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BOWBTON, NSSBET & BARAES, Publishers and Proprietors. (T|jf smitljnn ftbml elnion j, published Weekly, in Milledgeville, Ga., Corner of Hancock and Wilkinson St*., (opposite Court House.J At $2 a year in Advance, (L'xless i.v Apvance. $3 Per Annum.) U\TKt* OF ADVKBTIMNe. Per *rj it a re of twelve line*. fi 11(J insertion ?l (JO, and fifty cents for euch subsequent continnanee. 7'nose scut without the specification of the numbernf insertions will be published till forbid and charged ..' or Professional Cards, per year, where they donot exceed St* Links - - . $10 00 . l^cr il contract trill be made with those who wish to Advertise by the year, occupying a specified space legal advertisements. gales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators, Ex- •enters or Guardians', arereqnircd by law to be held ,!,e first Tuesday in the month; between the hours of pin the torenonn and three in the afternoon, at the Courthouse in thecouutytn which the property is sit- U, y!tice of these sales must be given in a public ga ll . 4i) days i>re» iotts to the dav of sale. V itices for the sale of personal property must begiv- •r, in like manner 10 days previous to sale day. Notices to the debtors and creditors of an estate must be published 10 days. y .tic that application will be made to the Court of ordinary tor leave to sell Land oi Negroes, must be blished for two months. Citations for letters of Administration Guardianship, c, must be published H0 days—for dismission from Administration, monthly sir. months—for dismission , ril , n Guardianship, 40 days, guleefor foreclosure of Mortgage must be published ‘chiii for four mouths—for establishing lost papers, ./I,/ 'full spare of three months—for compelling titles p, m Executors or administrators, where bond has been ■, vn by the deceased, the full space of three 1 pablications will always be continued according to t (, w s. the legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered ", the following , KATES: (Nation!, on letters ot administration, A'.c. $2 75 “ dismissory Iroin Admr’n. 4 ,• “ “ Guardianship. 3 00 l,»i|-.'e to sell Land or Negroes 4 00 Notice to debtors and creditors. 3 00 ii, ,.. of personal property, ten days, 1 sqr. 1 50 c s ]eof land or negroes by .Executors, Ac. pr sqr. 5 00 Eetrars, two weeks 1 50 i „rsman advertising his wife (in advance,) 5 00 (;KNEliAL ADVERTISEMEXTS. J. \. A, \X. v. TURNER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, VOLUME XXXII,] MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1861. [NUMBER 13. Eaton toe, Ga. 21 ly. October. 18,1859. VoatesTwoolfolk Sotnrcboust anb Commission m MERCHANTS, \liK now open and pr«‘pared for the reception of C„tton ot their-NEW FIUE PROOF WAREHOUSE, opposite Hardeman fc Sparks. We will endeavor to prove ournelves worthy of the patronaere of those who willfftvor u**with tlieir business. Liberal advances oadHon cotton when desired. Macon Ga., Sept. 21, 185iK 18 tf. JO HIV T. BOWOOIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ElTOXTOti GA. Eatonton, Ga., Feb. 14, 1860. 38 tf. BOARDING. M V HOUSE will be open for transient and regu lar boarders. JAMES E. IIAYGOOI). Milledgeville, Jan. 18th, 1861. 35 tf. NOTICE. T he: UNDERSIGNED having bought the es •ablishment of his friend F. SHOENBEIN, ilrceased, respectfully informs the public, that lie »i!l continue the business in the same form and --spectfully solicits a share of public patronage. WM. SCHEIHING. 8 lyr. Milledgeville, July 15. 1861. WATER PIPEST FIRE BRICKS, AC. I s HE HOl'THEBN PROdEU.AIN 41.151- f ACTlKI.Xt I'OJIPAMV.KAOLIX, S.C'., are now prepared to lurnish at short notice WATER PIPES, double glazed, with a perfect vitrious body suitable for conduit pipes for cities, &e., from twenty- s;x inches diameter to one inch, capable of sustaining n pressure of 150 head of water. ALSO, FIREBRICKS which have no superior. We also manufacture all kinds of C. C. and Granite Ware, ami would most reauectfuilv solicit orders for the above goods. ' W. H. FARROW, 12 3m Agt. Kaolin, S-C. rr-W^FL! -AA VOLUNTEERS UNIFORMS CUT TO ORXJEB.. I ll IE Subscriber will, upon short notice, visit . any County in the Stale, and CUT Uniforms for Companies, and warrant a good fit. Orders respectfully solicited. Py Address, THOMAS BROWN, Merchant Tailor. Tull sett of Patterns for Uniforms •Hit m any part of the Slate, upon the receipt ot So 00. Milledgeville. Ga., July 15, 1861, 8 tf BOOK-BINDING Tin: Subscriber is now pre pared to do Sook'Bind- ing", in a " ' ,s branches. Old Books rebound, Ac. SIC bound in the best style. Blank Books actured to order. Prompt attention will be to all work entiusted to me. S. J. KIDD. tfry in .Uoulhrrn Federal I'nioii Ollicc. edgeville, March 19th, 1861. 43 SLATING—SLATING. 4V. E. ELLIOTT, PRACTICAL SLATER A.Vtt DEALER IV BEST SLATES, RECENTLY FROM RICHMOND, VA., I S now ready to do any work in his line of busi ness—Slating, and warranted free from Leak age. Kepaira to old Nlnte Roofs intended to Promptly. W. E. E. is Agent for an extensive Manufactory of Iron Railing. Verandah, Balconies, Iron Stairs, fountains. Settees, Chairs, Tables, Tree Boxes, figure-. Ae,&e, and all other Iron Work oi a 'decorative character. Enclosing Cemetery Lots will receive bin par- tienlnr Attention. \Y. E. E. is Agent for an extensive Marble Monument Works, likewise for the Steam Marble MantV, Works. Designs of all, with prices, can ho seen at .ns '‘See, up stairs, over Morning News office, Bay Street, Savannah, Ga. A specimenjof onr work may be seen on tlie Depot building in Milledgeville. Reference—G. W. Adams. Superintendent C. R R. Savannah. 23 dds&wtf 50 Saw Cotton Gin for Sale. ONE of WATSON'S best 50 Saw Cotton Gins, 1 offered tor sale. This Gin is new, and is equal 10 any in use. Sold for no fault, the present ow ^ e rs having no use for it. Any planter wanting a jrood Gin, can have a chance to get one at a re action on the regular price. Apply at this office, ' * 1 olN. Tift, or J. H. Watson, at Albany. Confederate IASURY Notes and Bonds taken at FAR fer urniture or Notes and Accounts duo. WOOD & CO., Macon,Ga ‘ricug, Albany, Cuthbert, Fort Gains. Griffin and geville papers will please copy six months and 31. (4 6 ms,) WA-FO. FOR SALE. r?B&XOB. TENT CLOTH, v eighing 12 ozs per yard, 30 inches wide *s containing about 620 yards, manufac- by Ocmulgee Mills, ipply to ISAAC SCOTT, y 18th, 1861. (9 6mos*) Macon. Ga. m are afflicted with Piles, send to Herty nd get a box of Sturdevant’s pile oint- i be eared. Price $1 * bex. JACOB'S CORDIAL will relieve at once the most Jrttinate case of Diarrhoea, end dysentery, no mat- r-j ; ov severe or violent, it controls with the utmost ,, * n ,®**' soothing the mucous lining of the intestinal U»r, s *yi'i8 all irritatiom and, bring, about a sp.edy * * AUTHORITY. A< T« l,>D REMO I. ITT I ON 8 of the Second Session of the Pll () nslOXAL COXGHESS CONFEDERATE STATES. iT6iT^ (No. 106.) A L A rLT°sTi Zin " “, le r xi " t( '" ce nf "ar between the l inted States and the Confederate States and fb"?ds ng K erS ° f Mar< l ue . Prizes and Prize Whereas The earnest efforts made by this govern ment to establish friendly relations between the gov- -rnment of the ( Luted States and the Confederate States, and to settle nil questions of disagreement b,-. tweyn thi* two governments upon principles of right, .ce, equity and good faith, have proved nnavail- ing by rouHAm oi the refusal of the government of .the i n.tea Matt h to hold any intercourse with the com missioners appointed by this government for the pur poses aforesaid, or to listen to any proposals thev had !ras 1 ”, , for t,le Peaceful solution of all causes of aiihculty between the two governments; and whereas the 1 resident ot the l mted States of America lias is- sm u his proclamation making requisition upon the states <d the American Union for seventy-five thou sand men for the purpose, as therein indicated, ot cap turing forts and other strongholds within tlie jurisdic tion of and belonging to the Confederate States of America, and has detailed naval armaments upon the coasts of the Confederate States of America, and raised, organized and equipped a large military force to execute the purpose aforesaid, and has issued his other proclamation announcing his purpose to set on foot a blockade of the ports of the Confederate States; and whereas, the Stale ot Virginia has seceded from the Federal Union and entered into a convention of ai innce offensive and defensive with the Confederate States, and has adopted the Provisional Constitution of the said States, and the States of Maryland, North < arolhm, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas and Mis souri have refused, and it is believed that the State of Delaware and the inhabitants of the territories of Arizona anil New Mexico, and the Indian territory routb oT Kansas, will refuse to co-operate with the government of the United States in these acts of hostilities and wanton aggression, which are plainly init ialed to overawe, oppress and finally subjugate tin people of tlie Confederate States; and whereas, by the acts and means aforesaid, war exists between the. Confederate States and the government ot the 1 niteil States, and the States and territories thereof, except the States of Maryland, North Carolina, Ten lessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Missouri and Delaware. i.id the territories ot Arizona and New Mexico, and the Indian territory south of Kansas: Therefore, Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do mart. That the President of tlie Con federate States is hereby authorized to use the whole land and naval force of the Confederate States to meet tlie war thus commenced; and to issue to private armed vessels commissions, or letters of marque aud general reprisal, in euch form as he shall think proper, under the seal ol the Confederate States, against the vessels, goods and effects of the government of the United States, and of t lie citizens or inhabitants of the .-states and territories thereof: Provided, however, That piop- erty of the enemy (unless it be contraband of war) laden on board a neutral vessel, shall not be subject to " izure under this act: And provided. further, Thai •ssels of the citizens or inhabitants of the United States now in the ports of the Confederate States, ex cept such as have been since the 5th of April last, or may hereafter be, in the service of the government of (be l cited Slates, shall be allowed thirty days after the publication of this act to leave said ports and reach t heir destination ; uml such vessels and their cargoes, excepting articles contraband of war, shall not be sub ject to capture under this act during said period, unless they shall have previously reached the destination for which they were bound on leaving said ports. Sec. 2. That the President of the Confederate States shall be and he is hereby authorized aud em powered to revoke and annul, at pleasure, all letters of marque and reprisal which be may at auy tiuie grant pursuant to this act. See. 3. That all persons applying for letters of marque and reprisal, pursuant to this act, shall state in writing the name and a suitable description of the tonnage and force of the vessel, and the name and place of residence of each owner concerned therein, andtbe intended number of the crew; which state ment shall be signed by the person or persons making such application, and filed with the Secietary of State, or shall be delivered to any other officer or person who shall be employed to deliver out such commissions, to be by Him transmitted to the Secretary of State. Sec. 4. That before any commission or letters of marque and reprisal shall be issued as aforesaid, the owner or owners of the ship or vessel for which the same shall be requested, and tlie commander thereof fertile time being, shall give bond to the Confede rate States, with at least two responsible sureties not interested in such vessel, in the penal sum of five thousand dollars, or if such vessel be provided with more than one hundred and fifty men,then in the penal stun of ten thousand dollars, with condition that the owners, officers and crew who shall be employed on board such commissioned vessel, shall and will observe the laws of tiie Confederate States, and the instruc tions which shall be given them according to ]«%v l..r the regulation of their conduct, and will satisfy all damages and injuries which shall be done or commit ted contrary to tlie tenor thereof, by such vessel during her commission, und to deliver up the same when revoked by the President of the Confederate States. See. 5. That all captures and prizes of vessels and property shall be forfeited and shall accrue to the own ers, officers and crews of tlie vessels by whom such captures and prizes shall be made, and on due con demnation had shall be distributed according to an} written agreement which shall be made between them; aud if there be no such written agreement, then one moiety to the owners and the other moiety to tlie officers and crew, as nearly as may be according lotlie rules prescribed for the distribution of prize money by the laws of the Confederate States. Sec. 6. That all vessels,goods and effects, the prop erty of any citizen of the Confederate States, or of persons resident within and under the protection of the Confederate States, or of persons permanently within the territories and under the protection of any foreign prince, governmentor state in amity with the ('onfederate States, which shall have been captured by the United States, and which shall be re-captured by vessels commissioned as aforesaid, slnill be restored to the lawful owners; upon payment by them of u ju.-t and reasonable salvage, to be determined by the mu tual agreement of the parties concerned, or by the de- e.eC of any court having jurisdiction, according to the nature of each case, agreeably to the provisions established by law. And such salvage shall be dis tributed among the owners, office! s and crews of the vessels commissioned as aforesaid, and nicking such captures, according to any written agreement which shall be made between them; and in case of no such agreement, then in the same manner ami upon the principles hereinbefore provided in cases of cap ture. Sec. 7. That before breaking bulk of any vessel which shall be captured as aforesaid, or other disposal or conversion thereof, or of any articles which shall be found on board tlie same, such captured ves sel, goods or effects shall be broughtiuto some port of the Confederate States, or of a nation or state in amity with the Confederate States, and shall be proceeded against before a competent tribunal; and after cou- lemnation and forfeiture thereof shall belong to the owners, officers and crew of the vessel capturing tlie same, and be distributed as before provided; and in the case of all captured vessels, goods and effects which shall be brought within the jurisdiction of the Confederate Stales, the district courts of the Confede rate States shall have exclusive original cognizance thereof, as in civil causes of admiralty and maratime jurisdiction; and the said courts, or the courts, being courts of the Confederate States, into which such cases shall be removed, and in which they shall be finally decided, shall and may decree restitution in whole or in pint, when the capture shall have been made without just cause. And if made without prob able cause, may order and decree damages aud costs to the party injured, for which the owners and com manders of the vessels making such captures, and also the vessels shall be liable. See. 8. That all pel-sons found on board any captured vessels, or on board any re-captured vessel, shall be reported to the collector of the port in the Confederate- States in which they shall first arrive, and shall be de livered into the custody of the marshal of the district, or some court or military officer of the Confederate States, or of any State in or near such port who shall takechargeof their safe keeping and support, at the expense of the Confederate States. Sec. 9. That the President of the Confederate Stntcs is hereby authorized to establish and order suitable instructions for the belter governing and directing the conduct of the vessels so commissioned, their officers and crews,copies of which shall be delivered by the collector of the r stoms to the commanders, when they shall give bond as provided.' Sec. 10. That a bounty shall be paid by the Con federate States of $20 lor each person on board any armed ship or vessel belonging to tlie United Stales at the commencement of an engagement, which shall be burnt, sunk or destroyed by any vessel commissioned as aforesaid, which shall be of equal or inferior force, the same to be divided as ill other cases of prize monev: and a bounty of $25 shall be paid to tlie own er*, officers and crews of the private armed vessels commissioned as aforesaid, for each and every prisoner l,v them captured and brought into port, and deliveied t.lan agent authorized to receive them, in any port of the Confederate States; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to pay or cause to be paid to the owners, officers and crews of such private armed vessels commissioned as aforesaid, or their agent, the bonnties herein provided. ’’Sec. 11. That the commanding officer of every ves sel having a commission or letters of marque and re prisal, during the present hostilities between the Con federate States and tlie United States, shall keep a regular journal, containing a true and exact ncoouut „f his dailv proceedings anil transactions w ith such ves sel and the crew thereof; the ports and places he shall put into or enst anchor in: the time of liis stay there and the cause thereof; the prizes he shall take and the nature and probable value thereof; the times and places when and where taken, and in what manner he shall dispose of the same ; the ships or vessels he shall fall in with; the times and places when and where lie shall meet with them, and his observations and remarks thereon: also, of whatever else shall occur to him or nnv of his officers or marines, or be discovered by ex amination or conference with any marines or passen gers of or in any other ships or vessels, or by any other means touching the fleets, vessels aud forces of the United States, their posts and places of station and destination, strength, numbers, intents and designs; and such commanding officer Bhall, immediately on his arrival in any port of the Confederate States, from or during the continuance of any voyage or cruise, pro duce his commission for such vessel, and deliver up euch journal so kept as aforesaid, Biped with his proper name and handwriting, to the collector or other chief officer of the customs at or nearest to snch ports; the truth of which journal shall be verified by the oath of tha commanding officer for the tune being. And such collector or other chief officer of the customs shall, immediately on the arrival of such vessel, inner the proper officer of the eustoms to go on board and take an account of tin* officers and iro n, the number and nature of the gnus, and whatever else shall occur to him on examination material to be known ; and no snch vessel shall be permitted to sail out ot port again until snch journal shall have been delivered up, and a certificate obtained under the bund of such ci dlector or other chief officer of customs that she is manned amiurmed according to her commission , and upon delivery of such certificate, auy former certifi cate of a like nature which shall have been obtained by the commander of such vessel shall be delivered U P- Sec. 12. That the commanders of vessels having let ters of marque and reprisals as aforesaid, neglecting to keep a journal as aferesnid, or willfully making frau dulent entries therein, or obliterating the record of any material transaction contained therein, w-here the in terest of the Confederate States is concerned, or re fusing to produce and deliver such journal, commit sion or certificate, pursuant to tlie preceding section of this act, then and in such cases the commissions or let ters of marque and reprisal of snch vessels shall be linble to be revoked; and such c unmanders respec tively shall forfeit for every such offence the sum of $1.01)0. one moiety thereof to the use ot the Confed erate States and the other to the informer. Sec. 13. That the owners or commanders of vessels having letters of marque and reprisal as aforesaid, who shall violate any of the acts of Congress for the col lection of the revenue of the Confederate States, und for the prevention of smuggling, Bhall forfeit the com mission or letters of marque and reprisal, and they and the vessels owned or commanded by them shall be liable to all the penalties and forfeitures attaching to merchant vessels in like cases. Sec. 14. That on all goods, wares and merchandise captured and made good anil lawful prizes of war, by any private armed snip having commission or letters of marque and reprisal under 111 i- act, and brought into the Confederate States, there shall be allowed a de duction of 33 1 -3 per cent, on the amount of duties im posed by law. 8ec. 15. That five per centum on the net amount fatter deducting all charges and expenditures) of the prize money arising from captured vessels and car goes, and on the net amount of the salvage ot vessels and cargoes re-captured by private armed vessels of the Confederate States, shall be secured and paid over to the collector or other chief officer of the customs, at the port or p'ace in the Confederate States at which such captured or re-captured vessels may arrive, or to the consul or other public agent of the Confederate States residing at the port or place not within the Con federate States at which such captured or recaptured vessel may arrive. And the moneys arising therefrom shall be held and are hereby pledged by the govern ment of the Confederate States as a fund for the sup port and maintenance of the widows and orphans of such persons us mny be slain, aud for the support ami maintenance of such persons as may be wounded and disabled on board of the private armed vessels com missioned as aforesaid, in any engagement with the enemy, to be assigned and distributed in such manner as shall hereafter be provided by law. Approved May C, 1861. 13 For the Southern Federal Union. Battle of Manassa Plains. SCF.SE first. Speech of Gen. MeDoxeeUto Grand Army of invasion. Fellow-soldiers: we will take tea to day at Ma nassas, p.nd on Sunday we will dine in Richmond. Now soldiers let us on to Richmond. [ Enter Senator Foster and Mtss If'ced j Senator—I hope the Jay will be lair when we reach Richmond. Miss W.—Yes, sir, I wish a gentle breeze on that day so that I may unfurl tins beautiful banner, aud the stars and stripes may once more wave over the glorious Union, and that the rebels of the South may once more be made to bow before the flag of our country. SCENE SECOND. Speech of Gen. Bcaurrourd. Sons of the South : On yon distant bill stand the grand Republican Army; yes, oven now the winds bear to onr ears the strains of martial mu sic. What does it mean ? need I tell you? That martial music speaks in tones of thunder to the South, it says this day every man must do his duty, and ere the sun shall set iu the far distant west we will scatter to the winds the proud Re publican party ! On comrades to victory or death.' Speech of Gen. Johnston. Comrades in arms: The invaders of your coun try are before you—eighty thousand men in hostile array with lire and sword in hand threaten ruin and destruction to your homes, laying waste the homes of your sires ! Is the land of Washington and the home of Marion to be desecrated by the hirelings of Europe ? No never! God forbid that I should live to see the wild fanatics of the North in possession of our beloved country. Let us now stand by our arms, aud with a firm reliance on the God of battles we will drive the cowardly Hessians from our beloved country On to victo ry, my countrymen. SCENE THIRD. Position of the two Armies. Federals on right of stage, Confederates on left of stage. Gen. Fyler commences the attack cn left wing of onr army—Gen. McDowell attacks our centre. Sherman’s Battery placed fronting our left wing. I'he left wing of our army is re pulsed under heavy fire from Sherman’s Battery The centre of our army driven hack under heavy fire of infantry. Fortunes of the day are against us. Gen. Beauregard seeing our left and centre giving way, rushes down the line of battle, meets the gallant Bartow, tells him a Battery must be taken or the day is lost, and asks Bartow if he can take it. Bartow replied “if it is in the power ot mortals we will take it.” Bartow makes the charge takes the Battery, but could not hold it, and retreats in onr lines, calling upon Georgia seventh and eighth Regiments to stand by him in his last ef fort to retake the destructive Battery; the Batte ry is taken—Gen Bartow is killed leading his gallant band, a ball pierced his patriotic heart, and his pure spirit fled to heaven. As his brave comrades laid him down to die, he raised his no ble head, and said “boys they have killed me, but, don’t give up the fight.” Gen Bartow’s gallant Georgians are being mow ed down—the tide of battle uncertain— Gen. Johnston seeing the great number of the Federal ists about to overpower us cried out, “Oh for four thousand men .’ Oh for a Blucher!” Hearing on bis left the steady march of infantry, he saw in the distance, tlie advancing columns of Gen Smith’s command, four thousand strong. On thsy came with 3teady march: one wild shout rent the air aud the day was ours. Just as the Hessians turned to fly the immortal Jeff. Davis reached the fleld of battle, leading in person the centre of the army, cutting to pieces the cowardiy hirelings. Grand route of tLe Federal Army—Death of Senator Foster, Cnptnre of Mr. Ely—Capture of Col. Cochoran, by the Alabama boy, who marched his prisoner to Gen. Beauregard who put his hand on the bey’s head and declared him raised to a captaincy. Miss Weed and Miss Wilson conclude to post pone their visit to Richmond, preferring to return to uncle Abe’s house. Battle-field, dead and dying—camp scavengers robbing the dead. SCENE FOURTH. Day after the battle—robbing the dead—wounded crying fur water. Disgraceful neglect of the wounded and dead by the Federalists—our soldiers burying the dead and assisting the wounded Incidents after the battle.—Col. Sloan’s boy Adam robbing ayankee supposing him de-d—the yankee seizes him by the wool —Adam declaring to Col. Sloan the ghost of the yankee had caught him. Col. Sloan—(Adam trembling from head to foot.) What in the world is the matter, Adam. Adam.—Well, mas John, I is almost skeered to death. You see I thought I would see what one of these yankees had iu his pocket: I put my list in his pocket, and afore God. he ghost cotcbed me by the hair, and like fur to broke my neck. Col. Sloan.—The man was not dead, Adam Adam—Afore God, mas John, lie dead, but he ghost • Col. S.—Go along boy and no more of your non sense. Adam.—I is done wid dead yankees—dis nig ger is. SCENE FIFTH. Second day after the Battle. | Mississippi hoy robbing the dead—his Captain passing—bov’s hand in tha pocket of dead man.] Captain —Jim-what are you doing / Boy.—Nothing, Captain. I was lookin to see if I could find a dime, but I’ll be hanged if I aint robbed twenty yanks and aint found nothing but this old buck horn knife. I’ll be danged if a fel ler’s whistle did’nt dry up before he would get money enough to buy a drink, out of these fel lers. I’ll quit. I'isitors picking up relics frrm the battle field. Pete Fair.—(Cutting off a button from the coat of a dead yankee, marked seventy-first N. Y. Regiment ) I'll be dang if I don’t send this but ton to old Milledgeville, to the old man, certain. Roch Trippe—(Cuts the buckle off a dead Col onel’s pants and puts it on his own pants.) Look here boys 1 am a yankee Colonel—I've got on his harness. •Conversations of strangers on the battle field picking up pieces of bombshells, &c. PART II. SCENE SIXTH. Flying soldiers reach Washington City—Sold- iers begging in the streets—Rush of the gentle men and ladies of rank to cross the bridge into Washington, after concluding not to go to Rich mond and dine there on Snnday. Miss Weed and Miss Wilson ran a race to nncle Abe’s house. SCENE SEVENTH. Granny Scott (receiving courier with dispatches I from Grand Army of invasion—calls tor his wine, and calls for his brandy too; Drinks quart of HeiJsic.)—This wine has lost it« strength, wait er, bring me a bottle of ntr 1805 brandy. (Drinks a quart ) Now my boots waiter—I must see the President—order my carriage to the door. (The door bell rings violently.) Admit no one. Waiter—A message from the Ptesident, (hands it to him.) Gen. Scott.—(Breaks open letter and reads:) “Gen. Scott—Sir: This reported defeat of our army must be false ? Come to me instantly.’’— A demed old fool: lie orders me like 1 w as a slave. (Doorbell rings violently.) I will see no one. Waiter —A dispatch from Gen McDowell. Gen. Scott—(Takes it and reads :) “Gen. Scott: Our army is a complett ,oute, our loss dreadful.” That old fool Lincoln and his gonrd-bead General will run me raving mad. Waiter, carriage. Waiter.—Carriage is at the door, sir. (Gen. Scott hobbles to carriage.) Driver.—Where to, sir. Gen. Scott.—To that old fool Lincoln’s. SCENE EIGHTH. President Lincoln s Mansion. (Bell rings.)—Waiter —Gen. Scott! Lincoln.—Admit the old woman. 4Gcn. Scott enters.) Lincoln.—Well, sir, this is glorious news from the Grand Army of invasion .’ Y'ou have destroy ed the Fnion, by your old fogy movements, ta king four months to take Richmond .’ Gen, Scott.— You, sir, have destroyed the Union and broken up the army by your rashness in rushing on to Richmond before I was ready. Lincoln—When ir. the devil would you be ready? Gen. Scott.—Not, sir, until I commanded the army to move. Lincoln.—Yon, sir, forget I am President. Gen. Scott.—I. sir, ain commander of the army. Lincoln.—I will place McClellan in command. Gen. Scott.—As you please sir! (bowing out of the room.) Gen. Scott—(on his way to his carriage.) A damned old rail splitter! A monkey in a palace ! Gen. Scott—(reaches home.) Waiter! I must leave this cursed town, order me a hasty plate of soup. PART III. Richmond—Great rejoicing—Speech of President Davis to populace. Fellow-soldiers and my countrymen ; With my heart over flowing with gratitude to our Heavenly Father I meet you, to rejoice with you, and pour out our hearts best offerings to the great I Am. This is truly a day of rejoicing to the sons of the South ! The great battle of Manassa has been fought and victory is ours ! Y’cs tlie Goddess of Liberty smiles benignly upon you, my country- men. But while we rejoice, let us be sad, for on yen battle field, silent, with the icy hand of death placed upon their brows, lie the brave son.s of the South. As I passed over the battle field and saw their manly forms stretched upon the cold damp sod, their pale lips kissing their mother earth, 1 thought I could hear them speak, “willingly have I died fighting the battles of my country.” The immortal Bartow when commanded to silence a Battery, when leaden rain and iron hail swept away bis brave companions, in the anguish of his heart be cried aloud, “Oh God, if it is thy will let me die on the battle field.” The God of battle see ing the anguish of his great soul heard his pious prayer, and angels bore him oft’to Heaven. Now. my countrymen, I will not detain yon ; our wounded patriots call on you for assistance, nurse them with the affection of a mother, for they have shed their precious blood in defense of our common country. From the Knoxville Register. To the People of Enst Tennessee. Iu assuiuiug the command of the mili tary forces of this division, I cannot for bear an earnst appeal to all who have pre ferred the old Union, no longer to resist the recent decisions at the ballot box by overwhelming majorities of the people of Tennessee. The military authorities are not here to offend or injure the people, hut to insure peace to their homes, by re pelling invasion and preventing the intro duction of the horrors of civil war.— Treason to the State cannot, will not he tolerated. But perfect freedom of the bal lot box has and will be accorded ; and no man’s rights, property, or privileges shall be disturbed. All who desire peace can have peace, by quietly and harmlessly pursuing theii lawful avocations. But Tennessee having taken her stand with her sister States of the South, her honor and safety require that no aid shall be given within her borders to the arms of the tyrant Lincoln. We have asked of the North a recogni tion of our political equality, and have been refused. We have asked for terms merely under which we could enjoy a sense of safety to our property and time- honored institutions, but in vain. Under such circumstances the States of the South resolved to submit no longer to long re peated and vexatious intermeddling with our rights. The North was deaf of Jus tice, because they believed they had the power to crush us if we rebelled. With terrific threats they moved great armies upon us. Those armies have been driven back, with havoc and consternation.— Heaven has smiled upon the South—bless ing her with rich harvests and heroic sons. The North is already shaken as a palsy— her late arrogant soldiers filled with ap prehension—her late boasted revenues dwindled lo a stern necessity for direct taxation. Can there be recreant sons of Tennesse who would strike at their broth ers while thus struggling for Southern honor and independence l or who would invite the enemy over the border, to inau gurate war and desolation amid our own fair fields'? There can be no doubt hut few such. If any, it were better for their memory had they perished before such dishouor. Let not the Union men of the late contest at the ballot box, among whom I personally knorv to he patriotic and true men be carried along by excite ment or passion into so deplorable an ex treme. Though differing upon the late political questions, we are Tennessans.— For the honor and glory of Tennessee let us be, as heretofore, shoulder to shoulder in the battle, or peacefully at home, not sorrowing when victory perches on the standards of Tennessee Regiments. F._K. ZOLLIUOFFER. Brig. Gen. Commanding. Effrcl of lhe War upon Yankee Watering Place*. The New York Herald, not long ago, announced that the war had played sad havoc with the fashionable watering places. Poverty and destitution were described as reigning there supreme. This we regard as one good effect of the war, and we have the satisfaction of believing that Southern patronage is witdrawn from those pesti lential spots forever. We find in the New York Day Book the following interesting letter from Newport: If there is a spot on the face of the earth to which Goldsmith’s description of a “Deserted Village” will apply, you may set it down to be the once famous sea side resort, Newport. I have wandered through its sandy, grass-grown streets, sauntered along the corridors of its empty hotels, strolled upon its magnificent beach, with no bathers; I have wearied myself in beholding its complete desolation, in ev ery respect unlike that which has hereto fore made it the queen of ocean watering places. Not half the hotels have been opened, and those which have, have done a losing business. “The season” has come, but the visitors have not. Of the eighty and upwards of fine villas and cot tages, bnilt upon speculation, for summer rent, to Southerners, 1 could not learn that a single one was occupied. Even the “Boston princes,” who are supposed to own a habitation down here, have gone through the solstice in town, regaling themselves with a stroll about the Boston “frog pond” and the big elm, as a matter of necessity and economy. Those free-hearted Southerners, who, in times past, have made not only Newport, but our other watering places, popular and profitable, have not come on. Those people, who, if yon believe the howling fanatics, could not be driven out of the Union, have concluded to give Abolition New England a wide berth, and the ‘skin- a-sixpence’ Yankees find it a very uncom fortable one to lie aloue in. I assure you, Mr. Day Book, they have got the blockade in the most aggravated form at Newport, and the contagion seems to have spread to every other place of resort. Only think of setting down at the- Tremont, in Bos ton, to a regular dinner, with just eleven persons, all told, and the hotel register showing only five arrivals for the previous day ! I will stop with the facts and leave yon to make your own comments; but as the poor actor summed up his benefit, you can set New England watering places down to a beggarly account of empty boxes. JUNl *iUppo«<‘ If. What a noisy creature a man would be, were his voice, in proportion to his weight, as loud as that ol a locust. A locust can he heard at the distance of one-sixteenth of a mile. The golden wren is said to weigh but half an ounce, so that a mid dling sized man would weigh down not short 4,000 of them, and a golden wren would probably out weigh 4 of our locusts. Supposing, therefore, that a medium sized man weighed as much as 16.000 of our locust, and that the note of a locust can be heard one sixteenth of a mile, a man of common dimensions, and sound in wind and limb, ought to make himself heard a distance of 1,000 miles. 'Some ponderous men could be heard full 2,000 miles and probably more. Singing would he at a discount and concerts wouldn’t “pay.” If innsic is rendered softer and sweeter by distance, it would not do for the audience to be within less than 1,500 miles of the musicians, and we imagine very few would be willing to walk that distance for two or three hour’s enjoyment. Babies would he a nuisance unless every body in the house was stone deaf. But then if things were true, it would have its advantages. Telegraph wires might be done away with, and the universe could be traversed with the human voice, by stationing men at the distance of 1,000 miles apart.— The old fogy invention of speaking would he found nowhere. \Ye could send our reporter to the seat of war, and as soon as could be conveyed to Petersburg, he would proclaim to the anxous and curious citizens thereof, full and accurate accounts of things in general, and the number of persons killed in particular. Just suppose such a thing dear reader. [ Petersburg Express. DECLARATION OP INDEPENDENCE OF THE STATE OF niNNOl'RI. In the exercise of the right reserved to the people of Missouri by the treaty under which the United States acquired the temporary dominion of the country west of the Mississippi river, in trust for the several sovereign States afterwards to he formed out of it, that people did. on the twelfth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, “mutually agree to form and establish a free and independent republic by the name of the State of Mis souri.” On the tenth day of August, eight hundred and twenty one, the State was only admitted into the Union of the United States of America, under the compact called the Constitution of the United States, and “on an equal footing with (he original States in all respects whatever.” The freedom, independence and sovereign ty of Missouri, and her equality with other States of the Union, were thus guarant eed, not only by that Constitution, hut by the law of nations requiring the sacred observance of treaties. In repeated instances, the Government and the people of the States now remain- jug in that Union, have grossly violated, in their conduct toward the people and State of Missouri, both the Constitution of the United States and that of Missouri, as well as the general, great and essential prin ciples of liberty and free government. Their President, Abraham Lincoln, in avowed de fiance of law and the Constitution of the United States, and under the tyrant’s plea of necessity, has assumed to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several States, stopping by violence our trade xvith our Southern neighbors, and depriving our citizens of the right, se cured to them by a special, solemn com pact with the United States, of the free navigation of the 3Iississppi river. He has usurped powers granted exclusively to Congress, iu declaring Avar against the Confederate States ; to carry on this un holy attempt to reduce a free people into slavish subjection to him, he has, in like violation of the Constitution, raised and supported armies, and provided and main tained a navy. Regardless of the right reserved to the States respectively, of training the militia, and appointing its of ficers, he has enlisted and armed, contrary to the law, under the name of Home Guards, whole regiments of men, foreign ers, and others, in our State, to defy the Constitutional authorities, and plunder, and murder our citizens. By armed force and actual bloodshed, he has even attempt ed to deprive the people of their right to keep and bear arms in conformity to State laws, and to form a Avell regulated militia necessary to tlie security of a free State. With bis sanction his soldiers liaA’e been quartered in houses without the con sent of the owners thereof, and without any authority of laAv. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unrea sonable searches and seizures, has been habitually and grossly violated by his of ficers acting under his orders. He has ut- terh’ ignored the binding force of onr con stitutional .State laws, and carried his in solence to such an extent as to introduce, from other States, free negroes into our list, and place them in positions of author ity over our white citizens. He has en couraged the stealing of our slaA-e proper ty. lu these and other proceedings the Government and people of the Northern States have unmistakably shown their in tention to overturn the social institutions of Missouri, and reduce her Avhite citizens to an equality with the blacks. In the execution of his despotic wishes, his agents without even rebuke from him, have ex hibited a brutality scarcely credible of a nation pretending to cmlization. Even Avomen, and children of tender age, have fallen victims to the unbridled license of his unfeeling soldiery. He has avowedly undertaken to make the civil power subor dinate to the military ; and with the des picable and cowardly design of thns pro tecting himself and his accomplices, by binding the consciences of the unhappy victims of his tyranny, be has exacted from peaceful citizens, guilty of no crime, , an oath to support his detestable Govern ment. To crush out even peaceful aud laAvful opposition to it, he has forcibly and unconstitutionally suspended the privileges of the writ of habeas corpus, and abridged the freedom of speech and of the press by subjecting innocent citizens to punishment for mere opinion’s sake, and by preventing the publication of newspapers independ ent enough to expose his treason to lib erty. These manifold and inhuman wrongs Avere long submitted to in patience, and almost in humility, by tlie people of Mis souri, and their authorities. Even when the conduct of the Lincoln government had culminated in an open war upon us, those authorities offered to its military commander in Missouri to refer to the peo ple of the State for decision the question of our separation from a government and na tion thus openly hostile to us. Those au thorities relied on the principles consecra ted in the Declaration of Independence of the L’nited States, that, to secure the rights of the citizen, “governments are in stituted among men, deriving their just poAvers from tlie consent of the governed ; that, whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new government, lay ing its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.” Missouri having an admitted equality with the original States which had made this declaration, it was hoped that the rights therein asserted Avould not he denied to her people. Her authorities also relied on the clause in the very Constitution with Avliich she was ad mitted into the Union, asserting as one of the general, great and essential principles of liberty and free government, “that the people of this State have the inherent, sole, and exclusive right of regulating tlie internal Government and police thereof, and of altering and abolishing their Con stitution and form of Government whenev er it may be necessary to their safety and happiness.” But this military command er haughtily refused the consent of his Government to the exercise by us of these rights, which our ancestors in the last cen tury endured an 8 years’ w r ar to vindicate. He but expressed, however, the deliberate purpose of his masters at Washington and people over which they rule ; for his pre decessor at St. Louis had, a feiv Aveeks be fore, formally proclaimed to our people that our equality with other States Avould be ignored ; that we should be held in subjection to the North, even though the independence of our Southern sister States might he acknowledged ; that to use his oAvn words, “whatever may be the ter mination of the unfortunate condition of things in respect to the so called Cot ton States, Missouri must share the des tiny of the Union; that the free will of her people should not decide her future, but that, “the whole poAver of the govern ment of the United States, if necessary, will he exerted to maintain Missouri in her present position iu the Union,” iu subjec tion to the tyranny of the North. The acts of President Lincoln haA'e been endorsed by tbe Congress and peo ple of the Northern States, and the Avar thus commenced by him has been made the act of the Government and nation over which he rules. They have not only adopted this Avar, but they haA'e gone. 1*0- the extreme of inciting portions of our peo pie to revolt against the State authorities; by intimidation, they haA'e obtained con trol of the remnant left of a convention de riving its powers from those authorities, and using it as a tool, they have through it set up an insurrectionary gOA'ernment in open rebellion against the State. No al- ternatiA'e is left us; Ave must draw the sAvord and defend our sacred rights. By the recognized universal public laAv of all the earth, Avar dissolves all political compacts. Onr forefathers gave as one of their grounds for asserting their independ ence, that the King of Great Britain had “abdicated government here by declaring us out of his protection, and Avaging war upon us.” The people and Government of the Northern States of tbe late Union have acted in the same manner towards Missouri, and have dissolved, by war, the connection heretofore existing between her and them. The General Assembly of Missouri, the recognized political department of her government by an act approved May 10th, 1SG1, entitled, “An Act to authorize the Governor of the State of Missouri to sup press rebellion and repel invasion,” has A’ested in the Governor, in respect to the rebellion and invasion now carried on in Missouri by the Government and people of the Northern States and their allies, the “authority to take such measures as in his judgment he may deem necessary or proper to repel such invasion or put down such rebellion.’' Xow, ther efore. By virtue of the author ity in me A’ested by said act, I, Claiborne F. Jackson. Governor of the State of Mis- souri, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the Avorld for the rectitude of my inten tions, and firmly believing that I am here in carrying into effect the will of the peo ple of Missouri, hereby in their name, by their authority, and on their behalf, and subject at all times to their free and unbi ased control, make and publish this pro visional Declaration, that by tlie acts and people, and Government of the United States of America, the political connection heretofore existing between said States and the people and government of Missouri, is, aud ought to he, totally dissolved ; and that the State of Missouri, as a so\-ereign, free, and independent republic, has full poAver to levy Avar, conclude peace, con tract alliances, establish commerce, and do all other acts and things which independ ent States may of right do. Published and declared at New Mad- raid, Missouri, this fifth day of August, in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. CLAIBORNE F. JACKSON. Governor of Missouri. Sweet Temper—General Jackson once said to a young lady, in whose, welfare he felt a deep interest: “I cannot forbear pointing out to you, my dear child, the great advantages that will resuit from a temperate conduct and sAveetness of manner to all people, on all occasions. Never forget that you area gentlewoman, and all your Avords and ac tions should make you gentle. I never heard your mother—your dear, good mother—say a harsh or hasty thing to any person in my life. Endeavor to imitate her. I am quick and hasty iq my temper, but it is a misfortune whigh, not having been sufficiently restrained in my youth, has caused me inexpressible pain. It has given me more trouble to subdue this impetuosity than anything I ever under took.” It i« Mid that anything Midas touched was turn ed into gold. In these days touch a man with gold, and he’d turn into anything. in Act Rrprcseollag Alien Enemies, Section 1. The Congress of the Con• federate States of America do anact. That wheneA er there shall be declared war be- tAA-een the Confederate States and any foreign nation or Government, or any in vasion or predatory incursion shall be per petrated, attempted or threatened against the territory of the Confederate States by any foreign nation or government, and the President of the Confederate States shall make public proclamation of the event, or the same shall be proclaimed by Act of Congress, all natiA-es, citizens, denzens, or subjects, of the hostile nation or govern ment, being males of fourteen years of age and upwards, who shall be witnin t.ba Confederate States, and not citizens there of, shall be liable to be apprehended, restrained or secured, and removed, as alien enemies: Prodded, That during the existing war citizens of the United States residing within the Confederate States, Avith intent to become citizens thereof and avLo shall make a declaration of such in tention. in due form, and acknowledging the authority of the gOA’ernment of the same, shall not become liable as aforesaid, nor shall the Act extend to citizens of the States of Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, and the District of Columbia, and the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico, and the Indian Territories South of Kansas, who shall not be chargeable Avith actual hostility, or other crime, against the public safety, and Avho shall ac knowledge the authority of the Govern ment of the Confederate States. Sec. 2. The President of tlie Confed erate States shall be, and he is hereby authorized by his proclamation or other public act, in case of existing or declared war, as aforesaid, to provide for the re moval of those who, not being permitted to reside within the Confederate States, shall refuse or neglect to depart there from; and to establish such regulations in the premises as the public safety may re quire. Sec. 3, Immediately after the passage of this Act, the President of the Confed erate States shall, by proclamation, require all citizens of tlie United States, being males of fourteeu years and upwards, u ithin the Confederate States, and ac- knoAvledging the authority of the same, and not being citizens of the Confederate States, nor within the proviso of the first section of this act, to depart from the Con federate States within forty days from the date of such proclamation; and snch per sons remaining Avithin the Confederate States after that time shall become liable to be treated as alien enemeis; and in all cases of declared war, as aforesaid, alien residents within the Confederate States, who shall become liable as enemies afore said, and who shall not be chargeable with actual hostility or other crime aganist the public safety, shall be allowed the time for the disposition of their effects, and for de parture, which may be stipulated by any treaty with snch hostile nation or govern ment; and when no such treaty may exist, the President shall prescribe snch time as may be consistent with the public safety, and accord with the dictates of humanity and national hospitality. Sec. 4. After any declared way, or proclamation as aforesaid, it shall be the dirty of the several Courts of the Confed erate States, and of each State having criminal jurisdiction and of tbe several Judges and Justices of the Courts of th« Confederate States, and they are hereby authorized, upon complaint against any alien or alien enemy, as aforesaid, or per son comiDg within the purvierv of this act, who shall be resident, or remaining in the Confederate States, or at least within the jurisdiction of such Judge, or Court, as aforesaid, contrary to the intent of this Act, and of the proclamation of the Presi dent of the Confederate States, or the regulations prescribed by him in pursuance of this Act, to cause such alien or aliens, person or persons, as aforesaid, to be duly apprehended aud conveyed before such Court, Judge or Justice, for examination and hearing on such complaint; and suffi cient cause therefor appearing, shall or may order snch alien or aliens, person or persons, to be removed out of the territory of the Confederate States, or to be other wise dealt Avith or restrained conformably to the intent of this Act, and the procla mations or regulations which may be pre scribed as aforesaid, and may, in person or otherwise, secure such alien person un til the order which shall be made shall be performed. Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the Marshal of the District in which any alien enemy, or person offending against the provisions of this Act, shall be appre hended by the President of the Confed erate States, or by order of any Court, Judge or Justice, as aforesaid, and shall be required to depart and to be removed, as aforesaid, to execute such order, by himself or deputy, or other discreet person, and for such execution the Marshal shall have the warrant of the Court, or Judge, as the case may be. Senator Wilson at Bull Run.—It is said that whilst Senator Wilson was making his masterly retreat in Virginia, on being repelled by a teamster, whose wagon he sought to occupy, he protested, in plaintive accents, that he was Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts. The response of the teamster was to the effect: “Henry Wilson be d—d. I have kicked liim off the wagon six times already. Bcttlur Delighted.—We have seen a gentleman from Baltimore recently, who was informed by one of the officers from Louisiana, that Butler met the boat at the wharf containing the tidings from the great Bull Run disaster on the memorable 21st. He says Batler actually chuckled OA-er tlie news, and remarking to a friend standing near, “that the North had now learned that there was more than one Great Bethel; that it was a very easy matter for those craven hearted quill drivers of tlie Times, Tribune and Herald, to sit in their sanctums and abnse Generals in the serA’ice for every calamity which befel tlie Northern arms; but that there was a AA-icle difference between doing and talking.” It was, doubtless, great satis faction to Picayune to knoAv that he is not the only defeated Yankee General in the present war.—Petersburg Express. Mr. Edwin James, the celebrated crimi nal lawyer of London, has compromised with his creditors, married a rich widow named Hilliard, and left England forever to seek a new fortune in tlie United States. Affecting Incident.—A correspondent of the Memphis Appeal, writing from up the river towards Madrid Bend, gi\'es the fol lowing incident of the trip: “1 must not forget an old soldier whe, at one of the points on the river, came on board the boat. He walked up to General Pillow, and taking him by the hand, asked him if he knew him. The General thought he knew his face, but could not call his name. Said he, “I am the soldier who shot rtie Mexican who was slipping, up on you to stab you in the back.” Tears flowed freely on both sides —neither could speak, but shook each other’s hand aud separated.” Touching.—In Vanity Fair is a picture entitled “Humors of the War.” represent ing a lady presenting a gentleman in uniform with a pistol, and beneath—“I know it is an odd gift from alady, but. Charley, I thought that when you were away, it might be pleasant for yon to—to have my arms about you.”