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Executive Appointment.
Col. John 8 Rowland, of Cass county,
been appointed bv His Excellency Gov. Grow n.
Superintendent of the Western and Atlautic Kail-
i THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT? OF Til E i Illinois, Indiana. Kentucky and Ohio. But the]
haft i GREEN BRIAR FIGHT. | rebel forces are in tbe field armed, drilled and in
KtCUMOND. Oc 0 -The foll®»i“* fi»l^ *”»thoni -dii^iplfne. and
has tiie snperiutendeucy of trie East Tennessee i able force, their numbers being estimated at 5,001) | j g an j that before Christmas; and the provisions
and Georgia ltaiiropd, we are pleased to see that
the Governor has appointed, in his successor, a
gentleman whole life has been one of untir
ing industry. and whos capability and honesty,
none who know him. and have a correct under
standing of the wants of the Road, will question.
That same regard to economy, and to the faithful
performance of duty on the part of the subordi
nates of the Road, w hich characterized its ad
ministration the last four yeats, will, we predict
with confidence, signalize Col. Rowland's. Of
one thing, the people may be assured, that what
ever the Road makes will find its way into the
State Treasury: aud that every attention to the
couilition of the Road will be given, in order that
it may convey passengers and freight to the iul-
lest extent of its power.
Col. Rowland has complied with all the^ requis
ites of the law, as to bond, security, <!ie.. and
hiving taken the oath of office, has commenced
the discharge of his duties.
men, with six pieces of artillery of a longer range
than any we Uave. Alter a hot fight of tour aud a
half hours, anJ heavy attempt to charge our
| lines, he was repulsed, evidently with considera
ble loss We had no cavalry to pursue lnm on
bis retreat.—The loss on our side, inconsiderable.
A fuller report will be giveu through the regular
channel. For several days my correspondence
with Gen. Loring has been interrupted. The
euamy's force was superior to ours, but we had
the advantage in positiou.
LARGE CONTRIBUTION’S FOR MILITARY.
PURPOSES.
Richmond, Oct. 6.—Large quantities of valua
ble and seasonable clothing, comforts and necessa
ries are daily received and forwarded by the Gov
ernment authorities and special ageuts here from
the people ot nil portions of the South, for regi
ments, companies, and individuals in the Confede
rate Aiinv.
The Arw Orleans KlorLut* ■■■■( t-'lccl routed
Thr I. N. Mbi|> Preble A Prise!
New Oilcans. ( via Mobile.) Oct. l'i.—A naval j march
engagement took plaeo this morning at the head I make
of tin- Passes, between the Confederate fleet and
the U S blockading fleet, commencing at o-to
o’clock. A M . and lasting for one hour. It was
resume-! at 9 o'clock, A M . and dining It* con*
tiuxam-e C om Hollins suit the following message
to the Nasal IVpartuieut:
•Fort Jackson. 2 o'clock P. M —Last night 1
attacked the kdockaders with n»r little fleet, and
succeeded, after a very short struggle ill driving
th.^ui all aground, at the Southwest Pass bar. ex
cept the Ft Me which l sunk and captured as a
pnae from them and after we got them fast in the
• aud. wo peppered them well There were no
casualties on our side. The atlair was a complete
LATER.
New Orleans. Oct. Id.—The enemy s force in
the engagement this morning is represented as
being 4i> guns and nearly l.ufltl men, while our lit
tle ‘’mosquito" fleet carried but io guns and about
3J0 men.
It is reported that the iron steamer sunk the U.
S. sloop of war Preble, with her steel prow.
Com Hollius will arrive in the city at 9:30 this
evening.
Bowling Grim. Oct. 5.—A dispatch to the Louis
ville Journal oi the 4th. from Washington, the 2d.
says Gen Fremont has been ordered, upon charges
made by Col Blair, to report himself for trial by
Court Martial.
Gen. Wool has been ordered to supersede Fre
mont in the command of the West.
Geu Mansfield left for Fortress Monroe this af
ternoon to supersede Wool.
Gen. Wool has left the Fortress and is on his
way Westward.
The rebels hereahonts are now acting on the de
fensive, fearing an assault from some quarter
where they are most assailable.
Affairs along the Potomac are quiet. The reb
els have a number of masked batteries at all the
principal points on the Potomac.
At Aquia Creek eleven merchant vessels were
fired upon by the rebel batteries. Their shot fell
short.
Jefferson City. Mo , Oct. 3.—Eighteen hundred
rebels parted from the main body for Georgetown.
They intend to make a demonstration in vast
numbers upon Georgetown, Jefferson City and
St. Louis, and feel confident of their ability to
take them.
The report of the removal of Fremont, created
intense indignation among the Union men.—
There was great rejoicing among the Secession
ists.
A gentleman who visited Benton barracks this
afternoou, reports the greatest excitement among
the troops, amounting amiost to mutiny.
Gen. McKir.strey has been ordered to the de
partment ot the Cumberland, in Kentucky.
liver, Oci. 3d, confirming his vie- went over to the Virginia side at an early hour ra
rer Reynolds on Thursday last. the various localiti.es recently
J „ r.„D‘ vacated by the rebels. A private w as sunitnan.y
[Special Dispatch to Savannah Morning News.]
Dispatches Received at the Departments—Ken
tucky Refugees in Tennessee.
Richmond, Oct. 7.—The Railroad
Convention called at the instance of the
Government, and held at Chattanooga,
agreed to a uniform rate of transportation
of 20 cents per hundred pounds, per one
hundred miles.
The Navy Department has received
dispatches confirming the capture of the
U. S. steamer Fanny, on the North
Carolina coast, after a brief engagement,
by the Confederate forces under fiag-oflicer
Lynch.
The War Department has received from
Gen. Jackson, a dispatch, dated at Green
Briar II:
tory ov
Tiie battle lasted four hours and a half.
Loss on our side, four killed and twenty
wounded.
3Ir. Warren Stone. Fx-Justice Johns
and A. Campbell, have arrived here.—
Hon. John C. Breckinridge and Hon.
W:n. Porter arrived at Knoxville, Tenn.,
on Thursday, and were enthusiastically
received by the people. Among the dis
tinguished Kentucky refugees who ac
companied Mr. Breckingridge, were Col.
Hodge, of Ky., Maj. Wash Morgan, of 3d
Regiment Tennessee Volunteers, with
Mrs. E. L. McElrath, T. N. Walls, of
the Confederate Congress, Hon. T. A. R.
Nelson, and several other prominent gen
tlemen.
The Knoxville Register of Friday
morning says:
Mr. Breckinridge was received with
great enthusiasm by the large crowd as
sembled at the Depot, and escorted to the
Jefferson City, Mo., Oct. 3.—Eighteen hun-
dred rebels parted from the mniu body and
1 for Georgetown. It is the intention to
demonstration in vast numbers upon
Georgetown, Jefferson City, and St. Louis. Tne
rebels feel confident of their ability to take these
places.
flio report of the removal of Fremont has cre
ated intense indignation among the Union men,
and goat rejoicing among the Secessionists. A
gentleman who visited Benton Barracks reports
the greatest excitement among the troops, amount
ing almost to mutiny.
Geu. McKensely has beer, ordered to the De
part men t of Cumberland, in Kentucky.
Dr. White, of Mulligan's brigade, brings in
formation from Lexington to Monday night —
Price had left Lexington with the main body of
bis army, moving southward, intending to etfect
a junction with McCulloch, and give Fremont
battle. Price anticipates an easy victory over
Fremont at this point. He will then move to St.
Louis, where twenty-four thousand seeesionists
will rise and welcome him with arms in their
hands.
Louisville, Oct. 4.—Special appeals have been
made to the young men of Louisville, Jefferson, R . , i n i
aud the adjoining counties, and every inducement , ‘ 1 ™°, ni ’. c ,;
- - J dcr Col A. R.
now carefully stored in the granaiies of the Ohio
valley will go to feed traitors.
Confiscation in .’Yew York a Losing Came.
The New York Herald of September 25th, in
its money article, make3 this significant state
ment :
“It would be well for the Secretary of State and
the Secretary of the Treasury to have an occa
sional interchange of views, as the recent pro
ceedings of the one are seriously interfering with
the policy of the other. Within the past few days
the agents of the Secretary of State have been
constantly running up and down Wall street in
chase of Southern money. They have seized
§l(),l)('0 in one place, §3,00') another, $20,000 in
a third, a box of papers ir. one bank, a roll of
notes in another, a bundle of bonds in another
a trunk of valuables i:i a fourth—the whole be
longing or supposed to belong lo citizens of the
States now controlled by the rebels. The conse
quences ot these confiscations area gain to the
United States of perhaps §30,0011 or §00,0110, and
a loss of several millions to the city of New York;
for the moment it became known that Mr. Sew
ard’s agents were on the track of Southern money,
every bank and hanker made haste to remit all
he had to Europe for safety—rightly deeming his
client paramount to every oilier consideration.
The consequence of this sudden transmission of
monry to Europe, has been a considerable reduc
tion of the bank deposits here—a rise in exchange
to within ,j percent, of the specie rate—and a gen
oral distubance of the money market which, with
other causes, has relnced the popular subscrip
tions, to the national loan of fifty per cent. It
may be very right and proper perhaps to despoil
the Southerners who, relying upon our honor,
sent us their money to keep, when they could
not trust the rebel governments which had iisnr
ped authority over them; but surely it is a fatal
error to gratify patriotic zeal in this way, when
the effort convulses our money market, disturbs
the foreign exchanges and checks subscription to
the popular loan.
Interesting from Europe.
PRINCE NAPOLEON ON THE
SKETCHES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE GEN
ERALS AND ARMIES ON BOTH SIDES.
The Spirit North and South.
By special arrangement we have been enabled
to receive our foreigu tiles, from which we ex
tract a vast amount of important and interesting
Intelligence tiom Europe. In the Opiniunr Xa
tionaU. of Paris, and the home argan of Prince
Napoleon, appears the third of the stries ot letters
written from Washington, and attributed to the pen
of the Priuce. We subjoin several interesting
extracts:
we 'tr the most impossible costumes,
dilapidated bv a three months’ bicou
wofully
ouac; ha's
without crowns, boots without soles, with an
otism, State prole, love ot country, and all ... r ’ „ ,, i . c .
afluences that urge men to gallant and glori- thir V ««»« »« r 'J ol Cr,pe_ Hatteras last Satur
eeds are insufficient to awaken them.' Not ,ln - y ' a,,J f’” d /l 1 ' 1 >' ;lr, - v of ‘I 10
Fared. but the work of enlistment goes on slow ly.
Pat. iotism, State prido, love ot country, and all
the iu "
ous d
twenty recruits from the Home Guard, of thi
city, are in camp. The Journal thinks such con
duct on the part of the Union men of Kentucky
very strange indeed.
ANOTHER GEORGIA VICTORY.
8 —The Confederate forces un-
Wright, commanding the Third
Georgia Regiment, landed oil Chickonemack Bank
enemy. The Confederates took thirty-one pns
oners, one thousand stand of muskets six field
■pieces, tents, provisions, shoes and stockings.
Our loss was only one killed. Col. Wright's
horse was shot from under him.
From the Potomac.
THE ADVANCE OF THE FEDERALS—THEIR TROOPS
FIRE INTO EACH OTHER.
The Baltimore Sun. of the 3Hth, in alluding to
the ‘ advance” of the Federal army upon Munson's i
hills, says:
The advance of Gen, Smith on Falls Church
from the Chaiu Bridge was accompanied by events
of tiie most deplorable character. Having passed
Vaiidernerkiti’s and Vauderberge’s houses on their
way to the former place, and when about half a
mile from it, by some unaccountable blunder Col.
Owens’ Irish regiment, of Philadelphia, in the
darkness of the night, mistaking, for rebels, (.’apt.
Mott’s battery, which was in the advance, sustain
ed by Colonel Baker’s California regiment,
Baxter's Philadelphia Zouaves, and Col. Fieed-
man's cavairy, fired a full volley into the troops
last mentioned, killing and wounding a large
number.
The California regiment, not knowing from
whom tiie firing came, returned it with marked
effect. The horses attached to Mott's battery
became unmanageable, and the tongues of the
caissons were broken, owing to the narrowness of
the road.
Lieut. Bryant, having command of the first
section, ordered the guns to he loaded with grape
and canister, and soon had them in range to rake
the supposed enemy, when word was sent to him
that ho was in the company of friends.
All was excitement, and a long time elapsed
before the actual condition of affairs was ascer
tained and confidence re-established. Many con
fused stories prevail as to the parties on whom the
i.lameshould rest, but Gen Smith ordered Col.
Owen’s regiment back to camp.
TIIE DESTRUCTION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY.
1 he Sun’s account continues:
The conduct of the Federal troops to-day,
while occupying the grounds recently vacated by
the rebels, resulted in the burning of property to
the amount of from thirty to forty thousand
dollars, including houses with their contents,
but which were unoccupied, no distinction be
ing made as to the political character of their
owners.
'J he wanton acts will doubtless undergo inves
tigation by the military authorities, astlvywere
strongly condemned by Gen. McClellan, wii
shot by his superior officer for insubordination in
refusing to pet form duty
l>y
Unpiurr of flip Federal Slramrr Fanny
Fol. A, R. Wright of Georgia.
Mr. CUshy:—I hand you a note receiv
ed by mo this morning irotn an oliicer of
the 3d Georgia Regiment showing, that
the capture of the Federal steamer “Fan
ny,” of Roanake Island on the 1st inst.
is due to A. R. Wright of Georgia (our
Ransc) and our brave Volunteers, and not
to Capt. Lynch, as stated in the Tele
graphic Dispatch.
J. H. R. Washington.
Camp Georgia, Roanake Island, Oct. 2d
1861.
“I send enclosed, a fragment of the
first U, S. fag struck in a regular navai
engagement between the U. S. and C. S.
A part of our little fleet under Col.
Wright not Com. Lynch, yesterday even-
Prrparntion* for Hip ttonllirrii Expedition.
Richmond. Oct 8 —The New York Tribune
says the steamer Vanderbilt, Atlantic. Baltic, Ro
anoke, and Coatzacolcos are taking in coal and
provisions, and arranging berths for troops for
the Southern expedition.
The Washington Star considers Missouri almost
lost to the Federals siuce the battle of Lexing
ton-
Receipt for Dysentery anil Flax —We have the
following from Mrs. E. C. Jennings, of Oxfotd.
She is a highly intelligent, lady—well known to
us, and we place every confidence in her recom
mendation:
Take sweet gum bark and make a strong tea;
to one quart add one gill of brandy and an ounce
vial of laudanum, with a little sugar to make it
palitabie. Take a teaspoonful until the disease
abates. I have known one dose to effect an imrne-
diato cure of the worst case I ever saw, and I
know it to he a Merer-failing remedy.
GENERAL SCOTT.
General Scott is a man of enormous height and
corpulence, aged about seventy-five years. He i*
Lieutenaui-G' neral, a grade corresponding to that
of Marshal, and to which is attached the perma
nent command of the regular army in lime ot
peace as well a* in time of war. In the L’nitod
States there is but one Lieutenant-General, and he
is in perpetuity Coinmander-in-Chief ot the army,
a sort of War Minister lor life, while the cabinet
officer, who has the title of Minister of War, is
more specially charged with the military adminis
tration. Geu. ccult, therefore, directs all the op
eratiousof the present war, just as in France the
Minister of War directs the armies iu the field
commanded by Generals iu-C'bief. Gen. Scott is
or rattier has been—for 1 repeat he has the air of a
man whose career is ended—a true gentleman, the
manner of an English General, well educated,
enlightened, and belonging, as well by his age as
his manners, to quite a different generation than
the present one. He has never commanded any
but the regular army, in contrast to the militia. It
was at the head of the regular army that, in 1847,
he made the splendid campaign of Mexico, landed
at Vera Cruz, marched oti the capital, which he
seized after an obstinate battle, while General
Taylor, on the frontiers of Texas, and at the head
of American militia, won the victory of Buena,
Vista. General Scott who is a very gallant man,
has, besides, an excessive self love; his country
men have so often compared him to Napoleon, that
the comparison has ended by making some im
pression on him. He likes to recall the fact that
he has never been detested, and even that, in his
military career, the enemy have never taken from
him either a detachment or a post.
GEN. M’CLELLAN.
Gen. McClellan commanded, some days ago, in
air and heroic bearing that Don Csesar de Bazan
would have envied. And since these ragge 1
cavaliers have as fine, energetic, Virginia faces us
their horses are magnificent, which they tnauage
with great daring, one is filled with admiration,
just as we admire the fantastic fignres of the war
riors, created by Salvator Rosa.
THE southern staff officers,
The stalls of the Generals in-Chief (Beauregard
and Johnstou) are remarkable. If the United
States were not a Republic, I would say that those
staff's are composed of the flower of the Southern
nubility. Most of them possess enormous fortune
Disinterested in this civil war, a stringer to the
hatreds, the passions and the interests which have
influenced it, I could not feel otherwise than
touched at the sight of some of those white-
mousfached men of military, aristocratic bearing
aud distinguished manners, who have left their
families, their fireside* and high social positions
to serve as aids in the rudest of wars, to young
Generals, hitherto unknown.
THE SPIRIT OF BOTH ARMIES.
Ills incontestable that there is much more pnssion
and ardour among the officers of Southern than those
ofthe Northern army. Individual bravery is incontes
tably superior iu the Confederate camp; but the Union
army makes up for this disadvantage by a more advan
ced military organization and knowledge, at least
among the soldiers; so that matters being almost equal
ly balanced, it is difficult enough to foresee towards
which side the fortune of war will incline.
It is true the victory at Bull Run is of a nature to ex
cite. to tiie highest pitch tile confidence and enthusiasm
of the Southern men; but I findit impossible tosee in the
result of the battle one of those solemn judgments,
without appeal which condemn one side to bow the
head b tneatli the irresistible ascendancy of tiie victor.
These men. after ail, are nearly allot' the Raine race,
or the same mixed races; and, despite the divergence ot
opinions, they have a 'common fund of ideas, manners
and feelings, whicii does not permit a line to be drawn
through tiie thirtieth degree of latitude, and to have
it said : All that is North of this line is inferior to all
that is South of it.
T> estimate the events of July 21, we mustlcave a
wide margin for the local incidents, the chance and
inexpected encounters on the field of battle, tiie un
foreseen events which take hold of the imaginations ot
the masses-—secondary causes which operate on the
war by so much the more as the armies have less ex
perience, discipline and knowledge.
GEN. BEAUREGARD.
I have told you ofthe Generals commanding the Nor
thern army The details which I send you would be
incomplete, were I not to speak also of those who
commanded the Southern army—Gens. Beauregard
and John-ten.
n. Beauregard is of French origin, that is to say
Western Virginia, a province half subjected and
half revolted- Charged with the duty of pacifying | , lis family emigrated from France to Canada about a
:t,he acquitted himse.f ot that mission with tiie I h.unlr-eil and titty years since. His father left the Eu-
greatest success. Ot the two Secessionist Gen- glish colony to become a citizen of the United States,
erais who opposed him, one was taken with his : and settled' in New Orleans. He there changed his
whole column, the other was killed and his troops religion, abjuring Protestanism and embracing Cnthe-
•tican ex- licity, which is the religion ofthe General and hisfami-
dispersed. These successes, which Ameiican
ly. A pupil of West Point. Beauregard was a Lieu
teuant-Colonel in the regular army when the war broke
out. He has just been appointed Superintendent ofthe
West Point Academy. •
The government of his State, Louisiana, recalled
him. made him leave tiie Federal army, and President
Jefferson Qavis immediately conferred upon l.iui the
rank of General, and the command of tiie troops at
gave him
hich rent
d and
im an
Channel!.— By sp'cial order. Col. Henry L Ben-
mug's Regiment will hereafter be known as the
17th instead of the 19th as hei etofore.
Close Shooting —Pinckney Randall, Esq., of this
county, showed us, yesterday, a woolen pea-
jacket worn by his son, R. A. Randall—a private
in the Atlanta Grays—at the battle of Manassas
Plains, having seren bullet holes iu it. Strange
how he escaped unhurt.
He also showed us some bullets, buttons, and
other mementoes of the battle field, with a letter
from Lieut. S. B. Love, complimenting the gal
lantry of his son.
[ Southern Confederacy.
Lamar House by the 4th Regiment, of F. ing captured after a smart action, the U. S.
T. Volunteers—Colonel Powell's.
Arrived at the Hotel, in response to loud
calls from the largest crowd we have ever
seen assembled in Knoxville, and amid
strains of martial music and a display of
fire works. Mr. Breckinridge appeared up-
From the Dispatch.
Affair* in Kentucky—The Capture, Hcn-
tenee of Death, and Escape of James II.
Burnani, Esq.
From Mr. Burnam, just arrived from Kentucky.
I have obtained the following items of interest
concerning the w hereabouts and doings of the
Confederate forces under the gallant Buckner.
The General makes his headquarters at Bow
ling Green, and is at present occupying his force
of some 20,000 men in clearing the Green river
country of the Union camps, preparatory to an
advance upon the Lincnlnites at Elizabethtown,
which they hold with 6,(190 men under the turn-
coat Rousseau. Buckner lias dispersed the Union
ists at Glasgow, made them swim the river at
Cioverport, and pul! up stakes at Hopkinsville,
capturing all their arms and munitions. He has
taken possession of the railroads to within a few
miles of Elizabethtown, and contemplates an ad
vance at an carlv day upon that place. Both
parties are fortifying themselves wherever they
go. The Confederate force is made up of three
Mississippi regiments, seven Tennessee and 12 of
Kentucky with Kentnckians rallying to their
standard by whole regiments. Shortly after their
advance to Bowling Green, Gen. Buckner found
it necessary to send dispatches to Ow ensboro’, on
the Ohio river. The route lay through a hot
Union district, aud which was held by Federal
troops Irom Evansville, Indiana
Mr. Burnam volunteered to carry the dispatches.
He started on the 19th of September ; on the 2(lth
he was captured near Hartford by some 400 of
the enemy. While they were taking him to head
quarters. he excused himself for a moment and
destroyed his dispatches. Arrived at Hartford,
they searched him-thoroughly. bntfound nothing,
and were on the point of letting him go, when a
scout came in with his papers torn to iragments.
They put them together and deciphered the con
tents, and holding a cuurf. martial, sentenced Mr.
aggeratnm has transformed into great victories,
have given trom day to day an immense popularity
to McClellan. You see his name at New York on
placards, on banners, in the newspaper headings,
with the phrase, “McClellan, two victories in one
day.” After the battlo of Bull Run the President
called McClellan to the command of the conqured
and demoralized army, lie has, therefore, uuder j Charleston. We know that tho common _
his orders, at this moment, the troops re-assembled ' '; ie opportunity ot firing tin- cannon shot wind
on the Potomac fiom Harper's Ferry to tiie sea I *he flag ot the thirty-four stars. He bombarde
tj i ,■ r . , c i .■■ ■ st ■ took rorthimiter- a success which achieved li
He has the title ot General of Division-Major- immen[le parity. When the secession army formed
Geneial <» position which corresponds to that of. march on Washington, Beaur^gaid was invested
General of Division, having commanded or com-j with the grade of General of Division-Mnjor-Gener-
nianding a corps of the army, j al.
There are at present only two officers ot that, Beauregard is forty years of age. He is small, brown,
grade in the United States— McClellan and the j tllin : extremely vigourons,although his features wear
celebrated traveler, known under the name of I a (hied expression ,aml his hair has whitened prematu-
Colonel Fremont, who has once been a candidate i r ,- ', f‘- at ’ c l^yru'gneiiiy, tongue, acccnt—everytlung
,- j , , T , ,, ,, , i about him istrencli. Ills bravery is great and unde-
tor Hie 1 residency. lie commands the small Fed-: Iliabl e, and everything denotes in him, if not a snperior
era! arm) \\ nic.h uper&tes against Ine Secessionists j general intelligence, at leapt a remarkable military
in the Mississippi valley, in the State of Missouri, j apitude. He is quick, a little abrupt, and, although
around St Louis. It is, therefore, in the hands of welleducated and distinguished in his manners, he
Gen. McClellan tlr.t. the North has placed its mill I must sometimes offend, less by wlint he says than by
tary destinies, and the care of avenging the shame-' ' 1 ’? manners of saying it. Perhaps’lie dues not repress,
fill defeat of Bull Run I with sufficient care, the manifestations of an ardent
The connections of Gen. McClellan with Gan. I P^'bnHty which knows its worth, and to which an
0 .. . ... c i r *1 [ liiixnviiso military puccvps may have given a lc'^itnnni*
Scott are almost those of a General of the army ; Hl l f cntidenee.-J-He is extremely impassioned in the
with the Minister War. Gen. McClellan, a defence of the cause which lie serves; at least, lie
pupil of W est Point Academy, is a man of thirty-j takes less care to conceal his passion, under a calm
five years of age. very small in stature, with black | and cold exterior, than do most of his comrades iu
hair and mustaches, an intelligent, open and most j either army. To sum up all, the South has found in
agreeable countenance, aud a simple and modest I llim a man of an uncommon ardour, a ceaseless
bearing. Should you see him pass in the streets i ? otlv , it .y> aml indomitable power of will-characters
ot Paris you would certainly take him to be a >X "'Inch we recognize the men destined to win bat-
i. ... ties anti lo lean nn.itms.
t rench officer of engineers ot artillsry.
GENERAL M DOWELL.
ties and to lead parties
GENERAL JOHNSTON
General Johnston, of West Point, is a little older
General McDowell commands ail the troopson than Beauregard, aud was Colonel in the regular army
tiie right bank of the Potomac. He is a man of at tlje period of secession. He served very brilliantly
forty-two vears, tail aud lara-e. His face is not I ! u tlle Mexican campaign, and enjoys in the United
particularly fine, but it is remarkably open and ! States a great reputation for capacity and p.obity,-
.. i •. e r i ,! An extreme reserve, a modesty uo less meat, cause a
sympathetic, through its air of frankness and ■ 8ort oi t|uineis to appear to p / ralvze f hiln ’ the bril .
liaut qualities which every one recognize in him, but
If McClellan resembles one of our engineer | place him the field of battle and then the true war-
officers, McDowell resembles one ot our infantry ■ rior re appears in him as if by enchantment,
officers. Did I not dread reducing to puerile | position of the rebel arjiy.
shades the search for resemblances and ass i mi la-1 I have already toM you what are the present positions
tions, I should *ay that McDowell has the type of | ofthe Northern army. They are the same as it oceu
a chief a batallion of foot chasseurs. His conver- j pied on the loth of July. The Secessionists hare also
sation, his character, and his principles are still i resumed almost thesame nsthey had at the some date,
superior to his appearance, favorable as that is. \ Affairs are therefore found now in the same condition
He is one of the most honest, truesb simplest men ! 2 s ^ e ^ orc !^l ie ^ ** V lS n £ rea *- mor . a ^ w '~
that you can me.-t. He sustained a terrible cheek | ‘ t t I 1 ,a3 '“ a<1 no / ,r * ,egl “ conscrjuei'ce. It... pns-
, , ... . , . . stbie that the force of circumstances may again place
at Bull Kun, and speaks ot it without bitterness. | the two armie8 in hljsti , 0 arravon tho same field;
without recrimination, with an accent of sincerity but at present an overwhelming iirat renders the great
and an elevation of sentiments that do him the operations of war almost impossible, and uothing sori-
greateat honour. Deprived of the supreme com- 1 ous need be expected before the autumn-
maud in consequence of that reverse, he has seen ! — i*—
steamer “Fanny” with stores for one Reg-!
Burnam to death, to be shot next, morning. Dtir-
. „ . , ing the night the enemy were joined by another
intent, overcoats for 1,000 men, and one j Federal regiment, under Col. Hawkins, who re-
Iiified Cannon. We all leave this even- j ported that. 5.< 09 Confederates were oil their trail,
ing to attack Chicamacormick, where Both regiments then retieated to Owensboro’,
1,000 Yankees have iust landed, and will l ve,,( ? u * h1,ave
. j an interview with t lie persons to whom the dis-
“get cm sure. *\ e took 45 prisoners <. patches were addressed, and the objects of his
on the balcony, was introduced by Col. j yesterday, and have got them in port, journey were accomplished, the locks on Green
John H. Crozier, and returned his i “No body hint” as yet on our side.
tharkr for tiie warm and unexpected re
ception.
He declined to discuss tbe questions
xvliich had led to the disruption of the old
L'nion, because of the peculiar circum
stances in which lie found himself, which
In haste, yours &c
river were blown upon the next night and navi
gation stopped. He then turned his attention to
his own safety. Co! Hawkins was a relative of
his, and reprieved him for a short time ; and by
means of the countersign and a Federal uniform,
kindly furnished by a friend in the enemy's
ranks, he escaped, obtained a horse, and struck
out for Bowling Green, 173 miles distant. On
the road he met with both friends and toes: was
re-arrested twice, and finally got home with the
assistance of Mr. Todd, a brother-in law of Lin
coln, and brother of the two gentlemen now iu
This is a low estimate if he | the Confederate service in Virginia. Mr. Bur-
[From the New Yoik Times, 8ept. 30.]
The Nnvigntion of the Ohio Thrratrued.
The rebel States of Alabama, Mississippi, Louis
iana Texas. Arkansas and Tennessee, according
forbade the expression of bis feelings until (to the official reports of their departments, have
he could get back to that borne from which put into the field 140,000 tnen. Of these troops
he was now a fugitive without a crime, j ^ur^r “y" i m ° 8,,y * ^
But he assured the people ot 1 ennessee | commands near 200.000 men, for it would require I nam’s brother is Adjutant of the 1st Kcntueky
that Kentuckians would yet preserve the that he should have 141,900 dra*n from the States ! regiment at Fairfax Court House,
liberties of that State, and repel the Lin- j °f Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, j The Federals treated him very well while they
- - — - 1 Florida, Virginia and Maryland—a number they had him : hut they were the worst scared set of
can hardly yield. But allowing for Virginia 59,- men he ever saw when the report of the advance
000 men, drawn from the States of tho lower movement of Confederates reached them ; they
Mississippi Valley, it will leave 81,000 troops in I never thought of making a stand, only of retreat-
:he field for home defence of the rebel States, and ing. Yours, truly,
to operate upon Missouri and Kentucky, which ; KENTUCKIAN,
the Confederates are striving to sever trom the
Union. Let us take off 29,000 for home service
—for coast guard and garrison duty—and we have
61,000 rebel troops left for offensive operations
against Missouri and Kentucky. A very large
proportion of their force was recently in Missouri
under Pillow and Hardee. Bnt these men have
coin invaders who outraged her soil, and
would yet embraeo Tennessee as a sister
who had come to her assistance in the
hour of her deepest need.
When Mr. B. paused, a boquet was
thrown to him from one of the windows of
the house, for which he returned his thanks
in a few eloquent words, and retired amid
the cheers the multitude.
Col. Preston was then loudly called for,
and made a stiftingf*address, in the course j all been transported to Kentucky, leaving in Mis-
of which, after referring to the outrages i ! ( . ,U P ,° *b v the regiments that accompany Ben
perpetrated by the Lincoln despotism upon
Kentucky and the faithlessness of its Leg
islature to the people, lie remarked that
the gallant State was now under the heels
of a military despotism, which had not
gained its ascendancy by force of arms, but
McCul Inch. It is not known how many he has
nor indeed is it known where he is at present.
But it ir, we think, an entirely reasonable calcu
lation ijliat the Confederates have, either upon
Kentucky soil or ready to be precipitated upon
Kentucky,fifty thousand troops in the main well
drilled,.equipped with artilltry, and altogether
formidable in the field. Bnt as tbf- collision in
by fraud, lie expressed the hope that if Kentucky becomes more sharp and absorbing, ali
peace should be restored, tbe boundary of ' possihlj reinforcements will be thrown forward
the two Confederacies should be the Ohio I “J ,he ponfederates. 1 hey well know that their
. . ., . , - , . , ,, homes inuat be protected on the Kentucky line,
river, and that no j ankee banner should , cr notf.r all, and so every fighting man that can
ever
line.
float to tbe breeze South of that
Mr. Preston was followed by Colonel
ry fighting
! be spa* d trom Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkan
' sas an, elsewhere, will be pushed forward to Ken
tucky i> prevent the invasion of their own homes
The Cft ' '
[Special Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch]
Front Norfolk.
"mfederate army to be met ard opposed
Hodge, another of the distinguished Kelt- j n Kentucky, will amount, therefore, in a very
tucky fugitives, who made au eloquent short :*me to not less than feo.OoO men. It may
speech. jin any emergency, he run up easily to 100,600
O w . , j .1 . j | men. And such an nrniv in the hands of Gen
n Saturday, the sequestration proceed- ; A s John80n wi „ be a powerful and dangerous
itlgs instituted in Richmond involved halt a ! adversary, requiring the best strength and ablest
million of dollarj.
Battle on the Neutral Land—26 Jay haw
kers Killed, by the Chcrahccs.—The Fort
Smith (Ark.) Times, 26lh ult.„ has the
following;
An express arrived yesterday from Col.
•stand \S atie, bringing news of a battle
between a. company of Cherokees, of
Watie s regiment, and a number of Kan
sas Jayhawkers; in which the Cherokees
killed 26, and three of the Cherokees were
killed, one of whom was Capt. James
Bell, younger brother of the late well-
known Jack Bell
A company of Cherokees start to-day
from the opposite side of the river. The
Jayhawkers will have a warm time now.
Generals of the Government to oppose it success
fully. If the invasion of Kentucky is not met
with all promptness, and with all the power of
theGovernment.no earthly power can prevent
the victorious march of Gen. Johnston into the
' Ohio valley, and the wintering of the grand
army in the cities ofLouisville and Cincinnatti
Kentucky will he a giant in the fight; but Ken
tucky is not armed. Gen. Anderson is a hero,
and will “die the death” in the field, if need be.
But Gen. Anderson’s health is exceedingly in
firm, and many think him fatally impaired in vig
or by his sufferings in Sumter Under these cir
cumstances it is incumbent on tbe Administra
tion to look vigilantly into the movements of the
enemy in Kentucky. What impends there is not
a duel between loyal Kentucky and rebel Ten
nessee It is a battle between the Titans—the
fiercest fighting men of the Confederate States
—in full fbree, under their very abb at generals
(Beauregard to the contrary notwithstanding,)
against the most gallant and resolnte race oi men
that the Union can boast of—the yeomanry of
Particulars of the Affair at ChiekamacomiCo—A
Showing Affair—Matters in Norfolk, Sec.
Norfolk, Oct. 8. J861.
Persons who have come up from North Caroli
na bring the information that the expedition that
went iu pursuit of the 6th Indian regiments that
landed at Chickamacomico met with only partial
success The 3d Georgia regiment, iu command
of Col. Wright, pursued the affrighted Hessians
aud the’iOih North Carolina regiment was sent
down the coast to cut off their retreat. Col.
Wright, of the Georgia regiment, narrowly esca
ped with his life in a skirmish, hut his brave men
vigorously hunted the swift-footed hirelings,
capturing between thirty and forty, and seizing all
the cantp cquipnge, consisting of ammunition
knapsacks, cooking utensils, Ac. The North
Carolina regiment failed entirely in the attempt
to land; otherwise the flying Northern troops
would ail have been ensiiy captured.
Tbe steamer in which our troops were crowd
ed got aground, and the officers and men plunged
overboard, and attempted to wade ashore at a
point a short distance above Hatteras Iuiet. Af
ter wading a mile the water became too deep to
proceed further, and they were compelled to make
their way back to the vessel.—Meanwhile the
Federal iroops were running as fast as their tired
legs would carry them to Hatteras, which they
succeeded in reaching Could our troops have
landed the whole regiment would have been taken
as they had run twenty-two miles. Col. Solomon
Cherry, of this cily. who went ahead of our troops
in a boat for the purpose of sounding, got within
musket shot of the pickets from Hatteras, who
ran off. apparently much alarmed at his approach
Having no gun in his boat, hs was unable to shoot
at tho scamps as they mado their way up from
the shore.
lutrrrnting W»r New*.
Nashville. Oct. 5 —The Cumberland Ford cor
respondent of the Union and American, writing
the 30th ult„ says Zollicoffer broke up the ene
my’s encampment at Laurel Bridge, Laurel
county, thirty-six miles distant, capturing three
prisoneis, a lot of baggage, arms and ammunition.
The enemy fled He also broke up their encamp
ment at Goose Creek, and took the Salt Works,
Clay county, capturing 200 barrels salt.
McClellan, his fellow student at West Point,
younger than himself by several years, inh-rit his
honours, his position and his growing popularity.
He has taken, without complaint and without
murmur, an inferior place under him whose mis
sion it is to repair the misfortune attached to his
name. Well, no one doubts that McDowell will
be the must submissive, most devoted of McClel
lan's Lieutenants. McDowell has, besides, a rep
utation in the army of being a sort, of stoic phil
osopher—a reputation sought after and more or
less deserved by a certain number of West Point
pupils. He drinks neither wine, tea or coffee, does
not smoke, and has habits of sobriety and sell
denial quite in keeping with his Puritan princi
ples.
WEST POINT ACADEMY.
I have already referred several times to West
Point. That establishment, the pride of the Uni
ted States, occupies a position between our mili-
itary school at St. Cj r and our Polytechnic school
It impresses on those formed by it a distinct char
ter, which makes of them a separate class in the
midst of the three great American divisions—the
Yankees, Virginians and Western men. The
West Point pupil speaks toreigu languages,
French principally, lie has been brought tip, in
regard to literature, science and military art, in
the culture of the great European modes So he
is a stranger to that narrow and mistaken patri
otism, that puerile vanity, which concentrates all
the ideas, the studies and admirations of American
upon America. The study of pure science and
abstract mathematics inspires him with a taste for
disinterested speculation; and the military pro-
tession which he embraces, without stifling his
liberal insticts, imprints on him ideas of order, ot
rank, of respect for social or moral superiorities,
little known to the rest of ltia countrymen. To a
stranger's eye these fundamental differences are
inter; reted by an absolute contrast in manners
The West Point student is polished, reserved. lie
knows generally the art of appearing modest, and
making himself enteemed by a skillful simplicity.
He knows how to conform to the usages find hab
its of the strangers with whom he comes iu con
tact; practices all the rules ot the most scrupulous
uibanity, with a certain admixture of Republican
boldness, which lacks neither charm nor distinc
tion. It riquires the test of civil war, of govern
mental anarchy, and of the humiliating position in
which the people of the United States find them
selves at this moment in the face of the rest of the
world, to show rising to the first rank quite a pleiad
of new men, formed by West Point, some belong
ing to the regular army, others having belonged to
it, all fashioned on an almost uniform typo. It is,
at first, on the military stage tint they appear, hut
extra uni feels that they Kill not be lung in passing un
to the political one.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Tho South has already chosen a West Point
man, Jeffersru Davis, for President; for West
Point is divided tike the rest of the nation, ai d
furnisltps chiefs to both parties. Generals Beaure
gard and Johnstou are at the head of the seeces-
sion movement; McClellan and McDowell are the
Union heroes, and their names takes the place, in
every one’s month, of those politicians whose
weakness and incapacity have brought the United
States to the brink of au abyss.
The war appears to be between comrades. In
Western Virginia McClellan has had to operate
against two West Point companions, one of whom,
as I have said, was killed, the other made pris-
oner.
Beauregard and McClellan, military leaders of
the two opposing parties, were not only compan
ions, but intimate Binds. When Beauregard
went to the North, he went to no other house titan
McClellan's, and when McClellan went South he
stayed with no one but Beauregard. One side aud
the other are acquainted in the most intimate man
ner, and sentiments of chivalrous esteem are found
almost everwhere in both camps, for former friends
are now become implacablo enemies.
8uch are tiie men whom the force of circum
stances calls to diiect the great revolution which
tins moment upturns the United States, aud which
will probably end in reforming them.
At first sight an idea may' bo formed of the
secession soldier's exterior The question of uni
form, not fully solved in the North, is not thought
of at all in the Bouth. It would seem that the at
tempts at uniform have not got beyond tiie distri
bulion among some corps of a kind of jacket of a
heavy gray cloth, manufactured in Virginia. The
clothes, whether of regular uniform or fancy, are
all in a very bad condition; the soldier, neverthe
less. preserves beneath his rags an aspect suffi
ciently martial, and perfect order reigns in the
camp and the posts.
THE SOUTHERN CAVALRY.
What strikes one most is the cavalry, which is
very numerous, admirably mounted, and composed
of superb men. It is plain, at the first glance,
that those men are the sons of farmers and land
owners, that their horses are their own, and that
they are accnstomed, if not to arms, at least to a
rough country life. Besides, nothing is more
picturesque than these Southern cavalier*. They
[From the Richmond Dispatch]
Au Isiriileul in tlic Ifintilcof Onulcy*
Headq'rs Army of the Kanawha, (
October 2d, 1861. )
After so numerous graphic description ofthe
territicbattleofGauley.it would seem too Into
to entPr into any details of the engagement, nor
is it the intention of your correspondent to do so.
but merely to mention a striking spectacle which
we witnessed on the day of battle, and which
seemed so grand to all under whose observation it
catne. As soon as our pickets had been driven
in, and we were momentarily expeeling an attack
from the main body of Gen. Roseucranz, the
Fifteenth Regiment, under the command of the
gallant and accomplished Col. A W. Reynolds,
was ordered to take up the advance, which he
did with his characistic bravery and alacrity. Al
most as soon as lie had assumed his position be
hind the entrenchments, the booming of the can
non and tattle of mu.-ketry told too well that
many a warm and brave heart would cease to beat
ere the setting of the Sun.
Marching on to attack him were two full regi
ments, under command of his former friend class
mate, Gen. Benhaiu. What a strange spectacle
is presented! Fooni the time they entered West
i J’oint. up to tho break on of these unfortunate
difficulties, they had been devoted friends. J hey
had been in tile same class, they had demonstra
ted the same proposition and solved the same
problems, and, finally, had learned the same mili
tary science. Let us see why made the best use
of their knowledge.
There stood our brave Colonel in command
of tiie right wing of his regiment, and the gallant
Major C E Tliorburn, who had more than once
taught the vandals a severe lesson, in command
of ihe left; both of whom though fully aware
of the fearful odds they had to contend against
were a determined aspect, and fear seemed a stran
ger to their bosoms.
On came our colonel’s former friend and class
mate with his horde of vandals; hut still wo neith
er moved nor fired a gun. They had almost reach
ed our entrenchments when the clear, distinct voice
of Col. Reynolds rang out, “fire. 1 ” and so deadly
was our aim that one Yankee Colonol. with many
of his comrades bit the dust. Recovering from
their confusion, they made another fierce attack,
but were again repulsed. For four long hours,
until ni^hl separated them, did these two class
mates flight. Time after timedid Gen. Benham,
with immense numbers, make desperate and fierce
attacks upon our entrenchments: hut agnin «nd
again did our gallant Colonel, with his noble band
of Spartans, repulse them,
Ftom the Central Georgian.
Fol. James S. Hook.
In explanation of this gentle receiving a small
er number of votes, at the electiou on Wednes
day, than Mr. Irwin, the other member elect, it
is improper to state, that numbers of the people
in the county were not aware that lie was a can
didate until after the election was over; nor, in
deed. was Col. Hook a candidate, in the sense
such term usuafiy indicates, he having repeatedly
and emphatically refused to permit his name to
be used. 11 is numerous friends, however, were
detennined to elect him, and although there were
but two days from the time this conclusion was
reached until the election, the result is a triumph
ant and spontaneous recognition of his brilliant
taleutsand uubiem isLed ptivate character by the
people of the county. Had it been known soon
er, there is not a doubt but that lie would have
received as high a vote as any candidate in the
tie d, as we liavo heard many remark that theyj
assu redly would have cast their votes for him
had they been properly informed. Colonel Hook
himself, when lie found that his friend persisted
in running him, expected but a complimentary
vote, and, upon learning the result, was, as he
informs us‘not only surprised, but utterly as
tounded,” Col. Hook will make his mark in tbe
legislature councils of Georgia, and Washington
county will have no mean representatives of her
interests.
BIT AUTHORITY.
ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS
of the Second Session of the
PROVISIONAL CONGRESS
’ necessary, at the rate of Mini-,. „
| ofthe 'irt-asuiy Departmeu Lr
clerks
the off.
CONFEDERATE STATES.
1861.
cy against the Couteheruie 1 ttie Cc
. vances and ( xpenilitun‘Bu, 6( ), hv <: t r , III " ent , „u.
pectivelv for tbe use and bttHfiwo’th Sn ,‘. d States res-
] preparation for or in conductn,,, ,v, Une vonfi-deracy i n
; against tlic United States, and w,ir l r 0 "’ existing
or expenditures ot any kind made he* * Ur ndv «DC«s
to the passage of its Ordinance ofs, ■ 1tn,e Prior
shown to l.aVeb. en mode i„ conteiimistfV shal1 b e
ot Secession afterwards consnmn.at^ and'of f ,. the Act
timt might probably ensue, or in the if f t le w »r
sition of torts, arsenals, navy yards ,,,, , e or &c, tni-
(No. 135)
AN ACT to admit the State of North Carolina into
the Confederacy, on n certain condition.
The State of North Carolina having adopted meas
ures looking to an early withdrawal from the United
States, mid to becoming in the future a member of this
Confederacy, wliieh measures may not be consumma
ted before the approaching recess of Congress. There
fore,
The Congress of the Confederate States of America
do enact- That the State of North Carolina shall be ad
mitted a member of the Confederate States of Ameri
ca, upon an equal footing with the other States, under
the Constitution for the Provisional Government ofthe
the purchase or manufacture of i
•*»(iuuiaciiire <>r amw nr - • u
which have since been transferred to the fW a ,ltl " n8
or in some regular mode been brought into thi^ era ?- T ,
for the prosecution of the war aforesaid h« f erVlCe
claims shall be audited and the nmoui t aaewhr T 1 *
See. 2. Arid in auditing the claims oftbeTfeW 6 •'•
gima, North Carolina and Tennessee, refercnl i
be had to the special compacts tin,I engagement. 8 i’ a !
wtth those States respectively by the Confederated
eminent m view qftherr proposed adhesion to the K
'!*. -ff’P’Ht of their ad
mentsana the prosecution of the war sfle-ward. 7
all claims com,ng fai.lv within the purview of’, 8 ”?
com pacta, beiup proporiy verifimi * 1 ? Qc a
. f . r r . / verified bv vouches
... favor of sard Mates, be audited and ascertained"
Sec. 3. That proof shall be made in all ca'oa k
proper vouchers to the satisfaction ofthe AnditoV\\ T .
the amount claimed was actually adv»m-e,i L u,at
(No. 137.)
A RESOLUTION in relation to imports from the
a
NtateH of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and
Arkansas.
Resolved, Tliat nil imports from the States of Vir
ginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas, he ex
empted from the payment of duties; and that this ex
emption extend to imports from the said States now in
warehouse
Approved May 17, 1861.
(No. 110.)
AN ACT to establish a Mail Route from Vcnnillion-
ville, in the State of Louisiana, to Orange, in tho
State of Texas, and for other purposes.
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact. That the following maill route be
and the rarne is hereby established, to-wit: From Ver-
millioqviiie, in the State of Louisiana, to Orange, in
tlieState of Texas.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That tiie Post
master General be and he is hereby authorized to
make the first contract for carrying the mail over said
route without the necessity of advertising for bids for
said contract, as required by existing law; and that
this act take effect and be in force from and after its
passage.
Approved May 17
1861.
(No. 141.)
AN ACT to provide an additional Company of Sap
pers and Bombardiers fertile Army.
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact, That there be added to the mili
tary establishment of the Confederate States one com
pany of sappers nod bombardiers, to consist of one
captain, two first lieutenants, one second lieutenant,
ten sergeants or master workmen, ton corpora's or
overseers, two musicians, thirty-nine pri vales of the firs'
elrrts. and thirty-nine privates of the second class, who
shall be instructed in arid perform all the duties of snp-
pers aud bombardiers, and shall, moreover, under tlic
orders of tiie chief engineer, be liable to serve by de
tachments in overseeing and aiding laborers upon for
tifications or other works under the engineer depart
ment, and in supervising finished fortifications, as
fort-keepers,preventing injury and making repairs.
Sec. 2. Tent it shall be the duty of the colonel
of the engineer corps, subject to the approval of
the Secretary of War, to prescribe the number, quan
tity, form, dimensions, ,Ve.. of the necessary vehicle-,
arms, pontons, tools, implements, and other supplies for
the service of said company-as a body of sappers and
bombardiers.
Sec. 3. That the monthly pay of the captain of said
company shall be one hundred and forty dollars ; of
each first lieutenant, one hundred dollars; ofthe
second lieutenant, ninety dollars; of the sergeants,
thirty-four dollars; of the corporals, twenty dollars;
oj the musicians, thirteen dollars; of thefirst class pri
vates, seventeen dollars; and of the second class pri
vates, thirteen dollars. And the said commissioned
officers shall be entitled to the same allowances as all
other commissioned officers of the army, and the same
right to draw forage for horses as is nccoi ded to ofii
cers of like rank in the engineer corps; and the en
listed men shall receive the same rations and al
lowances as are granted to all other enlisted men
the army.
Approved May 17, 1SG1.
pay aml services in the likecases, and the aSIm
make a special report ot his action under this , 8 ,r 11
Congress at its next session. " ' t0
See. 4. The Secretary of the Treasury ehail cause
. « .nu-w,.,. ,.,™, y. ...» ttie amount claimed was actually advanced or
same, upon tne condition that the convention of said , a«d, that the expenditure was proper and pe “’
State soon to assemble snail adopt and ratify said Con-1 amou „t for pay mid services shall be’ audited f,' >aift
stitution ft rthe Provisional Government of the Lon- by , be regulations of tlic Confederate Govern!, . 18
federate States, and shall transmit to tiie President of |u v and services m the like Mur, undo... , _,-". enp f°r
the Confederate States, before tiie re-assembling of
Congress, through the Governor of said Stale, or some
other proper organ, an authentic copy of the net or or
dinance of said 'convention so adopting and ratifying
said Provisional Constitution ; upon the receipt where
of the President by proclamation, shall announce the
fact; whereupon.and without any further proceeding
on the part of Congress, the admission of said State
into this Confederacy, under said Constitution for the
Provisional Government, shall be considered as com
plete, and the laws of tiffs Confederacy shall thereby
be extended over said State ns fully a ml completely as
over the other States now composing the same.
Approved May 17,1861.
notice to he forwarded to the exei utive of ,. a( . b of r
States ot this Confederacy, immediately after the ''
sage of this Act, calling on such cxecutiv
tiie claims wliieh may beheld by his State
be audited under the provisions of this Act.’
Approved, August 30. 1861.
pas-
rard
nh ject to
[No. 259.]
AN ACT to establish certain post routes therein
med.
Section I. The Congress of the Confederate State,
of America do enact, That there be established the fa!
lowing post routes, viz; From Loving Creek p,.
Office, to Wade’s Po.-t Office, in Bediord Count.
Vi'ginia. Also from Charleston, iu the Connty
Talleliatchie. to Friar’s Point in the Countv of
ma, Missi-si"- ' * 1 — r ‘ J
ntlie atstet
isissippi. Also from Cullodeu to ltarnesville
nte of Georgia. Also, that a route he establish'
lished from Calhoun, on the Alabama and Florida
Railroad, in the County of Lowndes, in the State of
Alabama, to Benton, in said Connty. through Mount
Willing, and Gordonsville Also, a' Post Route from
Clarkesviile, in Mecklenburg County, Virginin to
Brownsville, in the State of North Carolina. From
Mullens to Lime Kiln, via Campbell Home in Alabama
Also, from Morgantown, in Burke County, Xo’rth
Carolina, to Johnson’s Depot Tennessee. Also, a P,*t
Route from Louisville, in the County-of Winston to
Yniden, iu tlic County of Carrol, in tho State of Mi B .
sissippi. Also, fmm Wilmington, North Carolina, to
Wadesboro’ via Wilmington, Chari tte aim Ruther.
ford Railroad. Also, from Jefferson, Ashe County
North Carolina, to Marion, Smyth Connty, Virginia!
Also, from Clarksville to Spadra Bluff, in Johnson
County, Arkansas.
Approved August 30,1861.
[No. 260.]
AN ACT authorizing the President to inflict retaliation
upon tiie persons of Prisoners.
Whereas, The Government ofthe United Stales has
placed in irons and lodged in dungeons, citizens of tiie
Confederate States acting under the authorityofLet-
ters of Marque, issued in accordance with the laws of
the Confederate Slates, bv the President thereof, and
have otherwise maltreated the same, and have s -ized
and confined sundry other citizens of the said Confec'.
eruto States, in violation of all principles of hi:mane
and civilized warfare: Therefore—
Be it enacted by the Congress of tho Confederate
States of America, That the President be, and he i«
hereby, authorized to select such prisoneis taken from
the United States, and in such numbers u.; lieirav deem
expedient,upon the personsof whom he mny inflict
such retniiintion, in sucli manner mid kind, as may
seem to liim just and proper.
Approved August 31), 1861.
[No. 261.]
AN ACT to provide for the defence of the Mississippi
river.
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate State*
of America do enact. That the President he, and he is
hereby, authorized to cause such floating defences, ns
lie may deem best adapted to the protection ofthe Mis
sissippi River, against a descent of iron plated s'eam
gun-boats, to be constructed or prepared with the least
possible delay.
Approved August 30, 1861.
(No. 142.)
AN ACT to admit the State of Arkansas into tli
Confederacy.
The people of the State of Arkansas, iu soveroigi
convention, having passed an ordinance dissolving
their political connection with the United States, am'
another ordinance adopting and ratifying the Consti
tution for the Provisional Government of the Confede
rate Stat.-s of America : Therefore,
The Congress of the Confederate States of Ameri
ca do enact. That the State of Arkansas be and i-
hereby admitted into this Confederacy, upon an oqua
footing with the other States, under the Constitution
for tiie Provisional Government of the same.
Approved May 20, 1861.
(No. 145.)
AN ACT amendatory of an Act to provide for the
organization of the Navy.
Section 1, The Congress of the Confederate Stater
of America do enact, That from and after tliepassagi
of this act, the corps of marines shall consist of om
colonel, one lieutenant colonel, one major, one quarter
master with the rank of major, one paymaster wit!
the rank of major, one .adjutant with the rank of ma
jor, one sergeant major, one quartermaster sergeant
ten captains, ten first lieutenants, twenty second lien
tenants, forty sergeants, forty corporals, aud eigh'
hundred and and forty privates, ten drummers aud tei
filers and two musicians.
Sec. 2. Tne pay and emoluments of the officers anc
enlisted tnen shall be the same as that of the officers
and enlisted men of like grade in the infantry of th<
army, except that the paymaster and the adjutant sha!
receive the same pay as the quartermaster, and itu
adjntant shall be taken from the captains aud subali
ernsof the corps and separated from the line. Tin
rations of enlist- d marines shall be the rations allowed
bylaw to seamen. All acta inconsistent with the pro
visions of this act are hereby repealed.
Approved May 20,1861.
[No. 262 ]
AN ACT to am^nd An Act entitle ! ‘An Act to estab
lish a patent office and to provide for the granting
and issue of patents for new and useful discoveries,
inventions, improvements and designs,” approv
ed May 21, {1861.
Section l. The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact. That the Commissioner of Pa
tents, with the approval of the Attorney General, shall
have power to appoint, in addition to the examiners of
patents, provided by the second section of the above
recited Act, sngh assistant examiners, at a salary of fif
teen hundred dollars per annum, as may be required to
transact the current business of the Patent Office with
dispatch.
Sec. 2. And he it further enacted,That the Commis
sioner, with like approval, mny appoint a messeueer
for said office, at a salary of three hundred and sixty
dollars per annum.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, that the Commis
sioner bn, and he is hereby, authorized to require ap
plicants for patents, and nil other persons with whom
iie is obliged to correspond, or to whom drawings and
•ther papers linve to be returned for alteration or cor
rection, to deposit a sufficient sum of money to pay the
oost.age : Provided, That in no single case shall the de
posit so required exceed two dollars.
Approved August 30, 1861.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
(No. 146.)
AN ACT to amend an act to provide for the organ-
ization of the Navy, approved March sixteenth,
eighteen hundred and sixty-one.
Section J. The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact, TliRtthe President be aud lie i;
hereby authorized to nominate, and by and with the
advice and consent of Congress to appoint, all officers
of the navy of the United States, who have resigned
or may hereafter resign their commissions on account
of tiie secession of any or alt of the Confedernti
States, mid who may be fit for active service, to tin
same rank and position in the navy of the Confederate
States which they held in that of the United States ;
Provided, however, That no officer shall be so ap
pointed who may at any time have committed any act
of hostility against the Confederate States or any out
thereof.
See. 2. That the President be authorized to assign
officers of tho navy to any duty connected with the
defence of the country, and suitable to tiieir rank,
wliieh he may deem proper.
S'-c. 3. That the President be authorized to appoint
six assistant paymasters of the navy, each to receive a
salary of one thousand dollars when employed at sea,
and seven hundred dollars when not thus employed;
and all paymasters of the navy shall bo taken from
the grade of assistant paymasters,
Approved May 20,1861.
(No. 147.)
AN ACT to establish a separate Port of Entry at Sa
bine Pass, In the connty of Jefferson, in the State of
Texas, aud to provide for the appointment of a Col
lector therein.
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact, That all that part of the collec
tion district for the District ol Texas included in the
county of Jefferson in the State of Texas, embracing
all the waters, islands, bajs, harbors, inlets, shores aud
rivers in the same, shall be a collection district, to be
called the District of Sabine Pass, and Sabine Pass
shall be the port of entry for said district.
See. 2. A collector for the said district of Sabine
Pass shall be appointed by the President, with the ad
vice and craseut cf Congress, who shall reside at Sa
bine Puss, and hold his office for the terms and the
time prescribed by law foi the like office in other dis
tricts. and who shall be entitled to a salary not exceed
ing seventeen hundred and fifty dollars per annum, in
cluding in that sum the fees allowed by law; and the
amount he shall co'k-et in any one year for fees, ex
ceeding the said sum of seventeeu hundred and fifty
dollars, shall be accounted for and paid into tho treas
ury of the Confederate States of America.
See. (i. Thai ail laws and parts of laws nowin force
contravening ttie provisions of this act, be and the
same at e hereby repealed, and that this act take effect
from and after its passage.
Approved May2t, 18td.
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[No. 222.J
An Afl Amendatory of “An Act to Prescribe the
rates of Postage iu the Confederate States of Ameri
ca,” Approved February twenty-third, eighteen hun
dred mid sixty-one.
The Congress of the Confederate States of America
do enact, That ail mailable matter addressed to officers
of the several States Government, for the payment of
the postage on which the said Governments are re
sponsible, in the adjustments of the accounts of the
parties mailing the same, may be transmitted through
the mails without the prepayment of postage thereon:
Provided,That the person untiling the same shall en
dorse thereon his official title and the nature of the mat
ter mailed; and the postage thereon shall be collected of
the said Governments at tbe office of delivery.
The foregoing act, presented to the President on the
16th of August, 1861, was not approved by him, nor
returned to tiie congress within ten days (Sundays ex
cepted) after being presented to him; it, therefore,
became a law on the 29th August, 1861.
J. P. BENJAMIN,
Attorney General.
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[No. 258.]
AN ACT to audit the accounts of the respective States
against the Confederacy.
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact, That it shall be the duly of such
Anditor or Auditors of the Treasury Department, as
may be designed by the Secretary ofthe treasury, and
to that end the said Secretary be authorized to appoint Mwuron,
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