i quartets, or whether the fiie wav now playing to ] covered the ground lor miles and mile: rictv. are honorably diselmrgefl a t the exiiir,^ ot their term of service, which is in short timer*”* TroViiiks or Tin: Victory -We have h M „t our trophies taken from the Yankees at the haul ot Mantissa estimated at from one and a half t two millions of dollars in value; but as Mr S ^ retarv Cairjeron has not yet furnished us with, C " invoice of the cost of the r.ufi led in different depart inept- are d -1 ermine 1 T.ie President has right- and power, .'erred, and ti.e Legislative Department i s powers House, and it is vain and idle to argue lor it He wanted to let the country know that Congress of despotism: and he exercises them to day, while • deliberately refused the last effort to avert the ward that point to draw out a response from ns i is not known. It is more likely, however, it was ' a mere feint I skillful ar j the enemy was most i.t force, for so our wise G ral considered it. as he was seen to direct Gen At about live o’clock, we heard cheer upon L-heerr, and the word “Davis' van along tho ranks cannon, muskets knapsacks, haversacks cartridge boxes, ainmnn' tioii, wagons, hors-'** * --** int—on impotent attempt to deceive our and we saw in the distance the tall, slender form rid able commander as to the point where j of oar gsfJant President, w ho had arrived upon we sit in the Senate chamber, and the other horrors of an internal struggle. j Johnston’s attention particularly with ids hand to-1 ot the South the field in time to set- the total rout of the army which threatened his capture, and the subjugation and" the^VirVieia! Department its powers, and lie denied | branches of the Legislature at the other end of the , words .’ I shad trouble the Senate no longer. I that either can encroach on theotlier, or indemnify tlie CapitoJ. Mr. President what is the excuse—what know that no argument or appeal will have any other for usurpation* of the powers confided by the ls the justification ’ Necessity? 1 answer, first,: effect. But why utter ] wards our extreme left, as if ho knew the gle was to be made there surpations Constitution. . , ... . , Con roess has no tn >re right to make constitutional the unconstitutional nets "t the President than the President to make valid the set of the Supreme t <mrt, - ncrinching on tlie Executive power or tire Supreme Coort to 111 ike valid an act of tli.-Execntive, encroac h ing the Judicial power. The resolution snbstaqti- allvdcel ires th.ai Congress may add t<> the Constitution ortake from it iu a manner not provided by that in strument: that her bare majority can by resolution juifc,. tlrut constitutional which is unconstitutional by the same authority. So. in whatever view, the power granted bv this resolution is ut.erly subversive of t.u- Constitution It might be well to ask if the Pre.-nlent had assumed power not conferred, lie ehoulu confine himself to the acts enumerated in the resolution nets which he declared to be usurpations on the part ot the Executive: and so far from approving Ice nets, he thought this high officer should be rebuked i>y both honscs of Congress. . , , . , , , The President lias just established blockades. Where is the clause in the Constitution which autbori- ze- it ? The last Congress refused to confer authority, and bv what authority did the President do it after lliev refused? The Const it lit ion declares that Con gress alone have power to declare war: yet the Presi- dent lias made war. In the last session the Senator from lUiiioiiis (I)ouglasi delivered a speech, on the l.‘»th of March, which he would read. lie then read an extract of 3Ir. Douglas' sp.-ech. d< daring that the President had no right to make a blockade at New Or leans or Charleston, more than at Chicago. He also read from a speech of Daniel Webster; delivered m ltSli.ee Harm r that Gen Jackson had no right to block a.leCharleston. He said he approved the sentiments uttered by these eminent statesmen, who were former ly regarded «s sound, and thought the time had again come when it would not be thought treason to maintain them. Tne resolution proceeds to approve the aet of the President enlisting men for three and live years. By what authority of the Constitution nnd law has he done this? The power is not in the Constitution, nor gran ted bv law. Therefore, it must be illegal nnd uncon stitutional. Again, the President by his own will has added immensely to the army’: whereas the Constitu tion says Congress alone have power to raise armies. He has"also added to the navy, against the warrant of the Constitution. These nets ure not defended on constitutional or legal gtouuds, and he pronounced them usurpations. This resolution goes on to recite that the President has suspended the writ of habrnt corpus, aud proposes to ratify and make that val id Wo have a great deal of talk about rights—the rights of States, the rights of individuals, and some of them have been said tube shadowy and imaginary: but the right of every citizen to be arrested only by a warrant of law, and iiis right to have his body brought before a judicial authority, in order that the grounds of that arrest may bo determined on, is a real right. There can be no dispute about that —It is the right of rights to all—high, low, rich ot poor. It i- especial ly the right of that clase whitli hi> Excellency the President calls plain people. It is a right the res- p. i t of which is a measure of progressnr.deivilizution. It is a right that has been struggled for, fought for, guarded by laws aud backed up in constitutions. To have maintained it by arms, to have suffered for it, then to have it established on foundations so immntahle that the authority of the sovereign could not shake it, isthe chief glory of the British people, from whom wc derive it. In England the legislative power alone can suspend it. The monarch of Eng land cauuot suspendtliat right. But theTrans Atlan tic freemen seem to be eager to approve and ratify acts which a Eurspen monarch dare not perform- It needs no legal argument to show that the President cannot suspend the writ of habeas corpus. I content myself with referring to the fact, that ir is classed among the legislative powers by the Constitution. And that article conferring powers on the President torches not the question. I may add that u|Kin no occasion has it ever been asserted in Congress, so far as 1 recollect, that this power exists on the part of the Executive. On one occasion Mr. Jefferson thought ti.e time had arrived wiien the writ might be suspended, but he did not undertake to do it himself, and did not i ven recom mend it. He submitted it to Congress, and in the long debates which followed, there was not the least intimation that the powers belonged to the Executive. T then point to the Constitution aud ask Senators from what clause they deduce the right, by any fair con struction of the instrument itself, wlmt part eonfeis the power on the President ? Surely not that clause which enjoins him to take care of the Constitution and the Laws, and faithfully to execute them. The most emi nent commentators of the Constitution-declat-e it to be a legislative right. The opinion ofthe present Chief .1 usti -c, which has never been answered, makes nil further argument idle and superfluous. and one of tlie worst signs of the times is the manner iu which that opinion has been re eeived. A subordinate military offict r in Baltimore arrests a private citizen and confines him in a fortress. His friend* get a writ of habrnt corpus, but it cannot be executed. The Chief Justice then gives an opinion, which is commended, not only tiv the Tirofessbn of which he is so great uu ornament, but by all thoughtful men in the country. The newspapers of the coun try, and the men excited by violent passions, have denounced the Chief Justice, but hove not answered bis opinion. There it stands, oue of those productions which will add to liisrenown. Tbeabuxenf the press,and the refusal to respect just authority', and the attempt to make that high ju dicial officer odious, will vet recoil on these men. I honor him for the courage with which he did nis duty, ns well as for the calm and temperate manner in which he performed it. I am glad he yet remains among us, a man ao remarkable for liis honored length c.f years, and his eminent public services, and forjtlie rectitude of his private life, that he may be justly ranked among the most illustrious Americans of our day. You pro pose to make this act of the President valid w it!.out making a defence of it, either on legal or constitution al gT»u nils. What would be the effect? In thus ap proving what the President has done in the past, you lavitehim to do the like in thefuture, and tlie law of the country will lie prostrate at the feet of tlie Execu tive, nnd in his discretion he may substitute the milita ry power for judicial authority. Again Mr."President,although there are few of us here who rake the view of tlie Constitution by this right, which lain advocating to-day, I tiust we will not, under any circumstances, fail to protest in km pernte but manly hint tinge against what we < < i sidrra usurpation of tlie President, l,ct me call the attention ofllie Senate briefly to another aet against which 1 protest in the name ofthe Constitution,and the peo ple I represent. You have practically martial law all over this land. The houses of private citizens are searched without warrant of law. The right efthe citi zen tobeararms is rendered nugatory by tlieir being taken from them without judicial prov en, and upon mere suspicion- Individuals are seized without legal warrant, and imprisoned. The other day. since Congress met, a military officer in Baltimore appointed a Marshal for that city. Will any man defend tlie act? Does it not override all other law* Is it not substituting tlie rule of a military commander for the laws ofthe land? What more authority had this officer to ap point a marshal for the city ot Baltimore than lie had to appoint a pastor for one oftheireongregations or a president for one of their banks? The Con stitution guards the people against any seizure without a warrant of judicial authority. IDs not the President of the United States, by one broad sweeping act, laid his bands upon the private cor respondence ol the whole community? Who de fends it as conformable to tlie Constitution? I am told, sir—and if I had the power I would offer a resolution to inquire into >t, in the name ot the public liberties—1 am told that at this mo ment, in the jail iu this city, there are individuals who have been taken by military authorities from Maryland and other States, and uow lie hern and cannot get out. and in some instances they have actually been forgotten. 1 was told of one in stance where a man was put in jail heie and for gotten. His friends made application at one of the Departments and they looked into the case and found nothing against him. and he was discharg ed. But in the rush of events, the very existence of this mar. and the cause of his imprisonment, were forgotten. We may have this joint resolu tion to approve these acts, and make them valid, but we cautuit make them valid in fact. I know that Congress, in the exercise of its legislative functions, may appropriate money, hut it has been expended by the President without warrant of law . But whatever unconstitutional act he may have committed cannot be cured by a joint resolution. It stands there, and will stand forever. Nor can this Congress prevent a suc ceeding Congress from holding any officer of the Government responsible for a violation of tbo Constitution. 1 enumerate what I regari a s tiie usurpations of the Executive, and against which I wish to record the protest of these who are un willing to see tlie Constitution subverted, uuder w hatever pretext, necessity, or otherwise. Mr. B. then re-enumerated the several acts, in the resolution to w hich he had referred. These great fundamental rights, sir, the sanctity of which is tho measure of progress and civilization, hare been trampled under foot by the military, and are being now trampled under foot every day in the presenca of the- two Houses of Congicss: and yet so great on one side is the passion of the hour, and so astouishing the stupid amazement of tho other, that we take it as natural, as right, and as of routse. VVeare rushing, sir, and with rapid strides, from a constitutional government into a military despotism. The Constitution says, the freedom of speech aud of the press shall not he abridged, yet, three days ago, in tha city of St Louis, a military of ficer. with four hundred soldiers—that was his warrant—went into a newspaper officer in that city, removed tlie type, and declared that the paper should be no longer published, and gave among other reasons, that it was fabricating reports in jurious to the United States soldiers in Missouri. Is there a Senator here, a citizen of this laud, who will say that tha slightest color of authority exists on the part, of a military officer for depriv- ing a citizen of liberty or property without a war rant of law, or to suppress the freedom of the j?** 4 And we are all told by the same despatch hat the proprietors of the paper submitted, and iuttadad to make ' ~ . fieri- was no necessity. Was it necessaty to pre-, I have cherished all my life an attachment to serve the visible emblems of Federal authority ! tbe Union of these States, under the Constitution here that the Southern coast should have been of the United States, and I have always revered blockaded? Did not the same necessity exist j that instrument as one of tite wisest of human w hen Congress, at the last session, refused to pass , works: bat now it is put aside by the Executive the Force bill? Was it necessary to the existence of the Uuited States, and those acts are about to of the Uuion, till Cotigress should meet, that pow- 1 tie approved by the Senate, and I see proceedings ers not conferred by the Constitution should be I inaugurated, which, in my opinion, will lead to trug- : The President left Richmond at 6 o'clock in the : morning, aud reached Mauassas Junction at 4, city, or desolation entered into its houses, or each'man felt in his heart the liable death, or anything ot individual or per sonal misfortunes occurred, there might have been some cheerfulness to light up r%J „ iCUl . i the anxious faces. In this case however, h T '\ t ' t c , \ r’ 'VTn D * vis .'Wregardi . . nii.- i - t • Johnston A-Co. wtll settle the claim n Wasl ina I it was an linperrelleled nation, w hich nn-| ton . ""“mg* j plied to every Philadelphian an imperill- bacon, coffee, sugar, fa i." tope aud other articles, we cannot arrive at a cor' r-wt estimate of their worth. Let them send tw a billot a’.i. We doubt not they have sufficient as surance to send us a bill ot th. same for payment- I We notice that a large number of wagons, and j 2,0!)0 horses have just been s»nt to their armv ; n listing Colonel Stewart. This si assumed. Was there a necessity for overrunning the State the utter subversion of the Coustitution and pub- liberty. It is vain to oppose it. I am aware ; perhap; Gen. Johnston’s division had been detained on the railroad. As I have said. Gen. Beauregard was not eeived, for the immense clouds of dust appearing , above tlie woods, indicated beyond a doubt, the j form pass by, raise their heads, and heard them Nbrrman'M Ratter*. of Missouri? Was there a necessity for raising | that, in the present temper of Congress, one might the largest army ever assembled on the American ! as well oppose his ut lifted band to the descend- continent, and for collecting the !arg st fleet ever i ing waters ofNiagara, as to risk an appeal against collected in an American harbor? Congress may I these contemplated proceedings. The few of us deem it was necessary in contemplation of a pro-! left can only look with sadness on the melancholy traded struggle for the preservation of the Con- drama being enacted before us. We can only stitution and tbe Union. Wiiat I mean to say is. hope that this lla-h of frenzy may not assumethe that there was none of that overruling necessity form of chronic madness, but that Divine Provi- fur present preservation w hich may apply to | deuce may preserve for its and our posterity, usurpations ofthe Constitution. In the case of | out of tho wreck of a brokenUnion.theprice- the man in Maryland who was confined so long in j less principles of constitutional liberty and self- i Fort McHenry, w|ts there any necessity' of con- ' government | the fatigue ofthe day’s journey. We saw the r0 r8 of war came home to our once ItappV , From LH-ut. Warren Wilkes of de- poor wounded soldiers on the. road side and.tt the peop l e in all their ignomy and acuteness, of South Carolina volunteers, wl,.. ing holds, when they observed the President s manly j ‘ [, . . „ r_ J c t l terday in charge of hts brother. Adi - We heard of a number of cases where | kille dat Mannassas, we ubtamths eak and aged citizens fell half lifeless at liars of the capture of this eelebn , iu re first intimation, and many were taken i battery was ranskedm a pine thicket, trom whichposi! , - , , , . v -• 1 1 tlou 11 opeiu-u a tire, at aLjut ten annates ) their beds under circumstances ot al- I 8 o’clock in the mornipg, upon Major White’s battah tost hopeless recovery. : i'.nof the Ith Sunth Carolina Regiment, whi.-h main. titling him instead of turning him over to the civil authorities' Mr. Lane (Rep . lud ) said he wanted to know I if the President had not saved the country by The chief charge was, that weeks before he had j prompt action. He sanctioned all done, aud the been concerned in treasonable acts. Was not the | people sanctioned it; and he sanctioned all to be judicial authority there to take charge of hint, and ! done when ottr victorious columns shall sweep if convicted, to punish him? If there was a ne-j treason front all Virginia. The President had cessity in the present state of affairs and Congress ] suspended tlie writ of habins corpus, and be only iti session here, then what a long necessity wc. regretted the corpus of Baltimore treason had not i- j been suspended at the same time. Suppose tho Senator from Kentucky had been elected Presi dent; would we have refused to defend the Capi- i every State in this 1 tai w hen he found that armed rebellion was en- be a vestige of civil; deavoring to capture it ? He believed not. lie Federal columns were moving in solid masses in , give shout upon shout and cheer upon cheer, another direction, and one which was uumistaka-' T -• ' ........ ■— ble. Just at this time, by the aid of our glass, we could see their guns brought to bear on tlie hill where we stood, for in a few moments the. smoke was discovered issuing front their batteries of ritled caution, and before scarcely a word could be said the peculiar whiz and hissing of the bulls notified us that their aim bad been well taken. Several balls fell in a field immediately behind us, and not a bundled yards from the spot where the Generals stood. An officer of Gen. Beauregard’s staff re quested us to leave the hill, and ns we moved away a shell burst not twenty feel off. Col Bon ner calculated with his watch the time taken by It has been stated that the President commanded the centre and joined iu the charge, but this is a mistake. The train had been delayed and ar rived at the Junction two hours behind its time, which must have been a grevions disappoint ment. The Washington Artilery, who had drawn their guns up the hill and in front of the house known as Mr. Lewis’—Gen. Cocke's and Gen. Johnston's heatfquarters. and which was riddled with shot— commanded by Major J. B. Walton in person, gave the enemy about this time a parting salute. With the aid of our glass, which was more pow erful than his own. he observed the carriage of a gun some two miles off. He gave the order for the 4th Regime^ arrived here ve . , ljutont S.M. Wilkes killed at Mannassas, we obtain the following partien! lars of fhe caplin .- of this celebrated battery r n mined its ground until the 4th Alabama ami lit]] \'ir” ginin Regiments r-ame to its assistance. The battle ntinued to increase in vigor and intensity, und j The Washington correspondence of the [whilst raging most furiously, our men at this point Vpu York /Cr/>/-/'vv after ffivitl"" a trloomv | folding they were being overwhelmed in number, j , . . T - , S , r ’ , & i were about giving way the centre of the column. At the balls to pass us. and made the distance IJ another fire and Lieutenant Dearing pointed the miles from the enemy’s battery. The enemy no piece. Before the ball had well reached the point doubt discovered the horses of the Generals, and J aimed at, a whole regiment of the enemy appeared ;avo before us and impending over us. Let Con gress approve and ratify these acts, and there may occur a necessity which will justify the President in superseding tlie law Union, and there will not 0 . authority left to raise against this usurpation ol | proceeded to allude to the seizure of telegraphic military power. But I deny this doctrine of ne-! despatches, severely commented on as a usurpa- thought it a good opportunity to display their markmanship. and credit is due to them for tlie | accuracy of their aim who governs all things, covered the heads of our Generals as with a shield, and preserved them for j them the hazardous service in which they were in a short hour or two to be engaged. It was now about eleven o'clock, and the enemy having opened with rifle cannon and shell on ... their right, which they had continued for more I deny that tlie President of tbe United | tioii of power by the Senator from Kentucky.— j than three hours, without response, we heard away iate tlie Constitution upon the That seizure would be r.ecessaty. perhaps, to int- j plicate certain Senators on this tloor. He had , read this day. in a paper, that a Senator had in sight going at the “double quick” down the B j Centreville road. Major Walton immediately Providence, however, 1 ordered another shot “to help them along,” as he ' said, and two wereienf without delay right at There was no obstruction and the whole cessity. Stales ntay vio ground of necessity. The doctiine is utterly subversive of the Con stitution. It substitutes the wiil of one. man (ora written constitution. The Government ofthe United States, which draws its life from the Con- j July stitution. does not rest upon an implied consent to the left, about 3 miles distant, the heavy boom- front of the regiment was exposed. One-half were seen to fall, and if Gen. Johnston had not at j - that moment sent an aid to Major Walton, with tho ; were not, as ntay be. supposed, intoxicated, description of Ml\ Lincolns list levee be- j this critical juncture, Ex-Gov. Smith with his 4!hh loro tlie great battle, adds : There is a feature of military life now daily witnessed in Washington, which should eertaily he put a stop to, and which last night formed a sad contrast fo the blight festivities of the Presidents man sion. In sight of the White House, within sonnds,of the strains of gladsome music, the guests to and fro Wore stopped by American soldiers who positively begged for a cent Regiment of Virginians, came to the rescue. Seizin? a Confederate flag he unfurled it to the breeze, and appealing to the troops in short, forcible terms,to rally to tlie rescue and make one gallant, final charge with their comrades inarms and win the day, he put him self at the head of the column, and followed bv our gallant men, charged through several companies of -harp shooters stationed in the boshes and behind fences, reached the terrible battery, and amid a blind ing- storm of “leaden rain and iron nail” captured it amt turned the pieces on the panic-stricken foe. Not on., man of Sherman’s battery wns left to tell of its cap. ture, anil lmt four horses remained alive. [Columbia, {*S. C.) Guardian, The Mobile Flying Artillery,20 guns, who hava I he majority ot these tticn j ijgen for some months past at Pensacola, arrived of camion, followed immediately by the rat- j Reynold, of New Orleans, who was struck in the i tling crack cf musketry—the discharges being j forehead while giving the word of command. order to cease filing, nearly tlie whole regiment but were decent in appearance, and two would have been killed. Of the Washington Artillery, only one member of the detachment was killed, viz: Sergeant Joshua in Richmond on Saturday aud proceeded on to Manassas. It is cotemporary with and a rival of them to my knowledge, were of good in- !!’ e 1 ;' rr ] ous Washington Artillery Battalion of ° D I New Orleans. The citizens of Mobile are enlisted tellcctlial attainments. _ | heart and soul, in tho success of their favorites— This spectacle of heggery is now so coin- j tlie Flying Artillery—whose efforts we h >pe the moil that a person, unless attired in uni-1 Gods may bless.—Richmond Dispatch, -29’A. telegraphed that President Lincoln’s Congress i repeated and continuous—which notified us the | Privates Pavne and Crutcher were slightly f nrm „ nrm ot walk nn* hnnd-ed varda on would not be allowed to meet here on the 4th of | engagement had commenced in earnest at the j wounded. j form, cannot walk one tiunarea >aras on It rests upon an express and written consent, and ] alluded to hint. Mr. Breckinridge said he supposed the Senator the main street ofthe Capital of the na tion, without witnessing the humiliating the Government may exercise such powers and such only as sire given in this written form of gov eminent. The people of tlies. brought Dr. Gaston, of South Carolina, formerly Mr Lane replied that ho did. Mr. Breckinridge replied that his personal re States conferred i lations with the Senator precluded him front be en this agent of theirs just such powers as they | lieving that lie would do anything unkind ; but a Surgeon in Col Gregg s Regiment, but now at deemed necessary. Al! others were retained. The | he had to say that the statement that he sent such [ tached to Gen. Beauregard's headquarters, was Constitution was made for all contingencies—for a dispatch was totally unfounded. He would not peace, and for war; and they conferred all the pretend to deny all the charges made against him power they deemed necessary, and more cannot be | in the papers. He bad attempted it once, but assumed. If the powers he not sufficient, still none [ others were granted, and none others can be ex- j . . . , _ ercised. Will this be denied’ I He would say, however, now, that the statement j bill immediately overlooking the ground where Is the idea to be advanced that all constitn-! that he had telegraphed Mr. Jefferson Davis, or ; our brave soldiers were manfully and persistently tonal questions are to be made subordinate en- j written him, that Kentucky would furnish him j struggling for the victory. ] point where the battle was to be fought and won. I Thus did fifteen thousand men, with IB pieces j Proceeding towards the scene of action about artillery, drive back ingloriousiy a force exceeding . ^ . two miles, we came to a creek in the hollow where I :i5ji(!0, supported by nearly a hundred pieces of spectacle of the American soldier reduced j one of the hospitals for the day had been s.atim, : I believe the official reports will sustain to begging. What may be the cause of -- i ed, and the first wounded, some JO or-> ‘. had been j :ne ir , the assertion that General Beauregard did ., - n assiduously attending to the wants of the wounded. At this point Generals Beauregard and John ston, accompanied by a staff ot some 10 or 12 of- ! found the charge reiterated in the same journal | fleers, passed at the full gallop, riding towards the second day after he had expressly denied it- j their headquarters for the day, which were on a tirely to the opinions and ideas that may prevail, at the hour, with reference to political unity? with 7,000 armed men. was, like other charges to tally false. And he had been informed by the as been held heretofore, and I thought it. was j Governor of Kentucky that the charge in respect to axiomatic and received by the world, that the tetmsof the Constitution of the United States him was equally false Mr. Lane then proceeded to defend the suppres- w ere the measure of power on the one side, and of! sion of certain traitorous newspapers, disarming obi dience on the other. Lei US take care how w- ! the people iu rebellion, and other acts which the establish a principle that, under any presumed ! Senator from Kentucky deemed unconstitutional, stress of circumstances, powers not granted may j Alittsion had been made to the compromise of last be assumed. Take eare and do not furnish an session, but he would only say that none was argument to the world and h'story that it shall not made because of traitors who occupied the now respect that authority which no longer respects its vacant seats. All they asked now was the Ken- own limitation These are a few of the reasons that will contr;d my vote against this resolution. I hope it will be j voted upon, and if it should receive a majority, as ] I fear it will, it wiil be an invitation to the Presi j dent of the United States, in the absence ot all > legislation, to do the like acts whenever, in liisj opinion, it may be necessary. What will be the j ffect of it in Kentucky, and Missouri, and every- ; tucky remedy for treason—hemp. where? In his discretion he will feel himself war ! God be the glory. From tbe Richmond Dispatch. The Battle of Stone Bridge. WRITTEN BY AN EYE-WITNESS. Manassas Ji nttion, July 22 By Divine favor w e are again victorious To nted in subordinating the civil to the military power, and to imprison citizens without the war rant of law, and to suspend the writ of habeas cor pus, and establish martial law, to make searches and suppress the press, and to do all those, acts which rest on the will and authority of a military commander. In my judgment, if we pass this, we are upon he eve of putting, so far as we can, in the hand 1’iie armies of the North and South yesterday faced each other—the former not legs than 50,- 000 meu, the latter not exceeding 30,000—and wrestled together for six long hours, with that desperate courage which Americans only can | show. I proceed to give you, as near as I can, a full aud detailed history ot that terrible battle, which will, through all time, make famous Bull Run and of the President of the United States, the power ! the plains of Manassas, of a dictator. With such what are we to expect in the future? When we j who had commanded the array of the Shenandoah, ,se“ men imprisoned within hail of the Capitol, i posted at Winobuster, arrived nt Manassas June without warrant, and Congress in session, and the j tion with four thousand of his division, to run- A targe force of cavalry were here stationed, | end as the Generals passed they called for tnree j cheers for Beauregard, which were immediately given, with right good will, and which the Geii- | era! gracefully acknowledged by lifting Ids hat from his head and bowing his thanks. ! Both of our Generals were plainly dressed. No j large epaulettes, no gilt, nor any fuss and feathers; j you could only distinguish them at a distance to be officers by their swords, hut on a closer ittspec- tion, the marks of genius and military skill were ! unmistakable. Their uniform was what I took to j be plain undress. Not the least sign of exeite- i uient was to be seen on the countenances of eith- : er as they coolly rode forward into the storm of ■ iron hail. Beauregard’s eyes glistened with ex pectation, no doubt, when ho afterwards threw himself into the very heart of tbe action, appear ing then, as was afterwards most expressively said of him. to be the very impersonation of the ‘■god of war.” General Johnston, too, looked every inch a commander, and preved himself to be the w orthy inheritor of the prowess and virtues of his ancestors On reaching the top of the hill, where was a white house, owned, I believe, by a Mr. Lewis, j they were again discovered by the enemy, as the rifled shot and shell whizzed thro’ the air and i lodged in the hollow behind. The aim was not j so good at this time, the accurate artillerists three j I miles below not having yet com* up with the | enemy’s main body. regard net bring more than fifteen thousand men into the action. The total force under Gen. McDowell was over 50,000, but 35.000 would probably cover tbe force in action at the Stone Bridge. Many of the prisoners say that General Scott slept on Saturday night at Centerville, aud was within two miles of his lines on Sunday in his carriage. Whether this be so or not, this defeat is his, and tho first he ever suffered; but the men who fought and won his battles were now arrayed against ium, and they wore determined not lobe conquered. Secretary Cameron, of the War Department, Washington, was also stated to have been on the field, in company with Mr. Ely, Congressman from the Rochester District, N Y., who A - as captured, and Senator Foster, of Connecticut. They came to witness a Waterloo defeat ofthe Confederate army. They tied after witnessing a Waterloo de feat of Gen. Scott’s grand army. Of the pursuit, already the particulars are known. Suffice it to say, we followed them on the Leesburg road and on tlie Centerville road as far as Centerville and Fairfax. The poor wretches dropped their guns, their knapsacks their blankets, nnd everything they had—they fell on their knees and prayed tor mercy. They received it—Southerns have no animosity against a defeated enemy. VVe have captured 900 prisoners, and they will be treated with kindness. We have also captured C7 pieces of cannon, among them numerous fine pieces, Armstrong guns and ritled cannon, hun dreds of wagon loads of provisions and ammuni tion The credit is accorded them that they fought well and long, but their cause was bad—they were on soil not their own, nnd they met their equals who were fighting in defence of their homes, their liberty, and their honor. D. G. D. We commend the following, from the Richmond Dispatch, to those who SPECIAL NOTICES. S A Si A I* A It 11,1,.A has lout; been etnlorseii by the Medical “ “ this destruction among the troops is not my province lo entire, but tb.t it doc, | j^rEf” exist is a “stubborn fact." I dence to oiler to the public a sure and certaii reir Who wants to rent a city—a regular . . . . . , / ° . rreujiieu mm w*m uv d\. o. a. u. iiAzUii?. i/rnc- big thing / New York IS just now plas- ! ton Fulton Street, New York. Price 25 cents 1 Faculty as a mild, safe and atfeetive’app. rient and alterative. To extend its usefulness, all the scientific appliances of modern chemistry have been pure pnbiic a sure and certain remedy for all diseases arising from impurity of tbe blood, or derangement of tbe biliary functions. Prepared and sold by A. B. <Sc D. SANDS. Drc?- beginnitig as this,! On Friday, tbe 19th, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, ! At about 2 o cloca Beauregard and Johnston :, i os t friends arid relations in the oreit future? When we who had co inmanded the army of the Shenandoah, •'"sumed the command of our main body at the ' la lenc S an re a ions in le B l a Courts paralyzed, and Congress not rising in protest of indignant terms against it we may well lie filled with gloomy borebodings for the future What may we expect, except a line of conduct in keeping with what Las been done? Is thi3 a con test to preserve the Enion? If so, then it should be waged in a constitutional manner. Is the doc- 'rine to obtain that provinces are to be entirely subordinate to the idea of political unity? force Gen, Beauregard. The remainder of his army (with the exception of a sufficient force to hold' Winchester,) were intended to arrive on Sat urday. the 20th ; but in consequence of some rail road casualty, they did not reach the scene of con flict until Sunday, between the hours of 2 and 3 o'clock, when the battle was raging at its height. Gen Johnston, although perhaps entitled, by j Stone Bridge The line of battle extended some seven miles ' | up and clown tbe creek, and during tl>« d»y thorn wore some minor engagements at other fords. At Blackburn’s Ford, Geueral Jones’ Brigade made ari attack upon tlie left flank of the enemy, who had two strong batteries in n commanding position, which it was important to capture. The | fifth S. C. Regiment led the attack, but our troops battle: THE FALLEN REAVE. Oi all tbo forme in wliioli inun can meet death, none is more grand and beautiful titan that in which he lays down his life in a good cause. Death is the common lot of all. and in one shape or other must over- tcred all over with hand-bills, “To Let. Don’t Dr.” Lincoln, of Washington, want to hire a city ? It will probably cost him a little more than it did by some of our M. C’s.—but the city is “To Let.”—N. Y'. Day Book". • Vial. Sambo and his Prisoner..—Amusing well as solemn things sometimes occur battle. During the light at Manassas, aj ~ ® ! “Search for THE CHINESE EVIPIRE.—It the internal affair* ofthe Chinese Empire.it would be extremely impolitic for us or any other Christian power to interfere, but should our agents ortorees he induced to lend their aid in giving free Circulation to “Jacob’s Cholera, Dysen tery and Diarrluea Cordial,” it would at once Confirm the truth of ohz protestations of sympathy and philan- thropliy toward the extraordinary people. Sold bv Jlerty A. Hall, nlso bv Grieve fit Clarke. 10 It. negro servant of one of the officers wa armed, and concluded to take his chance and hold fast that which is good,” which is an old saying, and truly verified in Dr. McLean’s Medicines—the celebrated Stkenotiikmn’o Cordiai. i ■ i , j and IJlooij Purifier, and McLk.an s Voi.casic in the battle on hlS own hook. He cap- Lj,,. Limmeft. There have never been remedies that tured a New York .Zouave, and during an I have become so deservedly popular in so short a timo interval ofthe fight returned with his those: they can now be found in the closets of nearly . . . ^ . - ! 4*very lamily m tins eitv, ready tor use when reqmred, prize to his masters Lent. W ltll a firm . because they will act just as it is^tatedin the direc- grasp on the colar of the Zouave he mar- tions. See the advertisement in another co’u tin. died him in at a double-quick, exclaim ing: “Mussa, here’s oue dein debbils been shooting at ver.” Richmond Julv 29th.—Thomas M IVEYELS. WINSLOW, An experienced nurse and female physician, has a Soothing Syrup for Children teething, which greatly fa cilitates tbe process of teething by eofteningthe gums reducingallinflammation—will allay all pain, and is Foreman lias been elected by the Geor- j sure to regulatethe bowels. Depend upon it, mothers, gia delegation a member of the Confeder- [it will give rest to yourselveB, anil relief and health ate Congress in the place of Gen. Bartow I to your infants. Perfectly safe in allcaees. Seeadver- deceased 1 tisementin another onlnmn. 14 ty. From the Intelligencer. ICe-elerlioii of Cov. Brotvu. Messrs. Editors:—I state at tho outset, that I am not the political friend of the present incum- ’ jlOOI’llACl(§•:.—Occasioned by Cold, exposed 1 nerves and many other causes, can he speedily and effectually cured by using the CLOVE AN0- DYNETOOl'il ACHE DROPS. Acting upon the nerve, it imparts instantaneous dief. Without dis- during tlie teetli or utiplea'"itl affecting tlie breath Iwnt in the Gubernatorial chair : 1 did not vote ,,r palate. Onee used, yon will never willingly be ’thout it. Only try it, and complain no more of for him, for I prefered another, a roan wit] Whig principles. But at this crisis. 1 merge the | aching teeth partisan »» cwiticn nnd go for the highest inter est and chief good of th? State. 1 His superior we cannot find. He Sandereville, Ga., Jan. 7. 1858. Gentlemen : This is to certify that my mother tvas may have | afflicted with Dropsy for a long time, and that all Shall the rallying cry be, the Constitution and ! s'”? 1 military rule, to the command, being the su- the Union, or are we prepared to say that the Con- j P pr iq r * n rank of Beauregard, with the magna- stitution is gone, but the L’nion survives ! What | namity and chivalric courtesy tor which that gal- sort of a Union would it be ? Let this principle ! Iar -I soldier is distinguished, ieft the latter to i were compelled to retire for a while under the ! every man; but he who goes forth to heavy fire of the batteries and musketry, and the j meet it for the benefit of humanity, may ; enemy immediately retreated. Up to the time of j we ll be said to die more gloriously than : tins attack, these batteries had been bombardin - — L - be announced, and let us carry on this contest ■ rule the plans which bad all beeu matured, assur- ; all ..he morning General Longsireet’s position in i his entrenchments on this side of tho Run. Gen. Evans, of South Carolitia, was the first to jdid Socrates, for “Socrates died like a phi losopher,” but this man “like a God.” No bler life can no man live, than he who ing Beauregard of bis earnest co-operation to wards their success. And nobly did Gen John- mquire, what wilf becomeof I Rtoli redeem bis promise, contributing in no small — ‘ degree to the victory which was achieved on the ever-memorable 21st, by his distinguished asso- ith this spirit, winking at or approving tbe vio. lations of this sacred instrument, and the people will soon tx gin onr liberties tri the end of the experiment ? Tlie pregnant question for us to decide is, whether 'he Constitution is to be respected in this strug- i ciate in arms. . gle, oi whether we are called upon to follow the| Y' ie night before tlie battle, it was generally un flag over the ruins of the Constitution ? I believe, j derstood at Manassas Junction the enemy were without questioning the motives of any, the whole I gathering in great force, aiul designed turning our tendency ofthe present proceedings is to estab-1 flank, which rested a few miles above the lish a Government without limitations, and radi- scene of Thursday’s engageti lead his brigade into action at Stone Bridge. It j walks in the footsteps of the incarnate Son I consisted of the 4th South Carolina Regiment and of Deity, nor a more godlike death than ! Wheat’s Louisiana battalion Sustaining them , 0 ; ; h> in humble imitation of Him, for listing of the 17th i , 1 , „ , , lly to change our frame and character of Gov- ment. engagement, at a ford on Bull’s Knn called Stone Bridge. We retired to rest tinder the full conviction that was Gen. Cocke’s brigade, consistin and 19th and 28th Viiginia Regiments, command ed respectively by Cols. Cocke, Withers and Robt I was told the other day by a distinguished j OI > Hm morrow the fortunes of our young nation American that many Americans abroad, when ] were to be staked on a mighty contest, and we asked about tbe present condition of things here, • were not disappointed. said: “We thought your Federal Government | I here were not many spectators of the battle, rested on consent, and how do you propose to j f’ ,e General commanding having, on Thursday, maintain it bv force?” Olten the answer would ! issued a general order requiring all civilians, with the good of the human race Thus fhe Martyrs and Confessors of all T. Preston. These brigades were the first fobenr ! n ,r CS> w ho have passed through great tribu- the brunt of the action, as they were exposed to a | lations an< ] at Jast sea led their holy faith with their blood, are most honored in the Christian church ofall the earthly repre sentatives of its certified and risen Lord, the Divine Martyr of Calvary. And sure ly, next to them, indisenterestedness, self- sacrifice and heroism, wo may place the glorious men who died for their country. be, “It was intended to rest on consent, but it has failed. It is not strong eDongu and we in tend to make it s*rong enough, and t.) change the character of the govertment, and we will give it all the strength we deem essential without regard to the provisions of the Constitution, which was made seme eighty years ago, and lias been found cot fit for the present condition of affairs.” I think it is well that the attention of the coun try should be called to the tendency of things. I know there are thoughtful, conservative men— thousands of men who love the Constitution— scattered through the adhering States, who would never consent to make this contest with any pur pose to interfere with the personal rights of po litical communities. He then referred to a sugges tion in a Northern paper that a change in the character of the Government was contemplated, and also to a speech made by tbe present Secre tary of War, in which he said the Southern States must be subdued, nnd, at. the end of this contest there would be no Virginians, as such, or Caroli nians, but all Americans. I call on Senators fo defend tho Constitutional ity of these acts, or else admit that they carry on this contest without regard to the Constitution. I content myself in saying that it never tvas con templated by the framers of the Constitution that this Government should be maintained by milita ry force or by subjugating different political com munities. It was declared by Madison and by Hamilton himself that there was no competency J j the exception of residents before military opera tions commenced, and those engaged necessarily in business at Manassas Juction, to leave the camp and retire beyond a distonce of four miles. The writer, hotvever. with the following named confreres of the press, were privileged to remain tu witness a scene not often enacted, and which forms an era in their lives for all time to conic, a scenee of terrific grandeur and sublimity which is imprinted on their memories with a recollection never to be effaced. At seven o’clock on Sunday morning our party, consisting of Messrs. L. W. Spratt, of the Charles ton Mercury ; F. G. de Fontaine, of the Richmond Enquirer and Charleston Courier; P. W. Alexan der, of the iSavanuah Republican ; Shepard son, of concentric lire, the object of the enemy bein turn our left flank while we were endeavoring to turn his right. These regiments of infantry were sustaining the famous Washington Artillery of | New Orleans, who had two of their guns at this : point, which made terrible havoc in tho ranks of j the enemy. The federal troops leading the action [consisted of 19,000 Regulars, sustaining the cele- ; brated Sherman's Bettery, these Regulars being in [ their turn sustained by immense masses of votun- i> * •• • _ . .i . , | leers, the New York Zouaves among ti.e number. ! , U 18 W ™" S *** tha ‘ f' ch '" e ? iGen. Beauregard estimated the enemy's numbers] Bullets and bayonots may slay the body; I in the action to be not less than 35,0011 men. I Their artillery far outnumbered ours. We have | captured 07 pieces cannon, rvhile we had only j eighteen guns on that part ofthe field. It lias been j stated to me by so many ot our soldiers I cannot ; but believe it, that the enemy by some moans had : obtained our signal for the day—they also used our i red badge, w hich fortunately was discovered in [ time, and they carried into action the flags of the j Palmetto State and the Confederate States. It has i been asserted, too, by numerous individuals en gaged in the battle, that there was great, confusion and slaughter among our own men, who mistook them for the enemy. This was less to ho wondered at from the similarity of uniform and the mean ad- tlie Columbus (Ga.) Times and Montgomery (Ala) j vantages above referred to taken by ourunscru- Advertiscr, and your correspondent, started from ipulouafoes. Manassas Junction. The distant cannon at short intervals since day break, had apprised us that the enemy tvere in They presseJ our left flank for several hours with terrible effect, but our men flinched not until their number had been so diminished by the well motion, but in what direction v. o could only sur- aimed and steady volleys, that they were compelled mine until we reached a point a miie and a half ! to give way for new regiments. Tbe 7th and 8th from the breastworks, at the Northwest angle of ; Georgia Regiments, commanded by tbe gallant and lamented Bartow, ate said to have suffered heavily durine the early part of tlie battle.— tbe fortifications of Manassas Junction Here we were joined by an acquaintance . . „ your correspondent, Col. Wm. G Bonner, formerly Kemper’s, Shields’ and Pendleton's batteries of State Engineer of Georgia, now of the Vicksburg and Shreveport Railroad, who was an old West Pointer and a classmate of Gen. Johnston's and other distinguished officers now in the service. So great >vas our excitement, we bad left tho unction entirely unprepared, either in the way j w ere in this part of the field and did fearful execu ‘ tion. I regret to be unable to name all the regiments j engaged, in tlieir order, not having succeeded in ascertaining their position. the soul they cannot hurt. Pure as the overhanging firmament from which tlieir spirits look down upon ns, bright as the stars which illumine its immeasurable depths, immortal as the Being whose pres ence prevades illimitable space, the spirits ofthe just can never die. Every gener ous heart feels a pang of agony as well as pride to see many a mother’s darling, the laughing dimples of youth yet upon his beardless cheek, rush gaily by to the scene of strife and blood, tind hot tears rush to eyes unnsed to weep at the thought of that fair head pillowed on the bloody turf; and yet where could mortal die as well ? Pity the desolate ones at home; hut for him, tho death that must have come at last and torn him reluctant from the earth, he has gone bravely forth to meet, and in the virture and valor of sclf-scriiice has robbed it of its sting and despoiled the grave of its victory. When YVolfe, on being told that the French re in the Government thus to preserve it Suppose ; “fthe Comm^sariat or with glasses to view the he military subjugation ts successful-suppose distlinl field . and h(ld it IIOt b for C ol, Bonners the aimy marches through Virginia and the Gulf i m-t treated, exclaimed, “I die happy.” he ex pressed, no doubt the feelings of every I am incline*! to believo there was some mistake | true hero as he looks his last upon tho earth during the flay iu the delivery or execution of an I nn .i fuels tl.at Iu. lew JE.J rgini Stabs to New Orleans—then the wai is prosecuted j unconstitutionally. Even if tiiore was warrant of law for it. it would be the overthrow of the Consti tution There is no warrant in the Constitution to conduct the contest in that form. t very order of Gen. Beauregard's, respecting an attack | on tho enemy's rear, which was not effected. ; Between two and three o’clock large numbers of I men were leaving the field, some of them wound- | ed, otbeis exhausted by the loug struggle, who forethought, in bringing u powerful opera glass, onr party had lost much which through his polite ness wo were permitted to see. The day was bright and beautiful—on the left was the Blue Ridge, and iu front were the slopes I gave ns gloomy reports; but os the firo“"on both ! on the -North sine of Hull Hun with ! hiHpai r/intimiml * mai and feels that he has not died in vain. Happy in being a beuefaefor, at the cost of His own life, to his native land and to humanity; happy in knowing that he will be remembered with love and gratitude, ’ e himself will be permitted to how from his blood will plants of freedom, and happiness to his . - — o’clock wo reached a hill abov„ u<at Senator is concerned, he proposed to conduct j Mitchell’s Ford, almost entirely bare of frees, and ; die contest without regard to the Constitution ? ■ 1 heard no rebuke administered to the eminent | Senator, but, ov. the contrary, I saw warm con , trratuiationa. and tl,* Senator declared that, unless [the people of these States were willing to obey I tlie Federal Government, they mus t. be reduced I to the condition of territories, snfl, he added, he sufficiently high to ati'oru an unobstructed view of the opposite beigios. After taking a leisurely- survey of the beautiful landscape, spread out be fore us in all tbe loveliness aud grandeur of na ture, and listening with watchful intent to tbo booming of the heavy cannon on onr right, and ,, ,i u r- , anxiously examining the locations where the would govern them by. Governors from Massachu- guns of the enemy on the opposite hills were setts ai'd Illinois. This was said seriously «nd af-| plainly to be seen with the naked eye. and the terward repeated. ' ■ ' - - - - lost numbers of our most distinguished officers j Generals Bartow and Bee had been stricken down; j - Lieutenant Colonel Johnson, of the Hampton Le- • gion, had been killed; Colonel Hampton had been j wounded, but there was at band the fearless Gen- j cral whose reputation as a commander was staked . on this battle; and with that chivalry which is his ; nature, Gen. Beauregard promptly offered to lead J the Hampton Legion into action, which heexe- ' heavy clouds of dust rising above the woods in Mr. Baker explained. He said lie was deliver-' front and on either side, indicating tha direction ing a speech against giving too much power to j in which the heavy columns of the enemy wen* the President, nnd was keeping his usual consti- [ marching, we each sought the shade of a tree, tntionnl. guarded position against an increase of; where we drew forth our memorandum books and' the standing army, and gave, as an excuse for j pencils, to note down for the information of tin* voting for the bill, the present state of public at-j thousands who looked to us fora disciiption cf fairs. He did say he would take some risk of | the day's occurrences, the various shiltirigs hi th* despotism, aud that he tvould risk a little to save I scene which henceforth forms an era in the his- all. He Imped the States would return to their j tory of our young Confederacy, aud grandly in allegiance, but if they would not he thought it! augurates the march of glory on which she has better for civilization and humanity that they entered "I he deepest affliction of death, in this as every otiier form, is not that of those w ho die but the relatives who survive. Hu man svinpaty is inadequate to the conso lation of those who suffer from distress like this, hackneyed common-places of fn- - . neral occasions stir the soul as little as the . LUtea in a jjfyle unsurpassed and unsurpassable, i i i i t , ( General Beaurpg:ar i rode up and down our liues j sa ^ e plumes and crapes w Inch custom has between the enemy and his own men. regardless of prescribed for the funeral procession. For jthe heavy tne. cheering and encouraging our • the man who dies in peaceful life there is, should be governed as territories Ho did say so then, nnd believed so now, and thought the events of the next six months would show that it would be better if tlie Senator believed it too. Mr Breckinridge said the answer of the Senator proved what he said, nnd contended that it wns evident that the Constitution was to be pnt aside. It was utterly subversive of the Constitution and of public liberty to clothe any one with dictatorial an .nnaaU T« j P ow ers. He then referred to the speech of Mr. an appeal. To whom? To the j Dixon , of Connecticut, who Mid, in .tibftanc*. An interesting meeting here took place betweea our party and the venerable Edmund Ruffin, wbw had against the walls of Fort Sumter fired the first defiant gun at our insolent and braggart foe. He had come to this conflict, with his eighty odd years weighing upon him, and his flowing white locks, to take part in this fight, encouraging our young men by his presence and example. Agile as a youth of 16, with rifle on*his shoulder, his eyes glistened with excitement as he burned to engage tba Tanka* invader. • 9 troops. About this time a shell struck h:s horse, taking his head oft', and killing the horses of his ! Aids. Messrs. Ferguson and Heyward. ; General Beauregard's Aids deserve honorable , mention, particularly those just named, and Col- i ociels W. Porcher Miles, James Chesnut, John L. j Manning and A. R. Chisolm, j Gen. Johnson also threw himself into the J thickest of the fight, seizing the colors of a Geor gia Regiment and rallying them to the charge, i His Staff signalized themselves by tlieir intrepidi ty, Col. Thomas being killed and Major Mason wounded. Your correspondent heard Gen. Johnston ex- claimtoGen.Coikejust.it the critical moment. “Oh for four regiments'” His wish was an- swered, for in tbe distance our reinforcements ap peared. The tide of battle wa> turned in our favor by the arrival of General Kirby Smith, from Wiu- cheater, with four tboueaod men of G*n. John- •tetri* division. outsidi* his own family and relatives, no real grief, and little sympathy even with tho wretched survivors. But for him who dies in his country’s cause, -a country mourns; every heart honors his memory every eye weeps with those who weep for him and every breast is anxious to share the burthen of their woes. How sleep the brave, who sink to rest By all tlieir countrys wishes blest! When Soring, with dotvy fingers cold. Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She then shall dreeea sweeter sod. Thau Fancy’s feet haveever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung, By forms nnseen tlieir dirge is song; There honor comes, a pilgrim grey, To bless the turf that wrap* their clay. And Freedom shall awhile repair, T* dwell« weeping hermit them. equals as an administration officer, but they are the medical skill which could be procured was exhaust- few. Compare the condition and management ed, and her recovery was r garded us l opeless. She was induced to test the virtue of Broom’s Anti-Hy dropic Tincture, nnd found in a few days she grew better, and through ils use a perfect cure was effected, . and she lived several years aftenvards. 1 cheerfully tccess [ recommend those afflicted with Dropsy to give it a much, ; f a ; r trial. Respectfully, s. i JNO. \V. RUDISILLE. of the State Road; $420,000 net earnings paid into tlie Treasury for 1859. Years ago the Road was a burden a heavy incubus which many tri--d to shake nff: now it is a paying concern—a success Does not the man w ho has accomplished so deserve the approbation of his fellow citizen 2. His energy renders him a ruler of mark. Who stepped forward the first day of this year, to rescue Fort Pulaski from the hands of our ene mies? Who played the same game in regard to the arsenal at Augusta? Who lias ever been at his post when needed and willing to make any sacrifice for the public good? 3. But the chief reason that weighs with me, is his peculiar fitness for this crisis. When ive battled with the General Government in regard tothe Indian springs treaty, wo had Troup at the helm; he weathered tlie storm and more furious storm is now upon us, needing a bold and skillful pilot. But Brmvn’s progrant- See Advertisement in another column. 2 4t. We would partienlarly call the attention of our read- ers to a remedy known ns .McLean’s Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier. It is certainly a valuable remedy. We therefore sav to nil, call at’ the agent's and test for yourselves its "intrinsic merits. It is deli cious to take. We ask our lady readers to try it. See the advertisement in another column. To Consumptives. But a heavier I T^HE Advertiser having been restored to health in JL a few weeks by a very simple remedy, after having suffered several years with a severe lung affeo- nie is la d out in his own mind, and no one else j tion, and that dread disease, consumption—is anxiens can carry it out sosttCv.esfully and energetically. Great detriment to tho commonwealth might be tho consequence of entrusting our affairs to other hands during the present contest. In tho last war of 1812. some of the first battles were disastrous; Gen. Hull was captured anu gloont pervaded the land, and many were for ousting Madison at the coming election, though no blame was attached to him. But iu consideration of his perfect knowledge of the condition of the country, ari sing from the fact that lie had managed the gov ernment so far, it was judged prudent to contin ue him in office tor the second term. The result is known: his plans were carried out with triumph to our arms, and “the mistress of the ocean” was glad of peace. Gov. Brown's condition is now similar to President Madison's: let him be Governor till the war is over, he will conduct our affairs to a successful issue. A change now would be dangerous. SENEX. Gen Scott Confident nf 1'ictory and Insists L'pon Sturtingfor Richmond.—"Ion,” tho reliable Wash ington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, writes: "General Scott, at four o'clock on Sunday, had his carriage at the door and insisted upon pro to make known to his fellow-sufferers the means of cure. To all who desire it, he w ill send a copy of th# prescription used | free of charge) with tho directions for preparing nnd using the same, which they will find a sure Cure for Consumption, Asthma, Bron chitis, fi-c. Tlie only object of the advertiser in send ing the prescription is to benefit the afflicted, and spread information which he conceives to be inval uable, and he hopes every sufferer will try his remedy, as it will cost them nothing, and may prove a bles sing. Parties wishing the prescription will please address Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON, Williamsburgh, . Kingscountv, New York. Oct. 9. 1860. (c. sl mca.) 20 ly. R. R. The Minute Medicine. W HEN DEATH THREATENS. In uHsuiLleD attack* of disease, either Cholera, Yel low Fever, Influeuza, grippe, Small Pox, .Scarlet Fe ver, Railways Ready Relief, will, if admin^teiedjas in .. „ f , : yri, ivtiU" uy o ucauy ut utti, w in, u timiiniM ei eu.m? tu ceeding to Huh s Run. but was prevented from it j directions, check the progress of the pestilence, and by his friends. As late as four o’clock, he told .Senator that ho was confident of victory on the side of the Federal troops. It is perfectly well under stood that he and the President also were driven into this disastrous movement by tlie clamor of politicians.’’ Thr Lincoln Progrntnine 1'pnet. The following plan of tho Lincoln campaign against tfie South, is from the Cincinnati Enquir er ofthe 16th ult.. the most moderate and con servative of the Lincoln papers: Gen. McDowell, who has charge of the divis ion opposite Washington, aud embracing some i personal injuries eighty thousand troops, goes directly to Ilich- oud. He has already reached Fairfax Court House, and will by to-morrow night, have posses sion of Manassas Junction. Gen. Patterson moves toward Winchester, driving Johnston toward Manassas or Richmond where tie will join Beauregard and the two i on- duct tho Confederate army South of Rich mond. tlie life of tbe patent. Kadway’s Ready Relief is an article of tlie first ne cessity Now. Rheumatism, Chills and Fever. Neu* ralgia. Sore Throat, Toothache, Ii lhieuza, vVe., are the concomitants of summer. Repel them promptly with tbe Relief. It is a supreme antidote to all malarious , diseases, breaking up remittent and intermittent fe- I ver in their first paroxysms, stopping the insupportable torture ot rheumatism and neuralgiu in from one to four hours, aud giving ease, sleep, and file almost, to the exhausted sufferer. Applied to external hurts it removes pain and iuflamatiou, and prevents lockjaw. To be without it is simply tube without protection against sudden disease and the danger arising front RADWAYS REGULATING PILLS. A purely vegetable substitute for Calomel, Mercury, Quinine, &cc. Oue of Rad way’s Pills issuperior to aDy other pill or purgative mercurial iu use. RinwEY’s Reguhtino Pills, control with tmpst- ailed rapidity the complaints most prevalent at this They gently stimulate and equalize toe Gen. McClellan will go to Staunton, Va., thence j sluggish, unbalanced circulation, and expel trout tho to East Tennessee, where he will make every ' I Resort to them at onee ns a preventative purgative, if ; any derangement of the system is suspected and if®** f the stomach, liver or discharging organs has arrangement to move on Nashville and Mem phis. While Gen. McClellan is moving toward Mein ........ ...... ~ •”** — ........ ease ot the stomach, liver or Uisclmrging organ* “"j phis trom Last fennssssr,Gen.Ireinoot. to whom aciQ,]]y iu,rsalyu]wq tbemas tlie only safe sod has been assigned the Western Divisiou of the j certain means of cure army will move from Cairo by water, and by land through Kentucky to meet Gen. McClellan at that place The great object of Gen. Scott is to occupy Richuioud and Memphis for two objects—one as a |« RAHWAY’S RENOVATING RESOLVENT. , Radyvay’s Renovating Resolvent, operating j through the blood, purifies the lleeh from ulcer?, . lucnuiouu huu sueuipiiis iui two uujccis—uu« as a . b„„ f., (u.u„ X™ Gull States, to act in conjunct mu with tlie block-; ^ indalned ’ ail(J everv 9pw ies of chronic d»- ading squadron, and the other to enable England e . l9 ,. 0 f t h e glade*, aud external meinberaas, is literal y and Ftance to get cotton from Memphis und Rich- extinguished by this powerful corrective aud re-vital: mond through Northern ports, and thereby secure I zing preparation. the peaco-of those countries. We have no doubt such is Gen- Scott’s plan of operations—necessarily so. Gen. McClellau j can do no more good in Virginia. Gen Fremont relieves him of the Western division. The two will, therefore, act in conjunction, toot ing from different points, to take Memphis Kentucky will now have to give up her neutral position, as the Government will necessarily be compelled to move troops over her soil to take Memphis and put down the Confederate* of Tennessee. The first item in the programme ha* been most gloriously upset by Davis and Beauregard aud the same fate awaits tbe others when the efforts is made to carry them out. AFFAIRS AT HARPER’S FERRY. Harper’s Ferry, Vo., August i.—Everything is qui et her*. General Bank* is engaged iu *atr*Q*laag kit p?«>Uou, and drilling hi* troop*. Radway'* Remedies are sold by druggists e* cry where. RADWAT Jc CO.. 23 John Street, N. I- AOF.NTA. IIERTY & HALL, Mi'.ledgeville; DAVIS GREEN, Eatonton; J. C. BATES, Louisville, ALLEN. Sandcrsvillo. Sash's Sarsaparilla.-No reule ! l f .'®Lf^uccefS- evtr introduced that has proved un '^J ' ure of ful as this for purifying the blood, MdTor « feVt , r scrofula, rheumatism, stubborn ulcers, saltrhen j^ sores, erysipelas, pimples, bode, mercuri ^ so ^ cutaneous eruptions, Iiyercompat '• j* f euertl sumption, female complaiuts, loss of appelite, F deb&y. It will speelily remove ‘he wora^pW»» of these distressing complaints, ana in a Dnei ooinplete a radical cure. oontVE h Sol i br HERTY & HALL, uh* by fj, O LARK.